The Huron Expositor, 1942-01-09, Page 2ronExpositor
establish
Reith McPlaii. Mc�1860 ,.eanr Editor,
Published at Seaforth, Ontario, ev-
ry Thursday afternoon by McLean
ras.
iE.tOWTH, Friday, January 9th
No Permanent Hart Done
•'A .number of Western Ontario
weekly newspapers have, in recent
weeks, been drawing marked atten-
' tion to the lack , of interest manifest-
ed on the part of ratepayers in the
municipal affairs of town 'and town-
ship, as evidenced by the lack of at-
tendance at the annual business
meetings 'of ` municipalities every-
where. -
The. !Fame for this lack of interest
and .att'endance. has been placed by
these -'papers on the shoulder -s of the
Ontario Government because' of its
•action in passing, legislation which
extended the term of elected muni-
cipai4ficers. from .one to two years,
and thereby placing in the hands of
municipal councils unusual 'powers
and temptations which were unlike=
ly or impossible in the old one-year
term. "
'That these co oils - were electeil
for a term of -two years,,„and that no,
matter how unwisely or `elctrava-
.. gantly a municipal council night act; .
there was nothing the ratepayers
. could do about .it, so why bother
themselves. ' Nence this growing
• lack of interest -in municipal affairs.
, If there is a growing lack of inter-
est in municipal affairs on the part
of the ratepayers,.it is a situation
. thatecertai.nly is to be deplored.' On
-`the~other---hand_the Ontario Govern-
ment's legisla' ays
while it w' in- ....-
tended as an economy r measure,
was. not made compulsory the
municipalities,although the greater -
liumber" of there in town and country
.took advantage of it. • '
- • And having done so, we believe by
.far the greater number have found
the new two-year term entirely sat- _
iefactory. I't ' has not only saved
' .these municipalities money, but it.
has placed their councils in. a freer
and more independent.. position, so
that 'legislation could • be considered"
on its 'merits, and not just, how it
might 'affect their return, to office at
.the beginning of the New Year. -
Of course there was 'a time when,
municipal -affairs were the predomin-
ating outside interest 'of almost ev- •
ery ratepayer,., When municipal office
was considered a great honor, and
was sought .hy the highest and the
lowest. But , at that the' hisory of:
numerous municipaliies in , Ontario,
hes ,t show a. very:,envious record. -
In fact, : he . municipal record of.' re-
cent yea,rs.cornpares more than fav-
orably with ti.use of ',the boom years
,when public' rl. cetin gs were 'crowded
to the doors,, and the mind tell p'era-
cure of every ratepayers rose to fev'-
er .heat.' •
In these days we do not at all be-
lieve it is an atter lack of interest ,
that causes public meetings to be so
sparsely attended; but rather: 'a di-
versity of interest which makes' it
impossible for, all but a: very few_
ratepayers to. give their undivided
attention to, municipal ,government:
''For one thing, during the ,past de-
eade, the average farmer- and the
average merchant and business man .
in the -:count ;:fir,.--.to.wns and ' villages
has beent,ko bu'sy.,.trying to make - a ,
living for 'himself and family that he
has had little time for anything else.
/ Then, too, the people in the country
are now very much nearer the centre
Of things than they were a very' few
years ago. The modern newspaper.,,
the telephone, the radio aid other
things have made them citizens of
the world and not .just of their own.
municipality. .
That is not to say, -however, that
the People in the.country—at least in
this ',part. of Ontario-havelost in-
terest in or abandoned -municipal af-
fairs' for good an& all. Ithat is a fact
tliiat our municipal councils are well •
• ,A. are of. 'I''hey' know and know well
the wider field to which their
era,. have attained has given
. pe r pectl"v'e and corse-
&reat& opptrt itties of
risQi .chid , s councl-live.. .
,d in jinunicipal
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and what they took for quiescence on
the part of their ratepayers, would
overnight turn out to be something
very different. In fact, they would
find -public interest in municipal af-
fairs just as great as it was in any
other day.
