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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1942-02-27, Page 1• • s it Eighty-third Year Whole Number $872 BR,UARY 27; 1942 AIR FORCE PADRE_ TELLS LIONSI CLUB` OF WORK II ;SCA} S h o u 1 d Regard Enlisted Man As Gentleman, F. -Lt. Murray Says. LEGION' -""-GOOD- WORK Speaking on behalf of the men who have enlisted, F./Lt. C. Murray, padre at 'a •Huron R.A.F. School, . told the members 'of the Lions. Club Monday evening that the soldiers of today are gentlemen and should be treated as such. Too often, he said, soldiers are 'regarded as toughs,. but this is not the case. Lion W. J. Duncan was chairman of the meeting, while Lion John J. (Muff was assistant. ' • The padre. in an interesting ad- dress 'told of his work --with the men which he described as a seven-day job. As education officer, he came in chose contact with the men and learned of their ambitions. He highly commmended the work of the Legion in .providing correspondence educa- tional courses in order that enlisted men would be fitted to take up their ¢-Kilian• .jobs when p_eace was won. Speaking of the . wax, the speaker saw in the news of the 'past week some hope ,of • the future. He refer- red to the. visit of Chiang Kai-Shek to India and the subsequent announce- ment df a measure of home rule for India; ;the appointment of , a new Archbishop of Canterbury and the ap- , - pointmentear S'tr, Stafford Cripps to the war'- tbinet.''• 'Many long established privileges heretofore regarded as right and just are bound to go in the new order to come, he said, but it Will be an or- der to which every man and everx country can look forward to. Lion H. G. Meir expressed the apprecia- tion of the club; to. the speaker. Lion J. A. Stewart contributed an enjoyable solo, and Lion C. M. Smith -reported on the last Lions -Legion bingo, and told of the • arrangements for the all-star honks r' re on Thursday night. t- • r'9, • Greater Production in ''4••A In Tuckers#TithaYicicil p Suryeys Conducted By Township Federations of Agriculture Show Trends During Present Year. Surveys conducted, by the township units of the Federation of Agriculture have now been completed and the answers classified by the Department of Agriculture at Clinton. The townships weredivided into school sections and each -director of the 'unit 'was respohsrlble for obtaining the data in his sec- tion., The results' are as1 follows:. r McKILLOP ,TOWNSHIP STATISTICS: •(as supplied by the County Clerk) Assessed acreage. 45,292 Total assessment valuation $2,844,481 , Population 1,6.86 RESULTS OF SURVEY ' Number of farmers oo-operating • 301 Average age of farm operators Average size of farm LABOUR • No. of farmers' sons enlisted in Active Force Nd: of farmers? 'sons enlisted in Reserve Force No. of farmers' sons liable to..be called fot military training in No. of farmers hiring help No: of hired men enlisted in 1941 No. of farmers with hired man -at present ' No. of farmers with adequate help fou; 1942 No. of farm women helping with farm., work in 1941' Women helping' pn farms More now than in peace time Farmers •.who could exchange more labour with neighbours. to advent-,,, age in 1942 than in 1941 No. of farmers who have .sufficient help in' prospect to maintain the 1941 production LIVESTOCK • No. of work horses in 1941 1,032 Plans for 1942,... -No. of dairy cows in 1941 ' 1,051 Plans for 1942- , , , No. of brood so.ws ill 1941 680: Plans for 1942.... No. of •bacon hogs marketed... • 8,360 Plans for .1942, , , . No. of milking beef ,cows • 1,475 Plans ,for 1942.. • . No. of steers and heifers mark- eted . in 1941 2,222 Plans for 1942. , . . Na of ewes marketed in 1941.301 Plans for 1942,... No. of laying hens in 1941 32,784 Plans far 