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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1942-05-15, Page 26 b. • ' *--771WEIRMCI • • MArT 15; 1,90 lt; •Pg".. fie .• x outor • EstabliShed 1 0 Keith McPhail McLean, Editor. Published at Seaforth, Ontario, ev- ery Thursday afternoon by McLean Bros. - SEAFORTH, Friday, May 15, 1942 • We Feel Better • Like most people who listened to Prime Minister Churchill's broad- cast On Sunday last, we feel a little better. Not because of Any great (victories announced; not because of any great promises made, but be- cause Mr. Churchill has never spok- en more encouragingly of the United' Natioirs war effort, nor has his voice ever contained the same ring of con- fidence. We know that the war is not ap- proaching the end, nor is the end ev- en in sight, but Mr. Ch-urchill im- planted the feeling which his words and tone carried. that Britain and her Allies were fast reaching the point where they would have the up- per hand in every kind of war ma- terial, and had already reached that stage in.the air. It is true that the success of Japan has been disheartening to both the ,United 'States and Britain, but Ja- pan's naval force received a bad • mauling at the hands of the United States navy last week, and bit by bit it is being whittled down. Italy's Empire has fallen the • Allies,. and India, Africa, t, Malta and Gibraltar are still in Al- lied hands, and more than likely to remain there. • But greatest encouragement of all conies from the Eastern front. There • the German casualties have run into the millions.; • the loss of war ma- • terials has been stupendous, and with the R.A.F. blasting German produc- •_ tion plants in Germany and other • European countries as she has been blasting them for weeks, it is a ques- tion if this war material will ever again reach the peak where it was • when Russia was invaded. .And Russia is still advancing and the great spring drive 'against her, •which Hitler has promiSed his people will annilihate the Russian army, is still delayed because it can not be put in motion. fact, Russian communiques, and they are usually reserved and reli- able, seem to make, as one writer put it, "Hitler's spring -offensive seems very much like a pin: pointed one way and headed another." • Getting_Busp Following their remarkable- suc- cess in the recent_Fecleral by-election -Nort-11 Yerkl, Where. their_candi, _ • date succeeded m defeating the lead- er of the Canadian Conservative,, party, by a majority of several thou- sands; in a traditionally Conserva- tive riding, the C.C.F. announced their intention of placing a , candi- • date in every Ontario riding at the next Provincial election. The Legislative elections, however, having been p,ostponed for at least a year, the C.C.F. party is, apparently, not prepared to wait that long to nuke• its laid for representation in the Ontario Legislature. It is going to get busy now. On Saturday last, F. • Andrew Brewiri, chairman of the Ontario C. • C. F. election committee, announced that legislation will be undertaken to force the Hepburn Government to • hold by-elections for the six vacan- • cies now existing in the Legislature. On the same day, W. H._ Temple, president of the C.C.F.-conStitirenty council in Toronto, High Park, one of the vacant constituencies, wrote C. F. Bulmer, Clerk of the Crown in Chancery at Queen's Park, requiring him to issue a writ in that constitu- eney, and the letter, in part, read: "If you do not by May 18th issue this - Writ, we shall have to conclude that 04 are not willing to carry out your statutory duty, ;and I shall then ap- pbrto the Supreme Court f. Ontario Foider reqUiting'you to do so," This action Will be taken under • a passed in 1904, 'after the then mier Hon. G. W. 41ogs, had failed , in N'OftlfRttif reW, • 11, 'ftioritliS. Mine •that o gent- , t, members of the preSent House, -would dare do any such thing, the*C.C.F.' is gang to take advantage of other • means provided in the Act to force the issue. It will be interesting to watch the proceedings, and still more interest- ing', if the C.C.F. succeed in opening these ridings, to follow the campaign and note the result of these by-elec- tions. It is not too long ago to, re- member what happened in the North Renfrew by-election during the Ross regime, nor what happened to the same government in a very short time. •It is still more easy to remember what happened the Conservative government when the U.F.O. stepped into the political field in 1919. In every one of the six vacant con- stituencies which, beside High Park, include Huron -Bruce, vacant since March, 1940; Cochrane South, vacant since May, 1940; Toronto -Bellwood, vacant since March, 1940; Kingston, March, 1940, and Lincoln, vacant since August, 1941, there has been a growing resentment not only against their disenfranchisement, but a still •more bitter feeling agai4Sthe high- handed and autocratic( --response to their appeals for representation, so that there is more than a possibility that a turnover will be recorded in some, if not all, of these ridings should the C,C.F.