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Sold by Reliable Dealers EverywhereWingham Advance-Times r Published at WING H AM * ONTARIO & Brantford Roofing Company, Limited _ „ . , BRANTFORD, ONTARIO BB2 For Sale by —-------------------------------------- ■................. - ' -—---yr . . * destroyed before they get an oppor tunity to get In their sneaky but ef fective world was ciwenuy reported last week that five provincial constable, operating in this section, were all committed to jail on charges of being Nazi agents, and so insistent were these yarns that many accepted them as true. It was also reported that a recent traffic of ficer here had also been interned, We have made very careful inquiries into all these reports, and found that in ev ery instance they were absolutely without foundation in met.-—Mildmay Gazette, ■Subscription Rate — One Year $23X1 Six months, $1.00 in advance To V. S. A., $2.50 per year. Foreign rate, $3.00 per year. Advertising -rates on application. experienced what might. |be termed their first ta*te of bombing, | from the air. True, no very great am* scum of \legrneiion was the result amj I the easuahx list was not very high. It; 1 j is expected that the Germans will j make greater efforts in this regard fee* pore long, in fao„. it is even strongly I hinted that the Nazis will try to in* jvado Britain. With this condition pre- | vailing in the Old Land, and, to save 1 the future generation,, it will not be hong until out people will have an op-’ ■ portunity of receiving children from- ' the British Isles. It is truly 'wonder* . ful the number of homes that are ready to receive these lit tie visitors. ; Sa far, at least, as wc twite this ar ticle, no plans are yet made for re cording the names, in this community, I of those who wish to take on this war ■ time duty, but the opportunity will be - given and very soon. If you are onej 1 of those who are willing to take on, this added tesponsibilhy, watch for; i farther announcements as to what to; I do, and, if you are one of those who; irequire more information this will be; ■ •available very shortly. 5 I Eji I ALL TOGETHER | The British Empire, of which Can-; ada is a veiy important unit, is facing the most severe test that it has yet confronted throughout its history. It, will take our every effort to combat the menace which now confronts us, But let us not be down-hearted, we will come out on top providing we all; pull together. Last week our Govern-1 meftt was granted great powers so that We may do out part in bringing- the war to a successftil conclusion. The Government cannot do it all, ev- •eryono will have to do his share. We i may find il necessary to give up some < ■of the things that, at present, seem ; important, in order to preserve oar; ’basie democr&tie. principles. The Vn*; tied States is not at war, but the Bres-! FRANCE AND BACK idem of that great republic to the • Before the public could bo informed ■South of us, has made a move to ■■ *hat the Canadians were in France ’Strengthen his administration by the they were back in England -safe and inehision of two men not of the same • soand. They were not giveh an op- ’political faith. He also has had Con- ■' pottmuty to get into the war proper gross vote huge sums of money for! the French lines had broken and defense. His second purpose in nam- j’t was imperative to recall British ing these men was to unify the cotm*; soldiers at once. This .is now a part try in this time of -stress. The Bros* < of history, but a very useful lesson Id-ent realizes that smaller things must ■■ can be had from, those days in France, go by the board to make way for the i was on French soil that the -Can effort that is necessary at this time.! adian divisions fought with ■distinctnon We are at tear and wo can take a leaf; -out of the book of other countries. > Britain Is stronger today because of taught by the collapse of France is this fgrmatiotyof a National Govern-' very plain indeed, the best of equip ment. We, too, should make use of our best men to the fullest possible extent. We must be successful in our war effort and now is the time, not - a total war if necessary and it will to-morrow, to -co-ordinate our wa; 'business and utilize the bos- that wo, have in our country. Indian Near Exeter Charged With Murder bamucl Dodge, 41, an Indian, was placed in Huron County jail charged with the murder of James Kilpatrick, 65, a carpenter. The murder is alleg ed to have been committed at Dodge’s /home, one and a half miles west of Exeter, between 5 and 6 o’clock on ; Thursday night. An axe was used. ; Dodge and Kilpatrick went to Loudon and purchased a gallon of trine. They returned at 5 o’clock and had supper at Dodge’s home, Mrs. Dodge after wards left the two men alone and j went out for a visit. When she came back about nine o'clock she found