The Seaforth News, 1947-03-06, Page 4THE SEAFORTH NEWS
WALTON
Walton reports no trains since
Tuesday.' The villagers are :getting'
of a lot Of things, „•
but Aust have
to put up with it," All is quiet in the
community.
Mrs. Bessie Oliver, widow of John
Oliver, died at the home of her son
Leslie, con, 10 Grey township, in
her 86th year, Mrs. Oliver
was the
former Bessie Robertson, a native
of Grey township. She was married
behind your telephone...
The biggest construction programme in our history
means there'll be more behind your telephone. More
lines, switchboards and buildings are being added.
This means telephones for people now on the
waiting list. It also means that the ever growing
number of calls will`go through even faster.
Everything is being done to continue to provide
the hest telephone service at the lowest cost.
THE BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY OF CANADA
to the late Mr. Oliver 53 years ago;
her husband predeceased her in
1941, Surviving are two daughters,
Mrs. eor a . GMcArthurt
g (Jennie),.
con, p, Morris township, and Mrs.
Schram (May) of .Sarnia; five
grandchildren; one brother; Donald
Robertson, and on sister, Mrs.
Jessie. Sweeney, both of Camlachie.
Trampled under the feet of a
horse while playing in the :barn,
four-year-old Marlene Williamson
was fortunate to escape death Wed-
nesday night. The child was playing
with a dog behind the horse . stalls'
while her father was doing the even-
ing barn chores. She is believed to
have tripped over the dog and fallen
under the horse's hooves. Her in-
juries were at first thought to be
serious, but after she had been rush-
ed to Scott . Memorial Hospital in
Seaforth the injuries were found to
be relatively superficial. She is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James
Williamson, con. 17, Grey township.
KIPPEN
Mr. and Mrs. James Wright re-
turned home last week' after spend-
ing :two weeks visiting their son
and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs,
'Wright in Lorne Park.
Mrs. Martha Gregg of Moose Jaw
is 'spending a few weeks visiting her
sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and
Mrs. James Wright of Kippen.
Kippen W.M.S. meeting has been
postponed one week to Wednesday,
March 12, at the home of Mrs. Em-
erson Kyle.
Snowdrifts are deep but no hard-
ships were suffered. A few farmers
made short trips through the fields.
HENSALL
Mrs, Sidney McArthur, Who lives
two miles from Hensall, was taken to
London hospital by ambulance on
Saturday. Her husband received a
telegram Tuesday that she was seri-
ously ill.
The play sponsored by the Wom-
en's Institute for Wednesday night
had to be postponed. The Exeter W.I.
was to have put it on. The director of
the play is Mrs. Fraser of Exeter. Her
husband suffered a broken leg in a
car accident at Centralia on Saturday..
Some farmers from West of Hen -
sell crossed the fields with teams on
Tuesday and reached the edge of
Hensel' but had to tie their horses at
the school, so deep were the drifts in
front.
No bread supplies reached Hensall
Monday or Tuesday.
Feed supplies for poultry Within an
area of 2 or 3 miles of Hensan ran
RED CROSS help is needed
In frontier districts of Canada the have been treated in these tiny hospitals,
nearest hospital or doctor may he a including thousands of confinement
hundred miles or more away. Over cases. These hospitals also serve as
twenty years ago the Red Cross health centres for their communities,
began establishing outpost hospitals carrying on medical inspection in the
and nursing stations in these remote schools and organizing clinics for the
regions. Today a whole chain of children. Your help is needed to main -
Outpost Hospitals can be found in the tain and expand ibis vital work. Stand
frontier districts of the Dominion. behind the Red Cross, and help bring
They bring medical science within medical aid to your fellow -Canadians
reach of these isolated communities. pioneering on Canada's frontiers. Give
Hundreds of thousands of patients NOW ... give generously.
SEAFORTH CAMPAIGN HEADQUARTERS, PHONE 43
Z; wad , a, Fee d imam crude-
extremely low this weep,
The CNR snowplow which became
'strandel
early in `1
1
V 1
ttrof
Kippen, at Wednescia.y noon had been
• able to get within a mile of the Hen -
sill station: The engine Was shortof
both fuel and water. It was hope(1 if
it reached Hensall, to load 3 or 4 tons
of soft coal aboard, and to pump
enough water from .the village fire
system, so the locomotive could get
to Exeter, where water supplies are
available. ..
By Wednesday noon there was no
butter in the stores here. The local
bakery has only emiouglt yeast for one.
macre setting of bread.
Fanners are coming into the village
with sleighs and toboggans andby
horseback, for supplies. Some have
walked 4 and 5 utiles. NO plows were
expected through on Wednesday.
Engagement Announced. -
and,..Mrs. Lorne E, McNaughton
of Cromarty announce the 'engage-
ment of their slaughter, Verna Mae,
to Mr, John George Dunean; son of,
Mr. John M. Duncan and the lati; Mrs:
Duncan, of Toronto. The wedding to
take place on March 22nd,
The Women's Institute are going to
'told their regular meeting next Wed-
nesday evening; March 12th, tit the
]tome of Mrs: P. A. Ferguson, at the
Presbyterian manse,- -
The Women's Auxiliary of 1-Ieneall:
United Church will hole' their regular
meeting on Monday evening, March
10, at the hone of Miss Mary Good-
win. The study will be taken by Miss
MargaretGlenn.
