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Home My WebLink AboutThe Huron Expositor, 1941-08-22, Page 2'TWO e uror4Expositor Established 1860 :Keith 'McPhail McLean, Editor. Published at Seaforth, Ontario, ev-' ery Thurstlay afternoon by McLean Bros. Subscription rates,, ;51.50 a year in fp advance; foreign, $2.00 a year. Single (copies, 4 cents each. Advertising rates on application. 444 • ea, 4.4 ,ta".• , - • ruE HURON EXPOSITOR • SEAFORTH, Friday, August 22nd Very, Verp Hard To Please From the very beginning of the war The Globe and Mail has been a bitter and backbiting opponent of Mr. King and Mr. King's war policy. Nothing that Mr. King has done, is doing, or ever will do, apparently, will please the Toronto paper. First Mr. King thought more of the Unit- ed States than he did of the British Empire. Thep for a year or more he made no war preparations what- soever. Then when Mr, » King did make a belated start, he muddled the whole works. Finally, the Globe arid Mail sent Mr: King to London to hold an Empire Conference, and Mr. King—didn't go., That was bad. -But now it has ev- en a worse grievance. Mr. King should have been in attendance at the conference held between Presi- dent Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill, somewhere on the Atlan- tic, last week. And what is still worse, Prime Minister Churchill should have come- to Ottawa, follow- ing thatconference, and told Mr. King all about it. And done the tell- ing in person. Judging by these' and many other things, there is a general opinion forming in Canada that the Globe and Mail is a very, very hard paper to please. Much harder, in fact, than the people and papers of Britain. For instance, we quote from an editorial from "The Observer," the widely known Conservative weekly of London, England, » which says in referring to Mr. King, Canada's Prime Minister: "No Dominion statesman cherish- es a deeper appreciation of what is at stake in the war. His methods are quiet, but his urge has revealed itself in the dimensions of the expe- ditionary force, in the progress of the great air -training plan; and in the tremendous expansion of the. Canadian navy." We wonder at The Observer being so bold. Does it not know that the main object of the Globe and Mail and its minority following of arm- chair generals and war tacticians is to deny Mr. King's loyalty to Canada and the Empire , and to belittle his war effort? If it does not, it will soon be hearing from this side of the Atlantic. But all things, it is said, come to those who wait. If the Toronto paper will only be patient, no doubt it will see the day—should actual necessity arise --when Mr. King will go to London »to confer with Mr. Churchill, Or Mr..Churchill will come to Ottawa to confer with Mr. King. Or both. • A Peculiar Gift A short time ago a special cor- respondent of the New York Herald - Tribune was given an interview by Field Marshal Jan Christian Smuts, the African Prime Minister, in Pre- toria. »• Following the interview, Marshal Smuts commissioned the New York correspondent to convey a personal gift to President Roosevelt. Perhaps not an unusual procedure, but it was the gift that was unusual. South Africa abounds in many rare things, including diamond, which would be considered a wel. come and costly gift even by the President of the United States. But Marshal Smuts' gift was none of these things.It was sixteen packets itgrase seed. wast nevertheless, 'a wonderful t; and. which,. perhaps, Mr. Roose- will appreciate above all others, We'd` the fact that, through this e»ar�uth districts' and p'ht prntry niAy bloorn eiation Itkd vanish. r), not seem much of a present,.but the - African Botanical Society found this grass only after' a search of fif- teen thousand miles, which took it to the Ethiopian border. The grass is drouth and wind re- sistant, and has many other. endur- ing qualities. One teaspoonful will plant eleven acres through self seed- ing and double planting, so amazing does it spread. Tests made in Africa have shown the grasses spread their runners fifty-three feet and three feet high after being in the ground three months. As we say, sixteen packages of grass seed may not seem much, but Marshal Smuts .is certain that they are enough for American experts to make tests with, which will result as favorably as those in South Africa, where thousands of acres of sandy waste have already been reclaimed, although this grass- was found only four years ago. • A peculiar gift, perhaps, but one which only a great man and states- man would think of as being worthy to give to such a great personage as the President of the United States of America. 