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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1941-06-06, Page 2ron . ' ' $ or )Nstaialished 18 t1 . t McPhail McLean,, Bditor. ?tablished at Seaforth-* Ontario, es- Thursday afternoon by McLean res.. Subscription rates, 450 a year in advance; foreign, $2.0 a year. Single copies, 4 cents each. Advertising rates on application. SEAFORTH, Friday,, June 6, 1941 Crete Evacuated The two weeks battle of Crete is over. The British and Dominion troops which have been fighting against such ` overwhelming odds have been withdrawn, and fifteen thousand of them have arrived in, Egypt. It was a defeat, but one that was- ` expected from ,the first. Left with- out air protection and facing an ev- er increasing German force in front of them, and an ever increasing Ger- man air force over them, there was nothing else the British forces could do. At the same time it is well to re- member • that even in defeat Britain has profited in Targe measure. The battle of Crete has held the enemy up long enough to enable the British to crush the revolt in Iraq, to com- plete the conquest. of Ethiopia, and time enough for General Wavell , to make a•.:'More adequate and safe disposition of troops for the defence of , Egypt and the Suez Canal. It isalso well to remember that Dunkirk was a defeat and likewise. Greece. That the sinking of the Hood was a defeat and to remember what that defeat led to—the (sinking of• the Bismarck. Through ,these defeats the British have learned many things and have. and will profit by them. Fighting against enormous odds they have learned that British troops are more than a match for the Germans, and that once they stand on anywhere near equal terms as to men and equipment, they are quite sure of the result. Both the British Empire 'and the United States have now Learned how powerful the German is, and what„ efforts they must put forward to de- feat him, and both nations from now on will go into an all-out effort. And that is a lesson worth learning: • Those New Millionaires • For some time we have been hear- ing 'both in "Parliament and every- where out of. it, that the war has al- ready made twenty-six new million- aires in Canada. The assumption is, of course, that there is great profiteering going on in this war. That a favored few in- dividuals and many big corporations are securing contracts through po- litical influence and allowed to pile up profits from them. The fact is, and it has been proven?' over and over again, there is no pos- sibility • of anyone growing rich out of this war. Gross war profits may be immense; but net war profits are another thing altogether. The same applies -to the ' grossand net incomes of men engaged in the manufacture of war materials. The fact is ,that the majority of companies engaged in.. war manufac- ture have less net profits, after pay- ing taxes, than they had in the pre- vious year. Some few industries, it is true, have made Larger net profits, but they have not been allowed to keep them as we instanced by tax figures a few weeks ago. War industry has given many men large incomes,' 'hitt war taxes gave not allowed theses men to keep therm. mart may have an income of sev- enty-five thousand dollars a year and \ because of that the most of us think Of him as. a flillionaire. But that fy he far front: the • truth. We admit that tr flora thou- and dollars • once income, and we e 0f /1, *ordered; what a man 'to ;e a '1 it on. As a mat- s et 't`Yen do; not lave the —3,neorrie left in t`st; the Idmin- .'. ar: . forkg d+ ' ether ' sizable slice for its -- share of taxes. What is left would •'snot Make a man a millionaire in a life time, The men who make these state- ments, both ,in and out of Parlia- ment, are actuated purely by politi- cal motives --they know it, and with a Iittle thought, observation or en- quiry, the everyday man on the street would know it -too. Unfortunately far too many peo- ple take hearsay for fact, and that too often leads to envy, discontent and lack of unity at a time when unity was never more essential for the welfare of Canada and the suc- cessful prosecution of the war. • Welcome Visitors Friday, May 30th, was ,"Decora- tion Day," a great