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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1942-10-01, Page 4PAGE 4 11 Work Clothes PANTS; OVERALLS; SMOCKS; SOCKS; COVERALLS. PANTS in Blue, Grey and Black $1.75 to $2.95 SMOCKS $1.95 to $295 SHIRTS $1.00, $1.25 to $1.95 OVERALLS $1.75 to $2.95 INCLUDING: Haughs, Big 88; Carharts; Famous Brand; Elmira and Others SHOP JACKETS $2.95 DAVIS Sc HERMAN CUSTOM TAILORS — Be Measured by a Tailor. Hunting & Trapping Licenses NEW STOCK OF HUNTING CLOTHING BREECHES, HUNTING COATS AND SHIRTS 4 Used ; Bicycles For Sale GUNS AND AMMUNITION Don't Forget' Your Gun License MEN'S SPORT SHOES $3.75 and $4.25 MEN'S HI -CUTS $11.50 EPPS SPOILT SHOP Headquarters For All Sporting Goods LOONDESBORO M. Gilbert Cuming of. Saskatche- wan is visiting with his cousin, Mr. Fred Shobbrook and other relatives and friends here. Mr. Cuming ,.went to the west aa a boy forty six years ago. His last visit here was 35 years ago. He sees many changes in that time, Mrs. George Cowan received word that her husbandb who had taken part in the Dieppe raid had arrived back in England safely. Mrs. Wm. Lyon, has sold her farm on the highway, 13/a mile north of Londesboro; to Mr. George, Powell of Blyth. Mr. Win. Hoggart has sold his farm to' his son-in-law, Mr. Weldon Tyndall Clinton, Mr. and Mrs. Hoggart will reside with Mrs. Hoggart's mother, Mrs. Annie Brown; Clinton. Mr. Cliff Sundercock and Edwin Fothergill, who has been in training at Guelph spent the week end with their mothers. z Mr. and Mrs. Charles Govier', and Maxine spent the week end with their brother, Wm. Govier and fainly and sister, Mrs. A. Webster. and;; Jack. Mrs. Stanley' Rosevear of Mount Royal, Quebec, has returned home af- ter spending the past week with her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. David Ewan. Mrs. Wm. Lyon and Marjorie Ly- on Reg. N. returned home on Sunday having spent the past week with Dr: Kirk Lyon of Leamington. The doce tor accompanied them home returning to Leamington on Monday. Mien Ede Watson, Goderich, and Miss Fern Watson, teacher at Holm- esville, spent the week end` with their mother here. Church services here have ' been withdrawn on Sunday next giving the folks the opportunity of attending the Anniversary Services being held at Burn's Chruch at 11 a.m. and 7.30 p.m. Mrs. J. Tamblyn returned home on Saturday having spent the past three weeks at the home of Norman Carter, Seaforth. Mr. Emmerson Beek has been laid up with blood poisoning in his hand but at time of writing is much im- proved. Mrs. George' and daughter visited with her brother's Messrs. Thos., Jas. and Robert Fairservice recently, THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD Red Shield The regular meeting of the R. S. W. A. was held last Thursday after- noon at the Army Barracks. Mrs. Wright presided and there were 16 members present. The following artic- les were gratefully received, three quilts donated by the London Road Club; several quilts. from Mrs. L. Swan; also several refugee quilts. The collection amounted to $1.84. The next Meeting will be at the home of Mrs. Wright in the form of a pot luck supper. Caine and bring a friend. V WEDDINGS LIVERMORE — LAIDLAW A great deal of interest was' centred in the wedding of Elizabeth Jean Laidlaw, Reg. N., daughter of Mrs, Laidlaw, Clinton, and the late David A. Laidlaw; to Mr. Percy Livermore, SOD of Mrs. Livermore, and the late Fred Livermore, Clinton, which took place at 3 •o'clock Saturday afternoon September 26th in Wesley Willis Un- ited Church, Clinton, Rev. Andrew Late, B.A.B.D., officiated. Miss Laidlaw was an honor graduate and gold medalist of Guelph General Hospital and until recently was asso- ciated with this Institution. The church decorations were an artistic ar- rangement of ferns and tall stand aids of pink and white flowers. Mrs. M. Agnew .organist of the ehureh, played the bridal chorus from Lohen- grin as the bride entered on the arm of her brother-in-law, Mr. George B. Beattie, who gave her in marriage, Mrs. Agnew also played softly throughout the service. During the signing of the register Mrs. Mont- omery, Brantford, a girlhood friend of the bride sang sweetly, "0 Prom- se rom ise Me" Mr. Harry Plumsteel and Mr, N borman Livermore were ushers. The ride looked lovely in her floor length gown of white triple sheer. A coronet of white anemones held in place her shoulder length embroidered veil and carried a bouquet of white Killarney Roses and blue English Salvia tied with white tulle. Her only ornament was a necklace of pearls, gift of the groom, Her sister, Mrs, Harry Plum - steel, matron of honor wore a floor length gown of dawn pink sheer and carried a bouquet of pink asters baby mums and anemones, with •a halo of pink flowers, in her hair. Mr. Clar- ence Livermore, Chesley, brother of the groom was groomsman; After the ceremony a reception and luncheon was held in the church hall where about fifty relatives and friends were received by the bridal couple assisted by Mrs. Laidlaw, who wore black with corsage of pink roses and Mrs. Livenniore wore' black embroidered with white and corsage of white Kil- larney roses. Amid a shower of confetti and hest wishes the happy couple left for a short motor trip. On their return they will reside on Isaac Street Clin- ton. CORLESS—MACPHERSON A very quiet but pretty autumn wedding was solemnized last Wednes- day, evening, September 23rd, when Dorothy Jean, only daughter of Mrs. MacPherson and the late Robert J. MacPherson, Acton, became the bride of Pte' Alfred Benson Corless, .of R. C.O.C,, son of