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FORTH, Fia,d'ay, January 22
7'vo War Winters.
The winter of,1918, the last winter
of the Great War, was one of the
'Most severe that this part of Ontario
had ever experienced. In fact, it was
said at the time that the weather
records which dated back to the year
'1857, ° did not disclose a winter with
such extremes of cold and depth of
snow.
During the month of January,
1918, the snow-' on the level reached
a depth of three feet and drifts
twelve feet 'high were common. In •
the middle of the month, the morn-
ing train from Goderich was stalled
at St. Columban, and remained there
until the following Thursday, despite
the best efforts of gangs of men and
railway snowplows.
In' the first or second week of Feb-
ruary of the same year, the ther-
mometer never got above ten below
zero for 'a week, and several times
touched twenty below, the record
for the week being thirty-six.
But cold and snowwere not the.
only things the natives had to con-
tend with that winter. There was,
it is true, no rationing of food. Tea,
coffee, sugar and butter could be
bought in any store in any quanti-
ties, while gasoline, tires or rubber
did not enter into the picture twen-
ty-five years ago.
Lack of fuel, however, that winter
made indoors almost as cold as out.
For weeks at a time there , were no
deliveries' of coal by the railways.
People who had a winter's supply
divided, up with their less fortunate
citizens. When coal did get through,
it was in single car shipments, and
was doled out in quarter and: half=
ton shipments.
Wood was also almost unprocur-
able. Deep snow and blocked roads
made delivery by the farmers almost "
an impossibility, all of which creat-
ed a situation unprecedented since
the days,. of the early pioneers, and
even worse than –theirs, because
whatever those pioneers had to do
without, andthe list was a long one,
there never was a shortage of fuel
in their day.
The, winter of 1943 is not unlike
• that of 1918. In the middle of Janu-
ary we have already had more snow
than an .average ,winter brings us.
There has been steady cold • with the
thermometer well down into 'zero.
may times. '
Modern road machinery has kept
the highways and county roads clear
for the most part, but the concession
roads are fast disappearing as far as
car and truck transportation is con-
cerned, and will even -have to be
ploughed' out before the horses and
sleighs can fuxictiol'i for any distance.
This winter is also running into a
fuel shortage similar to that of 1918.
The coal situation, already acute for
some months, has become dangerous-
ly so. by the American strikes in the
anthracite mines, from which the
great bulk of Ontario user's fuel
comes from, and an embargo against
shipment across the line. The latter
may be only temporary, but before
it is lifted, real hardship in most vil-
lages', town& and cities may easily be
experienced.
It is not a nice situation to con-
template; or even write about, but
the darkest hour, they say, is just be.
lore the dawn. It was so in 1918, be-
cause that was the last winter of the
Great War, and the suffering of that
winter, while they had to be endur-
ed, and' were certainly acute enough
,at the time, were soon forgotten,
hat
.about the winter of 1943?
it be the last winter of this war?
S;sibly not! We have still much
cad: of usi, Much sacrifice, much
hteng of belts and, we fear,
. Row m that. sacs
°su rigwould : be light-
# little tt d
ni;"l�ilati
•
illy appreciate it if at were, If we
take, the bad with --the good, uucoin-
p'lainingly, it helps to lighten the
buridens. of all. Thepeople in 1918
did it, and sp can the people in 1943.
Axid, what is more, we confidently
believe they will.
•
One Way
There has been considerable news-
paper discussion in recent weeks ov-
er the question of beer parlors --
their use and abuse, and who is re-
sponsible for the present condition
under which some are said' to oper-
ate.
There is no doubt whatever, that
the licensing of women's beverage
rooms has seriously complicated the
situation as regards both the sales
and control of sales in these places,
particularly in cities and larger
towns, where an influx of war work-
ers, both men and women, have add-
ed thousands to the populations of
many of them.
It is the primary duty, of course,
of the owners of the hotels and the
holders of the licenses, to see that
'the business is properly run and run
in accordance with government rules
and regulations. But all this is not
as easy as it sounds. Many, if not
most holders of licenses' do conscien-
tiously try to adhere strictly to' the
rules, while others feel that as long
as the Government leaves them
alone, that their way of doing busi-
-ness is good'enough.
