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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1943-09-10, Page 5• l• • • , • • • S (Walkerton herald-Tlmiea Mr. paivey H, Damm, an esteemed tresitleZ' of 'Walkerton for the past 34 ,'years;, /Minder of the Bruce 'Capital`s Ant Motion picture theatre, and conk duptor for .a grhat many years 01,a grocery and later a variety store here, (lefts,' ,Walkerton on Wednesday of this rweek, with Mrs. Damm and younger son, Kenneth, for the rural settlement of Kippen, Which is situated' in Huron :County, seven miles, south of the Clin- ton Air .Port on Provindial Highway No. -4. Having recently purchased a longfand well-established general store business in that 'hamlet, Mr. Damm do his newly acquired property will conduct in addition to the Kippen Post Office and the .general store bus- iness, a provincial egg -grading station and also with the above he will op- erate a service station carrying White Rose gasoline. Mr. Damm takes pos- ,session; of his Huron County holdings on September 6th. Mr. Damm learned the printing trade .with the late Wm. McDonald, of the Chesley Enterprise, prior to coming' to Walkerton and taking a Position with the late Wm. Wesley, founder and publisher of the Bruce Times. Leaving this line of endeavor he took a position as clerk in the. oven's wear department 'of. McBurney & Co., and at the same time success- fully conducted for a great many years the first motion picture theatre in Walkerton which he established on its resent site, and which is now known as the Roxy, successor to the ,Renville Theatre. That Mr. Damm and his wife an•d, family may prosper and thrive in the. new quarters they will henceforth know as their home, is the hope and desire of their host of friends in Walkerton and elsewhere in the dis- trict where they are so well and fav- orably known, and for so many years among itsforemost citizens. Besides the numerous activities •connected with his various business enterprises ,in town, which later included the op- eration for a great many years of a large grocery business and recently the conducting( -for several years of the variety store business now known as the Grigg 5c to $1.00 store here, Mr. Damm always took a keen inter- est in the welfare of the community. Being an outstanding member of the executive of the Walkerton Christ- mas Fair at the commencement of its establishment here, he was conse- quently, throughout the intervening years, connected with ' every move- nint for the well-being and uplift of this sedtion of Bruce. He was chair- man of the Walkerton public school board at the time it instituted most of the present modern improvements 'for the benefit of the rising genera- tion' attending the academy, includ- ing the' installation of non -glare black beard$' and the ,modern lighting and ventilating system. A more patriotic, public spirited, self-sacrificing citizen than Mr. Damm would Ibe hard • to find in any com- munity, and to his recent departure with his wife and son, Kenneth, from the County Town of the banner coun- ty of the province, as Bruce is so frequently referred to, there goes forth a family whose place in the municipal picture it will be hard to till. Mr. Damm was for several years a devout and active member of Trinity Lutheran Church here and later an 'official of the newly organized Evan- gelical Church of Walkerton, .which held forth in the sacred edifice now ye. More At KIppen elWit ae t#e en eceefat + ki&QUI .s NPR* bas Ontitically since*e 4V f Met ehlat and rrPeby'teri,a eong><'eg•atloli'd 'leen on the effetal board of Bt, Poi's United ,Cihurah,be being also active for a tune as a 4Ulas day acticol teaeirer, and in ehort was one of. the ,piliara of Bt. 'Page- 111ra, Damm as well hasconsistently been a faithful church worker, and fbesfdett the various duties in her (Yarn home was always ready and willing .to (ren- der assistance to 'those in zieed. Now serving with the W.D. of the R.C.A.F. is their only daughter, Miss. Anna, while their elder son, Ralph, now employed by the government as a radiologist in one of its large muni- tion plants, is a returned veteran of World War II having served for sev- eral months with the air force on ac - tette service overseas. The youngest member of the family, Kenneth, who has been a student in the Walkerton high school and actively identified with St. Paul's United. Churoh Sunday school here will also he greatly miss- ed by the younger folk of the town. Mrs. Watson, of Londesboro, visit- ed on Sunday with cher daughter and son-in-law, Mr, and Mrs. - John Sin- clair. . Mr; and Mrs. Tom Monro, or Toron- to, visited over the week -end with Mr. and MrS. John Cochrane. Mr. and Mrs. Alex McMurtrie and daughter, of Toronto, who have been visiting the past two weeks with rel- atives here, returned home on Mon - ,4 ay- ,,. Mrs. Arnold Gackstetter ,is visiting this week with friends in Guelph. Mrs. J. Stacey, of Exeter, is visit- ing with her daughter and son-in-law, Mr.