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EAFORTH, Friday, March 10, 1939
Pope Pius XII
Eugenio Cardinal Pacelli, Italian
Morn Cardinal, was on Thursday of
last week, -elected 262nd Pope of the
Roman Catholic Church and assum-
ed the name of Pius XII.
The new Pontiff, who was former-
ly Secretary of State to the preced-
ing Pope, isa scholar and statesman,
possessing a wide and intensive ex-
perience in Church and State, and is
,said to have been the closest con -
dent and adviser of his predecessor.
The election of Pope Piux XII is
not only of the utmost importance to
the adherents of his own church, but
a matter of deep moment to the
whole world' as he is not only the re-
ligious head of a following of nearly
three hundred and fifty million peo-
ple, but the temporary ruler of the
Vatican State with diplomatic repre-
sentatives in many countries and an
influenc-e corresponding both to the
number and world coverage of his
adherents.
As a matter of fact, whether the
new Pope is politically minded or
not, merely by virtue of his office, he
exercises political influence of first
importance to and in every country
in the world.
What political course the new
Pontiff will follow, of course, is
known only to himself, but it is gen-
erally anticipated that he will follow
closely in the footsteps of his prede-
cessor, Pope Piux XI, who had a
common bond not only with Roman
Catholics, hut -non-Catholics through
his personal dislike of qualities such
as racialism, especially anti-Jewism,
his dislike of violence and his sym-
-pathy with those who were in want
or distress.
These characteristics of Pope Pius
XI maintained throughout his long
reign, earned him a reputation
admired and respected by millions of
people over" the whole world, who did
not owe him ecclesiastical allegiance.
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6 No Cause To Raise A Tempest
The announcement made last week
that some hundreds of Sudeten Ger-
man families from Czech -Slovakia
were to be admitted as immigrants
to the Western Provinces seems to
have stirred up something like a
tempest in these Provinces and their
Provincial Premiers.
Why this immigration should
cause a tempest we are unable to
understand. In the first place, im-
anigration is under the control of the
Dominion, and not under the control
of the Provinces or the Provincial
Premiers.
In the second place, these propos-
ed immigrants are not penniless
refugees. Each family will possess
at least $1,500 in cash, and, still bet-
ter, each family is composed of mem-
bers who have spent their lives on
the land, and are well qualified farm-
ers.
That one of Canada's greatest
needs is the need of increased popu-
lation is a fact beyond dispute. Par-
ticularly is there a need for an agri-
cultural population. There is no
question:' but that ,we would like to
have an influx of British settlers,
suck as this P4ovince experienced in
the last centu y. Immigrants who
former the pioneer stock of this
Province and who transformed the
virgin bush into the farm land that
is Ontario to -day.
But there is IVO prospect or hope of
such another British immigration.
Consequently Canada will have to
take the best that offers in its place,
and these' gnedeten Germans would
ape .r to be the best available at this
he are not time servers and
lty independent and lib-
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erty loving; is amply demonstrated
by the fact that they chose to leave
their farms and homes and to face
change, and perhaps, poverty, in a
new land, rather than accept Nazi
rule, because they knew that rule to
be tyranny.
That it will take time for these
people to adjust theinselves to a new
country and a new country's ways,
goes without saying. It was that
way with our first British immi-
grants, but by frugality and work
they overcame all obstacles. No 'peo-
ple in the world have a better repu-
tation for these same qualities than
these same Sudeten Germans. Why
should they not succeed too?
German immigration is not new to
this country nor to this county.
These Sudeten Germans are closely.
related to those German -immigrants
who settled in Huron many years
ago.. And we can say, without fear
of contradiction, that no people of
Ay other nationality have proven
more frugal, industrious, more suc-
cessful farmers or More law-abiding
and loyal Canadian citizens, than
have our first German settlers and
their descendants.
Canada needs a lot more of that
class of citizens, and if the West is
not prepared to accept them, this
county and others in Ontario, who
know their worth, would be glad to
welcome them.
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The Right Ring
The announcement made by Pre-
mier Mitchell F. Hepburn that the
Ontario Government' would appoint
no more Royal Commissions to in-
vestigate provincial affairs of one,
kind or another, has the right ring
about it, and one that will create a
very pleasing sound in the ears of
the taxpayers.
No doubt the embargo will not be
popular in many quarters, but the
fact stands out, that while a good
many men, past and. present, have
made a very good thing out of the
Royal Commission business; the vast
majority of Ontario taxpayers have
lost a pile of real money through
them, and have not received a cents'
worth of value from them.
