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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1942-08-28, Page 7..... , . I.. • ••'• , ' t:' • ••.....,...tie.V.A410%„,..Z . , ..,C..I; '• of• ! .. ....1.,er , 2, , • . , . . s" • . . . '. -.1 . • a- ..,,,..,,.......:,:,,,,,7 ....,,.,, 133,111,14.141.161:4121.19.1.0.1.. 311,13,1412MPOOMBRIK,M11.1.1V1.161104.11/111.44.11111.11.111411.1.1 • • • # 7. • 4 A mccoti.. NE,Lfts 'Ts Barrieteiri, filitIliktoY0. Etc. Patrick D. 1.10000,11011 - Glenn Hays soolcd,,,TEc. ONT. Telephon; 174 86987 IL I. 4a2kAINIT ' Barrister, Solicitor, Etc. • 2/91.AFORTH - - ONTARIO Branch Office - Hensel]. Mansell Seaforth. Phone 113 Phone 173 MEDICAL SEAFORTII CLINIC DR. McMASTER, M.B. Graduate of -University of Toronto PAUL L. BRADY, M.D. • Graduate of University of Toronto The 'Clinic- is fully equipped with complete and modern X-ray and other up-to-date diagnostic and therapeutics equipment. 'Dr. F. J. R. Forster, Specialist in diseases of the ear, eye, nose and throat, wi11 be at the Clinic the first Tuesday in every month from 3 to 5 p.m. Free Well-Ba,by Clinic will. be held en the second., and last Thursday in every month from 1 to 2 p.m. 3687 - JOHN A. GORWILL, B.A., M.b. Physician and Surgeon IN DR. H. H. ROSS' OFFICE Phone 5-W Seaforth MARTIN W. STAPLETON, B.A., M.D. Physician and Surgeon Successor to Dr. W: C. 'Spa - Phone 90-W Seaforth DR. F. J. R. FORSTER Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat. Graduate in Medicine, University of Toronto. Late assistant New York Opthal- anei >and Aural Institute, Moorefield's Eye and Golden Square Throat. Hos- pital, London, Eng. At COMMERCIAL HOTEL, SEAFORTH, THIRD WED- NESDAY in each month, from 2 p.m to 4.30 p.m.; also at Seaforth Clinic first Tuesday of each month. 53 Waterloo Street South, Stratford. 12-17 AUCTIONEERS , HAROLD 'JACKSON Specialist in Farm and Household Sales. Licensed in Huron and Perth Coun- ties. Prices reasonable; satisfaction guaranteed. For informafion, etc., write or phone Harold Jackson, 14 on 661, Seaforth; R.R. 4, Seafortn..„,,, 3768 - EDWARD W. ELLIOTT Licensed Auctioneer For Huron Correspondence promptly answered, Immediate arrangemerifig can be male for Sales Date at The Huron Exposi- tor, Seaforth, or by calling Phone 203, Clinton. Charges moderate and satis- faction guaranteed. 382942 LONDON and. WINGHAM NORTH A.M. Exeter 11.34 Hensall 10.46 Kippen ' 10.52 Brucefield 11.00 Clinton 11.47 • SOUTH P.M. Clinton 3.08 Brucefleld 3.28 • Kippen „r" 3.38 Hensall 3,45 . Exeter 3.58 e • C.N.R. TIME TABLE EAST Goderich Holmesville Clinton Seaforth St. Columban ...... . • Mitchell WEST A.M. P.M. 6.15. 6.31 6.43 6,59 7.05 7.12• 7.24 Mitchell 1,0-06 Dublin • 11,14 Seaforth • 1130 Clinton 11.45 Goderich 12.05 2.30 2.48 3.00 3.22 3.23 3.29 3.41 9.28 1.36 9.47 10.00 10.25 C.P.R. TIME TABLE EAST P.M. Goderich, 'k• . 4.40 Meneset 4.45 McGaw ,... ..... 4.54 Auburn a...•.•%a.... 5.03 Blyth 7.• 6.13' Walton . 5.26 McNaught 5.37 Toronto , 9.45 LEN' EPPES1 • CHAPTER ONE . Miss Martha Weston looked UP from stuffing gray wool into her knit- ting bag. "Well?" she said. "Well, what?" Dian Weston asked, turning away from the window. "Why don't you say something?" • "What is there to say, Aunt Mar- tha?" "Didn't you hear me tell you that it was bad enough to have one spin - seer in the family, without having two of them, and one of them jiited?" "Yes, Aunt Martha, I heard you." Dian shrugged. "But 'what is there for me to say? You've said about all there is to be said about the mat- ter." "NO, there's one more thing -Jer- ome 'Carr." "I see . . . So we're back at that again." Dian went back to staring out of •the window.. "I simply can't marry Jerome," she said. "But he's the most successful man in Ardendale," said Mies Martha. "He's been in love with you for years and-" "Nonsense!" Dian cut in. "How could Jerome be in love with•anyene, that is, REALLY -when he's got a dollar mark where his heart ought to be?" She walked_ to a table, found a Cigarette and lit •it: "I know he's a banker and all that, and that the Weston, family certainly could do with a banker, but-" "But what?" said Miss Martha im- patiently. "Go cil" "But why don't you marry him?" said Dian.. "Frankly, I'd much prefer a banker -uncle to a banker -husband." , "Well, I never in all my life heard 'such silly talk!" Miss Martha ex- claimed. "It's not silly," Dian said. "Jerome Carr's always liked you, and I think if you •st.ppped trying to push me down his throat, he'd take -time' to see that you're the Weston female he wants, and not me." Miss Martha .closed her knitting bag with an