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SEAFORTH, Friday, June 12, 1942
. A Timely Protest
In the House. of Commons a week
or so ago, Dr. J. K. Blair, Liberal
member for North Wellington, made
a strong.. protest against what he
termed "the , foolish speaking going
on in this Houseday after day."
It is true that the Wellington
member was declared out of order
by the Chair, but it is equally true
that if the House refused to hear
the Wellington member, the country
at large took a keen interest in his
remarks. And thoroughly endorsed
them too.
No one can be a reader of Hansard
to any •extent, without speedily
reaching the same conclusion as Dr-.
Blair. Since the session opened last -
January, hundreds, if not thousands,
of• pages of Hansard have been filled
with trivial speeches by this• member
and that, and senseless questions by
those same' members and others.
Speeches and questions that have lit-
tle,if any bearing on the country's
administration and - none whatever
on 'the country's successful prosecu-
tion of . the war.
Debates have been dragged out
for two and three weeks that might:
have been profitable to 'the country
if they had .been wound up in two or
three -days, and _ often . ill very much
less time.Instead of that, however,
members' one : after another,' have .
been ` getting up on their feet to
thresh old straw, until the proceed-
ings have become a farce and a dis-:
grace to any. House of Parliament.
The Canadian Parliamentary sys-
tem.;1s supposedly based on the Brit-
ish Parliament, but it is. largely sup -
,position..., in the British House of
Cctnmons even the great issues such
as the Speech from the Throne and
the Budget are disposed of in two or
three days. After a few leaders on,
bothsides of the House have spoken,
the vote is taken and the measures
adopted. The British House seems
to operate on the theory that as the
-Government has the necessary ma-
jority to pass them anyway, it is only
a waste of time and money, after the
leaders have stated the pros and
eons, to prolong debates by useless
blather.
In Canada 'it is different. During
thepresent session im.portaiit"minis-
ters have been kept in the House day
after da -y to explain matters that
have already been abundantly ex-
plained and to answer questions that
have' been answered and re -answered
countless times; when work is clam-
oring for them,- and their attendance
in their offices is needed urgently ion
matters .. pertaining to the war, -as
. well -as to the State.
The trouble -with `our Canadian
House seems to be that there are too
many members who think they are
leaders. But the qualities of recog-
nized leadership do not consist en-
tirely of being able to stand and talk
--however fluently—upon matters of -
which they may, or may not, , have.
any practical knowledge. The gen-
eral rule is—the less .the knowledge, .
the more -fluent and prolonged the
flow. And that is a rule that should
be speedily amended.
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About Advertising
.After a thorough and sustained
test, Rutgers -University in the Unit-
ed States, has come to the conclusion
that national advertis=ing has more
►an fi' e times, as much chance of be-
nt read,; in a . good weekly paper as
in a daily. -
among the things disclosed in
c
forsity test we
r
e these: When
,dvetisettenl
was placed in
e si ' papers '1ers and two dailie
�t e, it *as
und
�. f.. :,1, �-
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;he ac v rt etpent i' '. tie ,
ght per cent of Women readers,:.
hile the record for the dailies show-
e au. average readership of three
decimal five per .cent. of men and ten
decimal 'nine per cent. of women.
In addition, it was found that an
average of fiveread each copy of a
weekly . newspaper, which means
that the reader circulation is five
times that claimed by ' the paper.
Still further, itwas found that the
weekly paper was kept in the home
for a week to be referred to fre-
quently on local and community ev-
ents, While the daily is discarded the
day after its date.
This paper has always " claimed
that it pays people to .advertise in
their local paper, and this is just one
more proof that our contention is
sound.
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One Language
We have often wondered if there
would be more understanding and
less war and strife in the world if
all the nations spoke a common
language.
Even that; of course, would not
present war, as history records. The
British fought the Americans, their
own -kith and kin, in the American
Revolutionary War. And again,
later, the North fought the South in
the American Civil War. And there
are other similar instances.
