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SEAFORTH, Friday, October 15th
Thanksgiving
Monday was Canada's national
day of Thanksgiving. Were we here
in this part of Canada thankful?
Undoubtedly yes!
After four years of war, the blood-
iest in history, war that has seen one
country after another, with their
people, trampled into the dust; war
that has been responsible for mur-
der and destruction and famine and
pestilence in other countries, has
never ..even touched the fringe of
ours.. We are thankful for that.
This world war that has brought
tragedy to countless other homes ov-
er the world, has been merciful to us.
Many homes in this country too,
have tasted war's bitterness, and
many more will likewise suffer, be-
fore it is over. But the casualties of
this war will not even approach the
casualties of the last,: and for that
we should be thankful too.
Our harvest was not as bountiful
this year as we would have liked it
to be, but we were left in peace to
gather it, and all of it is ours to free-
° ly use or dispose of, and there is
cause for thankfulness in that.
This war has put many restric-
tions on our way of living, restric-
tions that have been inconvenient
and irksome, but they were laid
down by our own 'people to help our
own "country. And thankful we are
that no enemy has gained the power,
through conquest; -to put restrictions
An us, nor to rob and 'pillage and de-
stroy as the enemy has treated the
people 'Of other countries.'
The war is not yet over by -any
means, but we are thankful the tide
- of battle has at last turned in our
favor, and if we are patient and
patriotic, it will end our way.
There are countless things that
we, as Canadians, have cause to be
thankful for. And not the least
among them was a great cause of
thankfulness that we were_ permit-
ted to be living on a day Iike last
Monday. Permitted to see and absorb
the beauty of the day. Permitted to
Have the memory of its warmth and
beauty to carry with us into the, win-
ter days to come.
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Mr. Bracken Speaks Out
Mr. Bracken's' recent somewhat
violent attack upon the Canadian
Prime. Minister, for what he termed
his arrogance and a few other
things, came 'somewhat as a surprise
to both his followers -and the general
public. And, while it may have
-heartened the farmer, pit did not sit
too comfortably on the minds of the
latter.
The reason for the attack was, of
course, the recent organization gath-
ering of the Liberal party in Ottawa,
at which the present political situa-
tion was analyzed and party plans
made for the future.
Mr. Bracken's decided objection to
the Liberal party making any plans
for its present or future welfare are
rather hard to understand, consider-
ing the fact that he has spent many
months in an intensive organization
effort right cross Canada. If it is
proper for his party to keep its
political fences in constant repair,
what .sin has the Liberal party com-
b • m tted in deciding to do the same.
' Possibly the real reason for Mr.
racken's attack -is the discovery he
nndhis board of strategy have made .
that his leadershi.:,I as not made the
e cpeCted -change in ptublic sentiment,
d'thafthere has been, oh the part
pl blit,' no, I noticeable' in-
to gather under t li e
; e rinse va,tive standard.
e , hzs : progranate e ad-
a,d family gather -
boat to coast has; made
been nth prepaaaww,✓,
tion for the nomination of eQnserva-
tive candidates in ridings where
elections were toT-be held. In fact,
there was not a supporter of Ms
party nominated in any one of the
four ridings ill which elections were
held last snmrner. For this lack
there ,can be only. one possible ex-
planation, and that was that Mr.
Bracken and his advisers could see
no possible chance of success if they
did contest them.
No doubt Mr. Bracken will have
further statements to make on the
political situation in Canada, but we
believe the Canadian public would
take a great deal more interest in
them and they would have a great
deal more weight if they were made
on the floor of the House of Qom-
, mons, because the Conservative par-
ty will not get very far on the road
to office until its leader sits in Par-
liament and assumes the full re-
sponsibilities of leadership.
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Victory Brings Responsibilities
The recent Allied victories in Sic-
ily and the present ones in Italy are
most heartening, • but at ' the same
time they are going to lay addition-
al burdens upon our resources, be-
cause - the people of those countries
-,must be fed and largely with • our
food, which must be shipped to them
in our. ships.
