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AFORTH, Friday, July 24, 1942
Farm Income Rises
The farm outlook forthe past two
or three years has materially im-
proved. In fact, it has pulled out
from under the depression, and is
still on the way up.
Seeding and harvesting weather
conditions this year were about as
favorable as could. be wished, conse-
quently there was a bumper crop of
hay that went into the barns in per-
fect condition. The harvest of grain
of all kinds was equally prolific, and
up to the present time the grain is
also being stored under equally fav-
• orable weather conditions, and in
equally good shape.
On top of the returns to the farm-
ers from these crops will be added
the returns from the cattle, hogs,
poultry and dairy products for which
they are receiving good prices for all
they can produce. Cattle are bring-
ing much higher prices than before
the war; and there, is an ever
increasing demand for them as
consumption in 'Canada, on account
of the full labour market arising out
of increased war •production and
other °industry is up forty per cent.
As for hogs at the fifteen dollar -
mark and over, there can be no com-
plaint, and the dairy farmer will not
be too badly off with the new six
cent bonus •oh butter fat in milk
sold to the creameries.
These conditions are; perhaps,
chiefly due- to the war, but at the
same time it is compensation to the
farmers for the extremely important
part they are playing in the war ef-
fort—the production of food sup-
• plies for our own country and our
Aliies.
No one will begrudge the farmer
his good hick. No one will, but hope
that his compensation will be in-
creased. Increasing production un-
der present conditions of farm labor
is a • man's job and a woman's. too,
and the men and women on the farm
are doing that job thoroughly and
without much fuss about it either.
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• Death In The Water
- Death was eheated. of two -victims
at Grand Bend over the week -end,
but only by a narrow margin. But in
several other places throughout On-
tario several deaths by drowning are
recorded.
There is no doubt whatever but
that the chief cause of all summer
deaths is the fact that the person did
not know how to swim, or did not
know how to handle • himself when
others found themselves in difficulty °
hi the water.
In these days when swimming in-,
structions and life-saving courses are
available for the asking, it is sad, if
not almost criminal, to have to ad-
mit this lack of knowledge, but nev-
ertheless it is a fact.
The larger beaches, of -course, are
patrolled and provided With life-sav- -
ing equipment, but in the' smaller
places along the lakes the situation
is, very different. There it is every
man for himself, or rather, every boy
and girl for him and herself, and
boys and girls are not generally not-
ed for,caution.
Parental authority, of course, is a
factor, but parental authority is too
,often forgotten on a hot day in the
Summer when there is plenty of wa-
ter available. If, however, parents
were as insistent on their children
'Cablng to swim as -they are on their
learning to read and write, much
•sabgoW and regret would be spared
thew.
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A person who can not swim, par-
-arly-a-boy or gitt-has rya - busi-
goittlin a lake or other - deep
It to easy to get into troll-
- lbSe. to the shore, and' 'unless
seine poMpetent supervision,
tr r a cfriwiiItgis kecord.
id that " Sinai was
It aoti 14 swiia
but that is not true of the boys and
a#18 who are born on the lake
fronts, or those who from childhood
have spent their summers there.
Xost of these can swim like seals and
are as much at home in the water as
they are on land. It is the inland peo-
ple of all ages that go to the lake for
a day's outing that take the chances
and run the risks.
However, the inland town is not as
handicapped in this respect as it us-
ed to be. In a great many of them
swimming tanks have been built or
local streams have been made over
into swimming pools with varying
depths of water, from a few inches
for •the children to paddle in, up to
stretches where the water is ten or
twelve feet deep. Over these a com-
petent life guard has constant sup-
ervision and it is really amazing how
soon a youngster graduatesfrom one
depth to another.
The Lions Pool in Seaforth is an
instance and one that has done more
to bring joy to the heart of child-
hood, discipline and health to the,
teen-age as well as freed parents
from anxiety during the school holi-
days than any other public utility
the town has ever possessed. More
than' that, it is responsible for the
fact that there is not a healthy boy
' or girl in Seaforth, under the age of
twelve, who can not swim, and many
older ones have also learned the art.
• There is, however, just one safe
rule to follow in the summer, no mat-
ter how hot it may be—if you can't
swim, don't go in- the water, and if
you can't rim a boat—don't try to.
As' for a canoe,, they are -as fast and
slii)pery as an eel, and if you haven't
learned that by experience—stay on
shore.
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Have You Tried It?
• Have you ever tried riding in a
tank? Neither have we, and what is
more, we never intend to, even if we
have to walk instead.
