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SEAFORTH, Friday, Deceniber 5th
Acclamation
Seaforth Town Council was re-
turned by acclamation last week to
carry on, the business of the town for
• the coming year. Returning councils
by acclamation is neither new nor
unusual in Ontario municipalities,
whether rural or urban, but it de-
pends entirely upon circumstances,
whether or not the members of a
municipal council should look upon
an acclamation as a reward of merit
or as a result of indifference upon
the part of the ratepayers.
• Too frequently, in recent years,
the filling of municipal offices has
been left to anyone who will take on
the work, regardless of the qualifica-
tions that should come first, or to
anyone who has an axe to grind. -
Through the indifference of the rate-
payers, or because qualified men are
unwilling or unable to take the time
from their business that tiunicipal
work demands, as well as the toofre-
quent abuse it entails, such councils
have been known to be returned year
after year. And it is not long before
.such municipalities show the results
of such indifference or selfishness.
Without a progressive business ad-
ministration at its head, any town or
municipality will soon run to seed
and sooner or later lose its place on
the map.
That, however, can not be said of
• Seaforth, because this town has a
council that is not only business -like
and progressive, but one whose
members fully represent all phas-
es of the community, both busi-
ness and professional. - One whose
members last year gave both time
and study to the town's welfare, and
administered the business of the
town with precision and economy.
In these troublesome post-war
years, with everything unsettled,
and with prices on the jump, admin-
istering town affairs is no sinecure.
It calls for men, not only with busi-
ness ability, but those with tact,
patience and foresight, all of which
qualities were exhibited in no small
degree by the council recently re-
turned by acclamation for another
year of service.
Still better, this acclamation had
not a single feature of indifference
On the part of the ratepayers about
it. The nomination meeting -was the
most largely attended in some years,
and town affairs were thoroughly
discussed. But the part played by
the ratepayers in returning the coun-
cil by acclamation should not stop
there. Street corner talk, back-biting
and abii e 'never yet advanced
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the inteists of any town and never
will. Bu k constructive criticism, in-
terest in town affairs, and co-opera-
tion is always looked for and wel-
comed by any council. And Seaforth
town council deserves and should
have that interest and co-operation
on the part of every citizen for the
coming year.
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Parliament Opens
The fifth session of Canada's
Eighth Parliament opens in Ottawa
today, December 5, and it is antici-
pated it will be both a momentous
and a fighting one.
There is much of moment concern-
ing Dominion affairs that will come
before it. The vexed clonal/ situation
is only one. There ,will be the new
trading treaties; the feed situation
as it concerns the farmers; the ques-
tion of controls, pro and con, and
many others to engage the Members
of Parliament.
One of the most important mea-
sures that will come before the
House, although one much less talk-
ed about, will be the procedure of
t e meMbers theMsel ly0S in -Making
their meetings shorter and More to
the point, Any, reader of Hansard
Will be well aware of the need of an
imperative move in this direction.
Every session countless hours and
hundreds of pages of Hansard are
wasted in senseless, useless talk. Old
straw is threshed over and over
again by the members, who, seem to
think the main duty they owe the
country and their constituents is to
provide the latter with free cps of
Hansard containing their long-wind-
e,el speeches on any and all subjects.
When the Ministers of the Crown
and the Leaders of the Opposition
have spoken on any subject, all the
constructive thought or criticism
that is left to the private members
could easily be expressed in ten min-
utes. But every day of the session,
members go on speaking, hour after
hour, and page after page ' of Han-
sard is filled with meaningless words.
These things not only consume
time, but many thousands of dollars
are wasted daily. With the thought
or intention of stopping' this sense-
less •waste of time and money, the
Speaker of the House, Dr. Fauteux,
and the well known authority on
Parliament procedure, Dr. Beau-
chend, have recently been in Eng-
land to see if there is anything that
can be learned from the Mother of
Parliament&
We would say that these two ex-
perts, if they were genuinely inter-
ested and concerned, would have un-
limited opportunities of learning
from the British Parliament the pro-
cedure that conserves both time and
money, and we hope that their re-
port and recommendations will not
only prove of interest to Canadian
parliamentary members but be adopt:
ed by them as the basis of a new or-
der to correct what for too long has
been a senseless and extravagant
manner of conducting our parlia-
mentary business.
