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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1947-08-01, Page 1) Eighty-eighth Year Vlrhple $iilmber 4155 IETSALL LEGION BUYS PROPERTY FOR LEGION HALL Bride y Elect is Honored W hen Friends Hold Shower. •NEWS OF 1IENSALL Hensall Branch 468 of the Cana- dian Legion, . who' recently received ' its charter, has purchased Bart of the Petty Block in Hensall and plan to remodel it as a Legion Hall. The branch commences business with a membership • of 40 and a fund of $2,000 banded over by the Exeter branch as Hensali's' scare of their joint activities in the Hensall-Exeter branch. Miss Mary Goodwin was hostess at her home 'Monday evening for •a shower in honor of Miss June Saun- slercock, bride -elect of Saturday. At- . ter a social evening in which music and contests were enjoyed and a sing -song directed by Miss Gladys' Luker and Mrs. C. Kennedy, Miss Ruth Hess and Miss Jennie Jolly made the presentation of numerous lovely ' gifts to • Miss Salindercock. Dainty. refreshments were served be Miss Goodwin, assisted ,by her =other, Mrs. Goodwin, and their as- sistants, Misses Margaret. Shepherd, Margaret' McGregor 'and Ruth Hess. , . Miss Saundereock's marriage to Mr. R. W. Davidson, of London, ' takes (Continued on Page 4) • Hensall-Zurich In Second Plane intermediate "C"—North Group Won -Lost Pct, Clinton Colts 8 0 1.01)e l3ensalt Zurich, ; ..,w,, , 5 3 .025 Staffa 4' ' 4 .500 Clinton R.Q.A.F. 1 5 .197 Mitchell ..- _ .... - • • - 1 7 .125 Staffa came out on the long_ end of the 15-5 score in a Huron -Perth Leitgue baseball game at Staffa Fri - 'day night. The losers were the R.C. A.F. of Clinton. 'Sadler for the win- ners allowed nine hits. Hainstock, for the visitors, allowed only . eight hits but issued , four walks and hit two batsmen.. Balfour and Allen' chalked up most of the -counters: for Staffaenen.ee . • Monday night Staffa met the. R.C. A.F. • at Clinton, 'Tuesday night the Clinton aggregation, and Friday night the team goes to Hensall to wind up the :season. Staffa 060 101 7-15 8 3 R.C.A-F. Clinton 010 002 2-5 9 2 STAFFA-Costello, c.f.; 'Houghton, 1•b.;. Balfour, s.s.; Sadler, p.; Dearing, c-; Whetham, 2b.; McKellar, l.f.; Al - ,len, 3•b.; Macdonald; r.f. B.C.A.F.—Perry, 1.f.; Logan', c; Ev- ans, s.s.; Philp, 2b.; Smith, c.f.; Hen- shaw, -3b,; Smale, r.f.; Laurin, 2b.; Hainstocl g: • NAMED TO NORMAL SCHOOL STAFF Mr. R. J. McNaughton, BA., B,Paed, of Cornwall, formerly of Tuckersmith Township, and a graduate of Seaforth Collegiate Inttitute, has been ap- • pointed to the staff of the Stratford Normal School as Science Master, as announced: by tete Department of Ed- ucation, Toronto. ' .Mr. McNaughton will fill the vac- ancy caused by the removal of E. C. :BeaeoTn, BA., to the principalship of •-the Normal School„at North flay. 'At the present time he is a teacher in • the speci`al summer course for teach - Kars at the Toronto Normal Course. ST. COLA IB N LOSES ROTAY BR USE FRIDAY -The eighteen beautiful greens of the Seaforth Leven Bowling Club was the scene of the club's Excellence Flour Mills tourney Wednes- day. President George . Johnson and his committees in charge of the .