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SEAFORTH, Friday, August 8, 1941
Too Many Motor Accidents
Vie have often said that motor ac-
cidents have become so numerous in
this day that we have come to look
upon them as a necessary evil. An
evil, however, with which we are not
intimately,, concerned ourselves, but
only the other fellow, some where
else.
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But two serious motor accidents
Within a mile or two of our own town
which 'occurred over , the week -end,
have brought this matter very much
home to us.
Generally speaking, a motor acci-
dent is just one man's fault, but sel-
dom does it end there, because that
one man is very rarely the only suf-
ferer. That' one man may, and us-
ually has passengers with him in the
car, or is a father, a son, or some
other relative of . the one whose .di-
rect fault brings loss, grief and per-
haps death to those others.
We wonder, perhaps, if those
others are not, in a way, somewhat
responsible. Perhaps a word spoken
in time, or influence used to create a
public opinion against carelessness
or recklessness on the highway's;
might avert many accidents.
Public ,opinion is a powerful thing,
and if every driver who is inclined to
be reckless, and every person riding
in the car of such a driver knew that
public opinion was solidly against
them; and in the case of an accident,:
that they need look for no sympathy,
even from relatives and friends, and
that any penalty the law deems fit to
impose will be wholeheartedly en-
dorsed by their fellow citizens, there
might be, mor care taken.
At any rate, something has to be
done, and that something soon, be-
cause we can. not -continue to toler-
ate the injury and death, that motor
accidents are causing.
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- Still Fighting
The world at large may know very
,little about what: is actually trans-
' piring in • Russia, but after two
months 'Of fighting, that same world ,
knows for a certainty that the Ger-
man army is, still tied up on the: East-
ern front.
And that seems strangeviewed in
the light of Axis reports of waryp'ro-
gress which have been broadcast to
the people of the Axis countries and
the rest of the world. •
Here are some of them: -
Berlin, June 26—"The Soviet Army
has already been defeated in the first
stage of battle."
Rome, June 30—"The Russian Air
Force is practically destroyed . . .
The German advances will now be
almost unopposed."
Berlin, July 13—"The Stalin Line
now has been pierced at all decisive
poipts." '
Rome, July 15—"It is an undisput-
able fact that the .Russian Arany has
ceased to exist as an entity." .
Berlin,' July 20 — "The fighting
ability of the Red Army has been de-
stroyed."
Berlin, July 21—"It now is only a
question of days before Leningrad
is. captured.",
, Strange that nearly three weeks
after the date of that last despatch
from Berlin, Leningrad is still in
Ruian hands and the "destroyed":
Russian army is still fighting.
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In Times Of Worry And War
e look upon the world as rather
a small place to -day, because we
think that the telephone., the radio,
the`flying ship and other means of
tn. transportation has brought
4i ie, World to oar door. » »
With all these' facilities,
leo we know of what is
putt/114
stance, do we icnow about what is
transpiring in Germany and what is
goiig on in the minds of the people
of that country?
The answer is, of course, that we
knows practically nothing; But re-
ports -from many sources agree that
there is an astonishing lack of en-
thusiasm and little confidence shown
when German military victories are
blazoned over the radio and splashed
across the front pages of the news-
papers. There were many brilliant
battles and gains in the last war, but
they did not bring victory, a fact
which the German people seem to be
pondering 'over.
Otherwise, would the churches in
Germany, both Catholic and Protest-
ant, be fuller to -day than they have
been for years? Or would the sale of
Bibles in that country have increas-
ed from eight, hundred and thirty
thousand in 1930 to one million and
a quarter in 1939, and to over one
and a half ' million in 1940, as they
have increased?
It is apparent, in the face of these
facts, that the Nazi paganism which
Hitler and his gang hoped and be-
lieved would replace- the Christian's
outlook on life, is not playing the
part it was intended to play, because
it provides no adequate consola-
tion .to the German people in times
of worry and war.
