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SEAFORTH, Friday, February 6th .
Fast Time
If 'you awaken at your usual time
next Monday morning, or very short-
ly thereafter, you are going to find
that you are starting your day. just
one hour late, because fast time
comes into force across Canada ear-
ly
that morning.
For the people of manycities and
scattered towns throughout Ontario,
it will be nothing: new. They are on
fast time now, and have been for a
year or more.
But for the rural sections and the
towns iir. rural communities, it is a
change in the manner of their living
and to the great Majority, ti not a
pleasant change either.
Aside from the health angle of
school- children, there are r airy fea-
tures about Daylight Saving Time
that do snot fit into farm lift=e and
trk. The sun -is a fixed orbit on
o fart-., It regulates not only the
rising and retiring,'but the feeding,
the sowing, the harvest and a great
deal of other farm 'work.
Moving the clock ahead an hour
does not make the sun rise an hour
earlier in themorning, nor put.it to
bed an hour earlier at night;;it only
makes the - farrier get up an hour
earlier and makes Min work at least
an hour longer at the close of the
day, which only tends to aggravate
the labor situation, and that is not
too rosy now, „and possibly will be
much worse long before it is much
,.;bet'ter.
But this is• war time and a' careful
study of the question from every ..
angle has shown that Daylight Say-
s ing Time is a necessary measure in
the successful prosecution of the
war. And, for that reason, the farm-
er will adopt it and work under it.
without a mud:mur. To him it will be
just ane'ther -of those ups and clowns
of which the. farmer's life • con-
sists.
on-
eist. :fie has never been• pamper-
ed by ether nature or governments,
consequently he is neither selfish nor
self-seeking. lEle. ,..will do, his bit in
the country's war effort, and do it
without question too.
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No Complaints
To date there should be no com-
plaint, i - fact, not even the slightest -
murmur, en the part of any Cana-
dian regarding rationing --or ... any
other war measures thought neces-
sary on the p:, rt of the Government
to succc:;.311x1 prosecute the war. -
' Take. for ' ` stance, the rationing
of gasoline , hich goes into effect on
April 1st ext. Both rural.
and urb-
an Ontario have been on wheels 'so
long and so constantly that the bare
mention of rationing- put fear into
many hearts. People were willing to
undergo 'apy war measure, any test,
it seemed, short that—of walking.
But the -Department of Munitions
and Supply, under whose hands the
rationing of gasoline will be carried
out, has been more than lenient,
more than kind, as the announce-
ment was made from Ottawa on Sun-
day night that the ration for small
ear pleasure driving in Canada on -
April lst is enough gasoline to 'o
five thousand,four hundred miles a
year.
Surely that will take the average
Canadianwhere he hag -.to go and
tbx'fiilg him back again. Of " course, it
hir not be nearly enough for the
ti er, fellows, who hate no place in
�ettlar to go, and are always ion
and always, in a`- tre ne'n.- •,'Acbge f6110:00;
` Hite* Will be' ,
0'
spared. The sensile m.oto ,st never
did i:l a that kind of felow, and all
-be _glad to see the last of hipm, at
leant until after the war.
Even if thegasoline ration leaves
you dissatisfied, you have at least one
consolation.. You will be able to ob-
tain more -gasoline than any other
nation in the British Empire, because
Great Britain gets only enough for
eleven hundred miles of pleasure
driving ;_New Zealand, fourteen. hun-
dred, and Australia, an even thou-
sand miles. Certainly there i s no ,
cause of complaint here.
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Isn't It The Truth?
We are not in any way attempting
to be Personal, or to point out exam-,
pies, when we pass a10"ng this short
quotation. '- Not personal to power
polities, to .the Globe and Mail, to a
Provincial Premier, to the `guts' who
would like to be the `Ins,' In the pros-
ecution of the war; to the ultra-Ioy-
als, to a thousand other malcontents
in Canada, in general and Toronto
in particular, or personal as far as:
you are concerned.
But isn't there a great deal of sal -
id home truth in this quotation from
the Kitchener Record: "Prejudice
is a great time-saver. It enables -one
to form o inions without bothering
to get the facts!'
