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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1943-01-14, Page 2DoE :rwa. Me:54404J noozo assures pm FT I in PEA Frank Mero Still in •Hospital. - Trooper Frank G. Mero, son of Mr, and Mrs. Albert Mero, of Gode- rich, is still in hospital as the result of the unfortunate accident which befell him last July at Riviere du Loup,. Quebec, Frank, a ,member of the Elgin Regiment, had been borne on leave and was on his way back to the regiment at Debert, N.S. He had got off the train, the Maritime Ex- press, at Riviere du Loup, and when the train started and he attempted to get aboard he slipped and fell and his right leg was severed by the wheels of the moving train. He was taken to ,the hospital at Riviere du Loup, where amputation was performed above the knee. A sequel to the un- fortunate accident was the recent presentation to J, H. Marquis, an en- gine hostler employed by the Canad- ian National Railways at Riviere du Loup, of an award by the St. John Ambulance Association for prompt action, which, doctors said, saved young Mero's life. Using a towel and a piece of stick to improvise a tour- niquet, Marquis arrested the bleed- ing, The presentation of the parch- ment to the man whose first-aid train- ing proved so useful was made in the presence of civic dignitaries and railwaymen at Riviere du Loup. Mr. and Mrs. Mero expected Frank home for Christmas, but received word that he was not well enough to leave the hospital.-Goderich Signal -Star. County Police Repofts- Three county constables, William Gardner of Wingham, Helmer Snell of Seaforth and John Ferguson of Exeter travelled over 44,000 miles in their automobiles in 1942 investig- ating a total of 285 breaches of the law and complaints, it was revealed at a meeting of the police committee of the county council. This is an av- erage of 15,000 miles for each con- stable. There was no serious crime, petty thefts heading the list, with breaches of the Liquor Control Act next. Twenty-five eases of alleged subversive activity were investigated and stiff warnings were issued in most cases. Taxes Paid Promptly - County taxes amounting to $271,- 000 were paid pmromptly this year, as they have been for several years, Treasurer A. H. Erskine reports. Township tax collections also have been good, even better than last year, and Huron county municipal- ities are in the best shape they have been in a long time. f.tithCul and capable superintendent, 'lr, 1. E. 'Harnrvell, have been doing he eolleeting for the funds of the Up; i r Canada Blble Society in their ':^int tory: This year they handed in a little more than twenty dollars. As a. mark of. appreciation of this helpful i+erv.ice and continued interest, -.the nresident.of the local branch of the Bible Society addressed the Sunday. school last Sundayafternoon and presented to Mr. Harnwell a certifi- cate of life membership in the Upper Canada Bible Society. Morris Reeve Retired to Keep Promise - Reeve Francis Duncan of Morris township, who has retired temporar- ily from county affairs, was in God- erieh on Wednesday attending his list committee meeting. Although he has been eleven years in the town- ship council, he served only three years as reeve. He quite because he had promised the present reeve -elect Cecil Wheeler, to step down if Mr. Wheeler had aspirations, and he'kept his word. Mr. Duncan, whose parents came from Glasgow and settled in Morris sixty-eight years ago, is a man of many parts, He has played every gram except hockey and play- ed it well. FTe was outside left on the famous Brussels football team that won the championship of the W.F.A. two years. He is a good Highland dancer and step -dancer, a good story teller, the life of every party, a good legislator and a good fanner. He freely admits the farmer is making the best money right now that he ever did. He says he knows seine far- mers who are paying their hired men four dollars a day to hold them and it is. paying the farmers to do so. That is making some kind of history. Mr. Duncan is fifty-seven years of age and talks Gaelic. He thinks a man's best assets are his friends and that is why he cherishes his county council associations. He will be heard from again.