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SE4F 9y' TH, Friday, October' 18th
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The International.
The International Plowing Match -
held at Port Albert, in Huron Coun- •
ty this week, was the greatest educa-
tional and spectacular event from
the standpoint of agricultui that
this county, as well as this portion of
Western Ontario, has ever expel"i-
�euced.
For one thing Port -'Albert Air
School, one of the largest in the Pro- - •
wince,; which has been vacant Since-
-the close 'of the war, made an ideal
site for this greatest of all agricul-
tural displays. - Its large hangars,;
were madeto order for the display
of farm implements of every descrip- ,
tion, new and old, and"all the farm
implements industries of Canada, as
well as many from the United States
gave the greatest display that the -
people of Canada have ever witness.
'ed.
In addition, the 'executive were
supplied with excellent' office build-
inggs,, while the mess halls" served the
public and the runways made ideal
parking lots, and 'the grounds were
ample for every feature of the plow-
ing events. •
- Thousands upon thousands of .peo-
ple from Ontario and beyond, as well
as many from the States, attended
upon one or more days of the four-
,da.y event, and there was • not a dull
moment for the spectators in any one
of them..
On Wednesday.the International , -
was officially opened by His , Excel-
lency, the Governor-General' of Can_: -
ada, Viscount Alexander,' , w h o
came up from Ottawa on his special
train, which arrived: in Goderich at
noon ori that- day, "and from where
be was driven out to 'the Airport.,
The attendance on that day being the
largest ion, record.
This is the first time, owing to the
war, that the International' has been , ,
held since 1941, but :its suspension
- has undoubtedly immensely increas-
ed the interest of the people in, what
for _many years has been the out-
standing event.. of the - agricultural
world.
The detail. of organization' for.:. an -
event of •the size -and. scope .of the
'International is a tremendous under-
Making' in itself,' but `it was --accoin
pIis d-itn every detail'with precision
and the county committees who had. -
it under their 'direction, as well , as
the Ontario . Plowmen's Association,
-with President 'Gordon lllcGavin, of
McKillop' Township, at its head, are
to be heartily congratulated. on the
unqualified success of this . greatestk
of all• farm plowing and farm' imple-
ment displays.
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An Interesting Decision
The Federal Court of the United
States ''.has ruled - that the Atlantic- , •.�
Pacific Chain Stores in that country
are a monopoly in violation of the -
anti -trust laws. ••
Formerly the courts in anti-trust
Cases have been chiefly • concerned
, about the effect a monopoly would
have on the consumer. But as
the A. & P. stores' have only handled
about seven per cent. of tile retail
food business;° it can not :be called a
monopoly' in the. usual sense of the
term. In fact, most consumers look
Upon the. company 'With favor,- be-
cause it cuts food costs.
But now . the Government emu -
plains of the tremendous purchasing
power. of`. these. great chain stores, -
which ,enables thea to use moat un-
ir" rGgsin an s'malled Con: eti-
yrs and to demand and r
eferentisl'
roan .,food,, �y: -►owrWl s and- ack-
x•
e 's' to the eXtent._- of o e ,1 letting
the cream as well as the 'A of tjhe..:,
food 'growers' ' output, :r
It is' theold problem' of big, busty
xicss vs.the individual Nosiness..•
Where is no guestion but; tha=t: there
are efficiencies -made possible by the
size °of al 'firm that are not attainable
for the majority of small competing
stores. But when big bus ,ness ob_
tails power, while sorlletiwes it uses
it for good, it is far too prone to use
it for evil. To crush - Vat all compete
titian. ..._,
Evidently the American court has
decided'"that when big business de-
velops, like the A. & P. grocery
- 'stores, its power must be held. with-
in the law and must be kept com-
pletely alive to the convenience of
the public, as well as its necessity.
As the chain store business is rap-
idly increasing in Canada, the deci-
sionof the United . States: Federal- --
.Court
-•Court is of more than passing inter-
est
tous, as, well as to the people
across . the line.
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A- Nein Tool
Word comes from 11/10 -tint Wash-
ington Observatory ;that the weather
man has obtained.a new tool to: show
how • wet the clouds are. With this
tool he can now tell ' the public - not
only when stormy weather is due,
but just how much rain, or snow, or
hail may be expected to fall.
