Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1942-11-19, Page 4PAGE FQVR THEI SEAFORT I NE1W$ THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1842 THE SI.AFORTM NEWS 11ros•,. I ublishors Saorrdou A PLAY "A POOR MARRIED MAN" Put on by the Seaforth Wonietl' Institute, in the Cotnmanity Hall, Walton FRIDAY, NOV. 27 Under the auspices of the Wo- men's Association of the United Church, Watton ADIVIISSION 25c & 15o WALTON Remember the "Allied Concert" in First Presbyterian Church, Seaforth, Mon. Nov. 30, in aid of war services. Don't forget to conte to the play, "A Poor Married Man" in • the com- munity hall on Nov. 27th under the auspices of the Women's Association of the United Church. Among some of those who attended the St. George's Church bazaar were Mrs. Wills of London and Mrs. Mc- Kenzie and Mrs. John Hillebrecht of Seaforth, Mr. M. H. Elliott of Wingham vis- ited his niece Mrs. C. Fingland. Mrs. I. R. Hamilton of Brussels was a recent visitor with Mrs, Hugh Fulton, Mrs, Morrison and Mr. and Mrs. Wm, Hoy and little daughter were recent visitors with friends in Gode- rich, Fifteen boxes were packed last week by the Red Cross and sent to the boys overseas, as follows: Ken Ritchie, Bill Farquhar, Gordon Holland, Wallace Shannon, Alvin Crawford, Bili Kelley„ Sylvester Johnston, Jack Johnston, Dick Drag- er, Fred Rutledge, Ken Murray, Angus McCallum, Gordon Nichol, Alvin Nichol, and Wilfred Nichol. As many more went from Walton friends to these boys and all hope they have a good Christmas. S/Sgt. W. C. Bennett arrived in Toronto over the week end to take charge of the Army Post office in the Exhibition grounds. Fusilier Herb Traviss of Niagara is on a few days leave with his wife here. VARNA Remember the "Allied Concert" in First Presbyterian Church, Seaforth, Mon. Nov. 30, in aid of war services. The annual Armistice Day service was held in the hall. Rev. Reba Heru of the United Church, Varna, and Rev. G. F. N. Atkinson of the United Church, Brucefield, were in charge of the service. The assembly marched to the cenotaph where wreaths were placed by members of the council in memory of those who sacrificed their lives, Mr. Fred Austin, of Flint, Mich„ now a member of the U.S.A., while on leave, spent a few days with his mother and family. Mr. and Mrs, Jas. McAllister and kiddies of Hillsgreen, were Sunday guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. D. Anderson and Miss Pearl. Mr. and Mrs. Seeley of Clinton, also Mr. and Mrs. Billy Austin and kiddies of Seaforth, called on the former's mother and family Sunday. We are sorry to report the illness of our worthy post master, Mr, J. T. McAsh. The Stanley Institute entertained the Jr, Farmers in the hall Friday ton Hospital .on. Tuesday for medical treatment. Mari. A, Leitch was, taken to Gude- riclt Res ital on• $unday. Mr.nd Mrs, Wnr. McDonald of CominUrilCat tin Detroit spent the weak end with Mrs.Ro 1 to McDonald's parents, Mn and Mrs, H. i' y A• W, Morgan Weston. Mr. and Mrs. N. Toms of 'Detroit visited Mrs. J. Toms Sr, on Sunday, Mr, Robt, McCurdy and sister re- turned to their home in Stratford after spending Use past 6 months at then' summer home on the lake shore,' KIPPEN Remember the "Allied Concert" in First Presbyterian Church, Seaforth, Mon. Nov, 30, in aid of war services, The children at #14 Stanley these days are rejoicing in the change of school hours. They begin at 10,00 and are dismissed at 5,00 o'clock. With Christmas examinations about over the children in the local schools are now thinking and planning for Christmas tree programs. St, Andrew's Church service on Sunday next will be conducted by Rev, Mr. Atkinson of Brumfield while Rev, A. M. Grant will conduct the W. M. S. thankoffering service at Bruoefield. The teachers and officers of the Sunday School met at the manse on Monday evening to plan for the an- nual Christmas Tree which it is hoped will be held on December 21st. The Pot Luck supper at the church last Friday evening was a very en- joyable one despite the snow storm. It was bad luck outside but good luck inside, There was an abundance for all in the pot and in the program of local talent. Mrs. Ross Broadfoot pre- siding at the piano for the oommun- ity singing is worthy of mention, and also Mrs. A. Mel3eath who delighted the company, with her excellent