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Mese things may look trilling, but , daily teleysbose they are very important. its left are carrying on. I would like to tell you a lot but dare not. Harry lost his father 2 days before the raid but a bomb came right hrough the roof. The coffin was Town over het the A.R.P. men put him back and we 'hid as much as we could from his mothet. The cemetery was hit and there is a time bomb right against Grandmother's grave. The men are digging it out. It is terrible the havoc they have done, we are lucky to be alive. Aunt Tiby and Aunt Lil have been away, their homes escaped -with brOicen windows. Cousin Arthur was bombed out but hie wife KING GEORGE IN A PEEP, .4- 'king ..deotte 'gets 11S, .Jeep cat during ro601 in Watt. Is Your House SAFE AFTER DARK? • ,••,,z.• • • •s , •• • \\"' " • Lighted windows warn prowlers away. Always leave a few lamps burning when yea leave your home for the evening. Remeapp ber, a bright light for sixteen tours Costs only 1# at Hydro rates. itlae‘' , • e ,a‘ e t;`,:•,„ `ea..,,z,s;',11,00•0„,ee.s. • • , Qedif Mein 110444 Reautti 4014 Shop Ina Put 100.Watt tamps in Kitchen, living-Room,,Basement pho.. HYDRA SHOP Winkirtain FBANKS DEPARTMENT GROCERS BOOK STORES FROM POST OFFICES STORES • DRUGGISTS TOBACCONISTS tend other 'RETAIL STORES. sailed with this ,contingent, and they : had an uneventful passage, Lieut. Johnston is attached to the Armoured Corps. — Mildmay Gazette. Boy Critically Injured A very serious accident took :place': on the farm of Jos. McGeogh of the 1st concession of Culross, Mr. Mc-• Geogh's nephew, Billie Johnston aged" eleven, of Detroit, who has been ing him, was driving the team on the farm, and the animals took fright and; ran away. The lad was thrown off the wagon, and a wheel passed over his bead, causing very grave injuries. ; The unfortunate lad was taken to the Wingham hospital for treatment and his condition is m egarded as very pre- carious, — Mildmay Gazette. AppOinted Creamery Inspector Clair McDougall, son of Mr. and Mrs, Rod McDougall ef Kinloss, has' been appointed as a .creamery inspec- tor -with headquarters in ;Sebringville. This district is included in his inspec-' tion area. Mr. and Mrs. McDougall and son Roddy who were in Montreal; prior to Clair's recent appointment, are. visiting friends here. — Lucknow Sent- • inel. LETTER TELLS OF NORWICH RAIDS City Was Bombed In Nazi Badeaker Raids The following letter was received from Norwich, England, by Mrs. Wm.. Broome from her sister. This was; one of the cities that the Germans picked out for raids under what was termed Badealeer raids, raids on cities that a guide book ;by this name men-. honed as very attractive or interesting.' 50 Eargate Court, Barrack St., Norwich. TWO WIN OHAM ADVANC TIMI AR AVIN S SIAM p.ar-conditioned comfort train TO THE WEST efi 'Wilt .1 IIISPER PARK LODGE Jute 15 - AUGUST'si MINAK1 LODGE -- AUGUST DIRECT SERVICE 'WINNIPEG .SA3KATOOtil EtilvIONTON JASPER VAt4COLIVER VICTORIA Dear -Sister and all; Thanks for your letters and photos which I consider very good, it is a real Slice picture of Bill. Tommy says' Jim looks like a drill instructor. We would like so much to see hint. (They likely have by now as Jim since land- ed in England.) Still that means part- • ing that side so' we will just wait and see, maybe this struggle will soon end. I guess you are pretty anxious for; news since the blitz but thank God we came through . but we thought every minute was ;our last. One can- not describe the raid. You have to be in it to realize what it is like, We have had several raids but never -any like the last two. Some terrible things happened. We wonder now how we, ever came through. He tried to burn us all out but though some of the Georee Caslicic, Teesavater, Thomas; city is still smouldering we who are Wingham Advance-Times Published at VVINGHAM - ONTARIO Subscription Rate — One Year $2.00 Six months, $1.00 in advance To U. S. A., $2.50 per year Foreign rate, $3,00 per year. Advertising rates *on application. .44.41MUM111.1.1.141111.1.11, 44 .. unomm aa 1114 tttttttt Ann. NEWS of the DISTRICT :eve fish the largest measuring near thirty inches and weighing over 7 o mds.—Southampton Beacon. Hanover Flier Prisoner of War Mrs. Edwin Winkler of Hanover re- ek-a a wire from the chief of air staff, Ottawa, bearing the information that her son, Sergeant Eric Winkler, 22, previously reported missing; had been located by the International Red Cross and was a prisoner of war in Germany. Wireless-airounner -a: R.C.A.F. overseas bomber squadron,' Winkler was reported missing .vhen he failed to return after oper- ations over .enemy territory June 17, laving presumably taken part in a raid on German industrial centres.