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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1946-12-06, Page 2• tar, bU3 *ed a leaf or b, Ontario, eve Thursday afternoon by McLean 13: - Subscription rates, $1.50 a year in advance; foreign $2,00 a year, Single copies, 4 cents each. SEAFORTH, Friday, December 6 . Winter Has Come Winter has come and brought its snow and cold along with it. Some of us, 'perhaps, have been ' playing with. the thought that because we had had a most unusual summer -df it could be called that—and a fall .that was more akin to suriner, we would have a real open winter that wonld .melt -.into. another summner. Well, perhaps this wishful think- ing may bring. results. But we have no guarantee of it. In fact, to an old-timer of this district, such think- ing has all the earmarks' of fantasy, if not heresy. .Why should "Huron want or expect a Florida winter?- • From pioneer' days down it has• been winter that put the steel in the Huron constitu-. tion -----work is a more desirable fate than freezing. Our forefathers had to work to keep warm,- to live in the winter months. And while our homes and business places are far •above what they used to be for com- fort, the outdoors is just the same. Winter doesn't encourage loitering on streets and street corners. It doesn't encourage loitering any place out of doors. And. that is good for us. It gives us a purpose—to hurry to work, or tb hurry home from it. And any way, what would happen the ' township councils that have spent thousands of dollars in p ir- chasing snow removal equipment if we had a Florida winter? They would utterly perish. But the handwriting ,for them is not yet upon the Wall.. If history re- peats, as history is always known to do, it never will appear—for that cause at any rate. What we started out to say.was that winter had come to this district: And se it has. And before it departs we will have mountains of snow and thaws', and more snow, and zero wea- ther and a lot .of other things. Not pleasant, perhaps, but in the long run, good for our constitutions. ,And youths' happiest time. And youth is this county's greatest asset. So more power to winter. The Danger At the end of June last the United States took the teeth' out of the exist- ing price control act, substituting .in its place ja weaker one, which in turn .. collapsed the middle of October. Between June 30. and October' 22, when all food controls were abolish- ed, commodity prices .had increased 31 per cent. In addition, twelvenec- essary foodstuffs, which cover the greater part of an ordinary family's diet, had risen 50 per cent. between those two periods. And in many cas- es the increase itl retail stores was far greater than 'the increase in the commodity price. The het result^ of abolishing price Control has hot, yet been determined, but it is very apparentthat the Unit- ed'States in making a premature move t6` -'abolish price controls,has made her people suffer a heavy fin- ancial penalty for its niistake..That is something Canadians should study- deeply tudydeeply before it listens to the clamor of minority self-seekers. In•Canada, as in the United States, there is a popular theory that the present shortage of goods can be overcome by increased production. And that the quickest way to in- crease production is to increase wag- es. That may be a popular -theory, but it is not a fact. • If wages are in- creased to meet rising prices, the va- lue of the dollar will decline -and say- ings will drop. Further, the many groups like pen- sioners, the old people living on sav- ings and the great majority of .unor- ganized labor can - not increase their ' inc'onies to meet constantly rising prices. The consequent result is these people, who will be unable to pay higher prices, will have toconsume ss goo', The real danger is that lerit,high{ host of production o •+s': ' ec1, arid indnstr wagesrfar- i1g will' e un- ,, sills to scutal prices, A 4 as soon as e p es t i?ae14o savings, has, been* exhausted by high prices,• people will have to materlai y' reduce their purchases, And that means accepting ' a much lower stars; dard of living. These things are rapid! assuming a place in the United -States, and ^while Canada is still , free of them, our future surety rests entirely on. what we do permit today. If we i y p -_ n`�..t. workers to demand and obtain high- er wages before they increase their - production, and businessmen to ob- • tain excessive profits by means of a quick boom, we will be laying, the foundation of another and greater depression and one which no govern ment of any