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The Seaforth News, 1942-02-19, Page 1The Seafort HURON COUNTY'S LEADING NEWSPAPER WHOLE) SERIES, VOL, 64, No. 8 SPAFORTH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, ,1+1613;1$U'A1 Y 19, 1942 FILLETS OF HADDIE Annual Meeting of 1 McKillop Mutual Co. Chester MoNay CHOICE 22c Ib. FRESH FROZEN SALMQN,— Half or whole fish. Lb. 18c Dox...., PINK SALMON.— ,CASCADE Ib. tin 19a ,CASCADE SALMON. -- 2 tins 25c CAMPBELL'S CREAM OF POT- ATO SQ,UP. Tin'13c , Presentation To FRESH FROZENHERRING.— 1 35e BROKEN: BISCUIT. - 2 .lbs. 25c CORN STARCH.—loose „ 8 lbs. 25c OUR OWN BLEND COFFEE.— ' Half lb. 27c CREAM BARLEY Pkg. 20c KRAFT CHEESE:-- Lb, HEESE.= Lb• 38c • HOME RENDERED LARD—' Lb. 15c MASTER'S PIG STARTER,— Cwt. $2.80 A. C.,,Routledge.A ONE 186 -* blue:eoal; Tmc•,SO(.ID PeE4,F0a'SOLIO COMFORT ` E. L. BOX PHONE 43 Northside United Church Rev. H. V. Workman, Minister. 10 a.m. Sunday School. 11 a.m. "Christian Madness." '7 p.m. "Light In ,Our Darkness." , Thurs. 7.46 p.m.—Prayer Service. (Help to Rally the Forces of the Church Sunday School, now!) St. Thomas Church Rector Rev. R. P. D. Hurford, D.D. ' 11-a.m. Lent Series "The Meaning of the Cross," 7 pm. "Being A Christian." Sunday School at 10 a.m. Wad. 8 p.m.: "The Man Who Lost His Temper." St. Mary's Church, Dublin 2.25 p.m. Sunday School. 3 p.m. "The Meaning of the Death of Jesus." Egmondvilie United Church Rev. A. W. Gardiner, B.A.,B.D. 10 a.m., Sunday School. 11 a.m., "The Idea of Mediation," S p.m., "A Faithful Christian." McKillop. Charge Sunday,' Feb. 22. Bethel 11 a.m. (D.S.T.) Caven 2.30 p.m. Duff's 4 p.m. First Presbyterian Church Rev. Hugh Jack, Minister. Sunday School 10 a.m. Morning subject, "Victory or De- feat." Evening subject, "The Temptation of Jesus." Midweek meeting, Thurs, 8 p.m. DAY OF PRAYER ON " FRIDAY, FEB. 20th The World's Day of Prayer will be observed in Northside United Church on Friday afternoon, Feb. 20th, at 3 o'clock for the churches of town. NEW BOOKS AT CARNEGIE LIBRARY New books recently added. to the 1Seaforth Public Library: Fiction — Botany . Bay, Nordhoff; Stars in Your Eyes, Loring; Red Law, Gregory; Murder at the Casino, Wells; Murder of Fifth Columnist, Ford; Evil under the Sun, Christie; Snow Goose, Gallica; The Heart Re- members, Baldwin; Saratoga Trunk, Ferber; Nav Voyager, Prouty; All That Glitters, Keyes; My Friend Flicks, O'Hara; Windswept„ Chase; The Venables, (Norris; Amazing Sum- mer, Gibbs; The Drum Goes Dead, Aldrich; This Above All, Knight; The Corpse Came, Calling, Beater. Non-Fiction—Canada, Tweedsmuir; Story of My Life, Keller; Inside Latin America, Gunther; No Other Road to Freedom, Stave; ,Fair Years in Para- dise, Johnson;Many Ports of Call, Haven; To -Morrow Will Come, Al- medingen; Reading I've Liked, Fadi - man; That Day Alone, Van Paassen; Klee Wyck, Carr. Juvenile—In My Mother's House, Clark; On the Golden Trail, Haw thorne; Book of Saints, Lang; Secret of the Old House, :Leighton;, Jory's Cove, Bice; Paddle -to -the -Sea, }Ioll- ing; Story of Bohai," Brunhoff. CONSTANCE Ernest Adams sold a fine pair of Percheron fillies to. a buyer near Cen- tralia• Alex McEwing Is Elected Presi dent—Surplus Now Stand at $102,762.51 The annual meeting of the McKI1- lop Mutual Fire Insurance Co. was held fn the town hall, Seaforth, on Friday afternoon. There was a small attendance, Officers elected for the coming year were: President, Alex, McEwing, Blyth; Viee President, W. R. Archibald, Seaforth; Manager and Sec.-Treas., M. A. Reid, Seaforth. Directors, Alex. Broadfoot, Seaforth; William Knox, Londesboro; Chris. Leonhart, Brodhagen; E. J. Tre- wartha, Clinton; Thomas Moylan, Seaforth; W. R. Archibald, Seaforth; Alex. McEwing, Blyth; Prank Mc- Gregor, Clinton Hugh Alexander, Walton, There was some discussion in re- gard to a proposal to insure thresh- ing machines while in operation. The matter was left to the decision of the directors. r etors In his annual address Mr. Merton A. Reid said in part: "1941 was the 65th anniversary of your company, and I have pleasure in reporting another successful, which. should be veryg it is definite proof tat many have endeavored to use precautionary me- thods for the prevention of fire loss. "A fire loss today