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SEAFORTH, Friday, May 2, 1947.
Fast Time Again
Daylight Saving Time went into
operation in the towns and villages
of the county on Monday last, and
the old argument between town , and
eduntry has been general for some
. time.
The towns favor fast time, and the
country people do not. There are, un-
doubtedly,points in favor of both
'sides, ' but those of the farmer, we
would say, outrun far those of "the
town resident.
In the towns it is niceYto have an
extra hour of daylight during the
summer months, in which to idle or
enjoy the great outdoors. We hear
much too; about the town man hav-
ing an extra hour in which to do his,
gardening and fix up about hishome, c
but a casual glance at most homes in
the town would lead one to the belief
that the family garden, like the fam-
ily cow or pig, is a thing of the past.
Or as one farmer said, the town man
has every` Wednesday afternoon off
• a F time is rather a different mat-
ter with the farmer. ' He needs .sun-
light as well as daylight. In fact he
has to work by sunlight during the
busy seasons of haying and harvest.
Fast time does not make. the the zun
come up an hour earlier, but it does.
make it last an hour- longer in -the
evening. . Consequently, when he
hires urban labor, and now he has to
-depend largely on it, and day labor
at that, it is to say the least, a bit
& disheartening to see his farm help
leave . for home at six o'clock, fast
time, When there are still three good
hours of sunlight.
We have heard a fewfarmers say
that fast time does not make a 'part-
icle of difference: Well, perhaps, if a
farmer likes pending his time in the
town better than in the country, or
is running a grass farm, possibly it
doesn't, but the large majority of
farmers 'do not like fast time, and
never will.
However, there is one consolation
to the farmer's wife, at least: Day,
light saving, now that the war is ov-
er, will' only last five : months of the
year, and while she may have to
start milking the cows at four o'clock
in, the morning, she won't have to
o start her children off to school in the
dark.
On the whole we think that fast
time is a'"question that should be set-
tled by the Government'; rather than
by municipalities. As it is now, be-
cause the towns favor it, they wilt°
enforce it, , and the country people
are forced to fall in line, and in a
farming community., such as this
county, that is a minority ruling a
targe majority. Possibly a referen-
dum might settle the, question.
Beautiful England
The 'National. Trust of England,
that- has control of many of the`
ancient homes and parks of that
country, and when it can command
the money, is steadily adding to its
holdings, haspublished a book to
•warn the English people that ;.,.the
beauty of the nation is. being .threat-
ened by democracy.
That seems odd, because'the 'Eng-
lish people have always takena deep
concern' in the beauty of the coun-
try, and that concern is still. felt in
the country districts, even over the
lack of food:, It was the aristocsracy
that ' educated'. the people over the
centuries, to protect the beauty of the
countryside. But through war, death
and taxes, the aristocracy are now
on their way out, if they have not al-
ready passed away. •
Consequently ' the National Trust
hasmany forebodings. It 'says that
'the people of England have less than
. years to educate themselves in
tile , wa of protecting .beauty, for by
t ;�t tixi e'eethei the beauty of 'Hn'g-.
land: ,:`':ill ]save been destroyed, orithe
people will haves learned to protect
it.
No* that the 'S„ ocaalist Government
O England is promising: r shorter
"'working hours, ample holic'ys and
much higher wages, the millions who,
have -lived in the great cities all their
lives are sure to swarm to a complete-
ly new world to them—the country, ,
and the Trust is afraid they will dese-
crate it. Perhaps theywill. But that
is an English problem.
What about ours in Canada? Ever
since the world went ori wheels, mil-
lions of our people, unlike the poorer
English, have been travelling far and
wide across: our ,..countryside, which ,
is owned by the Country at large and
not by a.few aristocrats. But like all
things that are free, they are not
only under -valued, but too often
desecrated.
We do not need to point to the
whole of Canada, or even ` Ontario.
Go to any beautyspot along Lake,
Huron, or inlandin our own coun-
try, and see what we and the tourists
have done to them. Ahnost every
place where there used to be a beau-
tiful chimp of trees, we have not
"rested until they were removed.
Wherever our highways skirt a
scene of beauty, you will find a huge
signboard advertising anything from
baby diapers to a woman's two-way
stretch, that completely blocks the
- scene.
