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HURON NEWS Goderich Township and throughout
the county where his genial presence
Ducharme-Hogan.— radiated 'happiness and sympathy in
The Church of Our Lady of Mt. all his fifty years of medical practice,
Carmel was the scene of a very pret- Only last Thursday night he was
ty spring wedding on Tuesday mora- preparing to leave the house to brake
Intl'. March 3Otlt at 9 a.01. When Miss a call when he was suddenly stricken
Teresa Hogan of Mt. Carmel became with illness. IDr. Whitely was of
the bride of Mr. WilfredLDucharnte splendid physique, gentlemanly bear -
of .Chatham, and son of Mr, and \ors, ing and courteous in manner, always
David Datoharne of Zurich. The cere- the same in the homes of rich or
mony was performed by (Rev. Fr, Fo- poor. In his long medical career he
igarty. The bride was dressed in white proudly boasted of hating brought
satin with wreath, veil and slippers to font thousand babies Mao the world.
match and carried a thouquet of Ant- He was deeply interested in his pat-
erican roses. She was assisted by Miss lents to whom he was fiend as well
+D'ucharme, sister of the groom wino as physician, Dr. Whitely was born
wore e lovely pink gown and hat and October 18, '1133w, in Goderich Town
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also carried roses. The groom w•as at- ship. He was the son of the late Jos -
tended by Edward Hogan, brother of eph and Sarah (McMahon) Whitely,
the bride. After the ,ceremony the 7:th concession, Goderich 'Township,
wedding breakfast was served at the 'later of Goderich. He received his
bride's home, Later Mr. and Mrs. Dat- education at S.S. INo, >, the Goderich
charme motored to London and De- Collegiate institute and the Univer-
troit. On their return -they will reside sity of T-oronto, After graduating in
in Chatham: - 1803, he went to Milverton for two
Lost Tip of Finger.— years before ioteatiug iii Goderich,
"Dutch" iKestle, who is in charge
of Supertest distribution in Exeter,
lost the tip of the middle finger of the
right hand when it 'became jammed
between two barrels ofoillast week.
Mr, Kestle was assisting -in unload-
ing a shipment of oil and was in the
act of tucloading.the last two barrels
when the .finger: became jammed.
The top -of the finger was taken off,
Real Estate Changes.—
Several farms have changed hands
in Usborne Township during the past
week, Mr, Jos. Bailey has purchased
the IIM-acre farm of the late \'Vnm.
Clements, 8th concession of Us'borne,
adjoining his own. 'Mr. Bailey has
sold his fifty -were grass farm to 'Me
Honace A. Delbridge and Mr. Del -
bridge has sold his 100 -acre grass
;farm near 'Farquhar to Mr, N. Pass-
more.
Exeter 'Woman Loses Life in Fire.—
A tragic death occurred in Exeter
Tuesday morning When ,Mrs. A. J.
Little lost her life in an early morn-
ing fire- that destroyed the one -storey
frame cottage in Exeter North. Two
sons and three 'little grandchildren of
the deceased escaped through a bed-
room window in hare feet and night
attire being forced out onto a sleet
covered earth on a cold raw morning.
Practically everything that the family
possessed was destroyed and the fa-
mily were left destitute Mrs. Little
we- in her 65th year. Mrs, Little 'had
arisen in tate morning and the theory
is that site had attempted to light a
tiro with coal oil when a burst of
flame set tire to the woman's clouting
which were burned from her body,
'I:ro sons. 17:.Ir' and t'!tarlr' Line;
with the latter's •'t -,•r• .1 it+l-rn. Her-
ixrt aged 11, and Lauren,. n,. and 1. ter.-
elta, twins. iat
arlj.mnlg .o •'•t- t
to filed tier , t.c fillet
tin;. smoke. 1 etd:in
wind.w the f:nnilc
\Cith au 15x(1 the rear l,,or 1.1- .01.1,1i.
cd in and the two sem, ,,. i i ,1
nr,ke and dames rout ,.•t1 •!t,
0; their mother, rife Isatin:; .lerta•t„,t.
Bit men were bruit a',.,•,1, t`t
body in the attempt. The fire started
about 100 a,nt, .111,1 in th1 meantime
the tire alarm had sounded ..ted the
firemen were soon ott the ,.rent• and
brought the flames under control.
