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AFORTH, 'Friday, September a
A Mystery
Parliamentary statistics, as a rule,
make very dry reading to the aver-
age Canadian. Those ' reported in
e Canadian House of Commons
two weeks ago were no exception,
but if the people as a whole had
perused the report of the Mutual
Aid, they would have found an
amazing story of Canada's wartime
growth in industry.
The report stated that between
- the year 1943 and 1945, Canada
' donated outright to her Allies in the
war the following:
797,968 rounds, of ammunition;
1,498 airplanes; 5,097 armored fight-
ing vehicles; 45,767 Bren guns; 208,-
087 rifles; 3,053 plows; 785 threshers.
1,170 miles of cable; 24,491 radio
sets; 883,849 radio tubes.
2,423,277 articles of etothing, such
as battle blouses, trousers, caps,
gloves, woollen shirts, overcoats;
4,000,000 pounds of binder twine.
2,200 ships, from 60 -foot tugs to
10,000 -ton cargo vessels.
92;021,361 pounds of cheese; 10,-
280,292 dried eggs; 3,316,160 pounds
of oatmeal; 10,611,117 pounds of
frozen fish.
These things are practically un-
known in Canada, but they have not
slipped the attention of the people
and press in the British Nies, who
have viewed them with feelings next
to awe, as the London, England,
Star said: "How all this was done
with a total population of 10,000,000
will be forever a mystery."
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- Nothing In It
For quite some years dietitians'
and others who claim to know, have
been telling us that the frying of
food was most injurious to health
and 'a practice that should be im-
mediately discontinued. Otherwise,
we Would lose our stomachs, and a
man without a stomach is, indeed to
be pitied.
We have been told that fried meat
and fried potatoes and fried eggs
were the most indigestible and un-
suitable of human foods. Every dis-
ease from total blindness to mumps
were caused by excessive use of
these old-fashioned delicacies. Some
historians of the American Civil
War even claimed that the defeat of
the South was due to the- Southern -
erg incurable habit of eating fried
chicken and hot biscuits and other
foods of the deep -fat school of cook-
ing. -
Well there is nothing in it. For
the first time a real scientific investi-
gation was recently held into the
subject, and it has shown up some
surprising facts.
It is now officially claimed that
fried foods are actually more easily
digested than, any others, and the
more- thoroughly they have been
fried the less indigestible they are.
That surely brings the old frying
pan back to a state of respectability.
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Hardships Still Remain
For the people of.Canada, the war
and all the restrictions—there were
no privations—that went with it,
are over. Already we are clamoring
for this and that to be laid on our
doorsteps, as if there never had been
a war.
I3ut to the people of Britain it is
a very different..storY. The war is
far from over there. Speaking of
conditions, the Manchester Guardian
says: "It looks as though we had
better make up our ,minds to it that
the days of rejoicing faded with the
V -J celebrations; everything, from
cigarettes to clothes, will soon be in
shatter supply than ever."
For Britain the celebrations were
just a breather. For them the costs
of the war were so collosal that
wartime restrictions and hardships
will continue for some years yet to
cane,• Perhaps one of the greatest
hardships the people of Britain had
ooidnre throUgh the war was the
la/kOut, But the Government has
extiod to retain, at least apartial
, for it o,.zrears yet, That is
heeded, that the war
It
Ug years , 'whenever peace • was
SpOken of, they spoke of it' as the
th,e when the lights would go on
-again. But now, in order to save
cosi, the Government has decided
that in London the lights will go out
at midnight in various districts,
with street lights turned on at dusk
and off again at midnight In other
places there will only be half light-
ing, with every other street light
turned off, and all at midnight.
Considering these and other, even
worse, conditions in Britain, we
would think that if the terms Unit-
ed Nations and British Common-
wealth of Nations man anything, it
is the duty of Canada and the Cana-
dian people to extend every assist:
ance to the people of the Motherland
so as to distribute more evenly the
burdens of the war. Even to the ex-
tent of meat rationing.
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What Price Water?
