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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1941-02-21, Page 1• Eighty-secgnd Year', Whole Number, 361.0 ; r .O PRINCESS 'ROYAL. Dr. W. S. Stanbury Draws Royal Blood For_ - Tranfusions. . FOR WAR VICTIMS For the first time in ,history, royal' blood was drawn recently in England to be • used fpr transfusion purposes for war victims and: Dr. W. S. Stan bury, formeir director of 1s,boratory, Mountain Sanatorium, Hamilton .Was the officiating doctor, according tie. a reeent'story an the 'Globe & Mail Dr, Stansbury is a son of'Jtidge J. G. Stan - bury and Mrs. Stansbury, of St. Cath crines, and formerly of Exeter. He. is a graduate of the Seaforth Colleg late institute, No less a person'ag'e than. the Prin- cess, Royal responded to an appeal of British Red Crowe' for blood donors. The. donation .was made at the Leeds School of Medicine and blood taken will be used;'if necessary, within the next seven days and after that time it will be converted into plasma, for use of army, navy or air force casual- ties. The Princess' Royal is" head of a blood transfusion campaign which aims at securing 100,000_ blood donors from the East and West Ridings of Yorkshire. . Dr. Stanbury.is serving in England with. .the Ministry of Health and is regional blood transfusion officer for,. East and West Ridings of Yorkshire. Born in Exeter, she received• his ear- ly education there and at Seaforth. He graduated from University of Toron- to in arts in 1927 and in medicine from the same university in 1930. Dr. Stanbury was appointed to the staff of the Mountain Sanatorium nine years ago and was direetor of the laboratory • until. November; 1939,, whet he was named clinical. patholo- gist of Leede. University., Last July he was . granted leave by the univers-' ity and has since been with the Min- istry of Health. Dr: Stanbury, is in • bis thirty -aitch year, • ReCOe ndecd Z'Yi.rC[e As Inspector George. F. Handley is being recom- mended as London district inspector for a voluntary constaibularly which is beineerganized through Ontario as a provincial'•police• reserve for emergen- , cies. A group of. officers from "Toronto, who are in charge • of the provincial organization, held a meeting- with dis- trict officials In London . on Saturday night; and Mr. HandIey's appoint - anent, as a result, W;iil,,.be proposed to commissioner W. H...S.tringer, heads of the provincials. Mr: Handley's4 district will be. the same as the provincial' police London district: Middlesex, • Oxford, FJlgin and Lambton Counties. He will be re, sponsible to Inspector C. X. Jordan. who is in charge of the prpvincial police in the samdistrict; About 1,000 men are to be enlisted in the voluntary conetabulary through Ontario. Bell Engine l eetin Ho cMeeting g • ROA Pc sit o r � % tie at r10 , AS I .est Tee ST ---Five' -IN ENGLAND Flight Lieutenant Edmund Daly, son of Mr. and Mrs. J.. Daly, Seaforth, recently landed safely in ,Englan'd. Specializing, - in wireless, he will takeaddition- al courses there "'•-' °DISC..uSS•JOINT MARCH :AMA Representatives of Seaforth Organizations „Meet '' on Monday. Representatives of three local- War Auxiliary Services discussed "arrange- ments' for the forthcoming joint drive which takes place towards the end of March, at a meeting •h'eld in the Queen's Hotel on Monday evening. The 'meeting went fully ' into the ,,various, aspects = of 'cthe •drive wlLicb "this, Year will replace lull"tvid sal a"p- peals which the various organizations •had made in previous Years. Among those present were Rev. Father T. P, Hussey, C. P. Sills and T. D. ..O'Neill, representing the Knights •of Columbus; the Legion was represented by John Earle • and Bur- ton Muir, and the •Salvation Army by G. Mullen and Capt. Edmiston. . • Farm'ers'Discuss. Re ..n`forestatio The annual meeting of the , share- holders. of The Robert Bell Engine & Thresher Co. IstKL _•'t+v'as held at the company's office ei Wednesday after- noon. President Earl Bell