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Home My WebLink AboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1940-08-29, Page 1NINETY-SDOOND YEAR. O. 3.e BUILDINGS BEGINNING110 AT THE PORT ALBERT AIRPORT Work.0o*22rromeed Supply and Sewerage Systems ilaugars and other eroePeettee bead - logs at Port Albert's millieuedollar Air , nateigators! altport began to rise from their foundationarly this, week and ate the work 'progresses tarpertteee are being taken en in ever-iegeeatting num- Pers. 'Seventeen of the. .twenty-nine buildleet 'ere now in, some stage of eonstructioe and ground is being brokefl and foundations‘laid for the others.. The job of laying 20,000 tens .of sur- ; facing material on the et:limeys at Port Albert also was begun on bait nal: Combining The Goderich Signal and The Goderich Star .GODEkIGH, ONTARIO, TIIITRIDAY, AMOR 29th, 1940 I`B C. Munnings Dies after Long Illness cGtAvAtzlisay.,, um, te .Ittuni•090 Life and Was Itlayor AT THE WATERFRONT In 1917 The death on Thursday last of Although activite at the harbor hae Benjamin clement munniings, , teen aletost nil tet regard le swimming eighty.eest Tear, removed a. ,public - and booling durtng ;the etast cold and spirited eitizen wbo held a high place wet week, things are fairly lieely at the In the regard a the movie of Godertett grain: elevators and salt sheds, with .andvielulty xr. moniaings was „faun Monday thwe vestele 'arriving' with grein anti two 'teeing out salt Cargoes. The ter. A. „At liudsozt came in on Friday afternotte from, Fort *William with 75,000 hug. of wheat for the mill and' 31000 butt, of wheat antle,17,08e etet-witontoroveweenesdnytnight,neart.„ ,e,,,bieettres. 644f,,Ibt‘riale4,,!toorr,„„xtelpsiv_eat.tpiet4S;b4, ly; eone-half of the trierthwesessoutheattr Saturday afternoon. ,; • ° 1,14ge, August 0. when,..nr. munnIngs runway 3 000 tett long by 150 eeet, The Pri.teloe arrived on eSaterdale , woe only ;four years of age the family evening from Fort' W moved to 'Colboree township; wherethe bue, of wheat for the elevator and lived to manhood.. 'After epending, a 120;000 bus. of wheat for the mill and few years in -Chicago end other parts cleared, Agee, on Sunday evening of the 'Western States he returned to with heat and 'cold, is ,being.lald to- It _ _ _ _ _ _ Fort William. tGedeercli and engaged in his beeleese ete depth of two fetches oil top of The Superior itrreeee trent Fort , a . seven-inch efushed gravel base, little early Wetleesday morning with eientractor end builder. Matty bulld- It is being • mixed and n heated by 20,4e4i bus. of wheat and eteee et Lute!111 Gedelieh ai miento*.ents to his oat' intereed Ws -st • 4 huge 'Plant at the Dungannon. eats for ,the elHe eintensely evator. She tool on a ;wee" le emneletpal aftalre and his hategrety itandtransported- toethe ettirPoet rte. sineit'ioad 'Of- salt -and' -decreed- ana his zeal for the, welfare of the town ,by a specially -equipped Octet of trucks at a tteinperature more than 200 degrees, Ca and other material for l'tehisetopeiressinglevaiebroughteby rail as far as Lucknow and by truck aleag the county hieliway. -.Tee tontratetore, the Warren Paving Co., are endeavor- ing to, finish one runway eetepletely by Labor Day:" The gravelling job,: now about half -finished, is proceeding day and night, but surfacing can be done only in daylight. Water and Sewerage Systein .6. Splendid progress also is eeperted by allcontractors,of Various' branches of the airport eoneeruction. The huge :Storm drainage system which skirts both sides of. the runways and Kees* an outlet at the south' did oft the banes of- Nine is about' two-thirds completed. :,,tvaterectrillitt t -outfit eommeecect work leeterday and A: waterworks and sewage System to serVe nearly t all buildings is getting under Way: , • • It was reperted_. this Week that Dan Megeteele, who eoldlie fagot for airport purposesehad parchaserl the Sohn Ceme ing faint on No. 4 highway, neeth ot IllythL4Lorrivishitr.L.The: Mice paid for this betterttban-average farm of 117. acres. was said to be 47,000. ..