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I AFORTH, Friday, December 17
Taro Many Plumpers ?
,,;$eaforth elected a new council last
week. Or rather, slightly more than
half the ratepayers of the town did
the electing. They were those whe.
:Were sufficiently interested to come
out and vote.
An analysis of the vote :l`dicates
that of the 1,172 eligible voters, but
60.7 per cent cast ballots. , While it
is quite true the weather was unfav-
orable, this does not explain the de-
cre'ase in interest from the previous
election of two years ago when near-
ly 75 per cent of those eligible vot-
ed. Perhaps the lack of a mayoralty
contest was, a factor, but it is hardly
conceivable that an informed elec-
torate would permit this to influence
them in deciding whether or not to
vote. It must have been realized that
it is the council, as well as the mayor,
that is responsible for carrying on
the town's business, and that an ill-
informed _ or irresponsible council
could nullify the best efforts of any
mayor.
Another feature of the vote that
was surprising was the extent to
which plumpers—the practise of vot-
ing for one or more of the candi-
dates, but not for the number re-
quired to be elected—were employ-
ed.
The 712 voters who cast ballots, if
they had voted a full council, would
have marked a total of 4,272 X's op-
posite the names of the candidates of
their choice. What happened, howev-
er, was that the total of the vote cast
for all the nine candidates was but
3,164. From this it can be assumed
that at least 25 per cent of the bal-
lots cast were incomplete and were
marked for only one ' or two candi-
dates.
Under the Municipal Act as it now
stands, this practise is quite in or-
der. The only 'reference is in the
"Directions for the guidance of vot-
ers in voting,” which is required to
be posted at the polling booth and
;wherein it is stated; "If the voter
yotes for more candidates for any
office than he is entitled to vote for,
his ballot paper will be void as far
as it relates. to that office, and will
not be counted for any of the candi-
dates for that office."
The Act ignores the fact that in
voting for one candidate only when,
let us say, six are to be elected, the
;voter is in effect casting a vote
against five other candidates. Grant-
_ ed that while such a voting proce-
c1ure cannot result in those who em -
,r ploy it, "gainiiig control o_ f a council,
- it cans onu frequently does, mean
That candidates are elected who do
not reflect the opinion of the elector-
ate at large.
In casting a plumper for a particu-
lar candidate, the voter indicates
that he is not c lncerned with elect-
ing the best council, having regard
to the welfare of the municipality,
be it town or township, but with the
electing of the candidate of his
choice at all costs. This selfish atti-
tude can be overcome only by amend-
ments designed to ensure that the
entire council be elected by all the
electorate—or at least, that portion
of it that votes. It would seem de.:
Sirable that the Municipal Act be
amended to this effect.
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Army, founclland Pact Signed
Canada will have a tenth province.
Tie* agreement providing for the
entry of Newfoundland and its
Labrador territory: as, a Province of
o Mnion of Canada on March
has :beez;si gnd by p
re res-
a of the, two countries. It
'11 that the .ceremony took
C
�t
Ann vrsaM of the'
signing of the Statute of Westluirk-
sten, which, e4talblished a status of
equality^'azl ong the members, of the
itisb Caon*eaith. The ink-
tand. used -by the . i"' ihers of Con-
federation at the (11,1ebee !Conference
in 1864 was agar, Wought into use.
That tNewfoundland
weentry ofNls
will create problems, not only there
but in :Canada,isagreed. eed. A strong
anti-uuion element in the Island is
active in itsopposition .osition to confedera-
tion. But after a democratic de-
termining of the wishes of the peo-
ple of the Island, the',majority ex-
pressed a desire for union. That the
co-operation of the minority group„is
a necessity to a successful working
out of the problem of assimilation of
Newfoundland within the Dominion
goes without saying. At the same
time, it is equally important that the
citizens of Canada realize the prob-
lems of their new fellow citizens and
treat those problems in a realistic
manner in relation to the conditions
that create them.
Newfoundland proper has an area
of 42,000 square miles. Labrador is
an area of 110,000 square miles. Add-
ed to Canada, they make this Domin-
ion larger than the continent of Eur-
ope. They bring only 320,000 people
into confederation but with them
comes a distinct national culture.
