The Huron Expositor, 1948-01-09, Page 2rrw - -„-
ESta'hliLhed 1860
Kell 'McPhail McLean, Editor.
I?ublished at Seaforth, Ontario,, ev-
ery
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SEAFORTH, Friday, January 9th
Disgusting Ignorance ?
We are in receipt of a -letter, under
date of December,36', from a former -
subscriber, living in another county,
the contents of which were. very in-
teresting to us, but at the same time
we were somewhat perturbed to find
that an editorial of ° ours had aroused
such anger in a fellow being.
We wouldn't say he .was the mad-
dest man we had ever seen, because
we have no recollection of ever hav-
ing seen him, but the evidence was
there in the manner in which ever_
his typewriter stuttered.
He wrote: "After reading your
editorial of Dec. 19th, re John Leish-
aman, I find myself, filled with . dis-
gust at the ignorance of your edi-
torial department.
"Your article was lamentably full
of self contradiction. You claim that
any man may, print anything he
chooses as long as he keeps within
the law, etc. May I point out that
any man may do practically anything
he chooses as long as he stays within
the law, but for your information
may I state that he can not engage
in any part of the practice of dent-
istry without a license without break-
ing the law. The procurement of
that license entails five years' study
in University." •
4' Well, what of it? A man. has to
take a twelve months' course each
year, for four years, before he can
become a printer. And in a much
more exacting field than that of a
university. The point is that at the
end of his course, a printer is not
given a monopoly of the manufac-
ture of printed goods, such as a
dentist receives in the manufacture
of dentures.
And a little more from the book:
"On your basis of reasoning I would
conclude that you would probably
submit to an appendix operation by
„ . the first printers' devil who came
along,- providing,he was handy with
a knife and had taken a correspond-
ence course—without a 'license."
As far as we know our appendix
is still -with. us. But if it ever has to
come out, we can assure the world
that we would no more think of
handing the operation over to a »
printer's devil than we would of en-
gaging a dentist ---with or without a
license:
But the most shattering blow to us
came in the last two lines of our for-
' mer subscriber's letter: "Remove
our name from your subscription list •
at the end of this year."
That is really serious. It means
that now we; will he forced to budget
on a financial loss of nearly four
cents a week, for the next twelve
months.
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Earlp Saturday Night Closing
Commencing last week, the merch-
ants of Seaforth started - closing
their places of business at nine
o'clock on Saturday nights, and will
continue the early closing during the
next three 'months.
We suppose that the hour of nine
o'clock was chosen out of considera-
tion to the farming community, as
this is a farmers' town. As a mat-
ter of fact, however, as far as the
farmers are concerned, the merch-
ants might just as well close at six
o'clock. Farmer's chores start in
about six o'clock and by the time they
are finished there is no time to
change and reach town to do any
shopping before nine o'clock.
Another fact is that for the next
threemonths we are likely to have
yh
more or lesi 'snow and in Wig S o -
boat, the probability is More rather
ban le8s.: , »And even if toads' and
higwayo are ploughed, `:,fair's
tie§ are not. Corisequentl farf er$
tr _,
over--el
tkthu ed
not e
.
gt•
b ..r
n it can be avoid'd
°the
io, hen the averag - .... ;,..
ing the winter has more spare time
in daylight, than he has in the eve-
ning,
With that in view, we would say
that if the town merchants really
wanted to give consideration to their
farm customers, they would keep
their places of business open on Wed-
nesday afternoons, and make it up
to their staffs by closing on Satur-
day nights at six o'clock.
As far as the people of the town
are concerned, they can shop in per-
son or by phone at any time of any
day without inconvenience to them-
selves. Other nearby towns are
adopting the six o'clock Saturday
closing, and we would like to see
Seaforth step in line. Particularly
so on account1 of the present Hydro
crisis.
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The Co-ops on Food Policy
» At the annual meeting of the Unit-
ed Farmers' Co-operative Company,
held in Toronto early last month, the
report of the Directors read:
The Government of Canada has
placed producers of live stock pro-
ducts in an unreasonably difficult
position by removal of subsidies and
price ceilings on feed grain while
mainting livestock products under
a virtual ceiling by export contracts
and embargoes. We should put forth
every constructive effort on indi-
vidual farms and through the farm-
ers' organizations to assist in adjust-
ments in this post-war period. But
we should not permit Governments
to create and maintain conditions
which discriminate against farmers,
and undermine the future of ,agricul-
ture..'
