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The Seaforth News, 1940-04-18, Page 2PAGE TWO THE SEAFORTH NEWS Quality You911 Enjoy HURON NEWS Former Mitchell Mayor Dead— Genuine regret was expressed when word reached Mitchell last week of the passing of ex -mayor George McLean, which occurred In Druid City Hospital, Tuscaloosa, Ala- bama, where he had been confined for almost a week. Mr, and Mrs. McLean decided to go to Orlando, Florida, last fall and were accompanied by Miss Dorothy Ruston. They left there on March 25th, and stopped at Tusca- loosa to visit with his niece, when he took very ill. Deceased was born on the Robert Graham farm near Crom- arty, the son of the late 31r. and Mrs, Archibald McLean. When three weeks old his family moved to Caro- lina but after a year returned to On- tario settling at Vienna on a farm. He purchased a hardware store in Mitchell in 1914. At the end of 1937 he retired. He also took an interest in municipal affairs, being councillor for a short time before he was elected mayor of the town. serving in that capacity from 1934 to 1938. He was twice married, his first wife, Miss Moore, of Otterville, passing away in 1910. Several years later he married Miss Florence Hurd of Mitchell. who survives, also Mrs. J. P. McAlpine (Isabel) of Maynooth, a daughter by his first marriage. Wood -W ilson— A bank of Easter lilies. £erns, palms and pink and white cinerarlas was a very pretty setting for the quiet wedding which took place at twelve noon on Saturday. April 13. at the home of the bride's mother. hire. Lucy Wilson, Mitchell. when her youngest daughter, Lillian Jean, Was united in marriage to George Edward Wood, Mitchell. only son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Silas F. Wood. Rev. George Kersey, Kincardine. officiated, She was attended by Miss Audrey Schellenberger of Mitchell, Those assisting at table were Mrs. Lenten Thuell and Miss Mildred Legg. Strat- ford, cousins of the groom. Mrs. 4 Tinning. Carlingford, and Miss Jean Schelb•nberger, Mitchell, Mr, and Mrs. Wood wilt take up residence in Mitchell. Road Conditions Abnormal This Year -- Over one hundred miles of town- ship road} have been cleated of snow in \\'est and Fast \Vawanosh during the past week and many people who had not been farther than the barn for weeks were liberated. The plow- ing was done by the caterpillar trac- tor plow of the Department of High- ways, arranged through the office of County Engineer T. R. Patterson. Mr. Patterson says he has had S.O.S. calls for snowplow equipment from nearly every township in the county during the past week. The roads had become impossible for any kind of locomotion and ell county snow -plowing equip- ment was busy on county roads. This has been a record winter on county roads so far as snowplowing is con- cerned. "It is possible that after all accounts are totalled the cost of snowplowing comity roads this winter will amount to $20,000. not 825,000 as stated in the Signal -Star in its issue of last 'Week," said Mr. Patterson. "'Phis is fifty per cent more than we have had to spend previously, How- ever. more roads were kept open this winter and a better type of work was done up until the last storm. 09 the approximate 520,11131) which will be spout on snowplowiug this winter, the Province will pay half, in the form of subsidy," continued Mr. Pat- terson. "This represents about $25 per mile, to the County. This figure may be taken as a maximum one, since we have had a very steady win- ter without any real thaw, climaxed by an unprecedented late March storm, In some years the Bost will be only a small fraction of this winter's tftal. test's of roads have been sub. jected to great inconvenience this winter and snow removal has been and still is a topic of very general interest. 1 give you this information since in arriving at a , c'onc-lusion all the facts should be considered and it would be unfortunate if progressive work in the field would receive a set- back by reason of the unusually bac' conditions of the past month," con- cluded the County engineer.—Goder- ic'h Signal -Star. Sumas THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 1940 CONSTANCE Owing t, road and weather tondi- tr n_ .0hx, postponed \V'„ A. meeting wile held in the Abasement. of the The l,resiclent, \l r., E. \,haus i,neued the meeting tviith Ole i, -tau -"There Is a Green hill Ear Aaa>." followed with, prayer Iby \Mrs, t front's \ddi.nu, 'Mrs. Howard Arnt- ..troni and \lis. Ernest :\data.. :1f - ter business uta' discussed ,11rs. Or- ville hale, deader of Group 3', tools charge. 