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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Signal, 1936-3-5, Page 22 -Thursday, March 5th, 1938 bI ratw,unso 114$ r •.. b.. "/C'• i W e k ly N.wafa►.ra g1DEIt1cli. CANADA . .v. Pnhlls6eel every 4/trirasj`hlbatiing:"' Subscription price $2.00 per year, $1.00 If 'mid in advance. Subscribers In Celled States will please add 50c for postage. plate. THE SIGNAL PRINTING CO., LTD. THE SIGNAL GODERICHI ANT. EDITORIAL NOTES Dr. Defoe says the quintuplets are not to be spanked. Not ,mucin wonder, considering the labor involved In a quintuple epabking.„ i 'g ' Reis E treat In the International Baseball League will be played April 30th -even tlective dishes, but, they have a sins-' Line ■ ine on Great t usher flag and they might well de velop a distinctive courtesy gad hos- Vessels hos- pitality. We invite the tourist*, heti we want them. it would be good business as well as the neighborly thing to do tele to real pains to show that Now U. S. Emulations Call for W. H. Koss rrso', Editor sad Manager designThe Federal Government is offering Telephone 36 rGni. each �s for-1hR best s far Thur•da7, March Code6th,lch; 1938 t houses. liars Is a chance -for , to tell Dy LeiairMaaalinurla all out uaanifestations, . • At Buffalo, C.B. ships that ply. the �A. jjreat Lakes are being measured this ter (we hope it is peat, anyway winter preparatory to being marked come to be written. we Laney It will with a "load llue" indicating the depth found that, 4lthongb the snowfall to whist, wry may be easily- loaded. sly hltt.yr 'thtih trfnter eras out os:- All boats on the Greet Lakes of 160 inns avos ptlonal In that respect. The great gross tons or more must be marked some of the-shanti y saaalu- atentnulatlon or. snow was true- -part under legislation adopted-by--Generess. THE VOICE OF EMPIRE about the sur earlyttex teat housed the fact that, -swept for a t'ery.{This means tact virtually all frelgglrra them in their days on tht slight thaw about wr Tear's," �tB�must be measured for tonnage depth "This is London, calling the Em-prairiesof hold and draught. The load line pig^ • • • : the allow that fell since early' in is a measure for the crew's safety. Breathes there a man with soul so Scotsmen object to the frequent use cemher remained throughout January The Lake Carriers' .1.sosciation at of the word Diesad In pe and the greater tart of February. Tbe_ Cleveland estimates that between 400 fust that bis blood did not leap la his n xking of ad 000 boats must be marked Imme- sh the record of the winter of d atelf, while more than one thousand galls Wass that area Dolce arsoraost -"Weather Jock," temperatuttw of course, did not ap• a writing to The Globe, points a way Vroa will be affected bythe regulation 1933-34. What distiuguisited this out of the difficulty. He proposes a closre- quiring load line marking before the winter was the series of se•+'err storms ,lose of the 1936 shipping season. composite name made from the words Scotland and England, taking the first that commenced in January and eon- Thr load line will be a mark some tour letters from the former and the tinned well into February, blocking what similar to the so-called "Pllm- last four from d disruptingbusiness depleting soli mark" on ocean vessels. This is wafting through the ether on Sun- day when the King was about to speak. London, calling the Empire, summon- ing the reverent in their thousand churches, summoning drowsy shepherds in the warm Australian night, the miners under the Arctic Circle. the captains of a thousand industries in In its Questions and Answers De - palatial homes, the workingmen of a t.artmrnt on Monday The Toronto Star thousand cities taking their Sunday had a paragraph referring to the "Visit rest, the men of the fleet in a thousand porta, the princes and the peoples of India, summoning them to give heed and listen to the voice of Empire. And they gave heed and listened, I wards King Edward I'll. It isn't only gladly, proudly, and with them llw i the little country papers that make teased the millions of Emil/it-speaking : mtsta. es. Americus. • • • And they heard the voice of the Strange is the inconsistency of man. )ting, the son of *King. and he spoke I District hunters go out into the fields -_••.