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Established 1800
eith -McPhail McLean, Editor..
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SEAFORTH, Friday, June 14, 1940
•
A Tragedp For Canada
The death of Hon. Norman Rogers,
Canada's Minister of National De-
fence, in an airplane . accident on
Monday while he was flying from
Ottawa to Toronto to address a pub-
lic meeting, is nothing short - of ' a
tragedy for Canada at this time.
Mr. Rogers was a comparatively
young man, who possessed an abil-
ity far above the average, and whose
administration of his all important
office was trusted and commended
by the people. across Canada.
His department is to-da'y one of,.
the mast ilnpertant in the Govern-
ment, and while there may be many
men just 'as able and just as capable
as .Mr.. Rogers, his loss at this time
is a blow 'to the Government and the
Nation alike.
Mr. Rogers had but recently re
,turned from E jgiand°"i and France,
where he was able to gain first hand
information _,on Allied needs and
Canada's part in. fulfilling them, and
the lack of this information to some
extent, as well as a lack of experi-
ence in administering the Depart-
ment he so ably managed, will .,make
the road of his. successor a difficult
one to travel,
•
The Dark. Daps
'These
`These are the darkest, days, 'per
haps, that.France and Britain have
ever experienced. France, is fighting
with her back to'the wall against a
horde , of Germans. If the French' -
lines are "unable to. check or even
hold the German, Paris and prac-
tically the whole of France will soon
be in German hands.
If that should happen, and there
is a possibility of . it, Britain's turn
will be. next. Can Britain 'hold back
the Germans?, And if. Britain fails,
what about Canada? What about
the United States?'
And Italy has entered the war on.
the side of Germany. What will
Italy do, or what' can Italy do? Per-
haps not much; but her entrance in-
to the conflict certainly does not
ease the tension on the Allies.
Italy's array, navy and air'force
may not be as large, as competent,
or as ruthless as Germany's, but at
the same. time they can make pos-
sible a. scattered disposition of Allied
troops, when a coni entrration of
them is desperately needed and de-
sired in Fre:10-e: '
Yes, these 'are dark days, And it
is well to recognize that fact. If we
thoroughly do, there will be an end
in Canada to the bickering of poli-
tics; to unconstructive criticism and
worse; to complaints and fault find-
ing; to noisy armchair hindsight and
we will bend all our energies and re-
sources into a united and clear-
sighted policy for the future.
Those things can be done' and. we
believe the people of .Canada fully
realize the absolute necessity of do-
ing
them—now.
It is the one thing that Canada
can do to . help the ' Allies in their
need;; and the Allies need that help.
We --can- reme-tuber too, and keep ref
lumbering,: that the clouds were
just as,,.dark in the summer of 1918
and that we came safely from under
them. Neither France nor Britain
has yet been defeated. Neither
France- or Britain have really yet
begun to' fight.
:•
We Could DO It In Canada
Great, Britainrecently- ani oiniced
e plan to enlist a "Mr.•
Ot .emsevery
town and
e ib1e". will
la lid ai:' air.
Vk
the' morale of the people. To give
advice when asked; to encourage,
not discourage, and to stimulate the
efforts of the community.
Such an organization would be
most useful and helpful in Canada,
where there are far too many mels
distorting facts, and knowingly or
unknowingly breeding fear in them-
selves and in their fellow men.
Right now we are having ,enough
discouraging a n d disheartening
- mews without having it exaggerat-
ed, distorted_and spread.
Our great need to -day and for
many days to come, is to maintain
our courage, our poise and our com-
mon sense, and a few' "Mr. Sens-
ibles" would help a lot.
Not For Parliaments°
The army of Switzerland, in all,its
military camps, has signs` posted up
which read: "Keep quiet—idle talk
may betray the ,nation."
That is mighty good advice, but,
apparently, not for Parliaments. Not
even Parliaments in Switzerland.
One of 'these signs found its way
into the Parliament of the Canton
of Aargan, where it was posted
prominently under the speaker's
rostrum.
The dignified deputies were very
angry about it and demanded its im-
mediate removal, but a motion to do
so was voted down by sixty-three
votes to sixty-two.
