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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1937-05-20, Page 9o ■.Thursday, May 20th, 1937 CREAM MARTIN-SENOUR on top of the lend, which was wood, making ready to “batten down", when he took one step too near the edge, Like the proverbial man on the flying trapeze, Lonz flew through the air with the greatest of speed. In the fall the unfortunate man fractured four ribs, and is going around strap­ ped up like a woman in the “old bus­ tle days”.—Teeswater News, Get Rebate Seaforth received its split of local beer taxes on Thursday when Town Treasurer D, H. Irwin received a cheque from the Provincial Govern­ ment for $311.73. The payment re­ presents 20% of the tax collected in Seaforth during the provincial fiscal year, which ended March 1, 1937. Huron Expositor, For Beauty and FULL PROTECTION-Choose the GUARANTEED PAINT Sold Jewellery Business Mr. F, T, Armstrong has disposed of his jewellery business, which he has personally conducted for about 25 years. Mr. Armstrong plans to de­ vote his full time to his optical bus­ iness, which he will carry on here for the time being at least. His successor is Win. Schmid, of Haqover,—Luck­ now Sentinel, You paint for beauty and protection—and Martin-Senour 100% Pure Paint guarantees you both—guarantees in ■writing on every can that no cheap and useless adulter­ ants are used in its manufacture; That’s why you get longer lasting protection, firmer colors and a better and more economical job. NEU-GLOS Medium Gloss Enamel The new sanitary, washable finish for interior walls and woodwork. An easy product to use. Dries with medium gloss. Obtainable in wide range of beautiful pastel shades. Received Day’s Pay as Coronation Gift A Coronation Day gift of a day’s pay was given, to the employees of the Goderich Salt Company by the president, Mr. Chas. -Wurtele. Mr. Wurtele is a staunch believer in' and supporter of all that is British and he carries the traditional spirit of Brit­ ish fair play into his relations with his employees. He recently returned from a five months’ .stay in England, where he viewed with interest the preparatory arrangements for the cor­ onation of King George.—Goderich Signal. IT PAYS TO USE MARTIN-SENOUR 100/e PURE PAINT VARNISHES & ENAMELS Donald Rae & Son s Family Ill From Coal Gas Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Reid and dau­ ghters, Pearl and Juneve, had an un­ pleasant experience when they were partially overcome with coal gas. On retiring the evening before it is be­ lieved that the dampers of their coal burning range were closed too tight­ ly with the result that when they got up in the morning they all felt very ill from the effects of the gas.—Mil­ verton Sun. NEWS i of the i I DISTRICT I i i Farmer Drowns While Fishing William'E, McCulloch, a Bentick farmer/ residing three milesa west of Durham, was drowned while fishing at Camps Creek, about a mile south of his home. He was alone and be­ lieved to have taken a weak spell, to which he was subject, had fallen off the bank into a foot and a half of water. McQuillin; vice-president, Clifford Blake; secretary-treasurer, Jack Hen­ derson. As well as worthwhile prizes at the local fair, two members may go to Guelph for the Calf Club judg­ ing competition, and if a calf merits it, provision is made to have the club member show his calf at London Fair with all expenses paid. Suffers Broken Back Jacob Kritz, 50-year-old resident Greenock Township, suffered a brok­ en back and other injuries when hit by a motor truck on the highway near Belmore. His condition at Jfcas described as critical. /^Kraemer, 30, truck driver, manded when he appeared Wednesday charged with driving a motor vehicle in a reckless manner. Kritz was a passenger in a buggy driven along the highway when the accident occurred. Kritz was thrown to the ground in the collision. ■ hospital Leander was re­ in court Calf Club Organized at Lucknow ). A Calf Club was organized at Luck­ now at an enthusiastic meeting held recently with Ian MacLeod, Huron County agricultural representative. Officers elected are, president, Frank Former Lucknow Men Deny Charge John and Frank Garniss, of Tor­ onto, father and son, and former Lucknow butchers, pleaded not guilty at Goderich to charges of forging and using a forged note, and of having- stolen goods in their possession. They elected trial by Judge and jury. Pre­ liminary hearing will be held May 20, and the case probably will be tried at June Assizes. John Garniss was admitted to $2,000 bail, but the son is being held pending further investi­ gation. Forged Pension Check John Payne, 25, Grey Township, forged the indorsement and cashed his grandmother’s $15 old age pension check and was remanded to jail for sentence. He told a story about a traffic .officer, whose name he did not secure, stopping him near Lis- towel for not having a proper horn on his