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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1948-12-10, Page 1.777 ria li7ighty nintp 'oar. 'Whole a-NMI6r 426 SEAFOR.TII, FI QDAY," J ECE BER 10, 19 INN•IG W CHAIRMAN HOSPITAL BO.A R.D� James M. Scott Resigns After Nearly Pour Years' Service. At a mueetip•g 'of the Board of Scott Memorial Hospital Tuesday evening, W. IL Finnigan; Tucker. OnOth representative,: was elected chairman ..qf the board,. He suc- ceeds James M. 'S'cott„ who •re- signed from the portion after serv- ing erying nearly four years. Mr. Finnigan has .been vice-chairman of the board and chairman of the- house committee. for. •some time. The meeting named Mayor M. ei,. Reid as vice-chairman, and M. Mc - Ream., who has served in the pose tion for many years, was; re-elect- ed treasurer. The office of secre- tary, vacant since the resignation three months ago of P. D. McCon- nell, will be filled' at the next meet- ing of the board. Members of the board are: W. H. Finnigan, M. A- Reid, J. M. Scott„ M. McKellar, G. C. Bright; rail, Ross MacGregor, Edgar But- son; Dr. 3. A. GorwiU, A.. Y. Me - Lean, Mrs. F. Kling and Mrs. J. B,, Russell. As a means' of keeping the pub- lic fully informed as to the opera- tion of the hospital, the meeting agreed with the chairman as to the advisability of issuing month- ly information reports. The first of these reports will appear in an early issue. • Mr., Mrs. H. Longman Guests At Winthrop urou. Reevesr ; . ;e .. at Polls Monday. •.. • • • • ' STILL TIM; While Christmas Is not far away, there is 'atilt time to select your Christmas -dards from the wide selection at The Huron 'Expositor office. Eaoh card is printed evith your name and the greeting you select. The cards are attractively priced„ • • • • • • POSTMASTER ASKS EARLY MAILING C. P. Sills Beginning 25th Christmas Season As Postmaster. ' Christmas mail for 1948 will be greater in volume than ever be- fore. The facilities Of the Post Office Department will be taxed to the utmost to give the public its •best service, according to Post- master C. P. Sills. To aid in the task of complete delivery by Christmas Day, the mailing public can help in many ways, Mr. Sills said, as he offered a few sugges- tions: "Mail Early! When bringing your mail to the Post Office, please tie your local and mit-of- town mail in separate bunches. If you wish, you may mail your local cards now, tied in bundles, and they will be held until Christmag Week for delivery. "Parcel Post is cheap and safe, accepted -for delivery in Canada up to 25 pounds •weight. Parcel post reaches people everywhere. Rates and limits to other countries will be .gladly given to mailers; just ask at the wicket. Provision for the affixing of custom declaration forms is provided in the Post Of- fice lobby," he said. This is the twenty-fifth Christ- mas for Postmaster Sills in the Seaforth Post Office, and he ex- pressed. his appreciation to the `for their "very fin eo-operation all through the last quarter of a century. A large number of relatives and friends met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Doimage Friday' night to honor Mr. at d Mrs. Har- old Longman (nee Mary Dolmage) on their recent marriage. Progres- sive euchre was splayed during the evening, honors going to: Ladies' high, Mrs. Harold Longman; gents, Russell Doimage; love Miss Leip- er and Roy Dolmage. After lunch Mr. and Mrs. Longman were call- ed forward and a complimentary address was read by Mrs. William e��,i;age, and Aare., Harvep.Doinaaee eaaafedi illeati: a`19.i't' 'a.tr_S9. '.a`.a"l,, money and other gifts. Mr: Long- man- made a fitting reply on be- half of himself and his wife, thank- ing them for their gift, and Har- vey and Ruby for the use of their ®tome. The Cavan Church • Christmas entertainment will be 'held on Fri- day, Dee. 17, at 8.30 p.m. A cor- dial invitation is extended to ev- eryone. Mr. and Mrs. Robert McFarlane motored to Almonte to visit his brother, Mr. Dave McFarlane. Mr. and Mrs. Sydney