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Combining 711,ie Goderich Signal and Tlw Gpclerich Star
NINETY-SECOND,,,. YEAR, NO. 14
Official Majority
for Cardiff Is 40
Mier Vote" Adds 11 to Vs Zeid
as.Reported Last
Week
The active SerVice Vote for. North
Harem wee). Cardiff 43, Deacinnan 32,
a majorityof 11, for the ConSerVative
candidate, inereaSine his InajOritY for
the riding to a '
The official eotrint Was eentlticted Ify
Beturiiing Officer 1.1. -1.--Fisher at -Ms
office on Hamilton street on Tuesday.
' There was no change frbin the polite
as published in this paper last week,
kiving Cartlift a total of 5,804 and
Deactireateiet•total of 5,865, to which
Was added tiae soldier vote, making the
totals: Cardiff 5,9371 DeaehMalf 3,97
There were 64 rejected ballots, Whieh
would be the basis a a reeount if one
----sehould.eheeleeld.e.ener 1131._h9--YN.VPI,
indication that Mr. Deaehraan-Wilraik
for a recount.
The majorities in the VatiOnS mun
▪ cipalities were as fplloWSI:
- Cardiff Peachinan
t- Asittleld . • e • 76
„ Myth 23
Brussels ., 70 •
Clinton • 69
.061borne ,48
Graderich 46
Goderich Tote/Ishii) 182.
Grey 109 •
Rowick . 128 ,
11/err's 87
eTtillberTy " -39-
East Waveanosh 44
'West Ntrawanosh 80
Wingham 135
583
Mtive service Vote „... 43 32
1
AN THE CALENDAR
SAID APRIL 1st
Elbert Gillespie, the genial head-
waiter of the Venus cafee paraded
through the ,halls of the Court House
ott. Monday aftern0(rn witli a big pot of
eoffee, in respoitee to a eall for refteehe
nient for the Work -weary denizene. of
'the COunty buflding, The telephone
message said: "Four coffees for the
.001intY Clerk's office." The County
Cleric, however, inte,w nothing of the
order; neither, did-taretaker George
Je meet saa. -call At -each -office_ in. the.
-Wilding failed to reveal any IleMitncl
few the proferred lava." -Back tbrough
the shiele.Illbert trudged, and after a
while the ,telephene 'rang again. ,
"Rettet look at the calendar, Elbert,"
a feminine voice advised:. And .good.
natared Elbert realized that he nat1
been nipped on an April First hoax.
Totals ,.... 655 615 •
- Mr:- Deachznan was present *for the
official count. Mr. Cardiff was not o'n'
hand, it beingreported that he was
recuperting.after an operation for the
reniovI -o t1s tonsils, W E Black-,
stone and j.° Cuthbertson were, in ats
tendance to look after -his -interests.
•VOtet.,thalLill 1980 -
The nutiber of voters on. the nets'
for this election was 17,496. Votes cast
(including 'the rejected ballots) num-
(bored 11,898, or 68 per cent.
For tile' election of 193$ there were
ss. 17,897 .voters on the lists, and the total
vote polled (for three candidates) was
14,067, or 78 per cent: -
It will be semi that 2169 More votes
were polledein 1935 thansin 1040—the
• main factor in the decrease ,this year
. being undoubtedly the poor road eon-
ditions.
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JIIIRON-PERTII .VOTE
• W.. IAolding's majority in Huronerth, as declared- officially, is, 2,15Q.
21?he vote by municipalities.;
-Golding Morley
Exeter' 279 , 054
'
Fullerton 427 281
' Hay ; ... • 825 - 222
HenSall e...,, .... . 249 . 114
Hibbert .... . 484. .156 -
1 429 149
Hullett
McKillop 375 ° 126
Beaforth ,- 622 289...
Stanley 395 833
Stephen' 634014'
Tuckersmith •566 198- -
Ilsborne- , . .. 325, 319'
TO FLORIDA ANI) BACK •
Miss Lane and ' Cmipaniens Cover
- Nearly 3,000 Miles in Ten Pays
Mies,„ Madeleine Lane, of *the G.O.I.
staff; retarned to Goderich .on Sunday
from a tenslays' motor trip to Florida;
-which she spent in tbe company of
three Kitchener young ladies of her
acquaintance,
Miss Lane reports the weather as
being warmer in Ohio than- it was in
Florida, at the time they 'were there,
but .she 4s of the belief that her party
was nnfortnnate in hitting the orange
State in the midst of Its Coldest pei11, In
several weeks... .The winter .has been
exceptionally cold in Florida.'this year
and from what Miss Lane eould gather
from Nee natives. a' large percentage of
the Orange crop, which forms one of
°the most valuable products Of -the
State, is te total loss, paving been
ruined by severe frosts. ,
_Thesperty' made exCeptionally goad
-time in reaehing Vitastington, D.C., by
.5610, 3455 '
Active service vote 12 17:
, 5622 3172
Majority fee'Golding,. 2130.
