The Huron Expositor, 1941-09-26, Page 27
777,
•
^yr,
7":77•77777,77.777.77:77.7,
. .
f
:0
THE' IlfUg
sEpTEIVIDER 26,'194j
1
ron Expositor
Stablished 1860
eith "Merh.ail McLean, Editor.
Pnblished at Seaforth, Ontario, ev-
erY Thursday afternoon by McLean
Thos.
Subscription rates, $1.50 a year. in
advance; foreign, $2.00 a year. Single
copies, 4 cents each. •
Advertising rates on application.
other farmers, put up their cars and
used their horses for transportation?
We couldn't answer these ques-
tions either, but an answer, will have
to be found for them within a month
or two, or Main Street is going to
- lose a good many paying customers.
Years Agoni
inisreatina iteme Picked Frain
The Huron 'Expositor of Fifty and
Tweety-fly. Years Ago.
1111110111111
•
• Phil Osifer of - •
•
•
• Lazy Meadows:
•
(Ay Harry J. Boyle),
..miamessoe
A
e„
Pte.
•
SEAFORTH, Friday, September 26
-No Provincial Election
We believe that the people of On-
tario will welcome the announcement
made by Premier Hepburn last week,
that there would be no Provincial
election held this year.
Mr. Hepburn did, however, some-
what qualify this statement by ad-
ding, unless some emergency arose.
Now, as every person knows, there
are many different kinds of emer-
gencies, but what the Premier had
in mind was, one of the political va-
riety, or, in other words, some hap-
pening in the political world which
by taking advantage of its existence,
would return his government again
with a comfortable majority.
At present there appears to be no
such emergency in view on the On-
tario political horizon, but then a-
gain, these things are unpredictable,
and still more unpredictable, is Mr.
Hepburn himself.
As we see it, there is just one em-
ergency in Ontario to -day and that
is the war emergency, before which
politics should be forgotten, and
every effort of. all the people be di-
rected towards .a United Canada, as
without it there can be no success-
ful prosecution of the war on Can-
ada's part and Canada's part is vital
to the Empire in its fight " against
• Hitler and all his works.
It is true that the present Govern-
ment has been in office for four
years, and Governments which have
clung to office until the dead line of
existence has been reached, have
been singularly unfortunate when
an election was held by force, rather
than by choice. But the life ot,Mr.
Hepburn's Government has still a
year to run, and many things may -
happen in that time.
One Of these things is, undoubted-
ly, that the war, even an enlarged
and intensified war, will still be rag-
ing with the ultimate result still in
doubt In that event the people of
Ontario will have neither the time
_nor the...money to spend on a general
election, and in that time, Ontario's
part, as most people see it, is to save
and economize in every department
of Government as well as to go all
out in its co-operation with Canada's
war effort;
tie
•
Open Your Epes And Look
No where in Canada„ perhaps no
where in the world, can one see na-
ture to greater 'advantage than right
here in this part of Ontario at the
present time.
The weather of August was not
kind, but that can not be said of Sep-
tember. It has in fact been more
like summer than fall although the
Changes in nature's costume are
noticeable already.
The Red Maples are turning fast,
the Elms are turning yellow and soon
the leav,es of. the other Maples will
be turning to all the colors of the
rainbow. The newly sown fall
wheat is up and green; the stubble
has been tunted "under, and every-
where in the country there is the
•_ smell of good brown earth on ,the
air.
Open your eyes and look at them.
Take a, walk—yes we said a walk—
of just a mile or less out into the
country, where you will see more
than you would in a fifty mile drive
in a car, and save gas too.
• If you do yeu will forget for a time
your cares, your anxieties and your
sorrows; the war and what it may
bring. to you and yours, and in their
place will come a peace and rest.
which, if it only lasts for a short
while, will strengthen" and build you
up for the things that lie aheacL Try
it.
• Now Is The Time
These are glorious , summerlike
days we know. But summer is past,
and winter is before us, and we know
winter, or we should.
Consequently, now is the time to
prepare for it. What, for instance,
are we going to do to provide stable
accommodation " for the farmers
horses which they will bring into
town next winter, and for which
there is now no accommodation?
That is a question we are asked
in The Expositor office last Saturday
night, and we couldn't answer it.
