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SEAFORTH, Friday, February 20
Need More Than Immigration
Undoubtedly immigration is one
of the greatest needs of Canada to-
day. But along with immigration
we need something else. We need a
fuel policy that will keep 'the immi-
grants alive after they reach Can-
ada.
We talk about a larger population
and our population is increasing rap-
idly, but we haven't done a thing
about a national fuel supply: In
pioneer days when immigrants were
pouring into this country, our virgin
forests provided all the heating re-
quirements. Now the forests have
gone and actually nothing has been
done at reforestation.
We have one of the coldest winter
climates in the world, but more than
85 per cent of our coal and oil are
imported. This has been going on
for years, but no one seems to be •
seriously disturbed, although the
fuel situation is now acute and will
be for some years to come.
Our Members of Parliament spend
countless hours talking about a na-
tidnal flag and a national anthem.
And for weeks now, Hansard has
been full of the poorest drivel that
was ever uttered, but the fuel prob-
lem, which is vital to our existence,
has been entirely neglected.
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A Poor Record
According to Dr. Crawford, psy-
chiatrist of Kingston Penitentiary,
the average Canadian criminal pres-
ents a most unhappy picture.
He was, said the doctor, -between
17 and 30 years old, had not passed
his Entrance examination, came
from a poor family in which one par-
ent was missing, lived in a slum
area, gave his leisure time to gam-
bling, excessive drinking and sex,
had attended Sunday School at best
irregularly, his parents did not at-
tend church, was a habitual thief,
did not belong to any organization
such as Boy Scouts, and had a police
record that began in early boyhood.
That is an exceeding poor and un-
happy record, but, unfortunately, ' it
is •a true ones
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It Takes Experience Too
Prof. Graham, of the Horticultural
Department of the Ontario Agricul-
tural College, is responsible for the
statement that the very high prices
of the past few months has stirred
up a great interest in market gar-
dening.
Some 90 letters per month are re-
ceived by the College asking for in-
struction on how to become market
gardeners. -Most of these applicants
are inexperienced, but a great many
have already purchased market gar-
dening equipment.
Market gardening, like ordinary
farming, is a business 'of its own
that takes a lifetime of work and
study before success is reached. It
is because of the great number de-
siring to enter this field which for
some time has looked., like a golden
field of opportunity, old and exper-
ienced market gardeners have been
asked to give their opinion.
They point out, the price influence
is • causing the interest and issued a
stiff warning to the uninitiated that
present prices are winter pries, and
they always change in sunnier. The
only hope of succesis is to have pro-
per storage facilities.
The experienced market gardeners
positst' out that modern methods in
commercial gardening are costly.
With labor, . gasoline, fertilizer and
ray ' materials costs, requires skill
and: experienceto get the vegetables
on the market while prices are at
the top.
If, however, a man wishes to have
his own garden to keep down the cost
of living, the Professor says there is
nothing to hinder him, and he should
be encouraged. So he should. And
it is hi the hot, dry daysof the sum-
mer that he needs encouragement
most.
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Britain Makes Money On Royal
Family
In recent months, both before and
after the marriage of Princess Eliza-
beth, the Parliamentary grant made
for the young couple's maintenance
was under fire both in and out of the
House, and several Labor Members
did . their utmost to have the allow-
ance reduced to a mere nominal sum.
We have heard similar comments
over here, although actually it isn't
any of our business what the British
Government pays the Royal Family
to maintain its high position. As a
matter of fact, it might surprise a
great many people, both in Canada
and the United States, to learn that
the Royal Family, instead of being a
burden on the British people, the
British Government was making a
very handsome profit from the same
family.
Ever since 1760 when George III
agreed to exchange the income from
his estates, , known as Crown lands,
for ale annual civil list, the State has
made a regular profit on the Throne.
