The Huron Expositor, 1942-08-28, Page 2THE HURON EXPOSliOR *
AUG TS1 P, 1942 • .
ron xpOititor
established 1860
h McPhail McLean, Editor.
'ublished at Seaforth, Ontario, ev-
Thursday afternoon by McLean
ros.
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SEAFORTH, Friday, August 28th
The Allies Have A New Member
The Allies have a new helper.
Brazil, the largest country in South
America, has joined up and declar-
ed war upon Germany.
The entrance of Brazil is not like-
ly to have any immediate influence
on the war, but it does end the Nazi
dream of lining up South America
with the Axis Powers to isolate the
United States. And that is a good
deal.
The southern part of Brazil has a
German population of over two mil-
lions; an Italian population of over
three million, and there are some
two hundred thousand Japanese.
This foreign population, the Ger-
mans in particular, have been active
fifth columnists since the beginning
ofthe war, 'but Brazil's entrance on
the side of the Allies has put an end
to all their schemes and plans, and
-they are being rounded up and put
out of harm's way.
The new Allies' chief help to the
United Nations will be her vast sup-
plies which the Allies badly need.
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War Is No Help
= On- an. average of :about once a
week we are asked what we will do
for news when the war is over? And
won't it be hard to make a news-
paper ,interesting with just common-
place news?
It won't. The war is no help to a
weekly newspaper. Just the re-.
verse. The dailies get " their first
page news and their streamer heads
from the war, of course, but the
weekly doesn't even get that.
Their's is a harder part to play.
The hardest of all, because it con-
cerns the tragic part of local life. It
has to report the local boys who are
sent across Canada or across the
seas. The sick, the wounded, the
missing, the dead.
Long before the lasWar'was over
the "local casualty lists had become a
nightmare to most weekly editors.
We can distinctly remember that we
got to the stage where we- hated to
see the telegraph operator coming
up our side of the street because we
knew he was bringing .the news that
another soldier from thetown or the'
district had been wounded r killed
in France—for us to publish.
Do you think that any editor likes
to publish, as we -have to this week,1
- that three of our once local boys, are
wounded or missing,: and that a
third, who was a prominent business
Haan in Seaforth, When the war broke
out, is dead in Dieppe?
In other respects the war has
proven a very serious rnatter for all
newspapers, the weeklies included.
It has hit them as hard, if not hard-
er, than many other lines of business.
Help is unobtainable to fill the places
of those who have joined up; expen-
ditures are constantly increasing,
and revenues are constantly dimin-.,
ishing.
No business or profession or other
group of people in all Canada or all
the world will welcome peace more
than the newspapers, large' or small.
It will be a happy day for them when
pfeatures,.which war has crowded out
will take their place on the front and
Other pages of the newspapers.
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The Mail Order- Catalogue
We do not know how many mail
,order gatalogues came into this
town and district last 'week, but it
col ld• possibly -be reckoned in tons. '
No doubt the mail order cata-
Ip '6 is an interesting and; seductive
oozy but 'e hake _'often _ wondered_ .
..... ion �p1e bi*y`. goods they
r'. see totil they are paid or, or
ter being onced ga, p ifted or
r. b g` � � .>.
'•(, ' in..
Maga � a �"
oo if oat
ers ever heard, what a catalogue has
declared itself to be?
Well, here it is: "
I am the marl order catalogue.
I do not care whether you have 'a
church in your community. or not.
I do not pay taxes' to improve
roads over which mail orders must
carry me and my goods.
I ami} not interested whether the
schoolhouses in which my patrons
educate their children is painted or
not. '
Your neighbor's fire, which left
him homeless and without clothes,
does not touch -my charity.
I never contribute to your com-
munity funds or prize draws or
other events or celebrations, nor do
I pay for any of the treats passed
out at Christmas.
My clerks never clean a wind-
shield, fill a radiator or supply free
air.