And we *Rave felt that way ever
since we read the description of - a
tank ride given by a writer in the
Saturday Evening Post:
"One of the most pleasing features
of riding in an' Army tank is the
astonishing and delightful noise.
The steel armor seems to pick up the
roar of the motor and amplify it a
thousand times. If you can imagine
that yQU are a mouse inside a kettle
drum while the orchestra is playing
`Finlandia,' you will have a vague
• idea of what I mean."
But they are , doing it in Lybia ev-
ery day, where one hundred in the
shade is considered mild heat.
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" Bark Suits
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Most people by now have come to
the conclusion that anything can
be made out of anything, but- if
there are any doubters, the fact is
going to be proved again on August
1st, when hats, blankets, mattresses
and rugs made from the bark of
California redwood trees will be on
'exhibition and sale in New York.
Fabrics ue from thirty to sixty
per cent. of the bark fibre and the
balance is made up of shoddy used
wool. These fabrics have all been
thoroughly tested and found to be
color fast, unshrinkable and warm,
and to the touch feel wiry and
springy. There is just one draWback
to them as the color is that of fiery
red hair. •
But the cost, however, will help to
over -ride that as the redwood fibre
costs only four cents a pound, where-
as it costs one dollar a pound for vir-
gin wool.
Next—would ydu please make us
a, few new tires out of something?
' The Explanation
The British Broadcasting Corpor-
ation reported last week that ,Dr.
Joseph Goebbels, German Propagan-
da Minister, in his weekly article in
• his paper, Das Reich, made the fol-
lowing comment on the "general dis-
content with the bad quality of the
bread."
"If the German bread is of worse
, quality_ and has become indigestible,
it is an ineitable 'Consequence. °Lae
lack of raw materials, and of the dif-
ficulties resulting-frotn this lack."
• It seems' arreasonable explanation
and if it satisfies the Gorman people
ahbroughly as it does us, it should
settle the bread qUestion fot the
Vito beittgo at last.
Tateriiii4 tents PlIelKed there
The r4Redtear of fifty and
tWeiltrtlye years age.
From ;The Huron Expositor
July 27, 1917
.TARGET PRACTICE.
Mr, Fred Eckert, McKilloP, gat 71/4
loads of hay off two acres on the
Michael O'Loughlin farm.
A rink of bowler h from Hensall at-
tended during the past week a tourn-.
ament of the W.O.B.A. at London.
The rink was composed of Messrs.
Samuel Merner, Fred F. Busch, John
Paismore and Milne R. Rennie, skip.
Mises Marjorie Brown, Norma
Hartry, Alva and Verna Graves are
spending a couple of weeks' holidays
Bayfield.
Miss Edith Govenlock; Winthrop,
has accepted a position. as teacher in
the West.
Mr. Roy' Willis, of Toronto, spent
Sunday at the home of hfs mother in
town. He leaves shortly for Winni-
peg, where he has accepted a good
position.
Mr. M. Broderick has purchased
the boot and shoe repair business of
Mr. Charles Consigney and has mov-
ed the equipment and stock to his
premises in the Cady Block.
Miss Jean Carswell has been re-en-
gaged as teacher in the school in Sec-
tion No. 2, McKillop, at a substan-
tial increase in salary.
Zurich public school showed up well
in the results published of the En-
trance and junior graduation exams.
In the latter class, all passed with
honors and one of the pupils, Miss
Jean: Campbell, -secured the hlghest
marks in the county; 848.
The following were ticketed to the
West on the Homeseekerik Excursion
on Tuesday by Mr. W. Somerville:
Mrs. Robert Elgie and Mrs. James
McLean, Tuckersmith, to Edmonton
and Miss Robertson, of Cromarty, to
Saskatoon.
Word was received in Seaforth
from Chester Crich, of Macklin, Sask.
• stating that his bakery and confec-
tionery store had been completely de-
stroyed by fire. He has only been
there for one year.
At the regular meeting of Edelweiss
Rebekah Lodge, Seaforth, on Monday
night, the following officers were in-
stalled, Mrs. Charles Aberhart con
ducting the service: J.P.G., Miss Mc
Gregor; N.G., Miss Hazel Dorance;
VAI, Mrs. Tan Rankin; R.S., Miss
Martha Reid; F.S., Miss L. Freeman;
treas., Mrs. A. McGavin; chaplain,
Miss Sadie Thompson; warden, Mrs.