—; Hanover Post, Disregarded National Anthem, Fined "I would like to hit those people, who fumble With their coats and start' getting out and otherwise disregard cur National Anthem," Magistrate F. W. Walker commented in court at Kincardine as he imposed a fine of $10 and costs on a Ripley man who had failed to come to attention when was a peculiar find made by Dave Wright when he took the pipe out of the chimney in his summer cottage, at Oliphant. Mr. Wright pulled the pipe out and saw something white and. put in his hand to draw out whit he thought was a stone, but which proved to be a large duck ;egg. .Mr. Wright, in the meatime, saw the duck fly front; the chimney, and wleen they investi- gated they found eleven duck eggs laid in the softest of grey down, evidently plucked from the bird's breast, — first reeve and ••comencillor and served as • Warden for Huron County. For years lie was .connected with the Pork Packing.—Seaforth Huron Expositor, Exeter Citizens. Help In Fields The voluntary help provided by the • citizens of Exeter in blocking and • thinning the sugar beets in a number, of fields in this community ,finished, their work Monday evening. After, working in the fields nearly every eV- cuing last week there was still a small portion ;of one field to finish up and a number cleaned up the job Monday • night.—Exeter Times Advocate. Tractor Starts $800 Blaze When a tractor backfired on Wal- lace Nodwell's farm, 14th line, East Garafraxa, the other day, it set fire the building in which it was stored. Building and tractor were destroyed in the resulting blaze. Loss is estimated at .$800. — Arthur Enterprise News. Car Door Flew Open— Child Hurt - Betty, S-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Kerry, was injured n a motor mishap near Hepworth on Wednesday when she fell from the car which her father was driving to Sauble Beach, The door flew open and the little girl was thrown to the pave- ment, receiving severe head injuries, cuts and bruises, She did not regain ;consciousness till the next day. — Kin- cardine News Dog Trained To Bring Pigs John Grasloy, a former resident of Durham and i3entinck, but who is now farming at Millgrove in the Galt dis- trict, has a dog that knows its pigs. Mr: Grasby trained his pup to bring in the pigs by grabbing them by an ear. In a few lessons the pigs learned to come in by themselves. It Might have been expected that some of the pork- ers' ears might have been cut or in- jured, but an examination showed the animals had not been injured in any way. — Durham Chronicle. Arkwright Minister Chaplain Rev. George D. Petrie, Aikwright, in Bruce County, has been notified of his appointment as chaplain in the Canadian Army and will leave at once for Calgary, Alta. Mr. Petrie has been the United Church minister in Ark- wright and has also served the ;con- gregations of Mount Hope and Eben- ezer for the past three years. He closed his ministry on his present charge on July 5. Mrs. Petrie and family will move to Owend -Sound where they will reside during Mr. Petrie's period; of service. Children Escape Blaze The house and all contents owned by Clarence Poeehman, of the 15th concession of Carrick Township, near the village of Carisruhe, were complet- ely destroyed by fire Tuesday last week. Three children of the family had a narrow ;escape from being trap- ped in the conflagration. The fire started when the parents were in the barn milking. Mrs. Poechman notic- ing some heavy smoke coming from. the house looked out the barn and saw the flames. The small children at- tempted to get out the front door but could not get it unlocked and were afraid to go through the kitchen ioNy due to the heavy smoke, They were however taken out without any ill ef- fects. The loss of house, furniture, clothing and contents is a heavy one to Mr. Poechman, District Pair Convicted of Thefts Convicted of the theft of a pair of blacksmith pincers from the shop of Errington, of the 2nd concession of Culross Township, drew a three month term in Magistrate F. W. 