- and Mrs. Wm. Horney. Mrs. J. Hyde and son, John, visit- ed on Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Steckle of Blake. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Horney attend- ed the funeral of Mrs. Horney's aunt, Mrs. Gordon Robinson, in London on Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Parsons and son, Walter, of London, visited on Sunday with Mrs. Geo. E. Thomson and son, William. The many friends here 'of Mr. Geo. Kennard- will regret •to know he un- derwent a very serious operation in St. Joseph's Hospital, London, on Sat- urday. Lieut. G. A. Wright and Mrs. Wright, of Hamilton, and Miss Laura - belie Wright, of London, spent the week -end with their parents, Mr. and Mrs.. James Wright. Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Wasmann and Mr. Geofgel Douglas, of Mitchell, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Wright. The W.M.S, of the United Church held its September meeting at the summer cottage of the Rev. A. M. Grant, north of .'Grand Bend, on Sun- day afternoon. The meeting was in charge of the president, Mrs. A. John- ston. Mrs. McMurtrie' read t h e Scripture and Mrs. Monteith led in prayer. Elizabeth Ann Sinclair sang very sweetly, '"esus Loves Me" and "Jesus Bids UsShine." The guest speaker was Mrs. (Rev.) Gardiner, of E'gmondville, who .gave an excellent address on The World We Hope To Realize Tomorrow," At the close a delightful lunch was served during which the candles on the Baby Band birthday cake, which was presented by Mrs. John Henderson, were lit by the president, Mrs. Johnston, and ex- tinguished' by two''of the graduated, Carol McMurtrie a n d MacMillan Grant. The service on' Sunday will be con- ducted by the minister, who will dis- cuss "The Church's Orphans." The Hillsgreen • congregation is Public. Notice Seaforth Farmers' Co-operative has completed the installation of a much larger Hydro Power Unit and is now fully prepared to give -'courteous and efficient service to members and other cus- tomers for Rolling, Chopping and Mixing Feed. A FULL LINE OF GRAINS AND MILL FEEDS IN STOCK HOMER S. HUNT, Manager. NO ICE Town of Seaforth CLOSING HOURS FOR CERTAIN PLACES OF BUSINESS Take notice that in accordance with petitions presented to them, the Council of the Town of Sea - forth has passed By-law 449, regulating the closing, of the following places of business, i.e.: All dry • goods, clothing, department stores,avelty stores, boots and shoes and hardware stores, situated in the Town of Seaforth. Such shops shall close on Mondays Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays at 6 p.m.; on Wednesdays at 12.30 psm.; on Saturdays at 10 p.m., except (lur- ing June, July, August and September on Saturdays at 11 p.m., commencing Monday, August 16., 1943. De H. WILSON, Clerk, 11;['rrttri I.i, (P,nittin7aed';fro ?g'ag'e ) Mild get Came'lsr bit IFfies and Ches- terfields at -the U. S., Marine Club ter about seven .04)4 0' Patek 7 ow they must be Content with t'he'1,'vcal breccia, Fortunately for ?ate, I was never a heavy smelterand had no trouble in Witting altogether. Last'sumnier we enjoyed bicycle riding outside the city. This year we must do' all aur riding ._insidethe city- gates." The Peking address of Father 1Vi:.c- Quaid's mission—the Scarboro For- eign Mission—is 68 Chiang Yang Tang Huteng, which doesn't,tmean much to an -English-speaking person. The let- ter explains the meaning of the word "Huteng" thus: "The word when translated means "alley." 1f I wrote from en Ameri- can city and said I was livingin an alley it ,might sound rather bad. But not so in Peking. Here the ordinary residential streets are all called "hutengs." The business streets are called "ta chieh," which really means "trig street." "Our new home is quite a fine place. it belongs to the Parma fathers, art Italian foreign missionary society qiute similar to our own. To re -rent our former place would 'cost us much more than our present finances would bear.- ' (We receive enough each month from the Swiss legation to get along confortably.) As 'no Italian priests are coming out to the mis- sions, their house was practically vacant. They were glad to rent it to us and give its good terms in re- gardto the payment of the rent. (It is now 4 p.m. and I must slip into the dining room and hear the 8 a:m. news broadcast from London)." Dublin Teachers (Continued from Page 1) Fortieth Wedding Anniversary Mr. and Mrs. James Shea celebrat- ed their fortieth wedding anniversary on Wednesday. They received num- erous messages of congratulations from a large circle of friends. Din- ner was served at the Royal Hotel, Mitchell, to fourteen guests, immedi- ate relatives of the family. •During the afternoon a• reception was held at their beautiful home. The. dining table was, centred with red roses and the_decorations were designed in ruby colorings. Large baskets of gladioli were very much in evidence. Dainty refreshments were, served by the two daughters of the honored couple, Mrs. Clayton Hill, Chicage, and Mrs. Mar- tin