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Thank I You, Coderic
The Goderich Lions Club thanks the citizens of
Goderich for their _gener9us—supwarlin 1.116A11164164._.
Instit4te for the Blind Campaign.
We ask,any persons who, through error, were not
canvassed in the campaign to leave their contributions'
with. anTLion or any ef the banks.
Ally person from the rural areas Wishing to make
a contribution may do so,by leaving same at any bank in
Goderich or their sub agencies at Auburn or Dungan-
non.
GODERICH LIONS CLUB
C.W.L: --,
The regular meeting' of .the
Catholic Womena League tOOk Plat*
In the parish auditorium on Wed-
nesday, February. 6, Mrs.Gibbons
presiding- The. meeting opened with
the League prayor„.4011owed ,_ by,
prayers for His late Najeity, King
—George VL 24iss 'O., O'Neill- re-
ported ou the January visits to the
hospital patients And the• slpt-ins.
irt
The hospitai comtitittee for 'Febru-
- ey---ls-eonsPetsed-of-Mrn
and Mrs. W. Coulthurst. 3Irs.,411)-
bons gave a report on the Bingo
which was recently held' in the
British Exchange Hotel. Final ar-
angements' were made for the ap.
preaching. 'card party, and dance:
A committee- .was ,chosen to-snper-
vise the redeeorating of the kitchen
and the buying of additional furn-
ishings for it. Materials are'being
purchased and sewing groups organ-
ized in preparation for the annual
bazaar. A. consignment of Catholic
literature was packed and sent to
mission stations in India. A grant
of $10' was made t� the. Separate
School library, the selection of
books to be made by Sister St.
Thomas. Miss M. Powell reviewed
the, hook, "I hear you calling me,"
which is an4-account of the career
of the great Irish tenor, John Mc-
Cormack. After a lunch and social
hour, the meeting was. brought te
a- close.
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Remember when you got
Mogi- Wonddrail Bike
Sure you dot
-the
And do you remember how you got the money for it? The dimes
and quarters you saved out of your allowance weren't enough. So you
earned extra change doing chores. Slowly, so slowly. the total grew.
Then, one great day, the bike was yours!
You learned then about the necessity for saving to get some of the
things you want most. But has time dimmed your memory of the
lesson you learned so long ago?
If 4o,remember — nothing has changed your needs lor. money in
the future. Nor has any magic substitute been found for thrift.
Today, ,millions of Canadians are practising their good habit of
thrift by keeping up their life insurance payrnents to protecs their
families, while saving for the future. They've discovered that, to
reach their goals, they must put money aside regularly.
Are you following their example?
The LifeInsurancetompanies inCanadnand their representatives
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WE ARE AGAIN
Contracting
Barley
for the Canada Malting.
Company the same as last
year.
Our elevator has been
completed and we are
equipped with four ramps
to provide you with
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Nancy no longer uses this old-fashioned system. In fact . . .
nowadays her husband calls her a financiarwhiz. That's because -
the followed -the advice of fsiends by opening ,
a Current Account at The Commerce. To -day
Nancy writes cheques, and keeps track
of every penny paid out from the
statement elven to her by the
Bank each month, Ske started
her banking off on the right foot
, too, by reading, "It's Simple When
You Know How". It's the handy
purse size booklet giving helpful
dpi on day to day banking, and
prepared especially for womenby The Commerce.
Ask for your copy at your local branch, or writs
to Frances Terry, Head Office, The Canadian Bank
of Conunerce, Toronto.
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CANADIAN
PLOWMEN'.
, ABROAD
by J. A. CARROLL hawk smoggy Allossew
-PLOW MEN' S ASSOCIATION
New Design
SAKE
SUPERIOR
QUAL=
This is the s1xtlrof-1.1 serieki
tortes which John A.
Carroit,a:salt:fa nt
'later of agriculture ter Ontario
and formerly secretary -manager
of the 'Ontario 'Plownien's As-
sociation, will *rite about the
visit ..of Canada's champion'
plowmen to the 'British Isles,
Germany, Denmark . and
• Sweden,.
• GLASGOW, SCOTLAND. — The
ambition of plowmen the world
over, an international plowing
math with universal- representa-
tion, took a long stride 'towards
realization yesterday In the north
of England town of Workington,.
After a day -long conference, re-
presentatives of seven nations be-
came charter members of an organ-
ization to promote such a world
cotuipotition. provisional directors
were named to represent England.
Scotland. Wales, Eire, Holland,
Sweden and Canada. I n Irk alt ions
to join the organization Will be sent
to other nations.