Well, the new British agreements
will not do much irl the way of un-
dermining the future of griculture-
Nor will the jump in the price of
beef, pork and other farm products.
Unfortunately the same can not be
said of the housewives' budgets in
, towns and cities.
But it is - quite true that what is
one man's meat is another man's
poison, and the farmer has held the
poisoned end of the stick for a long,
long time.
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If Dosen't1 Work That Wap
Socialists, the world over, and par-
ticularly the C.C.F. in Canada, are
very fond of claiming that booms
and depressions could always be
avoided by adopting a State planned
economy. They have a second claim
too, that is incessantly trotted -out.
That is that wages can be increased
without increasing prices, simply by
taking wage increases out of profits.
It is .a nice sounding theory, and
no doubt catches a lot of thoughtless
voters, but, unfortunately in prac-
tise, it doesn't work out that way.
In Britain, the Socialist govern-
ment recently took over the coal
mines and is now planning their
economy. • They started by increas-
ing the coal miners' wages. Then
just a few weeks ago, wages were
again boosted between • two and
three dollars a week.
Within a week following the .last
wage increase the price of coal went
up 50 cents a ton, and the Coal
Board, which is the agent of the
British Labor Government, pointed
out in its public announcement that
the price increase in coal was made
necessary to meet the increases in.
wages.
It is quite evident by these British
events that Socialist state -planned
economies and government controls
can avoid neither booms nor -depres-
sions. Nor can they make it possible
to raise wages, without, at the same
time, raising prices 'as well.
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A Little Late
King George has given approval
to the appointment of Field Marshal
Earl. Wavell, the former Viceroy of
India, as Constable of the Tower of
London, which would have been a
fine paying job, if he had received it
a few centuries ago.
In the early days the Constable of
the Tower was entitled to levy dues
for his own profit on every cargo of
rushes, oysters and other commodi-
ties, which passed on vessels in t e
Thames, and ho was entitled
totae
os session• of ,eve horse cow, i
p " ,pg
or sheep which fell into the river
from London , ridge,
d n e.
Too badY
tlappoint rr<7►exlt came so,
late','
Ears Agone
liotorootIng. Atoms Picked From
Tho 'Won 11134poilter of Fifty and
TNtwnty,five Years Ago.
From The Huron Expositor
January 12, 1923
C e m
th
Jtosegh G. Crich, of Tu k.-.ra 3. ,.
hass taken the agency of the Deering
and :McCormick agricultural umpie-
m'entt at Clinton.
Miss Florence Bennett; Winthrop,
returned to London on. Saturday to
attend 'business college.
Mr. John Montgomery, Winthrop,
left for. Ford City last week, where
he has secured a. position in the Ford
plant.
The choir of the Methodist ,Church
was pleasantly entertained at ' the
h(fine of Mr: and Mrs. Alex McGavin
on 'Friday evening last',
Mrs. G. •M. Chesney has sold her
residence on Goderich St. West to
Mr. Fred J. Wigg, who will get pos-
session next, month,
Mr. Earl Van Egmond, of the Post
Office staff, is confined to his home'
.through illness.
The Collegiate Institute have se-
cured the services of Mr. Bissonnette,
a student from Toronto, to all the
vacancy for a month caused by the
resignation of Mr. Russell, science
teacher.
On June 19 last Mr. Wm. Rina, of
Constance, purchased 11 head of cat-
tle from Mr. P. O'Sullivan, and on
December 11 when he delivered them
to the sameedeaier, they, showed an
increase of 210 pounds each, •
What might have been a fatal acci-
dent happened on Saturday night
when Willie Manley and Lucy Eckert
were returning home from Dublin
when a heated brick set ,fire to the
robes and buggy without being notic-
ed until 'Mr. Herbert met them 'and
gave the alarm..When they jumped
• from •the buggy their clothes burst in-
to flames and were somewhat burned
before they could be extinguis'hed'.
On Sunday last the following sehol-
ars of the Sunday School of First
Presbyterian Church were presented
with prizes for regular attendance:
Primary • Class — K. Beattie, Billy
Scott, B. Wiitse, J. Dorrance, D. Stew-
art, J. Scott, I. McLean, K. Chitten-
den, K. Stewart, Helen Rankin, . M.
Drover, E. Drover, Helen Ament,
Margaret Grieve, Janet Cluff,,G.Ha'ys,
A. Edmunds, H. Cummings; A. Stew-
art, B. Dorrance, M. Turnbull, M.
Stewart,' t Hays, M. Thompson, B.