angry gesture. She pick- ed it up, looked to see if her hat was on straigta, and walked to•.the doorL ."Sometimes, Dian," she said, "you, are the most exasperating person a- live. You should marry Jerome just to show the town you don't care a Toronto Wlton MeNattgalt Blyth 4 Auburn "."'" • WEST , Weave %%meet 8.80 P.M. • 12.1.5 12.28 12.89 12011 ,, 454 ailaillmillambommummama "Oh, I'll open a tearoom, maybe," said Dian., trying to Wand carefree. "Or I may go .out to the farm -and raise chickens or mushrooms, or something like that. Or I may de- vote my life to good works." "Humph!" said 4tlss Martha. "That's what I've been trying to do for years, and where has it got me?" "On, lots of committees," Dian smil- ed "WhY, honestly, Aunt Martha, half the clubs and societies in Arden - dale would die of .stagnation if it 'Weren't for you!" "It's no uso flattery isn't going to help," said Miss Martha. "The fact remains that Fred Mayhew jilted you -after all, the years you and he have talked of marrying. And I'll probab- ly haVe to 'rack my brain for explana- tions, since practically every woman I know will be curious, and-" "Well, let them be curious," Dian flared. "What has >happened between Fred and me is none of their busi- ness." "They'll make it their busineas," Miss Maartha retorted. "You know that as well as 1 do." Before Dian could replyto tktis, there was the sound of an automobile horn honking out •in. front of the house. "These's Aggie Powers now!" said' Dian, relieved. "Hurry, or you'll be late for the meeting." She patted her aunt's shoulder, gave her a quick kiss. "Sorry you wouldn't let me drive you to .the meeting myself." "Why should I?" -said Miss Martha. "Aggie's goiag•anyway and there's no need -Using up our gas if we don't have to - . ." Dian laughed. "You sound just like Jerome," she said. Miss Martha tried to think of gome- thing' to.say, and couldn't. She march- ed out of the room, head up, thin shoulders back, looking, Diau thought, as though she had substituted a broomstick for her backbone. /. "Will you be very late?" Dian call- ed out atter her. "I don't- know," Miss Martha called from the front porch. "Don't wait up for me." Then when she saw Dian appear in the . doorway, she said: 1'Why don't you ask Jerome to take 'yeti to a movie?"• 1 "What a marvelous suggestion!" "How could Jerome be in love with anyone -when he's got ,a doller mark where his heart ought to be?" darn about being jilted." "Aunt Martha, I wish you'd stop us- ing that word `jilted' so freely," Dian said with a wry smile. "It sounds so sort of final and unpleasant." "It is final and unpleasant," said Miss Martha. "But new that you have been jilted, and that upstart Fred Mayhew is out, of the way, you ought to give Jerome Carr some en- couragement. • You know perfectly Well' he would have tried to see a lot more of you if Wed hadn't been hang- ing around all the time." .• "I hardly think marrying Jerome because of Fred is going to help mat- ters any," Dian said quietly. "Why not, pray?" "I'd make Jerome miserable - I don't love him. He talks dollars, sleeps percentages, and pate': AV- dends." "1- see. And yet you'd be perfectly • willing for me to marry him." "Yd•s, 1 would. The very -qualities I dislike about,him, you seem to like." "Al I've got to say is that all this talk is getting us exactly nevrhere," said -Miss. Martha. '"I'm awfully •glad you realize that at last, Aunt Martha," • said. Dian. "Now, trot along to you' 'All Out Aid to Britain' knitting orgy -and leave 'Me to liandWarry own life." 'gust hate are you going to handle , 'DJmay ask?" Miss 'Martha ask- ed.,. "Being •a spinster in Ardendale Is no inn. And 1 am ePeaking from Dian said mockingly. • "Perhapsse I will!'' • "I'd .certainly like to see You do something sensible for xonce!" was Miss Martha's parting shot. Dian watched her climb into Miss Aggie's sedan and drive off. Then she sank down upon the upper step, and stared straight before. her. It was a perfect night for, romance. -The air was 'filled with the perfume of honeysuckle, the moonlight bathed the world in silver, and .down back of the house somewhere, in a cabin where slaves once lived, a Negro was strumming a ,banjo and singing a love song. But it, was all! lost on Dian. She wasn't in the least interested in the scents, sights and sounds that made the night one for .roinentic go- ings-on and exciting adventures. So 'far as she was concerned, .romance was a washout, an adventure eome- thingreannfactured by book publish- ers and Hollywood directors. 