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HURON COUNTY'S LEADING NEWSPAPER
WHOLE SERIES, VOL 62. No. 37
SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1940
He made great woods to give the
birds perches,
Made the green meads to give the
crickets gowns;
He made the snail. He made the crab
which lurches
Sideways to port, made cockle-
shells, made clowns.
—('Courtesy."
Phone 84.
$1 a year.
HOME FROM CAMP
The special train bringing the Seaforth stud Goderich boys home from
Thames Walley Military Camp arrived here about 1.30 p.m. an Sunday and a
crowd quickly gathered to greet them. The boys all Looked as if camp life
agreed with them. The training continues two nights a week. Above pictures
taken by The News show the boys at station and standing easy in front of
the armories, also marching past the town hall, led by Capt. G. R. Campbell
(Brussels), and Acting C.S.M. Andrew Calder.
7.5( ROGERS AASILVER PLATE:
CAE
K KNIFE
AND 4 WRAPPERS FROM
PAN DG
WHITE NAPHTHA
SOAP
6 Bars 25c
PEACHES.—Almost over. Buy now.
PLUMS—Are at their best
11 quarts 60c
'GUEST CHICKEN SOUP. -
2 tins 19c
PORK and BEANS. -3 tins 25c
AUNT LEE SCOTT CAKE
'FLOUR.— Pkg. 25c
INGERSOLL MALTED CHEESE.
Pkg. 15c
CHOCOLATE M•ARsmvIALLOW
CAKE.—Lb. 17c
MACARONI.—Loose
5 lbs. 25c
KRAFT DIINN'ER.—
Pkg.
AYLMER •TR!ISH STDW.—
Tin 15c
PUFFED 'WHEAT.—IWith gold
banded decanter, all for ......59c
COOKING ONIONS.—Large
10 lbs. 25c
JIFF SOAP FLAKES.-
With 2 glasses 27c
LIFEBUOY SOAP. -
3 cakes 23c
FELS NAPTH,A SOAP.-
3
OAP.3 cakes 23c
SNAP POWDER.-
2 tins
JAVEL 'WATER.—
3 bottles 25c
KILL THE FLIES with Fly -Go. -
16 oz, bottle 30c
MASTER'S PIG 'STARTER.—
Cwt. $2.40
19c
25c
i
Co QoutIede
Phone 166
E. L. BOX
PHONE 43
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The Rev. Dr. Hurford, R. J. Peters,
17. F. Chandler and A. W. Gardiner,
are in Toren to this week attending
the Alumni meetings of their respect-
ive colleges (Wycliffe and Emman-
uel). ._
W. I. RECEIVES CANS
FOR RED CROSS JAM
Available to All Wishing to Help
Fill Cans
The cans from the Canadian Iced
Cross have arrived to be filled with
jams, etc., for overseas shipment.
The can are available to anyone
s
who wishes to help with this work.
The cans are in Mr. Isaac Hudson's
store, Please leave your name and
number of cans, and return to store
by Sept. 28, or leave with one of the
Women's Institute members.
Thelma Elgie, president; Mae Doig.
secretary -treasurer.
C.W.L. PRESENTS PRIZES
TO ENTRANCE PUPILS
The September meeting of the
Catholic Women's League was held
recently With a. good attendance. The
president. Mrs Wm. Devereaux wos in
he ehair The recording secretary
Miss Loretto Faulkner read the min-
utes of the previous meeting. The in-
teresting item of the meeting was the
presentation of prizes to the entrance
pupils. The pupils were Allan Ryan,
Joseph Anderson, Joseph Devereaux.
James Devereaux, Catharine Land'en-
bach, Pauline Matthews, 0eralda
Flannery, Teresa O'Neil, Teresa Mal-
oney. Mrs, Leo Fortune, second vice
president, presented the prizes. Mrs.
Wm, Devereaux Sr. was appointed as
delegate to Delhi -La Sallette conven-
tion. After various business was dis-
cussed it was decided to hold a ]home
batting sale on Friday, Sept, 27th in
MacTavish's store. The meeting then
adjourned.
