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The Week At the Seaforth Collegiate Institute
(By Alastair Wigg)
Fifth Ponders declare that unless One of the Toll Brothers related his,
some respect is tendered their vele
arable age that they will call a strike.
These pupils claim that when they
have weatherea the battle for four,
live or six years that same extra
privilege sthould be ,grentedt Fifth
Porm today is like Max 'With-
out a Country," because it has no
clan:nem that they Can call their
own, They have been moved from
room to room until their present
abode is the library. The new nuefila
of 'First and Second Formed's, they
ere being presented with the
best classrooms, while the aged Du-
pla have to take the memains.
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The senatel literary meeting of the
year was held on Monday afternoon.
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experiences on a recent tour that he
and ties brother had taken through
South America. This traveloguetwas
very intereeting and pupils greatly
enjoyed: the meeting. A number of
curiosities, from South America were
shown: knives, thats, snuffed begs,
alligatore and spurs being among the
exhibits.
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Both boys' and gnaw basketball
schedules rhave bee u postponed until
after the Commencement is over, as
the gym is being used for practices.
Both the' play and the songs are be-
ing practiced in the gym.
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Pourrth Form goer/retry period was
interrupted by a cloudburst that
descended from the ceiling. Pupas
rapidly took cover and watched the
downpour descend. Pupils were re-
lieved when they found out that it
was water dripping from the science
labratory and not the Germans spray-
ing chemicals from above.
WINTHROP
We were sorry to learn of the pass -
Ing of Mr. Thomas Beattie on Mon-
day, Nov. 27th, after a iiegering ill-
ness. We 'extend our heartfelt sym-
pathy to those that are left to mourn
the lass of a loving father and gnantl-
Pta.
Mr. and Mrs. Elton. Heist and fam-
ily, of Graventhurst, spent the week.
end with his mother, Mrs. Heist, and
sister% Misses Velma and Vera
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Owing to the prevalence of Rabies in the
surrounding distriets, and in view of the
fact that rabies is readily transmissable to
human beings, all eitizens are requested to
watch their dogs and pets carefully, or if
they observe any dogs acting suspiciously,
notify authorities.
John J. Cluff
MAYOR
No Oonfusios
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would take. Friday and Saturday
reseed by with many ileifffiliapar re-
ports of tible (doings lof oir Plarlianient.
Saturday night dews casve out that
Cihapailerlato,(would make a state-
menit at about amen OU Sunday.
Being one Q the air raid wardene
in Rodney House, imte of the 'sections
of Dolphin Square, I telt thee 1should
toot leave the 'house that evening in
ease any trouble arose. I spent the
eventing with our three other war-
dens discussing finial arrangements
for taking cane of the tentauts (about
150 ib t all) and seeing that our sbed-
ter was ini alder. Our 'shelter was in
the basement of a neighboring house
which could be reached' by under-
ground pessege. In it we keep 'a first
aid kit and shoe, pick, axes and
crowbars should any damage be done
by a hurstring bomb in, the neigbbor-
hood and we be traPped +in the 'ellen
ter. We spent some time that even-
ing endeavoring to perfect the black-
out of lights. Many tenantswere lax
in this regard, and we had to warn
them. A atingle undiarkened window
might easily give away the whale of
the Square.
We parted about nadintight, each ex-
Meese:1g the wish tha.t.,_we wouldn't
see each rother again. until morning.
We fully expected, however, to be up
during the night, as with all the
.theerets of the complete destruction
ct London, we felt we were certain
to have a raid. I retired shortly af-
ter 'midnight, paving laid out my
clothes in preperation for a hasty
(trees and with my flashlight and
warden's wilitiatle 'an my bedside. I am
afraid I didn't sleep too well as I
was )E:ha:piing with the other three
wardens. the respeneibility of making
sau'e our tenants heard the warning
siren should it be sounded. More
than once during the night I awoke
imagining that I heard the siren. For-
tunately, we (lid not have the ex-
pected raid, old I awoke about seven
with 'the sun shining in my window.