'Fox thatreason we do not see that
the action of the Ontario Govern-
ment, in extending the life of muni-
cipal office, has caused any perman-
ent -harm. In fact, we 'believeit to be
a very useful and beneficial war
measure, and one which has the ap-
proval of an ever increasing number '
of municipalities.
11)
A Fight To A Finish
The first fruits of the British
Prime Minister's, visit to Washing-
ton and negotiations" conducted in
Moscpw and the Far East, were an-
nounced to the world on Friday last,
when twenty-six power', including
.the United States, Great Britain and/
China, pledged themselves that. day
in a formal agreement, to fight to,the
finish against the Axis 'powers.
All twenty-six countries ,ruled out
a separate peace and further agreed
to 'pool. their full economic and mili-
tary resources against their.coxnmon
enemy—Germany, Italy and -Japan.'
These are the basic points of the
agreement:'" - • -
1—Each GoV'ernrrient pledges it-
self to employ its full resou ces,n ili-
tart' or economic, .against those i� em-
ers of the Tripartite Pact and its
adherents -with which such 'Gover-n-
ment is at war.. . "
2r --Each Government pledges it-
self to co-operate with the govern-
ment's signatory hereto and not to
make a separate armistice or peace
with the : enemies.
• The twenty. six=powers-which sign-
ed the declaration- on Friday are:
The United States, Britain, Russia,
China, Australia, Belgium, Canada,
...Costa Rica, ' Cuba, Czechoslovakia,..
the Dominican Republic, Salvador,
Greece; Guatemala, Haiti, fidnduras,
India, Luxemburg, the Netherlands,
New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway,
Panama, .Poland, Soutli„Africa and
Yugoslavia,
The reason assigned by these na-
tions for making the declaration was •,
because the r were . "convinced that
complete victory over their enemies
is essential to defend life, Iiberty, 'in-
dependence ;and religious .freedom,
and to preserve human 'rights , and
justice in their own lands as well as
in other lands; and that they are now
engaged` in a common "struggle.
against savage 'and. brutal. forces;'
seeking to •subjucate the world."
• ' And° that, gentlemen, Means . `A
Fight To a Finish.'
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M.,, We Knew It.._
For quite sometime a, great num-
ber of people have beeu..--telling us
that because the wind was from a
' 'certain direction one day in Decem-
ber—or. was it Novemberthart the
wind and weather on that da would
be the pre ailing wind and ,weater.
h r
for the nex three months.
That da was a balmy day with a
nice soft wind and'we liked.' to con-
template having .three months of
. that kind of weather without going
to Florida for it:
But' even though Christmas - was
green and it rained on New Y ar's,
we knew that wasn't our kitd of
winter.
And Monday last, when the ther-
mometer "went down to five below
zero and you couldn't see across the'
street at times for a whirling bliz-
zard, proved it.
Winter is just corning—not °going
—and• we know it. And ., there is no
- use trying to fool ourselves 'about it .
either.,
J
act
Did It
A year ago last Saturday a Ger-
' man
er--.man broadcast from Munich was re-
corded in,.. London, England.
It said:„ "These ' last six month
have resulted in a far` reaching
wearing .down of `England, our la'st
remaining enemy . the success of
the last six months (of 1940) justify.
your conviction that 1941 will com-
plete the German victory." •
bid it?' Really what Germany
- gained in.:194 rias an addi:tion_to her
last
ain
in enemyEngland
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Years, Agone
Interesting Items Picked From
The Huron'Expositor of Fifty and
Twenty-five Years Ago. '
Frqm The Hu4rgn Expositor
' January 12, 1917
Last Thursday over twenty men
gathered at Mr. Joseph Spearer's bush,
'Guomarty, and sawed and split a
year's supply of wood. Mr. Speare
has been laid aside, from the effects
of a bad fall.
