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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1945-07-19, Page 2unied 11 seeping of moisture, but had had no od. A second lamb died under the snore circumstances. How the lambs crept into the culvert is a mystery and their disappearance caused an unpro- ductive search until Nature took a hand and let their whereabouts be Imown.—Paltmerston Observer. New Grandstand and Racetrack The cement foundation is in for the new grandstand at the Exeter fair grounds and a new oval has been graded for a racetrack. The new grandstand is being !wilt on the south side of the grounds almost opposite I where the old stand used to be. The ,new track is being extended westward l and comes to within a few feet of the arena. The track covers the ground which for many years was used for the midway on fair days.—Exeter Times Advocate. Buys Team Of Hackneys Fanciers of good horses are admir- ing the team of Hackneys acquired by Ewart. Taylor, from William Mayberry of Woodstock. The pair, Patricia Nel- son and Lady Sensation are full sis- ters. They are registered hackney mares age 4 and 5 years, and are the pride of Ewart's daughters, Doris and Jean, -who are already handling the reins, no doubt with a view to' taking in the shows this fall.--Lucknow Sen- tinel. Lucknow Soldier Invested ty King On Friday-, July 13th., Sgt.-Major George Whitby of the Royal Canadian Artillery appeared in Buckingham Palace, where His Majesty King George VI officially presented George with the Military Medal, In a letter to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Whitby of town, George said he wished they could be with him for this occasion, and then added, "I hope my knees stand up for it." George is entitled to have two guests the ceremony. One of them will be his brother, Syd,, if he is still in Eng- land. Syd. has signed up for service n the Pacific and expects to return to anada at any time. Lucknow Senti- el. ilea Removed Prom Stolen Transport One of the 'ruckey Transport'trueks 'as stolen in London and the thieves, after removing si* automobiles tires from the cargo, shandemed the truck. PA T WINGHAU ADVANCE-TIM Thursday, Jul 1), 1045 ****4111111111101001M1,111NO*N110101.**.11**** OF DISTRICT NEWS Murray Johnson - - Phone 62 Bert Armstrong's Service Station Phone 181 - Wingham, Ontario. ABOUT WHICH TRUCK TIRE TO BUY? Yes, you CAN take our word for It, Goodyear All-Weather truck tires, with Goodyear's exclusive diamond tread design, are the finest truck tires built. How do we know? Easy. We're tire experts... and we see 'ern all. Yes, you can take our word for it, Goodyears are the best buy. We knowthisfrom personal experi- ence and from the experience of our customers who are Goodyear truck tire users, BUY GOODYEAR TRUCK TIRES SEE US FOR COMPLETE GOOD 'YEAR TIRE SERVICE Feedingthesetroops is also hec7.me aciinstcened to :t New- developments in machinery have always had a marked effect upon farm- ing, The reaper, the binder, the tractor and power farming equipment, and the combine all have helped farmers do their work easier, quicker and more profitably. The latest development in farm equip- qnent, the self`-propelled combine per- fected by MASSEY-HARRIS prior to the war, has revolutionised harvesting. It has also opened up new possibilities to the implement engineer for developments in other types of farm machinery that will bring increased advantages in the saving of time and labor. With the MASSBY4IARRIS self-pro. *lied combine,. one man'with the grain tank model can harvest sixty acres and YOUR EYES NEED ATTENTION 25 Point Scientific. EXandue 'talon enables us to gyve you CoMfortable Vleion Fo fo HOMUTI1 Optometrist Phone 118 Hariston Wingham Advance-Times Published at WINOHAIA - ONTARIO ealascription Rate— One Year $2.00 Six months, $1.00 in advance To V. S. A. $2.50 per year Foreign rate, $3.cto per year Advertising rates on application.. 'TRANSPORTATION DIFFICULTIES THE BIG THREE short time as president of the United States he has made a fine impression, not only in his own country but also throughout the Allied nations. The problems facing those at this great conference are very great and of such importance that failure of agreement autopsy, roll later released the 10 04 for burial. It was a 16-year-old Amer- inean youth, hi$ name not yet known, walking eiereg the north break-water who saw young Kennedy in the water. Since the lad wandered away from a trailer camp where he was holidaying with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Kennedy, hundreds of persons have pressed a search by night and by day n both land and lake, Goderich Buys Hall For Veterans At a special meeting- Goderich Town Council decided on the purehase of the centrally located three-storey brick building, keown as the Odd Fellow. Hall, for $10,000, the structure to be urned over to the use of Goderich Branch, No. 109, of. the Canadian Legion. The resolution, which was unanimously passed, will be submitted to the Ontario Municipal Board for approval. • Don't let one disastrous fira