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OVEM1 B . 2 1947
IRON O 1011
Established 1,810
exth McPhail McLean, Editor.
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SEAFORTH, Friday, November 28
Cities Should A djustThemselves
In recent years it would seem as if
the local traffic problems of the big
cities were being presented, not as
problems of their own, but rather as
problems that should vitally concern
the people of the Province and the
Dominion. •
The citizens of these large centres
seem to feel that because most of
their people are. experiencing , ever
increasing difficulty in getting to and
from their homes with the speed that
they would like, that that creates -a
problem that the people of the rest
of 'Ontario and the other Provinces
should not only worry about, but
should solve as well.
It is a fact that the uneconomical
crowding df people in large cities.
not only impedes their earning ca-
pacity, but also slows down the total
production of goods and raises the
prices that other `people in the Prov-
ince and Dominion° have to pay for
the goods they buy. And thatis a
fact that should .not be forgotten.
But why should the people in rural
Ontario, and the other Provinces, be
asked to contribute to the load of
economic troubles that have' been
created by the `unprofitable piling up
of the growth of these big cities? At
present there is a proposal to spend
$60,000,000 to speed up transporta-
tion and relieve traffic jams in To-
ronto., What ,is the matter with
Toronto ,using that money to move
100,000 or. more ' people out of the
city to other towns, where they
would be much more useful, happier
and healthier ? Such a procedure
would undoubtedly relieve the intol-
erable housing situation that the rest
of the province is hearing about, if
it were practised and continued.
In these much better surroundings,
workers could get to and from their
jobs with speed and comfort, and
easily do forty-eight hours work in
a week in less time than it now takes
the majority of them to travel and
work a forty -hour week. Q -
In this way the cost of production
would be materially reduced and the
workers and all other people in the
Dominion would reap the benefit of
having the use of more goods andof
more service's: It is, we consider, the
job of big cities to adjust their
populations to sizes that would be
economical.
•
It Is A Pity
It is a fact, and a great pity it is,
that too many of the descendants of
our Anglo-Saxon pioneers, in On-
tario particularly, have come to re-
gard the land lightly. Ownership to
them means very little, and in many
cases they would much rather make
their living anywhere than on the
.land.
To the emigrants now' coming over
from 'Europe, however, land is some-
thing else again. They prize it, be
cause to them the ownership of a
hundred -acre farm is like a dream
come true.
Yet the people of Ontario should
not rejoice too much when a Euro-
pean family is placed on a farm from
which a Canadian family has depart-
ed. And that is what is rapidly go-
ing on in many parts of this Prov-
ince.
Generally the original Anglo-Sax-
on is leaving the farm to go into the
already overcrowded cities. And
the sole thing is happening in many
arts of the United Skates where it
being regarded with alarm by
tudentS and experts of . the ,social
er in that country.
Increase Prices
• There is no possible. doubt but that
the prices of most articles in domes-
tic use are on the increase, but too
many producers are taking a some-
what unfair advantage of these in-
creased prices by using them as an
excuse to jump the prices of their
own products without any justifiable
cause.
For instance, we would like to
quote what President Hilton, of the
Steel Company of Canada estimates
the results from the increased price
of steel over pre-war prices.
Mr. Hilton has revealed that the
higher price of steel would mean on-
ly a 76 -cent increase in the cost a
manufacturing an electric stove, 81
cents for an electrical refrigerator,
$15.05 more for an automobile, $1.20
more for an office desk, $6.45 more
for a medium farm tractor, eight
cents more for a garbage can, and
56 cents more for a lawn mower.
There is no doubt but that the
other fellow's increased prices are
too highly magnified when. they go
into some one else's product.
•
Rather Poor Timing
The majority of people will agree
that . the Government did the right
thing when it removed the ceiling
prices on coarse grain, because if the
country is to get back to a free regu-,
lation of household affairs, the 'Gov-
ernment must step out and let Na-
ture's laws of supply and demand,
take its place.
But when decontrol came right in
the middle of the marketing season,
farmers can hardly be blamed for
accusing theGovernment of using
rather poor timing, because those
farmers- who sold their oats and bar-
ley under the .ceiling price got 30
cents a bushel less than those who
sold after the control was removed.
Possibly some of the trouble lies in
the, fact that the members pf the
Prices Board are neither farmers nor
merchants, and are rather too apt to
work on theory and forget that prac-
tise is something else again.
