The Seaforth News, 1942-07-23, Page 260AG's '1't
TBE SEAFORTJ
Many Causes for
pr01duc•ts as rrle 'ern It comes
mon os c etlecteve. Clear cutting Le whfeh
Accidents on Farm n.,1 oho young. as wen as the mature
trees, :are 1'.areeeted. is wasteful and
While Mee: end +ih;tarict authorities
fn c:ant.da are earrerirrg out cFsrailredgete
to reduce the riurrrher of eveidenis
within litelr arca*. it around be high -
17 desirable ii r,re, •y),ne lieseg on
farms would 9'olievw this exampie.
states J. A. Ste. Marie,. eulierintend•
era. Dominion Experimental Station,
Lennox's:Me. Q. Accidents eau hap-
pen en farms In various ways.
Young boys rad girls In their teens
should not be allowed to drive motor
truek5 and cars relents uniess . the
father ter guardian) is Satisfied that
the boy or girl has .jusigurent and ex
perfenee and kn vee the rules of .high-
way trek.
When striving a te;an,. parkleullarly
in nilly country. it le the part of
wisdom and safety to know that all
the vital parte of lauenese, buggy, e,r
IV ern. ax +he r,•a+,a rimy he, are in
order. ted haws been pereelieal-
;y 1.. l sensed. lcur.awat >:4. •_a.0-. (,el sge
,. any acrid',!. '. sifer;r". slue to peer
%. •-: r3'• r), herr ,3rrfa.•
- f he '• t?'e mite.. .11t ,•e..el
ersee thee liift7 70. been
teereemely 1,.5„ffn. Agaire e,rh.a-3t,y
the eon' Seitz
r..eelled by. a b+dl, very erten as a
eerele-ee or in :>rpet•ie.r,r•eel
Hter t: at e. faulty led/Jere, redeems,
t3a,., drii•eweys needing repaints
ere tree) re+poneibie for marry farm
eetileat-. wbieh might have been
ave.del r.y attention t' the; old adage.
"A eetitte in ?i-•iu saves nine." The
danger ef :,re or the farm is ever
ptesent and sboehl be kept in mind.
T? e use of kert+sene for lighting
sieve Fres elmuld never he tolerated.
Gee end oil should be kept in a Safe
peace -,ut>:ide the main farm build-
ing^ Attlee in the farm 'home or
ehede. heuld he cleaned out periodic-
ally and ne old paper e,r rubbish
should ever be allowed to accumulate.
Sto12a and stows pipes should be
kept in good working order. and
ele:trie wires should never be tam-
pered with by a person without a
knowledge. of eleetrieity. Neither
should electric -wires be o vejrloaded
at any time. Children should not be
allowed to play near moving mach-
inery e,r in the bay field where forks
are being 'wended, and hay forks
should never be left on the ground In
the 5elde or around the farm build
logs. With the faun labor shortage
acute it is advisable for everyone on
the farm to be on the lor,okout W
prevent me/dente" to thernselves and
te, their neighbors.
Mark Trees Now for
Cutting in Woodiot
The most important part in su.c-
eessfnl woodlot management is the
proper selection of trees to be cut,
says D. 'Roy Cameron, Dominion
Forester. Haphazard cutting through-
out the whole lot is as much a mis-
take as is clear cutting. A good
practice is to confine each year's
operations to about one-tenth of the
woodlot eo that the whole area is cut
over once every ten. years.
Before rutting starts the owner
should go over that portion of the
lot that he. intends to cut over and
examine the trunk and the crown of
each. tree and mark with his axe the
trees he is satisfied should be cut.
By thus "selecting" the trees, mis-
takes by the chopper are avoided.
This marking should he done when
the leaves are on the trees because
the leaves often indicate whether the
tree Is haithy or not. Trees that
should he marked are: Dead or dying
t.reree; trees attacked by Insects or
fungus; badly deformed trees; poor
Neese of elesely Permed groups.
The allowable annual nut from a
20•0cre wnodl8t will probably br: from
10 to 20 +•846 rlc.pf.ndlrrg r,:, the year-
ditfrrn of tFur ;wand.
