The Huron Expositor, 1942-03-20, Page 2.ter
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eP1' ail McLean, Editor.
Oat at Seaforth, 'Ontario, ev-
ttrs'day afternoon by McLean
AFORTH, Friday, March 20, 1942
No .Delay
There are a "few politicians and
—more than a few newspapers that
have, in recent weeks, been trying to
implant in the minds of some un-
istispecting Canadians that the hold -
of a plebiscite at this time means
the slowing down in our planned war
effort.
This complaint that the taking of
a plebiscite would not only delay
our war effort, but endanger the
lives of our soldiers already over-
seas, is best answered by Mr. King
in the House of Commons, in reply
to Mr. Hanson, when the Prime Min-
ister said:
"My honorable friend has said that
the taking of this plebiscite means
that it will ' delay matters in a time
of war. What is it going to delay?
Is -it going to delay the production
of munitions or equipment of
war, or of ,ships? Is it going
to delay the sending of airmen over-
' seas? Is it going to delay the en-
listment of men in the navy? Is it
going to delay the enlistment of men
in the army, either for service in
Canada or overseas? I. say it is not,
not for one minute. More men are
offering themselves for training to-
day than the administration is able
to train, and that will be so for some
time to come. Is it delaying the pro -
c ction of food? Is, it delaying con-
tributions to the war loan? Some
peoplerecently said they ought to
cut out contributions altogether be-
cause the Governlnent was seeking
to recognize its obligations to the
people. There is no delay anywhere.
But there is a pause sufficiently long -_
to allow the people to express their
own views with` respect to the future
freedom of action that the Govern-
rnent of this country should have the
right; to: take?
It, should constantly be remember-
ed by the people of Canada that the
absence .; of power to conscript, ,ap-
plies at this time only to the .question
• of reinforcements for our Canadian
array already overseas, Almost ey-
--ery week the announcement is made-
public -of .the safe arrivals in England
of more Canadian troops. There has
never yet been an interruption in the
planned schedule, but still a strong
effort has been made to leave on the
public mind the impression' that fail-
ure to impose immediate conscrip-
tion . has resulted in a pronounced
slackening _in the sending of troops
overseas.
So far the absence of compulsory
service for overseas has not affected
in any way the present strength of
our army overseas, nor will it have
for some months to come. Nor has
it had any affect whatsoever, in re-
tarding the strength'of either our
airforce or the navy, because these'
have, and always will be, voluntary
service's.
It is very evident, therefore, that
there, can be no case made out
against the Plebiscite on the grounds -
of either delaying or partially wreck-
ing our Can4dian war effort. ,
•
Death of Two Noted e-anadians
Death has robbed'. Canada of two
-noted statesmen within the _past
week. .On Wednesday evening of
last week, Right Hon. -Raoul Dandu-
rand, Government Leader in the Sen-
ate, died suddenly in Ottawa, and his
death was foIlowed•_in, the -same city
on Sunday by that of Senator Edgar
Rhode* .former Federal Minister in
• the Bennett Government, and a for-
,iirier Premier of Nova Scotia.
•
Tired of Darkness
The "blackout" was one of Bri-
taini's first war irleasutes •imposed,
of:course, in the. early .days of the
war, when British cities were being`
unn er'cif 11y pounded by Gerinan
lotne at atnd is still strictly enforced
e 'ftieh Isles, `although_ for-
...
er mire one could al'm'ost
fi' air raids, o i the &l-
ands. • • -
me
1�ure
bi When 414o4-'
made to have them lifted from the
streets of rttish. cities.
Last week 'the Daily Express, one
of ' Lond'op.'s greatest newspapers,
Whose de -Mand for some time has
been an offensive spirit, rather than
that of 1efence, said: "The , new.
born. spirit of attack gets 'a nightly
dourer from the safety -first spirit of
the blackout. It would not take labor
from the war effort to light the
streets ... We should get the cost of
street lights back many times over
in the power to -fight."
