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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1951-01-11, Page 2•,iiit:rrittl *Iona •URON ,001;1. INTr$ oungo,S37,a= ruNistled hi 'Signal -Star, Limited • #40111Criptien Rates ---Canada and Great 13rRain, $2.50 a r; to United. - States,- *3.00. . ekdirertiSing Utiles on wiliest. D.".Authorized, as second-chttss mail, Post Othc DePartinent. Ottawa. Telephone 71. . ehit)er of Canadian I'Veekly 'NewspaperetsAsloCiatioo. • Weekly Cirealation.Over 2000. Mr, 40 11.0141$RTSON'', , • •CEO: '14.-•ELLiS 'THURSPAY, IAN14RX 114, 1051 has no Mediehl. officer Of heajthe * * •The...-latelsts.invention is i motori- zed wheelbarr6w, with sufficient power tO take a full load UP a grade, 'The only objection tobe made, is -that the wheelbarrow has been the only remaining syinbol Of ,manual" labor since the pick •and the .shovel went the' way of the 'machine * • • "Abbott Elopes to -Popularize Next ME: NEW °omen, , 10'51. Town Oontiell , went throngh.ts itiangnral ceremonies. ,"•••iin 'Menday D40.Yer, fluckins. 'presiding -with .apprOpriate, dignity: .14'i We:. address His Worship Set forth'seVeral Matterwhieli he be- sheultr..11aie the special, at- tentiOn , Foremost• he pat the securing �f ' nevi* ladOstri for the town. This • is coupled with another proposal, c)f, the,' further developmeat of • thie vieaterfront.and, *hat was'. not apeateally tuelation.ed, the north harbOr road, It may be that the • Mayer has eerne to the conclusion . that mere determined and persistent •efferf, minst be put into this Project if It is to, succeed. The spasmodic efforts a the past ten -years have accomPlished. nothing. Another' ,pioposal 'Was`the er6a t ion ,f,t cemetati allOuld be thorough,ly considered -It vsto °tit& Mean, in all. probability,' greater eipenditure and leas con- trol. (by . the citlzens over the, man- •.ageinent of the cemetery- on the •.othee 'hand, it wouldgive to that ',"Ananageraent a continuity that is • er-Teentrof by. a ton:unit:tee •of Ceuecil Which may - -Change frorn Year.. to year. e 01 the Matter' of taxes His Wor- „ANP--.4.420,49;s1A:...gtneral..:te!,111n; PP0: .Aponing a•, "study of the Town's 1111- 100d1 4•Visition," :He Might have wathed the members that as the aSsessmeiti• • is eolisiderabiy ' 'higher there may be a tendency to eXpendituies. 'This should •400 • &irefully avoided. The new 1 • • ;assessment ;does not • add a • dime the SPending power of the .tax7 Valets.' • • •_ 'Reference was 'Made to the ob- . , -.eervanee. of the) ules, of prOcedure. matter primarily bi the ..'e,o4..trol of the' presiding officer, but it *Feld be belPful :if meliber's would Make a careful study of ,the, •r,ules and ,reguTitions, of the boun- . aia, • Set out 'in, the little. lilue look 'PrOvided for them andthe in a 4;0614'bn-to assist the Mayor in. sing AonhOul ablation.• • An:other matter noted , in the • aior's address was the new 4F-. snietit adopted by the bounty onnall. This is a subject of great e I sitance and, as, UPI: Worship ;'•iistligested,.. should be thoe'oughiy studied • and .,censidered by the ,•• The. 'Signal -Star- wishes for tbe new Connell,' a puccessfal year and ibeePea*, the eo-operation •of 'the . towrtSpeople in the reaching of de - elisions that will. be for the: best interesta of ;stir tov.vn.. ' WILL THE FAIL? tlie• proSecution of „war a iictatonsliip:‘ has ti'.trerneridenS ad ,''..iintage Over a democracy. The di:CW.0r can tell -all. lila subjects .syhatt they are to do .aad compel .to au it, be can raise and 'equip arniies ahnos) .kanstaake aIiiancee without any re- • -Ord tothe„wislies oLhia subjects, 'tan 'make iramediate deefsions as to the eendiiet of hostilities with - Mi Coasnitation. With anybody, bat iis generals :: and throw the whole. .