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atIORT NAP MAY MEAN
A. LONG SLEEP
Fighters are careful about their
sleeping habits, They do not doze
tarhile they are facing their opponents,
for example, At least the winning
kind do not, Both box-fighters and
warriors get to be.champions and stay
abanapions because they know it is not
We to relax before the opposition
quits or is knocked out,
Supposing the Nazi propaganda
tnaster, Goebbels, handed out a new
dish-his theme that Canadian troops
Were losing interest in the war. Let's
gay his fancy story ran something like
this: Canadians in the Navy, the Army
and the Air Force are becoming
weary; they are more interested in
getting back home than in pressing an
attack; their aggressiveness has notice-
ably detoriorated.
What would happen th Goebbels'
propaganda in this country? Why, in
every big and little town people would
laugh it downl We would know the
story was a pack of lies, Nothing that
the German lie-masters invented could
destroy our faith in the determination
of our men to win, no matter what the
east
But suppose that Goebbels tried his
Rand as such tactics, in reverse, Let
trs imagine that he planted the follow-
ing story among Canadian troops over-
seas: the folks at home are becoming
weary of the war, production is drop-
ping noticeably in plants throughout
the country; absenteeism is growing
into a major problem; young and old
are spending more and more money
for selfish purposes and are becoming
less interested in Victory Loan drives.
Would our men overseas in such a
situation have the same confidence in
tts and the nsame scorn of such a rum-
or-story as we would show against the
reverse propaganda? We think the
answer would be "yes". We believe
that our troops have confidence in the
home front. We have given them
every reason for such faith in the past
three years, But if we are to be the
champions in our field as our men in
nuiform are champions over there we
will remember .that only even a slight
relaxation can prove our undoing, This
is particularly applicable to our pres-
ent task of making the Fifth Victory
Loan campaignan outstanding success.
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Being On Board Tough. Work
There's going to be a roan power
shortage on Kincardine Board of Ed-
ucation unless the current trend is re-
versed, opines Joseph Fisher, board
member and chairman of the Central
school committee After spending
hours seeking help to repair the school
roof, Mr. Fisher finally had to under-
take the work himself Then, when the
problem of repairing drains arose, he
finally found the only help available
was Joseph Fisher.
Seventy Huron Farmers
To Aid Western Harvest
Of the 150 farm hands in Huron
County who applied to go to Western
Canada to help with the harvest about
70 have been given permission, it was
stated at the local Selective Service
office In each case investigation was
made by J. C. Shearer, agricultural
representative, as to labor conditions
on the farm affected before action was
taken.
As a result of the partial crop fail-
ure in this county it was found that in
most areas farmers are up to schedule
with their fall work' and in a position
to release labor,
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IARSIGHTED householders are seeing the urgent need.
of preparing their homes now against this winter's
coal shortage, They are acting now!
HEATING SYSTEMS MUST BE
EFFICIENT: HOMES SHOULD BE
ADEQUATELY INSULATED.
Here ore some jobs you should be
doing NOW I
}We your entire heating system
inspected. Order necessary repairs.
, 9 Have your furnace thoroughly
, 611 cleaned by a competent man. Irma-
late furnace and pipes where necessary,
10
Be sure that you have sufficient storm
windows and that all windows and
doors fit tightly. Have cracks in walls
repaired. Weatherstrip wherever it is
necessary. Consider seriously the insula-
tion of ceiling and walls.
The paratrooper takes his life in his hands when he '
descends through alien skies. But first he is a hand-
picked man, goes through gruelling training and
receives the finest equipment yet devised—for his
,and your security,
As his attack is our defence against Axis domination
.so Brantford Roofing defends many a home against
the beating of the weather. But just now, because
it's built of strategic materials, the supply of
_Brantford Roofing is limited.
Supplies available for civilian use are rationed to
dealers, to ensure an equitable share in each
community. To stretch raw materials as far as
:possible, all Brantford. Roofing lines have been
standardized on a mininnttri range of styles
,and colours.
