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rsrtWOHTH, Friday, August -13th.
Safety on the Highways
In another column on this page we
'publish a letter received freiri Pre -
/flier Hepburn in which he asks the
co-operation of the newspapers in
Itis endeavor atid that of the High-
ways Department, to end the appal-
ling loss of life that has been and
is being suffered on our Ontario
With that request The Expositor
is only too willing to comply, because
we feel that, perhaps, a continuous
ding dong on this subject will ev-
ventually penetrate into the minds
and heads of not only motor drivers,
bat the motoring public as well.
Apd it is time, past time, for some
drastic action to be taken. In Mon-
day morning's newspapers there
were recorded the deaths of fourteen
people and the injury Of fifty others
in motor accidents over the week -
Two of those deaths were record-
ed from Huron County, and we be-
lieve that two others who were in-
jured in that fatal accident, have
since died in hospital. That makes
a total of sixteen deaths for the
Province in two days.
We, in Huron, haye great reason
to pause and ponder -over these fatal-
ities in our midst. During the past
two months eight, and perhaps ten
lives, have been snuffed out in motor
accidents in this county. They Were
stot all our own county residents, but
they met their deaths in our midst.
Thatis, or should be, near enough
to us to crash into our minds the fatal
results which too often follow reck-
less Or careless driving on our high-
ways.- To keesi in the front of our
minds always the need of caution,
carefulness and common sense when
driving cars, if only for short dis-
We hope, too, that caution, care
and common sense will sugn seep in-
to the minds of not only children but
grown-ups who use the highways to
walk upon. A few weeks ago we
dreis attention to a situation that is
brazenly courting death right on the
highway in our own town of Sea- -
forth.
That situation still exists, al-
though in a modified form. The light
seems to have penetrated into the
minds of some, but there are Quite a
few. who are still beckoning to the
coroner.
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to:0 lil' e" , c ;.
dy . or traye I _
by the
cares and 'trials of 1eaaernhip which
will follow fibs hi Parliament and
out of it.
But Mr. Bennett has chosen and
.
his decision should be welcomed and
applauded• by every Canadian citi-
zen. Canada has need of a strong
and able Opposition in Parliament,.
because without such, Governments
themselves do not tend to remain;,
strong.
r W. Earle Paa pn The aotat13tl?
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Mr. Bennett To Stay
At a meeting of the Conservative
members of Parliament held in Ot-
Bennett, Leader of the Federal Con-
servative Tarty, made a statenient,
and in that statement told his fol-
lowers that he was again restored to
„health, and willing, if his followers
desired it, to lead his party in the
House, as well as through the next
Dominion election, whenever that
might come.
It must have been heartening
;news to not only the present mem-
bers, but to the Federal Conservative
party, which for some time, owing
to the • possible retirement of Mr.
Bennett, on account of his health,
has been faced with the possibility of
choosing a new leader, when no new
leader waS in sight.
146 one, regardless of political
Wong, can doubt the fitness of Mr.
,entiett for the, position he has, and
owittill continue -to hold. fle stands,
head and shonlders over any
ent followers in the 'louse
o esses not only an unusual
,of doinestie and natimal
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What Is Mr. Aberhart Trying
To Do ?
That is a question whieh has been
forced into the minds of a majority
of the people outside the Province
of Alberta, and perhaps into a good
many minds in Alberta itself.
Is he aiming to be a Hitler, a Mus-
solini, or a stronger man than either
or both?
Is he aiming to be a law unto him-
self, not only in his own Province of
Alberta, but in the broad Dominion
as well?
Judging by the legislation he had
passed at the adjourned session of
the Alberta Legislature held last
week, his aims and aspirations in-
clude all those things, and, perhaps,.
some more along with them..
And, perhaps, he may succeed. But
when he proceeds to license the
banks in Alberta and bar the courts
from all banks who refuse to take
out such a license, he is not only bar -
rims'
ring the legal rights from the people
of his own Province,, but treading on
the toes of the whole Dominion.
Doing evil, that good—at least
good in his opinion --may come of it,
is a policy consistently followed by
Mr. Aberhart since his election to
power two years ago. And, to a cer-
tain extent he has got away with
that policy.
