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The Huron Expositor, 1941-05-02, Page 2A. LIEHUE MUM 0 [AT! 2, 1941 ,Y. a xpositor ttablished 1860 ¥'hail McLean, Editor. "ul §hed at Seaferth, Ontario, ev- hursday afternoon lay McLean EAFORTH, Friday, May 2, 1941. It Might Be Worse The war news, from our point of view, was anything but encouraging over the week -end. Germany march- ed-- into Athens, thus completing an- other victory in the Balkans. Bulgaria, Roumania, Hungary, Yugoslavia and now Greece are un- der the German heel, not because Germany is all powerful and unbeat- able, but because they refused to combine their defences and present a united front to the enemy. There is no question of doubt but that every one sof those countries now see the mistake they made, but hindsight will not help them. They are in Germany's power and will re- main there, to be used by Germany to her best advantage. There is the possibility, too, that war in the Balkans will now extend to include Turkey and even Russia. These are things that only Germany knows: What we know is that con- ditions are serious; that they will be worse before they are better, but that no matter what Germany's suc- cess in the East , is, it will never win her the war. That is an assurance we had from Prime Minister Winston Churchill in his broadcast on Sunday last. For a week and More before that, the war news was such that nerves were be- coming taunt, and depression was beginning to cloud our minds, but there is something in the voice of Churchill that has a steadying and rallying effect. Perhaps it is because he : never minces matters. To him a spade is a spade, and a mistake is 'a mistake. When he is through we have learned the truth, and the truth is rarely as bad, as disappointing or- asp fearful ao we imagined... itwould be. We must expect dis'appointinents', uncertainties and mistakes; because, in . Mr. Churchill's words, war is full of those things, but we have his as- surance that no matter what hap- pens in, the East, Germany will not and can not win without defeating the- British Isles and defeating Bri- tain on the Atlantic. We also have his assurance that° with the present and - future increased, help of the United States, that isnot now a pos- sibility. • The war will be long; it will be hard. There will be times like the present, when all things seem bad, tut even now we know they might be worse. • The Last Run The train on the London, Huron and Bruce made its last run from Clinton to Wingham on Saturday last. Soon the rails will be taken -up and laid down in other places, and the places which, knew the L. .H. & B., as they knew their own families, will .know it no more. From the ' time, in 1875, when trains started to run on this line, un- til twenty or twenty-five years ago, the London, Huron and Bruce was one of the busiest and most profit- able country branches in Canada. Mail, express and people crowded the passenger trains; freight and stock trams rolled each way. But that was twenty or twenty- d five years ago. Gradually since then, the passenger coaches emptied; the express- and freight dwindled to a trickle. The cars and the trucks were doing the business,' and even one train a day each way became too �. ,eeat an expense for the railway to ep up. And so the old line, a household Ford in every township and con- ' triunity, closed; down from Clinton to Ingham, A truck will carry the 114 the passengers will use their ears, or thumb their way; and tat trucks -Will carry the live /eight, i u 11imake little if airy, Ciec'oiYi lu'arid a,r serve 'in 'thenitres suit' h nd fa -l. ,.. lex `de that ter months when the people in that - northern part. of the country will heartily wish that they' had nc t. been quiteso neglectful of the' old Huron and Bruce. • Not So Here This seems to have been an excep- tionally . hard springon township and county roads. The Fergus News- Record says that last week was "Bad Roads Week" in all that part of On- tario. " Gravel roads in that district could not stand the pressure, while asphalt surfaced ones were not much bet- ter. Roads in every direction were used by motorists for a day or two, till they also gave out andafter that it was the horse and buggy, and very tough going