'Walker's court. :The accused was alleged to nave taken the pincers from the Tees- water smithy last March, but they were not recovered until late in May when Errington informed Caslick he knew where they were, and one even- ing had the blacksmith ' accompany dllini to the farm of his neighbor. wrence Kelly, and there produced them from under the grass along the line ferice. From the evidence the magistrate remarked, "It looked like a scheme to get Kelly into trouble, • when the ph-leers were placed on his property." ' Died In 'Prison Camp A son of the former Miss Mary Campbell, milliner of Walker ton, now Mrs. Relmerts,en of Tara, and nephew of Mr. Ed. Campbell of this town, who was in the Royal Canadian Air Forte land Win tilts recently reported a pris- eller of war :n Germany, being shot down in an air raid, is now reported as haviog died from wounds received ere he was reclined by the Hun forc- es. — Walkerton Herald Times . Mildrnay Editor's Son in 'England A cablegram teceived by Mr, Mrs, J. A. jot tston on Tuesday morning, announced the safe arrival of their sot, Lieut. J. /totes Johnston, in trOand last zPriday, A large v.:nth: gee/ cif t`G.TIAlii an Officers and me mother escaped but Lily aying this will kill our mother. All I 1)0p. is Emit we don't get another ive bombing attack. It is enough o make a person die of fright, but main we are givtn strength to endure . We were trapped by fire tinder scone heel stairs but we got to the shelter when things were a bit 4.1111.0. We just got in when bang bang again. Wo have a young woman upstairs and huSband is missing, She was exe pectiug so yon can guess how worried, we were, but she only got her little girl but what if it had happened in time shelter. With God's help we shall pull through but Harriet its just terrible and we were mlmocked for days but we are getting a little quieter now. I • sin expecting Will he was to be here tday but leave was cancelled. Give my love to Mrs. 'Templetmman and tell her I will answer her letter soon. • (Time following is an extract of an- other letter), Just a line glad to say we are all safe at present we thought we wore in for it again last night but the balloon barrage kept them up. Now Harriet in spite ;of everything we have a lot to be thankful for. The flares and time bombs did little damage in our part so though shaken we es- caped injury. But Harriet the poor things burned alive, I cried every time I spoke of them but God gives us strength and we have got to carry on with aching hearts and many a fear but we face the future with a smile, never mind whatever happens God's will be done. Tommy is a little brick, instead of me trying to shield him he thinks he should cover me. Now Harriet if I didn't I meant to thank you for the snaps, are those two girls with Jim Mrs. Bailey's ;daughters, I think I recognize Gracie. Remember me to all. How I wish I could just pay a visit to you all. God Bless you an. • Your Sister Lil and Tommy. HEALTH TIPS FOR • A SAFE HOLIDAY Summer is generally looked upon as a restorative seasona time when we can laugh and play and generally re- lax in our glorious ;summer sunshine and so generally build up our ;resis- tance for the .more demanding winter months. Summer too though brings its health hazards which whilst well known to all, are unfortunately 'neglec- ted by thousands. Contaminated . water and milk, unsafe food supplies, over familiarity with 'sold sol" or poison ivy, to say nothing of the pos- sible tragedy of drowning, may mar the holiday you had planned to restore your health. The Health League of Canada offers the following rules for safe and happy holidays 1. Take sunbaths in easy doses. 2. Learn *hat poison ivy looks like and teach yoor children too—then avoid it 3. Be sure your water-supply is pure.; 4. Make 'certain the milk you buy is pasteurized—if not, pasteurize it yourself. 5. Don't take too much exercise at: once. 6. Don't swim on a full stomach. 7.. Learn how to paddle. or row. S. Learn how to do artificial; respir- ation—you may save somebody's life. The idea of moving the clocks ahead; an hour in wartime is to get us all up earlier to get ahead of the Rising Soo.. PHIL OSIFER OF LAZY MEADOWS net In Head — Recovering Improvement has been so favorable in the condition of Harold Hill, 17- year-old Howick Township lad, the victim of a shooting accident recently, that he has been removed from the Bruce County Hospital to his home- The bullet, which was discharged ac- dentally from a gun in the hands eofe'litis Irdranger brother, is still lodgedithe National Anthem was 'being play-, .