is more serious than ever before in our country's history, as the material loss is vital to our war effort,. but the possibility of being unable to seeure materials for replacement of those valuable buildings and equipment owing to war priority, should make everyone more than'ever.fire conscious in 1942. "1941 records disclose 46 direct fire and lightning losses, two being of major proportions, one a barn by lightning, the other a dwelling from a coal oil stove. Further analysis also shows three other small losses from a similar cause, while eight others were attributed to chimney fires, overheated pipes, etc. Anyone of these might have become a major loss, and the question arises: How many of these could have been avoid- ed? "During the past eight years it has been my pleasure to report a substantial increase in surplus each year. This year it has been increased, by 8,12,038,35. This'gives you a total surplus of $102,762.51,. with a net of $95,710.33, which is approximate- ly seventeen tunes greater than at the end of 1932. This is a remarkable gain when you consider that a re- duction in late was effected in 1936, with a loss of revenue to your.Com- pany of over $6,000.00 a year. "This surplus places you in a strong financial position and has per- mitted you to subscribe to each War and Victory Loan in your nation's defence. c ay, RC F, St. Thomas, - spent the week end at the home of s his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Me - Nay, of McKillop. Before leaving, 11' friends and neighbors presented him with a wrist watch. Presentation was made by Scott Hawthorne, Art Powell and Joseph T. Hugill. Not being able personally to thank the many friends and neighbors who made this gift possible, he takes this opportunity of gratefully thanking all who assisted in this pleasant sur- prise. MAE LANE AUXILIARY Mrs,. B. F. Christie was hostess to the Mae Lane Auxiliary Monday ev- ening for their February meeting. The .perils of life in war-torn China were brought very near when Mrs. F..7..Bechely asked Mrs.: R. Savauge to read a letter written by Rev. W. Roulston of Chungking, W. China. Miss E. Roulston followed with pray- er. Miss R. Fennell had the various reports given. Mrs. W. Bradshaw read a thank you letter from Gyp- sum ille hospital vm reply boa Christ- mas parcel sent by the Auxiliary. Mrs, H. Snell, Capt. Circle 2, presid- ed over remainder of the meeting, Mrs. N. Knight led in prayer and Miss W. Shaw gave a message in song, accompanied by Miss E. Hillen. MTS. C. Webster continued with the study book on China. Here, under Christian leadership one-quarter of the world's population changed from absolute monarchy to a democracy without bloodshed. The mizpah ben- ediction closed this interesting meet- ing. NORTHSIDE W.M.S. The February meeting of the W.M.S. met in the school room of the church on February 12th. Mrs. Roy Lawson, the president, presided. The first part of the meeting was a short service in memory of the late Miss Annie Murray, who was a val- ued member' of the. Society. A hymn followed, and prayer by Mrs. Law- son. Mrs. Glew, the secretary of the Watch Tower, gave an interesting story from China and Mrs. C. C. Keine a temperance talk. After 'the transaction of the usual business the devotional part was taken by Circle 2. Mrs. Roy Lawson presided in the absence of the leader, Mrs, Rintoul. Psalm 19 was read responsively and hymn 332 was sung. Several passages of. Sct:jpttere.,were read-.by.Mis..IL-R: Spence; Miss A. Lawrence, Miss Ag- nes Govenlock and Mrs. A. L. Port- eous. Mrs. Roy Lawson had charge of -the study period, chapter 4 of the study book, "The Chinese People Rise." The offering was received and the meeting closed with a hymn and the benediction. Junior Association to Aid Bomb Victims Proceeds of Party at Toronto on March 6th to go to Red McKILLOP LINEMAN UNDERGOES OPERATION Jack Kellar, lineman for -the Mc- Killop Municipal Telephone System, underwent a bone -graft operation on his wrist by Dr. Gordon Murray in Toronto General Hospital. It will re- quire several months for the recov- ery of the wrist. Birthday Presentation to Miss O. Luker, • Hensall A delightful evening was spent Tuesday at the home of Reeve and Mrs. R. E. Shaddick when thirty-five