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The Huron Expositor, 1946-09-20, Page 2•`"77.;7 •• 'R 0 ITO • iSre • f EStablished ,. :McPhail McLean, Editor. ublished at Seaforth, Ontario, ev- ThUrsday afternoon by McLean 00- •Subscription rates, $1.50 a year in -adyance; foreign $2.00 a year. Single coges, 4 cents each. Advertising rates on application. , 110...IrMeIlbal Authorized as Sacond Class mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa. SEAFORTH, Friday, September 20 The Reason In Bruce County, today, there are 15 rura4 public schools where classes are in charge of teachers who have had no training for the positions they hold. And Bruce County, we would say, was not an isolated case, as the teacher shortage is pretty general over the whole Province of Ontario., This shortage has not Arisen be- cause of post-war conditions, nor has it come over night. The cause can be easily traced back to depression years, and even before that, and since. In fact has there ever been a time • when school trustees, both country and town were pot much more intent on cutting the/mount of salary to be paid teachers, than they were in promoting the welfare of the school pupils? It takes some fifteen years of pub- lic, high school and Normal training, with possibly a few summer courses thrown in, to fit a boy or girl for the teaching profession, Often the cost -of that training has been a debt that the would-be teacher is expected to ifischarge after receiving ,a position as teacher. If a teacher intends to make teaching a life work, how- can those debts be discharged, not to •mention making a' living and provid- ing for old age, on a salary of $500 • or $1,000? Those salaries were very• ' common just a few short years ago, • and the thousand- dollar salary is still much in vogue in some places. The answer is they couldn't. Hence both men and women with teacher's •qualifications turned to other work to make a "living. In fact, so great was the exodus that it created an acute shortage of teachers over th• e' whole, province. And new school teachers can not be made in a day. It is quite true that.as a result of this shortage teachers' salaries have been raised, but -with a decided re- • luctance on the part of many school boards. School boards are very • prompt to acknowledge that teach- ers play a most important part in • the successful upbringing a chil- dren. Perhaps as important a part as modern-day- parents, but on the whole, they, -are very, very slow, to, • pay a salary commensurate with the high qualifications of character as well as teaching ability they look for and always demand. • That is. the reason of the school teacher shortage •today, and until salaries .take another jump to equal at lea,st,the increase noted in the past two or three years, not many young people are going to choose 'teaching • as a life profession, and the supply of older ones and, niarried substi- tutes will not last indefinitely. • Should Be On Guard Strike conditions in Canada are, possiblk, not as bad as in the United • States. But& they are far from im- proving. In fact thinking labor lead- ers are fast coming to the conclusion • that Communists in Canada, as well as the United States, want nothing short of a general strike that would •paralyte the country. Present labor strikes are not aim- • ed at 'bettering the conditions of the working people, but just the' oppos- • ite: It is a self evident yule that 'Communist labor leaders—and most of them are just that—hold the firm belief that the worse conditions get, for the people, the hetter.opportufi- ity there will be for revolution. Ever since the Russian ,revolution, Virheh th6 present CoMmunistic goy- •ernment-toolc over, the Russian peo- le-hafe been told that our democra- ie way of living is doomed. That iir boasted high standard of living ijrtb, and thatwe are fast ap- , intinstrial chaos and 'Coin- • SfOii, 170tIt. world'he*s ati� lig absolutely • denied the RuSSiau peeple, it la not hard or the government to instill that belief in their peopre. And to successfully keep it there"as well. That is why Communistic labor , leaders are bending