1942.,.. No. of baby chicks purchased in 1941 • 48,177 • Plans .for 194-2.... No. of farmers expecting to purchase more feed',in,1942 than in 1941 FIELD OROPS - No. of acres winter wheat grown in 1941 1,349 'Sown for 1942' No. of acres spring grains grown in 1941 11,126 ?lans for 1942 No. of acres hay grown in 1941 7,594 Plans for 1942 pasture grown I No: of in 1941 12;B26: Plans for 1942 No. of acres corn grofn in 1941 391 • Plans for 1942 No, of acres turnips and mangels, grown in 1941 193 Plans' for 1942 N. of acres 'cash -crops groW`n'' 1941431 Plans' for. 1942 No..,:of acres of bush "'- No,4pf farmers having land suitable for reforestation - No. of harmers desiring an application form for free forest trees sent them, through the mail • No. of farmers planning to leave more land down in hay and pas- ture in 1942 No. of farmers planning to leave more land down);:in hay and pas - tune in 1943 No., of formers planni, quired by Great Bu T•, pnag'ec of .comme el FARM MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT No. of tractors -115 (Steel 94, Rubber 21). No. of tractors that did custom work for neighbours in 1941 No. of tractors that will be available in 1942 for custom work Amount of tractor machinery of following items on hand: Plow .95, Cultivator 72, Disc 62, One -Way Disc 20, Row -crop Machinery 3, Combine 2, Grain Separator 31. No. of _fertilizer drills No. of drills -'with fertilizer attaohment Nu, ytf au11 erg- r'kebines '•••' No. of grain grinders" •' f No. .of''cream separators No. of farmers requiring new Machinery in 1942 MISCELLANEOUS No. of farmers with 1tydro at present No. of farmers who wuld install.Hy'dro if available No. of farmers with spfficiebt seed grain. for 1942 No. of radios No. of farmers'talci'ng a daily paper Weekly paper Farm magazine • Number of phones .- Number of 'cars - Number ot. trucks No. of farmers who think that farm prices. -,should be based on cost production, plus a reasonable profit .No. of farrn•ers who , wriuld he willing to keep, a record of the cost producting some farm product in 1942 • T.UCKERSMITK TOWNSHIP STATISTICS: (as supplied by the County Clerk) Assessed acreage Total assessment valuation Population 49 years 125 acres 10 7 1942.,48 1'08 7 21. ..8g, 235 136 New Bus Depot `a --In Seaforth Ftfca,tford4.0cale 'each Bines have completed arrangements for a new bus depot in Seaforth at Crich's Restaurant. Com'mencin'g Thursday, the busses will make but one stop in, town. This will be at Crich's, where tickets and information will be avail- able. a Probable Fla.yoff Dates Are' Set Arrangements were/ completed at s• -c: o'clock Thursday with Secretary Hewitt of the O :11.A for the g-oup playoffs. 'While the dates are cntisfactory to Hewitt,, they have not been ^.cnfirmed by all of the clubs, but ;1. is probable that .the schedule -will go ahead' as shown below: March 2 -Waterloo at Goderich., March 3-Goderich at Waterloo (Stratford) Maroh 5 -Winners at gear yyth, March 6-Seaforth at Wir sirs. • 50 192 1,042 1,131 • 715 8,69:3 1,580 2,437 304 42,990 52,46•[ 127 1,786 12,160 7,381 12,479 397 212 507 1,70'6 73 92 80 78 tg "to -Produce as mluch of, the following products re- Main in 1942 as in 1941: --Bacon 245, Milk 364, Eggs 279 f, lzer. used in •.1941 i. ' 6 it'll:. .. 49 45 AVERT E' x owii Short 35% of Quota- MEET In Second Victory .Loaii, GODERICW SISKINS With But One Weekto Go Opening Game 'Of Finals May Be Played End Of Next Week. DEFEAT - CLINTON Seaforth Beavers Will take a 1 ye in the group's• playoffs, Manager J. E. Willis announced °ktnday, and will meet the winner offthe Waterloo- Goderich series. While O.H.A. Sem/IT-Hewitt bad ordered- the ftrst playoS •game ta"he played Friday night of, this week, dif- ficulties in arrangm f'Cink accommo-,. dation may force a •tponement.un- til Monday'. Should , ?