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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1944-02-11, Page 7tt .�, • 'Barristers, 0o11citorf, Patrick D. McConnell e Et, Mena Iiay SE.AMRT$; ONT, Telephone 174 aarrlster, Solicitor; 'Etc. SEAFOit!i' - ONTARIO Branch Office-'Henenll $meal) Phone U3 RReaforth• )'hone '173 SEAPORT'S CLINIC„ .OR. E. A, MOMASTER, M.13, , Graduate. of University of i Toronto •• YY61 ' ? • G'iu...--. •9a APTER 1 .l- .. They wereing this morning, the a o! the who were snatching their' 'twenty our hourly leave. It didn't etude very often -only once; i' n every fourtegstY dltil±sl . That was ft* they had l tQ make the moat of; lit.. •They worked ,he de -harder, the* .often. thought, tha6,many+ of -the girls In the Waafs, They were plotters- girls who _lead enlieted•, for "special dUities.... illlk. the most interesting ibranch� elf the• service' where they were right in the -thick, of it all. In the Opera: - ...The Clime is •#nilly' equipped with tions rooms. they' needed 'ho -time their complete, and natdern l ra r attd- other ,'.'brains and needed• tui have plenty td updo data diagnost4e and • therapeutics. use too.. Cherry Pyeeroft had, plenty. She was quick as lightning, . small, with dark hair and blue eyes, vital, alive, full . o.e restless energy. She was breaking her neck noir to catch the one -thirty to town • •instead of hitch- hiking with the others. This was • a grand and most economical way of getting• to the city, an a girl in uniform could always get a lift. But today Cherry• wasn't trusting to any chance way of getting to London. Denise expected deer at the apartment as soon as she arrived,. And it had been a long time since she'd seen . her .or heard anynews of 'Simon; Denise's husband. -Simon had gone to America with the War Purchasing._. Commission, but Denise had said in her last letter: "Simon will be back any day now. It seems quite ineredlble -tb think he's been Phone 90-W - Seaforth gone nearly six months: The time bas• .simply flown.- But .1 suppose that's because I've been' enjoying my- self." • Cherry, giving her uniform a quick, hard 'brush:" wondered anxiously just how 'well - Denise had enjoyed herself. She wished she had kept 'in close touch with her, though it wasn't easy now that she was working so hard. When Simon had left .she had consented willingly to stay at the apartment with Denise, who firmly refuseditto follow Simon's wishes that she live outside London while he was gone. Then the unexpected had hap- pened. Madame 'Hayden., Cherry's the other girl' would make him hap- . ...............AU'CTIONEERS boss, ,ha41 suddenly closed her shop. py. She fated sacking, Cherry --but there Hurrying from the . station to the was, nothing else to do. .• Linden's apartment, Cherry hoped Cherry had said that night • to Denise, "I don't feel like taking .an- other civilian job, Denise. I'm aw- fully tempted to join one of the wo- men's services. The Waefs are. ad- v,extising for girls for `special duties.' If it wouldn't, mean letting you down . . . Denise had answered that, if Cher- ry felt tthat way, 'of course she must do her duty ,...to, her king and country. She'd be " perfectly all right. Only the other. day Sandy Drake, 'a friend, had said how' much she would .like to -share the apartment with her. "But what .about Simon, darling?" Cherry had objected.. "I said I'd look after you for him."' • • Denise had laughed -lightly at this and added, a trifle ,tartly, that she was perfectly capable of looking af- ter herself. "You go and be a Waaf, my pet. `You'll look positively stun - equipment: , Dr. 'Fir J. R! Forster,' Specialist in . diseases of the ear, eye, nose and throat,, will be at the Clinic the first Tuesday in every month from 3 to 5 p.m. Free Well'Baby. Clinic will be held 'on the second and last Thursday in (every month from 1 to 2 p.m. JOHN tq; GORWILL, B.A.,. M.D. Physician and Surgeon IN 'DR. H. 11. ROSS' &VICE Phones: Office 5-W Seaforth Res. 5-2 'MARTIN W. STAPLETON, B'.A., M.D. Physician and Surgeon' . Successor tie -Dr. . W. C. Sproat DR. F. J. R. FORSTER Eye, -Ear, Nose and Throat Graduate in Medicine•,• University' of Toronto. • Late assistant New York Opthal- mei and Aural Institute, Moorefieid's Eye and Golden .Square Throat Hos- pital; London, Eng: At COMMERCIAL HOTEL, SEAPORTH, THIRD WED- • NESDAY in each month, from 2' p.m. to. 4.30.