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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1943-04-01, Page 6MUSIC PUPILS HOLD NNY P� PARTY '1'he intteto pupils of St. Joseph's Solaeet of Music raised 0'10 for the s a Red Cross r Cot their party hold (ani Sat- neatly, lvtarch 20, This year "fit was Obverted into a penny party.; After a short •program given by Route and Mary. Sills, Marilyn. Chesney. i Patr eta Meir, Blaine Holares and Josephine Mclvei'.' Contests and games were Played, and bingo with lots of prizes. The fish pond In charge of Joan Mc- Millan and Jean 111eMastee was very pieasaut, The Red Cross doll donated by Mother Reinigus and Won by Mary Duncan was sent to Rosemary. Aspect, a patient at Scott' Memorial Hospital, Atter the singing ot God Save the Ring, a rousing state of thanks to the three senior members who kindly assisted with the pro• gram, Jean McMaster, president of the Chub, and Joan McMaster, secret- ary, were pleased to present the Red Cross with amount raised. Buys Monument Business — Messrs. Cunningham & Pryde of Exeter have purchased the monu- ment business formerly owned by the late John Grant, on Albert street, and have left Mr. J. J. Zapfe in charge, who will look after this end of their business. The monument business has been on Albert street for many years and has been owned and operated by several different men, The more recent are Ball & Zapfe, who sold to the late Mr. Grant about six years ago.—Clinton News -Record, Clinton Business Sold — TUE SEAFURh NEWS . home ell furlough last week 'before reporting Int the east a as a as o t ii Me lust eonipleted a bonibaidiels' course at No, 4 Air : Qbsereers' School, Cruni In Many Bereavements — Feientis and acquaiutiinces .of Mrs, F- G. Welt, East street, will•be sorry to learn that recently • she has been t advised of the passing of her mother in t Edinbiu^gins Scotland, as well as of the loss at sea of her eldest brother, Lieutenant Joseph Brown. The news or her mother's death was not entire- ly unexpected, since she was iu her ninetieth year,liut the advice regard ing her bo'othet' was, elf oouse, a dis- tinct shack. 1117', Brown was a marine engineer and his ship was taken over by the naval at(thoritles at the out- break ot war. The last word MTs. Weir recevied was that her brother's vessel wits on convoy duty and was on the way to Canada, and apparent- ly it was during this voyage that all trace of It was lost, causing the Brit- ish Admiralty to announce that all hope for the crew had been aband- ntied. It will be remembered that it was after visiting friends in Scotland m the summer of 1939 that Mr. Weir lost his life in the torpedoing of S.S. Athenia, from which Mrs. Weir was saved by a naval destroyer. Since that tragic experience Mrs. Weir had also received word some time ago that her uncle bad been killed in an accident dm•iug a blackout and a nephew of Mr, Weir's had gone down with his ship, this being the third time he had been on a boat that had been torpedoed, — Goderich Signal - Star. L. L. Knox Retires — Reeve V. D, Falconer, Clinton fuel dealer, has purchased the planing mill and builder's supply business o carried on there for the past twenty-; five years by George T. Jenkins, at 0 Clinton. By this business transaction, 0 Mr, Falconer's two lines will be con- r• solidated in one area, as the mill, I sheds, office scales and fuel yard ars It in one block. Mr. Jenkins will now I a retire after a long and successful business career. The six months' leave of absence granted by the Goderich Town C01111- 11 to Clerk and Treasurer L. L. Knox ou account of his illness lapsed n March 81st, and in consideration f his continued illness the council ecently granted him a retiring al- owanee and appointed to succeed im Neil R. MacKay, who has been °ting clerk and treasurer during the six-month period. Mr. MacKay's sal- ary was set at $2000. Mr. Knox has been a municipal official at Goderich for many years. t Assist At Barn Raising — About sixty men took part in a barn -raising on the farm of E. J. Appointed Supervisor — Pym, 6th concession of Usborne Tp., when the framework for a Tlshaped Appointment of H. D. Angus as baro 36x50 and 22x29, was erected, supervisor of freight claim prevent - It is on a brick foundation. William sous central region, Canadian Nat- IIorney was master of ceremonies i°nal Railways, with headquarters at and