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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News Record, 1944-09-14, Page 2PAGE 2 THE 'CLINTON NEWSI-RECORD: The Clinton News -Record with which is Incorporated THE NEW ERA TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION .$1.50 per year in advance, to Can- adian addresses; $2.00 to the U.S.or wether foreign countries.;' No paper ,discontinued until all arrears are amid unless at the option of the pub- lisher. The date to which every sub- eeription is paid is denoted on the ctabel. ADVERTISING RATES — Transient adveniti+ring 12c per count line for first insertion. 8c for each subse- quent insertion. Heading counts 2 'lines. Small' advertisements not to .wxceed one inch, such as "Wanted," "Lost", "Strayed",' ete., inserted once 'for 350, ' eaich subsequent insertion 15c. Rates for display advertising. evade known on application. Cozumunieetionls intended for pub- lication must, as a guarantee of good faith, be accompanied by the name of the writer. • G. E. HALL - - Proprietor H. T. RANCE NOTARY PUBLIC Fire Insurance .Agent Representing 14 -Fire Insurance Companies Division Court Office, Clinton Frank Fingland, B.A., LL.B. Barrister, • Solicitor, Notary Public Successor to W. Brydone, S.C. Sloan Bloat .... — ... - Clinton, Ont. H. C. MER. Barrister -at -Law Solicitor of the Supreme Court' of Ontario Proctor in Admiralty. Notary Public and Commissioner :Offices in Bank of Montreal Building Hours 2.00 to 5.00 Tuesdays and Fridays. D. H. McINNES CHIROPRACTOR Electro Therapist, Massage 'Office:' Huron Street, (Few Doors west of Royal Bank) Hours=Wed. and Sat., and by appointment FOOT CORRECTION 'by Manipulation Sun -Ray Treatment Phone 207 HAROLD! JACKSON Licensed Auctioneer Specialist in Farm and Household Sales. Licensed in Huron' and Perth Counties. Prices` reasonable; satis- faction guaranteed. For infoi�ination etc. write or phone Harold Jackson, R.R. No. 4 Seaforth, lone 14.661. 06-012 • DR. G. S: ELLIOTT' Veterinary Surgeon, Phone 203 Clinton, Ont. ERNEST W. HUNTER CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT 57 BIoor Str. W. Toronto Ont. THE McKILLOP MUTUAL Fire Insurance .Company Head : Office, Seaforth, Ont. -OFFICERS- President W. R. Archibald, Seaforth, Vice -President Frank McGregor, Clinton, Manager Secy-Treas, M. A, Reid, Seaforth, DIRECTORS— W. R. Archibald, Seaforth; Frank McGregor, Clinton; Alex. Broadfoot, Seaforth; Chris Leonhardt, Bernholm; E. J. Trewar- the, Clinton; John L. Malone, Seaforth Alex. McEwing, Blyth; Hugh Alexan- der, Walton; George Leitch, Clinton. AGENTS— John E. Pepper, Bruce - field; R. F. MoKercher, Dublin; J. P. Prueter, Brodhagen; George A. Watt, Blyth. .. Parties desiring to effect insux- anee or transact other business will be promptly attended to on applica- tion to any of the above officers ad- dressed to theirrespective post offi- ces. Losses ,inspected by the director. CANADIAN NATIONALBAILWAYS ( TIME TABLE Trains will arrive at and depart (from Clinton as follows: • Toronto and Goderich Division Going. East, depart ... 6.43 a.m. Going East, depart .... 3.03 p.m. Going. West, depart ...... 12.04 p.m. 'Going West, depart 11.10 p.m. London and Clinton Division: Coming North, arrive 11.20 a.m.. Going South, leave .. 3.10 p.na. tREAD THE ADVSRTIS RMI NTO IN THE I$EWS-RECORD Princess Louis Arthur Cunningham. CHAPTER V Madame •Fibre-Lusignan becomes indignant When her,, old butler, Ru- dolph, showers hot coffee eve];r-her bed. Rudolph explains. his clumsi- ness by pointing • to a picture in the paper showing a small pretty girl and two little ones over the captio: "The Princess Meridel of Gratzen and 'her eousins arrive in Quebec .to ;seek refuge with( ick; uncle in Cin; ads." Rudolph admits he is the "rich uncle," and explains that at Gratzen he was the Baron Rudi de Morpin. Madame • insists that he stay on at the Chateau Philibert as the Baron Morpin, acid that he bring the Princess •and her cousins as his guests. The Princess and' children arrive and Madame takes over as housekeeper *of the Chateau. Roger Fabre of the Canadian Air Force, and Madame's: nephew, meets Prin- cess Meridel, It was love at first sight withthe young hero. They soon met old countrymen of the Prin cess and with the cooperation of Madame Fabre-Lusignan decided to open the Chateau. Philibert to un- fortunate children of war-torn Eu- rope. "And I shall leave you, too, Baron, and you, M. Goujon; to talk of old times." Madame troubled very little about her role of housekeeper. "I shall send a bottle of wine out to you—old