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THE SEAFORTH NEWS
THURSDAY, JULY 3, 1941
Crediton Home
Destroyed By Fire—
Fire which broke out at noon on
Friday, June 20th, totally destroyed
the frame louse of John Appleton,
75, of Crediton. The loss is partial-
ly covered by insnrmtee. Lost. In
the blaze were all the furniture
and wearing apparel. Mr. Appleton
was engaged in preparing the noon
meal and a coal oil stove which he
was using exploded and the fire
gainers rapid headway. Mr. Appleton
was badly burned about the face
and hands.
Called To The Bar—
The name of William Grafton
Cochrane, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. G.
Cochrane, town, appears in a list of
graduates presented by C. F. H.
Carson, KC., on their Call to the Bar
before Chief Justice Robertson. The
graduates were enrolled upon oath
as solicitors and barristers -at -large.
—Exeter Tines -Advocate.
Will Teach At Windsor—
Miss Marian Snell, who taught dur-
Ing the year at Eteter High School,
has accepted a position as head of
the Classical Department in the
Sandwich Collegiate at Windsor.
Armstrong-Carter—
A.
rmstrong-Carter .A. quiet but pretty wedding was
solemnized by Rev. H. C. Wilson at
the manse of Knox United Church,
Auburn, last week. when Elva Jane,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs, John
Carter of West \Vawanosh was un-
ited in marriage to • William John
Armstrong, elder son of Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Armstrong of East Wa-
wanosh. The bride was becomingly
attired in a frock of light blue crepe
with white accessories and a corsage
of roses and fern. The attendants
were Mr. and Mrs. George Gould of
Clinton.
Opens Law Office—
W. A. Goetz. barrister and sulici•
tor. has rented the office in the
Bank of Montreal building at Mitch-
ell formerly rn'cnpied by Dr. W. Ab-
e:•hart.
Teachers Engaged For
Wingham School—
Th Wlnl ham ptabli, ',wiped )l bmard
have engaged lir. ('olio Crozier. of
Dungannon. as principal of the
school. 1D'. Crozie.r. who ras been
teaching at Parkhill, tom>s highly
recommended. The other teacher is
Mies Dorothy Howell, of Bratu1hton.
Ont. Miss Howell will take Miss
Myra MacDonald's place on the staff.
teaching domestic science. She has
been teaching at Norwich for five
years.
Appointed Small Arms Inspector
Councillor Frank Sturdy of Wing -
ham has been appointed an inspector
at the Small Arms Factory at Long
Branch. He has already assumed lila
duties, Mr. William Lott will have
charge of the pool room during Mr.
Sturdy's absence.
Neustadt Man Grows
Monster Strawberry—
Jac Metzger, genial Nenstadt bak-
er. railed un The Post with a mon-
ster strawberry picked Item his
berry patch. The 'Oversized berry
measured 10 incites in circuntfer•
ant's. --Hanover Post.
Was His Face Red—
Car thieves had a bright idea
sometime in the last few days. Driv-
ing through a town at night with
the stolen car, they spied a parked
car with nobody about. so they hop-
ped out and swiped the license
plates, replacing them with the
plates of the stolen car. The owner
of the car, who happened to be the
local chief of police didn't notice the
change and was greatly surprised
when he received notice that the
stolen car had been located at Guelph
with the license plates of his oar on
it. He didn't believe it until he took
a look at his own car. He forwarded
the plates to the owner of the stolen
ear. and has to walk until his own
plates are returned. Chief Sant Mc-
Cauley knows all about it—it was
his car the plates were swiped from.
—Shelburne Economist.
Cornish-Thomson.—
,pretty June wedding was solem-
nized at the manse of 'Cannel Pres-
byterian (Church, Hensall, on Thurs-
day, when 'Dorothy E. M. Thomson,
dauhter of -\4r. and I\1•rs.. -Robert
Thomson, d{ippen, a 'graduate of the
University of '\Western Ontario. 'be-
came the bride of Mr, ;Richard H.
Cornish of Goderich, formerly of
Stratford. son ,of 1\lrs. Cornish, Exe-
ter, and the late [Mr. John (Cornish.
