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JOIN THE CANADIAN -ARMY
FOR OVERSEAS SERVI
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One look in your mirror will give' you the answer Wm I man or
mouse ... am I one of those who lets the other fellow face all the
danger, take all the risks? Look yourself straight in the eye,and ask
yourself this ode ,question r. . Have I the guts?, The guts to wear the
G.S. badge on my, sleeve—to fight that my home, my, people may be freed
You'll need months of thorough training to make you fighting-fit.'
Your place is beside every man who has the courage to see k through,
Canada's Army needs you NOW, and needs you for overseas service.,
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WEAR. IT ON YOUR ARM
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to leave a lot of them at your
summer cottage, when they
might otherwise be put to good
use all winter long. For bottles
and canons are used over and
over again. So please return
your summer's collection of
einpties, in their original car-
tons, -NOW—to your neatest
Brewer's Retail Store, and help
us maintain steady supplies for
you this winter. YOUR EYES NEED
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HITHER X01111-;31)
The eltarra that saved Hitler from
art exploding charge at Munich is still
With him, The plot at Munich was
by British agents and he was indeed
lucky to have escaped death at that
time. Last week another attempt was
made on his life. This also failed but
by all reports he was slightly burned
and quite shaken. This attack was
much different than the one that took
place at MunIch, as it was engineered
by some Germans. This is proof that
there is a feeling in Germany of dis-
satisfaction with the Nazi gang and
:Hitler in particular, The action of this
blood thirsty gang was quick and took
the usual form of a blood purge. The
only method that is known to those
who rule as the Nazis do is force, It
is more apparent than ever that those
who at present rule Germany must be
completely subdued, We must not
count too greatly on this rise of dis-
content in Germany as the Nazis in
their ruthless ways will not give in so
long as they have control of the hang-:
man's rope or the headman's axe.
hitter and Himailer •are masters at.
purging' their enemies and they will
go to the limit even though this may
weaken the army and party to such an .
extent that they have difficulty to re-
cover,
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THE FRENCH', HAVE
A HARD TIME
It is estimated that to take the .city
of Caen that about 2000 French civil-
ians were killed. It is necessary for
the Allies to' Mast' their way from
position to position and in the process
many lives will be taken, lives that
would be spared, it at all possible. The
French are a brave folk, They hang
to their homes in the face of the great-
est of difficulties and if they have to
leave by order they go back to their
wrecked homes as soon as possible,
Caen is just one of the many places
on the Normandy front that has gone
through this ordeal. As the Allies
move forward, as they will,. hundreds
of other places will be straffed into
submission and many thousands of
civilians will die in this march on Ber-
lin. The people are warned ,as much
as possible so that they will be able
to protect themselves, but against
such severe bombardment this is not
possible in Many cases. Then there is
death and destruction. War is a cruel
thing and no one will know this to
any greater degree than the French
civilians in the occupied territory.,
INTERESTING CLIPS
Of DISTRICT NEWS
Seaforth Rector To London • Rev. Dr. Hurford, who has been rec-
tor of St. Thomas Anglican Church at
:Seaforth since January, 1938, expects
to leave in August to become rector
of a parish in London. For some time
Dr. Hurford has been a lecturer at
Huron College, London, and his new
charge will be more conveniently loc-
ated for this phase of his work.—Sea-
forth News.
Teeswater Agent To Claremont
Mr. timer Cox, local C.P.R. station
agent here , has received word from
head office to the effect that he is be-
ing transferred to Claremont as agent
there. It is understood that the move
will take place about the end of July.
His successor has not yet been named.
—Teeswater News.
Underwent Operation
Mrs. Alex Mowbray underwent a
major operation in London ten days
ago. Her condition is regarded as
quite serious,—Lucknow Sentinel.
Died In 100th Year
A former resident of Mildmay and
the oldest resident of the entire district
Stephen Waechter, passed away at the
home of his daughter, Mrs, C. Knapp,
in Neustadt on Sathrday morning. Had
he lived until October of this year de-
ceased would have marked his 100th
birthday. Until February of this year
he was in good health and possessed
of a keen and interested mind.—Mild-
may Gazette.
McKenzie Will Null and Void
Mr, Justice Kelly of the Supreme
Court has delivered judgment in the
McKenzie will case of Lucknow which
he had reserved at the Walkerton non-
jury sittings held in May last after a
trial which had lasted seven days and
in which some thirty-five witnesses
had been heard. By his judgment the
Justice held that the last alleged will
of Alexander McKenzie who had lived
in Lucknow all his life and had ac-
cumulated an estate of approximately
$125,000 was null and void by reason
of the fact that he was not at the time
of the making of the will in April of
1942, able to comprehend the provisi-
ons of the will nor was he then cap-
able of appreciating the extent of his
estate and was then by reason of men-
tal inability without testamentary cap-
acity.—Walkerton Herald-Times.