friends of Miss Gladys Luker met to honor her on the occasion of her birthday, the event being a complete surprise. Progressive euchre was fea- tured during the event, Mrs. Eric Kennedy capturing first prize for most lone hands. Consolation prize went to Mrs. T. Kyle. Special prize by draw went to Mrs. Leonard Noakes. At the conclusion of the de -1 licious luncheon Miss Luker, guest of honor, was the recipient of a handsome piano bench and gift of money, Judy Shaddick and Audrey Walsh doing the honors. Gladys, al- though taken completely by surprise made a fitting reply expressing her thanks for the lovely gifts. With the singing of 'She's A Jolly Good Fel- low," the event a most enjoyable one came to, a conclusion. Miss Suther- land thanked the hostess for the loan of her home, On Thursday evening, February 12, the pupils of Room 1 of Hensall public school held a skating party on' the rink and afterwards a lunch was enjoyed atthe school. The Wolielo Class held their meet- ing on Friday, Feb, 13, opening with hymn 261, My Jesus I Love Thee i My Saviour and Friend, followed by a prayer by Edna Saundercock. The scripture was read by Mary Good- win. The minutes and roll can were read, also the business was• discuss-,. ed, Hymn 262, Lead Kindly Light, was given by Gladys. Passmore. A topic entitled Christian Citizenship, was ably given by Miss Edna Walsh, after which Gladys Luker, gave a delightful piano solo, The, national anthem was sung after which the Mttpah benediction was repeated in unison. A very pleasing lunch was served. Cross Fund The Huron County Junior Associa- tion of Toronto plans to hold its an- nual winter frolic at Malloney's Art Gallery, 66 Grenville Street, Toronto, 'on Friday evening, March 6th. The entire net •proceeds of the party will be turned over to the Red Cross,Bri- tish Bomb Victims' fund and it, is expected that quite a substantial sum will be realized for the bombed folk of Britain. The committee in 'charge of enter- tainment is planning numerous novel- ties and' surprises for the enjoyment ' of the many Huronites and their friends who are enacted to attend. Music for the "dancing will be pro vided by the Round Towners' Orch estra. This year's floor show under the direction of Gordon Fowler, and put on by a cast made up entirely of members of the Association, is ex- pected to surpass anything attempted in previous years. There will be Brdige and Euchre for those who do not desire to dance..A, buffet supper will be served. Interesting novelties and prises will be features. A large attendance of both the members of the Junior Association and of the Huron Old Boys' Associa- tion of Toronto and their friends is anticipated. Several hundred invita- tions are being mailed- and tickets can now be obtained from, the vari- ous town representatives on the com- mittee or from Mr. Ernest Hunter, the president of the association, or Mrs Fred Elliott, the secretary. • YOUNG PEOPLE'S UNION The regular meeting of the Young People's Union of Northside Church was held on Tuesday, Feb. 17th with the president, Marguerite Westcott, in the chair. Minutes were read and seconded by Janie Moffat. Meeting was taken over by Ernest Clarke, the devotional convener. Scripture read- ing by Fred Weedmark and Ronald Savauge. The topic was taken by Er- nest Clarke. Rev. H. V. Workman led in prayer. Quotations about different crosses were read by Marguerite Westcott, Janie Moffat, Wilma Hay, Maxine Lawrence, Patricia , Bechely and Helen Moffat,. S.A. RED SHIELD The ladies of the Red Shield pack- ed and shipped for the month of January: i pr, mitts, 1 sleeveless sweater, 5 scarves, 26 pr. socks. Ev- acuees: 2 baby bonnets, 2 baby sweaters, 2 pr. bootees, 1 quilt. Expresses Thanks For Success of Revu n.. Si a year. 4 Mail Now For e Easter 'Overseas Mrs. Close, President of Sea forth Branch of Red Cross Tenders Appreciation, The Seaforth Branch of the Red Cross Society was happy to present "Victory Revue" for your enter- tainment, The Revue was advertised as a "new scintillating musical sue cess" and the two large audiences seeing the Revue on Thursday and Friday evenings seemed to agree wholeheartedly, that .there was a great deal of sparkle to the perfor i Easter comes early this year and the Canadian