American public Holiday. On that day, the day before and over the. week -end,, Canada had a great influx of American visitors. On the Bluewater Highway the traffic was said to have been the heaviest in some years — mostly American cars. It was the same i n every village and town in the coun- ty. American license plates .from many States, but the majority from Michigan were almost as numerous as Ontario ones. It seemed as if the people of America had just discovered us and wanted to see what we . were like. Or, perhaps, the war and the kindly advertising American papers and people in high places have given us lately, made the difference. Perhaps these American visitors wanted to see at first hand how we were taking it, or what conditions of living were like in a country at war. If so, they would see a . country' and people very like their own. Both good to. look upon, with the added advantage of having their dollars worth a dollar and ten cents in Can- ada, which would make them go much further. Whatever it was, an unprecedented number<of American people' visited us over the week-end—and- they were most welcome visitors. We hope they liked 'our country and us and our . treatment of them. And we hope they will continue to -; come in ever increasing numbers. • A Painting With A -History A small British water color paint, ing arrived in Toronto a " short time ago, that had accumulated quitea war history. The picture, painted by Birket Foster, is the only picture remaining of thousands of dollars worth which were in a building bombed in London last winter. The ship on which it was sent to Canada was bombed and turned back. T,,I e second ship to which it was cordigned, was shelled, and the third was torpedoed. But in some unknown way the picture was recovered, and on the third attempt reached Canada in per- fect condition. That war history should add a few -dollars_ to its value. • The Difference On Tuesday night of last week the American people listened quietly to their President .over the radio, Lights burned late in almost every home in every city and suburb. Theatres were deserted, and tele-. phone calls dwindled down to almost nothing, In all it is estimated by radio experts that over seventy-five per cent. of the American people listened to the President—and did it of their' ' own accord. When Adolph Hitler talks to his people he commands his audience from the army, the factory, the office and the home. And the people listen to him because it is too dangerous for German citizens to stay away. What a difference! WHAT OTHER SAY: It's the Students Who Suffer (Thegina Leader -Post) Nowadays boys and girls don't lose their 1iVes if they cheat at .their' le'seone, bat the Joke is On theta. After all they go to eeheel to' got, an edit - Cattail end *babes they get °e: or ttit)t'is along' 9hit ,., abo 90 per ee$, their odVit rospo s hilit . -The hentteatheramiro ti4 Moat np-tbt�t� aUrricilU,t 6kb1164 4411'4010t ' bhenlin �fo i th'e teahheti' int* k1' fire. y: , ' „:,rk t%x ciikk t gone lntereatina Kronor Picked Frons The Huron. Expositor of Fifty and • Tweht�'itve Years Ago. From The Huron Expositor June 9, 1916 Earl Kitchener, Minister of War, with his entire staff, was lost when the Cruiser Hampshire was 'sumps north of Scotl'aml on Monday morn- ing at eight o'clock. Mr- Andrew Porter, a' former C1in- toni'an, who now resides in Goderich, has been appointed Customs Officer of Goderich owing to the ill health of Mr. Asa. Mr. W. C. Landsborough, of Fuck- ersmith, has sold his farm on, the 3rd concession, Kippen Road, to Mr. Sanrwood, of Toronto. • Mr. S. T. Holmes received a tele• gram from Ottawa on Thursday stat- ing that his son, Pte.' Ray. Holmes, had been admitted,'to No. 1 Canadian General Hospital, Etabus, on May 24, with shrapnel wounds in chest and shoulder. +. The following graduates of the Sea - forth Collegiate Institute have suc- cessfully passed their examinations at the Faculty of Education in Toronto: Janet Govenloek, Margaret Knight, Winona Berry, Percy Hoag, Finlay Ross, Arthur Archibald and Sydney Geiger. William Habkik, of town, w Pahl- ,fnlly injured on Wednesday afternoon at the Foundry, when this fingers were badly bruised in one of the machines. Mr. Robert