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The Huron Expositor, 1941-06-20, Page 2LW! THE HURON, EXPOSITOR ,. is to ronE* e Ectal lishe ' 1860 eith McPhail McLean, Editor. Published at Seaforth, Ontario, ev- Thursday afternoon by McLean 'Bros. did not last long enough to do any damage. There was fear for a time that with so much standing water that the soil would cake and the ' grain be scalded. But fortune favored us again. The weather remained cool and the water soaked into the ground where it was so badly needed. Perhaps the rain came a little late to ensure a bumper hay crop, and with the wheat headed out, perhaps the straw will not be as long as could be desired, but there is one certain thing—the rains will do these crops no harm. Subscription rates, $1.50 a year in' advance; foreign, $x.00 a year. Single copies, 4'cents each. Advertising rates on application. EAFORTH, Friday, June 20, 1941 Parliament Closes The Dominion Parliament ceased its . labors on Saturday last and ad- journed until November 3rd, when if prorogation takes place, it will mark the close of the longest parliament- ary session` in Canadian history. The session was„ notable in many respects, but not for its legislation. In fact, there was but little legisla- tion introduced, because .new legisla- tion had, necessarily, to give place to war expenditures and taxation. The.. problems of agriculture were almost, exclusively the only non -war problems to engage the attention of' the House, but these were given more than usual attention. When the members gather at Ot- tawa again in November, the session will be four days short of a full year since it started. • Lord Bennett Among the birthday honors con- ferred by, King George last week was a Viscountancy bestowed upon Rt. Hon. R. B. Bennett, former Prime Minister of. Canada, but for the past two years a resident of England. Mr. Bennett is Canadian born, and , for the, greater part of ,his life has been a noted figure in the public life of Canada. He is a man with a bril- liant mind, who used his talents to further Canadian welfare.` And while his speech and actions both within and -without the •Government, did not always march in step With the opinions of many Canadian peo- ple, nor always with members of his own party, his great ability, was gen- erously recognized and his honesty of purpose was never questioned. He was one of the most flueutial and eloquent debaters and one of the most able Parliamentary statesmen that Canada has ever produced, and his entrance to the British House of Lords will be welcomed by the peo- ple of Britain as well as by the peo- ple of Canada. His elevation to the peerage, of course, will not increase his stature, but if he chooses to accept his new (honors, as a reward of merit for his life of public 'service, the people of Canada will find not the , slightest fault with his choice, but will, on the other hand, extend their sincerest.. congratulations, and will follow his political life in, England, with inter- est, knowing that his great talents and expedience will be of immense value to the British Government and will likewise be used to interpret Canadaa{{'s viewpoint and advance her interest as well. 1 In The Millionaire , Clash How often have you heard the ex- pression: "That rain was worth a ?million dollars?”- Well, that was just the kind of rain we had over ' the ,week end. In fact that rain went over the mil- Boit il- Iio •`Mark and' Well into the million- aire class. In this section and to the south of us, farifiers were becoming anxious, and with cause too. TIereha,d of 6eonr'se, been no drought, but the growth of hay, pas- tures"' and even grainwas- pretty much a, 4` standsti/li While strawber other garden vegetables ally "'suffering' for want of entpicture today T_ e. even sayy the elied arils, be- i' Pest" do;potr' .. by6.LC cfl,F • WeShan Not Falter Or Fail Tint all the Poisrors of llell ea Eadh assail ... Tie r from este frigidly skies swIft-Nhtgeil Death Spew nameless Horror with iash fiery breath... Though Bleed. aid Marsha Aloe limb sped- " WaShall Go On To TheEnd: *•* * *�*4,-*a'! As for the pastures, the spring grains, the vegetables, the strawber- ' ries, et al, they have got 'a new lease of life, and the country generally could' scarcely look better than it does to -day. • Machines, Not Men This war against Hitler and all he represents, is 'a war of machinery and not a war of men. The official statistics. of British , casualties which was issued the end of last month, are an impressive evi- dence of that fact. These statistics show that during the thirty months of this war 18,627 'British , sailors, soldiers and airmen were killed, while during the average twenty months of the World 'War 356,220 British sailors, soldiers and airmen were killed, which means that the losses in this war are only five per cent. of those in a similar period of 1914-18. 