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The Huron Expositor, 1939-06-23, Page 2,WIR" .71 altsree, it EXPOSITOR • Mi 20, 1939 111.64.241•611i n xpoutor lished 1860 all McLean, Editor. Seaforth, Ontario, w- ay, afternoon by McLean f Even Canadian Prisoners 1 Benefit That the people .of Canada were immensely cheered and benefitted by the Royal visit goes without saying, as the benefits. were so apparent and. so easily enumerated. We did not realize how very, very human a King and Queen could be. We did not realize that they would make us better Canadians in a more united Canada. That they would im- prove Canadian relations and Cana- dian business. That they would take the fancy and capture the hearts of alL Or that Europe, its jealousies, its bickerings and its war clouds would be crowded off our first pages for the whole of the duration of their visit. And that alone meant a great deal to us. How much, few of us realiz- ed at the time. But the free and the brave were not the only ones who benefitted by the visit of King George and Queen Elizabeth. The benefit found its way into prisons and touched the prisoners behind the bars, as we Iearn from the fol- lowing Canadian Press despatch from Ottawa last week: "On the eve of King George's de- parture from Canada, the sentence of Canadian prisoners was teduced by one month under a royal order announced June 14th, by the Justice Minister, Ernest Lapointe. It ap- plied to all criminals serving more; than three months." We are not behind iron bars, of course, but we are pretty much a prisoner just the same. And there are a whole 'lot of Canadians just like us. Now if King George had just gone one step further and issued a Royal order that we, and those in our class, were to be given a month's holidays with Governmenitpay, how much ad- ditional cause we would have had to bless the iiMnorytory of his visite sctipti'on ratesr $1.50 a year foreign, $2.00 a year. Single 4 eents each. e rs Agone Interest ng Hams ricked From Tho Huron Expositor of Fifty and Twenty -flys Years Ago. dvertising rates on application. AFORTH, Friday, June 23, 1939. Osifer of Lazy Meadows • (By Harry J. Boyle) From The Huron Expositor June 26„ 1914 One day teoently McLean Bros., 7th Line, Morris, took a contra,ot of saw- ing up a pile of wood on Alfred Beck: er'e farm on the same line. In 11 hours they cut and .pilted 90 coda, in addaticat to nuoving the machine three timesa Six Men were media job. Dashw-ood MO. now boast of an ex- cellent electric light plant. Miss Etta Jarrott, of Kippen, has been engaged to teach No. 14, Hay, at a good, salary. Mr. Johse Beattie, Main St., was last week presented) with a, funs collection. of ocPpper specimens, which 'included everything from crude ore to the fin - lathed areduat- Miss Bottoma, of the Commercial department of the Seaforth Collegiate Institute, bas sent in her resignation, having accepted a similar position at North Bay at a higher salary'. Misses Gladys Thompson, Marguer- , ite Horan and Florence McKay have completed their course at Staatford Nonmal School and have treturned home. Mr. John. Sproat, has 'sold hie 50 -acre farm in) Tackersmith to Mr. Leyburre .of Wexford, Ireland. Wet learn that, D. G. Kyle, of Bran - .doe, and, formerly of Egmandlalle, has just com.pleted his law oourse at the University of Saskatoon, carrying eff the silver medal for general profici- ency. Miss Mary Gillespie is in Toronto correcting papers at the Univensity of Toronto. Master Gerald McIntosh, at London, son of Mr. Jahn: ISIcantosh, was the winner of the prize given. by the Wo- men's•Canatlian Club of that city. Mrs. James Lawrence, of MeKillop, brought in a finA3 box of strawberries. Mestere. Joseph Keating and Lou Aberhart have each bought a Ford touring car frora Mr. J. F. Daly. The following members of 13' Co., 33rd Regiment, have been gazetted for promotions 'Po sergeants, Carp. J. Budge and Calk. A. Chapman; to Corporals, A. 13owyea and A. Coven Mr. Richard Proctor, of Belgrave, has passed the inside civil service ex- amination, and is now eligible for a position in. one of the Government offices at Ottawa_ Mr. Thomas Snowden, of the Lake Store Road, Stanley, ia buildi.ng a new 'brick residence. Mr. Henry Howard has the contract for the brickwork and Mr. Fred Kalbfieisch, of Zurich, the carpenter work_ Mrs. Henry Ivieen, of the Town Line, nea,r Kipp.en, gathered s'one eggs from her 'fine flock of hens of which one measured 7 niches one way and) eight the other. iaa ,Nr t)1 The First Of The liarvest The hay, the first of the harvest, is now underway. And what a har- vest