The Seaforth News, 1939-07-20, Page 3THURSDAY,JULY 20, 1989
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Highlfghte •of the Week
Sunday, July 23-1 to 130 p.m.
Music for Moderns, from Philadel-
phia; 2 to 2,30 p,m. Chamber Music,
from Montreal 3 to 4 p.m. Columbia
Broadcasting Symphony, New York;
8 to 6.30 p.m,. Grenadier Guards Band,
from Montreal; 7 to 7,30 p.m. 'Melodic.
Strings, from 'Toronto; 8 to 9 p.m.
NBC Symphony Orchestra, from New
York.
Monday, July 24-7.45 to 8 p.m. My
Joh, interview, from Toronto; 8.30 to
9 .p.m. Sevillana, from Montreal; 9
to 9.30 p.m. Friendly Music, from To-
ronto.
Tuesday, July 25--7.45 to 8 p.m.,
Adventures in South America, talk,
Vancouver; 8 to 8130 p.nm.. Music You.
Like to Hear, from St. John; 9 to 9.30
p.m. Summer 'Concert from Montreal.
Wednesday, July 26-9.30 to 10 p:
m. Percy Faith's Music, from Tor-
onto; 10,45 to 11 p,m. Lieder Recital,
soprano, from Montreal; 11.15 to 12
mid. Summer Symphony Concert,
froin Winnipeg.
Thursday, July 27-2.30 to 2,45 p.m.
The Canadian Henley, from St. Oath-
crines; 8.30 to 9 p,m. Serenade for
Strings, from Montreal; 9 to 10 p.m.
Promenade Symphony Concert, from
Toronto,
Friday, July 28—'2,30 to 2.45 p,m.
The Canadian Henley, from St. Cath-
arines; 9 to 9.30 p.m. Wentworth Lad-
ies' Chorus, from Hamilton; 9.30 to 10
p.m. Weekly Song Sheet, from Mon-
treal.
Saturday, July 29-4.15 to 4,30 p.m.
The Canadian Henley, from St. Cath-
arines; 9 to 9.30 p.m. Leon Zuckert,
from Toronto; 9.30 to 10 p.m. Mili-
tary Band, from Winnipeg,
(All programmes listed in Eastern
daylight saving time,)
ldlanilla Soprano in Concert
Conducted by Dr. Kindler
'The Toronto Promenade Symphony
Orchestra will again be conducted
firby Dr. Hans Kindler at Varsity
Arena on Thursday, July 27. The
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
will present a portion of the concert
to the National Network from 9 to
1.9 pea. EIDST . and to the United
States as an exchange feature over
the blue network of the National
Broadcasting Company, The broad-
cast audience will hear the complete
performance by the orchestra of the
Tschaikowsky's Symphony No.' 4, in
F minor, followed by the first appear-
ance on the programme of the youth-
ful Manilla -born soprano, Enya Gon-
zalez, who will sing the aria "Bakka-
tella" from Pagliacoi, by Leonca-
vallo. Tschaikowsky's Fourth Sym-
phony was written in 1878 and was
regarded by the composer as his iln-
est work. 11 stands almost alone in
his music for its humorous charac-
teristics, all the more strange when
it is considered that be was mentally
depressed while writing it, The work
is In four movements. The appear-
ance on this date of Enya Gonzalez
brings one of the most promising
young singers of the American scene
to Toronto. Last September, at the
age of 18, Miss Gonzalez stepped
into the leading role of the San 'Carlo
Company's production of "Madame
Butterfly" at :a few hours', notice and
was .acclaimed by New York critics.
A few weeks later she gave her New
York recital and reviewers predicted
a brilliant future. Miss Gonzalez
studied at the Conservatory of Music,
University of the Phillipines, in Man-
illa where she was born. She made
her radio debut at the age of 15,
singing as soloist with the two Man-
illa Symphony orchestras.