*%orce.ok his ,eountrYlntce the fight-. While ,in. an democracy .tbe, GoVern- *eat. miist consult' Parliament re- garding almost every move, with 04)114 in.decislons and soirietiOnsi :the adoption of vVrong decisions be - Cause of the difficulty of rgeontiiing the VieWS a different factions. •Id -••••• -abort, democratic' -rulers must at- Wayg, have an 'eye on the ,voters Wek home, and toile ;down their • tgort4 'to avoid the, risk" Of serious OPPOeitien. • , ,Li _Inez tis .Akt:the,preseift time, the • yaryink and soinetline$ opPos, Interests: must 'be -Conguited, it •ikd strenk arid. bold man"'Who 'can -Oliart' a:course ,to'be followed that. wfll'gain anything' like full sup- • 'Vic Vnited " i/ations is 'a grattd,.COnceptien,, but, it Is not in 'the *went Crisis vhowing the , liretigth' and resolute ptirpoqe that , 'wine expected Of it • '• In, Me Of 'divided * *1044' Ael'Otvg the Metribers 02 the Atnited'ilatleria, Our sympathies ere witit,Vireeltient..oVioniati,,,, who it Ondeavertrigt� dirimon suilletent foie .40, ))24tet the ObliteSe 'threat. WhateVer la dene, et this One MaY *tie the fate of bit. et 'Mac, it fillo the'prnfer11t*Ifl hal* imallreaWt...froM . • .1101114 year we need tO by the litt.0.11., on the he town, end it WAS %load t intetegt. Novit Ocdtstich I3udget" NeWsPaper headline. Vain hope. If the', Finance Min- ister isn't criticized 'for spending too- much, objection will' be taken forhis not ,spending enough on seine pet projeet of the . objector. Mr.' 'Abbott will have to go•'ahead aud .db the best he • can without4oe 'flinch attention to The.,English 'police are still heat- ing for the men whoistole the "stone •of destiny" • from 'Westminster Abbey. * Why not - appeal to the spirit •of Conan Doyle for ,the re- vivarof Sherlock Rotates? Dole been dead for;years,but cerin peOpte,* claim that they have Oen In cominunication• with hinit, since -he-ivent•-to the -other. World. ' And Sherlock ,Holnies'-'salved Problems ,mlich• More difficult than #.ligiv• re-, sovery ..of a 400%und timlock • stokasto4 - .; For years ..this .Column. hasads, vocated .a. ten-year term for .mein - hers of .the Canadian ,Benate,, to pre-' vent the piling' up of a hue. major- ity of one party . with prespeet, 'should an • 'alternate, Government 'take officer of a.:change in .`the com- plexion, of the Senate except by ,the slew preeess. 'of death., •NoW, a ,Menaber. Of the Senaiej from Nova Scotia :proposes election of 'Senators, .for. a ' ten-yelr,.tenti,. This would rale 'out men...Who would. Make :eX-- c,ellent' ‚Senators :bet who. would. have, had .;no eXPeriet,iee of 'the rough and tumble df, politics and .would nt. allow 'themselves to 'be 'put up 'for "election 'oe any account. Appointment for • the ''ten-year terin• would be..preterable. • .. « : « 'e • The -.Saltford Sage, making* his' drat , trip ttp` town this year, says he' observed a ,great. lot of broken New Year.. reiolutions set- alit:- td be Carried away by the.garbagemee. It Was a:depressing sight, he says. ,141or , himself, he cefillided, he long. ago „ilecided te. avoid suCh breakages by not making any , New Year re- aelutions: Not that he 'claims to have reached perfection. •It is Father that many. peofile apparently, are more. nterit upon making the resolution; than iii keeping 'them. If they didn't 'make stieh a ferreal,' ity of the resolutiOna, as 12 that were the important thiug, they might have more will .power for doing ,the things they put into ;their resolutions. That 1s ft bit of the Sage's philosophy,: 'and ' perhaps there is something in it Tile defeated candidate in tbe 'Windsor , mayoralty contest 'that. a• third candidate was. injected into the electioir-to draw ell- 2,500 -Votes 'most • Of Which would have been east for him • in a° two-mari eontest. Whether this wa.s a bit ef-gleetion' trickery ,or not we haVe. .tio means of knowing,, but there. is' alwaya the Possibility, when, there are .more tivo candidates: that