In a sense he has trampled on
both Provincial a n d Dominion
rights and gotten away with that
too. If the people of his own Prov-
ince want to be trampled upon, that
is their right and privilege.
On the other hand, if the rest of
the people in the Dominion object to
such treatment on _ the part of,.. Mr.
Aberhart, it is their right and priv-
ilege to say so too. And we have an
idea that they (in the form of the
Dominion Government) are going to
say it in the very immediate future.
Hitherto the Dominion Govern-
ment has almost leaned backwards
in its policy of "hands off" Alberta.
A policy adopted because it did not
want to place anything in the way
of Mr. Aberhart's success in estab-
lishing Social Credit in Alberta. That
was his business. If he did not suc-
ceed in it, it would be through no
fault of theirs. The fault would be
his, and his alone.
But, apparently, Mr. Aberhart is
not at all fond of taking blame upon
himself and particularly the blame
of the failure of Social Credit. He
wants the people of Alberta, particu-
larly, and the people in the rest of
Canada, generally, to believe that
his failui°e in putting across Social
Credit in Alberta, was not due to any
fault of his, or of Social Credit, or
his dream of it, but was entirely due
to the lack of co-operation : and help
on the part of the Dominion.
The "hands off" policy of the Do-
minion, however, has brought him no
solace and less, relief. The banking
Iegislation passed last week would
seem to indicate that that policy in-
stead of helping him, had actually
forced his hand. He had to have a
mortal foe. Where could he get a
better or a bigger one for his pur-
pose than the Dominion Govern-
ment?
In the meantime, Mr. Aberhart's
Cabinet would appear to be a very
unhappy family. In a little over six f
months the Premier has actually fir-
ed four Cabinet Ministers. On De-
cember 20th last the Minister of
Lands and Mines was asked for his
resignation. Late in January of _this
year, the Provincial Treasurer, was
asked to step out. In May he' was .
followed by the Minister of Agricul-
ture. And finally on Friday of last
week Hon. John W. Hu.gilT, ICC:, At-
torney -General, tendered his resigna-
tion followed by the statement: "My
resignation was demanded by the
Pre tier an Friday and 1, have ten -
de
From The Huron Expositor
August 16, 1912
Mr. Nos?ntts Fitzsinainons, of Clic
Gore, laat Weep:, caught a trout -that
measured ib dnahes in lett„ th and 10
inehea around and weighe1 1 pound,
10 ounces.,
Mr; David; Cottle, of the Thames
Road, took 31 loads of timothy off 9
acres on; the 11.. D. Roy farm. -
Aanu the list of candidates who
passed the entrance to the Normal
School we notice ,the names of Jessie
M. Aikenhead, Grace Weir and Mur-
ray Fisuaer, of Bruceiield, all of whom
passed with honors.
At the recent matriculation exam-
inations Mass Mary L. Cowan, daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. James Cowan, of
Seaiorth, obtained the Second Edward
Blake scholarship in science. and
mathematics. She ranked first for.
the second sclmiarehip, but only one
is given to the same student. S. Wal-
lace Archibald won the second schol-
arship in mathematics. -
Mr. 'William Morrison, of Chisel -
burst, has sold his farm on the 9th
concession of Hibbert, to Mr. Robert
Lavery, of Seaforth.
The- county rate in Grey Township
thin year will be' .00183 mills; the
township rate, .003 mills and the gen-
eral school rate .00158 mills. -
Whale on his way to his home in
Belgrave after haring sold a number
of cattle in Wingham, Mr. J. Arm-
strong lost a wallet containing $1,000.
A farmer, who was driving into Wing -
ham next dap found it and placed it
n a Iocal bank to await the owner.
The finder of the money was Mr. Gen-
erate, of East Wawanosh.
Mr. George' Kemp, of Hibbert, was
the first to deliver new wheat at the
Mitchell Flour Mills and it tested 110
pounds to the bushel.
There were 650 tickets sold at Blyth
for the Sunday school excursion to
Goderioia
Miss Dorothy Tierney, of Blyth,
was successful In passing the junior
matriculations at the summer exam-
inations_ -
Mr. Alen. Gardiner's new residence
at Walton is now well under way and
he ,,expects to have it ready • for living
in by October.