the framers were John and Enos Toronto, has been announced. Mr. Herdman. This is the fourth barn to Angus was born at Zi'inghanr. and be erected on the property, The first commenced his railway career with was its 1833, the second in1593, the the Grand Trunk Railway in 1915 as third in 1903 and now the last in 1943. assistant agent at Georgetown, sub- sequently serving as relief agent and Two Fliers Killed operator on the Stratford division Near Kincardine — nail 1927. He has been first operator at Jarvis, which position he now re - Two airmen are dead and three linquishes to assume his new duties were in hospital at Kincardine, two 4t Toronto, of then with serious injuries receivedl when their Avro-Anson training At Brockville — plane from Port Albert crashed last Sgt. Ken. A. Rfntoui, son of Mr. Thursday afternoon on a farm ad-, and Mrs. Alex Rantoul of town, left joining Kincardine. The plane was ' last week for Brockville where he said to have hit a tree on the farm will attend the Officers' Training of Hugh Fyfe, on the eastern edge of Centre. Ken has been in the army the town, while making a forced for over three years and his friends landing. The pilot was killed instant• ! here will be veryha ly, one of the crew died en route to 'happy that he is hospital, and two others were taken I making such splendid headway in the to hospital in serious condition. The army, as �Y'ingham Advance -Times. fifth member of the crew was said to Buried In Germany — have received only minor injuries. Squadron Leader McLelland and Flt, 1 in October last word was receivedsettled down to be a husband and Lt, Davies of No. 31 Air Navigation by Mr. and Mrs. Robert lllowbray,' father and a school teacher in vari- School, attended the men, along with' Whitechurch, that their son, Sgt - Ions places before establishing him - Dr. R. A. McCosh of Kincardine. Re- Alexander MacKenzie (Ken) Mow -I self in Regina, where he became a ports from eye witnesses state the bray, was missing. Since that time principal in 1914. It was a tganquil plane came in to land on a forced word was received that Ken was pre- existence and it provided a living. It landing and overshot the field, cross- suned to be dead. Word has now looked as if he might end his days ing the road and crashing into a been received that he was buried in as a prairie pedagogue. tree. The plane wars a complete a military cemetery at Friedenshue- There is something about the wreck, Group Captain R. L. Crofton, I gel, Germany. , prairie that does things to people. C•0., Port Albert R.A.F. station, said Killed By Failing Ensilage — Carl Sandburg, in his monumental the plane was on exercise. On its re -1 ( work on Abraham Lincoln, devoted turn, because of fog, it couldn't make' Garfield Sanderson, 51 years old, a one whole volume to that part of the the airdrome. A forced landing was Marybo'ough township framer, was Great Emancipator's life which he attempted after the plane was in the killed on Monday evening in his silo. designated "The Prairie Years". vicinity for some time. It was in con- When he did not return from the These years are depicted as those in tact with the station during the time. barn after tate evening chores, his which his character was moulded, his The commanding officer said all five wife and daughter went to look for mentality matured, and his destiny airmen were from England. him, Failing to flncl hint, they sent shaped. It may have been like that for help. Neighbors rotund the dead with Coldwell, in his spell as an ald- Youn" Lad Injured — • body in the silo, The man had evid- erntan, his service on the hospital ?I"1' --McPhail, six year old son ently thrown out ensilage for his board, and his various other experi- of Mr d Mrs. Hector McPhail, sof- cattle when a large frozen piece fell ments iu civic endeavor. Du•iug the fermi very badly swollen nod in- on him, — Fergus News Record. first Great War, he was also a volun- jurerl face as the result of an acrid- tary lay readre in St. Alban's Angli- Mrs. Philip Ament, Dies at can Church, North Regina. Whatever ent while playing in the woodshed Brussels this interlude contributed to his car- ol fife 'schoolhouse at S,S. No, 5 Hub- Death claimed a life-long resident eer, I don't know. bert. He was up on a beam and fell of Brussels in the person of Mrs. The political bug first bit him to the ground, suffering a severe Philip Ament, in