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The Huron Expositor, 1943-09-03, Page 2r r • eeeeeeaeeare-reeee • aeeee tOril01110114111.0104,14,,M.13' 1,111.101,4,A ee. lobe E :at Seafortb, Ontario, ev-, aY afternoon by McLean riptIon ratea,, $1.50 a year in * foreign $12.50 a year. Single cents each, witising rates on application. AFORTI--I, Friday, September 3 Saved The Dap • To the political zritics, of the Do- minion Government, who have al - Ways choked with rage every time • any one even intimated that Canada badbeen shouldering a not unwor- thy share of the war's responsibili- ties, the recent words of Prime Min- ister Churchill at Quebec and Presi- dent Roosevelt, at Ottawa, and the ever increasing favorable comments .from newspapers and periodicals in Great Britain and elsewhere, must • he very hard, indeed, to take. . The ,most recent demonstration of - the changing attitude of the Allied • countries towards Canada and the part she has, and is playing in this war, comes from a leading editorial in the Saturday Evening Post. And -when The Post,' of all the papers in -the United States, or in any other Allied country, pays such a'tribute to • Canada's, war effort, there certainly must be Some cause for it. The Post said: "The burden of protecting the freighters fell chiefly upon England and Canada. Britain -with a very limited amount of help from the Norwegian, Polish and Fighting French Navies, supplied 51 per cent. of the escort vessels for the trade convoys; the United States -contributed 2 per cent., and little Canada, amazingly, provided 47 per cent. "This does not mean, of course, that the United States was drowsing during those long and critical months. We supplied aircraft '4for ;freight convoy patrol and extensive -ship and plane repair bases on both sides of the Atlantic. We guarded the growing stream of troops on their way to a global war.And af- ter the fall of Singapore and Java, we held the line almost alone in the • Pacific. .Also, it should. not be for- gotten, that long before Pear Harbor we had handed over to the British fifty of our over -age destroyers. •"Yet the fact remains that we probably would have lost the war if the Canadian Navy hadn't' come through in a spectacular and heroic way. It is not surprising that Bri- tain, with her great sea power and resourees, should have been able. to 'Shoulder 51 per cent. of the job. But it is one of the marvels of this war that Canada, an agricultural nation of less than 12,000,000 people, could have contributed 47 per cent. of the vast fleet of fighting ships necessary to get the freighters across." It IS a very striking commentary, but a very true one, that in Canada alone, is there any unfair, untrue and unjust criticism of the Domin- ion Government's war effort, not on- ly as regards the navy, but every other branch of the service: • A Momentous Week -End The scuttling of the Danish navy and the death of King Boris, of Bul- garia, supposedly by -assassination, must have provided a momentous and jittery week -end for the Axis' powers. • In Denmark the Danes managed to sail a number of ships of war to Swedish ports, and in the country it-- . self, there has been savage fighting' against 'the German invaders who have been trying to replace Danish lawby German, as yet without much apparent success. Sabotage has been e throughbpt the'country,particu- hirly t� the ,docks' in shipping cen-, tte,S and agaiust German military &kit, -inkaulgaria the death, of the Xing reed in a general uprising of people, ,who are Olamoring for edit peace with 1nssia where- ,s0,veeli ago Hitler, at'his last 'ih „the-LA(4 dead 'Xing, ijdzt,h4ritOirrtailt•OVe- , atfaivartny against •;:f?