•
Monip In Cattle
There is, evidently, money, much
money, to be made in raising good
cattle. The Grand Champion carload
of feeder cattle -20 Hereford steer
calves—brought a record price of
$56.75 a hundredweight at the Third
Annual Chicago Feeder Cattle Show
held in the Chicago Union Stock-
yards last week. -
The calves were shown by Fred
DeBerrard, of Kremling, Colorado,
and were purchased by John Hart,
of Dekalb County, Illinois, whose
father operates a 480 -acre cattle and
grain farm near 'Lee, Illoinois.
Mr. DeBarrard's victory • in the
judging was his second in two years.
He also won the 1945 Grand Cham-
pionship with .a carload of Hereford
calves, which sold at auction for $45
a hundredweight. This year's cham-
pions averaged 422 pounds each:
Evenwsecond prize calves are worth
some money. The reserve Grand
Champion carload of Aberdeen An-
gus, shown by Jess Hadley, of North
Platte, Nebraska, sold for $50 a hun-
dredweight.
Possibly the raising and fitting of
these calves took a lot of time, a lot
of trouble, -and quit a bit of science,
but they brought their owner a lot
of money. The best always does.
Who Wouldn't Be A Teacher
Never in the teaching profession
himself, but considering education a
foundation stone of democracy, E.
T. Behrens has contributed a bit of
democracy by adding some enjoy-
ment to a group not overpaid.
He has given a beautiful 2,080 -acre
ranch as an education centre and re-
creation grounds for Missouri school
teachers.
Buildings on the resort are exten-
sive, affording lodging and b dining
facilities for large groups. Enter-
tainment :facilities include fishing
holes, swimming pool, tennis court,
- bridle paths and hills ideal for climb-
ing.
Who wouldn't be a school teacher
—in Missm i i t\ -
,..... r d .i•,.
6,21. N11
Yarp gone
Intoing ItsnnO „Plckgd From
The Hum 1Expoeltorf of Fifty and
i wentlr:flye Years Ago.
From The Huron Expositor
December 1, 192,'
The big celebration held at Hensall
for the opening of the now paved
street was a very'4successful affair.
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LACY "EAPWS
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Jim Allan, out near the village on
the Concession felled a tree across the
telephone lines last Saturday even-
ing.
vening. it -knocked down a couple of
poled and of course it put the whole
circuit out of business for quite
awhile. It just so happened that the
A driving smowztormn on the last day linesmen were working on the other
made very unfavorable far theside of the village and couldn't get at
the break until they finished up the
crowds. Hon. Mr. Biggs was tender-
ed a banquet at the Commercial Ho-. first one.
tel and was welcoined at the station We were without telephone service
all
by the Citizens' Band, under the lead- Sunday. It was reallyquite
ership of Milne R. Rennie. Mr. L. ann exppdaerience. A telephone iselikkeea
W. Oke, Member for East Lambton, , lot of the things that we take for
and Mr. Andrew Hicks, U.F.O. Mem- granted until we have to get along
without them. When you want -.to
bee•were the guest speakers. I make a call you just go and enll
Messrs. Robert Allen and Hugh Mc-. . that is . . . if you can get the
Gregor, of Brucefleld, are attending line - and most times you enjoy
the Stock Show in Toronto this week. i ,,listening in" on the conversation
Misses Mamie Swan and Alice Rat- anyihow. Ce
tenbnry, of Brucefleld, are visiting•
Sunday morning I remembered that
friendts in Hamilton and Burlington', Jim Elliot had •borrowed my set of
this week. single harness. Figuring on saving
Mr. McLaughlin, of Blyth, has in-! him a trip out to Lazy Meadows I
stalled a new •pipeless furnace in Mr.tried to call, him to say that I would
Ernest Adams' new brick . house. I pick it up from him at church. The
Seaforth Hockey Club held a amok line was completelycclead . . . not a
er on Wednesday and had 52 tables single sound' could fou hear. • It was
in play. The following were the prize- 'almost frightening.
winners 1st A 'Baker and P Nigh;
2nd, E. H. Close and T. Phillips; 3rd, , Mrs. Phil • tri'ed to call her mother.
Adam Hays and Wm. Reid; 4th, c, This happened when I was at the
Dowson and John Regier. 1 barn. By •breakfast time she was in
Dr. H. H. Ross' cutter was ,the first I a state of agitation. A letter on Sat
to appear on Main Street this winter urday afternoon had said her mother it was silent.
after the snowfalll of Thursday night,
and since then sleighing has been _lokranaamagia
o de Niiisomr
general ever since.