Dolmage have returned after a week's visit in Detroit. Mrs. Matt. Armstrong is in Stratford with her daughter, Mrs. Cole. Mr. Armstrong intends go- ing also Mr. and Mrs. Glen Haase and family, of London, called on Win- throp and Walton friends on Sun- day • District Farm Forums Are Active James Stir ig Takes God- . erich Twp. ' in Three- -Cornered Contest. Staffa Big Four Farm Forum met in the school house with 24 in at- tendance. Carter Kerslake was chairman for the evening. Three groups discussed radio programs. Eaoh thought that more Canadian, \talent Could be used, and would like fewer political battles during campaigns. Mr. and Mrs. Kerslake and Lorraine Cook were leaders. Cards were enjoyed, with Donna ?Glanville, Gordon Miller, Lorraine Cook and Bert Fell as winners. Staffa Farm Forum met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Bow- man, with Lyle Worden as chair- man. The members came to the conclusion that one local radio sta- tion could improve its programs, that they do not like soap operate but that they like the OBC pro- grams very much, also the farm broadcasts. Mrs. Arthur Kemp told of their trip through the West- ern Provinces this year. Cromarty _•_ Cromarty Farm Forum met in To. 6 Schoolhouse with residents of concession 12 as guests. A large crowd was in attendance. Harry Norris was chairman .for the eve=.. sing. The question of forming a stew forum, was discussed, but It Was decided to leave it and meet in two weeks be discuss it further. Dancing was enjoyed to music sup- plied by Don Scott, Angus Me'Kaig, Eldon Allen and Lloyd• Seradahl. Bredhagef►• Tice i;+arm Forum met et the horde of John Arbuokle this week with 21 attending to Midi/es the topic, "I Hear On the 3ladio." It was agreed that there t hound+ be fewer commercials heard, on the radio, and that the use of obaeenie ilatiguage' and stories' of orbits obtund 'be forbidden, Winner at progresliive euchre was Mus, Geo. Mogk and Norma, HetineWles, with. low scores made by 1VI)re. Norman ,I3ie1inewiea and Oaten' Hitt. • Huron voters in live townships on Monday re-elected their reeves for another year, In Goderioh Township James Stirling was suc- cessful .by a 'narrow margin in a three -cornered contest. In a heavy poll Goderioh Township voters re- elected one member of the present council and three new men to the municipal governing body. In Howick Township, E. J. Far- rish defeated E, H. Strang in an- other nother close contest; white in East Wawanosh Township, J. D. Bee- croft was returned with a clear- cut majority_ over Lewis Ruddy. East Wawanosh and Howick Town- ships also elected councils. Turnberry Township re-elected W, H. Woods as reeve, but his op- ponent in the race for the honors put up a . creditable fight: Voters in Turnberry also elected a four= Yuan council. Wingham-the only town to con- duct elections in Huron Monday - returned Murray Johnston as reeve for another term. He defeated Dun- can Kennedy in a close race. Stanley Snyder, reeve of Col- borne Township„ won the right to occupy the chair at the head of council for another year, when he defeated two other candidates,. Howard Squires and Ross Fischer were defeated in that contest. Dublin Friends Mark Entry Into Navy A group of about 2.5 schoolmates of William Costello, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Costello, gather- ed at their home on Wednesday evening to honor him before his departure to enter the R.C,N., to be stationed at Esquimalt, B.C. An address was read by Ryan Jordan and a presentation of a carton of cigarettes and purse was made by Frank Rowland. Fred Harburn supplied music for dancing, and lunch was served by the hostess and volunteers. Miss Rose Burns, London, visit- ed her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dan- iel Burns. Messrs. Gilbert Murray, Jr., Stephen and..Clarence Maloney and Joseph Mal..'e attended the hock- ey mato • '' Toronto on Saturday. iss orothy Rower, London, with Mr. and Mrs. Dan Burns. Mr. and Mrs. Nicholson arid ACTS TO