• tournament report the day as being highly successful. Seaforth Lawn Bowling Club Holds Successf u l'Tournarnent Goderich Rink Wins First • • • • • • • Prize in Popniar Excel- lence Flour Mills Event. - Landmark Seaforth Bowling Club's Excellence' Flour Mills tournament on Wednesday was a highly successful event, despite threatening rain. While the entry was not as full as was anticipated, there was a •splendidafternoon and evening of play: Supper was ,served on the grounds by the Ladies' Club. • First prize in the first division was won by , a Goderich rink which in- cluded E. Pridham, T. Pritchard and W: A.. McLaren. Other prizes, were won as follows: 2nd, P. McCellurn, S. Britton and W. Saunders, London', 3rd, S. Deem, E. Wright and J. Wil- son, Stratford; 4th, -H. Zimmerman, G. Zimtnerman and C'. Kauffman, Tavi- stock. • • " - Second Division—lst, F. Moore, 1t: Cuthbertson and F. Gatenby, Ma- chette 2nd, H. BIvers, R. G. ,Seldon and H. Pollen, Exeter., Third Division -1st, T. Kidd, Fred Bradley .and W. Burt, Stratford; '2nd, A. Townsend, A. Hilton and L. Light, Goderich, Scores were as follows: F. Pry-ce, Goderich, -39 points; E. Pridham, Goderich, 61; Phil Carey, Goderich. 59;e7.• W. Baker, Goderiqh, '39; A. Townsend, Goderich, 47; H. Scherbondy,; �fiingham, en; Dr.: ' J. 'Becbety .Seaforth, ??; E. Nash, Wing - ham. 42; W. A, Miller, Wingham, 52; Alex Crawford, Wingham; Syd. Deem, Stratford, 51; J. A. McDonald, Strat- ' ford, 38; T. Kidd', Stratford, 48; R. Binkley, Stratford, 46; Chester Hill, Stratford, 47;. F. Pennebaker, Clinton,' 35; C. E. McManus, Goderich, 52; Carl Draper, Clinton, 33; C. P. Sills, Seaforth, 36;• Dr:: Beans, Windsor, 49; J. Colombo, Owen Sound, 42; H. Riv, ers, Exeter, 56; H. Porterfield', Mit- chell, 50; P. Moore, Mitchell, 56; .H. Zimm,ermen, Tavistock, 50; F. .N. Talbot, London; P. McCallum, Lon- don, 54: E. W. Close, Seaforth, 35; J. Beattie, Seaforth, 34; •L. Dale, Sea: forth, 44; W. J. Duncan, Seaforth, '37; Fred Johnston, Seaforth; Geo. John- ston,' Seaforth; B. F. Christie, Sea - forth, 32: R. J. Winter, Seaforth, 38; Ken Hockey; Goderich, 53; 3', McVic- ar, Goderich; W. Hamilton, Win•g- hare, 48; J. Murray, Winghani, 45; H; E. Smith, Seaforth. • • TRANSPORT TRUCK HITS HYDRO POLE When a Hanover `Transport,. truck skidded •dn North Main Street, near Centre Street Monday, it crashed in- to. a 'hydro pole, .breaking the -pole in Vivo places. " Kipper, Women's Institute Meet at Broadf o o t Home • The July meeting of the Kippen East Women's Institute was held at, the 'borne of Mr. and Mrs. Wilmer Eroadfoot on Wednesday, July 23, with 40 members and guests present) Mrs. Glenn McLean presided and op- enedenhe meeting with the Institute Ode, followed' by the Lord's Prayer. The' roll call was answered by your t'rrstschool- section and your first teacher. An interesting demonstra- tion Was given by Mrs- Hugh McGre- gor on "Something new from some- thing old." A few Of The articles shown werea girl's jumper and 'dress, a boy's overcoat, table cloth, pot hold- er, clothes pin bag, hooked cushion .seat, and dress. These were all made of old material. Business was then discussed.. The short course ap- lied for is not available in this dis- trict, but could be taken with Httron- dale. Mrs. Little also received' a let- ter from a soldier, thanking the In'- .stitute for the lovely pyjamas' sent him. A quartette of girls, Joyce and "--'---- ":Zikte Brdadf'krnt auri-BMeilee and -le ir- ginia McClinchey, favored with two lovely songs. Mrs. Ross Broadfoot anal Miss Virginia favored with ttvo piano duets. A 'health quiz was giv- en by Mise Margaret McKay, follow- ed by an' insti;umental ;by Mrs, Chas, Forrest; of Hensall which was enjoy- ed by ell. An' interesting event of tire evening was the description of your Bridal gown. • Mrs. W. H. Mc- Lean . bad the oldest gown on display and it was a really beautiful dregs. Mrs. R. Simpson, of Hensall, then gave an interesting papeir on !'Yarns Life." A vote •ot tbatete was tendet•- ed to the hostess, and the meeting closed with "God • •Save the King." Lunch was served by the committee in dharge. Mr. 