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Going Out Of Hogs? '
Since the ceiling prices were re-
moved from feeds, while leaving the
controls still on live stock, a. situa-
tion has arisen that is giving farm-
ers, particularly hog producers, deep
concern..
Feed prices have reached a point
where producers claim they are los-
ing too much money, and as a. con-
sequence they are selling their brood
sows. Irl fact, one hears on every
hand that the packing plants are
full of brood sows and young pigs
are down to a dime a dozen.
Perhaps. But this paper, in re-
cent weeks, has not carried advertise-
ments offering- either brood sows or
young pigs for sale. On the other
hand, we had three different enquiii:-
ies just last week as to where some
young pigs could be purchased. It
seems to be the same with •other
weekly papers in the county, and
Huron is an agricultural county.
The situation may be bad. Un-
doubtedly it is. But farmers are not
improving it any by listening to
rumors and then all rushing their
stock to market. It is such •mola
thinking that gluts a market and
forces prices down so 1-O-fthat even
normal Sales suffer as a consequence.
Consequently the farmer takes a
loss at bott ends—when he unloads
his hogs, and when he buys in again,
as he usually does.
The situation, as every farmer
knows, is not too encouraging,' but it
is a time when it would pay every
farmer to do, some clear thinking:
Good breeding stock is not easily
picked up every day.. Neither are
good young animals, which will in-
crease rapidly in value as the months
go by. Why get in a panic and sacri-
fice them?
It is, however, a time when a farm-
er might get rid of his nap -produc-
ers, or those who are poor doers,, but
it would appear to be the height of
folly, even under present conditions,
to put good breeding stock on' the
market and greatly reduce the as-
sets upon which successful farming
is based.
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Rural Mail Carrier
(Midland Free Press)
One of the least appreciated civil servants is
still the rural mail carrier. Stuck to a low re-
muneration under a one-year contract which is
awarded solely by tender, be does not share in
cost of living bonuses, civil .service pensions, or
any other benefits of working for the Govern-
ment. Yet, year in and year out, in all sorts of
Weather, be serves us faithfully. Members of the
rural mall carrier service are worthy of better
treatment by the people of Canada.
Years gone
Intending Picked. From
.The Huron Expositor of Fifty and
Twonty-ilvo Years Ago.
From Tho Huron Expositor
Decembe 8, 192
A very happy' event, in the feria of
a surprise party, took place on Sat-
urday evening at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. John McCullough, of Waltan,
when they celebrated (heir 2-th wed-
dingAnniversary. They were present,'
ed with a beautiful cut -glass casserole
and an address. •
Mr. Wm. Elgie, Tuckersmith, .who
recently gave over his farm to his
son, has moved his family into the
comfortable home he recently pur-
chased from Mr, James Davis.
Mr. Nen Gillespie is taking Mr. Ad-
am Dodds' place on the express wa-
gon for a:few weeks.
Mrs. J. E. Henderson, John Street,
picked a bunch of Primu:a. contain-
ing five or six flowers in full bloom
in her garden on Dee. '2.
Mr. Peter Daley, Seaforth, won
fourth prize with his Silver Laced
Wyandottes at the Royal Winter Fair
in Toronto last week.
Mr, John Earle has purchased the
residence in Egmondville of the late
Mrs. Stoddart.
Robert Allan, of Brucefielcl, lately
sold three baby beeves to Hicks &
Paul, of Kirkton, who exhibited them
at the Toronto Exhibition.
The following is the report of S.S.
No. 6, Hullett, for November: Fifth
Class — Stewart Beattie. Sr. IV -
Thos. Stevens, John Taylor, Isabel
Reid, Amy Parsons, Mary Addison
Jr. IV—Ena Parsons, Helen McEwing,
Ward Knox. Sr. III—May Robertson.
