The Goderich Signal-Star, 1940-12-26, Page 2Pa ail ?WU
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xtbrrir nal -tar
tiOlti?ait SIGNM,, AND THE GODEU,I011
isY Signal -Star peess, „Limited.
Wake', Street, Ooderleh, Onta,rlo
pauxim.y, Dip,CIENUMIt ll'Oth, 1910 '
CHURCHILL'S SPEECH
!Prime . (Minleter .Clearthill in his
itIsseelt on iMenalae gave tut °lien Oat -
*age le the Italian people to diseard
Mussolini -the "otte man" who has
led its Into her. present trenbles-
and Peewee their -axteleet - friendehip
si ritai,i.
lat" he saki, sthe thuts nes
hen the Italan irtonarelt and,
the svIto gitard the sacred! eentre
o i.eitr entiOnt ehould, hare a word 'to,
go/ uPen these aweabispiring issuee.
Surely the Italian. -array, who. WO
taught ao, braa ly 013. moiy ,ctee*ous IXL
• the past but 310 evidently has 116h:tart
'fair the' uldatatessomesecaresof,.
the lite" and! of Italy."
The con, nee ,ot•IlitalY's Pursuit
of her r hat eolaree were set forth
in Chlarchillian staile...a, "Otte armies,"
' declared,' "will tear your African'
enaPirfa toishaeds and tatterS."
Altheugh Itallane are-4orb1ddien ta
lieten th enemy brottdeasts, It scertain
that the .Prime" Minlater'e Voice was
beard by many" Of them,, and it ie
„etltuilly eertain that his appeal and- his
-watuing 'will cause grave unrest among
the people ,whora aitriissolini has .led to
the•brint of disaiter.
TOO -1004 HURRY .
, SateidaY 'Night "of Toronto believes
the, ilidieations are that the Hepburn
a. 4Overnmen1 will. appeal' to the electors
-..e. ofaOntario on the sue ofopposition
to the iMplementation of the 'Sirols
report on DoinhaimePaovincial rela-
tion. 'Ottawa will be at fault 'if,ia
• glyee. Ur, Ilepharn such au opportunitY.
The ISiable commission took several
••.,,,,.: "•1- 'T.,' - , .
,`..yearS .4:F/aari.#' AS -report;.-Str-Of-the
people should be given some time to
studar it and and out :what It is 411
4botate, (Canadiana are pretty busy just
now in., War effortf one kindand
anottiery.:And we would 'wager that not
, ssonelnA„hundred has a thorough, under -
S ateteding of the report and et ,valaa,t it
,,- *valises, in the way of Chaiiges in the
, working oftlie e0aha.diat. Confedera-
tion. -When the 'vaqi is Over _itovill be
time enough to deal with a eanstitution-
al Matter of'suCh great imports.
'Although (Saterday hioiglit believes,
that ttie-fedoramendgfions Of the Sire's
eePort should be carri a into effect, it
t.
l
Jeepinien-that Mr. e pburn would.
earry :Ontario in. .oleacieltiang tt,---till
.propoialse - The resulting sitnatioe
, Could net but be harmful to the Derain: -
ion, fro& the stirring up of disunion
and strife.' .Iti the people are given
'
time to diehoVer for thenesel-ves tyf
' ithe eliang," Propoged are for the beit,
neither Mr. 'Herilturfl nor anybody else
will be able to bloek them.
1,1
Three Iiinute's Please
Boxing Day---ShoUld you have had
ov-erabundance of geed tillage yeas-
terday, then do up a lox, and take it
'down the street to that felons who
hayeaubt ee Much as you, for 'there are
SOnte needy one, even la Goderieb.
Make tlae *most of the opportunity,
girle. Only five days left.
Veil, Saute, can go- Pact to hie bomb-
proof eastlo. for another year.
t,nO one say lie was not warped
he time ;. there are only 203 shopping
days to idltristums.
4.44,e44.4414.44,44444
I.. •
•Thel"Greelts didn't refuse a -01iristraae
Trear'froillta'theirascistsslra-eivell-when.
the Italians doubled it and made V a
re-tepat. • ,
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ODE TV CHIRliSTMAS
By Herr Fritz • .„
Abair that I ehall never 'know
Christmas without a -Sign, Of woe;
Perhaps unless we, ehange our ways
We •never shall have happy days.
• -6
, Santa is falling down on the job.,
We -asked for a doll an he gave
a plaster one. •
'
The Yule de season is a question of,
geom try w th some folts-•their in-
abilit t a 'few square meals into
riud ' stomach: •
• ,
TR 4 GODERICH SIGNAL.STAlt,
Phil Osifer ot Lazy Meadows 1
' Current Views on the
Ilarry J Iloyle WATCIIERS Or TUE SKIES this intesea 'whiels Jr Arehitaid
War
t 0 u t thee Observer (Corps( our (qair. the Air Minitater, sent them last
No Yule greetings, were ,allowed to
be sent from unoccupied France to the
•oecupied territory -en the aSsuMPtion,
perhaps, 'that the raiiwa.ys would not be
able to handle the volume of greetings
sent to Air ;Marshal Goering.