every effort to createlabor chaos in this country to the. point where revolution will be the result. That is ,the reason, too, why Canadian employees and em- ployers and capital, in general, should be on ,their guard against it. There is not too much time to spare either. • Hansard Hansard, as everyone knows, is the official report, made da,y4by day, of the speeches delivered by our Members of Parliament during the session. And it is quite a book, or rather, a vast collection of books. Since the trial of German war criminals started some nine months .ago, some 5,000,000 words of evidence have been written into the record. That would seem to be a pretty wordy affair, but it hasn't a thing on our Canadian Members of Parlia- ment. , When the session closed two weeks ago, Hansard had run to 5,867 pages of member speeches. There are two columns of printed matter on each page, or close to 1,000 words, making an .estimated total of 5,500,000 words. Add another 1,000,000 words spoken by the Members of the Senate, and we have a grand total of 6,500,000. And our Members of Parliament completed their tremendous labors in our behalf in the short space of five months, four less than the German ' war criminals record. Going a little further, it could be explained that this tremendous wordage of Parlia- ment would fill some 6,500 news- paper columns, and if any city daily printed nothing else in its pages it would take six weeks to complete the record of Hansard. Or, if Hansard were printed in ordinary book form, it would run to a shelf of 50 volumes. It is quite possible, however, that if the wind and threshed straw were boiled out Of Hansard, and the water run off, ten volumes would. amply suffice to hold our official reports ,of House of Commons debates. It is ,more than possible, too, that sessions would be shortened , by two or three •months, thus effecting a tremendous saving to the people generally. • Where Did Thep Go? When the Parliamentary Restaur- ant and Cafeteria at the Parliament ' Buildings in Ottawa took an inven- tory' at the:'close of the recent ses- sion, it found 1200 spoons and the same number of knives and -forks were missing. ' It has been suggested that the spoon shortage could be accounted for by the fact that they are very handy for stirring office highballs, and as the 1200 missing knives and forks each have the -Canadian Coat of Arms engraved on them:, • they would serve as very nice souvenirs. But as the restaurant and cafe- teria is only open to Senators, Mem- bers of Parliament and their guests, where could they have 'gone? The Members, no doubt, will keep a -clos- er 'eye on their guests after this, Some House In these days of building short- ages, it is interesting to read about something that can be done about it. This something is a house built by Fred J. Grace, at Tampa, Florida, in • 1939, which he has just sold for $5,000. - The house, Mr. Grace said, was built of tin can g and cement. About 12,000 quart oil cans, gathered from filling stations, went into the house. They Were placed lengthwise and cemented together. The exterior was finished with stucco and painted. The inside was plastered. The builder said the one -storey 20 by. 30 foot house, is much cooler than the average dwelling, because of the dead air space contained in the cans. In addition, it is fireproof and takes a lOw insurance. Mr. Grace said he 'built the house more as a hobby than as all invest- ' tient, but resided in it until he built "More pretentious dwelling next • door. Some house! aome hobby! Seine price rs one Iatereatieg items picked from The Expositor of fifty and tweatysfive years ago. iiI From The Huron ataaositor September 23, 19at Miss Nasty Margaret Carlin and Mr. W. J. Cleary were united in mateiage iu St. Columban Church on Sept. 14, ha Rev': 'Father White, assisted ',6a Rev. Father Goeta, Seaforth. The choirs of the three churches of Hensel' joined in practice undei Prof. A. W. Anderton, of Exeter, for the rendering in the near future of aThe Messiah," in. which 200 voices will take, part. At the London Fair last week the following exhibitors from this district Were awarded