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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1941-07-10, Page 2PACK TWO WINGHAM ADVANCE-TIMES Thursday, July 10th, 1941 u KILLED ANYONE THIS YEAR? Representing 'S & BOOTH Wingham •jfc- Of course not-—but some motorists do-—and somebody pays. We offer sound insurance advice ; quick, helpful service. ey the traffic rules. Parents and other older persons should, impress upon the youngsters the importance of being careful, especially now that the ‘busy season is here. Motorists should also exercise utmost care at alj times . . . Some years ago when a branch of the Just Kid here the words: “Stop, Before you cross the street, Use your eyes, use your ears, Then use your feet.” The slogan and its lesson is needed much more now than formerly—Gan- anoque Reporter, Ont. stitches were required to close the wound.—Listowel Standard. ?’ Safety Club was organized school children learned these Look, Listen, ITriting selected risks inAutomobile, Fire, Plate Glass, Burglary, Public Liability, and other general insurance. Head Office, Toronto. PILOT INSURANCE MY NEWS of the DISTRICT Wingham Advance-Times Published at WINGHAM - ONTARIO Subscription Rate — One Year $2.00 Six months, $1,00 in advance To U. S. A., $2.50 per year. Foreign rate, $3.00 per year. Advertising rates on application. VIEWS OF OTHER EDITORS services other than through men who have their stake in your home town, you are tearing down the foundation on which your town rests by just that much.—Stirling News-Argus, Ont. =k >k >k * MONEY CHEAPER THAN LIVES. The people of Canada are indeed am ong the fortunate and blessed of this world, for they can still go to their homes at night and find them intact; they can still talk and walk with their loved "ones in safety and at night they can lay down to sleep in peace and comfort. No underground holes for them and their families; no ruined homes and no killed and maimed loved ones ... If the taxpayers of Canada know when they are well off, they will pray that they can help win this war by giving twice as much money as they are now asked to pay — even then they will not have paid too much by any means.—Kemptville Advance, Ont. Going To Vancouver Mis? Jennette McKee and Miss Victoria McWhorter, of Toronto, vis ited friends in town this week. Miss McKee leaves this week for Vancouv er, where she will teach for a year on exchange at the John Oliver High School. Miss McKee is making the trip 'by motor and intends spending some time at various places on the way to the coast, among them being Camp Edith at Jasper. — Teeswater News. Lose? Watch Among Hay, Recovers It In Search Mr, W. A. Orser, one of Dungan non’s esteemed octogenarians, made a lucky find recently, He had been em ployed with Allan Reed to cut hay with the mower apd, while doing so had the misfortune to lose his watch, a valued gift, He searched the field diligently, and was finally rewarded in his efforts after the hay had been rak ed into windrows. Underwent Operation Mrs. Delos Taman is a patient in Seaforth Hospital, where she under went an morning, condition Standard, operation this Wednesday We are 'glad to report, her as quite favorable. — Blyth 2 MR WA I- [El mjHJ 13! 'iffy «Sim::r :=2B KEEP OFF THE GRASS' This is rather an abrupt remark! However, at this time of the year it is a neces sary admonition: Keep off the grass! Warm weather is here, lawns are be ing planted, shrubs and plants are be ing carefully tended, and it is annoy ing when delivery boys, canvassers and others walk across gardens and lawns to save a few steps. They walk through flower beds and hedges quite deliberately when making deliveries or canvassing. It seems such a small matter to take such a short cut, yet it means everything to the citizen who is trying to beautify his home and grounds . . . Delivery boys and can vassers are paid to make their calls and should be taught to respect public we have made practically no sacrifices, property.—Huntingdon Gleaner, Que. ■* * * * SUPPORT YOUR TOWN! high time all of us paid more tion to the building up of the town and less to making the grown city larger. The little town or village is home — or should be. It needs our support and we are the peo ple who must give it life and power if it is to have either. The big city cares nothing for us. It will, if it can, pull our dollars away, but that is the only use it has for us. The little town needs us and we need it . . . The fut ure which lies in the cities is shop worn, smoked, dirty and unclean. The true future lies in the country and the little towns. Back them up and make j them grow. When you buy goods or' not become recent Hun and Egypt, * * * COURAGE! We must disheartened because of advances in the Balkans Possibly these reverses will bring us out of our apathy to a full realization that we are actually in a life and death struggle. So far, it must be admitted, It is atten- small over- | We are drifting along as before the. war, seeking after pleasure, buying things we could do without, and be cause few among Us have suffered in any way, we adopt an apathetic and ‘let George do it’ attitude. We must have courage and determination, and be prepared for great sacrifices. What’ is needed and needed badly is a full consciousness of where we stand. — Creemore Star, Ont. yfc * =k 5k Most of tjhe people who claim the home town paper doesn’t print all the news, should be glad it doesn’t.