Conspiesious..among the New Year,
events and happy family reunions was
a charming house • party. on New
Year's Day given by 'Me. Samuel Hor-
ton and sister, Mies Ellen 'Horton, at
their tine residence in Hensel!. Early
in the day guests began arriving from
.London, Exeter, 'Seaforth- and Lum-
ley to celebrate the informal opening
of their new home. Miss Horton was
assisted by , her 'cousin, Mies Emma
.Dickson.
Mr. Thomas Consitt, who . recently
sold his. fine ,farm in Hay Township,
has purchased the •residence,of Miss
Jessie Thompson, on Sparring Street,
Seaforth, and will occupy it In "the
spring.
A pleasant gathering met at t1e
home of Mr. AIM Mrs. James Sproat
in Egmondville recently; when a
number of the old-time employees of
the brick yard 'gathered together to
spend a social evening. • Aniong those
"present were John Nicholson and
Charles, Parker, of Bayfield; William
Manson, Duncan McPreeters, John” and
James • Sproat.
Messrs. Clifford Bell, Percy Hoag,
Stewart Smillie and Frank Doherty
have returned to Toronto to resume
their studies at the University.•
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At the annual meeting of the Red
Cross Society in Chiselhurst the fol-
lowing officers were elected: Presi-
dent, Mrs. J: Mitchell; vice-president,
Mrs. J. McLean; secretary, Miss M.
Glenn; treasurer, Mrs. T. Patterson;
cutters, Mlle:. E. Durnin, Mrs. 0. Eyre,
Miss McTaggart, Mrs. G. Dalrymple,
Mrs,. Chambers and Mrs. Simonds,
Mr. Robert. McGonigle, who• ,recent-
ly held an auction sale of his stock
and implements on ,his" farm in Tuck-
ersmith, has moved into .Mrs. John
Sproat's house in Egmondvi1le.
,In the published list of those who
succeeded in qualifying at the 'Cana-
dian School of Musketry in Shorn-
cliffe, Enig aia�°,"'-tee ieatf e--the--name
of Sergt. ,Charles R. Clark, as having
qualified with distinction; ;Sergt.
Clark is a Member -of the 161st .Hur-
onsrand .arson of Mr. and Mrs. R. I•..
• -Clark of this town, and is one of See-
fovth's most popular young men.
Mr. William, Ward has sold his
splendid farm of 150 acres oft the 14th
of Hibbert to Mr. '1% A. Powell,, a
fanner from Saskatchewan. The 'price
paid was $12,00Q.,
Miss •„Florence' Pope, of Brandon,
Man., who holds a good '. Position. in
a 'large jewellry store there, is home
on a visit.
IANIJARY 9, 194
Phil.. Os fer, of -
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• Lely, , lea ows
(By Harry J. Boyle)
• "ADVERTISING” -
Cousin Oscar 4s like they majority
of people in our township. He works
hard to make his money .and he
started in life with so very little that,
he still can't realize that he has a
little backing in the bank. He is
moderately neat around his farm and
quite proud of :his place. He doesn't
paint the buildings as often as they
should be painted but when he does
paint . . . well, lou should just see
his chest swell out with pride.
- Oscal is like all of us. He can't'
resist when somebody offers hila easy
money. It was to be expected that
he would agree *hen a young ,city
fellow cants along 'and offered him
ten dollars a year for painting a sign
on the end of his barn. Oscar con-
sidered it for a long time and finally
'feeling that the pallet would help
preserve the barn and the ten dol-
lars would be "found" money, he
agreed to the neung man's proposi-
tion. He' didn't say anything about
it at the house because he knew that
his wife would not be entirely in favor
of the ,idea.
*
The east side of Oscar's barn faces
the raili"oad .'a'nd the main highway.