'and Mr,. Laverne Ferguson, Mary Jane and' rant, of St. • Thomas,_ visited last week with the former's sister and brother-in-law, Mr: and Mrs. A. Gackstetter. Mr. and Mrs. A, Gackstetter visit- ed recentle with Mr. and Mrs. Lawr- ence Dunn, of Cromarty. .. Mr. 'and Mrs. S. Beattie and ehil- dren, of Wtngham, are visiting Mrs. Beattle's parents, Mr, and Mrs. Robt. McBride. Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Walters and Miss Ethel Walters, o$ Drayton, and Mr. and Mrs. Robert, Parsons, of Hensall,. were Monday visitors with Mr. and Mr,s;, Archie Parsons. Mrs. Elizabeth McKay, of Toronto, fs visiting' • at the home of Miss Jen- nie Alexander in Seaforth and with Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Finlayson in Tuck- ersmith. chert; --S. Otthway anddaR ten, MEW 'Edith Ottaway, of BrIehton, England, are visiting the former's brother and sister-in-law, Rev. and Wire. Albert Hinton, at the Manse. .' Mr. and Mrs, Archie Parsons and family attended the Ferguson reun- ion at Spri•ngbank on Sunday. Mr, •-and Mrs, Eric Richards and eons, Derek and Scott, of Danville, Quebec, visited last week With Mrs. Richards' parents, Rev. and Mrs. A. Hinton. ' 'Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Utah, of Wind- sor, are visiting with relatives in and. arOend Kippen. ' A well-known Seaforth land-• mark paid the price of old age ,this week when the largebarn on Goderich Street West, -near Main Street, was torn down, Known as the Royal barn, it was originally erected some 75 years ago, and. for many years was operated by the proprietor`s of the Royal. Ho- tel for ,the,'convenience of their patrons. About twenty -five• -years ago it was purchased by the late J. F. Daly, and used for car and implement storage,,,, • • • • •• • SEAFORTH OLD BOY NOW ATKINCARDINE Rev. Douglas H. ,Stewart is Inducted As Minister of Knox Church. A'" eereeer well • Xeeell,.. ,Seaforth. man, Rev. Dieiglat 1'•1`.' Stewart, son • of Mr. and Mrs. Harry 'Stewart, who was inducted a s minister of Knox Presbyterian Church, Kin- cardine, last Thursday. be- gan his min- eitry Sunday. • After at- tending Sea - forth public school a n d 'Collegiate In- stitute here. .he graduat- ed froth U ni- Rev.D.H.Stewart versity•'of Western On- tario and then entered the Presby- terian Cbilege, Montreal. He Was formerly, minister of St, Andrew's Cburch., Edmonton, •: ' • • Mr. Stewart was chosen to fill the vacancy caused bymthe reeignatiori' of - (Continued on Page 5) - T• ANNOUNCES CHANGE • . IN CLOSING' HOURS Effective • Atigust 1., the '"Seaforth branch of the Province of Ontario Savings Office will close each day at 4 p.m., instead of 5 p.m., as. has been the case in the past, it. -Was- anitounc- ed this week. The be•siness hours Will now b4'9.30 a.m. to. 4 p,m, • War Not Over for People of Greece Miss Mary McAsh, of Hensall, has received the following letter from Greece as a result of laving forward- ed a eoat for distribution in that country: Avramiou, Messenis, July. 19. My Dear Unknown' Miss Mary Mc - Ash: You can't imagine how glad, I was when 'I' received your overcoat which- p needed ,so much, and I beg you to accept my warm thanks for it. it. came just on time•,because this time I. am lonesome with my kids, fir,my_lusband is figh'tine now way up: on, the mountains against the Communists, ane every day I pray God to save hie life. You know well my dear Miss, that the war never was over for this poor little country, and we don't know tdo, what exten- sion thin f "lfa e, .