The Wingham Advance-Times, 1946-03-07, Page 3PHIL an OF
LAZY MEADOWS
By Harry .1. Boyle
Have you ever walked down a .quiet,
Country road after a heavy snow-
storm? I mean the kind of a storm
where big, soft flakes come dropping
down to pile up like fluffy icing you
see on cakes, Get out early. before the
traffic starts, The dirt and the marks
of all kinds are completely covered 'by
snow.
Somehow or other you get the feel-
ing that the world is okay, There's
a sort of peace about the scene that a
person doesn't very often get in this
old universe now, On the sideroad off
our Concession there's quite a stretch
of swamp. I walked over that way
last, Friday morning on my way to
give Abe Jones a hand with woodcut-
ting. It was just after daybreak and
the world . well, so help me you
would think it was carved out of snow,
The Higgins barn was thatched with
snow and the old house looked as
if it were made out of it, The trees
were covered with the soft, clinging
stuff. Even the rail fences took on
a strange look, I had to break trail.
I'll bet I stopped fifty 'times to look
back at the tracks, I guess all of us
have a secret yen to be trail blazers.
When I got to the swamp the trees
seemed to lean over, just ever so little
to look at me. Somehow or other I
felt as if I were passing under the
scrutiny of a group of solemn, old
magistrates with great ,powdered white
wigs dropping down over their shoul-
ders. It was enough to inspire awe
in a person, I felt small and insignifi-
cant, Taking a chance that there
would be no one around I yelled
"Halloo". The answer came back
clearly and thunderously, "Hallll0000".
A rabbit jnmped out from under a
patch of willows. He bounced up on
his powder-puff of a tail and regarded
me with what I considered to be im-
pertinent interest. I just stood still.
Finally with a derisive flip of his nose
and a twist to his whiskers he turned
around and disappeared back into the
the dark paths of the swamp.
A hound bayed from away off in the
upper part of the swamp, I caught
what I thought was the sharp hark of
a fox. The morning train hooted com-
ing up the grade away off near the
village, The sound filtered through
the swamp. A. branch, groaned under
the weight of snow, cracked a little
and there was a soft, slithering sound
as the snow cascaded to the ground.
I came to the bridge over the little
creek. The water was frozen except
for a strip in the middle. The creek
reminded me of a man half awake and
half asleep mumbling, ,The murmur
of the water, half happy half com-
plaining was pleasant to listen to,
Standing there smoking and listen-
ing to the water I let quite a" bit of
time slip away, Sometimes it's nice
to be alone and have time to just think
things out. The sound of the sawmill
whistle finally brought me to realize
how late it was getting It's funny
what I was thinking, about at that time
however. I was wondering if the fish
ever got cold..
BLYTH
Mr, Frank Hollyman and Mr. Leo
Whitfield are attending the Good
Roads Convention in Toronto this
week.
Cpl. Lloyd Wettlaufter has arrived
home from overseas. Lloyd enlisted
and went overseas with his brother
John, in 1943, who was killed in ac-
tion, We extend a very hearty wel-
come home.
A large number of our citizens at-
tended the , funeral at Goderich on
MInday of Mr. Ed, Mason who passed
away suddenly in Toronto on Friday,
At the annual congregational meet-
ing of the United Church the Pastor,
Rev. A. W. Sinclair who has not en-
joyed good health for some time, ex-
pressed his desire to be relieved of his
duties for a year, This intimation was
received with regret, During his min-
istry he has proved himself a worthy
friend of all classes in the community.
Pte., ramie Simms is in Toronto this
week.
• We regret to report the continued
illness of Mr. Leslie Inborn.
The reguldr meeting -of the W. A,
of the 'United Church will be held at
the home of the President, Mrs, Har-
Old Philips on Tuesday ititetood%
FUR COATS TO COST
MORE NEXT WINTER
When milady goes to buy a new fur
coat for the winter of 1946 it will cost
her mote, taking the recent fur auction
sale in Montreal as a criterion, said
W. M. Ritchie, Chief. Put inspection
and' Grading Service, Dominion De.
partment of Agriculture. ,Most of
the pelts offered sold' at higher prices
than at previous sales, with the excep-
tion of, silver foxes, which sold front
S to 15 per tent lets,
There were 13,400 beaver pelts of.
