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overseas for almost twd years, chtring
which time he coffipleted about 80•
operational flights over France and.
Belgium, He was piloting Typhoon
fighter planes, and after his ..80-,day
leave is planning to return overseas.
Showing no effects from slight facial
injuries, suffered in a forced landing
during operations of May 8, 1.943,
upon arriving in Listowel, the airman
was greeted by close to 100 friends
who assembled on the lawn of the
Lavery home to welcome him.
Hanover Names Chief
And Assistant
Hanover Council, in special session,
appointed V. W. Summerfield, Mimic°,
as chief of police. Jack Coleman, of
London, was named assistant. Chief
Summerfield has been employed in
Mimico as a car inspectdr with the
Canadian National Railways. He was
born in Horsham, Eng., and has had
14 years experience as a policeman,
including seven years with the Ontario
Provincial Police.
Palmerston Soldier Dies In Italy
Craftsman J. A. Gallagher, of Palm-
erston, has been reported as having
died of pneumonia on August 10 in
Italy. Enlisting in January, 1941,
Craftsman Gallagher received training
at` London and Barriefield. He went
overseas in July, 1943, and since last
November has served with the British
&Iv army in' Italy. He is survived by
his wife, the former Dorothy Richard-
son, Reg. N., of Harriston, and his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Gallagh-
er, of Palmerston.
One For Ripley From Bayfield
Two sea gulls were playing tug-of-
war with a cat-gut fishing line equiped
with four large hooks, each hook edi-
dently holding a fish for bait. Both
sea gulls had swallowed two hooks,
which became 'fast in their throats,
The sea gulls were securely fastened
to the fishing line and were playing
tug-of-war all the way to shore, and
when they landed on the shore they
were both exhausted.
Summer residents who were bathing
on 'the beach saw the sea gulls' pre-
dicament and went over to them.
Much to their surprise, they found
both with two fish hooks 'in their
throats. The gull lay quietly for more
than 30 minutes on their backs while
the fish hooks were released, After
the four fish hooks had been extracted
from the gulls' throats, they flew out
to sea, appearing none the worse for
their experience. — Seaforth Huron
Expositor.
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portion of the railing of the steps from
the road to the greens.
ACCIDENTS CUT
WORK HOURS
Speaking at Brantford last week,
Chief inspector Barry Mabson, of the
Industrial Accident Prevention Associ-
ation, told the Rotary Club of that
city that the equivalent of two battal-
ions in industrial workers in Ontario
had been literally wiped out by acci-
dents in factories between September
1939 and July 1944. One cannot real-
ize what this has meant to production
during these days when production is
so necessary, This association carrys
on a continued plan of education to
stamp out accidents in factories and
they have achieved much success,
These. figures show however, that
despite safety rules and appliances
these accidents continue. During the
above named periods $48,875,038.19
has been paid out in compensation al-
lowances and medical care and it is
estimated that the cost to industry it-
self is $50,000,000 exclusive of time
lost and exclusive of loss to injured
individuals and their families. Acci-
dents not only slow up production, but
they are expensive,
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MAGISTRATE MAKINS
RETIRES
After twenty-eight years of service,
Magistrate J. A. Makins has retired
from the bench. It was in 1916 that
he received his appointment and he
has acted in Huron since 1943. For
a few years now he has not conducted
court in Wingham as Magistrate Wal-
ker of Walkerton, took over here to
lighten the load for Mr. Makins. He
did hold one session the week before
last however. During his long term in
office Mr. Makins has been .noted for
his kindly judgement and it has been
said of him that he always tempered
justice with mercy. He was given a
great send-off when he held his last
court in !Goderich last week and also
at St. Marys. Being a police magis-
trate is not an easy task, but magis-
trate Makins carried on his duties
capably and now that he is quiting
!office ,the best wishes of all who have
been connected with him go with him,
Many a person has faced him and
then been the better for it. That is
an accomplishment that few have. Mr.
