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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1949-09-01, Page 1THE NEW ERA -84th YEAR ecor THE NEWS-RECORD-71stYE.AR' No. 35 CLINTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 19411 ..+-...-.•.. The , f tr t (Cotur n=== TONIGHT 15 THE NIGHT OF the organization meeting for Clinton Old Home Week, August 5-9, 1950 . • It will be held in:the Town Hall at 8.30 and all shareholders, or intending share- holders, are . invited * * * CLINTON TOWN COUNCIL was to have held a special meet- ing Tuesday to clean up the sewerage contract but it was deferred due to the inability of one of the engineers involvedto attend , It will be held at a later date. The September meeting of Council will take place Tuesday evening next, September 6 . ,, , •* s WE HAD THE PLEASURE OF greeting Lt. -Col. H. Torr Rance on the street yesterday He was accompanied by his nurse Now 85, Col. Rance hes been confined to his home for several months, put he is able to get - out for a walk on the streets now and then . , We trust he soon will be his old self again . . • * * * . THE NEW SIGN ON THE FRONT of the plant of Par -Knit Hosiery Limited, Albert St. (formerly the Richnmond Hosiery mill) is at - trading considerable attention... The itselfis in modern scripttit) (Kaufmann) letters paint- ed in white, with the words, "Manufacturers of Finest Full- Fashioned Hosiery" in yellow lettering .. A. Kirby painted the sign . , . Staff of the mill is being increased gradually, with the proprietor, J. S. Parker, 'n personal charge of manufactur ng operations , URON'S M L A, THOMAS de, is one of the group of embers of the Legislature of 11 parties who ere now on an ducational tour of Northern On- ario, arranged by Hon. Harold ' . Scott, Minister of Lands and crests . The legislators left oronto Monday on the first lap f the trip , . The itinerary ails for visits to Sault Ste. arie, Franz; White River, Tee- m* Bay, Fort William,.Atikokan, 'ore Frances, Sioux Lookout, ba, Hearst, Kepuskasing, Coch- ne, Porquis, Timmins a n d ' orth Bay, ' with the tour end - g at Sudbury September 8, and ack in Toronto 'the following ay . . . a * " E HAD OCCASION SATUR- ay to make a little trip to the mous summer resort at Grand end, and had the pleasure of aviag chats with two former $ inton business men, Fred Parry Parry's French Fries) and Or - elle Stanley (Modern Meat arlcet), who am in business at he Bend ... Business has been ood all summer, but things were little quiet last 'weekend . here have been plenty of tour- sts this year, but they haven't sen spending as much money Is last year , s' * 0 CRE OVERALL REPORT FOR "anada is that about 6,600,000 '7nited States tourists will have pent about $300 million . in this :ountry by the end of this year According to D. Leo Dolan, erector of the Canadian Travel lureau, last, year's records are ming shattered month by month, Ind Canada's 1949 tourist trade s expected to be even bigger hen a year ago , VHILE DIGGING IN A FIELD •elonging to Gordon Cudmore he other day, three small boys-- 3111y oys-3111y and Gordon Murray and )onald Denomme — came across ome well-preserved articles chick ere teeth from some ani - nal . . One person who saw hem- said they were horse's Beth, but another said he thought hey were too big for horses' Beth .. Whatever they happen a be these three boys each have bout three specimens to •show... * * a :FORGE S BROWN, AN OLD riend of The NEWS -RECORD, specially of G. E. Hall, former publisher, was in the office Mon- ey on his last trip as traveller ar Canada Printing Ink Co., ,invited, in this area . Start- ng out with ,Shackle -Edwards. rid ' later with Peerless, he ' has ravelled this territory about 42. ears, more then 20 with Can- do. Printing Ink Off "the cad," he will now browse the iuieter (?)' pastures of Toronto efore going into permanent etiremen't * 'M a IERE'S, GOOD NEWS FOR. THE mailer municipalities! . Ac- ording to Premier Leslie M. 'cost, provincial subsidy cheques re on their way to 600 rural innicipalities about three months heed of schedule . They qual the amount of subsidies eceived last year, guaranteed Shen new lesi:lation changed the osis onwhich they were grant - d . Based on a flat one -mill ate in each municipality, the old ' )shite- +melted about $3.325; p0, while the new ones amount $6,300,000 . . $6,300,000. . a. Knots in pine logs are almost perishable, decaying much less pill than y the log itself. 0 The Weather 1949 1948 High Low High Low Aug. 25 81 54 93 75 26 86 62 92 63 27 85 67 8 74 66 93 . 