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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1943-05-14, Page 1t'lf•:t.t• ealeaaneneeeenterea ... s.Attnto 4 IllitghtydoWith Yea! Whole NuMber 3935 • 4, at, t Ast•.,,..0 tt • A 144...,1044141.••••.1••• ' • • , • g .10 TORRENTIAL RAIN CAUSES FLOOD:Al TOWN -AND DISTRICT Streets, Cellars', Gardens and Farm Lands Are Submerged. WILL DELAY SEEDING It May not have been a cloudburst that struck Seaforth and vicinity ou Tuesday, but it had the.effect of caus- ,. Mg the wort. flood the. town hag ex- perienced in many years. Rain started to fall in • the early hours of Tuesday morning and con- tinued until evening. At times. both morning and afternoon, the rain fell in sheets and. by middle afternoon cellars and low lying lands were cov- ered with water. East of town on No. R Highway, the water was running inches [IV el) over the pavement at the old alas mill, •and all the land back to tee. Col- egate Institute was under water. The .entire Lions Parkawas a minia- ture lake with sI e _inches of watet. running through the large pavilion, and the fields west and -South were also flooded, The creek running throughthe golf club grounds, across the road, as ,swollen to a good sized river and overflowed the banks for a considerable distanpe. - South of the railway track from the Bell Engine Works to the flax mill, was one broad lake, and across the road from the old recreation grounds for three streets west, was another even larger lake. North of the highway, at the.wett- een end of the4town, all the fields at the town's outskirts were flooded many 'feet deep, and the flood ex- tended Poi over a mile and a quartef •over farm lands through which ,' the Lawrence drain pasees. In the town itself, sewers were en- tirely inadequateto carry away the great volume of water, which conse- eaently backed up and, flooded many +cellars, and at sevetal'Points on God- orieleStreet Weat, the water was run- idz' Bygyr rilai'"i7Zt ir d Silheideir end the water quieltly ditaPpeared, brit while .it lasted it was about Sea - ]f% greatest experience of a good. Other .towns in the district also 'ex- Rerienced similar, and in some cases, even worse flood damage. CHINESE RELY ENTERTAINMENT Tag Days, May 15th; En- tertainment and' Picture Show, May 20th. •• -The Seaforth and lalstilpt War Vic- /Inas Committee has made arrange- ments with the , management of the Regent Theatre, Seaforth; to hold a, aPecial show on Thursday', May 20th. Ilirst show commences at 7.30 sharp. Through the Courtesy of the theatre management; they have sewed a special picture for this, night only, at the regular price, of admission. Our gave •Chinese Ally has been putting up a brilliant fight in the face of unrch superior odds. Help those wile are helping• win this' war for us, ' For anyone wishing to make, af fur- ther contribution to this worthy cause, a box will be placed at the ticket window in the Regent Theatre that night. for your convenience. The War Victims Committee wish to report that the following further donations have been received fot this cause: • Chinese Relief—Walton Red Cross, $15.00; Father Hussey, $5.00; Helen Fennell, ,$5.00; Kenneth • McLean, Monkton, $5.00; Northside United Church $63,60. Russian Relief—Seaforth Women's •Institute, $18:40. • RED CROSS NOTES The executive of the laid Cross So- ciety. has been warmly praised by Wm Fuller Mi 'the success of _the Bleed DonorClinib of May 7th. The onecese was not test due to the ex -4 +eentAve, but to the part each group played—donors, .doetont, varies, sec+. rotaries, those whet: istereed refresh - merits, those who eel' up eote, etc. group alone could thare .made the: eSlitile, but through the tooperation Eto Many- it wmi Veryeeensfel: fittki to all 'gretitiA • iutd indfildnal• who iodated, the exec*ti,ve Wishes to vscpress sincero Wake.' .4 Council Adopts Finance Recommenda.tion-To Invest $12,000 in Bonds • • • • • • Pigs, Pigs are Just ordinarily