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Malttandvllle is the village which
used to be called Gairbraid, and It
Iles across the river from Goderich.
There are a number of stores, several
defunct salt works, the usual number
cession.
c ' Champion of the Peepte
Relations with the Canada Company
became straimed at times. The
settlers felt officials of the company
were not above taking Unfair advan-
tage of their plight. I)r. Dunlop
was always a champion of their cause,
and although he had many eceentrlci-
ties df Character they knew he served
as a buffer between the contending
parties at many times.
'['here was quite a size of a village
at Gairtrald as early as 1836. The
village wad named by the Dunlops
atter a village I n Scotland, whence they
had originally come. Many of the
early settlers, because of friction with
the laud company, left to go across
Doe border, where there were no such
tblugs as a land monopoly.
As early am 1934 Colborne had a
tavern, which wen e'mtablixhed by John
Morris and called the -Crown and
Anchor." The Most house raised In
the district was Dunlop's, and Rob-
ert Gibbons was one of the active men.
School was held In tine housewho ofwC
pt.
Kerr, of the "GodeTIeh,"
lat-
er drowned. J. C. Titus was the first
!schoolmaster.
In g1eing over the records. 1 have
Burnt that the "Crown and Anchor"
not only served (Ie • tarcrn, hut also
for the wantons of the municipal gov-
erning task
The First Cowrnismian(rs
ss are usually to be fuuwl lu a ell- Idarold MvMorran,-ot Toronto, Mayor
lege of 1W inhabitants. _ fIF--3. -A.- Moeck`wan. A. D. Mclean
Millburn la a poet otEce on the Kin- T. R. Puttereon and (was. K. Saun-
eardine toad; mut at the Juncture of dere. of flown. Beelde' Mre. Burgess
the latter road and the Ashfield town and Miss Elizabeth Harry, Mr. H. B.
flue 1* the small village of Sheppard- Johnston, Mrs. Jaa. Parson., Mr. and
ton, with two /stores. hotel and post Mr,. McMnrran and Mr. H. C. Bur -
office, whitb receives a daily mail north gee.. came from Toronto for tte fun-
eral.
BRIDGE -TEA AT RECTORY
The ladies of St. Andrew's ward of
the Churchwoman'e Guild of At,
George's church entertained at a de-
lightful afternoon bridge -tea on the
rectory grounds on Thur ay last.
JI►SidPil BRUCE BARRY
The death of Joseph Bruce Barry,
sat of the late George Barry, ',form-
er resident of Goderich, oeg•urred. on
Wednesday uL-feat week at Wellealt7.
bd.pital, Toronto. Deceased was a
member of a former well-known God-
erich family, his father, who con-
ducted a furniture and undertaking
bualne,af ,herr. hiving been a resident
of the loiter for ooetenty years. De-
ceased 1a surviiel by a son, George,
of' Seattle. Wa.elo.. and three rasters,
Misers Nellie and Elizabeth 001 Mre.
'wavy- was Im•hiud it all.
Ii. 4'. Hurgess. all of Toronto. A But fair l'rewler's yicuk was a but
service way 8.14 at Mlles' tuners: weather sensation for uuly a couple
chapel. Toronto. o1 Thursday even- of day's. The spotlight swung back
Ing, and the remains were hrolght to to lurk tuwuship and East York,
Goderich and Interred In Maitland where matters are muting rapidly
ocmetery on Friday afternoon. The there days, Mr. Cron claims that
pallbearers were Harry C. Burgess; and York tuwswelp meheil hes been play
gag loliUcs with the relief situation.
as imposed a special relief Levy
to make up a township detlett and
Mlle were sent out last week. Now
there is talk of a taxpay'er's strike
Just how widespread this movement
is It is hard to lady, but taxpayers are
waking returns in fair uumleere, lend -
lug support to -the belied that the tall:
of a strike is so much hokum.
