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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1943-03-04, Page 2Help The R! TEA Red Cross THIT1 SHAFQRTI NFWS THURSDAY; MARCH 4, 1943 VARNA "My Wife And I" My wife unci I don't disagree, Except on things concerning me, Our tastes run similarly straight, For twenty years no touch of hate Has marred our love. Our only spats Slave risen from my choice of hats, My wife and I as one will think Concerning meat and bread and drink, My business judgment she respects; We have well -mated intellects, Yet publicly she'll criticize My most outlandish choice of ties, My wife and I can get along, In things of literature and song, She likes the plays I like to see, We live almost harmoniously, She is only scornful when she views, My awful taste in boots and shoes. "That awful hat again," she cries, "I wish you'd let me choose your ties You've got those ugly shoes again, Why can't you dress like other men?" I'm sure we'd lead a happy life, If I could dress to please my wife. — Varna Scrap Book. Hal Stade Transferred To Windsor — Ld, Sto, Harold Stade, RCNVR, who has been transferred from Halifax, N,S., to Windsor, Ont., is taking up an E. R. Artificer course in that city, and spent a very enjoyable week end at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs, R. F. Stade. Zurich Herald New Use For Stoneboat — The recent storm resulted in a unique means of transportation in Minto Township. A young swain, who lives 3% miles west of Harriston, used a stoneboat to bring his lady friend into town so that she could catch the Mount Forest train, The stoneboat skimmed over the huge drifts in fine style. — Arthur Enter- prise News. Was Native of Seaforth Mrs. William Neeb, of Hay Town- ship, died at her late residence, lot 18, concession eight, last Thursday, in her 26th year. She had been 111 for three weeks with pneumonia. She was born in Seaforth and had resid- ed in the Zurich community for four years. She had also resided ou the 1410 concession of Hay Township, and was a member of Zurich Evangelical Church. She is survived by her husb- and, two small children, Lyla and Earl; her parents, Mr. and Mrs, Rob-' ert Adams, 14th concession, Hay Township; also three sisters, Mrs. William Forrester, 14th concession of Hay Township; Mrs. Henry Phillips, of Hamilton; Mrs. Garnet McClinchey 1 of Egmondville; two brothers, James Adams, of Hamilton, and John Adams, in the Canadian Army over- seas, The funeral was held from the home of her father-in-law, Henry Neeb, on Monday, followed by a pub- lic service in Zurich Evangelical Church. Interment in Bronson Line 'Cemetery. Rev. Mr. Heckendorn, of 'Zurich, officiated. :Froze On The Spot — On Main street, a small dog quite Innocently got into difficulty when It deckled to "lick" an iron post. As its tongue came into contact with the frosty iron it immediately froze to the the spot and had to have human assistance before it was freed. The severe cold was also too much for some of our feathered friends as life- less ifeless little bodies were to be seen where they had perched the previous night. — Mount Forest Confederate, Arrived In England — Mr. and Mrs. Norman Park of Mitchell, have received word of the safe arrival in England of their son, Flight -Lieut, Norman Park, who is attached to the RCAF as a doctor. Deer Took Rest On Verandah — Last week a deer pursued by dogs parked itself on the verandah at the home of F. R, Oliver, M.L.A. where it remained until rested and the dogs put off the scent. The animal was almost exhausted when it climbed up on tike ,verandah, but after a couple of flours' neat; tools to the fields again at a pace faster than any dog cotild follow, -- Barham Chronicle, Joins .Provincial Rolioe - • County Constable \Vat, L, Gardiner has joined the Provincial police fort and leaves for Kitchener March 1st to take over his duties . there. Mrs Gardiner' and Hilly will remain in town for the present at least. Since his appointment as a Huron collar)' constable Mr. Gardiner has been ]o- cated in w'inghanc. It was about five Years ago that he came here and during his stay here has tirade many friends wbo wish hint the best of , luck. He was faithful in his duties' and the people of this community will be sorry to see hint go. We und- erstand that he has been granted six months' leave of absence by the County. — Goderich Signal -Star. Married Forty Years Fliers Injured When Planed Collide— TM:, twin englstea Anson bombers from Centralia Airport collided in itrid-a13001 il' over file farm of 7 Rohde, Thames Road, east of Exe- ter, recently,the Instructor and pilot of onmachine suffering injuries while the pilot of the second nta'olitu l • c raped unhurt, 'i`lte 'uninjured .Pilot said he was fixinglow to Practice forced landing, and with the ,height ' rays of the sun shiniug in his eyes lie had been unable to see the other pint. The planes were not llyin high, probably 2;i0 feet from the earth, One of the bouebers eame down Brantford, later