The Wingham Advance-Times, 1940-09-12, Page 2PAGE TWO
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HANDS ACROSS THE SEA
The United States and Britain
probably closer to one another to-day
than they have been since the days of
the last Great War when their troops
fought side-by-side in France. The
people of the United States realize
that the time has arrived when they
must be prepared to defend themselv
es. The United States has been sup
plying the Empire with vast amounts
of war daterial. One authority said
last week that every fourth soldier in
Britain is equipped with articles and
goods made in the United States. The
greatest news during the past few
weeks has been that the United States
is supplying Britain with fifty des
troyers in a trade-for the privilege of
establishing defence bases on Empire
territory on this side of the Atlantic.
This move shows that the two count
ries understand and trust one anoth
er. Canada played her part in the ag
reement that was made at that time
and should be proud of her effort. If
Britain were defeated, which we are
sure she will not, providing we all do
our part, the United States without
the fortifications on the islands, Brit
ish owned in the Atlantic, would be
i in a much more difficult position than
she otherwise would be. These two
great nations can and should work in
close harmony if the world is to be
made safe for democracy. The pres
ent co-operation between these na
tions is just the beginning of a much
closer friendship. Hands across the
that is as it should be.
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NEWS
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they
the
friends across the way know how
beautiful our country is in the fall and
the advantages we have to offer dur
ing the winter. Canada has dozens of
locations that are just as "fine as those
in the Alps or other places of Europe.
Tourist business will help us finance
our war — tell your friends that
are welcome here.
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"BUY BONDS TO BEAT
BARBARISM"
The above is the slogan for
War Loan which is now being offered
to the people of Canada, and how true
it is. The cost of the war has to be
parts of the world except the tropics, i met if we are to beat barbarism. The
Summer has always been the ' big | Erst loan of the war was over-sub
tourist season for us but each year an. | scribed in quick order and the present
increasing number are visiting us for | issue will, without doubt,, meet with
winter sports and scenery. The num-f a ready response. The need to sup-
ber or tourists during the early por-lport this loan is obvious. Canada can
tion of the summer was very disap- ,-n°t pull her weight in this war, can
pointing and several things are blani-; not carry out her present plans for a
ed for this condition. However, prob- i successful war unless the money is
ably the most important reason was ■ forthcoming. Our men who are in the
that our friends in the United States j various branches of our forces are do-
were worried that they might not Be ■ ing their part to defeat Hitler and his
able to return. The fifth column had. stooge Mussolini. Our civijizarion de-
much to do with that rumour in which ' pends on this job being carried out. t to appear
there-was not a word of truth. During' Oar soldiers and sailors risk their liv-1petition,
the last few weeks an increase has, es for this worthy cause. They are ■
Miss Annabelle Wilkins, nnrse-in-
training at Grace Hospital, Windsor,
underwent a critical emergency opifc-
ation on Saturday, August 24th, mt
Grace Hospital, Her recovery has
progressed satisfactorily and she is
now convalescing at the home of her
parents, Six weeks previous, to the
day, Muriel Wilkins was operated on
for appendicitis at Goderich Hospital,
while last October, her sister, Queen-
ie, underwent a similar operation at’
Grace Hospital, Windsor.—Lucknow
Sentinel.
Is Champ
Fred Harburn, Cromarty, won the
Dominion singles horseshoe pitching
championship at the ..Canadian • Na
tional Exhibition.
year’s champion 50-49. Mr. Harburn
has been pitching horseshoes since he
was a child. A number of "years ago,
in company with the late Paul Boa,
of Kensall, he won the Dominion
doubles championship at the Ex.
Seaforth Huron Expositor.
Car Broke Off Seven Posts
A motor accident occurred near
Harriston, when a coupe, owned and
driven by Chas. McCausland of Han
over, who was driving north on High
way No. 9,' crashed into the guard
posts, smashing off seven of them,
and also bending the heavy cable
wire strung along the .posts,
front of the car was badly wrecked,
but the driver was uninjured.—Hanov
er Post.
Cows Blamed for Accident
A herd of cows on the highway are
blamed for a motor accident a mile
north of Mildmay. Mr. and Mrs. Har-
rv Brvant, of Toronto, claim they
were forced into a ditch by the cat
tle which occupied the centre of the
pavement. The occpuants of the car
received painful bruises and lacera
tions, and were taken to the Bruce
County Hospital for treatment. No
charges are being laid, <
Listpwel to Vote on 2-Year Term
An opportunity to decide for them
selves whether or not they wish their
councilors to serve one or two years
the terms for the duration of the war
will be given Llstowel citizens. This
was the unanimous wish of the Lis
towel council meeting in regular ses
sion. Councilor Howard MacKenzie
brought the subject up, stating he felt
somepeople might nos be aware that
if the question was not put to the
ratepayers at the next municipal elec
tion, all those elected would automat-,
ically be elected for a- two-year term.