it promises. We doubt if in any year in memory there have been the crop prospects On the farm that we have in this county this year. There is not a crop—from fall wheat to spring grains; from roots to corn—that does not give promise of a bumper harvest. We may grumble about the wea- ther, or anything else we please, but even the champion pessimist will be -unable to find any cause of complaint in the crops this year, other than that, of course, they will be hard on the land. , • We Are Not So Sure The Toronto Globe and Mail is of the expressed opinion that there is one thing, and one thing only, that'` - an prevent national chaos in Can• - da. And that one chance lies with the bpsiness men, and the business men tiJy, of Canada. These, that paper says, "must band themselves to- gether and rescue the people from partisan slavery by electing a dom- inant group to the House of Com- raons and inject business methods in- to government" In theory that sounds very well. In-pra,otise we -are notsa sure of it And we, base our doubts on the his- tory of the last non-partisan govern- ment ul • Canada iefntot such man years o, sav - • • nory that iti ot likely to be forgotten as long as there is a Canada, and that will be quite some time in the future. It must be admitted that business men know business and businesslike ways of conducting business. But business sense in men of business, and particularly in men of big busi- ness, can be so developed and special- ized that it neither knows nor recog- nizes anything but the need vandle- wand of business, nor can it give consideration to the needs of any- thing outside of business. We have a very great respect for the business man, but 'at the same time, we do not believe he holds any corner on business instinct, and the average business man would be- the first to disclaim it. With big busi- ness, however, the situation is some- times different. Big business has always had a share in the direction of Canada's affairs. Far too big a share, the av- erage man thinks. 'Turning Canada's entire business over to a board of business directors might be very ad- vantageous for the particular busi- ness in which the directors were par- ticularly interested, but we are a lit- tle- afraid that the business of the ordinaryteveryday man on the street —which means the Majority of Can- adian people—would be very apt to suffer a severe decline. - Some day a system of government may be devised that will be more workable and more advantageous to Canada as a whole, than our present two-party system. But that day has not dawned for this country, or any ,taither, nor -can we zee it in the im- mediate future. And, as far as Canada is concern - e1, we can not see any cause to fear that there will be national chaos af- t& next general election in this tintry, eitlm' in the case of Mr. And the Liberal party being re - fl: :t VOtWei40 ot, in the event of and the Conservative m011.4te SAM , , . • • etnen. "COUNTRY BARBERING" It's Saturday afternoon and while lying here under the spruces waiting for Mrs. Phil to doll up for our regu- lar Saturday afternoon visit to the village, I witnessed a typical country scene that brought 'back memories. Just acrose, our front field and over where Lazy Cheek dawdles on! its way to the Big River, you have an unob- structed view of the Higgins place. There beneath that spreading old ap- ple tree I could see Ed. Higgins ply- ing his clippers, and while Ned, the eldest boy was getting dipped, three others were sitting on the back kit- chen stop watcleing. Saturday afternoon of each third Saturday was barbering day when I was a boy. Mother would announce at noon that we boys should have our hair trimmed,, and whether it was hanging clown over our coat collarsror not we alwaye managed tot raise a protest. They were in vain because Father would pick down the clippers from where they reposed in their box onathe top shelf of the cupboard in the kitchen. Mother would get her set of rojaing bowls.. I was expected to bring the stool with the high legs. Regret .111.17L -Up in Royal Visit 'Plans" The Editor, The ,Huron Expositor:a Dear Sere I am instructed tie for-, watt you a copy of the below resolu- tion passed unanimously by the direc- tors of the Stratiand Board of Tilade at a special meeting in connections with the failure of the Royal Train) to slow down at Romeo St., Stratford, on June 6th. "The directors of the Stratford Board of Trade joinwith the •City, Council (and all our citizens) in ex. .pressing ver sincere regret that ow. Ing to (same mistake or mieunder- standing in) calming oat the