$ is be the case it may be that there•07111 be no win- ner declared before 'ire end of next week .This would i; can that the Beavers would have n opposition un- til the second week 4f March. How- ever, Group Convener Young; is still trying to arrange a schedule whereby the first o1. the finals may be' played the end ,iof next week. • •• ' Seaforth 9, Clinton 6 • Sparked. by •Are'hielubert, the Sea - forth Beavers defeated the Clinton Colts 9-6 here last Thursday night. The veteran Beaver defenceman scor- ed four times and assisted on another tally. •By winning this, one -'the Beav- ers clinched first place in the• Huron - Waterloo Intermediate "B" group. In the'first period the Beavers got off to a flying start, Outscoring -their rivals 5-2. Archie • iubert scored three of his four got in this period, while the other Seaforth. talli•ea • went oto • Farmer MoFaddia - and Alby Mc-.. Falidin. The Clinton' goals w'ero scored by Timmer McEwan and Punch McEWan. Clinton. had a new .$goal • tender eta Clinton had a . nv goal tender - starting the second p$riod, Stevenson taking Neilans' place. Before the Period •was half over, •the Colts lied made it 5-4, Punch ' McEwan and Bony Foster scoring., McGee and 'Thompson came right. back for the Beavers, scoring, front 'scrambles front• of the net. The' game began, to roughen up in this Period, nine pen- alties being 'handed suit. ..., When Stade left the net and went into the corner to Wartake in the 'play, • the Col* yeer : 3i�v'ep; a penalty x Tun ch third �t�d shot in the pQ Mc - Ewan took the shot, but Stade stop- ped his blistering shot to the corner. Each team scored twice in this per- iod, Harry 'McEwan and Foster for Clinton as the Colts kept ganging in-' to Seaforth territory. Farmer Mc- Faddin and Hubert scored for Sea - forth on breakaways.. " Two players orom the Win•gham In- dians. Bony Foster .and Bruce. Small, strengthened •the 'Colts. A total • of 15 penalties wore handed out, eight, to the Colts and 'Seven to the Beav- ers. CLINTON-Goal, Neilans; 'defence, Srlall, Richard -sen; centre, Scarr(Yw•: wings, Draper, Foster; alternates." -1, i�ieE'wan .l MIcFtt;an, F. •ML•Ewan, Bartliff, Rath, Coiguhoun, Stev.ns•ori. SEAPORT r -Goal, Stade; defence,. Hubert, Hildebrand; centre, R. Mc- Fac't'din;•• wings, A. McFaddin, Carr; alternates, Thompson, Kennedy, .Mc- Gee, Roberts, First Period w:- Seaforth, Hubert, 1:40; Seaforth, . Hubert (Kennedy, McGee) 4:50; 'Clinton, 't'r,McEwan (R. VlcEtivan, Rath) 6:00: Seaforth, Hub- ert (R. iMcFaddin) 11:25; Seaforth, 1. VlcFaddin, 15:25: Clinton, R. McFw- an, 15:25; Seaforth, A. McFaddin (R. McFaddin), 19:31i. Penalti'ei Foster, Small. Second Period --Clinton, R. McEw- an (F., M'cEwanl. 1:10; Clinton, Fes- ter (Searrow), 12:15; Seaforth, Mc- Gee (ry?ltontrelon, It, McFaddin), 16:15; Seaforth. Thompson (MeOee), 19:50. Penalties --Roberts. Spiall,' Kennedy, Draper. A. McFaddin, Foster, Hub- ert. •Scarrew, ('olgnhoun. - Third T}a-.'riod--('linton, H, McFwan (R. McEwan, F. \IcEwan) 10:30; Sea - forth, R. McFaddin (Hubert), 14:10; Clinton.- Foster tScarrow), 1,6:45: Seaforth, Hubert (R. McFaddin). 19:40. Penalth's -, Roberts'," COW, houn, A. McFaddin, R. McFaddin. • • McKillop and Tuckersmith Pass Half Way Mark But Many More- Thousands.. Needed To Meet Objec- tives. CANVASS WILL CONTINUE NEXT WEEK ;Seaforth, Victory Loan gales ap- proached tine $100,000 mark• on Wed= nesday night. The quota, however; is $162,000 and since there is only a lit= tle over a week left of the campaign, it will be necessary -for the citizens of the town to buy every bond they can if .the •obj•ective is to be obtain- ed, Seaforth Chairman M. A. Reid points out. Tuckersmith and STc'Killop