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The Huron Expositor, 1950-02-03, Page 7i 1• CHAPTER V Young Ann Clayton Tacea down te breakfast one .morn- ing, eager to get started on the first day of her job on the Ob1!p ler. Grandmother ,Sarah, %v able but severe,, does not ap- prove. The Claytons, long' •a distinguished Southern lesnily.. have lost many of their hold- ings. hold ings. Ann insists on bucking tradition and going •to work. At the Courier office she meets Tracy Driscoll, the editor, and says ,she is going to work for him. He is very rude to her. Ann •points out that. there is a contract stating that a Clayton could -work on the paper if he chose. To. discourage her, Driscoll sends her to the city morgue for her first assign— ment and treats her very die- courteoi,isly but Ann is not to be .discouraged. When Dan Barton is shot, repdrted'ly by a prowler, Driscoll sends Ana• to the Barton •place to get the story, first voicing his suepi: clan of Dr. Lyn Frazier, a good friend of Ann's as well as'of Julie Barton's. Ann goes direct to Dr. Frazier's. office where she meets Lissa Marven, her •Directory Your Business LEGAL - McCONNELL & HAYS Barristers, 8olieltors, Etc. PATRICK D. McCONNELL H. GLENN HAYS County Crown Attorney SEAFORTH, ONT. Telephone 174' . A. W. SILLERY Barrister, Solicitor; Etc. Phone 173, Seaforth SEAFORTH - ONTARIO • OPTOMETRIST M. ROSS SAVAUGE Optometrist Eyes examined and glasses fit- ted. Oculists' prescriptions accur- ately filled. Phone 194, Evenings 120, Seaforth'.' VETERINARY J. 0. TURNBULL, D.V.M., V.S. Main Street - Seaforth PHONE 105 AUCTIONEERS HAROLD JACKSON Specialist in Farm'and House= hold Sales. Licensed in Huron and Perth ^ Counties. Prices reasonable; sat- isfaction at isfaction guaranteed. For information, etc., write or phone HAROLD JACKSON, 14 on 661, Seaforth; R.R: 4, Seaforth. EDWARD W. ELLIOTT Licensed Auctioneer Correspondence promptly answer- ed. Immediate arrangements. can be made for sale dates by phoning 203, Clinton. Charges moderate and satisfaction guaranteed. JOSEPH L. RYAN ' Specialist in farm stock and im- plements and household effects. Satisfaction guaranteed. Licensed in Huron and Perth Counties. For particulars and open dates, write or phone JOSEPH L. RYAN, R.R. 1, Dublin. Phone 40 r 5, Dublin. 4217x52 MEDICAL SEAFORTH CLINIC E. A. McMASTER, B.A., M.D. Internist . P. L. BRADY, M.D. Surgeon • Office Hours; 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., daily, except Wednesday and Sun- day. EVENINGS: Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday only, 7 -9 p.m. Appointments made in advance are desirable, JOHN A. GORW,ILL, B.A., M.D. , Physician and Surgeon IN DR, H. H. ROSS' OFFICE Phones: Office 5-W; Res. 6-J Seaforth DR. M. W. STAPLETON DR. ROSS HOWSON Physicians and Surgeons Phone 90 Seaforth DR. F. J. R. FORSTER Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Graduate in Medicine, University of Toronto. Late assistant New York Opthal- _mei and Aural Institute, Moore - field's Eye and Golden Square Throat Hospital, London, Eng. At COMMERCIAL -HOTEL, Seaforth, third Wednesday in every month. 53 Waterloo S't. South, Stratford. JOHN C. GODDARD, M.D. Physician and Surgeon Phone 110 - Hensall C.N.R. TIME TABLE GOING EAST (Morning) Goderich (leave) Seaforth Stratford (arrive) (Afternoon) Gederich (leave) ........... Seaforth `Stratford (arrive) A.M. 5.40 6.20 7.16 P.M. 3.00 3.46 4,40 GOING WEST (Morning) A.M. Stratford (leave) 10.45 Seaforth 11.36 Goderich (arrive) 12.20 (Afternoon) P.M. Stratford (leave) 9.35 Seaforth 10.21 Goderich (arrive) 11.00 aiva1 on the newspaper.. ".Els a matter of fact, I did," be told her and- his voice was curt and unfriendly. "Too bad. I under stand --4t was an attempted burg - Seine prowler, perhaps—r' Ann eat very still for moment. fand there was a drumming in her ear& "Only," she said after a long moment, "there seems to be quite a bit of doubt now that it really was a prowler! Dan regained eon- •sciousness long enough to tell the amibul.ance men that he shot him- self by accident, while cleaning his gun—at four in the