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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1940-06-20, Page 3THURSDAY, JUNE 2e), 1040 THE SEAFORTH NEWS PAGE THREE F ANCE UNA;:LE TO FIGHT ON; ITISH EMPIRE FIGHTS ALO iD Aged Marshal Petain Succeeds Paul Reynaud as Premier ancl Commences Effort to Stop Hostilities R was announced in London on Monday that the capitulation of Prance will matte no difference tp the determination of Britain to fight on, Mandell Henri Petain's announce- ment that he had ordered fighting to cense -while negotiations are started with the Germans has shocked Brit - BELIEVE E i ELL NEVER HAVE A BLOWOUT ACCIDENT Q,FEGUARDS mroaike alniiy lane SAFE from tire faiihire • You may never have had a blowout ... but if you have you will never want to go through that experience of utter helplessness again. Goodyear LifeGuards pro- tect you from the hazards of sudden tire failure. Join the legion of wise drivers who ride on LifeGuards. Drive in for service today! W. G. WRIGHT, Jr. SEAFORTH E ain but has not shaken the inflexible determination of the British govern- ment and the British people to con- tinue the war, Prime Minister Church - i11 said he would make a statement In the house of commons. The big question of the hour is: Where do we go from here? This question can he answered only in the broad sense because there are too many imponderables, Britain pledged to continue the war "even though it may take years," placed her faith in the fleet for ulti- mate victory. An authoritative statement, term- ing France's navy the second strong- est in Europe, declared that union of the French and British fleets "is fully capable cit enforcing the blockade, whicrtt etas laec'nnle even more ef'eet- ive as a result of llaly's entry into the war.' The statfm('nt asserted (bat Germ- eny lied toed up her resources "on a reckless se010" and that unless she can defeat the British Empire and its Allies within tee next few months her chance of defeating them at all will have vanished." The statement reiterated that Bri- tain is "firmly and resolutely deter- mined to continue the struggle until victory has been won." ]t forecast that 'United States re- sources at the disposal of Britain would play an ever -weightier part in the war as Britain brings her full manpower to bear upon the Germans and Italians, "The production of airplanes, arms and ammunition continues to in- crease at a great pace and the sup• plies from America now arriving in substantial quantity will soon be coming as fast as our ports can deal with them," the statement said, On Monday Marshal Philippe Pet- ain announced to France and the world that the French army must cease its resistance to Germany, Speaking with the greatest emotion over the French radio from Bordeaux, a few boars after he had succeeded Paul Reynaud as premier, Petain said: "I have apl.iied to our opponent to ask him if he is ready to sign with us, as between soldiers after the fight, a means to put an end to hostilities." it was disclosed that a French surrender had been expected, that French military leaders had de- Tune to 7217 0#1.01, LOtlI O JUST LIKE DC1 Ue Visits Resting of ,Mafia Mace I, Pioneer (By J. MacTavish in the London Free Frese,) The last time we wandered through the little graveyard that lies about one-quarter of a mile south of the Village of Staffa wo 'were in a reflect• ive mood. In Cromarty, farther southward tin ald stone church is sequestered among the trees in the graveyard, butnot so in Staffa, The (llaurch (.here, which was built in 1879, and which replaced the small frame strurtule aften•warde used as a drive:shed, still stands in the village, commanding a view stretching for miles westward. For many yearn (here were two denominaticeal churches in Staffa, the Methodist and t11e Anglican; in Cromarty there bee always been but one, the Presbyterian. For more than three -score years .and 10 the Staffs graveyard hes been adding to the number of its memor- ial caplets. During the intervening years the little