• on top of the recent bOnala-, Of , Berlin, the ileatruction- of Honahurg•s the hlaating of Nuremberg lad the enforced evacuation of 1VInnich, must have badly shaken the German High Command and lowly jolted the 'morale of the Ger- man. people., Neither an there be any doubt that this year has brought greater desolation, destruction and - loss to the German nation than any „..or all suffered in the past four years of war. There is another feature about the recent week -end, however, that while it does not make such pleasant read- ing, certainly provides food for thought. That is the week -end acci- dent toll in Western Ontario alone. One man is dead and ten others were more or less seriously injured in motor accidents. It is very noticable that the motor traffic on our highways has increas- ed by leaps and bounds during the past two or three weeks. Possibly the end of the holidays may have something to do with it, or possibly many people have been saving their gas for a motor holiday before the cold weather sets in. At any rate, a great deal more gas is "unquestion- ably being used, wherever it is com- ing from, and far too many motor- ists, we notice, are burning s it too fast. There has not only been a decided increase in motor traffic, but to any one living on a highway, it is very apparent that the tempo of that traf- fic has been decidedly increased as well. And, during the past two Sun- days to a point that has no consid- eration whatever for the legal speed limit of 40 miles per hour. That, we • take it, is the primary cause• of the week -end accident toll. • Back To School A "back -to -school" campaign has been initiated in some States across the American border, because of the fear that high pay in war work will tempt many high school boys and girls to forget their education. A similar campaign might work to great advantage in Canada as well. War work is of the utmost import- ance, but it must be admitted as well that taking a long range view of the whole situation, the first responsi- bility of youth under eighteen years ° of age, even if it is wartime, is to take full advantage Of the educa- tional facilities provided them, in or- der to prepare themselves for both - war and after the war services and the duties of citizenship. In fact in most cases a youth under eighteen years of age can best con- tribute to the war program by con- tinuing to attend school, and if their services are absolutely required, by accepting work in the holidays or part time employment after school hours and on Saturdays. . We believe that after the war edu-. cation will play a more vital part in advancing a youthful career than it ever did in the history of our coun- try, and if neglected now will never be caught up with again. • Tough Luck It is mighty tough luck over in Britain if you lose your clothes ra- tioning book. At least, It will be as • the Board of Trade, which has all the say in these matters, has warned the people to keep a close watch on the new clothing ration book, be- cause it will not be replaced if lost. In the first year of rationing in Britain the Board had 700,000 appli- cations for coupon replacements. Since nothing can be done to pre- vent the finder from using the cou- pons, the Board is determined to plug this rationing, leak by placing a penalty on carelessnesq., • It might work over here with liquor and gas rationing. • Taxes The National Industrial Confer - 'once Board, a privately financed in- stitution, said in New York last week, that on the basis of estimated figures, the British public paid out 40 .per cent of their -national income for•tans• in 1942, while Americans 'paid -out 27 per cent. N'o figures were,givelifor,Canada, but '4o 'Canadian needs Agrees oW that taxes aretilenty. Iliten0441•11g items picked from. T. itar of fifty and tvientyftere years, ago. From ' The Huron Expositor •••••••••44414-4•••••••••41.44".• eee, . , , • September 13, 1918 ' nur. Oebtge Phillips, who has been buttermaker at the Seaforth Cream- ery for seVeral years, has moved tQ Dunnville to. reside. . . Alonzo Chapman, of the Flying Corps, Hamilton, spent the_wenk-end at his home here. The Canada Flax Mills Co, has pur- chased the residence en. Chalk Street, formerlyowned by Mr. H. Town, from Mr. H. Edge. • Miss Eleanor Thornton has taken a position in. the J. MacTavish store. Miss Harriet Murray won t h e sweater pleated by Miss Lukes. The amount raised was $7.25. , Mr. Wm. Hays, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Hays,. of Goderich St., has, ac- cepted a position in one of the Toron- to banks. Miss Jessie Chesne3e of Tucker - smith, has accepted a positiom as teacher in the Hinsgreen school. Many friends here will regret to learn that Mr. A. Curtis, Who bad a large violin Cities here two years ago, met with an accident 'in a factory at Blaine, Washington, that necessitated' the amputation of his