morning." Ann set her teeth and clenched her hands more tightly. "And so," she answered him anter a moment,- "my city editor has sent me out to see what I can dig up in the way of a story about the shooting." Start -led, Lyn said sharply, "Oh, come now, Ann, you mustn't do that! Julie's •a friend of yours— and as for are---" be bit down on his truant tongue, but it was too late. Ann drew a long, hard breath and nodded. Her suspicions were confirmed. And she felt like weep- ing. -She had stood up and' was look- ing at Lyn in a long,' level stare. Her heart was pounding in her chest and,her head throbbed as she desperately tried to get control of herself. "So you were mixed up in it" she said evenly. "And it was Julie, not a burglar, who shot Dan! Oh, Lyn!" "The whole thing was the rotten- est damned luck you can imagine," said Lyn. "Old Mrs• Latham—you know the Lathams that live out on the Hardeeville Road? Well, the old lady had a heart attack! She's. been a patient of mine for years; se naturally, they called me. When I got there, I'found the Lathams had been• having a bridge party— two or three tables, and Julie was there. Mrs. Latham had rather a bad time of it, and I stayed until she was quite comfortable. It was after two and the rest of the guests had gone home a good while before. But Julie knew 1 had to pass right by her place on my way home.and she took it for granted I would be glad to give her a lift and save any of the oth- ers from driving out of their way to bring her home. That's under- standable, isq't it?" :'Quite understandable," Ann said curtly. "This is going to be hard for'you to believe, but it really happened," said Lyn grimly. "Five -miles out I had a flat tire and the devil's own time getting it off the rim, and the spare in place. Julie was an -awfully good •sport --about it. Dan was out of town on a business trip and wouldn't be back until the next day, and of course, the nurse was with the baby, so she took the while thing as a lark—for which, I might add, I was extremely grate- ful. When I got her home, at a little after three„ Dan -had cut his trip "short and had got (home a little after midnight. He'd called the Lathams just after • we left— ON TARIO eft— ONTARIO NOTICE TO 0111/11R10 MOTORI STS yr V. Y:. Re Unsatisfied Judgment Fund' Fee nder an amendment to the Higkiway Traffic Act enacted in i947, pro- vision was made for the creation of an Unsatisfied Judgment Fund out. of which will be paid, in the manner; prescribed, judgments for personal injuries and property damage sustained by reason of the operation of motor vehicles, which cannot be collected in the ordinary manner.from the judgment debtors. The method prescribed for creating the Fund is the collection of a special fee, when required, from each person to whom is issued either an operator's - or a chauffeur's licence. While this legislation has been in effect since the 1st of July, 1947, the Unsatisfied Judgment Fund Yee has been collected ,only since January 1st, 1949. Total fees collected for the Fund and repayments to the Fund from January 1st to December 31st, 1949, amounted to $638,430.37 Judgments paid out of the Fund from July 1st, 1947, to December 31st. 1949, amounted.to $630,644.03 As there is not now su�cient in the Fund to pay judgments for a period of a year, an Unsatisfied Judgment Fund Fee of 50c will be collected front inch person to whomjs issued a 1950 operator's or cbauffeut's licence: r`, , ONTA I _. DEPARTMENT f 1 HIGHWAYS -GEO. Ho DOUCEIT, Minister i and.,, 0 ale ; wa$ ;t get along ovlth 11$4u)me lir tOten fie lelig on 444,4 aped) "0.114 rues Pretty. 