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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1929-04-19, Page 1SEVENTIETH .YEAR WHOLE NUMBER 3201 THE TOWN IIDO(CT E crake. Pcetor of Towns) Sags If ever there was a time when it behooved small cities and towns to prepare for a big opportunity, it is right now. Big men, big industry and big town people are looking to the smaller cities as they have never looked before. • You may call it trend of the times if you like, but whatever you call -it, it is one big grand opportunity for those who are wise enough to see it and do something to get ready for it. Leading publications everywhere are printing special articles on it and it is more a subject of conversation where ever big men get together publicly or in private conference. In a recent issue of The American Magafine, Henry Ford said: "Is i efficient for business to pay high land prices and high taxes in congested cities where its workers must pay exorbitant rents? By moving out, busi- ness could get loftier land prices, lower taxes and lower rents—and far bet- ter living conditions for its people. A bulletin recently issued by the American Highway Educational Bureau says:, "Dependable all-weather transportation has already begun to work wonders in the decentealization of manufacturing, with the result that more diversified forms of employment are being brought to the country." This development like many changes in these whirligig days, has been going on so quietly and steadily as to pass almost unnoticed. It has come to be a common remark among motorists upon entering an unfamiliar town to ask, "What do they make here?" It is no longer enough to say that it is an agricultural town or an educe ional center, for surely they must be making some product or another whit world at Iar•ge uses. "It is often said, and with some degree of truth, a bulletin admits, that the drift of popu- lation from farm to city remains unchecked, but the efacts are that this drift is stopping short of the larger cities and has begun to build up the towns and villages that lie so close to and form such an integral part of the open country." The lesson to be learned is that highway transportation is a going busi- ness and still greater returns will come from further_. improvement. It -will not be economy to let down in highway extension programmes because our state systems are so well under way. There are the main arteries, which, if widened—and they will be—hold even greater possibilities as trade chan- nels. Get ready—you never know when a scout for a big man or a big busi- ness will be among you. He may be in your town now. He will not come among you with blare of trumpets; his report will not be based on your individual likableness, or good fellowship of the few shining lights, but on your town as it is—not as you believe it to be, if you have ever thought about it. at all. Big men are not interested in Hickville or Hickvilleites. They believe as -they have a right to believe, that the automobile and good roads, radio, telephone and free mail delivery should have, by now, taken the Hick out of Hickville. If it hasn't, if such things have not awakened in the minds of towns the possibilities in the new order of things, then some other town is where they must investigate. Stand back and look at the picture of your community. Are you ready for big things? Copyright, 1929, A. D. Stone. Reproduction prohibited in whole or in part. This Town Doctor Article, one of a series of fifty-two, is published by The Expositor in co-operation with the Seaforth Lions Club, THE WEEK Eli OTTAWA .(By. R. J. Deachman) There are some things which never seem to end. One is Hope and the other is the discussion of the Budget. The Prime Minister has spoken, Tom - nue Church has had his say, George Spdtton has made a speech, Mr,: Mac- dougall of Inverness burst into poetry, one of the members' lamented the heavy importation of canned soups, and Mr, Bourassa, having in mind the general idea of a "curse on both your houses," condemned both pro- tection and preference and poured many words of eloquence, if not of sweetness upon the limpid atmos- phere. Naturally enough the best story was presented by the Prime Minister. There is this to be said for Mr. King, he does his audience the credit of pre- paring his speeches beforehand and delivering them under the assump- tion that those listening to him are capable of understanding and inter- preting the things which he says. There were, of course, a great many statistics. These will be used again and • again. They will reverberate throughout the country in different speeches from Members : of Parlia- ment from this date until the next election storm is passed, and figures, arguments and orations are placed in cold storage, awaiting