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The Huron Expositor, 1941-08-29, Page 2F1. li os, r on Expositor : taJUahed 1860 140inlail McLean, Editor. shed at Seaforth, Ontario, ev- �ursday afternoon by McLean Subscription rates, $1.50 a year in advance; foreign, $2.00 a year. Single 'copies,, 4 cents each. Advertising rates on application. SEAFORTH, Friday, August 29th More Rain We need more rain.,The week -end showers were fine as far as they went, but that was not very far down into the ground. Their absence in harvest gave us perfect harvest weather, and we didn't miss them at all. But the harvest is over and fall ploughing has to follow. And without rain, and a lot of it, fall ploughing' is going to be more than a chore. The tractors can ac- complish it, after a manner, but horse ploughing is something else again. And all ' farmers don't own tractors, nor are they always avail- able when need. arises. We had, as we say, perfect harvest weather, and a mighty good crop to - harvest. Wheat prices are up and all other farm prices. are more than en- couraging. Why can't the weather- man be real decent for once, and round out this season with a real rain? We need it. o. Stepping Up Production Canada is stepping up production M every field of war endeavor. On August 21st, assembly of the i'irst anti-aircraft gun to be manufactur- ed in Canada was completed ' at a plant in Hamilton. Most of thesixteen hundred parts of this fast firing gun were made in Ontario, plants and by -September all guns succeeding this initial unit will be entirely of Canadian Iaanufac- turt'_ Considering the fact that the plant where this anti-aircraft gun was as- sembled was only 'completed in Janu- ary of this year, the manufacture or war materials of this and every' other kind, would appear to be hit- ting a pace few people realize and fewer give credit. • A Friend In Need At the thirty-eighth annual con- vention of the, National Rural Let- ter Carriers' Association of the United States, held at Columbus, Ohio, last week, it was amply dem- onstrated that the rural mailman is a friend in need first, and a deliverer of letters and other mail .second. At least any one of the fifteen hundred delegates present was free to admit that they were daily called upon to perform tasks that would make the ordinary postmaster, and even the Post Office Department, gasp. For instance: Water and feed their patrons'• poultry and live stock. Shop for patrons at the county seat or in other towns. Barter for eggs and chickens. Give advise on the raising of chil- dren, flowers and crops, and listen.. ,.to all the community gossip, but not peddle it. Besides these extra assignments, the rural mail man must be a travel- ling post office. He registers letters,' insures packages, handles C.O.D. transactions, and sells stamps, money orders and defence bonds. The American lural -- Mailman, however, while he is not recompens- ed for these extra duties, is a much better paid official than his Canadian. brother, who is called upon almost daily to make a like good fellow of himSelt, even though few of them re - it. i a living wage for performing legal dt t r, which is to deliver thea al<l, ,) houtga-nd.. correspond-, os en • nu LW generally when the slit and hobbled skirt ushered in a new brevity for skirts. The National Geographic Society pointed out this week' that at the beginning of the twentieth cen- tury, only one woman in two thou- sand wore silk stockings." And now silk stockings have 're- ceded back into the last century, or at least they are no more, or soon will be. Too bad, isn't it? • Some Armin The United States is often looked upon and referred to as a country without an army, and in comparison with such European countries as Germany and Russia, her army does not stand out at all. -. But the United States has an army and one that is thoroughly equipped. In fact, the United State's War De- partment estimates the strength of the army to -day at one million, five hundred and forty-five thousand, four hundred officers and enlisted men. Of the total, five hundred and sev- enteen thousand are Regular Army troops, two hundred and eighty-one thousand nine hundred are National Guardsmen, six hundred and eighty- one thousand five hundred are Selec- tive Service trainees, and sixty-five thousand are Reserve Officers