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.ZZ' EAFORTH, Friday, February 11
Floods Again
Mild weather and two days of -al-
most steady rain, which caused a
sudden break-up •of ice- in creeks and
rivers, brought flood conditions
again to many parts of Ontario ov-
er the week -end.
At London, the scene of the disas
-trous floods last 'spring, the situation
assumed a very serious aspect on
Sunday, when over two hundred
families v re forced to' vacate their
homes, when the Thames River rose
over eighteen feet above its normal
level.
At Dundas, Tillsonburg, Wood-
stock, Guelph, Elora and many other
points, very material damage was
done to property and the financial
loss will be heavy and generally felt
over the Province.
Fortunately there was no loss of
life reported, and with colder wea-
ther on Monday all danger of fur-
ther floods has, apparently, passed.
This flood situation in central and
Western Ontario has assumed alarm- ,
ing proportions during the past year
or two. In fact it has been becoming
more serious each year over a term -
of years, although until a • year ago
when residents along the Thames
and in the City of London suffered
such an appalling loss, it seemed to
be treated with indifferent 'interest
by the people at large, and even by
the people most intimately concern-
ed.
Now, hbwever, there is a rapidly
growing belief that it is time to take
action ' to : prevent a reoccurrence of
this and last year's' disasters. Floods,
generally speaking; can be controlled
and it is up to the municipalities, the
counties and the province to see that
they are.
Not So Remote After All
• The St. Catharines Standard says:
"The Huron Expositor sees the pos-
sibility of Prime Minister Ding go-
ing to the country with Hepburn-
Duplessis as an issue. The St.
Thomas Times -Journal thinks there
is about as much chance' of that as
there is of Huron County going
Communist or possibly voting Tory,
which is just as remote."
Communism, of course, does not
thrive in Huron County, nor is it ev-
er likely to become an issue in this
county. But, if the ,St. Thomas
paper was a little better acquainted
with the political history of Huron,
it would not be so positive about our
political leanings or that the chances
that Huron might vote Tory were so
remote after all.
That political history records that,,,
the present Federal\ member for
North Huron, who was elected at the '
last Federal election, is the first re-
presentative of the Liberal party to
represent that riding in the House
of Commons for over thirty years.
The other representatives have all
been Tory.
Further, the other riding in Hur-
on was represented in the House of
Commons by a Tory 'member from
1911 to 1926, with the exception of
one term when it was represented
.by a member of the U.F.(). It was
not until 1926 that the late Thomas
McMillan brought it into 'the Liberal
'eolumn:
Thehistory of the political align-
ment of the Hurons in the Ontario
gislature is somewhat similar to
Alia of the Federal House. It is
t�>
'rue that the present member for
Huron has represented that
teney for, we believe, three ,.
�,. I .alth°ou'gh, he how -sits as
iva
) he:'present ;Legislatine,
Tito" ing the'.
r
ire repttse�
fit
cil: ianosee, the Liberal pap
chid. not have a representative in
the .Legilsliture " from away back in
the days of the Rose. Government un
-
Ili the Hepburn landslide in .1.034.
And, we' "believe, with the exception
of twoor three terms, .over that long
expanse of 'years, was represented
by 'aman who was, and still is, 'a
Tory of the Tories.
And, as a matter of fact, if the
country constituencies had not tak-
en hp soentlnsiastically the game
of Follow Leader Hepburn, South
Huron would still be in the Tory
column, as the last Provincial Ra,
distribution Act intended it should
be.
So after all, if history repeats .it-
self, and it has a habit of doing just.
that, the possibility of the people of
Huron voting Tory is not so remote
after all.
•
Will It Make A Difference? -
It is 'reported that the Whips of
both political parties in the House of
.Commons at Ottawa are- sick in bed.
We are not very well versed in
House .of Commons procedure, so we
were wondering if that would make
much difference in the. House, or in
the length of the session.
We take it that the main duties of
the party whips, at Ottawa, or else-
where, are to .,keep the peace ;among
the members of their own families,
and to keep the war going when
those families come together on the
floor of the House.
