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EAFORTH, Friday, June 24, 1938.
HydroInvestigation Closed
The investigation into Hydro, Hy-
dro affairs, power contracts, etc.,
which has been conducted by a Com-
mission of the Legislature' in Toron-
to for some time, came to a close last
week end.
- Like every other commission com-
posed of Members of Parliament, it
did a Iot of spading without turning
up any information of real value,
2nd like every other commission it
really settled nothing.
Perhaps that is wrong. This com-
mission -did settle the fact that their
had been no graft in Hydro affairs,
past or present, and that in itself is
quite a good deal. But whether
Hydro is owned by the Hydro mun-
icipalities or the Hepburn Govern-
ment; whether it is going back to
Niagara or back to Beauharnois and
other private companies; what real-
ly happened Mr. Roebuck and Mr.
Lyon and other things like that, are
still as great a mystery to the gen-
eral public as ever.
And, perhaps again, the greatest
surprise about the whole proceedings
was not produced by the Commission-
ers themselves, but by Major Alex. C.
-Lewis, Clerk of the Ontario Legisla-
ture, and it was not a very pleasant
surprise to some of the commission-
ers either.
Major Lewis has ruled that Cab-
inet Ministers and Toronto members
of the Legislature will not be paid
for their work on the special com-
mittee of the Legislature investigat-
ing' the Ontario Hydro Commission,
and that they are not eligible for the
$15 a day expenses and travelling
allowances.
No doubt that ruling will be as
great a surprise to the Commission-
ers affected as would the unlocking
of any Hydro secrets have been to
the general public.
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Mr. Dunning's Budget
Mr. Dunning, Canada's Minister
of Finance, brought down his budget
in the House of Commons on Thurs-
day last, and while it might be term-
ed an ordinary budget, most Cana-
dians will look upon it as a satisfac-
tory one. Certainly from a financial
point of view, it is much preferable
to the frenzied financing practised
by our neighbors to the south, or
that whic)l the Alberta government
would like to practise.
It is true that the 1938 budget
/shows a deficit of something over
thirteen million dollars, but in spite
of that it is very apparent that Can-
ada's financial position this year is
greatly improved over that of the
past few years.
The new budget will do nothing to
disturb business or industry and for
that reason business and industry
will be well pleased. There was, in
fact, just one surprise in it. -Arid
that was the removal of the sales
tax from the principal building pro-
ducts. The building industry has
long urged such a measure, but the
extent of the concessions apparently
came with as much surprise to that
industry as it did to the general pub-
lic. No doubt the removal of the
tax will meet with mixed feelings in
the building industry and retailers
of builders' supplies, depending -on
the stocks on hand and the date of
purchase.
On the whple Mr. Dunning's bud-
get points to better things such as
increasing trade and rising employ-
ment, and -if it accomplishes nothing
more, it will have done a great deal.
Ca.ada's position in the world to-
day is expressed by Mr. Dunning in
these words: "Otis'. internal eeon-
y, is. sound, our price structure is
�easiolabie balance, ample credit
::MlidaAion ;is a'ai: able for fur -
i i 40.n, and our pec le need
• fe;r a Inner-
Saturday Night Parking
The councils of all small towns,
including Seaforth, will in the im-
mediate future, have to turn their
attention to the parking, or rather
lack of parking space for cars on
Saturday nights during the summer
months.
Last Saturday night Seaforth
Main Street was so congested that
traffic movement was almost impos-
sible. In addition, every street lead-
ing into Main Street, and every
street paralleling it, was parked and
double parked.
Even on the provincial highway,
where parking is prohibited, no at-
tention was paid to the prohibition.
No doubt the Highway Department
is capable of directing its own *af-
fairs, and no doubt that Department
will so direct them. When it does,
that is going to make it very un-
pleasant for many carowners and
very expensive too.
But public safety has to be main-
tained and it can not be maintained
when through traffic has to pick its
way through one and generally two
lines of parked cars, and irregularly
parked at that.
For the towns themselves, either
parking space will have to be provid-
ed or the present parking customs
drastically changed, or both... The
present system of first come, first
served, will have to be abolished. No
doubt it is a very pleasant pastime
to sit in a parked car on Main Street
for two, three and more. hours at a
time and watch the parade . go by.
But it is not fair t4 business, nor is
it fair to those who have business to
do in the business places on the
street.