The house was destroyed although
the greater part of the charred frame-
work was standing, The (men saved
a part of their clothing ' 'hut the child-
ren had .only their night attire. The
were taken to the home of Mr. John
(Caldwell t -m the opposite side of the
street, - Coroner Dr. \V. E. Weekes
tea, called and he derided that an in -
Wiest was unnecessary. The deceased
is survived by five children, Mrs, Ac-
ton, of Toronto; Charles. Earl and
Arthur of town; the latter not being
at home at the time; Mrs: Scott, of
Owen Sound and Mrs. Hager, of
London. Fifteen years ago the father
of the family died in a London Hos-
pital front injuries -received in an ac-
cident while logging in a bush. On
the 11:3tth of March last year, Herbert
w•aS knocked down by a truck and
for fifteen weeks he was in the Sea -
forth' hospital with a broken leg and
;ei ertise for tenders for crttrtin¢ and
other injuries.— Exeter Tinter -Advo- i••erine• auproximateiy nate:) ''1. y i.
sate. of 4-rrtt•el, contractor l.:tite.r to fnrn..
Dr, Whitely Passes. At Goderich— 1. 1 „ern t' ,t her to use '1 .o:lnslei ,
05. J. Menson Whitey passed 1.!'11-41,--. Tender. t., be opene,l :r
1,e .t fogy away at his home at ,code- 'r• .t rvgrtlar t e,,ing, May ,ird,
51••:1 ,n lftiu l ty ev?nit g after a short ! '"' following- orders were issue 1: Di-
titt:e s, in his 11st year, Beloved phys- lief, ..11117,1}(1;'General b.;
,i etiimc•itt citizen and kindly :`r tie, Road Fx'..ts ,
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THE SEAPORT. NEWS
ittiute doing the actual branding, were.
TOWN WN mr r)Ti S a picturesque crew. The heat from the
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO -t''tt and also from the (blazing wood
in the pit close at hand where the ir-
ons were heating struck them .fiercely,
They had all removed their ".chaps"
fAndrew Barter of IC"roderich was a ;and discarded their outer shirts, and
two of them had removed their heavy
felt hats and tied their neck scarfs
around their heads. The rising irrita-
ting alkali dust stained their faces,
and as they :labored the running beads
of sweat washed through it and left
crooked streaks. •
Wlien the cow or the steer that
'Snoopy and Trujillo had forced into
the chute reached a certain point one
df the four young IPedtro Laguna,
would .thrust a bar across in front of
and at the same instant Rubles Mc-
Graw (would come down with all his
one hundred and eighty pounds on a
lever that connected with an inner
yielding framework, thou pinning the
animal against the other side of the
chute, Then Three -fingered Rosario,
who was tending the fire, would
promptly hand up a hot iron to (Fred
IlIolmer, the boss 'buckaroo, who
would thrust it through the boards of
the chute against the flank of the an-
imal: When the .bar was removed
and the lever thrust up the cow or the
steer, more frightened than hurt;
would ,gallop •out and join in the open
those of its (kind that had 'preceded it,
The ,whole process took only 'half a
minuteoe so.
As each released animal dashed by,
Tommy 'Nash, the ranch manager's
ten -year-old son, sitting perched on
the top hoard of one of the sides df
the chute, would let out a wild cattle
yell and "fan" it with his (big hat. To
Toninty branding was fun. School in
town was through far the 'tern(, and
every minute that was his he was
spending with the friendly buckaroos,
They had been working for almost
an hour when one of the range cows,
instead of z alloping away as the oth-
ers had done When they were out of
the chute, turned and vindictively
changed the crew while they were
branding a steer. She made first for
Rosario at the (fire, and with a start-
led shout Rosario (bounded over the
blazing .fire pit and,. amid hilarious
cries 'from Snoopy and Trujillo with-
in the holding pen, mounted the pen
fence. Dropping his iron, Holmer
climbed the chute. So did young Pe-
dro.
