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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1943-12-16, Page 2PAGE 2 THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD 'rile Ulinton iN.ews-itecord with which is Incorporated THE NEW ERA TERMS, OF SUBSCRIPTION x1.50 per year in advance, to Can- adiari addresses; $2.00 to the U.S. or other foreign' countries. No paper disoontinued until all arrears are paid unless at the option of the pub. ]fisher. The date to which every sub- seription is paid is denoted on the label. ADVERTISING RASES — Transient advertising 12e per count line for first insertion. 8c for: each subse- quent insertion. Heading counts 2 linos. Small advertisementsnot to gxceed one inch, such as "Wanted," '`Lost", "Strayed", etc., inserted once for 35c, ealch 'subsequent insertion 15c. Rates for display advertising made known on application. Communications 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. B•iydone, K.C. Sloan Block .... — .... Clinton, Ont. H. C. MEIR 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 5A0 Tuesdays and Fridays. D. IL McINNES CHIROPRACTOR Electro Therapist, Massage Office: Huron Street, (Few Doors west of . Royal Bank) Hours—Wed. and Sat., and by appointment FOOT CORREGTION iy 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 information etc. write or phone Harold Jackson, R.R. No. 4 Seaforth, phone 14-661. 06-012 THURS., DEC. 16, 1943 8i, JOSEPHINE LAWRENCE. Big-hearted "Sarah Daffodil : acts in every capacity for the 'four family house in Garset after her husband's death, The frugal, elderly Mr. and Mat. Peppeeorn and the newly-wed, Andrew and Candace 'Thane occupy the two top -floor apartments and be- low then middle-aged Bert Fitts and his wife—who is too engrossed in war activities, to care for her home —and King Waters, veteran of World War I and his wife, Emma, a devotee i of fine crocheting. The Peppercorns, wish to help a destitute family found by Hen the Junkman, sheltered under his scrap metal. Mrs. Peppercorn calls on Mrs. Fitts to -ask her aid but Mrs. Fitts is net interested. It did not improve Sarah's teni.I to have the man deferred. Net, of per to be overtaken on her way home course that the Thanes are like that by Toni Fitts who was not one, so I —Still this is certainly no time for site said to discuss her neighbors. "But them to be planning to have a fam- I can't help thinking that it's a little fly," As Einina Waters had foreseen nei= ther, the Thanes rior the Peppercorns would agree to an increase of five dol- lars a month in their rents. The pre. sent refrigerators were quite satis- relief, because' she must, spend her factory, they insisted; it was, positiv- eveningstat home with her husband. ely wastefulto think of replacing I do like people to be consistent. I them. "Of course the rent should be trust I am,'` increased, if we ask for new expensive Mrs. Thane's husband had worked equipment, but we don't ask," old Mr with her, Sarah declared, resisting Peppercorn argued. the temptation ate brandish her loaf Andrew Thane was equally -firm. of bread: "Besides, you may be in- "We can't possibly consider any in- terested `to know that Mrs. Beinter crease in rent. Things are too an - is an Englishwoman. She has two certain," brothers with the British Army. I've * been wonderingwhether any of the By the middle 'of June the garden societies ,you work with would do any. was lush with white lilac and wine thing for her." and white peonies and the close -clip - askedeto give to so many causesne was swamped, had been ped emerald lawn, Sarah _Daffodil's d to Toni murmured. "I doubt whether the," pride, had triumphed over the city's women would feel obligated to help dust and soot. The Thanes, who had a woman like that under the circum- stances." ircum- taken their vacation at the time of stances. " their marriage and would have no time off for another year, , turned to the Early in June Emma Watery fragrant open space in fervent Brat- heard the first faint rumors that pro- itude. Unreasonable blanket 'of heat duction of refrigerators might be cur- had shut down early in the month and really, not for a moment. Still they week end crowds, say the country is going to need more One hot, sunny morning Candace and more metal and you never know funny that Mrs. Thane has been sew ling every night thin week for those proteges of the P,eppercorns.. ' Yet 'she told me point-blank that she could nit give even one night a week to war It was Sarah who overheard King Waters as she waited in the •Cash grocery late one afternoon, It was fuuny, King was saying to a group of sympathetic neighborhood women, how sentimental a man could be. Some times he was half ashamed of his soft heart, but sometimes he was ra- ther glad that he wasn't as cold as