If you are faced with roofing problems, ask your
Brantford Roofing dealer to assist you, He will
help you make your present roof last longer and
effect urgent repairs with a minitnum of new
material. Ile will also help you plan now for a
‘Otztpletely renovated roof after victory.
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AGE TWO WINGHAM ADVANCEtTaf Thursday, Sept.. 30th,„ 1943
into a field adjoining the track which
passes through this farm, acrd it is
thought that some careless. person
crossing the farm had left it ')c)pen,
The steer wandered to the railway
track and was instantly killed It was
valued at V30.00.—Mildmay Gazette,
dimpled smile and gravely took the
bat, Everything was grave it, seemed,
For a' moment I started remembering
the trouble of the day and started to
slouch into the old rocker. That's
where I made my mistake, It seems
that somebody by the name of Teddy
was sitting in that chair. I tried in
vain to see Teddy , • but there was
nothing there but empty chair.
Then I tried the couch. Teddy must
have grought the whole family along
with him because Betty, Jean and Mar-
ion were arrayed on the couch, Joe
was 'sitting on the big chair and I
'finally had to settle for the most un-
comfortable torture chair that Aunt
Lucy wished on us one time. When
I tried to read the paper Joe was look-
ing at it, I couldn't quite figure out
how he 'could `read it by long distance
. all the way across the room, but
then as you get experience as a father
you stop trying to reason things out
in a common sense sort of way.
Jest before supper was ready, Joe,
Betty, Jean and Marion. . still per-
fectly invisible . . . all decided to go
home. The trouble was that Teddy
decided to stay and hog my rocking
chair. I tried in as polite a way as
possible to move him to the couch but
it was no good. He liked the rocker,
according to Patricia Ann,- When, he
wanted to sit in my chair at the table
. . . I balked, conveying to the little
girl firmly and politely that the in-
visible one could sit somewhere else,
At first she didn't like it and I could-
n't see the expression on his face, but
ie settled for a seat beside her. She
chatted away to him quite politely, and
when we got used to, not being able to
see our guest, we also joined in the
conversation,
Teddy stayed for almost a week, He
slept in. the spare bedroom . . . and
he had a place at breakfast, dinner
and supper table. I managed to move
him from the rocker and then he was
installed in Mrs. Phil's favorite chair.
He seemed to be a good playmate be-
cause Patricia Ann never paid the
slightest attention to the' rest of us,
I used to ask for him each evening
and I 'would be assured that he was
quite well. The other evening when
I came up Patricia Ann 'assurred me
that he was gone. He had to go and
see someone in the village.
Patricia Ann hasn't mentioned him
for days. Mrs. Phil and I find it
much easier to live around the house
noW but, we do sort of wonder some-
times just what he looked like,
Fire At Clifford Home
On Saturday afternoon about six
o'clock Mrs. Henry Geil discovered
smoke issuing from the 'cellar windows
of Mr. Jas. Newton's house, Upon in-
vestigation she found the house locked
and an alarm was spread to other
nearby neighbours who were agle to
find the key to the house Upon en-
tering the smoke was found very dense
throughout the entire house. The fire
was found to be in the wall in the cel-
lar beneath th e kitchen floor, caused
by some defect in the electric wiring,
By cutting a hole in the floor, the fire-
fighters were 'able to get at the fire
and put it out Upon inqeiry, Mr, and
Mrs. Newton were found at Teeswater
and when they reached home after 7
o'clock the fire was completely tinder
control. Considerable damage was
done by smoke throughout the house,
The Newton's had left home at five
O'clock and had neither seen nor' smelt
any trace of smoke then.—Hanover
Post
Fine Black Bass A Treat
Caught At Bluevale
George Soeder and R.. J. Reeler are
two very ardent fishermen who travel
together when it comes to fishing ex-
peditions Last week they were up in
Bluevale, catching their allotment of
fine black bass. Mr. Soeder brOught
his largest fish, a fine one measuring
about 18 inches and weighing about
four pounds to The Advocate, express-
ing the hope that we would enjoy eat-
ing it as much as they enjoyed pulling
them out, We don't know just the
measure of pleasure that was, but we
arc quite candid in stating that it was
was the 'best treat we have had for
some time, thanks to Mr, Soeden—
Mitehell Advocate,
PHIL OSIFER OF
LAZY MEADOWS
By Harry J. Boyle
I have been having trouble with
imaginary People, Before you throw
the paper down in disgust, thinking
that I should see a doctor, let me ex-
plain. It all comes about because of
the young daughter a certain, fair-
haired girl by the name 'of Patricia
Ann.