Packing away their music sheets
and sound effects, CHC', "Happy
Gang," company departs the end of
the month for an annual vacation.
Friday, July 28, will be the date of
the "au revoir" programme from the
Toronto studios and Producer George
Temple announces that the "Gang"
will be back intact, Monday, August
28, No forwarding addresses will be
available as the members of the
"Gang" scatter across the continent.
George Temple will do some long-
awaited fishing; Bert Pearl, accomp-
anied by Bob Farnon, will sojourn in
Winnipeg; Eddie Allen will relax at
Nottawasaga; Kathleen Stokes has
finished all preparations for a motor
trip through the Adirondaelts, where
she may run into Blain Mathe and
his wife, who are also vacationing by
auto, and Hugh Bartlett will do his
travelling by plane, visiting New
York, Chicago and Los Angeles be-
fore dropping in on the folks at Van-
couver. The "Happy Gang" has ac-
cepted the invitation of T.G. Hyland
of station CJIC, to perform at Sault
Ste. Marie on August 1 and 2 and
then tbey will travel on to Sudbury
to appear under the sponsorship of
the Sudbury Nickel District Band on
August 4 and 5.
Appointment of D. C. McArthur as
press and information representative
for the Ontario, region, has just been
announced by the Canadian Broad-
casting Corporation. Headquarters for
the regional press and information
service will be in Toronto. Seventeen
years of active experience in news-
paper and magazine work, have given
Mr. McArthur a wide acquaintance
among Ontario newspapermen. He is
a son of the late Pater McArthur,
well-known Canadian author. After
graduation from the Ontario Agricul-
tural College, Mr. McArthur spent
several years in general press and
publicity work, handling publicity
campaigns in the, interest of different
farm products, For threeyears he
directed press information and ad-
vertieing for the Royal Winter Fair.
From 1928 until the economic collapse
in Chile in 1931, Mr. McArthur was
Canadian representative for the Chile
eau Nitrate Bureau. These activities
gave him an exceptional'opportuntiy
of acquainting himself with every
section of the Province, and more
particularly with agricultural devel-
opment and farm organizations. Dur-
ing the war, he served overseas with
the 55th Field Battery of Guelph.
Lake Levels Are Higher
Lake Superior at Port Arthur -51
inches higher than May, 1939, and
4% inches higher than June, 1938.
Lake Huron at Goderich-41/2 inches
higher than May, 1939, and 43L inches
higher than June, 1938.
Lake Erie at Port Colborne -One
half inch higher than May, 1939, and
11 inches higher than June, 1938.
Lake Ontario at Kingston—Three-
quarters of an inch lower than May,
1939, and 22 inches higher than June,
1938.
Tokyo Crowd Stones British Embassy
For two hours on Friday, while a
howling mob of several thousands
hurled stones, screamed anti-British
slogans, and tried to smash down the
gates, the British embassy in Tokyo
was beseiged in the worst demonstra-
tion of British hatred Japan has ever
witnessed. Thousands of furious Jap-
anese
apanese entirely surrounded the em-
bassy compound; cutting off- all
chance for the staff and member's of
their families to escape through the
rain of missiles. Repeated waves of
police reinforcements were unable to
cope with the throng's surging
charges until the afternoon, when
1,000 policemen completely encircled
the embassy's expansive grounds.
Crashes Claim Two Lives
Second victim of a highway crash
July 9, Noah Cushman, 67, of Appin,
died last week. Mrs. Catharine Gott,
of Detroit, was killed in a collision.
between a car driven by her husband,
Elmer, and one driven by Ardel
Gough of Appin, at Warwick, on No.
7 highway.
