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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1944-04-27, Page 2War demands come first. Many of the' materials needed in providing Hydro rural service that, are plentiful in peace- tithe, are now required in the manufacture of war weapons. Likewise, many trained Hydro men have taken up war duties in the Army, Navy and Air Force. This results in a shortage of manpower, materials and equipment. Although working under great 'difficulties, created by these wartime condi- tions, Hydro will continue to provide essential rural services 'as rapidly as possible. However, it can be readily realized that with smaller construction crews, coupled with the scarcity of supplies, it is not possible for Hydro to effect extensions of power lines and services to farms as promptly or on the same scale as in peacetime. Hydro will make every effort to provide service to the more essential farm and other rural users connected with the production and processing of food. Those farmers and other users requiring electricity to assit in the production of food and for the replacement of labour will be given preference. Farmers located along existing lines will be given priority over those in areas where lines must be constructed, In any case, only extensions of limited length can be considered. All other rural residents on nevv or existing lines will be sup- plied" with Hydro service as and when conditions permit. Hydra trttsts that this, along with the previous messages, will enable rural. consumers to mare readily understand the new uniform Hydro rural rates and -the influence of wartime shortages of Manpower and materials on power ex- tensions. Upon your request, further information on these matters will gladly be supplied by any Hydro Rural District Superintendent. THE HYDRO-ELECTRIC POWER COMMISSION OF ONTARIO • This completes a series of messages explaining the new Rural Rates and the problems of electric supply to farm and hamlet consumers served direct by The Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario. We suggest you clip and keep these explanations. Rural Service Extensions in Wartime Ythz Said It e tow 1.1 v,g OVER t-1 R5 .ETZ, A. CRACK.' Al 1'&tEM. NAllIS ANYCEIY itlEKT digs-r 15 K5EP UYa VICTORY Uotos/ Distribution of Trees Through Schools By The. Conservation And Reforestation Committee Of Huron County. Directions for Distributing the Trees, The roots should not be exposed to the sun and wind, Unpack the trees in a building, or a shady location. The trees may-be held for several days by,- • — (a) • Keeping the trees moist in the box. (b) Placing the trees in a pail or tub and covering the roots completely with water, (c) Heeling the trees in the ground. Dig a trench and cover • the roots well with packed soil. Transportation of Trees from School to Homes. a) In a' pail or tub preferably with ropts in water, (b) With roots wrapped in wet burley, (c) In a box or basket. Cd)' A small' number may be carried with the roots wrapped in old newspapers. A- double sheet gr. newspaper is soaked • in water,. and it is wrapped around the roots. Dry sheets of newspaper should be wrapped around the wet sheets. Planting. Plant as soon as possible: Trees can be held for several days with, the roots in water, orheeled in the garden, The' trees- may be planted in their permanent location,, or placed in a nursery- row for several years, It is usually advisable to plant„ them' in: their permanent locations, as the hater transplanting entails extra labor and the trees are liable to die when transplanting. It iS adViSable to remove' the• sod where the tree is planted be-' cause the grass near the tree takes' the moisture and smothers the tree. Plant the tree the same depth• as it was in the nursery, and be sure the roots are not turned' up. The soil should be firmed well around the tree, It is advisable to leave a slight' depression around the tree. Do not put the sod back. Hoeing around the tree• d'uring the summer will help give the tree a start. Watering ins periods. of &might will insure that the tree will not die. The- trees should be protected' from stock. Hens and ellickns may eat off the new, fresh: growth! of evergreens. Bulletins. on• Forest "Tree. Planting”, and "The Farm Woodlo,t" may be secured by applying, to the DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND FORESTS; GALT: (.1)11 't+ SUM 7 Makers of E.S.P. Steel truss Barn-. Statar Nails Jarnesway Peisitts Eilultumnt • 4434.33N3f..W...tey. PA OE TWO oegeffleeeleitemi,40 pre . , Wingham Advance-Times Published at WINGHAM - 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. THEY DO NOT FIGHT ALONE Our purchase of Victory Bonds does not line us up as an active partici- pant with the Canadian in battle dress in the grim battle being waged in. Europe. We cannot fool ourselves on this point. For there is little or no sacrifice here in Canada that can be related even remotely to the Hazard- ouS life or death work in which our boys are engaged overseas. Yet the purchase of Victory Bonds is vital' to the well--being- of our men in battle for two reasons, First the cash we thus provide maintains the flow of necessary material to the fighting forces. Secondly, and perhaps more imporant, the enthusiastic support which Canadians at home give to a Victory Loan informs the boys over- seas better than any other method we have at our command that the hearts and minds of the overwhelming majority of folks Lack home are with them, * 4 * * HITLER