Mr. Haigh has sold one of his cot-
tages on John St. to Mrs, J. Laird ® JUST A SMILE OR TWO'•
and Mr. W. Nichols, who has been
occupying- it, has moved into the
rooms over Mr. J. W. Beattie's store.
Mr. Wm. Kruse, of Egmondville, "Oh, well,"' the husband remarked Two 'motorists met on a narrow
received a large deer, which weighed philosophically. "When all is said bridge. "I never back up for an idiot,"
225 pounds, and had 10 points on his and done . . „ snarled 'one of them. The other tip -
antlers. It was shot by Mr. Kruse's "When all is said and done . . ped his hat, shifted into reverse, and
son, Harry, at Parry Sound. what?" asked his wife. smiled; "It doesn't matter, I always
The hot fowl dinner in the Metho- "When all is said and done, there's do."
dist Church, Hensall, was a decided been a lot more said than done!" •
success Monday night. The proceeds • "What's your hurry, Doc?"
amounted to over $200. Mr. R. Hud- Wife: "You can't make a silk purse "Just got an emergency call about
son,London, was the entertainer and out of a sow's ear." •a man with two hearts."
gave his best to please and entertain. Husband: "No, but a woman can "Two hearts?"
The Messes Lamanie and Murdoch get a mink coat out of an old goat." "Yep, both aces."
gave excellent violin selections and • •
the male quartette gave splendid nuns- Jahn ,had been invited to the fun- • Janice, at a sewing circle: "Did
eral of his neighbor's third wife, and you notice, Laura is getting a double
as he had attended the funerals of i chin?"
the first two, his wife was surprised Marian: "Yes, too much work for
when he informed her that he was one." •
not going. •
"But why are you .not going to • this The bridegroom was a meterman
one?" for the local power company. After
"Well, Mary, it's like this: 1' feel the wedding, he whispered in the
a, bit awkward to be, always accept- minister's ear: "Parson, I don't have
ing Bill's invitations when I never any money, but I'll drop around next
have anything of the sort to ask him week and slow down your electric
back to!" meter for a while."
limn I. Moyle
was not feeling very well, and she
was asked to call on Sunday to make
certain that everything was all right.
We ate our breakfast in silence.
For the first time in years -I noticed
there were no telephone rings. Ord-
inarily, we never notice the phone un-
less it rings two longs and three
shorts. Then it seems to register and
we answer . . . and now and again
Mrs. Phil will notice it and say: "Two
longs and a short ... that's the Hig-
gins' number. It's been ringing all
day." Usually" I can answer this by
pointing out.that Higgins is making
up a load of Cattle to ship to Toron-
to and peopde are probably calling
him.
On Sunday, we were actually lone-
some for the telephone. We even
started imagining the things we
should do by telephone. I had prom-
ised • to let Tom Stone know about
the six weanling pigs and Mrs. Phil
remembered having to call Mrs. Pat-
terson about the meeting of the Wp,
men's Institute.
Even after going to church and re-
alizing that the telephone would be
fixed soon . . . ,we were still bother-
ed. Finally about seven, o'clock a ring
came through. Mrs. Phil tried to get
the line for two hours after that and
it was always busy ... but that didn't
bother her nearly as much• . as when
bers.
A skating rink is being agitated•for
in Hensall.
The worst fire that has yet occur-
red in Bayfield took place . on Sunday
evening, when Thos. .King's bakery,
dwelling and shop, in which the Bay-
field Library is located, were destroy-
ed. A large crowd soon gathered, but
.nothing could be done owing to the
lack of firefighting apparatus. Dr.
Wood's house was in danger several
times, but owing to the heavy €ail of
snow,. was saved.
Mrs. J. A. Paterson is now the
librarian of Hensall Public Library,
Miss Nellie McAhy4r having resign-
ed.
Mr. Thos. ° Moon, of Londesboro,
shipped a car of, hogs on Monday.
Mr. Chas_ Deitz, of Manley, has pur-
chased the 50 -acre farm of Mr. Tim
Lynch, adjoining his 100 -acre farm,
the price paid being $3,000.
