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Collegiate Board Awards
Contract For Addition to
School to H.Edge at $28,36•O
Bylaws To Provide For De-
benture for School Work
Are Given First and Sec-
ond Reading.
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July 28
Arrangements are being made
tobring a famous team of
gymnastics to the Lions Summer
Carnival on July 28th. This add-
ed attraction will follow thechil-
dren's water eveets. A feature of
the evening will be the beautiful
fireworks display, which will be
seen at the close of the program;
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Twenty-four Bowlers Enjoy
Doubles Tourney Here
Monday.
There were twenty-four bowlers in
the men's local doubles tournament
on Monday evening, The greens are
in fairly.good shape now and all they
need is playing. The grass, which
was scarce in spots at the beginning
of the season, has grown in and now
they present the appearance that the
-bowlers like to see.
John Boshart carried off first hon-
ors with three wins and a plus of 21.
Three were tied for the next three
places, so a corn was tossed to de-
termine the positions. John Cardno
drew second place, E. H. Close, third
place, and P. J. Dorsey, fourth.
AWAIT 'APPROVAL
MUNICIPAL BOARD
'The bilk tender .of H. Edge, Sea -
forth contractor, for the addition to
the Seaforth Collegiate Institute, was
accepted at a special meeting of the
board on Monday evening. There
were five bulk tenders., ranging from
$28,360 to $34,000, and Mr. Edge was
the, lowest. Eight firms tendered on
plumbing, heating and electrical work,
but these were not considered.
Mr. Edge anticipates that 'Work wiII
commence early in the week. Exten-
sive changes in the present building
are to be 'completed' by school open-
ing.
The architect for the addition -is
Wn1. G. Murray, London, and he w:11
be in town on Friday morning when
the work will be laid out..
Start Public School Work
Contracts have also been let for the
necessary repairs at the public school.
Mr. Edge has the contract for the
general repair work at $909.00. This
will include jacking up the floors.
placing steel beams and other work
in the baiement. The beams, which
cost $298.00 are supeeied by the board•,
.The painting will be done by Johr.
F. Scott at a contract price of $550.00.
The 'board split up its paint order,
part going to Oliddon Paint Co., To-
ronto, anal part to Geo. D. Ferguson,
Seaforth,
Other scores were: J. J, Cluff, 1 A gang of men• is already at work
win plus 8; R. J. Charters, 2 wins plus in, the school and Mr. Edge expects to
, 1; E. H. Smith, 2'w•ine plus 14; Geo leave the beamrsin place, by the week -
Hays, 2 wins plus 14; Dr. Beohelyt, 2 wad,.,- ,
wins pins 3; Bev, Christie, 1 win plus -
2; John Beattie, 2 wins phis 14; Rev.
Craw, ; losses; W. G. Willis,. 2 winse. • �]
pins 10; J. McDonald, 2 wins plus 10; England F atnilyHas
W. J.' Duncan, 1 win plea• 8 W. C.
Sutherland, 2 wins plus 4; R. J.
Sproat, 2 wins plus 8; Bert Muir, 1
win plus 7; J. E. Willis, 1 win plus
8; R. J. Winter, 1 win plus 4; John
A. Wilson, 1 win plus 8; W. M. Hart,
1 win plus 7; John Doherty, 3 lessee;
H. Jeffrey, 1 win plus 7.
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Institute Enjoys
Prize Winning Skit
The" Seaforth Junior Institute was
held on Wednesday afternoon at the
home of Miss Sarah Whitmore in
Tnckersmith with the president, Mrs.
J. F. Scott, in the chair. The' roll
tall was answered by "How I would
improve our school system" It was
decided to hold a sale of home' cook-
ing on Saturday, August 6th. •
The song, "I'ee Gwine Back to Dix-
ie" was then sung and Mrs. Andrew
Crozier gave an interesting talk on
"Chill and Adult Education." Mrs.
David McLeafn read 'a poem entitled•,
"The Busy Man," the gist of it being
that busy man generally has time to
di a friend a favor, while a man with
more time finds, an excuse.
After singing "Juanita," Miss MarF-
garet Broadfoot gave a comprehensive
and informative paper ore the new
school curriculum.
