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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1940-01-04, Page 4PAGE FOUR THE SEAFORTH NEWS TFIE SEAFORTH NEWS.; 11 t1W11.11 WALTON iMr. Thos. Shortreed and Miss Mary Shortreed, R.N., of Loudon. epeut New Year's with their mother, Mrs. Win. Shortreed. Miss Mary Buchanan of Stratford has been visiting relatives and friends around Walton. 'New Year's was spent very quietly in the vicinity of \\raltou as the roads were blocked on the, conces- sions for ears. Voters in the Mortis election for reeve clad to drive to the Morrie township hall to vote on account of the 9th concession being blocked for car traffic. Francis Duncan was elected reeve. Sony to bear of Mr. Joe Bennett being confined to bed with a light at- tack of pneumonia and heart trouble. Mrs, Robt. Shortreed is confined to bed with pneumonia. Mrs. Thamer is looking after her and we hope she will soon be out again. Mrs, David Clark, 16th Grey, was rotted outside her door last Friday, seized by a stroke. Mrs, Chas. Case, east boundary, is improving after a serious illness, Airs. Joe Love hag gone to spend the winter with her daughter Airs- W. Leeming, McKillop. A very enjoyable Christmas was spent at the home of Meuno and Mrs. Jackson, Mortis. Over thirty guests were present, from Toronto, London, Brigden, Blyth, Auburn, and Morris and Hullett townships. AUBURN CONSTANCE Mr. t'layton Martin 4,1 Engeihart Tes Lt „'teary- Society nu - and Mr. John Martin of Hamilton pnstmmed until Friday. Jan. 19th in and Mr. and Mrs. Sym. H. Thompson , the school hoose. of London spent the week end with Mr. atul Mrs. Alvin Dale anti family' Mr. and Mrs. Wm. L. Thompson. i spent New Year: with Mrs. Dales Miss Jean Scott who has been in Detroit the past few months, is visit- ing'hel' patents, Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Scott. Me. and Mrs, hiaftisud Allen spent the weep end visiting frleuds iu Flint, Mich. Several of the residents of the vill- age are ill at present with the flu. Vire are sorry to report that Mrs. William Patterson is critically ill at Present at the home of her sot. Nel- son Patterson. The rummage sale held on Friday in aid of the Red Cross work was 11 decided success. The sunt of $125 was raised. Grain, furniture, wood cod farm produce and fruit were among the Various articles sold. Thos. Gundry drawn on Sunday last. and on of Goderich were the auc- tioneers. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Baxter and fam- ily of Goderich spent New Year's with Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Haggitt and Mr. Joseph Carter. Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Bogie, Dorothy and Dolores, spent Monday with Mr. and Mrs. Forest Carter of Goderich. Mr. and Mrs, Harry Beadle and family spent New Year's with Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Benjamin and family of Goderich. Owing to the very stormy weather on Sunday service in St, Mark's Ang- lican Church and Knox Presbyterian Church were withdrawn. Mr. Jack Weir has returned to To- ronto 10 resume his studies at Shaw's business college after spend - bug the holidays with hie father, Dr. B, C. Weir. Miss Alma Match of Toronto visit- ing her mother, Mrs. James Match. Mr. Harry Arthur of Zurich is vis- iting her mother, Mrs. M. Arthur. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Wagner are spending the winter with their dau- ghter. Mrs. Garfield Staubers, and Mr. Stauhers of Detroit. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Strausser and fancily of Sebringville spent New Years with Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Munro Mist Ethel Washington has return- ed to her school near Picton. Messrs, Harold and Reg. Asquith have returned to Queen's University-, Kingston, after spending the holidays with their parents. Mr. Asquith. Miss Mildred Preston visited a few days last Miss Beryl Wilson. Thompson-Bellas,— A quiet but pretty wedding was solemnized at St. Andrew's United Church parsonage. London, on Satur- day afternoon, December 30th, at 2 o'clock when Ada P. Belles, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Belles of Port Rowan, was united in marriage to 'William H. Thompson of 1st Hussars, London, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. J. Thompson of Auburn. The ceremony was performed