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Six More Weeks
, Are ,you a believer in the signs and
sayings and weather predictions that
have come down to us from the ear-
liest pioneer days?. If so, you will
believe that we are in for six more
weeks of real winter weather.
One of the oldest of those pioneer
predictions is that if the groundhog
sees his\ shadow on February. 2nd, he
will imMediatel3r retire to his home
again, knowing full well that spring
and warm weather are still six weeks
away. -
Monday was February second and
there was plenty of sun on that day,
and all day, to cast a shadow of your-
self either indoors or out. So if you
are a believer you wi114agree with the
'groUhdhog that spring is still in the
distant future.
Personally, we don't know much
about it, but anyone who has spent a
lifetime in this part of Ontario, will
agree with us that the 'seasons must
have been turned upside down if
winter ends this year on the second'
day of the second month.
And the .weafther since then only
lends strength to our belief. cif the old
saying had only picked on April sec-
ond, that would havetaken care of
the month of March. As every one
knows the. only way of pre-
dicting the weather of that month is...
throughhindsight, because foresight
has never yet accomplished much.
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About Time :l
e.
Larry Allen, -an A.P. correspond-
ent with the British Fleet, arrived
last week in New York on furlough.
After voyaging one hundred thou-
sand miles with the British Navy- and
passing through all manner ' of es-
capes and experiences — . including
the sinking from under, him of the
-Cruiser Galatea, the first thing Mr.
Alien did on arriving at his,ghonie
port' was to make this solemn pledge:
"I am . going to try," he said, "to
learn to,swim."
About time, Larry! ,•
On The Alert
American *omen, it seems, are
taking oh an ever increasing num-
ber of war jobs, among them that of
"Raid -Spotters," along the American
east coast. ' ---
These.' services are said to be ap-
preciated too, by the naval authori-
ties, although one of these women,
spotters. would appear to have been,
running somewhat true to form, in
that her alertness seems to -hve
,been followed by a little female ex-
citement.
At least, the naval authorities at
Salisbury," Maryland, were a bit
startled on Monday ..'of last... week
. When 4, alert woman otter report-
:. :�i ; � .. .planes
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direet% ove leads"
I.ntsrestl rg !temp Picked From
The HOMO Expositor of Fifty and
TWafty-five Yearw.-Ago.
Frim The Huron Expositor
February 9, 1917
aii
Mr. Thomas Livingstone and Mr.
James Carter, Hullett, recently dis-
posed of a two-year-old gelding' each,
to Mr. William Knechtet, McKillop,
the eiefi'sideration in each case being
$3'50.00.
Mr. John- Scott, of Roxboro,receiv-
ed a wire from the Militia Depart-
ment on Tuesday, stating that this on,
Pte. James .Thompson Scott, had been
officially reported wounded on Janu-
ary 2th, with a 'gunshot wound in
his face.
• Mr. Palmer Whitely leaves on Mon-
day for Newark, New Jersey, where
he intends engaging in the undertak-
ing business.
On Tuesday evening last the mem-
bers_oi. tine Young People's Society of
Walton met in the: diasement of Duffs-,
Presbyterian Church and 'presented
Mrs. Gilbert 'Gregg with a 'handsome
Bible prior 'to her leaving for 'her new
home near Moose Jaw.
Mrs. James IMeKibbon, who was for-
merly Miss Mary MoCloy of- Tucker-.
smith, visited with Mrs. McCloy last
week. Mr. 'McKibben is now exten-
sively -engaged in sheep farming in
Wyoming.
Capt. Frank C. Jackson, a well-
known old :Seaforth boy, is here this
week enlisting recruits for the 257th
Railway Construction Battalion.
Misses Emily Deem and Anne Gor-
don, Seaforth, are in Toronto this
week attending the • millinery open;
ings.
Lieut. Gordon Gauld, who `is on, ac-
tive service overseas, 'has been award-
ed the military cross for gallant ser-
vices. Lieut;- Gauld is a graduate of
Seaforth Collegiate Institute and is
well and favorably known here.
