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196 T^AG^IW PAYS. .
J IN THJS SCHOOL YEAR
According to* a circular announce-
by the Ontario Department of
Education, there,are to be 196 ac
tual teaching days in the 19^6 school
year. - For several years past the
number has been about 2Q0 and in
more ancient times it'was somewhat
greater.
V But 196 is the most that can be
- made now, for one day was lopped
■blff^by most school boards when thp
schools were not opened on Friday,
Jhnpary .3rd. ,
. ■ ■ ' (mste'r holidays are f?o'ni April IQ
' t,Q^0;--the summer vacation begins
dn/ June 29 and ends September It
Christmas holidays come on Decemk
.. ber 23.. School holidays include Vic^’
toria Day (May ’25 this year)/
King’s birthday (June 3rd—this m$y
be changed to June 23rd, as this is
King Edward’s birthday); Labor
Day-/(Sept. 7); Thanksgiving Day
(date not. yet fixed), and Remem
brance Day (November 11.)
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENTS
TACKLE ICY* ROADS
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In Ontario, the ice hazard on
- winter roads has been controlled by
the use of an abrasive consisting 01
sand,-cinders and stope Chips mixed
with common salt. The last ingred
ient results in the mixture embedd-
' ing itself in the icy. surface. Loaded
trucks spread the mixture. The
Highway Department at Queen’s
Park, Toronto; has now built up 7'aff
organization that enables it to sand
.3,000' miles of highway within three
■dhours after the need arises.
Annual Meeting Of
WestWawanosh Mutual
Mr.^George^Stewart^ofHelS]^
Elected Director Filling Vacancy^
Caused By Death" Of Wm. Me-
Quiliin—Ernest Ackert Re-Elected
. . President. . ;
/• The annual meeting of the West
Wawanosh Mutual Fire Insurance
Company; held in Dungannon on
Friday Afternoon, was largely . at
tended. Ernest Ackert, president of
the 'Company presided while reports,
of the year’s work were received.
. The president, in his address, ex-
/' pressed the hope that the present'
rate of 30 cents per hundred might
soon be reduced> and strove to im-
- press, upon the policy-holders the
fact that only through co-operation
. on the part of all • in endeavoring, to
prevent* fire losses, could this, be ac
complished,
Donald McLean reported for the
..^auditors as follows: Total receipts—
. . $52,545.37; total .expenditures—$35,-
928.31; cash balance on hand—$12,-
184.56, with an additional $19,244.75
^in .bonds; toal. number of policies in
force 4,597, with a total risk of $13*-
. 846,245;. total amount paid for’ fire
losses,. $27,313.92. The expenses of
management for 1935 were $541 less
than in 1934.
The retiring directors were- McKay
Davidson ahd Griffin. McKay was'•re
turned without' opposition. Dayidsoh
was re-elected ovdr two opponent's—
John Kilpatrick and John A. John
ston, while Griffin' was defeated in a
three-cornered fight;, Wilfred Mc
Carthy being elected. The other can
didate was James McKenzie,. George'
Stuart was elected to the vacancy
on the board caused by the death of
William McQuillin, Stuart was op
posed by Joseph Anderson, William
Mole and Bert Thompson. Donald
McLean* and Bert Marsh were re
elected as auditors.
A meeting of the board followed
when Ernest Ackert • was re-elected
president; Dan McKay, vice-presi
dent; G. C.- Treleaven, secretary and
Thomas Stother,. treasurer. Other
■directors are: Harvey D. Anderson.-
^HE LUCKNOW SENTINEL
The News, At Ottawa
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W. R. TOMLINSON, M.P.
I wish to thank this paper for al
lowing, me valuable, space in order
to give my constituents my impres
sions. of a few-of the outstanding
Events of the, past .week at" Ottawa.