by Rev, Dr. J. N. Mc- Kinnon. The bride looked lovely in a frock of green crepe with gold trim- ming. Following the ceremony a wed- ding dinner was served at the Hotel London in that city. THURSDAY, JANUARY 4, 1940 Orland, of the Molsons Bank, Clinton, ling is all of whom were present when death come. Mi•. Johnston was born in Bel - fust. Ireland, in 1846, and when a young tart lie mnuigrated to Canada, where he engaged in the hotel busi- ness at the Huron House, Goderich. In 1545 he came to Zurich and en- gaged ht various business enterprises and finally purchased the Dominion House, where he remained until his death, In the 40 years of his business activity in Zurich lie accumulated wealth and was considered a practi- cal business mail. Brussels Particulars have been received re- garding the death at Hannibal, Mis- souri, recently of Idi'. Fred W. O'Brien. formerly of Brussels. He was found dead In his garage, appar- ently from the effects of an accid- ental Call. He was discovered by Title son, who went to call him for breakfast: he lay dead under the auto, the engine of which was ruu- niug,—W. H. Pryue, of the flour mill, received a nasty blow in the fate from an iron collar that belonged to a pulley and shafting in the mill, as it was being adjusted. THEY KNOW THE WAY HOME On August 15, 1931, a homing pig - ecu was released in Arras, France, to find his way back to Saigon, Mao - China, 7200 miles away. He arrived at his destination just 24 clays after his take -off, completing the longest hous- ing pigeon flight ever recorded. Prev- iously, the world's record had beau claimed for a bird that found his way back to Brooklyn from Caracas, Ven- ezuela, 2200 miles away, An Army pigeon flew from Vanceboro, Maine, to San Antonio, Texas, 2100 utiles, Such marvels of instinct and stam- ina are frequent, yet we know little more about the mysterious force that guides the homing pigeon than was known to the ancient Greeks, who conveyed the names of Olympic vic- tors to their various cities by pigeon post. This .ouch we do know: the hom- ing trait has been greatly developed and the range of flight remarkably increased by careful breeding and training. Typical is the regimen at at the large pigeon loft of tre Army Signal Corps at Fort Mon- mouth, New Jersey. The fledgling, or "squeaker." is fed corn and peas within the loft at regular intervals. When he is six weeks old, he is taken outside the loft and put back in again through a trap door, and its. mediately given corn and peas. This is repeated until an association is firstly established: inside the trap door, food! Wheu he las reached the age of 12 weeks, he is taken a little distance from the loft and released. The trainer remains in the loft, rat- tling corn and peas in a tin cup. The pigeon listens a few seconds and then Ries in, Day by day he is released at increasing distances, until he acquires the habit of entering through the same trap each time. When mating season comes, and later when the squeakers' are born, the training is intensified. The birds are taught by repetition that mates and young will be found beyond the same trap door that leads to food. Fanciers always try to enter in races birds that are courting or raising young. This is comparatively easy in a large loft, for pigeons mate at any season. We know, then. why pigeons come home; they want to be near their food, mates and offspring. But no- body on earth can explain how they do it. We know that homing pigeons have remarkable eyesight; their only blind spot is a 10 -degree sector direct- ly behind their heads, and experi- ments tend to prove that they can see many times as far as humans. But this does not explain how a pig- eon, taken hundreds of miles from home in a wicker basket in au express ear will. when "tossed," spiral up- ward for some 20 or 30 seconds and then streak homeward at 50 miles an hour. In short flights over familiar terri- tory he might set his course by landmarks, spiralling till he sees a familiar tree or steeple and thereby getting his bearings. But the bird which flew from Arras to Saigon travelled in the hold of a ship around India, through the Red Sea and the Mediterranean. He had no opportun- ity to select landmarks, and he cer- tainly could not see 7200 miles. Not even a "bird's-eye view" is necessary. A bird which was released at