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The Huron Expositor, 1942-12-04, Page 2194.g fly tr tf, rt yt Ii Pti+ r"" • xpostor ablshed 1860 1+> hail McLean, Editor. �edkAt Seaforth, Ontario, ev- slay ,afternoon by McLean tbscription rates, $1.50 a year in ,,. yaxiee; foreign $2e50 a year. Single Apiea, 4 cents each. Advertising rates on application. SEAFORT:14, Friday, December 4 Mr. Churchill No doubt thousands of Canadians listened to Mr. Churchill's speech. broadcast from London on Sunday last, .and there is no doubt but that those thousands would be heartened by his word's.. As always, he told the truth -with- out prophecy, but the truth this time was encouraging and not hard to bear. He has -no doubt whatever of a United Nations victory, but at the same time, he does not vision that victory as just around the cot ner. On the contrary, he said that many hard years were yet ahead of us be- fore victory would be attained. We have: made a start, but only a start, and there can be, no let up . in our sacrifice and production, for that would only prolong the final victory.. `. The most .striking part of . his speech was; perhaps, his 'warning t6 the .people of Italy to discard Mus- solini now or suffer the consequenc- es of an all-out bombing, to be fol- lowed -by invasion. At this distance, many have been taking the' R.A.F.. bombing of Italy more as a stage play than the inflict- ing of heavy loss upon the centres and people of that country. .But when Mr. Churchill told that the , damage to Italian munition and war works, to her cities and population, was already greater than Britain t had suffered by the Germain raids of 1940, he painted a word picture of devastation indeed, and one that ev- ery citizen of this country can read- ily visualize. Much has yet to be done in Africa, Mr. Churchill said; and much has yet to be done in Russia and Europe, be= fore the Hun is defeated. But a more than successful start had been made and ultimate victory, he prom- ised, was at least in sight. But that was not all that was con- tained .. in Mr. Churchill's words of hope and warning. War will not cease with the defeat of Germany. After the war with Germany will come thereal war with Japan. A war that will take some further years to bring to a victorious conclu- sion. And in that war Britain will be behind the United States with ev- ery man, every gun and every ship she has. Mr. Churchill promised no rosy prospect for the Allied Nations, but thereis always something. about his speeches that leaves a feeling of hope, -of confidence and an undying determination to work and win in the minds of all within the hearing of that deliberate, husky voice. ' Hard To Understand Agreement was reached over the week -end between the Ford Com- pany of Canada and the C.I.O. Union at Windsor, and the 13,500 employees who have been or strike for a week have returned to work. That , is encouraging news, but at the same tithe it is very hard for the average man at this distance, t� un- 'dersltand why the strike waallow- ed to be called in the first place. The reason given by• the Union was that . women, only a dozen of then in all, were being hired by the Compa'ny at a lower wage than paid the men. It was not at all sympathy for the women workers on the part of the men, but rather the fear of the Union bosses that women might tipplabt the men because of the low- er wage rate. t scents, almost a criminal piece Si .ass in time of war, . that a pi t employing thousands of 0,' ' bre ,anowed to . close;or job ' could close it Gi; l;<1 the l3 few' women, should receive similar wages, whether or not they were competent to earn. them. :,"Tf that is allowed to continue, it is not" had -to seewhat might easily happen to dur war effort. the men and women on our farrias in this district had gone, ons strike this summer on account of Wages, hours and conditions, one might have had some sympathy for them. But they are •made of better stuff. They finished their job,, and without a murmur too. Canada is at war, and there is work for every man and woman to do, and even labor unions, powerful as some of them are, should not be allowed to •fall down on the job. • • To Theatre Goers The National Board of Review of Motion Pictures in the Wilted States has requested that the double fea- ture be eliminated in all motion pic- ture theatres for the duration of the war. It is felt by the Board that the habit of sitting three or four hours as one of the members put it, "with ° one's mind afloat in a fictional world,"' is