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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1947-03-28, Page 2. 0 IMO On SitOV Eitablished 18 0 erth McPhail McLean, g,ditOr, bliShOsl at Seaforth, Ontario, ev ursday afternoon by IVIcLean • ,. ' 1V/ember of Canadian Weeldy NewspaperS Association, Subscription rates, $1.50 a year in -advance; foreign $2.00 a.year. Single copies, 4 cents each. Advertising rates on application. Authorized as Second Class Mail, Peet, Officei Department, Ottawa, • SEAFORTH, Friday, March 28th • At This Time Of Year •This is the time of year when care- less and indifferent, motorists, and in . ' particular, truck drivers, really make foot passengers see red. No one can bla-me _pedestrians either. To be Splashed and sometimes doused with the Sliring filth that lies on the roads and highways is not a nice experi- ence, as too many persons have found • -out. Motorists should remember that s all through the winter months it is their interests that receive first, as well as very expensive, considera- tion. To make a full road clearance for motor traffic, the plows have to • - push the 'snow back over the side- walks on to residential properties, and the pedestrians have to use the roads and highways in towns. Con- sequently when springtime comes, walkers have no alternative but to continue the use of these roads. This winter has made the situation particularly acute. Goderich Street, one of •the principal 'residential streets in this town, is a good exam- ple. This street is on No. 8 Highway, and the provincial plows have piled the snow in some places up to six feet on both sides of the street. Now that milder weather has - come, this snow is melting and form- ing pools on the road. At' different • times water has completely covered the pavement, and this condition will prevail for at least another week. It may even get much worse, if we have much' milder weather, accompanied by rain. That calls - for particular - caution and courtesy on the part of drivers of cars and trucks. But as far as we have observed drivers of either haven't shown much consideration to pedestrians. That applies particu- larly to drivers of' through traffic, - who seem to think'that if they keep within the speed blink that is as much as should be demanded of them. • But the pedestrian has just as much right on the street as have the motor vehicles. And careless driving that results in splashing or soaking pedestrians is a °criminal offence.' Conditions, however, will not iiii- proveui-ti1 pedestrians make a stand in' their oSvn defence. Heretofore, while. they strenuously object to be- ing more or less splashed by careless motorists, they object as strenuous- ly to laying an information against an offender -and appearing in court • to back the information laid. •They want some one else to do it. But some' one else, even a policeman, • is rarely in a position to see what really happe,ns, and drivers will con- tinue to be careless and discourteous just as long as they can get away with it. • • Don't Abuse Our Winter Snow • At long last, reforestation and Soil • erosion are receiving- a belated con- sideration at the hands of our farm- ers,. county councils and other gov- ermng bodies. In this respect we wonder how many realize the gait our winter snows play in saving our land from assuming desert proportions, a eal- . amity that, has fallen on many sec- , tions of the United States, and even 80/116 i our own Western Provinces. •• Writing in the Free Press recent- ly,- Mr. H. C. Mason says: "In the • United gtates about one-quarter of all the arable - land is now •either rtiiiied or severely. impoverished. On ,another fourth, rnore than half of the top soil is gone, and on the third fourth, erOsion, is already well under- ' 'this has happened in the. •tle h16:re than 8'00 mears Since "White man's Plow first broke the Or. Sofi. • 'And the most alarming fact is that not only in, the Wilted States, but elsewherefthe speedust of mods ern life has led to greater loss of productive soil in the few yearsof the 19WS than in all the centuries which have gone