Dalrymple; of Tucker - smith, who for some years hast been in the threshing business, has -sold his outfit to Mr. Bruce Berry, of Bruce - field. •. The following.. were ticketed this week to the West by Wm. Somerville.: ili.v. D. and Mrs. Carswell, McKillop• William Wileon and• J. Sparrow, of 'Varna. Miss Nettie .Chesney, daughter of Mr. and Mrs, P. M. Chhesney,. "Ruscoa Farm,” Tuekersm'ith, has successfully graduated from the Galt Generai Hos- pital. Mr. 11. F. Klapp, of Zurich, has sue. cessfully -passed his exam:nation at the Royal College of Dental Sur- geons. Mr. Alex Munn, of Hay Township, had four cattle killed by lightning re• cently. O. Fisher's barn was slight- ly damage by a bolt, as was also E. Gelinas' barn at.Drysdale:" Mr. Win. Wilson left on Monday for Winnipeg to attend the`' General As- sembly. He will take a trip -through. to the coast. before returning. ' Mr. George Wheatley, of Constance, presented !himself with a fine Maxwell car. • Mr. Thomas Mellis, of Kippen, is an old Fenian"'"veteran of • 1866. Fifty ears. ago 'this month Mr. Mellfs in the same stand In which he is now do-. Ing business, moulded hundreds of gun bullets for the men of this vicin- ity, who went in wagon loads to Bay- field and Goderkih armed with rifles;" shotguns and other weapons, in order to • .prevent the Fenians invasion of Canada. Mr. Wm, M. McClinchey, of the Goshen Line, Stanley, who is noted as a good stock .f eller, sold and deliver- ed to Mr. Cha¢° id, of lirucefieid,'o,. bunch of fat s J 'which netted 'gni the handsome sum of $750. 'This is the best lot of cattle fed by any one man in'the township for a 'number of years. Root. Devereaux, E. J -.Bo, and Jno. Abell,. Seaforth, have • erected new verandahs which greatly improve their residences and will also be very comfortable for -the summer. • From The Huron Exposltoe June 5, 1891 . A very pleasant event or rather two took place In the schoolroom of First Presbyterian.' Churoh ori+ 1Vlonday • eve- ning, last.' The Women's Foreign Mis- sionary Society and the members of the session had arranged these ev- ents, one a life membership certificate for Mrs. A. D. McDonald and a simi- lar surprise' for Mrs. -Wm. Ballantyne. On Monday afternoon; last the floor in one of the storehouses .connected with the oatmeal mill in Seaforth, gave *ay and the contents' were pre- cipitated into the cellar.. . Mr. Jas. Landshorouglr, son of Mr. Jas. Landsborough, of-' Tnekersmith, left on Tuesday for Sudbury in which district he has been appointed a mis- sionary under the auspices of the Mis- sionary Society of Knox College, Some mean sneak thief entered the stable of Mr. .7. P. Brine in Harpurhey on Friday night and carried off a set of buggy harness. ' Mr. Geo. Murrayi Is having the resi- dence on GoderichSt., adjoining that occupied' by his nother,,a,ufcely fitted up and intends occupying it himself. Dr. Scott has enlarged the deer, park on his farm 'lin Harpurhey and now passersby on the road can get a ,glimpse of the 'beautiful animals dis- porting therein. - ' A • list . of 107 names vas published on Saturday, being of those who were successful in passing their examina- tions before the Medical Council in Toronto. Among them we notice those of F. J Ewing and C. Mackay, Seaforth;- R. J. Gibson', Clinton; R. Knichtel and J. W. Shaw, Brussels, and'J. J. Danby, Ottawa, formerly of §eaforth. Mr. Jas. Petty, of Hensall, well and favorably known, left this week for a trip to°l+jngland where he intends re- maining', several months. The Parkhill TLlephone Co. now has a telephone line constructed from that place to Grand Reht'i, Mr. F. Bossenberry, Of Stephen; met -with a serious accident one day last week near the bend. He was driving his young scallion, "Young, Fulton," When the beast got frightened and running 'away threw Mr. l3ossenberry 'froth the rig, breaking his collarbone and some of his ribs Messrs. Rome & Tarter and Dyer & Howard . are busily engaged getting, oat building material' for several hous- ed hi Exeter, . which they have coii- tradts for.