Mr. and ` Mrs. M.' T. Corless of Clinton. The ceremony was held at Knox Church Manse, Acton, with Rev. Forbes Thomson officiating. The bride was very becomingly at- tired in a wool dress, of Romance blue with brown accessories' and wore a corsage of Talisman roses. She was attended by' Miss Mary Ohalmer, of Acton, wearing wool dress of dull gold with brown accessories and corsage of Sunset roses. The groomsman' was:_L. A.C. Alvin V. Corless of the R.C.A.F., brother of the groom. Following the ceremony a reception for the immediate members of the family was held at the home' of the bride's mother, where the table was centred with the wedding cake, with pink-candelebra and roses for the table and house decorations. The groom's gift to the bridesmaid was anct,•a engraved compand to the grooms-' man an airforce ring: Later the couple left amici showers of confetti and, good wishes for a honeymoon at the cottage on Lake Huron. For travelling the bride wore a coat of brown Angora with hat and' shoes of shades of darker brown: V Canada's "shock sappers" -,No. 1 Tunnellers' Company of the Canadian Army in Britain --are now helping to revive Britain's tin industry in Corn- wall. Some of . these Canadians have relatives in the Cornish•mining dis- tricts; others left Cornwall in their. early 'teens to try their luck in min- ing nickel and copper in:.Canadian fields. THUR s., OCT. 1, 1942, E Three :Years' Achievements When, three years ago, war was declared' an Germany, the people of Che British Isles were under no illus ious about the gravity ' ofthe step which their country had taken. In, eighteen months the menace of Nazid'om had grown from a vague Inst in middle Europe,to definite war cloud much nearer home and, by the ,end of August 1939, the . British people felt that, everything that could honorably be done to preserve peace had been tried and that the time had come to make a .stand, un- prepared though they knew they were To many the declaration of war came almost as a relief after the un- easy period which seemed to hold; no- thing certain but crisis after crisis. Futher compromise with a Germany which was ready to break any pledge to serve its own interests was no longer possible and though. the British have suffered in many ways in three years of war, they have no reason to regret their decision. The step whieh they took was hon- orable, sod time had proved how wise it was, for we realize now what the world would have been if the British Common wealth of Nations had not rallied to oppose Germany as soon as it became clear that the Nazis intended to impose their will on other nations by force. The British contract with French Allies at the start of the war was, it is believed, a force of thirty, meehan- ied division, to be sent eventually to the continent. While carrying out that contract the British sent eighteen di- visions, and the plan was to work up to the total when equipment be- came available. 1'iila TASKS OP THE NAVY As id inevitable when industry ire changing from peacetime operations -muss eqq 'ism linos 30 spenu eq; o; rent production of the British Isles and the Dominion started at a Iow rate, and it was not until after the invasion of Norway that it went into high gear. The Royal Navy during the early months of the war had many duties to perform in addition to convoying the British Expeditionary Force to France. In home waters these com- prised guarding the .shores of the British Isles, blockading enemy ports, and watching mistral shipping. In this work they, were assisted' by the Coastal Command of the R.A.F. The safeguarding of the, Atlantic ship- ping lanes from North" America and all communications between the Brit- ish Dominions and England' were duties which further extended . to every corner of the world, the respon- sibilities of the British Navy: 1. The action of three British cruisers 1 Exeter, Ajax and Achilles, which dis- abled the German pocket battleship Graf Spee, is the best known of many operations carried out to clear the seas of German surface craft. In April 1940, when Denmark and Holland were invaded, the first ene- y move was to seize all important rdromes and posts by stratagem d treachery. Consequently it was tri possible ter the British to land any ly-equipped force with necessary upporting aircraft and so, in spite the efforts of the Navy at sea, Germans kept their control of the and the British foothold in Nor - y had to be abandoned. Britain's darkest hour came in the e spring of 1940, with the sudden lapse of Holland, Belgium. and once. In that hour Britain and.her minions faced the Fascist world one. Winston Churchill, now Prime ister, spoke for the people when said: "This Was Their 'Finest Hour" Let us, therefore, brace ourselves our duty, and so bear ourselves at, if the British Commonwealth Empire last for. 1,000 years, man still say, 'this was their finest ur:„ istory may well place that jud'g- nt on the story of.Dunkirk and the he of Britain which followed. The mediate task was to rescue 350,000 the shattered' remnants of,. the ish and French armies—from 'beaches of Dunkirk. The next was to prevent against invasion. That summer of 1940 Britons ked as they had' never worked be . Their factories had' to replace vast quantities of weapons and pment left on the field' and beach - of Flanders. Britain had to be erted into a fortress to repel ;n- on. Road signs came down, pill- sewent up. The' cliffs and 'bees became a mass of barbed wire gun emplacements. The British little .time. August 8 the Germans began sive daylight raids on England--. "softening up" process' prelim - to