read- ings. Mrs, E. Btttt and Mrs, W. Kyle added greatly to the program by their beautiful duet. All enjoyed the Quizz Contest and questions on Can- ada, BRUCEFIELD Remember the "Allied Concert" in First Presbyterian Church, Seaforth, Mon. Nov. 30, in aid of war services. Last Saturday afternoon the W. M. S. entertained the Mission Band and Baby Band with their mothers. Mrs. G. Atkinson,. the Baby Band superin- tendant, presided over the meeting. The first part of the programme was given by members of the Mission Band, followed by slides on Japan, most of them showing the work that is being done by Dr. Kagawa. These slides are very instructive. A social half hour was spent at the close. At. the morning service next Sunday, Nov, 22nd, the W. M. S. are holding their autumn thank offering when Rev, A. M. Grant will be the preach.- er. A good congregation is looked for. Last Sunday Mr, D. Ross attended the auniversdry service in Auburn: Friends of Mr. Duncan McEwen, son of Mr. and Mrs. John A. MeEwen, are sorry to hear he has been con- fined to his bed for over a week. We hope to see hint out soon again. WINTHROP The Autumn thank offering meeting of the W.A. and W.M.S. was held at the home of Mrs. Irwin Trewartha, on Wednesday, Nov. '4th. Mrs, Toll 'presided. Hymn 577, "Come ye faith- ful people conie," was sung. Mrs. Church read the scripture lesson, psalm 147, after which Mrs. Ross led in prayer. The roll call was answered verse on Thanksgiving and night. by a showed 24 members present. Mrs. I McClure gave a Christian stewardship reading. Hymn 255, "Zious' Ding shall reign victorious" was sung. After business the topic was ably given by •s. Bolton. "The Church, the city BAYFIELD Mr. Win. Nevin and Mr. Meyers of London were guests of Mr. Nevin's sister, Mrs, Geo. Elliott this week, and while here enjoyed a day's hunt- ing. Mr. Forston of London who was staying at the Ritz Hotel with his friend Mr. Code, bagged a fine buck deer weighing 350 lbs. Mr. Forston has just purchased a summer cottage from Mr. McVittie in the grove. Messrs. Walter Westlake, Geo. Little and John Howard left on Sun-' day for the Bruce Peninsula where they expect to spend a few days hunting. Mr. and Mrs. H. Baker of London spent a few days with Mr. Baker's parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. Baker. Mrs, Helen Cobb returned to Bay- field last week to spend the winter with her mother, Mrs. Minnie Ross. 'Mrs. Ross has spent the last few months In British Columbia with her husband, who is in the army. Mr. L, Emile of London spent the week end with his sisters the Misses Foville. Mr. Geo. Elliott and son Bill spent Tuesday in London. Mr. H. Darrow was taken to Clin- Mi and the family." Mrs, J. Pryce, Mrs. Johnson, Mrs. Bolton, now favored us with a musical number. Mrs. J. Scott, Seaforth, was oto' guest speak- er and brought a very inspiring mes- sage. Hymn 356, "Take my life and let it be" was sung after whichthe national anthem was sung and Mrs. Patton closed . the meeting with prayer. STANLEY Pte. and Mrs. Joe Wild of Toronto 'spent the week end with relatives on the Bronson line. The last meeting of the Bronson line Red Cross was held at the home of Mrs. Keith Westlake on Wednes- day of last week. There was a large attendance. The next meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. Archie Armstrong. Mr. John Wild and Mr. Gordon Scotchmer motored to Toronto on Sunday. N TICE Township of Tuckersmith • The Scrap Metal Campaign is now on and every citizen is requested and urged to have the metals gathered and ready for collection the week beginning Nov. 23rd, Canvassers are being appointed throughout the Township who will canvass every citizen for scrap. The scrap metal may be donated to the local salvage committee who will Collect it but it may be sold to an authorized dealer, but in any case MUST be moved, the dead line for which is Dec, 15th. Help in the war effort and gather alt available scrap, as it is urgently needed for war purposes and , also to provide material for civilian needs. Reeve S. H. Whitmore Editor The Seaforth News,- -A. notice in last week's issue of this paper signed by A. W, Morgan, President of the Huron Federation of Agriculture, impells me to make an explanation and also express certain views regarding politics and their relation to the