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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1947-06-19, Page 1Annual Agricultural Edition Clinton WITH WIHICR IS INCORPORATED THE CLINTON NEW ERA—ESTABLISHED 1866 ecord Use News -Record Classifieds ? No. 25 -69th Year; Whole No. 6258 CLINTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JUNE 19, 1947 - The Home Paper With the News Huron Federation -Field Day Proves Outstanding Success 74 qittti CLINTON'S FS N Ea CITIZENS' band will be •heard in its first out. dour Sunday evening .Concert of the summer s'ea'son in Community Park on June 29, so we 'are it -donned .., The Baud made a gw•od showing 1, the recent tattoo here and is im- proving all the •bime Although we knew very little •about band music, we would be inclined) to rate it pretty high in any comparison with •other sigh organizations in Huron County. * * OUR HEARTY ' THANKS TO TFIL'' members of Bayfield Liens Club for their invitation to attend their ladies' night in the Little Inn last evening . But, ala usual on Wednesday evenings, tbe paper hail to be put. to bed . . Better luck next time, and thanks, again! * * LAURIE CO•LQUHOUN, OUR foreman, and the editor; were among the delegates attending the annual oanvention, Ontario -Quebec Division, Canadian Weekly Newspapers Assoc- iation at the Chateau Laurier, Ot- tawa, Friday and Saturday laet . • It was .a great experience for both of us, and we both are certain that we gained much practieal knowledge Which will help •to make "The Bonne Paper With the News" a better paper ... Others from Huron County attending were .Mr. and Mrs. Robert •Sauthcott and Miss •Southcobt, Ex- eter; William 13. McCool, W,inghanr; .laud George L. Ellis, Godericb.. * ,p * LF1AVING CLINTON ON THE ,afernoon GNR train, we were over- night from r,Poronte to Ottawa, ar- riving there more than an hour late as our train had to stand by en route. to let President 'Truman's special through . But it wasn't so bad after all as W. C. A.ylesworth, Wat- ford, tbe Division president, was an the sate train• and was forced to give hie address suet at the 'close al the morning convention session in- stead of et the opening. * * * LUNCHEON' IN THE QUDBEC suite of the hotel was a happy affair, with Ile E. B. Eddy Paper Company, Limited, as hosts, and the speaker, John Allan. 'practical farmer and author of "The Scene from Shing- •wank 'arm," published at Brace - Midge ... He spoke moat enteetain- ingly . A civic welcome was ex- tended by Mayor ,Stanley Lewis of Ottawa. SPEAKING OF ENTERTAINMENT, the people at our table 'got a little unscheduled amusement •out of a young lad at the convention, Bill Bond, son of Cecil EI. Bond, publisher of The New Lisleeard Speaker We asked hila if he worked with his farther as a printer's devil, and he came right back with the answer that he was no inter's devil but could qualify as 'pr devil •of a print- er. . . Another crack he made was that Emily Post, farted authority on etiquette, should be there to check up on the newspapermen's table man- ners—ar lack of them . It was all in good flan, and the young ,nen should make a good newspaperman some day. OF COURSE, THE HIGHLLG:EIT OF bhe afternoon—and pr^abably of the entire convention — was a visit to Goverment )rouse where the entire group were received by. Viscount and Lady Alexander of Tunis in the Bali R'oem They proved a very charming and interesting couple . . After buffet refreshments had bean served, Their Excellencies conducted td the delegates on a tour of the beau:Urfa grounds — an extremely great ,pleasure . We .saw the trees planted the day previously by President and Mrs. Truman as a nnamento of their visit . Scarlet coated "monmties" were on duty, and n the Governor-Ges ai s standard was flying from the :flag pole of the palatial mansion ... It was all very nice, indeed. t * ,N THE ASSOCIATION DINNER IN the Banquet Hall of the Chateau in 'the evening wes most enjoyable, and we heard one of the finest addresses it ever Inc been oar privilege to bear, from the lips of el, Grattan. O'Leary, ,associate r editor, Ottawa Journal . . . Based en his 35 years' experience in iihe Parliamentary Press 'Gallery at Ottawa, he gave his observations on various past members aParliament ... Rt. Eton. Arbhtur Mreighen he placed at the top .of the list by virtue of his most p ewenful debating ability — "the greatest the Parliament of Canada has .seen or ever will see" . Strong words, but perhaps true. * * * A11 IMPOFEATUREN•T FEATURE OF the banquet was ,the asnnauncem:ent of winners end presentation of trophies tor the various newspaper competitions, •there being 55 contest- ants . . . The Fort Erie Tinnes- Review again was the wines• of the (Continued on Page 8) ,•urwv,are•a,.a•..asw.ovw..n.