'It also means that at this rate, it would take some fifty-three' years for a million British forces to be killed. The same is true of the wounded. During twenty months of this war 24,501.: British .soldiers, sailors and airmen were wounded, while during -. the average twenty months of the World War 818,700 British soldiers, sailor's and airi'nen were wounded, which is a percentage of only one decimal two compared with the last war. . These are facts, and a further fact is that as the countries at .war speed up the production of tank's', guns and planes, the .demands will be more for machinery, and less' for men. • " Going .Up, Mister ? " The new. National Denfence 'High"- way Bill in the United States con- tains a . clause which proposes the construction of roadside landing sti'ips for airplanes. Wh'at'a boon that will be for the American hitch -hiker. Perhaps be: fore long he -and there are also quite a number of shes—will be able to choose travel 'by air or automobile as the spirit moves. Or, perhaps, they will use both modes of transportation. -Cars to take them to - the roadside landing. fields, and the air from there on. But we suppose the approach will be just the same familiar one we know .so well now—thumbs up. How- ever, the hitch -hiker will have one advantage witha plane over the car: If the plane is grounded the pilot can not pass him with a cold stare, "as the motorist can and often does. In addition to the. internationally known signal the hitch -hiker will soon have the direct approach: "Go- ing up, Mister?" WHAT OTHER PAPERS SAY: Different Conditions (Goderich Signal -Star) Those who think they detect some difference between this and the last War in the keenness of interest shown by the people at horne in Canada are forgetting a eery important difference in con- ditions. At this period in the last war Canadians were in the, tdiiek of the fight, 'lames of Canadian soldiers were appearing regularly in the easuai- rty Beta, and thus there was a deep ,peonal in- terest WIlIdh IS so far, lacking, except 1,to a mluor degree, in this War. One bears Seine cerribioiata that' Canadian troops are nut, its the ? ittiai . battle fine, , but, are kept fa•Brytalin to help repel the etpeeted Nazi invasion:. Foe one thing, it is muck eaiiith's to tranalitert 'Arlsti"a taii;e,NO. Zeplattlierti sial t S(ltrth Afrleaiis hi' the Mediterranean area ', tiinot ill' *out be to got tlOddan trilair$, ' a ii�1 'ldhi'Te atti cii tt ha n6ip Ark t$,re'd•"ti'ie Bony of the ri malty 1st11 ejaiu#tlfa cii>iiod tti and thtltaiz n fill rr testasifdtl'e i° lit that their soriz dt'e oft c' rij a,1li edits rtcaiV;-mo L•9xauy..aay.,a.. sWm,tr:vin,u..:, `)u, . i.a..✓1,nr' ;� tlxx" aria tltlr . • We Shall Not Fairer Or Fail , Though tenez'river hearts mind as quell As Evil, maestro's, shakes with iron tread , Oar ancient Landmarks, ihep'rirg Hoaoared Dead Whose very dust commands as to defend... We Shall Go On To The End! * * * * We Shall Not Falter Or Fail ... ihoagh, to all eyes int pars, the Holy Grail Of Freedom be by hopelessness obscured Ours is the Vision -nor may we be lured From this, our Birthright easier'palhs to weed. we Shall Go Orf To The End! * * * * .* We Shall Not Falter Or Fail ... Tbougb all our straggles seem without avail ... Though all our treasure go to pay the Price, Leaving hut Life itself to sacrifice .. . Though from us all bat Faith the foe may read - We Shall Go On To The End! *... *. * * * We Shall Not Falter Or Fail .., Though hearts bereft shall ache .,, though lips grow pate Thal murmured with a twisted smile, "Farewell(" Such hearts Oat! still bold Freedom's Giiadel- Suchlips, grim -set, the Tyrant's Doom portend ... We Shall Go On To The End! * * '* '* * We Shall Not Falter Or Fail ... Let Mose who follow after tet Ike tale - Of how, for all men's Freedom, tree moo fought, Selling their lives aid liberties al naught - Deeming that Freedom ail else mast transcend.,. We Shall Go On To The End! Years Agone Interesting items Picked From Th. Huron Expositor of Fifty �n Twenty-five Years Ago. -. interesting