political party, or•" any embination of any parties, could possibly prevent. • What is A Liberal ? In Canada the . -two leading politi- cal parties are Liberal and Conserva- tive. In fact, until a few years ago, Canada had only those two political parties. And a further fact is that if the people of this country had ad- hered to the original parties, . they would have a much better and far more economically run administra- tion dministration than theA have today: But the terms Liberal and Con- servative are not confined to the political parties of 'Canada alone, al- though they may have other, names as in the United States where they are known .:as Democrats and Repub- licans. Further, political parties some- times change their policies. For in- stance, in Lincoln's day, across '"the' line, the Republicans were the Lib- erals and were even, referred to as Radicals. And the Democrats were the defenders of `States' rights against centralized government. The" opposite. of today. But in all countries a ' Liberal par- ty was generally recognized as the party that desired progress, although Liberal parties have failed to per- ceive sometimes that real progress is achieved only after it has been -crys- talized as thinking in the minds of individuals. Be that as it may, here are three „'answers as to what a Liberal is as a result of •a private poll: A Liberal's answer A Liberal is one whose thinking can encompass changes beneficial to the greatest 'number of people. - A Conservative's idea of a Liber- al: One who has both feet firmly planted in the air., A neutral's opinion: A Liberal is a young Conservative. • We've Been Waiting It is a fact that a new "jet-pro- pelled" dishwasher has appeared on the American market. The automatic dishwasher, • of "course, is. not new. • But most of the early model's: results were too much Iike that of, a gravel crusher to meet with the general ap- proval of the head of the kitchen: It is claimed, however, that the new jet-propelled models will ' set aside the centuries-old way of propelling the dishes by hand... It is the most startling • invention to be seen in any kitchen since a man named Gamble invented the first crude can -opener over a hundred and fifty years ago. More to the point is that the application of the jet-propelled principle to a kitchen machine, will free many thousands, if not millions, of Luckless. husbands from the drudgery- of "helping with:: the4„dishes.” When the familiar daily sounds of clearing up the dishes is heard, no longer will these hapless men have to rattle the furnace, start pounding with a hammer, or turn up the radio to keep from hearing—an 'impossible thing—the . first; second • and even. third call that their presence is .urg- ently requested in the kitchen. • Well, we've been waiting for that machine, and it'can't cross:the line into Ontario too soon for us. • 8tin$ nee* picked from, positOt of Aft and !e years ago. Reason Td Cackle An . Associated press despatch from Cobh, Ireland, says that a month ago Miss , Rachaet ' Finn, of that town, had her shilling's worth of cost when she broke an egg into her frying pan. Hearing a metallic sound, she ex- amined the egg and, . found a silver" coin in the yolk, flow the shilling got there is; son ething for the hen to cackle about. with me. Front The HuiHokinExpositor December 9, 1921 The Ladies' Auxiliary of the G.W.V. A., Seafortle, held their annual meet- ing on Dec, ,1, with the following of- ficers being appointed: President,�'Mrs. Henry.. Edge; 1st vice-pres., Mrs; Jas. F. Reid; 2 -pd vice -prep., M•rs. 'J: Fin- lay�san; set>:,treas.,. Mrs. Joseph. Keat- ing; committee, Mrs. T, Scott; MMM.ck John, Beattie, Mrs. le C. Jason, Mrs. Sclater, Mrs. Fred Beattie, Mrs.' Gov- enloek and Mrs. Earl 'Belt • Messrs. A. Elcoat and Melvin" Crich, Tuekersmith, shipped . a car load of baby beeves and lambs to the Fat Stock Shaw at Toronto this week. A serious fire occurred at the farm of Mr uter, Mill Road, on Sat- urday 'tensing last when .his barn was comp telt' destroyed by lite. It was first tired in the mow over the .horse sta , • but how it' originated is a mystery. He was able to get the stock and implements out, but about 20 tons of hay and 25 tons of straw and a large amount of grain were de- stroyed. John Howard, of Bayfield, returned last week from ,the West, where he' went on the harvesters' excursion. Mrs. P. M. Chesney, of Tuckersmith, returned on Friday from Roehester. Messrs. Eckert'and Scat. the U:E.o: shippers from Dublin, shipped a car- load of choice cattle .on Saturday to the Toronto market. Two baby -beeves, fed by Mr. William Hamilton, Cromarty, sold for $10.10 pet eve ane weighed 1,630 pounds. Others worthy of mention+were two fed by Mr. Frank Feeney; Dublin; one by Mr. William Drover, Seaforth, and one by Mr. Eli Rapien, McKillop, Rev. Banks Nelson, of Hamilton, had for his subject in First .Presby- terian Church on.Sunday last, "The Iron Man." Mrs. M. 