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Home My WebLink AboutClinton News-Record, 1951-08-02, Page 1Serving; for 86 Years THE NEW ERA -86th YEAR News- ecorTHE NEWS -RECORD -71st YEAR No. 31—The Home Paper With the News CLINTON, ONTARIO THURSDAY, AUGUST 2, 1951 2,125 Copies A Week Agricultural Representative Honoured Prior to their departure far Toronto, MR. and ,MARES. 11. GORDON BENNETT were signally Honoured with many gifts and expressions of appreciation at a farewell gathering in CDCI Aud- itorium Monday evening. ABOVE may be seen RUSSELL BOLTON, (centre) president of Sea - forth Agricultural Society, making the presentation of a beautiful wrist watch to the departing Agricultural Representative who now becomes Associate Director of Agricultural Representatives for Ontario, in charge of Boys' and Girls' Club work. !The ,first Column— Bennetts Honoured Before Departure A NAME WELL AND FAVOR- • ably known in Clinton for many years—the word "Commercial" as applied to an hostelry—has been revived with the renaming of Clinton Grill as "Commercial Hotel", by the present owners, Mr. and Mrs. Ceriel VanDamme They have erected a bright, new neon sign in front of the hotel, and recently had the ex- terior and part of the interior re- modelled It is now a very attractive building and a credit to the town . * * FOR MANY YEARS, • THERE was a "Commercial Inn" on Hu- ron St., near the main corners, where the White Rose Service Station now stands In more recent times, this building was demolished to make way for pro- gress . a * ANOTHER "COMMERCIAL INN" was established in 1923 by the late Mrs. Alex McCallum on the present site which had been the site of the old Clinton Hospital, and she operated it for many years . On her death, her claltghter ,.,Miss..Florence .McCaie lune now of Kincardine, ran it as a boarding house until she sold it to Basil Thrower in 1946 who remodelled the building and established a restaurant known as Clinton Grill The Van - Hammes purchased the property in May 1949, coming here from Wallaceburg .. . SEVERAL OTHER BUSINESS changes have taken place lately in town .. . E. J. "Mike" Rey- nolds has set up his plumbing shop at the northwest corner of Huron and Orange Streets, in the spot formerly occupied by Moore's Upholstering ... The latter firm has moved to Albert Street, west side, just north of the Jervis Building , . . KK MacLARiEN'SSTUDIO, WHICH has operated in Goderich for a number of years, has opened a very smart place in Clinton, ire the Jervis Block, Albert Street, west side, with the object of catering to the photographic trade . They will carry on both in Clintonand Goderich, , , * DR. DONALD B, PALMER. HAS taken over the second floor of Thompson's Food Market, Albert Street, east side, just north of � Clinton Public Utilities Commis- sion office, and has established a very modern and well-appointed dental office, occupying thel whole floor . . Provision is made for the comfort of his Pa- tients and the efficient handling * RUMOURS OFA THE ESTAB- lishment of two new industries in Clinton probably are a little exaggerated, but we know that two firms have made inquiries lately, one of them on the spot with two representatives being shepherded around town by the Mayor and Town Councillors .. . Our information is that there's not much chance of one of them locating here, but we still cannot understand the need for all the secrecy Perhaps a little co- operation from other quarters might be of some assistance to the Town Fathers , . o. FRACTURES ARM Mrs. George King met with an unfortunate accident on Friday afternoon when she tripped•and fell while picking raspberries in her garden at Bayfield. Fred Davison drove her to Clinton Pub- lic Hospital where examination revealed that she'had. fractured her right forearm. She remained in hospital over night and is now wearing a cast and carrying on with her household duties as usual. 