Writing im the Vancouver Sun,
Mr. Ray Garner has disclosed some
facts about the liquor situation in
that Province, tha will be interest -'1
ing to Canadian liquor drinkers, ev-
en if they do give them a headache.
Mr. Garner has come to a proven
conclusion that the British Columbia
government — and other provincial
governments—are selling plain wa-
ter at the rate of 19 cents for an
ounce. Mixed with it is a very small
quantity of alcohol, which entitles
the drink to be called Scotch or rye.
He says that during the.war when
the Federal Government made a
ruling that the alcoholic strength of
any beverage could not exceed 40
per cent. alcohol, the liquor then ex-
isting had to be watered down. And
although the Federal ruling has now
been withdrawn, the provincial
or authorities are still going on with
the watering.
The procedure is still to remove
one and five-eighths ounces of liquor
from the bottle and replace it with
the same amount of water. But the
price of the bottle does not come
down. If it was $5.25 for good
Scotch, Mr. Gardner's figures that
the value of each ounce in it is 19
cents, including, of course, the wa-
ter.
The value of the water poured in-
to Canadian liquor under the excuse
of the Oar, varies in different
brands, but is high in all. At the
present rate charged, Mr. Garner
concludes that the flow of the Fraser
River in his province, would be
worth at least $50,000,000, but this
seems to be an under -estimate, and
the possibilities of the St. Lawrence
and the Great Lakes are enough to,
stagger the mind.
• If a second attempt at total prohi-
bition is held off long enough, Hur-
on.with its lake and rivers, may yet
become the capital of Ontario.
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Wars' And Debts
The quick Japanese surrender has
saved every man, woman and; child
in 'the United States $137 apiece.
That is the estimated equivalent
of the $18,500,000,000 reduction in
the Federal spending fo1946 which
the Budget Director says will result
from Japan's surrender.
The fiscal year -1946 will now cost
Americans $66,400,000,000, or about
$491 per capita. Last year the
government spent $100,100,000,000,
or .$741 per capita.
That is on the credit side. But
the public debt keeps piling up—it
will rise to $272,900,000,000 by July,
• 1946, or something like $2,021 per
capita. The total cost of the war
to date was $336,000,000,000, which
was eleven times the cost of the
First War.
The public debt of the nation be-
fore the war was $55,000,000,000,
which is only a drop in the bucket
compared to the present one, which
will cost the ratepayers $6,000,000,-
000 a year in interest. Only a few
years ago that sum would have been
considered a pretty high total Fed-
eral budget.
In fact the dollar costs of this war
have been nearly twice the amount
that was spent by the national gov-
ernment in the 151 years between
1789 and' 1940 for operating the gov-
ernment and paying for all past
wars.
All in all, we doubt if even the
economic power of the "United
States—the greatest in, all the world
an afford to have any more mod-
ern wars, 4iid. that goes for Cfm-
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From Tice Huron Expositor
October 1, 1920
Rally day services were well I at-
tended on Sunday last at Brucefield.
The churels was beautiful with.fioweri3
and vines, and there was special mus-
ic by the children's choir under the
leadership of Miss Gertrude Grain-
ger.
The millinery openings were held
or Friday and Saturday of last week.
The stores of Stewart Bros. and Mac-
Tavish's were most tastefully decor-
ated and- the goods displayed to the
best advantage. A large number of
ladies availed themselves of the op-
portunity to see the new hats.
Mr. James Sleeth, of Detroit, spent
the week -end in town, and on Sunday
evening sang a solo very .acceptably
in First Presbyterian Church.
Many friends of Mr. Bert Van Eg-
m.ond, of Regina, will regret to learn
that he met with a severe accident
while he was duck hunting. His gun
exploded, carrying away part of his
left hand.
Mr. J. F. Daly has recently placed
tractors with the following; J. Scott,
Miller 'Adams, Merner & Fee, J. Hay,
Tuckersmith; Bert Peck, Stanley, and
J. McDonald, Walton.
Mr. Harold Coates, son of Mr. and
Mrs. R. E. Coates, left this week to
attend the UniverSity in Toronto.
Miss Beatrice Larkin left on Thurs-
day for Montreal to resume her dut-
ies atMcGill University.