Now Britain and the United
States are fighting side by side, and
'the fact that they speak a common
language—or nearly so—must be a
very distinct advantage in communi-
cating to each other and carrying
out their war operations.
How different with their great
ally, Russia. Of course there are in-
terpreters on each side,, but that
takes'! time, and sometimes leads to
errors and misunderstandings. How
much more expeditiously they could
work and plan together if all three
spoke the same language.
We are not, apparently, the only
one that has been giving thought to
the language question as it would
apply to the United Nations and
their successful prosecution of . the
war, . but like our contemporary to
the south, we have come to the posi-
tive conclusion that if the Allies are
to have a language common to all, it
would have to be the English
language, -
This is how the Des Moines Regis-
ter puts it: "We thought it would
be fun to learn the Russian word
for `hello,' to greet :the Red Army
Major that came to our town—but it
turned out to •bp `Zdraystvuitye.' So
we just dropped the whole thing.".
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Hitler's Western Hemisphere
Enemies
According to figures published in
the 1942 World Almanac, Mexico's
entry into the war on the side of the
Allies will line up nearly 20,000,000
more people .against- Hitler & Co.,
and raise the Western Hemisphere
total to 179,936,374.
The Mexican population which is
given as 19,478,791, is second only to
the United States total of 131,669,275°
among the 'twelve New -World ' na-
tions at war against Germany, Italy
and Japan.
° The other nations and their popu-
lations are given as: Canada, 11,-
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1;- 422,000; Cuba, 4,228,000; Guatemala,
3,248,000; Haiti, 3,000,000 ; Nicar-
agua, 1,380,287; Pana1'na, 467,459;
Costa Rica, 616,000; El Salvador,
1,704,417 e Honduras; 1,105,534, and
Dominican Republic, 1,616,561.
We wonder if Hitler tookinto con-
sideration this sizeable force that has
arraigned itself against -him; when
he started to bully and butcher • the
people in the European countries?
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Information, Please !
First aid instructio courses are
being organized and . e nducted in
many of our Ontario towns and vil-
lages, and they are filling a very
useful purpose, not .only as a war
measure, but as a practical aid in
everyday life.
In this latter -respect, the Detroit
New is seeking.
a little information.
It wants to know what do these first
aid in
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Vet j.n case the slacksbecome :en-
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From Thee Horses -• Expgaitor
sheee"16, 1917
Mr. S. S. ceeeer, proprietor of the
Normandie Hotel, Cliieton, put on a
nein motor >bus last week, instead of,
his horses. etre Cooper made the
frame work himself and : Painter Joe
Copp did the decorating.
The folkawing have purchased Ford
oars from Cook Bros., Hensel', during
the past iQ ddj+s: Armour: Todd, Hen -
sail; D. '. LI TePlinehey, Varna; A. J.
tSwarl, Brecefteld; W. J. IDowson, Zur-
leh;Thomas Kyle, Knppen; R. Maud -
son, Cromarty; R. McKinley, Varna;
J. F. Aikeehead, Brucefreld; William
Hart, Varna; N. M. Cantin, St. Jos-
eph; Ben Elder, Hensall; A. Case,
Hensel, and Sol. Pollock, Grand
Bend, purchased a Studebaker•.
Miss Etta Jarrott, of Kippen, who
has ;been teaching in No. 14, Hay, for
two years, has been re-engaged with
an inerease in salary.
Lance:Cpl. Lorne Hutchison, form-
erly of Staffs,, and now of Toronto,
spent a feat days at his home.
Miss Margaret Wilson, of Hickson,
is visiting her brother, Mr. G. G. Wil-
son, at Staffa.
Mrs. John Warwick received word
this week that her son, Jack War-
wick, had been recommended for the
Military Medal for bravery in action.
At present he is in hospital suffering
from gunshot wounds in the arm.