pigs, ex- cept that when you talk about them tiles; days you are talking money too. But when they start producing them with six feet in- stead of four, that is, real news. There was one of the new breed. on exhipitiori in Chriitie's Meat Market this week. It had four feet in front, and the usual two behind, the four front feet being perfectly formed and about the size of- a calf's foot, which they somewhat resembled, This breed originated on the farm of Mr. Ed. Boyce in Tuckersmith. STOR,F „MING H�JRS ARRANGED . .Schedule Agreed Upon At i Chamber of Commerce General Meeting. . . There was a full represeqtation of the business men at the general meet- ing of the Chamber of Commerce held in the Town Hall on Frklai evening last. Several important matters pertain- ing to town welfare, including a pro- posed new induetry, were under dis- cussion and were finally left in the hands ofthe Industrial Committee of the Chamber to investigate and report upon. Possibly the main subject of inter- est was the closing hours of business, places ,.ori Main Street during th� summer months, • After a very general discussion in which every class of business was re- presented, • a-:,,sehednle,..af ;hours wan , lgarn114 and ac1qped On' inetion by 'anairdest unanimous vote. 'the schedule: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday' and Friday, the store closing hour will be 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 12.30 p.m.; Sat- urday "ev,ening,, 11 p.m. during t months of June, July, August and Sep- tember. ' It was also decided by .unanimous vote to hold the- Wednesday. after. noon half -holiday the year reund, witb the exception of the month of De- cember. • China. Relief Tag Day Tag day' in Seaforth in aid of the Chinese' Relief Fund will be held on Saturday, May 15th. The purchasing power of the.Cana- dian dollar in Cbina is tremendous. _To appreciate what your gifts through the Chinese War Relief Fund will make possible. consider the value of Canadian money in meeting ,China's basic needs: Five hundred dollars will endow 20 hospital beds for a year; $300.00 will' provide 5.0,00 days labor for a work - relief preject; $100 will provide em- ergency treatment for 1e0 air raid ' victims; $50 will equip a field clinic; $25 will train a worker for active ser- vice; $20 will keep one refuge alive, for one year; $10 will provide clinical care for i00 refugess. China needs and deserves our sup - ort. • • Confirmation at StJames'Church On Monday evening at St. Jamee', Church, Most Rev. John T. Kidd,. L.L.D., I3ishop of London, administer- ed the Sacrament of Confirmation to a class of fifteen boys, thirteen girls and twd adults. Beginnirig at 7.30, a. procession, con - sifting of altar boys, candidates, cler- gy •and Bishop Kidd, Proceeded from the Rectory to the Church. As they entered the Church the choir sang "Vivat Pastor Bonus." Bishop Kidd then questionedthe candidates on the fundamental truth a of their re- ligion, and also explained different articles. of faith, .besides admonishing them to live up to their obligations to be sifting and earnest Christians. He also ,asked the children to stand. and make a ‘solemn pledge to abstain from intoxicating liquor until they reach the age of twenty-one years, un-: less It be prescribed by a medical doctor. • The candidates were then confirm- ed, the Bishop being assisted by his secretary Rein J. C. Kelly, Chancel- lor of the Dlocest, and by Rev. Dr. Ffonlkes, Rev, Pr, Odronrski, St. Columba:Xi; Rev. 'Fr. htenenald, of Clinton, and by thb Pitetor, Rev. Fr. The service% elos.ect With Solemn Benediction of the Most fl1sed Sac- • , ri .fttate 1.4.0,1j1;;iiit;n:iA • Will Contact Government Regarding Establishment Of Landing Field At Sea - forth. SUPPLY LOT FOR SCOUT GARDEN •• The regular meeting of thetSeaforth council was held in the council chain ber, Town Hall, on Monday evening with. Mayor J. J. Cluff in the chair, and'Reeve M. A. Reid. and Councillors J. E. Keating, IL E. Smith, C.Holmes, R. G. Parke, F. S. Sills and J. C. Mac- Kenzie present. - Communications were read ' -from the Association of Assessing' Officers asking -the town become a member or the association. No action was A Letter from the Ontario CrON4qT,• ment asking thai every assistauee t0:. farmers be -organized in the collimate ity to increase production_ bet a a committee of the Lions Club, varisist- ina of H. 