What a leteof-apeople turn interior
decoeatore at 'Ohristmasetime.
• _
"And where," asked one neighbor of
• another, "dad sere nWttestdde-thie
ureeents where t, wouldn't
find themr "Oh; that wig: ealy
m .
thein tlaeb
.,lbathtu.'"
EDITORIAt N.OTES
Happy is the man who can eat a 11 g
Christmas dinner without regard t
the consequence. '
•* w
The weather, Fee was ,pn his good
behavior- or the week before Chrieh
mas and gave sboppers and- visitors
beautiful weather for getting about.
* *
'Graaiani attributed his army's poor
shoWieg in 'Libya to lack of etanks.
With the desert all Omit him, he mid
" hardly say' It was. due tto lack of sand.
e ... *
, The high. price 'of butter leads to a
amspicion that somebody Is takIng too
melt' of the ereara. Ottawa IS being
urged to ekim the situation and reveal
.,
who, if anybody, is ranking the public
'Wel fattening onsthe p_eoceeds.
,
,Althongh many •people ernelly over -
Work .themselires at , Christmas tine,
did you, ever knevv a a,rtYone's health
, ,• being broken' by ACh lames. aetivities?
Reilaa'pe there is . oinethling, in the
Christmas ePiritathat, ads as an elixir.
, * *.' *
rigures issued by the management
. oit the Cana.dian' Natter:al '11.31,1Ways
indicate ' at. ((operating eurplue Of
$12,000,000 for 1940, aS compared with
eturpluJee .Of S2:Ora4,O00 for 100- and"
' $0,000,000 Tor 19;34 . Busineeeeittlaing
f,rom• the, war no doubt actounto for
tiatiela .:orthe lippeoved elfowing; but
t. the expeetatirna of .5 larger ppula-
tion. and sustal nod activity to Nimes
the war are realized, the national: rail-
waYg blear 'continee 10 elteast a handeeme
balance on ithe right side on opetatirig
account.. '
• ' 4 a
Lord dialifax, Who has. been Foreign
Secretary lin the Britielt Cabinet, will'
,t.to to cWaaltington In cucceseion to the
late Tioia "Lothian, whose sidendid wOrh.
as uhtiaisattor to the Ilnited ,Statea
was terminated by his tinfortunAte
death. l'sora Halifax is BileiCeeiled in
110 'F'o•e‘gri Office by Anthony Mien,
wliOtlitra cemea beet: tai the post •whieit
he left in1038 chei•!an4e of diadgreement
with the 41hatriberl1tin polley of
teat.aetneet., Viaeount Crattlwrne, who
' weht °Mewl t Is Mr. Felafn in l'4,3S laccaitse
he .eottld not littomaeh tlie 41u8oberia1n.
polley, *111 now N.... ment li,-* /14. 11004!
of Igprits V4) Ott .ao the Foreigo °Mee
spokesmen, Mr. IrAlen remaining in the
ronitssonst.
Then there is the storyaof the Eng-
and 'filled Your stocking,s ' and put a raised platform. around the. room.,
'fish housewife who asked her air raid
them on the chair beside you That Where they can See any Part of the
warden hubby to Initig home a goose
t one (Ale time you Fgarreti wag certain You chart, wre'raen known as tellers. ThLeYLd he •
were going to wake naa"
SANTA CLAUS .
Both of is felt sort gf foolishly silly
as we hung the pair 'of little white
stockbage 'up. on the tree. Wrinisied
into the eliape of a pulley little foot ...
the etockinge witted to hang with ,their
tolls oPett . . ,. illA sort of waiting to
be filled. •
We snowed the etoeltinge to ratriCia
Ann. She looked 4 *them and sort of
cooed a little and then dabb,ed a at
figt out forone of the decorations on
the ,Christmas tree. ' I'm quite sure
that anYone who looked la the window
and saw us explaining the etocitings
toalter . . . and noted her smile of
differenee • . . would have thought us
dart. But there we were. . .and It
was Inahlag 11$ haPPY to do it. s
She snuggled her head .doWn• on Mr..
