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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1942-04-24, Page 2,•• e• ..44tek. Sahlialed ISO iin'' ail' MTan, Editor. 'she at Seafo h, Ontario, ev- , ursclay a,fternoon by McLean 0 . 0 advertising rates on application. Subscription rates, $1,50 a year in advance; foreign, $2.50 a year. Single copies, 4•cents each.: ISEAFORTH, Frilay, April 24, 1942- • Only One Way To Vote , "Are you in favour of releasing the Government from any obligation arising out of any past commitments • restricting the methods of raising men for military service'?" That is the question that will be asked every Canadian citizen on Monday next, April 27th. . That is the question that every patriotic Canadian citizen, regard- . less of his religion, his politics, his war viewsor theories, will answer on that day. And there is only one way it can be answered by a patriotic Canadian citizen. That is to vote 'Yes." •• Under One Dollar A new ruling of the Warti,me Prices and Trade , Board curtailing retail delivery; pick-up exchanges, refunds and sales on approval, was made pubic at Ottawa over the week ' end. By the new order no retail deliver- ies may henceforth be made on par- cels valued at less than one dollar, except' freSh meat and fish, or when illness or physical disability confines the purchaser to his home. • Even in peace times that would have been a sensible order. In war time when the conservation of every- thing that goes into the delivery of merchandise is essential to our war • efforts, the order becomes - a neces- sity, and a somewhat delayed one at that. • By the same order merchants are urged to followithe British method of coiiserving wrapping paper by handing across the counter or deliv- ering unwrapped every commodity already packaged for carrying. Perhaps after a time the Wartime Pries and Trade Board—if it keeps up the good work it has only made a start at—will educate the people of Ontario to use a little,common sense when making retail purchases and break completely the selfish and ex- • • travagant demands which have fora, • long time gone hand in hand -with almost every purchase in •a retail store. • Just why a- merchant should be asked to deliver a packet of pint' on demand, free of. charge, or why a • commodity that is already 13oxe d in a cardboard container, and that con- tainer wrapped in cellophane, should - also require a brown or other color- ect paper wrapper and cord before it • can be delivered to the buyer, is something we have never been able to understand. •• Thing's like thes-e, of course, were • done in the name of service, but ser- vice- had become a very much abused term before the war started and be- fore it is ended we hope the only ser- vice that will really count will be.war service. It will not be easy to break lOng formed habits, but the Government is going to help us out a lot in the wry in -mediate future as is evidenc- ed by the recent Wartime Prices and Trade Board .ruling. • The " EY' Will Be Missed The Canadian National Exhibition • isout for the duration, and its build- ings and other facilities will be used by the army, navy and airforce for housing purposes. That was the de- cision reached by the Board of Directors this week. Cinnmenced in a maltway sixty- three years• ago, the Canadian Na- tional has grown. year by' year into $ht greatett Fair, of its kind in the vtrith -as attekidanee last year ver the two 'million 'Mark. trailoprortation itethods OUbt,,x,mloh to do with its 'ode ii ren years, thnh of As rofriance. PeCoPle, The day when an eci drtunity o• 'tend- the " was, the. stun totai'of "every boy'shope and ambi- UQnij village, town/and count/ has gone, and the day when the ame Exhibition '''controlled, without a murmur,- the pasienger lnd express schedules on West ern 0itario rail- ways, has gone with it. • An Example To Follow At the April session of the Board of Education for the Town' of' Lis- towel, a committee was appointed to interview the Chairman of the Po- lice Committee with the object of having the curfew law enforced. Now the chairman of the police • committee has announced that thd curfew law, as contained in the Chil- dren's Protection Act, will be enforc- ed in Listowel and after Monday next. The chairman of the committee al- so announced that the