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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1943-02-11, Page 2#THE STrA OR,TH NITAVS THURe9CiAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1943 gngegement Announced Wit and Mrs John Ti, Butler, Cita. ton, wish to annotinee the eilgage- mert[ of their only tlautghtev, Audrey, Madeline, to Harvey Edwin Chater, youngest eon of AJr. nrta Mrs, .Ed. Clutter of Varna, The .marriage will take place early this month, Undergoes Operation —. I, 13 Cardiff, M.P. for North Hume, was a .patient. in Wellesley. Hospital, Toronto, where lie underweut an op- eratlon for 'appendicitis. FIe was taken ill hi Ottawa anis was resiled to the Toronto hospital for treatment. Mrs. Carditt went to Toronto to be with him duringhis convalescence. Married At Clinton — A quiet wedding was solesn sized at the Ontario Street 'United Church, Clinton, when Rena Elizabeth Elliott,_ Youngest daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Wellington Elliott of 13rucefeid, be- came. the bride of Leading Aircraft - men Thomas Arthur Dutton, RAF, Clinton, son of Mr, and Mrs. Thomas Dutton of Northwich, Cheshire, Eng laud. Rev, O. G. Burton, pastor of the church, officiated. The bride looked lovely in an azure bile crepe dress with black accessories and shoulder corsage of pink sweetheart roses. Her only ornament was her mottoes pearl necklace• Her only attendant was M's, E. A. Fines of Clinton, wearing equa blue wool with black accessories. Mr, Fines assisted the groom, Later the couple left on a weddin gtrip to London. They will reside on Frederick street, Clinton. Grigg - Bothwell — A quiet wedding was , solemnized at the United Church parsonage, Varna, when Muriel Minota, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Rathwell, Goderich Township, and Carmen John Grigg, son of Mr. and 1VIrs. Reuben Grigg, Clinton, were united in mar- riage by the Rev, Reba Hera of Varna. The bride chose a blue crepe dress With navy accessories and a corsage of Briarcliffe roses. Miss Bernice Grigg, sister of the groom, was the only attendant, wearing a hunter's green dress and corsage of Talisman roses. Mr. Gordon Rathwell, brother of the bride, acted as best men. After the ceremony a wedding supper was served at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs, Grigg will reside on the groom's farm on the 9th concession of Gode- rich township: Fatal Accident On Eiginfield Hill — T. 13. Bennett, aged 73, • of St. Marys, was instantly killed. on Feb. 1 when the car he was driving collided head-on with a Supertest gasoline truck driven by James Taylor, of Exeter, while on his way to London. Mr. Taylor was ascending the hill south of Elginfield on No. 4 Highway when the Bennett car came over the brow of the hill going north and struck the Supertest truck. A storm was raging at the time and visibility was not good. The two vehicles were locked together. Mr. Bennett was slumped over the steering wheel which was driven back by the impact. Mr. Taylor was well over on his side of the road and the coroner said ttie motorist had apparently swung over from his side of the road or had skidded after throwing on his brakes, Engagement — Mr. and lairs, Wm. Kay, of Crom- arty, announce the engagement of their daughter, Anna Mae, to Serg- eant Ted Wilson, son of Mr, and Mrs, C. L. Wilson, of Exeter, the marriage to take place early in February. Post Office At Airport - The post office for N . 9 SFTS, is now established at the Centralia .airport. The mail is made up at Lon- don and on the train and goes direct from the C.N.R. station to the airport as does all express and freight, Late Roy Medd — 'Fhe death neeur't•ed suddenly at Royal Oak, Melt, recently, of John Roy Medd, Mr, Medd was taken with a heart attack while at his work. He was in Jae forty-eighth year, He was the elder son of Mrs. Medd, now of Iiderton, andthe late John 11. Medd, well known resident of Auburn. His wife, formerly Elmira Sallows, died last June, and he leaves an adopted daughter, Lillian; also his mother and brother Stephen, of Ilderton, and two sisters, Mrs, Fred Rouse, of Goderich, and Mrs. J, C. Moss, of Woodstock, He was buried in Maitland cemetery at Goderich, Many FoXes _Last summer seemingly was a Very prolific year in more ways than one, and foxes seem to have had a big season of multiplying their popula- tion, as i'.esdients living along the lake .in ,Hay and Stanley Townships have had considerable success in se- curing these cunning animals, The other day hunters reported as leaving allotMoogttie lake shoe 23 of the red ;ox species, This accounted for: iso 1 e being or t lake, t halo la g zt on he e, as when 'the lake is frozen over well Mr, Fog 1051035 goad his escape by running out on the lee .anddodgingaway from the Minter. -- 7urich herald, Seaforth 'Wins From Exeter 6 to 3 Seaforth Beavers defeated Exeter Fliers 0.3 at Exeter last Thursday night in an' intermediate "A", O.H.A. grime. Seitfortlt had the cbant'2.0 in the opening period on goals by Nicholson and Hubert and increased it to 5-1 9n' the second,,, on tallies by Hubert., 1 -luras curl ilicFadditt, Forsythe got the Air Force counter. 