But it isn't. Atleast there is a
very general concensus of public
opinion to that _effect, and that part
of public opinion believes that the
abuses lie equally at the door of the
Government and the hotelkeepers.
The claim of the Government, how-
ever, is that all license premises are
under careful inspection and where
flagrant infraction of hours; sales
and conduct are found, the license is
cancelled or suspended.
That may be true. In fact many
hotel proprietors have lost or have
had . their licenses suspended, but
that 'rarely changes or improves the
situation. One owner merely steps
out and another, who may.be, no bet-
ter or even as good, takes his place
and the same house continues in busi-
ness as before.
There isone sure way,,, however,
that the Government could remedy
and vastly improve the whole situa-
tion. Every holder of a license
should be compelled to own the prem-
ises to which that license is granted.
As long as the premises are "conduct-.
ed to the satisfaction of the Govern-
ment, that -premises will remain lic-
ensed. _
But, if the business is conducted
in such a manner -as to meet the cen-
' sure of the Government, to the ex-
tent of cancelling the license, that
license should be . taken ' from the
premises. as well as the owner.
Under such a government law,
there are few, in any, hotel proprie-
tors who would take any liberties
with the license laws, knowing that
if. once lost, a license would never
again be granted to that particular
premises.
Women and Secrets
Over the course of a thousand
years and more, the'- statement that
"No ,woman can keep a secret," has
been repeated so many, many times
that the world, long ago, came to
look upon it as a fact.
Apparently, however that is • a
libelon women. Some British wo-
men that is. 'And here is.the proof:
Last week 'Sir Robert Watson -
Watt, the inventor, disclosed the fact
that more than a thousand women
have kept quiet for years about one
of Britain's most vital secrets -radio
location.
More than ten years , ago there
were three stenographers ,on the in-
ventor's •sitaff, who were in the know
when he started his experiments, and
gradually he let more and . more • in
on the work until, shortly before the
war, more than one thousand knew
the details.
"I have never known any to reveal
the secret," he said, "or even to give
the slightest indication there is a
- secret to reveal,"
Perhaps the latter part of that last
sentence had som'ething'to do with it.
Perhaps : • ' those . thousand women
tiret how itzwas a. seerrt, or,. is
we say, it just apt) les to swine &it
sh women,
Intere picked. frees
The gxpqai ,-9t fifty wad
twenty i4v00, ago° - 1
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From The ';HOrpn Exposltro
JanLta Y, 25, 1918
r. c
;Mr. George$;iia of Chiselhurst, has
disposed of 14,41P, farm to Mr. Geo.
Fairbarn, who.,¶Ilt take posse$sion in
the spring.
Mr. Thos PugGeli has been appoint-
ed assessor of Aclillop, as successor
to Mr. James F, ,.vans, who filled the
position so creditably for so many
years.
Capt. Gordon Gunn is spending a
few days with friends in town having
just returned from France.
Miss Muriel Willis left this week
for Detroit, where she, will attend the
School oI Fine Arts in that city.
Snowshaeing is one of the sports
which some of the young people are
enjoying now.
The Messrs. Dickson, of Walton,
who sold their fine farm, a short time
ago, have purchased 'a home 111 Blyth.
Messrs. George and Thomas Bar-
rows and Mrs. Harry Jackson, Wal-
ton, are home from the West. They
accompanied 'the remains of their bro-
ther, William, who was buried on Sat-
urday.
On Sunday last Hensall and district
experienced the worst blizzard,, it is
said, in 50 years, and the roads in all
directions are completely tied up.
• The Doherty Pian Co., Clinton, clos-
ed down their factory the first three
days of the week to allow their men
an opportunity ;to• go out- and assist
to shovel out the G.T.R, tracks. The
drifts were so closely packed that
the railway snowplow could make no
headway through them and they had
to be shovelled: out by hand
Wheat was selling on the Seaforth
market this week at $2.10 per bushel;
ats, 80c; barley, $1.25; eggs, 46s; but-
ter, 38c; margarine, 37c; hogs, $17
pec cwt.
No coal has been received. in Sea -
forth for nearly a' month, and house-
holders, who .laid in their usual sup-
ply to last them over the winte^, have
almost in every case, divided up their
supplies with their less fortunate
neighbors until. the surplus has been
exhausted. It is said that there is lit-
tle likelihood of the situation' improv-
ing for some time to come.