Russel Hays spent Sunday at the
o home of bis mother, Mrs. John Hays,
on his last leave before going over-
-
seas.
Mr. A. G. -Smillie, who has been re -
tiding in town since he left the farm
two yearsago, has purchased a res'-
dence m Toronto and intends moving.
his family there next month.
is-
pos Md of e. Sam vMill
ery fine tmal
of yearling The mistress was surprised to fin
general purpose geldings to his neigh- that the banisters on the stairs •tii'ere
bor. .'Jr. John Nicholson. coated with rust, and accordingly she
Mr. and Mrs. Alex Sproat and fam- called Mary to her, and said neprov-
ily, of Kippen, left on Monday for it gly;-`
their new home in Toronto. "lust look at those banisters, Mary?
(Messrs. George Hain and Russel'I don't remend'ber ever seeing them so
Dorrance, �McKilfop, were.in Toronto dusty. Wheri I was at Mrs. Busy -
this. week.attending.the convention body's I noticed that her handrails,
Busy -
of the Ontario Fairs Association, as were clean and smooth, as if they
delegates from the Seaforth Agricul- had • been polished:"
tural Society. "Yes. mum," answered Mary Ann.
Mrs., George Seip was called to "But don't you forget that she's got
Hamburg last week owing to ,the three . small boys."
death of -her mother. • •
Messrs. Jahn, Robb and John A. A farmer had engaged a y�bung man
Williams have donated. a handsome from the town to work for him, and
chair in aid of the Seaforth branch soon discovered that he was not too
of the Soldiers' Aid ,Commission. • bright. The new man was constantly
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- •• putting the mrd boards of the carts
"AXE -HANDLES"
a� w
iEweicto s
toy Angier• .,. Boyle)
' If you wand to, see -a workman at
his verybest, then watch a man: mak-
ing an "axe -handle. Take particular
notice of the care he lavishes on it,
the pride he takes ia making it per-
fect and above all the fact that he
will spend hours in creating an article
which he could secure for fifty or sev-
enty-five cents at a store in the vil-
lage. :
The machine -age has progressed to
a point of perfection unheard of hi
years gone Iby but a machine still 'is
not able to manufacture an axeenan-
die„to suit a farmer or a man who en-
joys working°"with an axe. To 4the
ordinary man en axe -handle produc-
ed in mass production methods may
look even more perfect than a home-
made one, but the man who knows,
feels that it hasn't got the right
"heft" to it.
—For-weeks__I worked. jig a new
ate -handle. The old one was frayed
and cracked and bound with sijove-
pipe wire. Knowing that it was only
a matter of -time until it would break,
wort, was started before Christmas
on the 'handle. A cherished stick of
what we fondly refer to as "tough
ash" was taken down from 'the ,driv-
ing shed. ' Straight -grained and :true
and certain never to break unless
wielded in the wrong way the re•quii•-
ed size of wood was split from it. A
wedge ;poun:ded in one end split it
down straight.
Then came the work with the draw
knife. Each evening a neat pile of
shavings accumulated on the' kitchen
floor to the secret horror of 'Mrs. Phil.
But they were 'clean shavings that
could easily be swept. up. Soon the
shape of the handle began to appear.
That's when. the real work began.
Just so much off here and so much
off there. The "neck" must be true
and a sharp jack-knife seemed the
best implement for getting that nee -
r
wary "crook" in It. A slip of: the
knife Would' have meant-'dlestroying
a very valuable piece of wood' and
putting much work to no avail.
`ime passes quickly when you're
something you enjoy. it seem-
elt'scarcely possible each night that
an + 'ur or two hours.couldgo by so
qui a :: You look up at the clock and
reze that it le bedtime. Can it be
p.ssibl:e? There's only a pile of shav-
on the floor to give Indication of
the or . `•accom'plished but on the
other... •d the axe. -handle is definite-
ly tckin -. ape. I'm a left-hand chop-
per and so it must have the proper
twist to accommodate that fact.
The axe -handle neared completion.