Thee aim should be to keep ratr,ugb
mound young tieing so }paned that
there ie nu overlapping of the; rerowns
and yet have; the ground almost e0111-
pl8taly eharleci,
After the whole: stand has been out
over once in this syetematie manner
there will he vary few dead, dying
or (Ideali-v'c trees to he cut in tut.ure
operationrs, and cnn34e0888ily the
• wood will nearly all he of the highest
rlua11fy, Conti growth of gond trews
,its obtained by systematic cutting.
A. woodlot can be kept as a goin.g
concern, yielding more and better
extr.tvagant. There f6 little usable
vet Erne 10 the young trees, but it 'is
in theses that the most rapid ;growth
rale occurs. and without any expend -
whet ever.
dli tbee a neevemente 7.eeulted 1 tr. is "readers ea badly bombed areas.
e fly incur, aap989se aelean4'es Tri the „ Libraries Sen,Jce Centers
Far Fast.. Japan was prImarlly con- Home oonsetrnprion 5.61301 the only
earned with iter own kaRriist'.s, tint 11 worm' of the trablie libraries. Sereice
is apparent mow hew remelt of her men at pestes teem irelased to the
action has helped 11oun1ny and Italy. Middle East aril for brooks. Al.
ale December last Russia ane Brit- though special S9rvis1e$ Libraries
airs though they had been hard put and a Beebe Fund 119ree 'established
to it, bad suceaded I31 checking thee to organizethe collectiou and for -
Aerie in Europe and Aeric a acid leoth warding of bsaoits to the armed
t eetzles were lacing the new year 450995, Itse public libraries also dial
with. renewed confidence. Russia is their 'Share ser the men se melees
ibis the most imper•tant front, as' service.
the bulk .of the .'Nazi army if ove011- Because the Pnb*ie Library. is a
led by the fooaea of the Soviet in the well-kuowu center in most t.O81116 it
east, but a reverxe in 'E'gypt would is especially suitable ae a heeeemm-
endanger the Middle East and it tern for various war serl'iees. The
would imperil tae southern supply Lead librarian often acts as the local
line to Buseia. ini'ormation. offleer, :and many librar-
Life Line is 'Endangered les have set up Citizens' Advice Bar-
nette to handle queries on war prob-
lems. In some uses rural libraries
form part of the Air Raid 'Precau-
items scheme. for in the event of an
emergency they rear be used as in-
formation esntera..
Public libraries are chauged insti-
tutions nosy and will probably not go
back to the status quo after the war.
One of the differences predicted for
post-war permanency is the estab-
lishment of smaller libraries fed
from eentrn.1 depots. If population
drifts from the tenement areas to
the suburbs, the libraries will have
to follow.
The present Axis offensive, in
•a•hieit the North African ottensiee is
the area step, is iueended to drive
the British fleet out of the elediter-
How Japan Has taxman. It this i.s a.ccempliehed the
Italian fleet will then venture .out of
Helped the Axis port to take part in the second step,
13y Brigadier General H. S. Sewe1L
At the time of writing the British
position in Egypt lis gravely threat-
ened and. though the battle in the
desert which is likely to settle the
fate el the Lower Mlle Valley has not
yet been joined. it is probable that
i1 will be decided before this Com-
ment 1e published.
Since .lane 13. when the Eighth
Army suffered heavy losses. it has
()5en ap1areet that the British have
nJ1 1184 . uffielent lanes left fn ore
s. mice to break 13p any strong '-Nazi
mechanized attack. and in consequ-
er e retreat bete been forced ere
.. etre: only 83ter0al1ve to die-
. :, i•. e.'0 80' ;tppeer to be 311;8217
that this relative pr. inion ease be ser -
i mevv0 by ?1,e arri'8.1 ',f t'resh troops
/rem ether points- it the weer East,
sir elee these reinforce s e.3te esse air.
strong tank formations. The dietaner
from home ports is tr10 great for
tanks u, arrive; freer' England in time
to take part in the critical battle,
The Axis threes are now; In pee -
session of territory which will pro-
vide airfields within close striking
range of the naval base at Alexand-
ria and. though the air defenses of
the port and fleet ehouldl be strong
enough to deal with such attack, it
ie doubtful if the British fleet will
continue to use the anchorage.