Modern Four-Lane Highway
Windsor-To-Quebec, Foreseen
Toronto,—Paving of the new four
lane highway between Highland Creek
and Oshawa, a distance of 16 miles,
will be completed this year at an est-
imated cost of $1,750,000 Ontario
Highways Minister George Doucett
told the annual convention of the Ont-
ario good •Roads Association,
The project will complete a four-
lane highway from Toronto to Oshawa
that Mr. Doucett described as the
most heavilly travelled 'stretch in Ont-
ario. "It is not difficult to forsee the
day when we must have ,from Wind-
sor to the Quebec border a modern
four-lane highway," he added.
Is Blamed For Deaths
Of 1.000 U. S. Prisoners
Tokyo,---Lt. Gen. Shiyoku Kou charg-
ed by Allied Headquarters with res-
ponsibility for the death of approxi-
mately 1,000 American prisoners who
were being transferred from the Phil-
ippines to Japan, and for the massacre
of 143 others in 1944,
Thescharges said American prison-
transferred from the Philippines to
Japan under his direction were trans-
ported under conditions "more .horrible
than the Black Hole of Calcutta."
14,000,000 Tourists May Visit
Ontario This Year
Toronto,—Col. Arthur Welsh, mini-
ster without portfeliO in the Ontario
goverment and minister-designate of
the new Ontario Tourist Department,
said, that 20,000,000 United States resi-
dents are expected to visit Canada this
year and 14,000,000 of them probably
will visit Ontario,
Visitors from the' United. States
have four means of transportation by
which to enter Canada—rail, boat. air
and highway, he Said in an address to
the Ontario Good Roads Association.
The first two were organized, but
municipalities making long range plans
might well consider the possibiliities
of air-strip construction.
Churchill To Visit Ontario
Receive Degree From U. of T.
Toronto,—Winston.Churtil to vis-
it Canada in the "near future" and at
that time will visit Ontario area re-
'ceive an honorary degree from the
University of Toronto, Premier Drew
of Ontario announced.
The premier issued a statement say-
ing that the forMer British prime min-
ister, now. holidaying in Florida, has
"stated definitely that he will not be
able to come to Ontario at this time,
but that he yoes eepect to be the guest
of Lord Alexander in the near future
and at that time will be happy to visit
Ontario."
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Toronto To Hold 1947 Exhibition
Toronto, J. A. Scythes, piCeielent of
the, Canadian Nation Exhibition As-
sociation, said that with advice from
Ottawa that the exhibition grounds
will be compleely evacuated by arm-
ed forces June 1, definite plans have
been made for resumption of the ex-
hibition in 1947.
Elwood Hughes, general manager of
the exhibition, told the -meeting that
"in actual working days, 1947 looks
awfully short."
Consider. Cut In Duty On Jeeps
Ottawa,—Revenue Minister McCatin
and the Tariff Board have under con-
sideration an, application by Canadian
agents for lowering of the tariff duties
on importations from the United Stat-
es of the universal jeep.
Present duty on the jeep, including
exchange, is 36 per cent, making a
• jeep Costing $1,000 in the United Stat-
es `about $1,360 in Canada. The uni-
versal jeep, heavier and adaptable to
more 9u poses than the army jeep, at
present is classified as a truck for cus-
toms duty purposes, but advertisers
• describe it as a passenger car, truck,
light tractor, "power plant and an ag-
ricultural machine.
Two-Plate Marker System
Returning?
Toronto,—Ontario Highways Mini-
ister George Doucett, said his depart-
ment proposed to make repsesenta-
tions to the Federal Government for
permission to resume the practice of
issuing two automobile registration
plates,
Mr. `Doucett said- the Federal steel
controller had requested that the Pro-
viricial Government continue to issue
a single plate. this year, as -has been
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Pictured at a luncheon at the Waldorf Astoria, Pitt, board of aldermen, city of Montreal; B,
New York, sponsored by the Labor and Industry Beatty, general manager, Montreal board of trade;
committee in opposition to the St. Lawrence project, Senator James M. Mead of New York and Professor
are a trio of Canadians. Left to Right Gordon M. John L. IVIeDougall, Queen's University, Kingston.
fered and they sold at 35 to 40 .per ive market. Short hair furs are used and .other countries. Between now
cent •higher. The average price per principally for coats and the supply is and June, other fur sales will be held
pelt was $54,55 with a top price of not equal to the demand, in Montreal, Toronto, Winnipeg, Ede
$100.50, Ermine pelts sold at a 65 Most of the pelts at the Montreal mouton and Vancouver and Mr. Rite
per cent advance for a top of $6.50 auction were sold to buyers from the chic says that he ..expects prices for
each. Mink was up 30 per cent, the United States, South. America, Britain quality pelts to be higher than 1945.
average price being $23.40 for ranch -----
mink and $37.75 for wild, with a top
price of $40.50 for the former anti
$71.50 for the latter, Muskrat, the best
of which are Used for Hudson Seal
coats were up 20 per cent. Top price
paid per pelt was $5 with a low of 30
cents, Marten, of which about 2,200
pelts were offered were .not - much in
demand as only 51 per cent were sold.