More than 98 per cent of the people
of Newfoundland are native-born.
People of English descent make up
60 per cent of the population; those
of Irish descent account for 25 per
cent. A considerable element of
Scotch and French make their influ-
ence felt.
The process of union should not be
too difficult. Already there is in use
the same currency; Canada supplies
nearly two-thirds of Newfoundland's
imports. The economies of the two
countries have in the past been close-
ly related. Union should do much to
enhance not only the prosperity, but
the security of both.
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Conflict Between Farni and City
is Artificial
"The Scene From Shingwank Farm"
"There is no conflict of basic in-
terest between farm and city people,
buts there is a growing conflict be-
tween farm and city "interests." The
vested interests established by or-
ganizations which have been given
compulsory powers by governments,
have become pressure groups whose
privileges are conflicting more and
more as their power to harm each
other grows. By exercising the priv-
ilege of denying ' the right to work,
some labor organizations have vir-
tually eliminated competition for
jobs; by monopoly practices some ur-
ban producers have eliminated com-
petition for their products. Both of
these -practices have increased the
cost of producing food, by increasing
farm costs.
"Concluding that the privileges of
urban pressure groups will increase
and become permanent, farmers
have acquired compulsory powers of
their own over the marketing of
farm products and are fixing prices
wherever this is possible. All of
these privileged interests, both urb-
an an. rural, are see -sawing for
ascendancy. Most, if not all, of the
conflict between urban and rural in-
terests is artificially created by the
efforts of pressure groups and poli-
ticians to eliminate competition. The
means they suggest to end the con-
flict is to end competition altogether,
which would bring the disaster of
monopoly control upon everyone.
"There is no strong Canadian
movement for the restoration and
maintenance of competition for
goods, services, and jobs, yet the
lack of competition is causing high-
er money earnings and higher pric-
es, lower production per worker, de-
, clining personal responsibility, and
less versatility in personal skills.
"Competition promotes personal
growth and progress. Compulsion
destroys both. Unless competition
and personal freedom can be restor-
ed, the growing conflict between
farm and city will result in a lower-
ed food standard of living and ev-
entually unemployment. Urban peo-
ple cannot live by working for each
other, noir can farm people, but farm
People can exist with much less ur-
ban goods than enough tosustain
town and city enploynent'y
This is the kind of day "when
the wash hangs straight," ,as ,My
grandfather used to 'say. We keep
rocking"at the' calendar tei reassure
ourselves that it's really early' in:,
December, and then we look back
outside ands the day is muggy and
steamy with a sort of deadly grey-
ness about it. I am sure I have
no idea what that "deady" means,
but it seems to say. what I think.
After a lot of gentle persuasion
and finally a few harsh words„ my
wife has prevailed on me to put
up the storm windows. This, may
I say, has not added to my enjoy-
ment of the day, although I should
be thankful that there isn't wet
snow around' to complicate the job
on hand. I wish someone would
invent automatic storm windows.
You press a button and the win-
dows are off for the summer, and
you presh a, button and they're
back on during the winter.
On the other hand, I probably
wouldn't be able to afford them,
and so they wouldn't do me any
good but that section of mankind
that has money might profit. Of
course if a man had money, he
could get somebody to take them
off and put -them on. You can
plainly see by this sort of reason-
ing bow deeply I was. affected by
the storm windows.
Storm windows have the most
maddening ability to get mixed up.
In the first place, the chalk marks
that said, "North top left," seems
to have been rubbed off just en-
ough to make it appear south top
something. You tote the win-
dow up the ladder and try to make
it fit„doing a neat job of pinching
your fingers. You then try to
south top right and it doesn't fit.
When you finally get the window
to the north top left, you discover
that the dampness in the cellar
has made the window swell up so
Sy. Harry J Boyne,
that Just a sliver needs to be taken
Q. Mien, you remember that the
plane Is in the driving laked.
About the time you get the win
dow daha
way upploths laanddder,h, - yourvegone wife iplf-
•peers at, the doorway tosay that
the banker is on the telephone.