prize: Broadfoot Bros., Tuckersmith; Alex Sinclair, Tuckersmith; D. Fotheringhana Tuck- ersmith; Dr. Moir, Hensalls -George' Dale, Hullett, and Wm. Calquhoun,• Hullett. Mrs. Charles Holmes and little daugater, whohave been spending the summer with her parents in Eng- land, returned to Seaforth on Mon- day. • Miss 'Ka,tlileen Burrows, who has .a... _special ..dietettainal course at Toronto University, return- ed to town this week. .Mr. J. R. Dobie has arrived in town from Moose Jaw, where he has been engaged for the summer in the cream- ery business. Margaret, the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. D. 'Smith, of Egmond- ville, had ' the misfortune to fall at" her home en Sunday evening last and fracture her collar -bone. Misses Florence and Ethel Beattie and Miss Sadie Thompson were in London last week. Mr. Ivan Hill, "of Staffa, leaves on Monday to resume his course at the Guelph Agricultural College. • _Messrs., Garnet Chapman, Harvey Burrows, , Russel Bristow, Bverett Rivers, Aubrey Crich and Ed. Merner have returned to Toronto to resume• their studies at the Ontario Dental College. While operating one of the button- hole machines at the W. J. Duncan factory on Thursday, Miss Maegaret Purcell had the misfortune to have one of her fingers badly lacerated. Miss L. Young, of Londeeboro, left Thursday for Regina,. where; she will resume her duties as teacher in the 'Ladies' Cellege there. • Miss Alva B. Howard, of Guelph, ' was united in marriage' to Mr. J. Aria old St. Clair Westcott, of toWn,' on September 21. • ' ,• • Mrs. James Hart, Seaforth, has pur- chased the residence of the Iate Miss Richardson on George St., and has moved into .it. • Mr. Martin Purcell, of Manley, mado a business trip last week to Wriaxe- ter, Teeswater, and Formosa, where he took in the sight of that -great -Wa- ter geyser that was struck while drill- ing for oil:• Mrs. McIntyre,. Toronto; who is do- ing missionary work among the Slays in that eitara gave two interesting aci- - dresses in First Presbyterian Cburcn en Sunday. ' The.. Merrymakers of Cromarty spent a very enjoyable time at the home of Mr. Joseph Speare last Fr: - day eyening. • ,s, a • .Froms.The Huron Expositor September 25, 1896 • 11 would be hard to beat the thresh-, ing recently done by John Thirsk's Machine on John Douglas' firm, near Blake, when 34 loads of loose barley, yielding 620 bushels, were threshed in three and a half hours. The •Seaforth Collegiate Institute football club reorganized this season on Monday afternoon last, when the -following staff ,of officers were elect- ed: Honorary president, Dr. Charles 'Mackay; honorary vice -resident, W. • se O. Reid; president, H. S. ,Zorikirfcre- on; vice-president, J. P. Thompso tary-treasurer, R. J. Muldrev's; cap- tain, A. J. Morrison; managing cOm- mittee, R. C. Cheswright, A. Bethune, T. McQuaid, A. Band, D. Wilson and Keith McLean. ,Mr. Geo. Patterson m,et with a pain- ful accident at _Broadfoot's Mill on Thursday evening of last week. While taking a load of lumber to the dry kiln the load gave way and upset, falling on' him as he stood 'beside, it: He was warnea by Mr. .Powell, who was with him at tee tithe, and only for , that he. would have been badlyinjured. As it was, he was bad- ly bruised... The first snow for this season fell on Saturday last, Sept. 19. -Mr. Thos. , Kyle,. late • manager of Workmen's Hardware, Stratford, Stratford, has been engaged by, -S. Mullett aic Co., pSleaacfecitlis to take Mr. • Chambers'. Mr. Harry Jeffrey has been engag- ed by Mr. B. B. Gunn, of town, to look. after the dry goods department, of his store. Mr. Peter McKay, Tuckersmith, haa sold his farm' on the 10th concession to Mr. John A. Tremeer for $3,000. • .Miss M. Marks, of Brucefield, is spending a few days in Exeter, where she was one of the judges at the fall fair. Mr. Para Tiernan, of Dashwood4 has dug, the foundation for his new house which he intendsto build thi; fall. Mr, Jahn Mcdregar, of Kippen, suf- fered a heavy loss on Tuesday by the death of his heavy draft "Springfield Darnley,", which was ime fipoeirdted by Mr. Chas. Mason, of Bruce- . . The