We were told that farmers were now
bringing their horses from Walton
in the north; Clinton in the west And
Dublin in the east to Seaforth to have '
• them shod,, because Seaforth has the
nearest blaCksmith shop.
We were told further, that these
horses did not come in by themselves;
that their owners had to bring them,
• and that very often women came
• with the men. That, these men and
women generally wanted to do busi—
, neSS on Main Street, but because
they had tia take their teams out of
the blacksmith shop as,soon as they
,SlIt/Od, to make room for others,
e 'had no tithe to do business.
s Xined that it was'incon-
,g1i n, this fine' weather
e -c41.1 d hetied out of doors,
r, Ottit6 plow could /be
they do in
e Many
•A,
L
•
An Easp Remedp
Eire—Ireland to you—is not the
free, happy country its independence
was supposed to make it, if we are to
believe two recent press dispatches
from Dublin.
Speakers before the dail (House
of Parliament) on September 17th,
Supply 'Minister Dean Lemass said:
"Eire has only one month' S supply
of coal left and hardship can not be
escaped unless Britain allows more
to be imported," and, Mr. Lemass
'added, "the supplies Ireland has are
of inferior quality."
The other statement Was made
the same week by Premier Eamon
de Valera when he announced that
a migration of workers to Northern
Ireland and Britain was increasing
steadily. More than fifteen thous-
and left during the four months
through last August, he said.
That is not a very nice or comfor-
table -situation for the people of Eire
to be in, but it is one that could be
very easily remedied, by one person
• alone and that person is none other
than Mr. Eamon de Valera himself., ,
If Premier Valera would agree to
turn over the naval bases Of Ireland,
to Britain, to which country it might,
be said had a very just claim on them,
how long would it take Britain to
supply Ireland with all the coal her
people needed or desired? "
Or, if the use of these bases were
granted Britain, how long would it
be before her own people were flock-
ing home again and with them other
people from Northern Ireland and
even Britain to fill the jobs that
would be created by Britain's pos-
session of these naval bases?
•
From The Huron Expositor
Sept 29, 1916
James Snell and sons of Hullett
Twp, sheep raisers have brought hon-
or to Huron, County. They, made a
clean up at the state fair held at
Syracuse, N.Y. on Tuesday evening
tee 19 inst a number Of the friends
of Mr. Murray Fisher gathered at the
home of his mother, Mrs. Peter Fish-
er, at Kipper:I and presented him with
a signet ring; safety razor and an ad-
dress.
Miss G. Reid who has been on the
staff of the J. MaeTavish store for
some tirae lids resigned her position
and wilt leave shortly for Toronto,
where she will undergo treatment for
her throat. Miss Mason will be her
successor.
The Misses Cardno of town left
this week for the west where they
will spend some months with their
brothers and other friends. '
Pte. George Brunner, son of Mr. and
Mrs. John Brunner and Percy Rolph
.are two boys whose names appea,red
on the casualty list this week.
Miss Grace Weir has gone to a New
York haspitai where she will train
for a nurse.
While working at the Ogilvie mills
here, Mr. Arthur Powell had the mis-
fortune to have his wrist lacerated
and it took several stitches to Close
the wound..
Miss Hattie Turner, of Tuckersmtth,
left on Monday for Toronto wthere
she will attend the Faculty ofEducat-
ion.
miss Jenny Strang, daughter of Mr.
H. Strang, of Usborne, has gone to
lVfeDonald Hall, in Guelph, to take a
course.
Lieut. Pearson Grieve won second
prize in the Officers Riding contest
at Camp Borden on Friday last.
' Mr. Robert Bell Sr:, Chas MacKay
and Mr. A. D. Sutherland, spent a few
days last week in Ottawa and Mont-
real, returning home on Monday.
Lieut Rex Pearce, son of W. K.
Pearce, of Toronto, and formerly man-
ager of the Dominion Bank here, was
killed in action in France this week.
Mr. Frank Doherty and Miss Mary
Cowan left this week to resume their
studies at the medical college in TO -
rota° and Mr. Stewart Smillie left to
attend Toronto University.
