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THE BRUSSELS POST
I dreamed that I paid $5.00 for a
haircut and $50.00 for a pair of
cardboard shoes. I dreamed that
we had no wartime controls on
prices, profits or wages, and that
we hadn't had the sense to
organize the distribution of supplies
all the way down the line .. .
I dreamed that because every-
one was making more money and
spending it, prices were skyroc-
keting.
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I dreamed that everybody had
to fight to get more money ... and
that in this mad race, wages and
salaries were failing behind.
all the stores looked like "lire"
sales ... with people scrambling
to buy before prices went still
higher ... .
I dreamed the hand of everyone
was against his neighbour, with
each of us blaming the other fel-
low for his troubles.
panicky people were buying
things they didn't need, and
hoarding everything they could get
their hands on .. .
- with everybody for himself
no matter what it cost in the long
run ... and no matter how it hurt
the war effort.
to realize with relief that
I live in a country where
things are Bane and stable.
ha...where
hbeeenh kept e cost oliving
within -
bounds.
to realize that with-
out the safeguards
that have headed off,
inflation, my night-
mare might have be-
come a reality!
4�t ockt w Mc veo.rste
• err .r• -0 `
to realize that prices and
wages—production costs
and selling prices—are in-
separably linked together.
to remind myself that the don-
" -gens still pressing and that wo
must continuo to hold firm .. .
and that means everybody must
play fair and do his part by not
,tryIng to get some temporary,
fancied advantage at the ex-
pense of his fellow -Canadians.
fbli-advern.eW.nt Is ono of . mix bsinp. Issued by the Government of Canada to ompha.I,..the Important*
of pr.v.nNng further Increase, In the ext of living now and deflation Inter.
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GREY
On Wednesday evening, May '4
S. S. No. 6 school house was the
snene !of a happy ga•tllering of
friends and neighbors wean Pilot
Officer and Mme. Arthur Lamont who
were recently married were hononr-
ed with tt• .shower: During the
evening Mrs. Lamont was called to
Oho front ,and the following address
was read by Mr, Melville Lamont.
May 24, 1044
Mrs, Arthur Lamont,
Deas' viola:
tit ie with great pleasure that we
Tbur &iends of this .community are
gathered here to -night in. honour of
your recent nlariiiage. You have
grown up in cue midst having learn-
ed the titres R's in Ole school, Latera'
Yeti qualified as 0 teacher, in which
vocation you have been quite 'sue-
cessftil. litany of ymi .old pupils who
are here tonight, remember your
love and concern tor' them bt 'days
g1011e iby. Others 'at. uo have always
found your willing to help with any
worthy cause,
Those ,ot us who have had. the
Pleasure :of, meeting your lite partner
feel ,that he is w-orthy of our sincere,
admination.
We regret that he cannotlie with
ns brit you may well be p'rond of a
man''s who sets aside pees0ual >rmbit'
isns to fight overseas Bar a eats*
which we-kiiow is eight. We hope
and tenet that the day at vietery %,ray
limon come, when 11e may be returned
safely to yoti.
We now ask that you on behalf of
youeaelf and Arthur accept then.
gifts, with our belt wishes for a long
and happy married life.
We hope that as you go down lite'e
pathways together, tltoy may remind
you of your friends. in this eom-
munHty.
May all thegoodthing% of life be
yours and ate mallet- where your
home 111119 be, you will always -find
a welcome awaiting you among your
riends here.
Signed o0 behalf of your friends
and neighbors.
•Narnlan Stephenson
Geo. A;Dunbar
Melville Lamont
1Lc•ss Stephenson
Pitot Officer and Mrs. Lamont
were the recipients of many lovely
and useful- gifts.
The remainder of the evening was
spent in dancing to the music of
Davis and Warwick,:. Orelestra.
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On Thursday 'evening, May 25th
a happy social tine was spent at
t11e:..town hall Brusselei in hoeotir of !
Sgt. Glenn Wheeler •anal'- his bride,
Tete young couple were called to the
piattoimy Gird Dat address of con•
trat'tulatdous was react by Graham
Work and Mack • Cardiff presented
�containing
them with a brach rusher
(
a substantial 'suet of stoney, while
lilary 'Lou McFarlane gave Mrs.