her 84th year. She when he decided to run as. Progress - hemorrhage. had been confined to her bed for ive candidate for the House of Com - injures Head•in Fall — some time. She was the former Mat- mons in 1925, standing for Regina ilda Wilbee, daughter of the late City, The Progressive tide was run- The slinnery sidewalks were the Mr, and Mrs, Henry Wilbee. She was ning out rather than In at that time, cause of many falls during the past married 58 years ago to Philip and Coldwell was left high and dry. week and Mrs, Mary Bach was Ament, who survives. She also leaves As a matter of fact, his name meant, emonest those unfortunate persons. four daughters and four sons: Wil- nothing in those days to anybody On aturd•ay while coming down Ilam of North Bay; Earl, of Wash outside his immediate circle in Re - town she fell at the corner of Quebec ington, D.C., Scott, of Trenton; Har- gins, and his candidature was quick - and t, Andrew Ste., sustaining a ry, of Sioux Lookout; (Margaret) ly forgotten. It is also curious to at hpme; (Car- note that, aithoiigli n0 one seemed to severe head gash and bruises, — Mit- Mrs, A. llawkshaw, shell Advocate, rie) Mrs. John Lynn, Windsor; give a hoot when when he stumped 111URPR#E MEDICINE Hi c It een ist a tt'uebl thnatioze thtoe u _ THURSI AY, APRIL 1, 1943 i� ranting dieanlseai front itie life's job, C.0,F. a1olght have the telt titan 'tile Progressixes, but It was nto'e Ilk that tl a it was not' the political, la that had changed but Coldwell h self. A nonentity In 1925, by 1934 was a political tiu'eet. It is liltely that Coldwell got first ,look inside the political mach when he was appointed Chairmen the Royal Commission of Enqu into the Public Service of Saskate wan, 1929-1930. At that tizne, Hon. T. M, Anderson headed the o Conservative government Saskatc wan has- ever had. The Andersons ministration felt, rightly or wrong that some of the deeds of the Li flys, who had been in power front day the province was created` in 19 aright bear a little investiga'ti What the -verdict was need not o cern us here, but the chances that the whole affair was an e ,opener to Coldwell, While he mi have been repelled by some things heard and saw, like old time wa ings about the evils of clrtnk, th lure as often as they repel. He want,- od to try some of that staff, Now the prairie years drew Co a close. They had taught him a great deal. He was ready for bigger things, - for wider horizons, and when the. 1934 provincial elections came along. he wanted to go places, The provinces had by now had all it wanted of the well-meaning Anderson administra- tion, If any C.C,F: ers got in the way of that sweep, it was just too bad for then,. CATARRH Misery Fast! When acute catarrh ca rr makes breathing difficult—causes stuffy head, watery. eyes, nasal irritation and distress, put a few drops of Vicks Va-tro-nol in each nostril and enjoy the relief it brings. Va-tro-nol is so successful because it does three very important things; (ft shrinks swollen membranes of the nose, (2) clears out discomfort - causing congestion and (3) soothes irritation, Many, „ �• catarrh sufferers • say It's the best re- mks -, Trythey've found. VA TRO•NOL M, J. Coldwell Leader of the C.C.F. By Austin F. Cross in Canadian Business, Thirty-two year's ago, a young Eng- lishman, sensing a bright future for' the Canadian West, arrived ie Ed- monton. Today this one-tlnte prairie school teacher is the official leader of Canada's third party — the Co- operative Commonwealth Federation,. Here is a sketch of M. J. Coldwell, the Milan and the politician, on whose shoulders descended the mantle of the party's founder and first leader, the late James Shaver Woodsworth. It is hard to present a fair picture of Coldwell, first, because no one ap- parently can look at him impartially, and second, because he aids in the deception by being two different peo- ple, The Jekyll and Hyde phases suc- ceed each other according to whether he is on the prairie or Parliament Hill. 1 think it could be best summed up by saying he is a constitutionalist in the Commons, a demagogue in the summer -fallow, However, I hate to flounder around in generalities, so let us look at his life story, as the sket- chy biographies have provided it thus far, and see if from. it, we can plot any course of action, or detect any trend of thought, that will shed light and perhaps lustre on