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SEAFORTH, Friday, August 25th
Canada's Railway Strike
Every phase of the Canadian econ-
omy will be affected by the railway
Strike which coniinonced Tuesday
'Horning. Regardless of the out -
Come, the loss throughout the coun-
try will"be staggering.
• The railway workers who are on
'strike will be the rargest losers. Not
Only will they share with all other
'Canadians the overall cost that dis-
ruption of the nation's transporta-
tion systems involves, but they also
will lose the wages they might other-
wise have earned.
No one questions the legal right
!of the railway unions to call a strike.
Canadians of all classes recognize
the right of any worker to use any
legal means at his disposal to im-
prove his position. Workers do not
wish to work under any system of
dictatorship in which the State estab-
lishes rigid regulations relating to
• employment, and in this stand the
worker has the support of every
Canadian. But in seeking and ob-
taining such freedom of action the
worker assumes an inherent respon-
sibility not to use such freedom,
which includes the right to strike, in
a manner that can imperil the wel-
fare of the community as a whole.
A special responsibility devolves
on the employees of an industry, such
as a railroad, so vital to the economic
welfare of themselves and their fel-
low Canadians. The fact that their
leaders have chosen to ignore that
responsibility may well result in a
demand by the public for legislation
designed to ensure that in future the
nation's economy is, not jeopardized.
There is, in fact, no other way to en-
sure that the privilege to strike
would not be abused again.
Negotiations have been in pro-
gress for many months. To the de-
mand for a, forty -hour week and
Higher take-home pay, the railway
ompanies, in return for a three-
year contract, have offered a five-
day 40 -hour week with 48 hours' pay
to be effective October 1, 1951, with
provision for a transitional period
of, say, nine months after that date
during which penalty overtime rates
shall not apply up to 48 hours per
;week_ If at any time a national em-
ergency were to be declared by the
government, the unions would have
to waive this overtime penalty. The
+companies have also offered a four
Cents per hour wage increase effec-
tive September 1 this year, and a
Cost -of -living bonus of two-thirds of
to cent per hour for each one per cent
rise in the cost of living from Octo-
l)er• 1 onwards.
While these proposals Would not
Cover railway hotel employees, and
water transport employees, a one-
year contract with a two -cents an
Sour increase was offered these.
To those thousands and thousands
of Canadians, who as a result of the
isti'ike are faced with lack of em-
ployment'or loss of income, and par-
ticularly to those farmers who are
oncerned with the marketing of
Meir crops, the terms offered by the
(companies appear to be exceptional -
Fa^; iy fair. After all, we don't know of
►ny farmers who operate on a forty -
hour week.
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The English Language
We often hear it suggested that
.((o little thought is given the Eng-
lish language and the way in which
may best be employed, to express
opinioMs. Mr. Winston Churchill,
iablthe leading student of Eng -
its usage, who, better than
e >knowsthe pitfalls of
hwettninainte
poor usage, was presented recently
with a prize of £1,000 ($3,080) for
the first two volumes of his history
of the Second World War,
Mr. Churchill spoke as follows on
the English language:
"Read the great books of -the Eng-
lish language in your leisure time.
Particularly, to the young, I say, do
not begin to read the great books of
the Language too soon. It is a great
pity to read works of great practical
value hurriedly or at an immature_
period in your development.
"The English language is a glor-
ious inheritance which is open to all,
free to all: no barriers obstruct it,
no coupons are needed, no restric-
tions are imposed. We must pre-
serve our language and see it is not
unduly damaged by modern slang
and adoption. I was shocked the
other day to hear the Chancellor of
the Exchequer ---use the word `quan-
tify'; let us be careful about that.
Another expression that is very com-
mon is 'in short supply'. Why can't
you say `scarce'.? Another objec-
tionable expression is `broken down.'
All this means is `sifting' or, if you
wish to be more erudite, you may say
`analyze'.
"It is by being lovers of the Eng-
lish language in all its strength and
purity that we shall not only improve
and preserve our literature but make
ourselves more effective members of
that great English-speaking world,
on whom, if it is wisely governed,
the future of mankind will largely
rest. It will be from the English-
speaking world that the truest mes-
sage will be conveyed to the rest of
mankind."
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Gum Drops For Dinner
The theory, entertained by every
child, that life can be sustained in-
definitely by the consumption of
candy, now has scientific support.