A century ago these lands, many
of them in the west end of London,
were worth about 200,000 pounds a
year. Last year they brought in a
total of 1,958,813 pounds, and when
all expenses had been paid, 960,000
pounds went to the Treasury.
King George VI himself received
410,000 pounds,. out of which he has
to pay the salaries, expenses and up-
keep of the palaces and a substantial
figure for Royal bounty.
Even the Royal parks and pleasure
gardens belong to the Treasury: For
the year 1945-46 they produced a
surplus of 34,519 pounds, which was
6,000 pounds more than was expect-
ed, and this year a slightly greater
profit has been forecast.
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Everybody Does It
(Hamilton Spectator)
Now all kinds of people not normally called
profiteers have been pushing up prices, and if it
was only "big business" the committee 'would
have a cinch. Corporation profits are available
in detail to Government and to the public—ex-
cept for institutions with all shares privately
owned.
But what about all the vast range of produc-
ers and distributors; what of those who• by • re-
ducing output per man-hour have been pushing.
up prices, what of those whose products and ser-
vices are in so much greater demand than those
of other members of the community that they
are able to demand a higher toll than they nor-
mally would?
"Taking all the market can bear" is one of
the most plausible and most meaningless of all
current catchcries. Who doesn't? Is it not plain
that profiteering is the result of ndiationary pres-
sure and shortage?
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Watch the Fires
(London Free Press)
Death of two elderly women in a fire which
swept the Belleville Home for Aged People is a
stern warning to other municipalities to use the
greatest care in supervising such institutions,
and indeed all buildings where a fire might en-
danger lives.
Sustained cold spells such as we have just
experienced put a. considerable strain on heating
equipment and frequently mean that pipes accum-
ulate soot and become dangerous Accordingly it
is highly advisable to keep a close watch on
furnaces and pipes as well as to see that facili-
ties are provided to evacuate people—particularly
aged and infirm who are not able to walk or are
liable to become confused—in case of emerg-
ency.
This seems to be about the worst time of the
year for fires and 'so it becomes necessary to be
more vigilant than usual.
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Luxury in Retail Stores
(Wall Street Journal)
Shopping a bore and a chore? Big retailers
are trying to make it a pleasure.
One way, they think, is to add eye -appeal to
their emporiums. And some examples from a
Wall Street Journal retailer survey show how
they are doing it.
Sixty -foot wide terraces built on individual
elevators look out --from the third, fifth and sev-
enth floors of a remodelled nine -storey women's
specialty and ready-to-wear store in'FH'ouston. The
terraces are lowered to the •basement regularly
for redressing with greenery and flowers and run
back up again. The store—The Fashion—is lux-
uriously
uxuriously furnished with huge mirrors and antique
furniture which formerly reposed in castles in
Prance and Italy.
Bullock's new Pasadena, Calif., department
store looks inside and out like a low, rambling
comfortable mansion. There are no display
dows aimed at the outside. Instead, large draped
roof -to -floor windows make a homey look inside.
Ceilings are low "to create an atmosphere of
intimate friendliness." And there's ria noise 'ev-
en during a Saturday stampede of shoppers.
Acoustical wall tile and plaster, carpets, delver-
' les and rttbber tile flooring uitiffi'e emit&
ears Aarne
Ii Its PICkild From
HU!I 4.1xpIiItor •t Fifty and
TomIltikeie Ware A00.
From The Huron Expositor
February 23, 1923
On 'Monday of last week while Mr.
John Hamilton, of Cromarty, was
operatjng his machinery in the stable
his clothing was caught on a line
shaft which rolled him up and almost
stripped him. He was found about an
hour later by his wife in an exhaust-
ed condition- No bones were broken,
however.
Miss Pemela Ball, who has been on
the staff of the John MacTavish store
for some years, has accepted a posi-
tion in Fort William and left for that
city on Monday.
The Silver Tea, under the auspices
of the Ladies' Aid of First Presbyter-
ian Church, held at the home of Mrs.