Grieve, M. Stewart, J. Brodie.
Mr. Frank Devereaux 'returned last
week from Detroit where he under-
went an operation for the removal of
a growth from his neck. The opera-
tion was quite successful.
Mr. and Mrs. R. B. McLean, Kip -
pen, entertained a number of their
friends to a very pleasant evening.
A game of hockey played en Satur-
day between 'McKillop and Hibbert,
resulted' in a 5-1 score in favor of
McKillop. John Lane was goal ten-
der for McKillop and •made several
good stops. The- star •player, James
Lane, notched four ,,goals, with Joe
McQuaid notching the fifth on a pass
from V. J. Lane. Mr. Con Dalton re-
ceived a nasty cut just above his left
eye and Hibbert had to release their
best player.
FSI:4 of rwr-
LAZY' DC)WS
The manager of our total bank is
know-n,.as being a rather hard one,to
get money out of. Nobody particu-
lary blames hfm. Re,can't suave too
many »isd
bdebts on his books or else
he just won't »be there to hold ,down
the job as manager: There isn't
much aenttiment in our bankingsys-
tem.
R being the end of :the year and
having some businese to attend to,
such aspaying the interest and
straightening up the mortgage and
looking after apayment on insurance„
I dropped in to see him. There was
somebody in his office, so 3 waited
outside his offce doer. Soon a man
walked out and .nodded to rue. It was
Tom Farnoon, the cattle drover, who
had been »rumored as being in a bit
of•trouble. Tom, an expolitician, was
Inclined to play the stock market a
bit. • Everybody liked him, but some
people -were saying that he was a lit-
tle slow in paling for the last two
shipments of stock he had sent to
the market in Toronto.
When 'I walked into the bank man-
ager's office, he nodded to me ,;and
sat quietly looking at his desk for
awhile. I knew he was thinking
about some one thing in 'Articular
and didn't disturb him.
'Finally he said: "Phil, I was born
on a faros. We didn't have any
money .and my father never seemed
able to get going. One day a car
•
From The Huron Expositor
January 14, 1898
About 75 relatives and friends of
Mr. and Mrs. James Strong, McKillop,
assembled at their residence on Fri-
day evening to spend a •social even-
ing. Excellent music by Thos. Rands,
of Morris Twp., and the Messrs.
Storey kept the dancing going until
5 a.m.
Mr..James Bergin, formerly of this
town, has been appointe»d travelling
agent for Walker Wagon Works Co.,
of Walkerville, his territory being
Western Ontario.
Mr. Alex Monteith, Kippen, on .Mon-
day last met •with a very unpleasant
accident, which proved a narrow es-
cape from having his leg broken. He
was engaged in cleaning out the
stables and was using a boat when
by some means be got his foot be-
tween the Wall and the boat, giving
it a painful squeeze.
Mr. Wm. Sinclai'r,.Tuckersmith, who
purposes building a brick residence
this summer, has been drawing brick
for that purpose. Mr. T. G. McKay
is also getting material on hand for
raising his barns.
On Thursday last the Collegiate In-
stitute hockey club was organized for
the season with the following offi-
cers: Hon. Pres., O. L. Schmidt; hon.
vice-pres., R. E. Jackson; pres., H. S.
Robertson; vice-pres., S, G. Stone;
captain, -Allan Bond; sec.-treas., Nor-
man Hoffman; committee, Hammett,
Hill, Neal; manager, R. C. Ches-
wright.
Mr. J. J. 'Hugili, of town, has shown
us two very interesting books which
were used by- his father at the »be-
ginning of the century. Mr. Hugill's
father was a sdhool teacher, and: one
book was an algebra, used by him in
the school, while . the other was an
exercise book whioh was used for
working out problems. The books are
over 9.0 years old.
Mr. Henry Cresswell, of Kansas
City, arrived here on Saturday. He
intends spending a few weeks at the
homwell.. of his brother, Mr. G. E. Cress -
The Ttickersmith Branch Agricul-
tural ,SocieYly annual meeting was
held oft Wednesday when the follow-
ing officers were elected: President,
Robt. Wilson; vice-pres., W. G. Broad -
foot; see.-treas., T. E. Hays; di-
rectors: Seaforth, Geo. Chesney, Win.
Winter; Hullett, W. Ricin, Robt.
Smith; McKillop, Mr. McIntosh, Jas.
Smith, John G. Grieve; Tuckersmi-th,
G. N. McNay, R. E. Jackson; audi-
tors, V.' Johnson,3. O. Rose. At their
first meeting they- wi11 make arrange'
ane is for the rebuifding of 'their hall.
