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4EAFORTf3,1'riday, May 9,. 1947.
The old Problem
With the coming .of : , the old
�prin g
and, increasing problem of parking
cars and 'trucks "on the Attain Streets
of Ontario: towns is right out in the
forefront again, and many weekly
papers are commenting on it.
Last week 'we noticed that; the
councils 1 of two widely . separated
towns are trying to find a solution,
but according to the Kincardine
News, the council of that town is not
making much headway, for the News
says: "Of one thing we are certain,
the traffic problem is never going to
be solved if nothing is done, . and .
frankly, that is about all that has
been dome of late."
On the other hand, the council ' of
the Town of Picton, is busily engaged
trying to solve the problem and is
considering the following sugges-
tions:
1 -4 -Angle parking on both sides of
the streets.
2—Thirty degree parking, instead
of 45 degree, because with 45 degree
parking a car takes 12 feet six inch-
es of road from the sidewalk, where-
as
with 30 degree parking a car
would take only 11 feet of road from
the sidewalk, ' which would result in -
a total saving of three feet of road
surface for - use of through traffic:
Also 30 degree parking gives almost
perfect yisibility out of the rear win-
dow for backing out. -• ,
3—Special stops for trucks next to -
lanes or side streets to allow suffici-
ent space for trucks to pull in parallel
to the curb, but only for the purpose
of unloading pr loading, but not for
parking.. Farmer's trucks to be:: al- • -
lowed to- the same privilege at these
stops.
4—One hour parking on two blocks
of the busiest part of Main Street.
This would ' create an area of con-
stant movement for short time -shop
pers. ' -Two hour parking forthe bal- •
ance of Main Street. The two hour
time limit would be a long enough
stop to 'do most shopping, but would
be short enough that employers and
-employees of local concerns would
not be able to leave their cars on the
streets while 'at their employment.
Unlimited parking . on other streets.
5—Find as many parking lots ad-
jacent to Main_ Street'' as possible.
That is the proposition . that : the
council of the Town of Picton has un-
der consideration,' but in the case of
Seaforth and some. other Western
Ontario towns, the problem would be
greatly- simplified by the• fact that
there are parallel', lanes` running be-
hind' the stores on both sides of the
Main Streets,, which would • enable
- trucks and transports to take and
make delivery at the hack 'doors of
all businessplaces.
paces.
No Boom
Many people ' will-- remember, and
inore than a 'few will never be able
to forget,' the boom in farm lands
during the course of the First World
War. How farms were selling in On-
tario at, $70 an acre in 1920, and how
prices had dropped to $42 per acre •
by 1935.
From that year on, however, prices
of farm land have steadily increas-
ed until last year they were upto
$59 per acre. It has been 'a slow rise,
perhaps, • but anything is ,•surely bet-., • .
ter than the wild -inflation of the
early twenties.
These are some of the things that
the ,Dominion' Bureau of Statistics
points out after a nation-wide survey
of land prices. Still better, from that
survey, the Bureau anticipates a con=
tinuance of the present 'prosperity
that 'agriculture is now -enjoying.
Can Not Have It Both Ways
Commuting upon the resolutions
passed at the annual meeting of the
Progressive .Conservative Assoeia- .
tion held' in 1YR: ntreat a few weeks
ago," the FinancialPost,, which eoix'ld
never , been jaedused of. being a , blind
follower of the ding Go rernnient,
ealettlates, that if these resolutions
were ea
: e,�,d out i tt would Bost the
•t'r't
people a f Canada O0 illiOns of
.dol ars. ! er year.
y these resolutions the Conserv-
, tiv party, now; undertakes to lit -
ere se 'agraculrtural floor prices; re-
duce the. Income tax by one-third.,
raise the income ' tax exemptions;
drop the radio license fees; give
more generous treatment to war
veterans, and raise old age pension.
On old age pensions alone, an in-
crease of $10 pernmonth on the pres-
ent pension, the increase would
amount to $20 millions per •year. And
if the Conservatives intend to lower
the pension age limit from 70 years
to 60 years, the cost would run to an
additional sum of $260 million dol-
lars perk, year.
To abolish the radio licenses would
cost the treasury six millions of dol-
lars per year.