some distance from Fort Bliss, near El Paso, was caught and had his wings clipped by someone who wanted to keep him—but returned to the fort! some days later walking. Whatever this mysterious power may be, we are reasonably certain that its ex- planation does not lies in any com- bination of the five known senses. Homing pigeons do not always fly a beeline from the tossing point to the loft. They will fly around storms and fog, and will follow the easiest route. They do not, as a rule, fly in :dark- ness, arkness, though at Fort Monmouth', `.con- trary to all previous' experience,' army trainers, have had considerable sue. LONDESBORO A joint installation of She officers .of Blyeh and Hallett lodges, A.F. L A.M.+was held in the lodge room at Lond.eeboro Wednesday night. Rt. War. Bro. Jas. !Neilans, D.D.G.M., as- sisted by Rt. \\"or, Bro. i. R. Tierney and A. 1V. Beacom was the installing officer. Blyth Lodge—I.I'.f., \V, A. Elliott: t\3'.11.. Frank Elliott: S.\\'., Rueeell Wilson: J, W., Gordon El- liott cey.. Roht. Newcombe: conibe trans., T B Tierney: D. of C', C. E. i'.11: D I lsee Wettla fpr, J.D.. fl' G. McNall; Chop. R. D Philp: I. G„ Norman Garrett: t;rien Cook: :IS.. \. L. Keruick: 'Tyler. J. S. Cliei- lea; auditors. Lloyd Wenlaefer and J. ti. R. Elliott. Huler, Lodge --LP. AI., Jahn Harvey: ,W.M.. Wm. Leiper, S.W., \V. Wells: J. t\.. tiro \ic\ft- tie, see.. R. M. T•awn.end: treas., T. Miller: D. ryf C.. Stewart Beattie: Chap:. Willis Mountain: S,D., Harold Adaina; 1. D., Bert Brufadon: S.S.. Armand McCool; J.S., Wm. Caldwell; tyler, Fred 'Gibb$: auditors, Bert R7unsd, i and John Vineland. parents. Mr. and Mrs, Alex. Lowery, Seaforth. Mr. Wilbert Fralick has returned from \Winghant and resumed his dut- ies as teacher in the public school here. Mr. Fralick is to be congratul- ated on the success of his Christmas concert which was held prior to the Closing of school for the holidays. The children certainly excelled them- selves under the capable direction of their teacher as each number was well rendered. The prettily decorated tree, well laden with gifts, was a beautiful eight. Owing to the condition of the roads and stormy weather the serv- ices in the United Church were with- BLYTH This community aka- saddened on Wednesday evening Iast by the Bud- den death of a pioneer lady in ,she person of Mrs. Moses McVittie, wit'o after a' brief illness passed. away at the home of her son, tt\''illiam •btcVittie, in her 91•st year. In spite of her advanc- ed age she 'had enjoyed fairly :good health until Ghri'etmas when ,she took seriously ill. She ,was formerly Sarah Jane Medd, daughter of the late Mr. and 'Mrs. Henry Medd,. and :was born at Millbrook, and.at the age of four came w'it'h her Parents to Hallett twp. She was ,married seventy-one years ago to Moses. McVittie. For some years :hey lived in Morris ewe. They also resided at Leeburn and Po- .wasean, and later at Westfield where Mr. McVittie passed away twenty- one years ago. She was a member rot the Westfield United Church and for her quiet ey'mpatheiic manner -was be- loved by a host of faiende by ,whom she is deeply mourned. She is 's'urviv- ed by three sons. John and William, of \Vesttield. with wham •site made -her home: Henry, .,f G7dcrich, and one daughter. Mrs. William Taylor. of B•ly'th. The fu:terat was held on Friday afternoon from the home in East iW'a.vaneeli. HILLSGFIEEN Mr. and Mrs. Urban Ducharme of Forest visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Baker and other friends during the holiday week. - Mrs. Ross Love and children are spending some time with friends in Hensall: Mr. and Mrs. Orval Smith are spending the holiday in St. Cathar- ines. Miss Ellen Love has been confined to her bed with pneumonia but is on the road to recovery. Her many friends hope to see her out again soon. There was no church service here Sunday on account of the furnace being remodelled. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Finlay visited with friends here recently. Miss Grace Forrest, daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Ward Forrest, is ill with scarlet fever. Mrs. Harry Norris, of 2nd eon., Tuckersmith, is at the home of her parents; Mr, and Mrs. Jas. Jarrott, where a little son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Norris, Both are as well as can be expected. and alts. C. of Warton week with MANLEY A real old fashioned winter set in for New Year's and many visitors were marooned on the back roads. as car traffic is tied up. Once more we have to depend on the old reli- able horse but with the good sleigh- ing the farmers have the pleasure of hauling home their supply of wood they had gathered up in the pine swamp, as it is called, even though there are no pine trees visible. Our annual school meeting went off quietly with the exception of Mr. A. Sierran taking the place of Mr. Dan Buern.ann as trustee. The board now is Mr. John DIetz, Mr, John A. Eckert and Mr. A. Sienon. Our teacher. Miss Been resumed her duties on the third Inst, and we wish her a successful year. Miss Mary McKay and Stephen Mc- Kay are resuming their studies at the collegiate in Seaforth. ST. COLUMBAN . The recent snow storm has made the roads of the surrounding vicinity practically impassable for cars. The following teachers have re- turned to their respective schools after spending the vacationat the homes of their parents: Miss Esther Duffy to Drysdale, Misses May and Rose O'Connor to Kitchener, Miss Mary Murphy to Port Lambton. Rev, Father McQuaid is spending his holidays with his parents. Mt: and Mrs. Jos. McQuaid. Mr, Louis Coyne spent New Year's with his aunt. Mrs. Frank O'Reilly. Mr, and Mrs. E. O'Brien of Clinton spent New Year's eve with St. Col- umban friends. "Did you want to kiss me whet you screwed up your mouth, Frank?' "Er—no; it was only a bit of gr in my mouth." "Then, for goodness' sake, swal Towit-you need tome." 1 rt, Want and 'For Sale Ads, i1 week Miss Doaelda Adams has returned to her school at Clinton after spend- ing the holidays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs, Ernest Adapts. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Armstrong and family spent New Years Day with Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Dale. Miss Olive Grintoldby of McKillop spent a week at her home here. Mr. Wm. Moore visited with Mr: and Mrs. Harry Fitzsimmons of Clin- ton on Monday. The heavy snowstorm over the week end made the roads almost im- passable for cars and prevented quite a few people from carrying out their plans for New Year's Day. Mr. Kazintir Skorecki spent New Years Day with Colclough Bros. May 1940 be a prosperous year to you all, The Club of Progress will meet in the school house Friday evening, Jan. 5, at 8 o'clock. Let us help to stake it a success by being present. 01111111,1111,nu,uuugennin0u0u0uuuuu0unu,11,0,11 TOWN TOPICS TWENTY-FIVE YEARS .W0 u11uunnum",0,11,u„u,,,,,,,,u u"11mu011unu0u0uu, Town Topics Mrs, Israel, \Valkerville, is visiting her daughter Mrs. W. Cudmore.— Miss Crotty, London. is visiting many of her old friends in town this week. —Miss Gertrude Laidlaw is visiting in Detroit.—:Miss Rose Dorsey left Saturday for Penetang. where she teaches. --Mrs, Parker, Detroit, is vis- iting her aunt. Mrs. R. S. Hays.—Mr. George White, Loudon. visited in town this week.—Mi'. David Sproat of Bluevale spent a couple of days this week with friends in town.—Mr. Norman Bohanan and Jas, Holman leave on Saturday to join the This'd Contingent.—Major J. W. Shaw has been appointed medical officer at Clinton recruiting station.—Mrs. (Dr.) Ireland and Winnie of Harriston, are visiting in town.—Mr. and Mrs. Rob- ert Winter and Elsie and Jean , of Goderich, visited at her home in Eg- mondville.—Mr, Jas. Melville, Mid- land, is spending a few weeks with his sister, Mrs. John Warwick: Miss Katie Telfer, Brussels, was a Seaforth visitor last week.—Mr. T. 11. Nixon spent the week end with his parents at London.—Mr. Chas, Holmes return- ed to Toronto on Tuesday after an ex- tended visit with his parents.—Mr. M. Broderick has been called to Mit- chell several times recently on ac- count of the serious illness of his mother.—Mr. Wm, Henderson, Win- ona, is visiting his brothers, G. E. and Andrew Henderson, and sisters, Mr, F. McIntosh and Ivirs. Adams.— Mr. G, M. Elliott of Goderich, county officer of the children's aid society, was in town on business for the soc- iety on Wednesday.—Mrs. James Beattie has gone to Winnipeg to visit her daughter, Mrs. Bond, who is not in good health. Mrs. Beattie also intends visiting at Neepawa, Man.