iriPs *at the results of years of labour. Let us study your property, estimate the protection you need, and write a Pilot Insurante Policy to gin You adequate protection. We write Pilot Insurance to tone selected risks in Automobile, Firs, Personal Property Floater, Burr Ley, Plate Glass, Public Lialaty sad other general iumanco, H. C. MacLEAN, Wingham A. W. KEIL, Gorrie Representing— E. Keating, C. P. Sills, John Earle and M. A. Reid, finally decided on a suit- able site for a proposed Legion Mem- orial Hall, and at an Executive meet- ing their choice was confirmed and the site purchased. Plans will be completed as soon as possible, and full information will be given the public, setting forth the objects and the nec- essity of such a hall for use of the re- turned men.—Seaforth Huron Exposi- tor. Harold MacDonald and Eric Hey- wood were in London collecting a lead to bring to Exeter. Eric had left the truck standing on Talbot Street while he Went into one of the stores for a pick-up parcel. He had left Harold MacDonald a short distance away on a similar mission. When he came out of the Store the truck was gone and thinking that Harold had taken it be waited for bile to return, When Har- old failed to show up he went in search of him and found him Waiting. It was then they realized the truck had been stolen.—Exeter Times Ad- vocate. Left Whole Estate To church' St, Paul's United church, Milverton, the sole beneficiary of the estate of the late Mrs. James Ellacott, of Milver- ton, has received the sum of $5,000, and will shortly receive an additional six or seven hundred dollars, Mrs. Ellacott, a church member passed away last winter. BEL MORE We were indeed grieved to learn of the death of Mr. James Rae Jr. of Brantford. Mr. Rae is a son of Mrs. D. Rae of Wroxeter and has been on the High School staff for some time in that city. Miss Audrey Hunkin of Bluevale Creamery, is getting along nicely after an operation for the removal of her tonsils. Mr. and Mrs. George Niche], of To- ronto, are visiting friends here. 'Aft's. Nichol is not in the best of health, Mr. Jack Reid is a busy man reno- vating his home, failing to get living quarters in Kitchener where his work was. He was forced to move his family back to the village. Mr. R. J. Douglas is doing mason work at Salem, near Teeswater. Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Jeffrey and children took tea Sunday evening with • Minnie Jeffray. Mrs. Clare Edwards ,of St. Marys, and Velma Busby, at Wm, Edward's. Miss Edna Johann and girl friends from Toronto, will holiday for the next two weeks at Port Elgin. Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Appleby, Miss Mary Hannah Stokes, spent Sun- day at Kincar.dine with Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Morland. As we have no welcoming commit- tee here. The weather man Saturday morning showered them with hale stones—SOnle of them quite large—the best it could do. Rey. John licKeniie of Erie, occu- pied the pulpit in the Presbyterian church the past two Sundays, Merle Abram and Isabel Zinn are camping.. at Muskoka for a ten-day vacation. Dorothy Poste of Ottawa and Ella Poste of Toronto, visited with Isabel and Betty Zinn recently. BLYTH (Intended for last week) Rev. A. W. and Mrs. Sinclair spent the week-end with friends in Sarnia. The Orangemen of this district at- -tended the annual service in Untied Church on Sunday evening. Rev. Reba Henn of Varna, was the guest speaker and gave a very forceful and practical address. The Horticultural Society held their annual tea and flower show on Satur- day in Memorial Hall here. There was a splendid showing of peonies and roses and other exhibits of garden flowers. In spite of the rain there was a splendid attendance and a social hour was much enjoyed. Our new Cheese factory started op- erations on. Tuesday and is one of the finest plants in the Province. Mr. George Powell delivered the first milk and holds the distinction of being the first patron to deliver his product. OVERSEAS LEITERS This letter telling of the Belsen Con- centration Camp is one that we feel all should read. It was written by Del- ford Hymers, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hymers, Donegal. He also sent his parents some pictures. The following is his description of what he saw at the Concentration Camp. Luneberg, Germany Hello Folks:— Tonight I am trying to describe to you the most terrible and horrible sight I have ever seen. Perhaps you have seen news reels on the subject in local thealres, but as further proof that what you have seen is absolute truth, 1, your son, ant writing my deScrip. lion of what I saw when I had the op- portunity of visiting Belsen Concentra- tion Camp in German.y The tamp itself is hid from the eyes of the public by tall fir trees and the main entrance is much similar to that of any military camp with its flagpole and sentry box. Inside this wooded encirclement is a road which runs around the entire camp which is roughly five miles square. Separating the road front the camp itself is a barbed wire structOre, built in such manner that even a rat would have difficulty in crawling through It; Looking across the camp one can see a few low buildings and half a -dozen scattered huts. 