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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1948-11-12, Page 2h$ `i s60 can,,. Editor. jOhed. sit Seaforth, Ontario, ev- rsday afternoon by McLean Members, of Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association. �u scription rates, $2.00 a year in glee; foreign $2.50 a year. Single les, 5 cents each. vertising rates on application. Authorized as Second Class Mail Post Office Department, Ottawa SEAFORTH, Friday, November 12 Remembrance Dap -1948 'Thursday was Remembrance Day. The day when we recall not only the sacrifices of those among us who answered the call in the hour of freedom's need, but more particular- ly those who paid the supreme sacri- fice—those who laid down their lives. In Seaforth the outward symbol of the day was the ceremony before the Monument to the heroes of the First World War, erected nearly 30 years ago in Victoria Park. This year the ceremony had a particular significance in that it included the dedication of the names of those 20 amen from this district who gave their lives in what is known as World War II, which now have been en- graved on the monument. To many, the day meant but an- other holiday—another day during which one is not required to report for work. That this attitude has been prevalent in the district was obvious by the small attendance at Remembrance Day services during recent years. However, to the com- rades of those whose memory was honored, the day held a different significance. It was a time of self- analysis—of wondering whether the job for which the lives of their com- rades had been given, was finished. It was a time of reviewing the use to which democracy's gain had been put. To the comrades of those who have Day is or is not observed as a public holiday, is beside the point. They know that two minutes of true re- membrance can be more effective, more sincere, more real, than twen- ty-four hours of a holiday hollowly justified in the name of Remem- brance. They wish to be assured, however, that the reason the citizens general- ly did not see fit to observe the day as a holiday in the same manner as is ,observed other days in memory of other things, was not because of possible material gain. They want assurance that the sacrifice of their comrades was not weighed against the profits of a single day and found wanting. They believe with General Omar Bradley, famous United States soldier, who in a recent Memorial Day address, said: "It is easy for us who are living to honor the sacrifies of those who are dead. For it helps us to assuage the guilt we should feel in their pres- ence. Wars can be prevented just as murely as they are provoked and therefore we who fail to prevent them must share in guilt for the dead. I have not come here today to lconsecrate war and its evils for the sacrifices war has produced. For ev- ery wan in whom war has inspired sacrifice, courage and love, there are many more whom it has' degraded 'with brutality, callousness and greed. "Rather we are gathered here to take comfort and strength from those of our dead who have already given this nation so much. We have come to learn ---if we can—how men might live as charitably together in peace as they died for each other in war. "On this Memorial Day we pay Immo to the strong, the weak; the leaders, the led; the brave, the fear - 9 f : to all who perished where only xodcould wittess their charity to their fellow ten. rY ';, . ren,�ly. bit reverently, sadljl"— ionp " thein Werag.Y they will 3L restpea& eXn mbrau.,ce Day . a is a ral�;ch�- p al~ ' th our thoughts, :.,,t.ht X n OAU sour Ea i at ' ti) d by petal �� a � , their ale begin in Vain ;.a Life Insurance For Formers Possibility the life insurance, pur- chased'by farmers hasfailed to meet the need of ` the average farmer is. suggested by the Economic Analyst, a publication of the Dominion De- partment of Agriculture, when it points out that during the years 1931-1946 thelarge proportion of lapsed policies indicates purchases in excess of abilities to carry insurance. The Analyst reproduces a paper pre- sented by Gordon Haase before the College of Agriculture, University of Saskatchewan. "The pattern of purchases by par- ticular groups also indicates," Mr. Haase says, "an inappropriate selec- tion of type and amount of insurance in relation .to insurance needs. In the case of lapsed policies, the inflexibil- ity of premium payments in relation to variable farm income presents the greatest difficulty. The more suc- cessful retention of policies with low premiums suggests the desire of farmers for low-cost insurance pro- tection which, if combined with