The Wingham Advance, 1923-05-03, Page 2(fR
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al h.nd Signs Designed to Expedia
Flow of tlfirafliiP,
Motoriete everywhere .i t the .Prov-
iatcc; are beim; asked to adopt a sys-
tem of hand signals which "has been
developed with a view to expediting
traffic flow and insuring a greater
amount of safety and surety in driv-
ing. A lit tee:" less than a year ago a
system of five signals designed to be
used by an automobile driver to give
certain indication of air intended act-
tion wascollaborated by Dr, John A,
Harris, Special Deputy Pellet Cearr.
uaissioner of New York City and plait
into operation in several sections Cil
the "United States, Recently the sys-
tem was adopted by the Peterl eto
Motor Club and ase result of the ef-
forts of that organlsatien, the scheme
has been introducedl.to every club is
the province with V1rt request that it
be adopted as a courtesy measure,; The
signals have already obtained a fairly
For r
Yours
If ever there tvas a wall finish that 'lest
suited a becirooin it is Mellotone. Te an'
s � can't
exactly tell you why. But when you` see its
charming velvety -like finish, ;and the excep-
tionally pleasing array of colors it comes xn,
you'll know better than if we took all this
page to tell you about it,
': hat's why we are suggesting that you
drop into our store and see for yourself;
After which, make up your mind what's best
s
for that bedroom of yours.
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Here, at last, is the Potato Pot in SMP Enam-
eled Ware. All u'p-•to-date housewives are getting.
them, So handy; so easy • to manage. Note the
strainer spout for pouring off water. Note the
upright handle v hieh'locks the pot cover on when
straining. Insist on Slit? Enameled Ware, smooth
as china, and as strong as steel. Just say
A Handy Pot
Thin splendid pot,
amethd
icixvn]ti.aLle for Threeffinisles: Pearl Ware, two seats of pearly
boiling S,oaitoes and coats, fight blue and white outside; white lining%
can also be used for Crystal ware, three coats, pure white inside and
cocking other vege - out, viii: Royal 'Blue'. .edging,
grey enamel' inside and out. Diamond ware, terve
beiges, stewing meat,'
etc; A 'very handy Dr NANA
dish.
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Befit ore on Saturday ' blight
I. wish Amy would stay at lioreic,
The tired mother cries,
1 have the dishesall to wash,
I want to make some pies.
She gaihera up thesupper things,
And piles them in the sink,
For this is what the winter brings,
For Amy's at the rink.
Where is that boy,-'I'1G tan his hide,
The lathes` crossly says.
'heves' ran away like that,
III young, early days,
1 -lis daddy grasps the buck saw then,
And makes the waod pile shrink,
Be; amerces, where on earth is:rine
But Jimmie's at the rink,
red wife sinks in a chair,
mournful mood to sigh,
oving',hubby as not there,
t s that, that makes her cry,
it suras other woman.,
3r has he toolc to drank,
11 nay, retr
uppoor adlen
ed.
heart,
George is ,
i �eoig'. at -the tial..
When wearied from, hit many cares,
The hubby hastens home,
He stumbles o'er the kitchen chairs,
The house is dark and lone,
He raves around, and acts just like,
He was the missing link,
No wife is thereto greet hint,
For tell is at the rink.
Joynt By Acclamation
The hands on the political clock in
North kturon are pointing to en sada-
illation for Sohn Joyirt, M. P. P. Mr,
Joyat,is proving'hinzself to be bigger
than any of the political organizations.
His attitude in thae.Legislature has.
woo hixn many admirers.in the U, F..
0., and Liberal ranks. in East Wawaµ
rtestt, at Currie's school, a solid vote
was recorded tor Joynt on Friday
night, and :forty members stated they
would support him under 'whate'ver
banner he carried; Me.. Cosetis,` pre-
eident of the North Huron Liberal
Asociation`says he is 'quite agreeable
that Mr. joynt should not be oppoaad,
Riptiay E>tpress (Liberal.)
:ulor4
LEFT TURN— ao signal in-
tention of turning to left,
extend the arm. and point
the fingers to the:left.
,6.041. vgU•Wm.ososssll44M0.NWdN/•.GMP MtnVa,suU
wide use and it is the aint of
its. sponsors in Onttario to.
have it generally used.