Mr. Cornish is on the staff of No, 12
Elementary Flying Training School,
Go(lerich. Rev. 'William (Weir officia-
ted. The ,bride wore a street length
dress of white crepe with tvltite ac-
cessories, trimmed with blue and
carried Talisman roses and 'bouvardia.
She was attended by her sister, Mis
Blanche Thomson, who %to're a whit.
Ire,: with pink a c ssories. Th'
',ride,roont who s re his air sch,t'1!
uniform was attended by (Mr. Hilliard
Tr iit',lay of-Goderich. Following tilt(
cer,•tl,ny a reception as held at 1h..
noon , t the ',trnie's parent;. \ir ao l
'Mr.. Cornish, who will reside in Go-
terielt, are on a neditin. trip to Tor-
onto and points cast.
Solomon and Joynt Elected to
Lucknow Council—
\V. A. Solomon and 'John 'W. Joynt
two newcomers to the municipal pol-
itical circle, were elected mentlbers o'
the Luoknow town council on Friday.
They succeed Harold Treleaven and
\i"illiam I\i(urdie, who resigned.
Found Cushion From
Missing Plane--
Herborntast•tr NOrntan MacKay, of
Goderich, and his brother John, a
commercial fisherman, picked up a
ellehiun in Lake Huron one day last
week, which was identified by Port
Albert Air Navigation School ofiic-
fats ee beeingtng to the missing
Avro-Anson plane, which disappear-
ed on June 111111 with a crew of four
men. The cushion was found on the
water six miles south, southwest of
Goderich, a mite south of the spot
where an airman's coat was found
previously. In the aircraft were:
Sergeant J. G. Jones, pilot, of Hoy -
lake, Cheshire, Eng., Cerporal C: D.
Bradbury, wireless operator, of Co-
bourg, Ont.; Leading Aircraftman J.
W. Clarkson, Blackpool, Lancashire,
Eng. Leading Aircraftman D. C.
Evans, of Plymouth, Devon, Eng,
Leading Aircraftman Clarkson was
the only married man.
Band Quits—
News that is anything but sweet
to the ears of Teeswater and Culross
residents, has broken. Teeswater Con-
cert Band has thrown In the towel
and given up the ghost. After Sun-
day next no more will the community
be able to boast of a brass band
composed of volunteer talent.—Tees-
water News.
Car Pushed Off Dock—
An unusual accident happened at
Goderich recently. A. car, owned by
Milton Fisher, of Goderich, Avas
pushed off the dock into the harbor,
between two large boats which were
being unloaded there. One of the
boats, the Superior, had a damaged
propeller, and a large raft ltad been
brought from the opposite side of the
harbor and had been placed in posi-
tion so workmen could work on the
damaged propeller. The car lauded
upside down on the raft. There was
no person on the raft at the time,
The car was badly damaged, but
was recovered by towing the ('aft to
the bathing beach. .Police investigat-
ed the incident,
Married At Goderich—
An interesting and pretty wedding
was solemnized in St. George's Ang-
lican Church at Goderich Last week
when Miss Gladys Shore, only dau-
ghter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Shore
Victoria street. Goderich, was united
in marriage to Mr. Robert Frederick
Nicholson, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. E
Nicholson, of St. Catharines, Rev. A.
C. Calder officiating. The wedding
music was played by Mr. A. W. And-
erton, organist of the church. 'The
bride, given In marriage by her
father, was gowned in ivory satin.
She wore a three -stringed necklace
of tiny pearls, the gift of the bride-
groom, and carried a bouquet of Jo-
hanna. Hill roses. The maid of honor,
Miss Verna Barbour, wore pale pink
net with full skirt, fitted bodice, with
bolero of the same material. Her
Alaska Cruise Delightful Holiday
The Trail of '98 that once taxed
the energies of Alaska -bound
prospectors, today has an alter-
native and more attractive route,
served not by dog -sled, but by
luxury steamships of the Cana-
dian Pacific Coast fleet, and fol-
lowing the sheltered "Inside Pas-
sage" between Vancouver and
Skagway. These trim liners,
whose sister ships ply the "Tri-
angle Route" between Vancouver,
Victoria and Seattle, and cruise
the west coast of Vancouver
Island, bring the ";Midnight Sun"
within three days of Vancouver.
