The Huron Expositor, 1943-02-05, Page 2.
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SEAFORTH, Friday, February 5th
Work For The Legislature
Since official notice has been given
that the Ontario Legislature will
convene at Toronto this month, there
has been general discussion, as well
as some pointed discussion too, as to
what the Legislature would do this
year when it does meet.
Will the Government programme
provide enough legislation to keep
the members in session for thirty
days in .order' to draw their full ses-
sional indemnity, or will it provide
another farce as last year when the
members drew two thousand dollars
each for a session that lasted only
twenty-one days?'
For several sessions there has been
a political truce between the Opposi-
tion and the Government. This
mutual admiration society was sup-
posedly formed to allow a more suc-
cessful and united prosecution of the
war, . but it has never been a secret
that the real reason was to provide
a united -persecution of Mackenzie
King, regardless . of what ,effect it
would have on the successful prose-
cution.of the war or the unity of the
country.
Signs are not wanting, however,
that the truce will not be in force
during the coming session. At the
Winnipeg convention in December
last, Col. Drew, Leader of the Con-
servative Opposition in the Legisla-
ture, served notice that' his. party
would' not extend to the Conant gov-
ernnnent the support and tolerance it
had shown to Mr. Hepburn, which
would meanan immediate end to the
political truce. He thought this ac-
tion would be • in the best interests of
the country.. And there is an over-
whelming majority in the Province
that is decidedly.. of the same opinion.
We do, not know whether Mr. Con-
ant is of the same opinion as Mr.
Hepburn that the Dominion Govern-
ment has reduced the Legislature to
"the status of a glorified County
° Council or riot, but we do know that
the people of Ontario are very decid-
edly of the opinion that the Govern-
ment and the members of the Legis-
lature would have a good deal. more
than thirty days work ahead of them
if they would deal faithfully with un-
''finished busines's that has been clam-
ouring for attention for some years.
They might, for instance, inquire
into a yearly expenditure of one hun-
dred and twenty million dollars by
the Province, and where that money'
goes. If done thoroughly, the inquiry
would undoubtedly bring 'to light
tremendous possibilities forjj econ-
omy.
There is, too, the question of capi-
tal expenditures by the Government.
At the beginning of the war, Mr.
Hepburn, then Premier, pronounced
quite loudly, that there would be no
more such expenditures during the
war. Perhaps Mr. Hepburn forgot
that pronouncement. At any rate,
the records show that'the capital ex-
penditures which were sixteen. 'mil-
lion dollars in 1941, were increased to
twenty-one million dollars in 1942.
Again the Provincial debt might
be given some consideration by the
Goiernlnent and the members. In
1934 when Mr...klepburn assumed
the reins of government, the net
direct debt of Ontario was three
hundred and fifty-eight and a half
million dollars. In the intervening
years '.it has climbed steadily, even
rapidly, until 1942, when it reached
';eve hundred and seven " million, one
h1nidred thousand dollars.
All these: things and - ipany others
int to theundisputed :fact that in
ceflt years the Government and
pl 0,.''len: too, wbilet:they have
ice ;in ,r sd attar soil to the
e.
rly failed
business
the
•
debt, and the lowering of taxation.
Consideration along these lines
would provide ample work for the
Legislature ' until Easter andfar be-
yond, if thoroughly undertaken.
But there is, as yet, no hint from
Queen's Park that more than ten
days or so will be spent in considera-
tion of labor legilation and water
powers with Quebec, before there is
an adjournment until March, when
the balance of the business will be
completed by Baster.
If the truce with the Opposition is
terminated at this session, there is
every possibility of a Provincial elect- -.
tion this year, and in that event there
is going to be a very rude awakening
awaiting a very surprising number
of present- M.L.A.'s because this
year's indemnity cheque is going to
be their last one.
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This Weather !
People in town and country alike
are talking about the weather. But
as Mark Twain said,' no one is doing
anything about it. We can't. We
can't help talking about it either.
After the storm of last week We
were just getting dug out again.
Highways and some county roads
were open again for cars and trucks
and most of the concession roads
were opened for sleighs and cutters.
Then on Sunday/ night, out.. of the
blue came a heavy fall of snow and
a wind blowing a gale. By Monday
highways were filling up again, and
at date of writing, the storm looks
good for another day or two.