The public school, with 'the excep-
tion of the two senior rooms, was
closed this week owing to the lackof
fuel. Th,e„,;churches are holding serv-
ices in the schoolrooms for the same
reason.
Canadian hand-picked beans are sell-
ing on the Hensall market ..at from $8
to $8c2 per bushel.
. In Seaforth, on. Jan. 18th, at the res-
idence of the bride's grandmother,
Mrs. Simon McKenzie, by" Dr. F. H.
Larkin, Mr. Arthur E. Nicholson, of
Tuckersmith, to Miss Catherine Mc-
Kenzie McBurney, of Seaforth.
I0
Qws
('BAY Marry „�_io
Isn't it" strange the way the world
changes? • ou can just take the case
of pur own township here. • A few
years 'ago everybody made their own
bread and churned their own cream
to make butter. It was so handy to
Now you can just take a look
around the township. The bread
trucks are 'still running on a sketchy
sort of schedule. . kbits are thinking
in terms of baking their own bread.
Even the newly -weal who lives down
have the trucks calling at the gate on •the Second Concession:, has been.
and. it got so that a fellow had to into the village buying .flour and ask -
tell a lie' to get a reasonable excuse ing people for instructions as to ito!
to go into •town. You know they ev-'she can bake bread. You never kn
en had a fellow who came out here' -when the bake wagons are going to
and chopped the grist in the various 'stop running.
. I just wish you could . see our
church shed on Sundays now. There's
two horses for every car. The older
folks like Gus Sondvich who never
did bother to get' a car, feel a lot bet-
ter now., For years Gus has been tell-
ing us that the automobile is only a
passing fancy. 1 know he's going to
say' the same thing about private air-
planes when they come into force at
the end of the war.
Mrs. -'McGinnis bought a churn in
town the other day. Mrs. Phil had
me bring ours out of the woodshed
where it's been in sort of temporary
retirement. She's going to make but-
ter tomorrow. As a matter of .. fact,
butter • is `still being sold in the full
rationed quantity, but folks aren't
taking any chances.
A lot of people are going back to
the• older ways of living. They tell
me that the folks in the village are
turning their garages into hen -hous-
es. The banker has two hens - set
with hatching eggs. Tim Murphy is
having a chicken -house built in the
backyard. He's not going to take any
chances. He wants to be sure of hav-
ing eggs and the odd chicken to eat
in the coming year.
It seems funny, to know that many
of these ways are coming, back. They
may be a little old-fashioned, • but
they're dependable. I think we're„due
for a lot more changes before the
war's over.
different barna
It was certainly a handy way of liv-
ing. Some of the farmers in the town-
ship even sold their horses and
bought tractors and of course every-
body had to have a car. The town-
ship plowed all the roads and it seem-
ed foolish for a fellow to -keep horses
around the place eating their heads
off. v
Along name the war. At first it
didn't affect us very much. Oh, we
got all worked up about it and start-
ed telling each other how” patriotic
we were. We had meetings and we
hated the Huns and we said a lot that
didn't mean very much when you took
it all apart. , Soon the boys from the
farms 'around here started going a-
way, You started missing them at
church and at dances. Then the hir-
ed men became scarce and you could
hardly get one for love or money, We
started doing a little more thinking
,i -bout the . war and started digging
down a little deeper when the Vic-
tory Loans came along.
Then- we started to have rationing.
We started to think about food and
gasoline. We started thinking about
the people in Europe who had so lit-
tle to' eat. • We began thinking about
the war in an entirely- different way.
It started coming home to us. Some
of the people started laying in sup-
plies. The weak ones were beginning
to hoard.
•
From The Huron Expositor
January 27, 11393-
John
893John Sparrow, of Varna, has a span
of two-year-old colts that tip the
beam at .3,100 lbs.
A short time ago Mr. George Dale,
of Follett, met with a painful acci-
dent.. He was using a patent saw for
cutting logs when the teeth 'caught
and broke, some of ,.them lodging in
his leg. It is feared that blood pois-
oning had set in. • ,
Miss Grace Elliott and Mtss. 'Mag-
gie ,Sproat represented the Egmond-
ville Auxiliary Of the Women's For-
eign Mission Society at the meeting
in Goderich last week.