This new t'�ol is called a cloud
meter and consists, . of a tiny .cup
mounted on. top of a tube, 'and be-
cause of its small size it acts .as' an
efficient collector of liquid cloud part-
icles. These small particles pass
down the tube from the collector'. in-
to an' electric 'counting unit ' where
they form small dropets.
At the same time, another,device
Measures. the cloud's' air velocity;
from which can be computed the
volume of cloud the particles have
.been taken from. Thus known, the
cloud area and the number of cloud
particles leer cubic meter, the total
liquid watercontent of the cloud can
be -obtained. '
While all this 'new weather „infor
mation is- primarily for use of aero-
planes and ports, it would be very
useful to .141$ up in this part of the
country, now that winter is. before
us. And by.winter, - we ,mean just
that.
If our weather man could borrow
this weather tool, he would be able
to tell us, when starting for the coun-
try in the'car, whether it would be
,advisable - to put on chains, or whe-
ther it would be. advisable to carry a
shovel as well as chains, and some
One to`wield `the . shovel, and a lot of
things like that. .
Britain Can Make It '
The great' exhibition, "Britain Can
Make 'It;" which we have• mentioned
before, is still in operation ,and still
drawing immense crowds : of British
people'. -
At any time onle: -may see a - queue'
at least a quarter of a mile long, and '
there are 10 'or 12 people in each row. ,
But. the most striking tiling about ,
the • people i' that once : through the,
turnstiles, • they Stand hushed, be-
cause these Londoners were seeing ,
peace again, and they had almost
forgotten it.
But there was :humor too. -At a
display of hardware shown on a
glistening kitchen ; sink, a young
Cockney girl cooed to ` - her young
man with delight over a meat mincer,
then said: "There's no oven in this
kitchen. I wonder why? I suppose `
yer don't cook 'ere."
He said: "No, yer don't cook this
is modern." '
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Just About Right
Much is heard about the dumbness:
of present-day youth. Much ,of it,
however, 'is far from the, mark. In
fact, their insight is often startling.
GIn a recent school examination this
question was, asked: "What is the
significance of the eleventh of No-
vember, 1918?" ,
And • this is - the answer of one ob-
serving youth: "That's the day the '
Armistice of World Warr 1 was'si. y
ed 'acid there have been two .minutes
of peace e i , "
p�' C(� each year S1i�lC�...--
Tote; ite# *IMO' d' from
The ''Exprrsit10 o'f ...Afty aril
tweittttr ve year ago°
Friona •The Huron. Expositor
October '21; 1921 '
Mr. Earl Bell is ti 'Woodstock -this
week , attending the tractor and farm
machi}}gp, demonstration.....
Last Sunday evening while Mr, Roy
Miller, of Cromarty, was 011 his wily-
home
ayhome from church; his car :collided..
with 11Ir, Elmer Kleinfeldt, both cars
being damaged a .little.
The 'Ladies' Auxl'liary of the G.W.
V.A.' Club held a very successful
euchre in the club rooms on Wednes-
day,, evening when 152 members en-
joyed a pleasant evening's entertatn-'
men,. The winner of the lady's pr,ze
was Miss, L. Neilands, and the gen-.
'tleman's 'prize was won by Mr. Frank
Dexereatix. .
Mr, Harry Martin is Making ,extent
sive improvements to, the residence of
the late Mrs, Hallett.
Mr. Joe Fisher, of the Toronto Tele-
gram' staff, was in town this week,
Mrw• -and Mrs.' Henry Rapien, of
Manley; entertained `a host of friends
and neighbors last Saturday, in cele-
bration of .their silver wedding. -They
had a very pleasant evening,
The Misses• Mary and• Emma John-
son, of Hensel}, entertained a number.
of their. friends on Tuesday evening,
Carmel Church, Hensel,, intends
.installing a motor for the, pipe organ
in the very near future.
Anniversary services of • St, -An-
drew's Church, Iiippen, 'were. held din
Sunday, Ont. 16. Rev. Mr. Ferguson,
B.A,, was the special anniver,.ary
preacher and he was 'ably assisted by
Miss Margaret. Finlayson and Mist
Etta McKay in service of sonar. On
Monday evening. Miss Jessie Alextra-
der was the elocutionist and the mus-
ic was provided by the' male quart-
ette,of Seaforth, . namely, Messrs. J.