Post Office Department ' advises that all Easter messages, greetings and parcels to our armed forces in the United Kingdom should be mailed without delay. Honourable William P. , Mulock, K.C., Postmaster General, in 'urging that early Eastermailings be made - the rule, points cut that .Easter mail should be posted during the next week 'or ten days. I Red Cross Notes mance, and in these days of toil, stress and strain to have something to lift us out of the realm of stern reality, even for a short period of time, • is definitely worth while. The executive wish to express ap- preciation to bhe many people who through their splendid efforts made "Victory Revue" a real success. We have a suspicion that a mutual ad- miration society was formed during the• two weeks of rehearsals. The, 'Members of the cast so frequently expressed.their admiration ation of the ability of Mr. M. Turner, producer, and Miss B. Harper, instructress, and of the pleasing personalities of both, whereas Mr. Turner and Miss Harper were very complimentary of the splendid talent, and of the co- operation received from cast and committees. New friendships were made. We 'owe a debt of gratitude to the Separate school Board for permitt- ing us the use of their hall for all the rehearsals, incidentally, free of charge, their donation to Red Cross. To the members of committees who worked so faithfully and well, we are most. grateful. Theirs was not mi easy task but it was a task well done. The members of the cast, pianist and orchestra excelled_ in their perfor- mances. It meant two weeks of rev - lar daily rehearsals, and in these busy days that was a real sacrifice. We want them to know we are aware of that, and thank them for their wholehearted interest. We must not forget the- merchants in town who ' contributed to the financial success. The local Red Cross Society had not appealed to the public for some period of time, and we were enheart- eried by the marvellous response and good wishes of the many people, to assist us in carrying on the humani- tarian work we are doing. The need £f"o'r supplies, hospital, soldiers' coni; forts,especially the navy, clothing, quilts, etc., is great, and is, increasing daily as bombs are dropping in many new centres where devastation of life and property,is beyond our com- prehension. Salvage Collection Starts In March At a meeting of the Seaforth and District Salvage Corps held on Mon- day evening in the council chamber approval was given to the securing of Clarke's garage as a central depot for the storing of salvage. Mr. Mel- vin E. Clarke very generously donat- ed the unused portion of his ware- house for this purpose. Also Mr. John Broderick has secured permis- sion from Miss Ryan to use the vac- ant lot next to garage for scrap iron. The chairman, Mr, Crawford M. Smith, presented a plan whereby each householder in Seaforth and surrounding district would be given a telephone directory card to hang in the kitchen, which would be made possible through the co-operation of the merchants of Seaforth. On this card would be complete instructions regarding the types of salvage to save, also directions for having the salvage ready for the trucks when they call. Following this meeting a Seaforth. unit was organized under the chair- manship of Mr. C. M. Smith. It was decided to divide the town into two districts: Exist of Main street, and West of Main street. The -first collec- tion will be made in the district East of Main street, and two weeks later a collection will be made west of Main street. Each collection will also include the business places on Main street,which will mean that salvage will be collected from them twice a month and from householders once a month. The date of the first coll- ection, early in March, will be an- nounced next week. Every citizen can help in this sal- vage campaign, which is designed to divert materials that would be other- wise wasted into, useful war and in- dustrial purposes; the money ob- tained by the committee will be given to the Red Cross and other patriotic charities. Have you a truck or trail- er that you can loan. If so, get in touch with the chairman or any member of the committee. and your help will be gratefully accepted. Ev- ery householder can help by