Phil'eshoulder and went off to her
trundlesbed and I slumped down in the1"maectly or, indirectly, with the It.A..F. .
old reeker beside the front parlor Stove fighterea ,the anti-aircraft Vital Search,-
aie. From then oh, everything swine lights,' ' balloons, police, and Are
sort of hazy . . . as 1 eeemed tg be brigades- Etteh of 'the, posts !has, been,
,
month; "By your lance and faithful
117444A 1 icalt4r-.°Ffiatt,! ‘1144' f9e4er,e4' devotion 'to duty You are wayekinP; an
UhtS and baljoanu 1ndiSpensable contribtition to the
largely 1n -the (tarts; their counter -:blows aeliievementa :of Our agitter pilots..
‘WOult1 be moe or 1esgeese-work, Their victories are your victories, too.",
Thanks to the existence Of this splendid That, is not art. o.ver-stateinent.
Organization uo sGeranan; 'aireraft- eau • --(The London 'nines.
.eros -e auy part 'Of onr eoaet day
op night withoutebelog men or heard, «s. 4! US RgamBER"
its direetion end Iteight knoveu end Its • In ,tcourse of a erteech: in the
rOra
Second ta eecend. It inaY ,ilY high or of Commons, OttaWa, on:
Pgess 'nal activities reported from mese
December 2nd the Prime Minister Said::
loW", it May tSVIst and turn' and steer a .
"We 1L 01. eompletely err if for a
trazy coureeelbut ftiwayS its preSenhe -
remains trioWn teethe defence tentree, moraent. 'We fail to reeog,nize.hew ap-
There are !between 1,000 end, 2,000 palling le the danger which threat/Ong
,speciat ii.bservation' pasts, 't overint,' not only Great .Britain, but civilisation,
Great Britain and (Northern lieland, and be tempted 'thereby to relax any
manued by more than 40,000 trained and.every effort to put forth the utmost
watchers. These posts are in eonstent of Our strength.
direct telepherde commanieation switla "Above all else, let tis' remeniber how
area eentree, which In twoore-lhiked, formidable is (Germany'e present Mili-
tary strengths There has 'never, been
anything 'hitherto Comparable to it. Let
ee remember, tee, that her great armies
are 'undefeated; that they are essitirsied
with ail the machines- of modern NV4*.:
are; that, excepting, Switzerland, all
• et Europe-",..wegta-Of atheaVistulaeaniteXe
tending, front Sweden to Portugal and
Spain, lies under lier cont.rol. Her 'own
re9ourees of faetory and ot min1,. of
raoaotag Pft into spice . and the
-eurroundlugeesf-therooitegrerh-dirlraVra
and. •dinanter. •
'Well; Phil, itow'e everything to-
night?' . a plane they repoth
rt to the centre ats n
• That inedeme sieula and tate notice, tionality, type, location, direction, and
and there- Standing beside the stoYea -height,. and they fORow it mail 'it is
wasa tat, jally-leoking old: fellow: outside their area, by 'which .tilue tlxe
White hair seemed. to flew, cleavn from centre is getting eirallar Information
tipsier his eape finer Tipple around his from, the next past. In this 'Way 9. the
head and shoulders like those mountain ..movements of our own aleeraft are.
streams you see in calendar pichireS. cheoked and the raiders'' routes' are
Ile,,ilia.ughed and the folds of Iris (bright plotted until they. return home or are
red shit wrinkled up and clown under shot dome' The watchers ,also keep a
a shiny bine* belt. I looked down .tt- look -out -40r tires, and report 'where
the melting snow his black boets, bombs are dropped, • OccasiOnallY they
and he, saw roe mad said, bred to give news of bladk-out • offenciee, lyurg
knock as much of tha.tasnow off' as-Poss lariete or suispicions, acts. Sometimes
es
I hope Mrs. Phil doesn't mind" they report aerial 'nettles and crashes,
MY startled wits seerned'ito return to or tea the centre th.at. airanen have
me then and I mumbled somethincs baled out.
about'b
rithat eing. all right and asked - The scene at a centre suggests a giant
him to sit down. -He rullbed hie hands game of halma. Most, ot the space is
briskly and looked over the tree;- and occupied by a table sehicli-ls cevered• Hongkong, In Sin,eaporei. She hag to
sort of nodded' approval, as be Said, by a chart representing the whole of keep India constantly in vied; Any
"Have tea hesY-e night to be resting." the area under 'the eere% l:Acontrol. The where, at .any. time, she may dedsit
-Then he eaw , the awe male -..white „chart is enb-divid0 into hundreds of necessary to Send Ships and , men to
stocicings. 'first per for Christ-, 'smell, nunabered squares. Around the meet a new 'threat .to her lilies of coms
mas hanging up," he seeme'd to mumble fable sit a dozen Men wearing head- raupication and Supply or to fa,ee fresh.
to _hiras.elf. Time does ity, Pini" he: phones-, eaChs listening to three posts. horrors in someedistant part 'of 'the
kept en, "it seems like onn- ly yesterdaY Whea• post reports the 'presenee' of an, globe. . . . • ,
bat your first pair were hanging UP. en.emy aircraft acolOred Connrter is put "The situation is bound to become
gives a person a sott ofifunny feelbag into the appropriate square. As the inerea'singly serious as warfare spreads
to see 'folks keep On coming aircraft moves, eo the coaeter follows to.. new seas and shore t and, as mutual
asalleseastoppedae•deadeeetillsetheia-aeas leasevieeepeeateesseesii-theyearee")-ealle -destagietleneeouliattee, saseit meet -ter-
1aughleout loud,. a Wowing sort of go on ligtenliNg and .moviug the counters tainly will, with ever inereasing 'fury.