Nothing is'tnore ,confusing
to the average motorists, the
Teterboro;argan:i.zation
points out,' in a circular' ex-
plaining the scheme, than to
sec the head of a driver•of an
automobile ,.directly;inr front,
i .!i sinal sortie direction which
a • is known only to himself, and
many accidentschave occurred. through ed on the extendiu :of. he aria'
$ t at ver-
wrongful interpretation by the driver:iotis angles, to iiidicat;e the'intentiori of
following Many systems have been the driver to turn, or stop or back
devised,each being equally confusing, up, . These signals were theoretically
among wliicli were the signals found- good but it was found hard: for an -
4 }-
: tom._
encsamoivaLL4nu!oss.o.oeso0i4AaOSA, eM4seAst..
RIGHT TURN To signal
intention of : turning to
right, flex the left arra up-
ward at the elbow and
point the first finger teethe
right.
yup'Aags#HuhuraosA.10tli11appUale4.1104 KWr
one to be certain that his ,arm
was extended quite exactly at
the correct angle._ A little
hurry or carelessness freque-
ntly resulted in the- arta
drooping down instead ctf sig-
nalling a left 'turns, for ire -
stance indicating an intent
ion to stop.
Even when given quite accurately,
it is pointed out, such signals have to
be interpreted. The driver of the car
following or 'approaching the one
from which the signal has been given,
has immediately to make a mentalde-
cision as to whether': the signaller's
arm is being. extended "vertically or °is
being held at an angle up or down.
Dr. Harris' system was- planned to
;. •'°taloa tsis mes easeeseasse w este.n ge.;.- rate..".w e, wm
tatareeitce of sixth > lieelc;r title to <a sietgr€ci' hags, among them being ,Jolla feller
T
hIAFsclAY",, tWfa � I'd
--,.--.,-o. ,..,,. ..-..,, .. i.-•-"�.,..,.«,w'.-^,.�ey�, °,:,,.:w.-�_, wv. .run: -
, x863, when the total lizionies trenched;
d
cztlii �tt�ttt eluted. It is "ieirated out 'John 5 i- tsrer, ;' rnl itiifG,kt�szz, #ae
that fit the fallowing c1riv r is fatly; Robertson, Wen: Bradford, Jas, Kid
aware of the direction of teen indicat-,.F./...nryrPerdue, '4'bomae Cordiek,Tho
erl, he can prepare ittiinediatelt+ 10 ptss' 13ir'a'ehi11 loin)' A. McDonald crit
p ay the treasurers was aptly 9,r 37 ::4.
d, Salaries, had it''oeg growing apace.
s, After advertising in Tate Gloat; for
rz a' teacher at inidsurnmer, .1812 .Alex
the car ahead either to right of to deft , tV1i:nergan, Win: C:iaihthen, ;l)', H. K.e
and that when a car aloins dawn, 'pee- . loge, Robt, Dobie, D. Henderson A.
p tratory to a stop, the iollowng vein's
. .Clark: hones Ward,d, Robt, Cummings,eles, obeying the sign, ininedietely!Robert
Watson, Warn, Watson, And-
aess instead of waiting; to see what rew Gerrie, David i3uteItard Tbernas
,r'trovetT nt the panel signal is intended! Watchorn,, R',: Weight, Wm. Wri •ht
to herald,g ,
John Fair, Walter t1,•ke�and's:r,, ,Joltn
T1 system The 9 .tell] was�firsta '. i (.�.-..
c:�poa n lecl by'reliant, ' itf:• Dugan, Samuel ,lV
Sa uta -Hoar,
Ty,. 'Harris ; throogh Colliers 'Weekly, , iVlcCarty, ; 1?trarx:.Dando; Geo. G. Gregg,
TEACHER GOT $ti o,00
1- Irel,altd was engagedfor the Balance
of the year at the salary of $z2o,e
Then in January, 18'74, S. Smith wee
engaged for the year at $400.oce James
White was teacher in r875 else at a
tjt4:oo,0a salary. By October, X876, there.
seemed tO be. more young then and
women entering that pegagogie' pro•-
essi t
£ n t, as eight applicantswere re-
ceived, aslcizt:g salaries ranging front.
$ 9o,oa to $400,00, and that of William
.HIay was accepted at $300:00.
Others applying were J. Steel,, Em-
ma E, Hills, G. Nicoll, B. Douglas, R.
