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Thursday, July 16th, 1936 WINGHAM ADVANCE-TIMES
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as, former Colonial Secretary.
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AFTER EVERY
MEAL
Nazis Have Large Union
Berlin—The Nazi Party, enrolling
25,000,000 men and women in the
Nazi labor Front, claimed the world’s
biggest “Union.” Membership is
compulsory for all German workers,
employees and employers. And! since
the organization has an estimated re
venue of nearly 1,000,000,000 marks
($400,000,000) annually,
is survived by a mother and two sis.
ters.
Governor-General in Hospital
Quebec—Canada’s governor-general
entered Royal Victoria Hospital in
Montreal for “medical examination,”
his excellency’s secretary, Capt. A. S.
Redfern, announced from the Citadel,
vice-regal summer residence here.
“An old gastric complaint which Lord
Tweedsmuir suffered during the Great
War and for which he underwent an
operation at that time simply recur
red and it has been decided upon by
his physicians that' he undergo medi
cal examination to fit him xoi a visit
he will make to Western Canada in
August,” Capt. Redfern stated.
skull with a small hole through the
forehead, was turned over to the pol
ice by Harold Dunbrook, of Kitch
ener, who found it about four miles
from Guelph. It is in fair state of
preservation.
Cairn Erected for Privateers
Liverpool, N.S.—A cairn has been
erected here by the Canadian Histor
ic Sites and Monuments Board in
memory of the Liverpool privateers
men who defended Nova Scotian
British shipping and trade when
Mother Country was at Avar in
early days of the United States.
and
the
the
Ethiopians Carry on Guerilla Warfare
Rome—An official communique an
nounced that “bandits" had cut the
Addis Ababa-Djibouti Railway lines
less than thirty miles from the Cap
ital, fighting all night with Italian
troops before hey were dispersed. In
tending to loot two trainloads of pro
visions, the official report said, the
Ethiopians attacked the railway be
tween Akaki and Moggio. In addi
tion to tearing up the rails, they
telegraph and telephone lines.
cut
Exeter Resident 97 Years Old
James Handford, Exeter, observed
his 97th birthday Monday. The old
gentleman had always been active un
til a few weeks ago. He attempted to
rove about the^ house during the ab
sence of . his daughter, when he fell,
dislocating his hip. He was since
been confined to his room. Numerous
friends called on him, bestowing gifts
of flowers and fruits in
birthday.
meeting of the council and shows an
increase of 3 mills over last year's
levy. Additional expense at the school
is given as the cause of the increase,
five of the teachers being given in
creases in their salaries. The school
board has let the contract for an en
tire new water and lavatory system
to be installed at once. Following are
the rates: County, 5 mills; village 15
mills; school 12 mills. Last year the
school rate was 9 mills.
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honor of his
Head
in Neustadt,
Baseball Player Hit on
While playing ball
Bert Holtom, -of Drew, well known
to many baseball fans, had the mis
fortune to get hit on the head by a
pitched ball, the blow knocking him
unconscious. Dr. W. C, Winans, Har
riston, was called and had him re
moved to his home at Drew where
he has geen confined to his bed
since.—Palmerston Observer.
Traffic Officer for Highways 9 and 21
Following complaints that Highway
21, the Blue Water route, is being
used by American tourists and others
as a speedway, a provincial police
constable has been placed on the
route. With headquarters at Walker
ton, he patrols Highway 9 to Kincar
dine and then goes south on High
way 21.
ever
Bitter Fight with Strikers
Paris—Street fighting in Avignon
and a strike threat by the nation’s or
ganized farm * laborers added furth
er problems to the French labor sit
uation as the People’s front Govern
ment sought means to clear factories
of strikers without use of armed force.
The fighting at Avignon occurred
when workers tried to enforce a gen
eral strike and attacked groups of em
ployees who refused
movement.
to join the
Agitators to Pay Penalty
Premier Hepburn said the ten men
arrested in the relief riot raid on the
Toronto lake shore are to be prose
cuted “to the full extent of the law."
The men were picked up a few min
utes after midnight when the Ontario
Government put its .foot down on re
lief rioting. A provincial and county
police net landed them in Toronto
police station on charges of “seizing
and holding illegally.”
Another Baby Born to Dionnes
Callander—In the little downstairs
bedroom of a Northern Ontario farm
house a boy was born to Elzire Leg-
ros Dionne. It was the same room
in which two years ago “a modern
fairy-tale” occurred—birth of the
world-renowned quintuplets. The 8-
pound boy came into the world a hus-
by1 soul. Both he and the mother are
“exceptionally well,” said Dr. J. E.