graveyard has lost much of the uncanny sensation that enveloped us in childhood days, Even if one usually meditates while alone in the graveyard it should seem more "sociable," eepec• tally when the presence of other spirits is sensed, because in our case they were the spirits of persons We knew before they were lowered be- neath the mounds, Old Geordie claimed that he was as much at home strolling in the grave- yard, day or night, as be was setting a trap for a mink in the meadow or treeing a coon by moonlight at the mountain. In the graveyard there comes tine feeling that (he old and the new titre of the village is chronicled there. On every gravestone and monument there appear the simple dates of birth and death, and. after all, what longer record is needed? On every marble slab or shaft we almost mechanically read something akin to "sacred to the memory,' and from underneath we receive messages of sorrow, gloom, hope; of earthly life, of immortality. The certainty faces us that hidden. crumbling in the earth about us are the skeletons and the ashes of men and women and children we once as- sociated with and these form the foundation and reason for the grave - Yard. Looking over the eouethyside and then towards the village we face another certainty—in the old houses and in the new residences live a new people, even if some bear the old - (tided long ago that the German blitz- krieg could not be stopped unless the United States and Britain gave aid on a scale which proved impossible. It was disclosed that there had been an agreement between Britain nad France that, if French resistance on the continent became impossible, the French would carry on with its air force and its navy and the resources of the French Empire as a govern- ment in exile. On Monday morning Marshal Petain announced that France had asked for German peace terms, and whether France's naval bases in the Mediterranean basin. would be turned over to Germany, was not known. "It is with a heavy heart," Petain said, "that I say we must cease fight- ing." He spoke with great emotion. tinter ck Book- We Fire Selling Quality Books Books are Well Made, Carbon is Clean and Copies Readily. All styles, Carbon Leaf and Black Back, Prices as Low as You Can Get Anywhere. Get our Quotation on Your Next Order. • The Seaforth News SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, time Names. Standing amidst the tombs and surrounded by inscriptions "sacred to the memory" we ask ourselves, what meseage, then, what (meaning, in the reality of life, have the in• scriptions on the stones? Tbc records in the tombs are usually scant, or stereotyped, and many are commonplace and oft quot- ed verses of Scripture. And they differ greatly from epi taphs told us years ago by gray• headed pienecrs, who on a Sunday afternoon in summertime would as• semi& at the graveyard and Booth 1,e reeelleeting epitaphs chat had Leant, rrcorde, simply and graphic, humo& ous and ptubetic. and which we et tach to other graveyards with old time -worn inscriptions, partially /ease ecvered, and almost obliterated. We think of the epitaph trig Charlie never failed to repeat., cite which, he said, he had read on 11 stone somewhere near Melon: "Here lies the body of Susan Lowder, Who burst while drinking a sedlttz powder; Called from this world to her heaven- ly rest, She should have waited till it effer- vesced." Another one which was said to have been copied, an epitaph appear•' ing in Plymouth, Mass„ was worded: "Here under this sod and under these trees, le buried the body of Solomon Pease. And here in this hole+ lies only his pod: His soul is shelled out and gone up to God." The t.avernkeeper never made any pretense of being a connoisseur of epitaphs. but was ever ready. wie.n opportunity arose. to contribute the following amusing one to the net: "Here lies old Caleb Ilene By trade a bunk, When he died the devil era i1- 'Come Caleb. conte.' in our meditation of She past 'ee though( of the time when we knew practically all who Wer.ai(1+ter,'. Our