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unicapal Garbage Collections
' The disposal of refuse and garbage
that accumulates in every household
in every town is a matter that has
been causing, serious discussion and
consideration at many council boards
in towns of Western Ontario in re-
cent weeks. And rightly so.
The clays when the common custom
was to throw the tin cans behind the
barn and dispose of the other garb-
age by dumping it on the garden or
over the fence on to a vacant lot,
have passed away with the barns and
the gardens; and the coming into be-
ing of modern household plumbing
And other municipal facilities.
During the winter months the
garbage ..disposal question is not so
serious, because it can largely be
burned, but with the. " coming of
spring and summer, with their ac-
companying warm weather, garbage
disposal in some manner, becomes a
necessity, not only from the view-
point of public appearance, but from
, ,what is still more important, from
the standpoint of public health.
We have noticed that the -garbage
disposal question is one that has been
occupying the attention of the mun-
icipal authorities in the towns of
Kincardine, Aylmer, Palmerston,
Harriston and some others. In fact,
Palmerston already has a disposal
system andthe others are on the
way.
The idea seems to be to inaugurate
a weekly collection of garbage from
every household and assessing the
cost, as other municipal facilities are
assessed, and collections are made in
the same way.
Like every public improvement
that has ever been inaugurated in
any town, a garbage collecting sys-
tem would no doubt raise a wail of
protest from some or many quarters.
But like street lighting, snow plough-
ing and many other things that met
with .opposition at the start, the col-
lection of garbage would soon be-
come equally important and' neces-
sary; in the eyes .. of the general
householder, as any other town
facility which is now looked upon as
a *necesssity.
A, town has no choice ; it either
goeforward or back, according ,to -
the public spirit and progressiveness
of its. citizens, .and this town, like
many others, should be looking into
the future; if they expect 'to hold
their place in the new post-war era.
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Income Taxes In Britain
Britain's incometax alone brought
in more than a billion pounds ster-
ling, or approximately four 'billion_
dollars in our money, during the fin-
ancial' year which ended on March
31st.
- The Chancellor of the Exchequer
budgeted for £913,000,000, but the
taxpayers came through with £93..
000,000 more.
Both revenue and expenses were
the highest in, Britain's history. Ord-
inary revenue totalled £2,819,850,783,
Dr more than half of Britain's cost of
the :war -to -.date. This was £ 193,000,-
000 more than the Chancellor ex-
pected, 6,nd 745,793,473 more than
last year. The total expenditures
amounted to £ 5,623,000,000.
War costs real money.
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Law Is A Queer Thing
The War Production Board of
California is up against a hard pro-
�iti'on. Gathering dust in South -
California warehouses are hunn-
r eds of Jap
panese-owned , tractors,'
t' eks atiid other farm tnachinery,
at is sorely needed for food pro-
Lsis, t
tion however,. how to
e ut it to
�a �,iid` ,aht�a�..
ihaou a e the la
permits the American govnxi east
to take American , farmer ' spare
auto tired it won't permit of its
taking Japanese -awned farm ma-
chinery,
Itis reported that in one county
alone, in California, there have been
feund from two . hundred to three
hundred tractors in barns and ware-
houses, all of which are badly needed
by California farmers, -but the law
says 'No.'
In fact, under existing laws, every
Japanese who. stored farm imple-
ments prior to being evacuated,
would have to be contacted person-
ally before they could be released and
by that time the war would be over,
and, perhaps, a second one started. ,
Funny thing the law. But if the
shoe was on the other foot, we won-
der how long the Japanese would
leave tractors, trucks and other farm
machinery locked up, simply because
they belonged to Americans.