this man with the Question -marls Future. I Another Englishman got off the train in Edmonton one day in 1910. He excited no attention, because Ed t mouton, has seen many Englishmen check in — sometimes too many. Nor, a unless one got a good look at him, would he likely be honored with a second glance. It is just possible, li however, that the determined, rather p grin face might attract a passerby .0 and the eyes momentarily hold him, e Those Coldwell eyes looked as if s they belong to somebody who knew a where he was going. But where 7 It w is likely that Coldwell knew where c he wanted to go, but he could not see n at the moment how in the world he h would ever reach his destination, hi He was born December 2, 1588, at o Seaton, Devonshire, England, son of ti Janes Henry Colwell and Elizabeth tit• Foment, He was educated at Hele's School; Royal Albert Memorial and to University College, Exeter, England. is Two years after he arrived in Can- no acla he married Nora Gertrude, data th ghter of J. T. Dunsford, Bridgewater, cat England. They have two children, we John Major and Margaret Nora. sp After marriage, young Coldwell ea almost bits the impression that lie 18 dictating to a secretary Who takes notes only its longhand, So deliberate- eiy ly do the words come. el ld bell Co we#1 is not as extemporaneous int,a,, as he seems, but he can read his Ile., me?zusez'lpt and give the impression to i that t al i e # S Oli 'all O p _t e us. What t he] s la P, is to preserve t e've' 1 s t this illusion is the fact line that when he. does speak without of notes he is Just as fluent. Only slight iry traces of his Devonshire youth re- tie- I main — for instance when he says J. sonethtng like 'nun' for noon and my 'sun' for soon. lte-, Hie greatest handicap is his Main], ad- sty to conceal, anger, As soon as his ly,'t ire is aroused, his face and neck get Lib I turkey reel Sometimes he tries to the smile to hide it, but his complexion 05, tells the story. 00, Another of Coldwell's weaknesses on, is his unwillingness to admit thatlie are cannot handle Iron, James Gardiner, ye -i Minister of Agriculture, in debate.. ght Try as he will, Ile comes off second 11e i best, His retorts get worse and worse, rn- his efforts to even up, sicker and ey sicker. This is no reproach to the otherwise able Coldwell, but he just I simply chn't realize that he is out- matched, out -reached, and oat -slugged, jThird weakness — and to some it might not seem serious — it his lack of humor. The trouble with him, as with all Leftist parties, is that they are held together not so much by party loyalty as by crusaders' zeal. Their adherence to the party almost approaches a holy conviction. Cold - So the prairie year psychology les- sons were over, but there was an exciting post -graduate course coining up, It began when Coldwell was off- ered 'the choice either of resigning his principalship at Thomson School, Regina, or side-stepping the provine- sal election. Anybody who took a look at his face knew what the answer would be. Coldwell ran as a C. C. F. candidate,, and a man without a job. He was not, however, through with , the school board. It is said that at the next civic election the school board that fired Mr, •Coldwell was in its turn bounced by the electors. Mr, 1 Coldwell was_reinstated, and just to I make it all proper, resigned. A few nterindes may have been omitted, but the general effect is a bit of opera bouffe around the educational able out Regina way. The prairie years taught Coldwell great deal. He tried out speech malting both inside his class and out. a Any school master with time on his e ands consciously and unconsciously t ractices diction, enunciation, vorab- n lacy and declamation on his stud- m nts. But this was just small time. t tuff for Coldwell; he wanted real udiences and he soon got them. It h as not very long before he was the a lief speaker of the evening, and ot merely the curtain raiser. When m e found that he could do things with o s voice, and move people by his ti ratory, he began to think it was fa me he landed a gdod seat, One that ki ould ride him all the way to Ottawa, ge The seat turned out to be Rose- pa wn-Biggar. They like their politic- m us radical up there, and they are ba t too keen for truck and trade with of e easterners. Colwwell, with his t] ick, perceptive mind, saw that this lit s the right spot and the best th