Babies Win. at C-N.E,
Ray and Roy, Il-months-old twin
sons of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Penning
ton, Culross Township, carried off
high honours at the Baby Show at
Toronto Exhibition. The two wee
lads were entered by their proud par
ents in the contests for twins, either
sex, between. 6 months and 1 year old.
—Tees water News.
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Won at C.N.E. ’
Congratulations arc being extended
to Miss Patsy Porterfield, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs, Harold. Porterfield, of
Listowel, who won third place in the
music competition at the C.N.E. out
of a group of 32, contestants taking
part in Class No. S Vocal, girls under
13. and was nominated from, the class
ja the $500 scholarship com-
Lilt” Vklii ? . . . „
been noted In the numbers crossing, the ones who are protecting- us at
the border but we still have a job on • home. The least we can do is supply
our hands and that is to let our' the necessary money. Lend your
Kincardine Girl Won" Scholarship
Miss Winnifred Robinson, clever
Kincardine High. School pupil, was
awarded University of Western. On
tario scholarships which have a. total
Bam and Crop Bum
’ Another fire, caused by combus
tion, occurred in. this district when
the barn on the Howard Arthurs farm
in the Dtew vicinity was completely
destroyed'.'The men had just finished
the morning work and, had gone to
the house for dinner when the sound
of an explosion was heard and upon
investigating, found the barn In flam
es, which destroyed the season’s crop,
together with considerable farm
equipment and machinery. The hors
es in the barn were removed,, although
a number of pigs were lost. This is
the second fire occurring in the. Drew
district from combustion this season,
the other being that of Henry Chilton.
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From the shores of our Motherland comes an appeal for help which
no true Canadian can fail to heed. While we live in comfort, death
drops on that embattled island. The need for Red Cross assistance
is urgent. Our sons and brothers are over there. On land, at sea,
in the air, they face death daily. We must be prepared to help them
when they are sick or wounded.
Red Cross help is needed on behalf of soldie/ and civilian alike.
Hospitals and hospital equipment, surgical supplies and dressings,
ambulances and X-Ray equipment will be needed. Overnight the
need may become'so urgent that lives may be sacrificed if help
cannot be sent at once.
Never before has there been so great a need for Red Cross assistance.
This challenge to humanity must be answered. Give to the Red
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PHIL OSIFER OF
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By Harry J. Boyle
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Buried Under Pigs
When Truck Rolls Over
Buried under 40 pigs and a quantity
l‘ of straw, near Formosa, Leander
value of §600. In upper school, exam- Weiss, his TO-year-old mother and five
inatiorts she obtained first-class hon-1 chtid’rett occupants escaped, injury,, as
ors in 11 subjects. She is a daughter 1 their car was struck by a truck foad-
of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Robinson, f ed with pigs just as Mr. Weiss was
of Kincardine Township. ■ I turning out his laneway onto the high-
-------- [wav. The collision which occurred,
• Milk Delivery Delayed Owing to War [ caused the truck to turn completely
J Hardships under war conditions are [ over on its side and dump Its entire
being experienced in a mild way by; load on top of the Weiss car as- it
Clinton housewives. Owing to enlist-[
meats in the N.F.A.M. the three dair-;-
les supplying milk to families are|
' short-handed and instead of the early f
morning delivery of milk the milkmen I
are making delivery in the evening:
only. . i
In order to enjoy corn on the cob
you simply have to forget that there
are other people in the room. It’s the
one time when a person has to be an
individualist. Take for instance today.
I saw Mrs. Phil casually walk over
to the corn patch this morning and
•then casually disappear in among the
waving" green stalks. From where I
was working the rustle of leaves and
the tearing of the husks could plainly
’be heard as she inspected them to see
I their condition. Presently she re-ap-
ipeared with her apron tucked, up to
| make a bulging basket for the ears of
j. corn,
t I was on time for dinner -today . .
as was the hired man! .-Corn is a de-
Iceptive thing. It gives off no flavor-
* some odor in cooking, and all that will
'1 reward you in peering into the b-ubb- ‘
[ling kettle is a burst of steam in the
; face.
[ No time must be lost in transferring
the corn from the pot to the table.
The flavor is at its- peak just as you
drain the water from it. There it is
.. . . stacked in a steaming pile like! down the vest or overall bib into the
a skidway of tiny, golden yellow logs. | lap. Outside of these natural handi-
Fingers burn as they grasp each cob | caps there is little to prevent you from
turned into the ditch. It was a com
plete black-out for the seven in'the
car who were being dug out of the*
mess as Provincial Officer Crocker I
arrived to investigate. The truck was
owned by Met Zimmer, of Formosa.
