The Huron Expositor, 1939-04-28, Page 2VMS
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� ron Expositor
Established 1860
th McPhail Mclean, Editor.
RJ xblished at Seaforth, Ontario, ev-
Thursday afternoon by McLean
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WORTH, Friday, April 28, 1939
Not Quite Correct
Both ,daily and weekly newspapers
in Ontario, for some time, have been
throwing bouquets at and commend-
ing in very flowery language the ac-
tion of the people of the Village of
Perth, in petitioning the Dominion
Government not to build a new post
office at that place. And the same
papers, have been equally severe in
their condemnation of the Govern-
ment for spending public money on
public buildings where they are not
wanted.
The actual situation, however, as
stated by these papers, is not quite
correct. In the first place, the people
of Perth did petition the Government
for a new post office, and the Govern-
ment, because a new post office was
badly needed in the village, acceded
to that request.
The whole trouble arose not be-
cause a post office was to be erected,
but because the .location of the build-
ing did not suit the present council
of the village, whose petition to the
-Government contained some very in-
teresting comments bearing on the
,situation.
Among other things the resolution
of protest to the Government con-
tained these words: "This view. is
taken since the location of the build-
ing is decidedly unsuitable and in-
conveniences seventy-five per cent. of
the people of this community.
But the coiuncil's resolution con-
tinues, the opposition to the new
building continues only "until such
time as the Department of Public
Works sees fit to choose a more cen-
trapoint for the construction of the
binding."
That is quite a different thing, is
it riot? So much so that. we think
the widespread criticism of the Gov-
ernment was both hasty and uncall-
ed for. It has even been hinted that
the action of the Government is a de-
liberate bribe. But really, even in
an election year if there is to be an
election this year—would the build-
ing or not building of a post office
in Perth, have any more bring on
the result of a general election than
would the striking of the town clock
—if they have one.
There never was _, a Government
building' put in the right place that
we ever heard of, and we doubt if
there ever will be. Neither is there
a village or .town in Canada that
would not accept, whether it needed
it or not, the gift of a public building.
And Perth is no exception to' the gen-
eral rule.
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Earp On The Roads
We have had a rather long and
severe winter, and we have had a
very backward spring and a good
deal of rain. But considering all-
thosethings, it is not very often that
the country roads in this part of the
county are in the excellent condition
that they are at the present time.
There have been no bog holes, no
impassable stretches, even on the
back concessions, and there has been
little or no mud, as we know .mud.
The roads are high and dry, and
!whatever we say about the weather,
we can not say it has injured the
roads.
Even the weather is improving,
and this week it would appear that
spring was actually here. There is
no growth to date, and little promise
of it yet. But every day will make
; i difference and farmers will be on
the land this week. And that is
something we did not expect a week
ago.
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The Bicycle has an Anniversary
Just a hundred years ago this
year of 1939, the bicycle, or rather
the fore -runner of the modern
bicycle, or cycle, as it is often called
day, made 'its first appearance.
s te; that a cycle was just
° the dictionary, which
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meant "a series of figures which reg-
ularly
egularly proceed' from the first to the
last and then return to the first, and
so circulate perpetually."
And during the latter part of the
last century and the beginning of
this, if there was anything resemb-
ling perpetual motion, we would say
it was the bicycle.
But riot the bicycle as we know it
to -day. In fact, at the start there
were many kinds, one of which dates
back to the year 1780, and which was
called by different names in France
and Germany, but was known in
England as a "dandy -horse;" and
somewhat resembled a child's rock-
ing horse on wheels.
The dandy -horse, however, did not
have a very happy existence, becom-
ing such a national joke that it was
commonly referred to as "pedes-
trian's accelerator," and finally was
laughed off the street altogether.
But the bicycle was not dead yet.
In 1839 one, Kilpatrick MacMillan,
who lived in a Iittle town in Dum-
friershire, Scotland, fixed cranks to
a dandy -horse and connected them to
long levers that acted on the hub of
the rear wheel.
That was the first bicycle, and al-
though it was a local sensation, the
wider world did not take much no-
tice of it. In fact it was not until
fifty years or more later that pedals
were substituted for treadle plates
and put on the front wheel which
measured fourfeet six inches in
diameter, and which came to be
known as the "boneshaker."
From that originated the tricycle
and then the safety bicycle with two
equal sized wheels and a , chain to
rear wheel drive. In 1888 Mr. J. B.
Dunlop gained enduring fame and a
great deal of money by inventing the
pneumatic tire.