right arm. He is a nephew of Robert Doig, of Tucke ersmith. • Mr. N. Cluff receiver a wire from the war office on Wednesday morning stating that his son, Lieut. Frank Cluff, had been killed in action in France on August 28th. He enlisted with the 161st Hurons and was go- • garded as one of the best qualified officers in the battalion, and went erseas in 1916. . . . Mr. S. Dilling also received word on Friday that his • son, Pte. Cecil Dilling, had died of wounds in France on August 20th. Prior to his enlist- ment he was for two years a'.machine operator on The Huron Expositor. Mr. George Eyre, of Chiselhurst, is at present ie Detroit at the hot springs. He has suffered a great deal from `theumatisen and his visit there is with the object of . seeking relief. .Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Plant were in, Acton on Tuesday attending •the fun- eral of Mr. Plant's grandmother, Mrs: Beattie. - The choir of the 'Methodist Church, Varaa, held a farewell party at the home of Mr. William 'Poster, Parr Line, on Friday evening last for five of their me e r,,rs: Misses Lulu and Roxy Colclo g nd Miss Alice Aus- tin, who . are attending Clinton Busi- ness College; Miss Opal Foster, who • goes to Seaforth Collegiate, and Miss Eunice Reid, who leaves next week for Stratford 'Normal. Misses Dorothy Wilson and Norma Jeffrey, have returned from a visit with friends in Ingersoll. From The Herein Expositor . Septembe 8, 1893 Mr. William Townsend, of Tucker - smith, met with an accident a short time ago which might have proved very seriotts. He was engaged in hauling in oats and while standing an the edge of the rack lost his balance and fell heavily to the ground, receiv- ing several bruises. A daring burglary, was committed recently in the ,store of Mr. W. Neal at Walton. The thieves entered the store through a cellar window, and by way of a trap door Made accessto the store. They appropriated them- selves to $50: .. e The renowned barber, Mr. Stelck, of Drysdale, who for the past few years has been employed in , a hair- dressing depart-n*1:d, in New York, has returned and is starting business it the seaside village. M. S. Rennie, of Hay, and his son, Erastus, of the firm of Cook & Ren- nie, of Hensel], left Thursday last on a trip to Chicago. - Mr. James McKaig, of Cromarty, is getting his new house built. ' A team of four meta consisting of J. W. Livingstone, W. D. McLean, Percy Coutes 'and Fred Cardno, went up to Clinton on Tuesday evening for a team race against Clinton?. who brought out, their strongest team, Cooper, Emmerson, Doherty and Yea lowlees. Seaforth; of course, came ou,- t victorious with a score of 18 points.' During the heavy thunderstorin -Which passed dyer the town Thursday morning, lightning struck Mr. R. Wil- son's large stable in the east end and came very near killing a • young man named John Knight, who attends Me. Wilson's horses. He staggered back and fell and was later found by Pat- rick Keating. Soon Dr. Scott was on the scene and eound that he had been badly burned about the body. Mr. Frederick Hess, of Zurich, who Is 'a noted carriage builder .of Huron County, is erecting an addition to his shop. . Mr. Henry Gies, of Zurich, .has sold his 50 -acre farm to Mr. Solomon Jac- obi and has, 'gone to Berlin to look for a new home. e Mr, T. 0. Kemp, •of Ogilvie's. Mill here, has a gang of mei:flaying pipes from Saver 'Creek to thEt mill, with the view of placing In the engine room a newsteana cenalenser. The dr Work is un d 'the direction a Kr. Wm. MeKay. 'e • Mr. Jellies 'Menniffie, Who for sev- eral years veare hieekkeePer in the hardeeate store of nee& ,wuson; itil this ton, has ieilia 't6 "OliVeland to reside. , ,. ed1111106e8Oertaefilrelt4",�rIli:11414e71;kgb" te atteidid 4414,110W. ITEnniotiOrithell ofeee....e Le• e•e:,!ae•,.,::, .11BY Marr J. 09)10), I have. 'Often -fitninared why it ia 1WildeiCQW‘.