town- ships neared the 'half -way mark on Wednesday, but in .the case of the townships the canvass has been held up by impassible -roads. Committees are confident that with the full co- operation of the citizens the objec- tives will be reached. • On Thursday Rev. W. A. Beecroft, together with assistant organizer B. Coyne, 'held employee meetings in the Duncan Shoe Factory and in Hesky Flax Products Ltd.. factory. ,Full, co- operation was experienced in both factories and it is e petted there will be no difficulty in i; airing the ob- jective. • At Duncan's, B. O. Muir and Wm. 'Hart were named a canvassing committee, while at the Hesky plant the committee includes Wesley Agar, John Coutts and Harvey Beattie. Egmondville school pupils present- ed a largely attended Victory Loan concert on Friday evening in. the school. Dr. R. P. D. Hurford spoke briefly in connection with the loan. Arrangements have been complet- ed to hold a Victory Loan show in Walton Commnunity Hall on Tuesday evening. A full length motion .pic- ture will be shown. Mean+lnhile the county total on Wednesday night • reached $897,400, which is not....... quite half way to the $1,800,000 objective. • With the special names subscrip- tions included, Huron County is now well over•• the•'miilion-dollar mark, the. exact figure being• -$3,03.7,500:•• • • Clinton and adjoining Hu•llett town- ship were leading the'parade Wednes- day night in the percentage of quota subscribed, each with 68 per cent, The -Village of Brussels is close be- hind' 'With 67per cent, the Town of Godericfi, 64; Goderich Township, 66; HoWick Township, 57; Colborne Township, 53)- Seaforth, 53; Hensall and Hay East, 51. Fifteen bf the 24 municipalities in the county are still below the half -way mark. The Town. of Goderich has subscribed $198,600 of its $310,900 quota, 88. •,. 9 (Seaforth and District Salvage Corps Weekly Bulletin) Weather conditions and other con- siderations have made it necessary to postpone the first salvage collec- tion in Seaforth from the first to 'the. second week 4n March. This collec- `t1on will 'be east of Main Street and will include .all the stores. Two weeks later a collection will. be mndet. '*'the west part of the town. The date for the first e•ollection will be announced in this. paper next week. * •* * Early next week every home lip• Sea - forth will receive a telephone direc- tory, which is presented to you by. the business men of Seaforth. This includes all directions for saving sal- vage materials and also for prepar- ing such materials to facilitate hand- ling on Collection Days. Your ditec- tory will be delivered to your door; watch for it, and hang it up in your kifehen for ready reference. These directories will' also be distributed throughout the surrounding country by the Tiuckersmith, McKillop and litullett units of the Seaforth and Dis- trict Salvage Corps. * * * The saving of rubber is of, vital Importance inasmuch as our shipping lanes from the Far East; from which we secured 95 per cent of our rubber i?+upplieff, have been severed. Among the many items of rubber that you can sat* are: 'Auto tires and tubes, bicycle tires and tubes, hose, rubber boots and shoes, wringer rolls, ribber mate for floors and autos and for.lt[t then Sinks t.and bath tubs,. lt}dliling, !pads for Scrubbing„ beitittg,.g. Wtel2, s'uubber tubing used in labs and shops, rubbers, slickers,, surgiical • and sick- room supplies, ggaloshe's, far ttirgs, etc. .the rubber . yon nave for -Your Salvage-OoMMittee will help Claftadiee 'dear industries, sad '.the grind pdes front its solo Will be glven to the • litedoVroSa ant other 'Glp'V'f, l haritiek 79 276 64 88 237 240 181 269 200 280 2511 15 of 275 Pt 12: RESULTS OF SURVEY Number* ,of farmers co-operating Avei'pge