I.'Joyal, who delivered this first child
born to the Dionnes since the quints
saw light.
Meets with Painful Accident
The many friends of Mrs.
Bamford will learn with deep regret
that she has met with a painful acci
dent. She was coming down the stairs
at her home and when on the last
step she thou’ght she had reached the
floor. She fell with considerable force
on the hardwood floor aiid received
a bad fracture of the hip.—Listowel
Banner.
R.C.
Relief Officer Quits
Arthur Simpson, relief officer for
the town of Listowel, has resigned.
Mr. Simpson’s resignation was ac
cepted and Reeve J. F. Vandrick was
appointed head of relief. W. A. John
stone was appointed chairman of the
Board of Works.
Human’ Skull Found
Guelph—Discovery
skull beneath a clump
the Guelph-Kitchener Highway is be
ing investigated by the police. The
of a human
of bushes on
Labor Gained Seat I
Derby, England:—Labor gained a I
seat in the House of Commons, Philip !
Noel’Baker, the Labor candidate, de-i
feating Major A. G. Church, National'
Labor, in a straight party fight for
the seat relm'quis'h'ed by J. H. Thom- |
Head's Pension Board
Ottawa—On the eve of his depart
ure on the Vimy Pilgrimage, Pension
Minister Power announced several ap
pointments relating to war veterans.
The following were appointed to the
Pension Commission: Brigadier-Gen
eral H. F. McDonald, Ottawa; Dr.
R. J. Kee, Ottawa, and Colonel C.
W. Peck, Vancouver. The following
were appointed to the Veterans’ As
sistance Commission: Colonel J. G.
Rattray, Ottawa, as Chairman; Brig
adier-General Alex. Ross, Yorkton,
Sask.; Lieut.-Col. H. L. De Martigny,
Montreal, and H. M. Sinclair, Dun-
robin, Ont., as Secretary.
Lucknow Boy Enters
Port Elgin Law Office
Stewart MacKenzie, younger son of
Mr. and Mrs. R. U. MacKenzie, of
Lucknow, has become associated with
W. R. Tomlison, hnembe?- of parlia
ment for Bruce, who has .a law prac
tice in Port Elgin. Mr.' Mackenzie
was called to the bar on June 18th af
ter completing a three-year course at
Osgoode Hall, during which time he
was associated with a Toronto law
firm.
New Post Office for Mildmay
Plans and specifications have been
prepared for a new $10,000 postof
fice for Mildmay, and tenders for its
construction have been invited by the
Department of public works. The
new building will be erected on the
corner of Elora and Amon streets on
the site of the old British Hotel, pur
chased some years ago from Joseph
Kunkel.
Safety is built into
every part of a Fire
stone tire-—both inside
and out. Every fibre of
every cord in Firestone
tires is safety locked in
pure rubber —— Gum-
Dipped to insulate it
against internal friction
and heat. Plies are
anchored to the beads.
Two extra cord plies
under the tread weld
the body and tread in
to an inseparable unit.
And the Firestone tread
is now safer than ever
with an additional rider
strip'.
With all these extra
values, Firestone tires
do not cost
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I T.o Stop Zeppelin Flights
Over Britain
London—Great Britain is taking up
with Germany the question of the
Zeppelin Hindenburg’s flights over
British industrial centres. Vyvyan Ad
ams, Conservative, said in the House
of Commons, that twice within a few
weeks the Hindenburg, travelling be
tween Germany and the United Stat
es, had passed over the Leeds area at
low altitudes. Sir Philip Sassoon, Un
der-Secretary for Air, replied cross
ings over England henceforth were.to
be allowed only in cases caused “by
the urgent necessity of navigation.”
Morris Lady Passes
There passed away on Thursday
morning at her home on the 2nd Con.
Morris, after a long and trying illness
Elizabeth Rees, widow of William
Moses, in her 85th year. She passed
away on the farm on which she had
lived for fifty-five years. She leaves
to mourn their loss one daughter,
Bessie, at home, and two sons, James
on the 8th con. Grey and William on
the homstead, and one grandson, Ar
chie Moses, 8th con. Grey. Her hus
band predeceased her twenty-one
years ago.