- Tieteire neve -the' Lord shall give an end before the humanity's destruction. We are light- ing here not only for . ourselves but for all the world. The struggle here is -great and ail` of us suffer hard. But, my dear, what else can we do? Finally, my dear, I thank you for your present, and if you please drop me a few lines; also I wish to have your picture to look at as our bene- factress. Enclosed please find pic- ture of my husband and I. Waiting, your answer, I kiss you, my . dear,. Mrs. Ninki mMxiu2eiti:ti, Avramiou, Messeniss Gx'eede;F AZ Walton Av%-aits Decision ; Will Meet' -:Winner . ” in Finals. - Upholding a protest by Brussels concerning the legality of a foul shot allowed) by• Referee 'Wilson Allan, of Hensall, Huron Football League of- ficials ordered ,the " St. Columban- Brussels semi-final game to be replay- -ed on Friday night ,in St. Columban. St. Columben ..had Wen the protested game 4-0- Brussels • :claimetle tee re- feree •should Have allowed. a penalty kick inside the pe4.alty shot grea, rather than have' called a foul shot - Meanwhiie in the other half of the league semi -,finals, Walton has elim- inated Atwood, the feral •game having been played in•, Walton nark Monday when James McCall' scored the two winning goals for Welton. Walton Is now awaiting theOutcome of the Brussels - St. Columb•n tilt. In the protested, 'gh,me played Fri- day St. Colummban .defeated Brussels 4-0 in a game on St. 'C,,oluznban's lame .field. Last' Tuesday' the same teams battled to a no -seers draw at Brus- sels. The 'visitors hits the wince with them for the first half, but' even with that advantage were outs'cored 1-0 be- fore half-time. F.' Q'Conuor-••• scored the only first-half godl, The 'second iza,lf bras five minutes old when O'Rourkete 'ode it 2-0 for the home club and t e finest goal of game wa s the �h r _ i d, scored by O'Sullivan on a paseefrom O'Connor. Delaney kicked the'• final- bounter, in- to the Brussels net as the game drew to a close. A large; crowd of spec- tator saw the .battle; ST. COLUMBAN=Goal, H. Murray; fnli-backs, F. Murray, T.•Murray; half backs, F. O'Connor, L. Ryan, .le 'Ry- an; t;'ierwards, Delaney, McQuaid„ J. , O'Connor, O'Rourke, O'Sullivan, Ma- lone, McGrath. BRUSSELS — Goal, Riley; full- backs, Pearson, L. Steiss; half-backd,- Dolur, Bryans, Nickel'; forward's, Rut- ledge, Lowe, King, Allen, Nickel, McCutcheon, H. Steiss: •, SEAFORTH STREETS RECEIVE :OIL:_ COAT • Oiling ,o1' Seafo rth - Be.tsF Was un- der nder way tele 'Week Wile; tie work 'be- ing done by a Brantford •firm, under the direction of the street committee of the town. council. While approval of the oiling pro- gram was given some months ago, difficulty was experienced in obtain- ing equipment to spread the oil. For- merly the work was done by Huron County equipment; but this year the county could not undertake any other than county work. In all, a tote of 10,000, gallons of oil is being placed on the streets. • FORMER SEAFORTH RESIDENT HEADS • RECKI"TION. CENTRE Announcement was made thie week that Miss lea..rdaa Best had beer) ap- pointed director of the reception cen- tre for British immig;•ants -end hostel for single girls being. organized in Toronto by the Onteleo Government: Miss Best, who is well known in. Seaforth, is ,a daughter of the late Mr. and'Mrs. 3, M. Best, served dere ing the war years as matron of the Maple Leaf Club No. 1 in London. • •' INJURED IN ACCIDENT NEAR :WINTHROP Losing control of the car•iri''whioh he was driving, Edmund ''Matthews, Seaforth, suffered