plans a.ndi schedule, as understood and •made public, by the Royal Visit Committee, so many were disappointed in not see- ing TheirMajesties on° the , occasion of their visit here on Tuesday, June 6'th. "We deslioe especially to .express, our regret to the cbildren, teaohers, and all others who, after so many nours. of tnavelling and waiting, were so keenly dis.appointed. "We desire also to pay tribute .to• the Rev. F. G. Lightbotan and the members- of his c.ommittee, particular- ly Mr. W. L. Whyte, of Se,afortle ia charge of the organization of schooi children, Scouts, Guides, Cubs and Brownies, for the very nate and faith-. fut work done by them and all 'who, assisted them, and regret that, ia spite pi their efforts, there. should be • so ranch disappointment "Notwitilastan'aingdisappointments, we destne to exprese our apareciation of the visit of Their Majesties to the. Classic City and of the opportunity many, many thousands had of steeing them in petrson and of being able to appradiate their gracious, kindly spir- it and interest in all those qualities which bind the Empire together and challenge us and our children to a deeper devotion and firmer loyalty." Yours very truly, H. E. MASON, Secretary. Father was more willing than skil- ful with his clippers. Occasionally they would lack adjustment andthere would be a studden pinching as if a vise had picked tas a part of your scalp. Although the towel was flung larcamd your neck, about fifty per cent 'Of the finer hair managed to slip down the back of your neck. You squirmed and turned and tried to itch and received the odd cuff on the ear with an admonishment to keep still. About the time that the job watt, nearing completion, Mother was hovering in the background. There onthe bared neck she had the tell- tale story of whether you hall been religious, in your neck washing for the previous' two weeksor not. Those mixing -bowl •haircate were stigmas. They were the distinguish- ing mark in town on Saturday nigot 'between. the country boys and the town boys. As young boas., we just didiat care, but as we grew older and the liquid -velvet eyes of the fair sex sent barbed darts in the direction of lour hearts, we began to worry about our grooming. There were anxious days spent in front of a mirror with a scissors as we tried to rim 'off the shaggy ends of the hair. It may have helped us morally, but it certainly didn't improve our appearance. That first day in a barbershop was a thrill beyond all description. We sauntered in casually, with a heart beating like a trip-hammer and sat down to wait •our turn. We picked up a paper and looked at it for full fire minutes before realizing that it was upside down. Then came our turn for the chair . . . and so be- gan our first store hair -cut And there acrose the way is being treenacted the same scene as Neigh - bur • Higgins carefully trims, around the mating bowl and Mrs. Higgins hovers in the background looking for unwashed necks. The world Changes, but sometimes it brings back pleas- ant memories to witness a scene such as this one. But Mr. Phil is calling: "Come along, Phil! It's time we left for town . . . and don't you, forget to, get your hair cut or Ill send you ver to Ed. Higgin's tonight!" Those bowls, were what determin- ed your right to get a barbershop hair -cut or not. First of all, you started with the smallest bowl and you as you grew you graduated up through the different sizes. When at last your head was too big for the bosals you were allowed to get a store haircut from the barber. Father would set the bowl squarely 'on top of your hetad and then: after trimming the long hair with scissors and comb he would mow the remainder with the clippers. When he finished, you would have made an excellent candi- date for an Indian scalpers' knife. The remaining hair was "like an island Perched on top of your head. It was important to comb it one way or the other. I found the best way to slick it down with water and smooth it out in, as close a way as possible to the natural grain of the hair. Even then it was sticking up in the air the greater part of the time. A Fact A Week About Calallia JUST A SMILE OR TWO • "Hllo," exclaimed Ronald. "Hae ye heard about Macpterston?" "No, what's the matter wihim?" "He's) opened a new bustness. Recant' fine, toot." "What's his line?" "He's selling glow-worms tae bee- keepers." "VVituatever for?" "Tae put in the beehives so that the bees ean, see tee work at night." • Customer: "I want a cabbage." Former Ilaberdasther: large head, ma'am—say, and three-eighths?", • Street -Corner Speaker: ledge we want.. Ask