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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1941-02-13, Page 7■o ■W"” CANADIAN DOCTORS AND NURSES FOR CANADIAN TROOPS IN ENGLAND Thursday, February 13, 1941 Private Fletcher, who received burns from an i Canadian Red Cross hospital, has his hands soothed Incendiary bomb and is now .being treated in the | with oil by Nursing Sister Lowe of Winnipeg. HOWICK COUNCIL Fordwich, February 5th, 1941 The 'Council of the Township of JHowick met in the United Church Hall to hold their regular monthly adjournment, present, the fhe chair, last regular meeting, according to the members were all Reeve, J. W. Gamble in The minutes of the meeting were read and on motion of Weir and McCallum, were adopted.- Moved by Strong, and Winter that the Council hereby authorize the Township Engineer, Fred A. Edgar, to prepare a By-law on the Amend­ ment of the Assessment Schedule and repairs on Branch. B. of the Bolton Municipal. Drain. Carried. Moved by Strong and Winter that By-Ja\y No. 4 for, the year 1941, as read the third time, be finally passed. Carried. Moved by Weft and McCallum that the Hydro Electric Power Commis­ sion be hereby requested to cancel the contract on Lot 2 on the South side of Sanderson Street in Wroxeter, pro­ perty owned by Bella McDowell, can­ cellation to date from December 1st, 1941, as Hydro has npt been used since December 1st, 1940. Carried. Z’ CANADIAN FLIER GETS SPORTS AWARD -v' Flight-Lieutenant Jean Paul Deslodges, RIGHT, is shown receiving the most courageous athlete award of the Philadelphia Sporting Writers’ association from Cy Peterman, president of the organization, at its annual banquet. Dosloges, Who comas from Ottawa, Canada, and starred ’ at swimming, lacrosse, baseball, etc,, joined the Royal Canadian Air - Force at ths outbreak of the war and was shot down in his third battle ©ver London, losing the sight of one eye. After eight weeks in a hos­ pital he was returned to Canada where he is carrying on as a flying fostructoh His outstanding courage under fire and true sportsmanship prompted the sports writer* to make him their choice as “most tour- g««ou*.” Moved by Weir-and McCallum that ■the Clerk b'e hereby authorized to ad­ vertise for tenders for crushing and trucking 7000 yards of gravel (more or less), gravel to be trucked do any point on township roads, tenders to state price (1) if a one inch screen is used, (2) if a two inch screen is used. Also all tenders to be in the hands of the Clerk not later than the first day of March 1941. Carried. Moved by Weir and Strong that the Clerk be hereby authorized to adver­ tise for tenders for supplying Gaso­ line, Cylinder Oil No. 30, Hydraulic Oil and Grease for the Township grader for the year 1941, said tenders to be in the hands of the Clerk’ on or before the first day of March, 1941. Tenders to include the supplying of container and small pump and deliv­ ery to be made at Nelson Gowdy’s home. Carried. Moved by Winter and. McCallum that the Road Account, as approved be paid. Carried. Moved by McCallum and Gamble that the following accounts be paid. Carried. Milton Leonard, part salary as Assessor 1941, $50.00; Isaac Gam­ ble, part salary as Clerk $35.00; R. Griffith, shovelling snow off shed, Wroxeter, $2.00; M, D. Irvin, wreath for.the late G. W. Walker $5.00; Philip Durst, repair to rink, Wroxeter $1.80; United Church, Fordwich, Rent of hall $1.50; John Dinsmore, Wood for Red Cross, Corrie, $5.00; Mrs. George Mee, refund of dog tax, $2.00; Muni­ cipal World, Assessment Roll and supplies $17.46; Municipal World, 8 copies of Municipal World $8.00; Municipal World, 'dog tags $15.46; T.‘ A. Roberts, envelopes 'for Treas., etc., $15.75; T. A. Roberts, bal, printing contract, 1940 $140.00; Fred A. Edgar, fees on Am’ended Schedule and repairs on Branch.B, Bolton Municipal Drain, $2.39; Fred A. Edgar, Engineer’s fees, Jardine Award Drain $70.00; Relief, $80.00; Road Expenditures for month of January $45.06. Moved by Gamble and Strong that this Council do now adjourn, to meet in Wroxeter on the fifth day of March or at the call of the Reeve. Carried. Isaac Gamble, Clerk. LETTERS FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM We will be pleased if you will sub­ mit your overseas letters for publica­ tion. * >k * * The following is an extract from a letter received by Mrs. Duncan Ken­ nedy from her sister, who lives in London, Eng. 72 Isley Street, Kentish Town Rd., London, Tuesday, Dec. 31, 1940 My Dear Sister: I am sorry to say we had a terrible time here. Three weeks ago last Sun­ day, Dec, 8th, at .ton minutes to one In the morning we had a small land mine dropped in the garage next to Miss Williams’ little shop in Barth- olmew road. Honestly Lottie, I thought our last hour had come. You never felt such a shock in your life, it was more like ah earthquake. Well, part of the bedroom ceiling is down, cracked, also the walls and ceiling on ■the landing