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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1939-03-17, Page 2uhf uron Expositor Established 1860 Keith McPhail McLean, Editor. ' E?ublished at Seaforth, Ontario, ev- ery • Thursday afternoon by McLean Bros. Subscription rates, $1.50 a year in advance; foreign, $2.00 a year. Single copies, 4 Cents each. Advertising rates on application. SEAFORTH, Friday, March 17, 1939 Limiting Arm<r Profits To Five Per Cent. In the House of Commons last week, Hon. Jan MacKenzie, Cana- dian Minister of Defence, introduc- ed a measure providing for the set- ting up of a Defence Purchasing Board, under terms that will receive the wholehearted support of all loy- al Canadians, regardless of their po- litical affiliation. This bill will limit profits on de- fence contracts to five per cent. of the average amount of capital em- ployed in performance of the con-, tract, where contracts a r e not awarded by tenders, and surplus pro- fits over five per cent. will be taxed, away. It is not to be expected that pro- - spective manufacturing concerns and contractors will be at all enthusiastic b -bout putting a limit to profits, .but at the same time the every day man on the street will endorse the belief that a five, per cent. profit on any in- vestment in these times is not to be -sneezed at, while those who remen- ber—and who does not—the colossal _and''shameful profiteering connected with so many contracts for muni- tions, food and many other commodi- ties during the Great War, will ex- perience a great sense of relief. Hon. Mr. MacKenzie expressed the situation very concisely in his speech, when he said: "The Govern- ment believes in the principle of equality of sacrifice ; that in war time men should not be required to offer their lives and limbs while those vvho provide the weapons of de- struction have even the possibility of reaping undue profits." And the Government is not alone in that belief. It is one that is gen- erally held by the great majority of people across the whole of Canada. x• . • The Legislature The Ontario Legislature commenc- ed its 1939 deliberations at the Par- liament Buildings in Queen's Park, Toronto, on Wednesday of last week and if one is to judge by the Speech from the Throne, the session is not likely to prove a very long one, nor a very contentious one either. But appearances are very often deceptive. In fact making a predic- tion about anything wherein Pre- mier Hepburn is concerned is a very hazardous undertaking. And Pre- mier Hepburn is pretty much the .Legislature and pretty much the ses- sion too. For one thing the leader of the Conservative party has a seat in'th P Legislature this session and Col. Drew, the new leader, is not only_ a man of parts, but a man of action as well. Col. Drew will have some say, but as yet he seems to be more near- ly concerned with Dominion matters than purely Ontario affairs. But the session is very young yet, and all that may be changed before many days. It is pretty hard to keep either Premier Hepburn or Col. Drew off the front page. • Just A Reminder Automobile owners have had a long open season for their 1938 lic- ense plates and permits, but that sea- son is rapidly drawing to a close. On April 1st, just two weeps away, your 1938 license will be no more use to you than that of 1937, or any other former year. There will be no more days of grace, so if you want to. avoid a fine and other unpleasant - Neils, the titre to get busy is now. We have:never had an absolute dead line in other years, but we are g to have one this year, and the at,1ne is .April lst, and there is ,A fool about it either. !it k•i Pig If you do get fooled, it i s,your own fault, and no one relses, 'Do not try to blame the Government, the police, or do not. feel hurt a'bout it, because it will not do the least bit of good. • Still Cling To Horse Transport We look upon this as a motor transport age. And in this country, perhaps it is. But despite the ever- growing use of motors and the ever increasing restrictions on horse traf- fic, Great Britain maintains her horse population as it was before the advent of the motor. In Greater London there ire more than forty thousand horses Of these the four railway companies own twelve thousand. One of these com- panies, the London, Midland and Scottish Railway; possesses the larg- est stable in . the country, where it houses its eight thousand, five hun- dred horses. The retention of the horse is not at all a matter of sentiment. Britons are too good business men to let sentiment interfere (with business, or profits. The horse is used simply be- cause the railway companies