Makins has earned a rest and it is
hoped that he will be spared, to enjoy
many years of 'happy retirement.
Paying Bounty For Rats
Residents of Seaford' and three
near-by townships are engaged in a
rat extermination campaign which will
reach its - climax at the annual fall fair,
September 22, when a $50. prize will be
given to the champion exterminator.
James M, Scott, of the Seaforth
Agricultural Society said that hired
men on the farm of Nick. White have
collected 1,200 rat tails in the contest
which has just nicely started. Town
and township authoritiOS will pay five
cents ea-ch for rat tails,
Cut Hand On Meat Saw
Ross Fitzsimmons, Clinton, had, his
left hand 'badly out yesterday while
at work in his meat shop, when a meat
saw he was using slipped and .gashed
the back of his hand. Eleven stitches
were required to close the wound.
Hand Pierced With Needles
Miss Mary Dodge, an employee of
the Clinton Knitting Co., met with a
painful accident when her hand acci-
dentally came under a needle assem-
bly while it was in operation. A row
of the descending needles pierced the
hand, causing great pain. She will be
incapacitated for work for a time.
Compensation For
Kincardine Employees •
The Town Council has taken out in-
surance on town employees against
liability under the Workmen's Comp-
ensation Act at a cost of $287.95. Thi's
was done at an adjourned meeting of
the council.
Will PO irleihri.
learned WORATIR/
Yes, we need your help ; ; and need it badly.
This is the biggest job we have ever
tackled ! Everything depends upon Victory.
Canada's Army needs volunteers NOW:
And, that means you and you and you!
Maybe you don't think this means you
that it's a job for the other fellow.
If you do, you're wrong. It's your war, too
; ; a war for every man who is a man .
for everyone who has a stake in Canda:
Yes, this means you all right and we need
you now• for the months of intensive train-
ing to make you fighting-fit:, We did it
before and we can do it again : ; but we
need your help. WEAR. IT ON YOUR ARM
Wear Canada's Badge of Honour on your
arm. You'll be proud of it. so will your
friends.
Every man who is able has got to do his bit!
Clinton Soldier Missing
. Word has been received by Mrs. L.
G. Winter, Clinton, that her husband
has been reported missing in France.
"Skip" Winter, as he is familiarly
known, has been prop'rietor and oper-
ator of the bowling alley for a num-
ber of years. He enlisted at the out-
break of war in the Reserve Army and
later went into the active force. He
has been overseas for two years.
Paving Bayfield to Goderich
Work commenced from the Bayfield
end, of the southern six miles of hard
surfacing on the Blue Water Highway,
to complete the entire distance from
Goderich The contract has been
awarded to the Brennan Paving Co.,
which already has completed three
miles from Goderich south.—Goderic.h
Signal-Star.
I INTERESTING CLIPS
OF DISTRICT NEWS
Kincardine Man Killed In Action
Word was received by Mrs. Irene
Hopkins, Kincardine, that her husband,
Cpl. Ernest Hopkins, had been killed
in action in France. Details are lack-
ing. Son of Mrs. Hopkins•and the late
Harry Hopkins, Kincardine, he enlist-
ed with 97th Battery, R.C.A., a few
days after the outbreak of war.
Listowel Flier Welcomed Home
FO. Earl. S. Lavery, of Listowel, is
home after serving in the air force
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Wind Damage At Brussels
High wind smashed off a large limb
of a maple tree on the river bank at
the Brussels Bowling green. The
branch trashed through the roof of the
bowling green house and smashed a ,
Teeswater Agent Moving
Mr. A. E. Cox, station agent here
for the past eight and one-half years,
has accepted the appointment as sta-
tion agent at Claremont, and Mr. F:
J. Greenlaw, formerly station agent at
Milverton, is the senior applicant to
fill the vacancy created here, but ow-
ing to illness does not expect to move
to Teeswater for some time yet. Mr.