It is their duty, we believe, to see
that there is always a steady 'stream
of ammunition always ready ta, be..
fired, whether by the big guns or the
little ones.
In political battles, as in war, that
is one of the most important things.
There must be ammunition and can-
- non fodder on which to expendlt.
That sounds a little deadly, but
really, judging by the press reports'
and even Hansard, the most deadly
thing about the average battle on
the floor of the House, is their dull-
ness.
With the . Whips sick in bed, will
there be enough members volunteer
to keep the battles raging? It . is
pretty hard to make a member talk
if he doesn't' want to. Likewise, it
is pretty hard to make him stop if
he doesn't want to. Even if he hasn't
anything worth saying.,..
Perhaps it is the constant pres-
sure that has to be put on those mem-
bers,
by the Whips, that has sent
them to bed. Or, perhaps, they have
been overworked trying to get their
party members up to the. firing line.
Anyway, they are both in bed, and
we can not keep from wondering
what Parliament will do about it.
Will they ta}ce a month's holidays as
the Senate is doing? And if so,
would a -month off the length of the
session make any difference to the
country?
WHAT OTHER PAPERS SAY.
They Are Happy
(The Argonaut)
A lot of young people appear to think that life
must have been intolerable in the old days be-
fore the invention of electric lights, automobiles
and some other things. When these youngsters
grow older, they will know that their bappiness
did not come from the inventions but from the
fact that they were young.
•
Closing Hoiir-s of Beverage Rooms
(Kingston Whig -Standard)
At the meeting of the Local Council of Wo-
men held yesterday afternoon, a resolution was
passed urging the City Council to change the
hours of oloaing for tihe beverage rooms in the
city. At present. we understand, the closing
hour is twelve o''clock •midnight. We . are told
that some close voluntarily at 1.30 and at feast
one at eleven. Eleven O'clock would seem to be
a reasontable hour.
We must not forget, - however, that the bev-
erage fiooms 'were not establie+hed for the mem
bers of the Local Council of Women, or for
those who can afford' to keep a supply of liqu r
an their own homes and entertain there. Thy
were esttabliehed for the man who wants to meet
a pal - or tWo over a social glass of beer and 'for
the transient who .may want some liquid) refresh-
" meat. We hear a lot of rumors about the evils
of beverage rooms. in Kingston TO "'Mote of us
who have never enteeed^ a beverage room, these
rumors ane apt to be •tattoo as facts and form
the basis of our opinions.
There is one things we should all keep in mind,
and that is that it is very' Moly to legislate away
the pleasures and the privileges of the other
fellow, bat it ie' entirely different when, proposed
legislation touches ourselves: We would all re-
sent to the mtmrost any 'civic by-law which would
emraDim' social activities, or that would insti-
tute a, sort of ctnrfew compelling private parties
---card, thinning, orany other kindnee cease_ _
ellen as late .os mhklmigitt. A Sturve7 of the bev-
erage mops' -by the Whig -Standard a cotipl-o- of
• Yenta ago revealed nothing..illeirtlinglynevil. t311-
1easPthere is at very good 'ream• bid oto'some
thing dieru +trr,. *ef el this tette' Wend
1
ior3ili#i , ienitaite abs 'interfering V(!dW catho Pile
ileginioftIt e *lite And OS bee )age rodOn h.
" ova* " V> T i11t ;1a %[ y ortititiiilr
Y AVole
lnthrQ$tifI, Items 'Packed From
Th. Hurelayntgraltor of Fifty and 1
TiN nty^fivo Years Ago.
From The Huron Expositor
February 14, 1913
Joy'nt bad resigned his
position aa principal of the Palmer-
s.ton conttirpiiation school and 'will act
as assistant principal of Victoria
School at q,�►` ramlo..
About five, o'clock on Wednesday
evening of last week; fire ''broke out
in the basement of the Baptist Church
in Wingham. The entire building was
burned, and the loss will amount to
$7,000.
The matter of a new.pipe organ at
Carmel Church, irensal'1, has been dis-
cussed as the old one is almost done.