presided. Increased aotitity iii the construc- tion field was reflected, in. the com- pany's annualreport, sales in the 'boil- ' er department showing an increase.. The company elected the Bell .a director. He succeeds the late WM. Bicker! ourthe board: Body of Second Defeat, Tavistock \in Gruel- ling Overtime Fame, To Take Second , Place in Group. OPENING GAME HERE FRIDAY Seaforth Beavers camethrough on Monday and by defeating Tavistock 4-2 in a gruelling overtime contest,. won second place ii the group and the opportunity' of meeting Waterloo in the group playoffs. Playoff arrangements, ,which call for the best three -out -of -five games, were badly disrupted by the blizzard which has swept this district all week. The series was to have opened in Seaforth Thursday night ,with the 'second gams in New Hamburg Mon- day night and the third game back here Wedtnesday: • Early Thursday morning, however, the . opening game was 'cancelled because of impassable road, and now will, be- played here Friday night. The rest of thesche- dule will be as previously arranged. Tavistock opened the scoring early in the first period, Henderson scoring,. but Seaforth'evened the• count 10 min- utes later when "Timmer". McEwan scored on "Fat:rher." :McFaddin's pass. Henderson scored again for Tavi- stock before the end of the period, to give Tavistock a 2-1 lead. Penal- ties in this period 'were handed out to Pearson, who, got two; Morgenroth, Hubert and A. Hildebrand got a Ma- jor for fighting. • ' In' the second period there was no score, although six penalties, were handed out. A. Hildebrand and Drap- er got two i each, while Hubert and Vogt also were put off. The third period was just three minutes old when Seaforth tied up the count, Bob_.Draper scoring on "Alleys" Hildebrand's pass: Tavistock received a penalty shot, but did not score. Matthies, ' G. Hildebrand and Pearson were penalized. In the overtime, Tim M•cEwan scor- ed the winning goal for Seaforth and `F,,armer" • Mc)y'addzn einehed. the. b3 scoring' with' enYy 20 seconds "emaining. Hal Stade, the Beavers'' goalie, was -the stumbling block for- the orthe Greenshirts all evening. SEAFORTE--Goal, Stade; defence, Hubert, R. McEwan; centre, McFad- din; wings; F. McEwan, Pickett; al- ternates, A. Hildebrand, G. Hild'e- brand,.Sills,'•Draper, Nicholson. TAVISr.rOOK—Goal; Faulhafer;' de- fence,. Pearson, • Kauffman; centre, Harris; -ings, Henderson, Matthies•; alternates; Vogt, Woelfe, Ridley, Mor- genroth. Referee= Mooney, Woodstock. Summary: First Period: 1. Tavistock!—Henderson, 1.50. 2. Seaforth—F. McEwan (McFaddin)• 11.15. ' 3: Tavistock Henderson (Kaufman) 16.25. Penalties — Pearson (2), Morgew- Toth...Hubert; A. Hildebrand (major). Second Period: ' No Score. Penalties --A. Hildebrand .(2), Dra- per (2), Hubert, Vogt. Third Period: 4. Seaforth: Draper (A. ,Hildebrand) 3.20. , Penalties — Matthies, Pearson, G. Hildebrand. Overtime; 5. .Seaforth'; F: -McEwan (Draper) 5:2o: 6.. Seaforth: McFaddin, 9.40. Penalties—Matthies', McFaddin. A,• conference of junior fanners of Huron County"' has been arranged to be held in the agricultural board room on Saturday, March 1st, when the benefits of conser-vatien-and reforesta- tion will be impressed -upon the minds of the young agriculturists of` the county. An illustrated lecture on "Farm Woodlot Work" will be given •by J. C. Merritt, Ontario Forestry branch, Toronto. At 12.30 ,the Clinton Junior Farmers' Club„ will be !host to the young men of the county who attend at luncheon. The afternoon session will open at 1.30, when F. S. New - Man, superintendent of the govern- ment tree nursery at St. Williams, Ont., wilt give an . illustratedlecture on "The Economics of Forestry and Reforestation." ;4.t„,three o'clock the meeting will be open for • discus'sion. of -the .subject's .:and . decision as to what the young farmers Will under- take in 1941 in the planting -of trees.