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Robert Thompson, R.R. 2, MP-,
pen, is one man who can laugh at
the idea that 72 years of age is
Old. At a barn raising in the Kip-
pen area, by balanced himself on
the cress -beams of the lstrueture
with the younger mem, at the same
time shouted eneaul:agement to the
sweating orew& beneath•
"Heave! Go! Heave! Gel" The
en manning the pike poles took
up the chant of Alex Dennis, of
Walton, as they heaved another
section of the stout framework of
John Anderson's barn into place.
Nimble -footed Bob Thompson ap-
# j.;',' pleaded.
"Best danged barn raising I've
'been at for years!" he exclaimed,
"and I've been going to 'em since
I was 12."
Bob's spirit was 'typical of the
55 men who today flocked to the
farm of Mr. Anderson, two miles
west of Kippen, to throw up the
big barn's framework in a scant
five hours in an old-fashioned
.,bee.,,
F{!'- Shortly after noon, cars began
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Horses, $5.00 ea.
Cattle, $5.00 ea.
Hogs, 50 per cwt.
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Condition
Call Collect
SEAFORTH 15
DARLING & COMPANY
OF CANADA, LIMITED
arriving at the Anderson farm
from all directions.
By one o'clock, the men were
lugging the first huge beams up
to the barn site, and manhandling
them into place. By six o'clock • the
last wooden peg had been ham-
mered home and the framework
was complete.
"We haven't seen anything like
this in. this district for years," said
Mr. Anderson. "The boys are real-
ly going at it."
Though the actual barn -raising
was a matter of hours, months of
work and planning went into pre-
paration for this day. "I've been
working on it for six months," said
the owner.
He explained that trees from
his own bush bad supplied the
timber for the new barn. It had
taken weeks to have the logs sawn,
notched and piled in proper order
in readiness for the building "•bee."
Young and old of the neighbor-
hood responded when the call went
out for workers.
Pulleys and winches eased 'the
task, but the barn -raising demand-
ed brawn mostly as sections of
heavy timbers, some 50 feet long,
were wrestled into position.
Mr. Dennis, hacked by long ex-
perience in barn building, was in
charge of the work. Seventy -year-
old William Doig, who has also
planned and built a lot of barns in
his day, helped Mr. Anderson pre-
pare the plans.
While the men were piecing to-
gether the barn skeleton, Mrs.
Anderson and a score of farm
wives from the neighborhood, were
busy in the kitchen. At six, with
the finishing touches put to the
barn, the tired crews sat down to
an open-air supper.
CROMARTY
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Mrs. R. Robertson and John vis-
ited on Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
George Walz at St. Marys.
Miss Dorothy Kemp, of Mitchell.
spent a few days with Mrs. M.
Houghton.
Seaforth & District
Community Centre
Drive for $30,000
Previously acknowledged $16,0.45.0)
Anonymous 25.00
Dr. J. Frank Doherty, Con-
neaut, Ohio
Ruth Teall's circus
Legion Bingo
25.00
8.06
285.14
$16,388.20
Huron -Maitland Presbytery Observance
of
Seventy -Fifth Anniversary
of the
Presbyterian Church in. Canada
will be held at 8 p.m., D.S.T., in
KNOX CHURCH, GODERICH
SUNDAY, JUNE 25
Assisting the guest preacher
Professor David W. Hay of `Knox College
will be Clergy of the Presbytery and two former Moderators
of the General Assembly, Very Rev. Dr. C. H. MacDonald, of
Bluevale, and Very Rev. Dr. J. S. Shortt, of Kincardine.
Ample Accommodation — Service Amplified
Massed Robed Choirs — Glorious Music
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28,000 Bell employees and their families...
62,000 Bell shareholders and their families...
Thousands of suppliers of materials for tele-
phone construction and expansion .. -
1,250,000 telephone customers in Ontario and
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Keeping pace with growing needs for more
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work and lots of money.
Only a flnancial!ir healthy company can
carry on this big job.
Telephone otos, employees, shareholders,
—everyone has a vital interest in a service
that 'means so much to the welfare of so
many people,
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The ‘pflavirelice sign' reads faant-
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broker."
Give the U.S.\ Government 12
minutes and it will spend $1,000,-
000. It does just that the year
'round:
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72 -YEAR-OLD 'BARN RAISER'
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Lending his advice gained from many barn -raising bees, is
Robert Thompson, R.R. 2, Kipoen. Mr. Thompson is shown
atop the superstructure.. On the left is John Alexander, R.R. 2,
H ensa 11. ,
County Council
(Continued from Page 1)
Dr, Walter M. Little and Reeve W.