(leained new and a,gaht 'to that 'whenever you load cattle they part atiallnallY and tear bade through always manage to be at the track of the fr-elds. We were fraid of stern - the farm. This year we have a grass pening the lot, so mantled her up:in- farm on the sidbroad and during the to the eentre of the group. iRally summer menthe have been wandering the worked up ,th be the leader and over each Sunday -to. count them and from then on "natters _were compare - leave home salt. There hasn't been Much trouble with the water becauge we had such heavy rains te the spring that all the sources have kept up at a high tide. Last week a cattle buyer came in anxious to fin Out a carload' and he bought six of the best steers. I guess his anxiety to lin the load sort •of prompted him to •buy at a higher figure than usual. We sold the six steers and he promised to have the truck there bright and early on Mon- day morning. When went over on Sunday the cattle were all in the field in front of the old barn and they didn't show any Signs of wanting to move at all. This was just too good to be true. A couple of the Higgins bays went over with me on Monday to drive the cattle up to the stable and then sep- arate the six which had' been sold from the others in the group. When we got there, the eattle were not to be seen. In fact they seemed to have disappeared altogether. Finally one of the boys discovered that they had broken-down the fence and were back in the bush. A's a thick busk of about ten acres that has been pro- tected from the cattle for about ten years, and we had a job on our bends to find those cattle. When we did fied them the six steers were missing and we finally found A*T all back in the corner of the bush surveying a weak spot in the line fence. You would almost think that they had been warned that they were ready for a trip to market. They were fairly reasonable about coming up to the barn, although a dry tively easy. The stable doors were open and we herded them into what had been the barnyard at one time. The old cow stopped,lookedn around as much as to tell them all to wainamtil eleelook- ed things over and then stepped up to the doorway. She was undecided about going in but the flies were bad and the thought of getting into the cool stable Made her decide. She walked in and the rest started fol- lowing suit. It looked so easy . . • too easy in fact. A, pair of black calves bolted out of line and the whole mob turned and started down the laneway to the front gate. We had to go through the whole ptocedure again, although we kept the old cow and the half doeen which followed her penned in the stable. This time we drove the calves in first and the rest walked in easily. The trucker came along and after backing up to the door and letting down a little gang -plank he joined us at separating' the sold from the un- sold in the stable. We couldn't do a thing until the big rean steer decid- ed to investigate the truck and as soon as he walked ine the others fol- lowed suit. • ••r••• •• Clinton,- Out..,; Aug. 3(4'1:943? Sincerely yours; .. • • The Editor, The OurOal EncnnfsaOlta Dear Sir: 04 $atUr4 41st the Free Press muted au, artiele in the magazine sectiOn, eecolecn, gratitied "Moral Decline," froile • My peit. I know that editors dielliee priutipo whatAnother paper has given, but the matter of the Sad moral decline in crnn fair land has grown to .such a terraria plague that I feel sure you will wish to help_ stamp it out. Your paper Cev- ers a far more local district than the Free Press has covered, and as ,our beloved King hes asked our nation to observe the Sunday, September 5th, as a day of prayer, I imagine you will wish to copy the article in your week- ly paper this week. You will/help to expose this terrible shame and call for a more spiritual 'revival in our land. • It was a hard morning's work, but at that it was a lot easier than the days when we, used to drive the cattle about fifteen Mlles to market and ev- ery farmer had a dog which did its best to break •up the herd. The min- ute they were in the truck, all we had to worry about was the weight . . . but they made good gains this year so that worry is over now. Just a Smile or Two Harold had taken his girl friend to lunch and she had spoken to a nice looking man at the next table. "Is that man a friend of yours?" asked Harold. "Yes," she replied. "Then, I think I'll ask him to join us." "Oh, Harold, this is so sudden!" "What's so sudden?" "Why . . . er . . . he's our vicar." • A Frenchman was relating his ex- perience in studying, the English language. He said: "When I first J. B. LOBB' MORAL DECLINE Editor Free Press: The moral con- science of every punity-loving