- Mr. rees.Mr. Shearer states that in 1940 there were 280,040 trees set out -in Huron forwindbreaks and woodlot growth. DIRECTS REVUE Airman. Found The body of • L.A.C. {Albert Aiden George, R.A.F.,' Who was drowned 'De- Cember 7th of last year in Lake Hur- nn, off . Port •.Albert Training School, was found late Saturday afternoon by ,ttva small boys. The, body was frozen in the sands on the beach one-half mile south of the scene of the drowning. • George and A. C. Debenham were drowned` when aa' -ice !lin ock upon which they :had ciawlerd' to be photo- graphed, gave way. The body' of Deb- enhain was found December 20th. George's body was fully clothed but was badiY decon tposed. Identification was positive .by Mr Force identifica- tion disce.' Coroner Dr. W. F. "+Gall'ow released the •body ,. l3oth men were "drowned on a Sat ttrday and both bodies Were recover- ed on a Sattirday. 'George .*de a native of Surrey, Vag. 'land aflcls.waif a .wireless operator. .; 'I 11 01.1414011” honors were pallid the >iieceasecl wireless operator • on Weal' esd iy` a,'lterihoOit A se`rt,XSei was Bell 1,1 ''i I ,Goderich, arc ,n-41ana ' '.'f'lft .lW �tet'y•�+-y GO$eri �..��.N �by�e., ,1 41st � �,�,;., 'fohn {DO' flhftTa1, t-,.- wtietl at the abne t3 e iss° Gabrge.' bc-te • Huron Juniors --Mari Party Heavy SnoivfalL Accompan- ied by Drivii Wind,: is Worst T}* Year. STORM• • OQNTINUES. Modern snow fighting equipment fought a Posing battle• on roads north and south of Seaforth rthis week. The roads have been completely blocked since Wednesday and. it is unlikely they will be open u . ',1 the driving wind, which 'is pillnthe swirling snow in great driffe, abates. On Thursday, the fourth„ day of the storm; the blizzard $as blowing as hard as ever in the .dountry. It was not that the drifts were too deep for the plows to handle,:'but rather that the drivers were linable, to see more than..a few feet nhead,',bcaiise'.of the driving snow. No: 8 Highway,' east and west of town, is• open but 'in badly drifted. and driving is .hazardo s. No. 4 High- way was opened north to Clinton ear- ly Thursday morning after being closed for ,a ,day, but only .a 'single track was cut through the drifts, and it .is impossible to pass. •. In Seaforth • tihe storm provided an. opportunity to test the council's plan of plowing roads' rather than side- walks and comments from: ratepayers is fairly evenly divided as a result. The Boyes'. plow has 'worked since Tuesday and all Seaforth streets are plowed and .open to traffic. The' storm forced the postponement of the opening ., Seaforth-Waterloo group playoff game,. scheduled , 'for Thursday night here,' and also . dis- rupted plans of the •`4 P. S. of First Presbyterian Ohird-eh ye entertain the Goderich society ori -.Tuesday night here. The visitors were unable to get through; • Seaforth Badminton, . players were forced to abandon a trip to Exeter on; Wednesday night because of blocked roads. Hockey fans :who attended the Sea - forth -Ta teoek game fie Tavistock on Beccidayiewght had 'snore than they bargained for. Near twenty ears madethe trip andtWwai'zat`•until 4 o'clock in the Morning that the first of them returned to town, after a 4 - hour battle with drifts. • The storm resulted' in. a fatal acci- dent. on Highway No. 23 north., of Mitchell ,Tuesday night, when a de- partment of highways employee, Isaac A. Keifer, 48,' was •crushed under the wheels -of a heavy plow. . In the Auburn district county snow plows, tried in vain to keep the. Main roads open for motorists on Tuesday and ' Wednesday. When ' the storm grew ',worse they did not venture out. The rural snail couriers, Bert Marsii, Charles Scott and Clayton Ladd were unable to get around, their routes em °Tuesday. The bankers, W; H. Shep- pard� and Robert Prest, were not able to get to the Dungannon sub -branch an-ednesday. The county plowmen saybat they have helpers ready to open 'tI .. roads• just as soon as the blow.'ceases.' The Executive Committee of the Huron 'County Junior Association of Toronto have made plans for their annual winter dance and card party to be !held at Malloney's Art