At.r eetin ofth Royal
the i^egplar ]n g e. y
Templarr o4. '1'e+aperanice of town,
the following officers were installed:
S.C., Noble C1uff; ?.84., 0Sas, Refit-
Ile;
eittie; V.C.,
CIUCff; chaplain, t
t s.
smith; 1,. wjli#am r A.S.r..H.
Iliawaf l ,C. ari• ire s
.
",Cron:. Treat,$, ., •edge, G iht , MIai1.
f'ibliol; 0yoyat ti t , .. p 1iiti ; orgM :tip
bd1s t aiatei
lliy t: J. HoylA
drove in the Janeway. A car was a
novelty to me, because we didn't
h'aye one. This was a limousine with
a chauffeur sad while »the man went
into the house to see my father, I
just sat in 'my bare feet and dirty
overalls and stared. It was certainly
a wonderful car with a glass between
the driver and the back seat and a
little. telephone ,between.
"The man came out and got in the
car. The chauffeur started the motor.
The •car was just .driving- off, when.
the man •in the back seat leaned •but
and said, 'Son, do you like this car '
I could hardly speak. The man laugh-
ed and asked• me to get in. I was
afraid to at first but finally did. Then
the man said, 'Pick up the speaker
there and tell -the driver to go aroupd
the block."
We rode around the block and no
millionaire could have been as happy
as I was. They drove me back and
dropped me at the gate. I have nev-
er forgotten that."
He paused then and looked at me.
"Phil," he said, "that man who just
Walked out the door was the one who
aid it. He didn't remember me. Six
banks have turned him down on the
Matter of a loan. I gave it to hint.
No mean who couldn't be as kind as
he was to that dirty kid with the
barefeet could ever be dishonest"
It gave me' a wonderful feeling t»r
ward that manager. Sort of a good
omen for 1948, I thought.
:JUST A SMILE OR IWO
The minister was leaving the
church after the' evening service
when a -member of his congregation
stopped him and said: "I like to
come to church when you are preach=
ing."
"I'm glad tc hear that," replied the
minister. "It's nice to know that
somebody appreciates my sermons."
"Oh, it's not that," replied the wo-
man. "I mean it's so easy to get a
seat, even when I arrive late."
"How do you get down off an ele-
phant?"
"You climb own."
"Wrong." e
"You jump .e•`. wn."
"Wrong again,"
"You use a ladder to get downy"
"Still wrong."
"Well, how do you get down?"
"You don't get down off .an ele-
phant- You get down offea-hduck."
Looking over the .assortment of
new perfumes, such. as "Take Me,"
"My Sin," "Breathless" and a myriad
of other lurid names, the shy young
girl asked the sales clerk: "Haven't
you anything for a beginner?"
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R.R. 3, W ngham, Dec, 31, 1947._
TheEditor,
The Huron EXpositor:
Dear Mr, McLean:
Many tames during the year I have,
intended writing you .in appreciation.
of the weekly visit of your paper, but
it lust wasn't doe
I have certainly enjoyed your cov--
erageof county news» and probably
more than anything else your t,t'loaely-
and common-sense editorials, which I
have not seen in any other weekly
paper in the county. Yours on day-
light saving time last spring, was, not
only to the point, .but' full of: Common
sense and. agricultural viewpoint—
more power to you and let's be done•
with this nonsense. I could mention.
many more that I have enjoyed read-
ing but will not do so here.
Thanking you sincerely for this
courtesy handed to me this year and
wishing you a prosperous and. happy
New, Year I am,
Yours very truly,
J. D. BEECROFT
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Toronto, January 3, 1948.
The audience was very unkind at
the speaker's temperance lecture and
kept interrupting. At last he hired a
former prizefighter to keep order,
That night he contrasted the content
of home life with the squalor of
drunkness.
"What is it we want when we re-
turn home from our daily toil?" he
asked. "What do we want to ease
our burden, to •gladden; our hearts, to'
bring miles to our faces, and joyous
songs to our Iips?"
He paused for effect, and in the
silence the voice of the keeper of
peace could be heard:
"Mind, the first bloke that says
ber, out 'e gees with a bang!"
Huron Federation Of
Agriculture --Farm News
Animal Diseases Cause Great Lass
' In a recent radio broadcast, Dr. C.
A. Mitchell, Dominion Animal Pathol-
ogist, sketched an interesting back-
ground of what is now the Division
of Animal Patholbgy of the Domin-
ion Department of Agriculture.
