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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1947-03-06, Page 1The Seaforth News RON CCU N T W -S LEADNG N E W SPA P E R WHOLE SERIES, VOL, 70, No, 10 SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 1947 Doctor Uses Skis To Reach Young Patient Much credit is being .given to the crews of the various snowplows for their heroic efforts to open roads, especially in cases of particular need. On Tuesday word was received that Bruce Whitmore, 17 -months old son of Mr. and Mrs. Warren Whitmore, of the second concession of Tuckersmith, was ill with,. what might be .pneumonia and the Tucker - smith plow, after ;attempting to open the second concession came back and went out the highway where they succeeded in opening a passage through the big drifts west . of Seaforth and continued out to Alma corner, three and three-quart- ers west, of Seaforth, From that point Dr. Brady went on skis across to the Whitmore home. The child is now reported out of danger and is expected to be better in a few days Several Auction Sales Postponed By Weather Several auctions scheduled for this week have been postponed due to weather conditions and blocked roads: Ted Munn's sale, Tuckersmith, post- poned to Monday, March 17111. Albert Pepper's sale. Tuckersmith,. postponed to Friday, March 14th. Ray Fear's sale; Tuckersmith, post- poned to Friday, March 21st, JarvisHorton sole, =4 Highway, postponed to Wednesday, Mar. 12. M. .1 Butler sale, Goderich Twp.,, postponed - to Monday, March 24th. Place your order now for p SY ru Coal WE ALSO HAVE Nut Stove & Egg Anthracite. also Buckwheat & Pea Hamilton Coke Reading Hard. Coal Briquettes Olga Pocahontas Stearn Coal E. L. BOX PHONE 43 Northside United Church Rev. H. V. Workman, Minister 11 a.m., The Communion Service, Subject, "Our Obedience To Christ". , 2.80.p.m., Sunday School. 7 p.m., "Do we share The Christ- ian Hope?" Thursday, 8 p.m., The precom- munion Service. You are invited to these services. Anglican Mar. 9th.—Third Sunday in Lent. St. Thomas', Seaforth 10 a.m. Sunday School 1.1 a.nt„ Morning prayer 7 pan., Evening prayer St. M,ary's, Dublin 2:30 Sunday School 8 Holy Communion. Wednesdays in Lent, 8 p.m. ser- vice, St. Thomas' Church The Rector. Rev. C. F. L. Gilbert, B:A., at all services. Egmondville United Church Rev. A. W. Gardiner, B.A., B.D. 10 a.nr., Sunday School 11 a.m., "The Cleansing Power of Christ'. 7 p.m. "Divine Consideration" • March Blizzard is Worst Storm in Years `The world is travelling too fast' nowadays" an old timer remarked to The. News on Monday, and he ex- pressed the belief that storm might do some good by teaching people to live a little- slower, :Anyone agreeing with those views should be more than satisfied this week. The blizzard which swept over the province blocked highways and and railways on Monday. All traffic on the highways through Seaforth •was cut off all day Monday and the trains 'were 'able to get through an hour or more behind schedule. There) was no evening train on Monday night and the line remained closed on Tuesday. Country schools and Egmondville school had to close. On Tuesday morning the plow was able to open the road through, Egmond- vllle and town streets were also kept open. Many citizens of Seaforth walked out on the highway during the week- end to see a bulldozer at work clear-; ing the snowbloekade at the turn just west of Harpurhey. This power- ful machine was going up over the snowbanks pushing' big chunks of snow off the highway. Cameras are much in use these days as people take snapshots of their friends beside towering piles .of snow. Ninth railway traffic at a standstill, the Excellence Flour mill closed this week until shipments can lie 1e- sumed. Several carloads are received and shipped out at the mill every day when it is in operation. WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION 00 Tuesday evening, March 4th, Group Four of the W. A. of North Side; Church met at the hone of Mrs. David Lenton. The • meeting opened .with hymn 502, "'l\itht A Friend We Have In Jesus," followed by the Lord's prayer in unison. The minutes of•the last meeting were read. Mrs. Lloyd Morrison had Charge of the devotional' period. The roll call was responded to by nineteen members, Humorous Irish readings were given —.by Mrs, Goodie and Miss Govenlock. The meeting closed with hyinn.500, "Take Time to Be Holy," foilowect by a social half hour. WINTHROP The annual meeting of the Red 'Cross unit was held in the school- room of the church with 18 ladies present. Two quilts were done. Mrs. Betties gave a brief report of our six year's work, $5.4'7 left inthe Box Committee fund was voted 'to ;Chin- ese Relief. A committee was ap- pointed of President, Mrs. Betties;, Sec.