Children's Protection Act provides for a fine of one dollar for the first offence, two dollars for the second, and five dol- lnrs for the third and subsequent of- fences, and that the committee fuliy, intends to enforce this law. • ••1 There is not a responsible itesklent of any town or village in the CountY of Huron who does not know that Listowel is setting them an example to follow. The curfew law can be enforced the same as any other law that has thp support and co-opera- tion of the people, and no true citizen can vriew„.,with complacency •the juv- enile 'delinquency so glaringly vocal on ,he streets of our villages and • towns every night in the week: 4 A New Ford Tire It was learned last week that the Ford Motor Company has develop- ed a new car tire that uses only a fraction of the rubber needed for the present auto tire. Ever since the rubber shortage forced the rationing of all stocks of - standard tires, Ford engineers have been experimenting with the new tire and have now developed a pro- cess for processing the • tire fabric that uses only one -sixteenth the amount of rubbe-r--fornierly consider- ed necessary in tire manufacture.' Company officials, however, are • not making a formal announcement of the newly developed tire until fur- ther and more complete tests have been made, although trials under op- erating conditions are said to have proven the new tire to be capable of • withstanding great wear and tear. It is not so manyyears ago that. Ford put the world on wheels be- fore and, perhaps, he will be able to accomplish that feat a second time. If so, we hope he picks on the year 1942, because our tires are going to pass out with the year in,spite of all that specialists can do to save them. • • Where The Gas Goes Our' gasoline has been rationed, and while we don't complain a•great deal,. we sometimes , wonder- if the Government was not getting a little pessimistic about gasoline -for war needs, etc. Well, one of the reasons why some pessimism might be exercised is that while the authorities ,:know how much gas it takes to run a modern anny,.,not to mention the navy 'and airforce, we don't know a thing about it. They, know, for, instance, that ,a , motorized division of ground forces - alone will use as much as seventy- five thousand gallons.of gasoline in twenty -fair hours. That is the reason we are being taught to walk, an accomplishment we will have thoroughly learned long before the war is over, unless the Allies discover some new- and rapid way of defeating the submarine. • -0-1" Beards May Win' the War (Christian Science Monitor) The diverting of razor blades to other purposes than shaving does not mean that American men will be compelled to grow beards Tike their Vic- torian forefathere. 131ades may be somewhat „ scarcer, but Yankee ingenuity—and maybe the resur .ection of grandpa's razor, hone and stroll" —can solve far mere perplexing probleme, R may be argued that the saving thiTe effect- ed (aeprokimatelY 1,500 tons of high end lnee car- bon strip steel) is, lecteesequentlel. But If ^the. Governreent'a eednetion- Of theesupply-of steer to razor blade manufecttirers, the discussion of beards and the possibility of a blade shortage helps toIMPre(10..- MeV) the average -Man befolie the either' the feet that ere ttnne' it Santifiete to Win Ate 'rel"hin ateelfig Of !tog alSO Air)) 1/1 tifee-thiVing of elVilleatiOn.' From' The fLuron Expositor April gz' 1917 Mr. Donald Pederson, Aub county e.ngineer,has received' a 0 notifying hire ofethe wounding of son, Donald, in France. He had practising law in Lethbridge he enlisting. Dudley E. Holmes, of Goderich now a Plight -Lieutenant in Pea Helisl ed with the 161st Balta. andF ad a preference for aviation be v as transfereed to the Royal ing Corps. Mr. L. G. Weir, who has been duct'4 the Royal Hotel bere Som c years, has purchased a 1 mo leg picture theatre in Mea and1 left Monday to take over pro erty. • 'Mrs. S. 