1 McFaddin got his second' goal' in E le ,third period, while Durnford and Gunter smile through with goals, pre- venting a complete route. Lineups; Seaforth — Goal, Messenger; de- fence, Hubert, Peck; centre, R. Nle- Fadilin; wings, Nicholson, Huras; alt- ernates, Harris, Thompson, Hilde- brand, McLean, Exeter — Goal, Young; 'defence, Webb, Allen; centre, Gunter; wings, Macey, Forsythe; alternates, Plum- mer, Brennan, Durnford, O'Shea, Bradley, Harder. Food Problems In Great Britain (By Walter R. Legge) Canadians everywhere seem to be tremendously interested in two things about Britain, and they are Bomb Damage. and Food. After eating meals for six weeks in training camps, hotels and the pri- vate homes of friends or relatives, the editors began to have a good idea of conditions there. Probably the outstanding feature of the meals is the total absence of any white bread or rolls. At first one is inclined to think that the dark bread is excellent, but after a few weeks of nothing else, there is a yearning for some good white bread. Perhaps after a'longer• period one would become so accustomed to it that it would be preferred. Many items are entirely absent, such as citrus fruits, oranges, grape- fruit and lemons, ice cream, fresh eggs, cream and some other items. Fresh eggs are very scarce and they are reserved for sick people and young children. Fresh milk is also difficult to obtain. There is, however, a fair supply of powdered eggs and powdered milk. Most foods are rationed, and oth- ers are sold on the point system. The weekly ration for one person when we were there was: Butter 2 ounces, tea 2 ounces, sugar 8 ounces, bacon 4 ounces, cheese 4 ounces, jam 16 ounces, meat 23 cents worth and canned goods 24 points. The prices are fixed by the gover- nment which also controls the dis- tribution of supplies. This is the rea- son why consumers must register with one storekeeper and buy ration- ed goods there only. The storekeeper then receives only sufficient stocks to look after the requirements of the people who are registered with him. This is an important part of the The Minister of Food The man who is responsible for the smooth working of this system, and the supplying of sufficient food is Lord Woolton, the, Minister of Food, and everyone there seems con- vinced that he has done a marvellous job. In fact what he has done is one of the big accomplishments of the war, for he has taken the worry of insufficient food away from the people, They now know that all they have to do is to go to the store where they are registered, hand over their coupons, and the FOOD WILL BE THERE. Even during the worst of the blitz Lord Woolton's department never. failed to deliver the rations. The editors had a conference with the Minister of Food on September 16111, and were greatly impressed with his ability and sincerity. Ile ex- tended his thanks to Canadians for their assistance in feeding Britain, and expressed his appreciation for the restrictions which Canadians had imposed upon themselves in order to help Britain. Imports of food from Canada are up over 40 per cent, The Ministry of Food buys all tit efood imported into Britain, and overseas the distribu- tion and price. The Ministry endeavors to, main- tain a standard of nutrition, and to this end scientists are at work all the time trying to provide a proper sup- ply of calories and vitamins through substitutes. The needs of children and the sick are especially provided for, Lord Woolton said, "It is the childrenwho will have to clean Up this mess and they mOst grow up strong' . The best way to snafntain merale,'� WAR STAMPS ASA: at your GROCERS Fr Lord Woolton believes, is to keep the people well'fed, and in this he is 840- ceeding in a wonderful way. Canteens and 'Restaurants - Part of his plan to keep the people. well feel was the establishments of canteens 111 the larger': factories, the supplying of food to smaller factor- ies, and the, British Restaurants, sometimes called "Woolton's Restau- rants," to provide meals where 'can- teens are not practical, The number of these restaurants nearly doubled in 1942 and the meals served am- ounted to a staggering figure, Later the Canadian editors were taken to some of these restaurants fora meal, and had soup, meat and vegetables, pudding and tea for a shilling and fourpence. Most of the help is volunteer, It is no wonder that there are now nearly 2000 of these establishments. One factory canteen which we vis- ited was a marvel of cleanliness and 'efficiency and could serve 1200 meals in twelve minutes. Changing the Public Diet Lord Woolton believes that he is permanently changing the public diet. The people are learning what is good for them to eat, artd will con- tinue to eat more vegetables and cheese even after plenty of all kinds of foodstuffs'will be available. They are also learning' how to prepare food in better ways. The result of all this is that the health of the people is better than it ever has been be- fore. As our conference drew to a close one of the Canadian editors asked him what was going to happen after the war. After a few moments of thought, Lord Woolton replied, "Well, I'm going to have a nice, thick, steak," The Points System Selling food on points was de- signed pi.