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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1943-08-06, Page 2• ',*,"••• • 44, k. -1P45.14 3(Kk AllerhairMerka; Mot'. P4ed at Se' 4;014 Ontario, ev- =day' afternoon by McLean seription rates, $1.50 a year in vanc, foreign $4.50 a year. Single les, 4 cents each. ••••1,14,. 1.05016.11••••111 'Advertising rates on application. AFORTI-1, Fricfay, August 6, 1943 A Shrewd Answer The ory is told of Andrew Car- megie that when:a certain congrega- tion in a Western city found them- Aelvel$ in need of an organ for thetr, new church, and hearing. that An- drem Carnegie might assist them in the enterprise, sent a committee to solicit the great inan!aid. They talked to Mr. Carnegie's secretary. "We "believe," exTdained t h e spokesman, "that four thousand dol- lars would buy the necessary organ." "It is Mr. Carnegie's practise to require the churches to which he presents organs to raise apart of the money," replied the secretary. "Raise two thousand dollars and we will see what an be done." The congregation quickly collect- ed .the two thousand dollars, and re- ported to bin Carnegie's representa- "Mr. Carnegie,"said -the secretary; "is of the opinion that two thousand dollars is enough for your organ. Expend that sum wisely and you lag have a fine instrument." That , was a shrewd answer given • by a very shred m'an. If our gov- ernments Would only practise some of that shrewdness, our present and • future taxes would not be the almost unbearable burdens they are today. For instance, Rev. A. M. Nichol- C.C.F. Member of Parliament • for Mackenzie, who spoke' at consid- erable length in Seaforth' just a week ago, has to his record on the pages •led! Hansard sOnale few demands he • '• pa& 'oh' behalf of- his pary on Vie Domixdon Government Like the committee of churchxrien from the Western city, Mr. Nichol - on does not hesitate to ask and does not suffer from any Modesty when making his requirements known. All liewants the Government to do is to provide $900 a year to every old age pensioner over 65 years of age; $300 per year for children under the • Mothers' Allowance; $100 for every baby; $100 • for every pupil enrolled in ordinary and technical schmds • $500 per year for every University • student, and a lot of other things . that would cost Canada $1,246,000,- 000. The CX.F. •party •is full of Mr. Nicholsons and unfortunately there are too many of the same stamp in • the other political parties when it comes to making foolish promises • with the ' taxpayers' money. Conse- quently, - we would suggest to the Dominion Government. -4n fact all goveriunents—that they follow the line of Andrew Carnegie, and say to all such- people : "Raise 'half the amount yourselves; put of your own pockets, and then we will see what can be done." Water For Armies The question of a water supply is one that few people in Canada ever have to think about, and the same applies to European and some other • countries as well. • But in Sicily and North Africa and many- other places where our Al- lied Armies are, now fighting, a wa- ter suppls LaS necessary to fighting en as any other . equipment, and, •Ater IS very, very scarce in soMe icily there Was not enough wa- 1er at St to supply the civilian ppp- •ation,- not to mention the addition -) so transport planes 0 car 04 the wounded. ieaded Mdth water cans. In rthi iotidit1ons were very • eareity,. theplait Al., {5, I17.7,I7.77r7 ge0logists have found water in hun- dreds of seemingly unthinkalole plac- es. -These places are, of course, a military secret, but in Afriea and the Near East the, geelogists, have pro- duced results that seem like- miracles to the parched men of the armed forces. When the invasion of North Africa took place, these meii went ashore with the first landing troops, and as. the troops set up their machine guns they went into action with drills and pumps. All troops, of course, are supplied with purifying tablets that make any water fit to drink, but the first and all important problem is to get the water. And the geologists are get- ting it fit for drinking in gravel near streams, in volcanic cinder coves and formations, which can be located from the air, and are even making it gush from rocks. 