'Neely, of town, receive letter from her son, Pte. Arthuz• N who went overseas with the Hur in which he wishes to thank the lowing for 'gifts received: Messrs. E. Kerslake,' J. Beattie, J. Ran E. 14. ,Close, A. F. Cluff, Bender Smith,W. Govenlock; Miss leu Mrs. J. B. ''''e'lhompson, Mrs. Frei Mrs. McClay, Mrs. J. P. Belt and Kling Mr. )William Cook, North Main receiv¢d word, on Thursday that son, Relic' Coo, of the Canadian fentry,lad bees,adreitted to the Vary hospital at. Ilemstead, Engl suffering :from gunshot wounds in foot received in Frence. Mr. Wiltiam BiW the Hullett ho king, recently disposed of a team fillies' three and lour years old. Mr. Blucher, of McKillop, for-Wh he received the sum of $600. • Mr. HarrY, Gibb, %who has charge of the woodworking shop the Devereaux Carriage Works h for over 25 years, has severed his c nection with that firm andleaves n week for Markham where he will ter into partnership with Mr. J. lies, a former blacksmith in the ploy of the Messes. 'Devereaux. Mr. 5,, Wallace, of town, is hav the Wilson homestead at SU -Vet -ere which he purchased from Mr. Th Geary, wired for Hydro. Mr. Stewart McIntosh bas purch ed a Chevrolet car from the local .ente Mr. D. Shanahan. - Mr. Palmer Whitely has return to town from Ne(Wark, "N.J., where had been employed for some mon,t William, 13ethtiete, former purser the C.P.R. steamer Assiniboia, le been appointed' superintendent of t C.P.R. Upper Lakes fleet, with he quarters at Port McNichol. He b been with this firm since 1885. Mrs. Troyer received word from t war office last Friday morning, st ing that her on, ,Henderson Troy had. been woundek. while fighting France.' •'-e.iii Mrs. J. C. •Grel eaves on spturd for Kingstott tedeatend the gene eonference of the\-Vitomen's Missio ary Societies in connection with t Presbyterian Church, as a delega from the Seaforth society. • urn, able his been fore , is nce. lion , so Fly- con - for arge ford the d a eely one, fol - W. kin, son kes, Bel', Mrs. st. his In- mili- and, the rse 01 to ich had in ere on - ext en- Gil- em- ing ek, os. as- ag- ed he hs. on is be ad - as at- er, in ay ral n - he te • From The Huron Expositor • ' April p.2., 1892 • Mr. Andrew G,ovenlock has bad new potatoes this year. He had a pit of potatoes and %laity of them had sprouted, and as for their eating qual- ities, we couldn't s'peak. The ditching machine in the big swamp near Zurich is making its way tfi the south •and works well. It start- ed to .float and had to be loaded down with, stones. Miss A.-0. Gemmell of Egmondville will represent the Egmondville branch of the Women's Poreign Missionary Society at the annual meeting of the genera' society toile held in Toronto next week. . The contract for the watering of Seaforth Main Street has been award- ed to Mr: ThomasiThompson for $156 for the season• .. Beattie Bros.. Sbafortli, are having the material laid Howse for their new store. , Mr. W. .Weymatteth, Bullett, has a horse that is ' 30 years old and work- ing every day. Mrs. A. D. McDonald, Mrs. A. Young and Mrs. Wm, Rbbb go to Toronto next week as delegates: from the Sea: fortheatiiillary to ;the annual meeting of the Ontario Wemens_Foreign Mis- sionary Society. • Mr. George StnithersIs having shut, ters put on tbe widows of his 'hand- some brick residence on James St. Mr. George Whitely has sold his livery stock and business to Mr. D. C. Dortance and Mr. William Hargan, and- his stallion stable and lot to Mr. $487.50. George Murray- The price paid was Alfred Bane, of ElimVille, has crossed the border to the land of the Stars and Stripes. ' Thomas Coates, Iof the 2nd conces- sie,e, Baborre, '' ii4e bought the Eaa- terbrook farms •at Eden, comprising 200 acres, paying thiprefer $9,000. Rev. Mr. Martin; of Ohiselhurst, goes to the. Old Cotrntry in a few weeks to remain for. six weeks, as his health has not been very good. Mtss Case riturzted to tdwn Wed; nesday after visiting friends in Phila- delphia, Chicago, Washington and -other eastern cities! • Mr. Thomas hl Hays recently sold a very superioi young Jiving horse to Mr. D. Donavan for $140. Mr. Copp has removed the Smith house from the public school grounds to a kit the purchased • from Mr. eifil- Sen, 6pposiite the residence of.Robert Willis. Messrs. RObert # John Crawford, 4 of Londesboro, ha ...bver 1,000 rods g of fence to build t le sififtmer. Fred W. Hess, of Ztiriche the tele- graph operator, hgs, bought himself a bowie; and lot alonaide of his office froin C. L. Liperert for :the Sum Of $450.00. Revee-Je-Pe-Oeusent tondesbercz, met with an ecaident Mt iVitlibitzth Morning. WIl1le.e.dtlYing.toehle.