•irrtai.'ily to control the dis- •tribation and supply of foods which are not rationed.' Points for certain foods are, raised or lowered as the available supply goes up or down. If. one line is selling too freely,. the number of points necessary to pur- chase that food is increased, and the demand falls off. If some new food is available, but is not proving popular enough, the number of points is reduced. In this way the use of a certain brand of pressed hame was increased until it is now quite popular over there. The people look on this points business as a game which appeals to their gambling instinct, They try to guess what Item will have the points increased, and buy it: and if, as of- ten happens, the points on it are de- creased instead, the people say, "Woolton hes done us again, but we'll get frim tomorrow on some- thing else," Between the rationing and the points, the queues which might have become a problem have been absol- utely eliminated. The only queues which we saw all the time we were in England were at theatres and bus stops. They tell a good story about the queues. At one time if a shopper saw a queue she would join up, with the idea that there must be some- thing good for sale. One day a queue formed in front of a theatre and stretched around the corner. A wo- man saw this long queue and joined up at the end of it. After a few min- utes she asked the man in front of her, "What have they got today?" "The Tales of Hoffman," he replied. 'How do you cook them?" she en- quired. The Queowli Messengers Lord Woolton praised the women who are known as the "Queen's Mes- sengers,,' an organization of women volunteers who go into blitzed areas and help in the emergency canteens. Onr beloyed Queen is the head of the organization. Wherever there is a raid which causes damage, a mo- bile canteen with some of the "Queen's Messengers" is sent immed:, iately to feed the people. These mes- sengers with their food and cheer is proof that someone is looking after them. Shipping is the greatest concern of Lord' Woolton, and so every ef- ?art is made to provide food that does not have to be brought in by ships, or to use the most coneentrat ed food with the maximum nutrition. virtue. That is wiry powdered eggs are so valuable, for itis said that 50 tons of dried eggs are equal in food value to 5,100 tons of foodstuff for hens. The margarine is now so reinforc- ed with vitamins that its nutritive value is equal to that of butter, and it is very difficult to tell from butter. At ane hotel IVO suspected by., the quiuitity served that it was margar- ine instead of butter, and on enquiry found we were. right. We probably 'o'ften were served margarine without knowing it, Hotel meals are limited to three °curses and the price ceiling is five shillings, but in some cases service charges are allowed. At our London hotel, tate price of the dinner was five shillings,but the service charge was seven shillings and sixpence, and a charge for the orchestra was two shillings and sixpence, bringing the cost of the meal up to fifteen shillings. However, these service charges are also under regulation. While Britain's diet has changed, and many items of food are difficult or impossible to obtain, British. people have sufficient wholesome food, thanks to Lord Woolton. It is no wonder that everybody admires the job he is doing. Leg Fractured While working on the Canadian National Railway track at Sebring - viile AndrewGardiner•, section fore- man, spstained a compound fracture to his right leg between the knee and ankle. He was taken to Stratford hos- pital and put in a cast. . FORMER DRUMMER BOY INSPECTS "LITTLE BLACK DEVILS" 1 The. ROyal Winnipeg Rides or'"The Little Black Devils" as the original regiment was called by the Indians during the Riel Rebellion welcomed their fernier drummer boy, W. A. Buchanan, now a chartered aeeoentant in Portsmouth, Eng., when he inspected the overseas battalion during a recent regimental field day. Upper left shows ]tint examining a regimental drum held by Corporal 0, R. Palmer of Winnipeg while upper right shows him during his drummer boy days in Canada Prior to going to England to reside, The citation under the photograph reads "Willie Buchanan (W, A, Buchanan, now residing itt