on ac- tive duty. The total number of enlisted men is one million four hundred and forty-three thousand, five hundred, and the overall total of officers is one hundred and one thousand, nine hundred. Of course the United States is not at war onthe side of Britain as far as her army is concerned, but it is nice to feel that she has such sub- stantial backing available should the necessary occasion arise. And still - more comforting to know that her. present army is only. the framework around which the States is building every day. • According,, To Mr. Goebbels German Propaganda Minister Jos-. - epli Goebbels, in a recent newspaper interview,, is quoted as saying that after the "triumph of the German people, Germany will occupy in the world the rank of world power be- longing to her." And he said, "England will pay dearly for her nightly attacks on the German .civil population, but the war against Russia is the primary ' con- dition to the final struggle against England." • He said President Roosevelt did n o t adopt the "interventionist position through friendship f o r Churchill, but for good business. It's a typical capitalist, plutocratic, lib eral phenomenon." Mr: -Roosevelt, according, to this German authority, wants to "take over South American military, polit- ical and economic bases, while their frontiers are weak because of the world war." Then 'Mr. Goebbels declared that Germany, "which has been "prepar- ing for eight years for the economic struggle, has at its disposition near- ly all the economic power of Europe, not only the countries collaborating .freely with Germany, but also the occupied zones. In this respect, Ger- many is absolutely independent." In all this there is at least one true statement. "Germany has been pre- paring for eight years." But aside from that we wonder if Mr. Goeb- bels has ever heard of a country call- ed Russia, or has yetheard of a con- ference held between two men, nam- ed Roosevelt and Churchill, in 'a 'Spacious landlocked bay," somewhere on the Atlantic. WHAT OTHER PAPERS SAY: A Vastly Greater Hazard (New York Post) Hitler during twenty-three`monrths has eaused infinitely more destruction and has brought date ..ger closer, by far, to Ona' door than did the Kaiser's armies by Janne;' 1916. Hitler has estab- Untied a grip on the Mediterranean never enjoy" - ed by Germanys before. Ile holds the coasts of Eur pe acid virtually the -whole eontinent. He Inas fSolkted Eiiglefrd. dere is no eomPairing the threat to the tJ'tlfted s%tea in is s with they iriaghitlfde oo our peril to'day: But t es'e is otic lrl°gtiis split, Ritle)re arrogant it3te'! ,1. 'ala til Illfeelene e etOi#'eiaall to stanee hare lei 'de the 01046 gif • i� of titne•tof+ 3410et1{1gat. !tl re Wait fiat' antd" li t, t tat n ON EXPOSITOR • ears Agone • T Inter r4 Idling Picked From The :HQrefl xposltor of Fifty and • Twentyllvs Yearn Ago. . AUGUST! 29, 4:941, From The, Huron Expositor September 1, 1916 Mr, Orville Cann, of Usborne, covered, a young fox in a ditch on farm' and succeeded in catching alive. Mrs. James Dick, Seaforth, a three sons, Thomas, Camp Horde Joe, of Kingston, and Arthur, of S forth, visited at the home of Mr. H ry Schaefer, Kippen. Miss Anna Woods has been eng ed to teaoh school at Welland a Miss Alice Carbert will teach at Liston. Mr. J. C. Cxreig has been appoint Police Magiktrate to fill the vacan caused by the resignation of Mr. Holmsted. • Mr. J. F. Daly, the local Ford. ent, has recently disposed of cars Messrs- Wt. R. Smillie and S. Walk Seaforth; D. Munroe, Brucefield, a J, J. Merner, M.P., Zurich. The Main St. Church, Exeter, c gregation had a bee on Tuesday draw home 'ceinent blocks from P. Whitlock's for their new sh whish is being erected) in the pia of the frame one which was burn some time ago. The following were ticketed to d tent points' this week by W. Som ville: John Robb, to Calgary; Mi Jean Govenlock, Calgary; Rob Laird, to Winnipeg; John Dodds, M KLllop, to Vanguard, Sask.; Mrs. L Ferguson, to Buffalo an,d Dulut Miss M. Hartry, to Edmonton; Mi Margaret Cowan to Winnipeg; Mi Margaret McCulla, to Park Rapt Minn., Thos. Livingstone, to Sa Ste. • Marie - Five hundred of the 161st Hur Battalion :returned to Camp Bord on Saturday from their harvesti furlough. Mr. J. F. MacLaren, manager the Toronto office of the Ogilvie Mi ing