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The Seaforth News, 1937-01-14, Page 2PAGETWO. HURON NWS Native of Huron-- Natv,th'ataGeoige. .'lark Miller Lutes 'x'421' elle reins of Vancouver', ert'll' overnmerlt front former Mayor CS G. :tcGeer the cigar will return to its rightful ,place as a mayoral asset. In the past two years, daring Mr:i(ireer's •accupany of the mayor office. cig- arette smoke has been the rule. .For Gerry ,Shuns cigars violently, Mayor Miller, however, Tikes a friendly cigar and always has otte handy. Short and stocky, with white curly hair and a habit of rocking 1110 head to one side Witco listening. 'George Miller is not the orator nor the dominating type of civic executive. ITe is not accustomed to .blasting his way 'through opnpositinn but ra- ther, prefers the line of dogged per- sistence: Mayor \$ii!yr entered polit- ics in 1:93$ w'laeri he was elected to Vancouver's city •council for a two- year term. He has held all the major positions in the con -mil's list, being chairman of finance for the past four years and acting mayor during \ic- Gee is frequent absences. He was 'barn in Huron county, Ontario, on Tan. 9, 4(9182, and went to B.C. in Iglu'•. He at- tended Vancouver public schools and then entered the electrical sully ,busi- ness. He was one of the founders o the British Columbia musical festit•a and has been its representative at Meetings in Edmonton and Winnipeg coften,lfayor Slitter will • occupy the chair of ]honor im Vancouver's -meav $1,,000,000 city 'tall, irtirially opened only a week before the election. • Death of Mrs, A, Pickard, - The death (+Centred at the hone of \ irs and Mrs. Ezra Pickard. Clinton on Tuesday last of \irs. Albert Pick- ard ref Ffohnesvill'. She -had bee,- brought ee;brought in from her own hoose the. d ay hefore, haying been taken very ill and a, -there was no room for her it the: Clinton hospital had hen cared for at the (tome' of her huband's fath- er. She is survived by three • children, The funeral took place from the resi- dence of Mr. and \Irs. E. Pickard Thursday afternoon. Death of John Biggin,- 'f'he funeral of the late John Rig- gin was heed .from the home of his datughter and son -in -taw, Mr. and Mrs. vW. J. Pinning,- Isaac street, an New dear's- Day. Mr, B'iggin passed away at St, 'Joseph's itIoapital, Chatham, a Dec. 30. after a short illness, ie his seventy-fourth year, He had not ,bee t in the -'best of 'health for some years, being a ' sufferer from asthma, to mtich so that he could not live here. 'heing much freer of the trnuthle at Chatham, 'hot his last illness was not of lone duration. He had been in the 'hospital only a few days. -Mr. Bigtgi t was it native of Hallett twp.. tieing a ,on of the late John Biggin and his wife, Margaret Beacons. He shrew up in Hallett, was married- to Miss Mary Lawsou Slid farmed there for years. His 'wife died thirty year, Inc this 111 0tit, •leaving him with a family of onoall children. He had been away from here for over twenty years, 'hav- ing -spent some time in Isiipl,ii and of mate years hying in Chatham. Five daughters -survive: \irs. \i, Stone -- - tone- hoose. ,Bel.grat v: Mrs. William Far- ra,i•,.Mitchell: Mrs. W. Cote. Detroit: John Brown, 'Toronto and \fes, Pilin a =, Clinton, and two, sons, W. 1. and F. \V,• Bt gin, Stratford. Another Son. \\ csiey. was ki!lerl ;ily a train at Palmerston .in 1923. Mrs. W J. Miller. Sr.. is- a sister the oils- member oa the family r mItuuat0. Th, re halo, wee- brought to Clinton and the. fun- •A•i, i,o:ii! on Nitta- ''ear's dla3. '1......''Vire• at the house and tr•tve- sf ;r a:ere cntisn,tt toil !ty tit,. Rev. I..