Martin Thornton Dies
After Motor Accident
Brussels Man Was Returning
Home from Seaforth Satur-
day Night
,Marton Thornton. fifty-six year-old
Brussels 1 railway section foreman, died
01 Scott Menenial Hospital here on
Monday night from injuries received
in a motor accident early on Sunday
morning. 1!r. Thornton was a passen-
trer in a car driven by his son, Cecil,
and was also accompanied shy Mr.
11'hn lierna•gb n also, of Brussels,
They hall been visiting relatives in
Seaforth and were returning •home to
Brussels .ellen the car left the road
he mile and a quarter north of Win-
throp and sideswiped a pole. Cecil
Thornton and Kernaghan escaped in-
jury but ,Martin Thornton Buffered in-
ternal injuries, and a fractured skull
and other injuries.
The accident .was invesiligated by
County Traffic Officer Norman Lev-
•er and 'Chielf Helmer Snell of Sea -
forth,
Cecil Thornton ,was held on a nom-
inal 'charge of careless driving follow-
ing the accident and is out on 'bail.
MAE LANE AUXILIARY
SEPTEMBER MEETING
The September meeting of the
Mae Lane Auxiliary was opened with
the hymn. "Come. ye thankful people,
come," and prayer led by Mrs. Hog -
earth. The president then called on
M)', Workman who encouraged the
Auxiliary to make an effort to ad-
vance its work in the fall term. Mr.
F. S. Savauge then spoke on behalf of
the work of the Sunday School and
eppealed to the members to consider
it sympathetically. After the business
Of the meeting, Miss Edna Bremner
took charge. The hymn and prayer
were followed by a delightful solo
sung by Miss Patricia Bechely. Miss
Ruth Thompson read the 103rd
Psalm as the Scripture lesson. The
topic, covering the last chapter of
the study book, was presented by
Miss Vera Mole. The meeting was
closed with a hymn and the Mizpah
benediction.
Northside United Church
Rev. H. V. Workman, Minister.
10 a.m. Sunday. School.
11 a.m., Guest speaker for W.M.B..
Mrs. 13. S. Scott of London.
7 p.m. Evening service withdrawn
for Anglican Church Harvest Home.
service.
Thurs. Prayer meeting at 7.95 p.m.
First Presbyterian Church
Rev. Hugh Jack, Minister,
Sunday School at 10 a.m.
Morning service, 11 a.m. Subject,
"Christian Missions in Wartime."
Evening service withdrawn in favor
of special sel'vic'es in St. Thomas
Church. Midweek meeting on Thurs-
day evening at 8 pan,
Egmondville United Church
Rev. A. W. Gardiner, B A..B..D,
10 a.m.. Sunday School,
11 am "The Fairness of Trial."
7 p.m., "Confidence in Providence.'.
Anniversary - Herviees.. October 27.
Special speaker, Rev. T. W. Neal.
D,D., of Toronto.
St. Thomas Church
Rector: Rev. Dr. Hurford.
11 atm. and 7 p.m. Harvest
Thanksgiving. Preacher: Rev. J. R.
Thompson. B.A. of Stratford.
10 a.m. Sunday School:
St. Mary's, Dublin
3 p.m. Harvest Thanksgiving.
Preacher: Rev, J. R. Thompson, B.D.
(Note change of time of service to
3 p.m.)
RED CROSS RECEIVES
BAND -LEGION DONATION
The Seaforth branch of the Canad-
ian Red Cross gratefully acknowl-
edges Ole cheque of $193,68, the gen-
erous gift of the Legion and Band
This represents 50 per cent of the
net proceeds of their splendid garden
party and band tattoo held in Victoria
Park During the past two weeks
there have been three major de-
mands made on the Canadian Red
Cross, that of establishing ten con-
valescent hospitals in Canada, supply-
ing 10,000 parcels weekly to prisoners
of war in Germany and lastly, 500,-
000 articles of clothing for refugees
in England. Through the generosity
of our many societies and personal
gifts from interested people in Sea -
forth and community we hope to be
able to do our share in helping in
this titanic task. Thank you.
Mrs. D. H. Close, President.