My only concern in you is the
money I can get out of you.
ne
RU BJ, R ', SCRAPS
a i Ali,:£.,;
tonne picked from
The os tor of fifty and
twenty lave ear ago.
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Water Spouts ,
, On Sunday afternoon thousands
'of people along' the lake shore wit-
nessed a huge water spout blow in
from Lake Huron, near Goderich.
That is a sight that, possibly, not
one of those people had ever seen be-
fore, and there is more than a possi-
bility that not one of them will ever
see another one.
• Water spouts or twisters, as they
are called, are not common to our
Canadian Lakes, but they are not un-
known, and once seen are not easily
forgotten.
Some years ago, in fact 'so many
• years ago that we would hate' to
mention them; we witl essed a,Water
spout in the waters of Huron, off
Bayfield, and that spout of fast
moving waters that seemed to reach
from the sky to the lake 'surface, has
never been forgotten and never will.
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How Churchill Got To Moscow
That Prime Minister Churchill
flew to Moscow to hold his historic
interview with Stalin is a well known
fact of course. But what particular
ship it was that–carried him is not
so generally known.
It was announced last week that
it was the United States, army
bomber B-24,„and that this type is
the most outstanding carrier of not-
ables of the war.
Besides Prime Minister Churchill
the B -24's have .had as passengers
the American Ambassador,John G.
Winant, Viscount ' Halifax, British
Ambassador to the'United States,
Prince Bernhard, the son-in-law of
the Queen of Holland, Prime Minis--
. ter Mackenzie King, the Duke ... of
Kent, and other distinguished per-
sons.
Lieut; Gen. Henry H. Arnold, cern-,
manding officer of the United States
Air Force, s also responsible for
the statement that the B-24 is the
backbone of the Atlantic ferry ser-
vice.
How many of this type of bomber
there are in existence, or how fast
they are being=produced, was not, of
course, made public.
What kind Of Berra ?
"As Brown as a Berry" is one of
the, most- common expressions you
.hear during the summer months.
But although it is so, often spoken • .
about, just what kind of berry is it
that all these summer Vacationers
are as brown as? ' '
That is something we have often
wondered. We have seen many va-
cationers, particularly on the" shores .
of lakes, that were so sunburned that
one might compare their complex=
ions to strawberries or raspberries,
or even to read currants, but we do
not know' of any varieties of berries
that are brown.
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WHAT OTHER PAPERS SAY:
Gives Britain. Credit -
. (Prom the Chicago Sun)
!Despite the' British failure in Libya, Great Bri-
tain_ has. • fought long. and..thetnidally--and- for a
weary time alone—in but cornon cause. Despite
canards to the contrary, the -,bulk of the United
Nations troops in, the 1111ddle ];last are from the
Britt'iSh %sten.. despite British ,hitinderr, the air
galls on the Vetch, lncluditig the 'treiritendous•raid •
ori 1tfetilat, are, next to 11,tielda'a edntribtttion', the
• ' had to date
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From the Huron Expositor.
Aqt 31, 1917
1VIr. C. H'ait e}b, of Zurich, has tab -
en his son h la' ,. Mr. S. E. Faust, as
a partner iu'th:e hardware business.
On Sunday. :last the pdo'ple of Hen-.
sill were gleatly shocked to learn of
the death of 11Qr. ohn $. McKay,
while in bathing at hayfield.
Mr. Alex Monteith has sold his fine
farm on the London Road, a little
north of Kippen, to Mr. J. C. Moffatt,
for a good price.
Miss Anrla Woods, . of town, has
been engaged to teach in the junior
room of the public school in Seaforth.
Miss Geraldine Carpenter, of town,
has accepted a position in the Prin-
cess Theatre in Stratford.
Messrs. Russel Bristow, Arthui
Deem and Leslie 'Bristow are attend-
ing Toronto Exhibition this week.
Miss Beth Willis, who has been,
spending some time with relatives in
Detroit returned home this week.
