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THE SEAFO12TFi NE` $.
THURSDAY) NOVEMBER 23, 1933
HURON NEWS
Early Nominations.—The ratepayers
of Exeter, will hold their /nomination'
meeting on 'December -/tit. This yet is
council reduced the tax rate ten nulls,
fran1,410 stills last year to 30 trills this
year, i\ro }hew aspirants to office have
been :heard of yet.
New Garage. --+.t;, R. /Guenther, of
Dashwodd, IS erecting a garage west.
of the service station at the north end
of Exeter. Mr. ,Guenther, who 'has an
EXtens'iye "trucking "business ''wild use
the garage for storage of trucks and
ire: chandise at times when the road.
between ?xete.r" and Dashwood is
closed to motor traffic.
!Ministerial Association.—The South
Huron Ministerial Association held its
November meeting at the ;home of
Rcv. J. R. Peters, at tElimville, witha
good attendance. The paper for the
/day was 'given by Rev. E. F. Chandler
of Kipper, who tool: es his subject,
"Robert 'Louis Stevenson; the 'Relig-
ious Value of His Thought .and Life."
The speaker .pointed out that as n
young man Stevenson became :inclined
to irreverence and even toatheism but
in later life as an exile on account of
his health gave abundant evidence of
a. Christian experience and while in
Samoa taught ':Sunday school. Mr.
Chandler voiced the opinion :that Scot-
tish life and literature had greatly in-
fluenced his thought and work.'During
his early years, Stevenson revolted
against all restraints and revealed con-
siderable impatience with the conven-
tional ideas of his t'inte. The speaker
quoted frequently from the works of
the author revealing the simplicity and
the spiritual tone of many of his
writings. A brief discussion followed
the presentation of the paper, after
which a vote of appreciation was ten-
dered to Mr. Chandler for his splendid
contribution. The meeting was closed
with the bened'iction which was pro-
'nout-ced by Rev, Saab Martin of
Churchill, who was a visitor during
the afternoon. The•Deceniber meeting
will be held at the parsonage, Central-
ia.
Calling for Applications, — lames
Ballantyne, Warden of Huron county,
is calling for applications for the posi-
tions of Clerk of the County of Idluron
and of Treasurer of the County of Hu-
ron, applications to he in not later
than November :30th. It is understood
that one, or possibly both, of these
positions will be •filled from the ranks
of Huron county returner/ soldiers.
Twenty Years Since Lake Disaster,
—+Both the calendar anti the weather
last week were irresistible reminders
of the great storm of 'November, 19113
—the most disastrous in the history of
the Great Lakes, The storm was real-
ty from November Sth to Loth, but
Sunday, November 9th was the day of
tragedy. On that day eight ships were
lost in tLake Huron and on the Great
Lakes system she losses included thir-
teen vessels, besides many more
stranded, some of them becoming a
total loss and others being salvaged.
Over two hundred lives were lost,
most of them in Lake Huron, and
while some of the bodies were recover-
ed many went down to unmarked
grave: beneath the deep waters of the
Lakes. The storm of :1/9013 was differ-
ent from that if last week. It was
short and fierce, and while some snow.
fell there was not the long -continued
precipitation of this week, 1\fterw'ards!
the :weather cleared away and remain-
ed fine atntil well into December.
'1''he
tragic dosses of thatyear taught ves-
sel owners a lesson they have not for-
gotten and al the,,ttghboats still operate
thro+tgh November and into Decem-
ber owners and masters are more cau-
tattus and fate is not tempted so'light-
ly as before that terrible time of 19113
when scores of sailors' :tomes were
bereaved,
Treasure Hidden in Carpet 'Rags.—
One of the queerest stories for some
time is that :of a roll of hills, 91362 in
amount, found in the care of a 'hall of
carpet rags received by 3. H. Asquith
r:f Stratford from Mrs. W, 'Weber,
R. R. 1, Auburn. Mr. Asquith is a
weaver of rugs and carpels at 3112 flu
'von street, Stratford, and on Friday
last some carpet rags were delivered
at his place to be woven for Mrs. We-
ber. On 'Monday as he was unwinding
one of the balls be found in it a roll or
banknotes and on counting them
found they ainc!ntted to ,1362, It was
in the fifteenth hail he found the small
fortune and he hastily unwound the
remaining three balls received' from
his Auburn customer but found no
Furt}ier treasure. The next thing, this
honest man. (lid was to write a note to
Mrs. Weber telling her of his :find. and
the outcome was the discovery that
Keary Doerr, farmer, living a short
distance south of Anabatrt; was appar-
ently the owner of the "nestegg;" :11
appears thatthe carpet rags were nut
together by Mr. Doerr's wifew•,
ho died'
a year ago last stonmer, After her
death consirlerah'esums of robe'
were, found from time to time, hidden
:in variousplaces about the house--a.m.
