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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1941-05-22, Page 3THURSDAY, MAY 22, 1991 THE SEAFORTH NEWS PAGE THREE PROCLAMATION Whereas the Minister of Finance of the Dominion of Canada has proclaimed that a. Victory Loan of $600,000,000.00 is needed to carry on Canada's War effort and that the co- operation of every citizen in this Dominion is needed; Whereas, the Prime Minister of the Prov- ince of Ontario, the Hon. Mitchell F. Hepburn, has further requested that Ontario municipal- ities assist in every way possible to obtain maximum results in a minimum time; I hereby request that all citizens, comp- anies, manufacturers, retailers and vendors, of the Town of Seaforth, decorate their places of business and residences, prior to May 24th and that such decorations remain displayed until the successful conclusion of Canada's War Loan drive, JOHN J. CLIJFF,. Mayor "God Save the King" DUBLIN Mr, and Mrs. W. Doupe and Roxy of Kirkton, and Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Hyde and son, Henson, with Mrs. Norman Malcolm; Mr. and Mrs. Woods, Fergus, with Mr, and Mrs. George Robinson; Mr. and Mrs, Robert Roney, Mitchell, with Mr. and Mrs. Alex Roney; Mr, and Mrs. Walter Scott, Seaforth, with Mr, and Mrs, B, Barker; Miss Eolith Roney, Seaforth. with her parents, Mr. and Mrs, Alex Roney; Mrs. Harold Thiel, Fullerton, with her brother, Fergus Launin; J. C. Roney, Murillo, with his brother, Albert Roney; Mr. and Mrs, George Ahrens and Mr, and Mrs, Andrew Park, Mitchell, with Mr. and Mrs. Albert Roney; Mr. and Mrs. James Malcolm in Seaforth; Mrs. J. Reed and Miss Isabelle Reed in Stratford; Mr. and Mrs. Done Miller and Miss Agnes O'Connor, R.N., Detroit, with Mr. arid Mrs. Dan O'Connor; Miss Margaret Walsh, Toronto, with her parents, Mr, and Mrs. John Walsh; Miss Clara Kraus- kopf, Detroit, with her brothers and sisters, Visttt rst 'Lieut. F. Stapleton and Mrs. J IC, Newt:en:he, Toronto, .with their parents, ,.ir, and Mrs, William •Stapleton; !Miss Genevieve tiloCarthy of Toronto, with her parents Mir. and !Mrs. Michael ,McCarthy; Mrs. P. F; Bcnn, and teliss Unary Brenn, Toronto, +wdth iM.r. and Mrs, Frank Evans; Patrick 'McConnell in Sarnia. Mrs. A. Sutherland has returned home from Seaforth hospital. !Work of the new Township of Hibbert .grader is ina,kinig a marked improvement ill the condition cd the roads, it is being operated by Frank Hanbsrrn. FIVE HUNDRED FLIES After a dead spell, England's fam- ous export trade in fishing tackle revives. In a shop a stone's throw from famous St. :James's Palace, London, are five hundred varieties of fly. They range from the drab Dun group, of which there are 24 variants, to brilliant pieces of exquisite work• manship such as the Claret Quill and gaudy Ibis. Trout now disporting themselves in the lakes of Ontario and British Columbia will in the near future rise and seep this bait, Before the war something like 1,- 500,000 flies alone were shipped to sportsmen the world over, chiefly to Canada, New Zealand, the United States and Argentina. The flies shown in St, James's are for Canada. They form a collection to delight the .heart of any knowledge- able fisherman, minute ambassadors for British craftsmanship, This is Canada's call to YOU! Men are now wanted to man the guns, tanks, armoured units; 'all the implements of modern warfare which the factories are producing in mounting volume. It is , a different war this time. When we licked the Hun before, men were recruited "here to train in England, to fight in France. Now you are recruited and trained here; then go Overseas to join the stalwarts hold- ing battle positions on the shores of Old England, or wherever the call demands. ACTT V E SERVICE The Canadian Active Army requires men for Artillery, Engineers, Signals, Armoured Cars, Tanks, Infantry, Transport and Supply, Medical, Ordnance and other branches of the Service. The Army is prepared to teach many trades, and to train you to efficiently handle Canada's weapons of war. , Go to your nearest District Recruiting