• p.m.; also at Seaforth. Clinic first Tuesday of each month.53 Waterloo Street.South, ,Stratford.' , way he (looked and spoke, you're too shall nee .tind. wprthleas to til tiidt she had been unable to put :Into understand it. Q.hi,.1?eeiae ." her Wordsleveni to' lier,lelf. Buts her heart voiee changed. ,Anger and bitternet)s turned" ovei and' aier pulses quicken- aubeided. There : lyde only an urgent ed .whenever lie was' near her, and .pleading and a heartbreaking .ring, o$ elle had known -.almost with a sense sinceetty. "Denise,, t didn't mean to Of foreboding, `which site *mete leers' say health things:: to you. It's just latex /had certainly beep: justified, that thele' :ecoid never be any other ling, he. loxes yeti aai terribly." Man for her. e r "SFouere just WOO' foolishly senti- At the time she end .Denise had mental, Cherry,'+ g$d Dente() prate bbenn.`sharing an epaxtntent, Denise titan. Ste gave' ,,a«• -little tolerant nee, been a much sought. after peen ,superior smile "Bttt yvlu • always' tograpiier's nFt►de1. , Her lovely.. face were, weren't yak"''' I've often said Milled at you . ficenebiilboards. Fro n you're the most lei$timental girl I Magazine advertisements . and new& know. You can't get it out"of your - papers'. too. stead,- that" all mep u8' •women, don't De Ise. had been away when Cher- marry and live. jta gilt' ever :after.' ry had met Simon. When she return- Let's not argue •anymore. I've got ed Cherry, . said, "I've. met rather a fifty things' to do before 1 get away; nicr man while you've been out of I'm taking the three•'thirty to Bristol town. He's- coming around .this eve- an.d whatever' happens" I don't want Meg. His name's Simon Lindon.". to i:niss it. I hoped perhaps you'd "Shall I.like hire?" Demise had ask- be an angel and help' me. Or are ed. you by any chance ;going to stand sen - "I'm sure you will. No one could ere over that door "end refuse to let help it." me leave the apartment?". Denise had liked him so much that. Cherry said heatedly, "I'd , very within six weeks :she had married much like to." ri him. From the very first moment ,, Denise laughed: '.`Oh, darling, don't they met Cherry had known it -was be so ridiculous. Cherry, listen -this going to happen. Ste -hadn't blamed was bound to happen Simon and, I Denise. It wasif't .her fault that she just areh't made to run in double Sear - was so beautiful that every man she nese. I't's far better for one of 'us met fell in love with her. It wasn't to =realizeit and make the break. To as if sate, Cheery, had even given her be perfectly frank, I've been sick Of a hint as . to how she herself felt Simon for some time. He's so darn-' about Simon. If she'd said, .perhaps, ed dull." before they met, "Please, darlinge ev- "Denise!" It was a pry of reproach en if you do like him, leaving him. wrung Teem Cherry's very heart. for• me. After all; I found him first:' . "He is, Cherry, mr pet." Yon''hav'e so many other men. . And, "Oh, Denise, how can, your you 'see, -I've-,- fallen in love with "Easily, darling. Oh',' doubtless••„ Si-; hien." mon is attractive'eneegh to some *o - If she had only said something lute men -yourself, for . instance -but'' I this, then , everything wouldhave find him horribly, boring dull." ibeen different. And yet .. • No, elle "And this other man? 'I take it it's didn't really -think so, because Denise Jerry Miller?" would still no` doubt have wanted Denise turned and looked at her. Simonand_ Denise always got what e'Who. said it was Jerry Miller?" she wanted. So Cherry had said noth- Cherry thought, she's trying to put ing, just taken herself in hand and me off. But she's not succeeding. It shut her heart against him. What was Jerry Miller, she was certain. else could she do Without 'letting She'd seen Denise's whole face had Denise know .how much she loved come alive the night 'he'd Palled for him? Her only prayer"bad been that her. If only Simon were not involv- ed, his happiness not at stake! She said dully, "Are you.t leaving some word for Simon?'' • Denise .apparently hadn't thought that Denise would make Simon's re- l of • this. , "Ought I to? The conven- turn a welcome one after their six I tional nate pro,>ti ped up' on the mantel- piece? Or should it be stuck on that pin cushion on my' dressing table? I've never left a husband. before. I'm not quite sure of the procedure. I'm No, 1 don't think so. You're here, darling. You've got twenty-four hours' leave, haven't you? Stay on and greet him with the bad news. Or is that asking too much of you?" Cherry drew a swift breath. "It's asking the impossible." (Continued Next Week) !r1�14w;n•.