Pig Born with Two Heads
One head to every body is general
ly regarded as pretty good measure,
but a pig born at the farm of Peter
Maloney, McKillop Township, last
week, did 100 per cent, better. It had
two completely formed heads and
three ears, according to Mr. Maloney
who said the balance of the litter was
normal. The two-headed pig died
shortly after birth.—Seaforth Huron'
Expositor.
one cent
ordinary
them on
When re
tires, see
Firestone
2 Extra Cord Plies
Under the Tread
Now Extra
Rider Strip
Gum-Dipped Cords
58% Stronger
Scientifically
Designed Safety
<1. W. Hanna Automobile Sales
FORD AGENT WINGHAM
ent mid-summer vacation, owing to
the fact that the attendance at this
big two-storey brick school has dwin
dled from upwards of a hundred pu
pils of six decades ago to a juvenile
quartette of two girls and two boys
at the close of the school term last
week. This foursome, upon he con
clusion of the present mid-summer
vacation, will probably be tutored at
the public school in Walkerton. The
opening of a Separate School less
than a decade ago, a few rods distant
Brussels Tax Rate Up 3 Mills
Tax rate was struck at the July
King Edward VIII
Is Royal Patron
Catches Pike With Hands
Harold (Smoky) Korman, 12-year-
old son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Kor
man, of the Hanover Inn, can catch
fish without either line or hook. He
was standing on a plank projecting
over the shallow water above the
Hanover dam, when he saw a large
fish swimming slowly beneath him.
He took as large a rock as he could
life and watching his chance, dropped,
it on the fish’s head, par.tly stunning | from this pioneer institution of learn-
it. Harold then jumped into the wat
er and flung it out onto the bank. He
took it home and found he had a pike
31 inches long and weighing nearly
seven pounds.
ing attracted to the new academy al!
the pupils of the Roman Catholic
faith.
Entrance Candidates— June Burke,
Jack Higgins, Evelyn Scott.
To Jr. IV—Charliq Procter 80,
Maxine Thompson 71, krthur Edgar
66, Margaret Haines 64, Jim Case-
more 61, Charlie Campbell 59.
To Jr. IV—Jim Coulter 83.2, Nor
man Higgins 79, John Haines 75,
(Muriel Hopper 70, Irene McCallum
70), Bernice Thompson 68.
To Sr. Ill—George Edgar 74, (Jim
Elston 73, Frank Burke 73), Verna
Thompson 70, Billie Elston 68, Calvin
Burke 64, Hugh Campbell 60, Jim
Golley 57.
To Jr. Ill—Grace Coulter 83, Car
rie Higgins 79, (Stanley Hopper 77,
George Higgins 77), Edwin' Elston
74, Wilfred Haines 69, Chester Hig
gins 68, Glenn Golley 66.
Second Class (Promoted at Easter}
—Maitland Edgar 83 ,Ross Procter
80.
To First—Grace Golley 89, June
Casemore 75.
Beginners: Excellent, Mildred Hig
gins, Mary Procter; Very Good, Colin
Campbell, Douglas Casemore: Good,
Joe Thompson; Fair, Spence Scott.
Teacher—Edna Procter.
Priest Goes to Athabaska
Rev. Harry Jennings, of Exeter, or
dained a priest by Bishop Seager one
month ago, will go to the furthermost
outposts of the Canadian Northwest
to take his first charge, travelling by
boat through the picturesque North
west Terriories to a little Athabaska
community to reopen an Anglican
mission post.
Saved from Watery Grave
Quick work on the part of Albert
Hildebrandt, Seaforth, saved the life
of Gordon Regele, truck driver, when
he got into difficulties in deep water
at the Seaforth Lion’s Park swimming
pool. Regele, unable to swim, was in
the water near a raft, when it is be
lieved he took a weak spell and sank
quickly. Hildebrandt noticed his
plight and managed to grab hold of
him only to be pulled under three
times before he was able with the
assistance of Frank Grieve to get Re
gele to shore.
Four Acts of Bennett
for Appeal
Ottawa—The highest judicial trib
unal in the British Empire will be
asked by Canada to determine valid
ity pf four legislative enactments all
directly affecting labor, it was an
nounced. They are items in the “re
form legislation” brought down by
the Bennett Administration. Hon. Er
nest Lapointe, Minister of Justice, an
nounced that the Judicial Committee
of the Privy Council would be asked
to pass upon the constitutionality of
• the Employment and Social Insurance
Act; and the acts which call for one
day’s rest in seven, a 48-hour week,
and payment of minimum, wages.
Coupled with the announcement that
Canada will appeal these four enact
ments, was Mr. Lapointe’s statement
that the Provinces would submit re
ferences to the Privy Council con
cerning the validity of Section 498A
of the Criminal Code and the Farm
ers’ Creditors’ Arrangement Act.
