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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1943-10-28, Page 7ll J, J® MH—«- THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE, THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 28th, 1943 ;.ni. ? .j ■ ~i' —*—**—• THERE IS TODA 8u JOSEPHINE LAWRENCE® weshw >1 b L Att * !u fe* -a. Ik the won- Mrs, Wu- profusion crocheted could the “Is that a new spread, Mrs. Wa­ ters?" It was, of course. Sarah recognized the significance of a sin­ gle crocheted wheel—all derful, elaborate patterns terg turned out in such began with a single Wheel. What on earth Woman do with anothei’ bedspread! “There!" King Waters swung around and his chair creaked.- “About that young fellow upstairs," he said, as if the topic had recently been tabled. “A year of training in the Army would be the finest thing that could happen to a young fellow like that. Put him right on his feet.” “Far as I know he’s on them now." The check fluttered feebly in Mr. Waters’ blunt-tipped fingers, He chewed on his unlighted cigar with vigor. “Do this present generation good to taste a little Army disci­ pline. thing for the lessons I learned while I was in the Service/’ “I could stand it if you were a little less active right now in Post work/ Mrs. Waters observed quer­ ulously. “Now it’s another raffle and would you believe it, Mrs, Daf­ fodil, they’re after me to contribute one of my spreads. They say they can sell a thousand chances on it." “Well, I suppose it’s for the dis­ abled veterans—” Sarah found her­ self making wild calculations as to the actual number of bedspreads stored ip. the apartment, “But it’s all handiwork, No one knows the amount of effort it is to make a spread, until they’ve done it themselves/' Something less elaborate might be acceptable, Sarah hinted. “Why don’t you give them one of your handsome chair sets?" a good deal of work on sets, AU filet.” clock atop the radio tin- times. “I must be go- Sarah rose gratefully, as he he up wash* “There’s those chair The gilt kled eight ing—" “Thank you, Mr. Waters—” relinquished the check. “I’ll in the morning to put those ers on the kitchen faucets/’ * * very cheerful to Waters .unabashedly headlines in the news- * read, Why, I wouldn’t take any- “Nothing eh?" King scanned the paper of the man whose bus seat he shared. The young fellow looked up cour­ teously. “A11 war news,” Most of it sounds pretty I was in the lastto me. -Don’t suppose you know about that?” “Yep. familiar fracas, anything The dark, quiet young man said composedly, “Only what I’ve heard," He dexterously folded his paper to bring the sports page uppermost. “You’re Andrew Thane, aren’t you? I guess you don’t know me, but I’m a neighbor of yours—King Waters, We live in the same house If Your Farm Work has Slackened for the Winter, You Are Needed Elsewhere in Essential Employment x i Highly essential work—very important in Canada’s war effort and for the welfare of the Nation—is threatened with shortages of workers. One of the few sources of men available for other high priority jobs is those men on the farm who will not be needed at home during the Fall and Winter. Heavy needs must be met in many lines— *• producing fuel wood and other neces­ sary forest products; in base metal mines, in food processing, in railway track maintenance. If you live on a farm and are not needed at home during the .Fall and Winter, you are urged to answer this national appeal. Farmers pngaged in essential work during the off season will be allowed to return home when needed. Also, those on postponement under Mobili­ sation Regulations will continue on postponement while in approved' essen­ tial work during the slack on the farm. Please answer this vital call NOW. For full information please apply to one of the following: The nearest Employment and Selective Service Office or The nearest Provincial Agricultural Representative or ,Your Local Farm Production Committee NATIONAL SELECTIVE SERVICE Humphrey Mitchell, Wniikr of Labour A. MacNamara, Director, National Selective Service np chance the first comment, mumble con- fair service temporarily —my wife and I are directly under you, on the second floor/’ They shook hands gravely. His wife, King promised, would be up to call on Mrs, Thane before long, “She wanted to let her have time to get settled. I’ve .gone down with you on the same bug two or three mornings,, but there was al­ ways a crowd and I had to speak to you/’ Andrew Thane read paragraph of baseball then forced himself to versationally, “.Pretty on this line,” Transportation was speeded up, King assured him, be­ cause of the approaching Spring elections. “ But the service we’re getting now will seem deluxe, com­ pared with what we’ll be getting once we’re in the war.” That night King Waters men­ tioned to his wife that he had spo­ ken to young Thane in the bus. “When are you going