Mr. A. A. Cahill, of was
appointed secretary - treasurer Winthrop,a n d'
salesman,_ of the cheese factory. The
following were appointed directors for
the coming ,season: H. Hiilebrecht,
J. Hay, J, McQuade, G. B. Dorrance,
Joseph Dornance, Thomas' McElroy,
John Cuthill, William. Trewartha and
C. Hillen, Mr. Robert Scarlett was
reelected president.
Mr. David Woitkuran, of Kipper; had
the misfortune to sprain his foot
which, will ,necessitate his keeping -
quiet for a tune. .
The followiiug names appeared on
a musical program given by the Ep-
worth Leagine of the Seaforth Metho-
dist Churoh:: Misses Iva Dodds, G.
Reid and Della Thompson and Messrs.
Murray and W. Bright. Misses Bon
tome and Gladys Thompson and Mrs.
Meredith gave readings.
Mr. Chalmers, of Stewarten, Scot-
land, spent a few days with his cous-
in, Mrs. Neil Gillespie, at Cromarty.
Mr. George T. Wren, of Chiselhuret,
bas let. the .contract for his house to
Messrs. Kalbfleisch and Howaid, of
Zurich, the former the carpenter work
and the latter the masonry.
Mr. Colin • S. Hudson, of Hensel',
bad the misfortune last week to slip
on the icy sidewalk and sustain pain-
ful
ainful injuries.
Mr. John; Erb, of Blake, has pur-
chased a large barn on the 14th con-
cession and intends moving it to the
farm lately purchased by 'him from
nip% Jantzi.
Mr. George E. Troyer,' of Hensel',
met with an exciting time on Tues-
day last. While returning from the
blacksmith shop leading some colts
behind his buggy, one of the colts,
got its foot caught in the wheel of
the buggy, thus causing an' upset and
general stampede. No damage re-
sulted, however.
The Wingham rink of curlers skip-
ped by Mr.. Crawford, have made a
fair record at the Winnipeg bonspiel.
In • the Blue Ribbon Primary, they
made one of the four rinks out of
the nine eastern emits competing that
downed their opponents.
Pearl and Mary Moore, daughters
of Mr. William Moore, of Wingbam,
were very painfully burned at their
home one day last week when
smothering a fire which broke out in
their bedmoom. Their father careless-
ly threw a irfatah asV'ay and it lighted
the bed clothes and started them: ma
fire.
• •
From-_ The Huron Expositor
fs f er- of Lazy
:..(8y Harry •j2)*-Boy1o)
Zeatdows
"CUTTING MOOD" +'
I bad a•,lettei froW a roan who _l`iv'es,
up in Owen Sound and I thought I
would just. let you in on it, by read-
ing part of it to you. Of course he
was quite interested in a; great deal
of the emimaid around here at Lazy
Meadows, but he touched- en 'one sub-:
ject that 'mademi
, e stir my slowly
stiffening bones into activity. He
wrote: '
"Have you ever thought of 'what'
next winter will be like? Here you
are enjoying all the warmth of those
beech and maple sticks in the tad
stove in the •frlyht room, and puffing
stodgily on your pipe, rocking your-
self gently along and lazily phiiosoph-
izi•ng. How about next winter, and
will the old stove continue •to shed
heat just as a sort of mirage of what
it formerly was?"
Thanks, Richard! I will 'confess
that I have been dozing away, and
forgetting about what was to come
next winter. No, I'm not like the
neighbor of ours who , always con-
fesses that be never cuts his wood in
the previous winter, for fear that we
might get an open one. I suppose,
maybe, I'm something like the Irish-
man who was hired by 'the construc-
tion boss to plan out a building. Pat
sat on a pile of lumber for over. 'five
days, and he gave no sign of doing
anything, so ,the foreman enquired as
to what he was doing.
"Sor, oi've had bad luck. I planned
it all in me head, but I•• forgot the
basement, and sure enough when I
had it just about all ready I remem-
bered that you wanted a basement,, so
now I've torn it all down and I'm
starting over again!".
I haven't had the same ideas as
that because I fully realize the fact
that with no wood we can -hardly live.