car, and demanding $15 bail, proceeds of the check, but the bench did not believe him. Pie pleaded guilty. Ask Beer Rooms Close The Municipal. Council of the Township of Colborne, adjoining God­ erich on the north, has forwarded a resolution to the Town of Goderich Council, asking that body to use its office and influence to have beverage rooms in this town abolished. The resolution was passed at the May meeting. At a largely attended meet­ ing of the Goderich Council of Wo­ men a committee was appointed to draft a similar resolution and to se­ cure information to be forwarded the Town Council. to of The writ was filed by the Lon- Health Association, governing of Queen Alexandra Sanator- Tliey claim that Bruce County Bruce County Sued for $1,051 A lawsuit against the County Bruce over payment of the hospital bill of an all'eged indigent, was laun­ ched in Supreme Court offices, Lon­ don, don body ium. should pay them $1,051.50. Accord­ ing to the writ, which was filed for the sanatorium by Meredith and Dav­ idson, a resident of Bruce County was a patient in the sanatorium for a tot­ al of 701 days, at different periods. Eye Service CONSULT . HOMUTHF.F Eyesight Specialist Harriston Fell Off Truck, Fractured Ribs Having completed the job of toad* iug a truck, Mr, Lottzd Thornton was Caught Trout With Hands While many of our experienced anglers, armed with the newest con­ traptions to lure the Speckled beauties, have been trying to establish a record this Spring, they have to take a rear seat to Mr. Vai. Weiler of Formosa. Mr. Weiler went to the rear of his millpond the other day and saw two large trout in the shallows at the edge of the wood, and he went to work to capture them. After a real battle, he landed the two fish, with his hands. The larger trout measured over 22 inches in length and weighed three pounds, and the other tipped the scale at two and one-half pounds.—Mild­ may Gazette. Scissors One Hundred and Twehty-Five Years Old Sam Faust, shoemaker, sharpened a pair of scissors on Saturday Which are 125 years old. The novelty about them is that they are. home-made and were brought from England about 100 years ago- by the late Mrs. Lark­ worthy. They are now the property of her son, Albert Larkworthy, of this town.—-Mitchell Advocate, ■s 9 Truck Hit Deer A Stratford-owned truck hit a deer while it was crossing highway No. 8, three miles west of Goderich. A fender bowled the animal over in the ditch and “Solly” Soloman, driver, stopped and alighted, but as he ap­ proached the deer, a doe, it suddenly got up, hopped a fence and scooted across an open field. Race Meet at Kincardine July 1st For the third successive year, Kin­ cardine Turf Club will sponsor a Do­ minion Day race meet on July 1st, it was decided at a meeting of the club, Two stake races and a class race will comprise the program. For the for­ mer, ptirses of $400 are beig offered. The class race purse will be set soon. Entries for stake races must be in the hands of the club secretary, VaT Cottrill, by June 4th. Corn Borer Control Eur- Dodge Custom Six, Four-Door Touring Sedan of the “chair-height” seats. Hear how quietly a Dodge glides along—even on rough pave­ ments. Dodge “hush-point” body mountings absorb road noises. 4 aero-type hydraulic • shock absorbers together with Dodge weight distribution combine to make the famous Dodge Airglide Ride! Years have proved the perfection of Dodge Hydraulic Brakes and all steel safety body. You need the protection of these safety features for yourself and your family. Beauty, luxury, safety and econpmy are yours when you buy a new 1937 Dodge. Drive one to-day! Simple “swing­ type” ventilat­ ing vanes pro­ vide controlled ventilation in the new 1937 Dodge cars, • Dodge windshields open wide. Cowl venti­ lators face forward and are screened! to exclude insects. NEW DODGE SIX s849 And Up Delivered in WINGHAM licence only extra ^Subject to change without notice. rpHE “SWITCH” TO DODGE has become a ■L Parade. Thousands who formerly owned more expensive cars switched to new 1937 Dodge cars and found greater luxury, easier riding, greater economy of operation—and they are proud to be seen in their Dodge cars anywhere! Mr. Melvern F. Thomas, writes: “ ... we made a tour from Toronto to southern Florida . . . covering 4302 miles in all kinds of weather. We used 215 U.S. gallons of standard quality gasoline which is equivalent to 24 miles per Canadian gallon.” Sales more than Double More than twice as many Dodge cars were purchased in the first 3 months of 1937 as in the same period last year. Owners like Mr. Thomas are the best Dodge salesmen—and there are thousands of them. Talk to a Dodge owner yourself. Then go to your Dodge dealer and DRIVE a new 1937 Dodge. Note the luxurious comfort Ask about the Official Commercial Credit Corporation time payment plan oF easy payments. Tune in on Major Bowes' Amateur Hour, Columbia Network, 8 to 9 