for them. Perth and other counties in this district were also hard hit, and the repair bill for them will be a serious one this., year. But it is not so here in this dis- trict at least. There was no inter- ference to motor traffic on the hard surfaced county roads to the north, and even the gravel roads to the -south were only out of commission in a few spots for a day. In fact, for• two weeks or more there' has not been a township or county road in any . direction that was not in mid -summer condition for motor traffic. Huron, however, has always been noted for the excellence of its roads, 'and since the advent of car •,and truck that fact is being more and more recognized. Infact, Huron County was a pip- , neer in modern road construction, and its hard surfaced roads, in par- ticular, have drawn unusual atten- tion and favorable mention from many other Ontario counties, that have adopted their road building sys- tem. We are not saying that Ifuron, as a whole, was entirely unaffected by the unfavorable weather conditions ., this spring, but Huron as a Whole has suffered a great deal less than any of the adjoining counties as far as road damage ie concerned. • Changes In The Traffic Act Perhaps because of the war and the fact that the.., Dominion Parlia- ment was sitting at the time, little was heard of the recent session of the Ontario Legislature, and less comment was made in the papers. But the Legislature was doing business, and. sone of that business --concerned changes in the Traffic Act, which is one of the most difficult problems . in every municipality .and Province. and .a regulation,- that ever requires study and change. - Less than forty years ago when the first act/ came into force, it was all a very simple matter. The legis- lature just passed an act setting the speed limit of cars at ten miles an hour in cities,-_ towns and villages,' and fifteen miles on the open road, and let it go at that. But in these days it- is different, and many things beside speed enter into motor traffic and the safety. of the public. And these are some of those new things: For one thing, the car has now caught up to the horse and buggy. Hereafter, "careless driving"'applies equally to the man with the horse and buggy as to the man in the car. Formerly it only applied . to motor vehicles. There is also a new provision to prevent dangerous parking on the highways. No car may now be park- ed on the brow of a hill "unless a clear view of such vehicle and of the highway for at least four hundred feet beyond the vehicle may be ob- tained from a distance of at least four hundred feet from the vehicle in each direction," which means that parking ontop,of a hill or on either side of it, is now illegal. Heretofore a motorist could use his cowl or parking lights when driving on a lighted .street, or even onthe highways before, real dark- ness set in. Now that is all taboo. Still worse, it is illegal. And thereis a clause about sell- ing old• tires and palming them off for new. Now .second-hand or re- built tires have to have that fact clearly narked . on the outer wall of such tire in' letters at least half an h high. ere ;are several other chang 9 . wee ihe' oes host "ee>Ein gone interfillthii Items Picked Prem The Huron E positor of Fifty and Twenty=five Years Ago. From The Huron. Expositor May 5, 1916 The announcement is made of the appointment of Mr. L. H. Dickson, of Exeter, to succeed Judge Doyle as Senior Judge of Huron County. On Monday the village of Bruce - field turned oat to see Pte. Stewart Knox, returned' soldier. He was, be- ing honored by his old friends. Mr. Horton occupied the chair and Rev. FI. I. Woods read an address to Mr. Knox, after ,which two of his old school• fellows, Miss Margaret Ross, and Miss Alice Davidson, presented' him with a gold watch and chain. Mr. Neil McGregor, of Stanley, had one of his fingers amputated recent- ly by Dr. Gaudier, of Clinton, Mr. William McMillan, who recent- ly sold his farm, has moved to •Eg- mondville. Lieut. D. L. Reid has completed his military course in London and now has charge of the battalion here. Miss Mae McGeoch has taken a position in the office of the furniture factory. • Mr. Allan Close, of town, has pur- chased a 1916 model 'Ford