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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1941-09-18, Page 2PAGE TWO WINGHAM ADVANCE-TIMES Thors,, September 18, 1941 I 'A' We pre­ scribe insur­ ance by ana­ lyzing what you need—— and by sell­ ing you only what you need ~— Representing L & BOOTH Wingham PHOT INSURANCE ^any Writing selected risks in — Automobile, Fire, Plate Glass, Burglary, Public Liability, and other general insurance. Head Office, Toronto. Wingham Advance-Times Published at WINGHAM - ONTARIO Subscription Rate —- One Year $2.00 Six months, $1.00 in advance To V. S. A., $2.50 per year. Foreign rate, $3.00 per year. Advertising rates on application. HEPBURN HAS RIGHT IDEA The way Premier Hepburn acted in the case of the strike at the plant pear Toronto, we hoipe will set an example to the powers that be in Otawa. Per­ ishable crops were to be left in the fields, or in transportation ware­ houses because of a strike and the producer cOuld only see ruin in front of him. But Hepburn swung into ac­ tion, He said to the producers,' come process your own crops and we will give any necessary protection, and 125 volunteered to do this work in the hope of saving their tomato crop. ■ The goods of war are not so per­ ishable as a fruit crop, but the results may easily be of very much more importance. These strikes that tie up war industry should not be tolerated The men who are serving in the army, airforce or navy volunteered for serv­ ice, a service that we all .hope will preserve that which our enemy is try­ ing to destroy, democracy. Canada ■could well adopt a no strike policy ■during the war also a policy to pre­ vent absolutely rising prices. Strikes and rising prices form a vicious circle and only lead to disaster in times such as we are now passing through. That which the men on strike hold dear is the very thing that our troops will protect for them. The strikers •should be macle conscious of this fact. The C.I.O. leaders do not stand before xheir members and say, me must win this war, you must play your part. No Indeed, they excite the men to do that which will and has weakened our war effort. Nothing is so important as our war effort, and anyone, no matter who, should not be allowed in any manner or means to interfere with this mendous.task, « $ ❖ # PEGG’S COVE Last week we told a few our impres­ sion about Bath, New Brunswick. This week we are going to talk about the most barren place we saw on our trip to the maritimes as a matter of fact it is probably the most desolate spot with which we have ever come in con­ tact. Pegg’s Cove is a fishing village on the Atlantic coast about 35 miles or so from Halifax. The main high­ way is about 24 miles from it. One might well wonder why a story of this desolate place is being told. The rea­ son is that it is a famous place for artists and in its way is a very pict­ uresque sort of place. The day we were there, we were'the last to leave, 150 cars called and from what we could learn this is usual each day during the tourist season. There is a b'ay of rock around which is the village of 65 persons. This inlet is back on the bay from the ocean about two hundred yards. Where the bay meets the ocean is a liugh bump of granite on which is perched a lighthouse. The light­ house, the fishing homes, the boats and docks attract the artists and other vis­ itors. o It was an enjoyable afternoon the one we spent at I’egg’s. One house has a sign “souvenirs” so we drifted toward that place, but we did not en­ ter as sitting on the bench at the door was Albert Crooks and he proved such an interesting fellow that we spent our time with him. He Js 74 years of age and was born in the house next to the one where we were sitting. That day he had been out,, as fie has since he was a boy, on the Atlantic attending to his nets. He told us how that Pegg, with two men companions found this spot about 150 years ago and the£ started to fish. Misfortune followed and tl'rey had to move, but shortly "after some English fishermen settled there and! of tre- REPORTED KILLED 1 said Septet 1 t- I that once course did fishing, they could do noth­ ing else. There are no decendents ‘of these folks in the village, but Albert’s father could tell tales of these advent­ ures so that he'came during their stay. Albert says that Pegg’s has the dis­ tinction of having all its population belong to the same church, the Angli­ can church. It is a three charge circiut and the people are very proud the present Bishop in Halifax was their rector. With a twinkle in his eye he he was no relation to Richard Crooks. One could not talk to him for