„..11r,...MOKenge,is. holding sale At his old ;farm on iSepteniller '4th. r The w rit of dismantling the 'Albert .111 about three years Ago and had eince been unable to take part in the activeities which he had ,formerly been Pronaleent. ' Mr. Munnings was bore In Mare:ham township, 'York eounty, June 0th, 1800. eliteParents bad come from England in -18,32rsailing-en -,the-day-of_th 'eir_marp, wide, had been laid and rolled by a, • fleet oe six big rollers. , Tele hot bituminous penetretlegteub- stance, which, expaeds and ecnatracts McGee dwelling and bane ()noel* 4th eeneeesioe also, bas begue. Mr. Mc- Gee, who old his buildingi;at aideMoir- tionpriee, will move to the 'former Meleenzie-hornettead farther east. With et. what he retained of hie OWn farm and that portion of the Mckenzie* farm* which hie•purehtteedtheeelle-havertinety- 'three ares, • with anotheetone -hundred 'acres .across the road. — _ • Truck -drivers engaged IA hauling gravel from Dungannon pit to theair- port are telling some Weird tales. TheY tell of a massive young 'French-Cau- adian, the eldest of h. family of twenty, one children, driving a' truck for thirty- six hours: stiaightetve-y, without sleep, but When it came Sunday he positively refused to Work. There have been ts,„...ste_te many casualties among trucks. One e'Veteturned on a narrow pert of the 41.11Pconcession roadrittul was sold to. a wrecker onethe spot. At' Sky Harbor At, Sky Harbor, apart froxtebuelding construction, there As mneh teoPPIng- -up work going on. ' Fence posts now •skIrt moet of the airport property) ready for the wire Over' 500 (coeds .of -four -foot -firewood on the property has been sold to a Olieton fuel dealer and is being trucked away. • A ditchleb e mtheachine arrived this week end e work of building an extertsiye drainage ey,stem has' 'tommoacedeand machinery is on the ground for the sinking ,of artesian wells, , Work on (the. Sky Harbor buildings t • Was held. up somewhat for a:few days awaiting the arrival Of niaterfal, fithieb is now at hand, It is quieltly, reaching • the stage where a full gang a careenters can be employed. ...Floors itt niost M the buildings started have already. • beee laid, On 31<intlaY Group Captain G., 14: A_ r wrrli It'C'" Two Weeks Delay in -Murder Hearing 71":16,k_,Dazuolir- Withdraws V= DIsteuee- or Dodge in Exeter gillbig With the court scene all set this Morning for the prelintinary hearing o! Samuel Dodge, Indian, charged with the axe eturtler of James Kilpatrick uear Eieter on Jupe ltit last, there wee an unexpected hiteh and a consequent two weeks' delay in proceeditige. Frank Donnelly, who has iken acting for aecueed all along, rose from bie .seatto tell Magistrate Makiins that be had failed to see eye to eye with. the prisoner on the conduet of the case ane was therefore withdrawing. ' • - Ian MacRae, Stratbroy, appointed . by the Department a Indian Affairs as assoelatetdefence eounsel, informed the eourt. thattMedge-VW aeinember -'otat Indian band known, as the "Wandering Caldwells," They did not being to any eierttcular trete, be said. l'APParently Dodge is not, setistied _ewnlgtahgeeoltnbeerorieboilisnoe.ween,,IeIexpiziannetds metro.. ltladRae, ' I.)odge hintselt refused to. Put- any time lituit on the period he would re- quire make new arrangements,, but at the request a 'ttr*ii Atternee E: ejolnies It was fixecl sat two weeke. • Will you be ready on September nth?"' asked atigistr4e Mans el-van't promispeereplied Jaedge.. PTE WM. -HARLAND TREMBLAY youngest -son of Mrs, 'Tremblay and the late W. It Trenablay .o•f Goderich. Berland enlisted with the Royal Can- adian Regiment at Lotelon., and now with the regiment at Camp Borden, ijAmPAIGIT FOR RED ednee ay a ern.00n o . The Kenore came in late ;Wednesday' 17uebreuceeoeffioteesi.zedAbtywhiarsieelii:cttirestoliemaeatys afternoon from Port took- CROSS IN SEPTEMBER 'ity;119-Iir,. he -Wee eieeted-eto'ethe eytelleyeteleeee(1--;:7—,.E'otteet ett t oe on 400,01ons_of_fAlt,,, cleared, late, town couticilloi, deputy reeve 03Ata ieeve, • • 1 that eve g orteloetr ea, t anayotalty, the highest Zffiee 'in the gift The -Georgian, called on her regulat of his .fellow -townsmen. He was 'a run north on Sunday morning with 22o member of North street 'United church passengerThi e was to beher last and of Ituron Lodge,. No. 02. LO.O.F. •scheduled inn of the season, but rumors Be leaves e. Widow (foemerly Miss are rife that the boat will make two or 'Jane Burrows) and three daughteret three eiore trips in,Septembert _ ' eers; li, te, Boggs, of Oklahoma Cite, Tee water tempereture 131-s ueell ;Okla, Mee P. F. Carey and Mrs. Boland gradually teeing this week and by (Walker, of Goderich; also two,brothers, Wednesday - evening the Mercury .tattant, of the old home in' Colborne registered over 60 degrees in the ,water, township, and Witham, of Goderich. both off he beachand between rhe The funeral took place from the .eaan- piers. If this else coetinues, the watet 11 residence Trafalgae etreet em ewe e 1 ' tontmue Its Work 1 , Goderich will have to raise, at, least $G 000 for the Red Cross -Society during the nekt raiettia If the exeellent wotet a ibe past Year 18 to be carried oe during 1911, Re -C. Bays, president of the local breech, told a meeting of the Citizene' War time Committee on :Mon- day eveeing. ' Thestatement was Made while Mr. , Hay. ,was addressieg, an appeal to the should be ideaor swimming dver theday afternoon, and was attended by a ' e holiday- week -end. . . .- large gathering ,6f. friends from, town The . tug iriTnn, .13, of !Owen, .Soll___ndi and country .- t -The Services were Wats forced to take Shelter -here on ., ducted by yen. V. 1?Lantind leer: C• 'Monday morning and remained in port V. Clarke„ and Miss Nsther 'Milne sang, , until arly Wednesday ;morning1--14W ' the hymn, `hat it Friend we, have in e., ii tug Is an all -electrically -welded boat, Jesus." The honorary paIlbearere were seventy- feet Tong, belonging to the Oliver Clark, Tele Wallis, Mayor H, J Boone Dredging, Coe:twine. .she was etteeleeEWan, John 'S. Platt, A. M.• built at 'Gwen Sound and was on her Robertson and '3. W. Moore. Those Maiden trip to Poet Wovevteen h 'f forced -b0 teeiho acted as bearers were-RatP'h Bas- in here. The craft is underthe com- hoe, Robert Hayhoe and Arthur Gee 4 mond 'of CaPtait--ffill---krid--haf---a---elv 'Toronto, nephews' of -the deeteetee ,, • • of fives . T. R. Patterson. The interment was .in Dalrymple of Ayr, R. 0. Baye; 1, and THEFT OF SHARES CHARGED ,the Colborne township cemetery.- , Bayilekt Woman Complainant hi Case Against -Stock Salesinan „ • Arrested at Toronto. on Monday for Huroe County authorities, Jetties Hashint, steck salesman, was lodged .fn, the- County jail here by Provincial onstabJeT. W Oidlleld on Tusday. e1ia -eharged with the theft -tot- ten. Mares of tWrighttelargreaves stock from .Miss Alma Boland of tayfield. iseallegetlethateHaslant -received the_ Wriglit-Ilergreaves seares Prone Miss Boland .mooths ago in payment 'for other stock not yet delivered, nor was the mining :stock returned oil request. Accused ig on remand to appeer Thurs- day, when other -charges may be ,pre- ferrede accordiug to Crown Attorney Holmes: Ilaslante has been operating inoGoderich and other Huron. county teentres for a number of eears: 'WINNERS IN FIELD CROP COMPETITION Winners in 'the field crep Competition: conducted by ihe etoderich Agricultural Society d,re • announced. The compete, tion *as in Vangatted oats: lst; Daniel Pitblado, Goderich A.R. 4; 2nd, Tait Clark, iGoderichR.R25;, 3rd, litugh Hill, Goderich.RR. 4; 4th, Arnold G. Porter, Goderich R It 2; rith, DaVid, 4E. Bean, ,,Gpderich tft.R. 5; 6th, Jas. R. 'Stirling, Bayfield R.R. 2; 7th; Thiss11 Hill, -Goderich A.R. 4; &lea. J. Glen, Gode- rich It:R. 6. INFANT GIRL .STRANGLED • IN 'ROPES OF SWING Mr. and Mrs. 0. 'M. , Taylor, East Wawanosh, Tragically Bereaved • weleGteeM, August 27 . -*--Claire Ann - Taylor, --Infant-Ad-lighter oj Mr.. and, Mks. George IM: Taylor, of -East Wawandsh„who was in her Seconyear, ,was_ strangled today 'in _plavitryith •roPe swing behind- the -hong-7 The accidebt took place in the.morn- ing. Mrs. Taylor noticing that" claire Ann was out ,of the ,hoUse sent a boy, Tommy, who is in his third year, 4o find her—The little boy .eente back into the house twice and'Mrs. Taylor notic- ing his actions went out to investigate for herself. She found the little girl entangled in the ropes: of the swing: - The -body was still warm and she im mediately called Dr. W„ lg.Connell, of Wingham, who worked- for mere ,than an hour over the infant's_tody: -Funeral services -will be held ' on Thursdatettiffeiniente afeeeo'ciock'fiten the home a the parents at lot 40; concession 12, East Wawanosh. In- terment will -be in *Ingham cemetery:: KEEPS ON GOING • • • * , A.ND `LANDS- IN JAIL • Coming here recently to ,secure ,wore at oue of .the airports, Carl Ludwig and Arthur -Neable became acquainted. They did not get a job at the akrports, , but -they did hire as farm laborers with 'Broors; -in charge -of No. 1 -Tramirtg- Command, gew :from Toronto with other 1t.