flexi- bility of payment, would fill a real need among farmers who combine the need for additional protection with an. unfavorable paying posi- tion." Mr. Haase refers to a survey made of 5,661 farm business records be- tween 1931 and 1946. Of these, 2,572 represented farm operators who had life insurance at one time or another. Of this number, 1,514 operators had insurance in force at the survey date. That is to say, 45 per cent of the op- erators had purchased insurance at some time and about 27 per cent still had insurance in force. These opera- tors contracted an average of 1.4 poI- icies each, representing about $2,900 of insurance, and retained 0.9 policies each for an average of $1,860 in in- surance.. With respect to life insurance for farmers, Mr. Haase suggests that purchases . should be determined by two sets of considerations: (1) The need, in relation to the individual and family situation, for the protection and savings features of insurance, and (2) the ability to make promptly - the regular payments .required to re- tain life insurance in fortep Y1ninte periocfs of depressed yields and prices, insurance may have to be regarded as a non-essen- tial and allowed to lapse. ra Radios In Street Cars ' Every now and then something arises that makes us happier than ever that we don't live in a large city. High up on our list of reasons, un- til now, has been the fact we could avoid riding in street cars every day. But now that somebody has sug- gested putting radios in every street car, we think we will move street cars to the top of our list. It is bad enough having to turn off radios when we come into our homes, but wouldn't we be in a fine position jammed in a street car unable to do or say anything about the menace that howled in our ears. The Financial Post, too, is con- cerned about the proposal. It says: "When the private citizen facing a hard day's work in factory or office finally succeeds in pushing his way aboard a local street car, surely he is entitled to what little peace there is still available. Jammed together more tightly than the Humane So- ciety permits cattle to be jammed on their way to the packing plants, there is mighty little privacy left for the average rider of our noisy, ov- er -crowded trams. "Radio in the street car would be a very different thing from radio in the home. On the street car there would be no escape." • Plenty of Snow? (Owen Sound • Sun -Times) Nice thought! One of the very best things that could happen to this province this winter would be to have one of the good old time win- ters, which. we read about, and which we experi- enced net so many years ago. Not pleasant to contemplate, but it would be a great benefit if the snow fell for days unending, so that it piled high along our streets, plugged our highways and generally disrupted d traIic Better still, of course if this part of the province and other thickly pop- ulated areas could just have a medium heavy' supply, and the really heavy falls would come in the lzortbiand. That sense of selectivity on the part of Mature, however, can hardly be expected. The forestry department people are :hoping for Plenty of snow. Tn: fact they would like it up to the eatres of the rangers' cabins, eo that rthoae poor chairs weuld have to digtheir way out, In expre s sitrg the hope they point to the tremendous losses In forest $ tiss Widthch occurred this siizntider.Tie cer,dla ration.sweredue i' n no ,9ma11 "part, to the i fi sowf . a1'C f. r Wil: e the d eVi ]xs winter, rang p r talat. and the iaok of rains ilt out, early past 'of the ?Beak*. THE HURON .13XPO$iTQR • PHIL 4SIFER o NOVEMBER 12, ` 8' LAZY MEADOWS • Hannigan boys finally came along and made an offer, and as Joe said, "I hated to take it. The first el thing they'll do is sell the house to somebody and then strip the Maple bush from the farm. Then they'll turn all that power equip -1 ment loose on the place. My father would- turn. 4i his grave if he knew j that. I think he knew every tree in that bush, and he wouldn't let the cattle in and every year be planted out a Iittle more. That's how those boys will make the price back, and in five years they'll probably sell the place for a song and it will be a poor grass farm. But what can I do? I can't go on farming and I need the money to retire on." There wasn't anything 1 could say. I watched on the day of the sale as Joe led the big grey team out In the ring. His face was long and, I guess what you might call bitter. I could see Mrs. Carr peer- ing eering oat the pantry window, and there was a sort of ache inside me. All the years of good and bad were coming to this, a sort of hollow and miserable day. I drove home and the chill of the Fall night seemed to get into the very marrow of my bones. It was one auction sale that I had no relish for at all. It was all sa hopeless, and I couldn't help re- membering one remark that I heard Ole Swenson say on the day the war ended: 'This thing will never be paid for„ and I front mean the national debt either." 