They talk -about"heating with hot-air'
but I've had a whole flock of gabby -
relatives
relatives here and^ it never made any
difference on the amount of wood
used.
There is . something about a bush-
lot ori a day like this, "when It's tangy
...fund frosty. That fresh air on your
cheeks has a bite like sour apple -jack
on your tongue. The snow -crunches
under your -.feet' like cornflakes in
the morning and the saetigh-runner
,groans like unoiled leather boots in a
quiet church.
It's mighty cold out, and if you
want to keep warm you have to work.
At firs- wheel you start you can feel
the muscles sort of bunching up on
your back, and then after a few min-
utes of axe -chopping they begin to
smoothen -out and run• •back in the
µ
proper grooves.
If you "push-pull" the saw in the
proper way it will glide into the wood
as easily as a knife in soft butter. Of
course, if you try to, lean and get
pulled along by your fellow -sawyer,
then it will all +buckle up., and make
a whipping sort of whining sound,
and it's a .bout twice as hard to cut
with.
I like the smell of fresh cut wood.
It smells pleasant and clean, and a
'person gets' some sort of a feeling of
having really accoimpldshed somelhi' ram
as :'the blocks drop -off. Morning
fades out as the sun -cones• up in
earnest and snow starts falling off
the trees. If you're not careful, a
stately pine may cascade 'an ava-
lanche of snow drown on top of you,
and you will come to, buried under
about two feet of soft and fluffy snow
that make's a chilly 'blanket.
There are a few little birds flutter-
ing around in an - excited way, .and
chirruping rather plaintively that they
had a certain tree picked out to start
up housekeeping in, in the spring:
February 11, 1888
Mr. R. K. Hall, of Atwood, has the
contract of supplying the Grand
Trunk Railway 'With 10,000 ties.
What a cheerful go-ahead town Mit-
chell muat be! A local paper says
they have -only one street light and it
is never lighted.
In one of the departments of Clin-
ton public school last week a girl
merited punishment and was threat:
ened (herewith by the teacher. A boy
in the same room offered himself as
a substitute for••the girl and received
the whipping intended, for her, and
went off laughing. •
Last Saturday morning about ' six
o'clock the large bank bairn of Mr.
James Brooks, on the boundary be-
tween Usborne and Biddulph, was
-burned to the ground.
MissBessie McLaren, of Dublin,
who has just 'finished a course of
shorthand and typewriting in London,
has gone to Toronto to take a 'posi-
tion.
"On Thursday night of last week be-
tween nine and ten o'clock the ther-
mometer registered 24 degrees below
zero.
Mr. William VaniEgmond, of Blyth,
has removed to Ktnburn and will em-
bark in the hotel business.
Bishop Baldwin confirmed twenty-
two candidates in St. Thomas' Church
on the occasion of that recent visit. to
Seafort'b.
Mr. George Fowler, of Sheldon, N.
Dakota, and son of William Fowler,
of the Huron Road, is at present buy-
ing horses.
At a meeting of ehe Seaforth pub-
lic school. board, held on Friday ev-
ening last, .it was resolved to proceed
with the erection of a ward eohooi
building. Mr. Lyons was instructed
to prepare the plane and specifica-
tions and tendere will be received for
the f work. The. building • will be of
brick and with a slate roof; will be
two storeys high and will be about
the size of one of the wrings of the
present building. The site has not
been decided upon, but there are two
available ones which are suitable:
one the lot in the east ward, owned
by Mr. O. C. Willson, and the lot in
the south w td owned by Mrs. Den-
nie.
Mr. James Douglas, of Grey,^ -intends
leaving for Califonaia in March.
'Mr, Alex. Forsythe, formerly of
Morris, and who is now farming in
the Brandon district), Manitoba, writes
as follows: "'The weather is very
cold here and has been, ever since
December 15th Some of the thresh-
ing Is not dome yet. It is' so cold
that one has fro be Weil dressed in
order to keep' from freezing when
ol1t."
•
Mr. John BroatefOot, Sr., of the. Mill
Broad, Tuekersnlitth, passed away IaSt
• Motnda1. , He" *es born La •Dundrie-
shire, 'Seotlaud..