the average man when Magna Charta was King of &gland, and he can't tell you." Is He Coming To The World's Fair? We learn from no less an authora- tive place than Berlin, Germany,, that Adolf Hitler has placed an or- der for a .new airplane with space enough ler a conference room and sufficient range to fly non-stop from Berlin to New York. In the new airplane the Fuhrer's room will Occupy about one-third of the cabin space. The middle section will be reserved for his entourage and also may serve as a conference room. The rear part will accommo- date his ever-present bodyguard, and the plane will be fitted with the most modern safety devices, including radio -telephone equipment which will enable Herr Hitler to keep in con- stant touch with land. Is it possible that the Fuhrer is contemplating a trip to the World's Fair? Why not? King George made a grand success of his trip to New York, and he is only King reorge. An identical plane to the new one ordered by Herr Hitler crossed the North Atlantic to the United States last August, and/ later flew from Berlin to Toko, but it afterwards fell into Manila Bay.' And falling in- to New York harbour or anywhere else when Herr Hitler wds on board, would be the most serious thing we can think of for the plane and crew, and perhaps for the Fuhrer and bodyguard too. We learn that\ the New York World's Fair has not, to date, prov- en a financial success, but given an- other year and a visit from Hitler, either in or out of a plane, and its success would be assured. The Board of Directors might even have enough left over to enrich temselves, or to substantially reduce the national debt. WHAT OTHER PAPERS SAY: Not OneSided (Viritimilieg Tribune) Trade between Canada and the United States is about three per cent'. of all world trade, and greater than that of any other two counties. And it is net one-sided, as it used to be. In, 193:7, ac- cording to the Oaligda Year toOk, we actually, et - Vetted to the United 4tate5 _more than we etted, the- figura given bein: E'EN:este, $43,- 030* ituport, $893,0000. Those figures r *Oa.* 41,00'. Odra,. of otir tatal (oWerto Oa 51 0021` grot6 inv.p.orta. , .11: From The Huron Expositor June 28, 1889 Mestere. Alex Smith, A. Parsons and James Reid, of Hullett, near Harlock, are having stone stabling put under- neath their barns. Mr. Nathan Peck, of the Babylon Lime, Stanley , raised last week a splendid bank barn. Mr. Thos. Keys, of the Parr Line, is remodelling his bare and adding to its diraensions. Titse S'eaforth Band, being the band of the 33rd or Huron Battalion, ob- tained second prize at the band com- petition held at London camp on Tues- day last. We notice this week Miss Lydia Ed- wards, of_ Seaforth, passed a 'highly successful examnation, at the Normal Sebool, Toronto, recently. Mr.,n. L. Papst bas returned to Sea - forth from Harriston and has taken a situation with Messrs. Scott 13rs. Robert • Young, of Bruoefield, is put- ting up a residenee for himself on Front St. Albert Avery goe,s to Ransom Co., North Dakota, Pram Grey Township, on Tuesday next. The brickwork of the new Oddfel- lows' block in Hensall is now finish- ed and presents a very good appear- ance. The work was very satisfac- torily done by Mr. John Copia Sea - forth. A very large bank barn Was raised on the farm of Mr. John S. Brown. on the 9th cormesseen. of McKillop, out Thursday of last week. It is 54 x 70 feet, with 21 -foot posts. The framing was done by Mr. Maines, of Londes- bora and the stone work by Mr. Scales of Hallett. One evening last week sixteen of the villagers of Zurich started in a lirery rig to go to Exeter to hear Croseley and Hunter. They weie late in) getting away and started off final- ly at a brisk pace. When they reach- ed the swamp east of Fanstown the front axle of the vehicle broke and a halt was made. A big lumber wagon was procured and the whole party re- turned to Zurich, driving into town with such a noise as to bring ale the school -children out. A vote taken by ballot in the Blyth Presbyterian Church recently has re stilted in favor of the uses of the or- gan in connection with, the regular church services by a majority of 17. An old landmark in Braesels is be- ing renioved by the tearing down of what was formerly called Melville Church, The building and lot belong tk) D. Stewart. The Orangemen Orange Hill, in the Township oa a/Weeft, removed their hall last week to Suminenhill on a Jot given them by Mr. George Hill, of that place. The horse shed; at Turner'a Church, Taiskeremith, has been enlarged by the addition, of 40 feet, which makes it a very