Accepts Invitation of
National Sanitarium
Association
letter received yesterday fromA ___
Buckingham Palace, London, address
ed to Mr, E. L. Ruddy, President of
the National Sanitarium Association,
states that His Majesty King Edward
VIH. has accepted the invitation to
be royal patron of the Association.
“I am commanded by the King."
reads the letter which is on official
black-bordered Buckingham Palace
stationery, “to inform you that His
Majesty has been graciously pleased
to grant his Patronage to the Na
tional Sanitarium Association, To
ronto. (Signed) Wigram, Keeper of
the Privy Purse." This letter came
to Mr. Ruddy by way of Government
House In Ottawa, /.ong with a kindly
message from the Governor-General.
In 1907 the then King Edward VII,
and Queen Alexandra
first Royal Patrons of
Hospital. Ever since,
the Royal Family have
interest in the work.
Muskokia Hospital for Consumptives,
the Toronto Hospital for Consump
tives and the Queen Mary Hospital
for Consumptive Children at Weston,
formerly had as Royal Patron the la.te
King George V.
His Royal Highness the Duke of
Connaught, great-uncle of the present
sovereign, laid the corner-stone of the
Queen Mary Hospital for Consumptive
Children. It was the first hospital
in the world devoted to the treatment
of children’s suffering from pulmon
ary tuberculosis. On May 12, 1913
Queen Mary in Buck.ngnam Palace,
pressed a button by which the doors
of the hospital were electrically
opened.
When fire destroyed the origma.
section of the Toronto Hospital for
Consumptives, the King Edward
Manorial Fund was inaugurated by
which over six hundred thousand dol
lars was raised. In this
Duke of Connaught took
part
Upon learning recently
Earl of Bessborough that
patients at the Queen Mary Hospital
for Consumptive Children had taken
from a London illustrated paper and
framed a picture of Queen Mary and
the Princess Elizabeth, Her Majesty
Voluntarily Stiiat the children a signed
portrait of herself and the little
Princess.
Every Governor-General of Canada
from Earl Grey on. has been Hon
orary President of the National Sani
tarium Association, The three hos- \
pltais maintained by the Association
have a total of over 1,000 patients.
Canada again pioneered medical
achievement when the new Surgical
Building, one of the first structures
erected ’ on this rattiffem rof the
surgical treatment of tuberculosis, was
opened about three years ago at
Weston, It has already justified it-
sdf, saw Mir, Ruddy,
School Teacher Presented
Ojn Retiring t
Miss Matilda Fowler who recently
resigned her school in Hullet, having
completed a teaching term of thirty
years, was presented by the pupils and
ratepayers with a purse and hand
some cedar-chest at an enjoyable ga
thering held in the school.
Teacher (during history lesson):
“What are the races which have dom
inated England since the invasion of
the Romans?”
Small Boy: “The Derby and the
Grand National, miss.”To Close Greenock Public School
The Enniskillen Public School, on
the Watkerton-Kincardine paved
highway, about six miles west of the
C.N.R. Station, Walkerton, and re
puted to be the first school cstablish-
i Novice (with great determination
! after numerous attempts): “I’ll stay
i here till I hit this ball.”
i Caddie: “Weel, ye can get some ith-
■ er laddie to haukl yer sticks, for this
, is ma bath niclit.' ’
SCHOOL REPORT
work til?
an active
from the
the tiny
became the
the Muskoka
members of
taken a deep
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June Report. Honours 75%, Pass
60%.
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not re-open its doors after the pres-
Crawford Block.
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Scadding Goes Home to Toronto
Alfred Scadding left Halifax Tues
day for Toronto. The man who was
entombed in the Moose River mine
with Dr, D. E. Robertson, has been
in Halifax hospital since that trying
ordeal. All his toes have been ampu
tated as a result of an attack of trench
feet. He will be a patient in Bahny
Beach Hosptial for some time.
DISTRICT
Boy Killed in Auto Crash
Alex. MacKenzie, aged 15, of Tiv
erton, was instantly killed Friday
when a truck in which he was riding
was struck by another car, said to
have driven out of a lane without
watnihg. MacKenzie was a passenger
in a truck driven by Walter Johnston*
of Tiverton. John McIntosh was al
leged to be the driver of the other
car. McIntosh suffered minor injur
ies Johnston was unhurt. MacKenzie!
BRITAIN’S BID FOR TRANSATLANTIC HONORS
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and America, leaving the workshops features many innoviations which are