Governor-General, Lord and Lady Aberdeen passed through Sea - forth on their Way to Goderich on Wednesday., Long before the train arrived the 'attttion was thronged ,with, 'people. They were met by Mr. and Mrs. D. D. Wilson, who knew them Previously. The •Band was in attend- ance and played suitable selections. Mr. Wm. McLeod, the local eomio singer, has beenengaged fer-the sea- son by the Wilson Bros. Drathatic •tCoemepoamnyp,ananyd. left Ott Saturda.y to i01 h 11 Mr. S. Smith, of Dastiveoed, hag ds- posedoprf ihla bout .anst ,13h0e to left this week to aSsliMe go nd POW' Miss Jean JainieSen, Brudenela, ties in Pari. D o'(y you -1f3eel Me jnU oldlc aagee4;aietetsP)i n'gif:ul). youa Don't worry yourself into an early grave aver it. -Just go right on liv- ing—you've. got just as Much chance as the neat fellow to live a century and a quarter en, so, get your picture in the papers and make a liar out of the -men of science.. - That's the conclusion we reached' after a searching study into this old ques•tion of living twice ,as long as the three score and ten years allot- ted to us. It all started When Major Edward Janies, Monroe of Jacksonville, Fla., popped up in New York recently to announce, among other things, that he is 181 ears old and is thinking of taking on another wife, just to show he hasn't losthis "joie de vivre." The scientists who devote theta lives to studying things like old •age have been telling us for years that to live to a ripe old age we've got, to stop hitting the bottle, swear off to- bacco and pass up the second helping' of succulent roast beef and favorite pudding. •They've gone even so far as to suggest that we should stay poor jut because poverty helps you trelive longer -by removing the danger of over -eating. 'The reasoning is simple: If you are short of money you can't buy meat. If you eat lest meat your body Will have to work less. And if it works less it will be in a stronger position to fight off the diseases which usual- ly accompany old age—like diabetes, hardeting of the arteries, heart and kidney troubles. -Jaist as We were getting sold an the idea and about to sign the pledge, up bobs people like Major Mowoe as liv- ing proof that the doctors are wrong. Or one of the • experts who lays down the rules proves it by dying before even nudging the three -score years and ten mark, like the Russian scien- tist recently who, after announcing that he had concocted a drug that would prolong life for a couple of hun- dred years, quietly laid down and joined his ancestors at the age of 60. It's all very trying. • Major' Monroe posed some very tough problems -for doctors and-fiew:s- papers when he flew from Jaekson- ville to New. York, with cigar and Confederate flag, to regale igeporters with his one and one-third centuries of life. They are many who think there was one strike on him before Le started because the whole thing was backed by the Bernarr MacFadden Foundation,which brought the old man up to serve as an exploiting ag- ent for one of the MacFadden health farms. Some of the more cynical went so far as to suggest that it all smack- ed just a little of a publicity stunt. But the story Monroe told was this: • He is the on of James Monroe_ the fifth president of the United States, who died in 1831. He was born ,on • July 4, 1815, has outlived three. wivea and 11 Children and "almost" married aga1e. aayeary aggo, • Moarcie Frays he served as a major in the Confederate Army at the age of 45, and also served in ',the Boer War. When the U.S. entered World War 1 --when he was 102—he tried to enlist but they turned him down. Ile declare a that he owes it, all to a "Clean life."' Howevhr, he hastens to explain that his formula for longe- vity didat bar such things. as smok- ing cigars, drinking whisky occasion- ally and eatinr'inathing that bits my fancy." MbnrOe's reputed 131 years puts hire, in the same class almoat of Hen- ry Jenkins, the, Englishman who is supposed to have lived to the age of 169; Thomas Parr, who gave up the ghost at 162 and left behind him a controversy that still breaks out now and again; and Sayed Hehrem, the Egyptian, who in 1943 claimed he