As the official representative of
the Ont a rio Ph/Waren' s A.ssoci ion,
I was named to sneak for Canada
on the cOmminee to draft standards
and rules.
Though we came away from the
meeting without an set agreements
I felt that a lot of common ground
had been found in the six hours'
discussion.' 'Much remains to be
done to reach agreement on a stand-
ard plow, and a lot,mtire discussion
will be needed' before a set pattern
of judging is found.
Though the organiintion is still
in its infancy a lothas already been
accomplished, and , I am 'sure the
great desire for au international
competition evident among these
present yesterday will carry us over
whatever hurdles arise. 5')
inuch as . WOUld- like- to -report
Ithe distussions in detail, space win
not allow me, and I am afraid it
will' have to wait until ma- return
to °amide. •
I premised you last week an ac-
count of our efforts at, the West of
England Plowing match at Newlyn
In Cornwall. My two companionS,
banada s champion plowmen,
Eugene Timbers of Milliken, Ont.,
and Norman Tyndall, of Richmond
Hill, Oats, more than upheld- the
honor of Canadian 'plowing. As you
already know Eugene placed first
in his class, but I don't think I
,totil you that Norman was4awarded
fourth place in competition against
nine. English champions.
He Wowed 0 good, band, which
on workmanship should have given
hini third, if not second place. How-
ever, the jialges felt" that the type
of furrow did not permit them to
place him any _higher._ The work ,
of both boys was much admired `
for its. uniformity' and straightness,
and we overheard several farmers
commenting on the fact that our
plowing seems more practicable, i
Although the fierce Atlantie gales
had been pounding the 'Cernish
coast less than 30 hours before, the
weather at the time of the' match I
was like an early May day at home.:
Apart from being a little -damp on
top, soil conditions. were ; ideal.
More than 4,000; ;were, present;
about the attendance we- would' ex-
pert at a large county match in
Ontario.
We had never seen more attrac-
tive plowing than that done by ,
thee experts with narrow exhibi-;
lion ' type plows. The turnwrest1
type was of particular interest to
the boys. There are two Plows in
each unit. and when the end of a
furrow is reached the team is ;
turned , back, the other horse -takes ,
the furrow, and the opposite plow
Is let down. This means no crown
as we know it and no finish.' It '
was 'obvious though, that consider-
able skill is required to get these
two plows adjustedto' preciselyi
the same type of furrow. All of ,
the :work Inas- otthe :high ca.; Or
oatseed furrow type. .
'The differeuce' in • the, work of
these t.uer\i and"Pre. plOwlng ,of our
owu -boys. de La oust rated- -Once. -aga in- •
there, will have to be Considerable
give, and take to, reach cbutinon
.groan,d for. an equitable interuation:
at competition. •
It has been u source of pleasure
to us to find an increasing interest
In plowing matches wheraPr we
have been. In Britain there are
now some 350 active plowmen's
'associations, and as at borne, the
officers are among the best fanners
In the, community.
The Col -Lath countryside is dif-
ferent frOin-allYthing we had seen
before. The coast is rather bleak,
because of the high winds off the
Atlantic. Even inland the trees
are all, "shauty-roofed," being trim-
med on`t. west by wind and
salty vapor. In nearby valleys
and further inland we found lux-
uriant plants of , a spud -tropical
nature; palms, rhododendrons,
azalea, camellia and the .broad -
leafed illex trees.
Fields have noneofthe regular:
ity of pattern we are used to.
Their shapes are dictated by the
winding roads which seem to follow
early livestock trails. All fields are
fenced. by live to seven foot .walls
of stone and sod, first built perhaps
live centuries ago. .
The weather favored our, rail
journey from Cornwall to Bristol,
where we began our tour of Wales.
The sun shone throughout the day
and we saw much of the counties of
Cornwall, Devon, . 'Somerset and
Gloucester.
At Bristol we were met by Evan
Williams of the Esso Petroleum
Company, who was as typically
-
Welsh as his name would suggest.
He was °a perfect example of the
lifietrtzessdespirit' of nationalism that
Wales, although it has
been a part of the British .Isles
for 700 years.
-- The story- -goes that While i'31r.
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Williams was in the armY he took
O conducted tour of Rome: For a
time he listened to the. guide. wax
eloquent on the successful Roman
invaSion of Britain: Finally , he
could stand it no longer. ,He ,Wer -
ranted the monologue and said:
"Look here, old chap, you're . look!
ing at one representing a group
that Was not conquered." He might
haVe added—by the Romans -or any-
one else.