He' made the mistake of not asking
the man what he intended putting
on -in the way of a sign. I guess he
never thought of it. When the sign
painters arrived Mrs. Oscar merely
looked surprised and said, "I didn't
know You were going to get the barn
painted." Oscar was reading the
newspaper at the time and. he mere-
ly gru•nted.•.something . . . something
which Mrs. Oscar evidently thought
was intended to convey the idea that
he had contracted for the painting of
the barn. '
The. painters were quite expert ;n
their work. Oscar"glowed with'pride
as , the first coat was slapped on the
boards giving a 'very neat appear-
ance . . . at least to that end of it,
He grew prouder of his -bargain and
for.- some finis thought that possibly
it would be worth while to move his
barn up to • the corner of the• farm
where it would be conspicuous ne
three sides sethat he could rent the
space to adverti"set'?;. He was
ing money quite rapidly in his ; own
imagination as the sign caine to life
on the east end, of the barb.
• Out of ..the Maze of glowing paint
and 'flourishing curlicues there gra-
�dually evolved a sign. A - smiling,
happy boy 'in a pink play suit seem-
ed to gambol across the end of the
barn. You Mild fairly see the glow=
ing health in this cheeks. On the
utber end of the sign a distinguished
looking bird appeared to grow under
the deft hands of the painter. It was
a .stork , . . the trademark for a fam-
ous brand of child remedies and the
lettering appeared beneath it.
Csca: was bewildered at first. He
•hasn't expected anything like that.
At 'flint. he was just a little afraid of
what would happen when he went up
to the. house, but at last braved it
and walked, up to the -garden gate.
M,l•s. Cr:en•, sensing something r sup-
pose," was marching down with' her
arms folded to see the sign. _
There it glared at •her. . It 'was a
masterpiece"`in a sense, but the effect•
was lost on Mrs. Oscar. She storm-
ed at the painters and at her husband
and demanded that they take ,the
sign off the barn at once. They jusst,
,laughed at her and told her to ask
her husband about his contract withr,
the company.
,Oscar and his wife had never, been
favored by a visit from the stork and
that was the embarrassing part of
the whole 'affair.People started talk-,
ing about the sign and on a Sunday
afternoon there used to be literally
hundreds of cars. flocking past that -
barn. Oscar tried to have the law on
the people who contracted with him,
but there Was nothing he could do
about it.
Of course • the more he stormed
about itthe more codling, there w11
about the whole- thing. At' the coun-
cil meeting they started calling him
"Dr. Stork." He was literally • laugh-
ed out .of the reeveship that year, be-
cause he wouldn't run for it in the
face of so much talk. ,
To top the whole story off, it came
to the end of the year and Oscar told
the'•company to remove 'the sign:
They retaliated .....,With , the contract
iibich -ilia weiI-Iliac-they Were -not 7Te=
sponeible. Oscar tried rubbing it off
and he,,,,couldn't - . with the result,
that. he had to turn allethe• boards on
the barn in .towards'tlie • mow: Oa
hreshing day 'you still.` hear snickers
om the men in the mow' when they
ee . the paint on''' the 'boards.
•
From 'The Huron Expositor
January 8, 1892,•
' Mr. }7iriilliaria .Brown, of the Walton
road, is about to give over the man-
agement of his farm to his son, Rob-
ert„ an•d e A -f 11 enjoy„•,a Well-earned re-
tirement. He will live in Blyth:
The Most destructive fire'Seafortli
•has had for; several years broke out'
about •two o'clock last Saturday morn-
.ing in the .large, dry goods'store of
Mr. Jehn 13eatti? do Main Street, This
story is 'in the -centre of a solid brick
biotic exterdlrlg from Market to John
Street. It is supposed to be an in-
cendiary who started it, as 'thea° back
book Nps standing open. The fxre,got
into the workrooms of Messrs. Jack-
son Bros., and then into the tin shops
of Messrs:' Johnson Bios., and consr&'
erable damage was done !by smoke to
the E. McFaul stone: The firemen
gave their All and worked untiringly,
Mr. George Hainmili,, of Seaforth,
and Miss Millen, daughter of Mr. Jas.
