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mama By Bill Smiley
l einembranee Day is in the
Offing. It seems as good a time
as any to mention a couple 01
books that deal with World W .►r
----------that-vast; brutal bloody -cow
ilia which was to end war for-
ever (ironic laughter in the
wings from the "kaiser, Hitler.
and Joe Stalin).
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The Guns of August, by
Barbara 'i'uchman, is a fascin-
ating account of the incredible
events of the first month of
the Kaiser's War. •Old sweats
and history, buffs will read it
with deep interest.
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That war is almost ancient
history to the youngsters of to-
day. Their grandfathers fought
in it. When I was • a kid, it was
very recent, very real. Most of
my numerous uncles had been
privates in the Canadian army.
As a boy, I used to come across
souvenirs in our attic: belts con-
taining the, inscription "Gott
Mit Uns"; a German spiked
helmet; an Iron Cross, second
class; a fater canteen made in
Munich.
This book reversed some of
my ideas, confirmed c:011-e#rs.
Somewhere :in'my reading, ipver
the rs, 1 had picked up the
ide'that the stories of German
atrocities in Belgium were
largely based on Allied propa-
ganda, and fanned by the hot
winds of patriotism blowing in
1714-
Apparentiq'Y was wrong. Mrs.
Tuchman, writin lly and
o'ojectively almo0 years
later, quotes chapter and verse
to reveal that the German high
command deliberately pursued
a policy of terror in an attempt
toenjoy a quick victory.
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The:. town -of Andenne was
burnedfo ashes and 110 persons
-shat, not' by rioting, drunken
-soldiery, but on the order of.
the commanding general. At
Tamines, 384 civilians were
shot. At Dinant, •612 men, wo-
men and children, 50 of them
p/ 'tett: fiom church, as it was
a Sunday, were cut 'down by
'machine guns. The campaign
of . murder, arson and ` pillage
+culminated in the seek of • the
arseieht Belgian city of LoUvain^;
where - the university,witX• Fits
world-famous- collection of
9 C
books, was burned..
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The Germans ,failed to learn
:hen the lesson that terror
tweeds resistance faster thaw it
quells it. Thirty years later,
they were up tp the same tricks,
and with the same excuse—that
the victims had brought it upon
themselves by their stupid Win -
gratitude and their stubborn op-
position to German "'law and
order."
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However, 1 was not wrong
about another idea I've held for
a long time—that most generals
should be in strait jackets. This
book merely confirms my opin-
ion. Not that it needed much
confirming, with General Walk-
er egging on segregationists in
the south, General Montgomery
sounding off on world affairs,
of hich he apparently knows
next nothing, and various
other a d' generals writing books
in which they explain that they
were right and all other gen-
erals were wrong. a
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A book like this one, must
be written from time to time,
to blow away the smoke -screen
thrown up by the charges: and
counter -charges of retired gen-
erals more concerned with their
place in history books than with
the truth.
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The 'Guns of August reveals
ineptitude, stupidity, timourous-
ness and. viciousness in high
places. But it alsoilluminates
the flashes of the human spirit
contained in,such words as
valor, honor and heroism, in
such deeds, as gallant Belgium's
stand against the billy Ger-
many, and the dash to the
'Marne, when the taxis of Paris
carried straight to the front the
men Who turned, the tide.
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Early casualties foretold the
sickening slaughter that was to
follow. In the month of August,
1914, France lost almost 300,000
men. Later, some battles were
to kill 50,000 in a day.