East York is in much the 'tame con-
dlUom. For years these two muul-
ctpalttJea have been haring trouble
in the administration of relief. their previous Government let them go
of taverns and the plat once of Salt- g The own sweet way. But Mr. Cron, had
ford, besides a population of about other Ideas. He told the reapective
2fiR and a. aro school and church.. -A [ousts were received by Mn. Adam ,,. n. L
the Prectnee no longer
carp fine bridge of wood, built on Gori and Mrs. A. C. (kiddy. 1k Dart' would be their MT1ti1 t9� 'Tief
stone piers, spans the river at this tidy decorated Gower and candy table would have to dean house and put
point." was In charge of titter M. F.. Salkeld. their again In proper shape. TillsColborne has remained as a pros.tlrm policy was not
ed b the
parous township, but the years have
taken toll of the villages. Millburn f
patwed into oblivion. while the
other places are In some eases mere
shadows of their former rare.
LEEBURN, Aug. 17.—Misses Greet
and Pearl Hunter vlrited relatives 11.
Stratford last week.
." ins HilsiteeaL...14t41tQWL suraelu-
training at the Goderlt•b PI
ilntoai..-.iattpliaL-imdon, an•- 8nn-
ire
We all welsh her good hick.
Miss Phyllis Horton, • of Godetleh.
who, was home here Sunday alliernoub.
hada with her Miss I.N{aa:-11Ile INN
Galt, who had been spending two
weeks In town.
Miss Alma eta Bows has returned home
after spending holidays with Ret. D.
and Mra. Pomeroy In Muskoka.
Rev. D. Pomeroy will be back In his
pulpit next Sunday. Service at 1.:i1)
p.111.
Mr. Joe Moore of Listowel spent Sun
day with relativea here.
boa ti w
SALES INCREASE
Sales of I1ominlon Stores Limited for
the eighth period ended August 8111.
111:96, were 51.484.7'2'1. This compares'
with 51413:961 for the corresponding
period In 1933, •nd is an Increase of
1:8 per cent
IDENTITY I+
Batter Printing for Better Business
! jilt (11,
■ yid prosperfl am doss re -
teed!, and Intelligence should
r watchwords. So let as help you
in yous.Prluting Prrblcws Ne are here
to serve you st all tiles
Signal Printing Leaves s (see/ Impression
The Most Important Step
Ti'wsre tacreesed selling power i' • dla-
pla7 advertisement In The Signal. Suc-
cessful merchants tlud our local and die -
strict new+Myer cuvtruge most advan-
tageous.
1t Pays to Advertise in The Signal
sow
WM SIGNAL PRINTING CO., LIMITED, Publishers
The 0. F. Carey Co.
Fuer .4ccxtxt & *dor Cu
INSURANCE
, Loadop Lade
Taws�i Co.
Omcr :—Mae1•ie Temple, West
Street, Ooderich
Nelsen Hill, Manager. Theme FUS
t
Geo. Williams & Son
DOMINION. PROVINCIAL and
MUNICIPAL BONDS
Fire, Accident, Automobile and
Qeieral Insurance Agents
Or 10E, NEXT TO BANK
OF COMMERCE
Mitwe Goderich
For Sale at Port Albert
Nicely Wooded Cottage Lets
HYPO ,CONNECTION
—Moo Houses in Town—
AUTO, ACCIDENT and FIRE
INSURANCE
W. J. POWELL
PHONE 222 GODERICH
Ilse The Signal's Classified Columns
11P IT'S
Plumbing, Heating.
—11R—
Eavestroughing
WE HAVE iT
Repairs for all makes of
stoves or furnaces
Prompt service and reasonable
rates.
John Pinder
piton 127 P. O. Be= 121
Extra Specials
FOR QUICK SALE,
—2-
1 airily—Kitchen Cabinet la ivory
enamel, green trim decorated.
Regular 547.50, for....$39.50
1 Only—Kitchen Cabinet in oak
golden. ptlatulrr. 7.00, for
$��
1 Only-- Walnut finished ituffet.
Bteguda r $30.00, for .. $1 Q.50
secondhand Bedroom Suite atn
a bargain.
Mao many other odd ptetee tit
bargain price*.