•jaugii. 4‘You t were a raSeal, That for fear .hours without a break ; then It is wholly Probable that We Shall wit
-
night you- Waited up for Me to woe. they are eeplaced by new arrivals. On ness much of 'anarchy as well as war ••
ere the death -grapple between totalitar-
ianism has told lts tale. •
"No one.ean say that the world eve
now ,may not be headins- for Armaged-
plaeed at a spot iwbpr40 tbe men tali
eckininaInt an uninterrupted, 'View., for
Directly' they see or hear ian aero -
:KINTAIL
(Intended for laat weak) •
Weaken's IoatitUtee-The ,DeceMber
meeting of the Kintail Worreen's
tote,' which wae postponed on acconet
O f the weathler, wAs• held TueedaY,
Deeember 10, at the home Of • • Mra,
0 Nell. ' ,dall was answered with
hints for sChrtatmas. The sithject for
this etollt•h, W54 "Making Christmas a
Pleasure inetead of a Burden." Some
Red Crose work !Wee given. Ont. Plans
were made. to tiolteteon. aubeantiful
quilt digitated to the Ingtitute by Afiste
Johnston of leourrle'e• Corners
M ,
rs. Jerry Dalton read an, in.temstIng
letter from, Father M. Dalteth who is
England.Ishenee were drawn for
an ex,change of 401tristraas gifts ) among
the .311,041110re. Lunch W4S Served by, the
hosteises. The 'January meeting will
be held on January 28d at the home
of Mrs. JerryDalton, •
A Letter teem OVerSease-arrite follow-
ing is a eglay of a letter•weeived byMrs. Raymond Patten, secretary of the
Itintaila Women's Institute, from Hera
Old iCollinson of •Kintaile who had. beee.
sent a parcel from the Ingtittite,'-Father
Daltoe's letter thanks) for 'hist boX.
was printed in The 'SigattiOter agottple
of weeks egos:
. • -Ilegittiads Oct, 10, 1940.
-7-1;14a-t,'Iztre.-"Daltotheeal
• better dropyou a feW lines to thank
you for the pareet whleh received.
men and ma•terialsa have been rein- today. I eertainlY appreciate receiving
forced by the material power whieh.she a Parcel, and want yau to eonveY DlY
hags conquered, to her .mlUlons' of thankS to the Ladies' Institute for •
soldiers and worilmse -has been !eadea their generosityand thoughtfulness in
the manpower Of the lands she Ore• rehleAherhur° Owe.
or
Norway, of I -Tolland), of P.elgium and less. red letter day to 'receive a,
coufpriexam,nheeesemearayetberetloUcttuarnnt ,,.tthj:etspen of To the boys) over h.eire, it 'iseraore
agexp'thensiingeveh.erenoawre.
against the breast et freedom, . ,ears. phaarrdeel itolgrmitet Andvery
pl'ailicepdonthethgrteGarrests otfas8kriitnainthettahsistTritY e.vkhe*:, 11molie:taiealficiwusg'feafronPerelittYediwveldli:°aunila
of the world. She has to watch and w'Ith"the rP-5t•
fight. She has ,to :fight in the British The weather here is very'seli-dleagree-
,Ieleern. anitinthteo oseas t. ith
that emsurzolutsurround able able at the Present time, raining and
til
IlltY
ranean, in the IVIiddle Eget, in Africa. 'nel;roevatte'Ity)51'46uayWe
through 11.'errea4ibunvnn:dinga
tiril
She has to -watch the Fax East, in to Nut Hill; about dime miles. We ex -
Peet te be alnie•hed in a eoirple of 'weeics
and then move to either Scohlaaid or
Wales. The' IGerMans &op. 'an odd
bomb around us, enough to eause a
little excitenient, but so- far no casual-
ties. .,We are located About twenty
miles southeast of iLendon and they
--is over us here night and day, as
they, are 'trying to,make things tough
for the people there.,
• I vvent over tosee Father Dalton one
ghteles.Aldershateahlat slidulteseeeh
since, as we meeed shortly 'after they
came over. '
How is Ray keepIne I suppose' as
spry as ever. 1Ve1l, I 'guess I haven't
.nauch more to say jut now, Remember
Me to Dennie ...and. John ISancleall the•
eaeighbore around home, and. if any one
cares tO .write Me 1 wifl eertainly up-
•preciate it.. Once. again I, thank you
for •theiparcel and hope. the Ladies'
InstifuleaTa-oTuer(crtinienti-d,eti...--eue,cesee •
HAIROL.'D (COLLIEs1SION.