It was a beautiful morning outside,
one of those Sunday mornings we
like to see over here but which are
all too few. It was incredible to think
that this was the day when the ques-
tion of peace or war was, to be set-
tled:.
Wag up soon rafter eight and after
having breakfast sat down to read
the Sunday papers'. My pal, John.
Lincoln from Calgary, who was shar-
ing the apartment with me and who,
by the way, has since returned to
Montreal, was up shortly and we dis-
cussed the war eituatiron, both com-
ing ,to the conclusion that war was
inevitable. Just before 11 our phone
rang. It was onie of my fellow war-
dens advising that Mr. Chamberlain
was sneaking on the radio at 11.15.
We didn't have long to wait, for
sharp at 11,15 he was "on the air."
Perhaps you heard him, although it
would be quite early in the morning
over there -about six o'clock in Sea -
forth. He spoke in a rather sad voice,
a voice which clearly indicated this
regret at being unablewith all his
efforts to avoid the catastrophe of
war. Following has statement, a
short bulletin of announcements was
read covering chiefly the censorship
of mall: and also the closing until fur-
ther notice of all picture shows, the-
atres and other plac,es where people
were likely to be gathered together
in large members. Churcilies, howev-
er, were exempt and services went
on uninterrupted. It was difficult to
realize we were at war. It was too
nice a day to believe we couldn't car-
ry on life as usual,
Our first air raid scare was a. sud-
den one as it ease withina few min-
utes after Mr. Chamberlain had fie -
abed speaking. From the .soutoh of
the Square oame the Siren warning,
a eeend of rising and falling pitch,
resembling somewhat, if I remember
rightly, the fire whistle in Seafoa-tb.
said to John: "Here they come;
they sure haven't 'wasted much time."
In a minute or so a knock on our
door (all wardens have a medal noo-
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ace on their door for the benefit of
the tenants). It was a young New
Zealand coupe from across the hall
emerining as to Whether the warning
was genuine. I a sou red them t het so
far as I knew it was genuine and
that they retoolet make for the shel-
ter. John and I didn't delay very
long, abut leaving the apartment; in
fact we were in such. a hurry that
went rout Wi tihnlit a key and lock-
ed ourselves out. I am sure lots of,
others dd,.(3, the saxne thinglarb, their
excitement.
j.,T nail up and dawn the cornititor on
uiy; near (the faurth) giving short
loud' .blasts ;On , my whistle making
sure all. the tenants hea.rd the warn-
ing. Quite a ,nitrebee were, away for;
,the weeirena er bed perhaps already
evacuated to a residence in the coun-
try. Those remaining ma de their
way to the shelter vi'a tibe stair -cas-
te, itt being forbidden to use the ele-
vtatore irreecase the power went off
auddienfln. .Some of the tenants were
Th''dirensikt, ethers tn dressing
k,lwxi, anicl'Aere was a' general corn -
diet ' the inconvenience eaui
Ogfieetalli by the Who had' been
then -14h When the warning eatee.
rtily agreed. with tb:ein., but now
that we were at war wa.thad to be
come accustomed to disturbances in
every -day life as we were likelf to
have plenty before the war was ov-
er.
We weree in the shelter about a
half an hour when word was' pawed
along by the sender sector warden
(the head warden for the whole of
Dolphin Square) that the all -clear
signal wars sounding. Tibbs Signal wee
a long blest of the (Siren of uniform
pitch. The tenantsdispersed wed re-
turned to their apartments+ wondering
whether a laid had actually take»,
place. There had been no sound of
planes: or bur:sting snelle. Outside
the aky was cleae, eipart from the
balloon barrage, the presence of
Which did give 'a certain feeling of
security. There were from 50 to 100
visible from Dolphin. Square.