The knob -end was whittled down
comparatively smooth. Then there
was the finishing -off process'. Care-
fully hoarded glass from a broken
stable u-i^_dow was handy for this
work. Fine scrapings would curl up
and roll off into a -mound on tIi,e:floor.
Scrape . . . scrape , .-scrape an.d
each motion seemed to leave the han-
dle `smoother. , Clean wood gleamed' in
the light flickering through the stove -
grates.
Wie:"intended leaving the old handle
in the axe until it broke but there
was a sort of urge to try out the new
one when it was made. The old han-
dle was burned, out first. Then came
the task of fitting the new handle in-
to the head of the axe.
The head must be heated but not
enough to destroy the temper of it.
Then the handle was slipped into it.
We put the wedge in while the head
was still hot . , , and than the whole
thing •was plunged into water to cool
off. The task was finished.
How nicely it "hefted." There are
no snags to catch on your fingers. The
axe "whisked' through the air and
there was a dull "klopf" as a maple
block tell apart cleanely and evenly.
The axe -handle was a decided success.
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ninoneesen
:JUST A SMILE ORTWO :
• on wrong. He would put the front,
hoard on behind and the back board
on the front. Finally, the farmer
painted a large "B" on each board
and called the man's attention to
:diem. • -
"Now, blockhead," he said "
can't make any more mistakes.
From The Huron Expositor
February 5, 1892
Quite an , exciting' -runaway tont'
place on Saturday night last. A young
man named Morrison, from. McKillop,
started for hothe with a spirited team
attached to a cutter. ' The horses be-
came frightened and the, driver could
not control them. They ran for about
a mile when they met 'Mrs. Moses
Hannah, also of McKillop.. with a
•horse and cutter. The infuriated ani-
mals attempted to run right over Mrs.
Hannah's rig and the rig and the pas-
sengers became all mixed up: Mrs.
i-Iarina•h was thought' to be seriously
injured, but she was able to, leave
Seaforth for her'homenon Sunday.
Po it carloads of land rollers, menu-
ctpred at the Seaforth Foundry,
were s "peed from here•this week .for,
-Main o a.
Th members of the choir of First
• Pre yterian Church, Seaforth, were
_--p
asantly entertained at "Thornton
Hall" by Mr. and Mrs. Archie Scott,
former members of the choir, on Tues-
day evening.
Mr. T. J. Berry, of Hensall, shipped
one• of the finest loads of horses than
ever Left this • station on Friday for
Boston, and we' ,believe he is buying
up another carrIoad.,
On Friday evening last one of those
pleasing events which only come
.around once in twenty _years. was
celebrated at. •the, residence of Mr.
John • Johnston, of Vrarna. About 70
guests were present. The young peo-
ple enjoyed themselves in tripping the
tight fantastic, while the older ones
had a good time in singing songs.
Miss ,Mary Ford, Tuckersmith; left
this week to attend the Seaforth Col-
legiate. ,
We ,have much pleasure in congrat-
ulating Mr._- George ,Conners, of near
Chiselhurst, on his acceptance by the
county- council as the county's stu-
dent at the Ontario Agricultural Cbl-
lege -
:Mr. Alexander M-c$enzie, of the 2nd
concession of Tuckersmith, has been
drawing bricks for some time for the
erection of a hew house. He drew
from( IVtr. Foster's kiln in Hay, in one
load, 2.205 bricks. •
Mr: Wm. Caldwell, who hasbeen
the guest of Mr. Thos. Sherritt, near
Blake., has returned to Dakota.
Mr. Thos. O Harae of Beechwood:, is
drawing home Material with which to
raise and enlarge hie barn.