+..+wr rhe Week's Weather See Bright Future for Agriculture HON. T. L. KENNEDY HON. J. G. GARDINER A beight future for Canadian fanners is seen by Rt. Hons. James G. Gardiner, Federal Minister of Agriculture, and Hon. Thomas L. Ken- nedy, Onto/tie'Minister of Agriculture, in comments made an the efforts of the Canadian Federations of .Agriculture.Agriculturetoo achieve 'a National Day for agriculture. Mr. Gardiner stated that since the maintenance of peace and the promotion of human happiness and .eecur to are intim- ately linked with ends the peat of farmers is obvious. Mr, Kennedy said that in spite of the handicap of a late spring, he was confident that the farmers of Ontario again would meet the challenge that has been placed before then:. p Air Force Open House Attracts Large Number (By Staff ,Reporter) "Air Force Day" at •Olhston Radar anti Communications School on Set- t -inlay last ,proved an unanalified sue - cess from every standpoint. ' Threatening skies failed to keep a crowd estimated at close to 2,500 residents at the district away froth rho Station during the afternoon and evening "doings". The registered count was about 1,400 in the after- noon, with about 850 attending the dance in the Drill Hall in. the even- ing. Wreath Laid Morning ceremonies included a pavade and laying a wreath on the cenotaph ,Saturday morning at ten o'clock, The parade included two flights from the Station, Group Captain E. A. McGiwwm, who land the wreath, was accompanied by SIL Coyne, .SIL •Mooney, and Mayor A.J.McMcMurray.'I1he salute was taken from the reviewing stand in Town Hall Park. Afternoon Opening A continuous reeard of those ar- iiring at the gate was made by a television camera Saturday after. noon, and the televised image was projected on it screen in a building inside the grounds, where earlier arrivals could watch others come in the gate a quarter of a mile away. G/GICMcGorean, commanding officer of the ,Station, welcomed the civilian visitors from a dais on. the parade ground, and outlined the provisions made for assisting then to see through the buildings. Mayou A.. J. 'McMurray, speaking in behalf of the guests, expressed the thenks of the citizens of .Clinton ear the opportunity of viewing some of the important equipment minimal - ed in the station. A. programme of sports and con- tests preyed very interesting• to the hundreds a4tending•. Valuable Equipment The !NEWS-B1000RdY was given the 'opleortunity of being conducted through the •Sebool by GiC McGowan aandIS/L R. D. Carter, -chief instruc- tor, and vauious items of equipment were 'demonstrated and explained. Mention can :be made here at only a few. The teleprinter, with speed of 45 wards per minuute, is used .for service between two RCAF stations, and a greater number •of +stations are linked together tha+ough railroad telegraph lines: The teleprinter is the same as the old. ,style typewriter with three -bank •system, an •tfhe morse 'section, there are 30 individual stations. There is a cen- tral control Renal in which can be ted in four oeeorded moose speeds at sine •tome. The room was orowdod S'aturclay .afternoon with visitors taking bhe "codent" test, an 'aptitude test for testing •a person's ability to flirogress •on the Morse code. The morse recorder is a feature of the manse control room. Aisibonrne meta -pent was exhibited showing short range cenuni nic•ation by voice between- aircrad`i and ground, featuring low noise level 1941' High Low Juno 12 53' 41 13 74 'S0. 