not the best possible train= . ing for war and its hardships. There is no suggestion of con- demning •movies' in wartime, because themoving pictures have played a conspicuous part in raising and main- taining the morale of soldiers, war workers and people generally, and have acted as excellent propaganda in drawing Allied countries together ;aid -creating a better 'feeling be- tween the people of those nations. , But double feature programmes consume materials ' and manpower, and waste many man-hours of audi- ences. In addition, one picture at a -smaller admission fee would raise more in taxes and permit patrons to save more. • - No doubt the depression is large- ly responsible for the appearance of the double feature in movie houses. During those years people wanted to escape from earthly things, and h'ad the time for it. But today we are at war,•. and there is a job for every man and woman too, and no time to waste. The Weatherman's Tricks The weatherman plays many tricks, and some very dirty ones too. We do not object to the kind of win- ter he furnishes:. us with here, be- cause over -a term of scores of years we have become . accustomed and hardened to them. But we decidedly. object to the way he brought in winter this year. At best, our ° winters are not too pleas- ant, but it does not help at all when a coating of ice is ..applied to all the roads and walks before the first snow is allowed to fall. This may not be an entirely new trick on the part of the weather- man, but it is certainly one of his dirtiest. It makes the driving of a car a nightmare, and is even worse for those who walk—and there are an unusual number of people walk- ing these days. As soon as 'the streets are nicely iced, the now appears and covers them. There is nothing nicer to look at, of course, than a white .mantle of snow. At the same time, there is nothing more treacherous. Your feet—or one of them is just as bad—break through in most un- expected places and most unexpected times and nothing short of a miracle saves you from a broken arm or leg, or even both. But even such miracles do not save you from pain. Or at least, not us. It hurts us to even move, and we are telling the weatherman that this sort of business is just as dirty a trick as any Nazi could invent. He should know better. He really should. We do not . object to snow, - or blizzards, but we want winter to be laid down right, and on a solid �- foundation, • Britain Solves Problems (Guelph Mercury) The New York Times., in a recent issue, has a word of praise .for the cheery spirit 'with- which the Briti§h people are facing the formidable prob- lems which confront,theim at the present. time -- Shortage of manpower, constant threat of hu Sion, borntiing Cif Cities midtowns, stupendous elpenditurea, Joao of fel/tit/1 t onit> eree, and the amanita an her .prestige .4tt the Par Past, No duuntry In the world iS ,faced +With , greater Drob- le ;. No coca haia oriole nut tirt4.1ce`, ,;13itt the 4a1i ae•'t' r$����i= �,. of tt c SOW IS: tthilitiititdd r gene l texes, items packed from Th..e I'ixp sitot` of fifty and twerttg five. years ago. •From..,.The Huron Expositor Ore rnber 7, * 1917 Mr, 414(ametbelt, of ' Cromarty, has &incised^'of his farm to Mr. ,7•as.. Ho.,we, a ne3ghbor, for $11,000. Mr. Campbell aid family will move to Seaforth, . Mr. and Mrs, .lames Hays, Goderich Street, reedited word lank week that their son, ,Howard Hays,• had been wounded in "France. He was struck by a portion of shell which explod- ed near him. When admitted to h.es- tpital he found his nurse to be Miss Robb, a neighbor at home. At Wednesday's session of the county council, sitting in• Goderich, Mr. G. W. Flolneae, of EgmondvilIe, was appointed • aaounty , Clerk to• suc- ceed Mr. W. Lane. Mr. C. Dowson, of Zurich, has pur- chased a residence in Seaforth and has moved iris family to town. Miss Pearl. Guhr, ofRoches,ter hos- pital, is spending' a month's holidays at her home ~1}ere. • Cpl.' W. Brines meet. with a nasty ac- cident at the' Canada Furniture fac- tory on Moeray; when he lead the first finger', ,f his ,eight hand' broken and badly cut. An eleetrie• organ ,blower was in- stalled in First P,res;byrterian Church this week. Mr. 