'stuff, " , went. on. "g9.7-wel1, he said ti4o quits unpleasant things e:114.1 sot to mind too anuch, ase af'eer all, the a ttlatien tied. leak a bit ` compromising. Ue—well, cud denly he was brandishing a re- volver and .threatening all sorb% of thinees—so I had. fee take .the re- volver away from him,— "- "And in the struggle it wentee f and—Lyn, was it you who shot. him?" Ann gasped, stricken.. "Hell, no!" snapped Lyn shortly. "That was gnly a few minutes af- ter three. Dan wasn't shot until— four o'clock." "How, do you know the exact time when he was shot?" Ann asked carefully,- Lyn shot her an angry glance. "Because Julle told me, of course. The baby's nurse, knowing i was Julie's physician, called me. The police had already tried to qules- tion her, and she had flung them that damned yarn about being awakened by a prowler, her hus- band going down to investigate, and then the shot; I gave ter a sedative and put hex to bed, for- bidding all callers, either in person or on the phone. While I was lousy with her, the police ambulanee had come and taken Dan away." There was a taut little silence and then Lyn said very carefully: "The truth of the matter .4e, Ann, that — Dan shot himself — but it wasn't accidental." Ann said under her breath, "Oh, poor Dan!" "His—aim was bad. The wound is—more .or less superficial." Ann breathed a little heartfelt sigh of relief and comfort. She sat still for a moment, and Lyn stood leaning against his desk, studying her, his ' handsome brows drawn together in a little anxious frown, and suddeirly he burst out. "Look, Precious, this is one most unholy mess! If my name gets mixed up in anythigg like -this, I'm a dead pigeon! A doctor whose patients are ninety per cent of them women and children, can't afford a breath of scandal. And if it got out that I was bringing Julie home at three in. the morning—even without the damning finish of Dan's attempted suicide—do y-ou care enough for me—for the work I'm doing—to do something pretty- big for me?" he asked her quietly, yet with an urg- ent intensity that made her blink a little. "le I only could, Lyn!" she said simply, eagerness in her eyes. "You can, Ann—and—I hope it 'won't be too difficult for you," said Lyn quickly, his eyes aglow. "If you would let Sarah announce your engagement to me—" Before Ann could marshal her scattered faculties to formulate any answer or argument,. Lyn rushed eagerly on, "It would be just' a makeeielieve engagement, sweet. And any time you wanted. to break it off, all you'd have .to do would be give me the nod." For a long. moment she looked up at him steadily. And. suddenly a little warm rush of tenderness flowed over her and to herself she said in a little gust of surprise, "Why, this is Lyn! My friend! My dearest friend! • He couldn't possibly do- anything—rotten or undenh'anded! Of course there's nothing—ugly between him and Julie!" "All right, Lyn, I'll do it," she said quietly. Ann reached the Courier office a little after two. But if she hoped to escape Tracy's eagle eye be- cause of all the hurry and activity she was disappointed, for he had obviously been- watching for her and now he yelled her name, and with a. heart that sank a little in spite of her, she crossed to him. "Well?" he demanded eagerly, his green eyes alive. "Where's the story?" She said evenly, "There isn't any story." Tracy's eyes blazed and he bark- ed sharply, "What in blazes do you mean—there isn't any story?" i "It's just as Julie said," she told frim quietly. "She heard a noise, and Dan went to investigate„•and —well, his gun went off.” Tracy leaned back and studied her curiously .for a long moment, and there was anger -and contempt in his eyes, 'and after a moment he said grimly, "So there wasn't any story! And you want to be a news- paper woman!" "But I don't want to be•a muck- `LP uck- by ALEX liliCKiNNEY Jr, lir Direelor • O'NTA.R1.O y+LOWM'ENI'S AS.SOCIATIIQN' • On Board the Queen Mary Some- where on the Aelantic :This is the first day out et New York and it• is Friday, January the 13th. All superstitious notions to the con- trary the weather is clears the sea 'calm and seasickness hasn't yet taken hold of any of,.us. By us I mean Jim Eccles, of Brampton, and Ron Marquis, of Sunderland, 'the 1949 Canadian champion plowmen, and myself, We are on' our way overseas to take part su plowing matches in -Great Britain and to see how things ars done on the other side of the Atlantic.. .. This is the fourth year that the gold medal winners in Trans-At- hantic ,horse and tractor classes at the International Plowing Match have been •awarded all -expense