Perhaps the fear that limiting the
parking time will drive business to
other towns has deterred councils
from taking some action. But it
seems to us anidle fear. People will
go to the towns that afford them op-
portunities to do business, and one
can not do business where' there is
no approach to the business places.
Onlookers, of course, are welcom-
ed in every town, but onlookers
should not be permitted to take pos-
session of a town to the exclusion of
business. And that is the position
that every town is finding itself in.
Why, then, do not all the town coun-
cils of the county get together and
formulate some Saturday night
parking rules. That would put thein
all on the same footing, and car
owners all on the same footing too.
In fact, the time has' come when
some action has to be taken, and
either the towns will haveFto take it
themselves or have the Government
go over their heads and do it for
them.
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The English Bible Is 400 Years
- Old
Of course the Scriptures date back
many centuries, but it is of interest
to know that this year the 400th an-
niversary of the publication of the
English Bible is being celebrated.
And it is of even greater interest to
point aut the imnrense influence the
English Bible has had in the develop-
ment of both religion and literature.
In 1533, for the first time, it was
ordained that the Bible, as translat-
ed from .the Scriptures by Tyndale,
was to be -openly exhibited in church-
es, an action, it might be said, to
have laid the cornerstone of religious
freedom in England.
Tyndale's translation of the Bible,
which he began shortly over four
hundred years ago, and its accessi-
bility to every class of people, has
also played the leading part in the
development of . English literature.
It was the first book in the English
.language which could be compared
to the classics, and previous to it no
great work had ever been written in
the English language.
And certainly since that day no
book has ever been published that
compared in English, in purity of
diction, and( in wealth of illustration
to the Bible. It is an old book, but
still young. Still charged with the
same ,interest and truths that have
come down, if not unchallenged, still
undisputed, through the ages, and
will continue to hold its indisputable
place and influence " on the lives of
men and nations, while time lasts.
Years .A one
Interesting items Plaited from
The Huron expositor af'•Flfty and
o.
Twenty -fiver Years Ago.
From The Huron Ekpositor
June 27, 1913
The boom is on in Bayfield add no
person can predict where ft will stop.
Mr. Richexd Bailey has completed a
new residence on his lot facing the
lake and Mr. William Weston has.
commenced the erection of a new*
residence.
• Tho young people of the second of
Stanley Township .met on the evening
of Friday, June 13th at the home of
Mrs. John Gilmour and during the ev-
ening Mr.' Thomas Baird was pres-
ented on the eve of his marriage with
a handsome clock.
Mr. Bert . Hovey, of Clinton, cap-
tured a black bass Mast week which
measured 201 inchzs in length and
weighed four pounds.
The John A. McLean Sawmills, es-
tablished in Wingham forty years ago,
were burned to the ground on Tues-
day' evening last, a loss of $15,000 be-
ing involved
Mr. William Butt, of the second
concession of Tuckersmith, is mak-
ing extensive improvements on his
buildings.
Mr. L. C. Jackson, Grand Superin-
tendent of Huron District Royal Arch
Masons, paid his official visit to El-
liott Lodge, Mitchell. He was acoom
paned by Messrs. A, A. McLennan,
S. T. Holmes, Dr. Cooper and K. Mc-
Lean.
Mr. Isaac McGavin, of Walton, re-
cently sold to Mr. John Scott, of Jlul-
lett, a fine black gelding for the sum
of $320. - -
About 20 members of the old Isaak
Walton Fishing Club of Exeter drove
to Grand Bend on June 13th for their
annual fishing tournament.
Mr. Joseph Lawson, of Crediton,
has secured contracts for three
bridges from Hay Township council.
The aggregate amount is $979, the
work to be completed by the 1st of
August.
The young son of W. J. Tozer, dry
goods merchant of Clinton, met with
a serious accident on Tuesday when
he was riding his bicycle and ran in-
to a horse. As a result he was kick-
ed on the head and had to be taken
to the Clinton hospital.
Two laborers wtho were digging for
the new sewers on Francis St.,, in
Wingham, were caught in a cave-in
on Saturday afternoon. One man was
buried. to the chest and the other
jumped and was caught by the feet.
At the recent West Wawanosh mun-
icipal nomination for the purpose of
filling the vacancy of councillor caus-
ed by the death of Stephen Medd,
Mr. Robert Medd, a brother of the de-
ceased in t, was made councillor by
acelamatio .
By the falling of plaster on Sunday
from the ceiling of the office in the
Hotel Normandie in Clinton, Mr. S.
