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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1937-09-02, Page 2PAGE TWO. THE SEAFORTH NEWS THURSDAY, ISEP'TEP/MBER 2, 1937 Try Salada Orange Pekoe Blend TEA HURON NEWS Fine Gladiolus— Two gladiolus from the garden of Mrs. John Ki.rkness, ,Margaret street, were :brought into the 'Rev'iew 'Office on .Thursday of last week. !The 'larger spike was exactly six feet tall, 'and the same bulb produced another spike which is over four feet in height. The two spikes 'bac' ,36 'lowers and buds on them. The name of the variety is Charles Dickens and it is reddish mauve in color.—H'arriston ;Review. Starlings Disrupt Service- The starlings, those scavenger birds which have increased in such numbers as to become a pest in most communities, particularly to the far- mer and fruit grower, have made still another enemy in this locality—the Hydro linemen. It appears that on two occasions recently, near Cargill and ,Formosa, the Walkerton Hydro repair then have been summoned to replace burned out fuses on trans- formers and in doing so found con- vincing evidence that birds were re- sponsible for the damage in the form of many dead starlings at the foot of the pole where the burn -out was lo- cated, The birds, .which travel in 'big flocks, had apparently settled should- er to shoulder on the wire, forming e circuit through their bodies from the transformer switch to .the live wire which resulted in the 'blown fuse and in their electrocution.—Walker- mit Herald -Times. Engagement Announced— Mr. and Mrs. !David Dewar of Bay- field wish to announce the engage - stent of their daughter, Anne ,Ethel, to Mr. !Ernest Johannes Rehn of De- troit, son of the late Mr. and Mra• tKarl Rehn of Dresden. 'Germany. The marriage will take place early in 'Sep- tember. Renewing Old Acquaintances— Mr. and Mrs. Jno, Jervis, Cleveland, Ohio, were catling on old friends and renewing acquaintances in and around townlast week. Mr. Jervis is a farther pupil of S.S. No. 4, Tucker - smith. and while here he called .,n several old scltoallmates. 'Among them were .1.1r. ared Mrs. 'Iddo Crich, Mr. 'Gifford Crich, Mrs. Whitfield ('rich and Mr, and Mfrs. J. E. all. It is 23 years since .Mr. Jervis was visiting in his "home town. --Clinton News -Record C. A. Robertson Again Nominated— HuronaBruee Liberals, meeting in convention at Winghant on Aug. 215, renominated 'Charles A. Robertson. of Carlow for another term in the Legis- lature. There were •two other nom- inees—W. J. "MacKay, former M.P.P. for 'Sou'th Bruce, whose seat disap- peared in -the last redistri'butiott, and George H. Mooney of (Ripley. Mr. MacKay expressed his grievance at (tieing left out and said .he felt since M.r. Robertson had been member for eleven years he himself now deserved support. Mr. Mooney made a spirited attack on Mr. Robertson, hut when heckled by the .crowd withdrew his name. 'However in the voting Mr. Ro- bertson had a large majority over his opponent, New Provincial Highway— It is announced that from August 215 the road from l.A.ntberley on the cou-nty. boundary running easterly through Listowel to 'Elmira, a dis- tance of 40 miles, is taken over 'by the Province as a' King's Highway. This move was requested .by a deputation fromHuron, (Perth, Waterloo sad Wellington last winter. Wigwag At Goderich Crossing— !A ,crew of men last week erected a wigwag and warning bell at the C.N.. R. crossing on highway No, 8, at the outskirts of the town, where there have been two ,fatalities since the fall of 11191314/ Li addition to the 'bel'( and 1 wigwag red light, there is the usual 331) -foot lighted warning sign at either side of the track, also signs at the '51011 -Foot mark and a highway I. sign placing the speed at' twenty moles per hour,—IGoderioh Signal. ,PICOBAC PIPE TOBACCO 'MI LD, COOL SMOKE( Had To See That Baby— John Durnin, seventy -six-year-old resident of :Dungannon, is in line for some sort of recognition as the most devoted grandfather. He coil(' hard- ly wait to see his fourth grandchild, Margaret Ruth, daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Jos, McNevin, of Coderich, and walked the eighteen miles to 'Goder- ich on Sunday. The elderly marathon- er was none the worse for 'his "jaunt", in fact, he enjoyed it.—+Goderieh Star. Takes Position In States— Chartles 'Ritz, an old Mitchell boy visited town during ,the week end and leaves soon to take up his new posi- tion as vice-president of the linter - national Milling Co. at Minneapolis, Minnesota, Mr, Ritz has made envi- able progress in the ,field of 'business and naturally Mitchell residents are pleased with his sureees. He was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Cenrge Ritz of Mitchell and was educated here, --Mitchell Advocate, - Purchased Business— .Me. Clyde A. 'Louttit, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Louttit, of \Vingharn, manager of L. 