•,-al.. ter ievelopments,is t'he 9, Me, , of ,polities; . led'lslat on AL) fin, lernattotlal.relatiQna1, marled. tai .' Av.,1?H . Of t'he. AL Trent 40044Of ilal:Mist 7µent: •:int'erestiing to thei.ix►art 94 t?.0. street was Prima t'tnister. Kii1 f ,9ti, tiinatfon th et there is little 0,0 1044 of •any 'federal general' election :this year, perhaps not until the war is won. This .is interpreted here as a. rededication,of the .OovereMernt in the' winning. of thee war, ' aside from all canaideratdons of (party strategy or advantage. At the sante • time observers •.•here believe that. in, his declaration in ' re that I'm so unhalppy' for Simone Dar Bard to the election situation .arta his HAROLD JACKSON Specialist in Farm and Household Sales. ' _ Licensed in Huron and.Eezth poun- ties., Prices reasonaible;-esatisfaction guaranteed. For information, etc., write or phone Harold Jackson, 14 on 6661, Seaforth; R.R. 4, Seaforth. EDWARD W. ELLIOTT Licensed Auctioneer, For Huron Correspondence promptly answered. Immediate arrangements can be made for Sales, fates at The Huron Exposi- tor, Seaforth, or, by calling Phone 203, 'Clinton. , Charges moderate and satis- faction guaranteed. LONDON and CLINTON\ NORTH London, Lv. Exeter Hensall Kl'ppen Drucefield Clinton, Ar` - SOUTH - Clinton,, Lv. ..... Brucefield Kippen Hensali Exeter London, Ar A. iVI. $.Q0 10.17 " 10.34 10.4'2 10.55 11.20 P.M. 3:10 3.32 3.44 3.53 4,10 5.25 SUNDAY ONLY' Toronto to Goderich • (Via London and Clinton) ' . • P.M. Thronto, Lee 6.00 London 9.40 .just outside London. Life had sure." Clinton 11.55 •deli] become so different! With Goderich, Ar. 18.20 y Denise she had enjoyed , every tom- - C.N.R. TIME TABU fort. At the camp , . . EAST Sometimes she wished she 'had A.M. Fee, waited and joined up in the Summer. 6.15 2.30 Getting up at six .o'clock en a raw 6.31 2.50 Wi•nter's morning, lighting, fires, clean - 6.43 3':i3" ing the hut in which she slept with 6.59 • 3.21 a dozen other girls, drilling, going, St. Columban 7.05 3.27 on route marches, eating ulepalahOle 1DtLblin ' 7.12 3.35 food from a bare table, never, it Mitchell 7.24 $.47 would seem, having any rest -all this WEST " Mitcirdil 11.27 10.33 certainly brought out the toughness Dublin 11:3.7 10.44 in a girl, a toughness' Cherry had never believed• she possessed. It had done her good. Later sh% had been posted to an airdrome well drilled 'in' Denise fastened one of. her ,hags the fact that an officer's word was and straightened her slim back. She la* and no Waaf ever answered back. She felt now ae if she Seed been in service all her life. She was quite at home on the station, used to an- wzreare_eee.,„,,,eee sureeme,--.popular _ ark curling lashes n_ a rows they, th . he other Wf`ais. n "rnos-i SA et CherFY?s- henest - blue-^' ones "Pe haps, MY pet, this is where at long last you're going to be kttekv o Denise knew Cherry's cheeks -fled. As! She said in a little rush, "Since you've brought that out into the open, I'm not going to deny it. Torono '8,20 I've always believed you ,didn't know. P.M, But it doesn't matter.- You must re - McNaught .•. • I2,04 alit® that I don't count wish\ Simon. Walton 1'L 1: k m I never have. • It won't maltany • dif- Blyt1► . 13 28 ' ferenbe because Simon.,, .will' never Auhtirn 1$ 39 ' ti' a any' outer weintin. Same men 12, 4 h are unfertUfattliiN.. trade that way: l,i1ll Soaue; 'W't'1in'tlit, too, Only '3 Suppfi b' v „ #, , months' separation. She must surely be longing to see him again. • Connie, Denise's maid, opened the door to her..