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The Seaforth News, 1941-04-24, Page 1Night took her stars and vanished The robins spread the news. Then Day came down the hillside In rosy gown and shoes. "Ws morning)" shrilled the harm yards. "lets morning:" breathed the trees. HURON COUNTY'S LEADING NEWSPAPER The Day reared down the mouse - holes And touched the sleepy bees. She cleared the webby garden Sete knocked on little doors--• And all the squirrel housewives Came out and swept their floors, WHOLE SERIES, VOL, 63, No. 17 SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 1941 Phone 84. $1 a year. PIE.I. IRISH GOBBLER CERTIFIED SEED POTATOES 1.,35 bag DUTCH SET 'ONIONS.— r 2 lbs. GLADIOLI BULBS.— Per dozen 25c 156 GRAPE FRUIT. -7 for 25c GRANGE M ARMALADE.— Jar 25c OORN —Small, 4 cans 25c NABOB COFFEE:— Half Ib. 27c SEEDED RAISINS. -Loose Per lb. HEINZ CATSUP. Bottle 15c 5c 'CAPD WINDOW CLEANER.— Per bottle 15e JOHNSTON GLO-COAT.— 5c One-third pint free 9 W'AX.— JOHNSTON 1 One-third pound free 59c GOOD BROOMS.—Each 25c CLOTHES LINES.— Each .... .............. 19c, 35c SCRUB, BIRUSHES—..15c, 20c, 25c MASTER'S CHICK STARTER.— Is one of the best $3.00 cwt EGGS GRADED While you waft. A. C. Routledge Phone 166 * blue coal' 1 ,E SOLID FUEL 105 501:10 commas E. L. BOX PHONE 43 Local Music Pupils Win At Stratford Miss Irene W- orkman Takes First Prize For Contralto Solo The Seaforth pupils of Mr. AV. B. Rothwell of Stratford who were con- testants in the annual Stratford Mus- ical l t -ica'l Festival, received the ,fallowig awards: Girls' sola under 21 year=, Irene Workman, second prize, with a mark of 79. :Contralto sato ender .211, years. Irene !Workman, -first prize, with a mark ai 80, and is eligible to contest dor the I.\fetilyn \'oral Trophy. Girls solo, under 15 years, Patricia llechely, 79. Girls sola, under 14 years, Loi, Hoggarth, third :prize, 77, Boys' solo, ender 10 years, Michael Bechely, t l third size, 74. ly Boys' solo, under 9 years, •M'fichael l3echely, second prize. 70, The adjudicators in .the vocal classes were Dr. Frederic Staton, F;12.C,0 L,12.A.1f., of England, and Steuart Wilson of the Faculty of the 'Curtis lnstitu•te of Music. Phila- delphia. North Side United Church Rev. H. V. Workman, Minister. 10 a.nt. Sunday School. 11 a.m, "Salute To Britain." Sub- ject, The Motherland of Millions. 7 p.m. "A Prophet's Patriotism." Prayer Service Wed. at 7.45 p.m, (infant Baptism, Sunday, May 4.) 411, Egmondville United Church Rev. A. W. Gardiner, B.A., B.D, 10 a.m., Sunday School. 11 a,m„ "Christ's Unselfish Wrath 7 pen., "The Value of Life." at. Thomas Church Rector: Rev. Dr. Hurford, 11 a.m. "A Salute To England," 7 p.m, "The Church, Its Rise and Purpose." Sunday School at 10 am. St. Mary's, Dublin 2.25 p.m. Sunday Sobool. 3 p.m. "A Salute to England." CAMPAIGN CLOSES ON APRIL 26th !lir. J. 19. Thom- as; of !Goderich, chairman .of the War Services :Fuad in Huron 60011by, in a i`tatclnent is- sued this week, says: "The response front many individ- uals and communities has lbeeti ,mag- nificent. I have not space to relate these contributions in detail, hut they rd , chairmen n r have been noted thy .v a and zone .conveners, Who have asked nle to express appreciation on 'their 'behale. Frankly. at this writing dheir are some 'who have (tot caught the spirit ,of sacrifice and' contribution in the same manner. It can only be 'pointed out that ,for every soldier wiho dies for Empire defence, another will take his (place; for every Iboneb dropp- ed in leberion, two will wing their neay to Berlin. !We will fught on—we must flight on—bot we must also real- ize that •comlpiaceney is a thing of the past, .Distance is -merely a metre of time and u£ the British 'Navy were lost, the whole of Canada can become another ICoventry, First Presbyterian Church Rev. Hugh Jack, Minister. S. S. at 10 a. m. Morning subject, "The Heart of the Empire." Evening service, subject, "The Best Wine Last." Midweek meeting Thursday, 8 pen. LENNON-O'GRADY At St. Patrick's Church, Montreal, on Saturday, April 19th, by the Rev, Father Francis Moyle, the marriage of Mary Frances O'Grady to Edward Francis Kidd Lennon of Weatmount, Quebec. Mr. and Mrs. Lennon will re- side at 1501 Chomedy St., Montreal. APPO,IINT'ED MANAGER Gordon W. )W'i'llis, son ,of IM.r. IW. IG. Willis o'f Seaforth, has (been ap- pointed manager of the new Me- INichols-1Serre.nto branch of the Na- tional Bank ,of Detroit which 'opened last week. (Chief innovation of the new branch is ens new drive-in out - doer tellers' window which will go into opera'tio'n May est. A photo of Mr. 