The Seaforth News, 1939-06-01, Page 2PAGE TWO
THE SEAFORTH NEWS
Excels In Quality
SEA
es
Mirror of the Nation
At voting time in the House of
Commons it is a traditional custom
for members to fill in the period be-
tween the ringing of the division bells
and the commencement of the :poll by
indulging in song. At the end of a
parliament, in the last days of the
session, one song is especially. fav-
ored. Members delight 'to sing the
'familiar refrain Pack up your trou-
bles , .. and smile' In parliament
these days there is much packing up
of troubles in certain quarters, but
there is little smiling.
Troubles are confronting the gov-
ernment and most of its supporters
on every side. They have increased
rather than diminished following the
.brief recess at the end of last week.
The ministry is in deep water on a
number of Wratten in the louse of
commons itself and its sorrows are
multiplied in the carious standing
committees. For this jungle of trou-
bles to which it is lost the administra-
ti,on has itself to blame. During the
first half of the session it offered lit-
tle, if anything in the way of im-
o ,r..tnt legislation and it anpeared.
not to he its intention t,, oiler any-
thing. Then it became panicky over
the increasing evidence that the pub -
lie looked upon it as a do-nothing
government and it hurriedly slapped
into shape a number of measures and
pitchforked them into the House. It
.hoped thereby to stem the rising tide
of public indignation at its inactivity.
These overnight measures, because of
the haste with which they had been
drafted, would not bear examination
and the ministers sponsoring them
were not prepared to pilot them
through the house with any degree .of
confidence. Consequently, in the dying
days of the session, both the ministers
and their measures are deeply shroud-
ed
hrouded in fog. Private members behind the
ministry make no effort to penetrate
the. fog. For the most part they sit in
silence, •con•templating the prospects
of the coming election,
Ordinarily the work of the house
of commons is so organized that
members do not 'have to he absent
from the house in order to attend
'committees. Legislation and other
matters to be referred to committees
are presented early enough in the ses-
sion so that they can receive attention
in the regular way. The committees
meet in the morning and the members
are able to be in the House in the af-
ternoon and evening. These days the
extraordinary spectacle is presented
of both the House of 'Commons and
seu eral important committees meet-
ing morning, afternoon and evening.
Naturally attendance in all places is
tractional, Parliament does not ordin-
arily deserve many of the . loose
charges of incorapeten:ce .levelled
against it rfroth ill-informed quarters
but the .present session greatly weak-
ens its position in this respect, . and
for this the incompetent leadership is
responsible.
An example of this situation that is
of more that' ordinary consequence
to the country is the case of the min-
ister of finance and his central mort-
gage batik bill. The manner in which
this important measure has been
handled led Hon, Dr..Manion to .voice
the conclusion that apparently the
minister had never intended that it
should he put through at. this session.
To this. Mr. Dunning indignantly re-
plied that it was dearer to his heart
than any other of his bilis. 'Neverthe-
less. notice of the measure was only
given when the govern}rent was hop-
in4 to drive the .session through to an
end by the twiddle of May and the
bill itself w•as not revealed until some
time. later. Then it was found to be so
complicated and obscure 10 its terms
awl intentions that even the minister
himself did not understand it. ;Hader
the fire ,f the Opposition Mr. Dun-
ning has resorted to the remarkable
course of sending such an outstanding
measure t,, a committee at the very
enc of prorogation. The peculiar per-
formance in :his case typifies the un-
certainty and confusion in •which the
minister has moved throughout the
session.
Miss Rose O'Reilly has. returned tol
Detroit after a .week's ivaoation. •
Miss Mary McQuaid is "visiting at
her 'home here,
Mr. aud.Mrs. Allan Brant accomp-
anied by Mrs. J'. 'J.. O'Reilly have' re-
turned to Toronto.
Messrs, Frank Moylan and Elwyn
M'ocris are on vacation at their
homes,
Many friends of Mr. ;John Malone
wish him a speedy recovery.
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• HURON NEWS
Johnson-Lawless
—
A pretty wedding took ,place at the
Presbyterian Manse at Brussels when
Rev, Samuel Kerr united• in marriage
Doreen Helen 'Lawless, younger dau-
ghter of Ur. and Mrs. P. G. Lawless,
Brussels. to George Lawrence John-
son, only son of Mr. and Mrs. Ivan
Johnson of Maitland Street, London.
