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.