Simcoe
Simcoe, 11 Jul 1918 -- John
Stuard [sic] of Glenshee,
a rural centre about nine miles west of here, was
before Squire Hutchinson at Port Rowan on Monday, charged with
uttering statements detrimental to the national interests. He was
fined $25 and costs, amounting to about $20 more.
One of his neighbors, Pte.
George Wingrove, the father
of a large family, has returned from overseas with
a
plate in his skull, having miraculously escaped death. Before
enlisting in 133rd Battalion, he was by hard work supporting his
family.
It was while dining with
several others in a home in the neighborhood, and in the presence of
a near relative of Pte. Wingrove, that Stuard is said to have
remarked lightly something to the effect that not patriotism,
but an easy way to have his family supported, prompted Wingrove to
enlist.