Office. Find out about these Units; how they work, what they do. See just where you'll fit in. See where any particular skill you possess can bestbe utilized. Then join up for ACTION. RATES OF PAY IN THE RANKS $1.30 pet Day with Board, Lodging, Clothing, Medical and Dental care provided. EXTRA: (1) Rates varying from 25¢ to 75$ per day for skilled tradesmen while employed. (2) Dependent Allowances in Cash. Apply to nearest District Recruiting Office or any local Armoury DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEFENCE CANADA Old Brick Chimney Monu- ment To Man Who Built Entire Town (From the St. John Telegraph - Journal) In the town of Marysville a brick chimney has been undergoing re- pairs which are now about com- pleted. Upon the surface that is a very commonplace piece of work, but for those who look deeper an- other story is told. The smokestack itself is a huge construction belong- ing to the Gibson mill of Canadian Cottons, Limited. It rises to a height of more than one hundred and fifty feet measured from a rock ledge below the surface to the top, and was built more than half a century ago of bricks whlcb were Manufact- ured in a brickyard at Marysville when the cottoh factory was erected. That the chimney has stood so secure against the ravages of time is a testimony to the high quality of work which was done in that distant date. But this chimney is a testimony to much more than that. 1t is a link with the past and while to a new generation it may be but an ordin- ary smoke conveyor, it reminds an older generation of a story whose fabric is like that of dreams. Long, long ago, a certain pioneer found his way from Charlotte county to whatwas then the wilds on the banks of the Nashwaak river, a few miles from its mouth. It is said that he carried nothing but a bag of wheat upon his back. There he built a shack and made his hone and out of that home came Alexander Gibson at whose magic touch the whole face of the country was changed. He became the proprietor of a lumber mill with vast timber re- sources in York and adjacent coun- ties. He erected a cotton mill which employed hundreds of workers. He was the owner of a general store with an immense business. He built an entire town, owning for a time every house within its limits. He erected a church so imposing in ap- pearance that travelers came to view it from afar, He lived to build and own an entire railway system, the Canada Eastern, which rah from Marysville to the North Shore, All this was the work of one single man and the old smokeestack is part of a monument to this man of great genius, Alexapder Gibson. What a story the old chimney could tell if it could speak. Did any other brick chimney ever keep its head erect in such a remarkable period in the entire history of the world as this old chimney which has stood on the banks of the Nashwaak for the last 50 years or more? The said Alexander Gibson was a granduncle of Mrs. Harry Tyndall, and also ?dr. William Murray of Dauphin, Man., and of Dr. Samuel Moray, of Dublin, Ont. Hockey Jangles— Ross "Chubby" MacKenzie, editor of Paisley Advocate and Hugh Tenr- plin, major domo of Fergus News-' Record, are engaged in a vendetta that threatens to carry the hockey season right into July and August...' It all started when...but let Chubby tell it. "Following Paisley's decisive 'victory over the Fergus Thistles last winter we were speaking to Editor Templin of the News -Record, and he remarked, "Yes, the best team won" ...It was a surprise to read in next week's News -Record some of the most ingenious alibis for the This- tles we have ever seen in print. And, believe it or not, the Editor not only refused to concede Paisley as a better team than his beloved This- tles, but he went on record as pro- fessing to believe that both Sutton and Georgetown were superior to the Sunocos...Having neither the time nor the space to devote to a reply, we permitted the rabid Fergus "homer" to get away with it. Last week the News -Record commented on our. recent bit on the laugh a local man had on a Fergus waitress who takes