Jr. III—Jean Stevens. Sr. II—Mar-
jorie McEwing, Leslie Reid, Les, Beat-
tie, Nellie Holmes, Leah Rapson. Jr.
I—Olive Knox, Carl Holmes. Sr. 1—
Gladys Leiper, John Rapson. Jr. I=-•
Alvin Stevens, John Nicholson, Lil-
lian NIcholson.—D. M. Staples, Teach-
er. '
The following officers were elected
at the Seaforth Curlers' meeting on
Monday evening: Patron, Col. Alex
Wilson; pres., K. M. McLean; vice-
pres., R. M. Jones; sec.-treas., C. A.
Barber; umpire, W. Ament; auditors,
J, Beattie, G. D. Haigh,
The annual bazaah of the Women's
Association 'at St. Thomas' Church
was a successful affair. The teaand
supper room were in charge of Mrs.
J. R. Archibald; practical booth, Mrs.'
Pethick and Mrs. Wm:"Oldfield; fancy
work, Mrs. Henry' Edge and Miss
Clara Pinkney; doll and grab hag,
1VIrs. Smithers and Miss, G. Brown;
candy booth, Mrs. J. A. Roberts, and,
the secondhand booth by Mrs. Mar-
riott and Mrs. Mitchell.
Mr, Elton Umbach has opened a
branch- drug and stationery store in
Dublin, with Mr. Oliver Elliott as
manager.
Major R. S. Hays, ./.' M. Best' and
J. H. Best were in Goderich on Tues-
day attending the funeral of the late
Senator Proudfoot.
Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Melady, of Hib-
bert, have got comfortably settled in
their residence on .Tames St.
Reeves Parke, Seaforth; McNaugh-
ton, Tuckersmith; McQuaid, .McKil-
lop, and Armstrong, Hullett, are in
Goderich this week attending the De-
cember session of County Council.
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From The Huron Expositor
December 10, 1897
3. T. Dodds has tendered his resig-
nation as teacher of S.S. No. 3, Grey,
for 1898, and will either attend the
Collegiate and study for a first-class
teacher or go West.
Mr. John M. Govenlock has sold his
farm on the 13th concession, McKil-
lop, to Mr. Thomas Ryan. The farm
consists of 75 acres and was sold for
$4,204).
The auction sale of the farm of
McGregor Bros., con. 8, Hullett, took
place on Friday last. The farm was
not sold.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Pluves have
returned from Manitoba where they
spent the past .three months in the
interests of his health.
No less than six butchers cater to
the fleshly appetities of the citizens
of Egmondville4lat the present time.
Mr. M. IVIo 's, •fornierly manager
of the Bank of Commerce yen-, but
now of Toronto, spent Sunday and
Monday among his old friends in
town.
Mr, .Tohn Forbes, son of Mr, A. E.
Forbes, who has been in the employ
of Logan & Co., at Glenboro, Man.;
for the pastcouple of years, returned
home last week.
Major Anderson was the envy of
all the sports the other day as he
marched down Main Street with a
couple of foxes over his arm and a
bag full of other game.
At•a regular meeting of Branch 23,
Catholic Mutual Benefit Association,
on Monday the following officers were
elected: Pres., John 3, Darwin; 1st
vice-pres„ 4. L. Killorar9; 2nd vice-
pre.9., James McCann; rec. :sec., J. F.
Daly; assist. rec. ,sec., John H. Dor-
sey; treas., P. Keating; marshall, Jas.
Munroe trustees, J. Darwin, M. Jor-
dan and 3. Munroe; representative to
Grand Council, Stephen Lamb; alter-
nate, John McQuade,
David McIntosh, Y.S., Brucefleld,
while attending to some animals at
Mr. Stanbury's on the London Road,
received injuries which will confine
him to the house for some time.
Mr. Scott, the veteran grain mer-
chant at Brucefleld, is buying up all
the grain that comes along.