M
G. ullen, George Israel, D. F. Mc-
Grew, and J. Beattie. Mr. DeLacey,
of Seaforth, presided at the piano.
. Among those who assisted on the
.program at the meeting of - the Sun-
shine Mission Band, of First Presby-
terian Church were: Miss Margaret
Grieve, Miss Jean Lowery,' Miss. Jean
Stewart, Miss Irene • Patterson and
MTS. F. H, .Larkin. A feature of the
program was the presentation. of a
life membership certificate to,MVlrs•, C.
Brodie by• Miss Margaret Stewart.
The. laying of the eoraerston'e of
the new . Methodist Church at Cen-
tralia on 'October. 6, was a ' decided
'success: About 590 people witnessed
the ceremony. The choir of St. James'
Street Church, Exeter, under the lead-
ership of Prof. A: W. Anderton, led
the service of song, and Mrs: Foote,
of Exeter., and Mr. M. R. .Rennie ren-
dered appropriate solos, which were
Much appreciated. The service ' was
conducted. by Rev. George W. Rivers.
of Heirsall,. and other ministers assist-
ed. •'
From The Huron Expositor
October 23, 1896
Keith McLean, who . had .yhis • leg
broken w:he playing football on the
first day a',@, tiye Seaforth fall- show, is
getting •aleng nicely,
Mr.. William Hoggarth, teacher of
Staffa school,, and son of Mr. Benjam-
in Hoggarth, of Hensall, shipped a
trio of Barred Plymouth, • Rocks tb
Three, Rivers,. Quebec, at a long price
and he has- orders next week to go
to Portage .la Prairie, Manitoba
On, -Thursday evening of last week
as Mr. Latta,' of the 10th concession
of Tuckersnlith, , was driving clown
Main Street, Seaforth, one side of
the shafts becoming loose, fell on
the horse's' heels, frightening the an
imal so as to render him. unmanage-
able. Mr. Latta turned Trim on to a
side .street at Dick's Hotelt' where he
ran up against a wagon and became
free from the buggy. The horse was.
not badly injured, and neither was
Mr. Latta. . -
••Seaforth curlers have reorganized
for the coming year, and at a meet-
ing held last week, the fdllow+ing -staff
of officers was elected: Patron, Jas.
McMichael; president, William Pick-
ard; vice-president, F. Holmsted;
secretary -treasurer, John Weir; chap-
lain, Rev. J. .W. Hodgins; managing
committee, George Patterson, A.
Young, M. Morris, R; Logan, T. F.
Coleman and •Jahn Turner.. •
Mr. George A. Dewar, an old Sea -
forth .boy, has been. appointed a
councillor of the Glencoe Curling
Club. `
•Mr. I,,. G. VanEgmond',' of Egmond-
ville, has lately had a furnace placed
in `his home: '
' Mr. James McCiedch, of 'Tucker -
smith,' has sold his farm tit his bro-
ther, Samuel for the sum of $5,500.
it contains 100 acres and is a .good
farm. • , , •'
Mr. Alex Mustard, of Brueefield, has
placed a new Brantford' windmill on
his farm; .
Mr.. George Irwin, • of the Huron
Road, Hullett, made over $60 this
year in prizes at the various shows
in poultry, Mr. W. H. McCracken, of
Brussels, the veteran prize winner,
'made a pot of over $225 -the same
way. ..._
Mr. John A. Sutherland,• of John.
St., Seaforth, left,this week for De-
troit to add to the company of young
men from Seaforth who are . occupy-
ing good positions in the City of the,
Straits.
A few days ago' Mr. James Long-.
worth, of McKillop, filled an ordinary'
grain bag as, full as'it would hold,
with 31 potatoes, of Which 25 weigh
ed 60 pounds. -
Mrs. H. N. (Bert) Casson, son o
Rev. ,Mr. Casson, formerly of th
MethodistChurch in Seaforth, is mak-
ing quite a reputation for himself , in
the States. His Sunday' lectures
in the Labor Church at Lynn, -Mass.,
are regularly reported in the Boston
Post -with ' striping headlines.
