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The Huron Expositor, 1941-10-17, Page 2v o uronExiiositoi Established: $60 Keith McPhail McLean, - Et4itor. Published at Seaforth, Ontario, ev- ery' Thursday afternoon by McLean Bros. Subscription rates, $1.50 a year in advance'; foreign, $2.00 a year. Single copies, 4 "cents each. Advertising rates on application. SEAFORTH, Friday, October 17 Controlling Prices 'And Wages The new Government orders on in- stalment buying and the limitation of credit are going to affect the ay-, erage Canadian citizen a good deal more than he anticipates, and when that realization strikes home, there will, no doubt, be some grumbling, at least, at first. ' Heretofore, it might be said that we have been a people whose free- , tiom has never been limited by re- strictions. We -fought whatever struck our fancy, 'if we had the money, or if we could' obtain credit. But this is another day and the war has brought the change. Hereafter we are going to find that even if we have the money, our purchases are going to be limited be- cause many of the things we have come to look upon as necessities, are no longer on the market because the plants which formerly produced thein are going to be turned over in- to the production of • war materials for which there is, and will be for some time, a compulsory demand. That situation, .if left to itself, would mean the sky rocketing of prices, of necessities as well as lux- uries --or in other words, inflation- and to meet inflation prices, labor prices would double and redouble along with everything else. That is where rigid government control comes - in, and while we are only on the threshold of it in Canada, in Britain it has been in existence for quite some time and to an extent that has kept wage earners from spend- ing the.. money _they, . earn because there is, in many cases,nothing for them- to buy. To this Old Country labor has sometimes objected and there has been some strain in that country ov 'ler the problem of rigid government control. In this connection the Lon- don Economist recently said some very wise things and among them were these; "There is no sign' that the trade unions live. been in 'any" way deterred by the Gov- ernment's White Paper in rtheir determina- tion to run up money wages as far as bar- gaining can take them, The Obvious argu- ment about the dangers of inflation is now being answered in trade union circles by the claim, that; by what the organ of the Trans - pont and General Workers' Union calls "a proper system of price control and ration- ing," inflation , can be prevented', "It is, of course, true that rationing to the hilt could, by- making all the spending power in the hands of the public over and above a Minimum worthless (that is, useless to. buy anything),: prevent inflation. It would be in- teresting to know whether trade union -offi- cials, in pressing 'their money claime, are mak- ing it plain to their members that the extra wages which they are asking for will in any ease be worthless ---either because of the in- siatonary rise in prices which their expenditure would cause or because of the "sterilizing" effect which measures to prevent inflation, by complete rationing would have. It is per- haps doubtful whether, in. practice, rationing can possibly be made as watertight or as ' comprehensive as, its use as a single defence against inflation would require, though every effort to render it so should be,,made.• "But the important thing is that the real, as distinct from the monetary, .issue should be put before every member of the public, including na . only wage-earners, but every income -receiver from bottom to top of the scale. In so far as they are not taxed away, ,high incomes are just as dangerous • in es- :><ence as rising- incomes. The simple fact - that more wages—or salaries and profits— eannot bring more goods into being under Coeditiops of wartime restriction is .still not fully -Understood. Trade union spokesvien, of soiree, do inmow, or should know, that all- around -. ll -around-. wartime increases in money wages cannot inenease real Wages or actual pur- °has3iug power all-round. tut they also know that," so Iong as the present scramble for goods gaes oon, those who are mast success-' • hi in°;Che ads/Able for money nuay benefit= t the ltjxpenites of Soule other meetion of the ,neela iUtulty which they dhepe will be the Anil bitt 'Ivbo. Wilt -lYrbbalhly5 be the very poor. 4orrbrer, why look ahead to larbor'S charge; tlititir lett- *Went t conditions of supply