People can live entirely on gum
drops as long as ten days without
any harmful effects. Ten men of the
United States Air Force ate the gum
drops—called "starch jellies" for the
sake of seriousness—in an experi-
ment performed in Alaska.
The information probably will re-
sult in more gray hairs for those
parents who carry on running bat-
tles with their children as to the
merits of candy on the one hand and
good solid food on the other. The
child who has been refused candy be-
fore his meals will now be in a posi-
tion to argue authoritatively. He will
suggest he could eat the candy and
skip the meat and be just as well off.
If the Air Force people know what
they are talking about, perhaps he
might be right.
Now that a start has been made,
more than one bright child may sug-
gest the Air Force might well carry
on its experiments. Are several help-
ings of desserts harmful? Is there
any sound reason why meals should
not consist of ice cream, pickles, soda
pop, and het dogs? If the answers
should turn out to be in the negative,
a revolution in childish eating hab-
it's may be at hand.
y —
What Other Papers Say:
Some Cheque!
(The Port Elgin Times)
A Victoria, B.C., woman cashed a
cheque last week made out on a hard
boiled egg, in the sum of $15. On the
shell was a legally written cheque on
the Canadian Bank of Commerce
even to the required three -cent
stamp. If the practice becomes com-
mon the banks will have to install an
egg -grading plant.
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The Ringing Bell
(The Paris Star)
A thought that occurred to us
while we were relaxing with a book
one evening in front of the fireplace
was that, while Alexander Graham.
Bell had introduced a great service
to mankind, he also produced one of
the greatest irritants. The ringing
of the telephone can be as disturbing
to the peace of mind as anything we
know. While everybody agrees that
we could not get along without the
telephone, it was wonderfully peace-
ful to settle down with the knowledge
that the jangling sound of Mr. Bell's
favorite invention would not drag us
back into reality.
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e THE HURON EXPOSITOR •
Mr. Humphrey Mitchell
(By C. A 13., in Winnipeg Free Press)
The reason why the death of
Hon. Humphrey Mitchell, Minister
of Labor, makes a gap in the.Cab-
inet so difficult to fill is that
"Hump," as his friends called him,
was a fundamental realist. Being
so, he was a liberal of the old
Manchester tradition, perhaps re-
garded lately with some secret
contempt by a generation growing
accustomed to government larges-
se. Socialism, even the mild ap-
proach to it, was repugnant to
him, equally with fascism.
In the truest sense,•'he was anti-
totalitarian, a profound believer in
the dignity of the individual stand-
ing on his own feet with the least
possible in4erference in his affairs
by government.
Atthe end of the last war, no
one in the Cabinet was as eager
as Mr. Mitchell to get rid of war-
time labor, wage and salary con-
trols. He moved as rapidly as his
colleagues would agree, often to
their distaste, to get back on the
peacetime basis of freedom of
labor to bargain directly with em-
ployees. As a lifetime labor union
leader himself, he sought by prac-
tice, more than by legislation. to
protect the bargaining rights of
labor. He was opposed to govern-
ment interference in labor disputes
except as a conciliator when ev-
ery other effort at employer -work-
er negotiations failed in extreme
deadlock.
Mr. Mitchell was not a phrase -
maker. He was frequently ridi-
culed by his opponents in the
House for his sometimes confused
and hr !ting use of the King's Eng-
lish. But anyone who takes the
trouble to analyze his argnments
must agree that they inevitably
rested on a solid rock of logical
common sense. He could be hard
as iron in resisting what he con-
sidered unjust demands; but he
was never bitter, in or out of the
Commons. And he had the happy
faculty of giving a good-humored
turn to a dispute edging on ;he
acrimonious which helped im-
mensely to fetch a settlement.
It was his ability to conLN' e
that his opponents perhaps had a
case that made him without ques-
tion the friendliest member and
the most personally liked man in
the House. Organized labor Ir-;d-
ers would take some very tough
Language from him around the
conference table because they had
cdnfidence in his unvarying friend-
ship for organized,, labor. They re-
spected his judgment of right and
wrong and his instinct for fair
dealing.