Southsea, Sing,) drummer boy of the 90th Itegt, Winnipeg Ritter, mentioned hi the dispatches of Major• -General Sir N'rederiek f1, Middleton,..11,C., M,(#., C.B., as having at the battle df Fish Creek, North West Territories, Canada, 24t1t April, 1885, made himself particularly useful in carry- ing ammunition to the right front. This he did with peculiar nonchalance, walking calmly about crying, "Now boysi Whois for ammunitlonl'.' The lower photograph shows him taking the salute as the present overseas bat- talion marches'.liast in review, With hi. mare Maj, -Gen, the Hon, P, .I, Montague, Brig, IT, D. Graham and Maj. -Gen, It, Keller, James Flynn Dies In Year 84th . Yar in the death of James Flynn, which oecarred at his. home in Clin- ton on Thursday evening, February 4th, at the age of 80 years, the dis- trict has, lost one of its most widely known residents, and a brisiness man of over 50 years. He was a son of the late' 1ohn Flynn and Mary ,(Sav- age) Flynn and was born ' in Julie, 1863, in Hullett Township, where lie spent the early years of his life and attended school: As oyoung man he learned the blacksmithing trade in Seaforth, In September, 1891, he married Annie Reynolds, who sur- vives. They had resided in Clinton all their married life. Over 50 years ago be went into business in Clinton as a general blacksmith and over.a year ago retired and sold, his 'shop and site. His shop was widely known throughout the district for good horseshoeing, but he also excelled in the finer alt of tool-making and had fashioned surgical instruments for the local doctors in past years, some of which are kept as souvenirs of early surgery, at the Clinton hospital from the instrument collection of the late Dr, Gunn, James Flynn was Lib- eral in polities and Roman Catholic in religion. He was a familiar per- sonality about town and was conver- sant with the happenings of this com- munity during the past half century. He was of a friendly, cheerful dis- position and for those qualities as well as his good workmanship he will long be remembered, The shop where he labored so long and which occup- ied a prominent site on the main highway near the business centre, has been torn down to make room for an automobile business. Besides his wife, he is survived by one bro- ther, Andrew Flynn, Hullett town- ship farmer, now the last surviving member of the family of the late John Flynn, The funeral was held on Saturday morning from St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, with Re- quiem High Mass being sung by Rev, Fr, McDonald, and interment taking place in the Roman Catholic cemet- ery, Hullett, David. Chappel Passes At Cromarty David Chappel, died Friday at his home at Cromarty in his 65th year, following an illness of eight weeks. He was a lifelong resident of that community, member of the Chosen Friends and Orange Lodge. Surviv- ing are his widow, former Mary Johns; three sons; Wilbert, of Far- quhar, Edward, of Cromarty; Jack, at home; two daughters, Mrs. Cam- eron Vivian and Mrs. Ed. Dearing, of Staffa; one brother, William, of Cromarty; four sisters, Mrs. T. Bruce, Science Hill; Mrs. Ed. IKemp, Munroe, Mich.; Mrs. Harry Little Johns, Mitchell, and Mrs. Harry Drake, of the West, He was a mem- ber of Chiselhurst United Church,. Death 'of Miss Ada Grace Searle In Calgary— The death occurred in Calgary, Alberta, on Saturday, January 30th, of Ada Grace Searle, in her 61st year. Miss Searle was a native of Morris township, where she resided on the 10th concession until 23 years ago when she removed to Calgary. She visited here three years ago for some months, and will be remember- ed by many, who will learn of ,her death with regret. She was a daugh- ter of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Searle. Surviving are six sisters, Mrs, Duncan Johnston ,(Eliza), of Walton; Mrs. Russell Richmond (Sarah) of Blyth; Mrs. Henry Young" (Mary Ann) Blyth; .Mrs. Robert Shortreed (Susan) of Wal- ton; Mrs. Wm, Fear (Kate) of Blyth, Mrs. Martin (Rose) of Calgary; one brother, Wesley, on the homestead in Morris. Funeral services were held on Friday, February 6th, at the home of Mr. Robert Shortreed, concession 9, Morris township, at 2 p.m. Interment in Brussels cemetery, Pallbearers were six nephews, Messrs, Harry Bolger, Wm. Brown, Archie Young, George Fear, Mervin Richmond and Walter Shortreed: Mrs. Rose Martin of Calgary, attend- ed the funeral of her sister,—Blyth Standard, Fifty Years In Business — On January 30th W. W, Burgess, loom] photographer, concluded fifty years in business in Mitchell, It i8 a great record to serve the public so well that one eau retain their good- will for such a long period of time. We hope lits health may enable him tocontinue for many years t0- come, ' Mitchell Advocate, First cannibals '"Am I late for dinner?" '`Socond cannibals "Yes, everr. body's eaten, Want and For Sale Ads, 8 weeks 80a.