But Parliament didn't take the
hint and there followed one of the
longest debates of the year over leg=
islation, both important and not so
very much so. .
There are some other Parlia-
ments, not nearly as distant as Swit-
zerland, that are like that too.
Still Complaining
Nearly every person in the coun-
try is, still complaining about the
weather. And yet,, as Mark Twain
said., no one does anything about it.
We heartily wish they would, ` or
rather could. It seems to rain al-
most every day and almost• every-
where. The only ' difference is that
some . sections have showers and
some have deluges to -day. And it's
-vice versa' to -morrow.
But in' spite of it all, or perhaps''.
because of it, things are growing,
_ and' growing in leaps and bounds.
Hay is already a crop and. not 'an
,expectation. Pasture is more than
abundant, and wheat and spring
grains are just about as"good as
they can be. ._.__- .
So good in fact, that a drive, or -
even a walk out into the country,
. to -day is the best medicine that was
ever prescribed or taken. Good for
the health and better for the nerves,
and we need all the health and nerve
we can get these days. , Try it. -,
WHAT • OTHER PAPERS SAY:
How To Win the War
(Winnipeg Free Press)
e
Now that Canadians lav awakened to the
realities, they ought to understand that the strat=
egg of the Allied powers is to foil the efforts of
the Nazis to effect a sudden-dieciteieaa� by totat
violent tear, and thereafter by slow accretions
of strength, by courage, patvente and endunance
to so change the :balance. that victory will be
:ultimately attained.. It will:be a hard end prob-
ably along road. Our men in the field, on, the
sea and is the air •name these qualities, and have
set their feet upon this road. But they can only
follow it aiesniutely to rtihe.end if the home-fsort
nia,tahes• them in, co'olnees, steadiness, patiea,oe—,
a most a eential quality—and, courage. The home -front is inane up of individuals, everyone of
whom, as we have said, 4s• sat the war; and its
strength anti endurance will be "the sura• of these
l]3idavidtina qua i - s. -
i
Germany and Oil
(Winnipeg Tribune)
Germanin spite of all the Germn "economic victor -
leen, ID Rumania, daring the first ,three months
of this year, the Reich and its ip�rotectoraten of
Bohemia -Moravia and Slovakia receied tinily
109,000 tons of petroleum products; as compered
with 263,000 ;tone•- trio, the same Os/tied in; 1939.
This, for a w`wr machine ;engaging in; a ;blitz-
krieg, le but",p'eennts," to inns a Containphiasta
The decline wast due entirely to transipottation
diificuities, which miadd a, iiitloltiery' of the .Ger-
Ma -Rumanian oil agtoemetiit whemebyr the Naziswee o •te get that sizeable taxman ,rite. 40•,•000 --tions
la the three mime's.
It is alga' net/able that oil expbrte to Italy
'bund Alingairy ale sfhow+ed� a drastic d�ecr ,' ao
thin these Potential allies of . the felt 4azlimyt
IMO min i'netghi r. or'er, ''the WIMP.
1 _Years Agone
TMV,en+Ey-#1ve Years A00. a
lnterc$temp Items.. Picked From
The Hu on• Expositor of Fifty' and
' From The Huron Expositor
June 19, 1915 •
The new cement dvorse shed at the'
Presbyterian Church in 'Walton is
making good Imagines;
Mr. Andrew Davidson of Brucefieid
bad a very .successful barn raising on
Thursday When about fifty neighbors
-gathered together to put the tianibers
in place. Mr. John . Doig has the
Contract.
The H•ensaIl bowlers have recent-
ly erected a very tasty club ,house at
the rear of their fine green.
Mr. S. T. Holmes received a tele-
gram on Wlednesday acquainting him
of the fact that his two sons, Charles
and Itay, who were among the num-
ber fron the 33rd Contingent at' Lon-
don, who volunteered for reinforce-
ments• for the Second Contingent, .had
left for th,e front.
Lieut. James Dickson, sod. of Mr.
