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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1959-10-16, Page 2Since 1860 SerOng the Conzmfty Ffrst Published at SEAFQRTH ONTARIO -every Thursdayin0rning by *,14EA,N:BROS., Publishers „ ANDREW Y. MeLEAN, Editor.: • SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Panda (in advance) $2.50 a.:Ycar, United States (in advance) $3.50 a Year SINGLE COPIES 5 CENTS EACti---. Authorized as Second. ClasiMaii,iost Office Department, .itittawa SEAFORTH, ONTARIO,- ,OCTOBER 16,'199 : • Member of - Canadian Weekly Newspapers Aasociation •veaciow- /71 aosr WHEN 71/0(441/7" ME MAO 71-//5 • P/C///C SPOT ALL. FQR - • ou/i,sez.v4s. Freedom of Press Basic To Democracy When Russian farmers visited -this continent they expressed a/Bawl-rent aver the freedom of our newspapers. They asked about stories and editor- ials which criticized our public ;of& They could not understand the frequency of family pictures in the papers. The freedom of reporting scandals in public office as well as . those of individuals, caused much of. their amazenaent. _ The readers of newspapers in- this country are often critical of the -way newspapers- report the news. But if they had to live in a country where these freedoms were denied they would appreciate what is • meant- by freedom of the press, speech and, as- sembly. • Where there is a dictator there is no such freedom because a dictatorship could not survive under such freedoms. • As Newspaper Week i_s_again ob- SerVed in this country, it inay,be..32vell for newspapers to ask themselyes how well they use this freedom. Such an analysis will show it is misused in many ways. There is much more • space given to the sordid and scan- dalous occurrence than there is to wholesome news. • •- That is an indictment of.-neWs- • papers. But it is an equal indictment- , of the readers. A newspaper is usual- • 13r a reflection of the people who read it. It is also a reflection of what goes on in our daily lives. The 'unpleasant . faCTS may not be printed; in other countries. But that does zot mean they do not occur. •- Because of this enterprising atti- tude of our newspapers there is dan- ger that sensationalism is the• guid- ing -factor. But if that ent,erprise- • were censored the people would be deprived of all inforMation that -- might be detrimental to the political party in power. The thndencitowarcl such censorship, is found. in every party when it is in power. The knoWl- edge that its acts are subject to wide • publicity is the people's greatest -safe- guard, The circulation of newspapers _in • this country is at the highest level their history, We have the greatest freedom of expression of any nation in the world. With that freedom, or - because of it, we have thehighest living standards ever known in his- tory. It is a combination that must be protected frolic): those who would change our way of life. It IS a pre- cious heritage that must be protect- ed by rif.o.wspapers reciagnizing their responsibilitY for 'honest and sound reporting. It should be protected by readers who; through this freedom of -the. press have sources of informa- tion_ denied to most other people in the world. (Contributed). Learn To Accept There are many matters about • which we disagree. There are lots of .dns--taken catirarY-1-6-- • the opinion of, many are., not-- the wisest- or the, best decisions, but we can't do an hing\ about them. We Sometimes tend to be frustrated and resentful, knowing- the futility of senseless argument. It is much easier to recognize that • there are matters over which we -have no control, or that we -cannot change. Prime Minister Nehru, of in a recent press conference, described how he reacts on such oc- casions, He was asked if he reconeilectlifin.