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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1942-02-26, Page 2National War Finance Committee, Ottawa, Canada A42 , ititAtil0"CrAN la 14 Itit.t! PAGE TWO WINGFIAM ADNTANCE-TIWS Thursday, February 26,104Z THE MENACE of a hateful way of life casts its shadow across our homes. Victory Bonds will raise up a shield against it. So buy Victory ,Bonds to the limit. We cannot be half-hearted while this danger threatens our "very shores. Let us go full out now and give such vigor to our country's effort as to speed the day of victory. This is the least we can do —to lend our money for our country's defence. Buy -a • share in victory today—buy Victory Bonds. HOW TO BUY—Give your order to the VfetoryLoan salesman who calls on you. Or place it in the hands of any branch of any bank, or give it to any trust company. Or send it to your local Victory Loan Headquarters. Or you can authorize your employer to start a regular payroll savings plan for you. Bonds may be bought in denominations of $50, $100, $500, $1,000, and larger. Salesman, bank, trust company or your local Victory Loan Headquarters will be• glad to give you every assistance in making out your order form. 0 YOUR EYES NEED ATTENTION Ottr 24 Point. Scientific Explain,. Oort .enables, ua. to -give. yoll Clear, Comfortable.. Vision F. F. HONIUTH optometrist Phone 118 Harriston Wingham ,Advance-Times Published at WINOHAM 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. ,.114,..aWa!fl$1.1P iiiiiiiiii nammotimaolau iiiiiiii mammal, NEWS of the g110011114 iiiii ,F1111.I llllllllll 1111 ll 1 ii 1 ttttttt 1,111V1/111i111111 tt 1 .. 11 Goderich Sailor Lost At Sea Goderich, — The war has claimed the life of still another native of God- erich, it was ?earned when John Webb received a telegram from the Depart- ment of Naval Affairs informing him that his son Albert Webb had been lost at sea. No particulars were given. Listowel Honored Fusiliers A civic dinner was given in the din- ing-room of the Royal Hotel, Listowel in honor of the Canadian Fusiliers and Mayor W. J. Heaman, of London, Mayor David D. Hay presided. Listowel Youth Guilty Nineteen-year-old Gordon Baker, of Listowel, was convicted in police court on a charge of obtaining a motor car from the Van Camp garage of List- owel by false pretenses with intent to defraud. He was remanded to jail for a week to await sentence. Airplanes Arrive At Centralia Avro-Anson bombers are scheduled to arrive at the new Centralia airport within the next few days. With the completion of four hangars and three others in various stages of construc- tion, the new airport is now ready to receive these training planes. For the present the planes will be brought in. a few each day, weather conditions permitting, and will be dismantled for storage until the flying field is ready for operation. The buildings, 33 in all, exclusive of hangars, including quart- ers for the officers, non-commissioned officers .and rnen, mess halls, guard house, recreation hall, canteen, fire hall, 35 bed hospital, 2-chair dental clinic, are all now practically completed and ready for heating which will be done through a central heating system. — Exeter Times-Advocate. Fire At Goderich Flour Mills Half the equipment in the laboratory of the Western Canada Flour Mills plant at the harbor, Goderich, was des- troyed' early in a $2,000 blaze which for some time threatened the huge plant with comprete destruction. Ice- ,, shrouded firemen working in near zero weather saved the plant after an hour of frantic battling. Minister Victory Loan Salesmen In one respect, Palmerston is un- ique in this Second Victory Loan Campaign, Palmerston's three canvas- sers are three clergymen front the town, Rev. R. Richard, Rev, Dr. K. E. Palmer and Rev. C. F. Heathcote, If this war is anything, it is a religious crusade, and clergymen are naturally iilieresi2 lit it and anxious to partic- ipate in every way possible. — Arthur Enterprise News. Dog Lovers Aroused Tempers of dog owners in the north-east section of town are running short since one dog was killed and an- other returned home with a gaping wound in the leg caused by a charge from a shotgun. A trail of blood led to a local home where it appeared the 'dogs had been shot front a window.— Hanover Post. Lemon Juice Recipe Checks Rheumatic Pain Quickly If you stiffer from rheumatic, arth- ritic, or neuritic 'pain try this simple inexpensive home recipe, Get a pack- age of no-ex Prescription from your druggist, Mix it with a quart of water, add the juice of 4 lemons. It's easy and pleasant. You need only 2 tablespoonsful two times a day. Often within 48 hours* sometimes overnight—splendid restiits are obtained. If the pains are not quickly relieved and if you do not feel better, Ru-ox Prescription tvr11 cost you 'nothing to try. Your money te- funded if it does not help you, tt.ex Prescription. R on Is for sale and tetott- mended b J. likr„ MoKibbott, and other leading druggists. New Fair Secretary Appointed Mr. Ewart Whitfield of Gorrie was appointed secretary-treasurer of nQw- ict-. Agricultural Society, at a special session of the officers and directors on Saturday last in Fordwich, Mr. J. H. Rogers, who has filled. the position for over thirty years, had asked to- be relieved.