% V74_ un1 tit pallsbearer. were s1a n,r:n ... •1i,n to -toil Gordon • I-aw- si: , ;t ,o !sta.-en, W. 1, ;stiller, Wil- fred d i>•gln and t;merge 1.:ach- Intel - mem ,rits made. in Clinton cern- e , - Clittt.rn Jews -Recoil. Water Main Breaks.- "i'- ptihlio mast biz c' irn,- ly was the slogan of tit,• E:,e:er utilit- les tttttnssiou \\'r.In,sday ninht o: last week, Working throughout tit- night lrnight with a heavy rain falling work men labored in the mutt to repair a truer main that had 'Must near the new pump house. \\''hen employees o' the waterworks department found„bha the water was shut off in the tap, early iW'ednesday evening they inves- tigated the cause and found that there w•as a leak in the main. Workmen re o pened the ditch and found that ane of the large tile used in the main had bnoken in two. The superintendent, Mr. L'amp•man, ,atdrl 'Mr, Crawford motored to London at midnight and secured a new tile and when citizens awoke the next morning the water was again ready for use. --,Exeter 'T I'm es-Advacate: Thresh 576 ;Bus. Beans.- IOn M'ond'ay of last week Mr. Hil- ton (Ford of the Lake Road near 'Ex- eter threshed ' 5176 'bushels of ''hewn;. Tlhe beans were grown this 'summer, on 20 acres of land and 'they were har-' ids THE SE:AFORTH NEWS .na ,,ggam� �y ,,w� , Nd.�, f ; 4!seu *Il ! of Permanent Sound (BY !F. H. \\'ooding) There has :been eata:hlished in Can- ada the nuclears of what one ,day may heconu the most elaborate museum 1 permanent 5alittd in the world: This museum, one of only three in existence, already has become of ex- treme value and the lysing ,* years will add to its worth, especially when the events of today have g•,o ,i_±•.es'. in history. Imagine, F pm swill, t+ost,. i . on, hundred years hence a all: ite•:n•init with perfect fidelity tho of H. late Majesty. King Georgi the opening ,>f She lith Parliament '-d Canada, or the wedding of Their R,,•:. al Highnesses, the Duke and 1 + :,•'• .. of Bent! Bat, remarkable is it ". seem, for all time to come the r_. - i. of these and of other events, o:r 11 nforesecn destruction, eat!. sorted for reproduction, From time to time there have 'sett broadcast over one :rational ra : system proceedings o' nutst.t.r•lat et•e'nts'--cvt'nto that, centuries fit el: now. ''rill he as essentially ltisn,ri.s Itof the \I=,goh s arc today the' .r;•mn�• Carta. thin• soottr4ing of Attila. t:., I-iattle of the Pains of Abns i,-• ' These broadcasts which future ;sae -- titian. will be able u., -hes:• lei•'- sante clarity a the day t'liey-'sore•• .tc- i.ginally masks. -have 11,on n. :rd.» -I 'er 'la atnta1i 14 hew - instrtutteat. 1011.1 n as tate Blattnerphone, wvhicli Is 415•: n part of the tecduiical e tri;loran_ of tl:: tCanacdian Broadcasting Cor•', ar at Ottawa, - il'he invention of the Illattnerph•••me has made possible recordings of radio programs of any length and these re- cordings, which are not subject to the influence of time, atmospheric - or physical conditions, can he used as of- ten as required, Like most highly technical appara- tus the Blattnerphone cannot she at- tributed tb the ;genius of one titan, It is the outcome of research and statist by engineers who devoted many years toward its development. Vo-!letnar 1'ottlsen, a Swedish im'euttir arty rightly be considered the father of the Tlattnerphnne, however, .ince- it was- h,- vashe who, in 1110011, discosen:1 the gen- eral principles of tnagneti.c re .ardina and impressed others with the