shoulder injuries Friday night when the vehicle went in the ditch near Winthrop. • He Was taken to Scott Memorial Hospital,. where he is resting comfortably: • 'Other occupants in the Matthew car Were ,his: wife, Frank O'Reilly and Miss Margaret O'Reilly, Seaforth. The 'party was returning from a dance in Walton when it is believed the car was crowded by an approach- ing velcicle. Provincial Constable Frank Taylor is investigating. • Takes Nursing Position in N.W.T, Friends. in Seaforth and vicinity, will be interested in knowipg that Miss Helen Larkin, daughter of the late Dr, F. H. Larkin and Mrs. Lar- kin, has• been appointed by .tb•e Indian Department of the Federal Govern- ment, to assist, in social service work among the Indians in the Yukon, Be- tween Fort St, John and British -Coinmbilr•tliere are al,itoart • two -thou sand Indians as wards of the gove ment, .and until now only were to ed after by but one nurse. Miss Larkin is well equipped for the work, being a graduate of a •New York tralnin•g school for nurse and of the Boston Conservatory of Music. She took post -graduate work at the University of Toronto and has been piton° health nurse in several On- tario ,cities. She -left two Weeks ago' for the North by aircraft from E'danonton 'to 'White Horse, :where she is now lo- cated:• ,z. VA Torrential Ram, Electrtora.; Storm Leaves. Damage Tr Throughout- Seaf ort. Distric • • • • • • • Civic Holiday • Monday, yAugust .4, will be ob- served as civic Holiday In Sea- forth, according to a proclamation issued this week by Mayor M. A. Reid. The,, matter was consider- ed at the July meetjng of council 'and at that time Mayor Reid *WS'. instructed to issue the, proclama- tion. • • • • • • FEAR" MUCH HAY WILL NOT BE CUT Late Season and Continued Rain Blamed For Smaller Cut. Haying operations are still general through the county, but because of the lateness of the season it is ex- pected many acres of hay will not be cut for hay but will be used for pas- ture, according to the, weekly release of LeRoy G. Brown, Huron agricul- tural representative. A few farmers have commenced• cutting fall wheat, which in general isa good crop throughou-t the' coun- ty, but • a serious decrease in yield may result from• the heavy infesta- tion of loose smut, Loose smut of wheat has always' been a serious menace 'to the variety, Dawson's Golden Chaff, The only way iu which. this can be defeated, accoreing to Mr. Brown, is touse new clean seed each' year, to treat seed. by the hot water treatment which • is cumber- some and expensive, or to use varie- ties resi`s'tant to this disease. •' The Crop Improvement Association in Huron County plan to introduce a coastiderable quantity of Cornell 595 seed wheat to the county this fall, which is • resistant . to 'loose smut. From results obtained during the past three years in test plots,, it, compares' favorably with Dawson's :Golden Chaff for•.. yield -and-` straw •strength: — • Presbyterians Hold Annual Picnic The annual pictzic of First Presby- terian Church was held Wednesday afternoon at the Lions Park, ,Sea - forth, when there was` a good attend-. ance. Rev. R. H. Williams was in charge of the sports. Prize • winners were: Primary Class, girls,, Alice Nixon. Marilyn Hoggarth; Primary Class, boys, Jim- mie Scott, Craig Willis: junior ,girls' class, Alice Nixon, Nancy Glee; 'jun- ior boys' class, Hugh Gorwill, Doug- las' Scott; girls, 12 years and; :under, Mary Frances Schultz, Marilyn Klitig; boys, 12 years. and under, Gilbert Hubert, Donald Scott: giros over . 