tunes are better talked about over a glass of Burgundy." She smiled at Jules Goujon and went sedately up the white stone steps. She could hear the voices of the little ones, :far off, their shouts, their laughter—lovely sounds. The sun was warm on her back as she entered the great hall. She jangled her bunch of keys and said to Ges- ner, the now butler—r"A bottle of Chambertin for the baron and his guest, out on the rterraee. Tea for the 'four children and myself in half an ,hoer." "Yes, madame. Is there anything else, ,madame?" "Nothing else now." And there was nothing else. Life today was very good, very 'full. Old Mimi Fabre sangsoftly as she went up- stairs to her room. "so like a play," she mused, "so like many in which ] have taken part. And what strange contretemps, what. beauties,. what Complications yet await us—" Ah, if madame could have sat beside Mephisto Pellet as he rode in his rich limousine down the moun- tain—and read what went on in his dark mind, she wouid have realized that she had never played in any piece so starkly, terribly real as this; if she could have been trans- ported to far-off England end there stationed on a blitzed quay to watch the embarkation of a group of pri soners,- former members of Luft- waffe, to see one tall youth among them—ah, then she would have known that here was no gay light comedy, no Chocolate Soldier or pretty pastime cut from cardboard! But she could see none orf these things. She! went to her room and sat in her big chair' and dreamed happily over a ,cigarette until she heard the light voices, the muffled laughtter of the little ones in the ilall. They came into madanne's sitting room quietly, the young Goujons seeming all eyes. Magd'a's tiny hand smoothed caressingly the rose brocade of the chair 00 which the old lady seated her. Poi Martin and Emil, manlike, clung close together and found the security in the deep cushions of the bay window, Rosine sat down primly on the hassock at nmadame's knee and gazed s up into the wrinlded brown face, into the glowing black eyes that beamed happily upon them all. "Ah, 'we shall have a gay', party, • OLD VIRGINIA PIPE TOBACCO` It's a' real pipe smoker's tobacco • 'My ,little ones! Never,before' have I entertained such lovely and ap- preetative guests, and I Have never before been so honored. Yogi. are the royalty of the .earth today, little amen and little women. Did you have a good game on the lawn?" "We taught Emil and Magde how to play Bonhomme Fricot," said Pol Martin. -. "He did not (want to , play being' file soldier who came down • out, of the sky in his parachute and 'march- ed up to Bonhomnne Fricot's door and killed him." • "It- was not good," said Eniil. "But since this was. only make- belielve I did not mind after a while. But I would not like to shoot an old roan." ' "Eh, well," said 'madame, "we shall soon find more cheerful gamed for you, to play. We shall have a great many other children here as your companions, and • we'll, find amusements that will help you, when you grow up, to be strong men and good women." Gesner, the new butler, aided by Corinne, came into the .room push- ing a tea wagon whose little w'heeis were surely built of the best oak, such a mighty load of good things did they have to bear—ice cream of red, green and orange colors, brighter than any rainbow, eclairs and pates and tall glasses of lemon- ade and fruit salads. that, looked like a picture and bonbons and meringues graces and a dozen other trifles of which the old lady was as fond as any child could be. "Oh!" said the little • Goujons, their eyes growing even wider,their hands moving involuntarily, and Pol Martin's eyes sparkled. Only Rosine who had stood up to let Gesner move her cushion, made no sound, gave no sign of rapture. She stood close to ntadanie?s tall dresser and she was staring up at the picture, partly pushed aside and almost hidden by madanme's black Iaee reticule --.a photograph of a laughing fellow, framed in chrome. And Rosine's eyes held shock and wonderment and ter - Tor and her lips opened as if she would cry out. "You are not ill, child?" Madame had noticed how much slower than the others Rosine was emptying, her plate. "Ah, perhaps you do not like my party?" "Oh, but I do, Madame Laurin. I do indeed. r love this party; It is only e that I do not -that I was thinking—" ' "Now, child, you must not thinb when all this good food is before you. Eat up now. Afterward you can think if you want to. There is nothing bothering you?" "No—no, madame. It is nothing —nothing at all." Roger and Mei:idel came then and