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SEAFORTII, Friday, May 8, 1942
A New Traffic Danger
Since the restrictions on gasoline
went into force it' is really remark-
> able' the number of bkeycles, old and
,neve`, that have made heir appear-
ance on our streets and highways.
They have always been there, of
course, and the boys. and girls who
rode them singly and in pairs, have
always offered a target for the fast
or reckless driver to aim at. But
with their numbers multiplied many
times, and the new cyclists being
mostly of the middle-aged and older
variety, who are trying to pick up
again the habits of youth with very
indifferent and unbalanced success,
the situation really creates a new
traffic danger. ,
We have recently seen several
bicycles running away with their
new owners. Machines that were as
completely out of control as any car
that clipped off a few poles before
rolling over. a few times preparatory
to landing upside down in a ditch or
field.
Fortunately on these occasions
there was not a car or a truck in
sight, so that the situations were on-
ly amusing to everyone except . the
main participants. But it will not
always be that way, and unless both
riders and motorists are prepared to
take unusual precautions for a time.
at -least; we are --afraid -that-highway
accidents and fatalities are , not go-
ing to be greatly lessened in spite.of
the fewer cars on the road and the
very reduced rate of speed at which
they may, now travel.. , )
We would suggest that new begin-
ners 'on bicycles and perhaps more
particularly those still having every
confidence in their ability to ride af-
ter an absence of twenty or .thirty
years from the seat of a bicycle,
would spend a few days or weeks,
practising in their back yards or on
the back streets, before they venture
on the main streets or on the high-
ways.
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Tire Dealers In Trouble
The Department of Munitions and
Supply announced on Monday that
three more Ontario tire dealers have
been ordered to cease . all transac-
tions in tires and tubes and to stop
all tire repairing and retreading and
tube repairing.
Three other dealers were given
similar notice about the middle of
April, and possibly a dozen in all
have been summarily put out of^busi-
ness.
The reason, of course, is the boot-
legging of tires against the positive
orders. of non -sale issued by the De-
partment. The temptation, no doubt,
is great. Many dealers have consid-
erable sums of money invested in
new tires and these tires have been
frozen on their premises, when the
'tire situation is now. such that they
can demand almost any price and
find a ready sale—if they can get
away with it.
- And, if reports are ,only half true,
many dealers have • been getting
away with it,particularly in the
country, where they mospnistakably
believe. they will not Tb6 under as
strict an observation as the dealers
- in the larger places are.
- That, however, is only a myth, and
-dealers- should get wise to that fact
before they wake, up. some morning
and ;find a padloc'k on their -door and
,re face to face with the unpleasant
wait that they are completely out of
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'sl chid be that way because
;are only a feud` of these wouldw-
�zi..xzy�ue 1, and they ehomi
live and, thrive::and
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ng with the le'prt
ei�er ne� �ee>use they
rrncang, iu many eases, a large part
oftheirbusiness for what they be-
lieve' to. -be in the best intewess of
them Country.
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-Prisoners Are Prisoners
Since Britain started sending Ger-
man prisoners of war over to Canada
for the duration, no list of their
numbers has been disclosed, but it is
well known that there are hundreds,
and, possibly; thousands of them now
in this country. .
It is not surprising, therefore, that
out of this number a few of them
manage to make their escape from
the internment camps where they
are confined. B>what really is sur-
prising is the fact that only one has
ever succeeded in reaching Germany
again. And that one was subsequent-
ly reported killed in action.
The last one of the eighty-one pris-
oners who have escaped fro --n Can-
adian camps since the first prison-
ers were sent over, was picked up in
a small town in Texas over the week
end, . after roaming three thousand, -
miles over the " United States since
his escape on April 16th.
That is a pretty complete roundup,
although four were killed- in resist-
ing arrest a year ago, and, consider-'
ing the size of the country and the
almost countless wide Open spaces
without . popukation, it would appear
that Canadians make very competent
and wide-awake prison wardens. -
When a German prisoner reaches
Canada he remains just that—a pris-
oner for the duration.
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Some Doubt
There would now appear to be
some doubt as to the brewers' widely
advertised and repeated claims that
"beer is a food."
r At least, it would appear that way
by what occurred in New York City
a week ago last .Sunday night, when
a motorman in a New York subway
substituted five glasses of beer for
his lunch and then drove his train at
forty miles an hour and wrecked it
on a, curve.