car. Mrs. Archibald Scott, Miss H. I. Graham, . Mrs. J. D. Hinchiey, Mrs. P. C. Kerr and Mrs. H. J:.,Gibson are in London this week attending the annual meeting of the Provincial Wo- men's Missionary Society of the Pres- byterian Church. Mr. John Willis, of • Stephen town- ship, has purchased Mr: Jas. Bow - den's house in Acton. MT. Adams, of Walton, has moved to the farm recently occupied by Mr. William Barrow, near Leadbury,. Messrs: Cook Bros., Hensall, 'with- in the past week, have sold three fine new Studebaker cars, one na six -cylin- der, to Dr: J. W. Peck, of that vil- lage, a seven passenger to Mr. H. Arnold, and a five -passenger Gar to, Mr. Milne R. Rennie. A neve pipe organ was installed in the Evangelical Church, Zurich, last week, On Monday evening Miss Oestricker, of Dashwood, took part in an organ recital and the affair was most entertaining. The store recently vacated by Mr. Hohmeir, the furniture man in Gode- rich, who has moved to Berlin, has been leased, by Wesley Walker, of Clinton. Mr, Walker will open up a furniture store and will also ran an undertaking 'business, • From The Huron Expositor " May 1, 1891 The many friends of Mr. George Lockhart, son of Mr. George Lock- hart, of McKillop, will be pleased to Learn that he has passed his final ex- anlination- at .;Manitoba Theological College -and took a goed position in the graduating •class. Mr. GeorgeTurnbuIl, of McKillop, intends leavfng<stor the Old Country next week and will combine business with pleasure and will take with him' a number of fine carriage and driving horses. • Lieut. Col.' Wilson has accepted ,a position on the Wimbleton team and will likely . cross the Atlantic once more during the coming summer. •A meeting was held on Tuesday evening and reorganized the baseball club of Staffa for the coming' sea- son 'with the following officers elect- ed: ° Pres., 'James Norris; vice-pres., R. Barbour; captain and secretary, R. Hoskins; treasurer, F. A. Hambley; managing committee, Messrs, A. K. Ferguson, Jas. Barbour, Wm. Jeffrey, H. M. Hamilton and' M. Rawley. Mies Margaret Burdge, of Bruce - field, who • hasbeen attending the Canada Business College, of Chatham, completed ber course and .graduated last week and has accepted a posi- tion as bookkeeper for Mr.'Thomas Craig, general merchant ant of Ridge - town. M'r. John Fitsgerald, of Chiselhurst, has again -been awarded the contract for gathering fire cream for the Sea - forth Creamery on the 10th and 12th concessions of Hibbert and Tucker - smith. Mr. Thomas Gilgan, of ChiseIhurst, left for Gilbay, Dakota, on Tuesday of this week and if satisfied will stay there. The barn of Mr. Wm. Scott, of the 12th concession of McKillop, near Leadbury, was completely destroyed by fire en Monday afternoon last. When ffrst noticed the place was in flames and as there was a very high wind blowing •the fire spread very rapidly and nothing could b- saved. Mr. Wm. Bell, of Hensall, - ; js- poaed of his farm on the, cession of Hay to Mr. W. J. Ja rott, of Hay, for the sum of $2,400. It consists of 50 acres and has good frame buildings. Mr. Wm. McQueen, of Brucefield, has gone to Toronto to attend the University examinations. We note the death of two of Sea- forth's prominent citizens in the per- sons of Mr. Francis Case and Mr. Rolph Thompson. A bicycle club hasp been organized in town with the following efficient staff of offieefs: C. -(Clarkson, presi- dent; William Pickard, vice-Presi- dent; ice-president; C. W. Papst, secretary treasur- er; A. C. Winter, Captain; Joseph O. Rbse, Lieutenant; D. W. Iiutbhi- son, Bugler; committee, H. W. Tripp, J. I.,. Smith, P. DILL Messrs. Charles A. Clark and In- gram, have had a new bake oven er- ected in connection with their new bakery. 