—Fordwieh Record,. Dundalk Farmer Traps Wolf Foxes have been so numerous in • this part of Ontario for the past sev- • eral weeks that farmers over the countryside have been trapping the animals in large numbers. The scene changed somewhat, however, when Roy booby, Whitfield, exhibited a grey wolf he had caught in a trap a short distance behind the barn of Roy. Best, with thorn he is employed. — Dubdalk Serald. Infant Fractures Arm Beth, fifteen-month-old daughter of Postmaster and Mrs, C. B. Kramer, accidentally fell cut of her cot, and in doing so fractured her arm between the wrist and the elbow. The fracture was reduced with the aid of the X-. Ray ---Mildmay Gazette. Wolves In Huron Township Reports front several sources have coni c in of wolves being sighted in Huron township. So far the marauders have been in the lake shore area and to date flocks have not been molested. The animals stick together in packs and so far have not been seen singly. Farmers are keeping a sharp lookout to protect livestock and also to col- lect bounty. •— Kincardine News. Airman Guilty of Theft A, C. James McDonald, R.A.F., was found guilty in police court on Thurs- day of breaking-and entering the Y.M, C.A. canteen at a Huron county Radio School at Clinton and stealing $190 in cash and a quantity of cigarettes. He was remanded a week for sentence. Clinton Woman Shares Estate Although they were only awarded "a keepsake" in the will. of 'Miss Ella May McMath, retired Toronto school teacher, Mrs. Charlotte Trewartha, of Clinton, and Mrs. Elizabeth Alexander, of Knoxville, Tenn., will each receive their share of the $9,107.35 which the deceased failed to dispose of in her will, as a result of an order issued by Justice R. G. Fisher, at Osgoode Hall. Squad.-Leader Roberts to London Wird has been received that Squad- ron Leader J. , M. *Roberts, former clerk of Huron County and a resident of Goderich, has been transferred from Ottawa to London, Ont., by the Royal Canadian. Airforce. Two Injured in Car Accident Percy Webster of town suffered a fractured right arm in a. Motor acci- dent near Lochalsh. Gordon Irwin of the Second Concession, Rinloss es- caped with a shaking up and bruises. The accident happened as the cal slip- ped from the roadway and turned over, pinning both men helplessly beneath it, and it is reported that it was up- wards to an hour before a passing motorist discovered their plight.-- Lucknow Sentinel. Passed Worthless. Cheques James Freeman, London, pleaded guilty to three charges of false pre- tences. Cheques given in return for cash and goods, obtained under an as- sumed name, were found to be worth- less when presented at a bank in Strat- ford. The endorsation on the cheques was ".1. 11. Hammond," and they were given to Foster Bennett, Walton; John S. Cummings, Walton; and the Whyte Packing Company, Stratford, all for small sums of money. STRONG REPLIES TO COUNTY ENGINEER R. R. No. 2, Gorrie, February 17th, 1942 To the Editor of the Advance-Times. After careful perusal of the Road Engineer's report to the County Council as , reported in the weekly press, I ant of the opinion that the powers that be do not take very kind- ly to criticism, constructive though it may be. When the delegation from Howick and Grey Township waited upon the County Council at its recent session with the simple request that road con.' struction be suspended for the duration of the war, the following question was asked: Of what use will these roads be if we should lose the war." So far as I know this question has not been answered, We are told that it will be the last titan, plane, tank, gun and dollar that will win the war, .would it not just be too bad if it •shoUld happen that the last few thous- ands of dollars needed had gone into non-essential road construction in Huron. County. I note with interest that the road program will probably be pared as far as possible this year, if this is the intention, why are the estimates the sante aS List year? Why the big road construction job which the County is doing this winter at the Auburn bill which I recently had the opportunity of viewing and while owing to my obscured vision, as alleged in said re- port, I am still unable to see this pro- ject as being 100% war effort and I would therefore ask for a clear, con- cise explanation as to how this work is helping