af- Ye 1 a *' iiia;)' tlie3, argue that the higher leVn hf n1oi y rages Is thea, tbh bigger asikery 0146 Will be of an eXpanding toe, satiation can best be controlled by control- ling expenditure and, consumption is the right one; but it will,be 10pity if all this. Jockey= ing for position were to prevent every step from being taken, co-operatively, to ensure that the danger of inflation now and after the war, shall re in at a distance." In Canad the problem is some- what differe t because of our almost unlimited supplies of foodstuffs and other commodities, but here, as in Britain, the danger of enhance:1 prices is great, and the government's chief desire is not only to stabalize the prices of everything we eat and wear and use, but to stabalize wages as well. ' •_ . Didn't Mean A Thing Just because Mary Churchill hap- pened to be the daughter of the British Prime Minister, it didn't mean a thing to those in charge when Mary joined the Woman's Auxiliary Territorial Service in Lon- don—as a Private. She was sent to the Southern Com- mand Depot, and there she was giv- en inen as her first duty, the job of scrub- bing the floors the same as any com- mon scrub woman would do. And Mary did it. Did it well- and liked it. Good for Mary! •. Ocean Freight 13p Air In the northern parts of Canada, it is said that more freight is trans - .ported by air than in any other part of the world. The cost, of course, is great, but where no railways exist, and water routes are frozen. in win- ter, the cost loses its importance. On the American continent air freight transport has been in exist- ence for over ten years, and for that reason it seems very strange that ocean air freight has never been at- tempted. But that is all "to be changed. This month Pan American Clippers will begin ferrying _freight across' the At- lantic to Britain, and what that will mean to the needs of war can easily be imagined. Freighters travelling through the sub -infested waters of the Atlantic have delivered unbelievable cargoes of .-,war., materials and .;foods. to Bri- tain; but the danger is''ahtays there q•nd the loses have likewise been tre- mendous. The submarine, however, cannot harm an air freighter, and for that reason the plane may easily prove the more reliable freighter, and what they laek in carrying space will soon be- made up for by their speed of delivery - and quick ' returns for .more cargoes, and yet more. • What Will We Do ? All newspapers in the Maritime Provinces have been notified by the Government that they must not pub- lish any reference to weather condi- tiofis, not even seasonable blizzards and cold snaps, or unseasonable heat waves. ,. What will we coo up here if the Government makes that rule apply not only to newspapers, but to us as private individuals? - When a month or two from now we have one of ' those old-fashioned blizzards—that never really get old- fashioned—the kind that block the - roads and stall the plows, artkreave motorists - a n d transport trucks stranded all along the highway, what are we going to do if we can't'. talk about it? - In fact, what would we do for con- versation? WHAT OTHER PAPERS SAY: Accommodation For Horses (Toronto Daily Star) • The horse has by no mea is disappeared from Canada, but many of the old smithies have be- come garages, The Huron Expositor says: "We were .:told ,that farmers were now bringing their horses from Walton in the north, Clinton in the went and Dublin hi the east to Searforth to have them shod, because Seaforth has the nearest blacksmith shop." These visits mean that farncf.- ers' families shop in Seaforth, but because they have to move their horries out of the smithy lo make room for others, and there is no stabling elsewhere, the shopping is curtailed. It will be more so in winter. So in Seaforth the problem • has arisen of providing stable aecominodation for farmers' horses. In contrast is, the eitvlatio r - in manly smaller communities where churches have elaborate stabling accommodation now used by only a feW farmers on Saturdays, and by still fewer church people on Sundays. But if gasoline rationing becomes more Severe and horses are wed by ila n-ers who more".. delve to town in their care, state of the church stables almost the size o(.,i{ i..Oti i1i,y skating , rditks, tray envoy A rette*ed ntg Years Agone intsrsstlnl Items Picked Froin Tb. Huron Expositor of Fifty and Twenty --flus Years logo., • From The Huron Expositor October 20, 1916 Mr, W. C. T. Morson, who has been manager of the Canadian Bank of Commerce here for the