the Man Who 'heads the poll -le not. the real ehoice of the' electors. This eould be avelded bY adoption of the„ alternative vote; by means of which each elector would indicate 'on his ballet who would be ,his cholee ir the,candidate-for, W116111 he gives his vote doe not obtain a clear majority of tlie total t•ote, ObJection 'is taken tOthis_system en. •I'he-,-grotner-That--At- wabitCdelay• dedision of the &ectien result, but surelYitsvould be worth w'hile wait, ing: a day or so to make sure that the'light man :is eleeted, • C.P.A. IN PERTH COUNI'V thstowei Banner) *. Now that seVeral convictions have been registered, t. in 'Atagisiratels Court here on selling charges' under the Canada Temperanee Act; we untleistited that the Itilelt vendors loonily ttre.feeling .,he "pinch" In more ways than one. In tit least one outlet be .1* prices have been advanced to' conts,, per pint, wblle elsewhere, where lower priceswero In effeet, a, nickel bainp • hais g nerally gone into 'effect. • 'Re- cent priee !newest% ottelaity flth orized, hie been .passed along; to the cotiettiners; along with what is probably an Increase ealeulated to 'prepare the dealer for a hundred- 'dbliar fine 4)r: to; both Jumped:under the 'beetling 'of "higher, operating ,eotte." The at tbat local pollee 'can and do obtain .eonvictions 'tindor the Canada Temperance Act Is en. coureging intUontich eit 1t SliettS that the' &Vs OPP4rent, ituumulty are ,ovor. 'The resaltent higher prices The Couptry Mouse at Singing Stars 8"1"4S411W C°1114"31 , •Ry LeWiti 1\11111gaii Pear- Fr/Cads,- rand,- the artistic' temperament go ,There'S Saffering in Allis eeontryi 'wonder how many'of.you iliten together. - -Wouldn't an excess profits to the Singing' 'Stars 'br•oadca„ ets-hunii:ilhan'rLas tft9f1.401.%11;:vaaretAttl'iliTor., 'aud shbsicils .1,iig the bnsic needS of . . Those of you who ao know plat the 'Iseie a fairl. y, regular patternfer the peOple, be the answer?'? Thlls , Program ha S %been on .the. 'air for „all.. And, after all the. sound- and ended a .diseussiou of the queatiOn, e evera I year and that it has a, fm-uorzyir tiihte6sb.roaxducaohst ,itsb.'nevesitimitte at hfienwg .11s prise Control the Answer to differeot sponsor this -Year: 1 WAS the PreSent • at the rehearsals a,ud a happeeed Vila afternoon in. previa- t le Ulf:* Cont. of .Living," nil broadcast a tew weeks ago, and atiOn for the broadcast on which "Citizens' roram" broadeast re. .wheti 1 heard that Marjorie 1.1t4• 0 was to sing this week 4 „ began 'ask - lug queetions here and there. . - Yo:beg singtrs who aspire to sing Q?tlindiStiingeind.g 1 ulaaditisatapnpdly thaalltdr Je'aline Muslin). bears the singers and if they , shew sonicieut promise and training they are given. a' date for au appearance. These • breadeasts continue over. several .,inopths. In- dependeut adjudicatOrs mark each' singer and those having•the.higliest marks sing on the senii-finals,, and then the wieners are ChaSell al' the end of - the season... Each singer receives a fee for each.performanee, \and, what is of equal' importance, nationwide 'publicity. -And,- Of course, the sponsor gets' pdblicity tool - ' • , was talking.. with, one young 'singer w,ho appeared recentlyt' The week before ,her breadeast she and the other candidate were on oue of the Don .:Sim a Shows, _being leterviewed in an informal, chatty .way about their past .studies and public. appearances andetheir plans. and anibitions for the future: On Friday of the same week, they: sang *their song's for Rex Battle, vvith •piano accompaniment. They also went over the scripts with Elwood Glover and John Adaskin. and some mitttoragiunigt%-wer&-itrade:--T keow, the interview, which sounds so spantaneous „ and unrehearsed, hits been carefully compiled by some Person in :'charge of publitity and • advertising..." Some of it, is • as the candidates h'ave given