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POSITOR
Established 1860
Keith "McPhail'' McLean, Editor.
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SEAFORTH, Friday, February 13
New Hydro Chief
Ontario's Premier, Col. Drew, has
appointed Mayor Saunders, of To-
ronto, to head the Ontario Hydro
Electric Commission, .to succeed Dr.
Hogg, whom Mr. Drew discussed
over a year ago, the appointment to
take effect on March 1.
Mr. Saunders, who has been Mayor
of Toronto for the past eight years,
is said to be a hard working, progres-
sive and able administer, and his
choice to head the Commission is
said to be a good one.
The administration of Hydro, of
course, is supposed to be non-politi-
cal, but much too often it has been
much more of a supposition than a
'fast, consequently Mr. Saunders, al-
though he is a strong Conservative,
will not find his new job a sinecure.
There will be times, no doubt,
when the things Mr. Saunders wants
to do and the things he is told, to do
in connection with Hydro •admini-
stration by Mr. Drew and his govern-
ment, will not jibe. But Hydro af-
fairs are far too important to the
people to be thrown into the political
ring, and if Mr. Saunders can hold
his own as well with the government
as he did with the City of Toronto,
he will get the solid backing of the
people of Ontario.
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Canada In The Olympics
The winning of the Olympic figure
skating championship by Barbara
Ann Scott, of Ottawa, and the hockey
championship by the R.C.A.F. team
came, while with not a great deal of
surprise as regards Barbara Ann
perhaps, but nevertheless with pride
and satisfaction to every Canadian.
While Canada is not the "land of
snows" that far too many foreigners
—and some not so far away—are
wont to believe, we do have snow and
ice, and Canadian youths for genera-
tions have taken an active interest
and part in outdoor winter sports.
For that reason it is nice to know
that Canada leads the world on the
ice, both in figure skating and in
hockey, which .had its birth in our
country.
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Still A Place For Age
In recent years there has been a
more or less pronounced theme that
the government .of Canada, munici-
pal, provincial and Federal, should
be placed in younger hands. That
Canada is a young country whose
needs can best bemet by young, pro-
gressive men. And that for too long
we have had men at the head of all
government affairs whose age has
slowed them down to the stage where
they no longer hold a vision of what
Canada could or should be.
There may be something in this
modern view. Canada, as nations
go, is a very young nation and there
certainly is a place and an oppor-
tunity for the young men, and the
young women too, to make their
mark in Canadian history. But it
takes time to acquire education and
time to gain experience. Fire and
enthusiasm are great assets when
woperly directed, but it takes exper-
ience to tell the difference between
the theory and practise.
Of Bourse there have been young
men, eXceedinglyyoung, Ince Pitt
and Fox, in Britain, who were lead-
er*,: of-Inenand loaders of a nations,
but history shows that most of the
limen whoaccomplished most in the
worlds of religion, of government
ioIY
, f p
of Invention, nt ti , poetry, prose and
port;,'werecir are old men, as years
ait counted today,
e. 'a sin, Franklin was 79 when he
ale the American Con-
liltiit lliri ¢• iadstdne was' 1`'re tier of
Great Britain, at the age of $3; John
Wesley was preaching regularly at
88; Edison astonished the world with
his inventions between the age. of 70
and 80; Tennyson, Longfellow, Byr-
ant and many more produced most
of their finest work when they were,
past 75.
In the world of sport, Connie
Mack, manager of the Philadelphia
Athletics, is well over 80, and at 81
Alonzo ,Stagg was named the Ameri-
can football "Min of the year." Win-
ston Churchill was 9 when with his
invincible courage a steeled the
British Empire for 't 'e bitter ordeal
of the Air Blitz, while Mackenzie
King is Prime Minister of Canada
at the age of 74.
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C.C.F. Premier And The Courts
Premier Douglas, head of the
C.C.F. Government in Saskatche-
wan, in a recentradio broadcast,
told the people of his Province that
it had become necessary for some
government, acting "for the people"
to challenge the power of the courts
of his Province "to frustrate the will
of the electorate." And he declared •
that most judges were a bulwark of
"our monopoly capitalistic system."
The Western Premier left the in-
ference that only his own govern-
ment was bold enough and honest
enough to challenge the sinful courts
on behalf of the poor thwarted peo-
ple of Saskatchewan. He seemed to
infer too, that no other political
party put in office by a majority vote
of the people had ever been a "peo-
ple's government." In fact, Mr. ,
Douglas left a very clear impression
on the minds of his hearers that he
should be allowed to say to the courts °
how they should interpret the laws.
