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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1940-12-05, Page 3a THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1941) THE SEAFORTH NEWS PAGE l'3.113EE, itkIktsnis.ifiriviEs MADE IN CANADA British Railways Take National Job Bombs, Blackouts and Fires All in the Day's Work, Do- ing Huge Task 13y A Special (',errespondent. The war has given Britain's railways anis railwaymen a huge task, vilttl to the national effort. They are doing it magnificently. Transport of troops, of ;vac mat- erial, and of industrial freight slakes enormous demands on liners, rolling- strait, olling-stacit, 111an power anti organisation. Plans have to he made., abandoned, changed and put ,into operitt1Ou at almost no notice. Railway working in maty of its aspects is complicated by the Idnek- out and other security 1>ittsm•es. 1•'inally, enemy booths 1101 only make railway work a hazardous frontline duty, hut they sometimes muse damage to lines that lutist be repaired as rapidly its possible. often under difficult and dangerous rondi- iions. Planning New Routes Day and night the operating staffs of the 'Alain Line Railways rood Lon- don Transport are ready to arrange emergency services by railway, road and river steamers 1t carry 1h,• nub- ile to and front their work, and they usually have the emergency y sere i( e. working ht a renmrkahly short thou Iiailw aR •ngile(I'ing staffs who arc .1141(ys ell tile. alert for institut action in t1( „vent. of damage t., lines, the ;=pied %till whirl' the re- I,aii Iign:(I,1 gel In 111( ,1„911• after II bomb .14(11(11111,and the rapidity with 14chic11 they rnnl pit 'tr 1he re- 1111”,t e- (((1 (1t 11a1'r11iide to (11(111, FREE S RV C OLD, DISABLED OR DEAD HORSES OR CATTLE '7\ removed promptly and efficiently. Simply phone "COLLECT” to WILLIAM STONE SONS LI]anTED PHONE 21 • INGERSOLL PHONE 219 - MITCHELL who do not know time meticulous org- anisation that Iles behind the rush work. Amongst the jobs which have to be tackled are these --put ling nut tires caused by bombing. clearing great quantities of Hubris from the linos; 11111ng tip bomb -craters and re- laying the tracks; installing emerg- ency signalling systems; pending 'die repair- of the permanent installa- tions; repairing damaged electric (((1(1es.; inspecting arches of bridge:: null tunnels, and nvercotulag the prohlent of unexploded booths on the line, 11ore are a few instances showing' hoc efficiently these jobs are done, 1"our boobs fell on o suburban lint, al 1.30 p.m. blocking three lilies. By 1.15 Paul. Iwo lines had been «petted for traffic, Al a terininal atalIuu hernia.; stilled the drivel' or a t•11ia a(1(1 seriously Injured two firemen, damaged the stn• tion roof and 1j(( 1011(18, and pat. the signalling system out of operation. Regardless of this, the (('Mins were still kept funning. Rapid Repairs A rumplirat((1 junction near a large station was bombed at 4 p.M.. batt before 11.111 p.18. the whole of the lines. poi(114 and signalling 1)11(1 been ex:intined and repairs were made in time to cope with the bulk of the evening business traffic. Bomb- weree dropped at midnight .a1 a submit:in stolon dealing with 'cry heav1 passenger traffic. 111 less than two }lung repairs had been ea•lied out, a damaged ('8(1)1) train had been removed, anal early morning passengers erre pns11(0 thenn111 the station. 111 incendiary Bomb ((ectomy 1111 a _1lllnlrhao trails, it tin titre. The !tailed's lug read "train tired by enemy bomb, lire extinguished cit runt., p1141ugcrs behaved splendid. ly, 11111 • )1elily." .\ dozen bombs- dropped on a ela- tion in tha• eastern suburbs «u( *Nwe•n- ing. P11111'0rn1 wt11114 • were damaged, the track lifted and rafts bent, and there were Bomb .