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APRIi.18,
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WORTH, Friday, April 18, 1941
Awa To A Good Start
As one drives about the country
these clays, the smell of the good
brown earth is in the air. The farm-
ers , are on the land. The farmer's
annual gamble has commenced.
In fact the farmer is the greatest
gambler on the earth. He has to be.
e makes his living that way, always
has and always will.
He gambles on the seasons, the
weather in the seasons on rain, on
sun, on wind; on droughts and floods,
on parasites and plant and stock dis-
eases; on markets and prices, and on -
war •and peace, which largely deter-
mine those things.
He gambles on supply and demand,
and this year he will have. added to
.his uncertainities the question of
labor:'. But .he takes it all in his
stride. He has to.
At any rate the farmer is. away to
a good start this year. Spring has,
been kind and let him on the land al-
ready. It looks as if seeding would
be finished in its proper time, and not
run- into June and even later, as it
dila last year.
There i's a lot in a good start too.
It lends encouragement and confi-
dence, and no people on earth are in
greater need of those two things
than the farmer.
If summer is as! kind as the spring,
and the fall as kind as the summer,
and prices, in spite of the war, or
because of it, are as kind as the sea-
sons: the farmer will come out all
right this year.
Be Careful
In this day 'we are rather prone to
look upon such diseases as diphtheria
and typhoid', as scourges of the mid-
dle ,ages, 'because modern medical
'science has practically overcome
them.
But the germs 'of these and other
once dreaded diseases are still very
much alive, and it is only by constant
care and supervision that we, to 'a
very .large degree, escape their rav-
ages now.
Given half a chance, however, they
- are apt to raise their ugly heads
without the least provocation. In
fact, newspapers over the week -end,
noted the fact that " seventy-five
homes' in St. Thomas have been quar-
antined for diphtheria, by health
authorities until satisfactory nega-
tive cultures have been taken.
In, addition to these., a number of
homes in Port Stanley, . Yarmouth
and Southwold Townships, Aylmer,
and several in London have been
placed under quarantine for a simi-
lar reason. -In all,. over a hundred
families in these cities and districts
are concerned.
Stringent medical precautions are,
of course, being taken, but often
these, without the whole -hearted co-
operation of the people generally,
fail to check such epidemics' where
and when they should be checked.
As the car flies, these places are
only a very short distance from our
own 'community, in consequence of
which we think it advisable to say--
Be
ay—Be careful.
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Manitoba Government A Sure
i1
Winner
cin bation resultsare anything
We would say that the Gov-
* of Hon, John Bracken
be' Aire winner at the Mani-
tri to l electic ns 'to --be held
US Closed, on Sat-
' y4Ave seats
Ted by
den �
�ro�w
j;: Still
da •es� left in the `eld for the remain-
ing th.i rty-xlane seats. .
Premier Bracken, who • hasheld
that office continually since 1922, was
one of those elected by acclamation,•
and with hlm were five other cabinet
ministers, also accorded acclama-
tions.
That should make the rest of the
going very easy, so easy in fact, we
wonder what our own Premier is
thinking as he looks at the result in
Manitoba. But, then, of course, the
water in Manitoba is at a much more
comfortable temperature for a
plunge, than it would be in Ontario,
just now.
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Sunday Is Still Sunday In ; '.
England
How a free expression of public
opinion will, sometimes, over -rule a
Government measure was illustrated
in the British House of Commons
last week. when an order for the op-
ening of theatres on Sunday, spon-
sored by the Home Secretary be-
cause of a supposedly popular and
general demand, was voted down by
144 votes to 136. -
In the debate the arguments for
were along the lines that people can
not .bemade religious by prohibi-
tions; that no one needed to go to a
theatre who wanted to stay away,
and that the 'theatre was a normal
recreation that should be _available
to war workers and the men of the
fighting forces.
The opposition view was that
those who now rather sneer at the
Christian observance of Sunday,
would close the churches if they had
their own way of it. But that Eng-
-"land was still a Bible reading
country,, and that it was in the best
interests ' of 'the people to maintain a
day for quiet. reflection.
So Sunday- is still Sunday in Eng-
land.
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.Historp—Old And New
Away back in 1936, after boiflbing
and machine-gunning a defenceless
Ethiopia, the Italian army marched
into Addis Ababa. It was then that
Mussolini, in 'agreat oratorical
broadcast, announced to the Italian
people and the world at large, these
words:
"In thirty centuries of our history
Italy has lived memorable hours, but
this to -day certainly is one of the
most solemn.
