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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1940-11-01, Page 2su, oSitor stabliehed 1860 e 'hail McLean, Editor. ed at Seaforth, Ontario, ev- .sday afternoon by McLean FORTH, Friday, November 1st !nothing Goad Has Colne Out Of War Prime Minister Churchill's predic- ton that the most he would be able to- promise the people of Britain as the outcome of the war would . be blood and sweat and tears has al- ready proven true, and as time goes on this truth will be brought home in even greater measure. " Even the people of Canada will re- alize it too, although to date we have had but a faint conception of what the people of Britain are undergo- ing. Consequently we are and should be counting our bleslings. Among these latter we should not overlook even the smaller ones, and we are not. Take for instance, the recent pronouncement of the, Ontario Minister of Education that there will be no more new school text books in Ontario while the war lasts. That . is, perhaps, a rather high price to pay, but in, these times the people of this Province should be grateful forsmall mercies. And without a doubt the parental part of.. the people undoubtedly will be grate- ful to the Minister bf Education for his recent decision. - This matter of text book changes in our schools had almost reached the stage. where' it even could be call- ed a racket. No sooner was a book in print than it was superceded by Another and still another, until the • drain on the family purse and nerves was fast reaching the breakening point.. Merchants, toy, were complaining. and with every just cause. These text books had to be kept in stock in the retail stores, and every book merchant was forced to keep then) for the local demand. Unfortunate- ly for the merchant and to his loss, he found -that about as soon as a book was put in stock, it had become obsolete, . which meant . that any carry-over was a complete loss. As far as one could judge, even among the teaching staffs, there was little or no difference except ,that the same subject had to be taught in a slightly changed form as one set of text books succeeded another. But to the .:parents who had to buy these books, it was a constant drain with- out any appreciable gain to the edu- cation of their children. It will be hard on the book pub- lishers, of course, but the text book publisher has really had his day, and a very long day it has been too. In the meantime education will not suf- fer in .the slightest degree, and may even gain a little, while the parents and the , merchants are loudly wel- coming the change. • The Champions Hensall baseball team are the On- tario Baseball Association Intermed- iate "B" Charrapions for 1940, a dis- tinction they -gained at Waterloo on Saturday last when they defeated the Toronto Grads in the finals. And it 'is a distinction. In fact, it is the first 'Ontario championship that has come to Huron since the far off days when youth indulged in sport for sport's sake, and 'not for what there was in it. It shows too that the smaller com- munities are not outclassed in sports by the cities and Targe towns, unless they. want to be. It takes a lot of enthusiasm, of course, a lot of hard work, a lot. of careful organization and management, and a lot of cheer- Elul co-operation between players and management, and a lot of loy- alty on the part of the citizens, but it can be done. And Hensall did it. They- did a little more in fact. They played a brand of ball that . op- ned the eyes of . the big town and `t,tel rns, ,because it was just a lit - other towns and cit- iiiSe: A -brand of" ball lade Hetsall known II .is. ,played. Ahad ng tor, the 'tem and the town, because t ,b th, 1 . -T, 41k, To our way of thinking, however, there is soin,ething even better about theteam, and management. Hensall played ., amateur baseball. Not a member of the team received a cent, directly or indirectly, for his ser- vices as a player, and that is some- thing very outstanding in the ran - n t1s of present-day amateur sport— so called. - Hensall are real champions, and the rest of us in Huron gladly admit it and extend well-earned congratu- lations to the team and the town.' • The Second Call Instructions have been sent to divisional registrars of National War Service Boards across Canada to mail out