was 132 years old and wae,"going to live a lot longer." As in all such cases, Monroe's. story turned out to be on the weak Aide from some angles.' For instance, it's the first time anybodys seems tp have heard that President Monroe -ever had a son. The Encyclopaedia Britan- nica says that when President Mon- roe died in 1831 hp was "survisied bY two daaghters." But Bernarr MacFadden, who's no chicken himself, explains it this way: "We tried, , to investigate Major Monroe's claims, but we couldn't ver- ify them. So far as we could learn, President Meeroe, had been survived only by two daughters. "We can't verify his parentage; but I think we Can fairly well verify his age. • s'a, "How? He has a lot of papers. The American Magazine -printed an article about him when he was 103. Since then, the Jacksonville papers have de- voted a certain, amount of attention to his birthday each year. "I 'would say his age is, as:aim-xi-. mately correct as given, but as to his being a son of President Monroe we have no verification." 'Genealogists and experts on senesc- ence have not come out to pass judg7 ment publicly on the new' aspirant to 'the tile -of _being the world's (driest living human, but they're very skepti- cal abdut it all. . When. a man goes over the 100 mark, they say, "fallacies easily creep in and memories and record's fail." Without written records, it's hard to prove how old a, man is once he passes the century mark, and it's • just as hard tcj prove"' he is nof as old as he says he is. But, as We started out to say, if yOu begin to develop crow's feet and wrinkle's, grey hair or baldness, don't worry yourself to deathaboutit. Mon- roe has been developing them for a matter of 50 to 60 years and he's still going strong. The only sure. way of growing to a ripe old age, ,it seem, is to keep right on living. :JUST: A SIVIIWORTWO: Science Professor: "What happens when a body is immersed in water?" Pretty Young Thing: "The Aele-, phone rings." • Bill: "There "There are the ruins of.,a Castle built by William the Conquer- or." - Wealthy Aunt: "Yes, but why on earth did he build it so far from the railway station." . - • ountr apers 0 V .j" 14. • ,a'Potato Oddity Mr. Fred Peskitt, Of Loadesboro, responsible for sUPplying The Stand- ard with this week's oddity, and in • preeenting itaahe remarked that Ile had never ahaid of a similar gtowtas hefore, and weindered if anyone else had, -The item undo e discuesion'is potato set which was planted WV spring. The set took life itself, and grew to a fairly respectable potato; although a little on the flat side.— Blyth Standard. The reporter had ,been lecter- ed about -padding his stories, getting in too much uninteresting details. So when a fatal accident took place in the highest building in town, he re- ported it this way: "Bill Walker, the janitor, looked up the elevator shaft in the Jones build- ing this morning to see if the eleva- tor was running. It was, Age 52. Funeral Tuesday morning, 11.30." Huron Federation Of :Agriculture-FarmNews Winners's!! 20 Scholarships Given By • AnKciiiture Institute Twenty- scholarships, each valued at $800, awarded to Canadian scien- tists for advanced training in the field of-agriculturre, have been announced by the Agricultural Institute of Can- ada. The winners are all graduates of Canadian universities, and most prov- inces are represented in the list. Fourteen of the Winners will do ad- vanced training at various institutions in the United States where special facilities eilat for particular types of postgraduate work, The Univers- ity of Illinois, Iowa State College, Virginia Polytechnic Institute,- Utah State College, Cornell University, Un- iversity. of Wyoming, University of Minnesota will all receive one or more of these candidates for periods ranging from one to three years. On completion of this work ; all of these Men will return to Canada to assume more important posts, in ,the field of scientific agriculture. Canadian insti- tutione represented in the list are Un- versity of Toronto, University of SaskatcheWan, University of Alberta, University of British Columbia and Macdonald College of