the next event. He is Precisely Accurate. The most skeptical must admit that Mr. King, in the presentation of his figures and facts, exercises the most extreme care. Perhaps his position accounts for this. It would be a piece of blind recklessness for the' man who is Premier of this great country, to stand upon a public platform or in the House of Commons and deliver statements which had no relation whate er to the facts of the case. Mr. Kia goes a long way round to avoid ma ng that error. He would sooner fas on and re -fashion two pages full of facts and figures, than let the cas- ual' error slip in, even though he might know perfectly well that that error would only be detected by one in 40,000 of those who read his ef- forts. He is to be commended for his carefulness, for the avoidance of ex- travagance of statement and for his minute attention to details in matters of this kind. Even the most bitter opponents of the Government will ad- mit that when it comes to a statisti- cal presentation of the record of the country, the facts are impressive. The more free and candid admission of the facts might be a good deal bet- ter for the Opposition. They admit it, but they admit with reserve. One loses nothing in argumetrt by con- descending to concede that on some points the other fellow has something to say. If that were done it would leave a sounder basis for opposition criticism and place the Opposition in a stronger position in the light of pub- lic opinion. The Course of Events. The funds}nental argument present- ed by Mr, King may be sunneed up with this; extract from his speech: "We put on some extra taxation so that we might be able to balance the Budget and restore public confidence in`the public finances of the country. The moment we had restored public confidence and balanced the Budget we began to remove taxation and to remove It steadily. We saw that if the country was to prosper what was needed above all else was that the basic industrriee of the country tahould be made progpelrorts, that production Ghould be fnoreetled. So we dealt (neat with the implement of prodttctice the great basic industries. Later on we' felt that there were other changes that should be made and all along, year after year, whilst moving stead- ily in the way of lower tariff and tax- ation we have consistently followed a policy of dealing with each situation as it existed at the time in the light of .all known circumstances, hoping alWa1 s that ""by "so doing 'ire might further the prosperity which we enjoy at the present time." This sums up the argument of the Prince Minister, the other fellows see it in a different light. The gentle- men in one corner of the House want the Government to go very much fur- ther in reducing the tariff. The gen- tlemen directly across the floor wish the tariff to be much increased—the public roust judge between the con- tending parties. Another important event of the week was the tabling of the annual 1 report of the Canadian National Rail- ways" The operation of this railway is a test of the administrative capac- it yy of the Government. Sir Henry ' Thornton is in the habit of giving a Marge measure of credit for the suc- I cess of this enterprise to the men who are under him. That is a gen- erous method of approach and it is ' also correct. Rut when we come down to the last analysis the success or failure of the National Railways must! he divided among the three parties'. who contribute to the work. These are the Government, which is prim- arily responsible, Sir Henry Thorn- ton, who is the directing head and the officials and operating staff of the road from the President down to the last man on the tracks. The change in the Canadian Na- tional Railways in the last few years has been astounding. From a bunch of broken and ragged edges, an or- ganized and articulated system has evolved. The Canadian National is now one of the foremost railroads of America, recognized everywhere for its advanced policy, its efficiency of management and especially for the rapid changes which have taken place during the past few years. The Wise Choice. This has been brought about by the fact that the Government in choosing Sir Henry Thornton made a wise choice. It was a difficult position. The pian who is manager of the Can- adian' National Railways must in ad- dition to ability as a railway man- ager, have also that essential require- ment necessary to establish relations of confidence between himself and the public with whom he has to deal. This has been Sir Henry's supreme achieve- ment. The men on the road have awaken- ed to the fact that there was ef- ficiency and capacity in the directing head. They felt like the infantry in the battle line, they knew that the artillery was acting in support. All these things have changed the status of the Canadian National Railways and enabled the Minister of Railways from year to year to bring down a report which indicated the increasing success of this nationally owned en- terprise. The following figures give some idea of the measure of success which has attended this effort during the past year: "The gross earning% exceeded those. of 1927 by $2'7,915,$46 (11.2 per cent). 