1 Years Agone , tiriuM,9cv items Picked From The Horan IEFraltor of Fifty and Twenty-five Years Ago. • Be, Careful The throwing away of a lighted match, a burning cigarette or cigar stub, is something you see done ev- ery day, and think little or nothing about. It doesn't matter. Well, apparently, it matters great deal, judging by a statement _ recently released by the Canadian Underwriters' Association, which says that careless smokers were re- sponsible for nearly every one of" the more than forty-six thousand five hundred fires which destroyed pro- perty worth over twenty-two and a, half million dollars in Canada dur- ing the year 1940. ° In The Arrnp Perhaps it is these cold August days that have turned our thoughts to hockey, but at any rate we were in- terested the other day in seeing ,a picture » in a United States paper of Murray (Muzz) Patrick, great star defence man of the New York Rang- ers hockey team, receiving a certifi- cate appointing . him leader of a group of draftees of Draft Board 24, from the Board Chairman, upon re- porting at New York City on, August 14th, for induction for training into the United States army. Patrick, like most of the other ,greats in the hockey world, was born in Canada, but is now a United States citizen, and he will be only one of many familiar names that will be missing over the radio when Fos- ter Hewitt resumes his conversation very shortly. 0 We've Been Wondering Too We saw in some paper the other day that "Aunt Hannah wonders if the hens and cows have gone off to the summer resorts this summer, with the price of eggs and butter go- ing up at the time of year when they usually come down." We have been wondering some! thing like that ourselves for quite some time now. - 0 If Further Evidence Is Needed If further evidence is needed to re- fute the too oft repeated libel that Canada is the "Land of Snow," it was supplied in a newspaper de- spatch from Montreal last week. This »despatch says that perhaps for the first time in history, Canada began importing ice last weekend. This was necessary to fill a shortage or natural ice which» Montreal arti- ficial ice plants were unable to meet. Last week a car load was sent from St. Albany, Vermont, to Mon- treal, and a second one to Quebec City, and these are to be followed by regular shipments during the re. mainder of the season. • The shortage, it is said, -was caus- ed by poor natural ice conditiohs last winter • and excessive heat during the month of July. tut this is August, and if this August weather continues for a while:longer, there should be a new tray of natural' ice. From The Huron Expositor Atigust 21, 1891 The heavy wind and rain storm of Sunday afternoon did much .damage, both north and south of Exeter, to crops and buildings. Near Centralia it must have been a cyclone as the spare, of St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church was blown down, carrying with it a portion of the roof and western gable. Mr. C. M. Whitney, who has been in the stone and tinware business Seaforth for many years, and who has grown up with the place, has dis- posed of his business to Messrs. Mil- lett & Jackson, of Toronto. An electric light lamp is to be er- ected on 'the corner of High and Jahn Streets, Seaforth. Mr. Thomas Hill and Mr. Waters, of Egmondville, left last week on a holiday trip down the St. Lawrence. Dr. Hastie, of Detroit, has been epending a week at the parental home in MoKillop. Misses. A. Cowan, A. Turnbull, Rachel and. Tena Grieve, of Seaforth, left Thursday for Owen Sound where they board a - steamer for a week's sailing among the Thousand Islands in Georgian Bay. Mr. F. Guttridge, Seaforth, has been awarded, the Contract for the erection of the stone wing walls. to the abut- ments of the Brussels bridge. Mr. John Dunkin, Of Stanley, near Brucefield, well-known. - breeder of Shropshire sheep, has sold 46 very ". • •aak'.4ki•*'-''aee-e ape:anew. 4°, Phil Osifer of Lazy Meadows • fine sheep and lambs to Mr. J. H Roberts, who will take them to In diana. Miss R. Jameson, of Brucefield, ha gone to Paris to take charge of telegraphic office for a short time. Mr. James McGill, bf Kinburn, is farmer who does not neglect the kit chen garden. He -has brought in love- ly large ripe tomatoes on the 11th of August. He also .has summer squash which measures three feet by two and a half feet. Mr. Alex Wilson, Seaforth, goes to Ottawa on Monday to compete at the Dominion Rifle Association annual shooting match. 