McGill Univers- ity. Among the winners .Are nine veter- ans of World War II, whose academic careers were interrupted for varying periods pwing to their service. in the armed farces. In annoancing these awards, C. Gor- don O'Brien, General Secretary of • the Agricultural lnstifute, Ottawa, states that it is anticipated an equal num- ber will be allocated next year. The funds ate provided by industrial firms interested in the future of agricultute. The projedt would be a long-term one and these organizations are doing a valuable -service to Canada by their generous investment in Canada agri- cultural scientists, * * Junior Farm Clubs National Contests Approximately 9.0 membersof junior farm olubs icons all parts of Canada are expected to take 'part in National Riftla -Math Week Wilder th-e diree-- tion of the Canadian 'Council on Boys' and Girls' Clul? Wok in conjettetiOn with the Royal Winter Fair at Toro& to lit Ndvember. feature this year, or the e' - tit, thelifteenth to be bold,under the spensOrehip of the Oartarlia06litoil;: the 1110101On Of a conteit kr tellnis, repreienting girl' giothitig OWN,it Sells Bakery Business Mr. W. E. Middleton, who for al- most 20 years has carried on a very successful bakery b.usinesst, in Exeter, hassoldthe business to Mr. Edward Dory, of Stouffville, who gOt posses- sion September 15. The new hysines& ' will be known as the Mayfair Bakery. In 1926 Mr. Middleton purchased the' business from" Wm. Lockwood and' consid- erable improvements to the property ' since that time he has made ,and now has an up-to-date shop.— Zurich Herald. Will Start Small Nurse& • Mr. William S. Johnston' ha i sold the portion of land lying between0. Mrs. Stephan's property and Mr. Hy. Steinbaoh, -tit Mr. -Charles Hay, of town, who intends to erect a house on the , property, having purchased ar house at' Brusaels. It- isealso' the in- tention of Charles and his father, Mr. William Hay, to establish a small nursery in the back of the land, and their many friends wish them every success in their undertaking.—Zurich Herald. Breaks Collar Bone On Sunday afternoon while prepar- ing toaattend the -drumhead -service; Mrs. D. Watters had the misfortune to fall down' several. steps, breaking. her collar bone and suffering bead injuries. She was taken to Wingliam General Hospital for treatment.— Wingham Advance -Times. Sailed From India Mrs. W. Williamson has received word that her daughter, Mae, who has been teaching in a mission school in India, sailed from Bombay on August 23. After a 'voyage of about five weeks she will arrive at San Franaisco— Wingham Advance:Times. Bowled In GlOpe Doubles " J. H. Crawford and 0. Haselgrove' took in the Globe doubles tournament at Toronto last week. There was ani entry of 191 pairs, and the loca. entry remained in the, running until only sixteen were left undefeated.—Wing- lam 'Advance -Times. • is expected that seven provinces will send teams to compete in this con- test. (Rim' projects included in the National contests are dairy cattle, beef cattle, swine, poultry, grain and potatoes. • The junior farm club members eligible td compete will all be mera- hers of the provincial championship teamsselected in provincial elimina- tion contests. The members are, to arrive at To- 'tont° on Sunday, Nov. 10. The pro- ject contests will be conducted the following day and the remainder of the week will be devoted ,to several educational tours, including attend- ance at the Royal Winter Fair, • The annual meting and meetings of the directors of the Canadian Coun- cil will be held during National Rural Youth Week. 