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SEAFORTH, Friday, April 16, 1948
Other Towns Take Note
The Kincardine 'News recently
said: "That 'New Look' which Kin-
cardine is getting for its ,hundredth
year will be extended to take in
streets and dwellings."
To that end the town council at its
last meeting approved the purchase
of signs bearing the names of the
streets, and residence numbers will
also be bought.
The type of sign shown and ap-
proved by the council is blue with
white lettering, and according to ex-
perts, has a high degree of visibility
under artificial lights, as well as in
the daytime. Posts of uniform height
are being procured• on which to erect
the signs, and it is expected the signs
will be in place within a month.
Besides being a tourist town on
Lake Huron, Kincardine this sum-
mer will hold a big centennial cele-
bration which, no doubt, will bring
thousands of old boys and girls, as
well as many others, from all parts
of Canada and beyond, home again,
to celebrate the town's one hundredth
birthday.
That is possibly why the town
council came to its decision so
promptly, as the question had been
under discussion at othei- times,
but
no action had ever been taken. This
year the town authorities were anx-
ious that strangers to the municipal-
ity would have no trouble finding
their destinations when the streets
were plainly marked.
There are no other towns in this
part of Ontario holding centennial
celebrations either this year or next,
or possibly for some years to come,
but every town of every size should
step in behind Kincardine and follow
its progressive example.
The average citizen or council of a
town is too much inclined to the be-
lief that if the homesters know the
location of the streets, that is all that
is necessary. That, however, is a very
mistaken idea. In recent years there
has been such a change in the aver-
age town's population that there are
many new residents who know noth-
ing about either the names or loca-
tion of the streets in their new towns,
and learning to find one's way about
is a slow and tedious process.
As for the stranger, and in these
- motor days there are many, particu-
larly in the summer, the experience
of locating a town resident is so ted-
ious and provoking that a most un-
favorable impression of the town is
created in the stranger's mind, and
one that is hard to remove.
We believe that every street in
every town should be plainly mark-
ed. It is a courtesy that every coun-
cil owes to the travelling public and
to its citizens as well.
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The Butter Shortage
There has been such -a cry raised
• recently about the shortage and
price of butter that a parliamentary
committee is now investigating the
matter. That may help the situation,
or again it may not.
That there is a butter shortage is
very apparent. It has not yet, ih any
way, affected the country towns, but
in many cities, large and small, it is
impossible for many householders to
secure butter for home use. That
situation, no doubt, affects the price
too.
The reasons for the butter short-
age are not hard to. find. The Domin-
ion Bureati of Statistics tells the
story very plainly: Butter produc-
tion: it says, in 1947 increased by 21
million pounds over 1946, but butter
cOntiniptiOn itt 1947 was 28.28
potinds per cpita as compared to
#64: m 1946 when we' were
rAtiOtiOd."
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That increase ainOilnts to 464
pounds in the consuinptiun of the
• a erage 'Canadian citizen, Which
nie AS that 30'inllUon additional
pou s of .butter were consumed in
• 194 as compared to the previous
ye r. It is quite apparent, therefore,
that if 30 million additional pounds
were consumed, and only 21 million
additional pounds manufactured,
there could not lelp but be a short-
age at some time.
In addition to this, the fact that
production in Canada this past win-
ter dropped as much as 10 per cent.
in a single month, helps to make the
picture more clear.
The fact is that butter is simply'
not to be had, and will not be until
the cattle are put on spring pasture
and start a move of new butter to
market. And that move is not antici-
pated until about the first of May. In
the meantime we, in the country, are
just lucky, although we still have a
right to feel sorry for ourselves at
having to pay the price.
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Propaganda Comes 1-1,gh
One thing that has been disturbing
the people of Great Britain concern-
ing the experiment of a Socialist
Government has been the rapid
growth of the Labor Government's
propaganda organization.
In 1947, the Labor Government
spent over $17,000,000 on poster,
press and film advertising, according
to figures recently given in the House
of Commons. This is ten times as
much as the Conservative Govern-
ment spent on these things in 1938,
but it does not cover the whole ex-
penditure now being made in Great
Britain on information services. Of
the total cost of the Central Office of
Information, $6,000,000 is in addi-
tion to the above figure.
Nor, ate same time, does it in-
clude the $12,000,000 being spent ev-
ery year on the British Council.