age of farm operators ' Average size of farm LABOUR No. of farmers' sons enlisted- in Active Force No. of farmers' sons enlisted in Reserve Force No. of farmers' sons liable to •be called for.military training in 1942. , , . No. of farmers hiring help No. of hired men enlisted in 19.11 No. of farmers with a hired man at present No. of farmers with adequate help for 1942 No, of farm women 'helping with farm work In 1941. Women helping on farms more noW than in peace time Farmers who could exchangt: more labour With "neighbours 'to advant- age in 1942 than ,in 1941 No. of farmers who have sufficient help in prospect • . 1941 productoin LIVESTOCK No. of work •horses in 1941 1,020 Plans for 1942.... No. Of dairy. lbws in 1941 ' 1,145 Plans for 19(2,... No. of brood sows in 1941 535 Plans for 19.12.. , . Na. of bacon hogs marketed 6,604 Plans for 1942.... No. -of milking beef cows 1,160 Plans for 1942.... No. of steers and heifers mark- eted in 1941 1,•948 Plans rot .1912.... No. of ewes' marketed in 1941 ... 386 Plans for, 19.12.... No. of ,laying hens in 1942" - 30,418 Plans for 1942..., No. of baby chicks purchased in 1941 1 48,000 Plans for 1942.... No. of farmers expecting to purchase more feed in 1942 than in 1941 FIELD CROPS No. pf acres winter wheat grown in 1941 1,536 Sown for 1942 No. of acres spring grains grown in 1941 9,525 Plans for 1942 No. of acres•hay grown. in 1941 6,042 Plans for 1942 No. of acres pasture •grown in 1941 - • • • 9,87 87 6 Plans for 1942 s for 1942 No. 91 acres corn grown in 1941 No. 'of acres turnips and mangels grown• in 1$41 255 Plans for 1942 No. of acres cash crops grown in 19412,930 Plans for 1942 No. of" acres of, bush ' • •' No. of farmers having land suitabl for 'reforestation No.f farmers des' ins an applieaon form for free forest trees, 41,197 2 694,859 1,625 292 47 years 126 acres 21 1:4 45 111 8 40 69 293 , 150 81 to maintain the. • 1.15 1,006 1,169 581 '7,032 '1,171 1,848 417 34,825 54,600 102 2,279 9,576 -5.910 9,773 445 • • • -• • • _Sellirig Well Seaforth Firemen are meeting witte fair success in their cam- pai Pi eto 'raise funds for the Bri- tish 'Fire Fighters'., Fund. Tickets are still available, however, on the War Savings Certificates draw and may be obtained from Sea forth stores or from any Fire- man. It is expected that the draw will- be held next week. • • • • • • 261 2,613 2,467 71 o sent them thr It the inail ' i 97 • No. of farmers pi iiling to leave more land'dot n in hay and pas- 111 ture in. 1942 No. of farmers 'planning to leave more land down in hay and pas- 97 ture in, 1943 ..% ' No. Of farmers planning to produce as much of the following products requtr- ea by Great Britain in 1942 as in 1941: Bacdn 231, , M.ilk 208, Eggs 238. Tonnage of commercial fesjttitzer used .in 1941-464. Mufti rate .per acre --'-,12 lbs. " MOM MACHINERY -AND EQUIPMENT . . No. of trhOtorg-114 (tee 46) • ( (emi',11.01grated a Page 19. • Plea4s s Guilty To Cheque Charges • • Stanley F.Q.,A. Plans Meeting g 'Ing on Tuesday.. • Friends of Mr. John 'Carter.'r. Sr.. • ° will be sorry to learn he is eri*iCa.ily Directors of the Stanley unit of the ill. Federation of Ariculture -meting, at The Farm Forum *net at the home the home•or Mr. R. M. Peck complet-.• of Mr. and Mrs. Itofia. McGregor out Tuesday with a good.attendanre. The subject for discussion. ."Wily the Soil Last?" w'a's tken with Waller Scott as convener. 