'White and family, of near Beechwood, have moved to Seaforth. The fallowing is the report of SS.No. 10, McKillop, for the month of November: Jr. IV -Margaret Eaton. Sr. `III Jean "Holland, Wm: Hart, Har- old Hart: Jr. III -Stewart Dolmage, Annie Broome, May Robertson (ab- sent). Sr. II -Annie Hanna, Margate et Pethick, Jack Montgomery, Mabel Pethick: Jr. II--Jsabe1 Eaton, Evelyn Campbell: I -Wilson Little, Wilson Campbell. Pr"imer-Margaret Mont- goni'ery, Harold Pethick, Russell Dol - mage • (equal), Willie Dolmage, Roy Dolmage, ' Willie Campbell. The teacher, wall Miss Edna" M. Jamieson, of McKillop, Miss Ethel Grieve, of Toronto, was the guest. of her father, Mr. Sohn G. 'Grieve, this week.• From The Huron Expositor December 11, 1896 • One of the most successful school entertainments which have taken place in Winthrop for many a -day. was held -on Nov. 27. , Those who as- sisted' in the musical part were: Mr. and Mrs. John Scott, Roxboro; Willie Hays "Four Curly -Headed Coons." The •sschool is in charge of Miss Aggie Bays. Mr. T. E. Hays was in • the chair. At the basketball match in the skat- ing rink here on Monday evening be- tween the Hurons and the Beavers, a young man, Walter Payne, slipped on the floor, breaking a bone in his. left leg and also spraining 'his ankle. Mr. Andrew Govenlock's great clear- ing out auction sale'at Winthrop on Tuesday next will be. the attraction of the district. . • •' Mr. Jacob -Zimmerman, of Zurich, who 'has been it; North Dakota the past summer, returned home a few days- ago. . Miss M. J. Scott, teacher of S.S, No. 12, McKillop, purposes holding a pub- lic examination on Tuesday, Dec, 22. Mr. Wm.. Bates,•• of Bayfield, was awakened about four o'clock Monday morning and found his summer kit- chen on fire, :The' house was saved, but the kitchen and contents were consumed - Mr. H. Wells, Zurich, delivered an organ at the ,church of the Evangeli- cal congregation, 4th -1 -concession, Hay, a few days ago. Mr. Noble Cluff `Seaforth,.•has tak- en into partnership •with himself in the planing mill business,. his two• sons, and hereafter the firm will be known as N. :Chaff & Sons. • At the annual meeting of the Star Hockey Club of : Egmondviile, the fol- lowing officers were elected for : the ensuing year: Hon. pres., George E. Jackson; Pres., L. C. Jackson; vice- pres., W. IL Baker; sec.-treas., H. W. Cresswell; captain, H. M. Jackson; manager, R. E. Jackson; committee: Charles Kruse, James Young,' Richard Kruse, Tudor Jackson and Louis Kruse. At the regular meeting of. Branch 23, Catholic Mutual Benefit Association, the following officers were elected for the ensuing term: President, John Kale; est vice-pres., Dr. McGinnis; 2nd vice-pres., William Moran; 'record- ing secretary, John F. Daly; assistant, John Killoran; fnancial secretary; M. Jordan; treasurer, Pat Keating, mar - shall, G. A. Sills; guard, Wm. Duggan; trustees for two years, M. Braderick and J. F. Daly. Mr; Ed. Steet, who went to, Kings- ville some time ago to take charge of a drug store, is much pleased• with the situation. The annual meeting of the Women's Foreign Mission. Society took place Monday evening in the basement.,of First Presbyterian Church, when' the following officers were elected: Pres., Mrs. Jas. Archibald; vice-pres., Mrs. McDonald, Mrs. M. Y. McLean, and 1tlrs. W. Robb; recbi•dingg secretary, Mrs. Kirkman; eorrdsponding secre- tary, Mrs. Jas. 0.'Wilson; leaflet sec:, Mrs. A. Scott; treasurer, Mrs. C. W. Papst; Mission Band • superintendent, Ddiss Wilson; assistant, Mrs. . Alex I1lroadfoot, "What do you mean, you go steady witlf Mary because, she ti tlff[erent front other girls?" • "She'll- the only one who'll go out " I had a letter the other day from a reader that pleased me very much. Of eourse, it made Me feel old, bili my* natural vanity overcame even my re- luctance to adijilt that the years are going by . and that they're piling up,. faster and faster all the. tipne, . This. reader 'a5ked"me if, 1' would repeat a story. 