10 28 70 - 58 86• ' 68 30 75 54 76 60 31 72 55 70 52 Re.le : 1.15 inches none The Home Paper with the News Tiikersmith' couple Have Close Call In Fire Flames Spread In Faces Bayfield Hall Full For Show (By our Bayfield correspondent "Town Hall — Saturday Night could quite easily have been re peeted on Monday night and again on Saturday night! The Town Hall was jammed to the doors Saturday evening. T say that the atmosphere was h was putting it mildly, it was lit erally steaming—which reminds us that if the "City Fathers" can- not do anything about having the windows wipe open or putting ventilators In the ceiling it might be a good Idea to instal an air- conditioning furnace 'which would blow the cool air around in sum- mer and the warm air in winter. But to return to the show, great credit is due to those who were in charge. It went with a "zip" and caused laugh after laugh— and that's what we need in this day and age, real laughter to dispel all our phobias. It re- minded one of the pier -head shows staged by concert troupes in the smaller seaside resorts in England. 0t. 51 PERSONNEL FIVE COURSES ARE GRADUATED Fifty-one personnel in five diff- erent courses, graduated and re- ceived their wingsatceremonies held at RCAF Station, Clinton, Friday afternoon last. Chief course to graduate was University Air Training Plan No. -.1, in which 12 graduates re- ceived their wings as Wee as their commissions as Pilot Officers in the Reserve RCAF. Air Commodiore J. G. Kern, CBE, AFC, Ottawa, deputy air member for Oprational Training, made the presentation of the wings at a ceremony on the par= - ads square. He emphasized the importance of the work being done by Radar and Communic- ations School at the Station. James R. Scott gave a short introductory speech in which he explainled that the group had no officers, held no funds, but that they..had a lot of fun (he omitted to mention that some also had done a great deal of work.) He announced that the proceeds would go to Trinity Church this year on the occas- ion of the hundredth anniversary of the founding of. Trinity Church Parish. He expressed regret that the rector, Rev. La- Verne Morgan was not able to join the group this year on ac- count of Hitless and hoped that he would be able to be with them next year. In the cast were: boys—John Mackenzie, John Duffy, Terry Rourke, Edwards Watson, Larry Pemberton, Eric Pemberton, Bill Brent, Alan Ormond, John Mc- Conkey, Jack Fraser, Robin Mit- chell, Charles Rogers, Fred Mc- Keon, Ross Buchanan, Lewis Cook; girls—Mary Alice Hunter, Margaret Bauer, Bobbie Relay, Elise Phillips, Donna Sturgeon, Jill Milisap, Barbera Bassett, Barbara Mahar, • Susan +Phillip's, Adelaide Mitchell, Therese Bau- er, Helen Aberhart, Nan Gal- braith, Janet Rourke, Phyllis Mack, Elizabeth and Mary Lati- mer, Barbara Stevenson, Joan Sutherland. Mrs. F. H. Paull and Mrs. R. J. Watson played piano- forte duetts before the program commenced and during inter- mission. The program was as follows: Act I Overture, "Another opening, another show," the chorus; "Glor- ia Worthington Cushing," mono- logue, Mary Ashwell; "By the Sea," dance by Charles Rogers end Jill Milisap with the boys; "Horton the Elephant," story, Aunt Ruth (formerly of CFPL) ; "Brush up your Shakespeare," comic song by the singing Scotts (James and Don Scott)' "Brutus and Cassius," Robert Pemberton and Alfred McAlist- er; "Brush up your Shakespeare," reprise, the singing Scotts; "Oh, You Beautiful Doll," song and dance, featuring Janet Rourke in tap dance with Therese Bauer; Jill Millsap, Helen Aberhart, Nan Galbraith; "Beside Huron's Deep," song of her own composition, played and sung by Winnifred Ahrens; "The Highwayman" (with apol- ogies to A. E. Noyes), narrated my James R. Scott and burles- qued by Art end Elise Phillips with the Family Troupe, (The horse which drew so many laughs (Continued on Page Four) Flight Cadet It, 'Portia; Mon- treal, headed the class of univer- sity men, Flight Cadet R. L. Browne, Ottawa, being second, and Flight Cadet R. A. Chamber- lain, Toronto, finishing third. Remaining nine were: Flight Cadets R. G. Warner, Powassan; H. Trenholm, Cartwright, Man.; G. C. Shaw, Ladner, BC.; R. J. McIntosh, Hamilton;0. R. Mc- Cully, Peticodiac, NB.; G. A. Lee - lair, Montreal; D.J. Johnston, St, Lambert, Que.; J. J. Bleeu, -Que- bec City; D. A. Duguid, North Vancouver, BC. Four other courses were grad- uated also Radar Technicians (Air) No. 5; Communidations Technicians (Air) No. 4; Com- munications Operators No. 19; end Technical Instructors No. 2. Car Out of Control Driver's Close Call, (By our Bayfield correspondent) An accident which could have resulted much more seriously oc- curred on the new highway ap- proach to the bridge on Wednes- day evening of last week about nine o'clock. A 1929 Plymouth •sedan, driven. by Floyd Hayter, going west on road from Clinton, went out of control when