stone. "Now you take the papers recent- ly." He patted the evening paper rol- led in his pocket. "I can't pick up a paper these days that I don't see the name of some town that I remember as a lad in olive drab. Lord, Lord, the things we saw and the things we did!" ERNEST W. HUNTER CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT 57 Bloor Str. W. Toronto Ont. THE McKILLOP MUTUAL Fire Insurance Company Head Office, Seaforth, Ont. OFFICERS—President, Alex McEw- ing, Blyth Ont; Vice President, W. R. Archibald, Seaforth; Manager and Secretary Treasurer, M. A. Reid, Sea - forth, Ont. DIRECTORS — Alex McEwing, Blyth, Ont., W. R. Archibald, Sea - forth, Ont., Alex Broadfoot, Sea - forth, Ont., Chris Leonhard", Born- holm, Ont., E. J. Trewartha, Clinton, Ont., Thomas Moylan, Seaforth, Ont., Prank McGregor, Clinton, Ont., Hugh Alexander, Walton, Ont., George Leitch, Clinton, Ont. AGENTS --John E. Pepper, Bruce- • field, Ont., R. F. McKercher, Dublin, Ont., J. F. Prueter, Brodhagen, Ont., George A. Watt, Blyth, Ont, Any money to be paid may be paid to the Royal Bank, Clinton; Bank of Commerce, Seaforth, or at Calvin Outt's Grocery, Goderich. Parties desiring to effect insur- ance or transact other business will be promptly attended to on applica- tion to any of the above officers ad- dressed to their respective post offi- 'ces. Losses inspected by the director. Sarah selected her loaf of bread from the rack, saw no immediate chance of having it wrapped and turn- ed her attention to King, who was t '1 l O£I d b 1 til b h b t d ai ec. course on t e Leve it to enc es egan o sopor; recor y 11 reach out and take next, that they had engaged a cleaning we. Thane came to Sarah and announced'. It was Tuesday, the Waters' gar- den day. She hail asked Toni Fitts man for a half-day each week "I want - to spend the afternoon with her, but ed you to know I'll have to leave the key that restless persons complained that with you. One of the girls at the she could not go away from her tele office recommended her to me— her tele - now relating that the American ; name is Zither and she's perfectly doughboys were the most enerous in phones. They solved the problem by „ yg placing one of the extensions on the trustworthy. the world. I "Her name is what?" Sarah fanned window sill of the living room which "No one will ever know the num-1 overlooked the garden. Toni was ex- herself with a palm leaf fan neatly ber of French orphans our outfit ad- l opted. We "just made ourselves re- sponsible for every youngster as soon as we moved into a town. Those ! sip cover that shrouded the couch. kids, plenty of them, didn't know white firm in her determination that there her small face looked too white, bread and chocolate bars had been in- must be becoming uniforms, „ „ vented, I tell you,I'll never forget] Has she a surname? the look in their eyes as theyheld "About refrigerators," Mrs. Waters „ e:ctla'inecl, "It seems to me that if "It's Hops,"Candace admitted, soft out their hands to us. There's some- 1 laughter running under her words. thin„ about a child in distress that there is likely to be a shortage, it might be a good thing to ask for new l Sarah promised to lot Zither into breaks you all up. I always used to, the apartment and .the next week a „refrigerators now." go to pieces, "Y'on mean here?" ;young, light colored women arrived The women murmured but, Sarah She had spoken to Sarah. Daffodil, promptly at friday noon to clean the detoured around a crate of pineapples Mrs. Waters revealed. "I pointed out Thanes' apartment.. and spoke with firmness, "Good af- that while the iceboxes we have nowj "We could get along without any and Mr. Waters, You're just the are in fair condition, if the prospect is one to clean." Candace, the budget Person I want to see. Mr. and Mrs. that they can't be replaced within envelopes spread out on the table in Peppercorn are in great need of a three or four years, they'll be pretty the breakfast nook, fingered two one • little assistance—they're trying to well wol•nout." dollar bills covetously. rehabilitate a destitute family. Fath- Andy frowned, "Not in your con et, mother and six children, living mc- Toni Fitts stared absently at the dition." „ to: o' he • he t tan They both laughed ee i x ivy brogue. She >because one of der piles of serail in a un - junk yard. ANADIAN�; ATIONAL RAILWAYS pecting to hear from the newly or. "onnc wttlt green tape. g+anized office of the civilian defense The girl's name was Zither, Can - No one knew yet what the duties of duce repeated soberly. Against the the volunteers would be, but Toni' was, grateful boolness of the gray linen you should—have to go?" Andy considered, his chin resting on her gold streaked hair, "I guess I think of war as a dirty difficult job that, when thrust