- succeed -in opening them. • Fall Fairs We have been told that because the• ' London Fair is a thing of the past, andthe Canadian National is out for the duration, that the local Fall Fairs will soon follow suit. But it is hard for us to follow that reasoning. The Western Fair had to be discontinued because the military authorities took over their building for the accommodation •of troops. The same applies to Toronto, al- though we doubt if that was the en- tire reason. Much of the revenue of the National is derived from dis- plays made by manufacturers, ,and manufacturers and merchandising have been entirely changed by the war, cdrisequently the' directors may have felt that they would lose money by continuing, in spite of the large attendance which • that Exhibition , siraws. • On the other hand, the small coun- • try fair is not up against any subh problems. Their • buildings a n d grounds are too small for military purposes, and they never have deriv- ed any revenue from manufacturers' displays. The war might evenhelp the small • fair by tieing in with the Airforce and the Army, as many did last year, getting a military display that made it well worth while for the people to attend -and -witness -these displays. • Of course it is not possible for all fairs to take advantage of these mil- itary displays, but it is possible for the director S of all of them to tie in with their town, merchants, Cham- bers of Commerce and Service Clubs and in that way secure a new and much needed change in their set-up. Another thing is that because of the gas and tire restrictions, people - can no longer run hither and yon to seek their entertainment. More and • more they will have to take what is at their door, and the Fall Fair was • once, before cars and rubber tires were ever heard of, one of the great- est entertainments that country life provided.. It can easily be that way again with careful planning and organiza- tion, plus co-operation. . • , • ••`,.."',"=•"1:1;,... • Who Laughs Last There was a general scramble on the part of motorists to 'get what - they believed was an ample supply of gasoline and the Oil Controller was the cause of manyheartbuins. • A good many motorists, to their way of thinking, Were not allowed nearly enough gas, and a great iany more were allowed far too much. .The former, envied and complained about the latter, and the latter were a little inclined -to laugh at the form- er and the .011 Controller as well. . But the Oil Controller has the last say. He needs the gas and he is go- ing to get it, even if he has to wait until next January to get it. Maty are laughing at that official now; hat ext January' that gtiftkitia#1*111 tpthie, efee'eete. one *41/6 Pkared fl'an tatir and begigenagae Yeara ag°' 1.3 • 4iR'; RAID From The, Huron Expositor, May 18, 1917 Lieut. Win. McQueen, of London, visited at his home in Brucelield, and has takea a position in London on the Labor Bureau. He has almost re- covered from the woundB received in the trenches. James Gemmell, of Brneefield, has purchased a new Flied car. Mr: James Dorrance, McKillop, re- ceived word that his son, Sergt. Har- vey; Dore -mace, had been admitted to the hospital at Calais suffering from gunshot wounds in the left Arm: Mr. James Sproat, Egmondville, re- ceived word from Ottawa on Thurs- day informing him that his son, Jake, had been wounded while on duty on April 27, e• Mr. Leofiard Bolton, barber, has purchased. the Watson cottage on East William St On Fridaunight last the, Victory concert, under the direction of Mrs. G..Mullen and Miss Stephens, with Mrs. •O'Connell as pianist, was again given in Cardno's Hall to a packed house. Mr. Patrick Ryan, Dnblin, has sold his beautiful 150 -acre farm with of Dublin, to Mr. William Dillon, the consideration being $12,000. Mr. Geo. male, a prosperous far- mer of thetelthrioncession of Hibbert, recently piKrchased a very handsome Shorthorn bull calf eight months old from Mr. James Hill, Staffa. • The mutual meeting of the women's •Institute Was held at the home of Mre. Peter Douglas, at Blake, on May 8. The fellotaine g, -Officers were •elect ed: President, Mrs. Wm. Douglas; vice-pres., Airs. A. J. 'McDonald; sec.