and l^itchen. There was soot and plaster everywhere and water pouring down’the stairs. Honestly, I did not know where to begin. Well, the roof at the back went this time, to­ gether with the chimney stacks and pots. We were without a fire for a fortnight. The outcome of it all is that 52 houses out of a 100 are either down or have to come down, starting at 80 Islip St. It makes yotir heart ache to see peo­ ple’s homes out on the street in the rain- and fog, waiting to be put into storage while the owners have to go to Rest Centres or their friends or rel­ atives, I only hope Berlin and all it stands for get what the British are going through and after what they did-to the city on Sunday night (Dec. 29), Hitler and all his dirty pigs, no­ thing is too good tor them. Fires — why I never want do see anything like it again. They were everywhere, one did not need a light to -go to bed or WINGHAM ADVANCE-TIMES Canadian soldiers falling ill or becoming casualties in Britain arc nursed in a Canadian-donated military hospital, attended by Canadian doctors and nurses, Col. C. T. L. Arthur, officer command­ ing No. 5 Canadian Genera! hos­ pital—as the Red Cross hospital is known officially—is shown, LEFT, with Matron C. Lunn, who hails from Moosomin, Sask. The matron has the. honorary rank of captain. Nursing Sister Adams, .from Fort William, is pictured, RIGHT, en­ rolling a new patient. too find one’s way around. Normally one could not see one’s hand before one’s face. J trust you will not be concerned about us all. We can all touch wood. Audrey had a nasty fall in the Vicar­ age Drive a week ago last Monday, She had been carol singing etc. down the tube and other centres and went back to the Vicarage to supper and after coming out o'f the lighted house into the dark drive, bashed her head against the wall and has almost brok­ en her nose. She also had a large lump taken out of her forehead and split her thumb open. She was so bad she had to have Dr. Clarke in. I am glad that you and yours are all keeping well and trust you all had a good time at Christmas, lots of nice presents. We had a very nice time, especially as old nasty kept away for three nights. I did not do so bad in regards to presents considering there ■is a war on. Well, Lottie, I seem to have cov­ ered a lo.t of space and trust all the news will not be too despondent for you. I guess I had better ring off for now as it is time to get ready for bed. So far the sirens have not gone, so trust he will keep away and let us have our New Year greeted in peace. Cheerio, Lottie, don’t worry about us much. Your loving sister, Bessie. * * The following is a letter to Mr. J. H. Christie .fronria cousin who is now in, Buxton, who lived in London prior to going there. Devonshire House, Bath Road, Buston, Derbyshire. My Dear Cousins: I have been intending writing you for weeks and do hope you get it in time for Xmas. I seem to be so busy all the time and the days just fly past. Rocet was called up at the end of August and I moved the day after he left, put my stuff in storage, and stay­ ed a few days with some friends (in London), then came on here to stay with Lorine for the duration. It was bad enough before I left but much worse afterwards. I Was very glad to get away from it all. We had spent nights in the shelter and never had our clothes off for weeks. Some of our friends have not had theirs off for months now. It was a case of rushing for a bath as soon as the all clear sounded so we would be finished be­ fore another raid started. Our dinner would be just about ready when the sirens would go and we would have to rim for the shelters. •! don’t know how often our dinner was wasted as we might be hours in the shelter. There were eight of-us in our shelter and we got cushions on the floor and. lay stretched out, head to feet, as we could roll otttselve^s in blankets. The day I moved we had three raids during the removal and it took all day when a Couple of hours would have been suf­ ficient. I was going to stay for a few days and took a taxi to see my friends. The planes were overhead and the driver said “I am afraid we are in tor a raid/’ so I said “Go as quickly as you can” and I just got there in time, I was caught out in tour raids and had to take shelter in three different hous­ es as I was not near a shelter and once I had to go into a public shelter. Peo­ ple are very good in asking anyone on the road to come in tor shelter, White I was coming here on the train we were going so slowly the lady next to me said 4herp must he planes around, J looked out the window and there was one right above. I felt un­ comfortable for a little but it passed over, This is a beautiful place, with lots of wealthy people, but oh, such snobs. They treat us Londoners like a lot of Cockneys and think we'have spoiled the place. There are hundreds ofrcivll servants here. They talk about us as evacuees and have no sympathy for anyone for what they have