-=Nth 61siiEhee's•eeie'esnd flys g" sad the world knew that it was well�l° midwinter ted mdnre ranstdertrh:r --- mt rt in order to fled and jackrabbits, but, when hungers drives these same creatures Into the town emcee and even up to the backdoors of the misting a tut of fun and, secondly, it ships has been commeardd in most m the latter. roads, s Wooltex Blankets.. a lu fancy plaid, blue, gold, tdauve. Each bound. Size 68 z ao. :Each NEW GINGHAMS AND PRINTS $1.9 Yard -wide -in dainty patterns and al! colors for Spring. Colors guaranteed tub- ' fast 180, 200, 25c and 35c SHEE'kINGS ON SALE-- Heay. "Wabasso" bleaZtfd fp from heavy filling. 4.- 72 inches wide. Regular 60c yard NS 80 inches wide. Regular 70c 819 - 42 -inch circular Pillow Cloth Yard 30s Heavy Axminster, pure wool, deep pile. Good patterns. 4 only. Size 6' 9" $12.59 x 8. Formerly $17.OQ On sale.. BEANIES ORIENTAL RUGS --NEW PrOU rel__. A. ` 6'9"s18 '......r.. 9' x 10' 6" $46.00 9' r W.HCI'E Sl ►E SILK For slips, blouses, etc. Celanese brand. 36-38 inches wide. Washes perfectly. Form- erly 59c. Per yard PRINTED SIL[ New Crepes iP ti Size 36-38 inches browns, greens, etc.. Per yard - 48c t -_ptterns and dote. wide. -Mors blues, Exceptional values. 59c 75c and 95c "MODESS" ' • Priced at .21c *Ler USE BUTPERICE PATTERNS -- SOLD THE WORLD OVER coal blas, end' generally waking lUe I a Ilne and • dh•Ir eunsplcuouNy —Es: unpleasant_ 1'oari4l)', If there w•er�1painted am(dshlpa to mark the ante � � -SON no thought of keeping motor earl mergence llmat. Thereareother W. A_.marks foresada[t toshotrtsfor running through the winter, and various dangerous waters and winter people had the equipment of good load levels- `.�aA+ d slelgha that they had thlr- The lake Carriers' Association re - of King George V to Canada, 1860." King George V. of course, was not born in 1860. The Prince of Wales who visited Canada in 1880 was after - AVIATION horses an ty years ago, the winter would not ports that a diamond "painted on eith- have been very much nut u[ the ordin_ er side of the ship near the midiength" ars. Who, at the beglmuing of the utas been proposed as the mark of the Great Lakes. century, would hare believed that ef- Sizing the load lino for the lake forts would ever he made to drive boats Is more difficult than for the wheeled vehicles alt the year round ocean carriers, bseame.{a -Is e,a- in Ontario? siderable seasonal fluctuation in depth of water, the Association points out. • READING AS A P.ISTIME The fight for the load line on lake tQurfram Chronicle) boats "dates hack to less. Thr British adopted load itee regulationsn 1870: kill The person who has not learned to Congress provided for similar marks sit down and take real enjoginent out on American ocean carriers in ]tl_9. of an afteruaon's g ►s to be While the work of measuring the pitied. For two reasons. First, he Is Signs are not lacking to 1 g ST. AUGUSTINE ST. Ai't;+USTINE, March 2. -The last of the series of card parties was held Monday evening, February 24th, the parish hall, there being twenty two tables occupied at euchre. Mr. John Boyle was awarded the gentle- men's' grand prize, an upholstered easy chair, donated by Mr. A. Fergu- ete.- et --Auburn. for having obtained the -greatest number of pints during the series. Mrs. Alphonsus Royle won the ladies' prize. a beautiful cedar - tit .•hest, donated by Mr. 11, ,t; ti iaen.tha "mlghi 1mItP gnAi.t+r p gyw Iw6 islosiis Foga-tl:e_sulea for the line -Laver flaw,, that aided& nrtshea i TitZt 4Lrt'!EI ry .- zetuesei aeue. of iba..nri aanie.•aud• Hill them in cote- ,eau e.t altesa of -ilii ne%dittr i Vathizini`w:1t�ItfmzelL_'?f titer* ti ae�i Commen•r� has named -a committee- �-At•'Atyarpdt.-r Waxh., t'hary 22ntt,"to !rr- gtt�iirs- co - .