John T. Dickson, formerly of Tucker-
sSaturdnndth, nay.r Seaforth, was in',',towm on
ea
Word was received here recently
of the dieath by drowning of Robert
S, Walker, son of John Walker, of
Roxboro, and brother of Mrs. W. J.
Hart, Seaforth.
Dr. J. W. Peck, a graduate of the
Seaforth Collegiate and McGill McGill Medi-
cal School, 'and a son of Nathan Peck,
Stanley Township, intends practising
his profession in Hensall where lie.
has opened an office.
Messrs, Cook Bros., of Hensall,
:have sold three fine new Studebaker
automobiles to Messrs. James W. Me -
Lean, near Kippen; Mr. Weido, near
Zurich, and Mr. Oscar Hueter, Grand
B
eud. .
Mr. Themes- Hemphill, of Hensall,
has sold his fine' dwelling east of tihe
• post office.
The opening of the Point Farm Ho-
tel near Goderich has been postpon-
ed from the 16th to the -23rd inst.
The new Methodist pastor appoint-
ed to Walton is Rev. F. W. Craik,
who was ordained• at the Conference
in St. Marys,...
June 3rd was a red letter day in
Dashwood. The calithuimpian pro-
cession in the morning was fine and
the smallest entry took the 'biggest
_prize, It was Charlie Gossman'a
rooster 'and, lie marched through tihe
street hitched to a cart and was sure..
ly "cock en the walk,"
. Mr. Arthur Scott, of Artier, )Essex
County, spent Sunday with his fa:
ther, Mr. John Scott, -Roxboro.
The dory goods stores, clothing
stores and •Mr. J. E. Willis'. shoe store
have agreed to close their places of
business each Wednesday afternoon
at 12.30 during the e mnnthS of; 'July
and August
Town Clerk J. A. Wilson istaking
chis holidays and) the office •will be
closed for a week.
Word wa received, here on Tugs -
day of the'death• of Mr. Chris Papst,
a well-known resident of Seaforth.
Mr- Frank Walsh, of Manley, is
drawing gravel for the foundation of
his; new barn.
t:. - •
From The Huron Expositor
June 20, 1890 - •
On Saturday evening last a frame
house belonging to Mr. F. Anderson,
Usborne, was biuried. down.
About -3 ia=dieck Friday morning,
June 6th, the people of the home 'of
Mr. Tomlinson, London' Road, Stan-
ley, were awakened: by the roar , of
fire and it' was found that the inside
of the kitchen was in flames., The
quick application of water put it out
very quickly,
The first lacrosse match of the sea-
son was played on the re creation
grounds here on Wednesday after-
noon, between the Beavers of Sea -
forth and the Stratford team. When
the time was called it was a tie, 2-2,
and they agreed to play ,half an hour
longer, with the result that Seaforth
won 3-2. The' Beavers were: G.
Bethune, J. Smith, W. McDougaIl,' H.
Jackson, D. McDonald, P. Freeman, J.
Davis,. O.• Neil, W. W. ' Mereil4th, •^ C.
Dowling, R. Jackson and R.' McCesh.
Mr. Bert Casson, son of Rev. W.
Casson, sof the Methodist Church :n
Seaforth, has been appointed assist-
ant minister at. the Henson circuit.
A cricket club has been organized
in town with the following staff of
officers: President, F. Holnisted;
vice-president, H. J. Punohard; 2nd
vice-president, John Lyon; treasurer,
Robert Wilson; secretary, R. S. Flays;
committee of management, T. F. Cole-
man, J. S. Roberts, R.' Deem, Alex
Wilson and W. O. Reid.
Mr. G. F;' Beldon, dentist of Sea-
forth, attended coiwocation at Toron-
to University last week and had the
degree of doctor of dental surgery
conferred ort him. .
The fire brigade 'returned: from• Galt
carnival last, Saturday morning cov-
ered with honor, having won two first
prizes acid one third prize.
Mr. John Rice, of the 10th conces-
sion; of Hibberte who raised, a large
frame barn last week, gave the boys
a hoedown do Tuesday evening last.