'G. Meir, John Belittle o!Ifi C. Pt. Smith, had al re adY been rorm- ed to organize town help for the dis- trict farmers and had attended the recent meeting of the Federation -of Agriculture in Clinton, when •thPslt 'nation was canvassed, the council de. tided to co-operate with the Lions commi•ttee. A letter from, Ottawa giving the de- tails of the subsidy paid farmers and wood dealers and asking that 'every municipality make provision for local needs, was read, and it was suggest- ed that Council buy wood beside the amount that would be secured from culling the trees on the town streets. The question of an emergency land- ing field near Seaforth received gen- eral discussion, and it; was pointed out that owing .to the ,fact this dis- trict was a low flying area for coun- ty and other flying school, and that a number of planes had made forced landings or crashed in thiS immedi- ate vicinity during' -recent months, causing several fatalities and great monetary loss; the need for such a landing field was imperative. For that reason the council decided to contact the ,Ooviriament .?,throligh..„ the local 144411beriWo;tItnr0 .1VPage glYfe.P5;1117Ing Cn.inn RED CUM S 102 DONORSO FRIDAY Youngest Donor 16, .and Oldest, Who Was Giving SecondDpnation, 68,, NORTHSIDE CHURCH A SucCessful Red -Cross Blood Don ors Clinic was held in Seaforth on Friday morning last, when 102 volun- teers were received. - The clinic was under the very kind and capable supervision of Mrs. S. J. Cooper, nurse-techaielani. Doctor assisting were Di', F. J. Burrows, Dr, D. Y. Steer, Dr.'J. A. Gorwill, Dr: M. W. Stapleton and Dr. E. A. McMaster. • Nurses assisting Were Mr.A, Harold Jackon, .Mrs. J: M. viemulan, Mrs. Frauk Kling, Mrs. J. C. tirtch, Mrs. P. S. l3rugger, Mrs. j, M. Scott, Mrs. Earle Bell, Miss '0I.pFe.,Lalcilzpv,, Miss liorethy Parke, Miss .L'Ila Rouiston, Miss Thamer, Misa 'Ni. Wilson, • Mrs. V,', X, Thompson and Mise Lola Has- t ie. Thdse assisting in the' lunch roone. were: Mrs. F. J. Bechely, Mrs. C. P. Sills, Mrs. H. R. Scott, Mrs. James .Barron, Mies Jean; McLean and Mrs, Wm. Hay. BecePtionists were: , Mrs. E.. H. , Close and Miss Mary Hays; clerical Secretary, Mrs. Reg. Kerslake; assist- ants, Mrs. E. A. McMaster and Mrs. F. W Wigg. •' , . Those who ,gave their Second dona- tion were: Gordon Blanchard, Hiram Blanchard, James Carlin, John C. Crich, Beverley Clieistie, Gordon. Campbell, Ernest Chipchase, • Douglas Ennis, Ken Ferg, Worden Haney, Geo. Hess, Nelson Howe, Silas Johnson, Donald Joynt, Reginald Kerslake, Arnold Lamont, Thomas Leeming, R. IT. Middleton, Harvey ,nicOlure, Geo. Munroe, Ralph ,McFadlin-, jas. Neil - ane, Edward Oliver, rdon Papple, W_m. Papple, Clarence:fteith, .Charles Riley, Wilfred Shortreed, Sam Scott, H. E. Smith, Ross •Sttiauge; Helmer Snell, Peter SitansativAvin Tinivar- (Continued on Page 5) ield Day. an For Farmers at SeE Lions Park on June • John Bracken, Conservative • • • • • Leader, and Harry Nixon, Provincial Liberal Lead- Banks er, Will Be,. Speakers. UNDER FEDERATION OF AGRICULTURE Mr. W. 1. Whyte, •Seaferth, let nice - president of the Huron Federation of Agriculture, on behalf of .the execu- tive,' announces the First Annual Field Day and Picnic. fo be held at the Lions Park, Seaforth, on Monday, Janie 7th. The :Irian speaker will be Mr. John Bracken, Ottawa, former Premier of Mauitoba. It is also e.•,- pected that Mr, Harry Nixon, of Brant County, will be present. The fluid day and picnic will be as1 follows: 11 ant, snorts for young ,m oTTIFRIS and old;. 