— The curlers have been in their glory during the last couple of days. There has been curling morning, noon and night. Unfortunately the local club failed to lift first prizes but got in on second money, which is doing pretty well considering the number of rinks present and the class of play put up. The "Spiel" has been a splendid suc- cess from start to finish in spite of the first day being a little mild.— Seaforth Intermediate O. IL A. team has lived up to expectations as far as results of the games to date are con- cerned, though there is some room for improvement yet as the boys have not had a great deal of practice together and are really not playing' tate best that is in them. Zurich Mr. Robert Ross Johnston, senior partner of the firm of R. R. Johnston & Soni, died at the family residence Friday am, at the age of 69 years. He leaves his wife and six children, three daughters and three sons; Wil- liam; junior partner and manager of the Dominion House; Mrs. (Dr.) Mac- Kinnon, of the village; Miss Victoria 25c Mies Pearl; Wellington, at home, and G T THEATRE .L.4 1 l Seaforth NOW PLAYING John Garfield Priscilla Lane "Dust Be My Destiny" Mon., Tues., Wed. Myrna Loy Tyrone Power IN The Rains Came WITH George Brent Brenda Joyce A Thrill Packed Story of Fabulous. India Next Thur. Fri. Sat. WORLD'S MOST DANGEROUS JOB! Out nd Americans of IrouWO JOEL cCREA zBRENDA MARSHALL in ESPIONAGE i r 112/4.,tavaaii JEW' 8ANCROFT uar 1:3 BROS. COMING— Mr. Smith Goes To Washington cess in training them to fly at night. The birds are taken out only after dusk. A light is kept in the loft and the birds, having eaten nothing since morning, fly back for food, Night after night, as the distances are increased, they become more pro- ficient, and the Signal Corps expects ultimately to develop a breed that can carry messages at night as well as by day. Pigeons' ears are similar to human ears in that they contain a system of semi -circular canals. Some say that for the pigeon the aural canal does far more than it does for man. Itis even said that these canals hold the secret of the homing instinct because if the ears are stopped or the canals injured he seems to lose it. It has been cautiously suggested that the pigeon orients himself in some way with the earth's magnetic field. This night expain why pigeons 58001 to be baffled by the electro- magnetic radiations of broadcasting activity, instances have been report- ed in which well-trained birds have been confused, thrown off their course, or even forced to abandon flight merely became, a broadcasting station lay in their path. Birds tossed front the roof of a broadcasting station while the station is idle will go through their conventional spiral ascent and promptly start for home. But let the broadcasting begin and they will circle helplessly for several minutes and finally settle to the ground. This is a scant clue indeed, and has so far added nothing con- clusive to our knowledge of the birds' mysterious ability to find their way home over vast distances. Our ignorances of their basic secret has not prevented our using them as messengers, nor detracted from their popularity among sportsmen. The sport of pigeon racing was imported from Belgium during the last quarter of the 19th century, and today pigeon clubs will be found in every city- of any size throughout the country. Pigeons with pedigrees briug $25 to $50 a head as a usual thing, though they have sold for as high as $6.000. The average life of a homing pigeon is eight to ten years though some live to twice that age. Their best carrying and racing feats are per- forated between their second and fifth years. The bane of the pigeon enthusiast is the type of hunter who takes a pot shot at anything that flies. There is scarcely a single im- portant pigeon race from which some birds do not return "with shotgun pellets lodged in breast or wings. LEARNING TO REMEMBER 1'sy-oholotiet: agree that almost all of us can learn to perform memory feats far beyond any of which we dream ourselves capable. The average person forgets names and faces, facts and figures, simply because he never really has to remember them. You would surprise yourself by your powers of recollection if your bread and 'butter depended on it, Edgar J. Swift, Washington Uni- versity psychologist, told orf a milk - wagon 'driver who deliberately burn- ed an unskilled jdb into a s'kilied one by improving ibis memory for names and addresses. His ambition won him a position as strbstitute driver for 10 different routes of 300 addresses each, at double his former pay. Though he carried no written records, he 'knew by heart the names and addresses of 3000 customers and just what to leave each. Consider the feats of Dr, Salo Fin- kelstein, Polish mathematical ,per- former, who was hired by an ,Arneri- can- broadcasting company to tally re- turns of the 15932 presidential election 'because he was faster than an adding machine. How long wfsuld 11 take you to 'learn .by heart the number 6254- 700345986032169832? 