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Real Salaries
Some months ago when President
Roosevelt proposed that no person in
the United States be allowed to re-
ceive a yearly salary in excess of
twenty-five thousand dollars, he .
didn't get very far with either the
House of Representatives or the Sen-
ate, and the wail that went up from
the people outside of Washington
was equally loud and prolonged,
And no wonder. How could execu-
tives on some of the big American
companies, like the Bethiethem Steel
Corporation, for instance, get along
on a mere twenty-five thousand dol-
lar salary,, even if it was tax free, be-
cause the officials of that corporation
are accustomed to receiving real sal-
aries for their services. •
Here are a few: The President's
salary for 1942 was $537,724; Quincy
Bent and Paul Mackali, vie"e-presi-
dents, received '$197,317; Arthur B.
Homer, vice-president, $160,286; Rob-
ert E. McMath, vice-president and
secretary, $155,393;' Frederick A.
Schick; controller, $155,393; Nor -
borne Berkeley, assistant to the pres-
ident, Charles R. Holton, Myri L.
Jacobs and Joseph M. Larkin', vice-
presidents, ' $109,620 each, and John
M. Gross, vice-president; $104,620.
It is peculiar that none of these
salaries are in round numbers, but
we suppose the odd extra hundreds
and,thousands are for overtime war
work. .
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In The Same Boat
Some one said. the other day that
this is the time of year when the
housewife, intent on early house-
cleaning, discovers that the .paper-
hanger can, come the first ,week in
July—if he finishes his other jobs in
I time.
Well, as far as we can learn, there
are a whole lot of other people going
to find themselves in the same boat
as the housewife.
The man of the house will discover
that the man who dug his garden
last year, just isn't this year. And
the boy who cut his grass is far
away. And if he wants his ashes
taken out 'of his cellar, he will have
to do it himself, or wait for another
year.
We are a bit afraid too, that quite
a few farmers who need help at seed-
ing time, will get the piiomise of a
man along about the first of July and
the promise of help for the harvest
along in November some time — if
help is any more plentiful then.
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A Wartime Casualtp
Word came from London last week
that .the tramp is, a wartime casualty
in Britain.
The Ministry ,of Health reported
on March 30th that the . number of
guests in houses for vagrants the
previous night totalled only 629, the
lowest number in over a century of
London records.
The peak, 16,911, was reached on
May 27, 1932, at the height of the de-
pression, while the nightly average
in ' 1933-34 was 14,319. Even two
months after the outbreak of the
war the nightly number average was
in the neighborhood of '5,000.
And now our attention has been
drawn to it, we realite, that we
haven't seen a genunne tramp in this
part of Canada ..for .over. twb years.
6.
War must a killed hi oft in
Thi �a , havs � an
this country foo."
Th. Hilff!
one
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From The :Huron Expositor
Ap (J, 12, 1918
Mr. W. Jonson, Bayfield Road,
Stanley, has dgosed of his fine M -
acre farm for 4'4000, to Dr. Lloyd Mof-
fatt, of London;„ This farm was ^ for-
merly the Moffatt homestead.
Mr. Lloyd *Lean, son of`Mr. John
McLean, Kippen, has been feed-
ing a calf, which was sold reticently
as baby beef at 11 months old and
which weighed 800 lbs., and brought
the sum of $92.00.
M. will?am Rina, of Hdl'.ett, who
shipped a box .of dried apples and
sugar to the military hospital at
Brighton, England, in January last, re-
ceived acknowledgment for his most
acceptable gift.
Mr. Henry Allier, of Manley, is
busy getting ont material for the erec-
tion . of a new., drive shed. -
Rev. Father Goetz, of Tillsonburg,
has leen appointed parish priest of
St. Jt� res' Church, Seaforth, to sue-
teed the late. Rev. P. Corcoran.
Miss Evelyn, Greig has taken- a
school at Bia'ite.
The drama, "Within the Law•"
which was presented to the people of
Seaforth for the second time on April
Pith, by Mrs. Murless-Jones, received
well -merited praise from a large audi-
ence. The players were Mr. K. J.
Francis, Miss Evelyn Greg, George
Israel, Dr. Bechely, Miss Margaret
Edge and Mr. and, Mrs. R. M. Jones.