going to 'Toronto and then 'to .Claremont; Cal„ where 1Ylr, Verity eondueted a fruit grove and lill'g0 frust lacking establishment, Survirleg are "thre edaughters and three sons, . Mrs. \V.. W.' Davidson, and Mrs, L, 8'i. Collins, Toronto; W. 13, Verity, A, H. Verity and Mrs, A. Collier, Los Angeles, CAL, end R. C. l SII try, COl'ona; Ctlh 1lIte1'rrtetlt 1yas knack in Pomona Mausoleum, Cali- fornix, — Mieaten Advocate, "Visiting Canada's g Army Overseas In England in a nose dive and pinned the 1051000- e tor and pilot beneath the Wreckage, By Walter R. Legge, The nienlilue was 0 contpletewreck. WIti1e in England the Canadian The student pilot had his leg broken editors were shown in great detail all the various activities of the Cmiadian Army in England, There was no effort to show all of the Canadian army overseas, but at least one milt of each slinks was visited and studied, and the ramifica- tions of the various activities are Daily amazing, The first unit visited was' an Ord- nance Corps work shop, manned by highly skilled- men snaking all kinds of repairs. There was an armourers shop, making repairs and adjustments to all kinds of guns; an optical shop staking repairs to field glasses, mic- roscopes, and similar instruments, a wireless shop repairing and making wireless receiving sets and transmit- ters, and a tine instrument shop : which could even stake parts and re-' pairs to a watch. The main shop at this unit is. in charge of Capt, M. H. Hastings, who conies from Stanstead. Que„ and who reported that he receives the Stan- stead Journal regularly and enjoys every word of it. He has been over setts since September 1940, Another elan at this unit Is F. Beaseley, of Guelph, Ont„ who was a runnel' up for the King's Prize for shooting at Risley a few years ago. The work of maintenance of equip- ment is a very important part of the army as we realized more and more as the tour progressed. While we saw many places where maintenance and repair work is curried on, this first unit was the only one doing the high- ly specialized work on instruments, which we visited, The same afternoon a study was made of Field , Battery Operations. This was an illuminating demonstra- tion of the close liaison between army and air force. It was shown how the decision is made as to whether air or ground gun gun action is to be em- ployed and how each one is called into action. As part of this demonstration, two batteries were set up in hiding under camouflage and a patrol of Mustangs were called out from a nearby air field. It was their job to locate the batteries and photograph them. These tremendously fast and power- ful planes gave the editors a real thrill as they circled and dived over the field, swooping down at times so close that it seemed as if they were going to take off our hats. It did not On Feb. 24, AIt'. and Mrs, Thomas M, Johnston, Goderich, quietly observ- ed their fortieth wedding anniver'sar'y at their home on the Huron road. It was Rev, 11, Miller, now deceased, who united in marriage - Sarah C, Johnston. daughter of the late Mr. anct Airs. J. Johnston of Varna, and Thomas M. Johnston,' The late Mrs. Fred Elliott, sister of the groom, was the bridesmaid, and J, W. Johnston,, brothel' 0f the bride, was best man, The ceremony took place at the home of the br'ide's parents. Joins Ferry Command — Miss Marion Orr, who has been em- ployed in the control tower at Sky Harbor for some months, is leaving at the week -end, having joined the ferry command of the R.A.F. Miss Orr is a flying instructress with over four hundred flying hours to her credit and it has been her ambition to get back behind the controls. She will report to Montreal, where she recently pass- ed her tests, There are quite a num- ber of women pilots in England ferrying planes in non-combatant areas. In any event, Miss Orr, whose heart has long been in aviation, is about to see more of this war than is in sight from a control towel.— God- erich Signal=Star, Extinguish Fire — Fire started in the residence of Airs, Joshua Heywood of Exeter re- cently and but for the heroic effort of two ladies hte home might have been destroyed- Mrs. Heywood had taken a cardboard box from her bed- room and had emptied the contents into the stove. She had replaced the box in iter bedroom and shortly after- wards Mrs. Forth. wife of Cpl. Forth, smelled smoke and found that fire had broken out in the bedroom. Mrs. Heywood, who was sharin ghee home with the airforce couple, had moved practcialty all of her clothing into her bedroom and a fur and other gar- ments were destroyed. The ladies brought the fire under control. Suing County for $25,000 — The supreme court action of Mrs. Irene W. White, of Goderich, who is suing the County of Huron for $25,000 damages in connection with the death of her husband, Kearwood White, former turnkey of Huron County Jail, will be heard at the non -jury sittings of the supreme court on May 3rd by Mr. Justice Keillor MacKay. at Gode- rich, Mr. White