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The Huron Expositor, 1941-06-27, Page 2r• a:eereeeer,", • rinutat ‘, EXPOUVOR lrqD motor 4e - ail Mailea.% tditor, afdr,th, Ontario, ev- aftprnoon by McLean htriPtion rates, $1.50 a year in Vaiice; foreign, $2.00 a year. Single les; 4 cents each. Advertising rates on' application. ') SEAFORTH, Friday, June 27, 1941 The Victory Loan The Victory Loan was over the top on Monday of this week. Two hun- dred millions over, in fact, and, no doubt, before the books are closed, it will have climbed even far above that. The result is not a surprise, of course, but nevertheless, it is a not- able achievement for the people of Canada and one they are justly proud of. Every one had a part in it; it was not the effort of the banks; the loan and insurance and the big industrial concerns alone. The everyday man and woman, the wage earner, the farmers, the boys and the girls play- ed a part and did it willingly and ev- en enthusiastically. The results • show that. ' '0 What's This? The West is a far-off place and there are a good many people in On- tario, perhaps, who did not know that Premier Aberhart, in one of his speeches in support of his Social Cre- dit candidate. in the recent East Ed- monton bye -election, is quoted in the Edmonton Journal as saying: "Dear brother Hepburn is ready to do all he can. All he needs is a bit of encouragement to fight inter- national finance and obtain economic security." Perhap,S, as we say, a good many Ontario people have missed this pro- nouncement of the Alberta Premier, and among those people surely must be the Premier of Ontario. Other- wise we would have had from him some pronouncement on it or even an emphatic denial. •, At any rate, the •observation should be given some consideration by the people of Ontario, because we do not believe for a moment that they will fancy having their Premier • classed as a twin of Mr. Aberhart in the Social Credit funny money move- ment. • No! "Dear Brother," we don't. • Russia's 'Turn( Because Russia had not learned what even- Britain was slow in learn- ing—that nothing said on behalf of the Nazi regime heard over the air, by the printed word, or can be believ- ed by word of mouth—she is now be- ing over -run by the Gernian hordes. Russia had signed many solemn • agreements comprising trade pacts, economic accords and other things with Germany, and Germany had given her solemn promises in writ - ,Ing that she, in turn for these, would be Russia's friend and protector for ever more. And Germany kept her promises as she did with Belgium, France, Holland and Norway, that 'is until the time came when she could,- with greater advantage, use therWhole, in- stead of a part of these country's re- sources, and then without a word of warning, ,she marched in and took them. What will happen to Russia, no one knows, but her invasion would lead one to the belief that the Allied blockade is _cramping Germany a great deal more than the outer world was led to believe., That Germany noW knows that she is in a losing war with Britain at the end of it, and to Wage :that war she must have the un- liMited Supplies of, oil, of food and of maripOwer which Russia possesses. is it ptedictable how long it Gerinatiy, to clamp her iron the tecks eif the kussiaris. force and navy iititieS oUtSide that 0 'is kilt:MI:to pof4, 11° tisp., she. as her armies and air force.'are equip- ped -in comparison with Ger111011y$ something else again, Certainly her record, in the Finnwar does not hold out much hope from the Allied standpoint. But Russia is,a big country, so big that Napoleon, another world -ton-, queror, got lost in it, which caused his ultimate downfall there. Will history repeat with another would-be conqueror? • We do not know. But we do know that Germany has em- barked bn the greatest and most ex- tensive war campaign in all history, and one which she must win in a matter of weeks, else Hitler's load will become top heavy and un - Manageable. • For,Quietness , One of the most recent inventions in the automobile world is said to be a:motor horn that can not be blown unless thecar is in motion. That will go a long way in the cause of peace and quietness on our town streets. The old Model T had that kind of an arrangement on .it, but cars were few