'Freight traffic pi -Mimed 000,439,962; passenger traffic, $84,157,029; express $18,207,678; mail,099,212; while miscellaneous operations produced $16;598,845. Passenger rteveaue .in- creased 1.7 per cent. over the figtere for 1927. Gross esmelees i'evei t es cit aSEAItFORTTy were increased by $695,947 (five per cent.)." These have been the big events of the weeke but time slips on, The weather in Ottawa is warming up Once again the'farmer Members are beginning to think of the lone fur- row. It always tends to hasten the end. Still there is much to be done The estimates await discussion. There will be considerable comment upon these as the days go by. The Sese sion is by no means over. The 24th of May may see the end, but specu- lators are guessing that the first of June may be more nearly the correct date. The odds seem fairly even -if you are looking for any of the boys returning home, the chances are you may meet them sometime around tite dates mentioned. SUMMARY OF PROVINCIAL CHILDREN'S AID REPORT Mr. H. T. Edwards, superintendent for the Children's Aid Society in Huron County, has received from Mr. J. J. Kelso, Provincial superintendent, a summary of the thirty-fifth annual report of the Society. This gives the following information: There are fifty-five' Children's Aid Societies in Ontario with a paid of- ficial devoting all his time to the work in each county or district. The Children's Aid Branch deals with neglected and dependent children, Children's Aid Societies, Industrial Schools, supervision of wards in fos- ter homes, legal adoption of children, care and protection of children of un- married parents. Number of children male wards during the years 1893-1928-27,949. Total number of files, about 40,000. Number of children at present un- der active supervision -9,500. Children made wards ,during 1928: permanent, 706; temporary, ,283: Number of children in four Indus- trial Schools—.573 (737 Protestant and 204 Roman Catholic), Number of legal adoptions during the year -663. Total number of legal adoptions since 1921-4,632. Cases of unmarried parents investi- gated ---1,865. . Increase unmarried parents cases -141. Paid by putative fathers for support of children -x$110,291.85. Additional by private settlement, ' approximately $20,000. Monthly cheques issued for support of children born out of wedlock -500. Funds transferred to public trustee for investment --$98,210.51. EPOc,T OF it OG SHIPMENTS The following is the report of hog shipments for month ending March :;ist, l92:t: SI•.AFORTH — Total select bacon, 128; thick snop hogs, 3. BRUCEFIELD—Total hogs, 143; -select bacon, 45; thick smooth, 73; heavies, 14; shop hogs, 2; lights and feeders, 1. WALTON—Total hogs, 475; select bacon, 163; thick smooth, 282; heavies 15; shop hogs, 2; lights and feeders, 3. hogs 322 ; smooth, 186; IIENSALL—Total hogs, 863; select bacon, 264; thick smooth, 533; heav- ies, 45; extra heavies, 1; shop hogs, 9; lights and feeders, 4. HURON CO.—Total hogs, 5.945 ; select bacon, 2,083; thick smooth, :3,370; heavies, 245; extra heavies, 6; shop hogs, 104; lights and feeders, 41. A LETTER FROM THE SOUTH Jacksonville, Florida. Mr. Editor: Your splendid report of the doings of the Lions Club on Burns' night and the recognition of .the names of the old guard acted as ars inspiration and tonic to us in this southland of winter sunshine and flowers. Unquestionably, the Lions Club of Jacksonville is imbued with that civic development spirit manifest in the Seaforth Club, its members be- ing foremost in all charitable under- takings as instanced in the meritor- ious act of visiting the Florida Chris- tian Home and taking the necessitous inmates for automobile rides through- out the city and surrounding Country. In State and National affairs, the Lions Club is indefatigably active as shown in the especial attention de- voted to the training operations of the Citizens National Training Camps, a nation-wide civic organization of young men, between the ages of 17 and 25, devoting their energy toward military training for possible future active service in the army and alike for good citizenship. Each State is a center of enrolment of young men under command of the Reserve Of- ficers of the Regular Army during the summer encampments, in which every man receives mental, moral, re- ligious and physical training. Many parents realize that citizenship train- ing is most valuable toward efficiency in all life activities. At a recent meeting of the Jacksonville Lions Club, Major Wheeler of the United States Army Corps, in commenting upon the military merits of the C. M. T. C. yearly registration,, gave a na- tional historic outline of the dis- astrous happenings through unpre- paredness of the military engage- ments of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812, the gist of which is subjoined: "The early settlers of this contln ent sought a place free of internal and international conflict. This did sst ii 3r, .:.,G.J.u+'1 ..31% 1929. 