You get down and stand the win-
dow
indow up against the side of the
house and go in to speak to,the
banker, wondering if he is going to
foreclose the mortgage. He en-
quires about the weather and the
health of everyone in the family
and says, "By the way, will you
drop in my office the next tithe
you're in the village. The Lions
Club is planning a farm and town
banquet, and I would like to talk
to you about it.”
You go outside to find that the
pup has been in between the win-
dow and the house and that he
has managed to knock the window
down and break one of the panes
of glass. Everthing about storm
windows, as far as I am concerned,
seems to eventually turn into trou-
ble of one kind or 'another. The
east one is warped. There's a
crack in the glass of the south
one. I try to get the big one for
the front of the house in place,
and it slips and I find myself dang-
ling from the ladder hanging on
to the window and yelling like
murder.
My wife comes out and helps me
then, and the windows go on much
easier. In fact, she says that the
trouble I'm having is just part of
au act. I resent this statement,
so I go to town for glass and try
and forget ,the whole affair. Then
I see the Reverend Simpson put-
ting on his and I wonder with all
of me, what •he does when the
window slips and he gets bashed
on the knuckles.
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Just A Smile Or Two
In darkest Brooklyn a pupil re-
ported to his nature teacher, "Dis
morning I hoid a bold choiping.."
"No, Tommy," corrected the
teacher. "You heard a bird chirp-
ing.."
"Funny!" commented Tommy, "I
coulda 'swore it was a boid choip-
ing!"
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A man gazed- into the unfathom-
able depths of the limpid eyes of
the lovely 'blonde sitting close to
him. Acute anxiety was express-
ed in every line of her innocent
face. Every now and then a sigh
seemed to rend her being with its
intensity, and she looked into his
face as though she would read his
very soul. They remained, like this
for several minutes. Neither spoke
but each gazed intently into the
other's eyes.
"Yes," said the oculist at Iast;
"one eye is seriously affected, and
if not treated immediately, may
develop a decided squint."
•
Judge (to witness); "Was your
friend in the habit of talking to
himself when he was alone'?"
Witness: "To tell you the truth
your honor„ I never was with him
when he was alone."
:Huron Federation of
: AgricultureFarmNews
Farm Loan Board Operations
In the 19 years of its operations,
the Canadian Farm Loan Board; a
Dominion Government agency, has
loaned farmers in Canada $60,728,-
957. Cash repayments of loan
principal to March 31, 1948, have
amounted to $37,069,120. Present
investment in farm mortgages ex-
ceeds $22,500,000.
A considerable number of bor-
rowers are taking advantage of
privileges to 'repay their loans in
full before due date, it is stated
in the 19th Annual Report of the
Board. Since operaticas started
in 1929, the Board has disbursed
29.093 first mortgage loans and of
this number 14,300 have been re-
paid in full before the final due
date, and of 9,461 second mortgage
loans disbursed, over 8,000 have
been repaid in full.
At the time the Report was
compiled at March 31, 1948, 96.1
per cent 01 interest due on first
mortgage loans (by far the larg-
est form of borrowing) during the
previous twelve months had been
paid, leaving $43,093 interest in
arrears, of which only 15,410 was
in arrears for over six months. At
the end of the same fiscal year,
95,2 per cent of all first mortgage
borrowers, 90.6 per cent of all
second mortgage borrowers, and
89.5 per cent of all -purchasers
under Agreements for Sale had
met their due interest payments
in full,
T'lb chief purposes for which
farmers have been borrowipg front,
the Board have changed Seine -
what in recent years, Until a feW
years ago less than 10 per eeiit of
the borrowings were to bhy farms
or additional farm lands, but now
over one-third of the money is be-
ing borrowed for this purpose.
Loans by the Board are made
to re -finance existing farm indeb-
tedness, to purchase livestock, to
make improvements, including the
erection of buildings, and to pay
operating expenses, First mortgage
loans may also be used to pur-
chase farm lapel„ but second mort-
gage ioa.ns cannot be used• for this
purpose.
