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More Hogs Needed!
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TO FILL Canada's obligations to Britain,
supply our armed . forces, stock , ships
docking at our ports .and provide for domestic
consumption, Canadian farmers are asked to
produce eight million hogs in 1943 an inciease
of 28%, or one- and - three- quarter' million
more hogs!
If you need , money to increase your hog
prods ction, this Bank will be glad to consider
a loan. Call and discuss your plans.
THE -
DOMINION BANK
EStABLISHED 1871
SEAFORTH BRANCH
E. C. Boswell-. - Manager
Fruit Of All Kinds is Plen-
tiful, and Women Do
All the Work.
The following are two letters re-
cently received by 'Me. and Mrs. Jas.
Love from their,'son Stewart:
B. 2 Coy., Royal Canadian Reg.,
Can. Army Overseas,
Cen. Med. Force.
Dear Folks: If you like hot wea-
ther, this is the place to come to. I
daresay you will have guessed that
I'm in Sicily. I landed ,at Augusta
and moved inland to join the regi-
a ment. I just lamied a few days ago,
so I missed all the fun.
Ali the fruit down here is ripe now.
We have so many grapes, oranges,
figs and so oueetlat we get tired of
them. There is a vineyard about six
feet from' where I'm sitting now.
The country 'here is very hilly and
the natives have terraced it up so
that it can be cultivated. I don't.
know what they_grow, apart from the
fruit. They never seem to do any-
thing except scrounge. The soil here
is nearly all of volcanic origin and
very rocky. This would be an ideal
place to live from my point of view—
the women seem to do all the work.
I haven't been in any of the towns,
as they • are all out of bounds to
troops, but I have been through a
few of them. They are built on hill-
tops ,for the most part. That is, the
inland towns.
We •had quite a good voyage down
from Scotland. It was a bit rough
for a few days, but I wasn't sick, al-
though I didn.'t feel too well at times.
I was sleeping in a companionway
one night beside some barrels and
one fell down and hit me on the head.
T bad a lovely goose egg and felt quite
HENSALL
(Intended for last week)
Miss Marion. Sangster, who is at:
tending business college at Clinton,
.visited with. her mother, Mrs. James
Sangster, over the week -end. I
Mr. Levi Rands is leaving on Mon-
day for Mitchell, where he has ac-
cepted a splendid position on`the. sec-
tion of the C.N.R. His sister, Miss
Annie Rands, and ,bonald wall follow
him in the near futufe.
W. I. 'Hold Grandmot•her's Meeting
`,Mrs. A. W. Kerslake was hostess
at her home Wednesday evening, Oct.
13th,° for the October meeting of the
Bensall Women's Institute, with Mrs.
W. A. I acLaren co -hostess. Sixte-
five Members and guests, including a
number of grandmothers, who were
the guests of honor as this was a
special grandmother's meeting, were
• present and enjoyed a most delightful
evening,. one long to be.remembered.
Miss. Gladys ,.Leker, president, presid-
ed. .The meeting came to order with
the Institute Ode, followed with "Sil-
ver„ Threads Among the Gold." A
number of housewives were passed
around for inspection which were
.made by some of the members. The
roll call was answered with "Some-
thing my grandmother missed." It
was disclosed that the pupils of Miss
Esther Mcihvain's school at S.S. 10,
Hay, are raffling. off a' lovely hooked
rug which is on display at T. C.
Joynt's window and for which tickets
are being sold. This rug -eves made
by Mrs. Garfield Broderick. and the.
proceeds are for the Red Cross.
The overseas boxes are to be peak-
ed Oct. 25th and the following com-
m.ittee was appointed to look after
same: Mrs. W. Sangster, Mrs. F.
Beer, Mrs. J. Sangster, Mrs: E. Norm-
Inton; Mrs. M. Drysdale, Mrs. R. A.
Orr, Mrs.. E. Chipchase, Mrs. H. Hor-
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MADE IN CANADA
ton, Miss Violet McClymont, Mrs. A.