An item bT great importance to
our. farming” community was the ar
gument presented by the Dominion
Government and replied to by . the
different Ri/ovinces. before -the_<^ip-
reme Court here. I personally atten
de.d this hearing ■ on Wednesday -last
'to“listentotheargumentofColonel
the Honourable J. L. Ralston^ for
mer Liberal Cabinet Minister, who
was acting on behalf of the Province
. >f Ontario, in the place of Hon. Ar
thur Roebuck, Attorney- General of
Ontario, who was unable|to be pres
ent. ■’' ■ ■'.
I am unable to offer an opinion
as to what decision will be handed
down by the Court, but the conten
tions as submitted by the Provinces,
und the comments of the Supreme
judges, were to the effect that the
’vedit of. our farmers must be main
tained (and that the passing of such,
an; act as the Farmers’ Creditors
Arrangement Act tends to destroy,
the borrowing power of the,farmers.
Why did the Government refer
this . Act to the Supreme Court for as
declaration a§~fo "its validity instead"
if asking Parliament to repeal it..
We will watch for this decision-
with interest. „ ■ \ ’•
The opening of the 18th Parlia-
/aient was solemn, yet impressive.
This was the second occasion in the
history/^pf the Dominion that Parl
iament opened while the country was
'nmourning.for-thedeathofa.ruler^
In 1901,. following the death of Queen
Victoria, women were, pot present at
this function, being excluded by tra
dition from the Floor of the (Senate.
At this Opening, however, the Senate
Chamber was graced by the. presence
if ladies, tradition having given way,
nd. doubt, t to the fact that women,
since. that time, have received the
franchise. . . ,
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Among the more important items
if proposed legislation as set forth
by the “ Governor-General, Lord
Tweedsmuir, in his Speech from the
Throne, are the reorganization of
the Bank of Canada, the approval of
' he Canada - United States Trade
Treaty and the creation of a Nation
al Commission on Unemployment
ind Relief. ’. —w •
As we meet in the House,of Com-,
mons it is interesting—and sad—tp
n o te th at; only 22 Liberal Members
" who sat at ffie right of fheVSpeS^^
in 1925, again occupy that strategic
position. Time marches, on! Among
tliosp 22, one greatly misses the late
Hon. James > Malcolm, who so ably
represented this constituency at
that time and was a valued member
pf the King .Cabinet.
I By these articles, I hope to keep
my constituents who are readers of
this paper informed from' time to
time in regard tp such items $s I
think are of special interest, and I
will welcome comments or criticism.
BOOKLET FREE -
' “Adventures In Neighbouring,” is
the title given to the 20th annual
report of the Council for Social Ser
vice of the Church . of England in
Canada.- The illustrated report deals
with work in Unemployment Camps,
Western' Reliefj, the Vernon-Woods
Memorial ; Award, Welfare wprk at
the Council’s Office; the joint effort
of the General Board of Religious
Education (and the / Council/for Social
Service in arrangikgj Tor the “Adop
tion” of isolated needyi' Supday
Schools in the (west bjj 'Sunday
Schools (in ” the . East.- -I IA cW' of ’ the
•report ■will be sent free ‘oh applica=
Lion-tcuthe—office J>f .the //Cbji^hfiilVfoT.
Social Service, ‘604 ..^ayvis ' St.,- Tot?
OI)tO 5. ' ' ‘ ' ' ■ ' ' ;
William J. Thompson. Harry L. Sal
keld, William G. Watson, Robert
Davidson, • Wilfred McCarthy and
. George Stuart.
MUST SERVE SENTENCE
Clifford Grimoldby; described as a
deaf-mute at Osgoode H^ll, failed
in his appeal from his sentence* of
three years Tn Kingston pehitentiary,
Impose'd at Goderich, by Magistrate.
Makins,' on a charge? of 'i stealing
$2,500 from Joseph Coulter of Blytp.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1936.
LOCAL and GENERAL/
Fridayjs Valentine Day
GIFT SUGGESTIONS
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Mrs. Peter P. Kee of Winnipeg is
visiting with Mra- T. Watson,
Mr. j. W."’Henderson left on Wed
nesday morning for Toronto, where
he is attending a lumbermen’s Con
vention. ■ - V
Counter, attractions on Friday
night helped tq reduce the atten
dance at the Rebekah social. Prizes
for euchre playing went to Mr., and,
Mrs, Charles Cook.