559 GUNS 'REGISTERED
The numlber of ,,guns registered Iby
IGhief of Police Helmer Snell at Sea -
forth now stands tat 5159. The time
limit has (been extended oto Sept 30th.
The 'big mush dor registering came on
Friday and Saturday last .when over
20.0 guns were recorded in the two
'days. Chief Snell reports hat he ran
out of registtration forms and had to
send away dor. more. One df the old-
est guns brought in was' dated 1530.
Blyth Fall Fair
Gets Good Weather
Attendance and Outdoor Exhib-I,
its Down as Farmers Busy—
Financial Success
The fall fair season opened in this
dista•ict. on Wednesday afternoon
with the Blyth Fall Fair. The fine
weather kept down attendance as
farmers were busy harvesting their
grain which has herr, kept in the
fields until now by continued wet
weather. The exhibit of horses was
also lower than usual for the same
,reason, However there was a large
indoor exhibit and the directors of the
fair stated the show had come out
well financially, being $50 ahead of
any previous year.
The soft ball game was won by
Teeswater girls.
Baby Show
Babies 12 months old, or less,
Doreen Augustine, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Gordon Augustine. Blyth;
and John Louis Sheddlek.
• Bicycle Races
Boys, under 12, half mile, Paul
Watson, Don Cowan, Ed Watson.
Girls under 18, half.=,le, Marion
Mason, Helen McGill
School Parade
Township s<•hoel with exhibit of
hest banner. 1st, Edith Lockhlrt.
(Continued On Pugs Pour.)
MEET MONDAY EVENINGS
The "Advisory Board" of the North
side Young People's Union met at
the home of the president Mr. John
Stevens, It was unanimously agreed
to change the night of meeting from
Tuesday to Monday night. Following
the discussion period a dainty lunch
was served by the president's moth-
er. assisted by Mrs. C. Ryan.
NORMAL. STUDENTS
Normal school students from this
district attending at Stratford this
year are: Glen Gemmell, Tucker -
smith: Mary Catherine Evans, Dub-
lin; Ila 13. Craig, Auburn; Kathleen
M. McGill, Annie V. Phillips and
Amy S. Toll, Blytli,
Mrs, James Beattie observed her
Seth birthday on Tuesday, when
members of her family were present.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Beattie, Ottawa;
Mr, and Mrs. J. C. Smith, Bauble
Beach. and their daughter, Miss Mor-
rill Smith, nurse -in -training, Toronto.
Red Cross Notes
The instructions 1'7 14, 1n)ets. and
gloves given in this is<ue. 'h,uld 111
kept.
The national drive of she Canadian
RedCrossSociety ('emwcnces en Sits
tembeh 23rd. The m gni1ee'nt work
carried 011 Icy this. ,<ciety deserves
the support of every citizen. When
the canvassers call. you will be given
an opportunity to arrange for regular
monthly contributions, if desired.
The Red Cross work rooms will be
open, as usual, on Friday afternoon,
September 20th.
Arrangements are being made for
the enllection of waste materials of
all kinds. Please save all papers.
rags, metals, etc„ to aid the Red
Cross.
The following item from an old
copy of the Mail and Empire, dated
November 1st, 1016, reviews the
work of the Seaforth Red Cross dui,
ing that year:
"The Seaforth branch of the Red
Crass Society has just closed a busy
year. The money, raised during the
year totalled $5,886.44; money spent
00 material. $4,095.10; cash sent to
C. R. C. S.. $1,300. The articles sent
to headquarters, Toronto, comprised
1,829 pairs of socks, 522 flannel
shirts, 2,068 suits of pyjamas. 552 hos-
pital night shirts, 1,793 towels, 12
pairs wristlets, 120 wash cloths, 88
hot water bottle covers, 6 quilts. 64
quarts of fruit, 294 handkerchiefs, 55
dressing gowns, 60 personal property
bags. in addition to this, many pads.
bandages, slings, wipes, etc.
KEEP THE OLD FLAG FLYING
Tune, "Keep The Home Fires Burn -
Ing"
We will never yield to Hitler
And his cruel Nazis clan,
We will fight for king and country
To the last airplane and man;
Not alone for our great Empire,
But for all the troubled world,
And the rights of weaker nations
Has our banner been unfurled.