crossing the high- way approach to the bridge end went down the steep embankment on tire north side. The car rolled over three times. Hayter was lucky in that he suffered only a cut lip. The car which was badly smashed was, hoisted.; from the galley next day by Westlake's wrecker. MAY LOSE THUMB M. G. Sherwood, Tuckersmith Township, injured his hand Tues- day when he was buzz -sawing wood at his home on the Kippen road, He was taken to Scott M emorial Hospital, Seeforth, for reatment, and it is feared that h e will lose the use of his thumb, hich was out through to the one. 0 FINED $10 AND COSTS Pleading guilty to a charge of careless driving, Murray Lovett, .ondesboro, was fined $10 with oats in court at Goderich Tues - ay. Constable George Little testified that accused passed cars on a hill at Bayfield August 19 when - traffic on the road was eavy. EARLY COPY, COPY, PLEASE! Due to the fact that Labor Day, a statutory holiday, falls n Mondaytnext, September 5, thus shortening- up torking week, The NEWS -RECORD re- uests early copy from advertis- rs, correspondents and conitri- tors. They also are asked to bear in mind that it will be the issue prior to. the paper's annual holiday; the paper will no t be published September 15, though the office and shop will be open for the transaction of usiness as usual during that week. t w 1 c d 0 q e bu last al b Historical Sketches OF THE COUNTY OF HUROiN III - Town of Clinton This is the sixth of a series of historical articles on the County of Huron and the local municipalities in this area, taken from "Historical Atlas of Hur- on County," published in 1879. Favorable Crltiesim The geographical position of Clinton would seem to have in- sured for it, from the very first, at all events a local ascendancy, Located at the junction of the London and Huron Roads—the first, and still the chief high- ways which traverse what was once the Huron District—and al- most at the central point of the territory now comprising the County of Huron, nothing seem- ed wenting, so far as superiority of geographical position was con- cerned, to ensure also a predom- inance in commercial conditions. Yet for a very long time after the first settlement of the dist- rict, no one seemed to have been attracted by the advantages of location which the place offered; end it was 'left to that modern civilizer, the railway, to inaug- urate a new era in its progress, which has developed Clinton since then into a most flourish- ing and prosperous town, promis- ing et no distant day to become one of the leading centres of, general trade in Western Ont- ario, as it already is among the chief points of':locel commerce, First Settlers The first settlers within the present limits of the town were Jonas Gibbings, from Toronto Township in the County of Peel, and Peter and Stephen Vander - burg, from Yonge Street, back of Toronto. Mr. Gibbings left Tor- onto in the month of June, 1831,. coming by water to Goderich, and out the Huron Road to its junction with the proposed Lon- don Road, which had not yet been --opened; and in fact the Huron Road, from Goderich, in, was only chopped out, end in many places not yet logged up. The Vanderburg's came through by land, arriving'at the same time es Mr. Gibbings, who settled on Lot 23, Huron Road, Township of Hullett; while Peter Vander - burg settled on the corner lot of Tuckersmith, and his brother Stephen on the Goderich aide, just opposite. Peter Vanderburg built a log house, or shanty, which heused for a tavern, the first anywhere within many miles. After some years one of the Vanderburgs• died, and the other moved away to the United States, being succeeded by a man named heed, commonly known as "Yankee Read," who kept the tavern end also a store from, that time till William Batt- enbury bought him out,' and located at the place in 1844. (Continued on Page Two) School Marks 50th Anniversary "The White School," S.S. 1, Tuckersmith, celebrated its 50th anniversary with a reunion of graduates and forme: teachers yesterday afternoon and evening. Despite a heavy rainfall and interruption of hydro power during the afternoon, the reunion went ahead just the same, much to the delight of the a00 people present. including 80 graduates. —Engraving courtesy The London Free Press Good Time at Reunion • Of S.S. 1 Tuckersmith Accompanied by their former teachers, graduates of S. S. 1, Tuckersmith Township, east of Hensall, .trooped back to school yesterday to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the'erctinn of the brick school house which replaced the venerable white frame build- ing of yesteryear. It was a gala day for "The White School. Rouse" and the entire community, as more then 300 persons gathered to markthe