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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1942-07-09, Page 3East Wawanosh Seventy•fifth Anniversary 1942 0 0 0 0 Donald Patterson David Robertson David Scott Thos. H. Taylor James Potter John Gillespie 1942 COUNCIL. AND OFFICERS Back Row—Norman McDowell, Coun.; Harvey Black, Coun.; Alex: McBurney, Tax Collector; J. D. Beecroft, Coun.; L. Ruddy, Conn. Front Row—Stuart McBurney, Road Supt.; R. R. Redmond, Reeve; Alex. Porterfield, Clerk and Treas.; Marvin McDowell, Assessor. R: H. Thompson Peter W. Scott • 71 YEARS OF SERVICE • Peter Porterfield Alex Porterfield J. N. Campbell Wm. J. Currie Robert' Buchanan YOUR EYES NEED ATTENTION • 1 Our 25 Point Scientific Examine ation enables us to give Lyon Clear, Comfortable Vision Phone 118 Harriston F. F. HOMUTH O ptomet tist 1867 Robert Currie M. Lockhart John McCallum John T, Currie John E. Ellis Robert J. Coultes CO tt111. PO* .COOA EMS tion and a serious food shortage will, follow. No Sugar For Short Leaves , All sailors, soltlers and airmen who go on subsistence or leave exceeding, seven days will be issued with sugar ration cards by designated officers at' their barracks, and their application' cards will be sent to the Wartime Prices and Trade Board office, Harold - Harold McPhillips, London, prices and supply representative,. announced. yesterday. Men on leaves of seven days or less will have no ration cards, and be dependent on their hosts or rel— atives for sugar from the latter's own, supplies. 20 Caught In Axis Plot U.S. Army Headquarters, Panama, Canal Zone, — A Nazi jungle spy leader, "The King of Belize," who masqueraded as a businessman, and 11 other persons paid to fuel Axis sults, marines and spot Allied shipping tar- gets in the Carribbean were under. ar- rest through the work of a United States Army agent who survived fie- tion-like plots to poison him and sab- otage his plane. The 20 alleged spies,. seized from Panama to British Hon- duras, included night club hostesses, ptrigunstedCanal employees. Zone wH lorkers and ship- Nazis Change Victory Date Berrie, Switzerland, — Berlin dis-s- patches indicated that Germany had ti abondoned hope of a final decision on a the Eastern front this summer despite • its apparent victory at Sevastopol and.. a tremendous offensive effort now under way in the Central Russian:, sector. The Nazis said they do, hope by September to wreck the Russian! army organization, stabilize winters positions and release a large ntxnalicr - of German troops probably in antic- ipation of an Allied second front. Navies Join To Smash U amts.: Washington, — The United NatiOns, high command has thrown the full. force of available Allied sea-power into the fight to smash Hitler's U-boat offensive, the Navy Department dis-a closed with an announcement that Canadian and British warships are• cruising side by side with United States vessels in the Battle of the At- lantic. Allied corvettes, destroyers and other "anti-submarine vessels" are at work together. Churchill Gets Vote Says Offensive Will Rock Enemy-- Port Huron, Mich,, — An Allied" offensive "in the not too distant fut- ure" that will "rock the enemy back. on their heels" was predicted by the. commander of the ill-fated aircraft carrier Lexington. Returning here tea, his boyhood home for a few days re- spite, Rear Admiral Frederick C. Sherman spoke with confidence o battles ahead and said the naval . feats suffered by the Japanese-had re: suited in "a decided change irn the. bat; ance of power in the Pacific."' Thursday, July 9th., 1942 WINGHAU Al)ANCETIMES Wm. J. Parks . F. D. Stalker E. WAWANOSH HELD , MONSTER PICNIC s (Continued from page one) Reeve Redmond gave an address of welcome expressing his appreciation of the assistance he has received in connection with the celebration, War- den George Armstrong of the county gave a short address as did Ex-War- den Passmore of Exeter, Ex-Warden R, J. Bowman 'of Brussels and L. E. Cardiff of Brussels, member for Hur- on North. A choir