Mr. W. Webster, of town, brought
into The -"Expositor office last week
several branches of raspberries from
his garden which were laden with
ripe berries. This is very unusual
for September.
Mr. C. D. Simpson, of Brucefield,
wile has been improving his proper-
ty, has had a heating system install-
ed.
Mr. John Moffatt, of Kippen, has a
record of 36 years at the grain house
there. He has been very faithful.
Mr. Thomas Dayman, of the 2nd of
Tuckersmith, met with a bad acci-
dent this week. He was in the stable
with one of his horses when it kick-
ed him in the face and he was ren-
dered unconscious for a couple of
hours.
Mr. Menn.o Oesch, brother of Mrs.
W. M. McGregor, Kippen, who was
working with a threshing outfit, had
the misfortune to step on two rusty
nails, which penetrated into his foot.
Nothing serious resulted until a, fent
days later when it became very pain-
ful. It was found that lockjaw had
set in when Dr. Moir was called.
Miss Florence Welsh, of Hensall,
has. just*esterned from the -West,
where she spent several months vis-
iting relatives.
Miss Jean Mustard, Brucefield, has
returned to New -York State, where
she is a nurse Ari a young ladies'
boarding school.
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From The Huron Expositor
September 27, 1895
ALI1I'mffirrof#18;co rag" Bor Boyle
Last week I Went to the city, The
train dropped me off In the early
morning and I had an appointment
for the early afternoon. I bad noth-
ing to do and no place to go, and
the experience of being alone and
just walking and watching People,
taught me a great deal. I have come
to the conclusion that the city is a
lonesome place, full of lonely people.
First of all there was the lunch
counter at the restaurant. Sleep still
sat on the faces and clung to the
eyes of the people who perched on
the stools. The girl with the faded
blonde hair, sat stirring her coffee
and just staring across into apace.
The counterman wiped the counter
the sand -
with a cloth,
wishes in the inverted glass bowls,
filled the urn with water, and per-
formed countless tasks with an al-
most vacant look.
Finally he stopped and said to the
girl, "What's the matter, kid?" She
just kept on stirring and said, "1 feel
lousey!" He lifted his eyebrows and
scraped the flat greasy pan over "the
gas plate with a long slim handled
piece of steel. Finally she said, "Joe
went away this morning. We had a
Party for him last night." The coun-
terman stopped to wipe his hands on
his apron. "Is Joe gonna be away
long?" The girl sipped the coffee
and winced, "I dunno if he's ever
comin' back. Says he'll be back, but
you know the old saying about bein'
out of sight, out of mind."
While there was still a chill- bite
to the morning air, 1. went and sat
rearranged
There is a water famine in Londes-
bore and also a decided scarcity in
)3rnssels.
Last week two accidents happened
In Broadfoot -& Box's furniture fac-
tory. Mr. A. Hingston was operating
a large machine, called the joiner, on
Wednesday when he had his bend
caught in it and •had the tops ofsev-
eral fingers .taken off, On the fol-
lowing day, Mr. John Lowery was
working the same machine and he
had his left hand caught, taking the
top off the first finger.
A box social, under the auspices of
the cboir of Winthrop Presbyterian
Church, will be held on Friday eve-
ning at the home of Mr. William
McIntosh.
During the thunderstorm on Wed-
nesday morning' last the barn on a
farm belonging to Mr. Jelin Cairns,
on the 5th concession of Hibbert,
was struck by lightning and it, to-
gether with the adjoining stable, was
completely destroyed. There was in-
surance of $800 on the buildings and
contents in the Usborne & Hibbert
Mutual.
On a farm within 2% miles Of
Cromarty, is a pair of turkeys (male
and female), which have acted in a
peculiar manner. Early in the 'year
the female hatched out a good brood;
then she began to la3i again. These
the male bird hatched out, and in
the meantime the female made an-
other nest and hatched out another
setting of eggs. During all this time
they would both go up to the barn,
get food and water, and then go back
to their respective nests.