Mr. George Sparks, of Stanley, has
p rchased the residence of Mr. J, A.
Case on Market Street and has taken
possession.
Mr. C. P. ,Sills, son of Mr. and Mrs.
G. A. Sills, has won a coinmission and
is now taking a lieutenant's course
in England.
Mr. G. W. Holman, of Egmondville;
has disposed of his residence' there
to Mr. William Chapman, who recent-
ly sold his farm in Tuckersmith.
- Dr. H. H. Ross and Mrs. Ross leave
on Saturday for Rochester, Minneso-
ta, where the doctor will take a six
weeks' course in the great Mayo` Bros.
Hospital there..
Stewart Bros. have purchased the
staple and woollen departments of F.
Macklin's store in Stratford, who re-
tired from business owing to ill
health.,
Mr. and Mrs. James Kerr, of Mc-
Killop, have moved into their new
home on Centre Street, which they re-
cently purchased from Mr. H. Edge.
Mr. Angus McCuaig, of Walton, has
moved on to Mr. William Sholdice's
farm to look after Mr. Sholdice's work
while he and his family. lake a trip
to ;the West.
Master Clarence Boyle, son of. Mr.
and Mrs. F. M„ Boyle, of Exeter, had
a narrow escape: on Friday last. He'
was riding on the road scraper and in
turning a corner the scraper tipped
and he was ttFrown off:- He -fen just
in front of the.largey,Leel blade.
Mr. E. Rennie. has said his, cottage
in Hensall on Richmond St., South, to
Mr. A. W. E. Hemphill, who intends.
occupying it during the- summer
months in the interests of the family:
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Lazy Meaclows
(By Harry J. Boyle) ' O
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Seen. in _. he
County Pers
Algoway Chief in Town
Our mala syrup run is over for maple syrup on 'a dish.
another year. In fact it hardly start -I Maple syrup time is somehow or Dan McConnell, of Collingwood,
ed this year at all and we are rather other the breaw between winter and chief engineer of the Algoway, of Al -
lamenting the fact that we even' made spring. No matter what kind of wea- Dania steamships, has been in town
syrup at a14. In other years We've had ther we get after maple season, it for some days superintending the fit -
a hired man and while he looked af- never, seema to be very "long, until ting out of his boat. A big, genial fet-
ter -the chores and came back to the the buds come out and we have a real low, he has been sailing the Great
bush now and again to help out, I spring session - . . work and seed- Lakes for thirty-eight years: The Al -
would do duty in the sugar shanty. ing and alt that. goway is a fairly recent addition to
However, we will have a few gal- There was a time, not so long ago the Algoma fleet, having been cur-
ious of maple syrup to showw for our when the maple syrup season was chased in the United States just be -
work. The stock • will all he happy to one of the best times on the farm. fore the outbreak of war and renam-
know that the syrup season is over Help was plentiful. There would be ed. She and the Algorail will not wait
because their meals have been rather company at all times of the day and for the opening of Upper Lakes navi-
sketchy and off -time duringthe past night at the shanty. Young fellows gation, but will likely go south at the
week or so. The cows went a little from the village would beg to get the first opportunity to engage in. the coal
off their milk- because one day they chance to, gather sap and then spend trade for a time, — Goderich Signal -
would be milked at six o'clock in the- the night while we "boiled it off." Star.
evening and the next day at about With a raging fire going in the old
nine or ten o'clock, stove in the shanty we would yarn
There's something fascinating about and play cards and then have a tre-
a sugar bush. The•air is beginning to nendous big emidni meal of eggs
get warm and the crows set up a dick - boiled in the sap fig with great
ens of a racket in the swamp. The slabs of bread and utter and plenty
robins are quite cheery and happy of "syrup still warm from the pan. On
about the whole affair. A few squir- cold nights we used to even burn
rels and chipmunks are dashing along parts of old rubber tires which were
Ate rail fences, looking over secret carefully hoarded up for that job dur-
caches of provisions 1 guess, ' and ing the spring and summer.