'Willis 'appeared in The Detroit Sunday Times. JUNIOR RED CROSS The regular meeting of the High School Junior Red Cross was held Tuesday with Lois MCGavin in the chair, Teresa. McIver read the min- utes of the last meeting and Helen Devereaux seconded, the motion of, their adoption. Frances El€ie took up the collodion and the meeting then adjourned. - The beauty of our countryside was never more apparent; soon will come summer and nature will put on her mantle 'of green and we shall live with the 'beauty df our trees, our flowers, our 'pard.ens and our streams; then the season of Fell when 'tile har- vest shall ,be gathered and we store away 'the fruits of our land, 'Let us' be than:kfte for these things and show our gratitude while there is stit1 time thy filling the campaign chest to over- flowing. I'f your canvasser has not called, don't wait. Send' your contrib- ution to the nearest :place with your mane and address. Credit will Ibe gi- ven to the municipality and the can- vasser. You •m'ay have lbeen away when he called or perhaps' he was i11. 'The close of the campaign, has been set for April 26th. Lists of the stand- ings twill be •pu'biisbed the Illoliowing week. Let us give Hitler :his answer i11 no uncertain tern15." Red Cross Notes Following i, :w article from the Nems Bulletin of the Red (.Toss, shilw'ieg Ixnc the Canadian Red Cross are aiding the t,ree%li Red 4 rocs. The Canaclian Red Cross s has sent immediate shipments of woollen com- forts, medical and hospital supplies, to the 1'ahle of $25,000 0, (100,0 0, The Greek Red Cross has hail to di- vert some of it. sup }die,, from war wank in order to care for the 40,000 made homeless, and to alleviate the suffering caused by the recent earth- quake, The havoc w0s further inten- sified by indiscriminate Italian'bomb- ing of the destitute victims in the earthquake area. $100,000 has Ibecn forwarded by the Greek \Var Relief Fund in ,Canada, to the 'Canadian Red ,Cress. frith the re- quest that the Society purchase relief supplies for Greece, inclucling ambul- ances,'bandages, surgical instruments, sterilizers, x-ra y equipment, cod-liver oil, \-,tannin C, serum and iodine, All there :supplies are already on their way. Y The ,O'verseas committee of tile !Canadian I2ed Ctnss ,has already t'urned' 0060 to the British Red Cross 20 caricacle of 'sleeks. for Greece, to replace .n'aterials which the British Red Cross lost through ,bombing just prior to shipment to Greece. 'The con.trtlbetion comprised large quanti- ties of hospital supplies and woollen comforts, including 20,508 surgical towels, 49,0.10 sterile dressings, 50,- ,7312 rolled 'bandages, 5,000 pillow slips, 2,000 blankets, 1112;138 scarves, 10,199 pair souks, 15;5188 caps and sweaters and other ;garments. 'Clothing :for ,B•ritisb civilians con- tributed during the past three months totals 314;41i,1! and 1t t ' is ' interesting . eresting to note that this is almost douible the figure for October, November and Decemlher, .when the total was 1173,21 11. JOINED THE AIR FORCE Among those from this district who have enlisted in the R. C. A. F. at the London Recruiting Centre are F, J. Sills, radio mechanic (UT), Seaforth; G. S, Racey, radio mech- anic (ITT), Mitchell; W. J. L. Ashton, pilot or observer, Gorrie; R. K. Johnston, radio mechanic (UT), R.R. 7, Lueknow; W. L. Schroeder, pilot or observer, R. R. 2, Centralia. CONSTANCE Mr, Lorne Lawson was in London Thursday on radio business. Mrs. Lawson, Mrs. Robt. Lawson, Mrs. E. Clarke, Mrs. J. E. Busby and Shirley accompanied them . enroute to their home in Chatham. Mrs. Wh1. Clarke returned home Sunday after visiting her nephew, Mr. and Mrs. Russell Borrett of Ter - onto. Mr. and Mrs, Jno. Carter Sr. and Jack visited Mr. and Mrs. John Fer- guson on Sunday. Mr. Lorne Lawson was to St. Col- umban on a radio service call on Thursday, Euchre and Dance to