-.uteri In various Places. A train rain into the (kiwis, thereby blocking two of the font' sets of metals throng]) the station. Less than twenty hours later the FIGHTING MEN MEET BBC PERSONALITY t, Here is Frances 1)ay, glamorous star of the BBC North American pro- grammes, being introduced to an enthusiastic audience of troops by Gerry Wilmot of 1.130- CBC overseas unit '1'he. photograph was taken as Miss Day was hostess of a broadcast for the forces from the Petals de Dense in Ham. ntersulith. "With the Troops in England" is Broadcast over the C13(' national network on Monday evenings. debris had been removed, the dertdl ed train withdrawn, the platfot'Ttl walls and track repaired, the latter work requiring six new rails, and both lines were re -opened to (raffle in.;l.inle for the evening r(slt hour. Business people who lnul seen the damage when travelling through the station over one of the undamaged sets of metals in the morning, were astonished to 111111 on their return journey in the evening that their train passed over the place where the damage hard occurred. Work Despite Danger• On' evening recently :111 unexplod- ed Bomb fell a short dislanee from a nmfu-li(1' signal box. Trail services were temporarily suspended while military experts ninth; an inspection. They were of the opinion that the bump was 111 a1 type 111a1 could not be disposed of immediately. But t111• railway didn't watt. for the bomb to be taken away before res.- taring es.taring the service. 001(1800e at once suggl'sl ed that a screen of wagons placed on the up line would make 1)nssible single -line working on the down line, This was done: thirly high -sided wagons loaded with coal were shuttled on to the up 11nc, \-oluni.ers w'e're ute11 called for to work freight tral'14r past the danger spot. 1111' truffle and locomotive rule Hing staffs volunteered to a oras1. The 'sews of down trains from Lon - ;Ion showed the sane spirit. They reins,rd to have their trains, al- (bough volunteer .111(1' driver wire 1(110}' to lake (14(1' fol' the• hang '('n(li 111( 11011 111 '1110 1'1111. AS .1 ('('14(111 til' the (((rage rh0w•n by - the -e railwaymen. 2.1 important freight. 11.•wspaPrr (11111 11,111 (('1t1us (were w•nrli,sl past the danger spot Before the bomb was It•moved 'wheat ((1(111,•11')' 1141(111 s''('Uc,:l wen; 14.1•• st mast. 111111.11 mood before the magistrate. "You aro ;u cu• -ed;' droned the mac,. iatrt(te, "of walking into a reslaalnutt, smashing the fm'ninwe, striking a waiter, and resisting arrest." 1I4' lnok101 up. "How do you plead- guilty or not guilty?" Butch blushed. "You shouldn't asst 1111' that," he murmured, "I'm preju- diced!" (amts (ef •Thcanlas ('..oncll. Eliot t and ..Masses Lang. 1-lrnry I)orring, 'Ism••'. Baird and ,Ito ("1'!t 11rd(mv. ' Thr large house and (1111 se '111' 014 • .1 Wm. Stevenson. 1?1ula, are -11(11%11, 111 111.14 -rt (14v •e the hone. Norris, 11 .\lcLarhlan and John 'R. I)ra'ke. The large -.tone house (141 'John \\ 01(ller. Pallart,n, was reached by a ainditrl," (1ri4e. The 'town houses were vcri'tallle mansions. Arden.~ them were the houses of Lewis L'o114ni and 'j. W. S:r.11, ..i 1.istolwr1, -which i= noted i 'r it. fur' old loom... 'hhc i idem 1)141144 in 1/uh1d1, the Kip -titer and Pearson homes in Sc'hriorwille and 'the Ra'tz house. in (ladshill, told od prosperity. 'll111(1 Ka<Il(1.1 owned a ('(,114' 171 tene- ment houses which surely meant ghat there were many tpee8ple e1uployed hl Se;brin'gville. 'Three stately homes are those of \\'alter Th„ntison, -Mitchell: N. Wheli'han, St: Marys, and R. Rutherford, Strafford. They were all 'Gerin'g:inn lionises with large iveranclas around two ,ides, 1)r. 