and- 'far between in those days, and, naturally, the car ,owner wanted some recognition of his exalted state as owner of a car, and so on, we sup'pose, that led to the invention of the ever -tooting horn. , It is a backward step, perhaps, but we do sometimes learn by experience, and having experienced the day of the constant tooter, we will welcome a quieter day. In fact the only sufferers from the proposed new order, as far as we can see, will be the girls. The girls will have to stand out on the verandah or out on the street when expecting the boy friend, and that won't be so pleasant during our winter months at least. However, the girls will probably figure that anything is better than missing the boy friend. altogether. The boy friend, you know, is fasten- ed under the wheel. He can't get out! Going. Underground A famous Glasgow, Scotland,' car- pet firm has a new order on its books. For many years this firm has ,been manufacturing carpets for many purposes, but this new order is the first of its kind, and occupies a place all by itself. , This particular order is for a car- pet that will. be laid one hundred feet below ground in an emergency deep shelter„which can be - Used by the British Cabinet for its meetings' if required. Not very long ago the British members of. Parliament were bomb- ed out of their House of Commons I chamber. But that did not stop the House of Commons from holding ses- sions. It is Suite within the bounds of possibility that the British Cabinet may be bombed out of their cabinet rooms too, but that won't stop the - cabinet sessions either. The cabinet will go underground—if necessary. • What Is In A Car How many people have any con- ception of the amount of material that goes into the making of their Cars? But in case you might be in- terested, we give a partial list of materials for just one new car. This averages 1,700 pounds of steel; 500 pounds of iron; 180 pounds of rubber; 60 pounds of copper; 20 pounds of aluminum for pistons; 70 pounds of cotton, and 15 pounds of wool. One make of automobile alone US,: es 800,000,000 pounds of steel; 84,- 000,000 pounds of rubber, and 31,- 000,000 pounds of glass in a single production year. That is quite a bit of material, but don't take yours dpart to verify these figures. WHAT- OTHER PAPERS SAY: Why nit Try This? (St. Thomas Theeseemirnal) Daring discussion ft the Ilatige of Coronions -was stated that new staffs here to be get ftp Lt' Ottawa to look after the eollection of the Mier teeelen duties° teat Mad ether taxes. • Dciestof the theninion GeVeriffilent eeti'ert ee to get- MMg velth ate fereediat itaffo,fropiinni:0 ithii*selittat 4040141, 4,11k"e's Pleinte Ilk Minh ',"in.'7" war S3 over ' • .• ,. ""'", .e."eeee , - • 1 intariatIng luoina Flaked From The Fhltert FOoelter of Fifty and • Tiefeiftielye fears Ago, Years Agone From The Huron Expositor Jane 30, 1916 Greater than, Valeertier is Borden Cain, now being built over night ou a sidr barren to house 50,000 sol diers, now in training in the Province of Ontario. ID three weeks' 640 car- loads of material have 'beea'shipped into „Borden. Over 1,000,000 stumps ihave' been dynamited or pulled out. Dashwood's fifth annual celebration was held oe. Tuesday of last week. Orediton Band furnished the imusie and altogether it was a very success- ful day. Two,rinks of bowlers, composed of J. A. Willie.. J. C. Greig, J. E. Willie and J. H. 'Taman (skip) end W. D. Bright, W. C. T. Moron, J. M. Best and W. G. Willis (skip) were Itt Clin- ton Tuesday playing in the Fain Cup competition. Miss Clara B. McKinley, B.A., re- cently of the Listowel high school staff, has been appointed to the posi. tion of classical teacher in the Col- legiate here. Mr. John Warwick, of Seaforth, has enlisted at Seecee Clamp, Calgary, and iS now taking a sergeant's course At the big field day of military sports held at London on Wednesday of last week, the 161st Battalion up° held the name of the old country in royal style. They won the platoon competition. Robert E. Smale, of Regina,. has joined the Canadian Army Dental Corps as Sergeant at Camp Hughes Manitoba. He is a graduate of the S'eaforth Collegiate Institute. The many' friends of Mr. Matthew Scott, of Egniondville, will regret to learn that he is seriously ill. Mr. Robert Winter, the