the held on Friday May 2 in the Forester's hall. iC,onstanca, in aid of the Junior Red cross, 'Me committee for clothing for Britain has a large lluuvber of articles out and ready to 'be 'finished. They are anxious to get these articles out as soon as possible. May we count o11 you to help, 'GRANDSON DIES !Word was received on Tuesday night by hir. and L\irs. George Reeves of the death of their six-year-old grandson. William Neely, 01 Stratford General Hospital following several weeks illness with spinal meningitis. Billy had .visited his grandparents here frequently, his another lbei,ag the frontier 'Pearl Reeves, He ,was an ac- tive, lovable child and sympathy is extended to the bereaved parents and little 'brother Bobby who is ,one year olc3. HOLD STAG 'EUCHRE An eneoya'ble stag euchre at which .ten tables were in play was held at the close of the regular .meeting of the Seaforth branch of the ;Canadian 'Legion held in the armories. Those 'winning the awards were: Lone hands, A..McGavin, P. B. Moffat, (Ross Sproat. It was decided to hold a bingo ,paety on Satuielay, May .3, in aid of the Veteran's War 'Fuaid, MISS LEATIHERLAND The death occurred on Thursday might, April 017•th, Of an old and high- ly esteemed resident of 'this district in the person of lfiss Eunice Alberta ,Leatherland, in her ,844th year. She •passed ,away at 'the house ,of her niece, Mrs. Gertrude 'Keen. Egmontleille. Miss Leatherland was born near IKin,gs'ton in 151517, second eldest dau- ghter of the late Robert ,Leatherland. and Laving !Wood. 'The family carte to Tuc'kersmi,th sixty eight years ago to •the farm now 'owned by P. Petersen. She had dived in ,Seaforth 'for .albolit thirty years. For the pest two years sire lived with her niece 'and had been confined to :bed ,for seven menthe. Of a family of seven daughters. and two sons, three sisters survive, :Mrs. John i\felGarvin, Taiokersmith; ,Mrs. /Mary (Janes and (Mrs. Margaret ,Gov- enlloc'k :both of Vancouver. A private [funeral took place from the 'residence sof 1Mrs. 'Keen, Egnitond- •ville, on Saturday afternoon to the ,M,aitlandlbank cemetery. Rev. H. V. Workman, of North Side :Umitod Church, officiated, assisted Iby .Rerv. A. IW. Gardiner. The pallbearers were William Archibald. John Doch- erty, 'James Allan, 'F. 5. Sevauge, De. Hatiburn, Dr. Burrows, Among those attending the funeral were (Mrs. Ed. 'Leatherland and +leas- Ig/h,ters Viola and Annie, and Mr. and Mrs, 'Scholtz. all of iB•lyth, Miss I']velyn Nott, daughter 1f lefts and Mrs. Ceerge W. Nott, Ms accepted a position in the head office of the Loudon Life !nee e ance Company. Miss - Nott is - t gra- duate of Seaforth Collegiate Ins 1 - tete, Stratford Normal School and a during the past year has beel l student. at Westervelt School, London, REV. ROULSTON SPEAKS TO MAE LANE AUXILIARY The Mae Lane Auxiliary and the W. M. S. of Northside United Chtireb held their Easter Thankoffel'ing in the basement of the church on Mon- day evening, April 21. Mrs. F. J. Beehely opened the meeting with. hymn 187, "Christ. The Lord is Risen To -day." Then Mrs. Hoggarth led in prayer. Miss R. Fennell, president of the Mae Lane Auxiliary, conducted the business, first calling on Mrs. E. Lawson, president of the W. M. S.. to say a few words of welcome to the large gathering. Nliss S. 'Wood read the minutes of the last meeting which were approved. The commun- dty friendship group reported 17 calls. And the treasurer's report was read. Then offering was taken by Miss M. Ferguson and Mrs. H. Stein- berg. Circle 4 led by Mrs A. Mc - Gavin then( took charge of the rest of the 'meeting. Hymn 84 was sung, "We've a Story to Tell to the Na' tions," followed by prayer by Mrs. Close. 