ringboard auto polities in sight, no d Ise contested and won the riding well does not relish himself in role of a funny fellow, This is party's loss — and his. There is a Jekyll and Hyde etre in Coldwell, as has been said Info One prominent former cabinet m ister once told me to watch how Co well changed as he went west. Ottawa lie seems almost the con tutionalist, he is all propriety, de um, good manners. But when train crosses the Ontario-Manito line, out pops the other Coldwell, becomes a ranting demagogue, kis the capitalist system all over, out-Moscows Moscow with his the ies. The east he verbally execrates But if Coldwell does exaggera se probably has some reason for In Saskatchewan he is up against Gardiner machine, and Coldwell h no money and no machine (well n much money anyway). He is against a tough preposition. If he going to get any hearing, if he going to go anywhere at all politic lly, he must • give his prospects lectors something they want. oases raw neat at them, and up ti ow it's the one diet they like. WIs ore natural in a political bat ban to attack your enemies ? An what is wrong with hitting the ard, if you are going to kit them a 11? Coldwell perhaps is not to be ad ires for the hind of stuff he passe ut, and for the 'things he says abou ie eastern capitalists and man cturers, but have they ever said nd word about him? Don't ever fo t that not one daily urban news per really supports him, while al ost every daily paper in Canada cks either one or the other of the d line parties. Coldwell has to make to best bricks he can with mighty tle straw, but he still must know at some of his,.anti-eastern stuff is t on the level. That he is a formidable opponent, s mild -looking man who seems e an archdeacon in mufti, must ever be forgotten. There are many xperiences reported like the one,that peened to Walter Tucker, The big, al Rosthern M, P., happened to d on the same platforms in Saska- n with Coldwell. Tucker, not lack - in nerve, not without ability, took terrible beating from Caldwell. ho hit him with everything he had, o Chief Coldwell is Heap Bad mahawk on the prairie, and some- ngiof a lay reader at Ottawa. Wever, he could be anything he d, either on the prairie or P'aelia- nt Hill, yet without a platform he old play that position in the politi- game, Left Outside, In a word, dwell's big bid for political lead - hip is his platform, he big flaw in all these wonder - platform planks, of course, is, to It bluntly, who pays hte shot? n the other hand, it also well to ember, that, while Coldwell gro- es no • hardship to the well-to-do 3vidual, no wrecking of solid in tries to evolve his social program, well could he hold his power- hungry have-nots in cheek once they suddenly became top dogs? Coldwell the the alt re. Id - In sti- cor- the ba He ks and or- te, it. the as of up is is politica He 11 at tle a m a s t u r Graduates At Crumlin --• .Kate) Mrs, George Dawson, Port as a Progressive candidate in 1925, 'Stanley; and (Laura) Mrs. King, of yet in 1934, to ran as a member of Peri. Porterfield, son of Mr, and Port Arthur; and one brother, Jesse the 0,0,9, party, which enceeeeded Mrs, Fred Porterfield of Mitchell, was Wilbee, of Grey township. in Sh tai ten fal ran pa It tem an ura Um, be W01 wel F me bon call flit Mr. day ed ant for sign mov Wo secs T erY, but the clot thos thee 420 web ere out off sacs of spea1935. thi Once in Ottawa, what next ? James lik aver Woodsworth, 0. C. F, chief- n m looked to be good for another e , Perhaps twenty years, and if he ha tered, there were many who out- gen ked Coldwell in service to the lan pal o• length of time in Parliament. too seemed fairly obvious that Woods- ing 'ti's son-in-law, Angus, Maclnnis, a able parliamentarian, would nat- wh inherit his father-in-law's posi- S n. But it did not take long for it to To discovered that whenever Woods- th eh stepped aside it would be Cold- He 1 or nobody who succeeded him. like ive years passed by. The Govern- ane met went to the country in 1940, wot • right back into power, and cal ed for the opening of Parliament Col May. The veteran C. C. F, leader, ers Woodsworth, was there the first T , but not the next. He had suffer- fol a stroke during the night, Coldwall put emetically became house leader ie the party, speaking for one sex- rem from his second row seat, then mini ing down to the front' row, to ins odsworth's old seat, in