The same situation applies to Rus-
sia. There during this summer our
Russian Allies have retaken . over
75,000 square miles of their land
from the Germans. This is a tre-
mendous gain, but at the same time
it will put a heavy strain not -only on
Russia,®but on her Allies as well. We
can rest assured that the Germans
confiscated every pound of food and
every bushel of grain before they re-
treated. Behind them will be the
ruins . of what were once populous.
and thriving cities, towns and vil-
lages, and the liberated people will
not only have to be -fed, but shelters
will have to be built for -them. And
the material for these shelters and
the food will have to be provided by
Russia and by us, and provided very
soon.
These things which are happening
in Sicily, in Italy and in Russia, are
but forerunners of what will happen
in Western Europe. We know now
that in the not too distant future,
France will be liberated and so will
Belgium, Holland and the other oc-
cupied countries, and when they are
they will add greatlyto the strain.
The war will not be over when the
fighting stops. Not if we are going
to have a permanent peace. Victor-
- ies, no matter how decisive, are soon
over, but the production, • distribu-
tion ancl_ consumption of food and
materials' take years to pay off, and
unless we clearly realize that restor-
ation after victory is the great and
necessary responsibility of the Al-
lied Nations, and particularly of the
North American Nations, we will
again lose the peace after' again win-
ning the war. -
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Where Leather „Goes
The leather requirements for the
United States Army and Navy for
1943 include 10,000,000 cattle hides;
2,000,000 calf hides, 8,000,000 shear-
lings, and hundreds of thousands of
horsehides and other hides and pelts.
In Canada, the requirements will
be- much smaller, but in proportion
to population they will, nevertheless,
be folly as great. -
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Were Not Wasted
The British Ministry of Supply
has disclosed that five -Britons, one
of them a research scientistworking
with the others to perfecta power-
ful new explosive, were - kilted in an
arsenal shortly before the - outbreak
of the war-; but their work helped -to ,
provide the Allies with RDX, a sec-
ret explosive stronger than TNT.
These five were killed when a fif- _
teen -inch shell being filled with fifty
pounds of RDX exploded, but the -
lives of these men, who took such
great risks so that Britain might be
spared, "were not wasted," the rnin-
istry said. -
RDX which stands for Research
Department formula X, is;being pro -
dewed now in ever larger quantities
ties
in .the .United ` Mates and 'Canada.
Iln#efi4t8t `>Cteu plclLed from
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LAZ MEADOWS
By Harry J. Boyle
From The Huron Expositor
October 18, 1918
Pte. Robert. Rae, who enlisted with
the 135th Battalion, has returned to
Usborne Township and his, many
friends are very glad • to see him. He
was wounded in the right arm and
chest. ..
Seaforth is still in the grip of Span-
ish influenza- The telephone service
here is sucering from the effect of
the 'epidemic. Every operator is
away ill and the office at Stratford
had to send in girls from outside plac-
es.
Mr. Earl Chesney, of Sarnia, spent
Thanksgiving here. His brother, Mil-
ton, of the Dominion Bank staff• here,
has been very ill with pneumonia.
Mr:' Gordon Thompson, of the Oat-
meal Mill, is also suffering from an
attack of pneumonia.
The. Express office was closed for
several stays owing to the serious ill-
ness of Mr, M. McKellar. Miss'Faulk-
ner is now in charge.
Mr. Adam McKay received word on
Saturday that his son, Pte. Kenneth
McKay, had received gunshot wounds
in his ankle.'
Mr. Douglas Beattie is seriously ill
with pneumonia.
The sad death took place on Oct.
' 10th and 14th of Messrs. Herbert and
Robert Hammett, son of Mr. Fred
Hammett, formerly of Seaforth _ and
now of Sarnia, Robert Was on the
staff of Stewart Bros.` store here. •
Much regret was felt when it be-
came known of� the death of Miss Ag-
nes Andrew. She was the capable -,and
obliging clerk in W. A. Crich's store
for many years.
'Mr. Andrew Archibald has sold his
fine farm in Tuckersmith to Mr. -Mos,
Oliver, of Hibbert.