Robert Smith, Goderich St. West, was
a decided success, $17 being realized.
Owing to the big snowstorm some
of the mail couriers
make their rounds
this week.
Miss Margaret Edge supplied as
organist in First Presbyterian Church
in the absence of Mr. Harry Livens,
who is visiting in- Smith's Falls.
Miss Susie Govenlock is 'Visiting
Toronto friends.
In the second game ,the Tucker -
smith Tigers played for the Duncan
Cup on Feb. 20, they proved their
superiority over the High School Sex-
tette by beating them 6-3. McGeoch
and McCartney were the stars of the
game. The following was the Tucker -
smith line-up: Goal, R. McGeoch;
defence, McCartney and Doig,; centre,
W. Wright; wings, Nicholson and
Doig; sub., J. McMillan. Referee, O.
Dick.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Horsey have op-
ened a store in Brucefield, is the•for-
mer Simpson stand.
Mr. R. P. Bell, of town, paid his
fiftieth continuous subscription to The
Expositor on Tuesday, and was a
reader: -of the paper manyyears be-
fore that when he was under his
father's roof.
Seaforth Public School was present-
ed with a beautiful case of stuffed
birds by Mr. Jas. Watson.
Patrick Jordan, Hibbert; Sarah Giv-
lin, Seaforth; R. S. Aitken, Logan;
Robert,A. Hogg and George Dundas,
McKillop; George Bell, Ross McLean,
J. B. McLean and ,Wm. Broadfoot,
Tuckersmith, were among those who
held auction sales recently.
The annual local bonspiel of Sea -
forth Curling Club for the Lyon tro-
phy, was held on Thursday oe last
week. The preliminary was as fol -0
lows: C. Aberhart, D. Reid, J. Brod-
erick, J. Beattie, skip, 8; William
Elcoat, W. Smith, Dr. Bechely, J.
Dick 7. Those in the first round were
W. J. Duncan, C. Holmes, O'. Dick, E.
H. Close, Thos. Dickson, T. S. Smith,
W. Anent, R. E. MacKenzie, Robert
Boyd, Chas. Stewart, Robt. Smith, C.
P. Sills, J. McIntosh, R. E. Bright, E.
Umbach, Wm. Hartry, F. Robinson,
K. M. McLean, Robt. Archibald, Gor-
don Dick, W. E. Kerslake, A. D. Suth-
erland, Dr. H. H. Ros, M. McPhee and
R. J. Sproat. The final round was R.
E. Bright 10, W. Anent 6.
were not able to
until Monday of
f
s
s fat'r7 J. Boy%
I read a poem the other day by E.
J. Pratt which ran something like
this: "It took the -sea a thousand
years to carve a massive piece of
rook into a shape of torture, but it.
'took it only overnight to do the same
thing to a woman's face."
In our community there is a wo-
man who has had a very difficult life.
Her father was a shiftless type and
she was born ambitious. As a child
she didn't seem the same as the oth-
ers. She was working and reading
and borrov0ing books from neighbors.
Her high school life was a constant
'round of working and studying, and
she seemed to grow smaller and thin-
ner as the years went by . but
there was always a' pride about her.
It wasn't so much pride I guess as it
was strength, and a lot -of stubborn-
ness. Eventually she went to college
and came through it with flying col-
ors. Her career loopked as if it would
certainly be a -bright one.
„ Her mother took sick and she had
to come home because the father was
not capable of looking after the
mother. When that girl came home
she even roused her father to work
for a little while, but it didn't last.
He was too used to a life of sloven-
ly disinterest and she had to give up.
They were poor and she even start-
ed working for one of the neighbors
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From The Huron Expositor
February 25, 1898
Mr. Charles Smith, late manager
of Centralia cheese factory, has gone
to the Klondike.
Mr. R. Pollock, of the Goshen Line,
Stanley, has sold his farm to Robert
Elliott, at a good figure.