-Godenich Signal -Star. • Former Warden Dies in Gdderich- Mr. John Joseph Hayes, a former warden of Huron county, who prev- ious to his removal to Goderich 14 years ago, was a resident of Mt. Car- mel, died at the age of 73. He had been in ailing health for some time. Besides his widow he is survived by two step -daughters. Mrs. Walter Mc- Donald, Montreal, and Mrs. Albert Harrington, Chapleau; a step -son, M. J. Stafford, chief officer Imperial Oil tanker fleet, Sarnia, and two sisters, Mrs. Delaney, Detroit, and Mrs. Hall, Mt. Carmel. Requiem high mass was sung in St. Peter's Roman Catholic Life Membership Presented.- Church by a nephew, Father Delaney For many years the Saltford Sun- of Detroit, and interment was in the day school, under the guidance of the Colborne cemetery. laA.FO Iohm: 'l"aylor i)ead At Exeter -,7 Mr. John Taylor, a residout oi' Exeter for Many years, died on Wed- nesday morning following an illness of several weeks with a heart condi- tion. Were In Train Wreck.--.. ",00pers Mahlon and Wes Ryck- au and. Bill Nenhale, while return- ing to camp at Dundui•n, Sask„ fol- lowing Christmas leave at their homes at 'Exeter, were on the train. which figured in. a wreck at Lazaret Man. A troop train going west eollid- ecl with a passenger train going east, The engineer of the passenger train was killed, A few passengers on the troop train were injured. Million, . Plaetzer.- A pretty wedding was solemnized at Knox United manse, Aubnrn,, When Rev. W. G. Rose united in mar. nage Carrie Evelyn Plaetzer, daugh;. ter Of Mr. and Mrs, Fred Plaetzer of Auburn, and Charles Million, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Million, Col- borne township. The bride's sister, Miss Lenore Plaetzer, was brides- maid, and the groom was attended by Maurice Bean. Following the der-. emony the wedding dinner was sery ed at the bride's home by Mrs. Wes- ley Bradnock and Miss Zeta Mund•o. The couple went for a wedding trip to London and they will live on the groom's farm in Colborne township. Prior to her mawiage the bride was honored by a trousseau tea given by her mother, Those assisting were Mrs Harold Nicholson, Galt; Mrs. Lorne Johnston, Ashfield and Miss Lenore Plaetzer, Mrs. George Million, also Mrs: Jack Gardiner, of Godericb, Mrs. Geo. Bean and Mrs. R. D. Mun- ro, of Auburn. One Change In Clinton Council. - Melvin Crich, a new entrant in municipal politics, was fortunate in receiving two votes more than Coun- cillor William Walker, which makes only one change in Clinton council for 1943. N. W. Trewartha headed the polls with a:total of 219 ,votes and M. J. Agnew ran a close second with 213 votes. Mr. William Walker, councillor for the past five years, polled two votes lower than Mr. Crich. He was not very anxious to be elected this year and would have quit last year had council not felt his ex- perience would aid them. Unfavor- able weather conditions, coupled with lack of interest in the election, re- sulted.in what is said to be an all- time low vote record for this munic- ipality, A total of only 330 ratepay- ers, out of an approximate possible 1200 voted Monday. The mayor and reeve were returned by acclamation. -Clinton News -Record. Accepts Call to St. Marys.- Rev. W. E. Aldworth of Staffs United Church, who has been ap- proached concerning the St. Marys United Church pastorate which will be vacated in June, has signified to the chairman of Perth Presbytery his willingness to fill the position. Rev. W. A. Walden, who has been the minister in St. Marys for close to six years, is retiring next summer, hav- ing notified the congregation of his intention a year ago. Mr. Aldworth', H SPAY, JANUARY 14, 1943 MUSTRECISTER ON OR /MM(�M'EtYAT(, YOUR 1GTHBIRTHDAY! THIS iS 10 itIONDgaOU that within thirty days afte attaining' your aired b birthday You are re4 jaw to attend at any Post Office in Canada and obta' from the Postmaster y° National Registration Gert este: If you e. reached have day, and, by sixteenth birth chane' have not registe you should do so at once• the any change on a td Post Office, report available a 'sixteenth All registered person care te- err Tilted by law to ha Ces in y certifica , registration ossession at in their imine ou Tm te y betequired ut to produc registration ifi• to produce y t se proper auth- certificate,bY