The -appointment of a Royal Com-
mission is, too often, just passing the
buck in ons form or another. Some
contentious question arises, or some
questionable action on the part of
Parliament or its ministers or mem-
bers becomes public property, and
the Governmeht appoints a Royal
Commission.
And the Royal Commission sits,
and continues to sit, at great public
expense; until the point or action un-
der fire has long ceased` to be of pub-
lic interest or a few simple explana-
tions have caused it to die a natural
death, after which the Commission
report can be safely shoved • into a
pigeon hole and there forgotten.
A good many people believe, and
with a good deal of justice. too, that
when Parliament is paid to govern,
it should govern, and not pass over
its duties and responsibilities to any
other person or body, no matter how
eminent or disinterested that person
or persons forming that body may be.
Royal Commission has become a
phrase too familiar in our day. We
should forget about it entirely, or at
least, until it acquires a new mean•r
ing as well as a Iess expensive one.
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Not Yet
A man came into this office the
other day and told us we were going
to have an early spring.
Well, perhaps we are, but it isn't
here yet. One robin doesn't make a
spring any more than one swallow
makes a summer.
Right on the stroke of midnight
last Wednesday, March came in like
a roaring lion. It is true that it
didn't roar very long, as the end of
the week was mild' and very soft and
wet.
But this is another week, and right
now there is far more of the lion
about the weather than the lamb. In
fact, the cold, the ice and the snow
resemble the first week in January
much more than the first week in
Lllarch.
Despite present appearances, how-
ever, spring is really on the way, and
when it does come we hope it will be
a pleasant ,as well as a continuous
stay it snakes.
a 9',.5 +„r S't^ b°. tt,;' setrtu.. dJ.cea :ant, ,,.
Years , ►awe
Interesting items Picked From
The Huron Expositor of Fifty and
Twenty-five Years Ago.
From The Huron Expositor
March 13, 1914
Rev. Father Noonan:, pastor of the
Roman Catholic Church in Dublin, is
calling for tenders for the erection of
a convent and school building in con-
nectiou with the church there. iu. theEarly Friday morning last fire was
discovered cellar of Mr. Smalia-
eombea onion warebouse,• Hensel".
The town council of Clinton have
passed a by-law fixing the license for
selling eiigarettea in that town at $60
per year. The Mayor, in speaking of
ithe by-law, said there are too., many
boys in short paints getting cigarettes'.
The choir of First Presbyterian
Church, Seaforth, gathered at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Smith
recently and presented Miss Agnes
Scott with a set of silver knives and
.forks in recognition, of tier approach-
ing marriage. Mise Scott has been a
member of that church choir since
she was a small girl.
'Miss Marie Gatzrneyer left this
week for Deek, Sask., to resume her
position as teacher in one of the
schools.
Mr. S. T. Holmes, undertaker, has
now got comfortably settled in his
parlors in the Oddfe'ilows' building.
Mr. J. Taman, cutter for Stewart
Bros., is confined, to roc's residence this
week With the grip.
lesera. Walker & McKay have in-
stalled
nstalled a novel • device in their. store
for displaying lags and carpet:S.
Under Government supervision the
lighthouse at Goderich, which was er-
ected over 80 years ago and one of
the did landmarks of the town, is be-
ing partially dembtished to aecommo-
date a revolving flashlight which the
Government has decided to place
there.
While engaged in the work of thaw-
ing frozen wraterpipes in the home of
Mr. Abner Cosens in Wingham on
Monday morning, the house caught
fire from a torch.
There were 12 auction sales in 'Phe
Huron Expositor in this issue.
Two rinks of curlers were in Brus-
sels on Friday last and played two
friendly games with the club of that
town. -
Mr. Geo. T. Turnbull was in Buffalo
last week and purchased a carload of
'horses there and shipped them to the
Ofd Country to fill an order he had
received. .
About twenty of the' former mem-
bers of First .Presbyterian Church
chair, Seaforth, drove to the home of
Mr. John Scott at Roxboro to present
Miss Agnes Scott with a magnificent
tray and a Iovely lunch cloth.