At the Women's Institute on Wed-
resday in °Walton, Miss? Kate Buchan-
an and Miss Mamie Bennett, of Grey,
took as their subject, "Criticism and
Gossip."
The contract for carrying the mails
between Bayfield and Seafortt and
between Hayfields and Brucefield for
three years, has been renewed to Mr.
G. W. Copelatid, -the present contrac-
tor_
that tA) continue
ett is showing
otteatte
when -fou maa1ri�tci "the..foes "gtri
in
the country;' waesta did yea look
for that notice that meant so much
to you—ead so little to nearly every-
body else? Io your home -,town nears-`
paper.
When your home was invaded by
a blue-eyed, girl, or a bellowing. boy,
to waxen did you immediately .give
details about the time +of arrival, sex,.
and weight? Ulhie editor of the home
paper,
in after years, wihen seine young
fellow took t'he blue-eyed gill to a
home of his owe, or the boy,_ now a
man, was given a partnership in you
business, to whom did you tell the
news--which—once more meant much
to you and SO little to everyone else'
To this same editor of that same
thome-town paper.
And when trouble invades your
home, and you add to your earthly
possessions that desolate bit of real
estate in the cemetery, and somehow
the sun doesn't seem to shine as
brightly as it did, and there's a flut-
ter of crepe on the front door, and
the &hair that has- been_ beside you
for yearsis vacant—when this hap-
pens, who is it that makes it his bat: -
nese to "wrote up" the obituary?
Again—it's the editor of the home
paper.
Did you ever stop to count the
times you begin conversation with the
words, "I see by the paper "?
Staying at home you may not apprec-
iate your home -town paper; but ,;ust
take a trip, and be away from .your
intimate friends for several mouths,
and then pick up a ?copy. You will
welcome it as you would; your clos-
est friend.
I have always disliked publish•ng
information about uusdeeed, or Misfor-
tunes of others. When I could do so,
I- have left suet matter out, or have
given the main facts without going
into details. To my way • of thinking
there is something wrong with a
journalism that brings tears to the
eyes of an old man, or causes a
mother to feel stabbed to the heart
by .publicity given to an erring son or
wayward daughter.
1 do not, however, mean that e
newspaper sihould entirely suppress
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From The Huron Expositor
has just eanialeted a neatly and an-
curately tirawieg or plan of the Town
of Seaferth, together with a map of
the same.
Mr. E. W. Hagerty, who has been
School, has reeigned and goes to Mt.
Forest where he has aceepted- the
Imad mastership of that schooL
On Saturday last on the farm of
kit William Hodson, concession a
alibbert, .Mr. William James Hudson
and Mr. James- Morrison bound 514
acres of eats in Sat hours and made
a first-class job of it. `
Swamp fires are ragiog about six
miles west of Exeter just now.
On Monday.; last Mr. William Balk -
will ?shipped. from Exeter two car-
loads of fine: cattle for .the Toronto
and Montreal markets.
Mr.' Robert ?Jones, Seaforth, had an
exciting runaway on Wednesday ev-
ening when hie horse got,: frightened
and started kicking. Mr. Jones was
thrown out arid was dragged quite R
The following is a list of the names
of a -wee who- passed from the High
School in Seale -rat: L. Monteith, A.
J. Prendergast, G. Sh?ortreed and G.
Crich.
Mr. Samuel Smillie and Mr. Wm.
Cooper, Sr., of Kippen, have arrived
home after baying a very pleasant
trip to the Old Country.
At the NeW Hamburg races last
week Mr. William Pinkney's stallion,
"Robert Bonner,"^ took third money
in the three-minute race, the race be-
ing- trotted in 2.42.
- Mr. George Sproat says the Eg-
montiville river has not been so low
in 43 years.
Mr. John Hawthorne, son of Robt.
Hawthorne,- of IluIlett, who. 1,eft here
for the gold regions in California
about forty years ago, returned on
Mr. T. Grant, who teaches in school
seetion No. 12, Hay Township, has
passed very successfully. the second
class examination, besides teaching
It is reported that Mr. Robt. ainhite,
formerly of Exeter. has? bought the
plant of the defunct Reflector an that
village and will move It to Blyth ^and
One evening -recently at ten Min-
utes past six, a young lady from West-
field entered Mr. Iceefer's ,dental
rooms at Clinton, asking to have tattle
teen extracted. She aodi 21 draw -n
and caught the 6.25 ttaitt: She had -
good nerves and? pluck.