Cox expects to take over his new
duties as soon as a relief man is avail-
able,, probably next week — Teeswater
News.
' gotten that is Jean's and my annivers-
ary. The time does certainly go
quickly. I hope you are getting all
my mail but I don't get the chance
to write as many as I did in England.
It is ages since I received any letters
but with moving here and there it
takes some time •for them to catch up.
Now here's a surprise for you. On
Saturday night whom should I meet
'but Joe. He heard somehow that I
was in the area so he and a couple of
his pals ,got into a jeep and looked
me up. V Were we ever glad to see
one another., I can't tell you how
wonderful it was. We just about ate
one another up. We certainly had 'a
great talk together and he is looking
gOod !too. Their regiment was back
for a rest and we were ever so lucky
to meet. I guess he and Prank see
one another •all the' time so that pis
pretty nice,
How is the garden getting along?
I'suppose you are having fresh vege-
tables all the time. GueSs what I just
got a letter from you now and I sure
was glad to get it. Yes mother, the
war is really on its last legs and it
won't last long now and soon this old
world will be back to normal again.
July 26
Just imagine Jul' is almost past and
when August comes along usually start
to think of winter again I should be
doing a lot of writing at present,„ I
ant in an Army Rest' Camp Centre,
but so far it is difficult to obtain any
writing paper here, I suppose you
will find that the mail is quite slow
in reaching you, but please do not let
that worry you. There are tunes
when it is absolutely impossible for
me to write, Did I tell you that I
happened to meet itp with Alvin Ham-
mond one night about two weeks ago.
lie looks real well and has tots of
colour in his cheeks. He is as brown
as can be, Well the nova IS very en-
eottra.ging from all front§ and I don't
think it will be Very long before the
War Will be over, Oerritany is in a
Returning Officer For Bruce
Some time ago Mr. A. H. McTavish,
local lawyer received the, appointment
as Returning Officer for Bruce riding
for the forthcoming Dominion election.
Publication of this has been withheld
until the appointment was• verified in
the Canada Gazette. — Teeswater
News.
particularly good work (anti-aircraft).
They shot one down and had probable
hits on others. It was quite exciting
but it's what we are here for.
Brenda had heard from you and is
always pleased. She sends her love
to you through me. In her Mast letter
she said she had heard from you and
that you had sent the parcel, and she
is quite pleased.' So am I because I
can't get her anything over here.
It is sort of a sultry day, quite
cloudy and here I am sitting outside
my tent, back against an ancient wall
in bare feet. It isn't too often I find
time to go barefooted anymore, so I'
am taking advantage of the opportun-
ity. You spoke of sending me cigar-
ettes again. Thanks very much in-
deed. They are very much appreciated
over here, as they cannot be bought
at all and the small issue We get per
man every day is not too wonderful a
brand.
We get most to do at night as old
Adolph seems afraid to send his
"Liftwaffel", as my crew call it, over
in day „time. The few that try to
sneak over by day are always very
efficiently dealt with by the air force.
We cannot shoot if the R.A.F. is in
close pursuit and really it's hard to
find an occasion when they are not on
old Jerry's tail as soon as he appears.
I've seen quite a number of Jerry's
shot down is no time at all. Yes, the
R.A,F. and E.C.A.Y. are just as good
as the papers say.
We adopted a kind of mole as a
mascot and he looked a lot like a pig
(but• smaller of 'course) and .we named
him Alphonse,
All my love to you. all.
Your devoted son,
Joe
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These are d'aractS from Lloyd's
letters:
August
Dearest Mother and' All:
I wonder if you• remember August
/tit, I don't strpose you have fork
bad state of affairs right now. One
fellow told me that when he captured
a German soldier he said, "war over
for me and war over for Germany", so
I' guess they have given up hope of
ever winning, but they are persistent
and bull-headed.