have found that for short distance traffic up to six miles, especially when fre- quent stops have to be made, the cost of horse drayage is much cheaper than Motor trucks. So the London railways not only keep the horses, but treat them 'well too. Each horse has an additional ration of fourteen pounds of oats a week more than railway horses working in the country. That, we suppose, is a just, reward for the heavy work they have to do, and the arduous conditions under which they have to do it. • We Were More Fortunate - Than Others ' We have had another of those week -ends. But at that we were much more fortunate than others, not so many miles Vvvay. We only suffered a good deal of discomfort, while those others suffered not only the discomfort, but heavy financial loss as well. March can be a very mean month and usually during its life time it dis- plays that meanness on at least two or three occasions: And last week- end was one of them. The weather was cold; the wind was high, and it rained and the rain froze on the walks and the roads, and the cars, and on the trees and wires, until they were coated with ice. It was bad enough here, but very much worse in southwestern Ontario where damage to hydro and tele- phones was estimated at over a hun- dred thousand dollars. The storm seemed to reach its peak in Essex and Kent Counties, where over five hundred poles were broken and tele- graph and telephone wires were a tangled mass alongside and over the roadways. Broken trees and tree branches were mixed up with the wires and added to the traffic danger which is still acute and was in many places very much increased when the wind rose before the ice was melted. Highways in these counties were covered with snow and ice and scores of cars were forced into ditches. For a time traffic was brought to a com- plete standstill, and for some hours the city of Windsor was virtually iso- lated. The storm was , the worst since 1915 and we should consider our- selves extremely picky that we only suffered a little inconvenience. WHAT OTHER PAPERS SAY: Advertising Genius (midland Free Press) John Wamniamaker, founder of the John Wee- nie/maker store, Philadelphia, was the first waver- tisangg genius, in the retaill advertisitrg field. In addition to the novelty of his advertising, be 'kept Persistently at it. He once said: "Cbntlnuous advertising, lake continuous work, le the most ef- fective. If there le any enterprise in the world that a quitter should leave alone it is advertising. Advertising does eat Jerk; it Mille. It begithe very gently at first, but the pull is steady. It increases day by dray, year by year, until it ex- erts an ,l resdetible power. To discontinue your adver'tisiirg is the same es taking dowa, ore's sign. If you want to do busflness yon Meet/let the public know it.- I w otnld as. soon think of do- ing burin eein without clerks as without . advert's-, ing." THE 11(N EXPOSITOR Years Aone Interesting items Picked From The Huron Expositor of Fifty and Twenty-five Years Ago. From The Huron Expositor March 22, 1889 On Monday evening, the 18th inst., a large number met at the residence of Mr. Alex. McKenzie, of Auburn. and then went to the Manse, .where a party of seventy were welcomed by their pastor, Rev. Alex. McMillan, and presented the reverend. gentleman with a costly china tea service, silver butter cooler, etc. The amusements of the evening oonsisted of choice music and games. McKinnon & Powell, of Blyth, are erecting a smokehouse in connection with their pork packing establishment. '1"hte Literary Satiety of School Sec- tion No. 10, Usborne, met as usual on Tuesday evereing so last week and the speakers Chad a debate, "Resolved that it is better to emigrate to a wooded country than to a prairie." The affio motive side was upheld by Mr. John fatty, leader, aesis'ted by Jas. Glenn, 1lfatttuew Miller, .Miss Sarah Horton and John -Cann; the :negative by Mr. Wm. Craig, leader, assisted by John Homey, Miss Susan Steacy, Mies Maggie Glenn and William Glenn, who battled nobly for the pnaimie. The judges ,grave their decision in favor of the negative. Mr. John Dickson 'has purchased the farm iv. Roxboro on which he lives, from the estate of the• late Archibald Dickson of Goderich, 'for $6,000. ° The following panties left here this week taking their tickets by C. P:' R.: S. S. Cole, Beechwood, for Sault Ste. Marie; Nelson Nicholson, for Delor- eine; Edmund Torpey and Henry J. Riddle, for Winnipeg; John Aehfor ri, for Medicine Hat; James and John Rouatt, for Moose Jaw, Mr, F. Helmeted has punohared the ffax mull property inn/led/hg 4% acres of land, on• which is a large barn, a pork packing (house and other build- ings, for $1,500. The large furniture factory of Hese Bros., Listowel, reoombly started in Toronto, was destroyed by fire on Wednesday night. A few days ago Messrs. James Ches- ney end John Chapman, of Tucker - smith, cut 25 cords of wood with their 1 circular saw far Mr. Wm. Butt, in 2% hours. On 'Tuesday last a large number left Morris Tosnslrip for Manitoba and the Northwnest. The following are some of them: Dongald Taylor and wife, 4th con.; Thos. Roberts/air and wife, Miss Robertson, 5th con.; John Sample and wife, Allan Bell, Frank Bell and Wm. Bell, of the and con., and Benjamin Reid and John Forest, of the 2nd con. Mrs. Thos. Grieve, of the 2nd con-, McKillop, had the , misfortune to fall on tihe ice and sprain her ankle very severely on Sunday last. Mr, Wrm. Robb, of the 2nr1 con., of Tuckersmeth, has sold his fine farm of 100 acres to his son, Mr. John Robb, now of Dakota. for the sum of $7„000. The Messrs. Fflcoat Bros. have also disposed of the Alexander • farm on the 3rd cen x'ssion to Mr. Herbert, Crich. Phil 'Osif er of Lazy Meadows (Sy Harry J. Boyl•) e "DENTS McCOR'MACK” Somehow as St. Patrick's Day comes along I keep 'thinking about a small plot somewhere in Flanders Field's. There will be a little white cross at the head of it, and growling across the mound will be slhamrocks. And underneath that plot of ground there lies Denis McCormack . . born at 'Athlone near Loughree, in the Fxneraid Isle . . . and as great a man as ever shouldered a gun he de- fense of the principles' of freedom. It seems like yesterday that he was our (hired man. I can heal' him yet as he padded quietly down the front stairs . and there would be the sound of subdued whistling, drowned out by the rush of- fire in the chim- ney . . , then the creak of the old windlass as he dreg a fresh pail of water . . . and the sound of his voice as ile went on down the Jane- way for the cows, drolling out aisle old Gaelic ditty . . . or a song of the day oath a definitely Irish twang to it. I used to like ;the sound, of his voice. No .natter what was wrong with the world Dennis had a cheerful thought. No misfortune so bar around Lazy Meadpws that Denis, could not rend me that it might have been .worse. He had is kind .word for everyone and never too busy .that he couldn't see little ways to ,help Mrs. Phil .when she was busy. Perhaps we enjoyed Denis best of all in the evenings. He would sit star - leg into the open grate, drawing a bit on. an cid clay pipe that he used to produce at night. The firelight would cast his face until it seemed like a mask,carved from living bronze and tinged his hair and made that un- ruly nruly thatch seem like a burning stook waving in the breeze. "A penny for your thoughts, Denle," my wife would say. He would look up quiet, as startled in the midst of deep thought. !A slow sort of smile would start where his lips puckered, and explained like a wave that swept over his face. "Shure, and I'm not the one to be aftherr batin a poor woman out of a pence," he would say in a brogueth'at you Could cut with a knife, "'Twould From The Huron Expositor -- March 20, 1914, Quite a surprise party assembled at the home of Mr. Joshua Snider, Lake Road, Stanley, one evening recently and presented his daughter. Miss Eth- el, with a handsome clock and set of diethes previous to •her departure for the West. Mt'. Thomas Leeming, of the Lead - bury Line, has purohased the adjoin- ing farm of Mr. William Davidson. Mr. Thos, 13. Baird, Jr., of Stanley, had the misfortune to cut hie wrist last week while repairing a, pulper. At the annual meeting of the Exe- ter Bowline ('!ub held last week, the fnlluµ'1 g officers were elected, for that. ycsrr•: President, ,T. G. Stanlnary; viii -president. J. A. Stewart; secre- tary, R. N. Creech; treasurer, N. U. Hurclon; grannie committee, l'. W. 01 -adman„ J. G. Stanbury, J. A. Stew- art and R. G. Soldon. On Thursday while Mr. J. W. Beat- tie was attending Mr. McKee's sale in McKillop, he in some way slipped on an icy spot and falling fractured his arm near the elbow. Mr. Arnold Weateott is nursing a very sore hand While playing hoc- key another skater ran over it with chis skate. .T. F. Daly received his second ship- ment. of Ford automobiles on Wednes- day, the shipment consisting of a car load. He hes already disposed of four mactrines to Messrs. Robert Campbell, P. Eckert, McKillop; Chas. Clark, Seaforbh, and Wm. Charles- worth, Egmondvifle. Mr. 0, Matthews, of St. Colum:ban, had, a very sueccsstul woodbee this weekweek, when 250 cords were cut in one day. Mr. Robert Scott, one of Hullebt's mast progressive farmers, disposed of about 70 toms