Mr. John McNeiln, of ,Kippen., has
sold to Mr. 'Wm. McAllister, of the
Parr Line, Stanley, his well-known
thoroughbred Shorthorn bull, "Sailor
Lad,"
At a meeting of Loyal Orange
• Lodge, No. 793, on Monday, the fol-
lowing officers were elected: W.M.,
• Jas. F. Welsh; D.M., Levi Smith;
chaplain, J. S. Welsh; rec. sec., L. B.
Thompson; financial sec., Wes. I.
Wright; treas., Edward Makin; D. of
O, Wm. Trott; lecturer, H. J. Coop-
er; committee men, 1st, Thomas
Stephens; 2nd, Robert French; 3rd,
Harty 13owne; 4th, H. Cunningham;
Sth, Walter Spindler; inside tyler,
Ben Makins; 'outside tYler, JaMes W.
Marshall; auditers, Wrn. Henley and
F. A. Them.peoll.
ngland" Cuts
Anoter 140 tc •
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(London Free Press)
Winston Churchill is seventy-three
now: He celebrated his anniversary
by attending two parties, the, first a
family luncheon in the Savoy, and. the
second, his own dinner to a few close
frienels in is London house. He was
inun/fiated with letters, telegrams and
cables expressing the good wishes of
innumerable friends and acquaintanc-
es, and despite the continued protests
of his doctors smoked just as many
•of the black cigars as he considered
necessary to his enjoyment and well-
being.
,Perhaps he knows better than the
perturbed physicians what is good for
him; just as in the sorry days of the
appeasement years he knew what was
best for England though: none listen-
ed, and most thoughtless folk consid-
ered him a maudlin old gentleman
who had vegetated too long in the
rural solace of some rustic retreat in
the south. They had' forgotten his
prescience before 1914 and his bril-
liant services as First Lord of the
Admiralty side by side with "Jackie"
Fisher when the two of them gave
England a navy adequate for the, vital
task that awaited it. '
The seventy -odd years of his life
oontain some of the most memorable
years of his country and 'of the Em-
pire. As a young man he fought on
the Northwest Frontier of India, and
in Africa. A few years later he was
a war correspondent in South Afri-
ca. In the First World War he was
for a bllef time active and actually
landed with the naval brigade which
went to Antwerp. Later, after Gal-
lipoli, he was with the Royal Scots
Fusiliers in France. But it was in the
Second, World War—when Fra,ncehad
fallen and Britain stood alone there
on the Western tip of Europe with a
triumphant German army across the
Channel—that he played his most not-
able role.
It was a role he willingly accepted;
Indeed, it was a role Per Which all his
earlier years had been preparatory.
Philip Guedalla in his book "Mr.
Chnrchill" heads his chapter "Mr.
Chdrchill's War" with a line .from.
Macaulay's essay on Ohatham:—"My I
lord, I am sure I can save this coun-
try, and that nobody else 'can." This
was the tierce and assured spirit
within Churchill when in 1940 he took
over from the faltering hands of
Chardberlain.,
The war years thrust him on to the
centre of the stage of the world. He
became "Mr. England" at home and
"Mr. Freedom" elsewhere. The years
then and new have been witness to
his genius, to his extraordinary fore-
sight—even today his Fulton, Mis-
souri, speech has been justified by
bitter experience. Soldier, author,
master of classic Engl,ish,, •painter,
seer, prophet and man of action --but
never politician.
This has been Churchill's life and
record. No living man has served his
country, and in truth all free mem,
more faithfully, warned them so
shrewdly or advised them so wisely„
Now as he enters his seventy-fourth
year he marches steadfastly into the,
sunset with vigor and' courage and,
understanding, to the accompaniment I
of the good .wishes of his friends and
the admiration of unknown million's
who look upon him as the high priest
'of liberty.
• Injured By Horse
- Mr. William Deoker met witli a
ipainfUl accident one day last week
while bedding a horse who became
frightened, and kicked Mr. Decker
the face, also bruising his chest send
arm. Luckily other members of the
family heard the unusual cm:emotiou
and came to his reseue. His friends
wish him a speedy recovery.—Zurich
Herald.