'
Mr. George Bedford, merchant of
Exeter has exchanged his store for
the 150 acre farm of Mr. Drover, in
the Toivnship of Aldborofigh. He is
also offering for sale his beautiful
house on Huron St. Mr. Bedford pur-
ohased the business from Calling
Bros. a few years ago.
Mr. Gates of Blyth has purchased
the old Robb property in HarpurheY
for $1000 and intends to establish a
market garden there.
Miss E. Robinson of the Goshen
Line, /eaves this week for the Deacon-
eTraining School Toronto.
•
A Lot He Knows About It
A lot he knows about it
-
A writer in a London, ngland,
paper says: "Corn is a favorite
food in America. Butter or margare
ine is spread over the corn and it is
sprinkled with pepper and salt. Then
holding it at the ends, you nibble it
like a rabbit."
• A lot that fellows knows about eat-
inig corn. Who ever heard of any per-
son in America or Canada either—
spreading margarine on a cob of
corn?
Or who ever heard .of any person.
"nibbling" at a cob of corn? No Sir!
Next to watermellon, a cab of corn
is the most face effacing food there
is. mit er1taps ,that trtglishinart just
vir41),t be pate 'whenhe sag
;
From The Huron Expositor
, Sept. 25, 1891
M. Richard Robertson, of Tucker -
curiosity in his field the other' day. It
was a petrified stone about the size
of an ordinary potato' and one side
was clearly marked and raised the
links of a fine chain.
IMr. Peter II/IcEwan, Leadbury, and
Messrs Geo. Fitagerald, Hugh Grieve,
T. W. Duncan, and 'James Weir, of
Seaforth, left here on Monday for
Mitskoka, where they will spend a
month deer shooting.
Couneillor 'Good and Chief Murray
who were deputed by the Council to
purchase a . hook and ladder wagon,
returned home on Saturday. They
bought one fre;in Waterous and Co. of
Brantford. It has an extension ladder
40 feet high, besfdes a full set of other
ladders. •
'Miss Boswell, of Seaforth, returned
a few days ago from a trip to Mont-
real and is again established in her
dressmaking rooms over Mr. A. G.
Ault's store. •
Mr. Andrew Govenloek of Winthrop
met • with a ve6r patnful accident on
Friday last. He was working among
his bees when they took offence at
him and made a savage attack on
him. He had a knife in his hand at he
time and in, defending himself from
the bees struck his other hand , in-
flicting a bad wound.
Mr. Wm. Coleman, of Tuckersmitn,
of the 2nd con..g.R.s., was very suc-
cessful as..a prize winner in horses
at the GOderich iiihow last week. He
took 1st for imported heavy draft
stallion; lst for foals 2nd for imp'art-
ed brood Mare; and third for general
purpose stallion.
About' two hundred people left Kip -
pen on, Wednesday morning to attend
the Western Pair at London.
During the heavy wind storm which
passed over Credition, on Friday af-
ternoon and .,while Mr: C. Manson
was threshing on, the farm of Mr, F.
Brown near here, a spark, in some way
got into the straii steak and in less
time than It takes to tell the stacks
and barns were in, flames. Besides the
buildings the entire crop of pc) acres
was btirned,
Mr. James Gillespie of aromartY
has a yield of over one thousand
bushels Of'oats from 13 acres 0 land.
Mrs. Chas.. Casisork, on of itei.
0Onom *fta �n4, to 1oittrOA4 Wapte
he Ww:da io thooloi101
'l�U1d Ili#6-ittodittii Mo;
diltsOitto tXiere
. „
WHISTLING
Whistling seemed to eorae by de-
grees. While still in our tender years
we used to marvel at the ability of a
hired man to whistle in. a way that
was beyond words. on Su.nday after-
noons he would sit on thee back Stops
in ;his stocking feet with a knife and
a block of cedar and whittle and
whistle by the hour. ° Grandmother
used to be sitting in the rocker just
inside the kitchen door . . and
it seems only yesterday when we re-
call how she would unhook her black -
rimmed spectacles front her hair and
lay them down in her lap with he
knitting. Then With hands folded
. . eyes closed and her head
sort of tilted back she „would rock
and rock and hum softly in time with
the whistling.
Grandfather never was much to
whistle. With his lips puckered ap
over toothless gums, his whistling
was generally limited to rustling of
the shaggy ends of his moustache.