Gallery, 66 Grenville Street, on Friday even- ing, February 28th. A large crowd is expected and an invitation is extended to all Huron- ites and their friends to join with them and renew old acquaintances. Splendid accpmmiodation is.' provided for card players and dancing Will be to the music of the "Round Towners" orchestra:' A much anticipated part is the floor show of local Huronite ,talent. Tickets may be obtained ki advance by phoning the president, Gordon L. Fowler, at MidWay 6043, or the secre- tary, Ke nC. `Stanibury at Hyland 6632. • Take Part in Demonstration 4,4ir A number of men from `D' Com- pany, Middlesex and Huron regiment, un'd'er Sgts. C. Mitchell and L. For- tune; were in Clinton. en Satttrddy af- teernioon, taking part in. a ;+leif,bngtra tibia; Which opened the Clinton War Savings gs drive. • rpt t acoVery W'ad Made b' lx„ ��dr .rl;•-..� s i+re1 e ' G alit1irg • Reeve Leads Discussion The Live Wire group of .the Radio Forum- held its meeting at the home of Mr. and.,Mrs. James Carnoehan on Tuesday with 22 adults and four chit. dren present. Reeve S. H. Whitmore very ably led the ' discussion on "Should the Canadiant_G�rvernment provide long-term mortg- es: at.e low rate of interest to enable farm people to get established on the land." The group concluded that if. it would, it would help the sale•=of land and also help clear up the arrears in taxes. The other questions regarding farm doctors and credit unions wore fully discussed. A delicious lunch was served by the hostess. The meeting closed with "God Save the King." • James Connolly, . Veteran ' :® • • • 40 • Quota '• .Director, Retires After 44 Years of Service. With Company. WILLIAM KNOX . IS PRESIDENT Firemen Have Run Saturday Members of McKillop Mutual Fire Insurance Company met in 'the Town Hall here Friday and head encourag- ing reports of the year's business. President William Knox presided. Manager M. A. Reid told the meet- ing that during the year total assets increased to $218,443.91, while liabili- ties decreased to $6,978;08. Fire loss- es in 1940 amounted to $7,3.32.60„ and was slightly increased over the pre- vious year. Mile company had 2,676 policies in force as of December 31, 1940,.repres- enting insurance to the value of $9,- 051,660.00. The meeting paid• tribute to James Connolly, of Goderich, who retired af- ter 44• years' as a,dirk tor -of the • com- pany. President Knox expressed the appreciation o4 the Board and 'Com- pany for the manner in which he had acted on its behalf for so many years. The meeting elected as director in (Continued, on Page 5) The fire {brigade answered an alarm on Saturday afternoon when a Fhim- ney catight fire at the residence of Harold Dale, Goderich Street West. The blaze was quickly .extinguished with chemicals. - • Mark 40th - Anniversary The fortieth wedding anniversary of Mr. and ,Mrs. Dan Cronin, well- known and lifelong residents of St., .Golumban, was celebrated on Wednes- day of last week. The family, D. J. Mr. and Mrs. JamesO'Connor (nee Mary Cronin), Mr. and Mrs. Albert Cronin, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Benninger (nee Hannah Cronin), Alphonse and Jack were at home for the evening and presented their parents with a beautiful clock with chime. The grand- children, Mary Cronin, "Marie O'Con- nor and. Marvin Beniixaget>:..add ^.an: alf'i"iropriate ruby glass*are jar for their -grandparents' jubilee. The evening. was .spent with many episodes from other anniversaries and days gone by recalled, as well as cards. , "D & l��! Anthracite Coal One Mine Only mow � Y mom. . ' insures an even grade at Children's Aid Holds Annual , Rev: Dr. J. H. Barnett was re-elect- ed president of the Children's Aid Society of Huron'County on Tuesday ;nil; ht. Other officers elected were: Vice- president:s; Mrs. Albert Taylor„Miss Ann Wurtele; secretary, A. M. Rob- ertson.; treasurer, A. H. Erskine,' Dr. Barnett, A. M. Robertson; Humane Committee—Miss A. Wurtele, Rev. A. J. Milligan; Directors— rs. Charles Young, Mrs. J. C. Ste