Co., and a former well kilo resident of Seaforhh, was in town Thursday. Misses Edith McMichael and Ari McDonald are attending Model Scho at Clinton. Pte. Joseph Klein, who has he in the trenches for over a year, r ceived a warm reception on his turn to Seaforth. His coming was n announced but shortly before tra taine a large crowd bad gathere The Citizens 'Band was out, and together they gave him a real rece tion. Mr. Joseph Fisher, who spent t summer with his brother in the. Pea River District, has returned home. Mr. Thomas Smith has purchas the residence of the late Mrs. Lew McDonald on John St. Mr. Frank Sills intends moving i to Ihis father' -s; cottage on John St. W. J. Walnene & Sons haye donat a handsome 4diter Chir for the ' So diers' Fund. The .casualty list on Wednesda contained the name of Pte. James Hutchison, as having died -fro wounds received 'at the front. J. J. Merner, of Zurich, shipped carload of horses to the Wester Provinces last week. Mr. Don Thi went along to 'Iook after them. • From The Huron Expositor -- August 28, 11391 The village of -Dashwood, situate on the boundary between Hay an Stephen, is to have a new brick bloc erected this season by Mr.•H. wiliest one of the enterprising citizens o that place. George Baeker has disposed of hi store and grocery stock in Brussel to Mr. James McGinnes,. of Seaforth He gets possession in September. The. new school house in Sectio No. 9, Tuekersinith, is finished an .ready for occupation. It is one o the best schoolhouses in the country and reflects much credit on the con tractor, Mr. Welsh, for both tb workmanship and the material. Miss Lizzie Hiilen•, of McKillop, an Miss EIla Smitlr left on Monday fo Toronto, where they have gone to at tend the Ontario School of Pedagogy Miss Bella Barr, of Harpurhey, leaves shortly. for Queenrs University, King ston, where she intends taking a course in art. About 3.30 o'clock on Sunday morn ing the citizens of town were aroused from their peaceful slumbers'' by the strains of the steam fire whistle. The old town hall and market buildings were in flames and had gained such headway that nothing could • be ewe - ed. The new Street ,watering cart, which cost $150, was also destroyed. :Rroadfoot had some hose and with' that the lumber piles and the walls of his factory building were kept cool. The fire was first discov- ered by a young man named Ed- munds, who resides near the build- ing. Tile total loss' will be about $4,000. Mr, Wan. , Dill, Seaforth, has mov- ed his egg emporium t� the old ex- press office premises opposite Card - no's Block,. Messrs. McDonald and Menzies have also removed their store to the same place. On Wed4nesda t evening Mast a very successful garden party was held in Mr. Secord's ofchard at Varna,' under the auspices of the members of St. John's Church. Seaforth Brass Band was in attendance, and Messrs. Mc- Leod and Walsh, of Seaforth, render- ed some very fine songs. Mr, Anthony Boyd, MoKillop, has purohased the farm of his neighbor, Mr. John J. Pariah. This was bought Per $3,200. Mr..l3enneweis, the reeve, has purchased the Kline farm on the 9th concessich and the price was $3,450. Mr. E. W. Hagarty, B.A...Iate head of the Mount Forest high etthool and formerly of the Seaforth eCoilegiate, was on Friday evening presented with an address and a gold watch; prior to his leaving for Johns Hopkkina uill* versity to take a peat' graduate muse. • Mise Alice Motile. of Seatortii,' o` luta heft teeth g it+ehoOl 'itti t hod affinfalt•-tot tie prat terns, 'hap; been at1>pfli llekl riftct al +ii•t te, th' i"att good tin- 0014 1"iii3 b , i6 462,10 At the crucial moment of thie manoeuvre .... he says `Puss the sugar'!" • • Phil Osifer of Lazy Meadows (By Harry J. noyyo)• COW CAPERS Don't ever trust a cow! I have found from experience here at Lazy Meadows' that a cow may look at you with innocent, velvety eyesand at elhe same time she maybe planning destruction to some part or another of the farm. The trouble ,with a cow is that you place trust in her—because she has the 'appearance of a saint; but she really has the heart of a sin- ner. We have an oat stubble field with a good catch of clover on it next to the house. Jessie, our brindle • cow, seemed more or less -dissatisfied with the withered pasture of the field, south of the barn and I decided to