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SEAFORTH, Friday, April 25, 1947"
All OverFor Another Year
When the Toronto Maple Leafs
defeated Montreal Canadiens in the
.. Maple Leaf Gardens on Saturday
° night last, it wound ' up Canada's
greatest fireside sport for another
year,
There were, it is said, some fifteen
thousand people in attendance at the
final game and that is some crowd as
Sport crowds go in Canada.., But at
that, it was but a mere fraction of
the number of people from coast to,
coast across Canada, who -sat at
their home radios and viewed the
game through Foster Hewitt's eyes.
And the surprising thing about
those across Canada spectators, who
attend every game during the sea-
son, is that they are not all young
people. In fact they are not in the
majority. Theseair spectators_ are
largely composed of men past mid-
dle -age and on up, as long as they
retain their hearing.
What is even more surprising is
that there are thousands of women
,of' all ages, who have become rabid
hockey fans through Foster. Hewitt's
broadcasts,. Women who have never
seen a real game of hockey in .their
lives, roll the names of favorite play-
ers off their tongues as if they were
members of their own families.
Possibly the majority of the ardent
hockey fans 'who get their hockey
over ,the air will never see, a real
game either. But that is no draw-
back if they only knew it, because a
game of hockey over' the air, espec-
ially as Foster Hewitt reveals it to
them, is a faster, smoother and much
more scientific game than any of
them would see, even from a ring-
side seat in the arena.
But it is all over now for another
year.
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More Work Needed
This winter a farmer addressed a
group of Toronto newspaperiuen and
said he hada message that he want-
ed thein to pass on tothe people lilt-
ing
iving in the cities and towns.
This, was the message: , "Get to
work. Do you realize that reducing
the working hours from forty-eight
to forty is equivalent to two whole
months of lost time in a year? The
country and the world needs produc-
tion. The farmers are working the
same old hours. And the farmers are
not willing to pay the town workers
for another two months of leisure."
All of that is true, but the people
in the cities and towns, who have
been clamoring for ' a forty -hour
week, have failed to realize that it
spells the loss of two months work-
ing time. And two months Iost pro-
duction as well, because it has been,
proven a fallacy, over and over:
again, that a man will produce as
nnuch in forty hours as he will in
forty-eight.
•
Need Better Sires
Some time ago whenwe asked a
local farmer why he always went
West for feeder : cattle, the answer
was that they were better. 7That the
beef cattle breeding fn Eastern Can-
-ada, and in particular Western On-
tario, was in a 'bad ' way. That our
farmers were using . too many serub
bulls„. and that while some of these
may be registered,that does not al -
way, by any means,' spell better
calves. •
We remembered' this when we read
recently about the Calgary Bull
Sales, when 850 •bulls sold for
or an , average price of
73WOr These prices ,would clearly
indicate that Western cattle Vadil •
Will use only good ,bulls and as a con-
sequenee of this practise are breed-
ing a type of cattle that Eastern, as
well as Nfi'estern,farmers want in
their feed barns. ,
' There is another angle to the pres-
ent situation, and a serous one for
the Ontario feeder too. The United
States market, which has been cloy-
ed to Canadian cattle for quite some
time, will eventually be opened again,
and when it is' our Ontario farmers
will have to meet the price cempeti-
tion of United States buyers, which
means pretty much that they will
get just what is left over.
Freighting cattle half way; across
Canada may be a gainful job now, °
and perhaps for some little time yet,
but it 'vigil not always be . that way,
and unless our Western Ontario
farmers • get busy pretty soon, a lot
of them are going to lose a lot of
money.
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Coming Home .To Roost
There are several former labor
Ieaders now members of the British
Labor Government, who would give
a good deal to be able to recall their.
words spoken in the days before the
responsibilities of office had made
then wiser and, possibly, sadder men.
One of these is Mr. Strachey, the
British Minister of Food, who a very
few years ago wroth a book in which
he attacked everything the Labor
Government is now trying to tell the
labor unions of the only way to in-
crease production.' In this book he
said: "However hard the workers
work they will remain workers • and
poor workers at ” that. Hard work
will not make the workers any rich-
er, but it will make their employers
richer. It does not take any higher
wages to keep a sober, industrious
worker than a ='gay' and reckless.