notices immediately calling up men for the second training per- iod starting November 22nd. Notices will be sent to single men and widowers without children in the twenty-one year old "class, who were not called for the first training period; to twenty-two year olds, and in some divisions twenty-three year olds. In addition,. young farmers whose military training was postponed in October in order not to take theni away from fall work; will get the call for the second training period. The first notice, as before, will di- rect the men to report to a doctor of their own choosing, for medical ex= amination. After the doctors have forwarded their reports to division- al registrars,' the men found fit for military training will receive a fur- ther notice to report for military duty. At the time of the first call in Oc- tober there was a good deal of dis- satisfaction :expressed in some sec- tions because of the fact that many sons, badly 'needed on the farm at that time, • were ordered to report. That, however, was directly the fault of the son or the parent. If application had been made- far postponement, the necessary leave of absence would have been granted. And if farm work still needs sons or even hired help, a proper application will, ,no doubt, be considered in this second call. If, however, these applications are ilot made no blame is at all attach- able to either registrars or Govern- ment, as neither are mind readers. But application for a,; postponement of training should be made to one source and one source only, and that for this district is ' the Divisional Registrar, Court House, London. These, applications also should be made following the notice. for medi- cal inspection, and not left Until a day or two before November 22nd: Time Brings Changes Some subscriber, unknown to us, has been good enough to forward this office the Canada Official Pos- tal Guide for the year 1891, which contains a lot of useful information as well as some entertaining read- ing. eading. The greatest changes .one notices in the intervening forty-nine years since this book was published are in the number of post offices in this county. In 1891, villages were - vil- lages, and not thememory they are to -day. In fact, many of these vil- lages are not even amemory to • us. There were no cars, buses and trucks in that day. Transportation, - except by train, was a slow and lei- surely process, and transportation by train was an event. Consequently the village played a part, and a large part, in the life of the community. Then, too, villages were on the increase, not the de- crease, and as each new one formed, of course it demanded a post office, and judging by the number of post offices in Huron County in 1891, ev- cry village must have been success- ful in obtaining. one. At least the Postal 'Guide records that there were seventy-six post of- fices in Huron in 1891, and in our own riding of Huron -Perth, without the Perth, . there were thirty-one, and among them were some that the present day resident would have a pretty hard time to find. Today in this riding, at least in the Huron part,. there are just six- teen post offices and none.are locat- ed at Sare.pta, Johns on's bilis Con- stance, • `Y e, Hadlock: �UC�'rntbrop, Lead- bury, arl,lc f Shiva, Oda and a nu 'Eiposir O �M• 1 Year s Agone ini:eresttng' items Picked Fram The Huro4:. kepositor of Fifty and Twenty-fi:ve Years Ago. • R From The Huron Expositor Novernber 5, 1915 Pte. Charlie Holmes writes the tol- lowing trona England after having been wounded en Prance and leaving been taken to • England to- recuper- ate: "They have wonderful Red Cross trains and ambulances and the best is none too good when they are treating you. I was on brandy and castor oil for a'- couple of days and am now eating soup and drinking cocoa in good shape-" -,. The Bell Engine & Thresher Go., of Seaforth, have been awarded an - ether contract for the manufacture 'of -eel's. This time it eie tor 30,000 shells. Snell Bros., of Constance,' have in- stalled a six horsepower gasoline en- gine ngime for their necessary farm work. On Thursday forenoon when the 11 o'clock train was backlog up in the station at Clinton, it struck Mr. Ar- thur Forbes., as he was cncssing the track and •killed Irina instantly. • Mr. Forbes Naas one of the beet known horsemen. in 'Western , Ontario, and fcr a great many years was in the livery businessifin Seafortrh, 'Phe first snow of the season fell on Tuesday 'last, Nov. 2ntd. The potato. crop in this vicinity will be almost a failure this year as the tubers are rotting badly. ' Word has been received here of he accidental death of Mr. McNatigh- ton, of Calgary. Mr-. McNaflghton was married, two, years ago to Miss Janet Barr, daughter of the late Mat- thew Barr, of Harpurhey; Mr. Alex Cardno died at 'his home in Seafor•th,on Wednesday evening at the age of 89 years. Mr. Car•dner was engaged in business. here for many one and was of the largest stock and apple buyers in western Ontario. In, fact. Seaforth owes its eerie prosperity to the enterprise and business• push of . Mr. Gardno. He had .been retieed from business for some y s. A meeting was held in the Town Hall Hensall, on Friday evening last to get some information concerning Hydro power' frim Mr. Stanley, of. Lucan, who is in the service of the Hydro Commission. • --From--The--HerorT Expositor November 7, 1890 Yt 6mV.Vediriesday of last week Mr. Dominic Reynolds, of Hullett, had the misfortune to get his leg broken.. He was hauling a log by a chain and team when he was caught between the log and.,a stump.. with .the result above stated. It is estimated that between 200 :and 300 barrels .of apples have, been shipped from the Leadbury line this season. Dr. Ewing, son of Mr. George Ew- ing, of S'eaf'ortb, has been appointed physicist, at Pelee Island, near De- troit. _ _ _ Mr. Tw•eddle,, dentist, now occupies his oomm:gdieus and comfortable rooms over Hamilton • & McInnes' shoe 'store. A 'serious accident happened to Mr. Eddie Kemp, of Staffa, while ha reing ' marigolds. Theteaen ran away throw- ing him off the wagon, the .wheels passing over h'fnn.. , ,fracturing !three ribs and causing internal injuries. The school house i•n Section No. 4, Tuckersmith, has recently - bad a thorbngh course of repairs.. A stone foundation has been placed under it and it has been- painted and other- wise repaired. A large number elf young people as- sembled at the residence of Mr. Hugh Gordon; McKillop, last Firiday even- ing to enjoy the. night in social dance. Mr. Brian O'Hara and his violin play- ed sweet inusic throughout the eve - raring and a good time was had by all. Mr. H...Hapr,el, formerly cf the Township of Hay, but now of, Berlin, had 500 bushels of apples delivered et the station at Hensall. Mr. John . Wanless residence at Varna, has been lit up with electricity since Hallowe'en, as one of the street lamps was moved that evening. and placed in front of his house. What was nearly a fatal accident occurred on Monday. Miss Minnie Kenny, accompanied by Mrs. Carlin and Mrs? -McCann, of Dublin, were turning a corner• of a road with a horse and. top buggy when the horse made a spring upsetting the rig. Mrs. Carlin escaped' with slight bruises, while Mrs. McCann had a wrist brok- en Mr. Job Mclrntosh, of Brucefteld, the. popular merchant, has placed a fine platform to the entrance of his store. The public school in Seaforth has at last purchased' the house" and lot at the rear of tihe present school grounds „belonging to Miss' Smith. The price paid was $750.00. Mr. Robert Fishier, who has been in the employ of Mr. Thomas' Mellis, Kippen, during the past, three 'years, hm,s,.. refit for Kitnbu'•ru, where be -has secured a positiov,. Miss Mary C. Gevenlock, who has taught very successfully in• . Seel.004 Section No. 1, Hullett, for the past three years, intends leaving the end of January. good many other places where they used to be. 'In the other riding of Hur- on the situation is the same, for where now' would one find such villages as Hunt- ingfield, Redgrave, Bush field, Glenannon, Glen Far- row, Crew, Lanes: and tar- noch .just to . name a few Perhaps . no Where has time made` greater changes than in the life and habits of the people in the rural distric ., Osifer of r Lazy Nieadows (by Harry Jg Boyle) Seen in the • • CountyPapers • "TEACHER8e, We had tine. new teacher for supper tonight. It's an annual custom, ehds inviting the teacher to drop in alter "Our" some night and stay to supper and then try .out the mattress in the spine room for night's rest and 41ake a sample of the cooking to make her dinner on the next day. By now she's a member of tihe com- munity but she's