Hilien, of Mci(iilop, 'have success-
fully -passed their examinations at the
School of • Pedagogy and are now
eligible to teach as specialists 'in a
high school or, collegiate instituter
Mr. J. W. Neville has purchased the
marble works of the late D: Grant,
Seaforth, and will carry ,on the busi-
ness
us:n•ess in all its branches at the old
stand. • °�
Messrs. Livingston and McLachlan
have opened up a ghopping mill :n
the blacksmith chop lately occupied
by John Richardson, of Cromarty, and
are giving good satisfaction.
Messrs: John Moffatt;-- Ge irge Mc-
Cartney and + Duncan Cameron, of
•iManiteba, are he Bruceffield on a short
visit. • As the days 'pass
At the annual school meeting {n S. no German bcjr3tb
S. No. 5, Stanley, the scholars green the city; the
ented their retiring teacher, Mn Thos.
.Grant, with an address which 'were
accompanied by beautiful slippers, ked
gloves and silk handkerchief.'
Mr. J. W. Morrison,, of Walton, left
on Monday to resume his studies at
the Collegiate Institute in Seaforth.
At the regular meeting of -the -Sea -
forth Fire Brigade the following offi
cers were duly elected for t.hee ensu-
ing year.: Chief, W. Cline; treasurer,
ileo. A. Sills; secretary, R. Haxby;
Star Hose Co:, No. 1, Captain, Alex
Brondfoot; 1st .Lieut., W. McDougall;
2nd -Lieut., A. Stark;• lst branchman,
W. Shaw, D. Smith; Geo Murray; 2nd
branchmen, John Smith, V; Beattie, J.
Robertson; hydrant man,' R. Iraxby ;
shutoff man, R. McCash; }hook And.
ladder company, Capt., John
tyre; 1st Lieut., John Cardno; 2nd
Licht., John Stogdill.. -
After the close of the annual XMis-
sionary meeting of the Tgmondvitle
Church on, Thursda ' /evening, a pleas-
ant incident took •pea a .when the
members presented' the pastor. with a
handsomer coat and gauntlets to
match. I
JUST •A SMILE OR TWO
"I once knew a lady who was turn-
ed into wood."
"Really?"
"Yes: she \vent on a vessel and, so,
of course. she' was aboard." r
"Well, I heard of. a woman' who
was dumb for twenty years and who
regained speech in a minute," ,
"Nonsense!" ;-„
"Not at all. She went into a. cycle
shop, . picked nth a wheel and spoke."
"Can I boi'rene. a dollar from, you,
Dad?"
"I shouldn't be surprised; you"''ve
had enough practice,''
;County Taxes All in.
County Treastirer A. #. Erskine re-
ports that ail twenty-four municipali-
ties in Huron have 7pald their county
taxes, totalling $254,000. As a matter
of fact, all were mailed' by December
20th, the deadline, but were delayed'
Some days by the Christmas, rush in.
the mails:-w-Goderich Signal. -Star.
Oeldbrate 55th Wedding Anniversary
A v;Ary pleasant event was celebrat-
ed eh Sunday, Dec: 28th, when Mr.
and Mrs. C. H. Holland, of Clinton,
celebrated their 55th wedding anni-
versary at tte home of their daugh-
ter, Mrs. W. M. Nediger. During the
afternoon Mr. and Mrs: Holland were
the recipients of flowers and congrtt-
ulations from the immediate family
and friends who called to extend their
good wishes. At 4,30 a dainty lunch.”
was served b r the hostess, assisted
by the grandchildren of thyhappy
couple. Mr. C. H. e#911ancl 'was mar-
ried to Clara -Jervis Cif:Tgene 28, 18460
at Holmesvilie by Rev; Fisher. They
spent/ their ,first...marrrieci years at Or-
-well and- Springfield,',:later coping to
Clinton: Then 21 years ago they re -
Moved to Seaforth. until in June, 1940,
they came to make .their home,with
their daughter in Clinton. Clinton:
Netx's-Records---t • e
eeeteenoi
Poor (Golfer "tn., er saw.so many
birds o na course
before.','-
. Caddie: "They're just following us
about ^•for the `worms."
s .
Wife: "The • dressmaker says she
,won't 'make me .another dress until
you pay her account."
