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OCTOB 3R 24, 1944
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SEAFORTH, Friday, October 24th
No Prisoners Were Exchanged
Canada and the world at large was
intensely interested a short time ago
over the proposed exchange of sick
and wounded prisoners .of war be-
tween Great Britain and Germany.
Such an exchange is governed by
an international agreement which
Germany had recognized as binding
op each nation participating. And,
in consideration of the most unfor-
tunate condition of sick and wound-
ed prisoners, the agreement provides
that such an exchange must be made
regardless of the rank or numbers of
inen on each side.
Unless, however, negotiations be-
tween nations are based on good
faith, they are absolutely useless and
unworkable, and the complete ab-
sence of good faith in Germany,
which the world had before the war.
has, in this case, been made abund-
antly clear.
What really happened was that
Germanys agreement to the ex-
change of incapacitated prisoners,
was like all other German agree-
ments—something to get Britain in-
terested in the return of twelve hun-
dred incapacitated wounded, and
then insist on a change in the agree-
ment, which would allow that coun-
try which was only receiving a com-
paratively small number of totally
incapacitated wounded, to receive al-
so a large number of interned Ger-
man citizens, to make up the total.
The plot, however, did not. work
because Britain has at long last be-
come thoroughly acquainted with
the nation with which it was dealing,
and while she did go so far .as to em-
bark German sick and wounded
prisoners on hospital ships in British
ports- ready to sail the moment the
Germanswere ready to release the
boats on which the British wounded
were supposed to sail, the matter
ended there, because Germany could
not get all ,she. wanted.
Consequently the German prison-
, ers . were disembarked and returned
to their former prison camps and
hospitals. We do not believe that%`
anyone, the world over, n was very
greatly surprised. The surprise, on.
the other hand, would have been if
Germany had carried out, with hon-
esty, this, or any other agreement
upon which -she entered.
It Sounds Familiar
4 -few weeks ago one of the Prime
Ministers of the Empire Nations was
speaking of the criticism to which he
and his government were constantly
exposed. He said:
"Of course we all strive to profit
from well informed criticism, whe-
ther friendly or spiteful, but there is
one charge sometimes put forward
which is, I think, a little unfair. I
mean the insinuation that we are a
weak, timid, lethargic government,
usually asleep, and • in our waking
hours always ;head back by excessive
scruples and inhibitions and unable
to act with the vehemence and sev-
erity which these violent times re-
quire."
We have heard these very same
terms applied so many times to our
own Canadian government that they
have a very familiar sound. But this'
was. not Prime Minister King talk-
ing to either the Canadian Parlia-
ment or people. Far from it. It was,
in . fact, Prime Minister Churchill
speaking to the people of Brithin
,about the kind of government they
are supposed to have according to
-soave laud spoken critics.
Looking at the job that Mr.
rehfl1 and his government have
aid aro doing, we,, in Canada,
On QOM as amazing feats,
ar
el at the result of his
people of $r Iain
re rel but
people of Canada for their record of
performance in this war, an opinion
that is vouched for by most of Bri-
tain's statesmen, as well as by her
military heads and the heads of the
Canadian troops overseas.
Of course there is nothing that can
be done about it but to trust to the
good sound sense of the Cana 'ail.
people to distinguish between the
helpful criticism of informed mi. ds
and that other kind, which pours of
in a steady stream from what an
English writer so aptly termed,
"tiny knots of splenetic and jaundic-
ed people here and there who have
made criticism their business and
cavilling their creed."
Fortunately, both Britain and
Canada are fast learning to dist'in-
-guish between the wheat and the
chaff and- are showing a decided in-
clination to co-operate rather than
abuse.
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Whose Fault Will It Be,?
On Monday afternoon of this
week, shortly after one o'clock, we
counted ninebicycles ridden by
school children, within two blocks on
Goderich Street.