'The Scripture lesson, 15th chapter of John, was read by Mrs. sung. Mrs. F. J. Bechely favored with a Welsh hymn, "Easter Week." Rev. H. V. Workman introduced the speaker of the evening, Rev. W. A. Roulston, missionary 011 turiough from China, who gave an interesting account of missionary work in North Nonan in war time. Miss A. Lawrence moved a hearty vote of thanks to the speaker for his inspiring and instructive address. This was endorsed by llrs. E. Goudie. The first verse of the nation- al anthem was sung, and Rev. H. V. Workman closed the meeting with prayer. Seaforth Locker Plant Nearing Completion Cork Construction Begun—Six inches of Solid Cork In- sulation ---- '1'111 110.3 11Mldern' locker •e Traci' , i,uihlinl; Iheing constructed i1 Seaford: i by 3Ir. C. A, Barber i, rebs dly near.. in0 completion. '' At the ctrl of last (seek the materials profit' red told 1nanufat'tured in far corner- of the m„ rld herr as-etu,bded to pia part- for Iltr interior construction ,.. tl''ia (11(0 service to be made lvai!ahle very shortly to resident- u, Seaforth and the entire rural district, and anytele caring to sec how this ,cork is 0arrird on and the type of nlaferiels Bard will be made weir,nn0 at the Plant. and if any questions arise, Mr. Coot who is foreman in charge of this di- tisinn, (sill he very happy to explain. 31r. Barber is :building excellent quality into this plant and when 1t is complete there will be few of its type 111 Canada. One 'cif elle 1(1ierest1110 construction details is that the locker room itself is 'beim in -elated with 1s inches of solid cork installed 1 o u1 Bch a manner that the cork will form. the actual partitions in the ',building, thereby forming the various refrigerated rooms and assuring the patrons of perfect temperatures at all times. en the immediate front of the plant -there will be a completely equipped .processing room a: well as a convenient, comfortalh'le patrons' ldbby where patrons may meet friends 'and feel perfectly at home. Butchering and Processing Service. Mr. Barber has announced that a complete butchering and processing service will be inaugurated so that patrons who have not facilities or who know little about the actual -cutt- ing up of meat purchased in quarters, will Ibe able to 'guy their requirements from the Seaforth Creamery at whale- sale prices and have it sent to the ageing room where a card will he provided on which the ,patron - will specify the cuts he wants from the quarter of half carcase. After the meat has been aged ac- cording to your specifications it will be 'processed, wrapped and each par- cel clearly marked with the date, locker number, the cut and the num- ber of pounds Feb that residents of the town will use this new plant as their private pleat supply. There are many other ascii dor a looker such as storing delicacies 'as lolbster. :shrimp, skallops, etc., or for sportsmen to store their "ante for future use. It is pointed 0it5 that a plant of this kind will hring hundreds of people to Sealforth each month. The floor plan of the locker room is now complete so that persons -may contact air. B'altber and choose their locker and reserve same now. BRUCEFIELD The United Farm Women held their monthly meeting with the pre. sident, Mrs. Buchanan, in Clinton, on Wednesday, April lath. The meet- ing opened by singing 0! Canada, followed by the creed. After minutes and roll call, a letter of appreciation from Miss Waldron was read; let- tees were also read from the Lake Huron Club secretary and the Prov- incial secretary, Mr. H. H, Hannan. After discussion, current events were given by' Mrs. J. Snider. The topic, "What Caused the War?" was read by Miss E. Stackhouse. Questions on the topic Were discussed. The topic. "What can we do through better marketing, grading, selling. and mar- ketingco-operation?". was` given by Mrs. W. Stackhouse. Miss • Stack- house read articles relating to the topic. Miss Marks had charge of the social program, when we enjoyed in- strumental solos given by Miss M. McQueen and Mrs. J. Snider. An int- eresting article was read by Mrs. W. Aikenhead several contests were conducted . by Mrs, J. Cairns. Next meeting will be held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. McQueen on Islay 21st. After the closing song, lunch was served by hostess and friends. Friends of Mr. R. Murdoch are sorry to know he has been confined to his bed the past week. We hope to see him around in our village soon. The W. M. S. held their Easter thankoffering at the morning service last Sunday, when Rev. E. Gregg, a returned missionary, told of his work in Burmawhich was very interesting. W M. S, _._. A joyous note predominated at the Easter thankoffering meeting of the senior W. M. S. held on Tuesday.aft- ernoon at 3 o'clock in the