it to the powers that ' be; and some of 1t Is what "publicity" thiaks is g1amor- -ous-and-liltely---to-appeal4o-tbe7gene eral public. I: sometinies wonder how the public . would react to the' fettle. upvarnieeked truth,' '' for • a change, The singer' w,i'e.h whom I talked lintl-sta, inter„sielk-avith--M_ Kfng White -and the 4C4 Victor Company,. made -.a reCording' of .it which was sent to her Imam radio statiOn and Used for pehlicity, there. Atter weep of work and worry, the da k . a the -broadcast arriVes and the Gnat rehearsals..are held. They are held in the Odeon Fair- lawn Theatre in North ,TtkeontO. The, caildidates have to be there at 6 o'clock, and stay, until 4430. Tlie da I was there,e4h.,e, members of th Orchestra were in their places on i stage 'when we arri•ved. Most of theiii are in the "T.S.O. or have been in it, It is a small, group of players, but. 'all' seCtions of the .'837/4PhorlY are represented.'• . The singers reliearse,With the orcheetra, the first time faeing the players. I' 1.on,dered , why • that Was done,`: but I was told that it was so the _ _ players •cefild get a clear idea of What the singers, Were doing. One of the playerS told nie later that they concentrate on every note a. aieger sings, and the. lohger they have beet' ie the Wiestra the •harder, they eoncentraiy 1 And -12 a seloist, makes a dlnistake and skips a bar or even a page ,(Which has happened oecasionally) they just automatically de the same thing and fa; ,one know s there has nettrly been a tragedy! Sometimes singers and conductor do not just agree'on tempo and interpretation and these 'differences are ironed out at this ierst .rehearsal. Mr. „te.daskin tells the singers where and how to stand and when and hoiVto-liow.I was uniazed-ut7themrultmlicity- of detail , u . el. , . rins mice, when' the singer Fakes his pike be- fore the mike to sing he arranges ,hiS, music on the mpsic stand direct- ly uhder the. -mike, stiMding at arm's length from it; and 41ils place& him the .proper distance from the mike. Then they rehearse the little. inter- -Views with Mr. Glover. • They stand beside hint at another:mike, It Cer- tain• distance from • it and at , a certain angle, and ,fipeaking directly into it. The men in the ''ciontral, room e.an de a ldrof things.to make or. mar a broaeicirSt,---- but the Speakers and I n gers must' co-oper- ate. too. Mr. .Glover is a 'radio veteran, of course, so if the young stars do not stand just sO, he' un - 'obtrusively - puts an arm about. theta' and pushes or pulls them into 'place. It all looks ' so • native' that a spectator at a broadeast 'Wouldl hardly' •notiee. it. Then the stripts Must be heldjest so,and the pages •turned so as not t� be heard over, the air. • There e,eeniii,„t� he a t.rielc In everything they do. 'Since, there' is an iitidience for the broadcasts; the singers get a few hints in de-' pertinent. Me. Adaskin gave a very convincing example of the wrong kind of bow. It was ludicrous, but just whet • might happen in a mo- ment of nervousness. And don't ever think these singers do not get nervouS. . The ;voting. Indy, that day simply liad herself tied up in knots and the knots •got fighter as Untie -went on. • The youno man, on the Other: -baritl.,-seenied--te:tiiites-eVerssi' thing hi Iris stride, aod, in between times he sprawled on .one of the theatre seats,. eompletelY relaxed. 4; 0. o'clock there was enother rehearsal, et songs, orchestral num- bers., mtitileal cues, ete. . And 'finally, Mt.,. dress rehearsal: ' Of •course, every• werd hail been carefully thned, 'Spilt seeond •timing' is of great importance on any broadeast. The young lady was,almost in tears by that .,.time;: and, to -add ,insolt to injury, someone. eritleited the way she was producing her tones. 