Mrw Joe M. McMillan has returned
from a holiday trip to Buffalo, Tor-
onto and other eastern cities.
Misses Jean, Margaret and Erie
Stewart, re visiting in Brantford this
week.
Mr. •McClinchey, of near Auburn, re-
cently disposed of a very fine 5 -year -
.old gelding to 1VIr. T. S. Smith, of
Seaforth, for shipment to Montreal,
for which he received the handsome
sum of $500, and. Mr. John Freeman
sold one to Mr. James Archibald for
$225.00.
Over 80 men and boys responded
to the call of the Seaforth. Food Pro-
duction. Association for volunteer flax
pullers to help the Canada Flax Mill
Co: harvest the crop on the farm. of
Mr. W. J. Shannon, north of town on
Wednesday last. Five and a half ac-
res were. pulled, three of which were
pulled by .the men of the Canada
Furniture Co.
The Misses 'Marion and Beatrice
Larkin have returned from a holiday
trip with friends in Chatham. ..
Miss Gretta Watson, who has been
spending the holidays at the home of
her parents, leaves Friday for Regina
to resume her position there.
Mr. E. L. Box is in Brantford this
week attending the convention of the
Ancient Order of Foresters as dele-
gate from the Seaforth lodge.
Mr. Joe Dorsey, of. Orillia, is spend-
ing a few days holidays at his home
.here. ,
Miss Ruth Van Egmond, of Brad-
ford, Penn., is here visiting her par-
ents, Mr. and'Mr.S. W. D. Van'Egmond.
Miss .Jean•Govenlock left this week
to resume her position in Calgary.
Appointments Made
The appointment of Harold C. W&Id
Hams to the post'of manager of the
Unemployment Insurance office in
Goderich was announced on Tuesday
by E. P. Palmer, of London, tempor-
ary manager. Mies Dorothy West-
brook was named as Mr. Williams'
assistant. Miss Westbrook, who has
been on the Registry Office staff for
some months, will commence her new
duties on, August 24th and Mr. Wil-
liams one week later. Mr. Palmer.
said that the office, located in the
Saunders block on West Street, Would
for the time being be known as an
"UnemploymentInsurance Office,"
but ,that this may be changed. It
has been called a "Selective Service
Office," having to do with the alloca.
tion and distribution, or, rationing, .of
labor. `He said a•'statement on this
would be doubtless be forthcoming
shortly.—Goderich Signal -Star.
From The Huron Expositor
September 9, 1892
Mr. Dope, who for some time has
been science master in .the Seaforth
Collegiate Institute, has secured a
similar position in Kingston' and sub-
sequently the•• trustees of the school
will have to look for another man.
Messrs: A. C. Winter, J. W. Living-
stone and Fred Frank, of 'Seaforth,
took part in 'the Stratford bicycle
races. on Wednesday, .
Mr. Clark, baker, and Messrs. Dopp
and Horton, butchers, have each put
handsome new delivery carts on the
road, indicating •an increase in busi-
ness,
Seaforth is represented at the an-
niral shooting matchatthe Dominion
Rifle Association being held this week
at Ottawa by ,Lieut. A. Wilson, Major
J. A. Wilson and Captain Roberts.
Mr. Jonathan Beck, of Egmondville,
has assumed control of the Seaforth
greenhouse' and market garden.
Mr. Charles Brodie is erecting a
neat and comfortable new residence
in the north ward near the market
garden.
Mr. John H. Broadfoot leaves to-
day for the Pacific coast and will be
absent about a month.
Messrs. Duncan 'and Pyter have re-
cognized Past efficient services by
appointing .Miss Collie, dof Egmend-
ville to a responsible position In their
new establishment.
Mr. Frank Gutteridge is engaged
this week in building a wingwall to
the Egmondville bridge. ' ,
The good people of Union Church
are making extensive, improvements
on their church building at Brucefield.
It is being painted both internally and
externally and a new .furnace added.