Further, a cut of one-third in the
income tax would cost the country
$150 millions a year, and to raise the
exemptions would cost a similar
amount_'
There was,however,no resottion
.at the Conservative convention stat-
ing where all this money is ,to come
from, and until that point is thor-
oughly cleared up, it looks pretty
much as if the Conservative party
was trying to tell the Canadian peo-
ple that they could have it both ways.
Which, of course, -the majority of the
Canadian people know is utterly im-
possible.
The First Weedless Town
''Elmira, as every resident' of On-
tario who has been there, or passed
through it, knows,., is a pretty, pro-
gressive and thriving town. But, ap-
parently, Elmira is also ambitious
• and has no thought of standing still.
We notice now that the Elmira
Board of Trade has launched an am-
bitious plan to make it a "Weedless
Town." The plan was fully discuss-
ed recently in the -Elmira. Signet, and
it seems it has the backing of sev-
eral local organizations including
the Horticultural Societyand a large
local industry.
There is, it seems, a chemical com-
pany in that town which manufac-
tures, the new .weed killer, 2,4-D,
which kills dandelions and other
broad -leafed plants, but does no
harm to grass: The weeds gradually
die after the lawns have been spray-
ed, and the grass makes a quick re-
covery from any setback it -may have
suffered as a result of the spraying.
Two sprayings of the whole town
will be made by experts who will
use large sprayers at a cost of '$1.50,,
for a small lot and '$2.00 forr,a large
one, ifall citizens will co-operate.
There is no question of doubt but
that. if ' Elmira becomes weedless it
will be the first weedless town in On-
tario, and we would, we believe, be
quite safe in enlarging the territory
to the whole of Canada.
One thing is' certain, Elmira's am-
bitious experimentwill be watched
with interest by the people in other
towns and villages in Western On-
tario.
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Money In Authoring
That there are authors and auth-
ors, we: know. But just the same,
there is money in being an author.,
Particularly; so if you.can author like
Winston Churchill.
An American press despatch from
London, England, last week says,:
"A well informed source said nego-
tiations have been completed for the
publication of Winston Churchill's
wartime memoirs in Life Magazine
and the New York Times.
"It is understood that the figure to
be paid by the two publications for
the American rights is approximate-
ly the million dollars, as reported in
the press some months ago.,
"Viscount Camrose, editor-in-chief
and principal proprietor of the Daily
Telegraph, has obtained publication
rights in Britain. His negotiations
with Life_ and the New York Times
have been going on since last No-
vember.
"It is believed that arrangements
have been made for distribution to
several' 'other countries in the world.
The memoirs will subsequently be
published in book form,, infive vol-
umes."
Paying $200,000 a volume for five
volumes will not, however, prove a
wild speculation on the part of the
Arlerican- publishers, as their roy-
alty
Y
alty on the sale of .the books alone
will possibly net that -amount.
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From The Huron Expositor
LAZ
Ali► allw• i►.
"PUT THE KETTLE ON"
Ther-e'ssomething hunaely and
friendly: about the phrase, "Put 'the
• May 5,, 1922 ' I ketole on." t"s a real Country phrase
too. I was reminded of it the •other
day when I -dropped in fora chat with
Dd. Wilkins in the village.
Mr. Phos,., McCurdy, with his bre,
ther 'and sister of. Stratford, are back
to,, Bayfield' tor the summer.
Mr, - 'Clarence' `Bennett, of Walton,
bas bought. Mr. Alex Cubhiil'e store at
Winthrop,
The annual inspection of the Sea-
forth
eaforth Collegiate Institute cadets took
place on Tuesday afteroeon before
Vol. McCrimnnon, of London. The offi-
cers of the corps this year -are: Cap-
taiu, Wm, .Greig; Lieutenants, Reid
Edmunds, Ralph Weiland; Sergeants,
Hall Farnum, Wesley McCutcheen,
Prank Cudmore, Earl Smith; Corpor-
als, Donald Kerslake, Melvin Blau -
shard, Clarence Munn, Hector Hays,
Fred Crich, Herman Speare, John
Airchibald and Adam Dodds.
The first meeting of the Seaforth
Collegiate • Institute Alumni Associa-
tion was held Tuesday evening in
Carnegie Library. The following offi-
cers were elected: Hon. pres., Dr,
'Charles Mackay; pres., ' Chas. Stew-
art; 1st vice-pres., C.. Aberhart; sec.,
Mary Bell; treas., M. Hartry; execu-
tive board, F. D. Hutchison, Mrs. K.