Planes For Sweden
The Huron Engineering and Re-
search Company commenced on Wed- 1,
nesday their contract to ferry some
seventy-five planes from Jarvis, Ont.,
to New York City for the' Swedish.
°oven:anent. It is understood the
planestan
are to be used in Sweden for
training purposes. — Goderich Sig-nal-
sSidewalk Job Finished
The new sidewalks on the Square
were completed last week -end,. the
work being finished just in time to
escape this week's wintry weather.
Town Foreman •Meriam and his gang
are well and quickly done.—Goderich ;
sig-
nal -Star. be congratulated upon a job
a,r.
Misener Boat Washed Ashore
rThe small boaat iii vbgxzfifiri1E—
The small boat in which James R.
Misener, of Stratford, was blown out I'
on Lake Huron on November 15 was
found on Sunday, on the shore at
Bruce Beach, four miles south of Kin-
cardine. Any remaining hope that Mr.
Misener was still alive has been given
up.—Goderich' SignaJ-Star.
Unveil Memorial
Rev. R. M, P. Bulteel, Rector of
the church, in an • impressive manner,
dedicated a memorial to the memor-
ies of William Thomas Hawkins and
his son, F/O. John David Hawkins,
in St. Paul's Anglican Church on Sun -
• TusT SMILE OR Two* day morning. The memorial took the ,
• a • a, form of a beautiful oak and brass
11. cover for the baptismal font—Clinton
News -Record.
Hold Annual Christmas Party
"Battle tacti the subject of
the lectur and now th or was
asking questions to see how muc
had sunk in. When he turned to the
company midget, he asked:
"If you were being attacked: by an
enemy armed with a bayonet, what
would you do?"
The private's wits made up for his
lack of inches. Although he didn't
know much about the subject, he re-
plied smartly: "I'd shake myself,
sir, and blind him with blame."
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It was a warm day, and a dull case
concerning the right of river com-
missioners was being argued,
Counsel made speeches of intermin-
able length, .and the judge fell into a
doze.
"But we must have water here, your
honor," thundered the defending law-
yer in such stentorian tones that the
judge came to.
"All right," he mumbled hastily,
"but only a very little in mine!"
Two small boys had 'a Dutch treat
at the .soda fountain. After they were
out on the street again, one said, "Oh
jeepers! •forgot to pay for my so-
da."
The other boy grinned quizzically,
retorted, "Let it go . . . you got away
with it."
The first boy looked worried, began
to 'retrace his steps,. muttering, "No
. . Mom says honesty always pays."
A moment later he returned, splut-
tering: • 'But gosh! I didn't s'pose it
paid so quick. I gave him fifty cents
and he gave me change for a dollar."
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The vacuum cleaner salesman scat-
tered a sack of well -pulverized "barn-
yard residue" on the client's best rug,
and then said: "Lady, if this mar-
velous electric sweeper won't pick up
ever k particle, I'll eat it!"
"Start eating, brother!" replied the
husky housewife. "We haven't got
electricity."
Wednesday evening the T. S. Ford
Co. enjoyed another of their annual
' tmas Parties at the Cosy Grill
with uast turkey and all its accom-
panime ts, served in royal fashion_
The gu incl d all permanent ,
members of taff with their wives
or husbands, and those who work at
the store part time. Following the
bountiful repast they attended then
theatre.—Mitchell Advocate.
Minister in Hospital
Rev. Kenneth MacLean is ill in St..
Joseph's Hospital, London, nhayoljig•
undergone an operation ,,Mondir.- He
was taken "to the hospital the latter'
part of the week. On Sunday Rev.
James Anthony occupied the pulpit of '
Caven Presbyterian Church—Exeter
Times -Advocate.
Fiftieth Anniversary .
Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs,.