0 The Weather 1951 1950 High Low High Low July 26 ,84 65 77 57 27 81 63 81 54 28 78 62 80 57 29 79 53 83 57 30 87 59 80 62 31 81 69 78 65 Aug. 1 73 Rain: .04 ins. It was "Gordie Bennett Night" Monday evening when the audit- orium of Clinton District Colleg- iate Institute was filled to capac- ity by enthusiastic' people from all parts of Huron County, who came to pay tribute to the popularity their Agricultural Representative for the past three years—R. Gor- don Bennett -and his charming wife. -Mr. and Mrs. Bennett and their three-year-old daughter Carol,. were the recipients of many beautiful and useful gifts jointly from more than 50 organizations, ga m'zatons, in the County, connected mainly with agriculture, and spearheaded by Huron Federation of Agricul- ture. The family left Tuesday even- ing to visit near Hamilton before taking up residence in Toronto where Mr. Bennett will be sta- tioned as Associate Director, Ag- ricultual Representatives for On- tario, in charge of Boys' 'and Girls' Club Work. Variety of Gifts Lovely gifts presented to Mr. and Mrs. Bennett included a five -piece chrome kitchen suite; a "chrome high' chair -to" eriatch, for daughter Carol; en oak desk from the Junior Farmers and Junior Institute; and beautiful gold wrist watch. Speeches of Appreciation Following a splendid program- me provided by Huron County Juniors, with Harry Dougall, Exeter, as chairman, speeches of appreciation and congratulation were made by !the following: with Harry Sturdy, Auburn, as chairman: Arthur Nicholson, War- den of Huron County; E. I. Mc- Leughry,' associate director of ex- tension, in behalf of the Ontario Department of Agriculture; S. B. Stothers, Arthur, Huron County's first Agricultural Representative (1918.26); Charles Coultes, Bel - grave, president, Huron Federa- tion of Agriculture, who welcom- ed the new Agricultural Repre- sentative and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. "Gerry" Montgomery; the new Representative; A. Y. McLean, MP for Huron :Perth; L. B. Cardiff, MP for Huron North; John W. Hanna, MLA for Huron - Bruce; (a telegram from Thomas Pryde, MLA for 'Huron, from Winnipeg, Man on his way to the Pacific Coast); Robert Car- bert, CKNX farm commentator, who read the address. Delightful Progranune Harry L. Sturdy, Auburn, past president, Huron Federation of Agriculture, acted as chairman and introduced Harry Dougall; Exeter, to act as master -of -cere- monies for a programme present- ed „by Huron County Juniors, which got under way about 9.30 p.m, Numbers, which were of excel- lent quality and were heartily applauded, included: piano solo, George Greig, Gorrie; vocal solo and guitar, Ethel Heise, Gorrie; monologue, Clifford Coultes, Bel - grave; vocal solo, Jayne Mary Snell, Clinton, accompanied by Mrs. E.. Wendorf, Clinton; Bel - grave male quartette, consisting of Murray Bradburn, Harry Lear, Donald McNeil, Donald Young- blut, lut, with Marjorie Watt at the piano; violin solo, Stuart Mc- Ewen, Clinton, accompanied by Ethel Raise; vocal duett, Corrie Venetliet and Pieta VanVliet, Seaforth, accompanied by Mrs. baritone vocalist and teacher and TurnbuE, Seaforbh; II o wick square dance set, in two fine numbers; piano damn, Alma and Dorcas Siitery, Exeter; vocal solo, Helen Shapton, Eexter, accomp- anied ccom - anied by Agnes Bray; piano solo, Shirley Bradburn, Belgrave. Keynote of Service Keynote of the evening was struck by S. B. Stothers, Agri- cultural Representative for Wel- lington County, and formerly for Huron County, when he said: "Gerd has made a place for him- self here and in Toronto. He is a man with great initiative, abil- ity and punch. He will have the heartiest cooperation of every Representative in Ontario." Heartfelt Replies After they had received their gifts, both Mr. and Mrs. Bennett replied beautifully, expressing their heartfelt thanks for the honour shown them and the gifts presented them, and invited all to heir home;when. established in Rain: 1.49 ins, b No Paper Aug. 16 But Office Open In recent years, it 'has be- come the custom for weekly newspapers throughout Can- ada to take an annual holi- day—just like everyone else. The'NEWS-eiECORD •plans to eliminate the issue dated Au- gust 16—two weeks from now'. Advertisers, carrespopdents •and others are requested to bear this in mind. There is just one thing to remember, however; the of- fice end plant will be open for business as usual with G. E, Hall, former publisher of the paper, in charge. Next week's issue will be published as usual, dated Au- gust 9, and announcements for two weeks should be included in it. 0 FARMER BURNED WHEN TRACTOR " 'BURSTS ATI E (By our Hensel' correspondent) A 30 -year-old Hensoll farmer was severly burned Friday, July 27, when his tractor burst into flames, engulfing him. Howard Adkins was going to cut grain with the tractor on the farm