All those present then went out on
the lawn, where "Bedroom Accessor-
ies Project," a clever skit prepared by
Mrs. Paul Doig, which was awarded
first prize at County Achievement Day
in Clinton., was given. Those who
ably took part were Mrs. Paul Doig,
Miss Margaret Leybourne, Mrs. Ed•
1tln Pudner, Miss Myrtle Papple and
Miss Grace Wallace, After singing
"God Save the King," lemonade .was
Grand Bend Picnic
The tenth annual England picnic
was held at Grand Bend with aborit
50 in attendance. The oldest person
present was- the honorary president,
Willi -am Johnston, of Exeter, and the
youngest, Bobby Delmage, of Cam-
lachie. After dinner races were heid
for the smaller children. Following
dinner and supper, a short program
was held. • The president, Mies Mae
Hair, cf-Strathroy, occupied the chair.
Speeches were giveti by , different
members of the family.
Tee following officers were elected
For the coming year: President, Mrs.
Lottie White; ls't vice-president, W.
E. Woods; 2nd vice-president, Mrs.
Ward Zweite; secretary -treasurer, Jes-
sie aWoocmfwypybgkgjxzfiflff,.vbgkq
sie Woods; press secretary, Jack
Woods. • Members were named to the
following committees; Sports, lunch-
eon, program, courtesy and also a
committee appointed to investigate
ways and meanie of having the family
history written by William Johnston
published.
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Stratford Plays
Tennis Here
Tenofe enthusiasts from Y.M.C.A.
courts in Stratford were the guests
of the Seaforth Tennis Club on Wed-
nesday evening.
Following a series of close games,
the visitors were entertained in the
club house to lunch,
served with a delicious lunch.
Boys at Summer,. School Camp
End. Holiday With Vespers
After. "a busy and/ wonderful week,
the Closing camp fire meeting and
vesper service of the Hiawatha, Boys
of the United Church Summer School
Camp was held on Sunday evening
last in the spacious cottage of Mr,
aur/ Mrs, R. E. Miaclienzie, who
kindly invited the forty to fifty boys
and their leaders. to hold It there on
account• of wet' conditions 'outside.
3tire Chief, , /The Rev. J. F. Anderson,
was in charge. Singing of spirituelIes
*as conducted by the. Rev. A. W.
B`l'own, Charles W'ellwood officiating
at the piano. The boys divided into
three gt'or1po according te,their tubes.
Each put on a Bible, ,story dramatic
,representation, viz: The Good) Samar-
itan, The Ten Foolish Virgins and
the story of Jacob. There was also a
stunt of a great'ereatur+e of immense
size swiMming out over the floor at
lone time, which was very suggestive
of Jonah's whale.
"Follow the Gleam," "TIie Church
in the Wilclacte tr' and "Clinching
Jacob`s,Lauder" - were gang very lust-
ilyr by the iboys A plane selection
was -renderet, by george' a rvey, and'
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the camp • ttePer, "Tile '' rl 1 Sl15 r,
was resit by stab# Etuttik i )rami.' The
. qty Mite% ail ' the tie. gu:+ue
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their farewell speeches and imprea-
alons of the camp which had been
bald seven days.
There was a oonsensue of opinion
that it was the best ca1np of ,its kind,
unusually good organization„ ,behavior
and high interest had been observed.
The boys had been faithful and quite
interested it the Bible study classes,
the ,amD c raft, missionary heroes' and
travelogue gatherings- They bad done
interesting and,. clever work 'in the
linocraft and in,'soap carving. It goes
without saying' that',in sports, Mitt -
ming, boating on the' little sail vessel,
in beach activities rind/ at the dining
room table they had; given a ' good
account of themselves.
Mr. Anderson, in a touching appeal,
closed the camp ona high spiritual
note, Mr. Brent Heliyrar ndtified bhe
boys that their Chief Anderson was
surrendering his position now, after
years of excellent service. A beauti-
ful and suitable lilroplagiie carved re-
presentative of camp life, was fires:•
suited to time ren be"hralf Of the boys.
The Rev. A. W. 13rovtlir, in a graceful
speeeb, gains' the tlratltts 01 all for tiie
hospitality and. inett'yr �l> imdtn'eseegr to
the Cnrott` ,'t9`liiitrh' 'Wadi ltlitrt a,ppldtttl-
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Above is shown some of the ,54 heavy horses which left Seaforth station 'Saturday for Perth, Scotland.
• Largest from this station in 22 years, it is said to fie one of the best of of ets type to leave 'Canada. Wit-
iiam Cudmore, veteran Seaforth buyer, selected and purchased the horses from farmers in Huron, Perth
and Bruce,, --.Beacon- Herald °Photo.
Record Shipment of Horses
Leaves Seaforth
Fifty-four Animals, Averag-
ing About 1800 -tbs. Each,
Are Shipped to Perth,
Scotland, on Saturday.