Born Fifth Years Too Soon
An "information item" supplies
the material for the following com-
ment by the Boston Monitor: "Fifty
years from now an entire winter's
fuel supply for an average home
may be packed in a container no big-
ger than a gumdrop. That should ..
make carrying out the ashes seem
less of a chore."
Just so! And if the coming gen-,
erations continue to shift the home
responsibilities as fast as the present
one, no doubt it will be a red letter
day for them. But as for us, we
were born fifty years too soon.
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You Will Have to Decide, Ladies
Stoppage of trade relation's with
Japan leaves the United States with,
only enough silk on hand for four
months. After that women will have
to decide whether to go bare -legged
-or go back to the good old days of
cotton stockings.
There would seem to be no other
course open, as heretofore Japan has
supplied eighty-one per cent. of the
silk used in the United - States, .and
China 15 per cent. Nor is there any
hope from Nylon, .., the American-
made substitute for silk, as Nylon
production would fill only one-eighth
of the stocking requirements and ev-
i '-en that will be needed for parachutes
and other defence items.
It is a real silk stocking crisis all
right, and even if Nylon was given
to the ladies for stockings, it would
not be much better, as Nylon produc-
ed only three million sttockings for
the six months of this year, while
last year's silk stocking production
was forty-four million dozen pairs.
Of course, that is in the United
States, but how much better off will
Canadian women be? We fancy
there will not be much difference and
Canadian ladies will just have to ask
themselves the questions: Which
next? Cotton Hose or bare legs!
WHAT OTHER PAPERS SAY:
It Can Be police
(Exeter Tithes)
We have just heard of a young farmer and
his wife, who, 20 years ago, had a mortgage of
$4,000 on their farm premises. This couple ac-
cepted the loan terms of the Government. What
is better still they lived up to the terms 'the Gov-
ernment offered. They could- not always meet
their payments. When they were unable to do
so theynotified the Government and were dealt
fairly by. What they were behind' any one year,
they made up as soon as (possible. The result
is that they are now in sight of their last pay-
ment and are still young.
Mere grubbers and `slaves By no Means.
This farmer and his wife do their full share in
the work of the local church and In the various
local activities, They have not forgotten their
duties as good neighbors. Their farm and stock
have improved as they have gone along. They
have . had . reverses. Expeiimen'ts and farm
business ventures have .gone w'ron'g:' But -they
Worked ahead. They are not bt;rning and slain-
ing•Ilghts, but they have planiiledandi labored and
itheit it to t l 'are `vsinn e 4
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Intpre$ting- items Picked From
The Hurt l Expositor of Fifty and
Twenty fve •Years Ago.
From TO* Huron Expositor
. - Autust 11, 19t6
Miss Gertrde Cruikshank, of Wing -
ham, has beer{ appointed to the staff
of the Kincardine high school at a
salary of $800;
Word has been received here that
Fleetwood Berry, son of. Rev. J; Ber-
ry, formerly of Seaforth, has enlisted
for overseas (service.
• Mr. Thos. Neelands, of Hensall, who
has been editor and publisher of the
Hensall Observer for the past twen-
ty-one years, has sold out the busi-
ness to Mr. Hugh Buchanan, son of
Mr. Wm. Bugt.anan, Hensall.
Miss Norma Hartry left on Monday
for Midland where she will join Miss
.Weatherill and they will take a trip
up the lakes.
Four rinks of bowlers are .in Exe-
ter thasl week, taking part in the
tournament there. The skips are Dr.
Burrows, Messrs. J. C. Greig, W.
Ament, W. G. Willis and J. M. Best.
Major R. S. Hays,- Seaforth, and
Capt. W. J. Heama.n', of. Exeter, offi-
cers of the 161st battalion, who have
been attending the School of Infan-
try at London, have qualified as field
c,fficers.
Mr. Norman Miller, a former teach-
er in the Seaforth Collegiate, has en-
listed with the Kingston Battery.