coratniodious establYstanent. The choir of the Varna. Methodist Chureb, under the leadership of Mr. Thos. Boles, is doing well. Mete Keys is the.organist. • Connell -Dale: At the residence Of the bride's fathera on the '9th That.; by Rev. J. S. Fisher Mr. W. D. Connell, of Goderich Tw;,.., MiSS Adeline Dale, daughter cif Chrigtopher Delo, R, of lialleth. _ Moe firm "A fairly about seven "It's know- (From the aromireer Bureau of Statipetat The farmer homeward plods his way Througli fields, bereft of lowing kine; Devoid of horses, hogs, or hay;. Devoid of flower, fruit, or vine. His daily blessings, one by cme, He counts while dusk falls o'er the land, And also counts as sinks the sun The profits of his roadaide stand.. • New Cavalryman: "T don't like the looks of this ihorse's head." Drill Sergeant: 'Oh, that's all right, you'll soon get over it." • "Prdon me, madam, but would you be kind enough to take off your tt? I can ate& nothing, and I paid tWo ehillings for my seat." "And thee nobody will see my hat, antd I paid two dollars for that." SUBMARINES—Should • They be Abolished? • Two peace -time accidents to new and supposedly workable submarines of the United States an,d Great Bri- tain within 10 days—in the former ease with a loss of 26 men—raise once more the question: Should the submarine be ,abolistred? For 25 years, says a writer in the Monitor—namely, since the start of the World War—the submarine has been, a proven instrunreet of destruc- tion. For manly times that period, i- ventors have sought in rain to de- velop for it a significant peace -time Attempts to abolish the submarine through international agreement have been made three times by the British Government with the support of the Malted States; but the oppoeition of smaller countries like France and Ja- pan, which regard the submarine as an economical weapon of defense, have nullified these efforts. The submarine, therefore, Is still with us—close to 500 of them (built and building) are divided among the major powers. So it was that the United States was faced on May 23rd with the sink- ing of ffe new $4,000,000 submarine Squalue, off Portsmouth, N. H. A ship that had made 18 suceessful dives fail- ed to come up after the nititeteenth. Twenty-six men were imprisoned as a valve failed and water flooded the af- ter e,orapartments. The other thirty- three members of the crew were res- cued, Then, am June 1st, nine days later, Great Britain experienced) a similar mishap )to its new $1,600,000 submar- ine Thetis, which failed to come up after a dales near Birkenhead, Eng- land. Water came theOugh a. forward torpedo tne. Four men escaped and 99 were lot. • What 15 wrong with the subrm:arine? Isn't it fool -proof against such peace- time disasters? The writer talked! with. numerous naval officers at the Portsmouth Navy Yard during reeoue and salvage opera- tions. on the`Toundered Squalus, and studied the history of previous. disae- tem. The record htows that there have been 61 accidents te Ameriatt sub- ananins sines 1902t, of vehlesh twelve had fatal results. The number who perished in. the latter group was 147. The British record discloses 'even more serieus results, In 11 major acs• aid1AS since 1909, Ws Majesty's Navy 'ot more than 420 men, Other eettn- triea, likevele, have had heaysr lss- e, bringing the total for all natkets dose 'he Z.0. This tends to support what Navy technicians aver—that the submarine, despite many improvements in recent years, still is a delicate in'stru'ment, as full of fragile machinery as a watch and more difficult to maneuver than an airplane. If its operation is so risky in peace -time, its dependability in war may be even more seriotisly questioned. It istRae, `however, that the number of accidents has been reduced, in re- cent years by better equipment and better training of the crews, especial- ly the latter. The American Navy set up a fihe record of llys years without a fatal' accident prior to the Squabs sinking. The British operat- ed their undersea craft for a period of 71a years without a seriousaCci- dent until the Thetis inistap. "The fine submarine reeeral of the American Navy since the sinking of the 8-4 in 1927 was due chiefly to the better training of our crews," Com- mander Edward Ellsberg, U. S. N. R., submarine expert, who directed the raising; of the S-51 and aided in the mining of tbe 5-4, told the writer at Portsmouth. Telly, too much praise cannot be given the technical efficiency and per - Ronal heroism of the officer, and men in the submarinedivision of the Navy. Yet, if it is still necessary (as it is) for every American