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Rev. and Mrs. J, W., Wilkin, who
have been occupying the Spence
hqme here for some time, left for
Toronto on Mqiiday;, -where they will
spend the. remainder /of the winter.
7^Mi^R“J*^Ga:nteron-“has^^o^e-—-td-
171—1 A— N. Y., to> ji.tljehd the
, Frei Webber, the
ma!r Cong^am, form-
/Mr.R/J.
East Aurora, N. Y(.,
funeral of Mr,
husband of Delmar
erly( of Lucknow and |a njiece of Mr,
Cameron’s. / I ■ J- ■>'
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Mrs. T. J./Salkeld,-^as a delegate
from the local society, went to Tor
onto on Tuesday tq attend the On
tario Horticultural Society COnven-
tion, being hpld; in the Royal York
replied the magistrate, /hotel todsty and tQWI
was a largo crowd, and a
none at the dance in .tfee
on Eric ay... night,, .under
P.O. Club auspices, which
o^< three entertainments
xl*~ - :”age -that evening.
Hogan’s 1 Orchestra / supplied music.
The regular - meeting.of the. ..’Wo-,
hen’s institute will be held at the
home /if Mrs. Harvey Treleaven on
Friday, F^b. 14, at 2.30 p.m, Roll call
to be answered by Valentine verse.
Also an aufction/sale of articles do
nated by members! Good program.
Visitors welcome.* . . ,
The, Young Men’s Class of the
United Church, held their annual so-
-•ial in the Orange Hall on Thursday
.iveningy witli an attendance of about
sixty' persons. Court Whist winners
vere Mrs./ (Dr.) Kaine and Sidney
Decker. Before lunch was servedja
highly hmusing skit was presented
Iepicting /the. birth of the Quintup-
'ets with /Harvey Webster, Bill Hew-
it, Dr. Treleaven, Jack Miller, Jack
McIntosh, Robert Rae and Dr.
Tohnston taking part.-.. The very en-.
ioyable evening .concluded by &
bort period of dancing.
“Did you notice any,r suspicious
characters in the neighborhood?”
the magistrate inquired.
/“Sure,” replied the new Irish pot
liceman., “I saw but one man and I
asked him what he was doing there
*at‘ that time o’ night. Sez he, “I have
no business here just now, but I
expect to open a bank in the vic
inity later .on’.”
•-■■"“Yes,” i’
“and he did open a bank in the vic
inity later on and stole £2,000.”
“Begorra,” answered the police
man, “the man may have been. a
thafe,'but he was not a liar.”
A The Ideal Situation
“Yes, sir, it was just about the
ideal vacation. . Nothing, to do but
loll around all-day in comfortable
chairs. No mosquitoes, no insects of
any kind. Pleasant, smiling people
on all sides. No big bills running
tip, no relatives, no.'sunburn.
“Just peace and. quiet all day' long.
A thorough reSt for the mind and
body—the kind* ( of vacation ) you’ve
always dreamed about.
“Yes, sir,"it was ideal! We cer
tainly enjoyed that vacation the boss
took.”- . . '
OBITUARY
C. G. GIRVIN
. Mrs. Fred » Anderson, of Ashfield,
last week received news of the death
at Oklahoma, on Monday ^>f her elder
brother, Charles Gordon Girvin, ’ Jn
his ;6'2nd year. Mr. Girvin was the
ci|dest of a family of dfour, two'-sons
/and Susan Anderson, and was
m the Hugh Girvin homestead
• // BdRN
McCLENAGHAN—In, Kinloss twp<
on Sunday,;.February 9th, to Mr. and
Mrs. Ben McCIenaghan, R. 5, Luck
now, a son. “
CpX—On Tuesday,' February 4th.
1936,. at Inglehart, Ont., to Rev. and
Mrs. G. O. Cox (nee Kathleen Ter
riff of WhiteeHurch), a.daughter.
• MOFF A#—On February 1st, at St.