Hence the propaganda in favor of.
the workers - becoming. patterns of
sobriety, parsomany and thrift. For
the.exerciseof these virtues by the
workers would first of all benefit, not
them, but their employers."
Today, the, government of which
Mr. Strachey is a prominent mem-
ber, is saying, over and over again,
just the opposite of those words. It
is saying and repeating that British
workers will, never' be better off if
they do not work harder and produce
much, much more. That the only
way to raise the standard of jiving
through increased production is by
greaten output per man.
But it is hardly to be e%pected
that the ordinary British worker,
who has been told for years by his
Iabor leaders that hard work.will not
help him, but only his employer, will
understand the falsity of such a
theory all at once.
Today, not only the Labor Govern-
ment, but the whole Labor Party, is
paying a bitter penalty' , for their
long years bf unsound thinking and
unsound speaking on economic af-
fairs. We sometimes wonder if our
Canadian Labor , leaders ever nbte
the 'trend in Britain.
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Bombs Cost Money
Bombs cost inoney, particularly
those 'of the 'atomic breed.' Of course
Canada is not at all in the class of
the United States when it comes to -
expenditures on atomic research, but
at that this atomic age has alrady
cost Canada plenty of "hard cash.
This was evidenced in the House
of 'Commons at Ottawa a short time --
ago, when Hon. C. D. Howe told the
members that ,Canada had spent
$23,557,000 on the pilot ;,plant at
Chalk River, on the Ottawa River,
up to the end of February last.
•
Gold Bricking
The Long Island Builders Insti-
tute, New York, is responsible . for
the statement that 'bricklayers are
gold bricking. The' Institute claims
that these workers lay only one-half ,.
to two-thirds as many bricks'per day
as they did in prewar days.
For •instance, the Institute says, a
bricklayer, working before the war
at a wage of $8 a day, put in place
from 800 to 1,000 bricks a da. To-
day he earns $18.03 a day and lays -
400 to . 500 bricks per • day.. The re-
sult is, of course, very substantially
increased costs to- would,be, 'builders.
e rs. gone
lin►tere tins itewa 'picked from
Tlao kapositor of pity and
tweak r 4vd yesre a�o.
From, The Huron Exposit`'
April 21, 1922
The rendering of the sacred,,: cane
tata, '714c, Galilean" by the united
choirs of Hilisbreen and Kippen in
St. Andrew's Church; Kippen, on Good!
Friday night, has won high praise
from all, who heard it. Those who
took special, parts were Miss Ida
Cochlane, Messrs. Love and Carlyle,'
of Hillsgreen; Mrs. J. ,,,.B.. McLean,
Mrs. kart. Sproat, Mrs..WM..Sinciairi
Mrs. Edgar Butt, Mrs.;:Cooper, Misses
Etta: McRay. and Anna Bell McLean,
and A. Bell„ Kippen. The dialogue
parts were given by Albert Alexan-
der and Wilfred Meliis he Jewish cos-
tume.
Mr. and Mrs. •Ben Johnston, of To-
ronto, were the guest this week at
the home .of 'Mr. James Cameron in
Tuckersmith.
The Oddfellows of town will hold
their . annual church service in the
Methodist Church on Sunday next.
Mr. Roy Willis will be the soloist.
A -difficult situation arose Sunday
, evening -when Mr. F. Howard became
stricken with appendicitis' and through
tee kindness' of Mr. and Mrs. Alex
McLennan their home was opened, and
the patient removedathere and. oper-
tus plants, squatting like toads the clear air, it suddenly popped into
"ted• upon by Dr. H. H. Ross, assist- amongst fairies. • 1 my mind: "1 wonder what Dmitri in
est by Dl's. Mackay and But -rows.. The In'the next booth I paw a little wiz. Athens would say if he could walk
-►• ened, old .Chinaman selling strange, , through this, market on this Easter
nursing Wag - 4411e k►Y Miss Marl:"ret dried plants, His wasn't a rushing Saturday morning!"
Cleary.
For some time "the ,Commercial Ho-' • •
tel which has been closed owing to
the ill health of Mrs.' Alex McLenrvan, • ,
has been recently opened by Mr. C. ;JUST MIL ORTW
has e e . Mitchell.
•
The annual meeting of the Epworth•
League of Seaforth Methodist Chui•eh ' r
was held. Tuesday evening. Mr. Chris.
