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The Huron Expositor, 1943-05-21, Page 2ra' 1i{hied qMt E* 11R511R5i 4,,1g Se f e rtbt Ontario, ev- ay afternoon by McLean for Si t�t4 as ,r j1 4 ascription rates, $150 a year in advance; foreign $2.50 a year. Single eopies, 4 cents, each. Advertising rates on application. n SE/WORTH Friday, Nay 21, 1943. Over The Top As most Canadians .expected, and all Canadians hoped, Canada's Fourth Victory Loan was over the top when the campaign closed on Saturday evening last, , It was a notable feat, even for Canada. The objective, one billion, one hundred million dollars, is a sum so vast that its meaning is be- yond the ordinary citizenry compu- tation, but it was subscribed and ,,y'ersubscribed by many millions- of `dollars. 'For a country of Canada's popula- tion, it meant more than an average of one hundred dollars for every man, woman and child, .a sum that no Canadian, before the war, would have -said, or even imagined, could be raised to finance this war or any other. The result -of this loan shows, how- ever, that- Canadians were, and still are, 'prepared to "Back the Attack," and it- will be a morale builder (if any is needed) to our 'Canadian fighting forces and those of every other Allied- country, to know that Canada is unreservedly behind them. But however willing the people of Canada may be, and are, to lend of theirmoney, one billion, one hundred million dollars do not drop into the public treasury without a concerted. effort. The loan was well organized and the leaders worked -unceasingly, but a special tribute should be paid the local canvassers, who carried the brunt of the attack, many times under very- discouraging situations, but who never quit until ,the top was reached. Five Times Prime Minister Winston Churchill and President Roosevelt of the Unit- ed States are now meeting in Wash- ington for the fifth time in twenty- two month's. On the four prior ' occasions each conference was followed by some •leading . event bearing an the war. These are the times, the places, and the results: August 9th, 1941, aboard the Alii- erican Cruiser Augusta, off the Newfoundland coast,, the meeting which developed the Atlantic Char- ter. December 22nd, 1941, in Washing- ton, which developed in the Declara- tion of the United Nations. June 18th, 1942, .in Washington, when plans were drawn up for the North Africa invasion., January 14th, 1943,' in Casablanca, when the 1943 offensives were map- ped out. And now comes the fifth meeting in May, • 1943. What _will develop from it? It is, of course, too early to say, but the :world, including the Axis powers, can rest assured that the headsof these two great powers have still further plans to develop bearing on the war plans 'of 'the ;United Nations. s Where Does It Come From? Any one who pays any particular attention to the number of cars seen on the streets of our towns and vil- lages,, r particularly on Saturday nights, must wonder where the gaso- line 'comes from to keep them run - he. great majority of these cars AA.stickers on their wind - S gilds, which is forty units, or a lit - less than three gallons per week �to' ear until March next. a average, luny of' these have contained at least , X MS' of gas before they .:. lirda• and they have been consun ,g gas at' that rate since the neve rationbooks were issued on, April 1st. In fact, we have heard, of same car owners Who are already down to the last page in their coupon books—Own wn to twelve gallons of gas. Where will the gas come from to keep these cars running during the summer months, not to mention un- til next spring? As far as w can learn, not one of these drivers has any fear of having to put his car up in the immediate future, or for the rest of the year either. But where will the gas come from? Under the law it will not collie at all.