- .. a0a.r. glee to brlag her_abreaat.ot the fort, what do the, do? They tn, lndividu l in this worldwho deserves - y l _the, -- moa y and seidotn gets it, it 3siTie tore F.Thd l laahaul, a} rest of the civilised world in this most pity -on them and feed them- modern hem __ The youngpeople are prepa • • • I man who bits aroundselfbrooding troubles. and FARMERS INDIGNANT modern means of transports los. -- - 1 thinking of himself and his troultles. t t ire Ivep March The appointme6tiof Lt. -Col. Wm. A. Even The Saturday Evening Post We don't know • that it males secs (Milverton Qua) nd rest d th a Indignation Bishop, V.C., as Honorary Air Vice- has written a sympathetic and under- much difference what kind of liters- One can u e an e so often expressed by farmers in the Niagara Peninsula who after caring Marshal, indicates that the Govern- standing editorial on the death of King • tore one reads, so long as ft Is decent. meat is alive to the situation and the George. That just about makes the If you area highbrow, then that s the for and feeding pheasants in the hard kind you will want. Others like de - Marshal's own able address before the American score one hundred per cent. tectlre .ustories, others fiction, history, winter weather have their places over - Empire Club at Toronto some days His late Majesty must have . been as geography, poets!'. Like eating, too ran in the fall In a two days'open ago crystallised the thinking of thous- exceptional individual, indeed, to win much of one thing is not good for you,reason by arbitrary and irresponsible ' ands of people. the unqualified approval of The Post, even in reading. Mix them up. If you hunters who contribute nothing to the Canada's war record In the air was which, in its extreme- "Americanism," like Mark Twain. then read his books, care of the birds. , the moatremarkable of all countries, has frequently considered It necessary" and If you feel that•you want to walk along with Einstein, this is also your - WHEiRE THE MONEY GOES I This is not an exaggerated statement, to bolster its posltlon by attacks, main- privil tie - -...-2-0,-D-"-;-41.1. ` ^ (ChestsJ„ Enterprise) Dt but one suscepttble of proof. 1.t ly fa contributed articles, on British There's nothing quite so Who iiiTi ere 'Was a de reeslirnTti Mario A little over 733a millions • was spent, In Doose In this Province' ..=Jrter,'itdr'1ttttie"tiSe'St►'Fnittfiifi� over 193.1 or B Minions spent for cella . 1Vhy eperteeatative of a dry riding la tJo- th [r large or smallwho has nothing f0 do and all i ntr .,a. tense If a reciprocaltraae.aftreeaseat vsli►�fhen ne gait - the time was taken td "llatlmite that k0ed bp" e -aa td aur,fer o.,' f...m lb` ulfaatT_tted--fvr the t3nited States was a good thing, la I troubles of this world to the new ones; s power, and he worked for years to is a satisfset nn "owing oneis n human endeavor. The exploits of ally no other country, I a man character and 1nstltutlona vs rkadln l produced so many outstanding war ) � day to do 1t it he en joy g. a coneer o g Gemeinhardt), a producer; June Allen (Margaret Groves), a nice girl; Jack Renton (Charles Parker), a mice boyl Mrs. Kerley (Mrs. S. McEwen), a housekeeper; George Keely (Thomas Seotchmer), a caretaker. The entire dices takes place in the living -rope - of an old country house on a stormy !night. At the end of the play the National Anthem was sung and then lunch was served to the players*. "They expert to put on the -play again after Easter. HOLMESVILLE Ltd IIOLMESVILLL March .3. -Mrs. O° Williamson and Haut iso, of Russel U. liars felativts In this ¢ rommnnit=. ring fordMrs. Robt. Harmer, of the Blue 17th. I Water highway, was the recent guest of her daughter, Mrs. .1. Blake. Rev. .1 W. Herbert gave a little talk on "Habits," which was of valor to Next Sunday the school will sas its monthly temperance program. Ow g to the Illness of the convener, Mrs. J. W. Herbert, it will be la chars of Miss Jean Webster. Y. t. h. Nartes�A pleasant T l.tl. - meeting on Friday evening was la . charge of the social convener, Min Norma l'otter. Miss J. Webster led 'tn a short singsong. Mina Ada Fin- lay led in prayer, and the Scripture lesson was read by Miss Edna Hailer, after which Rev. J. W. Herbert gave interesting comments. A popular number of the program was a vocal solo by Mr. Mervyn - iohb, Mtn Web- ster playing the accompenlment. A