died on Christmas Day, 1941, from the effects of a blow inflicted on his head by a prisoner during an attempted jail break. Mrs. White is suing on behalf of herself and seven children, all minors, Plain- tiff claims the County of Huron, along with other things, failed to provide safeguard and reasonable protection in the shape of cell equipment ouch as has since been installed, whereby the doors of the individual cells could be locked and unlocked with- out the necessity of the turnkey's locking 'or unlocking the doors going into the cell block in the presence of the prisoners ht the: corridor and common room, and it was as a result of the lack of such safety equipment, it is claimed, that the death of the turnkey was caused, It is pointed out that during the twelve months pre- ceding the 14th -of December, 1941 (the clay of the assault on Mr. White), there had been at least two serious assaults by prisoners on an official, and notwithstanding this the defendant corporation took no action to correct conditions until after Mr. White's death, Frank Donnelly is cotmsel tot' plaintiff and R, C. Hays, K.C., for defendant. Want and h'or Sale Ads., 1 week 25c and was releasedwithdifficulty.' Part of the machine had to be dropped away. The wren helping worked ft'ati- Beatty' as the danger of fire from the leaking gasoline was ever present. The second machine leas brought clown about tht ee rods away. The undercarriage was ripped from the plane, but the pilot was unhurt and assisted in the rescue of the other two. An ambulance was the airport was soon on the scene. The sten con- veyed to the road on a sleigh. ' Takes Course at Sea — AL', and Mrs, W. G. Medd have re- celved Word from their son, Capt, Bruce Medd, who is with a field artillery battery in England, stating that he has had a most interesting experience while taking a three weeks' course in gunnery at sea. He spent some time on a battleship, also a cruiser and a Canadian destroyer, He was selected with another Canad- iatn to take the course and they were the only two In khaki among the blues and Were treated quite royally. — Exeter Times -Advocate. Elected President — Miss Helen Anthony, on the staff of the Ryerson Senior Public School, in Hamilton, and daughter of Rev. James and Mrs. Anthony, of Exeter, was elected president of the Hamil- ton Teacher's Council for the ensuing yeas. Mrs, R. H. Verrity — Word has reached town of the death on Sunday, February 14th, of Helen Felicia Burritt, wife of the late Robert H, Verity, at Claremont, California, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs, Alvin Burrett. Mitchell, and sister of the late Dr. C. H. Burritt, who event south a few year's ago to reside With his 'sisters. the b'ttly,re- maining member of the family now being Miss Katherine Burritt, Clare- mont. The late Mrs. Verity spent her early life in Mitchell, their hone be- ing the one now occupied by W. W. Burgess. It was her father who founded the Burritt Knitting factory. She was very active in church work, was an alto soloist in the old Tra- falgar St. choir and for a time served as organist. Following her marriage to Alr, Verity, they lived for a time in take theta long to spot the hidden batteries and with a pay 11011[rish they Were off. We were hurried over to the aerodrome and. On our arrival were shown the finished pictures 01 the batteries taken from the planes, Leaving the dome, we drove 'for many miles, stomping for 001' evenieg steal at East Grinstead where we ate it the room which the local Reta Y Club uses for their meetings, Passing through utalty lovely.old villages, we linttilyarrived at the hotel which was to be our headquarters los, the next ten days. Accommodation Difficulties It is most diffloult at this time t0 find, accommodation for a party Such, as ours, which with drivers, photo- grapher and officers numbered about sixteen, Many hotels are closed, many taken over by the government and those which have rooms are short of food, or if they have food, are short of looms, However, a quiet hotel in a seaside resort was able to loose after the party and so arrangements had been ntaile there in advance. Such resorts today are almost deserted. Pleasure travel is most definitely discouraged, and moat seaside places are uncles' severe restrictions as to visitors, Each day we started out early and travelled many utiles in our private bus to various units, and most nights arrived at the hotel very 4ate, usual- ly travelling for many miles itt the blackout. The way our advance rider and our bus driver could drive at good speed through the darkness was always a thrilling experience to a party who had always been used to driving with powerful headlights. To add to our wonderment, there never was a single direction sign or name post, and how they found their way withoutt pause at intersections was a mystery, Dieppe Units Visited When we areived in Englan, the thrilling story of Deippe had just broken and everybody was discussing the exploit. Therefore