•
From The Huron Expositor
r December 3, 1897
Cromarty Presbyterian •Manse nar-
rowly escaped being burned to the
ground recently owing to the chimney
taking ,fire. - -
Mr. Fred Hunkin, of Cromarty, is
gathering fowl in that district for Mr.
J. G. Jones, of Winchelsea, and some
very large loads are collected each
week.
Mrs. W. Somerville, Miss Ewing,
Miss Lulu Davidson and Messrs. Jas.
;Scott and J. G. Mullen 'of First Pres-
byterian Church choir, took part in
the anniversary services in connec-
tion with Brucefleld Church on Mon-
day.
Mr. J. W. Jones, of Point Edward,
formerly of Seaforth, and son-in-law
of Mrs. D. Moran, of town, has de-
-signed and built a piano entirely by
himself.
Mr. Edward Drager, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Wm. Drager, of the 13th conces-
sion of McKillop, fell from a scaffold
in a barn about a week ago and frac-
tured his skull.
Miss A. Prendergast bas been en-
gaged for the coming year as teach-
er in School No. 1, McKillop.
Miss Prendergast is an excellent
teacher.
The following have been elected to
the Literary Society of Seaforth Col-
legiate Institute: President, J. R. Mor-
rison; vice-pres., Miss Bessie Young;
recording sec., Miss Maggie McDon-
ald; treas., J. McGavin; managing
committee: Misses H. Robinson and
Dora Daly and Messrs. F. Beattie and
F. Neal; editorial staff, Miss Maggie from three to ten weeks. Eight hun-
Daly and Messrs. A. Hammett, R. I died heads of households, and 1,300
Muldrew and F. Jackson, During the others were partially disabled for Life
afternoon the Reds and, Blues had
carriages out hustling the voters to
the polls.
There was quite a snowstorm on
Wednesday and now sleighs are the
order of the day.. .
Mr. John McOloy, who ,has been
taking off a bountiful harvest in. Mani-
toba, returned to his home in Win-
throp Last week.
Mr. John F. Daly, jeweller, has now
got nicely settled in his new store in
the Graves' block. The handsome fit-
tings of the store, which are all of
hardwood, were manufactured and:
placed in the store by the Broadfoot
& Box Furniture Co.
Mr. and Mrs. Archie Scott have
returned from a trip to Manitoba.
Mr. Harry Tovin intend'j starting
a billiard room in the old„ Dominion
Bank.
Mr. Harry Cresswell, who has been
ranching in the West, returned home
Wednesday for the winter.
• Mr. Jas. Bell and son Robert, of
Deadbury, who both went to Mus-
koka to hunt some time ago, have re-
turned. They report game as being
very scarce ,this season.
Mr. Jas. Cooper, of Kippen, reports
having an excellent crop of turnips Diseases which attack Canadian
the season which are hard to beat. farm animals arise from three main
Ole weighed 16 pounds, and 14 and causes: Many diseases, such as tub -
1 -pound( ones are very plentiful, eretilosls and contagious abortiod', are
Miss H. I. Graham, Egmotidiville, is caused by invisible microbes or germs
sapending a couple of weeks with which' may be transfrom one
froone
friends in Toronto. r aniitnat to another. S'eme diseases are
- FOOD FOR THOUGHT
Editor, The Huron Expositor:
Dear Sir: The. Town Council is to.
be commended for its grant to those,
worthy organizations promoting sup-
ervised, playgrounds. Someone has,
said, "Hoodlumism is born of idle-
ness." 'Sometimes' what we see about
town borders on hoodlumism. There -
is a great need for organized sport in
this community. The ^hoodlum is very
often a od boy, who does not know
what do, and so does the wrong:
thing. Eventually to wear a mask,.
walk i 'and demand the money is
the net and natural evolution. A wise
man has said. that God made the
country, man the city, and the devil
the small towns. Our society is peo-
pled with ' misfits who leave school
early, get a twenty -dollar -a week fob,
smoke and loa all week and are fir-
ed. Fifty y rs go the, same situa-
tion paid t o doll .s a week, but the
employer instead of allowing the lad
to loaf on, ,the job, taught him how to
earn his money. We believe the lead-
ers of our communities have betrayed
a great trust. The result is a breed-
ing
reeding ground for 'isms' of all kinds. We
ask you what kind of citizen we
want?' W'hat kind can we expect?
Our example has been the worst pos-
sible, lack of responsibility, lack of -
sell -control, poor social structure.