Federation of Agri- culture. In the first place T wish to say I am sorry if I have caused our presi- dent, Mr. Morgan, any personal anx- iety. Mr, Morgan always appeared to me to be a hard-working, sincere Federation member who has been un- selfishly trying to build, up our coun— ty organization, I also wish to state very definitely that I will be still more sorry if I have done the Feder- ation as an organization any harm. Inasmuch as I have had no, com- plaints from the rank and file Feder- ation members either directly or through correspondence, I am hope- ful that the good the broadcast did would outweigh any harm it may have caused. My own considered opinion is that I did go too far politically in adver- tising the Seaforth meeting of Nov. 13th, Why did I do this? By way of explanation I want to bring before the readers three considerations; Firstly, I' did not know until Sat- urday morning that I would take the broadcast the following Monday night, and hence my time was very limited. Secondly, Whether the executive of the Federation realize it or not, it required much thought on my part to prepare the subject matter of that broadcast. Thirdly, I think that by tempera- ment I am sensitive to the suffering of others, This sensitiveness has led me to become not only a member of the C.C.F. but also of the Fellow- ship for a Christian Social Order and "The League for Economic De- mocracy." The result is that I hold ,very strong views regarding reforms that are needed. This being the case, I did not give sufficient consideration to the matter of implicating the Fed-, eration in politics. I believe these three considera- tions will exonerate me in the eyes of my friends, who I hope include the entire Federation executive. Further •explanation would be futile for any reader who is not my friend. For the future well-being of our Federation though, I wish to take this opportunity of pointing out the views expressed by the president of the National Grange. The Grange is the largest farm organization on this continent. The president's statement on politics is as follows: "The Grange is never partisan but is always interested in public affairs. In all the seventy years of the Grangewe have never nominateda candidate for office and never en- dorsed one. We never allow an indi- vidual to use Grange letterheads in asking votes for himself or for'"•'a political party. On the other hand, we encourage every Grange member to s•et busy in seeing . that the best open are nominated and elected. We believe the office should seek the man and not the man the office." Tri the light of this Grange policy 1 think it is right and proper to dis- cuss such a subiect as "A New Ord- er." I think it should also be permis- sible to land unselfish public leaders like Miss MacPhailand the late Mr. Woodsworth in a non-partisan way. It would appear to me that there is a real danger of the Huron county 1 executive being too narrow in their i views. For instance: Mr. Morgan states that farm m•oblents are econ- omic and not political, This is not the case—our problems are those of political economy rather than purely economic as Mr. Morgan suggests. Another consideration is this—the federation is a young organization just trying to get on its feet The broadcast of Nov. 2 is the third time the writer has gone to Wingham en- tirely at his own expense. I do not object to that, but it occurs • to me that the executive should not be so cruel as to say they deplore the broadcast, in the light of all the cir- cumstances. After all, the Federation is only machinery designed to help human- ity move on to a higher plane, men- tally, spiritually and materially. Let us all try to establish a happy med- ium, between the writer's recent dig- ression and the unnecessary conser- vatism of the executive, which will enable the Federation to fulfill its high purpose. KEN JACKSON. The Federation and the C.C.F. Editor The Seaforth News,— In the Nov. 11 issue of your paper the president of the Federation of Agriculture had a notice in which he rebuked Mr. Ken Jackson for using the radio to advertise a political meeting in ,Seaforth, repudiating all connection between the Federation of Agriculture and the C. C. F• party and claiming that this organization was non-political. Mr. Morgan and those associated with him may be the most kindly dispositioned of men, but even the best make mistakes, and surely it is the part of all men who have any sympathy for the feelings of others to save them every' humiliation that can do no one else any good and 'to grant every gratification that can do no one any harm, In publicly repri- manding a fellow member of an org- anization the offense must be serious orit may be that those who criticize his action are incompetent to judge, Let ,tis look for a moment at the „of- Tense. of the culprit and titan at tilts. 