Up to that time cycling was petty
much an adventure, but the pneu-
matic tires altered all that and bicyc-
ling entered the great boom, which
has really never faded.
Since then the principle of the
safety bicycle has been altered
scarcely at all, but many gadgets
and inventions have been added to it.
In 1870 steel spokes were introduc-
ed and ten years later ball -bearings.
Then followed the free -wheel, var-
iable gears, comfortable saddles and
cable brakes, and other things which
make up the present day light and
graceful bicycle, the use of which
seems to have created an undying
demand for utility and pleasure pur-
poses.
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An Economical Warp of Living
A short time ago a man named
John Flaherty, a tailor of Niles,
Ohio, died in that city at the age of
seventy-five years. •
Of course there is nothing remark-
able about that. But it is interesting
to note that for twenty-two years
Mr. Flaherty lived on a diet of milk,
and milk alone.
It is interesting to note, too, that
Mr. Flaherty did not live on this
diet because of a whim, or because
he was a food fadist. He lived that
way because he had to.
During his war service in 1917 he
incurred an infection which produc-
ed a stricture of the esophagus—that
pipe that leads from the mouth to
the stomach—rendering him unable
to swallow any solid food.
Now twenty-two years is quite a
long time, and most people spend
quite a lot of money on the food they
swallow during that time. Perhaps.
quite a lot more than they spend on
any other one thing.
But Mr. Flaherty was certainly
an exception. We never heard of a
man whose food bill cost so little, or
who could live so economically. His
food allowance was one quart per
day, which, at the present price here-
abouts, would run to about a thou-
sand dollars, which woulkl also allow
Some cream as well.
Now we have not lived the past
twenty-two years an a thousand doI-
lars. And neither have 'you. But
Mr. Flaherty did., And perhaps we
could and you could too, if we tried.
However, we do not see ourselves
trying and we do not see you either,
as long as our pipes are alI right. A
quart of milk per day is a fine diet
when mixed with other thing. But
just a quart of milk per day and
nothing else—no! Not even pasteur-
i ed milk.
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cars Agone
Interesting Items Picked From
The Huron Expositor of Fifty sea
• Twenty five Years Ago -
Froom `The Huron Expositor
, May 3, 1889
At the vtrstry meeting !veld Last
week in ,onervectfiian, with St George's
Church, WiaLtomti R. FergniSom was
elected MiLniester's Warden and W.
Smith, People's Warders; Adam Shot -
dice -and Jo'hm Hewitt, Sidemen, and
R. H. Fergasgn, delegate to Synod. .
The contract for supplying the
stones for the paving of Seaforth
Main Street has been awarded to Mr.
R. Common, at $4.50 per cord'.
Mr. Hugh Grieve thra.s sold' his haat-
dyed acre farrm near Seafertia, to Mr.
R. Common for $8,500. Mr. Grieve is
preparing to erect a Iran:daome back
residence on North Main Se
Mrs. Kirkspan and Messrs. W. Gov-
enlocle McQueeea, Pearen, Rice and
W. McLeod', all of the Seaforth Col-
legiate Inetit rte, went to Toronto this
week to write on examinations.
The contattet for supplying the Sea -
forth Collegiate,l,titute with appar-
atus and chemicals for their' new lab -
;oratory, hast been awarded to Mr. I.
V. Fear, druggist.
Early lash Saturday moaning a fire
broke out in the Large barn on Rolf -
tannin Road, Goderich, belonging to
Sheriff Gibbons, and destroyed a
large amnount of property.
An immenae fish otter was killed on
the railway track at Dublin a few
days ago. The (skin was solid to Mr.
McPherson, furrier of Stratford, at a
good price.
The following players represented
Seaforth in a gams of football be-
tween Seaforth Collegiate Institute
and a team from • the Aylmer olub
Goal, A. L. Langford, B.A.;. backs', W.
Willie and W. 'McDonald; half backs.
D. Mct onaId, W. Torrance and J.
Henderson; right wing, G. Dewar and
S. Killoran; centre, T. Stephens; left
wing, D. Dallas and J. Smith.
Mr. John Carroll has leased the
Royal Hotel from Mr_ Jamtes Wein for
five years at an •annuaal rental of $900.
Mr. George McTaggart caught an
otter meaasuming 3 feet 8 inches in a
trap set in the river a short distance
below Brussael:a
At a social •held in 'Che Elimvtlle
Methodist Church on the evening of
Good bhriday, Mrs. M. Alford, Jr., was
presented with a complimentary ad-
dress, accompanied by a handsome
family Bible by the members of the
congregaation in recognition of her
services as a nurcth organist far the
past seven: years.