Churchill in his famous re- quest, "Give Its the tools and we will finish the job." I might add the old, axiom, 'Actions speak louder than words", and as the Provincial Govern- ment has withdrawn subsidy on all bridge and road construction during 1942 the taxpayers of Huron will have to pay the entire cost of this monu- mental folly in war time. At this point I would like to congratulate the wo- men of Huron County who are work- ing so nobly and in ever increasing numbers in backing tip a real war ef- fort, but how must they feel whet making supplies and comforts for our armed forces and those civilians who have lost all, been blinded or crippled on our behalf and the officials of their various organizations often at their wits end for funds to carry on, while thousands of dollars are being poured into the Auburn In the same report the Engineer claims to have seen considerable toad grading being done in Howick, but I can .assure the citizens of Huron that he must of been suffering from hallucinations as according to Road Superintendent'St report filed with the Dept. of Highways for the years 1940 and 1941 out of a total of $16i822.55 spent, $341.25 was classed as road con- struction mainly repairs on hills and soft spots in road, arid I would sug- gest careful driving on our township roads as they are not streamlined. Again appealing to out County authorities to divert the 'money from road construction into the war effort. Again thanking you for your valu- able space I am, • That Howick Councillor, .p, H, STRONG. PLOW MATCH HAS CARNIVAL SPIRIT Red Cross Will Benefit and Prize Will Be Paid in War Savings Certificates national Plowing Matth that a person There is something about an Inter- never forgets: Staged in the crisp, Pall air with the 00;7 of auttnitt at its full peak, the International is studded with highlights for ,the visitor . . . highlights that remain for many years clear and fresh in the memory, Thousands of cars and trucks pour along the highways in the early morn- ing to converge on the site of the match. What was a peaceful, quiet place just /before dawn soon becomes a scene of hustling activity. The "Big Match" is on for• another day . . . . The staccato bark of tractor motors warming up, the shuffling noise of many thousands of feet, the cheerful clanging of pans as the lunch booth operators prepare for another rushing day of business . . . all seem to merge in a salute to the new day. The day is launched. All ;nothing and up until midafternoon the cars and buses keep streaming in to the parking lots. There is a never-ending flow of humanity tip and down the well-trodden streets of the Tented City where the machinery displays are congregated. Farm motors of all kinds roar, planes zoom overhead, people talk and laugh and move On out to the headlands to watch the plowing. There 'is a carnival spirit about the International and yet it is not a carnival! The directors of the Inter- national Plowing Match have demon- strafed that serious displays of farm machinery and edueational exhibits designed to help the farmer improve his methods of farming can be enjoy- ed by all classes of people. It is not a three-ring circus and yet you will find that the people who attend the match are just as happy and gay-hearted as any watching the antics of a circus, Why? Because there are no "gyp" games in the Tented City . . . . there are no "get-rich-quick" schemes to lure hard-earned dollars. There is instead information presented in an entertain- ing way . . . information that the man. of the farm cah convert easily to his own purpose. 4 This year the International Plowing :Match in Huron county Will do its share in supporting the cause of the Empire, Red Cross booths manned by volunteer workers from the district will Cater to the requirements of the people in the way of food. All prizes will be paid hi War Savings Certifi- cates. Farmers will be instructed in how to farm in a more efficient way. These are but a few of the things which conid be mentioned. One thing however. The International Plowing Match is being geared in this year of war to do the very utmost for the war effort, October 18, 14, 15 and 16 of 19421 Mark those dates ow your calendar as four red letter days for the county of Huron and surrounding counties, .27 Western Canada Special Bargain Excursions FROM ALL STATIONS IN EASTERN' CANADA GOING DAILY FEB. 21 - Mar. 7, 1942 Inclusive Return Limit - 45 Days. RaCcteEsT, Sin GT9i)urbistI NSfeeping. Cars or in Standard Sleeping Cars at Special Reduced Rates for each class. Cost of accommodation in sleeping cars additional. BAGGAGE CRECICED, Stopovers at all points enroute. Similar Excursions front Western to Eastern Canada fluting same Tiokets, Sleeping Car Reservations information from any Agent, A.81‹ POP, 1/AIIMILL T. 2-0 pANADIAN NATIONAL