for . e as
and captured the goose-stepping pilot
stle-meseerechmidte
Before we, wish evetyofli haPPY
Netv Yeer niaylwe remind you` to make
resolutipn next, Wednesday to buy
a war savings certifisate. It Will help
keep Canada a free ceuntry Where yotr
can make your own resolutions without
someone making them., for you. ,
. •
tSO -IltaPPYintiV Year.
rIE, ENEMY. IS LISTENING si
' (Torouto Star)
,
Complaints are still 'made that the
Canadian Government does not "take
the,people into if -Confidence -i" that its
..
ministers make on general statements
as to what is beilig oneethat there are
not enough details available. Critis
sometimes add that itis far otherwise
In Britain. It is indeed fee Otherwise
in Britain:. The miniStry. there does
not reveal one-qearteip ranch about,
the manufacture of -armAments and the
equipni•ent being supplied the milititiy
fore -es as Canadian' ministers • reseal.
What, then, alb:Mt those long speeches
af Ohurchill's? .The fact is that they
do not contain the type.of infOrmation
referred to at all. They tell something
abont the progress of the war itself.
They bell ag much as can be safely re-
vealed But pt. all ; not by anY menus
He seemed te) be talking to hiMself
as he-a:tile/tea the folding- top 1? -the
big pa,dk and I caught a glimps.e Of gay
colors and the smell of toy varnish
Came 'floating across to me.
-eh? . . .She 11 li1e
a• ball-. thattli - make a, nide big
lump cl,ovvid JP the the here,and there'll progregs• ctf theatbattleAs theetaidere Set -Ise within the pow f th libe t
, _ _ power -0 er r
report, tne movements a aircraft to
fighter .groups, aerodromes aud' other
adefencementreae •
Different -colored -counters:emit-resent-
Briash lighters. Proan, a glance at the
,chart One an see when they 'have made
contoi9t With, the eneray, and, the posts
ease a running, conitm.entary' On the
don The one thing &A under the
Providenee ,of GZ)d may save the world
thisssnPremestragedy is -the might --a
Britain', strengthened, Supported and
sustained by the power of the British
Dominions and India. the help of the
United States and such power as it:may
JV fun Arying l'Aet 'it out. No, moye away the centres whose areas loving peoples -74e give." '
she's too Small f4Sr hat". .7 but here's adin are,Warned' that enemy aircraft
are approaching : .a.nd they hand on 'the
a little M mmy d , -. . -and •heressa
ii
infolmatfon. tothleir posts. Shmild the
toy soldie that alpgiee and J11. 'fill it
email to at much • cendy :. , . Init I direct telephone lines be damaged or
.11P with ands '. 11 mph . s.. . she's toe 'can help her outon thatae e
. , lananeesteatienThe Lo
...., ,ed.on and
-'-- a 1 destroyed -there are alternative methods
guess you
Phil. 3:Jere's a fuzzy monkey that srantbaEset Englafild centres are natur-
walks.When you wind, it . . . 'Mrs. -Phil -pejo she ,busiest these day(and
Uri§ toe is . . . Ansi here's a bright ' '
raights). In a reeent night Period of
will be woudering •whatethat bump in
four hours a Isondon centre recorded
tin horn . --.. . Iliad 'an orange . . . and the(movements of 103 en.eray aircraft.
'Eight-year-old 'Sadie was frequently
sent home from school Ter forgetting
to bring written excuses for tardiness
or absencesfrom classes- One-akty' she
was sent home to, bring an important
-document, the birth' certifieate of her
little brother, Joey, 'who was just start-
ing to school. tier- mother cautioned
her to take great care cif the document.
S,aale turned up, .at school crying.