'Darling Dian, we'll be married just as soon as I get established." Fred Mayhew's own words, spoken under romantic , ril;,cumstan'ces. And she had 'believed them, trusting, sentimen- tal little fool that she was! And now those Other words in the local paper, telling of Fred's engagement to Miss Maria Van Wert of New York. "The romEtt* began on. ihipbPktil, as Mit Arittyhe* was re -Wining troth South kraerica where he had gone on a business trig," No ilande! No noth- ing! Oh, well, Dian, be Modern.-4be nonchalant. 'I've just been jilted! Isn't it a perfect scream?" That's it! Good ghl! Laugh. You -know, laugh though your heart be breaking, like the clown in the circus. Or was It the opera? • CHAPTER TWO Not that Dian's heart was breaking because Fred was going to marry an- other. She didn't really think it was. But she was humiliated, and mad. "I'm probably silly and a coward," she told herself, "but I can't stay here another day, and have Aunt Martha looking at me in that pitying way of hers." If only she could go some- where away from Aunt Martha, and questions, and curious looks. If only she could find a quiet spot way off somewhere, and there - The farm! That was just the place for her! Out there, puttering around, looking over the things her Grand- father Weston had left her, she, might be able to think things out, plan some sort of future for herself. She leaped to her feet, ran into the house and up the stairs. Up, in her room she quickly found a suitcase and began stuffing things into it, excited, eyes shining, fingers flying. The farm! How wonderful! That place where she had•often gone When she was a little girlput to stay with her grandfather and have him talk to her in such a way, as to make her forget the thing that had made her unhappy in town, and had sent her out to the comfort of his arms. If he were only cut there now, she thought. He would listen, like old times, to her tale of woe and help her, find a way to rise above what was troubling her. "Mustn't let your Aunt Martha make you too unhappy," her grandfather had said. "She's a bit soured en the world at times -like most women who never got married -but way down deep she's a mighty fine, person . ." And again he had said: "Nothing will ever get you down unless you !et it. Yon're a Westonchild, and a Weston, man or woman, is a lot bigger., than any little old problem that conies along trying to ride him.". Anyway, being out in the house that was so pregnant with memoriee of her 'grandfather and the happy days. she had spent there with him, would be a help. Ontthere io the house that Grandfather. Weston had loved so deeply, she would find it easier to get hold of herself. She might even start cataloging the books her grand- father had left her. She had been planning to do- this for some time, and perhaps now was the time. lata- loging poolcs oughf to' be a nicejnb. for a girl .who had been jilted! She finished her packing; donned a hat; and pick8d up the suitcase, She Stopped in the kitchen long enough to slip in some bread. a tin of coffee, and a few things, she knew farm- house pantry could not supply, is done, she went out through the ba door. locked it behind her, and cross- ed the yard to where ,the "Weston family car stood -a car which had been in: the ,family (or a forgotten number of years, and which, she thought, ought to be relegated to a museum that specialized in antiqui- ties She climbed in and slid under the wheel, thinking how fortunate it was that Aunt Martha• had decided to 'save gas and .go to the meeting" in Miss Aggie's sedan. She pressed her foot doelti' upon the starter. Well. here 1 go! Dian Weston. running a- way from gossip and .questions! Dian Weston, going off by herself to •see what she could do about the years to corpe! . Bat nothing happened. The engine did not respond. ,Stubborn. like Aunt Martha, that's what it was, She prersed the starter agars and again. Still soothing happened. More prees- ing, more sience. Then finally there was a Spell Of coughing, of wheezing, of sputtering•Lbut that was all. The engine underneath the old-fashioned hood just curled 9p like a sick puppy and died, There was no .getting away SO far as the ancient Weston bus was concerned, • Slowly Dian got but, of the 'car, and slowly 4lie walked arotner.'it,think- ing words she therl never heard in Sunday school. No fiance! And now no car! A. vehicle on four whebls, and as useless .as a huge white ele- phant. Wearily, worried, she took her suitcase from the rear seat where She had carefully placed it, And went around to the front of the house., • Of Course the logical thing :do was telephone for a taxicab, although taxicabs were.