Husband, "Splendid. I'll write and
thank' 'her." .
Dr. Quackster (the cheerful coin-
-forcer in best bedside manner); "Par-
don bringing my bill with- me, but
you knowhow difficult it is to drag
money out of;any one's heirs." •
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Canadian Editors Were
Bombed and Understand
British Sentiment
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This is the sixth of a series of
artidiee about conditions in Great•
Britain and other countries vis-
ited recently by a group of twelve
Canadian editors. It was written
for the 'weekly newspapers of
Canada by their own representa-
tive on the tont', Hugh Templin, .
of the Fergus News -Record. • :,
broadcasting victories — aor
even a hoe of them — but
oadcasti g she
!fling t&take it edge nev-
a
alit 'tb'an
d° a}
d in London and
ever came near
radian editors grew
restive and impatient. They did not
want to 'go home again and have to
admit that they had na9dr heard a
homfb burst in anger. •.
Our hosts were moat obliging in
every way. If there was anything we
wanted, we 'had only to ask the Brit-
ish Council, and it was arranged. We
wanted to see the Canadian Corps in
action and we saw it travelling over
the countryside on large-scale ndan-
oeuvres. We desired to meet ,irirfie
Minister Churchill face to fade: In
two days came word that we would
not only meet him but we would also
hear him streak In the House of Com-
mons. We wanted to see a blitz but
it seemed that the British Council
Wasn't able to manage that for,, us.
One night, -I sat In the office of Mc.
Robertson, editor of the Daily Ex-
press. A Messenger came in. "The
yellow light is ,on." That means that
an energy plane has crossed the coast
somewhere. It happehs .nearly every
night. A few minutes later, there was
More excitement. The purple light
had- gone on. That int sated that the
$lane' Was deiindtely hladed towards
London. nee,
-. i> o'v er she -•cit in.-.A..it7P. DOstf
and nowsM;►er affiCes • Men Waterbed
'f6r the red light ght %Caine, That tq'ailld
i1 flie d1l i t1 at would sent flab t),11"110
�k % blii�ddgih'the'e%eete y here
14 foil th
With the Watchers on. the Roof •
The editor, who had graduated from
the _University. of Toronto in' 1414,
thought we might see a raid after all,
so we hurried up to the rob!. George
Drew was there and -John Collingwood
Reade;, es well as several of our owrl
party, With the light of electric
torches, we went hp metal stairs, past
great tanks of water in the 'top storey
and out on to the roof, where two
men in steel hath kept a constant
vigil.
I stayed with them for an hour, but
the Jerry never reached London. 'Out
to the eastward we saw flashes from
the anti-aircraft guns, but that was
all.' The others went below but I re-
mained, listening ,to stories of the
days when London was the' hot spot.
These men, veterans of the last war,
were fn the thick of it then, but they
had the same philosophy that carries
all London through Its dark Hours:
"If a bomb hasn't 'got yo, number on
it, ft won't get you; if it has, it does
not .matter where you are."
On my last night in London I came
cut of the brightness of 'the • Royal
Automobile Club Into the blackness•
of -Pall Mall,. -For the first time, I saw
the hong, huger$ of the searchlights
waving aeross the London sky. in
daylight, Thad seen the guns and the
searchlights in Hyde Park, but this
was the first night there had been,
any sign of life: The purple light must
have been on agalnr-- r
They faded out --after awhile but I
walked hopefully along Pall Mall and
through Trafalgar Sgtiare and down
thezS'tr"aiid, and -nothing happened.'
Goderiah Salt. Goes To Far Countries-
,
During the past year salt was ship-
ped from God.eri'th to India, to South
Africa and Trinidad, now cut off from
their nsril'•sources. of supply as a re-
sult of the war, Production .of • salt
at the plant of the Goderioh Salt CZ'r,,
in 1941 showed a slight increase over. , -
last yes,r, and it is expected that pro-
duction in 1942 will show a further
g.ajn as the needs of the meat -pack- ''-""
ing and chemical industries •lleco'me
mora, acute, according to R:. "K: Wur-
tele, vice-president of the.. company.