S. Cooper received a cut just over the
right eye, so severe that he had it
stitched up by one of the local sur-
geons. -
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From The Huron Expositor
June 29, 1888
One day Iast week a young son of
Mr. William Rattenbury, of Bruce -
field, fell from the steps of the school
hoose and fractured his collar bone.
With much regret we record the
death of Mary E., beloved wife of
James W. Norris, of Cass County,
North Dakota, who died on the 9th
inst., at the age of 24 years. She
was a daughter of Mrs. Thos. Brooks,
Hibbert. ,
Misses Janet Barr and Anna Brown
of Seaforth; Miss Forrest • Stanley
and Miss McTavish, of Tuckersmith,
and Messrs. James Hogg and George
McIntosh, of McKillop, have succeed-
ed in passing their examinations at
the Toronto Normal School.
Messrs. Reid & Wilson, of Seaforth,
have had a handsome new awning
erected in front of their hardware
store. The work was done by Mr.
James Graves.
Mr. Robert Willis has moved into
his handsome new residence. Mr-
Chittendiee will occupy the one he
has recently dived in.
Mr. A. H. Ireland who has been
mianager of the Seaforth branch of
the Canadian Bank of Commerce of
several years, has been promoted to
the position of Inspector.
Mr. David Walker, of Tuckersmith,
ex -Warden of the County, has been
appointed a mrem'ber of the Board of
License Commissioners of South Hur-
on
Mrs. Samuel Dorrance, of McKillop,
has sold her farm on the 4th conces-
sion to Mr. Robert McMillan for the
sum of $6,500.
Mr. Robert Newell, of Ohiselhurst,
is building a new dwelling house this
summer.
Messrs. Louis and Henry Diehl, of
Varna, are home from London, where
they have been attending Huron Col-
lege, and Mr. Louis. Diehl succeeided
in carrying off the soholarship equal
to $45.00.
On Monday lash as Mr. Robert
Brownett, son of Mr,oGeo. Brownett,
of Varna, was dieing a well, the
bucket by some mea became un -
beaked when neaat 'the top
ladand
fell down the well, risking Mr.
Erownett On the head, 'crushing his
skull.
It is said that the contract for car-
rying the mail from Bayfield to Olin -
ton, via Varna, has been awarded to"
Mr. Roland Beattie for $270 and that
another contract will be let to carry
the mail from Varna to Seaforth.
We had the .pleasure recently of
looking through the extensive and
well-managed manufactory of Messrs.
Broadfoot & Box, of this town. Since
moving into their new premises•, this
firm have greatly increased their mia
cbtnery and facilities. On the day of
visit they were Sendingthree car-
loads to° different parte of Manitoba.
•
Lounge Lizard: "D'you knew } why
ere .call you girlsbirds?"
Bright Young Thing: "Oh, .yes.
'Cause *e pick up little worm¢ "
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JUNE 24; 1938:
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Phil Osifer of Lazy Meadows
(BY Harry J. Boyle), •
"PORTRAITS"
Human nature is much the sane
now as it was in years gone by. Peo-
ple still like to bore other people by
showing them pictures. Of course,.
the pictures -that they show nowadays
are 'not as bad as the ones.,they used
to show. I like to look at interesting
p:eturss, 'but the heaven deliver me
from those pictures in the front room.
The portraits that repose in the con-
verted sewing basket in the front par-
lor are anything but interesting.
I will always remember when I was
a boy, bundled up in stiff .clothes and
sent to visit my great aunts, Martha
and Matilda. They were , good souls,
both of them, whom plate had never
been kind enough to give a man td.
The result was that they had disposi-
tiona like vinegar, no sense of humor,
and employed themselves in deplor-
ing the way the world was going.
1 arrived punctuality, and was to
spend the afternoon while. my father
attended a meeting at the Town Hall.
They looked rather helplessly. back
and forth, at each other, when I stood
like of fish out of water inside the
front door. Then they whisked me
£now -laden ---shoes out the door, and
ushered me into a front parlor that
had all the furniture draped in white
dust -covers. • A chair and sofa were
cleared with a heavy air of dust that
clogged up my breathing passages.
There was a brief session of polite
questions about my relatives and
their .health, and then another five
minutes of uncomfortable silence.
'Then Martha suggested to Matilda,
''Perhaps Phil would like to see the
'pitchers'?"