Mr. Hugh Ross shipped a fine car-
load of fat cattle from Bluevale last
week. We quote a few of the mien
from whom he purchased them' Pet-
er Fowler, Thomas Henderson, Sam-
uel Anderson, Robert Leathern and
Hugh Ross.
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„ Phil Os .Uer of L Meadors
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"QUIRKS OF HUMAN NATURE"
During the eourEre of a month I re-
ceive_ a great matey letters here at
Lazy. Meadows. In paretioallty all of
them there le that one question .
"Do you ever rain out of things to
talk about in your weekly letters?"
Well, the idea mill does at times. run
sort of May of things to write about,
but I generally manage to think of
cometh drug.
Just for instance today. Mrs. Phil
and I had been out shopping in the
village. When we came back I slaw
her walk to the end of the verandah,
and reach up to the nail, on the end
post and take down the key. Now,
we've been hanging that key up there
ter years. It would be no trick at all
for a burglar to open the door. All
he would have to do is take the key
down from the post. We set on that
posit for hanging the key up, so one
or the other wouldn't tote the key off
and lose it.
I run a sliver in my finger before
supper and asked Mns. Phil to take it
out for me. She walked clirectly ov-
er to the curtain on the east window
of the kitchen and running her band
up and down the curtain picked out
the needle. It's a habit of a good
many yeans to park all her needles in
that certain.
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Frorn The•,,, Huron Expositor
May 1, 1914
The first cargo of grain this season
'arrived in G,oderiteh on Tuesday af-
rtea'noom. The Steamer Neebintg er-
a -Wed with 103,000 bushels of wheat
from Fort William for the Western
Canada Flour Mills, and the Steamer
Panpoonge with 155,000 bushels of
wheat and oats for the Goderich Ele-
vator and Transit Company.
The Zurich Lawn Bowling Club was
reorganized for the year at a meeting
held on Friday evening. The follow-
ing officers were appointed: Presi-
dent, J. Pruter; vice-president, E. Zel-
ler; secretary -treasurer, A. F. Hess;
ground committee, T. L. Wurm, R.
Stade, J. Deichert; membership com-
mittee, W. Goodwin, W. IL Hoffman.
M•r_ George Sills, of Seaforth, has
been awarded the contract for the
plumbing, beating, etc., of the new
thirty thousand dollar public school
building to be erected in Mitchell next
ste m :ner.
Another old landmark in the Town-
slhip of Tuckersmaith has been nemoa;
ed- The old Red Tavern on the Kip -
pen Road that 'has harbored many a
weary wayfarer during the last half
eenttnry rtth the adjoining stable and
shed, a.ve all been torn down.
A very pleasant incident occurred
at the meeting of the women's Home
Missfcouary Society of the Presbyter-
ian, Cthtnrch on Monday afternoon last
when the 'presentation of a life mem-
bership certificate each was given to
Mrs. (Dr.) Cooper and Mrs. J. C.
Greig -
The ground around the new Car-
negie Library is being levelled and
planted and will form a beauty spot'
in the town.
M•r. Calder, whose creamery at Win-
throp, was destroyed by fire a short
time ago, has started to rebuild and
hopes to have bis factory ready for
work about the Middle of May.
On Saturday evening the members
of the Ladies' Aid of the Seaforth
Presbyterian Church in a body book
possession of the + comfortable home
of Mrs. George SmmLthers and present-
ed
resented hey with a complimentary address
acrd a suitcase. The address was
i`ead by Mrs. James D. Itintohiey and
the presentation made on behalf of
the ladies by Mrs. Wrn. McMiebraeL
The McKtilop council have made a
good job on the North Road this
spring. They shaved off the two
sides with the grader all the way foam
Seaforth to Walton.
Msisas Kennedy, wbo bas been book-
keeper in the Greig ciothimg More for
several years, intends going to Re-
gina where she will likely take an-
other position. ..
The post office department than Prem
'anted Mr. James Marshall with am
official cap and a thtandeome new carrt
with which to gather 11 s Majesty's
mail.
Mr. L. G. Weir, of the Royal Hotel,
has purchased a new Ford tour from
Mr. J. F. Daly.
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Customer; "Why all that woe?"
Florist: "I've Wet my best cuabom-
er."
"What happenedto hint?"
"$e fait got Married." •
After supper I caught myself at
something that I do every .time I take
the little rocker in the kitchen. Just
reach down and pick it up and move
it over about the width of two boards.