41 Brrantiord Asphalt Elthegliee ind-IBTEntiord :ill,ThTee Co 110TS CLU F & SO Sci ,' ,.,wws,.ur�ke'245�4tl56 X' a,Sti i;.]C.. not prevent the pushing of the In- dians off the face of the nearth, nor the later wars in which the colonists fought with French Canada. "The Revolution came and the War of 1812. Success came to us in the first war. The record of the 1812 war is painful and instructive, which shows an almost unbroken series of defeats on land and the burning of our national capitol at Washington by the enemy. The whole story is only brightened by the chapters -writ- ten by our navy and by Jackson at New Orleans. The. Mexican War of 1846 resulted more favorably, but we should not boast of our success in this campaign as the soldiers were badly equipped. It required four years to settle the Civil War struggle of 1861-65. Records show thatp,the re- bellion was largely fought by youths ranging from 17 to 21 years of age. This fact alone would account for the high ,death rate by disease that char- acterized the war. "The Spanish War of 1898, the en= suing Philippine insurrection and the incidental China campaign of 1900 all produced high disease death rates, due to the youth of men enlisted. This always has been true due to inability of men to take care of themselves in the field unless they have had prior instruction. In the World War we find through preparation that the death rate from disease was remark- ably low. The long preparatory work well justified itself." The functions of the Citizens Mili- tary Training, Camps .:acomprises the complete course of instruction at the military' camps, which' takes thirty days each year. The beginners start with the basic course, which is fol- lowed by the Red and White and terminating with the Blue course. Disciplined military instruction in in- fantry, artillery, cavalry, signal corps and all arms of the service is given. Success in completing the final or 1 blue course, permits the candidate to take the examination for the reserve cnmmissi,.n as second lieutenant. From the national aspect of the mili- tary training movement is the taking for granted that in the stress of fu- ture war emergency the Government ould secure from the C. M, T. (?, graduates efficient non-commissioned and commissioned o1Tieers. Innnedi- etely upon the arid -.summer school torm closing. the (. M. T. C. training c•uurmenccs and takee over the par- ental pecuniary responsibility of ex- perses as the government transpirts, fee,is, clothes, houema doc•tc,c, and nurses the citizen soldiery for thirty days. Cver one hundn d colleges have otrered echolarships to outst:rnd:ng men of the camps each year. So great is the incentive to secure these prizes that the attendance was in- creased from 10,000 in 1921 to 35,000 in 1928. From present indications Florida will fill its quota this year as enlistments are spirited among youth who aim at becoming leaders in na- tional life. The major's emphatic military re- marks designated that the Dave of Peace proposition was not a favorite theme. To fully emphasize the na- tional preparation for war are seen in all post offices and on the public thoroughfares in the American Re- public, large governmental multi- colored poster advertisements request- ing young men to enlist in the avia- tion, navy, and military corps for na- tional service and the present enrol, ment of a national citizen soldiery proves conclusively that the United States nation is quickly and deter- minedly becoming a foremost military and naval power. Again this is evi- denced in the enormous monetary ap- propriations voted by Congress for the immediate equipment in the war strength of the nation, as the present military situation of continental Eur- ope, China and Japan is acute and demands "watchful waiting." Lion Trotsky, who once wielded immense political and military power in Rus- sia, is at present supposedly a refuge in Germany, at one time a journalist of the United States, recently express- L?