-O.A.F. officers. They inSpeeted Sky lIarbor and later motored to Port Albeetfor an inspection of that aleport Aireraftsinen have' now been stationed at -both Sky .Herbor and port Albert. Give Stratford Boys' Band to Give Two Edward Maskell B near , enm er. 'tereable invited it ear and on Wednesday -on whielreher-thaderiddenteup " Harbor , of last week, on: request, he loaned if hill on Saturday list, Thomas .,Squir9 to Ludwig to run into town to have wised his fooling in ettrae manner tied hie -shoes repaired. Ledevig didn't fell under the xhee,ls, one wheel pass - come -back. He kept on going and on, Ing ever his right leg, fracturing it in :Saturday the law caught up wetteh him three places. - Serious' as hiseinjurios at Listowel, Where he was-eaken Into are, Mr., Squires had a tairaeulous custody- by Chiefejonetable Recker end eseape froM being tattilly erushed, ,eyet 'War -dine 'Committee to take over the management of the campaign to raise ,,,laegesSary_anndsTh.is campaign - will be part of a nation-wide emelt and will eemraence on Monday, Septem- ber 23rd: It is expected 'that overe patriotic organization in town will lend its ate in teaching the objective. J. D. Thomas, president of the War- time -Comelittee, accepted theetask of Gor•Euica' NEAR TOP • AMONG CANADIAN PORTS ' IN JULY ,GRAIN RECEIPTS .The follewing statement shows- tb.e 'number-ot 'beshels of grain shipped through the Lake Shippers' Olearance .Association- from Fort William and Poet Arthur, by vessel ,anderail, during July, 1040; , • Pore MeNicoll . 2,152,545 . Kingston' • 1,82,8,507 Port Colborne 1,464,736 GODBRICII 1,244,354 Prescott 1,201,399 Midland 9-46,363—` Toronto 691,651 Montreal 546,422 Tiffin • - CY42,000 Owen Sound -.455,226 30,0007 13,931, • , • Sorel raising the fends as ptirt of the'natural ..Quebec duties • of the coinmittee. lee pointed het-oneeofetheefundementalepret ciples of the committee, as adopted at its inaugural meeting last May, was to assist in" the raising of money for ,patryttic purposes. E Campbell vicespresieent Of the . , :coMmittee, was appointed to Act as campaign manager ititteug the driye, It is hoped to he able tteeecnre -campaign headquarters on the Square and, with the experience of three* Morteyeralsing. campaigns to draw from, together with the whotenearfed.co-operatiOn4f-puch, bodie5. as the Lions Club, .the *Canadian Legion and the various women's organ- iiation% no great difficulty is expected; -,was=-.ann(mnterl,---brS1r.- Hays that -- a general meetingof cetieens woele be cello' by the ''Red °mei eociety at a date to be, get" when a full report of the work of the, met year ,would be given by hiinself and other' respOttsible members of the society locally. -It IS pose/tee that an outside spealtee ill be present at the same time, when tplans Will be outlined for the torain year. • 'ThIC:fica: :1211337,318820 Deluth 2,708,036 Oswego , 7 in the above recore of grain receipts only Canadian grain is given bet At 4itiehal to the amount credited to Gode-. etch, .80,2;202 bus. of ,.Aineeican core ere petthrough, raising the Port re- ceipts to over twci million bushVs, and plaeing if nearly at the top among Can-. •adia n grain -receiving ports.' • CillkOULAMS GODERICH SCHOOLS TO REOPEN 031 TeUXISDAY INUM etPeeied Artentgentente fee Mete Engaged in Versa Week' Oeseerteek eeperete and • Cellegittee Inittitute-owili re -open for the fall term oitZtteeday eeei, eepteMber 3rd. ,ror the publie eeeleeel Board it is anneutteett that tiny Peiele who witel to engage M farm 'work will be given permission te remain away 'from their classes *exile so engaged. 'Collegiate Institute Dosed At a special 'Meeting or the 0-0..1.• Board on Tuesday afteruoitu a:request trent the Department of Edueetion to aeliay the- opening of the Collegiate so' as to enable -the eertior Days. to Mader- take,farm work •and the senior girls -to sell War savings stamps andeertificatt,s was -discussed at length. -"The decision evaehed be the *board ewas that the eehooleeyOuld • re -open "on. the regular <Meiling dafeetTiettettetieeetYteeteildier let but that en'erder to eotoperate with the Goveenment those students- who are required for faint labor or to engage In selling war savings certieeates, would be enrolled but would_ not be required to attend school until September let and that eppeial instructions will be given to such students to