All of which means that we will
have to be dug out again, and every
digging is twice as hard as the one
before. In fact, if this weather con-
tinues, there are a good many roads
that will not see traffic again until
spring. And even the railroads may
fail us.
It's a nice winter, isn't it?
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Storing Eggs'
It has just been announced by the
United States Department of Agri-
culture that tests recently conducted
show that eggs dipped in mineral oil
will maintain their freshness to an
unusual degree during . storage. It
was found that oiled eggs retained
more than half their original quality
after eight months of storage, while
unoiled eggs in the same period drop-
ped to less than a third of their orig-
inal quality.
It was further found that oiled
eggs which were_firstexposed to a
partial • vacuum and then to carbon
dioxide gas, retained seven -eighths -
of their original grade at the end of
the storage test. ,
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Some Audience
The twenty Associated Press cor-
respondents who attended the- con-
ference between President Roosevelt
and Prime Minister Churchill at Cas-
ablance last ,month, sent dispatches
totalling seventy thousand words,
which 'took, thirty hours to transmit
to London and New York from Gib-
raltar.
Later the Columbia Broadcasting
System released the information
that the despatches which went over
the air as news broadcasts had a lis-
tening audience of 56,560,000 adults
—exceeded by only two' other broad-
casts in the history of. radio.
' Some audience! Wonder what it
would sound like if they all started
to applaud at once?
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Advertising
(The Printed Word)
Most difficult advertising to prepare is that
which does not offer goods for sale if the adver-
tiser in normal times is in the business of selling
goods. Right now, if he has the goods, he would
like to dole them out in order that he may retain
a semblance of distribution to civilians until hap-
pier days come again. Or if, because of war re-
strfetions; he has no goods to offer to the public,
the addertiser must wrack his brain to find some-
thing worth the saying in paid space.
Yet if advertising is not continued in some
form; or another, the advertiser might find him=
self at the conclusion of the war without a name
on which to trade. He does not wish to be among
the business ruins, the subject of comment from
the barker on a rubberneck wagon, explaining
that the hole in the ground,4s where once stood
;a faniotis house, remembered now only by a pre-
war generation which in vast numbers patronized
a once famous' instit'ntio 1.
Advertising intangibles is always the naost
difficult: We have faced this problem from the
beginning of our establishment. We perform Por
vl i. the ub t c rale/LIMA field
"arty clients. a ser ce n e li
Whir/ we. think is v'aljiab1e. The work lei etimu•
Wing add interesting ft keeps us pretty they;
alit Vint We wotilit like td hear frots peons Who
think *hey Wight Wore Mie fol' ohr erviLe .
Inteire Ufl Mprig. Picked From
Tho HAMof Fiftyand
i'M41n, Years Aga.
From Theuron Expositor
•
' FebrU'"y 8, 1918
Mr. Ed. Drake, `Qf Alberta, who has
been visiting f*tnda around Kippen,
returned to the , ' `eat this week, tak-
ing with him. a carload of horses and
settlers' effects. •
By order of thq Fuel Controller, all
'stores; and other' business places in
Seaforth will be closed on` Saturday
and Monday next, and intending pur-
chasers will have to guide themselves
accordingly. •
Miss Ethel Williams has accepted a
position in an office in Toronto.
P. McEwan & Son, 2nd concession
of Turnberry, last week delivered to
Mr. A. Wright, drover of Wroxeter,
45 hogs which averaged 250 pounds,
and the price was $17.60 per cwt., re-
alizing the sum of $1,976.
Mr. Peter G. McKay, Tuckersmith,
has been laid up for the past two
months with rheumatism.
Mr. R. Kruse, Tuckersmith, has had
several teams drawing wood from the
swamp on the south half of lot 5 on
the 8th concession.
Mr. Benjamin Riley, Constance, had
a successful wood bee on Friday last.
About 100 people attended the box
social in the interests of the Red
Coss Society; which was held at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. W. Kinsman,
Chiselhurst, on Monday evening. Henry
Horton acted as 'chairman. The• pro-
ceeds amounted to nearly $100, and
Miss Vera Bell won the prize for hav-
ing the (box that brought in the larg-
est amount..