About that time anything was a re
lief and 1 agreed,. Then the basket
was pulled out Prom` where it reposed
on a shelf of the table with the orna-.
mental sea -shells and the' artificial
flowers, and they handed me a por-
trait.
I must have been of ehe, opinion
that they were a form of comics be-
cause I remember laughing, "Look
at a funny old geezer with the
whiskP" They Looked scandaliz-
ed'.
"Phil, that was your Uncle Ebriam.
He was a good man in even. respect"
I decided to watch my tongue and
restrain my laughter, and so on I
went through at least twenty pictures.
Then we came to a scowling sort of
old fellow with a face that would
take cream sour and they exclaim-
ed: "Your great -great grandfather
on your father's side. Ah, but he
was a kind man,'and a great church-
goer."
Somehow or other that soured me
on my ancestors. They appeared to
me like a very "mlangy" bunch, assb-
crated with a musty front -parlor that
',vas enshrouded with white dust -cov-
ers and foreboding great aunts, It
seemed too bad to me that all my vi-
s,ions of dashing forefathers should
be dispelled by the sight of their por-
traits.
For instance, I had • always rather
enjoyed stories about my Uncle ••" Ned.
They told mein a rather scandalized
w vay how he had run away with the
daughter of a barkeeper after spend-
ing five years in the navy, and just
about landing up in jail on several
occasions for brawling. Then I had
to see that portrait. Lt showed him
as a meek looking fellow with an
over -sized Adam's apple just disap-
pearing under a stiff collar. His
clothes were about twice too big for
him . . and the sight of him in
that tin -type dispelled any romantic
notions I may have had about hint.
And then there are always the cute
pictures that they take of you when
you're a baby. You're too young to
do anything about it then, and later
on when you drop in at relatives they
Fimply must bring out that asinine
picture and show it all around. Throne
are bitter moments!
I want to go on record here
and now, saying that I don't like
any such things or portraits. Do
you think they should be allowed?
JUST A SMILE OR TWO
Judge: "What possible excuse can
You give for acquitting the defend -
eta?"
Foreman of Jury: "Insanity, y'r
honor."
Judge: "What, all twelve of you?"
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Indignant customer: "Really, Mr.
Sands, you get dearer and dearer ev-
ery day."
Grocer: "Not se loud, mum. My
wife's powerful jealous."
•
"George, order a mousetrap on your
way home tonight." , ...
"But we've got a mousetrap, dear."
"I know. But there's a mouse in
Inlet :one."'i.. • <.
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Mirandy liked the hat very much,
so the milliner explained her best
salesmanship to induce the colored
woman to take it.
"Law, no, chile! If I puts on dat
big white picture hat, with ma face,
I'd look jes' like a blackberry in a
pan of milk."
Sonny sat on the lower step, his
face resting in his hands.
"What's the matter, Sonny?" asked
a gentleman.
'Nothin', just thinkinr," replied Son-
ny.
"What about?"
"Think how dumb trees are to take
off their clothes' in winter an' put 'em
on in summer."
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Prison Governor: "I'm very sorry.
Jones. I find we've kept you here a
week too long."
Convict: "That's orl right, sir.
Knock it orf next time."
•!
Politician: "I'm very pleased to
seer- -*Oho
been in the
County Papers
Missionary Speaks on Japan
Miss Frances Hawkins, missionary -
on -furlough from Japan, spoke on
work in that country at theaHuron
Deanery meeting, Seaforth, on Fri-
day. She also gave an enlightening
address iii St. Paul's' Church on Sun-
day morning. Miss Hawkins is 'a sis-
ter of Mr. T. Hasvkfus,, of Giinton.r—
Clinton News -Record.
Accepts Professorship
Dr. Walter and Mrs. Johns, of
Waterloo, visited with their parents.,
in town over the week -end; Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Johns returned
with them after visiting in Waterloo,
Buffalo, Ridge,Wa;e and Hamilton. Dr.
and Mrs. Johns visited in Ithica, N.Y.,
where the former was on business at.
the Cornell University. Dr. Johns
bas resigned from the staff of the
Waterloo University and has accept-
ed a Professorsliip at tine Alberta Ua-
iversity, Edmonton, his duties to come
mance the first of September.—Exe-
ter Times -Advocate.