upon us, has to be done," he said slowly. "There's no honor or glery in it and mostly the fruits are bitterness and hate. Yet a pian can't refuse to fight, as I sea' it, unless he is willing to give up all that other men will fight for in his stead.". "Do you wish, you were twenty eight? -1 just wondered. "So that I'd bereleased automati- cally by'the exemption olause? I don't know, Daae, I have a funny feeling , .. Even if the bill is passed—well, nothMg seems permanent to me, • any more." (T0 BE CONTINUED) v Where Do They Come From Travellers from one metropolitan centre to another might think that Canada's population had increased mightily, so crowded are the trains and buses, so crowded the streets and hotels of the cities. ,It is the little towns and the villages and farms that the 'war has stripped of population. Except where a military establish- ment or a' war plant has been set up, there are scarcely enough young peo- ple in'these rural communities to keep the juke organs going. The young peo- ple of both sexes, and many older people with them, are in the services or have gone away to work in a fac- tory, or at some other job in the nation's war -stirred economy. A Sas- katchewan community that had a po- pRlation•of about 500 before the war now has only 57. Similarly, a little town in Ontario that had slightly over one thousand people is now down below 800. A large part of the crowds along the city streets comes from places like these. City folk habitually talk of moving to the country, but not many actually make the trek. When the war is over will enough of those who came to the cities for the higher -paid war jobs turn around again and go back to the little towns and to the farms? It seems doubtfu'I. Even in the depres- sion not so very many of those who had migrated to the cities during the 1920's returned to the country, and, in fact, a good many camel in to places Iike Winnipeg along about 1933 to get on the relief rolls. They helped to deepen the depression, We can't all live in the big centres. Somebody has to grow food, for instance, ane the farm workers who have reached an average age of 55 years in the United States and probably in Can ada, are getting so ole] that they may soon not be able to continue as a class. Briefly Sarah outlined what had been said slowly "I'd like a larger box. 1 for the Beimers to date. . may have to do considerable enter- accomplishedA bit of cash would help incalculably, taiuing this summer, In a way file' up she said. "Just imagine an entire to me to get the women interested in family almost naked and on the verge Civilian Defense," of starving. I don't believe you saw "Well, you know how. Sarah is," anything much worse than that in Mrs Waters slapped at a fly. "T had France." !logic a tithe getting her, to see the "It's entirely different here," King logic of the thing and then she agreed one to replace the old boxes only if all Waters looked unhappy. "No starves in this country. We have es- the tenants were willing to pay five tablished agencies to ]candle. every•dollars more a month, beginning in birth certificate and he can't get a job emergency." 'October when the leases are signed." in the defense plant where Fred Red tape operated against the Bei- „Y t- niers, Sarah countered. Canclace's friends referred oonstattt ly to her "condition." Candace tucked two dollars into the envelope marked "Household Help." Andy's curiously old hands counted out five -one dollar bills, slipped: them in the envelope lettered "Baby Fund.°' His dark thin face was earnest. "Say we want to make sure he gets his birth certificate mailed to him when he's born. My father hasn't a ou mean she would terse the moans o apply for 0 job when he o rents?" Toni glanced toward the finished his welting course," Fred "Oh, well, they can't expect to have I house, lowered her voice. "What in was Andy's younger stepbrother. their case attended to by pushing a time—why, that isn't fair. It will im- "Why can't your father get a birth button. It's taken time for them to Prove her property, won't it? Why certificate?" Candace noted tin reach their present level naturally it should we pay mora . Canada, in peacetime, is not going to settle this city -hiving problem by expelling some of the citizens from the cities by order of the government backed by a gun. As a democracy, we have to find other means to balanc our economy. We can do much to make it economically more attractive to live outside the cities, as it is already more attractive to live in almost every other way. Beyond that we have the vast avenue of immigration, This country has argued, about immigra tion for too long. It is time we fixed on a policy. Unless we can bring peo ple into this country to help fill up the tural areas, we may run so