1-lyntat '171) was sung. The S ripture lesson taken front Luke 3',9, verses 3.1-4e WI,. read by Mrs. J. Ii.a1_ gill San;3 hymn 185 after which a splendid paper, prepared Ihy Mrs. William l.iwiwg'to 1 an Service, nae mall by •\tt•. Orville !.)ale. Hvann, '.Look 1',' Saints," was suing, follow- ed with prayer ,by Mrs-. Robert Law- son. \I t•s. Orville Dale closed the meeting. ,with '.prayer. Late Charles H, Kalbfleisoh— This week we are called to chron- icle the departing of the late Charles H; Kalbdeiscit, who was a former re- sident of this district, being a son of the late Mr, and Mrs. John C. Kalb- fleisch, who lived at the 14th conces- sion, Hay, before moving to Zurich. Tlie late deceased was born on Octo- ber 13th, 1871, and in December, 1902 was united in marriage to Miss Matilda Steinbach. In 1905 they mov- ed to Detroit where they have lived since. Unfortunately for the ;past twenty years he was inflicted with diabetes, in the last S years he lost iris eyesight which proved a great handicap. The death took place in Detroit on March 2Sth and the funeral on April lst, Surviving besides his widow are fou' brothers, ;Edmund, George and Adolph of Detroit, and Fred C. Kalhfieisch of Zurich, A goodly ntirebee of Zurich relatives at- tended the funeral in Detroit,—Zurich Herald. Horse Stolen From Shed Left in Cold Over Night- A horse and cutter belonging to Mr. Garnet Hicks, of 'lTsbo'ne, was taken from the ,Tames Street church shed Tuesday evening of last week and the following mourning it was found standing iu the farmyard of Mr. August Gregus, about half a mile from it's home. Mr, and Mrs. Hicks had driven to Exeter for the evening and when ready for home they found their horse was missing and as the road was blocked to motor traffic they had to walk the two and a half utiles Moate. Someone- had untied the horse in the shed, folded a blanket thatwas on the seat of the cutter and driven off and when through with it had left it to Wander home alone, As the night was cold and raw the horse was quite chilled when found the next morning, We understand that it has suffered no ill effects, .A similar episode is reported to have taken place a few nights previous. The of- ficers of the law are investigating.— Exeter Times -Advocate. Outside, inside, anyway you check upon it—you're im- pressed by Oldsmobile's un- usual size. Big is the word for Olds, whether you're look- ing at the low-priced Sixty the popular -priced Seventy .. - or the most glamorous car of the year, the Olds Custom 8 Cruiser! Oldsmobile is Canada's Biggest Money's Worth. ryav iVslitelsses Spacious is the word for Olds - mobile's wide, roomy Bodies by Fisher—luxurious is the word for their finer fittings and upholstery. The wider front seat, simplified controls and unobstructed floors permit the driver and Iwo passengers to ride "up front" in uncramped ease. And the rear compart- ment is a revelation of roomi- ness and solid comfort. Big Tires. Oldsmobile's low- pressure gTires.Oldsmobile'slow- pressure tires are extra large o provide smother riding, better tract on. longer wear. Husky Coit Springs. Modern cohspringsallaround contribute to Oldsmobile's restful Rhythmic Ride, Big, Sturdy Frame. Rigid x member design. Sox ace - don construction and diago • al corner braces add strength. Big Engine. Even the low- priced Oldsmobile Sixty hes big, ) , 95 super- gine for. eco nperformance.' Aces UNL P, Seaforth Canadians Are World's Greatest 'Phone Talkers Canada Ranks Fourth in the Matter of Telephone Development For the eleventh consecutive year (tnnadians are rated as the world's greatest telephone talker's and con- tinue to lead the 000ple of tile United States by quite a margin, according to figures just released by the Statis tient Division of the American Tele phone and Telegraph Company. This brings the record up to January, 1939. On the average, each person in Canada in 193S placed 235 telephone calls as compared with 230 the previ• oils year. Those figures compare with 223 for the United States. Next in order come Denmark with 155 Sweden with 181 and Norway with 96 yearly conversations per capita. Canada ranks fourth in the matter of telephone development with 12.13 telephones per hundred of population. First is the United States with 15.87 followed- by Sweden With 12.73, New Zealand 12.69 and Denmark in fifth place with 11.61, Apparently the die. tater countries do their talking by means other than the telephone for Germany with 5.20, Italy with L41 and Russia with 0.75 telephones per 100population rank far down the list. Among the larger Canadian cities, Toronto and Vancouver lead in the matter of telephone development, Both record 26.34 telephones per 100 population. Washington, D.C., leads with 40.14 while next in line come San Francisco with 33.53 and Stock• holm with 58.28. Of interest is the fact that 'North America's 21,617,000 instruments is more than half the world's 41,090,000 telephones, New York City with 1; 632,000 telephones Inas 270,000 more than all Canada with 1,359,000 inst'u- ments. BRITAIN CORKS UP THE BALTIC The naval and ah' conflict of the north raged all last week while Brit- ish warships planted a minefield to keep German troops, supply and war ships from getting to or from Nor- way, and planted another minefield in the Baltic Sea front Sweden to Lithuania. On Saturday came reports of the sinking of the German battleship Gneisennu and of German destroyers at .Narvick. The British admirally reported that the German pocket bat- tleship attleslrip Von Scheer had been struck by two torpedoes. The prelinfinaciee to - this far-flung engagement on stormy northern seas came on Sunday night, April 7, when British planes, mt scout patrol, found the German battleship Scharnhorst, with cruisers and destroyers flanking lora moving northward. Out to sea sped the Horne Fleet to intercept the German. Then: Monday British warships laid minefields off Norway's coasts to block the iron mr sea corridor to Germany. The British destroyer Gloworm, hurrying to rejoin sister ships after pausing to pick up a man overboard, Wes caught by two German destroyers and sunk, The Hone Fleet, out of ScapaFlow and the niinelaying force, lying off