items Picked From Huron Expositor Fifty and Twenty-five Years Aga From The • Huron Expositor June 19, 1891 The Seaforth Fire Brigade put oni tournament on Tuesday and. Wednes- day of this week and it was a very gratifying • supeess. Every bublic building was neatly decorated and the residences were decorated with ever- greens, arches, flags, and Chinese lan- terns. The prize for the best appear- ing fire company in. the .parade was awarded to the Stratford Grand Trunk Hose Company, On Tuesday night the dry goods palace of Edward McFauI, being bril- liantly illuminated and the interior very •tastefully decorated', attracted much notice and admiration from passersby. On Sunday a load of the Seaforth Salvation Army went to Bayfield to take part in the camp meeting there. When going into the village the wheel of the vehicle collapsed and there was a general spill, but none were seriously injured. I During the thunder storm of Wed- nesday afternoon last week the barn' of Mr. H. P. Wright, of the 5th "con- cession of Morris, was struck -by light- ning. A young'Holstein bull' was tied in the stable and was so badly injur- ed that,he died soon afterwards. The annual #ection 'picnic was held in Mr. .H- W. Allen's bush on Friday last. 'It was under the direction of ash able managing committee includ- ing the teacher, Mr, , Wm. Kerr, and proved quite a success. Among those who took part in the picnic program were Miss I. 'Britton, Kinbutn; Wm. Pollard and' sister and Miss William- son, of Walton; Mr. and Mrs. A. H: Plummer, of No. 7; M. Floody, of Blyth; G. A. Newtons of Clinton, and local talent. Mr. Hugh Ross, who thas been in charge of the business of Duncan & Duncan, in Seaforth for several week's, has been recalled! to Toronto, and 11fr. J. H. Pyper has been appointed man- ager in his plate. Mr. George Fitzgerald has purchas- ed the residence of Mr. Sy.'dney Jae - obs, near Beattie's grope, for $1,100. Mr. Thomas '''Boole, Of the firm of Miller & Soold, printers,.. Toronto, spent a couple of days with friends in town this week, The Huron F'odtbaili Club of Sea - forth is now the champion club' of Western .Ontario. Mr. John Rae, stir, of Mr. John Rae, of the 14th concession of McKillop, has gone on, a 'trip to the Old Conn- try orintry for the benefit of; his, health. ,Uossie, (Iauglite, of het D. Forrest, of Walton, hada vers' narrow escape from being pmstined! ( etting. • poases- siort of a bott1 of carbolic acid on Sattii d y, she di'aiik some,' though not -enough to dd bore 1si 11ry tahan, barn her triMith,'sevorely. Mrs. (fir,) Stitubltril, of Bay eit' r& edntly received; train New 't'ork a ,I, Bchn icon, whip(} wilt proVo a velli= able assistance to her ariusic unarms. It is taiettloitcd to dooloo the Chins- cies hi s -cies of the s lIng ftti* jyiaGittti lilalcdng. 11Lr, VII-10C/14066f- 01110.166114010 • j)Yft . osos tatting al,t o tet m d dotlattrt ori the lE al'lalait' et the- At- l..ittina. church, Brucefield, on Friday last held a social party at the residence of Mrs. Ross. , Miss A. Beattie presented Mrs. Ross with a purse containing $106.25. • From The Huron Expositor • June 23, 1916 The honor class at the Seaforth Collegiate Institute is as follows: Pro- moted from Form I to Form II—Lew Chesney, Edward ,Archibald, M. Mc- Naughton, Elizabeth Keating, E. Waghorn, M. Hays•, J. Ress, I. Hart, E. Adams, R. Boyd, D. O'Connell, V. -Adams, E. Wright, H. Burrows, F. Coates, J. Archibald, M. Crosbie, M. Reeves, C. Colbert, Ed. Keating, Mr, W. Glenny, who has 'been the accountant in the Dominion Bank here for some years, has been appointed manager of the branch. •in Hespler. What might have proved a serious if not fatal accident occurred at the 'Main Street crossing of the G.T.R., Seaforth,' on Tuesday last, when Messrs Fred and Con Eckert, 1 -Mur ray : -Murray and T. Moylan were motoring ov- er to Hensall to attend a Liberal meeting, and not noticing a freight engine pulling out they drove directly in front of it, Tihe train was not moving fast and fortunately they were not severely injured. Rev, •C. W, DeWitt Cosens, B,A., who has been minister of the' -Bruce - field Methodist Church for the past nine months, will occupy the pulpat and preach his farewell sermon on Sunday afternoon. Mr. George Cardno and Mr. Arnold' Habkirk, of Seaforth, have purchaded Ford cars from Mr. J. F. Daly, the local agent. Mr. Harold' Deem, of Wingham, and son of Mr. Wm. Deem, has enlisted with the 161st Battalion, Mr. Finlay Ross, who