The principle that all courts of law
should be independent does not seem
to either interest or concern him.
But that is of the utmost importance
because if the independence of our
courts is lost, every citizen will lose
his protection against any irre-
sponsible government, even the gov-
ernment of Mr. Douglas.
Mr. Douglas also ignores the fact
that the independence of our Cana-
dian law courts is a fact and not a
theory, and that the great majority
of the men appointed to judgeships,
completely disregard their politi-
cal background. That is the reas-
on why our judical courts are, held
in respect by other nations as well
as by the Canadian people, with the
exception possibly of the extreme
section of the C.C.F. party.
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Like All The Rest
An Associated Press despatch from
Tokyo last week said: "The Four -
Power Allied Council for Japan met
44 seconds recently, just long enough
to approve the minutes of the last
meeting—which itself lasted only 38
seconds."
Nothing was done at either As-
sion. The Council was set up origin-
ally to "advise" General MacArthur. -
That is not accomplishing very
much perhaps, but is pretty much in
line with what all the rest of the ad-
visory committees of which we have
so many over here, accomplish. Only
difference is 'the Jap delegates
couldn't run up much of a bill in 44
seconds.
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There Is No Justice
(Winnipeg Free Press) .
Mr. Grant Watson, a citizen with
a keen eye and a nice sense of judg-
ment in the manipulating 'of chunks
of rock across a sheet of ice, was do-
ing right well for himself and his
rink up at Nipawin last week. After
an early success on his way to ulti-
mate glory, he sent a wire to his wife
in Winnipeg, appraising her of the
very satisfactory way the bonspiel
was going. From Mrs. Watson came
the following devastating reply:
"Who are you to brag? 1 just
cleaned the basement."
This is putting things in their pro-
per perspective. Mr. *Watson, for a
week's curling (which albeit strenu-
ous is reputed to be fun) gets him-
self a car and his picture on page
one. Mrs, Watson and other misting
heroines stay home and accumulate
calluses. There is Something wrong
with theWorld • 1interna-
tionalthe .situation.
Years Ag�ne
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from The Huron Expositor
February 16, ,1923
Mr.'W. C. F. Oestricker, of Stephen,
met with an unfortunate accident on
Thursday of East week when he near-
ly lost the first finger of hie right
hand when t was severed by a knife.
Mr. Lice d Beavers, of Exeter. has
accepted a ;position as hydro super-
intendeena. at Ayr, and left on Friday
to take charge of his new position.
The 9 rst carnival of the season was!
held in the Palace Rink, Seaforth, i
with perfect ice, the music beam tuna II
fished by the Seaforth Highlanders,
Band. Prize winners were; Ladies'
character costume, Marjorie Bickell, f
Bertha Beattie; gents' character. Ar-
thur Ament, Gordon' Reynolds; girls'
comic, Mary Walker, Mae McGeoch,
Florence Spain,.,Ona Nicholls; boys,
over 14 years, Jack Crich, Clarence
Leatherland; under 14, Harry Mc'
Lod, Joe Hart; gents' comic, Dave
Reid, George Israel; National Atwt.hem,,
Robert Reid, Agnes Smith.
A moccasin dance will be held in
the Palace Rink on Friday evening,
with music by the Seaforth High- .
Landers Band.
Messrs. R. and F. Devereaux have
been confined to their home this week
through illness.
Miss Gretta Ross has again resum-
ed her duties as teacher on the pub-
lic school staff after an illness of sev-
eral weeks.
Mr. Fred W. Wigghas moved to'
rich St., which
from Mrs. G. •
MIL OMER of
LAZY, MEADOWS
'0ZERO WEATiliEIR"
It was down below zero -heretiyes,
terday, and we bad to break the lee
Over the spring when the cattle were
let out to water in the morning, ,it's
a 'grand sensation to go out in the
early morning before daylight, on
your way to the stable to do the
chores. The frost is in the ,air .
you can actually feel it on your face
. your shoes crunch in the hard
snow as you walk. The icy air cuts
down in your lungs. . and the
smoke from your pipe leaves trailing
rings after you in the still air of the
morning.
The minute you open the stable
door a cloud of steam rolls, out rr,
your face. Nature doomed me to
wear glasses and consequently the
first five minutes that I spend in the
stable is composed mainly of trying
to :clean my glasses off. •
Uncle Peter is having a great time
because of the cold weather this year.
rile has brought to light some of the
most fantastic stories of the times,
when as a young man he spent sev-
eral winters in British Columbia log-
ging camps. That was the year of
the cold snap in B.C., and according
to Uncle Peter it was really cold.