art, H. M. Ford, Rev. A. J. •Mi igen, A. P. Wilkes, Lieut. Williams or her suc- cessor, of the Salvation Army. The Boards' strongly approved the work of Mrs. M. Chafee, social ser- vice- worker, and of H. T. Edwards, Superintendent. Both were re-engag- ed. There were 57 children under the supervision of the Society in Huron. The Children's Shelter was closed during the year. Reports submitted showed that the past year had been a satisfactory one. • Remand Three 'Mento Tuesday Ssaforth War Savings Commit- tee was advised this . week that. the quota of pledges for this dis- triot is 350. That means that 350 people must pledge to purchase certificates at regular intervals for the duration. The committee had secured 126 pledges as of last Friday, according to Chairman J. A. Stewart. The canvass will con- tinue 'until the quota is reached, he 'said. • • •,, • • • HENSALL SEED SHOW NEXT WEEK Only 'Show Of Its Kind in District Has. Great Edu- cational Value, The South' Huron Agricultural So- ciety *i11 hold its 40th annual Seed Fair at the Town Hall, Hensall, on Friday, February 28th, when a liberal prize list will be 'offered to exhibitors of grain and seeds. The society's Seed Fair is the only one of its kind in Huron and also one Of the oldest institutions in Western. Ontario. Over a long term of years it has held its place- as one of the leading agricultural featuresin an agricultural district, and ' this year will be no exception. • • Besides a liberal prize ' lis't, one of the main features of the Hensall Seed Fair bas been the. presence of a Member of the ,staff of the Ontario' Agricultural College, Guelph, to, act as. judge .of the, exhibits and also to give an educational talk-, on agricultural subjects;'+with particular reference to the. growing of grain and. what has been. proven by experimentation at :the. Gcfi3ege;:.he ;best"•seedi: a'lad •.:.fie- most. suitable to the soil of the ooun- ty. This year the. judge and speaker Will be Mr. A. W.'Mason, head of the Field •Hi sbandry Department of the Guelph College, and. those who have heard Mr. Mason in other years, know the practical and educational values ofhis talks and will be anxious to !tear ,him again. The Hensall Seed Fair presents an opportunity to not only the farmers of this .district, but tile whole county that they should avail themselves of by tine tering their grain as exhibits; by their: attendance; or both, and as .there is no admission charged, it is anticipat- ed that. the large hall will again be filled as .in other years. . Arrested here last week by Con- stable Currie, Paul Muneey, P. E. Bonenfant and Albert Brown were re- manded ,at Goderich on Tuesday to appear in police court here next Tues- day: The men are held -as vagrants, po- lice claiming they attempted to op- erate a coin machine in the Star Cafe without the • formality of using a nicker " •^ RBD CROSS - NOTES Our work raonvs will be "open as Urs- ual or the 2'8th of 'Fe'briit,ry, The' i3ay of Prayer. For the present We have beet ask-, ed to disconttiiue, ` hes'pftal s t'tipiies and , have been . i't'ufornedi that. the 'present need is Civilian clothing; . t'or Britain, two- aY taitt4 ,and quilts: We have also been ked Ott Luke g 1 ettes which include the followvin+g: 3 shirts (at' least 2/1 wool:), 8 'gO 1 *n 2 jackets, bonnet, 2 trr bho'tiesw, d�apens� 1 blast r > O wBbl6-r • Local Men Qualify asN.C.O. Must K; able CANVASS.. Frequently canvaagers•: for Savings. Campaign have been askod; why they are asked tip sign pledges b they already. are purchasing eerti .