the next itne on our programme, a visit with units that had just returned from Dieppe was of special interest. We were greeted by General J. H. Roberts who led the Dieppe expedition and who spoke in high praise of the men and officers. The men then broke ranks and we had a most informal talk with then, sitting on the ground with small groups of sten, who grouped them- selves according to their home dis- tricts, -They spoke regretfully of many missing comrades and were concerned as to whether they would find the replacements jst as con- genial. Their stories of Dieppe were gripping. One lad told of being in charge'of two Garnet's, which they finally landed after two attempts, Af- ter establishing a machine gun post, they carne off again and landed am- munition. Another told of seeing bombs dropping all around his boat, also many falling planes which he was unable to identify. He told of seeing a Spitfire and a Messerschmidt1 collide nose to nose and both fall nto the sea. LEFTOVERS TRANSF,4,RMED I ' wM \ Last night's leftover roast. makes tonight's "Magic Meat Rolls 2 tbs. soft butter 1 cup chopped leftover' meat 2 lbs, chopped onions 2 cups flour 4 tsp.Magic Baking Powder .44 tep.salt 4 lbs, shortening 14 cup milk, or half milk and water Mix meat, onion, butter. Sift to, nether dry ingredients, mix In shortening; add liquid to make sof t dough. Tarn on, floured board; knead lightly. Roll 14 inch thick, spread with meat mixture. Roll like jolly roll, cut in slices. Bake on baking sheet In slot oven (415°lr,) for about 14 minutes. Serve with tomato Bailee. - 111' MADE IN CANADA One told of seeing Frenchmen wav- ing them in with evidence of joy at seeing then[. A story they were chuckling over was of some men who finding the firing Intense, took refuge behind some cases which they soon found out were filled with dynamite, Many of these boys had brought back souvenirs of the raid, such as German badges, pencils, tobacco, etc. Winter Sports Turned To War. Uses At Camp Ipperwash 1 New zest has been added to the infantry training at Camp Ipperwash now that there is plenty of snow for skiing, and the men are learning that this exciting winter sport can also be used to advantage in the grmi ' game of 'war. Among the first to have organized instruction in this mode of travel are the sten of No. 3 Company in charg eof Nlajor L. G, 13, Lavoie, This group of 40 soldiers who have com- pleted their advanced training are being taught the rudiments of ski - nig by Lieut. D. M. C. Shaw and Sgt, C. Gowan an dthey are taking to it like ducks to water. The first organized run at Camp Ipperwash was to Port Franks and back, .a distance of about 12 minutes. Although only a couple of the men had been on the long runners before they managed the trip with few spills but plenty of thrills. Canadian soldiers doe used to car- rying on their regular routine work during sub -zero temperatures and the men now being trained should make excellent ski troops if the time comes when they will be battling in north- ern orthet'n climates. The district surrounding Camp Ip- perwash is especially adapted to the training of ski troops. The land is rolling and there is the odd large hill that allows expert manoeuvres. Bush trails teach the men to be on guard and ready to execute turns quickly ,and accurately, The outfits worn by the men are the regulation white hood and cape that have been found so effective in winter fighting, They camouflage the wearer so that he blends into the landscape. The melt are taught, not only how to ski but also how to take care of their equipment, The importance of having tlrent in good shape at all tithes and ready to use at a moment's notice is stressed. Enthusiasm for the sport is spread- ing throughout the camp, stimulated greatly by the fact that skis are available for the asking, There are many pairs of the best quality here and the ;nen a;'e at liberty to 'test their skill any time they wish, FIRE IN iv];ILAN'S INDUSTRIAL AREA DURING R. A. F, DAYLIGHT ATTACK In synchronisation with the 8th Army's attack on the Axis in Egypt, the It. A, 0, carried out a great offensive on the heart of Italy's war liidustt'les and communications lying in the Milan, Genoa, Turin triangle. Two devastat- ing tiny and night blows at Milan followed. Within 4,htours of one another, fires started in the daylight raid lighting tip the target for the night attackers. The Ztalians admitted that great damage was caused. Picture shows; -- A well established fire burning in Milan industrial area at the beginning of the daylight attack. View from an R. A, F. attacking bomber at about 4,000 ft. MRS, HOUDINPS FUTILE TRYSTS WITH HUSBAND'S GHOST Read hiow,,,as told in the Ameri- can. Weekly With this Sunday's (March 7) issue of The Detroit Sue- day Times, , , the fainous magician's widow tried for 10 years to contact Houdieti's spirit, but finally was con' vihced before het' recent death that 'his greatest feat of ail" was impoe- sible, Get Sunday's Detroit Times;