4'. G. Scott; convener, Miss M. Pink
neY; R.S.N.G., Mrs. Wm. Westcott;
L.S.N.G., Mrs. C. Aberhart; R.S.V.G.,
Miss C. Mason; L.IS.V.G., Miss Marie
Martin; 1.G., Miss Bessie McMichael;
0.0., Mrs. R. Smith.
Gunner Harold Ward, of Petawawa
Camp, spent the week -end with
friends in town.
Misses Marian and Beatrice Larkin
are visiting frtgnds in Chatham.
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From The Huron Expositor
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July 29, 1892
Oh Friday, the 15th inst., as Mr.
Forbes who lives about two miles
trona Constance, was assisting Mr.
Thomas Staples to draw hay, the
horses suddenly started and Mr.
Forbes losing his balance, fell to the
ground. He was not seriously Maur.
ed.
• Mr. Thos. ShillinglaW has been en-
gaged as teacher in S.S. No. 9, Tuck-
ersmith, for next year at the same
salary.
On Saturday evening last Messrs.
James Jackson, J. 0. Rose, Alex Win
ter and J. Abell left Seaforth about
six p.m. and rode to London on their
bicycles. They returned on Monday
and reached home about 10 o'clock.
Mr. Chas. Wilson left on Saturday
for the Old Country. He took with
him about 60 hea.d of cattle. He was
accompanied by Mr. John Murray
Mr. S. M. Saunders met, with a
Painful accident one day last week.
While crossing a scaffold over the
barn floor which was composed of
poles, one of them turned and he fell
to the floor, about -12 feet, striking
with his face and one band.
The -barns and outbuildings of Mr.
A. Crich, of the' 13th concession, Mc
Killop, had a narrow escape from de
struction during the severe thunder
and lightning storm of Sunday morn-
ing last. The barn was struck by
lightning, the fluid entering at. one
corner of the roof, .passing along to
the opposite side of the building and
descending by the corner post into
the ground'. No Serious damage was
done.
• A little daughter ox Mr. Wm. Alex-
ander, McKillop, near Winthrop, .fel
off a fence one day, fracturing her
right arm between the elbow and the
wrist.
The thermonaeter has registered as
high as 95 and 100 degrees In the
shade.
The football match on Wednesday
evening between thd "Greasers" of
VanEginond's Woollen Mills and the
"Egg Packers" of D. D. Wilson's es-
tablishment, created lots of fun for
the spectators and resulted in a vic-
tory for the hen fruit men. They 'were
aided considerably, however, by Mr.
John Livingstone, a member of Hur-
on's crack team.
a Ola_Menday night or early Tuesday
Morning some evil -"drifabied gerfiens
broke into the etationery, store of
Mr. b. 'W. Fat)st and made free with
what -did not belong 16 theta. They
also Visited Molars. Jackson Bros.
Mr: Thomas tote,, who was en-'
gaged ikthe btiVolinag blisineas here
hit some time, ,has loosed MoIlltinitra's
Itytel at LeadhitrY,-
4,. , aaa
"Sh-h-h-h-h !"
Phil Osifer of
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Lazy Meadows
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Wet kaarry J. Umiak
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Some people are afraid of thunder-
storms. I am . . . in a way . . . but
there is something majestic in the
show that Mother Nature puts on
from time to time during the summer
season.
There are -,several ways of detect-
ing a summer storm. Old men 'begin
telling you about the ache in their
bones . . . and the hens move in clos-
er to the door of the chicken -house.
Housewives come scurrying out to
gather in the flapping wash from
their clothes lines. The sky darkens
. . . dark cloud e begin rolling up
and casting their shadows in a men-
acing way over the ground.
Little zephyr e of breeze begin play-
fully whipping through the grass and
rolling across the fields of grain.
Barn doors, start flapping andthe
curtains in upstairs windows of
homes along the Concession come
flapping out like men's shirt-tails
when they are running.
-You see men stopping their teams
in fields and Making mental esti-
mates of how far the storm is away
from them. Away off in the distance
you can see what seems to be rain
coming down and men stop to
'"I'll bet they're getting it around the
village right now" About. that time
you Start driving for the barn, look-
ing up now and again to see how
close the storm actually is.