the Norwegian north port of Narvik tried to trap the German battle fleet and its troop transports between them. But the Germans sipped through. Tuesday German troops occupied Denmark and seized Norwegian ports, landing from warships. The I --Tome Fleet, in the waters off Bergen, 'vas attacked by Gei'nlan planes. The flagship H,M,S. Rodney. was bit by a heavy bomb, but her half -foot of deck armor saved her. raught by the raiders as they were rejoining the fleet, the cruiser Aurora and the destroyer Gurkha were at- tacked With bombs. The Gurkha, heavily hit, slipped beneath the waves. The Aurora was not hit.. Meanwhile a German U-boat, head- ing, presumably, for Scapa Flow, was being sunk off the Orkneys by H.M.S. Zulu, a destroyer. Norwegian shore guns blazed with deadly effectiveness at Oslo and Kris- tiansand; on the south coast. sinking the Bluecher and Karlsruhe as they manoeuvred to protect transports landing troops. The Norwegian nine layer Olav Tryggvarsson, in Oslo Fjord, was reported to have scut to the bottom a German warship believed to have been the cruiser Loden, The Scharnhorst, fast 26,- 01m 6,010 ton German battleship, slipped a• way from the 32,000 ton Renown. aid. ed by a blizzard and a smokescreen from a protecting cruiser of the Hipper class. The Renown's guns bit her twice, The Renown, herself was pierced by a dud shell and an- other projectile (tarried away her main aerial Wednesday At dawn, five British destroyers. guts blazing, swept into the water. ways to Narvik where, as Winston Churchill put it, the fierce fighting was worthy of any in the proud re- cords of the Royal Navy, Six Ger• man destroyers constituted the op - nosing force. Britain lost two, the Hunter and. Hardy; two more were damaged, one badly. A German des- troyer was torpedoed, three others left afire. Six German transport and supply ships and one ammunition vessel were sunk. At Bergen fjord, waves of Royal Air Force bombers and, at dusk, a swarm of fleet air arm planes were attacking a cluster of German warships. The R.A.F. men reported ' back that ane light cruiser was hit, then vanished. The fleet air arm planes, scattering 500 - pound bombs, hit a second cruiser, A long trail of oil, seen later by scout- ing planes, marked the spot, Other British warships, shelling their way into the Skagerrak, blasting at the Oslo fjord and getting' as far as the entrance to the Kattegat, just oft Swedish shores, were erecting a barricade of death for German trans - MADE IN CANADA port ships packed with troops to re- inforce the original invaders of Nor- way. Mr. Churchill has declined to "lift the veil" yet from this series of en- gagements. From Swedish shore re- ports and meagre accounts brought out of Norway by refugees and by other means it appears that British surface ships or submarines sank at least two and perhaps as many as eight transports; that one German warship was torpedoed; that others may have been destroyed; that the Britishwarshipseffected at least a partial entry into Oslo fjord and that they may have tried to land some men there, At least six, and perhaps eight, German planes were shot clown in dusk raids on Scotland and Scapa Flow, Thursday British torpedo planes attacked German ships at Trondheim, hitting to destroyer. British landing parties occupied the Faroe islands to keep the Germans from getting !hent. These Danish islands are but 250 miles linin Scapa Flow, the naval unehor'age. British warships continued to attack in the Skagerrak and Katte. gat. British northers raided German- occupied Stavanger aerodrome, losing OSP plant' and damaging many Ger- man craft m1 the ground. Friday The Royal Navy laid 1110 new mine Held to cont the Ibtltic% During the night a German munition ship was same, u supply ship damaged, a Gen Ivan trawler captured. British planes flew to the attack at Kristiansand Fjord, pounding away at two German warships. There was a great. sky bat, tie and live British planes were sit t down. Three other British planes were lost during the clay's engage. mems, the Air Ministry announced. At least four Gennep planes,said the Air Ministry, were destroyed. A new Trondheim battle seemed to be taking shape. Five German war- ships, one of them a pocket battle- ship, were reported unofficially to be lying off that port, which the British already had attacked Prom the sea and air. Saturday Although destruction of seven Ger- man destroyers at Narvik was re- garded as the most spectacular feat of the Royal Navy's week -end, laying of tho minefield in the Baltic was de- scribed by some military observers as the greatest strategic accomplish moot of the war thus far. How it was done was a strict naval secret, but that it meant hazardous work n0 One doubted. Observers said that the Ger man navy has lost control of the Baltic. All through the last war Ger- many held the key to the Baltic but apparently Adolf Hitler's Scandinav- ian candinavian adventure has crippled his naval strength to such an extent that Brit ish minelayers have been able t, operate effectively throughout "Ger num setts," With the laying of the Bailie minefield, it was said, the homeward route for German vessels new at sea is dangerous, with floating explosives blocking the way. "Doesn't this ship tip a great deal'?" "Not that I've noticed, ma'am. She leaves that to the passengers." 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