PROVI( FIRE. PROTECT1 Names Committees To 'Councils of Seaforth• , Clinton, Hensall. Tuckersmith will move to work out an arrangement to provide fire, protection for 'tile township, conn• cit decided at its meeting in - the Town Hall on Saturday. Commit- tees were named to meet the edun-; oils of Seaforth, Clinton and• Hen-. salt to discuss possible arrange- ments. Reeve A. Nicholson pre- sided and all members were pres- ent. , Wilbur Drury, of the Drury Con- struction Company, was present andwas paid the final cheque, $5;692.77, representing the balance of contract of $a6,948.47 on the Broadfoot bridge. In addition to this contract, the township sup- plied cement, steel, land purehas- es and engineering. fees. The, treasurer was authorized to return bond of $2,010 to the company. In this connection, the Olerk is to request Township Engineer S. W. Archibald to provide descriptions of property bought 'from George Flewitt and Norman Carter. W.. S. Broadfoot, weed inspec- tor, reported on work done during the year- and was paid salary and expenses ef. $49.00. Kevin Morkin was paid"' 3581.00, representing 80 per cent of contract 011 the Wal- lace Drain, and Robert Tyndall was appointed to inspect draie. Stanley Mitchell was appointed to inspect the Mitchell Drain and the contract will be paid in full upon receipt of a report that the work is satisfactory. The treasurer was authorized to apply to the Provincial Govern- ment for the one mill subsidy on taxable assessment of $2,169,141. The H.E.P.C. was paid $220.00 for Egmondville street lights. Accounts passed included: Re- lief, food, $75.90; relief, fuel, $104; street lights, $224; fox bounty, $3; hospitalization, $2.46; advertising, $3.50; collection charges, e6.03; salaries, $149; postage, tax notic- es, $24; postage, $5; printing vot- ers' list, $85; Wallace Drain, $581; road account, •$11,291,00; premium tax collector's bond, $37.50: Council adjourned to meet far tat he stat tory meeting,en Dec. 15': 2 p.m, Blyth For School Trustees -Norman Hamilton (113); William Heffron (112); Howard Tait (98) re-elect-. ed; Bert Maddocks (83). For P-U.O.-George Hamm (109) elected; •Edwin Cartwright (102). Wingham For Reeve - Murray Johnston (284) re-elected; Duncan Kennedy (2_r!)). Fo P.0 -C. -J. J. Evans (402) elected; H. T. Thompson (10.7). Colborne Township For Reeve -Stanley Snyder (224) re -,alerted; Howard Squires (199); ,Aces Fischer (143). Goderich Township For Reeve -James Rs Stirling (304); Gordon Orr (293); Robert G. Schmidt (201). For Council -Kenneth Merrier (543) ; John Deeves 1526); W. R. Lobb (424) re-elected; Edward Gig, (408) ;- Wilfred, Harriten (271); James McMillan (182); Sam McNeil (133). Hawick Township For Reeve -E. J. Parrish (423) re-elected; E. H. Strong (391). For Council -Harvey McMichael (530); Warren Zurbrigg (504); Iv- an Haskins (445); Edward McCai- iun5 (315). East Wawanosh For Reeve -J. D. Beecroft (306) re-elected; Lewis Ruddy (205). For Council - Alex Robertson (328) , re-elected; Orval McGowan (320); Orval' Taylor (311); How- ard Catnpbelt (268); George Walk- er (226); Elmer Ireland (171). Turnberry Township For Reeve -W H. Woods (343, re-elected; Percy J. King (298). For Council - Wilbur Fralick (336) : Thomas Abram (326) ; Her- bert Foxton (317); John Fischer (283) re-elected; Nelson Under- wood nderwood (241); Cletus Rettinger (192) ; Percy Biggs (184). eafor TIIE VOTE- ,. 1 and 2 177 191 154 138 118 112 109 178 138 F, Christie )•*1. Close . A, McMaster . A. Ross Sooins E. Smith H. Sproat A. Stewart , T. Teall 1ted. te cast 1 „ ' er entitled to vote Ir cent. of possible vote daughter, Caron, Seaforth, visited with Mr, and Mrs, Harold Tomil- son. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Matthew's, Detroit, were guests of Mr. and Mrs, Michael Nagle. WILL RESIDE IN STAFFA Pictured after their" recent marriage in St. `i'honidta' Anglleafi Church, Seaforth, are Ma Albert Ross Smafe, Staff*, and hi# bride, formerly Helen Louise Cate, datighter of Mrs: Case, Seaforth, and - the late EdWtn Cage, The cot pie with re4Ide itt Staffa. • Will Observe 50th Wedding Anniversary Mr. and Mrs. William moment, life-long residents of Seaforth, are celebrating their golden wedding on Tuesday, December 14, when they will be at home to their friends and acquaintances from 2.30 to to p.m. • Arrange For Christmas Tree Here Sand4 5and6 TOTAL 136 113 426 129 n0 430 129 80 3613 97 106 341 100 129 347 77 94 283 95 111 315 112 93 384 79 lis 275 283 217 212 712 450 374 348 1,172 629 58 61.1 60.7 eaforth High School Holds annual Commencement Scholarships and Prize Awards Presented To Successful Students. • • • 0 • • The committee of the Lions Club arranging for Seaforth's commun- ity Christmas Tree„ has been suc- cessful in obtaining generating equipment to provide power with which to light the tree. It is ex- pected a suitable tree will -be selected within a day or so, and that it will- be erected before the week -end. Thos. J. Moylan Marks 87th Birthday PICKEREL Two pickerel, each weighing .9% pounds, and measuring 27 ;and 29 inches in length, were ;,the practical mementos brought ;`home by James Besse, of the Seaforth Creamery, after a •:week -end at Stayner. Mr Besse, . before purchasing the cream- ery some months ago, lived in Stayner. He caught the pick- erel while fishing on the Not- awsaga River. • • • • • • • HOLD PARTY FOR MR., MRS. DALLAS Thomas J. Moylan, McKillop Township resident, celebrated his 87th birthday on Saturday. Mr, Moylan is well known in McKil- lop where he has farmed all his life. At present he is visiting his son, Joseph, in Kitchener, and when at home he lives with his son, Mr. John Moylan. He is a past president of the McKillop Mutual Fire Insurance Co., and served for many years as a direc- tor of the company. THE MEMORY LINGERS ON A jolly good way to remember your friends and relatives this Christmas is to send gift subscrip- tions for The Huron Expositor. They are easy to order. They keep on reminding. You can send 52 weeks of genuine pleasure for only $2.00. And each gift will be announced over your name with an attractively colored card, to arrive at Christmas. 111 Use the handy Order Poral which appears on Page Six Of this issue. Newly -Weds Are Pres- ented With Purse At Seaforth Gathering. Mr. and Mrs. Preston Dallas were honored. at a happy event Wednesday evening in Cardno's Fall, when neighbors and friends y tetlured to Mark their recent mar- riage. Dancing was enjoyed with music by the Delaney -McQuaid orchestra. During the evening W. D. 'Wil- son, Brucefleld, read a compli- mentary address. anrl• Kenneth McKenzie, Killeen, presented Mr. and Mrs. Dallas with a purse of mdney. The groom replied in a fitting manner, and dancing was resumed. (By, Jack Wallace) Seaforth High School's twenty- fifth annual Commencement exer- cises were held in the High School auditorium Friday evening, A re- cord attendance of nearly 600 watched the youth of Seaforth and, district display various talents and receive awards for their scholastic and athletic achievements. Outstanding in the evening's en- tertainment was the Glee Club, directed by Mrs. John Stevens and accompanied at the piano by Miss Norma Leeming. The Glee Club opened the program with three selections : "Fire's Burning," "'Home On the Range" and "The More We Are Together." Follow- ing this, G. A. Barber, chairman of the High School Board, welcom- ed the audience and introduced L. P. Plumsteel, the Principal. Immediately following the long list of awards was begun, with W. J. Duncan presenting Intermediate Certificates to the .students suc- cesefuliy completing the Grade X course, the following received cer- tificates: Michael Bechely, Shirley Bennett, Arthur Bolton, Phyllis Boyes, William Butchart, Jean Caldwell, Marilyn Chesney, Mar- garet ,n Collins, Donald. Dale, Stanley Dorratic', Joyce .Glenville, Edna Hiusser, Joyce How, Audrey Hul- ley, Marjerie Knight, John Laud- enbach, Norma Leeming, Donald McClure, Frances McGavin, Gordon McKindsey. Mary Maloney. Shirley Montgomery, Sue