-191mIntnlellt MS hire Stutlabled and iiireW,/ hintfor- ward Diff ,(i' his t art 'Onto ,1110 feat which, hbeVeVer,, dld 110 -keep hini trOrkd erg Ms Work to the dat, ni. ()offer of Lazy Meadows • Harri• J. boyle) "SPRING DAYS" These are. the days of the most glorious season oetahl.•. Spring . Wed it seems! here at Lazy Mea- dows that the dhys are. far too short to hold all the, things that are hap- pening True . . , they may not be very important happenings . just the commonplace, homely tieing with which our days are filled. We greased the wagon yesterdaY• There was a bright sun and pulling the wagon up on the lee side of the driving shed we went to work, An old screw -jack, borrowed when jacked up the corner of the barn to put in a new foundation . . . and neve,. returned seemed the answer to our needs for propping the wagon up. It vvm too slOW: a task that way, so we rolled out a steel durum and used a stent rock 'elm rail for prying. We fooled' around that way and finally sonle one thought of two over -size sawhorses in the driving shed. They Were perfect for the -task. Think of the time a person wastes when a lit- tle thought would make it easier for everybody concerned.' Grandfather was an expert at greas- ing a wagon. He would take the 'lit- tle can of golden brown grease that teemed almost black when you look- ed in the can .and with the paddle he would 'build it up so that only a very smell amount would squeeze out when you put the wheels back on. • Somebody suggested that we grease the buggy and that seemed to be •a worthwhile suggestion, We are tak- ing better care of the buggy now thah we did in the days when it served for only one or two trips in the soiling when the roads were too mud- dy for the car. That brought up the question of the buggy -jack. Maybe you forget about the bnggy-jaek. That is the strange • contraption of wood which served very well in propping:up It buggy -wheel for greas- ing, when handled properly . . . and' which could give your fingers a neat bashing when you were not careful with.lt. One part was hound prop- ping the sheep -pen door open and someone nailed the handle of it be- tween the sheep -pen and the slanting anchor post to keep the sheep from crowding into, the barn -yard. After much fussing around we got it back into working conditftin. Thus the war has :been responsible for putting another article of equipment back in- to use. Yesterday afternoon we cultivated the east field. The (last swirled up around behind the cultivator and went clouding off into the bright, spring air. Two robins spent. all af- ternoon' on the 'Higgins rail fence— evidently comparing notes about their winter tours. Suchansuch, our Collie pup, was earnestly investigating all the ground -hog holes on the side of the Big Hill. Grunter, the discontened Berk- shire, was perhaps the closest to be- ing happy that she has ever been.. A. muddy pool of water down at the end of the barn -yard. next to the field wlie1Ve were waking served her as a luxuriant wallowing -place . . . and she wallowed until she looked like some frightful .Monster out of a pic- ture -book. Spring has come to our concession. Neighbor Higgins came upl from the sugar bush with a wagon "loaded with sap -buckets and other equipment. He is closing up for another year . . . the' sap run is over. The Barred Rock bens have started dusting -them- selves again in the flower beds and we are growing used to Mrs. Phil storming out the door with a dust cloth over tier head and a broom in her hand to frighten: the nuisances -away. • JUST A SMILE OR TWO: "What became of your little gold- fish?" asked a visitor of a small bol, "Did it die?" "No." "Poisoned." "Then what happened to it?" "It grooved into a big goldesh!" The two men had been partners 'in -business for more than fifty years. But now the partnership was about to be dissolved, for one 'of the two lay dying. The sufferer called his friend to his bedside. "I know I haven't much longer to live, old man," he said. "Before I go I've got a confession 1 must make? During our years of partnership I've swindled you 'out of thousands of pounds. Can you forgive me'?" "That's all right," said the other, cheerfully. "Don't you worry about it. I poisoned you." • The club bore was relating one of his long -Winded stories that every- body knew by heart. He was describ- ing what happened to him when he went on a trip to Grand Canyon in America