54 DIST.ICT HORSES CO
A record shipment of horses—the
largest from Seaforth station since
1916—left here Saturday, consigned to
Perth. Scotland. The shipment in-
cluded fifty-four heavy farm horses
and were 'whipped by Williamson
Bros„ of "-n:•o•nto, .
Mr. Wile :ea Cudmore, veteran Sea -
forth home; buyer, was in cher•ge of
the purchase of tbe animals which
came from farms in Huron, Perth and
Bruce counties.
Something over $10,000 was left in
the pockets of the owners 'as a re-
sult...af the transaction. The highest
price paid was $255 and went 'to Wm.
Leiper, of Hullett, Township,'
The horses averaged about 1800
pourds, while four ih the shipment
were over the ton mark. The heav-
iest horse was that purchased from
James Ballantyne, M,L.A., and Weigh-
ed 2,050 pounds. A Clydesdale team
from James Scott, Cromarty, slightly
over a toa each, were said to be the
best horses in the consignment.
Thomas Williamson, here looking
after the shipping, agreed with Mr.
Cudmore that the shipment was the
best of its type to leave Canada. The
shortage tri Scotland, welch led to
the; sbipment, . was caused by a grass
fever. -
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DISTRICT FARMERS SUFFER
INJURIES DURING HAYING
District farmers have suffered more
haying accfdenhs this year then for
some time, records show.• At one
time this week four farmers were in
Scott Memorial Hospital recovering
front' the effects of accidents suffered
during haying.
William Somerville, well known Mc-
Killop farmer, suffered serious' head
and body Injuries on Thursday when
he was kicked by a horse as he work=
ed on a .hayloader.
John Aitcbesen, also of McKillop,
was struck on lits thigh when a whif-
fletree broke as he was taking in, a
load of hay.
Frank Way, near Londesboro, dislo-
cated 'his shoulder when he fell from
a load of hay last Wednesday.
Alex., eterling, McKillop, suffered
head injuries when he struck his head
in a fall from a wagon.
All were removed to Scott Memor-
ial H,aapital here.
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Elliott Clan Holds
Picnic at Bayfield
The Elliott Clan held an enjoyable
reunion in Bayfeld; on Saturday when
members of the family numbering ono
,hundred werepresent from 'Toronto,
London, Goderich, Creighton, Cli/nttie,.
Goderich Township, Seaforth and'
Stanley Township. -
The early part of the 'afternoon was
pleasantly spent in races. Mel sports
of various kind's. A short progranq of
music was also enjoyed which con -
slated of community songs, .Mouth or-
gan and banjo selections by Mr. Geo.
Clark and violin solos by J..,T. Reid.
A sumptuous supper was then served..
Mrs. M. Reid, of Varma, WO, eWarded
a prize for being the oldest persenr on
the groilnde ands Mr. Edward. Muter,,
of Varna, for the largest faintly. The
same officers Were re-elected.
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A ' wotnem applying for citizenship
paps dt'Ohio was asked—t; "flow rm
the C'onafliitution changed); in rt repub,
Bean fortis' of gove+ratnerttrf'
tlheDiaixt. ' rlh„ts i''. V
Etta Ataff�gii IiOO ►t1 'ostia!
,..u71tS+ 4te•al'
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YOUNG SEAFORTH
S t a ti on CYCLIST VICTIM OF
HIT AND RUN DRIVER
Announce
Entrance
( Results
The following are the results of the
high school; entrance examination at
the centres under the jurisdiction of
the Exeter High School Entrance
Board., First and second class honors
are announced; first class honors
means that 75% or more of the total
marks *as secured,• second class hon-
ors that between 70 and 74%r was ob-
tained.
Exeter Centre
First Class Honors—Harold Brown,
Betty Elliott, Glenn Hunter, Clarence
Knight,. Bryce Mack, Shirley. Moise,
Frederick, Moriock, Nola Perleats, Jack
Sweet, Evelyn. Waghbrn,
Second Class Honors — Marjorie
Flynn, Donald.Kernick, Frances King,
Shirley Preszcator, Douglas - Pryde,
Helen Schenk, Orville Schroeder, Don-
ald Traquair, Lloyd Walker, Doris
Webber.
Pass — Gordon Baynham, Gerald
Campbell, Arnold Cann, Robert Field,
Jack Harness, Ronald Collings, Alan
Hill, Harold Hockey, • Harvey Hod-
, (Continued on Page 4).