She: "Dotesmlt`t'hd br tlt> Intik trtunr
ot....ires ate'. . `f: t1YogrOOM
Studies Liquor, ;a
• Rebabititation
HensuU, February 8, 1938,
Pbi, Editor,~ The Huron E tpositer: •
Dear, Sti3'•• \ In ' deference - 'to the
wish'tif -the temperance people •of,
Huron, I spade a m'onth's intensive
study of the liquor problem at New
York and four other large centres.
We wanted to lean the • last word of
authentic 'information and just how
serious was the liquor menace, also-
-What was being, done elsewhere to • ', +
effectually meet.it, and what care was
provided for the casualtiep.
Some of us, eapeeiaily at election
time, are apt to- treat this problem)
lightly, as something of less moment
than a reduction of a Hydro bill or
car license, and of vastly less import-
ance than staying with the old party
ship, even when ,a wet flag is found
flapping , on its mast.
It has taken me another month to
assimilate. and assert my data, and I:
am• mailing these to you in a serious,
of articles, any one of which. will not
be too long. Our objective then, in
this introductory article, is to em-
phasize the importance of the subject
matter which t5'; to follow. The next
article deal -with ---^'I iqu-and• they--
Individual" and the next, "Lio•riquor anal.
Polities," and more to follow if your'
patience be not exhausted.
Passing over an interesting day's
journey, we will take you directly to.
Bellevue Hospital, New York. On in-
troducing myself I remarked' that no
doubt it was quite a usual occurrence
for a Canadian doctor to come down
to their. institution to study their
treatments for inebriety. I was as--•
cured that in their experience it had
never happened' before. "Doctors s'hy
c)ear of this sort of thing," one re-
marked in true Yankee venacular, So-
this was my first surprise. I then told);
the doctors • why I had come; that I
bad read, many years ago that as
many as 6,000 alcoholic•eases per year
,were being treated at Bellevue. "Oh,
that must have been in prohibition
days, for we are treating over 12,000`'
alcoholic arses per year now," said
one of the doctors. So that was my
second surprise. Twice as many al-
coholic casualties as in those ter-
rt.ble Prohibition days when bootleg-
gers and hip -pocket drinkers.- were
making so many drunkards!
But evidently I ,had come to the
right place for study, to substantiate
formative views which I bad of my
own, and an unequalled opportunity
to get the viewpoint of eminent doc-
tors who had been in •this work for
many years. I also had the oppor--
tunny of discussing the problem front
a social and economical standpoint
with several intelligent patients, for
these were not ordinary police court
drunks, but all of them confirmed
inebriates;' ages from 16 to 70; wo-
men ito 5 men; :conning and sent to
Bellevue for treatment for a definite-
ly established diseased condition or
alcoholism.
The doctors were most kind and
courteous and during my stay there
for five hours every day, I was given
every facility to stud* 300 cases int
all"h'tag -'bf re`atnitihr.-- - Some wet'fe-
beu-ridden; ethers in bath robes, or
wheel chairs; others being rehabilitedt
by • different forms of therapy, phys-
ioloeacal, psyehological and vocation -
len we think of this vast num-
ber -12,000 a year—in just one cor-
ner of New York trying to rid them-
selves of a disease caused by the
same commodity that we are. selling.
at Heneall, Seaforth, Goderich and
Zurich, we ask what hope of cure do
the patients have? Only about 25.
per cent. recover. In other words,
the chance for cure for alcoholism !s•
less than one-half that of a cure for
cancer.
It's fine work and it's clean work.
You have wood to work with in a
room .provided by Nature herself.
,The first few nights you have muscles
that cry themselves to sleep, but you
bet' used to it . . . and besides look
at all the comfort I'll get out of that
wood next—winter!.
JUST A SMILE OR TWO .
"Funny, ain't it,
ny, "that everyone
an animal?". •
Daddy: "What do you mean?"
"Why, Mother's a dear, and baby's
a little lamb; Yin a kid-• I can't
think what you are, paw."
Daddy: "I'm the goat, son!"