Where now will youfind a beauty
spot anywhere, that is not 'littered
with the refuse of picnic parties, de--
cayed'food, papers, cans and bottles.
And we are a democratic people, some
boast. No wonder the National Trust
of England is 'a bit worried about
the greater democratic trend in that
country.
It has been said, and said truly,
that destruction and vandalism does
not come Qut of democracy, or
money, or cars, or out of high living
standards. It comes out of men. And
why -do free men want to be vandals?
•
Hard For Them To Understand.
At the present time there is' a dele-
gation of prominent Soviet members
from all parts of Russia, now in Eng-
land, and their reaction to. things
British and British ways, are rather
interesting.,
The Russian delegation was great-
ly impressed on their.. visit to Ports-
mouth by the British Navy, but the
centre of attraction was H.M.S. "Vic-
tory," for it seems that Admiral Nel-
son is regarded_with veneration in
their own country.
But when Mr. Eden, an Opposition
Leader, was found in a place of hon-
itor ata dinner given by Prime Minis-
ter Attlee, that was something be-
yond their comprehension. And
when they found;.that a Labor Prime
-Minister' had chosen a royal palace
for the entertainment of his Com-
munist guests, theywere more than
ever perplexed.
When the most cultured member
• of the party was . asked by a news-
paper pian what had interested him
most of the many things he had seen
in England, he replied after only a
moment's thought: "The portrait of..
George Washington in the National
Gallery." He went" on to explain that
- to hang in the British National 'col-
lection the picture of a British sub-
ject who had fought against Britain
and, won his . country's independence,
seemed tohim to have both a serious
and a humorous aspect.
When he was told that he had
• penetrated to the very heart of the.
British characteristic of toleration;
that was still more amazing, and still
further beyond his comprehension.
•
Country Stores Booming
According to the Dominion Bureau
of Statistics, business in the small
country stores is really booming.
And the Bureau is pretty reliable
authority.
Of course, all country storekeepers
may not agree with this, but here is
the way the Bureau sizes up, the situ-
ation: t
`Country general store sales. in
March swere 18 per- cent above those
for February and 6 per cent higher
than in March a year ago. Unadjust-
ed indexes, on the basis that 1935-39.
equals 100, stood at 178.4 for March,'
151.1 for February and 168.9 for
March, 1946.
"During the first three months of
this year, country store salesadvanc-
ed 7.2 per cult over the similar per-
iod of 1946." -
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i<ntereouno 1Lezoa picked
The Expositor of Sfih and
tWeutydivo years. ago.
From' *he Huron Expositor
April 28,, 1922 0,...._
•The farmers are (busy seeding after
a long wait, and if the good weather
continues the seeding will not la&t
long.'•
I Mr° Ivan Hill" and Mr. H. McLel-
lan, of the O.A.C„ Guelph, spent the
week -end at their hems in Stella.
Mr. Carver has opened Mustard's
garage in Bayfield and Mr. Gordon
McKay has opened a garage at the.
Albion Hotel barns.
R. 5paokipan has completed the
cement ' work . for Jowitt's new pav-
ilion in Bayfield.
The carpenters, and pla6terers are
busily engaged in the Davis Block,
T Iensall, .fitting up the new Masonic
Hall- .
A motor :s being installed in Car-
mel Presbyterian Church, Reusali,
'which will make the pipe organ' Ser-
vice complete. Mrs. M. R. 'Rennie is
the organist. -
C'•onpmencing Wednesday,, the busi-
ness places on Main Street, .Sea orth,
will close.each Wednesday afternoon,
until the end of September.
Mr. John Flannery has 'disposed • of
his residence property on Coleman
Street, Seaforth, • to Mr. J. Heffernan,
in dart, exchange for Mr. Heffernan's
farm on the Huron Road, East.
Messrs. Douglas' Beattie' and Harry
Hinchley, of Seaforth; John Dobie, of
i3gmondviile, and Ivan Hill, of Staffa,
have successfully passed their" third•
year examinations at the Ontario. Ag-
ricultural College, Guelph.
Mr. James Sproat and. son, Ross, 'Calgary
whp have •been in for the
past six weeks, returned home Mon-
day evening.