der carpets, ,under tnattres;ses and else-
where. After Mrs'. :Doerr's dearth
the
balls of carpet rags carne into the po -
_ s
session of Mrs. W. Weber of Auburn
when they were removed front
the
(Doerr home by an aunt of, Mr, Doerr,.
Mrs. s Weber cher decided ec:ii
ed t
o have'
themwo -'
ver and sent Breit/ to Stratford where
the 'honest weaver, Mr. Asquith, dis-
covered them in •the course of his
work,. The money had 'probably •been
•
in its, strange hiding ;place for -'two
Community Welfare Board;—Rep-
resentatives front the Goderich schools
churches and' other organizations have
organized a welfare board for the pur-
pose of the distribution of. relief dor
ing the winter. The board will consist
of seven members, two of, whom are
appointed by. the council and the -re-
mainder by the citizens, 'Mrs, F. R.
IRedditt, who has been secretary the
last two years, declined the office this
year and' is succeeded by Mrs. George
Johnston,
Sprained His Arm. Mr. Rudy
Desch, of the Bronson line, ,Hay, had
the misfortune to badly sprain his aunt
the other morning while cranking Cy-
rus Schoch's car as they Were about
to leave for their work at IIaist's bak-
ery,,Zurieh, where they are carpenter-
ing.
Sells Farm•-i'-4Ir, Jacob Deichert of
Zurich has sold his 50 acres on the
'Blind 'line, Hay, to Mr. Wm. Dietrich
for $1,111 5.
Late Rev. E. D. ,Becker.—The death
of Rev. Emil D. Becker occurred at
his hone •in A'rtsprior on November
12n 1, at the age of '69 years. He had
been in poor health for some time and
went through an operation recent'ly..
/Deceased was born in New York state
and came with his parents to New
II-laneburg when a boy and for a time.
had charge of the tailoring establis,h-
meatt of Rieder and Ruby of that place
and since entering the ministry of the
Lutheran church ire held pastorates in
Crediton, \'Iildtnay, Hanover, Elmira
and Arnprior, He also spent twwo years
evangelistic work in the Canadi•aa
\Vest. He was married to Sarah Um-
bach, daughter of the late Rev. Jos-
eph Umbach of New Haueburg, who
survives with three sons and one dau-
ghter, He was buried at 'Elmira.
No Blame in Fatal Accident.—
Accidental death was the verdict re-
turned 'by the coroner's jury at the in-
quest into the death of ,Henry Cook
which occurred November 'Lit, as the
resttlt of an accident at the corner of
liar' aiul Orange street, 'Clinton.
when Dr. Shaw's car collided with a
car owned and driven by Joseph Red-
mond when deceased was a passeng-
er in the latter's carr Coronet- Dr,
''hunter of Goderich, presided, while
witnesses were examined by Crown
Xttortscy D. E. Holmes, Traffic Of-
ficer Lever, Chief Constable Stong
and .Alfred Glazier were the witnesses.
examined on \Monday, The latter, Who
mac ,riding on the running board of
'Redmond's car, at the time of the ac-
cident, staters that he failed to see Dr.
Shaw's car approaching. Chief Stong
exhibited photographs of the scene of
the accident. The testimony of the
drivers taken a week previously was
to the effect that they had been driv-
fng ata very moderate rate of speed
and that neither saw the other until
too late to do anything.
Wolf Shot at Grand Bend.—A gray.
wolf was shot by Glen Brenner, of
Grated Bend, who was on a shooting
trip south of Che village last Saturday.
The wolf is the fourth to be killed in
the district during the past year, lir..