enable them to overtaketheWork they will miss While out eet eeletol. Blank application fornie have been. receivedby Principal A R Scott front tee Buron County Farm ;Help Com- mittee to be filled Ott On opening dee by boys who wieb, to Inetfiltree work. Forme also „have been received for .girls wisbing to sell war savings eertincatest to be filled out on opening day. ' • Tee- preicipal was authorized to con - Untie the use of suck tett books during 1940-41 as he May deem' advisable and as are, allowed by the Department of Education. • ' ereeccottets Were passedamounting to $525; including a coal bill of. $435. More of "C" Co. Men to Go into Cutp TIED :Wake Taiskag4taa*ad Ark, Thomas Valley to Mosta- Next Tuesday The second unit of "0" Oteinpaite, Middleitex-lIttron Resteteet, with a strength of enae linadred men et all ranks, will %Indere* * two weeks period of .eallitary tralithee The unit will leave on Tweeday more - bag for Thames Valley Camp neer London. Ity September 17th, tbe ranee ber 01 een in .the regiment who will bave t ompleted their two weekie. trate- „log will be ever 150, leaving some forty men still to receive the xetteired trateing. Uniforms or teose not yet equipped arrived at the' armorlea On Teesdale. Thereitillebieleineterteneleiletlireliebte tee Eighty elver rifles else arrived by Tueas day's freight and greenhorna in the regiment were initiated into their Dee at drill On Tuesday night, The attend- antV. on Tuesday eight was one of tee largest since tile Comptey was brought up to full strength, Tee Clinton menabers of "C” Com- pany, approximately one-fifth of the Sionlitane, are being trained on Mimeo evenings at 'Clinton by "0" Company staff members statiotted bere' Prontotifine Recent peorceitions in "Ce Company bete-- heetit awarded :to the teillowing To sergeant, A, Kirkey, 1Whittingleant, H. It McKinnon; to corporal,. N. He Thompson, e fl Flub, . W. e". .1logga.rtle IL A. Gibbons; A. 11. lleur,pity; to lance eorporal, S., Leggett, '3 W Mellwaixk• Stores Transterredt -Officers, of the Royal Canadian Ordnanee Corps were in town this week to erect the ,transfer of stores at the arthories from tee ban e of Capt. 0.1t. Lloyd .brilliant athletic careee .lero•ved that that particular quality was -a trait of his character 'When he ete•ught Gus Wemyes tooth and nail over a 72 -hole semi-final roUnd in competition for the Lleyd- trophy, at the •Maitland golf entrgetertientally etiletegeu the C. Dunlop has accepted by three strokes. The senteenalists -the post' of eommatiding officer of "0', were originally to have played only ,Company, elledlesextRuroil RegiMene eighteen boles ..on, Ttiesday afternoon, and will leave on Tuesday but at the.end of thirty-six 'holes- they wittetee regiinent wheit it bogies a two were still deadloeked. On *Wednesday week' training .period at Thames afternoon the two hooked "up again, . • I'REp CROSS REPORT-- I , Shipment' to Toronto headquarters from ''Goderich ',branch, August 27th, 1040: Sox, 408; sweaters,' 10; SOarVe3, 19'; h.elmets, 12.; 5 pair . initis; pillow- etisee 24; pyjamas, 54; large dressing pads,- 00; onediuni dressing pads, le0; small dressing pads,. 240; compresses, 1200; wipes, 800i rolled bandages 106. LEG BADLY, FRA,UTURED Thomas Squires Nan -Midi Misses Death ' in Accident on Harbor Hill While alighting from a, moving truck rettereed to Goderich. At peesent Lor- witnesses state, He was, removed to an d I 1 • wile e evill be W& is 111 Cottnty awaitin.' trio Alexan ra Hosp ta , r be a charge of taking an automobile with- a patient for many weeks. Mr. Squires Concerts in Goderich on unday out the owner's eensent. is earetakee of Victoria street -United The Stratford Boys' Band, over, 4E6, strong, is 'eoming toeceoderieh to lite two outdoor.coneerts .next Sunday—at Harbor Park An the afternoon and in Court House Park in the evening. Teis band has Won, it splendid reputation by' its performancesnot only, in ,concerts. .of the kind to be given herehext Sun- day,. but In competitions at the Toronto ehuich and, 'also wares., as a graint ' WOMEN'S' GROUPS ENTERTAINED trithmer. Exhibitien and elsewhere. In its yar- ious appearaticee in the TOMO. COm,. petitions it has always bn a leave among the winning ilteneee Last season , the band wee outfitted with new un!