One day last week Mr. B. Gibbings,
of the .Huron Road, near Alma,
threshed ' on the farm of Mr. Thomas
McMichael, in ten hours, 1,�0 bush-.
els of grain. This was thegrain from
35 acres. Mr. ,Brownlee, of Clinton,
and Mr. Richard Tasker, of Hullett,
were his assistants.
On Saturday as Rev. S. Acheson, of
Kippen, .accompanied by his daughter
and wife were driving on the London
Road, South of Kippen, Ms horse.
shied at a bicyclist reclining on the
roadside and on turning sharply up-
set the buggy and occupants into the
ditch. The people were not, seriously
injured, but the buggy was a total
wreck'.
Mr. George Murrayy of town, has
several "teams busily at .work deliver-
ing 'coal,. for Messrs. Reid & Wilson.
Coal i:s being sold at $7.00 per ton.
Mrs.. E. J. fnclra;" ,earl ttrey; left
on Tuesday to visit friends 111 Albany,'
New York.
"Don't forget to give those gloves to the scrap rubber salvage,
committee when they are worn out."
®Ph.i1 v Osifer' of• Lazy ]endows
,(By Harry J. Boyle) f'
PATRICIA ANN
Cited the stories to her, she wanted
to hear them :once more, It was the
' We had a letter in the mail the first thing in the morning and an . ex -
other day from a lady who asked why cellent excuse to use at night when
there were no more yarns about she' wasn't fussy about haying 'to go
Patricia Ann. According `to her we to bed. Growing rather tired of »the
should write each week about the wee repetition •Mrs. Phil was in town one
lady and forget all about. the . other day and brought home a .mapzmoth
activities at Lazy Meadows, I cone, edition filled with.alt kinds of rhymes
fess that if I weren't afraid ;of boring and little stories. We could then
the r'eader's, I would be writing about
Patricia Ann all the time. I think,
however, about the doting parents
who dominate a conversation with
talking about their own child . . .
and write about something else.
Patricia Ann will be. three years
old during the first week of October.
The time has gone around swiftly
since then . . . it certainly doesn't
seem like three years . . and yet
when you ,;10.01;., at her playing with
her dolls and trying to master the
'stories in the 'picture books it isn't
hard to realize that she is growing
up . . . half way in faet to the point
where she'll have to. strike off for a
scho6l and learn to live in this old
world of ours.
War had just started when she -was
born` - In fact we didn't pay .much
attention to it in those days, but now
it dominates our ,lives. We see the
young men of the neighborhood going
off to the armed forces and look down
at the little golden -haired lassie and
wonder it the struggle will be over
by the time that She' is big enough
to understand what it is' all about.
Right now, however, the burning
problem with her seems to be the
stories in- the hooks. It all started
one -day when I had occasion to go
to the city on a trip. I was shop-
ping around for something to take
home with me and the clerk in the
store suggested a- book. - It had lots
of pictures and little nursery rhymes
about "Ride a Cock Horse To Ban-
bury Cross" . . and such like.
Patricia Ann cottoned to the idea
immediately. She wore the book dog-
eared and our patience' to- a frazzle
because no matter how often you re-
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One: "That's a lolnely Mat, desr,
let's go buy it," ago
tine' tine nlokttllh :..' .. .
"Certainly, deal'/ light by i�:►` :
read a' good deal without having to
read the same thing over so often.
The dolls were deserted for the
stories. Having -tired us out she
would wait at the door and whenever
one of the neighbors came in her
first greeting was, "Read me a tory,
please." They didn't seem to mind.
In fact, I rather guessed that for
many of• them it was like taking an
excursion back into their own happy
childhood to read the stories- once
again.