"I announce to the Italian people
and to the world, peace has been• re-
established ---but it is strictly neces-
sary for me to' add it i our peace
which is expressed in this simple, ir-
revocable, definite phrase—'Ethiopia
is Italian.' '
"The chiefs are defeated and the
fugitives do not count for anything,
and no force in,the world can make
them count for anything.
"I solemnly promised I had done
all possible to avoid that the Afri-
can conflict should become a Euro-
pean war. I have maintained that
undertaking, and mare than ever I
am convinced that to disturb the
peace of Europe means -the collapse
of Europe.
-`••I must immediately add that we
are ready to defend .our shining vic-
tory with the same intrepid, irrevoc-
able decision with which we achiev-
ed it."
That is old history. Here is the
new which was contained in a Brit-
ish war despatch two weeks ago:
"The British announced to -day
that their troops had marched into
Addis Ababa. It was believed that
the city had fallen without a strug-
gle."
WHAT, OTHER PAPERS SAY:
Those Name Clubs
('Windsor Daily Star)
Now that the Dorothys and the Marys of Can-
ada
anada are line& up in organizations devoted td help-
ing Britain win the war, both of them with active
branches in Witnd'sor, the idea Should spread. The
Dorothye began the idea, girls and Women bear-
ing that mast handing together to contribute to
the purthae'Spii
0 of a tfire fighter, low, the
Marys have steppedeinr With an offer to :bud* the
engine fin the craft. •_
This is jtlst ab alba ftrie.ii'o'ine of the either
wi naerr. What Could; be Mere ettitaible their' for
'e L"lizcaboftiar om fitting to '� of t;lils dottht y t gt together
�n,. .. • buto ' Vie beloved aeon Mid
s. ' ilte • it dd'ttysd .the
the � $oting' i�'inee� .., �", �o ,
Margetrits add 'the 'Rare* " it fight feta thein' OSISSt
elti`kio'; d, 'ton. fttlt1 '' r f the A:li' i. ciiitliiplft
"' i Mtn :p�eu 0
Agone
lnt•rReltttlki tomu Pickcgd From
The HtittonjEapoisitor of Fifty and
Tweht»flee Years Ago.
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Ly Meadows
(B�r Harry J. Boyt•) •
From The Huron Expositor .
April 21, 1941
Mies Jarrett, the efficient teacher
in Section Ne4,*,.4, Hay, has found it
difficult to teaeh school without chil-
dren, so has had' to close the school.
The children are all at home fighting
the measles.
The latest recruits joining the 161st
Battalion at Exeter are Earl Johns,
Jackson Woods, Lloyd Rivers and
Harold Bissett, who have been tak-
ing an N.C.O. course . in Clinton 'for
some weeks, . and are now in. London
taking a bayonet course.
Mr. J. W. Button, of Seaforth, who
has been attending Victoria Univers-
ity for some' time, has been awarded
the Rowell Scholarship in history and
catechism in his showing at the re-
cent examinations held in, the uni-
versity. ' '
Mr. Seta Dodds has taken• the man-
agement of the Tune Bottling' Works
in London and will ,assume his duties
shortly.
'Phe staff of Edge's Hardware store
presented Mr. Kenneth McKay with
a handsome ring, Mr. McKay having
joined the 161st Battalion.
_ . Mr. _and-sIVlrs:eThomas. -Hodgert, of
Usibot"ne, have rented. the :house be-
longing to Mr. David Cottle North
Thames Road. , '
Mr.. Michael Klein, of McKillop,
near Seaforth, received an official
wire erten. Ottawa on Sunday stating
that his'Son, Joseph, had been admit-
ted to the Boulogne hospital suffer-
ing from gunshot wounds and severe
fracture -of •the left arm, which made
amputation necessary. -
Rt. Wor. Comp. W. F. Gallow, of
Goderich; paid his official visit to
Malloch Chapter on Monday last. Af-'
ter the work at the lodge room a
banquet was served at the Commer-
cial Rotel and a program of music
and speeches most successfully car-
ried out. The male quartette, com-
posed of Messrs. J. Beattie, G. Israel,
D. F. McGregor and James Sleeth
gave several numbers that were par-
ticularly pleasing, as were also the
solos by Mr. Beattie and the instru-
mental number by Mr. Earl Van Eg-
mond.