'Grass has ceas- ed to grow there and it is nothing but a barren, sandy looking spot where over sixty thousand people had been herded to be tortured and die! The thousands of people held here by the Nazis were political prisoners, Poles, French, Russians, Jews who had com- mitted no crimes but had simply re- fused to accept the Nazi party and its doctrines. Many of their poor, help- less people had died before we visited the camp because they could no longer endure the torture and starvation, the appalling conditions Hitler's hench- men had forced them to accept. The living quarters were solid wood- en structures, unventilated, unfloored and overcrowded, No lavatories were provided for either sex and the odor coming from these 'buildings was un- bearable. Yes, there were women and young girls in this camp, crowded in among the men, and forced to ac- cept the same brutal conditions as the men. They seemed unaware of our presence in the camp and went about in a stupor—most of them who were alive could hardly walk and staggered around practically looking for a grave. As I said before no lavatories were provided for these people and most of them had been there since 1936, and as a result performed their natural duties of the day like animals—all their pride and self-respect apparently beaten out of them. In one section of the camp was a huge incinerator which was used by the Nazis to cremate the bodies of those who had died, Nearby was a large pile of bones the size of an air- craft hangar which had been the result of thousands of mass cremations, Also close'-by was another 'huge heap of shoes taken from the feet of those who were to be cremated. There were also torture cells in the camp which were so constructed that the victim could neither tit nor stand when locked in- side and bodies were found in these cells which had been left to starve to death--With nef light and practically air tight. The steeping quarters were so crowded that those -who wanted to lay down had ter. rest their heads en the dead bodies of their fallen comrad- es as a result our armies found these people's bodies piled on one another like logs. When our troops arrived and took over control of the camp there were bodies lying all around like rats after a floo,d, and those who were still alive were dying at the rate of 800 each day—A city of I'living-dead" if there are such words in the English yocabu- ary. These people were nothing more than walking skeletons, actually living and breathing. Everything possible was done to re- store civilization—food was brought in for those who could still eat but some were so weak that they had to be fed soup and then while lying down. Med- ical supplies were provided from every available source and every effort was made to save as many lives as possible. Men and women were taken from near- by towns and forced to elean . and scrub the entire camp under stern military guards who gave them plenty of opportunity to see what their sons and brothers had done to fellow human bet rigs, Huge graves were dug by German soldiers and the dead were then thrown in and buried as fast as the guards could make them work, The danger of disease was extremely high mainly typhus, due to the stench of rotting bodies and these had to be buried as fast as poSSible. We often wondered whether or not to believe the propaganda of Eng- lish newspapers about the Concentra- tion camps in Germany and now after having seen this for ourselves are of the opinion that out' stories in the papers were far too weak and did not impress the people sufficiently or what was happening in Germany. Perhaps all Germans are not maxis and rosy •116t all'he responsible for this unbelievable crime against httmanity and Modern eivilieatiott butAre are not in a position to differentiate and must treat them all wait stria military firm, nets in order to preSette peace and to instill the younger generation with something more than the Neel policy and Ritieristu, Yticltasel area pictures rvttile AC as at this"Ota Vel; which I hope help Wee what I have mid an d also conVinee you of what may have happened its Canada bad we been the viethns Of Xatlista. Your laving Belford The Japanese have lost 17,000 planes • since they dropped bombs on Pearl Harbour in December 1941. The 'Cu- 1 ited States during that same period have lost 2,700. Six to one is good going. * * * cannot even b e a part of one' thoughts. The San Francisco confer was a great prelude to this meet- . mg of: the three great leaders. May "it be as succe:,4ul. * * 4 4 The strawberry season is over. No bring inn those ea:elberriee. • The work of Jack Miner will he perpetuated by his three sops. That is as he weeld have wished it. 4 * The laps no' doubt are wishing now at they had never heerd of Pearl arbour. Their treacherous action will be their undoing just as it was for Germany. 