WAS SILENT The bombing of Europe, the advance of the Russian armies, the 'loss of Africa and. Sicily and a portion of Italy ,must have affected Hitler's speech. His 55th birthday' went by with Adolph conspicuous by his sil- ence. Hitler before was never a man that .did not speak his mind but ap- parently anything he had to say was better left unsaid so far as his own peoples were concerned. The growing strength of the Allies is putting Ger- many on the defensive, but before long there will be an invasion from the west and our forces will face the greatest task ever given ari invader, It is then we must silence Hitler for good. The days gone by may have left Hitler speechless—the days ahead must leave him cold, Our dollars are needed as never before but so are our.. prayers. * MARKETS ARE THE THING If we are to have a prosperous farming industry now or after the war we must have markets for the things that the farmer produces. As we look into the future when the war is over, and that may be much farther away than many suppose, we can see our friends the farmers suffering again as they, did during depression years un- less plans are made to insure markets for his products. If there is a ready market the price situation takes care of itself, but if markets .are hard to find the prices drop and this great in- dustriof ours hits the skids and with it the whole nation suffers. We read that here may be set up an internation- al stablization fund. If properly used this could work well for the farmer. He could sell his produce in many places where he otherwise could not. We could never see why international bankers should profit so greatly with the rise and fall of currency in the various countries, There are some things right now that are a drug on the market we are told. One district farmer tells me he had about 2000 bushels of first class turnips and can- not sell them. Even in wartime we apparently have the power of great production--what we need mostly is a good steady market. A woman who fasted for 62 days, , To prove that the stunt could be done, From hundreds of Scotsmen had let- ters of praise, And proposals from seventy-one. !OPliff4 444 Miillig01141411411A1141!4,1.7Minlik1114041440111.1001111AP _ . . OF DISTRICT NEWS • 0144144141111141111444411114414 44 4 lll l 4441444414414 41441114144 lllllll Muskrat Trapped Twice One day last week, Mr, Fred. our local trapper, was ont viewing his muskrat traps at Dolphin's Creek. He spied a rat in a trap on a log, .Eagerly he proceeded to reach it but on his journey about three feet from his goal, he stePped into a rat hole about as deep, The frightened animal tore it- self from the prison, escaped, leaving behii* a poor battered foot, ,Mr, White, all the while was just pretty wet and cold, that chilly April day but the poor rat was doomed for the next day he was again caught in a trap and captured—Tara Leader, •-••-•—• Brussels Sergeant Welcomed Home Sergeant Lorne McCauley, who has been invalided home, was. farmly wel- comed by a large gathering of his home town folk when he arrived at the station here on Tuesday night after a journey that brought him, a casualty at Ortono, back home from three years with the Canadian Army Overseas, Sergeant McCauley, who is twenty-three years old, isithe son of Mr. and Mrs, Newton McCauley of Brussels. He was, wounded twice in the battle for Sicily and again at Or- ton() in Italy.—Brussels Post. Vandals Rob Sugar Bush Vandals entered the sugar bush of William [McLeod of the South Line, near Priceville, where they boiled down a batch of sap which had been collected and took it away with. them. Not satisfied with stealing the syrup the thieves betame vandal-minded, and did not have the decency to take the pan off the fire, the fire ruining it. Durham Chronicle.. • Child Suffered Burns Logan McLean, five-year-old son of Mr, and Mrs. Allan McLean, Gode- rich, suffered painful burns on both legs when his clothing caught fire from a bonfire in the garden at his home, while his parents were tempor- arily absent. He was rescued by W. J. Ruddock and taken to hospital. Beavers At Walkerton Dam Several beavers-are reported to have made their appearance above the Truax dam on the eastern outskirts of the town and are apparently making their home in that portion of the S.au- .geen which is peculiarly adapted for their habitat. Walkerton Herald-- Times. Boys Tamper With Grave A quartette of boys, all residents of the East Ward, created considerable consternation on Sunday by excavat- ing one of the graves in the old cem- etery adjacent to the J. J. Schnurr saw mill which is in the neighborhood of their homes. How near the young- sters came to committing a ghoulish crime, is evidenced by the fact that in their digging operations they had reached the ancient casket when fort- unately they were stopped in their activities by a passer-by. — Walkerton Hearld-Times. Jackets For Lucknow Juveniles Lucknow Juveniles, semi- finalists for the Ontario Hockey championship are being presented with glove leather jackets which arrived the first of the week.