The industries taken over by the
Labor Government are also turning
out their own propaganda in great
quantities, regardless of the news-
paper shortage. The National Coal
Board issues an illustrated magazine
which has already -sustained a loss
of considerably more than $18,000.
No explanation, hoWever, is given
why the story of the coal industry
could not be told as well, or even bet-
ter, by the regular newspapRrs and
magazines, which would cost the tax-
payers nothing.
Before the days of the Socialist
Government, all government depart-
ments publicized their achievements
for a mere fraction of that expended
by the present government, and
made a pretty good job of it too. --
Housing Values
The people in every Ontario town
and village, in recent years, have
learned a good deal about property
values and how they have gone up
and up. Some one buys an old farm
house, moves it into town, and sells
it for double his money before he has
it on its new foundation.
Some one else buys an old barn,
converts it into apartments, and as
soon as he has put in a little plumb-
ing, and spread a little paint, asks
a price that would sound fantastic
for a solid brick new residence just
a few years ago. But the realtor has
people fighting each other to pay the
price.
What has been happening through-
out the Province is told by the Fer-
gus News -Record, and while it may
top the record for property values,
there have been a good many other
deals in a good many other places
that are not very far behind.
Here4is what has happened to the
value of one house in Fergus, and
the figures are said to be correct:
The house was built in 1868 or
1869, as one of the earliest "rental
housing" projects in that town. It
was then one of ten on the same
street. All had cost $1,750, or an av-
erage of $175 a house. Material and
labor were cheaper then. That meant
that 80 years ago this house cost
$175 to build:
It was bought recently by a Fergus
man for $1,000. He covered it with
an imitation brick siding, painted it
all up, papered the interior, and sold
it for $2,800. Recently the house was
offered for sale again. The price
asked was $4,000.
ears gorLe
Interesting Items picked from
The Iltspositor of fifty * and
twenty-five years ago.
From The Huron Expositor
April 20, 1923
At the angual meeting of the Sea -
forth Golf and Country Club, the fol.,
lowing officers were elected: Presi-
dent, G. D. McTaggart, Clintott;. vice-
presidents, W. J. Halfknight,
J. G. Mullen, Seaforth; Captain, J. C.
Greig; sec.-treas., R. M. Jones.; audi-
tors, W. E. Southgate and J. G. Mul-
len.
'There was good curling on the ice
in Seaforth rink on Saturday morn -
r". Clifford Lowery met with ra-
ther an unfortunate accident when his
pony ran away and threw him off,
breaking his atm at the elbow.
Mr. W. E. Kerslakejiaspurchased
the old post office block on Msin St.,
one store of which he has.been occu-
pying since •hifeed store was 'de-
stroyed by fire. last NVInter.
A bad aecident occurred near
Bruceileld last. Thursday when the
children were returning from school.
troWd .0flhem were getting into a
deniciarat and ',ROW '.btoOtey'''WO
stepping over the front wheel When
thettoile'atarted. His fObt'eaatglit
the*lideVnifd ie was Obi:triad' around:
&veia1 t1LU before the halite" avia.
stopped. His leg was; . broken' and
deepcut inflicted. tbuldAhe knee. He
was taken to SeafOrtli Hospital
'Mr. IMin. DO*, Brucelleld, had the
misfortaiie to break a small :bone in
his ankle. He will be laid up for
some time.
Mr. W.A. Crich, who recently pur-
chased the •brick 'block on Main St.,
containing his own. store and the
Princess Theatre, this week started
the excavation for a new bake shop
in the rear of the 'block. The new
addition will be 32x44, two stories
high. At the present time Mr. Crich
is turning out 5,000 loaves of bread a
week, and when the new plant" is
completed this output will be largely
increased.
Mr. J. G. McMichael has secured
the Clydesdale stallion "British Hero"
from the estate of Wm. Colquhatin,
MitcheiL
Mr. Robert Bell, of town, has pur-
'chased 'a very handsome Hudson
eoaca awl Mr. Wm. Ament, a Chevro-
let coure.
Mr. C. Vollan,d haspurchased a
'dwelling property in Brucefield ana
intends moving linto the village.
Miss Emma Dickson, of Hensel',
very pleasantly entertained a num-
ber of friends on Thursday evenin ;
of last week.
Mr. Mervyn Coxworth, Only son of
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Coxworth, of
Hornell, left recently for London
where he has secured a position. on
the police.force of that city.