invasion. Their objectives , of course, to . demoralize pro- any ton and civilian life, and to drive' ope R.A.F. out ef. the sky over. Brit- are ain,In both of theseobjectives the Nazis failed. The Battle of Britain, the greatest air battle in history, lasted from August 8 to October 31. It cost the British 375 pilots killed and 358 wean ded; 14,281 civilians killed and 20,325 " wounded, But war production went on and British workers, indifferent to the throb of planes and the thud of bombs, worked furiously, fifty-six — sometimes sixty-four, hours a week, until exhaustion forced them to limit -the hours of work. After October 31 the German squadrons 'abandoned mass daylight raid. The Battle of Britain was won. The German invasion ' was foiled. A. handful of young R.A.F. flyers had saved Europe, and perhaps the world, from destruction. -Again Winston Churchill spoke for his people: "Never in the field' of human con- flict was so much owed by so many to so few." In September 1940 Britain stood alone faced by 80,000,000 Germans and 40,000,000 Italians — together thrice the population of the United Kingd'om. The Nazis wereconvinced that they hada won the war. The world seemed at their feet. It was not only Brit- ain's enemies who 'believed that the game was up; a great part of the civilized world, friendly towards Brit- ain, believed it too. At that time Britain had a small army in Egypt, inadequately equipped It was built up into a great army. Men and munitions were sent from the British Isles, away from the center of danger,, to reinforce that small army. Throughout the winter of 1940 and the spring of 1941 that army drove the Italians from the Sudan and Abyss- inia, and: defeated them in Libya. It accounted for nearly 500,000 Italian soldiers. The risk which Britain took in sending men out of England, when the Islands were nearly defense- less, was justified. Side by side with the gallant Greek army, the British fought the Germans in Greece. They fought in Crete. After magnificent resistance, against overwhelming odds, they were driven out. They were defeated in Greece and in Crete, but they fought on. Britain, with the help of the Fight- ing French, delayed the Germans sufficiently to defeat their plans in Syria and so protect Iraq and Iran before Germany could move into those countries. More important still, these events set back the German attack towards Russia for several weeks. Equipment and Transportation During all this time sea commun- cations had to be maintained. A vast program of shipbuilding had to be arried through, and all the time the Royal Navy and Merchant Navy were keeping the sea lanes open, unishing Italian and German fleets, nd waging fierce warfare against U-boats aand surface raiders along he ocean routes. m ai an i ful su the air wa lat col Fr Do al Min he to th and will hou H me Bat im men Brit the task wor fore the equi es cony vasi box chez and had On mten the nary were duct' the c p a a t 5 0 p In a b S a b B io th in an ne ch Ta B ra in we When Hitler invaded Russia, all vailable epuipment was imsnediately ent to:Britain's new ally. Vast uantities of supplies of many kinds were promised and have been dis- itched, besides tanks, aircraft and unitions of war.. Eighty percent of 11 the munitions made in Britain are eing sent overseas, as well as every oldier for whom shipping space is vailable. There is good reason to elieve that the factories in Great ritain are turning out more munit- ns, in proportion to the population,. an those of any other nation in the world, Russia's recovery was the outstand- g feature of the months of October d November, 1941. In December a w factor ntered the situation and anged the whole picture of the war Ta attack jeopardized the entire ritish position in the East. Aust - Ha was threatened and the shipp- gs routes of nearly half the world re in danger of. attack. The' history of events in the East s shown that Britain was unprepar- for the attack. Her year of single- ndedastruggle against Germany d Italy, followed by the demands supplies to Russia, had compelled he to devote all her strenght, first to he fight in Europe and Africa; and en to her ally in the North. he entry of a new enemy in the st brought "a great and powerful mrade-in-arms to the ranks of the red Nations at war from the itions of good friend and loyal porter, the United States changed the status of an active participant the hour of Japan's attack on Pea • Harbor. e Spreading Power of the R.A.F. In the West Britain has built up air power and is= steadily and ethod,ically fighting down Germ- 's air strength over western Eur - Air raids on.German industry to spreading further and further t ha ed' h' an for h h th T Fra co All pos sup to in Pe Th her m 0 Nit ./-Tectieft'-vrW-4APION NOT BOMBS • • • Just dfrty stove pipes It cus and it ;rill happen here—perhaps in your very hotrtel If you allow fouled stove pipes, flues or chim- neys you are courting with such disaster, Do you know that practically every farm house fire is the result of faulty heating equipment or chimneys? An ounce of prevention NOW may head off irreparable loss this winter. Clean out your stove pipes and replace and poor ones. Clean out your chimneys and make any necessary repairs. Clean out your stoves and furnace—tidy up the cellar. Never quicken a' fire with coal oil or gasoline. Never light a fire in a hot water heating system or in a stove with a water front if there is any chance of the water pipes being frozen or clogged—it may cause a fatal explosion. Make every member of your household afire warden. Never before has the