His performance was also hampered
by a lack of knowledge of tunes: -. . .
although he considered hat his ren-
dition or the ;"Flowers of Edinburgh"
was truly masterly. If someone sug-
gested that he whistle at a family
gathering, grandmother would always
warn him not t�, but he would push
her aside with a playful little tap of
his hand and proceed with a great
deal or gusto to perform . . much
to the amusement of the guests.
Uncle Josiah used to werk at our
place in the summer months. He
never 'whistled except when he WaS
angdy. Thus it was truly an experi-
ence to hear him whistle. Fixing
binder -slats and canvas was one job
he hated. I stillremember hearing
him whistling . . darkly and fierce-
ly . . . . - and thenthe hammer
would slip and he would eject Words
that certainlly did not belong to any
musical score. They were words
both forceful and novel. At • least,
when, as a boy 1. flaunted them at
school my teacher decided to apply
censorship with a series of hard and
resounding whacks ,on the palms of
my hand with a leather strap.
Aunt Millie had a soft shrill whistle
that was very •apt at times to get
out, of control. ,Sha.would start out
while peeling -potatoes in the morn-
ing . . adhere to the key for a little
while .. and -then allow it to go
away off at random. Grandmother
who was musical by nature, would
Put UP with it for so long and then
say, IMillie, for heaven's sake stop
that 'infernal racket." Millie would
pout for an Aour or two . . . but by
the end, of the day she would Start
up again.
People used to be conceited over
their whistling It was considered a
credit to the family to have a" 'good
whistler in it. They were in constant
demand at garden parties and vari-
ous sooial functions. 'The hardest
misfortune that a whistler would have
would be to be placed on an unshel-
tered platform at a garden party oe
a windy night. The notes would
come out distorted. .. and the lis-
teners would hear it in much the same
way as they do 'a translantic broad-
cast now on a poor day for reception.
Father was a whistler of no mem
ability. He prided himself on being
able at times to "double -whistle" .‘.
but for the life of me I coald never
figure out when it was. When the
farm was going well and everything
seemed right with the world he would
whistle by the hour . . a pleasant
contented ,sort of whistle.
We had a neighbor with a very
powerful whistle. The onl(yzaleback
was thai he had to have something
to "wet" bis whistle before he could
really do justice to his tune. After
Lour or five drinks .of powerful "apple
cide" fortified by a secret process
which he guarded closely he Would
go to town in earnest. His only trouble
was that he didn't, know when to steP
taking the cider, with the result that
his Whistling became very . Wavery.
Finally it came only in snatches as
he tried in vain to pucker up in the
proper way to get it going smoothly
. but his lips would never go into
the right shape.
We were always rather shy about
whistling. Mainly,it was doife on• the
way to school. 'IMy Wild Irish Rose"
seemed to be the only tune . and
we' had trouble keeping it from get-
ting mixed up wib another tune that
father used to whistle. Day -dreaming
in school one day we were trying to
purse our lips to.get the 'full benefit
of the nurniber when by some strange
mischance a shrill blast was emitted.
Teacher looked up in surprise of the
school to, put on a concert for the
pupils.
For days afterwards we had to fight
at every recess and noon -hour to beat
down hecklers who persisted in say-
ing "Whistler."'
elkeallaide
:JUST A SMILE OR TWO
Fred': "Your father looks very dis-
tinguished with his grey hairs."
Eva: "Yes, dear man, I gave him
those."
•
Kind! Lady: "How would you like
a nice chop?" .
Tramp: "Bat. all depends, lady. Is
it lam, pork or wood?"
• _
Mr. Stall& and Mr. Jones were chat-
ting when Mr. Smith said:
Now, look at Winston Church'11.
He's British. Isn't that something to
be proud of?"
"Look at Anthony Eden," counter-
ed Jones. "He's 13ritish. ,Isn't that
something to be proud of?"
"Then there's Hitler," said Smith.
"But he's not British," prtiteste
Jones.