M. McLeatn, Miss B. Grieve, Miss N.
Hartry, Miss S. I. McLean, Miss Mary
Laing and Messrs.. Edward Archibald,
Wm. Greig and Charles Stogdill.
The local-nninstrel performance giv-
en at the Strand Theatre on Monday
night was one of the best ever offer-
ed in Seaforth, Mr. R. E. Willis .was,
,the director 'and ..also interlocutor.
The scene was an Old Kentucky home-
stead. Two boy sopranos, Fred E.
Willis' and George -Daly, showed un-
usual ability in the singing of their
songs. ,
Mr. Wm. Black, M.P:, . spent the
week -end el his home in Tuckeismith.
A special, service was' held in St.
Thomas' Church Sunday morning in
connection with the dedication; of a
handsome oak altar in memory of the
Iate Adeline Harris Best, wife of Mr,
J, "M. Beat, presented to the church
by menpbers of his family. ,There iso
•a brass tplate. inscribed: "To the
glory of God, and to the blessed mem-
ory of Adeline Hai''ris Best, a. token
of her children's love," -
The oatmeal mill here ' changed
Lands this week, the new owners be-
ing Thompson • Bros:; of Mitchell.
Reid Bros., of town, are installing
a radio phone at their electric atore
on, Mann Street. •
Harvey Burrows, Garnet Chapman
and Russell Bristow, of the . Toronto
Dental 'School, are •home for the boli -
days. .
Many friends of Mr. J. L. Smith
will regret to learn of his -serious ill-
ness at his 'home.
From The Huron Expositor
May 7, 1897 •
Chiselhui t Methodist.. Church con-
gregation ilia,ve decided to. improve
their property so as to make practic-
ally, a new church. The mason • work
has been let to Mr. R. •Cudmore,' of
Hensail; the carpenter work to Wm,
Welsh, Hensall, and the painting to
Wm. Stoneman, also of Hensel].
Mr. Watson Wood, son of Mr, John
Wood, of Tuckersmith; met 'with a
very serious and painful accident on
Wednesday last ' while .working, with
a planer in Mr. R. Paterson's mill in
Hensall. A- knot in the wood caused
the planer to bounce and hishand
came in contact with, the sharp' edge,
severing' three fengers. .
•Mr. Robert Dobie, of Egmondville,
leaves sheatly for Whitechurch, where
he will open out in the hardware'
business:
Vie annual meeting of the Egmond-
ville ,Football Club was held in • the
schoolhouse an Thursday evening when
the following officers were •elected:.
Honorary president, Jacob McGee;
honorary race -president, O. E. Jack-
son; president, Loris Galt; vice-pres.,
W. H. Baker; secretary -treasurer; F.
C. Jackson; captain, H. R. Colbert;
,manager, Chas. Kruse; committee:.
Tudor Jackson, 'George Hill, George
McMann, Tames Young and Ha;r,By
Yea Egmond.
Mr. George Beattie left. on Tuesday
to take a position on the G.P.R.
Steamer "Manitoba," On Monday eve-
ning a number of his friends tender-
ed him a complimentary supper at
the Grip House;
Miss Butson, who had charge of
Mr, J. Kellerman's millinery depart-
ment in Dashwood, left for her home
in Staffa on Tuesday. Her place has
been' taken by Miss G. Dempsey of
Exeter.
The members • of_,St. James' Church
choir, Seafortii, along with a number
of friends, were handsomely enter-
tained on Friday evening last by Miss
a/legate• McQuade, musical directress,
at her home on North Main, St. The
evening was taken up with pedro,,
dancing the light --fantastic, and final-
ly a beuntlful lunch.
Mr. Thos. wir'son• has returned to
Seaforth from his studies at Chicago
Dental College.
Mr. Wm, 'Hawkshaw has returned
to town and taken possession of his
hotel. Mr, Jo9eph• McClinchey, who
had it leased for some years,`will live
privately.