-• ° But, apparently, •there are too matey motorists who have no fear of the law and that is a 'situation that is not ,pleasant to contemplate. Why -should one class of motorists sacri- fiee their business • or their pleasure by conserving gas to keep'°within the law, while right under their nose is another class that drives its cars as if they ran on air? But, 'unfortunately, -cars do • not run on air. It takes gasoline to power them, and it can be very plain- ly seen that in a very few short weeks our town streets, even on Sat- urday nights, will either be conspicu- ous by the lack of cars on them, or a new and abundant source. of gaso- line must have been unearthed some where. olt04 trial- 'V*.a*J • Phil Osier of Meadows osy moo .06.00) • Elections Possibly readers of the Globe and " Mail will have been convinced by now that the mere thought of bring - Ing on a general election in Ontario at this time or anytime until the war is -over, would be a sin and a crime. And a heinous crime at that. And, possibly not. At any rate, we were struck by the announcement in the newspapers over the week -end that there would. be a general election in the Union of "South Africa in July next. An elec- tion brought on by Field Marshal Smuts. Marshal Smuts is universally re- cognized as one of the greatest mili- tary authorities in ' the United Na- tions as well as one of the most loyal to the British Empire. Moreover, .Africa would seem to be situated about as near the war zone (if not more so) than Ontario is in Canada. Further, it would seem that Mar- shal Smuts stands a much greater chance of losing the Premiership of Africa, in a general • election, than would, say, Hon, Harry Nixon, of losing an election in •Ontario. But the term for which Premier Smuts' government was elected has expired, and he believes in a new mandate, rather than an extension of his power. - Perhaps a blast or two ,from the Globe and Mail may show him the sinfulness of holding his proposed election. And, again, perhaps it may not, • ' We Believe It From the Chicago Daily News we learn that it is believed the first newspaper was published in China in 713 A.D., and two days later Old Subscriber wrote in, letting the edi- tor know how to conduct his sheet. We believe that. Every word of it, because long experience in news- paper work has impressed its truth upon us. Why, just two or three weeks ago we wrote something about the weather—absolutely true at the time it was written too—but we have re- gretted it ever since. Now we have been accused by let- ter, by phone and by word' of mouth, of setting the weather man against the country at large. Of flooding the land and delaying the seeding and things like that. One fellow phoned from his home the night the paper reached him—and, possibly it was the first night in a month he had spent in the home—to say that what we didn't know about , the weather, would take more than The ExpOsitor to tell. Others have told us about the same thing in many different ways, so now we are oft the weather. We fee like leaving it alone. In fact, onlyconsistent thec 1 ha �abou t et that wee friends we have had for quite some time are the fret advertisers. kl�uz ru n,9 v`. n<<duiiFF fF rgnn TIo Huron Expositor May 81, 1918 The little •three-yearold daughter of Thomas • Glazier, Huron Road, Mul- lett, was -drowned on her father's; farm In a • cistern. Miss, Ivy .Mae Mccloy, of Seaforth,. and Wiliiapi Edgar Butt, Kippen, were : united 'fin marriage onr May 21st by Rev. F. 0:- Larkin. The British, Exchange Hotel in God, °rich has changed 'hands. Mr. Haines selling out to Mr. John Madden, of London, who took possession Thurs- day of last -.Week. Cook Bros.; ,Ford dealers of Hen- sall, sold Ford cars to the following parties during (the ;past two weeks: J. Reid, Varna; Ed. Wurm, Zurich; Wm. Decker, Zurich; 'Wm. Homey, Hensall; W. R. Lamont, Zurich; Jno: Horner, Zurich; Robert Paterson, Hensall; Sam Koehler, Zurich; Dr. MaeK4nnon, Zurieh ; Alex Swan, Cromarty; A. Gascho, Zurich; Ben Elder, MensaIl; Wm. Walper, Hen- salT; J. Oeseb, Zurich; George Arm- strong, Exeter; T. Wren, Cromarty; Wafter Madge, Hensall, and, M. Davis, Staffa. Guiitiers J. McMillan, R. Sproat, F. Weiland and F. J. Bechely, of the 70th Battery, Toronto, spent a week- end leave in Mown. Miss H. L Graham has been ea - pointed a delegate from First Pres- byterian ChurchSunday school to the International Sunday School con- vention to be held in Buffalo. Mr. Robert Reid, son of Mr. and. Mrs. Wm. Reid, who has enlisted -as a mechanical engineer, left on Mo day for Halifax. The large bank barn on the farm of