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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1940-02-29, Page 2PAGE TWO uality uaranteed HURON NEWS Wm. Fell Passes Suddenly At Edmonton— Newe of the sudden reseing of William Fell, on Friday, February 16th, in Edmonton. Alta.. was learned with genuine regret. He. was -born- in Hibbert Township 75 yea's atgo, • a sou of the late. Thomas Fell and Janet Clark. and had spent his early Years in this district. After he grew to manhood he farmed on the home- stead `r'? miles from Staffs for some three and then went west. settling near Wainwright. Mts. His later year, were spent in Edmonton. He was unmarried and leaves to mourn their loss three sisters and nue brother Mrs. Ertel Vipond d Jlart l rat t Starts, lir:. Ralph Stephenson (Isa- bel, Vaunt:: \Mrs.. Peter 11ellillan 1Ilary. .\11100 Greed Rapids, Mich.. and John Fell of Goderieh. The re- ntable were brought to Mitchell from Edmonton, and the funera I service 'was hemi at Statin United Church. at. 2.70 Friday afternoon. Many relatives 0-1,1 friends were present. Rev, Mr. Al'lwerth of 1tsffa United (Church emeln.ae,l the sereii'- 1'h" tatfa choir rendered a seteetioa, "No Night ']'here." The closing hymn was. Department of National Defence' re- tarding tate taking over of Sky Har- bor as an 1t.C.A.F. hose. 11 was leat•it- 'd that while there is not enough pro - limey at Sky Harbor at present for a tra1111105 centre for empire pilots, ar- rangements mulct be mule readily for added acreage, F:ngiueere, and enrveyors have just e nipieted a 11- e -eek servey of Sky Harbor and ale° nC another prospective field of Nun r(eres, 111 utiles farther north, in Asir field Township on the shore of Lake Huron, as ie sky harbor. If the scheme maaterializee, both fields w111 lil(eiy be used. THE SEAFORTH NEWS Late Fred W. Cook— The funeral of the late Fred W. Cook was held from the residence of his sou, Stanley Cook, Lith concession, heist Wnwanosh, last. Thursday after- ucion when relatives and friends gath- ered to pay tribute to one of the - highly respected older residents.. He was in his e9rd year 011(1 was horn in Prince Edward Island but had been resident of \Vawauosh since 110 Was an infant. The funeral service wee conducted by his pastor, I4ev. H. C. Wilson, of Westfield United Church, of which he wa0 a member. The pall bearers were sax of his nephews, George and Walter Cook, Telford and Fred Cook, Gordon Snell and Walter Stoll. Interment took place in the Brandon eeml'lety. New Justice of Peace Named at Goderich— Thenete t tunil'y S1 1(101 week re ceic"d ward of lits utpotu nn"nt 110 nstice of the Peace hv' the' (hltartm Government 111 till the vaeau1, \ Souse ed by the death of til • tale Dred (1. Weir. 1'. Gundry is a fanliliar ligan u'onud the veurt house et Del •1•ieh h, 1`;'2 l. woe :1pp.iutrd helitt"s bailiff, and later served as (1,1pl0' sheriff for many yea's under the bate .4411113 1t (1. R' molds 111 1Se2 be l". •eii _d the ai'pointnu'ltt of (windy ronstabl and w110 1111,11' Melt comity eenshihh' nbent 11(711, Marriage Announced— Mrs. 11. R. 'landay of (loderieh au neuuees the marriage 1,t' het Mingle ter. Joan EIfi•eda Lee. to Donaid Alex- ander 1111114011. The marriage was performed in (']intoe by Rev. l', 1i'- .00114 by the congregation. The follow- 14,,ee of i)er•emb"r 11,11 - 4(1g nephew, acted -as pallheerers: Earl \ipeed Albert •Smalt, Petry - ami,]-. 'tort F. -ll. Ivan Hill and Will 1teph awn; 1 21•rnlenl in tip, Steffe Cemetery, Ottawa Considers Goderich Airport c "1:,1 meeting of the Shy Ilan irport Henn1WWWe,- alt Gimlet -bit was held Saturday, when member., e010-i:lt rPd a query which, it wa., un- tier>teo,1 lac( been fur'wai'd,.'d 10 11' .,minty and airport efticiale trent, the ,-..''\. 1V,'" te,et.1 �t'. t le.trr 0n'1 ;n,' 'i;•.. Ibiul '.e. 1 and .• -"\V•,,a ,n1'-.. hr ±n.' " 1a .\n l ,ai \\'q1'. '011 ad 1 1 week. ?J, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 1940 Weather Prophet Had Place of Authority Died at Pigeon, Mich.— Th''re passed away at her home in Pigeon, Mich., on February 16, a for - new well ltllaw'll resident of 1110 %arida district, in the person of Mrs. Mary Hotelier, beloved wife of Mr. Henry Eichler. aged 62 years. Mrs, Eichler was a daughter of the hate AL'. Brun, 410c4110r, o1' the Goshen line "eolith of 7,uriclt. It is about 26 years ago that Mrs. Fiehlor went to Pigeon, 141.11., and 21 yea's ago wits united in luntriegr' to :Itr. Eichler, Who surlI\cs; also her 111(11her, Mrs. Mauro Bechtel.. %m'ieli; two sisters, Mrs, Chris Gingerlcit of Stanley Tap. Ails, Stansel itopp, of near Hensail; one brothel' Solomon Hechler of the Demist -in line, 'flay township. The funeral was hell in Pigeon. (fly J. $101Tavish In the London Free Press) What about the weather? Can you read the signs? In trying to ale so we are as often wrong ae we ere right, At any event, eminent about the weather has opened the way Ln coir versation tines without. number. Therefore, it should not seem strange that one clay last fall while walking from the 12th con, of Yarmouth to the 1:1111, for the first time in fill years, our remarks of greeting to a man we approached were: "Well, it's a tine day." "Yes" said he, "It's n floe day, but we're in for rain, so I utast Murry." 