Five lives were lost in this New
York's worst underground accident
in fburteei yd .itis
Five beers—five fatalities. At least
there is food for thought in this.
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The Correct Answer
TW9 I,INDS OF CROSSJOS
.
Here is a story that might be read
with geat profit by a great -many
Canadians, and might even material-
-ly assist the war effort if it got into
the House of Commons:
After advocating. "peace at any
price," the lady on the soapbox de-
manded:
"Can any person in this . audience
,give me 'a slogan that will . help to
win the war?"
"Aye, Miss, I can !" shouted a big
sailor in the crowd. "
"And what is it, my friend?" the
orator asked with a superior smile.
Like a shot came the reply:
"Stop yapping and start scrap -
pink, Miss !"
WHAT OTHER PAPERS SAY:
Savings Must Increase
(Winnipeg Free Press)
For the •success of Canada's war: effortn it is
absolutely __necessary., that the free spendingby
the people should stop, that our high standard
of 'living should be abandoned till the great strug-
gle is over, and that the people of all classes
should support the financing of the war by sav-
ing ali they can and purchasing war bonds, war
saving certificates or stamps.
It is, of course, not only a matter of war fin-
ance blit more of divertingthe materials and
labor. now,. .,too largely for non-essential,
civilian goods, to the vitally necessary produc-
tion of equipment for the fighting forces of Can-
ada and our allies.
And the..,success of the price and wage ceiling
policy it preventing inflation depetide on reduc-
ing the great purchasing poster of the .people.
While that pressure remains, the danger of price
control breaking down, of inflation coming with
all its disastrous, chaotic effects, is surely in the
offing. .- .
The urgent necessity of the people saving as
far as possible, rather than spending, for their
own safety and -'for' the advancement of the war
effort, hat lud the national war iinance._.eommit-
tee to plan the more convenient and'much mire -
active sale of bond's of $50 'and $100, and the
sale of, war savings certificates and ,stamps at
banks and other business pl'a'ces. -The stamps
are to be sold in' all retail stores, as in the Unit-
ed States.
The war flnanee cote nittee has just been meet-
ing at Ottawa and the attendance of lien. • J, L.
Ilsley, Dr W. C. Clark, rlepiity Minister of Pin -
ante, and Mr., Graham. Towera, godernor of the
Rank Of Canada indicates the importanceplaced
on the new aaiinge catbpaigtt that Is being
]tiiincilea.
The people of Canada dennat%,,a total 'agar eft.
lett against the gaiiate"ii. Viniiitii4 tit they thein-.
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From The Huron Expositor
May 11, 1917
Jamieson Bros., of the Huron Road,
last week sold•a hog weighing over
600 pounds for which they received'
the record sum of $81.
Mr. E. Drake, of Staffa, has. moved
.into the residence he recently pur-
chased from Mrs. James Weir on
High Street.
The concert given on Wednesday
night *by the musical talent of the
town, under the leadership of Mrs.
J. G, -Mullen; was one of the best
ever gin in town. When all had
taken their places on the platform,
it was a 'sight not soon to be- forgot-
ten. n-
The annual' Greyhound excursion'
from Goderich to Detroit will be run
this year, leaving Goderich on Tues-
day and returning on Thursday.
Earl. Ross, ,cop of Mrs. Hugh Ross,
of McKillop, who has been: on the
firing line for ever two years, has
been awarded the 'military cross for
bravery, and has received a commis-
sion as a Lieutenant. •
Jack VanEgniend has returned from
Toronto, where he was taking - a
course in shell inspection,. and is now
engaged in the Bell munition plant
here.'
'Mr. °'J. D. Hhinchley, of town, has
received a number of very .interest-
ing and valuable souvenirs rom his
niece, Nurse Best, who has been 'at-
tached toi,the. British hospital staff
at Salonika, Greece. They consisted
of a beautiful native worked hand -
embroidered handkerchief, also a na-
tive pipe and two napkin rings made
out of aluminum *talten. from the body
of the German Zeppelin L-85, brought
down at Salonika just a year ago.
Mrs. Andrew Calder, of Seaforth,
received word on Monday .that her
son, Douglas McDonald Calder, had
been killed in action in France. Al-
so Fred Taylor, of `McKillop, is suf-
fering from a gunshot wound in the
arm, and Arthur Boole was in a hos-
pital suffering from gunshot wounds
in the , faee;
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Mr. John Brenner,Zurich, is erect-
ing a new . stable on his property.