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THEY WERE FOR KING
Good Friday evening. at ter• having left
Kitchener on Thursday afternoon, The
four young ladles spent the better part
of Saturday in Washington, seeing the
Government buildings &Ind visiting the
-,George -Washington sestate. at IVIount
Vernon.
'71fa1ss lane- was apecially delighted
with the beauty of the peach biossonis
ill Georgia. iShe describes the' peach
,•,
Mackenzie King_ or Ring,. ,cteo_g_k VI,
f
Not Quite Sure Which
An eche. of Mackenzie King's thunder-
ing victory at the polls last week -teas
heard • inConitity • Court on TueidaY
when two truron t'County . aliens, a.
Swiss and a -Czech, told Judge- Mae -
Kinnon of Gnelple-that Maekeniie king
was the ruler of our country. Evidently
His Honor expected to heart that
King George VI was the ruler,. ••••
"You've" got your Kings Mixed up,"
• be good-naturedly told,Andrewkierinak,'
the CZech;, but Snrinak wasn't so sure
thathehad:- was a -bit -hazy-
"". Ilexuaii-Moser, the Swiss, was quick-
er on the pick -pp. He had heafft,
King George VI atidewile ready to fight
for -bine if •called upon. However, he.
said he wanted to stay in dale- country
-and wanted_never to see- Europe again,
Not to be outdone, Surinitle—the
awe, linally aid he was prepared to
fight for King Odorge VI against all
.
Both were recommended for natural-
ization. • • -.7/ •
'
Jack' Alien, of tOWn,' Was sueceeSful
In passing- the examinations 44 the
Toronto Neutical School and is nove
qualified as as lions trade mate.
orchards in sonfe regions. as extendfiii
almost as far as the eye can see.
While in Atlanta they saw the 'home
of Margaret Itlitchell, author of "Gone
with the Wind." The partY. arrived at
Daytona Beachethe southernmost point
of their journey, on Monday afternoon.
111 411, -Miss Lane eitinfates her party
travelled ahnoSt three 'thousand, miles
during thetendays: . •
ADA1I/I4 AND GOODFELLOW
To Be Here for Lions Hockey Banquet
on April 26th ..
-Jack. Adains, manager of tie Detroit
Red Wings, N.H.L. .hockey elub, and
Ebble Goodfellow, captain of the Wings,
have been • definitely procured as guest
speakers for the banquet which the
Goderich Lions Club is giving on Pri-
ddy, April .20, for the junior and
juvenile hockey teams sponsored by the
club this winter. judge T. M. Costello,
who has 'been. corresponding with Mr.
A.danis for the last' two weeks; received
a letter early tthis week in which the
Detroit manager expressed his and Mr.
.Goodfellow's willingness to come- to
Goderich nt itnY time that *mild •be,
convenient to--theeLionse•Club. Judge
Costello immediately . replied acknow-
ledging Mr. Adams' letter, and express-
ing the pleasure of the Lions Chile in
being able to obtain the Valued services
Of the two Detroit hockey men.
'Tile banquet WIll,not be coulined to
niembers of the, Liens Club but will .he
titren.,to ali wno gave active serviee-tO
the hockey teams this winter:.
HOATIVULTURAL EVENT
Under the !auspices of the Goderich
Horticultural Society a Meeting will
be heIC in the basement-- of ItfacKay
Hall on Monday evening next, at 8
o'clock, at which glides on "Town and
City Beautification'will be
shown, All interested, 'whether mem-
bers of the Society or not, are invited
to attend: There will be a silver col-
lection. •
' The Society expects to have "Dick
the. Amateur. Gardener" here, for an
illus•trated lecture on , May 6th.