The maximum amount which the
Board may lend to any one farm-
er is $5,000 on first mortgage, and
an additional $1,000 on second
mortgage. Loans are repayable ov-
er periods of five to twenty -,five
years by equal yearly or half -year -
1y payments. The rate of inter-
est is 41/2 per cent on first mort-
gage and 5 ''per cent on second,
mortgage. First mortgage loans
may be prepaid in whole or, part
at any time after two years -with-
out notice or bonus. Prepayments
within two years are accepted sub-,
sect to a bonus equal to three
months interest on the afnount of
the prepayment, Second mortgage
Doane• may be prepaid in wirtile or
part at any time without .hdtide or
bonus,
i)uring the war years :the Num-
ber and Vitala
u
mb
ttt of the rostral
d'edIined•, hitt they bate been in-.
ereaehig sitiee the end of the war:
During the fiscal year 1947-4.8 cov-
ered by the Board's Report, 1,818
loans were applied for to a total
amount of $3,460,550,
inbreeding Fowls Has Possibilities
The mating of closely related
birds is usually avoided because
poultrymen have Learned that
progney from such matings may
be inferior in important character-
istics such as vigor, hatchability
and egg production. The explana-
tion of the poor results sometimes
obtained is that inbreeding brings.
together undesirable as well as
desirable genes (units of inherit-
ance), but when selected unrelated'
birds are mated, the progeny are
likely to carry dominant desirable
genes which mask the presence of
many of the undesirable ones. This
fact offers interesting possibili-
ties to the poultry breeder, be-
cause, through a system of in-
breeding and careful selection, it
should be possible to rapidly elim-
inate many of the inferior families
and produce strains possessing a
large number of desirable charac-
teristics in homozygous (true
breeding) form.
In actual practice, most investi-
gators have found that flocks
generally deteriorate when in-
breeding is carried on, but several
have been able to produce satis-
factory inb'red lines by culling out
inferior families and concentrating
en those possessing desirable char-
acteristics as the degree of in-
breeding increases. Some at-
tl?mpte /laVP b5ei1 fee* to produce
bigiliy inbred lined of poultry and
Cross unrelated Strains to produce
superior progeny somewhat in the
manner of the corn breeders who
have obtained remarkable results
in the production of hybrid seed
corn. The results reported with
poultry have not been consistent,
and the practice has not been
widely adopted. However, only a
limited amount of work has been
done in this connection and fur-
ther research is required.
A number of 'brother -sister =t-
inge were carried out this year at
the Dominion Experimental Sta-
tion, Fredericton, N.B., says Leon-
;hT Griesbach, in an attempt to
roduce 'inbred, lines for experi-
mental purposes. The progeny of
only two matings have 'been dis-
carded for high mortality. The 're-
maining families are being tested
for other desirable characters such
as egg production and hatchabil-
ity, and inbreeding will be eon-
tinned
ontinned with the best families,
MiI(feeds
Production of millfeeds' in 1947-
48 in Canada amounted to 869,001
tons, a considerable reduction from
the record output of 194647. The
decreased' production during 1947-
48 is attributed to the reduced
quantity of Canadian wheat mliled
during the crop year, which in turn;
'efieiots' the relatively low wheat
drop of 1947. Although: 'imports'
were somewhat greater that; us.
u they irorin a very
Mall-part Of
the total supply, arnonriting'
e,lin',t'oxi'matelly one per cent,
Inteire*tinp items; PIRl�Cci'F$r,.
Thal Huron.;Exp,O81-tor of Twen*
sty-fiv4 and.: Ftfti, Yearn Apse.
From The Huron Expositor
December 21, 1923
Among the letters received eel/-
corning
oncorning the 'Old Boye' Reunion
is one from W, J, . l ravynell, De-
troit, who says: "Hats off to the
Old Boys' Reunion Committee for -
Ale reunion in 1924." Also a':lete
ter from Charles and Alex Broad-'
foot, of Moose saw, who wi:1 be
at home any day or hour tc make
arrangements for the homecoming.
Mr. and Mrs. T. N. Forsyth, of
Ki'ppen, entertained: a number of
friends in honor of Mr. James Mc-
Lean, of Montana, last week.