Mr. Jahn Consitt, of Hillsgreen, has
purchased the residence on John St.
owned by M. Thos. Bickle.
A very serious accident and• prob-
ably a fatal one, occurred on the
farm of John Cuthill, 10th concession
of McKillop, on Wednesday evening,
when Thomas Govenlock, a farm- hand
who has been working with different
farmers, met with an almost fatal ac-
cident. He was driving a horse at-
tached to a light wagon when the an-
imal took fright and after running a
short distance turned suddenly and
threw Mr. Govenlock out.
The following pupils from the Sea -
forth Collegiate were successful in
passing the recent Middle School ex-
aminations for entrance to the Nor-
mal School: Warren Ament, Kath-
leen Burrows, Jessie I. Kerr, Agnes
McKay, Keith McLean (Hon.), and
Elva M. Little. -
Mr. and Mrs. Robert McIntosh and
Mrs. T. G. Turnbull returned gales-,
day evening from a pleasant week's
motor trip to Watford, Sarnia and
Port .Huron..
Mr. J. L. YuiIl, formerly organist
of First Presbyterian Church, but
now of the army medical corps of
Toronto, is expected to sing in this
church on Sunday.
Mrs. Alex Wilson and Miss Mar-
garet, who have been spending some
months in the Old Country, arrived
home on Saturday. They are the
`guests of Mrs. A. Young.
Miss Alva Graves returned Wed-
nesday from a three weeks' visit with
relatives at. the Sault.
Mr. Frank Weiland and Mr. H. R.
Scott are attending the Grand Lodge
of Oddfellows being held in Chat-
ham this week, while Mrs. T. G.
Scottis representing the Rebekah
Lodge at the same meeting.
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From The Huron Expositor
August. /, .1891
Tyndall Bros.,have rented 260 acres
belonging to 'Mr. D. Shanahan on the
2nd concession• of Hullett.
Mr. H. N. - McTaggart, of Chisel -
burst,' recently sold a valuable team
of mares for a handsome figure. Mr.
T. Berry was the purchaser, and they
were shipped to Manitoba.
On Thursday morning of last week
about 5 ( o'clock, during a heavy thun-
der storm, lightning struck a building
belongii'ig to Mr. Carrick of Hay Twp.
and it -was completely destroyed.
There were about .800 pounds of
honey stored there. There was no in-
surance. "
Rev. A. D. McDonald, Mrs. McDon-
ald and Miss Allie McDonald left on
Monday for Port Huron, where they
intend taking the Detroit boat for
Marquette, Mich.
Mr. George Murray, of Seaforth, has
now about completed his contract for
the furnishing of gravel for streets.
Mrs. Allan McLean and Miss M. E.
McLean are here from Colorado, and
Mrs. McLean will spend two months
With Ontario friends before return-
ing.
The Methodist Church at Hillsgreen
was admired by all who came from
the different churches on the Kippen
circuit to the quarterly meeting last
Sunday. The members have put on
four coats of white paint, erected a
picket fence in front and so perfect-
ly gravelled the shed' yard and church
front that mud is a thing of the past.
One evening Iast week as a party
of invited guests from Seaforth, Hib-
bert and McKillop were . enjoying
themselves at the residence of James
McConnell in Tuckersmith, some mis-
chievous ,person or persons securely
fastened the gate at the road with
wire and chains and when the party
was dispersing they were obliged to
remain in the lane until an axe was
secured and they forced an exit.
Mr. -Robert Coates, of Kinburn, left
on Tuesday for Oakley, Idaho, where
he' has been fortunate enough to se-
cure a good position.
The following members of Kinburn
Good Tempfars Lodge have been el-
ected to office for the current term,
namely: Robert 'Staples, C.T.; Liz-
zie Clark, V.T.; William Hugill, S.;
Wm. McIntosh, 0.; P. .'apineau, C.;
Lottie McCulley, W.T.; Jas. Hincb-
ley, P.C.;- Robert Smith, W.M.; W.
