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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1937-09-02, Page 7,THURSDAY,.,SL'"PTEM!BER 2, 1937 1110 THE S1 AFO12TH NEWS PAO•E SEVEN 1 1 I' i. 1 d I I Ii a The Seaforth News Phone 84 Duplicate Monthly Statements We can save you money on- Bill and Charge Forms, standard sires to fits ledgers, white or colors. It will 'pay you: 'to see our Also best samples. quality Metal Hinged Sec- tional Post Binders and Index. I 1 ;Pickily of tomatoes for canning in Eastern (Ontario, commencedthis week. They appear fairly good, but some black rot as in -evidence in many fields. Factories have contraoted for •the crop at 30 to 315 cents per 'bushel, d'ependin'g on the district they were RP' grown. This price eompares with 371/ cents paid last year. The acreage a' cannily factory tomatoes shows a substantial gain this year. In E'astern Ontario about 0,000 autres were set out as against 15,000 acres in 11906, In Wes- tern 'Ontario the acreage shows a. rise KIPPEN The Kippeu'East W,1, 'held their monthly meeting at the home of Miss Sarah Sinclair with a good attend- ance, The president opined the meet- ing. Miss 'Erma 'Workman gave 'the Bible reading and Master jimmy B•roadfoot favored with a couple of songs with guitar accompaniment. The motto, An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure," by Mrs. Broad•foot, dealt with many sinnp'le: preventive measures we might use and avoid more costly cures. .'Lis. R'at'hb'urn, read the minutes. The roll call was well responded by "An em- ergency -use for hot water." Miss A. IDinnen• read a poem oh health and Mass Erma Workman told of some personal experiences in physical de- fects of school children. John !Dawns played a couple of violin selections, accompanied by Miss E. Clark on .the piano. Miss Laura Tren eer had a good paper .011 current events. The president introduced Dr. IJarrott, who gave a very interesting and timely talk. 'I't was decided that Mrs. Cole and 'Mrs..'G, Mcl.ean would attend the district class in buymanship as lo- cal leaders. Me next meeting on Fri- day, Sept. ;10th, will be at the 'home of !Mrs: C..Stoneman, The meeting closed by singing the national anthem and 'lunch was served by Mrs, .Doig and Misses M. Sinclair, L. 'T'remeer and A. Dinnen, "The man who sings all day at work is a happy man." "Yes, but how about the man who has to listen to hint?" Want :and For Sale ads, it ,week, 215c SURVIVOR FROM WRECK OF THE "ASIA" SUCCUMBS Only Two People Saved from 'Ship- wreck in 1882 Mrs, !Albert IF•leming, 73, of Derby Township, near Owen Sound, died last week at her home. She was the sole surviving person from the steam- er 'Asia, wrecked 'ening a severe storm on the 'Georgian Bay Septen:- ler '14, 48812, Of 1150 ;persons aboard the !Asia on .that ocoasioh 1'48 tont she reached <Owen Sbnund, Why the their 'fives, The other two, Miss's aptain left the shelter of the latter Christina Morrison, of Bo'g'nor, 'later port that 'Wertn'esday night no man Mrs. Fleming, and D, A. Tinicus of knows. Fie must have known what Manitoulin .Island, ware washed up was waiting for him outside. Bait he on an island off Point au 'Brasil, near 'lid leave in the midst of ,darkness and !Parry Sound, several days later, They storm, and he followed •roust the cum- 1 Were given shelter and food by an In- paratively safe route op under the dian and his squaw. She was .18 at the high lands of •the 'I'ndian ,Peninsula time. Mr. Tinieus died many years and then across the islands which ago, The 'wreeking 'cif the Asia was furnish slight breaks in "the 'Gap" the worst ,marine disaster in the 'hist near the ,mainland; he followed the ory 'aF the 'Georgian Bay. She was shore line for a time and then struck 'bound from 'Owen Sound to the head boldly across`the storm -tossed bay for .French 'River. He attempted to cross the 'full width of. the Georgian Bay, while that inland sea- was torn and .. driven by the greatest storm h1 the memory of living man. It is probalb'le the captain counted on the fact that he had a following sea and thought he would be safe as long as she could keep his ship •it'c,fore it. of the lakes. It will Inc fifty -!five years ago next month that the A's'ia went -down in Georgian Bay—that memorable dis- aster when sq many lives were blotted out, while two other were saved just by a miracle.' A. 