Nixon. Hannah Pepper, Joan Ryan, Einma Sander- son, Robert Shaw, Mary Lou Stile. William Steph-ee,s�on, Leona Stev- ens. Robert Traketair, Grace Up - shall, Ruth Wallace, Joan Wheat- ley. R. T. Bolton presented Gradua- tion Diplomas to the following students who successfully com- pleted the Grade XII course: Mabel Campbell, Anti Del La Fran - ter, Mary Hagan, Francis Hiusser. (Continued on Page 5) 'STAFFA Personal.;: Charles Falconer, of Knox College, Toronto, with his wife and family: Mr. and Mrs. P. Pidgeon. Galt, with Mrs. John Drake; Mr. and Mrs. Ross Smale have returned home from their honeymoon and will take up resi- dence in Mrs. Frank Tuffin's house; Mr and Mn'. Alt'. Ross, Mr. and Mrs. 11. Macdonald and fam- ily and Donald O'Brien attended' the twenty-fifth annual commence- ment at Seaforth High School; -Mr. and Mrs. Don Tyndall and family, London, with Mr. and Mrs. L. El- l:ott; Ken McKellar, London, with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. Mc- Kellar. • S.A.A.A. Will Hold Annual Meeting The an'huai meeting of the Sea - forth Amateur Athletic Associa- tion will be held in the Town Hall Tuesday evening, according to W. T. Teall, president. Full financial reports covering the operation of Seaforth teams will be gin en the meeting, and officers for the coming year will be elected. Mr. Teal], emphasized that all who are interested in Seaforth sports should arrange to attend the Meeting. 0 ALL -BOY SCHOOL HAS XMAS CONCERT B. H. CLOSE POLLING IN Nh MAN CONTEST Two New Members . Are Elected in Wednes- day Voting. Slippery roads and the first snow of the season combined to reduce the vote in Seaforth Wednesday to 60.7 per cent of those eligible. In the last municipal election in Sea - forth two years ago, 75 per cent of the electors voted. First re- turns came from Polls 5 and 6 shortly 'before 7 o'clock, Voters recognized the manner in which Councillor E. H. Close, for two years ohairman of the Street Committee, had carried out a dif- ficult task, when they returned him for another year at the head of the poll. He received 430 votes and made a strong run at all three polling stations. B. F. Christie, who headed the poll two years ago, and who has headed the Fite and Water Com- mittees of council, was in second place, with 426 votes. He was top candidate in 3, 4, 5 and 6 polls. Two new councillors were elect- ed. James A. Stewart, being in third place with 384 votes, and Norman Scoins, in fifth place with 347 votes. Dr. E. A. McMaster, in fourth position with 363 votes, was re- elected for his third term, as was W. A. Ross, in sixth place with 341 votes. Voters in Polls 1 and 2 turned out 62.9 per cent strong to make the best showing, while those in Divisions 3 and 4 showed the least interest, when only 58 per cent voted. Confusing the municipal election with provincial contests, some voters arrived at the polls too.late to cast their ballots. The polls closed at 5 p.m. Voting took place at polling booths located at the Carnegie Lib- rary, Cardno's store and Seaforth Motors. Officials in charge of the. eiection included: D. H. Wilson, returning officer; C. A. Barber, J. A. Cardno and H. Trapnell•„ deputy returning officers; and S. P. Bell, Mrs. L. Bolton and J. A. Case, poll clerks. • Seaforth District Ministers To Meet Seaforth citizens del^ pant fieve,da9's' ere invct ,series of: accidwents ,., Mn b Sauvage, Seaforth; ,business ion, 'ed unconscious ere facial lac'-ratioua ". tripped and. fgll over late W<ednesdo,y afternoo; 'attended by Dr. •P'.. L; removed, to Seafi rig 'C fourteen stitches were, The barricade had bee on Main Street in front'({ ing booth in the 40;10 store, to' prevent. cars VO the area while the election progress. • Mother St James, music tea at St. Joseph's Convent, sallferea$ serious fracture of her arm wb she slipped en Main Street. nesday morning.