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A NEW YEAR STARTS
In this, our first issue of this New
Year, we take this opportunity of
wishing you all a very happy and
prosperous 1940.
A year ago when we extended this
wish to all, little did we imagine that
-we would be at war when another
year rolled around.
•Despite the stress of the times we
believe that we on the home front
can do much to" help by carrying on
as usual and lending a helping hand
when the occasion presents itself.
It would be a wonderful thing if
this year could be a year of peace but
care must be taken when the time
comes to negotiate terms with those-
with whom we are in conflict that the
settlement <is such that dictatorships
are no more and that the ordinary
•people of these countries are given the
opportunity to practice democracy.
It does appear now that the war
may last for some considerable time.
,-Let us hope and trust that we will re
ceive guidance from Him whose
birthday we so recently celebrated.
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SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE
Almost on top of the news that the
First Canadian Division had arrived
in England came the word that the
Native Indian troops had arrived in
France to take up their positions with
other British units.
The arrival of the Indian force in
France would be a great thrill for the
people there as they will remember
these colorful soldiers when they
fought so bravely and so well in the
Great War.
It surely is an honor for these sol
diers from India to be the first over
seas contingent to land on French
soil.
• That they will again ‘ carry on in
true British fashion is certain. Can
adians remember these fine fellows in
the last »war. The- Indian batteries
were considered the best or as good
as there were, So were the other units.
The fact that they are ready and will
ing to fight for British ’principles
shows the kind of stuff of which they
are made.
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IT MAY HAPPEN HERE
It is difficult for we who live in
Canada to understand the extent ,to
Which the Nazi machine will go with
their propaganda, We all seem to re
alize that the people of Germany are
not allowed to dp. many of the things
that we do, things that affect every
day life.
The Germans among other things
are not allowed to listen to a foreign
broadcast. They are forced to eat,
wear and do only those things approv
ed by the higher-ups. These are the
results of dictatorship.
As time goes on we may be called
upon to make certain sacrifices but
When this becomes necessary we will
know that in’doing so we are aiding
our government to overthrow that
menace in Europe that threatens the
world. We will realize that this con-*
dition is just a part of that which is
necessary to win the war.
DISTRICT
Colborne Barn Burned
When Dan Pitblado’s dog upset
lantern m the barn at his farm, third
concession of Colborne Township, five
miles southwest of Auburn, the ‘barn
was burned to the ground. Mr. Pit-
blado who was in the barn at the time
was unable to check the spread of the
fire, but all the stock was taken out
to safety. Implements, all the season’s
grain and hay were lost. The barn
was one of the largest in the district.
It was partially' covered by insurance.
Record Christmas Trip
Mr. Douglas Ross, of Edmonton,
spent the Christmas week-end with
his father in East Wawanosh. In do
ing this Mr. Ross set something of a
record, at least for this vicinity. He
left Edmonton Saturday night, by
plane, arriving at Malton Air Port,
Toronto, Sunday morning, where he
was met by friends and completed his
journey by motor. On Tuesday, Mr,
Ross left for Edmonton again, where
he is employed- in the banking busi
ness. He had to be at work again on
Wednesday morning.—Blyth Stand
ard.
Attempted Break-In at Milverton
Some time during Friday night a
thief or thieves pried the office win
dows of the Milverton Creamery wide
open but at that stage someone must
have disturbed them as there was evi
dence of a hurried departure, leaving
their prying bar where it had been us
ed. Nothing had been disturbed in
the office.—Milverton Sun.
Exploding Lantern Causes Fire
An exploding lantern almost trap
ped Hiram Loney, 70, in his flaming
barn on the outskirts of Wiarton but
in spite of being crippled by rheuma
tism he made his way from the build
ing and rolled in snow to extinguish
flames in his clothing. He was
slightly burned about the neck',
barn was destroyed.
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Third Trio of Brothers Enlist
The enlistment last week of
Webster, son of Mrs. Robert Webst
er, of town, completes the third trio
of Lucknow brothers, to don the
j khaki. All are members of the' 97th
Battery at Listowel. Thus three more
brothers from Lucknow will march to
gether in the same unit—Elliott,
George and Jim Webster. The other
two threesomes are Sydney, George
and Ted Whitby and Johnnie, Neil
and George Mclnnes.—Lucknow Sen
tinel
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HOLIDAY FOR A SOLDIER
“Tuffy” Young .was mascot of the
Lincoln and Welland regiment before
it was replaced by the. R.C.M.P.
guarding the Welland Canal. ’ For
Christmas he came to Toronto to join
his pals who transferred to the R.C.
