The Seaforth News, 1940-01-18, Page 3THURSDAY, JANUARY 1a, 190
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MADE IN CANADA
Trucker Killed At Lucan—
George Welch, as year old Rodney
trucker, was instantly killed at Lucan
last week when his truck struck the
Nide of a passenger engine. Welch
met instant death when he tried to
Jump from the cab of his heavy truck
loaded with logs, only to have the
logs fall on him. His head was crush-
ed and one foot severed. Welch, a
married man and father of four
children, was driving bis truck for
A. E. Thomas of St. Thomas to Hen-
soll. Northbound at the crossing,
which is in a hollow, he apparently
saw the train too late, with his
brakes applied, the truck, carrying
about 10 tons of logs, skidded along
tho icy pavement surface. It struck
the coal tender of the passenger en-
gine. Authorities were told that
Welch, just as the truck hit the engine
jumped from the cab, but the Jogs
toppled from the high load by the
impact, crashed down on him, Three
logs were resting an his body when
ire was freed, The front of the truck
was badly smashed and there was
some damage to the passenger
engine.
Cousin Killed In The West—
Miss Alice Handford has received
word of the sodden and tragie death
of her cousin, Mr. Ralph Handford,
of the )Vest, a native of Centralia,
son of the late Richard ISandfo'd, Mr.
Hand -ford was. having some coal de-
livered to his house and was in the
act of raising a window to allow the
coal to be put in when the truck
backed against him crushing him be -
tweet the truck and the wall result-
ing in his death, --Exeter Times-
Advocate
Gun Exploded Unexpectedly --
A Garrick private, on holiday leave
front the Listowel barracks, created
quite a sensation in R D. Liesemer's
hardware store on Saturday after.
noon. While demonstrating the work-
ing of a shotgun, he inserted a shell
iu the magazine, The shell appeared
to stick, and while the soldier was at-
tempting to remove it, the gnat dis-
charged. The shot penetrated the
store ceiling, and punctured a can of
paint, but very fortunately no farther
damage resulted,—Mildmay Gazette,
In Police Court --
A fantastic get rich quick yarn was
unfolded in the magistrate's court at
Goderich. Martin Lowden, farmer
Goderich township farmer, was con-
victed of defrauding Gordon Harri-
son, teen-age youth, of $10. Lowden.
was remanded for sentence for one
week on his own bail, ordered to
make restitution and to be prepared
to pay all court costs. Meeting young
Harrison on a Saturday night last
August, Lowden, according to the
evidence, told the boy he was start-
ing a chain of "potato pop" stores in
which to sell a new spud confection
which he was importing from the
United States. Harrison was to be-
come manager of the first stare and
it everything went well general Man-
ager of the chain. So far, so good.
Hut the care!, was that it would be
necessary for Harrison to take out a
bond v*th a fidelity company and
that would cost $10. Harison, after
parting with the rash, never saw the,
bond or the nmoney again, despite re-
peated demands,
MINESWEEPERS
EEPERS AT WORK
When the Great War ended, the
Navy had 740 shills manned by 60,-
000 otticers and men employed lu
mine -sweeping. Now it has already
hundreds of ships engaged in this
work and the number inereasee daily,
The craft range from units or the
Minesweeping Service proper to Ura w-
lers, drifts, yachts and paddle -boats
brought in aims, war began. The
crews of minesweeping craft arc
largely drawn from urea of the fish-
ing fleets, who were trainee) to the
work in peace lime by serving in-
structional periods in the naval mine-
sweeping flotillas. Consequently,
these line seuineu have a specialized
knowledge of the task upon which
they are engaged. All crews for
mine sweeping craft tine trained at a
school which teaches everything
about sea nines and sea mining and
no officer or Marl is see,. to a mine-
sweeper until he is fully competent to
do duty in her. And he has quite a
lot to learn. During their course of
schooling officers and men learn all
about depth charges and mine -laying
as well as mine -sweeping. Mines can
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The Amazing
Progress
of telephone communication
since this company was
formed sixty years ago will
be told in a series of adver-
tisements, of which this is
the first. The story is based
orlon authentic records in
the Company's Museum in
Montreal. illustrations also
are made from original data.