40 Prisoners Of War How many prisoners of war there are in Canadian interment camps has never, as far as we can learn, been disclosed, but the United States army authorities seem to be a little legs secretive on this subject. • Last week Washington disclosed that Axis prisoners are Arriving, in that country in a huge tide, with 65,058 now in -camps and thousands more .expected. To date there are 45,355 German prisoners, 19,641 Italian and exactly 62 Japanese pris- oners in .American prison camps. The Japs are tough; they don't sur- render. All of these, camps are sit- uated in the heart of the country, in order to make escape more difficult. On account of Geneva Convention regulations, the American ,War De- partment is making no effort to try and rid these prisoners of their Nazi or Fascist beliefs, or teach ideals of democracy. In Russia, however, it is different. In that country the war authorities. immecnately try to disin- fect its Nazi prisoners by means of, voluntary lectures given by officers who speak German. • Recent reports indicate that while the Russ* lectures may at first be attended 'by very few German pris- oners, interest soon grows until a majority will attend. • Discussion groups are encouraged and privates and officers are ofteh housed in se15- arate camps so as to separate the ordinary soldier fromofficers who believe in super loyalty to Hitler and the Nazi machine. In America, Axis camp prisoners keep their bodies active, if not their minds, by any number of work op- portunities. Many of :these prison- ers were former farmers, and they are used to gather crops and are paid standard war prisoner rates. Others who are skilled in carpentry, stone masonry and house painting are em- ployed in these pursuits. Still others are put to work building roads and working on dams and irrigation work. All prisoners are allowed radios, 'but no short wave sets, and some books. They may, and many do, pick • up ideas from reading newspapers • which' are army approved, but the camp authorities claim that while a prisoner's viewpoint may be chang- ed by what he sees in America, there is no suggestion of compulsion in or- • der to make over the prisoner and his way of thinking. WHAT OTHER PAPERS SAY: Potatoes Not So Snooty (Montreal Gazette) In New York where potatoeS were retailing for five cents. apiece a few weeks ago and which thea practically disappeared from the retailers' bins, there is now a threatened glut,. thanki, to arrivals of carload lots from the southern. States. Just as the Victory gardener is in, the Empire state Were about to dig the little fellows in their infancy from the ground comes the advice from the Food Distribution Administration to let the sleeping tubers lie and buy the imports inetead. From falnine to -feast in the twinkling of an eye. In 'Montreal and. otker Canadian titles the pot- ato has been the most bashful guest -at the table for a month and more—Many households 'did Without them perforce, while others who had 'a pill as Steady eUstetners With the ,Initeher and grocer Were aiirrePtitleusly handed OUT' 'Or Ave beneath the Counter as, a f 'MOO be to the ithitstei, *it yesterdaeilean Pota- • VAS aPPOitted here 41111 NeW 'Stork ittid all tt- fxt Were Seen emerging *hi the tilitits With ien•petind, tagfk±Lfttaht 1hatalleC.: •tift00 tiOW.'4911 fit* ,••• e., . • • .• 1flRieked fretti The fifty apd twea ago. From Th Huron Expositor Al*OUSt 9, 1918 We Omit edt'91 persons pulling flex on one of "'the lams of Mr. J. J. Ir- vine at Lead6V, the oldest person being George Reie, aged 72, and the youngest, Lillian -Underwood, aged legy years. . Miss Marian Larkin left last Thurs- day for Ottawa, where she has ac- cepted a POSItion in the Civil 'Ser- vice. Mr. Robert Eberhart, of Staffa, has sold his farm to Mr. Hugh Norris, Jr., Sr., who takes possession this fall. Mr. William Miller and sisters, , of Palmerston, motored to Usborne Township and visited relatives over the week -end. Miss Hazel Elcoat is 'recovering from an attack of typhoid. Pte. Scott Davidson,' of Brucefield, was presented„with a wrist watch and ring last week by the Brucefield peo• - ple and he has since returned to Lon - Ion and expects to go overseas very soon. The Seaforth markets included