e orities, at any tint . our ty to comply is a theiNat ons Registrar red, the W 111 •t ith •`jou tion regulations. alties avoid substantial pen by doing so. your address If You change after jegistering, You mus awaip"0 o;,yAtloss� 19tU �tMtitoN �cnTs Nklloll rre;os csei ii j ,�,.. ,tp Oy,gri!Y� set ompoREY 0,0E1.4 'Moister el lalsout, Ottawa is a native of Hay township. He gra- duated from Exeter high school and went to Saskatchewan where in ad- dition to his work in the Home Mis- sion, he studied at the university. He then spent five years in the ministry itt-. Saskatchewan, 'and - four years in Staffa. Wood -Dennis -- The marriage took place quietly at the manse, Winthrop, 'on Wednesday, December 30th, of Florence M. Den- nis, Mitchell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Porter Dennis, Walton, and the late Mr's. Dennis, and Mr. Gordon Francis Wood, Willow Grove, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Wood, the Rev. Wm. J. Patton officiating. The bride had chosen a street length frock of poudre blue wool crepe with black accessories and corsage of Killarney roses for her wedding while her at- tendant, Mrs. Roy Francis, Mitchell, wore wine crepe with black access- ories and corsage of Briarcliffe roses. Mr. Roy Francis was groomsman. The wedding dinner was served to the wedding party at the Mitchell restaurant, the three-storey wedding cake and roses centring the table. Mr. and Mrs. Wood left later on a short trip. The• wedding was solemn- ized on the 39th anniversary of the bridegroom's parents.' Dies in Manitoba.- , Adam Steiss passed away last week at his home at Edrans, Manitoba. He had been in poor health for the past six weeks but his passing was unex- pected. A little over a year ago he visited Mitchell vicinity. Born at Cranbrook, near Brussels, he Ieaves two brothers, John and Louis Steiss, of the west, also two sisters, Mrs. John Bennewies, Brodhagen, and Mrs. Sam Murray, Dublin, In his im- mediate family are his wife, two daughters, Miss Elsie Steiss and Mrs. Frank Russell and one son, John. A girl in Oslo, sitting in an hotel lobby, was asked by a Nazi officer if she would dance with him. She re- fused. "Is it because I'm a German?" he asked. "Not at all," she smiled sweetly. "It's merely because I'm a Norweg- ian." An Edinburgh woman walked into a war savings pavilion and laid her hoard on the table with a decisive firmness. - "I've been saving this up to div- orce my husband," she said, "but I've made up my mind now to deal with Hitler first." Know Your Production Costs This Schedule was Compiled by Edward E. Kennedy, Director of Research, United Dairy Farmers The Cost of Production Prices of Principal Agricultural Products, at the Farm, Including Returns for they Farmers' Labor Levels per Week and Returns at the Equivalent Weekly Earnings of Industrial Labor, Average for United States, as of AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT • d a, 0 C O " Cr r Z a art 0-r a 4' A• iC6 PA nti -.. P''' o-, c; 5 a) i3 r y t' b • gapGa'k' it- y. r za - at Different June, 1942 Milk, wholesale cwt.' $2.16 $2,32 $2.53 eButterfat tbb. .366 .37 .44 ggs doz. .258 .27 .33 Chickens ib. .173 .18 .21 Hogs cwt. 11.05 13.39 9.77 Beef Cattle cwt. 8.24 10.75 7.18 Veal calves cwt. 10.26 12.43 9.56 Sheep ... cwt. 6.89 5.65 7.07 Lambs cwt. 8.94 11.99 11.12 Corn bu. .976 .82 .889 Wheat bu. 1.34 .95 1.32 Oats .. bu. .606 .46 .47 Barley ............ .. bu. .94 .59 .69 Soybeans bu. -- 1.44 1.63 1.32 Wool .... ,...... ib. .278 .39 .34 'ruihkeys lb. .219 .186 .288 lar beets ton. 7.37 .8.34 1"btatoes bu. 1.08 1.11 1.24 Beans, dry, edible cw•t. 5.13 4.40 5,77 Hay, all, loose .. ton 18,04 10.00 13.53 $1.89 .33 .25 .16 7.31 5.37 7.15 5.29 8.32 .66 .99 .35 .52 .99 .25 .215 6.24 .93 4.32 .10.12 $2.07 .36 .27 .17 7.98 . .5.87 7.81 .5.78 9.09 .73 1.08 .3$ ,56 1.08 .28 .235 6.81 1.01 4.71 1.1.0.5 $2.24 .39 .29 .19 8.65 6.35 8.46 6.25 9.84 .79 1.17 .42. .61 1.17 .30 .254 7.38 1.09 5.11 11.97 $2.75 .48 .36 .23 '10.65 7.83 10.32 7.71- 12.11 .97 1.44 .51 .75 1.44 .37 .31 9.09 1.35 6.29 14.75 $3.11 .54 .41 .26 12.00 8.82 11.74 8.68 13.66 1.09 1.62 . ,58' .85 1.62 ,42 .353 .10.24 1.52 7.09 16.61 $4.10 .71 .53 .34 15.82 11.62 15.48 11.45 18.00 1.44 2.14 .76 1.12 2.14 .55 .47 1.50 2.01 9.34 21.91