While loading pressed hay et'
Walton last Friday, Mr. David Mc-
Farlane
o-Farlane had the misfortune to have
his right Ieg broken above the
ankle, both bones being broken.
Mr, Jake Broome is erecting a
new cottage south of Winthrop.
Mr, C. Bennett, Winthrop, re-
ceived over a ton of dressed fowl
last Saturday, which was shipped
on Monday to Kitchener.
Mr..L. J. ,dooby's new house on
the Provincial Highway, Dublin, is
nearing completion.
Mr. McTaggart, who has been
ledgerkeeper in the Dominion
Bank here for the past two years;
has been transferred to the 'Chat-
ham branch of that bank:
Miss Dorothy Wilson, of the Uni-
versity of Toronto, is home for the
Christmas holidays.
An interesting parlor meeting
was held on Dec. 12 at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. John MacTavish,
when an instructive address on
"The Home and School Club" was
given by the provincial secretary,
Mrs. W. Becker, of Toronto.
Miss Birdie Stephens has return-
ed to town from Toronto.
Miss M. Bell, of the J. MacTav-
ish store, left for Orillia where
she will spend the Christmas holi-
days,
The following is the report of
School Section No. 1. Tucker -
smith: Jr. IV, Olive Walker, Eth-
el Clarke, Irene Volland, Glenn
Bell, Elia Pepper, Nelson Pfaff. Jr.
III, 'Mildred Forrest, Stewart Pep-
per, Ethel Pepper, Harold Parke,
Ross Pepper. Sr. 1I, Ruma Wilkin-
son, Beatrice Volland, Clarence
Volland. Jr. II: Sandy Pepper,
Donald Walker, Russell Pepper,
Wesley 'Pepper. First Class: Em-
ma Warm and Helen Pfaff, equal,
Nelson Pepper. Premier: Harold.
Sherrilt, Charles Wilkinson.-- R.
Broadfoot, teacher.
Mr. Archie Hodgert„ Chiselhurst,
held an auction sale of his farm
stock and implements on Friday
last. The farm was put up, :but
was later withdrawn.
While Mr. and Mrs. C. Bennett
were coming home from Toronto
on Thursday night, near Preston
they had a sad encounter. A car
was upside down in the ditch and
when they examined it one boy
was dead and the rest seriously
injured.
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From The Huron Expositor
December 23, 1898
The following from Seaforth and
district passed the County Normal
School examinations at Clinton for
third class certificates valid for
three years: Margaret Daly, Bella
McNab, Fred Lawrence and Ed-
mund Geiger.
Mr. T. Andrews, of Constance,
has been putting in a new furnace
in his residence and store this
week.
The nomination of county coun-
cillors for the county council divi-
sion embracing the Townships of
Tuckersmith and McKillop and the
Town of Seaforth, took place on
Monday last, with Mr. A G, Smil-
lie, Clerk of Tuckersmith, return-
ing officer, presiding. The only
nominations made were those of
Thos. E. Hays and John B. Mc-
Lean, the present representatives,
and after waiting the required
time the returning officer declared
them both elected.
One of the most useful organiza-
tions in the Egmondville Church is
the Ladies' Aid Society, and this
year it has done more than its us-
ual share of good solid work. At
the last meeting the officers were
elected as follows: President, Miss
Maria Manson ; vice-president,
Miss C. A, Porter; secretary, Miss
S. Stewart; treasurer, Mrs. Laurie.
Miss Belle Bethune, who has
been teaching school in the North-
west, returned home on Faziiay
last.
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1`.r. John M: `Mc'l can arrh'etl•
home from Hartriey, Man., and will
spend the Wizite1' at his parental
home.
Mr. Edwa it McFaul intends en-
larging bis already extensive dry
goods establishment,
The seventh annual concert of
the Beaver Lacrosse Club will be
held Monday evening, Jan. 2, when
Miss Lewis, elocutionist, of Lon-
don; Miss McFaul, Seaforth; J. H.
Cameron, Toronto, and Wm. Mc-
Leod, Seaforth, will take part in
the program.