J. R. Wheeler
Funeral Director and
Furniture Dealer . •
Haatiltea Street, Galeria
rHO:NF,S : Store 3345: Ree. 351'1
More of Colborne's
Early Histol
it:,slew-- il1141AS► Law I'.
tie Annals of the
— Township
By Hairy` 7. Boyle
in The Loudon Free Prean
Colborne b the most westerly In the
moat northerly range ell--totonattiW^
purchased by the Canada Compare
from the Crown. It was named In
honor of General Sir John Colborne,
Sir Frauela Heads predece 0r as gov-
eruor of Upper ('aloins. It contains
lu
tbe vicinity of 35,460 acres, and
is bounded on the west by Lake Hur-
un, on the nurtbeart by Arbdeld and
West Wawauuih and` un the east and
auuth by the Maitland River. The
meandering course of the ricer bas,
of course, an effect un the boundary
of Colborne as with well
as that resultf God-
erich township,
they have what might be termed a
,-jagged edge." At nue of there
points, try taking a sweep away to
th'e 'Muth, it allows Oulborne to pro-
ject about five miles falba
direction than the- line of let Bruer
GODERICH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, AUGUST 294_1936
tug the election for the potation tot
townwhlp clerk, James Mcbeau was
eburen by a majority of two over C.
J. Thur. Ar a result Henry llyud-
wau ineffectually pruteeted agaluat his
eleution sn tLt tp:uiud !kat. t
*either a freebulder uor a householder.
Finally after a Wag and lengthy dis-
cussion to wbleb matey -of the parties
Involved came to the verge of actual
combat, it was agreed that the follow-
ing perewua rhuuld be put in nuwlua-
tiuo as cowwissiouers....vii:—Daulel
!tzars, Henry Hyudwau, David C4ark,
John Annum!, Richard Darlington and
Michael. fisher.
The loeal goerrtnreaseemeettued to
be administered in the foregoing wan-
ner until 1S) wfien the Muuiclpal Act
came into effect.
14la lutereeting to note tbe buan-
ctat *latus of the early township's and
one can easily lmaglue the surprise of
an early township clerk if he bed to
cope with preeeut township accounts,
rbowing relief expeuditurea alone much
greater in wavy casts tits* the cum -
blued tluauclal roll of the township
in the early days.
OBITUARY
EIGHTY-NIN'Tpl YEAR, NO. Si
Relief Problems on
Colborne Township l garages
In Ib79 there were live villages In
the towu*hlp, describeti as folios*:
".lrrlow, the municipal capital,
which is situated touveuicutly at the
tnterretton of the 7th and Mb culwea'
dons 'and the east anal west division
lanes, rix miler from Goderich. Its
tributes are two storey, Maeoutc
11i11, the latter being a frame bulld-
b,rder. lug, that cost *Mal, besides [hc post
lu build -
1s31) the township war still '- utliee rod "event wer•hauta' shop*.
what might be termed an undiacov- lienmliler, so called after the earl-
eredyear that
lou. It was during this test settler in the amelias, is ....so six
year that a certain Michael Fisher miles from GoderictI, ■0d besides the
art out to reconnoitre dna along the River poet other, which is served with a
Maitland. He discovered tbe creek wml weekly mail cumtalnm *ucL stores
which goes across that portion of tbe
township, and following It up was re-
warded in finding ttwt it lamed from
a monster spring.
He was faeurably Impressed with
the excellent water supply and the
land. Next year he made a purchase
of a block of the land which contained
approximately 5,405 acres, situated
near where be had discovered the
spring. This block was for the most
part in the crook afforded by the
devious course of the river. It was
during this same year f 1831rthat stbe
built a log shanty. Five
er,
during 1836, be built a fine stone
_
Word spread of the natural facili-
ties and of the excellent land to be
had in the Fisher block. Settlers
gradually came In, and their coming
had the effect of further publicising
the tract. The demand Incree-eel and
as It did Ftaber sold his holdings,
until he bad disposed of the greater
part of his land.