The peak price was $220 and a low
of $5. About 1,000 otter pelts were
offered and all sold at an average price
of $41, a 60 per cent advance.
Canadian squirrel sold at an increase
of 65 per cent at an average of 67
cents with a top of $1.50. Raccoon
was not in heavy demand, for of the
4,420 pelts at the sale only 45 per
cent found buyer's and prices were
down 30 per cent. The average price
was $2.77 with a top of $7. Prices of
silver foxes, of which 42,680 were of-
fered, averaged $34.77, with specials
averaging $68.27 and an average of
$9.04 for low grade.
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of the Canadian joint staff. Judging by the sullies,
Russian-Canadian harmony seems 'to be intact.
The Soviet charge d'affairs, Nikolai Novikov,
and Mine., Novikov-(left), who were hosts at a gala
reception,at the Soviet embassy; Washington, id
observanc cf the 29th anniversary of the Red arm!'
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done since the start of the war, be-
cause of depleted inventories of all
forms of steel resulting from steel
strikes in the United States,
He added that from a police point
of view two plates were essential for
the prevention of crime.
Will Redeem In April
Debentures Due In 1948
Toronto,--The Province of Ontario
has given notice it will redeem its three
per cent. debentures, due April 15,
1948, on April 15 of this year, The re-
demption date is the earliest at which
the issue is callable at'par and accrued
interest. The issue was made in 1939
and there are $7,500,000 outstanding.
Ontario Car Accidents
Killed 1554 In 1945
Toronto,—The Ontario Department
of Highways said that preliminary
figures showed that at least 554 per-
sons died throughout the province in
some 13,446 accidents during 1945.
The fatality figure was an increase of
56 over-1944.
Ontario Health Costs
Fifteeri Million Yearly
Toronto.—Ontario Health Minister
Kelley told the Ontario Association of
Rural Municipalities in convention
here, the province which now spends
$15,000,000 annually on care of the
sick, might spend less with greater re-
sults, by the stressing of preventative
more than curative measures. A step
in this ,direction, he said, had been
taken with the county health- units,
nine of which now are in operation
and some of them caring for two
counties. Units for five more enmi-
ties now are being prepared and ap-
plication has conic in for still another,
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LISTO WEL — ONTARIO
In the new types of fox pelts, prices
for the platinums averaged $110.78,
platinum silver, $106.02, and pearl
platinum $75.94, These prices were a
slight advance over the sale of similar
pelts in January, 1945.
Mr. Ritchie said that the present
demand is for short hair furs with
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Only your continued support of the Red Cross can ensure
that the splendid work being done for our sick and wounded
veterans will be kept up. Your suppdrt will make possible
such vital peacetime works as the upkeep of Outpost
Hospitals, the Peacetime Blood Donor Service, Nursing
Services, Disaster Relief, the Visiting Homemaker Service,
the junior Red Cross, and many other services for the social
betterment of our people.
There will be no Red Cross drive for funds this year. Your
continued membership in the Red Cross is all that is asked.
Minimum membership fee is one dollar. Your local Red
Cross Branch will provide you with further details, • 110
Crerar Retires,
Goes On Roliday
Ottawa,—The retirement of Gen,
1-.Tenry Duncan Graham Crerar, 6'7,
D.s.o., of t4atrillton, who
led the 1st Canadian Army through-
Out the campaign in Europe, was an-
nounced by nefente Minister A'bbo'tt,
A statement said he avottld proceed
out lave pending retirement after a
36-year career in the Canadian Artily,
during which he became the first nat-
ive Canadian to gain 4 the rank of ftill
general while still on active Service at
the front.
It is better to be doing the most in-
significant thing than to reckon even
a htilf-hotir intignifitant.--,Goethe.
One of the illusions is that the Otte
sent hour is not the ethical, decisive
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