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the georgetown herald wednesday august 12 1942 the georgetown herald n at cnrttltmi naml gba wlsttutf mrtfaiftj sbj ttna oatts subsosiptiom batss canada and uie uaiud state u0 s yaar stasia lunitadai rate ffl to taebj ml ssihnhia walter c bifun publisher oarpieuj l uooilvjlay mary h btehn editor p m- -uilu- ollmcre fu0uovt8 ta ka lt m bruce collins member of th rwnedlm weekly keatpepar assort ttvm sad t oourtoqusue dtrthan fit tbe cwna- five editors corner moods how often were tempted to throw up our hands in despair when petty annoyances and troubles real and imaginary pile up on us and at times seem al most more than we can bear clouds of gloom settle heavily about us to carry on seems an effort almost everyone experiences such moods upon occasion and its a good thing that as a rule it only takes some little thing to cheer us up and bring us to the realization that our troubles arent so bad after all may be a thoughtful act by a friend or neighbor even a kind word at the right time is enough to restore our faith in the essential goodness of human nature then again if we think for a minute we can always call to mind someone who is shouldering a pack of trouble far heavier than ours theres always a good measure of comfort in the thought that things could be a lot worse the sight of a beautiful flower garden ablaze with color the rosy glow ol a sunset or even the fathomless blue of the sky on a perfect summer day can often strike a responsive chord and make our spirits soar sometimes however it takes a more severe jolt to bring us against the sharp realization that the main thing is were alive and still able to experience joy as well as sorrow a close shave this trend of thought brings to mind an incident which occurred in georgetown over the holiday week end the station was a hive of activity this particular morning with soldier and holiday specials crowding the tracks shunting back and forth and filling the air with the clamour of ringing bells and whistles now it seems that two girls who had been riding on a train for several hours decided they would use the short stop in georgetown to advantage and take a turn or two around the station platform to stretch their travel- cramped muscles the minutes sped by so quickly they did not realize it was time for their train to pull out and first thing they knew their startled eves beheld the train slowly start to putf down the track without them naturally their first instinct told them to catch that train at all costs and they ran like mad one of the girls was swifter on her feet than the other and she managed to pull herself onto the steps of one of the coaches leaning over she stretched back a helping hand for her companion by this time the train had gain ed more speed and her friend though able to grasp her hand was unable to make the first step yid slid off to lie directly in the path of the rapidly approaching wheels a nearby soldier who saw the impending tra gedy sprang quickly into action and risking his own life pulled the girl from under the train to the safety of the station platform just in the nick of time it was all over in a matter of seconds two lives had hung in balance one mans bravery had tipped the scales the right way to our mind thot unknown sol dier will never do any greater deed than he performed thot peaceful holiday morning the knowledge that human courage can rise to such heights and the reali zation that the grim reaper con come so near to anyone of us makes you stop and think its grand to be alive cost of living index the cost of living index has remained stable during the past month an increase in the cost of living index indicates a strong possibility that cost of living bonuses will be adjusted upwards these phrases appear from time to time in our newspapers and we were interested to read how the basis for the compila tion of such an index was made families whose average expenditures form the basis of the index were selected in accordance with census records showing the most typical sie of a family number of children earnings household tenure and racial origin fluctuations in the index therefore may not absolutely represent changes in the cost of your purchase or of mine but they do represent changes in the cost of what is bought by a typical canadian family all during the year ended sept 30 1 938 these families kept a record of all their expenditures carefully sub divided and detailed on the basis of approximately 1 500 families the average consumption of all types of articles making up the families way of living were tabulated and a schedule of purchases drawn up ex pressed in