Thomas General hospital, to Mr. and.
Beryl'" r-*
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Mrs. Hiram Moffat,
Johnston) a son. . o
(nob
FOR DRESSES—
36” Printed Piques for Sport Dresses. Per Yd. .1..........32c.
... ’36”’(prints, tub-fast, at Per Yd......................17c, 19c, 25c. ■
LINGERIE—Celasuede Slips, Pantees or Bloomers.
HOSE-r-Crepe, Service Weight and/Cashmere.
There--.is plenty of cold weather,, ahead. She , would appreciate'
A PAIR OF SKI MITTS or WOOLEN GLOVES,
" \(1 -;: 7 FANCY BLANKETS i *> . • ''•
FOR 'HIM-/- ' ■
TIES,SHIFTS, PYJAMAS QR NIGHT SHIRTS, SOCKS/ OR
■■ • - —GLOVES.-^-..-j
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7
k
irrow.JIGGS SUPPER & PLAY
With the requirement that all
brakes should be thoroughly" inspec
ted, a lot of people, instead of run
ning over a man, should be able to
stop right 6n top of him.
. There 1
well satis
Town Ha
Joint . XJ-’ll
was one <
staged in the village -that evening.
tfiedK .’ 1 /(
SUPPER
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By the Women’s Guild and the A. Y. P*. A.j of
ST. PETER’S CHURCH, LUCKNOW
5.3Q—8.00 P.M; / Followed By A Play
1 “ALL A MISTAKE”
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Town Hall, Friday# February 21st
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West Huron’lnspector
Submits Annual Report
Ashfield Students Have ^Highest
Rural Attendance Percentage”
-Which Is Reflected In. Thei^/Uni-
formly. Good Progress
A few highlights of the annual
.eport- given by E. C. Beacoin, B.A.,
school inspector for West Huron, at
L,he . recent session of Huron County
Council are.as follows:
No change has occurred during the
year in the number of schools in
operation, there having been 89. rural
and 4 urban scools in the Inspec-.
torate since 1930. The same number
of teachers,125, are employed in
these schools, there being 101 teach
ers in the rural and 2(1 in the urban
schools., Th<
a-nd- iwordaughters,_of the late Hugh
Girvin /and Susan Anderson, andTwas
horn. o/
three miles south of Dungannon?
He left Ashfield over 38 years ago,
going, to. St. Louis . where, he reinain-
ed for/ten years before ^locating in
Oklahoma, where for 28 years he
had made/his home. He was engaged
in the laundry business and made
lys last trip to this district two years
ago upon the death of his mother.’
He is survived by7his widow, forA
nierly of St. Louis. Surviving d.lso
are two sisters, Mrs. Herbert Eilber
of Cred'iton, and Mrs. Fred Ander
son, Ashfield, and one brother Anson
Girvin, of Saskatoon. D. Ander
son, Dung/nnon, George Anderson'
of Lucknow, are uncles.,
these scljools, th er 6 being 101 teach-
■XLtp, JU tUV UX MMp
! number of teachers hold
ing first class certificates continues
to increase, in accordance with the
policy of j^he Department of Educa-'
/Han--4;o;^requir.e..higher.^^.<
on the part of the teachers. There
are now/ 73 teachers holding first
class certificates^ this representing
an increase of six ^over the’ previous
year. Jrhis represents almost 60 of
the whole teaching body in the In
spectorate and is a higher percen
tage/thap is found in most districts.
The average salary paid in the
rural schools; is $614.00 for the pre
sent school year, as compared with
3628.00 for the'former year. Legis
lation vyasy/made operative in Sept
ember that the lowest salary1 that
could be / paid was $500.00, thus;
making it ■ impossible for the few
school' bostrds that had been paying
less than this amount, to continue-
to do so. It will, I believe, be rea
lized that $500.00 is certainly the
lowest amount, that, will enable tea
chers. to maintain at all adequately
the position that should be theirs in
the community. Some 23 teachers
•are in receipt of a salary of $500.00
this year, of. whom 18‘“'are teachers
who commenced their duties in their
present schools in September last.