If you are a good judge you'll make
the barn, have the team unhitched
and be in the stable by the time the
rain really" starts. Of course, none
really Wants to miss those first big
splattering drops. They splash on
the dry,. dusty grouncl and soak
-through- -your. tshirt. , they're
Gas Truck Burns
On Monday afternoon about 4.15 a
McManus gasoline truck was destroy-
ed by fire about two miles west of
'Clandeboye. According to reports,
the truck went into a ditch add turn-
ed over and some 1,030 gallons of gas -
(dine went up in flames. The truck
was completely destroyed. — Exeter
Times -Advocate.
Boy Recovering With Bullet 1nHead
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Improvement n has been so favor-
able in the condition of Harold Hill,
17 -year-old Howick Township lad, the
victim of a recent shooting accident,
that he was removed last week from
the Walkerton Hospital to his home
on the 17th concession. The bullet,
'which was discharged accidentally
from a gun in the hands of his youn-
ger brother, is still lodged at the
baseost. of the brain and no attempt
will be made to remove it.—Brussels
Post.
cool and almost refreshing when
they come. You stand in the stable
door and" watch that preliminary
sluicing rain . . . and listen to the
rolling, rumbles of thunder that seem
to get more intense all the time.
When it slackens off you make a
race for the house. There's always
a cluster of flies on the screen door
and Mrs. Phil swishes furiously with
a folded newspaper to keep them out
while you're going in the kitchen.
Then the storm breaks in its full
glory • . . a rombling, terrifying med-
ley of sounda. Somehow the tingling
of the telephone seems like a tiny,
pathetic noise -as a particularly close
burst .of thunder and flash of light-
ning cracks across the summera,sky.
Women folks are always teled of
storm and men -folks always"prefend
that they are not in the least fright-
ened. Just the same, however, there
is a fascination in sitting in a rocker
inside the kitchen door, smoking a
pipe and ,watelaing the fireworks of
Mother Nature.
The storm finally. dies down and
then the rain comes pouring down—
a violent volume of rain that over-
loads the eave-troughs and sends
little ''seas of , rain • spilling down
through the front yard. .In. the_back-
-yard the seas of water are busy trans-
porting chips that look like little
naval vessels in a crowded sea bat-
tle. It swishes against the. windows
and sprays in through the screen
door . . and finally dies down. When
the rain goes --it, leaves a washed, coot
atmosphere . . . almost' as if a new
world were born out of the violent
-clash of the elements . . which we
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One Wor
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Means Action to Nazi -
Hunting Naval Officers
Wartime needs for security
have prevented much • being writ-
ten about the deeds of young
Canadian officers serving with
the Royal) Navy in British wa-
ters. In motor'torpedo boats and
gunboats they put out from theirs
bases "to sgek out and engage
the enemy." German E -boats,
:minesweepers, destroyers and ev-
en a cruiser and two battleships
have been engaged by "sea -horn-
ets" in which Canadian officers
are serving. The following is a :4
description of the work of these
officers, showing their instant
readiness. to fight . .and how
they fight.
CRY Lieut. E. H. Bartlett, R.C.N.V.R.)
For one word, it produced an itu-
mense flurry' 45f action.
Three Canadian naval officers were
sitting before a 'fire in a room. at an
English naval base, enjoying a be-
fore-bedtirde" chat. They were Lieu-
tenants J. D. Maitland and J. A. Mc-
Cutcheon, of Vancouver, and C. Burk
of Montreal.
The chat was broken by a peremp-
tory knock at the door. A girl of
the Wonien'e Royal Naval Service
called out: "Inimediate."
Action was Instantaneous. Two of
the -officers, without apology or ex-
planation-, bolted from the room to
itheir own, nearby. The third,the
owner of the room; started to strip
even before the door bad opdned for
thelr_de_Partnre—With..prgetified speed
he donned heavy woollen underwear,
thick IiiVisiteril and flannel, troUsers,
„sea -boot .stookinge and. wool -Heed
leather boOts. A, canvas coat, reach -
hag tO his knees, and a woollen toque
and he Waii dielieed , . dressed for' •
thennkotion With the •enerny Which-th4
,one yvord "lininediate" had, prOiniOW
Blocking Enemy Ports
In other "cabins" brother officers
had imitated his actions. In a mat-
ter of' minutes they were assembling
in the hall of the officers' maters'
ready to operate some of the deadly
"mosquito craft" which counter the
hit-and-run tactics of the German E -
boats and share in the task of block-
ing the enemy ports.
"IMosquito craft" is rather an out-
of-date title for the motor torpedo
boats and the motor launches of this'
war. Rather may they be termed the
hornets of the sea, for their sting is
vicious and -lethal, as there are sunk-
en craft to prove. And, like hornets,
they are always in readiness to
swarm to the attack.