--Lucknow Sentinel. Hanover Swimming Pool Plans At the business meeting of the Han- over Kinthiten 'Club after the hockey rally last Friday evening Kin 'Harold Boettger, chairman of the swimming 'pool committee, presented a' report on the plans the club received from Mr. Norman Hehnbecker ,on the proposed site for a swimming pool. Mr. Heim- becker, who has bought the Tot ott- which is erected the former Morlock factory on the County Line, North, plans to remove this building and landscape and beautify this property, and building a $15,000 swimming pool providing the club erect suitable bath houses, showers, etc., and be respori- sible for a caretaker. — Hanover Post. Kincardine Shelves Promotion Plan. The proposal made by Kincardine post-war planning committee that a. town promoter be engaged, received. considerable consideration from , the town council, but finally was shelved for the time being on the grounds, that there are matters which require at- tention before this done. 44.14,•••••,,.. Grass Fire Bunts Stable. The frame stable at the home of K. X. McLean, Goderich Street East, was almost completely destroyed by fire early Wednesday evening A bon fire started on the lot adjoining, worked its way through the dead grass to a pile of rubbish near the barn, and al- though it was believed to have been checked, the fire apparently burned its Way ter the building and it was soon ablaze, Some furniture stored in the building was destroyed. Seaforth Huron Expositor. astoW Prisoner of War Mr. and M. Thomas Randall, Pluton road, near Coderldi, have re, etived a card frb-th their son, Pte, .dtin Randall, Perth Regiment, reported missing on January 17, 1944, advising them that he is a prisoner of war in Germany, DATES RATION COUPONS VALID I-Iere are the dates on wideb ration coupons are due; Butter coupons 54 to 58 now valid; 50 valid April 27; 54 to 07 expire. April 30, Sugar coupons 14 to 31 now valid.4 Preserves 1 to 18 now valid. Tea, coffee 14 to 29 and. El to E6; T30 and TM now valid, One preserves, coupons is good for; 12 fluid. ounces jam, jelly, marmalade, maple' butter,. honey !butter, cranberry . s,,ttee or fountain fruits; or 2 pounds maple Sugar; or 20 fluid ounces can- ned . fruit; or 24 fluid ounces )r2 lb rie4 extracted - honey; or 2 standard sec- tions or 2. pounds (net) of .cut gout]) honey; or 15. fluid. ounces corn syrup, cane syrup or blended table syrup; or 40 fluid' ounces- (1 quart) maple syrup. or molasses; or 24, pound sugar: Mrs. Carirey rusliecll into her living room. "Oh, Walter," she cried, as she panted for breath, dropped' my diamond ring off my finger and can't find it anywhere:" "It's all right,' Olive.;" said Wa'i'ter; "I came across it in my trousers pocket." LETTERS FROM- „ OVERSEAS Editor's Note: We welCame interest- ing letters from the boys' Overseas. If you have such a letter pass it on to us so that people of the com- munity may have the information also. The following is a letter from Clif- ford Jenkins to his aunt, Mrs-, Wesley Walter: ' • 1,,Marcli- 18, 1944 Dear Aunt Mary; Just a few lines id answer to your most welcome cigarettes that 1' receiv-' ed last night. Well we have hada few interesting nights over here, off and' on for the past month but they seem:Jo have dropped off again• for awhile at least but our bunch that goes over is getting larger every day. I am really thankful to be on this side for I don't know how the people live over there at all, It must be nothing' short of hell. I have seen the sky almost black with our planes going over there yesterday and then I guess there Do You Have target or Mastitis In Your Milking Herd? Use Finn's Dari-Min, it fixes 'em. Follow directions, one treatment per cow, Stainton Hardware, Wingham, Ont. Hunkins Gen, store, BeimOre, Rae's. Hardware, Wingham, Ont, Pohocks, Whitechurch, Ont, Jos. Chilvers, Bluevele, Coultes, Beigrave, Ont, 141111•4111•4•1•01.4 ADVANC-TIMES Thursday, April :27th, 1944 Jap Given Hard Labor Masao Kawanami, a Canadian-born Japanese, pleaded guilty in police ' court to charges of breaking, entering and 'th'eft at the borne of Maurice. Coates, Usborne township, on April 8, and was sentenced, to 60 days in jail at hard labor by Magistrate J. A. Makins, the term to date April 11. Kawanami, who had worked in the district last yeal and was 'well liked, returned on April 8 and finding no one at home, removed a screen from a base- ment window and entered the Coates' house: He stole a radio valued at $50 and two shirts. On Aprill 11 he was arrested at Hamilton and the radio was found in his possession. would be as many' more' go at night and that has been every day and' night for quite some time. I had to cross London' last night be- tween eight and' nine o'clock and' 'you would •feel' sorry' to see whole families sitting on the floor in'the underground raiway stations and on cots' just wait- ing until' midhiklit until' the' trains would stop running so they could ,get a few hours sleep: They- are- afraid' to stay home- in case Jerry comes over with a load' of bombs.. The little kids crying. 'It makes' one think what a wicked world' it really -is, and how thankful' that we feel that our mothers and fathers and' families are at home safe in a good comfortable bed and nothing to fear worse than the tax coI- lettor or the man that holds the mortgage. You see it does not need to be a direct hit to kill people for• they will knock buildings down all around where• the' bomibs fall and if you. are in there you are liable to be killed' under the weight of the build- ing or even smothered and thingS will just blow out never to be seen any more., One house was all gone ex- cept the cupboard and not even the dishes were broken in it and the cups all hanging on hooks as though noth- ing had happened. Maybe another one would disappear altogether just no house there when the dust and bricks stopped failing. Thanks for the smokes and hope you are all feeling better. -Best of luck, Clifford. • •