before. We in this country often curse our ,winter climate. I° know, I do! But its snow 'blanketing the Tared fer Months, and its frost,freeing it hard and preventing'- washing . and blowing when it is bare, are blessings in disguise. Without them we would be in much worse conditions than we are; and with them fighting a delay- ing action on our behalf we still stand a good chalice of winning our battle —if we only realize it is a battle." • • What Goes On In Parliament During the question period in the House of Commons on 'Wednesday, March 19, the following dialogue is reported in Hansard, and it illus- trates what goes on in Parliament all too frequently. • Even more than that, it answers the question so often asked as to why • our Parliamentary Sessions are dragged out to such lengths, and why the cost of Government of our country has- become an unbearable • burden upon the shoulders of the taxpayers: • Mr. MURPHY; For a copy of all • correspondence, contracts or agree- ments, or other documents in lieu of • agreements entered into by the gov- ernment, or any department or ag- ency of the government, between January 1, 1943, 'and February 25, 1947, concerning veterans" homes and holdings, in each province, for each , area where three or more homes have been built under Veterans' • Larid Act. Mr- TUCKER: Mr. Speaker, to „ comply with this motion would in- volVe making copies of documents which are 580 inches thick, over 48 feet, and comprise 116,000 folios. It has been estimated it would take one typist fifteen years to do the work. • The cost of producing it— , Some hon. MEMBERS: Oh, ob.! Mr. TUCKER: I am giving the estimated figures of the- cot- of com- plying with this motion; surely hon; members do not object to Viat. Such cost would be 17,500. I suggest that if the hon. member desires specific information he indicate what he de- sires, or reframe his motion to ask for something definite. As it stands, to comply with it would involve a tremendous expenditure of labor and money. Perhaps he will permit it to be dropped. • Mr. MURPHY: I would like the • motion to stand. • • On Raisinp Children Representative- Chester -Gross,. Re- • publican Member of Congress for Pennsylvania, would appear to be an • expert in the perils of Parenthood, and last week he gave Congress the lowdown on how to raise children. "And it's no old maid speaking to you," the Congressman • told the House. "I had eight kids of my own, andstook fourothers into my house to -raise. For 20 years I had 10 or more at my table." And this is what Mr. Gross learn- ed: That there is -no such thing as juvenile delinquency. It's the -parents who are to blame. Discipline has broken down all over, he said. "If your kid gets into trouble, lick him;" advised the Congressman. • "It his teacher gives him a licking, • lick him again when he gets *me." , But „there is more to the Gross' method than, that. "A parent has to, gain—and maintain—the confidence oif his chiklren. He has t . set an ex- ample for them too." "Pot instance, a parent should not •Send his kids to Sunday School or church. He should take them." ' • Mr. Gross said he knew raising city children is harder than raising them in the country. "But the prin- cipal is the same. It's the reSponsi.- - -bility of the parents to keep them straight." • And his parting shot to the Mem- hers id Congress was: "Remember, • no child ever was born bad!' There is quite a,bit in Papa Gros' theOry too. •\ ' gone Ihetereetin6 itehla edOket1 frOra 09'...