The attendants were Mr. and Mrs.
Lawson Doig, the latter ;being a sis-
ter of the bride. They will reside in
London.
Died At Brussels—
There passed away in Brussels on
May 22nd, Maria Kelly, 'beloved wife
of the late Wilson Campbell in her
77th year. The funeral was held last
Thursday to Brussels cemetery.
HARLOCK
lir, and Mrs. Audrey Knox ac-
companied the latter's aunt and uncle,
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Plumsteel of Clin-
ton on Saturday last to Hastings,
Mich., where they would visit relat-
ives over the week end expecting to
return Monte the beginning of this
week.
Mrs. Wm. Brown and Miss Edna
Ploughman visited at the home Mr.
and Mrs, Robert 'Watson one after-
noon last week.
\Ve are sorry that Mrs. Maggie
Bowes of Blyth, who is at present at
the home of her daughter, Mrs. and
Mr. Menno Jackson. is very poorly,
but hope she will soon be improved
in health.
Miss Eleanor Sprung of the Base
Line visited her friend Miss Lydia
Bell on Sunday.
Miss Isabel Ferris left last week for
her home near Provost, Alta., travel-
ling by bus .from London. Her father
Mr. Bert Ferris who was in the hospi-
tal with pneumonia is able to be
around again.
Auto Accident—
The
ccident
ST. COLUMBAN
Mr, and Mrs. Charles Smittendorf
of Buffalo spent a couple of days with
Mr, and Mrs, Angus Kennedy.
Misses Mary and Rose O'Connor
of Waterloo spent the week end at
their home here.
Mr. and Mrs, James Ackroyd of
Toronto spent Sunday with friends
h ere.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Moylan of
Kitchener spent . Sunday with Mrs.
Margaret O'Sullivan.
The great event of a life 'time, the
opportunity of 'being presented to
Their Majesties, King George 'VI and
Queen Elizabeth was frustrated early
Monday morning for Mrs. Jas. Bal-
lantyne, .daughter Janet and James
Ballantyne Jr., when the car in
which they were enraute to Toronto
overturned in a ditch. Mr. games Bal-
lantyne, M.L.A„ accompanied by
Mrs. Ballantyne, Miss Janet, Mr.
Jas. Ballantyne Jr, and Mr. Matthew
Thomson had left .by auto during the
early hours of Monday morning for
Toronto, About .6.30 a.nr. the car
driven by Mr. Ballantyne skidded on
the slippery pavement while making
a turn in Burlington and went into a
ditch with the four wheels in the air.
Mrs, Ballantyne suffered from shock
and other injuries while Miss 'Janet
was badly shaken op and received a
nasty 'bump on the 'back of ;her head,
It wvas•feared at first that' she had suf-
fered a fractured skull. They. 'were
'both admitted to the Hamilton Hospi-
tal, The three men escaped with a
shaking :up, After 'getting a ,wrecker
to right his car, Mr. Ballantyne and
Mr. Thompson were able to proceed
to Toronto where Mr. Ballantyne
was presented to Their 'Majesties at
the reception at the Parliament Build-
ings. Mrs. Ballantyne and 'Janet re-
turned to their home Tuesday the lat-
ter still suffering. from the effects.—
Exeter
ffects:Exeter Times -Advocate.
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CASSAN SYSTEMS
DEPT. L TORONTO, 9, Ont.
Leg Badly Fractured—
Mr. Matthew- Thomson of Hibbert
suffered a bad fracture of both 'bones
of the left .leg above the ankle on
Wednesday of last week and was
taken to Scott Memorial Hospital at
Seaforth. Mr. Thomson was driving a
team of horses in from a field at 6
o'clock and was passing through a
gateway when in some manner he
was struck in the leg 'by a flying ab -
stable causing the fracture. It was
Mr. Thomson's second accident of
the week, as he was in the Ballantyne
car which overturned while on the
way to Toronto to see the Royal pro-
cession early Monday morning.
Aviators Forced •Down—
Frank Vines, Goderich aviator,
was forced down in a rainstorm in a
field south -af Exeter late Sunday aft-
ernoon of last week, Ray Dean, of
Goderich, a companion, had a narrow
escape from death when his machine
was 'forced to land in a field a short
distance north of Bnrcelield. The ship
itself was badly damaged after break-
ing off five 'fence posts and digging it-
self into the earth, but he escaped un-
hurt. The two men had set out earlier
in the day from Goderich for London
where Vines had secured another
plane. Deanhad starred on ahead of
Vines on the return trip when they
ran into a heavy storm.