event. The group included more therr-'80 graduates, Some" coming from long distance's to attend the affair. S. H. Whitmore, secretary - treasurer of Tuckersmith Town- ship School Area No 1, which operates the school, and other members of the Board and citi- zens, were on hand to welcome the visitors. Many speeches were made' and letters read from grad- uates who were unable to be present in person, The affair started outside, 'apt first a hail storm end then a eavy rainstorm, caused a scum, inside the school building itself The programme scheduled for the afternoon, had to be curtail - ci and postponed until the even- ng. h e a p f 0 c to f One or the jolliest events wa- n old-fashioned square dans• with Mrs. Jack Faber at tli. fano, William Hyde with his violin, and J. Maxwell calling off. Later, a variety programme was greatly enjoyed, with S. H, Whitmore as chairman: Other eatures were a photo gallery of ldtime prints, and a pony ride for the children in the school yard. The prize for the graduate outing the longest distance went a lady from Calgary, Alta. The teacher, now living, who taught for the 'longest period, was Mrs. Jt:mes McAllister, Parr Line, Stanley. She received a ramed photo. Supper was served in the school house, with the 80_graduates eat- ing together at tables upstairs, and the remainder downstairs, cafeteria style, Proceedigns in the evening included a concert, folloWed by a dance. The entire affair was greatly enjoyed by all Bluewater Highway In Fair Condition Now, An official of the Ontario De- partment of Highways mid at Goderich that the section of high- way 21, between Goderich and Hayfield, is in fair condition for travel but motorists are warned to proceed cautiously. Severe washouts were caused by recent heavy rains. Traffic can go through with difficulty though the road is well protect- ed by signs and lights. A watch- man is stationed at each end to direct traffic. Three are two detours_ four miles south of Bayfield, which have to be negotiated with care. The road is in process of being paved and'two miles of pavement have been completed. COMING EVENTS A perfect ballroom is awaiting you at the Crystal Palace Ball- room,, every Friday night . with Don Robertson and Ranch 13 aye 35-p. WOAA Girls' Softball, Com- munity Park, Clinton, 8.30 p.m., Tuesday, September 6, Brussels vs. Clinton. Come and win a radio. Adults 25 cents, children l0and Concert by Stratford Ba CNR Employees: Band, Clinton Community Park, Tuesday, Sep- tember 13. Also draw for special prizes. Auspices Clinton Citizens' Band, 35-6-x Hail at Hensall Size of Marbles (By our Hensel! correspondent) Hail as big as small marbles fell in Hensel) and vicinity about 1,30 p.m. yesterday. Lat- er, a very heavy rainstorm, accompanied by thunder and lightning, took place. Hail covered Hensalle main street. The•-•hdil storm interfered to some extent with the 5e it anniversary reunion of S.S. 1, Tuckersmith, a short distance east of Hensall, and proved quite a welcome -home to the graduates and former teachers. The storm was. general all over this section of Western Ontario, and all ball games scheduled for lest evening had to be called off on account of wet grounds, Rain fell in torrents in Clinton and district. Returns from Germany For Service in USA An interesting weekend guest in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Cuningheme was Arthur T. Port, Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Mr. Port very recently has re- turned from Heidelberg, Germ- any, where, since the close of the war, he has served on The Judge Advodate General Staff and more recently as Assistant Legal Ad- visor to Gen. Clay. a In 1944 Mr, Port was one of the personnel at RCAF Station, p Clinton. He has now returned to America and will be stationed at Washington, D.C. Mr. Port had much to relate of the existent conditions in Germ- any accompanied by many color- ed slides of descriptive end hist- orical interest as well as there displaying the beauty of Swit- zerland, France and other places on the Continent. CLINTON RADIO AMATEURS FORM ORGANIZATION A. Vellemen, VE3BTQ, Box 357, Clinton, has been selected to set up an organization of local amateur radio operators prepared to furnish organized emergency communication in time of dis- aster, it was announced today by Communications Manager F. E. Handy of the Amex -leaf Radio Re- lay League, national association of radio amateurs. Mr. Venlerear s assigment, which carries the title of Emer- gency Coordinator, is to band to- gether members of the amateur radio service in this commrnity to perfect arrangements. for em- ergency radio communication by hams in the event of natural dis- asters or other emergencies. In addition to use of normal