- none too plentiful' in Ardkkidale. But she had exactly one dollar and ninety-four cents to her name, and the taxi fare out to her lonely destinatioa wbuld be that much, If not more. She also thought of several young men who would prob- ably be glad to drive her out' to where she wanted to go. 13 ut she simply couldn't face them. It was bad .enough having Aunt Martha pity her, let alone the young men. Heavens, no! 1'he yOung men were definitely out, especially those who had wanted to date her up and couldn't, heckles Fred Mayhew was always hanging around, waittue-to- take- ,iter- to- a or- a dance, or to see a show, that was playing a one -night -staid in triarns '04 • Lord," she said half 'alo4 - e • 0 wers tie earliest flowers •to b1eet4 in the arming are growa from tubsw41-0, must be plae te lt SepteMbef" gr October. Most of them, are hairq2 except l very cold districts wheee the snow cc-esing is unersitaint, In such 91aCes a position tellers :the, snow drifts and rensains all winter should be chosen, if possible, or a covering of straw .or strawy manure should be applied as soon as the ground freeze , sa les Isabella Preston, Divis n J Horticulture, pentral Ex mt1 Farm, Ottawa. Bulbs will grow- in any good garden soil that is well drained but they may not if planted in ground on which the water stands for a lengthy period in spring. The bulbs should be planted deeply enough so that the tops are two inches below the surface of the soil. Chionodoxa, Glory of the Snow, is oae of the earliest flowers to bloom and its pretty pale blue blossoms which face upwards open as soon as the snow melts. If allowed to do so the flowers set eeed and self sow. In a few years time 'they will have increased considerably. • Scilia sibirica, Siberian Squills, blooms a little later and the flowers are more bell shaped and deeper blue in .colour. These will flower under shrubs and are particularly effective if grown on a slopting,bank. These al- so increase- rapidly. Crocus flowers early if grown in a sheltered position, such as near the house, facing south. There are white, yellow and •purple varieties. Muscari, Grape Hyacinth, has a number. of small blue flowers arrang- ed at the top of an eight -inch stem. They bloom a little later than Seine. The bulbs increase rapidly and re- quire dividing every fel:v years. The leaves grow in autumn and should not be cut off. Narcissus, Daffodil, is the true har-' "am 1 in a mess!" She even thought of calling Jer- ome Carr. Jerome had the finest car in Ardendale, a car that would get' her to her ddstination in no time at all, if Jerome would let her have.the gas. ;But of course he wouldn't. Jer- ome was so' terribly, tesribly careful about everything - like speeding, spending money, making love. Besidea he was one of the people she. wanted to avoid. He would ash a millien questions, give her unwanted advice and probably end up by urging her to marry him rigbt away, now that that aimless young upstart Fred May- hew was out of the" way. She could fairly• hear him describing Fred in just those words. No, Jerome was out -along with the men of- her own generation. • She sat down' the suitcase "with a dull thud, and it fell open. Aintimber of, articless,tumbled out -simple cloth- ing for wear in the country, a loaf of bread to eat with some of tthe canned foods Which she knew were in the fiirmhouse pantry, some' dainty undies -"Which might have been part of my trciusseau"-and a pair of low-heeled, sensible looking shoes. It was when she was picking up the shops that she heard the. ao- 'proaching car:, Still holding 9...e of the shoes, she straightened up' to see who was coming. Maybe it was Aunt _Iartha and Miss, Aggie, returning from the, meeting. It was early, and yet she had 'taken an ftwful lot of time trying ,to get the, car started. Euteit veasn't Aunt Aggie's sedan. It was a roadster with the top down, and if it wasn't Joe Algood'i, then she didn't know the local roadsters 'when she saw them. Good 'old Joe! Like an o'lcler bro- ther to her. Always sweet and un- derstandingand sympathetic. Just the person to take her out to the farm! Lack was with her at last - sending along good old Joe Algood, of all people. The roadster was almost in front of the, house. She waved wildly. "Joel" elle called. "Joe .Algood!" But the roadster went right on by. "Well, 'or all things!" Dian gasped. And then almost before she realized what she was dojng, she let fly with the shoe which she was still ,holding. "There!" she cried angrily. "Take that! You're a fine one -not stopping when I call!" And then the roadster did "Stop - just before it hit a tree. (Continued. Next Week). • , y119* , *.PteP1'0 • •• •1)0 Atcllii „ff , 4#/41' great nuMbi*,,aitie iby Canadian clealerC ' '",!;!