�7 ��TPC Until further notice, ]t will be conducting m y Blacksmith business opposite PJIr. William Cudimore's Sale Stabiles, en Crombie Street. ffiezfforth. Jec k Evans 4 ed the opinion that there was more material for world conflict ,than ever before, and "the ascendancy of Amer- ica will cause an eruption compared with which the World War was mere 'child's play." The Paris Peace Pact, , with its "scraps of paper" agree- ments, is little short of being a. mis- nomer. Richard -like "it came into existence like the dog with teeth in its mouth." However, viewing the question from an international mili- tary standpoint, the English speaking nations of the world, comprising the Bnitisb"'Empire and the United States must of necessity unite for the pres- ervatien of civilization. It is pleas- ing to note that Mr. Thomas McM$1- lan, M.P., South Huron, voiced' simi- lar views in his splendid budget speech delivered in the House of Com- mons, the concluding remarks being quoted: "Canada is applying reason rather than force to the settlement of international disputes, and Iargely as a consequence she stands to -day the happiest and most all-round pros- perous nation on the face of the globe." Yet it must ever be remem- bered that Canadians inherit in stress- ful times "the world war" fighting spirit so aptly illustrated in Scott's Rob Roy: "My foot is upon my na- tive heath and my name is MacGre- gor—Canada." Yours, F. G. NEELIN. NIAGARA LIME The following letter taken from the Orangeville Banner, will be of inter- est to farmers and other users, .of fertilizers in this district: Dear Sir:— In, your paper dated March 21st, there is an article, "Lime Not a Fertilizer," written by .the Agricul- tural Representative for Dufferin County, Mr. C. Lamont. I am greatly urprised at this article written by Mr. Lamont and through your valu- able paper allow me to refresh his memory by referring him to Bulletin 322, issued by the Ontario Depart- ment of Agriculture, entitled -Soils and Fertilizers," and written under the supervision of Prof. R. Harcourt. Chief of Department of Chemistry. Commencing on page two of this bulletin the following appears, "For- tunately, although a number of ele- ments are essential for the growth of the plant, there are only four that. •articularly interest the farmers, a, tite others are usually found in abund- ance. These four are, ,nitrogen, po- tassium, phosphorus and calciu.um. A continuous supply of all the essential elements of plant growth is absolute- ly necessary; for, if one constituent is absent, or present in an insufficient quantity, no matter what amount of the other nutrients may he available, the plant cannot be fully developed. Consequently just as a chain is only as strong as its weakest link, so the crop -producing power of a soil is lim- ited by the essential nutrient pres- ent in relatively the smallest quan- tity." Page three says: "Calcium, or Lime, is a constituent of the stem rather than the seed, and seems to impart hardiness to the plant. It has been noticed that soils containing an abundance of lime usually produce well nourished crops that are capable of withstanding unfavorable climatic conditions, as drouth and early frosts, better than are crops not so well sup- a,ked with lime. The exact function of lime is not clearly understood, but it seems to aid in the construction of the cell walls. According to some authorities, its absence is felt in less time than either potassium or phos- phorus. It is claimed that a supply of lime iq just as essential to the plant in order that it may form cell walls from sugar and starch, as it is for the formation of bone in ani- mals. it also has a very decided in- fluence on the mechanical condition of the soil, and is a liberator of plant fond. There can he little doubt that a nroper balance of the supply of these four important plant nutrients has a very derided influence on the na- ture of the plant produced. Each has its own particular work to do. and the ahvence or deficiency of any ere of them Will cause the death or the incmmnlete development of the nlant. Mortnver, they are absorbed daring the early stages of grnwth: for a cereal crop contains at the time of fall bloom nearly all the nitrogen and potash which is found in the mature plont; the assimilation of nhnsphoric acid continues some- what later. it is thug plain that crops require a gond supply of these important constituents of plant srrowth in a readily available forth if they are to make a proper develop- ment. 