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some l ;its on' Axe, they' 'took them
.to be ;Qod1ez h and eased the sheets
and ran in. Too late they found it
was Bayfield and•they 'bad nnlssed the
tharbor mouth. The wind shrieked
and howled and desperately the . sail-
ors tried to sheet her down and work
her off the lee shore. '
In the village, the local Orange.
Hodge were holding a district social
evening in the hall; the doctor was
!called out and later returned, bat-
tling his way 'through the storm -to
report the news that Mr. McCann, the
hotelkeeper, had passed away. Death
seemed hovering close; next a 'mes-
senger rushed in to report • that a
schooner was, on the beach. The lodge
members bundled themselves up and
wailed out in•the pitch darkness to
lend a hand, bending almost double
to make their way against the wind
to the top of the cliff, By good .for-
tune the Malta had run ashore •be-
tween two rocks that held.her up-
right as she struck. A' light line was
thrown from the. schooner and caught
by lantern light; a heavier line bent
on and willinghands pulled it to shore
and held it taut as one by one the
crew made their way over it and ail
were saved. Death was cheated this
time and the lodge members had dem-
onstrated true fraternity.
So strong was the gale that her
'eanvas was blown out of the bolt -
ropes and pieces or it were found the.
next day in the so�hool yard, some
three-quarters of a mile away. The
hull was never salvaged, but the clear
white pine spars were taken out of
her and sold to ilia cut up . into fish
boxes. For many years the hull with-
stood the ravages • of winter and sum-
, mer and when 'the Iocal carpenters
wanted a stout, well seasoned piece.
of oak, would wade out to the Malta
and cut adrift what they needed. To -
slay on a clear calm day, the remains
of .her keel can still be seen, wedged
between the rooks.
In 1897 the Maurice. A. Hall, with
Capt. William Milligan,. of Corunna
as skipper, was downbound with 'a
load of cordwood. Such a highfalutin'
name as Maurice was Loo much for
the old•skipper; to them she was the
"Mar by Hall." The weather was
bad d as the 25 -"ear -old schooner
rolledin the heavy F. a:s;--t-he 'cord-
wood, which had not 'been cross pil-
ed, wedged itself d'owntighter and
tighter in her hull until it began to
split the ship, in two; a calamity that
has happened to other ships in later
years with - pulpwood. She became.
waterlogged and .Pirie Ferguson, of
Goderich, put out to meet the skip-
per and crew coming ashore in the
yawlboat; bailing frantically with an
-old shoe. At Mast the Hall capsized
on her side and drifted down to Bay-
field. William L. Ferguson put out
with his crew and when they "saw
that they could do nothing with her,
they stripped the sails, blocks and
gear that were floating attached to
her masts and as evening came on
put back to shore, intending to return
the next day and salvage more. Early
next morning they were on -the scene
.but no trace could be found of the,
ship. Today she lies 'buried some -
'where west-sou'west of Bayfield in 15
fathoms of water. William: Babb, of
the , Goderich livesaving crew, took
charge of the salvage and that was
the last that Ferguson and his crew,
who had worked so hard, saw of it.
!Sometime in the late '90'a "Minis-
ter" John •McDonald in the schooner
J. G. Kolfage had the misfortune to
run ashore at Bayfield late in the sea-
son. She sank to her. sheerstrake
and there they. left her, thinking noth-
ing could be done. When winter
came and the ice formed solidly
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LieutGeneral Kenneth Stuart at 51 years oP age is chief of the
general staff, Canadian Army Headquarters, Ottawa. General Stew-
art has recently taken temporary command of the Pacific area, where
he is consolidating the vast network of defences on Canada's western
coast.
around her, Pirie Ferguson and his
son decided to try and salvage her.
They jacked her up on the ice„ -mak-
ing a channel to more or less open
water, then bent on a bit of 'sail and
took her 'back to Goderich' through
the icefields and the Kolfage lived to
make many more trips.