J. Baker, was endorsed by council
on Friday.
The resignation of Miss Cleaver
from the nursing staff of the
County Health Ui it had been re-
quested by the County Board of
Health, no reasons being given for
the request.
The only comment on the recom-
mendation, passed at the morning
session of council, came from
Reeve W. J. Baker, of Goderich,
who stated that in his opinion he
had "not overstepped the mark in
asking for the hearing, which had
been overruled, but he still felt
Miss Cleaver should have been
heard.
It is reported that a replacement
has been made, but no information
about the appointment has been
given • out officially.
The report ot- county assessor A.
A. Alexander was presented to the
council Friday morning, and the
equalization committee's recom-
mendations were adopted. This
sets a total of 853,852,805 in equal-
ized assessment for the county, on
which to levy taxes for 1951.
The equalized assessment by
municipalities is as follows, the
figures marked (x) having been
estimated: Ashfield. $2,840,176 ;
Colborne, $1,685,188 ; Goderich
Twp., $2,253,985; Grey, $3,059615
(x); Hay, $3,088225; Howick, $3,-
543,185; Hullett, $2,665,677; McKil-
lop, $2,714,575; Morris, $2,520,032
(x); Stanley, 82,614,900; Stephen,
$4,015,974 ; Tuckers•mith, $2,524,-
125,; Turnberry $1,634,328 (x); Us -
borne, $2,653.877; East Wawanosh,
$1,577,270; West Wawanosh, $1,-
790,537; Clinton, $1,556,857; Gode-
rich Town, $4,321,518; Seaforth,
$1,4231551; Wingham, $1,754,997
(x) ; Blyth, $492,810 (x) ; Brussels,
$537,855: Exeter, 32 035.450; Hen-
sel), $548,1.54; total, $53,852,805. s`
M.O.H. Reports
Dr. R. M. Aldis, M.O.11., of the
Huron County Health Unit, gave a
report oh its operation for the
year. He 8aid schools occupy the
greateete p'ereentage of the medical
officer's and nurses' time. Immun—
ization clinieg` bad • been held itt 1'09
,of the ,19,0 elementary schools, ati°d
4x 24' )fiil)i10"oI 75`bet eefrit served.
C)ti3et d t5iI1' receive It as 5b08 ae
Possible, Next mouth at least thr
additional' nurses are expeete'd "Ott
tlee ntilff'..Ite pointed out that mid
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Pix ti'�tt!ti ,I.Y, w, �*rli
lac health nurses are not qualified
to diagnose diseases. Their exam-
ination tells them when a certain
condition is not normal, however,
and advice is necessary from the
doctor. Of course, any nurse,
through her experience, learns to
recognize certain conditions but it
is not in her capacity to • say, for
example, 'This child's tonsils must
come out.' She can say, however,
'This child's eyes, tonsils, etc., are
not right and should be seen by
her physician'."
"The nurse is a link between the
home and the school, and helps the
teacher understand the physical
and individual needs of her pupils "
Public health nursing visits since
July, 1949, totalled 2,524.
The clinic for handicapped chil-
dren held at the Health Unit in
co-operation with Lions Clubs was
attended ,hy 113 children, 39 of
whom were new cases discovered
by the nurses in their work.
Since last July, 20 inspections of
food lockers were made. Sanitary
inspectors' visits to bakeshops,
dumps, eating places, schools, sep-
tic tanks and water supplies to-
talled 2,500. Ninety-six inspections
of slaughter houses were made.
Stressing the importance of im-
munization, Dr. Aidis said: ''Our
best means of preventing epidem-
ics is by immunization. Diphtheria
and smallpox are practically elim-
inated in Ontario, but unless pro-
tection is continued we are ricking
danger. In this day of rapid travel,
the introduction of smallpox to
Glasgow and the sudden epidemic
was a lesson to all countries; and -
it was a mass vaccination cam-
paign that made the city safe.
"Whooping cough is a killer of
infants and inoculation against it
must be carried out early."
At dairies, 416 raw milk samples
'have been collected, and over 1,000
sediment tests taken. During the
first six months of sampling, 62 per
cent of the raw milk samples were
graded ',first class"; in the last five
months, 70 per cent was so grad-
ed. Steps were taken in co-opera-
tion with the practising veterin-
arian to clear up niastitis in Sev-
eral herds.