of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Adkins. After refuelling et, he started the motor, and was preparing out shotoutdriveo of the tractor. Adkins leaped from the machine, and rolled himself in the fresh gravel on the laneway extinguish- ing the flames. Its was treated at Clinton Public Hospital for burns to the face, hands, legs and arms. The Adkins' threw buckets of water on the stubborn tractor fire, and when that was unsuc- cessful, they smothered the blaze with pails of fresh gravel. ,he tractor was badly damaged. Howard is resting comfortably at his home. Toronto. Mr. Bennett concluded with an expression of thanks to all who had' cooperated with him during the past three years throughout the county, Robert Carbert, CKNX, Wing - ham, read a very appropriate congratuiatory address to Mr. and Mrs. Bennett, in behalf of the following organizations in Huron County: Junior Farmers and Jun- ior Institute, who presented a desk to Mr. Bennett and a 'small lamp to little Carol; Agricultural Committee, County Council; County Council 1951; Huron County Federation of Agriculture; Crop Improvement Association of Huron County; Huron ' County Fluid Milk Producers; Huron County Cream Producers Assoc - Melon; Huron County Content - rated Milk Producers; Huron County Holstein Breeders Assoc- iation; Huron -Perth 'Jersey Breed- ers Association; Huron -Perth Shorthorn Club; Huron County Hereford Breeders Association; Huron County Hog Producers As- sociation, Huron County Fruit Growers; Huron County Co-op- erative Medical Services; Huron County Junior Farmers; East Huron Women's Institute; West Huron, Womeiis' Institute; South Huron Women's Institute; Huron County Farm Forums; North'Hu- ron Ploughman's Association; South Huron Ploughman's Assoc- iation; Radio Station CKNX! Rad- io Station CFPL; Blyth Agricul- tural Society; Clinton Spring Fair; Beigreve School Fair; East Huron Agricultural Society; Hen - stile Spring Fair; Seaforth Agri- cultural Society; Exeter Agricul- turalSociety; Hydro Frequency Change -over (Grant Webber); Thomas L. Pryde, MLA, South Huron; John W. Hanna; MLA, Huron Bruce; Walter Woods. n COMING EVENTS One of the best -places to dance is Crystal Palace Ballroom, Mit- chell, every Friday night. Don Robertson and . Ranch Boys. 30-31-p 6c a Copy $2.50'a Year Four Townships in Oil Leases Street Signs Coming Clinton and District Chamber of Commerce, at an executive. meeting in the Town Council Committee Room Monday eve��nS-• ing, decided to go ahead wuh the publication of a publicity brochure which will provide facts for industrialists end others int- ending to locate here. In view of the state of -the Chamber's finances, it Was decid- ed to start in a very modest manner, with the booklet pro- duced in mimeographed form by the secretary and improve ie as time goes on. L. G. Winter, chair- man 'of the Industrial Committee, was placed in charge, assisted by C. O. Martin secretary -treasurer, and R. S. Atkey, president. The statistical publication issu- ed by Guelph Board of Trade and Guelph Industrial Conunission was considered a• model of what might be required, for Clinton. Signs Here Aug. 15 G. R. Foster, chairman of the Civic Committee, reported that delivery of the metal street signs —ordered some ago from St. Thomas Metal: Signs Limited, by the Chamber, with delivery ex- pected in June—had been held up through shortage of ' steel, but would be here for installation a- bout August 16. C. O. Martin, chairman of the committee in charge of the recent Chamber of Commerce picnic at Hayfield, gave a financial report of the affair. Clinton and District Chamber nominated the following as of- ficers of Canadian Chamber of Commerce for the ensuing year: vice-president, C. A. Pollock, Kit- chener industrialist, president, Ontario Chamber of Commerce; directors—Edward L. A. Whitaker, secretary -manager, Board of Trade Industrial Commissioner, Guelph, (who addressed the local Chamber last spring); R. H. Mal- colm, Galt industrialist. The next general meeting of the Chamber is expected to be held in September. Junior Farmers Hold Impressive Service Rev. Harold J. Snell, minister of the church, was the chief speaker at the annual church ser- vice conducted by Huron County Juniors in James St. Church, Exeter, Sunday evening. Several members of the Junior Farmers participated in the ser- vice. The call to worship and 1L POLICE LAY TWO CHARGES UNDER CTA