12 years, Barbara Nicholson, Doris. Pull- man, Peggy Willis; boys over •12 years, Glen. Steffen, Gilbert Hubert; wheelbarrow ,race, Bobby. Hubert • and Gordon Shobbrook. Gilbert Hubert and Donald Scott, 'Doris Pullman and Phyllis More; three-legged race, Sue Nixon, Barbara Nicholson; group re- lay race, Phyllis Mbre's ,group. A delicious Lunch was served and - a most enjoyable afternoon spent. • Egmondville Church Picnics The annual picnic of Egmondville United• Church was held Thursday afternoon at the Lions Park with about 75 members attending: During the afternoon sports were held under the convenership of Mis's Rena Mac- Kenzie. Results of the events are as fol- lows: Girls, five years and under, Margaret Woods, Marlene Forbes; girls, 8 and under, Phyllis Forbes, Mary Brown; boys, 8 and under, Bob- by ,McC,onigle; girls, 11 and under, Flora. Brown, 'Verna Forbes; boy's, 11 and under, Glen:; Chesney, Bobby Mc- Gonigle; girls, 14 and' under, Verna Forbes, Flora Brown; boys, 14 and under, Glenn Chesney, Bob Galbraith; t .zee -legged race, Carol Chesney and .''lora' Brown, Bobby Hamm and Carl Richardson; wheelbarrow race, Carol Chesney and Glenn .Chesney, Robert McGonigle and .Molly Broome; mar- ried ladies, Mrs. Hugh Chesney, Mr , John Weeds; gra•nd'enothers,' Mrs James Hay, Mrs. Stevenson; potato race, Mrs. Elmer Cameron's team; straw and bean, 'Mrs. Forbes, Mrs. Hugh Chesney., 'fire, 'Verna- Forbese team; peanut, Mrs. Elmer Cameron's team; match box, Mrs, Jas. Brown's group; farm animals, Mrs, G. McGon- igle's team; largest. family, James Brown; longest distance. Mrs. Weat.a- way, Miss Houston; youngest child, Baby George Woods. Judge: "Your profestion," •.,�./ Witness: , "Agricultural expert" . • ' "What Was your father?" "A farmer." "And your grandfather?" "A poasant " Tuckersmith Barn. Struck By Lightning is Complete Loss. BAYFIEW .MAN HAS NARROW ESCAPE .4 torrential rain and electrical storm Sunday morning; • caused• untold damage to crops throughout the dis- trict, as grain was flattened and hay, already late, was soaked in rain•filled fields. In addition to ` the lose to crops, farmers found 'the delay,.which the,••rain necessitated in going ab,eadi with -harvesting operations almost as serious. ,Farmers not fortunate enough to have completed' haying operations were delayed for days :ane in some cases, cut hay is- so sodden that it will have to be dried,. out and burned. Hay which was still standing in some fields was in- several inches of water. A large modern barn on the -farm of Harry Norris, • Tuckersmith, south- east of Brucefiel'd, was struck by lightning at the height of the storm and completely destroyed, with a lose estimated at $15,400., Lightning struck the electrical in- staIlation at the' farm of Mac Seott, McKillop Township, and burned out a motor. A large aipie, tree in the. orchard an the farm of E. B. Goud-ie, near Seaforth, was struck and de- stroyed. `.The residence', of William Staple- ton, Dublin, was struck at the height of the storm, but apart from disrup- tion of the electrical service, no dam- age was done. ' At Beyfeld, Gordon Heard was,de`` livez•ing- milk wizen lightning struck a tree near him.. He.cvas• stunned and the sole ripped off one shoe, but oth- erwise suffered no ill effects. Struck by lightning during the height of the ejoleut storm' Sunday morning, a large, modern bank barn on' the farm of Harry Norris, Tuck- ersmith Township, was fired and com- pletely destroyed.. In• addition to the barn, Mr. Norris lost a threshing rna- bchine, •14, pigs, four cows'; a hinder, the season's crop"of hay, 600 bushels of grain and ' numeroue implements and milking equipment, No. 