, On Monday evening last a pleasant
event took place at the residence of
Mr. John Galbraith, when the mm-
bers of St, John's Church, Varna,
presented Miss Mary Galbraith with
a well-filled purse and address, as a
recognition of her services as organ-
ist,. on the eve of her departure to
Bayfield to reside.
Mr. Alex Monteith, Sr., of Hippen,
who was visiting in Ireland and Scot-
land for some weeks, returned home
on. Friday last. He enjoyed his trip
very much, but savr many changes,
In his homeland.„
Mr. Wm. Rae, of Leadbury, who
has been taking a course at Toronto*
University, is expected home this
,Vavek. During his Absence his .brt:v,
ther, Mr. John .1ae, Itati been acting
as teacher i S,28.No 9, with much
acceptance:
• Dr. 11. T. Itellaitti ortNiagararrensi
. Was• in„ town, thie tfecik litedding the
wing 1.' '
in a• little Park.- An Old Man in a,
faded coat, sat beside me, half doz-
ing over a newspaper which, he must
have picked up.eome place. 13ecauee
I'm a countryman and folks, in the
country talk to strangers, I asked
him how he was feeling. 1e looked
surprised, and said he was all right.
The convereatiqoal ice being broken,
we talked about the weather and
politics, and the war, and. atomic
bpuabs, and the treachery of Jape.
Finally he said, "1 kinda wish I had
a little place in the country. Livin'
with my daughter here, but it's an
apartment and there isn't much room
with her and her husband and three
children. I usually spend the day
uptown. In the wintertime the lib-
rary is a good place 'to, go. It's
warm in there."
I was a little early for the appoint-
ment, so 1 waited in the ante -room.
It was away up in a tall building,
about the twentieth storey or so, and
1 'looked out the window and away
down at the streets far below. The
cars and 'trucks looked like some
fantastic kind of beetles scuttling up
and/down . . stopping . . . scooting
along . . stopping . . . going again
. . . in a dizzy sort of way. Swarms
of little creatures . . . men and wo-
men were dashing along.
All around there was the grim grey
prison, walls of concrete and stone.
That's all the city seems to me to
be . . . hurrying, speeding people and
machines and the great grey stones
and concrete of banks and stores.
It's a place of lonely people.
JUST A SMILE OR TWO
Pat and Mike were obliged to halt
their heavily loaded cart to make
way for a funeral. Gazing •at the
procession, Pat suddenly remarked:
"Mike, I wish I knew veliere I was
goin' to die. Id give five hundred
dollars to know the place where I'm
going to die."
"Well, Pat, what good would it do
if yez knew?"
"Lots," said Pat. "Shure Id niver
go near the place!"
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At the end of the first week the
mistress tackled the new maid.
"When. I engaged you," she said,
"you told me you were never tired."
"That's right," was the cheerful re-
ply.
"But I've caught you asleep in the
kitchen three afternoons this week."
"Well," was the complacent seply,
"I should be tired if I never went to
sleep."
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Auto Accident
An auto accident occurred Monday
evening on the highway- two miles
north of Exeter., ,Messrs. Ed. Willis
and H. S. Walter were motoring
south about 8.30 when, a car that was.
being towed and with Herb Little at
the wheel, swerved jUst as it was
paseing the Willis car and it truck
the latter's front fender and damag-
ed the transmission and. engine. The -
front of the Little car was also dam-
aged. Fortunately no one was hurt.
—Exeter Advocate -Times,
He espied his neighbor coming
along the road with his fishing tackle.
"Catch anything, old boy?" he eag-
erly asked.
"Yes, ,two."
"Good! What were they?"
"The 7.30 there and the 5.15 back,"
came the unhappy angler's reply.
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• The sergeant was asking recruits
why walnut is used for the butt of a
rifle.
"Because it has more resistance,
volunteered one man.
"Wrong!"
"Because it is more elastic."
"Wrong!"
"Perhaps it's because
than any other kind,"
timidly.