'Vo me, that 'seemed hardly, the, time ei- the piece and hardly Alsti- liable. lloWever; 1 gnesa•he wag ti psyeholegist, because it. Was' just What wits needed to got liel.' Trim •up! After y a eup bf coffee. With 'WO. of the members cf oto,:oteb. *snit who Were moSt laud tom ou- -cocrAking- -II-- tegged along too), she goo tt very beatttiful perfertn- Mire of hi' operatie aria (I oittioat sold a»thrilling perforhottee) and - the Other eandidate .Whe hild ap. peered 'SO Oahu Arst,eolteeted Sang *eery pettedly and;coinpetentlyo 'but I didn't hear tiny "Olfe 'and "Aii.S9, when be &tithed t,, X gUesa nerveS , • "4.,,,A..... ' Uttrjerie 'Ram .hits Jost • appeared, When we erriVed, the aedience-was gatherlog: 1 un always '4urpred. to See how 111411X- peeple go to -these broadcasts, and ..apparently some go -week ..efter Week.. .4 few. Minutes - before broadeast. time, Mr.- Glover tame out on the, stage and. we:Wowed the audieuce . and earried on, a bit of his usuai --informal ohitschat. Lie introduced the „orchestra :40.d the cencert master, Mr. Sigmund ,Stein- berg ; Mr: Rex 'Battle, the conductor, and �nally the Stars. theinselfes. Marjorie was littrodueedes. making lier, first big network broadcast'. .Thitt 'teuSt have been quite. thrill gently' oy4r (.1.15.C, 'Trausteanada. network:, Tie speaker. was a meal-, ber stidio -audience,. and. the question i'Vas left in the air ned unenswered, the chairman de - daring the discussion dosed. • "There's suffering In this cella-, try!" That' statement „stuck lu iuy mind, and I begaa, to Aida; of. People' in other Parts of the wed:a who were suffering from the lack of the bare necessaries 'of life. 1. thought pf'. India awl china, where millions of people were.nctu, alkv starVing. Then .1' thought of Ifiorr,,,,heoriovelirefoarlsoe geiseueg,gees,etetie .t,abiart, vs4t thrhoo„Millious sif, people ia Canada are . well fed , andenJoy a, everyone get rid of all, their coughs 1'19alidard Qt living.tbat l'443ula . After- the usual preliminary music dream of Paradise to the •' Peet" sang her • operatic arms -a lather of , .istern.• •iicluding and comMercials Marjorie sIlays the eworld-si long one from Verdi's Othello. I remember saying last spring that I would like to hear ber slursome- 1 serviee. fOr leftiat PrOpaanda. The politleal. questions selegted Pr diSettSsien always.' present an oppertunity Pr Chronic. malcontents who- chiefly compose the 'Studio audience, and. they monopolize the questien period with little prepared speeeheS. For lnslance, ."house- wife" itt the tiudienee elOPed her speeeli by saliing: 4`Why,,. you can subsidize, gold mines, can't-- 1;0U subsidlie the essentials, like -bread' ,and The80' are the things' we are, worrying, about," the edt1.1'Se (if 111S SIVe01, the "slifferlgi" member ,pf4he audience referres1 .to• corporation profits', a.fid, excess profits taXeS, 'and said that *bat the "tittlePeople': ef Canada wanted was a-. "deeent standard of living," Well; all profits are taxed away And foot is subsidized -,iii Soelalist Britale, with, the result indicated in the above-quOted pathetic letter . from .,erle of the "little people" et England. Tsedisgrtuitle,d_foram, "eitiz4as"' should get, doWn. on their kaees and thank. God fOr the high•Standard of living. ,theky are enjeying in Canada, ,Russia. • •. But we need not go so far away Or a Comparison. • By a strange eoirueidence, this Mottling 1 received thing that would . glVe hej voite from a. friend in elogland a. letter, some seope. This was an 'excellent• white' came, as. a Shoat and a. opportunity -ter her. and she _Made reVeiatidn, Like num,. other Cana- ille most . of -It •• Her mice -had a -Maas:. 