*P9844r sr '1'4 and ,00.011,04,1144/11111 ago. , 1 1 From The Huron Expositor : March 31, 1922 • nearly every home in town and surrounding country some of th& meeasere •of the family, and in many ir_tlitkOs...i_whole! families, are pros- trated with the . prevalent ditrrease know n ass "et bad eold, grip or flu,' and the cervices of -Use doctors are cetretaecf demand, both night and day. On March 16 the hemp of Mr. and Mrs: Anew Oliver, Hibbert, was the &Gene. of a happy gathering, when over 60 neighbors and „friends assem- bledete spend a social evening witli :hem before they move to their new hotire h London. Mr. J, M. McMillan, of the Bank of Ccmineeets staff, Seafortbs has beers appointed manager of the branch of that bank in Parkhill, and left on Thursday to take up his new duties. The At -Home given on Friday eve- ning last by the First Principal, offi- cers ,,ausl, members of Malloch Chap- ter and the Worshipful Master, .offiS cerseartd Members of Seaforth Britart- .niaLoydegas ei,iwas one of the most thor- oughly enjoyable social evenings, in some During the past week the hand of death has removed, three prominent residents from the life of Seaforth: -Elizabeth Gilchrist Carmichael, wi- dow of the late George Whitely; Mr: Robert Winter, one of Huron's most widely known and successful besides men and Mr. John Rankin, promin- ent fittanalal and insurance broker, of ton. Last Friday and Saturday Stewart Bina and the J. MacTavish stores held theft, spring opening of millin- ery, ladies' suits and estate, silks and dress goods, - which were unusually largely attended by the ladies of town and district. Miss Mary Hanlon, who has been bousekeePer for Rev. Father Noonan, P.P., of St. Patrick's Church, was the recipient of an address and :purse of gold at a,, reeeption, held• at the home of Miss Annie Maloney, on Wednesday evening. Mr. John Aikeithead; who is one of Tuckersniith's oldest residents, but who of._late has been in Detroit, is making a lengthy visit with •his son, James. Mr. George Lowery has sold his residence,south of the track to Mr. Ivy Henderson. heist. Lillian Faulkner is recovering from her recent Serious operation, Several of the young men in the Chiselhurst distrect have hired for the' summer months at wages ranging from $25 to $40 'per month, a de- crease 'which is somewhat more in line with the firesent price of farm produce. ' The fishing- season opened at Bay- fteld this week, when the _first nets were set out. Market quotationsforfarm stook this week were: Shipping steers, $7:25; heifers, $5.25- to $6.75; cewS, $2.25 to $6 heaythons, $10.50 to 00.75; light and pigs, $11 to $1t.25; spring chick- ens,. 22c to 28e; eggs, 31c to 32c; mapel syrup, per imperial gal., $2:50. • From The Huron Expositor March 26, 1897 .. Mr. William Pickard -won the points competition of the Seaforth Curling Club last week with a score of 42 pointe, the highest score that has yet been made. Butter on the local market was sell- ing at 12c; eggs; 9c per dozen; pork at $4.50- best cattle for export, 4c to 4%c. At. -a convention of the Conserva- tives of South Huron, .held in Hen- sel' on '• Tuesday, Mr. H. Eilber, of Crediton, was chosen to represent the party at the next provincial election. The following are the officers of the Collegiate Institute football club for this year Honorary president, Dr. C. Mackay; ehonora-ry vice-pres., R. E. Jackson; president, H. S. Robertson, B.A.; vice-president, Percy Baker; secretary -treasurer, et. J. ' Muldrew; captain, A. J. Morrison; roanaging. coMmittee, R. E. Chesswright, A. Bethune, A. Hammet, A. Bond, D. Wilson:4'n The family • of Mr. W. N. Watson had a narrow •escape from death by a•sphseciation by 'coal gas on Friday night. All the members of the family have been quite ill -for some days 'as a result. George W. Young, more familiarly knee -fleas George the Hatter, has come • in for a pension from the United States Government. He'll live like a king now, at least as long as his money hangs out. Mr. Charles .Campbell, son of Dr. Campbell, formerly of Seaforth, has passed his final examination and has graduated as an 'M.D.. from Bellvere Hospital CollePP,•New York. Mr. -Harry Cresswell left on Wed- nesday for New Mexico, where he will engage as usual with his uncle in the cattle ranching business. George I-retain:son; an old Seaforth resident, 82 years of age, walked.from Dublin to his brother's „farm in Mb- bert on Saturday last, a distance of five miles, in one hour. Mr. James L. Killoran has opened a lare office in the rooms over W. Pick- ard. & Co.' itore, fOrmerly occupied by the Mechanics Institute. The Rippen Correspondent says: -Mr. D. D. Wilson's egg wagons from Seaforth macie their first appearance for the ,season in the village last - it is over $a years since Mr. Wilson Madehis first ,rotinds hithis; cornmeal ty. • 144, The teusteee of $,$. No. 6, Melein lop; are going to build the iiitest rural ,schoolbouse in the county. It will be of brick, 8 -foot basematt and 18 -foot ceiling in the schtiel room, with care- taker's residence in the attic. ' • A man received a sharp letter frees. One of his credieeta .He 'Wrote ,baCk o this hiller "fleer Sir: beery month take all the hills 1 haste and pet hem on the table, alleffle theta and piek out six sehleh 1„gii,Y. NOW if ave any more efe linpertineiree, Vhl!' !tent Molitheyetell! he even rest of e. , „, • • h wee' Whet *mild happen if *U the people in .the :cresistry who want to terra were suedenly aliewed to Pick out Oat eozy, little bit of - land ea settle Own: If you hive ever been M the eit-Se or for that Matter, if you jest 'mow the peoplein the city, then !O ULretetegeieeeerate, easily whet I maim,. Johnny, the barber; Jimmy, the Postman; Tommy, -the milkman . . they all want to get a, piece of land in the ecnietry and raise enough stuff to live on, They have ,some strange notion 'that- a -piece of land is the, 4laddin's lamp, that needs only to be rubbed over with a hoe or,'a rake and instantly all the food they need comes springing up . . . just waiting to ,be „, harvested. They also have another idea that the country has a 'greet challis. When you hear 'them rave about it . . would appear that farmers get u,p in the morning . . . stretch their lungs and fill them up with great gobs of the magical elixir, known as 'country air' and then. sail about their daily tasks filled with vim, vigor and vital- ity. Country women, it evPuld appear, according to a lot of the things 1 hear:and read, come out to the back stoop and look at the bright morning sunshine and have a fire kindled in • 1111111111.1Male. OI!..Mir POWS Seen ii the County Papers their 'souls. This makes them all 'sweetness and light al day long and they zip through their work so that they canewrite down poetry and beau- tiful thoughts which they later sell to Magazines or papers . .. or else they write bobks on the beauty of the soul. ,Therees_enether idea which a neigh- bor of mine has been. suggesting for a long time. He,, Would like -to see the farms of this country taken over thr eperiod of sin months by the city people who yearn for an outdoor life. Collide* With:car On Saturday efterinion, harry. ing to cross Main Street near the Avaldn restalleant, Mas. on had the misted:1'4e run into thee side.of an auto driven by:: Mies 41ma the ,h49ch-e(1• t•C!' pavernent abet eafrereg soli *Praised " ligaments of the 'left. shouldet which will necessitate .her ceerying her arm in a -sling for a few week*: gee. Mason- and.„11,elis Barbara Dinnen, 'both, eme However, es he himself is willing to ployees, at the Beak of• Metritreel, were • starve . , . country people. and trans-, headed for the ,resteursent• when the admit, itela •bad idea. We would all phtnted city people glike. , • My neighbors, being a lot younger than myself and less set in their ways, also have a strange hatred for those poor souls. in the city who hate to see any changes in the country. I'm a bit inclined to like some of the traditional things of country, living, but can hot up inside as quickly as anybody, when somebody who never had -a day's hardship, starts telling about the wonderful opportunity there 'is for anybody brought u,p with the comforts of outdoor ;plembing, etc. Gauntry life is good. I like it, but I sometimes get tired of hearing city folks praising the disadvantages as if they were actually advantages. :JUSTASMILEORTVVO: Manuel, a negro, was arrainged be- fore the justice of the peace for as- sault and battery. "Why did you beat up' that other negro, Manuel" ques- tioned the judge. "What did he call you?" • "He called me a rhinoceros, sah, a rhinocerps!" • "A rhinoceros! eWhen did this hap- pen?" 'Bout three years ago, jedge." "Three years ago! Then how did it happen you waited so long to re- sent it, Manuel?" "Lawd, jedge, I ain't never seen no rhinoceros. 