need for fire prevention been so urgent. Remember that buildings are now next to impossible to replace—that your loss is the Nation's loss now. THIS ADVERTISEMENT IS SPONSORED BY THE FOLLOWING COMPANIES: All FARMERS' CENTRAL MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE CO., WALKERTON, ONTARIO HOWICK FARMERS' MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE CO., WROXETER, ONTARIO HAY TOWNSHIP FARMERS' FIRE INSURANCE CO., ZURICH, ONTARIO EAST WILLIAMS MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE CO., NAIRN, ONTARIO • the Reich, and results of these will be noticeable before long in the Nazi war effort. In the Mediterranean and in North Africa there have been suc- cesses and failures. Malta holds out gallantly, and the position' in Egypt is maintained. The British are facing the future with the same determination they did when they stood alone in June 1940. They have suffered reverses in their three years of war, but most of these have been due tothe need to undertake operations for which they were un- prepared. This lack of preparedness should not be attributed to the men of today;•it is an inheritance of two decades of unrealistic leadership. Even Adolf Hitler displayed a sh- rewd knowledge of the British char- acter when he wrote about them in Mein Kampf. The following Iines are a rough translation of his word "A people's ability to form allian es is far less determined by a dea of of existing arms than by the vi 'Wee presence of a flaming will self-preservation and heroic death' defying courage. For an alliance not concluded with arms, but wit human beings. "Therefore, the English peopl nust be looked upon as the mo valuable ally in the world as long as ts leaders and the spirit of its great masses, permit us to expeet that brutality and'toughness which is determined to fight out, by all mea- ns, to the victorious end a struggle once started, without considering time and sacrifices, in which case the actual military armament need not be in proportion to that of other states." ited man as the late Judge Boles, who served for so many years. The town of Aylmer, where Mr: Livermore made his home, and. St. Thomas where he had an office, will regret losing this splendid' citizen, but will wish him every success in the post of honor and responsibility to which he has been named. v OBITUARY MRS. JAMES M. REID Mies. Millie Beatrice McClinchey, wife of James M. Reid of Clinton, died Saturday, September 26th, at her hone, after an. illness of six months. She was in her 51st year, Mrs. Reid had been a resident of Clinton for. twenty years, coming here from Varna. Born in Adelaide Village, e, Middlesex, February 23rd 1892, she e_ was a daughter of the late James Me - d Clinchey and Mary Ann Watts. She s - of is spent the early part of her life in Adelaide Village and in April 1916 married James M. Reid. They fanned near Varna until 1922 when they mov- ed to Clinton where they have since resided, except for a brief period in e Goderich. She was a member of On - 5t taste Street United Church, Clinton. NORFOLK'S NEW JUDGE (St. Thomas Journal) Judgeships do not usually come as early in life as forty, which is the age of Earnest S. Livermore, K. C., just named' to the county Judgeship of Norfolk. But Mr. Livermore in the fourteen, years since he began prac- ticing law in the town of Aylmer has had; quite extensive experience m three years as magistrate, crown counsel in a number of important criminal cases, a wide court practice' solicitor for the County of Elgin, sevi sral townships and business • concerns;' besides a large private practice — adl this by way of becoming versed in the intricacies of the law and acquira ins• the ability to interpret the sante Then in another way he has gained much needful experience -his activity; in municipal circles, his serivice club work, his superintendency of a Sunday, School, executive head of the Child- ren'e Aid Society and other commun-, ity. endeavors' —self imposed, non -pros ductive tasks which have broadened his vision of public affairs and per- mitted a deeper study of human na- ture. He should fill the Norfolk judge- ship with acceptance even following such a capable 'official and public-spir- Surviving are her husband, one daughter, Gertrude, at home, one son, Kenneth of Hamilton and one sister, ,Mrs. Lloyd Keys of Varna. The funeral was held from the re- sidence on Townsend street on Mon- day September '28th, to the Ontariq Street Church, at two o'clock services being conducted by Rev, G. G. Burton, assisted by Rev, Reba Hern of Varna, and Mr. C. S. Hawke, of Clinton. The pallbearers were Messes. Harold Con- nell, Alfred Johnston, George John- ston, Alfred Ings, Roy Keys and W. R. Stephenson. Flower bearers were nephews, Alvin, Keys, Clayton Keys, Keith Keys, Robert Reid and Charles Reid. Interment took place in Bayfield, cemetery, V NEW STREET Here is a street where nothing was ore Exceptbefthe grass and the wind and the snow in winter Here is a finger of the eager town Bridging the coulee that was a brook in spring. And a green haven of shade ,in the heat of August But now the road goes over a new culvert And all along the way are square small houses., With many -colored roof and new white walls, And fair wide windows looking out on the prairie And backward.toward the town, and turning golden. Againstblue. the coiningg of the twilight Allen E. Woodall. Attention Ladies SEE OUR NEW FALL COATS • NEW FALL HATS NEW FALL HOSE NEW FALL SHOES YOU'LL ENJOY SHOPPING HERE A. T. COOPER. Phone: 36w Main Store, 36j Second Floor THIS -1S LAW When you ask us for any