of children from the township' schools under the direc- tion of Miss Velma Wheeler of Bel- grave gave fine numbers as did a Male choir of men of the township. A pleasing solo was given by Miss Jose- phine Weir of Auburn with Mrs. R. j. Phillips as accompanist. Harvey McGee delighted the crowd as usual with scotch skits and songs. He was accompanied by Mrs. Phillips, The Sailor's Hornpipe and Highland dant-, ing was presented by six girls, 'Marg- uerite Young, Ruth Higgins, Ferne Nethery, Norma Bridges, Audry Mc- Gdwan and Florence Cook, Reeve Alex McDonald of Ashfield played for a clog dance, which made a hit, by Reeve Francis Duncan of Morris and Cottfity Clerk Norman Miller. Splend- idly done was a dutch dance by Edith and Gwen Cook, The Westfield Male quartette, NY, McDowell, Maitland Henry, johri'McDowell and Alva Me- Dowell, gave selections that were much appreciated, Numbers were also given by Arthur's ,Orchestra and the Gully jumpers, The "Salute to the United Nations" as a grand finale by the massed choir was very stirring. The guest speaker of the day was the Rev. A. L. Midge, D.D., of Ham.- litOn. Dr, tedge is an East %wan.' osh old boy, He spent his early life on the 6th concession and attended No, 14 school, He is at present dolt of the Synod of Hamilton and London of the Presbyterian Church in Canada and is also the historian of the Synod. He gave a great talk on yester years in the township.. Dr, Budge was introduced by an- other distinguished son of the town- ship, Dr. John Ross at present resid- ing on the 2nd concession. He at- tended the same school as Dr. Budge and spent his youth on the 4th con- cession, After graduating from Col- lege he went west where he Made his mark. He was a former Deputy Min- ister of Education in the Alberta Government, At the time of the open= lug of the Yukon he was given the task by the Dominion Government of organizing the educational facilities for that district, At .the supfer hour a picnic supper was enjoyed. The county council were guests of the Reeve, council and the people of the, township and after they expressed their appreciation of the hospitality extended in a motion by Reeve Scott of Seaforth and Reeve Tockey of .Exeter, During the evening a dance WAS held which was also largely attended. Arthur's Orchestra supplied th; Wide, A booth on the grounds operated by the East Wawanosh unit of the Federation of Agriculture did a thriv- ing business afternoon and evening, Historical Booklet Issued For 71 years the Porterfields, father and son, have between them been clerk of the municipality, Peter Porterfield was clerk from 1871 to 1907, a term of 36 years, and since that time his son Alex has held this office and for the past year has also been treasurer, Alex as well as being clerk and treasurer may well be termed the his- torian of the township and through, out the years he has kept a very tom. plete record of the township affairs and happenings. In connection with the anniversary the clerk edited a booklet, a Histor- ical Sketch, and it gives the history of the township from its incorporation to the present time, It is a most inter- esting record of events and the de- mand for this booklet exceeded the expectations of the Reeve and Coun- cillor& The fly leaf of the booklet contained the picture of the first Reeve, Robert Carrie, the present Reeve, P., 11, Red- mond arid Alex; Porterfield, the clerk and treasurer also the writter of the "Historical Sketch." On page five is a picture of the present council and the officials of the township. The picture of all township Reeves except one, is an interesting, feature of the sketch. Mr. H. Helps was reeve 1868- 69-70 but his photo could not be loca- ted. The reeves were Robert Currie, 1867; H. Helps, 1868-69-70; D. Scott, 1871-72-73; T. H. Taylor, 1874-75-76- 77-80-81A2-87-88-89-90-91-92; Jas. Potter, 1878-79; R, Currie, 1883-84-85- 86; D. Patterson, 1899-1900; J, T. Currie, 1901-02-07; John McCallum, 1903-04; J. E. Ellis, 1905-06; W. J. Parks, 1908-09; J. Gillespie, 1910-11- 