• Lest urinal' night a heavy Munn deer and ,lightning sterid passed, south o4 Zurich and the lioi o. of Conrad Ifiller wan 'sirruek by lightning. In fiet ' it 'was shrank Men. but very little damage ass Mona. O 'Thursday of 1agt 'ctl•sek.Mr, Alin McMann, the Canadian hof ;e king, shipped ;30 dpp liidi: bor6esr tta Detroit, ? re s lyul«C , t`O eidt 0, r, SC bg Louis Arthur ' Cunningham CHAPTER VII SYNOPSIS - .. Attractive, red-headed Gillian Meade lives with her bachelor Uncle Anselm at Rydal House in Eastern Canada. Realizing that the family for�,tune is almost ex- hausted, Gillian accepts wealthy • Jon Hillyer's proposal of marriage although she does not love him. At a house party at Jon's, she meets Simon Killigrew, ' best friend of the late Jeffry Clay, a poet to whom Gillian bas been engaged. Simon blames Gillian for Jaffry's untimely death. When Gillian is thrown from one of Jons, horses, it is Simon who picks'her up, at the same time murmuring his love for herr Gil- lian returns home, and Simon's words of love remain -fn her mem- ory.. .- Jon was called to Winnipeg. Gil lion felt strangely relieved to know that he would be gone for a fort- night. She met Killigrew one chill night of early Autumn, by the shores of Rydal Water. They looked at each other in silence for a long, long time' —for what seemed an eternity. Then he said, "I had to come, Gillian. I— I stayed away Prom you as long as I could," "It's no use, Simon," she said, "You should not have come, I should not • have let you, see=" 'That you feel the same way? We'll have, no more of 'should not's' Gil- lian. I love you. I think I must have loved you from the moment I saw you." 'Strange way you had of showing it." • "I know.. I was—" "Don't mind • me. The things you said didn't Burt me, Simon. What did hurt was that you were the one who . said them-" "They were not true. Will you tell me what is true in the story of you and poor Jaffry? You could set me right, Gillian." , She smiled queerly. "But that's just it. I couldn't set you right," . "You •mean that there is truth—" - "Not the kind of truth you speak of. What is there is buried with him. It can never be' disinterred now—not even for this." _.._ "Not even for our love?" "I'm going to send you away, Sim- on," she said softly. "This time you are not to come back to me." "And you will go' ahead and marry Jonathan Hillyer?" "Just as I Manned to do?' "I love you, Gillian." "That's what you think. It isn't really so. I might tell you that there is. notching in my life that I need to be ashamed of. I can tell you that." She frowned in bewilderment. "But .do you believe' me?" "Of course I believe you," "Right now you do. For a while you would, Then you would remember the'old stories, the old thoughts- you hadvef me. And presently you'd be- gin to ask me with, your eyes, to watch me and to s'pedulate, and then you'd question me with words. You'd nag at me to tell you about Jeffry Clay and me. And I couldn't tell you —do you hear?" But it's not true—oh, I bate my- self for asking you this—it's not true that he went to pieces because you threw him over?" "He • said, 'If you throw me over, Gillian, I won't go on living. I'll drink myself to death — that's a pleasant. way. And you can always remember that it was you who.told, me to take it," "And you—you had. 'told him you loved him!" She laughed then. "I had. Take it for what it's worth.". "More -there's more. Some reas- on—" "There is no more. You're the on- ly one I've told. I tell it to you so you'll hate me again—if you ever lov- ed me—and go on hating me. Oh, no, "tio! I don't mean that, Simon. Whatever you think of me, don't ..hate me." "I love you, Gillian. Nothing you "Say—do you -think we are getting the boys OVER trained?" Phil Osifer of •• • • Lazy Meadows• (By Harry 4. Boyle) • You may be familiar with those days in the summer *hen your ambi- -tions seem to ooze out with the sweat. The sun peaks from behind drippy clouds now and again to add to the general heat situation and you spend half the morning trying to find some whisper of a 'breeze in which to cool off. That's exactly what happened to when I decided to go back down the la.neway to the bush."' The reason, if anyone had asked 'me, for the trip would be, "To see if the grass cattle had salt." On the other hand I will admit i had been thinking of a deep hole in the river where it swerves in- to the bush, affording