Pte. Wm. Wright, of Brucefield, who
is in London in training, visited at his
home this week. '
Mr. Geo. Hill, who lately sold his,
farm in Tuckersmith, has, bought the
house of Mr. Leonard McConnell in
Brucefield. -
The play, "Within the Law," put on
in Cardno's Hail on Tuesday evening
by Mrs. R. •Murless-Jones, in aid of
the Red Cross Society, was well pro-
duced. In the role of Mary Turner,
Mrs. Jones found great scope for her
dramatic talent. Miss Isabelle Gauld
gave a very Clever depiction of Aggie
Lynch and George Israel, as Joe Car-
son, showed himself capable of some
quiet clever acting.
The past week has • been the cold-
est •ever experienced by the people of
this vicinity; even the oldtimers can-
not point back to anything nearly as
severe.
Hackwell Bros., Leadbury, have sold
their farm, which was formerly own-
ed by James Petrie, to Mr. Jno. Clark.
Mr. d. Brock, A rrch 'has purchased
the meat business and 'good will of
Mr, D. B. 'MeDopell,, of 'Hensel', and
took possession last week. ,
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A woman has a lot to contemml with.
around a house. That's especially
true in the case of the average farm
house where she hasn't Pot the eon:
veniences of the average city home.
The cistern pump .freezes up. The
man of the. house forgets to split en-
ough wood out in the back woodshed
and the woman -finds 'herself confront-
ed with a meal problem.
About. the biggest problem she can
have, however, is when the man of
the house gets sick. Mrs. .Phil is
looking over my shoulder as I write
this so I simply can't tell anything
else but the truth. I sprained nity
back last week when we were out in
the bush looking over the trees and
planning what we would 'cut down for
fuel. There was a lot of snow and I
slipped on some ice and fell on a log
that svaa, partly covered by loose snow.
My feet went from under me when I
was getting up and by choretime I
could hardly stand up straight with-
out "crieeking" my back , something
terrible.
Next morning I could Scarcely move
arohnd, at all. Higgins, my neighbor,
said that he would look after the
chores. All day long I sat pinned to
,the one rocking chair. Patricia Ann
brought all her • story hooks so as to
not miss an opportunity. I had •the
Three Little Pigs and the Goldilocks
story and all the other tales going
around in my head so ,b°adly by night.
that I could scarcely think .straight
at all. It was quite an experience,
but the little girl took a terrible de-
light in it. This was the best oppor-
tunity she had ever had.
By next morning myback had eas-
ed up somewhat. It wasn't nearly as
acute but I still couldn't navigate
out to the barn•for the chores. There
was sun that day, so that every time
I sat by the window the thought of
tbe first sunny dayin months and the
amount of work to' be done nearly
drove me frantic. The idea of heaving
From The Huron Expositor
February 10, 1893
The annual meeting of the teachers
' First Presbyterian Sunday' school
was held at "Ingleside," the handsome
residence •of Mr. D. D. Wilson,' the
superintendent, on Friday evening
last. The election -Of officers resulted
as follows: Superintendent, L. D.
Wilson; assistant, R. Lumsden; Secre-
tary, Julius Duncan; assist: secretary,
Mrs. Kirkman; treasurer, Miss M. E.
McLean; ' assist. treas., Miss Grace
Elder.
We notice that George Baldwin, of
Seaforth, champion skater, has ar-
ranged for .a five -mile race with Dev-
ine, of St. Thomas. The race is to,
take place in that city and will be for
$50 a side.,
Mr. Angus Gordon, 4th concession,
Tuckersmith, has rented his farm to
Mr. Henry Carter, and he and his son
intend spending . the summer with
friends in Manitoba. "
On Sunday morning fire broke out
about 9.30 in the house owned by Rev,
Mr. Ryan, Florence St., Bayfield. A
good deal of the contents were lost
and the house was totally destroyed.
Mr. H. Happell, Zurich,' last Satur-
day shipped to' Buffalo a big lot of
lambs and sheep, all of which were
sold by the pound.
The many friends of Mr, John Oli-
ver, Hensall, who has been assisting
Dr. McDiarmid'-'in his drug store, will
be glade to know he is recovering from
his recent illness. •
Mr. Wm. Peck, Bayfield, has been
engaged to teach school in South Da-
kota and has left to take the position.
Mr. Wma. McAllister, Hillsgreen, had
two stone bees on.Thursday acid Fri-
day of last week.
secMy. John H. Smith, Hillsgreen, has
ured employment in Mr. Robert
Bell's sawmill, Hensel]:
Mr. George Gillespie, of Douglas,
Man., spent. the past week with rel-
atives in Cromarty.
