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'Whole Numberr3897
e SEAFORTH,
2$, 1942
TWO HENSALL BOYS
MISSING AFTER
,DIEPPE RAID
Both Enlisted arid Were
Sent Overseas to Eng-
land in 1940.
NEWS • OF HENSALL
Mr: Harry Dalrymple of Brucefield,
. received word Tuesday that has only
eon, Lance Corporal Robt. Dalrymple,
with the Second Division 7th Field,
Royal Canadian Engineers, is missing
in the battle of Dieppe. He is 24
years of age and enlisted in June,
1940, going overseas in September,
1940. He was born in Brucefield and
„received his education in Brucefield
and Clinton. He has two sisters,
Jean, of Port Colborne, and Grace, of
Elensall. •
Word reached here Monday of ,this
week that Pte. Jack Chipchase, well
known. in 'this district, is reported
missing in the battle at Dieppe.. Jack
• was 20 years of age and was with the
;motorcycle squad of the Highland
Light Infantry of Hamilton. He went
overseas in July, 1940. He was born
in London, Ont., and received his ear-
ly education in+ that city. For some
time Jack was engaged with Mr. Wm.
Kyle, well known district farmer. His
parents are Mr. and Mrs. Joseph'Chip-
citane, of Aylmer. He has seven bro-
thers and two sisters: Ernie and Wal-
ter, of Kippen; Bill, Albert and Hen-
ry, overseas, and two brothers and
two sisters.. -at home.
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First Frost
Of Season
The first frost of the season made
its appearance on Monday morning.
There was quite a coating of white
on the ground in some places, but re-
ports indicate there was no damage
done. Coming after the hot spell
over the week -end, however, it felt.
v_sended1y rhrilly, bath. outside and. in.•
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Will Collect
Scrap Rubber
The scrap rubber collection -nation
wide. -le, now being made at .all rural
post ofbices and on all rural routes.
The Poet Office Department has plac-
ed its .facilities,at ..bhe disposal of the
Government for the collection of this
vital necessity, .,scrap rubber, and
:while it is recognized -that the Sea -
forth District Salvage Corps leas col-
lected'mtrch of this material., partied -
'arty in the town itself, yet undoubted-
ly there remains much in the country.
So -tar :the collection has been rather
disappointing. All you have to do is
to place' ,any setup' rubber, -whether
the amount be great or small, at your
rural Mail box and the • gourier will
haute care... of it.
This campaign will continue until
; eptember 8th, so get into the scrap
with your -scrap. The su.ppA.y of rub-
ber thus obtained may make all the
difference in the world; and remem-
ber, this is your war, as well as that
Lt. Col. O. H. McTavish
Killed In Corrirnancro7
Raid On French Coast
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Old Time Bee
The spirit of the old-tip•ie farm
bee was demonstrated in a new
form on Wednesday afternoon of
last week when Messrs.. Isaac
Hudson, Be,. Christie, Robert Eb-
ei•hart, Dick Box, George Munro,
Jim Bristow, and Peter Peterson
drove out from town to the, farm.
of Mr. John MoGavin, in Tucker -
smith, to lend a helping hand
with the harvest. A few weeks
ago Mr. McGavin had a bone brok-
r•nen in his ankle which put him on
the shelf and being without other
help it is needless to say that he
was both surprised and grateful
when the town gang showed up
ar,d made a workmanlike job of
haulingin his grain crop. In fact
' Mr. McGavin said "It looked like
old times.'
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LAST BAND CONCERT
FOR THIS. SEASON'
Boys' and Girls' Bance ?as
Drawn Large Audiences
- At 'Concerts.
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The ,Boys' and"'Girls' Band will
give its•last concert•of the, season in
Victoria Park on Sunday evening.
The band now has a membership
of 44, and during the summer there
has been an average of 37 players for
the weekly Sunday night concerts.
The progress of this organization
under -the leadership of E. H. Close,
has really been remarkable, and the
public, both towh and country, has
shown its ,appreciation by an ever in-
creasing attendance at the weekly
concerts:
The program for the last concert
on Sunday evening, August 30th, will
"0 Canada"; March, "Fall in Line";
Overture, "The Belle"; Overture,
."Harmonicans"; Overture, "Land of
Dreams"; Overture, "Goleta";' Sere-
riade. "Sylvia Overture, "Magneta";
Overture, "Haut Monde"; Overture,
"Empyrean"; March, "Onw.ard Chris-
tian Soldiers"; Hymn, "Faith of -Our
Fathers"; "The Knng."
