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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1943-01-21, Page 2TIIU S1AFORTI: NEWS THE SEA1{(,)RTii NEWS Slraw[lgii Bros„ 1'ub:t ilers • Municipal Affairs At Blyth,. Municipal affairs in the Village of Blyth are in an extremely muddled condition and an election has been precipitated by a series of resigna- tions, ostensibly in the hope of clear- ing the atmosphere. Early last December shortly after the annual elections 3, H. R. Elliott, village clerk, and R. D. Philp, treas- urer, resigned, At •the inaugural meeting of the council Reeve William , Morritt, who had been returned by oma' , as atZu4s, tZse aaa& •Zai,o4 is goal,gu alt a, fa Zea Z Jo ol"i1`L f bZ¢ °,�., f grualay F� acclamation, resigned, The next day, Pr E by his son, Herbert, a granddaughter, Mrs. Ward Fritz, of Zurich and one greet -granddaughter, Mary Lou Fits; two brothers, George, of Phil- adelphia and ' Benjamin, of Uhly Mich., and. one sister, Mrs. Israel Smith of Hamilton. The funeral was held on Tuesday afternoon at the Evangelical Chureh, Rev. M, E. Rei- ber oifieiating, Interment was in the Crediton cemetery. Hospitals, Workshops and Entertainment 1(By Walter R. Legge) The Canadian Army has provided at the first regular meeting of the Mrs. Thomas Waghorn, of Toronto, bassinets for infants. It was in eon- plenty o£ excellent hospital accom- couneil, -Councillor Absalom Taylor, and Mrs. Frank Pridham, of Russel- neetion with the hospital that legal modation, so far, in excess of the re - who has not always seen eye; to eye dale.complications arose and he decided quirements. These hospitals are not with ex -Reeve Morritt, also resigned; ' to learn for himself the rules of evi- entirely for combat casualties, as but his resignation does not take ef- is Nephew of Exeter Woman.— dence, Soon ho was on his way to his the health of the men must be kept feet until January 17, the day before third profession, having Veen admitt- up, and in this war the health of the the nominations and nn the meantimeTwenty-year-old . Harry Griffiths ed to the bar as a Detroit College of then in the forces is looked after to he is actinreeve. On this same da R.A.F. Ferry Command instrumen Law graduate in 1935. Dr, Keyes. has a greater extent than ever before Public School Trustees Doherty and tester, who on December 21 fell 50 been a stormy petrel of the Dearborn Most men' are probably better looked' Kernick tenderd their resignations. feet from a speeding bomber onto Council which he is leaving. Only a after medically than they would be in Baxter McArter, who - the ice of Lake St. Louis, Quebec,,few weeks ago a personal encounter their own homes. More than Mat and escaped without a broken bone, with a, fellow member was'narrovly. We inspected one of the large hos succeeded combined Elliotteand Philp is home visitinghis family in Tor in the combined 'office of clerk -tress- y averted. He is intensely interested in pitals, and its equipment, this partic- urer, resi ned after only a few days onto. He is a grandson of the late public health legislation and expects ular one. being in charge of Col. R. and a woman, g James Handford and nephew of Miss to have not a little to say' in shaping. M. Harvie of Midland, Ont., who told. Miss Lena. Livingstone, Atliandford of Exeter. is temporarily holding the fort. NonnieMichigan's'future program. As Lieu- us that modern drugs were most ef- reasons were given ,forpublication) tenant Governor, Keyes will be a fective in combatting infection, usu- for( Delegates to Toronto,— member of Governor -elect Kelly's ally a problem d g war all these resfgnatfons and a Blyth staff dispatch published in the daily press. A, W. Morgan, of Usborne, areal - resents the suggestion' in another' dent of the Huron Federation of Ag Blyth dispatch, that a •t'feud" exists riculture, accompanied by Hugh Hill, in Blyth. It is claimed by the ,ap W. L. Whyte and W. J. Dale attend- peasement" correspondent that ill is ed the provincial convention in Tor - peaceful as a mill stream in the staid onto. Mr.