Mr. Harold Ward, of town, has en-
listed • with the artillery and is in
camp at Petawawa.,,
Major R. S. Hays arrived home
from England this week.
Mr. Ben Roberts, of town, has taken
a position in .the Dominion Bank at
Oshawa for the summer.
While returning from Stratford•
with his daughter on Friday last, Mr,
Andrew Archibald, of Tuckersmith,
had the misfortune to meet with 'ra-
ther a serious accident. The car skid-
ded
kidded on, . thewet road and landed in
the ditch, breaking the windshield "and
flying glass cut Mr. Archibald's arm
so badly that.4it required ten stitches
to close the wound.
Mr. Hosie Thompson, of Mitchell,
who purchased the oatmeal mill here
a couple of years ago, has disposed
of the property to ;the Chas. S. 'Mur-
ray es Go., of Neve -York., Mr. Louis
Fleurcheutz, who has had charge of
the mill for a number of years, "re-
tains the management of the new
company. - . e
Mayor Stewart and Messrs. John
Beattie, J. C. Greig, W.Ament and A.
D. Sutherland, of Seaforth, were
among the deputation which waited
on the county .council last week, to
urge the puroliese' by the county of
a 'site in Goderieh to be used as a
Children's Aid Shelter for the county.
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From The Huron Expositor
June 17, 1892
Among those who have already
made entries for the World's Fair at
Chicago are James Snell, Clinton,
Clydesdale stallion and '10 Leicester
shee, and W. J. Biggins, Clinton, five
head of Shorthorns.
Mr. Malcolm Armstrong, son of
Jas. Armstrong, of the Bronson. Line,
Stanley, has succeeded ill passing the
final examination at the Medical
Council.
Mr. Hugh Grieve, delivered 20 Mas-
sey -Harris binders to farmers in this
vicinity on Tuesday. .
Mrs. J. M. Best and children hav
gone to Goderich where they will
spend the summer rn' the interests of
Mrs. Best's health.
Two hundred and forty-five vehicles
crossed Silver Creek bridge in Mr.
Dorsey's funeral - procession, and it
took them 50 minutes to do so.
We understand that Mr.- Fred .G.
TonrIinson, of the Landon Road, has
purchased a threshing outfit from. Mr.
F. :Helmeted, Seaforth.
One day last week a son of Mr.
James Bolger, of Walton, who' lives on
the gravel road, `was working on the
farm with a team of horses attached
to a wagon without any box, the
horses became frightened and ran 'a-
way. Mr. Bolger stuck manfully to
the rig until the tongue dropped• dowp
sticking in the ground and tossing
the wagon up in the air. Mr. Bolger
was thrown a considerable distance,
but was not injured.
• Me. F. Hambly; who has ben in the
service of Mr. R. P, Niche , black-
smith, Staffa, for the past five years,
left last week for St. Louis, Missouri.
Mr. Geo. Knox, of Harlock, is put,
ting a stone foundation• under his
stable and hay barn..; Mr. John Mills,
the progressive and thrifty farmer on
the 14th eon., Hullett, has removed,
one of his barns and placed it beside
another which will give`,him greater
convenience.
Mr. John McMann, Huron's horse
king, is still boorning the horse busi-
ness and the. "McKinley Bill" does not
seem to affect him: Last week Mr.
Mclelann shipped two carloads of -very
superior animals to the other side,
one to Pennsylvania and the other to
Detroit, He also sold eight others,
out of his stable heii'e. He purchased
from Mr. Jarrieib"' fteymolds, Hallett,
the best mare in the minty. She was
five years old and weighed 1,650 lbs.
Mr. Danielstewart, Itensall,had
the misforteNde .on, SjatUrday, while est -
seeing M'r. R. elell,,;.1i to eplle tip
some- lumber trent thelevated car
track- at hie . m111, - tel' Ea11 down, a dis-
tance • of some ei nt' 'or..ni'n feet . i -
g � ov
leg gtosoma hoards' Waling. Quite �
weight of lun flyer foil' efili `11im, lraeturere
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1. HAIZTlSR-
"Ah, come on—give me a chance!' I joined the Navy
to see the world too!"