- She is. in S4 Memorial Hospital. In collision with a eon/pine -r,Ont the North Road early Tuesday eve- ning, Miss Margaret Case received s, bruises. A portion of the combine extended over the sidewalk- and was not noticed in the darkness: Mrs. J. J. Merrier fractured -her, arm Friday evening when she•.trip- ped over a bicycle lying over the sidewalk an Main Street. t ti The Seaforth and District Min- isterial Association will meet at the Mamie, Winthrop. on Monday afterncen. Dec. 13, at 2.00 o'clock. Rev. D. Glenn Campbell, the new president, will be in charge, and will give the address, All sur- r:iu::riing ministers are cordially invited. Warns Of Danger Of Lessening Soil Fertility Huron - Perth Shorthorn Club Names Dr. M. W. Stapleton First Vice - President. Cattle producers should give serious consideration to the dwind- ling fertility of soil, Prof. R. G. Knox told- the annual meeting of the Perth -Huron Shorthorn Club at Clinton Wednesday. Beef ani- mals are not getting the food from an acre of pasture that they were getting from the same land at theen f the 19th century, said th� raker, why?cl of the ar. t1\h>eaieiry department at the Ontario Agricultural Col- lege, Guelph. "This province has been exploit- ed to a considerable extent so far es soil fertility goes," Prof. Knox told his audience of Shorthorn breeders. "We are not harvesting the crops that they did in 1885, or in 1900, or in 1910. We are not harvesting the hay, and . we are not gettlnr the pounds of beef off our pastures," The acreage of hay and pasture in Ontariq reached its peal( about. 1923, said 'Prof, Knox, and has been dwindling since. Ontario farms carried virtually as many cattle in 1907 as they do how; Ontario pas tures were carrying 1,80.0,000 sheep in 1885„ and are feeding only 500,- 000 00;000 now; the hog population was as great 40 years ago as it is now, even though hogs were then fedi up to 300 pounds, and are now us- ually marketed at about 200 pounds. There are many pastures in Western Ontario that have deteri- orated into thorn -patches, and many in Eastern Ontario that now produce chiefly devil's paint -brush, Prof. Knox asserted. "If we don't look after our rolls, Nattire will provide a coveaing of some kind." "There are thousands of acres in Old Ontario," he continued, "that don't lend themselves to dairy farming, IJnfortunatelyi The Christmas concert of S.S. No, 2, McKillop, was held Wed- nesday evening with a crowded house. The teacher, Miss Anne Brunk, trained the scholars, all of whom ate boys. The all -boy school is 'believed to be unique, not poly in Ontario, but in 'Canada. The boys presented a delightful program of songs„ duets and short plays, under the direction of Miss armee and Mrs. Wendorf, the Music . supervisor. The scholars are Robert Scott, Jack Strong, Donald Dodds, Robert McCowan, Douglas Scott, Arthur Strong, Sim - /tile Patin, Francis Hunt, Jimmie Strong, Wayne Doimage, Peter McOt ran, Jack McCowan and Jimmie Scott. James T. Scott sang a solo en- titled, "In the Garden of ligetnor, te''w." Therogram conded) With the national anthem. • TELLS OF HOCKEY GAMES IN- SCOTLAND Ken Doig, son of Mr. and Mrs:,,, Paul Doig, Tuckersmith, who is playing hockey in Scotland, tells of his experiences in a recent let- ter to his parents: Sorry I haven't written 4io you - sooner but I just couldn't And time. I received your parcel a fewdays ago and was it ever good to get some Canadian food! My landdlady+ ':. and the guys that were here went crazy over the. maple syrup and the honey. I hope that it wasn't too much trouble to get it read and send it over here. if you Veeite get me a couple of pairs of Helots, a.nd . sendthem over, I word much .oblig€d:, . 