Mr. Charles •Crich, of '1''uckerslihitlz,
. ha ssecured a position in a hardware
store in London. °
The timber men from Belgrave fin-
ished their work at Iippen this week;
having shipper, In all 22 carloads of
logs for, barrel,"]tory s,
Mr. J. I0: Thieznn ar..of Pembina,
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15., and formerly o'! ! Ray Torot+nship:"
near. Zurich, is the Republican eafudi-• .
lute for the :p'ositiott• of Shiitif f +if .
Pembina..
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l?rivi?tg into the''village ;the other'
day I started thinking abo .t the dif;
ferei ce tktat . e lets iu, 11Quses Some:
houses have a lopk and a feel about
them when you drop. in.
-Just take, for, instance, 'the little
log house at th'e corner above us. It
stands on a plot of land. The house,
of pourse, was covered with clapboard
gage a long time ago..aad about tea
years ,ago it was painted white. Most
of th4 ,paint has either faded or chip-
ped. oil. •Come along in the spring and
the 'front ,and -side of the. hoose just
seems to.' be actually covered, with
roses from a creeping vine that' has
spread out aver it. There are flowers
around ,the froat of the house in beds
that have whitewashed- stones around
them. The place looks neat and tidy.
Drop inside and chat with old Jim
Swenson 'and his wife. The, floor is
scrubbed to a whiteness , the ket-
tle always seems to be hoiling and.
there are plenty of those old-fashion-
ed rockers around for everybody. The
decorations are not what you would
call very fancy. They have some of
those crocheted samplers with mot-
toes •on them and a' couple of ealeri-
der-pictures under glass. Just the
same, .,there's • a' peaceful friendliness
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atmr t` ;00' j ince you can't help but
notice',
oe • into .kiouses, or, for . that., mat
ter, just -look ' at them; and you can
often tell what the people are like
who, live in them;•" Some places, cold
and i„toz'bidd'ing oo the outside, are
just the 'same way inside,
An a boy 1 rentember going to ,visit
my u .ele• who, lived • over in the next
township. They -bid about eight Chil-
dren and they lived . in a big, ramb-
ling old house with plenty of�,rooms.
The,. furniture looked battle -red;.
and I••'soon found out why,.' After sup-
trer my uncle played with the shite
dren. The sofa got turned up on its.
side as a Port. I had • a wonderful
time. The hoose didn't look.. to be
much, but it' was, full of laughter and
the scars on the furniture;.Were relics
of fun. , My aunt always said, "A
house, Phil, is a place. -to live..in., not
to sit around and wait for death in."
I'll best those children have never for•-
-gotten the fun there was ' in that
house.
My father always said that a'house
after it's lived in takes on the 'char-
acter of the people , wb.a , live in it.
The theory may be a whole, lot" closer
to the point then we first take it for.
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:JUST A SMILE OR TWO:
' The child 'was out visiting with her Stuail Boy (in chemist - 'shop) :
mother. The stay. was .lengthy and "Please, I want some powder.'for my
the little gi1:1,becani.e restless. • sister" .
"Mother--" she interrupted. • Chemi-st (jokingly):. "Something
"Mary," rebuked the mother, "it's, that goes off with a bang?"
rude to interrupt .while I am speak- Small Boy:' "No, something that
ing; you should wait until I finish." goes on with a puff." '
• "But," said, the child, "you don't ••
finish!" - "What's 'this I hear, flight-lieuten-
• r ant? I'm told "you were so drunk last
"My stars, Mrs; Raggs, do you have night you . pushed a wheelbarrow
five dogs now?" ., through the native quarter. Is that
"No, Mrs. Taggs; it's Junior's idea the way to -keep, up our prestige with
of making some 'extra money this these people?" • • •
summer, 'He's taking care hi' pets, , "You ought tb icngw, Sir, You were
canaries and lawns. All 'I do is watch in 'the barrow."
the animals while be cuts the grass." , •
• "Have you cut my hair before?"