Commencing May 2 and effec-
tive till Sept. 30, three- smart
"Princess" liners will conduct a
ries of 9 -day cruises from Van -
'Oliver to Skagway, with a 33 -
hour stop -over at the Alaskan
port, The B.C. coast service will
also operate three 11 -day cruises
to Alaska, allowing for side trips
by rail and lake from Skagway to
Lake Bennett, Whitehorse and
West Take Arm. The cruise liner
"Princess Charlotte" wilt feature
in these tours.
From comfy deck chairs, today's
northbound nomad is treated to a
moving pageant of majestic gla-
ciers, towering peaks, and rock-
bound fjords. Adventure waits at
every port of call. Alert Bay,
Prince Rupert, Ketchikan, Wran-
gell and Juneau follow in colorf11
succession, each with its weird
array of totem poles and other
symbols of Indian life.
Picturesque "Sunset Cruises"
along the west coast of Vancouver
Island are also scheduled for the
current season between Victoria
and Port. Alice. These popular
cruises offer the passenger eight
days of splendid coastal scenery
with regular stop -overs at quaint
Indian fishing villages. Two
Canadian, .Pacific liners will be in
"Sunset Cruise" service from June
1 to September 21.
Life on a Canadian Pacific coast
vessel is fashioned after that of
an ocean liner. Deck tennis,
shuffleboard, morning bouillon,
afternoon tea, horse racing, dan-
ces, moonlight promenades on
deck, and midnight snacks all
contribute to the Joys of ship-
board life on a Canadian Pacific
"Princess" liner.
DUBLIN
Mr, and 191r.s, Farren d)ett•th, of
Freeport, 111 , spent a holiday with
M r. and Mrs. •Alb rt Kraavkopt, [sire.
Alfred lPrice accompanied thein to
'Walkerton; i11r and Mrs, Ross Alm.-
:mil.Miss Vine 'linrdte, of Sea -
forth, with 191rs- Nernla1 'Malcolm;
t\i r. and I'M re. I\\ ilium Seblben,. Strat-
ford, with 91 r. and Mrs. George Rdb-
inson; 'William Pepper, Goodwa.ter,
Sask., is visiting his (brother and sis-
ter, George Pepper and Mrs. James
'Malcolm; .lir, and Mrs. Frank' And-
erson, Listowel, with 'Mr. and 'Mrs, R,
Aikens; (Miss [Marion (Malcolm in
Winthrop; !Miss Rose 'Feeney is
spending two weeks in Toronto; 'Em-
erson [Kerr and friend, Si,Catharines,
with :Mr. land IMrs, (Walter Carpenter;
Zion chicken supper :he'ld in the
church 'basement was a splendid suc-
cess. Interesting features of the -pno-
grain were readings iby (Miss Vera
Hudson, ins(triknenbal selections Iby
hiss Eleanor Hudson and lantern
slides on .the life of 'David Livingston.
(Mr. (F. IC. Byers has returned (frons
Victoria 'H'ospital, London, 'where .he
underwent .a successful operation. He
w doing ..very nicely.
BLYTH
'Robert .Mdhay, native of Sliellburne
and a lacrosse player of many years
ago, died 'Wednesday at his -home in
Blyth. 'He had played on an all star
OJL,A. :team that toured the 'United
States early in the century. He was
albout sixty years of age and a jeweler
in 'Blyth. The funeral of Robert 'Mc-
Donald (McKay was held 'Friday priv-
ately froth his home, (Dinsley street.
The funeral was under !Masonic aus-
pices 1.0 Union cemetery, Mr. l.McKeiy
was a resident of Blyth for many
years and .also spent some summers
at Kincardine.
On Wednesday afternoon at -the
close of 'public school, many' of the
parents and the students of the junior
room took advantage of the occasion
to -present the retiring teacher, Miss
Alberta Richmond with an address
(hich was read Ihy Shirley Philps
and a silver cream and sugar set was
presented 'by Ronald Philp. Miss
Richmond suitably thanked the pup-
il; for their kind remeutlhrance, Prin-
cipal Gray also spoke of the excellent
work dune by 'Miss Richmond as his
assistant and with those •present re-
gretted the fact that she was about.
to terminate her teaching career.