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If this meat is too strong for
you, try the other book on the
same war. Called Three Cheers
for Me, it is written ,by a Can-
adian, Donald Lamont Jack. It's
corny in spots, but hilarious
in •others. The fast chapter,
describing the wedding night
1M
Goderich Capt.
s eta A Record
To Capt. Charles Stowe, X07
Wellington street, Goderich,
goes the distinction of pUptint
the ship carrying the largest
number of bushel& of grain in
ar:; one vessel ever, to go
through the St. Lawrence Sea-
way: He was in charge of the
SCL • flagship Whitefish h Bay
which recently eased- through
the St. Lambert lock with 1,182,-
685 bushels of oats and barley
for Quebec City. The old re-
cord was made by the steamer,
T. R. McLagan in November,
1959, when she carried 1,073,-
800 bushels- of oats- through the
Seaway in November, 1959.
Suggests Milk
Marketing Board
A milk marketing board to
solve the problem of surplus
in the dairy industry was sug-
gested by W. B. Hotson, R.R.
5, St.Marys, at the annual meet-
ing of the Huron County Cream
Producers. He is chairman of
the Ontario ,Cream Producers
Marketing Board.
He said milk could be direct-
ed by such a board. into the
products that are in short sup-
ply, such as cheese.
"Creah producers in Ontario
have kept their product at a
reasonable level," he said.
He 'said many have stopped
separating cream at. home and
are shipping it as whole milk
largely into plants for the man-
ufacturing of powder and butte?
--which -invariably_ results in
cream production.
"The root of the whole Sur-
plus milk problem," said Mr.
Hotson, "is the insistence by
fluid milk distributors in hay
ing a plentiful- supply 'of milk
and insisting that the producers
retain a regular supply,"
Comparing 1959 and v-1961
butter production from farm -
separated cream in Ontario has
declined, by more than 4,000,000
pounds. Mr. Hotson said , that
butter made from manufactured
milk and surplus fluid milk has
of the hero, a Canadian airman,
is one of the funniest things
I've ever read. (No, Mum, it,
isn't sexy.)
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Perhaps The Guns of Atigust
will make you despair of man-
kind. Don't. Read' Three Cheers
for Me and restore 'your faith
in the theory that the human
race is the only one worth
being in.
Even if you have a hole in
your running shoes.
Dutch Win.dmili in Goderich
township Has: Unique Purpose
The 'miniature Dutch wind-
mill, 10 feet high, on" the Fouufth
Concession road, Goderich
Township, has stirred the inter-
est of motorists• travelling by
the property. Some .,sRecula-
tion -was raised that the owner
perhaps was a Netherlander
who wished to retain some flav-
or
lawor of his homeland in his new
Canadian location.
Enquiry revealed the fact that
the three • cottages and the mer-
rily spinning windmill belong
to Mr. Arlie Salisbury, a rail-
road man of London, Ontario.
Vii•. Salisbury -and his- friends,
use the premises for weekend
visits during the summer and
the buildings seem to be closed
for the season at present.
The windmill, a perfect rep-
lica of the picturesque contrap-
tions seen in • typical Dutch
landscapers, stands atop an out
door convenience booth, the pre-
mises lacking indoor plumbing
for the time being.
increased by 12,000,000 pounds
and the sale of two per cent
milk has been responsible' for
more than 4,000,000 pounds of
butter in 1961.
He said cream producers in
Ontario last year contributed
their full potential to promo-
tion of dairy products, $42,000.
Harold Martin of Toronto
secretary of the provisional milk
marketing board, said that
while Ontario cream producers
are not directly affected by the
proposed marketing plan at the
present time, they could be in-
volved to a much' greater de-
gree if the present flobr price
of butterfat is reduced,, ',
The Ontario marketing board
will meet November 1 to con-
sider recommendations and sulk'
missions -from any- of the -four
.producer' group olid atterrt
to formulate a plan acceptable
to all, he said.
Horace Delbridge, R.R. 1,
Woodham, was chairman of the.
meeting and was elected chair-
man for the 1962-63 term.
Other officers' include vice-
chairman, Rae. Houston, R.R. 2;
Brussels;. secretary, Mrs. Flor-
ence Elliott, Clinton; directors,
Douglas Fraser, Brussels;. Roy
Williamson, .James Williamson,
Walton; Simon Hallahan, Bel -
grave; J. J. Elliott, Bluevale;
Lorne Hasty, Dungannon; Vic
Jeffery, Exeter.