'tee011101 'the p'ederatiort 01 Agi eultui'e, A few weeks ago there came through the Mail a copy of the Rural., Coope- ator, in which farmers were told' what the C, C. F. would do for their industry if given the opportunity, Then cane a leaflet outlining C. C.. F. policies as they affect farmers. Most of us farmers know .little about these Policies, So when Miss MacPliaii was available for a meeting in Seaforth, here was an excellent clianoe to learn what some 'economists were planning for the post war period, And the logical . thing to do was to hold ' a meeting to .tell farmers what those plans are. And so as a representa- tive of the farming community Mr. Jackson used the radio to advertise this meeting and in that has done almost as much in one night to en- lighten the -people .of this district as the Federation has done in a whole Year. I am not a member of the 0. C. P. nor of the federation of agri- culture and do not believe that this is an appropriate time to hold poli- tical meetings. But the advertising of such a meeting for the dissemina- tion of knowledge among the people of rural Canada is not a stigma on the federation nor does it in any way indicate affiliation with a political party. Moreover, to publicly condemn the action and check the fervid en- thusiasm of a young man who 'is honestly seeking a pattern of ideal social and economic conditions for a world at peace is so reactionary as to be quite out of tune with the spirit of the times. The record of achievement of this organization makes one rather skep- tical of the wisdom of all its pro- nouncements or notices. And while it would be obviously unjust to say that its works have not justified its existence its sins of omission have been rather glaring, Less than a year ago a ceiling was put on nearly every- thing including farm produce and that at a time of year when farm products are mostly selling at their lowest price. Farmers claimed this to be unfair but got no backing from, their farm leaders. Then in early April during that beef fracas the federation woke up, held a secret meeting in Winnipeg at which they discovered the amazing fact that it costs more to produce beef in the winter than it does in the summer. The outcome of the. beef tangle was the formation of a food control board which issued licenses' to cattle ex- porters. The packers being on the ground floor were able to get their licenses immediately, buy cattle at 11c per lb., sell: them to the food corporation at 13c, buy them back at Ile, then butcher them and sell to the government to supply military camps atno one knows what .price. We do not know yet whether this federation was asleep at the switch, Many farmers believe that the latest move will in about sixteen months .„ , , LI REuENT THEATRE Seaforth NOW PLAYING -- THURS', PM. SAT.' Bud Abbott ,, and . Lou Costello in their Newest Hit ! "Pardon My Sarong" Two balmy Knlglits In Use South Seas.! , ,. Jammin' the Jungles with Jive and Joy,1 MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY JACK BENNY At his funniest as "Charlie's Aunt" ' with Kay Francis The foremost comedian of our time . , . in the greatest comedy" ever written NEXT THUR. FRI. SAT. — Double Feature , 2nd Show Starts 8.46 "What's Cookin' with _"Gloria Jean" Andrews Sisters Woody Herman Band ---- ALSO -- Brod Crawford Andy Devine North of Klondike COMING "Sergeant.York" give the beef industry and those who. try to control it from a city office the worst headache yet. But we are as sheep without a shepherd. When sugar rationing Dame farmers' wives claimed that it was unfair because city folk could get as much sugar as a farmer and also buy pies, cakes, etc., at the bakeshop while tate farm- ers' location and finances prevented this, Again farmers are in the habit of storing