'till dis mawnire." • She (admiringly): "Just look at thatenaree chest development!" He: "Chest development! He got that bulge patting. himself on -the back." The express pulled u with such suddenness that the...passengers were hurled in a heap on the floor. Quick- ly the guard came along to reassure them. "Somebody, reeled the communica- tion cord and the brakes acted too quickly. The last coach left the rats. There will be a delay of three hours." "Three' hours!" cried a young man. "I'm to be married this afternoon." "Are you the fellow who pulled the cord?" asked the guard, suspiciously! • • Said the Employer: "Miss Browns I'm afraid 'I'll have to —er—reduce . . " "Oh, Mr. Jones," replied the typist, "I wasn't in earnest when I said I didn,t like fat men." :Huron FederAti,on Of :Agriculture—Fa' rniNews `"e•Farm Income Act—cash receipts in 1946 amounted to $1,759.3 million, re- presentieg a gain of $55.2 railliOn. ov- er the total for 1945. From sales of grains, seeds and hay, cash receipts show an increase of $15.9 million in 1946. This a result of payments on wheat participation cer- tificates for preceding crop years amounting to $33.3 million. „ Gahm, are. also recorded in 1946 from fruits, vegetables, and special crops, , :on the other hand, these increases in receipts are considerably offset by a decline in cash income frees the sale of livestock, due to a much lower volume of hog marketings. Cash income from the sale of farm products it higher in 1946 in all prov- inces except New Brunswick, Saskat- chewan and Alberta. The decline in New Brunswick is accounted for in large part by lower income from pot- atoes and livestock. 'In Saskatchewan and Alberta, lower marketings e of grain and livestock are responsible for decreases below the 1945 incomes. Need Every Lamb Possible This Year With the alarming reduction in the numbers of sheep in Canada and in other countries, too, combined with a heat -hungry world, it is obvious that every Iamb born in. 1947 bas a high potential • value. During springtime the sheep -fold should bea place of special ieteresti. Growth and clevelopreent of lambs, like othera,nimals, depends largely ,upon nutrition. This begins with na- 'ture's prevision of milk. Every good shepherd provides the type Of feed best suited for the building up of the bodY-Ontlie. mother sheep previousto lambing time so that she may be able to supply an ,abundance of milk, with- out whfcb ho lamb Will receive a pro- per start in life. With the approach of lambing, email portable pens should be prepaeed. They maye be made out -of hurdles four to five feet in lerigth and two and oneNhalf feet in height. Such pens are useful in holding the ewe and her offspring together until the lambs- are sufficiently strongto fol- low their mother in the open pen or yard; Pens of this type are most Me- ter' in holding young ewes or ewes' which for some reason or another care to disown theiryoung et, time of •birth, Lambs born in early spring, or previous to, ,pasture timeshould be provided with what is ,known as a lamb creep, a separate pen from the ewes, made with a slatted -front simi lar to a picket fence but with slots sufficiently far enough apart to per- mit the' lambs to pass through but close enough to 'prohibit the mother Sheep from entering.Such pens may be place(' in the pasture also and they provide a`place where a special con- centrate, such as whole -oats three parts, wheat bran, one prt, and ail • cake preferably peaesiee, onehalf of one part. When the Iambs. have reached the age of two months, one part of cricked corn may be added to the mixture. • • At ten days of ape, the removal of tails and the unsexing of male lambs intended for market should be attend- ed' to. 80 that the best returns may be, obtained from the market flock, no rim Iambs should be tolerates'. The operation is simple anemay be con- ducted by use of the Burdizo instru- ment.' Promotion of rapid growth in iambs may be facilitated by keeping them free Of external parasites.. This may be done by dippitig with use. of any of the standard dips. Lambs can nroVe k profitable source of Patin