'writer says: 'The Sunday beicire the wreck—I remember it 'well --'I spent part of the day on the Asia, while the ship was on the last voyage she was destined to c•oniplete. It was perfect 'Septemb- er weather, warm as Auigust, not a breath of air stirring, and a haze as of the beginning of Indian summer spread over sea and land. A. -night shortly before the storm broke also is fixed in my memory. About twelve aclock the heavens were fairly ablaze with those "Fearful lights which never beacon save when kings or heroes die," Even the night before Flndden it- self could not have equalled the awful glory of that September midnight in 1882. It was not alone the northern heavens that were illuminated, :Frown the horizon on all sides were great waves of 'light shot up 'towards the zenith, and there formed the most fantastic, brilliant figures. But it was different on the Wed- nesday afternoon when the Asia left Collingwood. The storm king was just beginning to make itself felt, and the did ship was badly buffeted 'before At all events, when morning broke there was no very serious alarm among the passengers. True, it was rough, but there were no Mackinaw- ites aboard at that season. The pas- sengers were mostly lunnlbermen and hardy merchants and farmers — men who, had seen the teeth of a gale. be- fore. '!`'here was no thought of a reg- ular breakfast, however. 'There was too much sea on for that. A few snatched a 'bite in the steward's pan- try, and then hastened out to look once more on the ever-increasing ,gale. Still the ship .rolled on, although from the top of every monster wave great sheets of water were caught up and driven over the crest of the billows, But suddenly there was a change, The wind had been blowing steadily from the south-west. Quick as a flash it veered and carne 'with inoreased strength from the north-east, Then mighty waves, formed by the cross currents of wind, crashed together ana masses of foam flew up as high as a church steeple. That was too much for the Asia. She staggered under the tremendous -blows, deliv- Asp ®LD MAN ONTARIO speaks for the great mass of our citizens when he says, "Thank you, Mitch". Only too well he remembers the sorry plight into which bad government had brought this great province three years ago. Spendthrift politicians were dragging us deeper and deeper into debt. Their millionaire friends were being allowed to fleece the public treasury. Every department of the public services was honeycombed with an army of hangers-on. It was then the people turned to Hepburn in the hope he could and would carry out the promises he made. Perhaps skeptics may have attributed some of his promises to youthful enthusiasm—but Hepburn kept his word—he's Ontario's Man of Action. Today Honourable Mitchell F. Hepburn submits the most successful record any Ontario Prime Minister ever presented before the .bar of public opinion. Hepburn Earns the Gratitude of the Electorate HEhas' earned the thanks of practically 'every man, woman and child in the province. Wealthy beneficiaries of estates which had been allowed to mulct the province to the tune of 22 million dollars will not thank him for recovering that huge sum—but nearly everybody else will. Timber profiteers rue the day on which Hepburn came to Queen's Park—but the people of the North rejoice when they see large new industries springing up and old ones reviving. They join 'Old Man Ontario in his enthusiasm for the ending of unemployment in the timber area and -for turning George Henry's deficits into surpluses. "Big Business" may not be singing Hepburn's praises—but the common people appreciate the fact that he saved thein millions in interest rates. Hepburn Saves Hydro IFthe Quebec power barons had a vote in Ontario, it would certainly not go to Hepburn—but Ontario know'§ that the Government's Hydro policy not only saved this great enterprise from ruin, but that it has already saved over four million dollars to Hydro users, and the new contracts will eventually effect total savings to the province of over six million dollars a year. Profiteers from the liquor toll gate that Hepburn promised to abolish will not be on his side—but the people approve his prohibition of the sale of liquor in restaurants which the Henry Government would have permitted. Hepburn Pr •gives to be The Tax -P:.; yer's Friend THAT "Thank you, Mitch" covers a wide range of public services, all administered with an efficiency and economy hitherto unknown. It says: "Thanks" for the lessening of municipal burdens—that mill qts the tax rate, the increase in township road subsidies, the assump- tion and increase of Mothers' Allowances and the assumption of Old Age Pensions. "Thanks" for the abolition of the amusement tax. "Thanks" for preventing the exploitation of labour by riotous aliens. "Thanks" for the advanced labour legislation, such as industrial standard codes, extending minimum wage laws .to men, and setting up a tribunal to ensure a square deal to em- ployees and employers. This new Industry and Labour Board has already . justified its creation by effecting settlements in. several disputes of long standing. "Thanks" for the modernizing and extension of our high- ways, and for promoting tourist trade on a greater scale than ever before. "Thanks" for the improvement in the preventive measures for the health of the people, and for the better care of the sick —physical and mental. "Thanks" for the progress of education in Ontario, and for assuming the costs of examination fees. "Thanks" for the