Robinson, O.G.; Laura Bennett, I.G.;
Annie McIntosh, organ4st.
Mr. B. P. Snell, of Kinburn, has
just returned froth Stratford where
he has completed a very successful
course in bookkeeping at the Busi-
ness College there.
While >prretisiiig at„ football, Mr.
Wm. Simpson, ofie of- the Britcefield
Roters, wns accidentally tripped. He
fell and broke his collar bone.
M'r. f. Marks of 11rUcefield: eap:'
lured. three you msalting birds the
other ale.
"So I says to the Captain—What about dropping in at Halifax,
I've got a girl lives there' . . . So here we are!”
e •Phil
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Osifer of ••
Lazy Meadows
illy Harry J. Boyle). - •
"FLYTIME"
It's flytime . . . switching -time
call it what yon may, but flies
have suddenly 'arrived at Lazy Mea-
dows in numbers greater , than we
have experienced in quite some time.
At milking time they cluster on the
cow's backs . . are switched away
by constantly moving tails only to
descend on some• other part of the
cow's anatomy. Mrs. Phil is canning
fruit and vegetables•ithese days and
the flies are literally black on the
screen door. Before opening it one
must take off one's hat and swish -and -
swoosh to set all the flies in motion.
At the precise moment when you
think they .are confused enough, you
open the door quickly and jump in
taking great care to see that
the door is pulled' tightly closed af-
ter you. In ,spite of all your efforts
the flies do get in. They zoom
around the ceiling and then dive for.
the syrup in . the preserving kettle.
Laden' with the sugary syrup they
slip in behind the window blind and
in the warmth .and comfort of this
spot proceed to enjoy their stolen
Sweets and make tracks on the' win-
dow panes.
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Back woodsheds are always a fav-
orite spot for flies. They seem to
like crawling across' sundrenched
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spots in the wooden floor . . . and
clustering around soapy water left in
a wash basin . . . and old berry box-
es . . and other Spots where they
can enjoy therirselve.s. Grandfather
used ,to doze off to sleep in an old
dilapidated 'rocker that stood inside
the kitohen door. I can remember
the sun cutting in across the edge of
the door jamb and lighting up one
side of his face. The flies used to
have a great time crawling around
his inoustache ... and we had a field
day. watching. A fly would skim back
and forth and finally land on the
bristly ends of the moustache. The
moustache would quiver and twitch
and the fly would hop from one bris-
tle to the other. Finally in a sleepy
Half-hearted ' gesture grandfather's
hand would come up and brush •at
the moustache and the fly would b•.
away . . only to return when ev-
erything had quieted down.
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Fly swatters were a luxury in my
boyhood. . . that is the "boughten"
kind were. . Father used to snip a
small square from a piece of old
screening and mount it on a handle
and. mother would bind the edge of
the screen up with cloth. There were
usually two of these around the house.
One lay on the corner of the buffet
in „the kitchen and the other was us-
ually left bear the pantry door. Ev-
ery so oftbn mother would pick up
the swatter nearest to her and make
a .raid on the flies. Our front parlor
was always kept closed in the sum-
mertime. The idea persisted that in
this way the room could be kept
cool. But, in spite of allour care,
flies always seemed to manage to slip
into 'the room: While taking the dust
covers off the furniture mother would
wield the swatter on the fies. Then
the room. would be closed up to await
the arrival of the company. I used to
like to sit back in the, corner after
the company was seated in the parlor
and watch the flies .pouring in from
the kitchen. They would zoom in to
the doorway and for a moment or
two look the situation over. Immed-
iately after this preliminary check-up
the • would line up their sights on
thelvisitors and torture them. Being
visitors they couldn't indulge in till
,arm -waving and slapping that they
would have done'5n their own homes.
The flies seemed to- sense this and
it added to their enjoyment of 'the
whole affair.