Admit Stealing Kincardine Safe
j Three Toronto youths, Jack Allis-
' on, 17; Thomas Allison, IF. and Ed
gar Elliott, 19, brought to the county
'ij&it, Walkerton, and charged with
breaking and entering and theft at the
■.Murray Creamery at Kincardine on
1 August 23, pleaded guilty in Magis
trate Walker’s weekly police court
and were remanded one week for sen
tence. The accused trio, tn a state
ment made to Police Officer O. Me-!
'Clevis, of Walkerton, revealed how
they stole a car In York Township,
fotrove to Kincardine and there broke
fopen the creamery window and made
'away with the company safe.. Driv--
.ing by way of Hespeler they took a.
’side road and then cracked open the
'safe, taking cut some $450 in money
|and leaving all other papers. Then.
I continuing to Toronto, they were shot
at by police neat Brampton, bullets
penetrating the rear window, rear of
the car and side door and one bullet
grazing the knee of Thomas Allison.
, Bucket Brigade- Fight Fire
Till Truck Arrives.
< While permission was being obtain-
:ed for Kincardine firemen and truck
to answer the call, a hastily formed,
.bucket brigade fought flames to- pre
vent the barn on Norman Clinton’s
i farm, a mite east of Kincardine, from
'taking fife. Sparks from a thresher
| fired the straw stack. The blaze
‘ quickly spread to other buildings and .
I for a time- threatened the barn.. Wat-|
Fer was. pumped from wells and hauled |
•.from creeks to fight the blaze. Fire-[
'm.en answering the call quelled thej
stubborn blaze. Damage was slight |
as a result of the prompt acti&tt.
with the
the white
bookwise
Steam-
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plug a
. what
• L ■ enjoying corn.
I have no sympathy for these peo
ple who do not put butter on their
corn because they are afraid of the
looks of it. There they sit . . . wait
ing until the corn has been chilled and
then picking it up gently and nibbling
at one corner like mice at dried corn
cobs in a crib. They murmur some
thing about it being so nice to eat
corn on the cob, and usually set the
cob down half finished.
As a boy one of the thrills of a meal
of corn was to see how many empty
cobs would be stacked beside the plate
after the meal. Father seemed to ex
pend less effort than anyone but the
stack of ragged cobs would pile up in
a great mound. We struggled vainly
on the last cob . . . sneaking the oc
casional one from Mother’s stack,
which never went over four, and de
claring finally by this sort of skull
duggery that we had eaten the most
of anyone..
Corn on the cob brings back mem-
: ones of Fall nights . . . dewy grass
and a great blackened kettle over a
’flickering fire . . . now and again a
furtive squeeze of a fair companion’s
.... and from then on discretion
must be thrown to the wind. With a
jittery left hand you jounce the ear
around while with the right hand you
smear the butter on and sprinkle it
with salt . . . and pepper, if your
tastes run in that direction.
Then grasping it firmly
forefingers propped against
centre of the cob you start
; to- eat . . . from left to right
ing hot . . dripping butter .
chy Com kernels . . picking
hard kernel that manages to
: cavity in a hollow tooth . .
iCan compare with corn an the cob?
| There’s a fresh, free taste about corn
t this way . . . that no canner has ev-
f er been able to really place Inside a
? tin . . . and for that matter it is the
lone thing that eludes the- skill of the
| housewife.
| Frankly speaking, a. person is. not ;
! a pretty picture while eating corn on
! the cob. The conversation is limited
t to a grunting and grinding process. :
Melted butter streams down over a *
glistening chin . . . and if you hap
pen to be wearing a beard it’s a cinch '
that the facial adornment will look
something like the sleek hide of a seal i hand . . . and everybody waiting for
i the corn to be done ... at the an
nual corn roast on the back of Hig-
gin’s farm!
I hereby nominate "corn on the
cob" as Canada’s most distinctive deli-
:cacy.
I
f Now and again the steam heated cobs
become too hot . . . slipping from
the grasp and leaving a buttered trail
■ Mildmay Restaurant Proprietor
Injured in Dispute
| A Chinese sestauranfi man of Mild-
rmay, Jim Kew, is a patient in the
j. Bruce County Hospital suffering from
i injuries received a dispute in
his place of business, with a young
t Mildmay resident An X-ray picture
hakes at the hospital shows that the
sChLWuan suffered two broken ribs
, .--------------------off the breast bsr.e and a third oue-
] Within a period of ten mouths three 'fractured jttst over the- heart, as well
pected Khat he wtT be confined ten -the
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