Mrs. John' Grieve, Of MoKillop, cele-
brated her 83rd .-birthday by enter-
taining her sons and daughters with
their families and several friends, at
a social party. Attila -wile Mrs. Grieve
has reached sotgreat "an age, she is
still blessed with the use of ail her
faculties,
Rev. Father Fraser, odd Eamiltori.
delivered his promised lecture in First
Presbyterian Chunk on Tuesday eve-
nfng. , The nankeen seledtl'one were
gtyen by Messrb. Walter Willis and
W. Beattie.
A shooting ritatdlt took place in
town on ThUraday between .picked
teeth's from Clutton aikrAealorth. Sea.:
forth' wen, by •little Ibfcis. tk ong the
;Seaforth player( 'Were 'tark, -F.
tleatti44- .1. riodtid,, 11- Viveute7,,,, a.
Tilrit r, It 'Grtetre, It. d'. Mee ee aria
It, Reath.
isousame
ou
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'F' is for 'before' and this 'B'"is for
`behind'." -
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Bore: "Do you follow' me?"
Victim (rallying) : "Er, no, not if
you're really going."
Bobby. , (short of money) "Say,
Dad, have you any work you'd like
nye to do?" '
Father (taken by` surprise): "Why
- -no—but—er—"
"Bobby: "Then. how about putting
me on relief?". `
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"I am not the only girl you ever
loved."
"Why do you think that, sweet-
heart?"
"You `removed the cigars from - your
vest pocket 'before hugging me."
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"I've come from the employment
bureau, ma'am," said the girl. "They
said you wanted a servant."
"But I do all the work myself," re-
plied the lady of the house.
"Then the place will just suit';me."
24 World W
41 on Britain's
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arlI V.C.'s:
Honor Roll
(From Bulletins Fro`tn Britain)
This is the 'story of some of the
bravest men in the world—the men
,who; since the war broke out, have
won the British Empire's most richly
prized award for gallantry, the Vic-
toria Cross.
So farthe honors are divided be-
tween Great Britain, Australia, New
Zealand, • India and Eire. , Some of
these V.C.'s are not much more than
boys, and if there is one quality, a-
part fi;om their_ courage, which seems
common to them all, it is shyness
and humbleness' of spirit, although
the enemy found them anything' but
meek.
,There are twenty-four V.C.'s up to
date and it would need a book to give
the full details of every deed that has
won the Cross. In the space of one
article only a few can be mentioned.
The first to be won in this way, by
the Navy, the !'Jerry and the Air Force
are especially memorable.
Captain' Warburton -Lee, 'who led'his
'destroyers to the assault do the first
battle of Narvik, Bever lived to.re-
ceive his V.C. from the King. Nor did
Flying Officer Garland of Eire,' or his
observer, Sergeant Thomas' Gray,
whose aircraft led the formation which
blew up a vital (bridge in Belgium.
More fortunate was Corporal Nich-
olls, of the Grenadier Guards', first re-
ported killed and then found to be a
prisoner of war.
In April, 1940, Captain Warburton -
Lee of the destroyer Hardy signalled
the Admiralty that six German de-
stroyners and a •subm•arine were in
Narvik Fjord, and .that the chane,,,
was probably mined, and added, '
Intend to attack at dawn."
Before the night mists had cleared,
Warburton -Lee 'attacked. He led his
little flotilla of five destroyers up the
Fjord, taking the Germans', complete-
ly by .surprise. The British were
leaving, after three successful at-
tacks on warships and .merchantmen
In the harbor, when they•"eneounrter-
ed' five German destroyers. A. shell
bit the Hardy's bridge and Captain
Warbudton-Lee was. mortally, Wound-
ed. He- gave his last signal --"Con-
tinue tee -engage the enemy."
The Bridge Wreckers
Every air crew .in • Flying Officer
Garland's squadron' vrilunteered for
•th.,e vital operation to destroy the on -
y remaltring bridge on the Albert Can-
al aver Which Gerrnan. ,troops were
•p
using Into' Belgium(. in- May, 1910,
fl've were . eeleeted. by dta v'Ing lots
dndi her dino 'o ,1
e, o � f esd :ng iilrem; •]Cell, to
Garland, And, +bis )febboir ert ' •ergeout
,:Cray. .'1h {JJ' .;o seed were theft v,,100
bridge `ryas(to be wrecked at arty: eo0t,
The area itself wee heavily protect-
ed by enemy fighters as well as ex-
ceptionally intense machine-gun and
anti-aircraft fire.