'i'lie forum will .,meet at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Ephriam Clarke next Tuesday even- ing with Mr. Ross McGregor as .con- PLOW OPERATOR BADLY INJURE' Alex Boyes •Suffers_ Nine '" ' . Fract, res As Leg is Crushed. ' GASOLIN BOOKS ON: IN SEA Alex Boyes, well-known Mill Road farmer, + who has the snow plowing contract in Seaforth, suffered serious injuries on Sunday morning, when his foot was crushed between his tractor and a tree. Subsequent x-rays show- ed nine separate fractures in- his foot and ankle. Boyes was plowing the road in front of the residence of Dr, Paul' Brady when in some manner' his foot slipped on the clutch and the heavy tractor plow lurched- back to crush his foot against a tree. Alone at the time he crawled to Dr. Brady's home and from there was rushed next door to Scott Memorial Hospital, where his injuries were attended. He will be confined to the hos- pital for some weeks, it is expected. Only -One Book Is Sold Local Issuer .On Wednesday. IN Constance CompletesQuilts EFFECT ,.. APRIL .140-.. Although 'gasoline ration 'books be- ` came available on Wednesday, there was no meth on the part. of Seaforth' and distrigt motorists to obtain them. In fact, according to W, A. Wright, local issuer, only one book:Iliad ,been sold up 'to Thursday afternoon. • The new restrictions go into effect in Ontario on April lst. and motorists . who have not secured their ration books by that time will be obliged to do without gasoline until -they do. These books have coupons for four periods during the year starting April - ' • 1, 1942, and ending March 31, 1943, and cost 31.00,. The first 16 coupons• entitle the hold'e9 to five gallons of gasoline each, or 80 gallons in, all, for the period from April • 1, 1942, to June 20, 1942. The next 20 coupons are good for five gallons each, or 100 gallons all told, for a period from July 1. 1942, to Sept. 30, 1942. The • next 16 coupons' ire good for five gal- lons each, or a total of 80. gallons, and •• these may be used between October 1, 1942, and December • 31, 1942. The fourth' set of coupons total 40 gallons or eight coupons good for five gal- lons each, and these run from Janu- ary 1, 1943, to March, 31, 1943. Total,- led otal,led up it means motorists in Category • "A," which includes operators of pure- ly private passenger cars, can secure 300 gallons of gasoline on their ration coupons for the year running from • April 1, 19.42, to March- 31, 1942, and no more. • - Motor vehicle" operators, who use their cars for business, and truckers, are ,placed in another category, and before they cansecure more than 300 .gallons of gasoline for the year they must be vouched for by a re- sponsible person. , The ration books cost $1.00, and, before they are secured from the lo- cal issuer, W. A. Wright, motorists must apply ;to their nearest post of- fice for an- application form, which they will fill out and 'then present i�t< to the issuer;-vc1 nTthe r`ratlon boo's will be supplied. - The Constance United •Chtu'cit field. the •World's Day of Prayer on F'r'iday last. Mrs. Lindsay was in the chair. The meeting opened with prayer, fol- lowed with prayer by Mrs. P. Lind- say. "What 'a Friend• We Have in Jesus" was sung and Mrs. W. Brit- ton gave -,a reacitiig; "What Have I Learned By Praying." The tbpie: on "Prayer" was giveu by Mrs.' Lindsay, after., which. ?t number of ;=entrrnc•e prayers were offered by Vire, Snell and Miss Edith Britton, All relented the Lord's Prayer and the meeti,}te closed with' the benediction. Mrs. Chas. Hoggarth •hail TWO qu-ilts finis -bed at her home' by. Group 1, of the W.A, on 'Wednesday. Group 2'of the \V,A. met• i:: the s • room (ifthe c:t:t:c•h fn: tult- .chool ro q ei1 pians for a' public meeting to be held in the Township Hall, Varna, on Wednesdn.y evening of ' next week. The speakers will include A. W. Mor- gan. president, and W. L. Whyte, vice-president of the Huron Federa- at.on. The meeting authorized the treas- urer to forward the county dues on members' fees received. The next meeting of the board;' will be held at the home of George Reid on March 17. James