Mr. J. G. Scott, near Cromarty, and occupied by Mr. Walter Marshall, was burned to the ground on Monday. Some implements, and a quantity of hay were also destroyed The origin of the fire is as yet unknown. Mr. Fred Pepper, Tuckersmith, is making preparations for raising his barn in the near future. R. Holmes, Walton, received $118 for a pig which he marketed in town on Wednesday. Miss Florence Beattie, who is train- ing as a nurse in Hamilton, is home on vacation. Mrs. John Brunner received word that her son; Pte. John Brunner, had been admitted to a hespital in France with gunshot wounds. Miss Mary Walker, of Regina, is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Walker. Mrs. W. 1' `estcott received word this week from , the Chaplain of the Battalion, that her son., Arnold, had not been wounded seriously. Getting ready for seeding . . . and waiting for seeding . ° .,Ire been firmly convinced that in or r to be a good farmer, you must b a master of ..al least 'a dozen different trades and professione. Your degree - of ef- ficiency depends upon the actual amount of :time you put on each ['base of the work, but all young farmers should be given a course in farming and that would include' a general knowledge of several profes- sions. First of all you have to be a veter- inary. Don't argue on that point. Just .think about lambing time When the contrary little cusses decide to adopt unorthodox ways of entering the world. Think about the dark, cold. stormy nights when Big Barney or Old Nell, the dapple grey, decide to get very sick on you. Think about the' times the cows get into the orch- ard -;and start gobbling up apples with the result that they look like , a bunch of little blimps out on the pasture field. You call the vet in a hurry and find that he's over in the other township and won't be back for at least three or four_ hours. , A man has to be a pretty good me- chanic. That's especially true in these days of scarcity of machinery. I remember the story about a young fellow in this township who started farming after living in the city. His binder broke and he couldn't get the part off the machine, so he had to load it up on the wagon) and take it into .town. The machinery repair man, possibly being alittle smart, reached into the binder, made a few adjustments, put in a cotter pin, or two and said: "That will be twen- ty-five cents, please!" The young maw went home very disgusted with himself. Of course' a maw Ana to be a car- penter. That goes almost without saying. Think of -.Che -•,barn -^doors' that get blown off and the repairs that VOA. have to trek around the house. 'Think Of the totll uell that get • brokk ea to the different. kinds of machin- ery. Think Otte* 62243 the`hiredlman.. let the seed1ea`hing maoklne fall off the wagon. ` If we took all .these 'things to -town to get fixed every'time that they go wrong we'd be on the road all the time. Besides we simply. couldn't af- ford to pay for it. Those ate only a few of the things a fellow has to do. What about the 'harness that gets broken. Most times we .patch it up. A few years ago we couldn't even af- Tord to have -harness repairs on hand. Those were the baling wire days. We fix rubber tires and riibber boots. We even cobble our own work shoes on occasion. • We don't know where farming is going. Nobody can tell. Sometimes I think, that six or, seven of us on this line 'should go together. That is, we should put ,our farms together. Then Neighbor Higgins could look after the livestock. The fellow across the road could be the machiirist. We could -let each fellow do what ' he wants to do and then at time ..lithe seeding and harvesting we • could all work together. The more r think about it the more I think that maybe that's the only way we can do it. In ,place of every- body being a jack of all trades and master of none, we could work 'at what we like and the results would be much better. • From The Huron Expositor May 26, 1893 Mr. Fred Meyers has received the contract for gathering -milk, for the Rodgerville cheese factory. There were 16 carloads of salt from. the three Goderich wells at the har- bor in that town last week, awaiting the arrival of the Northwest Trans- portation Company's boats. Mr.