On the afternoon of Hensall Fair
Day, Evan Rennie had the misfor-
tune to get run over by one of the
exLibiting teams on Main Street, and
his leg was quite severely cut, requir-
ing a number of stitches to close the
wound.
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From The Huron Expositor
April 22, 1898'
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Mr. Frank Millson, the popular and
enterprising cheesemaker at Win-
throp, has secured a residence and
has moved in.
The fine bank barns of Mr. Thomas
Puce, in IVIcKillop, two miles east
of Winthrop, were burned Saturday
noon last.
The trustees of School Section No.
6, Grey, have engaged Miss Isabella
Simpson, of McKillop, as teacher for
the balance of the year.
Mr. Bert Williams, of town, intends
erecting a neat new residence on his
lot near Ogilvie's Mill. Mr. Harry
Edge has the contract.
Miss Hallie Coleman, daughter of
Mrs, Robert Coleman, of town, has
been appointed nurse in charge of the
new jubilee wing lately added to the
Hamilton City Hospital.
Mr. Josiah Watson, of Brucefield,
received a very painful Maury while
engaged in doing some work in connec-
tion with a saw in the mill.
About noon on Friday last Mr. H.
Fleishauer, of Zurich, came home
from 'the fields where he had been
working and found his house on fire.
It spread so rapidly 'that tbe barn
caught on fire .and everything was
burned.
Mr. R. Cudmore, of Hensall, has re-
ceived the contract for the brick work
on Mr. W. J. Miller's new dwelling
on King St. •
On Saturday last as Mrs. William
Wilson, Jr., of the town line, Hullett,
acid Miss Ireland, of Tuckersmith„
were driving' out the North Road and
when tbey met the Brussels stage the
horse frightened and bolted, into the
ditch; 'upsetting the rig and throwing
the occupants out. Mrs. Wilson was
thrown against a wire fence and had
her face scratched, while Miss, Ireland
esca ped injury.
Mr. Peter Dill bas leased the store
on the corner of John and Main Sta.,
lately occupied by Richardson & Mc-
Innis, and will occupy it as soon as
necessary improvements are made.
A large gathering assembled in
First' Presbyterian Church on Monday
evening to have an opportunity of
meeting Rev. Dickie, who will be as-
sistant to Rev. A. D. McDonald this
year.
Morley Habkirk has purchased the
ice business of. Mr. George Murray
and will supply the town this sum-
mer. 0
Mr. George Turnbull shipped a oar-
'ploraiddao; horses to the Old Country on
The farmers in` the Brucefield
dis-
trlCt are all through seeding.
Mr. George • Douglas, of Blake, is
raising his barns and shed and put-
ting a aoundation under them.
Mr. P. McIntosh, Hayfield, Who re-
cently disposed of the River Hotel,
moved away on lafelielai and the new
propellor, Mr. Miller, is making altera-
tions and im,provemente to the build-
itg in anticipation a a large Wrote
age of summer gaesta.
Mr. John Sealer, of Brucefleld, has
secured the services orMr. John Cam-
eron, Jr., of alaylleld, to assiet bfuii
during the nresal rush of blisitiOsa.
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"A LETTER"
There's nothing quite like the look
on a mother's face when she walk
out to a mailbox, with an expectant
sort of smile, for a letter frona,her
son or daughter and then finds '0111Y
a mail-order catalogue or a circular
letter. You can almost see the pain
in her heart, and sometimes therea
a pair of tears that take a daub with
an apron corner to wipe away.
But if she's like most mothers,
she'll say: "I guess there must be
some reason. They're probably busy,
and maybe there'll be one tomorrow."
Then the next day comes along and
she goes out once more . . . and no
letter . . . and son on. And down in
her heart she just won't give up think-
ing that perhaps they'll write in The
next week . . ,and that goes on for
months. Perbaps Johnny or Mary,
or whoever they may ,be, are out of
work or they are bard up . . . and
ten 'chances to one they keep saying
tahet they will 'Write toraorrow, bat
tomorrow is always' a day away.
'If We could See when we were
young,' just haw mueb ettar means,
are .would "Waite more 'often. We
aontlaciarneathen, Oaf soiree day we
may be in the Smile . . .
*hen an havesfnieirit'ofthree cents in
a 'Stan*, 'a sheet ' (Jr paper and an
envelope, cana'laing aleer joy into
our hearts. I hope that at least one
boy -or 'girl reads my humble effort,
and that they Will sit down and write
a letter home. The joy brought to
one mother's heart will be more than
ample pay for the little labor ex-
pended.