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Seaforth, Girls
,Train forNurses
An enjoyable evening was spent at
the Lions Club Park on Tuesday eve-
ning by the Canadian Girls iia Train-
ing 9f First Presbyterian Church,
when . after a delicious supper Miss
Dorothy Smith presented Misses Isabel
McKellar and Lois Wright with cos-
reetic bags. Miss' Wright -leaves
shortly to trainin Guelph General
Hospital., and Miss McKellar for
Stratford General Hospital.
:Miss Helen Moffat, of . town, and
Miss -Lois McGavin, of Stratford, also
of the • fighting man. Don't let him are leaving to train in Victoria Hos-
down. pital, London.
PHOTO TAKEN IN ENGLAND
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• "The, aisoit'e pii6tia'i taken lit Sngiattci last y ar,'shoorrs W s 'ajes
ty,ahakiflg handdi with Lt -Col. (15.14. Mc'resilah, bf 'Seaforth, who
was killed In, the resent Corm iandd •raid on France.
Was Prominent Business-
man in Seaforth When
War Was Declared..
WAS ACTIVE
IN SPORTS
LL Col. G. Howard McTavish is re-
ported killed in the recent commando
raid on France. When war was de-
clared in 1939 he was one of the prom-
inent business men in Seaforth, but
immediately joined up and disposed
of , his business.
Lt. -Col. Gordon Howard "Muck" Mc-
Tavish, officer commanding the 4th
Battalion, R.C.E., London rugby play-
er and all-round sportsman, was kill-
ed in action at. Dieppe, according to
word received by relatives. He was
well known in. Toronto, where his
wife now resides.
In his last letter received only a
few weeks ago, he wrote: "The time
is getting near at hand now when our
strength and weapons will be equal to
the task. we have to do -and then the
news will be better."
Lt. -Col. McTavish, who was 39
years old on July 31st, was for several
years prior to"the war, in command
of the district engineers at London.
He went overseas,w+ith the 2nd divi-
sion two years ago. •
Before embarking his unit was sta-
tioned at Petawawa tor some time.
146 -had -teen a member of the en-
gineers .for approximately 15 years.
His wife, the :former Dorothy Ham-
mon, of Wingham, is now a volunteer
nurse at Christie Street Military Hos,
pital. She resides on Vaughan Road.,
LL -Col. • McTavish was promoted
froth the . rank of major several
months ago. A year ago 'he was pic-
tured with the King during an inspec-
tion of the Canadian Engineers at
their headquarters yin England.
A native of Galt, he was the son
of ;Mrs. A. J. McTavish and the late
Mr. McT'avis,h, of London. His father
for many years. conducted a drygoods
business in London. Lt. -Col. McTav-
ish was educated in London schools
and was a prominent played on O.R.
F.U. teams. At one time he coached
the Seaforth hockey team.
Lt. -Col. McTavish was one of the
original members and stockholders. of
the London Flying Club. • He was al-
so' an expert horseman. An ardent
golfer, he belonged to the Sunning-
nale, Golf Club, London. Long active
in the affairs of the Metropolitan
United Church of that city, he was a
leader in young people's work. Prior
to the .war he represented Canadian.
Irdustries Ltd. throughout a large
part of 'Ontario.
Besides his wife he is survived by
h:s mother, now living In Royal Oak,
Mich.; one' sister. Mrs. J. G. Gould,
of Toronto, and a brother, Douglas
McTavish,' also of Royal Oak
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C.W.L. Picnics
At Lions Park
The C.W.'L. held a very ,enjoyable
pichic aa the' -Lions Park on Tuesday
afternoon with a very good attend-
ance. Games were played by the
children and' adults, after which a de-
Iicious lunch was served:
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Huron County
Certificate Sales
R. C. A.
FROM GOOF. ICH
CRASH IN PERTH
Two Planes Collide in Midi
Air; Four Lose Lives;
Two From Goderich.
The 'following• are the statistics of
sale of War Savings Certificates in
Huron County by Post Offices for the
month 9f June, 19.42:
Blyth , $ 404.00
Brussels 464.00
Ethel 112.00
Bluevale 96.00
Walton 92.00
Clinton 1,300.00
Bayfield 116:00
Londesboro •
a • 36.00
Varna 84.00
Exeter a 1248'.00
Dashwood ' 96.00
Grand Bend 68.00
Kirkton 172.00
Crediton ' 228.00
Goderich 4,476.00
Dungannon , t.76.00
Port Albert 20.00
Auburn - Kintail 300.00
Hensall, 972.00
Kippen t 260.00
Seaforth 1,248,00
BeuceBeld 196.00
Egmondville ...... 24.00
Wingham • 1,804.00
Belgrbve , 72.00
Fordvelch , ...., . , . 144,00
Gerrie . 300,000
VG" r 128 0
roxet6 .