McLennan and A. Couch, Fourteen
- applications were received nn Octobr,
e
, of f878. Miss Fletcher of Caxriek
was ea -gaged at ,$3o0.0o and rennairted.
at that salary until the end of ,r88e
when Jas.. W. Armstrong was hired
• at $3i0;oo:. Jas. Simmons tools c} arge'
at the beginning of 1885 on a salary
of: $gooloo;: with $5,00 extra for light-
ing fires, Miss'' Margaret Gregg was.
secured. for 5889 at $360oo. She was
succeeded itr t8es by Mr.; A. Cana bell
$30o.ai salary. -
After a school ceases had been talc -
Gra
ood. Was Bought For go
Cents a Cord
a . 82 No: 8, Brant, was ono of the tre , ttol?t. Dalgarno, fames* Max
early school: sections organised' lit wel'i "ribs old" book- holds; the! records
these settlements, its history dating of the section up. to. Deetrn'ber 3,rst,
back to the fifties of last century, Mr, 1890, apditbe foregoing names -appear -
C. T, Hopper has axe old minute book ed on the various pages showing. that
from which, some interesting notes adowtav the first 28 years these were
may be gleaned, This book was. open- ' the hien, who took active interest iii
ed 6o years• ago, the minutes of the the educational interests of the. com-
annual meeting of the year x862, being Tmatiity.
the first recorded therein as. follows; Charles R: Jblinston seems• to have.
Jiarauary 86.,. 1862 followed Miss. IVlurdoeh lit 18'65, as-
Annual'Meeting of S. S. No, 8, Brant, teacher, salary.. az•otandti25,00. Fromr,
Moved. by 1)a- id;; E.apper, seconded January r866, tb' tnidsmm�ier, , r86
by 1>♦ illiam Wbite,, that A., McLean Hugh A; Bain: presided at the desk,
take the chair. and the next teacher ;' was George
Moved by Semnee Hopper, seconded Bremner for part of x'868; Then: there
by W. White that' Jioseph Hunter be is t period of three or :four years' in
ditor for the ensunitg, yyear.--Carried.: avhich tlae records;do"not znentionwho
Moved by Sajnneh oppersecond- was teacher.
ed by Robert Sadler;, P that .:this school Whlat tinct of a buildiit the fust
be free for the eneuiuxg-year. ' school was •i ' not. n'
s of :.nienttoned in 'the
secretary, initiates, beet it may -safely be assumed
Moved byRobs-out seconded by that b it was a tog .strtt¢tttre, On Fab -
John Hopper, that: W. White be trus- rilary 28th., 1873, the trustees met at
tee .for the' onsuiiig year. Carried -by Esllengowan, and decietdd that •a -new
a shoverhof'hands. 'frame school should be erected' on a
A poll being demanded it resulted site to be chosen by the ratepayers.,
in favour of W. Wliite, The sect etary,treasurer.•was 'instructed
The financial stttem,ent for -1862' ist0 call upon sonne mechanic and obtain
set forth in the next two: pages. The from hinz'a plan and specifications for
school taxes collected in the section a balloon frame school: house ..40 feet
amounted to $77.24,. and of this sum long, 26 feet wide,, t•z Feet ltigh the
$2,50 was paid for collecting, The cost of plan, etc., not to exceed $5.00.
school grant was.$fa8_oo and Govern- Tenders for construction wae to be
hent equivalent $e2.13 The year had asked for by -advertisement in- The
opened with a clofi it . as $ao.00 was lars'slev Advocate and the Bruce -I:er
still owed the teacher, Miss Phoebe ald. The tender of John McDonald,
$700.00 was accepted: It was resoly-
ed to apply to the Township Council
for a loan of le,000;oo•for building pur-
poses and other. expenses . in connect-!
tion with the new school. Ou August
8th., the Year's estimates `were niadeef
for the levy. It was found that $540.00e
would be needed', exclusive of loan by
debentures, cash in hand and grantsh
for the year. 13'rant's proportion was
$4$8,00, and Etderslie $5200. The tot-
al amount raised for school purposest
thatyear was $1,717.34, including.
levy, grants and, debentures. This',
was a large increase
A, Bi thn, '.I' ,Sweeney, J. Johnson, Id,
Greatheart, R Muir, R. Rutherford,:
J•anres Scott, SA Sadler, fames Perdue,.
Wm: Alexander; P. Cremate, John
Rathwell, R'obt': Reed, Thos •George,,
D. W. Gregg,. Andrew Cattier. f 'obt.
Keyes which. was. paid in March. The
teacher for 1862, Miss E. Murdoch,
(the late Mts. Wsri_ Miller, Elora
'road north). . and ber.'salary was at20.