The Dunlop Brothers
MRS, JOHN McGRATTI:N
The dearth oceurred eel Monday even
n'Irsea street, of
rah Gan widow of the late`Jdlin
McCreadie, la .bar aixty-ulnth year.
leec4141 ess•.eiit••disw•-da -good
health and was I►ble to do her dluuxt•
hold work previous.toa stroke abe
suffered on Monday flaring. She died
two hors lames•. Mhe had lived in
Goderich ever eine, her marriage forty
five years ago. She is survived by five
children: Mra, Lanus Yeo, of Wined
Petri Harold, of Toronto:- Lorne and
Ernest. of Port Colborne, and Clarence,
ut Kingeton. Rev. W. 1'. Lane, of
North street United church, of which
deeawd waw a member, will &induect
the funeerul aervhie' this •(Thursday)
afteruoon. Interment will be In Mait-
land ce'tueeery.
LEEBURN
the Front Page
illidstor—ot Welfare Is Timing a
York
and East York-----
Torre4PN August 19.— The consistency
with which relief problems keep In the
news and therefore lu the putllic eye
is an. amialaa. tbtug. The ouly other
subject that ands its way to tbe front
pages et newspapers alwea't dally is
the weather. Only ouce during the past
week did unemployment cwt relief
taks_aocontk .pI*aa ja Provtnclal poli-
tical news. That -wag when Premier
Hepburn decided to call off his birth-
day celebration at Port Stanley b!,eauae
or what amounted to racketeering w
the collection of funis.
Iluu.,, Davld Croll, Minister of Wel-
fare, took second place in the Opposi-
tion scheme of things, and the Premier
became the temporary objective for
I'oneertative criticism. If the party
had taken place, the Government lea-
der would have been chargee! with al-
lowing liquor to be uousuurd con-
trary to law. And bee•ause be stopped
the aliulr, he ?WAS attacked uu the
ground that *nue *whiter political
Among the earliest settlers were
the Dunlop brothers, who were close-
ly associated with the development of
the entire Huron Tract, as well as
- the affairs of the Canada Gompany. It
was they who selected the site for
MaitlandvItle, which now bears the
name of Saltford.
A natural falls on the Maitland at-
tracted John Fieher and Ben Miller
end today the pru/p'ruus little vintage
'which stands at the foot of the falls
bears the mane of Henpiiller.
On the first of April In 1834, Wil-
liam Young came to Colborne and it
is related that be spent that night
wader a tree on lot 8, coieesstun 8.
Mr. Young had come Winn ib( north"
pf Scotland during the previous year
and In 183, the rest of the family
came out from Scotland and all
settled together In the locality. The
"Young, became an Influential group in
the township and it related that
at one time they were In poaaeesion of
all the Land on both sides of the road
on which they had settled.
In 1834 Henry 'Hyndman, the -Mer-
rtssea, James Sellers and David Clark
cams, in. In 1835 Joseph (law and
Robet't Campbell took up land on the
l 8th concession of the Eastern Division.
IFrom the North of Ireland came the
famtllee of Paterson* and the Darling-
' tons, who took up land on the 7th con-
cesslon. Later in the name year Role
ert Young. who hailed from the city
of Glasgow•, settled on the fith con -
Warning!
Water for Lawns
and Gardens
MAY BE USED ONLY
FROM 7 to 8 O'CLOCK a.m.
AND
FROM 5 to 9 O'CLOCK p.m.
Before water is used. for
lawn service or for garden',
application must he made in
writing to the Public Utili-
ties Commission.
Use of hose during a fire
alarm is strictly prohibited.
Any infraction of the
above will be dealt with
according to the By-law.
Public Utilities Commission
GODERIOH
Eighteen tables were occupied, prize's
tering presented as follows: Is, Mrs.
Fred Tale: 2nd, Miss Etta Sauna;
ail -
retie 7
muulclpalltles, which Maher In their
o
midst a cni tderable number o
instant
consolation, Mrs. A. G. Gamble. Tea fagots who nee almajs tm lite wale
was served during the Afternoon. Iter a chants.to make n the. Anti
they have made plenty. At the best
CONDITIONS IMPROVING of timet. the relief job Is a headache.