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Those were `the days before
streamers of sticky paper. We
boughts` ours' in the flat sheets which
were laid around the house. During
the season father always managed, on
at least two occasions, • to sit in the
sticky paper.. He would rant and
rave and tear up a sheet of the pa-
per and get his hands covered with
it . . . and mother would have to
come to the rescue with h9t water.
The hardship of flies and the con-
tinuous battle against them has been
cut down a great deal. -Fly spray and
gadgets of various kinds have been
introduced of late years to combat
the menace of houseflies. Think how
lucky you are to live in a day and
age when such inventions are . used
and imagine how you would have -lik-
ed to battle the flies with such prim-
itive weapons as we were forced to
use a few years ago.
Fighter Pilots EarrTheir
Wings At Camp Borden:
This is the,, seventh in a series
of articles about the Royal Cana-
dian Air Force and the British
Commonwealth Air Training Plan,
written for the weekly news-
papers of Ontario.
By HUGH TEMPLIN
Camp Borden is Canada's best
known flying school. With Its six
square miles of ,flat, sand' land, it is
probably the largest as well. It was
an air training camp 'during the last
Great War, 'from 1914 to 1918. In
those far-off days, it wasn't -too popu-
lar. Sand got into the (buildings and
the clothing arid' the ;food. Occasion-
ally a veteran pilot remarks: "I ;won-
der if the old hangars' are still at
Camp Borden."
The pilots of the last war would
see many changes. Some of the old
buildings remain, but they are hard
to find among all the new ones. The
sand is nvv' subdued, with green grass
holding it down, though it Was. neces-
sary to keep the seed in place with
wire netting on 'some of 'the dunes
until it sprouted. The administration
buildings and some othersi'are of per-
manent
er=ma lent brick.
Camp Borden is now the No. 1
Service Viking ruining School of the
Royal Canadian Air F'orem: ovoht
guess is that it is also the largest'
and in some ways the finest air school
on the continent.
It is developing rapidly. I visited
the R.C.-A.F. at Camp Borden "twice.
Within a few months, 1, found. notable
changes, particularly the fact that
the collection of assorted planes at
the camp last Fall has been replaced
by long lines of sleek Harvards, with
a few Yales. It is another indication
of the way the supply of training
craft has caught up to the needs.
Ten Weeks of Flying
Of the six months necessary for
the training of a pilot in Canada, the
last ten weeks are spent at Camp
Borden or one of the other Service
Flying 'Training Schools. On arrival
the student, now with the, rank of
Leading Aircraftman, is able to fly a
plan at a hundred miles an hour or
so. He has learned to find has way
across country, has done simple aero-
batics (or stunts, if you like) and has
had lectures on a variety of subjects'
from signals to navigation.
. Advanced flying is taught by ex-
perienced pilots at Caihp Hoiden.
The sleek and lovely 13arvards fly at
speeds over 200 miles an hour. They
are the yellow, noisy, single -motored
'craft often! seen in the' air over Sootti
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Practise Charity
The Editor, The Huron Expositor:
pear Sir: Please give me space in
your paper to give an idea of what
the majority of our law-abiding citi-
zens thought of the speeches on the
12th of July, especially Professor W.
13. Kerr, who had nothing to say ex-
cept to add injury to insult to the
law-abiding citizens in . the hour of
crisis, when we need all the unity
that the British Empire can produce
to ward off 'Hitlerism. He approves
of what Hitler is doing when he per-
secutes all Christians. There was not
a word in his speech which was tak-
en from Scripture --which says, "Love
your neighbor as yourself," and when
Christ was persecuted He said to the
mob, "Father, forgive them for they
know -not what they do," and also to
His apostles when He warned them
to follow Him, "For they who have
persecuted • Me will also persecute
you." 1..,
I hope Mr. Kerr is not related to
the Kerr families I know, for they
are good Christians. I do not think
• his parents gave him that kind of an
education. He most have got his
epistle from Leslie H. Saunders, who
is Editor of Protestant Action, and
has nothing good to say about those
who profess Christianity, and makes
references to the Watch Tower. He
has established a new church which
he calls the Italian Church. There is
no such church. Anyone who knows
historye knows that if we had no bad
Catholics w(e-would not have so many
churches. 'For - instance, Hitler was
baptized a -Christian, so was Mussolini
and Stalin—all of them now enemies
of Christianity. As a Catholic, what
• can I do to stop bigotry? By prac-
tising charity, by word and example,
and if, a Pr extant, to to the same.