That left Babbles MclGa•w on the
ground. 'There was •only one reason
why he did not follow elle example of
his comrades. As the cow charged
down he alone had seen Tommy twist
about on his perch to watch and then
slip and tumble down inside- Tommy's
indulgent .father had provided hits
with a complete and ornate outfit of
buckaroo regalia, which he never
thought of going without while he
was on the ranch. Bob'b'les notices a
high -heeled 'boot with its big roweled
silver spur sticking 'through the nar-
row space between the two upper
hoards of the chute: the boot looked
to be inextricably caught, and Tont-
my was hanging helpless hear) down -
nerd.
The handling of the steer that fol-
lowed the wild con had been rapid,
and before inuttping Pedro had remov-
ed the stopping bar, If Babbles
should now relax his pressure on the
+,•'err, this freeing the steer just
hrandcrt, the frantic ; reature would
tear out of the chaste and gore, crush
and probably kill 'Pommy as he
crostded by him,
:Ainii dust and flying gravel the
'so checked herself before the pit
and then like a flash whirled against
Bahl—des, The Imekat'oo pressed hard
against his lever and at the same titnc
reached down frith one hand and
caught tip the 'hot iron that the hos;
had dropped. Just in time to protect
himself from the cow's sharp horns
Bubbles thrust it ts•itlt a sudden
smoke anti smell of singeing hair in-
to her face. The cow stopped short
and sprang 'back. 'Her head lowered,
and leer eyes ,glared wickedly as she
started to move in a semicircle round
the •buckaroo. Bubbles followed her
movements as well as he could with
the iron extended defensively; the ir-
on fairly scorched his unloved hand.
While he was striving to hold the
cow oil, the steer in the press was in-
creasing its efforts to get free; to
hold the steer immovable the cow-
man needed his full weight and
strength. The struggles of the fresh-
ly 'branded, ,frenzied animal sent the
lfearrw-hile d-Iolnier and the other
buckaroos were shouting questions at
hint. They did not understand the full
situation, but the expression of Bub-
ble's face told them that what he was
doing was not in mere bravado.
"Tommy!" Bubbles yelled:,
A glance from each of the men
down into the .chute showed the pred-
icament the ,boy was in. At the sante
moment Tammy recovered his breath
and his wits enough to start yelling.
Th, action that followed—in which
l: three f Buhble roused couvades
lt!ripated—could hardly have been
more 7,-,\ tit aald efficient. Rising salt
u;n1 il,otcr hili erect on the
ace. I refl Hilt t.. gathered himself
'Town Topic:,
town visitor on Tuesday.—(David
Sproat of Belgrave- is visiting inthis
vicinity.—D. 5. McCallum returned
Friday from a month's trip to West-
ern points,—Xrs. Dr. McGinnis left
Wednesday morning for her .future
home in Wal'lace'burg,—(Rev, E. A.
Corbett of Montreal is visiting• in
town.—Mrs, E. B. lArkinson of Dav-
isville is visiting with her paarents.
Mr. and Mrs, ,Jas, Troyer.—The At
Home given in Cardno's Hall on
Tuesday evening,, .by the Masonic fra-
ternity was one of the most deligtful
events ever given here. A short pro-
gram was given by vocal artists in
solos, Mrs, \4GGuire, Miss Dods and
George Israel. The gentlemen• waited
most assiduously on the 280 guests,
including, fou out-of-town, Mrs,
Raymond, 'London; Dr, (Atkinson,
1lr..Percy Town, Clinton; 'Miss M'c-
Q•ueen, itreeiton; Miss Gregory, Col-
litagw•ood; Mrs. Chas. MclGregor,'
Constance,—I7lrs. J. S. (Roberts has
gone to Red iDeer, Alta., to visit her
daughter.—'Messrs. 'Forbes Bros. have
secured the contract for the new tele-
phone line at 'Aylmer and for the ex-
tension of the line at Shakespeare,—
Ten years ago there were 318 hotels
and shop licenses in South I-Iuron,
hitt Miter May 1 there will be 'hut 1,3,
License Commissioners !John Middle-
ton. Joseph Canning and Delbridge,
and inspector John "Torrance, met in
Hensall on Saturday and granted li-
censes to the following 'houses: Exe-
ter—Commercial House, C.entra't and
Metropolitan, Hensall— C'ounnercial
and 'King, t,oerge; Zurich—Dominion
and Commercial; Bayfield -.Albion
and C,nnntereial; Stephen Township
Centralia, W. Moffat; Crediton, Au-
gust Hill; 'Grand Bend, Ezra Bren-
ner; 'Das'hwood, Wnt, Zimmer. -1A
very pleasant entertainment was. giv-
en in 'Egmondville Church on Tucs-
they evening. Rev, Mr, Martin of
;Stratford (gate an account of a visit
to Edinburgh, Scotland. The ,chair
gave two Scotch selections, Mrs.