knowledge also took in all 1111;1 they had been; and 'nen:r,t•y brought to mind the foliage: and Bower:t:af were an attempt to make create the graves—bleeding-hear t. SW 1'1- tw111• lam. old ratan, myrtle. daisies. an occasional rosebush and nin.ret to spoke briefly, everywhere a patch of livefca•ever,1 un hisa,ddiwss io the thrnuncii. V.a: 1 (lett ]t'egan spoke cf e levy sus Scattered here and there were also tinned by the ec+tmty iu the dentth 'r,i honeysuckle and the weeping willow; ; 1 . A. Robertson, M.L.A.. Ruben -t Enw and following the line of the fence mon. ex•11.F: and H. C. Cox;exlness were wild raspberry bushes In pro- ing sympathy ler their families, also of Mrs, Owen Geiger of Hent, til, wife Auden. The graveyard is now larger and more pretentious than of yore, and there are names of persons unknown to 08, Their life stories are not dis- closed by the inscriptions. But the stones, timeworn, weatbel in the warily. and asked that u mess stained, with sentences fading with 'ge ,.f syr pithy be extencleci to 1 M the passing years are fot' us as see- hoberts ',- i is in hf pint;] , 1 3 ou eon His wrr.rij: reY rr,d u, h ,^.r meds and legends of other clays; turd pruvrmmni.s made by the pram ie in Memory linger tales of remedy e f .(.:lit+ e in the 1 tri err i11 . and of tragedy linked with the lives - "noir _ ouse, ar d c+,? •' a led ah of those we knew and whom death e1 unt. .h :.e cotnn i to e en 1 1e ,ind,ns .'t he Hon wfaatl � . e.:: d cut short to a sentence en a stone. to none In the province." Tee road tonlnliesien had between tight and one tbousai;d feel of hard top put to the roads; new trucks were parch asci and it was most gratifying that many delegations had come to exan, Me Huron County roads. He thought the county council as sedation onP of the hest organizes tions in the province. "In 1942 we are promised the pro vinciat plowing match in Huron," the warden continued and urged that competition in local matches be en couraged so that Huron county would stand up well at the provincial one. Preparatory work has been almost completed at the airport for the ole• mentary flying training school; and tenders will shortly be called. June 13th was set aside for the celebration of the king's birthday and the warden asked that the bust nese of the session be well advanced em that the council could observe a half -holiday. R. S. Turner, secretary of Zone 10 Canadian Legion, expressed appreei allot, in the appointment of a veteran (N. W. Miller) to the position of deputy county clerk, A statement of receipts and dis• bursements from January 1st to May 81st was submitted. The general ac• count showed receipts of $40,949.99; disbursements $35,455.84. Bank bal- ance $5,494.15, Receipts in county highways were $132,793.40, disbursements $128.836.53 bank balance, $3,956.87. The county home showed a balance of $162.16. The receipts were $4,- 765.49. 4r765.49. The treasurer advised the for- mation of a county municipal associa- tion composed of reeves, clerks and treasurers, to meet once a year. He said it was particularly necessary fen the regulation of tax sales and as. sessments. There were 52 prisoners In the jail during the year, and at present nine Tbe cost of daily rations is 13%o, Deputy Reeve E. D. Brown enquir- ed what the council wished to do abort a new flag pole. He presented the following suggestions and prices: An 80 -foot all steel, tubular flag pole for $300, cost to erect $169; "a gal- vanized windmill tower with 17foot pole on top at $275, council to erect. and a top placed on the court house at $80. The base of the old pole is 47 years old, The property committee will consider the matter. Reeve R. Et Turner inquired why the new grader was purchased from an American firm by the good roads committee, and why the lowest ten- der was not accepted. Reeve Grain, chairman of the coo, mittee, explained that a certain type of grader was advertised for. A local firm was not in a position to supply it at the time. Reeve Bowman asked if it were Jeune Session of Huron County Council Strong Resolution Passed Dur- ing Session Pledges Fullest Support in War TUESDAY Warden George Feagan expre:ss(d the hope at the opening cession of Her (,11 t'eunty Couree] en Tee eflay of. 1ernoon of less ween, that (1,4 r.;te eeulet ee 10(50 d try one mill to vide a fund fol the county s veer to Cauacia s wa1 effort_ This yr ie 11(0: et:o hty in lra,e a,f debenture debt, and. 11,, leg, d the —emelt to adhere to 11(0 I,1,1 :,logon ' ie.y e,e-you-go." 1:'1e WO.rde it's patriotic, fervent 'xus er(10,11. in e reeti1i11 Fpr(- I• l Ileee•. 