some pais. . and alh here's that cud -Eighty' ha:ninety is . a normal amber "Whet'e the matter, now?" asked . the
dly black- and whit,e, 'hear . a . it'll eit for this period. Each centrekeeps•an
_
up here otat- ft to bed with herr', - • , accurate chart record of the activities
n the b
'ranch. . . :-. and she ean
of . every quarter of an hour. , At the
to ne side and placed his hands on, his end of the war it will be .possible to
stepped ,baok and cocked his. head
compile:a complete history,of the raidts
hips and said, "Aright good job if I 'on this eountry from these records. ;
do, say so myself.''' _ - - After months of constant practice the
slipped on his cap and flipped the pack spotters -can identify ,almost all types
Ile Was moving taster then, and- he
on his beck and just before he disap-
peared from sight he said, "Merry
Christmas to youAll" . . . and I heard
sleit•Th .bells away off, . . , as if ..they
werect)way 'down the concession. •
' Mrs. Phil was calling me, and I
of aircraft at a single glance,and their
aCcuracY in• estimating heights is alinost
uncanny. Many of then:a. hate learned
a good *deal about aetronomy,
assists the accureey Of their night ob-
servations. 1.111e/iVst crs' polite from
almost ull 'walks:et-life, It •woutd be
all. Canadiananinistees naturally can- likoked around and the fire Was, down rdifficult to tind a more democratic
OlauS" a . . and she spilled and said, dstaffe Of two posts not far from and
said, "I was just talking to Santa
"It% time for bed. I expect you'll be I oboone,...;,--4„,,o(r1)), builder, artist, retired army
Local eulepostraaster (head
up early to help Patricia with ht 1 officer, taao grocers, dentist, advertia=-
otockings." • .,- in, . paanagerea landowner, Ptiblfcan,
PORT ALBERT game4keeper, farmer, two -farm laborer, carpenter, and three shopkeepers;
(2) architect (head observer), several
tweeter:4' at, a fainateg piablic . wheal,
solicitor; a well-kneairn BAC. singer,
bank manager, three bank elerks,•, in-
surance agent, erganiSt, journalist,
journalist, factory owner, andalaundry
Manager. •
,
' The nature of their .work prevents
them from takiug shelter, 'however
cold: 'or wet •the !weather, and they
1
cannot have a iith, for this iwolild be
isibie train. the air. 'All they ettai do
s to Muffle hreht 'W411111 elothes, .wear -
nig a tin hat to protect.them from the
shell splinters 'whielsoften fall ineshow- „
ere.. Yet the meta gay that they never .
.catch eptig; they soon get hardened. to
standing mit in the Open for four or
even eight hotirs at a stretch.. ,
The posts theniselveg• afe all verysimilar, eon:awl:at reseiniblitig a erow'sa
nest on a ship. Maoy are proteeted by
eandbage. and underneath is a bed-
rooin-tafraskitehen, vvhete men ean have
a nap before eominr: 'on. 'duty, tancoek a
not tell. more than is tolds,Dy :British and -the- et:wish:1gs were frill end eilotnosolteeee eeeee Imo tee , actual
ministers, When they speak, on the
general progress of the waasethey egt
eity 'no more then is said in Britain by
me -if who areenateli closer to what is
going on. '
• Churchill, who never tells how inaeh
of this or that is being manufactured,
exercises the utmost caution Jo what he
says about war developments. Andshe
Mr. and Miis„ Horace Cunpingliain of
VV'elkerville spent last week -end visit-
ing at the home •of Mk. and Mag. Cha.
Crawford. •
Miss Florence- faicKenzie, R.N., of
Kitchener, sighed last week .at the
"home of her -another, Mrs. • Jas. 'Mc-
Kenzie. "
'Mrs. Jessie , Olivers -who has been
mation • of the Children's ,Shelter nt
Goderieh fbr the last ten avare; is at
Is criticized' for that, as Canadian min -
Leers are criticized. But he le riglit.
He dealt with his erieles on Thur.sday
when he said:,
• -eas• Prime Minister and 7.dinieter-/bf
Defence there is a danger that if one
andafrank and. frequent state-
mente, revealing one's a ewn, point of
ileW or that of the qo:ceriunent or of
those charged with strategic and prac-
tical decisionsoeireaeateinatmav gaiti an,
(Wended for lagt Week)
advantage, Certainly It would be very ithe keine -of her :father, •Mre Win. Mc-
eirnVenient if , Herr Hitler et- thei * Milian, the IShelter .havias been closed,
portant chiefs la 1Germany were, to give The 4,...,'r.l'.A: entertained about thirty
It°,4 ever's.- fortnight or eo an 'honest te 'xneireiglaplia '02 the ILA.F. in the baeellneet
(loaf' slatement-if they wele capalee• 'of the church itteteFridaYr The even -
of it. We stro)1rd laimedia,tely aet, a lug was spent in, the playing of ' erok-
Ream lactlie bitelligetex ofileero to inole, the game beiog quite 4 novelty to,
studs eet only what ,was said 'butvvihat the boys. The social eame to an etid
was net gal; .and to read between ithe with the serving of lunch, byathe ladies
lime; and collate any stray 'worda, Le
eta -me enure.. s .
whieh, with the Other information„. Flyers Entertained. --__The • copgrega-
int:tilt afford a clue." '
• That is whet •people in .both Britain,
and ranada often forget. It is easy in
war time for men:iii office .41-, tell too
intiCh. ' '
a NOTE TO. AtiOLF
Britons fr•ora, the Aegentine,
13eltoas frdm ,Australia,
British -lads Irdno Canada,
Woulabhs that flea yoh
How do yen acecemla fge it, ,
Front, the hideout where yola alt?
