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The Seaforth News, 1944-04-27, Page 4THE SEAFORTH NEWS THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 1944 p THE ST:,\i tlF'l'IC NIS\\'S Snowdon Bros„ Pahilsliers WALTO,N The ' Patronal Festival of St, George's Church was observed, by a special Patriotic Service on April 23rd at 4 p.m. This date marked St. Georges day, the 20th Anniversary of the battle of Ypres and the Inaug- uration of the sixth Victory. Loan. The church is named after the Pat- ron Saint of England. The service was in ehar;ee of the Rector, Rev, M, F..Oldham, who preached on the text! Ephesians 8-11, "Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against all the wiles of the devil," The speaker dwelt on the life work and history of St. George. The virtues which be and England stand for are: courage, ehivalry, justice, freedom, righteousness, faith in God, expansion of the Holy Scrip- tures. The various parts of the Chris- tian's armour as recorded in Ephes- ians 6: 11-18 were stressed. Mention was made of the 29th Anniversary of the battle of Ypres. The sermon was concluded with the poem."The Banner of St. George." Special Hyams, Scripture Lessons and Pray- ers were used. Miss Isabella David- son sang a solo,"When the World Forgets." Miss Emma Sanderson, of- ficiated at the organ. A Canadian. ensign adorned coinmation table On Sunday, April 30th, the service will be held at 4 p.m. S.S. at 3.30 P. m• and on May 7th. service at 1.30 p.m. and S.S. at 2.30 pan. Mr. and Mrs. John Marshall of Walton have received word from their younger son. LAC. Frank Mar- shall. from overseas, Mr. and Mrs. Marshall have two sons overseas, their elder son Barry being in the postal corps. WINTHROP The Helping Hand Mission Band will !told its regular meeting on Sat- urday, Apil, 29th at 2 o'clock. The roll call will be "Your Favorite Flower." The W.A. and W M.S. will meet at t°'ie' home of Mrs, Bussell Bolton on Wednesday, May 3rd. The re- ports of•the Presbyterial will be given and firs. Bolton will have charge of the topic. The Red Cross euchre, dance and sale of quilts was fairly well attend- ed. The prize winners were: Ladies, most games, Mrs. Harold Sellers; lone hands, Mrs. Robert McClure; men's most games, Mr. Austin Dol- mage: lone hands, Mr. Pete Malon- ey: consolations went to Mrs. Rus- sell Bolton and Mr, Harry Addicott. After euchre an hour was spent in dancing before lunch. The sale of quilts followed after lunch and were auctioned by Mr. Harold Jackson, who did a good job, after which a few hours were spent in dancing to Herb Kirkby's orchestra. We wish to thank the ladies for donating lunch, and those that donated the prizes and those that helped make quilts for the sale, also wish to thank Mr. Jarkson and those who called off the dances and looked after door and t•otrne. Also those that bought the quilts which made the sale a success. Mrs. George Eaton visited her daughter, Mrs. Peter McCowan, last we,1=. They made a quilt and donat- ed it for the Red Cross sale. We welcome Mr, and Mrs. Earl Hawley to our community. We wish Mr, and Mrs. Glenn Pryce many years of happiness, We welcome the bride to our midst. Hay pressing is the order of the day. ITt', Cain Cudmore of Seaforth and Mr. Johnston of Blyth are doing the work. YOUR BEEgD ��qqg�/�sS��7766A�� �y VPoi'i'L2ERi Makes, baking easy and sure® Loaves Fight, even- textured:Deliciousa Made in Canada ALWAYS DEPENDABLE ASRTIGHT'WiiAPPER ENSURES STRENGTH. ought What it means to wear this emblem! When you listen to news of what our boys are going through overseas . and read the casualty lists in your newspaper every day . and measure the sorrow and anxiety that have come to thou- sands of Canadian homes and, may come to many more... Are your satisfied that you are doing ALL YOU CAN? Our men and women in uniform are ready, if need be, to die for Canada, for Freedom, for YOU. Compared with that, no amount of self-denial is too great. Are you prepared to put EVERY SINGLE DOLLAR YOU CAN SAVE into Victory bonds? Into , bonds that will assure a steady flow of vital supplies to bring Victory closer? That's what YOU can do to help shorten the war, to save precious lives. And that's what the wearing of this emblem means that you too are doing your share . that you are buying all the Victory Bonds you can/ PUT 4'1CTORY FIRST PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF THE 0TH VICTORY LOAN John Boshart & Sons In the whole history of submarine warfare in this war and the last there Itis never been so long a periocl with- out losses, How far the summer hill was due to the Withdrawal of the U- boats for refitting With new weapons, to the reduced rate of production, or to the' shortage of trained crews, is impossible Id say. Theresumption of the attack In September- by strong U-boat packs is evidence of the enemy's Intention to spare no efoii to turn the tide in the Battle of the Atlantic. The task Of overcoming the U-boats has first priority in the joint plans of the British, Canadian and. American governments. To quote. again Froin Mr, Churchill: only by conquering