veteran buy- er, shipped from, Seaforth 'on Satur- day last six of the finest steers that ever left this ,station, and for which he paid a record price. They were purchased from R. and T. Scott, Mc- Killop; Sol Shannon, McKillop, and' James McIntosh, Tuckersmith. Mrs. E. leollick, Sr., of Exeter, had the misfertune to fall and • fracture a rib. Mr. Wm. ROss, of Stanley, who is rebuilding hise barn, had it raised last week • 'Mr. Edge, of Seaforth, has charge of the cement work, and Mr. Dan Ross, of Brucefield, is doing the frame work. Mr. Earl Sproat, of Kippen, bag re-. center installed a piano in his home. Mr. James, McDonald, of the' 2nd of Stanley, during the past week dee posed of 300 bushels of beans at $3 per busbel. He also sold a team of horses for $350. The following parties have recently purchased Studebakers cars from Messrs. Gook Bros.: Melvin Traquair, Heneell; Mr. Wm. McGregor, Kipper.; Frank Yeo, Stnffa, and Mr. I. Batten - bury, Clinton. • ' From The Huron Expositor June 26, 1891, ' The Clinton New Ero of last week says: "So intense was the heat , oa Tuesday that it actually hatched out a chicken in the store of Cpates & Son. This seems improbable but it, is nevertheless a fact." Drs. Scott & Mackay, of •Seaforth, are having a new, additiort made to, their office on ,Goderich Street. Me Andrew Gavenlock of Winthrop, arid Mr. W. M. Govenlock and Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Finlayson, of Egnaond- :ville, left for Manitoba on Tuesday. A young man named, Arthur Ed• munds; son of Mr. John Edmunds, had the misfortune to have the tops of three fingers on his right hand taken off in lroadfoot's factory on Tuesday last: Messrs. Tyeman ,and Sperling have the contract for tliee repairs on the English ceurch rectory, Seaforth. Mr: Shillinglaw, teacher of S.S. No. 9, Tuckersmith, accompanied by Mr. W. 0. McTaggart, of Chiselhurst, left on Tuesday for a menthe trip to Man- itoba. Me. John McLaren, near Kinburn, is having stone stabling built under his barn. Mr. John Cupp, of Seaforth, has the contract. Mrajacob Happel left last week for Germany. He gtopped at Hamilton expecting, to get help, but failing to do so returned here again. He will now wait until August. Mr. W. Prendergast, mathematical teacher in the Seaforth CollegiateIn- stitute, intends spending his holidays in the Old Country. He sails on one of the Allan ,steamships. The brickwork on the Skeene and Strechale blocks in Brussels' is being rushed in a hurry. On Tuesday last Detective Bradlee and Constable Scott, of Brussels, ar- rested AIL Knees and Joseph Kness, at Atwood, for trespasson; the Grand' Trunk Railway track. They are sup- posed to be the two that burglarized the station last week. They were handcuffed by Scott and taken to Ethel and on arriving there bolted and got away. The Seaforth Collegiate Institute building will be brilliantly illuminat- ed by electricity oneFriday evening on the occasion of the anneal Conver- azionne. ' There was a large turnoat at S.S. No. 9, McKillop, on -Monday evening last to hear Mr. Bennest, the organ- izer for the Patrons of Industry. Mre Bennest, however, wee not present, his train bee -lag failed to connect ow- ing to a run-off ,on some part of the reae. Mr. Isaiah Holman, of Seafortle, has genie, to Walkerton where he has la situation, with Mr. Itiehardeion, egg dealer of that pface. Messrs. John keMillan, .M.P., and Dr. MeDoneld, It, the "representa- tives nf „South and Eat Huron, each delivered an able' end cotietifreeng ad, dress in- falter of Prohibition Where the subject Wasdbefore Parhainent, J. Beer, who IS OPPIOYetlein Cooper Planing Milt In ClittOte had the niiitontniie to �sii lett Clint* oti#edeleigidaY rapt by Jitvilat it Vane he edesiettet With sirdar - CANADIANS PAUSE DURING MANOEUVRES After taking up the position allotted them and camouflaging their guu, this gun -crew of a Western Canada anti-tank regiment check up on their position on the map during recent manoeuvres of the 2nd Divi sion. Sgt. Harry Morganson, of Calgary, paints out the spot to Gunners George Isaac, of Acme, Alberta, Norman Whithey, of Blackie, Alberta, Bill Siveell, of Montreal, and Rod Stratton, of Westbourne, Man. Phil Osifer of - Lazy Meadow • ,h3y Harry J. Boyle) 0 • • • The kitchen table seems tp* be the