paid trips to the United Kingdom. But in marry ways this year's trip is different from the others. • For one thing, only one company is sponsoring the trip. In the past the honors and the costs were divided with another firm. Then this year because of. exchange dif- ficulties and restricted budgets, on- ly the winners- in the two classes are going overseas, whereas in the past the runners-up were included; and instead of spending all of the time in the United' Kingdom the champion plowmen this year will shorten their stay in the U.K. so that they can visit West Germany, Holland and Denmark. This change in itinerary was made at our re- quest and we are paying the extra costs involved in visiting the con- tinent. Another change is that we will fly back to Canada instead of returning by boat. As in the past the coach -manager will be a sort of historian -reporter and this letter and those that fol- low will be my account of the trip. I will try to describe what we see, where we go, what we do and some- times, what we hear-. If Mark Twain hadn't already used the title I'd suggest that these news -letters be called 'The Innocents Abroad," for this is the first time that any of us have crossed the ocean, al- though we are all of British des- cent. The boys' great-grandfathers and 'm y great -great-grandfather crossed over from the British Isles and settled in 'Canada. Our five-day voyage on the Queen Mary is about equal to the number of weeks that our ancestors took to sail to Can- ada a century ago. But to start at the beginning, as every news reporter is taught to do, I'll intro - due the two champion plow- men and my- self. Ronald Marquis, the gold medal horse plowman, is the young- est member of t'he the group. He is 28 years of age, single, and lives with his. father, Lloyd .Marquis, on a 150 -acre farm near Sunderland, about eight miles north of Uxbridge, Ont. Ron has been a contestant at plowing matches for the past 15 years and he has won half • a dozen gold watches, plus a large quantity of silver cups and trays at. Interna- tionafl and county matches Jim Eccles, winner in the trac- tor class, hails from Brampton, and is my next door neighbor. He is 30 years of age, [Harried, a n d works a 425 - acre mixed farm. Like Ron Marquis, J i m has been tak- ing' part in plowing match- es for the past 15 years. $'or the last four years he • has been trying for Jim Eccles top place in the Esso Champions at the Internation- al. In 1946 he placed fo trtbs the next year. he was seventh, the -fol- lowing, year lie placed sixth and Last year he succeeded in winning. And now in describing my activi- ties I would first like to mention that all of us have much in com- mon. Besides being members of pioneer Canadian families. all of us raise purebred ,cattle and we look forward to visiting some of the famous ,her,:.= in the old coun- tries such as the Aberdeen -Angus. The Voice Of Temperance This paragraph has often pointed out the dilemn.a of alcoholism. There is a happier alternative, and that is sobriety. Sobriety is not the cause of 80% of our crimes as alcoholism is. Sobriety does not make a -car driver a killer on the highway as alcoholism does. Sobri- ety does not rob a man of his free- dom and make him a beaten stave as alcoholism does. Sobriety is the happy state of those who never touch alcohol. Say 'no' to alcohol always and everywhere. We will have a happier world.—(Adv.). THE McKILLOP MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE CO'Y. HEAD OFFICE--SEAFORTH, Ont. O%'FICF?RS : Prank McGregor, Clinton - Pres. Chris. Leonhardt, Brodhagen, Vice - President. Merton A. Reid, Seaforth, Manager and Secretarq-Treasurer. DIRECTORS: Chris. Leonhardt, Brodhagen; E. S; Trewart1na, Clinton ; Harvey Fuller, R.R, 2, Goderioh; J. H. Mc - Ewing, R.R. 1, Blyth; Frank Mc- Gregor, R.R. 5, Clinton; Hugh Alexander, R.R. 1, Walton; Robert Arehibgld, R.R. 4, Seaforth;"`-John L. Malone, R.R. 5, Seaforth; S. 11. Whitmore; R.R. 3, . SeaferIlf: At SN'I.'S:;. Finlay Mciiereheij,' RR. 1, Dub 1111; E, _Pepper; 'Brucefleld; J. E. I'r'uet si ,Brbtiliagex ; 0<atY1+ge A, wait, th