'You will notice 'vrsheee 4t :made: "Each has its own jg°artieei1 do, and the ebsenee of 007, them will cause the death ' complete deneloouaent Of the 2,i In face of this feet, if Linlle iss i ... fertilizer, it must be a euptdi?ri°er;lra"+ er. We claim that it is • , sweet-. fertilizer, which fact cannot he debased by any chemist in Canada be the whole world. Professor N. M. Conmer, D.Sc„ A. R.C.S., F.I.C., Leeds University, Eng- land, has written an article entitled, "Lime, the Most Important Factor in,: Permanent Soil Fertility." "Its main use is for the coireetion of soil acidity" is a statement made by Mr. Lamont. That is only the smallest duty of lime. The chemical action) of lime on the unavailable nitrogen, phosphate and potash, puts it in the indirect fertilizer class as well as in the direct fertilizer class. Nitrogen, phosphate and potash in the soil are absolutely worthless sun- less lime is present. You must have lime as the foundation of permanent soil fertility. With regard to testing soils; there is no test known to scientific re- search to -day that will definitely say, "No results can be obtained by using Niagara Lime," acidity or no acidity,. We have supplied Niagara Lime on highly alkaline soils according to scientific tests, and have had wonder- ful results. Therefore, the only test that we take into consideration is that the farmer put lime on his farm and that the only "accurate" test. With regard to. Scab on Potatoes, J. J. Flaherty, Erin, Wellington Coun- ty, applied Niagara Lime on his po- tato crop in 1928. He has no scab where the lime was ,applied; without Iime he had scab. In the issue of March 9th, 1929, of The Scottish Farmer, printed in Glasgow, Scotland, there is an article which says, "That Carbonate of Lime prevents scab on potatoes." Niagara Lime is 99 per cent. Car- bonate of Lime. Niagara Lime was used by over one hundred potato growers in Ontario in 1928, excellent results being obtained. No scab- reported. The field competition for potatoes in Caradoc Township, Middlesex County, was won by Archie Leitch, R. R. 2, Mt. Brydges. He used 1,000 pounds of Niagara Lime per acre. No scab. J. D. Palmer, R.R. 8, London, won twenty first prizes at the Western Fair. London, on grains, grasses and vegetables, including potatoes. He used one ton of Niagara Lime per acre. No scab. It is amusing to the writer to find that so-called agricultural experts are advertising, testing the soil for lime deficiency. Lime the cheapest of all plant foods, and the most important, why is it that they do not recommend testing soils for $40 to $70 per ton fertilizer? It is perfectly all right to go ahead and put the high priced fertilizer on the land, but it is not ell right to use cheap lime when lime ;s the most important factor. Ridicu- lous! A little more practical experience and less theoretical experience will stake money for the Dufferin County "armers. Their financial condition needs consideration and we may say •' n'n that lime is the cheapest fert- ilizer they can use. Yours truly, NIAGARA LIMESTONE CO., Wm. Ii. Blackburn, Manager. ST. COILUM it, AN Annual"Meeting.—The annual meat- ing of the Catholic Women's League was held in the parish hall on Mon• day evening, April 8th, with the Presi- dent, Mrs. John Downey, in the chair. The meeting opened with prayer and the minutes of the preceding meeting were then read by the Recording Secretary, Miss Mary Lane and adopt- ed. ' Our pastor, Rev. Father Dantzer, was present and addressed the meet- ing. Very gratifying reports were presented by the various convenors. We have 105 members, 14 subscrip- tions of the Canadian League (in- cluding 34 readers and one subscrip- tion to our pastor). Total receipts for the year amounted to $1,201.28, and the disbursements for National, Diocesan, Parish, Missionary, Social Service and Educational work amount- ed to $1,120.12. During the year eight very successful socials were held in the parish ball. The sick of the parish were visited and remembered at Christmas with treats and flowers; $25, two candelabras for Benediction, and $5 from an individual member to purchase a Pyx, was sent to Rev. Father Gosselin, pastor of St. Colum - ban Chapel at Arrowood; $5 and a box containing one quilt, 4 pairs of socks, 1 work shirt, 2 linen handker- chiefs, 6 bath towels, half dozen sil- ver spoons and a number of small art- icles was sent to Rev. Father Mc- Adam, for his bazaar; $10 was sent to Rev. Father Hughes to assist him in his work among the Ukranians; $5 for immigration work; $48 to Na- tional Scholarship Fund; $25 and two shipments of Catholic literature were vent to the Sisters of Service, Ed- monton, literature was also sent to twelve families in the West; two al- tar cloths and $5 from the Mission Mite Box was sent to Father Fraser's Chinese Mission; two crates of eggs were sent to 1R3t, Hope, London; three library hooks were given to tate parish schools; $5 to the pupil obtaining the highest marks at the Entrance ex- amination, and rosaries to the other four pupils obtaining honours; $100 was given to the Chair of Church Ells - tory, St. Peter'h Seminary, London; $315 was given to our pastor, Rev. Father Dantzer. During the year our members held two sewing bees, at which were made 2 oltgilts, 1 liolase *dress, 1 nig^htdres0, 2 deteeee fo>t' j�p{f�{{ eciy. EZetene elected or t' Caaplin, Rev'.; dente, 4.0424 dent, s . o5 President; Vee-P'esident Viee-Presieleet, We. Recording a ;s. Sec et l len; Correspd e:. Y. McGrath; Treangtoti Delaney; Soci"ail W ee; Mrs. William Dorsey. Lyneh was appointed National Conveaatien be;, Windsor June lith to, tom: "• RU CCEIM • W. M. S.