central business .place for the whole farm.. Why that condition exists, I'll never be able, to tell you. However, yesterday I paid particular attention to the' way things happened and it just seemed natural that although a business deal was started in the stable, carried on to the driving shed and the pump house .. . it finally end- ed up in the kitchen with the actual money passing over the kitohen table. Ed Higgins wanted to buy a sorrel mare, that -we had at Lazy Meadows. The team,' was standing in the stable and Ed. although he had looked that mare over at least a thousand times in his life had to examine her quite closely again. Ed is a careful dealer. He wears you out, waiting to see what he's going to do in a deal. Grow- ing tired of waiting for his. decision and baying stated my price for the mare; I moved in to the driving shed. Ed followed me and. while favas sort- ing grain bags that were piled up on. the cutter seat, he began trying to bring my price downtwelve dollars. Why he picked twelve dollars I'll nev- er tell you, unless he wanted to gradu- ally bring- me down a dollar per hour. * * I came down two dollars on my price by the time we moved to the pump house. The rod from the drive shaft 'of the windmill was bent and while I wrestled with it, Ed tried to wrestle my price down. He began telling me what a poor mare it was, and my answer was that if the mare were as poor as he made out, it would be a shame for him to buy her. He started 'talking ablaut the weather then. Finally we moved en up to the house. Ed got a stub of a pencil and an old envelope out and began figur- ing on the kitchen table. I don't know what he was .figuring about, but finally we split' the difference on the prfce of the mare and he game me five dollars on the deal . . all oVer the kitchen table, * * * It always makes Mrs. Phil angry to• realize that the men folks won't do business anywhere except on the kit- chen table. When the assessor comes he pushes back a earner pf the table cloth and spreads his big book out. The census taker was here this week, and he apologized and moved the din- ner dishes back from one side and spread out the forms which he had to fill. Some time ago Mrs. Phil deadd- ed to put a stop to this business of • having he business of the farm take place Over the kitchen table. She bought ay desk for the front ey're al• ways Representative came along to see • about some test plots wh-ich we had and he wanted to make notes. Mrs. Phil smiled sweetly' at him, and sug- gested as he started taking papers out of his pocket, "just step into the front 'room and use the desk." The 'Agri- ctiltural Representative just smiled back and said as he.drew up a chair to -the kitchen table, "Oh no, Mrs. Osifer, we wouldn't want to dirty up your front parlor. I'll just work here oh the kitchen table." * * On a rainy day whein Mrs. Phil is baking she is bouna to have, someone drop in and take time out for dealing on the kitchen table. It just seems to be the most natural thing in the world to do, this getting out a book and 'a pencil and figuring up on the kitchen table'. Kitchell tables -are me-V- er.very fancy, but they're always sub- stantial. The legs have usually been lbwell marked by *hard boots. Young- sters around the home usually take a fling at carving up the table legs as well . . . and all in all . . . the kit- chen table is subjected to- a good demi of abuse. Our kitchentable was a hand-me-down from the dining room. It served for many years as the ex- tension table in the dining room, until some careless soul set a pot of hot tea on it, with a blistering result to the varnish. It was then relegated to the kitchen, where it has since serv- ed dOuble purpose .as the family eating place and the clearing counter for farm business.. Joint Air Training Plan Canada's Greatest •: Enterprise By Hugh Templin • • • • • It was a, huiet April Sunday here iu. Ontario, but over in Europe, the war had boiled over in a new 'direction. Aerfienaf, Hitler had chosen the be- - ginning of a new week and, the time of the full moon to launch another attack. The radio Was pouriug out bits 'of news at regular intervals. Ac- tually, there wasn't much to tell yet, and most of the bulletins were made an of what some government thought or what another statesman