Clinton pollee yesterday laid two charges under The Canada Temperance Act against Murdoch McLeod, resident of "Little Eng- land", Clinton, and he has been summoned to appear in Magist- rates court at . Goderich on Thursday next, August 9, at 10,30 a.m. McLeod is charged as follows: (1) that he did sell or keep for sale intoxicating liquor contrary to sections 118 and 228; (2) that he did in or during a three- month period prior to July 31, 1951, bring or cause to be brought intoxicating liquor into Huron County contrary to sections 11 and 128. According to police, a raid was conducted on McLeod's residence Tuesday evening, shortly after ten o'clock, with Chief of Police Joseph Fernand and Constable James Thompson of the Clinton Police Force, together with Pro- vincial Police from the area, par- ticipating. Police said a considerable quantity of beer end liquor was seized, following which the above charges were laid. 0 FIRE DAMAGES APARTMENT AND CONTENTS While church services were in progress Sunday morning, Clinton Fire Department was called to a blaze in an upstairs four -roomed apartment over Superior Store, at the corner of Huron and Isaac St., owned by Roy Tyndall and occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Donald Rogers, an RCAF couple, who were attending church at the time. The fire was first noticed by a tenant in an adjoining apart- ment about 11.30 a.m. He smel- led smoke and notified the Fire Department which responded quickly. Fire Chief Grant W. Rath said he believed the blaze, which start- ed in a bedroom, may have been caused 'through a cigarette butt. Fire damage was confined to bedding and firniture, with smoke causing plenty to the rest of the°apertment. Teeel Vantage was estimated at $500, FIVE INJURED IN CAR CRASH AT BAYFIELD Five United States youths were admitted to Clinton Public Hos- pital early Sunday with injuries suffered When their car went out of control and plunged into a ditch at Hayfield, e invocation was made by Injured were Miss Joanne Pur- liarry Dougall, Exeter, president dilly, 18, Royal Oak, Mich., with of the Couny Junior Farmers, heed injuries and possible fract- and the Scripture was read bytired spine; Connie Rivard, also of Royal Oak, fractured nose, Audrey Bradburn, Belgrave, president of the County Junior facial injuries, shock; Robert Institute. Grande, Birmingham, Mich., head linjuries, fractured shoulder; Ed - Rev. A. Glen eo 4ward oriese,Steet United Church, Clinton, td face and leg injuries; Fd Steen in prayer. Isabel Speirs, Bras—Royal Oak,. abrasions. sels, vice-president of the Junior Institute, offered the prayer of Hospital authorities said Fred dedication and responsive read- Steen was discharged after - ing was led by Robert Allan, ment and condition of thee rere- Brucefield, vice-president of the maunder was "satiefeetory," Un - Junior Farmers, Iinjured in the crash was Norman Others taking part in the ser- ISahalout, Hazel Oak, Mich. vice were Lawrence Wein, org- , According to Provincial Con- enist and choir director; Mrs. R. stable C. N. Anderson, Goderich, G. Bennett, Clinton, soloist; and , who investigated, the oar was a male quartette, composed of travelling north at 7 am. anti members of South Huron Junior failed to make a turn -1n King's Farmers, Highway 21 at Bayfield, It Ieft Jack Currie, past president of 'the road and stopped in a deep the Junior Farmers, voiced a ditch. Miss Purcilly was driver word of appreciation. Iof the car, G. W. Montgomery Assumes His New Duties in Huron Gerald Wallace ("Gerry") Montgomery, BSA, now is in the saddle' as Agricultural Represen- tative for Huron, having taken over front R. Gordon Sennett Tuesday. He and Mrs. Montgomery have taken up resi- dence in the Rat -1 tenbury St. house occupied by the Bennett family for the past three years and own- ed by W. M. Aiken, 1, 1946, and acted as assistant in Lam'bton County, with headquart- ers at Petrolia, until May 1948. He was assistant in Hastings County until June 1, 1949, when he was transferred as District Representative for Nipissing, with headquarters at North Bay. This post he held until his transfer to Huron. Mrs. Montgomery formerly was Miss Arlie Wolsey, Petrolia, whom he married in July 1947. While a resident of North Bay, Mr. Montgomery was an active member of the Kiwanis Club, be - Both were giv- ing chairman of the Agricultural en a hearty wel= Committee of