poseil>- ilities of recording and repro-teems- sound epro-tee.inssound-frecpuencies 'magnetically Ts. Pnutsen's discoveries Wray- b: ad lel the work of Herr Stille. a Gent: it. en- gineer, who actually derelopc 1 nit.' system of 'broadcasting pure 01- tltnttg+lt technicians tat the iiritisa Broadcasting Corporation, in eoltah- oration with Stilly Ltt't•ntion., tantit- ccL contributed to the impr,)rel gtevi- ity o1 reproduction which. tit. . e.in«- ent conditions of broadcasting -:n;,.i''• Engineers of the Marconi s'to'gy y, which tlnw• 1./V. 11S the patent. likes, , tnaclt• improvements, es:see: t!I_ operation and in its triasisoes ill,. 11 '!sr i•clilee celebration :,r -I'35 Exchange et Programs ..01a.1 e'- '.11(111n.1;_ wt., crani ',y Parliament_ - ntt tads seise 4Tly .e:•,nullet+ !e:1 that ....-. change of prohratus with ogler s'sae- tries be etlettetl. Since, lowever. 11- b,oa de:aating activities of the system are c.lnlfined 10 nightly periods :10 1 since the 'nest of - foreign pragrant. are available in this country mainly dnrinrt the daytime when tile system n.ttw•orks are not P.1 >n'eratitn 1' osis 0,•cestary to establish torn* means roosrdins them for reproduction .. later hours. With ties in mind official. o` the system. as the initial step t ward this eta. installed the Blattner - ph me lattnerp'r>ne in the Ottawa studios. Lotter Na, considered :advisable th er:•- near (i'::taws a to r.l'rn short no...• ii' stat,ln evrotti'h w'h:,•i1 - tr:>- .0rant. mid br r. -:eared a' any tom• ittring •h • day ,r night. This w t „gl:a' eel .:111 �,ri whi:•1t t ''tt•1 `':l tne iysttnn to mak,: eater 04. of t4' I: a`t•ter•1'r*nr as •, ..e itu ... 1 : t'tt' ti•11'y there nal b... e t l:•d anti piacad in the :xr, niw s im- portant p:•r!ntanettt recor•iitht: inane them lasing :in Christina, ales:a�r His late 71alo,siy, King -Geon •: th • 'Empire in 01934: the opening of the 17t: '1'arliameet of Canals: 'tit,' ,.•acrd e , ., ,11 Sir Arthus- L -tort... • ... .:,T g: til 0 ttT Tt. tit, ltl %5W: til-: L'sett 1 : Confercn_e ire Lor, i, ie THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 1937. The illustrations show '(left) the Blattnerphone control boards in th e Ottawa stud- ios; (lower right) one of the Blattnerphone recording ma- chines, and (upper right) a Blattnerphone room which is typical of the installation at Ottawa. Their loyal High- :- il:t ',' an 1 Duchess ,. Bent 1•.u, launching of the V."Queen Mary" in 09-34. Experiments in Overseas Program Reception U...., -. :,mpletion o= the short-wave -a ioa :i'ar n ttawa, engineers corn - 1. ^1c_ I experiments in the matter of ;crn_ra111 reception. •,•\t first ▪ atati t -el- were not entirely satisfa- 1 ,n: -311 .twit certain. improvements :a- i:rtI;,d that broadcasts from Et_il con, t-t,.rvatty. France. and other ,tri'. ,ai i 'se received with ex- o'ic-at n t 'i'1- alien atmospheric -con- 'iti ,0. .tr ,00h. \Viten improve - "II 'I.:, w."•r ntadr in the station the i, trrrpltone wti'. pat to use in re- ',rding nertaie broadcasts from over - rt, -n t roil, is Was felt, the Canadian ed: he interested and whici. ,e,4',' f.>. valuable additions t, the 1'h••,.• nicked up ler- ins la: •`i:1: '+y mean; of the sl „ tersimitter, relayed t,, 'ri La ; b•. :pedal wires, mag- n;▪ r"_•t':- rev, :hist ',y the Iilatttner- :mo'1e and titan r'hroadr.ast at night. lsinh ,n0 these rec,lr lass, are aspeech • on ',eta' i . le V, with \1o'. - ,>:,,t 'Engtnti His \lajc•.:ty Edit art.! \'T -II when yet prince `.t ales: :iia \l,,ose River nine res- 1!?to: 101111ri:d services for His • it11. t .'art, k:ns ale,trge V, from :'07:'• Cathedral. .1')30: the pro - t...... King- Edward VIII. 1'v! ,• address -Sy Rt. Han, Stanley 11'iilwiu, 4,636; Canadian memorial program for King George, 19.