Community leaders need" to help
these boys to find their place in the
scheme of community life. It is ap-
palling that boys. must gamble, play
poker, make bets for entertainment.
Young people crave excitement, What
we need is well -organized sport the
year round. The Legion, in planning
their Memorial Hall, has discussed
the possibilities of ptirchasing a
-hangar from War Assets Corporation,
combining something of this nature
along with the hall. Owing to short-
ages of building materials, plans have
been laid over.
We recommend a Community Cen-
tre, a Teen Town, backed by the
municipalities concerned, under the
supervision of a qualifed instructor,
where the youth of our community
could ice skate, roller skate, 4rowi,
play badminton, or hold dances, free
of charge. A project of this kind
could be erected on the- Agridultural
grounds, and used as an indoor show
place at fair trine. I•t's bound to make
this district .Seaforth conscious.
. BUZZ FINNIGAN
:Huron Federation. Of
Agriculture--FarmNews.
Accidents On Farms Cause
Loss of Million Man.,Days
It is often forgotten that farming
is a hazardous occupation and that
the danger of accidents and fires is
greater than in most other industries.
Until recently, no accurate figures
were available en the number of ac-
cidents andfires on Canadian farms,
but at the request of the Dominion
Department of Agriculture, the Dom-
inion Bureau of Statistics, recently
made a survey covering, the period
June, 1946, to June, 1947. Naturally
not all the' farmers throughout' Can-
ada could be interviewed to obtain
the information, but a sampling meth-
od waS used which, from past statis-
tical experience is known to give ac-
curate results. Although the investi-
gation covered a definite period, it is
considered to be representative of any
12 -month period. Because of certain
practical difficulties in. enumeration,
fatal accidents are not included.
• It is somewhat surprising to find
that the loss"of time from productive
work, due to accidents to heads of
farm households and all other persons
employed -fully, or partially around,
farms, is probably in excess of one
million man -days each year. • The
heads of households, who normally
would be the farm operators, lose
600,000 man -days. During the 12
months under review 37,200 persons
suffered from accidents and a num-
ber of these were far from trivial.
Over one-third of the accidents were
severe enough to cause lay-offs from
work of from one to three weeks, and
45 per cent necessitated absences of.
and 400 heads of households were
permanently incapacitated.
As might be expected, the period
of the year has a decided bearing on
the occurrence of farm accidents;
they were fewer in the three winter
months of November, December and
January. May was the highest month
with 14 per cent of the annual acci-
dents, October bad. 10 per cent, Feb,
ruary 9 per cent and the remaining
six months averaged 8 per cent each.
The accidental injury of persons of
working age has more adverse effect
on agricultural production than acci-
dents which happen either to young
or old persons. From the survey it is
estimated that 31.5 per cent of the
accidents were to hrersons between
the ages of 25 and 44, and 25.3 per
cent to persons from 45 to .64 years
of age. The three age groups, under
14 years, 14 to 19 years, and 20 to
24 years, suffered 12.6 per cent of
the accidents in each group, and per-
sons of .65 and over had 5.4 per cent
of the accidents.
Prevent Disease ,,To Farm Animals
due to animal • parasites, such as
,round worms, tapeworms, lice, fleas,
and- coccidia. Thee third are defici-
ency diseases, which develep when
some of the essential substances such
as minerals., or vitamins, are absent
in the ration, Even though no ac-
tual deficiency disease may arise, an
animal lacking these substances may
become so poor in health -that it will
be susceptible td other types of dis-
ease.
Prevention is better than cure.
Among the preventive measures, suit-
able buildings, good ventilation and'
sanitary surroundrings are important
in maintaining health. In districts
where mineral or vitamin deficiencies
are known to exist, special rations
should be provided to avoid "er over-
come nutritional disease, If an in-
fectious disease occurs, the . uggested
methods of control should 133 follow-
ed to limit and guard again 't the
spread of infection through the herd
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Seen in the
County Papers
Injured in Car Accident
Jack Redmond, of town,' is in Alex-
andra Hospital suffering with back
injuries' rebeived in an accident at
the McManus corner.,, a short distance
north of Goderich, on Wednesday
night. He was an occupant of a 1940-
Ford
940Ford car owned and driven by Geo-
,Freemarr, II.It. 3, Goderich. The brakes
failed to work on the curve, and the
car somersaulted into the ditch
Neither Freeman nor ai:otuer ecru -
pant of the car, A. J. Donnelly, Elgin
Ave., was injured. Provincial Con -
Stable James Culp inv„estigated.—
Goderich Signal -Star.