1 told many years ago in the coltirits of this newspaper • about the rebbits.' It's so long ago that -I've al. most forgotten the story,but here goes anyhow. My grandfatherwas a great believ- er in the intelligence of rabbits. Ho always maintained that they were' just about as smart as any animal you could find anywhere. Most other people,. used to sleuth at. him. Some people used to think be •wa fooling. I could never quite believe 'him until one night he showed me exactly what he rp.eant. I was staying with my grandfather and mother at their place. It was an early " winter night .and_ -.it. had been snowing all day with great flakes of snow that seemed to just drift down to earth. . Just after supper it stop- ped snowing. grandfather called me to go into the front room where there was no light, and he scraped the frost air the window pane and told me to just sit there and wait. He smoked. his pipe and talked, and the time seemed to be going by in a terribly slow way. Finally I noticed a rabbit coming 'across the front yard from the direc- tion of the orchard. There was a nice,. Glean, fresh'patoh. of snow there. The rabbit hippety-hoped out into the centre of the front 'lawn, reared up on his haunches and looked' at.ound•, .Then he went• bac'leinto the orchard and I coeldeet see him. Grand- father made - not comment; • bei` just looked over hay shoulder. In above five minutes that rabbit returned with 'abbul• fifty' others. There was a clear noon that night and yoh could watch everything per- fectly. ' They deficed' around; azld around in a circle and there was al- ways one in the• centre. Grandfather Leaned over my shoulder and said, "They're playing ring -around the ros- ie:•" 'It certainly looked like it. Then -they started disappearing and leaving one rabbit in the centre of the lawn with his. face down in .his paw's. "They're playing hide -and -go -seek," said my grandfather. Sure enough the rabbit would" go' looking for the others and pretty soon the lawn would 'be ;swarming with them. My grandfather and I sat there -,fpr liver ad hour watching' them. Th® lrwn got all tracked up and then they moved, down into the pasture field .and stayed there until the dog chased them away. Grandfather •didn't cone . ment except to say, "Don't ever let people tell 'you animals aren't smart . . . especially rabbits." tun SMILE QRtwo: •rt was a busy day for a mother, and to make it worse, her small son came running into the house- with his pants torn... ' ' . - Mother (ordering) "You ' go to your room and mend those pante yourself„ and don't let me see you out here until the job is done." A little later she went `in• to see how the repairjob was coming along. Tile pants lay on a 'chair and the door to the cellar, usually closed, was op- ened. • • Magistrate: "You are charged with throwing your mother-in-laiv out of the window. Haile you anything to say?" Defendant: ''Your honor, I did it without thinking." - Magistrate:. "I realize that, my good man, .put don't you see how -dan- gerous it was for any one who hight have been passing at the time!" After giving the private a dressing down for being so late in returning with the supplies, the sergeant de- manded; "Okay, let's hear how it happened, Miller." "Well, I picked:up.a chaplain along the road," explained the woe begone rookie, "ants from; then on the mules. couldn't understand a word I said!" • Brown was phoning his wife from the office. "Hullo, : dear," he safd. "I'm very sorry, but I won't be home till Yery 'late tonight. I'm firewatching.''' "Oh you are, are you," snapped his wife: "And who -is the flame?" "What kind of a guy is our first sergeant?" "Well. it's like this: when you first meet him, you don't like him, but after you get to know him better, you fairly hate him." Huron Federation Of Agriculture--FarmNews Startling Examples of Soil. Erosion Anyone who has taken the trouble to watch a heavy rain brush or roll the surface soil down a slope may have been reminded of a giant plan- ing mill shaving the rough surface off a plank. Slowly and surely the sur- face is removed. In soil erosion measurements by the Field Husbandry. Divisions at the Central Experimental Farm in Ottawe says ' Dr. P. O. Ripley, Dominion Field Husbandman, it was somewhat startling to learn in 1945 -that in the four months, June to October, .fifteen inches of rainfall shaved 31.0 tons of soil per acre from ,the surface • of a field of corn planted and cultivated up and down a 10 per cent slope. On, June 17, 1946, 45 tons of soil per acre were washed off the same .plot,,,by three inches of rain in exactly one hour. ' On an adjoining plot which was summerfallowed, the runoff at the same time was 72.5 tons of soil. During the. 1945 ''growing 'season with 15.03 "inches.ef rainfall and 1946, .with 19.78 inches of rainfall the total soil runoff on a summerfallowed