advancement of every Department within the jurisdiction of a Pro- vincial Government. Symbol . of a grateful people, Old Man Ontario speaks for the great mass of our citizens when he says, "Carry On, Hepburn". ONTARIO LIBERAL tIa tTEnhteistTled ho►re To Vote Y 1 0 0 l h h h Ever British subject, 21 years of age, and resident inOntario since cto ler 6, 1936, is entitled to vote at the forthcoming elec- tion— but. t e name must be on the voters' list. A vote for the Liberal candidate on October 6th is the practical way t e Ontario ario ateccor. can join in the mandate, "CARRY ON, HIEPBURN". ASSOCIATION McIIMOS Chiropractor Electro Therapist — Massage Office — Commercial Hotel Hours—Mon, and Thurs. alter needs and by appointment FOOT CORRECTION by manipulation—Sun-ray treat. meet Phone 21217. ere8 Tnrst upon one side and then upon else other; Men and women were thrown about in the cabin and jam- med in a 'heap at the companionway leading to the hurr'ican'e -deck. Some prayed, others tore their hair' in an- guish, n.guish, w'hi'le others again were stupe- fied with the horror :of the situation. The captain, crew and many of the passengers neither prayed nor raved. Down between decks they went and worked like men, throwing over ,cat- tie and horses in order to lighten the ship, while up above the Rev, 'Mr. James, a Methodist minister, moved about with great fortitude, adminis- tering spiritual consolation to those in need, while his own heart was breaking because of the knowledge that his wife was doomed to accorn '- any hint to a watery grave. But prayer and tears and toil were all in vain, The bulwark crashed in, water poured down into the fires, the upper works began to ?break up, and then all knew that the end was at hand. What little pane there had been before was all over now. Whe- ther it was the stupor of despair or the resignation of the Christian is not 'known, but there was no -outcry from passengers; theonly noise was the sh:reilcing .of. the gale, and the crash of breaking timbers. Then the boats were cast away. Just as they were going D. A. Tinkis --the boys all called him "Dunk," said to his uncle, J. H. 'Tinkis, who stood'. at his side on the wrecked steamer— "Let us .4ump- and swim for them?" "You go if you like; ltts no use me trying," was the reply. Dunk jumped, and uncle and neph- ew were parted .forever, Young Tinkis was a magnificent swimmer and as cool as an ioeberg. He struck out 'boldly, and whenever any wreckage from the vessel a'p- p'roached 'him he joined his hands ;above his head to avoid 'being stun- ned. He swam to the lifeboat and asked to be drawn in. `1I don't think there is much use in your conning in here," replied ;Purser .M oD'oup 'plc who sat in the stern beets, '"hut you may try it," Dunk -was helped in and in another moment the Asia disappeared. About the same time the other' small boats too were swamped, and the lifeboat and her passengers were .left alone on the angry waste of waters. Ewen the metallic boat had a life and death struggle. 'Tlime and again she was upset and every time that she was righted. it was found that one or more of the Occupants had been -swept away. Purser McDougall was .one of the first to go. Others were caught oite after the ,other. But at last the sea began to calm down and the boat turned aver no . more. ,Presently the distant glimmer of the lighthouse at •Byng Inlet came in view. And now the half-dozen on so survivors thought they were safe at last. Joyously yet ,reverently led by the mate .they joined in that grand old hymn which never meant as much as thein "Light in the darkness,, sailor, day is at hand." They did not know that they yet had to face an enemy but little less dreadful than that they bad just es- caped from. Exhaustion followed the intense nervous strain, caused by the long hours of struggle and watcl7;iog. The Captain was among the' first„ bo succumb. His head sank on , chis 'breast. His companions thought for a moment he was sleeping, but a mo- ment later it w -as -told in an awed whisper that "the captain is dead," .A little later on a brawny youth named Little, one of those who had acted the part of a hero in trying to lighten the s'hip in the morning, also suceuuvbed. By and by the mate, Ire •who had 'led but a few minutes 'be'fore in . the revival hymn, likewise suc- cumbed. In a short time only two were left alive, D. A. Tinkis and Miss Mornison. Eventually these reached one of the islands fn Plarrp Sound. Here it seemed for a time as if they 1 had .only escaped drowning to die of starvation. The minutes lengthened into hours, -the hours into days and. still na sail or hope of rescue apl>c'ar- ed: lAt last just as they were about to yield 'to despair an Indian appeared in a sailboat, and the two survivors of the most dreadful disaster that ever :.)scut'red on our inland seas were taken' into .Parry Sound harbor the Snn;lay followiing the 'T'hursday . 011 which the. vessel ..went down.....