Those acquainted with the in-
side government -union labor nego-
tiations two years ago to settle
the railway wage dispute agree
that it was chiefly Mr. Mitchell
who enforced a settlement. When
it appeared that the catastrophe
of a national railway strike in
Canada was inevitable, Mr. Mit-
Mitchell flatly told the union lead-
ers that if they, persisted in a
strike, it would be the last rail-
way strike ever inflicted upon the
Canadian public. It is doubtful if
that kind of warning would have
been accepted from any other min-
ister. But it aohieved a compro-
mise.
It was Mr. Mitchell's view that
the strike should hafe been set-
tled by negotiation between the
railways and the unions without
dragging in the Government. It is
well known here that he held the
same view with respect to the cur-
rent railway strike threat; that
unless the contending railway and
union leaders could agree, they
would have to face the conse-
quence of public reaction.
His dislike for evasive subtleties
in debate led him to take a per-
haps too jaundiced view of delib-
erations in the United Nations
Assembly where he had attended
various sessions. To his news-
paper friends, he was quite free in
expressing contempt for no much
of the high level theorizing heard
there, particularly with respect to
social, economic and labor prob-
lems. He was especially disgrunt-
led by the advanced social argu
ments of Mrs. Franklin D. Roose-
velt which he regarded as totally
impractical in a world threatened
with a new war by the Russians.
As for the Russian dictators
themselves, he had the utmost con-
tempt. One of the last remarks he
made to this writer was that he
had been in Russia, and at the
Kremlin; that if the people of
Canada really understood what a
backward country Russia and her
people comprised. they would not
have the least apprehension of
Soviet totalitarian doctrines ever
dominating the world.
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Canadian Bacon Exports !farms for the most part involves
Canadian bacon exports during
the past 10 years were valued at
3.4 billion dollars, which exceed-
ed the exports of the previeu_ 40
:ears, L W. Pearsall. Director of
Marketing Services in the Depart -
anent of Agriculture. Otta',va. told
delegates to the recent Ontario
Poultry and Livestock Coi:fr-rence
at Guelph.
Mr. Pearsall said • that hog pro -
Auction in Canada has consistent-
ly exceeded domestic needs and
that for 80 years surplus bacon
has been exported in varying quan-
tities to the British market.
In 1939. he said that hog mar-
ketings totalled 3.7 million. with
total exports of 186 million pounds.
Five years later these figures had
more than doubled and had reach-
ed 8.9 million hogs with epos is of
695 million pounds, This year
marketings will approximate five
million hogs, with exports of bac-
on estimated at some 60 million
pounds.
One important fact about this
phase of the swine industry. Mr.
Pearsall pointed out, was that vir-
tually all the increased production
occurred in Western Canada. He
said .that the decline in market-
ings and exports during the past
few years is directly attributable
to a drastic and sharp decline in
western hog production. H:• em-
phasized the -point that during the
past five years eastern marketings
had- maintained the level of war-
time peak production.
Western Grain For Eastern Hogs
The present level of hog produc-
tion in Eastern Canada can only
be maintained by the movement of
substantial quantities of western
fee grain, L. W. Pearsall, Director
of Marketing Service in the De-
partment of Agriculture. Ottawa,
told delegates to the Ontario Poul-
try and Livestock Conference held
recently at the Ontario Agricul-
tural College, Guelph.
Mr. Pearsall said that last year
2.2 tons of western grain were
moved into Eastern Canada under
the freight assistance policy and
that this represented about 40 per
cent of the total feed utilized in
the east last year.
These figures. he said. served to
show the degree to which live-
stock in Eastern Canada is now
dependent on western feeds. There
appears little prospect of any
greater quantities of western
grains being available to supple-
ment eastern supplies, •which
means that there is little chalice
of any marked increase in hog
production in Eastern Canada.
Mr. Pearsall pointed out that if
freight assistance should be dis-
continued, a substantial decline in
Eastern Iivestock would appear in-
evitable. Since grain is essential
to bog production, any important
reduction in the overall feed sup-
ply would probably result in a
greater decrease in hogs than in
other classes of livestock which
were less dependent on feed
grains.
Treatment For the House
The control on dairy and
Fly
bee'
houseflies and horndies. The house
HMV!min.=
fly must be controlled because it L=''
a known vector of disease. The
hornfly should be controlled to
cause it is a bloodsucking fora:"
irritating to the cattle. Because
these flies differ in susceptibility
to different insecticides different
^_ontrol measures for each may be
necessary and because they differ
in habits different Control mea-
sures are possible.