Mr. Chas. Williamson who is work-
ing S. McGeoch's farm in Tucker -
smith, met with a serious if not fatal
accident on Tuesday. He waskicked
in the abdomen by a horse and grave
fears are held out for his recovery.
Mr. Henry Edge has received the
contract for the carpenter work on a
handsome brick house to be erected
in the spring by Mr. Wm. Clark, of
near Constance.
Donald McIntyre and George Pat-
terson attended the meeting of Grand
Lodge of 'United Workmen at Toronto
last week.
A road of Seaforth young people
drove to Walton on Friday evening
last, where they were entertained at
the home of Lewis 'McDonald.
The following townspeople and oth-
ers were ticketed out of town this
week by W. Somerville, G.T.R. agent:
Miss Ross, Harpurhey, to Windsor;
Noble Cluff to Toronto; Otto Schmidt
to Harriston; A. D. Sutherland to To-
ronto; Miss Stobie, to. Toronto; Jas.
Ryan and daughter to Duluth, Minn.;
Miss Campbell to millinery openings
at Toronto.
Brucefleld presented a scene of ac-
tivity on Tuesday last when two car-
loads of binders, 'mowers and drills
and other farm machinery, manufac-
tured by the Massey -Harris .Co. were
distributed. Mr. Jas. Swbn, the able
representative, is a hustler and in
spite of keen competition does a good
business.
On Friday, Feb. 18, a very pleasant
afternoon and evening were spent at
the residence of Mr. Charles Dickson,
McKillop, who ,us married in the
land of the heather (just fifty years
ago. The family presented the couple
with a rocking chair and gold -rimmed
spectacles.
M. Y. McLean, Liberal candidate
for South Huron, held his first meet-
ing last Tuesday evening in the Town.
Hall, Zurich. There was a big turn-
out, the hall being packed.
Miss Annie it. Galbraith, of Varna,
has secured the position of clerk in
J. T. Cann's store.
Mr. and .Mrs. J'as. Speare, Crom-
arty, gave a•' reception to friends of
that neighboilieod on Friday.
P. W. °I'wedi"lle and Jamee Scott,
Who were Witted 'about a Week ago
by being throdtn Out of a sleigh, are
able to be around, suffering a little
from stiffness, and, sorenese,
Mr. Geo. Bal t%wlir, tlf tb'we, hag e'hal-
lenged G. O'r' ell, of E`ifgter, to a edit-
ing race for a purse of $25 or
*Ards_
for a part of each day to get a little
money: and still be close to the
mother. This dragged on for seven
or eight years, and then the mother
died. '
The girl married a local boy of fair
means. The years had been too hard
on her, I suppose, to face a, career.
Maybe it was just the security that
marriage could afford. Within four
years of the time they married be
was sent away to a sanatorium, By
this time she had a child, a boy. Talk
about the determination to win. She
converted the farm into a 'poultry
farm, worked from dawn until dusk
herself, and managed to make a pay-
ing proposition out of it.
In spite of all this hardship she
remained the same. There was a
quiet determination about her. She
was going to win, no matter what the
odds might be. I have never heard a
single person say that they ever
heard her complain.
Then last - summer her boy was
drowned while swimming back at the
river. It was her last hope, and yet
she has carried on. At the same time
I remember very well seeing her the.
day after it happened. Her bead was
erect, but carved deep into that mag-
nificent face were the scars of a life-
time of suffering and hardship that
seemed suddenly to have come there
overnight.
:JUST A SMILE OR TWO:
A bombastic man met his some-
what henpecked friend, whose badly
injured face suggested a recent motor-
ing accident.
"Good Heavens!" his friend ex-
claimed, "How did that happen?"
"My wife . . . !" the injured one
began. "Ah, evidently you haven't
acquired the secret of married bliss.
I never have a row with my wife. I
have no secrets from her."
"Neither have I!" the henpecked
one sighed. "I only thought I had!"
