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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1942-04-30, Page 2PAGE TWQ Sur/twos SAL!l TE4 THE SEAFORTHNEWS THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 1942 County Clerk Bereaved— County Clerk N. W, Miller' was in Hamilton last week attending the funeral of his sister, Mrs. James Simpson, who died after a lengthy illness. Deceased, who was in her forty-second year, was 0 daughter of Mrs. Miler, Mary street, Clinton, and the late James A, Miller, and was 'born in Goderich township, She mar- ried'James Simpson in 1919 and they have since resided in Hamilton. Be- sides the husband, there survive two sons, Reginald, twenty, and Verdun, eighteen, of Hamilton; three broth- ers, N. W, Miller, Clinton, County Clerk of Huron; Carman, of Buffalo, and Fred, of Clinton; and one sister, Mrs. Thomas Churchill, Clintou. The funeral took place in Hamilton last Thursday, Bridge Hill To Lose Its Big Chain 7 A week ago today engineers of the Ontario Department of Highways visited Mike Kennedy, local Junk dealer, with a view to making ar- rangements to have the big marine chain serving as a guard rail on Salt - ford Hill removed and shipped, its eventual destination being the melt- ing po from which so much metal is being poured these clays for the man- ufacture of war munitions. Tentative plans were made and the engineers departed, saying they would be back when the cable to replace the chain was available. They told Mr. Ken- nedy that not only was the metal in the chain badly needed, but also that the chain was too low to be of use as a guard in its present position. The prospect of removing this big chain, which is said to weigh twenty tons, has aroused must interest and Marty memories. In fact, there are three chains in the 600 -odd foot stretch and they are said to have been at the harbor for many years prior to being secured by the Town of Goderich. acting for the County of Huron, before the road was taken over by the Province. This was about fifteen years ago, There also are other versions of the big chain's his- tory. Many people will be sorry to see it go. Thousands of tourists know it well,—Goderich Signal -Star, Mrs. Margaret Plumsteel Burled At Clinton— Mrs. Margaret Plumsteel, who passed away on Thursday last and whose remains were borne to their last resting place Saturday afternoon was one of the very few nonagenar. tans of Clinton, being in her 92nd Year. Many attended the funeral ser- vice out of respect to one who had lived in the community for so many years. Her remains were laid away in Clinton cemetery beside those of her husband. The pall bearers were B. J. Gibbings, A. J. McMurray, George Shipley, Milton Wiltee, Ben- jamin Rathwell and Edward Welsh. Celebrates 90th ,Birthday—. Mr. Daniel Smith had the special privilege on Tuesday, April 21st, to celebrate his 90th birthday quietly at the home of his eldest son and fam- ily, Mr. and Mrs. Clayton O. Smith, Blue Water Highway,, south of St. Joseph, and on the farm Mr. Smith purchased nearly 40 years ago. Mr. Smith was born in Rainham Twp., Haidimand County, in 1852, moving with the family to Wilmot Twp„ near New Hamburg in 1874. In 1879 he was united in marriage to Cather- Ts- ine Bock, who piredeceaoed in 1895. Surviving are throe sells: Clayton 0. on the homestead, IIayl Irvin D. of Harlliitml, traveling salesman, and Chester L. of Zurich, pebitsher of the lui'cih herald 1•'it'. Smith enjoys wonderful health for a lean his, age, glia. intellect. Is keen, riltll'ough his eyesight is somewlha impaired, yet he seems to do considerable reading mostly in the scriptures. His molly friends congratulate him on having reached four score and ten, and wish him continued health and enjoyment of lite. Will Renovate Building— The commissioners of the Blyth Telephone System have just about completed plans for the renovation of the clown -stair portion of the block purchased last year from M, S. W. Sibthorpe, Among the alterations will be. a new modern store front, with the wort,` on i to commence iu the very near future. Baptist Pastor Accepts Call To Wingham— • Rev, John Lucas, of the Humber Bay Baptist Church, Toronto, has accepted a unanimous call to the Wingham Baptist Church, .duties to cmomence May 1. Mr. Lucas has held pastorates at Niagara Falls and Wel- land. Harris-Woods— The home of Mr, and Mrs. T. M. Woods, fourth concession Goderich township, was the scene of a pretty April wedding Saturday afternoon when their daughter, Mary Isobel, became the bride of Donald George Harris, Goderich township, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Harris of Holnmes- ville. Rev. Idarold Currie officiated. Miss Betty Harris, sister of the bride- groom, was bridesmaid. Mr. Eldon Yeo, cousin of the bride, was best man; and his sister, Miss Reta 'Yeo, played the bridal chorus from Lohen- grin. Mr, and Mrs. Harris will reside on the groom's farm, 7th concession, Goderich township. Leaving London— Major Wm. Aberhart is spending a few days with his family before leaving London, where he has been stationed for some time.