The nafter sitting down, wiggle the
rocker back to the worn spot in the
floor where it always sits, and from
where I picked, it up. Why did I do
it? Search me, ..because it's just an-
other foolieth little habit for which
there don't seem to be a reason.
In the little tin box on the window
sill reclines my pipe. Each night af-
ter supper, when I am sitting in the
rocker, I'll reach up and after filling
'the pipe, light it with one of the fine
splinters of the cedar. Yet after the
pipe is going I'll slit there with the
splinter and absent-mindedly watch it
burn down . . , and then slowly go
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out as the end curls up into a fiery
writhing snake It must be just a
:habit,
We're all creatures of habit. Else
what makes me always go to the east
sitting room door and try it every
night. That door has been closed up
for Ave years and yet each ntgthtt I
plod Orn and abstentt-ultnidedly try the
knob to see if it's looked%
, What is it that makes a 'man always
get a stub of pencil out and make
figures all over a clean board. He
never really !rows what the is figur-
ing up and yet hem do it every time.
Or if he is Ane of the whittling vas'-
itety he will meticulously whittle a'
piece of cedar down to shavings with-
out ever having aocompinshed any
thing.
What is it that makes Mrs. Phil
write her name ever and over on a
clean piece of paper at night when
she is sitting at the table. Sometimes'
obeli write my name . , , sotmetimes
a quotation' of poetry. She doesn't re -
'Mize that she does it,. Or the 'ti'mes
when she's got the dinaler ready and
it waiting for the potatoes to cook.
There she'll sit with a dinner plate
and fork and scribble back and, forth
across • the plate, while her eyebrows
are knit in deep con,cetutratian.
Then theme's the collection under
the clock, Letters are shoved up there
after they have been read. A favor-
ite recipe or one that looks good .
or a new hint about how you can take
stains out of a tableclotah. Tlhey all
go up under the clock. Sometimes it's
a little poem out of a magazine. Many
times it's a bill or a receipt for mon-
ey . . , and yet it's all jemmied up
in the motley collection under the
clock. The poor clock is tilted at a
precarious angle, until at last in wind-
ing it some night, it is caught in the
act of failing. All the collection is
removed from the clock, and ninety-
nine per cent. found worthless is de-
stroyed. But next day we start all
over again to collect. And so it -goes,
just queer quirks of human -nature
and as long as there ane hu-
mane on the earth a man can always
find something to write about.
: JUST A SMILE OR TWO
He was thinking back to the days
of his youth. "Darling," he sighed,
taking her hand in his, "do you re-
member when we met in the revolv-
ing door at the bank?"
"Surely that was not the first time
we met?"
"Oh, no!" the replied, "but that was
when we first started going round to-
gether, wasn't it?' -
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A Negress of mammoth proportions
and inky complexion was brought un-
conscious into a hospital after an ex-
plosion. When she came to the see
"geon, thinking to. comfort her, said
gently:
"You will undoubtedly be able to ob-
tain a considerable amount of dam-
ages, Mrs. Johnson."
"Damages!" exploded the lady.
"What do Ah want with damages? Ah
got all the damages Aih wants now.
What Ah needs is repairs."
"My father is a brave man, he is.
He killed five lions and an elephant
in Africa, single-handed."
"Bosh! That's nothing. My dad
bought a new sedan when mama want-
ed a coupe."
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The intrepid general was rallying
firer waveriog female troops: "Wo-
men," she cried, "will you give way
to mannisth fears?"
A muffled murmur of indecision ran
through the ranks.
"Shall it be said we are clothed in
male armor?" srhriteked the general.
The murmur became a mumble.
"Will you," fiercely deuranded the
general, "show thre white feather in a
season when feathers are not worn?"
The effect was eleotrical. "Never!"
roared the soldiers.
And, forming into battle array, they
once more hurled themselves upon the
enemy.