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A famous psychologist had finished
his lecture and was answering ques-
tions from the floor. A meek little
man asked: "Did you say that a good
poker player could hold down any
kind of executive job?"
"That's right," answered the lec-
turer. "Does that raise a question in
your mind?"
"Yes," was the reply. "What would
a good poker player want with a job?"
Arrive in Holland'
Word has been received that Dr.
and Mrs: F. W. Mess have landed in
Amsterdam, Holland, where the doc-
tor is taking a post} graduate coarse
at the Queen Wilhelmina Hospital in •
that city. Dr. Hess is the youngest
son of b r. and Mrs. Andrew F. Hess
of Zurich.—Zurich Herald.
Have Close Call From Fire Demon
"So," sobbed Nadya Oblomvivitch,
"Ivan Skarenski is dead. Do you say
he spoke my name as he lay dying?"
"Part of it," replied the friend,
"part of it."
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"May I ask what you son is roing?"
one club man asked another.
"But of course," was the reply.
"He's a naval surgeon."
"Goodness!" ' cried the first, "how
doctors do specialize!"
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"Darling," said Mrs. Brown to her
husband one evening,"I've accepted a
part in the next play to be given by
the Neighborhood Troupe."
"That's fine," replied Mr. Brown.
"What kind of a costume will you
wear in the play?"
"A bathing suit," she answered.
"Have you any objections?"
"You bet I have!" the husband pro-
tested loudly. "Do you want the
neighbors to think that 3 married you
for your money?"
Huron Federation Of
Agriculture --Farm News
New Price Set For Export Eggs
On January 28 the Special Products
Board reduced its paying price for
expert eggs by three and one-half
cents a dozen. Despite thia redue,
tion, the Lew price will be six and
one-half cents higher than a year ago,
say Board officials.
Under contract with the United
Kingdom Ministry of Food, the Spe-
cial Products Board has two buying
periods: Fall -winter, September 1 to
late January, and spring -summer, late
January to August 31. In the spring -
summer period, just beginning, the
Board will pay for carlots of Grade A
Large eggs prices which vary across
Canada but which are based on 46
cents per dozen at Montreal. In 1947
the spring -summer price was only
391/2 cents until May 5, when the
Board began to pay 41 cents. The
latest and peak paying price for the
spring -summer period is the result of
new export egg contracts announced
by the Right Honourable James G.
Gardiner, Jan. 2, 1948.
In the fall -winter period, ended
Jan. 27, 1948, the Board has paid 491/2
cents per dozen at Montreal. A year
ago it paid only 44 cents. When the
next fall -winter period opens in late
August, the Board will pay a new
high of 53 cents, basis Montreal, un-
til late January, 1949%
Board purchases of fresh eggs for
export in the shell to the United
Kingdom from Sept. 1, 1947, to Jana
27, 1948, total 1,383 carloads, compar-
ed with only 823 carloads in the cor-
responding fall -winter period a year
earlier.
Soil Types in Canada's Far North
In northwestern Canada the' Mac-
kenzie River is the main communica-
tion route to the Arctic Ocean, and
apart from mining camps, nearly 'all
the 'permanent" settlements are locat-
ed on its banks. The fact that gar-
den crops have been grow -n at these
settlements shows that where soil
conditions are favorable certain types
of agriculture are possible in this far
northern area. A recent soil survey,
made by Dr. A. L. Leahey, Dominion
Experimental Farms Service, Ottawa,
gives some indication of the extent
;and nature of the arable soils adjac-
ent to this great river.
In general, arable soils were found
at most places along the river in suf-
ficient extent for gardening or small
scale farming purposes. In the val-
ley north of the junction of the Liard
and Mackenzie rivers, arable land ap-
peared to be limited to areas immedi-
ately adjacent to the river or its prin-
cipal tributaries, bot south of this
junction, preliminary observations in-
dicatedthat some of the land back
from the river would be suitable for
agricultural purposes.