"We were sawing oneday in the
bush, and the cold made the saws so
brittle that they snapped," says Uncle
Peter, "and by the time we got back
to camp it was so cold that your
breath would freeze and you'd have
to break chunks of ice from your lips.
That night in the camp, we were
blowing our breath out through the
keyhole and seeing who could have
the longest spear of ice. Big Black
Jack Barnes had his out for ten feet.
Jest the size of the keyhole, and then
it spread out into a ball on the end
when his breath started to spread.
They asked me, as I had good wind,
if I would try it. I did and I made
a spear of ice fifteen feet long, by
blowing out through that keyhole."
the residence on Go
he recently pu ham
M. Chesney.
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The following is the Sichool report
of S.S. No. 4, McKillop: Sr. IV—Lav-
ada Rising, Pearl Webster, Frank
Hogg, Harvey Mcllwain, Geo, Camp-
bell. Jr. IV—Eldon Kerr, Alex Smith.
Jr. III—Marietta Nash, Beatrice. Eb-
erhart, Robert Eberhart, Helen Beat-
tie. I—Thomas Nash, Audrey Web-
ster. Primer—David Shannon, Freda
Webster, Lulu Webster, Barbara Eb-
erhart. Kindergarten—Angela John-
ston, Jack Johnston, Helen Kerr,
Margaret Kerr, Charlie Anstay. — M.
Hogg, Teacher.
The storm which started early Wed-
nesday morning is still raging as we
go to press and is the worst experi-
enced here in some years. Alt day
Wednesday it was impossible to see
across Main St.
Miss Minnie.Habkirk, of McKillop,
is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. W. R.
Plant.
Egmondville school has been clos-
ed wiring the past week owing to the
illness of Miss Knechtel, the teacher.
Seaforth Red Cross held a sucess-
fel dance in Cardno's Hall, realizing
$130.
Mr. Sydney Town, of Chicago, was
here on Friday attending the funeral
of his father, the late Henry Town.
Mr. Robert Bell left en Monday on.
a business trip to Montreal.
Mr. Harold Best, of Toronto, was
a guest frI the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Wm. Gillespie, James St., this week.
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From The Huron Expositor
February 18, 1898
Mr. James Robb, manager of the
Case Packing House, informs us that
the record for killing the largest num-
ber of hogs in one day by them at
their factory was broken on Tuesday.
From 10 o'clock in the morning until
six at night, 77 hogs were• killed,
dressed and split. ,This work was
done by, only three men, F. Hayward,
Charles Bates and James McNamara.
On Monday evening of last week
the members of the fire brigade as-
sembled in the fire hall to do honor
to their fellow member and treasur-
er, Mr. Geo. A. Sills. They showed
their appreciation of his service by
presenting him with ' a handsome
couch and an address.
On Thursday of last week Mr. Geo.
Turnbull shipped a mixed carload of
horses and ,cattle to,Glasgow.
M. Edward 'IVIcFairl is having ex-
tensive improvements made in his
store.
Mrs. Samuel Chesney, Cartwright,
Manitoba, is spending some weeks
with her father, Mr. Wm. Bickle, in
Egmondvil•1e.
Mr. Thomas Fraser, of Brucefleld,
made quite a large purchase of thor-
oughbred sheep numbering 0. They
were purchased from the celebrated
flock of 'Mr. Greenshleld's, the noted
barrister of Montreal
Mr. H. Eiiber, the Conservative
candidate in the coming election, held
a successful meeting in ' Moser's Hall,
Dashwood, on Monday night. Mr.
Thos. McMillan spoke on behalf of
Mr. M. Y. McLean, the Liberal can-
didate.
Mr. James Bell, of Leadbury, has
been selected es a juror at the com-
ing assize court at Goderich.
A number of the west -enders of
Tuckersmith spent a pleasant evening
at the residence of Mr. W. C. Lands -
borough on Tuesday evening.
The following were ticketed to the
West this wek by R. J. McDonald,
C.P.R. ticket agent: Charles Ward,
to Edmonton; Mrs. Chris. Dale, Mrs.
O'Rourke and Mrs. Flynn, Dublin, to
Glaston and Milton, N.D.
'Mr. W. Westcott; of town is mak-
ing
aking a name for himself as a sinrger.