The members of Fidelity Lodge, In-
d•ependent Order of Oddfellows, .Sea -
forth, celebrated the 78th anniversary
of Oddfelloayship in Canada by an '"at
home" in their lodge rooms, with
their wives and friends, Dr. F. 5. Bur
r
rows was, in the chair; solos were
sung* by Mrs. W. H. Willis and .Mrs,
W. D. Bright and by Harry' Town and
-W. H. Willis; Mr: James Beattie gave
an inspiring address and MrL M. Y.
McLean spoke ibrieily on the good•
work done by the society.
The presentation of H.M.S. Pinafore
by Gilbert & Sullivan, will be present-
ed in Cardmo's Hall next Monday by a
Goderich ,company.
Tire following will, erect new, resi-
dences in Dashwood: A. Thor, 11 -
Roma W. Pfaff, S. Trelamd and IL
Ilse. In addition to these, there will
be a new sehoellu use,<7tew hotel -arid
t a new livery stable erected.
Ech usad, to be a neigh'bcr of ours,
here at Lazy Meadows. He was ttlte
a bit older than either Mrs. Phil or
myself, and retired to the villago
about five years ago. Ed. was a good
friend to have . . .. the kind who
didn't mind 'helping out at seedtl'me
er harvest, or at a:wood :bee. We miss
ed him when he moved away.
Ed.'s wife died about three years
ago and since then his eldest daugh-
ter has been keeping. house for him.
Early, this year he slipped ,.on some
ice on, the post office steps and since
then he has been laid up. When f'm
in the village with an hour or so" to
spare, I often drop in on him for a
chat. He likes to"ta1k about .crops and
prices and takes and local politics.
Waiting for' grist 'at the mill last
week I had quite a. little time to spend
and dropped in on Ed. We chatted
.away for an hour or so, and he turn-
ed to his, daughter and said', "Put .the•
kettle on, Margaret, and we'll have a
bite to eat and a pet of tea." I didn't
protest.
There' ,' a friendly sound t4 t#e
words and a still friendlier sound as
the kettle ,starts to bubble and boli,
and finally erupt into steam. Her in
'the country, even we wined:Mee get,
in such a hurry aboat;;thingsc•that we
forret a lot ,qf the older and more.
friendly , edstorns..•
The time was when anybody who
carne tothe bousp izad to, stop 'long
enough for a cup of tea. If a friend
dropped in for the purpose of anry-
thing from 'harrowing -sped grain to
buying a horse, you- Just naturally
:moved up to the house and soon the
kettle would be bubbling and boiling
and there would be cups of atea hang
tea and possibly some fresh cookies.
-The Indians may have preferred
pipes of peace as a friendly gesture.'
Here in the country, that: simple
phrase of "Put the kettle on," hes al-
ways. stood as a gesture of • simple
friendship', and welcome. Next time
somebody drops in, and you feel 'a
little provoked because they're hold-
ing you ,up from your work, try put-
ting the kettle on and relaxing with
a little conversation anda, cup of -tea
and see if you don't feel a whole lot
better.
JUST A SMILE OR TWO:
In their younger days they had been
sweethearts: Now there was silver in.
her hair and snow on his, as they sat
and talked of those long -gone times
:their first kiss, their ,first quarrel„
their last kiss, their last quarrel. Gra-
dually the glamor of the past held
sway and the old man said:
"Aye, Maggie, I have never forgot-
ten you. I've never loved another!"
"Andrew," she replied, with mois-
ture in her eyes, "you're just as big
a liar as ever—and I believe you just
the same!"
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The driver of the bus gave his pas,
sengers a violent shaking as he swept
around another cornu at terrific
speed. -
"Oh, dear," said a nervous old lady
to the conductor, "I do wish your driv-
er wouldn't go so fast around these
skiddy corners." • .
"That's all right, 'lady," answered,
the conductor cheerfully. "You just
want to shut your eyes, same as he
does!"
Master of the House: "Why did
you tell your mistress what time I
came home last night after.I had, told
you to be quiet about it?"
Maid: "I didn't sir. She asked me
what time it was, acrd I told her I was
too busy getting breakfast to notice."
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He had choked her.' She was dead;
there was no doubt about it He had
listened to her dying gasp. Now she
was cold—cold as the hands of death:'
Furiously, he kicked her. To his am-
azement shell gasped„ sputtered and
then began to huni softly.