past nine years, was notified on Monday morn- ing of his promotion and transfer to Toronto, as manager of the Bloor & Lippincott Sts. branch • of the bank. His successor is Mr. J. G. Mullen, a son-in-law of Mr. L. L. McFaul, and comes from Greenwood, B.C. Mrs. George Sillery, of Staffa, has come to Seaforth to live and will ro- side on lWarket Street. A memorial service will be held in Cavan Church, Winthrop, in memory of the late Thomas E. Govenleek, who was killed in action in France on Sept. 30th. On Tuesday afternoon last"Mr. Fred Smallacombe, son and daughter, were returning from a trip to Toronto. The auto in which they were travelling swerved off the road about a mile and a half east of Hensall and turned ov- er a couple of times in the ditch. Mr. Busch had his collarbone broken and Mr. Sepallacombe's son had his area broken,' but the .rest escaped without injury. Rev, Dr. Aiken was inducted into the ministry of St. Andrew's Church Kipper]" and Hillsgreen Presbyterians Church, "op, Thursday, Oct. 12th. Mr. Robert McKinley, of the Huron Road, McKiliop, has purchased Mr. .Andrew Scott's residence on Goderich Street, and intends retiring from, the f rm. Mr. George Jackson, Jr., is laid up with a slight attack of typhoid fever at his home in Egmondville. Messrs. W. Lamont, C. Fritz, J. Preeter, A. F. I-Iess and E. Wurm, of Zurich, attended the Liberal conven- tion. in London last week: While hauling hay to his barn on Wednesday last, Mr. Ed. Duoharme, of the Bronson Line, had the misfor- tune to falloff the load and receive -a severe fracture of one of his lege. Mr. F. Hess, Sr., has been appoint- ed Massey -Harris agent at Zurich in place of Mr. H. Gellman. Cook Bros., of Hensall, have sold Ford cars to the following parties during the past 'week: J. J. Merner and E. Edighoffer, Zurich; Dr. A. Moir, Hensall, and L. Brisson, and E. Westlake, of Drysdale. Messrs. Bert Moir, -M..; McClymont, George Handley and Clifford Watson spent their last leave at their homes in Kippen over the week -end. They left on Tuesday for Camp Borden, Mr. John L. Ketcben, of Brucefield, left last week for Sarnia where he has secured a good position in ' the brass works. At the Seaforth Collegiate Institute anneal- field- day on Friday last, the boys' senior medal was won by Stan Allays; a, the ' ya juniorjunior:medal by Frank .Coate' i. , and the girls' medal by Margaret Reeves. 1 From The Huron Expositor October 16, 1891 • Mr. John Crozier his rented the 50- ac're farm' of Mr. George Barrows on the 13th 'concession of McKillop. The Maple Leaf -team, present hold - ens' of the Crawford etip, met in bat- tle royal with their old-timme oppon- ents, The Oaks', on Thursday of last week. Scoring went back and forth until now it stands at Oaks, 4 points;. Egmondville, 0; -and -the Maple Leafs, 0. The The_Collegiate Institute .Club reorganized on 'Monday evening and' the officers are as follows: Hon. prey„ C. Clarkson; pres„ G. Short - reed; vice-pres., Charles Willis; sec- retary, John M. McLean; captain, H. J. Crawford;. committee, J. McKinley, F. Clarkson, J. Jackson. Messrs. J. C. Smith and George Duncan, Seaforth; John Wilson, Hul- lett, and Jas. Cowan, McKillop, were .ordained as Elders of First Presbyter- ian Church at the close of the morn- ing service on Sunday. . • Messrs Stewart, John Turn- er 'and, JeaMes A. Anderson, of Sea - forth; John Shea, Beechwood, and H. Baeker, of Istillsgreen, left on Mon- day for Muskoka where they intend to hunt deer. - Mr. x Dunkin, of Varna, who is making name for himself as breed- er 01 Shropshire sheep, recently made quite a purchase from Mr. James Mc- Farlane, the well-known importer, purchasing six very fine Shropshire ewes. Mr. John Ainsley, Huron County Engineer, 'on the 5th inst. let the con- tract for the erection of Black Creek. bridge on the boundary between Hay and Stephen, to Mr, Robert Jamieson. Mr. Jamieson, however,' afterwards de- clined to proceed with the work and on the 12th inst. the contract was let to Mr. L. Lardy, of Exeter. - Mrs. Phoebe Sweet, of Exeter, has in her garden a large cucumber which weighs ph pounds. Professor Scott, of Hensall, will be at Hillegreen hall on Monday night for the purpose of trying to form a singing class. .Threshing is the order of the 'day near Hillsgreeir, Messrs. Jarrott and. Hart have two machines running. It is noted that Miss Agnes and. M- Robert Ferguson, formerly of Vadrma; but now of Clinton, were successful in obtaining second-class nonp{'ofessional certificates. Mr. D. Dolmnage, of the 6th conces- sion