Betmore ' 28:00
Zurich X. 508.00
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NORTH OF STRATFORD
Four young airmen lost their lives
Wednesday afternoon'in a; mid-air col-
lision of the two planes: The acct.-,
dent occurred aibout two miles, north
of Rostock and about eight-- Males
from Stratford, at 3.15 o'clock in the
afternoon.
One plane was from the Elementary
Flying Training School at Sky Harbor
Airport, Goderioh, and the second was
from No: 14 Service Flying Training
School at Aylmer. Both were Tiger
Moth training planes, each believed
to hold bwo men.
Farmers working in the fields ap-
parently did not see the accident, but
their attention was drawn to.,the mis-
hap when they, heard a loud crash.
One plane fell in• flames onto John
Roulston's farm on the .14th conees-
sion of Ellice Township, while the
(ether fell on a farm across the road,
owned by, Andrew Diepl. It did not
burn, but was wrecked beyond repair:
Names of the fliers will not be re-
leased until. after' relatives have been
advised.
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McKILLOP BOY
IS ELECTROCUTED
Kenneth Thornton is Killed
In Unusual Accident
On Friday.
Kenneth Thornton, aged 24. R. R.
2, Walton, was almost instantly kill-
ed about 2.30 o'clock Friday afternoon
when the full force of '2,3,`9 volts
from a . Hydro rural line passed
through his body. -He was assisting
in operating a dredging machine that
was' excavating •a ditch on . the farm
of Harvey Fawm, about one and a
half miles -north of No. 7 highway, on,
th.e Wartburg road, when the acci•
-
dent happened.
According to Provincial -Constable
J. M..Douglas and Provincial Traffic
Officer • C. N: Anderson, •of Stratford,
Joseph Thornton, father of the vic-
tim, was operating eb,e dredge, and tie
the boom was raised •it came in „con-
tact with the Hydro wire, the cur-
rent passing, down the boom and in-
to the machine, where the sod was
standing. Although the victim 'was
not' burned, it is believed that ,the
shock of • the current caused his
death. Rushed to the (Peke of Dr. A.
Sinclair, Sebringville, he was pro-
nounced dead 'upon arrival, and ap-
parently had died while on the way.
The late Mr. Thornton. was born in
McKillop 'township, in 1918,, ion oP
Mr, and. Mrs. Joseph Thornton, and
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RED CROSS
NOTES
Pori-Tier
Brucefield G'ir'l.
ReachesLOndon:,England.
To P lan Cana an W.A•C
Major Alice Sorby, of Win-
nipeg, To Complete Plans
For First -Ga 'adian Wo-
men's Airmy Corps Con-
tingent.
WAS BORN
• IN. BRUCEFIELD
Major Sorby, . the first Canadian
Women's Army Corps member to
reach Britain, where she will organ-
ize and complete plans for the coming
of the first contingent of W.A.C.'s, is
a Brucefield girl, tlinR former Alice
Higgins. She is a daughter of the
late Ben Higgins, for many years .a
well known resident of that village,
where Miss, Higgins was born and
received her early education.
A . cable from , London last -week
gives the following story:
"Major Alice Solna of Winnipeg,
petite, fair-haired and brown -eyed,
Chas arrived in London, in 'the .words
of the Ministry of Information ' to
"pave the way for the coming of the
first contingent of the •Canadian Wo;
men's Armyc Corps to Britain?'
"She has fulfilled her first task in
such admirable fashion that the girls
in khaki who will follow her have not
a worry in the world. They will be
the envy of every uniformed British
girl in their' smart ,tailored uniforms
if they, can handle` themselves with
the same facility as Major Sorby dis-
charged her first assignment on this
side .of the Atlantic.
' "In a `dreaded' undertaking; the of-
ficer faced in a conference room at
the Ministry of Information a score
of Lo)rid•on's newspaperwomen and a
handful of hardened Fleet Street
newspapermen and confessed after-
wards the experience was not "half
as frightening as I expected."
"Major Sorby opened the confer-
ence by saying she _preferred to an-
swer questions rather than make a
statement and one ,of the first •ques-
tionp was.. "Will you tell us how old.
youare?"
"Yes," she answered vaithotet bat,
ting an eyelash and with her kuth
33" -but she does not IookSw!mcxg
widened into a broad smile, "I'm
38" -but she does not look more
than 28.
"It developed that her hueband,
Walter Sorby, is a. lieutenant in the
Canadian Army overseas, instructing
in artillery with reinforcement • units,
and the question was raised whether
he would have to ,salute her when
they met.