There has <been«a% greater tendency
this year for rural''school<boards to
•give increases in- salary to their
teachers where competent work is
being done. This occurred in the
case of twenty-two schools and is a
mark of appreciation of their ; serv
ices which•' means, I am sure,, as
much to the teachers as the material,
gain.
The attendance of (the/ pupils was
maintained during the year at, a very
satisfactory level, although'’ the per
centage of attendapcer in all schools
dropped slightly f/om 91.7. to 91.2%.
Jn many localities serious epidemics
occurred whidi was .the determining
factor in this decrease../The 'results
compare very favorably however with
other parts of the province. The vil
lage of Henshll 'with d ' percentage
attendance of 93.91 was the leader in
the urban schools,: while, the Town
ship of Ashfield, /with 92.6 led among
the rural schools.- For-- some years
the pupils i n Hi ef schoojs of Ashfield
Township have excelled all the other
townships . in the ((regularity Of their
attendance, a fact which is reflect
ed in'the uniformly good -progress
made by these pupils in
work.
thia year for rural schoolboards to
teachers where competent work is
being done. This occurred in the
DUNGANNON’S GRAND OLD
LADY MARKS BIRTHDAY
Wednesday, Feb. 5, was the 94th
jirthday of Dungannon’s grand old
7.ady, Mrs. David Girvin.
aer maiden name, was1 the Second
eldest of a family of eleven sons
and daughters of the late James
Stewart , and Jane Beacom, who in
November 1841, moved from Gode
rich to the farm at Nile, now owned
>y the Glenn brothers. A wilderness
- >f forest greeted them, there being
jot even a “clearihg” upon which to.
jrect the rude log shanty,. which had
p be erected by the “side of the
■ .. “ vr «.
road.” In this home on February 5*
i.843, was born the little child who
lor ninety-four years continuously
.ras been a resident of the commun
ity?
Mrs; Girvin still enjoys the use of
.ill her ''faculties and welcomes with
pleasure those who come to visit her.
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THE RURAL POSTMAN
(n
their-^aghoo^
the cold and blustery weather,
When the frost is on the rail,
Would'you like? to face a blizzard
With a half a ton of mail?'
(n the biting blizzard weather"
When the snow Gomes to your knees
Would you like to'fish for pennies,
While your feet and fingers freeze ?
When the gleaming snow is drifted
Underneath a foot of sleet, ’
Would you like to have the chilblains
In your) elbows and your feet?
When outdoors jthe tvind is whistling,
: And the air is full of snow,L
Would you love- for?havFa'7U^®y----
And the biased taking would/liot go ?s
Yes, I love/the. good old- fireside, ‘
Sipping/coffee from a ’ pail,
But I h^ve to.buck th^'siiowdrifts
’(Cause the farmery want their mail.
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I. don’t mind the frozen snowdrifts,
Whep my legs are stiff t^ith cramps—
But you keep your blobmin’ pennies,
B/uy a quarter’s 'wortl) jof staippg.
I get snow mix4cl in my .whiskejri
And T get it in . m,^ soofts, ..
But it-. never . hurts *my feelin.’s.
Like loose pennies in the box. ;
By Ofie Who Knows.
In the Clinton blows Record.'
ADMISSION: To Supper & Play 40c.
Supper Only, 35c. \ Play Only, 25c.
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Approximately CENT A MILE — Each Way
• GOOD IN COACHES ONLY ' t
SLEEPING CAR PRIVILEGES. Where sleeping car space is required;
the following slightly higher fares apply: (a) Tourist Sleeping Cars at approxi
mately 1 Me per mile, plus regular berth rate, (b) Standard Sleeping and
Parlor Cars at approximately 1 J^c per mile, plus regular berth or chair rate.