$1 was paid! to .some person for putting
on fires. Loans of • $4 and $5.; had been
secured from Messrs. A. McWilliams,
and°Willteen,Wbite in October to meet
, expenses,.
At the .S6 xneeting David Hopper
was :called to: the chair: • Wm. Bailey
appointed secretary and John Hopper
elected! trustee. In the following years
other rtsaines appear as elected to trus-
tees or filling•positions at . the meet -
provide sigoai'.s, which did Nnot have
to be interpreted, but which if prop-
erly' given, could not possibly be misun-
derstood. Tests of the system con-
ducted at several points indicated that
the object had been achieved, in one
case .a stranger haying successfully
anticipated. the intentions of a driver
in :front of him without having had a
previous knowledge of the: systene
ear
ee tf-
1•
�MbRNOYH.Cn.uf6e,�1 V�ytY.,T*+r
eYmes.' VsuemaUwsDoex.J,AU oeiO.Ya,ao,sa0
'STOP aro signal < intention
of stopping, extend arm
straight out with "back- of
hand, to rear of car.
sefmo,msmoe11Y11aoS uYYnYa4an•1®fl
The, system as illustrated is
almost`. self-explanatory, Its
adoption in preference to otie-,
forms of hand `signalling
has been urged to a great ex
tent' nn the grounds: that it is
already used in a few sections
of the United' States, and in
view of the great interchange.
of 'motor traifte, any such
system must necessarily be
international. D. Harris
points out "that • the
movement for the .adoption of •a un- by legal authority. The securing of.
iversal' system of hand`'signals is in- uniformity in hand signalling is one
tended primarily for the individual of the few things in traffic control'
driver, not as one to be imposed Ibatt we can do for ourselves without
BACK UP—After :assurance;
that way is clear, extend
arm with palm of hand to-
ward. the rear and .motitri
backward.
sos ummrousos, maul emsoYa»aatimuwasse,�
waiting . for the necessarily
slow process of lawtndking
and without expense. If the
majority of the motorists the
country over get together on
this, it will be a long step
forward in standardizing traf-
fic regulation."
'With. the increase of inter-
communication between Can-
ada and the 'United States, it
is claimed by the , promot-
seggateeteelagegteagessegase
teseettels
ers of the scheme. that son e. such 'Soiree objection has 'beer -taken to
form' of signal is essential and this the suggestion"°'ot g r
.. n theg ground it
form, because of its simplicity and ztstttvolves a corripltcation, of: , signals.
feature of beingself-explanatory, explanatory, aisle has, been- held that the duty of a
been, suggested. following motorist on -observing a
g g,
ramw,wowis>oMb4tklestre do.WeopiNbe4TARil�ia
TURN 3 OUNDTe signal,
• intention of completely`
taming car' in the street,
circle arta and hand' three
tunes around.
c.dmr+.,.�irolbu%6MeMoakn. 1iSi a.Yw4am!
hand lint out from a' car itt
front. is to stop, or at;least
slacken to a very low speed;
until the indicated intention
is made perfectly' clear by its
execution. Ott the oilier' hazed,
it is argued that in congest-
ed districts traffic is utanec•
essarily restricted in its rata
of flow by the frequent re-
A
en: ha 1,878it was found that. there
• were ease ehiid+rera`in the'sectioxi—r38
between the ages of 5 and r6, and 72
between ;a and la years. The average
attendanceat the' school was 53 pupils.
In August, s87$; twa members of a
fattiily itn, this- section were lying if/
wifh typhoid: typl o d fever and the 'trust e
board; d eicied; that the children from
that home should not be allowed al o�v d to
attend school,' until the doctor: gave
ve
assurance that there was' no further
danger,:
Dry wood was: bought for clot a cord
in- e88o 'and green wood at 85c.' Carr
Bapzena suppliect it in 1881 and the
price lied: risen • to ,$r.00 for dry wood
and: cpoc for green: wood.
-Several rich and.. socially prominent
bootleggers have been sent to the•; peas
itenti•ary. Stili' it is easy enough. to
Rad people who consider prohibition,
Why do they call a roadster
chummy," just because you have ,to
cra vl through the carberator to get'
into, the auxiliary seat?
The Ernpty Load.
The State produced a witness who.
testified that near the midnight hour
of August 24, he saw an. empty auto-
mobile loaded with" masked men cont..
ling from the direction of Lake La..