11. 4. ?letheriegteu arid R. Reemnnte whief1 Witt, referred to tile. 0 a,re e, -mime "'that this of .nay mon, cc+nefds.r (151 forrualate : a � to . , In 101,se(1,11e Canada's war et'. fort. oboe that a detailed plan (ee weieed eel for the purpoee cf jn'u vlding funds, and the purpose:, fel which they are used." The notion also asked "that pro• visian be made whereby same of the existing committees be charged with' the particular duty of looking after the matter between sessions: that particular attention be given to in- forming the public of the true war situation; and assistance given to militia and active service units in recruiting financially by public sup' port." 'The warden's committee will also deal with another patriotic motion brought in by Reeves Scott and Crain that council endorse the sup: gestion of the Seaforth town council to proceed to assess an extra mill lot , war purposes. the distribution of the tu'lde to 1'' under the eent1, 1 of Hume ('r 1nty Council. Lt tree Stewart recruiting nt the ,; h Reeinent, Mete ?ie 11)1(1 ea.n1. i). it• Nairn, were give^, .: heti irk. Y.01. ti IE.t i 11.!ll^e e!I'p1 1 e., I•:.1']y ' e'-' 111., r ,11, ‘111.; ' elu J; 1:ar. he said dee 1.1, a1 _ 11 zrlod6 el what is reee 1 1 (0(*esary 11,01111 1011.. .:1' 11 (111.-1'wiF pt:y 1 u+1; 1') vquir? 11,10141 we r k o1 11,:,"01 c:l.era t1- xllieh the e epertri(10 will nit ' ale.ert<11,e a have 111ne. e,1 legal for a maeleiree council to use t:, "se rrlen ..10 bol a cru 1 1(1 fund." o buy p1 s .1.' for soldiers uve no nands, The re=nit is h tory The opinion 1,1 the solicitor 0,11,S are net available to the sour 1 e ry asked. curt. D. 1.. lairs and id.•yo. ..tat The rejwrt of a4 • airport commit ter was read as is Bows: "On the thirty-first day of May we, see,tvsd a conilnunrcatiol from the department cf tie:Leper( advising us that the plans Inc the "establishment cf cin elementary flying training eehoo1 at Gederich had been cora pleted and a Crecy of the layout was e(lrlasetl. W -e wile requested to purchase the Existing rairpcm property as shown on tee plat, enclosed end to divert of Mete underground the pcle lines on the flightway eppreaeh along the sciuthwet cornet ae shown on the plan. Also the. bent:nes tam within 1.1;4' building wee. veered not be required by the eepat.ttert end .the county 1-.(114.1 t e, r n.ove from the eite theset wl;anr v4 ith these lestruetions at band 'we Uz.,1 31ro'unty selicito .114(1 th i.1t, ure•Itd petty knowoathn nasin,Fiemasiefng propertthepeay which constituted the existing air, putt: Your con:mit.tee, met a representa- tive from the Hydro and Bell Tele phone with regard to the placing underground the lines as designated on the plan submitted by the de- partment. They agreed to submit estimates less the digging of the trench and the filling in, which would be dune by the county. All business transacted to date was authorized by the county council at the special session." A number of resolutions were sub, mated for approval. Prince Edward County asks sup. port for one whereby the term "indi- gent patient" in the act be altered as at present it applies to 75 per cent of the population whose earnings are less than $2.50 per day, The same county seeks a ebange in the system of payment for gasoline used in farm tractors, so that an affidavit will suf- fice to have the tax refund rather than paying it as at present. Welland County asks support seek ing enabling legislation to permit 11• censing of bakeries to