MAIL Ronald Marquis Guernsey,, Herefords and others whose progeny are so popular In Canada. Perhaps you Wonder -why I an with the team when I did not plow at the Intern(a.tional last year. Well, that is easy to explain. In additiue to paying the costs of 'sending ov- er the champions, the sponsoring firm also provides for a coaeh-mar ager to be appointed by the On-. -tario Plowmen's. Association..Teet association operates the Interna- tional Plowing Matches. As a di- rector It was my luck to be select- ed. elect ed. Last year it was Elliott Moses, and before that it was George Wal - die, and -Clark Young acted as re- porter. In 1946 it was Fred Tim- bers. You probably read their news -letters, and it is my sincere. hope that I will be able to follow in their footsteps and provide let- ters that will be. as interesting. But to get back to my life story In addition to raising purebred cat tle I grow registered seed on my farm, called Pioneer Lodge because it is the family homestead. I have always been interested in munici- pal and government affairs and during my oversees• trip I hope to study some of the governments over there. In London I had hoped to' see parliament in action, but as there is an election on I will only see the buildings. However, in these days when so much is being said and written about representa- tive government it will be an ex- perience just to see the "Mother of Parliaments." • Since. October 14 at Burford (at the close of the 1949 International Plowing'Match) when we were in- formed that we would be going ov- erseas, it has been a busy period. Preparations for the trip have in- volved us in passports, visas, for- eign exchange and numerous other governmental and transportation regulations, but we managed to cope with them. There were also meetings to attend and farewells to be said, and of course there was' no end to the tasks that had to be done before leaving our farms for so long a time. It will probably be six weeks before we get home. ee i1eforew,e �f i' .�' aGt Tt<� e salt Our alhwirr ,I�PaTA� tl1•a rai.}o,,, fA�'s filly, O>ir oltcfi ', �,l)' 3244111 of lite+ a oltej Ela underway ,.fie 4, d fk`.lce w 11 on, the ala a fllxY: n vsrtla we felt ane O'•han we rear ti Yorke nett anorning,� �h tb,erwas very oloe)? 'ntlti 11t 3►t, awl} .It fortuRats f4i us.: ^IVa•: were met at the &tatien, iii^ Kyr[. Branch, ofaandard 011 Cozapany. (New Jersey), wrho .was Dill 'host;° fur the day, :�.; My first impression. of New York, was that it had changed a lot 'bi nc I saw et last many years ago, 44 ev 1 the street cars' have gone an. d. o n y one elevated railway remains. The New Yoikers get around- by taxis buses and underground• railways, something the people in Toronto will soon be. doing. During a tour of .the city we spent more than an hour in the observation tower of the Empire State Building, the tallest building in the world, and because of the perfect visibility we could see for more than 15 miles in every direc- tion. We really saw New York spread out-;bep.eath us. We had lunch and saw the ice show at the Centre Theatre, followedby a tele- vision and studio tour at N.B.C. At night while the boys decided to make their own tour of the big city, I went out to see my brother, who lives about 35 miles from New York. I returned in the mor -ping during rush hours and that proved to be an experience! New York has a population of about 8,000,000 and another 2,000,- 000 people from within a radius of 50 miles find daily employment there. As a result I saw commuter trainer pouring 4,000 peollie into Grand Central Station every min- ute. I stood for about 10 minutes and watched the. • crowds fan out from the station. and I've never seen such orderly confusion. ' And so after more 'hurrying to But when we gathered in Toron- to on January 10 to attend a fare- well luncheon at the Royal Yoqr,k Hotel, these things weree wereall behind us. Before the lunchn we were interviewed and photographed by', the press, then whisked off to radio stations for interviews and finally to the bank to draw expense money. At the luncheon we were ad- dressed