•QUITE A QUIET AFFAIR
reeponse to an alarm sent in from
Knox church .early -TitursdaY evening,-
the'llie department found nothing, more
series* than a chimney fire which was
S'oon brought under control, 'So little
nolse,was niade by thellremen in put-
ting out the blaze that Members of the
-chureit choir, in rehearsal for the next
Sunday's services,' tlicl not know that
anything out -of the ordinary svas hap-
pening until they were tdid 'about .it
open leaving the church, •'
GODERIOH,ONTARIO, THURSDAY, APRIL 4th, 1940
'l'} IE SILL113-MAEDEL WEDDIN
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This picture was taken at Alexandra Vospital
on Thursday of last week when Miss Amanda
Mtied.el, a patient at the hospital, was wedded to
' • ThonutS4 N. Sillib, late of Taber,. Alberta; -as the
elintax of a. romance of many years. In the
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.aummaa,aguse4c
1 colon numput.,
Emirs Orr IN WIND
The 87 -foot cedar flagpole in Court
House Park, from which for forty -live
years 'the Union. Jack bee ,been Un-
furled to the breeze to signify state
eventa. of signifieanee, fell a' Prey tit
the forty -Mile -an -hour eaUterly gale
whieb. blew WednesdaY. Dining ale
'noon near the pole ,snapped aniidshipe,
the top bait falling to the grotinti in
three piece Luckily no one Waa any-
where near the scene. Examination ,of
the pole showed it to lie rotting in MartY
Plume. - •
aingtflarly enough, the, 'pole the last
tike it was in use fieW t ,fiag at half
-
meet. for the late- C. A. Iteberteon,
et.P.P„ who was hurled on Wednesday
of last week. Caretaker George.laMes
must • laave had a premonition that
sometit417, was going to nappere for he
failed rp, .raise the flag for 'Tuesday's
snort ,sitA§l'o1"14"'C0unty Ottart. ' It is
likely that a new steel pole will he
centre is the bride, with her husband standing
besideber. At tie left of tlie picture le Rev. 0, J.
Lane, who performed the ceremony ; sitting at the
lett is Miss X K. MeCoritindale, superintendent of ,
„the hospital, and at the right is Mrs. Lou Medkell;
one a the bride's special nurses.
-SOldjier:Vote
1V1410$ No Changes
IVrajority-to National GoVerinnent
Candidates rn Active
• ---Aervice Poll
The -vete of the active Service forces
sefe•Canttilte was anrionneed-on-selendair•
4Aluitit'-'90,000.- Members tof the forces
were eligle-to---Vote:the- recorded
soldier vote was 56,942. This was
:divided itacionows:. National Govern,
ntent (Conservative), 28,395; Liberal,
23,372.; C,C.F., 3,032; New Dem.ocraey,
842; others, 1,311.
' Jae 3,32' a the 244 conStituencies the
vote fevered the ,National Government
candidates ; Liberals were 'given a,
iniajority in 99, 0.C.F, candidates in.
Smo, :independent Liberals in two, and
rePresentatives Of other groups -sin 'six.
-There, were three ties. The result tf
the election of March 26th was not
changed, however, in any seat tlfreugh-
out the Dominibn,
Its the Count Stands
The general result is.now as follows:
Libera1s177
Conservatives .... . . . . . . 39
C.C,F . 8.
New Demckraeys
Liherel-Progressive
Independent Liberal
independent
'Independent Conservative
Unity , 1
Dmibtful 1
Vacant 1
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PERSONALITIES 'A.-IVIISTAKE
iiiireleerter-th-C.4401ate
. No Mutl-blinging
James W. Morley, unsuccessful. Na-
tional Government eandidateS in last
week's voting in .Huron -Perth, was in
Moderich yesterday and bad eomethin
to "say on the electionhere and else-
where. 110--thniks a big mistake, was
made in the introduction Of personal-.'
"itieseettude-nuel-slingingsirrth the eam-:
ipaign .• •., -
"X never did any., I talked policies,
not personalities; and. Iscut Bill Gold-
ing's majority by over 1100 votes," ,the
genial James • observed.
"The closest I Came to intlitighig in
personalities was when X said Mr. Gold-
ingwas a goodfellow and popular be-
muse he had never ,dinie anything to
ertesee himself unpopular,". added Mr.
'Morley with thesswink:ofsan eye, s -
The rotund Exeter lawyer was pai,
ticularly. *Mkt :of his glowing in his
home. town, where he ttoiled 654 votes
to Goldingts 270, a majorityof
375,' compared with a ConservatiVelna-
jority in 1935 of 33. 1/4._ • ,
lefEssittes rley also pointed out that the
Liberalsnitierity n Usborne (next door
'to Exeter )s,Wits mit from 200, to d.
Mr: Golding's' official -majority in
Huron -Perth was 2150.
FIRE INSURANCE- CASE
,
Did
t.
A Three Wpoks l'rip to Florida
Back, in town afte,r a three weeks'
,
flip ;through the 'Southern States are
Mr; Fred BeeVere, 'Mies Julia and- Mrs. -
A, peevers, who left here on •Satur#aYt„
March '0. • Included in the itinerary of
!the Goderich party were tuck famous.
Florida, respite as jacksonville,, Palm
Beach,' Daytona; Beach, Miami, St.