peddle bread outside the county in which it is produced. Repeal of compulsory pasteuriza- tion is asked by Wentworth County. Elgin County asks endorsatiou of a resolution requesting the Ontario Legislature to amend the administra- tion of justice act regarding the costs where a change of venue is allowed so that costs would be borne by the municipality where the crime was committed. The Township of Howick submitted a motion protesting the cut of one- half mill in the provincial subsidy and the reduction in road expendi- tures in that township of $2,000 on which the 50 per cent grant will be pitta, as the gasoline tax remains at eight cents per gallon. It was referred to the legislative committee. Ervin J. Jacobs, assistant at the county home, application for an in- crease in salary from $40 to $50 was sent to the executive committee, WEDNESDAY At Wednesday's session of the county council, a motion was adopted to dispense with the annual county picnic this year, and devote the money to the war effort, Reeves Watson and Weir sponsor- ed a motion rescinding a motion car. ried at a special meeting of the'coun- cil setting aside one-fifth of a mill for the purchase of the airport. This was carried. A communication was read from the department of welfare advising' that all unnaturalized Stalians or.de- pendents who are receiving relief are to be immediately cut' off as it ie imperative that all r municipalities (continued on Page 7). MAKE PERFECT BREAD. of a brines county councilor. He re. ferred with feeling to the lc s sus 1.a1neti by the acuntry i11 the death of 1]on. N1'rma1l Rogers, fernier minis ter of defence. ]-Ie read a tclegran: trete L. E Cardiff, M.P.. expressing sing his interest The Handsome Choicely Brett Clydesdale Stallion MILTON FORDER (27683) Enrolment No. 3525, Form 3 Route for 1940—Monday noon will leave his own stable, lot 23, con. 5, Logan, and proceed to Peter Elicic nell's, lot 14, con. 5. McKillop, for night. Tuesday to Joseph O'Rourke's, lot 4, con. 6, McKillop, for noon, thence to Rock Bros., Brodhagen, for night. Wednesday to John Dietz's, lot 9, con. 10, McKillop, for noon, thence to George Bennewies', lot 8, eon. 12, McKillop, for night. Thursday to Henry Steinbach's, lot 28, con. 12, Logan, for noon, thence to George H• Siemon's, lot 24, con. 11, Logan, for night. Friday to his own stable, where he will remain until the following Monday noon. Terms—$12, payable Feb. lst , 1941. Jacob Hignell, Proprietor and Man- ager, Mitchell, R. R. 4. Tbe Pure Bred Clydesdale Stallions ROYAL CARBROOK (27101) Enrolment No. 3500 Form 1 FLOWERPRINT SUPREME (28352) Enrolment No, 3959. Form 2 DONALD MONCUR (28559) Enrolment No. 4177 Form 3 Route for 1940—Monday and Tues• clay—In the vicinity of Walton and Brussels. Wednesday—Through Kinburn and west to the highway, soutb through Clinton, home by way of Tucker - smith. Thursday—Through Seaforth to St. Oolumban and Beechwood, home through way of Winthrop, Fraday—Goderich Township and Colborne. Terms—$13, payable March 1, 1941. T. J. McMichael, Prop. and Manager The 'Standard Brod,Stallion •BARON LULWAT87R 2.1111% Form 2 Willi stand at his owner's stabile in Egntondleilie, season 11940, Baron Luiwwater was She efastest and bou(gthest J year old in Canada in 1930. He Is a allow corse as Welt nus h•e ,was first and reserve ,rihanilpion at ,(the Royal in 191318 and first at Toronto Ex. in 1939. He is siring slpced also, as this son, Baron Rothchild, took a .record of 2:I3 and 'was a .olose second in 2:101%. Another son, .Beacon Grattan, took a eeecord of 2.141/ as 0 three yeea•r did 1aat year and was,one of the nick •collts ever' raced in 'Canada as he raced against such (horses as Peter Bidwellt 2.96, Katlhlleen Grattan 2.0714, Tony Grattan 2.98 and other fast recottd 'horses Terms $11511to inentre Imam lw6bh foal, Payalblle Fdb. list, (1)441. Parties diapos- irsg of mares (before Ifoalling time twilit Ilse held reslpons@bllc ,wlhether in fool or plot, 1170: ',C Govenloelk, Egtnondevillle, owner, 'Phone 'Sealfarhh 1663t15.