plot cultivated up and down the slope, un_ manured, has amounted to 132 tons per acre. On corn cultivated, up and down; the slope 126 tons were lost. Manuring the, soil made it more: ab- sorbent and porous and the runoff on a manured summerfallow plot was on- ly 114 tons during the same period,• while a''manured corn plot lost surly 100 tons of soil. Planting the corn on the contour 'reduced the runoff still more to only 34 tons of soil per acre. With a cov- er crop of ,alfalfa only one-quarter of a ton of soil was lost. These rather startling figures tell a very simple story„ says Dr,ilpley. Tremendous losses of soil can occur if improper methods of soil and crop management are used •in sloping ground, ']he loss cam be reduced to an almost negligible'•amount if pro- per• crops and methods are used. Don't let the rain shave off. the ;aur= face soil, he advises. It is valuable. tree.' Profitable Way be Feed Winter Steers Profits- from winter steer feeding are largely governed by the relative market value of steers in fall and spring with the cost of feed, labor and housing. Other factors to be consid- ered include the selecting of good feeders and general management, says E, Van Nice,. Dominion Experimental Station, Seatt, Sask. When feed grain is avMlabie' at 1 to 1 % cents • per pound and reasonable gains are ob- tained, • a spread of two bents per gotind between buying and sealing pries gives a ;good .profit. Long year- lings 'ate neer it' fed: fresh 180 to 150 days and 'waves , appit'oicimately 1:0:0 day'ei . No horns should be allowed in the feed lot and dehorning trials at the Scott Station indicate that a steer de- horned:at the beginning of the feed- ing period cannot be expected to. make the total gains of a similar steer already •dehorned, consequently in buying feeders horned, cattle .are. not worth as much.' If only a few steers are to.. be .fed, stell'feediag is suggested, but if many are •"to be fed, lots df 10 to 20 are more satisfactory than larger groups. Water and salt should be kept con- stantly before the animals. . The tank heater is valuable to take .the chill from the water in the cold weather so -that --plenty-• will be drunk. 'Loose salt for the animals is preferable to blocks. One to Iwo pounds of feed per, head daily, according to. the size of the animal, ;is sufficient • at first rand increases or change of mixture should . be made gradually. • In the,••trials at Scott, 'wheat, 'barley, rye and oat.•chop.have been compar- ed; each -fed alone and a, fifth lot was gIbep a mixture of equal parts of each. In an average feeding period of 38 days, mixed , grain gave the greatest average gain per head of 209 lbs„ wheat 202 lbs., barley 189 lbs., rye 185 lbs., and oats 181 lbs. A med- ium grind Was found more satisfac- tory- than finely ground grain. Rye chop becomes quite pasty' if finely ground and has a further dis- advantage of frequently containing ergot which is harmful. Several roughages have been tested at Scott, including prairie hay, sunflower sil- age; western rye grass hay, oat sheaves and oat straw. Their • gen- eral value for, steers,.when used with a full ration of chop, was in the or- der mentioned. It was also found that in seasons when a green, second growth was i.ti the oats before cutting that the oat straw was more profit- able to use than hay at a higher price. Normal oats stray containing no green growth was the least valuable of the roughages tested but reasonable pro- fits.have been realized by its use with a fu`It grain ration 'when hay was not available at a normal price. From- a half to one pound; per day per head of linseed oil meal added to the chop during the last month of the feeding period improves the finish and coat appearance of feeder cattle. National Rural Youth Week Success - National Rural Youth Week came to a cheering conclusion for the 84 junior farmers competing in national contests of Bbys' - and Girls' Farm Clubs. As they wound up their week's visit to Ontario by touring the 'Central Experimental Farm and Parliament Buildings in Ottawa, they were addressed by J. p; Taggart, Ohalrman, Agricultural Prices Shp - Port Board (Coni! utid .a POW-' , • Has, Hand Lacerated Everett Tremblay "ryas sorlously in jured on Friday last,• when his right 'hand was hadly lacerated?-1rea esaw at the plant of the Goderich Manufac- turing Co.