Johnny: ''I fell in.:a mud' puddle." asked the man with the. accumulated
Mother: "What, With' your new growth •on his head. '
pants on?" ' "Np;• • sir,'" replied the village bar-
- Johnny: , "Yes, I tell so fast I'didn't ber, "I've only been 'out of service
have a chance to take them off." !four months." ,
:Huron Federation Of ®„
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A r�ic ltur -Farr News
How to Have Good Plants in the Home
House plants add- to the comfort
and enjoyment of a Home, particularly
during the winter months. The tough
old Aspidistras' and Sanserverias. can
stand a, great deal of 'neglect in dry
or draughty shaded corners but most
plants respond quickly either to good
care or unsuitable euvironment, states
R. W. Oliver, Division of Horticulture,
Central 'Experimental Farm, Ottawa.
Most flowering plants, like Gerani-
ums, Cineraria, and Primula like
plenty of sunshine, but cool tempera-
ture. The bot, dry winter atmosphere
of•. most Canadian homes ruins most
attempts at indoor gardening, This is
the usual cause of rine Cyclamen
plants, obtained from the florists at
Christmas, being a wreck In a week
or two. Begonias of the Lady Mac
,and Christmas Cheer" type, African
Violets and Achemenes are the most
satisfactory flowering plants for the
average home where heat is plentiful.
and sunlight scarce.
Ferns, and most foliage, pla=nts, as
wall as_ African • Violets are the most
suitable plants for bright north or
east 'windows. 'Ivy, Wandering, Jew
and Angel's Tears grow in even less
light•but Coleus are more brightly col
ored in sunlight.
Soil varies for different plants from
the mixture of gritty sand and leaf
Mould suitable to cacti and succulents
to the heavy .dia'y' loam preferred by
the' Geranium. In general, en open
loam soil, with plenty of decaying root
'fibre is best as a basis. Sand or ,leaf
mould can then be added 'to suit
vidual requirements.
Water for house' plants is best- sup-
plied from :.the bottom, by standing
the pot in shallow. pans I -ti, inches
deep, until the 'moisture reaches the
surface of the soil. ; This will only. -
need' •to
nly.need'•to be done .once or twice a
weep. Plants growing rapidly in aunt
shine at high --temperature Wilt need
water spore often than those tinder
opposite -Circumstances. •
Hot; dry air is not only 'dertimentai
to the ,growth of house plants but
encourages the 'development of white
fly; --red spider and aphids, which are
annoying pests. The -best method of
controlling .such pests is to stand the
pots, where possible, on a trayful of
moist gravel and to syringe the fol-.
,age occasionally with a fine spray of
cool water., ,
U. K. Offers /fissured Market- for Eggs
Canada's latest • egg contract with
the United Kingdom offers an .assur-
ed' market at a higher price for every
surplus Canadian egg lald''from Feb-
ruary 1, 1947, to January -31, 1949,
says the Dominion Department of: Ag-
riculture. The Department estimates
the value of the contrast at approxi-
mately $80,000,000. '
The contract calls for the Spercial
Products Hoard to deliver to the U.K.
Ministry of Foqd a minimum of 7,500
long tons of sugar dried egg powder
and 1,750,000 cases of shell eggs of
which only 600,000 cakes are storage
eggs,. in each of the twlve month Tier -
cods, February 1, 1947, to January 31,
1948, and February 1, •1948, .to Janu-
ary 31, 1946:
The quantity of eggs required to
$11 ' each of 'the twelve-month periods
of this two-year cdntract is the same
as required by the current 1946 con-
tract,
but the price obtained-::fccr< thisa
latest contract permits an.increase
of one cent .per . dozen over tie 1946
price to the >•praoduuer In the ser#fig'
buying periods; 'February 1 tri Aught
31,. and an increase of two• cents per
dozen in the fall buying "periods, Sep-
tember 1 t January 31.
The Special Products Beard will
buy eggs•, of the Canadian government.
'Grades' A Large, A Mediutn • and A
.Pullet for its' 1947 .shipments • .Whe-
ther Grade A Pullet eggs will.•be in-
cluded in 1948 shipments is to be de-
cided by'the U.K. Ministry of Food
before the end of 1947. .
The Board will limit its purchase
of storage. eggs to 'Grades A Large
and A Medium, but Grades A, B and
,C will be accepted for the manufac-
titre of the sugar dried egg powder
to be used by British bakers.