12; J, N. Campbell, 1913-14-1546-17- -18-19; W. J. Currie, 1920-21; R. Bu- chanan, 1922-23-24; R. Coultes, 1925- 26-27; F. D. Stalker, 1928-29; R, H. Thompson, 1930-31; P. W Scott, 1932 -33-34-35.36-37-38; R. R. Redmond 1939-40-41-42. Of the above gentlemen four had the honour .of being warden of the county: Thos, H. Taylor& D. Patter- son; J. T. Currie, and J. 15', Campbell. It was the year of Confederation that the first council of East Wawan- osh took office, That group compris- ed Reeve Robert Currie and the four councillors, H. ,Helps, L, Nethery, D. Scott, T. H. Taylor. In the last few pages of the sketch Mn Porterfield has recorded a complete list of the various councils since 'the townships inception until the present time. Marty are familiar names even today. This first council had, to start from scratch and the proceedings of their first meeting is reeoredecl in the booklet, At this meeting David Wil- liams was appointed clerk but his ten- tire of office only lasted one meeting and then lames Tisdale WA'S appointed clerk and lie held the °Wee in 1867. 68.'6640. Since that tithe the town- si)ip has had but two Clerks, Peter Porterfield and his .son Alex. At the second meeting of the council in 1867 Donald McGibbon was appointed as- sessor, James McGowan as treasurer, and Joseph Dunbar as collector. At that time the estimates of ex- penditure foi county purposes was $3890.03; township purposes $592.17; salaries and incidentals $400.00; mak- ing a total of $4873,20 requiring a rate of 17/10 mills on the dollar. These facts are set out in the sketch and Mr. Porterfield compares this With seventy-five years later as follows: County rate $9776.08; township rate $2072.73; schools $11,110,18; telephone $1321.00; drains $456,99 and dogs $532.00 making a total tax of $25,268.tv 93 for 1941. Then Came The Railroad — The train at that' time was no closer than Clinton but in 1871 the L.1-108:13. Railway extended its facilities to Blyth and the ratepayers that year voted $1£3,000.00 for assisting the sante. The next year the ratepayers voted another $7000 to have the road extended from Blyth to Wingliam. During the history of the township there have been but five treasurers, James McGowan 1867 to 1875; Wm, Carr 1875 to 1805; Finlay Anderson 1895 to 1931; Jas. H. Currie 1931 to 1941 and Alex Porterfield since that date. It is stated in the sketch that the year 1867 was not Only art important, one for Canada but also a most im- portant one for the citizens of East Wawanosli for in the year previous on the 15th of August, an Act of Parlia- ment was passed dividing the Town- ship of Wawanosh into two Town. ships,'East and West Wawanosh, each. Township to be a separate unit as from January 1867, An old historic record makes the following statement in regard to Wa, watiosht "Wawanosh is watered by the ;Maitland River, it contains a larg,. er portion of good land than Ashfield, In 1844 it contained 133 inhabitants and in 1854,, 87 .acres only were under cultivation. In 1850 the population, had increased to 422 with 460 acres . under cultivation and 2700 bushels of wheat, 1300 bushels of eats, 4800 1mA, els of potatoes and 2300 pounds of maple sugar were produced from the crop of 1840," The cloSing two .chapters of the Historical Sketch are: 'Let no young man today think that the world's tasks are now accomplished and that there will be no part for him in the future. If we are wise enough and if we are strong enough, if our minds are capable of seeing and acting as we ought to net, there will be ample op.. portunity for the employment of our energeries, all our skill, in the great tasks which remain unfinished when the war is over." "And what of the future? What. will our youth say, who, twenty-five Sevastopol Falls Moscow, — Sevastopol, Russia's great Crimean naval base and fortress, ha& fallen as a 'mass of ruins," Soviet Russia announced Saturday, but its magnificient defence was hailed as a major factor in holding up the Ger- man spring offensive and cost the Axis upwards of 