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Horsemen. from many points in Western On-
tario attended the annual banquet and dance
ofGoderiet Trotting and Agrictiltural Associa-
tion here govemher 24th When an estimated
200 persons enjoyed an informal program at
Harbourlite Inn. Hugh Hill, Associatiotr, Sec-
‹retary, a well-knewn figure to the sulky men,
is pictured here as he addressed the gathering
from the head table microphone. At left is
the 'timing official and masterof ceremonies,
H. 0. Jerry and Mrs. Jerry.
-Signal-Star photo
4FORAGREENER THUMB
By G. MacLeod Ross
Mrs. Bollard
The dachshund lay snoring
on the co ee table. Mrs. Bol-
lard4 was arranged at Iter escri-
toire in a unny window of ner
sidling room. She had not LI -
ways had a sunny window, much
less an escritoire and still less
• .- a dachshund. But as her hus•
'• band had gradually sold more
and more' of his cars, as his
factories got bigger and bigger,
his cars smaller and smaller, as
• his larger and larger . bank hal-
ance enabled him to climb high-
er up the social ladder, so had
• ., his wife found it necessary to
become more and more public
spirited' and to lend her pat-
ronage to more and more so-
cieties whose endeavors ranged
' from sanctuaries for the pre
servation of the nightlarto per-
petual care of beds for oysters
And- with it all, almost pver
night she had become an lauth-
ority. People were constantly
writing to her, asking an man-
ner of question: How can •We
id the lawn of stink -horn
• . fungus? The elimination of per-
ennial' 'rye from home and gar-
den -the sartorial taste of the
double breasted searsucker and
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But birds were her main in-
terest and the owl in particu
lar. In fact she was in •the very
act of „penning a monograph on
the emerald throated dowager
• owl* .for presentation to the
local Audubon Society. - "Inter-
esting' to Americans as a cage
bird, it builds its nest in large
old-fashioned mansions where
its stately walk and command-
. ing presence is seen to greatest
ithrAntage. Itis best recdpized
by its patronizing call. In spite
of its bulk it is an inveterate
climber and since it is found
only in the English-speaking
countries it winters in Florida
or on the Riviera." ... •
She laid down her massive
gold' pen, satisfied that she had
penned a masterpiece of erudi•
tion for the enlightenment of
, ' mankind, *The rosy glow of ac-
complishment still _persisted
, when Dobbin, her second butler,
handed heV'the morning mail
. ' on a sterling silver salver: The
• very first letter, opened with an
*instrument which looked like a
cross between a scimitar and a
• kukri, was a most disgustingly
lush request that she should
accept the presidency of the
- League for the Defence of Noc-
, tivagant Birds. 'Her -spirits soar-
.' ed • even higher. She beamed.
Of course she would accept for
here was an -opportunity to lay
the -.cornerstone for the per .
--petuation, nay multiplicntion, of
the whole genera of owls. She
was really unusually happy. Iler
daughter was somewhere in
te ' Italy learning informality and
'relaxation with Bohemian fri-
ends while her son, who was a
specialist in psychoma;tic con-
tinuum, was busy with some
experiments with a Parisienne
irr applying the law -of en-
tropy to the gross discrepancy
between the sexes. Humming
a happy tune she pressed a
silver 15,Utton on the inter -corn
system and agreed the even-
ing's menu with her chef. Next
she signaled her 'housekeeper.
Duggan, and briefed , her aS to\
the wine to accompany the meal.
As'she was neer-tired of tell-
ing her acquaintances; Duggan
was- always immaculate with the
wine. So, all ib all, it was not
surprising that she was at one
with the 'world. .
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While all this was going on,
Mistinguette, Mrs. Bollard's
French maid, had been wring
ing out several pairs of maii-
ame's nylOns which even now
were hanging, surreptitiously
of course, on the,balcony off her
bedroom to dry.
Mrs. Bollard had been lying.
down on her bed for an hour
or so when Mistinguette tip
toed into the room to recover
Madame's stockings from the
balcony. To her amazement
there were none to be seen!
With screams of "sacre hleu"
and similar epithets she rit'shed
back into the bedroom. Mrs.
Bollard was now thoroughly
roused from her forty ,winks
and demanded in no uncertain
terms to know the reason for
this outburst. "Oh 'Madame,
tons les bas sont disparus "
Mrs. B. went out' Onto the bal-
cony and a, Minute search ie.
vealed no sign of the ,nylons.
The lower regions were com-
municated with and every serv-
ant in and out of the house
was closely questioned but ti•
no purpose. Mrs. B. was *beside
herself with mortification. -
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chools' Open Night At
Holmesville A Big One
Signal -Star Staff "Bugs" in Miss Beverly Biggins
.acnigEsviux....._Hohnesee le room whih shared some of the
public scheois were highly pop. limelight with the aquarium 411
ulated Wednesday night ' of last
week when "Open Night" at-
tracted an estimated 400-500
persons. It seemed as though
the entire community had turn-
ed out to take part in the ne-
eaSian, and at times the cot-
ridcir of the handsome new'
school was .fairle jammed with
parents and pupils, .board mem-
hers, teachers and township of-
fieials.
Of course there *as a good
reason for this, because sortie
of the Holmesville ladies were
dispensing tasty goodies in the
form of coffee and stick' dough-
nuts, and it seemed that .1cw
passed the 'table empty handed,
not even The Signal -Star re
porter.