On Sunday morning next special
service will be held in St. Thomas'
Church for.the dedication of the new
altar.
The new club house at the golf
course on 'Mr. *Thomas .Dodds' farm
in McKillop, is nearing completion. It
will have a ten -foot covered verandah
on the` east and north sides.
W. J. Finnigan,. secretary of the
Egmondville Public school boards is,
advertising for tenders for the erec-
tion of a new brick schoolhouse.
Louis T.. Preeter, a •former well-'
known resident of Zuriclis died at his
home in Detroit on April 18. He was
47 yearseof .age, and had only been ill
two weeks with pneumonia.
Hill-Skelton.—At the Manse, Brace -
field, on. April 18, by the Rev. W. D.
'McIntosh, Kathleen, only daughter of
Mr. F, Skelton, to' Lyle Hill, son of
Mr. and Mrs.•George Hill. .
"mATTRESSES"
A reader sent alopg a note =saying,
'Why ,don't you write a piece some
day' about mattresses?" The letter
serves to set a train of thought in
motion : . and sure enough the col-
umn starts out about mattresses.
Feather ticks were .discarded at
Lazy' Meadows when I wad a 'boy.
Mother heard come place they were
unhealthy: and that literally billions
of germs used to hide in among the
feathers of a tick. She .persuaded
Father to buy some new mattresses_
He was firmly Convinced that gentile
were all. a lu =of nonsense and' so
when he carpe back from town that
evening he Ihed one .mattress and a
firm glint In ids eye which warned
everyone 'to, accent ,the •one mattress
without questioning. It was placed on
the spare be&
In due time it was moved to father
and • mother's room and a new one
was purchased for the spare bedroom.
Soon another one was purchased for.
the spare room . ; the 'spare one
moved to .our parents' mem.and we
were given the 'old one. Atter being
.used to the billowing feather' tick that
used to roll and toss with us on the
bed . . it was a strange sensation
to climb in on top of that new 'straw
tick.
1 have never been able to figure out
whether that hard , straw -mattress
Was comfortable or not. It was hard
in places and soft in others. By rea-
son of two small boys trying to burrow
down in the centre of it during the
,cold winter spells it began to dish out
at the sides and we through, et the
middle. There was a round spot in
the centre where the straw was all'
dished• out and it was bulked up
along the sides in a regular 'dyke -like
sort of arrangement.
CIimbing into bed you would' start
sleeping upon the sides and the first
thing you knew , there would be A.
scramble of boys in the middle. The
tussle and pulling and tugging of
small boys bad a rather bad effect
on the mattress. Mother was sick at
the time and our hired girl 'never us-
ed to bother e. great deal with sweep-
ing. I can remember quite plainly
hew she used to, push the little pile of
straw back into 'the corner under the
bed. Needless to • say that, •after
mother recovered from her illness
the hired girl was given a very short
notice to pack` -her "duds and git."
Grandmother used to have the soft -
.est • feather beds in the district, It
was always a treat to get spending a
'few .hays at her house. Climbing in -
de -bed_ - ..it deemed as if you were
scrambling up on top of a partly in-
flated balloon the way they used to
•
From The Huron Expositor .
April 30, 1897 •-
By vote,of the session, it was de-
cided to use an organ in connection
with the Sabbath services in Duff's
Church, Walton, on and, after the first
Sunday in May. Miss: Annie Fergu-
son will be the organist:
The fanners erre•only now beginning
again to work their land, after the.
Iong,• cold wet spring.
Reeve Petty, of Hensel', has award.
ed the contract for his new two-storey
block in that village to Messrs. R.
Patterson and G. Kidd, the former to
do the wood work and the latter the
mason and ,brick work.
• Messrs. MacArthur & 'Co., private
bankers of Hensel!, have opened up a
branch bank in Zurich.
The ',License Commissioners of
South. Huron have granted all the
hotels licenses held in Seaforth last
year, with the exception of the hotel
in Egmondville.
Mr. Charles Dawson, an employee
in Ogilvie's 'Hour mill, while working
in one of the upper. stories on . Fri-,
day, : had the misfortune to make a
mistep and fell ten. feet into a bin,
breaking; his right leg at the ankle.