Alternative Fleet Bases
The Suez Canal also will be under
possible medium -range attack by
Axis planes based in the western
desert. This does not mean that the
fleet would be forced to leave the
Eastern Mediterranean. It has a good
refuelling base in Haifa and safe
anchorage at Cyprus; and also per-
haps at points on the Syrian coast
Alexandria: bowever, is the only
dockyard and repair 'base in these
waters, and without the undisturbed
use of a port of this sort the fleet
will be ser1ousyl fiandicapped.
If Axis -spearheads are able to
force their way to the irrigated land
of Lower Egypt they will find the
terrain. of the Nile Delta difficult to
traverse with tanks. It should he
possible for infantry and artillery to
hold up the advance in such country.
The Nile Delta presents many ditfi
icu3ties for a mechanized advance
and it should be poeible for artillery
and infantry to defend this area, hut
nailer itself would be in great danger
as the city lies south of the delta
country and can be approached from
the desert.
The question will be asked: "Why
did not the British have sufficient
reserve of mechanized strength in
the Middle East'" particularly as
this area has always been recogniz-
ed as of the greatest strategic imp-
ortance to the Allied cause. The
answer is to he found in the erases
which have taken place in the world
politicalsituation since December 7. I
The first was the call from Austra-,
lfa for the return of her lighting men.
from overseas. At that time the Aus-
tralian Army Carps was in reserve in
Syria, and at Australia's call it was
moved from the Middle East as soon'
as ships could be made available to
carry its divisions home.
Next followed demands for rein-
forcernents for India, and in response
to these troops were dispatched in
what was dew:Abed at the time aS
the• largest entirely military convoy
ever to have left Brltaiu, Had it not
beets believed that: this force was
urge,nfly required in India its nnrrnal
destinatlon would have been to the
,ilr6cil 'act,
Eighth Army Robbed of Tanks
Even the Eighth Array 'luring its
r,tletn:3ive last (amen her wee deplet-
ed of tanks urgently required 'ins
,etwee1 in Burma and sa1veral 1113118
were antually taken out of the battle
for shipment to Rangoon, 'What rein-
forcements eoul0 be sent to the
Middle Mast, after these pressing de-
man.ds in the Far 11as1 were met, Is
not known, but it 114 very doubtful if
ships were available to carry forces
in ahy way sufflclent to meet the
need's of that theater of war,
With the growth of Axil; air power
in the Mediterranean the Suez Canal
bas lost much of its importance as a
link with the Far East. It is like the
back door of a house whose front
entrance has been blocked by a fall
of debris. It can no longer be refer-
red to as the "life line of the British
Empire." For the land bridge of
Egypt, 'Sinai, Palestine and Syria.,
which joins Africa to Europe and
Asia. is really the keystone of the
arch which car•reis the whole strat-
egy of the United Nations. •
British
Libraries
in Wartime
Bombs and shit:19g populations
Late failed to break the trouper -like
..Bite" 01 Britain's public libraries.
The Beer e£ toolls 77036 on. a en
-t: o:ager than in peacetime. over tre-
mendous wartime obstacles.
Librarians are scaree. Many Imre
been aa312d up for "service in the
tamed fortes or in industry. Even
some of the chiefs have gone. On
those who are left rests the respon-
sibility of doing a job thata's viral to
the maintenance of kknowledge and
morale. The only way they can
handle it is by cuttisg routine work
to its barest essentials and by leav-
ing undone much of the former as-
sistance rendered to readers and
students.
Finance is a major problem. The
cost of hooks has soared, and so has
the public demand for more reading
matter. There is ware damage insur-
ance to be paid, and new expenses
for civil defense and fire -watching
must he met,
Evacuation and concentration of
workers in industrial centers have
thrown reader areas out of their old
boundaries. Some libraries are
swamped with calls, while others are
faced with a dwindling patronage.
Shelter Libraries
Library cards are new almost gen-
erally inter -available. If a member fn
Hampstead is moved to Swansea, for
instance, be can use his same ticket
there.
"Shelter libraries" appeared early
in 1941 in London and some of the
larger provincial centers. These are
equipped mainly with ten -cent paper
covered books of the "Penguin" and
"Pelican" variety,. The advantage of
such collections is that they can he
changed frequently and kept up to
DUBLIN
Mrs. Wilbur Mathers and daugh-
ters. Doris and Helen, at Grand Bend
Mrs, A, Forster is home from
Markdale.