The Evening Standard, another
big London paper, is also asking that
the blackout be lifted on the grounds
that "every houof light will speed
up production in this country," and
it contends that the loss of industrial
output because of the blackout has
been at Least equal to the damage
the Germans could do in several
heavy air raids.
One of the first things a British
airman remarks about Canada, and,
perhaps, the thing he exclaims over
most and longest, ' is the lights at
night, in our cities and towns To
him it seems a nightly wonder that
he never tires of watching. Cana-
dians who have visited the Old Coun-
try have likewise been impressed,
and at the same time sadly depress-
ed, by the blackout. -
Over a space of time the blackout
can not help but have a very depress-
ing effect on the moralof the peo-
ple. Besides, there is the danger
element; as reports from that coun-
try state that fatal accidents as a re-
sult of moving traffic in almost com-
plete darkness, • have reached a
very disturbing peak: Whatever the
cause, it is becoming evident that the
voice of the British public is demand-
ing more light
•
There Are Others
In an attempt to administer a vic-
ious blow -to the bead of the W inni-
peg Free Press—with a straw—the
Globe and 1VIaiI on Monday last said:
"It (The Free Press) could not for
a moment conceive that the Commit-
tee for Total War, might be animat=
ed by quite disinterested and patri-
otic. motives."
Well, there are quite a few others
across. _Canada, • who would have to
severely ,tax the r..',eFedulity before
their minds would conceive -of any
such thought either.
However, the Committee for Total
War is _,_dead, and one should not
speak ill of the departed.
•
Where A Fine Is 'A Fine
The British people have often been
accused by their American brothers
.. and cousins of being slow, but no one
yet has ever accused them of not be-
ing thorough.
And that goes as well in the mat-
ter of fines for infractions of war
restrictions.
Last week Woodlands Chemists,
Ltd., of London, was fined forty
thousand pounds, which runs close to
two hundred thousand dollars in our
money, for exceeding its cosmetics
sales 'quota under Britain's wartime
rationing laws, and was given three
months to pay the fine. ,,
.By the time the company succeeds
in paying that fine they will be look-
IngY.iCackupon,their profits. and divi-
dends as vanishing cream; -highly
prized cosmetic in women's lives, but
something which the company will
be very chary of disposing of in fu-
ture, even' if they doget in wrong
with the Women. And they will.
Canada's war restrictions ori gas
and tires are due to operate in a
week • or two. Will our Government
'be as thorough in enforcing them as
the British?
•
For The Lonesome
Private Joseph T. Ta,rezon, an air
cadet at : Jefferson Barracks, Mis-
souri, wrote ''back to his home town
paper at, Knoxville a few weeks ago -
that he was lonesome -and wished
some one would write to him.
On the third day after his plea ap-
peared in his _home town newspaper,
he received two hundred and thirty-
seven letters, and several- da.y s later
the number had risen to eight �un
-
dred and feisty.' _
14w Jos h via the home town'
paper, is passing out his thanks,: add-
ing:
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From The Huron Expositor
March 23, 1917
A span of horses belonging .to Mr.
Thos, Bailey, of Bayfield, had a very
narrow escape wheb they bolted over
an 'embankment of about. 60 feet.
When the horses came to the bottom.
of the gorge the tongue r-ammee into
the opposite 'bank and.,-atrange to re-
late the horses were not injured. The
tongue was rammed in so far that it
had to be sawed off in order to ex-
tricate the sleighs.
Word has been received here that
Sgt. Earl Ross, of the Royal Canadian
Regiment, has received the military
medal for gallantry on the field, and
with it a commission in the Imperial
Army.
Mr. A. Palmer, of Seaforth, had the
misfortune to have one of his feet
crushed while working in the muni-
tion plant.
1VIrs. Robert Smith has returned to
her 'home after spending the winter in
Dakota with relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Smillie, of Sea -
forth, left for their new home in:Tor-.
onto.
Mr. J. F. Ross, principal of the Col-
legiate Institute, , has leased Mrs. D.
Johnston's residence on Jarvis' St.,
vacated by Mr. W. C. T. Morson, and
will take possession next week.