• Whyte has been appointed old Village of Blyth.. But those who a director of the Ontario Federation, are in close touch with the Blyth sit- with Mr. Morgan as alternate. nation say otherwise that • things municipally have been marked by'an Howson-Habkirk undercurrent of discord ever since a The United church, Wingham, was change in assessors' was made a few the setting for a pretty wedding years ago. It is said that Messrs.. El- when Margaret Isabelle I abkirk, Nott and Philp, highly regarded citi- Reg.N., only daughter of Mrs. Hab- zens, resigned because they wished kirk and the late J. Orville Habkirk, to "wash their hands of the whole became the bride of Dr. Ross How - mess." It is said that Reeve Morritt son, son of Mr. Frank Howson and resigned because he found his posi- the late Mrs. Howson. The church tion on the council untenable and was decorated with white chrysan- that he is asking for a reaffirmation themums, snapdragon and ferns. of confidence from the electorate. The bride, given in marriage by One report has it that Councillor Lieut. -Col. George W. Howson, wore Taylor resigned to contest the reeve- a gown of white faille, fashioned ship with Reeve Morritt. Another re port has it that "he is through with with sweetheart neckline, torso bod- the whole business." The "wise ones" ice and full skirt ending in a slight say the resignations of Messrs. Mc - with Her finger tip veil was' held Arter, Doherty and Kernick were with a heart • shaped halo and she "sympathetic resignations. They carried a -fan of white roses and shrug their shoulders and say it is all sweet peas. Miss Ruth Prier, Reg.N., very clear when you know the ins Toronto, was the bride's only atten and outs.A long-drawn-out contro- dant, wearing a frock of aqua blue versy over the alleged pollution of a silk jersey with matching pompadour village creek, which ended 'in court hat and shoulder veil. She carried a proceedings, has not been forgotten —not by a long shot, say the afore- mentioned wise ones.-Goderich .Sig- nal -Star. Trampled by Excited Horse.— William Kinahan, well known far- mer of the 4th concession of West Wawanosh, died in Goderich hospital last Monday froom the effects of in- juries received from being trampled by a horse in his barn on Saturday. After attending to some slaughter- ing, Mr. Kinahan, unthinking.of dan- ger, entered the barn to do some chores, when the horse, evidently ex- cited by the smell of blood on his clothes, trampled him down in the stall, inflicting terrible injuries about the head and also internally. His son, Wilfred, found him lying uncon- scious in the stall. Mr. Kinahan was in his 69th year. His wife, formerly Miss Jennie Robinson, died seven years ago. Surviving are four daugh- ters, Mrs. Jas. Barr, Detroit; Mrs. Thos. O'Malley, of Whitechurch; Miss Beatrice, Reg.N., of St. Jos- eph's Hospital, London; Mrs. Stanley Taros, of St. Catharines, and two sons, Alfred, of the Royal Canadian Navy, at the east coast, and Wilfred at home. A sister, Mrs. Mary Blake, lives near Brussels, and there are three brothers, Vincent, of Winni- peg, Thomas and Joseph, of Saska- toon. immediate 'cabinet, He will be ready to step in, also, if an emergency should call him to -become Michigan's war -time commanderin-chief. Keyes, whose star flashed across the state in two surprising campaigns, in 1.940, when he fell short of victory by a few thousand votes, and again in 1942, when he ranked with top vote- getters—has been called a politijoal glamor boy. Those who so appraise him may have been influenced by his well-groomed youth, his engaging smile and facility for making friends. But glamor boy hardly fits one whose passion for study has enabled him to piaster three professions while still in early manhood. Keyes is not .a Tering from an eye trouble, but was playboy."!hoping to be able to do training soon. Huron County Council, 1943.— Luneh was .served in the officers' Ashfield, Alex.' Mac Donald, Gil- Mess with Col. Harvie presiding, and best Frayne; Colborne, Alex. Wat- here we met Col. G. W. F. Johnston, Y formerly of Montreal and Col. Bailey son; Goderich Twp., Ben Rathwell; of Yorkton, Sask. Stanley, Fred Watson; Hay, George However, our experiences with Armstrong; Stephen, Alonzo Mc- hospitals was not over, as we return Cann, Thomas Love; Usborne, Percy ed that night to sleep in an-unoccup- more;re; Tuckersmith, S. H. Whit- ied wing of the hospital, and we also more; Hullett, John Ferguson; Mc- had breakfast there the'next .morn- Killop, N. R. Dorrance; West Wawa- ing. It was the only night of the trip nosh, Brown Smyth; East Wawa when we all slept in one dormitory nosh, R. R. Redmond; Morris, Cecil and there were many complaints Wheeler; Grey, Thos. C. Wilson, about some of the unmusical snoring. fan of pink roses. Sergt. Fred How- Alex. Alexander; Turnberr�y, Harold :In the afternoon we visited some son, Petawawa, was groomsman and` Moffat; Howick, D. L. Weir, James of the extensive workshops and mar - the ushers were Dr. Norval Scratch Inglis; Goderich Town, R. E. Turner, welled at the repairs and new work and Dr. Roy Hewson, both of Lon- W. J. Baker; Clinton, V. D. Falcon- that was being done. They are in don. Rev. W. A. Beecroft performed er; Seaforth, Merton A. Reid; Wing- charge of Brig. J. F. Archambault, the ceremony. Mrs. William King, of ham, 3. J. Evans; Exeter, B. Tuckey;„ D.S.O., M.C., and Col. G. A. Secord. Brussels, presided at the organ, and Hensall, R. E. Shaddick, Brussels, R. These workshops alnmst made us during the signing of the register, J. Bowman; Blyth, W. H. Morritt. think we were back in some of the Miss Marie King sang "Because." Porcupine Travels from B.C. (large munition factories in Canada. The reception was held in the church In Car n Lumbes.— After seeing some artillery' train - parlors, the bride's mother receivinging, we inspected a mobile laundry in a two-piece ensemble of burgun- Last week the men who were un- of the very latest and most efficient dy crepe with matching hat, mink loading a car of British Columbia type. furs and corsage of Sunbeam roses. lutnbei for 'the C. Lloyd d Son' d'o'or We' had dinner that night with The couple left for a short wedding factory at Wingham got the surprise Brig. F. R. Phelan, D.S.O., M.C. V.D. trip, the bride. travelling in a natural of their lives. They had only nicely Commanding the Canadian - Rein wool kasha dress, brown fur swagger started this job when they discover- forcement Unit, and his officers,. in with corsage of Sunset roses, and ed a porcupine in a corner of the their mess. Brig. Phelan has a very brown suede accessories. Dr. and car. It is surmised the "porky" got friendly personality and made our Mrs. Howson will reside in London. curious when this car was being visit there very enjoyable. Stith Birthday.— loaded in the wilds of British Colum- In the evening we had an oppor- Ibia and boarded the car to make an tunity to see some of the entertain - On Friday, January 8th, Mrs. Geo. investigation. It arrived here in good ment prbvided for the Canadian Smale, one of Mitchell's oldest resi- conditien despite the long ride.— troops when we were taken to the dents, marked her 86th birthday.' Wingham Advance -Times. • camp theatre. It is operated by the arm a Others on the sta _ whom we met here were Capt. Franes, Lieut. J. Braive,Major Rothwell, of Quebec City, who is a native of Carleton Place, Ont., and Lieut. Col. A. W. M. White, of Toronto. There were 22 men wounded at Dieppe who were brought to this hos- pital, and we talked with some of them including Desmond Kelly of Montreal, Tom. Watt of Shaunavon, Sask., H. A. Seaton, of Noranda, A. Charest, of St, Donat, Rimouski, J. Rudd, C. Dube, and Cpl. J. D. M. Gendron of Montreal, most of whom had been injured by shrapnel. Sgt. J. C. Bousfield, of Granby, was an- other patient there who has been suf- Friends of Mrs. Smale regret that she has not been enjoying good health for the past few weeks, as she has been particularly active in recent years, her garden being one of her chief delights in the summer time.. Good wishes to Mrs. Smale on her birthday and the hope that she will feel much better as the weeks go, on. —Mitchell Advocate. Bequeathed $10,000 to University— ( Under the will of the late J. H. Was Native of Bluevale.— Etnpey of Mitchell the University of Toronto has received a bequest of Edgar S. Coultes, D.D.S., died at $10,000, "the interest from which is his home in Philadelphia in his 69th to be used for rewards and encour- year, following an operation. Dr. agements to bright students in the Coultes was the eldest son of the Faculty of Applied Science and Eng- late Thomas Coultes of Bluevale. He ineeiing." Mr. Empey was a civil taught near Wingham and later at engineer for many years at Mitchell. Ripley. From there he went to Phila- delphia where he became a successful dentist. He visited his mother, Mrs. Hannah Coultes, at Bluevale, every summer. His wife is the former Miss Janet McCrimmon of Ripley, daugh- ter of the late Dr. McCrimmon. Death of Mrs. Edward Steep.