citizen in Canada must have been aroused and shocked as they have read the three articles lately appearing in, a Toronto paper by Mr. W. McTaggart, entitled "The Great Killer," -as shown in the ever-increasing shame of licen- tiousness, resulting in venereal dis- eases of syphdllis and gonorrhea._ He show e that these diseases have grown 250 per cent since 1937; and so ser- ious has it become, that more men and women have died in Canada :the last :10 years than the number of our men who fell fn the last Great Ware and despite the fact that the army, navy and civilian officials have done their best to stamp out the plague. Then a kindred report of` the de- linquency of the teen-age and older youth has increased 54 per cent since the beginning of the great war. No , doubt the war has caused. much of this by taking many parents away to work, but the report shows that some parents spend their evenings in the beer parlors without leaving any home -protection, and the youth run the streets and get into all kindseof discovered that if I was quick, I was sin and shame. fast; that if I was tied, I was fast; if The drink traffic is- shown to aid 1 spent too freely, I was fast; „and and facilitate all these degrading ev- that net to eat was to fast, I was d s- couraged. But when I came aerobe Our drink bill, as shown by the the sentence, 'The first one won ore, Government's sales to the trade for dollar prize,' I gave up trying." the•last year of 1941-42, is $287 million, • dollars, and this is an increase over A railroad agent in Afria had been the previous year of 55 million dol - "bawled out" for doing things with- out orders from headquneters. One day his boss received the following startling telegram: "Tiger on platform eating conduc- tor. Wire instructions." , • Huron Federation Of: Agriculture--FarrnNews: 30% Increase in Marketing elf Sows At Whyte Packing Co., Stratford Farmers in the districellaave, been discussing the fact that many sows have been gaing to market. The rea- sons given by these farmers for the heavy liquidation 'of sows are the fol- lowing: 1, Low yield of •grain on home farms this year. 2. Lack of supply of Western feed grain. - e. Lack of confidence in labor sup- ply. • 4. Lack of knowledge that the banks will loan money for feed grain. The following table shows clearly the trend in .sow marketings: 1943 1942 August 28 ... 133 37 August 21 J... 110 44 August 14 ... 111 40 , August 116 33 470 154 * * * Late Grain Crop Poorest in Years Although in some cases the yield from grain fields that were sown ear- ly is declared to be "quite good" so poor is the crop on late sown fields that throughout the County of Perth the grain crops this year areecounted but 50 per cent. of any normal aver- age year. • , Many farmers in, this district who have been oontacted, declare this is the poorest grain year they have known de their history of farming and as they, themselves, asserted, "I'fn no young one at the game." This situation appears to be gen,- eral throughout Southwestern Ontario and indeed throughout the whole of the province. W. K. Riddell, Middlesex county ag- ricuttUral representative, reports that in that eoulaYe Yields AS IOW as five to 15 busliele per acre are quite com- mon for wheat, although a few, of the best fields have produced as many as 30 to 35 leturhels. Some early-teeded, elele of oats and barley have given fair Yields of good' qtality. Many fields of Oats, however, have returned only:10 to 15 bushels er acre, with the sample ser light it will be of little. value for feed. E; White, Perth Co -linty agripul- tUral pls'Prettentative, 'dates that not MAY' did "the Ifarnieet; have to contend With the Prablella Of late seeding but twat tvottiler thhone mittliamy looks to for "bringing on" the crops, seemed to hasten the outbreak and development of mildew and numerous grain rusts. • James C. Shearer, agricultural' re- presentative for Huron County, re ports that the crops in South Huron were very poor and it is estimated by seed dealers that 75 per cent. of barley and oat seed will have to be obtained •for next year's seeding. In Centre Huron the crop is below nor- mal, but with last year's carryover of old seed, plus the early sown grain, it is estimated enough seed willbe available for local requirements. In