"1 talked to my husband on the
telephone today for the first, time
Since • February, 1941," • she said, "and
I'mpretty sure that when we meet
we won't worry much whether we
Salute each other."
Mrs. Stevenson, of ' Toronto, ac-
knowledges receipt of 24 cases of
honey from our institute and Red
Cross Brauch and she asked us to
convey to all resiann=ible for this
generous gift. her heartfelt thanks.
Through your co-np+'ru+ion we have'
another eight cases of honey ready
for shipment.
of
Nest Tuesday afternoon at 1 p,m.,
in the Collegiate Institute, we plan 01
mike jam again 'and any donations of
peaches or plums, or money, or help=,
ors would be gratefully accepted.
Donations may be left at the Colleg-
iate Institute before 1 p.ni. on Tues-
day.
C a r
5 X B.C,
Red Cedar
Shingles..
Just Arrived.
N. CLUFF & SONS
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Turnberry Barn
And Crops Burnt
IN ENGLAND
Major Sorby, the former Alice
Higgins, of Brucefield, the first
Canabliah Women's Army Corps
member to reach Britain.
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HIGH S.A. OFFICIAL
HERE ON SUNDAY,
Will Conduct Special Meet-
ing S. A. Barracks in
Evening.
Lieut. -Col. and Mrs. Frank Ham, of
TorQoto, with Col., and Mrs. fiches;
of ]t,ond'on, will conduct the Sunday
evening service at the Salvation Army
Citadel in Seaforth at 7 p.m.
Lieut. -Col. Frank • Ham, the Field
Secretary-; for the Salvation Army in
Canada, who was stationed in Sea -
forth 31 years ago, has had a long
and varied career in the Salvation
Army work. His Field appointments
include 'many of the mast important
Corps Connmands in the Dominion,
amongst them being Moncton, Saint
John, :';.B., Windsor, London. Peter-
borough and the Toronto Temple
His staff appointments include a
teem on the staff of the College for
training of officers, also divisional
commands, his last appointment be-
ing the Toronto West' Division in
which the Colonel served for six
years with marked distinction.
At present the Colonel is a mem-
ber of the Dominion Joint Committee.
for the Evangelization of Canada
Life, a Vice -President of the Cliri•s'ti+ai
Social Service Council of Canada, and
(Continued, on -Page 4)
Fire completely- destroyed tbe barn
end the season's crop of hay and grain
at the farm of Gordon Wray, on the
6th concession of Turnbci•ry, on Tues-
day afternoon. :l few pigs and some
chickens and hens were in the barn
when the fire started Mr. Wray got
Ole pigs out but some of the hens and
chickens were burned . The drive•
shed also was, destroyed. There were
no implements in it. only 12 cords of
wood, The only' piece of machinery
that was destroyed was tbe pressure
Dump which was close to the barn.
'Threshing operations were in oper-
ation when the fire started. The sep-
arator was in the barn and the trac-
101' near 0 stark outside -the barn. The
fire started in the stack and spread
to the barn in an instant. after the
tire was first noticed. The separator
and tractor were saved.
Some insurance was carried on the
barn, drive shed and crop, but the
10=5 will he heavy.
The fire truck from \Vingham went
to the fire hut it was a rating inferno
when. they arrived. They turned the
water on bhe stack of oats hop* to
save some of the grain. Crowds
quickly gathered but little could be
done except stop the fences from
burning up. The wind was away
from the house and was not 'very
strong, s•o no difficulty was experi-.
enced With- the house or the farm
further up the road.
It was in August, 1930. that the
house on this farm was destroyed by
fire.
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Hospital Aid
To Meet
The Women's Hospital Aid to Scott
Memorial Hospital-' will meet at the
Carnegie Library Hall on Thursday
afternoon, Septemt3er 3, at 3.80 p.m.
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HIS LAST LETTER
TO REACH SEAFORTH
Lt. -Col. McTavish Writes to
Thank Overseas Com
mittee For Box..
Tndtx try Needs More That'
250,0W Before : the End'
Of 1942.
WOMEN NEEDED TOO
More than 250,000 persons are need-
ed in war industries and ,the armed e
forces before the' end of 1942 and --r
with less than 60,000 unemployed -
Canadians face drastic curtailment •,•
"of many of our -less essential indus-
tries and occupations," Elliott M.
Little, director of National' Selective.
Service, said in Winnipeg this week.
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Serious Accident
In Logan Twp.