The_, death of Lieut. George Mulhol-
land, son. of William Mulholland, of
this tower, was announced this week,
being killed in action in France on
March 20.
Mr. W. A. Hamilton, of Hibbert,
last week disposed of a very fine. 3 -
year -old registered filly to Mr. Frank
Coleman, Tuckersmith.
Mrs. James Stewart has donated
two wide crochet insertion towels
for Red ,Cross purposes. Mis. L. C.
Jackson was the winner of the coat
recently donated by. Miss Lukes, and
the sale of tickets realized $23.75.
Sgt. Charles Papst is at present in
Lord Derby's Hospital, Warrington,
England, suffering from an attack of
rheumatism. He had been about.four
weeks in the trenches.
Mrs. Robt. Smith has leased her
residence on Louisa St. to Mr. Neil
Gillespie, of Cromarty, who recently,
disposed of his farm and intends to
reside in. town.
Mr. William and Miss Annie Brooks
of Elgmondville, left on Thursday for
their -new home near,Edmonton.
Mr. Harry Speare, Seaforth, intends
disposing of his residence and some
of his 'household effects and he and
Mrs. Speare will mane their home in
Lond6d. .
Mr. Walter Osborne, of Halkirk,
Alta„ who has been spending some
weeks- in the east witb friends near
Toronto, paid a flying visit to friends
in the vicinity of Kippen.
On Monday Iasf"hile Mrs. S. Sar -
as, of Bengali, -was out milking, her
little son, Earl, about four• ears old,
,
got out ofbed fir his night clothes
and began poking the fire when a coal
ignited his clothing, and had not his
mother very quickly. • come in he
would have been burned to death. .•
From The Huron Expositor
March 18, 1892
• While going home frena-Ctinton on.
Safurday night last, Mr. Dominic
Reynolds .had -A narrow escape from
serious injury, It appears that he
had just crossed the railroad on' -the
gravel road when this, team; 'a spirit-
ed one, took fright and ran away,
throwing him ,offthe sleigh and
breaking his ankle.
Mrs John McGavin, of the 14th con-
cession of HulIett; and Mr. William
Mooney, of Morris, leave Brussels on
Friday for Manitoba. They will take
with them a carload of •horses.
On Tuesday last another-lot'of peo-
ple left for Manitoba and Dakota.
Joseph Scott goes to Sheldon, ST -.D.;
Duncan McEwan to Gretna, Man.;
Peter McEwan to Cavalier, N D: Jas.
Lee to Emerade, Dakota; Jas. Little
to Virden, Man.; James Wright to
Cartwright, Man.; George Jepson to
Winnipeg; James McNeiI to Brandon',
Man.; James Scott to Rippon, Dako-
ta, and John Thorp to Carsonville,
Miebigan.
Mr. John A. Wilson, Seaforth, has
been promoted to the rank of major
in_the 3.3'rd Battalion,
Mr. Joseph Abell- who has been n
clerk in Wm. Pickard's store for a
number of years, has gone to Ann Ar
bor, Mich., where he has secuied a
good position.
Miss Whiteman, of Beucefield, 'is
egjeet t;,;to,,, open a dreesniaking shop,
and she win be found in the shop
next. to McIntosh's, store.
The entertainment given in Kippen
on Friday evening last in. .the nes
hall, under the aikapiees of the Public
Hall Company, was a very pleasant
and successful affair. The chair was
taken by Mr. Robert McMordie. Ad-
dresses were deliirered" by Mr. D.
Weismiller, of .Kippen; :Messrs. D. D.
Wilson and M. Y,, itifeLean, Seaforth;
huni'orous readings "by Mr. °"t31. G.
,Duff, of Seaforth; Mr. Thos. Murdoch
Of Hensel], a violin solo; Mr. J. craw-
foid, Hensall, a 'cell rendered sob,
and Mr.`*. McLeod, .Seaforth, gave
several character and eomie songs.