It had been a hard day . , pigs in
the orchard and cows its the potato
patch and the Brindle cow deciding
to have her calf born back' in the
thicket next to the bush , . and I was
ht no mood for fooling, The little
girl met me at the door and gravely
asked tree .to step in. When your
daughter is just barely four and starts
acting like that . look out. It's
what those psychology felloWs call—
"another phase,"
I had a half mind to not pay any
attention to her but Mrs. Phil shook
her head at me-. "Thank you Miss
Patricia Attn," I said politely hand.
'log her my old hat, 'that almost
threw her, but she covered up her
()Qom is pretty warm. It is stoill hot
but we are used to it by now. Nothing
compared to the 120 to VW we had
earlier One could wash W0 times a
day and stilVbe dirty here,
The parcel with the maple syrup
arrived. It is amazing how it kept,
Am sharing it with the few Canadians
left in the mess, A chap from LW-
say whose father makes syrup declares
it is the best, Give Mrs, Norman our
thanks I'll bet a few years ago Mrs,
Norman would apt have believed it if
she had been told someone would be
eating her syrup somewhere in Africa,
The food is lousy at present, with
the extra messing for lunches eye man-
age but it is tough for the ground
crew, For dinner or tiffin we have
been getting issued 3 tins. cheese weigh-
ing 12 ozs, each or bully beef. This is
to do for forty men, never any fresh
meat here
The date and fig trees are loaded
and will soon be ripe.
We ought to have Sicily soon and
hope it doesn't take as long as it did
to clean out Africa. If I ever get to
the Delta or some civilized plaee I'll
send prints. The 'squadron photo-
graphic section makes a poor job,
This evening as I. was sitting on my
camp bed reading the papers you sent
one of the chaps in our tent yelled
that there was a snake under his bed.
He was making up his bed at the time.
I got out the old revolver and had a
look. It sere was a beauty, only about
86" long but big around the waist if
you know what I mean, That doesn't
seem very long but too much to be
roaming around our tent, I hit it in
the middle and just about then the
Arab whose house is close to our tent
came along and finished it. As it .had
spots he reckoned it was poisonous,
Snakes are plentiful around here, •
This Arab we spoke of is quite a de-
cent chap, He is only 19 and his wife
whom we rarely see is 16, The Arabs
are particular about their wives and
when you do see them they have a
cloth over their faces. They do farm-
ing on a small scale. The land is dry
as a bone and is watered two or three
times a day. This is done by means
of "a well and a donkey or cow. The
wells seem to be very deep and have
an arrangement on top with a pulley.
A fair sized canvas bag is attached
to a rope which goes over the pulley
and fastens to the harness on the an-
imal, They lead it back and forth
bringing up water which flows into a
reservoir, When it is filled it is let out
into channels that take it over the
crops. They consist of some kind of
corn and watermellons. Their meth-
ods of farming- have not changed in a
himdred years.
Some of the Arabs. are alright but I
haven't much time for the majority of
them,
Sgt. J. I, Campbell', Ceylon
Things have been a little backward
in the jungle, Sam, my pilot and Jim
Brown, a Sgt have gone out to civili-
zation, but it is the hospital, both were
stricken with yellow jaundice.
Helped in the launching of a boat to-
day which one of the boys hewed out
of a big tree. It was so heavy I was
surprised to see it float. Our living
quarters are made of woven reeds, I
wonder how good they will be when
the rains come.
Some of the fellows have, started
gardens of their own, they grow pine-
apples, tomatoes, etc.
May Stock Lake Huron,
With Larger Fish
Consideration will be given to the
possibility of stocking Georgian Bay
and Lake Huron with larger fish, it
was stated following a conference be-
Steer Killed By Train
Jacob Koenig sustained a serious
loss on Monday night, when a two-'
year-old steer belonging to him was
killed by the night passenger train.