Au April Trench Party was given
,Reg Kerslake on Friday evening last
athis home on Church Street for the
boys of his Sunday school class and
friends. The amount of money col-
lected was. $5.00 and all report a good
time.
. Mr. John Cardno has purchased a
McLaughlin touring car from; Mr. A.
M. Campbell, the local agent.
Mr. George. Bell, local, agent for the
Maxwell, sold a car to Mr. J, Den-
nison, James St. .
Mr. S. T. Holmes received a letter"
from his son, Charles, written from
Woodcote - Farm Camp, Epsom, Sur-
rey, where he •is now stationed where
he had met a soldier who told him
of• a close cak' that Isis brother, Rae,
had. A shell burst near him and all
that was left of his hat was the rim.
1V ... William McIntosh has purchas-
ed Miss Janet Campbell's house and
lot in Constance and will move to
it in the near future.
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From The Huron Expositdr
, April 17, 1891
Mr. John 'Warwick having sold his
farm in Hullett, has removed to town
and has taken a position with Mr. D.
D. Wilson.
The Messrs: Sproat, of the Tucker -
smith brick yards, have purchased a
new and improved brick and tile ma, -
chine. •
One . day recently .a huge a:.nims#
was caught on the farm of Mr. Henry
Monteith, 3rd concession of Tucker -
,smith. It appears that while Mr.
Monteith and Mr. "Dallas were at work
nearby they saw a curious animal
running toward a pond of water. They
caught it alive and it is about 4 feet
6 inch in length and weighs 40 labs.
It is supposed: to be an otter, and no
doubt there is a nest of them about
that pond.
Considerable 'excitement was occa-
sioned by a runaway when Mr. Geo,
Whitely and Mr.'` Thos. Lapslie start-
ed to Brussels. • Mr. Whitely was
driving his handsome younk stallion
in a tight buggy and Mr. Lapslie was
leading another stalltipn behind the
buggy. The horse that was being led
jumped on the buggy ,throwing Mr.
Whitely out and upsetting the rig.
After a znad chase around town they
were finally caught.
Mr. William Clauson, 'eldest son cif
Mr. J. C. -'Clauson, of Hensen, who
has been 'in the employ of Dr. Mc-
Dermid for some time past as assist-
ant druggist, has recently secured a
good position in a dry goods store.
Mr. Rdbt. B. McLean, . Reeve of
Tuckersmith, has purchased t h e
splendid, young Dunham bull, "Roan
Sussex."
Mr. Wm. Cudmlore, of the London
Road, lost a valuable horse last
week front rupture.
Mr. Andrew Calder and family have
now got comfortably located on their
farm in McKillop. He will continue
his photograph gallery in Seaforth.
A lad named William Murphy, aged
13, of Mutat], Ashfield Twp., while
playing with a loaded revolver on
Saturday last, accidentally discharg-
ed it, the bullet entering his right
side 1rmdnediately over the region of
his heart. Efforts to locate the bullet
have thus far proved unavailing and,
the case, is serious.
By -vote of Melville Church' congre-
gation, Brussels, and) the Consent of
the Session, an organ will be used in
connection with the service of praise
on Sabbath evenings. Some of the
old folk think "Ischabod" will have to
be inscribed over the' portals, but we
imagine they will be able to see short-
ly that the organ., is a great actfis
tion to the public service.
Perkine & Martin, Exeter, are dar-
ing a large bueiness selling organ
and sewitg Machines. •
Mr. • Attwood, of Drncefield, who
had charge, of Os railway' 'depot ler a
short tine, frac been changed to 'DIA -
lin, and I R O e' ie • ow in 1011
, off' n
Charge. •
ThePeople 't R1 1 add vtimintt
p , X► �. yijlt . Si
wall negro to lealit• that 'ter". Stoanr, hi
cbettt 'lam. Drawee mot to too tto MS
rapid me � "l*olro11t4':
"FARM KITCHEN"
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Whatever has become of the old-
fashioned farm kitchens? To -day's
farm; kitchens are but a shadow of
their former spacious selves. Stream-
lined and modern, designed to cut
down on the housewives' steps ins a
day, they certainly have less room for
the varied activities that were carried
out in the old-fashioned ones.
You can say what you like but the
kitchen has always been the centre of
the farm home. When the neighbors
dropped in, they were entertained 'in
the kitchen. whew so-called "import-
' ant" company came along they were
ushered into the stiff, uncomfortable
parlor room'. The sheets were pulled
off the chairs and after a quiiek airing
which failed to get rid of the musty
odor, the folks were shown into the
front parlor. How we longed to get
back into the comfort of the kitchen!