Augustine and Del, Itay Beach.
Travelling aa they were, with, a
trailer, one of the features of the Ootith
*which ereated a great ipiPression en
tliem Wee the aceontinotiatiou afforded
them at the numerous trailer camps.
The eize of these, camps is a etlePrise
to Canadians until they see them for
themselves, according to Miss Julia
Beevers. Sometimes there are over
two hundred trailers in a' Cainp over
night, forming a regular village, and
with facilities one would dind in a
Ftli- the neiet part, till'. trio enjoyed
tile, 'Warne Weather, although a Cold
open was beginning to set in as they
left Florida.
flow upon rove of tizaktie and tales,
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r- 245
The doubtful seitt.is Acadia,„Alberta,
where, the candidatessare tied with _a
fe-w polls' um'eported. One election in
-Quebecwas deferred because ,of the
death of one of the candidates. The
ntsekt-45-thitt--for Saskato,onriteve
W. G. Brown (United Reform), wit°
was 'ill .througheut . the campaign, but
who was elected, having since died.'
... The largest majority reeorcled._ in
this election was Veoa by, Durocher, the
Liberal eanaidate .in St Jemes, Men-
treal. He had _ a plueality of 25,908
'over the Conservative candidate and
majority. of 24,046 over the combined
vote of three opponent
SAILORS,ARE-IVIOVING
Getting Ready Or .an Early' Opening
' of Navigation •
-7-14evera1 Goderich boys left town this
week to report for work bfri the various
lake vessels with which thee, are em.
_proyedr.While Others arebusily7engage
,helping to tit out vesselsat the barber
nerti. Edgar Mallough and 'Roy Long-
mire left last -week-end for the str. F.
V, irlassev at Toronto. • s Leroy and
Stuart Schoenals leftsror thesCoalfax
at•TorentepandAngns Graham for tlie
Acadialite at Sarnia, on Monday; Kea,-
neth Young ,left or the Superior at
and William Barwick' and
Gordon Kaitting for the Goderich:at
Port. Colborne; Ian efacKay for the
tilmcolite,_iit Sarnia ; Peaff itienilan for
the, Canadian, at Vert William, Frank
cue in, bloom struck them AS. one Of the
most beautiful sights of the ,South at
thee time of, „yeert In Florida these
ferieere grow -on bushes as abundantly'
as the hliacs do here, ;the azaleasyarY-
ing in 'color from ,mauve to red 'and
pink and .the hibiscus in eleaie red and
peach `eliaties. •-•
, At. Del Ray Beach, they had a pleas-
ant sUrpriee in niestingea former Gode.
rich girl, ilkiles Genevieve Sparr, who is
wintering there.
About tb,e only thing of historieel in-
tereSt which the .Goderichfamily had
time to inspect was the eity of St.
Augustine, -oldest city in the 'United
'States, situated, thirtY"seYon Taileg from
lacksonville. The old forts and block-
hotteee still stand as they WOW fira
ereeted to withstand 'Indian Takla. St.
Augustine boasts the'narfowest etreet
on the continent, having one apsfi than
;five feet wide. At Port Lauderdale
were seen-tomu magnitteent! Private
yaehts and it le there that a GerMan
eteaniship Is interned. The Goderieli
Party, however, were unable to see the
ship.
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Claini of Vere'D. Cunningham -Against
' West Wawanosh Company in Court
A legal action which is creating great
interest,partienlarly in the tewnship
of ,golborne, is; sKidown'Tfor friar at
the Suprenae Court sitting on April
30th next. This is the suit of Vere
IV -Cunningham'. against the -West
Wawanosh • Mutual rire. insurance
CompanY arising from the fire which
,destroved Mr. Cunningham's hoithe and
barn onethe 7th concessionsof •Golborne
an July 22nd of last year..,
The plaintiff elaims $5,408.5S,aeneder
a epolicv for $7;500 issued' by -the de‘-
efendatietompanysfor-a-three.yearterm,
November 1, 1931, to November 1; 1940,
The amounts as set forth he the policy
were as .followe Dvvetling , house;
$1,300; bouselibld coneentS,4800 ; barn,
12,500; produce, 500;$litre eitoek,
$1,600; implements,1600—total, $1.,500.
