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The Huron Expositor, 1941-09-12, Page 2".f • �► THE HURON EXPOSITOR • SE EMBER 12, 1941 Irl positor Mashed 1860 hail McLean, McLean, Editor. Y, shed' at .Seaforth, Ontario, 'ev- u esday afternoon by McLean Subscription rates, $1.50 a year in advance; foreign, $2.00 a year. Single copies, 4 cents each. Advertising rates on application. SEAFORTH; Friday, September' 12 Wh'g Not Tell The Whole Truth In a long editorial on Prime Min- ister King's speech delivered at the Mansion House, London, last week, the Toronto. Globe and Mail said: "In one particular the show is a blackout, viewed either from across the border or across the sea. Among the first things United States pub- licists • ask about when they come here, is the strength of our _ active „ army and the means ' of • recruiting. -Have we conscription? If not, why? President Roosevelt introduced con- scription and extended it although his nation is neutral. In London Mr. King asked the President to extend to Britain the same guarantee of 'as- ssistance he has accorded Canada— that is, protection against invasion by the enemy. Apparently he sees nothing inconsistent in requesting the United States to use conscripted forces to aid Britain although un- willing to comimit Cannada to the same policy. We have comulsory ser- vice to defend the lives and property of our people. Can Mr. King be hon- est with himself when he says every bit of help is necessary to defend Britain but stops short of applying the rule." , It is the confirmed opinion oft ex- pressed, of the Globe and Mail that no good thing can come out of Ott- awa as long as Mr. King is at the head of the Government. Under the circumstances therefore, it is, per- haps, to be expected that it will' con- tinue to jibe at Mr. King on every possible occasion and in a similar strain to the one we have quoted above. But as long as the jibes of the Globe. and Mail are made up of in- nuendoes and half . truths, they will not command much respect nor will they have the much desired effect of influencing .public opinion to that paper's way of thinking. There is conscription in the United States, and the President has extend- ed the time of service as the Globe ,and Mail says. But conscription for what? That paper knows that con- scription in the United States is not the unlimited policy of conscription that obtains in Great Britain. It knows that the President could not send a single battalion of United States troops to either Britain or the continent of Europe under the pres- ent conscription laws of the United States. Why does not the Globe and Mail tell the whole truth—which is that there is just as ;great a measure of conscription in Canada as in the Un- ited States? Why does it not go fur- ther and say that Great Britain is the only part of the British Empire that has the kind of conscription it is so fond of crediting the United States with? Why does it not say that there is a greater degree of con- scription in Canada than in any oth- er part of the Empire, outside of Britain? Why does it not say, which it knows to be a fact, that conscription in Australia; is a dead issue? That conscription in New Zealand has nev- er been an issue ? That even in South Africa, where there is an op- position to'Britain party, there is no conscription., nor even a conscription ice? None of these things, however di ll fit in with thelGlo'be and Mail's n ed' policy of belittling Canada Ian sd'a's. war effort,which lai- referred to in an editorial of h anthorit r than the Lion- s,. on 'sy of August Atli Tt ekeeeds in it's which the enemy can have expected." Canadians, if not the Globe and Mail, will take pride in that state- ment, and Canada will yet do more. And in that -effort the Globe and Mail could .,wield a powerful influence if it would only forget Mr. King for the time being at least. r We Know /I-t`";is said that Army authorities in Great Britain are making extens- ive provisions for the education of its troops in "why they are fighting." That is not a new policy for Brit- ish Military leaders to adopt for Ol- iver Cromwell once declared that he wanted men who "know what they fight for and love what they know." We know what Hitler' has done to the conquered peoples of France, of Poland and Holland and the other countries he has over -run in Europe, and we know what he would do to Britain, to Canada, to the United States, to other American countries and to .the whole world, if he is not beaten now. We know what we are fighting for; because we know freedom, and as old Oliver said "we love what we know." • It Will German radio authorities have been having a heap of trouble rec- ently which