Master Robert Harvey, nine-year-
old and only son- of Mr. and Mrs. Nor-'
'Man Harvey, West Monkton, lost his
right arm in a combine on the Ivan
'Linton farm in Logan, near Mitchell,
where his 'ather was engaged in cut- •
ting grain Wednesday morning. Just
how the little lad; got his arm caught
in the machine .could not be aster-
tained, but it was torn in such a•• -man-
ner that he bad to be rushed from
the office of Dr. K. W. McLandres.s .
to the Stratford • hospital, where it
was amputated; just be]dw the snout-,
der. His condition is•e;eported as fair., -
Mr. Harvey farms near Monkton,
!but .it is understood that he • and Con-
rad Krueger were working the Linton
place this year.
England, July 30, 19.2.
Seaforth Overseas- Committee.
Sea forth, Ontario, Branch.
Dexo' -Friends :--
Many thanks for the fine box which
irrived today. You people' certainly
can time things •very well, as tomor-
row is my hirthday, so it makes a
mos; delial'itfu1 and useful birthday
gift.
I often think of the ,many happy
tines I had when 1 was with you and
wish I could :lust ,drop down street
on a, Saturday night or have a good
game of golf 0; the club lii(e I used
to, but "there will .crime a rtay." This
is an 11111151181 'war and up to the pres-
ent we have little to brag about, and
the next few weeks will be very try-
ing ones, no doubt There will have
to Ise much blood shod and many sad
hearts; 1 am afrhid, before the final
victory is won, but win it we will,
and there is no doubt in anyone's
mind over here what the outcome will
eventually- be now.
Hitler missed his•grea,t opportunity
two years ago; he might have won
then, but cannot now. The days of
preparation are very"trying ones in-
deed, but than]: God they are nearly
over and when , the time to strike
cones we will be able to carry. on
with strength of Men and weapons
sufficient to win the day. •
I am now commanding a Batalio'n
of Engineers and they are a very fine
lot of boys. Of course it was bard to
leave the old company who I knew so
well and of whom 'I was so proud,
but changes come in War time.
Please convey 'my thanks to the
good friend's who do so much to make
things better and a tittle Ie'ss loni:yf
for the boys so far away frons home
and those they hold dear. Cheerio.
G. HOWARD .1VfoTAVISH
(Weekiy..Br,r1ietln Sof e-Sea�kort�h•'and
District SalvagethCorps)
,.est Side Salvage Collection Tues-
day, September 1st
Salvage will be • collected from the.
west side of Seeforth on •Tuesday af-
ternoon, Sept. 1st, starting at 3.30
p.m. The collection will be ,,made
from all homes west 'of Main Street
and north of the railway tracks, also
from' the business- places on both,
sides of Main Street. In case of bad
weather, it will be postponed 'until
Thursday, Sept. 3rd- vo days later.
• The big rubber salvage drive. is on!
Every farmer is asked by- the Gov-
ernmeat to gather up all available
s.crap.;rubber,on his farm, and around
his barn., garage abd home, and place.
it uncles his mail box. The mail cour-
ier will pick it up and bring it into
Salvage Headquarters. Inasinuch. as
92 per cent. of Canada's rubber sup,
ply'has been cut off by the Japanese
in the South Pacific, it is vitally nec-
essary that every bit of scrap Tubber
he turned in.• •
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Your contribution of • all available
scrap rubber from your farm helps
in three ways: (1) You•are supplying
rubber for' Canada's war effort -rub-
ber tires for the great machines that
will be used to bring victory over the
Axis.,, 'Without YOUR contribution,
victory might be farther away and
the efficiency of our mechanized
equipment impaired; 12) The money
received by your Salvage Committee
from the sale' of the rubber is donat-
ed. to worthy war charities. Again
your coutributio i is helping our war
(fort. (3) You are helping Yourself;
the more rubber that is hro.i,ght in by
patriotic citizens, the nitre ,ner rrssary
nrticle5 trade from rubber' can be
manufactured for civilian use. Don't
hositare to cin your bit fn this import-
ant way. Your pastmas.er, your mail
courier, and your Salvatrt Contniittee
are -waiting to help y -;n} start your
scrap rubber on its way to victory.
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Father and Scn
In :Accident
•
While Mr. Foster Bennett was load-
ing bread last weep he slipped be-,
tw-een the bumper and car and re-
ceived ,a badly bruised leg and also
ruptured( a blood vein, and is' stili
taking treatments.
A few days later his little son, Dih
lie, slipied off the front of the truck 1
and received a ;rad gash below the
knee, which required font ,stitches to
close the wound -
While Larry ..Eaton, and , fieddy Sav= -
auge were pla 'lrttg a large trine +£eii" '
and hit''Larry on the lrea; a aixttkit
ed . a bad .gash.st13> 1sa
and he waya 'vary week.
Moot He rotas `aria+he4'�'It
and ,had to have it lit Stab i
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