Seven of these nine were carrying
a peddlr and a passenger, and none
of them, as far as we could see,
seemed to be in the slightest degree
concerned about the motor traffic, or
in observing traffic rules.
We didn't hit any of them, but two
of them, doubly manned, just missed
hitting us by an eye -lash, and we got
four dirty looks for being in the
way, even on our own side of the
pavement.
Goderich Street is a continuation
of No. 8 Highway, and motor traffic
on it is, at times, very heavy, and at
all times there are more or less mo-
tor vehicles travelling east and west,
and it has always been a mystery
how accidents have been averted.
Of course, boys and girls a n d
bicycles have as much 'right on the
street as a motor car or truck but
they have no right whatever to be-
lieve, as they most conspicuously do,
that t the whole street belongs to
them.
Some day there is bound to be an
accident, minor or perhaps fatal, and
when that day arrives, whose fault
will it be?
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If We Had Something Like It
Just a little over a week ago—on
our Canadian Thanksgiving day,'. to
be exact—a farmer of Bad Wilsnalk,
northwest of Berlin, was sentenced
to three weeks in• jail for letting
weeds grow in his eighteen -acre field,
because the court held that t h e
ground might as well have been oc-
cupied by the enemy as far as bene-
,fits to the German people were con-
cerned.
Of course we do not hold with
either German thought or ways, and
neither do you. But at the same time
both of us will' agree that if we had
a court something like that up here
in Huron for a season or two, we
would scarcely be able to recognize
the face of the land.
Our forefathers too, the pioneers
who first broke and farmed the land,
would rest more peacefully in their
graves if, such a change could be
brought about.
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Now Is The Opportune Time
The Bureau of Standards and Tex-
tile Foundation, Washington, D. C.,
laas announced the discovery of a
chemical treatment which will make
'wool less edible for moths, less sensi-
tive to alkaline factors in soap, and
less likely to shrink.
What better news for the house-
wife could there be than that? And
what more opportune time could
there be for trotting it out?
But the housewives are not the
only ones. What about the poor
bachelors whose woollen undies so
rapidly dissolve under -the treatment,
of the moths and the heavy handed -
laundries ?
Think of being able to keep a suit
more than a season, and think of the
safety of your winter suit of clothes
left hanging or lying during the sum-
mer months, and vice versa.
It will be hard on the tailor if the
little moth is definitely deprived of
his lunch, but this is war time, and
the old, suit will have to do if the
moths have not ben
ahead of us for
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Years Agone
IIM�nphq Hants Pleked Iran
7M Huron 6�poYltyy b Fifty m.
T.wenlyllve Years /�s:
Interesting It nne Plckod From'
Th. Expooltgr of Fifty and
Twenty lvo Year. piyo.
From The Huron Expositor
October 27, 1916
Ten ' Goderich sailors, among the
best the town has ever given to the
Great Lakes trade, went to their
doom when the Steamer Merida, of
Collingwood, which it is now- certain
was battered to pieces in the gale on
Lake Erie on Friday. The drowned
men are: Malcolm McDonald, pas-
senger; Angus Graham, wheelsman;
Angus Murray, watchman.; James Con-
ners, chief engineer; David Corbett,
fireman; Wilfrid' -Austin, oiler; John
Quigley, oiler; James Oalahan, Jack
Feagan and William Bogie, sailors.
The .knitted coat donated by Miss
Lukes for the Seaforth Red Cross So-
ciety was won by Mise Jessie Case.
Dr. R. R. Ross has had a handsome
and spacious verandah erected on his
residence on Goderich St.
Messrs. G. A. Sills, J. Reid and Ad-
am McKay were in Camp Borden this
week.
Among those who were wounded
and on the casualty list this week
were: 'Phonies, Joseph Downey, son
of• Mr. and Mrs. Michael Downey, of
the Huron Road, and Vincent James
McGrath, son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter
McGrath, of Beechwood. Norman
Bohannan, of the 33rd Battalion, was
wounded in the leg and is in hospital
in France. Word was also received
by Mr. Frank Skelton that his son,
Pte. Fred Skelton, of Tuckersmith,
had lost his life.