- forms at a eost of $1,400: Their visit to Goderich willtbe their foity-sevezith ,appearance away. from home this see - Sen, Are YOU Doing Anything for the Goderich * Boys Overseas? • Goderich eititeng failed to respond to the appeal made two weeks ago •for food and other letturies for our melt overzeas, With tbe result thee no par - eels were sea last week. There was Sufficient cash in theltreas- ivy, however, to ertable the overseas , parcels committee to arrange to send each man 300 eigarettes; so that they 'were not' altogether forgotten,' -• The not paeking a parcels will take place abottt the middle of September, when It Is hoped that .the reguleteship.' meet of the little things the boys like Willbeavailable itt. suilicient quantities tor all eleeen men. • Mrs. Walter Newcombe, secretary of the cOnimittee, reports that all Of the originta skr men, to wheat pareelg leave 'been %ed. have written her expressitig their appieciation of the' kinchtess ,t:tf people in the -old home town. It is ati- nouuced that fruit eakes for 'three Man httve been received and that the bolo- rnitteo would appreciate eight more so that each of the boy g In England male receive one. These ought to be baked, It possible, in hall pound toffee tins, With the Bee replaced after the cakes cool. Coffee is another item for white' the mot. have -expressed it prefeeence., .bat there are .many things on. the lists in the stores which are almost egualle appreelated. Those wishing to donate .May leave their gifts at Seleiefeits, MaeVicaret or Dunlop's .stere.' The eonimittee hopes there 'will be a generous response and that eleven fall parcels Will be sent next paced)* day.. The members of the W.M.S. of Union - , • , • " thetreh, Goderich 'township, and North FAIRRISH—THOMPSON etkeet Unitedchureh were entertained A -quiet wedding was solemnized- at delightfully by the Vietorie street W. the Presbyterian maAs0, Kinceedine, M.S. in the Sunday school poora On when Marjorie Winnifred; daughter of Monday afternoon. Over forte -flee at- Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Thompeore Bervie, tended. The subjeet of the worship became the bride of Alexander Jobe- serviee wag -"My leather's' Will," and it ston, eldeet son of Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred was tonducted' by Mrs. B. Wilson, Mrs. Frerriste. •Ashflekl., 'nee. A. M. Scott Baechlere the president, Miss CY* officiated. For the ceremony the bride Worthy, and \frs C L iowfl Prayer wore a street-lefigth gown of demi gold were offered by 1‘,1rs. R. Phillips awl with white it&esSotiekt ,and wore a Mrs. 0, L. ltroten, A hymn eompesed wreath of 'White roses in lee -Chair. by Rev. F. W. Craik, a former, pastor She was tittentled by her feeder, Merle, of Victoria street chureh, was sung be who 'wore- a gown of rose sheer. The Mee A. Thompsen and Mrse. etc- groom was attended by *Gordon Mac- Taelsle ttecompanied by Mise 'Alma 'Gregor' tif Kintail. Aftertehe ceremene Howell. \lrs 0 L. Brown intreduced "the wedding dinner was served at the the new study book for the year, home of the bride's parents, The bride "Conirades in -the 'Woe•ld Church." At and groom left for, aelioneymocon..trip to 'Hamilton and Tolonto. nee Will the close of itb.e Meeting tea was served erom a, prettily atranged table at which teeide itt Ashlield. Airs. II. Wilson and Mr% 0 L Brown' preeided. TIIE WEAilIVR • MUMS' COAII*SSION' The regular meetipg 'of the Puttee. .Coxtunission'em Thursday bet was itecupled Mainly With routine lime. nese. A. letter troni the' Ontario IIyato- Eleeerie -Power 'Conitniselon vetted that the eleetrie poerttr requirements of wee industries would •receive tspecial. atten- tion. . This letter wag refe.rred to the superintendent to be followed up. The July: power .bill for Gotiterich wtis $4,098.75., tonperatuees for the put week and for the corresponding week last year, as efficielly reeorded, were ag followg: *1040 ' 1039 Max. Min. Max, Min. Thurs., Aug. 22 • 57 74 61 Altri„ Aug. 23 ' 51 74 60 Sat., Aug. 24 03 41 70 51) Sun., Aug. 2o 00 40 78 5R Mob., Aug, 20 71 92 7 , te3 Tues., Aug. 27 71 76 Wed., Aug. 28 7 A0 78 57 SEVEN INJURED IN' HIGHWAY COLLISION Tor -Onto --ainjasiith c . Sinulay s Afternoon Seven people were injured in a Sun= :day ,afternoon edt.sh. on No. 8 highway, seven Lanes east of ,Goderich, at the week-etel, when Tpronto feta Kitchener cars .nlet head-on in arqinstorm, On a slippery pavement. . • . Those brought to Goderieb hospital by Thomas' Gundry, sr., .whoecame