Kilpatrick lying on the floor in a pool of blood and Dodge .in the bedroom; ; kneeling as if in prayer. Dodge was remanded by Thomas; ; Gundry, J.F, at Goderich, till June 27,; Blyth Turkey Club Sponsor'd by the Bly th Women's Institute u Turkey Club has been formed. The membership committee is composed of Mrs, Harold McGiol, Mrs, M. Murrdy and Mrs. R. Fear. Mrs. McCool is also club leader. The members enrolled are Lorraine Fow ler, Archie Watat, Eddie McNall, ;• Leonard Fowler, Richard G. Leggett,; Margaret Nesbit, Mary Nesbit, Law rence Flatter, Donald Yenngblut, i Harold \V. Gross, Alvin Plunkett, Au- i burn. 140 turkey poults of the bronze; variety wore purchased. ;STAINTON HARDWARE Bear Killed Near Hanover *Tve lived in Rentinch township for -50 years and this is the first time I ever heard of a bear in this tewnsli-ip,*' Herb. Livingston told the Post report er last Friday noon, pointing with' pride to the 2P0-pound black bear which he and his son, Earl Livings*’ ton, had killed, Bruin met his Water*; loo in the -bush <on Fred Schreinert's; farm about four utiles east of Elm*; w,r>od**-Hanover Tost, Killed By Bull Mr. ‘Charles Niergauth, 68, met a- tragic death at the home of Mr. and; Mrs. George Mannetow of the Town- ; tine Benthick' and Sullivan, when he; was trampled -and gored to death by;! an enraged bulk Nobody saw the ac- j cidenh and. hence it is- not. known just; what happened Mt. Ntergarth had; been employed, at the Mannerowi 'home for over twenty years as a hir-; ed mam-—Chesley Enterprise. . i during the last war but what a diff-. event soai of fight it was. The lesson i is mcnt and highly Stained men aw re quired to -combat this so-called total war. We musi! be ’prepared to repulse afro our every effort to prepare our brains. defenses. Another lesson was forth- j corning from the collapse of France i and that is the same as ■came to the ; from in Poland, Norway, Holland and 'Use Milk to Put Ont Fite Milk saved the day tor Henry Ben-, newies, of Manleys when lightning struck a transformer at his barn. The transformed burst into flames, but Mr. Bennewics was able to bring, the Bre' under control by -drenching the flames, with pails of milk. Had the fire not been, checked at the outset it would have been difficult to save the barn,, which is one of the largest in Manley, district, from destruction.—Seaforth- Huron Expositor.BOM'BB OW> BRITAIN During the pa>t week rhe people of Belgium -*• the Ffth column must be So mam people arc switching to NObhSKID Mlvcrtowte teat wc tnus: clear out our crcded-in tires. C Y T O ft I ® ft^i .£ AI M -M LIB C It ol mmil »U!ES ’Ooo dpicli' SHIERTOWHS Goodricb ‘Sdvmowre with ;moro -wear » » *. NON-SKID record holder and protected- from blowouts with the exclusive Golden Pfo TRADE NOW! STOP-LOOK Injured 'by Citeular Saw Bert MacKay, well known Tucker- smith farmer, received severe injuries to his arm, when it camo in contact with a circular saw. Mr. MacKay was assisting in sawing wood at the farm (,-fr John Davidson, London Road, .and in moving -the saw his arm, in some manner, was caught by the saw. Iso received injuries to his leg. found requited 40 stitches riScaforth Huron Expositor Fractured Jaw Eating Meal Air, Angus McDonald, who resides on concession 10, met with a very un usual accident recently, It appears he had suffered considerably from pain in the root of a wisdom tooth, last week he had the troubling tooth ex tracted. This left the jow bone at this particular point rather thin. While eating a meal at his home and in or- Mvnary mastication of his food, Jaw bone was fractured, causing ther pain.—Ripley Express. HAY FEVER the fnr- Form Teeswater Home Guard At a meeting in the Town Hall, a Home Guard, was formed for the municipalities of Teeswater and Cui rass. Some 30 have offered their ser vices in this .respect, -— Teeswater News. Bruce Plans Home Guards. . As mi outcome of the Bruce Coun ty Council "meeting, municipal, defence guards are in the process of iowna- tion throughout Bruce. Nucleus of the home guard units wall be Canadian Legion ‘members, who will team with out pay -and co-operate with law en forcement officers throughout the county- Hay fever can be cured. The larg er number of cases are caused by pol len from windborne pollenaied plants, including certain grasses, weeds, es pecially ragweed, .and trees. Flower ing plants such as the rose, dandelion and goldenrod cannot be blamed. 