Mr. Cunninghitin's elaini of losses is
as .follows: House, $1,500; •barti,.$2,500;
'produce, 8433.20; household contents,
$180.35; implements, $000 f! live Stock,
$189 ---total, $5,408.35. On this amount
he asks .intereet froxii September 20,
1039; also costs ofethe,action., . ---
The- defendant _company claims that
•the builthngs and , chattels were over
veined by plaintiff, ; that the cause of
the fire Was 'coneettled by plainteffe and
that the conditions of the policy were.
violated. , • ,
1- Daiiow,i5 coenieel for plaintiff;
F._ Donnelly for defendant. '
Kelly for the Robert W. Pomeroy, at,
Midland. Tom Wilson is leaving todaY
for the Frank Baird at Sarnia:
Captain Brown and after erew of the-
Sciaupp •have eeported' for fitting -out,
as have the'ehief-engineem-and after
trews of the Algoma Steel Co.- boats,
the • Algoeen, Algetall and -Algosteel.
Goderien men working on the fichUPP
are Chief Xngixteer Herb Fitzpattick
end Firemen Aria Doak' and Hughflorhe
Borne. '
In marine circles here it is currently
reported that ;Captain Dalton Hudson,
;skipper of the A. A. Hudson, will make
but one water Itip when navigation
opens. Ite will then take over the, ex.
ectitive position on land held by his
brother, the late .Captain Archie Mad -
son, A new captain Wall be appointed
to the 4. A. Hudson.
IMBIBED Al SAWMILL,
Everett 'Tremblay was painfully in
-
lured while working at the Ooderich
Manufacturing Co, plant on 'Friday
He was struck in the face by a
eanthook, receiving an injury above
Monday Was Edison
. Day at Stratford
elebration ui Plemory--of—Great
Inventor Who Worked
There as a; Youth
.STRAITORD,'April 1. --,In
oration.of "the wizard of Menjo....Pearkr
Themes Alva Edison, 'who, worked bete
-as 'a telegraph . operator on the old
Grand Truzik Rd1way in 1863-64,.,the
Oity-efeSteatford, in co-operation with
the •Canadian. Natienal Railway and
Canadian National Telegraphs, today
Paid tribute to the world-famedinven.
tor by unveiling a plaque, followedby a
dinner at which prominent officials- of
both, companies and Members of the
City Councilwerepresent,
Aid. Wilfrid Gregory'14ro1ucedl. F.
Prhiglee general Superinielideilf, central
region, CN:R., who spoke euldkizing
'Iklison, and later' introduced °Dr. W. J.
Browning, ninety-seven-year:41d medic
at practitioner, of Exeter„, who is\ also
the oldest' 1iviu telegraph operator on
the North American continent, who un-
veiled the plaque. -
Headed by the Stratford Boys' Band
a hobby „para,de was held to the"C.N.R.
station, whereethonsands of people were
gathered. • ' .
Speeches at Dinner
Mayor Thomas Henry welcomed the
F(JBLIC scnoot,,IWARD
Only three trustees—Mre; Mooney:
W. Bisset and Die 3. A. Graham—were
present at themonthly meeting of the
Public Scheol Iloard held on Alonday
eveningat, Victoria school. Mrs.
Mooney acted as Chairman.' „ •
The prinetpal of Central.' sehool re-
ported for Mardi: Number on roll, 210;
average ,attendanee, 194.9, or 90.08 per
cent.; „Penny Bank depesitte $63.01.
*For Victoria school the ',report
showed,: Number on roll, 339; average
attendance, 298.37, or 88.69 per cent.;
Penny Bank 'deposits, $86,74.
It*wits decided that 'the classes in
agriculture shall be eonthitted-thie year
as,ustial.
The matter Of purehasing supply
of 'baseballs mid .biits. for the two
,sehoels was, left •witli-the principals.
The principer of Central echool Was
empowered to purchase suppleznentary
readers as required, subject to the ap-
proval of the ehairanen of the- einmly
cominittee.
CRAWFORD—FRANK '
Jepson street Saptistelateedb, Niagara
FellEs was beautifully detorated for
the Marriage on Mareht 23rd of. Miss
Ruth Vivien Frank and Mr. Melton J.
E. Crawford,- welch was solemnized by
Rev. E. T. Newton. The* bride is the
youngest daughter of -Mr, and Mts.
Wesley Frank, and Mr..Crawford is the
nephew of Mr. atal Mrs. A. k3 Kunkel,
all of Niagara' Falls. The'bride, who
was given 'In marriage by her father,
was attended by her sister, Mrs.
ward Young, as matron of honor, and
Misses 'Lillian Whitehead and Gloria
HanalYn, cousins, or London, Ont„ as
bridesmaids.' Miss Marilyn Kemp was
ilewer-girl and Master Charles Young
was .ringbearer. Mr. J'aele.leStephensone
was groomsmen and the ushers were
Messrs. William 'William and _Edward Young.
'A reception was held at the Wright
Place, ,I,Iindy's Lane,and afterwards
Mr. and Mrs. Crawford left- on 4
trip to the States. They will reside
at Niagara palls:
.