Estill referred to as the new teacher. That name will stick for the first year, but then gra- dually she'll be called 44re teacher and the yearn will tick off and we'll hese that she has resigned and there'll be a wedding . and she'll be living on one of the concessions or the sideroads of the community, an accepted member of tihe district. There's something fascinating a- bout new teachers. When. the "news spreads that one has resigned, every- body starts wandering about the next one. A few in the community will start putting in discreet recommen- dations for distant relatives and the school board will meet and the name selected will spread.by the grapevine of rural gossip. School Will open and the pupils will all beanxious to -get to school and some who, planned on quitting will go back just to see what she's like, Ap- piles polished to a degree of perfec- tion and b'ouq'uets of garden flowers .will be carried to school during that filet week. Gradually the novelty wears off . . . the apples and flow- ers are forgotten . . . those who intended quitting stop intending ,• and the pupils admit tthat-she's just as cross as the last one. But there'Is that first day in church; Comes Sunday miorning and every- body is on time for church. They cluster around outside and talk - , -, and take ..their seats before chur•Gli time . . . .and then the teacher makes her entrance. How • those sharp eyes can �lookeher over. If she is wearing a cossiteme from tike mai/ order catalogue, they'll tell you the page and the .number of each article. And then somebody. has a dance. Every youing man in the district at- tends. New neckties and new shirts eels like magic from the display coun- ters of Tem Murphry's store. The occasional new suit is to be seen in .the, crowd. The "new leacher" is sur- rounded by admirers, She can't be- gin to keep account of the dances she has promised . . and I'm afraid same of our locall belles get just a little catty at her popularity. How the praposatls for outings seem to come. A corn roast or a Weiner roast . . . a dance - . . or a house party . . a drive in the moonlight . a Saturday in the. city ,to all the teacher is an object of fas- cination. Nobody stops to gonsider that she wants to 'be treated like ordinary folks. . They never think that in all probability she i'as rais- ed on a farm like the rest 'of us and that until she was Normal school age her clothes were "big sis- ter's" made over for her. She's been ed.ucabed ia the ways of handling youngsters . . but essentially she's just plain folks like any of the rest of Tus.he new teacher is the .object oP extreme • attention until we' discover these facts for ourselves. Tlheri site's just .another member of the commun- ity . . : dressing like tis ing like us . . . and wanting to do the things we do. A great deal depends on the teach- er in a community.. Five days of each week she 'takes our youngsters and teaches them. It's•, true that teaching comes from books to a certain ex- tent, but her contact.with the pupils leaves a great deal more than they get from the books. Her understand- ing and logic and way of living are bound to leave an impression• en the pupils in her school. ' JUST A SMILE OR TWO A •. •coffee salesman was travelling -tha'oug-lythe-South; and, as he .walt.ed for a. train in a little southern town he chatted with 'a hazy looking col- ored man idling_ on a bench at the station. "Ever drink coffee le .he inquired with an eye to stirring `up interest in hiss line. . The colored man allowed he drank a lot of coffee. Fifty cups a day he answered. ' "Fifty cups. a day! Doesn't -it keep you awake?" inqu'i'red the astonished coffe salesman. ' "Well, it helps," answered the col- ored • man. Young Man: "I want to buy a diamond ring." Salesman: "Yes, sir. How about one of our combination sets? Three pieces: Engagement, wedding and teething." - • Daughter (entertaining boy friend late) : "Hee father gone to bed?" Mother•; - "No, he's' in the . cellar, readin g." Daughter: "What? Reading in • An American's advice to after-din- ner speakers: "If you don't strike oil in the first two minutes, you'd better stop boring." Londoners Can Take It ! ( • By Alison Barnes in Saturday Night). She stood on her frontdoor step, a little old woman in a .black dress and a white apron. The front door step was all that remained