-- self to "the position that nothing can be done for the Tibetans, that the , • dalai lama can never return, that the Tibetan people will be absorbed by 'the Chinein their' own country." "My dear sir," Nelpru replied., 'thoughtfully, "I have not reconciled myself to this position or a hundred ' • or a thouSancl ther positions, but I do not pretend to have authority or - power- to change the shape of the world,', the face of the world. As things coine up, one triesto act to the • laest of one's jucl ent." mrs a (= This question has many answers. Here are a .few: It's a pui;lic service It serves this community with _news, advertising, editorial eminent, and entertainment. It 'promotes projects which it believes will rnake this'a better place in whieh to live. It's manufacturirig-plant , It converts ink, paper, inetal, and power into a finished pro- duct It gives employment, year round, to heads offamilies , It's a. business - It enjoys -full status as both a wholesaler (of newspapers) and a retailer. It plays its full -part in the commercial life -Of • the -community. It's a service establishment It tries to giVe'informa.tion and -guidance 1oth through its columns and,perSonally through its staff. Its classifiecLsec-- tion--is the local market place. It -is the 20th century town trier and"community, counsellor.. It's a 100% home institution . It Serves this district first, last and always. Its weekly pay- roll remains almost entirely in the area. • Its taxes help sup- • port local schooland local government. It buys all poSsible' supplies and services locally. It's -the voice of theieople Its printed reports, comment and pictures mirror this com- munity ill-sudrh way that we mayunderstand both its 'Prot)- , lems and its opportuniivital. ites. It s a factor - in the „opera- tion both of free, responsible government and in the life of , _free, deinocratic individuals. URON SI ational Weekly Newspaper Week OCTOBER 152I, 1959 SE COIJN JrOuble P,air0.'•';.': . , , , Tr-old:des...did. not cerne Singly, to: Mr. and 'MI'S.' 'Roy: Vodden OVer the past ',few; .days.' 1Viajor difficuty ,WaS WneriTOY fell through' thefleor While' Working. in his 'lather's -barn and-injar edlitg-backbadiy.' Xe"liar Since been: in. Clinton:Public :HeS- pital',. Where lie, . was, _placed ina hddY . cast, .aria isnow,fajrly„ coin- fortable. ,•Then•.'0,Ver the:. weekend the •fainilY Cottage South of Bay - 'field; near: ,II)rysdale-: burned .one night: NOreason has. been' estate', lished "'Mr, the fire. Mrs. Vedden and the- 'Children were .':'cOning,: With the.. farm wet* ' until .neighbors • Cline to 'their :aid,: • and as Well Orating,theirg:thieral store at, Stun,. NeWs,Recerd Akireekect From Tractor.,'-' , . ;NOrrnan Jefferson,, son. of Mr. and Mis-. John Jefferson, Munro,' lies; in a,„critiCal ,conditien freM.•-an injUry on Friday. neat Seafortlx,': Working' withGpdon •Parsont;•-•:Norritali :w'as7.getting' a. log with .'a trator vhena sir -Miler. •.tree, 'Snapped 'Ott.. a boat [":10 or .12 feet.;''abeve, hirnoff the. Machine: IttiSlied ,Secitf ',Merrier, Hospital, -Seafortn, •-er: removed •td:.Victeria.. London.' If, Was found tie!had, stiS- 'Mined a fractured skull .concus- sion 'and: brain A • little •impreVernent was -noted. Mei-1day,, night/ -UP.tetha.t-tirrie liehad. lieen •Adydeate.'”- . „ Fight Highway' Switch . • • . • Hensall and .Zurich will both pre, test' the ,:prepesed; switch of High, way'.84'baek into, the cearity. -roads system,', it was decided at a'. nieet-:. PAPE (By REV. ROBERT II:HARPER) • AMERICA -RDISCOVERED "In 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue," according ,to history. This is October12, nearly five hun- dred 'years since Columbus landed on San Salvador. Well does, a his- torian head al section -of his his- tory, "Reformation , and the New World:5' "•"t- • bfri:Aher:t:rmi ecah:stncaotth'weea_nind cajrertmajanikeY a good time on theHoly, Sabbath to Undertake a kind.of rediscovery, -sure- of some national values that are urgently needed,. . Among these stands out one- that gives'worth and dignity -to all the ethers -the value of the COMMOT1 man, the value of the individual/ For this statement ,we find a good tekt in the Bible -Jesus gets an in; finite worth unOn every man in the - 'sight of God when He asks the question, "What shall it profit a man if he shall gain the whole world and' lose his own soul?" Let us confirm and strengthen our ideal_ of. the worth and dignity of ft° 1Gthhoedo. °A‘rne nvmde r°yIlw eminasahnnal nt hsethet Hbsi sight ht aet light toa11men and' -the greatest nation the world,,has known: •••• • fV"' • ieti. 