'accurate 'estimate could - be given of the • loss, but is is expected, to exceed eekeeet it'way''pertialte-ecov'e"red'ee " nsuiagiee, The Brucefield fire department was, 'called, but th'e fire had gained such header -ay that it was impossible to save any part' of the building. Mem- bers of the family noticed the .fire soon after the outbreak following a particularly severe flash of lightning. Most of the thoroughbred cattle were, saved, Due to the dryness the barn went )quickie and before long the .steel roof caved in. - A colony house on the farm of Har- vey Hugill wan. struck by lightning Sunday morning and completely de- stroyed., • There was no poultry in the build.in,g at the tithe. • ei team of horses owned, by Irvin Rock, residing on the 7th concession of McKillop, was killed by lightning. They were out in a field about • 30 rods from the house., .standing beside one 'another, . • • • PROPERTY CHANGES Real ,estate changes through the of- fice of M. A. Reid include; Modern dwelling on John Street of Renee M: Schultz, te, John' C. Cochrane, of Eg mondville, possession August 1. Brick dwelling•.•pf Mrs. Ernest Dinnin, in Egenondville, to Dire. Renee M. Schultz, with immediate possession, Mrs. Dinnin has `taken an apartment at the home of .'her sister, Mrs. Jas. Davis, Goderich Street. Feel Damag and Expor; Will , PETITION MINISTE Protest: the azinouncenient that the Federal Government , plans;,„ tte withdraw 'tee subsidy~: on Western teepee -geeing' being.,••brought into.; On tario, to be used))in the-,productioiu of vital. food supplies, uch a , ,eggs, beef, pork.._. and -adairy. '''leeplieeter, a, number .of the meeibers of Huron Federation of ,Agriculture -+said ..ether ef� interested 'parties • met in; the Aeri- cultural'.Office at Clinton• Friday 'eve nine. Letters of protesmt' were sent: ice: - Prime Min-ster W L. Mackenzie King, the Hon. Tames D, Gardiner,. Mints - ter of Agriculture, and Holy Douglas Abbot, Minister of Finance, " • If the subsidy is withdraten, it was pointed but; the farmers of Ontario will have to pay 25`"eents' more ,:per' bushel for barley and, wheat and 1(t; cents more per ,bushel for feed 'oats: Cuch an . increase in , price of feedl grain would seriously curtail:the;.pio duction. of livestock and poultry' Pro- ducts in Huron County,' the -Meeting felt. In some abattoirs in t'he °Prov ince so :many, brood soars are .,being ., received for slaughter that . to a epack, ing plants: in question have, in: some cases, refused to accept •deiivery..In the. month •of May alone- 204 brood sows were • shipped to the abattoirs'• from Huron County, which is above the normal figure. The effects will: be noticed next .Winter ire the lower number of bacon hogs being sent to • market- • The seriousness of the situation was stressed by the meeting which pointed out that not only the amount • of meat, eggs and dairy products - 'available for domestic 'consumption will be .reduced, but also that cone tracts with Great "Britain for Cana.- dian bacon, eggs and cheese will. be jeopardized, •- A deputation of twelve western Ontario M.'