station equipment working from com- merciel power, amtaeur stations using self -powered radio trans- mitting and receiving equipment are needed'. Mr, Veheman, as ARRL Em- ergency Coordinator, will call local meetings ofamateurs, es- tablish common operating pro- cedures, and arrange regular drill periods when the hams' personal stations may he mobilized under simulated emergency conditions. His duties also include liaison planning with the Red Cross and other relief agencies. Liaison will be established also with local protective services, such as fire and police departments. In announcing the appointment Mr. Handy pointed out that radio amateurs have traditionally had the responsibility of being in constant readiness to offer assist- ance in time of need with ham - acquired skill, emergency -power- ed transmitters end a wealth of community spirit. "When sleet storms disrupt telephone and tele- i graph service, or floods isolate whole communities," the League's Communications Manager said, "it is amateur radio that comes to the rescue with operators and self -powered equipment, often es the sole agency able to transmit! messages calling on the outside world for aid for the stricken community, "To be prepared for this funct-I ion requires not only a highly organized program of prepared- ness locally," Mr. Handy continu- ed, "but hams outside the dis- aser area must be prepared to act as outlets and relay points for emergency traffic. Planning and organization are necessary in either eventuality, and that is the job Mr. Velleman is doing for this area. Bannockburn Band Takes Part in Tattoo The third annual band tattoo, sponsored by the Blyth Lions Club Boys' and Girls' Band, was held in the Agricultural Park, EIytb, Friday evening with bands participating from Goderich, Elmira, Hanover, London, Walk- erton, Blyth, and Wingham, as well as the Bannockburn Pipe Bend, Varna and Clinton, The parade marched to the park, where an address of wel- come was given by Reeve F. T. Bainton. A minute's silence was observed honoring the memory of E. M. Brett, Stratford, The program was opened by massed bands playing "Royal Welcome Home" under the dir- ection of W. E. Wood, Walkerton. A pleasing drill ' was presented by the Goderich Girls' Drum and Bugle Band under the direction of George James. Massed bands gain played, with Harry Mann, Hanover, directing, Drills were resented by the Bannockburn fpe Band and the minim Vet- erans' Bugle Band, followed by the massed bands playing "Melt - e*. Escort" with E. Seddon, Wingham, wielding the baton, and "Fraternal Emblem," under Char- les Wood, Goderich. Following the tattoo, Blyth Lions Club sponsored a well- pttronized dance in Memorial Hatt Remember “The Dark Day" "Way Back 68 Years Ago? (By C. Mortimer Bezeau, Kitch- ener, formerly of Clinton.) The Dark Day in 1881 Few of those now living who, on September 5, 1881, were old enough to understand the con- sternation that possessed a large number of people in Western Ontario and a part of the United States will have forgotten the day, though they may not readily fix the date, But that date hes been known as "The Dark Day" to all who remember it. On the afternoon of that date, the writer went to school as usual. At that time the sky was be- coming overcast, end a darkness, like that of deepening night, was spreading over the land, Though the sun was still high in the hee tens its rays reached the earth as through a dark glass. By 2 p.m. the sun was no longer vis- ible; end the sky was blood -red as far as the eye could see. At 2.30 the darkness had so deepen- ed that school had to be dismiss- ed, and the factories had to be shut down, or use oil lamps to keep going, As the writer walked slowly homeward from school that aft- ernoon, end saw lights glimmer- ing from the windows of homes, as though it were night, his childish mind pondered over many things; and tried to reason out the cause and meaning of it 'all. But his was not the' only mind confused by the apparently supernatural spectacle. The chickens, frightened, hurried to their roosts. From the distant fields came the low of cattle as though fearful of some impend- ing catastrophe. Inside many homes the people knelt in prayer awaiting the final summons, as they believed the end of the world was at hand.Inside my home there was an unusual quiet- ude. Mother went about her us- uel household duties, but with face 'pate though otherwise ser- ene. We children spoke only when spoken •to, Father was his usual self. He did not believe in supernatural exhibitions of any kind; nor did he believe the end of the world had come. He did not pretend to understand' the phenomenon; but he was cert- ain that the cause was natural, though unusual, and