LATE FRUITING SEASON
Further evidence of late
fruiting reached the Signal -
Star, Oct. 23, when Mr. John
Sproule, R.R. 4, Goderich,
brought in a spray from a
raspberry bush bearing 25
luscious large berries. Mr.
Sproule lives at "The Cedars,"
on the river roads toward Ben -
miller, where he has 1,000
choice raspberry canes under
cultivation. He had been able
to pick at least a quart of .
berries per day. Connois-
seurs at the S -S office pro-
nounced the berries as being
prime in condition and
flavor.
TIFi DUNLOP SPUDS
The rlow 4-H meeting__in
the Township Hall on October
22nd was opened with the 4-11
pledge. The rnuiutes we-tetd'.
by the secretary, Jean Briptley,
Mrs. 'Hunter gave information
for the note books. Mrs E.
Buchanan did demonstrations
on different kinds of salads: a
potato salad with parsley as a
garnish; jellied . ysgetable salad
with peas, corn and beans; jel-
lied salads made' with shredded
earrots; cabbage salad. Every-
thing was sampled by the mem-
bers, Barbara Linklater clo"sed
the meeting with the creed.
Legii nl Bursaries
Are Awarded
James Adam, president of
Branch 109, Royal Canadian Le-
gion, has..announeed the follow-
ing awards of Legion Bursaries
valued at $50 each:
Rosemary Tolland, " South
street, Goderich; Margaret
Haines, R.R. 5, Goderich; Sandra
Ware, Oxford street, Goderich;
Paul Chambers, Wellington
street, Goderich.
The Legion Bursary Fund is
sponsored by Legion Branch
109 and the Ladies' Auxiliary
to Branch 109. The bursaries
are awarded each year in' Sep-
tember to veterans' children en-
tering grades 11 and 12.
The Branch and Auxiliary
congratulate this year's winners
and wish these students success
in their future education.
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ions On Preview Tour
?f, Ontario Hospital
Members of the Goderich
Lions Club were given a preview
tour of the new Ontario Hos-
pital Thursday evening, follow-
ing their meeting at Harbourlite
Inn. They were greeted at the
entrance- by Dr. J. N. Hagan,
superintendent.
Carloads of Lions braved an
almost blinding snowstorm and
a slush covered highway -=• the
first real snow fall of the sea-
son=--enroutee't0 the hospital.
There, they were impressed with
the , magnificently appointed
set-up on which no expense has
bleen spared to make it comfort-
able for the patients. Among
the more .impressive sections
are the kitchen, the auditorium
and the chapel.
Conducting the Lions on the
tours in groups of tea or more'
were the following members of
the hospital staff: B.' W. Tipert,
Dan Mero, L. B. Doerr, Bob
Welsh, Elgin McNall and A.
Gander. , -
The Lions were told no date
has been set as yet for the
arrival of the first patients' nor
has a date been set for the,
official opening ceremony.
Present at the Lions Club din-
ner meeting were twe from the
staff 1 of the Oiltari'o Hospital:-
Dr.
ospital:Dr. D. H. Moogk, the assistant
superintendent, and Mr. R. Mc-
Daniel, the business manager.
Vice-president Ernie Cran-
ford was in charge of the even-
ing's program. It was the oc-
casion of the official visit - to -
the club of District Deputy Gov-
ernor William Lullaby Qf Gode-
rich who gave a humorous
commentary and, in serious
vein, complainedabout the
smaller than usual turnout of
Lions for the recent, peanut can-
vass'. Those who .didn't turn
out were .eaeh .fined 50 cents. .
It was stated that the drive
for the C.N.I.B., in the area had.
reached only $700 of the $1,000
objective 'and those who have
not contributed so far were
asked to make their donations
as soon as possible.
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