Mr. John McMann, Huron's horse
king, is still alive and doing business
at the old stand. During the last
month he has sold out of his stables
here 51 horses, which represented in
the neighborhood of $5,500.
Mr. Benjamin Higgins, of Bruce-
field, had the misfortune to lose . a
good horse on Monday last.
-Mr, Richard Dennie, Tuckersmith,
has sold his fine yearling bull to Mr.
David Milne of Ethel.
Mr. and Mrs.. John McLaren, Con='
stance, entertained a small company
of their friends on Tuesday evening
last, when a very enjoyable time •was
spent„
' Mr. Daniel Campbell, of Walton, one
of the popular blacksmith, has dispos-
ed of his shop to Mr. T. Clark.
Mr. John Forrest, JT.,. of Stanley,
had the misfortune to severely cut
his foot one day last week. ' .
Mr. Wm. Jarrott, of Stanley, had a
successful wood bee on Friday after-
noon last.
A, large and appreciative audience
assembled in Cardno's Hall on Mon-
day evening last, it'being the oceasion
of the Caledonian Society. In the ab-
sence of Dr. Campbell, Mr: George
Patterson occupied the chair. Mrs.
McArthur;, of Hamilton, delighted all
with her good old Scotch songs; Mr.
Jas. Pox, Seaforthite, brought down
the house with Mirth every time; Mr.
Harry Reich appeared for the first
time in Seaforth; Mr. Wm. McLeod,
Seaforth'' dancer, was present and
delighted everyone; Mr. Ballantyne,
of I3russels, contributed selections on
the bagpipes, and iVfiss Miring presid-
ed at the piano. '
Mr. John McMillan, 1VI.P., left here
on Tuesday for a trip to, Ottawa.
IAt the last meeting of Stanley co'tln-
cil the following appointments were
made: Jahn Tough; ass 'sor; John
Reid, treas 1i efc; 0, J. Stewart, Clerk;
George Raird and John ar'isotr� and
tors; J. D, Sedord,f r'fiit''eti eek•ar;tid.
I ob¢int +1 ell1ween With:: iii,,' g114ott,
mood Health Oft .!i tic : attit
poeve and • •t✓Ierlt at
Lost At, Sea
Malcolm Graham, of town, receiv-
ed word Thursday evening of the lose
of his son, .Able Seaman James Gra-
ham,. at sea. Particular were not gtv-.
en.. "Jdmfg'L was one of thre sons -
Malcolm Graham in the Canadian
Navy. He had 'been away for tvvtr
years andpreviously bad sailed the
Great Lakes. Besides the two bro-
thers, Angus and Douglas, in the -
navy, a young brother, Roderick, and
sister Helen are at home. Malcolm
Graham,. the father, is in the com-
mercial fishing business with his bro-
ther John.—Goderich Signal -Star. '•
JUST ,A SMILE OR TWO
The bookseller and his friend were
talking. about the days of depression
that are past.
"What kind of books did you find
were most affected by hard times?"
asked the friend. - -
"Pocket books, undoubtedly," „ re-
plied the bookseller.
•
"Pat," said a manager to one of
his workmen, "you must be an eirly
riser. I always find- you at work the
first thing in. the morning?'
"Ind•ade, an Oi am, sir. It's a Pam-
ily trait, Oi'm thinking?'
"Then your father was an early ris-
er, too? ,
"Me father, is it? He ros that ear-
ly that if he wentto bed a little later
he'd meet himself getting up in the
morntn'."
$45 For Chinese Relief
The children'.s concert at the Capi-
i al °Theatre, on Saturday morning was
fairly well attended, and the sum of
$'l5 was realized for Chinese relief.
1'be children who took part Id the
program deserve credit for their first
effort, and the grace and charm of
the talented young dancer, Miss Faye
Hickson, of London, captivated' the
audience. She has developed into an
artist of singular ability for one so
young and Goderich' will be glad to
have her 'back again at any time. Her
mother accompanied her to
Goderich Signal -Star.
•
Brown: "Your wife is very system-
atic, isn't she?"