8s' m• girl. 2nir-•tern just about going crazy trying to, get a pair. She takes size 9. I , .. am only getting one Christmas present, and that's for you, as there isn't much in the stores over here to buy. I sent about 30 Christ- mas cards the other day to remind some of my friends that I'm still thinking of them. We bave a poor team in Perth this year, as we have only oi?two of our past 14 games. We tiedfour of them though. I don't know what is the matter with the teats, but we just can't win. There are two new players coming up from Eng- land to join our team, to that means there will be two of us go- ing home. I don't think it will be, me, but one can never tell. I'm third in the scoring for aur team. There is going to be is big write- up in the program about me next week, so I will send you one, It has been raining quite a bit over hem -lately and I haven't hair' -much chance to go golfing, al- though I did get out to Blairgow- rie golf course the other day. It is a. championship course and is really nice. Bobby Locke, the. famous South African, was out playing on it in the summertime. It is about 20 miles from Perth, and on the road back we passed a famous hedge of beech trees. These beech trees are supposed to be about 200 years old, and when you look at it from the end it just looks , like a high wall about 80 rods long. Nov- 27: I was up to Dundee on Sunday with Russ Murphy, one'ol the players. He used to play for. Dundee, so be knows the city pret- ty re(ty well and he was showing me the sights. You probably have heard that famous song about The Overgate. It 'goes something like this: "As I was walking down the Overgate, I met wee Johnny Sea- bie," and so on. We played three games this week and lost two and tied one - not a very good average, is it? I got two goals and three assist in the three games. I got a wattle of programs at the rink last night with my life history in it, and I am going to send one to yell. It is a poor picture, but it will littee to do. There may be a few ,little fibs In the write-up, but we cat,'( help that. I 'haven't got a picture'. of my girl friend yet, but I will seed ee t one when I get one. She is spy real. nice girl. My landlady Biro her very much and. I bring her around to the house on Saturday orgrkto after the hockey games. I ,stir, tot- ting The Expositor quite reg ilerie and I can keep posted on all the news, The fellow you met in cod,- erich is George Buckler, and 1 us- ed to take out the,.41ttle blonde that works in his A restal4anfc. That's how I come+ to knOW tdins so well. there are people who won't believe that." The Shorthorn business is on the upgrade in Canada, said Har- old White, Guelph, secretary of the Canada Shorthorn Association. Shorthorn registrations and trans- fers in Canada have -shown a 20 per cent increase in the past year, Mr. White reported. The 107 head at the regional Perth -Huron Shorthorn Sbow at Seaforth in 1948, Mr. White re- ported, made it the third largest regional Shorthorn show in Can- ada. Roy Nethercott, St. Mary's. was elected president of the Perth - Huron Shorthorn Club for L949, succeeding W. A. Culbert, Dungan- non. The presidency regularly al- ternates between the two counties. Dr, M. W. Stapleton, Seaforth, was put in line for the 1950 presidency when he was elected to be first vice-president for 1949. Arnold Robinson, S4. Marys. was named second •vicerresident. for 1949. The secretaryship, which also al- ternates between Perth and Huron, goes for 1949 to Ralph White, agri- cultural representative for Perth. Directors for 1949 are: Perth - Stewart McGillawee. Shakespeare; Lincoln White, St. Marys; William Potts, Mitchell; Ben Thiel, Mit- chell; George Waidie, Stratford; Fergus Lannin, Hibbert Township. Huron -Howard Armstrong, Sea - forth; James M. Scott, Seaforth; Roy Strong, Gorrie; Andrew Gaunt, Lucknow; R. M. Peck, Kip - pen; Wilbur Turnbull, Brussels. Roy Nethercott was named dele- gate to the Ontario Shorthorn Club, with Dr. M. W. Stapleton as alternate. Invited to hold the 1949 region- al Sborthorn show at Seaforth, the club decided to send a letter of explanation to the Seaforth Agri- eultttral Society, • thanking thein for the good- accommodation given the 1948 show'„ but explaining that the show regularly* alternates be- tween Perth and Huron, and that 1949 IS Perth's year. 4r "1 think rtt be a InIsitiees Stan. Judgin from the way fn lt omo•work stumps. the old Mane y diff'',•, ve to It ti'tr a €jinn• ,wr „r $ • a1. Wine