the following pried's: Wheat, per bushel, $2.10; shorts, per ton, $41; butter, lb. 38 to 40c; eggs, doz:, 40 to 41c; oats, bushel, 70 to 75c; . barley, bushel; $1; flour, cwt., $5.60 to $5.75; peas, bus., $3.60; potatoes, bus., $2.00; hogs, cwt., $18.50; margarine, 37c; bran, ton, $36. Mr. F. W. B. De Jean, who has been accountant in the•Molson's Bank at Hensel fora number of years, has been promoted to the Exeter branch •ef that bank. iVlr. Douglas, of London, • has been appointed successor to Mr. DeJean. Miss Doreen" Murdoch, of Hensel', • is confined to her room through knee trouble and has had to have it encas- ed in a plaster paris oast. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Somerville, of Seaforth, have gone to .Georgian Bay , ' for a brief holiday.' Col. A. Wilson was in London at- tending a reunion of war veterans from the 33rd Battalion, which he raised and took overseas. 'Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Ross and son • have returned from a month's holiday in Toronto. Mr. James Sleeth 'of Sarnia, spent the week -end with friends in town. Mr. John Jepson and family, of rickerilM were the guests of Mr. and • Mrs. Chatlee4Stogdill. • From The Huron Expositor • August 11, 1893 Miss Nellie Mcbougall, of Egmond- ville, arrived home last week from an extended visit with relatives and friends in Marine City, Mich. Messrs. Robert Winter and Gilbert Dick, of Seaforth, shipped five car- loads of prime fat cattle to the Old Country last week. Messrs. •Leonard and Edward Mc - Faul left this week to spend a few days at the Chicago Exposition.... Mr. Henry Jackson, wife and daugh- ter, Mrs. J. a Rose, Misses Maria and Jennie Hills and Mrs. L. G. Van Eg- mond, of Egmondville,. left Thursday morning for Wiarton where they take the boat' for the Sault and Mackinac, returning by Toronto and Niagara Falls. On Tuesday last Mr. Wm. McMillan of the London Road, in less than five hours cut seven acres of oats. Mr. R. Paterson, Sr., of, HenSall, had the misfortttn on Wednesday to get the fingers of hTh'-rigbt .hand bad - 1y cut and ,mangled while operating scene machinery in his planing mill. Miss Lucy Hilien, of Winthrop, is visiting at the home of Mr. John Wan- less, Varna, • ifer cf re azy 1VIeaclows • (Ely Harry J. Boyle) This, business of talking is quite a thing. There are times when none of us; no matter how muck inclined' we are to talking, can know' justwhat to say. This all came to rabid' be- cause of something which happened last week when we were taking in the hay -off the last fielit Neighbor Higgins was .fixieg a fence and we had to drive along that ,fence to •get into the field. The first load ,after dinner when we came I pulled the horses up and we bad a casual conversation about such things as the weather, the line fence 'and the way the flies were bothering the horses. When we came by with the load to take up to the barn, Higgins straightened up from his work and pointed out a new cloud that sailed up over the hill while we were load- ing the hay. The conversation lag- ged so we went ort up to the barn. When we came back with the emp- ty wagon, Higgins waved to 1.13 "'DA we stopped. He Vanted.te know how long we figured it would take us to draw in the rest of the hay. He mopped his brow, offered us a drink or water from his _Sealer and then .there was a little embarrassed sil- ence. We went on out to the field and I determined not to stop on the way back in to the baru. Higgins. looked up, however, and we couldn't hear what he was saying above the xioise of the wagon. He -wanted to tell •us that his wife's cousin was in the fighting in Sicily. • On the way back to the field next shade of 'I. choke cherry tree. He asked me about inly share of ple, liae fence and ,if maybe, we shounn't tighten the wires some time, We've been talking about doing that for two years. Our talk lagged pretty badly so I filially pointed t,o the cloud which was getting -.darker and drove on. On the way back I drove right past him. It seemed to me that he look- ed kind of hurt. Still I couldn't af- ford to stop every time and -break the monotony of his work. On the -way back he went on working, so I stop- ped. After all Higgins is a good neighbor and I didn't want to ido