Shaw and Mr, John 'Beattie sang a
Scotch selection with splendid effect;
llte 'John Scott of 'Roxboro alsode-
lighted the audience with a Scotch
selection.
PlensalI
The funeral of -Joseph Hudson was
held from the family residence to
Bayfield cemetery Monday, was large-
ly attended. II -le came to Hensall a
feat years ago and engaged in the
purchase of hogs for the leading
packers and was well known and
much thought of by the farmers
throughout this section. --Miss Mattie
Ellis recently visited in Detroit. --.Ott
Wednesday night, Mrs, John Welsh,
mother of Richard and William
Welsh, contractors, passed away at
the home of the former, in her 90th
year. Deceased was horn in Devon-
shire, England. and carne to this
country 23 year, ago.
I•tu'kersntit!1.
r. James M:1111n, t,fthe ,,11.1111
use, was catlr,a :r. ittt^,•r \foeday
1•, the serious .ilhtes- ) he, fa.
:. \it-. I)ke:---.'i'itc farmer- are in
Ito.% :ls they are the
ri? sit ut...--\i'. 1 r hsnan
7. 'nem Sunday- at ll.. Ter -
r"!. s 1 the west -end.- .Mrs. Jos-
. Stru. ,. ;'ac 11111 title. c ri-itillg
,ti1.1 '1,+1...tltl•r, Mrs. 'George Call -
.t7 1 ' - month.
AT THE BRANDING CHUTE
it was s da, ir1 Imre, and the lint
inn ',cat Ina;. fiercely on the sere,
had expanse of the great valley with-
in which lay the many thoasanil acres
of the Wilkins rattle rancht it was
dry heat. to he sure,—sun stroke in
the region is almost unknown. --{au'
the thertu"fneter registered between
I he :mit 1111? degrees in the shade. On -
1y by glancing o11 at the white glist-
ening, snow cap of the mountain range
utiles to the cast could you obtain a
suggestion of coolness.
At au isolated branding chute some
distance front the borne ranch -yard
six of the ranch .buckaroos were .put-
ting- the J. P. mark on a hunch of
.tock just in from tete south. Of the
six 'Snoopy Burg and the Mexican,
I'rujillo, in the holding pen were the
only ones mounted- Keeping to the
rear of the stock, those two would in-
termittently ,spur their mounts up
against the restless cattle until they
o•owricrl one of them into the chute.
For the sweat -bathed blooded horses
it was galling work; nervously they
•htuupeti the notched rattles of their
pad,: bits and sent the suday froth
leing as they tossed their heads,
l'he four other buckaroos, who
1•,r out i11 the 01,111 at the side of the
where he hall since practised. He was
twice married, first to Miss Priscilla
Fisher of Colborne, and later to Miss
711 rgaret Moss of Goderich, who sur-
vives, besides three daughters lir the
first marriage and four children by
the .second. They .ire: Mrs. R, \V,
\leIKenzie dNera), of Cincinnati;
71rs, James Collins lGdadysl, of Van -
convey, both of whom were with
hint; Mrs. ;lances Britz (Errata), of
(Goderich; Mrs, W. Robinson (Ra-
mona); Elaine Benson and Leonora
at home. He was the oldest of a fam-
ily of nine, of whom there survives a
brother, Charles, t,oderich Township.
and two sisters, Mises Lillian and
Jennie. 'Goderich, Dr. \\'hiteiy at the
time of his death las \I. O. 'H. of
Goderich and for the past fifty years
of 'Goderich Township, He (itis a
staunch Conservative, and was the
unsuccessful candidate in the election
to the Legislature in 1929, IHe was a
keen .l'os'er of horses and had one of
the finest racing stables in Western
Ontario; two horses, Sid Hal 12,11(5!51
and 'Ramona (20134), sbnth still liv-
ing, having outstanding records. He
was the president of the Canadian
Trotting and Racing Association and
the Goderich Trotting and Racing
.Association, He era. a ntenrher of
Maitland Lodge No. 33, .-\.G', and A,
\L, and Huron Chapter No. 3n. R. A.