of her ;home` --.the rest. was just a heap of crumpled, tangled debris•. Her fist raised „to,. Mae ' dark sky where the Nevi raider • droned and throbbed overhead and she said— " "Young man, 3'd like to' box your errs," I never found out her name, and her address isn't much use now, but I shall never forget that little White- haired old lady and her s,irnple un- c'.aunted answer to Hitler and his bombers. She . hurled nc blustering defiance at the man w'he had wrecked her home and everything she owned. She cried no terrible threats, no hysteri- cal hatred into., the midnight skies. She could address that Nazi raider with his huge bomb racks packed with death as if he were no more Oban a naughty schoolboy. She brought back the simple nor- mal things of life into a niglhtmare nigiht, a night when, we had ro'a'red through the darkened streets an an emergency call to that ltttie row of demolished houses. Like thousands of other Londoners, firemen, rescue squads, wardens, nurses, l: had lett etat cling by _to•r twelve long months, ready to go .into action as a member of the Red Cross volunteer service. Men came that Saturday evening ween,• as darknes's fell, eveiy one .of us looked eastwards across the bbackedeout city and, saw that/ angry red glow blazing into the night. , We knew then 'that the Battle of, Britain lead be ion the Battle of London. Most Historic Weeks Ever sitrce''that Saturday, when the first big force of German bombers broke through 'London's detenices to set huge fixes blazing along the batiks of Alm river, wreathing the ardent city in a black pall o4 evoke, I Weer been Working among settle of the tie+a- pie• of F rao�ttdonl-•-411 heepltala, biding rnakes+bi'ft querterie ft there tee Beer. In, ;borrowing clothes for Sterrett and dhilil'rem tinned out of heft bomea tri the /Ogle; 1n nothing butt their ,rose- tng gawp, ee- In these last few weeks, the most historic in the long story of: London, I have seen for mytseIf hove the people of the greatest city ,in, the world ane standing up to the most ruthless' bombard seri from' the air. 7 have witnessed their sufferings and their gallantry, Never in so short a time have I seen• so-nnuch tragedy;: never has there been more lauglcr. Not long ago, Mr. Churchill was saying of the . R..A.F. "Nether before has so much been owed ,by so many to so few.". Londioh. still oiwes that tremendous debt to its fighter pilots —a debt that it never for one mom- ent forgets.. But .today every one of us is in it—man, women and childinen alike=and, believe it or not, we're glad of it. • London itself can't'bid'e its crueller scars but lits, petop9'e can. Perhaps you' have imagined the streets' of London filled with grime -faced, anxious mien and women. Nothing could be farthe,. from the truth. If you could walk today from Mile End to Hammersmith, from Hendon° to Sydenham, you would be struck more" than- anything else—not by; the cruel damage to the . lovely face of London --but by the normality : of everything. People may, sleep all night in tinder - ground sh'eltdre but next morning they are on •their w'ay to work as usual -and on time. A hold-up on the rai`(way, traffic diversions—these things doni!t daunt there -They sitgn�al a passing •motorist or dime, twenty at adine,. on. to an open let'ry; — Wu'il see "Emblem as usklai" molt less, on boardedrug winddows, and aro, mien shopping at a, West End store •hJhiat rhasla't a scrap of glass in US show windows. Not long ago there were • •ealeagirle Working at their desks' en the pa''a'entiemt in Oxford Street, while builders worked day and night too" Make their buildlnng habitable agate. ,'e Sightseeing '`our The 'other day i golf,o'flVo a biXSlllillt wandered itn d Quit- ef ina'rxoiia side turillegs, °nottmg •ills rosy, balk to ,t1ii snetit-.otreetitLwih it caths. The eon- duleter had. long •sdmiee gtiven i*p try- ing -to. -work foirt. thefa-rob. "' wtn1Yeaoe ail ileuntii'+ he staid (Colntiniled •On Page 6) Purchased Residence . Mr, W. B. McCool purchased ,the residence •of the late Addle Hutcherson ion Centre St. — Wingbam Advauce- Timee. New Town Clerk in Clinton At a special meeting of the Clinton town council this week, M. T. Clor- less was appointed clerk and treas- urer; for that Corporation. Mr. Cor- Jese has been a resident of Clinton for the past 30 years, being an insur- ance agent part of that tine. He was. chosen from ten applications; and. his duties will commence at once. A vacancy was caused by the resigna- tion of R. E. M'asving, who has held the position' since the death of D. L. MacPherson. some years age. Mr. Manningwas formerly manager of the Clinton branch of the Royal Bank of Canada, and upon his retirement from that /rest—tithe- was pressed into service by members of the council at that time due to his keen knowledge of finances.