1,Vfr. David Scott, of McKillop, and Mr. Sinion McKenzie, of Tucker - smith, have left for Manitoba. They took a carload of horses and intend combining business and pleasure. Mr. Harry Galbraith. of Virden, Man., formerly of Winthrop, purchas- ed a carload of very superior breed- ing mares from Mr. John McMann and took them°to Manitoba on Mon- day. Miss Bella Knox and Miss Minnie Hicks, of Harpurhey, are in Muskoka visiting friends. The Seaforth Green Club have had their fourth match for the Carroll Cup. The cup was won twice by Mr. Clark, once by Mr. A. Stark and this time Mr. E. Hinchley was the fortun- ate winner. The following is the score: E. Hinchley 14, A. Stark 10, J. Dodds 10. A. J. Bright 10, J. Turner 10, 11. Grieve 9, F. Beattie 9, James Anderson 8, and T. Jordan 5. • H.arry .1. Bois) • "CITY COUSINS" During the next two months we a will discover how many relations we a have who now live in the city. They are beginning already to drop in—just From The Huron Expositor August 25, 1016 Some lads while fishing near Clin ton pulled up a large grey snapping turtle on whose back wag carved the date 1898. Pte. Joseph Klein, who was wound ad in France and has been in an Eng- lish hospital for some time, has suf- ficiently recovered to return to Can- ada. Pte. Klein lost an arm and is having an artificial one made. He is the first man to return froni the front. The barn on the farm of Mr. James Stewart, just South of Egmondville, was struck by Lightning ot Saturday morning last. Miss Marion Watson has accepted a position on the staff of the Zurich Ptiblic school. ' Gordon Stewart, of Orangeville, and formerly of town, is visiting here. Mr. Arnold Habkirk has accepted a position on the post office staff in Dunnville. James J. Hutchinson, a well-known Seaforthite and former janitor of the Seaforth Collegiate, has been report- ed Wounded. Sgt. W. Chapman, one of our town boys, has been promoted to the posi- tion of bandmaster of the 161st Huron. Battalion Band. The committee who had charge of the Fair of Allied Nation's held here recently, have spent some of their money in the purchase of a one -ton truck for the use of the 161st Bat- talion. It was driven to Camp Bor» den by Mr. 3: F'. Daly accompanied by Mr. J. W. Beattie. At the recent Matriculation exam- inant:ens, Seaforth Collegiate had a record of 84 per cent. for successful students, which is the highest in the province, Mr. Clifford 3e,1 won the Second Edward Blake Scholarship in matheraatics, which also entitles him to a J. I. Carter Scholarship, the two having a value of $220. He also won the Second Edward Blake Schielarehip ia science. Mr. J. F. Ross, the prin. deal, is to i be congratulated.' On Tuesday evening last a number of friends and neighbors gathered at the home of Pte. James- Collins, son of Mr, and Mrs. William Collins, to e'press their appreciation of his sac- rifice in enlisting in the services of .King and Country. Miss Grace Ross read the address and Miss Ethel Thompson made the presentation. Miss Bella Campbell entertained the girls of the congregation last Thurs- day. The afternoon Was spent in making missionary quilts. Mrs, 3. P. Brine has received a cablegram fronf.-her son, Lance Cor- poral William Brine, of the 134th Highlanders, announcing that he had arrived safely 1n England. lIgiss Grace Welt is in Camp Bor- den visiting Mime teas Hays. Miss Dorothy Nitrilion Is the guest of Mies Kate Itichar4aon, St. Marra. Sgt. Barry' Welybei, �f- the 64th llat- tery, aPtillt the treeklintl.ef the hdree of Mr. aka Mie, Itieltard lieggarthi Oiettialtr. ' .........44)43,...4.k.v..4;44 for friendly visits. Their methods of operation would put one of the old-. time pirates of history to shame. They pull up usually on a day. when you're pulling onions or picking ap- ples or some other such task. As is customary on • the farm "eVerybody goes into the house and the general conversation drifts along. Soon they begin te..ask about the crops. Their interest- is ,flattering .4 a certain ex- tent . . . and certainly very suspic- ious. It seems strange that such con- firmed city -dwellers should be inter- ested in the crop at Lazy Meadows. The next step is their tale of the "City Garden." They worked hard an summer long with a plot of .ground. Then one day theneighbor's dog either scratched it up or smoke from a factory chimney withered it . . or some such story. They begin to ask about apples and potatoes . . and onions and other vegetables. • Along about this time Mas. Phil weakens. She suggeSts that we might give them a few things for a meal or two. Thaf's their signal. Cousin Joe or Tom makes a dash. for the car and comes back loaded 1115 with baskets and bags. The whole family spread out and .begins pillag- ing everything they can find. Could they Lave -a few potatoes? Well, :yes . . . and they load up a bag of potatoes that we had gather: ed to tide us over until we dug .the whole patch in -the Fall. Our friend- ly, cousin's wife remembers th•aCon- ions are such a paice in 'the City . . . and we have so many lovely onions . . far more than -we can ever use. The children clamber all over the apple trees. ' They shake clown green