5 us out in the country. One thing, however, --we regret and .are disappointed in There should have been a new clause inserted in the Act im posin a' life'senteh Act, p e �' on any one driving 4. with glaring lights, Who rej'uses'i to dim therin'heli meeting g another car SNUFF IT OUT ?' Phil .. Osifer of • •. Lazy Meadows • (by Harry J. Boyle) • "CALENDAR ART" We hear a lot about art nowadays. City folks are becoming interested in the country folks, and bemoaning the fact that we haven't an appreciation of good art and such things. We have an appreciation for art, .and that in- clination towards brightening up our homes with pictures is never more ap- parent than after that time known on the filum as "housecleaning," i; ousecleaning time comes between the last of the snow and the general trend towards seeding. Windows are opened and as you drive along the road, it's quite epmmon to see a lady with a toivel wrapped around her head as a dust protector knocking the dust out of .a mop from an up- stairs window. On the clothes lines of the Ninth Concession rag carpets and mats are flapping in the .breeze, waiting for one of the men folks to be conscripted into beating them. Water is a -boiling on kitchen stoves all over the township. You can tell it's housecleaning time, because it takes so long for the receivers to click on the party line. Usually folks are busy 'scrubbing the floor and it takes time to dry hands . , or else come 'from upstairs. But the confusion will soon be over and the furniture back in place, and the front parlor closed up again to wait for the first visitors. The- place is shining with new-found glory. The dust has all been removed and the men folks breathe a sigh of relief. - Which all leads up to our topic. When the housecleaning is over, it's time to think about pictures. From an upstairs trunk, last year's calen- dars are carefully removed and un- eolled. The lady, of the household tben "begins her selection of the cal- endar pictures to be framed. "'Teryears we have been brightening up our homes with calendar ,pictures. Lush English garden scenes have been favorites for years, although the oc- casional tropical .picture with a ro- mantic tropical moon and waving palm trees have found their way to our walls. Mother used to always favor the Pictures ' of children and clogs. The family -was instructed late in Decem- ber to remind Father on every trip to town to get all .the calendars he could. A list was made- of the hotel, grist mill, grocery stores and son on. The man who hedged on giving out a cal- endar was practically blacklisted for business for, a year. How scandalized Mother was that first year when Father brought home a picture given out by the village BiI- Itard. Emporium. It showed 'a saucy damsel with a 'neat portion offrilly petticoat showing. The picture was to be burned and the ,calendar pad sav- ed for notes. Somehowof other it found its way out to the milk house where it lasted for two weeks until finally Mother made a raid on a Spring clean-up day and the calendar was no more. *What would happen today if Mother could see the scanty costumes worn by the ladies displayed on the automobile accessory calendars?, The binder twine and farm imple- ment calendars usually went to the stable, the milk house and the driv- ing shed. Father made weird scrawls on the pad which nobody,Could trans- late but himself. The right month was very seldom, if eVer, shown but woe betide anyonewho attempt- ed ,to keep the •pad torn off up to date: Our. calendar art • may not be as worthy as that of the great art ex- hibitions, but we have always apprec- iated' it. Each year we had a change, and it's surprising how .attractive a calendar scene can look behind glass. • `• .� Polish Ham • (Winnipeg Free Press) . r • • • It was late in the evening of De- cember, 1888, According to tradition- al custom, most-" of the inhabitants qof the eleepy town of Recklinghausen in Westphalia, Germany, had retired 'for the night. Stately, ancient houses on the main street, with all lights ex- tinguished, threw gigantic shadows .on the newly fallen snow. The lamp lighters silently passed through the streets and extinguished every sec- ond street light of -the newly intron duced gas lighting system. Stars shone in a clear blue sky and quiet,. reigned everywhere. But down the street, close to • the old marketplace, the great windows f one of the oldest and most impres- ive houses were frilly lighted and shadows could be seen passing about, as in. anxiety. Inside; in- the great family assembly room, before the fire- place, Robert Mendell, suebessor to the house of Mendell, which for more than 400 years had commanded bhe respect of all citizens as the success- ful producer of the famous