Rosine van to her cousin and clung to her and hid her face against the pink jersey. "Ah, you have eaten too much, Rosine. You have the stomachache. It is no wonder." "No, no, Merida'. I have not eaten too much. I sail not 111. I could not eat. There is—." she stopped and looked about her. ' Memidel's handl smoothed her hair. "I am sure it is nothing. Come! You will sit with Roger and me and see that we do not eat too much. Madame Laurin, you will spoil them with so many good things." Madame, her Mouth full of eclair, looked sharply at Rosine."You look as if you had seen a ghost here.' Have 'some lee cream now— some green ice cream. I'm sure that is the kind you like.". "If you . please, madame. '.1 am sorry, madame(. I do like your party. It is all so lovely." "I shall always remember it," said Pol Martin sturdily, and the little Goujons nood'ed. their heads, which was about all they 'were able to' do, having stowed away a truly. marvellous amount of food. Madame, Meridel and Rudolph sat for awhile on the porch. Pot, Martin and Rosine slipped up the stairs., • hand in hand to thee wing. of the house, where madame had ]ler rooms. The door was ajar. "I do not like to go in,' Rosine. Suppose Madame Laurin or Uncle' ,Redi ter Meridel, .were to find us— what would they tieinke' And what should we say to .them,'./ "I .do not know. But,. you must come, Pol Martin. You must see it, Maybe I am wrong. But you must see this picture." "But of. whom . is it 'a " picture? Someone, you say, whom I am sup- posed to .Arnow. But who could that be? I know so few in this country." "You must see •it. . On the 'dress- er, in a: bright frame, You will "Come, then! Quickly! But _ wish, I did not have to • know." They, went into the floom where a short, while ago all had been so gay, so bright, so :merry., It seemed empty now, haunted by shadows, by some sinister presence. The black reticule still lay onthe dress- er where, ; madame had left it. Ro- sine, by standing on tiptoe, could move it a little and straighten the picture, r The light was dimmer now. But there in its bright metal frame was the handsome smiling face; its eyes fixed upon them. Pol Martin gazed at it and slowly his lips parted. His, fingers tight- ened on hers. He stared long. He could . not seem to tear his eyes from that thin, mailing face. "Poll Tell me,' Pol:" : Rosine voice was urgent. "Yds—yes!" he whispered. "I would know hila anywhere. I could never forget. It was thus ' he smiled the day he ran frim Bon Homme's cittage. He. wore the uniform of etelled one of the! Luftwaffe then. But it is he." "Yes. I new, I saw it before the party started, I could not eat for thinking of it. I "eould feel him smiling there behind me. But what could his picture( be doing here? Who can he be?" ".I do not know. • We shall ask Corinne or Gesner. We shall not speak. "No, we must not speak. These ere, good people, all of them. They do not knew that the ,devil is amongst them." "But Roger promised to kill this, one—and Roger is, strong. He wears a cross the Ring gave him for being brave. Yes, Roger will • kill this one surely." And they stale, away, out of 'that room, 'away from .;the picture' of Michel Fabre that smiled' at them( in the twilight. It was' the day following the come ming of the little English evacuees who were to . find a home at Phili- bert. Meridel knocked at madame's door to show the old lady a letter Rudolph had received from the bu- eau in charge of the little guests. Meridel entered when Madame's rich voice! Balled "Entrez!" from the inner room. "7 shall be out in a minute ah it is you, Meridel." The door to her ,bedroom was open. "Make your- self comfortable, child." Meridel did not hear. Thd room became • space and the moment eternity. Rapt, heartstill, she stared at the picture of Michel Fabre: and slowly walked toward it as if drawn to it by some mighty, invisible threat. 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Madame lead been'etanding be- side her for .niionsents, watching her, the glad look in her eyes, the way her• young »breast rose and fell. And madame was' old' and wise as. the vror•Id and she had known love and thus recognized instantly what she saw in Meridel's face. "I—I am sorry madame. I for- got- myself. This man—may 1 ask —who is he?" "An insolent, defiant, ungrateful young scamp," ` said madame, smil- ing fondly at the picture. "He is "Rogilles brother --Michel" Fabre. We call him Mike." "Roger'o brother -Michel " "Do you ,now. him, Princess?" Meridel nodded. Slowly she put the picture back in its place. "I met him once in