\Irs. W. J. .Armstrong who has
.,pent a, couple of teeeks here with
relatives, has returned to her honie.
at Sault Ste Marie, 'She was accdiiit-
panied 'by her •Mother, (Mrs, 5,'John-
ston.
Lorne 'Vodden, who leas Ibsen em-
ployed by his 'brother, Harold Vod-
den, left Lor Toronto .where he has
seoured a position.
A'fare'well gathering for (Miss Dor-
othy Drover '(who has taught in S.S.
No. 111, Hullett and East !Wlawanosh
for two years. was held at the ;home
of IMr. and (Mrs. Jack (Creighton on
Wednesday night when a lenge num-
ber of (pupils and parents gathered for
a farewell party. During the evening
an address was read Iby M. Young-
blut and 'the -presentation of a clock
was made by Dorothy Taman. Lunch
was served and games were enjoyed.
'Mrs. j. a. Tierney returned hone
last week from a month's visit at
North Bay with her daughter, Mrs.
G. J. Batten and son, J. B. Tierney
Freeman 'Tenney had the misfort-
une to have two fingers broken while
playing hall
Giles IJeiskiits, 'Goderich, a respected
citizen of Goderich 'for the past 27
years, died at his home onFriday af-
ternoon in his ninetieth year. He was
widely •kn,awn for his kindly disposi-
tion attd sterling integrity. Mr. Jen-
kins was a faithful member of (North
street United Church and had been
a mendber of the session for many
years. Born at Pickering of En,s;lis,h
parents, lie 'was the eldest of a fancily
of seven. of whom a sister, [Mrs.
Frank Gorrel, of Oxbow, Sask., is the
only surviving meniber. In '1&7,7 he
tnt.rried Miss Anna Jenkin. who
passed away in April, 1929. He
farmed near (Myth until 191113 when he
moved to Goderich. Surviving are a
son. -William T., of Blyth, and four
daughters, 'Mrs. 'William 'Snell and
Mrs. [William .Webster of Htillett;
'Mrs. ,Charles Barker and (Miss Addie
(Jenkins of Goderich. The funeral was
held an 'Mond'ay to Blyth 'Union cem-
etery, Rev. 'W, P. 'Lane officiated.
flowers were Brtarcliff roses. The
best man was Mr. Albert Shore, bro-
ther of the bride, attd the ushers
were Mr. Harold W. Shore and Mr.
William F. Riley, brother and cousin,
respectively, of the bride. At the re-
ception held at Hotel Sunset, Mrs.
Shore, the bride's mother, and Mrs.
Nicholson, the bridegroom's mother,
received the guests. Later Mr. and
Mrs. Nicholson left for a motor trip
to points on the St. Lawrence River.
On their return, they will reside in
St. Catharines.
Want and For Sale Ade., 1 week 25c
WALTON
Mrs. Hugh Fulton is visiting In
Meaford at the home of her sister.
Mrs. George Kelley is visiting at
the house of her' daughter at Porcu-
pine, N. Ontario.
Mrs. W. S. Forbes spent last week
with her brothers. Messrs. John
and Henry Sanderson, in Huliett.
Mr. and Mrs. Everett Earngey
from Dungannon visited her uncles,
Messrs. John and James McDonald.
HEAVY POLITICAL GUNS BOOM
ON THE ST. LAWRENCE
(By Arthur (Crock in the New York
Times of Tune 18th.)
Can a long-range defense program
be executed at the same time an
immediate one—all aid to Great Bri-
tain—is taxing all the resources of
the United States? Is it wise, from
the standpoints of the British aid
effort, our own rearmament and the
importance of the time factor in the
all-out programme, to divert men,
money and materials for a project
which' will not be functioning for
several years? These ale the issues
in the dispute over the President's
proposal that work begin at once to
complete the St. Lawrence deep wat-
erway and power plan.
Since the war may conceivably be
over before the new power becomes
available, and any present diversion
of the possible pleasure of aid to
Great Britain may adversely affect
that nation's prospect of victory, the
argument of the opposition to the St.
Lawrence project is as visible as it
is impressive. But the Administra-
tion is determined to override the
argument and the opposition, and
the President is using his familiar
technique of marshaling all the poli-
tical and personal force under his in-
fluence to achieve that on which, he
has set his mind.