anything to hurt him. We talked about how much "'Worse the ground- hogs are this year than last year. On the way, back in from the field we had a brief chat about the way the weeds are growing this year. The township can't get anybody to cut them on the roadside and. the farm- ers are too busy to cut them on their own farms. A short interchange on the fact that there were several clouds coming up sent us to the barn By the time we had that load off the sky was darkening up. I determ- ined not to stop going back to the field. Higgins walked out to the side of the lane and waited for us. I had to stop. He said he was through fencing and that he would come.along with us and help with the hay. That solved tp.e whole problem and inci- dentall/ we just got into the barn with the last load when the thunder-. time we found him smoking in the,show.er blew up good and proper. Just a Smile or Two Conductor: • "What's that your holding on your lap?" Passenger: :It's an ulnexploded bomb I'm taking to the police sta- tion:" Conductor: "Goodness, man! Put it under the seat!" "I'm sure you'll love Charles, father," said love-sick Annie; "he's such a fine young man." "Has he any money?" Annie: "Oh, dad! You men are all alike—so inquisitive. That's ex- actly what Charles ask me about you!". The tender-hearted young lady was on her first' fishing expedition. She watched her escort pull a healthy, looking trout out of the bubbling brook. "But isn't it cruel?" she asked. • !iNaw," replied the angler scornful- ly. "He likes it. Look at h:m wag- ging hid tail." • Tramp: "Have yoa a piece of cake lady, to give a poor man who hasn't had a bite for two -days?" "Cake? Isn't bread good enough for you?" Tramp: "Ordinarily, yes, ma'am, but this ds my birthday." Huron Federation Of: Agriculture--FarmNews: COLLECT- CREAM LESS OFTEN IN ONTARIO Restricted areas for the collection of cream commencing August 16th was announced in Meaford on Friday last by A. , S. Thurston, secretary Manager of.the Ontario Creamery' As eociation. The' new restrictions are being placed in effect in collaboration with the Wartime Prices and Trade Board. , The new order will affect a total of 1,200 _trucks and is expected to re duce the number on the road by 300 Trucks in Western Ontario will be affected. A recent order making i to make more than three col leations ,of churning cream each two weeks was recently placed into ef- t ' Robert Steinbach, of Zurich, had a feet and has brought about a saving grand picnic at Grand Bend last Tues- of 25 per cent in tires; gasoline and day. Among those ie. the party were truck depreciation. Mr. ThiffSton said .theologteal students, medical stu_ some Provinces and some •parts of dents, clerks, milliners, domestic Ontario already haVe the new zon- servants, a tanner, a carriage maker ing• and a music teacher, now vacationing_ E. D. Rowe, Meaford creamery op - at home and all schoolmates. ' erator, did not favor fhe new regula- The barna and stables belonging to ton :and stated that it would have Mr. Little on the old Ross farm, east many drawbacks. Other owners stat - of Winthrop, were destroyed by fire ed that It would disrupt their btisi- on Thutsday evening of last week. ness with regular customers. The fire was supposed to have origin- Farmers, will still be allowed to de- • ated from a spark from the chimney liver their own cream to whatever of the house. The barn contalined creamery they wish, but only •the the Season's crop of hay and a few truck allotted to their district may implements. There was $600 insur- Pick up their cream at the farm. ance on it. * Mr. Thurston said it has been point- Mr. E. J. Hagan, of Hillsgreen, is ed out by service administrators that holidaying at Grand Bend, having the splitting of cream into small ship - spent the first part in Detroit and ments so that it could be _ sold to Michigan. He has been re-engaged to more than one creamery makes nee - teach in S.S. No. 12, Hay, at an ad- essary the use of an increased num- vance of over $50. ' • ber of cans. The increased cost of Messrs. George Turnbull and Tanr,s handling is already a burden on the Archibald, sent off another carload of induetry, Me Thurston continiled, add - horses' to the Oicl -donntry on Monday. ing