has been caused by a mystery Kibitzer, who speaking on the same wave -length as the German news casts, would say, when ever the announcer paused between items, "this is all lies." To overcome this, however, at the regular nine o'clock news cast, list- eners in London, England,, heard three separate announcers who read so rapidly and without intervals be:: tween items, that it was almost im- possible to understand them. But even that did not work because the first night, When the German an, nouncer said, "That ends the news" the voice of the mystery Kibitzer promised: "But the lying will con- tinue to -morrow," and, no doubt it will, and has. • The Union Is Right The Trades ' Union Congress of Scotland, meeting in Edinburgh last week declared that the. ' excessive hours of work for women in war in- dustries was imposing a strain which would soon impair the nation's pro,- duction, and strongly recommended' that employment of women be so ar- ranged that they would be assured of one days rest a week. The Union is absolutely right. The seven day week has :been tried over and over again and every time it has been found wanting. Machines can: be made to work seven days a week, but the mail or woman has not yet been found that can, for any length of time, tend those machines seven days a week without it proving a lasing' proposition! If it were otherwise, and if there is any truth in the reputation of the Sco race, probably both the men a the women of that country would have found it out long ago, and it would take more than a Trade Union to make them lay off for a day • -Five Million Gallons The gallonage we are talking about is probably, not the kind you thought of at first glance. This gallonage is used as a safety measure and that is something all others can not claim, although some are frequently referred to as life savers. What we want to tell _ you" is that there are five million ,gallons of paint used annually to keep motorists on the right side of the road in the Un- ited States. And further that there is a steady upward trend in traffic marking or roads made necessary by the in- creasing safety consciousness of the American people and their highway "officials. Of course, in the States, as well as Canada, whole oceans of paint would not prevent some people from motor Iden but, there, as ' here, a well ked.i ; e1 �thah proof Years Agone Inter..tlp0; (tomo Picked From Th. Huron Expositor of Fifty and Twenty -Moo Years Years Ago. o From The Huron Expositor Septembe 11, 1891. Miss Jennie Kirkby of Morris Town- ship has been engaged as successor to Mist Kelly as teacher in the Junior department of the Walton -.Public school at a salary of $220.00 per annum, Harvest Home picnic held at Kippen on Wednesday last in connection with the Methodist church was a gratify- ing success in every respect. The new school house in section Na. 9 Tuckersmith, formerly known as the Red school was formally opened on Wednesday evening with a tea - meeting and social entertainment. The building cost about $1200.00. For the programme „Mr. .1V.f. Y. McLean was chairman,• which is as follows:— Instrumental, Messrs Forsythe," viol- ins; song, Professor Scott; address, Rev. Mr. Needham; Instrumental, Mr. and Miss Cumming, Mouth organs; comic song, John Murray; Reading, Mr. D. Johnson; solo Miss Hotham; song, Mr. Dempsey; address Mr. D. Rdbb; song, 3. T. Wren; scotch song, Miss Park; address Rev. P. Scott, Cromarty; duet, Miss Hotham end Professor Scott; song, Wm. Stone- man; address, Rev. Mr. Musgrove Mc- Killop; address, Rev. W. Acheson, Kipped; reading, Mr. W. G. Duff; ad- dress, Mr. Fear, Leaburn. Mr. T. O. Kemp, manager of Ogilvies (Mills in Seaforth has got up a most artistically arranged display' of the various brands of flour manufactured at the Mills, for exhibition at the Tor- onto 'Industrial. Miss Forrest, daughter of Mr. John Forrest, Stanley Township, and form- erly a teacher in the Harpurhey school has been appointed Principal of the neve Girl's Industrial school, just opened at Scarboro, near Tor- onto. On Monday afternoon, • last the Beaver Lacrosse Club accompanied by sixty of their admirers, boarded the 2.43 train fol. Stratford, there to play the final match for the Southern District Championship with the Ont- arios of Brantford. Mr. Malone of Ing- ersol referred the game to the sat- isfaction of all. Dr. Chas. McKay, went down to see the match and was kept busy at work, bandaging the wounds and otherwise givisg relief to those who' needed it. Special mention should be made of H. Cresswell, we believe of the fielding he did, he was always found his ;place, and when he went fon thiebalb,always came out victorious. Miss Agnes Govenlock, daughter of Mr. Robert Govenlock, of McKillop, left on Tuesday for Brandon, where she has secured a good position in a large millinery store.. • . Word was received here of the death of Mr. Bailie' Lupton, formerly of Egmondville. He died' in Lincoln- shire England, where he had gone on a visit. He was • about 70 years of age and was one of the pioneer sett- lers of this district. The Hurons organized for the Fall season a few days ago and elected the following officers:— Hon. Pres. R. Jamies9p Hon. First 'vice -Pres - Geo. E. Jackson; Hon 2nd vice -Pres. G. E. Creswell; President, George Anderson Vice -President, R. Jackson; Sec.