City folks wondered why the farm
kitchens were so big. They had to be
big. Take for instance the woodbox.
Our woodbox at home was as big as
some of the so-called kitchenettes
that they have in the city. It took a
filling once a day with plenty of room
. r kindling
When we •progressed to the point
where a cistern pump was in order a
very large pump was installed with a
sink. The sink was as big as many
of the modern bath tubs, but around
dinner time it was nothing -to see Dad
and the hired man washing their
hands at the sink while Mother pump-
ed water 'into a pail fora filling the
reservoir up with.
Along about this. time of year.
Mother's window boxes. would begin
to show life... The.,. moist, loamy earth
was packed into boxes and put away
in the cellar 'in early Fall. 'Late in
the, winter we had to bring them up
for the planting season. Tomatoes,
cabbage, radishes and -flowers were
all planted in the boxes for early
transplanting.
tai. :�:k'mi;(i?;eu(nsilrY
Dad used to poke at the boxes with
his finger and enquire if they would
ever come up. Mother would threat-
en to throw something at him, and
gently pat the earth down where he
had been rooting with his fingers.
Finally, the plants would -spring green
sprouts up through the earth and we
would watch with interest to see
whiclh would be first. The boxes were
always placed where they could pick
up the morning sun and in the afterr
noon they were moved across the
room to pick up the afternoon sun.
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Lambing time usually resulted in
one or two lambs whose mother had
passed away. They Ayould e spread
out on a confortablrug behind the
stove and we used to fuss over them
with a bottle of milk and a nipple.
The; same thing applied to pigs-.
Mother put up with all this traffic
through her kitchen in a good-natur-
ed way, although she did balk at the
time when Dad brought in a whole
family of little pigs for attentio ;
The kitchen furniture was al!'ays
large. For 'instance the rocking chair
in front of the stove that accommo-
dated the head. of the household per-
fectly, could carry on oseesiens two_
of the fam2iy without a great deal of
difficulty.
The sideboard was very large. A
maiden aunt of mother's gave it to
her one time, and it survived for
many years, Each Spring a coat of
paint was applied quite liberally. This
added to the buil( of the massive side-
board, which Mother cherished for
the simple reason that "Aunty'' would
be hurt if it were discarded.
The kitchen was 'large . . . and
comfortable . and the fancily
spread around it in the evening.
Mother used to knit beside the table
with tgle lamplight, and after father
had. perused the paper he' would sit
in front of the stove while We chil-
dren explored the shadows of the big
homey room.
A Fact a dee
About Canada
Fran the '
of
BUILDING CANADIAN WARSHIPS
Almost dormant since the end of
tite5 First Great War, Canada's ship-
building industry within a year ,baa
been brought back to capacity' piodue-
tion to meet the needs of the Domini
ion war effort. Some 15,000 workmen
are engaged at more than two score
shipyards on the east and! west Winds
along the St. Lawrence River and on
the Great Lakes, constructing ami:
ern naval vessels particularly adapt"y.
able to the requirements of the Roy-
al Canadian Navy. Ships are also be-
ing built for the Royal Nav
The major naval program involves
the construction of about 65 sleek,
speedy corvettes' and some 30 mine-
sweepers at a cost of approximately
$52,000,000. It is 'anticipated that by
the end of the year about -half of
the corvettes and five minesweepers
will have been delivered to the naval
services.
Three fast passenger liners 'have
been converted' into armed merchant
cruiser§, at a cost of $1,700,000. This
expense was amply justified recently
when one of these cruisers, the Prince
Robert, captured the Nazi express car-
go vessel, the Weser, thought to be
acting as a supply ship to submar•
-
ines off the coast of Mexico in .the
Pacific Ocean.
Other merchant vessels have been
fitted with equipment to defend them-
selves at sea and trawlers have been
converted for minesweeping. Work
is under way on a program for . the
construction of 'high speed motor tor-
pedo boats,/ rescue vessels and target
boats for bombing practice. A $500,-
000 small boat construction program
includes refuelling scows and, fast .
rescue boats for the Royal Canadian.
Air force, aircraft and bomb loading
tenders, salvage boats' and other piec-
es of floating equipment for the hand-
ling of supplies of all .kinds.