THE WORLD OF iODO"'
Dawn of a New Era!
Sixty years ago the Bell Telephone Company of Canada was
organized.
Let's step for a moment into the world of 1880 — into the
stuffy parlour where furniture was ornate and uncomfortable;
where heavy draperies deepened the gloom of the lamp -lit
zoom. The "what -not" in the corner carried a varied assortment
of sea -shells, family photographs, glass -enclosed flowers.
By the dim light of the prismed hanging lamp people were
reading the debates in Parliament on the Canadian Pacific
Railway contract; of Peter Redpath's gift of a Museum to
McGill; of the assassination of Honourable George Brown of
the Toronto "Globe •
Carne the telephone with its insistent ring, its amazing ability
to get things done. The Victorian household was never to be
the sande again.
The pace at which life moved began to speed up. A new era
had begun. Perhaps more than any other single factor, the tele-
phone is responsible for the changes these sixty years have seen.
MISS E. M. CLUF'F,
Manager
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VrteNIISERY fl °.a S
Use specialized medication
for nose and upper throat
where most colds start
Kelps Prevent Colds 0evelapieg-Don't
wait until a miserable cold develops,
At the very first warning sneeze,
nim e, or nasal irritation -put a few
drops of Vicks Va-tro-not up each
nostril immediately. Used in time,
V a-tro-not helps to prevent the de-
velopment of many colds,
Clears Stuffy Head, Too-i3,•en when
your head is tri clesgrd t p It e in a
neglected cc.id Va-tro-nol brimts
comfort n g relief. It gale fly clears
away the clogging mucus. reduces
swollen mem-
branes, helps FEEL its tingting
to keep tI a medication go to work
sinuses Trot,
being blorkod
by the cord- t CKS
lereat]tts o tt VA -TRO -NOL
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be laid at a predetermined height
above the sea bed and made to rise
to their floating distance at a pre-
determined time. Under the Hague
Convention all mines are supposed
automatically to become safe: when
they break adrift. Ours are so ar-
ranged that they do. But the Ger-
mans have adopted the practice of
nearly severing the chain which
pulls out the detonator and make's a
mine harmless when it breaks adrift.
The result of this tampering with the
chain is that the links break, the
chain does not pull out the detonator,
and the mine floats away with its de-
structive capacity unimpaired.
Minesweeping is clone in two ways.
)tither two ships haul a "sweep" be-
tween them, or a single ship throws
out a sweep which is kept in such a
position by kites that the sweeper
can go round a minefield in much the
same way as a reaping machine goes
rennet a field of grain. When two
ships are working together it is im-
portant that they should maintain
station accurately. If one gets ahead
of the other there is a danger that a
mine pickets up on the sweep muy
slide In upon the rearmost ship and
destroy it Daily from nearly all the
seaports a number of minesweeps put
50 sea at dawn. Once they aro clear
of the harbor a signal flutters from
the masthead of the leading vessel.
In response to it the odd numbered
vessels let out a float aster') on a
line. The ship next astern nose's
tip alongside, picks up the float, and
hauling away the line, brings the
sweep wire aboard. JIach pair of
vessels opens out. to "sweeping dis-
tance" apart, talking rare to maintain
perfect. station. When the vessels are
in position another signal is marl• t,y
the senior officer's .ship. and the kites
wItieIt keep the sweep wire at the
r5nlit depth beneath the surftt'e of
the water. are lowered astern of wets
vessel. Emit pair then tarns of to
sweep the area allot to it for patrol
well knowing that the day's wo'1,
kvill be hong and rough and risky.
for there is always the danger of a
sweeping craft bumping a mine and
being blown up.—The Tinges tl.on-
don ).