12.30 noon, picnic lunch; • e- t",-••1 La0, speakers; 3 p.m., Educationati displays featuring dried eggs for Bri-I tain, export bacon, soil testing, labor- saving machines and methods, etc. Committees have been appointed to look after the details as follows:— General chairman,- W. L. Whyte, Sea - forth; vice-chairman, 'Harry Sturdy, Auburn; • sub -committee chairmen : Program, Hugh Hill, Goderich; sports, Robt. Archibald, Seaforth; lucky num- ber draw, Dick Jacob, Clinton; park- ing, Russell Bolton, Seaforth; educa- tional displays, Ross McGregor, Sea - forth; publicity, Jas. M. Scott, Sea - forth; Membership booth, W. J. Dale, Clinton.; lunch and refreshments, Robt. McMillan, Seaforth; labor-sav- ing machines, Gordon McGavin, Wal- ton; reception, W. H. Golding, M.P., Seaforth; L. E. Cardiff,, M.P., Brus- sels; Jas. Ballantine, M.L.A., Hen - sail; Warden Benson. Tuckey Exe- tete. Mayor 3, JL Cleft, Seaforth; Reeve Merton A. Reid, Seaforth; Dr. E. A. McMaster, Seaforth; A. W. Mor- gan, Hannan r Fred Watson, Bayfield. The" field day and pienic,iwin give, the fainters: of_ Huron • einuiXOP.:. portunity to meet and -hear two of • :TVirt°,1:njeDlolaerP:ibfArcli'-4 MONDAY V Branches of Banks and .Trust Companies will stay open on Sat- urday p.m. to take - late sub- scriptions to the Victory Loan. Up to the close of business Wed- nesclan evening the total lean sub- scription for Canada stood at 6959,707,800. This is $187,426,500 ahead at the same stage of the last loan, but is still short of 1,100,000,000, the objective for the Fourth Victory Loan. TWA calls for renewed effort'to put the loan over the top, especially, by cal - ears subscribing -through the gen- eral canvass. • 0 0 BUY MO E ICTORY IN Our Fighting Men Are Offering Their Lives Surely We Can Lend Our Money Hullet, McKillop, Seaforth, Tuckersmith HAVE YOU GONE THE LIMIT? DON'T LET IT (BE Too Little—Too Ldte 4Ai 'Llnititiggektt'N' Buy Another NOW ttt a AT FIRST CHURCH Certificates Are Awarded ; Six Receive Sacrament Of Baptism. First Presbyterian Church Sunday school met with the congregation on Sataday morning last to celebrate Mother's Day. Rev. Hugh Jack pre- sented seals and certificates to the following pupils for memory work And repeating the catechism: Gilbert Hubert, Doris Stevens, Ronald_ Suth- erland, Marie Jack, Margaret Stev- ens;, Jean Ballantyne, Frances Jack, Sue Nixon, 'Leona Stevens, Peggy lis, Bernice Dolmage, Elaine Rolnaes, Barbara Wright and Doris Pullman. At this service the Sacrament of Baptism was' held,: and the folliiiiaing babies were baptized: Ruth Anne, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Russell Harvey Thomas and Gordon alowardatons ,of Mr. and Mrs4 WW - Dale; -Beverlei Albertison of 'Mr. and Mrs. Elgin Nott; John Douglas, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Jamie- son; Robert Glenn, 'son of Mr. and Mrs. Claire Rbith. Special music was furnished by the choir when an anthem was sung with Mrs. Frank Ming as soloist, and a male querteite•by Messrs. James T. Scott, .Louis Hem'berger, M. R. Ren- nie and D. L. Reid. At the evening service the male ce,aaetette sang, "Lord, 'I'm Coming Home." The Seaforth LIOni 0:411'70• -"given• • an ineight into the 1ixigd 0,t4e Wartime Priees and :Trade 4eardsat their meeting Monday night in - Commercial Hotel, when ithey Were' addressed by two regional officiate :et the Board, Clifford C. Huta, superin: tendent of local efficee, and Gordon. Daigliegh, regional foode ()Meer.; , . Mr. Hunt, who vvaa' introduced :1/5, Frank Kling, seld the Western On- •,' tado territory .covered fifteen ties, from Owen Sound to Lake Erie,. • West to Windsor. He outlined the dn.