poem. "Tim Ta-k,"_.sum. read by Mies „s Helen MacMath, and the chairman gu ve an Interesting topic -story 'sa- ddest 'glow Elsie Saved the Bible." The. meeting was closed with the hese- BAN FIELD We regret to know that Mr. S. W. diction Owing to unsatisfactory ea- -- Millar has been suffering Ill -health for I1AYFIELD, March 3. -Mrs. Robert a number df weeks past- We hope Bassett has returned to Bayfield after that the coming of spring will hasten spending a few days In Toronto. hs recuperation. We are sorry to report the illness Mr. Alvin ('ox has been confined to of Mrs. E. A. Featherston. tier his home with a severe attack of friends all hope for a slar'dy recovery, mumps. "The Night Owl.^ -On Tuesday The German measles seem to be evening, February 25th, the Drama- surrounding our village, but we trust tic Club ofTrinity enure)] [1ave a very that they will be stamped out before successful play. entitled "The Night,,spreading`further.-`" Owl." On ,account of bad roads the Mrs. A. Bond. we are sorry to re - r a ace Mss not large. Miss Lucy I port, has not been enjoying the test 'dtteeWrfiii and trio -helot beelth. -' rt ,-,^------ more than was n t e success of they Miss Jean Webster spent jbe week. doesn't some play.. Tb taking part were:tendi anter Yotne"in tlearort . Patsy (Emma Sturgeon). a runaway, On Sunday a very good cong*ega- Witham Wimpile TT slit' Elliott). e t tion assembled in the village church kidnapper; Ken. Grant (Jack Star. for the usual morning service. With geon), an assistant kidnapper; Daisy Mrs. Will Teo, organist, playing the Linden (Ella McKay), a kidnap vie-' accompaniment. Mrs. Lorne Jervis and tim; Ann Wesley (Mrs. J. 0. Gold- Mrs. Les. Jervis sang a pleasing duet. were t prospect, when Mr. Bennett was In In the book• and when finished there} this new and most arduous branch of 1 ink 1 of .tanto raise his voice in the Leeslaim carting around all the worries of the i against the curse to this Province by the licensing of beverage rooms? Bishop, Barker, cenumaw and a host bring it about, It Is a good thing now . , universe. other Canadians may be cited as I Any agreement Mr. Bennett would Really, we can't understand why rime man - have made could not possibly have been some people never open a book, give "Happinessein thiss something that alone In all creation -has to ,win early different from that negotiated the ed newspepers-only-sItpassing glance for blmnelf by a constant effort= y *i�)<tas That being so, it is ab and then expect to be happy and well John Cowper Powys. orm Bard for Yr. Sennett to condemn the theinfm. Therone severwhatIs wasgoinag tion me Inaroun[dhe ABLE MEN thing be worked for. He is "playing.+world's history -schen reeding mat Te become able men In any pro - polities" and the people of Canada, Lib- was so Informative or cheap. It Is a tension, there are three things nee•ea- ^�, _ a` mystery why all of us do not make use wary -nature, study and practice. - Aristotle. Col. Geo. Thew claims •t Barker was the greatest single factor to the eventual defeat of the Austrians by the Italians and the - been denied. With such a truly astonishing bask _1 oral ■nd lunaerrative. _ bf.rc ground, it was assumed that Canada (elred. would play a leading part In post-war aviation. but for some unexplained TIM- Collingw-00E--81l10tis"---lpells lama early efforts proved futile. such- words as "honor," 'labor," etc., Ptslwlbly the violent reaction against without the superfluous -"e," bat, Aga war, which immediately followed the -from the aWdent's point 47iews sat struggle, pteventll Canadians from from those who lean to old-time prim seeing dearly the commercial possibil- tires, there may be some argument for Kim of dying. Whatever the 'cause,the inclusion of the letter." The it has, for years, been Impossible to I student may have studied far enough, rouse any national enthusiasm in the i however, to learn that In the Latin dittoes of the roadie, Rev. C. D. W. Cnaens of Clinton was not here ea Friday. The young people expect te hear him on a future date, whleh wljl be announced later. The special I speaker for this week will be Mrs. BI- drid