long without knowing that he was very hap­ py and contented on this pile of rocks surrounded by water. He was alive to the present world situation and talked intelligently about the war and many other subjecs. His pet topic was his work, fishing, which he loved. His language was perfect, his voice pleas­ ant, his smile was contageous. He was about the most contented man we have ever known. His travels took him once in a long time to Halifax. He did visit at Windsor a few times, once he went to Liverpool, and Lunenberg twice was visited by him. Yet he knew about such places as Toronto, Mont­ real, Winnipeg and Vancouver. He talked of. London as if he had been a recent visitor there. It was time to be on our way and we said farewell to Mr. Crooks with regret. We felt that we had talked with a man who knew contentment and peace. The only thing that appeared to disturb him was the trouble the world is having. Smiling he said one thinks a lot out there on the ocean lifting the nets. It is a very pleasant memory we have of this old fisherman, puffing on his pipe, as he sat atop the rocks at Pegg’s Cove. » Pilot Officer J, C. Nixon, son of Hon. Harry Nixon, provincial sec­ retary of Ontario, is • reported to , have been killed overseas. Gradu- ’ ating from the Ontario Agriculture college, P.O. Nixon flew to Eng­ land last June as a member of the £ = • Plenty of good light at the bridga tabM makes the'game and conversation go better —eaves mistake# and temper*. Bo eonsifr* erate of your guests by making sure they catt see the cards and tho play without eyestrain, HYDRO SHOP Wingham NEWS of the DISTRICT a a Closed Brussels School The continuation and public schools at Brussels were closed last week by the medical heealth officer, DY. T. ,T. McRae, owing to the illness of one of the pupils, who was taken to London for observation. Word has been receiv­ ed that he may be suffering from in­ fantile paralysis. Eyes Injured by Wire Stephen Bickel, of Carrick, who is ope of the directors of the Neustadt Fall Show, met with a distressing ac­ cident, while assisting in trucking chairs from the Neustadt Lutheran Cuhich to the fair ground. A wire strung across the entrance to the church yard, about eight feet from he ground, caught Mr, Bickel right across the eyes, and it was’ feared for a time that he might lose the sight of one eye. The wire was spliced just wh.ere it struck Mr. Bickel, and this caused a nasty jagged cut, which required a stitch ettc. or two to close.—Mildtnay Gaz^ Had Close Call accident which might have had Child Ah serious, if not fatal results happened to five-year-old Betty Rutledge, Dun­ gannon, while she was playing with a friend. The first little girl climbed into a tree and Betty tried to follow, but in doing so slipped and her neck and one leg were caught in crotches of the tree, so that she was hanging by the neck. An adult, hearing her screams, ran to her assistance and, with some difficulty relieved her from her perilous position. She was uninjured. Listowel Lady Seriously Injured Miss Jean Climie was seriously in­ jured In a motor accident early Wed­ nesday evening when the car in which she was travelling sideswiped a truck on the small bridge near Wallenstein, .Miss Climie is suffering from shock, from loss of Dlood and a badly fract­ ured left arm, and is confined to the Memorial Hospital. z Pilot Officer A. E. MacDonald, nephew of Miss Climib, was driving and was accompanied by Miss A. Mac­ millan, Miss Olga Gee and Misses Jean and Jessie Climie. They were on their way to Kitchenej when the accident happened. It was Teeswater truck that figured in he accident and the driver was a Mr. Buckle of tilth village. TJm left side of the auto was badly damaged, the occupants were able to return home' in it.—Listowel Banner. Formosa Buys Fire Equipment Formosa Village, will ’soon be prov­ ided with fire-fighting equipment, the first in its history. Through the effors of enterprising business men and cit­ izens, money has been subscribed and a twcJ-wheeled gasoline pumper has been purchased. This outfit has a pumping capacity of nearly 500 gallons a minute and can be attatched to a truck or car and conveyed to the scene of the fire. Sev­ en hundred feet of hdse have also been purchased. The entire cost amounts to about $4,000 and with.further’subscriptions coming in it is contemplated to add more equipment. A volunteer fire brigade is being organized at once, The municipal councils of Carrick and Culross Townships are being re­ quested to assist in the financing and thus avail the service to resident farm­ ers of hese rural cenres-. Siamese Twin Egg Plenty of strange eggs find their way to newspaper offices, but one of .the strangest of all was that brought in by Albert Dick, Fergus painter. It was probably as rare as Siamese twins are among human beings. This one consisted of two distinct eggs, joined together in the centre by a neck about 1% inches long. The shells' are soft. One egg is full size and the other only slightly smaller, and the total, length is about six inches. The egg was layed by a White Leghorn hen over a- year old.