1 returnedto our apartment and
found that John and secured as spare
key from thrt,fla key office and was a-
waiting my teturn.. He was anxious
to hear any news I had been able to
get about the threatenedr rata I bad
spoken to the bead warden, but ev-
en he did not know as yet any de-
tails. London was such a huge place
that .fa 4011;0
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4011k:the Warning, rhanitaatared him
titian there Meat 'agave been some
tcO.$ reasoli for It bob* given. Any,
wan; rit gave Os Seine idea of what
we wen% Jiikely•Ilavto go, through
quite often in the funere.
We had Iuieh .int the Datable
Square restaurant at Mtn o'clock -
During :lunch we beard that the tea,
son far the learning we bad reeeive4
was due to the sighting of ati Un-
identified plane approaching the coast.
It was later discoverealetto be one of
our own plaaes. Nothing like being
cautdons tatough, henee. the warning.
We returned to the apartment eoctra
atter two. At 2.30 I had a call trate
our poplar warden wan, wanted some
assistance In canvassing the tenants
far volunteers to MI enrol hag.. Ev-
eryone we approached was quite will-
ing and anxious to MAO, and we 0000
had nearly 50 volunteeree mostly men,
but same women were among them.
We all gathered in the basement and
set out with a dozen or so shovels
for the scene of action vvfhich. was
In a nearby street beside St. George's
Square. On this sonnet were pile af-
ter pile of earth brought there from
Hyde Park, a stection of wbich had
been dug up ter steam shovels. This
was a quicker way to get filling for
sand bugs them to transport sand
from a much further distanee. The
street was quite a scene of activity,
quite a eon/tea:et to the usual Sunday
afternoon. The meat liar:idled the
shovels and Ube women held the bags
and tied them, .Faindides living on.
the street were out in. full force, chil-
dren and all, wool -king frantically te
all the odd bag to heap protect their
basement windows.
As the bags were Idled, a squad of
our beepers was transporting them by
means of small hand trucks to the
windows of the Rodney House Ebel"
ter. These were boaadedtup and a
double pile of bags *nit' placed out-
side to absorb theeblast from any
shell which burst .nieserby. At five
o'clock we alt took an hoar off for
tea. Some of our thelleers did not re -
"the work being much more
atrenuous than they &ad done for
some time Slinging nibl bags around
"wee DO light work. It reminded me
of the days wlhern I used to work for
Mr. Frost inelea,ding hags of ce,ment,
and in feet it was the hardest after-
noon's work I thave dope since I left
Seaforth. Six or eight' of us worked
right through until dark, and by that
time we were ready for some food.
We flnisitued our job ansrway, although
weakening fast towardathe finish.
I sat down to dinner at 9 o'clock
quite stationed with +my afternoon's
work. After din+ner, 1 was eat again
spotting lights. As • it was the first
day of the wax, we were almost cer-
tain that a raid would come that
night. 1 returned trn:01.1r apartment
and at about 11.30 the phone rang.
It was a calll from an elderly lady on
the sixth floor. She was afraid she
wouldn't bear the siren as she was
deaf in One ear and slept en the
other. I assured her that she need
not worry as her name would be add-
ed to the list 1 alreadgliad of partic-
ularly sound sleepers. Istenneannout
midnight wonderielansteshether we
would have a peacelitin . night, and
what problems andediffecuttiee Would
face us alt the neastrodaste •
And so ended the first day of bbe
war. It had pessedte mach • more
iteaoefulla than I or anyone else had
expected, R. is, however, the, unser-
.tainty of the future anal is so worry-
ing. Will all our dA3ter he, as peace-
fui-uo one knionvs, but we keep
smaing and hoping for the best.
• Sincerely,
ARN.
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Mr. and Mrs. .4k4fikev'Inal-r",bite,e,',44141;
ed greatly to the .apeenrenne a their
borne by raising the roof of the kit-
chen and building an upstairs and
putting in a basement Du:peen Mc-
Donald, of Itrussele, did the work.
Mr.' and Mrs. R. Lawsoti were
guests to tea with Mrs. Forbes at
Summer -hal on Sundays -
Mrs. George Leitch and Misses El -
ma Leitch and Edith Britton spent
Monday in Strata:ea, inti alte,d on
friends.