Saundercok, Mrs, A. Foster and Mrs.
A. Kerslake.
. Discussion' took place re the beoth
for the frolic Friday evening. Mel,.
W. Sangster and Mrs. Fred Beer were
appointed. a ,committee to• look after
same, together with some of the lad-
ies from the Zurich Institute. Dona-
tions can be left at Drydale's hard-
ware or `Orr's shop on Main .Street.
Mrs. W. Sangster was appointed a
delegate to attend the convention to
be held- at„ Hotel London Nov. 2nd,
3rd and 4th. • The motto, "Let us
grow lovely growing old," was ably
taken by Mrs. R. Simpson, ,and the
demonstration, "Fashions of yester-
day and today" caused many a peal
of merriment as the clothes worn by
grandmother and the modern miss
displayed by Mrs. A. W. 'Shirray aed
Miss E. Mcllwain. Mrs. Drysdale was
in charge of the demonstration. Some
of the 'dresses displayed were .over
100 years old. '
The highlight of ,the evening was
the presentation of a debate, "Re-
solved that the present-day has noth-
ing to offer that the pioneers lacked,"
Mrs. A. R. Campbell and Miss A. 'Con -
sat took the pioneer hart and Miss
Beryl • Pfaff and Miss Audrey Dinnin
that of the modern day. Some won
derful points were .brought out dur-
ing this debate from both sides, to-
gether. with much humor, and this.
contribution ' to the program added
much to the evenin•g's pleasure. Miss
,Greta Laramie, in speaking for the
judges, Mrs. C. Cook and 'Mrs. W. B.
Cross, announced the affrmative side
as the winner. Miss Betty Mickle'
and Miss Eleanor Crook favored with
a pleasing piano duet; Mrs. W. 'Sang-
ster r -contributed a recipe, and Mrs.
Fred Beer gave the current events.
Mrs. W. A. ,MacLaren, a valued
member of the institute, who is leav-
ing shortly to take up residence in
Goderich, was presented with seven
lovely goblets, the,address being read
by Miss Gladys Luker and the pres-
entation made by Mrs. Sherritt. ' Al-
though taken, completely by'surprise,
Mrs. MacLaren expressed her thanks
in a fitting manner. A contest was
enjoyed in"charge of Mrs. W. A. Mac -
Laren. Luncheon was served.by the
hostess, Mrs. Walks, Mrs. W. O.
Goodwin, Mrs. Kennedy, Mrs. Orr,
Mrs. C. Passmore, Mrs. Beer and Mies
Greta Laramie. A vote of thanks was
extended to the' 'hostess and her
mother, Mrs. Walks, for the loan of
their lovely home, and to the co -hos-
tess, Mrs. MacLaren. The event was
much enjoyed and one long to be re-
membered.
Following is the address: "Dear
Mrs. MacLaren: We feel that we
cannot let this opportunity pass .with -
nut saying a few words of apprecia-
tion for you efforts. in the work of
our Women's Wo e sWe,
al-
ways found you eager to do' whatever.
was asked of you. and in many ways
have you contributed to our meetings.
Your willingness to help in all un-
dertakings and your kindly comrade-
ship will always be a pleasant mem-
ory to us all. Ths little gift carries
with it our gratitude for your work
in the past of our best wishes for
your success and happiness in 'the
years to come, and may it bring to
you pleasant memories of our past in-
tercourse. — Hensall Women's Insti-
tute: Gladys -Luker, President." e
KIPPEN
,(Intended for last week)
W. I. Holds Meeting
The Kipper} Women's Institute held
their September meeting at the home
of Mrs. Robert Dalrymple on. Wed-
nesday, Sept. 29th. The meeting was
opened with the opening ode, follow-
ed by the Loan; Prayer be unison.