Mr. J. J. Merner, of Zurioh, has
purchased a gasoline tractor for use
on his farms.
While cranking lhis car, Mr. Samuel
Oesch, of Blake, had the misfortune
to fracture his wrist.
Mr. Eldon Howald, of Zurich, who
has been engaged with Mr. A. Edig-
hoffer, has gone to Detroit.
Miss Tot McGregor's class in the
Sunday school class of First Presby-
terian Church gave a very enjoyable
concert in the church last Tuesday
evening. The following are the names
of those who took part: Marion
Larkin, Beatrice Larkin, Marguerite
Snell, Mary Edmunds, Jean Hays,
Thelma Pethick, Mabel Turnbul1eEll.a
Turnbull, Emma Freeman, Clarissa
Scott and Pearl Patterson.
Mrs. John Warwick has received
word that her son, Corp. John War-
wick, had landed safely in England.
He is with the 175th Battalion of Cal-
gary.
Mrs. Carmichael, John St., has re-
ceived -vord that her son had been
wounded while oh active service :n•
France.
Miss Elizabeth Rennie, of Hensall,
has started a singing class for a num-
ber of her friends at the residence
of her brother, Mr. M. R. Rennie.
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From The Huron Expositor
October 23, 1891
On Sunday morning early some un
known person or persons effected`en
trance to the cellar of the Mansio
House at Exeter and nineteen bottle
of the best Cogniac brandy were to
en away. Mr. Leathorn, the proprie
tor; says the party or parties mus
have had a particular liking 'fdr ,Cog
niac, as a large quantity of other liq
uors were in the cellar untouched.
Mr. R. IL Muidrew, of Egmondville
has been re-engaged as teacher i
Section 5, Tnckersmith, at an increas
of $45.00 in salary.
Miss •Janet Scott and Miss Sarabe
McLean are ; attending the provincia
convention of the Christian Endeavo
Association at Peterboro this wee
as representatives of the Seaforth as
sociation.
A new industry has been started in
Mae village of Kippen in the shape o
a butcher shop. Mr. Gilbert Dick, th
proprietor, is an expert in the mea
business and as he is well know
throughout this section, will no doub
do a .good business.
Miss Jennie Murray, of Hensel], lee
this week for Goderich, where she i
tends teaching in the public schoo
for the remainder of the year. t
On Wednesday evening of last wee,
the Salvation Army hail a big tim
in Bayfield. Captain Glass, the musi
cal wonder of Sarnia, and several of-
ficers and soldiers from Goderich rand
Clinion, were present and had a rous-
ing time.
Mr.. Henry Chesney, Tuc1tersmith,
has purchased a thoroughbred Leices-
ter shearling ram from Mr. Curry, of
Iverton, paying a good price.
There were' nineteen applications
for the position of County Clerk at
Goderich following an advertisement,
among whom were: D. C. Dorrance,
McKillop; G. W. Holman, Usborne;
Thos. E. Hays, McKiliodi;. J. C. Mor-
rison, McKillop, and William Lane,
Ashfield. Mr, Lane was the success-
ful man.
A very promising lodge in connec-
tion with the -Order of the Sons of
Scotland, was 'instituted here on
Thursday evening last by Mr. Nimmo
of Toronto. The new lodge was call-
ed "Lady Nairn," and started with a
charter membership of 32. The fol-
lowing officers were chosen: William
Ballantyne, Chief; Wm. Hamilton,
chieftain; John Crosier, recording
secretary; Robert Logan, financial
secretary; .Tames Gillespie, treasurer;
John G. Wilson, marshal; ,James Mc-
Michael, chaplain; A. Crozier, inside
guard; Wm. Ireland, outside guard;
WM. McDougall, standard bearer.