—Blyth Standard. Joins R. C. A. F. .Mr. Layton Bray, son of Mr. and Mrs. V. M. Bray, of Blyth, received, his call to enter the services of the Royal Canadian Air Farce at Ottawa and left by mater on Sunday tnorn- ing. He was 'accompanied. on the trip by Mr. Ernie Robinson, who, we rin- deret.a'nd,., will try to gain admittance at the same time. .While on a motor- cycle tour last s•uinmer the two boys.' spent • some tithe at •Mr. and 'Mrs. Bray's, cottage near Ottawa. During their stay there they made applica- tion for entrance into th•e• air force, and shortly after their return here were summoned 'back to • Ottawa for their medical examination. They pass- ed their- tests and since then have been awaiting orders to report. Blyth Standard. • Congregation Calls Minister At a congregational meeting held at Knox ' Presbyterian Church on Tuesday evening and presided over by Rev. John Elder, of Milverton, - interim moderator, Hon. Capt. and. Chaplain Norman MacKay was •grant ed leave of absence for the dural'..;-: • •cf the war and Mrs. Macnay is be- ing asked to occupy ,,,the manse for the same, period. ^-11 Was decided to extend a call to Rev. James William- son„ of Harrington, to take up the work cf the minister at this time.—" Mitchell. Advocate..,. Dentist Called To Military District Dr. H. A: Mutton, for the past thirteen years in dental practice in Mitchell, :has been 'notified of his 'ape pointm•ent to Military District No. 5 - with headquauters at Quebec City, and will report there the end of the. month. Lieut. Mutton thas taken e • very active part' in the life of the town and at present is president •of. the Mibnhel•1 Lion, Club, treasurer of the Library Board, member of the , High School Board and' an excutive of the Golf 'Club. He 'has alscl °held prominent offices in• NLasonry,—l'Iit- obeli Advocate. . Presentation To Newly -Weds' At a recent gathering at the home of Mrs,. R. Tlhirel'l, Mr. and; Mrs. Jas. Smith, newly-weds, were made the recipients • of a lovely walnut end table •on behalf of members of- St. John's Anglican Church choir. The rector cf the ihurcrh• Rev. F. Watts, B.A., in a hew well-chosen wards, ex - e es•se'd ,F ccr.;giratulatidnd rad .. goad wishes of the choir members to Mr. and Mrs. Smith, both of whom have been valuable members fonaa number , of years. Mr. Smith, on behalf of himper and This wife, thanked them for their gift. -Brussels. Post, Spoke From England ,Pte: Glen Kechnie, upon arrival in England last. week with ca. group of wireless operators, wase priilleged to speak on. The air, and -although heard • by some residents in Blyth, unfortun- ately his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Keohnie, did not hear the broadcast. -Clinrton News -Record. Farmer Leaves $46,090 James Ryder, formerly .of 276 Tal- bot St.; London, retired Biddulplu Township farmer, lett an estate of $46,090, it was revealed Thursday last when his' will was filed for pro- ba?e in Middlesex Surrogate Court at London. Gffts 'totalling $1,600 were. made to Charity . or for religious pur- yeses tinder -the terms of the -will which was written in January of 1939. Most of the rest of the estate is -divided among nephews and niec- es.. Sisters of St. 7osepia who con - d ret" ee 1 fount St. ,tose.ph Orphanage - receive $1,000 and $330 .will gb to' the T•hioteas Alway Hall Name: The rectors of St. Patrick's Boman Oarth- dQlc Church iln-Biddreph and St. Pet- er's Cathedral are to be paid $150 for manse's.—Exetter Triunes -Advocate. Highway Mishap When a car driven by Orville Sell- ing, Goderlch youth, went out of cen- tre on -a curve, turned. .over and cearshed through a lienee onr the 131te Waiter Highway, half-aerele sohth of Port' Albert, late Tuesday evening, M4ss Verna P60441, sieveniteeh-ylelh:'• old Ooderich girl, eruetnlmed a severe coneu'seioe, lacerations about the head: (Continued on, Page 3)