Wheeler a• large bouquet of tulips,
bleeding-iteatrt and naro.issea.
'Glenn•macle a fitting reply thank•
the netghboers and friends for their
itintlinls t to thein and mentioned the
appreciation. felt. by all bitos.e' in the
forces for, the support given.thoni by
the folks et home,
• Atter o two week's hOaeym0on the
young eonple will reside in Lonidon.
When 'Glenn is . a. clerk ai:. 1Tcarl-
.0mi-tens.
The foie:ming is, the addwoes read: .
Dear Glenn end Lois,
We halve gathered here this even-
ing to !honour you.: upon the occasion
of yon.r recent marriage,
. It hate been some time sinra yeti
bean teeended the sacral. activities
of this comm -unity Glenn, but we
h'r.ve not forgotten the musical
talent -which you displayed on lima'lty
occasions: in the past,
1 n •, ,Lotti, a stranger to most
of us we extend a heaa'ty welcome,
hoping to get touch better eaquair,t.
cd 1''' 11 you in the near fn litre..
We regret you are.. not making
yaw home here but what• is our lose
:new—bees gain However We hope
bo see yoti both frequently.
All year eeighbonts, and friends
rlcs+re to -take this' opportunity of
wishing you a long prosperous agai
happy life together,
As a slight token of our esteem
WO = ask you; to accept tltts gift not
Bor' its' value mut as• a small relnem-
Inder.e frotmlyour home% onlmnnity.
Signed --Graham Work
Mack Cardiff
I•lat'oid Campbell
Maty Leu Metbat'lane
Have ou: g 1
Y Ven your blood: save
a life? Yort Are Urgeltlly Needed
A's,A Blood Donor, 12 i'oll Nowt
Give yo11r nano to Mrs' H. B. Allen,
phone 88, Brussels to -day. Next
Blood Clinic, !Miley, June 0th.
A milkmen, little -ate& into the
sant,• went() b,acii 11Mlte fro111 carnet:
"Vesicle, I sure do lilac this: eerily
life, it's Thee to Ile abed every
Morning until five -thirty;"
1i 11 F. B OOK
The May meeting of the Young
Woinen'•s• Auxiliary was held at the
home Of Airs. Glen Huether, 1021ss
Muriel McDonald was in charge. The
meeting• opened by singing hymn
106 -after which the Lord's Prayer
was repealed in unison. An Interest.
ing story was given by Miss' Muriel
McDonald, Mrs. Stanley Fischer led
in- prayer. The bilsinesa and planes
fee Next meeting were conducted by
Mrs, Jim Keys, The .roll call was
ane Bred by a. verse containing the
word"truth." The minutes of the
last meeting wero,reacl and ndoeted.
The ' current eyelets were read by
Mrs Stanley Reelect•. Mrs. Cliff
t[el'nlaghan and Miss Muriel Mc-
Donald, ' The topic• was from the
British Cniil.rm, taken by lh's, Jinn
Cameron. The sleeting closed by
singing -' hymn 270. The Mutat'
Benediction .WAS repeated in unison.
1-laVe,you given your blood to save
a 11fe? You Aro 'Urgently Needed
Asw::rj. :Stead Donor.: ]enroll Now!
Give your name to Mrs H. B. Allen,
ehoi1e 88,' ,Brussels today. Next
Blood Clinic, Friday, June ibh,
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Members of the Presbyterian,
Church! Wornem'e .Missionary Society
held o, 001110mg at the home of Mrsl'
W, J. Geddes Monday afternorn,
They completed a quilt trade by the
Mission tend of the church,
The Lifebuoy Follies Presented
by Lever Brothers, Toi'oatlo, in the
Forester's Hall Monday oveniltg
was attended by a eapa0ity Merced
'Phil proceeds wore for tho I3elgrave
lted Moss Society. -
SALVAGE WASTE PAPER
OTTAWA, MaY 27th--•-fll thous.
tunas: of store r0ome, tide rooms and
Inieelnents of fianedlen -business
• estatb114101olllts are gauutiess tone
nl 1'itai war material—war:to paper
and paperboard. Some of these dies
deco Buck 60 to even 100 years and
are kept more for seneleiental lliau
any - other reasono, NOW, this
material has goneto war and it is
needed.