Chorus:
We'll keep the old flag flying,
All our foes defying.
Freemen, everywhere, awake!
Whe'er you roam,
We will fight together
Through the worst of weather
Till we sing of victory,
When the boys come home,
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Britons all the whole 201 1(1 over,
Through the centuries have stood.
For the glorious cause of Freedou.
And have sealed it with their blood.
We. their sons. will not surrender
To be bootlickers and slaves.
We will fight for God and country
And our fleet shall rule the waves.
Chorus:
We'll keep the old Rag flying,
All our foes defying.
Freemen, everywhere. awake!
"Whe'er you roam,,
We will fight together
Through the worst of weathe0,
Till we sing of victory
When the boys come home.
N, ISABEL GRAHAM.
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$14.95
A RARE VALUE
24 pieces of Silver Plhted Flatware' with 32 pieces of
Dinnerware at the very low prick: of 14.95; the lowest price
we have had yet. The knives have Slaivless Steel blades
and are very good quality indeed. much better than the
price would indicate, A ]united nnittber Of these only are
available, '
01111. WIROW111,,
SHOP AT
SAVAUGES
IT PAYS
ARE YOUR BUILDINGS IN
SHAPE FOR THE WINTER?
Now while the weather is fine is the time to make
repairs. We have everything necessary for house and
building renovation.
CALL US . . . Our Phone No. is 47-
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Hensall Soldier Writes
From England
Trooper R. T. Brock Writes of
Experiences to Mr. and Mrs.
John Hotham of Town
Roy t Rusty t Brock, son of Mrs..
(George Prnek of Hensel] has written
the following letter to Mr. and Mrs
John Hotham of tower
Sunday 4,8;40.
Somewhere in England
Dear Folks.—Well this is Sunday
laying around the earns, got thinking
of yon folks. and decided to sit down
and drop you a line. Landed in Eng
land 21st day of May. Had a fav' trip
a<'i'oss, was rough the first three
days out. and I don't mind telling 5011
was darn good and sick, but felt fine
last few days of voyage. Joined the
regiment a week after arrival and
have done plenty of travelling around
since. Had a trip to France a few
weeks back but not a very long stay
(0 days to be exact). gat within 30
r
kilometres of Paris (as4s miles i the
night it fell and had to return It
England. The night we embarked tc
come back, just nicely got settled 00
p.m. blackout) and got machine guns
set tip. when air raid siren went.
About ten minutes after Jerry cam(
over harbour, 3 planes. We managed
to get two out of three, so not bad
percentage. Outside: of that, have not
seen much action.
We have had several air raids, but
no considerable damage done. Was
within 60 rods where he dropped fou'
26 pounders and I don't mind telling
you, here's one lad that did some
digging for a few minutes. There
was for three weeks straight the
beggar came over every night and of
course we had to get up out of bed
and get dressed. Some of the boys
were saying if he wanted to come
over they wished he'd come in the
daytime and let us sleep at night.
Have been reading some Canadian
papers and have decided most ed the
people back home don't even realize
there is a war on. You should have
seen the poor refugees in France
leaving Paris. Train load after train
load, others in cars, some on bicycles
and those who had 710 transportation
walking, and the hard part of it all
Jerry machine gunning them all the
way out. Saw a young mother with
a 1 month old baby in her a Mill
111 0 hex car. another old 1..a: 421 0
his ohm rideiled with nstrzhit:, watt
1,nll4ls. Sonne cf 11e111 1 'a2e1
.; two clays. Von should have seen
(Continued- on 1 110' Eight)
LEARN' MYSTERIES
OF- CAMP LIFE
Besides getting thorough military
training at Thames 'Valley Camp last
two weeks. the DM members of D
Company. Huron -Middlesex Re gnnent,
were initialed into the mysteries of
ettap lift. They learned what tel do
when the tent collapsed three or fear
times in the middle of. the eight from
tent ropes being lc.t go by eve—tweets
of nearby tents. On the closing -night
1 a ial guards were Posted against.
en expected attack from the Elgin
Regi... also camped at Thane, 'silo+y,
but nothing happened, except when a
mischievous guard woke up 1 1 g-
mandvillc boy and said it ,tiTs ",..",lr
11411 ti0I0 to lake the straw out of his
palliasse .(straw mattress) and hurt
it. The sleepy boy carried out
the "order" and too late discovered it
was only 2 a.m. A1] in all the boys
had le grand experience.