- treas., PLO.' D. Tough; directors, Mrs. II. 0. Zapfe, Mrs. L. Foster, Mrs. S. Hey and Miss Alberta Finlay. From The Huron Expositor May 20, 1892° • !Misses Janet and Isabella . Barr, daughters of the Rev. Matthew Harr, Seaforth, have just returned from Kingsten, where they spent the year 'at Queen's. They both epassed with honors in French and German. • Mr. •Wm. Pinkney, Seaforth, met with a serious misfortune on 'Monday last. When driving a spirited young horse it 'teak iright.and, bolted to one side very suddenly. He was thrown out over the'front of the vehicle and was considerably cut and bruised. Mr. Jea.1,andeborough, student at kiepee-Oelleavem4 eon of Mr. James Landsborough, Tuckersmith, left this week for Magnetawan to spend the summer in missionary week. Mr. Geo. Nett, of the London Road, has let the contract of his new house to Mr. T Mckenzie, of "Clinton, .who expects toecomnaence operations at an early date. • The annual picnic will be held in Mr. James Landsborough's grove, in Tuckeismith, on the 24th. This one promises to surpass anything yet pre- pared. •' Messrs. C. E. Mason and Peter Mc- Gregor, of BruCefield, passed through _here on Monday evening last with 16 very fine looking earriage horses for the Old Country market. A lady, a resident of Dublin,- is authority for the following story: Some time ago her trunk was check- ed, at Toronto for Dublin: It did not arrive in any reasonable length of time, and upon an investigation being made it was ascertained that the trunk had gone to Dublin, Ireland2Af- ter waiting about three months it reached its proper destination, having crossed the ocean twice. DIS• DEEP ,7 Phil Osier of • • Lazy- Meadovis : • • • (By Harry BO yial •• - "FARM STABLES" - There is eno doubt about it . farm conditions -have changed. a greet deal in the past number of years. Much of it has been for the .better. However, there are some things which in the opinion of a man born and raised on a farm should be 'con- sidered as sacred and above tae med- dling hands of people who de not ap- preciate sentiment. • Take, for instance, the farm stable. The Dominion .Department of Agricul- ture has just announced about experi- ments. which they are conducting for the purpose •of making farm stables less smelly. They want to install some sort of gadget which would ahatigethe.atmoaphere in our stables. This machine Would blow out the smelly. air and bring in fresh air -Ca' take its place...Can you imagine that? • Possibly we could go even further on the line of scientific development and • have "Attar of alfeses" or some such perfume strewn fragrantly throughout the stable. • 1 'shudder to thenkwhat-Sir-Time othy, our red bull, would think if some sweet perfume would 'come in through a special deodorizing ..outilt in the stable here at Lazy alead.nses. Jessie,- our .brindle cow, would react to it In a favorable way. However, she is a fussy, feminine sort of ani- mal anyhow and given to preen •at the slightest chance. Grunter, our discontented Berkshire, could be counted 'Upon to be extremely unhap- py in such an ,atreosphere. An actien Of this nature would only be the beginning. Next thing you know there would be a law compelling pen. Then those motorists who think they have put one over, as well -as those who legitimately got a greater supply of gasoline will find that while their ration cou- pons are designed to last un- til the 31st of March, their car 'licenses expire in Janu- ary. That means if they buy a new license the number on their license plates will not correspond to the number on their ration book, conse- quently they will not be able to buy a drop of gas. Of course the Depart- ment'of Highways can fore- go -the collectiA of some .millions df dollars that the motorists -have been hand- ing over to he Govercanent treasury, but what Govern- ment has ever been or ever will be that human? Next year the number of motor licenses taken out will be dedidedlp less than the number taken -out this year. And •the Cebverninent will need it all, and will demand it too. - Consequentlyas things are now, it looks pretty imith as it the Oil Control- ler would have a 'hundred per dent p ntr I of the gaso- line situation by the ei4'Of 1 us to have such equipment installed in our stables and snooping 'inspec- -tors would be around to sniff up the air, and the least hint of natural at- mosphere would mean a- fine or a term in jail. Have you ever noticed the atmos- phere of a stable? City -dwellers axe inclined to turn up their, noses at it but on the whole -it is composed of the most natural sort of odors. Take for instance a crisp, frosty day in winter. You stamp into the stable, swinging the doors shut as quickly as poseible. There is that musky, hay- mow fragrance of dry hay as the hers - es nuzzle into 'their bins. A hen scratching above you sends _a pyra- mid-hf dusty hay leaves spilling down to tickle your nostrils into a sneeze. Sir Timothy blasts out jets of steam- ing breath at you as you pass. I like a waneday in Spring when you can leave the Op stable doors Op- en. The air is