'Thomas McMillan, Liberal cah- didate for South lliron, .. has .appoint edl• Mr. J. D. Hiaci ley .his financial agent for the forthcoming. election. Mr. Aubrey Crich, sin 'of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Crich, has enlisted. in 'the naval air service and leaves • Friday 'for overseas. The old time elanoe im Cardno's Hall an Thursday evening in aid of the Belgian orphans' fund, was :a great success- During the.intermission the drawing for the 4Jaoobean: den set; donated by Messrs. Robert Bell, R. E. Cresswell and Dr. Mackay for the Christmas Dinner Fund far the 161st Hurons, now sin England, and the of. fice `desk donated by the Canada Furniture Co. were ,made. The fortu- nate holders of the winning tickets were Miss Sadie Thompson for the desk and Mr. D. F. Buck for the den set. • a Mrs'. R. E. Goatee has returned from a trip to Idaho. There was a good attendance at Wm. Drover's sale on Tuesday last. The !;tock was in excellent condition and good•_,prices were obtained. The Red. Cross .social held in the school house of S. S. No. 9, McIiii- lop, on Nov. 23rd, was a splendid suc- cess. Mr. McGee, of Blyth, assisted in the program and his numbers Were enjoyed by all. The total proceeds were -$45.25. While attending the Borden meet- ing in St. Marys on Friday afternoon Mit, several " Usborne farmers lost Substantial sums of money. One far- mer lost one hundred dollars. Mr. Walter Fairbairn, of Stanley, had fourteen acres of 'beans and he averaged. .$140 an acre from them... Miss -Jessie Gemmell, of Brucefield, has returned- from visiting relatives in Grand Rapids, Mich. •.: • From The Huron Expositor December 9, 1892 On Wednesday evening last the Young Men's Christian Association and the Young Women's ' Christian Temperance Union held a social eve- ning. Among those on 'the program were Mrs: Kirkman, Mrs. (Dr.) Smith, Miss Galloway, Mr. Bright and Mr. C. Willis. • Mr. Ver. H. Baker, of Bayfteid, has been engaged as- teacher of the Eg- mondville school at a salary of $400. Mr: James Mc)'dichael has returned from a trip to Sheldon, N.D.,= where he visited many old friends. Messrs. Mullett and Jackson, of Seaforth, have recently placed a..fur- nace in Mr. James Aikenhead's new house at Brucefield. While engaged in threshing on the farm of Mr. Thos. Cann, in Usborne, a few days ago, a pitchfork slipped from the handle and fell into the cylinder, smashieg out a large num- ber of teeth,- as well as doing some other damage, but fortunately no one was injured. A meeting of the patrons of the Witithrop Creamery was held in .the cheese factory en Nov. 2t3rd to con- sider whether they would continue the creamery for another year. There has been 400,000 pounds of milk re- ceived at the factory this season,., which yielded the patrons nearly, $5,000. Mr. Hannah. paid $900 for milk drawing. Mr. Alexander Kerr made $180 from eight cows in 24. Mr. Chris. Bachler, of Zurich, was. threshing for one of his neighbors. and when just cleaning up and feed- ing some loose stuff into t"he,cyiinder, his hand was caught and torn so bad- ly it was feared that it would have to be amputated. Mr. Wm. Baker, of Hiflsgreen, the well-known sportsmen, comes 'home• these days laden down with 'mink, foxes and rabbits, Messrs. Tomlinson and McConnell have sold the •threshing outfit which they purchased from Mr. F. Holmsted- of Seaforth, to Mr. Livingston, Staffa, for a good ,figure. Mind Lucy Downey; a graduate of the Great Northwestern Telegraph Office here, has accepted a position In Bluevale as operator and assist- ant in the post office. Miss Mackay, of Seaforth, has been appointed teacher in one of the Park - dale schools. The election of officers for the en- suing year was held at the' regular meeting oil Britannia Lodge, Seaforth. The order is in a most prosperous, condition. Officers are as follows:— Plat Master, Dr. 'Smith; Worshipful 112aster, .t. W. Hodgine; Senior War- den, A. Ross; 3uitii.or Warden, J. Held; seergtary, $ 0. *ae;: treasur- er, L. G. 'V'anVgnnoftd; chaplain, It, N. Brett; Sr I)eaeou, George.- . Scott; Jr..1Seacoti n . Cat�lphel ; gr. Stew - Mercer; 4'r, Steward, George swing, mistier of eereMori.9eg, Alex. ander SlelgmnnOfga dmeu t.4; de 9 l 'hal O if e r My Harry ,J, Boil 9. 40 �.,...ws# • We had a little clash of snow last night. It got frosty cold about Men o'clock and when.I went out to look over the stock about ten o'clock the ground was getting hard. 