1 suddenly understood exactly what he had in his mind. By Harry J. Boyle There's something sad afbout - auction sales. That applies in -par- ticular to auction sales which hap- pen in the Fall. Maybe, it's the grey sides and the touch of cbii'ly weather that cause me to have just a bit of a blue feeling when I go to an auction. That feeling is deepened to a considerable ex- tent xtent when 1 know that the farm is going to stand idle, or else be worked by one of the neighbors, with nobody living in the house. Joe -Carr sold out .the other day. His place is going to be worked by the Hannigan boys, who now operate over six hundred• acres of Iand in our township. That land was cleared. by Joe's grandfather, a good many years ago. His father built the stone house which, still stands. Joe built the steel barn and put in the fine stabling which is almost a model. In the normal course of events, young Ted would have taken the place over. Ted won't be farming it, however, because he fell at Dieppe. The daughter, Kathleen, married a storekeeper in town. Af- ter Ted was killed, Joe seemed to lose heart about farming. I notic- ed that he stopped talking about his stock and the crops, and sev- eral times 1 have seen him com- ing out of the doctor's office in the village. Three weeks ago at a silo filling he told me that he was going to retire to the village and that he was having a sale to sell off his stuff. He -put his farm up for sale and didn't get a decent bid, The Just A Smile Or Two "When water becomes ice, what great change takes place?" asked the professor. "Well, sir," stammered the fresh- man, "I think the greatest change is in the price." • The big railroad terminal was crowded when a shabby individual approached a wicket and peered inquiringly at the young woman on duty behind it. "Excuse me, miss," he apologiz- ed, "but do you represent the Trav- ellers' Aid Society?" "Yes," she replied. "Den, where's de freight yards, please?" rr • • Lawyer: "You say your husband is a finisher. What does he fin- ish?" Witness: "Well, just now he's finishing his third term in prison." • "I see here in the paper, science has discovered that singing warms the blood." "That's right. I've heard sing- ing that made my blood boil!" • "I can stay awake any length of time by simply forcing myself to do it." "I see. The triumph of mind ov- er the mattress." Huron Federation of AgricultureFarmNews • N-»_, ...•wo- oan-r OTTly-IVfaKe Most people have come to l�dgard cy 1 the honeybee as an industrious lit- tle insect whose chief value is her ,ability to gather quantities of'deli- cious honey which she jealously guards from pilfering humans, and bears—even to the extent of sacri- ficing her life in doing so. Others, however, realize that the true function of the honeybee is to pollinate those flower's incl plants which depend entirely upon insects for the transfer of pollen frrni one blossom to another. When the na- tural habitat of wild insects is de- stroyed, it inevitably results in a decrease in the number of native pollination, say's J. Corner, Domin- ion Experimental ;Station. Prince George, B.C. Frequently farmers destroy the nesting place of these wild insects when clearing land, and it is then that the hoae'bee takes the place of the wild insects in pollinating such inipoj•tant crops as alsike clover for seed. The presence of honeybees' will not infallibly result in larger crops. To enable blossoms to secrete!nec- tar and pollen and attract bees, the weather must be such as to encourage nectar secretion and to allow the foraging bees to make frequent trips to the fields. Much work is being done to assist farm- ers in the effective pollination by honeybees. In the meantime; far- mers would be well advised tb in- vite local beekeepers to establish an apiary on or near their fields. Farmers themselves could even start with a few hives of their own. The honeybee is the only pollinating insect over which 'man has control ant which is available in sufficient numbers to carry on this important work of pollination. Apples At Best When Well Kept Science has contributed much to the efficient storage of apples. Modern refrigeration can now be used to retain the full fresh flavor of fruit for a much longer period than in the days of our .grand- parents. Efficient methods of