"Just'a little patience is all it takes,
Harry,' remarked his wife from the
back seat.
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'Preacher (looking Aver his large
congregation Easter Sunday , morn-
ing) : "I realize there are many here
who will not be with us again until
next Eastertime. I take this oppor-
tunity to wish them a Very Merry.
Christmas."
Huron Federation' Of
Agriculture--FarmNews
' .Maritime Aboiteau
The old French word, "aboiteau" is
preserved in the maintenance of the
Bay of Fundy .dykeland's. This old
French namea says W: W. Baird in
the •t4Agricultural Institute Review,"
in a sense gives a hint of .what it
means. 'It is really a dam built in
such a way that the drainage water
from the surrounding lands can flow
out to lea at low tide and at the same
time prevent the inrush of tidal wa-
ter at high tide.
Farm Electricity
Only, 16.1 ,per cent of Canadian
farms• is served with electricity. The:
percentage varies from a high of ,35
per....cent, in Ontario to a .low of 0,21
per -cent in Saskatchewan. Ontario
consumes 79.75 per cent.of the pow-
er used •on Canadian farms. These
figures, stated `the "Agricultural Insti-
tute Review," indicate flat .there is
great scope for „further' development
and application of electric power, to.
Canadian farms.
Birch Tree "Dieback" in Maritimes
During the past 10 years 'the 'dying
of birch trees in 'Eastern Canada has
been 'under' close . observation• by the
Forest Insects Investigations . section,
Division of Entomology, Dominion De-
partment of Agriculture and several
reports have been issued from time to
time, with --special referent;e to the
role of the bronze birch borer. The
abnormal. dying of 'birch trees was
first -noted •in 'central and southern
New Brunswick in 1935. Since that
time,, the: condition has appeared over
an increasingly Large area, which, now
includes the whole of,..,the Maritime
Provinces and parts of Quebec and
Northern Maine. In.ge.neral, the con-
dition 'appeared first, and developed
to the. 'most severe degree, in ,those
areas where the greatest amount of
mature yellow birch occurred.
The following facts,• which apply
particularly to yellow birch, are giv-
en in the latest issue of the. Bi -month-
ly progress Report 'of Forest Insect
Investigations, In, 1944, the Percent-
age .of dead trees in New Brtinswiedt
areas ranged from 12 to 59 for those
of four to 12 indhea, and from 25 to
'80 for the larger trees. Fewer figures
were available for Nova 'Scotia, but in
Colchester and Cumberland Counties
about 30 per cent of the mature vol-
ume was dead, with less striking dam-
age in most of the other parts of the
Province.
In. 1945, although most of the ma-
ture birch was already dead or dying,
a definite .improvement began to show
in the surviving less severely injured
trees in New Brunswick, In Nova S:co-
tia the injurey increased but at a Tess•
rapid rate. In 1946, this tendency to
recovery in surviving trees was. still
more distinct in New Brunswick, and
even class ,4 trees (those with half
the branches' dead) appeared 'to be
holding.their own. Rate of drying was
also reduced in Noris Scotia.
It is important, ,states the Bi -month-
ly Progress Report, that the "dieback"
Of birch be followed even more close-
ly in the coming years, Relatively
young stands or lightly injured Mau
tore st'an'ds should not be opened
needlessly. Every ,effort shovild be
directed towards ettgnsive suxveye of
birch, with a view- to °salvaging . ahs•
many of the severely damaged trees
as possible,
Trees For Farmers •
'From. the Forest Nursery Stations
at Indian Head and Sutherland, Sask.,
200,000,000 trees had been distributed
up to and' including the ,Spring of
1946 at the rate of approximately 1,000
trees to, 4,000 farmers each year in
the. case of broadleaf trees, and' 5,-
000,000 evergreen trees 'to 800 .plant-
ers at the rate of approximately 200
trees eaFh year.