-Treas. Wm. Prendergast; Capt- tain, J. W. Livingston. From .The Huron Expositor September, 15, 1916 Major Warren K: Campbell of the British Army was fatally hurt Thur day morning Sept. 6th :When his aero- plane fell two hundred feet at the Curtiss training field in Buffalo when he was testing a machine. Mr. Wm. Rinn, the Abell known breeder of Hullett, made a great clean up at the Western Fair, Lon- don this week, when his heavy draft foal captured the championship, de- feating the entry of Graham Bros. Clarempuut. Among those Attending the Toronto Fair were Messrs. Wm. and Leonard Leeming, Mr. and Mrs. P. Gardiner, Dr. Waghorn and Post Master William Neal. Mr. L. L. McFaul passed away on Sept. 10th. Two generations of boys and girls were taught by him and this •example will never be forgotten. Miss Edighoffer who has been on the staff of Stewart Bros. has taken a position with Duncan Ferguson and Co. of Stratford Miss H, I. Graham was presented with a life membership in the Gen- eral Assembly at the Presbyterian in Brucefield last Tuesday. Mr. Earl Chesney, of town ' spent a few days with his brother Milton in •Toronto and took in the Fair. The Seaforth Horticultural Society are holding their annual flower show in Mr. Charles Aberhart's show windows this week. Among the prin- cpal exhibitors were Charles Stewart, A. 11. Cluff, Henry Edge, R. M. Jones, Wm. Hartry, Win. Ament,A. D. Sutherland, Jelin Cluff, John C. Steele, Mrs. Solders, Dr. McKay; Dr. Scott and Dr. Grieve: Sergt. Major Arthur Bled left on Wednesday for Eyglaind. •• 1Vn George Ellioiit di Stanley 'Rvirp. Whq dislocated, hip slliotilrler recently rs able to be on: duty again. ' Cin b~!i ids. •evenirll °Iagt the . giddiers of ]L engalt and vicinitir wVere, entertain, fC4 d 1i#1)0anti .10.h1ah: al n :JUST A SMILE OR TWO: A man had a cello with one string c,verwhich he drew the bow for hours at •a time, holding his finger in one place., His wife endured this noise for seven' months. . . . One night she said quietly, "I have observed that when others play that magnifi- cent instrument, there are four strings over which to draw the bow, and the players move their fingers about continuously." The man stop- ped playing a moment, looked at his wife wisely, shook his ahead and said: "Of course the others have four strings and move their fingers- about constantly. They are looking for the place. I've found ill" Grandmother: "If you wash your face I'll give you a piece of candy. And if you wash your ears, you'll get two pieces." • Grandson: "Can't I take a -bath?" Golfer: • "Dear, dear. I'm certain- ly not playing the game I used to play." . Caddie (disgustedly): "What game was that?" • A gentleman once told Dr. Johnson that a friend of his, looking into the dictionary which the doctor had late- ly published,. could not find the word ocean. "Not find 'ocean'!" exclaimed the lexicographer. "Sir, I doubt the ver- acity of your information!" He in- stantly stalked into this library and, opening to the word in question with the utmost impatience, at last put his f nger upon the subject of research, adding, "There, sir, there is 'ocean'!" The gentleman • was preparing to apologize for the mistake, but Dr. Johnson good-naturedly dismissed the subject with, "Never mind it, sir; per- haps your friend spells ocean with an `s'." • Phil Osifer of • • Lazy Meadows• (ssy Harry J. Boyle) "THE OAT -BURNER" We.went to church last Sunday with a horse and buggy. As,the radio daily blared' forth encouragement to save ga'Soline and when every 'newspaper glared at us with an advertisement- calling dvertisementcalling attention to the need for sav- ing gasoline, we became determined at Lazy Meadows to trade the "gas - burner" for the. "oat -burner" and, we 'did. Annabelle, the original, old, grey mare who has been doing light duty as a third horse ever since we became so accustomed, to using the car that we forgot her, was surprised. Placidly grazing in the east meadow an Satur- day night, she looked us over, much in the same way that a doctor, would when he felt that