Private Jack Iwichol, Toronto, with
31r. and Mrs, Frank Evans.
Sister Stephanie and Sister Mar-
tha. Ter-suline Community, Chatham,
,with Mrs. Barbara Holland and Mrs.
J. V. Flynn.
Mies Mary Howell. Goderich, with
:tar. and Mrs, A. Forster,
Tzar. and ?firs. Martin, Stratford,
with Sar. and Mrs, D. Didion
Donald Theisen, Detroit, with Mr.
and Mrs. George E. Holland,
Miss Loretta Roach, Kitchener,
with Mrs. Johanna Roach.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Brown in
Palmerston,
Mrs. T. J. Molyneaux with her
daughter at Zurich.
Mr. and Mrs. D. McConnell at
Grand Bend.
Rev. Mr. Mills, Toronto, who was
pastor of St. Mary's Anglican church
in Dublin from 1896 to 1898, was a
visitor here and complimented the
congregation on their church and
grounds. Mr. Mills is on the retired
list
AUBURN
A fine sample of wheat is on dis-
play at P.. J. Phillip's store which is
5 feet, 10 inches in height. It was
taken from the field of Mel Jewell,
Colborne.
Mrs. Reg. Jennings has returned
to her ohms at Windsor after visit-
ing her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wil-
liam Walden.
Mrs. Ralph D. Munro with her
sister, Mrs. William Strasser, Seb-
ringville.
amrs. Chester Taylor and family
and Miss Mae Ferguson at St.
George.
Mr. and liars. Gormley Thompson
of Brampton with relatives here.
Recent guests with Mr. and Mrs.
Albert Campbell were Mr. and Mrs.
James Gallagher, Goderich, Mrs. Jo -
slate. seph Cobbe and Mrs. William Knox,
Among hooks most in demand now Limerick, Sask.
are volumes on technical subjects, r Little Jimmy Carter, infant son of
because of the rapid expansion of Mr. and Mrs. William Carter, is at
war industries. Many libraries have+present a patient in St, Joseph's Hos-
had to build up a completely new pital, London, where he underwent
stock of hooks on aeronautical engin- an operation.
eering, machine shop practice and
tool manipulation.
Supplying children. with reading
material is one of the most difficult
Jobs for librarians, Children are
reading more than. they used to, and
they're hard on books,
Special service to Britain's youth
has meant extra organization and
work for the libraries. In the early
days of .the war more than 250,000
hooks were transferred by libraries
inevaeuation areas to those in re-
ception areas. Thousands of volumes
16119 forwarded direct to evacuated
schools.'
Bec8use of daylight raids 818117
children's libraries were closed in
those dugs• Now they have been re-
opened to eerie withthe increasing
demand,
Where it le inadvisable for child
rear
,to nolleet their own books or to
be out after black -out, deposit melee -
liens of hooks are sent to schools. A
library assistant makes periodical
visits to distribute the books and
take= Darn of spenlal requests.
Similar deposit coIiections have
been set up at Civil Defense depots
fire gallons and report centers. This
sotvee the problem of defense work,
erg who want books to fillin the
long hours of monotonous duty when
no raiders are near. In several dist-
ricts in London traveling libraries- go
around to these detifse 'gallons, and
Dr. B. C. Weir, Ralph D. Munro,
John Huston, Amos Andrew attended
the Masonic Grand Lodge convention
in Toronto,
Mrs. Pearl Toll Laughlin has been
engaged as teacher of S.S. No. 16,
East Wawanosh.
LONDESBORO
Last rites for Richard Govier, of
Londesboro were observed Tuesday
afternoon last when the remains
were laid to rest in Ball's cemetery,
following the funeral service at the
home of Mrs. Harold Adams, daugh-
ter of the deceased man. Service was
conducted at the residence and the
graveside by Rev. A. E. Menzies.
During the service a solo was sung
by Mrs. Menzies. The casket was sur-
rounded by floral expressions of
sympathy and esteem and these were
borne and placed on the grave by
Messrs. Edward Yungblut, Joseph
Yungblut, Sydney Lansing and Alb-
ert Radford, The pallbearers were
Robert Townsend, Robert Yungblut,
Fred Prest, dames McCool, Leslie
Ball and Harry Riley.