At a Christmas entertainment
held in St. Thomas' 'Church Sun-
day School on Wednesday evening,
Mr. T. O. Kemp was presented by'
the teachers and officers with a
Dresden china drawing room clock
as a token of their appreciation of
his past services, as superintend-
ent. Mr. George Jackson, Jr., was
also made the •recipient of a hand-
some
andsome present for his faithful ser-
vices as librarian.
Jowett Bros,, Bayfield, are busy'
getting 'their yachts ready for win-
ter quarters,
On Monday evening the Catholic
Mutual Benefit A:,asociation held a
smoker in their hall, They enjoy-
ed cards for a time and the fol-
lowing provided the program:
Messrs, Moran, V'antonn, Daly and
Others. Mr, Daly gave a: number
•cit his gaitar.
Mr. Chas. ':Powell„ of J'h1ladeli
phis, and an old Seaforth boy, has.
presented' nnembers of the Seas.
forth Beaver Lacrosse
'Club with
medals and thinks they 'are cer-
tainly entitled to them,
InuresSh ul e
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While Mr, Billie Mercer, 17 -Year -
Old, was riding a strange ' hares,
the aail?txat; : tire* gun, to•..:: the
ground injuring hie right shoulder,
Luckily he could free ilirself net
to cause a worse injury. xis many
thriends '•w'is5 'him i speedy , reeov
ery, as he and his. •brothers, are
very, fond of horseback ridiing,•and
fake first prize - for acing so, at-
tending fall fafrs ,with their-+ •Weil*
trained horses.: Ztleich Herald,
39th Wedding Anniversary
ti.
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Fitt, of
Hyde Park; Mr. and Mrs. Otto Red
-
Inger, of Saskatchewan; the three
Doerr sisters of London; Mr. and•
Mrs. Harold Thiel and family and
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Thiel and chil-
dren, celebrated the 39th wedding
anniversary of Mr.` and Mrs: El-
more Thiel, of town, on Nov. 28.
A lovely social time was enjoyed
by all and delicious flood for the
occasion was partaken of. We
jojn with their many friends with
the best wishes of many more such
events. Zurich Herald.
Bluevale Men Struck By Car
John Malcolm Scott, 64, and Al-
fred Agar, 67, both of Bluevale,
are in Wingham Hospital follow-
ing an accident near Bluevale on
Monday evening, when both were
struck by an automobile driven by
Fred Selling,.:R.R. 3, Brussels, for-
merly of Bluevale.---Brussels Post.
Injured Women Improving
Mrs. Robert O'Hara, of Detroit,
who was injured hi an accident at
Drysdale last week, is reported as
progressing favorably at .the•hospi-
tal here. The condition of Mrs.
Spencer, of Owen Sound, her sis-
ter, who was more seriously in-
jured, is slightly improved.—Gode-
rich Signal -Star.
Card and Dante Party Enjoyed
St. Peter's Social Club enter-
tained on Monday night at a suc-
cessful card and dance party, in
the assembly room of the Masonic
Hall. There was a large attend-
ance and the evening was much
enjoyed. High honors at "500"
were won by Mrs. Ed. Hartman
and Jim Reynolds, Jr.; the winners
of highest scores at euchre were
Mrs. Arthur George and Robert
Carrick. Jim Reynolds also held
the lucky ticket in the draw for a
fine 21 -pound turkey. The Macken-
zie orchestra of Ripley furnished
excellent music for dancing. Miss
Eileen Lewis, chairman of the So-
cial Club, was assisted by the
members.--Goderich Signal -Star.
Teacher Engaged for School
Mrs. Morris, who has been teach-
ing at Port Albert, has been en-
gaged to teach in Victoria School
after New Year's. She succeeds
Mrs. McCrostie, who has been on
the staff since October 1. At the
meeting of the public school board
on Tuesday evening attendance re-
ports were submitted by the school
principals, as follows: Victoria
School—Pupils on roll, 360; aver-
age attendance, 340, or 95.90 per
cent. Central' School—On roll,
258; average attendance, 241, or
93.96 per cent. J. A. Snider was
reappointed to the Goderich Dis-
trict Collegiate :Institute Board.—'
Goderich Signal -Star.