Never say, "I'll write mother a let-
ter tomorrow." As I said, tomorrow
is ,always a - day away . . . write
mother today. There'll be a smile
on her face, and she'll' -keep that let-
ter tucked away in her apron pocket,
and while Dad sits ie the rocker at
night she'll pull it out and slip on
her specs and read it. And when the
neighbors drop in, there'll' be a proud
smile as she says . . "I heard from
my son today." And you'll know that
there will be joy in her heart because
you remembered to write.
Last Opt I wrote the first part
of the letter and I intended to finis
up today' with an article of profound
importance. It was to be a great and,
scientific story, couched in. plaraseol-
ogy unknown to the ordinary letters
.of mine, and dedicated to 'taose schol-
ars who are laboring with pen and
pencil to bring Ontario out of the
Agricultural •doldrums. Ontario has
been saved that worry IV a queer
quirk of Fate.
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A window in the stable, immediate-
ly over the top of the chop bin, was
smashed in some strange way the
other night. I have my suspicion a
new baseball and bat were to blame,
but I refrained from saying anything
about it to the boys. In place of that,
I decided because of the driving rain
that was spoiling the chop, to repair
it.
Straining in every muscle I pried
the window loose, and intended to
bring it over to the driving abed' for
repair. I eased down off the chop
bin, and groped blindly with one foot
for thea overturned water pail to
break my step down to the lima- of
the passageway. The pail having a
substantial handle, had. two lugs on
the •sidee for holding the handle, and
the pail rocked back and forth on
this. It teetered wildly for a mom-
ent, and I swayed with the window
. . back and forth to the extremity
on both sides, and then after a tant-
alizing period it swooped down and
I went with it.
The result? The window was
smashed comaletely and the upper
portion of my skull dented in the
rock -elm boards on the front of the
horse stalls. At least that is what it
felt like. Pieces of glass were span. --
led in my skin, and my temper went
sky-high. 'Talk about control. I lost
it most completely and kicked at the
pail with no more concrete results
than to stub my toe.
I find it hard to get in the mood
fer a profound article, and so the
leaders are spared.
:JUST A SMILE OR TWO:
Jock was in an exuberant mood and
for two hours had been playing vali-
antly on his bagpipes, strutting mar-
tially around his two -room cottage.
His wife felt that she could stand it
no longer, and meekly asked him if
he couldn't be more quiet.
Jock gave her an injured look, but
was not unreasonable. Without a
word he bent down, removed his
shoes, and resumed his playing—
marching around in his stocking feet.
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The wbman motorist was trying to
novigate a traffic jam. She rammed
the car in front of her, then tried to
back and knocked down a pedestrian.
Then she tried to more over to the
curb, but smacked into a lamp -post.
A policeman who had. been watch-
ing her proceedings ...thought it time
he did something about it.
"Ali right, lady, let's see your lic-
ense," he demanded.
"Don't be so silly!" snapped the
motorist. "Who would give me a lic-
ense?"
A man got off the train after a cross
country trip, went to a hotel, and
virtually fell into, bed. The hotel was
situated near a railroad yard and all
night the long freight engines shunt-
ed freight cars around—crashing and
banging. Whistles and bells sounded
nearly all night.
The man fought the noise - until
about 6 a.m.„then reached for the
phone and yelled for the clerk.
"For heaven's sake," he inquired
wearily, "what time does this hotel
get to London?"
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Two motorists met on a narrow
bridge. "1 never back up for an idiot,"
snarled one of them.' The other tip-
ped his. hat, shifted into reverse, and
smiled: "It doesn't matter, I always
do!"
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'No,' said the club wit, 'I never
said he was conceited. All r said was
that if I could buy him at my price
and sell him at his own, I'd make a
darned good profit."
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A Safe Tip
Fire in farm buildings, caused by
kerosene spilled from an overturned
lantern can, be guarded against by
packing the oil fount with absorbent
cotton. The cotton will soak up the
kerosene so it will not spill if the lan-
tern is upset. When filling the lan-
tern, put in only as much kerosene as
the cotton will absorb.
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Warm putty
Putty can be kept warm and work-
able while being applied outdoors
during cold weather, by placing it on
a heated brick. Wrap the brick in
waxed paper so the putty will not
stick to the brick.