"While Canadians may have a poor
conception of the importance of ani-
mal diseases," he said, "people of
other countries have a better dnd
wore realistic understanding, as .these
diseases have played an important
part in the history of mankind. They
have halted the march or efficiency
of great armies, have determined the
presence or absence of famine in
Many parts of the world, and have
limited the food supply of people ev-
erywhere.elhe Canadian people, how-
ever, fail to realize their importance
because the dramatic andrapid-
spreading diseases have been kept
out of this country. This arose from
a »practical measure evolved many
years ago by Dr. Duncan McEachran,
of Montreal, and first put into effect
by the Government of that day. The
measure requires that all animals im-
ported from abroad shall pass through
a quarantine station in which they
are held,efor •a period which coincides
with the time required for the incu-
bation of the especially contagious
diseases. In this way, the gireat ani-
mal plagues so well known in many
other countries have been checked
before they have had an opportunity
of spreading in Canada and caus-ng
widespread damage. However, the
more insidious and less spectacular
diseases are present in Canada, and
collectively cause the nation an en-
ormous economic loss."
Among these disease are tubercul-
osis and brucil]osis of cattle and pu-
lorum and coccidiosis -91 pultry. Dr.
»Mitchell selected these to illustrate
the constant research and preventive
work which has been done .in the past,
and which cot tinues as part of the
duties of the vision.
Research .is m e more difficult be-
cause some diseases may occur with-
out showing any physical evidence of
their presence, and special biological
.tests have to be worked- out to dis-
cover infected animals. This is often
true of tuberculosis • and brucillosis,
and as both these diseases can at-
tack man through the infected milk
of the animal, early diagnosis and
stringent protective measures are
essential in safeguarding public
health.
Great progress has been madein
fighting animal diseases and many of
them have ,been mastered. But the
research continues, on the assump-
tion that 'nothing is final, and that
changing conditions •and• new methods
still to be discovered, leave the dear
wide riper tar the future activities of.
the animal pathologist,
,t/41) Weeds Killer
1 • ' weed. killer
teed s s anode tti lir 2 r v
.
Waal visci readily shorn that an s y hili
ed are »corateon, ball and tttimblhi
1liurtte,• btinitrureed, ragv"seii •and
sunflowers, Less easily .killed are pig-
weeds, Russian thistle, purslane and
chickweeds. Resistant weeds are
cockles, wild buckwheat and all an-
nual grasses including wild oats.
Dandelion is the lone perennial eas-
ily killed. Canada thistle, sow -thistle,
leafy spurge and hoary cress can be
killed to the ground with »the usual
application, btrt roots remain viable
and regrowth soon occurs. `
Britain Charts Future Farming
Great Britain's five-year plan aims
at increasing agricultural output by
50: per cent over pre-war. Emphasis
will be on greatly increased produc-
tion by 1952, of milk, eggs, beef and
veal. Production of mutton' and lamb
will not be increased. Wheat produc-
tion will be allowed to» decline from
the peak war year 1943-44, but will
be maintained at about half as much
again as .pre-war. »Barley production
will be increased one-and-abalf above
pre-war production and oats halt as
much again. About one-quarter more
potatoes and sugar beets are planned
for -1952 than in pre-war years. The
object is to make the country more
self-sufficient in the nutritionally pro-
tective foods such as Milk, eggs and
meat, and produce more of the feeds
—barley and oats—to make this pos-
sible.
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The Editor,
The Huron Expositor:
Dear Mr, McLean: - „
It is our pleasure to inform you.
th.e thanks to the generous efforts
or yourself, and many ether willing;
workers like you across the Dominion,
the 1947 Red »Shield Appeal can now -
be considered successful.
P. cviding those Community . Chest -
Campaigns in which the Salvation
Army participates reach their objec-
tives, the one -million -dollar national
total is assured.
We here at the centre are very
much aware of the importance of fav-
orable publicity as an aspect of con-
ducting a national financial appeal_
Experience has underlined the value
of .proper publicity in approaching
and influencing favorable public opin-
ion. This year's national appeal pub-
licity has been extremely generous,
faithful and persuasive. •
That, undoubtedly, is due in large
measure to the willingness and hearti-
ness with which our Publicity Chair-
men everywhere assume i their re--
•rponsibilities. All, it seemed, - felt
that the promotion of Salvation Army
services, and their understaniin ,
should be openly ,undertaken;' that
sponsorship should not be concealed,.
and that objectives should be frankly'
stated.