.Actually, as explained by
Principal John Siertsema, it was
more of at open night for the
school generally than for ary
specific show of the pupils'
-Work. Tentative plans have
been made for a display of tittit
type later in the school year
when work exhibits will be pre-
sented.
Business and Pleasure
This event proved a good
chance for the parents to in-.
spect the schOol and a good op-
portunity' to, get in some dis-
She took one look, screamed
"My nylons" and promptly Sank
like an immature 1611y to the
floor.
When, some minutes later
she regained hex composure,
dawned on her Wet this.? was
the season when the hoot owl,
the barn owl, the saw whet -
in fact the whdle company -of
the owls were engaged in nest-
ing. Mrs. B.'s face took on a
grim look. She went straight to
her sitting room and tore to
shreds her letter of acceptance
of the presidency of the League
for the Defence of Noctivagant
Birds.
OBITUARY..
rats. IDA GOWER
Mrs. Ida Gower, 80, formerly
of Goderich and Aylmer, died
'on November 21st at the
g,
Mr. Bollard returned from the
office, got out of his Phantom
Rolls and stood for a moment
on the portico proudly survey-
ing his acres. Everything seem-
ed normal -but stay -what in
heaven's name were those long
prayer flags floating on the top
of his highest locust trees? He
called his wife for explanation.
Huroriview nursing homeqThe
former Ida Eleanor Sriiith, a
native of Brownsville, she was
the widow of James Gower.
surviving are one son, Lloyd,
British Columbia; a daughter,
Mrs. Murray (Faye) Sheardown,
Goderich; two brothers, Frank
and Gordon, both of Browns-
ville; two sisters, Mrs. Rachel
Gent, Springfield, Mrs. George
Wintour, Aylmer and four
grandchildren.
The funeral service was- held
on Noveml?e? 24th at the
James H. Barnum funeral home,
Aylmer. Burial was in New
Delmar cemetery.
Dwarf willows of the Atctic
have been known to grow to •-a
height of less than one inch.
Other willows may grow to 100
feet tall, or more. Over 100
species of 'willow are foend on
this continent, out of a plane-
tary total of some 300.
Cam Addison's room. Mr. Addi-
son's classroom' seems to he
oriented toward nature study.
and the birds' nests, ant col-
onies and aquarium have a
never-ending- fascination for the
-
school pupils.
At present, 236 pupils are
enrolled, including the first and
second grades quartered in the
old school at the crossroads.
Primary lasses
The little old school was tar
from neglected. Many visitors,
particularly parents of the
youngest pupils, visited Mrs.
Fran Powell's domain, and saw
sainsdes of the tiny tots'- efforts
ondisplay. isplay. ,No doubt many Jf
these visitors went on to the
b
new school to get in on thefun,
fun, but the little old school
g
a fairshare of attention.
Staff members are Principal
John
h n Siertsema, teaching grades
seven and eight; Mrs. George
Simons, teaching grades seven
and six; Cam. Addison, teaching
grades six and five; Miss Bev-
erly Biggin teaching grades five
and four; Miss Charlene Scotch7
mer, grades four and three;
Miss Jean Henderson, grades
three -and two; WS. Fran Powell,
grades two and one.
cession with the teachers as
to how Jimmy or Sue might
be getting along. It was fun
for the pupils, an interesting
night for the parents and a re-
warding one for the,teachers to
discover such sincere interest
among the parents.
A ••coriple of popular "traffic
stoppers" were the pet hamster
WE BUY WRECKS
FOR PARTS
WE SELL PARTS
FOR WRECKS. :
Right now we're wrecking:
57 Pontiac sedan, 6 cyl.;
57 Ford Fairlane 500, hard top;
56 Ford hardtop; 57 Chey. coach;
56 Vanguard. „ .
WANTED: scrap cars. Highest
cash prices.
SPECIAL: re -cap snow tires. No
trade-in required. $11.75. One
year warranty.
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Highway No. 8 at Holmesville.
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Visiting Singers
Are Versatile ,
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The Earle Terry Singers, a
unique Canadian choir of some
30 female voices, charmed a
large audience in Victoria public
school auditorium WedriesditY
evening of last week. Describ-
ed aS three choirs in one: con-
cert, choral, radio and tele-
vision, these gifted singers ao-
vided a program of great versa-
tility.
The first part, "music for
worship," included a half-dozen
Christmas carols, of which the
audience seemed to applaud
mest "Low," "How a Rose" and
"Away in a Manger," • FoLlt
songs and Art songs were of
varied origin: English, -Sottish,
French - Canadian, Newfound
land, United States and Czecho-
Slovakian, as well as twe Negro
spirituals. IA selections of so
wide appeal, special mention
may be superfluous, but noth-
ing could be more delightful
There is far more land in this
planet's northern hemisphere
than in its southern 'half. file
great centers of world popul-
ation are in east Asia, southern
Asia, northwestern Europe and
northwestern North America.
All of these regions are in the
Northern Hemisphere.
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than the rendertng of Brahms'
Lullahy.'
Most of the folk songs were
without piano accompaniment,
but Russian Picnic had a rol-
licking instrumental part. It
ended the scheduled program;
but the audience demanded
more, and Was rewarded with
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selections from "My Fair Lady"
and "Flower Drum. Song." Evid-
ently the National Anthem is
not customary.
- Russell Bradford, iminediate
past president of the Enox
Church Men's Club, which spon-
snred the •concert, introduced
the choir .and their leader.
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