The arable soils along the 'Macken-
zie can be divided into two main
groups, namely the river bottom soils
and the song on the .adjacent uplands,
The river bottom soils are quite uni-
form in their characteristics along
the entire river and are the most fer-
tile soils in the region. Their high
fertility and location ad-iacent -to the
river make them the most important
arable sells of the Mackenzie valley.
The upland sells are more variable in
their nature, and while geneally low-
er in fertility than the river, bottom
soils, the better types can be success-
fully used for agricultural purposes.
Practically all the potentially arable
soils north of north latitude 62 have
permanently frozen sub -soils at
depths of from two to four feet be-
low the surface. Whether such a
frozen layer is beneficial to gardening
and farming operations in the far
north is a debatable point, but it does
appear to be beneficial to the extent
that it prevents loss of rainfall
through the soil. With the rather
low rainfall of this northern region
the presence of permanently frozen
sub -spits appears to make the soils
more drought resistant.
How Food Research Helps Agriculture
Muga of the work done by the Na-
tional Research Council in Ottawa is
of interest to the farmer and benefits
Canadian agriculture directly. This
is particularly true of the Division
dealing with food chemistry,
During 1947 research was continued
on refrigeration storage of meats,
processing of liquid and dried eggs,
and dairy products. Considerable
progress has been made on the Ger-
man Fritz continuous butter machine
with a view to its adoption to Cana-
dian requirements. This is one of
the machines used by the Germans
during the war for making butter by
a new and continuous process. Dried
whey has been tested as a. compon-
ent in sponge cake mixtures with
hopeful results for the baking indus-
try.
New freezing mixtures have been
assessed for use in railway refrigerap
tion cars, and two shipments of froz-
en fish, made from Vancouver to
Eastern Canada, using the newer
mixtures showed good results.
Fermentation studies, which earlier
produced butanediol from low-grade
wheat and surplus crops for use as
anti -freeze and ae a source material
for numerous chemicals, have been
extended. Progress has been made
in the fermentation of beet molasses
for the production of glycerol, Papers
of a glassine or parchment typo have
been made from several cereal straws.
A flash -drying unit for processing
gluten is currently yielding a product
of high quality.
Plans To Control T.B. in Cattle
Assistance to livestock owners in
the control and eradication of bovine
tuberculosis is provided under the re-
stricted area plan, the accredited
herd plan and the supervised herd
plan, administered by the Health: of
Animals Division, Dominion Depart -
tient „of Agriculture.
Of an estimated 10,385,000 cattle in
Canada, according to the latest of-
ficial figures, 4,275,742 are dealt with
under the restricted area plan and of
this number 2,082,663 were in accred-
ited areas, that is in counties or dis-
tricts where the number of reacting
animals has been reduced to one-half
of one per cent or less. In addition
there are 827,120 Cattle under the
accredited herd plan, and 488,336 un-
der the supervised herd plan.
A fire which might easily have end-
ed in tragedy was averted at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. George King, when
Mrs. King awoke about three o'clock
in the morning and smelled smoke.
Upon investigation she found the cel-
lar light was out and the smoke so
thick in the cellar that the light from
a flashlight failed to penetrate it. Mr.
King was almost overcome ,with the
smoke but he managed to get a pail
of water to Mrs. King who put out
burning clothing. An old fur coat and
some quilts, which had been used to
protect the water pressure system
from freezing, (rad caught fire from
the electric light bulb which had been
left burning. The only damage done
was from the heavy smoke, but Mr.
and Mrs. Ding were several days re-
covering from its suffocating effects.
Clinton News -Record.
Bad Break For Lorne Young
Lorne G. Young, of the Purity Flour
Mills office, and well-known sports
promoter, is "on the shelf"' for a
while as the result of a fall on the
harbor hill last Thursday. He slipped
on the ice and fell with his left arm
under him, breaking it badly in two
places at the wrist. The rest of the
boys will have to keep things going
until Lorne gets around again.—Gode-
rich Signal -Star.