Truck •Overturns at
Wharf's Edge—
In a most unusual accident at the
harbor at Goderich one evening last
week about 7:310 o'clock two Wings
ham men, Tim •Carhert and Ken
Mowbray, narrowly escaped drown-
ing and the great :part of a'ten-ton.
load of oats was spilled into the ihar-
bor as the trailer -truck in which the
•t wPo men were riding turned over on
its side 00 the very .edge of the wharf.
•Carhert and Mowbray jumped to
safety as the cab was suspended, the
grain pouring into the water. Only
1180 bushels were saved. I't is believed
that the road, which is ".fill," has been
undermined by blasting .operations
which have been going on.
TBU•RSDAY, JUNE 1, 1939
E YOU
TO SEE THE
ING AND QUEEN?
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The thoughtful man won't dis-
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of a lifetime!" He will make sure
of his tires before he starts. New
Goodyear tires with the deep,
cut, roadholding centre tread will
get you there and back ...safely!
Make doubly sure of safety . equip
your car with the positive blowout
protection of Goodyear LifeGuards.
MORE PEOPLE WILL RIDE TO SEE THE KING AND QUEEN
ON GOODYEAR TIRES THAN ON ANY OTHER KIND
Ken MacLean
EGMONDVILLE, ONT.
Boys ;Home Again— s`
The dream of two Goderioh youths,
Benson Whitely and Dudley Holmes,
who took "French leave" of their
homes here andoet out to bitch -hike
to .Quebec City to meet 'King George
and Queen Elizabeth, cane within an
ace of coining true. The ;boys ,had
reached (Quebec Province when trac
.ers caught up with them and they
were returned to their hones, last
week -end. It was their intention to
fallow the royal entourage front Que-
bec to Montreal to Ottawa, where re-
latives live, and thus get a real eyeful,
but .the trip lacked parental .consent.—
Goderich Signal -Star.
Married At Windsor—
Mr. and Mrs. Adam Schneider an-
nounce the marriage of their daugh-
ter Mary Viola to Harvey Clarence
Drager, son of Mrs. Margaret Drager
and the late Edward Drager of Wal-
ton, in Windsor on Satyrday by Rev.
Mr. Revell.
Appointed Organist
Mrs. Harold Peach of Listowel has
been engaged as organist by 'Knox
Presbyterian Church, at Mitchell.
Mrs. Peach and several other organ-
ists have been heard during the past
few weeks.
To Manufacture Fire Escapes—
Friday last Jack Hill rented the
blacksmith shop of Mrs. g. McKnight.
He will commence the manufacture
of steel fire escapes for 'buildings im-
mediately. A number of buildings in
Mitchell and other towns are without
this vital necessity and Mr. Hill Sias
some orders nn hand 'for this product.
He recently was awarded a contract
for fire escapes on the town halts—
Mitchell
all,—Mitchell Advocate.
Late Jacob Weido--
This
eido-This week we are called upon to
chronicle the death of another aged
and highly regarded citizen -af ,Ztii•ieh
in the person of Mr. 'Jacob ,Weida,
who' died at the home of his son. Earl,
of town, early on Saturday morning,
May 20; aged 32 years. Three months
ego deceased had gone to Waterloo
to visit his son Percy, and was there
only a short time when he slipped on
Some ice, 'fell and fractured his leg
up near the hip. He was taken to
the 'hospital and the fracture reduced
and in a 'few days was ,brought back
to Zurich where be stayed with •his
son .Earl, and he was .getting •along,
quite favorably but recently when
complications set in; and he grew
gradually weaker, butbore his suffer-
ings .without any complaint, and early
Saturday morning his spirit left 'the'
'body •and went to its eternal reward.
The late Mr. Weido was .born on the
'blind line, Hay township, and for
many years farmed on the Lake
Road, south of Dashwood, until
about thirty years ago he moved to
Zurich where in recent years he built
a nice dwelling house. He was twice
married, his first companion, Angel-
ine Bender died in. .11906, and his sec-
ond marriage was with Annie Rum-
mel who passed on some years ago.
