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• (London Free "Press)
• With radios in -every home,".and
television rapidly reaching the
same saturation point in some
cities, 'do people' still have time to'
read newspapers?. The- Atnerie
, N sPp . er' lishers-As oeia
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finds ofonly� that'
the, de, but.
that threl en of -16d papers' are
actually gaining in circulation.
°This should -be no ,surPrise.'
-Radio and, television 'are ,prima rill'
exitertaintnent hxediums. They can,
and do, bring the public -spat, news
and sports. as - they happen. They.
have the unique quality' of timeli-
gess and' immediacy; )4it , you
ave to be at the. radio er television
at . the right "time. ` d •
;.1'; TewsiSapers, *:ill continue to be
published ' and bought as long as
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the public wants to he info
and entertained_ atits own
and convenience. " .n Neither rap
nor television will ever replace' t
;printed word, to . be read or''''re'.,,
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low citizens, their good deeds, and -'fora er'e brother, Charles, owner,_
had, . iRadio nd: • television whet
the appetite. Your newspaper
The inevitable horn -tooter in
tra ii c was squelched by a lady
Pulling d up alongside his car and
requiring very, sweetly, "What else
did you get kr Christmas?"
HOTJSEHOLD. ` A?B,' 1CIa48 YOU
NO LONGER I EQU E ' CAN BE.
'TURNED INTO ,USEFUL CAST J!
USE SIGNAL -8T Oi; CLASS:Ir'. EDS.
:Mrs, •'Arthur Elliott -and, son,
B.arold, .Mrs , W. Ii. QVMeClure, Miss
Rebina Sproul and Mrs. RO,O_ ''in-
nigan attended the funeral of their
c 'usin, the -late,.Mrs. Etta Mann, of
St, Thomas, on Thursday.
Or., and . Mrs. R. J. Durnin and
d.tghter.'Flora are visiting their
sora, Ctlester; and • amily, , at Pitts -
;burg, Pa. ,
Mrs. W. R. Andrew, who spent
two months with relativesin the
Western Provinces, ,is returning
home this week.
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Mr, and Mrs. Albert .V,44§044 (nee
Pearl, ''Culbert) were tenpered �!
danee reception in the Agricultural'
Rail on Friday night. An• address
of best wishes was read by Mis
Patricia, Young' and a; . purse o
money Was 'presented to the young
couple by Th q mas Rivett.
Miss Clara Sproul, of Stratford,
spentthe week-end.with iter sisters,
Misses' Nettie and Robina 'Sproul,
Mrs. , J. •, „Lesson, Stratfprd,
spent the week -end With her "Cou-
sin, Mrs. S, J: " iilpatrick. .
Barnet Benninger spent • two
weeks in April with his , brother,
C. D. -Benninger and wife, in Royal
Oak, Mjchigan. •
Anniversary Preacher. -Rev. G.
D. Watt, of Dungannon United
Church, --preached on Sunday at
Oakwood United Church, Toronto,
for the ,'Sunday School anniversary
of that church at combined Sunday
School • and Chh ser �" ces, morn-
ing and_evening ;Rev Watt's
father, Rev. W. J. Watt, White-
church, was pastor there for sev-
eral years. Rev. G. I. Stephenson,
of Toronto, spoke in the Dungan-
non United Church in .the interests
of Temperance.
Home From Europe.—Mrs. Car-
man Anderson arrived home last
week after a visit since November
in France, Greece, Italy and Tur-
key.
W.I. Meets.—The April meeting
of Dungannon Women's Institute
was held at the home of Mrs. R.
Kilpatrick last' Thursday evening.
The president, Mrs. C. Blake, open-
ed the meeting. The roll call was
answered by 16 members and four
visitors. During the business
period a donation of $5 was voted
to the Cancer Fund. Delegates
were appointed to attend' the dis-
trict annual meeting to be held in
Belgrave, May 19.. A discussion on'
dressing dolls for the C.N.E. was
held, but no action is being taken.
A meetingof theexecutive is being
held at the home of the president
to plan the programs for the corn-
ing year. Rev. Watt gave an ad-
dress on- education. A demonstra-
tion was given by Mrs. C. Crozier
on how to iron a tablecloth, and
Mrs. J. Finnigan conducted two
contests. - 6
Last year the national income in-
creased by 5 per cent over 1952;
wages, salaries and other labo 4n -
come was up by 9 per cent, while
farm income was down by 14 per
cent..
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Boss (to office boy, who is half
an hour late)—"You should have
been in here at nine o'clock."
Office Boy — "Why, what hap-
pened?" -
SALE OF DOG, BI$E
LIEfl OES SAW SLOW
Goderich dogowners seem
do have forgotten they need
licences for their animals, ac-
cording to statistics at Town
-Ilan. And that goes for bicycle
owners; too,
Figures this week reveal that
Only 80 dog- tags nave •been
--gold so far. - -Usually, -some-
where
someT_where !between 250 and 300 are
sold each year. In addition,-
as
ddition,-as of last Saturday all dogs in
town were supposed to have
been tied up for the summer
months.