has been at- tending the Faculty of Education, has gone to the West, where he has se- cured a' good position: for the summer holidays. Mayor Stewart and Messrs, J. A. Williams, 3'. Taman and J. );..Wilks• are in London this week competing in the bowling tournament in that city. Messrs. Armstrong and Cass, who have been conducting a butcher -shop here for two or three years, have (los- ed their store and Mr. and Mrs. Cass and family are removing from town. A well -contested football match was played' ort the recreation grounds in Seaforth last week between the Kick- ers of Tuokersmith and those of Stan- ley. The Tuckersmith boys scored the only goal of the evening, thus' winning the round by one goal. The following is the Tuckereneith line-up: Goal, J. Hawthorne; 'backs, P. Ryan and J. McIver; halves, Chesney, Nich- olsen and, McGeoch; forwards, Mc- Millen, -Wilson, Wright, J,. McKay, J. McMillan and Win. Wright; referee, A. W. Dick. 112r. James Jarrott, son elf Mr. and Mi% Isaac Jarrett, of Kiribati, who had enlisted with. the 16lat battalion at H'ensall, 'has been transferred to the medical comps and will shortly leave for overseas, Cbl' Alex Wrflson spent Suhday at the hone. et Mite. A. Young, He had recently been revtailed, front ldn_glatid,, where he was in tom rantln e'f',.the 33rd attalien to act as, Irlst itrtor for the neve battalions being tabled in Canada,, ileeparieibrrlty ,, After CONMest ttiiile Iiiigitit S��b dfl tifties,�for iaa .the ,battle with. Oasi, ;cher, Vint)htii; tint' abniio;6r ar�flhd ti W inn t ar e4 : t r 0.- Minute Miniatures Brief Backgrounds in the Careers of Canada's Captains -in War 'A .German taught Air Vice -Marshal Lloyd Sam Breadner, D.S.C., Chief of Canada's Air Staff, to fly. The Reich has lived to rue the day when that German was born, as months ahead of schedule, hundreds of fighter pilots, products of the Commonwealth Air Training Plan, stream across the At= ladtic to help in the Battle of Britain, and to carry war deep into industrial Germany. Breadner was born in Carleton Place, Ont„ in 1894. Later he moved -to Ottawa, where his father is a wholesale manufacturing jeweller with a factory on Somerset Street. In 1915, •wishing to qualify for the Royal Naval Air Service ir?Great Bri- tain, Breadner joined the Wright Fly- ing School in Dayton, Ohio, paid about $60 per flying hour out of his own pocket — and upkeep as well, Air Vice -Marshal Lloyd Sam Breadner, D,S.C., • Chief of Can- ada's Air Staff, while wafting his turn to coMbiete this course. This comprised a total of tiree hours flying experience. Af- ter that his German instructor quali- fied him as, a pilot. Two=and-a,half flying hours were spent in, learning, the Last half hour in running lhroxgh the tests ter a license. June, 1916; saw Breathier over the Belgian coast as a fighter pilot. With- in a year he commanded! a squadron of his own and had won the Dis- tinguished Service Cross. With the formation of the Royal Air Force in 1918, he was transferred .to that or- ganization and served with it till the end of the War. When, the Arnojstice :was signed he took his discharge at the Crystal Palace, London, and Im- mediately returned to Ottawa. Breadner, welcomed into , hie .father's ".business, spent just sixteen 'Months 'out of the country's service, Then his former commanding officer, Col. J. Stanley Scatt, 'newly 7ppoinrted first. 'Controller: of Civil Aviation kr Canada, Dersuaded iron to become his .assistant. Not eili>ee then has tlread- ,ner been 'djs'S; tsajd1atae'd 'frons a 1 i1at- ties, air 'Vliem• tho Royal C`anaddau Air Force was 01i idett in 10240 arbitdttOr; fineri lS»�ll ni1 'i.; tl •6111x 1 Goes To War Again Dr. A. Harold Talo who was or', erseas wish the Canadian Army Medi- cal C'orpslin the last war,- has again heard the call to patriotic service, and like the ardent Britisher he is he bas closed his office here and on. Tuesday left for London to report at military, iheadquarters for -service again with the R.C.A.M.C. Dr. Taylor was at 1 Calgary when the last war broke out and he served with the medical corps from April, 1915, until late in 1919. it was after this that he established his practice' in Goderich, succeeding his father, the late Dr. A. Taylor.