14 67 55 15 58 47 16 63 40 17 (14 40 18 66 44 Rainfall—.75 in. 19.46 High Low June 13 69 50 14 68 40 15 75 41. 16 82 56 17 76 64 18 72 51 19 55 46 2ainfall-1.49 lay. Walt Disney Visits Home of Forefathers Welt Disney, world ramous creator of Mickey Meuse and Snow White, and the idol of event -childish (heart, was .a visitor in this distrct an Wednes- day. His late grandparents for - mealy resided at Bleevale, and then in •Godericb Township,. near I.-Iolnresville, They .are buried in. •the Anglican Cemetery, Holmes - vide, 'which was visited by Mr. l a and Mrs. Disney and their , p rty. They also called at the !home of a cousin Robert Richardson, a nearby resident. Mr: Disnely's gra/Mather settled near Holmesville when he came from Ireland in 1848, and leiter •at. Bluevale end God - oriole T•he cannily moved to Kwan- sas-•and. then to Chicago, where Mr..Disti.ey was born. While here, the tool: pictures :a£ the scenes where iris ancestors. •had Heed. Clinton Lions Frolic Wednesday, June 25 Clinton Lions •Grub will make its major appeal to the public for funds to earry on this year's work, at the 11th animal Frolic which will take place on the main .street block, between the main intersection and Rattenbury St., on Wednesday evening next, June 25. In the event of rain, the Frolic will be held in the Lions Arena. "Net proceeds of the Frolic will be utilized for child welfare ,purposes and completion of the Lions Arena." William E, Per- due, general chairman of the Frolic stated. "These projeots are for the benefit of all the resnxlents of Clinton and district, and we feel, as. Lions; that they deserve the undivided and whole- hearted support of everyone. There will be a wide variety of games and'ether attraotions dur- ing uring the evening, followed by a dance in the Town Hall." Smallpox Vaccination The Local Board of Health of God- erielt Township .held a regular meet- ing on. May 29 in Dr. Graham's office Regular ratrtine Wetness was dispos- ed of. The Board favored the vaccination tor small. pox of all school children and younger 'to be done about the end of the school tesnna However, if parents wish, they may take their children to Dr. •Graham's office at any time they can go. and extreme compactness, with very light aerial :arrangeenent possible. I-Iighly interesting was a demon- stration of the comparism:u between Frequency Modnlatio:n. en(1 Amplitude Modulation (ordinary eadi'o). Main advantage of FM is the very fav- orable signal to -noise ratio, as it eliminates both natural and man- made static. In bhe opinion of the experts, EM 'will be sin adjunct to normal radio, but it will never se place AM. Large sets coming out today have both FM •and AM. FM stations will 'serve only the cities, it is believed. • • The airborne radar section is used for' blind bombing, navigation aid, detequnisi ng range and bearing of targets :cities, town, rivers•, etc., and pnoduntnng' a relief leap of the ter- rain beneath the aircraft. Aiuborne search radar, rebeeca— is used for airborne identifieation of aircraft, friend or foe. The radio altimeter gives the absolute height of apreraft above )land and water, Levans (American) and Gee (Brit- iah) are aiarboraie •radar navigation aids (used hp the navigator to deter- mine his position, and also tor hom- ing on targets, Televiseon proved popular .Satur- day, Three radar: stations were working into a model filter groom, anti had the film coordinated. The tele - violets tememitted was mounted on a truck o'nts&tle. The electronics section gives a man training ,in all the phases of radio theory anal provides leb02 abosy as- signments to demonstrate those theories. Prize Winners Prize winners at RCAF "Air Force Day" celeb,radion, were as follows, Grand Prizes—Spa.nboni Radio, Miss Mary G. McCully, Brnoefield; Host- ess Stand --J. George Malay, Clin- ton; $5 --•Mair. Victor :[nett, Strat- ford. Baby C'entests ep to 18 menthe "Air Face"—let, Baby Mooney. •son of S/L Mooney Clinton;. 