On Friday ev'ening'Tasea'nuniber of
the school children t Of Leadbury
school paid....a visit at the residence
sof Mr. Peter Mellicean and- presehted
his daughter, 'Mies Maggie, with a
nicely worded address 'end several
handsome presents, such as butter
cooler, silk handkerchieks, etc. She
left for Dakota with the family on
Tuesday: •
A'i'eT: -McCurdy; of the O fl cele
Sion, tisborne; ' ha' ''U ped h,bout 75
trees and made other .preparations
for the sugar season.
Mr. Oink Bol'g i off "sboi'er, .Tett
tor' Manitoba olv stsitodotit 000 '0
Barr .Fall leftfdi "'the name Plane'
Mete he Will reiiiein for
Mm
the,
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.t-oA!}al',z o
',ItosaXACny,
att el'"`, d"Y',i 2,utfc1i, Rett• t4.
Standing beside the, snout of a big coastal gun, this sentry looks
westward out across the Pacific, where. a new menace to Canada
has arisen.- The "focal points" of the country's West Coast are lib-
erally sprinkled with fortfications.. -
Phil Osifer of -
E Lazy . Aeleadows
(By Harry J. Boyle)
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•
''IMOTHER IS SICK'
When the head of the houehold
gets sick there is usually a lot of
noise and moaning . . and he an-
nounced on 'frequent occasions that
he is almost done in. He recipe that
he has been working too hard and
speaks often of quitting farming and
retiring not mentioning how the
family will live . . ...but then of
course sire • is .. too sick ,to think of
that.
It is• most surprising how smooth-
ly and calmly -everything proceeds in
spite of Dad :being sick. The chores
get done . . . the meals' are •on time
. and the house is .kept warm
and comfortable at all times Life
travels along in fact as if there .Was.
nobody missing from the household
seheme M affair9,
How vastly different it is when
Mother gets sick! First of •all the
fires don't seem to burn right and
from constant poking and stirring lit-
tle piles of ashes heap up beside the
doors. Occasionally a vagrant belch -
of eye-stinging.smoke goes wandering
up in the direction of . the ceiling.
There is a gray coldness thateseems
to settle. -over the house. • The piled -
up dishes en the sink . .'the clothes
that have slithered from- the chairs
where they' were carelessly tossed
and the ..dust that piles up ,so quick-
ly on the furniture. The wood„seems
to shed chips leaving a trailfrom
the woodshed to the wood box and
from there to the stove.
Stairs moan and $mors squeak in
much the same way as you would
find in a vacant !house. The tele-
phone jangles out from time to time
but not in the usual cheery way
of party -line.' Even the tea kettle
moans in' place of singing . ; . and
the Light comes in gray and cold.
The ,meals taste flat. No matter
what,you try, that same tastelessness
prevails. Every time you try to pour
the tea . . . the spout of the tea pot
drips ,ori the table. The crumbs pile
up. The butter dish gets ringed with
toast' and jam. If you try'' -to fry
meat thegrease, spatters everything
for at least ten -feet. Eggs are bound
to catch on the shell and at least
one will drape itself over the edge of
the frying pan.
A man always has a ,hard job find -
,Ing things. If the pepper or salt cel-
lars getempty he has to turn ,the
pantry inside out to get at the supply.
When lie goes after the broom he is
certain to upset all the mope and
cleaning apparatus in the closet in
the wash -room. -
When he is down in the farthest
corner of the fruit cellar trying to
find •by _the -light of a match a jar
of a: certain kind of Mother's favar-
ite ,preserves• the telephone rings
or Patricia Ann goes over. back-
wards in the rocking chair or else
upsets the dish -water pan left stand-
ing on the edge of the kitchen table.
The making of toast it seems is
an art!°•;Having heard that hardwood
coals 'rake excellent toast- the...: man
of the house builds a roaring fire with
maple, sticks—dried and aged and
then waits , patiently—peeking every'
•
half minute into the firebox to see if
the coals are ready. When they .ap-
pear to be just right he skimmers, two
rather. crooked slices of. bread into
the .toaster and, gently lowers the
apparatus over the coals. One side
does very nicely but the bread slips
out into the fire when, the toaster is
being turned..