1 -Ie was driving cattle and some of them jumped a low fence end Were losing en time in increasing the (lis, tenet, between themselves and the roadway. The hast we saw of the attar was while ilc' was running with night and stain to head them off. Returnitlg to the 12th, we were Surprised to find we were wet from the rain some considerable distance before we arrived there. We were fooled in the weather that day, but it 511111ed a tvend of thought that took as back to early boyhood days. where "Old Bill," in the village in which we lived. claimed the dis- tinction of being the most reliable weather prophet in the neighborhood and for miles beyond. At the post orrice i11 summer time he \Wahl sit by the 0011r ml the platform Weide; in winter his right• fu1 place seemed to be 8 keg of nails that always stood not far away from HIBBERT The amnia] meeting of the Ilihhert Co-operative Dairy Association 1.11., was held at Staffs Whoa the secretary :athnlittoda very interesting finaue- ia1 statement 19"'1 proved at very 5)11" ' Seim year. 1111: et,:,,t" \vas paid to Satre is for hurt's' fat, and the total 11tlnlbel• of po112,d0 of butter mural- 5:1,1urd \v,15 21 0.1 6. The following ;appoiul1111ai1s w•'l'( nituht for the en siting year : lresi,lwit, A. B. Me- l.ach11111; rice pl4'sidrut, William Dat'is: c1 t r)'-Iret(lnl'ea', Archie Jeffrey 411eetore. .John Bolton and Andrew Christie; manager, Leslite, "I was just saying how forgetful husbands are .. , and put me to shame!" A 300 - mile station - to -station call after 7 p.m. (and all day Sunday) usually costs no more than a couple of movie tickets. With rates that to\ti, a fellow can easily keep in touch with his family when he's away from home. Why not call them up ... tonight? Miss E. M. Cluff Manager: the box stove. He iovod to he 031 hand ebnitt four n'elnce in the afternoon wizen per- sons congregated to get their mall. and ngaiu al night when man had more time to discuss toptee of be h'rest. Old 11111 would cro.ee h15 - spindly logs, ,mil wreaths of enrolee from his \e ell'sett on, el stub of pipe. Betimes he would c,u'efull\ stroke his long snowy halite (\them not tobaec0 stained) beard, and ifsleu intently to every w'il'd that was spniten. Invariably the weather 55115 refer red in in sour Way near UIP begin• ting o1 any 1on\e esati,u. Thr talk would thotl proo"'d by uatnra1 51agi'5 1'101l the lilteiihood of rain next day 1,i' 111'' probability of a spell 01' dry uess, to the great height of standing crepe. the outlook for money to move grain 10 the water front: told In sea n011 nrm'h 111 111 1.011 \vas emu red in the Karn -raisings that were likely to lake pl r, l , the legging bees exported and the dares that were promised. Did 11111 would remain i1, silence while conversation drifted on and m1 Then. Who there was a 111g, 01' Theta; When there was a lag, or hand he would arise, sI '1111 himself yawn, seat himself again, and star( TO voice his opinions, whirl ate as' Slued ns were got from the most re Rabb, source; from nature backed up by his years of ohsorvation. We might uu'tltinn, however. that Wo have seen hint, 11111e and time again, perusing in deep thought the contents of an 111111111ae wlaieh hung from a nail back of the stove in the log house that was his (tome. He revelled in the almanac, dabbled in astronomy, perhaps to his con- fusion, and proudly would confess that he consulted tate signs of the zodiac', spots on. the sun and rings which at times encircled the moon. He loved to tell us that when the sun enters Caprieo'nns winter sets in; when it sets foot in Aries, spring Inas arrived: the minute it touches Cam eel*, - spring drops out of the picture for sulmurl ; \she11 it takes the pause of Libra, 511111ml' tosses 0111 the sponge - He would -boast about being able in foretell willing 'Vents by Olson,' i1g the variations of the stars. and then subside into solemn reverence when staking reference to the posi- tions of Saturn, Venus and AMa's. The eastwind stirred in hint a feeding of profound respect. He 80(1 131111 it had presented nee of his stiff- est problems. but he had almost mastered it, He scoffed ai what to him were the prognostications of amateurs. "They don't know how to study the al- manac.," he Would say, "and they haven't given years of study to nab ural signs by observation as I have done." Old Bill did not have any daily Papers to which he might refer for the weather forecast. The weekly papers from Toronto, London, Strat- ford, Mitchell and Seaforth which he could borrow in the village to peruse. meant nothing to him so far as