He ,is the possessor of a very • remark,
fable solireeto voice and will be one
of the attractions at an atnateur show'
in St. Maris this tireek,
Mr. Thomas Wren, of Chiselhurst,
who was so severely injured come
time ago, is doing fairly well.
George McTaggart and Will Pybu ,
Chiselhurst, were the delegates to the
Royal Templar of Temperance Grand,
Council at .St. Thomas• this 'week.
Mr. R. C.' Brtunpian, of Red, Deer,
Alberta, and Mr. John Brumpton, of
St. Thomas, who have been vieirting
at the twine of their sister, Mrs. -J.
W. Walker, Bruee$eld, left on Tues-
day for TOrtarite, before returning tb
their homes he the , niertitwedt,
Mr. No�' •.'xlark MMDeod, left 'huradee
morning rfokt • dttiawa:.
t' .
The p, . lrle With people who drink
like ale , that they dela drink
t the lith -'de'.
It lets been mighty cold here this
year. It seems.. a shame to me that
there are so few occasions for team-
ing any more. Something that any
farmer enjoyed was to buudie up with
a coonskin coat and sap, and with a
warm pair of snow packs on his feet
. and then setout with a load of
loge for the milk
If it had snowed, on the night be-
fore and there was just a track or
two through the snow, it was a sight
that delighted the artist in any man.
There was a ,mere= jing; Jong of
sleigh bells .. the creekof frost on
the sleigh runners .... and the sigh-
ing of the tree ..branches with their
load of heavy snow.
Now and again on the still morn-
ing air you could hear a man calling
and now and again off on the
ridge behind the Concession the
sound of a dog baying. There is a
symphony of sounds in the morning
that seem to blend all together in the
finest music you ever could hear.
Now and • again when you felt that
you were'on the verge of getting
cold you slipped down from the side
of the load and walked along the side
to restore circulation. It wasn't long
before you were warmed up and
slipping back up to your perch on the
horse blanket, you filled up your pipe
. lit'it and continued on your way.
Daylight was filtering into 'a grey
sky . and as you came near town
there was a string of teams -all head-
ed for the same place. Cheery greet-
ings were exchanged, and soon you
came within sight of the mill. Your
trip in the still morning air was over
, and somehow in spite of the chill
air you regretted it.
There isn't much opportunity any
more for trips like that. Nowadays,
the majority of logs are cut in the
summer and trucked by trucks . . .
and then, too, with bushes cut down
as in their present state, there never
is many logs to take.
JUST A SMILE OR TW o•
A man who had been stopping at a
fashionable hotel was paying his bill.
He looked up at the girl cashier and
asked what it was she had around her
neck.
"A ribbon, of course," she said.
.may?"
"Well," he replied, "everything else
IS 60 high around here that I thought
perhaps it was your garter!"
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"How long shoulda courtship be,
do you think?" asked the serious
young man.
"Oh," replied the girl of his dreams,
"long enough for the wedding invita-
tions tobe sent out six weeks before
the ceremony."
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. A government expert asked an ov-
erworked farmer what time he got up
to go to work.
"Son," said the old fellow, "I don't
go to work, I wake up surrounded by
it!"
TOPICS THE DAY—AS HEARD
• AROUND A LOCAL SERVICE
►STATION
To the Editor,
The ,liurol. Expositor:
Snow, Cold, Snow Plows, School
busses, Election. Oh, hello there,
Bill. How are you today? Pretty,
cold! It was 20 beloiYtr last night.
Qh, I heard ample one ray it was 26
below; it was only 16 below at our
place. Oh well, it is; cold any way,
and :lots of snow. Saw the: sichoel bust
going out this morning, Don't think
it will get through. Our road is open.
I cause out with the car. Yes, but
you have a good car, Jack. Oh dear„
your road is open; you are 'lucky,
That beats the Dickens, haven't seen
the snowplow this week.. Can't un-
derstand it. We are paying taxes just
the same as anyone else. Everyone
can't be the first to get the roads
plowed, Bill. But I hate to be ..lways
last. Wait till I see the council.
Oh, hello Joe. How are you today?
You got to town? Yes. With your
car? Oh, shucks, no! Our road is
blocked. I was just saying 1 must
see the council. It is no use, Bill;
the snowplow is broke. Oh, surely
not. When did that happen, Jack?
Yesterday some time, on Dinty's side -
road. What the world were they do-
ing on that road anyway? I have a
load of pigs ready to go and they are
getting too heavy and fat; they will
dock me on the price. Yes, that is
right, and I had to drive my kids to
school this morning with the horses;
it is some job. If we had never seen
the snowplows we would be better off.