up to call on Mrs. Thane?" “Oh, sometime. Why?” He had thought she might be able to dispose of a couple of tiqkets for the Legion’s fair and bazaar, Waters suggested. “You know I got to get rid of sixty/’ His wife said that he had only himself to tliauk for that, “You al­ ways were one to bite off more than you could chew/’ Her crochet hook flashed swiftly. “Made up your mind about giv­ ing the committee one of your spreads? Haven’t you got one with a mistake in it, a dropped stitch oi* something?" “Every one of my spreads is per­ fect and you know it/’ Her husband took his unlighted cigar from his mouth, examined with apparent interest, replaced still unlighted. "Emma?” “Well, what?” “When do you think you’ll get to see Mrs. Thane?" “My good heavens, how do I know? She isn’t home during the day and I’ve got something better to do with my evening than run­ ning around calling"on women who don’t take homes to though, I until I go sell her a Waters said, reproachful patience heavy on his tongue. ‘Funny how you feel about doing anything for the Legion. Here I was willing to give my life in the last war and you ■—and a lot of dames like you—stall when you’re asked to help fellows who need help now.” His wife turned the radio dial and an sought merits Waters lieve you were so crazy about the war until you found yourself safely out of it.” “Is that so? Maybe I wasn’t crazy about the war, but I was ready to do my duty. Not like that young fellow upstairs who is apparently all set to claim exemption, disgrace, the way marriage appli­ cations have jumped since selec­ tive training went into effect. Fall­ ing over each other at the City Hall, to get a marriage license so they can liid.e behind some woman’s skirts." “You were drafted/* Emma Wa­ ters crocheted a chain of stars at top speed. "Well, what’s that got to do with it? I did what was asked of me and I stand ready to do it again. If we go into this a second time, I’m going to see what I can do about getting a commission/’ His wife shrugged her narrow shoulders. An airplane, flying low, droned over the house and the noise seemed to partake of motion —like a shudder, “There’s a good chance Mrs. Thane will stop in here tonight,” Emma Waters said. They had made each other’s ac­ quaintance in the neighborhood cash grocery, she revealed in re­ sponse to her husband’s curious prodding. “But why’s she coming here? “I asked her. I can’t get for any day but Thursday week and I want to see if Thane will exchange garden with me, She said her husband studies nights, so I thought it would be better to have her come down than for me to go up." She might have said something about it, Waters grumbled, pulling down his vest and jerking his tie straight, The door button buzzed and he hurried to answer it. Cahdance Thane, ushered ponder­ ously into the living room, looked like a doll in contrast with the thick outlines of her host. The girl had to thread her way through an eddy of low tables and chairs, to reach Mrs. waters’ limp, extended hand, it it up enough interest in their stay there. I suppose, won’t have any peace to see her and try to couple of tickets.” impassioned tenor voice be- listeners-in to sample the of a new dessert. Emma said coldly, “I don’t be­ It’s a $ f Pearl next Mrs. days “Nice of you to come. Hing, get a chair-*"*not that one, something lower. X guess you don't know my husband, Mrs. Thane.” ’‘Only by sight." Candance smiled. “My husband and Mr. Waters are fellow bus eoumuters." “What I wanted to ask you,” said Emma "Waters, "is whether you’d be willing to let me have the laun­ dry and yard this Thursday/’ Her laundress, she explained, usually came Wednesday put this week had served notice that her home affairs required her attention that day. Wednesday was as. convenient as any other day fur her, Candace submitted cheerfully. “We send out the big things I can do any time, care-—" “Laws, OUr If she » every other week and, small laundry almost Mrs. Daffodil doesn’t never interferes with the tenant's arrangements. It’ll be only for this week and thanks a lot, Mrs, Thane, King, aren’t you ever going to settle down?” King Waters said, “I’m on my way out. You folks like it here, Mrs. Thane? Beginning to feel* set­ tled?” “It’s lovely," The girl’s bright serenity suddenly sparkled. “We’re crazy about the apartment and we’re looking forward to the Sum­ mer when that grand big lawn out back will be green.’