Cheoros gave a tall; on "The Greek "What has your- boy learned; at A yotirig .diet Wds introducing a
Church as Compared With Ours." school se far this: term?". friend to his deaf grandmother,
`Capt. Edwatrds occupied the chair, The '"That he'll have to be vaccinated, ' This•is Mr. Sneokboddie," he said
following officers•were elected: Presi- •that his eyes aren't really mates, that "Eh?" .said Granny•
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dent, Ross Savauge; 1st vice -Tres., his teeth need replacing and that his "This is Mr. Sneckboddie," he said
Earl Webster; 2nd! vice-pres., Bea- method of breathing is entirely obso- in a louder voice. ,
trice ' Seip; 3rd vice-pres.,- Chris. lete." • "I can't hear. • .Speak up:"
Cheered; 4tti vice-pres., Oliver El- • • He cupped his' hands' and shouted,:_
Nott; secretary, Miss Gretta Denni- After the parliamentary candidate's "This is Mr.-Sneckboddie," •P
son; treasurer, __Mise. Gladys Holland; : first meeting two of his supporters Granny shook her ' head, "It's no
corresponding secretary, . Miss • Sara- 'mere discussin; the •impression he had- . use.. .It sounds exactly as if you were
EvelynOudnore; pianist, Glad Miss made.
saying Sneckboddue tome. .. `. •
bel Daley,;,, Missionarytress.,
YS MC- "There's one pores," said one doubt- � •
Phee; assistant pianist, Miss Dorothy fully: "do . you think he put enough Small .Daughter: • "What is alimony
Hutchison; guardian agent, Mrs. 'A. fire into his speech?" Mother?"
L. Porteous. "Oh, yes;" replied the' other, .'the • Mother (former wife of insurance
Miss Belle Cummings, private sec- trouble vas that he didn't put enough agent) : "Alimony is a man's :cash
retary to the Hon. W. R. Motherwell, of his speech into the fire." surrender value, dear."
Dominioe Minister of. Agriculture,
spent Easter at' the home of her 'bra
they, Mr. John Crinimings.
Miss Alice . Corbert, of Brantford,
spent, the Easter holidays with her
mother.
The Easter dance held in the G.W.:
V.A. club rooms on 'Tuesday evening,
was the most enjoyable social event
of the season. Music wasy�teaplied by
the Blackstone -Buckley orG:hestra and
left nothing to ' be desired. !!!! Mr, J. G.
Wilson, the caretaker, had the hall
_tastefully decorated, and the ladies
of the Auxiliary •served lunch.
Mr. Wm. Black, M.P.,. spent the
• Easter Parliamentary recess at his
home in Tuckersmith, -~s
• Mr: Edmund Keating, of the Bank
of •Commerce, , Ayr, spent the week-
end at his home here.
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From The . Huron Expositor
April 23, 1897
A meeting for hie purpose •of or-
ganizing a ,baseball club in town was
held in the Commercial Hotel Tues-
day evening when: the following offi-
cers were elected: Hon. pres., M. Y.
McLean, M.P.(P,; hon. yice-pres., W.
K. ,Pearce; pres., E. C. Coleman; vice=
pres,, W. G. Willis; secretary, J. Ran-
kin; . treasurer, - W. D. McLean; cap-
tain, M. Broderick; manager, J. A.
Stewart; committee, John Beattie, W.
Ireland, J. F. Reid, J. E&war'ds, Geo.
Sills. The club. will be.knottn. as -the
Star Baseball' Club of Seaforth.
Mr. Thomas J.' Stephens, of town,
leaves shortly for Windsor, where he
will take a position as clerk in the
Manning HoteL' He .will also play on
the Windsor football team.
The new hardware store of Silks' &
Murdie-• has started business. Both
gentlemen are, well and favorably
known and no doubt will do a good
trade.
Mr. William Dixon, of Brucefield,
opened hie new- hotel for the first
time on Friday last. It is one of the
most convenient and most•eomfortable
hostelries of the kind in the 'county.
McArthur & Co., Hensel', have
rented a •reomr frdm Mr. Zeiler, Zur-
ich, where they' will start a bank in
a few days.