July 18th
(This was written a few days before
Lloyd was reported wounded)
I hope you are all real well and en-
joying the ;summer sunshine. Well
everyone will be glad when the war
is over, but I'm sure it wo'n't be too
long before it is. These square-head-
ed Germans have to learn things the
hard way, but one of these days they
will smarten up and say they have had
enough. I hope my mail is all reach-
ing you O.K., but the postal clerks
must be rushed something awful and
I can well understand how our mail
is often held up for• a purpose. Recent
letters have 'leached me in less than
ten days time and 'ordinary mail at
that, so I can't do any kicking can I.
Yesterday was truly a grand day,
and it was so nice tflo get a little clear
weather after a stretch of dull rainy
days. This is another nice day but
it is very hot and sticky, I still say
there is no country in the world as
beautiful as Canada, I wonder if the
summer months seem to be slipping by
quickly to you, It seems to me that
the time is just flying by,
July 14th
Here is something that will surprise
you: It so happens that at present
I am very near to Where Joe is, but
it is impossible for me to at to see
him, Probably he knows our outfit is
close by too, but he cannot get over
to see me either. Is the weather still
warm back home, jean said the
fanners were badly hi need of rain,
It's foo bad we could not change
climates for a little while.
I wish we could 'find •a nice Warm
swimming' pool over here, The other'
day we went down to a narrow rivet
and the water was just like lee SO no •
PERHAPS you thought that Long
Distance Lines were less crowded now.
Actually, they are carrying an average of
8,400 calls per day more than a year ago.
YOUR HELP IS STILL NEEDED
if urgent war Messages are to go through
promptly. Please use Long Distance
only when' you must, especially to busy
war centres.
REMEMBER—NIGHT RATES
NOW BEGIN AT 6 P.M,
(Continued from page one)
It is a difficult thing to write letters
while ttidving about,. as everytirne we
move we have a terrible amount of
work to do to get settled into a new
place. I'm often very glad to lie
down and sleep any place at all and
sometimes we are almost too tired to
do any writing.
I am always dreaming of the day
when Lloyd, Brenda (his wife) and I
can get back to you all, That will be
the happy day. I sa* Hammond a
few nights ago. It was the first time
have seen him since *I came to
France. He is well. On Monday I
got a letter from Blondy (.his brother
in Toronto) telling site he was going
up home on holidays.. I hope he got
there alright. T was glad to hear he
Was going home now that we are away,
it would cheer yott tip some.
Well we had quite a day of it one
day this week There were a number
of enemy planes which came whizzing
over, but not very Many of them Went
whizzing back. Out 'troop did very
Well indeed and My detachtnerit did
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one stayed in ,for very 'long The
water was so cold it took one fellow's
breath away and they had to help him
out.
I told Jean in a letter about .having
a drink of milk a" few 'days ago. It
surely was good to taste fresh milk
again and that is the first in almost
a year. We got it from some farmers
who came to milk the cows in a field.
It cost us five ,francs for a cup which
would 'mean about twelire 'cents in
Canadian money,
July 11th
You will no doubt be quite surprised
to learn that I am now in France.
This has been the first ,opportunity to
write, to you. Please do hot worry
because I Won't have a chance to write
as often. This country is much like
England not extra hot at present.
Whenever we have a candy in our
pock& we hand ,some to the little
French boys but there are very few
civilians around. There is one thing
that the French kids have learned to
Say and Wherever you meet any little
fellow he'll say in English: "Got any
gum chum". I think about every man
in the battery got some tnail today and
everyone was so excited,
I send you all my love,
Lloyd,,
The discouraged Omer of a sntall
coffee.shop in Ohio gave up the ghost
and placed a sign on the door: "Ile
toffee, no sugar, no help, no oil, no
heat, no profit. If you want a sown
meal, join the army,"
Smile
When you're blue and feeling "down,
in the dumps"
And you seem to be getting your share
of the bumps,
Remember your neighbour—she's get.
ting hers, tob..--
Shiite-4nd you'll find that OA
strkling with yoltal