above all quite happy a'br(ut every- The young men are gone. There
thing in general. isn't even help on the farms.. It is
The patches of snow that still re- a crime now to burn a tire for a pur-
main in the bueli are about all that's pose like that. It's still at night in
left to remind- you that winter held the bush, except for the sound of the
us in a long and tiresome grip. The 'crackling fire and 'Yet as I worked
smoke.. from the shanty goes swirling 'lack there this week I' seemed to feel
off into the vast nothingness ,of the that the lads were with me again.
blue -grey sky. • School children dwad- Maybe, on some ggiet English street
ling along on their way from the daily or on the blazing sands 'of Africa
grind usually take „a long way "short . or on some other frosts some
cut" home so that they can come of the vijlabe boys thought e f the
along and taste the sap and possibly quiet;; good times we had at maple
try out a little of the fresh made sugar season at Lazy Meadows.
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From The Huron Expositor
April 14, 1893
Miss Ida Dick; of: Hensall, left this
week for Alvinston, where she has se-
cured a position as 'milliner in, one of
the leading establishments:
.On Sunday • some boys loafing
around the corner of Main and Mar-
ket Streets; broke one of the large
panes of glass in Mr. R. Willis's shoe
windows. • •
Mr. George Steet, who has been
spending a couple of months at his
home in Egmondville, left on Monday
for Detroit.
Mr. Carlin, of Staffa, has leased the
hotel formerly occupied by Mr. Pink-
ney and will occupy it after the first
of May.
'Miss McGregor and Miss Jessie
Bethune, both of whom are. teachers
in Ayr public school, spent their Eas-
ter holidays with Seaforth friends, re-
turning Monday to resume their du-
ties .'"as instructors of, the Ayr young
people.
Mr. Louis, Malone, of Beechwood,
has the material on hand for a new
bank barn to be built this summer
Mr. Jas... Pollock, 01 Bayfield, has
had the plaster ceiling 91 the bar -room..
of the River Hotel removed and a
good board ceiling, put on and the
walls papered.
.Mr. Jesse Card, of Bayfield, went oto
London last week where he has se-
cured a situation in Sterling Bros.
wholesale shoe factory. Mr. Card will
be much missed as he was a. first'class
workman.
While ,coming out to Seaforth on.
Wednesday ,afternoon with a light
wagon, • Mr. ' Robert Govenlock 'met
with . an accident. The rear axle of
the wagon broke clean off, letting one
corner 91 the vehicle down into the
mud.
Mr. John Gascho, of, Zurich, has
bought the 100 -acre farm formerly
owned by John Muldrew, for $5,000.
A few days ago a large circular saw
in J. C. Kalbfieisch's mill, a short dis-
tance. from Zurich, burst while in mo-
tion and the fragments flew in all di-
rections. A number of men were work-
ing in the mill at the time, but only
one Was injured.
Mr. Wm. Ballantyne, license inspe, -
tor, and M. Y. McLean, of The Huron
Expositor,,, spent Tuesday in. Zurich. '
Mr. D. Weismuller, of Kippen, has
disposed of his stock and business
to Mr. Jos. Canning, of Ontario Coun-
ty.
Mr. John Currie, V.S.; of Nev York,
paid a short visit to his numerous
friends in; and around t+lromarty and,
Staffa,
Mr. Albert Spatting, who,, far the
past 10 years .has been fanning in
Manitoba, near Enlimerson, is at pres-
dot in Se$forth. *e has dtepoSed of
his property in the Prairie. ?rovinee
and intends .residing here.
We understand, that Mr; T. f)..Kemp
has purchased the 'residence at press.
ent occupied by• Mr. J. M.t Hest, from
Mr. Angus McDernild, and the, Scar-
lett property ad.ei'ning' It n'i1, Gode'kith
Street,.