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HODGERT -'FAMILY
HAS loth REUNION
Afternoon's Snort Enjoyed
At Queen's Park,
Stratford.
Eighty-five members were present
at the 14th annual reunion of the
Hodgert family held at Queen's Park,
Stratford, on Wednesday afternoon,
members coming from New Toronto.
London, Port Hope, Exeter, Seafor ah,
Russeldale, Fullerton, Faa-gtlhar, Chis-
elhur•st, Hensall and other points.
The officers in charge of this year's
picnic were: President, Mr, William
Hodgert, Exeter; secretary, Miss Lily
Francis, London; treasurer, Mrs. Mil-
ton Hodgert. London; sports commit-
tee. Mr. Foster Bray, New Toronto ;
Mr. Kenneth Hodgert, Port Hope; re-
freshment committee, Mrs. Herold
Lawrence, Seaforth: Miss Pearl Daw-
son, Farquhar; Mrs. Edith Bray, New
:'1•oronto; Mrs. Elsie Colqurhoun, Mun-
ro; Percy Duncan and John Hoggarth
of Cromarty.
Results of races. games or other
events on program: Ail children, 5
and. under, Wilma Coates; girls, 6 to
8, Bernice Dillon; girls, 9 to II; 1lltar-
ion Hodgert, Marjorie Richardd.;, boys,
9 to 11, Neal Hodgert, Harold Df]-
lon; .girls, 12-14, Janet Hodgert, Jean
Hodgert; boys, 12-14, Reg. Hodgert,
Mac Hodgert; single ladies, Marion
Lawrence, Loreen Marti•n; single men,
William Hodgert; married men's race,
John Hodgert, Foster Bray; distance
race, Roy Coward, Jim Hodgert; lad-
ies' kicking slipper contest, Mrs.
Mary Coward, Lillian Hodgert; men's
"ki-eking slipper, Foster Bray, Roy
Qoivardi wheelbarrow race, Allan
Coward and Allan Richard; married
ladies' race, Mrs; Florence Hodgert,
Mrs. Jim Hodgert;• ladies' balloon
contest, Lillian Hodgert, H'. Lawrence;
men's balloon contest, Herold Lawr-
ence, Mrs. Edith Bray; clothes pin
race, John Hodgert; bean conteet•
(ladies), Mrs. Florence Hodgert; bean
contest (den's), Wm.. Hodgert, Jr.
A baseball game was also- enjoyed.
1939 rff)?ieers: Honorary president,
Mgrs. John Ball, Exeter; president,
Miss Jennie Hodgert, Exeter; secre-
tary; Mrs. Rely Coward, Woodham
treasurer, Milton Ilodgert, , London ;
refreshment committee, Mrs.Tom'
EPot1'gert; conveners, Mre; Leslie Web.
aids, .Lorean: Martins Ilii itYi Hodgert;
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Charlie Woods Left Lying
Unconscious in Ditch
North of Here.
HAS MINOR INJURIES
Left lying unconscious in a road-
side ditch for nearly two hours,•, the
victim of a hit-and-run driver, Charlie
Woods, 15 -year -old -son of Mrs. Lottie
Woods, Seaforth, found he escaped
with only minor head injuries and a
possible rib fracture.
The young lad was struck from his
bicycle two and one-half miles north
of here early 'Wednesday morning as
Le rode to work at the farm of James
Morrison, McKillop Township, but the
accident was not reported to police
until late that night.
Young Woods is believed to have
lain in the ditch nearly two hours,
and when he regained consciousness
began0,walking towards Seaforth when
a passing motorist picked him up and
brought him to his her -:e.
He remembers little of the accident
except that he was struck. He was
unable to obtain a liescription of the
car.
Chief of Police Helmer Snell, Sea -
forth, and County Traffic Officer N.
Lever are investigating, but so far
have found no trace of the car,
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Golfers Have Two
Ball Foursome
Sieve thirty golfers enjoyed a two -
ball foursome at the Seaforth Golf
and Country Club Wednesday after-
noon, when prizes were won by Miss
E. Elder and Mac Southgate, and
Mary Hays and M, A. Reid.
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Teaches 39 Years
Retires at Lucknow
Mitis Isobel Murdie, Lucknow, who
retired this . year from the teaching
profession after 39 years of efficient
and exemplary service, was present-
ed on• Wednesday evening by the
School Board of that village with a
beautiful silver tea service. Miss
Murdie is a sister of Mrs. Margaret
White, Seaforth. The presentation
was made by Hugh McIntosh and the
address accompanying it, peed by
Donald. Henderson.