Commencing, on .Tuly 2nd and end -
Hallett, neareTiorlock, cut and hauled
60 acres of lay, cut and hauled 50
acres of fall wheat, pulled 13 acres
of pees and ploughed 25 acres of
-summer falkirov. One team did all
this . work.
artabasida "Dear, I dotal think I'll
be hotne for dinner to -night!"
111 Otty yeti on:i•titis /Atone at six, but
data all get lay Witkel
crime news. A"hard omit a t`lino he;
tweet], what news ,to print and what
to' omit cannot be drawn. The miti-
gating elrcumstances, , and this far-
reacljug effect, must be etiid4ed and
decided upon.
In the main, it isthe provinoe of a
newspaper to print the se -called Grime
news as it occurs. In so doing, ft
provides a safeguard to the common.
ity at large, which is invaluable. Men
are deter rod from criminal actions . by
fear of publicity. Judicious use of
printers' ink can do more toward law
enforcement than a "dozen peace of-
ficers.
Newspapers, like all human agen-
cies, make mistakes, but such errors
are generally traceable to misinfor-
mation given the newsmen.
I remember one such instance
•+rhkih arappened: to me in my early
reportorial days. During the absence
of the editor a communication came
telling of -thte marriage of a young
couple in 'a near-by'commimity. The
lett ei was apparently in' the liana:-
writing
and-v riting of one of our correspondents,
and in good d faith I published the
story. A few days •Iater, a sandy
haired'" citizen, accompanied be hie•
(Oder sow, his wife, and daughter,
stormed into the office. -
"I'v.e come here to see the rapscal
;ion who put a notice in the paper
about my daughter's marriage," he
shouted. In his hand was a long, old-
fashioned "blacksnake" whip,eheld at
`a dangerous angle. Before I replied
I stepped. to the door leading to the
shop and asked the two men at work
there to come up front. Then I told
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my visitor that I had editedthe item
and, summoning all my nonchalance,
casually inquired whether anything
about it was wrong.
render Hepbur - `
To.:tke Ed1 OI, Hunpu Expositor. •
Dear Sir: Lasa year G4g sive were
Vat in motor vela* aocideats."im 071-.
tario., This year, if , the Tema -Wag
bye uvanths ` •show the swine rate of
increase as. the first seven, .ester $00
pereoas will have been billed and,.
14,000 will. ;base been injured; None
of us has any guarantee that mem
berg of your family or mine will not
be a ;hong thin number. That - makes:
it as rather personal matter for all otT
us too- consider.
As he cooled down a tittle---belped
aerhaps by the sight of a stove poker
in the hands of our Irtsh foreman-
printer—he explained. that the report
was false, and that this daughter was
not married. I had saved the letter
which told of the marriage, and show-
ed it to him. It then developed ?that
it had been written in spite by a
young lady who had been going with
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: JUST A SMILE OR TWO
Two laborers were working on a
very tall building.
Suddenly the man at the top of the
ladder called to his mate at the bot-
tom:
I say, Jim," he said, "come up 'ere
a minute."
"What for?" replied Jim. "Can't you
see I'm busy?"
' "Still, just come up and listen,"
said the other.
Three minutes later; Jim,. puffing
and blowing, reached the top:
"I can't hear anything," he said, af-
"No," said his mate. "Ain't it
quiet?"
-For years tbe Department of Mita
ways thee .conduoted educational Cam-
Paigns encoll.raging safer driving.
These campaign's have rnatle Ontario
among are safest -areas of the world,
although the fact remains that this
year we need something more. We
cannot race the poseible lose •of 800
lives ewith equanimity. Flor our en-
viable record in the past oar newo-
erotts .ind helpful in supporting our
efforts, and I am sure will not fail us
'•1110 meet the present situation, the
Minister of Highways hae sponsored'
an .advertising campaign .designed to. .
stroek the people into a -realization of
the need for saner drivingand greater
care. Your newspaper is to carry the
advertisements of this series. But
advertising is not going to be enougle
We know the power of the press and
we knew that we mu.st have your.
wholehearted suppera it editorial and
news column publicity.