—Mitchell Advocate. WAR does a PINCERS MOVEMENT on Telephones ON the one hand, demand for new telephone installations — especially in residences — has been greater than ever before. On the other, the materials which go into telephone equipment and the equipment itself have both been largely diverted to military and emergency use. Result: a serious shortage of facilities to take care of civilian requirements—of wire, cable, switchboards, instruments. The Wartime Prices and Trade Board has charged us with the responsibility of rigidly restricting telephone installations. We have no alternative. Froin now on, new installations can be made only where they can be justified in the light of the war emergency and to the extent that facilities are available. In appealing for your cooperation, we urge that you ask for a telephone only where such recognized essential service is involved. And to all telephone users, we again stress the need for consistent practice of "Wartime Telephone Tactics"— your contribution to keeping telephone lines clear for urgent war business: WARTIME TELEPHONE TACTICS • BE SURE you have the right • BE BRIEF, 'Clear your line nwnber,eonsul:tthe directory, for the next call, • SPEAK DISTINCTLY, direct- ly into the mouthpiece. • ANSWER PROMPTLY when the hell rings. • USE OFF-PEAK hours for Long Distance calls: before 9.30 a.m., 1.2 min., 5.7 p.m., after 0 p.m. These things may look trifling, but on 6,500,000 daily telephone calls, they are very important. (Jit 4'e 'e tS' dilke P, D. WILSON, Manager. Canada Inas More Phones Than Japan Canada lute more than five = times as litany telephones for every 100 people as the Axis powers, There are more telephones i11 the Dominion t0 serve 11 million people than the en- tire Japanese Empire has for its teeming millions. �. These comparisons come ftonl a survey of the latest available world telephone statistcis recently coin. Meted by file American Telepllene and Telegraph Company, The three axis powers and their pre-war dom- inions, this survey shows, average only 2.34 telephones whereas on Jan- uary 1, 1941; this country had 12.75 telephones for every 100 people. There is an average of two tele. phones per 100 population in the wod. TJrlsing estimates in the case of those countries for which no recent official data are available due to the war, a world total of 44,190,000 tele- phones is indivated as of January. I, 1941. At the present time it is likely that over 46 million telephones are in service, with well over one-half of the world's telephones being on this contluent and about noe-third in Europe. Telephones operated by private companies account for more than 60% of the world's total. Close .0 68%, of, all the telephones inthe world al'e now operated from auto- matic central offices, including some 767,000 dial telephones in Canada. Canada had a total of 1,461,000 tele- phones on January 1, 1941. Only three countries have more telephones for every 100 of the popu- lation than Canada; the 'united States 16.56, Sweden 14.26 and New Zealand 13.96 top Candaa's 12.78 tel- ephones. Toronto has more residence tele- phones per hundred families than any other of the big cities of the contin- ent—that is those of more than 750,- 000 population.' With 74.9 home tele- phones per hundred families on Jan- uary 1, 1941, Toronto had a wide margin over Chicago which was in second place with 61,6 telephones. Famous Goderich Chain Seized For War Twenty-two tons of steel, used as a "guard rail" at Goderich for many years, will soon go into the fight for democracy. A 600 -foot marine chain and anchor has been ordered seized, by the steel controller. On instruc- tions of the Ontario Department of 1 Highways, it will be cut into four - foot lengths and shipped to muni- tions plants, The "guard rail" is at Saltford Hill on Highway No. 21, near the northerly limits of the own, A high embankment approaches the Maitland River bridge at this point. Each link weighs from six to eight pouuds. Golf Club May Disband— Because the directors of Goderich golf club have been carrying on under embarrassing financial condi-I tions, the future of the club and its � course, is uncertain. With the opening only a few days away, there was some plain speaking at a meeting just held, and at which the annual statement was read. For some years i the directors have personally been carrying a deficit and several bund- ; red dollars of arrears in fees, - A meeting of the shareholders has been called for May 5 to deal with the situation. Wingham Man's Hobby Is Aid to War Effort Some months ago the Readers Di- gest contained an article that de- scribed hobbies which developed into useful and sometimes gainful work. It was a very interesting story but not one of the hobbies menioned made a better story than the one we are relating, In Wingham we have a man whose hobby has developed un- til it plays a part in our 'tear effort. We speak of Mr. Frederick Massey, accountant of the Dominion Bank. Mr. Massey has not been a resident of Wingham for a great length o1 time, coining here from Toronto less than la year ago. He probably is not as well known as many in his posi- tion would be for since coming here Ms spare time is taken up in his machine shop, About twenty years ago, in England, Mr, Massey started hie hobby "Model Engineering," That is builciing engines; locomotives, boasts, etc., to scale and so complete that they would operate in a similar manner to full sized machines. To make a success of this hobby one has to have a