Miss Murdie made a suitable reply.
Other members of;tthe board includ-
ing Dr. W. V. Johnston, Rev. C. H.
MacDonald and Robert Rae, also Miss
F. E. McLean, an associate teacher
and principal of the school spoke, pay-
ing tribute to Miss Murdie.
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Clinton Defeats
St. Colurnban .3-1
St. Columbau•, leading team in the
Huron' Football League, took a 3-1
defeat. in Clinton Wednesday even-
ing. and Clinton advanced to second
place in the group. Scoring was done
in the second half, Dale opening the
count for Clinton at half minute from
the kick-off, Garrett accounted for a
pair at five minutes and midway
through- the 'pe'riod. Mcivor prevettt-
ed a shut out for the Saints when he
scored from a close in scrimmage
with one minute to go.
ST. COLUMBAN"---O'Connor, Ma-
lone, McQuaid, Holland, Flahnery, J.
O'Connor, Currie, Sullivan, Wiifiams,
Melady, Carlin, Mclvor, mO'l'teilly.
• CLIIVT,ON. - Wilson, E. Layton,
Bateman, IhfeKay, T'hotnpsolt, G. Lay-.
ton, Weston, Heigh, Garrett; .Risen,
Dal—Or", k`citlli%eh, Matti i,
R4, . Aintititrottel.
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Alterations To Present Col- • ,
legiate Building To Be
Co�inpleted-I.+ irr'School Op- Boys.;
ening in September.
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PUBLIC SCHOOL WORK
NOW UNDER WAY
Hawkers and peddlers who canvass
Seaforth residehts may expect to re- i
ceive a sum/ ens in future, council 1• • -
decrded on Monday evening when Chet'
learned the extent to wthieh the nuis-
ance has grown in recent years,-
- The situation was brought •to ,coun-
cil's attention when Constable James
V. Ryan 'told of stopping two fruit
trucks on' that day. Council instruct-
ed Constable Ryan to lay charges in
tlrea'e two .cases. He is also to study
town bylaws governing such matters •
and enforce them. . Militia Wins,„ -First S.chedt le
While discussing the peddler situs- In Town League
cars with trailers, bf backing up to' Softball.
Main Street sidewalks, .thereby en
dangering passing traffic and creat- The preliminary schedule to arouse
ing traffic jams along the street. This interest in softball is over, the Militia.
situation is also to receive the eaten- at the top having won all their games.
tion .of the police. Purc�eil's Rees. finished 'in sec"
Pass Bylaws and position with Merchants• in, third/
Bylaws relating to the debenture place and Bell's Foundry following:
issues for Collegiate and Public School, It has now been decided to carry
purposes were given first and seoonn os,, the following being the new ache- "
reading, final reading being withheld dule which has been arranged.;
pending formal approval of the On- July 15—Merchants vs. Recs.
tario Municipal Board. The council July 19—Bells vs. Militia.
was assured of this approval some July 21—Merchants 'vs. Militia.
weeks ago following long months of 'July 26—Bells vs. Recs.
argument with the Board The by- July 28—Merchants vs. Bells.
laws provide $5,000.00 for' the Public ' Aug. 2--Recs, vs. Militia.
School" repairs and $30,000,00, for an; Semi -Final Play -Offs
addition at the Collegiate. . ; Sudden death game, Aug. 4, second
Some question of the advisability team vs. third place team.
of passing the bylaw for the public
school debentures' was raised in coun- ! Finals
cil in view of the fact that the school. Two games put of three—Aug. 9th,
board had reduced its original pro- 11th and 16—F,iret place ' team vs.
gram by some $2,000. Town Solicitor' winners of Augnpt 4th.
H. G. Meir pointed out that the by- ! Should a to/1t•1;•,�` "�.me be schercul-
law would have to be passed cover-
ed On any of tlf dates the softball
ing the original requisition, but that schedule will be rearranged,
council could satisf1 itself as to the Games called of 6.30 p.m. sharp.
amount pent before paying over the The first team iiavnrg nine men on
proceeds of the debenture issue. the field will have the choice of bat -
Mr. J. F.. Daly. on behalf of the ting or fielding,
Lions Park Committee, asked council
for its usual grant to aid in the main-
tenance ,of the park. He pointed out
that the cost of electrical energy
would be an added expense this year
and asked that council at least as-
sume this amount, which was esti-
mated at $60.00. A grant of •$75.00
was made the committee for park
Steai, boys Pia Ing
es are tee a ed tq. ave bee*;
sponsi or+ ar 're which doss
ed a al shed' at the re,
the residence of Mitt .Hoff,
o'clock Saturday evening. Flr e-
men laid one line of hose and
,,soon extinguished ' e )Maze.