of McKillop, had the misfortune to lose a horse the other day. He was on his way _home from Seaforth, driving his team, when one of the horses stumbled., ,breaking its leg ;n the fall, and had to be shot. The funeral of Mr. Parnell, -the once great Irish 'Wet ttrok place from his residence in London, England, on• •Saturday morning. The rain carme diowir in torrents, but despite the fact 126,000 people 'iewed the ,remains be- fore burial. Mr, Jessie O'Neil, station agent et. Strathelaii , Metiitolia, is. Owing vrith- friends and relatives' in the Bruieileld vicinity. - Mr. C. W. Papst, Seafortlt, is ha'v, •nye a he* ooils+et`vatOr: etected olil the-, belt "gide Of bb r 'd fir 41 • 41• 1 Phil Osifer of • - • Lazy Meadows (�Y Harry J. iloylaa - • "PRANKS" Patricia Ann had a birthday this month. Two candles gleamed on the cake and with a great deal of effort she Managed to blow the flickering flames out. Then shr chuckled and slapped her pink and white fists to- gether. Of course we knew that she said "Happy Birthday," but the guests just looked confused. Guests are like that! When the pride and joy of the household says something in her own, unmistakeable way they never seem to understand' it. Two years.. . , yes, two full years;, that seem to have gone by in a tre- mendous hurry. How do you measure time in connection with such an 2f: fair? 'Some people think of it in terms of rashes, teething, accidents and, crying. Somehow we like to think of it in terms of laughing and smiles and those times -when• you look at Patricia Aun and just feel downright lucky that she is around the house to get into mischief. It's fun to think of the two years in terms of pranks. How she Loved to get snuggled down in the warmth of her bed. She would look up with sollemn eyes as you tucked her in and tip -toed out. Being solicitous parents somebody would be bound to look at her in ten ,or fifteen minutes and there she would be with the blankets kicked down . . , two chubby-,• feet waving happily around and not a sign of - sleep in her eyes. We can even smile now at the thoughts of those wooden blocks that somebody gave her back in the creep- ing days.. On an evening when you stayed just a trifle too long in the village . . . or possibly were at one of the neighbors' places, those build- ing blocks .were quite certain to he' strung across the hall floor. Later, as she started negotiating the stairs by herself she' seemed to delight in putting them' on every step* Pain- fully one night we had the sensation of stepping on one in our stocking feet and then rolling quite forcefully and not very gracefully from the top to the bottom of the steps. Patricia heard the noise. Evidently' it woke her up and she started crying lustily. That wakened the whole household and I lost all respect for the educational value of building blocks. Then came the period of throwing dolls all over the Iloor. She had dolls in every nook and cranny . . . and dolls of all descriptions which her grandparents had given her. 1 must admit also that her parents were a trifle 'inclined -to be an easy „mark when they saw an attractive doll in a 'store window. Guests seating them- selves in the front room would sud- denly look horrified and then they would start squirming and finally reach around and pull a doll out from underneath . usually one of the more disr-epu.table ones. Daughters learn, ''while still quite young just what to do in order to get practically anything they want from their dads. Mrs. Phil is still -ribbing me about the six or seven times I padded faithfully up the front stairway to humour this young lady who 'had' been deposited, apparently on the verge of sleep, in her crib. First of all she wanted a doll from the window sill. Downstairs I went and with a sigh started to read the news -paper. The call for "Da Da" came once again. How pitiful those cries - can sound! How angelic the youngsters. can look when you make the long trip up to investigate! Next thing it . was drink of water . . un- til finally the blanket wasn't tucked in tight enlough. Mrs. Phil began to laugh and when the cry came down next time, "Patricia Ann," in about as blustering a way as I could mus- ter up. There was silence then for' a time ... and finally a chuckling, con- tented little voice said "Bye Bye." I guess we are all creatures of habit. At least during the past num- ber of years as soon as supper is fin- ished I move into the front room to smoke -and peruse the newspaper. Nqw it is a race with time. Just as certain as fate, if 1' tarry too