mechanical bent, much patience, a knowledge of fine tools and an inventive mind. Mr, IVlassey has all these attributes with the re - stilt that to -day he is making screws, btisllillgs olid other precision parts that are used as replacements on the magnetos and ignition systems of English planes used in this country. One must not have the idea that this development was easy going. It was anything. but that. Hours, days, yes years, of painstaking effort and 'study was required. There were many disappointments and he was confront- ed almost daily with new and per- plexing problems. To carry on this hobby in the man- ner he desired, Mr. Massey' discovered that he required some English dies (metric measurement) so he had his father purchase them for him. His father is ail architect in he Old Land. These dies are now one of his most valued possessions as they are necessary for the manufacture of some of the parts that he has been called upon to mance. His work shop, in hte basement of his home, has the following equip• Tent, lathe, drill, grinder, jig saw, sander or polisher. Each machine is powered by a separate motor. Last Friday when we had the privilege of examining his work shop the lathe was set for the manufacture of brass bushings. The attachments for this lathe were made by Mr. Massey and very' many articles can be produced by this machine that are not usually made in such a manner. To set the machine and make special equipment to manufacture hte bushings was a two weeks' job but now kis little fou' year old daughter could carry out the operation. ' The drill he made himself but to mention all the parts and portion of ,,equipment he has designed and made himself would make too long a List to name here. But this portion of the work is Mr. Massey's chief delight. When he needs a part or some spec- ial set up the gbes to work and makes whatever is necessary. Doing model work prepared him for activities. The war created a scarcity of parts for foreign made cameras. • Mr. Massey turned o this work and' firms that required such parts gave him more than he could find time for. During his long years of hobbying Mr, Massey has found time for electro plating, photography, study of chemistry and things assoc- iated with them. The hobby of model engineering is most exacting and all work is done with the precision of a master or the models will not work. One example of his handicraft we will attempt to describe with the hope that we do his work some justice and also give our readers a better idea of the care that has to be taken with this work. His model boat interested me in particu- lar so we will talk about it. This wooden craft is about 3 feet long and has a beam of about 15 inches. It is powered with a small two cylinder steam. engine that will produce power sufficient to drive the boat as a hydroplane. It is•from`similar mod- els that master speed boats 'are de- veloped. •Mr. Massey designed and constructed this engine, The tiny cylinders are about 3/4" in length. and about %4" in width. The engine is thoroughly complete with oil system, water pump and all the other neces- sary gadgets to make it operate effic- iently. He has of course made many other interesing'articles. He develop- ed and made an enlarger that met with the approval of , some of the leading photographic equipment firms. One could continue to relate and list many other of leis accomplishments but probably the above will suffice to give a general idea. Mr. Massey's most urgent need is a 'bench lathe and any reader who knows where such a tool could be procured please drop us a line.—Wingham Advanee- Times. ' N. Jefferson Passes At Mitchell Sunday Nelson Jefferson, a highly esteem- ed resident of Mitchell, died suddenly on Sunday at his home in Mitchell. He was in his 76th year. While he had been suffering from a heart ail- ment for the past three weeks, death came suddenly. He was born in Hib bert township on July 23rd, 1866, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Jefferson, He married Catherine Brown of Butte,. Montana, in 1900, and had resided in Mitchell for the past two years, having moved there from Embro. Previously he had been living in Toronto. He is survived by his wife, one brother, W. V. Jeffer- son of Tuckersmith, three sisters, Mrs. Etta Way, Los Angeles, Calif- ornia., Miss Mary B. Jefferson, Los Angeles, and Mrs. Bertha McCuteh- eon, Chicago. He was predeceased by six brothers and three sisters. The funeral was held Tuesday afternoon from his residence, Eleanor street, Mitchell. Rev. Fred Williamson of Knox Presbyterian Church officiated. Interment was in Woodland ceme- tery, ENLIST IN RCAF AT LONDON. The following are among those from this district enlisted recently at No. 9 Recruiting Centre, London: Reg. George Litt, Sebringville; Scott Calder Reid, Wingham; Wm. Barrie Leith McElroy, Blyth; Herb- ert Henry Homuth, Mitchell; Hugh John Doig, Kippen, Want and For Sale Ads, 1 week 25c FML) LAN TS for Canadian Homes ORNAMENTAL SHRUBS 211 VARIETIES EVERGREENS 76 VARIETIES ORNAMENTAL & SHADE TREES 94 VARIETIES ROSES VINES HARDY PERENNIALS 639 VARIETIES TREE AND BUSH FRUITS 148 VARI?+ETIES 183 VARIETIES 24 VARIETIES WRITE FOR FREE ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE The McConnell lel urSeryC. o. Port Burwell Ontario Established 1912