in- come providing they'are giveh proper t care' and management. Canada needs. more lambs of high quality and finish. s 44' * Farm Garth Incothe at High Mark in '46 According `to prelirainary official estinlates, subject to revision as more facts become available, Canadian farmers received a cash income of $1,742.3 million fromithe sale of faqir Peallicts in 1946 as cornea -reel with a revised estimate of 1,945 receipts tot- alling $1,607.7 Million frotn the :seine (teems.: This represents a gain of c $e4.6 million', or 2.6 per cent cordpar- t ed with 1945 and a decreeee of' $$6.2 ri titilirtsej,;tr $81d,9.9r5ithirdI117o4r14' MWahrltil- ecl the highest record, , . Ineinding miPplenteittaty payments. --paYinents made 'dada' the -Wheat Aierettge iterhictletv Aa,. the Prattle, Patna Assiatahee ,A.et, arid the Prairie y Why Certified Seed Potatoes Are Good Canada is so jealous of the unpar- alleled quality of the courerjeg certi- fied seed potatoes -that their sale is strictly regulated. The result of this strictness is that .evhen a termer buys a bag Of seed potatoes 'Certified by the Dominion Department of Agricul- ture, he does so cbefident that he is sbiubyleing the best seed potatoes pos- .. , Each 75 -pound bag of Canadian Certified seed potatoes is required to cerry a tag showing that the contents have bees. certified by the govern- ment. And should this certified seed be repackaged, the re -packaging can be carrie4 out only under authority of the Plant Protection Division of the Department. j, At one time it was possible for an unscruplous dealer to filf a meal" pack- age with potatoes Of any description and to palm them off as certified eeed. Not so today,. Now.; the Plant Pro- tection Division ',prohibits re -packag- ing except with its special Remission. It grants ,e permit only, when the re - packager undertakes •specilled pre - Returns From Overseas cautions. " As for re -packing certified Seed pot- Captaitt W. K. Rorke, who hes been whiele container Prince Edward Is- atoes from A standard. 75-1b. bag, tre Canadian Army Headquarters in Eng -- serving on Army Administration .at land potatoes are frequently shipped to the British West Indies, this, can troop-earrying veyage of the Aqui- land, returned to Canada on the last be deed only under the supervision tattle:, which docked at Halifax Feb. of a Plant Protection, Diiision inspee- or. • children et Fort William, Ont., 'he had ; 27. En 1 -mite to visit Mrs. Rorke and • Then,: too, if a shipment of certified a prior visit -with' his sister; Misa seed has been injured by frost a part Florence Rorke, Torentoe whete he Of which can.be salvaged, the recoh- was alai met by his younger brother, ditioning can be donesonly under per - Rev. E. CO. Berke, Buffalo, 'N'.Y. He reit granted, by the local home here, thet of Mr. and Mrs. H. E. inspector spent last •week -end at the parental and under his- supererieroft: Rorke. Xenneth.,enlisted'and obtained These precautions May sound elab- hie secone lientertaht's commissioa in orate, but they do ,peatect the buyer the Algonquin Regimeht in 1939. He- - time, they ensure the producer 1 certified seed, potatoes. At • tile trained at various stations in Ontario, maintenance Of the good reputation . took the officers' training course 'et he deserees; • ' l3roekville, served in cominatel of de' a prospective custaner of g An insurance 'agent was trying to' fernaticeuaotteedra ftrioomnS , . OtInntatrhieoPMalcillitaer'sei,°.Caost-' he Merits of life insweance. Heltiltsenprt. &it at hint. "Why," he Said, roleigleit'aiT1111geltrtin'aarntedrsvc.,'alltaawtig,11'beecifX ' nee is the greatest Oleg in the,World. being 'petted Overseas: He and' his to reY *de, , no* I merry a $10,000 'Policy payable tvlierelleSsie •at once resulting hie • o man "Shotild be Witlenlit it, .Pight otaOrnsiltliyo7Valcit,,r:igbax:inpalre:fidoebbi:ittobalt, It's tooefenele" said the harass•ecl stilbei 'held in abeYance, e6rt,hirgbbilyc rospdet, "tat 'getable exttlee ten 1'the Scheel' barti'ontreste•Witee-Olitie .accitle,nt occUrred.