Fourche-Froin a news - item in. the
over'the year Tampa (Fla.), Morning Tribune,
PARING RESCUE AT ,SEA:.
speesee
. �; <•,��,•'•�.'�"�'�..y:' � ,tit
Unusual pictures of the sinking of 'a Lunenbueg, N,Se schooner: 1. --dant. Gillies of the"Seop
t1� iax d" ' •i hd
..
Chief Officer McMurray elefti, who oommarided .the lifeboat that made the rescue, a-�' Tlae "Empress of Sdot-
land." . 3—A glimpse of the lounge .aboard the "Scotland.", ;seta -The return. of the lifeboat, "$. The" Best" few
moments of . the "Clintonia" after her crew had been.. rescuedt` "`• •,, 5,
u by the- Et7apress ofaLatland,
1 -IE- tale of an heroic rescue at were sighted, did not believe that we
sea and of a desperate battle cattld be saved before my ship -sank,
with the elements to keep a sinking I cannot say too ti`-;ueh of the bravery
vessel afloat until help arrived was of Officer McMurray
told when the Canadian Pacific andea his men
when they took a desperate chance
steainaarrivedhip-atNe" Rmwpressk ofrecentl Scotlandil
Ywh At in effvolunteer' ecting ourescuewnt- Yor'
crea ]rued � the. life-
Captaiit Aaron Kearley and his crew .
lie an
d ee•�
svz,11
r
acs >
:, � r
Kee br'•
ef• five o'f the tiny schooner Cita- Oren
by the waves when' Of#icerIvlc�lCur-
toaaia" of .Ltmeiibarg, N,S. ray pui if for' the Clint•Onia..
It was an epic of courage on the "The, schooner`
part of the sturdy Nova Sco'tiansand l s was siva me Mary
of the coolness and heroism. of Brit- y a. �" rowed w for rt, McMurray
isla seamattshi itt. •which Chief rope and
e crew were- dinging to
fieer E. W. McMurray, and Captain tinropes, aft. every sea wasroke over have.
I<carley of the lost schooner played that weft: kl sea n gs , and
the leading roles, could not :gcs alongside, and
the men were compelled to jump ti -
Totally helpless in a terrific storm, tb'the swirling waves, We had
some
li
elle Clintonia bound for lIalifax trouble in picking them up, and all
front Fortune $ay, Newfoundland, were utterly exhausted and
was in a sinking condition when it dead frotn gold half
was sighted by tlae " Empress." Cali. !the 'lifeboat. when we got tlteril in
taro Janes Gillies; the liner's corn
mender was t't was a tieklisla task continued,
back
compelled to abandon >� g
t e a chase in which , , e con ivatte "We
h lifeboat h. the schooners to the "Empress,"
ss " h. t' d
Crew was rest:uefinally got alongside, but int was so
d because of the rough we had to abandon the life
heavy seas.
beim. oat. It was barfly crushed before
three days and nights we had we could all get aboard:
in
manned the pumps; Captain Kearley splinters a fewandt"vas e
aaid,"l"we had aai a ha later, The
givenup hope and'Clin•tonia meanwhile had stxnlc • ^�
were completely exhausted where we The crew , 0f the c
i ' schooner .lost
sighted the steamer, W e. hoisted' the everythin
g except the clothes racy
distress signal, but even after we wore, but were smiling anti eager to
i?.
get on shore when they arriveal.
None suffered any ill effects from the
three dayi of -exposure,
- Chief Officer _ McMurray, his bro-
ther officers said, has play the part
of the reset -tor in several sea distts-
texs, and received a silver lovingcup
from the Mikado of Japan for hava.
ing' rescued. the crew of s , wrecked
Japanese steamship in the China See
several years ago, 'Other officersof
the liner also have been decorated
for bravery>, both in war aritl peace.
First Officer Ronald Stewart reeeiv:
cd the Victoria Cross for ;sinking _a'
Getmata submarine while conmtander,
of 'a "mystery ship,"
, Captain 'Gillies is Coinnaander of
the Order of the British Empire.
All of the wrecked sohdoner's "irew
arc lander 3Q. years of age and un=
married, Capt. Kearley said, They
were graven $400 by .the passengers
of the steamer. The great Canadian
Pacific litter is now cruising the Med-
vtexraneaii carrying a large party of
tourists from all over ' the; United
States .and Canada, In the early
summer she will be back upioa th'l,
regular Canadian Pacific •trans-Atlana
tic route,. The remarkable photos ref
the sinking'sehooner end the life-
boat web caughe by a passenger on
the "Scotland."