Yeo. All interested, young and old, are warmly invited to attest. Miss Edna Huller, fellowship convener, will be in charge At the end of Marcia file ToU�' Fsople's t'nton will hold a necktie social and conceit Preparations for several special num- bers and a humorous play for this sa•=�•- caston are taking up the atteatioa of many. RELIGION • Without religion, genius is only a lamp on the outer gate of a palace. It may serve to east a gleam of light on those without, while the ), a writer ; Janes Gray (Cbar1g Darlag the Sunday school ._ eeasbsk lababitant sits la Sarksesa-H. More. • • _- s lust, at least in the older parts of the reentry. — --- - Splendid things have bees dose on our frontiers, the development of min- ing in our remote areas being possible only through the agency of the air- plane. What can be done is illus- strated by the fact that Canadian air- planes carried more freight than did. those of any other country in 193.1. In t e field of passenger traffic Can- ada to, asitAir Iliarabal Bishop and Professor Loudon both remarked. years behind the times. This is equal- ly true in urban facilities for flying. There is not a single modern airport In any city in Canada. Entirely apart from its possible military sigbtfleanee, avfetlon mutat be developed in Canada tf this country Is to maintain its standing as a modern state and If It is to secure the sdvan- I tage's which should accrue as a result of Its geographical position In the world. Canada is on the shortest route be- tween Idhurope and Asia and Is the nat- ural first stop station between Europe and the United States. With the development of world Atli' lion which is obrionsly Imminent. a foresighted policy here will provide in- teresting and locative occupations foal many of our people. particularly the young. This fact ,ecus to be slowly dawn- ing on Canadians and the next couple et years. with the atimolns of Govern - meat interest. ought to witness a rapid development of national interest and el phyaieal preparation for aviation bees which is loot overdue. Thee is none en rich but he some times owes. There is none so poor bat one y .ries borrow of him. Halwl�a. rndm "la Iwtapeettsat newer we do not wr•pawe. Ne. if we equal. the Atha - lama er the AM'xaadrians." - - itobert A. Mt111kea. I Like -the Depression• o- --- Prosperity Prosperity for Me I like the depression. No more prosperity for me. I have had more fun since the depression started than I ever bed in my life. I had forgot- i from which (these words come the ten how to live, what it was like to Cat,' le set ussd,-end.-te and .that -.the -"-tae evmmee; -everyday feed, Feet added letter is simply an affectation L was getting a little high hat. from the French. From both the The -sad New utilitarian and the scholarly view- point, the "or" spelling is preferable. • • • . Press reports of food shortages In small communities In Western On- tario doused raised eyebrows among readers. Just why sirould there be a shortage of food In a small place like Underwood, say, with farms crowding the few houses, with a cow in most barns, not to mention poultry of all sorts? If the houses -tree had lost the art of baking bread, it ought to be a simple thing to learn again and, with every neighletr's greater} tilled with last year's gratia.---It--wa. thought that usual farm lngeitahla would have no difficulty in grinding „ the grain. Now it turns out that the reports sent in to the doilies 'were grossly exaggerated, either by the correspcntdc'nts or by the papers them- selves in order to make a, go.sl story latter. In Underwood they did lack baker's ]creed and creamery timer for a brief period, but they had plan ty to eat and were mush surprised to read In the papers of their near destl- tutlon. • • • Three years ago only one man of our outfit could be out of town at a time and he had to leave at the hest minute and get hack as soon as possible. Many times 1 have driven 100 miles to a banquet, set through three hours of hunk In order to make a nee -minute speech, then drive the 100 miles hack so as to be ready for work next morning. Nowadays we make these trips and we stay as long as we want to. The whole outfit could leave the office now and It I wouldn't make any difference. ,rime, Neighbors It's -great to drop into a store and feel that- you can spend an hour or two or three or half a slay just. visit - Ing and not feel that you are westing valuable time. 1 like the depression. am getting atemahtted with my neighbors. In the lent six months i hate become acquainted, with folks who have been living next door to me for three years. I am following the itW.11eal admonition: "Love your °eighlssrs."