'RePreseritatiOns to.. various. County and..TroVincial 'authorities, protesting the ..p1an-46 have. the highway' revert back into. -the eountjr, system'.. One of the: objections raised at the meeting- was -th,e--fact-that--ireither-711ensali--1jor Zurich • has proper equipment for the removal and: handling of snow :When niere, details. on the preposed. ;change:have-been receiyed,•..a . fur, ther "strategy" meeting will be held.-Ilensall Observer. No choice! Harvey Coleman, Stanley town - :ship reeve 'and chairman of ,the. ,county roads •eornmittee,' said this week 'Huron had "no alternative" but to aCcept No..84 highWay- as -a. .county road. "We don't have any choice -in the matter,"- he "stated. ..``..We agreed se,veral years ago we would take overhe-road after it had been Overhauled and improved by the • province: Now that- that wo'rk bas_.beeri "-done, I- don't gee linw, we can refuse our Part .of the bargain," Reeve - Colethan :was 'Commenting -Oh a campaign being launched by Zurich and Hensall, Chambers, of Commerce to keep the road under. provincial jurisdic- tion. Officials: of. both- villages plan lirgencl a delegation to the coantry roads committee, meeting Friday. Reeve ,lohia,,' Henderson, Hensall; said 'he was hot aware of the back- ground behind' the' road situation - but he .is -definitely opposed to. the nighway reverting to county' status, "The amount of truck traffic alone on -:the highway provides the prov- ince with considerable revenue," he said. "'They should continue to look -after. it•':', -Exeter Times:Ad- last Thursday night in bar- vocate: SUGAR A D SPIC By W. (Bill) B. T. SMILEY This is National- Newspaper Week. Isht that ititeresting? cornea -right betiveen National Fire Prevention Week and National Cat Week. That must be symbolic Of something' but I can't figure it -out. , • Just ten years ago this fall I got into the' newspaper "game','. Some. game!, 'Like playing Polo riding a pig. Or golf with a gag ,in your mouth. --Or soccer with both feet in a bag. But if I have to be mixed up in the newspaper business, Fm glad with a weekly,'not a daily. I don't know much about daily news- papers;' -except tilat---most of them meet an inevitable and,fitting end, wrapped around garbage. But in the .past decade, I'Ve learned a lot about the exciting job of producing 'a wcekly newspaper. , I think we felloWs*.in the weeldy. business have all the best Of it, -and my' heart bleeds dor 'the poor sods who slave on the dailies. Their's is a pitifully dull eXistence. . Imagine being a daily paper edi- tor and iever. seeing anybody but your 'secretaryand a gaggle of nowed. iib -editors. A weeldy, editor has a continuar stream. of fascin- ating -visitors', ranging- ,-iroin the town drunk Come t5 builfa quarter toward a -bottle of 'bingo, to' a min- ister come. te bum smile free pub- licity or the teniiieranee move - As fer,5as writing editorials goes,, there isn't much between them. The city editor, With the aid of his editorial writers, produces beauti-' fully vague editorials about for- eign policy, or thunderouSly indig- nant (nes about the government. The weekly, editor can be equally vague and indignant on- the „smith subjects, and his aren't read either. Then theres the' Prestige angle, , doubt me if one per "centkof his readers, would', know the daily` ea,: tor, even by sight. A weeldy tor,- on the other -hand, is known to most of, his readers, and on every public appearanee, even if he's only going for a toffee, is ac- costed and aedused, nagged and praised, told off and urged on. To strangers ' he is introduced as "one' editor, or the editor Of "our" pater. heartwarming, I tell 'you, • - • * '* , But vvlaere the weeldy editor has all mitt his- daily conteraporary is that he also gets to be a report- ., er, What does the daily editor do, for example; when he hears the fire---sirchs go bY?:-Probably sighs nostaIgicallY and picks up the lat- egt circulation report. The