physical quantities ie so many pounds of flour gallons of gasoline etc prices were collected for each individual item the study indicated that a typical wageearner family in canada spent 31 per cent of their annual expenditure on food 6 per cent on fuel 19 per cent on shelter 12 per cent on clothing 9 per cent on home furnishings and 23 per cent on miscellaneous groups of commodities including medicine theatres newspapers health telephone and the operation of an automobile such an index records the difference in the cost tt as we see it bf j a sta we dundjujc herald reporting the prices received at an auction sale held in uut locality utejy has this to lay a hay loader pur churd new for fuooo about futevo years ago and wtuch today uils tor 114800 u one can get delivery told for 17000 we imagine that tne per son vtuj paid that price or an old hay- load fr dortn t like pitching ot hay by hand there weehti to be quite a reduction in the number or cars that are on the rood thrae da in comparison with one year ago no doubt the gas situation has quite a bit to do alui tt and lately ve hae noticed more cars havliig ure trouble along thr highway than r have noticed for a long time it wed to be the fashion to have to change a ure on the rood at one time nowwer un the improvements in urea jiat dtdn t happen rr often but with the old tire getting the one of wear now it u not unusual to i a car jscjred up along tide the ioad and thr i me often meet the drlttr rolling use wheel and ure bjek linn it r nearest service station wr can mili at it now but it did seem to take somr of thr pleasure out ol motoring to have to change a tire on uir road wr srre in such a hurry back in thae gna and tit e rem care that r be grdged tht umr it took to jjck uji the car and change a tire ye r can smile at it now but shut did all utc ruih and hurry gt u un ii li true ae coir red a lot of ground but we drote at such spevd uiat wr fsued to see most of tht bruit of thr parsing lanovcspe and thrn mhrn e arrlted at our destination we onorrd whs to du with ourselve und wrrrn t con tented until mr aere 01 the rood once more in a hurry to get buck home it took a war to gie us a jail and teach us to appreciate the beaut hmxa that are right around ua poxviofh to he 1m of jul private firs in the dritlh ivr could utt as much as su gjuonn of gasoline per month hoarder rri ihw nvuvr rations were cut entirety on the ut of the month and prnati car urr ni jacked up for thr duruilon it might be tiood policy to keep ulu ut mind thr r 1as when t arr upl to frr sorrt tor ourhr o r tir tfis nd urr filiation hre in canada mont of us are able to rt more ga than are going to ue o perhaps ae hatcnt un thing to kick about as a rlhilt of uw abundance of rain um bprlng luiw lirai y crow or ha tlm nunuiit r und the nam i appirs to uh- un grav tills tuls brrn a boaj s avm fr tin la ti mover and with the rootat rains th lawn crass continue to crow to that the old mower wont be out of a job for some time the grain that wu flat tened during th recent storms has failed to get up again and that means plenty of euttlnf one way for th bind ers- this not only means mora time is uiten up with cutting the grain but as a rule the train doesnt fill out properly and u much lighter per acre than it would have been had h not been flattened out by the storm again the iheate are 10 ache r in shape than they wwxld have been had the grain been erect when cut and this means that they take up more room in the mow and are not as easy to handle either the corn seems to be doing wrtl u and doubt will catch up rvrn if u did hate a late start this uavon tomatoes are a little later than isit ear in ripening around hrre lsul rsr ae pefced our first npe uoet in the 11 th of july this year ue date was the 2nd they glv e e ery promise of being a good crop and the quality appears to be up tc normal as wru wo raving over this that and th other thing never did grt us very much some llmr ago we were en- g airing of a gentlrmsn who had alf are of raspberrrs how thr pros- prts wtrr for a crop and he told us ut that time that it we didn t have rain right away that there would be no ratpbrrrlcs lsst week we agau enquired of thr wme man about thr raspberries and lus repjy this umr was that ae had too much rain and that if it didn l quit ruining they were over for tliu rsr lie went on to tell us that he had already bold over 1m000 aorth off ills lis 11 acre and with dry wrauirr he thought uiel he would be sole to pick as many more as tic had sold up to that tune even if he don 1 get msnv more crates of ber- utm oft lilt patch he hasn t done too badl a- would thlnl oiipityreew o w mthrat htttt in fall at barn