North Huron it is- estimated that there will not be enough barley for spring sowing and that it will be re- quired to obtain 25 to 40 -per cent. for spring Sowing. It would be -advis- able for every farmer to make sure that he keep all available •barley and oats that are fit for seed for next year. * * * , Ontario Farm Conference • • Han. T. L. Kennedy, Minister of Agriculture, has called a conference of farmers in the Province of Ontario, for Thursday and Friday, Sept, 2nd and 3rd, to discuss the Ontario farm situation and arrange plans for future agriculture policy. The delegates- will consist of the chairmen of the Agriculture War Committees in each county, plus a delegation from the Live Stock As- socititions of Ontario. The Federa- tion of Agriculture has also been le- veed to send one delegate to the con- ference. . W. L. Whyte will represent Huron County as chairman of the War Com- mittee and as preenlent of the EATroa Federation of Agriculture. At the same .conference he will also repres- ent the Ontario Poultry Industry Com- mittee. Mr. Hugh Hill, of Colborne Township, will represent the Guerra sey breeders at the' atinference., Seed Crop in Middlesex Shows * * Reduction Since mid-July K.'R. Hillier, inspec- tar'of plants products division„ Do - Minion! Department of Agriculture, has inspected over 1401fields of wheat, barley, oats and flax in Elgin, Milddle- aeic, Huron slid 0/ford Comities for registration by •Ganad,lan. Seed Grove. ers' Association. Soybeans and cern, (Continued on Page '8) lees.- This terrible waste of money is sadly sapping the life of the nation, and undermining het manpower, a greater enemy than all the Axis na- tions. The revenue from these sales seems to close the eyes of the Gov - elements to the sad consequences - The federal prime .minister has given some relief by legislation, for the duration of the war, but there is ample supply still available to cause much concern. Our -Governments and magistrates appeal to the Christian churCh toe come to their relief, and Surely she must be the source of all moral and spiritual reform,. Has she failed? If so, where and how? Canon R. F. Pearce, a missionary in India, returning to England, 15 startled by .the way •thmodernism. has corrupted the entire church in the homeland. ° • MOderniera, he dasta-ribes" as "that attitude of mind which will not accept the Word of God to be trusted and obeyed, but regards it as a collection of human writings to be " • dissected, criticized. and subjected to human judgment." , We find the same corrupting disas- trously permeating our churches Canada as' well. 'We are well aware that both in the homeland and in Canada some men are -standing faithfully to the Bible, and are a mighty influence for good, but where are the rank and file?'Sure- ly they have bowed 'the knee to un- belief and soft-pedal on sin and its consequences and we see the moral decline of sin, and shame in our fair land, As the church falls the nation fells.. ' Modernism denies the deify of Christ, Our Eternal Father ,spake the Mount of Transfiguration, of Christ "This is My beloved• Son, of Whom I am well pleased, hear yo I -Tim." Mate 17:5. Here we have the highest authority given to , Christ' as. our-Saviout. He said: "If ye believe not that I am He (God's eternal Soil) ye shall die in your sins, and where I go ye cannot come," John 8:21. Here is authority claimed. , It the church would fulfil her divine" commission, to preach the Gospel to every creature, she must return to the Word of God as the iin•al standard of our faith' and prantice; and accept the deity of Christ and, His substitu- tional atonement for sin, and trasting in, the power of the, Holy SPIIin she Will be a mighty power in land. God our Father is, dill on. His throne; Godly men are Mewing. He is surely showing- us ranch Meraiii but "He will not always chide, neither will He keen His anger forever." P. 103:9. l're He fleet; in Hise leolr wrath td mete out judgment for sin, is it not a'rtime for, us, as a nation to kneel in :humility and ,Pra,yer? Mrs. H'.411,ushti, of Long Beach, Can has *tied a Poem, Which has bad wide ClepulatiOn in the Western States, calling her nation to a similar (00411kier4n Page 8) $ 4 • r• '44 'AN •• , • • '4 • r • r • '4 4 • 0 • • r r • • r • f •4 4