•,r, , • J. *.P40.1?k Terimg t4e•''P>P4' Wirt -TA of a1 ptin$,•11Oitior1gg,,.Ij?*S• •as it has ••been, a. reatpre of :lqan-ti*gi 13;14 del parks for maw earlY•flowerilag Varietiee. :1110d. •.t9„ u,sied for beds but the Earwigs:. an.4 Maytflowering are the: tenet eatie- „factory fpr planting in a mixed bor. der. They should be in clumps of at least five and more are needed to look well in large borders. The bulli can be left undisturbed for a few Years but better results are obtained if they are lifted every year. This should be done when the foliage dries up in July. The bulbs, after drying,. should be cleaned and then kept in a dry airy place until late September. Although before the war bulbs were imported in large quantities from Holland, many are now grown in Canada and others are froni England so it is still possible to get these beautiful garden °were. Harvesting Potatoes In harvesting potatoes, where the soil is well -drained and conditions are fairly ideal fot the crop, digging can be deferred until quite late in -the aututhn; but where the land is on the heavy side and inclined to he wet, digging should be done before the autumn rains set in, states the Wartime Production Series Special • '4,.114100 PO, • 110. Ugoorl.'itt''of'79P1, 144- 4iloteim...,.! ftoozmtkiiirtr...*4#4 aretrptoveh Eiwr IPp•e*,4iiNsofkot,,, • Pamphlet on "Potato Culture)" ,No. Where the ropt has been -tree -from blight, it has, been found that the digging can be done to advantage during late September or early -Octo- ber. At any rate, digging sheik' be done before the ground freezes dila,. ing the nights. If late blight has been present, dig: ging had better be deferred Until -the latest possible date. • Diseased, tubers can then be easily detected and left in the field. Early digging of a dis- eased crop and piling on the field or'. placing in storage cellars .encourages the spread of the disease to healthy tubers. The pamphlet may be obtains ed free on application from Publicity and Etension Divisioxi, DorninionDe- partment of Agricolture,.Ottawa. Words are but -hely as the deeds they coven -Shelley. clkeSNAPS1-10T GUILD SUMMER SPORT SNAIPSHOTS •••••••••11•11110 • ...c...,?•i*,,,,:e?,,,,:f.,,e,•/.41,!:1**K.,:.•"...,••".• • For pictures which are fun to, make, anclwhich carry Urea! thrill, turn' sour camera on summer sports. You'll find it's easy to make pictures as fine as this. • •-"IUMIVIER. is always' an exciting period. People are out playing eolf, tennis, and badmcnton. They ride horseback, swim, go fishing and do many .other ,things which make good picture subjects: Sb if you want good snapshot material, don't fail to consider summer,sPortS. For instance, just think of the around the beach or the old- swimming hole. They range from pictures of people sunbathing 'or having a water fight, to first rate snaps of young folks diving or. poised for' a 4plunge-as in our ii- Ittetration.' Stopping the action of summer sports is relatively simple. First inake it a habit to stand back a little way -say ten or twelve feet. -so you'll be able to keep fast moving snbjectsen focus and in the viewfinder. Second, use a . fairly high shutter speed -at least 1/100th to 1/200th second -depending upon lire rapidity of the action. Third, try to catch your subject at the t peak of action, and most of your photographic problems will disap-' pear. Catching the subject at the, peak of actionmeans snapping your shutter atkthe momept when the act iCip is literally at its best. Techni- cally. you . might say that action reaches a 1 -peak whenever it has progressed as far as it is going in' ohe direction, and then pauses for a hare instant before the return begins. • In diving, that moment would come just as the diver reaches the top of his leap, and before he be- gins to descend toward the water. In tennis, there is an action peak at the instant the racquet reaches the top of the serve, and another at the end of the follow through. Snap your pictures at moments , such as those and you'll be able to record what appears to be very sfapsotedasetion with moderate shutter . Try summer sport photography this week. It's an exciting pastime. 395 John van Guilder • ' • , . Thede oM tifes *111-1511- agaiffss-reeTaThibit• for Catiada'S war Machines. Am the tittrai 'rubber' •141461, in Quebee and orttarie gets Under Way, old ribber artistes of all descriptions are Mit:side Thrill; • •• , post-offkei. On rural routies se -ed 1* mail courier the courier collecta the old fetbbe. 3