'The President of the Council this year' is Dr: W. V. Long- ley, Director of Extension, Nova Sao-, tia Agricultural College, Truro, N.S. * * * Fall Shipment of -Eggs To Britain For the first time, a .elsiPment of eggs held in refrigeration from spring storage until fall deliVery to laritain was loaded at Montreal aboard S.S. aCorrhies, Sept. .3 to 10. It- consisted of 58,000 cases of -30 dozen each brought to Montreal in railway re- frigerator. cars from as far west as Alberta. Bought and stored for the British Ministry of Food last Spring .by the Special Producte Boards this is the arst of fall shipmeets td Britain ex- pected to total 462,000 cases. With British as well as Oanadian hens now in their period of lowest production, these eggs will reach Britain at the season alien they are needed naost. When eggs that have been stored at 30 degrees 'Fahrehheit are defrost- ed for regrading and shipping the Midden rise in temperattlre causes .contleneation on their shells and in- creases spoilage risk. To obligate this danger, the• Special Products' Board has arranged 'for earloa shippers to have ra,i1Way cars pre -cooled with Crashed i6 and salt .to 22 -28 -degrees alid to hive these teniperattireta Main- tained to seaboard where the: eggs AO loaded into refiggeratoraapacsai on. Ships with a temperature of 82-3 06- 0.04.; This Odra 'care Will 011E16 esl.r.t ry of ttiet tiotiso ewer boteieqsaye Ofk1B of the won peortment ,• • Had Close 'Call on Tricycle Jimmy, young son of Mr. and Mrs. Ala Tomlinson, hada--elose call from being runs down by an, auto on Mainzi Street Sunday afternoon. Jimmy was on a tricycle and had come out'from behind a parked car into th'e path of another car that was`going south. The driver tif the car applied. his brakes and burned up some rubber as the tires skidded along the pavement to' stop only a short distance from the lad. Stopping to speak tan -ore •of the merchants, the driver ssid the inci- dent had made him quite sick.—Exe- ter Times -Advocate, Jh mb Fractured Mr. eorge' Walker, of Stephen. Township is carrying one hand in a. plaster cast. He was assisting in cut- ting wood last Friday on the farm of Mr. Wesley Dearing, when a stick •fiew from the cutting machine frac- turing his thumb.—Exeter Times -Ads vocate. Kitchen Shower Fbr .anglish Bride Mrs. Calvin 'Heywood, an English, war _bride, who recently arrived. in, Exeter to join her, husband, was guest of honor this• week at a surprise kit- chen shower held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Yell•ow. Gifts were con- cealed in a gaily decorated basket. A sit-down supper was served by "the hostess. Those present were: Mr. aai. Mrs. Calvin Heywood, Mr. and Mrs. Hector Heywood, Mr: and Mrs. Jahna, Hunkin, Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Moore, Mr. and Mrs. Murray ,Moore, Mr, and Mrs. Jim Bowes, Mr. and Mrs. Vern- on Heywood and Vernon. — Exeter Titnes-Advocate. "Barn Burned in Goderich Twp. The large frame, barn on the farm • of Douglas McDougall, Huron Road, Goderich Township, with the best ..crop for five years, was completely' destroaed by fire last Friday after- noon. Nis McDougall had Completed threshing the ,previous Wednesday, 'and the barn was full. to the roof. Most of the livestock was in the fields except for a few pigs and four calves. andthese were rescued during the fire, The ,fire was first notice d by -Mr. McDougall about two o'clock, when, he was on his way to the barn. It had started in a strawstack outside 'the building.' An 'alarm was sent ins to Goderfch, burthe brigade did not leave town. More than thirty neigh- bors -formed a bucket brigade and with the Use of•water and chemical extinguishers worked valiantly .to ;save the blazing building and crop. Passing 'inotdrists also stopped to' lend a helping hand. The lose is par- • tially covered by insurance.—Gode- rich Signal -Star. Child and Mother Injured' While- driving the road between Goderjch and Atiburn on Sunday eve- sew ning, Marjorie Wood, five-year-old daughter of Mrs. Victor Wood, RR. 4, St. Marys, fell from the car and suf- fered a fractured jaw and facial in- e juries. Mrs. Wood, in an effort to save the child, jumped out of the car and sustained severe lacerations. Dr. Y. M. Graham was called and they were removed to the hospital.—Gode- rich Signal -Star. • A Forty Baskets 'of Pears .on Tree Thia" week Vm. Yule, -Of Fullartma brought ue as fine a Sample of, Bart- lett-lien:re as we have seen ip many a day. Ile told Us that he had fartY Inieicets Of sada fruit off hie tree thisl seasc h. iinci they tasted every bit an -good as ther:Itioked. ;The trdes it bear e*erY other' year.—Nliteholi Ade- V0eate. .4 a „.„ e ,‘P • er• 1. 11 '