—Fergus News Record. Appointed Deputy Sheriff Miss Efhelyh O’Hearn, Dublin, has been appointed Deputy Sheriff of Hur­ on county, and will assume her new duties on September 15.. She succeeds Mrs. Joseph Malone, nee Miss Theresa Delaney. ,Miss A’Hearn isva native of Dublin, and is a graduate of the Clin­ ton School o.f Commerce. She has been in the legal office of L. E. Dancey, K.C., Goderich, for the past four years. Seasons Crop and Implements Burned Fire,, caused by a bolt of lightning, destroyed a barn and its contents on the farm o*f Mrs. Mary Brown, Kin­ cardine Township. The season’s crops had just been stored in the barn and also most of the farm implements. The loss, a” heavy one, is only partially cov­ ered by insurance. Too Much Wheat, Horses Die Mr.. Albert Gaiser, of Shipka, lost four valuable horses. He had been sow­ ing fall wheat on a farm three miles from the home place and at night he left some seed wheat in a wagon and turned the ’ horses loose in the field. The horses got into the wheat and Overate with the result that poisoning set in and all four horses died.—Ex­ eter Times-Advocate. Grew Big'Cucumber From the garden of Reuben Wilson; concession 12, Ashfield, there comes a cucumber that in itself would make quite a “batch” of pickles. The cucum­ ber weighed 3 pounds 5 ounces, meas­ ured twelve inches in length, and its girth had a circumference of 12% ins. —Lucknow Sentinel. Appeals Sentence Over Fatal Crash Appeal has been entered by Leon­ ard Kuntz, of Mildmay, against ,a sent­ ence of three months’ imprisoniYient and three years’ suspension of license, imposed by Magistrate Watt at Guelph. Kuntz was convicted on a charge of dangerous driving, provincial police aftter a car by Kuntz cracked a light truck by Sam Brooks, of Rothsay Arthur-Orangeville highway, died, in Palmerston hospital passengers in Kuntz* car also , were after being admitted and five women injured, including his mother. Kuntz is out on disposal of the appeal. laid by driven < driven on the Brooks • shortly 62-year-old bail pending V. S. Instrument Found A queer looking instrument, encased in ah insulated lead container, size about nine by nine by four inches, this enclosed in a rubber batrel and sup­ ported by a silk parachute, dropped from the heavens a distance of 12 miles onto the farm of James McMillan, of Goderich Township, five miles east of Goderich, Thursday discovery was made Ian’s son, Colin, Information of the balloon carrying the apparatus had afternoon. The by Mr. McMil- box was that a i HAMILTON BV« roKE OVENS’ LIMITED PRODUCT COKE V T0 OUR CUSTOMERS CANADA By ot tae W **nsoes8eriW ®jor portloa o _ reiuolnE tae amount ava. doneetio use to-a vet? oonaitiono. you are in view of th0 , oonsult your urged- dealer *“ „ seoure CoBe, Please o^Uer » • u part, »-oo cote will, again, to aroi Mb°f0r6’ ottferyo^atro»age,-«‘ waa^youfory. .liable tor V ion COKB 0^3 . p. pinokard GENERAL UAUAGER been released from Wayne County airport, Michigan, on September 11. A balloon sent up by the United States Weather Bureau carried It to a heigh of about 12 miles. The balloon burst "and the instrument came' down slowly'on the parachute. While in the air the instrument acted as a radio broadcaster of the temperature, pres­ sure and moisure of the air through which it passed. Really Big Returns Crops have been good in the town­ ships adjacent, to Arthur,, and some remarkable yields are being reportted. On the whole'the crop was above av­ erage, while in many parts of the .prov­ ince there is something of a shortage. However, for big r&turns a Damascus gardner, we Imagine, takes the cake, or whatever trophy is offered. He planted a ten cent package of cabbage seed from which he has five hundred cabbages. Believe it or not!