Cyclone Passes Through W. Ontario
One of the wealthiest agricultural
sections of Ontario estimated crop
and property loss at $250,000 as a re-
sult of a cyclonic twister 'Which
swept through six counties last
Thursday evening, Lambton, Elgin,
Middlesex, Huron, Perth and Water-
loo counties were bit. Hydro and tele-
phone systems were disrupted, build-
ings razed, whole orchards wiped out
and highways blocked for hours. At
least one death was attributed to the
storm, Russell Scott, Hibbert town-
ship, being killed by lightning. A fall-
ing chimney at Kerrwood United
church broke through the roof and
dropped directly on the pulpit.
"WHAT IS THE MATTER:
WITH MITCHELL '
The Mitchel] Advocate isworried
because there have been no celebra-
tions in that town for four years. In
contrast,, Seaforth bas events of this
kind quite frequently, as often as,
once or twice in a single month,
The Advocate says:
"Just what is the matter with
Mitchell?
"It is four years ago that Mitchell
had a celebration to mark the 24th
of May. Since then no public holiday
has been observed by the town other.
than to deblare a holiday. Towns and
communities all about us celebrate
with hose races, sporting events,
field days, etc., and with few excep-
tions manage to come out on the
right side of the ledger. Not only that
but they make the people of their
community conscious of the town in
which such celebration is being held.
The best advertising that any town
can have is that which prompts peo-
ple to say over and over the name of
that town. But in Mitchell we have
for four years past donenothing to
make people Mitchell conscious. We
expect people to come here tq shop
and spend their money, and yet we
cannot get up enough 'energy to put
on an event on a holiday at which
those who have for some 300 days in
the year been kind enough to patron-
ize the town of Mitchell, might enjoy
themselves. What does it matter if
we do lose a few, dollars in such an
undertaking? Surely the town can
afford some small expenditure to ad-
vertise the fact that we appreciate.
business given us.
"But if we continue–to sit back and
ignore all public holidays, and assume
the attitude that we do not appreci
ate favors enough to reciprocate, it
will not be many years until people
will begin to wonder just where
Mitchell is.
Phe: most talked -of event in
Mitchell's past history seems to be
the Old Boys' Re -Union staged in
1923. Why not plan for another next
year ?"
Weekly Transatlantic Service
A weekly Montreal -Southampton
air service will be launched .by Imp-
erial Airways next month, Hon. C. D,
Howe, minister of transport, has an-
nounced. "The first trip will leave
Southampton on either Aug. 8 or 9
with stops at Foynes, Ireland, and
Botwood, Newfoundland," he said.
"A transatlantic crossing will occupy
about 20 hours," The minister said
the regular weekly service called' for
return trip from Montreal•to South-
ampton to take place two or three
days after the departure date on the
other side of the ocean.
Conscripts Enter British Service
Handled as carefully as boys mak-
ing their first trip to summer camps,
34,000 militiamen, first peacetime con-
scripts in Britain's modern history,
reported for service on Saturday.
Some came to camps in limousines,
more on bicycles and in third class
railway carriages.
"Weel, Jock, what are ye looki
sae sad aboot?"
"I've just heard the price of°pear
has been advanced."
"But ye bavn't a car."
"No, but I've a lighter."
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The Pioneer Doctor
Of Staffa Village
(The London Free Press)
Even back in the long ago Staffa
was significant enough a •village to
be named on certain maps.
And in its Heyday in the 70's and
80's, one of its most important per-
sonages was the doctor, Archibald
MacTavish,
His rank we place above that of
the rector or the minister because
his services could not so easily be
dispensed with as that of those
worthies, and this not alone because
he held "fate and physic" in . his
hands. His years outstanding with
4ulrements were concerned he was
justified In believing there 'should be
sufficient . supplies of vegetables,
meat, butter, eggs and wood to suf-
fice trill his "day" was done.
Oftentimes these commodities
came to him in greater quan-
tities than were' needed at the
time, and especially was this true at
Yule -tide, when he had plenty for
himself and took delight in sharing
liberally with others.