•
A man- was, running very,fast up
the street when apoliceman pre-
vented' him from crossing the road as
N ehicies approached.
"What's the hurry?" asked the
constable. "Going to a fire?"
"Well, not exactly," was the reply.
"I was, going to prevent one; the
boss said that's what he'd do if I
was late again, and I was hurrying
to the office in time!"
paw," said John-
in our . house ,is.
The lady could only find two aisle
seats—one behind the other. Wish-
ing to sit with her sister, she
cautiously surveyed the man- in the
next seat. Finally she leaned over
and whispered:
"I beg your pardon, sir," but are
'you alone."
Without even turning his head in
the slightest, but twisting his mouth
and shielding it with his hand, he
muttered:
"Cut it out, sister,
wife's with me."
cut it out—the
•
Wife: "I'm convinced you only
married me because my father left
me all his' money."
Husband: "Nonsense, I didn't care
a darn who left you the money."
ice.
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WHY ALL THE NOISE?
- ___Stay O,Boyd-Thomas)' _
Under the caption. "Radio Licenses
Are Up," an editorial in The. Exposi-
tor 'of January 28th, -drew attention
to the fact,tl)at "the radio can be a
hoilse pnodtieing and neryStine kin g
nuisance in a house." With which
statement this writer is in sympa-
thetic and entire agreement. As a
so-called modern generation we may
he too noise -conscious (it may be
overwrought nerves). The motorist
and the radio hound must "accept his
or her share of the blame for- the
present situation to which public
spirited citizens are constantly taking
exception,
Th•e "crazy" practice of "stepping
on the horn" to announce the ap-
proach of motorists regardless of
time, place and cireum,stances, seems
to be overdue for serious review an
the part of responsible authorities. A
few moments reflection by motorists
should be sufficient to remind them
that, whether it is a 'hospital or a
pnivate residence which they are pass-
ing, citizens have some rights which
It is not always •convenient, at the
time to enforce. Nor, indeed should
it be necessary for one to be for ever
saying, "Please, have a little thought
and consideration for some one else!"
Sickness and the shadow of death are
factors with which we are contending
every day, and the ministrations of
doctors, nurses, mothers and friends
might often be more effective -if the
passing motorist ' would stop to con-
sider that in all probability, he or she
may be driving in a locality where a
quiet zone, is .highly essential to the
welfare of some one or more very
sick people.
There should be.' and in many in-
stances, there doubtless is, a desire
on the part of the public to remem-
ber the other fellow, not only- in re-
gard to the matter of 'motor noises,
but in relation• to another much dis-
cussed and occasionally aggravating
questions --tine over-worked radio. The
radio fan (I almost wrote fanatic)
,who insists on running his machine
long after most people are in bed,
has something "Doming to him also.
I inane no objection to anybody mak-
ing- the best possible use of this mod-
ern miracle -note I said the "best"
use --but there are times .when use
may become abuse. I enjoy an occa-
sional late programme, but I endeavor
to keep within the moral law which
requires a due consideration for the
family next door. In some communi-
ties there are bylaws, which;'• if en-
forced to the strict letter, might bring
offenders in this regard to see the
advisability as. well as the necessity
of respecting the rights of others. But
why should one n'ee'd to invoke the
aid of that law -when a higher and
kindlier rule is not so difficult to ap-
ply to these vexed questions? I Was
reminded of it in a most pleasing
way just as f was sitting down to
write nhis article. At the conclusion
of a radio programme, the announcer
said:
"Whernr'you turn on your radio to-
night, will you remember that others
are about to retire? Will you not
think of them as well as yourself?
Remember the Golden Rule."
I guess that goes for all of us!
Seen in the
County Papers
A Patient In Toronto Hospital
Mr. W. H. Willis, who entered. St:
Michael's Hospital, Toronto, last week
is responding to treatment. His many
friends will wish for him a. speedy
recovery-•- Wing^ham, Advance -Times.
Winner of Trophy
11ir. G. G. Kirkby will for the next
three months be the proud possestsor
of a handsome -silver cup, having ob-
tained the hdghdu quota of sales, of
life insurance during the gifdrter end-
ing December 31st. •" Her is local re-
presentative for. the North ,Arinerlean
Life Company.-•-Ol1nto11 Newii-Record.