2nd, Baby Rate, child of Ma and rs. A. Rau, Clinton; 'Civilian" -1st, Baby °rich, ('hill of !Mir. end Mars. H. Cinch, Clin- ton; 2nd, Baby Oliver, child of Mo. anti. Mrs. B. Oliver; 18 reen•bhs to three .years --•-.'Air Force"—let, Baby Cameron, •(hili)• of. Mr. and Mrs., B. Cameron: 2nd, Baby Cottoui, ehii,d of Mi., and Ales. J. Cotiton; let Baby Baby Welbanles, child of Mr, anti Mrs;. Welbamlos; Emil. Baby Hudese (Continued on Page Right) AI�i INIIII�Gi- 0- i in P IIIIInI1U:I,T Il i 1h • If you have. guests or have been or are going away, let The NEWS - RECORD know, Phone 4. * * * Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Cooper are spending a holiday at Oakwood Inn, Grand Bend. Miss Grace Zali fe, Kitchener, ise visiting her broth r, John..1. Zapf° and Mrs. Zapife. Mrs. W. ee. Oakes is spending a week few days this w k at her summer cottage at Bala.ar •11tiec Jean Farquhar spent the weekend in Lucien0 w with her aunt,, Mrs .R. J. Cnantero . 1Virs. 11. E. Man 'ng, Denver, Coi,,. has been ronewin aegmusntances in town for a few clay a; s. Brenton Hellyar, Landon, has been visiting his parer s. Mr, and Mrs. W. H. Heliyar thi week. Mrs, Jean Drum ond, Chicago, Ill., hes returned to her ]some after visit- ing Jeer mother, rs. A. Morris. Ellwood . Epps left Monday by automobile on a w ek's business trip to New York and the New England States, Max. N. W. ewarbha aoturned' last might from two-day conven- tion of High Scho l Boards at Hotel London. Mrs. Alan .Sel et' and family, Clevelanda, Ohio, re visiting Mrs. Selker's parents, r. and Aire. A. Maxwell. •Mvers. James Li rtnore spent the weekend in London with emhosbenci rho has been a patient in the hos- pital theme. Mm. and Mrs. Frei* rank Batty and Br daughter, Doris, B oolclin, Ont., were recent guests of hen comae, Miss Zensil<a Cornish. 1VIrs. R. S. Howard, Goderioh, i1• spending same time with her son -hi - law anal daughte .. Mr, and Mrs. Joseph Murphy, Miss Eileen Sutt r was in Godorich rn g t s m M e Tr a e k M a t r e an Sunday :when she assisted the Moir of Knox Presbyterian Chureb by singing a solo. Mrs, M. E. ,McFadden has returned to her home in Cookstown after spendinrg some time with her sister, Mies Zemila Garnish. ,Mo's. Envie Yoes, Stratford, and, Mrs. W. 3. Woods, • $eatorth, were visitors with Mts. James Livermore for several days last week, Rev. Father S. J. Mc'Jonaid, rec- tor of St, Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, Clinton, is attending the Marian Congress in Ottawa. L. E. Gibson is in Hamilton this week attending the Grand Lodge of the Indep:endent Order of Oddfellows. Ile represents Clinton Lodge No. 83. Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Connelly and Mr. E. J. •Symons and son Rose. Post Hope, were weekend guests at the home of Mr. :and Meas W. M. Aiken. Mrs. Henry Sloman was. in Hamil- ton this week abtendang the Assembly of Rebekah Lodges far Onbanio, rep- resenting Hnu•anic Rebekah Lodge No. 306. Miss Edith Stanway, Clinton Pub • lie Hospital Staff, spent the week- end with her brother and eister-in- law, Rev. and Mrs, 33. R. Stanway, Bruceficld. Moe and Mrs. W. Victor Roy spent a few days 171 Toronto attending the graduation exercises of East General Hospital, Saturday, when their daughter, Miss Eunice Roy, was• one of the graduates. :Mrs. W. H. Holly -at and Mrs. G. B, Beabtie were in •Cookstawit last week and en their returns were aeconipanied 552 the formers, mother, Mrs. George Mason, who will spend some time with her daughter. Le1toy G. Brown, agricultural rep- resentative for Huron County. and Gerald E. Nilson. assistant, arae at- tending a conference of Ontario. Agrieultttral Representatives at 0n- tarso Agricultural College, Guelph, this 'week, Mr. and Mrs. at •S. •Snider attended the graldeetian exercises at the, Spring Convoeatio:n of the Universitly ‘of Westerrn Ontario, Louden, last week, when their son, 1Vlevin •J. Slander, Goderich, received lets degree of Bachelor of Antis. Mfrs, Jelin A. Sutter and .1lLr. and ;Mrs. Benson. Sutter wpent the week- end in •51). Catharines and Toronto. On 'Saturday they were guests at the Locack-Inclines wedding in Wel- land Ave. United Ghmurale St. Cath- arines, .and on Sunday visited the farmer% •sisrter, Mrs. W. E. Moody, Toronto. PASSES PRE -MEDICAL Results have been armo'uiced by the Faculty of Medicine, Cluiversity of Taranto, of the resent examine - lions. There was one student in this district, Jahn McIntyre. son of Dr. and Mrs. H. A. McIntyre. Ho was euccesstul in obtaining second class leanoaire in `the Secant. :!'ear, prep medical. COMING EVENTS Msnm g i urn Char •e 50e 30 a word Mixed Jitney,' Clinton Lawn Bowl- ing Club, ,Moncl ty, June 23, 7-30 p.m Good prizes. 