A boy employted by Wm. Brindles
on the outskirts of Goderich, lighted
a match in his employer's barn to
oo'c for a rabbit. Thrown on the
floor, site match ignited the litter, but
the late was,. too .fr'iglltened to give
• Phil Osifer of a zy Meadows
($y 14*rry d. Boyi.) e
THE GOAT DOCTOR •
Last night when I finished up the
chores, a final tour of inspection was
made of the stables. Everything ap-
peared to be in stip-shape order un-
til I chanced to glance over into the
corner box stall, arid there I found
Buttineky, the Bolshevist groat, in a
very bad condition. Just the fact that
he was lying there, and not creating
a panic in the stable, was enough to
let a person know that sometthirng
was seriously wrong, a,ndi so I decid-
ed to ' take a hand.
Down in the medicine 'chest in the
corner of the centre passageway,
there is a bottle of medicine that Doc
Riggs left to be given any time that
Buttineky went under the weather.
Armed with this bottle, I sneaked in
on him. He just lay there and let me
go ahead with the proceedings. He
didn't even move as I gently tucked
his beard in under his chin wad start-
ed elevating his none . . in fact
all was quiet until be got the first
whiff of the medicine. That did it!
Thrown off guard I landed back in
tete corner, with my hat shoved down
over any head and the bottle of medi-
cine luckily enough, still intact.
Buttinsky cavorted around the cor-
ner of the stall,' rammed his head
against the stone wall and on the re-
coil -landed out in the passageway. He
tore right along to tYl'igend of it,
smacked up against the door into the
horse stable, and doing a quick -about
'bore down in the direction of me.
Just in the nick of time, I was able
to hop up on the corner post of the
stall. Buttinsky suddenly stepped,
and seemed to waver in his tracks, as
be slipped down quietly on the pile.
ofstraw. I guess the exertion was too
much for him, because he didn't make
any offer to fight when I bare down
on him.
This time I was cautious and I
planted myself firmly on top of him.
He heaved a couple of times, billing
'h'is chance to flip me off. 'Then the
fun began.
A goat is at any time a bundle of
perverseanimalnature. Imagine if
you can, a sick goat who hates medi-
cate . . . and one puny man pitch-
ed against him with a bottle of a
foul-smelling concoction composed by
a veterinary, and supposed to com-
bat all the ails and ill-feeliug of But-
tineky. and
He rammed and lunged ..
tried to roll over. He swilled and
gargled . ' , and spat out what I
had managed to get 1R his mouth. Ile
bit my handy and when I didn't notice
it, rammed his horns back up in my
face.'
When the blood) began to come
from may scratched cheek, I suppose
it aroused some dorment animal na-
ture in myself. From the on it was
"catch as catch can" One minute 1
was up and the next minute he was
.on top. I lost my 'hold once, and
slurped over bis head,. Before getting
back on my feet, he placed his horns
in a very .determined way on the seat
of nay pants and sent me spinning on
the top of nay head.
Then we crouched in opposite cor-
ners and started walking around each
father like al pair of game cocks. Bid-
dy, tbe little red hero, chose that mo-
ment to fly up •o$ top of the 'stall,
and that distracted me for a moment
or two. SWOOP! Buttinsky charged
litre a bull, and I had just time to
elevate one leg. There I was sitting
on top of the goat, and while he was
going east I was looking west . .
it was a very undignified 'posture.
Mrs. Phil chose that moment to
come into the stable. I saw every
color of the rainbow when she 'herid:
"You big bully, abusing that . poor
goat! Get off this very moment."
The medicine was all spilled, my
temper was popping off like Chinese
firecrackers and so I called the whole
affair off, and went up to the house.
Buttinsky could die if he wanted to.
This morning when I opened the
stable door he rammed into it as
bright and alert as eirer. Something
tells me, Buttinsky made a goat out
of Me yesterday!
Seen in the
County Papers
the alarm and strut the door and left 1
it. l
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uron Expositor : Seek Extension of Television
Sleet Storm Causes inconvenience
Monday morning's icy roade Hound
many, motorists in difficulty 'on the
highways. It was reported that about
five cars were at a standstill at Mr.
John Doerr's corner, south of Blyth on
No. 4 Highway. The cars just refus-
ed to behave au the icy pavement.
Some of those stranded were Bison
girls on their daily trip to attend
Clinton Collegiate Institute. The girls.
were forced to turn homeward and
probably it wasn't too hard to do We
still can remember how we enjoyed 'a
safe excuse to miss' a day's schooling,
—Blyth. Standard.
Participating in Musical Festival
Mies Jean Phillips is in attendance
at the Stratford Musical Festival Wed-
nesday where she is competing with
others in piano under 17 years, of age
Jean. has been very successful in for-
mer years at this festival, and her
friends will wish her continued sua-
case this year.—Blyth Standards
JUST A SMILE OR TWO 7.