- cates or stamps, Me following statement has bee„11- preparey the local committee n , 'bee 14 an effort to clear up this: point; "Many people who have .been buy ing war sayings stamps and certiii r '. Bates regularly or spasmodically, and intend to continue doing so, seem; to have a fear of, or cannot see the need of signing a pledge, To clear up an misunderstanding, the Seaforth War Savings Committee. would like to point out that it is im., perative that our Government,-haye. some "'assurance as to the amount they may expect front this type of- war financing, henee you are asked'to sign a pledge. ' • We must have 2,000,000' regular wear"• savers. We must have pledged• war savers who will buy stipulated ; amounts regularly. - You are :not being asked to' ,give anything, rather you are askedto.; "save" and lend your savings,to the .Govern hent, and at a good rate of in terest. • The war must be won—it will take . your dollars to do it. If the Govern; -..., ment cannot borrow our money, it will have to raise the money •eh>•eugh greatly increased taxation. . Is it not better then.to buy war Bev- itrgs certificates, where you help win the war, you get your money ali'Iback and with a full 25 per cent. increase. While all pledges are :intendedfar the duration, they allread`•''iintil fur- ther notice," and ban he cancelled should unforseen circumstances make such action necessary: - If you pledge to save, you wdil save "--and save regularly. If. you do not Pledge, you may , glect to huy Who u*a,•r':effert wall •slooezK- u `�+zrt7i 3'n3oE'"° have the: War. Savings Fund to" title you over the post-War"'readjustment. period that is sure to come. Join the army on the "home front' .... with your pledge!" According to district orders issued this -week,• the following -men of dis- trict companies of the Middlesex and Huron regiment have qualified as fol- lows: Qualified as sergeants of infantry (rifle)—Sgt. H. A. Gibbons, Cpl. A. McLean, L. Cpls. 'F, E. Phillips, C. G. Salter; Ptes. E. F. Allen, T.. -.F. Case, H. M. Cummings, Win. Davis, M. J. Dearing, C. V. Flannery, A. H. Long, W. C. Passmore, F. C: J. Sills, L. A. Stephen. J. J. Wood, W. A. Aiken, J. D.- O'Brien, W. N. Plane, H. W. Pollock, C. A. Rozell, H. M. Shackleton, • .R. G. Truss, D. D. Worthy. Qualified as corporals of infantry (rifl"e) — Cpl. G. H. Hudson, L. CPIs. C. A. Cann, G. D. bays: Ptes. D. G. Sills, S. J. Smith, E. R. Wiard, A. W. Allen, J. A. Cafdno, A.-0. Field, J. R. Jennings, J. B. Kirkland, J. J. Morris, P. M. Nigh, J: K. Pickett, G. M. Sid - dal, W. E. Simmons, J. C. Stevens, P. B. Willis, E. R. Witmer, T. O. Yellow. B. H. Zurbrigg, G. M. Law- son, C. J. McManus, G. b. Ward. • Brucefield Girls Sponsor Concert • Goderich Men Crash Br dge Two well-known merchants of Gode- rich. M; Robins rand.George Schaefer,: were injured in •a motor accident on No. 8' Highway at the Lions 'Park ' bridge east of Seaforth early' Sunday. Mr. Robins, the driver, is' 4n hospi- tal at Goderich. with severe la.eera- tions of the upper lip, nose and eheeks '. and three fra,cttired •ribs. Mr. Schae- ferwas only, eilightly injured. The injured men were attended by Dr. W. M. Stapleton and later removed to Goderich. The car skidded on ice at the ap- proach of the bridge and caromed in- to the railing of tihe bridge. Mr. -Rob- ins is thought to have received his injuries when . thrown violently against the steering gear: •tri derby hat saved Mr. Schaefer from serious injury, he punching out the windshield with this head. The. automobile was damaged to the extent of about, 200. . The accident=•; was investigated by County Constable A. E. Jennings of Seaforth. • A very successful Concert sponsor- ed by the Red Cross girls was held in theschoolroom of Brucefleld Unit- ed Church with Ross Scott in the chair. An interesting program put on by • local talent in Which the 'fol• lti"wlaig took; paYt was much enjoye4: Misses Margaret Henry an:ll tiva Stackhouse , Mr:ip A. McBeaih, ,A.. Patterson, George Wilson, Sl Rennie, Mrs. Alton 1"ohn:Sten, "Mrs W. lilt - Beth, Sarv1s Fitiiston, MTS. A.. Johu- tterl> Miss Et41:.Stacit'1i;ofsh :mss, VOA, Bdyeit: • Ati1ltsing read ig; ;tom t'hei'r` Da ►e Tile littiiinlebYel°, .-. Obstacles - The greater the obstacle the more glory -'we .have in overcoming it; the difficulties with which we are met are the maids of honor which' set off 'vir- tue—Moliere. Wear Your Sutton The elaikni ing! 006 01' of "tf31# l ed above. 11 " ,1 zi 1 k rtr