hand- ling the crop from tree to storage have also made it possible to ob- tain apples in their full fresh. Crisp and flavorable condition for months after harvest, says W. R. Phillips, Division of Horticulture, Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, If the householder is to benefit from these more efficient methods, care must be given to apples after they are purchased. In heated homes apples soon lose moisture, becoming wilted or s'hrivdlled. With the loss of moisture, . flavor and crispness also disappear. Heavily cellophane; h p ane or wide mouthed glass jars' can be used to advantage in controlling loss of moisture. If appI,es : are kept in this way, the moisijure, w.hioh would normally escape through small pore -like holey in skin, is held In. It should be reMem'bered ''•that apples are •ailve, The cells within the fruit are eontinually breathing, taking in ortYgen and giving .off carbonihxtide. For title d t re astir If glass: jara are used the tops s void not be BerreWeflJ oft tightly, If tights iy sealed the apples VAIL suffodato a'nu "MUerr ov-jcai ne' T[a'GCr9. • Correct temperatures are most important. The hest temperature is 32 degrees F., but 40 degrees F. (the normal temperature of house- hold refrigerators)c is quite satis- factory for short intervals. When held at higher temperatures apples breathe more quickly, using up their normal nutrients. To enjoy apples at their best with full fresh flavor, crisp tex- ture and high nutritious value, store them in a cool temperature and enclose them in a moisture re- taining container. i '. 1949 Outlook For U.S. Agriculture Each fall, the United States De- partment of Agriculture brings to- gether its economists to try to foresee the next year's prospects for agriculture. Naturally there is bound to be considerable estimat- ing at such a conference, but much of the outlook for the year ahead ;goes. serve as a guide to United States farmers. It may also be of interest to Canadian farmers in view of the recently increased ex- pert cf Canadian farm produc3 to the Srates. Generally it is the opinion of the economists that there will be no falling -off in business in the United States, and as a result, no decline in demand for farm produce. They do not think there will be any drastic fall in -farm prices, nor do they suggest any decline in cost of production. It is not expected that -as much Ar.+erican wheat will be shipped abroad as in 1947, and the carry- over at July 1, 1949, is estimated. at 275 million bushels compared with 195 million bushels last ,iuly. Probably more pork and less bPaf will be 'available. The record corn crop will raise next spring's pig crop by 15 per cent above that of 1947. The cattle population will continue to grow less, as it has for four years. Feed supplies are about the best in the history of the United States, and prices should be lower this feeding season than a year ago. The lower priced feeds may halt the decline in the number' of milk cows by the end, of 1949. The milk output is expected to be higher next year. with prices about the same as In 1948. The production of eggs is ex- pected to be ower in the first half of 1948, and higher in the second half, with egg ,prices higher until the end of June, and thereafter lower than in 1948. The United States economists forecast more turkeys with some- whatto ohickens and y lower prices. Consumer demand for fruits and vegetables will continue strong, but If production Is increased, prices will fall. The trnited States government support prices for the 1949 potato crop wi'lI probably b+ lower than for the 1948 crop. Output of fats and oil from f tlmited states materials will Il prdb .. , and be greater prices lower. The ercp'erta think that there . will,fo F ..: be a continued strong dezria,'hd r 'onite'd States wool, 0001Y li floret''' to srtceedt pro uotio 1 • Years Agone Interesting 'tains Picked From - The Huron Expositor of Twee. ty-five and Fifty ¥ear$ Ago. From The Huron Expositor November 16, 1923 Miss Olive Hackney, of Thames Itoad, called on friends at 'Crow arty on Monday enroute to Sea - forth where she entered as a 'pro- bationer in the ISeatortli Hospital. Mr. and Mrs, 'Thome Eyre, of Chlselhurst, have gone back to their 'home in Los Angeles, Calif., after spending two weeks visiting at the home of Mrs. Frank Ryck- man. Dr. A. R. Campbell, Hensall, in- tends having his office as a veter- inary surgeon in Dr. Hardie's ,block and is 'having repairs made. Misses Mary Bell, Gladys Mc- Phee and Mary Laing, of the Lon- don Normal School, spent,the holi- days at their home here. Mr. James. T. .Scott, of Roxboro, sang the solo, "There is No