The bridegroom is the brother of
Mrs, Russell' Brindleye • R:R. .e,
Aulanete and hasmanyrelatives in this
district.,•
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• =ON oval" MINN
Stanley Fanner
Gets Award of $30
Only One Action Heard l Couniy
Court—rithoirdsrom Cam
Of the four teasee lieted for , beitrlai
at the ea,Unty Court sitting On Tug*
day, Judge It. L. MacKinnon of GuelIele
presiding, tWo were settled out of Wert,
one,was ad)Ourried, and one wee hoard
end diepoeed ot_the...e$610.1i laittilig but
balt-a-daY,
hz the case of moet interest to4Gode-
.riela Citizene, that in which J C. Shear -
down seeks unstated dee/ages from the
Town of 'Goderich forthe maintenance
of a "dump" by the municipality ad-
jacent to •his prOperty ht. the ease end
Of the town, a nnetion ,was granted D.
R. Nairn, for the Town, adjourning the
-trial-eineoraler,:teeenablestkeedefelideill eeeee..e.,
:to Preetire evidence it was. impossible
to secure at this time owing to weather .
conditions. Frank 'Donnelly .le, acting
for Mr. Sheardown, No date has been,
fixed for the trial.
Damage Action Beard
The one case heard Was that of
Thomas -W. I3utt, fanner, of. Stanley
townslaip,eyersus Jame Robineon, mer-
bant, of Zurich, in which plaixtur„,..,
asked for 31200 damagesasthe result
of a. motor getraceident.one mile west of
Kippen at 7.15 on the morning of July
4,- 4 •,
After hearing nine witliesees for both -
,
sitlee' and counsel argument ;
Bell, Brusselsefor plaintiff, ainl
Braden, K:0. of- London, for defeneee
Judge. MacKinnon commented that he
crOuld see no reasenwhy the co.aeldent
had occurred. The day was 'bright, the
road was wide -and etraiglet,eand there
was no :obstacle to obstruct either
'driver's View. Ihis ' Honor fixed' total
damages at $000 and held each litigant
equally :responsible, rendering 41, split
50-50 judgment, which meant that M.
Butt, plaintiff, was awarded $300 And
Mr. Robinson, defendante_ nothing, be.-
cause he had not siitivirn in the evidence
that he hael,„'susealned aneeelaraagese,
'Mr. Butt's logs was listed in the
`judgment as: Repairs to motor...cat -
$132.15; _doctor $41, ' dentist 377, time
ineapaeitated $99,85, damagefor less
of teeth.$250 tote1,1600' of -Which Butt
was awarded half, with costs. •
* Two cases Settled
The case of Gilbert Plante. elederieh,
against 'Jib)/ kDalton, Ashfield -farm. '
leree—rea c aim for $459.10 saidto b6 owe` r
on an automobile, Was eettled_between
the Parties. L. E. Dances, IC.C.s, for
plaintiff, did net ask for judgment
The action. of Taylor & Moody* oper-
ators' 'a.. pinning niill and;Inniber.“,
business in Myth, against Russell na-
thlhorneetownship fanner, also vim -
tentatively settled out of court. Mr..
Dancey, for plaintiff,. said , that both
Parties hads..agreed to a ,settlement
which will require some time, to-ebnii-
Pclete' and:asked fort an adjournment.' -
DITRST-41ASE.044•--
.
;quiet' but interesting event- took
place 'eit the ,vrealage home ok Rev.
and Mrs. R., G. Hazelwood,13entailler,
on Saturday, Mareli 30, at high 'noon,
when Ina Mae Maskell, daughter of,
Mr. and Mr. Ji. A.'‘itIeskell of hen-
becapie the bride of ;Milford Wil--
liam'Durst, videet son a kr, and MriC__
John C. Durst, Maitland concession,
Colborne township. :The cereMony was
performed by Rev. It. ,131-.. Hazelwood.
The bride, who .Was„gliensateat- by her,
father, was attired in a powder blue
fitted crepe 'dress:. She wore a navy
hlueshat, shoeesendettioVes and cattle.
a Colottial bouquet of Mixed Bowen in
, shades of pink. She, Was, attended by
her cousin, lthyllis , Jewell,eenurse-in-
training at: Goderich Hospital, dressed
in Tose crepe with powder blue ac- until next sittings: The 'cleim * for
cessories and, carrying a Colonial bon-
fot Material. supPlied for, thee
quet in shades of blue, Mr. Emmersonlniiidiuig of a silo.'