her hockey seriously. It was all in fun of course, but the Fergus writer turns his nastier guns on us, and on the local man we men- tioned, and bitterly reiterates his de- claration that "Paisley were lucky to win, and should never have reached the finals." He pulls out all the stops and gives the theme all he's got. Well, we don't propose to get into any hockey controversy at this date, but we would like to point out that local fans, as well as some of the best sports' critics in Western Ontario, rate the Seaforth beavers, as better than the Oilers, but only by the proverbial eyelash. There was ,a second team in this local group that would have beaten Fergus four out of five starts. And that was Wingham."—Port Elgin Times. "The Gofman navy," says a Nazi announcer, "will go down in history." Most of it has. For KITCHEN and BATHROOM YOU need Gillett's Lye in the kitchen and in the bathroom. Keep it handy for drains, for pots and pans, for numerous other household tasks. Gillett's Lye will save you hours of hard work—it's the easy, efficient, economical way of cleaning. •Never dissolve lye in hot water. The action of the Lye Wolf heats the water. FREE BOOKLET — The Gillett's Lye Booklet tells how this powerful cleanser dean dogged drains .. keeps out- houses dean and odorless by destroying the contents of the closet... how it performs dorms of tasks. Ssrd for a . Gm copy to Standard Brand. Ltd., PPxa n Ave. and Liberty Street, Tor CROMARTY The Ladies' Aid met at the home of Mrs. T. 1.. Scott on Wednesday afternoon with a good. attendance. Owing 'to the illness of Mrs. 'Roy McCulloch the meeting was conduct- ed by the second vice president, ,Mrs. Keith 'MacLarett. The devotional ex- ercises were taken 'by Mrs. Anvlrew ,McLachlan and Mrs. Harper. tA. strawberry supper was discussed as a future occasion. ales. Jamieson and. Mrs. AVilliam Houghton contributed to the program 'by readings, After the matters of 'business were settled and the program concluded a 'bounteous lunch was served by the hostess and .1rs, Leslie and !Mee. IMacl,,aren. After a visit with Mr. and Mrs. Macdonald, Uohn !McKee returned to his home in Neustadr Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Oliver have returned home after a motor trip to 'visit with Dr, and Mrs. Fraser Oliver of Site. Anne de Bellevue, Quebec; Eldon Allen and Gavin Twaddle have transferred to the R.IC.,A.; Ross ,Houghton of ,Mitchell spent 'Wednesday afternoon at his home; john Stacey, formerly of this 'village. who has been living with his daughter. Mrs. It\'otden Mil- ler, has suffered a stroke and was re- moved to Scott IMentorial Hospital, Scaforth. 'FRISCO BIOS BY GABLE At London's Weekly Auction of Foreign Stamps Bids from San Francisco, New Orleans, Chicago and New York are coming by cable every week to Lon- don auctions of foreign stamps. The stamp dealers ship the cata- logues of these weekly sales to the United States two months in ad- vance. Hence the cable bids, higher prices and the 100,000 American dollars col- lected by this one firm of dealers alone. Every now and again they round up. English collections of stamps to sell to America where there is a big demand. Recently they received $27,000 from sales in New York where they opened a branch soon after war broke out td turn foreign stamps into dollars. The dollars are sold to the British Government and the English collector gets cash which he can put into War Loan or Defence Bonds. These enterprising dealers have not lost one foreign stamp by enemy action. "You can always tell an honest man," "How?" "When he breaks a la)v he doesn't. know how to escape punishment." A seasoned old sailor sat stripped to the waist on his bunk. On his chest were tattooed three women. On his back were tattooed three more women, On each arm were ,tattooed even more women plentifully be- sprinkled with feminine names.. There entered a young naval reserve, onlyfust called up. He :glanced at the old tar, and to the latter's dis- gust inquired, "Hello, ' old man! Been in the Navy long?" "How does my dress look?" "Like three weeks' wages."