'Brenner was hunting dudes, While
sncalcin,g up on the section of the old
river bed of the Aux Sable River he
saw the form of an animas sinking
'cross the ice, His shotgun was load-
ed only with No. 6 shot for ducks,
Mr, Brenner had to creep to a van-
tage point so that the light shot
wonld be effective against ,the wolf.
ftesppite the disadvantage of the light
.at the wolf fell to Mr. Brenaer's
nim. in the pinery, where the most
natural bush of Western Ontario- is
--till largely undisturbed, a few wolves
seen to have crept in. TWO wolves
have been killed by motor cars on the
:rails of the Pinery, Another wetS shot
by a district resident earlier in the
year.
Death of Auburn Young Mans — IA
regrettable death occurred in 'Clinton
h 'rtal on Friday las- schen E. 5, 91
Kibosh h, a young fust 'Wawanosh
fanner, passed away in his' thirty-
fourth year, The young man suffered
in attack of flu some .time agobut re-
'overed'from that only to duffer short-
ly after fr'o'tsi severe ear trouble and.
hr es riasch es, ctrint'i'nlating in meningitis,
caused by an abcess on the brain. He
was 'hrota ht to Clintonwhere exam-
ination disclosed lois condition, which
was too far gone to 'admit• of remedial!
measures and he died on Friday, Mr.
ICi'1'lough, who was born in. Clinton,
the son of !Wi:Iliam ICillough, now of
North isabtleford, Sask., but Nabi spent
his boyhood in the West, returning to
Huron county a few years ago, He is
survived thy a young wife, formerly
/Miss Edna Raithby, .and a baby dau-
ghter, His father, two sisters and
two brothers survive,
Death of +Mrs. T.. F. Robinson.—
'Phere ,passed away on November Sth
,MPS. `Thomas •F, Rohutson, of ;Mitchell
in her 73rd 'year. Her maiden name
was :Mary Bucic and she was a daugh-
ter of the' late 2,tr. and Mrs. Aaron
Ruck, pioneer residents of:_,Fullarton
township. When a girl she learned
tailoring with the late Ijosei h .Cop;pin.
/Besides her husband -she is su'rv'ived
'byone brother and three sisters: Aar-
on, Mrs. 'Kate Scott and Mrs. 'David
'Etty of Mitchell and Mrs. (John Bal-
four of 'Hibbert township.
Sixty-fifth Anniversary.—On Nov-
ember 111116, 111563, a happy evetit`too'k
place itt Mitchell when Mattltew War-
dell and Miss Mary,Srnale, a daughter
of Mr: !Joseph 'Satiate, local preacher,
were nsarrbed. Site was a teacher in the
Bible Christian ,Sunday!School and he
was engaged in selling jewelry an the
market square: Last''ISaturday ','at
iHuntsville ,wire they now reside,
they celebrated the sixty-fifth 'anniv-
ersary of this occasion, The groom is
note 91 years of age and his bride is,
'89, \'Ir. and Mrs, Wardell have resided
at Huntsville for the 'past thirty-eight
years and previous to that he was in
business in Toronto for a number of
years.
Daughter at Blyth.—Fallowing a
very short illness, the death occurred
it
Harriston on November //Belt, of
Joseph .H. Carruth, in his 6Sti year,
The deceased ,was `born at Trowbridge
an 111865. He attended /Wroxeter public
and continuation sc'h'ool. When a
young; man he entered the furniture
business in (Listowel with the (Hess
Furniture Company. He also worked
at 'Huntsville, Orill'ia, Winghatn, Galt
and 'Guelph. In 11394 he was married
to Emily McLean of "Vinghartt who.
predeceased him ist 1930. The deceased
eniisted with the i1itls•t Regiment, go-
ing to England and served two years
in France, He moved to Harriston in
:1930 to reside with his daughter. Mr.
Carruth was a talented musician and
played in several well known 'bands.
I -Ie IS survived by three daughters,
\:ire, E. Aitcheson of Q3arristou, .firs.
W. Hackett, of Blyth, Hattie, of Ear-
riston; •two sous, 'Frederick of London,
and •Arthur of Listowel..He was bur-
ied in '\1Tinghani cemetery.