—Eketer Times:Ad- vocatp. Pullet Lays Six -Ounce Eggs • Bert Rowden, a farmer residing on: R.R. 3, Clinton, owns an exceptional pullet. Although only seven - months old, this White Leghorn pellet lately ha's exhibited .signs of being very pro- lific, particularly with .regard to the - size of her eggs. Mr..Rowden brought one in to the„, News -Record office weighing six- ounces and measuring 9% inches around the long way and '8% inches the shert way.. Yesterday he reported Oat the bird had laid eyes others, similar 'in weight, and dimee- sions. In each case, there was a sep-_. arate egg inside. Truly a remarkable. biddy!—Clinton News -Record.. Has • Leg Amputated ,two men who were injured in an auto Roland Motz and Allan Fraser, the accident during the. recent severe storm, are getting along ,as well as can be expected' in Victoria Hospital, London. • Mr, Motz underwent an' op- eration. for the amputation oeshis left leg below the knee. He suffered con- siderably from the shock and. injur- ies. Their friendir-bope that they wile boHetrhalmd.ake ,rapid recovery.. — Zuricle •-s• Injured in ,Accident A rathereunpleasant experience of Elgin Cox and Stewart Schoenhals oc- curred on Saturday when the -cars they were driving met bead on in a. blinding snow storm. Neither' was seriously hurt but, Stewart was ieken to Clinton Public Hospital to have fractured ribs, ail injury to his band, also a, cut in his head cared for by a. doctor. Elgin also was hurt. Both cars were pretty well smashed. •The men were indeed fortunate.—Clintom News -Record. Twine and Triplets se, few issues ago the Standard re- ported triplet calves bon to a Hol- stein cow, on the farm of. Donald Kenzie, No. 4 highway, north of Blyth. This week 'a thoroughbred •Die-hanx cow, .again from the McKeniie herd', gave. birth to 'a fine set of 'twins. If this continues Mr. McKenzie will soon haveto• add to his stabling aceomme•-• dation.—Blyth Standard, • • . • Pacer Goes To New Brunswick "Topi, Hat," the fine,' black Macer owned by W. G. McNeil; Blyth, 'has been $old to Mr. I-1. D. Jones, of Hat- field Point, New Brunswick, and Will' be :shipped: Thursday from Blyth, via. C.P.A. box ear. This fine pacer, traie- ed and -driven by Mr. McNeil through- out last racing season,- provided keert competition at the various race meets of Western, Ontario, and .was. a con- sistent winner for his owner, Mr. Mc- Nall.—Blyth Standard. Fiftieth Wedding Anniversary Mr., and Mrs. George Wiegand, of the 14th concession, Hay Township,. on Monday celebrated their.,50th wed- ding anniversary. Mr. Wiegand was born fia Hullett Township end, later moved to Hay Township with hie per- enes. Mrs. Wiegand is the former Mary Baker and was barn and raised near Dashwood. Mr. and Mrs. Wie- gand were married in 1897. Mr. Wie- gand Purchased :a farm on the 14th eoncession, Hay, where they still re- side. They' have a daughter; Mrs, John S. 'Hauser, of .West Lorne, and a son, Elgin, at home., There are two grandchildren.—Zurich' Herald. , Observes 92nd Birthday Congt•atulations are, exten'd'ed to H. • C. Facey 'esteemed Mitchell -resident for long years, on the • attainment Tuesday of his 92nd birthday. He is in fine health and although he has not been out touch this winter, a. trip down town on Tueeday. getse keen enjeynrent ,out of reading. His daughter, Norman Heal, and Mr. Heal with whom he resides, had a few friends in 13,st evening in his' .honor—Mitchell Advocate. -..• Had Hand Sadly Gashed ' While tette-rang "wine from the Logan- 'farm forum at the Francis, home last Monday night, Mrs. Gar- net Adam met with a nasty .accident. There were planks across the aleigle on, which a party of folk were riding' - towards home -and as. a tree was pass- -ed Mrs. Mame.' hand. She did ,ed one of them, *as, -pushed back not think much of bUtsafter she and her husband had left the sleigh and had arrived,•antheir home a short distance away, she sfeend , that the flesh of her fore -finger had been torn so badly that she lead"to come to town. immediately for attention, nine stitch-. es being required to 'close the gee:I-- Mitchell Advocate. , • • • ou glows iter for toil --IsTsWs•-rtefd-iyed,, . , 1 • • kl r ,); •