Phil Osifer of
• Lazy Meadows
(By Harry J. Boy's) .
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"STRAWBERRIES"
There are few treats in this world
to surpass or even equal that of the
first dish of gleaming, red s'traw.ber-
ries from the patch. Mind you, they
must not be defiled by cream or milk.
Just stack them up in. the dish. Some
people take a .so-called fruit nappie
and put the berries in it. It's a much
better 'idea to take a cereal bowl and
pile the -berries in it. Then sprinkle
sugar lightly over the top and take
your spoon and eerepare to enjoy a
treat fit for a king,
We have always been great fans of
the strawberry plant here at Lazy-
Meadows.
azyMeadows. It seems like yesterday
that we were boys and were waiting
so eagerly for the first berries.
Mother would cast an anxious eye out
the back kitchen window just to see
that we were up to no mischief ev-
ery time we seemed to be. hanging
around the garden too much,
Finally the great day arrived.Some-
body spotted a berry ih the patch at
the foot of the garden. We bad been
having some rainy, weather and just
about the time that we. had started
despairing, the sun came along to
warm the 'world up and to give the
berries a real start in life. There'll
was ... a, big, 'juicy, red berry snug-
gling down under a rank growth of
green leaves. The signal was sound-
e� . .. and the family pounced down
on the patch. Mother came hurrying
out with a big, white bowl and after
letting 'us ravenously 'consume the
first berries, she would suddenly or-
der us to start picking en earnest fpr
the supper -table.
Picking berries tie be eaten on the
spot can be great spoet. Picking ber-
ries for the -table. can be hard labor.
It's strange, but when you are pop-
ping the ,berries into your mouth
pains and 'aches just do not seem to
exist. Try picking them for your
mother and notice the way your back
aches . . .. how your feet and legs
get cramped and how you have to
battle temptation every time you pick
a ;berry.
Last week we had' fresh strawber-
ries here it- Lazy Meadows. Mrs.
Phil had cereal bowls piled high with
them and I enjoyed my annual treat.
That first dish of berries! What is
there about them! Blood -red, almost
.bitter . . . and yet they have a tang
of Nature in them. There's . a fresh-
ness about each and every berry. No
pasty, insipid .food . . . but rather a
kind of food, which lingers to make
your mouth, water from memory long
after it has been consumed.
Mrs. Phil threatens to not put any
strawberries down this year. •She
caught me last night after supper
poking through the plants and after
brushing some of the sand from the
big fat berries popping' them into my
mouth. That I was absorbed in the
deed can be easily seen when you
consider that while I w�•, doing this
Patricia Ann and the pup were play-
ing tag over the recently - planted
garden.- -
DespiteWar illes.trictions
,Ernglish -Folk Know How.:
T9 Sp ak "heir Minds®
(By Margaret Butcher)
READING, .ENG,—Plenty of us, if
the occasion demands, don't mind
speaking up for ourselves, And that
is how it should be, of course. The
other day`a friend of mine was in his
usual bus -queue when a,ppot of bother
came about. A man stood near the
head of the queue, talking to a, cou-
ple of folk who were already lined up.
A working man, after watching for
a time, left his place near the middle,
walked towards the head and said, to
this fellow: "You get back to the
tail, see?" "What do you ;Bean?" de-
manded the other?" "I've only come
along to speak to some friends who're
waiting." "Yes, a know," ' answered
the first man.J) "I've been watching
you, 'several times. ;Often see friends
up in front,don't you? And then you
slide in along with 'em. No; you go
back or I'll punch your on the nose."
He went back.
Then there was tee little dark man
in the unfamiliar dark blue uniform.
I had never been close enough,to dis-
tinguish what it was, but I know now.