A pupil was asked the following
question by his teacher: "Do the
American Indians bave full citizen-
ships?"
After a moment's consideration, he
replied: "No, they have canoes!"
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There is one super -honest broker-
age house. It advertises: "Let us
place your name on our wailing list.''
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Reporter: "Auld do you think a
1u-c•ent gax tax will aid recovery?"
Senator: "Yes; I'm sure it will
put quite a few people back on their
feet."
From The H
A clergyman once wrote to Edwin
Booth, the famous tragedian, asking
if he might be adhnitted to Booth's
theater by a private door because,
though he very much wished to see
Booth act, he' didn't like the idea of
being seen entering a theater.
Booth wrote back: "Sir, there is
no door into my theater- .. through
which God can not see."
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"I'm glad your last customer look-
ed so pleased," said the manager to
the salesgirl. "What did he want to
see?"
"Me, at seven -thirty,"
March 15, 1889
Mr. Janes Young's farm on the srmLon- Now that British televiewers with -
George
Road, Tuckerith, of 100 acres• in o 30 -mile radius from Alexandra
has been sold to Mr. , 900. e Watt, of ' the
are expressing increasing ap-
proval of the quality of the programs
that are telecast., it is the turn of the
Provinces to ask, "Wliat about us?"
And they are saying it, and rumors
as to the solution are going around:
In a paper read recently before the
Institute of Electrical Engineers, Sir
Noel Ashridge, Chief Engineer to the
BBC, alluded to the problem of pro-
viding other cities in England with
their television. lis said then that
the use of cables would be preferable
to wir'eles's Enke, as being .more 'reli-
able, less clumsy, and taking up no
ether space,
it is an open secret that the Mar-
coni -E. M. I. Company has put for-
ward a soheme for a system of ultra -
short -wave relay -points using wave-
lengths below five meters. Tests ,hlave
already been made by the BBC using
a wave -length of two metens and have
given good restate. Thus two relays
only would be necessary to cover the
110 miles between London and Birm-
ingham. This would be murib cheap-
er than laying a coaxial cable at
£ 1,000 a utile. But 'a statement has
been made In Parliament that aro ex-
tension of television to the Provinces
is to be made at present.
New Studio Planned
A very large aum of money is to be
spent on the extension of Brdadcast-
intg House and Alexandra Palace is
hoping for the money to provide a
large central studio for television.
Here they would be space for several
sets with a central producer's control
room. In this would be thus control
'desk and two television screens. On
one of them he would see that part
of the program in transmission at tho
moment, and on the other a pre -view
of the portion waiting to be switched
in at the right moment,
From his desk the producer would
be able to control all the sets in two
studios and leave one clear for re-
hearsals. But even if the money for
this were allotted at once, it must
ire at least a year before the new
studio could come into use.
Asking as to the • future of televi-
sion programs, The Christian Science
Monitof was told there would be more
drama and outside braadcaste, as
these were proving• most popular. The
television of tbeatrical performances
direct from a theater has been so
successful that endeavors are to be
made to give more of these. At the
time of writing there were listed in
one week five plays from the studios
anid one, a Variety Show, from the
Coliseum Theater.
Television Prograni
When Mr. J. 13. Priestley's amusing
comedy, "W ben We Are Married,"
was televised from the theater, he
must have had the biggest Audience
lin his life if the majority of the 10,-
900 sets, which are said to have been
sold, were In use that night.
A television program in progress in
A large number left Zurich for the
Northwest and took with them a num-
ber 'of horses and settlers' effects,
and are destined for Dakota. Mr. Jno.
B. Geiger was among the number.
Zurich is holding its, own in the
improvement line: Mr. M. Zeller in-
tends erecting a new brick store; Mr.
Topple also intends erecting a new
brick business building, and Mr.
Williams, of the Zurich Mills, has the
material on the ground for a hand-
some new brick residence.
Bolton - Hackwell—In McKillop, on
the 13th inst., by Rev. Mr. Torrance
of Walton, Mr. Isaac Bolton, to Miss
Elizabeth Aum, Hackweli, eldest daugh-
ter of Mr. Wm- Hackwelt.
On Tuesday morning nine large
cars, loaded with stock and settlers'
effects, left Seaforth bound for Mani-
toba.. The following le t,hie list of
those leaving here; 3. Noble, W.
Sproat, J. Campbell, H. Galbraith, J.
and R. Barber, J. Clark and J. Getty.
Santee the formation of the new
salt formation the price of salt Chas
gone up to $1.25 per barrel.