SIXTEEN MILLIONS
'YET REQUIRED
A telegram received by The News
from Ottawa reports the second war
loan cash subscriptions Wednesday
night total 5383,540,000, leaving 5111,-
060,000 to be subscribed before the
money needed- for war purposes is
reached.
ENGAGEMENT
"sirs. i, UI'efi Feeney, of Dublin,
announces c the engagement of her
second dctagYte;•. Cecelia Margaret
to Leon -rd Steir,Ilack of London, son
of Mr. ar d Mrs. Henry Steinback rf
Zurich. Ti.,- marriage to take place
quietly it London this month.
ENGAGEMENT
Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Cameron of Bal-
dersou. Ontario, announce the engage-
ment of their daughter, M. Grace, to
William Lawson Kearney, son of Mr.
and Mrs. William Kearney. Morris
Twp„ the marriage to take place the
]atter part of September.
ENGAGEMENT
Mr. and Mrs. John McGrath of
Dublin announce the engagement of
their daughter Ann Cecilia to Mr.
Walter Blonde of Chatham. The mar-
riage is to take place in St. Patrick's
Church, Dublin. on Monday, Sep-
tember 30.
PRESENTATION TO MR.
AND MRS. J. KRAUSKOPF
The hone of Mr. and Mrs. John
Krauskopf, Collegiate street, was the
scene of a surprise on Wednesday
evening last, at eight o'clock, when
about twenty of their friends and
neighbors gathered to present them
with a small farewell gift. During
the evening euchre was played until
ten o'clock. Then all gathered in the
living room, and Mr, Arnold West-
cott read the address and Mr. Frank
Maloney made the presentation
which was a pair of flanelette blankets
and bath towels, Mr. Krauskopf
made an appropriate response. After.
wards a delicious lunch was served.
and a very enjoyable evening was
spent by a]1. The address was as fol.
lows: "Dear Mr, and Mrs. Kraus-
kopf,We. your friends and neighbors
gathered here together to -night, want
to take this opportunity of showing
you how much we have valued your
friendship and that we are sorry to
see you leave us. You may be sore
we will call to see you in your new
home• On learning that you were leav-
ing us, we gave it very serious
thought, and the result was we decid-
ed to give you something to keep you
warm, in that new home. It is not the
value of the gift, but the happy
thoughts and best wishes that scene
with it. Please accept this small tok-
en,
oleen, with a hearty wish that you may,
have a long, happy life together in
your new home. Signed on behalf of
your friends and neighbors gathered
about you to -night." Mr, and Mrs.
Krauskopf. intend moving to Dublin
in the near future.
DIED iN THE. WEST
Word has been received of the
death reentry at Killarney, Mani-
toba. of Alvin Day, 31 -year-old grand-
son of Mix. Hannah Day. sister of
3If, Thomae Staple. of Seefot•th. Al-
vin Day r a: haying at the time and
passed away very suddenly as a re-
sult of partial Suhl stroke and heart
trouble. He was found dead on the
hay rack hong alone at the tune. It
was the largest funeral ever held in
the. district, where he• was a popnler
5011115 man. He was the second eld-
es1 5011 of Mr. William Day. Mrs.
Hannah Staples, his grandmother, ha'
lived i1, the West, for 88 years ..rd
was a visitor here in January. . 1: N.
LOCAL RINKS WIN
TWILIGHT TREBLES
Eighteen rinks took part in the
Trebles Twilight tournament on the
local bowling greens Wednesday.
This notch had been postponed from
two weeks previous and the Tip Top
tourney was set 0(0)' for another
week, The wincing rink was John
Hotham, M. McKellar and Ed Smith.
Runners up. Lorne Dale, Bev Chris-
tie, Jim McDonald. Two Wingham
nulls were nexthighest.