;\ gentleman who often rebuked
his little son for using ugly phrases
objert.ed to his son's saying he'd be
•'blowed" if he thought he could mass
the school examination. But to his
father's surprise he did pass. "Look
father!" he said, when he brought.
home the paper showing that he had
wen a prize, "I've won first prize!"
'You've won first prize, my son?'
said the gentleman.
"Yes, dad."
"\Vell. I'll be hanged!" said hi
father.
A little girl came home from school
and said: "Daddy, my teacher told us
the world is round."
"That's right, clear," said the
father.
"Well, daddy, if the world is
round." she asked, "why do people
say they go to the fan' corners o1' the
earth?"
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Ask Women To
Knit
Canadian Red (loss, Toronto
Although thousands of women
started knitting as soon as war was
declared, it took the arrival of wintry
blasts to make thousands more real-
ize how much the fighting forces
needed the ar'tic'les that came from
the clicking needles.
The need is still urgent, say Can-
adian Red ('rens officials; and so,
just in ease there.. are women who
would like to do their bit and don't
know what is needed: here are some
of the things recommended by this
organization.
More detailed instruction may be
obtained from local Red Cross
groups ur from Toronto headquarters,
Women are urged to follow all kern-
ting
ernting instructions carefully; to use the
right slze needles, the correct weight
of wool, and always to try the num-
ber of stitches to the inch to have the
tension correct.
Do you favor tine Army, the Air
Puree or the Navy? This is what each
farce peeds:
Army
Socks may be of any suitable color.
The new regulation length is 16
inches maximum from top of cuff to
under heel. Sweaters are acceptable
in all suitable colors.
Wristlets, tour .inches long, mini-
mum. ;c'ar'ves, 13. inches wide and 46
inches long. Helmets and mitts, half
mitts and rifle mitts. Ribbing should
be done loosely on half mitts and
rifle mitts to ensure perfect circula-
tion in fingers. Khaki is the preferred
color for all these articles.
Air Force
11.. ireen t.e i spoks ef the real -1 -
hr -ve bine. thine heather .or
,l a k. Sn i';ter., air nose& blur or
fry, Scarce-, 1111• length as those
for the tr iy in air force Slur yr ;;re's.
\ere tat s, gloves and wristlets, all
air force 'hlnc.
Navy
.. roam rrt's st,•ekntgs and scarves are
necdrd 'lad'). Tile which
lire• It orn titer regular .,+teks. are :from
11 1-2 in;hes to ..0 inches from top of
cuff to ander heel, grey: should be
loosely ribbed a1 a, -p, for the stock-
ings are drawn up over the trousers.
Scarce - in navy 1i4uc or grey, 14
mice tide and 1,0 1111t•, to inches
long, Thee scarves are wrapped
ar,tnnd the sailors'-ibedies and are
sometime+ put over their head. 10 ant
as helmets. Ordinary sacks for the
sailors are needed in .;grey. Sweaters,
nevy Witte or grey.
Wristlets for all forces ,boreld he
east on or off very loosely.: \]1 sweat-
er, are slcevrle.as. Socks should the
washed and pressed er washed and
stretehert. It is .elvisahle 10 attach
sizes in socks and sot eaters.
The central figures in the above picture are Woodhouse and Hawkins. Al
the left of the microphone is At't McGregor, who portrays the personalities of
Woodhouse, Uncle Andrew and Egberts shown directly below him. On the
right is Frank Deaville, anal below him are the chai'acte,rs he assumes before
the microphone, Hawkins, the Maio' and Lord Percy: The three people in
the top row also take leading paras in the Woodhouse and Hawkins program
broadcast front Winnipeg over CBC National network at 10.00 p.m- EST every
Friday. Left to right, they are Geoffrey Waddington, orchestra leader;
Maurice Btuchali, annintneer and 'Dorothy Alt, vocalist