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Alexander Welsh
Alexander Welsh, ,a native of God-
erich township, died on Monday at
the home of his son, Olives Bayfield
line, following an illness of two
Months. He was in his eighty-fourth
year,
He' was born in Goderich township
on May 29, 1855, and was married
to Mary Ann Stephenson on, Feb-
ruary 18th., 1880, by whom he was
predeceased almost thirteen years
ago. Twenty-one years ago they .re-
tired from active work to make their
home in Clinton. Mr, Welsh was a
member of the Ontario Street. United
Church and was Conservative in
politics,
Surviving are one brother; Robert,
of Clinton, now the only surviving
member of the fancily; three sons,
Arthur and 'Oliver, Goderich town-
ship, and Norman, of Lambeth,
There are eight 'grandchildren.
The funeral service was held from
the residence of his son, Oliver, yest-
erday afternoon, Rev. G. G. Burton
officiating'. The pallbearers were
David Stephenson, Ralph. Stephenson,
Edward Boyes, Oliver Potter, Charles
B. Middleton and Robert Cluff.
Interment was made in Clinton
Cemetery.
Dies at Seaforth
' The death' occurred in Scott Mem-
orial Hospital, Seaforth, on Wednes-
day, August 10th,rof Glen Houston,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Hous-
ton of Tuckersmith, in his 19th year.
A boil developed on Mr. Houston's
Salvation Army Operates
Bureau for .Missing
Persons
Nothing is impossible to the Mis-
sing Perspns Bureau of the Salvation
Army.
When the China Clipper raced
across the Pacific on a scheduled
flight last month from Honolulu she
carried instructions from Toronto
headquarters of The Salvation Army
to Far East officers of The Army. It
was the start of a widespread search
through the battle -scarred province
of Anhuei for the family of W. Sitt,
Chinese, Parry Sound restaurant
keeper, who is fearful for thein' saf-
ety.
'Sitt, wlio has been in Canada for
some years, has repeatedly tried to
locate his family by letter. But An-
huei has beenheavily bombarded by
the ' Japanese, villages are in ruins
and whole families have'fled before
the, onslaught of the invaders; One'
by one his letters have come back
with a notation from postal authorit-
ies saying they could not be deliver-
ed.
Sitt despaired of ever reaching
them through regular postal chan-
nels. In the characters of the Chin-
ese, he again wrote an appeal to his
family to be of good cheer, tofollow
instructions of the Salvation Army
officer and to seek the safety and
assistance of the British consul. have
Sal-
vation Army Officers in China v
the letters. Now all that remains
is to find one small family in a
neck and when his condition became country where countless thousands
critical he was rushed to the hosp- are homeless and on 'the move.
ital. His death came as a great This search in China is but one of
shock to the whole community where the 250 cases listed that are under
he was well known and very popular. investigation through the Toronto of -
He possessed a fine strong physique £ice of The Salvation Army, There
and while attending the Seaforth
Collegiate was a imember of the
school football team.
Besides his parents he is survived
by two sisters,; Misses. Helen and
Isabel Houstonand' one
brother,
Grant. The funeral was held from
the parental home on Saturday
afternoon, August 13th, the services
being conducted by Rev. A. W. Gar-
diner, of Egmondville 'United Church
of which he was a member.
The pallbearers were Roy Hodgert,
Robert Gemmell, Stewart Lane, Rob-
ert McLaughlin, Russell and William
Hodgert,
TUCKERSMITH
Mr. and Mrs, F. Coleman and
family visited with Mr, and Mrs. S.
Whitmore on Sunday,
Last Wednesday's storm played
havoc with orchards,. fences and
sheds in this locality. Much of the
damaged property still awaits re-
pairs.
Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Lawrence, of
Hamilton, are visiting with Mr. and
Mrs. F. Townsend.
Mrs. Amos Townsend is with Mr.
and Mrs, Elmer Townsend.
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Ball have re-
turned fro)n their trip to Walla
Walla, Washington State, where
they yisited the lady's sister, Mrs.
McDonald.