O.C. He ate, slept and marched with
them. Now he’s going back to Well
and.
where lie resides in the South Ward
d’ith Miss Helen McDermott, a niece,
Henry McGonigal received a stray
bullet in the temple from an unknown
source. Fortunately it went along the
skull about two inches causing no
great harm to the man. Menno Eck
stein, section foreman, went to the
McDermott house for a drink and
found McGonigal and he notified Jack
McDermott, living nearby. The latter
walked up town for a doctor and
when they arrived back Mr. McGon
igal was out in the yard splitting wood
—seemingly not much the worse for
his experience. However, he was tak
en to Stratford Hospital where the
bullet was removed.—Mitchell Advo
cate.
Received Message from Cairo
Rev. and Mrs. Wallace C. Allison
were greatly pleased last Saturday to
get a cablegram from their son, God
frey from Cairo, Egypt, saying he was
well and wishing them a Merry
Christmas. "Goff” is with the Royal
Air Force, having gone to England
several years ago to join up, and late
ly his parents have not- had word from
him, anil it was surmised that he had
been moved from Egypt, where he
was when they last heard from him.
However, the message indicated that
he is O.K. and still in Egypt.—Han
over Post.<•
Woman Trustee at Durham
Mrs. S.. F. Dargavel is Durham’s
first woman, school trustee. She was
Wolves at Kincardine
For the past few years there have
been numerous stories of wolves on
the Bruce peninsula, in Kinloss town
ship and in Huron. This week come
reports that the animals have extend
ed their operations in Kincardine and elected to the public school board by
have been sighted on more than one-
occasion in the vicinity of the muni
cipal dumping grounds near the east
ern end of Albert Street.-—Kincardine
News,
acclamation.
Mysterious Bullet Enters Man’s Head"
Just about to walk out of the house
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Triple Fracture of Leg;
On Sunday evening when John
Hoffele of Howick attempted to crank
his car at his. brother. M.enno’s garage
here,, the machine back-fired and the
crank handle w,as thrown with tre
mendous force hitting the owner on
the leg below the knee. Dr. Miller
took the injtured man to the Walker
ton hospital,, and there discovered the
larger bone in his leg had been frac
tured in three places.—Mildmay Ga
zette.
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Must Pasteurize Milk
Dr. J. B. Miller, medical officer of
health, had been advised by Dr. Ber
ry, of the Ontario Department of
Health, that beginning early in 1,940,
all milk sold in this village must be
pasteurized. This regulation was first
put into force in the cities and towns
of the province, then the larger vill
ages were compelled to fall in line.
Mildmay is in the group for the 1940
enforcement.—Mildmay Gazette.
Shot Edit
A number of hunters from the burg
took up arms rec^ttly and sauntered
into the country for a bit of sport—
and they had it. During the day a
couple of the lads in the party secured
a nice red fox each.—Teeswater N'ews.
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Auburn Couple 59 Years Married
Mr. and Mrs. John Symington, Au
burn, received congratulations at their
hottie when they celebrated tliCir 5Dtli
wedding anniversary recently.
Ml Symingtoffs parents were John
and Margaret Duncan, both natives of
Edinburgh, Scotland, but who came
to Canada some 90 years ago and set
tled in West Wawanosh,
Mrs. Symington’s parents were
Robert Medd ahd Ellen Duck, both of
English destiwL M/
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from Whitby, They, too, settled ’in
West Wawanosh some 90 years ago.
- John Symington and Mary Louisa
Medd were married, on December 25,
1880, at the Presbyterian mans?. Rev.
James Butchard was the officiating
clergyman. For 35 years Mr. and Mrs,
Symington farmed in Colborne Town-
Ship on* the farm miles west of
tpe village, and which is now occupied
by their son-in-law, John Moulden,
Twenty-four years ago the couple re-'
tired to Auburn.
Overcome By Gas
When D. S. McDonald, Kincardine
merchant, did not come upstairs from
the basement where he had gone to
attend to the furnace, his wife went
down to find him unconscious on the
floor, overcome by coal gas. Dr. John
Ferguson was called and gave medical
attention, to which Mr. McDonald re
sponded. His wife was partly over
come by gas as well.