during a world tour. "The soft curtain of night was just fall- ing," he orated, "There t stood, drinking 'in the scene, with the giant abyss yawning before me." One of the listeners asked, "I say„ old chap," he • asked, "was the abyss yawning before you got there?" • "Why -is an hour glass made small in the middle?" "To show the waste of time." • Hostess (to newly -married naval of- ficer):"They tell me your wife is one in a thousand." Officer: "Oh, I say, you mustn't believe all you, hear about the Navy." :Southern Ireland, Green: and Neutral, Constantly :In Fear Of Invasion: This is the 15th of a series of stories about a trip to London and return, -taken by a group of Canadian newspaper men at the invitation of the British Govern- ment. gli is written by Hugh Templin, who represented the Canadian Weekly _. ,Newspapers Association. Every day of the six weeks or more epent away from home seemed to peovide something new and different, butt nothing was quite so unexpected as a two-day holiday in neutral Eire, or Southern Ireland. It was not by choice of mine. 1 would rather it had been Scotland, but this. short, peece- ful interlude in the only part of the Empire _which stays neutral, was not Only interesting, but 1 look back on it with pleasure. It was a Tuesday aftermeen When I -left London, eAgti'w with seven other Canadian edit*si.Our--hosts' pelt IA - on the train and bade ui good-bye, sending us away with more preeents —this time envelopes with enlarged pictures of ourselves during our tra- vels in England, That Mglit was never to be forgot- ten. Twb, huge German land minee floated r'ddivn out of the air and ar- rived"cin Bournemouth at the same time_ai we did. That experience has been discussed more ,fully in another of elle,se stories. ' I was up early the next morning, having slept fairly well on a mattress on the floor, In spite of the rasping sound Of elf -evening broken plate glass off the Streets. in the darknees. There was some difficulty about shaving in a bathroom full of broken glass and with only a' dribble of coed, rusty water from one tee, bet the Ittily man- ager of the wrecked! hotel had her staff well enough arganilea- to give ite the best ;breakfast 1 had While itt Britain. 1 through ',51ireeta of stores witto4t lake.4 me#1011,Ptt,d !PA. dro.v0.. tot-ootlitge0 lo log out ou, ttic The ITtilit "g1;e4Y:tkerzeis AirWays car 11 11,0*(z, \and pea:. lit‘e' • nel, to Poole. The next morning, while undergo- ing one more lengthy customs' exam- ination near the docks at Poole, the air raids sirens' began to wail again. The, natives looked on 'us ,with some suspicion. Air raids had been scarce those parts, and this was the second in as many days. But I did not share thei idea that these few Canadians were tA inipOrt,ant en- ough for the German' to send over raiders just to get us. Still,,it did' add n bit of excitement to be ‘`going out in a trim motor' boat, through, the waters of Poole Harbor, dodging the seaplane traps and mine fields, to where the winged battleship of the air, -t-be Short Sunderland flying boat, "Champion," rode at anchor. • In the draw for seats, I landed in what was called the spare compart- ment of the 'ship. I was all -alone in a fair-sized room full of baggage and 'Yealtze of nia14k; The seat was • cOutfort- abtee and tbelteward came and Ei`erv- ed an excellent meal on light plastic dishes. But though we flew for two hours and a half over what is pro- bably some of the most interesting scenery, I saw nothing at alle the; two windows were painted over with thick black Paint. I hadn't realized on the trip from New York to Lisbon to Englencl, how difficult it is to travel around war- time Europe. In a way that was little Shortof miraculous, as I learned later, the 'British CQUI1.61 had waled aside the difffeulties on that trip. The return voyage wasnit MAW So eaq.', As I eat alone le the spare cone partreent of the huge "Champion,". I read !a little kbeeklet" issued to war- time travellers by the British Over- seas Airways, and marvelled that I had got out of Brigiand,at a;14 Our good *ship Weeld,refttel itt Ireiattd and take '-off. for Portugal. The next mor1i. ink, I would he le Lisbon and Or Soil- tlay !;would be hometanada...,4.tit ao I thought. . "1"itily theeEntereld-Ittlere----'-H early it eihe,oli s' When th.O „eat '0 '•:;,m.ttoptt . • t ' Opportunity To Help . Goderich, April it, 1942. l ic The Editor, T elleron EXPositort. , I Dear Sire ay 1 bring before your read, a Project which has just been launched le Toronto, and is asking for file support of all patriotic citi- zens. Er, C. M. Hincks, of the Canadian Cominittfe for Mental Hygiene, with two othr Canadians, has just return- ed fon Britain after a survey of condikin s, inade with the approval of theln flardi dt itsehs sGiiearnn x meeiletiutive meeting of the Ontario Home and School Fed- eration, Dr, Hincks stated that the great need at the present time is for trained workers, who can teach other to help in the Nursing Schools, which are being opened at the rate of 100 pweoic. rraeek, because the mothers are working on _munitions or other wa , Twenty-five trained workers are ready to go; $100.000 is needed for a laInmaidiligana offered -to take 200,000 be children from Britain. Only a frac, tion of that number were able to corne. As (hey can't come to us, we can send the workers to them. If they needed care then, they need it far more now. This is a second chance to help the children. _Perhaps WE can do something about it. Further' information may be obtain- ed front Dr. C. M.Hincks, Mental Hygiene Council, Toronto. Thank you for the space. MRS. A. TAYLOR • Seen in the CouptyPapers Injured While Loading Cattle • When a cow broke through the rack of a truck on Saturday,. Mel. Brad- burn, 6th concession of East Wawan- osh', had his left knee badly crushed and .fractured. The truck was being loaded at the time and Mel was held fast when the rack gave way He was rushed to Wingham Generar HzaE-- - but was later in the day transferred to hospital in London.—Wingham Ad- vance -Times, Transferred to Anti -Aircraft Battery Sgt., George Fitzeatzeck of the; iii.ath; Battery, while home on furlough last week was recalled to ,Camp Borden as he had been transferred to an anti- aircraft battery.—Wingliant Advance - Times. Had Narrow Escape Mr. William Gould, of Hay town-. ship, had a narrow escape one day recently while 'engaged in cutting wood with a power circular saw out- fit, in some manner the belt came off and in trying to get the revolving belt outeof the way with his foot, the belt. caught the right foot and threw hint to the geound. He was dragged to- ward the engine and fortunately his rubber boot pulled off, freeing him be- fore he was drawn into the revolving pulley. The boot wts torn into sev eral Pieces and scattered in several directions.—Zurich Herald. Horse Takes the Spotlight Milk, mingled with gasoline, ran freely -Hamilton Street nearing noon on Wednesday When -runaway horse, pulling a Goderich Dairy milk Wagon, ran away, clipping off a gaso- line punilp. in front of H. J. Fisher's harness shop, -the 'collision upsetting - the wagon, breaking bottles and spill- ing milk over the road. The horse was caught a short distance aivay, While its driver, Roy Robinson, was delivering milk on Bruce Street' the animal Started away and brOke into run. It turned off Bruce to Victoria and Hamilton, All waa'well until the gas pump, located alongside the dairy was struck. In addition to the brok- ers bottles and lose of milk, the deliv- ery wagon was damaged considerably :while the horse sustained an injury to one front leg..-7•Goderich• Signal - Star. • Plebiscite Authorities NOTtedl• ; Voting inaelilemy for the , forth- , coming plehisciteje this municipality has been -set up. the votere'•Iii will. - he compiled by the follewing: Polling sub -division No. 1, Benson Suttere No, 2, W. T. Hawkins: No. 3, Edward W.- Elliott; No. 4, A. F. Cudmore- The polling places are the Town Balt.. T. 0. Scrtbbins' store, Ed. Munro's barber shop and Russell eTereois' Chick hateliet' Po»jng 0ffice/1 appointed are; Wilmer Wallis;' ThoseTnreer, E. L. Mitchell, 3. W A/fanning,' R. B. Fitzeimems, W. Pickett and T. G. Stribhins.--Clinton NevveRecOrd. • Smelts Running In Huron With the smelts run on in earnest at many Huron County etreainsemptying into Lake Heto'n, stories Of fabulotte Retches Abciiiild in this terivti. Melting far into the night, anglers ;kern as W.; east as, Iiitehener' Iiive returned home with bushel bas- kets fall. ,Pevoui•Ite snots are Ray- tet ood ;it Albert. One Matv „ 'eaught-40)-teuncitrqui how- Anottev Ifs rainee ' real 14,04nezt