- "Madam's in her room, Miss Cherry." • Denise's voice floated across 'the hall. "That you, Cherry? Come on in. I was hoping you'd be here soon. There are one or two things I want you to do for me. Cherry 'was amazed at the confu- sion in Denise's charming .bedroom. "Packing?" she asked. stupidly. "Yes." Denise- bent her„ ' head low over a drawer and flung out a heap 'ef silk•'undies. ' "What's happening?" asked Cher- ry. • "I'm going away:" And tuning she looked full at Cherry, an oddly defi-, ant expression in her eyes. "I've had' ning'in that Air Force blue uniform." I a cable from Simon, from Lisbon. Which hadn't -though Cherry had He's arriving this evening." never been .able to• malre Denise be- "Biot . . ." Celerry made a little lieve it -had anything to do with her gesture. "You mean you're going to reason for joining the service. it meet him?" - was true she felt a thrill of tisatis- "No, darling, I mean I'm going to faction • the first day she'd seen her- avoid meeting him." self in uniform. But thatewas trivial. "Denise,' you can't meant that?" What counted was her ' deep. inner Denise gave an odd little laugh. satisfaction. Right from the outbreak "Oh, yes, I oan. And since you main• of war she had been dissatisfied with as well know the worst. I'm not ga- her civilian job. She was young- ing alone." twenty-three per next birthday - strong -without responsibilities. aIt Was only right that she should be do- ing her bit. So she had left Denise's comfortable flat to begin a fortnight's disciplinary training at a big camp Goderich, H6lmeaville Clinton Seaforth St. CQlumban Seaforth Clinton Goderich 11.40 •'••• 11.51 10.56 12.04 11.10 12.35- 11.35 C.P:R4. TIME- TABLE. EAST . P•M. •Goderich 4.35 Meneset.s•,.,,.. -.....,•..4.40. • 4. Auburn- Blyth uburn Blyth 5.09 Walton . • a 5. 1 __912eD1 . 2' Toronto 9,45 WE$,T' 'King Coal Plays Big Role "Did you ever stop to realize to what extent coal is- necessary in the present war? This was a question asked by a prominent coal man vis- iting Ottawa the other day. While,i most Canadians- agree on the import- ance of coal in keeping their homes warm an know that every precau- tion should be taken to conserve coal in the present emergency, very few realize that coal also lakes its place in every battle of the war.. Without coal, battleships and 'tugs powered by oil, and airplanes and jeeps running by the grace of ease- . "Not going alone?" Cherry echoed' line, would be,immohilized. Without faintly. coal, the"ivorld's'sirel 'stills could not "That's what II said," snapped De- be fed wiih the raw materials:which nise, turning to slam down a suit- are necessary to• make those battle - case. ships and tugs, airplanes and jeep's, Cherry told herself it couldn't be The value that the 1'nited Natitbns' true. It mustn't be true„ place on coal was indicated by a re - Denise laughed lightly. "Darling, cent dispatch frons the Pacific war I wish you wouldn't stand- there look• zone telling of an intense. American ing so (horribly disapproving." • bombing of various Japanese-occu- Cherry said passionately, "Disap- pled coal ,properties in China. Prior proving! But, Denise, I just can't be• to this bombing, Japan received from neve it!'.' this particular Yes; though Denise - me tioned no property for large eon- Yes; e nage of coking coal her steel names, Cherry felt convinced it was mills. ' Jerry Miller. She wanted to take Most commonly known as a fuel, Denise by the _shoulders and shake and so i'iluportant to the Steel'mills her or else lock her up until sheearne of the Dominion as well as for to her seises. She said bitterly, "It warmth in 'Canadian homes, coal is will break Simon's-heart to, come (back also an almost ineehaustible store - here and find you've gone. I still house of chemicals. In ordinary somehow can't believe that you're bituminous coal there 'axe constitu- really' seriohs." ents of explosives for bombs, shells gave a brittle little laugh. "Don't be idiotic, Cherry. Hearts don't break. Simon will get'over it." Then, her curious green eyes with their thick important, she' . no longer Thought quite so often of Simon. d4ffleultelfi ur-becti. rav- elling to town, Cherry went back ov- er the last three years, remembering the first; tithe she had seen hien, She had beets walking across Hampstead .Heath on a Warm Sunday in Spring. She had tripped anile hurt her ankle and he'd to ens her 1ho in a tarty When he salad good by,'e Ire 11a'a said I`+ ottltllet we Meet again sotlietime�1» • Per ellen?y' that had' ibeem • e be, tillin'gi There. wait something abfitxt 1tcy(�i100 .•..•... ......... 