— The death occurred in Clinton on Tuesday, Jan. 5, of Myrtle Aldred, wife of Edward. Steep, in her 48th year, after an illness of fourteen .weeks. She was a daughter of the 'late Mr, Aldred of, Glenrae and was married to Edward Steep in 1911. They lived at Petrolia until moving to Clinton in 1914 when her husband enlisted, and they have since lived there. There survive besides the hus- band now in hospital in London, and her mother, four sons and three daughters: William and Joseph Steep, now in the Canadian Army Overseas; Frederick and Richard, at home; Mrs. Frank Redden, Brant- ford; Mrs. 0. Huckins, Goderich; Mrs. Albert Craig, Clinton, seven grandchildren. Kirkhon Merchant Dies. Mr, Edward N. Shier, for forty- nine years postmaster at Kirkton, and a prominent merchant, died after a lengthy illness. He was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Shier of Usborne and was in his 78th year. In 1892 he was married to Isabella Kirk, of Kirkton; who predeceased him by fourteen years, Mr, Shier was one of the promoters of the Kirkton Rural Telephone Co. and for a number of years was seeretary- treasurer.'It was on the site of Mr, Shier's store that the late Timothy Baton began his career as a merch- ant. Surviving are his brother Jesee, of Crandall, Man., and two sisters, Wesley Hutchison Dies.— The death occurred in Newark, N.J., of Wesley Hutchison, the last member of the family of the late Mr. and Mrs. James Hutchison, of Hibbert township. He spent his boy- hood on the farm and .after his mar - Death of Mrs. J. Fred Davidson— Mrs. 3, Fred Davidson died sud- denly at her home, lot 34, con. 14, East Wawanosh. About a month ago she underwent an operation in the Wingham hospital. Formerly Barbara Bell, she was twice married, her first husband being the late James Weir of Howick and to them were born three children, Mrs. Edgar Gaunt, of Marnoch; Miss Mary, Reg.N., of Long Island,, N.Y., and LAC James Weir, in training at Lachine, Que. Nineteen years ago she was married to her now bereaved husband. Install New Church Organ,— An electric church organ has been installed in St. Peter's Roman Cath- olic Church, Drysdale and the' con- gregation are enjoying thebeautiful strains of music. These new type or- gans have been installed in many churches in Canada and the U.S.A. and are meeting with approval. St. Peter's parish is to be congratulated on having availed themselves of so fine an instrument.—Zurich Herald. riage' resided for a time in Seaforth •Clerk Entertains Township Council - before going to the States. Surviving are his wife, one daugliitor and two sons. Was Former Dublin Dentist.— Dr. Eugene C. Keyes, who was re- cently inaugurated as Lieutenant - Governor of the State of Michigan, is a native of near Stratford and af- ter graduating in dentistry from the University of Toronto in 1922 he went to Dublin for a time before moving to Detroit. It was because of the cost of education that he first went into that profession for he had an ardent longing to become a doc- tor. It was not long before he went into medicine and later studied law. Not content with this he became int- erested in state government. He is forty years of age, The Detroit Free Press tells something of his career: "During his 'early medical practice he had much Welfare Department work, encountered squalor and pov-, erty, send became fired with a desire to reform through governmental ser- vice, That led to his entering politics as a Dearborn councilman in 1939. The shocking conditions, including babies born in homes far from suit- able, without hygienic facilities, led also to his founding the Dearborn Clinic and Diagnostic Hospital, Dr. Keyes went into debt to realize this ch•eatit, met some antagonism in his own profession, but won his way through until the institution now has beds for 60 to 75 patients and 30 NAAFI ENSA organization and only men in uniform are admitted. An ex- ception was made in our ease and we were given seats in the front row. This theatre seats 1,400 people and in the four nights a week that it is operated there are often seven thousand men admitted. Similar GENT URSAAY ANUARY 21, 1943 e i I . IL: Seaforth. WOW SiiOWiNG - "Wake Island:' Brian Don levy Macdonald Carey Robert Preston 443 'Marines, ..in their 14 -day stand against uneountecl thousands of Japanese.. ,wrote in letters of Ike 91i imperishable chapter in the history of the United Nations ADDED. Fail length Feature Comedy "Mexican Spitflre Sees a .Ghost" MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY Fred Astaire Bing Crosby' Irving Berlin's "Holiday Inn" Marlorlo Reynolds Yugiriia Dale 11 New Song Hits—with Bing singing them, Fred dancing them (with two beautiful new