Mr. W. McQueen, formerly 'of
Brucefield, has been appointed 'clerk
and treasurer of the City Of Roseland,
'British Colunabia, at a salary of $120
per•nronth.
T. R. F. Case & Co. are killing on
an average, one hundred hogs per
week at their packing louse in Har-
purhey.
There is now a daily attendance of
over 85 pupils in the junior depart-
ment
epartment of, ,the Seaforth public school,.
and ',the trustees are considering the'
propriety of engaging another teacher
for a couple of months to ease Mrs.
Coulter.
' Mr. -Thomas Stephens has leased
lite Queen's Hotel in Seaforth to Mr.
Purcell, of Stratford.
A lot of good pine sidewalks have
been •built. in Zurich, Which are a cred-
it to any town.
Mr. Peter McGregor deft this. week
for the1d,Country, taking two car
loads of'homes,' said by goody judges
to be the finest lot that ever lett
Brucefield. He was accompanied by
Mr. Robert McCartney.
A. McD. Avian and .Country 'Clerk
Lane, of Goderieh, were in Clinton
this week superintending the .laying
out of the orchard and other grounds
at the House of Refuge.
The E. McFaul Dry Goode, Co., of
Seaforth, was advertising this week
•150 boys' tweedarsuits at $1.25, $1.50,
$1.75 and $2.00.
. Eggs 'were. 8 cents per dozen on tie
Seaforth ',market this week; butter,
13c, and pork $4.50 per cwt.
i
An anrious old, lady on a r,iver
steamer approached the captain.
"Would. you fell me if, this; boat ib go-
ingip or deem." • -
'Well,' madam," he replied politely,
"the boiler is -bad so we may go up;
On the other Band, she's a. leaky old
tub so we might easily go down."
•
Tim, being a railroad engineer's
son, was just abetter acquaint-
ed -with trains than With -Indians. Re-
cently; he saw an Indian for the first
time—a squaw with her. infant strap-
ped firmly to her .back. Tim was a
keen observer for a few nilntttes,
then, running to his daddy a ehort d1s-
tanoe away, called out' breathlessly:
".Come, Daddy.! come see the papoose
riding in it eabotiael" •
> ' WI
itfll
l illovpr out around you•. PGrandtuother
woul(1i OQ4ne` tiptoeing up the stairs
softly with the lamp in leer, band. 1
can see her yet. Edging in. the door
quietly she would set the lamp down
on the chair and tuck the quilts in
under the mattress,. Then shoving
the quilt up close around my el aud-
dera 841.0 would stoopdown and her
Ulan 'Vould give a, •s1.niek.."feat'lier-
toucli". kiss on my forehead.,
Feather titins were great in the win-
terti ete. They were wenn • and pleas-
ant to sleep in but during the summer
time it was aa,:entirely different mat-
ter: On an. evening -wheat tete weather
was sultry and . Ihot'the ticks were
quite apt to make you feel as if you
were roasting. Every time••.you turn-
ed the, tick seemed to conform to your
shape and bury you a little (teener in
its smothering deenity....The feathers
had a way of coming through the tick-
ing and it was not unusual to get up
in the morning with feathers cluster -
tag to your, skin where you 'hats "beets
sweating.
Uncle Josh's daughter Milly is y,a
school teacher. She has been living
away off in site city for a long time
now and more or less away from all
our country custom's. Last Christmas
Josh' wee in the village one day and
the station agent told him,that there
was a large parcel for him down at.
the station. Josh drove down with
the sleigh and looked at the strange
flat; bundle. Josh always was a cur-
ious sort of fellow and so he had to
peek in at the 'contents' of the par-
cel.
It turned out to be a mattress.
one of those springy, soft kind which
are designed to give you your full
beauty. sleep. Josh was pleased •be-
yond words and he drove away • off
whistling to beat the band. I didn't
see him for some time, but one day
he canoe to Lazy Meadows and we
chanced to 'ask him 'about the mat-
tress which it developed his daughter
had sent him.
"I have been getting up at five
o'clock since I was a boy," he said.
"Never missed one single morning un-
til we got that new -(angled mattress.