—Arthur Enterprise News. fs Goderich Gang Sentenced Eight young men of Goderich, rang­ ing in age from 1'7 to 23, were given varying terms in jail, fines with altern­ ate terms or were remanded to jaaii for sentence over thefts of chickens, gasoline, cigarettes and whiskey. Thefts extended over the vacation months of July and August. It was the bigges round-up by municipal and provincial police in this town in many years. TURNBERRY COUNCIL SETS TAX RATE The minutes of Council meeting held in Bluevale, Ont., September 8, 1941. Members all present. Movj&d by Moffatt and Breckenridge that the minutes, of last meeting be adopted as read. Carried. The following letters were received and read. Dept, of Health, Toronto; Dept of Public Welfare, Toronto; Dept of highways, Toronto; Dept, of Labor, Stratford; J. A. Walker; Ottawa. Moved by Wiltoii and Moffatt that R. Grain and R. Cruickshank be in­ structed to look aftter the repairs to the Memorial Gates in Honour of Fal­ len Heroes of Turnberry. Carried. Mover by Porter and Moffatt that By-Law No. 7 be passed striking fol­ lowing rate for year 1941: County 7 2/10 mills Township , 3 9/10 mills Direct Relief 3/10 mills Twp. Grant to schools, 4 5/10 mills Carried. The following accounts were paid: Relief $20,00; Sundry $4.93; Roads $17^.05; Drains $29.70 Moved by Breckenridge’and Porter that we adjourn to meet at Bluevale on Saturday, October 4th, 1941. Carried. W. R. Cruickshank, Clerk. RUSSIAN GUERILLA’S PLEDGE OF DEATH WOMEN’S CORPS BEING RECRUITED With appointment of officers, organ­ ization of companies, platoons and other groups, and uniforms to ’come later, recruits for the Canadian Wom­ en’s Army Corps have.already been taken on at several stations across Canada to release soldiers for other duties. Drivers, canteen helpers, clerks and stenographers are among the first -classifications that have been medical­ ly examined and called. They are identified as members of the C.W-A. C. by the letters embroidered in gold on a cherry-coloured . arm-band until they become enro.lled as Volunteers and are issued the Corps uniform which has now been .approved and will be of khaki barathea clofh with deep brown shoulder tabs and tie, kahki stockings, ‘and brown shoes and gloves, in addition to khaki greatcoat on smart cavalry lines. Recruits who were formerly mem­ bers of volunteer groups are being per­ mitted to wear the uniforms of. these groups until uniforms ’are issued. Those whose applications have been accepted Who were not members of Volunteer organizations are wearing civilian dress with the distinguishing armband. While it is planned later on to have women’s' barracks with recreational and hospital facilities, and issue of Army rations, for the present recruits htc f iiitttfj’ til Ci f* forrtiei'* living rangements and are being paid the stipulated living allowance of 85c per day in addition to pay. Delay in calling up personnel, it is reported, is occasioned due to lack of care in filling out applications and forwarding with them the necessary references to the Department of Nat­ ional War Services. Operating behind the German lines from the Baltic to the Black Sea, Rus­ sian guerilla bands have struck blow on blow at Nazi communications — destroying bridges, attacking isolated units, leaving to German columns nothing but the devastation of a scorched earth. • In furtherance of their campaign, members, of the guerilla bands, accord­ ing to Russian .papers^ have taken this pledge qf death before surrender. ., “I, a citizen of the great; Soviet Union, a faithful son of (name of Re­ public), swear that I will not lay down my weapons until the last Fascist in our land is destroyed. I swear to obey the orders* of my commanders and to kqep strict military discipline. I swear to take .unmerciful revenge for the destruction of our towns and villages, for the death of our children, for the tortures, violence and humiliation in­ flicted upon my people. Blood must be repaid by blood and death by death. I svtaar to assist the Red Army, in eVery possible way, to- destroy the eyiemy without sparing my efforts or even my life. I swear that^I would rather—tile than surrender .to the en­ emy and that I will not let my people be* enslaved by the bloodthirsty Fas­ cists. Should I, through weakness, cowardice or evil designs break this solemn oath and betray the interests of my people, may I die a shameful death at the. hands of my comrades.” Experience is one teacher that al­ ways gets paid if not obeyed. Men of 30, 40, 50 PEP, VIM, VIGOR, Subnormal? Want normal pep, vim, vigor, vitality? Trjr Ostrex Tonic Tablets. Contain^ tomes, stimulants, oyster elements— aids to normal pep after 30, 40 of 50. Get a special introductory size for only 35c. Try this aid to normal pep and vnri today. For sale at all good drug stores. Western Canada Special Bargain Excursions FROM ALL STATIONS IN EASTERN CANADA GOING DAILY SEPTEMBER 12 - 26,1941 inclusive Return Uirnit - 45 Days. 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