Recent history demonstrates that
when the President has .come to
such a determination he never quits.
He abandoned his device to change
the viewpoint of the Supreme Court
majority by enlarging the court. But.
time and human fate accnntplislted
for hint soon thereafter what Con-
gress would not do and the public
would not sanction.
The Administration's big guns are
in position now and thundering for
the St. Lawrence plan. The Cabinet
is coming forward with all possible
explanations why what the President
wants is a component necessity of
national defense and essential to
the British cause as well as to our
own. Although the ranks of the OPM
are by no means solid in favor of the
long-distance project, its obliging
chiefs • were induced to throw the
weight of the Office behind the Pres-
ident. This gave him a show of ex-
pert as well as political support.
Today Secretary Stimson added his
voice to the effort, and Secretary
Hull instructed Assistant Secretary
Berle to voice that Secretary's ap-
proval to the House committee. It is
an imposing turnout, of the kind the
President can muster when he is so
disposed. And whenever anything is
sought by the Administration these
days under the phrase "national de•
tense" the effect on Congress is the
greater.
Mr. Berle advanced an ingenious
reason for abandoning the treaty
plan in favor of presenting the pro-
ject to both branches of Congress as
a contract. Twice before, when it
was offered in treaty form, the Sen-
ate did not furnish the two-thirds
necesary for the ratification of a
treaty, but a majority was registered
in favor. It is generally believed that
this is the practical reason why the
St. Lawrence agreement is now off-
ered in the form of a contract.
But Mr. Berle had a more virtuous
explanation. He said the "domestic
interest" of the United States is so
plainly paramount that the Adminis-
tration decided it was only proper to
seek the approval of both, branches;
that the House of Representatives,
the popular body, must assuredly lie
cousulled in matters of domestic in-
terest. Yet the material fact remains
tltttt by this means the Adminisra-
Limt needs only a simple majority to
get the authority the President is
determined to Obtain,
To the opposition it seems incred-
ible that a government which, by the
confession oti the President's first
report on lease -end shipments, has
hardly begun to furnish essential aid
to Great Britain iu its time of grow-
ing exigency should insist oa divert-
ing any effort or resources to a long-
range in'oject. Already there is a
labor shortage tor work in hand, and
the strikes have delayed importaut
armament construction. There are
present and approaching shortages
in arms materials. While the re-
quested initial sum of $200 millions
is mentioned almost contemptuously
by the spenders of tens of defense
billions, it would build many air-
planes and ships, the prime requisite
of the British.
These points are being waved
aside. The Administration is confid-
ent it will win the approval of Con-
gress on the plea of national defense,
supported by important officials and
the spokesmen of OPM. Canada has
a direct national stake in the enter-.
prise, which assured the backing of
Prime Minister King. And although
,the British would exchange rive fut-
ure St. Lawrence power develop-
ments for immediate ships and
planes, their situation is such. they
can probably be induced to add
their official support to the project if
13 seems to be needed and the pres-
sure from Washington is applied.
When Norway fell Great Britain
was forced to turn to Canada for its
supplies of woodpulp, Ferro alloye
and chemicals. That put a load on
the Dominion's industries. Power
there went at it premium, and Ont-
ario withdrew its objections to the
St. Lawrence scheme. The emerg-
ency could be net by building more
steam plants on the border and step-
ping up the power output at Niagara
halls until the war is over. But the
Administration brushes away such
suggestions.
As she waited for the car which
would take her to the ehm'ch the 1111fr
bride caved a sigh of satisfaction.
"Darling, I feel so happy," she said
to her bridesmaid. "Today I'm marry-
ing the man 1 want."
"Believe you me, my dear," said
the worldly wise bridesmaid, "to be
perfeetly happy a woman ought to
marry the pian somebody else
wants,"
The maid approached the head of
the house "P -please, sir," she said
shakily, "there's been a man at the
door with a pitiful tale of woe,
and-"
The master of the house waved
her away. "Can't help it„ my girl,"
he snapped, "It's all tommy-rot, and
it leaves me quite cold."
"Yes, sir," replied the maid. 'I 40
thought perhaps it would. I find he's
taken your overcoat from the hall."
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