long I arrive to find a curly -headed Lady perched in the chair with a news" paper . , quite often upside, down and reading aloud. She persistently refuses to move and a compromise is reached when she is allowed- tp•--•sit on my knee and read the -paper. Just when the most 'interestin'g part of the story is .reached her head bobs across in front of my vision. Yesterday we found her perched oa a chair with the • telephone receiver in her hand. She was talking that strange combination language of hers. Mrs. Phil was mortified and every time themtelephone rang all evening her face would flush red, Judging by the tittering laughter on the line the girls at central were enjoying them- selves immensely! • One of her latest pranks is to go up the front stairway as quietly. as possible. After a little while you'll miss her and start looking. No sign of her! Then do we get frantic! Fin- ally she is located in one of the bed- rooms -taking all the clothes out of a dresser drawer and .placing .them, very carelessly, on the floor. Look- ing up, surrounded by the clothes, she -chuckles' and laughs, It's all fun to her. Spanked and punished for ea,h prank, she finds a new one. They're not wrong to her . ■ just fun! • • Canada At War • • (Article Number •Four) "THE R. C. A. F." (By B. M. P,) While the Canadian editors' party witnessed plenty of aerial activity during their 'tour of Eastern Canada, actually only three flying schools or stations were on the agenda. For this reason and because Canadian weekly newspapers have already car- ried a seriee of articles on the Com- monwealth Air Training Plan, the present article will deal only in a general way with the progress we noted in this all-important phase of Canada'swar program. We stopped briefly at the Melton airport, location of Elementary Fly- ing and Air -Observers' Schools, as well as being a central link in, Trans- Canada Air Lines. In the latter con- nection we were told that aviation authorities regarded the Malton Air- port as the outstanding one of its kind on the American continent. It is a thrill to watch the big silvery planes take off with their load of pas- sengers for destinations all across Canada,. At the Training School in- tense actWity ,prevailed In both branches of instructlonel work. The mnbryo pilots receive fifty hours of flying at this school, using the. Cana•• diaabuilt de HaVilland Tiger Moth. This stur'ify little biplane has a 'top speed of 104inlles :a;n hour, The Sir nbii'er'ieli, etl t'tr• oultio iajd use trier twin -engined Avro Anson bomber for their training in reconnaissance, aer- ial photography, bombing and air nav- igation. Camp Borden The next day we were at Camp Bor- den, where we lunched with officers of the Service Flying Training School and learned that the war birds are again, as in the Great War, making good use of the Borden hangars, Shortly after noon. the sun, broke through low -hanging rain clouds and there followed a great\ scramble as dile hundred Yale and Harvard train- ing planes were •readied for flight. It is said that on a busy day planes are taking off from or landing on this field at an average of one every 25 seconds. The interval seemed even shorter during our stay, 'The pilots at Camp Borden, having already learn- ed the ABC's of flying at an, Elemen- tary School, are now in advanced in- struction. They receive 75 hours of flying in • ten weeks at Borden. In- strument flying, night flying, aerobe - tics and formation flying are taught here and lessons a't'e -continued rm wireless, armament navigation and afrmanship. We saw another type of air school in lb; organizational stage at Csnip Debert, N.S„ .when we visited the R. A.P. Operational Training *nit This le a finishing NINA for pilots Who, (Contliuuted on Page 83 Piece of Shell Removed • Donald Kirk, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Kirk, underwent an, operation in, Victoria Hospital, London, on Mon- day for the removal of a piece of shell from his leg, While on his way home from school one evening about two. weeks ago, another lad thnew a ,45 calibre bullet &lied with caps onto the sidewalk and the bullet exploded and a large piece of the shell entered the leg. It bothered him very little until Thur•s'day of last week and an X-ray revealed that a piece of the shell was embeddedi in, the leg close to the bone.