"Tell your mother I want to speak
to her, dear."
"She's gone in the shelter."
"What for—those are our planes!"
"Mum; you can come out they're
Mrs, Smith's!"
Send us the names of your visitors,
celebrate Weeding 'Annie 4rY
Tier. and hire. Jelin Gib/dogs, of
I ullett, 0elebrated their 413th wedding
eniversary rgni9211' yn ,nil 9th, with
their 3160 daughters, lers.. W. Teske:
and :Mrs. J. L. Tasker of .Stratford.
Mr. seed 1klrs. 'Gibbings were mar-
ried 10117 )'ears age .at the Auburn
TTnited church parecnage ..with ills
wedding dinner being held LAI the.
home of the bride's mother, 331r8.'Johri
Bali, Ba6e Line. They have lived all
their lives In the district, on the two
farms where their two sons, Perey
and Warren. are now farming.
!Made Supreme Sacrifice—
Sergeant Obserrer Ernest E. 3tMit-
ten was killed In :anion against the
enemy, attending . to .a cablegram re-
ceived from England recently by Ifs
parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. L. 94ittell from YOUR GROCERY, DRUG AND
of Clinton. Sgt Mit-tell enlisted le the TOBACCO STORES—ALSO RESTAURANTS
BANKS AND POST OFFICES
Royal Canadian Air Force in 1940 and
after training az Eglinton Hunt. Tor-
onto. St. Catharines and Trenton, he First Massey-HMassey-Harrisreceived his wings at ' i nripeg in, Tanks For U.S. Army
August 1341. He went overseas in
February, 8142. Particulars of his
"One of the best achievements
industry can point to in the D'nited
States," said General Donald Arm-
strong, deputy chief of the Chicago
Ordnance District, in referring to
the attainment of tankk production
aproximately three months ahead of
schedule by the United States organ-
ization of the Massey -Harris Co.
In this manner, within the brief
space of five months, the manage-
ment and workers of the united
States Division of this well-known
Canadian Company have fulfilled the
promise made to General Armstrong
In February of this year when the
contract was received, by Mr. J. S.
Duncan. president and general man-
ager of the company, "that the suc-
cess we have made so far in arma-
ment production was due to the
spirit in which the men of Massey -
Harris had tackled the various pro-
jects and that same spirit would be
hack of the tank undertaking, and
because of it he could assure him
success."
At a mass meeting outside the
tank plant recently, workmen and
executives of Massey -Harris cheered
the announcement by General Arm-
strong that tanks which had not been
expected before mid-September were
already undergoing operating tests
and that the present rate of produc.
Two R.A.F. Men Killed— tion would make possible the deliv-
ery of tanks to the fighting forces
three months earlier than originally
anticipated.
General Armstrnog told the work-
men that they were making these
tanks to be used by their sons, their
friends, their neighbors in the fight-
ing forces. "Keep the fighting men in
mind as you build these tanks," he
said, "and keep in mind mothers and
fathers like Mrs. Petersen and your
fellow Massey -Harris workman, Chris
Petersen, who have three sons in the
fighting forces and who pray that
their boys will have the arms and
equipment that will give them the
power for victory."
Way. Craig and his pais were perch- 141r W K. Hyslop, vice-president of
ed on crates containing empty wine -Massey -Harris Company, expressed
bottles, the truck being loaded with the thanks of the company to the
approximately 3,000 bottles. He told workmen for making the celebration
police that the two deceased men possible. "It has been a big job,' he
were seated with thei rback against said. "It is still a big job, but if you
the racks which received the full all continue to perform in the future
impact of the collision. The force of as you have up to this point the ulti-
the crash threw Craig clear of the mate completion of this contract will
truck and he suffered only slight
be even farther ahead of schedule
injury. than we are today."
rmvssDAY, eliLY 2•Se 99+12.
death are not Yet lmown, but his par-
ents have been. notified that he was
burled in England. Sgt. Mitteil was
horn In Clinton 22 years ago, the only
child of Mr. and 'Mrs. E. L. Mitten.
He was an electrician.