Hanover Police Chief Quits
The Hanover Council met in special
session to deal with the sudden resig-
nation of Chief of Police Norman Mey-
er, All members of the council were,
present and in the absence of Clerk
D. D. Brigham, Mayor Speer read the
resignation.
eomodmIredo.m,
Thieves Steal Tires
Thieves entered the private garage
Of Mr. John Xotnig in the village of
Mildmay and removed five wheels,
complete with tires and tubes, from his
car, and made good their escape with
the loot. Provincial Officer Otto Mc-
Clevis of town was informed of the
theft and although no arrests were
made the tulpritt on finding the cops
on their trail relented and on Saturday
morning the stolen wheels were found
on the lawn of Mr. Itoenig having
been returned to the owner's protases
during the night, A Similar theft was
reported front the village of Neuttadt
where four wheels were removed from
the car of Ur, 'Weber while it was
parked for the night in the church
shed. In, this instance the wheels with
their valuable tires and tubes are still
numbered among the missing.---Wal,
herton herald-Times:
Huron Shorthorns For Kentucky
Seventeen head of choice Shorthorn
cattle were shipped to Paris, Ken-
tueky. They were chosen by L. Rice,
a nationally known breeder of the Blue
Grass state who, with Huron's AFrie-
cultural Representative Bruce Mathe-
son, 'visited the herds of W. A. Cut-
bert and Orville Free, Ashfield Town-
ship and Ephriam Snell, Huliett Town-
ship, and personally made the selec-
tions.
Ducks With Chicken's Feet
Five freak ducks, two ,months old,
on the farm of Mrs. Rally Marks,
Grey Township, are arousing consid-
erable curiosity. Two of the ducks
boast but one webbed foot each, while.
the other foot is unwebbed. The other
three have no webbed feet at all, the
feet resembling those of 'chicketis.
Otherwise the five ducks are perfect.
U. S, Boys On Bike Tour
A party of twelve Boy Scouts of
America, from Port Clinton, Ohio,
passed through Goderich on .a bicycle
hike of well over 1,000 miles, They
entered Canada at . Sarnia, and are
preceding to Owen Sound over the
Blue Water Highway and will return
via Toronto and Buffalo, which city
they expect to reach by July 28th; The
boys sleep and eat outdoors, carrying
necessary equipment tieti to their bi-
cycles. Three leaders are in the party.
Exeter Churches Receive Bequests
Four Exeter churches received
$1,000 each by the will of the late
Horace G. Haywood, formerly a resi-
dent, of the village. Probation of the
will reveals the bequests to the local
institutions. After spending most of
his life in Exeter, Mr. Haywood mov-
ed to Toronto where he had lately
been residing.
Rev. J. D. and Mrs.
Lane To Clinton
Goderich lost two sterling citizens
this week in the removal to Clinton of
Rev, D. J. and Mrs, Lane, who for
over 10 years have been outstanding
workers, not only in Knox church, of
which Mr. Lane was minister, but also
in community and patriotic circles par-
ticularly. Mr. Lane who becomes the
minister of the Presbyterian church,
Clinton, was Chaplain of No. 12, E. F.
T. S., Sky Harbor, until its closing; he
was vice-president of the Redi Cross,
active in Legion and Wartime Citizen's
Cominittee circle. He is a veteran of
the last war. Mrs. Lane was regent of
the I. 0. D. B. Ahmeek Chapter for
eight years, convener of the overseas
parcels committee and a member and
officer of several other active organi-
zations.
Hensall Barber hies Suddenly
The lifeless body of Frank Farqu-
har, 58, was found by his wife seated
upright on the back steps of 'his Main
St. barber shop, Hensall. Dr. Donald
G". Steer said that death was caused
by a heart attack. When the barber
failed to go home at lunch time his
wife went to the liarber shop where
she found the body, He had consulted
a physician Tuesday night about . a
heart condition.
Hail Big As Hen's Eggs
One of the worst hailstorms in years
caused extensive damage to property
and crops on Wednesday exening, cut-
ting a path through Ellice and Morn-
ington townships, centring principally
in RostOck, Wartburg, Kinkora, and
Millbank. Hailstones described as be-
ing as large as hen's eggs broke hun-
dreds of panes of glass in the affected
areas and slashed through stands of
ripened grain, damaging it so badly
that much of it wilt not be fit to har-
vest.
EAST WANNOSII
COUNCIL
Grant Made To Wiugham General
Hospital
Council met on July 4th,, with ,a full
attendance. Reeve f. D. Beettoft pre-
siding. The minutes of the previous
meeting were adopted. The minutes
of the special meeting of June 21 were
read and approved. ;
The following correspondence was
read: From the Department of High-
ways approving the expenditure of
$1,500 over original by-law amount;
Froin the Department. of Education,
acknowledging receipt of by-law No,
5; From -County Clerk' N. W. Miller,
quoting rates levied for County pur-
poses on the township; From the
Workmen's Compensation Board ac-
cepting the Council's application also
a receipted notice of assessment of
$20; From the Office of the Fire Mar-
shall pointing out requirements for
fire safety in Public Halls. These let-
ters were ordered filed.