Thoughtful Notes on Orchard Sprays
Progress 'in' long-term spray pro-
grams was reported by A. D. Pickett,
Dominion Entomological Laboratory,
Annapolis Royal, to the annual .meet-
ing ,of the Fruit Growers' ,Association
in Nova Scotia, The phrase 'long-
term experiments;" he said, was some-
thing rather difficult to define, but
he had said' 'two years ago that a
clear picture of what might be ex-
ypeetetf:` from a spray material could
not be• obtained until the spray had
been used on a 10-aere orchardfor
ten successive; years. • Those figures,
of course, were arbitrary but after
four years' work he was not suxe he
tveulcl now change these figures much
as a gerieral statement. It• had been
"igtind that for some insects the area
would have to. be increased somewhat
and, 'in the case .-of very mobile in-
sects, hundreds of acres would need
'to be considered,
An experiment on the oyster -shell
scale, carried out in th'e .tong -term
spray program might be briefly rnehi-
tid'ned. Up to about. 1930, the oyster
shell scale -was of little economic im-
portance but in the last 15 years it
had been a dangerous pest 'and had
caused great . damage, The experi
menta carried out had shown definite-
ly that oyster shell scale had increas-
ed on a program of mild sulphur,
sprays,. for' the reason that these
sprays destroyed lToth the parasite
and the predacious mite which kept
the scale under control iu natural con-
ditions.
Lime sulphur sprays also destroy -
,ed both these enemies of the scale,
but the spray itself destroyed consid-
erable numbers of the scale. It was
only on rare occasions that the scale
would become a .s'i=rious pest under a
lime -sulphur spray program. A spray
program' of copper sprays, for exam=
ple, would allpw both the parasite
and the predacious mite to thrive and
they would eventually destroy ;the
'scale. In large orchards where sul=
p'hur sprays had beet: tiled coarsisltent
ly; it was,not likely that these natur-
al enemies would become numerous
enough during the first year of such
treatments to bring .about a marked
reduction, ,.However, there ;lid.. net
appear to he any doubt that the re-
duction would be marked in the sec=
and ,year, and almost complete in the
third.
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Cigarette's History„
Although crude forms of cigarettes
have been found in ancient Mint in
'Arizona;, it was not until.4he rtilIddle
of the nineteenth "century that cigar-
ettes were -tied in Brazil, where they
Were called "p'apelites, ' says Ar; Nor=
town A. Maelt.ae, Chief, T°oabodea Diva-,
((.`antinued oft Page S)
Launches $feel Boat
On' ,,, Monday George Mathiesom
laµnohed a, ;'ate01. Stad -g Pig at tho
harbor for Jolln, hia,nore, Wand Befall."
Wotk has cottunoncediat tiie Mathie-
aon 'Welding Works,_oIt-another boat
which is eventually to go to Fort W41-
diam,�-N odelnc�b.8,i - tar
Changes ,Ip. ate; $yrtem
At tile" meeting of the P fblie vti11
hiss Contmissign .last week a letter
was reeelved from E H.:Darling, the
'Commission's engineer, with refer.
encs to' the .contemplated overhauling
of ,the, (v
waterwbrke system and the
secretary as instructed to ask' Mr.
Darling when it would be convenient
for himm,;to-eome to town and meet the
Commission.' In his leter Mr. Darling
said the details. for the proposed filter
plant were. being worked out and he
would be able to report on this very
shortly..—Goderich Signal -Star.•
Have Windsor Sub -Contract
W. E. Managhan, local plastering
contractor, is engaged in carrying out
a plastering aub-contract on two pub-
lic schools at Windsor for Sterling
'Construction • Co., Limited, general
contractors, Windsor. Arnold John-
ston,
ohnston, Clinton, is',.associated with, hin
in the work.—Clinton News -Record.
Sells Stallion
C. F. Halliday, Chesley, Bruce Co.
has purchased the ` young., stallion,
Lochinvar Flash 29931, to head his:
long string of ' high-class." Clydeabales.
Included are mares he purchased from
Mitchell F.' Hepburn, St. Thomas, and
the O.A.C., Guelph. This stallion 'is
said to ,Parry an improved type of
quality weighing over 1900 pounds,
considered a record for a 'Clydesdale
not four years old. He was owned and
fitted by 0. L. Switzer, Tuckersmith.•
Township.—Clinton News -Record.
Leaving For the West
Miss Margaret' Allison, of Thames.
Road, who has been employed in Lon-
don has resigned her,position and af-
ter spending a couple of weeks at
home, will leave for Regina, where
she has accepted a 'position .in the
office of W. J. Allison: She was hon-
ored by a number of her London
friends and made the recipient of
some lovely gifts before leaving the
city.—Exeter Times -Advocate, .