Existing shipbuilding facilities have -
been used exclusively and some facili-
ties have been developed to permit en-
larged operations where shipbuilding.
workers and technicians are avail-
able.
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:JUST A SMILE OR TWO
A certain 'customer always fell a-
sleep in the barber's chair. That
wasn't so bad in a shop in which' he
was well known. But where he
wasn't known, well—
The day came 'that he marched in-
to a strange barber's shop and found
himself the only customer in the
place. He eased himself' into a•chair.
"A light trim," he ordered. "Not
much off the top."
Thebarber nodded; went to work.
And as he worked the customer fol-
lowed his usual habit of falling
asleep.
Three hours later he a'wa'kened. He
looked in the mirror, and, to ,'his hoe-
ror, discovered that, the barber had
given him a haircut that made him
look practically bald.
"I only asked for a light trim!!" he
howled. "'Why have you cut off all
my hair?"
The barber gazed moodily out the
window.
"What else could 1 do?" he demand-
ed. "Business is slow—and_ I'd go
crazy just sitting around idle!"
•
The other day a woman burst into
tears in court and told the magistrate
that she had • been jilted four times
tin the last two years-' The 'experi-,
ence had naturally unmanned) her.
® U -Boat:. Robbed of
® Its Prey
.(By "Taffrail")
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iftarieccoopmem
At a time like this every ship kept
running helps directly to win the war.
The value to the nation of those
who salve . ships which would other -
Wise be lost cannot be mea'stired 'by
r•ny known ,Standard. Those men are
worth far more than their ,weight in
>olC.
During a recent visit to a naval base
I happened to meet the Chief Salvage
Officer of the area, whom I'd known
long before the war. He and his men
were then working tor a private sal-
vage firm; but when hostilities came
they were taken over by the Admir-
alty.
Nowadays they labour for the pub-
lic good, and literally millions of
pounds have been saved to the coun-
try by their efforts.
The ..wildest weather does. not de-
ter the salvors. . Their services have
been available day and night ever
since the outbreak of war.
Up till' 'the end of lest year_.they
have dealt successfully with sixty-six
shim that have gone ashore through
the ordinary hazards of navigation, or
have been damaged' by bombs, tor-
pedoes, mines, :fireor collision. I can-
not describe a tenth of their success-
ful efforts; but here are a few.
A destroyer damaged in collision
was brought into harbor with her up-
per deck within nine inches of the
water. A patch measuring twenty-
nine feet by nineteen was fitted by
divers under water, and the ship
pumped dry and towed to a repair
port. She is now back in service.
A large merchant vessel was bomb-
ed a nd set on fire. Two salvage
ships went out to sea and brought
the fire partially under before taking
her into harbor. Then the fire broke
out again, raging furiously for three
days. So they'took the drastic step
of beaching the ship and hooding, the
after holds, which successfully ex
tinguished the flames. The ves'sel
was only two years, old and had cost
£780,0b0 to build. Her cargo was
worth another £ 400,000.
The total damage t6 .ship and car-
go did not exceed £ 11ii'000,- so her
salvage represented a savhlg of over
one million. Rut, for the help given
she must have been lost.
:A.notlier Ship, seterely damaged by
elismy bombs, vias towed into harbor
With a heavy list to port and, her
dek'h awhsh. ;the, was successft110
died, and diiVers Set to work• to
. .. r or ire s
;. ,a � o u . a11• the to di
l.m�13
p
p gr
chalrgea and atl7Eiuia,ry4a1 e8 "io'geth+` r
'w11 t the bomb 'bode " °and Ott 1$
•noted`. the eceighikoleift
were. Hien. pumped .dry, and fifteen
days after being beached the ship
was .refloated and towed away for re -
Pairs.
A large tanker worth £500,000 was
torpedoed, and later bombed, shelled
and machine-gunned by aircraft while
in a helpless condition.
Racing to the spot the salvage ship
found her with six tanks, the engine -
room and all the after compartments
flooded. Her after deck was nearly
awash,, and her bows cocked well up.
She •seemed' likely to founder, 'so
pumps were put on board and the.
ship kept afloat for four days while
divers went below and patched the
bomb damage. The damaged com-
partments were then pumped dry,
steering gear and auxiliary pumps
put into working order, and the ship
towed into port for repairs.
But for the salvage people she, too,
must have been written off as a total
loss.
Two destroyers had the misfortune
to run ashore on a rocky coast in.
thick weather at the top of high wa-
ter spring tides.