Saving newspapers and magazines, metal, aluminum, foil, dry bones. grease, waste paper, cartons and corrugated boxes rags, and old clothing, rubber, including tides, old rubbers and gol- oshes, and any fabric in which there is rxi ber, also bottles, Your salvage committee. will bring you every week through this paper a weekly "Salvage Bulletin" which will keep you posted on the activities of the committees in Seaforth and• surrounding district, and will give you suggestions and reasons for sav- ing all salvage materials. Watch for next week's "Salvage Bulletin," In December this Branch sent out a box to -the boys who had -enlisted from here. Letters'have been receiv- ed from so many that space does not permit publishing them, but the names of those who have acknowl- edged,receiving a box appear below': Ross Alien,' Van Bell, W. C. Barber, E, D. Bell, G. Bender, J. H. Bolton, Wm. Edgar, Jack Fortune, Harold Free, J. A. Munn, Bob McCallum, R. MacDonald, Ian MacTavish, J. Pur- cell, l F. Golding, Keith Sharp, W. C. Sutherland, i derland, Don Scott, Frank Sills, A. Wigg, Fred Willis, A. Sillery, Gib- son White, IT, A. Whittaker. Will 11 the ladies who are sewing on boys' shirts, size 12, please have them returned to the workrooms this week. The whole shipment is being held up just for these garments. Co-operative plans to provide 3000 tons of bulk foodstuffs for allied prisoners of war held by the Japan- ese, have been completed by the Red Cross Societies of Great Britain, Canada, Australia and the United 'States. The Japanese Government has agreed to supply names of pris- oners of war and have established an information bureau in Tokyo. As soon as the names of Canadians are available and an agreement reached to transmit this additional food sup- ply, shipments will be sent from Australia, because of its proximity to Japan. The Retail Furriers! Association will hand over a cheque for a sum in excess of $75,000, the proceeds of the sale of the donated furs. With this amount added the Russian ap- peal will be over the $587,000 mark. HOCKEY SCORES Feb. 13. Waterloo 0, Seaforth 0. Duncan Cup, Saturday afternoon; First game: Hurricanes 10, Ara - cobras 1. Goals scored for Hurricanes by Jack Eisler 2, Lien Doig 3, Jack Fraser 5. Airacohras, Reilly 1. Second game: Tommyhawks 1; Spitfires 6. Goals—Tommyhawks, Don McLean 1. Spitfires, Don Strong 1 G. Hilde- brand 4, F. O'Connor 1, Penalty, O'- Connor. Frank Kennedy, Referee. Team standings: W L Hurricanes 3 0 Spitfires 2 1 Airacohras 1 2 Tommyhawks 0 3 This Saturday at L30, the league will start the second schedule of three games for each team. MANLEY Cecelia Eckert,: daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John A. Eckert, has return- ed home from Scott Memorial Hos- pital and her many friends are glad to know she is improving. Mrs. William Manley returned af7 ter spending a few days with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Con Eckert. Mr. Con Eckert is still in a serious condition and his many friends wish hint a speedy recovery. Quite a number from here attend- ed the shower given in honor of the newlyweds, Mr. and Mrs. Francis Krauskopf. TUCKERSMITH Mr. and Mrs, Chas. Eyre and Ron- ald spent last week visiting friends • in Sarnia. Mr, Casey Way is home from Scott Memorial Hospital where he was undergoing treatment. Mr. Lorne Hay, Mrs. Lorne Pepper of Niagara Falls spent the week end with their parents, Mr, and Mrs. Jas, Hay. The many friends of Mrs, ,las. Hay will he pleased to hear of her recov- ery, being confined with pneumonia. Mr. Harold Coleman is confined to bed with illness. WINTHROP Pte. Arthur McClure of Camp Bord- en is spending a few days with Mr. and Mrs. John McClure, Mr. Ken Betties of Brantford spent the week end with his parents. We are sorry to hear of Mr, Sol Shannon being on the sick list. We wish him a speedy recovery, Mies Isabel Betties, R.N„ of Lon- don, visited her parents last Thtii' s day. Mrs. Frank Johnston spent a few days last week at Walton, owing to the illness of her mother Mrs. Bolger., Mr. James Beller, our linesman, had au operation in Toronto on Tiles day. Wo hope to see hint better soon., VICTORY LOAN IN HURON First day's returns reported at Hu- ron county 'headquarters were $107- 