preparation's, in a collapsible tube. YOU MUST TURN IN AN EMPTY TUBE SEASONAL GOODS CERTIFIED NOSE AND THROAT DROPS 25c CERTIFIED COLD TABLETS 25c CERTIFIED BRONCHIAL SYRUP 50c CERTIFIED COD LIVER EXTRACT $LOO CERTIFIED HALIBUT A AND D VITAMIN CAPSULES They Build Resistance to Colds W. S. B. NOIMES PNM. B. st- CLINTON, ONT. PHONE 61 11 Work Clothes PANTS; OVERALLS; SMOCKS; SOCKS; COVERALLS. PANTS in Blue, Grey and Black $1.75 to $2.95 SMOCKS $1.95 to $295 SHIRTS $1.00, $1.25 to $1.95 OVERALLS $1.75 to $2.95 INCLUDING: Haughs, Big 88; Carharts; Famous Brand; Elmira and Others SHOP JACKETS $2.95 DAVIS Sc HERMAN CUSTOM TAILORS — Be Measured by a Tailor. Hunting & Trapping Licenses NEW STOCK OF HUNTING CLOTHING BREECHES, HUNTING COATS AND SHIRTS 4 Used ; Bicycles For Sale GUNS AND AMMUNITION Don't Forget' Your Gun License MEN'S SPORT SHOES $3.75 and $4.25 MEN'S HI -CUTS $11.50 EPPS SPOILT SHOP Headquarters For All Sporting Goods LOONDESBORO M. Gilbert Cuming of. Saskatche- wan is visiting with his cousin, Mr. Fred Shobbrook and other relatives and friends here. Mr. Cuming ,.went to the west aa a boy forty six years ago. His last visit here was 35 years ago. He sees many changes in that time, Mrs. George Cowan received word that her husbandb who had taken part in the Dieppe raid had arrived back in England safely. Mrs. Wm. Lyon, has sold her farm on the highway, 13/a mile north of Londesboro; to Mr. George, Powell of Blyth. Mr. Win. Hoggart has sold his farm to' his son-in-law, Mr. Weldon Tyndall Clinton, Mr. and Mrs. Hoggart will reside with Mrs. Hoggart's mother, Mrs. Annie Brown; Clinton. Mr. Cliff Sundercock and Edwin Fothergill, who has been in training at Guelph spent the week end with their mothers. z Mr. and Mrs. Charles Govier', and Maxine spent the week end with their brother, Wm. Govier and fainly and sister, Mrs. A. Webster. and;; Jack. Mrs. Stanley' Rosevear of Mount Royal, Quebec, has returned home af- ter spending the past week with her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. David Ewan. Mrs. Wm. Lyon and Marjorie Ly- on Reg. N. returned home on Sunday having spent the past week with Dr: Kirk Lyon of Leamington. The doce tor accompanied them home returning to Leamington on Monday. Mien Ede Watson, Goderich, and Miss Fern Watson, teacher at Holm- esville, spent the week end` with their mother here. Church services here have ' been withdrawn on Sunday next giving the folks the opportunity of attending the Anniversary Services being held at Burn's Chruch at 11 a.m. and 7.30 p.m. Mrs. J. Tamblyn returned home on Saturday having spent the past three weeks at the home of Norman Carter, Seaforth. Mr. Emmerson Beek has been laid up with blood poisoning in his hand but at time of writing is much im- proved. Mrs. George' and daughter visited with her brother's Messrs. Thos., Jas. and Robert Fairservice recently, THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD Red Shield The regular meeting of the R. S. W. A. was held last Thursday after- noon at the Army Barracks. Mrs. Wright presided and there were 16 members present. The following artic- les were gratefully received, three quilts donated by the London Road Club; several quilts. from Mrs. L. Swan; also several refugee quilts. The collection amounted to $1.84. The next Meeting will be at the home of Mrs. Wright in the form of a pot luck supper. Caine and bring a friend. V WEDDINGS LIVERMORE — LAIDLAW A great deal of interest was' centred in the wedding of Elizabeth Jean Laidlaw, Reg. N., daughter of Mrs, Laidlaw, Clinton, and the late David A. Laidlaw; to Mr. Percy Livermore, SOD of Mrs. Livermore, and the late Fred Livermore, Clinton, which took place at 3 •o'clock Saturday afternoon September 26th in Wesley Willis Un- ited Church, Clinton, Rev. Andrew Late, B.A.B.D., officiated. Miss Laidlaw was an honor graduate and gold medalist of Guelph General Hospital and until recently was asso- ciated with this Institution. The church decorations were an artistic ar- rangement of ferns and tall stand aids of pink and white flowers. Mrs. M. Agnew .organist of the ehureh, played the bridal chorus from Lohen- grin as the bride entered on the arm of her brother-in-law, Mr. George B. Beattie, who gave her in marriage, Mrs. Agnew also played softly throughout the service. During the signing of the register Mrs. Mont- omery, Brantford, a girlhood friend of the bride sang sweetly, "0 Prom- se rom ise Me" Mr. Harry Plumsteel and Mr, N borman Livermore were ushers. The ride looked lovely in her floor length gown of white triple sheer. A coronet of white anemones held in place her shoulder length embroidered veil and carried a bouquet of white Killarney Roses and blue English Salvia tied with white tulle. Her only ornament was a necklace of pearls, gift of the groom, Her sister, Mrs, Harry Plum - steel, matron of honor wore a floor length gown of dawn pink sheer and carried a bouquet of pink asters baby mums and anemones, with •a halo of pink flowers, in her hair. Mr. Clar- ence Livermore, Chesley, brother of the groom was groomsman; After the ceremony a reception and luncheon was held in the church hall where about fifty relatives and friends were received by the bridal couple assisted by Mrs. Laidlaw, who wore black with corsage of pink roses and Mrs. Livenniore wore' black embroidered with white and corsage of white Kil- larney roses. Amid a shower of confetti and hest wishes the happy couple left for a short motor trip. On their return they will reside on Isaac Street Clin- ton. CORLESS—MACPHERSON A very quiet but pretty autumn wedding was solemnized last