apples . . . ripe apples and all - . . and scoop us as many, as their bas- kets will hold, leaving the others on the grounds. They explore the milk house, and, finding a few pats of butter, express a fondness for real, country butter. Creamery butter is so tasteless. They and drives off. produce a quart jar and fill it up with fresh, pure cream . . . and could'they just have a sealer of Mrs. Phil's cu cumber pickles. However does she manage to make them taste so well! They pickle in the city but the -One gar mustn't be as good or something, because the pickles never seern to turn out right. Pumpkins! My, yes! . . . the chil dren just adore pumpkin pie. The canned pumpkin never makes very good p filling. They load up as many pkins as they can carrY"and heave them into the already nearly full trunk of the car. Meat . . . oh, goodness, a fresh -killed pig. ,CoUld they just have a tiny bit of the meat to take back? The Meat they *buy at the butcher shop is •always•tough and dry. They manage to make off with a ham or a shoulder . , . and some- times they take the spare -ribs. Fresh eggs . . . no, you sinuply can't buy fresh eggs in the city! Th stores must buy stale eggs at a lower price or something. The hens are chased froni the nests . and they dip into the milk pailful on the cellar floor that we intended marketing the next day. Vegetables? . . No, city gardens never seem to do well . . . and thirs were all killed. They take beats and• carrots and radishes and cucumbers and what they dont pick they • tram ple �g i The baskets are beginning to get full and so they take some of ours. They'll bring them back th next time they come out. 1: Finally they have their load of booty. Cousin pulls out a roll of bills and say, "We'll have to give you something for that stuff. How much is it worth?" 1 start to say, "Well, I guess . ." He pockets the money and says: "I know you have so much that it doesn't seem worth anything to you, but you come on in to the city some time and we'll treat you right," • The children are piled in on top o the produce, cousin takes out a box of cigars, selects one for himself and puts them back in his pocket and with a puff of smoke in my face say,S "Well, don't take any wooden nickels," .1/11691•111111MmemnimmE9 Flying Over Ontario With Australian • • • • • Student Observers • This is the ninth of a series of Air Force stories written for the weekly newspapers of Ontario. By HUGH TEMPLIN I sat in the secretary's office at the No. 1 Air Observer School at Malton, and wondered what would happen next. Things always seemed to turn out that way when arrangements had been made for me to fly in an R.C.A.F. plane, If -there ,wasn't, a thunder- storm, there was something else. The day's thunderstorm had 'already pass- ed and the sky was clear, but orders bad become mixed up. On the other side of his desk, 3, A. IVIuaroe, secretary -treasurer of the school, was keeping the telephone busy and no*-- and then, Someone name hurrying in with a correspon- dence file or other information. It was obvious enough what had hajapened. A. phone call from the Training Command at Toronto had informed me that all arrangements' were made. Meanwhile, a sudden call had taken the manager of the Melton School to Montreal and no one else knew anything about the arrange- ments. As we waited 'for word 'trona To- ronto, the big Air° AnSone out on the runway roared away. It was tWo o'clock, and time for them to go out on their afternoon "exerchies." • ,ly1iig Officer Idetledd thd to he coneolitg. t WAS a reuth AitY he ;4e. 4.414 said, and I wouldn't enjoy it. He re membered one newspaper man who went up in a plane on just such a clay. He wasn't up five Minutes til he was sick, and his trip was a total loss—and so was his lunch. Besides the exercise for that day wasn't the most interesting kind. The student observers would be trying to make out a course as though they were flying blind, above the clouds. Another day would be more interesting and would provide better flying conditions. There seemed to be nothing else to be done. It veas'a quarter after two now and I hadn't heard a plane go for five minutes. The night flight wouldn't leave till nine o'clocit and might not return till two in the morn- ing, and I would have 60 miles to drive home after that. I had work to do the next morning and two mem- bers ,of the family waiting 'far..aaae in. the city. There aeemeV to be nothing left to do but to come back home. The Delayed Flight Suddenly things began to happen. Flying Officer McLeod had gone out but 'he dame hurrying back. - "tiverething'S O.K. We'll have to hurry, though." We trotted across the road toward the hangar. On the way he explained that one Plate was delayed by engine trotible. Spark pilings. I Might get to It 111- Mee, A •Milek telt)* to , the Pliat'et roott, ' (COltilitp.ed ,PeM -1, `477744.7777 AUGUST 22, 1941 Wrist Fractured, Mr. Glen Ballantyne, of Usberne, carrying his right arm in a sling, hay- ing suffered a double fracture Satur- day -of last week. Glen got mixed- up with a horse wihen he was letting the animal out of the stable and it stepped on his tOe.