upon the accident, were Bobby and Dorothy Rowe, Bobby; *aged fifteen,' did not regain e.onsciodsness u:ntit Monday niorning.,altsr_ but he teis now reported out of His discharged. ,An older- brother, L'eslie, driver of the ear, escaped with three cracked ribs and an injured armi and remained at the scene of the wreck some time:before eonsulting a doctor. In -the 'Kitchener ear were W. Martz, - driver, who suffered broken ribs. and facial c'euta; his wife; broken right 'leg; andkr. and .,Mrs. Joseph Ohlheiser, passengers' in the rear seat,' whO re- ceived head lnjuriek They were treated ei etlitaton Hospital. - Traffic Officer Frank Taylorof Olin- ton,,who investigated, is on. holidays at present and a complete report_of the accident is not availeble. I3efore leav- ing the same nigh -tete statee that pos- sibly the sudden application of brakes on the wet pavemerit sent one of the two cars into it skid out of control. When they dashed both were on the north side of the pavement,- Both. mechines were extensively damaged. Titc TAiSs IN !citAicr Nairn to these of Lieut. -0o1. ix a A GREATBATTLE Dunlop, newly appointed 0.0. for "0"Pempanes -The It.O.O. Corps men oleo But Judge CostelloW.ine visited Seaforthe -where they --they -trans ‘ Trophy Semi4inals - ferred the etoree of 'V? Company frOt Judge T. M.. Costello, whwas noted foe eualitielong e Liett. '11„. J, Duncaii to Maier' T. W. elorg,a.n. Capt. Nairn and Lieue. Due- -caare:now on attfve eerVice witl:t the Vigin .Itegiment. " . • - -hi- . o, les fighting iesta " and n. COL. H, p. DUNLOP TO COMMAND "0"‘ COMPANY hilt when 'eighteett boles' bad been pJayed, �r a total of ilfty-four, there wes gtili nothing to separate the well- Matchedspair. In the. growing dark - nese and with many wearying strokes behind him, 'the Judge proved 'his mettle by tonaing throuto veltb. it rousing nnish which his younger oppouent coxed- not match. ' • , "Ind ge" setellettieventetet teharM 'Reny in the finals for the retied trophy. . " • . AlisS irtoberta JohnSton defeated Mrs.., Frank Curry to enter the finals in the 'rose bowl competition agatnst Mies SALT CO. MOVINe ITS OrriCES. . The tGoderich Salt Company, which for twenty-one years has had its offices in the Masonic Tem,ple, West street, is removing to a new loca.tion on Colborne steeete. where offices have been etted. et ili the former -Potter property ; --at the -rear' of the Iltdro Store. Tee' -change will take effeet"from the est of 1September. L'eslie,Naftel, lathes Thorneloe -and 13i11 11111, three Goderich boyte who have been training at the n)p,,A.r. aireraft sehoel at. St: Thomas for leg last four months, left this (Thursday) /norm -rite along with the 6410 members of their class, for Toronto, where they will undergo praetieal tests in aircraft Work. The tests will be in- the form of final examinatiorts and, pendingthe results, the boys will be sworn leetelee"IttP4Air 4, tiTon their return to Sit. Thomaslitetwd- weeks' time. Tbe three boys were home over the week -end to reeeive the well-. wisheg of their reltrtives atttl friends. WIllianeeeraig, son of Mr. and Mks. eV. A. Otaig, Bruce ettreet, lets•ben stationed in Brandon, :Manitoba, where he will take an air-meelmnies course in the. R.C.A.1t. trainieg sehool there.' COUNTY HOME commitrEE ThetC•ountee Home-cominittee of Coun- ty Council met at Olinton on Monday and decided to beild a new roetteellar. The present one is located under the barn -and. this sPace is lieeded'for Stahl - 'Ing acconimoclation now that 'a pure- bred, herd er Slioetharnstee being belle up . -The new coneretecellar will be built under- the gangway of the barn. , WITII THU ILC.A.t",..- Jerry Fellows; of Totenite, formerly Of Goderich townseip, lias been called to serve with the ReC.A.F. Ile is Visiting the home of his parents, Mr. awl Mee. Frank Fellevese3e5 Palmerston street, Sarnia,, before takieg ,up his duties. • MENART:—TIIOMPSON pretty' Augfiet wedding took place itt Ashileld United ehurch parsonage, Lueknow, when Itetui Alma Pearl Thompson, daughter- of Mee. Ieftac Cranston, Agitated, heeame the bride of' "Air. Livingotonettenary, 'son of Mr. and %Mrs. ,George Menary of leatagannote Bev: Jariaes :Wilkins officiated. . elite Cora Thompson; sister4of the bride, was bridesmaid, and the groom wasat- -tended by Jerry Cranston. A wedding , breakfast was sereed at the home of Mr. arta Mr. Isaac Craneton. Mr. and Mrs. Menary left on a trip to Niagara and other pointer. elle will make their home on the 9th concesoion 01 Aslifield. Valle,y .Catrotte Londoe.