:JUST A SMILE CR TWO:
This is a wonderful cake, darling."
"Yes. Cook made it for the milk-
m'an, but they quarrelled this morn-
ing!"
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Husband: "I have left instructions
Wife: "Yes, just like you to go
and leave ashes all over the place."
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"Tell, me, please, how I should • go
about getting a start in the great
game of business?"
"Sell • your wrist watch, and buy an
alarm clock."
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Jackson; our Negro handyman, told
fabulous stories of his "adventures"
in colorful superlatives. When he felt
good !' . felt "happier den a frog's
hind legs," and when he was made he
was :madder den a bee what's stung
hisself by mistake." Once in telling
us of a graveyard adventure, he cast
around for the proper metaphor •to
impress us with his fright.
"You know how sca'ed Ah was?"
he demanded. "Ah was .so sca'ed da.t
nex' mornin' when de sun come up
blame if Ah hadn't gone an'—"
"You, Jackson!" Sarah, : the cook,
snorted. "I suppose you gonna say
you was so scared you turned white!"
Jackson drew himself up with dig-
nity. "Of co'se Ah hadn' turned,
white," he said. "But mah shadow
had!"
George Kaufman, the playwright,
was asked what he thought of,.a play
recently, opened on Broadway. "I
thought it was frightful,"_ replied Mr.
Kaufman, .-;tibut I saw it under pal-
titularly unfortunate circumstances
The curtain was up!" I
A Visit to Parliament and
Prim'e MinisterChurchill
• - (By Walter R. Legge) 0,
Although our schedule did not in-
clude a visit to the British Parlia-
ment, most of the members of the
Bomber Press party managed to seal
•enough time to ,pay a visit to this bul-
wark of freedom.
On September lith, the two repre-
sentatives of the weekly press of- Can-
ada,' Mr. C. V. Charters and I, paid a
visit to Parliament. Our visit was
arranged through Sir Drummond
Shields, Secretary of the Empire Par-
liamentary Association, Title secured
for us admission cards to the Domin-
ion -s' Gallery.
First we visited Sir Drummond
Shields' office which adjoins Westmin-
ster Hall. This hall is one of the old-
est and most interesting sections of
the Parliament Buildings. It was
built by • William Rufus in; 1087.1100.
and was altered by Richard II in 1377-
1.2:99. It was originally part of the
Palace . of Westminster, was saved
when , the rest of the palace was de-
stroyed by fire in 1834, and was in-
corporated in the Parliament Build-
ings, the balance of which date only
from about 1840.
Thi i hall may well be called the
birthplace of democracy, -for it was
here that in 1265 Simon de Montfort
opened the first parliament, the model
or, which all subsequent democratic
parliaments have been patterned. It
is -interesting to note that Simon de.
.Montfort who is considered to have
been a martyr to liberal government,
was a French-speaking Englishman.
For two hundred years after '1265 the
proceedings of the English parliame+rt
•ere conducted in French.
Westminster Hall is 90 feet long,
f8 feet wide, and '90 feet high. The
hammer beam roof of carved oak,
which dates from 1399, is one of the
principal features.
Previous to 1882, state trials were
held in this hall, including those of
Charles I, Sir Thomas Moore, Guy
Fawkes, and Warren Hastings. It was
also in this hall that King Edward
VII and George V lay in state before
their funerals.
Next we went •to see the rules of
the Haase of Commons. It is _unca-t-
ny the 'way in which this room has
been totally destroyed with Nothing
left but the walls, while rooms next
to it have been practically untouched.
It Is like many other spots in Englandr
where one house in the middle of a
block is completely destro*ed with
those on both, sides left intact.
We were taken to lunch in the Par-
liamentary Restaurant, where we
found that the Members have no fav-
ours so far as food is concerned. It
is neither better' nor worse than oth-
•er restaurants 111 London. On the
Wall is an electric sign which shows
who is speaking in • the House.