Mr. F. S. S•avauge was the lucky
Winner of the silver teapot donated
by Miss Lukes for the Red Cross So-
ciety.
Mr. Harry Cresswell, who enlisted
some 18 months ago with a forestry
battalion, has returned to Seaforth.
He *as in France most of the time
and has been invalided home.
Mr. Alex Tremeer, of Tuckersmith,
a prominent farmer, is dead as a re-
sult of a fractured skull suffered when
he fell backwards from a plow' on
Thursday last. .
Another victim ,7of the Spanish in-
fluenza was Mary Elizabeth Chesney,
wife of Mr. Vern Walker, U.S.N., and
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. M. Ches-
ney. of Tuckersmith.
Mr, E. H. Close received a new 1918
Chalmers auto, of which he has taken
the agency for this district.
Mr. Thos. Jarnhain has purchased
the residence of Mr. W. Smith, North
Main St„ and intends occuping it
shortly. -
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From. The Huron Expositor
October 20, 1893
Miss Maude Willson left on Monday
to take •a position as telegraph opera-
tor at Preston.
Mr. Alexander Johnston, of McKil-
lop, near Winthrop, removed to Exe-
ter this week, where he will reside
in the future. "
Miss Jennie Govenlock•, daughter of
Mr. Andrew GoVenlock, of Winthrop,
left last week for Port Arthur, where
she has secured a good position as
teacher in the public school there.'
Misses. Ida Dickson and Balla Mc-
Nabb leave here for Toronto on Mon-
day as delegates from First Presby-
terian Sunday School, to the Sunday
school convention.
Messrs. Stephen Downey, of Jrish-
town, and L.• -Devereaux and Mr. and
Mrs, William McDonald are at the
World's Fair this week. •
Mr. A. G. Ault has disposed of his
stock and business .to Mr. Geo. Smith-
ers, who will take possession of the
establishment as' soon as stocktaking
is completed.
Anent Bros., Brussels, have pur-
chased the Smith, Malcolm & Gibson
mill from the creditors and intend
moving their sawmill in Grey Town-
ship to the premises and running both
together. •
Mr, Edward Wanless, of Varna, has
gone to Milwaukee, Mich,, where he
has secured a good position.
.Messrs. John Sparrow, Alexander
Mitchell, A. McKenzie and D. H. Mc-
Naughton, of Varna, returned last
Friday from Chicago's World Fair.
Mr. John Mowbray,' of McKillop,
has sold his farm pn the 16th conces-
sion, of McKillop, to Mr. Knechtel, of
Brussels. -
The smokestack on Mrr S. Cole's
saw mill at Constance, was blown
down during the storm on Saturday
eight.
About 30 stores, hotels and "resi-
dences are now connected by tele-
phone of the Automatic' Telephone &
Electric Co. of Canada in Seaforth.
The exchange and agency is with 'Mr.
W. R. Counter, jeweller.
The family' of Mr. Wang. Morley
have left here to reside in Winnipeg.
Messrs. Dale, of the Huron Road,
Hnllett -and Tuckersmith, who are
probably the most extensive farmers'
in this part of the country, have done
their. share of prize winning at the
fail fairs. They exhibited a eix-•fairs
and took in 71 prizes.
There is a good` deal of wood coni-
ing into town and it sells from $2 ;to
$2,25 a cord.(
The ,Lotidoit Harpers' were in town
on Wednesday and Thriraday and play- gy
ed sweet music from the Weeny of No Novelty to Him
the. Gonrniierelai aka. The men had been going over the
1 had to go up to the city last week. bridge, roosters crowing, a tractor
It was one of those rush calls in re- coughing life into cold cylinders,
gard to an estate I happen to be ex- Going, into the observation car I
ecutor of and these lawyer fellows found a few people sitting around. A
seem to call meetings every so often fat man in a blue suit with a' cigar
to help their conscience or some- was complaining about the fact that
thing. Anyhow I crawled out of bed summer wasalmost over. A thin,
before morning, drove into the vis- lean -looking woman with a cigarette
lage and had the station agent flag 'FV^I,f3 puffing and shaking with cold.