Westphal- ia "Schinken," paced the great car- pet. So had his father, many years before, and his fatheei fathor and all of the male ancestors whose pic- tures adorned the walls of the room. Robert Mendellwas about to ,becoilie a father. And when ,the morning ieant!e with all the .glory of a winter 'dawn?, Robert Mendell •had retired secure in, the thought that someone had come to bila earth who would carry on the tradition created over many scores of years, one who would' guard jealously the trade secret. This secret had been passed on from father to eldest son ever since there died in 1578 that Abrit;heti4 Mendell whose grav'estofie, the first one of e, long line in the Recklinghausen cemetery, ' testified that he had lived .ft'otn 1510,,to 1578, that he was a good man at his trade, and a Charitable Berson in his deeds, Little 'did. 1Lobert Mendell dreann that this, whht he rto doubt pnleiteely thought a rather ugly-eftkthre, which was shown tat hitt fol' fleeting tno-' *sit: by the st hmllmtg m dwife, *paid betbr d a Wealthy Mall O lys to Ws - nearly all When a OWftstika Mired ltMI& that UMW db ill it Mendell's Youth Frederick Solomon Mendell grew up as any average child would. There were two more brothers, but after all he les the oldest. As soon as he passed throughschool, taking year by year in no hurry,' he entered his father's plant, that of Robert Men- dell, Grossfleiseheref (wholesale but- chers), as an •.apprentice, , and in tra- ditional manner worked his way up. He learned, all there was to know about pigs, ' cows, steers and all sort of livestock and bow to use every piece, ofthe • animal to avoid waste. 'His "father' employed about 50 men in his plant; over which he reigned as the patriarch, a position due to him as 'the .proprietor of a great in- stitution. Then cable a great day for young Frederick Solomon. That was when his father took him into his private. study and revealed to him bhe spe- cial cure of ham which was not con- tained in any waiting, but was pass- ed on by father to son orally. The Mendell establishment not only pro- duced the femou6 hams but also some 75 varieties of Wurst from the "Blut- wurst" (blood sausage), of the com- mon laborer to the highly priced sal- ami. But while the ham was in great" demand throughout Germany and neighboring countries, the other pro- ducts of the plant served only the imnfediate neighborhood. . Robert Mendell died peacefully in 1911, in the knowledge that all was well in the Mendell plant and cer- tain; that the traditions would be car- ried on in true Mendell heanner, *heti he was buried, a great throng followed the funeral procession, as the Mendelle were not only respected but also well liked by the eitizemry. The plant wag' closed for one day of •mourning and engeloyees who had. been with Robert slues+ he took over from his father recalled what their late employer bad done fqr them and wondered ,fust a little, how seeing Frederick Solomon,. who had/ revealed keen bubiness sense on many occa. siMA Ivbitld carry oh. r rederiek S'blotnon sho*edearly that lid ,s of thi3 new' gehbbl. Ara steplii, lyse' to ei nitate the bM of tinhred on.. Page s) O Sgt. Naftel Recehtee Mia Wings Sgt. Pilot Leslie R. Naftel, 23 -year- old son of Mr. and Mrs. Knyvett Naf- tel, Wellesley St., was among the group of airmen who received their wings at ehe graduation ceremonies at the Dunnville SereleeFlying School on Tuesday afternoon. Group Capt. A. H. Hull, C.O., presented Leslie with his wings. Sgt. Naftel is the second 'Goderich boy who has receiv- ed his pilot's wings with the R.C.A.F. In accomplishing the feat, Leslie has fulfilled an ambition which has been with him ever since the war broke cut. He has been an aviation enthus- iast for some years past and was one of the young men instrumental in es- tablishing an airport on the site of what is now the-Fluron County Fly- ing Training School (Sky Harbor).— Goderich arbor).