by Col. Tom Kennedy, On- tario Minister of-Agritulture;- C. D. Graham, 'Ontario Deputy Minister of Agriculture; Louie G. N. M. Rav- ensloat, the Netherlands Vice Con- sul in Toronto; G. W. Mills, of Im- perial Oil. and J. A. Carroll, secre- tary -manager of. the. Ontario Plow- men's-' Association, and others. They all wished us God speed. ►ix s1 A�l�trti080 d t):n.d "�"e�ttift� `�R and tt ls•• nli rs�latt 4004:0 ieaGi img a1lore abOE,. :. (Ian, 44.1413. gip they wake ou %, iii€ matches, but I would; p'hasize that the ")agyt) ,f, wiUb not. he cempeti g . viduals put , retrresiytaV e t ,the 1,178 boy-$ who t}lood ford. Win, lose or dr --a r . proud of them as•;:g0pp.1,$rts a good PAP -40.14e, YIP •e, 'tial u SeafortbJoi umi T. PRYDE & SON Memorial Craftsmen Seaforth Exeter . Clinton:: Seaforth Showrooms Open Tuesday See Dr. Harburn for appoint- ment any other time, or Phone 41.3, Exeter. EvjRYiom's Busiss by Have you ever felt that you had reached the "end of your rope"? Most of us have this experience at least once in a lifetime — perhaps after working long at a seemingly impossible task, or finding our, selves in a serious predicament. So it is --a good thing to remember that we have within ourselves extra reserves which can carry us through many a crisis. There is plenty of evidence to prove this fact. Countless stories of heroism reveal the human capa- city to endure unbelievable stress, hardship and pain. More thamone victim of a disaster at sea, strug- gling in icy water, felt sure dant he wouldn't survive for five minutes. Yet many hours later he was still hanging on and thus lived to be rescued. Such endurance may be demon- strated not only in connection with physical trials but also those which are mental and emotional. And if you can keep hanging on, perhaps for even just a little while longer; the success or relief you seek will 'be yours! -. In short, there is a whole world of truth in the old saying: "It's always darkest just before the dawn". No family need endure hardship in the event that its breadwinner dies. Life insurance puts within reach of every father the means to provide for all their needs, as well as for his own retirement income. . r4o • • PleaseGod! .Not. to Mine! Not to mine, this horrible crippler: Not to mine this thing with the •long scientific name, poliomyelitis, this Thing that means misery and pain in the language of the little ones. Not to mine to wear a brace, to hobble, to Limp; Not to mine to hear the laughter of others, to watch them at play, to cry the bitter tears of childhood lost forever. - Please God! Not to mine! And let me help those to whom it does come, this crippler, this destroyer. e raking, scandal -mongering 'tab' re- porter, writing lies that just bare- ly manage to evade the libel laws," 4he reminded ,him curtly. He was silent for a long moment, and then he straightened his chair, reached into the basket beside him, whipped out a memo and 'said - sharply, "There's a meeting of the Ladies' Aid of St, Barnaby's this afternoon. Su ose you cover it. That sort ought to be about you s•peed." "Nall turned away from her to pick up a clamorous phone and Ann walked back to her desk, blind with tears of anger. But when she came back into the office late in the afternoon, and found him temporarily free of oth- er ealims, she walked back to his desk, laid down, the brief story about the Ladies' Aid meeting, and said quietly, "Will there be any- thing else, Mr. Driscoll?" "After the way you flopped on the Barton case?" he snapped at her. (Critrtti ued Next Week) in 1948 the cost of istr.ning Can- ada's ;schools •avexaged $105 per PUPIL Let me give to help the helpless; Let my dollars and my prayers go with these little ones; that some day, some time, children everywhere will walk without fear, free of childhood's greatest enemy, Poliomyelitis. - '4 1 am glad 1 have the privi- lege of giving to the Canadian March of Dimes. 11 ti Give t T HE CAM .A0-11 AN A R CSM OF ‘011.11111011 7." $''n 1 , (ON calr�it% Ire At . 410 ,RLoOR Si. S pace contributed In the service of t,11 1 s comiriunity by Jglrn Labatt Incited.