"Well, isn't that something to be
earoud of 7"
• Canada At War
(This is the first or a series of five
articles written by Bruce M. Pearce,
editor of the Simcoe Reformer, for
member papers of the Canadian Week-
ly Newspapers Association, in connec-
tion with the recent tour of Eastern
'Canada military camps, 'munitions
plants, R.C.A.F. Schools and naval
yards, made by a group of prominent
weekly, daily• and trade nevsspaped
editors and publishers. The first ar-
ticle is general in nature, summariz-
ing inipressions of the trip and out-
lining the variants highlights enooun-
tered en route. Subsequent article
will deal with the Army, the War
Industries, the R.C.A.F. and the Navy)
By B. M. P.
On the morning of August 23rd last
a group of nearly fifty representative
Canadian newspaperrhen assembled !n
Hamilton to eommence a journey that
is probably without precendent in
Canadian journalism.
On the night of August 21st, eight
days later, they arrived in Montreal
to complete the last leg of a trip
which had taken them to the Atlantic
coast and given them a complete pan-
orama of the great war giant which
is rapidly taking form in Canada. '
!Sponsored by the Department of
National Defence, the tour was initi-
ated primarily, to give the editors
an insight into Canada's military and
industrial activity and to provide
them wi.th an enlightened conception
of what is actually taking place 1n
his country, with the thought that
they would then be able to discuss
more intelligently in their columns
the variiitis phases of Canada's war
enterprise
That tbe, editors gladly embraced
this unique .opportunity may be tak-
en for granted. Heretofore they had
known an too little of the' inside
story of the huge machine which eon-
stitittes Canada's contribution to the
fight against Hitlerisixi. Not being in
position to uniforin their readers, me
inatfority were intlitied to give votee to
th grawing impatience on the part
of Canadiane at the apparent lack of
El1-out effort. Vail the fill of rrance
in Attie, 1040; it is probablisc true that
Canada had Otte ail to i1tt1. That IS
ii0 tenger trine today. The ittifit
•
•
that Canada is rapidly shaping a form-
idable war machine that will have a
nobalble part in licking Hitler'. In the
short space of 8 days, the Canadian
editors were treated to a specfacle
that not only literally opened their
eyes but inspired pride and strength-
ened faith in the part that Canada is
playing and will play on an ever-
growing scale in aiding the Mother
Country.
Everything _Wide Open
Everything was thrown wide open
to the prying eyes of insatiably cur-
ious editors. Nothing was held .back
We had with us Brigadier Kenneth
Stuart, D. 5.0., M.C., Vice -Chief of
the General Staff, together with dist-
inguished repres'entatives of every
branch of the service, incTuding the
Department of Munitions and Supply,
as well as G. Henbert Lash, Director
of Public Information and J. W. G.
Clark, Director of Public Relations
for Army and R.C.A.F„ and members
of their staffs. Their policy was that
every bit of available information
should be forthcoming. And it was.
Nor did they place any restrictions,
on the contents of our stories aside
from the well-known rules of censor-
ship.
Not only did these men Utilize ev-
ery waking moment to answer the
million questions levelled at theni by
their guests, but they made surethat
every C'amp Cannmandmant, every
factory head and every officer reveal-
ed the whole show- and held nothing
back. .At Ottawa the editors were en-
tertained at a dinner at which Hon.
J. L. Ralston, Ilon. C. D. Howe and
lion. C. G. •Power were the Priddinal
speakers. The general, impresidoh
was that these men w -e -'e sincerely
rying to do a Job. They were frank
in admitting their mistakes and Hon.
Mr. Ralston delalared that one chief
Mistake WS• in having failed hereto-
fore in letting the Hot floOd into in-
to editOral minds that"their readere,
the Canaddian public might know the
true ,story 01 thts centre's war ach-
ieVeinent.
A Real Achievement
tit is an aeldeveinent, too, as these
elect& aliU to tell, not jUat an
(00fitnided On X040 g)
Military Newe
A.C. 2, Willard Aiken, R.C.A.F. at
Trenton, spent the week -end at his
home itt town.
• Major H. A. McIntyre, attached to
hte Dental Corps, has been transfer-
red to Camp borden from Port Albert
Navigation School.
L.A.C. Dick Fremlin of the R.C.A.F
at Guelph spent the weekend with his
Parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Fremlin.
A. C. Alvin Corless of the R.C.A.F.
and stationed at Ed•monton, Alta., has
heen transferred to Calgary, Alberta.