- ties of the local representatives and " said they were at all times ready to giV66 helpful advice in connection with •:. board orders and rUliegs• Mr. Dalgliesh gave ape alc reascins -' for many of theBoard orders ou foe* He said food w'as the hardest of all 'commodities to control because. many were seasonal and ,many others im- ported. .1 -le ateld of the new beef • charts and prices in effect M. Londoia 13rantford, and the Counties of Essex and Kent and Lamlaton. Mr, Dalgliesh :outlined the new reg- ulations on seed and table potatoe�. and of the benefit to consumers re- sulting from new food container?, in- troduced by,,a, number of manufactur- ers: • Rebekahs 1-I91c1' Special Meeting The'members of Edelweiss RebOnith Lodge, No. 117, held a aPenial- meet- ing last Thursday night for the pew pese-of entertaining the president of the Rebekah Assembly of Ontaidoe MA Nora Bruno, of Rolihveo:.•_83:or the. n.ap., Mrs. Lucy Shore. Cit ed& erich. At the same meeting +„ entertained thetod7ge, No: 8Th - ZIJ*031# vary benefidial :and inspiring to 4111111, members. During the evening Mimi Jeatia$colit - Presented the president, Mrs. Bruniar. and Mrs. Edgar, of Brussels, present- ed the D.D.P., Mrs. Shore, with love- ly gifts from both lodges. At the' close of the meeting the member, enjoyed a social hour of bingo. Nadi a delicious lunch served by Xrip. IL* Hillebrecht and Jier committee. • - .. , "You want your hair parted eicase; ly in the. centre, Sir?" , "That's what I said, didn't I?"„ Public I4ibrazik You have fill ne." ll "Then I'have to pu'one 004. Min New Books at The following nett books have been. received at the Seaforth Public Lib- rary: Fiction—Mrs. Minniver, Struther; Mr. Skeffington, Elizabeth; Season's Greetings, Lewis; The Trees, Rich- ter; Marian ,Olive, Banitia; Hill of Deves, Dloete; Washington, U.S.A., Baldwin; Crooked Adam, Stevenson; ,The Day Must Dawn, Turnbull; Cas- ale on the Hill, Geudge; No Surren- der, • Albrand; Dr. Kildare's Search, Brand; Wide is the Gate, Sinclair; Cousin, William, ' Lutes; For My Great Folly, Costlain; Blackart in Gretley, PriestleY; Song of Berna- dette, 'Werfel; An. Apple For Eve, Norris; Turning Leaves, Proctor; I Live Again, Deeping; I Valley of the Night, rarriol; Marling Hall, Thirkell; Man Miss Susie Loved, Tucker; Time of Peadea Willia.ms; Frontier Pass- age, Bridge; 'Black Angel, Woolwich; Reprisal, Vance; Chinese Red, Burke; District Nurse, Baldwin; Uncharter- ed Seas, Loring; '•Mrs. Parkington, Bromfield. Non-Fiction—Suez To Singapore. Brown ; The Amazing Amason, Brown; Treasury of British 'Humour. Bishop; Litten Hans, ' Thompson; DI's Rehearsal, Reynolds; Our Hearts Were Young and Gay. Skin- ner; I Saw Two Englands, Morton; We Took to the •Woods, Rich; South of the Congo, James; White Man'a Folly; Fighting Planes of the World, Get Tbee Behind Me, Spence. .Tuvenile—Bhbar and 2,ephir, Brun- hoff; Babar and His Children, Brun- hoff; Barbara Benton Editor, Olds; Jane of Lantern' Hill, Montgomery; When -Canada Was New France, Loucke. Canada's outstanding figures, as well as giving the farmer's familyi an out- ing before the' busy lia3r4, season. Town people and residentof neigh- boring counties are also invited to attend__ • Training School Is Success About, forty. peCiple attended the Training School in Seaforth week, and,. many were loud in tleads4 praises of the ins,trUptioe: reeeived., A request was presented to the in- structors to held another school soon, or, at least, to continue the Biblical teaching from time to time. Interim certificates were presen,ted to Miss Ethel Storey and. Mrs, W.' J. Thompson, who each took honors in the course, "Teaching Older Boyd and Girls." The school was financed by the of- ferings at the special services dur- ing Passion Week. The following le the financial statement: Receipts Offerings in the Anglican Church $ 2.87 Salvation Army Hall 4.05 United Church 9.44 Egmondville United Church 4.351 First Presbyteriah Church8.55 Sale of books 8.35 Expenses Booka for 8011001 $ 11.80. Other expenses of sclO91 ,144 Sent to Orphan Missions 23.17 487.61. Car Choice P oc a • He: "They Say then.alinsages eon- JUSt %timed by the army eadh Week would- reach three theta etound the world," to lot a *movie , She: "path yen betiene it. %at ' • 44: 4!