Bag Bear,-4Wh'ile in the ,northern
woods last week hunting for deer, :Bill
Chambers, aged 20, was surprised and
—laud—well he was surprised to see a
big black bear heading straight to-
warii him, five can imagine that Bili
had a creepy feeling just about that
time. the had often heard stories and
read about bears but to see a big
hlacic fellow weighing about 400 lbs.
beaded in your direction—that was
different Bill stood his ground; le-
rellcd his rifle, anti :bang! II -le was
surprised to hear two other shots fir-
ed :in quick succession. :Mr. Bear,
who was clamouring over a log at the
time, slumped over the ,log. As a
proof of this a big black bear was
strung. up' by a rope in front of Soitth
ccttt 'Bros. storeall day Monday and
was the centre of attraction for many
of .the community. :On Saturday, No-
vember 4th, \Lcssrs. Irwin IForil, Silas
Peer/, Chas, Salter, Calvert and -91111
Chambers left here by auto with a
two -wheeled trailer headed for North
Bay: At Trout River they left the
highway far 'Port Loring on AVi1sou
Lake and after crossing the lake blade
about a mule portage to the .banks of
Long Lake where they secured a
small cabin in the woods with no re-
sults save tired bodies and whetted ap-
petites and the evenings were spent
about the stove swapping stories. The
first excitement came on Wednesday'
when ;Si (Reed took ars early morning
plunge into the icy waters of the lake.
This was snot a regular part of .the
program. Si was staitd'img on a ,shelf
tf rock and was in the act ofettin
g g
into a boat 'when his font slipped on
some ice. Throwingout his right hand
he ntaustged to catch, the side of the
boat as he plunged into the water
which was tmany feet deep at the spot.
It was hack to camp to ,dry off for
him, On Thursday the men at' the
three camps had joined forces in :their
hunt for deer, They formed 'up and
beat the bush in a V shape somewhat
similar to the way in which a jaicl•-
rab'bit 'drive is-condacted'. IFard :was'
,tie first to ',bring tlowii a deer, lIe:
was ,'losing no: time to :get to it,'hitch
.
his hat caught in sense branches and
he went' on tvithout it, :On Ibis return
he was searehritg for •lids hat when he
ante upon a 'hear. IW'ith only •'ou,e'
hot itt 'his rifle•+he decided not :to
hoot and the /bear itt rttattsing'away;
.from /note/ headed for Chambers, Cal;
reit ,Chambers and their guide saw.
he !bear aboita't the same time as Bill
and the three rifled !barked in quick
accession, IFroni the position'; of the
'bullet holes it was decided that ,Bi'hl's
-111'91 .had found a vital spot through
the heed, 'The next job was to get
the deer'and :the bear back to camp
and it was •no easy task. On Friday
the boys again went out and this'time
they were exceedingly lucky in bring-
ing down four deer. !Leaving one with
the guide' the boys left the following
morning for Borne with the bear and
four deer, , They arrived here Sunday
morning tired but happy.—Exeter
Times -Advocate,
Pupils Favor, Parents
Criticize Experiment
!Qabcdille,-jPap'i'ls of the lower forms
in Oakville Collegiate Institute are
strongly j.�n favor of the new system
of longer hours in .school ,and no houte-
tvork,
This was
demonstrated when a poll
of the pupils was 'condmdted by /Rev,
Canon D, Russell Smith, chairman of
the: Board of Edu'oaltion, and L. A.
Wilkinson, The vote resulted in 2118 ,in
favor of the continuauc'e of,the-System
and 57 opposed. A separate vote was
taken among .the :•teaclters and it was
found that mode of them o:pposed it."
'Strong objection to the new system
of supervised study et the O.alcville
High S'c'hool 'was voiced :by a half do-
zen parents at a sheeting of the ,Board
of Education. Supervised study per-
iods were inaugurated in the Oakville
School
di:igh School"two moitths 550 by Prin-
cipal R. H. Archibald on consent of
the local Board of Educatio•h and the
Onrtario !Department' of Education/,
Under• the system, pupils 'start .school
at 8.30 in the morning, have one hour
and a quarter for lunch, and leave
school at 4 o'clock 'in the afternoon.
The extra time ga'in'ed` for school work
is divided into 20 -minute study' per-
iods aftereach lesson,' 'during which
homework is done by -the ,pupils under
:supervision •of the presiding teacher.