Weekly editor, when- he hears that siren, drops everything; runs for, his car_ and goes haring 'off .after •the fire trtick, 'along with all the;„Idrispn •ikes, ,the dogs, and'every Other, able-bodied driver. i in town. • . The dity reporter.,IS frequently given -boring assignments, such aS interviewing personalities like Mar- ilyn Monroe or Gina Whatsername. He asks the same' old, tired ques- tions, ,and vvhat- does he get?, A free drink, a, lot of Unnecessary wiggling, and a few, stereo-tyPed answers. How much more interesting if is to be a weekly editor and inter, view, the real personalities like .the, tOwn's "grand old ,lady", on her 99th, birthday, screaming ques- tions at her and jetting down an- swers which prove, ort later exam- ination, that she was -married when • she Was 48, bad her first child. at 'the age of 12, and is really only 79, - Daily newspapermen. used -to be dashing fellows with a reputation for hellery, on and off the job. -Not so any longer. They dress li'ke ac- catintants, work eight hours a day, drop in for a 'gloomy, drink at the Press Club, then "head for the suburbs, wife and fainily, to spend the evening watching the idiot box in the corner ' ,It's, among the weekly editors that the old \traditions ' are kept alive.: There,, you'll find the 'odd- balls, the characters, One of them told ine quite seriouilyroike day that it was possible -to live indef- initely, on air alone. Another quit the ministry to,become an editor. till' another recently Wok off his glasses 'and took on the chairman df the school beard after an argu- ment over which was the biggest . windbag , , , , • So as far as 'National NevvSpaPer Week goes, I salute that bastion of -individuality/ the weekly editor, I have learned that it is a mad- dening, exhausting, exhilarating job, with its ,Moreents of high fin - num and -bleak despair, But,,v,vhat,- ever it is( it"enot boring. And how- ever intieh I' -Corriptain about' tbe long hours, -the stanty remunera.. tion, and ,the laCh of appreciation, I am like lutist weekly editors: it would take a reginient of liorSes to "remove Me iron( the editorial Chair. . (Prepared by'the Research Staff ----of-Encyclopeclia-Canadiana) , 0 Who' 'Was; Michael. Sarrazin?, , • • Sariazin•(1659,1734), Royal PhYsi- , , clan in New France, .wasalso a botanist Who,liact pitcher Plant (Sarrac-enia •.-parpniea) named'. af- ter, him He Was, the first man to pit the production of-' Triaplesyrun on a nominereial basis and to de- seribe, the blueberry. -He ,came Out frorn, Trance -1685. 'as, isurgeon, later 'Was :Chief "shigeon to the .trocP's . in -9nebec, and 'finally: was; named Royal phYsician:: .praCtice extended over ar area that .would -have been large .eyen with .Modern methods of-:ttansjidit-...':De-: Spite thiS, he Manage:Ito earrY on , a great deal Of botanical .Work. He :made,a Collectien of over 200 'plants ,and 'sent them back to ;Paris: His. wOrk'en 'Canadian animal life, was also extensive,, described 'the beaver, • the. porcupine- and the muskrat,: wnich he -dissected. But when he • Came ."-t�: exaMine.,.the skunk he, f ailed beeanse,,.in-nis" own wordi, " had; 'a frightful, smell„ capable of making a whale :canton. .a.-. deSert." a.ter claYs• fell bad, tithes,. :lost . alt.,his money and died_a pauper.. • ' • • ,What' is Toponyniy? • This is -the' term applied to the. study .of name:S.-. In Canada a .great deal'Of attentionhs 'been .given to the' names of . the their, sands :Of .conarritinitiei. in :the coun- ir$ - ti•5 the Canadian Beard, on. Geographical :btarnes. Since 1897 the Board' has published 'a n,urnber, of works, arid since -1951 -it ,s .princi- pal ..task: lciag • been the publicatien. in -sections of the Gazetteer Of [Can- ada.• it 'iS..'expected that this Paa• jor undertaldrigl "will be Completed,' Within the next three orfour years.' 