Wednes- day, evening, September 23rd, when Dorothy Jean, only daughter of Mrs. MacPherson and the late Robert J. MacPherson, Acton, became the bride of Pte' Alfred Benson Corless, .of R. C.O.C,, son of Mr. and ` Mrs. M.' T. Corless of Clinton. The ceremony was held at Knox Church Manse, Acton, with Rev. Forbes Thomson officiating. The bride was very becomingly at- tired in a wool dress, of Romance blue with brown accessories' and wore a corsage of Talisman roses. She was attended by' Miss Mary Ohalmer, of Acton, wearing wool dress of dull gold with brown accessories and corsage of Sunset roses. The groomsman' was:_L. A.C. Alvin V. Corless of the R.C.A.F., brother of the groom. Following the ceremony a reception for the immediate members of the family was held at the home' of the bride's mother, where the table was centred with the wedding cake, with pink-candelebra and roses for the table and house decorations. The groom's gift to the bridesmaid was anct,•a engraved compand to the grooms-' man an airforce ring: Later the couple left amici showers of confetti and, good wishes for a honeymoon at the cottage on Lake Huron. For travelling the bride wore a coat of brown Angora with hat and' shoes of shades of darker brown: V Canada's "shock sappers" -,No. 1 Tunnellers' Company of the Canadian Army in Britain --are now helping to revive Britain's tin industry in Corn- wall. Some of . these Canadians have relatives in the Cornish•mining dis- tricts; others left Cornwall in their. early 'teens to try their luck in min- ing nickel and copper in:.Canadian fields. THUR s., OCT. 1, 1942, E Three :Years' Achievements When, three years ago, war was declared' an Germany, the people of Che British Isles were under no illus ious about the gravity ' ofthe step which their country had taken. In, eighteen months the menace of Nazid'om had grown from a vague Inst in middle Europe,to definite war cloud much nearer home and, by the ,end of August 1939, the . British people felt that, everything that could honorably be done to preserve peace had been tried and that the time had come to make a .stand, un- prepared though they knew they were To many the declaration of war came almost as a relief after the un- easy period which seemed to hold; no- thing certain but crisis after crisis. Futher compromise with a Germany which was ready to break any pledge to serve its own interests was no longer possible and though. the British have suffered in many ways in three years of war, they have no reason to regret their decision. The step whieh they took was hon- orable, sod time had proved how wise it was, for we realize now what the world would have been if the British Common wealth of Nations had not rallied to oppose Germany as soon as it became clear that the Nazis intended to impose their will on other nations by force. The British contract with French Allies at the start of the war was, it is believed, a force of thirty, meehan- ied division, to be sent eventually to the continent. While carrying out that contract the British sent eighteen di- visions, and the plan was to work up to the total when equipment be- came available. 1'iila TASKS OP THE NAVY As id inevitable when industry ire changing from peacetime operations -muss eqq 'ism linos 30 spenu eq; o; rent production of the British Isles and the Dominion started at a Iow rate, and it was not until after the invasion of Norway that it went into high gear. The Royal Navy during the early months of the war had many duties to perform in addition to convoying the British Expeditionary Force to France. In home waters these com- prised guarding the .shores of the British Isles, blockading enemy ports, and watching mistral shipping. In this work they, were assisted' by the Coastal Command of the R.A.F. The safeguarding of the, Atlantic ship- ping lanes from North" America and all communications between the Brit- ish Dominions and England' were duties which further extended . to every corner of the world, the respon- sibilities of the British Navy: 1. The action of three British cruisers 1 Exeter, Ajax and Achilles, which dis- abled the German pocket battleship Graf Spee, is the best known of many operations carried out to clear the seas of German surface craft. In April 1940, when Denmark and Holland were invaded, the first ene- y move was to seize all important rdromes and posts by stratagem d treachery. Consequently it was tri possible ter the British to land any ly-equipped force with necessary upporting aircraft and so, in spite the efforts of the Navy at sea, Germans kept their control of the and the British foothold in Nor - y had to be abandoned. Britain's darkest hour came in the e spring of 1940, with the sudden lapse of Holland, Belgium. and once. In that hour Britain and.her minions faced the Fascist world one. Winston Churchill, now Prime ister, spoke for the people when said: "This Was Their 'Finest Hour" Let us, therefore, brace ourselves our duty, and so bear ourselves at, if the British Commonwealth Empire last for. 1,000 years, man still say, 'this was their finest ur:„ istory may well place that jud'g- nt on the story of.Dunkirk and the he of Britain which followed. The mediate task was to rescue 350,000 the shattered' remnants of,. the ish and French armies—from 'beaches of Dunkirk. The next was to prevent against invasion. That summer of 1940 Britons ked as they had' never worked be . Their factories had' to replace vast quantities of weapons and pment left on the field' and beach - of Flanders. Britain had to be erted into a fortress to repel ;n- on. Road signs came down, pill- sewent