For many years Staffs has been
without a doctor, but with telephones
in homes and automobiles in garages,
everybody has a feeling of assurance
that in a sense one is right at hand,
the people gave him precedence as VOCATIONAL ,GU'ID,ANCE FOIR
the general, and as it were official, YOUNG ,MEN AND WOiM 1N
associate, adviser, comforter and
friend; of the preacher, the tavern- Realizing Ithe need for ,hellpinig
keeper, the weaver, the miller , the Hued and women, who, through t'he.
cobbler, the ne-er-do-well; of all ,stress of times have 'been unable to
ranks arid ages, high and low, sick
and well, rich and poor,
We 'might add we believe there
were no rich.
The doctor, unquestionably, was
the beat known person in the local-
ity, and was admired even by all to
whom he administered many an un -
Palatable prescription or compounded
a cathartic.
,He never gave much study to prob-
lems inhigh finance, and, although
he graduated from Victoria College
in the 60's with highest honors as a
practitioner a system of single or
double -entry bookkeeping gave him
little concern.
If some suffering individual carne
to the office to have say a couple of
teeth extracted, and did not pay at
the time, but came some time later to
settle the bill, it would be character-
istic for the doctor to deal with the
matter in the following manner:
"You say it was two teeth, Oh, yes, I
remember now. The first one came
hard, very bard. That ono will cost
you twenty-five cents. The second
one didn't give us much trouble, it
came easy, making the charge fifteen
cents, Therefore, I figure forty cents
will straighten things between you
and me,"
Every now and then, and not at
rare long intervals, something occur-
red to dampen the ardor of the vill-
age medical practitioner.
We would relate as an illustration it possible for the young people ,of
an incident that befell our man who ,this district ,to ,brain for Useful posi-
finance themselves through a erainin,g
to enable ,them to secure .employment,
Cassan Systems School, Toronto, is
.sponsoring a Vocational 'Guidance
Movemmemlt to help these people to.
gain .useful employment.
Parents will appreciate this op-
porunity 'to telp as it is ,oust sof the
'question to send their sons and
,deugihters Ito college :because of the
!high cost.
Casson Systems make a specia'1ty
of training young people !through
specialized 'courses, and only [teach-
ing ,the necessary subjects ,to enable
them to hold the job euocessfell'y.
le enoffice job is -desired, your
,chances of ,securing employment are
much mmore -sure if you are trained as
a •etensograpiier, The System df Short-
hankl coffered by ,itis school enables
you ,to qualify inside of 3 months at
!Home; or through a combination :of
noodle-sbudy and class ',instruction.
,Other very wee -deal ,courses of-
fered are Traffic • S,tenogr.aphy for
lboth 'yoeng amen and women. These
courses ,take longer rto learn, but the
salaries ere higher.
To make the most of ,this oppor-
t:uni!ty of planning a Career, it is
suggested you send 'for a ,descriptive
folder on ,Whatever ,course you are
interested in - -dale will .not obligate
you in any way.
This paper endorses the efforts
;being made by .this school ,to snake
received a telegram worded: "Come
quick, doe, wife very sick."
But now let the doctor tell the
story as it was told to ua•
"It was a ,cold, wet, dreary night,
Bess (the horse) and I had had a
bard day and were weary and tired,
"Come, Bess, 1 said, we got to
move sharp or we may be too late.
It's a bad case or we wouldn't have
got the telegram. Do your best, old
girl, and when we get there I'll see
you're stabled and fed,
"When we arrived at the place,
coid and wet, I jumped from the bug-
gy, started tying the horse to a tree
close to the house, and saying, "Bess,
it looks strange, the place is in dark-
ness. My- I hope we're not too late.'
"Just then a window was raised,
and in the storm a man shouted:
"'Is that you, Doc?'
"'Yes, I've arrived.'
"'Well, you needn't tie up; she's
better now."