—For est Standard, Ont. * * * * SAVING CHILDREN ‘ FROM i THEMSELVES! Children have been ' warned and rewarned at school to ob- Seaforth Doctor Is Honored At Winnipeg Dr. F. J. Burrows, veteran Seaforth physician, was honored this week when the Canadian Medical Associa tion at its annual meeting held in Win nipeg, presented him with a senior membership in the association. The award, which corresponds to a life membership, is given for distinguish ed service and is made upon recom mendation of the provincial division of the. C.|M.A. He was one of eight Canadian physicians so honored. Dr. Burrows retired from active practise three years ago, but continues to act as medical officer of health for Sea forth. He is also a coroner for Huron County. Two years ago he was elect ed a life member of the Ontario Med ical Association.—Seaforth Expositor. Heavy Losses in Stock Electrical storms have taken a heavy toll of livestock in this section of the Province the past month. At the regu lar monthly meeting of the Howick Mutual Insurance Co., held on Mon day, $1,500 was paid in claims for ani mals killed or injured by lightning during June. Two Howick residents, Edgar Jacques, 13th con., and Cliff. Stewart, 17th con., each lost a horse last Friday night in this manner. — Fordwich Record. Is Your House SAFE AFTER DARK? i • Lighted windows warn prowlers away. Always leave a fowl amps burning whten you leave your home for the evening. Remem. her, a bright light for sixteen hours costs only at Hydro tales. NeGteAi Jtydbia Shop ■ ......... Put 100-Watt lamps in Kitchen, Living-Room, Basement HYDRO SHOP phone 1SS ■ Winghom* Funeral Held at Lucknow Of Mrs. George Greer The funeral of Mrs. George Greer, life-long resident of Lucknow vicinity was held on Wednesday afternoon from her late residence with services conducted by Rev. R, C, Todd. Inter ment took place in Greenhill cemetery. The departed woman who was born in Lucknow was, prior to her marriage, Julia Peart, and was a daughter of the lp.te Mr. and Mrs, John Peart. Until this Spring Mr, and Mrs. Greer resid ed just east of the village. Owing to failing health Mr. and Mrs. Greer at that time disposed of their farm and moved to the village. Besides her be reaved husband, two daughters sur vive; Miss Eva Greer at home and Mrs. Aikins, Oshawa. Operated on Three* Members Of One Family Three members of the family of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Walden of Kincar dine, underwent appendix operations in the past several days, and one of them, Charles, failed to recover from the effects, passing away in Kincard ine General Hospital on Monday. The funeral will be held this afternoon to Kincardine cemetery, with the Rev. George Kersey of Kincardine United Church officiating.—Kincardine News. Driver Has Narrow Escape Mr. Arthur Fisher, who is employed at Preston, had a close call about sev en o’clock on Saturday night when the car in which he was driving to liis home near Brussels was struck iby a C.P.R. westbound freight train on the third line crossing near Andrew Cox- on’s. ‘’Notwithstanding the fact that the car is a total wreck Mr. Fisher es caped with a few cuts and scratches. He was thrown out of the car which was carried a distance of about 700 feet before the train was brought to a stop and then had to be removed from the front of the engine. Mr. Fisher, we understand, was able to help re move the car.—Milverton Sun. I* I V ’*1 yu LI—t iBssjiwaM HJSSI bbiO I! H vs [Hj % CANADIAN INDUSTRY AN EMPIRE BULWARK Never in the history of human conflict has industrial capacity, skill and production efficiency counted for so much as it does in the present national emergency. Fortunate indeed ore we, therefore, that Can ada’s comparatively young but virile industrial set-up had been developed to its present high efficiency, otherwise we could not have made the contribution expected of us and* so vital to the success of our cause. Management and men of industry, quick to respond to the call of Empire, mobilized its forces with remarkable adaptability, swinging rapidly into production of much needed mechanized units,munitions and equipmentof all kinds. Rounding out our national activities in a more balanced economy, Canadian industry has in ad dition to serving well the home market, developed a substantial and profitable export business. The industrial ’areas, too, provide ready and profitable markets for our own agricultural products. But great as may be its peace-time contribution to the weal of Canada, Canadian industry rises to new attainments in the contribution being made in producing the requirements of mechanized warfare. Massey-Harris is proud of the part it has been permitted to play in the development of Canada so far and in the defence of its dearly treasured traditions and of democracy in general. i I IQ nil i toil jS MAS SEY- H AO I S C OMPAOftjl MI T E 0 BUILD'E • 6^0 0 0 IM PLt 7 ' Minto Barn Burned A large bank barn on the farm of Telford Seip, one mile south of Clif ford, was totally destroyed by fire on Wednesday afternoon of last week. It was a very warm dry day, and the fire which started on the barn floor, spread with such rapidity that it was imposs ible to save any of the contents. All the livestock in the stable, a sow with seven little pigs, a bull and three calv es, were destroyed in the flames, toge ther with all the implements in the barn,' which included a new tractor. The heat from the fire was so great that a gasoline engine near the house exploded. It is said that some boys playing on the barn floor may have been responsible for the fire—Mildmay Gazette. Seriously Injures Knee When Hay Load Upsets Walter Waldon of the 2nd conces sion Huron, was seriously injured when the team he was driving gave a start and upset a load of hay. He had his knee badly broken. He was- taken to Kincardine hospital, later being moved to Toronto General Hospital. of plane wreckage along Lake Huron’s shore line, north of here, last Friday was attracted by a moving dark patch on the water a short distance out. On investigation it was found, to be a saw bill duck with no fewer than forty ducklings around, her. The mother duck was on the alert, al.l aflutter, on the qui vive for attacks from seagulls, but the ducklings were paddling full steam ahead,, looking neither to the right nor to the left nor behind- How the mother gathered so many duck lings about her is something that stud ents of wild bird life perhaps, can ex plain.