Dog Left to Starve
Residents of Harriston district are
disturbed regarding the finding of a
half-starved dog fastened to a tree on
a near-by farm by police. The dog is
supposed to have been there for sev
eral days, but the‘person responsible
is yet to be located as there was no
thing attached to the dog which might
identify ownership. Efforts are being
made for the apprehension of the per
son g-uilty, police and the Humane So
ciety seeking action.
Warns Drunk Drivers
Stiffdr penalties may be handed out
in Magistrate F. W. Walker’s police
court after the New Year for operat
ors of cars under the influence of li
quor, especially where the accused are
.not-owners of the cars. Magistrate
Walker stated at Walkerton that “I
'am going to step up the jail penalty
in cases where drivers of cars'while
intoxicated are not owners, in as much
as such cars are not liable to impound
ment/*'
Businessman
widely known
died! suddenly
W. A. Crick, Seaforth
Passes Away
William A. Crich,
Seaforth businessman,
Friday night on a train as he was on
his way home from Toronto. He had
been in’ poor health for some months.
Starting* a small baking business in
Seaforth-about 1900’ Mr. Crick had ex
panded tlie- industry year by year.,
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Since suffering injuries in a'motor ac-1 J‘& by Wilma Gaynor, the*. Sword
cident about a> year ago1 Mr. -Crich has
not taken an* active5 part in- the busi
ness which he founded' but retained
an interest in’ its welfare; He was
born in Brussels* where he received
his? early schooling; After some* years
spent in Idalio He* returned’ to Sea
forth where He* Has since resided',
ST.. HELENS
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(Intended, for Last Week), .
Visitors for the. Christmas week-end.
included, Miss Laurine Miller,, student
nurse at the Stratford. General. Hos
pital with Mr. and Mrs. W. A^Milleri
Mr. Robert McQuillin,, of. Sudbury*
and Air. Charles McQuillin,. of Ilder-
ton, at their home here;. Gunner Har
ry and Mrs. Middleton,, of., Listowel,,
with Mr. and Mrs. John. Swan;. Mr.
Neely Todd, of. Stratfor.d,, with fMr„
and Mrs. D. Todd;, Mr,., and. Mrs..
Campbell Thompson, and Donald,, al
so Miss Kathleen Thom,’, of. Lucknow,,
with Mr. and. Mrs, E.' J*. Thom,
Mr. and Mrs. 'Wilson Woods,, Dun
das,. avere jr,ec.enfe-visitar.&. with, friends
here.
Mrs. D. J. McIntosh, of Vineland,
is spending the. week with, her par
ents, Mr., and. Mrs.. D. Todd.
The following are among, those who>
are home for. the Christmas week:
Miss Helen. Thom,, Reg. N..„ of Teter
boro; Miss. Jean, Thom,t student nurse
at the;M.o.thnrcraf.t Hospital,, Toronto;
Miss Norma. Weetherlmad., from the
Stratfor.d Normal; Miss W, D. Ruth-
•erfond',, of: KiftkHatud. Lake.;, Miss Irene
Woods, of Kitchener..
Commencing last Sunday the Sun
day School meets at 10^30 a.m. with
the church, service at. 1L15 sharp.
There, was a good attendance at the
meeting of the Y.i’.V. on Sunday ev
ening,., Dorothy Miller read the Scrip
ture lesson and Stanley Todd had the
topic "Qristmas in 1939.” Christmas
songs, were sung, by Marie and Dor
othy Swan and by a quartette, com
posed of Miss Winnie Barnard, Mr.
and Mrs, E. W. Rice and Gordon
"MitteYr
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Anderson left
on Friday to spend Christmas with
their daughter, Mrs. Wm. Blue and
Mr. Blue at Detroit
The annual school concert was held
In the Community Hall- with a large
attendance. Mr. Ewdtt McPherson, a
trustee, was chairman for the partieu-
larly fine programme arranged by the
teaehers, Mr. Tom Wilson and Miss
Beatrice MeQuilfin with Miss. Peggy
McDonald, music instructress as pian
ist. Miss McDonald also provided pi
ano music between the various num
bers, which included choruses, drills,
folW dance^ motion songs, dialogues,
' a wto by «e Magoffin, the Irish
Dance by Florence and Margaret Mc
Pherson, the Highland Fling .by Wil
ma and. Theresa Gaynor. At the con
clusion Santa Claus appeared and dis
tributed! gifts from the well laden tree.