Mr. and Mrs. L. Tebbutt, Mr. and
Mrs. 0, Martin, Mrs. M. Hableirk
and Miss Joanne Ball visited with
Stratford friends on Thursday.
Mr.• Anderson has been busy this
week cutting flax on the Dale prop-
erty with binder and tractor.. Quite
a large acreage of this property was
seeded toflax this year.
is a Men's inquiry department and
another department which looks
after missing Women. The men's
department handled 774 cases of
missing persons last year. Of that
number 407 were located. The bureau
has an average of 55 inquiries
monthly for missing men and about
15 for missamg women!.
James Hoggarth
James Hoggarth, . a resident of
Goderich for the past forty years,
died suddenly at the home of his
son-in-law, Fred 'Wilson, Hincks st.,
in his 78th year. Mr, Hoggarth had
Mat returned from a drive with Mr.
Wilson when he was seized with a
heart attack, and passed away
shortly after medical aid had been,
summoned. He was born in Hullett
township, son of the late Mr. and
Mrs. Joseph Hoggarth. He was em-
ployed for many years with the Doty
Engine Works, and later with the
Goderich Manufacturing Company,
and had lived retired for the past
few years. He was a member of
Victoria street United church, and of
the Ancient Order of Forresters. Isis
wife, formerly Mary Jane Strong,
of Colborne passed away five years
ago.
For the past three years he had
spent the, winter in Detroit. with his
daughter, Mrs, .Luther Hayes and
his son, Secord. Another daughter,
Mrs. Thomas Graham, lives at Web-
berville, Mich. Mrs. Fred Wilson
was absent from home at the time
has been visiting her sisters and
of her father's death, John J. Hog-
garth of Goderich is also a son.
There are four grandchildren.
Botanical Notes For
September
(Experimental -Parms:ltielvs)
The arrival of, September suggests
to many people the end of summer
and consequently a season of dirge
and lamentation; others would sing
peens• to the relief of cooler nights pf
sweet repose which the turn of the
year brings yith that soft guazy wist
fulness of the countryside, so redolent
of the evanescent enchantment of
spring.
The fall of dewspangled gossamer
is one of the many charms 01 sweet
September. Numberless threads of
the very finest silk, made by tiny
spiders; supposed in simpler times to
supply the looms with which fairies
wove the material for their dainty lit-
tle dresses.
Then there is the mystic fascination
of the huge, orange harvest moon by
night, while by day the September
sun touches the blushing' trees gently,
as with a benison. Towards the end
et the month many of these trees
will turn into a blaze of glory.
The sumacs are among the first to
change; not only their beautiful fern-
like leaves shade into perple, crim-
son and orange, but the erect, tight,
tight, velvety clusters of fruit become
rtd, and persist after the leaves have
fallen. The berries are clothed with
a hairy stickiness that is pleasantly
acid,. These trees and shrubs are of-
ten found growing on hot, dry hill-
sides, when their fruit—it is said—of-
fors a grateful refreshment to the thir-
sty traveller, whether sucked in the
mouth until bared of their acid coating
or steeped in water to serve as a
woodland lemonade.
Another contribution to September's
splendour is the ideal colour combin-
ation of gold and royal purple made
by the goldenrods and Michaelmas
daisies.
At the tune the goldenrods flood
the world with gold. In their over
eighty different kinds of all shapes
and sizes they may be seen growing
everywhere from tate tops of mom),
tains to the seaside. There are also
inose yhich live in the woods and
others which prefer to dwell in Use
swamps.
,All the Canadian goldenrods have
yellow flowers except one, and that is
known as Silver -rod (Solidago bicol-
or) ; because its flowers are cream -
white. Only aur expert can name most
of the species; there -sire, however,
some outstanding kinds which are re-
cognizable by the average botanist;,
such as tete Blue- stemmed or Wreath
Goldenrod (S. caesia), whose un -
branched stent is studded, for nearly
its entire length, with, pale yellow
clusters of flowers in tate axils of its
leather -veined leaves. It favours
moist woods and thickets. Another
<,voodlaud species is the Zig-zag (S.