` Eldridge Kellam, of Toronto Medical College, was visiting in town. this week. - Mr. George B..Dorrance, of McKil- lop, leaves, on ',Saturday for North Dakota. He takes with him the im- ported stallion "Lord Fleet," and will travel him in that section this sea- son. Mr. Liven, of town, has purchased a handsome new, phaeton from Mr. 0. C. Willson. Mrs. R. Logan and Miss M. E. Mc- Lean took advantage of :the holiday on .Wednesday to, make a trip to Paris. The Queen's birthday ,was, a gala day in Zurich and was celebrated right loyally by the citizens. In the morning the calithumpians made mer- ry for both old and young. Last week the people of Varna and. Goshen appointments 'met at the home of Rev. Mr. Walker and pres- ented him and Mrs, Walker with a beautiful dinner set and silver but- ter knife -and very )handsome bed- room set. Mr. Walker leaves Varna this year and the good •wishes of all go with him. J. Beattie, Seaforth, clerk oJjthe divi- sion court, has been appointed a com- missioner for taking affidavits. • Mr. Thos. Stephens, of Seaforth, in- tends erecting a large addiction to his hotel as it is fast' becoming very pop- ular with commercial men and he is forced to provide more accommoda- tion. Alex Ferguson, of Bayfield, went to Goderich last week to take a situa- tion on the new tug, "John Logie," which goes to Southampton. Alex Gardiner, of McKillop, left on Thursday to -attend the World's Fair. Thos. Carter, of the Huron Road, has recently purchased from Mr. S. Barton & Son, of Seaforth, a hand- some new Gladstone carriage. At the trustee meeting of the Kip - 'len Methodist Church-lastThursday, the names of R. Kettle and Thee. Me- Clyinont were added . to the board and Mr. L. Menlo was elected -to re- present the board at the 'circuit 41ar- terly"y board. The Dominion Bank .111 Seaforth has been neatly and tadtefdil'y fitted up with hard+ood twit, the work being done by kir. Alex Scott ter Meds; . Broadfeef & Bora €ighteen Apply For Town Clerk tae town comic** db meeting• its Friday night 'had before it eighteen applications for the' position of olgrb, treasurer. Of these six `'were solos, Efd fot first consideration, and tie - Maier and the ehaltntan of the 1dn, ante committee were to arrange first interviews. Of .the six, two are Mit, dents of town, and the council agrbstit `o pays the tra'neportalion 'bit those who would have to come .00 Goderich for the iiitgifvlew.--Go'tdjerick Signal -Star. Honored by Hotel Staff ,.. The management and staff of the Commercial Hotel helda little party/. in the nature of a surprise for Misr; Clara Baeehler, who has been the very efficient cook for some, time past. A •very enjoyable time wait, spent, and Miss Baechler was .the rte cipient of a lovely Hassock and wal. n rror. Miss Baeebler has resigned her position at the hotel, and is as Present with her. parents In, Tail- stock.—Blyth Standard. Son Cables Congratulations Mr. and Mrs. Earl Bentley receiv- ed a cable from their son, Pte. Walker Bentley, Overseas, extending congrai- ulationa to them on the occasion a' their 24th wedding anniversary which occurred on Friday, May ,7th. —l3lyth Standard: Assigned To Mission Field Miss Wilhelmine Trewartha, daugh- ter of • Mr. and Mrs. N. W. Trewartha of town, who has completed one yeas of her two-year course at the United Church, Training School, under the Mission , -Beard of panada. Recom- mended by the board she was assign- . ed to a, mission field at Jordon Rives Mission„ 'North Saskatchewan, leav- ing Toronto en Tuesday, May 4th, to - take charge of her duties oh Sunday, May 9th. Miss Trewartha will ^have charge till the middle of September e hen she will return to Toronto ro complete her two-year course.—Clin- tor, News -Record. Salvation • Army Officer Moved Captain Curtis, who succeeded Mrs. Envoy Wright in command of the Salvation Army Corps here, is being transferred to Hanover. Captain Cur- tis gave her farewell talk last Sun- day evening at the barracks and will be greatly missed in the Red Shield Women's Auxiliary. Her many friends; are sorry to see her Leave but wisp the best of everything for her, Sh- will be succeeded here by Captain Davis.