So the battle goes on, and Mrs.
Phil, unable to stand it any longer,
gets up and recovers gradually from
her illness while she works., The tea-
kettle sings, the light seems' bright,
Patricia. Ann singsa little song while
she plays ... and everything is right
again when the lady of the House-
hold is back "on the job.
aoitada's-dommailders:
Review Corps Tacti c s
•
_ _..__.. -,e, . _ (By Kim Beatttle) _ . •
With the Canadian Army (Over-
seas).—The changing scenes and ab-
sorbing, interests of the military writ-
er's unit -by -unit tour of the Canadian
Corps, rush upon him in such a close
packed stream that he is fortunate to
obtain more than. a confused medley
of martial impressions. He is lucky
if he finishes with better than -a, shut-
tling and disconnected procession of
random recollections.
But during this winter's (London-
-dubbed) lullablitz, such a piecemeal
panoramic of the Canadian Corps was
all that could be expected. "Lieut. -
Gen. H. D. G. Creme, D.S.O.; acting
Corps Commander, insisted tihat the
lessons of last.. autumn's” large-scale
manoeuvres should be incorporated
into each unit's training with des-
patch. Further, when weather and
other factors shut down on great geld
exercises, General McNaughton' sent
the Canadian Cordis ''back to school;"
and General Crerar, who •teak over at
the :first of the year, shortly ordered
that this new instructional knowledge
and tadtical training should be in.
stilled and'drilled with relentless urg-
ency. The Ca tadiaii Corns: is onthe
edger of another "Invasion season.".
• The "resent, was intensive training,
h'ardehiing and tigbteiihig, by Units. .1t
ivae possible to eriticlge or. admire
the ahold er Snish:of .a single cog, but
fife Uit 'fti-lifsea*er `tBie"•tdarwel it
aiid;' po wer'. i tiro v'hole,. ifiwri
Citit3 nastytand,
bi i}ut flitigIe Entity
4 tri°', a #+3lilat iif 'Wei Scattered,
if ceaseless, preparation, I eneeunter-
ed my most indelible experience of all
the host of them that grip, the visi-
tor to the home of the Canadian
Corps. • For .nearly a week I sat welt
back and observed the Canadian' fight-
ing macilzei in its, true, revealing Deis
spective-saw it as the immensely
powerful and complex, 'but single, en-
tity winch it is.
Over a rtexiod of five of the most
fascinating and informative days eit-
perienced in two wars, I discoverd
how the Canadian Corps works. I
saw what makes ,it tick, together and
apart, saw who directs its large and
small cogs, and what manner of men
they are. 1 envisioned it mustered in
detail, and assembled to Strike. f saw
hew close-knit control keeps -the cogs
clicking in unison, watched':pie-battle
planting for small operations mill
learned bow the compact whole will
move atud fight in the full might of
disciplined; cohesive strength and un-
shakable singleness of purpose ,
During these nlemorable' clays the
complete gitlaity,'iit 'Canadian action
commanders` aired "0" "(Operations)
staff officers -the 4'l' ghtingr>' l'eade'rs --
were assembled together,•;,ranged a-
round e,great antphitheatre, and earn-
esdy preoccupied With' a .probingre
View ba naliar, Corpsteoties.
C6Witil'nii4re 1Q4'41:41t end_ r ble ...
-ietiie' ptt ' u `i i -if *to, ll'grakt
sand tll'b1e ;On •it t i1tp,t, iii itta;
''Gee's i, b bre 'b _ 'he, ig'h£f i* a j'
and kneillati Serviaei to:torn„ Staged'
«eittihitred ten Pate (I)
1I1swe S. l �°ilt CiSltltj
Goderich, Out., March 16, 1947
The Iditoz', The Huron Expositor:
Dear Sir: A.ndther letter has been
widely circulated by 1VIr. Stron-g, of
the Howick 'council. This time he is
}-fil
particularly • worried about the 'work
(to>.te ._om the Auburn l, which he
describes' as "menumekal frp11y °
Many requests for the ,improvement
of this road bane been received; and
last year a petition;°'•signedd.by a large .
number of ratepayers, was presented,
asking for it. e Ther proposal- to start.
this work was approved"atv--the No-
vember session of the council, -and no
protest- from anyonewas heard,
though the reports and minutes of the•
council were published in the papers.