perhaps the sun had touched some vital spot in your head, as we led her up to the barn. Her ;hide was sleek from tie inactivity of the past few weeks but we curried and combed her until she fairly glistened. Then came the task of salvaging the buggy from the driving shed. There was a nest of eggs under the seat and Biddy, the little red hen, put up a terrible fuss when° we discovered her adding to her secret hoard.. of eggs. The mice and the birds for some time must have been carting away the lining of the buggy seat because, when we felt it, the collapse which resulted made it look something like a pancake with a hollow spot. How truck accumulates in ,a buggy or a cutter in a shed! Bolts and nuts looking like a pile of scaly rust in an old honey pail. A half bag of miner- als bought for the cattle and forgot- ten. A cake of rocksalt we had in- tended taking to the grass farm early in the season. Two old bridles that needed mending but which were never taken to the harness -maker. A pile of hay -fork rope we planned on splicing after it broke early in the season. Two balls of binder twine we had for- gotten about. Several picture frames and an excellent photo of a bewhisk- ered ancestor that nobody seemed to identify. A patented fire .extinguisher that a slick salesman sold us but which we had forgotten to ask in- structions for, and which in all pro- bability wouldn't work anyhow. Two or three empty bottles, souvenirs of Uncle Josiah's visit to us, when we tried for days to find- his cache of "snake -bite oil." A pound of tobacco -- the raw leaf variety which we pur- chased one time because it was so cheap and we figured we could save money by cheating the manufacturer out of his profit for curing it. One pipeful had been enough! The smoke was dense enough to make disinfect- ant. We pulled and tugged and jerked and yanked: In the'process there were so many discoveries that it took some Wide to re'membe'r %f ere' sll the artle- lee came from, Fiftelly, ;pullifng out tho th a ano n lull bag's whkh we. a 'ezt Vb ett 1�,,wCre 1ett!i,:i.� 'to: Neighbor Higgins, we were finished. ;Where did we pile them? Well, you see the cutter was handy .and it wasn't over half full of other rubbish so we just piled it all in there. Besides, the Indians shy it is going to be an open winter and • we probably won't need the cutter anyhow. Patricia Ann looked positively frightened when we were finally load- ed in the buggy. Rounding the curve going out the laneway, the 'buggy took a sudden lurch and is was discovered that one of the wheels was partly: off. In the process of trying to put #t back on, it was discovered that wrench had been lost. With black greasy fingers and the aid of a stone and a chisel the nut was finally put, in place. ;Then it was discovered that the cap for the hub was lost Groping through the dust with greasy fingers we picked up at least a half'pound of dirt. This had to be removed and we used the most of the coal -oil out of the lamp doing it. Off we went. Annabelle jogged for a few steps and then decided that if we were crazy enough to- hitch'. her up, she would take cher own sweet time about getting to church. There was no buggy whip and in the pro- cess of trying to break a willow gad off at the creek one foot slipped and went.down with a squishing, oozing noise into the mud and water. With one pant leg decorated with a ring of mud i finally clambered back -in. If you, eould only see the look of amazement that .seemed to spread over the faces of motoring neighbors as they passed us! If you could only see our faces as we took each rolling cloud of dust! Annabelle seemed determined that this business of going to church on Sunday with her as power would not be continued. She paused to munch at each patch 61 grass in the centre of the road, and When there was no grass in the centre of the road after we came to the county she wandered off the_ side— all efforts of the willow gad to urge her forward being of no avail. It seemed that everybody that went to churches was on hand to greet us when we arrived. They laughed and they chattered: Mrs. Phil glared at me, as she tried to restore her black dress to its proper color. Each, time that she stroked a cloud of. grey dust belched forth- Priticia Ann had lost her peaches and cream complexion for a muddy -grey -one. ,My blue' suit Was almost white and ' still adorned with a mud fringe on one leg, Neigh- bor Higgins came out shilling and pitt hishand 011 the dashboard and it Coll- apsed inward. S heard a strange, meowing noise and looked around in time to see a kitten poke its head np from between the folds of the top and then I nnade for the church Shed: Abnabelte was tied all by her Toner once In the shied that in my boyhood failed. to held the hor'seg Cir the (Sling'i'elie<t fon lit *etc y: atickiiig with ilio "bat-• ! bide ,. it . ciibtliee8 •L R.A.F. SOCCER TEAM Port .Albert's R.A.F. all-star soccer team, which recently played a 3-3 tie game with Detroit Chryslers at Wind- sor, will again travel to the Border City early in October for a replay of the game. The Flyers say the Chrys- lers are the toughest opposition they have met this year. The ChysIers have a number of Old Country stars on their team.