had said. It -seemed that most of Europe was being heard from—London, Vichy, Berlin, Rome, Athens, Moscow and Washington. There was no official comment frota the Government of Canada, and yet there was one to be heard, even louder than the voices on the radio. Every few minutes, there was the sound of a plane passing over our village—the loud mat' of a Harvard trainer or the duller sound of the twin motors of an Avro-Ansob. bomber. It was Canada's 'answer to Hitler.. Some time before that, Hon. C. G. Power, Minister of National Defence for Air, had put it into words. From one of his speeches in) Parliament, I quote just oneeparagrapli: "Canada- has k responsibility to boar. We are the senior partner in 'the' CorArlionwealth outside Great 'Britain. We are not, as was the case in the last war, simply making a eon- ribution to the common pot; we are n the War as a partner. It is potent to all the people of the world that eventual success cannot be won until we first achieve air equality and then gainsuchaim supremacy as will per- mit us to take the oftensiire withottt which no war ean be Won. In that respect the Dominion of Canada has. k far greater responsibility than Was ever dreamed of dtiting the last Oh - filet. We are the mainstay and right arm of Great tritain,,, in so far aS the /Milt Air Training Plan is concerned; .belleve that we have reached the point Where We ean Mace the atiO, CeSS of the pleat and the attaiiiiiient • ' of our common object. In orderto do this, we need the help, the advice and the support of all the people of Canada. I do believe that we will receive it." Canada's Greatest Enterprise The British Commonwealth Air Training Plan has' been called "Can- ada's greatest single enterprise." It is our country's outstanding effort to help Britain to hold out at home and later to strike back so hard that the war is Certain to tie won. It attracts the attention of much of the world Canada has placed at the disposal of Great Britain and the Empire her vast area in which to' train student pilots unmolested, and has also as- sumed the responsibility for moll of the cost of the plan, and supplying most of the young me. who will be- come the members • the air crews and the ground c aws. As to the guit uility of Canada as trainin, ro u e, there can be no doubt. The e is plenty of room; .the sites for landing fields and the build- in•gs for training 'schools are available. The tTnited States is nearby to sup- ply certain typesof planes and a large number of extra instruotors. The total cost of the project Was originally estimated at $600,000,000, of which' Canada was to pay somewhat more tharelnef. But as the pace of the war has accelerated, the cost of the plan has mounted. It is now re- vised' to 024,000,000, of Whieb, Canada is to pay $531,000,000. The meti come from various parts Of the Empere—England and Scotland, Australia and Nese Zealand, with a sprinkling, from the Argentine, the feruff Straits Settlemente, the United States and numerous other coun- tries. But the Royal Canadian ,Air Force is In., charge of the training and t four Mit Of flee of the, recruits. are 0 Canadians. 1very one of them seems ideterinitted to becotne a pipit and to follow it, the footetePs of Bishiell, 001 lisheW, 'Barker and the rest—hut of (C'efielefied on Page g) Traetor Ran Over Gorrie Yquth Earl King, 14 -year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred King, of Gerrie, had a very fortunate escape Tueeday when. the back voheels of a tractor passed over him. Earl was plowing and when the plow became detached from the tractor, he was thrown to the ground, the wheels passing over him. On ex- amination it was discovered no bones were broken and it is expected that be will now be right providing no eomplicatione develop.—Wingham Ad- vance -Times. Graduated From Alma College Miss Alberta Elizabeth (Betty) Lloyd was successful in the graduat- ing examinations at Alma pellege, St. Thomas. The graduation exercises were held last week.—Wingham Ad- vance -Times.- Young Gorrie Boy Drowned The death of 7 -year-old Donald Hueston, son of Mr. and Mrs.. Knowl- son J. Hueston, of Gorrie, has sad- dened the hearts of all in this district. The accident that caused his d-eath took place about four o'clock Tuesday afternoon, when Donald and bis chum, Norman Anger, were playing at the Gorrie dam. Donald slipped into the water and bis lifeless body was recov- ered fifteen minuteslater. Dr. Fraser of Fordwich worked over the boy for an hour and a half and an, , oxygen machine was brought from Listowel, but to no avail.