of (hay in -town, this sea. - son. It was, all sold for $15 per ton. The Eureka Olub at Bruoefield held an open meeting on Monday evening and entertained the i!adies of the Home Missionary Society. Mr. George Campbell, of Stanloy, has leased his farm to Mr. Alexander Etue, a neighbor, for this season; A very interesting hockey game was played, on Thursday evening of last week between the clubs of Zurich and Exeter, the score being 12 to 5 for Zurich. The following wlas the line- up: Zurich — Goal, Bell; defense, Sieber and Brown; rover, Hoffman; centre, Thompson; heft wing, Hoff- man; night wing, Hese. Exeter --Goal, Pentale; defense, Atkinson and Riv- ers; rover, Snell; centre, Southoott; left Wing, Pickard; right wings, Pick- ard. , Was Lottie Gailster hall taken Charge of Merner's Millinery depart- ment in Zurich for the coming sea- son. Hostess (proudly) : "These axe Rus- sian napkins. Russia le famous for Its napkins." ' . Low Fellow: "Serviette Russia,?" be chattnr to sell you sometthin' worthless." But he would talk then, in the way of a man far from home. And as he poured out that which was within him, the artistry of his rich voice would make colourful schemes ori the baseboards' of our kitchen. I've seen the faleles dancing on the floor gay Little sprites with, square -toed shoes, green oorats and velveteen breeches . that come out in the newelflght, to dance with gay aban- don among the ruins of the Druid temples I've seen the moonlight spilling on the River Shannon , followed with Denis, as he moved from Lough Deng . . . bo Killaloe . . . Limerick , . . and Foyn!es. I've had tears come to my eyes too, when the wail of the bansihee sound- ed . . . and a chill, down my back . . as Patrick McCormack raised up from his death -bed, and as that mournful banshee sounded bid them all good-bye and then dropped back' on his bed. My toes have tingled as Denis took me in fancy to dance a jig at xtlre funeral of his Uncle Thomas.' There was a s'veeebfaced lass who used to come gliding in as Denis spoke. The girl from Tipperary . . Moira O'Sullivan who waited back there until Denis could send for her. I've seen tears on her cheeks, and the moonlight cutting diamonds 'on fair blue eyes . , . ,and heard the sweet sound of cher voice as she spoke and said: "I'll wait for ye, Dinny lad!" But then came a day when all that stopped because Denis had to go away. He left his little packet •of dear possessions and money and took only that old tinty$e of Moira. He told us then if he never came back to send it to her, and ask her to have a sham- rock planted on his grave. And he walked away with a smile on his face wad wltugtiin'g cheerfully. Dinny dddn1 corm back. Moira re- ceived! her packet, and perhaps tto this day it sits ori a mantel in a cottage in Athlone, and a sweet -voiced lady takes it down and looks at it, and stares out over the Shannon and waits for the day when, she can join Denis McOormack. • JUST A SMILE OR TWO • • "How is Viola Vacuum getting along in pictures?" "Oh, all right, I guess. She bas a double for four -syllable Words." . The village football team was pre- paring in the dressing room to meet a "crack" team from a neighboring village. The coach, who had been giving detailed instructions, finished by saying: "And remember that football de- velops individuality, initiative, and leadership . . , Now get on to the field and do exactly as I told you'," Seen in the e County Papers Juveniles Lose on Round Playting in Dltnirh lash Friday the Local boys lost '5-3 and in the return grime bene Wednesday night again lost 6-5, Elmira winning the round 11-8. The locals need no alibi for. their defeat as the Elmira team play grand hickey and' Should go far. At that the locals made them earn every goal and put up a grand flghit.—Ciin» ton New&Recouidi. , • Induction Service Thursday evening at eight o'clock induction services were held in! St. Paul's. Church with Archdeacon Do- herty, D.D., of London, in charge. Rev. R. P. D. Hurford, D.D., of Seaforth, addressed the congregation, Several clergyman of the district assisted in the service of inducting the new rec- tor, Rev. Harry O'Neil. — Clintots News -Record. At Military School Acting -Sergeants Ken' Juck and, Al- bert Bown, of "C" Company, Middle- sex -Huron Regiment, are taking a ser- geant's course at the Royal Canadian School of Infantry, London, The men left on Monday and will remain at London two weeks.