—Exeter Times -Advocate. In the Pictures The pictures ,of Burdene Clark and Ir•erie Pooley-, who have been assist- ing in the picking of fruit in the Nia- gara Peninsula during the summer, appeared in the photo engravure sec- tion of the Star Weekly last week. The girls live at a camp supervised by the, Y.W.C.A. They report a splen- did time, get good meals and keep regular hours.. In the same issue is a picture of some of the Canadian Highlanders on their arrival in Eng- land with the Third Division. Along with them is JackSweet, formerly of Exeter.—Exeter Times -Advocate. Farmer Has Hand Amputated Christopher Dinney, 65, of R. R. 3, Dashwood, had his left hand amputat- ed in St, Joseph's Hospital, London, after he had caught it in the gears of 'a windmill on his `farm. .Dr. Hobbs Taylor, of Dashwood; was the attend- ing physician, Mr. Dinney suffered from shock and loss of blood, but is believed to be in no danger.—Exeter Times -Advocate. Cut Foot' Badly Donnie, 5 -year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Percy Biggs, Lower Wingham, received a nasty cut six inches long on the side of his foot on Sunday. He was catching crabs with his chum, Billy McGill, in the creek near his home, when he stepped' on a broken milk bottle. Dr. Crawford; rushed the little lad to the hospital where he dressed the wound. Donnie was home again in a fe-w hours and- is now get -- ting along splendidly,—Wingham' Ad- vance -Times. Heads London Conference Y. P. U. Clarence MCClenaghan, of White- church, was •eleoted .president of the London Conferen-'e Young People's Unioh at the annual meeting held at, St. Marys •over the week-end.—Wing-, ham Advance -Times. MovedTo Wingham Mrs. Harry Cooper (Dorothy Pol- lock), of Brantford, has moved to town and is occupying a house . on Frances Street, where she will make her home while her husband is over- seas.---Wingham Advance -Times. Celebrate Silver Wedding^ r' The home„ of , Mr, and Mrs Roy Tur- vey, 2nd concession of Morris Town- ship, was the scene of a happy gathering on M-onday evening. Twen- ty-five friends ,and neighbors were . present to •present their congratula- tions and good wishes to the host'and hostess on the occasion of their twee- ty-fifth wedding ,anniversary. Among the guests were the attendants at the ceremony twenty-five years -ago, Mrs. Nels,- Davidson; bridesmaid; and' Roy Sellars,_.groomsman, During the ev ening cards, and dancing were enjoy- - ed. . Winners of the cards- were Geo: - Evan's and Mrs. Nels. Davidson. -- Brussels Post. -Rev. Mr. Dunbar Inducted Notwithstanding t h e unpleasant weather on Frid-ay evening, a goodly number were present at yfSt. George's Anglican Church to witness the induc- tion *of Rev. W. H. Dunbar as rector. The Right Rev. C. A. Seager, Bishop of Huron, preached' and officiated in the induction. As the text of his ser- mon he chose th-e passage, "Ye are the light of the world-” The lights of Europe, be said, have gone out and they must be relit at the altar -of faith.—Goderich Signal -Star. Kincardine Office Closed The Federal customs and exodse of- fice at Kincardine has been- closed. owing to the small amount 'of busi- ness transacted there, and transac- tions for Kincardine will hereafter be handled at -the office here. Mr, I. R; McGregor, - of London, who has had charge. at Kincardine, `is now at the Goderich office relieving while the local officers take their holiday's.— Goderich Signal -Star. Transferred To Mount Hope ' W. MacDonald, of • Goderich, who has been chief electrician at the Port Albert Air Navigation School since it was established a'boiit a year ago, is being transferred to the Mount Hope R.A.F. station near Hamilton, where he will hold a similar position.: His duties at Port AIbert have been ve.y exacting, but that he has discharged them well is indicated. by his being chosen for similar work at Mount Hope: In his absence from Goderich. Stuart Knight, who has been associar.- ed with Mr• MacDonald for several Years, will carry bn his Ideal business. - Godericla Signal -Star. Miss, McCorkindale Resigns Miss MoCorkind;ale, who has been the superintendent of Alexandra, Hos- pital for over twelve year's, has ten- dered her resignation to the hospital b oardt=Goderich Signal -Star. Appointed Chief Jrlstice Mr. Jtistice W. M. Marfan, of "the Saskatchewan Appeal Court an Exe- •ter old boy, and Whose wife. is the .former Miss Thoni'sbn, of Mitchell, has been appointed Chief Justice, suc- ceeding Chief Justice, W. F. A. Tur- geon, who becomes Canadian) Minis- ter to Argentina. Mr, Justice Martin - has been rentals, ade inistrator for the Wartime Prices and Trade "Board at Ottima since etiittrol waq extended to, re/KOS a Mei) ugo. t A. all eessor, lea ing 1WDOin y-mitotto 44bdatoi.