—Wingham Advance - Times. Narrow Escape For Dobbin While William Cook, of town, was driving his . coal delivery team over the C.N.R. railway tracks near the station, one of the big horses got its • shoe caught and in its struggles to wrench free, fell. The "men at the statin, seeing the predicafent in which the teamster. was placed, ran to his aid and set a flag just in time• to stop the express from-Goderich to Toronto at 3 p.m. Efforts to free the horse were unavailing until ex- press driver Henry Sloman• pried up one, of the planks with a crowbar.— `. Clinton News -Record. Boy Found After Long Search More than 500 men from Goderich and district searched all day Tuesday and on through the night for Arnold L'aithwaite, aged 3 years, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Laithwaite, of Gode- rich, and grandson of George Lahti- waite, well .known agriculturist, Hur- on road, who left the house with his • two dogs early Tuesday morning and didn't return,. The two dogs return- ed . home during the afternoon with- out the child; the parents became alarmed and sent for the police. He was' found the next morning about 10 o'clock very hungry and worn out, about two miles up the railroad track. —Clinton News -Record. Given Special Honors Thirteen young nurses -in -training Were graduated with full honors from the Ontario Hospital in London on Wednesday, June lath; at graduation exercises in the recreation hall of the hospital. In a setting of bright flow- ers they were presented with pips and certificates, and four who had dis- tinguished theraselves in their final Year, were singled out for special hba- ors. Superintendent „Dr. G. H. Stev- enson. presented the award for. gen- eral proficiency to Miss Audrey Hum- mel, of Lions Head. Miss Lillian Cud - more, of Thamesville, won the prise - for paychiatry, .and Miss Josephine Shier, of Armow, the priZe for psy- chiatric nursing. Miss Nora Stewart, of Clinton, read the valedictory.—Clin- ton News -Record. Diamond Jubilee This week the Rev. J. W. Down celebrates his diamond jubilee in the ministry of what is now the United Church of Canada. He received spea tial ordination in June, 1881, and waa • sent to the Sturgeon "Mission on Prince Edward Island, where he serv- ed with' marked success.. On Thurs- day of this week he also celebrates his eighty -Second birthday, having been born at Talbotville, Ont., on the 19th of June, 1859. • The Times -Advo-• tate joins with hie many friends in s p e c i al congratuletions. — Exeter Times -Advocate. , Remembered By Friend's About twenty ladiee friends of Mrs. R. E. Shaw, assembled at the home of Mrs. J. B. Watson. last Saturday evening when a very pleasant evening was spent, During the course of the - evening Mrs. Shaw was given a hand- kerchief ahoWer, in view of her - de- parture this week for Alliston. The evening was spent in a,, social man- ner. On Monday afternoon Mrs. Thomas Laidlaw and Miss Alberta Richmond presented Mrs. Shaw with. a silver cake plate on behalf of the - choir of the Blyth United Mimi)... Then again on Monday evening the Bridge Club members, met at th home of Miss Mary Mil, when Mrs. Shaw was honored with the •presenta- tion by the members of a combination sileer muffin and relish dish. Mr. and 'Mrs, Shaw leave Thursday night for Alliston, where Mr. Shaw takes up hie new duties as C.P.R. -agent----BlythStandard. Radio School At •Clinton There are many reports on the new radio school below Clinton, and all agree that it is to be a much larger school than any now in Operation la Western Ontario, except St. Thomas.The,, buildinge, covered with asbestos , shingles, appear to be of better con- . tructiOn and finish and geherally of, a more permaanent nature teen usual. No lath:nation: has yet bei given of he number of blinding% but tthe lay- ut-on the landscape would Seem to ustife eefintateg ibtonrizrodation on two thousand ntlidentS. itYdr0 and telepholle Men, ate taking of MOM More eitenefee operations than (Conthineci"On Poe ' , • .11 • • re 61,