The financial condition of farmers It. and no doubt sowof Mr. ('roll's col -
Huron oounty-lalmproving according to nitre./ are secretly congratulating
a comps risen of figures of tax arrears ax
themselves that they haven't this dirty
compiled by County Treasurer A. 11. job to handle.
Erskine for the tax sale on December dust what the outcome will be it 1s
8, with the previous few years. hard to ray. though the VCelfxre n
For 1(181 In twenty rural municipal!. "ter ha" at'rvedo notice that he Mwill
flea there are only fifty-eight parcels Inot retreat from the stand he has al-
ready adopted. Public sympathy for
the unemployed, in the light of recent
oeeurreneee, Is rapidly evaporating.
And the name thing vett for municipal
eounells that fall to run thea pairs
In a bulrinexalike, orderly
When pressure was, applied, Moth, coun-
cils discovered they could *die many
thotuanda In operation of relied, atter
first initiating that not Ldollar thcould
1w' saved without impairing
effi-
ciency of the w'rclee rendered. One
thing appears sum, Mr. Croll will not
give ground.
In the meantime, Mr. Croft has been
labeled. a. Faseist, "Little (taexar," a
"half -bake! Napoleon." and several
other far from complimentary ters•
Ile Istm
pit Meet of a dosen different
attacks from as many source": If be
satlsaes--user--irony, dlesatities an
other. No doubt the thought is grow-
ing on him that no matter how well
Ire may do his job, them will always
be groups who will assail him and find
him wanting.
There was a time when a ('ebinet
but four pasaerlgers o Minister's job WAR a pretty cushy af-
Injury. fair: with a certain amount of work
• • • hut not many emnplex problems to
solve. An far as Mr. Croll (s cUu-
t•rnel, those days are "line forever.
With the introduction of relief into
the Provincial picture. there have
arisen new diffenntles and obstacles for
men In public life to solve.
A LONG TRAIL ENDS
V%'ingham Soong Man, Warded in (.ode -
rich, .arrested In Waterloo County
Wanted SIne• hist. spring by pollee
here un an assault charge, Jack Rad-
ford. Wingham young man. was ar-
r•stevl at Baden last week on a charge
of breaking. entering and theft. Med-
ford, who lo wanted nt Owen Mcnn1:,
Walkerton x114 other pints, elected
trinl by beige and jury and was heard
at. Kitchener yesterday. ile will he
brought to Goderklt te, faee (h. Air
snit chnrge.
It In ailegegelffief lln.iWetrd. on being
releawd from Jell some time ago. went
to his grandmother's home and de
mended menet/.and struck her before
leaving the hoow. Pollee picked 0p 111s
trail at Meth a short time after. when
he showed np e1 a doetnr's nmre to
here a bullet remnved from hl. hand.
Ile fled wheat the dnetor maid he wmild
hate to inform the pollee end called
('nnotehle Cowan. .The medicnl man
meld the youth wee in' no dottiest. e•
the shot was lodged la the fle•ho pare
"f his hand. 1t la told there was e
voI,ng Jade with Radford it then time
Hos trail nest we* Melted rip at Bel
grave by ('onnty CntnNwMe leek For,
rn•nn. who wag Investigating. lint from
then the smith atn'cesufnlireeided the
p chairman. Dnr nrday evening In honor of Miss ('aider.'—MARJtoR1 ' FAIRBANKS HOLT poltee.
an wu the acting .
ON FRAUD CHARGE
R. A. REID
—Reglsterd optometrist—
Ryes Examined Glasses Witted
(17 years in Stratford), at
Robertson's Jewe ry Ston
""Sat:afacitoa at Moderate 1Joat't
J. W. Craigie
INSURANCE and REAL
ESTATE
Get Our Automobile Rates
Phone 24 Ooderich
UEFINITiON OF GENIUS
Thomas A. Edison lane said "Genius
is per cert. inspiration and 98 per
crit. perspiration. -
W. H. Thomson W Appear In Court
This Af$erneea
Walter H. Thomson was arrested at
Toronto on Thursday on a charge of
fraud and was brought to Goderich
by Provincial Constable P. E. McCoy,
Atter spending Thursday night In jail
here he was remanded 0u Friday morn-
ing until this (Thursday) afternoon,
on • 52,000 bond.