'Patricia Ann turned .over in her crib about two in the morning andher doll roll- ed out. When I picked it up, some- thing seemed to attract me to the window . . . and sure enough there in the cold, glaring light of the moon was some snow streaking down like strokes of chalf on a greyish back- ground. There's something• about that first .snow of the year that always seems to affect people. I like the years when it comes down in lazy, drifting flakes. You go out to the stable in the morning and the air is . not too cold, but something seems to hint lo, you that the snow is coming. You sense it . . , and when you're on the way - back in to the house a flake or two comes dribbling down to smear against the side of your 'face. Maybe it comes while you're sit- ting at the table eating . . . or pos- sibly later on when you decide on a snooze or a glance at the paper . . . and it's usually the youngsters who notice it. "It's'snowing!" That's the signal for everyone to rush to the. windows and there you see an en- gulfing wave of white flakes all tumb- ling over each other as theyy fall laz- ily down to earth. The youngsters immediately want to get bundled up and -get their sleighs ready for sleigh riding, A deep sort of contentment settles over the house after the youngsters win° their point and go out hopefully to the snow. The kettle seems to bubble a little cheerier and the cat carefully yawns and stretches and waits for an opportunity to.o hop . up on the old sofa and from: there to the 'kitchen, window. Cats just seem to love to stretch out on the sill and batik in the warmth while they can watch outside and see the snow com- ing down. 'Sometimes, the snow comes while you're on the way from the village with a load of chop. It will .be late afternoon and the snow .seems to set- tle down with the dusk. Soon the world seems to be in a haze of fading light and falling snowflakes and the cars stert driving with their lights an, You hear "children yelling cheerfully and traffic on the road seems to sud- denly loom up out of nowhere. By the time you get home there's a light on in the house and •the soft snow- flakes are melting and some are sticking to your clothes. There's a steamy breath of air that hits you in the face as you open the stable door. The stock's all hungry and you have to hustle around and get the work done up. When you come out the tracks Of the wagon are almost all covered and .you make quite a ritual act of brushing your feet off at the door with a broom. Af- ter all this is the first snow of the year. Winter has conic. Last night's snow was a little dis- appointing because it ,didn't amount to very much. When we got up this morning the 'ground was frozen hard and there were little patches of snow but very • little. I guess we'Il have to wait yet for a real first snow of the season. :JUST A SMILE OR TWO: "I missed it going up," said the traveller, "but I grabbed it as .I came down." • e Bookseller: "Yes, this book will do half your work for you." Student: "Right -oh, I'll take two. of then!!" • • "It seems to me," remarked the thoughtful youth, "that it must be dangerous to marry, ' I get the impres- sion that in the first place women marry you for your 'money; if they don't manage to take •it all they leave you and sue for alimony; and 'if they fail at that they, outlive you to get your insurance money." • "Very well, how do you meaning to need bread?" "Knead, of course." . "Wrong." "Wrong? Meaning to knead bread, spell `need,' you said, didn't you?" "Well, -it's knead." "Not at all; you knead dough, but you need bread." • He was telling the company tales •df his travels. "There was the lion," he said, "and here was I. Just over there was a solitary tree. I dashed toward it, but as I approached, I realized that the .owest branch was quite twenty feet from the ground, so I jumped for it." "And did you reach it?" queried a listener. Railway Surveyor: "The company wants to run a line .through here." Farmer: "What~ Through my big barn?" "Yes." "Ah, well, they can't, I've got a hen sitting." Arms and the Mape Leaf • Memories of Cartada'sCorps 191$ • By- W,I•LFRED BRENTON KERR • Associate Professor of History, University of Buffalo • (Continued from last week) Chapter VII TRE ARRAS-CAMBRAI,.,ROAD We Phad-half expected a concedtra tion in the read, night marches and• a surprise attack on some other front after the fashion of Amiens.. But when we reached the line of July we turned north through shattered villages like Marcelcave and ;villers- Bretonneux, where the Aussies had done so well. Here and there a few of the inhabitants were finding their way back to their wrecked homes and putting up shelters for them- selves. The weather was good, the sun shone brightly and the wind was pleasantly warm as we rattled over flagstones aed stirred up clouds of dust from the roads pitted with shal- low holes. At times we; halted, in- spected the .nearest houses casually and sought wells from which to quench thirst, then resumed our niareb.