'l:. Liggett drug store in West 'Toronto, has purchased a business in Long Brandi and took possession last week. Falls From Barn Roof— To the Fact that he alighted on a straw pile after falling 41) feet, Wil- fred Smith, '-lth-year-old butcher, owes his life. -As it is he is in the Godericit hospital with head Mimic,' requiring- 115 equiring115 stitches. No bones were broken. Smith was dismantling a windmill •at John 'Chisholnt's farm in Colborne Township when the accident occur- red. The windmill protruded through the roof of the barn.' A sudden gnat of wind moved the heavy blades in- flicting a long gash knocking hint to the metal barn roof, 15 feet below. He then rolled down the sloping roof and dell more than .t.") feet on to a straw pile and thence by easy stages to the ground. Conscience '/Loney Received— The \Viughant t'tilities .Commis- si sn received 1%18 in payment of a colt of wire taken from A. J. Walker's lawn about six years ago, The mon- ey was enclosed in a letter explaining- the- circumstances but no signature was attached..3lr. H.. Campbell, man- ager of -the 'Hydro, • remembers the circumstances. -- Wingham Advance - Times. Unconscious for 154 Hours— Two persons were injured, but not seriously,` tri a crash at St. Coluntban on No. 8 Highway shortly after three o'clock 'Friday afternoon. The two. cars were badly damaged. 'Peter Sul- livan, St. Colunnban, driver of one car, suffered slight concussion and: was badly shaken up, being uncon- scious 11% hours, and Miss Elizabeth Wooley of Mitchell, sufferer] minor cuts, she being a passenger in a car driven by Orval Lemon of ,Mitchell. Mr. 'Sullivan was parked on the south side of 'rhe highway, facing east, and started to cross the road toturninto a`Taneway. Lenton was driving east towards Mitchell and the two cars collided just' when the Mitchell driver was passing the other ear. .Provincial Constable J. M. Douglas of Stratford investigated. The many friends of Mr. Sullivan are glad to see able to he around again this week. - SCHOOL FAIR DATES Grand 'Bend I'Puesday, Sept. '14 M'ensa'l Carlow Beigrave 1Fondwich Wednesday, Sept. 1113 (Friday, Sept. 117 Tuesday, Set. '211 Wednesday, Sept. 22 St. Helens Tuesday. Sept.28 Currie's Corners ,, .. 'W'ed., Sept. 219 "Bobby," called another, "be sure 'to come in at four o'clock and get your bath 'before you go to the Jones' for supper." "But, mother, I don't need a 'hath for that," protested Bobby. "They said it was going to 'be very informal." When Yott Have A HORSE or COW YOU WANT REMOVED Phone or write- to WILLIAM ST -ONE SONS, LIMITED PHONE 22—INGERSOLL RETURNING TO OONTARIO FROM THE WEST Thirty years ago it .was 'Co west, young man, go wet11" To -day hund- reds of western farmers are turning their eyes eastward to the fertile, well watered farms of iO.ntario—and some )1 then are here and more are corn- ing, says !Percy T. Cole in the Toron- o Telegram, On ,farms in the Brighton district, not far from Belleville, today are six families from 'Western Canada. ITUtey are already hard at work carving Diet a niche for themselves in surround- ings totally different .to anything they have ever experienced , before. And they admit that scores of others in the drought -stricken areas of South- ern Saskatchewan are watching their progress, ready to pack up anti 'leave their western hones even as .these have done,•11 these first eastward- bound ones stake good in (Ontario. There are thirty then, ,womenand children in this box -car caravan that came 'last week from the West. 'In the twelve freight cars were- stored a. con- glomeration of horses, ,cattle, pigs, poultry, farm otachinery—:big tractors for a 'five hundred acre farm, and huge binders that will be almost use- less in the small fields of 'Ontario. But as one of the Hien -explained, this was all they had left. and they couldn't sell it, so why leave it? All sic families are of AustroaGer- ntan descent. They lived in a district known as Spring Valley, 715 miles southwest of 'Regina. They haven't had a crop there in nine years. For the last two years their cattle have lived on the ever-present thistle, but pow even the weed has gone back on them, for it is poisoning the cattle. That teas the last straw': !The six fatu- ities packed their helon;gings in box cars and left the West. I't is understood the westerners were brought to the Brighton district Through an arrangement made be- tween the Saskatchewan and 'Ontario ,aavernntents. Their living expenses will -be paid 'by Saskatchewan until such time as they have 'a crop, late next year. It is hard for'Ontarions to realize just what these p-eople from the West have gone through, but when ane sees small boys and smaller girls de- lightedly ahewing ,ott -greets apples and thinking they are the rarest deli- cacy itt the world, one 'begins - to see something of what they have