Mr. J. E. Hess, of Zurich, son of
Mr. and Mrs. F. Hess, Sr., has pass-
ed his examinations at the School of
Practical Science, 'Torontg, taking
honors. -
Mr. J: H: Frankel, of Calgary, Alta.,
while in Ontario recently purchasing
Shorthorn °bulls for the Western
Provip)ces,, secured six choice ones
from John 'E'lder & Sons, of Hensel!:
Arnold Bell; 'of Calgary, grandson
of Mrs. Thomas Dick, of Hensali, re-
cently passed his military examina-
tions and has received his sergeant's
certificate. He • is considered the
youngest non eommissionedl officer in
Alberta.j`, -
t Pt•e:°.Art i r'-of'1'iensall, whb
was reported' tel^ .a great battle as
p
missing, was ,all right and in good
health and spirits, evidently having
escaped. i
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From The Huron Expositor , -
,, May 13, 1892
Mr. James Aikenhead, of Stanley, is
15utting up a new house this summer.
'Mr. P. Campbell has the contract.
Mr: A. S. t iekson, of Mr. Stanley
Hays' office in Seaforth, passed his
second intermediate examination be-
fore the. law -society at Tordnto last
week. i
Mr. H. L. Kennedy purchased . the
residence of the late Wm. Payne, in
Egmondville, op '-Tuesday. It was
sold for $1,075.
Mn J. S. Porter, of Egmondville,
has put up a nice tasty woven wire
fence in front *his lawn. -
Mr. A. S. Chuptal, of, the Goderich
Boiler Works, is putting a new boiler
and engine in i for Messrs. Sproat
Bros., of the Tu6kersmiith brick yards.
Messrs. Sproat twill be able to turn-
out brick and tile unsurpassed in
Canada for finish and general excel-
lence.
The town debentures, issued under
the authority of;the last by-law, have
been sold by the mayor for 103%c,
Messrs. Mullett & Jackson have
.leased the store on Main Street re-
cently occupied by M. Andrew Kidd,
and will move into it shortly,- , .
A very pleating _ and inteiestijflg
gymnastic exhibition was given on
Friday evening last by the class of
boys and girls which have been under
thetuitiou of Mr. E. Hallett, for a
few weeks. '
Mrs. Andrew Young returned home
Wednesday evening. from; a trip to
Toronto and other places' east.
Mt. Charles Harvey, of the.3rd con-
cession, Usborne, is. making prepara-
tions for a hedge, fence in .front of
his, farm.
Mr. Sohn Frayne, 'of Usborne, has
recently planted a. young orchard on
• farm. He, purchase the trees
fr, <i the Stone & Wellington Nurs-
ery.
Mrs. McEwan, ofthe Leadbury post
office, has been doing a rushing busi-
ness since moving into her new quer
ters. .,.i,
Mr. Charles Fritz, of Zurich, who
,hrds been with Mr. F. Keibler; shoe-
maker, for )a number of. years, has
purchased; a stock in Dashwood and
Will stare business there in a few
days. -y
Mr, Isaac Carling, of Meter, has
purchased._-f'.rom the-Agniculturai- Ba-
ciety, the old English ,,and
:property in that village„ paying there-
for the sum of $150. • -
Mr. David Campbell; of Welton, has
gone on a- trip to ,tile Old. Country
and ivi11 visit Glasgow', liildilih 'gh and
his birthplace, Campbdllteti n.' .
The Wingham Salt 'Woks were
closed &barn laat *elk rift ¢iiii't of
net having *oom tn'l- re•"aiiY more
salt. It had run, SteAlly with,
t�e ex-
peuepttvi ent.esaervyen,4r00laiioatbiOtt-
,
Mr. Devjamio Sit f melt, fetid
has ;been 46014 ' t 1` IJavi&`
Giautet tialk for the past 3,01 dlr.beth
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Phil Osifer of
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Lazy Meadows • •
(By Harry Jr. Boyle). ,
"MAKING A MOVIE"
Somebod n,,hatt a bright idea about
making . a "-movie out at Lazy Mea-
dows. Some perky young men in a
big car came along one day and when
they had the . necessary ,permission
they proceeded1 to look the situation
over. I knew they were disappoint-
ed. Allthe way up from the city
they had probably been thinking
about the farm' estate they were go-
ing to visit . . . the fine stable of
Minters and saddle horses' . . . and
the luxury of lying in bed in the
morning, listening to the -croaking
frogs in the morning while they en
joyedthose traditional breakfasts of
all kinds of the fancy goods_
supposed to grace the tables of such
country barons. `
They eyed• the sagging gate„ . . .