Accident To Hibbert Woman .,
Mts. Simon Sararas, of Hibbert
Township, nearI' 1selhurst, and a
former resident o Hensall, while.,
Milking in the barn recently, had the
misfortune to be knocked down by a
cow and trampled on by another. She
received serious injuries, having sev-
eral ribs broken and otherwise badly
injured.—Exeter Times -Advocate.
Horses Won At Aurora
Messrs. Currie & Tervit took in the
Aurora Horse Show on Saturday and
were successful in winning first prize
for road team:. with Lady Lee Ax-
worthy and Lee Peters. They also
won first and third in the single road
class.—Wingham Advance -Times.
Property Changes
Mrs. J. F. Reynolds has sold her
property on Albert Street to Mr. Ad-
ams, of Hullett, and will prove to net'
home in Goderich. Mr. George Rum -
tall has pura!iased the property be-
longing to Mr. Kenneth Whitmore on
Frederick Street. Mr. Whitmore hats
purchased a -store on the Main Street.
Blyth, and will move in about one
month—Clinton News -Record.
Wins Gold Medal
At the graduation of nurses of the
General Hospital, Guelph, !held at the
Memorial Hall, O.A.C., on June 100.3.
MissElizabeth Jean Laidlaw, daugh-
ter of ,Mrs. David Laidlaw, Huron
Street, was awarded the gold medal
presented by Dr. L. H. Leggett for
surgical nursing, She has • been a
'Idiligent student, but will not finish
her three year course until August.
rho many friends of this young lady
*tin in wishing her success in her
chosen profession.—Clinton News -Re-
cord.
night."
Voice from audience: "Don't be too
pleased, guv'nor. We're not that
de,nse."
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"Was your wife's slimming diet a
success, Bob?"
"Rather, George. She disappeared
altogether last Thursday."
BrownWing of theWoodland
d (By Edith M. Patch and Carroll Lane Fenton) •
Telea Brown -wing, the polyphemus
moth, oat on a log. Bright sunshine
warmed her body. and dried her big,
velvety wings. It made their pink
stripes and peacock -eye spots look
even brighter than they were. Less
than three hours had passed since
Telea came out of her cocoon. Some
children who watched her said that
she "hatched", -but this insect really
had hatched the year before. She
came out of a flattish, cream -colored
egg with a bright brown band. Her
mother' ,had laid it, along with two
hunt]•: ed other eggs, on leaves of a
maple tree.
When Telea hatched from the egg,
she was not a moth. She was a tiny,
greenish -yellow caterpillar, with a
.brick -red head. As soon as she
could get out. of the egg shell, she
crawled to the edge of her leaf and
began to eat. Other newly -hatched
caterpillars (her brothers andsisters)
did the same thing. One of them got
in Telm's way. When they met, both
of them wriggled about and started
to nibble in ,opposite directions.
Changing Skins
Day after day, week after week,
the caterpillars ate leaves. When one
leaf was gone, they crawled to an-
other. Fortunately for them, the
maple tree was so large that there
still were leaves no matter how many
they ate.
Teles used her food to grow. In
six days after ,she hatched, her skin
was too small for her body. When
the skin split down the back, she
crawled out in a new one that was
larger. She changed skins three
more times. After the• fourth skin -
change, or "molt," she Was almost
three d•nches long. Her colors were
bright clear green with golden yel-
low and orange spots. Her eyes
glowed like opals when the sun shone
on them.
One day, Telea ate so much that
she looked as if she would ',burst.
The next morning, she ,did not eat
at all. She hurried from one branch
to another, crawled' all the way to
the 'ground, and started to climb an
elm tree. Affer climbing a while,
she turned and came down. Thea
eie went to the tip of a birch sap-
ling, stopping near something that
looked like a pale tan, oval ball 'Oren -
ped in leaves. Though Telea did not
know It, thq;t ball was a. cocoon spun
by one of her caterpillar brothers,
Spinning the Cocoon
Soon Telea made a eeeoon of her
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own. She settled down between two
leaves and began to spin a silk
'thread. She moved her head to
and fro, so that the silk formed' a
sleeping bag or bail that was. fasten-
ed to both the leaves and a twig.
Inside the cocoon, Telea shed her
skin again. This time, she became a
Irapa with a hard dark shell. Inside
the pupa -skin, Telea was turning intto
a moth. She lost her creeping legs
and grew four wings. She also grew
two feathery "feelers," or antennae,
and thousands of fluffy scales that
covered her body.