--at the base of the brain and no at- l'ed ;at a public gathering, Evidence of •-etempt will be made to remove it. . police was to the effect that the man was intoxicated. '7-Child Dies From Scalds Terribly scalded when lie upset Wild Duck Eggs Found Eleven duck eggs in the chimney: pan of boiling water on himself, Dan- . Niv ins, one-year-old son of Mr. mud. Mrs. Clayton Nivins, died in Alex- andra Hospital Godericle on Friday. Mr. Nivins is foreman of the 'Goder- ich newspaper. His wife is the form- te Miss Livermore, of Clinton. The .accident took place on Wednesday morning at the home of the child's jgrandreother in Clinton, when the -baby, tied on the seat of an ordinary kitchen chair, close to the kitchen table, suddenly and without warning ..rmithed up and upset the dishpan, just ',filled with boiling water, whiCh pour- Wiarton Echo. eed 'down on his -torso and lower limbs. Hensel] Couple 65 Years Married 'The mother and grandmother were Just a split second too late to prevent Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Petty, well the accident. The baby was first re- known and highly esteemed citizens moved to Clinton Hospital, and later of Hensall, observed their ;65th wed- ,to Goderich Hospital, for treatment, R ding anniversary very quietly at their and for a time it was thought lie would home, 'Mr. Petty has been seriously survive the shock, but death came ill at his home here for the past num- -early Friday morning, despite ton- bet- of weeks, but is able to sit up a .seant mini st rations of a doctor and:little each day. Their marriage was solemnized by the late Rev. R. Tyler, of Rippen, and they have been resi- ' dents of this meillane since its inception. two nurses. 'W.eeds Large Pickerel Pickerel season Itaa been officially Mr. Petty together with his uncles, the open leer some time but it remained late George and James Petty. were the Eur Mr. E. Staofield to usher the sea- founders a f Hensel, Mr. Petty having son in with a bang on Saturday. built the first lemse here. He is an While fishing in the river lie landed tetersire proneety owner here, was the 13Y H. J. Boeir The Phil Osifer family has just been picked as the tepical family of 'Can-. ada. You may be surprised at that. Surprise, is no word to desribe my feelings when a car drove into the laneway one day :and an excited young man jumped out and started ordering! me around. He shoved a card into my hand, said a whole mouthful of words and expected me to understand what he was saying. Finally he calmed down And said that he wanted to take a film -of the family and the general debugs here at, Lazy Meadows. It seems that we vete picked as the average '.Canadian. family and he wanted to start .taking: pictures right away. We're all lea- man and that young mart had A way;e with him, In spite of Mrs. doubts on the whole affair I agreed nd the :crew arrived next morning.' Wearing some of the strangest clothes I 'have ever seen in my life,: this gang of young fellows swarmed .er the place like a bunch -of ants • a honey-pail lid. They. unloaded ateafter crate of :complicated look- )g machinery. Then the fun really rted. We may have been the ever-, age family . but they -tried desper- teLy hard to make us anything but the; verage. They argued and haggled: ver silly, little ;pieces of paper 4td hat they ,called "'shooting locations"'.. I won't tell you of the scenes wliiett they actually did take. In place of that we'll talk about the ones which they wanted and about which we made such a fuss that they were fin- ally deleted. I was leaning over to pick up some chips in the back yard when one of the directors in the gang saw the patches oat the seat of my overalls. They wanted to take a close- up of a rear-view' of me stooping over. We argued about that for hours but I refused to give in. They were glum and sour-looking. One. of the men chanced to go out in the back wood-shed. He saw the old tub in which the Saturday evening; bath ritual is performed. He forgot all about the patches. Wouldn't I just take a bath in the old tub. It would make an excellent scene. They were off in a cloud of rapture at the thought of having me lathering up in that old tub. z It was a marvellous, idea. Of course they would do that. By the time that I had a chance to protest they were planning all the in- timate details of it They even had the cameras set op in the wood-shed. My ideas of making a film were not exactly of that nature. I refused and they pleaded. I continued to refuse. They sulked. Didn't I want to co- operate? All the Hollywood movie actors and actresses were ready at a moments notice to peel for a scene like that. It was -so homey. I still persisted in my refusal. There were plenty of ideas like that. They wanted Mrs. Phil and I to pose in bed with long, cotton night-gowns on. One of them actually wanted to cut a half-moon in the door of the little house in the back-yard to make it seem more realistic. They had a thousand and one ideas in a minute.' We refused all of them and finally they started listening to what we told them about the. way we live on the farm. They Were amazed. Finally, they gave up theii queer notions about the farmers of Canada and made their film. It just goes to show you how little city people actually do know about their country cousins.