While going through ono of the cor-
ridors In the Parliament buildings tae•
came "face to fade With the Ikon,
P,, ri2tflgck, Postreaster Senora .oE
Canada, Who We were surprised ti)
To Serve As Chaplain
Rev. A. J. ,Milligan, pastor of Gode-
rich Baptist church, who enlisted last
June for chaplaincy service with the
army, has been called up and will re-
port at London on April 12th. He ex-
pects to be.- stationed at Kingston_.
Mrs. Milligan will return for a time
to her former home near Ottawa. Mr.
and Mrs. Milligan will be missed, not
only in the Baptist congregation, but
in other cities in which they have ex-
erted a helpful influence. Mr. Milli-
gan's farewell address to his congre-
gation here, whom he has served for
over three years, will be given on
April lith.—Goderich Signal -Star.
' 'Wins the Porker
The Happy Helpers branch of the.
Junior,Red Cross of Separate -S. S. No.
2, Hullett, realized $40.00 -on a draw
for a six -weeks -old pig on March 26th.
The winner was Joseph Jamieson, of
Ingersoll, Ont. .Kenneth Dale won . $1
in war savings stamps for selling the
largest number of tickets. — Clinton -
News -Record.
Honored On Anniversary
On Sunday members of the family
gathered at the home of- 111r,,„and Mrs -
Hector McPhail, Cromarty, ' to cele-
brate their twenty-fifth wedding anni-
versary. During the afternoon the
couple were presented with a beauti-
ful set from Mrs. R. Nethercott, aunt'
of Mrs. McPhail and a lovely bouquet
from the family. They also, received
a cablegram from their eldest son,
Bill, a pilot officer in the R.C.A.F.,
who is now serving overseas. Sup-
per was served at a table decorated.
withflowers and centred with the
wedding cake. Best wishes were ex-
tended to them for many more years -
of happily married fife. Guests were
present from Mitchell and Stratford-.
—Exeter Times -Advocate.
Recent Bride Honored
A number of friends and neighbors
gathered at the home of Mrs. Lutman
on Thursday evening and presented
her daughter, Labelle, a recent bride,
with a miscellaneous shower. The ev-
ening was, spent in contests and cards..
An address was ..}'.end- by Mrs. Clar-
ence
larence Prance and the presentation was
made by. Misses Florence MacDonald
and Dorothy Kydd. The' bride vial
the recipient of many lovely giftp for
which she thanked the girls in her
usual charming manner. During lunch'
Mrs. Prance read a poem written ton
Labelle by Mrs. R. McInnis.—Exeter
.Times -Advocate.
Gives Birth To Three 'Calves'•
know was in England.
We were then taken to the tempor-
ary quarters of the House of Com-
mons. There are about 615 members,
and it must be pretty crowded when
all are present at the same time. The
debate on the Indian problem was in
progress and we heard some very fine
oratory. We listened to par of the
debate. After hearing something of
this vexing problem- from authorities
who have been in- India and under-
stand something about it, we have
come to the conclusion° that few of
those who offer gratuitous advice
from a distance of several thousand
miles are qualified to offer opinions.
It is not an easy matter to attend a
session of the British Parliament at
the present time. There . were few
other visitors when we were there. We
were sorry not to have seen the
Prime Minister in action but he was
not in the House while we were pres-
ent.
The proceedings were interrupted
by a Royal Commission, • which is an
elaborate ceremony when bills which
have been passed are sent pp•for ap-
proval.
While we did not see or hear Mr.
Churchill in the House of ,Commdhs,
we were given an opportunity to•meet
him informally at a later date.
As Parliament was in session, his
time was taken up more than usual,
if at is possible. Our meeting was
se or twelve o'clock noon, and need-
less fo say none of our party was late
or absent.
We were shown into his office, and
as we entered he .came from behind
his desk, and shook each one of us
by the hand with a firm handclasp.