214-70t 415986111931269832? Dr. Fin'kelsbein less time than pat would need to read the number aloud. But "H.W.," an Ohio State University student, after special training by psychologists, managed the same feat in only 4.37 seconds, beating the most rapid mem- orizer known to science, And other college students, given the same train• ing, thoroughly demolished the idea that the victim of a mediocre memory can do nothing' about it. People have different types of mint. Some remember pictorial im• ages, others recall sounds, other learn by the "feel" of mouth and tongue movements required to say words. Most of us have some ,chane of each type of ability although one faculty usually predominates. The puha is that no matter ghat type of mind y Let have. there are some general rules that will help you both in iii• di1idual memorizing tasks and 111 training yollr menlort ,o give bett,ir .511 -around service in the future. First, in mernurizing a piece 0f mat. eria7 tackle it is a wS, o!e. and not in sections. In learning, a poem o s.h '- etanca0, you plight imagine it w all' he easier to memorize a couple of 011117.011 at a time. I.\5'eriineilts show that this method is wrong. Read th,i poem right through from start to finish, as litany tiaras as necessary, and you will learn it in conuecte1 form --which is the way- that you want to—and with greater efficiency. Avoid "cramming." In the example just given, you will tix the poem far more firmly in your mind if you read it twice each evening for a .week than if you go over it 114 tinges in one night. Don't try too hard. Laboratory ex • •perintents prove that mental tension, produced by "over -trying," definitely stows down the process of learning. Have confidence in your memory C;`"• "Every time a period remarks that he has a memory like a sieve," declares Robert H. 'l'houless, British lecturer on psychology, "he is knocking one more 'hole through its bottom." Avoid "mental crutches," or artific- ial aide to memory, such as associat- in,; co:ors with numbers in order to remember the figures better. This puts your mind to unnecessary labor in handling two kinds of material that have no natural relation to each other. It is entirely possible to rec- ognize familiar patterns in figures themselves. This is the secret of Go. Finkelstein's num bre wizardry. He has simply learned to view a long number as a stria, of smaller, three - 'digit figures, as easily recognizable to him as three -letter words. Another interesting aid to memory is suggested by recent tests. The best time to memorize anythingis just before you go to sleep. The ',bedtime memorizers" scored consistently 210 to 30 percent higher than those memor- izing at other hours. The material seems to "sunk in' most effectively then, the 'benefit being lost if even as little as two hours intervenes between the time of study and (bedtime. The mast important fact brought out by these and other recent sbudies is that memory is not the chance pos- session of a few favored individuals, but may be cultivated by anyone who goes about it scientifically and has the desire , and patience to practice regularly, 1940's FiCTION HEROINE No. 1 Opening chapter's of "Laughing Girl," 0 thrilling new novel by George F. Worts, who wrote "The. Green Angel," "The Greenfield Mys- tery," and other successful works of fiction, begin in The Amercan Week- ly with the January 7 issue of The Detroit Sunday Times, Be sure to read this serial novel which tells of the exalting experiences of a girl who staked her glamour, her beauty- and her cleverness 'with a keen -minded millionaire—to win the man she loved —a secret formula worth a fortune. Be sure to get the January 7 issueof did it in 4:43 . seconds -,considerably The Detroit Sunday Times.