British from the frozen north,
Britlett from tlanvit tinder,
Coming to yoa, little man,
With) n. noiae like thunder.
floe; it have a fearful munch
itt your hut below 'the ground?
•
British lade from ON'efSeasi
, Mustering Ito the della .
Itushlret to, tile Motherland,
Offerlog,:lier their all; ,
Nfarelfing gaily to tire fight, , eatunse recall the reeord Of the late
Sea
That they knovs ig for the right. c,, ,. 6*.' 01,7te pairse rteieefiald, whe, height
in ,S .
,(S. 'No. 1, 11iatiley townghip„Alturon
Na4 form and Mattel hate countS, for (fifty eonseeutive Ye'ari's. a
MnFit be s'vregt Itirlif---. ': ' reeord that hies' probaldy meter beerf
Iteltielt lads from all theetrOrld, equalled in a rural .aelrooi.in a!antela,
Arming for the fruY. ,
Adolf, In your Natl. !air,
These 4orne alay will !find Noll there.
--Zt,hati. ItieflUee, in ?the froront4 •Sta
tion of the-Ilnited &arch entertained
about thirty' menibere of the RA:F. meal, or make e cap of tea. The ereWs
from the airport here on Friday ea -en. often (cultivate Allotmente alongside
Ing lagt, , There was a fairly- good at- their Peale, They not only "dig , for
tend:true to greet the meta and Join In victory but to ,et waxen afterlheir
the sivial evening, • Thehnen 'were con- *elle of duty. At one post whtela the'
veyed, eat% way by volunteers) with writer visited receetly tb.e epotters had
.cars. Res. W. Newman acted' as Chair- raised earreta, toraatoee, lettuce, cab.
• man and gave a -short talk, which.' was bageg, and 2.ewt. of potatoes', • e -
followed, by all joining hi, the air:gine . Nearly 01 the 6I)Server posts keels a
re
'of popalar and patriotic songs. After logabook eedrding the otonig of ach
a shert.,aprogram contesto end garaea the!. 'ince-night period. Last 'winter' it
alaele played' and aequaintitneets were vvao usually recital of /boring in
-
1)114410 Ve'ry gelekly. Ti011elk was served, actihity, Nowadays a duty period
by tf* iaatep Of the ehurch and the 'Without 'eight or hearing of a Gernutn,
gathscring diapereed after many Itititaa aerolliane lwOuld he worthy 01? note in ,
'dope to vieit the people int their homes the Tog of any poet in. the busy- areaae
• I 1)y the Young men. " .perte where it In the egceptiou rather
thiough there are etill evan$ in other
' vvere extended and heartily' aecepted
GE'ORGE IlECOItIll activity, Otten the recordesehntain ez
than the ,rule. reeord Any enemy alr
fratmor's Adviteatel' • citing aceounto of. lights ,befivemallt.A,F,
Baena In in reeent Igeuee , giving 'length fish:bare and Ikeirritela,,Dorn'tere,
of nine a teeelaer taught in one aatool ers; IMeaaeraelintitts. One !Scottish
Ili Ituron tenuity and another York cnaetal post has uti unugual entry. The
&ters' eaaw etratage emplane ate
proaelling and reported it to the Centre,
A. few mite:ties lake the ecaplane
alighted at a tgeottiali port. It was the
firet Norwegian , aircraft to Vjeal)e,
BmItaulx Yrom the tisirtzi inva)dere.
Write--; 0, Gamest, ritultii, Ont. The in *liatetYT Pliet if the eountay their,
late Mr 13a1r1 began (teaelfing early in 1)o4tA are situated the men of the 4)h,
careicii OIL untit Eierver Corps are entlutsitottik, about
their 'work. 'Ile/ are very proud. of •
teacher, lost joey s excuse fce
being born !" she waireid.
"Your Sbad• eight is due, to misuse
a alcohol". "Impossible; doctor. When
I ,dritit I see_ double."
NaNNsassmosssm.
A
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AkerlIE
want
dein, inside,
krofitable
work, learn,
Barbering —
the Trail.,
which, offers-
Praotiical.
ks.)Trained ,snett,
• snore steady,
year.
round emPloVneee rn almost every
City and TOWIL You will be able,
in a awetunC, to4r!an your own
shop, we other busrness requiresp"
sachsoaali starting capital, with 0,
Barber Shop, you. ,C4n add, your
own Pool: Room, Cigar Stantt,„
Candy and Soft Drink 4Counter,.
etc., all lit the same building.,
, under the oSe expense ' for rent,
light, and heat. There otprartlecany
00 limit to your earning power
with all these opportunities at
your amemand. There is an excel-
-. ,
lent chanceicKYOY Yo)IGET.,.