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DDT Safo To Use But Care Needed
Certain precautions are required in
using ,DDT, the new insecticide. 'It
is classed as a poison, but can be us-
ed'safely if applied and handled' with
•proper precautions, as outlined op the
containers- in which the product is
sold. Contact of the skin with oil
solutions should be avoided as much
as. possible, as DDT can be absorbed
in this form. It is advisable to wash
exposed parts, of the ,rands with soap
and water after any considerable use
of oil 'solutions or concentrated em-
ulsions. Oil solutions of DDT should
not bf applied to animals. • Cage birds
or aquaria should be removed or cov-
ered . before spraying is commenced.
Oil' sprays are injurious to plant life
and should not 'be used in vegetable
and flower, gardens or on 'trees and
shrubs. '
• DDT in' any form should ,be kept
away from. foodstuffs, a recommenda=
tion that applies 'to any insecticide,
• In dry form; such as in powder for-
mulations, DDT 'is safe to handle, but
'p'e'rsons hanjdling it - should avoid in-
haling or swallowing the dust. Tying
a handkerchief across nose and mouth
is a good precaution. ' This informa-
tion,'together with all the' latest facts
known about DDT and its use 'in in-
sect control, will be found an , the sup-
plement which has just beep added to
the Dominion Department of. Agricul-
ture publication 642, entitled, "House-
hold Insects and Their Control," The.
publication is sold at 25c per copy by
the King's Printer; Ottawa, to whom
communications should be addressed.
Fall Painting
Early fall is an opportune time for
',painting around the farm because it
,is then that the farm buildings are
most in need of protection supplied
by good paint., Wood that has become
parched and dry during the summer
will be exposed• to the rigours of :win-
ter
Metal, too,' needs protection with
paint against rust. Implements should
be painted after the summer and fall
work is done, Much of the life and,
serviceability of farm equipment de-
pends on jhg protective card given
during the fall and winter.
Buildings in out of the way places,
such as eaves, Should be'well coated
'with paint. Using an old brush to get
at awkward corners will save a good
brash for the straight-away surfaces, -
Paint preserves waterspouts, eaves,
and other . metal fixtures around the
farm. -If metal is rusted, It should be
sandpapered or wire -brushed 'down tb,
the shiny. ,metal before priming and
painting. Paint Will prevent rust on
a. clean pipe; but it will',only ,retard,
het Stop, 'the worst /Of 'dist pkg. on
itfibr the ,taint,' ' t
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Presentation To .ounty;1110.rse •
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. The ntembere of health and, he epi-
•tal committee of Duron county cotzn-
oi1, with their wives and the couurty
nurse; entertained at Omer' at the
Briti$h Exchange Hotel on 'Tuesday'„
night in honor of Miss Mildred Hab
grey of the county health nursing"sex-,
vice, whose marriage is to take place
the. latter part of October, A short
address wag read. by County Clerk„N,
1VI, Miller and the presentation- was;
Made to Miss •Haberer of a chest of
silyer flatware by Reeve Arthur Nich-
olson, chairman, , of ' the- committee.
Each member expressed • appreciation
of •the,_.work done by Miss Haberer and
regret that she was leaving• the ser=
vice„ Reeve R. B.• Cousins, of Brus-
tels, ' added to the enjoyment of the
evening with 'the presentation _ of
stood films. --Goderich Signal -Star,
Goose.Choose Odd Season To Set
A goose owned by Ken Tyerman,
of (G''rey Townsh4p, laid 16 eggs and
started,.to set on Wednesday, Oct,' 2. ,a
Could it be that the lovely warm days
confused the goose and made her get - r
the seasons mixed? -Brussels Post...
Scholarship Winners At U, of W. O' -
The University of Western •ontario
will hold a fall convocation on Oct.
25. At that time several degrees and
prizes will be presented. Among them
will be an honorary' LLD, conferred
upon Major John W. Foote, VT.C., fam-
ed 'padre who won his decoration at
Dieppe in. August. •19,4 a»••I'I•e••«visited
,Clinton in. Juiie._`'Tlrere are two prize
winners in this district, They have
won the Huron ..County Schofarshrps
($100), one for the man and -ohne for a
the woman from -Huron County stand-
ing highest in any year of any course.
The two winning these awards were
Maitland . Hammond, Kirkton, and
Miss Doris McEwan, Bayfield, gradu-
ate of Clinton Collegiate Institute. -
Clinton News -Record.