give. her, a treat. In the afternoon the cows were herded through the barnyard and into the stubble field. You should, have seen the way Jes- sie looked back at me. She sniffed over a few clumps of clover, and with a quick swish of her tail at a cluster of files on her back set to work. I begah -to think in terms of how good a cow she really was. Her last calf was a 'bouncer, well on•the way to becoming a baby beef. She has been giving rich, creamy milk that has, sent our test up quite high. And' with cream at theprice it is now, it seemed' a shame that Jessie hadn't been treated better . this summer. The pasture .has been burned badly as a' result of a blazing July sun, and there . were many times ' veheni we could have given her a few handfuls of chop as a treat. When we went up to supper the cons• were still enjoying the clover. Jessie was munching along steadily- near teadilynear the barnyard gate, She looked up, tossed her head as much as to say, "This is the life," swished in an all-out blitz against the flies and went on eating. At supper -time I mention- ed the fact to Mrs. Phil, but she wasn't convinced. On several .occa- sions Jessie had kicited the milk pail flying and that is one fault Mrs. Phil finds hard to overlook. After supper I stopped for a drink of water at the pail in the pantry. It couldn't be true. Yet it was! . There as large as life and twice as natural, enjoying tempting greens in the garden, was Jessie. I had for- gotten the loose wire between the oat held and the garden. Jessie hadn't overlooked it, Have you ever tried driving a can- tankerous coiv out of a small garden? She'll allow herself to be prodded out of a corner, taking care to step on the tomato plants and as many things as she can, damage and move over to the gateway. Then with a flip of her heels, a swish of her tail and a toss of her head' she'll make back for the corner you've just driven her out of. In going back, she'Il manage to mas- sacre the cucumbers and kick a few pumpkins around. When you reach her, she'll stand stubbornly and' let you belabor her backbone with a fence picket while elle solemnly shafts her cud from one side to the other, and then go around the gar- den two or three times in the same way that a merry-go-round goes around. That was the game Jessie played gwme. Mrs. Phil appeared op She scene, took one look at the damage and with a determined "Hoi-hoi," she chased both of us out. Jessie de- termined that it was too good a game to give up so easily and she made for the orchard. Stepping to nose over three baskets of Tolman Sweet apples • I had picked ,for selling in the village, she tore through a bunch of chickens and sent them squawking and landed up in the one corner of the orchard farthest.away from the gate. • - Suchahsuch,.our Collie pup, appear- ed on the scene. Bewildered by my yelling and the confusing method Jessie has, the began chasing her in the wrong direction. She sailed over the strip of rail fence dividing our orchard from the Tompkins place' and swished through a field of flax which was just ready for pulling. Finally,` with the aid •of Tompkins, his hired man, the , two Tompkins dogs, Suchansuch and myself, Jessie was brought back to the barnyard. She walked over quietly to the water- ing trough, took a drink of water and moved over to the straw stack. Her eyes were as innocent as ever . . . but I still maintain, don't trust a cow! Bombing and Gunnery e. Specialized Occupations This is. the tenth and last of the series of stories about the 'train* ing of Pilots and Observers in the R.C.A.F., under the British Commonwealth Ai'' Training Plan, written for the weekly newspa- pers of Ontario and distributed through the C.W.N.A. By HUGH T EMPLIN Until I visited the Jarvis' Bombing and: Gunnere School, I had supposed that She Initial Training School at Eglinton was the most interesting place the Royal Canadian •Air Force had to show its visitors. At Eglinton, the doctors, now disguised as Flying Officers,, carry on scientific experi- ments ln, low pressure chambers, at- tach electric *fres to the skull to test the brain waves, and send men and materials into chambers Where Bold winds blow at 410 below zero. There's nothing like that at Sands. Science and mathematics and inven- tion have Combined • to produce ,the wonders that are kept locked up