come through, A few bombs might wake some of them up. We know whole families that have been killed and so many have lost homes and everything they had. AU the houses I have kept house in have been bombed and they all had to leave London. Every road around where we lived has been damaged and a block of flats around the corner from where we lived got a direct hit and are to the ground. I have joined 4he Women’s Volun­ teer Service and we are kept busy, They have a big canteen run by the W.V.S. and we must all do duty on certain days, also we work for the soldiers and hospitals. Now send news about yourself and cousin Annie, Jean and Morris. Do hope, John, you are keeping betteri Everything is getting scarce ar,id lots of things we cannot get at all, but we can’t rumble as we gets lots to eat but must just cut out the trimmings. Wishing you all the best for 1941. Your affectionate cousin, Polly. CANADIAN HYBRID SEED CORN (Experimental Farms News) Hybrid corn grown from Canadian seed yields equally as well as the same hybrids grown from seed imported from the United States. This has been proven by tests conducted at the Dominion Experimental Station, Har­ row, Ontario, in which production has been carefully measured, states Dr. G. F. F. Buckley. For some years it was necessary to import practically all of hybrid seed from the United Stat­ es for the simple reason that none was available in Canada. Recently, however, breeding stocks have been imported and seed is now being proT duced in Canada of some of the most highly recommended hybrids. This seed is available in considerable quan­ tity and its quality is assured by the strict regulations under which it is produced. All hybrid seed that is produced in Canada must be registered before it can be offered for sale. This means that such seed must be grpvm Accord­ ing to. the rules of the Canadian Seed Growers’ Association, and pass all in­ spections called for under the Canada Seeds Act, For example: 1. AU crossing stocks must be reg­ istered with the Canadian Seed Grow­ ers’ Association or, if imported, must be certified in their state of origin, 2. The crossing fields must pass the several field inspections which are made by officials of the*Plant Prod­ ucts Division. To meet the require­ ments the field must be well" isolated from other corn; detasselli.ng must be done thoroughly and on time; and the hybrid seed crop must be carefully harvested to avoid admixtures, 3. The seed must pass inspection for grade and germination before it is' given the seal and tag of registra­ tion issued by the Canadian Seed Growers’ Association. These rules are very exacting and their strict enforcement by the Do­ minion Department of Agriculture is a guarantee of the high quality ofhy- brid seed produced in Canada. In formation regarding sources of supply of Canadian-grown hybrid corn seed may be secured through the Do­ minion Experimental Station at Har­ row, Ontario. THE EMPIRE’S NEWEST ARSENAL From Suez to Singapore stretches a great theatre of war, vital to the Brit­ ish Empire, "The destiny of Australia and New Zealand, of India, Burma and Malaya, of the East African and Far Eastern territories depends upon it. The swift growth of India as a war supply centre for the whole of the Suez-Singapore area is one of tjie most remarkable signs of the British Em­ pire’s world-wide power and solidar­ ity. India is making rifles and machine guns, small arms ammunition, sadlery and blankets-, armour plating and shells, artillery up to 6 in. guns and 6 in. howitzers, anti-aircraft guns and bombs and mines. Soon she will be making aeroplanes. Since the beginning of the war In­ dia has sent overseas 100,000,006 rounds of small arms ammunition, PAGE SEVEN YOUR EYES NEED ATTENTION Our ?5 Point Scientific Examin­ ation enables us tn give you 1 Clear, Comfortable Vision F. F. HOMUTH Optometrist Phone 118 Harriston A. H. McTAVISH, B.A. Teeswater, Ontario Barrister, Solicitor, Notary Public and Conveyancer Office: Gpfton House, Wroxeter every Thursday afternoon 1.30 to 4,30 and by appointment. Phone — Teeswater 120J. MONUMENTS at first cost Having our factory equipped with the most modern machinery for the exe­ cution of high-class work, we ask you to see the largest display of monu­ ments of any retail factory in Ontario. All finished by sand blast machines. We import all our granites from the Old Country quarries direct, in the rough. You can save all local deal­ ers’, agents’ and middleman profits by seeing us. E. J. Skelton & Son at West End Bridge—WALKERTON 200,000 shells, 6,000 rifles, 4,500,000 sandbags, 3,000,000 yards of khaki drill, 150,000 pairs of boots, 20,00C greatcoats, and 20,000,000 yards of medical gauze. All the present steel requirements, of the Middle East and Iraq can be met by Indian steelworks.- Wife Preservers When you want to make your reed furniture shine, dip a brush into a good furniture polish and brush furniture well, using a stiff brush