Fred Wells, of town, who on Monday
quietly celebrated their golden wed-
ding anniversary. The family assemb-
• led at the home in the evening to
offer their fell'citatioris. Mrs. Wells'
maiden name was Caroline Guenther
and her marriage to Mr. Wells took
(16 place 'fifty years ago at Dashwood.
Huron Federation Of ai The family comprises four sons and
w two daughters: Gordon, of London,
Agriculture-FarmNews
• who was present with his wife for the
Seed For Export Not Plentiful
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• It cannot regulat4 the quantity of
seed retained in any particular Prov-
ince or locality. It is through the
co-operation of farmers and seed pro-
cessors that this can be done to the
best advantage of all and with the
least cost for second handling.
Shipping Cattle Under Difficulties
Difficulties, and the overcoming of
difficulties, confront the farmer all
the world over, and every corner of
the globe has its own special brand
of hazard to the farmer. in Western
Australia, for example, the worry to
the stockman is the long trail and
transport of live cattle, with particu-
lar snag's looming up at the distant
shipping ports. Shipping live Cattle
in Western Australia is a •big part of
the WOrk of coastal vessels, says the
Australian News. , At the beginning
of their 2,000 -mile JOurney from thei4,
stations in the 1Kimberleys in the faf
nortinfvest, the cattle are .taken by
drOvere to a western port and driven,
With generally reduced production
of the 1947 principal field crops, it is
not expected that the quantities, of
registered and certified ,seed available
for export will be in eXqess of those
exported from the 1946 crop, the Dom-
inion Department of Agriculture has
announced. Export permit applica-
tions already received for this class
of seed, indicate a desire to export
quanfities far in excess of the sur-
plus likely' to be available.
Though a preliminary export sur-
plus of common spring wheat has
been established to permit some trad-
ing, the final quantity which will be
approved for export is not likely to
exceed that of last year, about 900,-
000 bushels. It, is not yet possible to
establish even a preliminary figure
for the export of oats, barley and
flax seed, the Department said.
It is essential that farmers in Can-
ada be givenevery opportunity to
obtain seed for their 1948 plantings,
and as there are local shortages,
farriers using registered or certified
geed are urged to arrange ' fo'r their
supplies as soon as *ossible.
Seed processors intending to pur-
chase for export, seed of wheat, oats,
barley and flax, eligible on the basis
of crop inspection for registration or
certification should make certain that
the seed is surplus to local and ad-
jacent domestic requirements before
moving substantial amounts from
'production areas, so as to leave the
seed where it is required. This would
obviate the possible need for redis-
tribution throughout Canada at high-
er handling eosts, of seed which had
been assembled on the assumptioL
that export permits would be grant-
ed.
The Department pointa out that
the object of the export permit sys-
tem is to assure that sufficient seed
Is retained in Canada for domestic
use. .
down gangways, or races as they are,
called in Australia, on to the jetties
which may be more than a mile long.
At some of the northwestports, the
tide drops 30 to 40 feet, leaving ships
on the ocean bed and allowing pas-
sengers to walk around the boat al-
most dry -shod. This means that the
cattle must be urged down the gang-
ways from the end of the jetty right
down into the ship's hold. As the tide
rises, sections of the gangway are
taken off, until eventually, as the ship
appears above the level of the jetty,
the last of the cattle have to climb
to enter the ship. •
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Five Year Tests On Landrace Pigs
• order to compare the Landrace
pigs of the Scandinavian countries
with Canadian Yorkshires, a grcalp of
Landrace pigs was imported from
Sweden in 1934. Tests were conduct-
ed at the Dominion Experimental
Farms at Ottawa, Ont; Brandon,
Mau.; Melfort, Sask., and Lacombe, 1
Alberta. The tests included farrow -1
ing and weaning records, feed and
gain information, and carcass meas-
urements with the two breeds and
their reciprocal crossea- raised under
identical conditions. The report on
the tests, just issued, summarize the
results of five years' work at Ottawa
and four years at the other farms,
as well as .a field trial in which a
number of Landrace sows were test-
ed by farmers.