Winner of $1,000 Prize
Imagine hearing your own name
called over the radio as a big .prize
winner! Well, that was the good
fortune of Mrs, Robert McDonald
(Kate 'Colquhoun) of Fort William,
a former Mitchell girl, who won a
Robin Hood contest during the
week which will amount to 11,000.
The popular Claire Wallace ap-
pears on the broadcast for this
firm.—Mitchell Advocate.
Bride -To -Be Honored
Miss Jessie Phillips, a bride-to-
be of the near future, was the
guest of honor at two showers dur-
ink the past week. On Friday eve-
ning friends gathered at the •home
of Mrs. Stanley Sibthorpe,' There
were 31 present, A short program
was enjoyed, following which Miss
Gloria Sibthorpe \read an address,
and Paige Phillips and Donna Jean
Sibthorpe carried in pink decorat-
ed baskets laden with lovely gifts,
which were presented to the guest
91 honor. A delicious lunch was
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'w*en rite 9Y01,140.waa•agent ,plays'
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ration, he' 4ioe .'' Q honor wain
place :. ill ,4 a su41ap1y' decorated.
chair which �nst'liao9,d,'under ani
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Fitts which the britde-tw=be was,
x�blieill to :open 't)q, J1ot ,,;3t►ktances�
,.r,�essre mails suit .ble f'el?lies, r,"ex-
-pressing appreciation, fox the many
io' ely'gifts�.The bostbiii3;served a,
lovely 1>t'nch.-=J$lyth, Standar,,#':;
Heads Mospital Aid For 4649
Mrs. Prank Fingland was elect-
edr president of •Glinten Hospital
Acid for the coming year dt the
December Meeting of the Hohpital
Aid hi the council eha�r �1ber 'Iue:s-
day evening. Other officers are
Mrs. L, McKinnon, honorary presi-
dent; Mrs. D. J. Lane, 1st vice-
president; Mrs. L. McKinnon, . 2nd
vice-president; Mrs. Lorne Brown,
secretary; Miss L. Walkinshaw, -
treasurer. Committee convetrers
are: Mrs. B. B. Pocklington, fin,-
ance; Mrs. A. M, Knight, social;
Mrs. J. A. Sutter, buying; Mrs. A.
E. Haddy, hospital suppliers.
F. Thompson, nurses in training;
Mrs. W. rRobinson, membershi'p;
Mrs. H. A. McIntyre, sewing; Mrs.
R. S_. Atkey, press secretary. Mrs.
C. H. Epps brought in the report
of the striking committee.—Clin-
ton News --Record.
Wins Oat Competition
Results of the oat contest in the
'
. ield Crop competition, sponsored
by Bayfield Agricultural( Society,
have been announced •by the sec-
retary, Charles ,Gemeinhard, Bay-
field. R. S. McKercher, Dublin,
acted as judge, and Alvin Betties,
Bayfield, has been pronounced :the
winner. Winners ' and the scores
they received, which is a combina-
tion of the field score and ' the score
at the Fair. were: Alvin .Bettles,
189; W. R. Lobb & Son, Clinton,
178; Allan Armstrong, Bayfield,
173; 'Fraser Stirling, Bayfield, 170;
Edward Deeves, Clinton, 167; Fred
A. Bell, Goderich, 150; John W.
Deeves, Bayfield, 145. Others who
did not compete in the Fair Con-
test but did in the Field Contest,
with their marks, were: William
Armstrong, Bayfield, 90; Harvey
Reid, Varna, 89; 'George Colclough,.
Bayfield, 88; W. Forbes, Minton,
861/2; Robert Thompson, Clinton,
.
86; Albert Bond, Clinton, 82.—Clin-
ton News -Record. .
Good Market Seen For Alfalfa Seed,
Canada producedd a record quan-
tity of alfalfa seed in 1948.