Mr. Tbomas Thompson, who recent-
ly had the Brussels stage, has..pur-
chased the Commercial and Queen's
buses and will hereafter run a union
bus to all the,. hotels in town.
Mr. A. J. W4llson', son of Mr. O. C.
Willson, of town, has gone to Flint,
Mich., where he expects to take a
position as bookkeeper • In the hard-
ware store of his uncle.
Mr. D. C. Dorranee, of McKillop,
who has been teaching in Centralia
fox the past two years, takes charge
of the acheo1 'in, Sectioln 'ilio. 8, 13ifi-
bert, nett year.
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"BALKY TRACTOR"
If you pick up a book of poems by
James Whitcomb Riley you'll see
many interesting, things about ordin-
ary farm life as it was back in his
day, However, times have changed a
great deal since then. In place of
balky horses on cold, frosty, fall
morning, in. "our township a great
many people have to put up with
balky tractors.
Ai balky horse was a mighty diffi-
cult thing to get along with. Out of
sheer perverse ,nature a balky horse
could cause a man to lose his temper
and literally froth at the mouth. Just
about the time he was ready to give
up and sit down` exhausted the horse
would for no apparent reason switch
its tail and decide to move on. There
were a fair share of balky horses in
the township in those days, too. It
seemed at one time as if all the horse
trading gypsies in t h e district
brought all the 'balky horses in the
province back to our township.
Father, who considered himself to be
a keen judge of horse -flesh and a
keen trader,. found himself at one
time with two balky horses. '• When
one would go the other was certain
not to move.
Coming out from breakfast this
morning I decided to try and straight-
en the garden gate up from its, rather
Melancholy lean. It was a brisk,
autumn morning . . , the sunnot yet
high enough to banish the night's
chill. The iron work on the fenee
was clammy and cold and the leaves
underfoot rustled with a metallic rasp
that told of the pranks of Jack Frost.
The clear, morning air was pollut-
ed with lout, noises ... the hammer-
ing of metal on metal and now and
again the asthmatic cough of a trac-
tor which refused to get started.
Neighbor Higgins Was having another
round with his balky tractor. But
those bouts are more or less frequent.
It seems that every time we go to
a silo -filling at the Higgins' place his
tractor acts up-. Being next door
neighbors of Higgins, I usually go
over early to help him get set up for
such work as silo -filling. This year
I arrived shortly after daybreak and
Higgins was cranking and cranking
as usual.
With hat pushed up on his forehead
. his smock lying over the tractor
seat and his lefthand firmly anchor-
ed to the radiator cap of the old trac-
tor, his right arm was going around
like a Dutch windmill on a windy
day. The tractor was in much the
same condition as usual . . . very
dead.
He stopped and looked up, panting.
His conversatt was punctuated by
a choice set of descriptive adjectives
which in themselves should have
warmed up the troctor motor. He
didn't say much and then waif& most
determined look in -his eyes he plant-
ed his feet wide apart and grasped
the crank and began turning in earn-
est. . Then the tractor kicked . .
and when I say kicked . . , it is for
the benefit of city people who may
not be aware that a tractor packs as
much dynamite in its wallop as an
old-fashioned American mule. Higgins
seemed to coil up like a snake and
then he unwound. The language be-
gan to blister once again.
I offered to try cranking the trac-
tor but by the time I made the offer
he was buried beneath the hood of
the contraption with a hammer and a
wrench. For at least five minutes
there, was a busy sound of metal on,
metal. Finally it stopped. "I think
I have it fixed," he said, quite proud-
ly.. He started cranking and kept it
up steadily for another five minutes.
This time the tractor was quite unre-
sponsive., There didn't even seem to
be a kick Ieft in the metal monster.
Once again he buried himself under
the hood . . . this time locating a
dislodged wire which apparentaly had
deadened the motor.
The motor would turn over
cough a couple of times and then sog-
gily stop. ' That was encouragement
at least. "It's flooded," was the an-
nouncement. For' five m mutes we
stood and smoked and talked about
everything except the tractor. Final-
ly he went back to work on it with a
vengeance.