Messrs. Scott Bros. shipped 1,570
barrels of apples to the Old Country
on Wednesday.
At a recent meeting of the Seaforth
council it was resolved to submit a
byelaw for the purpose of raising six
thousand dollars to provide the plant,
etc., for •the lighting of the town by
electricity.
' On Sabbath next the members and
adherents of Carmel Church, Hensel',
will ballot on tbre four ' following
names for a precentor to bead the
service of song: Mr. C. McAllister,
Mr. D. Thompson, •Mr.„;,air Stoneman
and Mr. R. Paterson.
A large number -of the many friends
of John Ketdh'en, of Shanley, connect-
ed
onnectedi with thre Union Church at Bruce -
field, took obs by surprise on Tues-
day evening. Daring the evening Rev.
.1. 11. Simpson requested Mr. and
Mrs. Ketehen to be seated in a circle
of friends, end after a few well-chosen
words presented, them with a won -
filled purse.
Miss Bella Jamieson; of Bruoefield,
has gone to take Charge of a large
millinery esrtablisihment ata Parkbdid.
The basket social held at the home
of Mr. W. Cudmore on Friday even-
ing was a decided success. The pro-
ceeds amounted to river $31.
A meetb'ng of the ratepayers of
School Section No. 10; Hay, was held
in the school house, Hensall, on Wed-
nesday,, when it was carried by a
large majority that the ,trustees be in-
structed, to ereet two new houses, one
at the Blind. Line, Zurich Road, and
one 1% miles north of the Zurich
Road on the 2nd 'Concession, known
as R. Thompson's corner.
• On Tuesday, the 12th, the following
persons left for Dakota: J. Thou and
Yaimily, Emmanuel Fried, Adam Wil -
tort, Paul Gable, Prrank aolbein, Sam-
uel Birk and Mr. and Mrs. Wm. a till. the studios IS a fast sting sight, A
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At Sky Harbor
`here has been no further action at
Sky Harbor airport since George Rob-
inson, of Holyrood, took his fling
tests last Thursday. Inspector K. E_
Whyte, of Toronto, who was present
at the time, Ieft for London on Fri-
day and then returned to Toronto. Al-
though there have since been a couple
of fine flying days the inspector has
as yet been unable to supervise the
tests of two other students, Ray Dean
and George Parsons. It is expected
young Robinson will be informed of
the results of his tests by this week-
end. Writtbn tests were made also
last week. It is believed improbable
that the other two students' will be
given their flying tests until well on
in March.--Goderich Signal -Star.
Struck By Car
Harvey Stapleton, of Saltford, es-
caped serious injury when, he was
knocked down on the north Saltford
hill by a car driven by Alex. Stark,
of Goderich. Mr. Stapleton suffered
shock and bruises and spent a few
days in hospital. The accident occur-
red on 'Thursday morning last. Mr.
Stapleton,was pushing a bicycle up
the hill with Ashford Steels, also of
Saltford, and, at the sound of the ap-
proach of the car Mr. Stapleton walk-
ed directly in the path of the ve-
hicle. He was carried along on the
bumper. Provincial Traffic Officer
Webb, who investigated, attached no
blame to the driver of the car.--Gode-
rich Signal -Star.
hillbilly cabaret, say, is just going to
start; hefty cowboys take their plac-
es: a whistle goes and a voice says,
"Silence please." Big Ben can then
be heard on a 1'oudepeaker in the dis-
tance striking three. A voice makes
a few opening remarks' --rand off goes
the opening ohorus. Four cameras
are in use; one for the whole scene;
one for the leader of the tr'oup'e and
soloists; one for the single turns at
the opposite end of the studio; and
one for the placards giving the title
of the Show and its end.
'Phe whole studio is a fine example
or "ordered disorder." Thick cables
and.wires everywhere; a great switch
board to control the 80 kilowatts of
light when everything is full on; op-
erators in overalls with headptloneS
on, arid probably a few spectators en-
gaged in keeping out of the way. All
goes like clockwork without a bitch.
At the end of the cabaret a woman
arneounrcer announces that a cartoon
film will follow, and this is succeed-
ed by a fashion parade. Another whis-
tle and lights are switched off, the
studios are cleared up, and within an
tour they are all at work again get-
ting ready for the evening', program.
Enlarging Broadcasting House
Broadcasting House, -that mighty
battleship of a building which thrusts
its prow towards Oxford Circus, is to
be more than doubled in size. Yet
when Broadcasting House was open-
ed in the early sumirer of 1932 its
designers congratulated themselves
on the thought that it was consider-
ed big enough to fulfill all needs for
a long time to come.