In 1933 a large dredge left the
mouth of the St. Clair in tow of the,
tug Peel. The weather was threaten-
ing and the captain o.the tug that
assisted the Peel to get the dredge up
the rapids, cautioned the skipper that
it was not ,fit weather to undertake
such an unwieldy tow. However, on
they went ,and off Bayfield the dredge
did capsize and sink. The tug, for-
tunately, was able to take off the.
crew -and while parts were salvaged
by the Manistique, the •bulk of the
hull still lies beneath the water.
After the great storm on Novem-
ber 9, 1913, several bodies 'came
ashore near Bayfield.”' the old• sail-
ors of the village look out over the
lake and speculate where the hulls of
the Wexford,. the James Carruthers
and the John A. McGean may bely-
ing; maybe, they rest not far from
lJayfield.
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WEEKLY PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
Friday, June 26-12.30 noon, Noon-
day News; 1.15 •p -m., Carson Robin-
son's Pioneers; 5.45, Vaugan Monroe;
9, House of Dreams.
'Saturday, June 27-9.30 a.m., Kid-
dies' Studio Party; 1.15 p.m„ Old.
Fashioned .,Hoedown; 6, Dinah Shore;
8, CKNX Barn Dance.
Sunday, June 28-2 .p:m., Cranston
Hour; 4,30, H. V. 'Paw, organ; 6.30,
Joe Reiohman, piano; 7.30, Church
Service.
Monday, June 29-11 awn., "At.
Home With the Ladies"; 1.15 p.m.,
Roundup Rangers; 7.30,. Kay Kyser
Orchestra; 8.30, CKNX Ranch Boys.
Tuesday, June 30th — 10.30 am,
Church of the Air; 8 p.m., Melodies
and Memories; 8.30, Jean, Harold and
Jack; 9.30, !Cheers from the Camps.'
WedneadAyi, July 1-8:30 a.m., The
Early Birds; 11.30; Wednesday Morn-
ing Varieties; 8.30 p.m., Wilf Carter;
9, Ontario Farm Service Force.
Thursday, July 2-10 .a.m., Almanac
News; 7 p,m., Salute to Brussels;
8.15, Tommy Dorsey Orchestra. ,
HENSALL
(Intended for last week)
W. C. T. U. Names Officers
The annual meeting of the Hensall-
Exeter Union of the W.C.T.U. was
held Tuesday afternoon, June 16, at
3 p.m. in the United Church. Mrs. C.
L. Jinks was in the chair for the de-
votional period, which opened with
the singing of "Rescue the Perishing"
and Lord's Prayer in unison. Scrip-
ture reading, 1st Psalm, was read by
Mrs. R. A. Brook, who also, gave- the
devotional. Mrs. Maude Hedden . eon-
tributed. a 'solo, "In the Garden With
Jesus," accompanied at the ' piano by
Miss Irene Douglas. Prayers were of-
fered by Mrs. Victor Fee, Mrs. E.
McQueen, Mrs. Heiden and Mrs.
Jinks.
This portion of the meeting con-
' Chided with the hymn, . "Jesus Calls
Us O'er the Tumult," after which
Miss Jean Murray took charge. Tlie
minutes 'were read by the secretary,
Miss Douglas, and the roll call an-
swered with "Hope." Splendid re-
ports were presented as follows:: -
Evangelistic and Christian Steward-
ship., Mrs'. Jinks; press, Miss IL -Suth-
erland ; Temperance in Sunday
Schools, Miss Murray; treasurer,
Mrs. E. 'McQueen. Mrs. R. A. Brook,
reporting for the War Service work,
stated that 85 knitted articles, iMMelud-,
iitg 20 turtle -neck sweaters, socks, etc,•
78 articles of cioibing including six
quilts and 3 ambulance pillows, had
been made by the members' during
the fiscal year.. for the Red Cross; al-
so $16.00 hadbeen forwarded to the.