300,000 soldiers killed and wounded. The Soviets announced the Germans lost 150,000 casualties, in- cluding 60,000 killed, in the last 25 days of the siege while the Russian losses in that same period were 11,385 killed and 29,390 wounded or missing. Canadians Help Smash Bremen 'London, Scores of Canadians helped the R.A.F. smash at the remaining vit- al points of Bremen in a "very heavy" attack. Canadian aerial gunners shot down at least one of the numerous Nazi night fighters that challenged the attackers. It was the third 'blasting attack on Bremen in a week. In the first, ,1,000 planes poured death and destruction on the important docks and warehouses. No Extra Sugar For Canada Ottawa, — The two-pound sugar bonus to be allowed consumers in the United States is not likely to result in an upward revision of sugar ration allowances for Canadian consumers, a spokesman for the Wartime Prices and Trade Board said. Six Warships Lost At Malta London, — The British light cruiser Hermione, four British destroyers and one Polish destroyer were lost in the recent effort to reinforce Malta and British forces in Libya before they were pushed back into Egypt, the Admiralty announced. Case Against Drew Adjourned Toronto, — Proceedings against Lt.- Col. George A. Drew, Ontario Con- servative leader, who is charged with making a statement "likely to preju- dice recruiting," were adjourned for one week at the request of the crown. Mr. McCarthy first proposed adjourn- ing the case one week with the under- standing that then a date could be set on which to proceed with the hear- ing. Col. Drew, acting on his own behalf, objected there were no grounds for such lengthy delay and the crown agreed to proceed July 10, Say Deciding Battle In France Uneasy and hungry Europe was told by the Free French leader, Gen. Charles de Gaulle, that the decisive battle of the war would be fought in France, and as he spoke the German masters of the continent were hastily reinforcing their coasts against inva- sion. Torpedoes Boat In Port San Jose, Costa Rica, — At least 23 men were reported lost in the tor- pedoing of a United States freighter by a German submarine which sneaked into the Puerto Limon harbor and fir- ed three torpedoes at the vessel. Of- ficials at the Costa Rican port 220 miles northwest of the Panama Canal said that the 23 men were known to have been in the hold of the vessel. Canadian Joint Staff At Washington Ottawa, — Formation of a Canadian joint staff in Washington, comprising three senior officers representing each of the three Canadian chiefs of staff, as announced by Defente Minister Ralston, Maj.-Gen. Maurice Pope will act as chairman. Dewan Calls For Farm Help Toronto, — Hon, P, M, Dewar), Ontario Minister of Agriculture, ap- pealed to both farmers and city resi- dents to eo-operate in tackling the most serious farm labor shortage in the history of Ontario. If the prat- lein is not solved and crops harvested successfully, Mr, Dewar preditted next yeata' farmers will reduce probe- CO COARSE POli rot Mot OLD CHUM Finlay Anderson years from now celebrate .the 1000 yea r of the inauguration of our Iowa.. • shin and of Confederation as well. do not know as the picture is obseurp, The spirit of man may turn to the left or, to the tight or,' mankind nay' move straight ahead, reaching great of achievement, bringing 4botft .the things we want to bring about, an era of peace trid prosperity, but above all, a time 01 spiritual uplifting which. will enable us to accomplish the things for which for so many many yeata- appeared only as a distant vision. 'It may be that the forces which have urged us forward will gather greater strength and chat in the neat twenty,- five years mankind mey move further forward than it has in the last three or four centuries. We hope so, that depends on ourselves. It :may be that the movement will not be forward but back, we hope not, I shall not mention that for this is a happy day. The •cE,s- tant beckons and hope is with us ways." W rid Wide News In Brief Form