-Treas., Mrs. E. Toll, and Mrs. R. Davidson, Mrs. Chambers, Mrs. R. McFarlane and Mrs. R. Dodds. Mrs. Arthur McClure favoured with two Scotch'songs which was very much enjoyed. MTs. E. Toll expres- sed in a few words our joy of having Mrs. Art McClure with -us and our interest in her welfare. Mrs. Betties presented her wiirli a quilt from our unit. Mrs. John Adams who was un- able to be present was given one later. Two tests and community sing- ing was' enjoyed by all. Lunch was served. Mrs. Theron Betties has returned from visiting friends at Goderich. Mr. and Mrs. Ken Betties and soli Paul are living with. Mr. and Mrs,. Theron Betties to be near Ken's work of driving the McKillop snow plow. Mr. 'Scott Bolton has been on the sick list, we wish him a speedy re- covery. The i3oshart furniture factory is operating as usual. Fortunately ship- ments of cedar chests are not heavy this week. Completed material, about 60 chests, is being stored in the rail- way freight sheds for the time being. The Hesky Flax Products Limited reported operating as usual, except that 'no shipments were being made. $1 a year Railway Snow Plow •Red Cross Campaign Buried In Drifts Canvassers Named Miss Betty Clark Shower Is Held For On. Monday the C.N,R. snowplow was stalled in the drifts at the Mustar'd's crossing on the London - Clinton railway line between Bruce - field and Kipper'. The crew on • the plow stayed in the caboose over night and by next morning the ca- boose was so badly buried in sine,' the men had to climb out through the top. On Tuesday a gang of 100 men shovelled out the snowplow, By Wednesday morning this plow was trying to get to Hensen to take on water and coal and go to, the rescue of the passenger train from London stranded at Centralia since Monday with passengers. The shoveliers were boarded at the Mustard and Wright 'and other neighboring farm homes.. C. W. L. Holds March Meeting At the March meeting of the Sea - forth Catholic Women's League which was held in the vestry of St. James' Church, a nominating com- mittee consisting of Mrs. W. J. Dun- can, Mrs. Charles P. Sills, and Mks, J. Matthews, was appointed. The annual meeting of the local sub -di- vision will be held in St. James' school hall about the middle of April in the form of a pot -luck supper Married members are asked to in- vite their husbands to attend, Furth. • er plans were made for the annual St. Patricks supper which will be 'Nerd on Monday, March -17th. Two dollars was sent. to the Sacred Heart Radio Program. The treasur- er's report showed a balance 01 $138.82. Interesting letters received from the various diocesan convenors read in regards to Publicity; Health and Nutrition; Lay Retreats; Social Service and Child Welfare; Girl Guides; Resolutions and Member- ship; Rehabilitation; Immigration and Traveler's Aid; Sisters of Ser- vice, and Education, The meeting closed with Prayer led by the presi- dent, Mrs. Wm. Hart. The large poultry farms have had difficulty obtaining feed for their flocks. Highway between Seaforth and Clinton .was opened Tuesday night with a single lane and bread and other supply trucks were able to get through. At Wednesday noon the county plow from Kinburn was reported un- able to make any headway. It had only gone about forty rods and could not break any further through the snow filled road. Shovellers may be necessary to get this road open. Some farmers have been reaching Seaforth by driving with teams and coming through the fields, others have made the journey on foot. The situation was briefly summed UP on Wednesday when a motorist was asked, How are the roads? The expressive answer was "What roads?" It is reported that u0 trains have moved out of Stratford since Monday. It is not known at time of writing whether there will be any ' train through Seaferl b on Thursday, A police sign at the western edge of Seaforth forbids any except eesent. Ed traffic on No, 3 highway owing to its narrow condition. The highway between Clinton and Brucefield is reported open with an RCAF snow blower working south. Port Albert Buildings 1 Are Sold to Communities War Assets Corporation, Friday announced the sale of 16 buildings from the former Royal Air Force training station at Port Albert, near Goderich, to provincial and munici- pal authorities at unannounced prices. 1!t is understood purchases by provincial departments were made on behalf of municipalities and some will be used for hospitals and educational purposes. Buildings sold include the hospital to the Department of Health on be- half of Goderieh; the guard house and post office to Wingham; gar- ages to Huron County; civilian quarters to Kirkton; officer's quar- ters to Mitchells headquarters build- ing to Ailsa Craig; non-commission- ed officers' tress to Lucknow; works and maintenance building and depot service garage to Department of. Public Works. The following canvassers have been appointed for the Red Cross campaign. Tncicersmitla— Rev, A. W. Gardiner, Convener. Robert Archibald, Seafortb 1184. Wm—Sproat, Seaforth RR4. Harry Chesney, Kippen. RR2, Win, S, Broadfoot, I ippen RI13. Mervin Lane, Seaforth RR4. Jack Patrick, Seaforth RR4 Pearson Charters, Seaforth RR$, Wilson McCartney, Seaforth 11133, Sam Whitmore, Seaforth 11R3, Russell Coleman, Seaforth R111. Walton-- Walt Valton—\'all on convener, W. C. Hackwell. Canvassers are: Walton, Joseph Hackweli. 