that the industry already suffer- Alex- Winters al -George Baldwin ed frail a decided "squeeze." He attended the bicycle races at Water- stated that -the reduced costs under lob on ;Monday. the new system sehenlci allow 'the Mr. and Mrs. F. Holmsted left on -creameries to pay an increased price Welnesday for Niagara -oh -the -Lake, for butterfat in relatioxi to the mar - where they intend spending two or ket „e,f devel of butter. three weeks. '- ' The plan. should save hundreds of What might , have been a very ser- ' thousands of miles, he said. one accident occurred last Monday If the ,cteaineries have objections afternoon Obout three miles west of they mit accept their restrictions Seaforth On the railway track. Mr. for the period of oile month, then any Wm. Meredith, section foreman; •and corrections necessary May be made.' ad MI on the traelt alined roitt . 1Y, ever took them. Ther time to jiinip to Aare their livefa, and a good rate of speed on a hand ear Per when a special freight train sudden - as Mr. IVIeredith,jttinted he slipped, tiorapelsiOry action, ' enb. had their •crearti tate to the gout a the . farms but the Beard -decided agalteit be made if the farmers Wolild SarrY It has been estinlated that a fifty cent rednetitin in Mileage could . * * ott ..„ ... . , Mr. Albert Wurth 'Were going wet at of the train, but Mr—Wilfth had • • .• . , Preseniie cif Mind. ;ft* 011 him Sway A cow barn IS a lot like a laVellt 'PO save his ,life 40, it Was, he hae 00 in either one for UR at hOilr and to tql,O Ott kW' id*4.0 udit twoit,botbr ltiloW6 abed ttt all die,ef4 41 thei".tlity, „ • PLANS FOR 'FARM . • • TRANSPORT WAGON The description of the parts of a very useful transport wagon for the farm is given' in Agricultural En- gineering Circular No. 8, prepared by W. Kalbfleisch, Field Hesbandry Di- vision, Dominion Experimental Farms Service. The floor or platform of the •wargon is about 12 inches --above ground and is carried on two • railway irons or I-beems which are fastened below two •truck• front axles. When the wagon goes over a sharp rise in the ,road, the stringers act as skids until the wheels again come in con- tact with the ground. The side walls which form the box are, attached to the platform by hinges and can be lowered to form a ramp for loading, or removed if a low platform wagon is required. A low transport wagon of this type can be Used t'o adVantage in hauling corn, hay and other crops, manure, heavy loads, sick animals, and can be Very. useful for transporting farm ma- chinery because• moderately sized tractors can be driVen across the platform. The wagon will carry three to four •tons,, but, because the, platform is large, special care should be taken not to overload,the wagon. Further details, with illustrations, will be found in the circular which May be obtained by writing to the Publicity and Extension Division, Do- minion Department of Agriculture, Ottawa. • * * * SOLDIERS TO AID FARMERS UNDER NEW PAYMENT PLAN • „Announcement has been received by R. N. Watt, Manager of the em- Ployment and selective service office, Stratford, of plans made by Hon. Humphrey Mitchell, Minister of La- bor, who is seeking to make the ser- vice of soldiers available to farmers. Details are being 'worked out 1ek oPeration with Hon. J. L. Ralston, Minister of Naticinal Defence. The plan under consideration con- ternplateii detailing of men to specific Barns, an -d during the period so de- tailed, their pa Y and allowances in the army would be centinnecl. It is propoaed, the report to Mr. Viratt OM. tinY6S-, that the Plan be worked out mider the, existing Donahtion-ProVin- tial,li'arm Labor Agreentent and that fife preeilitee share in the refitonsi- bility and aditinietratiVe ettense. • Under the plait It Is I:Wet tied that fairMerll Will .be invited to adViSe the goieriiMefit Of theli. ialipflegiiire! tdetkitsL," ovorogit 4gendipS • &alto with the Matter ar t�,b6 il4"is, • 0) Too Good1;_ctIaft A perfect good record was marred' on Tuesday evening when Sgt. Over- holt, of the municipal police, lodged two women, one from Claadeboye and; one from St. Marys, in Huron County Jail, charged with' vagrancy. For three. days previous the white flag had been flying from the jail's flag- pole, signifying that the jail was free of prisoners, a fairly rare circum- staaee, • The women in eustody are - on remand, pending trial. They had been under police observation for some days.