Last week I wandered into the
-"Five and Ten" in the village and
sass' a lurid covered booklet called
"Peter Rabbit." Now, in my early
days Peter Rabbit' teas one of the
most fascinating characters I ever en-
countered. i confess that several "of
my neighbors looked quite amused
when they met me idling along fn
the horse and buggy reading up on
the adventuresofFlopsy,'Mop'sy and
Cottontail, .the good little . rabbits and
the little explorer, Peter, who manag-
ed to get himself into a peck of trou-
ble by going into Mr. 1ViacGregor's
garden when he should have, been
picking -blackberries.
I must confess that Patricia Ann
shares my enthusiasm. In fact hers
is even( more: avid and I know that
I am losing my taste for Peter. I am
afraid that after reading it aloud for
'another- one' hundred times that I will
grow ,very weary . . . weary of hear-
ing about a bad little rabbit. But
there's a sparkle In Patricia's eyes
she hugs-ier chin on her knees and
curled up beside me oh the sofa gives
a chorus of "Oh's and Al's" as we
follow the path of adventure through
the MacGregor garden.
Nazi Peace Feelers
C — (Vernon Bartlett, M.P., in Bulletins From Britain)
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Somebody meets somebody at. a
cocktail party in a neutral country
and recounts what somebody, else.
said yesterday at so-and-so's lunch-
eon about the futility of the attempt
to 'win a complete victory.' The gos-
sip may be no more dangerous or
purposeful than idle talk on a front
porch. but on the other hand it may
be based on orders directed from Hit-
ler, Goering, a Nazi -owned industrial
magnate or an important Reichswehr
general.
It is the nature of peace offers to
be so vague that the man who makes
one can disown it without losing' his
personal dignity or betraying the fear
of . his masters. There were many
such offers froiir the central powers
in the last war. There have been
offers from Germany, not necessarily
from Hitler, during the present war.
That clever fool, Franz Von Papen,
made one in Ankara when Hitler at-
tacked the Russians. Rudolf Hess, a
little earlier, made a sensational para-
chute .landing in Scotland, bearing a
peace ,offea.^ Bitter resentment is felt
by Nazi' leaders against the' British
Intelligence Service for its refusal to,
allow Hess to rettfrtt' home; and
against all sorts of other people for
theft- fefusai; to regard; tie lLassi�ez%s
as more dange'r+n1S etiemtes than the
'Germans. Thera; -there' wars the Ruhr
Baron,
industrialist, JuItus Oppenheini,
er, 'rho was making_ strange oompro-
(rnise pease suggestiaffs in Stei khat n
There will be plenty more of these
in the near future. Laval of France,
Franco of Spain and Castillo of Ar-
gentina have been suggested as pos-
sible mediators. 'I+he first -mentioned
has already encouraged one of the
coolest, -plans devisable—namely,' a
plan for an intercontinental credit
bank to bring about collaboration be-
tween the United States, France and.
Germany for the restoration of trade
after the war between the two contin-
ents whose shoes are washed by the
Atlantic. This plan is obviously fatu-
ous,.
The United States and Germany
happen' to be engaged in a deadly
struggle. And Vichy-FraUei happens
to be packing' off Frenchmen 'by, the
thousands to work as slaves in Ger-
many. But such considerations do
not hinder certain Germans from
seeking to take out an insurance pol-
icy that might save them ,their for-
tunes when Hitler collapses.'. Nor do
they keep Laval from seeking to gen-
erate British doubts about the United
.States.
What sort of Germane are these?
They ate not the followers of X iTn-
inter and the believers in the radial'
side of ' the National ' Sons ,ist, Pitt
They are the men' who �cfaniihed
oil too.the bandwagon, hen the Saw
in 1 itler the one marl who cc uia de
stroy the moat of the., Cierrit0 trddO
uirioiis-.and abrrS,p ;the doclat 1egib'1'aile
Wohtil tied on. ?age 2), ..'.
Bank Manager Retiring
Owing to continued i11 health, Mr.