Mr. Hislop, the popular merchant of
Crdmarty, has 'lately added a young
lady to his staff of clerks.
Owing to the very severe weather,
many concerts and meetings have
Been cancelled.
At tbe last meeting of 1Iay council
the salaries for the municipal officers
were fixed as follows: Clerk $100,
Treasurer $80, assessor $55, auditors
$6 each, caretaker $20. The following
officers were elected: S. J. Little,
clerk; F. Hess; tf'8asiirer; W. Smith,
collector; Jas. Bonthron, assessor;
Jonathan Merner and John T. Wren,
auditors ; 1)r. Buchanan, medical
health' officer; Henry Gteb and John
Scott, sanitary inspectors. 1'
On h'riiay last Brussels ,ati.d Wing-
barn
ing
barii clubs 'played their curling gathee
at Brussels for the 1 ntntio 'Bankard,
aIid Bi la teani wod to I hots,
a sleep didn't work very well because
Patricia Ann simply climbed up on my
stomach and grasping both of my
ears had a very nice "mock horseback
ride." It's uncomfortable trying to
sleep in that way,
r> d s, l "loll was . 4>x yw bal il2g so I vol.
ynteered to do the breakfast dish®st
She didn't look eiaCtly3 Pleased, :as s
Plafnned on Washing he bake fshe
along with the breakfast ones. I dis-
covers that latter: In trying, tQ get
the water for the dished I spilled part
of a tea -kettle full on the kitchen
floor which had been scrubbed on the
day before. The water turned very
greasy after a little while so I had
to get more and then Patricia Ann
ducked the clean dish -towel .into the
water and we had to get a new one.
I broke a cup and Patricia Ann finish-
ed the matching saucer and we were
chased out of there.
I tried sweeping and got along fam-
ously. There didn't" seem to be any
point in gathering up the dust when
it could be neatly swept down through
a 'crack in the.floor into the ee]'lar. I
did that until "tVIrs. Phil caught:nal at
it and she chased both Patricia Ann
and myself upstairs. We made the
beds.
It seems there is a certain knack
in making ibeda. I never knew about
it before. We' got' the sheets mixed
up with the blankets and' landed up
with a gaudy blanket on top. Then
I tried dusting out the front parlor
and upset the vase her Mother gave
us one Christmas. Because I never
liked that vase, there were grave
doubts about it being an •accident.
Finally I bundled up and decided .to
go . down to the barn. On the way,
down I slipped.on -the ice and: the doc-
tor tells me .that I'll have to stay• in-
side Tor a week. Mrs. Phil doesn't
relish the idea and Patricia Ann
thinks that it's• wonderful. Now •I'll
be able to read stories every day.
Doctor Enlists
Dr. John Wallace has enlisted .15
the R.C.A.P. sand will be leaving 1n .
approximately two weeks. He will
discontinue his practice here for they
•duration, but anticipates lemming
ater.—Godet'ich Signal -Star.
Leone Chub Dance
Monday night's Aid-to-i;luasla dance
at the Collegiate 'Institute, sponsored
by the Lions CIO, proved to be one
of the social highlights of the season,.
close to 150 couples attending. There'
were ,many airmen present from Port
Albert and Sky Harbor and the pretty
gowns of the ladies, blendei wth the
military uniforms and form 1 attire sof
the men,presented a gay scene. The
R.A.F. orchestra, under the direction
of LAC. Berg, provided excellent
dance- music.—Goderieh Signal -Star.
:JUST A SMILE OR TWO:
Old Lady: "The minister doesn't
bring his little girl '10 church now."
Verger: "No; the one Sunday her
mother brought her, she said right
out loud, 'Why, mamma, you never let
pop do all the talking at home!"
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Visitor: "Well, Johnny, how are
you getting on at school?"
Johnny. (aged 7) : "Fine; I ain't
doing as well as some of the other
boys, though, Lean stand -on my head
but Lhave to` put_ my feet against the
wall."
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"Pardon me, but I noticed at dinner
that your : husband smacks his lips
quite loud y when he eats. Believe
me, that's 'One thing my husband nev-
er does."
"No,;,i suepose not. There is a dif-
ference in cooking, you know."
"Sambo," said the employer to his
Negro servant, "you are an hour late
this morning."