Today, so that more staff, more am-
bitione programs, more ei•aborate me-
chanical equipment, can be housed
workers are busy on the removal of
more than 1,000,000 cubic yards of
earth.
The new Broadcasting House foun-
dation is to be the deepest in London
—deeper than the vaults of the Bank
of England—going nearly 60 feet un-
derground. In this snug basement are
to be "floating" studio° and control
rooms for use in' emergency, safe
from 'attack b'• bombe.
Five undergroued studios are to be
incorporated in the extension and, in
order to eliminate noise, each will be
constructed as a separate ashen, float-
ed and isolated from the ''building it-
self. A general purposes 'studio will
be 80 feet long, 54 feet wide, and 30
feet high, and' a n'um'ber of rehearse)
rooms' are also being. provided.
Above ground -floor level the eaten -
slim Is designed as an office building
with rather more accommodation than
the present building bieie. A control
room suite will be situated on the
seventh floor, and this will be in ad-
dition to the present control mem. A
staff restroom -id to be on the sixth
floor, and a restaurant , for about 300
people on the- eighth (top) floor,'
There Is to he a main entrance fol°
the staff' its the new extension.. Work
is expected to be 'completed at the
end Of. 1940.
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Baptist Minister Called
The Clinton and Auburn Baptist
congregations have extended a call
to Rev. A. E. Silver -of Lanark, to be
their pastor. Rev. Silver has accept-
ed t•h,' call and will begun this. . peer-
ate
ee ate 4itillrtrn -Arai) 16. ,R is a strgngh
..coincidence that the new pastor comes
from the same charge as did Rev. G.
W. Sherman when he received the
call to Clinton.—Clinton News -Record,
Child Struck By Car
Wednesday during the noon ihour
period Evelyn McDonald, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Frank McDonald,
was struck by a car but fortunately
was only slightly hurt. A truck be-
longing to the Bell Telephone Co. was
being driven east and the little
girl waited on the sidewalk for it to,
pass, then hurried to get across the
road. In her ihurry tier hat was blown
off and as she stepped back to re-
trieve it, she stepped into the path
of a car being driven west by Mr. G.
Watson, of Goderich. The driver did
everything possible to avoid striking
the girl, but caught her a glancing.
blow. Clinton News, -Record.
Farms Purchased
Mr. Lioyrd Parsons has purchased,
the 100 -acre farm of Mrs. Mary Hard-
ing, being lot 9, concession 2, Use
borne. Mr. Parsons has been renting
the fairm for several years. The deal
was put .throwgh by Mr. C. V. Pick-
ard, real estate agent. Mr, Harald.
Rowe has purchased the farm owned_
by Mr. B. M. Francis on the 9th con-
cession of Usborne to take possession.
the first of March. Mr. Rowe has
been running the farm for Mr. Free-
sia
rancia for 'the past two years.—Jxeter•
Times -Advocate.
Historical Fern
Mrs. James Bowey has a fern plant
that has reached a historical age. Fef-
lowing the South African, war'abtaut
38 years ago, her cousin brought
,home with him' a small fern and gave
it .to the late Mrs. Alex. Thompson.
About fifteen years ago Mrs. Thomp-
son gave it' to cher daughter, Mrs'.
Dewey. The plant has grown consid-
erable from that time and is still a
thriving, decorative plant. — Exeter
Times -Advocate.
Wins Radio
During the past few weeks the
Lion's Club have been selling lucky
tickets on a radio. The draw wast
made by Bobbie Kress at the Carnival
on Friday night. George If. Tervit,
of town, 'held the lucky ticket—No.
1072. _ Wingbam Advance -Times.
Farm House Destroyed By Fire'
Early Friday afternoon the frame
dwelling 'house on the farm of Mr.
W. H. Fraser, first comtcess+ion of Mor-
ris, was completely destroyed by fire.
Mr. Fraser was at the barn when the
fire started and the flames, had made •
considerable headway • before they
were noticed. The fire is believed to
bave started from 'eve$ Bated 'stove-
pipes.—Wingham Advance -Times. ,
Damaged By Lightning
Lightning played havoc on, the
farm, formerly known: the Fred
Horn property, lot 6,'' confession 6,
Logan Tobinshjp, on 'Tuesday after-
tioon. It appears t11at the lightning
rod, in the north end of the barn was .
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