Mr. and MniesEael T.1.411iVEnn and son
Reg, visited, Mr. andi Mra,,,Kay Law-
son, of the Huron, Dead. on Sunday.
Mrs. Peter Lindpay ftbeJd ,fi quilting
for Group 3 of :the Wt. Wednes-
titer.
Miss Ethel Dexter, of Kitchener,
spent the weekend With :her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Austin Dexter.
Mr. and Mre Wm. Britton and.
daughter, Miss Hnlen Britton spent
the week end with Rev. and Mrs. J.
C. Britton, Of Inerond..
Mr. and Mrs: Earl Lawson nave
-added to the appearance of their
borne b beilditign etas porth to the
frotnt Duncan Mc$Daneldo, eof Brus-
sake did .the Week. I +
re e eit.ert • .010 )t
Bittaviikb
Mr,. and Mrs. J. K. Cornish cele -
belated! their 20th wedkling anndvers-
ary on Sunday, Nov. 25th. They re-
ceived visits from a ruzabee• of rel-
atives and friends. Congratulations!
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ZURICH
The funeral of the tate George
Thiel was held on Friday last and
was largely attended. Rev. E. Tuerk-
beim contducted the abivices and
in-
t,ernien't took place VA the Lutheran
cemetery.
A number from dis section at-
tended the funeral of the late John
Simon at Kitchener on Sattirday,
Deceased was n tormer resident of
tale village and was a brother of Mr.
tamed Siemota Mtre G. Thiel and
Mre.' E. Desjardine, et Zurich.' '
The news of. the death of Mrs. A.
E. Hamilton, of London, received
here on Monday, 'Came as a great
shock to her manor friends here. De-
ceased was a daughter Of Mr. and
MTS. John Gagster, of this village, and
had visited at the home of her par-
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enta On Sunday. After returning to,
the city sae 'attended church service'
in the evening/Arend was takeu ill af-
ter the rvervices. She passed away
at the hospital on Monday morning.
Surviving beside her parents are her
husband and: one daughter. The fun-
eral was held on Wednesday, inter-
ment taking place at Woodl.awn cern-
e te,ry.
A number from this vicinity at-
tended the funeral of he late Susan
Pale held at Dashwood on Wednes-
day. Deceased was in her 69th year
crud had been a lifelong resident of
that section,.
A pageant was presented at the
evening services of the Lutheran
Church by a number of young people
under the awakes of the Missionary
Society.
" The village, trustees 'held a meet-
ing en Thursday and passed accounts
to finish the year's business. A siren
operated by electric power was pur-
chased for the ramose of giving
alarm in the event of a fire. It will
be recounted in the belfry on the fire
hall,.
At a meeting of the men of the
Lutheran Much held after the eve-
SE AFOR111
ning services last Sunday, a brother-
hood society was organized. Mr.
Wilfred Sehilbe was appOinted 'presi-
dent.
The annual school concert sdf the
Zurich school will be held in Decem-
ber. Preparations are now being
made for the event.
Messrs. T. C. Haberer and J. W.
Haberer are attending the convention
of the Ontario Beekeepers' Associa-
tion being held in Toronto this week.
Among those who attended the fun-
eral of the late George Thiel were
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Siemon., London;
Mr. and Mrs. August Simon, Lan-
sing, Mich., and Mr. and Mrs. John
Wurharn, Toronto.
Mr. and Mrs. A. Aulerich 'visited at
the 'home of the latter's parents, Mr.
a,nd Mrs. L. Pramd, over the, week-
end. Miss Ethel flege returned to
Detroit with them where she will vis-
it this week.
Mrs. Amelia Fuss has left for De-
troit, where she wilt spend the wins
ter with her deughter.
Mr. Paul Hesa, of Toronto, visited
his home here over the week -env&
Mr. Frank Siebert, of Detroit, vis-
ited bis parents here over Sunday.
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