Mrs, McFarlane, Jamestown, was a
visitor with her daughter, Mrs. Gor--
don McPherson and Mr, McPherson.
The January meeting of the Wo
men’s Institute will be held in the
Community Half on' Thursday, Jan.
4'tl'i at SISIL This will be Grandmoth
ers Day and the subject will be in
charge of Mrs. E. J. Thom and Mrs.
F. G. Todd. Roll Call—Something
My Grandmother Told Me.” Program
Committee: Mrs. Lome Woods and’
Mrs. B’a-IT. Hostesses: Mrs. T. Todd,'
Mrs, W. I. Miller, Mis. Buchanan-
There wi'IT be a contest on Home-
Made Candy and all the ladies are
urged to* enter it.
WESTFIELD
(Intended for Last Week’)'
Mrs*. Alice Wilson and Miss Elik
Mae WfTson, of Clinton, visited'tlie-
former’s daughter, Mrs. Win; Carter.
At the Christmas servite*-of' tlie-
Sunday School dn Sunday a number-
of the junior pupils repeated’ tiife'
Christmas §t6ry and sang- “'AWay* I’n-
A Manger.” At the. Church. service,
special Christmas, anthems w.ere rendr
ered by the choir.. Christmas Carols
were sung by. all.. Rev. H.. C. W-ilson.
took his text, from the Christmas
story, as given, in. the. Gospel of St.
Luke...
^Master-OrvaL Robb,, of. Stratford, is
visiting" his cousin, Master Harold.
Bosman. i, (
A Very Happy New. Year to alf the.
readers,. ; I
. Mr, and. Miks* J.ohn. Youngblut and.
family were, guests on, Monday of ML.
and.,Mrs. Gordon Snell.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert, Walkli, and'
family spent. Christmas, with*) Mbs™. P.
Taylor off Bly.tH..
Mr. andiMrs, Bert; TayJorrand fam
ily were guests on Monday offMh. and'
Mhs. R. Stonehouse, of Goderich. -
Mr? and.' Mrs. Ml Bosman* and; fam
ily were-Christmas guests; of'Mr. and
Mrs, R.‘ HL Lloyd; WingHam;
Rev, Win. Taylbr, Mrs:. Tayl'or and
daughters, of D'orchcsterj. visited at
'the- Home of' Mr/ and' Mhs; Melvin
Taylor bn Tuesday.
i Mi*, and MrS. Gordon- Smith, God
erich, were guests on- S'undhy of Mr.
and' Mrs'. J’. L, McDowell!
. M'r. W. H. Campbell' is a guest at
the home of’ hiS daughter, Mrs. Win.
Crower, of Crewe-.. • - • ^
Mr., and. Mrs,. Albert Walsh were;
guests on Tuesday at the home: of
Mrs. Isabel^ Carter,, of. Clinton.
: Mr. Jack Morritt,. of. Blyth, visited:
at the: home- of Mr., andt Mrs. Fredi J;.
Cook.
Mr. and! Mrs. Douglas. Campbell!
ispent Christmas with M!r, and'. M-rSu
Win. Miller;, of Gbdbrich.
Mr; and! Mrs. Jasper M’cBrien, of
^Goderich, visited' with M'r.- and! Mrs..
;;Gord’on Shell.
Guests on Sunday at the* home- of
Mr; and' Mrs. Ml Bosman- were:- Mr.,
and Mrs. Ray Kendrick, of Toronto,.
Mr; and’ Mrs: Neal’ Robb- and' family,,
of Stratford. : ,
M'r. and’ M'rs-. W! F; Campbell1 and!.
Miss Wihnifred’ spent Monday -with
Mr; and' Mrs. James Elsl'ey, of Lon-
desboro.
Mr. and’ Mrs; Earl' Wightman and
family spent Christmas with Mrs.
Wightman's parents, Mr. and! Mrs. H.
Mathers, Lucknow.
Mrs? J". E'. Ellis, Miss Mary Ellis
and’ Mr,- Ellis Elsl'ey visited’ with Mr.
and' Mrs. J. D. Elsl'ey; of ListoWfel.
“We* ought not to took back ttnlSss
it is to* derive Useful’ 1’esSons from past
errors- and for, the purpose of profit
ing by- dear bought experience.” —
George Washington,.
LEARNING ALL OVER AGAIN