It Is alleged Thomson represented a
52,100 life insurance policy as toeing
paid up and free of encumbrance when
he arranged a 51,500 loan on It with
Richard H. Sanford, of Seaforth. 1'oI-
Ice claim the policy was not paid up
and that Thomann prevlouely had ob-
tained a loan on it.
The offence allegedly took place In
the months-OEDbe,wber, 1934, and Jan-
uary, 1935.
ACCUSED OF THEFTS of land w•Itlt unpaid taxes totalling
A fifteen -Y..111 -01d 1:tand fiend bay Nene 5.4,11111. an am000t fleas than half that
arrested ou Friday latet by 1 •nustuble of two years ago. iii 1935 there were
Joseph Itavelle as a result uta merle% sete'nty petrels with 57.000 owing and
In 1934 there were one hundred par-
cels with 591,11111) owing:
it Ie prolaalole a cuneiderable nun,
her will be paid up before the (line of
the le.
Of he tw•enty-Tifere 'are two muni-
cipalities. the tillage of Brussels and
the townehlp of East Wawanoeh,
which have no taxes outstanding the
last three' year,.
ROAD ACCIDENTS
.1 welding party. en route to Exeter
mid the 1lhotegra pher a after a (ere
mons at'ir+(lura, township home on
Saturday, clime to grief on a graver
road when one of t1ie'Fari� 1!nv5topsd
in dust, went Into the ditch.
Fra! Bondy, of Detroit, driver of
the car. received cote on head and
feet. when the 'lair drone along the
shallow ditch and plunged headou
against the cement culvert. The car
was wrecked.
the ear eseiapd
of thefts from Delta owned loy sum•
mer visitors at the resort. it Is al
Iegel tln• youth stole a leather burp
and shirts. trnnse•r, and works. the
properil:of Sieil,LtreWeitly,sf 1-004u+,..
a email mum of money from the tent
owner) by Jack Doerr. of Mitchell, and
Lloyd Gail. of Bornholm, and a pair of
shoo, the property of Mr. Jackson, of
Parkhill. The youth appeared before
E. G. Weir, J. P., on Saturday, and was,
remanded until today's court.
LEADERSHIP SCHOOL AT ALMA
Announcement Is made of the second
annual leadtiiiblii training' AMinlit-er'
United Church women, spinewrrel t'
the Conference branch W.M.S., to be
held at Alma College August 24 to
29. Outstanding speakers and promin-
ent figure. are to he In attendance.
Theme include enema mindonariei 011
furlough from their respective field-.
Miss Alice Stone, of 8 Elizabeth street,
St. Thomas, in the registrar: Mra
Herbert ('hllda, of Landon, the dean.
and Mrs. W. P. Lane, of (.ocferteh, the
hostage. MING -Helen Ulna. A.T.(',11.,
of Goderich, is to be the piantat for the
week and will also contribute solos
to the special program on the dosing
evening of the school.
The tlr't meeting of w8( h 1..coald
find a record waa held on January 4,
mp, At thlx meeting 1Mntrl
FAREWELL PRESENTATION
To Miss Mary ('alder on Eve of De-
parture for Guelph
The chair 111 8t. George's Anglican
Mini-cll. after the evening oervlee on
8111)(1115, gathered to make 11 prenent.c-
tion to one of their number who was
leaving their circle.
The re•Iplent of the b'antlful gift.
a handsome travelling eases. was Mi...c
Mary emitter, daughter of itev. A. C.
and Mee. Vetoer. who left the fonne-.
Ing day to enter training at. lide"lph
(general hospital. The prexentatlols
WAR made by it. T. 'Henry, president
of the choir. and an address was reed
loy' Mrs. E. 1). Brown. Amenig thole
expressing regret at M11114 Calder's dr
pertnre were E. L). ltrewn. i.t.-Col.