A few days ago somebody spoke to
him and said: "You're French,
aren't you?" With great dignity he
replied: '`No, monsieur — Free
French." There is a touc1i about that
which pleases me. So you see, we
speak our blinds when we must, and
we don't hesitate to put ,somebody in
his right place, if need. he. In large
issues, perhaps, we feel our present
helplessness, but'mall things the
majority' tit vis don't let these mis-
takes pass.
Going Up North
Next . week, with any luelte' I am
taking et bit of rest and 9/Jangle; the
First in well 'Over two years. - I think
I 'sm going up. Hirth, to stay With.
friends and •help .with the chialus , plgte
and ohorete . -here .will'l be a. ,•s'ma11;
grip, Or tylaew itoran
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baele- ►uy . ,peers nal • 'sneerer' tea l:beie
roquoet to. dome .'With A few' ra ' in
.a paper carrier'!
My host -is the charming fellow—I
wonder if you recall him feone a pre-
vious letter? who showed me his
treasured family possession: Queen
Elizabeth's gold ring. He has been
desperately' ill, so can't do much, alas!
but when the pigs and things: have
been fed there will be evenings at
the lovely little baby -grand piano,
and I'm going to 'enjoy every minute
of it. It isn't the safest of districts.
I' gather, but there is never any bomb
talk when he writes, bless him. And
I'm glad to get in touch again, for so
many friends, get lost in these `times.
Yet one must hang cin to that feeling
of loyalty and friendship, no. matter
what happens or how song the sil-
ence. (Perhaps that is why those
letters I get from Canada and.., the'
States give me, such, keen pleasure.
Never mina -•-I say to myself—with all
this battering and hammering, the
links—thank .heaven!—+still hold). ,.
Put in Stout Words
Meanwelle, in. the'slight break be-
tween our tion frosts, the Gardening
Partner and I have put in some stout
work. The ground is about as , amen-
able as concrete, so we've set-fo on
someething' else. We have Made a
gate, and",built steps up from the road.
I really was. getting 'a trifle, tired of
purling headlong: down a greasy beak
every time it rained, and landing in-
continently in front of`;the traffic. It's
all right for hiin with his 'glgantic
long 'legs; so r insisted' (nagging, I
believe it is cal edreill +inasC3illtie Air -
cies ?) till he brought aloitg.some bits,
of pole and -soma Metal •from'the local
dump. And now' '1: can %descend' -With
dignify, .after we' sawed -and ,banged
for hours, surrounded bj!" a score of
kld'sy-whorl .i dr'liibi lntb sto,ne4ath-
bring for .t',he, ntetf "
work!" sdfdt tine t ifsW�t.
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A Fine Catch
- finest, catch of speckled trout The
Signal -Star has viewed this seasons
was 'brought home Wednesday night
by .ioe.lulutoh and.' Vic Harrison, ,both
barbers and dyed-in-the-wool anglers
who know how to spend a Wednesday
half -holiday: profitably., More than
half a dozen of the catch averaged
close to two pQtlntlo ouch. They were
caught "somewhere in. North Huuon."
—Goderich Signal'Stete
Early Strawblerries
Nix -Warden George Feagg;n;' leuroa
road, .i jcked enough ripe strawberries
from his patch for last Sunday's fam-
ily dinner. He did the same thing on
the same day one year ago, Section
hands on the C.P.R., however, picked
ripe wild strawberries from -the right-
of-way between Goderich and McGaw
last Saturday and say'it is something
of a .record.—Goderich Signal -Star, °
• ' Accepts Call As Chaplain
• Rev. O. L. Lewis, who has • been
minister of Brussels United Church
for the past two years, has receiyed
an appointment to the Chaplaincy
•Service. He is to report on June 15•
to Lieutenant Colonel Kidd of King-
ston. Mr. Lewis came to Brussels af-
ter a pastorate of seven years at
Kirkton and two years at Pelee Is-
land.—Brussels Post.
Teacher Engaged For Public School.