the U-boat can the people of Britain live and act" The use of naval and air facilities in the Azores, granted by Portugal, will be of the utmost assistance in the Battle of the Atlantic during the difficult winter months that lie ahead. Owing to their position, the Azores are of immense strategic im-' portance and the existing facilities are such that they can be put into immediate use by Allied naval and air forces. Since the Bismarck made het voyage into the Atlantic we have not heard of the German fleet venturing far from port, but it has always been a potential clanger to our shipping 'and has had to be watched by a com- parable Allied fleet, A very gallant action by British midget submarines that penetrated the .defenses of the Alten Fjord and torpedoed the groat battleship Tirpitz, has drastically re- duced the effective strength of our enemy's surface fleet for some months at least. In November 1942 the Germans still had high hopes of victory in Russia. Hitler had told them that they could depend on the fall of Stalingrad, The army had stormed its way through the city and was established on the banks of the Volga. Traffic on the river was stopped and Russia was deprived of her last main supply route from the south. Coal and iron mines, and the industrial cities of south Russia were in German hands. The last remaining supply of oil from the Caucasus was in clanger. The wheat fields of the Ukraine and Don were overrun and Russia was faced with food shortage, if not with starvation, Recovery seemed imposs- ' ible, but the army was still intact. It had been saved by its long retreat, and its reserves were intact for the perfectly tinted counter • offensive which overwhelmed the German Sixth Army in Stalingrad. In the winter of- fensive which followed, the Russians recaptured all the territory which they had lost in 1941. Last July a new German attack on a 150 -mile front failed with heavy. losses. The Russians switched quick- ly ft'oni defence to attack, and since that day there has been no pause in the great Russian offensive. A year ago we sympathized with Russia in her adversity, today we are filled with admiration. The victory of EI Alamein, which will rate as one of the decisive bat- tles of History, was followed by a pursuit which has surpassed all rec- ords of modern war. The reputation of the Eighth Army earned at EI Ala- meinn is such that in subsequent bat- tles a threat from General Montgom- ery was sufficient to draw strong German reserves to meet it, In the final battle for. Tunisia our Allied commander made good use of this Psychological effect of the Eighth Artily on our. enemies. The lessons learnt in the .hard school of desert warfare against the Afrika Korps, when the later were at their best, were put to good use. Since E1 Ala- mein it has been Montgomery and his Eighth • Arany, and not Rommel and his Afrika Korps who have held the limelight. Air power contributed much to the victory. The Middle East Command under Air Marshall Tedder was .composed of British and Americ- cans working as a team with remark- able effect. This same team epirit has been a feature of the work of our armies under General Eisenhower's command in Tunisia, Sicily and Italy. The Anglo-American invasion and the war against Japan I will deal with in Part Two: BLYTH The death occured suddenly of Finlay Laidlaw, ninth concession of Morris. His brother John had left him alone while he went to the barn to do the chores. On his return he found he had passed away. He was in his OSth year and had not been in good health for some time. He was a son of Robert and Christina Laid- law. His sister, Annie, died suddenly in February. Since that time the brothers have lived alone on the farm. Mr. Laidlaw was unmarried and a member of Blyth Presbyter- ian Church. Besides his brother John, he is survived by his sister Ag- nes, Mrs. Daniel McCallum, near Walton. Three brothers and three sisters pre -deceased him, Andrew, Duncan, and James, Susan, Mary and Annie. Rev. Hugh Jack, of Seaforth Pres- byterian Church, conducted the fun- eral services at the hone. The pall- bearers were, Robert Shortreed, Robert McDonald, Kenneth Taylor, William Brown, Alfred Haggit and William Blake. Interment was in Un- ion cemetery. AUBURN John Rodger Snell passed away Sunday night after a lingering ill- ness. He was born Aug. 81, 1040, the only son of Rev. Harold Snell and Jean 33. Plumsteel. Prior to coming to Auburn in July, 1943, the family lived in,Ethel. He is survived by his parents and grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. William Plumsteel, of Clinton, The private funeral was held from the manse Tuesday, inter- ment nterment in Ball's cemetery. The pall- bearers were Helmer Snell and Scott Hawthorne, of Seaforth, Harry Plumsteel and Roy Plumsteel of Clinton. Japanese Empire, is developing in the following zones: 1. The Pacific, from tate Aleutians in the north to the Solomons in the south. 2. Australia and New Guinea. 3. Burma. 