-_ One of my neighbors has one of the hest -looking wives i have ever seed. She's' a dandy. I em netting e7gnaintdal with my neighbors and learning to love them. i like the depression. The Wife Three years ago i was es busy and my wife w -as so busy that we didn't I see ninth of each other. consequently we sort of lost Interest in each other. I.1 never went home to lunch. About twice a week 1 went home to dinner-- at ti.70 o'clock. I never had time to !FS anywhere with her. If I did go on I a party. I could never locate her. Since there Was always a 'blonde" or a "reel -head" available. I didn't much i worry about It My wife belonged to all the elnla In town. She even Joined the young metheri club. We didn't have any children. but she was enticing- -ant between playing bridge and going to clubs she was never at home We got stack np and high falertln• She even took down the old family peel and booed s set of twin In spite of all the snowstill lying around, summer is on the way and, with it will come the usual Influx of tourists, more, it Is hoped, than for some years. Many of them eons from the United States and Canadians should remember that our visitors do not come here to see a slavish copy of their own land. They do not come to admire the Stars and Stripes flying. often upside down, from every smelly hot-dog stand on the highway and td buy "American" coiee. "American- ised cakes and maple ayrup. They seats to see something novel and "foreign." Canadian* hare few db. beds -on the Instalment plan. When i went home at night, if my wife was at home, she would already be In her bed and I would crawl In mine. If she came in last, It was vice versa. -- Beds alai Orbs We like the depression. We have come down off our pedestal and are really living at home now. The twin beds are stored in the garage and the family affair is being used. We are enjoying life. Instead of taking a hot water bottle to bed these cold nights she sticks her heels In my back, just Tike she did before Bennett was elected. I haven't been out on a party in eighteen months. I have lost my book of telephone numbers. My wife has dropped all the clubs. I believe We are falling In love all over again. - Think 1 wIN keep her at least until she is forty rand then if I feel like I do now i may trade her for two twenties. I am feeling better since the depression. I take more exercise. 1 walk to town and a lot of folks who used to drive Cadillacs are walking with me. I like the depression. • i nm getting real honest-to-goodnesa food. Three years ago we had filet ' mignon once a week ; now we have round steak with flour gravy. Then, n -e had roast breast "et guinea hen; now We are glad to get s.tw-Iroson with the buttons on It. like the depression. My salary' has been cot to where i can't afford to May lettuce and spinach anct parsley ' and we can't afford to have sandwiches and frozen desserts and all that slam- Inollshness which bas killed more good men than the World War. i like the depression. Threw years ago 1 never had time to gn to church. I played golf all day Sunday and. be- side*. I was so darnel smart there wasn't a preacher in West Texas could tell me anything. Now, i am going i to church regulhrly: I will lee going to prayer meeting Ware long. I like I the depression. I This article came to urs in the mall CrAm whence It came or by who, Written WP do not know. Bet it is dlver, and emintdips a large a.esat--d-.-e iesmnn-sena• and phllosoptif• Aad then two things plus a smile are shat we nerd just now. So we are pass int h along. 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