—Exeter Times -Ad- vocate. Recent Enlistments In R. C. A. F. Among the recent enlistments in the R.C.A.F., at the London Recruit- ing Centre, are the following: Gor- don Daley Cudmore, Exeter; William Gerald Schroeder, Centralia; Gerald LeRroy Passmore, Hensa]1; Donald Edward MacKinnon, HensaB; Kea- neth Salmon Anderson, St. Marys, and Edmund Thomas Dinsmore, R.R. 6, St. Marys.—EXeter Times -Advocate. ?7„ Resigns Exeter Clerkship Clerk Joseph Senior, -w'ho is sur- passed only by Dr. Browning in the number of years the has been doing business in Exeter, and who for :13 years has been the efficient clerk and treastirer.of the villake, has tendered bas resignation to the council, the same to take effect when a successor has been appointed. It was in 1905, under Reeve Wm. Bissett, that Mr. Senior was first appointed Clerk. He succeeded the late George Bissett. He held the position until 1911, when he resigned and the late ,Thomas B. Carling appointed. In May, 1915, Mr. , Senior was again .appointed to, the position which he has held con- tinuously since that time. He has sat under many 'reeves and councillors and has always got along amicably with them. He has rendered faithful and untiring service and bas been al- ways ready and willing to give his time -and experience in, the interest of cathetzatepayers.-e-Exeter Times-Adeo- Fatal Accident Eight-year-old James Freeth, 'son of Sapper William Freeth, R.C.E., and Mrs. Freeth, Huron Road, 'as in- stantly killed at three o'clock Thurs- day 9ernoon when struck by a mo- tor •Ar driven by John E. Robertson, Essex Street. The father of the boy is at present serving with Canada's active forces in ngland. The acci- dent took place on the Huron Road, a short distance east of the pillars, near the Freeth home. The boy jumped offothe rear of a horse-drawn wagon in charge of John Johnston, Albert Street,`,,in the path of the oncoming truck:which swerved in an effort to miss him. The boy was struck on the head. and shoulderby the radia- tor and Oa.s thrown clear of the ma- chine a distance of seven feet.—God- erich Signal -Star. ' Joins the Air Force la J. Truss, teller in the local Bank of Montreal for the past two ears, jeaves on Friday to don thya.k- uniform. Mr. Truss, who.aeac here from Sarnia, has proved him elf an efficient and courteous member of the bank staff. His Lome is at London. Mies Audrey Wieland, who has been on the staff here for several years, has assumed Mr. Truss' work as tea len—Goderich Signal -Star. • Principal Of Central Harvey. Bryans, teacher for the last three years at S.S. No. 3,... Colborne (Young's School) has been appointed principal of Central School at a salary of $1,25,0 per annum. His name was chosen from some fifty applications. Mr. Bryans has taught successfully in, public. schools for about ten years. His, hOrtfe in near Walton. He is an active worker among the young peo- ple of the United Church, being on the executive of the Huron Presby- terial Dung People's Union. He is unmarried. As principal of Central S•ohooi, he succeeds Mr. H. M. Shack- leton, who has joined the Royal Cana- dian Air Force.—Goderich Signal -Star. Class Finishes At Sky Harbor The eleventh plass to graduate from Sky Harbor Elementary Train- ing School entrained last Friday •for Brantford and Aylmer service schools. Sky Harbor bas now turned out lit- erally hundreds of student pilots with- out ari aCcident. Some of these boys are now flying over France and Ger- many in the thiek of the fight. Many others have their wings or are finish- ing their course. — Clinton News -Re- cord. • Teletype Installed At Radio 'Sehoot A teletype machine has been instal- led at the Clinton. Radio School, No. 31, R.A.F. By this method news and messages can be sent and received Very speedily.—Clinton News -Record. Enlisted Recently Mr. Henry Jensen has enlisted in the Canadian, Aetive Service Force. Although not attached as yet to any unit, he is stationed for the present ,,at Woodstock.—Witighana Advance - Fire Destroys Home The Winghana Fire Department were of little use at the fire which de- stroYet1 the home of Mrs. Thomas Ir- win, 10th concession of East Wawa: WetIneSdaY ki.fternoon, When the fire truck arrived it uuickly used up all the water available a.nd no fur- ther use niktt be made of th10,154111P- Mont., Only the charred brick wails '(00)411,4.6.4 ?-4010 4 • • • • • • • • • • •. I *0 ) • .4 • , 4 • • • • • • •