Despite all this, the formation suc-
cessfulIy delivered a dive=bombing at-
tack from the lowest practicable alti-
tude. Only one aircraft returned—but
the . bridge, with troops, and guns on
it, was destroyed. The official cita-
tion stated that 'the success of 'the
operation wasp mainly' due to Garland's
brilliant leadership And the coolness
and resourcefulness of Gray, who nav-
igated the bomber so .skillfully that
the whole formation was able to car-
ry out its object.
The first soldier to win the Victor-,
is Cross In this wan was also the first
Guardsman to receive the honor since
Lord Gort was awarded the V.C.' in
1918—Lance Corporal Harry ..Nicholls
of the Grenadiers. His ' Cross • was
presented to his wife, who was re-
ceived privately by the Kidg, because
it was believed at the time that het
husband had been killed:. A ,month
later she received a telegram telling
her that Corporal Nicholls was alive
and a prisoner o1' 'war in Germany.
Nicholls, heavyweight. ohanipid'n of
the-B"r•iti'stt Army, won his decoration
in the retreat to Dunkirk, • Although
woundedin the arm be led his sec-
tion forward. The Germans opened
fire at cIose range, but Nicholls seiz-
ed a Brea gun and -dashed closer to
the enemy, silencing first'. one and
then another ofetheir _Machine guns,
He was wounded again, but refused
to give in, and ,raited the Germans
with his fire until his ammunition
gave out. The battle ragout and his
comrades, losing'sight..of him, were
convinced of his death.
New Zealand's first V.C. of the war
was Sergeant Pilot Ward„ only ttawen-
1Y--two years old when the honor was
bestowed on hien. 'In a letter home to
'bis mother at Wanganui.--•aboat the
episode he, "neglected" to refer to. his
own achievements-, '• He,,setit vivid de-
scriptionl of what his comrades had
done, and then 'added teedestly,
"They tell( me they're thinkitrg up
.something for me."
This young New Zealander vas. a
schoolmaster before he joined the Air
Force. His mother and father, Mr.
and Mrs.', V H. Ward, went out to
New Zealand years"' . ago 'from Eng-
lead% famous 'blitz city of Coventry.
Ward moron the Cross for climbing
out on the wing of a bomber' and
,smothering a fire white. it fuss riydria
back to England after a raid; "It
-sae gist .a Maatter of -getting stone,
ttidri'g to hang on tot" win; alt' he
i td: yr
NOritiunied oil SY
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Many Reunions
Last Thursday night's C.N.R, train
brought nine English women to Gode-
rich to join their husbands, who are
-permanent members of the R.A.F.
staff at Port. Albert. One paeticular„ •ly
happy man was LAC. Brindley Jones,
who has been stationed at, the Navi-
gation School for about a year.' He
had gone to Toronto to meet his wife
and baby boy of six menthe, whom he/-
had
he•had never seen. Mr. and Mrs. Jones
have taken up residence in the Wigle
apartment, ,They come from Cardiff,
Wales. The new arrivals had little
to say about their trip, but they were
delighted with the prevailing wea-
ther, "just like England," and Cana-
dian food, particularly eggs, milk and.
other fresh things, and the abundance
of it.—Goderich Signal -Star.
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Changes in Bank Staff
Mr.. Kenneth Cooke, son of Kr, ase•_
Mrs. C. V. Cooke, of"town "who 'has
been teller in the Royal rank here
for the past year and a half, is being:
transferred to the branch in Stratford
on Friday. Mr. Cooke has been holi-
daying the past ••three weeks and re-
ceived notice of his transfer at their
conclusion. Mr. Kenneth Colquhoun,`
the. ledgerkeeper, will ast as teller
here.—Clinton News -Record.