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High Consumption and Dairy Exports
Aided by controls, the export mar-
ket dominated the disposition of
cheese produced in Canada during the
war, but that lead has now been lost
and the domestic market has estab-
lished its position as the leading con-
sumer of all dairy products produced
in Canada.
In 1937, Canada exported 89 mil-
lion pounds of cheese. By 1942, the
figure was up to 142 million pounds.
In 1947 it had dropped back to 56
million. pounds. Part of the answer
to this decline Iles in domestic con-
sumption figure. In 1937, Canadians
ate 40 million pounds Of cheese. In
1947 they used 67 million pounds.
Concentrated milk products—evap-
orated, condensed, powdered milk—
tell a similar story. Exports jumped
from 33 million pounds in 1937 to 103
million pounds in 1945, then fell back
to 81 million in 1947, but domestic
disappearance climbed steadily from
105 million in. 1937 to 265 million
pounds in 1947.
The cause of these on -again off -
again eXports is the increased do-
mestic consumption of fluid milk, but-
ter and cheese. No important quan-
tities of fluid milk or butter are ex-
ported. Canadians ate 351 million
pounds of butter in 1947, a straight
10.0 million pohncle inerease over 1937.
In 1937 they used 4,284 .million pounds
Of Milk and cream. By 1947 the total
was up to 5,160 Inililon pounds.
But regardless of the ultimate use
to VithiCh the dairy product% have bent
put, Canada's dairy fanners have en-
joyed a continuing improvement in
the financial returns on their produc-
tion. Total values increased °from
$215,441,000 in 1937 to $535,740,000 in
1947.
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Frozen Fruit Pulp Makes New Dessert
Recently a new frozen fruit des-
sert as creamy as ice cream and as
flavorful as fresh fruit, was demon-
strated by the Horticultural Division,
Dominion Departtnent of Agriculture.
Consisting only of pulped fruit slight-
ly diluted with water and with sugar
and small amounts' of gelatine and
ascorbic acid added, the dessert is
frozen while being mixed: and aerated
by a paddle beater. Although entire-
ly free of butterfat, it has the texture
of ice cream.
Prepared in this fashion, most fruits
retain their natural color, from the
pastel shades of melon and greengage
to the ruddiness of raspberries.. The
flavour varies from the barely per-
ceptible peach through the subtle
rhubarb to the raspberry, which tastes
-even richer than fresh picked berries.
The tart black and red currants are
more pleasing to many when served
with meats rather,than as dessert.
The purpose of the Department of
Agriculture in perfecting this dessert
is to conserve food. Much fruit is
wasted when a crop ripens rapidly, in
warm, muggy weather. By this new
process the fruit can be pulped' and
frozen immediately, and later, sugar-
ed and stabilized by gelatine.
Result of several years of research
by the Horticultural Division, this
product can now be • manufactured
commercially, as complete particulars;
of the formulas and processes have
been made available to the trade by
the Department.
.
The policy of making its discover-
ies available to industry is in line
with the Horticultural Division's
'earlier improvements in dehydrating
apples and, in fruit storage at law
.and high temperatures. 'Linder the
direction of M. B. Davis, Dominion
Horticulturist, the Division syntheti-
cally created during the war, the
Moist hot temperature of the atingle,
to study the problem of feeding fruit
to.atrrmctorsc
oripTsrainseaiatarnor
opicalgt
Farm
With the more general use on
farms of tractors, truckand gasoline
driven. Maehinery, care is needed to
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Avirarded Grand Championship
Teachers and pupils of the Brussels
continuation soheol will be glad to
hear that a former pupil, Ross Knight,
was awarded the Grand Championship
for showmanship at the College "Roy.
al" recently held at laemptville Agri-
cultural School. He secured a total
of 186 points, 66 points over his near-
est rival. Ross ds the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Russel Knight of Grey Towu-
ship.-13russels Poet.
Ferry Replaces Bridge At Gorrie
When the bridge at Corrie was
washed away by the recent flood, it
divided the village into two parts, the
north side without stores, and the
south side without a station, and it
was a five -mile journey around over
almost impassable roads. Lorne King
and Charles Cowan solved tha 'prob-
lem with a rowboat ferry service,
which they have operated success-
fully in all kinds of weather, taking
freight, feed, eggs and people over
without mishap. In this way the peo-
ple of the north end are getting pro-
visions and the south side also 'bene-
fits greatly.—Brussels Post.
Purchases Farm
'Mr. James Barrie, of Goderich, has
purchased and is now occupying the
Bowes' farm, on the Hullett-Morris
boundary, from Mr. Menno Jackson.