That's why the federal government
has taken •the lead ti': %loaning .out
some old tiles and from :the 'Parlia-
ment 13u11dings, here more than 86
carloads, each averaging 00-n1'•ni0re
'me of material, have been collected.
Today, -national War 211nlster L.
Il. LEPlecho appealed to business
101
Weclreeday, 'Arty Silt, 11i,.
uaiity counts most —for that
rich, satisfying flavour which
only a fine quality tea yields, use . e
BLUEYALE
een'eerns in all Darts of the country Mrs-. Arthur Shaw is visi•tttig with
(to follow Ottawa's lead, "I realize, Dr. aitch Airs. Shaw in Toronto for a
111ar•y husineitismen will be reluctant while and also other Menai,
to discard this material for fear Mr. :Stafford Paisley of Tua•nberry
l'Peorde of their Niftiness might spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
become known to their competitors, Chas. Busman and sons,
11e1 1 Dan assure diem sash will not Mrs: Joseph Sellers is visiting with
be the case, Discarded Ales or her daughter and son-in-law Mr, and
ledgers will lie regarded as sbrietlY Airs, 110110, MdLean.
confidential and will bensed for the iltr. and Mrs. Wickstead and Mrs.
purpose -of providing vital .material. George Thornton spent the 241h of
in the manufacture of containers "lay with friends in Toronto,
for war use," he said. Rev, - Campbell Taverner and Mr.
Service clubs :in vurians perk JP. Will Jlohnstou are atteieling Con.
Canada- have already sterced their Terence of the United Church at
awn drives to obtain this material London this week,
and Oen LaFleche caged others to
follow suit. "I can think of no more The farmers have been busy
important work a service club can
do at this, Urine than to appeal to its
beeinessmen members to clean out
old files," be (teetered, "With the
approach of D-day, -we- will need
paper containers to be tllsottn
overboard for landing operations;
to carry medical kits, blood plasma;
enierger,cy rations, gas masks: We tary of the W. M" S. of Iinoet Pres -
need paper parachutes to carry food bylerran Church om Saturday after
and supplies to isolated men; noon. The president, 'Miss Eileen Mc
containers to make package liners Kinney, conducted ,the meeting and
for such solvent vapors as naphtha
and benzine."
planting corn and others are getting
their corn ground reedy this tveelc.
We are glad to hear Mr Harry:
Elliott is getting on nittefy and hope
to hear he will•soon lie home again,
Miss Margaret -Messer entertained
the newly organized Goforth Auxil
"A high percentage of 'waste'
!paper and paperboard is used in the
productioin of new material," he went
on. "You cen'•t make new paper with-
out old, any more than you • can
make steel without a certain Per-
centage of scrap iron."
j..
In the high irrlority class right
now, said, Charles LaFerte, national
director if the campaign, are
wrapping paper, store bap, card-
board, cartons, -corrugated board,
spoke on the topic !rem the study
book, "Under Thatched Roos;" The
theme :song was chosen and pract-
ised. At the close of the meeting
Mrs, Messer served. refreshments:
The president, Mrs, W. J. Johnston
presided at the monthly business and
work meeting of the B1ue;ate unit of
the Red Cross Society on Thursday
afternoon at the home of Mi•=•,
DDaf1, There were 1$ present, - The
treaselrer's report showed about $60'
on 'hand, W. J. Johnston was named
tha:irnlar, of the salvage 'c)mmitte'e,
old magazines and books, envelopes R. H.. McKinnon and Alex McCraek-
an'd letters and newspaper."These in were named assistants, The class
represent the raw material for n1 salvage in demand will be ann:un-
making the vitally needed paper ced next week. During the afternoon
containers" the ladies worked at quilts'. -
While Fleming Black. local drop
ere, . was in Toronto this week, he
Bill: "Did you go to your lodge .had hire ear stolen. The loss will be
meeting las+! night? " heavy..
Pat: ,°No, Bill, we have 'to post-
pone it." i :,itnrs: Mr, and :Mrs, J. Wielc.