-tt. sold the unveiling of the Vimy Ridge Me- morial at Vinty. France, 1936. Recently there were added the fare- well :address to the .Empire of the for- mer King Edward VIII and the pro- clamation .ceremonies of the :lsceat- sdou to the 'Throne of King George \I Front a 'descriptive point of view the iBlattnerphone is as intricate and complicated an apparatus as a isno- t type machine in a newspaper office, -Its operation likewise calls for un- usual skill on the part of trained en- gineers._ With 'tris in mind it wonitf !le .useless to attempt a len-,thy- word ;suture ni its mechanics. bat it is felt that the reader may he interested in a few of its less technical aspects, 1''he 11iattterphone, for example, 'roe, stet'' tape as the recording tttel- tenr and this tape. which is mounted on cast aluminum .pools, is a mile ani a half in lengtih. throe th,nts- rntdths- of an inch thick and a little over a tenth of :sit incl. in w'ilt's and is capable o' accepting pr,.ar:un al Shout hall an hour's duration. It is interesting To >10te that a record ling made by this Machine i, repro'luce- ablc with exactly the s.t,m: diavits- 't, at the time of the actual braa,lea.t and that it is not sa'>jert to deteriora- ti,m in any watt, .1 recording- 1101e Sy the I1i:tttuerphntte tnaj• '+e 'se;,• in- definitely or "wiped •sort," 'When a tape is :thus cleared it may ,1r 50010. Long Programs can be Condensed Another great advantage wnhic'h this system of recording offers is that long programs can be condensed. For ex- ample. the proceedings 'tin connection with the opening of Parliament :in 11935 ree.ui4ed in a complete record- Ing an hour and a half in length, Since, however, the event occurred iluring the afternoon it was possible to eliminate unnecessary parts by re,- recording., e-recording, thus snaking It su'ita;lile too reproduction over the national radio network later that night. Only .pauses in the ceremony were deleted and uothin of value was lost for the lis- tener. 11lattnprphoue recordings likewise nrov,• of value- fr,,ill time • to time inr making possible a mean' of rptickit reprfallICillcr voices of antiotuieers, so- loists. and event whole -programs. 'This ha; permitted making; corrections in inlividua: performances by demon- stratin4 to the performers themselves their errors. It 1s not difficult to realize that ( att:100 1, have in their posseasion a .legacy of recordings _w'hich, frottt an edurwotta', .t,uuipoit t alone. are ins •caltrthlc. In the future, moreover, re• - .0 111Itgs :,f events as equally i'inport- .utt. as those. listed above will find their way into ,the archives. The Blattnerphnue. in conjunction with the Corporation's Shortwave receiv- ing sIatiott, i; indeed performing a service of the utmost importance. :este i in :0o-1 ..cat t: --t ',',:. -s:•'. • ' ,,.nn. TIo, services ssi bronze.. -The Itrivy Co•lttall -iecrs4 11 4,,1 itot -i 'e ss an excellent eri 1 i; ;gray Ret -r. :,1,- ",1- ', 't ,c \I I 'r, iitwh rt er tspettt -o far ensusslt itt:l the 1-.''