• A by-law provides that per-
sons who let' their dogs run at
large from the period May 1
to September 30 are liable,
Ron conviction, to a fine not
exceeding $50.
The bicycle licence situation
is a little better. So far,
slightly over 400 licences have
been sold.' There are about
200 left.
BANQUET IS PLANNED
. TO COMPLETE COURSE
Final session of the .lead'ership
training course held during -the
past several months by the Gode-
rich Junior Chair'xber of Commerce
will be next Thursday night when
a banquet will be staged.
At the banquet, diplomas will
Abe, pres'etited. The course was
under the chairmanship of William
Anderson and instructors were Mr.
Anderson, Max ' Cutt and Andy
Boutilier.
• • NEW DRIVE-IN
Sunset Drive -In, the new drive-in
theatre at the, eastern outskirts of
Goderich, enjoyed a large attend-
ance on opening night, Friday of
last week, and. "again on Saturday.
Cool weather the early part of this
week , cut down attendance, as it
did at all drive-in theatres in On-
tario. With warmer weather com-
ing up, the . new theatre seems
destined for popularity. -
Plans for, the coming season of
baseball and softball were made
at • the annual spring meeting of
the Western Ontario Athletic As-
sociation held Wednesday night of
last week in. Wingham. President
rHarry Doughty, =of Walkerton, --pre-
sided.
The WOAA .will again sponsor; a,
major fastball series. A men's
"D" series in softball will be in-
augurated ' this year for places of
less than 500 population with no
imports allowed and the distance
set at seven miles from which a
team can draw a player. Baseball
classifications were Intermediate
"B" 3,000-8,000 population, "C"
1,000-3,000, "D" under 1,,000. A
junior, juvenile, midget, bantam
and pee -wee set up will also be in
operation. Softball classifications
are men's "A" softball over 1,000;
"B 500-1,000, "C" under 500.
Ladies' intermediate • "A" over
2,000; "B" under 2,000; junior,
under age 16; juvenile,. under 14.
The WOAA will also sponsor in
softball junior, juvenile, midget
bantam and pee -wee in an open
series.
This year only the A, B, C, win-
ners will play off for the softball
grand championship: The . organiz-
ation will again affiliate with the
OBA, and the OASA. Rulings are,
deadline for entries, May 16; dead-
line for group ' winners, August -8•-
in baseball and softball, same resi-
dence rule, June 15 for non -stud-
ents, July 15 for students. The
baseball group meeting - is • being
scheduled for Wingham, May 18,
,and the softball meeting May 19.
"Thankful! What have I to be
thankful for? I can't pay my
bills." ,
"Then, man alive, be thankful.
you aren't one of your creditor's."
The • closing banquet of the
Ladies' Social Bowling Leagu e was.
held at the Park, House last Thurs-
day evening when prizes were
awarded to winning teen's.
The committee in charge of pur-
chasing
urchasing prizes were Mamie McCabe,
Isobel Riehl and Arlyne Rouse.
-Banquet--'ar-sangemen.ts•--,ever-e_-car,
ried out by Peg Wood, --Nelle,
Foster, Millie Whetstone and Marj.
"Young.
Following dinner, election of
1954=55 officers took place- and re-
sulted as follows: President, Norma
Kingswell; vice-president, 'Mamie
McCabe; secretary, Isobel Riehl;
treasurer, Bess Tobin. The re-
mainder of the evening was spent
in playing cards and dancing.
BRIDGE TOURNAMENT .. -
OOPPED BY WINGHAM.
,Wingham Bridge Club defeated
Goderieh Bridge Club 1983 to,1839
in a tournament held Wednesday
night of last week in Wingham.
• Following. are the .scores: East-
West—Mi. and Mrs. McKay, of
Wingham, 1701; J, H. Crawford
and V. bitrner, Wingham, 165; Mrs.
:R. Hetherington and Mrs. J: A.
Wilson, Wingham, 160; Mrs. Gib-
bings .and Dane Dobb, Goderich.
North -South -Mrs, D. Nasmith and
W H. French, Wingham, 168; Mr.
and Mrs. Ken Hunter, Goderich,
159%; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Curry,
Goderch, 158; . Miss M. Johnston
and Mrs. G. Godkin, Wingham,
1482. Refreshments were served
at the close of the tournament.
Visiting' Mrs. F. B. Riley over
the week -end were W.O,I:C. Adams
and Mrs,Adams, the former Doris
Riley, and daughter, Helen, prior
to their leaving for England where
Mr. Adams will attend a course at
the Royal Military School of Music
for three years.
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