and the old dilapidated buggy, look-
ing as if it had stopped one day from
sheer exhaustion and had remained
ever since in the same location. The
sight of the-ibarnyard .and the tact
thatthe only way across the treach-
erous, mire was over a slippery plank
stopped them for some time. Finally
they investigated the stable with its
shaggy cobwebs stringing down froth
the rough beams. They jumped with
sheer fright when Sir Timothy, the
red bull in the end stall, snorted with
disgust at sight of their peering fac-
ed'. appearing through a crack at the
head' of the stall.
Had they obeyed their own consci-
ences I am"sure they would have gone
back to the city. There the j „would
have told' their employer that 'Lazy
Meadows was a fable . . . because it_
was just another farm, looking pos-
sibly. even more down -at -the -heel
than -the others on the Ninth bon -
Caught 20,,inoh Pine in Ditch
Ross King and John McKinnon hail
an interesting time on :sla}d'ay when
they •caliglit a twenty -flack pike in the
dnteh In front of the King fame. The
farm is located,on the Turnlberx -Cul-
roes boundary. The two men were
talking when they noticed a .move-
ment in the creek. They chased the
fish up stream for a short piece and
when they caughi u , With it, elue ced-
ed in capturing it, without the aids of
rod or line. People w(ho know ,this
spot will wonder how on, earth a pike
got into that location: Winghain Ad-
vance-Times.
Enlisted in Navy
Elmer Dove who for some time wan
employed here by the late J. . o. Hlab-
kirk's barber shop, going from here
to Goderich. has enlisted with the
Royal Navy and is at present station-
ed at London. — Wingham Advance -
Times.
Tulip Bed in Bloom
There are several. gardens in town
that on Tuesday had one or two tul-
ips in bloom, but Reeve Joe Evans
did them. all one better, as he had a
bed tat was in full bloom. April 28
is very' early for such a „dllsplay in
this part of "'the country.—Winghani
Advance neen.es..
Plum Tree in Bloom
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cession. They were quite gentleman-
ly about. the whole affair, ,however,
and proceeded, to take the pictures.
•While their knowledge of the farm
was apparently very scanty I must
confess that my knowledge of their
business was also very, very small. It
had) always seemed to me that when
people are • making pictures • for Ho1Ly-
wood they ,simply go before a camera
and let a felliow take the pictures and
then they wait while the pictures are
being del/elgped and afterwards go in
and see.,, the finished thing on a
screen in a theatre.- It develops. that
you must'.pose and pose and have
your face in such a position that it
gets the meat light and then you
must. pretend -to be-natur-al.---Just--tr;
and be natural sometime with a bunch
of movie fellows waiting to take your
picture.
Mrs. Phil took a' keen,hdelight in
twitting me about my movies but ac-
tually 'I was not a casualty. With
seeding pressing in I didn't have time'
to be bdtbereil thinking about any
trips to- Hollywood. The trouble
came with' the team of bays . Bar-
ney and Blackie. After being re-
hearsed for hours as to .the correct,
movie version of how -a seed -drill
should' be pulled . . . they., wouldn't
go back to the older fashioned way.
'Phey minced and pranced and ltejit
looking up at the, sun and I'm cer-
tain that field will have a crazy -quilt
pattern of grain 'on it this summer.
' The movie fellows are gone with
their record of life at .Lazy' Meadows
but I still have to contend, with day
when Barney and Blackie.,start actin
and it's a nuisance at seeding
time to. have a team) of teiinperamen
tai' horses'. •
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Being Trailed by Nazi
Gesta.po in Lisbon Not
Pleasant Experience
This is the 16th in the series
of articles describing a trip to
Britain last September and Octo-
ber. The writer, Hugh Templin,
editor of the Fergus- News -Record,
represented the Canadian Weekly
NeWspapers Association and the
stories are written exclusivaly
for the weekly newspapers of
Canada.
I'll *never forget the night we left
Ireland, behind and fiew away toward
Portugal in the largest seaplane I
ever saw, the good ship "Berwick,"
which later became famoue when it
carried Winston; Churchill back .ov-
er the Atlantic from Bermuda to Bri-
tain.