—Clinton News Record
New Bank Manager Here
IMr. G. C. Gammage, Ma.doc, Ont.,
has received the appointment as man-
ager of the local branch of the Dom-
inion Bank and on Tuesday arrived la
Wingham. His wife and two boys,
George and Robert, will come to
Wingham shortly to take up resi-
dence. Mr. Gammage replaces Lieut.
J. R. •M. Spittal 'who has enlisted for
active service.—Wingham Advance
ime8. . A
Presented With Identification Disc
Prior to his departure efor Regina
last week where he will be on duty
with the R.C.A.F.', P.O. W. T, Booth
was presented with an indentification
wristlet by the Lions Club. The pre-
sentation was made by the president,
H. C. McLean.—Wingham , Advance
Times.
• Young Bride Shown
A pleasant time was spent last Wed-
nesday evening, at the' home of Mrs.
Douglas Morrison, of Blyth, when
friends and neighbours gathered tos •
express their good wishes to her
daughter, Dorothy, who recently- be-
came the bride of James Newell, of'
Whagham.
The 'young bride was presented
with many useful kitchen gifts for her
new horrie.
After she had opened her giftg, and _
expressed her appreciation, games
were played, and the evening passed
very quickly.
A dainty lunch was served by the,
bride's mother, and other friends.
All present extended hearty good
wishes to the yOUng lady for her fa-
ture happiness. --Blyth Standard.
Has Leg Amputated
Mr. Robert McGee underwent an.
operation in Vic -bane Hospital, Lon-
don, on Wednesday moriing, for thee
ampuation‘ of his right -leg, which it
was found necessary to remove du
to gangerene setting in, although
the news of the necessary amputation
is regrettable, we are very glad to re-
port. that he c'aine through the opera-
tion well, and his condition was fay-
oulu:bie. Wednesday afternoon,—Blyth
Standard.
Local Clergyman's Brother Missing
Word was received by Rev. S. Kerr
that his brother Sgt. Navigator W. E.
Kerr,' is Missing from operations over
Cologne, Germany, carried ,out
the night, of the 16th of August.
• Mr. W. F.1 Kerr enlisted withthe
R.CA.F. tie day war was declared
and had been on active service for
some time. He was born in'Nortliern
Ireland in 1919 and after completing
his public school work attended' an
Academy wih the view to' qualifyiag
for the Civil Service. When war was
declared he was sitting for his exams'
inations for the Civil Service. There
is a possibility he may be a prisoner
of war.—Brussels Post.
Be,autiful Entrance for Grace Cemetery
The 'appearance_ of Grace Lutheran
cemetery is being conaiderably im-
proved with the erection of orna-
mental stone pillars and an entrance
arch of stone work. Joe Wesenberg
is the builder, , being assisted by
Charles •Mikel and. a number of vol-
ueteer workers of the congregation.
The stones were donated by Fred
Roney and Ben Thiel. Three marble
slabs • were donated by Fred Porter-
field and suitably inseribed. The in-
scriptions in the slag of the two
main pillars which support the arch
are, "Grace Lutheran Cemetery" and
"I am the Resurrection and the Life."
Pile keystone in the arch is in-
scribed "1941."—Michell Advate.
Wm. McPhail Wins Scholarship
William McPhail, Cromarty, out-
standing student of Mitchell High
School, who completed . his studies
there .in June has been awarded the
RObert Bruce scholarship, accoraing
to word received this week. Founded
from the estate of the late Robert
13ruce of Quebec, its value is $100. It
is awarded only to students of Scot- •
tish -extraction, and is based on the
ceanclidate's academic record, which
in Bill's case, was. exceptionally high.
The Advocate had foll.owed With
interest the standing of his stUdent
throughout his attendance at Mitchell
High School andloins with his Mande
ArtrOdkee.
••., Meet Donald Duck
IDtubbed as Donald Duck, a potato'
found RS Way t� the, oftriCe this 'week
from the Alex JaMOs 'Rime at Stkffa.
Even the ovele of the -Mick appear. It
holds a smaller petate Di its mouth.
OnlY• the 'legs are rolasing,, the rein -
abider 4014 PerfieCt replfaa of thla
well.kneWn ellataCt0r.--ifkitchell A4-
totaite,,
_