school room of First Presbyterian Church, which was bright with yellow daffo- dils and forsythia donated by the Barbara Kirkman Auxiliary. The pre- sident of the Huron Presbyterial So- ciety, Mrs. Hugh Jack. presided 'in the absence of the president, Mrs. T. B. Govenlock. The opening prayers were offered by Mrs. J. C. Greig and Mrs. Neil Gillespie. Mrs. Charles Ale. erhart gave a Bible reading. Mrs. J. L. Bell led in prayer. Mrs, Frank Kling sang a solo accompanied on the piano by Mrs. John McGregor. "Easter,' said Mrs. Jack, "is a time for member to take stock of them- selves and their many blessings, temporal and spiritual, and return a little bit of what God gives its to Him." She then introduced the guest speaker, Mrs. A. B. MacDonald of S:t. Marys, provincial welcome and welfare secretary, who gave a stimu- lating address which was an urge to greater endeavor in fulfilling Christ's last request. As a stimulus to faith in the future triumph of the cross over the swastika and the reconstruc- tion of the world on a better basis she noted that though the lights of freedom and religion are being put out, there is a more vital church even in. Germany that; for many genera- tions, but they are holding meetings secretly. There have been 250,000 more copies of the Bible sold there than of Hitler's "Mein Kampf," more people have laid, down their lives than in all former persecutions; 350- 000 copies 65 the Word of God are being brought into Russia and more of the people in secret are copying ANN 301111.0 m... t'0 �„,1,. W w ww" Foatuar. 1881 R:O RS 61}nel • r!e 1 e� •da ltd tdversmdhs Chosen by lovely Hollywood Stars, like Ann Sheridan, this silverwarewill bring Hollywood Charm 10 your fable. Come in—let us show you Surf Club and other hondsome new designs. 45 -PIECE SERVICE FOR 8 IN95' ss,;g' F CHEST 9 TARNISii!fR'00 SHOP AT AVAUGES IT PAYS ST. COLUMBAN In response to the appeal for a nation-wide salute to Britain,. )Maes wee celebrated by Rev. F. J. O'Droav- aki on Wednesday morning, April 23, feast of St. George, and patron saint of England in thanksgiving and inter- cession for the success of the British cause. On Friday, April 3510, the IC.'W,.)L. are holding a social evening in the parish hall when Rev. F. J. O'Drowski will deliver a lecture on St. George. Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Melady spent Sunday with Mrs. 11. Flynn and fam- ily in Mullett. The following teachers who were home for the Easter vacation have returned Miss 'Mary O'Connor .to Kitchener. Miss Mary Murphy to Port Lantbtcn and Miss Rose Oren - nor to Hallett. Mr. and Mrs. Nell Klein of Detroit spent Sunday with friends. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Moylan, Kit- chener, visited Mrs. Peter Sullivan over the week end. Miss Eileen Dwyer, Stratford nor- malice, is spending the week teach - Ing and observing in the school in Hibbert. 1 Miss May Morris returned to her duties as teacher at Merlin. High Mass was offered in honour of St. George of England in the par- ish church on Wednesday, Apr. 23rd, Miss Mary Doyle, Detroit, is ' spending a week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs, Joseph Doyle. As a salute to Britain gesture the C. W. L. are holding a program and social evening in the parish hall on Friday evening. Mr. Ernest Reynolds of Detroit spent a few days with his father, Mr. Dominick Reynolds. Mr. and Mrs. Pat Flannery have moved to Stratford to make their home. We wish them luck there. The C. Y. 0. held a very successful dance in the hall last 'week. Mr. and Mrs, Thos. Holland and family of Windsor attended the fun- eral of Mrs, Jos. Roach and' visited friends for a few days. Mr. John Murphy wears a broad, broad smile this week. Twin boys arrived at his home. Congratulations. Mr. and M rs. Louis Givlin have moved to the Pat Flannery farm which they purchased last week. and memorizing it for themselves. The offering of about $61, received by Mrs. Harry Stewart and Mrs. T. Swan Sinith, was dedicated in pray- er by Mrs. James heel On motion' of Mrs. Helen McMillan and Miss Lena Graham a hearty vote of thanks was tendered MTS. MacDonald for. her timely address. Lunch was served by the social committee under the convenership of Mrs. J. J, Muff.