1 It is reported that :here is a poor i outlook for honey this year. The bees With the boys and girls returning :;like the farmers had difficult times from overseas in ever increasing nttna- -1.vith so much wet weather. The bees 4mrs the facilities of the railways are harvest extends• over a considerable Being taxed to the limit, in fact bee period so there may be better times yond the limit. The use of sleeping ahead. cars to the creneral public has been 1 a * * * curtailed in an effort to meet this de- : We received the list of Pal Fairs in wand. The oublic also have been i the mail last week. We hate to suggest warned that only necessary travel can V it but the summer is fast passing and be 'aceeinmodated in many sections.lan will soon be here. By the way .One has only to know the number of i have you ordered your winter supply trains necessary to carry the returning of fuel yet? folk to understand what a job the . -transportation companies have on their 1 We have net had a greatdeal of hot hands. About 10,000 veterans landed -, summer weather but by the appear- at Halifax on Saturday aboard the Ile , ance of some folk after the weeks they de France and the hospital ship Led- seemed to have more than their share so ear t•errtark•ed that she thought there was a tia. Twenty six penman or hospital i of the sunshine. The sun ts • ains were required to move these vet- ' that should be taker- in re.asenah:e i black and white "kitten!' in the vicin- pay etti take tee 1 ity. Sure enough there was, and the -erans homeward. If these trains were doses. It does not lined up they would be nine miles in ranch of it at one time until cue has ;iceman went home, got out his old re- : liable sboteme, came back and shot the length, -a major problem for the transportation glit le ‘16tter"—the Lind, you ~mow, companies, • L***4*******acuus•Vacranauszonanonnreen*na.ensnary that mekes itself smelt in any coon_ =unity:. The lady of course was re- x x x iNTEREsm :cups s Heved.,. bet this service is just one of the many that Goderich folk extend to Adrift 36 Hours—Safe Hungry, exhausted and shaken after 36 hours spent adrift aboard a fishing boat in the choppy waters of Lake_' Heron, three veteran fishermen from Grand Bend are safe. The trio, Joseph Desjardines, 70-year-old owner of the craft; Gene Jefforie, 74, who has been. sailing the Great T for 30 years more, and John Durant, 73, set out from Southampton and were washed up on the rocky- beach surrounding the lighthouse at Chantry Island, sev- eral miles north of their departure point. 'termer. Makes A Mt When an iceman made a delivery rather late one evening this week at a summer cottage, the lady of the house CONFERENCE Potsdam will go down in history :as the meeting place of the Big Three., ..inn. At Kincardine, Attg u,st trtunrurnswnruunaveramnstannumnsoon***unn* F.,37 the second successive Ital. Kin- . it has held high place in years gone by but the meeting that is being held , Tara Boy Found Floating in. Harbour Kinsmen Club, with the co- -there may have more to do with the Search for seven-year-od Redr.ey speratinn of the Tnrf Club is sponsor- future of the world than any preivousiKennedy, of Tam, missing since .Men-"leing harness racing in Kincaretne. With gatItering.1 It will be the first time, day last week, ended F.-1'day on a note Ai Wednesday, August 1st, as the date that President Truman had taken part of tragedy, when a casual ''etrelleel 'fez the meet and 51050 in purses of- in a Big conference and during his . spotted the boy's body lying in heebeelicred in four eren, indications point water beside a derelict and earoally'i to a S.,Datny nuMber of entries from sunken tug at Port Elgin. It had ao- Ontario Lorseemeee--Mocaee- parently drifted about 1,000 yarls 1 dine News. across the harbor month fee= ;lee': point where earlier reports inlimte.d :S.Flerre.11 Begins To BuBcI it mar have entered the -4-o-ater. Dr. xemeefej: Hail j_ E. Fraser, coroner, ordered a partial This week a Legion committee,. J. visiters.—Goderich Signal Star. Ilelf-Propelled" Another Move Forward for Agriculture upwards in a day. Costs are less, too, because one motor operates the mecha- nism and propels the machine. Grain is saved, none being knocked clown and shelled in opening the field. Anyone who can drive a car can learn to operate a self-propelled combine. Good farm management employs the advantages of modern equipment to speed up the work, save Iabor, increase production and lower production costs. It is easier to farm profitably with good equipment. tour local dealer Will be glad to give you full particulars about the self-propelled combine and other machines in the IVIASSEV-Hams line engineered and built to meet the needs of modern farming. MASSEY-HARRIS COMPANY LIMITED BUILDERS OF GOOD FARM IMPLEMENTS SINCE 1847 Lambs In Drain Pipe Mr. Herman Harris, an Egremont farmer, is curious to know how long a lamb can live without food. He has one that was lost ten days in a fifteen inch drain pipe and when found and released was able to stand and take staggering steps. It may have had a little water during that time through