We lett the peaceful little village
of Adare, in Southern Ireland, about
ten o'clock on Friday night, driving
by hits 'along the winding, walled
hamlets, and down one last hill to
the seacoast. Once agnin, there wae
a hurried Session in the little customs
house, though no baggage was open-
ed for inspection, One More 'entry
wan made ih our 'pass•ports, and we
filed out on the piem anddoWn a shaky
gangplank to itho
It all seemed strange to me that
night. There I 'was In Ireland, -who're
I had nev,er expected to be. °Rebind
us on the Mlle, liglats shone in the
few. houses, not .exaetly what we
had become accustomed, to during a
Mbruth In England, where everything
Would have bean black, • On the plef,
pieldng out at Weep the S.hape -of the
big Winged boat 'out oit the 'estuary,
'bittelt Shade*
two loada had already gene aboard.
The bay was rough and our launch
'went out beyond the seaplane, 411,•ift-
ing bank past it. The crew Missed
the elope thrown from the plane and
tried again. The second time' they
had better luck and we climbed)
abbard the big floae which is a part
of the body of the plante and down
through the Darrow door.
The interior looked familiar. 'Phis
the Clippene by vehich I had crossed
the Atlantic some weeke before. Ey-
en the pattern on the tapestry that
covered the 'walls. Wart the same. But
this was a Inter model and larger.
There were no berths for, the pas-
sengers that night. There wasn't
room for them. We were packed) in
too closely, and we sat up all night
In the comfortable seats. After we
rose from the water, there were no
lights either., The ,plane was to fie
down dp,posite the unfriendly coast., of
raiders, 'and the only safe way -to go
was in the dark. And even that
wasn't too safe, as we all 'realized.
so we sat sprawled around- in, ell
sorts of queer shapes, tnarinig to sleep
—and having some succesrs, at that,
I don't think Pan :American
ways would ha46 tried to fly' a Clip
per on a night like that. Thie waves
were high. and the wind was off-shor.
That made neeesi4ary, to go away
out' into the eatuary and taxi toward
the land, With the ship gaining height
fast enough to ,elettr the range of low
Befiideorthe blow?, bind -a heavy
Idea. 'TAire* tOpit 111, ,e. gotftin tido
iii0orn Off the Waves
toilet, out, filo tti6:.opiat .06eatt,
.4611t* VaYtiir
In a yard back of our office here
is a plum tree that has set somewhat
of a' record. It was in full bloom on
Monday and April 27 is very early for
such a showing. The warm' week -end
made a big difference in the appear-
ance of the countrywide, the green on
the treen taking on a pronounced col-
oring. Most of the farmers have their
seeding done and report the land was'
in great shape for working. With
everything so advanced, here's hoping
that we do not .have frost.—Wingham
Advance -Times.
Minister Going To Mt. Brydges
Rev. Q. E: Beacom, ofGrand Bend, .
has accepted a call to Mt, Brydges`
and Mt. Carmel pastoral , charge of
the -United Church, it was, announced
following 'a meeting of the' official
board of the Mt. Brydges church. This•
action was made necessary through=
the call to the present minister, Rev.
C. E. Armstrong, from Trinity United
Church, London. The transfers are
su-bjeet to- the --approval -of--London-----
Conference.--Exeter Times -Advocate.
In 'a. Spitfire
Monday's London Free Press •'-how-
ed a photo of a local boy, Sergeant
Pilot Charles Mutch, warming up his •
Spitfire at an operational training
station "Somewhere in Britain." `Sgt,
'1VIujtch as: tile" yimngent.$au--of - Mr, and
Mks. Fred Mutch, of Clinton, and is
a graduate of the British Common-
wealth Air Training Plan, having
trained ,at St. •John, N.B., and Crum-
lin,
rumlin, and received his wings at Camp•
Borden in September.—Clinton'•News-
Record.
To Form Ladies' Rifle Club
A meeting to 'organize a ladies' rifle
club was' field Thursday evening at
Epps' Rifle Range. Similar clubs for
ladies have been formed in dod'erich,
Wingham, etc., for several years past
and' are gaining wide' recognition, for
their marksmanship. Women w,ho are
joining the Women's Army Corps to.
serve their doun,try, are finning their
training and knowledge of great va-
lue.—Clinton News -Record.
Silver • Wedding Anniversary
On Thursday evening about 100.
friends of Mr. and Mrs. Ed -