,Awarded Carter Scholarship
Announcement of Carter' Scholar-
ship awards in Huron County has
Leen made by Principal A. R. Scott,
of Goderich • Collegiate ttfrstitute,. Dan-
na Walker of'-Wingham High School,
is first,' Douglas McDonald, of Clintoir
Collegiate Institute, second, and Jas.
Donnelly, of -Goderich Collegiate In-
stitute, third. The last named is now
attending St. .Michael's College, Tor-
onto. The scholarship is based on the
highest aggregate standing 'on not
ore than ten papers of the upper
school which must include English,
or flock. Perhaps the most import- algebra and geometry,—Goderich Sib
'ant .preventive measure is to avoid' nal -Star.
the introduction on healthy premises Trap 60 Red Foxes
of animals from infected sources, 'or
from herds or flocks whose health is
unknown or uncertain.
* -*
Sheep Raising Hit By Drought
Sheep raising in Australia has been
considerably hampered by protracted•
drought conditions which have pre-,
vailed since late in 1943, and have
continued with varying severity until
the beginning of the 1947 season. Fig-
ures published by -the Commonwealth
Statistician show a drop in the total
number of sheep from 123.3 million.
in 1944 to 95.7 ,million in 1947, a de-
cline in three seasons of ,22 per cent.
This is the lowest sheep population
in Australia since 1924 and 29.5 mil-
lion below the high figure of 125.2 mil-
lion reached at the beginning of 1942.
Fortunately the decline in breeding
stock, especially breeding ewes, was
halted after the 1944-45 season, but
conditions since then have not been
such as to encourage any improve-
ment in total sheep numbers, Some
indications ol.' the severity of the' ad-
verse climatic conditions is gathered
from "the estimate that of the 38,4
million sheep which died during the
last three seasons, 18.6 million re-
presented abnormal losses.
How To Keep Apples Good in Home
Many householders may be discour-
aged from buying apples in large
quantities because the fruit becomes
withered and tasteless if kept for any
length of time. This is caused/ chief -
Ty by loss of moisture from the apple.
The air in most houses is usually too
dry for good storage, and because of
this dry condition, the moisture in
the apple escapes through these small
pores in the skin. As this moisture
contains most of the fresh aromatic
flavor of the apple, its loss causes the
fruit to .become wrinkled and taste-
less.
Through the efforts -of the Horti-
cultural Division, Central Experimen-
tal Farm, Ottawa, and other research
(Continued on Page 7)
In a briew two weeks' time, Mervyn_
Batkinand Joseph Becker, Clinton,.
trapped no less than 60 red .foxes—
50 in Stanley Township and ten in.
Goderich Township. They received a
bounty of $3.00 for each fox caught
in Stanley at the November meetiag
of Stanley council. This should re-
lieve the pressure on the chicken
population; in' this connection one
farmer lost no less than 165 this past
summer. The two local trappers ce-
port that in a double set six or eight
feet apart, on several occasions, they
had a fox in each in one morning.
They trapped 18 foxes out of one far-
mer's field, only 66 rods from the
barn. Two mornings in succession
they took three out of this one hell.
Since "Mervyn Batkin started his
Trappers Supply House, he has had
letters ordering goods and making in-
quiries, from every Province in Can-
ada.—Clinton News -Record.
Party At Knotty Pine Inn
Thirty couples from Exeter enjoy-
ed an evening at the Knotty Pine Inn
near London Friday .of last week.
BenLucas, cartoonist from London,
entertained the gathering with his
drawingsand entertaining features,
following which lunch was served.
The occasion was in honor of Mr.
Harry Parsons and his bride (Mar-
garet Wein), who were married in
London. on Wednesday and were off
on a honeymoon and were unable to
be present. Those present report a
jolly time.—Exeter Times -Advocate.
Blackout When Truck Strikes Pole
Exeter had a blackout Tuesday eve-
ning when the hydro power was shut
.off after a hydro pole had been struck
at the corner of Main and Sanders St.
Mrs. J. Essery with a right-hand drive
truck, was making a short turn at
the corner when the car struck the
pole and broke two.of the wires. As
one of the live wires struck the
ground there was a flash like light •,
ping' that brightened up the area. The
wire continued to sjyutter until the•.
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