Clipping returns to the National
Office, while not an altogether infal-
lible guide, are straws that indicate•
the direction in which Appeal breez-
es blow- Thanks to the competency
of our Publicity Chairmen they iadi-
c'tewarming winds, bea-•ing thought-
ful endorsation of The Salvation
Army's work, and wafting in the
direction of financial success.
Please accept, as directed to you,
personally, with all • »sincerity;' the.
thanks of The Salvation .Army' in
Canada, and the thanks for all those
whom The Salvation Army will be
able to help, for your contribution to -
the 1947 Red Shield Appeal.
Yours faithfully,
WM. DRAY (Col).
National Campaign Director.
,Value of Field Crops in '47 Higher
Gross value of the principal field
crops on Canadian farms in 1947 has
been estimated at $1,287.4 million.
This is the fifth highest gross value,
since the figures were first recorded
in 1908, being exceeded only in the
•three years, 1918-1920 and in 1944.
The estimate for 1947 is about three
per cent above the 1946 gross value
of production. While production of
all crops except rye, flax seed, buck-
wheat and hay and clover, declined in
1947, general price increases more
than offset reduced production, and
the 'total value of field cropsaccord-
ingly exceeded that of 1946. The esti-
mated value of the 1947 crop is based
on average prices received by 'farm-
ers 'from the beginning of the crop
year, August 1, up to the end of No-
vember. only, but should prices re-
main at or near present levels for
the remainder of the crop year, up-
ward revision in the 1947 crop value
estimates may be expected.
Of 'the principal grain crops, wheat
is valued at $397.7 million, a reduc-
tion of nearly $74 million from 1946,
and reflects ,the relatively poor crop
in the .Prairie Provinces » this year.
Declines in the production of oats,
»mixed grains, grain hay and dry peas
more than offset increased prices, and
values of »these crops vivre •below
those of 1946. Production in 1947 of
barley, dry beans, soybeans, shelled
corn, potatoes, alfaifa and Pithier
OM . 'was 'below that •of the previous.
year, but substantially higher prices
for all »these crops bring their value
of production above that of 1946. Both
higher
prodiletion an
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rice
er
g s
p
ease
ti d a' ileoi' a .; 1
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Seen in. the
County Papers
Boxing Day Drive
A jack rabbit drive staged by the.
Exeter Gun Club and joined by sev-
eral members of the Centralia Gun
Club was held on Boxing Day When
40 nimrods chartered a bus and mot-
ored to Dungannon for a day's shoot-
ing. They returned with 47 jack rab-
bits and two foxes. Irwin Ford is
president and D. Triebner secretary
-of the Exeter Club,—Exeter Times -
Advocate.
Hold Turkey Dinner .
A turkey .dinner for the members
of the Canadian Legion who have
helped with the bingoes and enter-
tainments, together with their wives.
was held Monday evening at the
home of the retiring president, 'Mr -
R. E. Pooley, when a very jolly time
was spent. • The guests prdsented Mr.
andMrs. Pooley with a silver cream
and sugar set—Exeter Times -Advo-
cate. •
Water Intake Plugged With Ice
For two or three days the intake
pipe conveying the town's water •sup-
ply from the lake ryas plugged wit;r
needle ice, and Public Utilities men
worked day and night to clear it.,,
Wednesday afternoon the ice was
cleared out and the water supply is
normal again.—Goderich Signal -Star.
Injured By Fall on Sidewalk
Mrs. Robert Huston had the mis-
fortune to fall on the sidewalk on
Tuesday morning and break her left
shoulder and wrist, ,She is confined
to the hospital. Her daughter, Mrs.
See, -has come from Mallon to be
with her.—Goderich Signal -Star.
Christmas Call From California
Mr. R. W. Bell, chief turnkey at
the county jail, had a pleasatit sur-
prise on Christmas morning when he
received» a telephone call from his
brother, Milton, at; Stockton, Califon:
ria. The brothers 'hath corresponded
but had net seen or. talked with each
other since 1919. The Bell family of r
.Goderich made a notable contribution
to the Canadian forces in the ret i
World War, in which the father,.Dav-
id Bell, and four sons, Milton, Wil-
fred, Victor and, Robert, enlisted.
fred was killed in action,"•' TlIu father
reiurned to Goderioh and some years
later was accidentally killed, Victor
became a resident of Walkerton and
died there. Wilton In California and
Robert in Gbderich. are the survivors.
---Goderich Signal -Star. .
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