12th Con. East, Campbell \\gay • West of Leadbury, Frank Kirkby. 14th of McKillop, East; Elmer ten' nis. West—George Taylor. Boundary East, Harvey Craig. Kest —John Watson. 17th Grey, east, James Williamson. 8ih Morris, west, Allen Searle. lith Grey, Bill Turnbull, 711i liIorris, John Bryant FYI Harold Finnigan, convener: Alex C. Lillie°, George Kruse. \minas MacLean, Melvin Messenger. (]instance— Mrs. frank Riley, convener, North, Oliver Anderson, East. Walter Scott: South. Ross MacGregor, Bernard Nott. West. Wilbr Jewitt, Mrs, John Metver, St. Columban' convener, is accepting donations Cort the Red Cross at St. Columban. Seaforth--CI. A. \Whitney. convener. Do You Remember Miss Joyce Wilbee was hostess at a delightful shower field at her home on Wed. Feb, 26 in honour of the bride -elect, Mass Betty Clarke, daughter of :14r. and Mks. M. E. Clarke. There were 25 girls present. During the evening a contest "How John proposed' to Betty?" was con- ducted by Joyce Wilbee and Vera Mole, The best proposal was sent in by Marjory Hunt. The remainder of the evening was spent in making a bride's book. Upon completion of the book Betty was ushered into the liv- ing -room. Miss Ruth Wilbee and Vera Mole then carried in a large pink and white decorated basket which contained many beautiful and useful gifts. Miss Joyce Wilbee then read the address which follows: Dear Betty—If you will just for a mom- ent travel back to kindergarten days, you will perhaps recall the song which ran something like this. Johnny is the miller And he lives by the mill; The wheel goes around with a right goodwill, With one hand in the hopper And the other in the sack The left steps forward and the right steps back. " We hope Betty, most of your steps will be forward ones as you and John walk through life together. May you both on your diamond wed- ding day be able to say That the love of married people who have come through storm and stress and still re- tain the splendour- of their spring- time happiness, that the love deep- ens as the marching years advance. Please accept these gifts as a token of our friendshiP. Your friends. Betty thanked her hostess and many friends for their good wishes and useful gifts. A dainty lunch was served by the hostess assisted by When — In 1918 ? Vera Mole. Once before when Seaforth was cot off from the outside world by blizzards was in January, 1918, when there was no train service for nearly a week. The • following de- scription of that storm is taken from the1918ftl,'es of The News of January 1.7, "The weather man ruled supreme on Saturday. Old residents say it was the worst they remember. A strong gale blowing across the track all daaninade it impossible for the: .trains to get through. The morning train did not reach hereuntil noon from Goderich and only got to St. Columban when it was stalled in the snow drifts. A snow plow came through from Stratford but when it reached Goderich, it also' became stuck and was unable to return. Men were out digging but the snow drift- ed in again as fast as they shovelled it•out. After working all clay Monday and Tuesday with a gang of men. a snowplow got back Tuesday even- ing to Seaforth. On Wednesday this plow kept on towards Stratford and another one worked this way so that the line should be open soon, giving the first, train since Friday. The country roads were all blocked up also. It makes a serious situation with coal and every effort possible should be made to save what coal is in town". Westclox Are Back 7. Aatn We're pleased to an- nounce that we have the following popular Westelox alarms in stock 131g Ben 3.95 Baby I3e11 4.00 Travalal u1 6.25 Tide 2.50 America 2,15 Dax Watehes 2.25 mins Luxury Tax 25'71 It you wilt gine of there \\ e•stvlua. we would suggest you make an early se1e'tiou, as Oar present 15(1)015 10 very limited. Fred. S. Savauge Znui, umnuuuuuua nun,„nN,"",+m,"uuu u"unu, Seaforth W. 1. Will Meet Next Tuesday The regular meeting of the Sea - forth Women's Institute will be held in the basement of Carnegie Library on Tuesday, March ilia,. at 2,30 p.m. It is planned to set up a quilt for quilting. Members will -please conte to the meeting. prepared to discuss the group hospitalization plan, also, to bring their list of guests to be invited to the W. L ban- quet on April 10th. The roll call will be answered by an Irish joke. Lunch will be served. HARVEY R. JOHNS A. life-long resident of this dis- trict passed away at his home in Eg- mont Vi e In t e person o ' r. a1- vey Robert Johns on Friday, Feb.' 28th, aged 71 years. Mr. Johns died from a heart condition after a short illness. He was born in Tuckersmith where he farmed until retiring to Egmondville about twenty years ago. In 1911 he was united in marriage to Miss Sophia Stonehouse at Ont- ario St. Methodist Church, Clinton. 