submarine to be equipped with_ eeoape hatohes (to which reecueachambers may be at- tached by divers), a market' buoy reading "Submarine Sank Below," cleats by which the vessel May be raisedejvhen sunk, and openings' by which air and soup may be injected by divers; if it Is still neesesary (as it is) for the Navy to 'keep five slaps in comenssion for tbe sole punpose of submarine rescue work: if most un- derwater accidents have fallen: (as they have) into two categories, those involving collisions with other vessels owing to Inability to see or be seen, and those in which; the submarine's. delicate machinery or its operator fail- ed to function and tha vessel did not rise after a dive, then is not an, in quiry hi order as to why the submar- ine is, continued as an instrument\of warfare? Surely, it is not an instrument of peace. The' enthusiastic claims of Simon Lake and other inventorsin thin regard 'have not been faifilled. Many experiments' in peaeefal %sera - time hare been tried front dredging, oysters to travel ander- .Aretio fee Withelit practecal' results. Lack oi buoyancy has Prohibited the carrying (0001eLaell Oil rage TOBACCO GROWING PROGRESS The history of tobaceo growing in Canada reaches into tee early French, colonial days. The French settlers on the banks of the St. Lawrence found the oustom of tobacco smoking to be genenal among the naase.s. For some years very few Of the whites acquired the habit, partly because of govern- ment oposition. Eveutually, howev- er, sanoktng became general And far- mers began to grow the plant; but it. was not until about 135 that the liome goverament in Franae actually encouraged tobacco growing in Can- ada. Tobacco growing csoteinued under British ruleand production' gradually reached its peak in lan; with a crop. of approximately 96000 000 pounds.. The tobacco now glean in Canada consists mainly of the types and var- ieties cultivated in the united States.. An exceptioa to this is tound in the pipe tobaocos produced in the Prov-' ince of Quebec. Tie ee comprise a somevahat mixed grate of varieties, the origin of some noching back into, the days of ate Freach regime ift Canada, while the seed of others •waa brought from Europe more recently. With regard to modern cultural methcpde, the Department of Agrieul- ture twenty years sgo publishea an important" bulletin eseall, A- with the - subject "Tobacco Gtuen) in Canada,' and since that time :he industry has witnessed a considerable change. Al- though that bulletin is now out or print, requests foe its are being re- ceived constantly ,ia a omplete re- vision, therefote, was deemed advi- able. A new bulletin has now been prepared. In the new bulletin, an attempt l. made to dIeal briefly web the more important phases ef tobacco ,eroduc- tion. Subjects such estypes of seed beds, cultural peactires, methodsor harvesting and, curing, diseases. ,and insects are discussed at an easily un- derstood way. No atteitipt is made, to deal exhaustively with :hese or re- lated problems. Its pintos° is tre pro- vide general informatien oa the' sub- ject and to give the reults obtained from recent expetimental work. throughout the Deminion. The bulle- tin is well) illustrated. ,....)Seee, es, ese,,,,saesaaafaenefa,"),Sa,..1. es.setnal'eetelantsearaSen,a • • ,,;.• ..),,,eser.....eneneeseeisecteaesteteneen,„....s,:enveaset„,....see.aseyasesS„,aesans..,•,ealeeaa,$ n'..e.aat,eastiest'ssa.a.,,,esseeess.),,,e.,...ateeesseaspeen,e,,,,et„es.hVe‘i9,': 4,1,!'PAIA nA,t.d; v.. • ,EV, r*, .4t a . • atinn '"katainaaaaanee asess,ea Seen in the County Pa pers ..........••••••••~•••••• Celebrate Anniversary Mr. and Mrs. James Wllis, of Sten phen, celebrate& their fifty-second. wedding anniversary on Thursday of: last week. In company with Mrs.. James Etherington they spent the day visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Mal- colm McDonald of Mt. 03r91, -Exe- ter Aderneate-Times. •Severely Burned by Explosion Ex -Mayor C. C. Lee was painfully, burned about the chest andaarme liquid ammonia and nearly asphyxiat- ed by its fumes as a resu't of an un Usual accident at his hotl, the Sun- set, at the week-eruch He has since been a patient at Alexandsa Hospital. Mr. Lee, with bis plumbr, Maurice McKee, were engaged in inetalling a new tank in the refrigeration system in the basement when the accident °c- ollared. Mr. Lee was disengaging the pipe feed frost the old tanka not know - 'lag that the inotor wag operating and calleatailealtly the pressure on, when there was att ePlosion. The pipe haol keontinned bn.rage 3); • '".i.t‘1g4* VAAL,11,AMAW; Man a Walla Val 1