soft and moist and it seems to almost caress your cheek. The cattle are warm and sweating freely. Even. the turnips being ground in gle,.1331.141.er have_ a eRecial; small of their own. •_ Go into a stable on a day in, Sum- mer when possibly the only stock in there may be the calves, the occa- sional hen with an urge to wander may be poking along on the top of the stalls and Sir Timothy. Possibly a breachy cow may be doing punish- ment. The place is quiet and almost • dry and musty. These are little items but precious to t farmer. I do not intend to rob my stable ef anything so precious by installing one of those fancy ma- chines for deodorizing the place . . . act a Week :�t Canada • From the Dion Bureau •of Statistics ...4.0""amr"0"......0,...s.m:P....0•4"...fim,".".. .TO SLAUGHTER BUFFALO In order to prevent over -grazing; and to maintain thee-bilfalo herd in Elk Island Natienal Park -in, a healthy state, 500 animals will be slaughter- ed shortlY. The heed, in this feneed park noie-mimbera- almost taop, of which 255 Woro' been 4ueing-1941, and further ,uneeleeClied increase would en- cla,nger ,range condition's. The ,elettightor will° be earned out under the -mipervisiten of thepark superintendent and strictly humane • and up-to-date methods will be erne ployed.. Notwithstanding the fact that the buffalo in the park are In perfect health, a rigid inspection of the meat will be Made by an official of the De- partment of Agriculture. The car- casses will be prepared for market 1.13; a modern abattoir -maintained itt the park and the meat will be handled under stringent sanitary conditions*. and graded according to quality and. age. Only, the choicest quality may be offered to. the fresh meat trade, and the balance is marketed in pro- cessed form. Buffalo meat is consid- ered dietetically to be equal. to the best domestic cattle, and buffalo steaks and roasts have always beell popular on the Canadian market. The p.eriodic reduction of the buf- falo herd also, provides, high quality skins suitable for the manufacture of coats, motor robes, floor rugs and. other articlee. Due to the' improved fur-dreiding methods and the fact that the animals are slaughtered Only when the fur is mime, the , buffalo,' products of 'today are held in high regard. . Canada's success .in saving the buf- falo from threatened extinction is a notebleeachtevementin wild Jife con- servation. le addition to the itantille. in Elk Island National Park, it is legi- timated' that more than 12,000 buffalo. roam at large in Wood Buffalo Na- tional Park, •e vast game ,preserve. which lies iiart in. Alberta and pert- ly in the Northw t Territories. Smell. exhibition herds . f buffalo are „also, maintained in ,Banff, Prince Albert,, and Riding lafountain National Patics.. • Portu ese Bullfight Is Brtillia geantWithout Arty BloodBeingSpilled This is the 17th in the series of stories about a trip to wartime Britain and return, by' wee, of Portugal. They are written for the weekly,. newspapers of Can- ada by Hugh Templin, editor of the Fergus News -Record. have already written something �f Lisbon, the capital of Portugal. This week, I add some more. Frankly, what I write is colored •by my point of view. Perhaps I do Lisbon an in- justice. An excellent guide book, published by the Government of Portugal and presented to me with the compli- ments of the Minister of Propaganda (for they call a spade a spade in Por- tugal), says: "Lisbon is enchanting. It is a city at once ancient and modern, with wide avenues bordered by magnificent houses- and crowded with swift motor carst There are streets of steep steps in which houses of many -colored fronts jostle one another confusedly, while 'between them passes a motley crowd in typical costumes--41shwives, bare -legged but, wearing golden neck- laces, women carrying jars of water on their heads in clasalc pose." True enough, no doubt, but nay diary tette a different story. Up to that time, it had, begia full and com- plete, as readers may have guessed. But for the week' in Portugal, it is brief. It says: "Saturday, October 10, to Friday, October 16—The terrible week in Lis- bon. Disliked Itfromthe Start. Saw Ibialflight on Sunday, October 11. Siok On Tuesday and stayed that way till Mean:Mon sailed on Friday --and tor four days More," . And that. except for two pages of notes tin the bullfight, is all. But need -no notes to bring back memories Of Lisbon, They keep doming back, -even ^in MY sleep, and nearly altetwe as nighttitatek. All in the Point of WSW Yet it Is 1i itt afti tOint'ef. aptarentIy. To tWoUilatald' 0;1000.1), bog Ilatirtletial#400 10* " Months before, was the symbol of liberty and comparative safety. Some of them gave up everything they had except their lives, to reach the city. Uncounted hundreds • probably