The spring show of entire 'stock,
under the auspices, of the Hibbert'
Agricultural 'Society, was held, at
Staffa on ]Tuesday last. The day was,
cold and there were not many ,ani -
male on the ground, but there was
uo chance to work' on the land the -
people all came to the show, the fol-
lowing is a last of the successful coin-.
petitors; Thos. Colguhoun, James
Brooks, Wm, Colquhoun, Levy's &
Co., George :Swale, Duncan McLaren.
The judges were Dr. Shillinglaw, Mit-
chell; Joseph Atkinson, ^T•uekersmith,
and • M..Y. McLean, • Seaforth: • '
Within the last few• weeks Mr. T.
sCudmxore, of Lumley, ig 'Usbornes has
disposed of three superior young erne -
ham bulls, for which he received a
handsome sum. One went to Mr. Laid
Jew, of Manitoba;_ one to Mr. Yellow,
Exeter, and the other to Mr. Pedlar,.
Crediton.
• The following )ire the pound:keep-
ers for McKillop: John :Maloney,
Beechwood; Conrad Eckert, Beech-
w-ot;t Timthy,Ryan, Seaforth; Alex
McGregor, Seaforth; ''hos, Davidson,
Leadbury; George A. Gray, Seaforth;
George McKee, Winthrop; Geo, Hearn,
Leadbury; Geo. Dorranee, Seaforth-
John Rae, Leadbury; fencevkewers,
O'Connell, • Dublin; John Itlerray,
'Beechwood; Jas. McQuaide Beech-
wood; Jas. Davidson, Leadbury; Alex
Kerr, Seaford).;• Alexander Gardner,
'Walton; James Ryan, Walton; Wm..
A. Aflderaon, Seaforth,,
...At tee, aflame'' sweeting of tbe, Gan -
Mean Lacrosse Associatida Held in
Toronto last week Mr, R. E. Jackson,
I gmentdvllte, was elected a member
,of the c'oune L.
.W so*
I was visiting in the city on the ,business but `several people came uP,
Saturiday before Easter and had) a looked inquisitively at the weird, as.
Mott del'igiltfui ,experience. Have you eortnxenn anti then hurried on, look
ever been in a big city produce mar- tug almost as ,if they believed this
vender to be part of ; sc me• ateellge
voodoo zits, Then a Chinserye wokpan,
with a basket' soveseeter arm, came
strolling .along. eller .tsaw' the •,herbs,
let out • a delighted cry, and bought
What .appeared,'to ane,+te lie .".•little of
everything. She vex away^. happy,
and the old man looleld hapPY with
his .sale.
There were puppies ,an ;baskets ane'
kittens and rabbits', and arou idi. •tlxese.
stalls wide-eyed Youngsters stoodi,9ve
and ten deep. Many a harassed part-
-meat dtwxeIiing mother •had to do a lot
of explaining that Saturday to Junior
as to: the whys and wherefores of not
having a rabbit in an apartment.
ket en the day before a Sunday that
combines a holiday with it? 1 was,
acrd .the scene 'wee one never by be
forgotten.-
Looking at the market was to me,
a farmer, like seeing some wonderful
scenic garden . . , or possibly I. was
just hungry. The 'stalls' and booths
were loaded with produce of every
Med Here you could tied the can-,
treating greens of lettuce, ' cabbage
and, celery with the bright reds of
radishes, the gglden color of an ela-
ormous pile of olrions and, the dulls
grey white of mushrodrns. Asparagare,
looking as ..if it, had just been pulleiii
• tomatoes peeking from out •ef lit-
tle cellophane cartons ., . . and the
good old potato sitting back 'oohing
like.- an.. elder Potato,
at a fashion
show. • ,
There were• Hovers everywhere, a
dazzling array •of, brilliant bloom'&
from }the pure gold of the daffodils to
the winsome Miss Narcissus, and
many more that I had never knew ex-
isted before. There were sprouting
,bulbs with queer scents and weird,
tropical looking plants and even cac-
In the mat Section, meat was pil-
ed high everywhere you looked. There
were great hams pilled on counters,
some'of them euteopen expospwg the,
tender; pinkish meat , and stalls'
that sold nothing but •glesiming White
eggs .k `- and fowl. hanglnrg •in neat
rows,
, There was. food everywhere, tame'
when I had recovered from my orgy
of looking, and walked outside into
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Huron Federation Of
:Agriculture- Ea�rn-News •
Hints on Preparing Bees For Summer
"All the work if the beekeeper in
spring is for the sole puipose of 'se-
curing bees for the harvest and that
the main essentials ° are: (1) Good
queens to produce bees; (2) Sufficient
room for the queen to..prodaice all she.
can and (3) Abundance of stores to.
stimulate the highest brood produe-
tioh," says C. B. Gooderham, Domin-
ion Apiarist, in a seasonal reminder
to beekeepers concerning the removal
of bees from their winter quarters.