Re%, Cross Has New Work" Rooms -•
' The. Blyth Red Cross Society 'has
established themselves in new quar,.
ters in the 'ground floorof the Tele-
phone Building, where they have on
display at the present time their Jan-
uary shipment of material. They,wilt
use these new quarters until further
notice. Miss Josephine Woodcock,
president of the organization, said the
move from the Memorial Hall was de -
aided when it was learned that it took
approximately 500 pounds of coal to
start the°Tu'rna'ees, •and supply enough
heat for their boor -and -a -half meet-
ings. The society felt that the cost
was too much to ask, and decided to
move into smaller quarters, which.
will serve the purpose just as well,
and can be heated much, more econ-
omically.—Blyth Standard;
Bone in Wrist Fractured
In the mix-up following the Han-
over-Wingham game here last week,`"
a female fan from Hanover went on
the rampage with a broom. At the
time it• was not known, but before it
was taken from bet, she cracked/ down.
on 16 -year-old Mabel Adams' wrist,
fracturing a small bone. Mies Adams
is the daughter of Mr. W. R. Adams,
Lower Wingham.—Wingham Advance-
Times.
Fell Through Trap Door
Tuesday evening last week Mrs.
Duncan Kennedy fell through a trap
door into fhe cellar. Although no
bones were broken, she suffered many
bruises: The trap door is its the pan-
try Chid' when she entered it' not no-
ticing, the. trap door ,was up, she fell
into- the cellar bumping on the steps
of the stairs as she went. She man-
aged to get out of the cellar • and+ an-
swer a phone call. Then: a neighbor
came in and 'called the doctor.—Wing-
ham Advance -Times -
Hip Fractured
Mrs. Alex •McFalbs returned from
London on Wednesday, Jan. 21st,
where she had been, -visiting with her
sister, Mrs. James McPalls, While
she was there , Mrs. James. McFalis
had the misfortune to fall on the icy
sidewalk near- her hbule,__fracturing
her right trip, and is 'now confined to
Victoria Hospital. A few years' ago.
she fractured her ether hip in the
same manner. — Exeter Tiines-Advo-
Cate.
Bag Seventy-five Jacks -
A rabbit drive near Mooresville
Tuesday afternoon netted 75._ jacks.
There were twenty-four men in the
drive, captained by E. L, Gibson:.
Homer Russell was high, bagging
eight. Agother drive will be held on
ii'riday afternoon.—Exeter Times-Adr
vocate,
Presentation to. Mr. and Mrs. Luxton
Ata social evening at Eden. school
Friday evehing of last week,' Mr. and '
'Mrs. John Luxton, who recently mov-
ed to Exeter, were 'honored guests. -
An address, expres:sive of the esteem.
in which they are held, was read "by
Mr. Hedley May and the :pa'esentation
of an electric iron and toaster was
made by Lloyd Parsons. Mr. tluxton.
expressed their appreciation. A pro-
gram was enjoyed, followed by- lunch.
and dancing.—Exeter Times -Advocate.
Underwent Operation
Mrs. Robert Higgins, of town, un-
derwent an operation . in Victoria
Hospital, London, the latter part of
last week' Nand hhi condition has been
quite critical..We understand she is
.bolding her own at present. Her
daughternate., Mrs. A. J. Sweitzer, is with:
ber. Her friends will hope for her
speedy recovery,—Exeter Times=Adno-
, Exeter's Native. Son is Improving,
Mrs. Wiitred Craig, of near Belle-
ville, who has been visiting with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs, Wm. J. Car-
ding, for cdupte of week', returned
Thome the latter part of last week,
•Mr. Carling who has not been well,
is improved and able to be up and
around.—Exeter Times -Advocate.-
Has Toe Amputated•—
John H. Ritz, • Jr,, son of John
Henry Ritz, 9th concession of Logan,
had the, litle toe of his left foot am-
.'putated in Stratford. hospital Wednes-
day following a,nl. accident in the bugh
on their farm. The" poling man bad
gone to cut woad where his father
was to join shim after . finishing the
chores He had not .arrived at the
bush Whelr. the s'arr came back to the
house, said he had .srurt -hie foot, got
into tl1eresr,:gnd;,dro :to •town where
tare donter fsorint. it so badly cut that
dt iiata to • be severed.- itahef, Afi+ro ,
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