A. F. Sturdy and A. W. Anderton,
organist and a.lofrmaater.
The Mothering wax in the Guild
room of the pariah hall. where a Inn-
eheon wax served under the etmePoPr
.hip of Misx Agnes Campbell.
Niel Calder wax a guest of honor at
several portifs Inst week -end. held by
her friends. A bridge party w•a• held
by Miss Alma O'Brien on TMireday
mud by Mims Agnew Campbell on Matin
day afternolm. Klan .Norah ('e*teli.
entertaln0A at a dinner party on Bat
Ito not think that what La hard for
Thee to master is impeible for man;
but if a thing is twesible and proper
to man, deem it attainable by thee.—
Marcus Aurelius. •
There never d1d and never w111 exist
auytbing permanently noble and ex-
cellent in a character which was 1
strauge•r to ( ' exerelo. of resolute
xelf-denial.-141r `Walter Scott.
The laird Mayor of lamdon, Eng.
Sir Percy Vincent. together with his
Mare borer, aworl bearer and other
dignitaries', will accompany Hon. Mit-
chell F. Hepburn, Premier of the Pro -
varier of Owarlo, when Mr. Hepburn
formally opens the Canadian National
ExhlbINon on the afternoon of Fri-
day. August 28th. i-- -
Let Cqurtsy di
Although .thin Arnlotrmg, of Brus-
sels, had his handy full trying to con -
trot Iltlewpsrter of a ton of wildly
kicking ems', he had the presence of
mind to take the license number of s
Mat-dimuppering ear which had
bunted the animal Ito the rear in pas
sing. As a r,sult of his alertness
Earl 1111111. lot Grey township, is facing
a charge of leaving the scene of au
accident. 'floe Incident aeurrel in
Moms tow-nehip on Sunday.
• • •
SS'hen he mos pawing a ear about
a mile west of ilemsall on Sunday
night .lames Hughes. of Seaforth, was
suddenly confronted by three head of
cattle which walked up from the ditch
11* managed to miss one, but picked the
Ytle? tiro effi threshing • leg on one
hiwm and'bilbtent Ihg the other. The
cattle were Mitred by Wm. Itell, of
R. R, 2, 'Henna
(1h, mIgtlonette Is fragra t,
But chicory le blow; ,/
And DO four wails of gardien plot
/'fit imam. Its merry hue,
For every stretch of dusty lane
Ix nettle a lovely plate,
And every. patient fallow field
ix lent a tender grace.
a
Yee, mlgnenP$(P M fragrant,
And chicory is blue:
One loves a 'ninny garden,
And one a larger flew.
Wafrt_
A FRIEND OF MINE told me that in his twenty-
five years of active sailing, canoeing and power -boating
in a large boat club of over a thousand members, no
man had ever been lost or even seriously injured. I
asked him for the explan4tion and he replied that it
was "because of the great courtesy that exists on the
water between one sailor and another—a courtesy and
comradeship, that makes boating so highly enjoyable".
"Sailors and their ships." he said, "are one big happy
family and one grand fleet."
And I thought what a truly great and life-saving
achievement it would be if we could inspire motorists
to -think of, -and act -towards, each -other in. the same.
kindly and considerate way as sailors do!
• If, instead of embarrassing each other by selfish
and inconsiderate driving, motorists would "try
courtesy".
• If, instead of regarding and treating the other fellow
as an enemy warrior in a tank, the motorist would
regard him as a friend and "try courtesy".
• If, instead of heckling each other by horn -blowing,
"weaving" and failing to dip or dim headlights
when meeting, they would show more consideration
for each other.
I ask you to join with me in accomplishing one of
the great tasks of my department — that of making
"courtesy" the new spirit of the road.
Practise and preach the golden rule of the road —
"Show to others the same courtesy that you would
like to haveddltlown to you".
You know and i know that it will pay handsomely
by preventing broken bones, wrecked property and
broken hearts..
MIN1.S'YER OF
,HIGHWAYS
PROVINCE OP
"ONTARIO
x
Sincerely yours,
TRY
COURTESY
Be a leader for
better driving