While these things were going on,
winter came to the woods, Many
loaves fell from the trees and snow
covered the ground. It stayed there
for weeks and weeks, till the warm
days of spring melted' it away. These
'days brought early flowers, and new
leaves en the trees.
The leaves became full-grown long
before Teles awoke. Finally, she be-
gan to wriggle inside her oocoat. One
day she wriggled so bard tbat the
skin of her pupa split. At the same
time, wet stuff softened one end of
the cocoon. and let it open, Telea
.crawled• through the open place and
walked to a twig.
Did she try to fly? Not at all !
She had to wait until her wings
seread and became hard, while the
long scales on her body dried. Not
until they were almost dry did she
flutter down to the long, There she
moved her wings until they felt
strong as well as dry. After doing
that, Teles walked to a shadowy cor-
ner and stayed there for the rest of
the day.
When evening came, she crawled
out. She climbed) the log to its very
top, waving Thor wings as she went.
Something big and fluffy flew past
hem; Teles .hardly saw it, but her
antennae told her, that it was
another fmrote of the polyphemus
kind. He also had dried his wings
in the sunshine and had hidden in
shadows until evening. He -now was
maki,nlg his first trip through the
woods. He dodged to and fro among
the trees, going so far away that
Teles oou:ld not tell where he was.
Then he flew in a circle' and came
close to her log.
This s'eemied to encourage 'Perim.
For just a mtomrant, she waited'. Then
she fidipped her wings strongly land
foi1ew'ed the other moth, After months
of elating, mewling and resting, she
also wad making her first trip)
through the evening air!
-�!7• -+" Gats x,vtrto..
Seven persons were injured in a
head-on auto collision on a county
road south of Dashwood one night.
last week. Most seriously injured
was four-year-old Marie McKeever, of
Dashwood, who lost ten teeth and was
badly lacerated about the head and
Oands when she was thrown througli
the shattered win,debdeld of her
father's car. Her younger brother
and sister, Billy and Ruth, were cut.
by flying glass and painfully bruised.
as were Mr. and Mrs, McKeever. Aus
tin Boland, of Ailsa Craig, and a pas-
senger, Norman Geromette, also were
cut by flying glass when their car
mounted the radiator of the Dash-
wood car in the collision. County
Traffic Officer Lever, who investigat-
ed the accident which occurred at 8
p.m., said both cars were driving
without Lights in the bright moon-
light.—Goderioh Signal -Sty.
Scott - Colquhoun
Thames road parsonage was the
scene of a lovely wedding when Rev.
W. Mair united in marriage, Allene,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Duncan
Colquhoun, of Staffa, to James Scott,
son of Mr. and; Mrs. Thomas Scott, of
Cromarty. The young bride wore •a
frock of pink sheer, pink hat and
grey accessoriles,, and carried a show-
er bouquet of pindi` a.nd white carna-
tions and roses. Her sister, Miss
Hazel Colquhoun, was bridesmaid.
The groom was attended'. by his bro-
ther, Gordon Scott, Following the
ceremony, the bridal party returned
to the bride's home where the wed-
ding, dinner was served. Later Mr.
and Mrs. Scott left by motor for
Toronto and Buffalo. They will re-
side near Cromarty.—Exeter Times -
Advocate.
Accident
Harold Kerslake, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Arthur Kerslake, of Usborne,
while returning to his hoine from
Londesboro, ran into a telephone.
pole when the lights of his car went.
out Thursday of last week. The
tendon of the little ^ finger of the
r;ght hand was severed, Harold was.
taken 'to St. Joseph's Hospital, Lon-
don, for a couple of days for treat-
ment.
Celebrated 90th Birthday
Mrs. Elizabeth Johneton, • of Huron'
Street, on Thursday celebrated her
ninetieth bdithday. MTs•.. Johnston, ,
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John•
Colclough, was born near Norval, Ont.
and came to Clietton at the age of
six, do a covered wagon drawn by
oxen. Her parents settled on a farm
on the Base Line, and Mrs. Johestori:
has remained, in, Clinton and vicinity'
all her life. She was baptized by
Bishop Cal-mieihael when he was in-
cumbent in Sb. 'Paul's, Clinton. When
the 'Women's Auxiliary was organiz-
ed fifty-two years ago, Mrs. Johnston
became one of the charter members,
and five years, ago was made a life
member. Being of a dhreery disposi-
tion, Mrs.. Johnston has a -.-host of
friends who offer her felicitations on
this happy o'ccasiont—Clinton News-
Record. L
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