Conditions in the alfalfa seed pro-
ducing areas of Manitoba, Sas-
katchewan and Alberta were fav-
orable for good seed setting and
the absence of widespread and
d-amagin'g frosts before maturity
has resulted in good yields of ex-
cellent quality seed being harvest-
ed• The latest estimate placed
production on a cleaned seed basis
at 14,750,000 pounds, about 37 per
cent larger than the record crop
of 1947. Over 90 per cent of the
total crop was derived from the
three Prairie Provinces, with On-
tario and British Columbia ac-
counting for the balance. Produc-
tion in Manitoba is placed at 2,-
150,000 pounds, Saskatchewan 6,-
700,000 pounds, and Alberta 4,500,-
000 pounds.
Canada normally uses about
5,000,000 pounds alfalfa seed
annually, says H. R. Parnell, Plant
Products Dii'ision, Dominion De-
partnient of Agriculture, with the
surplus usually being exported,
chiefly to •the United States. One
of the smallest Crops of alfalfa
seed in recent years was harvest-
ed in the United States in 1948.
This has been responsible for
American seedsmen paying good
prices for hardy Canad°ian alfalfa
seed which enjoys a high reputa-
tion on the American market.
Exports of alfalfa seed in the
twelve months ending June , 3Oth
last, amounted, to nearly 8,000,0001
pounds and present prospects;
point to a record amount being ex
ported in the crop year, ending
June 30, 1949, which may be val-
ued at more 'than $4 million, 'says
Mr. Parnell,
Varied Program Features
Seaforth W.I. Xmas Party
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The Seaforth Women's .Institute
held their Christmas party on
Monday evening at Thornton Hall,
the,home of Mr, and Mrs, James
F. Scott, when there was a large
number of members, their fam-
ilies and friends present. The
members: brought gifts which will
be sent to a Children's Home for
;Christmas.
The Institute Ode and Lord's
Prayer in unison opened the meet-
ing. The president, Mrs. John
HilIebrecht, was in the chair; ;Saari
Scott led in community singing,
and Mrs. Walker ,Bart read the
origin of the Christmas, carols.
Mrs. Eimer Cameron played "The
Bells of St. Marys,., withvariations
on the piano. The story of "1Chrfst-
rnaS Around the World" was read!
by Mrs, Gordon 'Dapple, A solo,
"Inn the Garden of 'Tomorrow," Was
•sung by Mrs. Tas. T. tscott With
James M. ;Seo'tt at the piano, Muth
Ann Crozier ,played two •Plano
n tabes s,, "Went Night" and
"Long, Long Aglh"• "Steepr Vis,
:Sleep" was. sunk: by Tietty. Coale
and "It' 'Vont Peart ee " a Right".
by l'i`ttle blarney,i''eliper,p A dtiot
was, sung jr .Betty CiOndiet acrid
Margaret ratpin'att, "Tile 1#ally..
and 'the Ivy." Mrs. Paul Doig gave
a reading, "Mary Speaks For the.
Innkeeper." The Misses Stena and
Mina Van Middegaal sang their
Nation -al Anthem and a Christmas
anthem in their native language.
Sam ,Scott gave two solos, "On the.
,Road To Mandalay" and "Waltz-
ing Matilda." 'A juggling act was•
given by Sten -a and Mina Van Mid-
d,egaal, which was well applauded'
by the audience. Master Robert -
Scott sang "The •Wallophi,,g' Win-
dow Blind"; Douglas Scott sang'
"Away in a Manger" and Douglas
and Jimmy Scott, Jr., sang "Silent
Night." . Waliter Hart gave two
selections, "Annie Laurie" and
"When Yon and I Were Young?
Maggle,"' A duet was given- bY, •
James T. ,Stott and And'e'rson ,Scott•
"Mr. GGoat,"' A series of •
Moving pictures were shown by
James M. Scotts
Mrs, Pant Doig moved a vote of
thanks to the host and hostess ands
those tarring part; also a welcome
was given to Mr. and Mrs, Van
Mltlidegaal and' family, new recd-.
dents to the community.:
AI delfoibus lunch was served:.
iToAiAtter
singing
"Merry Ch i tm
l," theNational Anthem brosn
t
the iheetiing tiff a. close:
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