25-b Clintons Lions Club Frolic, Wednes- day evening,. June 25. 21-22-23-24-25x Mr. and Mos. Rolbent Hunter, Issaac ,St, Clinton, will be At Home" to their *tends on the occasion of their 501h wedding ' anniversary, .Stvnday, eerie 29, faaom 3 to 5 in the after- noon and 7.30 to 9.30 in the evening. 25-86-n JUNIOR FARMERS PLAN TRIP TO OAC FIELD DAY, JUNE 27 The June meeting ort bhe Clinton Junior ,Parnsews was .held Tuesday evening, June 10, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. VanEgmond, with -a large attendance. •Some 20 •Calf •Chub members' also were present. A class of mlatome Holstein cows were brought out into bhe yard for a type denionstraitiom by Gerald E. Nelson, assistant eguioultus al rep- resentative. Following' the amen stration, the class was judged by the Junior Farmers and Calf Club m,cmrbets, It; was suepirising to note the number who made •a perfect placing:, A joint meeting then feliowed. with members of the Junior Institute. Junior Farmeiw amcl Calf Club gath- ering on the dawn. Stewart •MeElwan opened the meeting wilth the singing of "0 Canada." The minutes el the previous meeting were react, followed by business. The meeting was then: turned over to Bruce Roy who show- ed some very interesting films. Harvest for Tomorrow, E•erly Start. and a picture on Brazil. A heamy vote of thanks was ex- tended to Bruce Roy far present!n,4 these films and also a vote •of tbauks to Mr• anal Mas. VanIgtnond and family for the use of their livestock and home. A. social evening followed with games and lunch. Many of the mem- bees •aa'e going to Guelph on June 27 to attend the Junior harmer field day. A bus will leave .,•the Agricul• tura]. Office. Clinton, at 7 a.m. Clinton Junior Institute held res regular monthly meeting on Tues- day evening, June 10, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. VanEgmonci, with a large attendance. The girls enjoyed a lively ball game until dusk. Indoors, Lois Wiltse took charge of the tweeting which was opened by singing the "Institute Ode." The roll eall, "What you •intend• to do on your vacation," :was answered by each member.. The topic for the evening was in charge of tiergevet Lobb and Jose- phine Muir, who were delegates to the Annual Conference held at Guelph. The topic was in the form of questions wbieh were answered by all present on the film "Home mid Family Living," which was shown et the Aminal Conference. The . meeting' adjourned and the Destitute joined with the Junior Farmers for the•re- niainder of the evening. 5— Four Youths Figure In Motor Accident Four Clinton youths had a very close cal:). teem death or serians in- jti:ry when the coach model auto- mobile in which they were riding. left 'the Bayfield ,Road, -about si:: miles from Clinton, about 10 pen , Friday rest, and crashed into a tree, severely damaging the right front potion of the car. They were Roger Garan, driver of the ear, which was owned by his father, Antoine Giron, Bill Matthews, Biting in the front seat; and Jam Petrie and Gordan Lane, passengers in the rear seat. The boys told Provincial Constable Frank Taylor. and Town Constable Garden Craig, both of Clinton, and County Constable Helenas Snell. Sea - forth, who investigated, ghat the driver was temporarily blinded by flash 'of lightning, and failed to mein a sharp turn at checkerboard sign. Police 'said Garen and Lane sntf- fared hock and bruises, the latter remaining in Clinton Public Hospital until Monday; and that; Petrie sus, rained a fractured nose and Mat- thews two fractured ribs, and facial and leg laceratione. No charges were laid by ,police. a Ticket Sales Good For Lions Club Prizes Plants far the annual Lions Frolic were well advanced, ,said W. E. Per- due, reporting for the general fro'.ic committee at a meeting of Clinton Lions •Oluh Thuusday evening last, Ticket sales, Mr. Perdue said, were ,peo(1sodhnug sattisfaotorey, and :snb- canumittes •chairmen have then tasks well in 'hand.' The meeting was conducted by C. W. Draper, ehib president. •Speaker was :Steffan) Johnston, member of the editorial staff of The Stratford Beacon -Herald, who gave the con- cluding :addrese in a series of two balks on o!penabional intelligence H. H. Hannam Advocates Continued. Production Opens Field Day HERBERT H. HANNAS4 Ptesideect and )Managing Director, Canadian Federation of Agriculture, who officially opened the fifth an- nual Field Dray, Huron County Fed- eration of Agriculture, in Exeter Community Park yesterday. Ile ee- turnech only three weeks ago from attending an international farm eon - femme in Holland, which he deemed Very successful. BAYFIELD. ROAD WILL BE PAVED BY COUNTY IN '48 Following a start this year, the county roan) from Clinton to Bayfield will ee paved next year, members of a delegation representing Clinton and Dterrii:t Chamber of Commerce were informed by Coun. George C. Gino, reeve of Goderioh Township and Mate - man of the 'County Goods Roads Committee, at the closing session of of Iiauron County Council at Goderioh Griday atternoorr last. Prelintimoaa•y work already has commenced do getting the road in shape far Mask top macadam paving next year. Members of the Chamber of Com- merce deputation were President G. ;Ralph Foster. Ellwood Epps, chair- man of the Tourist and Publicity Committee, and ex -Warden Nelson W. Trewaiet`ha, The last-named intro- duced the group, after which Mr. Foster outlined ,the Clinton request. They were given a very favorable reeeptiunl. Tax Rate Six Mills At the name .session, County Counc- il passed a bylaw setting the county tax rate at 81x mills for urban mun- icipalities, and six milks plus the cost of secondary edeteation, for rural nnunicepaluties, an increase of one mill over last year. 0— I3LY7'H VOTES $250 Blyth Village Council haus voted a grant of $250 to Clinton Public Hos- pital beading fund. The estimates this year were not large enough to cover the $500 requested by the hos- pital •so the council recommended that be remaining $250 he 'arranged for by +the 1948 council. Early Copy,Please, Next Week's Paper Due to the eineeeach of the holiday season, The NEWS - RECORD will be published next week one My earlier than usual. This will mean .that all copy. Whether it be advertising, rural corresponldence or other editorial matter, should be in our office as soon •as possible. Deadline has been :slob foe Tuesday noon, June 24, with a deadline of 9 pan. for Classified Adlebs. The following week, the issue dated July 8 will be publielaed in brief form and considerably earlier than usual to allow the meohanical istal to take a need- ed vacation. All copy (for that i•ssmlc must be in the office by Thu r*dlaly, June 26. and advertis- ing copy would he a,5paeeiated even earliei' 152121 that, if possible. WHERE WEEKLY NEWSPAPERMEN MET Headquarters for the annual meeting of the Ontario -Quebec Division, Canadian Weekly Neonnspapere Association, was the ()bateau Lausier, famous Canadian Natilonaul hotel at Ottawa. ' The two-day corirferemce in the Capital was weld Ft' day and •S•aburday, Juno 1.3-14.. le. S. A.tltey, publisher', and A. I1. Ooiquboun, foreman, eepeesented CLINTON NEWS -RS CO11i1) at the eon-venvtvon. (By •.Staff Reporter) Huron County Federation of Agri- culture's tifth ammaI Field Day, held in Exeter Community Park Wednes- day, was •an unqualifiecd •success, of- ficiale estimating that mere 'than • 6,000 people . were in attendance, many elf them tram this •section. The day was bright and clear, with just enough breeze blowing to keep the temperature at a reasonable level. The crowd might have been larger if bhe weather had not been quite se ,favourable for the completion of •delayed farm week. During 'rho clay, an excellent pro- gramme :af sports, races, and speeches, was staged, with .exhibits forming an interesting feature of the ,show. Speak from Stand After Exeter Citizens' Band had elayed the crowd into the park, pro- ceedings 'commenced shortly before two