.Houseflies.—These are seen in
swarms about barns. milk houses
and manure piles. Control: In the
past lack of control with certain
insecticides may have been due to
one or a combination of the fol-
lowing factors: Resistance to the
insecticides. insufficient concentra-
tion. improper application and
what is perhaps more likely, poor
sanitation. Manure piles are breed-
ing places. Because houseflies rest
on walls and ceilings such places
may be sprayed with insecticides
which would be dangerous if used
on animals. In spraying barns.
etc., for housefly controi, great
care should be exercised to keep
the insecticide from contaminating
mangers, feed bins, water troughs
or any place where cattle feed or
lick. Fog, mist sprayers or aerosol
types should not be used with the
materials listed below. Recom-
mended insecticides are DDT. Lin-
dane and Methoxychlor.
Hornflies. — These small flies
breed in fresh cow- manure but not
in manure piles. The adults do not
leave the cows except when they
are laying eggs. Thus, to obtain
control of this species. the cattle
themselves must be treated.
Control: DDT and certain other
insecticides leave a residue in the
fat and milk of cattle which have
come in contact with the insecti-
cide. This can result from the
cattle being sprayed or by feeding
from mangers or drinking from
water troughs which have acci-
dentally been sprayed and may
contain small quantities of the in-
secticide. Such residues in human
food, especially those of DDT. must
be considered as hazardous to the
health of man. The presence of
any such residue may result in a
ban being placed on the sale of
the affected products. At the pre-
sent time strict regulations con-
cerning such residues are actually
in effect in the American market
for beef and dairy products. There-
fore, insecticides which will leave
a hazardous residue must not be
used on dairy cattle at any time
or on beef cattle within three
month of slaughter. Neither
Chlordane nor Linda.ne are to be
used on cattle at any time.
The recommended insecticides
for the control of hornflies are
Methoxychlor, piperonyl :hutoxide
and pyrethrum, thiocyanates and
certain other insecticides not re-
garded as hazardous and may be
used on cattle where DDT is pro-
hibited.
For leaflets on the details of
spraying both barns and cattle,
write your district representative
df tate Ontario Department of Ag-
riculture, or write to the Depart -
Meet of Entoruology, Ontario Agri-
ettitttral College, Guelph, ,
Common objects, like a
'phone,
Can transmit disease.
But, kept clean, they're not
as prone
To pass on a sneeze.
Dar. ai National Heald!' and Wllar•
Years Agone •
Interesting Items Picked From
The Huron Expositor of Twen-
ty-five and Fifty Years Ago.
'AUGUST 25, 1950
Seen in the Count,
From The Huron Expositor
August 21, 1925
On Tuesday Mrs. J. R. Murdoch,
of Brucefield, entertained at a de-
lightful party of young girls in
honor of the birthday of her daugh-
ter, Beth. They motored to the
lake at Bayfield and game were
played and a birthday cake par-
taken of. Returning home they en-
joyed music and dancing and par-
ticularly the Highland dancing by
Edith Henderson, Seaforth, Doro-
thy Farquhar and Audrey Murdoch.
Miss Agnes Eckert, of Manley,
has accepted a position as teacher
in Wallaceburg.
A number of the Seaforth golf-
ers went to Goderich Saturday af-
ternoon to play a mixed foursome
event with the Maitland Golf Club.
Goderich won 9-4. After the game
the visitors were entertained to
dinner at the .clubhouse. Those
who went were Mrs. F. J. Bechely,
J. B. Higgins, Mrs. T. S. Smith, G.
T. 'McTaggart, Mrs. O. Neil, R. E.
Cresswell, Mrs. J. C. Greig. K. M.
McLean. Miss Grieve. T. S. Smith,
Miss Watson, Judge Jackson, Miss
Graves. W. Aberhart, Miss Elcoat,
J. F. Ross. Miss Wilson, J. Hinch-
ley. Miss Sheehan, R. Hartry, Miss
McTaggart. W. E. Southgate. and
J. W. Greig.
Mr. and • Mrs. Thomas Elder, of
town. and Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Stu-
art. of Detroit, returned last week
from Yellowstone Park, having
gone by way of Iowa, South Dako-
ta and the Cody Road Entrance,
leaving by the southern entrance
and returning through Nebraska.