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WHIR BARBER SCHOOLS
590 YONCE ST. ToFainu,
emesseesmasoree.
Sunalay at the home of Mrs, Caineron's•
.parents, Mr. alld NITS. It1lt0111, White- .
church.
'John Irwin and Fred Johnston are
,busily engaged at the flex mill'
Lueknow at present. •
Recent visitors at the "horo.e of r.
and Mrs. Irviue •Ilenry were gr. and -
Mrs. 'Gor,don Wilted of Teuelcnow and
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Purtlen and child -
Teri, ..Marjbrie and Archie, Of White
t -
e rch. ' •
t
IVIr. Ernest MeAllister of WindSor
(5.as the guest of 3Ire. Thos.. Henry for
few days recently. • •
Death of Mrs. Jos, Lawson. --We are
sorry to report the death of "Mrs.'
Joeeph•Lawson, who had been in eetime
jeeeelan for s,everal Montlieseanst pa,
a hre y at her home oir:Raturalay - after-
noon. She will be greatly missedby
all who knew her; as she, was a very
cheery and friendly WOM0.0." We ex-.
tend' our 'deepest sympathy to the
'bereaved husband ' ands daughter CEdna.
BELFAST
,
(Intended for last week) -
BELFAST, .Dec. 17.--rafiss Jen.le
Alton; nurse -in -training' at diamiliton
General HOspital, spent the week -end
at her home here'.
-- Marjorie,- Purvis; aah•0 eeees
assisting '13,Les. Harry Hickett for the
last few weeks, ha s° returned to ' her
home at St. Helens,
Mx. 'TOM Twamley spent a few -days
last • week withfriends et Winghiim.
Mr. Blake Alton, Who is training at
Woodstock, spent -Sunday' at his home
here. •
'
1Vir.. and Mrs. Pheris Mathers of •Weet
Waviraneab) spent' 'Sunday at the home
61? Mr: and Mrs, Alex. Hackett. •
M find itlie Ralph 'Cameron spent
Chest Wheezing
.
Means Bronchitis
The principal symptom' of brow
chitis is a dry,fiareb., heoldrtg cough •
accompanied with a rapid whitealg
ehartedsleelhig of tightness across the
• Tliere is a • '
:I
tittetalltr itt theeof-ma° gi!tir' Pe g 41 -se -s
atreaked with blood.' .
twisdhl rffhesses becomes
gel-
,. and is sometimes
You will And in Di. Wood's
way Pine Syrup a remedy to itinnt-
late the weakened bronchial organs, ,
subdue -the inliammation,floothe thgr"
irritated parts, loosen the ph1oin
and =turns, and help nature to cuily
dislodge the -morbid accumulation,
rhe Tifipbulm 04 11414 ilezeitte, Olitt•
•
Let
"Too Little—Too Late'
Don't—we beg yon—let it be the same old ,story—"TOO LITTLE HELP--
Tp0 ,LATE!" -
•
Don't let Greek heroism -blind us to the fact' tilat'Oreek ciyilialis and children -
. .
behirld the lines need help—food, clothing, bomb shelters, medical supplies
' and &fitment. Don't let Greek courage smokescreen the faiot that Greek
cities—from the immortal' Parthenon to peasant hut, are being ruthlessly
bombed, women and children blown to bits.
.,
Don't let the Olossal iroblern of civilian care' and.ri3Iief become a 'millstone
around the neck of fighting Greece. ,
This May;be the turning point ofthe war! Don't let it be "TOO inTrin
IIELP----TOO LATE!"
Do it now with dollars...4h°, help that doesn't have to wait for factories or
production lines... Greece can use tomorrow the help you send today
44
Ivor the people and. land Where democrat* saw its birth—open your heart.1
Anv contribution, large or small, left with Mr. T. Manjuris, of the VCIIIIS rteataurant
Godericha for the familieS graOf hCis „heroic fellow-coutrymen, will be forwarded to. and '
- tefully acknowledged by the entral Continittee Ill Mantreat .
. .
,..
-TAE OUT A*I'DNAIL OR DELIVER Td •
. 4
ANY BRANCH of the -ROYAL BANK .of CANADA
Enclosed is my ° contribution' ..... . . - ...:ifOr
civilian relief.in Greece.-
Maine -
Stree't .
City
44 • ir *, .1. *
* • • * * V 0 * 10 *
F. a a. „I: * a' * * * a • •
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9 0 9 .0 4.0094**a* •••• w•ts•••
a 0,,
Maligichequello, payable to GIMEX WAR RELIEF :0'11ND