Jones: "Yes, very. She works ;on
the theory that you can find what-
ever you want when you don't want
it by looking, where it wouldn't be if
you did 'want it!"
•
Small Girl: "I know now, aunties,
where the electric light comes from."
Auntie: • "Do you, dearp:,,and where
does it come from?"
Small. Girl: "It comes out of the
wall. When mamma wants a light
she just taps on one place, and out
it comes."
: Gret Britain and the United States :
RADIO ADDRESS OVER WBEN, BUFFALO
• December 9, 16, 23, 30, 1942, and January 6, 1943 •
By WILFRED BRENTON KERR
• Associate Professor of History, lJniversity of Buffalo, N.Y.
"Part I.
AMERICANS AND GREAT BRITAIN
AS 'A POLITICAL POWER
Tonight we discuss some American
impressions of British political life,
and we begin at the other end by say-
ing that Britons do not consider
American foreigners. .Legally, of
course- they are; but when the ordin-
ary Briton speaks of foreigners, he
never thinks of Americans, but only
of people who do not speak English.
Socially and practically he considers
an American to be merely another
sort of English-speaking person like
the Scotsman, Welshman or Irishman.
Politically, however; he recognizes the
full independence of the United
States. This may seem no news, as
if I were to say that six and six make
a dozen, and I repeat it only because.
some Americans are not quite sure
about their own independence, as we
shall see, I may, say that I never saw'
or head of any Briton out of the lun-
atic asylums who thought that the
United States owed any duty what,
ever to Great Britain or should assist
Great Britain in any British matter. 1
feel sure of this; that there is no
Briton out of the class of feeble-mind-
ed who thinks that the United States
sh-uld lobk to Great Britain for lead-
ership of any sort.
The term "mother country," so
freely used in reference to the domin-
ions, is almost never applied to the
relation of Britain to .the United
States and on the few occasions of
its use, .it is 'hedged about with ex-
planations toshow. that a mere ,fact
is express,eii without refereice to
present polities. Believe me, there is
no disposition to look on the United
States as anything but a totally inde-
pendent nation with its own interests
and policies like Russia or any other
considerable power. And all Britons,
with possible exceptions in straight-
jackets, declare readily that the Unit-
ed States has a, greater-industrialarid
ilnancial .power and can exert
stropoger military farce thaun their own,
t'outltryl vvhene't;er it chooses. ]VTe't,
out of the arole 6f mental 'defeotiVesi
is there anytltin.g. but good,Will ,toti"at'd
the• IY,nited 48tates,.:
NoW ()tit oriton• *t* ldsitath, thy"
iYalfleii
Mateo wax atai .,that he; Ugh
is not thought of as a foreigner, but
merely as an Englishman, Scotsman,
Welshman or Irishman. For to Amer-
icans also in ordinary speech a for-
eigner means a person who does not
sw:ak English as• his native tongue.
Everywhere our Briton goes he will.
be as welcome as he deserves and
there is no feeling at all against Eng-
lishman as such in the United States,
But let the topic of Great Britain
as a political power come up and our
visitor will get some surprises. He
will know that the members of the
present administration in the United
States and particularly President
Roosevelt, have every sympathy for
the British people; he will read quite
a few editorials in the newspapers
which are equally understanding, and
he will find a like mind among most
unversity professors. I may say that
almost all of my own students at the
university have been open-minded to-
ward Great Britain. The Office •of
War Information has been untiring in
correcting false rumors about Great
Britain,. and in brief the responsible
elements in the United Statesare
reasonable in their, attitude. Our vis-
itor will see also that the average
American has too much to do to con-
cern himself with British affairs,
which is as it should be.
But here is our difficulty tonight;
our visitor will not go far before he
Meets evidence of rather loud minori-
ties to whom his,country,' called in-
variably England, is different in no
good way from other countries of the
world. Before Pearl Harbor he would
have fotniid this particular opinion at
its loudest among the isolationists, in.
one Chipago paper and expressed on
the platform by two or three senators
of the America -first group, They said
that the visit of the King and Queen
to Washington in 1939 was a trick to
recapture the United States for the
British Empire; alti gligh if the royal
pair had not come to Washington the
same„ -people ' vonld have complained
to:heav
err of the
snobbery. V(Thea
War
broke out in 1989 the isolationists
cried,, "why shotild the limited' States
41e40 in th,glish tears? Is the United.