seclusion for a suitless bather. Deciding that the cattle could wait for attention, and fascinated' by the cool mistiness of the bush, I finally landed beside the swimming hole. It's hard to remember what happened!, be- cause I hadn't intended swimming with so much work to be done on the farm, but the first thing I knew I was floating serenely in the cool waters. A sound of thrashltsg around in the brush and foliage sent me scuttling for depth. Two perspiring faces un- det white straw hats eared over Ali Pe a low growth of bushes. "Phil Ceder?" one of them enquired. I replied with what dignity I could muster, "Yes." Brit Just try andi muster dignity • when you are faced by two strangers wear- ing city clothes and yott are covered only from the neck dovV'ur by river wa- ter. - Th developed, that they were visi- tors (rete, an a ricin g liul _ 1 age 'vn`31er had been reading' about Lazy tio'Voei and lied Ynade tide 'OW to, see this '.'.wonder firm;" Hating to, for: rrttke thef Coi meas of thiie eri±h,Snfag hole, 1 dressed in a air few eafecl n. '401t,'&46 r ,, .,.. �E .ter loaf {f . 4 , OAF �ri �a�Ir:;i"dYs tie 7tiY4Yr� �'��.��q„ IL what •a; trip h rit Orb's' to !b.4t dy einirieh , ifilthr 'iA'`et /Olde fr ly laboring under the impression that I operated a model farm. They began to speak of scientific fertilization', modern crop- rotation and hybrids. The talk, veered around to other eq- ually scientie topics. My supply of "Hums . , . "Un- hunlhs�' . "I suppose so", and Yeats" was getting ;'almost exhaust- ed when we finally arrived at the barn. ` Somehow it seemed to me that I never noticed so many boards off the side of the barn before in my life. The barnyard seemed dirtier and there were more burdocks flour- ishing beside the gangway than there had been in years. How apparent the seeks seemed to be that I had been using all winter to fill the broken windows in the horse stable. The cow stalls seemed to be in a terrible state of disrepair. The agriculturists snooped into ev- erything. Oh, they were polite about it. Even the sight of brace wire on the wagon tongue did no more than give their eyebrows a higher arch,.. They politely asked questions about the sheep .and, how many lambs there were, and all the while examined the. sheep pen. Now, the sheep tlen wasp ui originally ,< alll Lg Y a>r old frame building ng tha$ j „I did service as a driving shed. with!,,, the coming of larger implements it became outdated, and abide then the sheep have been afloWe�o run in it for shelter. Gaping holies, s hoir+ Where the rfrld ..and weather have removed the shingles• and inorkod'through the sheathinng, , . . and the whole, build- ing tilts at a . ratlrier bad angle. It looks More or leas' as- if it w'ene waft. ing for another blast "bf wind to w cords. ba'ol i nd,•atir'aighten' It..tip, • The tab tattling `'t g' ext'rer s IeEt, tell lug the t4o1i't'ely' latl+�' iktleih •tlleyi•,. ere loyfecl it(oi'r visit tai�io v, ; ,.. ;,, '�"., bdel hH'y ovdij tobla,picttii"e� tbi s ie'etiti'ea, Uit :t Ti er> a st cin Shatitelti l; that may do, nothing you have done, eau• make any difference." "As your enemy/ I cam: love you; as- . your wife, I might get to hate you. I think of that, Simon. It's been all - on your side so far. Think if I should bate you as you hated me." "Still I'd love you. Let's forget ails that's gone 'before. Let's begin again, you and I, Gillian." If I could believe that it would be that way, I'd go with you tonight, Simon," "Come with me, Gillian, Come with • 'rte!" He took her roughly in -his' arms, and strained her close, close to him and buried his face in the golden thickness and fragrance of her hair. His lips were on hers. She clung to him when at last he let 'her go. "Now —now will you wore?" Gillian ran then, eluding him. She heard' him call, "Gillian! Gillian!" There was a note from him waiting for her in the morning when she came downstairs. She pounced upon the note, yet she was afraid to open it. There must be - no more between• them. There could be no more. She carried the letter out ,into the .fading garden, to the grape arbor that had been a child- hood retreat for her and Deborah. He had written from the Rydal Arms, Iast night— "Gillian, darling Gillian; I