Bakery Business Sold '-
Mr: Cliff White, of town, has sold
his bakery_ business to Messrs. Roy
and Lloyd Brock, of Hensall, who will
take over the new business next week.
Both are ex -servicemen abd Will be
welcomed to Exeter. Mr. and Mrs.
White intend remaining,, in, town,—
Exeter -Times -Advocate.
Forrher Aipport Star Buys Property
Mr. George Shaw, a former .officer
with the R.C.A,F. at Centralia, now
employed, at Sarnia, has purchased
the property of Mr, B. Moore, Exeter
North. Mr. Shaw will be remember-
ed, by sport fans as an. ,outstanding
hockey player •with the Airforce
team. We will welcome Mr. and Mrs-'
Shaw and their three-year-old daugh-
ter• to Exeter. — •Exeter Tithes-Adso-
cate.
Well'Digging Contract Let
The Blyth school.' 'board has given:
the, contract for drilling a well. on the
school property to Fred L. Davidson,
of Wingham. Tenders are also being
asked for the supplying of equipment
and 'fixtures in connection with„ the
job.—Blyth Standard. •
Injures Foot
While assisting with sidewalk re-
pairing on Tuesday afternoon, Chief
of Police Cowan injured his foot ra-
ther severely when a block of aide -
walk fell on his left foot. Medical
attention was required, and he has
since 'been confined to ;his 'home.—
Blyth Standard: ,
Signs of Spring
The ice on Lake Huron has made
its exit for anothefi' season, and no
signs of it' is visible on the lake, This
usually is an indication of warmer
weather. The martins, with their much
warbling, have pulled in the past
week and things are coming along
slowly.— Zuricb; ,Herald. ' -
School Pupil Injures Leg•
Ross Regete, who attends Dublin
public .school, suffered lacerations to
the side of his leg when he fell off a.
bicycle during the noon hour on Mona
day. His teacher, Mrs. Jarmuth,
brought him to • Mitchell for mi3dical
attention and several .stitches: were ,re-
quired' to 'close the wound.—MitehelL.
Advocate.
Has Unique Membership
Deputy District Governor Lloyd Edi e
ghoffer was at Thorndale on Monday
night organizing a Lions 'Clutr in that
village. Bruce Malcolm, provincial or-
ganizer, was also present, , Unique
amongst Lions Clubs the Ti.orndale
group boasts 19 fa-rtners amongst its
25 charter members.—Mitchell Advo-
cate;,
Hold Trousseau Tea.
Mrs. Florence Russell was hostess
at a delightful "trousseau tea on Sat-
urday afternoon and evening, in hon-
or of her youngest daughter, Clara.
Florence, an early May- bride-to-be.
The tea table. centred with snapdra:
goes„ carnationsand,.r es es, was spread
with a lace cloth. Tea was poured by
Mr•s. T. L. Pr•est and Mrs. T. T. Mc-.
Rae, Assisting in the tea room were;
Misses Thelma Little, Jean MacDon-
ald,. Dorothy
acDon-ald,.Dorothy Armstrong and Mrs. Ar-
thur Synott, 'The gifts were displayed
by Mrs. Eldon Wilson, sister of- the
bride -elect and the trousseau by Miss-
es Marie Storey, Ruth MacDonald,
Joyce Porter, Helen, 'McCutcheon,
Mrs. Carol Gowinv and Mrs. J. E.
latest, ,Little Misses Joan and Helen
.Wilson opened the door and the
guests were. invited to the tea room.
by Misses. Margaret and Hannah Rus-
sell. --Brussels. Post:
Lions Entertain At' Dinner -Dance
Ix The Lions' Club, held theirs anneal
ladies' night" on Friday last in the
assembly hall of the British Exchange
Hotel, and there was an attendance
of over 150 et what proved to be a
delightful event. While dinner was
being "served a sing -song was led by
Mrs. W. F. Saunders and Geo, Buch-
anan, with W. H. Wiekett at. the piano,
The toast to the ladies was proposed
by W. A. Hay in a graceful speech,
and was responded tb in fitting style
by. Mrs. 5. A. •Snider. A clever var-
iety" entertainment was put on by the
Golden Prairie Coy+rboys, a Wingham
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