It is better to take the bees out on
a dull 'day, he says, morning or eve-
ning; when there is little danger of
an immediate flight, because this re-
duces the dtanger of drifting,, 'eery
light colonies''should be marked for
early examination, and the popularly
accepted time• to remove „the bees
from the Cellar is as soon as the wil-
low blossoms or, pussywillows are
showing yellow pollen.
To, conserve heat and prevent rob-
bing all hive entrances should be'`re-
druced to about one inch ;and the -hives,
in which `bees have died should be
completely closed because disease may.
be present and there `is danger of
robber bees gaining entrance and
spreading the disease. Very light
colonies should be given one or more
cofn'bs of ,honey the clay after they are
brought out. The ;cappings over the
honey should be.broken• and the combs
placed next to the brood nest, care
being taken not to separate the brood.
If honey is not available, sugar syrup
may be given, one 'part sugar dissolv-
ed in one'' part of water.. If honey is
used for feeding, the beekeeper
must make sure that the honey copies
from disease-free colonies. •Colonies,
shouiid. be examined on the first bright
warm day , when, the -bees are flying
freely.
The 'beekeeper must also make cer-
tain that each 'colony has a fertile
queen, This' may 'be known only by
the presence of cappedl•brood, the cap-
pings of which will be flat (worker
brood), If the cappings are raised and
strongly -convex (drone brood)',• the
queen should be killed, and tine col-
ony re -queened or united with another
that has a good queen.
The Ifirst examination should, be as.
brief as pds•sible andi` care should be
;taken not to spread the brood combs.
Do• not move brood or stores from
one colony to another unless it is ce•r- Numbers of poultry, on Canadian
tain that there is no disease in the farms 'as at December 1, 1946, totalled
hives. It is safer to give setup than 58,466,900 head, an increase of 5.5 per
to run the risk of spreading disease. -cent over the December 1, 1945, total
Theta Egg Cases Save.Breakage of 55,426,900.
Many Registered Egg Stations now The i946 total of 58,466,900 tread
make a practice of having what are comprises 54,702,200 domestic fowl—
knoWn4.as :'Road Cases" available for hens,.:roosters. and- chickens—an in -
sale to their producer customers, crease of 5.8. per cent on the 51,696, -
"Road Cases" are madeof thicker 80Q_ fowl on Canadian farms• on, De -
lumber than, that, used in ordinary Cernber 1, 1945. All provinces, ex -
.commercial cases and for -thateason- cept Prime E'di nod` Island, Manitoba
'are snore durable and better able to and Alberta had increases in the nem -
protect eggs declog marketing. These ber of domestic fowl:
cases also )rave a "lock top" lid which Turkeys at December 1, 19,46, num-
wi1l Iast as long as the case. • bored 2,648;900 head, an increase of
Poultry„ authorities, 'recommend the 4,7 per cent on the December 1, 1945,
use of "Road Cases," and discourage total of 2,555,500: Four provinces,
the use of palls, baskets .a'nd ouch like namely, geebec, •Manitoba. Alberta,
receptacles • for deliverling eggs be- and British Columbia, increased their
cause considerable "breakage results. 'numbers of turkeys
"Roac1 Gases" may usually be obtain- Geese on farms at December 1, 1946,
ed dv.eer15
to 30 -dozen 'sizes, A pro- numbered 641,,500 head, a decrease of
may get the size best suited, to three per eenron the 1945 figure of
the size of hie flock and need, not use 558,000,
palls or baskets, even if his flock is . Duck's on farms also decreasedis'in
srriali
number, showing a decline 01.6.9 per
death tc (nseets in Home Ely DDT meet from 616,600, in '1945 to 614,6019
The remarkable poisoning effects Of on; December 1, 1946.