in; special buildings ,at the Bombing and Gunnery SehooI, but they have to do with the.'arts of War and destruction, rather than Medicine iittd healing, - After a coil:Vention In; Hatdilton iia MAY, a group of eaters and thein ladies spent ail afterner% at a Winne parade at ,l"arvlb solwol, laud theft ' ea* •the ttiftdihge...andrleitrhetir,oiitittatttg et the training t athii'd$ 'ilk Iv' ' yelled at, the beautifully furnished recreation rooms. They bad fleeting glances of bomb sights in the noses of Fairey Battle bombing planes, or noticed the loads of small practice bombs attached to the wings- They saw the drogue planes come in and, drop the drogues, or targets, riddled with machine gun bullets and they felt grateful for an insight into the training of .the student observers in tbe IiC.A.F. and kindred Air Forces of tbe Empire. Really, what they saw was only a fraction of what the student sees. I was at Jarvis school with the other editors in. May. I returned in August and was admitted! to the various buildings where the doors are kept 'locked and' few are privileged to enter. I was allowed: to use the power driven machine gun turrets off actual fighting planes; I was initiated into the mysteries of the boinbsigYst, as far as was possibie,in an hour or eo;-I was offered a flight with one of the machine gunners out ever the water, of nearby Lake Erie, and I saw the inside workings of the "Bombing Teacher," a machine that literalty mated me. Sudden Death At Clinton James Hedges, of Toronto, engin- eer of airport construction for the• Federal Government, died suddenly at Clinton Monday afternoon He was a man of about 56 years of age andl had been at Clinton for several weeks. He is survived by his wife and two, sons. The body was taken to Toron- to for burial.—Goderich Signal -Star. Fire Protection For County Home Further steps to safeguard the lives of Inmates of Huron County Hone. for the Aged near Clinton from dan- ger amger of fire were taken at a joint meet- ing of .the County Home and War- den's committees of the county coun- cil, held last Friday, when it ,was de- cided to install a water main and three hydrants to serve the institu- tion. ns'titution. The contract has been awarded to the Grant Construction Co., of To- ronto, which company laid the six-inch water main from Clinton's municipal wells north of the town to the radio school, a distance of two miles. This main passes the County Home on No. 4 Highway and it is to be tapped by a 1600 -foot four -inch main into the grounds to serve the main building,. barns, etc. Three hydrants are to be installed' at strategic points. Instal- lation of the new automatic fire alarm system in the ,main building is just about completed at a cost of $1,815. Besides sounding a fire alarm at the Home this will automatically etrOfy the Clinton fire department of a threatening blaze. Arrangements are being made with Clinton town council and P.U.C. for the operation, of this new modern system.—Gode rich Signal -Star. Options Taken in Stephen the Dominion Transport have on � dwelling o wit Jack- an, reportofLouisDavey,,Exeter Small• farm of the late one mile west' of Centralia,g- ing operations are n- nection with the quest has been made�n township council tof sideroad known side - road, between concessions4. The matter will comed- eration. Accordin .r Goderiah the followingn. Stephen township Lloyd Hodgson, 150a, Hodgins, 100 acres;Charles Isaac's farm, 40 a 150 acres, and Jo res. A further rumorcurrent that in addition t under way four , that a second airport veyed near Grand g some 600 ,acres, is ed in the plan. Times. lake A company of eight mdtored up to the Parry dis- trict over the week -end w landed some fine pike and not satisfied with this kin ing, ,they came home by w Georgian Bay route and at engaged ire lake trout fie were successful in eapturi fine bag. In fact we know about the best fish, that ever Zurich, as our neighbor, Mr.' Koehler, by ,his generosity publisher of; The Herald a "feed'1- of those Georgian. trout, which are excelled by that has fins, to our estimat ieh' Herald. an m is d: of th a fe hi biiftcitlt Course o'! Studl � tys :net tit Cf!rtiup' 'apta1n G. 1Y Fait, 15 the Conateut tilug Offeer : of the . Yeetib • 8eifotil. .After a tertius wbh otme, lhe 'eV*: itt �sg tf Tbdt' fix' wetw WVY.' ido#thga pFra „