"Yes, sah, I know it, sah. I was
kicked by a mule on.. my way, sah;"
replied Sambo.
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A friend once reprimanded Wi11
Rogers for his use of "ain't."
To the well intentioned rebuke Will
replied: "Maybe ain't ain't so cor-
rect, but I notibe' lots°• of:• folks who.
ain't using ain't, ain't eaten:;"
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Scene: Concert hall, 'audience wait-
ing i'or,concert to begin.
A man, eii g a little boy in front
of him, looking at his watch; bent for
ward and asked,:
"Does it tell the. time?"
"No," answered the boy. "You look
at it."
Great Britain and the United
• RADIO ADDRESS OVER WBEN, BUFFALO 0
• December 9, 16, 23, 30, 1942, and January 6, 1943 ' .
By WILFRED BRENTON KERR
• " Associate Professor of History, University of Buffalo,'N.1(. •
(Continued from last week)
Part III
THE OLD SCHOOL TIE
• This evening we turn our attention
to problems of class relations in Eng-
land, to• the alleged governing class;,
its supposed, snobbery and favoritism
summed up in the worlds "old school
tie," and finally ItIo the sums. The no-
tion still persits in some quarters
that England is governed by a leisur-
ed class of titled aristocrats."This had
sone truth in the 18th and 19th cen-
turies, but very little since the Vic-
torian age. The most influential peo-
ple in England, now are the middle
classes, the professional and business
men whose boys go to the school"s and -
universities and thence into politics,
the professions, the civil service and
the . army. The I Baldwins, Beaver -
brooks, Chamberlains for Instance,
are business families and Cripps is a
barrister while 'leisure and a title
are to Ibe found in only a few high
places now, and are less and less of
a qualification. Next to the business,
and professional groups come the
trade unionihts who are powerful in
the local c uncits and the cabinet;
and while tie middle classes .have
most of the positions of influence,
they share the direction of political
affairs• with trade unionists, a state of
affairs not much different .from that
in the United States, and these are
the governing Classes of today, rather
than men -of title and land.
Now we turn to the question 'of
snobbery and cite+ for our authority
Theodore Dresser, who recently call-
ed the upper class in Engla aristo-
cratic :horse -riding snobs. As for the
horseriding, Dreiser is the first to
make this a crime and I fear that
many Americans are guilty of it too,
and wish that t h s type of orinie were
more
em' •.Others.moist-
• For,the supposed snobbery yre Maj'
refer to the hi'l't, "Mrs. Miniver,''
where Lady .Selden ,says booty 't14 gs
to i'ilre. Miniver eborrt her dealt ieai-
tions as a grand -daughter ii-iew. Ala,
is quite a common American idea of
English snobbery and we hasten to
assure you that 'it is a pure work of
fiction. The Lady of Beldens of Eng-
land are much too polite to say such
things and would in Pant regard young
Minid'er .with high favor as a possible
in-law by reason of his status as a
student at Oxford. The educated peo-
Ple of'England are in fact trained in
politeness and have no feelings of
superiority to Americans as such bu
take them readily for •what they are
Worth; like " Lady Astor, Kermi
Roosevelt, Winston Churchill's mother
and Gordon Selfridge, the department
store magnate.
We mays say freely, ,however, tha
the• practices "of calking everyone by
the first name and of speaking to any
one at 'sight are much less common
in England than in the United States
This is due partly to a respect for the
privacy of others, partly to a shyness
and reserve felt by `most Englishmen,
and partly to a lack of imagination.
The last 'quality has:ibeen a blessing
to the people 'in the bombings; for
they never see a danger until ft 'hits
them and then it is too late to worry
about it. The shortage of Imagination
likewise makes the Englishman the
ideal person for a forlorn hope and
an enterprise against great odds and
it is a great help to the R.A.F. But
It is no social asset and sometimes it
leads to a rigid adherence to unneC-
essary rules; 1, once endeavored in
vain to. persuade a shopkeeper. in Ox-
ford to sell me three feet of string.