Death," at the evening service in First Presbyterian Church on Sunday evening, and was greatly appreciat- ed. Mr. J. E. Keating, of the Seaforth Pharmacy, has leased Mrs. Mur - die's residence on Goderich St. Mr. Richard Dawson, of Detroit, a (Seaforth Old Boy, is organizing the Seaforth old boys and girls in that city, preparatory to the Old Boys' Reunion to be held here in 1924. Among those taking over 75 per cent at Seaforth Collegiate Insti- tute are the following: Form IA —N. Cook, A. Edmunds, E. Leather - land, A. Archibald. Form IB—E. Nott. D. Robinson, L. Rising. Form IIA—R. Jarrott, M. Jackson, L. Webster, J. Archibald, .1. Alexan- der, W. Hart, C. Sherwood, I. Archibald, Chas. Sherwood. Form IIB—A. Patrick, E. Jefferson, W. Brownlee, E. Turner. Forpi IIIA R. Willis, W. G. White, J. Ritchie, C. Anrent, E. Godkin, R, Mc'Ker- cher.; C. Haugh, M. Black. Form IIIIB—L, Reid, M. Reynolds. Upper School—M. Stewart, B. Beattie, R. McNaughton, G. Hutchinson, E. Fee, W. McNaughton, R. Moore, Mr. James F. ,Hackwell and S. Forbes have returned to Walton after spending several months in c West. Mr. and Mrs. James Scott, Crom- arty, spent Monday and Tuesday with friends in Bright. Mr. Henry Koehler, of McKillop, returned home after spending a few months in the West. • From The Huron Expositor November 18, 1898 • Mitchell & Elliott, of Varna, have shipped 22,000 barrels' of apples this season. The Methodists of Londesboro have purchased a fine 500 -pound bell for their church. r. JIMMY 'HEM, - cession of Stanley, who has a fine reputation as a Shropshire breed- er, recently, sold to Mr. Hales, of Iowa, 18 of his choice sheep at a high figure. Between nine and ten o'clock on Monday night the fire alarm again disturbed the peace, but. this time there was real cause for all the noise The fire occurred in the old Coleman foundry on Main St. and in the part of the building used by Mr. George Fitzgerald for the man- ufacture of his hardstone finish. The fire did not reach this inflammable material and thus saved a disas- trous blaze. Mr. James Dick has sold his hotel property to Mr. Jacob Kling, 01 OST' ngh am. Mr. Russell N. Hill, teacher in School Section No. 4, McKi:lon, has been re-engaged for the year 1`599. Mr John Forbes, son of Mr. Ar- thur Forbes, leaves on Monday next for Victoria, Texas, where he in- tends to obtain a good situation en a railway, of which his unclee,yis manager. . On Thursday last Mr. J. D. Gem- mell, of Tuckersmit,li, shipped from Seaforth station to .Mr. F. H. Sc'hoales, in Algoma, a fine Chester White pig. He took six prizes at the local shows this fall. The Winthrop Cheese Factory sold their September cheese for 10 cents a pound to McLaren .Bros., Stratford. Miss Clara McKenna, the popu- lar teacher in Dublin,. has been re- engaged for 1899. 1Vir. Thomas Speare, of Cromar- ty, was in Stratford last week on the election trial, and from all ac- counts are likely to have a new election. James Workman, of Chiselhurst, has moved on 'his new farm near ,Hillsgreen. Messrs. Ryckman and Brintnell, threshers of Ch•iselhurst„ have 35 .barns to thresh out yet this season. Noah Sararas, Wm. Bender and Michael Meidinger have returned from Cavalier, North Dakota. They complain of veny wet weather in the northwest. Mr. B. Brown, of Zurich, has sold out his boot and shoe ,business to Mr. Charles Fritz, of Dashwood, who took ,possession On Wednesday last. At a meeting of the pupils of ,Seaforth Collegiate Institute on Monday afternoon it was decldet1 to reorganize the Literary Society for the coming months. With this object in view, the following can - Wales on the Red and Blue tick- ets were nominated for office: Red —PresidentD ce• Wilson; vi '• res. Lizzie Davis; secretary, 'C, Sauli- ders; treasurer, D. Mclfay; masa--, ing committee, ltuth Johnson, B. VanEginond, Maude Hartry; and T. Robinson; editorial . con ''tutee', Minnie Ileattie, Mabel .Goveulock, T,. Hodgins and G. I ynoh. Tllue-- Prealdent, to Deal; hIto Vice -prey.,. M. e+l'c 'raid s' ' re ,r ..o to �, 'Mara 'Mo, Kiftley, ttiradaiisthterber, I. sleety; ; rriailae, .Reatrioe s'eott, Clad Carte, Wilson, A :s., iVlc� Zurich Dairy Sold Mr. Leeland Willert, who has been the proprietor of the Zurich Dairy for soine time, has sold the same to Mr. Francis' Kipper, who has been an employee of the local bakery,and who gets, possession on December 1, but Mr. Willert will occupy the living quarters for the pfresent. We wish Mr. 'Kipper ev- ery success as the new proprietor of the Zurich Fairy. Zurich Her- ald. Returned From Hospital Mrs. Ed. Beaver, who had been at Victoria Hospital, London, where she had an operation, has returned to her home and is pro- gressing very favorably, and is able to be up, for which her friends are mucji pleased to hear.