'Mr. Johns was a member of St. Thomas' Anglican Church, Seaforth. He is survived by his wife, one bro- ther and three sisters, Addison Johns, of Newmarket; Mrs. Robert Lawson, of Hallett; Mrs. Albert Seeley of Clinton; Mrs. Allen, of Goderich; also seven nephews and two nieces, Roy, Earl, Leslie and Lorne Lawson, Mrs. John Davidson, Brucefield,, Mrs. Busby. of Chat- ham; Edwin and Howard Johns of Tuckersmith, and Allen of Vancou- ver. t The funeral was held on Saturday, March 1st at 2 p.m. from the Box Funeral Parlors, Seaforth, Rev. C. F. L. Gilbert and Rev. A. W. Gardin- er officiating. The pallbearers were Messrs. Andrew McLellan, Roderick MacLean, Noro an MacLean, Alex. Lillieo, Ivan Henderson, Roy Mc- Geoch. Interment was made in the Egmondville cemetery. This Is NOT At Seaforth WINTBk TRIALS -UNDERWAY AT CHURCHILL, The Canadian Services in. ,conjunction with a small detachment of `U.S. Army personnel are conducting a series of tests on equipment, and clothing to determine what changes should be made to suit the bitter northern winter weai:her. Shown left above, U.S. chairman of the permanent Joint board on defence, Morena La Gia ;die, tuho was a member of an inspection party which re- cently visited. Port Churchill. The ex -mayor of New York is shown above in tl typical pose in a Churchill store where he was delighted to find a stock of his favorite cigars. Top photo, Laying telephone cables with -the tempera- ture at 28 degrees below zero, and a twenty -mile -an -hour wind blowing is Po easy task as members of the Signal- Corps section at Churchill discover while testing their equipment and methods in the snow swept barrens north of the fort. Bottom photo, Hauling their camping equipment and supplies on sleighs Canadian Army men on duty at Fort Churchill, start out 00 the second day of a route march across the frozen barrens. north of Churchill. The severe cold and constant wind provide a stilt' test l'or hath sten and equipment. MRS. EDWARD DALEY After a short illness there died Friday, at her home in Oshawa, Grace Gudmore, beloved wife of Ed- ward Daley, in her 72nd year. Mrs. Daley had been in poor health for several months. Born in Huron County, near Clin- ton, the deceased was the daughter of the late William and Louise Cud - more. She was married at the horse. of her parents, London Road, Sep- tember, 1900. Following her mar- riage the family lived at Seaforth for 19 years and later at Walkerton before going to Oshawa two and a half years ago. Mas. Daley was a member of Northminster United Church. Predeceased by a daughter, Myr- tle in 1906 and a son, Emerson, in 1931, Mrs. Daley leaves, besides her husband, three daughters, Mrs. Frank Thomson (Dorothy) of Toron- to, Mrs. Eldon Southwell (Margaret) and Miss Ethel Daley of Oshawa, Also surviving are three sisters, Mrs. J. S. Watson of Vancouver, Mrs. T. Workman of Kipper and 'Mrs, H. Horton of Oshawa and four brothers, Edward and Lorne of Van- couver; Samuel and William of Sea - forth. Also survived by four grand- children, Dale Mid Grant Southwell and June and Grace Thomson. The funeral service was held at the Luke -McIntosh Funeral Haute, conducted by Rev, 13. S. Morwood, minister of Nor'thminater 'United Church. A further service was held at the Whitney Funeral Home at Seaforth, Interment in Maitland Bank Cemetery. Rev. H. V. Work- man conducted the services. The pall bearers were; Orval Workman, Marshall Stewart, Arn- old Westcott, Jack Stevens, Ross Savange, Dave Wilson. ST. COLUMBAN St.. Columban reports on Wednes- day at noon Iliet no snowplow has been able to reach that village Set, No, S highway being still blocked. The residents of St. Columban dis- trict are short of bread, but otherwise are getting along nicely. Some people have walked to Dublin to get neces- sary items, but mostly the local store has been able to supply needs. While there are a few cases or illness in the community there is nothing of a seri, ons nature LONDESB:ORO Snowdrifts blocked highway and rail travel in and out of Londesboro this week, Even sleighs could not get through. A farmer 2 miles from here tried to get in with a team Tuesday morning for eggs and chop. After unhitching his horses he completed the trip in two hours. United Church Presbytery was to have (net here on Wednesday but it 'had to be postponed. A11 • schools are closed except No. 11 school on the 10th of Hallett. The teacher boards close to school and 16 pupils arrived on Monday and 11 pupils on Tuesday. The highway plow from Wingham started south in this direction Wed- nesday morning as the storm ap- peared to be over. CONSTANCE The snow plow at Constance was stuck in the drifts before it had gone 45 rods, acid it was thought it would have 10 be shovelled out.