Dr. MacTavish in bis profession
was evidently skilful, earnest, confid-
ent and successful, In cases that were
difficult and complicated, many a
person's Iife was spared because with
the doctor defeat was out of the
question till he had exhausted all his
knowledge and skill
The doctor enjoyed mingling with
folks, and liked to be present, if only
for a few minutes, where games of
skill were under way; or present at a
tea, meeting, picnic, social, fair,
ploughing match, sawing bee, thresh-
ing, any place where persons were
assembled.
We recall one cold, stormy, winter
night, hearing the doctor speaking
aloud to himself, say: ''Ugh! It's an
awful night. Oh, dear, dear me! I
hope I'm not needed till moningi"
It was only a few minutes later
when hurried raps came to the door
and the doctor was ordered in haste
to attend the sick.
He lit the lantern to light the way
to harness the horse, but in opening
the office door a gust of wind exting-
uisbed the light. The lantern was re-
lit and again blown out. This hap-
pened three tidies, then the lantern
was pitched against a stone wall and
old Jack, the horse, was harnessed in
the darkness, Then the doctor started
his errand of mercy in the face of
darkness, snow and blizzard.
In those days, when money was
acare°, the time of reckoning for pro-
fessional services rendered, was often
supposed to lm at the end of the
year; but in many instances it was
the reckoning that availetb nothing.
Nevertheless, the doctor was appar-
ently content in the knowledge that
theoretically in many barns of the
countryside he owned shares in hay
and oats that should be ample to
feed a regiment of horses for moons
to come, and so far as household re -
tions,
Write +a letter oto Cas•san Systems
School, Toronto, ,telling your age,
edticatson, and •whalt you ane interest-
ed in. After receiving descriptive,.
Bolder, ,talk :the (natter over with
your parents, and ,come •ffa some
'decision about your career. Do not
.delay - attend- to this ,today. An
advertisement ,of this school's appears
in this issue,
HURON NEWS
Brother Passes At Clinton—
The only surviving brother of Mr.
S. T. Holmes of Seaforth, George Ga-
brieI Holmes is dead in his 86th year,
at the home of Miss Elizabeth Carter,
Clinton, with whom he had resided
for the past few years. Death was the
result of a general breakdown owing
to his advanced age and an illness
from pneumonia during the past win-
ter from which he never fully recov-,
ered. He was a son of the late Mr.
and Mrs. Samuel Holmes and was
born in Goderich township, Huron
road, on May 6, 1853. He received his
education in the public school of his
home section and as a young man
went west to Portage La Prairie in
the early 70's, remaining there a few
years and later going to Hamilton,
North Dakota. He returned to Clinton
for a short time and in 1879 he mar-
ried Margaret Mitchell of Ottawa.
They took up residence in Oregon,
U.S.A., where they remained until
1921, when Mr. Holmes returned to
his native country to live with his
maiden and widowed sisters, Muriel
Holmes, Mrs. Elizabeth Seale and
Mrs. Minnie Seale, the two former of
whom are now deceased. Mr. Holmes
was a member of the demonination of
Plymouth Brethren and true to the
teachings and doctrines of that sect
refrained from worldly amusements
and from participation in political,
municipal and fraternal social activi-
ties. Surviving besides Mrs. Holmes
there are three daughters, Mrs. Eliz-
abeth Swick, Mobile, Alabama, Mrs.
Alice Tucker, Turner, Oregon, Mrs,
Ida Miller, Eugene, Oregon, one bro-
ther, Samuel Holmes, Seaforth, one
sister, Mrs, Minnie Seal, Granby,
Que. He was a member of a pioneer
Huron County family. His brothers,
the late John Holmes, Httron Road,
Richard of London, and sisters, Miss
Annie Holmes, Clinton, Mrs, Croshen
of B -C and those mentioned having
passed on during the last few years.
The funeral was held on Monday
from Miss Carter's residence; Clin-
ton. Service was conductedat 2.30 by
Rev. G. G. Burton of 'Clinton, and Mr.
Berryman, London. a representative'
of the Brethren. Interment was in.
Clinton cemetery,
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