1, had sent parcels of food to friends in the , Old .Cottetry, butliad cease'd to .do so. in - the last yOr- or two; 'assumingthat food was now. Wore...plentiful., When, ever I. tisked, them if . they .were hort-of-'-a"uv-- parilettlar Ltem of toed, they did , not -,• answer my richness. that I. .ctidn't -heat before, 'tied he is •developing some very colorful .hettoin notes. Coining but, I overheard a lady commenting on the •improvement in her voice -since td--,--hearil. het before. • spoke ands. looked Very ''eharinieg In' her little interview, and then question. However, I - asked my :daughter-in-law to make, up a Par-. eel of food' and Send_ if oil, as a Christmas' -Present and the postage cost about$1 lirall.' The,letter, 1 re- ceived this morning- read as fol:: lows: •-"'"Whiit.n ielightfut-surprise-yett- have given..us! My sister:was out •when the parcel arived, so I had all. the thrills-- to nestelf» and after' reading reading year, daughter-ia-law's let. ter''*atitrlielitly-7-WeerlirftoVer-Jier-- kind ..,-gifts • .I just .sat .down . for about' half -an -boar, in , an . absolute tranee of ,.bewilderment, suvprise pleasure '..atid .almest . incredulity at siich kindnes..,...Like a let of other people!. we have been making; do, and going on making -do, think7 Ina _that .things .w•ouldiget easier allthe time, and .for a period they, did,. 'but • noW it Is really worse told: • Robert Reed • the .sione thanit ever was, a 'dreadful. circle th g! • And ,tliat was the end of Of higher lvageS.and higher prices, ap.,,Ner Singing, Stter„Auvadcast.- and I _see that, in the Nett Year. Altot•"'„. oext Thursday or -Friday; it mast Of the. post-war' ,are .-sterts,all over again and two more 'coming back. . 1 think 'I told • yon..• sang "I'm in Love with. Vienna." She sang with such an engaging platform .presence and facial vivac- ity Added' to her•musicianship that she quite won the 'audience. - • Miss Hay's' ,songs. were •followed comPneltIon-' the erchestra .during which the,,,eon- cert master stood • to" play about , four measures of music: Then the seeond' young star, Robert ;Reed, sang...gills • t.wo_nureberspa., Aria from Poechiellrs. La Gioednde, and "I Lthe Thee," by Grieg. through the broadcast, Mr., glover kept • an eye on the control. room for timing signals. When the pro- gram was over, he made 'a few more remarks and theh called on Mr.' Battle to speak. He complimented the singers and •presented .larjorie with an „orchid and told her he hoped Ishe would win 'first priZe. 3,001g Canadian singers make their bows.. to the • banadian radio' budi-• ence, I .am surewe all ,join with' Mr, Battle in iShing; pur home s ., and in all. phases a her musical, career. She is Sia•ging the part 'of Cherubino in Mozart'"TheMar. ' riage ..pf Figaro" •at the Opera w tOWn girl success onSinging' Stars' Festival , here in Toronto in Febru- tirY: • 'Sincerely, THFJToronto. .C'O'UNTRY .• .• In. 1948 -the three .plieeipal sourges of 'Canadians * income were mantifiteturing, agriculture and .re- tail tradel, manufacturing provided' 39:7 .,per • cent.- of the • natiOnal, in- ,eome, agrieulture • 14.2.-' per and retail trade., 102, per cent. • .4.40.4.41444.4.44,...41,4440 that I' hare been waiting _Mac* the middle of, September to go into the hospital for an operation:. rin still waiting; another , blot on our fine ,health service . ." .1 rend this .letter with a, catch In -my theoat." Ail that rapture and gratitude over:a few' 'erins of meat. tea.bags, sugar. etc'. I them:lint of that -man standing up. In the C.B.C,' studio and declaring, "There's suf- fering -in this. country r Of course the,re is suffering inevery country, but for the C.B.C. to permit 'a dis- ellSSIoe. on the standard of living In . elanacla to close with suell travesrv •of the truth is, a low fore, of' treastin. 1 have freonently listened to these •"Citizen Poeum" brendeaSts. and have attended two of, them and my general ,impres- sent* is net therprovide a free radio , o RDER CANADIAN Y U APPIIOVE11 CIIICKS, N 0 IV) yvvii PIIRE BREEDS ' POI/It 1CROSSES. All .breeding stock banded and tested' for pullorum by 'Inspectors of the Ontario Department .of Aviculture.'" The batichery is visited regularly by In- spectors of the'Dominion Department .of • Agriculture. eKinley - Phone lIensall 697-11. 