A. A. Nicol -is retiring from the man-
agership
anagership of the local branch of the
Bank of Montreal, which-. he has held
for nearly seven years. His s'ucces-
sori will be Mr. H. M. Monteith, who
has been manager of the Clinton
branch for some years. During their
comparatively shbrt residence in God-
erich;' Mr: and Mrs. Nicol and the
Misses Nicol have made many warm
friends, who are pleased to learn
that it is their intention to remain
here. Mr. Nicbl is treasurer of the
board of governors of Alexandra Hos-
pital and Mrs. Nicol has been pr4n-
inent in I.O.D.Efi work and other
community activities.—Goderich • Sig-
nal -Star.
Receives Severe Gash
Mr. John Cox, while assisting iru
tearing up a piece of roadway in
front of Canada Packers Saturday
morning, prior to resurfacing with
cement, had the misfortune to re-
ceive a severe• gash' in the right
hand that required seven stitches
to close. Mr. Cox was using a shovel
and at the same time Mr. John Stire
was using a pick. The shovel in the
hands of Mr. Cox slipped 'and the pick
struck him across the back of the
hand, inflicting the wound. The cut
was dressed by Dr. Fletcher.—Exeter
Times -Advocate. ' '
New Restaurant Opens
The new Avalon Sandwich Shoppe
has opened up. this week. The build-
ing formerly occupied by' the Ideal
Meat Market has been remodelled
and fitted up as a most attractive
restaurant. A lunch counter and
booth shave been installed; an up-to-
date kitchen has been fitted up and
everything presents a very 'pleasing
appearance. A new front has been
added and painted a blue and white.
Mr. and Mrs. V. Wright, who recently
moved to Exeter from London, are
the new .proprietors.—Exeter Times -
Advocate.
.Transferred To Clinton
Mr. Harry Hem -y, Mrs. Henry and
Barbara Ann, are this week moving to'
Clinton, where ,Mr.. Henry has been
appointed supervisor of accountants
for Canada Packers. .Miss Margaret.
Melville has been appointed account-
ant for the Exeter branch. — Exeter
Times-Advocate
Leg Fractured
Jean, daughter . of Mr. and Mrs.
Melvin King, of Stephen, is confined
to her •home with her right leg in a
cast, the result of the frau ure of a
bonenabove the ankle. Jean.had been.
assisting with the harvest and had
helped to build a- stack. She `'was
climbing down, off,,, the stack on' a lad-
der and when a•cbuple of rungs from
the bottom she jumped and in land-
ing on the ground twisted her foot
in such a manner as to bieak the
bone.—Exeter Times -Advocate.
Cucumber Grading Mill in'Town•
The cucumber grading mill for this
centre this season is located in Peter
'bougies' garage, Albert Street, with
Mr. Douglas as operator and manager.
This is the second year of operation
for the company in this locality and
there are upwards of 100 acres• of
farm lands planted to cucumbers.
Over six ,tons of cucumbers were
handled at ,the' mill on Monday.—
Clinton News -Record.
'Eclipse of Moon August 25th
Capt. J. F. Hellweg, superintendent
of. the Naval Observatory, Washing-
ton, said there would be a total eclipse
of the Moon on the night of August
35.26, which would be visible in gen-
eral throughout the continent. 'The
eclipse will begin at 9.20, E.W.T., and
will be .complete at 2.34 a.m.—Wing-
ham Advance -Times, -
To Open Camp At, Ipperwash
With work progressing rdapidly at
.Camp Ipperwash, the Canadian army's
million-dallar advanced infantry train- '
ing centre at Stoney Point, •between,
Grand `Bend and Forest, it was Indi-
oated at district military headquar-
ters on Saturday that the big centra
Will. open. September j)5th, the tenta-
ive date originally set ,for its open-
ing. Several of the 4S buildings be -
Ing erected on, the '2,200 -acre Abe are
nearing completion..: Training person -
net'
ersonnet aiid ,ysolrrtikii4istely 2,01)11 infantry -
nen -will' be iaeeommodated at Ga iipi
p+erwash, a . tha tr t:Pil4L omitre hgl
(Contittled on 1age ),