Yes,.. Joe, but these fellows on the
main roads would get out, and the
government pays part of the snow-
plowing and school busses, so we may
as well have them. My gosh! Who is
the Government? We, the people;
we are the ones who pay to make
government funds. If we do not use
it, some other place will: Gee whiz!
Look at its snowing, Bill. The roads
will get bad; must get home and to
the school as the bus• may not get
through tonight. Good-bye, boys.
Oh, well, says Jack, everybody has
their troubles. I must be getting
home too; maybe things will be 'bet-
ter after the by-election. What elec-
tion is that, Bill? The by-election in
Huron County—Tom Pryde, Conserv-
ative, and Benson Tuckey, Liberal—
they are both fine fellows. See by
the paper Tom is going to do some-
thing about snowplows. Oh, yes, and
Benson is going to take off 3 cents
on gasoline tax. Oh well, rural folks
won't get out to vote if they do not
get the roads open. I must call up
the Reeve about our roads, as they
are more important than elections.
Want to come into the hockey match.
tomorrow night. Central, give me
Number 6000. Hello, is the Reeve at
home? No, he is not just now; he
went to a political meeting this af-
ternoon. Good-bye. I am going home
—what is the use of talking? Will
soon be Spring anyway. See you.
again, Jack.
The workman had arrived at work
half an hour late and in consequence
was up before the chief.
"Well," queried the boss, "what's
your excuse?"
"Please sir," replied the workman
not looking too happy, "just before
leaving for the factory I fell down
the stairs at home."
"Come, come, my good man," re-
plied the boss, not at all impressed,
'you can't tell me that took you half
an hour!"
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Two women were comparing their
experiences of matrimony.
"Yes," said one, "I owe much of
my success and happiness during
marriage to two books. They have
been a source of help and inspiration
lots of time."
"Two books," exclaimed the other.
"Whatever were they?"
"Mother's cookery book and father's
cheque book."
;Huron Federation Of
Agriculture--FarmNews
•Dirty Eggs Not Helped By Washing 1,
Canadian farmers know that wash-
ing eggs to clean them is not a good
practice, as it only helps to make the
eggs go bad more quickly. Instead
they rely upon the cleanliness of
nests, and in this way avoid the pen
altly under the Canadian egg grading
regulations, which places washed
eggs into Grade C, at a loss of from
12 to 25 cents a dozen less than Grade
A Large.
But this regulation is not nearly as
severe as the penalty which con-
fronts the Irish farmer who washes
his eggs. Back in 1941 the Irish De-
partment of Agriculture introduced
penalties of a fine of $40 for the first
offence and an $80 fine and up to
three months' imprisonment, or both,
for the second offence. This drastic
legislation quickly reduced. the quan-
tity of dirty eggs being produced, and
curbed the attempts to wash them.
Now dirty eggs received from Irish
producers average less than two per
cent and sometimes less than one per
cent.
Seeding By 'Plane
The first Australian aerial seed
sowing of nearly two tons of Rhodes
grass seed at Gayndah, Queensland,
in December, 1947, proved that this
method enables big pastoral holdings
to be sown quickly, cheaply and suc-
cessfully. On 300 acres, the seed was
laid in even swathes from an Anson
aircraft; Inside the Anson, twin hop-
pers of 56 cubic feet, fitted with ex-
tensions, held the seed in flight. Suck-
ed, into twin venturi tubes mounted
below the wing roots, the seed was
carried back by the propellor wash to
fall at on the Land..
Sowing at the rate of 180 acres an
hour, the plane covered difficult ter-
rain at less than one-third the cost of
,hand sowing. It would have taken a
man 80 days to do the work by hand,
Another advantage is that aerial ,moss-
ing cats be arranged to take advant-
age of weather conditions, Two hours
after the gram had 'been sown at
Ga37tdah, good rain felt
U.K. Etta Contract Pleases Producers
In the opinion of the Calved=
Poultry, Conseil, whath recently cone
eluded a three-day meeting in Ottawa,
the Right Hon, Janos Gt. Gardiner,
Dominion Minister Of ..gr1d11ture, has
'pr, • f4te 'apppreciation of the,Canadfsi
po rq IndUfsry fornegotiating the�
new egg dontraet with the Vetted
Iciiigdemt. All " the directore of tlfe"
Council, representing every province;
Were in favor Of the eonthset.