Mr. Simon Hallahan presented a
petition that the southern portion of
the Hallahan Drain be repaired. Cou-
ncil decided to call for tenders for this
work.
Council granted $500 to the Wing-
ham Hospital Building, The tender
of Mr. Arthur Moore for the constru-
tion of a concrete culvert on Con, 10,
for $600, was aceepted on motion of
Councillor Robertson and McDonald.
Tho following accounts were order-
ed paiC—Payroll, No. 6, $154,15; Can-
adian Oil Co., $62,17; Dominion Road
Machinery Ca, Ltd., repairs for grad-
er, $19,04; Burlington Steel Co, Steel
for Culvert, $73,40. '
.Council adjourned to meet again bn
Tuesday, August 1st.
Raymond It, Redmond,
Clerk,
PHIL OSIPER OF
LAZY MEADOWS
By Harry j. Boyle
We're waiting foe a thundershower
and it's a hot and tiring thing to do.
The newspaper has been predicting
thundershowers he the past three days
but we've had nothing more than a
lotto drops one evening. It's hot and
dry and the air is sticky making it
hard for any living thing to breathe:
If we don't soots get rain the crops
may suffer. It looked this spring as
if nothing on' earth could stop us from
having a' bumper harvest but the
strawberries in our neighbourhood
took a cooking and as a matter of fact
we haven't had anything but a hand-
shower since the strawberries were in.
The women in our township are cer-
tainly concerned about the raspberries.
We have several , big slathes where
man's greed triumphed over common
sens e and, timber companies stripped
the land of everything leaving only
brush. The berry bushes have come
up in abundance but it it a small com-
pensation for the fine stands of timber
we used to have.
The ground is getting bone dry,
We've bad a good year for the bay
but I'm wondering about the second
cut. Mrs. Phil had been busy each
evening with the Sprinkling can carry-
ing' water to the garden and I must
say it has stood up to the hot spell its
fine style. Our front lawn is getting
splotched with brownish tinges-
The trouble with this -hoe spell is
that we haven't had much breeze. You
can stand hot air if it moves around
enough but when it stands still that's a
different matter. I was just thinking
of that last evening after we went to
bed. The curtains were hanging as
straight and stiff as the wall, of the
house and the hot air seemed to be
thick enough to cut into pieces.
The whole house was quiet for once,
not even a dealt, I suppose the mice
were just staying in the one spot, fan-
ning away in a desperate attempt to
keep cool. A lonely old owl let ant
an occasional "Toot* .hottt," The
dog thumped his tail once or twice on
the porch floor, and lazy-like.
We tolled and tossed and Wilted
the pillows trying to get toed Spots.
We talked about a number of things,
the most attractive being that on the
Subject of air-conditioning, It seemed
such a grand idea to have the liaise
kept down at a comfortable tempera.
tore, We almost had ottrSelVdt con.
vinced that one of the first post-War
things for Lazy Meadows would be an
air-conditioningtunit for the house.
Sleep-was beginning to come to both
of us then and I just remembered that
even if we could control the tempera-
ture of the house, we couldn't do much
for the crops and' in our financial
scheme of things the crops are all im-
portant, . . • but my eye-lids got too
heavy and I slipped away off to sleep.
The one night of the year when I
could have welcomed good dreams
about icebergs and ice-floes.I had to
go and dream about the blast furnaces
in a steel mill. The next time I'm
going to read about air-conditioning
before going to bed in place of read-
ing about the ways of making molten
steel.
FARM IMPLEMENT
PRODUCTION OPENS
Canadian implement firms, operating
on short schedule since war started
through lack of materials, roared into
renewed action this month on con=
tracts which would help relieve a
shortage of equipment and spare'parts
on farms.
Donald Gordon, chairman of the
Prices Board said that factories would
produce more than 230,000 tons of
implements and spare parts 'during the
12 months which started July 1st, This
is about 18 per cent more than for the'
corresponding period of 1939-40.
Of the total 70 per cent, or 161,000
tons, would be earmarked for home
consumption, and the remainder, 69,000'
tons, including 23,000 tons manufac-
turers have contracted to supply the
United Nations Relief and Rehabilita-
tion Administration, would be export-
.ed.
He said the implement industry
would continue to concentrate on spare
parts so farmers could keep their run-
down machinery in working order.
This type of production would be "150
per cent more than in 1939-40."
"We had a burglr break into our
house last night."
'Mid he get anything?"
"I'll say he didl My wife thought
it. was Me."
WINOHAM ADVANCE-TIMES
Thursday, July 27th, 1944
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