000. This figure does not include the special navies quota of $140,000, but is short of the first day of last June. However, only a third of the canvass- ers'liad reported, 1 .,.,m 0114„01,11,, , .,1u,"„1u0n1uo", Dinnerware Sets Notwithstanding the short- age of Dinner Sets we have a very nice variety in stock at present. The designs are very smart indeed and the price is Very attractive, In 97 piece ENGLISH DINNER SETS we have a nice showing at from $23.00 and upwards in price You will like the Dinner Sets SHOP AT s AAV U (, E IT PAYS 1 Plowing Match Notes Gordon McGavin of Walton, who is now president of the Ontario PIow- men's Association, is a soft-spoken, practcial Huron county farmer. He obtained his knowledge in the school of hard knocks, "Experience." He will blush furiously when he reads this but his neighbors will tell you that he is a man of good common- sense and practical values. Gordon started out plowing at the International with ,a battered tractor when he -was in his early teens. Dave Murray of Wingham was his compan- ion, and he was about the same age. It was a new and .rather terrifying experience for the lads to be so far away from home, and other plowmen kept ribbing then about the condition of the tractor and their youthfulness. Gordon won in that particular class the first year at Brockville; and the next year at Niagara Falls he cane home with the honors. Serving for a number of years as a coach for ,various plowmen at the In- ternational after lie retired from act- ive competition, he was elected to the directorate of the Ontario Plow- men's, low- men' Association in 1938. Since that tinge has been active in all mat- ter's'in connection with the match. In 1941 he served as vice-presideut and this year he is president. • A farmer in McKillop township, he also works with his father, John Me - Gavin, as a drover. ,91e is thoroughly conversant with the problems which face the •farmers of Ontario at the Present time and has been one of the main forces in having the Ontario Plowmen's Association give every assistance to the display of all types of labor-saving machinery which will in any way help the war effort. Gordon is strongly in favor of a special display of machinery which will help the farmers of Ontario to carry on in spite of the fact that the farm labor situation is becoming more serious all the time. H. W. Kitching of the department of agri- cultural engineering of the Ontario Agricultural College has been in con- sultation,with him about the matter and undoubtedly they will co-operate on the display. Last year Mr. McGavin conducted a tour for the gold and silver medalists of the International and he visited prominent farm colleges and farmers in the Canadian West, British Colum- bia and the Middle -Western United States. During the course of that trip he gained a great deal of valuable experience . muck of which be is adapting in his own agricultural pursuits as well as to the benefit of the International Plowing Match. Enron county is extremely fortun- ate this year in having one of its most practical farmers as the head of the sponsoring organization of the International' Plowing Match, the On- tario Plowmen's Association. EGMONDVILLE Y.P.U. The social meeting of the Egmond- ville Young People's Union was held Friday evening. The meeting opened with a sing song, led by Anna Wat- son. The president took the chair and hymn 501 was sung, after which prayer was offered by the president and a business period followed. The devotional period was then opened by singing a hymn after which the Scripture lesson was read by Murray Williams from Math. 6, commencing at the 28th verse. The convener, Mayne Watson then spoke a few words on "Consider the lilies of the field how they grow, they toil not, neither do they spin." Mr. Gardiner then read a story on St. Valentine and Douglas Wallace took up the collection, Games and contests were much enjoyed. The meeting closed by singing the national anthem and repeating' the inispah benediction. The girls then seivod luneh after which everyone enjoyed asleigh ride. CROMARTY Miss Mabel Cameron, Seaforth, with Mr. and Mrs, Thomas Laing;' 'Mr. and Mrs. Harry Dalryinple, Brucedeld, and Mr. and Mrs Robert Dalrymple. Kippen, with Mrs. Houghton.