Gratzen, shortly before the war broke out." "And he made love to you, P11 wager.» Meridel looked . gravely into the bright black eyes, and for a moment did not speak. Then she said, "Not riot as ' o made—" e expects love to be Madame chuckled. "Ah, I' know. It. was the way he looked at you, in theway he said things more than in what he said; in the way he held that proud red head of his and the way hiss eyes danced. It is not so?" "That was. Michel." "Did he—make love to many?" "I think not. But many lolled him. Ho didn't care. He always wanted to be free --free of his teach- ers, of those • who would interfere with . his life yea, even met See here—what he wrote on the back of this, picture." Madame •Mimi took the photo from its (frame and showed the boldly scrambled Iinels to Meridel, who shaped the words with her lips— "A better friend than love have they For none to mar or mend, That have themselves to Mend." "I don't know that any love could. hold him," continued madame., "What was he doing when you saw him?" (TO BE CONTINUED) about things §0u THE 2TORY OF CH ILDREW2 UNDERWEAR OBVIOUSLY babies and children must have underwear. So—the Wartime Prices and Trade Board has given special attention to the production of these garments. The problem has not been so much one of a lack of raw materials, but of getting the raw materials (wool, cotton, rayon), spun into yarns -and then knit into garments. Canada has never produced all iµ When you go a store gsto bum andgfethinYo, remem- ber veer whole aseproduct on and �l This whole world. not n�d°hada buththroughout ts ry of As Canada is ft is r p oduct on mak n voting over half inevitable that civilian sus for must be reduced. We just can't AAIY must re9u to fill theodirCe all the ncreased civilian demands,great! things use are bin directed to but pee ucl1 thebenof availablee at aterialstandtla bort are Remember eaods; for the Arodu c am difficultiesinfact( when You ho'e Your shopping. Chatrman Wor,lmk Brice, d Track guard the wool, cotton and rayon yarn she requires, We - have always had to get a substantial part of our requirements from other countries, even in peace- time. But since the war, there has been an acute shortage of underwear yarns everywhere, There has been a greatly increased demand in addition to production difficulties: The efforts of the Board to meet the problem are given below. THE INCREASED DEMAND RESULTED FROM More babies ... 11's apparently. always .the way in wadime. Increased consumer buying... . Moo people with .more money. Reduced use of second-hand or. "hand-me-down" garments. toss home sewing ... Mothers have boon working outside the home. MORE UNDERWEAR :4 but still not enough! The reason is that tt just has not been possible to produce with the skilled workers and machines available to the United Nations enough yarn and garments to meet the increased demands all over the world. , WHAT HAS BEEN ./First of alI the Board found out the kind and quantity of garments Canadian children must have. %/This showed that the public is asking for more than is actually needed. i/So plans were made to see, by directing production all down the line, if we could meet the swollen demand, as nearly as possible: ✓Each manufacturer was told to produce an increased number of garments. VA constant check is kept, on mills" to see that they are producing the required number. ✓Manufacturers 'not pre- viously making children's underwear were induced to go into its production. An Extra buying ... Perhaps loo many people. wanted 1o' bo "on the safe side." Huge demand for underwear by Armed Forces. DONE ABOUT iT sir additional 600,000 garments will be provided this. year from these sources. v'Negotiations were, conducted with production authorities in other countries for supplies of yarn to Canadian knitters for use in children's underwear. .s/Primary cotton mills were required to divert spinning facilities `from' fabric manufacture to the spinning of underwear yarns, ✓Arrangements were made through, National. Selec- tive Service to direct more labour to the underwear mills. ✓A special campaign was launched to enlist part. time workers. +/Distribution to ,retail stores was organized to den-, sure equitable supply to all areas. The greatly.increased seppty of t from these effods- is shown figures. below. S: m 1933-1939 average hildren's underwear resulting. by the relative sizes of the 1942 1943 1944 *ore oast? ge..t eta lcia ire rte' da airlift rot.. Dade 4q. gree ectet Ya • THE WARTIME PRICES AND TRADE BOARD 1'S GIVJNG THii FAITS Asc1Vr T$ sUJ'Ptt f1Ar)mhNf a!i4' t�1r tP