\I., Goderich; St. Elmo i'receptory,
Stratford, and Mocha Shrine, Lon -
dint. Associated with 1)r. Whitely in
Itis malefic,• at 1,Otletrtc It at various
times were 1)r. trowel', n,,w in Mich-
igan; the late Dr. A, '': Hent:.. l)r,.
W. F. G;Jiow, Dr. W. it. ALe t'n and
Dr, 1. \i. Grath:on.:,lf ,d t .;1 •: ,
l'hr (ttnera .til talo '; .day aftrrtto,,n at _ , . 1 , . -
HIBBERT
:Iibbert Council,—'
i•e,ulsr nieetin:
T.ansi,i'
ConnH1 11 +- 1;t` a
,•n,b -r.
t;tr. Reeve :wedding. The
iu .f the previousmenti.(:; aur'
..•sol and 1 i,l'ted, t.'orresnonden.e in
:la led .Aire from the Department o;.
'i\.' Ire that in future the charge for
ntedi,••ti srt•rit'es and suyplit. wott'd
h .350 for each person receiving relief
instead of _', as formerly; also notice
from the Department of Highways
shottite the approved expenliture ou
1',.ads ,!.u•sng .1at3a to he us(lbti,83 on
a hi111t a stirr.idv of 82117-0..s',2 eras r: -
sirod. Vending a anti e front Nor-
man Riehl asking for re)eti1' of tltirn.<
Municipal Drain, a resolution was
'tassel insarncting the Clerk to noti-
fy the township engineer, John Rog-
er, to examine the regtiirentents of
the Burns' Drain, Follott•ing a com-
munication from Bell Telephone•. Co„
the .Reece; Gourd -log Barrchill, atud
the road swperiutenrleot, John Mac-
i)nnald were appointed to meet a re -
pre entatice from the (Bell 'Telephone
Co, regarding Irroposetl straightening.
resetting anal.: replacing po:es ou 1'011,
2 and ,3 front 'Putlarton to Tucker -
smith. ••.l'he clerk ,was instruerl n.
THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 1937
Farmers'
Telephones
Now Cost Less!
On April lst, rural telephone rates were
reduced by 25 cents per month $3.00
per year.
This will mean a saving to the farmers of
Ontario and Quebec of over $100,000 a
year.
Other reductions are—
Hand (cradle) telephones —
reduced from 30 cents to 15 cents per month
over Desk type (effective with May bills),
installation charge —
Business telephones reduced from $2.25 to
$2,00,
Service connection
(where instrument is in place)- on Business
telephones, reduced from $1.15 to $1.00; in-
side move charges reduced from $2.00 to
$1.00 (effective April 1st),
Short haul Long Distance Calls -
20 -cent person-to-person calls reduced to 15
cents. The extra cost for reversing charges
on calls to nearby places is cancelled (effec-
tive April 1st).
Deaf Sets —
The special type of equipment available for
the hard -of -hearing is reduced from $2.50 to
$1.50 per month.
Now is the time to order your telephone. Our
local representative will be glad to explain the
benefits of a telephone on the farm. It will save
you far more than its cost, especially at the
reduced rate.
and then without hesitation hurled
himself in a dive that landed hint flat
on the cow's back. One hand grasped
a }torn, and the elbow aif one arm slit
under the other horn. As he brought
his legs and body down off the hump-
ing cow the boss tatiekaro' gave a
powerful heave with his shoulders
that flopped the cow oil' her feet on
to her side. For the ;ire -int she was
eliminated. Al that instant Rolir,
was rasing up along the i'ntts t nrard
Tommy. and 11:11,5 Pedro sprang
down beside the 101.1.'11 t,) h::n 1110 -
who hal ,irrr,l,cd tit'. ^.:a.•...n.
iron.