p.m. E.S.T. . . EVERY THURSDAY. Free autographed photograph of Major Edward Bowes on request. Write to Chrysler Corporation of Canada Ltd. (Dodge Division), Windsor, Ontario. IB LEARN WHY MOTORISTS EVERYWHERE ARE SWITCHING TO DODGE AND ARE SAVING MONEY RIGHT FROM THE START DODGE SIX • DODGE DE LUXE SIX Murray Johnson The following corn leaves., These eggs hatch in a few days when the young borers bore their way into the plant and feed within both stalk and cob. Control is brought about in the autumn and early spring by complete­ ly destroying all corn refuse, and con­ tained borers, lying in the field or stored in buildings, clean up suggestions should be car­ ried out: (1) Cut all corn as low as possible in order to remove bulk of the bor­ ers with the stalk. (2) Feed completely, or burn, all stalks before June 1st—of the follow­ ing years. (3) Uproot and burn all sweet corn stalks which cannot be conven­ iently ploughed under, as soon as they have dried out. (4) Plough down all infested stub­ ble and corn refuse in the garden and field before June 1st so careful­ ly that it is all completely covered. (5) Burn all corn refuse remaining about the farm before June 1st. As corn borer moths readily fly from one farm to the next, commun­ ity action in control is most import­ ant. Make every effort to induce neighboring growers to put control measures into operation and clean up all corn refuse this autumn or next spring, before June 1st. . NEW C.N.R. COACHES AIR-CONDITIONED air-conditioned main line ser- National with the Dttritig the past season, the opean corn borer was injuriously abundant in the Ottawa district, and in an effort to prevent a repetition of this outbreak in 1937, every grower raising either Sweet or fodder corn should make a determined effort to put the recommended control ods into practice. The remedy in this case is and simple. The corn borer the winter in corn refuse lying in the field or stored in the buildings, In late June and July of the following year the moths emerge and lay their eggs on the lower surfaces of the new meth' eheap passes g I* 1 -- J®*' ■' ■ DODGE CUSTOM SIX Dodge and DeSoto Dealer tions by the equipment engineers of the Company. The structural details embody the best features of modern car construc­ tion. The bodies will be of special tensile steel, which permits reduction of weight while retaining the maxi­ mum of.strength. The cars will have the latest type of turtle back roof. They will be mounted on six-wheel trucks which give better riding qual­ ity than the four-wheel type, and at the same time increase the factor of safety. The interior decoration will be in the modern style. A man who was running for pub­ lic office found the first half of his speech in the local paper. He went to the Editor and wanted to know why they didn’t print all his speech. The Editor replied, “We. ran out of cap­ ital I’s.” Wiogham, Oat. SPORT NOTES Port .Elgin have organized their ball club for the season with Ralph Pet£- uegnat as President, The team will be entered in the Bruce League, * * * According to reports Teeswater will have a team in the Bruce League this year. They have a bunch of young players that thby feel will make a good showing.* * * Whitechurch will not have a team in the Maitland League this year and it is reported that St. Helens will not either. Blyth would like to link up with an O.B.A.A. circuit.* * * The ball grounds will soon be in shape for the season. It will not be long now until the boys get into action. It takes a lot of work each year to put the park in shape for the favorite summer pastime. nt * * Last year the football team receiv­ ed such poor support that they play­ ed some of their games away from home. The schedule is drayvn up for this season not listed. and * still the local squad is * * under way for thePlans are formation of a girls’ softball league which will include several of the towns in this district. This league should create much interest. A meet­ ing is being held this week and it is expected that the league will be com­ posed of Wingham, Teeswater, Tiv­ erton, Rivcrsdale and Mildmay. Rail- Caii- Con- com- • An order for 50 first-class coaches fpr vice on the Canadian ways has been placed adian Car Foundry Company, struction.of these news cars has /noticed and a number of them will be in Service this summer, The new cars will tie 73 feet, 6 in­ ches in length with a vestibule plat­ form at each end. They will have a total seating capacity of 64 with the latest type of reclining seats. They Will have ladies’ lounge at one end and a smoking section partitioned off from the main body of the car and Separated from it by a swing door at the opposite end. They wilt be com­ pletely air-conditioned with the ice cooling system which was found best adapted to Canadian climatrc condl- LORD AND LADY ARMSTRONG ARE SHOWN ARRIVING AT WESTMINSTER ABBEY TO ATTEND THE CORONATION CEREMONY.