—Zurich Her- ald. Hand Injured in Accident Roy Couillard, Hensall district resident, met with a painful acci- dent while repairing a car when he ran a bolt and spring into his 'hand, the spring remaining in the hand. He was taken to Clinton Hospital where he received medi- cal attention and a number of stitches were required to close the wound.—Exeter Times -Advocate..; Receives Word of Death Mr. G. A. Hawkins received word Tuesday of the death of his bro- ther-in-law, Mr. 011ie Becker, of New Hamburg, who passed away following an illness that lasted about siv years. He is survived by his bereaved widow, (nee Hazel Browning), a former resident of Exeter; one son, Robert, at home,' and one daughter, Mrs. A. J. Tay- lor, of London.—Exeter Times -Ad- vocate. Two D.P.'s Employed At Hospital Two young ladies from Latvia on the Balkan Sea, arrived in Wing - ham last Friday and are employed as domestics at the Wingham Gen- eral Hospital. Miss Diana Sokolovs is ,20, and Miss Arya Osols, 23. Both understand English fairly well and seem very happy to be in this country.—Wingham Advance -Times. Dr. R. C. and Mrs. Redmond leave this week -end for St. Peters- burg, Florida, where they will spend the winter months.—Wing- ham Advance -Times. - Ripe Raspberries Mr. George Brown picked ripe raspberries from his patch on October 27, and to prove it his daughter brought a branch of them to the Standard Offee for sampling. A mild spell er weather the past few weeks is undoubtedly respon- sible for the ripe berries.—Blyth Sta-traara: Held Lucky Ticket Mrs. Stuart Durward was one of the lucky winners of prizes award- ed by St. Joseph's Church, Clinton, at a draw held Wednesday night of last week. The prize winning ticket, which was good for $10 in mash, was sold by Mrs. J. C. Hel- ton, Blyth.—Blyth Standard. Anniversary is Successful Clinton Presbyterian Church ob- served successful anniversary ser- vices' Sunday morning arYd even- inf, St. Paul's Anglican and Wes- ley -Willis and Ontario St. United Churches withdrawing their even- ing services in recognition. The minister, Rev., D. J. Lane, conduct- ed both services and extend'ed a welcome to the special preacher, Rev. Dogaid R. Sinclair, who has. been at Exeter since May. His morning text was from Zacbariah,• and his evening tet was' from Acts. 1:1, Special inueic. waa :provided at both services by the choir un- der the direetl4n of •Mrs. Bert: Boyes. In the morning Mr. and Mrs. sures sang a duet, "Still With Thee," and the choir sang an anthem, "What Are heaeV' lir' the evening a male ,quail ttft slating tt-- sisting of Bert Boyes, William J. Murch, Frank lVIutob and NtrOliaiu F', Cook, rendered, "In the: Garden," Master Beverley. Boyes, boy so- prano, sang "Holy 'City," and vi'o-. lin offertory was'pla ed+, by Bert Boyes. The choir rendered. an an- them, "Thou Crpwnest' the Yeas,," Mrs. Frank . Mitch taking a con- tralto solo part and Mrs. D. J. Lane a soprano solo part. Ralph Henderson, of Goderich, baritone, sang a solo, "The Earth is the Lord's."—Clinton News -Record.. Nearly 900 Attend Bingo Last Wednesday night about 860' people were .packed into Crystal' Palace for.the first monster bingo - to be staged here. It was, a Cham-• ber of Commerce venture that prov-• ed successful beyond their expecta- tions. President Alvin. Tordan call- ed the numbers while he 'had a great crowd of workers. Climax- ing the twenty games was the.$100' prize shared by Mrs. A. J. hickey, Mitchell, and. Frank Goforth, Strat- ford. There were special games too, with Mrs. P. Harlow, Mitchell,. winning the radio, and Gladys Hen- derson, R.R. 1, Mitchell, the pres- sure cooker. The line-up began at seven o'clock and finally reached from the Palace to Jolley's house. By eight the Palace was nearly fill- ed, with games scheduled for an hour laler. They say about 100' were turned away. The entire pro- ceeds go towards the Mitchell 'Citi-• zen's .Band.—Mitchell Advocate. High School Teachers Honored: R. R. Bailie, of the Mitchell High School District staff, was elected! vice-president of District No. 4 On- tario Secondary Teachers' f•'edera-- tion at their annual meeting in St. Marys on Saturday. He will serve' as conusellor. Miss Ruby Marriott, also of this staff, was named dele- gate to the annual provincial as- sembly at Toronto during the Christmas vacation. At the close of the morning session a minute's silence was observed in memory of the late Rev. Mother Francis; Clare, former principal of Dublin Continu- ation School, who died early this year.=Mitchell Advocate. 