lly that time the st,er ,n the ,rr•s,
was thrashing, and working tw.t•. :111-
a whale in a cove. Bubbles:ul•1 l'e,h•e,,
as they hore heavily clown with stom-
achs doubled over the lever, were
jolted violently tip and down. l`:1,•y
iambi not get the grip of him, for the
big three -year -t1.1. had got his feet nn
the ground and was half free; only
his flanks and hips were in the press,
It was plait( that they cnttld hold
him no longer. Would there be time
enough for Rosario to reach Tommy
and fish hint tip out of the path of the
steer? It seemed doubtfatl. The fright-
ened boy was now appealing to each
of the .ten by name. Running along
the outside, 'Rosario reached the end
of the chute where above his head
'Pommty's foot was caught het.v.xn
the 'hoards. He stepped'halfway up
the chute frame and leaned over the
tap. At the sante, instant the fighting
steer tnrc his hips loose from the
press, letting 13ttb:bles and Pedro on
the lever drop with a hang, and, at
:ase definitely freer) of all restraint,
charged for the open,
(Rosario had just time for a single
heave, and on it depended Tontntt's
life. Stretching to his limit, he grab-
bed the slack of the seat of Tom -nay's
overalls in his good left 'hand turd
hooked the three finger's Id his right
in the strong loose 'belt o'f the ',.,e's
silver-decoratedleather chaps, 'then
with a grunt as he taxed tine uittseles
of his stomach he lifted.
r`Qatielcl Quick!' shrieked 'grout(
The Wandering, steer itith head ,t-
ered iras almost on tin, o; (teak!
\s Rosario rose 'lotto y twis
sideways and t_i 15htd drspe,ately ze.
t the ((tate s 1111,'Ic. TIM r ft rt br 0,E.11
'1111" h -,.e u••;tl .1 -![!1-,. i a'.h t,
of the chute. At the same moment
the steer readied the spot, and as he
shot by one of his horns raked across
the boy's side and ripped his shirt al-
most completely ot1:
Then flit -dun -indult backbone thum-
ped hint twice. and tlul steer was
1&1 t, By the narrowest - 71f margins
l'oo(m)'s iii( 1151 ,.:en saved.
d: is no womb -77 . little fellow be -
eat; te, .o't whit 1':•'•s.ria proceeded
ie;iaerate't . di -11 ele, .tis boot.
In the minute . .. in , Snoopy
and Trujillo, tris'.(: nt 1 the gate
the boldin• t n, n lx tiing up
.'❑ their 'mount,. ;Js,11 \,1 Htltner
,f his struggle wit', t t( ION, Wiping
lite sweat 'from the it at:' four
.te k,t+•.to' of v t 111; r,tc'.tfttg siow-
'y t,'et°tet•.
1iter grinned at n•',t'ter, -hut
they leaked troubled
'Tommy," Holm 7e ,gist severely at
last. 'what's s-mir uta tar; to say
when site sees that shirtl"
FORDWICH
1 carte upon the '(mint old \'ihlahe
of Fordwich quite by accident. It
was while Motoring in the northern
part of the county of Huron, and I
had turned off on a road hoping to
titin something interest. I found
it: t sprawling tillage that covers the
side of a hill, and dips dntrtt the val-
ley of the Maitland River, and goes
oandcring up ort the other ban.lc.
'Winding streets and little shops per-
ched on the side of the hill. An old
n1111 and darn and a horse and cart
jogging across the bridge. 'A barefoot
lad fishing and a knot of villagers in
discussion. ,\alt helped make it a scene
such as Wright have been laid in the
old country. Delving :back into the re-
cords, it was to find that the 'village in
situated on lots 20 and 211 on the 7th
concession of the Township o -f tFlow-
ick: Perhaps the Government had a
city of the old world in mind when.
they made out the plans ,for the nor-
thern part of the Huron tract, be-
cause on it they mark.' 'Fordwich as
the town plot of 'Ilowiek and stated
in early dispatches that it was to be
made into a city. Ai :early records
snow, the Goverment .t -i. 101 SnC-
c:':;f tI i•t its city -malting, and the
!.resent -day l Haze r.f 7o dwich - has
never a, h',v i t' 1 expe,ct-
I it rte; ,{ ,tititin the
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