I slept in until eight o'clock the next
day. Mrs. Josh took it off our bed
and put it on the spare one. She says
that the old straw tick is good en -
enough for us. The truth of the mat-
ter is, the straw tick is so uncomfort-
able that when you wake up in the
morning there's nothing to do except
get up or else get a pain in your back
from lying on it. When I quirt farm-
ing and .don't have to getup in the
morning, I'm going to sleep on that
-fancy mattressfor daysandnever get
up at all,,,
:JUST A SMILE O TW'O
• He: "There's a long tunnel ahead;
Are you afraid?"
. She: "Not if you take that cigar
out of your mouth.
"How are my Chances, docolek"
asked an anxious patient.
"Oh, pretty good," replied the doc-
tor cheerfully,, "but all the same I
dn
woul't - start reading any continued
stories."
•
The telephone rang and, the dumb
cluck answered it: "..: couldn't say,
why ,don't you call the weather bur-
eau?"
"Who was that?" asked his ,.wife as
he hung up. _ -
"Oh," said her •husband, "it was
some dope who wanted to know if the
coast was clear.
l •
"While Deacon Brown Passes de
plate," announced: Parson B1'nck, "de
choir will sing 'Salvation Am Free.'
But please remember dat while salva-
tion am free, we has to pay' de choir
for singing about it."
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"Officer," . said the sweet young
thing. "I left my car parked here a
few minutes ago and now „it is gone."
"It must 'have, been stolen, .miss,"
said the policeman.
"Oh, no, it couldn't be that," she
explained earnestly, "it was insured
against' theft!"
•
Husband: "I have left instructions
in my will that I am to be cremated."
Wife: "Yes, just like you to go
and leave ashes all over.the place."
Huron Federation .f
Agriculture--FarmNews -,
Grassland Farming
Climatic conditions throughout the
Lower St. Lawrence Valley, although
very favorable'.to the growing of pas-
ture and hay crepe, cannot be consid-
ered
onsiderred as ideal for grain production,
says the Dominion Experimental Sta-
tion at St., Anne de la Pocatiere, P.Q.
Accordingly, plans have been made 'to
enlarge the program of grassland
farming investigations in which ad£al-
la'and Ladino clover are featured .in
seed mixtures to build up the soil
fertility. Methods of harvesting. -and
.storing forges are also being studied.
To Prevent Spread of Poultry Disease
As an aid in preventing the pos-
sible spread of serious . poultry dis-
eases, and particularly in the, event
of the very serious poultry disease,
known, las :Newcastle disease (pneu-
moencephalitis) gaining a foothold' in
Canada, a Ministerial Order 'has been
issued requiring the cleaning and dis-
infection of live poultry crates before
they are permittecb to Ieave 'the plant
at which they';We°re unloaded.
For the purpose of this Order, the
expression "live poultry crate" means,
any crate, bon' receptacle or contain-
er for transporting or conveying live
poultry.
Dr. T. Childs, Veterinary Director
General of Canada, has issued instruc-
tions on the cleaning and disinfec-
tion' of live poultry crates and asks•
the co-operation of every owner or
operator of a -poultry?* processing plant
-or killing plant, of 'all connected with
the poultry industry, and transporta-
tion,
ransportstion cotnlianles to comply with the Or-
der which speoifes that after each
Use as a live -poultry crate,' and, be-
fore" leaving the plant, all Crates must
be thoroughly cleaned and dipped for
at least two minutes in a water solu-
tion of two per cent'formalin. No one
must° remove or permit to be remov-
ed a live poultry trate which has not
been cleaned and disinfected, 'as pro-
vided in the Order, in a manner sat-
isfactory to an Inspector of the Dom-
inion Department of Agriculture,
Ejcport Hatching eggs
A shipment. from Canada of fifty
White Leghorn and 40 Bluff' Leghorn
Rtatohing eggs arrived recently' at
Sydney, New South. Wales. The eggs
were imported 'by a New South Wales
.poultryman. The 'shipment was the
first of its kind to Australia,
Is Place For 2,4-0 in Garden
Most gardeners'know'by now that
the comparatively new weed' killer
known as 2.,4-D kills, many weeds ef-
fectively, partieularly those of the
broad leaved varieties .such as plan-
tains and d.andeloins. Less general-
ty known, perhaps, is the fact that
there may be a' place for this new
selective hormone spray in the vege-
table garden.