11 atchery Zurich, Ontario. -241 RURON'FARM REP/ OR' T. The farm bulletin frem the Huron agricultural 'bake is issued . only twice h month in 'January and it'ebruary. The bulletindated Janu- ary 6th, as given beim Was of .eourse written before the weather turned told after last week's thaw. ...Tannery ,,rains Tight aft& the 'holiday caused the ersater part of the fairlyheavy snow- tovering to disappear. Fields and woods are filled with water. Mapy. streams and difehes • haye over-. flowed and during the week in undated, 'nut -I -deg It dillIcult to tra- svel, e eeases roadi; have beceme specialty on country roads. These conditions mare. it very- difii. cult for wood-eutting. There is Still the •odd field of grain Corn • not picked.. However, When!we get some cokl weather to. harden up -,the ground, this t be ("cobad.„La Inig1 lt a_11.ei _ti nee _ snow has one down considerably. • There have been -more inquiries about•Jabor for next springs work thanin the past number of manths. • 12 anything else Wits needed*. establish 1950 as a' banner year in Canada's eeonomic history. the autoinobile indhStry. •provided it:, Oriel Count Showed, the doniestie matket absorbed a whooping 400.000 oars and trucks. reports The Finan- cial Post. •. •• • • Never before bad Catiadiar made' and bought so many antomo- days, „ • eeee.eee..«.eieeee Supei-clean oRpER Now! Nai9rally sSuperior DEAN con Co. PHONE 95-W biles; never had the auto popula- tion, been, so •big. Almost . eferY City had 'traffic, Problems,testifying to the., auto industry's •produethe capacity tand * public demand and, buying 'power. , • - ArThe last count, there were= milikin ccr ars ' antrucks 'on the road, nearly 250,000. more than last January; 1.8 million were passen- ger ears. This means. there is now one pasSenger ear for • very 76 Canadiana;- in. 1946, one for. every .10; last year one for every 8.6. • LEEBURN • „ Last year there were 1,19,0,000 • 'horses on. Canadian' farm,a lion 'less than in. 1940: :UPHOLSTERING • CHESTERFIELD AND OCCASIONAL CHAIRS REPAIREp AND RECOVERED . • L,EESURN, Jan. 9. -The .sYM- AthLot-,:theseeninalln.A.Tnded to Mr. Harvey' risher-in the passing of his ., father, ' Mr. Jacob Fisher, Inst-Triday in the -C.4oderich hos, pital. , Mr. Fred Glidden, 'Mr. and Mrs. Rod Bogie and • Mr. Jas.,s4lorton motored on Sunday afternbon to Mitchell; where their eosin, Mr. Cecil Kemp, paseed awayon Fri - .„. ,Faetory Guarantee' • • ' Free Flek=up and Delivery ^. •.-Stratford 'WWI tering-X-0r.- 42 Brunswick St.,, Stmt. ford FOr further inforthation' " enquire at BROPIIEY'S runt • TITRE, • GODERICH_ 'vormenetreamemilaa imminow mumni • • The workshops of the Royal Canadian Electrical , and Mechanical Engineers are expandipg---. rapidly in step" with the growth of the Canadian Army Active Force: The men of the R.C.E.M.E. ' are. doing their part to..make Canada strong. There is an urgent need for skilled tradesmen to - •• man the workdiops cif this vitally important • d corps of "soldier -tradesmen". Skilled craftsmen , are.required to fill the posts of automotive mechanics, fitters, toohnakers, radar and radio ° teducicians, instrument makers, welders, • .warchmakers, machinists and other key jobs: • If you qualify as,a skilled tradesman,, • there's a place for you in the R.C..M.E. , - You can serve now- when Catu4.• s'• needs you -- as an exPert' "soldier -tradesman". SIMMONS & S NOW HAVE IN STOCK A (foto SUPPLY ',OF ::-TRACTOREt BE WISE • , ••'BUY NOW AVOIP.TIIE P4OSSIBILITYOF • , . . SCARCITY' AND HIGHER PR/OXS • USED MACHINERY 1-3oint riZEItE MOD*, D. 1Oupinter eo, • t-sp.INTAIMATIONAL akl, ton TRUCK. - 4,--46 'FORD 34on. DUAL AXLE.. • 1---741. 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