DDT, make it possible to deal much
more effectively with infestations of
insect pests of importance to public
health and hygiene than in the past.
This is especially true in the case of
"those all too prevalent species, the
house fly and the bedbug, writes, Dr.
C. R. Twine, Division of Entomology,
Dominion Department of ,Agriculture,
in, an article in Scientific Agriculture
on "The Newer •Insecticides, Repel-
lents and Rodenticides of Value in
the Field of Public Health."
The simple but thorough application
of DDT in spray or durst form to
'Places Where the .bed bug hides, or
where it must . come in contact with
the insecticide, i eliminates the ,pest
and prevents re -infestation for many
months, and does away with the ne-
cessity, of expensive, inconvenient,
dangerous and only temporarily effec-
tive fumigation.
The application of:DDT residual
sprays to .the interior. of buildings of
all kinds wherever flies are trouble-
some, plus the periodic spraying pr
'proper disposal of fly 'breeding..mater-
ial •coulds largely dispose of the . fly
nuisance in whole` communities, if
carried out on' a sufficiently; general
scale.
Cockroaches are another pest that
can he completely eradicated from in-
fested buildings by :the efficient use
of DDT. Formulations containing
both DDT and pyrethrum are particu-
larly effective for 'pais purpose, •
Mosquitoes are even. more suscept-•
ible • to DDT than house flies, and
minute deposits of the chemical left
on indoor surfaces by treating them
?With a "'residual spray may remain
poisonous to those insects' for • many
weeks. DDT an oil solution, emulsion
or water suspension applied, as a fine
'spray to vegetation and other resting
places oi` the adult 'mosquitoes at a
rate of eight ounces or less of DDT
per acre will give considerable relief
from the attacks of mosquitoes out-
doors. About four ounces or less of
DDT per acre, properly dispersed on
thebreeding places, _kill thelarvae of
both culicine and anopheline forms of
mosquitoes. Fleas and lice are read-
ily destroyedl°by DDT;
Hens and Turkeys on• Farms Increase
Disposes of Farm
.,.Albert. Pearson has sofd the 17-eeie
farin which re •regently purchasedi
frap4 W, jNllltiazna qn tin@ Base Line..
Ten , acres -with the buildings on it
have been sols} to Teen ,'McGuire, Gird-
erich ;, Township, and, .the remaining
seven acres to Charles 'Stewart. This
portion ef'. land, formerly belonged to •
Mr. ''PtPwai't's Property, and•makes hirri
a very desirable home, situated on
the highway and right adjoining town -
Mr. McGuire gets pos'sesslon next fails
and'°¥r. Stewart rnediately,—Clin-
ton Newe Ree di. •
1,000 Acres Contracted For Flax
Mr. Charles Godboit, who hal been
contracting for the growing oef flax
for seed 'for the Middlesex'Seed. Co.,
has been suoessful in contracting.for
one thousand acres in this vicieltY.
Five hundred, acres were contracted
in the past' Sew days. Altogether the
Middlesex Seed Co. have contracted
,for five thousand acres and contracts
e,2.ee. row closed.—Exeter. Timee-Advo-
tat..
Ninety -Seventh Berthday
Congratulations are t extended to
11frs ,.B. S. Phillips, of town, who on
esday celebrated 'her 97th •birthday.
Friends and •neighbors called• and had
tea with her 'during the afternoon and
evening.—Exeter Times -Advocate,
'Fire Destroys Farm Residence .
Fire of unknown origin ceompletely
destroyed the vacant farm :residence
of J. T. McCaughey, situated on the
7th .concession of Morris Township,.
early Sunday morning. The dwelling'
hadbeen: locked up last September
when Mr. and .Mrs. McCaughey, went -
to spend the winter in Stratford, and
since that time has been uninhabited_-
—Blyth .Standard, • -
.Purchase Property
Mr. Norman Gowing; , of 'Grey' Towle.-
ship,
own .ship, purchased this week through El-
liott Real Estate Agency, the 'property
situated ori the southeast owner of
Morris Street and Boundary Road,
owned by Mr. Albert Morningstar, The
new owner will engage in the poultry.
;business.—Blyth Standard.