—Clinton News-`itec©rd, Comm'';"ssioned in the Navy Bill Cotint•er, son of Mr. and Mrs. Morley Counter, of Clinton, has rer• ceived -his commission as a Sub- Lien- tenant intenant• in the Navy. Bill enlisted! some time ago and after a course im. Tonto University started his active career as a sailor. The'Counter family have many friends here that will be very. happy at Bill's promo- s tion. Mrs. Counter was the former Mabel Swartz of town. — Winghana. 111 Advance -Times. • Underwent Operation al Billy Kress, son •of Ca,pt. and Mrs,: W. L. Kress, underwent an operation for the removal of his appendix in Wingham General Hospital on Thurs- day •evening. Billy is having bad luck of late, as it was necessary for him to undergo an, operation about a month ago. — Wingham .Advance - Now Advance- N'ow a Pilot Officer . On behalf of the people of thie community we extend congratulations. to Mac Habkirk, son of Mrs. O.rvillo ' Habkirk and the late Mr. Habkirk, wh °graduated from No. 9, A.O.S. as an , air bomber. Mac made such an excellent showing in his work 'at this: school , that• uhe• received .h icos1234• School that he received his comrmis- sibn as a Pilot Officer. He is ay present spending a leave here but will report this week to Jarvis to attend an advanced bombing course. Mae prior to enlisting , was on the local staff of "the Bank of Commerce. He enlisted in Juine last year and after his basic training at Quebec attend;- ' ed T.T.S. at Victoriaville, Que., then the bomb and, gunnery course at Fin- al prior to attending Ncr. 9 A.O.S.— `T Ingham Advance -Times. . One-half Pound Fgg This week we had an egg present- ed to us from the farm of Wallace Selves; Science Hill, ,and - what a beauty! ,It tipped the scales at ex actly one-half'pound, and we were so eager to see how many yolks it con-. , ,tained we forgot to measure its cir- cumference. It Thad two yolks. We ,lever heard of a Black Australorps hen before, but we were advised that' this is the kind that laid this buff - colored monster of the egg world— Mitchell Advocate. Dr. A. L. Budge Honored At the meeting of the. Presbytery of Hamilton on May 4th, Rev, A. L. Budge, D.D., well known in Huron,.' was honored by his fellow -Presbyters o n retiring from the office of clerk of the Presb,ntery after serving more than eighteen years in that capacity. Dr. Budge, indeed, bad handed .in his resignation six Years 'ago but had been persuaded to remain in office, and at the meeting .last week it was moved that he continue for the dura- tion with the aid of an assistant, but Dr. Budge reminded the Presbytery that he was riot as young as he once was and that It would take consider- ® Just a Smile or Two Dad: "Bobby, there's a button off your coat. Go upstairs and sew it on." "4, Bobby (reveali•ng surprise: "But Dad, Mother will sew it on." Dad: "I know she will, but I want you to learn to sew buttons on; some day you'll have a wife." • "What is an opportunist?" "One who meets the wolf at the door and appears the next day in a fud coat." The burly lorry driver leaned out of his cab and soundly abused the young man in the stalled car. The girl stood it as long as she eould. "Are you going - to do anything about it, Bill?" "You bet I am," replied her com- panion. '.`Just wait until I get the car started!" The chorus girl was telling the oth- er girls in the dressing room all about her: birthday party. "You- should have seen the cake," she told them. "It was marvellous. There were seventeen candles on it, one for 'each year." There was a disbelieving silence for a moment or two, then .her best girl. smiled. "Seventeen c£ndles, eh?" she pur- red. "What did you do—burn them at both ends?" An exceedingly lively gent was as- tonished to read of his death in an obituary column. He called a friend. "Did you see the paper? They print- ed my death notice in it." "Yeah," said his friend. "I saw it. Where are you calling from?" Bombing .Is Not All Loss • (By Margaret Butcher) Reading, Eng.—I seem •to have a general knack of walking into things —and I have; done it again. I went up to London 'for a few days, on busi- ness, and stepped into blitzes: the first big show in months. One way and another, nobody could • call that a ,,dull visit. .