Preliniinary tests at the Dominion
Experimental Station; Saanichton, B.
C,, in 1946 indicated that 2,4-D, if
applied before the young vegetable
seedlings show above the ground,
will control some garden weeds in
areas sown with the slower germinat-
ing vegetables' as onions, Leek, or par-
snips. Care, however, should be tak-
en to insure that this 2,4-D pre -em-
ergency spray, does' not come in con-
tact with the vegetables known to be
susceptible to the Ihornivne spray.
Tests at Saanichton indicatethat
some vegetables suds as beets, car-
rots, dill, lettuce', peas, spinae'h and
turnips are almost certainly killed or
dwarfed by 2,4-D when applied just
as they are coming' through - the
ground, or two weeks later widen in
the early seedling stage. Other vege-
tables, however,' such as leeks, onions,
corn and to a lesser degree parsley
and parsnips .apparently. are not af-
fected by the application of 2,44)
when breaking through the ground',
aiid only slightly •inhibited ' When
sprayed two Weeks later.
Some weeds commonly found in
vegetable crops, like Western Ye1Tbw
Cress, go out like aelight when spray-
ed with 23-D, Other weeds,, howev-
er, such as pig weed and lamb's quar-
tet's are .ftaore persistent particularly
if they have been allowed to become
well established. Tests' Have shown
that all weeds should be sprayer if
possible when they are in 'the tender
,seediittg stage, using 2,4-D at the con -
.Centrations recomtlneuded by, the man-
ufacturer and at the rate of one -gal-
'E(3q'ftthalled on Page 8)
More Land 'For Referedtatlon
The reforestation committed -of iIgrrt
on Cdettay, Opeeoii ben Purdhlteed 47
acres of land in Colborne :township•
from Mrs, Murtha D, 'Moulden, for re'
forestation purposes. The land ad-
joins the property which was donated
last year by the Robertson, brdtthers
for reforestation, a b'. a mueraorlat. •Piot.
in memory of their father, the late.
Johan R.o, berteon. — t tderiob. 'Signal -
Star. '
Purchases Property
Mrs, Fred ..Oster .has•. purchased •
through the Eliott Real Estate Ag-
ency, the Albert Sellers property on -
the southeast corner of Dinsley and
Mill Streets: Possession will, be tak-
en early in May. It is, Mr. Sellers in-
• tention to erect a' amali cottage on
the lot to .the -rear of that just .sold,
during' the summer menthe for
his
own accommodation.—Blyth Standard..
Newlyweds Honored At Gathering
On Wednesday ,evening a. Larger
number of friends met in, the, town-
ship hall, Ethel, .•t -o honor.. Mr. ands
Mrs. Ian McDonald, an their 'recent
marriage., All. address was read by
George A. Dunbar, and Earle Bowen
made 'the presentation of a well-filled!.'
purse. Lunch, was served' and danc-
ing was enjoyed. to the music of J.
Wil'bee's orche's'tra.—Brussels Post.
Doctor Amts Provincial Position
Dr. W. 0. 5. Jamieson has accept=
ed an appointment he waseeffered.
with the division of tuberculosis, pre-
ventionof the Provincial Department
of -Health.' He has disposed, of his,
practice to Dr. John F. Harper, of.
Hamilton, who, will take over; June 1.
Dr: Jamieson came to Brussels in ..the.
fall •of 1927: Since that time he has.
buidt up an extensive practice and has,
made for himself throughout the dis-
trict .a host of friends and acquaint-
ances, who will, as well as his pat-
ients, regret to' learn of his ilmminent
departure, from. Brussels. He., will
leave in June for Landon, where ;he,
will be two months at Queen Alexan-
dria Sanatorium before going to To-
ronto to take up his new work.—Brus-
sels 'Post.
Buys Fordwich Business
Mr. Jack Pym, son of Mr. and'Mrs.
Harold Victor Pym, has purchaased the.
grocery business in Fordwich, form-
erly owned by Mr. J. H. Rogers,
took possession • .on Monday. Jack,
who is a veteran paratrooper of World
War •11. was an employee of the Dom-
inion Store before the war. We wish.
him ",every, success •in his new venture.