In conclusion, Dr. Aide; com-
mended the "conscientious and im-
partiel mehner" in whioh the
Board of Health has carrieeltli re-
a8opsihility,
iledire Il. B. Cousins, ehairm'aii of
the Board of Health, comi'nended
the work of Dr. A1dis and the staff.
Buy Forestry Lot
A a'dpplementary report' of the
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Fifty-five men put together the framework of a new barn in
an old-fashioned building "bee" on the farm of John A. Ander.
son, two miles west of Kippen. The job took only five hours.
Framework was built entirely from foot -thick Im I s btained
from the bush on Mr. Anderson's farm. In s picture the -
barn -raisers are seen as they lift a 50 -foot long section of the
framework into place.
reforestation committee was en-
dorsed, authorizing the purchase of
200, acres on the 5th concession of
Morris from James Stevenson, of
Brussels, for $3,000, for reforesta-
tion purposes.
Reeve A. J. Switzer and Deputy -
Reeve H. L. Snider, of Exeter, in-
troduced a motion that the road
commission reconsider the request
of the Bell Telephone Company to
construct linea, cables, etc., in •the
Centralia airport district, and to
instruct the company engineer to
sign the agreement for the work.
By a showing of hands. the motion
was defeated by a vote of 9 for,
and 13 opposed. The provision ask-
ed by the county engineer was that
the county would not be liable for
loss or damage.
The council accepted the offer of
the Goderich Public School Board,
of Central school property, Gode-
rich, provided. it be used for a
museum or other county purpose,
as recommended by the historic
committee.
The warden's committee author-
ized John McNabb, veteran reeve
of Grey, to arrange for a Barber
Shop quartette to compete in the
Waterloo competition.
The property committee reported
as follows: "We authorized the
architect to call for tenders for the
remodeling and addition to the reg-
istry office. These• tenders closed
on May 15, and we authorized the
warden and clerk to sign a con-
tract with the contractors recom-
mended by the architect. This
contract was let to • the Con -Eng
Construction Co. of London, at a
price of $36,300. The contractors
have started this contract and in-
tend to complete it by early Octo-
ber. We have secured the uuild-
ing recently vacated by the Gode-
rich P.U.C. for the storage and
work'ng offices during the time of
reconstruction. Two watchmen
have been placed on this building.
The offer of the old West Street
rink property for a court house
was left over to the November ses-
sion, The report continued: "We
recommend that a new chair be
bought for the jail, an asbestos
mat and the front steps repaired;
also a grease fire extinguished. The
stoker in the registry office has
been sold for $50 and arrangements
made to have the piping and radia-
tors taken out."
Reeve Baker thanked the county
engineer for work done in Gode-
rich, and a motion by -Reeves S.
Snyder and A. Nicholson express-
ing appreciation of the offer of
the Goderich Public School Board
was endorsed.
Arrangements for the annual
council picnic were left with the
warden, clerk and treasurer, War-
den Johnston thanked the mem-
bers for their co-operation. "All
should be happy at the prospect
of a good harvest," he said, and
he hoped all would meet at the
picnic.
HEAR AIDHUSI G
Wireless Circuit
Tavern Sign
(Continued from Page 2)
should return and find a roaring
airport nearby. The sign's picture
shows St. Leonard with hands up-
raised in horror, as aircraft swirl
around his haloed head.
Sly interl,retations of a name
are not uncommon. The Nag's
Head, at St. Leonard, does not pre-
sent a picture of a horse. It
shows a nagging woman with a
muzzle .over her mouth.
Some famous artists have been
happy to turn their talent to paint-
ing signs for their favorite inns.
Several eminent Royal Academi-
cians have done so, and one of the
most famous of all British portrait
painters who is said to have paint-
ed such, a sign on an oak slab was
William Hogarth. The sign is still
carefully preserved bg the family
of the original owner.
Hogarth, lively chronicler of the
foibles of his times, did the sign
for the old Oxford Street inn nam-
ed The Man with a Load, of Mis-
chief. He painted a woebegone
character stooped under the weight
of a none -too -good woman and a
monkey, both perched on his
shoulders.
That was three hundred years
ago, and Hogarth would probably
smile in his tomb if he knew that
three centuries later he had pro -
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