The contractor, Mr. George Miller, of
Croanarty, _liad..eleerything in readiness
for the hop. The bow was wielded
by that renowned) player, Mr. Samuel
Horton, of Lumley, while the calling
was done by Meesi's. Fairbairn, Mc-
ConaielI and others. '
Mr. John binsdale, of Kipper, is
building a new frame, hones. Mr.
Alexander M,Beahh has' the job and
will push the work.
-An accident oceurned at Mr. David
Stelek's funeral When M. 3. Johnston.
had his iridtlte]r-in4awa', Mrs. Soldan,
in. the buggy to,:go to the cem'eteay.
-Someone broke pito the procession
and a draslu otitiod. Ma': Jabnaon's
horse became ' nrlgh'toned and. turned
right around, tha:'il+wing both oeeu-
pants out.
While Mr. tohn Gtdf1'ltW't batt, at
Wroxeter wee WAenlarged and;
raised last vtee1> unouppbrt»,
ed bent topper o're and fell, upon:.
the .lvorkers b AMMO the(
melt itJttrod t e e; °.`
ffebeit Treekti't
pad , Mr: 'Mat, Sallidt
:Phil Osifer `o •
ry...
' Lazy Meadows
f Lai! y .I. wnlr,%i►�
"PATRIOT"
Last Saturday evening_ there was
the usual' crowd at Tim Murphy's
stone in" the village. The coining of
fine weather meant, however, that the
throng had moved fz'om around the
pot-bellied iron stove out to. the front
verandah. There was quite a crowd
in the village, and the conversation
at first was broken up anile scatter-
ed : , , . with "someone stopping to
chat or ask a questioe or try to deal
a horse.
Gradually the crowd) narrowed
down with some drifting along down
to the dance hall in the old skating
rink and others with their shopping
done, proceeding to go home. There
were about eight of us -left, talking
about nothing in particular until
someone mentioned the war.
Then it started. It' seemed that
each one had a sure-fire method of
winning the war.
"The government ain't doing the
right thing," declared my neighbor
Higgins, "why don't we get an army
big enough: to blast that German one
to pieces. Then go and' clean it all
up!"
That was foolish in the opinion of
others. One of the store venand'ah
strategists even suggested taking ov-
er -sized bombing planes and spraying
gasoline over the whole of Germany,
just ;• as they spray dust on cotton.
Then' he concluded his suggestion by
saying, "Light the gasoline and you
!Could clean the Whole place up for
all time to come."
Others were out and out pessimists,
denying even the frisk of being 'in..
formed on to 'predict dire thmngs, for
!those fighting the evils of a land_"
crazy dictator. They were. all for
Peace at any price,. and then a de-
terni:ined drive to build up arinam-
ents great • enough to outclass • any
power in the world.
Thus it ranged up and down the
verandah.. Each man with his own
opinion . . . and some out-andout
foolish . . . ` and others showing
genuine sparks of intuition.
Peter Samuel was sitting quietly,
stoking away on that great calabash
of his and taking it all in, Someone
&said, "Peter, what 'do y'ou think of
it?" Bushy eyebeeene arched as he
paused to methodically tamp the to-
bacco in deeper •with a stubby fore-
finger before replying, •
•• •• "Men," he said, "a 'long time ago' I
learned tha,•t it is foolish to say what
I think about something of which I
do not know well. I know my . •coin•
try- is Canada now, and where I was
born, in Holland, has been over -run
by a man who 1 think is mad. •
"I work ward every day on my farm
and grow food for myself and my
family. I' pay my taxes when the
man comes around and I try to keep
my wife and kiddies in clothes that
look good. When the men cone for
money to help the boys who fight I
give all I can, and I buy my wife
yarn for she knits socks and mufflers
to .send away.
"On Sunday I go to church because
I believe in God. When 1 hear men
stand around after church and say
that the war is bad for us, and say
how the men who run the country
make mistakes, I, wonder .. why they
gar to ohureb.- Sucb things only make
a man feel bad, •and when a man feels
that way all the men around him
start feeling the same way.