'Off For the Hunt With the deer hunting season in the Muskoka district opening offic- ially Monday, a party of nine hunt- ers from Goderich and two ex -resi- dents of 'Goderich, are heading for Irosseau xraau --cr rr nines suutn or. Parry Soiind, on ',Saturday, to be' ready for the opening gun, They are W. C. Attridge, Dr. J. ,M. Gra- ham, R. C. Hays, K:C., Jas. Don- aldson, Jack Gardner, Wm. Wood•. Austin Purdy, Ed. Williams and El- mer Cranston, of Goderich. Rev. R. H. Turnbull, of Toronto, and Dr. John See, of Malton. The group is known as the North Street Hunt- ing Club.—Goderich ,SignalStar. Sister Passes in West Mr. Baxter McArter received word on Monday that his sister. Miss Margaret McArter, had pass- ed away in hospital at Deloraine. Ma -n. She conducted a business in Brussels some years before moving to the West.• The funeral took place on Tuesday from her home at Hartney, Man—Blyth Standard. Rockets to the Moon ( By Guy Halferty in the Boston Monitor) As fantastic as it may sound,. there are some earnest young men in this respectable community who talk matter-of-factly about going to the moon. And they sound as.if they mean it. Visionaries? Perhaps. At any rate, they're building rockets, in- venting new kinds of propellants, testing parachute releases, and, giving public lectures to capacity crowds every month in the Glen- dale Public Library. "They" are the members of the Reaction Research Society, one of the country's very few non-mili- tary rocket research groups. In a few years you may be reading their names as they shove off for the moon, because they talk as if they quite intend to make the jaunt, In their most recent lecture, members of the society unveiled a spectacular idea —• with artist's' drawings to illustrate it. — for es- tablishing "space stations" between here and the moon, where .inter- planetary travellers could refuel and stretch•their legs. These space stations would hov- er about 24,000 miles above :the earth. Since they would be trav- elling but little faster than the earth's speed, in an orbit circling our planet, they would remain "stationary" above any given point. Thus any'city couldr have its' own space station—if p it really felt a burning need for one The idea has its practical side, explained one of the society's• youthful lecturers, Arthur Louts Jo4tzei ll. For instance, he said, a space station at that distance would prove invaluable in warning earthlings of weather conditions. An observer with, a trciverful tele scope u p would be able'to sprit; move- ments of ice field's in 'the Verdi Atlantic. Ile could 'See' t • ilecti yp o mulcting in. the ,South l?,eoigef hit ie `fte. i Loa; edi'tt; 'al coXiii`ttittee bay' le f' a s n the �Caribbeir :an: f r and GRIXe" ie a •.ie. e , � ti a as n h . Hem s+� f h+y p.= p r 1 y iVl Mott. ' mist how 10 044 shaCo stations would be built, or how they would be placed in their proper slot in the sky, was not revealed at this. lecture, The rocket researchers broached the idea, as other youth- ful airmen 30 years ago predicted four -engine planes that would' carry 50 passengers. Sending a rocket to the moon and back is a project not more' than a very few years away, say the society's members. George. James, president and founder of .the organization, states that it's only a matter of financing, arous- ing interest, and conducting more research along present lines. The 90 members of the society' build experimental rockets which have been fired in southern Cali- fornia's remote desert areas. The purpose of these rockets is to .pro vide the data—on such tliings as release mechanisms, propellants, and other items—necessary before large-scale interplanetary space' ships dare be attempted. These young men feel that theirs is an important contribution to the future development of rockets.. They point out that, while the mili- tary has the money and the scien-- tiflc equipment to accomplish great things in rocket experimentation, this effort is being. directed to the :building of war weapons: Thus it remains for whatever :private en- terprise that exists to concentrate' on rocket ships for interpianetaryt travel,' Mr. James 'says, Which brings the reader to a sig- nificant point: Why go to such' great trouble to build space ships, anyway? Well, replies Mr. Joquel, all the: earth's adventure spots have by now been, discovered and larded' With billboards, There's. literally" "no place on earth" for the wati- dering wou'l'd be discoverer to ga these w da y. If he Wants ants to get his cltrota of thrills troth .now on, he'll •have to get out 'of thin world. Still .another other ls'eifit .. There are. •'undeubtedlst valuable nulilor'aln ting the zaoot.