—Goderich Signal -Star. Met Snake On Stairs On Sunday morning George Edgar, 17 -year-old son of MTS. George Edgar, 2nd line of Morris, got a surprise as he descended the stairs. for coming up the steps to meet him was a good- sized green •snake. The snake also was surprised and beat a hasty re- treat, but it was 'dispatched at the foot of the stairs.—Wingham Advance Times. Nest Of Hawks Five rather -vicious-looking young birds, which were at Lorne MacLen- nan's shop last week, created consid- erable interest. They were brought in from the Lakeshore, and although not yet able to fly, were quite some - size and had a wing spread of about two feet._ They have been identified as a species of hawks. — Lucknow Sentinel. 11213ree' • World Traveller Grand Bend is guest this week ,,,tee a world traveller, Mr. Affleck, who as engineer on the plane accompanied' Mr. Churchill on his flights to Africa and America. Mr. and Mrs. Affleck are holidaying at the Dew Drop Inn. —Exeter Times -Advocate. Poisoning Of Birds The poisoning of Sparrows and rob- ins has been brought to our attention, It is believed that citizens have been putting out poison in order to kill off all the -blackbirds and starlings, but they can detect this poison and -the, harmless birds ,have bean'r-getting it instead. It is hoped that this prac- tice will not continue.—Clinton News - Record. • Great War Medal Found Mr.. C. V. Cooke, florist, brought into this office •a medal from. the -- Great, War, 1914-18,„ livhich he found. in a pile of 'dirt at his greenhouse. Mr. Cooke doesn't know how it came to be on his property, unless it was 10 a load of dirt which he had pur- 'chased from some farmer. Severe years ago the town sidewalks were plowed out and the' earth was , bought by"Mr, -Cooke, These are the only ex- planations Mr. Cooke can make as to how the medal came to be on his property. The inscription on the med- al reads as follows: "117069 Pte. J. Taylor, M.Gia" We will be pleas- ed to receive any informatiqn what- ever 'concerning it, and if the owner or his faintly cannot be found it will be turned over to the Canadian Leg- ion.—Clinton News -Record. • Physical' Training Demonstration , Forty-six .men who are receiving their basic training at No. 9, S.F..T.S., Centralia, gave a demonstration irs phygical training at Grand Bend on Thursday afternoon of last week. Un -- der their physical training instructor, Sergt. Wright, they gave a fine per- formance on the ball grounds behind the pavilion.. Massed games 'were - played, concluding ,with a softball game.—Exeter Times -Advocate." Knocked Down By Car The little -daughter of Mr. and. Mrs. Franklin Skinner,, of Usborne, had a narrow escape Tuesday et.noon Whent she, was knocked down by a car irs front of the Exeter post office. Mr.. W. J. Passmore, of town, was driving. rorth when the child is reported to' have darted in front of the car. Sher was knockeddown and rolled over',.. several times, bit got, up apparently ' none the worse. The car was pro- ceeding slowly at the., time.—Exeter Times -Advocate. . New Machinery For Road Work The new road maintainer purchas- ed by tlie county was given a try -out last week on the lVfornington road, near Rostock. •C. E. 'Bates, count? engineer, and Warden Alfred Den- stedt expressed themselves as weli Pleased with this new piece of coun- ty equipment and expect that it wilt be Capable of fine work on the county roads. --Mitchell Advocate. Observes 90th Birthday • About 79 thildren, grandchildren and great grandchildren were present ; Wednesday afternoon of last week at the home of MrS. Joseph Usborne, to celebrate the 90th birth-, day of Mrs. E. Jory, :of hceter. A social time was.. enjoyed and supper Was served on the laWle tits: .TOrjr. was general -181Y remembered With. flowers and cards froth Zany frieridt, To Mark the otcasitni; Jory pres- auted each of' her plz elliKrett.wfth: fine telten, of • itemeogittoMer thC fani1bore teo,idolttte.:ef;,tbitt-:(414.' anhililty"VitOo:IfOta,b, ,4104,003vo,tetor 10:Atid Ato; Ur, itudr„ lvtt 14- • Ov' 4 4 4, 4 4 • e- • '