I ani personally appalled by the,
mounting .aceident toll of this season,
by the stark horror .af the growing -
total of oruel injuries and wasted
lives. I am sore that you too must
realize the danger that stalks our
families and I earnestly seek your
help in our effort to make our roads
atud streets safer. happier places for -
recreation aiatt travel. Your aid can
make our campaign successfill and I
assure you your assistance will be --
appreciated by the Honourable Mr.
McQuesten and myself.
. "If you are good, Richie; re give
you this bright new penny."
"Haven't you got a ditty old nick-
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Eskimo: ''haahat would you say,
team for a thousand miles .through
ice an?d snow, tug. to- tell you I love
you?"
Eskimoette: "I'd say 'that was a
lot a mush."
"What became of that portable
garage of youes?"
"I tied. the dog to it the other day
and a cat came by."
Phil
Osifer of Lazy Meadows
(By Harry J Boyle)
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PARKING showed me, all the'petty mean things
a person can do. It gives you a sick
I see by the papers that some of ache in the bottom of your stomach
the local editors are quite "het up" to think of tow "sraall" human be -
about the problem of parking. Hav-
ing heard that newspaper reporters
get a tremeniclotis kick out "of scenting
out trouble, I decided to more or less
go out and track down a story for the
editors who so kindly put up with My
mental ramblings.
Now I tworet tell you the name of
the town, \ SIgfice it tO Say that it
was Saturday night, and I arrived
quite early. I pulled my "gas -eater"
up, ?and stopped to park. Almost as
soon as I did, a pompous looking fel-
low pulled, his car up arid stopped
outside one of the beverage rooms.
No, he didn't go in, hut his wife came
along and they sat down, as if they
weire waiting. I sauntered over to
pass the time of day, and incidentally
to look as much as• possible like one
of them repenter fellows. And the
story came out. They were juot want-
ing to see who was going into athose
"Next tbat I epotted proved to be
Mrs. X?—. It was hard to get that
information, but she proved to be a
merchant's wife. By parking the
family car -in front of the opposition's
place of business', in Oilier that the
cuetom.ers would have to go aromei
the cerner . . . and so atop far their
goods at her husband's store.
Another one that I ooticed, was one
of my own neighbours: Instead of
driving in and parking in the ordinary
way, he stopped .creseways. That was
just this way of being mean.
Then there was Tcom. He's just a
meek little fellow with a wife that
"henpecks" him over the lot. I
saw him han.ging around the doorway
of an empty store, until a lot of. cars
had parked om each side of hie .own
old bue. There were two nice new
shiny cars on either side of him, and
as he backed out, he made certain
that be smashed MO both cars that
were on either ^side of him. He dent-
ed their fenders •and scurryin,g
off he was like a cat that had broken
.a• bottle of cream. Notrodtr would
know the difference . . . and the
vanity of a meek Man would be s.ated.
Then Pete! He came blustering
along with that super -powered ear of
his and threatened to' have the law
on two or three becauee they were
Parking near the corner. He Montag -
ed to get them to Move, --and the
shot his own, car in *bar plac-e
From there he could see what W s
going an / suppose, and sinoke that
big cigar of his—and feel like What
he likes to think he is ---"a big shot."
I came away, and there was net a
trace of' ettry tit Vitae Syntein for
tags are. The pompous looking fel-
low and las wife wait to see who are
being intemperate, and then go to
church on Sunday to preach charity.
Just as SOOD ae church is out, they'll
be out there all saying: "So and so
was drunk last night. . . . Jimmy
Whotyoumaycallkim had one t
many. Mrs. X— ts a thief by try-
ing to steal business for her own hus-
band. My neighbour who stopped
crossways; aterate was a "hog" in
more ways than one. Poor henpecked
"Tom" . . smashing into other
people's cars is 1.vis only way of sooth-
ing his vanita 'Meru he goes home
trying to convince hiraself that tie
wouldn't ?have been afraid if they had
caught him. Some day "Pete" is go-
ing to dtscover that "big ebots'a don't
amount to much. You can drive a
tie car and smeite an "enormous"
a nickel in his jeans. can. buy a cigar.