"Back where I was born" my uncle
used to have many teen working for
him. In the morning when it was
early and many of the men were
cross and grumbling about the .wea.
ther• my uncle used to start whistling.
Pretty soon somebody' else would
start. Maybe somebody would sing
and soon they would all be happy.
"I think it's the same now. I be-
lieve we will win the war, and may-
be somebody will make mistakes, but
if we all . get thinking the same
thing aboia't winning, I don't see how
we can lose. 'If a man minds his
own part- of the works and the' other
men do the same thing, everything
runs smooth' and then nothing breaks
and slows ever -thing down."
ItT
:JUST A SMILE OR TWO
The boss called dee of his clerks
into .his private office.
"I 'have noticed, 'Johnson," he be-.
gan, "that you of all my clerks, seem
to put your whole life and soul into
your work. No' detail is too small
to escape your attention. No hours
are too long for you." e•
Johnson .glowed with pride and sat-
isfaction.
"Yes, sir?" he asked, waiting for
what he thought was coming next.
"And so, Johnson," his employer
went•on, "1 am fdreed, rtruch against
my .will, to fire you. It is. such chaps
as you who go out - and, start -rival,
establishments."
Magistrate . "The a officer states,
that he found you two. fighting in the
street."
Defendant: "That's wrong. When
he arrived we were trying to separ-
ate each other." •
4.1
The inspectorwas paying bis
monthly visit"' to the . village school..
He examined the children in reading
and general knowledge, and was, very
pleased with the answers he receiv-
ed.
After -the last question had been
asked and answered satisfactorily he
rose' to his feet and, looking at the
upturned faces, remarked genially: "I
wish I were a little boy at school
again!"
He allowed a few minutes ,1'or this
to sink in 'and then added: "Do you
know why 'I wish that?"
For a moment or two there.- was
silence. Then came a childish voice
from the back of the room: "Cos
You've forgot all you ever knowed!"
Mr. .Gadget:" "What is the most
pathetic picture in the world?"
.Ditto:1 "A' horseflyi sitting on " a
radiator cap."
;.
New Speaker Is Well
Qualified For Position
•
•
i
James Allison Gien, newly elected
Speaker, is presiding 'over the House
of Commons in Ottawa during the
mesa critical session since Gonfe.:!er-
ation, and this clear -thinking, quick-
witted, kindly. little) Scotsman is .mak-
ing an effective ..job of it, says 'Phe
Montreal Standard in a recent issue.
Ai one venerable Member put it,
"eve rover seen the House the w-;ty
it is today, ubot even in the last war.
The whole 'atmosphere is ' different
a n.d something completely new."
•Thro•ughout ' the tense hours that
Parliament site the threat to all that
it• stands for- seems to inspire its
Members and Officers to carry out
more vigorously and perfectly those
functions assigned to them_
Upon "Mr. Speaker" rests a large
burden of the success or failure o'f
their en•d•eavior. The bitterest , ur-
gency in the history of the Einpirn
commiand's primary consideration, in
order that business' be pushed
through, action taken, assistance
given overseas without delay. Yet
the Speaker must not permit toe
right of free speech to be lost un-
der a steam roller. He is achieving
results, Ire says, by depending upon
the good .sense and, gioo'd will of the
members/ • individually. 'Their re-
eponse is wholehearted.
Mr. Glen likes Parliamentary work
so that the extensive study of prose_
duce, rules ,and precedents She must
now &aka dontinually to fit himself
ton his post nearly interests him.
It is hard work today, with little
or no relaxation. For thre duration
et the war- the se -Mal -nide of Parlia-
mentary life in Ottawa has, been
abandoned. In ordinary times Mr.
Speaker, as official- "kiosk" for Gee
Prime Minister, becomes, especially
if he has a popular wife, the centre
of oats of the pleasantest' institutions
is Ottawa. Thea -Speaker's Chambers,
a suite of acietes on the ground floor
of Parliament Building Iooking 'out
over the Ottawa' "River, is the set-
ting for a continual series of
turned-omt, but niot top offielaal or for-'
'vial Iunoheons, 'receptions and dial-.
tiers, as Canada plays hest._ r'. distin-
guished eguersts of her own, a, , from
all over the world. . Party f - es are
then pulled down, too, and the brook
of precediest;e no longer holds..sole lin
3'wayYe as gireests• •from; all ranks of the
Civil Service are selected becia,use of
tHslrc interest to, the 'visitor.