pro- phecy of the weather was concerned. "They city bugs," he once ob- served, "shouldn't be expected to knowin' anything about weather fore• castin'; and mighty little they know about winter and summer prophecy." Nevertheless, it was from Old Bill we got our first Information on the "signs." From him we were told that me February 2 groundhogs and bears poke their noses out of winter quar- ters, and, if they see their shadows. they duck back in and stay for six more weeks, because it is a sign that it will not be comfortable for them if they do not. if beechnuts, butternuts and hick - pry nuts were in plentiful supply on the trees in the fall, and squirrels were unconcerned about hoarding them, there was sure to be all open winter and an early spring. Again if Old Bill were husking corn and found the husks were this. it was to 111111 a similar- ftreenst. Once when Old Bill found Pipe raspberries back of the meadow he foresaw a mild winter: tacking the usual severe snOWsto'ms. i -le S F extra proof of mildness when the willows at the beaver meadow show- ed a yellow cast In autumn and bore healthy, good -size bads. Spring and fall were his paradise for prophecy. If perchance eninenne saw a be- lated robin in midwinter or got sight of the arrival of the red tanager be- fore he did, he was likely to remark that he did not pay much attention to such ordinary signs. And he was Mae Me Postman t f watt) essenget Many a customer who lives a. considerable distance from our Branches conducts his banking as conveniently as though our office were almost next door, The Postman is his Bank Messenger! You can send deposits to our nearest Branch and obtain cash or arrange any banking service desired' simply by writing a leiter. Why not use this convenient "Banking-by- Mailr''service? Open an account to -day or write for particulars. SEAFORTH BRANCH E. C. Boswell - - Manager not quite satisfied with the ca)teee that it 1411,'(•11 ponies in like a 11011 it will go out like t tarn He told us that he had private rea- sons to harbor doubt on that 1001" and In" likewise doubted that dome's tie geese i1, low flight predict a storm. "The storm may arise all right enough," he would concede. "hill likes as not it will end just in a titreatenin'- spell. If you study the flittht' habits of the wee hit ninth you'll get surer elms." Little dirt Old Hill realiee 1111'1 111, day of the daily newspaper 55110 1101 fa' off, that the time w•as pl;lctirall}' at hand when ho would be ousted from his pedestal of honor The first inkling came the day the mall carrier bronglu 10555 10 tin village that the {main {111(1 a stem t1101‘011 up snyim.: "Fair weather to morrow." Ohl 11111 disagreed. and ,,u the nmon row, widely was f: i1'. he , srns"d bin self by explaining ttuet :,ft''r he turd trade his fore(4tet ''eine fare eiette appetwed whit -11 :llwey' tee'.ent a wad dt•n 5.1111111;" for litter weather. From then on nlrl• lova1 welrtlle-1 prophet's rn'estiee was on Olt. wane He suffered injured Nide, hal 1,"t ill the time he passed unity \vnuid 1oonteuatoe ally attention given t0 continent -wide reports of wind veloci- ties and wind directions: and for air Pressttrs" strolled to cos nsult temperatures hi salt tlhfor lilometel' and thermometer thermometer which hung just 011(51(1e the doctor's office door. It was apparent that much had gone out of Old Bill's life. ]rut he suf fared in silence. Strange Tragedies of the Hunt for Hollywood Bowl's Hidden Hoard An article 111 The American Week- ly, with the March 9 issue of The Detroit Sunday Times, will point out tltat eight men, interested in the treasure, died violently before an em gineer tried to find the riches of 01d Mexico, thought to be buried near the great stadium.... And now his sui- cide seems to bear out the historic "Curse of Caliuenga Pass," Be sure to get Sunday's Detroit Times. Send us the names of your visitors. BLYTH ('Malan i>r,unatb company pre. seated Its play. "Chintz Cottage," 111 Memorial Hall of 'Wednesday even- ing under the auspices of the Wo- man's Association of the United Olnirth. A large audience was present and enjoyed the evening's program. Rev. Arthur Sinclair was chairman for the evening. Charles Barrett left Friday for - a few weeks' visit with - his sot, John Barrett, in London. WALTON lair, and Mrs. John Young and a:eight). flele'u of Haben[ Township spent auohet• with lits. Young'. mother, Airs, \\'. ti. F'ol•bee. alt•=. Keit IRutleedg, of Toronto and Airs. Wiesen liryttne of Brnssc•Is at- temded aha- preeentatiou of 11 wrist wtttrh to their brother. Pte. :lark i7•ag"1' of Torentn, held in the com- munity Hell, Walton. Mrs. Walter Broadfont was itt Kit- ch'.'uer last week. Ml's. Stell, visited her brother Mr. Beuetmann in McHtliop, on Sunday. Johnny—"Say, pa, I can't Leek it. Reverse and ,back always mean the ',ante 4011'1 they, father?" "Inv no Means, '4311. 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