—Goderich Signal Star.. FAREWELL TO M.R. ANDERTON After the morning service at 'St. George's Anglican church on Sunday last, Mr. A. W. Anderton, who has been organist and choirmaster of the church for some years, was presented by the choir with a leather music case, with engraved initials, as a farewell gift as he' leaves to take a similar position at Wingham. The presentation was made by Miss Ann Wurtele• - Goderich Single Star. STOLEN HENS LAY EGGS Five hens identified at the property of W. G. Cook, Bayfield road, who had 27 stolen from his farm, were found under a culvert on No. 8 .highway between Clintpn and Goderich. 15 eggs were found under the culvert where the hens were making .their home af- ter breaking loose from bags. Also a number of chickens were stolen from the farm of John Craddock, a neigh-• 'bor 'of Cook. — -Zurich Herald. BUSINESS CHANGES HANDS The Blyth Municipal Telephone Co, have purchased the corner block from Mr. Stanley Sibthorpe, and will ev- entually move their equipment down- stairs. Mr. Douglas Morrison has purchased the pool room equipment from Mr. Sib'thorpe, and probably will move it into the corner store 'of the Milne Block. Mr. Sibthorpe is undecided yet, as to his future bus- iness plans. -- Blyth Herald WINGHAM MAN WINS DRAW O. V. Haden of Wingham won the Quilt raffled by the Royal Black Pre- ceptory, No. 1226, Blyth, on Saturday night. Gerald Hunking, drew the lucky ticket. — Blybh Standard. SCHOOL BOY BREAKS ARM Bobby Leggett, son of Mr. and Mrs Ernest Leggett, had the misfortune to fall from his bicycle Wednesday at' noon, sustaining a very bad fracture• of the Ieft arm. The lad was taken to Clinton, where medical aid was unav- ailable at the time, and he had to be' takoh on to London. where the arm was set, and put in a caste.— Blyth Standard, LIGHTNING STRIKES IN .-SAME • PLACE TWICE :During the short thunder storm Sunday afterr•oon a- c.h.mney on the home of Mr. W. J. Ford, of Usborne, was struck by lightning for the sec- ond time. The lightning came down the chimney and entered the home like a ball of fire. At the bottom of the chimney it came out through the brick wall, knocking out a brick and leav- ing a hole. The brick was. splintered inpieces being found quite a distance from the house. A similiar occurence took place during a thunder storm last year. — Exeter Times Advocate. . FIRST OF SERVICE 9,i_UB' DANCES Bank of Montreal was the scene of riotious frivolity on Tuesday evening. when members of the Evening Aux- iliary and their friends played host to more than twenty-five young meri from all bronches of the service. A.f-' ter the boys and girlsgot organized, under the direction of Mr. W. A. Diehl, Y.M.C.A. worker, and Miss Is- obel 'Chowen, president of the Even- ing Auxiliary, fun and laughter sparkled for the remainder of the' evening. Tea and sandwiches were served. — Clinton News Record. WINS 21 PRIZES AT EXHIBITION' Mr. Ephriam Snell of Hullett following in the footsteps of his. father, the late Mr. James Snell, fam- ous breeder of sheep and who was a. judge at the International Stock Stow in Chisago for a number of years. This year at the Canadian Nation- al Exhibition, Mr. Snell won twenty- one prizes for his sheep: ten firsts; 4 champions; 2 seconds 2 thirds; 1 fourth and 2 fifths. Winning mere prizes for his sheep than any other single exhibitor. — Clinton News Record. BOTH CENTRALIA AND, GRAND BEND AIRPORTS NOW UNDER WAY The work of preparing the runways for the new airport at Centralia is in• full swing with several scrapers working night and day. We under stand the contract for the buildings has already beeh let and work will commence in the near future, The second airport on the 21st con- cession of Stephen near Grand Bend is also in course- of construction. This is to' be an auxiliary landing ,field to the airport at Centralia, It will comprise around six hundred acres with only a few buildings as the main buildings will be at Centralia. The coiitraef for grading, drainage and .construction of runways had been let to the Towland Constrnetidh coitr- >palny y', Of London, 'Phe Tonrland toin- Oaliy recently completed a her-eir- port :Oka i Time n.