Mrs. James Finlayson read trhe scrip-
ture lesson. The. motto, "Doing no-
thing for others is the undoing of
yotfrself," was ably taken by Miss
Margaret McKay. Miss Laura Tre-
meer gave the current events, The
guest speaker was Rev. A. M. Grant,
of Kippen, whose subject was "Pest -
War Problems." Mrs. Dalrymple fav-
ored with two solos entitled "Rose of
Tralee" and "Juanita:' Mrs. Glean
McLean gave the jam report. It was
decided that the' Institute Would` eri1-
leCt money for the soldiers' boxes.
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The National Anthem was sung and
lunch served by the lunch committee:
The next meeting of the Kippen
East Women's Institute will be' held
at the home of Mrs. Alex McGregor
on Wednesday .afternoon, Oct. 20th,
at 2.30 p.m. The roll call is 'to" be
answered by, "Why I am proud totbe
a Canadian subject." Will the ladies
who made Christmas cakes and
gloves please bring them to this
meeting? The Institute wishes to
thank all the ladies who so kindly
donated fruit and who helped with
the jam and jelly. The quota of
1,456 pounds thas been finished. Christ-
mas boxes for the boys , overseas will
be packed at the home of Mrs. Mor-
ley Cooper on Monday, Oct. 25th.
At the Thanksgiving' service on•
Sunday the choir sang "It is Good to
Give Thanks" in keeping with-• the
sermon subject, "The Harvest Loaf."
During the service the following were
baptized: ,Margaret Jean Broadfoot,
David John Cooper, Albert Keith An-
derson, Donald Linden Parsons,
Elaine Jessie Upshall and Robert
James Upshall.
The Women's Missionary Society
held the October meeting on Thurs-
day last at the home of Mrs. John
Bell. ,Mrs. John Henderson was in
cbarge of the meeting, and the pro-
gram from the August Monthly, in-
troducing the new study book "For
All of Life," Was used. Mrs. A. M.
Grant outlined the first chapter. Mrs.
A. Monteith was: appointed a delegate
to the sectional meeting to be held
at Centralia on'Oct. 20th. At the
close ono. the meeting a short W. A.
meeting was held.
Norman Long spent the. week -end
at Windsor and Mr, and Mrs.. James
McClymont at Chatham.
ZURICH
(Intended for last week)
- Hay Council Meets
The regular monthly meeting of the
council of. the Township of Hay was
held at the Town Hall, Zurich, on
Monday, Oct. 4th; with all the mem-
bers present. After disposing of the
communications the following resolu-
tions were pissed: That bylaw for
additional estimates. for $1,000 for
bridge construction and $500 for main-
tenance be passed and approval of
same be applied for to the Depart-
ment of Highways. That Haberer
drain bylaw be read third time and
fir.•ally passed except that Conrad Sie-
mon be not allowed $60 for severance
as provided for in said bylaw. That
Rosalie Street drain bylaw be read
third time and finally passed.and that
tenders be advertised to do the work.
that assessments covering Masse
Drain be levied in accordance with
original bylaw,until amount expend-
ed in 1943 for repairs be provided for.
That authority be given for the con-
struction of telephone cableto take
p
care of the services in the northwest
portion of the Village 'of Zurich. That
accounts covering payments on town-
ship roads, Hay Telephone System,
relief and general accounts be passed
as per vouchers:
" "Township Roads — Dominion Road
Machinery Co., repairs, $121.70; M.
Corriveau, cement worlt, $24.60; T.
Welsh, •1,040 yards gravel, $83.20; M.
G. Deitz, grading, oil, • etc., $44.50;
Bonthron & Drysdale, acct., $43.75;
T. Welsh, lumber acct., $16.85; W.
Allan, crushing and trucking, $535.04;
York Belting Co., belt; $39.93; T.
Welsh, - lumber, bridge, $96.17; pay
list, labor, $103.62. Total, $1,098.36.