"Don't be an ads," snapped th
sergeant. "It's simply because it i
laid down in the regulations.
it looks nicer
said another,
Honored on 88th Birthday
Mrs. John Moir was honored by a;
few friends Tuesday afternoots when,
they made a serprIse visit to her
home, the occasion being her nth
birthday. A Imolai hour was enjoyed
followed by a Liza snpper. Among
the guests was MN/ Christie, who.
celebrated her 95th birthday last July.
—Exeter Times -Advocate.
Arrive in Edmonton
Word, has been received in Exeter
that Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Rivers, ac-
companied by Mrs. Harry Cole, R.N.,
who are on a motor trip to the West,•
had arrived after easy stages in Ed-
monton, Alta., and after a visit with
relatives there are going on to Ash-
croft, B.C., to visit with 'Mrs. Rivers'
brother, Mr. • Mervin Huston.. Mrs
Rivershas stood the trip very welL
—Exeter Times -Advocate.
Huron Federation Of :
Agriculture-FarmNews
W. I. Conventions Cancelled
Owing to the, restrictions itaposed
by the Wartime Prices and Trade
Beard on the holding of conventions,
most of the district conventions
which hadbeen scheduled by the Wo-
men's Institutes of Ontario have been
cancelled. Notice to this effect has
been sent out from the office of Miss
Anna P. Lewis, Superintendent of the
Women's Institute Branch of the On-
tario Department of Agriculture.
These restrictions, which prohibit
the holding of conventions if fifty or
more persons attending them use
railway, bus or air transportation,
and which limit the hotel accommo-
dation available for delegates, have
forced cancellation of the conventions
which had been scheduled for the
Thun.der Bay District, New Liskeard,
Toronto, -Ottawa, Guelph, -London,
Hamilton, Manitoulin Island and the
Algoma District. No arrangements
have been considered for postpone-
ment of these meetings to later
dates. The regular meeting of the
Board of Directors of the Federated
Women's Institutes of Ontario, how-
ever, will be held.
No decision has been reached as
yet regarding the possibility of hav-
ing to cancel the conventions sche-
duled for Barrie, Kingston, Belle-
ville and Callender, and as far as is
known at present, these will be held.
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Butter Production Still Increasing
The incredse in butter- production
over asyear ago has been well main-
tained during the month of August,
according to the reports of creamery
instructors of the Ontario Depart-
ment of Agriculture. In most sec-
tions of the Province, pastures are
in excellent condition for this time
of the year, and milk flow is report-
ed as above normal, so that a good
Fall make of butter is, expected do
continue the increase in production.
The demand for qualified help in
creameries is stili great, and while a.
few have been successful in obtain-
ing men released from the armed
forces, -several have been disappoint-
ed in. -being unable to obtain a re -
ease for qualified butter Makers. Re-
ports received on the work done by
students working hi creameries utv
der the early release from school
plan indicate that some fifty students
were so employed and they did
greet deal to help overktome the acute
kelp ,shortage •i) treatrierlea. Very
iftVorable denstdenta, haVetsbeen
teiVed f tifg Work dello 444);(680',
students.
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Thorny Problem
A problem of considerable interest
engaging the attention of the Division
of Animal Pathology, • Science Ser-
vic, Dominion Department of Agri-
culture, is the possibility of certain
parasites being carriers of swine
fever virus. While in most parts of
Canada the infection is easily con-
trolled when appropriate methods are
used, the control in a few sections
from time to time has not been so
easy. Consequently the suspicion was
aroused that in these areas some
form of life other than the pig car-
ries the virus over long periods of
time. A survey of these districts
was undertaken and it was found that
the thorny headed worm, a parasite
which affects the intestines of •pigs
and passes part of its life cycle in
the June bug was present only 111
these regions. An experiment has
been set up, says the annual report
of the Science Service, with a view
of determining whether swine fever
viruscan be carried through the life
cycle of this parasite. The experi-
ment is proceeding.
73rd Year of Publication
The Exeter Times -Advocate on
August 30th began its 73rd year of
publication. The -Exeter Times was
founded by .the late John White on
August 28, 1873. In 1924 the Exeter
Advocate was purchased, from
Messrs. Sanders & Creech and the
paper became known as the Times -
Advocate. The present editor has
been at •the helm since 1910.—Exe-
ter Times -Advocate.