First Milkmaid in Clinton—
Unusual jobs are being taken over
by girls and women every day, to let
the men join the servfees. Recently
we noticed in two hither papers where
their towns were claiming the first
mi11trneid6 ha this war. Clinton Le not
fat' behind as Miss Jean Hunter.
(laughter of Mr. and Mrs. Len Hunter
of town. is helping Luke Lawson in.
his daily milk route. Jean. a school -
gird is assisting lir. Lawson while
hie non and assistant. Gordon. is
Training with the Huron & Middlesex
Regiment 1Reserve Unit) at Thames
Valley Camp. London.—Clinton :News -
Record.
Gas Truck Burns—
On Monday afternoon of last week
about 4.16 a McManus gasoline truck
was destroyed by fire about two miles
west of Clandeboye. According to re-
ports the truck went into a ditch and
turned over and some 1030 gallons of
gasoline went up in flames. The
truck was completely destroyed.
To the casualty list of the Port
Albert Air Navigation School have
been added -two more names—those
of LAC. E. J. Chilvers and LAC. E.
Byers, both of London. England.
They received fatal injuries in a road
accident near St. Catharines. The ac-
cident occurred when the truck in
which they were riding collided with
a trolley- LAC. Alfred J. Craig, also
of the R.A.F. and a former member
of the Metropolitan Police' of Lon-
don, had a narrow escape. He and
the two deceased men had been given
a Lift about five miles, west of St.
Catharines on the Queen Elizabeth
Mayor Neaman of London III
Despite the fact that he has
shown considerable improvement In
health for several days, Mayor W.
J. Heaman of London will not be
allowed to see visitors for some little
time. He will not he at hte city hall
"for several weeks" and probably
will be forced to take a rest after
he leaves Victoria Hospital. His
Worship is suffering from a heart
ailment, Mayor Heaman for a former
resident of Exeter.
HULLETT
The death occurred at her home in
Hallett township on Friday of Mrs,
George Carbett following an illness
of three months, Formerly Miss
Nellie Purcell, she was born im Sea -
forth and was a daughter of the late
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Purcell. A
member of St, Joseph's Roman Cath-
olic Church, Clinton, she was assoc-
iated with the work of the Catholic
Women's League and the Society of
the Propagation of the Faith in that
parish, Her husband died two years
ago, She is survived by three sons,
George, Timothy, Louis, all of Clin-
ton, and five daughters, Meg. M,
Quigley :(Helen), Detroit; Mrs, Jack
Hartman (Agnes), Seaforth; Mona,
Rita, Margaret at home. There are
also one brother, Thomas L. Purcell
of Stratford, and three sisters, Mrs,
IL 3. McCauley, Stratford, Mrs. An-
nie Freeman, Toronto, and Mrs, D.
Flynn, Hallett,
Warwick - Baeker—
Tall standards of blue and orchid
delphinium and pink candles in sil-
ver candelbra formed the setting in
Brussels United Church, for the
marriage of Dorothy Helen, elder
daughter of Mrs. Seeker and the late
Alfred C. Seeker and Douglas
Charles, youngest son of Mrs. War-
wick and the late Dr, J. D. Warwick
of Brussels. Rev. Hugh Wilson dffle-
tated and Miss Mary Davison was
organist. During the signing of the
register, Miss C. Hingston sang 'Be-
cause." The bride given in marriage
by her elder brother George wore a
floor length bridal gown of French
net. Attending her sister as maid of
honor, Miss Maty Backer wore a
gown of orchid net over taffeta, iden-
tical to the bride's, Ronald Hebden
of London atonded the groont and
the ushers were Charles Davidson of
Brussels and Private Wm, Dunsford
of Listowel. Following the ceremony
a reception was ltelcl at the home on
Ttu•nberry Street. A buffet luncheon
was served by Misses Elizabeth Bea-
ker, hIedalon Speiran, Margaret
Pearson and Jessie Little, friends of
the bride, Later the bridal couple
left by motor for a weddin gtrip to
Eastern points. For travelling the
bride had chosen an ensemble of
pebble sand crepe with biege and
hrowtl nc esafrr'iee. upon their return
Mr. and Mrs. Warwick will take up
residence at 187 Tenth St, W„ Owen
Sound. Guests were present at 'the
wedding from Toronto, Hamilton,
r4