from a ball on the counter, since he
kept the string for wrapping and not
for sale° Prominent persons are hard
to approach and ybu may need a three
months al/pointm,eiit to see a famous
lawyer. This lack of imagination and
not snobbery is responsible 'for most
of the few, dtfficultiee of visitors in
the British Isles,
Thei e
d fft ul
ties, We repeat,'Are un -
Coltman and I hove alW'ays forted the
•emplloyees oft Cdoks'Atott,t1st Agency
an obliging sot of peeiile, • `t'ra'1n_lug
ylke there wa,ild .a41i4b
the
Oitintinu 4 cin 1?age:: y -
Former Resident Dies
George Anderson last week receiv-
ed word of the death of his brother,
Frank C. Anderson, who died is
Chicago on Sunday, Jan. 17, and was
buried in that city on Wednesday. He
was in his 74th year. He suffered
from a stroke on the Saturday pre-
vious to his death; The deceased
spent his early days in Exeter and in
the eighties was.' a member of the Ex-
eter baseball team. In 1892 he left
Exeter for Tillsonburg and then mor-
ed to Chicago. He is survived by hie-
widows—Exeter
is.widow:Exeter Times -Advocate.
Transferred To Sandwich
Mr. Ben Dawson, who for the past
eleven and a half years has been con-
nected with the Exeter rural hydro
office, has received word that he is
being transferred to the . Sandwich:
office, where he .will be chief male
clerk. The transfer takes place the
middle of this month.—Exeter Times -
Advocate.
Receives Commission
It was announced Saturday from:
R.C.A.F. headquarters in Ottawa, -that
A. C. McKay, of Brussels, received a
commission. Alan. Charles McKay,
who isalied "A,C." by his family
and friends, is ,:the son of Mr. and ,
Mrs. Hugh McKay of the 16th con-
cession of Grey Township. He was
going to school in Hamilton when he ,
enlisted in February of last year: He
spent -Christmas at his home and his
parents received, a cablegram -on Mon-
day -of this week announcing his safe
arrival in England.—Brussels Post.
Appointed As Assistant Instructor
Nye are pleased to learn, of the sue-
ccs s'bfh• W;; A.sBiack, Who • Is . attend-
ing university in Syracuse,-N.Y., tak-
ing a post -graduate course for his
M.A. Recently he has received the '
appointment of assistant instructor in
geography in the university which en-
titles him to free tuition arid a neat
salary. In his recent examinations -
he secured ' three first-class honors
and two second-class honors. Bill is
a former student of Brussels high •
school, who is making good. Congrat-
ulations and further success in, your
undertakirigl—Brussels Post.
• Commercial Hotel Sold
- Mr. William Jonston informs us....
that he has sold- the Commercial Ho- _
lel to Mr. A. J. Glass, of Sarnia. Mr.
,Glass will take possession on Mon-
day, Feb. 8. The new proprietor is
a married men with twat, children,
both boys.—Clinton News -Record.
Horne On Leave
Flying Officer Layton Bray, on ac-
tive service iri Alaska during the past
year, spent a day with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. V. M. Bray, last week..
Unfortunately the • storm delayed him;
while enronte, so that he arrived here
on Friday night, and had to leave
again Saturday. His old friends were
very pleased to see him looking so
well.—Clinton News -Record.
To Train As Nurses
On Monday morning Misses Marg-
aret Connell and Louise Lloyd left for
Toronto,' Where they will enter St..
'Michael's' Hospital as nurses -in -train-
ing .On Tuesday Miss Nbra Van -
Camp, formerly of the Dominion Store
staff, • entered Victoria Hospital, Lon-
don, where she will take a similar'
course: Wingh•am Advahce-Times.
• Cromarty Church Calls Minister
The congregation of the Cromarty
iPresbyterl'an Church with Rev. J. K.
West, of Monkton, as Moderator, met'
together after the service on Sunday
and agreed to extend a call to Rev.
McWilliams, of Listowel. Thede was '
no service on Sunday owing to the
impassable condition of the roads, ev-
en for horses to get throtigh•=Mit-'
cheil Advocate,
Fire At Produce Market
Fire that for •a" time threatened to
develop into a serious conflagration,
caused several thousand dollars'' dam•
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age at Ryan's, 'Produce Market Friday
morning. The rear end of; the build-
ing was completely gutted, the roof
caved in and adpoining business plac-
es and their apartments above suffer-
ed from smoke damage. The Are
started When a coal oil stove explod-
ed shontly before 9.30. The flames
-Spread, pea d 10 bal•
es,
of feathers.;
Flames
Soon abet into the air and; clouds of
'black smoke ;tiled the- air. Pitmen;
responded Smartlyand had ad things un-
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