His hand slipped and .he bashed his
knuckles on the metal. Has ,your
hand ever slipped off a crank on a
chilly morning and struck cold met-
al? If it has, then you will know
about the numbing experience that it
really is. He hopped on one foot and
then the other and tried, to cram his
whole fist ---blood, oil and all—into his
mouth.
For at least three minutes he stood
stock still. Then with his hat perch-
ed on the back of his head . . . his
hair bushed out over his forehead
bleed streaming from h i s
knuckles . . . face spattered with oil
and blood, she walked up in a very
determined way to the tractor. He
shoved the crank in to make connec-
tion and then suddenly turned it. The
tractor started . . . without a murmur
or a choke. The motor purred as
smoothly as it is possible for an an-
cient tractor to purr. The balky
tractor started just as the Higgins'
nerves were at breaking point!
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Canada At War
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"THE NAVY"
(By B. M. P.)
As a fitting climax to the Canadian
editors' tour, a 'day with the Royal
Canadian Navy at Halifax 'had been
arranged. To anyone who has visit-
ed Halifax in peace -time, the trance
formation to its predominant War-
time role as a key port on the At-
lantic Coast comes almost as a shock.
The streets of Halifax are thronged'
with officers and ratings of the R,C.
N., the harbor is lined with ships be-
ing readied for convoy, new buildings
to accommodate the Navy's needs are
going up on- all sides, and the dock-
yard ie a veritable beehive of activ-
ity as thousands of navy men, are
schooled for service on the seas. -
Arriving at Halifax early in the
morning, the editors were shown;
tbrough King's College, the Officers'
training establishment, the Signalling
Schooland the Admiralty blouse
Grounds, Proceeding to ffie Mejes-
ty�s Canadian Dockyard, our party
satin all phases+ of the technical 'trains
Ing of ,the Nave W1114414the
•`pl ;, dfal 'nee•I+tfk�a'
shop'; machine shops, anti-aircraft
school and other departments of in-
struction. It is here that the officers
and ratings receive their final train-
ing in gunnery, navigation, wireless
telegraphy, signalling and able sea-
manship to fit them for their tasks.
Stokers are taught there engine room
duties and there are schools for
cooks, stewards and sickbay attend-
ants. In one building the gunners
were being trained on large naval
guns. It was an unbelievable bedlam
as the youngsters went throughtheir
paces, shouting and repeating orders
and moving with speed and precision
to their respective stations." "Not all
of these lads are Maritimers, in fact
a great many are from the 'Prairies
and singularly enough they take to
the water like ducks.
Youth Predominates
Youth clearly has the call in the
Oanadfan Navy. We met a 27 -year-
old Officer who is commander of a
destroyer and another of about the
sande ago in charge of a 'braid elate
Canadian corvette. Another led" of
teeent' ol1e, tIA ofMMeer. odd ‘e; 64411,044'
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Contract Let For Third Airport
Contracts for the third' large air-
port in this vicinity have been
awarded. The latest development is
an emergency landing field at St.
Joseph which is reliably reported to
have been let to Johnston Bros., of
Brantford. The work on the Cen-
tralia airport is progressing rapidly.
The cement foundation is in for four'
of the seven thangars to be erected
and work is progressing on the foun-
dation for the fifth. Over'a million,
feet of lumber' is now on the grounds.
Additional workmen ,.were taken ,en
the forepart of this week. The Tow -
land Construction Co., of London, Is
well, on the way with one of the run-
ways at the emergency landing field
at'.Grand Bend.—Exeter Times -Advo-
cate.
Gets Important Post
J. Alex Martin, for many years man-
ager of the Dominion Tire Company
at Kitchener, and; an Exeter old boy,
has been named deputy controller of
rubber for the Department of Muni-
tions and Supply, it was learned at
Ottawa on Saturday. Mr. Martin has
been in Ottawa for the past several•
weeks, at work on his new job and
busy with details of plans to 'conserve
rubber for war -time use. He works
with A. H. Williamson, controller of
supply, whose position embraces rub-
ber control.—Exeter Times -Advocate.