lost their lives trying to teach it. Lisbon was the only point of contact with the free world—with the United- States and, to •some extent, with Great Britain. During , the voyage across the Atlantic to. New York, I was to hear at first hand the stories of some of these refugees. Not till then did I learn what Nazi domination really means. For those poor people, Lis- bon was literally the doorwey out of hell. I, didn't look on Lisbon 4n that way. To Me, it was Rant a port of call on the way back- to the home I was anxious to see as soon as pos- sible. When, I learned 1 would have to wait ten days for a plane across the Atlantic, it was a shock. Wdth •the seven other Canadian editorg, I began to haunt the offices of Pan American Airways, and later, 'those of American Euport Lines. 1 stood in line with other refugees and be- came one of thein. Would I get out of Portugal 'before the Germans ar- rived? a wondered. Would tae United States be, forced into the war whale stayed on in Lisbon waiting for the Clippers that were so slow *dig? I had just eome by plate iron% Bri- 'tain. The trip had its dal:mere, but they were of the eichilikating kind. A few nights betel* „I had cantle un- scathed through a bomb raid, and had marvelled at the way free people tdok those things. There had always been danger in those days and hights in ,England, but the -people were of My 'own kind, and iClad seemed a gond plade to be. in, Portugal, the very air was dif- ferent. I knew not a '&ord of the lan- guage and itttle of the custom. An UnUSUal 3iuiniver of pelletnalati. Were to be seen everywheSe. One could bur:10ithit &UM' On the streets, fitit Odd be arregt6d. for tiotex!, ." • Seen in the County Paper 94ow,-. Fires' The Centralia Airport has a new fire truck. It was around town on • Monday in charge of some of the air- force boys.—Exeter Times -Advocate. Honored on Her 80th Birthday On the occasion of her eightieth birthday,.Mrs. Margaret .McLean_was at home to ,a number of ter friends. , and neighbors at the tea hour on Sat- urday. The tea table was lovely with lace cloth, pink tapers and pink snap- dragons in silver 'bowl. Tea was Poured by Mrs. R. V. Brooks. Tea room assistants were Mrs. N. J. Mc -- Lean and Misses Corinne and Donelda McLean. Following the tea Mr. and Mrs. N. D. McKenzie entertained at a family dinner party in hamar of her _ mother. Guests were •present. frome Belgrave, London, Toronto and Pres- ton.—Wingliarn Advence-Times. • New Rector Appointed - Rev. -Oldham', now of Clarksburg, has been appointed as rector of St. John's Anglican Church, Brussels, and St. George's Church, Walton. Rev. F. G. Davis, of Atwood, who has had charge of these parishes since Rev. • P. Watts left for All Saints Church, Windsor, is to go to Walkerville, and this Sunday will be his final One here‘, at Brussels. Rev. Oldham is expect- , ed .to arrive at St. John's rectory about the first -rit June: --e Brussels Post. , Appointed Superintendent of Hospital The board of Alexandra Hospital has appointed Miss Minnie Dickson as superintendent of the hospital, to succeed Miss Olive Waterman, re- signed: Miss Dickson is a graduate of Alexandra and a post -graduate in obstetrics of the Womin's College Hospital, Toronto For the last three years she has been on the staff of Alexandra Hospital as supervisor. She is e native of Ashfield township.— Goderieh Signal -Star. Goes To Washington Miss Dorothy Henderson, daughter of Mrs. R. Henderson, Waterloo' St.,.. left Thursday for Washington, D. C., having receiver's' an appointment la the Canadian consular service at the capitai.—Goderielt Signal -Sten Nurses Entertained The Nurses' Alumnae entertained the graduating, class Of Alexa,ndali Marine. and General Hospital at a banquet at the -British Exchange Ho- tel last Wednesday evening. This yeareieclaias is composed of the Miss- es, -Eileen Feagan Edna Coleman, Merle Sheardown and Grace MelViath. Miss Olive Waterman, superintendegk, addressed the gathering and Chaffee, social service worker, spoke on the value of nursing gervlem— Goderich Signal. -Star. Weather Instrument Picked Up • Mr. Norman Pasemore on Sunday afternoon picked up. on his farm a balloon and instrument that ^had been sent up by the U.S. Weather Bureau from the Wayne County Airport at Romulus, Michigan.' According to the information on the side of the pack- age the baleen bad been carried to a height of about 12 miles. The bal- loon buret and the instrahlent acted as a radio broadeaster of the temper- ature, 'pressure and Moisture of the threttglr Which It passed. 'The bal- loon was sent up at 11.4 aatt, Sun- day,' May 3*-^attl: was found 4q, Mr. ,Patamore ab�ti five o'clock that same Agtet!tmon. It had come hidroas Lake ttoto. It vo'ao rottirtio0 the " 04ouitty Altorti,64‘a- t§f VI* f• 04* ;