The Welsh take great pride that
they never surrendered to the
Rinnans but maintained guerrilla
strongholds in the hills. When in
the 13th Century, Edward I built
hilltop castles to subjugate the
Welsh, even be was unable- to con-
quer the Snowdon regions.
'With all this nationalist feeling
there seems to be no substiintial
moremeat for home rule, though
there Is a Welsh Council and a
Minister for Welsh Affairs in the
House of Commons. Perhaps the
attitude- of the Welsh is best de:
monstrated by their insistence that
the Celtic tongue be thught in the
lower school_ grades. English is I he
official language, but -Welsh is cola;
moldy spoken in the homes.
'We; deeided to •pick a farm at
random rather than take a guided
tour of -Welsh agriculture, and so
gter a short drive We turned in to
what appeared a typical home-
steading. While a farmhand was
seeking the farmer, a ,young woman
dressed in breeks came strolling
down the lane. She 'proved to be
mistress .of the farm,. and active
manager during the absence of her
husband, John Barstow, an armY
officer. -
Mrs. Barstow told us they had
taken over the farm in 1947. It
was vacant then, and most of the
land had been unused for 60 years
or more. It is being worked under
the government -backed "hill farm-
ing scheme." Under this plan ap-
proved farms are eligible for sub -
sidles up' to 50 per cent for -Such
improvements as bracken breaking,
road construction,. laying of water
mains, fertilization and better grass
SeeTdhinegclia rste ..12-oll'din-g-s are about
400 acres, supporting some 60 head
of cattle, 200 ewes, some pigs and.
po ry. Herefoid cattle had been
tried but it was found the soil was
not sufficiently productive forst-hem,:
so the Barstows changed to the
hardy Welsh Black breed, which is
producing beef while living off the
sparse pasture of the ;.high Welsh
hills. The native Welsh sheep are
also favored for bracken grazing.
While.they are small and the wool
clip tnight be as light as two
pounds, they are capable of produc-
ing meat and -Wool lit -altitudes
where the Down breeds conk1 not
exists
Mr. Barstow confinandeered the
farm jeep and -took a'S for a tour
of the hills. Eugene and Norman
sat in the back with three dogs,
one of whieh ,persisted In Wagging
Its muddy tall against my ears.
'We took a trail w,hich hail been
gravelled- and slated under the Im-
provement seheme and witlfin min-
utes we 'have ascended 500 feet.
At the top there was snoW and
iee, but a magnificent view of the
surrounding valleys__ When we re-
turned, - Mrs. Barstow suddenly
said: "Look there, isn't that annoy -
Ing',+" and pointed to some half 'a
dozen wild ponies whieh had joined
the domestic ones kept for the
children. •
_ The farm,. wits_ of the by -now
familiar European pattern : with
lionse tind stables all it the
'courtyard, or as we would say, the
fanny n rd. in the centre. Our
hostess told ns it was buitt on
the site of Colwyn Castle, ereeted4
In 1192. The oak timbered interior
Was a delight fur exit mop o(llie
period. It had a nine -foot open
firephiee with a wide ledge which
the dogs immediately oecupled.
From +Wu les we travelled to
Wolverhampton by ear, wilere
boss; saw their first "rugger" niatelt.
Then short ear -tonr of the Lake
District. and on to Workington for
AGENTS
131ackstone's -
00zazonotaity
Dunlop's
Drug Store
•
INIMINNIMMENN1
Farm Hand
Freed From Charge
of Cattle Theft
Caswell Hackett, LuCknow, was
acquitted of a charge of theft of
cattle by Magistrate D. E. Holmes,
QC,, last Friday. Hackett was
charged with the- theft of two
heifers from Oliver 'McCreer3',
Howick Township, on the night of
December 12.
McCreery, testified -taut he last
saw the two heifers, one white and
one black with a white face, at
about 5 pan. on December 12, in a
barn on a farm belonging to his
mother which he operated. Wheu
he returned the next morning, the
cattle were gone and he discovered
cattle and znan-made•tracks in the
snow 'leading towards a near -by
same). where he discovered snow
tire tracks which, he testified, could
haye been made by the rear tires of
•-a 1950.. Dodge shown -him by Con-
stable O'Hara, at the tire° a mem-
ber of the Huron County detach-
ment of the Ontario 'Provincial
Police, -He said. the automobile, had
evidently had cattle in the back
seat. .
On January 2, he said, he_ went
to Burns' packing plant in Kitch-
ener and identified the hide 0! the
missing white heifer. A hide was
(ember 13 and Hackett said no; he
asked hiw if he had betrir at Burns'
packing plant on December 20 and
he said no; he asked him if he
had transported cattle in his car
and he said no; he asked him if
he had moved any cattle since April
and be said no. The other two corr.
stables gave similar testimony.