* Her host chewed reflectively on his frayed cigar. "Can’t look very far • ahead, I'm afraid. A lot of things can happen between now and next summer/' She looked at him intently, the glow in her large eyes faded. "I’m afraid most of you young people are going to come face to face with reality before many months are over. The news from across the pond isn’t better, you know.” “Andy won’t claim Candace spoke gently, forehead unruffled, “I don't suppose you and Mr, Thane would be interested in a cou­ ple of tickets for the American Le­ gion bazaar and fair? Lots of prizes and a bang-up supper, Friday and Saturday nights next week. My wife’s talking of donating one of the fancy spreads fled off.” He colored slips, the disabled morial Hospital. They couldn’t go> their week-ends were always planned ahead, dace regretfully declined, would, however, take the two tick­ ets. “We're always glad to do we can for the disabled veterans, Mr. Waters. I can dispose of more tickets, if you’d like me to—I can sell them to friends at the office.” “How many tickets you think you can sell—at seventy-five apiece? A dozen—swell!” She was, he told her, a swell person and an example others might well follow. “People would completely forget those boys in the hospital, if we didn’t prod them.” getting any exemption.” her smooth she makes to be raf- held up two orange- “Proeeeds go to help veterans at the Me- n Can- She what * where I could l a car,” said SAVE NOW- !5XU * ♦ “I wish I new • get a woman with Toni Fitts,into the telephone. She and her husband occupied 2-B, across the hall from the Wa­ ters, but the two families could not be called neighborly. Toni pos­ sessed a nervous, driving energy that found expression in a dozen channels and kept her constantly and actively occupied. She was a thin, tall woman with a hard, bright manner and a will to power that netted her chairmanships almost automatically. Efficiency was her fetish and everything about her, from her severely tailored gray flannels to her chromium-colored hair, cut short and swept back from her face in sharply carved rolls that looked as inflexible as glass, suggested mechanical perfection. (To Be Continued) Open Season for Squirrel The crack of gunfire will echo on all lands south of the Rrench and Mattawa Rivers and Lake Nipissing, except on territories where hunting is legally prohibited, next November 4, 5 and 6, dates fixed for open season on black and grey squirrel. Limit will be a bag of five per day per*' person. Only crown game preserves, provincial parks and certain other designated lands are excluded from the open season. Hunting of deer in Simcoe, Duf­ ferin, Grey and Bruce Counties north of the Rideau River will he allowed—‘Without dogs—from Nov, 15 to 20 inclusive. In Carleton County hunters will have an extra week, the season there beginning on Nov. 8. GOOD WSIIfttO T. j. Slierrltt, Sam Bengali, Ed, Munn, William Bell, Sydney Mac- Arthur and Alferd E. Clark, of Heu- sall, enjoyed a fishing expedition to Meaford, and were successful in landing 50 pounds of trout. Sydney MacArthur wop the second prize, a silver trophy for catching the largest fish caught at Meaford this season, The fish weighed 14 pounds, For Eastern Farmers wlso wish to Purchase Western Feed Grains GRAINS AVAILABLE WHEAT • OATS • BAREST HOW TO ORDER Place an order through your regular dealer. The dealer can order this grain, advise you on costs and handle all details of shipment to your station of bonuses, freight assistance and other Dominion Government sub­ sidies if his‘shipment complies with the regulations. © • or Place an order direct with a western farmer. Be sure to (1) specify the kind and grade of grain wanted, (2) Specify that the grain must not have more than 3 per cent dockage and (3) be prepared to accept grain within one grade of your request. Purchase made by either of these methods gives the buyer the benefits PRICE INFORMATION Oats and barley will be charged for by the bushel, at the ceiling price (or the cash price if this is lower), basis in store at Fort William or Port Arthur. Ceiling prices on Oats, 51Mc per bu.; Barley, 64^c per bu. Freight, loading charges, com­ mission, and Wat Risk Insurance must be paid by the buyer. GOVERNMENTAL FEEB GRAIN ASSISTANCE ON PURCHASES 1. Subsidy per bushel— lj/c in October—Ic in November—Ffc in December. 2. Feed wheat payment of 8c per bushel. 3. Freight assistance on feed grains from Fort William-Port Arthur to all points in Eastern Canada.’ 4. 3% dockage tolerance to allow more rapid shipping of grain. READ THESE FACTS CAREFULLY Minimum grain order is a carload, Dockage of 3 % is allowed on grain purchased. Difference in. weight be­ tween 1 % and actual dockage is not included in cost of grain to buyer. After receipt of the grain, the buyer should apply to the Feeds Adminis­ trator, Confederation Building, Ottawa, for the necessary forms for refund of freight and other Dominion Government subsidies. Preserve these documents: (1) The original invoice or a copy of same signed by the seller, (2) A receipted freight bill or railway arrival notice. (3) The grade certificate of the grain showing that it is of a grade established under the Canada Grain Act and does not con­ tain over 3f<? dockage. tfyl’i®3® agricultural supplies board Dominion Deportment of Agriculture, Ottawa Honourable JAMES G. GAWMNEfc, Mitor a njiMaaiitat