.'s, including W. H. Gold -- leg, Member for Huron -Perth, .called • on Prime Minister', King andFetanee• Minister Abbott on Wedhsday to tear E TL tees P .:Rene - :S eleeeeee0K .eee sf ii sled to expire•fihurs y: While declining to' disclose the sults of the meeting, the members ' said that they had had a "very good interview" and that an 'announce- ment on the subsidy policy would be made "shortie." • FALL 14 FEET AS • .SCAFFOLD ,BREAKS When the scaffolding on which they , were working - coll`apsed' Thursday morning, Herald Lawrence and John _. Pethfck, eeaforth. were thrown! to thee ground, a distance of fourteen feet. Suffering undetermined injuries they were removed to Scott Memorial Hos- pital 'for examination, It is not ex- pected, however, that the injuries will prove, serious. The men were engaged in shingling the roof of a house owned by Nor- man Sanderson, Louisa St., when the accident occurred. • TUCKERSMITH Mr, and Mrs•. Gordon McDougall, of Boharm, Sask., hate been visiting their cousin, Mr. John McLaughlin and family, and other relatives in and around Seaforth. ' Assisted in ' Invention - of Type Setting Machine The Alexander McLean to which reference is made in ,the Globe and Mail column by J. V. McAree, which follows, was a brother of ,the late M. Y. MCL'ean, for fifty years editor of The Huron Expositor. - (By J. •V'. McAree in Globe and Mail) Arnong the "Firsts in Canada" de- scribed in The •Globe and Mail on Dominion Day was an illustration of a type casting machine or linotype, as it was called later, invented , by George Pringle Drummond, of Ottawa, with the inventor seated• at the key .ti'oard. ,The records of the P'aten't Of- fice show that hp. took out a patent' for it in 1877-78. That was ten or fifteen years ..before Oteeter Mergen- thaler eatented the improved Lino- type which bears his name, many thousands of which are in use all -ov- er the world. The illustration in The Globe and Mail attracted the atten- tion of our former "colleague„ Mr. Teen S. Maclean, wlio'af once set to, work to verify his recollections. His father, Mr, Alexander MacLean, wee was Ottawa correspondent of The Globe in the early 'Seventies, formed. a partnership with Mr, J. C. Roger and the firm of„MacLean and Roger obtained in 1873, the contract for all of the Government printing in Ot- tawa. They retained the contract un- til the Governn}•ent 'built and equip- ped its own Printing • bureau in the "Eighties, Their printing establish-. ment Was on° Wellington Street, next door to the Bank of Montreal, the lo- cal manager of W'hleh Watt the father of Drummond the inventor.... Canadian Inventor_ As the bank was a good friendof the new printing firm, MacLean and• Roger *ere !glad to assist young Drummond, aside from -any profit they Wright derive from his, inventive genius. They built a, workshop for him on the top Of the printing bnild- leg. John recalls, visiting this work- shop many tidies to, watch the inven- tor at work on bis type casting ma- chine. It was both delicate and com- plicated. There was one defect whiehr Drummondfound great difficulty in,. overcoming. That was what -printers call "justifying" the line of type. He learned ,that 'Mergenthaler, .,a young German, who was a watchmaker by trade, was working on a ,similar chine in Baltimore and paid %hint, a visit. " There he found that Mergen- thaler had a somewhat: similar trou- ble. But there was a great difference" in their financial backing. Whitelaw Reidee—Portene Mergetithaler's early machine had attracted The notice of many prolniin•- ent publishers and editors in the ,Unit- ed United States, among the Whitelaw Reid, wlxo had made a 'great"success as editor of the New Yorkr Tribune' and married- a daughter".of taritx5! Ogden-. Mill's,, nee of the California) Forty-Niners who • bed made a foa'tuue' in ,geld mining and later s'ettle'd in New York, One day in 1885 Reid Wee' introduced to Mergenthaler accid'eiie tally, was' iri1ressed by the iosa bilis ties of the irraehiire; offered .the lie (Continued. on Page, iii sst