• The Panama Canal ••
• (By Robert Spiers Benjamin) •
Twenty-five years of service by the
Panama Canal will be completed on
August 15. As a Zink in international
commerce and a vital element in the
United States naval policy, which is
based on the quick transfer of war-
ships between the Atlantic anti Paci-
fic Oceans, the canal is today more
than ever in the public eye. From
20 to 40 cargo ships a day, represent-
ing many• nations, pass through the
canal, bound for foreign ports, dis-
patohedt through the big ditch with
almost unbelievable precision,
The average traveller through the
Panama Canal, however; sees only an
engineering wonder—danble setts of
broad locks which lift great liners
and small tramp freighters alike more
than 75 feet into the air en route
from the Atlantic to the Pacific, 47
miles of water 'highway dug through
rock and the Continental Divide, with
the peaks of Culebra Cut towering ov-
erhead,
* * *
The boundaries of United States
possession are five miles on either
side of a center line through the Can-
al. At certain sections there is very
.little American land on each side, and
the main areas are at the terminals of
the Canal. The town of Cristobal,
just across the railroad tracks from
the Panamanian city of Calon, is the
Atlantic headquarters of Canal Ad-
ministration, where Southbound ships
enter the Canal. At bite Pacific end
is Balboa, official capital of the Can-
al Zone, and but a five -minutes drive
from Panama City,
Ships bound for either entrance to
the Canal wireless their expected
time of arrival 24 hours in advance,
and should they meed any supplies
this is ineluded in the wireless. Ev-
en such wants as 1,600 quarts. of Ice
cream receive prompt attention.
There are more than: 10,000 Ameri-
cans in the Zone, all canal employees
and their families, They are Ameri-
can citizens originally from every
State in the Union who came down to
lend their skill in engineering, elec-
tricity, wireless, seamanship and
many other fields. To all the tech-
nical positions was added the neces-
sity of hundreds of. clerks to keep re-
cords and files, 'hundreds of mechan-
ics for lesser worklmgs of the Canal.
To serve botch the Canal Zone and
iiia inhabitants, police and fire depart-
ments were established in the two
main towns and in other entailer set-
tlements along the Zone: A hospital
was built at each end of the Canal,,,
Metre 'thousands of people had to be
clothed, fed, and housed. Cornr isssar-
ies, not unlike modern American de-
partment stores, were constructed.
And topping off all this, the Canal
Zone administration soon found that
so many stgple products were being
imported for local use and, for sale to
ships. in transit, that it would be
cheaper to manufacture tbem local-
ly. A factory was built at Mount
Hope, Atlantic side of the Canal Last
year the production of the Mount
Hope factory included 18,000 jars of
guava jelly, 21,000 cans of insect de-
stroyer, 18,000 pounds of mincemeat,
22,000 bottles •of mouthwash, more
than twice that many tubes of tooth-
paste and several hundred thousand
quanta• of ice cream.
The white atmployee in the zone re-
ceives two months' vacation every
year with full salary, plus seven days
travelling time to enable him to reacrh
the States. In addition, the Panama
Railroad Company, which is a subsid-
iary branch of the Panama Carnal
management, maintains a steamehip
passenger .service, with the very low
fare of $30 to New York for bona fide
employees and m'ombers of their fam-
ilies.
Education has a ,high standard .J
the Zone with the U. S. Government
high schools on the Isthmus, one at
Cristobal, the other at Balboa. The
excellent teachers are from American
universities and graduates of the two
high schools are accepted into arty
college in the States. Or should a
graduate decide to remain in the,tro-
plics torr his, higher etducation, the
Canal Zoete Junior College at Baibba
offers 'manly courses to wren and wo-
•mmt sstudentsr,
Houses land large apartments in the
Government coip}pound are for the use
of married men and families only.
Single Men mhsst Iive either in bache-
lor quarters, or in Panamanian terri-
tory, where rents are proportionate-
ly highs. Rent for family quarters
runs about $20 a month, with a small
charge for. telephone .service. A per-
son having a Canal -Zone telephone
may call a distance of 60 miles twith-
out any toll ahtarge and likewise to
any part of the Canal Zone or bh'e Re-
4mbli.c of Panama,
Train service from the Atlantic
Coaet to the Pacific Coast is a matter
of entry 47 miles and an hour and
three-quarter ride. The railroad, was
built in 1850, during Gold hush, days.
Uncle Sam Is the controllbig stock-
holder in the present • Panama (tall-
, ,(Oonbtnued on Page 8)
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A Fact A Week -
About Canada
(From the Dominion 'Bureau of
Statistics)
THE CANADIAN PIG
The pig has been aptly teamed the
"farm maorbgage ," Ding the
recent yeasts of thelifterdepresadonur, we are
told by the Department of Agriculture,
the pig has been more than tbat. It
&as been the means of • rescue for
many a farms and just about the only
source of profitable income for many
thousands of others. •
Pig raising is practised quite gen-
erally throughout the Dominion, Some .
sections quote naturally contribute to
the comnnetrcia,, avallable supply mere
than some others, ' Tiue pnoeinoe of
Ontario is the largest produces•, with
Alberta a close sleoo a Diming the .
year 1937' about 4,000,000 hogs were
marketed thro 'gh the regularly'super-
vised channels of trade and imepedtted
packing.thouses, Of this volume East
ernCanada contributed elighttly over.