O'Hara testified that he had gone
to McCreery's farm on the morning
o December. 13 and with-MeCreery
had followed the cattle and man-
made tracks through the snow to
the point -near the school Where the
tire tracks began. He said that
the near tracks,were made by snow
tires and the front ones had been
obliterated every four or five inches.
He said he saw Hackett's car on
December 29. It. had snow tires
on the rear and the front ones had
worn spots. It smelled strongly of
manure and cheap perfume. He
produced lour perfume *bottles he
had found in the car.
On Friday morning, the defense
produced its only witness, Gordon.
Bannister, GoderiCrh garage oper-
ator, who teatilled that the type of
snow tire eh the Hackett car was:
widely used and that time wear
happens chiefly to front, tires in
rural areas because of rough roads.
'Summing up, Mr. Donnelly said
that ...it_ was strange-Ahat-AleCreery
had said nothing about the flat
marks which O'llara said appeared
to have been made by the front
tires in the snow. He said that
the fatal point in the Crown's case
was that there was no evidence to
produced in court and McCreerY show that the • hide exhibited came
off an atatnitl killed on Deceinber
identified It as .,the same one.
Saw Car Later 14. He said the Crown had failed
Cross-questioned by defense coun- to link that hide with any animal
d
sel Frank Donnelly, Qelivered by Hackett on December
.C., McCreery
admitted that he had been 13.een in court s
in Kitchener two weeks before, We want to know if Hackett
when he heard evidence . that brought those two heifers to Burns'
brought
had arrived in Kitchener
'plant on December 13 and there's
with a blue steer and a red steer
in his car about two weeks :Men he did.
"There is no evidence whatever;
Alcereery missed his own cattle, to show that Hackett was in Kiteli-!
ener 1-..Secember 13. Suppose he
three day S after Hackett was ar- was there on the 20th. What differ -
rested, before he saw the hide.
ence does it make? fluty be that
"How can you tell that hide is this man gave false anSwers to the
ary?" asked Donnelly, referring to
the exhibit, attorney) is going to rely on that
4, fact, he'll have to prove that the
,"It's white." MeCreery replied.' simswes. was false.
"'What else?"
I 4; Lack of Evidence
1.1t:wsiZ; you 'tell its size when '"There %vas manure in the back
its bundled up?" of the car. Certainly there wsisH
"It looks as though it would be I Ilaekett was in Kitchener on De -
this regard he was relying' on
Denison's evidence of the pure.hase
from Hackett, McCreery's identific-
ation- of the hide as that of one of
the stolen heifers, and Denison's
testimony concerning the -cheque
which he swore was payntent to
Hackett for the two c‘attle.
In addition, he said, the Om-
hination of snow tires and" vitals
front tires on. Hackett's car made
It highly probable that the tracks
In the snow were made by it. More-
over, he had given false statements
to the .police. "The accused Is -
under nO obligation to tell the truth
to the police but the fact that be
lied doesn't suggest his innocence,"
said Mr. Hays. ,
"I would ask Your. Worship to
consider that cheque very care-
fully," he said. 'He .also referred
to Denison's evidence that the sale
of the cattle had been conducted
early in the morning, the lack of
the usual haggling over price and
the practice of hauling cattle in a
_1950 automobile.
In acquitting the accused, the
magistrate snid that the car's hav-
'Big tires which could have Made
the marks in the'snow was a very
strong point against Hackett but
wasn't infallible -proof _ot guilt.
He said that the strongest evidence
was -that given by Denison -Who -
said he had bought two animals
from Hackett but his failure to
pick the- accused out of a police
line-up threw a peculiar aspect on;
his identification of him.
"The Crown has raade a strong
circumstantial case against the
accused," he said, "but circumstan: 1 -
tial evidence esti °lily be conclusive
when it eliminates any other ex-
planation of the accused's be-
haylour. The case against Hackett
isn't air -fight. All in all, -there are
so many loop -holes in fhe case that
I'll have to dismiss it."
no a title of evidence to show that
that he saw Hackett's car two ,or
the, same one aa you saw in Janu- /f my
friend (the eismn
five feet longwhen it's rolled out." "1"1" 21) with r" 'le '1:
he was
your heifer?" :nett) is no evidence that there
picked up on the 29th. ;
"Can you swear that hide is eft
It looks the same." • ; were cattle in the back of the car
Mr. Denison, livestoCk manager (41) the 13th," said Mr. Donnelly.
at Burns' testified that when he lir- ! Crown Attorney II. Glenn flays,
rived .at the plant about eight a.m. (IC"
said that if it was proved
on December 13 he discovered that Hackett had delivered the
Hackett waiting with two heifers, stolen cattle in Kitchener on De
one white -
white face, the former weighing _comber 13, failing an explanation
and ane blackwit
. h a
510 pounds and the latter 380. II by Hackett, it was evidence that he
said the 'cattle weiv bought at
e had stolen them. He said that in
regular market prices with little
haggling, an. unusual circumstance
In his experience.