The farm comprises 150 acres. Mr.
Barrie has followed the carpenter
trade' for the past twenty-five years,
and for the last fifteen years has 'been
a contractor in Goderich. He is a mar-
ried man with four of a family, two
of them at home.—Blyth Standard.
New Cheese Factory Employees
Messes. Wm. Bannerman and Robt.
Hepburn are new employees at the
Blyth Farmers Co-op. One is employ-
ed as head cheesemaker, the other as
buttermaker.—Blyth Standard.
On Bank Staff
Mr. R. J. McIntosh, of Southampton,
has taken a position as teller on the
local staff of the Canadian Bank of
Commerce, replacing Mrs. Jean Har-
ris, who recently resigned. We under-
stand that Bob is a ball player, hav-
ing patrolled one of the field positions
last year with the Southampton team.
—Blyth Standard.
Celebrate 49th anniversary
Tuesday was the 49th wedding an-
niversary of one of Mitchell's highly
esteemed couples, Mr. and Mrs, F. C.
Hord. The day was quietly- spent at
their home.—Mitchell Advocate.
Honored on 30th Anniversary
A very enjoyable evening was spent
Friday last when friends and neigh-
bors of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Dow
gathered at their borne in honor of
the thirtieth wedding anniversary.
Lost heir was played during the eve-
ning and before lunch the guests of
honor were presented with a set of
china by the family and a wall mirror
by neighbors. The gathering. after-
wards sang "For They Are Jolly Good
Neighbors.'—Mitchel Advocate.
Trip To Bermuda
.Mr, Hay Schilbe, elder son of Mr.
and Mrs. MilfredSchilbe, arrived
home on Saturday after an ocean voy-
age of ma- miles, whee a,-,veral re-
served Nav!. m n v erechusk.11 to take
part in this r at tour, which was a
fine experience for Ray, and which he
shall never forget. Spending the week
end at home, with his parents, he left
to follow his duties at London, so
thankful to be safe' home again.—
Zurich Herald.
Aid Promised Power Project
In response to a letter sent by the
Goderich Board of Trade to Thomas
Pryde. M.P.P., for Huron. with .re-
spect to the possibility of building a
hydro power plant on the Maitland
River, Mr. Pryde has written to ask
for further data in order that the
matter might be taken up with Hon.
George Challies, Government member
of the Hydro -Electric Power Commis-
sion. Mr. Pryde added he would "try
to have possibilities investigated in
every way." The letter was read at
the Goderich Board of Trade meeting
Friday night.—Goderich .Signal -Star.
To Hold Unique Auction Sale
A unique -town -wide auction sale,
different from any auction sale ever
held in Goderich, is being organized
for the purpose .of helping the Lions
Club "Food For Britain" campaign.
All housewives in Goderich are asked
to lay aside any article in the house
they do not want as tpey go about
the annual chore of spring house-
cleaning. During the latter part of
April arrangements will be made for
trucks to pick up thee articles. Then
a mammoth auction sale will be stag-
ed some time in May.--Goderich Sig-
nal -Star.
First Vessel Clears Harbor
The first vessel of the winter fleet
to leave Goderich harbor this season
was the Algorail, of the Algoma Cen-
tral Steamship Line, which cleared
Wednesday afternoon for Sault Ste.
Marie. Capt.. Chas. T. Beatty is skip-
per of the Algorail and M. C. Tynnon
Is chief engineer. The Algorail had
no difficulty in the entrance channel.
In fact. the engineers who were en-
gaged in sounding operations found no
obstacle in the channel resulting from
the outbreak of, the River Maitland
and the breach of the piers three
weeks ago. Repair of the cables to
the fog 'horn, the radio beam and the
range lights' are about completed, and
everything will be in order in a few
days' for full resumption of naviga-
flon.—Godericb Signal -Star.
Observe Golden Wedding
Congratulations are extended to Mr.
and Mrs. William Coates, Exeter, who.
on Tuesday celebrated their golden
wedding anniversary. Relatives and
friends were entertainedduring the
afternoon and . evening. — Exeter
Times -Advocate.
Completes Course\
Mr, Norman Wainer, of Graham
Arthur's service station, attended a
four-day 'conference in London, spon-
sored by the AlcCall-Prontenac Oil
Co, lie completed a dealer training
Courso—Exeter TitnesAdvoCate.
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