The opinion of the farmers was that
the Laudrace pigs were no better than r
their own Yorkshires, and the car-
casses from this test, when shipped
to the British market as Wiltshire
sides, were about equal to the aver-
age run of Canadian bacon.
The 'eport of all the five years'
tests of the Swedish Landrace swine
and their progeny, their disappoint-
ing litter size, the impracticability of
obtaining further breeding stock; and
the fact that the' were no better
than the Canadian Yorkshires in
economy of production and carcass
quality, led to the decision to con-
clude the tests in 1939.
Further information on the tests
will be found in Publication NI
"Testing Swedish Landrace Swine in
Canada," by Edward B. Fraser and J.
G. Stothart, Division of Animal Hus-
bandry, Central Experimental Farm,
Ottawa. A copy of the publication
may be obtained by writing to the
Dominion Department of Agriculture,
Ottawa.
House Plants Add Color in Winter
At this time of year many an ard-
ent gardener may echo the sentiments
of the poet who said: "The melan-
choly days are come, the saddest of
'the year, with wailing winds and
naked woods, and meadows brown
andr sere," Aptly, enough, the poem
is entitled, "The Death of the
FloWers."
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'occasion; Ernest, Laverne and Nel-
son; Golda and Mrs. Lloyd Linden -
field. Mr. Wells is a veteran of the
first World War andr is active in the
Canadian Legion—Exeter Times -Ad,
vocate.
'"`• Farm Sold
Mr. Thomas Laidlaw, of Morris
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Township, has disposed of his farm
to Mr. Lewis ,Stadelrnann, a native of
Switzerland, who has been in Canada
about six months. Mr. Stadeimann is
a married man with a son 14 years,
•old. Mr. Laidlaw is holding a clearing
auction Sale—Blyth Standard.
Successful At Winter Fair
The Wallace Turkey Farm and'
Hatchery scored another success in
open competition during the past;
week, this time at the Royal Winter
Fair, Toronto, where Mr. Robert Wal-
lace had several birds ehtered inthe
various turkey classes. In competi--
tion with breeders from British Co-
lumbia, Saskatcbefan, Alberta and On-
tario, Mr. Wallace carried off first
prize for the best -dressed female,. "
first and secohd for the white female.
and second and third for the white
male. He was also awarded the Mar-
ston Memorial Trophy for the best.
dressed. bird at the snow, The exhib- •
its were exceptio,nally large with 38 e
entries in one particular cless.nt--Blyth.
Standard. '
Occupying New Home
Mrs. (Dr.) Hodd and family have, •
moved into their new dwelling on
Dinsley .Street East, which was one,
of two residential properties built
during the summer by George Rad-
ford. Hodd is confined to her
home due to illness. Her daughter,
Miss Jean, nurse -in -training, of Ham-
ilton, is with her mother. — Blythn „
Standard.
,Bride is Honored
Mrs. William Mormitt was hostess
at an informal afternoon party hon-
oring Mrs. Herbert McElroy, formerly
Mrs. Mary Rintoul, Mrs. McElroy's
marriage took place recently in Sea -
forth. The bride was presented with
a lamp by neighbors attending the
party and the hostess served, refresh-
ments.—Brussels Post.
Highway •Plows Called Out
A snowstorm which blanketed this
section suddenly early Monday morn-
ing, found, the Department of High-
way prepared, and by noon Monday
plows were out clearing the highways.-
-Wingham Advance -Times,
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Painting Grandstand At London
Robert Chapman & Son, local paint -
ng contractors, are now engaged lin
ainting the grandstand at the Lbn-
on exhibition "grounds. While this
rm does a great deal of work in Mit-
hell and vicinity, they have several
men engaged in out-of-town contracts
n many larger centres for several „
onths of the year.--liditchellAdvo-
ate.
Fractures Hip In Fa
Mrs. Frank Killion fell a ier home .•
ere on Sunday. She Was removed
o Stratford Hospital on Monday,
hen it was learned she „auatained a.
ractured MP in the fa/i1.—Mitchell
dvocate,