Thirst, brother of the groom; was best
man. .e.fter the ceremony the bride
,guests at -a; dinner in the Y.XC.A. dur-
with white and the brideemaid a fitted
don'ned-a. navy blue box coat trifnined
,beig,e tweed coat.- The wedding party
drove to '-the -Park HoUSC. • Goderich,
where they enjoyed a` thrkey dinner
along with the parents of the bride and
groom. The. table Was, decorated with
Iiink and whit6 flowers and was graced ,
'by the wedding cake, Phe *bridegroom's
•gift to 46 bride was a yellow gold
wrist watche to the bridesmaid a silver:.
and black outpace and to the grooms-
man a' gold penknife. The happy epuple
left:on a motor4rip toSNiagara; Buf-
falo, Toronto • and other points, the
sbritle-tra.Velling In- a- grey tetifored suit
they, wiTh reside on the groom's farm
on the Maitland concession, of Colborne,
-
about three miles` eaet of Benmiller.
ing the evening, at which were present
Dr. Browning, who operated tele-
graph key for the old Montreal Tele-
graph Company in' Stratford . when
Edison 'first cattle es a"youth to. Strat-
-ferd, Where ,hisssinventiVe genius was
first in evidence. ,Dr; BroWniug said
that the other ellaplo-Srees armind the
Stratford stationtat that time -joshed"
ledison continually about the gadgets
with which he was tinkering during hit'
idle moments. '
"But we never realized at the tithe
hew much of a. genius Edison really
was untirlater,years. Theworid
.Edisoxi a lot for hi$ numerous lriven-- with blue accessories. in their return
tions, not oiffr i.n tlab communications
field, but in the electrical world as
well," eaid Dr. NroWning. .
Auother Qi -timer, John Lauda; of
Corunnit, whetbegan his railway eareer
in Stratfordeat -tile. same- time as Edi-
son, did notsrecall the world -famed 13
ventor clearly, but could reeolleet some
of the 'trouble be et/countered witile
tinkering areundin his determined
-effort to perfect telegraphy. e
-Mrse LefioyeSeheeiber, Sarniaei baif
sister of lidison'e, was another inter-
esting visitor. '
'Mayor .and Airs -II. J. A. MacEWtin
of Goderiellem guests ot the banqUet.
As a finale, theeeleitors and inany
neopie _attended the peeethere
showing of the Movie, "Young Tom
Edison," rii a ioeal theatre, whichde-
picted the early lifeeif Efigon, when he'
first started out aS, a telegrapher in
Stratford, before blazing it trail as one
of the volts greatestbenefactors
lessening the labors of peoPle-eil,,,saged
not -only in the business world, but the
housewife as te'ell,
THE WEATHER
.4 The temperatures for the past week
and for the eorrespouding week last,
year, lies ofileiallY recorded, were 'as
followe:. • °
• „ (1910 1039
Max. Min. Max. Min.
Thum, March 28 89 . 24 31 22
elrie March 29 .54 33 42.25
Sate Mareh -39 40 20
Sun., Marela 31 ..42 30 39 29
Mon., April 1 32 42 28
the right eye which required several Twee., April. 2 12 22 7 • e0
Stiteltee. Wed,APril 3 19 32 33 27
*
RUSH FOR dAR LION'SES
IiNtiX CHURCH LADIES' AID
The regular meeting -of Knox church
Ladies' Aid' was heldin. the lecture
room of tile church on Friday last; The
preeident, „Mrs,- Abell, conducted file
meeting and 'after 'the on -ening, hymn
,Mrs, Thompson read the Scripture, fol.
IoweVity prayer by Mrs. Lane • Miss
E. Wiggins gave interesting talk
aiidt•Mrs. Wilson a readin-i'r, The ineeS-
ing closed with fhe Lord's Prayer, after
which Mrs. ThoMpson's group served
tea. •
RED SHIELD AUXILIARY
On Monday, April lst, the ladies'Ited
Shield Auxiliary, of :the Salvation
Army held another of their many social
evenings in their splendid effort te raise
thepeceesarysmoney for the purchase
of wool. A pleasant two hours was
spent bythe guests', after which-letnele --
was served by the members. The.pre-
side& thanked the meets for their in-
terest in eomirig and explained how the -
money it used to help the SOnliers. The -e
evening came to -a close with the sing-
ing of the National • Anthem, and
prayer. -
BOARD OF HEALTH
- One case ef measlesjn ,March was ;re -t
ported,- by the medical offieer of health'
'etertlie"lifolithlyenfeeting"of the Local.
Board or:Health on Monday effernoon.