Today ;the sante confidential s'tew-
ard Vim bat presildeerli o'f'er th'ec Spieak.
t`>'t''d E51fia$t3fti'Mite tile iledc'altiia-
meant Buildings were opened, still
keeps `the place functioning with
complete efficiency, with all visitors
miraculously greeted' by name when
"they come to call on the. •Speaker.
But visitors are a series of • anxious
busy men; meals served in the Cham-
bers are just siomething for Mr.
Speaker and dais secretary, so they
won't have to spend the time goring
out.
Speaker Gien was -born in Scotland
at Renton, in Dumbartonshire; sixty-
three.'years ago, His father was a
boot and shoe merohant. "We 'were
just an, ordinary Scottish family,"
says Mr. Speaker, "brought up on
oatmeal,' the Shorter Catechism, and
Liberalism." Perhaps, hie ins' correct
to apply the term. `,ordinary" to a
Scottish father who put' good edbca-
tion at the trop of the must list for
his children, and who managed for
them a greater share of it than he.
ihad rec.ei:ved himself. Speaker Glen
was put. tii"rough -the Scottish Board
Schools 've Renton, and Alexandria,
part of the excelleht ,edueationial sys-
tem instituted by Lord Young in, 1872
and then gent on tb Glasgow ilniver-
sdty
At the University ,Ire qualified hiiu-
e:elf as a solicitor. . Scottish, law, of
course, is quite different from, that
of England, or most of Canada, be-
ing founded, as the Queen, pointed
out in her speech in Ottawa last sum-
mer, on the anoient Roman law, as.
is that of Quebec Province. Solicitors
in Sootlandi correspond to solicitors
in England,, dealing with general law,
trusts, the :personal affairs of clients,
and eppearjng in the inferior or
"Sherrifs" courts, but are not 'entit-
led to appear in the higher courts-,
which are reserved for advocates.
Mr. Glen was engaged int law prac-
tice, in Glasgow. In his early youth
his eye fell upon one of these tapt-
alizi.ng posters which Canada circu-
lated, either •t &sough Government ag-
encies or the Canadian Pacific Rall-
tvays, inviting emigration to a new
land with everything before it. ' He
can remember today quite 'clearly the
pictorial expression of thei •,poster"s
message. •It showedi two boys in
farm clothing looking out over a•
pleasing prospect of fields of growing
grain s -we piing off to the heelien.
Arnolbher °youth, felt the hire (if far
iflelda and it 'Wee oddly' a, mutter of"
ti
ns Wihe icyminer sum
crones.itil tinuspiired. o by tediit plat r.
lihnigrating, to nada mils; to, Mr.
,(00 ltl1,1''ued On Pago 31):
i'.
Two More Atrcreitsmen
Two more Goderich young anent
have been accepted as mechanics t,
the R.C.A.F. air -training force, They
area James Thornelee, son of Mrs. Lil-
lian, Tharneloe, - Napier St., and Bill
Hill, sou, of Mr. and Mts. Nelson Hill,
Pictot • St. They received word on
Friday that their application had;
been, accepted, and on Monday re-
peated; to the air=traindng school at
Galt. Both boys are popular .with the
young people of Goderich and. in Bili
the junior ,baseball, and hockey teams
lose a valued member. Bill was a
star second baseman with the juven-
ile baseball team last year and led
the juvenile hockey team in scoring
the past winter. — Goderich Signal -
Star.
It Seemed Loud Enough
A new fire siren in the hose tower
of the fire hall .,was tested Tuesday
afteiinoon • and evening, frequent
shrieks keeping ',citizens not in the
know on the jump. For some time
firemen 'have been. complaining that
the 'present siren is not loud enough,'
that firemen whose work naives them
to the outskirts of the town have
missed fires for that reason. Sortie
even failed, to hear the new siren on
Tuesday ' and no decision has been
made as to its purchase: Still an-.
ether and louder siren may be tried -
out.--Goderich Signal -Star.