Wwere introduced individually 'by
thmHen. Vincent Massey, Mr,
Churchill made sure he got every
name right and the place from which
each came.
The Prime Minister was in his us-
ual black double-breasted coat, grey
striped trousers, and bow tie, and was
smoking the usual cigar. He looped
to be even younger than when we
saw him- at the press conference in
Ottawa less than a year before. He
exuded health, vitality, strength, and
confidence. His complexion was clear,
bis face unlined, his brow unfurrow-
ed. '
It was an oft -the -record conference,
•sb his words 'cannot .he reported, but
as he spoke in quiet, confident tones,
in an informal way, we hung on, his
every word. Without Minimizing the
difficulties, he breathed determination
to see the war through to -ultimate
victory.
�'o meet him informally as we did
is a privilege we greatly appreciated,
. A day or so later, we heard that at
his lunch that day, he retitarked that
he was sorry he could not have .given.
nnore • Mine' to those Canadian¢ 'ditors,.
but Vire Were delighted that lie W'
obit to .give us a
g the short time- lie„di'tY.
It Was a meeting none of us will eVer,
inert&t,
A Holstein cow ein the farraeof Mi»
chell Leibler, Fullerton, has gone in
for mass production, giving birth for
three calves Tuesday night, all of:
which are living and normal. With
the price of. meat soaring, this should
mean extra good monetary returns lat-
ter on for Mr. Leibler.—Mitchell Ad-
vocate.
Sailor Dies At Gibraltar '
Mrs. Grace McGaw, Kincardine, half
received word from the naval depart-
ment at Ottawa, that her husband,
AB. Dorn McGaw, died in Gibraltar.
AB. McGaw was injured in the conflict
in which H.M.C.S. "Weyburn” was en-
gaged and was taken to Gibraltar;
Later reports were that he was recov-
ering from his wounds. --.Wingham
Advauce-Times.
Victim of Electric Shock
Bill Porter, the manager and owner
of the Walter Rose Poultry Farm at
Brussels, and a son of Mr. and Mrs.
W. H. Porter, of Toronto, met his
death in a very tragic manner and
under very peculiar circumstances en:
March 24th, at the age of 42 years,..
Mr. Porter was adjusting air adjust-•
ment screw in the battery brooder of•
the hatchery when he was electrocut-
ed. AY•tificial respiration was applied
for several hours, but the victim fail-
ed to respond. — Wingham Advance -
Times.
Receives Decoration
Major 3: H. Coleman, of 'the Royal
Canadian Artillery, now overseas, who
was in Guelph with the 26th Battery
from Sarnia prior to their departure
for Britain, has been awarded a Cana-
dian Efficiency Decoration for length.
of service in the Canadian Army, in-
clusive of pre-war and war duty. H•
is the eldest brother of Mrs: S. Kerr,
wife of Rev. Samuel Kerr, minister of
Melville Presbyterian .Church.—Brus-
sels Post.
Lightning Enters Home
Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Walther got
quite a scare just after seven o'clock
Tuesday morning when lightning
struck the telephone wire, entering
the house, completely shattering the
telephone connections, and disrupting,
the service of 23 out of the 26 tele-
phones on, that line. . The tree ix.
front of the Werner home next door,
was also struck and split. Three ser-
vice trucks, Mitehe,Jl, Clinton an&
Stratford, •were on hand that day, te.
repair the damage dohe.—Mitchell Ad-
vocate.
Bandmaster at D. & M. School
Darton Davidson, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Davidson, town, and for-
mer proprietor of the Melts HoiiSe,
has enlisted at the Woodstock Driving
and Maintenance •SehOhl Where he
'Will be bandmaster. Dalt was‘ former-
ly with the Perth itiesar4te /land and.
for a time directed the Boys' band in
Stratford in the abgMnoe pf their, lead-
er. Ile hat' been residing i ;It'ritt-
ford for some Mo'nthe. Miteliell Ads.
voeate,