• GOOD IN COACHES ONLY
CONVENIENT TRAIN SERVICE
BAGGAGE Checked. STOPOVERS at Port Arthur, Ont., Armstrong,
< Ont., and West; also at Chicago, HL/Sault Ste. Marie. lVIich./and west, in
accordance with tariffs of United States'lines. 1743
Tickets, Sleeping Car reservations, and all infamidlion from any Agent. ASK FOR HANDBILL
CANADIAN NATIONAL
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HOME ECONOMY ' ■
j . ,■ (Peterborough Examiner)
II. J. Deachnian was elected for
North Huron , ini the lastl Federal
election, the first Liberal to secure
the seat since the passing of the
Redistribution Act in 1914., ' Right
now Mr. Deachman has to do Some
explaining to the- people of hi? rid <
ing because it has, been decided to,
close the customs house in Wingham,
in his constituency.* In making the
explanation 'Mr. Deachman was pro-
le’f't the
to have
govern/.
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lably well aware that it would have
been more popular to have
office open. Few places. like
anything which looks like a
nent office closed,
The cost of operating (he
POULTRY EQUIPMENT
. i The reliability of Jamesway poultry
equipment has become so well known that
Jamesway Hatched** is equivalent to a I
guarantee of quality. '
Besides Incubators,''Canada’s leading poultry
men use the Jamesway oil and coal burning'
• -brooders, (now reduced in price) battery
brooders, feeders mid waterers of all kinds,
steel nests, laying cages, oat sprouters, oat
gernunators and complete brooder houses.
Manufacturers of all kinds of sheet
metal building materials
Buy from yourlocal Jamesway daajaror write direct to
customs
office in Wingham, a town of some
2000 inhabitants .amounted’in all to
$2,500 per year, and that included
the cost of inspection and'all other
•services, but Mr. Deachman was con-,
tent to place the figure at $2000.
The import duties collected at Wingr
ham in the last year amounted to
$5,^71.91; so the cost of collecting
revenue was just about 40 per' cent,
of the revenue collected. The average
for the Dominion is 3 per cent,, but
in Wingham it was A 40 per cent.,
and Mr. Deachman contends that if
the people .of his riding, are as .eag
er. Jfqr economy as they- profess to
•be, they, should approve at once- of
the closing ;of the customs office at
Wingham. • > , ,
From this distance it looks as __
though 1. Mr. Deachman has good [and -stability of life i
ground on which, to base his argu-' voluntary.
niefft. trnfertffnately tffere alwys I Tt-.:/.* :/ '
a. feeling that economy should beginCry test,
in some other-place. Npt many folks ./ ,.if0 “surante companies’ annual
:.re W1llmg to adm.t >t. rtttaM beKin . statements, always considered bar-
at home. We believe it wohld be diff
icult enough to shoy/ why any office
should- be’continued jVhenUhe cost
of operating it amounted to 40 per
cent, of the revenue received.
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Eastern Steel Products
JAMESWAY eJ__lTTl 1 ted. GUELPH ST
0' V I S ■ O N **-——" PRESTON. ONT
^JFactorie^alao^atJ^ntreal^ndHroronto,
BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT
NOTED IN SUN LIFE REPORT
■ Definite signs of an improvement
in general business conditions can
be gathered from the 65th Annual
Report of the Sun Life' Assurance
Company of Canada just released
for publication by Arthur. B. Wood,
| President "and Managing Director,
i 1 he statement reflects the. strength
nnri .ot-nkuu., insurance, a
. co - operative movement
I wbiefi fof' generations W. stood; eT-
. omet.ers of general business ^o^yi-
,Lions in the territories they optWite
iii, have been accurate indicators
during the depression and -since 1933 .
have shown, in no- uncertain^ terms,,
that general business is mfiking
.-I ' headway.
Your, wife has Been delirious all ( The Sun Life’s. '.financial state-
day/ said the nurse in a worried went for 1935, appearing elsewhere
tone, calling for you -ahd crying’ ln tkis issue, shows still further
A ’.strengthening and improvement,
, , ■j,IRt the report for 1934 showed
husband. ' progress over 1933, the year ' the'
i depression reached its low point?
fof money,” " ■ • •'<
“Hah!” snorted . friend
*‘£>1/0’8 hot delirious.”
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