the Club as well come to Huron as of Kiwanis Division No. 1, Nor - County at the them Ontario and Northeastern farewell party' Quebec. The d lighter gave for . Mr, and Mrs. Bennett held him an engraved lighter before Monday evening, after having his departure es a token of their driven more than 300 miles from esteem. North Bay where they had been' Mr. Montgomery is a member living. of the United Church of Canada.. ='Gerry" Montgomery — as he Feted Ere Departure prefers to be called—was born In announcing his transfer to on a farm at North Gore, Carle- Huron •County. The North Bay ton County, near Ottawa, a son Nugget stated that "under his of Mr. and Mrs. W. Cl Montgom- jurisdiction, interest in agriculture ery, who still operate the family in Nipissing has greatly increas- farnithere, with the former active ed. Popular with city and rural in organizational work. dwellers alike, he is •a valued He was educated in the rural member of the, North Bay Kiwan- public and continuation school at is Club." North Gore and attended the Pro- Prior to their departure from vincial Agricultural School at Nipissing, Mr. and Mrs. Mont Kemptville. He entered Ontario gomery were the guests of hon - Agricultural College, Guelph, our and recipients of gifts at a where he specialized in animal number of farewell parties. These husbandry and from which he included Verner Boys' Calf; Bon - graduated in 1946, ' field Agricultural Society; East "Gerry" joined the Ontario ' Nipissing Plowmen's Association; Department of Agriculture June and others. Acreage for Drilling Is Mounting Daily Talkof oil has been filling the air during the past week since extensivethe publication of the news leasing of thousands of acres of land in this area was published in last week's NEWS - RECORD. With a view to getting some definite information regarding number of acres leased to date, and the time of commencement of drilling, The NEWS -RECORD approached a representative of Imperial Oil Limited on the ground. "We've got nothing definite to announce at the moment," ha said, "We've been leasing land around here and are going to ex- plore it`for oil, but we can give you no idea at the moment of when we would be starting to drill." Aged Resident Passes ROBERT HUNTER Resident of Clinton for the past 31 years, who passed away at his fate residence, Isaac St., early Sunday morning in his 85th year. ' He formerly had been a valuable worker in St. Paul's Church of "England. Parrish Liberal Nominee Elmer J. Parrish, Howick Township,' was elected Liberal candidate for Huron -Bruce in the next Ontario election at an en- thusiastic nominating convention and annual meeting held ire the Town Hell, Wingham, Monday evening. Mr. Parrish defeated Hugh Hill, Colborne Township, who was the' GM'S- other nominee out of four to stand,, A fqr,, election, ,, rest ere. two were . NlaoTavish, Tees - water, and William McKay, Rip- I ley. Mr. Hill was the Liberal can- didate andidate in the June 1948 Ontario election, being defeated by the present member, John W. Hanna, Wingham, by 255. Walter C. Thomson, KC', MP, Ontario Liberal. Leader, was the principal speaker of the meet- ing. Donald Blue, MP for Bruce, and Philip Ball, executive direct- or of the Ontario Young Liberals' Organization, also spoke briefly, t in addition to Mr. Farrish and Mr. Hill. r r Liberals on Way Back "The grand old party," as the new candidate called it, is on the way back in Ontario — that was the spirit of the meeting as expressed by every speaker who took the floor. Setting the mood B was Mr. Thompson, who, in an b eloquent speech, declared: 'I in- tend to be the Premier of On- i =baric after the next election. And b I pledge my support of Mr. Far- i risk, who you have chosen here ,a 'tonight, to work with me in the a next provincial Government." Officers Re-elected Preceding the election of their candidate, the members re-elect- ed their, entire last year's slate of officers: Brown Smyth, presi- dent; Gordon. Elliott, secretary - treasurer; A. J. MacTavish, first vice-president, and Mrs. Simon Hallalran, second vice-president. Four Townships Although this company man said he hadn't yet figured out the number of acres under lease at present, he admittd that land had been leased in four townships in the immediate district -- Code - rich, Colborne, Hallett and Stan- ley—with only a small amount in the last-named. However, he