—Goderich Signal- Staa•. Pat, the new gardener, gazed, won- deringly at the shallow basin contain- ing water on the lawn. "What's .that for?" he asked the housewife. "That's a bird bath," he was inform. ed. "Now, now, don't ye be a-foolin' me. What is it really?" "A bird bath. Don't you believe me?" "No," declared Pat, with a sihak of his head. "I don't believe that there's a bird alive what can tell Sat- urday from any other night." • •Wonders of Research•• A radioactive spring has been dis- covered in Philadelphia by Dr. J. Lloyd Bohn, 'Temple University associ- ate professor of physics, and coach of the university wrestling team. in tact, there is every indication, Dr. Bohn told the American Physical Society, that beneath the spring are important radium ore deposits. The spring, ie in Fairmount Park ,and is exceerl'ed in strength of radium eman- ations by only two other springs, both at Manitou, Colorado, There, a rad• ium' mine has been in opera44on for a number of years. Inasmuch as there were about 25 other springs nearby. alt known for their 'high mineral content, laboratory tests were conducted on all of them. Only two others had marked nadio- active mineral content, Dr. Bohn said, 'and earth was only a fraction of the iraportant one. * * * Soap From Coal Coal for cleanliness may soon be the slogan of London colliers, for soap has been produced from coal by - British researchers. Those who achieved the result were hying to finer a new prooess for pro- ducing motor -spirit, it is stated in the report for 1937-38 of thie Department of Scientific and Industrial Research. Part of the process consisted of passing steatn over red-hot coal, a.nd duping this a e -ax by-products was ob- tained 4vh•iclt could be oxidized to form fatty acids, from which soap could be made. In the Fuel Research Section, too, further progress his been made into a commercial use for pulverized feel. It is soiigh•t to use this in internal combustion engines in the same way that motor -spirit, or oil, is used! One of the main difficulties is the high rate of cylinder wear, compared with that wheu oil is used. Certain ma- terials far cylinder liners, pistons and rings awe .stated to have Shown prom- ising results. In the storage of food- stuffs, research has made possible the keeping of apples and pears in good oomditiom for some five months. Thanks to "gas" srtor,age, Britain now receives some 750,000 cwta of chill- ed - •beef from Australia, whereas ten y!earm ago all this /had to be frozen. w * * Chemicals Out of Dead Sea Palestine's Dead Sea, is tihe site of a thriving industry. Some 30,000 tone of potash are being extracted from the waters annually, most of which goes into use as fertilizer, While other,• valuable chemicals, such as broditine and magnesium chloride, are also recovered. Fotr two miles ulomg the shore of the Sea and along the ebonite of the River Jordan, are large evia.porating pans into which the briny waters" are pumped for the gun to eonoentrate the ethemlcads 'they contain. Expert!) estimate that there ante more than 1,000•,000,000 toms of potash and nearly 1,000,000,000 tons of bromine in the Dead Sea waters— enough to supply the world's needs for the next 2,000 years. An account of the reclamation of these chemicals, highly valuable in our modern day world. is given in the current Scien- tific American. * , * Hawaiian Vegetation Saved A lour -needled conservation meas- ure lies been accompi is heti by the CCC of Hawaii, which has finally suc- ceeded in rounding up the wild goats that have been a menace to the un- detgrowth' of the Hawaii National .'-ark. The goals were not originally wild, but were introduced on the is- land with the coming of the white aril+. Their Rash rug habits, until curbed by the CCC, resulted itt trans- forniing once luxuriantly vegetated secbiona into virtually desert land. * ** Iris -Irradiant Stone A glittering rainbow of colored rocks, ores, and crystals, arranged in the bands of the solar spectrum, form an unusual exhibit arranged by Her- bert T. Strong at the New York Mus- eum of Science and Industry in Rock- efeller Center, Especially spectacu- lar is a piece of "peacock ore" from Arizona, in which briiliant blues, greens, reale and gold are streaked through clay -colored rock. * * Movies at Sarawak A sound -reproducing system, to go with the magnificent theater given: the people of Kuching, State of Sarawak, has been ordered by His Highness, Sir Charles Vyner Brooke, Rajah. of Sarawak, famed as the Wihite Rajah of the Orient. According to Electri- cal Research Products, Inc., he in- tends both theater and equipment to be an expression, , of the love he bears for his people. Sarawak is an independent State, carved from the northwest of Bor- neo. The present regime dates from the occasion an 1840 when Rajah Muda Hassam prevailed upon James Brooke; an English officer, to help this suppress