the flyer. She thought the train company could
• Most of the people were still in at least keep the ears warm. Some -
their berths so I sat in the smoker body else said "I hate riding on
and watched the day begin. 'It's a -this milk train. It stops at all the"
strange sensation . . , this business crossings for milk and eggs." Most
of speeding along through the grim, people laughed at his wit. Conversa-
gray morning light while the sun tion died down then and they picked
eases up gradually from behind the up magazines and started looking at
horizon. You see chimney smoke pictures . . . while the greatest PIC -
straggling •up into the cold morning tare on earth passed by the windows,
air- and now and again against . the unnoticed.
outline of a barn the lumps perched I shouldn't say it was unnoticed.
on the ridgepole turn out to be roost- A little woman in a plain jersey dress
ing turkeys. I. guess it's a natural with a hat that looked a little out
failing of the turkey family to want of fashion, even to dry untrained
to roost where they're not supposed eyes, was watching every bit of the
to be. ceuery as it passed by. She turn -
A Fall morning has always remind- ell and smiled when `she found me
ed me somehow of the chilled steel watching it- also and said, "Isn't it
loon of crew tools. It's cold and hard. c,r-uid? Living in the city we miss
The coldness and hardneCs wears off, so much!"
however, as the sun comes up full Country bred and born and now
and strong . . . and then you see iivirg in the city. she might not
what Jack Frost has been doing dur- bars been the most fashionable in
ing the night. Bright red and yel- the,, car but she was the proud pos.
low -golden splotches show up ,against sensor of a • heritage. Her eyes
the green of the hardier trees as the weren't covered by any false veil.
world begins to thaw out. You can't She didn't mind the train, even if it
hear them for the incessant "beedly- did stop for mill: and eggs or to pick
bum" of the revolving train wheels, up the odd fanner like myself. To
but on the countryside air there her the countryside was something
floats a medley of sounds , , . a dog more than just a means of connect -
barking, a truck goinI over a wooden :ng cities.
:JUST A SMILE OR TWO:
A salesman travelling through the
mountaint,,section of Arkansas came
upon an cild fellow, obviously a native,
sunning himself on a bench in frdnt
of a village store. After exchanging
greetings, the salesman inquired:
"Don't you people find it hard to ob-
tain the necessities of life up here in
this rugged country?"
"We shore do, pardner, and half of
it ain't fitten _to drink after we get
it," replied the native.
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"Oh, what a strange looking cow,"
exclaimed the sweet young thing from
Chicago. • "But why hasn't she any
horns?" -•-•
"Weil;" -you see," explained the far-
mer, "some cows are born without
horns and never have any, and others
shed theirs, and some we dehorn, and
some ,breeds ain't supposed to have
horns at all. There's a lot of reasons
why some cow's ain't got horns, but
the reason why that cow ain't got
horns is because she „ain't a cow—
she's a horse!"
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A nervous girl was chatting to the
vicar about fishing, on which she was
keen. "Did you manage to get anY
fishing while you were away?" -en-
quired the vicar.
"Oh, yes," replied the girl, "quite a
lot—mostly perch and chug, though
they're not particularly ,,nice to eat.
Which do your prefer, vicar," - she
added, "cherch or pub?"
Huron Federation Of ;
Agriculture -=Farm News
U. K. FARM COTTAGES
Under the Emergency aural Hous-
ing -Scheme in Great Britain, • a start
has been made in building 3,000 cot-
tages for farm and rural workers. The
cottages slaving a dining room, sit-
ting room, three bedrooms and .a kit-
chen at a standard rent of 14 shill-
ings and, sixpence—or nearly $3 per
week. In England and Wales alone,
2,750,000 dwelling hduses were de-
stroyed. by air raids,'- up to last No-
vember. That is, one out of every
five houses in England and Wales was
either blown to bits or damaged. The
damage id Scotland was also exten-
sive.
ART OF. FEEDING PROTEIN TO
PIGS
•A young pig cats be helped to make
good : growth by feeding it a protein
supplement. For this purpose many
,farmers feed their pigs skim milk and
buttermilk, but other farmers • with
no milk for feeding mix 12 pounds of
concentrate in every 100 pounds of
the grain -ration.