the second des ion, hover o the observer in the press' gall- Coldwell appears to dress well, not too well, and still suggests school teacher in his conservative hea. When he rises to speak, e rehearsals in the class -room, e noisy meetings on the prairie, shown to have done their work , Where King mumbies and oth- humble, Coldwell's words float clearly, each word neatly clipped and flung into space in pleasant ession, No machine gun deliverer the King's English, Coldwell Its as if he wanted every word to the Progressives, Was an offence War -`be heard, every word to count, One doubtless, if he got power tomorrow, would stay as close to the rui'e book, to common sense, to Christian ethics, and to the British North America Act as he could, while he tried to; remould this world closer to Isis heart's desire. But what of his; camp followers?` Coldwell honestly believes that all our troubles, When not self -inspired, should be handled by tate state. He wants a better chance for a man i when he's well, better treatment' When he's old and sick, and better —f000(0$Ts'• o1oo�vAur t 4 /u W with "MAGICri EGG ROLL 2c. flour 4 ttsteppscolt, Mngle Baking Powder 3S 4 lbs, shortening 1 egg a g,mllk hard balled eggs 4#be.. milk 2 tsp.. chopped nice 3 tbs. chopped onion 2 lbs, chopped parsley 2 tbs. chopped green pepper 1 tsp. dry mustard Salt, pepper, paprika Sift' together first 3 ingredients, Cut in shortening." Beat egg Li measuring cup; add milk to make 94 cup; add to first mix- ture. Roll out 9 Inch thick, on. floured board. Chop hard bolted eggs, mix with remaining ingredients, spread on dough. Agll up bll ube In hot ovenlake (4eellsy 1'.)'30roand minutesak: Serve•with cheese sauce. FOR SUCCESSFUL BAKING treatment waren he's not working.' But so do we all. The crux of the matter is this; do we want the social security manna dropped from the hands of Coldwell ? when we settle that, we settle Coldwell. CONSTANCE Mrs. J, J. Hugill and Mrs. G. W. Wilkinson attended the figure skating carnival in Stratford on Wednesday evening. Sgt. and Mrs. Lloyd Jewitt and son Roger of Kingston spent the past two weeks with Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Jewitt, Mr. and Mrs, Wilbur Jewitt and Mr, and Mrs. Wm, Britton. WINTHROP Have you bought your ticket on the quilt made and donated by Miss Mary Pryce. Quilt is shown in Graves' window, Seaforth, and will be drawn at a euchre and dance to be held in Winthrop hall in the near future. Proceeds for war work, Messrs. John Bullard and Williams,. Trewartha of Thamesford called on friends Tuesday and, Wednesday, Mr. J. M. Gillis, engines of Captain Secortl freight boat, spent a few days with Mrs, Gillies and family. Mr, Andrew Montgomery of Brant- ford spent the • week end with Mr. and Mrs. John Montgomery and family. ^o Mr, and Mrs. Walter Eaton and family spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. George Eaton. Mr, and Mrs. Harvey Dolmage spent Sunday with Mr, and Mrs. Ben- newies of- McKillop. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Pryce visited Mr, and Mrs. Earl Papple recently. Miss Elizabeth Howes spent Sunday with her father Mr. John Howes. Mrs. Foster Bennett, Billie and Mona spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Peter McCowan of Roxboro. Mac Habkirk, RCAF, son of Mrs. Orville Habkirk of Wingham, visited Mr. and Mrs, Foster Bennett and his grandfather, Mr. John Bennett, last week, before leaving for Quebec, Watts - Holmes — An interesting wedding took place in Si, George's Anglican church, God- erich, when Helen MacLean Elwood • Holmes, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dudley Elwood Holmes, Goderich, was united in remarriage to John Fred- erick redericic Watts, No. 31 Air Navigation School, Royal Air Force, Port Albert, son of Mt', and Mrs, Frederick Watts, Regent's Park, London, England. Rev. W. H. Dunbar, rector of the church, officiated, assisted bySquad- ron Leader Hooper, padre at the Port Albert station. White carnations and daffodils decorated the altar and the wedding music was, played by Pro- fessor Geoffrey dolt, Termite, cousin , of the bride's father. The young couple will reside in Goderich. The bride is the granddaughter of the late Judge Holmes, senior judge of Sim- coe County, and of the late John Alexander MacLean, Wingliatu, Her father is the crown attorney 'of Huron County. Want and roc 'Sale Ada, 1 Week 250.