The word "immediate" set their
base humming. like a hornet's nest.
While some of the officers went to
their boats, the commanding officers
gathered at the operations room to
await final orders and gain as clear
a picture as possible of what had
called them into instant readiness.
There was action at Sea.
Some of their boats, outnumbered,
were engaging an enemy E -boat unit.
They had reported the fact by wire-
less.
Suchinaetions are swift and furious.
The sea -hornets are the fastest craft
afloat, and action can spread over
miles of sea in the course of minutes.
Against the possibility that the action
might spread in their direction, and
give them a chance to join in, the
boats and their crews were stand -
Chance For Action
In the operations room the cern-
ding officers were greeted by the
er In charge, - - --
orry to call you ehaps out," said
operations officer, "but there's an
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Four Owls
Owls are not strangers to our dis-
trict but it is not often that we sight
more than one or two at the same
time. One evening recently four of
them were observed 'together in the
vicinity of the 'United Church parson-
age by Rev. H. Wilson. — Brussels
Post.
Steps Cauae Fall
While going down the porch steps
at her home, Mrs. James Livermore
was thrown forward when her foot
caught in the steps when a slat
broke. She fell heavily on her left
hand bruising her fingers, also bruis-
ing her left leg. Mrs. Livermore was
preparing to go over to Bayfield to
spend the week -end with her family
at their cottage when the accident,
which might have been a serious one,
occurred.—Clinton News -Record.
No Gas Books Called
High County' Constable Frank Fox,
of Goderich, answering a question,
told members of the police commit-
tee of county council in session re-
cently, that no gasoline rations books
above category "A" had been' lifted
by police because the car was being
used for other purposes than busi-
ness, such as going to dances, picnics,
etc. Warden Armstrong said he had
read of such being done in other
parts of the province and wondered
if the practice were in vogue in Hur- -
on County. Constable Fox said that
so far as he knew only one ration
book had bcca called in, that nf a
Thicken,' thief. A review of 'cofialtable'a
reports for the second quarter of the -
year showed major crime to be al-
most nil.—Zurich Herald.
Refuse To Sell
By a vote of 59 to 13, Indians of•
the Kettle Point and Stoney Point re-
serves—reeutedah----offer---ofaathe—Dh:-
partment,;bf National Defence to pur-
chase the Stoner Point Reserve, 'con -
siting of 2,240 acres, for the purpose
of erecting a military trainingcen-
tre. Brig. D. J. McDonald offered
$33,000 for the land, or about $13..00n
per acre. A separate evaluation of
the buildings and improvement on
tte land was proposed, bringing the
• approximate -purchase price, te• $45
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Nears Completion
Fine weather is greatly' assisting frr
putting on the finishing touches to'
the Centralia Airport. The buildings
are in the last stages of completion.
A large 'number of airplanes are in'
storage in the hangars. There are
now 25 members of the air force on
guard and 50, more are looking after
the stores. These teen are receiving
their meals at Central Hotel-, Exeter,
awaiting the completion of tbe thess
and the installation of Water facili-
ties. Work on the runways is speed-
ing up, some being ready for surfac-•
Ing.—Zurich Herald,.
Farmer Injured While Haying
Albert 13acen, a young farmer 'South
of Belgrave, was seriously injured
when kidked in the face by a horse
while drawing off hay at the home of
a neighbor. He 'was tiara -in& the team
on the hay fork and when steeping
to pick up the lines startled the horse
which was blind, causing it to kick,
Striking Mr. Bacon on the face and
throwing him against a- stone. He
was rushed, to. gingham hospital
where he is suffering from severe in-
jury and concussion, the full extent
of which is not yet known.—Wing-
ham Advance -Times.
He's Still At It
Mr. Thomas Appleton, of town, ag-
ed 87 year's, was one of the oldest
'Orangemen to walk in the orange
celebration in London on Sunday and
Monday, Mr. Appleton has been a
member of the Orange Lodge for 57
vyoecaartse.and during that tine has never
missed a "walk."—Exeter Times -Ad -
Child and Father Escape Drowning
A" near double drowning accident
took place at Grand, Bend en Sunday
afternoon when Mary Ann, 6 -Year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Irwin Ford,
of Eater, fell from the cement pier
into the river and her father, with
his chitties Oh, dived in After her. The
water is aim:rat ten feet deep at the
spot. The top Of the pier Is six Or
seven feet abbve the Water and there
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