Ek -War Prispner'Awarded• Obe, •
C. Wallace 'Floody, Toronto, has re-
ceived word that he had been award=
ed •the Obe (Order of the British Etn-
pire). As yet there has been no of:
ficial word as `to why the decor etron
has' been awarded. Mr. Floody was
certainly a proud . tithe when the re-
ceived the word about this honor, as
just two days previously he had be,
come the proud father of a baby son.
Mir. Floody served in the Air FQrce
in the late war, receiving his corn -
mission' in -May, 1941, and immedit telt'
after going overseas. He was a pris-
oner of the. Nazis in Germany for -'al_^'"
most four years and returned to Can- ►
ada a little over a year agn: At pres-
ent Mr. •Floody in company with an
air force friend,, Herbert -Graham, op-
eratea a chartered air service from • '.
the• island airport in.: the 'Citytof To-
ronto. He can think of no reason why ;c
this awe; d ',a..;; been given to 'him. Mr.
Floody is a nephew' of Mrs. J, A. Sut-
ter, 'of town, and -has visited here on
many occasions. _ Clinton News -Re- .a
cord. •
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Policeman's Car Damaged
Late Monday evening. ,, r i" driven
by ,a Brussels man crashed 'Mtn 'the
side of Night" Police Ted 'Whitby's
parked 'car, in. front of the post of-
fice, C.onsiderable damage resulted to
both' cats.-Wingham Advanc-Tames.
Takes Over Command of Regiment
Major R. S. Hetherington, M,B.F..,
received the appointment last tceek
as Commanding Officer of the 21st
Regiment, with the rank of, Lieuten-
ant-Colonel, replacing Lt. -Col. Gebrge
W. Howson, who had tendered his
resignation some time previously, af-
ter holding the appointment for over
five years. Major Hetherington has a
'vea ath of experience,' having been the
Officer Commanding the 99th Battery
overseas.-Wingham Advance -Times.
Wife and Son To Join Husband
William K. Higgins received a tele-
gram from his wife on Tuesday stat-
ing•that`ehe and her little son, Robert.
Bernard, had arrived 'safely at Hali
fax on Tuesday morning on the"
Steamer Empire Brent. They expect
to be in Exeter sometime Thurslay.
Exeter Times -Advocate, ' , .
• Farm Sold
Mr. 'Roland.. Vincent has sold his
farm, including the farms stock and
implements, to .'Mr. Donald Snell,, of.
East Wawanosh- The farm comprises
150, acres, and Is',situated on the 4th
concession of East Wawanosh, Mr.
and Mrs, Vincent expect to move to -
Blyth some `time next ' week, where
they have purchased the •former Des-
marais residence on Dinsley St. Mr.
Vincent west sawing logs 'with Leon-
ard Cook• in the bush on Saturday af-
ternoon and was unfortunately struck
on the upper Hp by a limb,; and as a
result is sporting quite a nasty scar.
The accident -did not require medical
attention.=Blyth Standard.
Presentation To Mr. and Mrs. Hilborn
At' -'the regular Sunday School ses-
sion of the United Church last Sun-
day morning, Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Hil-
born were presented' with gifts of ap-
preciation for their services 'to, the
Sunday School. The- presentation of
a club -bag was Made to Mr. Hilborn,
and Mrs. Hilborn was the recipient of
a lovely purse. Both Mr. and Mrs.
Hilborn have been closely associated
with the Sunday school, Mr, Hilborn
in the capacity of Sunday school sup-
erintendent, and Mrs. Hilborn as a
teacher -Blyth Standard. •
Delw,ere Last Express in Mitthetl
Andrew Gardiner, known about
own as "Andy,"• will certainly be
missed_ when he concludes bis ser-
vice as deliverer of etpress here on
October 15, to take charge of the ex-
ress agency in Clinton where there
axe both uptown and station offices..
His new. duties- will be taken over on
ovember 1, and in the interim be'
.nd his wife, the former Irene Brooks,
ill have a short holiday: Mr. Gard-
ner worked on the se`Ction here for
time and then"took over the duties
f the late J, E. Brook$.;which he has
bhtinued; to the satin action of ev-
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