shot of food that the 1943 rations will seem like a Babylonian banquet, v ' Andy was preparing to count the cot- Personal Appeal to will take a little time to left them up.' "I've wondered lately about Mrs. tents of the baby fund envelope, so Farmers and WorkersHe made it a practice not to contri- Thane—"Toni studied the initials on she went around the table tor sit be bute on impulse, Waters stated, edg- her smart cig'arkette case. "It may be side hint on the bench, A, MacNamara, director of Nation ing toward the counter and trying to all my imagination." Area.t manyoldermen were lav attract the busy clerk's eye. "It ills "You don't think—"g courages trained,welfare workers who Offhand she'd say that even a cou- ing a terrible time about their birth have made a study of 'assistance and Pie of idiots had more sense than to certificates, Andy explained milling brie a child into the world in resent has tiny wife comfortably in to bis who can be 'trusted to take hold in g' a lar a ainst his shoulder. His li s a practical manner." distracted state, Toni murmured., She l' g P er c ee 1 is were see Sarah gripped her bread grisly really hoped she was doing the orcicd ha hazardly liftY five "That's what you think." Thanes an injustice. `With him likely P years Even the Government, Waters re- to be called for training any day, yea ago. hundreds were never sent in by minded her, discouraged individual might say, they ought to know bet- doctors who did as they pleases TIME TABLE and. indiscriminate gifts, "The only ter." about it. You see, darling apparently Trains arrive at and deparb . charitable deductions they allow you "King says it's perfectly dreadful the early Town Fathers, didn't like on your income tax returns are for the number of young couples who are statistics any better their you clo, Clinton on as contributions to organized charities." having babies for no other reason than I though let' us ]tope they pronounnced Toronto and Goderich Division the word more successfully than you, Say `statistics." Dace." Cand.aee stuttered "Stn -stet -sta- tics." She laughed under his chin. "But you needn't be so critical. Say `gnarled.' Andy."' He rolled the word like marbles un- der his tongue and admitted they were even, Quite suddenly his young smil- ing face stilled to seriousness. He said, "The papers tonight seem to think that bill exempting men twenty- eight or over, will pass..1 came home on the bus with Waters; Tie's all upset about it," Candace stirred, "That would let Halsey' Kenneth out, wouldn't it?" "Yes, Only the bill isn't passed yet, He'll be twenty. -eight in September, but lots can happen before then," "Andy darling?" "Uh-huh." "How do yeafeel about war? If froml' t follows: Going East, depart 6.43 a.m. - __— Going East, depart 3.03 p.m. ---2--217717:1r1 ritaq Going West, depart . , . -. , , 12.09 p.m. nom. 14 Going West, depart 11.10 p.m. London and Clinton Division ;Coning North, arrive 11.20 a.m. Going South, leave 3.10 p.m. 'FOR.A' MiLD,"cb0l,SiiMokE Aircraft factories in Britain have been widely dispersed, es protection against air raids. Nineteen •aircraft firms which managed forty-five pro- duction units in 1938, were managing 323 units at the beginning of 1,943. .. i• Its entirely rli ierciit here," said Walters. "No —Am iAis[It&h Yi iiM Md 4r#►t'... -: _. 3_'. al Selective Serbice and deputy Min- ister of Labour, has issued a personal appeal to farmers and farm workers to undertake war -essential work this winter, in cases where they can leave the farm without affecting agricul- tural production. Woods, work, includ- ing the eating of pulpwood ranks high on the list. Mr. MacNamara's appeal. "Right Honourable Malcolm Mac- Donald, British High Commissioner to Canada, has paid tribute publicly to Canadian farmers by' stating: "The simple fact is that without the help of Canadian farmers the war would have been lost two years or more ago.' Because T was brought up on a farm, this stateenint thrilled me. It will thrill youtoo1 ! The appeal for farmers and farm workers, not needed on farms this winter which is now being made, is both patriotic and practical. • If jobs in the woods, to 'cut fuel logs, and pulpwood, are not filled. the war ef- fort, and as well our national welfare will suffer seriously. The same may also be said of employment vacancies in food processing plants and other essential works. In making the appeal to farmers and farts workers to accept other es- sential employment, during the slack farm season, National Selective Ser- vice is 'showing a way in which you can still further aid' Canada. in its =SNAPSNfT 9Ji& 'VACATION PICTURES of The inclusion of a figure in vacation scenics—like the fisherman here— will add point and story -telling interest to your snapshots. WHAT with gasoline