"Money;T'o Burd
Ola Monday mbrrting while Mr.
((brit* Aprieton was attending --to
titin 4urinatiie a,t i outhclob Arbil,".,W store
iitp »t .fid, in One of hie 1)ootcets.,
and thinking aid bad some ord paper
he thrust it iito the furnace: He was
surprised to find that it was paper
mousy and 'he retrieved what he
could of it -before it was entirely
burned. He had thrown nine dollars
into the fire. He took the charred
bills into one of the banks with the
hope that they may- be identified and
tae money replacedenEaeter Times.
Advocate.
Twelve Applicants For Assesso'r's Job
Twelve applications have been re-
ceived by Clerk R. S. Marwick in re-
sponse to the netiee for, tenders for
aseessor for the Village of Br issels.
The-appointm,eiit will, be made it the
council sessions' Monday. evening.—
Brussels
vening--
Brussels Post.
Former Lineman Loses His Life
Residents of Mitchell were shock-
ed to heor- of the sudden death on
Mondlaq of Charles "Shorty" Robb for
many years combination man for" Mit-
'cheil,,Seaforthi district :1;br the- Bell
Tele>'hone Co. He resided in Mitchell
thiria that tinte, leaving here about
six,,years ago., -7; The tragic accident•
oe lirr d at [Zataieton, where. ROWS
eras engaged, "with a '.tree trinimrkt ng
Crew l t•M Is ` belietwed that he )must
lutire ;hut, hire Weight
t on; t'he• ... .
�'� dead
Of tt a 'tree iattii'eh loo oleo )turtiitlg. tong
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headfirst to the ground some twenty
feet below. Death was almost instan-
taneous, resulting fromea severe frac-
ture at the base of the stkull and frac-
tured vertebrae in the neck. Robb
was working as cableman's helper
with J. .H. McKinnon, cableman, and
C. W. Bradley, lineman, when the
fatality occurred:—Mitchell Advocate.
Plunges o Death in Elevator Shaft
Reginald.Douglas; thirty-two year
old radio announcer, was fatally injur-
ed Monday afternoon when he plung-
ed three stories down an elevator
shaft at. the W. H. Gurney glove fac-
tory, where he held a day -time posi-
tion. Il0 died in Wingham hospital
within fifteen minutes of the accident.
Examination showed he suffered a
fractured skull and broken back in
the fall from the third floor of the
building into the basement. Employ-
ed at the plant as a checker, he is
believed to have stepped into the
shaft under the impression the eleva-
tor was at thib 'level.—Goderich Sig-
nal -Star.
Dr. W. R. /Mclntosh Passes Suddenly
• Rev. Dr. William R. McIntosh, for-
mer;,minister of King Street 'United
Church for twenty-five years and7wide-
ly known in the ministry of the form-
er Presbyterian Church and latterly
of the United Church, died suddenly
at his home, 826King Street,' Lon-
don, Friday. • lie was severity -one
yea'rs of age. During the quarter cen-
time' of his ministry in that city he
was )highly regarded not 'only. .bit
members of his own faith but•.by mem-
bers of every denomination for his de-
votion tp his cause and his liberty]
and earnest. mind.—Goderich Signal-
Star.
Atipotnted K. C.
Among the newly appointed King's
Counsellors, we see -the name of Mr.
R. Irwin Ferguson, Toronto, son of
W. H. Ferguson and the late Mrs.
Ferguson, formerly of Belgrave.- Mr.
Ferguson is e, graduate of .Wingham
high„ school. He ,was the solicitor
for Mt. Solway of,the famous Solway;
Mille; • stock brokers, in bis trial that
took the front page for the past two
mceiths, end in this connection' Mr -
Ferguson had to twice appear before
the Privy Connell. He is also the•
i u1e-master'-of Huron & 'Bruce Marson-
id Loi1$e, Toronto, and we join with'
itis, +host of friends' iii: eitteltding con-
gratulations to Mr., F'ergusom.t-. W'ing-
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