Freeborn. Londo.'' pleaded guilty to three„charges of false pre- tences atpolice court, Goderich, on Thursday. Cheques given in return for -cash and goods,' obtained under an asstimed name, were found to be worthless when presented for pay- ment. The endorsation'on the cheques was "J. B, Hammond," and they were given to Foster Bennett, Seaforth; • • RED CROSS NOTES At the request of the Ontario •Digi- s:on of the Canadian Red Cross.. the University of \i'esta'rn Ontario Nurs- ._ . Ing Division, is sponsoring a refresher Doury' for rained nues .s entitled.. "Emergencies in War." from March 4 to 7. \lies •'Mai•earet Wilson, Super• •int,•ndent ot Scott Memorial Hospi- tal, h. 'the delegate to attend trent, bele, and. if is expected that l;,llow-up .tock will be done ,here. ver:er. - Mrs. Chas. Hoggarth held a quilt ing Wednesday -when three Red Cross quilts were finished' far Mrs. -Austin Dexter's group. Huron President At Tuckersrrtith The Tuckersmith Federation of Agriculttn't' held iti first monthly meeting in the Public Library last Wednesday evening with a good crowd in attendance. . Mr. Archie Morgan. President of the Murori County Federation, , and guest speaker for the evening, gave to very interesting and `instructive talk on the Federation.In his speech be• stressed the rued for more members. saying.. that if many of the farmers realized how much the federatioh was doing for them thny would be glad to become members. For lnstancet the hog bonus, ftkr' w'hich the federation' is largely responsible, has netted an average of ten• dollars to every farm:, Pr in Huron County. Entertainment was provided by Mrs. Wilfred Coleman. who presente,i an amusing monologue; Mrs, Hugh Chesney, who sang a solo, and Mr, Ivan Forsythia, playing the violin. The executive of the egeeration then 'held a short meeting at which It was decided that the Rural. Co-oper- ator should be ,'sent to every member of the Tuckerstnith „Federat•ibn. The next meeting is to be held In Kippen Hail on ':March 18, with Ross Forrest, Glen McLean and Bob Mc- Gregor responsible for the program. ROSEDAL Is the brand of Alberta Coal Recognized as .,,,the Best N. CLUFF SONS y Ott -John S. Cummings, Walton. and, the Wi .hyte Packing Company, Stratford, all for'small- sums of .money. - Since his appearance, an addi- tional charge has -been laid against Freeborn, the result of a small cheque given a Seaforth Merchant. Brothers in R.C.A.B. Meet In Boat Bound For Britain: • Word was recuts*] this week by Mr. NV. C (.nvonloek, F,amondville, of the safe „arrivni in England of •bis nephews. Sgt. Pilot J. H. Charles - wort h htt:rles- worth r ri.rh! titid 5E1, Witless Air 11', .\. ('hanleswori•h. They 81 •son; of %i•r, and 54 re, W. •G. ('luarl,•s"m•:h, of Toronto, hut former well loin` n Erni 00 dvil}r' residents. V eoiretlirnre was that although r 1,81- the Other was sailing, they the nut th' sante briar. The boat ° nn ithtri' 1hny "ailed uta. Saved from torpedo by the valiant action of a dvsrt•nya•r going between the transport ti,e tnrt'edn an.1 thus sacrificing it,•eii. tie. boy, said in a letter to ;liter mot b01. Toed' mo; Ker before her marriage was Vieimia Stewart, dainghter of the late -James Stewart, of Figmondvi1ie. -°hey are nephews of the late• ' Gotenlork, harry Stewart, . VL•a. C. Th•nnbal.iL of 17gmondvilie, and ',Milton Stewart, of, McKillop, Insurance Office At New Address The i- nem ploy men Insurance Com- mission's Employment and Claims (Mee Is now kicated at 19 Market -"- Place. Stratford, according to the manager, R. N. Watt. . This office serines the arete, cern irta Mg the C,otlnties .of Perth d `»tiiColl and the Village of Ta'v4sbok.1• etnploytnent timiltilig.0 134 i ' J ` tlistraitpq i by atatisii p> at •e)upld y It It claim