flexicaulis), so-called on account of its
Prolonged angled stem adorned with
smallclusters or Hewers, in much the
sense manner as S. caesia, but its
saw -edged leaves are oval, In the
swamps end heat bogs the Bog Golden-
rod (S. uliginosa) sends up two to four
feet high a densely flowered .oblong
terminal spire of flowers; its short
brandies aro so appressed that it has
a wandlike effect. The leaves are
long and narrow; the lowest often
measuring nine inches long.- But per -
Canada, Goldenrod (S..canadensis and
haps the best known of all are the
Canada Goldenrod (S. c:tuadensis) and
tine Tall Goldenrod (S. aitissinta)
which transform whole acres into:
lakes of gold with their waving plumes
of pyramid.shapeciclusters of flowers..
One much resembles the other, but the
Tall Goldenrod is taller and has larg-
er flowerheads, while Canada Golden-
rod has nearly the smallest flower-
heads of them all.
The Asters or Michaelmas . Daisies
(so-called 'because the feast of SI.
'Michael fare= September 291.11) form
another large „and complicated group
of plants, and are. in many cases hard
to tell apart. But a few can be named
at sight: such as the Large -leaved :4s-
ter (Aster macrophylliis), so-called be -
enema of its' three or . four conspicuous
leaves on long stems in a clamp near
the ground, , It grows in Shady places
as does the heart -leaved, Aster (A.
cordifolius) with ,its masses of pale -
lavender flowerheads. But the best of
them all is the New. England Aster (A.
nocae-anglive) with its huge `branch-
ing clusters et large violet or mag-.
neta•pairple Elowerheads.
And so dresses) in gold and royal
Purple, September, as with a fanfare
of trumpets, hails the harvest.
it is all very wonderful this unarch,
Little Demand for Western
Horses
A fairly large crowd attended the
sale of some twenty Clyde, Perch -
mon and Belgian horses, which ,Was
held at the farm of Mr. Anderson,
just east of Seaforth, on Monday.
The carload, which was' consigned
to McNeil and Nairn, auctioneers
carte from Sitnpson, Sask.
The horses were of good quality,
perfectly quiet and had no brand. -
The demand for horses at this
time of year, however, held up th
bidding and prices were not satis
factory. Out of the twenty horses
only 8 were sold, the top price bein
$106.00
On all Straw Hats and Sport Shirts
DAVIS & HERMAN
CLEANING, PRESSING AND REPAIRING
Reseeding Lawns in the
Early Fall
'The weather in August and Sep-
tember is favourable :for the growth
have become established, but care
should be taken to prevent: flooding,
washing or puddling of the soil.
If the young grass attains the
height of two inches before winter
it is advisable to cut it back 'with a
• of turf from seed. The temperature good sharp lawn mower. This cutting
during the day stimulates the ger- should only sever the tops of the
snination of seed and the growth of leaves and 'the cuttings should be
young gg • grass seedlings and yet is not caught in a grass catcher and re -
moved from the lawn.
so hot that these tender plants be- rule ,tonne scorched or dried out. The sell I As a general t e it is not wise to
is also warm it this season so that cover the grass with brush, straw or
,young plants often appearing thro- tectton. These are apt to hold the
:ugh the ground in four or five days see in, the spring by shading it from
;after seeding. the warm 'sunshine and in this way
Generally speaking, the best re- to damage the turf.
:sults are obtained by using .seed,
which has been purchased as pure
species and mixed by the` purchaser,
as in this way it is possible to use
only the seed of grasses suitable for
lawn purposes. The most widely act-
opted lawn grass mixture is compos- berries Saturday, but what he really
ed of four pounds Kentucky :blue got was the 'raspberry". Saturday
.morass and one pound colonial bent,morning he purchased several 11
ibis quantity being sufficient to sow!quart baskets of blueberries from a
one thousand square feet of lawn -!trucker who Iliacs just brought a
As it is impossible for the average load from Timmins. Later, upon
person to tell the quality of grass examining the baskets more closely
seed by general appearance, the aur -!he found large chunks of cordwood
chaser should stipulate Grade No: s11placed carefully at the base of each
eivality when buying the' ingredients 1 basket. He went back to demand
litthis mixture to ensure their pur- justice from the trucker but that
jty and reabiti.ty. I worth had disposed of his load and
The area to be sown should be y
:conn osec of good Joann soil, free flown the coop.