---Wingh2.m Advance -Times.
Good Maple Syrup Season
Maple . syrup. maker's, whe at first
were disappointed with the• season's.
prospects; are now stating that the'
yield this year is good; if not better
than an average yea/Syrup is re-
tailing in Wingham from $4• to $5 per
gallon.—Wingham Advance -Times.
Elected' Director
, Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Hopper and Mr.
K. Hockey were in London Friday of
last week attending the .convention of
the Western Ontario District Funeral
Service Association which Imeteat- the
London Hotel. Mr. Hopper is to be;
congratulated ott being elected a
•director of the association, — Exeten
Times -Advocate, -
Home From. Coast
Mr. Ellis Pearce has returned home
after visiting for two months with hie.
sister, Mrs, J. E. Whiting, at Bella
Coola, B.C. Ellis has been ,basking in
tht sunny clime of British Columbia
and at .the same time enjoyed the
thrills of skiing in the mountain
dreesed• only in a bathing ,snit. H,e•
carries a nice sun tan on his 'back
prove his contention, about the silent-
weather.—Exeter Times-Adyoeate, • .
paper Drive Nets $96.42
The' Scouts of Exeter staged as
scrap paper 'dive en' -Saturday and
• succeeded in gathering up 17,5301
pounds of . gaper and '.magazines for -
which they received the handsome -
cheque of $12.71. After deducting;
cartage of $26.29, the net returns . to,
the 'Scout Troop is $96,42. — Exeter
Times -Advocate.
Restaurant Sold TO London Man
Basil F. Thrower has .sold Throw-
er's Restaurant. Victoria St., to. John
Melelis, West Lorne, formerly pro-
prietor of Home Lunch, London, 'ef-
fective Friday, April 25. The deal.
was completed Monday. evening," The.
move came as a' big surprise as,the
new restaurant had been opened on-
ly since iApril 12. Mr. and Mrs.
Thrower and 'daughter, Elean, are
moving to Mbunt Budges, west oi:.
London,., where` they will reside ,for
the time beide.Their• future .plans
are somewhat ndefinite, but they ex-
pect to do some travelling and holds
Baying. They have resided here since
August, '1939. Mr. Melelis is married
with four children. They will reside
in upstairs quarters •in the restaur-
ant building, where the Thrower fam-
ily have been living.—Brussels Post-
Dramtic Club Makes Debut
The God'erich Dramatic Club will
make its initial appearance next Wed-
nesday ' and Thursday evenings ini
MacKay Hall,' when a program of
three One -act, plays will be 'presented.
In the cast of "The Bishop's Candle-
sticks," directed by George Jenner,
will Abe Mrs. K. Revell, 'Pat ..Church,
Fred- Sturdy, Ray Cooper and Ken
Lemaire., ISSunday Cost Five Pesos-'
will be 'directed by Phil Carey,- witit
M. Julia,,,Sully, ,Gail Saunders•, Eileen
Peters; Virginia Lodge, Marjorie
Macfie, Mary Evans and Mildred( An,.
derson. The third play, "A Night At
An Inn," a thriller with its locale on,
the lonely Yorkshire moors, will be
directed by J< C. Peters.- Goderic6.
Signal -Star. .
At Synodical W. M. S. Meeting •
- Awung-dune -,fxom"Csad'e1 who at-
tended the Synodical meeting of the
Presbyterian W.M;S., held last week
at Stratford, were Mrs, Gordon Bisset,
president of the Huron Presbyterial.
Society; Mrs. A. H. Erskine, president
of W.M.S. of Knox Church;
C. Dunlop,l Mrs. M. Ainslie, Mrs. Gor-
don Henderson, Mrs; G. Peachel, Mrs.
W. .T. Baker and M'rs. J: B. Orr. Mrs.
H. C. Dunlop was elected an honor-
ary president of. the Synodical Se-
ciety, Mrs. D. J. Lane of Clinton as
exchange seoretary, and Mrs. Kenneth.
IncLean, i f Exeter, third' viae-presi-
dent,—Goderioh Signal -Star;
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