• We were seated around the fire, on my., second night, when I heard sounds. Maybe it's my fancy, I told myself, and' decided to say nothing. In any case, it's hardly the job of a mere visitor to tell these `Battle of Britain veterans, is it? But in less than a Minute there wasn't any man- ner of doubt about it all. My host's eyes opened 'and he sat up straight. "There's 'Moaning Minnie' again:" he exclaimed. "Well, I'm ;hanged!!" Minnie it was, with a steadily grow- ing barrage. Vibrations tingled through the room as the noise got louder. My host became very brisk and managing. "You two had better go into the hall," - he said. "The walls and ceiling are stronger there. I'm just popping downstairs to see who's on duty." And off he bustled. His wife,—who was at school with me—gave me a knowing look as we gathered up our papers, warm coats and stout shoes and ,parked ourselves in the oor'ridor. "Of course," she' ob- served with wifely skepticism, "he's really going down to find out if he can see anything." (I suspect her of possessing a strong conviction that the male of the -species never, never grows up. But -wives get that way, don't they?) I was.. -tangled up in a, difficult cross word when all this started , and I went on with it; and if you know of a: better diversion than a hard cross- word I should like to hear about it! I am sure my friend was inten.sely relieved. when I neither fainted, took to my heels nor drummed them hys- terically on the carpet—tbough - I don't imagine she really expected any such development; but you never know. For Goo• d Company The„honest truth is that I didn't mind very much, after that one Un- comfortable turn? of the tintray muscles. First in any. mind — siren ahead bf the crossword;—Was the thought that I was with' a friend. If I had to 'catch it' T Vag in the right comtran n: in 11 ton and' among Bolk remember, when I got into the fringe of a Hull blitz. I am quite sure that, to a Lone Wolf sort of body, that means a lot. • I wasn't 'lonely then, and I wasn't surrounded by strangers with unpredictable ways. If they could taltple, then •s•o could 1. Overhead enemy planes zoomed loudly, and you found yourself half listening for the whistling- shriek of a bomb. After all, as my pal said: "There's nothing one can 'do, • is there?” She added: "You must teach me to do crosswords." And when it was over I began her tuition right away. There was another raid in the early morning, but by that tithe we were all in bed, and there we stayed. I heard her call out: "Are you all right in there?" I was per- fectly all right; wrapped round by a sort of fatalism' and still oddly hap- py at being soniewhere.near her. The only real dread I felt, all that time, was of some minor injury: some trifling and wretched thing that would make my life in loft—Rigs an inconvenience and a misery. , It takes folks who live 'on their own,' I fan- cy, to appreciate that: the awful ir- ritation of an injured finger, perhaps,. which means that one can't even cut a slice of bread or open a tin of .food. That was why, when there was an- other dose of 'Minnie' just as I was coming away I waited around for the next train. A glass -covered railway terminus didn't suggest itself' as a healthy spot in the circumstances, • School Children Slain And while I waited•—as I learned afterwards — a batch of harmless school -kids were being slain. Yes, it makes one sick, doesn't it? You know, if somebody had told me, 20 years ago, that my London pal with the . fair hair • and the dainty hands Would settle down to be a real battle veteran I should have laughed it off as sheer n•onsd se; yet there she was, sticking it out grandly. For one things a luxury flat isn't a luxury any more, believe the,' with no help to be had, and with' an endless stream et dish -v 1asching and carpet•brushing._ o say nothing of that everlasting shop- ping with a ration book. Actually, that shopping has got her d'ow'n more' than any blitzing; so we have tried to work out sortie kind of tyles=a,. able timme to hand over td his suc- we is Ce�s e seh�eiHe to iYiokg fit easier. get; sor the stack of iil�es eontainfng ting our heads together like that, I raluable papers, and documents =� ler w eared. arred. telt 1 like that, Tv oil 8igllat Star, , ;ori, r' in. • 4 1 4 3 ,4. '41 9 1., 4. ri - A'r