p 1
.from weeds,,and should be level. The
:seed bed is prepared by cultivating
the seed germinates rapidly, the any other covering for winter pro -
Wood and Berries Mixed
Leo. Matthews, London market
dealer, thought he 'was buying blue-
-to a depth of 5 or 6 inches and then
'breaking• down the top inch or so
-of the soil into a fine state of tilth l
by alternate rolling and raking., Hard f
lumps or stones should be removed
from the sm•£ace.
The teed should :be divided into
.equal portions the first half being
used to sow the whole area and the
remaining half to go over it all
again, but this time proceeding at
right angles to the direction taken
-[when sowing the first time.
Covering may be done by lightly,
-xalting the seed into the earth, but
"better still by covering it very light-
ly with sereened,...weed-free soil. Ten
pails of soil is sufficient to cover
one thousand feet of seeded area: The
area should then be rolled with a
'lig'ht roller and watered with a very
fine spray. Toobtain the best re -
',,stilts the seeded location should be.
gcept : moist until, the young seedlings
Drinks Milk From Hole in
Shoe
Lack of a drinking vessel is no
hindrance to a thirsty hobo when he
has milk to slake his thirst. A rag-
ged transient was seen near Peter -
bore the other night, contentedly
drinking milk from. a hole in the toe
of a shoe, A bewildered cow stood
by, watching.
Snow Blankets England
e
g
Have Trouble Deciding
Bridge Ceremony Date
The Blue Water International
Brldge, a $1,750,000 structure Span-
ning the St. Glair River, neared
completion today but it still remain-
ed undecided whether Prime Minist-
er King would attend the formal
opening sometime next month when
President Roosevelt will officiate at
dedication ceremonies.
Mr. Roosevelt found' it impossible
to attend Aug. 19 the date for which
dedication ceremonies originally had
been set an on which iMr. King
had agreed to conte. Although' a
new date has not been set officially,
it is believed the opening will be.
held Sept, 5. Mr. King, however.
has notified officials he may not be
able to attend because of prior en-
gagements in September._
Rivetters and welders are adding
finishing touches to the completed
steel structural work on the bridge.
Workmen recently completed the
task of connecting the 'United .States
approach at Port Huron, Mich., with
the anchor tower. A -corresponding
tie-up on the Canadian side at Point
Edward, Ont., Sarnia suburb, was
finished two weeks earlier, while the
centre span was linked May 2C
Begum Over Year Ago
Construction of the plazas, govern-
ment buildings to house customs and
immigration officers and dement
roadways are well underway. Slight-
ly more than foul months were re-
quired to link the United States and
Canadian, sections of the bridge.
First steel for the Canadian ap-
proach was placed Dec. 14, . 198'7.
Work on the centre span was started
on the Ontario side Jan. 17, 1938
and on the Michigan end, Feb. 1,
193Th8.
e overwater section of the
bridge meastit'os 871 feet, while .the
base of the stiruett>tt'e is 152 feet
above water and the top 210 feet.
The clearance is ample to permit
passage of the largest boats on the
Great Lakes.
Entire cost of the superstructure
is 31,668,334 but some minor con-
tracts have yet to be awarded. Con-
tract for the centre span was let
at 3767,279. The Canadian approach
cost $514,490 and the Port Huron
approach 3386,575. Difference be-
tween the costs of approaches re-
sulted from necessity of building a
more extensive structure on the
Canadian side. ,
Costs of the approaches were
borne by the Michigan Bridge Com-
Mission ,and the Ontario department
of highways respectively, while the
centre span was': (financed: by 'gale
of bonds. j ;
Children in winter overcoat`s fought.
with snowballs in Yorkshire on Sat-
urday after terrifying, freak storms
descended on the British Isles, tak-
ing at least three lives and causing
$7,500,000 property damage.
Lightning, fires, floods, transpor-
tation tie-ups, snow, hail and rain all
were elements in the two clays of the
storm's fury.