Shipments'- by water were less last.
year. or less than one-quarter of the
total production. This. is due chiefly `'-""
to the fact that new salt plants now•
pr'odneint+• }tn.Manrtoh ani
a.re more and more taking care of
Western shipments.. Salt shipments•°to•
Quebec and .the_ Maritimes, however;•
heve increased,, owing to the .smaller
number of : ballast cargoes arrivitrg
from Britain ..and Spain. -•-•7
Signal -Star. '
Flax Egaiment Being Installed'
The new 'seutching equipment which
has been "so long delayed on account
of war conditions, has arrived and is
now being placed in positionat the
Que'en 'Street Flax Mill It is expected -
that operations will begin about the
fifteenth df the month, and twelve
months• will be required to work ,up
the stool: of flax on hand. — Blyth
Standard. e
Receives. Commission in R. C. A. F..
PIlot-Officer Ralph Delbridge, who:..,,
is visiting ,his parents,,on a two weeks'
furlough, recived word iota Christmas
Eve that came as a' fine Christmas
present. On December 19th •Ra h, gra-
ducted as a pilot fr;oni Nof 9 Service
Flying Training 'School at; Summer•'.
side, P E.I. He passed with flying col-
ors and dad so well that' he was grant-
ed a commission. Word of his Appoint-
ment came 'the day before Christmas /
--Exeter Times -Advocate.
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Sgt. Pilot Elliot in Singapore
Mr, and Mrs. Sandy Elliot received
a cablegram' on Tuesdav>'stating. that
their'son, See. Pilot Harold A. Elliot,
had arri•,•gd safe and well at Singe
Pore. His new address is R68262, R.C.•
A.F. overseas, '130 T,lt. •R.A.F., Singa-
pore, Malaya, No doubt he will be
glad to receive a letter from somd of
his old firiends.—Exhter 'Times -Advo-
cate. ,
Presentation To B. 8. M� Mitc,lielr
The N,C.O.'s of the 99th Battery
stationed;::at Camip Borden held 'a sur-
prise Party recently for their,..Battery
Sergeant Major, Bert Mitchell. During
'the evening they presented him with
a'cocktail cabinet and wished hits bon
voyage on the sea of 'matrimony. Bert
took the plunge on Saturday last,=
Wingham Advahce-Times,"
Singing Over CJCS, Si!tatford
Miss Lois Whitney was heard irr
Cameron Geddes' program last week
over the Stratford radio'`` kation with
delight by many' -of her friends here:
Lois sang two numbers, both of
which were exceptionally well render-
ed. This week they will be listening
for Franklin 11oore, also popular with
Mitchell audiences on all oeeasions.—
MitcheII Atdvocate.
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Christmas Baskets Distributed
Christmas meant a 'great deal for
the Mitchell branch of the :Canadian
Legion for they took time off to die ---
tribute twenty baskets of Christmas
cheer to families of their organiza-
tion. Fowl, oranges,, nuts, candies,
grapes and other tlliflgs that make -
Christrnas baskets a source of ""real'
Joy to the recipients were delivered'•
'by Legloonimen .Tack Gibbs, Lew
Rean•ey and Ed.'Brunk to various
parts of the town,. — Mitchell Advo-
cate. '
Pantiles For Christmas -
Iti w,.s' nearly one o'clock whoya When Miss Hak
a .of Hyde•
walfroieed 'udidenly in My bed in. thie: Park, °was sgeai ing Christmas with
avojr. .I thought I heard the guns her parents, Mrs, August
dgotheintJgbieaotluhl�rtilMm,' sGehuurttatlne s , dToroevr"entturinnetoBanadluepr -o_ikaedLpoagnank, Yinp .�w'vVt itulttdo
(Med thwlndowfand be .evidenne d ollr wre'ceoardlslulookd s
a oyilgi- Mifivig�li':.