Among other advantages, Mr, Archi-
bald claimed, when asking the board
for perntis'sion to try it out, '%vas that
it would con'siderarbly ease the burden
of 'home'work 'on pupils of the m'idd'le
and tapper schools, and it was hoped
that it would eliminate it almost en
tirely in the lower school and jtunio
commercial course.
The blain objections to the systema
were set out in a letter from Mrs, E.
Dean Wilkes to the .chairman of the
board and :which read as follows:•."1
wish to protest against the present
system of supervised study at the high
school.
"As a parent I felt it only reason-
able to give this system a fair trial
and have been willing to support the
principal and teachers.
'In careful observation 1 have come
to the' conclusion, however, that the
little benefit obtained 'bythe pupil is
not worth the extra hours spent in
school -when a child has to rush
through a steal, run most of the way
to school' and have very little time for
ottdnor recreation, I consider .that its
is
health seriously ardized:
t s jeopardized.
"1 have heard from several pupils
that the period of time allotted for
the supervision is not always given,
the teaching of the lessons being car-
r
tied on just that much longer. If this
division of tithe is not :conscientiously
adhered to, of what benefit is the plan
to the pupils? \Varle at home still goes
on, and •t•he'hours are far too long,"
"I think the new hours are quite a
hardship, perhaps more so tothose
who live •out of town than tel myself.''
ssritl \'fr.. Vtrillccs, addressing the board
In support of her written protest, "My
�'aughter tells ate that there are many
tunes when the teacher clow not stop
in time for /the study period and work
has to be done at home the sante as
under the old system," she added.
VAT. C. Anderson also rose to :waive
a pi-dtest. c`No child can study' witch
there are other children arntind. I
think that Mrs, Wilkes has expressed
the opinion ,of all parents," he said.,
'Defending the new rsystem, R. Ih
Archibald, principal of the Sigh
school and instigator of the supervised
study period idea, stressed the ` fact
that when he had asked permission
from the board to try out the scheme
he had not prtnraise d to elfin •irate
homework altogether. He had Hoped
to ease the burden on the Upper and
middle School pupils and would try
to eliminate as far as possible home
work in the Tower reboil and junior
commercial course, "It is reahyi too.
bad at ;parnt7d'id o
aroundthandthe 'dliscuselss Ura mnattetr with
me 'before taking it up piabli+oly," he
said. "1 have heard a'fe ' rumors and
oue ;actuai,'cormpla'iut, !Some of then
were ,oerhaos founded on fact axil oer-
hanssome were foundel not exactly
o, don't see the youngsters for
months on end now they're settled ;nn
the city, but I'll let you in on a secret,
Joe. I visit with them every week by
telephone. There's nothing like it to
take the edge off a separation."
krIW
tt�i
For 30 cents
you can telephone
about
100 miles
by making an "any
one" call `(station -
to -station) after 8.30
p.m. See list of rates
in from of directory.
IHe could not, he said, give exact
data on the amount of home work .as
signed this week in the first forms,
but had made inquiries last week and
found that things Were working out as
provided, except is one or two sub-
jects. He stressed the point that where
the lesson trespassed on ,the study per-
iod, no home ,work was given,.
Mrs. 'Wilkes pointed out that only
that day her daughter had come home
with work to do. "Your daughter hacl
three questions that should take the
average child no more than 20 minutes
to answer," \'I•r, Archibald -replied. "I
am afraid that I ani the worst offen-
der when it comes , to giving home
work," he added. "If any 'one is cen-
sured for it, it should be ,hie."
_Mr, Archibald .then suggested that
before the system was condemned, the
Rev, Canon D. •Russell'Stnit'h, chair-
man of the board, should take a poll
of the children affected, "This should
be done without the children knowing
about it Beforehand, and :the teacher
sent from the roost 'while the poll is
being taken so that the children will
not be biased In their opinions," :he
said.
FIFTY YEARS STANDARD TIME
IOn November. 115th„ the United
:States and Canada celebrated tate fif-
tieth anniversary of the adoption, of
Standard Time, :A't'midnight, on 'Sun-
day, Novensber 18111, 11883, clocks all
over the continent were adjusted to
five sets of Standard Time DOW
used on 'this continent and 50 sets of
time were abolished.