dancing partners!) NEXT THURS FRI. SAT. "They Flew Alone" Robt, Newton Anna Neagle Another. Thrilling Aviation Picture Coming "Falcon Takes Over & "Tattles of,Tahati". • Single Features last Show starts at 9.15 P.M. pouble Features last Show starts at 3,45 P.M. Children cannot be admitted to evening Shows unless accompanied by an adult. theatres, we Were told, are found at all the larger camps and admission is 3d, 9d, and 1s, that i$ about six cents, eighteen cents, and twenty- four cents.Such low admission prices are possible because there is no rent to pay, no tax, nor other expenses to run up the overhead.: The shows are given by the very best artists from London, who travel around from camp to camp in buses, staying at each place for the full three or four nights. At this camp the theatre is open on Sunday, Mon- day, Tuesday and Wednesday nights. Most of the shows are of the re- vue type, or "variety", as they call it over there. This particular entertain- ment featured an outstanding orch- estra, but there were also vocalists, dancers and musicians, both male and female, and a particularly clever comedian who kept the huge audi- ence in gales of laughter. All the numbers were received with tremen- dous enthusiasm the audience plain- ly showing that they enjoyed the shows to the fullest. Just before the intermission the house manager came on the stage and announced the attraction for the coming week, ending with the words "at your own theatre," This was evi- dently a standard ending and the audience all joined in shouting it out. The amusement for the evening was not entirely over, for after tie show had ended, we went back to Brig: Phebin's Mess and had a sing- song which lasted until after mid- night, before going back to our hos- ' pital cots at the medical centre. The things that we saw, that day showed clearly that not only does the Canadian Army look after the phys- ical welfare of the men, but that their amusement is looked after • in. the very finest manner. • Armoured cooperation in the Western Desert: Tank Commander's • signal message. A pleasing feature of the Hullett ' township council's . January meeting, held at Londesboro on Monday after- noon, was the entertaining by Clerk James W. and Mrs. McCool, of the members to a lovely goose dinner served at the McCool home. This has almost got to the point of an annual affair which,we have no doubt the members of the council look forward to with anticipation as well as appre- ciation. --Blyth Standard. Death of 'Henry Eilber, Crediton,— Henry Eilber, ex-M.L.A. of South Huron. died Sunday at his home in Crediton, in his 86th year, following a long illness. He was born in Credi- ton, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Ja- cob Eilber and lived there all his life. In 1880 he married Elizabeth Krat- tiger, who died in October, 1941. Mr, Eilber took an active interest in municipal affairs. He had served as reeve of Stephen township for three years and deputy reeve for 14 years. Ile was township clerk for 35 years and was succeeded by his son, Her- bert Eilber, in 1933. He had also served as secretary of the Nay Town- ship Mutual Farmers' Insurance Co. for 53 years. When the Evangelical Church was erected at Crediton he was chairman of the building com- mittee. A few years ago he designed tate beautiful entrance at the Credi- ton centetery. Mr. Eilber is survived R.C.AF. Women Get New Uniform The Royal Canadian Air Force (Women's Division) has a new and streamlined version of its trim blue uniform; and as present ones wear out, they will be replaced by this attractive design. Planned and executed by Canada's foremost fashion authorities, it is practical, becoming, and incidentally saves fabric. Most notable change is the cap — a curving, wide- visored model of fabric on felt. The tunic has slimmer lines, false upper pockets and, patch pockets below; its backis tailored in one piece, with a detachable pelt. Kick -pleat skirts are giving way to a style with six flat gores and plenty of swing to the hemline. The greatcoat, with an inverted pleat and half belt at the back, with its lapels flaring higher, and pockets on a diagonal slant, promises greater warmth as well as flattery. Color, material,, and insignia have not altered their proud Air Force identity, Only one "extra" has been added — a Nat shoulder bag of blue leatherette, which, swinging from right shoulder to left side, will more shun compensate for the departed pockets.