Gets Large Contract
Gravel crushing contracts have been
secured in four townships, by George
Radford,.,.head__ oL the Radfo d Con-
struction' firm, located in BlyAlt.'e •Sor•--~-----
far Mr. Radford has tendered success-
fully for •gravel crushing eontractsl in
.the Tpwrships of Morris and Grey,
Huron County, • and the Townships of
.Eldersiie and Arran, in Bruce County.
The four townships will require an
abproximate;yardage ea 30,000 "yards
of gravel. Mr. Radfoi`d also stili has
to complete . seven miles :of dredging
on th'd 14•mile Beauchamp drain in,
Grey township.' He also has the con-
tract for the Turnbull drain, also in
Grey township;. which measures a dis-
tance of fedi miles. Extensive repair,
work has almost . been completed' on.
his ileetof gravel crushing and dredg-,
ing machinery; 'and trucks, and suit-
able weather is all that' is necessary
to start operations for another busy
s'eason.•—EIerh Standard.
Post Office Position Goes To Veteran-
Confirmation was received during
the Reek -end by i arold V. Kerney,
Brussels war veteran, of his appoint-
ment as postmaster here. He is to
assume hie new duties withjn the next
week. Miss Pearn Baker, who has hath
four years' experience in Brussels post:
office, is to continue on duty as Mr.
Kerney's eesistant. The new appoin-•
tee is a• veteran of. two world wars.
In the First Great War he°served as•
a sergeant -major, and won the mi'li_.
tary medal for bravery in action. In
June, 1940, he joined the Veterans,
Guard of Canada, with the rank of
Iieutenant. He was promoted in 1948
to be major,; and appointed to com-
mand; •a: Veterans' Guard unit on the -
east coast. Later he,went to Mon-
teith, Ont., es a secondin-comarandof
the interment camp there; He was '
also in charge of movements of pris-
oners -o£ war to •the United Kingdom
and of poisoners -of -war movements` to
Canadian work projects. In the King•'s•
honors list of New Year's Day, 1946.
he was wearded the M.B.E.—Brussels
Poet.
Dormer Cleric Now Doctor McDermid
At the convocatioa of Knox College,
Toroeto; last week, the degree of dote -
tor of divinity was •conferred upon
Rev. R. C. McDermid, of 'Uxbridge, a'
former minister of Knox Church, God-
erich, who is"'rernem'bered with affece.
tion by the congregation- After leav-
ing .Goderich, Dr. McDermid was min-
ister•ef St. Paul's Presbyterian Church
in Toronto for ten years, and later
was in charge of Knox Church, Oak-
ville, during the absence of its min -
tater on war, service. On the return
of the regular Minister Dr. McDermid
accepted a call to Uxbridge. He has
been nominated by, his Presbytery for
the moderatorship of the Synod of To-
ronto and Kingston, which -meets at
Sudbury early in May, The members
of his 'former -congregation 'here and
the people' of Goiieriuli geaerally are
pleased at the honor,,that has i'"ome to
Dr. McDeretid • and also are glad ,to
'earn that his health, the- failure 01
which Caused the 'resignation 'of his •
Toronto eharge, has been 1.argre-
r
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stored.—Goderich Signal -Star,
Small Balloon Lands on Barkin Logan
When Darrell Adams, •son of. Mr.
and. Mrs. Garnett' Adams, Logan, way
around the 'barn on, Saturday he spied
s white object protruding from the
eavetrough' and managecd to gee it
•down, discovering that it was a small
paisaci1ute attacliied to a black rubber
.balloon, almost torn: to shreds. The
small double battery with its light
was still joined: to the parachute and
bore the date November 16, 1946. and
the words, Signal Corps, U.S. Army -
Where it came from and to what pur-
pose it waA used, is the conjecture and,
there was apparently no note attache
ed by which such information could
be gleaned,—Mitchell Advocate.'
Knitting Company Expanding
On Monday• alterations• were begun
on the former Oddfellows' Hall in the
Hughey Block to accommodate the'
Mitchell branch of the Williams -Prow
Knitting Co.,. who have outgrown their
premrses in the Coade Mime_ Trafal-
ger St,, where they now employ 12
girls, Twelve or 14 more machines •
wilt be installed, shotty, and It is ex
—Mi
peeredtchell to,'aceoAmnnodate 85 eventually.
t1voeate.