Named Kings' Counsel
Congratulations to Frank Donnellw
who has been named as a King's
Counsel learned in the law. Mr. Don-
nelly, who is the son ofs Senator J.
3. Donnelly of South Bruce, has been
practising his profession in Goderich
since 1930.--oder1ch Signal -Star.
Buys Dunlmc Block
Mr. R. 11. Cornish, electrician, has
'purchased from H. C. Dunlop the
three-eterey brick block on West St.
• containing his own store, the Curry
taxi stand, and apartments upstairs.
This property has been owned by
the Dunlop family for well over half
a century. Mr. Cornish intends to
remodel his store • so that he will
have a modern electrical _establish-
ment.—Goderich Signal -Star.
Appointed Sales Representative'
The Dominion Road Machinery Co..
announces the appointment of Mr. W.
Earl -MacLaren as district sales and
service representative. Mr. MacLar-
en will make his headquarters in.
Goderich and will cover the counties
of Huron, Grey, Bruce and Welling5-
ton.—Goderich Signal -Star,
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• In Motor Accident
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Results of DDT on Spruce Budworm
According to the latest issue of the
Forest Insect Investigation Bi-month-
ly,Progress Report, Diviaion of Ento-
reoloy, Science Service, Dominion
Department of Agriculture the re-
sults of the experimental aeroplane
spraying operations with DDT Idich-
lorodiphenyl-trichloroethane) in the
Kazonga area in the Province of
Quebec may be considered success-
ful, inasmuch as they yielded the
needed information on both dosage
and technique of application. How-
ever, results in percentage of control
were variable, ranging from 20 to 99
per cent, the principal diffitultia
consisting of drifting of the spray'
through air currents, and excessive
atotakatiOn. Tho best results were
obtained from dosage of, 3 lbs. of
DDT in 3 gallons of diluent and 5
lbs. of DDT in 5 gallons of diluent.
These inktures gave between 96- and
99 per cent. control. In general, the
work accomplished at Xabonga,
states the reort, while iroving that
DDT hills the bildWorni both in its
early and later -stages4if deitloP.
tient, pointS tp the needter it. great
deal Wittrther Cindy lett niethedit Of
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While returning after bringing her
ded to Blyth on Tuesday morning,
Miss Corenna Wendorf figured in a.
motor accident at the school house
corner, south of Londesbero. As she
approached the corner, a car .driven'
by Mr. Victor Kennedy 'came out of
the sideread and she ran into it.
Both cars, particularly Mr. Kennedy's
were extensively damaged, but for-
tunately no one was hurt. — Blyth.
Standard.
Takes Position on Bank Staff
Mr. Don Morritt has taken a posi
tion as junior member of the local
Canadian Bank of Commerce staff.
This change in the staff is due to the,
resignatieni of Mrs. G. Harris.—Blyth
Standard.
Sells Race Horses
Mr. L. W. Levis has sold his fav-
orite horse, "Hal Henley" to Mr..
Wesley Litt, of Stratford. He ship-
ped him to Patavia, N.Y., where he
will enter the night race, which are
on now. Six weeks ago Mr. Levis
sold Hal Henley's half sister, "Bon-
nie Henley," who also went to Pate -
via, purchased by J. W. Brown, of
New Liskeard, la noted horseman.—
Clinton News-Reord.
Enjoyed Wrestling Bouts'
Although the attendance at the
wrestling matches at the arena on
Friday night was not as gteat as at
the first bouts held a few weeks ago,
those wher:werthere got a real kick
out of it. Lower attendance watt no
doubt due to the large number of at-
ractions held, during the holiday
week and a number of other events
• and meetings that night. It was
•good show and no doubt a greater
number of fans will follow this sport
in the future here. — Wingham Ad-;
vance-Timee.
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Young Lady Wins Scholarship
MisS LOW BIOVVes, daughter of Mr.
and M. tErtward BloWes, Seuthattip-
itott, 'and gratiddanghter of the late
31,4AWei„
tw diirigfited .eiltee of
thWt engtiage g),
,