representative promised that an official state- ment would be forthcoming dur- ing the next few days. Thousands of Acres It is obvious that many thous- ands of acres of land in the above townships are now under lease to Imperial Oil Limited under the standard agreement. This pro- vides for $5 down payment per farm, plus 25 =cents an acre per year for rental starting next year, plus oil rights of one bar- rel in eight. Provision also is made for indemnification for the property owner in the event of damage to his property. Former Drilling Recalled Gordon Cuninghame, Clinton, has provided The NEWS -RECORD with several newspaper clippings published at the time When drilling was being carried on on the farm of Howard Trewartha, lot 23, concession two, Hullett Township, between November 15, 1938, and May 24, 1939. A report published February 23,°1939, stated: "Since our last report Gregory and Sons (the drillers) have gone down another 400 feet to the depth of 1,645 feet. In their work they have encountered two layers of salt—one at 1,220 feet and the other at 1,585 feet, a total of 245 feet in all. Various soil formations have ,been en- countered, and at the present time the drill is working in hard, brown lime." It was stated on March 16, 1939, hat "the drillers.. are'down over 1,700 feet and have now eached hard rock. Since our last eport, there have been indica- ions of gas in small quantities." Driller's Log of Well Through the courtesy of How- ard Trewartha, a "log" of the oil well drilled by the Huron and rude Oil Co., a local concern, etween November 15, 1938, and May 24, 1939, incudes the follow- ng.4acts. The report was made y F. Ross Gregory, of the drill - ng firm of George F. Gregory nd Son, who drilled the well to depth of 3,531 feet, Thick - Formation ness Total ,Sand and gravel .... 0 120 Brown lime 120 185 Brown lime and shale 185 200 Crumbling rock 200 250 Brown lime 250 680 Sharp sand 680 700 Brown lime 700 715 ,Hard grey lime , , , , . , 715 780 Crevice no cuttings 780 882 'Grey lime and gypsum 862 905 hale and brown l,Grey 905 1125 Grey shale .1125 1175 ;Red shale ,........, 1175 1180 Grey shale 1180 1220 Salt , 1220 1237 Brown Iime 1237 1242 Salt . 1242 1250 Salt and brown lime 1250 1465 Hard brown lime 1465 1520 Grey shale 1520 1580 Brown lime 1580 1585 Salt and brown lime , 1585 1625 Dark hard brown lime 1625 1660 Hard brown lime . 1660 1746 I (gas and oil signs) Niagara . 1746 1860 Red shale 1860 1870 Grey shale 1870 1975 Blue shale 1975 1980 Red shale 1980 2240 Blue shale ......,,2240 2675 Black shale 2675 2720 Trenton 2720 3482 The Candidate A resident of Howick Township for the past 15 years, Mr. Farrish is a native of Ashfield Township. Prominent in municipal circles, he was a member of Huron County Council from 1946-1949; Deputy Reeve of Howick, 1,946-1947-1948; Reeve of Howick, 1949, Council- lor for six years. He is a mem- ber of the United 'Church and chairman of the Board of Stew- ards. He married the former May Whyte, Holstein, and they have three sons and two daughters: eohncetone at home; Jasper, RCAF Centralia, Bower, Gorrie; Mrs. George Adams, Gorrie; Mrs. Donald Leader, HespeIer. o, WHEAT CUTTING IS UNDER WAY BARLEY NEXT "Pasture conditions throughout Huron County continue 'to look White quartzite, red & green sand, stones and red shale 3482 Dark green quartzite 3497 Granite extremely well for this time of year with the result that all cattle look very good,' John D. Butler, Assistant Agricultural Represen- tative for Huron County, stated today. "Haying operations finally have been completed in the county. Wheat cutting is nearing comple- tion anda number have finished threshing. Oats and barley are turning quite quickly and a num- ber in the southern (part of the county already have begun cut- ting these crops. Expectations are for a good yield, "During the past week we have had a number of inquiries con- cerning the treatment of water core in turnips." 3497 353'1 3531 Farmer Breaks Neck In Fall From Load A farmer who had suffered a sore neck since he fell off a load of grain Friday was edanitted to St. Joseph's Hospital, London, Monday, when it was discovered he had a dislocation and fracture of the neck. The fanmer, 56 -year-old Remy Denomme, who farms four miles west of Zurich, fell from the toad to the barn floor at his own farm. When be went to a doctor the severe neck injury was discover- ed F'�t