• In the afternoon rumors spread of an important success by English and New Zealand troops in the region of ,Bapaume, and confirmed by newspapers .from the canteens, gave us much satisfaction. The en- emy would soon be back on his Line of the previous March, and probably our present job was to hasten his re- treat. That acco'mplis'hed, we eitpect- ed :the line to settle down for the winter. In the evening we reached: a group of lints ih a wood, by Toutencourt, and there_ put up for the night, to 'sleep on the soft side of a board. Next afternoon we continued our way ieto country untouched by the scourge of war, and observed from the signs that we were in the region of Arras. About 10 p.m. we, reached our place of encampment, a field by a water- power flour mill, not far' from Grain - court. We of the' staff dug our .tar- paulin from the depths of the supply wagon and proceeded to set it up in ah.. orchard. Suddenly a Frenchman appeared, gesticulating violently and emitting a rapid volley, of words. Those of us who knew a little French judged' the occasion unsuitable for its use and .suinmoned our French-Cana- dian corporal, 'Des Rosters, tte. act as target. A colloquy followed with a flew of "satire -bleu" and "nom -de Dieu" expressions, and in conclusion toes Rosiers informed use that we were pn forbidden ground and that the of boy feared damage in or to his orch- ard. We hadn't .noticed anything t-orth..ta.ititig im' his orchard, but we moved the tarrbaul4n to the other .aide of the fence; remarking that if *e had been bhp German* he wouldn't tare had any eriilaifd: left. We albpt 'en ,west on axle Bide . ►f the fence as we: would have done on the other; and next day, August 28th, we con- tinued on our way to Arras., About hall 'an hops' before, dusk we encamped in an open field half a mile from the village of Latte. While set- ting up our tarpaulin for the night, we of the staff obeerved a field with vegetables nearby. Having' done some scouting, we dug up potatoes, carrots, onions and beets, cleaned and sliced them and boiled them in a cook -house pot .,over a fire of our own making. The stew lacked salt; but was palat- able enough and disappeared to the lat t drop. We had been ,a trifle free- handed, but this :,was the only occa- sion ort which we of the staffhelped ourselves to any Frenchman's proper ty. That same day 'one eof our gun- ners had succeeded in abstracting 'half a side of mutton from the Army Ser- vice Corps, which was soon,converted into the 'best Canadian combatant material, and that was a red-letter day •for food. Late next afternoon we were once more on the march (August 29th), and , at midnight we reached the shattered village of Agny, where once again we camped. • Next day, August 30th, brought or- ders' to go into the line that night. At 5.30 p.m. we took our way through villages that were ; mere heaps of brick like Bulleoourt, scene of des- perate fighting in 7.917. After dusk we proceeded to the front, well mark- ed by rise and fall of .the flares. Af- ter some time the rush and- crash of light shells warned us of the danger zone; and about 11 p.m. we arrived at a hill beside a wide paved road. Here we halted for a few minutes and the officers and sergeants went on to find the position, while shells two hun- dred yards behind us along the road warned us that our situation was un- comfortably "warm.'' As we waited, some .nen of the 'Second and-, Thiir"d Divisions came atlong. In answer to our enquiries., ,they stated that they had taken the top at Monchy le-Preux .on August 2f1 and had been fighting their -way for- ward ever since along the Arras -Cam - braid road, by which we were stand- ing, That day, August 30, and the day' before they had had a bad time from fire en .the front and, on the left flank, and the tanks they had found to be of little use,. continu.aily put out of action by blitz's field guns. n the week of fighting, they had ad- vanced to Iiaucourt, and after the first two days the going was etiie and the 'losses much heavier than, those of Amiens.. The Second and T1>ardt, had dont their share, and now we of the. first an ?mirth were to relieve (aofrtit>ued .Ort Pito. o)' q Seen in the o 'rrty Papers. May Use Vacant Factory Unofficial reports are current that. the Town of Godericth 'has been ap- proached) with regards to renting or giving -the use of the vacant Artcraft • building as a training centre for wo- men of the Canadian Navy now being recruited. It is known that navy of- ficials have been in Goderich inspect- ing the building and were in contact 'with the town council. A building that would accommodate four hun- dred s toeing sought. . training cen- tre of this nature already has been established in a footer girls' school near Galt, but it is much too small. It is reported that some members of the town council favor asking a ren- tal for• the Artcraft factory. Others would give the use of the building gratis for the duration of the war.