—Goderich Signal-Star.. pital and his condition is described as fair. He is 75 years old. Listowel Workman Falls 30 Feet To Death *A 30-foot fall from a ladder brought almost instant death Friday afternoon to W. Meredith Helmke, 54, one of Listowel’s most proficient carpenters. Mr. Helmke'was working on a bal cony at the home of G. A. McDonald and fell from a ladder, striking his head on the pavement. The head in juries were so severe that he died within a few minutes. talk , ♦ * * >k Four sets of triplets—in 1930, 1933, 1936 and 1938—have been bom to a Nicaraguan woman. They are all alive and well. * * * * Burial in the middle of a street was once regarded as an honour to be paid to celebrated men. •. * * * * The title of mayor was first given to the chief magistrate of- London, Eng., about 1100. impede or not serious Boy Dies After Surgery Funeral services were held Monday morning for Jerome Benninger, four- year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Cornel ius Benninger of Hanover, who died Thursday ‘night at the Owen Sound Hospital following an operation. Play ing with a pair of scissors at his home Thursday afternoon, the little fellow injured his left eye and was taken to i the Owen Sound institution, where it was decided an operation was neces sary.—-Hanover Post, Dismissed Charges Against Grey Township Man Any statement liable to Canada's war effort, whether it is intended as a joke, is a matter in these strenuous war days, commented Magistrate- Makins as he dismissed a charge under the Defence of Canada Regulations against Leslie • Chambers, Grey township farmer. In censed at the increased price of gaso line, Chambers, of German-French or igin, was alleged to have said to Frank Harrison, service station operator at iMoncrieff, that there are too many taxes in this country and it might be better if Hitler was over here. Har rison has two sons in the army. Three Cars in. Crash But Occupants, Escape When a car driven by J. Quigley, R.R. 5, Clinton, was turning into a laneway on the highway three miles south of Clinton, he failed to notice an oncoming car driven by Harold Tom linson, 246 Piccadilly street, London. As a result the Tomlinson car hit the Quigley car, turned it over the high way and crossed the road and hit parked car, damaging it slightly. a Mother Duck With Twoscore Ducklings A party in a small boat in search Thomas Archibald, of Walton District, Hurt Thomas Archibald, R.R, 4, Walton, suffered head injuries and cuts by fly ing glass when the c^r he was driving was involved in a collision with a car Said to have been driven by Miss Mar garet Watt, West Monktoh, on High way No. 23, five miles north of Mit chell, Friday. The injured man is a patient in the Stratford General Hos- Two Airmen Injured Carl Kail, of Binghamton, N.Y., and Fit. Lt. Bell Irvine, R.A.F., are in hos pital at No. 31 Air Navigation School, Port Albert, suffering from severe but not serious cuts and abrasion? about the heads and arms received in an au tomobile accident Saturday night. BRAIN-TEASERS FACTS To whistle, shout or make provoca tive remarks about German soldiers, or to sing the King’s anthem are among the' things forbidden in Norway by the Germanised police. * * * * ■ Weight for weight, bread contains three times as much starch as pota toes. sk * $ * iMr. Alfred Hawkes, of Croydon, Eng., says that a drop of ale twice a week is the prescription which made his potted daffodils grow 34 inches A man went to market and spent half his money and $5. He had left one-third of his money and $10. How much had he to begin with? 2. Who were the last three British Prime Ministers before Mr. Churchill? 3. Who were the last three U.S. Presidents before Mr. Roosevelt? 4. When' did King George V die— Dec. 21, 1935, January 20, 1936, or May 12, 1936? 5. Who were the four Governor- Generals iff Canada before the "Earl of Athlone? 6. A wombat is — a Chinese um brella; South African fruit; Australian member of the opossum family; slang term for House of Commons messeng er? 7. The w<?rd taxicab is made tip of abbreviations of two other words. What are they? Please see page Three fpr correct answers. Foster Mother Adopts Twins A ewe on the farm of Charlie Pres ton, Zion, Keppel, gave birth to trip lets recently but the lambs all died. A week later another ewe gave birth to twin Iambs and died and the first ewe heard the young lambs and when given one of them gladly adopted it. She is now mothering the twins, which is rather an exceptional thing for a sheep to do. The lambs are thriving splendidly with their foster mother.'— Wiarton Echo, 12 Stitches Needed to Close Gash on Arm Mrs, Fred Miller, Wallace, met with a painful accident at het home last week. Repairs are being made to the roof of the house and as Mrs. Miller was walking past the building a board fell from the roof and struck her on the arm. She was brought to the Memor ial Hospital for treatment Twelve A. M. CRAWFORD JACK REA VIE tSTJTo 'ipkte T‘4°U,X’* When you buy Dunlop