Klinkhamer, assisted by Mrs. Frank Ryan, Seaforth. Mr. and Mrs. Shea were married at St. Columban in 1903, but have been residents of Duiblin since 1906. Mrs. Shea was formerly Miss Mary -Prendergast. Personals: Mrs. M. Bell, Calgary;' Raymond Reopen d, . St. _Augustine!, ugustine„ and Miss Alice Williams, Detroit, with, Mrs. Teresa Redmond; Mrs. Charles Counter and daughter, Pa- tricia, of Toronto, and Miss Camilla Williams, Detroit, with Mr. and Mrs. D. McConnell; Joseph Meagher, Strat- ford, with his parents, 'Mr. and Mrs. John Meagher; Rev. John Mclvor, St. Marys, with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William ':Vfolvor; Miss- Maida Mueller is attending Central Business College, Stratford, and Miss Doris Flanagan is a student at Loretto Col- lege Business School; Thomas Morris is attending Stratford Normal School; Miss Katherine O'Rourke has resum- ed ,teaching at- Beechwood separate school; William Newcombe, Windsor, with his sister, Mrs. James Kraus- kopf; Miss Dorothy Nolan, London, with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Nolan; Miss Anna Krauskopf, Toron- to, with her parents, Mr, and Mrs. Nicholas Krauskopf; Ralph • Murphy underwent a major brain operation at St. Joseph's Hospital, "London, on Wednesday. looking forward to their forty-ninth anniversary on Sunday, the 19th of September, with the Rev. A. Lane, of Clinton, in the morning, and the Rev. Harold Johnstone, of Mitchell, in the evening as the guest speakers. BAYFIE'LD Mr. and Mrs. James P. Ferguson, of London, visited - Ns mother, Mrs, Mar- garet Ferguson, over the holidays. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Fowiie and Mr. Laurie Fowlie, of London, were guests of their sisters, Frances and Ethel, over the week -end. Mrs. William Balkwill and daugh- ter Jean, and son of London, spent the week -end with Miss Nora Fergu- son. Rev. and Mrs. Colwi]1 left on Mon- day for a nep th'o holidays with, friends in Detroit and other places. iVlr. and Mrs. Burt • and family; 'of London, spent the week -end with her parents, Mr. and ?Mrs. Fred Baker. There was no service in the United Church on Sunday owing to annivers- ary •service's at Grace 'Church, Por- ter's.Hlll. Lieut. Ernest Kendell, of Elmira, spent the week -end with Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Jowett. - Mr. and Mrs. Churchward and son, Gerald, of London, spent the week- end in their cottage::. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Toms attend- ed a wedding at St. Thomas on Thurs- day of this week. a • The public school reopened on Tilesday. The Misses Dtouin and Miss Fern- ette left on Monday for their ,homes in Detroit after spending the summer in their cottages. Dr, Blanche turton, of Toronto, rer tlil' ' le town it as4h A§ d w� ►, to,,. 93,9Aoin tlo v�iiiage liaviSig creased xtuAtpQr. Cot tQ&Qs, hA as bearding 14MatIl. werefilled ta, ity and Many Were e a .peommodation. '� ,, IQ ta seC)}� $RUCEFIETtI The Late Mrs. W. H. Rattenbury- There paesed away at her home in Brucefield Charlotte Marks, widow of the late W. H. Rattenbury, in her 86th year. The deceased was born in Brucefield, the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Robert Marks, and, had resided there all her life.. She is sur- vived by one son„ J. W. Rattenbu'ry, of Burlington, and two daughters, Mrs. R. D, Dunlop, of Chatsworth, and Mrs. Ross Scott, of Brucefield. The funeral was held on Thursday after- noon with interment in Baird's ceme- tery. Rev. G. F. W. Atkinson offici- ated. Four Years .In the Crucible (By Paul Manning) Five years is 'a long time to wait for victory. It was four years ago this month that the Germar}s over- ran Poland and started a series of conquests which left the British Em- pire the only armed unit in the world opposing German ambition. These four years of war which have .Just ended' are a pattern of small isolated events for me. But they tell the rea- son for survival of the Commonwealth and Empire better than official static% tics. . In 1940 one airfield in England be- came anjnternational battle station in R.A.P. blue. When Europe col- lapsed there came to this station Can- adians and New Zealanders, Austra- lians and men from South Africa. They were joined by pilots from Hol- land, Poland, Belgium, Czechoslovak- ia) France and Norway. When the Luftwaffe tried to batter Britain to her knees, just before Dunkirk "these men wet into the air sixteen hours. daily to prevent that tragedy occurr- ing. During the time when London. Was undergoing the blitz these same men, along with a boatload of Aus- tralians and Canadians were turned loose in Britain's capital for twenty- four hours leave. This sudden tang- ible evidence of Commonwealth and Empire 'solidarity was a tonic which London will never forget. England might have only one hundred tanks to repel an invasion but she did have the backing of the Dominions, India and the Colonial Empire. Story of a voyage:• In 1941 I took that long voyage by sea 'from Eng- land to Africa. The German navy was