that all would be explained on the morr- ow. His attitude had a reassur- ing effect upon us all. Between three and: four o'clock there was a light rain fall which dispelled the red In the sky, and caused the darkness to deepen,' Never since has the writer seen it so dark — it was' "a darkness that might be fele." The temper- ature registered 86-degs. Fahr. In some sections there was a light fall of ashes, while in other places the fall was very heavy. The cause: Extensive.huati fires in Michigan. When a flash fire, originating in an upstairs bedroom, was dis- covered in their farm home on lot 38, concession 1, Tucker- smith Township, four miles south of Clinton on King's Highway 4, Mr. and Mrs. George L. Falcon- er were burned and had a nar- row escape from much more serious consequences. Mr. Falconer was burned severely about the face, nose and head, while Mrs. Falconer was treated for burns on her left shoulder and arm. Fortunately, their clothing did not catch fire. Meets Sheet of Flame The fire started in an upstairs bedroom in the northwest corner of the house about 6 p.m. Sat- urday. Hearing a crackling noise upstairs, Mr. Falconer rushed up the stairs to investigate. When he got to the top of the stairs he was confronted anted ka 't h h a sect of flame. The bedroom was a mass of flame, and apparently the blaze had originated near the dresser. A reason could not be ascribed by Mr. Falconer. Four Fire Brigades After telephoning for assist- ance, the family set to work to fight the fire by throwing buc- kets of water into the bedroom. Shortly, afterward the fire 'bri- gades' of Brucefieldl Clinton and RCAF Station, arrived and ap- plied themselvs to the firefight- ing job with a will, assisted by many neighbors. The Brucefield brigade hooked their pumper into the well, while Clinton and RCAF brigades used chemicals. The Bayfield brigade arrived later, with its 500 -gallon tank, but the fire was pretty well under control. Kept From Spreading The firefighters kept the fire from spreading to the garage and barn, situated to the east and northeast of the house, and a shift in she direction of the wind lessened the danger. Furniture was removed from the house, but the roof was burn- ed and a hole was burned in the floor of the bedroom and the ceiling of the living room. Damage was estimated at $1;500, partly covered, by insurance. Although burned, Mr. and Mrs, Falconer improvised a bedroom in the living room downstairs and slept there Saturday night, Medical attention was given by Dr. F. G. Thompson, Clinton. The house is two-storey frame building, faced with asbestos shingles. Repairs were under way this week. SERVICES MARK REOPENING OF AUBURN CHURCH (By our Auburn correspondent) Special services were held on Sunday in Knox United Church, Auburn, to mark the re -opening of the church following a period of redecoration. The services were conducted by the pastor, Rev. A. G. Hewitt, BA, who was assisted by Rev, A. W. Alp; BA, Perth, a former pastor, who preached the sermons. At the evening service, Rev. John licneyman, BA, BD, assist- ed.. Special music consisted of anthems by ,the choir, a duet by Glenn and Donald Yungblut, and solos by Mrs. Emmerson Rodger and Elliott Lapp. At the morning service violin accompaniment was provided by Harvey McDowell, Arnold Cook and Garth McClinchey. Mrs. R. D. Munro presided at the organ and Miss Margaret Jackson was at the piano. The redecoration was carried out by Fred Prest, Londesboro. The auditorium walls are a pale peach and the choir loft a pale blue, while the ceiling is white, The basement has green walls and a white ceiling. Grey broadloom carpet has been laid in the aud- itorium in the aisles and the pulpit. Start Bean Threshing Good Yield Expected "Harvesting of white beans has commenced in the southern part of the County," Fred O. Wilson, Clinton, assistant agricultural representative for Huron County, stated today. "As yet none have been threshed, so the yield can- not be determined, but it is ex- pected it will be fairly good," he said. According to reports, the yield of alfalfa seed isvery, good this year. Many farmers now are busy' preparing' their -land for the seeding of winter wheat, but this crop will not be sown until the dry weather is over• CIRCULATION 2,125 This week's circulation of The NEWS -RECORD is approx 2,125. Due to the End of e Season Sale of The Woollen Shop, Bayfield, advertised on Page Seven to -day, extra cover- age is .being provided in the Bayfield-Varna-Brucefield area. A Smile for Today Uh—What's That? "Dear Teacher," wrote little John's mother, "kindly excuse John's absence from school yest- erday afternoon, as he fell in the mud. By doing the same you will greatly oblige his th "