have just returned from Rydal Water,' from , what I find it hard, to realize was not a dream. Why did you leave me like, that? Don't you know you never can escape me now? What seemed to stand between us does not matter now—nothing matters save this — r love you. Simon," Slowly she read and reread it and' folded it and returned it to its en- velope. "You will .not come back, Simon," she said'. •"We've known all that we will ever, know of love. ,It has to be enough.'' She longed now for Jon's return. To Anse, who was waiting for her at the .. .breakfast table she said, "I'll be go- ing up to the city tomorrow, Anse. I , 'want to make a start on my trous- seau and I'm going to make a whirl- wind job of it. There'll be no big church wedding, we'll do it quickly and ,simply." "•Hmm, yes. Just a minor opera- tion, to be sure, having someone grafted on to' you for life. Nothing to give a second thought to. Here we are, parson, hitch us up!', Gillian, don't you realize...this is. your wedding you're,. talking' about?" "Don't be morbid, Anse." ' "Just why are you rushing things. with Hillyer? I know. You can't fool me. There's something pushing you, something that you're afraid, ef. By gosb, it's young Killigrew! He's been after you, hasn't he?" I met him last night down by Rydal Water." "He's in love with you. He came to tell you that, to try to dissuade you from going through with this idea of marrying Hillyer. And what he said shook you quite a `bit. Now, you look here, young Gillian: yu're not going. to rush into a marriage with Hillyer just.. because you've some crazy notion that love is something not •'to''"be trusted—" She shook her head. "It's not' that, Anse. Not a question of trust. I think I could trust love well enough. There are other things," "I'll say no more,.Gillian." Joni Hillyer telephoned Gillian to tell her that he had just landed at St. . Hubert Aerodrome. "And am I glad o be back, and happy to hear. your voice. 'Dell me, how are you? • Is - everything the—the same for you and me?" "Yes, Jon." She prayed: the tele - Phone would take care of the under- • one of doubt, of uncertainty in her voice. "I ,haven't been doing much, waiting for your return. I had plan- ned to go to the city tomorrow." " "Good. You'll come on the morning rai?" Yes." meet you at the station. I love, you, Gillian," Anse marched into the hall as She ung up. He had come from the lib• rary. "What is it, Anse?" "I'm writing to Deborah. I thought erhaps you'd like to take her with ou tomorrow." Gillian jusx ped at the chance. ehoraih would be a splendid shock bsorber, both in regard to Jon and there° was another prospect, an- ther fear; she might meet Simon illigrew. If she did meet him, she wanted others around her. He looked over his shoulder before e went on with his letter—and it gems to me, Deborah, tihat Gillian quite blind to what she's doing- . I ink.she is falling in love — with a oung man named Simon, Killigrew, but, she intends to go through with arrying Hillyer, I 'want her happiniess more than nything else. I know you 'Will help e. Just how, I dolr't know, but it an be that you can throw her and iiligrew together when you are in entreat- And mind you, absolute Crecy is the word. My lobe to you. -t t t h p y D a 0 K h s is th 3, m a m K 9e Anselm Meade. * :t Jon was waiting for therry�at the station. Ile managed' to hide any chagrin • he might have felt at seeing. Deborah. Deborah was happy chicon,, glad of her presence, let her talk all she rifted tb which was a ,great deal. think it's grand—your going into e publishing business, Jon. Are we going to see Simon's Printery'?" „W a have a lot of shopping to' d�—" Gillian's voice .trailed off. "Veit moist see the printery." Jon was . quite agreeable. I can't' go with you, I'm afraid. •Birt I'll Meet wool here' at ' Ito -thirty and we ran have dinner together and -- vi-e'll, w -e can see aiioltt tonight." AfShali v 1e go to Simon: 1011igrew:.s i)Owt?" Deborah Asked' inarbasi tly, Glillibhf "w`ii4 .� railii,+nh to go, 1!idhed,;;;rytill ;t}ra ;s. 'e, Wer e> ,: � . vie e�> ttt: t>}'e# oth- Cr' rand/ of itis siht ' ?Debt?)tala..--t'taztt,� ''' Ver ,Ifhll tmre',tIth a t :e fl otti os , tfite Balt r p ` l es FIe'llttkeo llta ` " • .