Hay Telephone—Bell Telephone Co.
tolls, $696.81; Stromberg-Carlson, sup-
plies, $58.69; H. 0. Hess, salary,
$225.77; H. G. Hess, extras, $140.28;
E. R. Guenther, cartage, $1.70; Decon
Telephone Ltd., supplies, $21.30;• A.
F. .Hess,' part salary,, $87.50; T. H.
Hoffman, salary, $225.42; T. H. Hoff-
man, extras, $41.85.
General and Relief — Municipal
World, 1943 Statutes, $2; Times-Advo-
oate, advertising, $2.70; A. Hendrick,
fence viewer, $2; C. ,1-T. Blackwell,
fence viewer, $2; H. W. Br'okens"hire,
assistance, $24.80; Morris Denomme,
relief, $20; J. McBride, weed inspec-
tor, 171.20; A. EI. Hess, part salary„
$90; A. Pfaff, fence viewer, $2; H.
Lawrence, Masse Drain, $1„284.00; J.
Supiat, relief, $22.10.
{loured adjourned to, meet again on
Monday, Nov. let, -at 1.30 o'clock in
the afternoon. --A. P. fees, Clerk.
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it tj 1 l.e tgld in# rbga 1,
{'Idiots, Aden nber tea, + Oberxies
stxawbe?'Tins 4`:'pieiaehan#l3r ?ell
as 00010 900'. El; r.110 i�forget;-. Ie
ivere vel'- goo.afld Sluice >(;t ag, ae
War werel sold tOx 'he* free. heout.
side the three-rnilet,
They 'had us packed in u4pre or lees
like sardines We had: ammii 1 s .and
the end of Dyne iate ^leehed, w1tl} the
next. Just eke. oexdittes in a Un.Q The
table where we ate :was right below
the hammocks, et) ''there was no sleep -
lee, in in the horning. I was sleep-
ing on deck the eight we passed Gib-
raltar. Just before that we passed
a city that was all lit up. - It was'
quite an unusual eight, after three.
years of blackout. About three days
later we passed a •s'hip which was al-
so lit up. But wrong way. It 'was
rumored to have been' a cotton ship,
but there was quite an oily smell to
the stroke. We were about five miles
away and the light cast very clear-
cut shadows; it was so bright. We
had no trouble at all from enemy ac-
tion. ,
In this place -where we are now,
there is an old well with_ an. endless
chain of buckets, which scoop up the
water. Practically the whole local-
ity get their water here, including us.
I started to do somelaundry.•_and a
young kid came along and did it for
a cigarette. Yesterday I had some
sandbags to fill and they did that for
a cigarette each. They even wast-
ed our dishes for us..:
The flies down here are rather on
the belligerent side right now. • I'm
having quite a time fighting them off
and writing at the same time. I think
1'11 quit now and go into dinner. '
Well, I'm• back again. It wasn't too
bad. I guess NI have to stop again
before long as we are breaking camp
and moving abput • a mile "farther
away. Seems rather silly, but they
know what they are doing, I hope.
This is the next day, and I'll try
to finish this now. We moved, and
what a, joint! No water and not too
much shade. ' I hope we're not here
too long. • -
i was on guard last night from 10
until two with another fellow. We
had two hours each to do, so we did
it together for compan�.
Heard the news of the Italian inva=
sion .from the English news. It seems
,funny to have to wait for news' of
what is happening a few miles away
to come from London. We only get
rumors ' here, with .an occasional radio
report which may ,be, true or may
not. however, I'll soon know, what is
what. In fact, long before you get
this. But don't worry, I'll keep my
head flown. .I was born to be Hung
anyway. So long for now.
STEW.
H. 2 Coy., Roy. Can. Reg.,
,C. A. O., C. M. F.
Dear Folks: Well, the Wops have
dyne it again! There's a lot of happy
talk in camp tonight. The boys are
wondering where we are going next.
There is a lot of speculation on that
score.
We have had a very' easy time since
we Ianded here in Italy. It's been
nothing but an endless'; convoy for us
in transport and a glorified route
march for, the boys.