On Saturday afternoon an auto
accident occurred on the Thames
Road, near Exeter, when a lady
from Stratford, driving a McLaugh-
lin touring car, in which were sev-
eral others, lost control of the car
which took to the ditch and struck
a telephone pole, breaking it in
two places. The car turned out to
pass C. F. Hooper`, Exeter. and was
damaged in the front, but miracu-
lously the occupants escaped with-
out a scratch.
Eleven head of fat cattle were
killed by lightning on the pasture
farm of Dan Oestriche-, near Exe-
ter, on the Lake Road. The cattle
had• taken shelter in a small bush
on the farm and their bodies. hud-
dled together, wet e not found for
three days.
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From The Huron Expositor
August 24, 1900
Mr. Jas. O'Loughlin. of McKil-
lop, is building a new residence.
Mr. Jas. Campbell, of Leadbury.
has taken the contract of clearing
two miles of roadway on the boun-
dary between McKillop and Grey.
This is within the limits of the
Canada Company's land which is
being drained.
Jas. Mowbray, of Walton. goes
to Seaforth, having accepted a
position with Scott Bros., to run
the electric light plant.
Mr, Thos. Dickson, of Seaforth.
and Mr. C. E. Mason, of Brucefield,
started for the Old Country last
week. They are after more entire
horses.
The following were ticketed to
distant :points this week by W.
Somerviile's ticket agency: To the
Normal School, Toronto, Miss Liv-
ens. Seaforth; Miss McMillan, Rox-
boro; Miss Belle Simpson, Walton;
delegates to Grand Lodge Orange
True Blue, Hamilton, Mrs. J. G.
Grieve, McKillop and Mrs. S. Som-
ers, Seaforth; to resume teaching
after the holidays, Arthur Wood -
bey, to Barrie; Miss Gillespie. to
Beamsville; Miss Waugh, to Ros-
seau; Manitoba excursion, Miss
Mary Gemmell, Tuckersmith, to
the Portage; Ralph W. Cresswell.
to Chicago; Mrs. (Dr.) McGeoch,
to Bay City, Mich.; Mrs. John Mc-
Intosh to Sarnia; Jas. L. Killoran
to Ann Arbour, Mich.; Mr. and
Mrs. J. A. Stewart, to St. Paul.
Minn.
Matriculation examinations at
Seaforth Collegiate resulted as fol-
lows: Part I: Ray Dickson, Fran-
cis Gray. Charles Hoffman, Robert
Humphries, Thos, Welsh, Thos. J.
Wilson; Part n: Hector Elliott,
Beatriee Scott, David Wren; Part
II. Junior leaving: Robt. Anderson,
Ida Arnold, Minnie Beattie, Eliza
Bell. John Blake, Lizzie Davis,
Janet Govenlock. Howard Hartry,
Arthur S. McLean, Eva McMichael,
Annie 13. Murray, Beatrice Pum -
chard, Jennie Russell, Gabel
Waugh, Hugh Welsh. Bessie
Young.
Mr.' Jas. Weir has disposed of
the Royal Hotel in town to Mr.
Jas, Dick. for the sum of $11,000,
sash. It Is a good property, being
one of the best hotel stands in
the • town.
Attempted Robbery Thwarted
The glass in the doors at the
east end of the Edmunds & Cook
garage, town, were shattered last
Wednesday night when an attempt
was apparently made by thieves to
gain admission. Around 3:30 p.m.
Chief Constable Bert Croome
heard a noise and, as he proceed-
ed towards it, noticed a car driv-
ing hastily away from the garage.
Provincial Police G. A. Govier was
summoned but no trace of the cul-
prits was found. A steel bar been
removed from the door but noth-
ing was taken from within.—Mit-
chell Advocate.
Found Fatally Shot Near Varna
Ray Stewart, 19, son of Mr. and
Mrs_ Gordon Stewart, R.R. 3, Au-
burn, was found shot to death this
afternoon (Thursday) in the barn
of A. Mustard, R.R. 1, Varna,
where the was helping bring in the
harvest. While the men went out
to the field to bring in another
load, Stewart remained in the barn
working, and when the men return-
ed he was found shot. - Ray mar-
ried Miss Betty Nivins, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. David Nivins, of
Dungannon, this spring. He was
employed as a farm hand in the
Varna district.—Goderich Signal -
Star.