Under cross-questioning, Denison
admitted that he had riot leen the
cheque withwhich, he had said
earlier, Hackett was paid until it
came back from the oank. lle said
he had not personally(' bough? the .
cattle but had sent another man out
to purchase them and saw the trans-
action through the window.
Identification Failed
Referring to the hide; in;the. court-
room, Mr. Donnelly asked Denispn
if he could tell when the animal
was killed. .Denison adulated h
couldn't, nor could he tell when it
was bought. He also admitte4thar
he. !tad failed to identify ,Iiackett
In a police line-up in Kitchener. ,
•Sidney Gardner; Lucknow, testi-
fied that to his knowledge Hackett
had owned no cattle during the
summer and fall of 1951. He said
he didn't know what Hackett had
been -doing since May of hist year.
Constable II. L. Rutherford of the
Bruce County detachment of the
Ontario Povincial; Pollee testified
that he had arrested Hackett on
December 29 n't the farm where lie ;
was employed near Holyrood, five;
miles north of Lueknow. Ile passed
said the uphalstery was badly
Hackett's. car op Atte .highway and-
881(1
and there VMS' a heavy smell
of perfume. 'He said he was joined
in a short ;time by constables
011itra and Truinbley of the lin roll
County detachnnnt.
All three constables testified that
OThira had then given Hackett the
usual warning and had then naked
him a series of questions but 1 ba t
no written statement haff ' been
taken at the time, all being seated
In the ear driven by Constable
Trumbley, (1`11:fra testified. under
cross-examlnatiort, that Hackett, hod
been brought Niel{ • to the poliee ;
office in Goderich and had refused
to give a written statement.
Makes Denials
After all three constables had
testified the magistrate ruled that
their testimony as to the answers
given by Iinekett •to 011ara's muss -
tinning was admisseble. Otto ra
said that. he had asked Hackett ff
be had twen in Kitehener n De.
the internatiolial eonferenee. We
left there Inat night and tomorrow.
we will begifi lour travels In Scot.
land, which it will relate, to you
net week.
KINTATI, W.I. TALKS
ABOUT PUPILS, SAFETY
February -meeting of tbe •
Kintail Women's Institute was 'held' •
at the home of Mrs. Dave Mac,
Kenzie. The president, Mrs. Rae
Dalton, opened- the meeting The;
rotI ('11 WaS answered by providing
pieces .of _home-made candy and
a recipe. Leiters of linsinesS were.
read by Mrs. Henry ALIC,Kenzie.
The quilt blocks the Salado
Tea Isimisstitionswere given out to
the different ladies to work . the
'design. Mrs. Gordon Finlayson .
took the topic on "Do you knost
youranything isf the man who.
. child to S(-hool." A resolu-
Ion was passed that all traffic be- •
hind school busses halt when child-
ren are entering or leaving the bus. ,
The meeting was closed with the
National Anthem and lunch Was
served by the hostess With 28 ladles •
present.
Tenders for the Position °Marble Fly Inspector
Tenders are hereby called for the position of Warble
Fly Inspector for the Township of Goderich. Tenders
to be rated on an hourly basis and/or a mileage rate.
Tenders tobe in the ,clerk's hands by MARCH 1st, and
the lowest Or any tender not necessarily accepted.
—
R. E. THOMPSON, Clerk.
7-8
Tenders for Warble Fly- Spraying
Tenders are hereby called for the spraying of cattle
in the Township of Goderich in the annual warble fly
campaign.
All tenders to be in the Clerk's hands by MARCH 1st
Tenders to be quoted on an hourly basis and only
one man required to each sprayer.
Lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted.
R. E. THOMPSON, Clerk.
7-8
Be Prepared for 'Milt Spring Work
A FULL LINE OF
JOHN DEERE TRACTORS
'AND. IMPLEMENTS
IN STOCK
ORDER NOW AT THE PRESENT LOW PRAM.
Several Good Used Tractors
• AT BARGAIN PRICES.
- W. G. Simmons & Sons.141.
HURON ROAD • GODERI