'Johnson', cosy house in \'lill;han'k is also shown. EARLY DAYS IN PERTH. 1,00kin4 over the view', in the 11 is- torical Atlas of Perth ,County, 'which was issued in 11479, reveals an atDva(- ce'11 .tate of progress ;both on the farm, and in the trlwos. I\liu'inrll had at large esndalislitneut owned 'by '!ruck(. S ,11.(.14 who «etre maunrfac- turers of carriages, tt'a1on,, sleigh. 11(01 cutter;. The .\Brion T-1 tel, St•a(1' ford, an11 the Grand t'euu•a1 and • .\1- .1liun of l,istaw',d. .vet•(. ..nbstarnaal bri,'k dl(ellin s, three storey•. high, a, '.111" 111.11 the 11.11(1 hotel, \1it/'hl'll. .rho titratfnrd, e,l .(41141 1. 1! d,e:. 1111:111. \leye1• & Erick r.1n ;h, gri-t (111 in I.i;tawel. 1)1.111111 .was a 1(',1..'nlace, 1.6911 the large salt went. :and ,tore of mal.. Ki1,1 & .Sort, 7';1,.,. \Ielhetald `tad tea st„1'c. in \lihh,li., 111'nry R:tti loin large trolls at Iia'I.'.mill; \lattr- et', had (1 carriage anal '1ladtsmith .11(p in R tio,'11; Charles R saute- hada ,:abmet ll akin sh,pp m Si. Mao,. where 11, 'Miller had a car- riage :111,1 )1(111snliti( .11.41, 11(1 were the tanner) :1411 lar:,(' brick store ni '1,1111 Basun'r el son.. w1111,..\\:111. c;. Krilspe had a furni- ture st,.re and 10101 •\(tiller & owned the e:orr(.t, The farm, .h,'r.14 n lrn''' 1(111-1 aileite- tier buil,!itu¢- :and :rrl.talds, lit !lila'. lib', Samuel 11)111 ,1 11.1 a large il1'c.'.. .l 1) 4 mill' 14U.'t,e; Rot„ 1'l ;1)11(1. 1(1111 King :10l Plano \C „a! 'tum stone masse. as had \\'•e 1'.1.111, ''1 1'trt(r, :+11,1 l','ter't'.;n Ru''• rt lie ( 111 .' 1)1'1(•• I),,14trr I.o;n- ! a •11'.•.1 re 7hat of '.1 .II -i \l.eett,” the Menne') ''(111' .,1411 house: "\\ iiS,w mals 1•�';r,1,' .11 111 \C11;. 'are •,r,•sty. and the ;arm. • 11 ,1. .1"in.'.srnm. \\'Il, 'Ctli;tlr, -I..,.''1 calk' id, Oc.'. 1lililcr, (1.1,141 vu'u•t, 1\'11. ?1• old. \\'111. \lr,ttnia in 4.1..1 di c'tr:_.• 1\'. ,,d \11 (11•-,•- had .n1;s1 nti)', ,ittrlrti. c. hn(ses. Neter lirttriner, L'e„11 .11rnn 11er ;Ina Theodore 1.14 1, of l•1 ice, '1111 lar.•' Ann.rs and r (')(11 , Lir«ands. Peter Barn., (ice, (.1. Laurie. Simp- son f.('Enid, •Tnhn TToeper anti 'Tho- mas Pearn, of Blanchard, had scat lawn.. and attractive honks. 71,.rningtdn is rrpresentt•'l 'i,y ,he • ' a ') .'t= ., We Are 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. eafort SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, ews .wtl4,. •v 01* Election At Goderich— On Monday Goderl111 (door( - t+ix members of the 'Town C'onticil from a field of eight, The offices of mayor, reeve deputy reeve and public utili- ties commissioner are tilled by :u1' dal cation. Three public school trus- tees also are elected by aerlainatio0 Inti in :it. th'orge's ward none of the Horeb. nominees qualili(d and ',nm111er nomination will (iv- 1 ry'.-111 :Id- d1170n In 1111' 111(110). 1111' 001111111°1'S elecNn'w ('((1 (1 (in 'til• .1r 11 two-year term for members «f the Council. At the nomination (114.1nlg Mayor Mael')wa1 annoimet'd his 1bia'n ens alter many years of cervi.", to the 101.1. His snt•.eess1n• Is .. 1)01gias Brown. who has .creed '❑ the eou(1t•il for nine years, for the last three years us deputy reeve, 11. 111. 'Turner retains the office of reeve without apposition, and 14. .1. Raker after several years in the Connell, steps til: to the deputyt'eeveship. Candidates for seats as cottltctllors were .1. 1,. T-tuckitts. 1'. J. Ttyn11 ((11(1 11(1141(1 Sproul. of this year's council, and \V. 1'. Attridge, ('11114. ('nope., i)1.. .1, A. Graham. D. I). 