Town Clerk Bereaved
Town Clerk S. H. Blake was called
to Woodbridge bast week by the ill-
ness of his mother, Mrs. William J.
Blake, who passed away on Thursday.
The funeral took place on Saturday,
and Mr. Blake returned • to town at
the beginning of the week—Goderich
Signal -Star.
Takes Over Taxi Service
Formerly vice-president of Hearst
Magazine Inc., New York City, and
more recently with United States
News, Joe KeHy has returned to Gode-
rich to remain here in business for
himself. He has purchased the Wil-
son Taxi Service, effective Feb. 16,
and will call it Kelly Taxi Service.
Mr. Kelly states he has plans for the
best possible taxi service and hopes
to increase the number of his taxi-
cabs when they are available. Mr.
Robt. Wilson, who has been operating
this taxi service, plans to move to
Halifax, N.S., where he has purchas-
ed a boat which he will operate in
the coastal shipping business.—code=
rich Signal -Star.
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Woman Gets High Post
Miss Eileen Love, a native of Mt.
Carmel, Ont., has been promoted to
assistant buyer of outdoor construc-
tion materials for the Rouge and
Highland Park Plants of the Ford
Motor Company, Detroit, according to
an item in the Detroit News. The it-
em states: Since 1930 she has work-
ed as secretary in the construction
purchasing. office. In her new posi-
tion she contracts for materials and
labor for new buildings and outdoor
construction work awarded outside
contractors. Miss Love is the second
woman to be named .to a purchasing
position by the company. She is a
daughter of Mrs. Thomas Love.—Exe-
ter Times -Advocate -
Injured While Playing
The many friends of Master Robert
Bruce, son of Mr: and Mrs. G. O. Brad-
ley, Fort Erie, will be sorry to learn
of a most unfortunate accident with
which he met on Monday evening.
While playing on his bed, he fell heav-
ily, striking his face on a radiator.
The impact cut the cheek badly, caus-
ing a very bad face swelling and com-
pletely closing •his eye. Fear was ex-
pressed by the attending doctor that
the cheek bone might have been
cracked. It is to be hoped that noth-
ing serious will result from the nasty
tumble.-4Blyth Standard.
Resigns Board of Trade Presidency
At a meeting of the Blyth Board of
Trade held at Lockwood's Furniture -
store Monday night, the resignation
of the president, A. L. Kernick, was
read by the secretary, Mr. Lockwood.
and in view of 'Mr. Kernicks's retire•
ment from business activities in Blyth'
his resignation was accepted. No suc-
cessor was appointed at the meeting
and the secretary was instructed to,
call another meeting in the immedi•
ate future with a view to filling the
vacancy, Mr. Verne Speiran was ap•
pointed delegate to represent the
Board at the meeting called for Thurs-
day night in the Prange Hall when
the community park project will be
discussed by representatives of var-
ious community organizations.—Blyth
Standard.
Ninety Years Old
Mrs• John Thompson, who makes
her home with her granddaughter,
Mrs. Mahlon Thiel, quietly celebrated
her 90th birthday on Tuesday. Enjoy-
ing
njoying good health, until recently her
eyesight was excellent. Lately she
has not been able to use 'her eyes so
much, but Is still able to sew a little.
—Mitchell Advocate.
Pays Offcial Visit To Brussels Club
District Governor Lloyd Edighoffer
paid his official visit to the Brussels
Lions Club on Monday night when he
was accompanied by International
Counsellor W. I. Carroll, President C.
F. Moses, K. Salton, K. Jolley, K. Mc-
Pherson, Don Cox, A. Jordan, F. A•
Campbell and Ted Fowler. On Fri-
day evening Mr. Edighoffer visited
the Milverton Club and was accom-
panied. by George Seigner._Mitchell
Advocate. ,
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