East Yorkshire was one of the
hardest hit areas, as the storm eut
a crazy path across the country,
striking London, Leicestershire and
the `southern counties.
A dap of thunder "exploded like
a „bomb in Piccadilly near Bond
street during the storm. and sent
crowds scurrying for shelter. Hail-
stones the size of hazelnuts struck
Northern , London, smashing 'win-
dotes, .knocking bowlers from men's
heads, striking children with such
force that they c`•ied with pain.
. Relays of laborers worked through
the. night, tto ]clear tons of debris
blocking the main London, Midland
and Scottish rail rotate between Lan-
cashire anti Yorkshire at Todmorden.
GUN USED IN 1812 WAR
WILL PROVIDE GIFTS FOR
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT
The wood andteakwood which
once comprised part of a gun and
gun carriage used during the 1812-
14 war to repel American invaders,
have been converted into small gifts
for the. United States president.
Kingston war veterans will make the
presentation through Mayor' H. A.
Stewart when ,President Roosevelt
visits there August 18 to receive his
D.C.L. degree at Queen's University..
Two small cannon, modeled on the
style of the ancient guns used more
than 100 years ago, have been fash-
ioned with bronze barrel mounted on
a teakwood base. The two small can-
non will be placed within a teak-
wood box fashioned from' a part of
the old gun carriage. ,
'Snow was reported two feet deep
in some parts of Yorkshire and
Norfolk. '
Bridgee in some districts were
swept away andcrops were flatten-
ed: Automobiles were marooned and
many roads were flooded,
*Blowouts can happen to anyone
• . and sudden tire failure, even at
normal driving speed, is dangerous
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Lifeguard retains sufficient
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Look for rite Blue and Yellow Valve Seem '
Brownie's Serviee Station,
Clinton, Ontario.
of Flora's year; which starts with the
primitive catkin—bearing families and
ends triumpnaatly with' the newest
r —
and most complex—the composite
to which the goldenrods and asters be-
long.
Lightning Strikes Goderich
Office )
Rain . carne down in torrents on
Monday afternoon, the downpour
lasting about half an hour. During
the electrical storm accompanying
the rain, a bolt of lightning struck
the letter press in the office of the
Surrogate Clerk in the Court House.
Quite a loud report Was heard by
Mrs. J. B. Reynolds who was stand-
ing near and she saw a blue flame
play around the heavy iron press
for an instant. Mrs. Reynolds was
unhurt,- though startled, and quickly
made her way to another office. No
damage was done.
Lightning Rips Off jShoes
hon an accident through iris own fault ,
it was always the car, the road, or the,
Other Fellow. Mostly, the Other Fel-
low.
This Other Fellow is worth some ,
study. There seems to be no escap-
ingim you u would
him. To look at Y
think he was harmless, but last year
he killed a great many people, and in-
jured many, many more. I have eeen
the Other Fellow, and certainly he
doesn't loop like a killer, Sometimes
he is a young, nice -looking kid like
you. Sometimes he is a mild -looking,
middle-aged fellow like me. Some-
times he is a gentle sweet little wo-
man like your mother, but that only
goes to show you can't judge by ap-
pearances. He's a killer, and no mis-
take, and something is going to be
done about it = or Is it?
Some time ago, the champion safe-
ty driver of one cI the largest bus
companies in the :world -ors given a
banquet and a medal He had corn-
pleted half a million miles without an
accident. When they called on him
for a speech, he rose and said: "I
Mrs. Jacob Fisher, well-known ain't much of a baud at making spoe-
resident of near Qranbrook is mak-I cites. I suppose you want to know
ing satisfactory progress toward re- ]tow I got away so long 'without an ac-
covery after the most harrowing ex-
perience in her life when she was
the near -victim of a bolt of light-
ning• which struck the farm home
during the height of last Wednesday
night's storm.