Sl i,* a British .bernindon? Let God
tf y0 t)le: dila the • Yalta 'aren't OM,
(doildiuot b- on ;Page g
town.—
, M. C. C. 1 Party
The Menesetung Canoe Club held'
its first "mixed" 500 of the present
season at the club rooms on Tuesday, ",
when members and' their ladies had:
an enjoyable evening. The winners,
at cards were Mrs. G. Mathieson, Mrs.
G. G. MacEwen, Mr. James Donald
s'on and Mr. James' MacVicar. At the-
conclusion
heconclusion lunch was seri ed.—Gode-
rich Signal -Star.
Improving After Illness, -
After twenty-three weeks in bed at
his home following a heart attack, Joe
Kerr is now able to be about the
Louse. Joe's friends are hoping to
see him about as usual soon,- -Wing-
ham .Advance -Times.
Wingham Lad Now Navigator
W. C. Scott, of Liston el, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Jim Scott, for+:,er r. silIeats
of Wingham, graduated from the J.C.
Al'.,School ,in Navigation at St.
Johns, Qup.. Another district boy for
graduate last week was Sergeant A-
C. McKayg of Brussels, who received'
h 'observer's wings at R.C.A.F.
School at Ancienne Lorette, Quebec.—
Wingham Advance -Times.
Had Pei'fi3ci'Attendance •
Four adults and three juniors wilil
re rewarded next ,Sunday at the
Evangelical Sunday school service,.
for faithful attendance during 1942.
They are' Mrs. Herb Neeb and her
two children, Leonard Erb, Leonard:
Mei ner, Josiah Geiger, while Lois;
Hay is theother junior. These mem-
bers had perfect attendance in.. the
year 1942.—Zurich Herald.
Fiftieth Wedding Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Craw ford, , of the
13th concession of Hullett, celebrat-
ed their fiftieth wedding anniversary
on Monday, January 18.—Blyth Stand-
ard.
Clerk Entertains Council To Danner^
•
A pleasing feature* of the Hullett
township council's January' 'meeting,
held at Londesboro on Monday after-
noon, was the' entertaining by Clerk
James W. and 'ifrs. McCool, of the.
members, to a, lovely goose dinner,
served .at the McCool .home, This has
almost got to the point of an annual
affair, which we have no doubt the
members of the council look forward
to with anticipation, as v' ] as ap-
preciation.—Blyth Standard.
„Hold Wings Parade
_ A wings parade was h«l.l Friday,
January 15th, at two o'clock p.m. at
N9. 9, S.F.T.S. The public was in-
vited and those coming: -.by ear drove •
into the airport where pari;ing space
had been provided l on the' parade
ground,—Exeter, Times Advocate. -
Brother Passes
Mr. Frank Taylor received ward
Monday of the death of his eldest
brother, William Taylor, Saginaw,
Michigan, who died in his 891h year
efter an illness of over a 'year. The
deceased was a native of Creddton.
He is survived by his widow, two
sisters and two _brothers, Mrs. A.
Elilott, of Los" Angeles, Cal.; Mrs.
Charles Holtzman, of Pontiac; Jack
Taylor, of Detroit,- and Frank, of
Exeter. Thefuneral Was held Wed-
nesday afternoon.—Exeter Times -Ad-
vocate.
Trampled By Horse, Farmer Dies
Terribly trampled Saturday by an
infuriated horse on a West Wawan-
osh farm, William Kinahan, age 65,
died MtSnday in Goderich hospital
where he had been rushed for treat-
ment after lying -for some time hi the
stall of •thie-maddetted, animal. The
accident occurred in Mr. Kinahan's
barn at his home on the 4th coffees -
Blot. Mr. Kinahan was alone in the
barn. His don, `Wilfrid, found hila
later lying in the barn with 'severe
wounds. The snail was badlysmash-
ed by the 'plunging of the crazed and -
mal. MVlr. Kinahan Is survived by
four daughters and. two sons, ItIrac
tdno, $anr,, Detroit; Mrs. Thea, o'M i.
ley, West Iltrawalt h; 11t s. S. 'pays'* .
(W6irtlfInted ort Pitge 2),
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