Convoy work in this `country is not
all it's cracked up to be, as the roads
are not too good The surface, as a
rule, is not very smooth, and the fer-
ries: haven't helped matters any by
blowing out bridges and so on, as
they retreated. As for the reads
themselves, they seem to meander up
and down hill in no particular direc-
tion at all. However, the direction is
mostly up. I never thought that one
could go uphill for s'o long without
stopping for a rest. The roads seem
fo cling to the sides of the hills.
That's the only way I can'describe
them. Thee don't seem to be natural
roads, but rather as though they were
dug into the sides of the hills. Some
of the corners are built of concrete
entirely. Of course they are all �hair-
pin curves. The roads are so narrow
in places that two lines of traffic can't
pass. Yesterday when we were pass-
ing an American truck on one of
these narrow roads, on of its hind
wheels slid into the ditch It was
still safely hanging when we got past,
but a short time later we heard it
roll down over the cliff. .I don't know
whether there was anyone in it or
not, but I hope not, as he wouldn't
have a chance of getting out, as the
driver was next to the cliff. After
we passed him we had to fill in a
d'tch to allow an artillery gun, which
was ahead of us, to go past an Eng-
lish convoy. In another place, we
were held up for two hours by an-
other convoy coming towards us.
Neither one could get past the other.
A lovely spot for an air raid; but our
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il4et kn0aw What ryPi11 hap 01 uo5r.
The big: euestien la; W111 �t1 sale
ill kn th o ��
here in .Italy sutxendlbr ..or 00: '^ '8'O4:
w ow a alaswer • t that •
befo4'e-.:gats 1eapireo you. Pere a•117
I hope ,.thy give rn,, ae i4 wi11 mean
'• lot of lives en both sides.
The country here is mien' as it was
in Sicily—very- mauntailtoua. Tfie peo,.
plc have built it 'up do ,terraces t be,
sameway in an effort to eaeke it till='
able.' Their way of doing this snakes
the countryside look like a huge park.
Their 'houses are, for the retest part,
built up onthe slopes of the hills.`
They are nearly all built of stone and
add a very picturesque touch to the
landscape, as .they show up white.
against the dark background.
As for the natives of Italy, they
seem to be of a better class than
those of,�'Sicily, who struck me as ,be-
ing a lazy, slovenly bunch. The men
in Sicily never seemed to do any
work, except to ride around on mules
all day, while the women did all, the
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Pjoe Tobacco
FOR A MILD, (COOL, SMOKE
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;work. 'they- do :ani, *heir ea;reEfn:
their heads. What loads ,thew r 04177,
at tithes!: It made MY Itteagl ;ache duet
to w tc1s them so 11131 ee:r Poe
th;ng from Water jags to elteavea ''sof
Oen. And talk aboutthe litti s' of To
ionto; they wouldn't even eta*: a
chance in Italy or slcjiyt pvrn• if
you only give them a Prie.ce of hard-
tack, they are quite 'happy about it.
But what they like most is our Erigat-
ettes. They'll do almost anything •to
get some of them. Cone can get an
enormous la ndry done for a few cig-
arettes.'
I was very much surprised when I
was handed a letter from you the
day. ,after I landed in Sicily. It must
have passed me on the -way, as it
was . too dark and late to hand out
mail When we arrived. They said
that it had been there for a few- days,
but they hadn't sent it baek as they
heard that we` -were on the way. How-
t3
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the night X1on +t' p I
tomorrow, burnt 1 h¢Xr 4ba of
tor1oabltof leeliflg
quite a Tpustle otrd ,t
gue$s evil' tloflr in tgo
want to gO 'tEH Slip 'I3
there 1s to talk abg1 t �S`•
T. carp figure out ,I. $utR ,thy
keep it -t}p::fer nouns' on e0
nothing at a'l1 All it does
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value at that.
Well, I . think I'll have to sigtr;,:
now as I have n6 more news to rFr
late to you.
So long for now. .
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