4. China. In each of these eight zones opera- tions are of such size and import- ance that they must be considered separately to form an idea of the Progress of the war as a whole. In November 1942 Prime Minister Churchill warned the people of Brit- ain ritain that the. U-boat war might well be worse before it became better, Losses of shipping in the Atlantic showed a marked reduction in December, Janu- ary and February, and then increased seriously in March. Subsequently con• ditions again improved and from lnid- June till the third week in September no merchant vessel was sung by enemy action in the north Atlantic. 1 •The World at War By Brigadier General H. S. Sewell. 1943; Part I. In a short review of the last twelve months of the war it is impossible to do more than sketch the outline of the main campaigns, and other imp- ortant events, which have resulted from military action. A simple way to appreciate what has been accomp- lished in this period is to compare our position of today to that of Nov- ember 1142. The military situation has improved everywhere, and in many of the important theaters our gains have been greater than most of ns dared to hope for twelve months eco. Britain and America are 'fighting t.wo wars—It Europe, with Rus:iia as an ally against Germany and her sat- ellites - in Asia, with -China as an ally e ainst Japan. A little more than a year ago when the Germans were threatening Egypt and the Caucasus, and Japan r was threatening India, these two wars threatened to merge' into one. This danger was finally re- moved by the Bri.ttsh. and Russian victories at 371 Alamein and Stalin- grad. The European war has been waged in well-defined combat zones, all of which afoot one another. They are bestdefinedas follows: 1.. The Atlan- tic, 2. Russia. 3. The Mediterranean. 4. Western Europe, Including Germ- any. The war against Japan, though' still far away from the heart of the Published in the interest of the Sixth Victory Loan.• atson Reid M. A. Reid, Prop. GENERAL INSURANCE Phone 214 REGENT THEATRE Seaforth NOW SHOWING THURS. FRh SAT. Second show starts 9.15 "Around The World" Star'ring Kay Kyser with his Band MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY 2nd Show starts 5.15 Dennis Morgan Irene Manning "The Desert Song" In Technicolor Adventure! Action! Music! NEXT THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY 2nd Show starts 9.15 Bud Abbott Lou Costello "It Ain't Hay" Special Added Attraction 14 Greatest Stars in the greatest 20 -minute Show in history "The Shining Future" Produced for Canadian Motion Picture War Services Committee First show starts each evening at 7.30. Matinee each Sat at 2.30 pm. ;Of interest to farmers; etc.: On- tario's Agricultural College reports that many cases have been encount- ered where piglets had died, clue to having received excessive doses of iron goven for the prevention of an- aemia Sheep shearing comes about the latter part of May in the West, a little earlier in the East, and the De- partment urges those having shearing equipment to coddle it properly, ow- ing to metals shortage; those who in- tend to purchase same next spring should order without delay, and it is necessary to have a permit from the Wartime Prices and Trade Board Starting plants early enough in the Spring by sowing seed indoors in window boxes or hotbeds is import- ant, and as a rule from six to eight weeks pdior to time when such plants can be set out in the field will be a- bout right,says the expert at central Experimental. Farm, Ottawa The Wartime Food Corporation has re- established central control over ship- ment of potatoes from Eastern pro- duction area CEMETERY MEMORIALS LARGE STOCK OF MODERN MEMORIALS ON DISPLAY AT OUR SEAFORTH SHOWROOMS FOR TIIE CONVENIENCE OF OUR PATRONS OFFICE WILL BE OPEN ON TUESDAYS Open by appointment at any other time. See Dr. Rayburn, next door. Cunningham & Pryde CLINTON EXETER Phone 41 SEAFORTH TUNE IN ON Old -Fashioned Revival Hour 7 to 8 P.M., E.D.S.T. Pilgrim's Hour 2 to 3 P.M., E,D.S.T, ON MUTUAL NETWORK — SUNDAYS Local Station — C.K.L.W., Windsor CHARLES E. FULLER, P.O. Box 123, LOS ANGELES 53, CALIFORNIA DEAD AND DISABLED ANIMALS REMOVED PROMPTLY PHONE COLLECT — SEAFORTH 15. EXETER 235 DARLING & CO. OF CANADA, LTD. (Essential War Industry) LISTEN TO "SUCCESS" SELF POLISHING LIQUID WAX AND PASTE EVERY FRIDAY MORNING AT 10.15 37 Prizes Awarded Each.Broadcast CKNX — WINGHAM For Sale at All Grocery and Hardware Stores T S TIIE JOB WE HAVE TO DO Huron County must invest $3,060,000 (HURON COUNTY $2,900,000, AIR TRAINING SCHOOLS. $160,000.) VIcTORY B N S This is our share of the $1,200,000,000 Objective set for the Sixth Victory Loan. WE MUST DO OUR SHARE It's a big Job. We've done big jobs before. We've put five Victory Loans over the top up to now. But just be- cause we've put five Victory Loans over the top is no rea- son why we can be indifferent about this Loan. We must not assume that the job will be an easy one. We must realize that it's a big job—and assume that it will be a hard job—and make sure that the job wil'I be clone: then it will be done. ALL MUST BUY BONDS AND ALL OF US MUST BUY ALL THE BONDS WE CAN "'PUT VICTORY FIRST" Inserted by Huron County Victory Loan Committee