rationing and tightened transportation systems hi general, vacation trips are being seriously curtailed this year. But those of us who are able to get away—even for a few days will undoubtedly be anxious to bring back many good pictures. And we can do it too, if we remember one or two little pointers and apply them to our snapshooting. Here's the trick. First, make your pictures tell the whole story of your vacation from beginning to end, in- cluding the place you visit, the things you do, and the people yon meet. Second, make each individual Picture as clear and interesting as you possibly can so that 1t will hold the attention of even a stranger. Study the vacation snapshot print- ed here. In viewing it, you're the "stranger" mentioned above. You've never seen this particular spot—al- though you may encounter one like it on your coming vacation. You don't know the fisherman involved. Yet, for all that, I'll bet it was the picture over this column that first caught your eye, and interested you in this subject. The reason that the picture did that is very simple. For, in addition to being a pleasant scenic of the type -we'd all like to make during our vacation, it tells a definite story. Any picture'that tells a story has human interest. And human interest is the quality in a snapshot which makes it appealing. You may say that the photogra- pher was lucky—that he just hap- pened upon the fisherman and the scene. Maybe so, but there's no rea- son why this picture couldn't have been planned with the fisherman posed on the end of the log, just to.' add point and interest to the scene. To take a tip 'from this photogra- pher—try to include one or more figures in all of your vacation seen - los; try to make each of your pic- tures tell as definite a story as does our illustration; and then use your snapshot collection to tell the whole story of your vacation. You'll find that your holiday pictures will be far more appealing if you think be- fore you shoot. John van Guilder war effort. Doing esesntial work during the winter, when you can be spared from the farm will not affect postpone- ment of military training: You will, of course, return to the farm in the Spring." Any farmer or farm worker wish- ing to undertake such - winter work can apply to an office of National Selective Service, to any provincial agricultural representative, or to his local Farm Production Committee. Also, pulp and paper companies, with the approval of National Selective Service, have canvassers in the field, to sign up pulpwood cutters. v Ottawa and Ontario Differ on Labor Codec Pledged to support a national lab- or code for all industries in this coun- try, Premier George Drew in a letter to Printe Minister Mackenzie King shortly before going overseas warned that serious labor unrest would be preciptated in Canada if an attempt were made to draw a distinction be- tween war industries and other in- dustries. Acting; Ontario Premier T. L. Ker, ne dy last week. it promisee Ontario full opportunity' to express its views before a definite conclusion on the vital question is reached. Although the reply was dated Nov. 26 ,it did not . reach Queen's Park until two days after Mr. King had broadcasted a proposal to enact a national labor code. "We have made it clear that proper collective bargaining agree- ments with satisfactory tribunals to interpret the rights which they estab- lish are essential if we are to have industrial goodwill now and in the future," said Col. Drew. "But we are convinced that any labor code which attempted to establish these and oth- er labor relations would do infinitely more harm than good if its effect were restricted by a distinction be- tween types of employment," v The Inspection and Sale Act of Can- ada requires that every ball of bind. er twine for sale be labelled with the name of the dealer and the number of feet per pound. No shortages were found in 1942 in the 104 lots tested by Dominion Department of Agriculture examiners, and all the lots were of Canadian manufacture and of good The Prime Minister's reply reached quality. Devastating Air Attacks "soften" The Germans Troops of the Fifth and.' Eighth Armies continue to smash. c» to- wards Rome despite stiffening Ger- man resistance. Ahead of advancing Allied troops, heavy and medium bombers of the Strategic Air Force and Tactical Force Fighter bombers pound the retreating German army. North of the Battle areas Allied planes fly over enemy lines of cotn- :ounication hitting at transport •bottle necks and smashing up road convoys and trains bringing in reinforcements or removing men and gear. Picture Shows: An artist's impres- sion of Allied Fighter bombers mak- ing a typical road strafing attack on German convoy speeding through the Mountains in retreat to the North, .1