Those attending the Council meet-
ing, represented provincial poultry
industry committees or boards set up
during or shortly. before the war.
Speaking for every phase of the poul-
try industry, these provincial boards
had members on national consultative
committees advising both government
and industry on poultry ,policy. The
information of the Council which met
in Ottawa, may continue this well co-
ordinated work of the poultry indus-
try. -t
In ,addition to approving the egg
contract, the Council has given its
support to the principles of floor pric-
es for poultry meat. It favors Con-
sidering the establishment of a poul-
try industry planning and marketing
board. It feels that enough turkey
hatching eggs should be allowed to
come into Canada to maintain the
present turkey industry. The Council
also supports the ,principle of rail
grading and price differences between
grades as encouraging the better fin
fishing of market poultry.
Suckling Pigs May Be Anaemic
Animals receiving insufficient
amounts of iron are likely to become
anaemic, as this mineral is essential
to blood formation. This condition is
most common in the case of stickling
pigs raised inside on wood or concrete
floors. Sow's milk is lacking in irOn,
and the pigs have no access to the
sell Which is rich in and they
are still too young to eat a regular
ration which would contain iron. The
critical period' for this complaint is
during the second to fifth week, as
after this time the pigs are getting
sufficient iron from trough •feeding
and the danger of nutritional anaemia
is over:
Anaemic pigs are listless, pale in
color and unthrifty. Diarrhoea and
the laboured breathing 'known, as
"thumps" are other common syrup-
toms; and death frequently 'results.
Tire' trouble May 'be preVeZted by
dosing :each pig with enough reduced
Iron to equal an aspirin tablets. The
first does is green ehhen the litter Is
about three days old, and ,the treat-
ment is repeated every ge en dans
until the :fourth week, The iron, is
placed well back on the .tongue by
means of a email, flat atick. Other
methede of prevention include swab-
bing the SOW'S udderwith a ferretls
sulphate solutions and keeping tete
pigs supplied daily with 'fresh, earth
sods, In good weather, the disease
can, generally be prevented by turn.
ing the pigs out Into a yard where
they May obtain the necessary' igen
by Nesting lit the earth.
R. H. S., Seaforth.
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Undiervwnt Operation
Mrs. Earl Weido returned home
from St. Joseph's Hospital, London.
where she has been at the bedside of
her husband, who was operated on
last week for appendicitis. We are
pleased to report that Mr. Weido is
progressing as rapidly as could be
expected: Zurich Herald.'
Old Loom Put To Work
Mr. G. H. Green has word from
Toronto to the effect that the loom
which he sent some time ago to the
Museum there has been set up and
some weaving has been done on it.
It is planned to make permanent use
of the loom for demonstrations of
weaving. Now an effort is being made
to locate a spinning wheel which is.
supposed to have been brought from
Ireland by the pioneer Pentland fam-
ily. It would be a companion' piece
for the loom.—Goderich Signal -Star.
Has Ninety -Second Birthday
Congratulations are extended t�
Mrs. Mary Brock, of town, who on
Wednesday, February 4, observed her
92nd birthday.—Exeter Times -Advo-
cate.
In Recognition of Long Service
In recognition. of his twenty-five
years of service on the Goderich Col-
legiate Institute Board, a scroll was
presented on Monday night to Mr.
Peter J. MacEwen at his home on:
Maitland Street. The presentation:
was made on behalf of the board by
Mr. J. Snider, chairman., and Mr. W:
A. ' Coulthurst, secretary. Mr. Mac-
Ewan who was laid up for several
weeks as the result of a fall, is now
able to be about and expects to at-
tend the next meeting of the board.
—Goderieh Signal -Star.
Staffa Resident Honored
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Miller were 'hon-
ored guests atthe borne of their son,
Clifton Miller, last friday evening'
when their. -fatally, ,gathered) to ceie-
br'ite their: 69th wedding annivers-.
arie ,A 1 e1y' .dinner was' served{ by
the hostess and the honored couple.
were Presented with a beautiful bou-
quet.,—Mitchell Advocate.
Thieves Enter •Minlester'8 Home
Investigation is eontinuing into the
theft of an undisclosed sum of money
from the home of Rev. and Mrs. M.
Reuber, Crediton, aecording to Pre-
viiieial •Constable. John VCrguson Exe-
ter ''Tile theft oeeurr'ed Thursday
night while the farally slept, and en-
trance *ea gained through a base
meant Window, Money was taken
'trite three loeked Votes, one in .a lief--
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