Surviving are'two sons, Earl of Zur-
ich and Percy of Waterloo; a brother
William Weido, of Applegate, Mich.;
two sisters, Mrs, Wm. Stelck of Zur-
ich and Mrs. Mary Werner of Buff-
alo.—(Zurich Herald,
Engagement Announcement—
Mr. and Mrs, T. H. Jasper an-
nounce the engagement of their
youngest daughter Eva Mildred to
Rev. Harry 'Jobart Mahoney, B.A,
B.D., son of Mrs. Mahoney and 'the
late Richard Mahoney of Guelph. The
wedding will take place in: Mildmay
United Church sot June '10.
WONDERLAND OF BOTANY
3. The Miracle of Spring)
'I saw God in His glory, passing.
near ole, and bowed my head in wor-
ship.'—Linnaeus,
or-
ship:—Linnaeus, on the unfolding of
a ;blossom.
A great wave Inas washed over the
world drowning it in a sea of colour
and song,O•ver all hangs a haze of
beauty; of new life and the wonder of
coming days. So great is the glary of
Spring!
'there is a rapid, miraculous length-
ening of daylight; silvery, Showers
and ,bursts of mild sunshine; a. ;lance
of daffodils tossing their downcast
heads, and print, tulips .catching the.
showers in their glowing cups.
All living things seem moved by a
restless urgency to express the ess-
ence of all the beauty that 11 in then';
a wealth of scent and .color; a wonder
and a glory.
The woodland, 'brimful of vernal
loveliness, is stirring in a green
dream of resurgent life and throbbing
with Spring delight. The green of the
trees is as 'brilliant as illuminated new
paint while between the leaves tlae
slay show's soft, delicate and tender.
The spring -flecked larches are of a
delicacy of shade which Natures pal-
ette alone can mix. When .glittering in
their first rapture of young green,
light .dwells in them as itt its proper
hone, as it does in the 'beech leaves
which 'burn in a dazzling green flame.
Everywhere the secret of the sea-
son is told in the uncurling of the
eaves and the color of the first Row
ers. Life seems to embrace, the
sweet, clean earth as it pulses tinder-
,/
•
:foot and throbs . into• the heart of
every tree.
Swaying, whispering masses of
Rowers, shy and ravishing, exquisite
and fragrant, clothe the meadows; out
of which the stir seems to drag ;the
last essence of sweetness.
Only a little while ago the apple
trees looked old, almost dead things;
just 'knarled black wood drenched by
winter storms and twisted into ugly,
fantastic shapes , When lo, Spring
with one quick wave of her tnagic
wand transforms them into foaming
masses .af delicately pink and exquis-
itely scented loveliness; so fugitive#
and therefore so precious that each
tree seems like a morsel of .paradise
dropped from the cool blue of heaven.
As all the world is purring with
peace and joy; the singing of ;birds,
the opening of Rowers and the hum-
ming of ;bees; let us in the Spirit of
William Hamilton Gibson, once again,
start in quest of our old but ever new
and trusty friends.
'Let us content ourselves no longer
with :being mere 'botanists—historians
of structural facts. The !Rowers are
not there comely or curious vegetable
creations, with colors, odors, .petals,
stamens and inntmtera'ble technical
attributes. The wonted insight alike
of scientist, philosopher, theologian,
and dreamer is now repudiated in the
new revelation, Beauty is not "its
own excuse for being," nor was frag-
rance ever "wasted on the desert air."
The seer has at last heard and inter-
preted the voice in the wilderness.
The flo'.rer is no longer n simple,
passive victim in the busy 'bee's sweet
Pillage, but rather a conscious being,
with hopes, aspirations and compan-
ionships. The insect is its counter-
part. Its fragrance is but a perfumed
whisper of welcome, its color is as
the wooing blush and rosy lip, its
portals are deckedfor itis coming,
and its sweet hospitalities !humored
to his tarrying; and as it speeds its
.parting affinity, rests content that its
life's consummation has 'been iui-
filled.'—Ii. W. Hart, Div. of Botany,.
Science Service; Dom. Dept. of A'gric.
TESTED • RECIPES
Sandwich Loaf
Remove crust from loaf of bread.
Slice 'lengthwise into four slices.
Mutter two slices on both sides and
other two slices` an one s'de. '.Put
slices together as sandwich, nsirog
fillings as follows:
1 cup ham, finely chopped
2 tablespoons chopped pickle
Salad dressing to moistest
3 'hard -cooked eggs, ,chopped
I11 teaspoon grated onion
Salad dressing