Water taken 'from the Town Hall tap - -
on March 12th was reported"Grade A"
by the Provincial Beard of 'Health litb
,
oratories. '•
ENGA GEMENT ANNOUNCED
Mrj. and Ms 3. It Wheeler announce :
-the engagement.o heir_only daughter;:
Gertrude Ida4 to -Mr. 'Owen Ronald
Smith, It 04 S, elder sore• of :kr. and
Mrs. Claude R. Sinitheof Windsor, NM.
The marriage will take place at Me-
toria, 13.0., the middle of Aptir
Local Ik>sner Ilesy Time on Sat.
urday *Wading Out New Plates
'The office of J. AV. MaeVicar, local
issner a, motor car licenees, , was a
busy place on Saturday, March 30, the
last day on which eats could lawfully
be driven with the 1030 Iicenee plate:C
Vrom early in 'the morning until near
midnight a full staff: worked atIssuing
kamostAhree hundred new markers... Ill
all over twelve hundred 1040 license
plates had been4ssued from the office
by the time the, deadline arrived.
On Monday traffic oilibers and local
policemen were busy checking up, on
the old Markers. A fine of $1 to 350
18 provided for drilling a ear without
it proper license. Several a last year's
markers were seen- on ears on the
Square, Presmattbly being on their wee?'
to Mr. Me.eVicar'e office to proeure new
ones, . Te new licenses wm be good
for only nine months, expiring Decent -
bee 31, 1940.
AT AlltelitAtT SCIIOOL
Two Goderich boys, Leslie Naftel and
Bert Iluckine, have ebeolled' at the
gait Aircraft School with the 'cleee
just being assembled.
Snow Melting Away Without Trouble
,
Onei;eek of nand springlike weather
has made renutekable .inroads into, a
near-tecord, accumulation of snow and
ice in, North without causing
anything approaching flood tonditions.
11 is'estimated that already ,more than
half .the silo* le gene; .. . •
A parebed soil eaused by tile drought
Of Itt4tfall dud early winter, plus, the
almost entire absence of. frost ,in that.
period, Le said to 'he responsible for
the disappearance' of th,e waterbe
soil is jut drinking itin; Intermittent
mild daYsands, cold nights.. and the
abSenln Aee of imlso have 'had much to,
(to with ,the gradual disappearance of
the snow.
ItoweviSe lee on the Maitlandcltiver,
except for °nen Water near the ineuth,
caused by the•fant eurient, still holds
firm' and there are huge quantitiee of
show arid tee yet to Come down stream.
°The river level ,up to teday is almosf
normal ets it result of a low lake level
teamed by prevailing east winds which
have driven eiee fields theeriver's
mouth out into Lake Iittrone
Flocke of wild geese fiew over Owlet -
rich for the first time this -spring en
"Monday.
Three Iktoothg with •Snowdritts
A Provincial .snowplow <TOW com-
posed a l'hemae .4yeee and Edward
OWan of the ittepartinent of Highway()
elieeted in at Gotlerie,h with thele big
caterpillar traetor after three menthe'
Work, .alnioet to tite' day. they: re-
pealed here oh Unitary GUI, Mr.
Ayres, who hae'been bucking stiowilrifte
for the Deitartment for eighteen S'ears,
says this winter beats, an others lot '
sustained snowfall. In the last five'
days be and his partner, in alternate
shifts, have ,widened tbe road froni.
'Clinton to Winginim pn,No. 4, to Lucknoty and ,Amberley not to Kincardine
on ,21 'and .back to ,Goderich.
Mr. Ayres says the distriefe Clintesa
to Myth on No. 4 and le
Trae to *flyer -
ton on No. 10' hold the deep snow ecord
for this winter. '
Where fonr to Six feet of diow
blocked.parts of the Dine Water .high-
way eight deys edo, dust is 'now flying.
P13 re js a sof t pot Oarifig highwaY,
forty rods in lengtie:' two miles south
of Amberley. At one time it was cov-
eredehy eke inches of water. It je now
drying ,
ounty reads in ;Welch Huron are'
now 'opensesoine of thee' just epee,
finals all. In recent days a one-traek
road has-been punched from Clinton to
Auburn, Auburn. to Widtechureh and on
other roads. The .plown still have a
week's work on these highways Unicee
Aotiter Nature does tile jolt for there.
Mneessions and sidelines " are gtill
blocked. '1 •
-Yon ftelowe who are sitting pretty
in Goderieb, with' the ono -W alaneret gone
eltould make a tour of the 'eounty reade
itt North' Huron and 'see some real
--;nowdrift.cl," commented Comity Elwin-,
coy T. R. PattiTson.; He Said already
v,nowplewing title 'winter had eoet the
$2:',1,011}1) and the end ig not yet.
Previous merown'I high vrrig $11,690,