a rebellion in return for Sarawak.; * * * Coyote Sehhres Sheep Conservation authorities report a coyote and a bighorn, sheep, both trapped on a small island established when Lake Mead began to rise, living an apparent harmony. Instead of partaking of mutton, the coyote seems to be subsisting on mice and other !rodents. It could easily swim bo the mainland only a short distance away, but evidently prefers to stay on the .six -acre island. Desert plans provide the sheep with fogd. If vegetation becomes, too sp'aree, however, Super visor Guy D. Edwardes of the Budder Dain. Area piens. to transport the - sheep to mainland. t'i't;•;, Gifts For• the Bride -Elect Miss Margaret McMehen, *wlho on' Tuesday next is to become the bride of Melville Oraigie, of Sudbury, was. the guest of honor at a shower held by MIPs. D. J. Lane at the Presbyter- ian Mania on Saturday afternoon. At- tending were about fifteen friends. of Miss McMelben with wlhom she was associated in the past in the Girls' Mission. Oircle of Knox Church. A7. afternoon of genies wad enjoyed and a dainty luncheon was Served, after which. Mrs. Lane presented the guest of honor with the miscellaneous gifts of her triendd,-Goderich Signal -Star.. At Toronto For Carnival t..• A number of Goderdeh people were at 'Toronto this week for the skating carnival. One of the prominent per- formers, of course, was Ralph Mc- Creath, who is looked upon as a Gode- rich boy, and! in• the official program the name . of Ernest M. Lee, also a former Godericli ••boy, ds given as chairman of the carnival executive. Both Mr. and Mrs. Lee also took ars active part in, the carnival as skaters. --Gpder•ich Signal -Star. Girls Won From Brussels Betty Rae scored the only goal of the game at the Arena Tuesday night w,hen the Wingham girls' hockey beam defeated Brussels 1-0. Her sis- ter, Ella, Mrs, W. W.' Gurney, got an' assist as she made the pass oh the scoring play. Tire goal was scored in t'he-fi7s't-.five minutes of play and try' as they did Brus ai ' iii - puck. The feature of the game was the splendid exhibition by the goal tenders.—Wingham Advance -.Times. Two Blyth Women Injured Mrs, William Bennett fell on the steps at the residence of Mrs. Wil- lirm Laidlaw, Blyth, breaking her tight arm. Mrs, Mary Turnbull, 86, who resides at the home of "Rev. A. M. 13oyle, at Blyth, fell on' the stairs, injuring herself quite badly.—Wing- h aro Ad vanc e -Times. Founder of Mildmay Paper Dead. James Wheeler Green., a newspaper publisher for many years, died at his home, L1oon, in hrs 89th year. Mr. Green fourided and published four newspapers. The Mildmiay Gazette. The Tavistock Gazette, The Parkhil& Gazette and The Wellesley Maple Lea f.—Wingam m Advance -Times. Dashwood Store Robbed The gerueral store of Reebemeyer & Miller, Dasetwood, was broken into on Sunday night and a quantity of merchandise stolen. The store was Just taken over two weeke ego by the present proprietors. Included in the• loot were s'ix pairs of trousers, two wfndbreakers and a number of other articles. Entran•oe was gained by smashing a:'panre of glass in the front door, then reaohing in to snap the ' night latch—Exeter Times-Advooate. Death of Albert Constable The death is recorded this. wecfr of Mr, Albent Constable, an esteemed resident of McKillop, whsi died 'at the hrarne of his sora, Mr. Ernetst Con- stable, of St. Marys, late on, Fniday night after a brief illness. The body was brought to the borne, of Mr. Gen. Jackson,, .in Walton, on Monday and the funeral proceeded to • Brussels - cemetery on Monday afternoon. He leaves to mourn his loss one sou, Ern- est, of St. Manys, and one daughter, Mrs. D. Hall, of Brussels. -- Blyth Standard. An Interesting Souvenir Mrs. J. Kyle has an interesting. - souvenir in the form of a letter sent by her bother, J. J. Mitchell, Vancou- vere on the that coast-to-coast air mail service. The letter left Vancouver oft March let at 6.46 pin, and arrived in Toronto tire next day at 1 p.m, and 9roam there it was forwarded to Clinton, arriving hens on the evening ,train the same dap Eoth the en- velope and stamps ill connection with this special delivery are in demand by collectors, many of whom sent their own letters to Vancouver in, or- der that they (night reoeive the stamps issued for this occaeiom.— Climton New•s.Record. Hoffmeyer Family Honored About 160 frienda a.n!d neighbors assembled in the hall Thursday even- ting of Last week to bid farewell. to Mr. ars Mrs, Percy HAffineyer and fam'i'ly and Mrla Ellah, who are leav- ing 'in the near future for a farm. in Logan, A Short program was given • (Continued on Page 3), • d14,:,un�q t i i ad, ;lc 4 ar .. 4, � r.