sinking too many ships each day and' `ih'e Empire's lifeline had stretch- ed thin. Escort vessels for convoys in bhose"days were few but a sixty- four year old Admiral (who had re- turned from retirpnlent too). guided his merchant armada 'from the 'Mer- sey on schedule. The night we left Liverpool the Germans demonstrated their strength. their-. aircraft came down the valley from Manchester to the Mersey. Some of them released high eplo- sives, others dropped magnetic and acoustic mines in the path of our convoy. The blackout was punctuat- ed by gun fire from ships. , Flares were dropped by one aircraft and, un- til Lewis guns on the. sterns of our ships'got the correcterange and blew them out; they hung overhead illum- inating the convoy ,as if it were a vaudeville act.' But we started at dawn with munitions which Africa, the Middle East and India needed badly. During the voyage I talked a great deal with passengers aboard my ship. There was a young salvage engineer who had been twice torpe- doed while en route to Eritrea. He was still determined to reach Eritrea so that be could start the job of clearing harbours of Italian ships. There was also an elderly major, a veteran who was returning to his oor- ner of the Empire. Another officer was bound for Malta because he had modern ideas about anti-aircraft de- fence. Insuranpe brokers would have quoted odds against these men ever reaching their port of • destination. But nations, too, quoted 'odds against Britain's survival in that year and they were wrong. Simple faith of Commonwealth: Later in Cairo it was the same way. To many it seemed only a matter of time until Britain fell. But the ones who whispered were tbose outside the family circle. Possibly they were confused by the evacuation of women and children from Oairo •`but that was merely clearing the decks. In Mid- dle East General Headquarters new group of battle -tested officers were FALL FAIR DATES , Blyth Sept. 14, 16 Kincardine Sept. 16, 17 Stratford Sept. 20-23 Bayfield 4Sept. 21, 22 Listowel Sept. 22, 23 SIJAFORTH Sept. 23, 24 Harriston ' Sept. 23, 24 Zurich Sept. 27, 28 Mitchell Sept. 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Skirts- have a generous gored flare If you conserve fuel you'll want one of these warm- er dresses, at 16.50 FALL MODELS IN Crepe Dresses Smart tailored types and coat styles in excellent quality plain crepes. Colors `include Black, Rose and Soldier Blue, The sleeves are the popular three-quarter length for cooler days ahead. Ali sizes in this group at 8.75 tewart Bros. t i ys.. improvicing strategy which was to be later hailed as brilliant.. I' -•talked to an Australian captain who was leav- ing for Sydney' because Japan bad en- tered the war. He was glad to re- turn home; Yet he was disappointed. He had been in the campaigns of Greece, Crete, Syria and Libya. He had confidence in 'those' new men in General headquarters in Britain and in Australian strength and he wanted to remain in the Middle East and be with the tide when it turned. This captain had the same conviction I found in London during 1940 and on the North Atlantic in 1941. The Bri- tish Commonwealth and Empire could not fall. Arguments based on stati- tics meant nothing alongside a simple faith that better days would arrive. This captain' has since /settled his score against the Axis at Guadal- canal in a struggle no less crucial than the Battle of Britain. 'Ready to storm Europe: General Stillwell summed up the Burma cam- paign with the remark "we took a hell of a licking." But with , the .Japanese stopped at the gates of In- dia the Empire. forces there laid 'the groundwork which produced General Wingate and the men who learned to outfight the Japanese in any Jungle. it is the eve for invading Europe now. North Africa and Sicily have moulded an Allied army which is ready to storm the European fortress. In Eng- land you can feel victory although that goal may still be some distance away. The Royal Air Force left the defensive long ago. In 1,942 Bomber Command still could not 'penetrate to the heart of the Ru4hr in sufficient strength to inflict a really crippling blow. But in March, 19,43, when the R.A.F. became fully equipped with four -engined Lancasters they flew to the Ruhr and smashed their way to Essen. Hamburg also and vast stret- ches of the Ruhr have now been de- vastated. Night and day attack -con- tinues as ,British and American bora. bers conduct their co-ordinated,; of- fensive. London is crowded with pil- ots of Empire air training scheme who mingle with boy's from New York and San Francisco, Quebec, Ottawa, Dur- ban, Capetown, Sydney, Wellington, Bombay, Leeds, Manchester, Edin- burgh, Glasgow and Cardiff. The striking, force now compressed with- in the United Kingdom is a- tribute to one airfield 1 know which fought so well in,• 1940. A commercial traveller entered the shop of a grocer named March and said: "March, on the first of April the ,price of tea is going up." 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