When the tide fell, both ships were
high and dry, and in a very exposed
and dangerous position,. Experts said
they were unsalvabtd;- but not so the
Chief Salvage Officer.. -
• He and his men rigged a transpor-
ter wire to the shore and removed
over 800 tons weight from one of the
ships—guns, torpedo-tubes,..,amimuni-
tion, stores, anything they could re-
move. Other men set to work patch-
ing the damaged hulls. In spite of
the severe gales blowing directly on
shore, and a heavy sea breaking over
both vessels, they were eventually
salved—the first in a fortnight, and
the second, which was further up on
the rocks, in three weeks longer. :'
Once or twice, when she was prac-
tically ready to be refloated., one ship
had to be re -flooded to keep her in
position.
Ingenuity; dogged persistence, pat-
ches, Innings, and compressed, air sav-
ed those two vessels, and enabled
them to be towed away for repairs.
Modern destroyers cost about
£350,000 apiece.
There is nothing to whit& their: sal-
vage men will' not; turn their hands.
The more impassible a job seethe, the
more they see1 J to like it. 1
These are the Uiuitnown,inen whose
sil'eii ttiogi6d wok
is helping
tofoil
the r tenny both thobo tv i di4e4t 0-
ellttiattd and the men Who daf'i
with,'. filr,wark•ln the 'to;a, b#'.' t ill
I teolic"e~atiible'.-*ks 1d.Off e .
Seen• in the
CountyPapers'
Doings, At Sky Harbor
A training plane making a landing
at Sky Harbor on. Monday afternoon
struck a pothole in the .landing field;
dug its nose in the ground.,and did a
flip-flop, turning over on its back.
With': bells clanging the, ambulance
and lire equipment hurried to the -
scene, but ,the student -pilot climbed'
out of the cockpit ttnscatlted ` 'The
machine was not damaged much. It
was a' full --dress accident rehearsal
for the first-aid and fire 'equipment•
staffs„ however. Manager J. R. Doug-
las said the departure of the senior
class, twice postponedand mare re-
cently scheduled for Apriil 10th, has
beencalled off indefinitely. T'he de-
parture -of the junior Class likewise
„has been postponed and is now fixed
'for May 22nd. It was stated that all
students now have double and in
some cases triple the required num:
ber of flying hours on, the record and
will now take advanced courses. Fly -
Officer -Dr. Burnett; the new M.O.,
is a native el' Durham and comes here
from .Hamilton.—Goderich Signal -Star.
Two Grass Fires
A grass fire broke out on property
belonging to Mrs. Olive Allan at the
extreme end of Hincks.Street on Mon-
day
onday afternoon', necessitating the ser-
vices of the fire brigade. There w'as
no damage to buildings. 'Me brigade
was called out again on Tuesday af-
ternoon when a bonfire spread to -
some shrubs and dry leaves on the
girls' playground' at' Victoria School..
It' was feared that if it were allowed:
to spread further it might start a fire
in a shed on the school grounds. Als
it was, no damage was done.—Godo
rich Signal -Star.
Third Calder in, Forces
Philip Calder, youngest son of Rev.
A. C. and Mrs. Calder, hest' been ac-
cepted in the Royal Canadian Artil-
lery and is at present stationed. at
Carling's Heights. Philip is the third
son of Mr. and Mts. Calder to enlist
for' active service. Franklin is a lieu-
tenant on the staff of the Chatham
military training centre, and Jack is
a pilot officer with the Royal Cana-
dian Air Force.—Goderich Signal -Star.
Barn Burned
Fire destroyed the bank barn of
Russell Webb, located in Steplhen.
Township, about three miles south-
west of Dashwood, on, Friday morn-
ing. While Mr. Webb and his •brother
Stewart were at the bush only a short
'distance away, they noticed consider-
able smoke around the barn and by
the time they got to the barn it was
nearly all ablaze. . With the atsslgt-
anee of the neighbors they managed
to get all the stock out.. owing to ac
high wind the fire hadi started in the
bush nearby in several .places. Grain
and other feed was destroyed. Vie'
fire ip believed to have been caused
by sparks 'lying from underneath a -
kettle where beans were being •boil-
dd some distance away*: The barn
was 'partly c0 ered, by • insurance. --
Exeter Times -Advocate.
Netherlands Officer Addresses Club
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borne Ow -debits, 'were. guests of the
Exeter Lions Club at their supper
meeting at the Central Hotel 'Monday?
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