Petawawa Home •Centre. Miss Mur-
ray presided for the -election: Presi-
dent, Miss: Annie Consitt; -1st rice -
President, Mrs. d2:. A. Brook; corres-
ponding sec.„ Mtss Jean Mtirriiy; re-
cording sec., Miss Irene Douglas;
treasurer, Mrss.F: McQueen; Evan-
gelistic :and Christian . Stewardship,'
'Flc A th .iron&&, 1141,13e, Laude ilddi311-i;
is
Press, Miss Hattie Sutherland; assist-
ant, Mrs. Maude 1_iedden; anti -narco-
tics and medical etemperance, Mrs. W.
C. Pearce, Exeter; moral education
verlefi J't?ete+yt rl 1�®1t AT, �r .
lgii
,Co* .t, xn adetr,
AMMali, t!3> e t#.tie 1d 4 a rit4?
000* 4W 3,ea7.a ^ fi 01^ay. 14ttle
Wihit ''a1blPolxers,; ` rs�,, M*1ie S.a'
laerrcock;. War erv'1ce ."s0r'k, Mrs R.
I3rPok; sc?ent3 4r tenipere,, ee .4n,,
struotion in day '. cl,1oo,QSt. lgise Iresae
Douglas'; • flower ntisaion 'dent., Mise.
C. L, Jinks, agre, 1‘44f4erk,Hedtleu:'. Dis
cession took part 0.$.4.0111 1$ the forty-
fifth annual conventiOn.. ;.ef the' Huron
Wgn
County oan's Chrzs .tan Temper-
ance Union to he 'held at Wingham
United Church on Tuesday. June 23.
The meeting closed -with -prayer py
'Miss Murray.
The Arnold 'Cdr.cle `met at the home
of Miss Mabel Workman ,Monday eve-
ning for their Ji;t' meeting. Miss
'Sally Manson, president; was in the
chair, and the meeting _came to order
with the singing of "Q- Love That.
Will Not Let Mer Go," followed with
prayer by Mrs. W. Weir, and minutes,
roll call and collection. The topic
was ably taken by Mrs. Lawrence
Baynham. With the singing of "Blest
Be the Tie , That Hinds"- and, the
Lord's Prayer the meeting concluded.
A delicious luncheon was served.
A letter received by Mrs. John
Henderson, of Hensall, from friends in
the town where, Mrs. Henderson was
born, tells of the troUlbles experienced
following a raid. • -
"Well, I have some rather sad news'
for you. The 'village where we. spent
our childhood has, been bombed
again. It was • the night when the
moon was full and the bombe were
dropped as soon as the raid started
and most of the people were in bed,
as they had not heard the warning.
They dropped' on ' and around the
shops. .Smith's shop had a direct hit
and the foot -bridge into the.. wood op-
posite was broken down.
"The wardens discovered a time
bomb, so all the people were taken
from their homes during the raid.
Roofs were blown of and nearly all
! int ►' a bol t )44,,41 -PP
wQrrse,. gi?Fl o one al .
etleb ..dogIed ;. tie �4d
s?pened . a9 't>✓ iieopte�. 'drOor .
a '1 a ovLsafi the disktricit stn 'vi y"
damage, ,It's .hard to 11;p,deratad w1i'
they do: jt, even if ufs ii a few wit
Mowatt,e o'clock at .
>ther
One 'bomb' exploded and Ttheue were
seven killed and over 60 injured, Most.
of tliem were strangers, but We had a
terrible time wondering w'hp Was
arpong them, and it was Sunday` be.-
Fore we got to know all 'the games.
Edgeil, Molly's .father, was one of
the killed, and he was a warden. It
seems the secoaid time bomb had been
in Smiths, so the sb.ops• are. -all 'gone
now. Lumley and Drap rs, as' well,
and the post office WO damaged.
Woodside houses were badly damag-
ed and the blacksmith shop' and hous-
es had all the roofs blown off. Sarah -
says it's an' awful feeling when , you
can't go back into your own home
when the all -clear sounds, but it will
be a lot worse for Smiths, Lumleys
and Drapers, as 'they haste lost all
they had. One woman down at the
corner had all her furniture in the
street ready to take away and it wag!,
all blasted to pieces. The school-
room was full of furniture rescued
from the damaged houses and the
past office carried on in. the Vestry
and the telephone service was all dis-
rupted. Some of the chapel windows
are broken and everything was cov-
ered with a white dust. I do not
know what on earth the Germans are
after in a little village like that, but
it's so hard to understand, and oh,
how it hurts to see a place you have
loved all your life lying in ruins. I
think I will stop as I will be depress-
ing you with writing all this dreadful
news., but you will be glad to know
we are all safe, even if we are living
on the battlefield."