Presentation To Choir Member
Members of St. Paul's Anglican
Church choir met at the home of
Mrs. Morris Swanson, Centre St.,
one evening recently to present
Miss Dorothy Piper, bride of last
week and fellow member of the
choir, with a lovely set of door
chimes. Mr. Mel Keating, presi-
dent of the choir, made the pres-
entation, with Rev. E. O. Lancaster
reading the address. Following the
presentation a sing -song was en-
joyed and a delicious lunch was
served by the hostesses, Mrs. M.
Swanson, Mrs. W. Henry, Mrs. B.
Mitchell, Mrs. M. Templeman, Mrs.
F. Seddon and Mrs. Miller Davis.
—Wingham Advance -Times.
Auto Accident Near Whitechurch
Result of a car crash west of
Whitechurch on Friday evening,
Harold Courtney. of Toronto, was
admitted to the Wingham General
Hospital. He sustained a fractur-
ed pelvis and severe lacerations.
The accident happened on High-
way 86 in front of the farm of
John Craig., Mr. Courtney, driver
of a late model foreign car, was
reported turning into the Craig
farm when his car was struck by
a car driven by Robert J. Peterson,
of Kitchener. Following the im-
pact the Courtney vehicle bit the
ditch, snapping off a telephone
pole. Driver of the Kitchener car
was uninjured. Dr. W. A. Crawford
attended the injured man. Pro-
vincial Officer Charles Salter in-
vestigated. Extensive damage was
caused to the Toronto car.—Wing-
ham Advance -Times.
Minister Dies in 79th Year
Rev. Robert C. McDermid, D.D.,
a former beloved minister of Knox
Presbyterian Church, died sudden-
ly on Sunday last at London, after
an illness of several months. He
was in his 79th year. Born at
Utica, Ont., Mr. McDermid receiv-
ed his secondary school education
there and at London, and graduat-
ed from Knox College, Toronto, in
1901. In 1946 he received from the
University of Toronto the honorary
degree of Doctor of Divinity. His
pastoral charges were at Fingal,
Stayuer. Goderich, Toronto (St.
Paul's Church), Oakville and Ux-
bridge. In 1931, after fifteen years
as minister of Knox Church. Gode-
rich, he accepted a call from St.
Papers
Paul's Pl'ef}1yterltll March, Tor-
onto. He i'otircid front lois last
charge, Uxbridge, in Irebruai'y last
owing to •continued lllnues,rich Signal -Star,
Signal -Star.
Lions Raise $900 At Concert
The newly -formed Grand Bend
Lions Club netted $900 in Its first
money -raising venture Sunday
night. The clUb sponsored a con-
cert and raffle in the Lakeview-
Casino
akeviewCasino and two people, Walter
Chomlk, of London, and Miss Eliz-
abeth Ann Henderson, of Wood-
stock, walked away with valuable-
prizes.
aluableprizes. A pure bred Cocker Span -
lel, Coverdale :Silver Dust, was won
by Chomlk who took $50 instead
of the animal. Then Alvin Walper
of Dashwood got on the auction
block and sold the pup tq Miss.
Henderson after some exciting bid-
ding front all sides. Neil McKay
and his orohestra along with the
leader's wife, Marion McKay, pro-
vided entertainment. Eric McIlroy
is president of the newly -formed
club and assisted by an efficient
staff of officers was responsible
for the success of the venture_
Thewinning ticket was picked by
Mrs. Murray Plunckett and Paul
Bricklen.—Exeter Times -Advocate.
Becker Reunion
The third annual Becker reunion
was held on Sunday, August 11, at
the home of Mr, and Mrs. Albert
Becker, New Dundee, with about
100 present. Lunch was served un-
der the convenership of Mrs. E.
Brandt and Mrs. C. Kemple. The
afternoon was spent in games and
sports, prizes going to Mex Beck-
er, Itis Becker, Ronald Eckstein,
Alma Hern, Ruth Ann Salmon,
Bobby Becker, Marjorie Becker,
13111 Becker, Gerald Martene, Shir-
ley Becker, Eleanor"Becker, Elaine
Becker, Elfrieda Becker, Mrs. Cliff
Salmon, Ray Eckstein, Cliff Sal-
mon, Clarence Kemple, Bob Ten
Eyck, Fred Ten Eyck, Harold
Stire, Eugene Becker, Gordon
Feltz, Mrs. Mary Martene, Wtm.