o'clock from a stand in front of the grandstand where hundreds had vantage •points. Russell T. Bolton, Dublin, acted as chairman, and introduced Benson Tuckey, reeve of Exeter, who con- gratulated the Federation •and ex- tended a welcome irr behalf of the Village of Exeter. ()there who spoke briefly included Warden Brown Smyth; Albert Kalb- fleiso)h, representing tic. H. Golding, , MP; J. W. Hanna, MLA; Dr. 11. IHobbs Taylor, MLA.; and Charles R. Coultes, Belgrave second vice- !president •of the Federation, who in- troduced the main speaker as "a real farm boy" who had been president of the CFA since 1940. Urges AB -Out Production If. H. Iiannanl, ,president and man- aging director, Canadian Federation of Agriculture, commented that the present situation was disastrous when food was so badly needed. The Federal Government had assured the Federation that there would be 71t million bushels available from the West by fall. Discussing his trip to Holland from which he had returned only three weeks ago, Mr, Heinlein paid tribute to the tenet foe their intensive method's and :have work. The inter- national farm conference had been a great success, he said. ` I believe that our 'Canadian Gov- ernment. and Canadian Department of Agriculture have given ample proof that they will back up this psogranune," he declarecl, -Mr. Hannam commented en the harmony exhibited at the confer- ence, and urged the .fullest coopera- tion in solving world food problems through all-out production in Canada. The speakers were thanked by W. R. Labb, Clinton, first vice-president of Huron •County Federation. Livestock Pugging The Livestock Judging Contest, held under bhe direction of Huron County Branch, Onsbario Department of 'Agriculture. for hogs and girls croon 12 to 26 years of age, included one class each of heavy horses, beef cattle, dairy cattle, sheep and swine. Thirty-six took part in the four divisions, including one girl who tied Tor first •and lost on reasons. LeRoy G. Brown, agricultural representative for Hurcet County, anal Gerald E. Nelson, assistant, were in charge, assisted by R. S. MnKereher, Dublin; •G. W. Mont- gomery, Petrolia; IKenneth Lantz, London; Frank Webster, St. Thomas; George McLaughlin, Stratford. Results• were as follows: Senior (represented (minty pre- eiousiiy,)-- 4Vl turray Roy Lon.desboro, 473 (out of possible 500); Howard Pym. Centralia, 453; Jim Lobb, reline ban, IR,R.'2, 443; Glen Wise, Clinton, R.R. 3, 438. Intermediate (never represented county previously) — Ebner Powa, Centralia, 451; Edwin Miller, Exeter., 445; Ebner Heaney, Goderdch, 439; W. 13. Roweliffe. Hensel], 435; Ger- eld Dtns•tow, Port Albert. 433; Sim Snell, •Clisitonn, 423; Hamachay de Block, Granton, 431.; . Hoary Herrn, Granton, 428; Keit& Miller, Clinton: 428; Gerald Fisher, Goderioh, 426. Club members, 1946—:Graeme Mac- Donald, Brussels, 435; Edward Club- ton, •Godieo4li, 433; Jack Nethery, Blyth, 424; Ross Knight, Brussels, 419; Charles ' Turnbull, 419; Ross Dertner, Ebhsl, 417; Ross Procter. Bnrssels, 416; Jim .![night, Brussels. 406; Bruce Si -lepton, Exteter, 399; Evelyn Tureen, Godetich, 393; •iKeta- neth Knight, Brussels, 387; George Tutton, Goderieh, 384. amnions, (18 years and under) — Jahn Clarke, Gnderieh, 423; Donren° McFarlane, Brussels, 423; Norman Pocock, Wilchain, 419;, Gma'hgnt Bogie, •Goderioh, 405; Jim Barris. Ifiltkton, 404; Lorne Johns, •Centralia, 403; To:m. Brock, Granton, 389; Ars -their Bolton, Dublinn, 579; Merton nolleKeyes, DSe.blain(fon'th40, 359; 'Michael Gin' , u, 3. High Go:tmty team Usboa'ne — (ibawna•rl Pym. Edelen +Miller, William Rewelifte), 1,333; rummer-up—Iiul- lett TcUmehup (Murray Rey, Jim Snell, William Neihstly), 1330. High in darn,, •section--.,enior, M. Ray, Landesboao, 98; intermediate, W. Rowcliffe, Hensali, 95; 'Chit, Geovge Tufton, Godersab 93; Junior, rim Haanie Kirkton, 85. • A Smile for Today Look Alike "What seems to, be your diffi- celty?" a.eked the ,passing atteiulant: "Well." replied the man who ; was looking through the large Window of the maternity wing, ":tile mem as - noted the that mine was the best - looting baby in the bench. But which is which?"