(Intended forulaet'week)
Personals: Morley Lanvin in. Lon-
don; Mrs. M. Walsh is -visiting with.
Mrs. Margaret Walsh is visiting with
her daughter in 'Stratford; Mr, and
Mrs. Wm. !Smithand 'Miss Flooreuee
Smith in London; Miss' Genevieve
Feeney and Miss Rose Feeney, Tor-
onto, with ,their- . mother, Mrs. Kath-
leen
athleen Feeney; Miss Rata Dorestyn and
friend, Stratford, .with Mr. and Mrs.
Albert Kramers; M. and Mrs. W.
Ackroyd and 'children, London, With
Mr. anti Mrs. Joseph. O'Rourke; Miss
Alicia Coyne, Stratford, with her par-
ents, 'Mr. and Mrs; M. Coyne; Miss
Margaret McLaughlin, Seafortb, with
her brother, Joseph McLaughlin; Mr,
and Mrs. Matt McCarthy and children,
Detroit, Dan McCarthy, Windsor, and
Miss Genevieve McCarthy, Toronto,
with - Mr. and Mrs. M. McCarthy;
Clayton Looby, Windsor, with his
mother, Mrs. A. M. Looby; Joseph
GIVIxn, LoFdn .
Joseph Ctrl .:
Wwn04m with
Darling, Jags Slier I
few weeks with hia.wzdau
sago; Mr and Mrs, Fe!
and Mr, and Mrs.'QOM?
Clinton; :Mrs. Eiieabetk-,
Monkton; Mr, and' 111#8 -'.Az
zer - and soh,. London, wil_
Mrs. Michael •1±'lailgan, miss
Krauskopf, London,, wbh ]1e4*1J
Mr. and ;SMi's', +T:ouis Sr11010!
Anne McMann and , 'son, T�fe
Chicago, with her sister;
bara Holland, and Mr., s{1
V Fllin.
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If it is not already on - its way to
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MAIL YOUR APPLICATION CARD FOR
COUPON RATIONING
ATONCE!
After July 1st no one will be abie to pur-
chase sugar for regular domestic use without
turning in a ration coupon.
Application cards for coupon rationing for
sugar have now been mailed to every.house-
hold..in. Canada. But, in an undertaking so
vast, some homes may.have been missed, or
some -cards may have gone astray. So,. no
matter where you live, whether it is in areas
served by letter carrier or not, if 'your appli-
cation card is not already on its way to
Rationing Headquarters, you should wait
no longer.
After filling in_ the card, according .to . the
instructions on the pamphlet which was
delivered with it, just drop the card in the
nearest mail 'box or post office. It needs no
forwarding address.
IF YOU HAVE NOT RECEIVED AN
APPLICATION CARD you should get one'
at the nearest Post Office at once.
'The ration cards being issued for use
are for sugar only, and good for 10 weeks. At
the end of that period a coupon
ration book good for 6 months,
will be issued. Under the new
system of coupon rationing,
you are allowed the same
Just drop the card
in the nearest mail
box or post office. It
needs no forward-
ing address.
July 1st
All Post Offices have received full instructions to
rush application cards for coupon rationing to the
nearest Wartime Prices and Trade Board Office,
where they will get immediate attention and the
coupon ration cards mailed right back to you.
amount of sugar as at present—i/21b. per person
per week. The same provision as at present for
additional quantities for pre-
serving and jam and jelly mak-
ing will be continued. Special
voucher forms for'this purpose -
are being -supplied all retailers.
COUPON
RATIONING•
means no change in
your ALLOWANCE OF
SUGAR
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