up. The' cliffs and 'bees became a mass of barbed wire gun emplacements. The British little .time. August 8 the Germans began sive daylight raids on England--. "softening up" process' prelim - to invasion. Their objectives , of course, to . demoralize pro- any ton and civilian life, and to drive' ope R.A.F. out ef. the sky over. Brit- are ain,In both of theseobjectives the Nazis failed. The Battle of Britain, the greatest air battle in history, lasted from August 8 to October 31. It cost the British 375 pilots killed and 358 wean ded; 14,281 civilians killed and 20,325 " wounded, But war production went on and British workers, indifferent to the throb of planes and the thud of bombs, worked furiously, fifty-six — sometimes sixty-four, hours a week, until exhaustion forced them to limit -the hours of work. After October 31 the German squadrons 'abandoned mass daylight raid. The Battle of Britain was won. The German invasion ' was foiled. A. handful of young R.A.F. flyers had saved Europe, and perhaps the world, from destruction. -Again Winston Churchill spoke for his people: "Never in the field' of human con- flict was so much owed by so many to so few." In September 1940 Britain stood alone faced by 80,000,000 Germans and 40,000,000 Italians — together thrice the population of the United Kingd'om. The Nazis wereconvinced that they hada won the war. The world seemed at their feet. It was not only Brit- ain's enemies who 'believed that the game was up; a great part of the civilized world, friendly towards Brit- ain, believed it too. At that time Britain had a small army in Egypt, inadequately equipped It was built up into a great army. Men and munitions were sent from the British Isles, away from the center of danger,, to reinforce that small army. Throughout the winter of 1940 and the spring of 1941 that army drove the Italians from the Sudan and Abyss- inia, and: defeated them in Libya. It accounted for nearly 500,000 Italian soldiers. The risk which Britain took in sending men out of England, when the Islands were nearly defense- less, was justified. Side by side with the gallant Greek army, the British fought the Germans in Greece. They fought in Crete. After magnificent resistance, against overwhelming odds, they were driven out. They were defeated in Greece and in Crete, but they fought on. Britain, with the help of the Fight- ing French, delayed the Germans sufficiently to defeat their plans in Syria and so protect Iraq and Iran before Germany could move into those countries. More important still, these events set back the German attack towards Russia for several weeks. Equipment and Transportation During all this time sea commun- cations had to be maintained. A vast program of shipbuilding had to be arried through, and all the time the Royal Navy and Merchant Navy were keeping the sea lanes open, unishing Italian and German fleets, nd waging fierce warfare against U-boats aand surface raiders along he ocean routes. m ai an i ful su the air wa lat col Fr Do al Min he to th and will hou H me Bat im men Brit the task wor fore the equi es cony vasi box chez and had On mten the nary were duct' the c p a a t 5 0 p In a b S a b B io th in an ne ch Ta B ra in we When Hitler invaded Russia, all vailable epuipment was imsnediately ent to:Britain's new ally. Vast uantities of supplies of many kinds were promised and have been dis- itched, besides tanks, aircraft and unitions of war.. Eighty percent of 11 the munitions made in Britain are eing sent overseas, as well as every oldier for whom shipping space is vailable. There is good reason to elieve that the factories in Great ritain are turning out more munit- ns, in proportion to the population,. an those of any other nation in the world, Russia's recovery was the outstand- g feature of the months of October d November, 1941. In December a w factor ntered the situation and anged the whole picture of the war Ta attack jeopardized the entire ritish position in the East. Aust - Ha was threatened and the shipp- gs routes of nearly half the world re in danger of. attack. The' history of events in the East s shown that Britain was unprepar- for the attack. Her year of single- ndedastruggle against Germany d Italy, followed by the demands supplies to Russia, had compelled he to devote all her strenght, first to he fight in Europe and Africa; and en to her ally in the North. he entry of a new enemy in the st brought "a great and powerful mrade-in-arms to the ranks of the red Nations at war from the itions of good friend and loyal porter, the United States changed the status of an active participant the hour of Japan's attack on Pea • Harbor. e Spreading Power of the R.A.F. In the West Britain has built up air power and is= steadily and ethod,ically fighting down Germ- 's air strength over western Eur - Air raids on.German industry to spreading further and further t ha ed' h' an for h h th T Fra co All pos sup to in Pe Th her m 0 Nit ./-Tectieft'-vrW-4APION NOT BOMBS • • • Just dfrty stove pipes It cus and it ;rill happen here—perhaps in your very hotrtel If you allow fouled stove pipes, flues or chim- neys you are courting with such disaster, Do you know that practically every farm house fire is the result of faulty heating equipment or chimneys? An ounce of prevention NOW may head off irreparable loss this winter. Clean out your stove pipes and replace and poor ones. Clean out your chimneys and make any necessary repairs. Clean out your stoves and furnace—tidy up the cellar. Never quicken a' fire with coal oil or gasoline. Never light a fire in a hot water heating system