Bill: "Why?" --teed and , Airs, George Thornton
Pal: "Welt. yon see, the Grand with leer. and Mrs. Neil McLean in
All Powerful, Invincible,' Most Un- Toronto; Mr, and Mrs', Clone Yeo,
ooniquerable Potentate 'dun got . Paisley, with NIr, and Mrs, Sparl- -
get heat up by hie wife." , ing Yeo; Miss Mae Davidson, Wrox-
eter, with lair. end Mrs. W. S. Dav
1(15011, .
Have you given your blood to save
a info? You Are Urgently Needed
As, A Blood Donor: Enroll Now'
Give 311 r• 11,1.010 10 Mrs iI, 13, A11em,
phone 28, Brussels to -day. Next
lletell 0111110. Friday, June 0th.
AN ADVENTURE
iN NEIGHBORLINESS
Shut-in's Day, '
'.dime 4
"Not . all the great battles of the
world," writes- George Matthew
Adams, "are fvught out in the open
Melt this minute thousands of
heroic battle% are being fought in
little homes, in hospitals, in isolated
farmlands; and in army ramps and
crude cabin's , . . These fighters -are
the shat-ints of the world." And Sun-
day, June 4th, is their day.
Originating, in Canada, the idea of
a •day set - apart for more active
remembrance of the sick - and dis-
abled is meeting with success from
all sides and it is Doty recognized as
one of the "special days of the
year. - It - has the anent -vat and
support cf Prime Minister Churchill
( are! tetany other eminent pooele, and
woe o'r.pp'orted last year by the
ceurches, the Canadian Legion, the
Canadian i0•roadcasting t Cor laration
1 and. the 13oy Scouts Alis*oration, t0
( name but a few national g'oups. In
several important Cara:140n eltiee,
including Montreal. Toronto and
Ts't?liain, the City Council has
authorized the issuing yi a• proclam-
ation asking citizens to observe the
day In the United States it is
equally well recognized and has
received the er.doeseenent of Mre.
Franklin D. Roosevelt, the Americas
Ueeion, Kiwanis International and
many other organizations.
Plan 1101 to visit at . least two
shut-ins on Jeune 4th. Take them to
church if possible, or for a motor
ride; and, if you, will, leave some
email tol:ea of your thoughtfulness-
You will never regret it. If you are
taabla ; 1 visit, remember, that a
letter, -a card or gift will he'reecived
w.vith gratitude.
The, secret 'of 'hap'piness, wrote
someone years ago, is makirg .other
people happy. Try this adventure
in neighborliness and see if it
isn't so
(;.P.R. Gun Plant in Foothills Aids Atlantic Convoys
Three thousand, four hundred
and thirty-eight feet above
sea level and 2,600 rail miles
from the Atlantic seaboard, the
Canadian Pacific Railway's Ogden
Shops in Calgary provides an
outstanding e x a m pie of the
switch -over of the entire C.P.R.
system from peace to war. Naval
guns made there, at one of the
approaches to the Rocky Moun-
tains, have played, and are play
Mg, their part en those other
celebrated approaches —the At-
lantic approaches to the Old
Country • over which supplies
for the fighting fronts have to
Bass.
The 12 -pounder gun, inset on
l.. ft, i11 this picture of men at
work finishing gun barrels in
the great foothills work centre,
is a sample of the type of
ordnance turned out at Ogden
Shops, which now is preparing to
go into production on its fifth
type of naval gun mount. British,
Canadian and American sea ser-
vices all have shared in the
ordnance turned out to fight
against Hitler's underwater kill-
ers.
'Ogden Shops' floor space of
285,000 square feet, full overhead
crane service and geographical
location fleet convinced the 1)e-
pertinent of Munitions and Sup-
ply and 21:,; ra hemi 1' t the
Calgary shop woe an ideal place
tt burn out the naval gums acrd -
a request was made for its efts
late in the Fall of 1940. To arake
way for the navy Work the shops
had first to be cleared of the
major locomotive and mechanical
repairs it normally handled for
the C.P,R. from British, Colum-.
bia, Alberta and part of Saskat-
cheiran, with this repair schedule
of vital importance in itself to
war freight and passenger move-
merits. Heavy repairs now go to
Winnipeg and in some eases as
far as Angus Shops in Montreal
and light, repairs to smaller local
p�r1nir o1+„