— Goderich Signal -Star. A Lucky Gent There was about twenty-five chanc- es on a punch :board at, Prang Gong's• restaurant, to win a Christmas tur- key, or its equivalent $3.00 in cash,. for the one that punched the lucky' name which was hidden under a seal in the corner. Of course the whole - twenty -five who took .punches expect- ed to win, but Jack Cowan won it -- The favorite name for three dollars; was "lsabelle."—Blyth Standard. Many, Deer Shot Many deer were shot during the past hunting season, and the .marks- men of Zurich got their share of the - lovely venison that goes with the' sport. Being Huron North had a week's open season, It made it quite- possible for' many hunters to go out. and shoot their deer for the long win- ter months: The local locker at Zur- ich has many pound of choice veni- son in cold storage, which will ,grace: the table in months to come,—Zruricht Herald. Carter Scholarships The winners- of the Carter scholar- ships in Huron County were: First, $100, Miss Mary Ahl, of the Goderich Collegiate Institute; second, Eleanor' C. Carson, Winglira.m, $60; third, Bri- tain Sanders, Exeter, $40. — Exeter•. Times -Advocate. Celebrated Golden Wedding- On eddingOn Tuesday, December '.1st, Mr. and' Mrs. W, H'. ,Dearing celebrated their golden wedding anniversary and were• at home to their relatives, neighbors, and friends from 3 to 5 and 7 to 10i P.m.—Exeter Times -Advocate. Operation's For -Appendicitis Miss June Scanlan .on Monday un- derwent an operation. for appendicitis - in St. Joseph's Hospital, London.. Her many friends hope for a speedy re- covery. Miss Hazel Williams, daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs: Roland Williams, - of Usborne, was taken ill with an.. acute attack of appendicitis and was rushed to St. Joseph's. Hospital on. Thursday 'evening of last week where• she underwent an operation. She is getting along nicely. --Exeter Times--• Advocate. Infant- Strangled . 'David Lloyd 'George, five -month -olds sort of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Moffatt, of Kinloss . Township, strangled himself • when his...teething ring caught in his carriage. The baby had been placed. in the carriage while the mother pre- pared the evening meal and in some way it .had slipped down and the teething ring, which was suspended from a cord about the baby's neck. caught Wand choked the child. When he was discovered a few minutes lat- er by his mother, lite was extinct - The funeral was held' Sunday after- noon from the family residence, , con- cession 7, Kinloss Township, and was conducted by, Rev:, Mr, Wilson, of Whitechurch, 'minister of Langsid'e• Presbyterian Church. Interment was , in Teeswater cemetery. — Wingliamt.. Advance -Times. Soldier Honored By Friends. A surprise party and presentation was held on Friday for Pte. 'Wilbur -. Hogg, at the . home of Mr. Robert - Hogg of the B Line. Wilbur has en -- listed in. the Armoured i)ivision and; is now stationed at Camp Ipperwasli. A large crowd consisting of the neighbors 'and a great many friends gathered to present him with a lovely address and a purse .of money, After which he thanked. everyone for their kindness and to the arrangers of the party who had so freely partaken of the time, 'trouble and expense he ex- tended sincere `appreelltren, The re- Mainder of the evening was, spent in playing cards and dancing and' a most enjoyable time was had by a•11,—Viting ham Advance -Times, To Join Army Medical Force Goderich is faced with the loss of still another physician to the armedt forces, it having been known for sdine time that Dr. J. W. Wallace con templates joining up, having visited both London and Toronto military. headquarters recently with this rend In view. The pr'osp'ect of his leaving is not .relished by the townspeople „ gensraliy anti ` a large numb& :;b • patietts " t ai''tibuJarly, for the td t9 elready' shortlinded wits resect,7ta; doctors. `or Sonne tithe 'tie font'„.131-,,.,- �mai�a '1 ` t3'klarle have '0.11P'04 -114t1, r shea Off' theirs fegtlx $ld+ sr, i' ( 011tf ear �� I s •) ,• Il