That is Christianity.
We have Catholics who think they
are smart by insulting those who do.
not belong to, their faith, and Protest-
ants who do the same. Let us bury
the hatchet and be united in prayer
and unity for a -just peace.
I• will now give a few instances of
my life and hope the ladies and gen-
tlemen will accept same in the spirit
given. When • I went to school 74
years ago, my teacher was. one of
those who rode the white horse. He
would not allow my schoolmates to
play with me because I was not one
of them and punished me severely for
the least misdemeanor, so that my
father had to go to the law to teach
him a lesson. I made up my mind
then that I would never show enmity
to those_who know' no better. Later,
I had the pleasure of meeting him 40
years ago and we- enjoyed a friendly
conversation. But when I remarked
to him that Christian parents should
be able to train their children how to
serve God; he resented this by say-
ing that children shbuld grow up and
choose for themselves. . There is too
much of that today by Communistic
teachers in our schools, who„ as Pro-
fessors, think they know it all, while
the sincere Christian teacher is doing
his duty trying to ..imprint- the fear
and love of the Lord on his pupils.
I wrote to Mr. Leslie Saunders
some time ago and asked him to re-
ply or come and see me personally,
but I have not heard from him since.
Anyway, while Mr, W. B. Kerr was
speaking on the 12th, one; of our pop-
ular radio newcasters was praising
the laity and the clergy of Quebec
for their/loyalty to the British cause.
Once more, I say, let us put on a
united front to. defy Hitlerism, Com-
munism and. all • the Axis powers for
the sake of Christianity. •
I do not want anyone to think this
letter was' seen by anyone but one
of my daughters, who wrote the word-
ing to my instruction with the hope
of better understanding.
Yours truly,
CON ECKART
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Seen in the
County Papers
Goderich Girl To Take New Post
Miss Edith Taylor, daughter of Rev.
Dr. T. Wardlaw Taylor and Mrs. Tay-
lor, has been appointed .to fill the
newly created post of acting field sec-
retary of the Girl Guides for Ontario.
The creation of this new post has
been made possible by the generous
bequest of the late Mrs. Rutledge of
London, Ont., who was very active
in establishment of jhe Girl Guides in
Canada and was commissioner of
the Guides for Ontario. — Goderieh.
Signal -Star.
New Building At Air School
A new building is in the course of
construction at Port Albert airport, in
the northeast end. It Will house a
carpenters" shell/and facilities for the
repair of all milliner of equipment, in-
cluding motor cars.—Goderich Signal-.
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Keeping Firemen On Alert
-Another grass fire along the C,N.R_
track' in the vicinity of the Huron
Road crossing gave the fire brigade a
run on Friday, afternoon. With the'
assistance of volunteer helpers and
the use .of chemicals the firemen
again extinguished a miniature "prai-
rie fire."—Goderich Signal -Stat.
At the Waterfront
Three freighters arr'ftred at Gode-
rich harbors during the past week car-
rying 636,000 ,bus.helo of grain. On,
Thursday the Str. Soodoc arrived. with
267,000 bushels of wheat; the Str.
Riverton came In on Saturday with
265,000 bushels of wheat, and on Mon-
day the Str, Superior arrived, leaving
53,000 bushels of oats, 18,600 bush+
of wheat, and 30;606 bushels of, bar-
ley, All "'cargoes Wetre • -for the rode-
(Coiitihiiod ems rage' g)