deput reevr o w murray of ksquraing township sustained a irso urrd back ond fracture of th right heel mhrn he fell from the hay lot in his barn nrur acton lust week mr murray wav taking in the hay crop and had climbed the ladder to the mo uiui two forks in thr oir hand he had reached uie top beam when one of thr forks caught in uie hay and loonrnrd his hold on th- ud der realizing he was going 4 fall he jumped to the barn floor and the jvocjl of the full caused thr back ana heel fracture- he oa removed 10 thr oeneral haipltnl in ouelph or treatment and u mill in hopiul many rnendn in till- community and throuajoh il the county will th him a prompt and compcle rronery of securing a fixed group of products over a period of time rationing change of income lack of certain articles and changes in fashion or demand naturally effect changes in such an index the 24 increase which has just been announced according to the records of the dominion bureau of statistics is due mostly to in crease in food prices and 85 per cent of their total rise is accounted for hy two items potatoes and beef beef prices rose almost a full point alone open night in town its great to have to elbow your way down main street on a saturday night even a few months back such a state of affairs didnt exist in pregas and rubber rationing days saturday night was automatically the night for stepping out to some other town or city war has changed all that and people are going back to the friendly custom of taking a walk downtown to shop and chat with friends we imagine town merchants do not object either a good many citizens havent been aware of the fine lines of merchandise our local stores handle another opennicht pastime which we notice being indulged in more than formerly is that of driving the car downtown to dit for an hour or so and watch the people go by this i a most restful form of recreation and is right in line with our present policy of conserva tion of tires and pm fill your bins cnnndiuns who heat with coal are urged by the coal administrator wartime prices and trade board to accept delivery of any suitable size or combination of sizes and get a supply in their bins as soon as deal ers can provide it in the operations of us anthracite mines con troller j mcg stewart points out there are produced in varyinc proportions about eight different sires of coal of which egg stove nut and pea are generally used in domestic heating at present there is a scnrrilv of stove tize and many householders are faced with the prospect of doing without it people should take advantage of the available supply of other sizes the administrator says and use whatever size their dealer can supply at the present time pea coal is mpst easily ob tained from the mines it gives economical heating and can be used by itself or in combination with other sizes accordingly the administrator advises coal consumers not to wait for any particular kind or size of coal ask the advice of your coal merchant or im porter he suggests they know the market condition and can advise what size will suit your particular equip ment and which can be delivered promptly accept delivery of any suitable size or combination of sizes it is vitally important to canadians that thev have their supply of fuel in the bins before winter begins take advantage of the supply and sizes of coal now avail able and avoid the hardship that a shortage of coal is bound to bring do not through carelessness make fuel rationing necessary in canada active service notes opl koraun del of th 16th oda inf bd has bn transferred from oamp nlictrs niagara on thla to wine george bo 0orion dop were lntertaud to hx 8flt- wuhara j ooluer ape to his family and friends over the cdc on saturday july iwh on the letters from britain broadcast bui- is vlth the lorn scot detach meet ovcrtea- od saturday rrrnlcx aug 1st over the same artwork and program cam th sole of pte albert t txtck carry ing ffrretlno to his vtfe relatives and frlfh in town bert is a mrmbn of the ftth odn inf brttad head- quarters oo it went ovvrsraj with th lome boots a er ago last junr prior to enlistment he was emjiioyftd at ptovtndsj paper ltd uss brother pt bill tuck is also overs and at present the boys are at th same sta- uoa st john rvrymgeour spent th week end in loan he t now at camp bordrn vhrre he u a flgt- in true tcr in tank gunnery dancing i huttortvilu park b v s m y wedacky a schstby rat nasi wswi ooosoh aocsos er ffeeo braagten mt r tt cur ciumu m rut wn j old chum to ciejutrrmf 1 cur nm diretrixjiv m f fe watson dm hjjb omtfttovn ooom iloura s to s thursdtj tfutboobs dr j burns milne norrl 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