. \. ii. .til', 11ire,hed. The titre ;tins its: t ,1 ' . ,t •e t'+iit"•t _Itttr It, l a ter . ,.t •1s; .titin ht: parents. itt forest." \Ic lieu Elder in at\ I1•.1,.. \‘'..!1,::,,,,,•, ,I1 irtsseis t let rt •t,1 \iss. 5•01tl'i','r1 \laglstr:trr '41 1 r1- cit 'I ;is:Marge i>t:.., selling a:numl.,2tt} a besl•, . . , r. , _ yes •a.r-: R,16,:, L 1w- i,'-. E t R .';1!:rte'd :rtetta r, • itta 1- as !aid aa, ,.,,rust .tn.i adj''trn',i the r'.., to NIr., For;, le,?: i:d,,..:,...)t. - . , ',\ :r ( •-t x e 'to,, t,. font:, 1': 1,at+ 'rase f , .x wryer:. :n�. \\it'. the. id,'• •l,-'lt 111 , 1.r•'• ›,11j111.,,,, 7-1 _ )'t: t)'Llw .a..,g ttitb his •1'..r- ▪ itar;i,titt:d' , as,,:t a„ , \Lt. „ ., .. ,. tits tt•'- ,tori• •1.-: as fgirt1't {.. Annual At -agate.- r:!1 'i'k , I t t r +. otltrol Act at,l sisters the + el ,siesta , x -'e t CO:lir la I t ,•rot \tt, noidi older - `'' . 1.0 .. ,s f 1 e•. . 1 -141- ' •ttit.!t ' to the S,11/1"0,11, '.'•Til t•t 'et 1,, the, :.0 t it I eh. C.T..\. ,ya. Escaped Losing an Eye,- Hs faro, in tine t ,uuti•.•s r Borscht. \i ,. r, •r,. \1 '�•tr-,- •1 1 Pert and Pend. 1'11 court f:.'.tn,1 the l -. .,f :, l: _,.. - i'•at •:, r'i" 1 a- I i l..t was more restrictive !haltit re./al 1105 11111 tt rid not rrb, ,,.. • ,the cen.titntionaiita al .he elder taw, .111:animal to the Pavy i ,cinch w is •ri led on by thy Ontario zoterits :neltf .and 111, n' hitt to carry the ap ,•,;I before this body was r>ttiue+i. Last. V„tent her, h.nreser, it was del i k',i to drop prereeIings: Premier \litche:i Hepburn of 'Ontario declared dist•ou- tiuuaite - of the appeal did not affect the utain issue --"whether the province or the !Dominion had the right to en- force the ;liquor 'laws." Previously a test 'case tante before }edge T. H, Grout of d ranipton when William Valley of Toronto op- enly .drank ligator in a 'Coaksvllle ho- tel in Peel County and was •convicte.d by the ntalgisrbnate ,under The Liquor Control Act. ,His appeal was 'before Jacle'e 'Grout vigil() dismissed it. The judge's rating 'meant the CITJA. was ultra vies, a ruling 'which Premier Hepburn maintain stulll stands. 'Under tli'e. L.C.A. :now In ,force in the counties there are beverage room,. in 'Huron and Perth except where lo- cal option fotibids ,them, The C.T.A„ also known as The Sean Ace passed out ,o'f general oper- ation in Ontario in 1113139 Sul it was tad: - en up by the three counties again in 111014 and '19115 to 'be supplanted by The ,Ontario 'Temperance Act w'ticli trade provision suspiensou of the t 4 a711140.a Street. et an e.1 e•. t _ 1 i - _ 20 i ,.u, - ssian.+.:.. esu tnn� 1 . ri ▪ t+,, tor:-, ,n lis '14 ,,e t ,! t' 1' that n- t to se lac-. Pt TI'.' 1,; tee ..`V: 11110,'in_ 'hat' str.tnk hint just ahoy,: :he 044 eye. caesin;, a stasis which 11.s -es -hated two stitches to close the wort,. 1. He k1 a. away :rout trod' 1'ir tine rens tin- der of the day and Wednesday with the injury,---f3!oderich Star. David George Heist - David George I-faist a well known resident of Brussels, .passed away on Thursday, Dec. twenty-fourth. Death occurred at his hone here in his six- ty-eighth year. Hie had not been in good health for the 'past year. The de- ceased was horn in this locality- and spent the greater part of his fifetiine in this district, residing for some year: also to Chcsley. He was the son of the late'Elizabeth and George I-lai.t. Fi„ leave.; to mortar their loss, his uitl•:ea•, one daughter-, \yrs, Sheldon Henry (Lottie) of .Eforca and three .•ln., Wal- ter D., Edward G., Illl.t..els,-a. 1'i herr elf Kifitardin•: Tile funeral tn,i; plat •-,ti Satut-Mai , Dn 'noire:» ,• r:un liic :est res'•-lene. 1, er•t COMMUNICATION ant, Jan. , i': itt The ..