On Wednesday the. Heiman -doctor
phoned to inquire when the plows
would be through. He was informed
the plows have broken dewn and
are awaiting spare parts coming from
London, Tuckey Transport went to
London on Monday, but Itave been
unable to return.
The Young People's Society of Car-
mel Presbyterian Church held a meet-
ing Monday with a good attendance.
Mrs. C. Forrest presided over the
meeting. Opened with theme song and;
call to worship, Canada. Born, taken
,by Mrs. Roy MacLaren. The Scrip-
ture, Psalm 72, wits read by Don MYlc-
Iiinnon. Rev. P. A. Fergusongave a
brief meditation. Miss Helen Moir led
the prayer. The roll call was answer-
ed by an outstanding Canadian. The
Young People are invited to Caven
Presbyterian Chureh in Exeter on
Monday. Match 10, to present the
program. Topic was in fort of a quiz
on Canada, on its cities, lakes, pro-
vinces, and industries and famous
Canadians, conducted by Mrs. Fer-
guson. Mrs. C. Kennedy sang a solo,
Glod Bless Our Canada. Rev. Fergu-
son closed with prayer,
Mr. Carl Passmore, who has been
in London attending a mechanical
school, has been unable to get home
owing to the condition of the roads.
A. number of the stores were open
on Wednesday afternoon because the
farmers were coming in for grocery
supplies. -
Mrs. Stewart Bell, with her daugh-
ter, who was returning from the hos-
pital at London after undergoing an
operation, has been able to get as far
as Centralia,
During the storm there were fort-
unately no emergencies requiring the
services of a doctor,
Some of the farmers close to town
have driven with their horses along
the railway track for a couple of
miles to obtain chicken feed.
FORUM
The following is a summary of
the Findings sent to the Ontario
Farm Radio Forum Office following
the broadcast of January 6th. The
subject of the meeting was "Agri-
culture is a Risky Business". The
Office will appreciate any publicity
you can give to this article.
Fifteen Forums in Huron County
aeported meetings for Jan. 6th. Pre-
pared by: Wesley Neelands, Ontario
Secretary.
Farming is a risky busines. There
was no disagreement about that
among Ontario Forums on January
Sth. The first question asked, "What
are the main risks you face in your
farming operations?" After reading
the replies one wonders why farmers
don't give up and get a nice safe
job like testing atomic bombs.
Risks include: "the problem of
getting repairs for broken machin-
ery", mentioned by Omagh in Hal-
ton; "horses going through bad ice
and drowning' cones from Ufford
in Muskoka; and "Power failures
have created hazards in the Crans-
ton area in Haldimand. However.
the really serious risks, in order of
importance are: fluctuating markets,
disease, weather, pests. To these can
be added the dangers of fire, short-
age of labour, flood, theft (noted
particularly by chicken raisers).
Sickness in the home, remarks a few
groups, can be even more serious
than disease in the barn. The replies
'reveal that no one could be more
conscious of the perils of weather,
disease, and insects, than Forum.
members and yet they place the risk'
of not getting a fair price for their
products above all these. Bromley in
Renfrew harks back to the depres-
sion years and reckons it was worse
than weather, `disease of livestock,
weeds or fire. Moreover there's a
feeling prices and markets are con-
trolable. Floor prices, government
regulations, cost of production
figures, contracts, are the answer,
they claim.
Contrary to the old saying, forum
members think something could be
done "about the weather" . it
could be more accurately predicted
and for longer periods ahead. Given
a reliable forecast for four or five
days weather risks could be partly
avoided.
• THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 1947
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. Seaforth.
NOW PLAYING THURS, FRI. SAT.
"Tars and Spars"
with Janet Blair - Marc Platt Alfred Drake and Sld Caesar.
13ase(I on the Coast Guard Musical of the sauce naive "Tars and Spars
is good entertainment. Song and dance routines by Janet. Blair and
iYlarc.Platt—plias the songs of Alfred Drake and-cpmedy of Sid Caesar
MONDAY, TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY
"A Stolen Life"
with Bette Davis and Glenn Ford
A strong dramatic film picturing the rivalry' of -twin sisters of
opposite temperaments for the affections of a young dreamer and
idealist represents diversion that will bit movie fans with a devastat-
ing force. Miss Davis plays the dual role of the twin sisters.
NEXT THURSDAY; FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
IN TECHNICOLOfi
"Canyon Passage"
with Dana;AndreWs - Susan Hayward . Brian Donlevy
Those who want lusty entertainment will find it in this vivid tale of
the Oregon Territory. That rough and ready quality that pictures of
the outdoors must possess is contained in 'abundance in the screen
version of the Ernest.Iiaycox novel that ran serially in the Saturday
Evening . Post.
COMING:
"Blue Skies" in technicolor
with Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire
Royal
Flexalum
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