* Cot Ieuelop 15 h fornierC.0.. Of the old Huron 'Itegi- Molt Out has been on the-, reserve'llse. settee his retirement set-eral Tears ago. • 'Col. Dunlop 'served in the lest war, toiret, overseas in 1915, with the usi. leattalion: He ,saw three tyears action in; France with the 2nd,leioneers and.the 5.th Engineers. ' r. .sSTTURO rosToo: Oolt 110 reeeiv-ea an appointment to ` Canadian training' centre No. 11, Woodstoek, to leandle the affairs, of the 311dt:ties-ex-1furon. Regi- ment-wheit, the nation-wide one Month's , compulsory training Ptah, for men of • military age goes Into effect. Colt Sturdy will report to headquatte•rs Of • military district No. 1 at Isondoneon Wednesday, Septeetber. 4tit, foe 'great egekeowleeto- telletietyemeesewitte--havee.-- not been actively engaged 15 arluy lilo for several- years as, a: °refresher". _Course. He Will -assume hie dales at Woodstock oh 'October, let. 001 Sturdy isa veteran 01' the last war; hieing gone overseas- in 1010 -with the 161st Oversees !Battalion end hav- ing• Served in Fra -nee with the 4711t ,Battalioe. On September, 2„1018, he Watt' wounded at the battle tiletArras attd was invalided toEnglandfor ' the • renteinder. of tee war. Ile was diet eharged from delete -service -in Viet but - rente'ined in militarylife, commanding the Huron Regiment until 1935, when the-anialgartation 'With the -Middlesex - 'Regimeet took plaee Cole Sturdy re- mained on thereserve list of . the 'Middlesex -Huron • Regiment after -re- tlrement and when the recent appoiet-' moat eeme from headquarters at Lon- don it.foiind bilia ready end eager -once again to serve bis country. Crops Are Goodin This District and Farmers Are in Optimistic' • drive along the eoneessiofis arta. le ranch whoa still inethe stook. One sidelines.of Colborne and Ashfield town- ships, and talks with 'farmers Jiere and there, bring instant and araple proof that these rural mumielpalities, in „cone in.oe with other sectiohs ef Union equnty, are now hervestend one of the enteetehountiful crops in their •eistory. Oat fields that yielded over 74) btlehels to the acre and wheat that went e2 bushel e were reported.. 13'1'u of wetee there is e, much Jaeger -acreage than normally, is an.ekeellent crop and it Is expected to bring ready cash, for fete mills that Lave not operated for years will again be le operationThe `flax has stood up well And wee very eaeily, cut. Dutnean McIntyre of Ashfield, far Instance,15 harvesting seventy Ilexes .of fax. The 'neer mechanical puller hag greatly lightened and simplified the work, , Potato Itot If there are any "emir ekes' to be sounded in eonnection with this year's crop it is with regard to Iettetoee aid barley. Soft, nittelleertineig made itg appearanee in the potato acteeages on low, heavy latal, owing to lent winter's heavy snowfall anti the lieevy rains Of seeing anti neelsniumer. It also has been Muth ton wet for barley, and in many eages the straw le short and the ample poor. Owing to the shortage of labor there field was tmeut, On the other bent% - there is, the 'odd 'fernier who is throngh 'threshing, More Bean S in North Huron Beans are expected to' be a good cash erop this year, tdoe•and ..promiet \vele° There is a, 'bigger acreage or beans inNorte Heron than in former yeare. James Garvey le Ahiield, Wil- lftVm Yohng and Thop. Wilson in Cote' tookne are extensive bean -growers, with limey others. • 'Beane of eourse, are one. of the mein- erope of ,South IIttron and , this fall, for the second year In sue- eession, combines will be used to thresh the beans in the field, three rows. itt a; swath, Leslie 0ox of Godeeleh towns. ship, a eombine operator, has quite it • number of contracts to thresh bean' The combine is said to be -Very kind • to the ;beans, but the beans are reportee to be hard on the tOrabille• Pastures Exeeptiollatly Good Not In many ars,eebag the second crop of alfalfa, now beleg ha,rvested, •boon eo heavy. Pastille was seldom mo eontinuously good as it has been tbi eeason, end the barns are bulging witk food. Grain pries are low, it te true, but fairly good hog and cattle prices atone for this. Devito lose gale prices there is it coldient(id and optinte istic atmosphere In the fainting Media:els liereaboatte,