'Where ,..is....04taris • . The northeripportion of Southern Ontario -the Muskoka. anctilialibur- ton area and Algonquin Park, -,are freqiiently.calledthe Highlands Re- gion; .The region is noted for, its manysmall lakes' and its, rocky; picturesque,. tree -Covered: ,Precarn•-• brian terrain..In the late 1.9th ben -4. tury the Highlands were one,Of the great red arid white pine regions. MiDUFF TURNING, ,POIN17- „. OTTAWA -Mr. Ithruschev didn't dome to LInada. But across our Picture -win Ow border' with the United States -most Canadians got as good' a ' look -at him. as Ve,st Americans, This 'was appropriate. Far Canada will be affected by the visit, and the return visit of Presi- dent -gisenhower,. hardly less than he Sovief- - Canada is to large ,extentLinte-, grated -into the I.T.S. defence and economie, system. Despite the po- -litical • speeches of the past two years, the' trend „ has been away from nationalism and toward con- tinentalism. Continental air de- fence became a reality in NORAD. 'A continental, rather than a- na- tional, oU policy, has been recom- mended by the Borden Commis- sion. -The northern development • policy is -prenaiSed on -the future needs , of the U.S. as it': runs oat of its.oWn natural resources. ':'TT The rmire die military danger to Own. In the field of defence this ettihridsi.ta,Uso.Smi.:,;!0nththipeern.ii'ceelsessetrhemduasntgewre; .thebe freer are we. te develop on our is;.-"obvieuS. If we could- cut down en' defence, and more particularly transfer defence funds into an ov, poliey to aid-nn- derdeveloped countries, we would " benefit in terms of national :st t a ure anda broader trade...base for fu- teuormep, liecshcii4g oneoniiacnygthrowthw. hich. -''Has ..the Ithruschev visit ac- . might rnake possible a spending switch from defence to economic aid? If. our cautious 'yes', is right, then, the results of Mr. K's viSit will have to •be add:et' to other" major changes in thie world to which Can, ada must adjust her poliCies. TTAVVA REPORT • dent's Russian trip to *the spring • has served to lessen the crisis at- c mosphere of the exchange visits. The American people have had a • chance to see Mr. I. Tough, tem, perainental _and. unbending as he maybe, he appeared as a person,. not .a monster, 'and as an expert, politician who wanted M do busi- ness, with the Objective of -prevent-. - ing war and raising the living stan, dards of his people. • The Khruschev. visit has had: achne very- important results,- nil,: portant for Canada 'as well as the United States. It could be a turn. ing point in history. Look at the other- immense, changes ier the world'. The ernerg-, • ence of 'a Milted Europe- which may, tival the econoinic strength of the LT.S. and U.S,S.R. The emergenee of a modern industrialized China which may overshadow all the, others. • The twentieth century doesn't be, Jong 'to Canada. We are living in a world of two rival giant§ *lid- seern:—. to be patching( up an understand, ing on, the -verge of an age in whiph newgiants are to appear. If the, giants go tewar, we'll be _killed. the giants are Par the brink of ' war,, we'll have to hang on to Mir- ' neighlior giant very -tightly. If the, - giants can get along together, well have more freedom to live ,olir own •life. Right now, teday's two giants, are, making a small 'Start to get-. ting 'ory- better. - •-This.mould. take .tinie„.-and would involVOSonie Or all: Of the ,folloW, ing niajor shifts from past policies ,--withdrawal of . Canadian, forces stationed inlEurOPe; entire ,toning .over of Bornare defeneeto the Unit -ed-StateA•f-and TrVeTirigtitiItfo'ff.-or Canadian forees' for. specific Cana- dian. defence job's.- •'• So: far, ;the reajorehange...; is •a. Change- in atinespliere. The effort to re,duce,.Mternational tensions oy- er reeent. years been dedevil- led, by rigidly hostile-qtitudesto,' wartf :the liss,ties of. the • eiild war,. There' waS nO;,`give" On'anY Point for fear that the other...side might construe it asweakness across the bord.