Mr Koenig remembers closing the
railway gate after putting the cattle
EXTRACTS FROM
'OVERSEAS MAIL
Interesting Parts Taken From Letters
Received Recenty
Following are extracts from letters
from two local boys, Sgt. Jack Bate-
son, in Africa written to his parents,
Mr, and Mrs. S, Bateson and Sgt. T. L.
Campbell, Middle East Command, in
India, written Jas. H, Campbell.
Ft. Sergt, Jack Bateson
July •19th., 1943
Went for a swim this afternoon,
since we are not working tonight. The
Painful injury
While assisting her husband at the
Meat Market one day last week, Mrs..
George Gibbons met with a painful in-
jury While operating a meat cutter
the index; finger of the right hand
came in contact with the knife and
was cut off near to the first joint. This
Was most unfortunate and is a great
handicap to her as it interferes with
her performing ordinary household
daties,—Kincardine. News.
Tires Stolen At. Auburn
The first theft to occur in this dis-
trict in a long time occurred last week,
when thieves broke into the garage of
Earl Raithby and stole two tires The
entrance was made by tearing some
boards ,off the garage. They left the
jack under a wheel of the car. Mr.
Raithby missed some gas the night
before Police are •investigating,
Cuirass Residence Struck
By Lightning
Guthrie Reid, of Culross, nearly lost
his home last week when a lightning
bolt struck his back kitchen, and the
current entered the main house, An
outside door was wrenched off and
tossed a distance of 15 feet, and two
heavy inner doors were also torn loose
from their casings. The west end of
the kitchen was blown out, and the'
contents of that building were badly
messed up, Fire broke out in the
building, but prompt action extinguish-
ed it.—Milcnay Gazette.
Sewage Plan Survey
Ordered At Listowel
James Procter, Redfern Limited,
civil and consulting engineers of Tor-
onto, have been engaged to make a
survey and draw up estimates in con-
nection with the proposed sewage dis-
posal system,• which is now contem-
plated as one of Listowel's post-war
projects
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heat losses. Winter is just around the corner. Prepare NOW !
then only for religious and" scholarly
works. An exhibition of the uses of
printing, at the Royal Ontario Mus-
eum, contains a singleifold 18th cen-
tury newspaper and a Toronto Globe
of 1877. Although the latter may
seem old-fasbioned in our eyes it
certainly was an improvement on the
earlier newspapers. The exhibit shows
that printing is also employed in the •
making of maps, playing cards, illus-
trations and reproductions of paintings
and in the decoration of textiles in-
cluding shawls, kerchiefs, dress fab-
rics, handkerchiefs, and even fans.
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The retailer's job is not an
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rofits are controlled, His
help is in the army or war
plants His supply of goods
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you need and by accepting
raciously inevitable iestric-
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,.1011N L-ABATt LIMITED
tendon tereitie
tween a Bruce Peninsula delegation
and D. J. Taylor, deputy minister of
Fisheries for Ontario Mr. Taylor
told Bert Golden, Tobermory, John
Matheson, Southampton and other
members of the delegation that about
8,000,000 fingerlings now are used to
stock the waters and that it is a ques-
tion whether hatcheries can provide
larger fish for stocking
Huron Butchers Held
FALL FAIR DATES
Agricultural Societies' Fairs and ESE-
hibitions, 1943.
LuCknow Sept.28, 29
,Arthur Sept 30, Oct, 1
Caledon Oct. 1, 2
Dungannon Sept 30, Oct. 1
Gorrie , Oct., 1, 2
Meaford Sept. 29, 30
Mount Forest Sept. 29, 30
St. Marys .......... ..... Sept. 29, 30
Aberfoyle • Oct, 5, 6
Atwood . Oct. 8, 9
Erin Oct. 9, 11
Tara Oct. 6, 7
Teeswater Oct. 5, 6
Tiverton Oct. 4, 5
lAroodb ridge 9, 11
Walkerton Nov. 24
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