'Credit for the adoption of the pre-
sent Standard T'itne "system, with At-
lantic, Eastern, Central, Mountain
and IPacifdc' (Standard times, is \riven
to.•\•V''ild'iatn F. Allen, at that tittle ed-
it"r of the Offiicial, Guide and ,: secret
ary of the railway =conventions which
carried on the functions of the Anter
kinin Railway ,Association.
I01(1-binteus here recall tlie days
ween each city, had its own Time
and railway trains here operated on.
"Toronto Time," which was 22 min-
utes faster: than "London Tinie:"
Train's between Montreal and Tor-
onto
vonto operated an "14'outrca'l Time," 45
'ninnies faster, and there were four
changes in "Tittle" . between Alion.treal
and Toronto, and almost as many be-
tween Toronto and ';London; Between.
xPron'to attd Dermot trams; operrted
on' "Toren fo T•iute."
Thus the. travelerswerekept busy
'resetting their watches about every
30 miles. ,
A railway agent had to be a clever
tt?:athemab'uci•sn and a Plillad'elp•hia law
yer- to figure Rhe 'tiuse table and time;
of 'arrival of a passenger ata point
half -way across thetcon'tineut:
Il•t yeas for this task that the Official
Guide 'was. and s:iilais, ,published. It
nus, been Published For 65,years,' There
is one m every travel office. In the ol.ci.
days, before Standard Time, there
were '5'0- clock -/faces on the cover so
that the clerk could, quickly compute
the time anywhere on the continent.
The clock faces still appear on the
cover of .this 'book which lists every
station on every railway on the cont-
inent and the time tables effective at
each station. but now there are only
six clock -faces, .They are for Atlantic,
IEastern, 'Central, ,14o•uufain, Pacific,
and Navigator's or "mean time.
During the 50 years since the O
offal Guide was successful .in establish-
ing the simplified "Standard Time"
i system it has grown from a 500 -page
reference book to a 1036 -page book,
liths pages devoted to airplane
time :tables and routes.
tAnd while the railway clerk had a
difficult task in figuring " the time of
arrival of his customer at a distant
point, the train dispatcher, who had to
"pass" trains wi'th' a single' track and
no automatic signals, had a task more
difficult,
'Eastern Standard Time extends
from Campbellton, New 'Brunswick,`
to Detroit, roplacutg nearly 20 Tinies
of 50
years ago. The change 'to Stan-
dard Time iS lbnielfiy noted its the di
of J'antes, Jack, a former Grand Trutik..
baggage'men at Point 'Edward, now
the valued property of W. j. Piggott,
division snperartendent of tile .Caitad-
len National Railways Isere.
T[is nota'tiou reads: "November 119,
Moday, bright, clear day_ New time
table ha operation.. with new time de-
finition. The clockshere were all put
forw-ard 19 minutes to Eastern Stan-
dard Tinge,"—nLonclon Free Press.
* * *. * * * * * * * *
et NEWS AND INFORMATION *
* FOR THE BUSY FARMER; *
* (Furnished by Ontann Depart-
* ment of Agriculture.)
* * * * * * * *1 * ' *
,Get Rid of the Barnyard Boarders.
IIn preparing for housing' the stock
1 for winter, all surplus work horses,'
tints"bed beef cattle, boarder dairy,
cows or decidedly` poor type lteilers,`
old ewes and old sows should be cull-
ed out -and disposed of to Vile best ad -
van age.
dvantage,
Overhaul t ant
Nott' ss ,bhe timthee •forFarm faeiuPlei's
to liay
attention ,to their 'bull!dit gs Slacken'
old +bands ; on stave' silos. 're•'
pan
leaks fill the roofs, check tipon s'torr,o;
sashes; fill and repair broken
glass; clean out all, trap gullies. thor-
oughly finish grains, rains, cleaa
n, out root
•cellar ventilators, fresh air intakes and:
foul air outlets in barns, stables i
pg ,
genes and ypoultry'houses; thoroughly
inspect and overhaul the water supply,,'
if a iliamp 'service cheek
up :, on phe"
,valves, if a nressure supply see that
aft pipes and tanks are protected from
frost.
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