Miss E. Best, Brussels, has been en-
gaged as a member of the Brussels
public school staff to fill the vacancy
created by -the resignation of "Miss
Helen. Baeker, who has, taught Room:
I for the past nine years.—Brussels`
Post.
• Called To Brussels Charge
A congregational meeting at the
United Church was held on Thursday
evening for the purpose of calling a
minister owing to the resignation of
Rey. C. L; 'Lewis, He has enlisted. A
unanimous call was extended to Rev.
Hugh Wilson of Auburn. Brussels
Post.
Passed His ' Eicaminations•
• Congratuations to G. W. (Bill)'
Burgman who has successfully passed
his Brat year dental examinations at
the University of Toronto.---Wingharm
Advance -Times.
Egg Marking Resembled Africa
Mr, R, L. Lott brought an egg into
our office on Friday that had most
interesting markings on it. On care-
ful examination it wase agreed that
the markings, which appeared as if
done by an indelible pencil, resembled
the outline of the African continent. '
The markings were right through the
shell texture as an. effort to remove•
them with sandpaper failed. The egg
was produced on the Haines farm,
near Mildmay. Mr. Lott was at the °
farm on . bu°sigess when Mrs. Haines
came into the house from collecting
the eggs of which the above was one.
Wingham Advance -Times.
Barn Complete Wreck After Storm
More damage was done in this lo-
cality during , Friday night's' storm
than was nese. thought. It •-became
known on Saturday: that the barn on
J. T. Turner's farm en No. 8 high-
way, bordering the Clinton corpora-
tion limit, and formerly the property
-of the late D. A. Forrester; 'was Ad --
tally wrecked and valuable livestock'
killed. The barn was the only build-
ing on the place, the dwelling having
been destroyed by Sire some years
ago Mr. Turner's residence is en the.
opposite side of the "highway and
. within the ' corporation. — 'Clinton
News -Record.
Obtain B.Pd. Degree
J. G. Griffith, who was in attend-
ance at the University of Toronto
during the past year, was successful
in obtaining tits B.Pd., .with lionors. '
After a brief' holiday with his wife
at the home of ber parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Ed. Kern, .he will. return to To-
ronto to take a summei course and'
will .continue his studies at the Uni-
versity of Toronto again next fall:—
Mitchell Advocate.
Resigns Position
Mr. R. N. Creech hoe'resigned his:
position as" treasurer of the Exeter
Agricultural Society and Mr. Clark
Fisher, secretary, has been appointed
secretary -treasurer•,- — Exeter Times -
Advocate. •
.Enlistments in I:1: C. A. F.
Among the recent recruits with,
the R.C.A.F., at London, are. Lloyd
Nelson-Rleynolds,• of Usborne; How-
ard John .I{lurepp, of Dashwood; John
Bruce Pryd,e, of -Exeter;' .Wesley El-
dred Simmons, of -Exeter, and Gordon
James McManus, of ' Goderich. Exe
ter Times -Advocate.
Commissioned in R. C. N.,V. R.
Mr. W. R. Shaw, who for the past
two years hanr been on .the staff Of,.
the Exeter High, School; has secured'
a commission with the Royal ( ,na-
dian XN'a,Vy adds reported for duty on •
Monday,.X,une 8. Mr. Shaw has made
many' •frit ids while- in Exeter and
their best wisheli will follow hint—
Exeter Tinier -Advocate.
Steers Found in Well in Hibbert
On Tuesday two steers reportedt
missing from the premises of Wil-l11M-
Msrsales, Hibbert 'Township, were lo-
cated •at the bottom of au abandoned
swell:: ,It was beliet'ed w'heni thee dis-
appeared five weeks ago from this
gnron highway edtni, two miles west
of Mitchell, that their had ''been stolen,
and Pi'ovincia1 Constable -John MY.
Douglas, of, Stratford, was notified. Art
odor' einahali'ng froll the Well led to
Aeyesti'gatron'and the carcasses were
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