If hog producers were ato increase
the protein sulifl1ement from 12 to 24
pounds, the pig might not grow any
faster than when it Was getting a nor-
mal amount of protein.
Farmers should use carefully high
protein supplements of all kinds. Un-
necessarily large amounts of concen-
trates have been fed on some farms
to pigs which could get along without
it. Supplies • of commercial protein
feeds are limited and it is only by
using these feeds and dairy by-pro-
ducts . in the way to do most good
that the large number of pigs requir-
ed can be raised successfully and
cheaply. -
A good protein supplement is a
body builder. Adequate amountsof
protein should be -fed to young pigs
if their growth ie to be normal, but
any additional amount over that re-
quired to give a young pig growth is
wasted. A young pig uses excess pro-
tein only for energy or fattening.
Farmers agree that there are cheaper
ways of putting fat on a pig than by
laying out money •for protein supple-
ments.
Proteins are necessary .for young
pigs, and pregnant or nursing sows.
But when a pig reaches 100 pounds, it
will make reasonably good gro*th on
feed grains alone. ldy limiting pro-
tein supplements t� young pigs; - ore
hogs can be raised off the .same
amount of purchased supplements,
usual obstacle course — swimming
across a pool of dirty water, ,running
up a bank, climbing a seven -foot wall,
scrambling through bushes and barb-
ed wire, and finally climbing a moun-
tain.
The colonel shouted to one of the
lads as he came to the end. of this
jaunt:
"How do you like it, soldier?"
"Whore I come fadm, sir, we have
to go through country like, this just
to get to the barn,"
Canadian Reserve of Butter
Will Meet Needs Until Spring
.Butter production has reached the
point where stocks in storage will be
sufficierrt to meet normal demands
during the low production , period
front October to May, even if factory
output is reduced to- 'the same level
as last year, the Dominion Bureau of
Statistics said Friday,
"While observers believethat- sub-
sidies recently put into effect will not
materially increase the total 'produc-
tion of milk, it seems apparent that
greater quantities will be• diverted in-
to the cheese and fluid -milk cha•n-
nels," the review said.
"Thus the subsidies should result
in a greater volume of cheese forcex-
port, and more adequate supplies ,of
fresh milk in areas where shortages
appear to be imminent,"
• .(Agriculture MinisterGardiner an-
nounced that more than 7,000,000
pounds of Canadian butter are being'
sent to the United Kingdom to meet
ration needs there. He said that
while -Canada might not be able to
reach the contract requirement of
150,000,000 pounds 'of cheese for the
United Kingdom this year, when the
total of these dairy products was
reckoned it' would not be far from the
objective as established for • cheese
alone). '
The review said that combined. out-
put r of creamery butter and cheese
during September represented the
equivalent of 1,000,000,000 pounds of
Milk, an increase of about 8,000,000
pounds over last year.
Butter' production .in' the month in-
creased 4 per eent as against Sep-
tember last year, and wasp' down 15.8
per cent as compared with the pre-
ceding month. In' pounds ,September
production was 32,8100,000.
September cheese production was
down 7.6 per cent, compare with
September, 1942, and about 8.4\ per
cent below the •previous month.
Most women feet are a lot bigger
than they aodlt: •
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Suffers Nasty Scalp Wound
L. J. Penhale, Exeter, • had an un-
fortunate accident at the canning fac-
tory where a new .building is in the
progress of erection. The wind toii-
pled a scantling over striking Mr.
Penbale a nasty blow on the head,
inflicting a scalp wound that required
a .number of stitches to close:=Zurich
Herald.
' Hail Finger Amputated
As a result of. having his finger in-
jured while operating a planer at his
factory on Thursday, Charles Cook
was rushed to Wingham General Hos-
pital where the, middle finger of his
left hand was amputated.—Wingham
Ad vance-Times. •
Now Chief Technical Officer
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Mr, and Mrs. William B. Reid have
received word from their son, Pilot
Oil cel Scott Reid, that he had been
appointed Chief Technical Officer for
a :cation in Scotland. He is at pres-
c-ut attending an officers' course in
Wales. Scott says in his letter that
he is in .the best of health and that
Inc climate agrees with him. Scott's
friends here"Will. be pleased to know
that he is, doing well and enjoying
good health. — Wingham Advance -
Times.