Back go to Lazy Meadows; aoine-
how the thaugat of parking makes ete
think of the firet time I took the horse
and buggy and went courting. That
was quite an event! I polished Old
Nell's harnese until, you could almost
see yoarself in it. I had my new suit
on and my h.air greased down with a
combination of lard and perfume that
was really potent.
Driving down that old conceseion
and swinging alewn the tivereroad.
The moonlight making the clouds all
stand out like a picture on a screen.
oofw-belle tinkling away over in the
ging along, and then seeing that I
was in no hurry, she slowed down to
a walk. I got up enough, nerve to
sort of slide my arm around the back
of the ?seat, 'and my face seemed to
burn.
Then, whett we were going thatugh
the old covered bridge, Old Nell just
seemed to stop of her own accord.
New, I don't know why she did stoP,
and I know I certainly didn't edge on
that rein to make her stop. It must
just have been one af those things
that happen. You could hear the wa-
ter lapping at the timbers of the
animal runaing along on top of the
bridge . . . and maybe it was the
darkneee that made my mane tightela
• nut, oh gosh! Mee Phil (Miter waft
just peering over my shoulder; and
she says that It I write any Mere
she'll tear it up. So haire, fe go
now. Here's something that MO' erre
• Inighty trate tratigestatea'.0,dirt *eat
11# WOW
Yours faithfully,
M. F. HEPBURN.
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Voluntary Hospitalization,
Plan For South Huron
Henson, August 10, 1937.
The Editor, The Huroo Expositor:
Dear Sir: We are this week re- -
porting a good healthy interest taken
in the hospitalization: plan for South.
Huron.
Subscribers are more than doubling.
in number each week over the pre-
vious one, and we have nearly all oc-
cupations represented, viz., teachers,.
doctors, farmers anti" business mete
with their families.
There are atilt nearly three weeks •
left in which applications can be ac-
cepted tor the year beginning Octo-
ber lst.
There are at preseut 140 hospitals
in Canada alone whioh are condruetedl
on this plan (tbe nearest of these us -
Listowel), many increasing in sub-
scribers for the second year over the,
first by more than 100 per cent
We believe the rest -dente of our
mimieipalities would prefer enlisting -
at the beginoing of the service, so we -
are nenrinding you that the 31st of
August is the final date for intimat-
ing your intentica.
A large proportion of the people da
not take a local paper, consequently
you will be doirg good service, es-
pecially to those of small or model --
ate means, if you will inform and dis-
cuss the project with; them. The
plan, explained in detail in Articles
I, II and Ha' and so kindly printed 'am
previous issues of this paper, is brief-
ly .ane in wheal' any resident of S.outh
Huron, in ordinary g.00d ;health, be-
tween the ages of 2 and ala will, for
the yearly subscription of $5.00 ($2.0a
for chadren) be 'entitled to three
weeks' free service at Huron Springs
Seen in the
ounty Paper
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Successful At Music Exams
Miss Mae Johann, of Belmore, who,
is at preeent attending summer school
at Toronto, passed her theory exam-
ination with finst class honors, also -
was successful in ter pliano examina-
tions. Miss Johann is a pupil or
Prof. Anderton.—Wingham Advance -
Engaged Mechanic
Bert Armstrong as mechantc at their
service station, They feel that tber
were fortunate in securing Mr. Arm-
strong's servIces as he has? had twelve -
Years' experiettice as It garage mechan-
ic and is eonsidered expert on ig-
notion, brakes and. fender Work an&
ducoing.---Winghom Advance -Tittles.
.Orandmother When 32
The largest claimant to the title,.
"Canada's youngest grandmother," is
,Mrs. Roy 'Harvey, of Granton, tot -in-
ert), a London, who says she becato
grandinother at 32 years of age.—
Zattich Herald.
New Carpet Laid
neW carpet is being raid in the,
(than -eel of the Grace LtItilieratt church!
this week. The carpet is a beautiful'
PCIRCei and adds- =telt to the appear --
ante of the *Amide!". It is gift to,
ittiorthurch by the Utilise' Aid Society..
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