'Cer tain foods, powders, animal dandruffs and feathers may act as causes, But everyone does not contact hay; fever. It occurs in persons with an! inherited sensitivity to one or other' ■of the causes, Over S0% of persons' who suffer from hay fever or .asthma have inherited a sensitivity to the yar-; ions agents. ; ‘Chief causest <1) Grasses such .as timothy, red, top, 'blue grass and others. ; (2) Trees such as the cottonwood,; 'oak of mnny#spexnes. , : (3) Weeds, of which the chief of fender is ragweed. It is said that 70 per cent, of Ml hay fever victims in. America owe their trouble to common; ragweed and related species. Hay Fever Seasons: Grasses and trees as a rule, -cause attacks in the 'Spring and early Summer,, whereas weeds are the -cause .of late.summer and early Fall attacks. In Canada, the common ragweed, the -chief offender, is found at its- worst in the southwestern peninsula. of Ontario, and almost equally so in ■ .the rest of settled Ontario and South ern Quebec. Through all the sparse-. ly settled North, from Gaspe to Rainy! River and even on the open prairie,; the ragweed* found is usually the re lated perennial ragweed of the West; or the great ragweed both, of which occur rather sparingly eastward. Re lief depends on: Feint -Clark Flyer Wounded He 5 _ Listed < The ! bv.'WT close, j jh Jibe Ja‘ J teoint da ! Reviving Hullst't Oil Search j There has been a great revival of ■ the oil activity in Hullett Township in the last ten -days. W. Innes Fater- , son, .an oil geologist and Fractical op erator who has spent over twenty 'i years in the Midcontinental oil field of the Vnited States, .and who came here So endeavor to find oil for the Allies to cam- on the war and who is a rnitivc of Bruce Ccrnnty, in his .in vestigations came into Clinton on the invitation of those who were sated with the drilling of the Clinton well, and he was so Impressed with jwhat he found that he decided to re- ;i niain and has made a location on ’.the j Fen 41 loti farm which he says he J ermsiders the best prospect for oil he ,jhas ever found anywhere. He assures H those who wore responsible for the j drilling of the Clinton well that they jhad an oil well at around 1B01) feet if jihev had known how to save it. —• j Blyt.h Standard. ’Hanover Council Seeks More ■Ffotection 'J | Following a- letter received from .At- tornev-General Cpnhnt, regarding j volunteer civil guard in tminicipaiiti.es urtder 25,000 and since Hanover is i considered a vital centre in the dis s’ trier owing to a large hydro- station situated ifero the Town Council at a special meeting passed a rnsolution: “that the Hanover nnit .of the Hanov- er-Wnlkerion branch of the Canadian J Legion be requested to organize the necessary home security unit.” Many Disquieting Rumors Are fifth tjolumnisfs rcs'pfmsible. for nhfi many maliriotis rnmnrs that arc 'being qlmlated in this oornffiunity, It 'Quell Riot at Elmira Chief Constable Cecil Jarvis- reveal- ■ eft that police had. to quell “ta small.. ri-tiiC nt Elmira when a urercbant re-. fused to place a card urging meir to ■ Join the Highland Light Infantry an the window of his store. The- store- keepet, a naturalized Canadian, is al-. leged 'by police to have slapped a young man in the face when the lat ter wanted to know why he would not .put the sip'n in his window. The chief said more than SOO gathered when the two engaged in fisticuffs. ■"About two hours later I heard a crash of glass and rushing downtown discover- (I) Getting beyond the bounds of cd someone had thrown Tories thremgh the plant to which the individual is two plate glass windows in rhe front of the stored* he said. j I 1 deeper with a stubby forefinger before replying. "Men,” he said, "a long time ago I learned that it is foolish to say what si think about something of which I do not know well I know my coun- '! try is Canada now, and where I was I born, in Holland, has been over-run by a man who I .think is mad. I work hard every day on my farm land I grow food for myself and my ] family. 1 pay my taxes when the man comes around and I try to keep my wife and kiddjes in clothes that look good. When the men come for money to help the boys who fight I give all I can, and I buy my wife yarn for she knits socks and mufflers to send away. On Sunday I go i-o churoh because- I believe in God. When I hear men’ stand around after church and. say that the war is bad for us, and say how the men who run the country make mistakes, I wonder why they go to church. Such things -onhr make a man feel bad, and when a man feels that way all the men around him. start feeling the same way. Back where I was born my uncle used to have many men working for him. In the morning when it was ear ly and many of the men were cross and grumbling about the weather my uncle used to start whistling. Pretty soon somebody else would start. May be somebody would sing and soon they would all be happy- I think h we will body i^ill make all get thinking I don’t In question or try to deal a horse. Gradually the crowd narrowed down with some drifting along down to the dance hall in the old skating rink and others with their shopping I done, proceeding to go -home. There | were about eight of us 'left, talking i about nothing in particular until some- ■ one mentioned the* war. Then it started. It seemed that each . one had a sure-fire method of winning ; the war. ! ‘"The government ain’t doing the right thing,” declared my neighbour Higgins, ‘’‘why don’t we get an army ; big enough to blast that German one to pieces. Then go and clean it all ■ •up?’ J That was foolish in the opinion of others. One of the store-verandah ; strategists even suggested taking ov- ■ i er-sized bombing planes and spraying' j gasoline over the whole of Germany, ' just as they spray dust on cotton.; Then he concluded hi^ suggestion by, saying, "Light the gasoline and you; 1 could dean’the whole place up for all; ; time to come.” ; Others were out and out pessimists,: ‘ defying even the risk of being, inform-: ■ -ed on to predict dire things for those • fighting the evils of a land-crazy die-, tator. They were all for peace at any; price, and then a determined drive to: - build up armaments great -enough to ! outclass any power in .the world. Thus is ranged up and down the veranda. Each man with his own op-; inion, and some out and out foolish f, . . . and others showing genuine ; sparks of intuition. Fefer Samuel was sitting quietly,J winnin; . stoking awaj’- on that great calabash j If a man mind: of his and taking it all in. Someone ; works and the other men do th. said “Teter, what do you think of it?” j thing, everything runs smoot Bushy eyebrows arched as he paused ;then nothing breaks and slows to methodically tamp the tobacco in ’ thing down :he same now. I believe in the war, ml the see his and maybe some- stakes, but if ure same thing about how we can lose, own part of the .£ 53TH6 h and every* aSSOCi- (2) Having determined what pollen is responsible, submitting to desensi- tization with the appropriate 'pollen ... . . ; extracts for protection.,s woundec m action m M. > Change of Climate: Sensitive per- ^F‘‘ '^d s sons should get away in the hay fev- e Major J. JRrown {er seai;on t0 resorts on the north rk farm. R. 1, Kincardine.; oj t-jie Lawrence, on the Marvin Kiichencr Brcovn 1ms-been jn ^aspe Coast or nearby Lake Superior England with the Royal Air Force tor OT Rainv River. Comfortable places some Jim prior to the outbreak of the.hci mv be 3n ;fihheT area> war. flu Brown _ tamily are well XWnsitizativn Treatment: A series I known to many 1 oint Clark campers, j sway scratches ,is made on the sur face of the skin without piercing the i true skin. On these scratches extracts I of pollen, .animal dandruff, foods or i dusts, etc., are placed. If a hive ot reddened area is produced by one or Lmore of the extracts used,.it .is an in dication that the individual is sensi* •live to that particular product. Hav- ‘ ing discovered the cause or causes, the next step is io desensitize by in jecting a small quantity of the offend ing agent or agents. Treatment should be begun f2 months before .the season when the attack usually occurs. If the .attacks are due to pollen, it will be necessary to continue desensitization for three -or four years. Most of the sufferers will say that, having gained a cure, it has been worth while. their farm being situated at the end ; of the St corn! Concession of Huron': Township, as one descends t o the i bush road leading to Point Clark. —; Lucknow Sentinel. , gb- 1 Free of Reckless Driving Charge Craig Hamilton, 23, a truck driver, was acquitted of a reckless driving charge laid under the Criminal Code, •by Magistrate Makins. The charge arose out of an accident al Ethel on the morning of May 4t.fr in which Mte. Basil Struthers, of near*Brussels, lost her life. I Fawn Drinking from Bottle A few days -ago a yery small fawn was found .on 'the Hcufte’Smith Farms in Caledon us It was 'being trampled to death by the mother deer, carried to the %ams Where found to Have a. broken leg. F. R. Stqgbs Was .called and mediately set she bone and splints. The little animal is along quite well and is now drinking milk from a bottte.-^CrangevHle Ban ner. It was it was Dr, W. he un applied getting Again Assists Home Hospital The Palmerston. Hospital has once again been the recrpii-nt of a donation of '$500.1)0 from Mr. Win. Shepherd Fallis. Mr. Fallis’ frequent and gen* erotis financial -support of the local in stitution has been ope of the ftiaifi ; contributing fecWS in the effort that has ’raised and niaintniited tta hospital to its preswt cktewely high stand ard.—Palmerston Cfewrar. Sy Hatty X Boyle Last 'Saturday evening there was the usual crowd at Tim Murphy’s store in the village. The coming of fine weather meant, however, that the’ thrtmg had moved from around the pot-bellied iron .stove out to the front riSraudah. There was quite a crowd in .the trilfage,' and the qonvewtiort at ; first was fetoken 'gp and scattered . . . with someone Stopping to chat or ask Advance-Times Want Ads Bring . 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