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SOFP.ALL•
LEA
SETS 'NEW SCH U
tion council took time out to con
-
eider the Habit of large trucks and
purposes.
Because an open drain running
along Market, Louisa, Sperling and
Huron Streets was so filled with
weeds it was useless as a drain, coun-
cil learned as Gordon Reynolds pre-
sented a petition signed by a number
of property owners in the west end
of town. The ditch, some 70 rods in
length, has practically no fall and re-
tains water until it dries up, explain-
ed J. V. Ryan, street foreman. Some
work had been done, but because of
the water it had to be abandoned,
(Continued on Page 4)
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Seaforth Lady Will
Be 90 on July 18
Miss Margaret Robinson, Sperling
Street, will celebrate her 90th birth-
day at her home on Monday, July 18.
Miss Robinson comes from a strain of
long -living people, her mother being
106 years odd when she passed away.
Her Father was born in Fermanagh,
Ireland, in 1802, and was married to
Mary Vansteamburg in 1824. She was
a native of Vermont. Miss Robinson
was born, in Darlington Township aunt
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Hensall Contractor
Falls 25 Feet
Mr. Joan Elder, well known Hensall
contractor, bad a narrow escape from
fatal injury last week when he fell,
25 feet from a roof on the residence.
of R. Y. McLaren, south of the village.
Mr. Elder was shingling the roof
when he slipped and fell eve) the
edge. In falling he struck the ver-
andah.
His injuries include a, broken wrist
and broken ,hip. He was removed to
Clinton hospital by Dr. D. G. Steer:
Although engaged in work of this
nature for many years, this is the
first occasion on which he has suffer-
ed serious injury.
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A saucy damsel was speeding.
through traffic. She soon found her-
self stopped by an officer of the law.
"Look here," growled the cop
"whore's the fire?"
"What are you worrying about?"
site countered, "You're no fireman)"
her family moved to Tuckersnnith
when she was at the age of four.
When they bought their land they
paid $2.Oo an acre, but later the price
went to $12 an acre. Miss Robinson
lived in Harpurhey for thirty years
and moved to Seaforth about 10 years
ago.
Granddaughter of Seaforth
Lady Assistsin Discovery
Tribute to the scientific ability of
a 28 -year-old scientist and his wife is
contained in a story in a recent issue
of the Winnipeg Tribune.
Tee young doctor is Dr. Charles F.
Code and his wife was the former
Gwendolyn Bond, a granddaughter of
Mrs, James Beattie, Church Street.
The Tribune says: •
"For a discovery which paves tiro
way for a new attack on asthma and
other "sensitivity" diseases, Dr, Chas.
F. Code, young Winnipeg born scien-
tist, now associated with the Mayo
Foundation at Rochester, today was
awarded the Theobald Smith medal of
the Ameriea.n Aseociation for the Ad,
vaneemeat of Science.Announce-
meet oe the award was made in Ot-
tawa where the association is in con-
vention.
"Dr, Code, with bhe assistance of
his young Winnipeg wife, the former
Gwendolyn Bond, isolated histamine,
a constituent of the blood, tut pure.
crystalline form and the eleinent,
once a "scientific football,' now ''may
be thoroughly investigated as to the
part it plays in many diseases inoltlt
ing asthma and ailments where there:
le alt abnormal . CQQttt Of White cella
in; 'the blooti •
"1)f' Code°e Otirerilttett
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the blood and make it possible to mea
sure the amount quantitatively.
"Injection of histamine 'into animals
produces asthmatic -like attacks or
forms of shock. Dr. Code provedithat
when the amount of histamine in tate
blood is increased, an abnormal
change takes place in the white blood
cells or the individual suffers an- al-
lergic reaction—that is, he becomes
Sensitive to foreign proteins. •
"In Winnipeg on a holiday faom hit
work at the Institute For Experimen-
tal Medicine at the Mayo Foundation,:,:—:
in Rochester„ Minn., i'lr. Code was•int'•: •
sistent on giving credit to his wife,;
whom he married here 2rr/Q years ago;..,
Worked With Husband
"Mrs. Code, daughter of Allan
Bond, worked beside her husband for
nearly two.. years fin laberateries •.at .„,• "
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