Presentation To Mrs. Cudmore
At a gathering of Red Cross
workers at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
A. W. Morgan, of Usborne, -Mrs. Alice
Cudmore was presented, witha beau-
tiful reading lamp and reflector prion
to moving to her new home in Sea -
forth. Mrs. Cudmore has been an
untiring worker for the Red Cross.
She is highly esteemed in the neigh-
borhood and the best wishes of all
follow her to her new home.—Exeter
Times -Advocate.
Moved To Woodstock
MT. John Dawson, meter repairman
at the Exeter Hydro office, moved to
Woodstock last week where he has
secured a position with the Wood-
stock Hydro. Mrs. Dawson and the
latter's father, Mr. Brymner, of Bar-
rie, who visited in Exeter for a week,
accompanied hind. The best wishes
of many friends will follow them.—
Exeter Times -Advocate.
Two Bodies From. Freighter Found
A diver,,inspecting the broken hull
of the sunken Canadian grain carrier,
Anna C. Minch, which foundered in
Lake Michigan last ,November llth,
reported he had found two bodies in -
the engine -room. The hull lies in two
sections about a mile southwest of
the Pentwater ., pier. Twenty-seven
seamen aboard the freighter lost their
lives. Two Goderich boys were lost
on the Anna C. Minch. The body of /
one, Sheldon MacMath, was found at
once. That of Dane Rose remained
undiscovered.—Goderich Signal -Star.
Busy Week -End At the Waterfront
The' str. Bricoldoc arrived from
Fort William on Thursday night with
160,849 bushels wheat and 39,375
bushels feed screenings. Also in on
Thursday night from Fort 'Welliam
was the str. Wiodoe, with • 99,230'
bushels wheat: Both cargoes were
for the elevator. The L. V. Massey
arrived Friday morning from Fort
William with 41,666 bushels feed
screenings, 17,326 bushels oats and
39,601 bushels barley for the eleva•
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tor; also 20,000 bushels oats for the
Western Canada Flour Mills. Tide
str. Algoway arrived Saturday morn-
ing from Fort William with 195,000
bushels wheat for the elevator. On
Monday night the A. A. Hudson ar-
rived light, from Owen Sound,' and
left for Windsor after taking on 150
tons of salt. The tug Ross" (Captain
D. G. Ross) arrived from Sarnia on
Tuesday morning towing a, derrick
which is to be used in removing loose
rocks from the harbor basin.—Gode-
rich Signal -Star.
Bingo Enjoys Big Crowd
The biggest crowd of the season
patronized the bingo booth in the
Town Hall last Saturday night. The
gross proceeds were $68,71. The big
table in the centre of the basement
proved inadequate to seat the cro`ed,
and other smaller tables , had to be
provided, There's no better place to
spend your spare nickels, and a nice
warm spot to while away a few hours
on these cold nights, should prove a
convenience to the public. — Blyth
Standard. '
Airmen Entertained
The Thanksgiving tea and musicale
iven by the Empire Service Club on
unday for the men in uniform was
very successful affair and, was at -
ended. by about 45 men from the
ky Harbor, Port Albert and Clinton
it stations. MacKay Hall was beau -
fully decorated for the occasion utt-
er the ''oonvenership of Mee. J. A.
rabam. Miss Josie Saunders was
e convener of the tea and musicale.
efresihments were donated by the
embers of the Ahmeek and Maple
eat Chaiter6 of the I.O.D.11. Mrs. 13.
Lane ..and Mrs, F. R. Redditt pour,
tear assisted• by Mete W. , Gallow,
iss Hazel Hartwell, ,lira, R. Phelan,
rs. CJ. W �lil►, %b e. 3''. S. Hoftle, Was
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