apples to be used as pre- served fruit during the winter, but today those apples are frozen on the trees or rotting on the ground be- cause the rationing board says the preserving season is over. And yet the federation of agriculture appears not' even to have puotested these in - Justices, much less to have made a real he-man fight to have them re- moved. We have a new bacon con- tract with Britain, the details of which should have been given • us months ago for we cannot produce hogs as a conjurer draws articles from an empty bag. In this new con- tract the British food ministry is paying the Canadian bacon board $1.98 per cwt. more than in the prev- ious contract. But the farmer has been getting only $1.35 per cwt: more. Mr. Farmer wants to know where that other 63c is going. Why hasn't this organization sought this knowl- edge ? Mr. Morgan claims that the federa- tion is non-political and the inaction indicated above would seem to show that they are making a fairly good Job of it. But a perusal of his notice would lead one to believe that what he really meant was non-partisan rather than 'non-political. What he means by saying the problems of the farm are "economic, not political" is too deep for me, But one thing stands out in bold relief. To say that an organization will cooperate with and give advice to the government and also claim to be non-political is unadulterated nonsense. JAMES LOVE, R.R. 4, Seaforth. HILLSGREEN Miss Gladys Baechler of Blake is assisting at the home of Mr. Ross Love. We are glad to report Mrs. Love is steadily improving after her recent illness, Mrs. Geo, Davidson of Stratford has returned to her home after spending a week with- Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Davidson, Miss Elda Reichert has taken a position in the telephone office ' at Zurich. A large number from this vicinity were present at the fire of Mr. Roy Gingerich's barn near Blake when an aeroplane crashed beside the barn, burning the barn and several other articles. Mr. and Mrs, Gordon Hoch arid son Tom of Exeter visited Saturday even- ing with Mr, and Mrs, Win. Davidson, Bean threshing is the order of the day. The continued wet weather is holding up the fall work. A little boy has come to the home of Mr. and Mrs, Russell Consitt. Con- gratulations. Mi•. Clifford Weida of St. Cathar- ines spent the week end at his home, here. STAFFA R. A. Sadler in Toronto and Pick- ering. Leonard Cline, R.C.N., and . Ken- neth Cline, RCAF, with their par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. D. Cline. Mr. and Mrs. A. Worden in Cen- tralia with Mr. and Mrs. Norman Mitchell. Mrs. A. Smale in Stratford. Mr, H. Leslie has returned home from Muskoka with a deer. B0MBS Bombs and more Bombs have turned. happiness into misery in Britain. Many little children are without homes, not to mention comforts. Yes, 'and many of them are orphans today. We're going to be their Allies for the duration — you and I. HERE IS THE PLAN: WE ARE HOLDING A Monster Auction Sale Saturday Night, November 21st 8 o'clock • in Seaforth Salvage Room WE WANT ARTICLES TO SELL—Anything and everything you can spare: Give your garret another going over; also your cellar,woodshed, garage, living room and pantry too. Men! Look around the barn, the granary, hen- house and stable. An old horse, if you think it won't see the winter through, Ari Upright Piano has been donated and will be sold, bring it in; we have .a buyer. BRING IN, SEND IN, TELEPHONE—what you have. This is an all-out effort. Teachers, tell your pupils; Preachers, tell your people. Time is short. You'll hurry, won't you? A Bomb hasn't dropped on Seaforth, McKillop, Tucker- smith or Hullett—not yet—but they're dropping over there! Articles such as furniture and house furnishings, all kinds of vegetables, fresh fruit, dishes, wearable clothing, shoes, eggs; poultry, obsolete merchandise, cream, cured meats, tools, toys, kiddie cars, wagons or sleighs, apple cider, home cooking. BRITISH WAR VICTIMS'. COMMITTEE Crawford Smith ("Smiddy") Mert.'R.eid Edwin Chesney Jack Beattie Also make contact with following, they are interested: Leo Stephenson, Har- old Jackson, Gordon McGavin, Bob MoKercher, Ross 'Scott, Jimmie Scott (Chicken Farm) . It's Just Fun For Us. It's Everything to Them. Make Delivery Next Week "GOD SAVE THE KING. tlf