11100ney 11((1 \t s, Edith Tremblay. et�). R. Wigle was 1'k elected io lb,. utility .4)111- (1ilt.til<11I. holt 111 the le ding at -..1_.m le No Election in W!ngilam'-•- livl= ?n+i, and poultry.r ;tlrm- '1'h••r1 , 1, k11 0 in wing- •'Ir Fila hal'„ 1(d (1111 '/ silo ill ham (n iia '111} lir present I t, iris 1 41', ql a'I,ity •.ltt:itiy fncuulheuts (1)8(11(11•.1 (.141 w,•,1. 11414 ? ,,.i,v11••ef Ilffiicllty aa:7 ". 1'1 side Phos'' ebrkte 1 :n'. a \1111(1. 1. 114 !!!I '. i.ilu', b- 1 hand. ''a,liura] ('Cu tv Turd; .ares.•, i.. :+. H„th, 1ll0 .;1• ! , tri. tams.leitit .rill. '11.1111,/' ou •L•1ini1” .,-.14.14 11 .sort h;> 1u .•n •((I1.• 111 (11111.. '.1 :a she f' "ding 01 ninety groin, (11- to the a, t aSti,t Ilii. pro:1114r •i• 11 14 -Ates 11,•e- ':1 111 rainy bar. -:1 111,1,414.1111(114 (Il ',!.I Ui'' 1'...!1,g 01)- -1 14'41' 111''('le>1lI 11';11 Il i.til'l:i, i 11 att mit 114,,11 :1,1 p••1' 1•'111 t'1•'.;'11 h. l- li.,l 'bolls'' i1!(•ladF• 111(1'. . '''11 :,tad „ 1,rn 1 1.••1c1•tuatl, 11 1• --RI,. `rh,ly 1.1111 ,.iii I 1111 t11er" al l''4'( 1)1 "11:1,1ial:• and ''very : foul( L.- used in feeding this ; 1,. Belton. grain :hroi'1 he lllrown 0141(17' (((1 lei Icd 111till. Hogs. it w:a beli.ved..'' ..,1 1•, 'ed n11.10 ;e? Pel' 1-(•111 of the 11411 in (;rain that was slightly. hutthis too would depend o ,:�•11. gree of mustiness and thereto'. t.1' .7,t'e." sal ruts ('001(1 be .laid etc -4 w in- dividuul feeding. Each f, 4on1( have to exper101ent for Only a very sutaltprop;:' (-odd he red to p0nitrp and •u'Ta W011141 love to be grou11,1 ' d ':";ino acruu111 ;ed w1101e. Officials stated that 11.:1 , 1s •.110 have musty grain would 1 0 ',11- v19e( to put it through t:lun-ng mill to day it out: shove) 141 the bin. or spread it or )'o'n (lour. The q1.11cker 11 MT.; 1•d. 111e better feed it would mak. u. WIN PRAISE FOR YOUR TAST'' BREAD" URGE EXTREME CAJ o CN IN FEEDING MUSTY C.:RA1N Too Large Quantity Will :Cult in Sick Animals Caine es who halo mu» in 'heir huts this fall ,I1 a 1 ,it uu t}uued wet weather da ;..c };a.1 owl tire', are adv;: -ell to rise.,. 'alt i:att- r0uu(•ilhn•s. R. I1. 1.11741. ' 1 oil. :•.,'tn- dy, AInrray lnhuson, A1uit.r inn \\'yak, .1, ,1. 01.:11s. B11011 \V!I11in :nn, ~1111.1//1 111$l,'. s. .\1114''(l Loekrido, . (,nrdon Citnurtt. 1'1111, 111 ' W. P. l:nrru((u(. l'tilfly, W. 11. Carney. North 11uron Alf e;; Teach• 1's Elect.- 1,, lect-1, , 111? 1. .1-1T, ,1... ,.. 1114 ''1 '. . e•. \Ion 1,' '1,''1' ' .red '.I1 111e '\arm .1 i.1. 1 1411I,'14.th,. la t11rsr ,(111(11:11 1.:11.1,10. .\ sldcndi,T supper 144,0 sertir1 by t1,1 Ely'th members of the Red Cron: rii•ty, and foiling 1111. 1. H. 1i keael, ,l lu.pe,'1,0' 14(14 iT loot, q„ 11,t•Ir, 1451 \\Ingham, was the chief ru•;l it . tit:• , crnin-,+e:IkinnT 111 the s(h)eet, "Peculiar ;Characters.". '11u, following list of of fitters wain elected for the ensuing year: Past President, H. P.ryans; ('resident, t'. Sellars; \'ire I're.ident. 11, McKay: Sacy',-'Press., j. A. Gray: Executives, 11. Brown, 1i. Kidd, T. \\'ilscnt and i'in•'.curv. Mrs, (3ri0nl---"So you have It job with my friend, 'BL's. Kong? Did you tell her you had only been with use two months?" Mary- "Yes'nl. And .he said if 1 could stay with you for' two months that was good enough ret'ere1(•0 for her." \\'tn1 For Sale -\ds, 1 1-1• PSI. J. GALLOP'S GARAGE SEAFORTH Chrysler Plymouth and Fargo Dealer Come in and see the new Plymouth car and Fargo Ti We alr o have a .`ervice Truck—ii },.,u have car t.(::1.1) phone 179 and we will corse promptly Electric Welding Done by an Experienced \\'.lust•. lien Campbell Work guaranteed. The portable welder can be faxen .11; mace or without Hydro wit: PHONE 179 :\i1 Repairs �n'ictlw• Cash SEAFORT":i We Aim Tc k:49r 8=SMMIMMIMIMMIMW, DEAD AND DISABLED ANIMALS REMOVED PROMPTLY PHONE COLLECT — SEAIORTH 15, EXETER 235 DARLING & CO. OF CANADA, LTD.