Becker, Mrs. Henry Becker, Jr.,
and Harvey Kelley. The Mil-
brandt Quartette of New Hamburg
rendered several musical numbers
and also Betty Eckstein on the
piano accordian. Mr. Ed. Stire,
president, pgesided over a short
business session, during which the
secretary's report was read by
Margaret Becker. It was decided
to hold the 1951 reunion at the
home of Mr.- and Mrs. Edmund
Becker, Dashwood. Slate of offi-
cers for the 1951 reunion are:
President, Henry Becker, Jr.; sec-
retary -treasurer, Wallace Becker;
members of other committees:
Mrs. V. L. Becker, Mrs, Cliff Sal-
mon, Elfrieda Becker, Harold Stire,
Emil Becker, V. L. Becker, Cliff
Salmon, Edward Stire. — Zurich.
Herald.
A Smile Or Two
If a man is unhappy at home he
should find out if his wife has mar-
ried a grouch.
•
First He: "I would like to meet
a girl who doesn't flirt, giggle, gos-
sip, smoke, kiss, wink or use make-
up."
Second He: "Why?"
•
Wife: "John, is it true that.
money talks?"
Husband: "That's what they
say, dear." •
"Well, I wish you would leave a
little here to talk to me during the.
day. I get so lonely-."
BOXWORD PUZZLE
By Jimmy Rae
World Copyright Reserved
ACROSS-
1—Deceit
4—Fine thread
7—Purchase
8—Astofish
10—Lamenting
11—Aid
15—Period
16—Shining
19—Mood
22—King
23—Consider
25—Rapier
26—Five (prefix)
27—Man's Name
30—Three (prefix)
31—Irritate
34—Affluence
37—Crow-t4
38—Preface
40 --Squeeze
41 --!Pied animal
X12—Ages
45—Farewell
46—Relate
49—Concedes
52—Frozen water
53—Thin plate or
scale
56—A dance
57—Ban
58—Habitual drunkard
59—Simpleton
60—Fragment
DOWN
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2—Dialect
3—Bird of prey
4—Thin
5—Distress signal
6—Half em (p1.)
7—Staff of life
9—Curved line
12—Rbve idly
13--Snow-hut
8OLUTION ON PAGE 7
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14—Fatigued
17—Polite
18—Splendor
20—Sovereignty
21—Sudden fright
24—Come in
28—Lewd man
29—South Sea Tea
32—Convoy
33—Winning card
35—Contradict
36—Reddish-orange
dye
38—Gem of oyster
39—Hatred
43—Being at rest
44—Perspiration
47—Bar
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50—Degree
51—Point of pen
54—Help
56—Tavern
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ACROSS-
1—Deceit
4—Fine thread
7—Purchase
8—Astofish
10—Lamenting
11—Aid
15—Period
16—Shining
19—Mood
22—King
23—Consider
25—Rapier
26—Five (prefix)
27—Man's Name
30—Three (prefix)
31—Irritate
34—Affluence
37—Crow-t4
38—Preface
40 --Squeeze
41 --!Pied animal
X12—Ages
45—Farewell
46—Relate
49—Concedes
52—Frozen water
53—Thin plate or
scale
56—A dance
57—Ban
58—Habitual drunkard
59—Simpleton
60—Fragment
DOWN
1—Rotate
2—Dialect
3—Bird of prey
4—Thin
5—Distress signal
6—Half em (p1.)
7—Staff of life
9—Curved line
12—Rbve idly
13--Snow-hut
8OLUTION ON PAGE 7
tSllt
14—Fatigued
17—Polite
18—Splendor
20—Sovereignty
21—Sudden fright
24—Come in
28—Lewd man
29—South Sea Tea
32—Convoy
33—Winning card
35—Contradict
36—Reddish-orange
dye
38—Gem of oyster
39—Hatred
43—Being at rest
44—Perspiration
47—Bar
48-1/16th of lb.
50—Degree
51—Point of pen
54—Help
56—Tavern
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