—Goderich Signal -Star, Corvette to Be Named for Goderich The Town of Goderich is to be' re- cognized. in the naming of one of the corvettes now being constructed for service with ., the Royal Canadian Navy. This intimation is contained in a letter received this week by Mayor E. D. Brown from the Depart- ment of Naval Service, Ottawa._ The vessel, which is beit}g built by the Dufferin Shipbuilding Co., Limited, Toronto, is to be launched soon, and though it is intimated that launching ceremonies will be at ' a minimum Mayor Brown is invited to be present with Mrs., Brown, and the latter will have the honor of christening the new vessel. His Worship has replied stat- ing that he and Mrs. BrBown will be happy to attend at the launching and expressing appreciation of the honor conferred upon this town in having its name borne .tier one of His Maj- esty's wile ships. The date of the launching has not yet been announc- ed--Goderich Signal -Star. • A Honor For Goderich MIT. Albert Taylor and Mrs. C. Baxter, "" representing Victoria and Central Schools, attended, the Easter convention of the Ontario Federation of Home and School Associations at Toronto last week. Mrs. Taylor was one of ten members from all parts of the Province who were elected to the executive of the Federation. Mrs. Tay- lor has been outstanding in Home and School CIub work in this town and county and her influence will now be extended to a • wider • sphere,--Goder- ich Signal -Star. New Fire Chief Appointed Gordon Sanderson was... appointed fire chief at a meeting of the Fire Department in the council chamber on Friday evening of last week. Judg- ing by the attendance little interest was shown in the affairs of the local fire department. Robert Gemmell and O. Elliott were' appointed• as assist- ants. They Were instrfz'eted" to chdose.. the firemen.—Brussels Post. • • Bridal Couple Honored A pleasant time was spent at the Town Hall on Friday evening, when friends and neighbors gathered to present Mr. and Mrs. Clark Cardiff, a recent bridal couple, with a • gift. Harris• Bell 'read the address and Stew -aft' Kerr made the presentations of a fine studio couch. Mr. Cardiff made a -fitting reply, thanking. his friends for their gift. An orchestra composed of the McCall Brothers of Walton, 'Tack Thynne, D. Gemmell,. Mee Scott and Ross Cardiff, supplied the music for the dancing. Lunch was served by the ladies -=Brussels Post... Boat Launched A goodly number "ef spectators were present at the launching of the, new motor boat built by Messrs. Gore don and Stanley Smith, sons of Mr.. and Mrs. C. O. Smith, half mile south: of St. Joseph; These two boys who. are .very mechanically inclined, de- serve great credit in building so fine' a boat which has a cruising speed of around twelve miles per hour, pow- ered with a 5 H.P. engine, the craft being 16 feet long and five feet in width. The but sawed out all the - ribs and different parts of the boat, including the propeller and attach- ments. It 'certainly is a fine little' boat and will give the, boys much/. pleasure in riding "the "'waves of old Lake Huron,—Zurich Herald. Artillery Dance Was., Gala Affair Beautifully decorated, the. Armour- ies was the scene of a very pleasant dance Friday evening. This very hap- py event was staged by the Officer Commanding and Officers of the 21st _Field Brigade, R.C.A. The music was furnished by Ft: Lieut. Fletcher and his Royal Force Orchestra. The decoratiohe were red, white and • blue with cedar bows and trees adding to the color scheme. The platform for the orchestra was set up at the east end of the armouries, the opposite to. its usual location, acid was so design- ed that the lighting effect came from within colored covered frames. The effect was very attractive.—wingham Advance -Times. Increased Production Mr. W. F. Abbott, widely knowie apiarist, has one cow and six sheep. Within the past week this was in- creased by two.caives and 12 lambs. —Exeter Times -Advocate. Certificate Nearly Century Old Ninety-six years old last Saturday is an interesting Marriage certificate now the profierty of Mrs. Duncan Mc- KAlla"r, of ;Crotnarty, which was .given to bee grandparents, the late Mr. and Mrs. John Ewen, when they were married in Duitiferline, Scotland. This couple cable to this country from Seotlaiid and for a number of Years resided in Hibbert Township, mo`•sting later to Grey Towndliip, near Watton,'Where they' passed away, 'be- ing hurled in Bl liej'b Lelhetery. Both were vkvaVers end Many a beautiful Ptd*e Of cloth with 'that ihaiiiittvorlt. <doif iiittta !tri rite's)