or in a stove with a water front if there is any chance of the water pipes being frozen or clogged—it may cause a fatal explosion. Make every member of your household afire warden. Never before has the need for fire prevention been so urgent. Remember that buildings are now next to impossible to replace—that your loss is the Nation's loss now. THIS ADVERTISEMENT IS SPONSORED BY THE FOLLOWING COMPANIES: All FARMERS' CENTRAL MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE CO., WALKERTON, ONTARIO HOWICK FARMERS' MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE CO., WROXETER, ONTARIO HAY TOWNSHIP FARMERS' FIRE INSURANCE CO., ZURICH, ONTARIO EAST WILLIAMS MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE CO., NAIRN, ONTARIO • the Reich, and results of these will be noticeable before long in the Nazi war effort. In the Mediterranean and in North Africa there have been suc- cesses and failures. Malta holds out gallantly, and the position' in Egypt is maintained. The British are facing the future with the same determination they did when they stood alone in June 1940. They have suffered reverses in their three years of war, but most of these have been due tothe need to undertake operations for which they were un- prepared. This lack of preparedness should not be attributed to the men of today;•it is an inheritance of two decades of unrealistic leadership. Even Adolf Hitler displayed a sh- rewd knowledge of the British char- acter when he wrote about them in Mein Kampf. The following Iines are a rough translation of his word "A people's ability to form allian es is far less determined by a dea of of existing arms than by the vi 'Wee presence of a flaming will self-preservation and heroic death' defying courage. For an alliance not concluded with arms, but wit human beings. "Therefore, the English peopl nust be looked upon as the mo valuable ally in the world as long as ts leaders and the spirit of its great masses, permit us to expeet that brutality and'toughness which is determined to fight out, by all mea- ns, to the victorious end a struggle once started, without considering time and sacrifices, in which case the actual military armament need not be in proportion to that of other states." ited man as the late Judge Boles, who served for so many years. The town of Aylmer, where Mr: Livermore made his home, and. St. Thomas where he had an office, will regret losing this splendid' citizen, but will wish him every success in the post of honor and responsibility to which he has been named. v OBITUARY MRS. JAMES M. REID Mies. Millie Beatrice McClinchey, wife of James M. Reid of Clinton, died Saturday, September 26th, at her hone, after an. illness of six months. She was in her 51st year, Mrs. Reid had been a resident of Clinton for. twenty years, coming here from Varna. Born in Adelaide Village, e, Middlesex, February 23rd 1892, she e_ was a daughter of the late James Me - d Clinchey and Mary Ann Watts. She s - of is spent the early part of her life in Adelaide Village and in April 1916 married James M. Reid. They fanned near Varna until 1922 when they mov- ed to Clinton where they have since resided, except for a brief period in e Goderich. She was a member of On - 5t taste Street United Church, Clinton. NORFOLK'S NEW JUDGE (St. Thomas Journal) Judgeships do not usually come as early in life as forty, which is the age of Earnest S. Livermore, K. C., just named' to the county Judgeship of Norfolk. But Mr. Livermore in the fourteen, years since he began prac- ticing law in the town of Aylmer has had; quite extensive experience m three years as magistrate, crown counsel in a number of important criminal cases, a wide court practice' solicitor for the County of Elgin, sevi sral townships and business • concerns;' besides a large private practice — adl this by way of becoming versed in the intricacies of the law and acquira ins• the ability to interpret the sante Then in another way he has gained much needful experience -his activity; in municipal circles, his serivice club work, his superintendency of a Sunday, School, executive head of the Child- ren'e Aid Society and other commun-, ity. endeavors' —self imposed, non -pros ductive tasks which have broadened his vision of public affairs and per- mitted a deeper study of human na- ture. He should fill the Norfolk judge- ship with acceptance even following such a capable 'official and public-spir- Surviving are her husband, one daughter, Gertrude, at home, one son, Kenneth of Hamilton and one sister, ,Mrs. Lloyd Keys of Varna. The funeral was held from the re- sidence on Townsend street on Mon- day September '28th, to the Ontariq Street Church, at two o'clock services being conducted by Rev, G. G. Burton, assisted by Rev, Reba Hern of Varna, and Mr. C. S. Hawke, of Clinton. The pallbearers were Messes. Harold Con- nell, Alfred Johnston, George John- ston, Alfred Ings, Roy Keys and W. R. Stephenson. Flower bearers were nephews, Alvin, Keys, Clayton Keys, Keith Keys, Robert Reid and Charles Reid. Interment took place in Bayfield, cemetery, V NEW STREET Here is a street where nothing was ore Exceptbefthe grass and the wind and the snow in winter Here is a finger of the eager town Bridging the coulee that was a brook in spring. And a green haven of shade ,in the heat of August But now the road goes over a new culvert And all along the way are square small houses., With many -colored roof and new white walls, And fair wide windows looking out on the prairie And backward.toward the town, and turning golden. Againstblue. the coiningg of the twilight Allen E. Woodall.