Struck By Car While On Bicycle
Jean Nediger, 13 -year-old daughter
of Mr. and Mrs, J. W. Nediger, Jr.,
was seriously hurt on Saturday,,5even-
ing when she collided with a car
while riciang her bicycle, east on On-
tario Street. The driver of the car
was Mr. pert Boyes, of .Clinton, who
was going, west at the time of acci-
dent. It has not been determined yet
just how the accident 'occurred, as
Jean was carrying her, flashlight;
wh'ch was lighted. As a result of
the accident Jean has a severely
gashed left leg and extensive bruis-
es, on face and body, Until X-rays
are taken it will not -be known if an'y""
bones are broken. A popular young
girl, Jean will have the best wishes
of all for a speedy and complete re-
covery. --Clinton News -Record,
Bridal Couple Honored
Mr. and Mrs, Lewis Armstrong, who
were recently married, were guests
of honor at a social gathering held
by their friends. and neighbors in the
Bru;:sels town hail. cin Friday evening
of lass, week. They were made the
recipients of a purse of money pres-
ented by L. E. Cardiff, M.P., while
the address was read by Jack Thynne-
Mr., Armstrong thanked their friends
for their gifts, and good wishes.—
Brussels Post. -
Choir Presents Gift To Member'
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Me> lldt-s of' the United -Church,
choir presented Miss Margaret Down-
ing, bride-to-be, .who has been a mem-
ber for a number of years, with a
Pyrex and silver casserole and a
bride's book. The presentation took.
place at the home of the choir lead-•
er, Miss^ C. Hingston, on Friday eve-•
n'ng, Oct. 1st, at the conclusion of
choir rehearsal, •Mr. C. Buschlin
read the address and Pte,, Harris, Bali
presented the gifts. Miss Downing
thanked her friends for their gifts. A
soc'ai hour was enjoyed and lunch..
was served.—Brussels Post.
Killed in North Africa • -
Mrs. M. Blight received word this^
week from her' sister in , Ilfracombe;
England, that the lattsrts only son,
Pte. Alfred Lewis, reported- missing
on March 1.3th, had been officially re-
ported killed in North Africa while'
manning a Ben gun on Command
Hill, when the .Germans took the -Hill.
He was with the Sherwood Forstere
and was 24 years of a,ga. — Mitchell
Advocate, -
Pacer Shipped To Eastern Buyer
Dr. C. A. Henze has shipped his
fancy two-year-old pacer, Rilla Bars,
to North Sydney, N,S., this being' the
third horse he has sent this eastern.
buyer.—Mitchell Advocate:
Organist Goes To Goderich .
Ray Muliheran, organist and , choir'
reader • of Mair} St. United Church for
the past year Or so, has been engag-
ed in a similar capacity at North St.
United Church, Goderieh, his duties
to commence on Oct, 24th- He has
also been engaged as instructor of
music in the public schools.—Mitchell
Advocate.
Ripe Raspberries in October
Andy Clarke was telling in his un --
day broadcast of second -crop rasp
berries somewhere east of Taranto,
00 Mr. G. 11. Green . on Tuesday'
brought in a twig from his garden on
Angelsea Street to show that Gode-
rich is not to be beaten. The little•
twig had a dozen tor more of large,
ripe red raspberries.- . Goderielt Sig --
nal -Star.
Real Estae,,.changes "%�, a" -
Mr. Frank King, of Stephen, has -
purchaSed the residence of •Mr. -Gar-
net McFalbi, on Andrew St, and will
Shortly inolrig to town, Mr, King re-
cently diapbsed of his 75.acre farm
in Stephen rtoiirnship to Mr. rd. kau1-
der. He Is hotcThig an` auction- sale +if
his farm 'stack and. itnplenientsa and' .
at the came time is ilie, for •aal
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