Goderich Girl' a.. B. A.
•
Miss Roberta M. Johnston, • daugh-
ter of Sheriff R. °.Johnston and Mrs.
Johnston, of town, is to be 'congrat-
ulated, uponher success, in passing
the final examinations in the arts
course at the University sof Toronto.
This 9ualifies her for the B.A. de-
gree.—Goderich Signal -Star. °
Passed Final Examinations
Norman Sinclair has completed his
course in Toronto University in Hon-
or French and Latin, having passed
his final examinations withhonors,
which qualifies him fee standing as a
specialist in French and Latin. He
will receive his degree of Bachelor of
Arts on Friday when the Convoca-
tion will be ..held in "Toronto. Nor-
man is just, twentyone years of 'age
,and is- to be -congratulated: upon his
Ane success in all four years.—Blyth
Standard.
Needle Enters Hand
Mrs. G. Strobbe, of Exeter North,•
met with a' peculiar accident on
Thursday of last week. She was in
the act of cleaning a window when
she ran her hand against a needle
that was sticking in the frame. The
top of the needle entered the back
of her hand just ;above the forefin-
ger, the needle breaking ' off and
lodging close' to the bone, An X,ray
t examination revealed- the , broken
needle and 'an operation was per-
formed for _its removal. — Exeter
Times -Advocate.
Joined the Colors
Several young men from Exeter.
have joined the R.C.R.'s in London.'
Those wiho have already 'donned the
uniform ' and spent the week -end
here were Chester Cornish, Hilton
Sanders, Jack f3rintnell and Walter
Bentley... The latter is. a' Blyth boy
who was employed • as .barber with
Mr. A. Tonrlinsee. Several others'
have been in London 'for medical
examination, • — Exeter • Times -Advo-, .
tate.
Capt. Bruce. Medd Called Up
' Mr. Bruce Medd, who is on the
staff of the Napanee high school and
who for several years has been train-
ing with the Napanee 47th Battery',
of which the is now Captain, has been
"called to the colors. The Battery
will go into training at Kingston, re-
cruiting for Maioh is {%w under way'.
—Exeter Times -Advocate.
Wm. Draper 'Scholarship Winner
Scholarship awards have been
granted . to outstanding students in •
Um various faculties of the Univer-
sity' of Western Ontario. 'Two of
these came to Huron County. Wm.
Draper, Clinton; qualified for the see -
end year honor •history scholarship, •
and the Albert O. Jeffery SchelarsJiip
for third year loner biology went to
Borden Sanders, of Exeter.—Clinton
NewsLRecord. •
Vote $175 to Red Cross Work
At an executive meeting of the
Drama Group -rheld on. Tuesday eve_
ning it was ,decided, to transfer $175
to the local Red' Gross unit, A little
over $200 was•cleared in thief recent
plays by the Group and More will he
presented later this Year. Ire all
probability a theatre party will be'
held some time in September before
the regular series start'. — Clinton
News -Record.
Property Sold
Oe'onge Edigihoffer has sold the
former I.arkwortliy property on the
oorner..of . Huron,- and Blanshsrdi -Sts.
to Joseph Wesenberg and we are in.-•
formed that hie intends tearing down
the premises and that a ,service sta-
tioh will be built on thiat. corner.—
Mitchell Adlwocate.
Fractured Ribs
while working at the MacLean•.
Planing Mill on Thursday, Mr. w, H.
Haney fractured two ribs. He vms
tightening a part of a machine where
the wrench slipped and be fell against
it, cracking his ribs.—Wingham Ad -
'knee -Times,.
Addresses South Perth At Fullartort,
Mass Mary •A. (Aadle, superintend-
ent of Wornen',a Institutes of Outanio,
and Mire, A. H, -Miran, of Sada,
president of the "rdnitloiu area, Salta,
speakers Wednesday at oho district
amatual anieoting- of the Wdmeal'' Xa:. '
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