About t� first of December, at a:
time when many people in this dis-
trict are riot busy, the "'work was
started, and nearly all'.of this "monu-
mental folly" was• committed be one-
man and one machine (that would'..
otherwise be idle) in about two'
months.
The ladies of this county are doing
a noble work iii their war efforts, but
I am satisfied that they will not be -
unduly disturbed by the -situation, and
that they will realize that the County'
Council is as conscious of the need
Mr war 'effort. as anyone else, but
that they have to consider all of the.
people of the county, in administer-
ing its affairs. '
Mr. Strong advised in his first let-
ter that no construction had been
carried out by Howick during the
war.. 'Upon checking • up he finds
some; if he checks further he will
find more, and if he looks still fur-
ther, he will find that the road ex-
penditure of the council of which he
is a member are practically the same
during the war as they were previous-.
ly. This is typical of all municipali-
ties and of the Provincial' Govern-
ment. The Province has been spend-
ins; millions all oyer the province,
some of it between Goderich and Clin-
ton. It is hard to •understand: on thise
account, the reason- •that . Mr. Strong
should .point to the County: of Huron
as a horrible example, particularly
when his own' council has no special
effort'to show.
Criticism of the. -expenditures! . of
the .. County of Huron are welcome.
Any suggestion that is made for the
betterment of affairs has always been
thankfully rece'ved, and carefully.
considered. But when criticism is
accompanied by reflections . on the
patriotism of the County Council, its
is keenly resented. • -
T. ROY PATTERSON.
County. Dzigineer..
Seen V . eeni
n the
CountyPapere
° New Bandmaster
Me. George J. Wright, who was
bandmaster here twenty years ago,
Chas- again been appointed twenty,
this-Posi-
tion. on Friday night at practice
the metibere will hold their annual,
•!'
Test- Pump Working
The test pump stood 500 gallons a
minute test and can now provide all
the water needed On Clinton and at
No. 31 Radio. School, The small pump
has had "a long strain for the past
four months, pumping 175 gallons a
minute. The volume from this second
wept 11 as not lowered the' volume' en
the ,citeler wells.—Clinton News -Rec-
ord. -
Starling Has Band On Leg
Mr. Ed. Rouse shot a starling last
week that • had a government, band on
its leg. According to our informant,
the government' bands or "tags" a.
number of these birds every year, in,
an effort to keep tab on their ramb- .
tinge; • The shooting of one• so band
ed is a very- rare happening.—Blyth,
Standard.
Emergency Operation
Lois Wood, daughter of Mr. and.
Mrs. Edwin Wood, of Hullett. town-
ship, was rushed to Clinton Hospital'
on Tuesday morning, where she un-
derwent an emergency operation for
apgendicitfs. Her condition Wednes-
day evening was reported as favor-.
able. We tense her recovery will be
a .speedy one.—Blyth- Standard.
Furnace Pipes Caught Fire:
When their furnace pipes were dis-
covered to be . on fire Tuesday after-
noon, it .became necessary , for Mr.
and Mrs. Earl' Bentley to phone the
Blyth fire deliartntezit. With their
assistance and that sof some of the
neighbors, the fire was confined to
theepipes, and was extinguished with
the aid of fire eistinguishers.—B•iyth
Standard..
Miss Hudson, Honored By Friends
On Saturday evening the Mery
bees of the 'glove department of the
ltitc+'hmond Hosiery. and 'a. few other.
friends gathered at the ^ home ot..,t r.
and „)Ma's. CTorznan McNairn to honor
1a •`.'Ve a _..ifiliW ill, .one .:.oi' _tieir
number,Who is leaving I1t'ith7Iel1
Shtii tin air Terietitte, 110414 ifiitlitted
'lid the " Wdti i'tiit+s p Oilei6ft of Abe
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