•[[RhiliscilieV 'has not :been 'able ';,•td: WaYe•thiS •away with a, iriagic' Wand, 114 haa, riot -"giVen"- on'any • majOr point: of, Polley. But.,-, 'he. did say that.':'the twci", greatest' .pOWers haVe to, be..willing,to' "meet one -another half. Way". He -arTiFpreSiderit EisenhOWer. haVe :least ".tiartially broken through the barrier: of hostility,', the ,iron: cur, and Created. a feeling in:which! nego,tiatiOns ;Could take -place With- out being.;forecleented y • .tne -•elee- trifYing-StisPieions Of ,'either. The, fie* ,atnioSpher.; Meets -its iriajOr test- in resumed negotiations, On -Berlin. In a small.:way, as'- 'a taken of the neir atinesriliere, nni- gotiations,On minor Matters are ,alreadY' beginning ,between the kncl- , Russia bas agreed 't6: negotiate settleriierit With' $800,000,000.. War. tine. debt to: tlieTtTnited States in respect otlend. lease. 'Negotiations .are .alSd going' ahead on exchange of informed& on the peaCeful uses of atemic !eilergy :and joint medial- researen Minjeets. .It alSe . appear- ed • that: little, liew separated- • the two ceuntrieg- 011„..ari _effective 'ban against inicIeat. tests,. [ - • The poStPenement of the Presi- What Was the Rush -Rapt • • Conve on. . This was an agreement between the United States and Great Bri- -tain, represented respeetivelY by _Richard Rush and Charles-Bagot,, concerning naval forces en the Great Lakes. It was first discuss- ed ,at the Treaty of Ghent'confer- -ence,rm-1314, when tbe War -of -1812 was Officially ended, and was made final in April, 1817. Both countries agreed_ to liMit their fleets to four vessels of not more than 100 tons: one vessel each on Lake Ontario and Lake Champlain and two on. the upper Ilakes. Despite a few in- fractions In the, earldays and some modifictiOns by mutual con- sent in the years 'since 1939, the' Capital Hill.Capsules 'Washington joke bronght back Khruschev tour; "ff you're -an op- timist, have- -your children tatight Russian. If -you're a. PesSlinist, see that 'they leArn Chinese: - - There was many a -beef and •• moan about the organization of the - -press ".arrangemerits for the Royal Tour. But the Canadian effort was positively Prussian in its efficiency by comparison with the bungling of , -the-Aiiferie-arrState-Denartnientht*- providing for the press on , the - Khruschey.. tour. The American organizers managed such tricks as quartering the press in one hotel and having baggage deliv,ered to. another, failing to arrange for pool- ing the stories of a few reporters - when -all- could not cover an event, catering for a few favored Ameri- can newspapers and agencies and letting the rest fend for them-. • selves, and More of the same. liovvard' Green, is winning praise 'as , a firm and sensible advocath - Lor Canada in world' affairs. News- . paper eomment was favorable on his 'recent U.N.. speech., including Ins initiative regarding radiation surveys. The feeling among Pre- . ,gressive Conservatives . is that , there is now 'a firrner hand' at the helm in Theeternal Affairs: .There' has been no break-in centinuity be- tween the late Sidney Smith and Green, contrary to, advance -fears that Green might be somewhat rigid, in his approach.,Smith found, and now. Green is finding greater affinity with British' rather than American foreign pOlfey:. , ZION Mr. and Mrs, Bill Stevens, Rog- er and Riehard, of Stratford, with Mr. and Mrs. Morley Lannin on Sunday. Mr, and Mrs. Leo •Wernharn, of Denfield, with her parents,,Mr. aritt Mrs. Albert Roney, on Sunday. •Mr. and Mrs. Dalton Malcolm, Keith and Bruce visited for_ a few days with Mr: and Mrs. Ren Gibb at Sault -Ste: Marie and Mr. and Mrs. Don Graham at Sarnia., Mr. -andIVIrEarl Barker and , Mr. mad Mrs. Gleim Pepper. are on a trip to -Cleveland and other plac- Miss Mary E. Graham, Dresden, spent Thanksgiving with her aunt, Mrs. Mary Malcolm. -Mrs. Rena Stacey and Miss Gladys' ,Robinson attended -the . Feltz - Pearn wedding on Saturday, in Mitchell • Miss Gayle Lannin with Mr. and 1VIrs. Bill Stevens, Stratford, on Mi•s. M. Malcolm' and -Miss Mary E. Graham with Mr. and Mrs. Rosa convention has remained in. force: 'Gordon on -Sunday. Prom The Horan Exposi October 12, 1934' •:'W1iilecnducing 'an eXpernnent in the ihorateri. at.Seaforth Col- legiate on Wednesday, Miss\Mar- garet Beettie, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.