•.ern^h , I ,tr.rt, ons ly t, Their csmr 1 etur home• a great ▪ ,rro w. I dropped e111 00 it seemed I lei: n i .4:nbiti on left -for anything In iter sear; I meant to take it upi a_ain but kept putting it off. ITo-day atgaiu the temptation being a little more than usual I decided to write. :There was recently completed at Pt, Ekon the new winter chapel at Sanc- tuary !Park cemetery, and it is now available'for-ferttertul services and snor- teary care. pending spring interment. The .building •was designed by S..B'. Coon & Son, Toronto, and construct- ed by 'the D. H. Weber Construction Clio, !Kimberley, !Ont., and -is the only one of its kintal in Western Ontario. 1Ths construction is of ,\Mausoleum de- sign and is built of Brtrce Peninsula cut shale lime -stone. The edifice is 40 feet by 218 feet and has .a chapel cap- acity .of 2(00 persons and storage space >r 30 caskets: The door; aid win- Soes are especially ulilly appropriate ansa attraotivo. th; latter of amber glass 0.14 the Farmer of mausoleum t 1,endt - ,r1.10.1 :111.11.11 i<t l,ri: or \Irlii'loo.i MAGISTRATE UPHOLDS LIQUOR CONTROL ACT t hn i l, Ont.. an. S. -Ontario Lignor C latrnl Acis authority' in Hu- ron County was questioned d-uring hearing of a licgtuor case Ibekure 'Vag- istrate J. A, \!Iakins here but the mag- istrate upheld the act despite argu- ment of •clefence counsel 'The Canada Temperance sect was teat in farce in the county, Frank ;Donnelly, 'counsel for :tittr- dock McLeod of Clinton, charged with unlawfully keeping liquor in -oth- er than the place where he resided, contended TheLiquorAict was "not in force in Huron 'County," "That charge is laid under the ICA:," he continued. "1 ,would like to take an nbjectian on the grounds of the, ruling by the tP't•ivy. Council that :Huron County, is under the Cana- dian Tempe -ranee Act:" 'It has been held that when the 0,1151itutionall question is raised the L.0 \. is ultra-'vire.4 of the ,pro -duce,,' replied Crown ;A'ttortiey DIE. Holmes, s', 1',.'. woul.l inntnue as long as the pr ,yin ,'illi raft 00- 0, restrictive. 1\" a tin . f t. \ appeared the dis- agrtem,.ttt ar,,se :tith the :Supreme ('curt': t•ltiilt« welt it 1111s not as res- 1ri:'ti: e as the CIA,. (>ntlri . 0 n•rrn:acnt luring the Su- 'e`n. 1'..,a••t be•arin arwiled t1ID 1'.\. 'a .t. .t't t vi••e, ti' parliament triad,. TIME NOW TO PLANT CARNATION CUTTINGS Carnation nutria;: sinnt .1 'ae Dort in ti,011 i:ut t,irt i Marcel,. 'The reason • leittinz. them , se, early is that the plant.' are stroll, and t sous, at that 0'04.• liter en they arc w'eaketted i•' :laser itr „•!uciion. The hest cut- tno- aro finite side ,hoots of tbiweriag stems. asie r+tms used f:ir cuttings sSosili he good firm shoots. not pony :tem th e!t weak plant: often st*nti ott t. rhe propagating 'bed should be drained with a thin ;layer al gravel and three in'chas of clean sharp sand. Good river sand is very sudttoble. The sand shoutict be well. firmed, thoroughly Soaked, anti allowed to drain. 'Tike cuttings slh•o:ald be pint in rows 'bwo inches apart, and one inch :between p'lan'ts, A 'tetn,perabure of 510 degrees is; suitable for .rooting cartta'tians. The cu't'tings'should 'be shaded ;Fram strong sunshine 'and the tiottse -or ,propagati,ntg bed kept rather warm for the first week or ten days. The beds should: be sprinkled night and Morning, - and under favourable conditions, the apt- ,. tines should form roots In about a 0100111, A circular on carnation culture is issued •!>y the Dominion Depaotinent nt :\griculttlre and stay be ;obtsiined on request froi11 the P-ublicity and Ewxten- sinn Branch of the Department artOt- tawa, or further info iat tion inay ibe obtained from the 'Division of Recti- c!tlttre, at tile' Central Ex,peritttenbaity Farts at Ottawa: •