--Goderich Signal Stlii; • Dwelling Damaged By Fire. During the heavy gale which swept ever Goderich on Friday, considerable damage was one by fire caused from an.overheated furnace at the home' of Mrs. J. K. Harrison, Victoria . Street,' shortly. after 8 o'clock. The ,fire caught is' the ceiling of the basement. ' and spread rapidly to the floor above, Mrs. Harrisonse when she first noticed smoke; aroused the other members of the household, , Whi` threw their be: longings out of an upstairs- window and ran 'from the house in -their night attire. In the meantime an alarm had been sent in and the prompt aetion.'of the fire ,brigade confined the blaze to the interior, .Most, of the .damage be: ing-done in the dining room by fire, smoke and water. Chemicals and. one line of hose were used. ' The loss is partially covered by insurance. --Gods, z ich' Signal-Star- ee;:.."Takes Over Bowling Alleys Harold E. "Hal" Hartley, who sery ed overseas with the R.C.A.F., as a radar technician, on Monday took ov- er Clinton Bowling Alleys, until then owned and operated by L. G. (Skip) Winter. Recently he has been em- ployed with Don Valley Paper Mills, Limited, Toronto, as an executive. Mr. Hartley's home is in St., Cathar- h.es. He was stationed at No. 5 Radio: School, Clinton,' for two years, and returned from overseas service in De- cember, 1945. • In ' January, 1946, he was married to Erma Hale Adams, daughter of Mrs. Hale, Clinton, and' the late C. B. Hale: -Clinton News - Record. ' Car Stolen At Kincardine.• Harold Cantelon, game overseer for - Heron; while assisting Overseer Pet ter of Kincardine, last week had his car stolen .from in front of Mr. Pet- ter's house 'on Friday evening.. The car was taken by two ' `Kincardine youth's and after going into the ditch and hitting a tree at Tiverton, they proceededeto Port Elgin, where they crashed into a post and abandoned the' car. Later they were 'picked ups by. the Port Elgin Chief of Police.- Wingham Advance -Times, ."Appointed to High School Board 'At the meeting of the county coun- cil held last week, Mie A. D. `tilac- William was appointed to the Wing ham High School Boards Wingliam: Advance -Times. - • Polish Soldier ' On Farm Another Polish' soldier. has taken up farm work at the farm of Lewis Whit- field, adjoining the village of Blyth. Mr. Whitfield went to Clinton for him last Friday. He .,-reports himself as very well- satisfied teeth the ability. of the yougg mane -Blyth Standard.. Undergoes Operation„ • Mr. Fred Dawson, of Usborne, lash' week underwent an operation in Vic- toria Hospital, London. His many. friends will be pleased to know he is•' recuperating nicely. -Exeter Times Advocate. • Purse of Money For Staffa Newlyweds Mr. and Mrs. Harry Burns, Staffa. newlyweds, were made the recipients of a purse of money when friends.; gathered for a •,reception that taxedil the capacity of Staffa hall. Henry. Harburn made the presentation and' George Coyne read the address. The Howe orchestra provided dance mus - ie Wand lunch was served. - MitchelL Advocate, - n Breaks Arm it "Fall 'on Street`. Mrs. Ed. Elliott, St. George Street;% broke two bones in •her• wrist when,i she slipped on some ice on a local: street on Friday during the snow- storm.. -Mitchell Advocate:.: •' Buttermaker Wins in Competitions • In the Iist of awards.. for compete tions staged by the Ontario Cream ery Association, Ross Pearce of Ste-• cey Bros., town, headed the yeast.. and mould, and the workmanship com-' petitions, ie. scoring 89.68 points in. the latter, out of a possible 100. In'ai combined competition (quality yeast and, mould and workmanship), Andy Stewart; also of this creamery, led the competitors with a score of 248.37 out of a possible 300 points. -Mitchell'. Advocate. Three Probable Candidates for Warden. Reeve John W. Armstrong, of Hul- lett Township; .Reeve Cecil Wheeler, of Morris Township, and Reeve Brown Smith, of West Wawanosh, are all probable candidates for the warden- ship of ' Huron County for the year • 194,7. • Both " Reeve Armstrong and R--eeve =W»ieeier- were -given_ hcla ifd -- does at the nomination meetings ofz' their respective townships • over the week -end, but • we understand that Reeve Smith has an election on ,kis. hands. Other names may probably be advanced before the contest comes up at the January_session of county council". -Blyth Standard. • Any Shirts? Are you looking for men's shirts for Christmas? -So are •hundreds of other people. At one store alone in Gode- rich there is a waiting list of 250 for men's shirts. The most common size wanted is 151/.: Whether it is true or not, a common rumor is to the ef- fect that shirts will be more plentiful after New Year's because manufac- turers are holding back shipments ie. the hope thereWillbe a lowet excess prohte tax neet,year._ Goderich Sig- na1star. A 311 •A 4 S • s i P