- Robert Beattie, of Ilullett,' met with an unfortunate abcident The Florence flask She was using exploded, cutting her hand So sev- erely that if required. five stitches to close the wonnd. ' ' • -Jam George Lilley picked eleven' quarts of raspberries last week in her gardexi on: West William St. Ripe strawberries are being pick- ed -every dayfrom, the patch in, the -garden Of Mr. -Charles Aber - hart, No.rth-Main Street. These are not the ever -bearing -,variety. Mr. Robert Dodds, .Ty.i of McKillop, has a potato measuruig 25),a1 inches and weighing 234 ,pounds. Mr. las. Sloan, McKillop,- brought = in, eight potatoes averaging two pounds two eunces, and these were a sa,miole of the whole field's prOduction • A fatal Motor accident which ba4 -occasioned widespread 'regret, -oc-, turred at Iteid's• bridge, citt the Mill Road, 21/2 Miles from -here, on Sunday evening last, when Mr. Wm, Berrylost his life. Mr, Berry was returning frOm Seaforth aTtine in, his Car, when he ran into loose ;gravel near the approach to the narrow bridge, and he momentar- ily lost Control ' William Rerr was elected presi• t dent of the Seaforth, • Banct.at their roaritial meeting., Roy, ‘Oke was presented With.a- medal 'for perfect attendance by Mr. Wil-[ liazn Deaeon, 01 nte&s'tfng items gleaned from The ninon Expositor of 25, 50 and 75 years ago. , From The Huron Expositor. October 15, 1909 • The first snowfallof this season occurred on'Tuesda3c morning last. third There waS-cIuite a shower of large flakes abedit five &clock, while at noon we had ,quite , a flittrY of snow. Mr. C. lbt. ills, son of Mr. G. A. Sills, stood' in his class "of 39, taking honors in the recent exam- inations at the Schodl of Practical Science in Toronto. . ' , . Mr. William Aberhart has ant- ed his farmon the 7th concession and intends " going to Seaforth to reside. .- ,- " . . The ,niagkthis ets for s week were as fellowS: flour, per 100 lbs., $2.75 to $3.25; butter, tub, 190; eggs, per clozert, .23c; oats, per bushel, 346; peas, per bushel, 80c. ' Mr. R. Warrener bas disposed of his, liVery business to his brother, Mr. N. Warkener$ of Bengali. - Dr. Scott liact-the niisfortune to - lose his favorite, driWngInare this Week, In sonie way she get her leg broken and had to be shot. .• Lela, -the 9 -year-old daughter of W. D. Sanders, of the 2nd conees- sion of Stephen, had a narrow es- cape- from being killed the other day. She Was on, her way for the cows when she saw a: cireular saw in, operatiOnat the barn. :'Sbe pick- ed up a stick and placed it in front of the saW. The saw Went through it Mere quickly than she expected, with the result that, she lest her balance. Part of her clinhink Vaught and She wag' being drawn inta the Saw, Somehow she disentangled herself, bat not before a bad. gash, was put IA the baek of her neek,. ' From' The Huron Expogtor October 17,1884 Kyle & Mustard, of the Egmond, ville Mills, are 'adding to their al, ready extensive inaahinery,,a new engine and boiler. -' Mr. 3. Duncan' has fiaa a. neat iron' fence erected__Around thel grounds Connected, with his', hand- ' some residence on Goderich S.'' Men' are now busily employed laying dtrwn, the pipes for the ex, , tension of -the waterworks to 'Van Egmond's woollen factory. One day last week Mr: George Cruse threshed for Mr. W. Cun- ningham, lath eonee§siori of Hid. lett, 1,000 bushels of oats and bar- ley in four hours and. 15 minutes, cleaning the floor once. Mr. -Cun- ninghaniheld the watch white the work Was heingAdne. At a recent threshing on a farm; near Goderich, a setting hen was found' by R. Gillean in the heart ,of a mow,' of, wheat, which had been put in seven weeks ago, ,The hen and chickens were.found alive and were brought to the house to be taken care of. . On, Monday evening as .Mr. IVIessett was.driVing into tovvrf from the south, the night being some- what dark, he collided with .another buggy_ going in the opposite direc- tion, in Which was a woman and two. children.. This buggy belonged to Mr, S. Beattie, of Tuckersrnitla. Both buggies were upset and the occupants thrown ,aut. 1VIes4 Sett escaped wika, few scratches and bruises and Me childrenvere unhurt, but the woman was riot SP fortunate, being stunned and other- wise injured, •,,