—The April gape . the W.M.S. was held- ire thesci room on the 10th, with the Preside presiding. The roll call "faith" tiv responded to by 22 members; ri.'la+; Treasurer reported the Eater ,timulte offering as $80. Mas. T -.I3, Bair and Mrs. Stevens were appointed. deie ; ,: gates to attend the Presbyterial at Exeter. Mrs. Addison, . leader . of':'- Group No. 2, then took ehnrge of tie' meeting and after singing Hymn 514e Mrs: Stevens read the devotional leaf- let, "Money Talks, What Does -it Say to You?" Sentence prayers for" our adopted missionaries were given..' by Mrs. W. A. Bremner, Mrs. A. T., Scott and Mrs. J. Addison, Mrs. Jas. Thomson, Mrs. Frank Aikenhead and" Mrs. C. Haugh had charge of the topic, "Daughters in Africa," taken from the study book, "Drums in the Darkness." Miss Jean Murdock sang very sweetly, "Where the Gates S'sving Outward Never," and a very interest- ing letter was read from one of •our fowler members, Miss Gretta Mus- tard, of Ethelbert Hospital. Mrs - William Rattenbury closed the meet- ing with prayer. Notes.—The play, "The Path Across the Road," which was given by the Brucefield. Young People last fall, have been requested to repeat this. play on Monday evening, April 29th,, in the basement of the church. This will afford those who have not seen the play, a chance to see it again.— Mr. and Mrs. H. Berry, Mrs. H. Aik- enhead and Miss Janet Aikenhead spent Sunday with friends in Blue-; vale. --•Miss Gladys Addison lie `ate' turned from visiting friends in Lon- desboro.—Mr. and Mrs. C. West, of Cleveland, spent the week end with the latter's parents, Rev. W. A. and Mrs. Bremner. Mrs. Bremner accom- panied them on. 'their return to Cleve- land,—Misses Kae Snider and Edna Bremner were .week end guests in Landon.—Mr. and Mrs. B. Kaiser, of Detroit, were week end guests with friend, here.—Mrs. Rathwell, of To- '. rcntn, is the guest of Mr. and Mrs William Rattenbury this week.—Mr. L. Forrest has a telephone installed. in his garage. No. 31 on 625. — The women of the United Church congre- gation are invited to attend a meet - mg to he held on April 24th at 2.30 p.m., to consider the advisability of organising a women's association.— Word has been received of the pass - mg of Mr. Robert A. Marks, of Oberlin, Kansas, formerly of Bruce - field, in his 78th year. Mr. Marks was a brother of Mrs. Wm. Ratten- hpry and Miss Marion Marks, Bruce field. Young People's Society. -The regu- lar meeting of the Y.P.S. *as held ora. Monday evening . with Hazel Haugh presiding, Gordon Keeler read the Scripture lesson and Eva Stackhouse• led in prayer. Lillian Richardson fav- ored the audience with a delightfull piano solo. The topic which was a discussion on "Citizenship," was led by Leonard Boyce and was extremely' interesting. Shower. ---Over 50 of the friends and' neighbors of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Wooley assembled at their home on the evening of April 16th, the occas- ion being a kitchen shower donated to their daughter, Mary, the bride of Mr. Bert Pulflen. The many gifts were costly and useful and were ae- conipanied by the best wishes of theii many friends. A pleasant evening was spent after which a dainty lune was served. Died Suddenly in Hamilton. — The following from the Hamilton Herald of April 10th, will be read with deep regret by many in this district where Mr. Burdge was so well known: ---- ",Tames Burdge, a steamfitter, died' suddenly yesterday afternoon from heart failure while working, in *A- basement of a house at 62 Stanley Avenue. Mr. Burdge, who was sin- ployed by W. J. Walsh, and ron'he, lived at 54 Carrick Avenue, appeal. - ed in the best of health when lest ' seen by his fellow -workmen, but hitt {. body was found, a few minutes later by carpenters. Thee was a wouriaed on his face, but this is believed to have been caused by his- fall. Hiss death is being investigated, 1Illr^� Burdge was born in Oxford ooun and bad been a resident of Hamilton for the last fifteen 3rear"s, "view to ' member of the Plumbetrs' and vittoe union, No. 67, also a menthe? of I, O: O. F. at Brucefield. leeve0 Dal widow, Laura 1,fclC: y• his 'rai'othc e, Mrs. John Burdge of lerruce ldl; brother, Ferd J., of i ruee old, 62 five sisters, lihtes. 1. Ii"ot aeringlzti;,' Mrs. J. Watson, Mrs. •. W ,it a1tt Mrs. T. Cbnapnian, will. Of Mime: and Mire. W'. 1;'. M�lll t forth. The funeral .044:14. his iesidente `i ttrlAter time e'eleelt. Il`t t i l i'th't, fru iiiftstirilRdsi't arsvrnt0tIIst' ,..