114•etieeet .• fl•• • Yi ...•• 4.10derid'br Y t i. t i 14 IN/ 11; s Ir and' torpedos, plastics of many types, food Preservatives, fertilizers, insecti- cides, dyes and many other products. In recent years on the bottom of some plastic gadgets, or do e. bottle of insecticide, the words. "Made From (`;oat"-"f'+eu.-appear, To many people nis nes proved a bit pztiing. Actu- ally ctu ally it means that one of seveTal sub- ttnees--used--iu hi-malcirig t a t,dr. tieular product or ornament is in turn made from one or more of the several derivatives of coal. Nytbn is a versatile member of coal's large, family. Many Medicines come from coal . . aOt'dhlly coal -tar chemicals. The new sulpha drugs are ones outstanding- titam•.ple and aspirin or• aeetylsallicy le 4id;' >#s 'it le knote to the en:4* tt stlt Is 'an - 1• other,, te. tear products 'here 'Olid' ,ill ; the' tj elearent pronouncement on Cztnada'e stand': toward' British Commonwealth foreign policy, Mr. King has seized- ,the political initiative.. Interpreting wis t.h �, hee .of the Cainadian• people as beingi against' another wartime tion{ In; tale ."near future, the Prime' Minister mkde it clear he intende to carry'.. on to -"the end of the War un- less,.tble- other~ patties force an. elec- tion by obstructionist tactics or other sereinite challenge'.to•"'the prober func- tioning of the' adntitistratiore ' 'Mr. 'King thus •puts it up 'squarely to the other parties as to whether they want to take the responsibility of forcing a Dominion vote at a time when Canadian troops may be en- gaged in the heaviest ,lighting of the. war in a continental invasion. Take Definite Stand, The Prime Minister'a statement of the Government's stand on the pro- posal of Lord -.Halifax to make the British Commonwealth a closed cor- porati'en acting as a single entity in its relations' with other world •power.s, United States, •coal -derived plastics are replacing tons of precious crude rubber. These particular plastics are used. for coating army raincoats, hes-. pita ' 'sheeting, electric wiring insula- tions, feet' hand grenades and for radio antennae on United Nations' aircraft. When 'some anti -freezes are put in the car. -when• the family furniture is given a brush up with various types of lacquer or synthetic enamel; *hen the new water-repellent curtains are hung in tbathroon, these are all through the courtesy of Old King Coal. 4. Was eietally. explicit. . tt Is e*ident that, `though Canada a pets LW*" writh Dritain and ntiter 1eallia>1rLRx1- ?eattu nations.. on moat o! thee impr, international issues ill sight, ti h Do minion is not prepared to GAnnmit .}t self unreservveely, in advance to "madedn-London, polies" on 'all ma n reign' policy. biC.an ailters bateliefoves. it In 'is seting intthge• best. iutereste of•• world security andel hb,r mony, as well as for the real:. betueft Cif the Empire Parliament is exp pectin gsorn cation of the Progressive'•C tnoserva: tive policy in this regard.' M. J. Cold- well,-C.C.F oldwell;C.C.F leader, has ranged ,himself along side of Mi'; K�ilig in Ake view that any large-scale attempt to force diverse Commonwealth nations,„, into agreements on all international clues - Cons would tend to disrupt the Em- pire and the world peace to which it is pledged. 'With no general.. election in; pros - MAKE YOUR HOME HOTEL WAVERLEY A...... 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The big *earn- ' men' reconstruction and social ,pro • gram is not challenged by either the C.C.F. or Progressive., .Conserved"ve. groups in the House. Debate will therefore be mainly on details' . and scope,..of the legislation proposed: That ,the Governinent Is in earnest in turning its ,proposals into effective law is indicated by Mr. King's inten- • tion to call a Dominion -Provincial.-' conference as soon as possible. While some reforms, •notable „family allow- ances and the new Laborf- , Code a feeling war industries, can be carried . out entirely by the Dominion, others • -health • insurance fel! : example -re-' -quire legislative action by' the prov- inces. Co-operation of the provinces le also essential in tate adetileistratlon and effective enforcement of nation wide measures which are solely with- in federal jurisdiction. 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