(half, while the renneOudier w•dgdnatoii•
in the Prairie P•rovinsces.
Marketiege during 1937 have been
quoted because 'r that year not only
an all-time record of mug output in
Oanada was made, but of Canadian
bacon exported to Greet I3,ritain as
well. Generous erope in 1936 emcour-
aged an exttensiar. dm gig brgedcing
that year which made itseiif felt very
definitely in the year following, Na-
ture, 'however, played havoc with
crops during 1937 i:: miry of the best
producing areas of We -tern Canada,
forcing they Liquidation of• breeding
stock with a constant decline in mar-
ketings during 1938. That year was
the most profitable one which the pig •
raiser has known for many a day.
However, indications are that the re-
co.rdts established in 1937 will soon •
again be equalled if not surpassed.
There are two chief markets apart•,
which the product of the Canadiau
baoon pig is sold. One of them is
here at home and the other is Great
Britain. The people of Britain con-
sume annual•Iy about a billion pounds
of .bacon. Of this tremendous amount
Britisch production takes cane of bare-
ly one-fourtth. The remainder must
be supplied from Empire and foreign
tsiources: Mat is why Great Britain is
the greatest bacon market in the
world and otiaer counte es struggle
for a puce in it. Denmark supplies
approximately half of the British ivn-
po'nts, while Canada is second in the
running with about 22 per cent., as
proportion equal to aboet 1,700,000•
Pigs.
The most important bacon product
,of the British trade is the Wiltshire
Side, a name derived from a product.
of special excellence produced at ore:
time only iii sth•e county of Wilts -Wire,
England, but wlvioh has since become
the standard cut and style of the. best .
im Britisily bacon.
Pig improvement in the Dominion -
has been greatly accelerated during..
the past fifteen years, but the first
efforts towards improvement tools.
placer over half a ,century ago.
Seen in the
County Papers
Dies in HAr 100th Year
The death of Mrs. Jane Andrews,.
widow of the late Stephen Andrews,
of Goderich, occurred on Tuesday
night at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. J. L. Davidson, Stratford, after
an Illness of a few days. Mrs. An-
drews was in her hundredth year, and
to the last maintained a fresh, lively
interest in life.—Goderich Signal-Star.
WillBe Presented to King and Queers
Mrs. J. C. Gardiner, mother of the
Minister of Agriculture, Hon. James
Gardiner, is to be preeentsd to the
King and Queen or May 18th at the
State dinner at Gcvernme at House,..
Ottawa.—Exeter Times•-Advccate.
Appointed Grand Master
W. U. Latornell, of Stt. Thomas, was'
elected Grand Master of the Grand
Council df Royal and Select Masters
of Qntta.rio of the sixteenth annual as-•
semhly in London on Saturday, Apn-IIJ
15th. The Super Excellent Masters
Degree was conferred on a class of
oandidtates under the supervision of
the London Council. Mr. Latoraaell's,
appointment to this honored position:
is of interest to Clinton citizens, as.
he was for a number of years a resin
dent here and married a Clinton girl',
a sister of Col, H. Combe.—Clinton
Newts -Record.
Purchase Valuable Animals e
Two valuable Holstein heifers were
purcthaseid this week by James and
William Clutton, sons of, J. Hume
Clutton, Colborne Township, as their
entries in the calf club being spon
sored in the God'eritdh district by the
Goderich Agricultural Society, The
dams of these two animals' had R.O.P.
records of over 17,000 pounds of milk'
and their sire is a grandson of Snow
bank Countess, world's champion' life-
time producer, formerly owned by T.
R. Dent, Woodstock. The animals
secured were purchased from Bert
SLple, Curries$—Clinton News -Record.
Fountain installed
The Red Bead Store has installed
a fountain this week for the purpose
tof keeping the vegetable stock fresh
and crisp. This added oonavemientce
will assure freshness art all time% be-
ing kept under a spray of cold' water.
—Brussels Post,
Nurses' Banquet
The dinilpg room of the Park House
on Wednesday evening was tastefully
decorated in the colors of Alexanrdtra
Hospital, the occasion being a banquet
tendered by the Nurses' Alumnae to
!the 1939 graduating diaes. The tables
were centred with yellow daffodils and
purple iris with yellow tapers. The
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