--Gode- rich Signal -Star. -.Shower For Bride Elect A miscellaneous shower was given for Miss Lenore Stothers on Wednes- day evening of last week at the home of Mrs. Harry Bradley. The bride-to- be was taken by complete surprise when she entered the room to find some twenty-five people waiting to greet her. The room was prettily de- corated with flowers, the table bou- quet' being white and pink carnation and sweet peas. An enjoyable even- ing was spent and a dainty lunch was served, ' The' party gathered in a cir- cle and the bride -elect was led into the centre to a basket decorated in pink and white and containing many beautiful gifts. Miss Stothers re: sponded very nicely and the remain- der of the evening was spent in com- munity singing,—Goderich Signal -Star. Two More For the R.C.A,F. Gerald O'Brien, son of Mr. and Mrs. D, M. O'Brien, who enlisted with the Royal Canadian Air Force some weeks ago, Left on Wednesday of this week for London, whence he expected to be sent to the Manning Pool at St, Hub- ert, Que., near Montreal, for training as a pilot observer. "Jerry" has been, on the Signal -Star's reportorial staff the last two years, and the best wish- es of ibis fellow workers, as well as of a host of friends in the,town go 'With him. Another Goderich young' man, Albert Gauley, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Gauley, Oxford Street, has' entered upon active service with the R.C.A.F. He left' on Monday for Toronto for training as a wireless op- erator and air gunner.—Goderich Sig- nal -Star. Comes To Clinton - Rev. George Wilson Moore, L.Th., now in charge of Millbank and Mil- verton parishes, comes to Clinton to succeed Rev. A. H. O'Neil, in ')St. Paul's Anglican Church. — Clinton News -Record. Honored By Alumni Dr. J. W. Shaw, who for the past fifty years has practised in Clinton, was honored at a Iuncheon last Thursday, by the Medical Alumni of the -University of Toronto. The lunch - .eon was given in honor of the doc- tors still practising medicine, who --- were in the medical class that gradu- ated in 1871. Five. practising phyisi- cians attended, coming from Glinton, Galt, Paris, -Grand Rapids, Mich:", and Spencerville, olio, •The dionored guests were given a' platform seat at . the graduation exercises at which seven hundred students received their degrees this year.—Clinton News -Re- cord, • ,. Couple Fifty Years Married It is our great pleasure to extend congratulations to Mr, and Mrs, John Galbraith, of town, on the .celebration of their golden wedding anniversary. They were married June 10, 1891, in Wingham,' by the Rey. John Scott,. the Methodist minister who was serv- ing here at that time. Mr. Galbraith said that it 'is not often that a bride and groom go away on a train decor- ated with bunting from .the front to the back. Smiling, he told us this and then .said imagine black bunting. He then explained that -the train.was thus draped as Sir John A. Macdonald had passed.away and that the C.P.R. thus honored his passing, — Wingham Ask vance-Times,. Named Director of Golf Club, At a meeting of the directors of the. Mitchell Golf and Country Club held on Tuesday, T. E. E. Bucking- ham was elected to the directorate to take the place of Lieutenant ,W, , ,F Elliott.' His duties of secretary -treas- urer will also 'be taken over by Mr. Buckingham. David Eizerman was named chairman of the greens com- mittee,—Mitchell Advocate. Aged Lady is Seriously Injured. Mrs. Ann McCurdy, of Exeter, was seriously injured in an automobile accident on Sunday afternoon while riding with her daughter, Miss Tena McCurdy. The two, were motoring south on N. 4 highway. At the Hur- on -Middlesex boundary, five miles south of Exeter, a car travelling ahead of Mills McCurdy stopped to make a left turn as there was a car coming (Continued on Page 3), Officer Commanding, R.C.A.F. Station, Camp Borden, and on his return, with the 'rank of Wing Commander, became Acting Director of the 'Royal Cana- dian Air Force. For another three Years after that he was C.O. Trenton R.C.A.F, Station, "organizing the early development of what Is today Can- ada's number one tratining station. In 19$5 he returned to England' to attend Imperial Defence "cfollege. Soon after war, broke oii't, he was back ire England, this time as Mr Adviser to the Honourable T. A. Crerar, during a eonferenee to co-ordinate the Etn- pi•re war effort. Breadoor, who re- turned to Ottawa on Christmas Day of '39, just a vaitiii after the launch- rrg of the I3ritislh CdxnYnon weaith Mr 'ra,inxng Plan, was .plated; : gym, charge till operationa. May, 29th, &e heearne cht'ef -•of Air Staff :: ( rli anda;ggres" sive, ,Air io'e Ata*toln MarshalBreadner Is ntodoi shing tri Air '°';Training , v: kuit..1ryn.:,.