Mrs. Fisher is suffering greatly
from shock and will be confined to
her bed for some clays yet. The at-
tending physician, Dr. Richmond of
Ethel said her condition was satis-
factory and said she was not suf-
fering from severer electrical burns
as was first reported. side of the road. If you spend through
bIrs: Fisher was sitting on the side a .main intersection, you will meet a
of the beet upstairs when she was lot of people. who are crazy enough to
rendered unconcious as the lightning think they have the right of ,way and
struck the chimney. The shoes she you are coming In off a side street.
was wearing she holds as evidence 71 you ince to pass on a hill, don't be
of the freakness of lightning as both surprised if a car comes over tlaecrest -
shoes were torn completely 'off her
feet, and her stockings were ripped.
The lightning dict extensive dam-
age in the home, ripping holes see, he's crazy, -
through walls and tearing pieces of Yes, he's crazy, but you are rude—
stove piping tip as if it were so and that's whatsnakes him crazy. It
much paper. The chimney was nearly
completely wrecked.'
Noted :Author Gives
Driving Tip To Son
Always Assume "Other Driver" is
Crazy, J. P. McEvoy Says
In Letter
Toronto, August 6,—J. P, McEvoy, plot
eel satirist, novelist and feature writ:
el', recently wrote a book called 'Teth-
er Meets Son", published by 1.:11•
Lippincott ,Co., in which ,a modern
fattier,' patterned after the fanned
Lord Chesterfield, wrote a series of
letters to his son who had Just entered.
the business world after a rather •hec-
tin 'college career. The letters dis-
cussed every aspect of the young
man's future life - questions of em-
ployment, marriage, social responsib-
ilities, and so on.
On one occasion the lacl,'who was
working at the time as a private
chauffeur, tools his employer's Car out
one night. without: permission and
"wrapped it arouncl a lamp -host."
Father McEvoy, when ho heard
about, the aceicl.ent, sat downand wrote
his sort a, letter containing a great
deaul of food for thought which sheath
be thoroughly digested by everyone
who drives a car. Here is what /he
wrote:
Dear Son:,—YOu.riSed tap a lot of
paper explaining how the accident
'was not your fault, anti ,I nett believe
you. But you are going to continue
to drive oars, and a few words on the
subject won't do any harm. In -the 25
years that I have been driving auto
,mobiles, I have never met anyone who
cadent? 15ust got one rule. 3 drive
lute the other fellow was crazy."
So that seems to explain it, The
Other Fellow is crazy. If you cut out '
of line on two-lane road, don't expect
him to let You push him into the ditch,
so you, can cut in again. If you pasa
a ear on a blind curve, don't expect
the fellow coming the other waY to be
sensible about •it and go oft the
road and cut mto the field to let you •
Ory, Tie's just crazy enough to run
right into you because you are on,his
and the driver doesn't leap over you
or run under you. That would be the
saltie thing to do, of course—but you
doesn't matter 50 much if you are
walking clown the street and ,you are.
rade enough to push someone aside,
but if you are rude enough to push
him aside with a three -ton automobile
going CO miles an °hour, you'll kill
him, You can elbow your way through
a crowd, if you are that impolite, and,
clo no damage at all. But when you
elbow your way through' traffic with
your bad manners stepped nip to a
hundred horsepower, you're bound to°:
do a lot of damage to ad',
lot of len
cent people,' '
Por every accident caused by high
Speeding,' there are a thousand taus;
ed' by low breeding; Is it coincidence
that the continent which leads in; fa-
talities lags in formalities? 71r0 may
not be the most uncivil people on•two I/
feet, but we certainly are the prize ter-
rors on ram, wheels. My -boy. yon may
think it is; sissy to be polite, but. a
hiss on a warm cheek is worth two
on 0 cold brow.
Today we put a premium on agility
ranter .than civility. Bach 'year our
=liners become cruder as our gaso-
line: becomes more refined.' Wide
matte 'won't prevent accidents, so long
as they continue 'to fill up with nar-
row people.:: Good brakes on cars are
no protection against bad breaks in
behaviour. The growing problem oS
automobile fatalities will not be soly- ,
ed around. the drafting board but a•.
round the family table, Then .we can
have a monster 'under the hood, be.,;
cause there will be- a gentleman at the
wheel.
,Affectionately,
• DAD.,