missed, These children had never seen an ap- ple before they reacher' Brighton. lu fact, many of theta had never seen a, tree, and not one of them bac' ever had the chance to climb one. There simply aren't any trees in the district. where they were ,born and brought op to'their nine or ten years. And the ones nine years and under haven't even ascii' good green grass' at close hand, if you can believe that. It is mine long years since these Spring Valley ifolk 'have 'tad a crop. `l'Vhe first three years of the 'bast times were not bad," 'Mrs. IG. Nagel, still a young woman, ibut with the marks of toil and worry on 'her browned face, declared. ",After the third dry year, we. were always think- ing it oouldn't go for another year. But it did, four, five, six. years. We. were happy, glad we had Stuck it out, for the seventh year we got rain, -and we had a fine crop. It was •fine. that is, until the rust carte. We had lots of straw, but there wasn't any wheat in the head, So that made seven years without any motley. We were on re- lief by this time. You can't live seven years on no crop. "i'Ite cattle ate the thistles which seemed to be the only thing that will grow without water, hitt even the thistles got 'had and out cattle started to ,die. So 'then we knew we had to stove." Two of the families are living .for the time being at least, on a farm at Stoney 'Point, south of Brighton and near the Murray Canal. The young- sters are having the time of their young lives.' They fish in the Murray Canal, catching three-inch perch and rock !b'as's that delight their young, hearts. Soon, they chorus, they 'will, learn to swintf K'aspar Beitel, who was the spokes- man for the even, said that these six families who had come to Brighton; were .far front the poorest of the wes- tern farmers. In fact, they considered they'd been kicky. One of them stili had a well which supplied water on his farm, and another had a 'quarter section of land in the hills' north of their farms where 'the cattle could be pastured and .find a scant living, but at least a living. Some of their neigh- bors, said Mr. Beitel, would have no stockto bring to 'Ontario, They had waited too long and these men were not going' to be caught' the sante way. IEa•rly un July some of the men motor- ed to Brighton and inspected the farms which the 'Government pro- posed to place at their disposal. - Small children are altnoet overcame with the excitement of Jfotcr 'days on the 'train, sleeping on the Ifoor, and seeing trees and a lake for the first time in their iives..Adults and child- letter -box.", nen alike are amazed at the grass which covers the farm they are on, - tong unoccupied. A S'cots'man was viewing a new motorcar, but all the salesman's elo- quence failed to bring hint to pur- chasing point. 'Look here, sir," the dealer ,said finally, - 'to prove what a good car this is, 811 throw in the clutch , . " "I`ll utak' it said the Seat trium- phantly, "1I 'knew if :f held Dolt long enough I'd get something for noth- ing." A youth got a job with a local coalman, !The •first sack of coal he had to deliver was for a woman wFao lived up three fights of stairs. 1' -Ie was absent so long that his em-' plover went 'to investigate, and found hint standing' ,on the landing 'break- dng tip the cowl. "What's the idea?" asked the (boss. "Well," said the youth, "'she's not in, so I'm ,putting it through her Send its the names of your visitors, 1,45613,8664 VooPIE4 A E YOU A EC ESS A E How vyould you like to be one of the victims in this horrible smash ? How would you like to be strapped to a cot in some emergency hospital ward — writhing,' half out of your mind with Rain. These ghastly tragedies are caused by those of you who drive recklessly—who take chances—without regard for the safety of others! You know in your own heart whether or not you are a reckless driver. If you are DECIIIE NOW TO DRIVE WITH CARE Stop cutting in, passing on hills or curves, taking chances of any kind. Settle down to safe, sane driving—and avoid trouble. You know the rules for safe driving. Stich to them — or run the risk of °having your license suspended or cancelled. We are - going to put reckless drivers off the road and keep them, off. Ontario Motorists will Co-operate When you see a motorist driving in a manner dangerous to the public, take his number, stake a careful note of the actual time and place, and when you reach your destination write to the Motor Vehicles. Branch, Department of Highways, Toronto, giving full details. We do not invite reports of minor infringements of the traffic laws; you are requested to use sound judgment. We will deal adequately with offenders! t'�!'"m7'^••'fi tin" I' A J�x���'yrY 5n.�4 Yrp rift. to ' ONTARIO ONTARIO DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS Motor Vehicles Branch toy on,*•.'men :.•.m :v-•+.,.nv, ,n ans11.1rs,cmtxncaa:®��.