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Home My WebLink AboutThe Huron Expositor, 1950-12-29, Page 2Is etablished 1860 `ii,,. Y. McLean, Editor published at Seaforth, Ontario, ev- Thursday afternoon by McLean Merhber of Canadian ;Weekly Newspapers Association. Subscription rates, $2.00 a year in ,*vane; foreign $2.50 a year. Single leopies, 5 cents each. Advertising rates on application. PHONE 41 Authorized as Second Class Mail Post Office Department, Ojtawa EAFORTH, Friday, December 29 All of i -is at The Huron Expositor wish all of you— Our Readers Our Correspondents Our Advertisers —Everybody A HAPPY ' NEW YEAR I' With Everything that the phrase signifies ' i --Good Health 4 ---Happiness Prosperity Peace $ oppiiigin Seoforth The Christmas season in Seaforth was particularly busy as far as Main Street was concerned. The displays of Seaforth merchants attracted shoppers from a wide area, and many ,of those who shopped in Seaforth did so for the first time in several years. In deciding to come here, they were prompted by the excellence of the stores and the extensive variety of goods which was available to Christ- mas shoppers. While generally speaking the re- action of customers was highly fav- orable, there were two criticisms --raised on several occasions, and con- cerning which eorrective action might well be taken before'; another Christmas shopping season arrives. The first had to do with the confu- sion that existed regarding store , hours, and particularly concerning Wednesday afternoon closing during December. The Chamber of Com- merce, in an effort to clear the mat- ter, circulated a petition early in the month to provide that stores stay op- en the two preceeding Wednesdays before Christmas. However, this was not signed 'sufficiently to over- come a town by-law which governs store hours. The result was that many shoppers on coming to town were disappointed to find the stores closed. However, without any prior notice, and despite the by-law, the stores remained open the Wednesday before Christmas, and again some shoppers, who would have been in - town had they known the stores were open, were disappointed. Another year it would be advisable if those responsible determined the hours during which stores would be open and inform' the public ahead of time. There is a whole year in which the matter may be reviewed and neces- sary amendments made to the gov- erning by-law. The other matter which prompted some criticism, had to do with the confusion and congestion which ac- companied Santa Claus on his visit to town. Because sufficient thought had not been given to the handling of the crowds, parents and children ' found it necessary to stand in the bitter cold for long periods awaiting the 'opportunity to force their way to Santa's platform. While in themselves, the criti- cisms may be small, they are at the same time important to those who, were inconvenienced. If Seaforth is to continue to be an outstanding Christ- mas shopping centre, even the minor inconveniences must be eliminated. What Other Papers Say: Basic Training (Exeter Times -Advocate) The subject of , clerks getting on was up for discussion. A merchant who has been forty years in business and who was about to retirewas ask- ed his views on this important sub- ject, "I have had but one clerk dur- ing all that time who really filled the bill. I have just secured a fine job for him." Asked further on this matter he continued: "The trouble is that the young people will not get down to it." This remark fits in with the words of another speak who lately told his hearers that the workers did not get the basic experience required. He told of being obliged to sweep out the store' for his first year. Along with this job went the care of the furnace and arrangement of the base- ment. He told of being required to put the goods on the shelves in at- tractive and orderly fashion. He had to fetch and carry and to be lively and pleasant about his tasks. He said that by the end of the second year he could find any article in the,store the minute it was mentioned. He had to deliver goods over all parts of the town. In this way he learned the dis- posal ;and safe of the goods. He learn- ed the Ways of the customers. When he was placed behind the counter he was ready to taccoimn'iodate his cus- tomers. ile knew them Later,he was the proprietor of the:store and knew what to e:.pea af.. every eniployee,•. 'e rOtn Ale.Z. spa lj it • Tim UUR ; E PQSI' QR ......... .............. ....:............. Seen in the County Paliers R .. D. Toe Broken in Mishap Just the first week Bill Thiel, Mitchell, started working for the Ontario Department of Highways with headquarters in Stratford, he had the misfortune to have his big toe broken when a heavy piece of machinery fell on it. X-ray at Stratford Hospital revealed the broken toe which was placed in a cast.—Mitchell Advocate. Presents Carol Service The Men's Choral Club present- ed a delightful carol service in Trinity Anglican Church on Sun- day evening with Norman Skinner, A. G. McDougall, Fred Walker, Al- bert Norman, Dawson Boyd, John Paris, Walter Ferguson and Stan- ley Sibthorpe taking solo parts. They also presented two anthems, "A Star Was His Candle" and "O' Holy Night." Cameron Geddes as- sisted and was acceptably ,heard in the rendition of "Nazareth."— Mitchell Advocate. Ice Sheet Started At Arena There's been plenty of action at the Community Centre Arena this week. When we visited the arena on Tuesday night, the base for a fine ice sheet had been laid, and a few good snappy nights would put the arena in shape for skating. An excellent job of levelling the gravel surface had been done, and, the flooding had proceeded to the point where the surface was beginning to glaze over. Mr. Archie Somers has the caretaking job temporar- ily, according to Town Clerk Geo. Sloan. Anyone who has had any - Years Agone Interesting Items Picked From The Huron Expositor of Twen- ty-five and Fifty Years Ago. From The Huron. Expositor January 1, 1926 thing to do with the flooding of the open-air rick in past years, realiz- ed on Tuesday what a great\ad- vantage it was to have a roof for protection. I't can snow as much as it likes now, but there'll be none to bother the ice surface, and work can go on unhampered.— Blyth Standard. Returned From Snowy Trip Mr. and Mrs. Emerson Erb and Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Erb, of the Zurich district, returned recently from a vivid snowbound auto trip they shall never forget, as they were on their way to visit Mr. and Mrs. Ephriam Gingeric'h, who are attending the Mennonite College at Harrlston, Virginia. But long be- fore they got to that place they ran into the worst snowstorm in the history of those Central States. They were in the Pittsburg, Pa., district when the big storm came and they pulled up at a tourist home in the country, along with other tourists and there they were snowbound for three days and nights. The snow was so deep that where cars were parked one could only see a slight raise in the snow banks. After what plows they had got through, they took to the high- way on their back home and got into a traffic jam of 8,000 cars, in 21 miles, with traffic moving so slow that often •they could move only a car length. They sure were glad to arrive back home in this land so well favored, as we missed the storms entirely and everything seemed quite normal here.—Zurich Herald. • mas with their mother, Mrs. Jas. F. Reid. Mr. Arnold Jeffery, who has tak- en a position in a telegraph office in St. Marys, spent Christmas at bis home in Staffa. On Sunday morning last the ther- mometer registered 18 degrees be- low zero, and it was the coldest Christmas Sunday we have had for many years. •Mr. E. A. McIntosh, of London, spent the week -end at the home of his mother, Mrs. James McIntosh. He Ieaves next month on a business trip to Peru, South America. On Wednesday evening of last week Mr. Ed. Mole was made the recipient of a very useful gift, when ^a number of Hydro users presented' him with a goose and several pounds of candy. The pres- entation was made by ex -Mayor J. A. Stewart and Mr. W. Edmunds. Word was received here Monday that Mrs. John Cameron, formerly of Seaforth, had been fatally injur- ed by being struck by an automo- bile at West Palm Beach. Last week Mr. W. A. Crich had delivered to him in Seaforth the first snowmobile to be used in Western Ontario. The machine was purchased through J. F. Daly. On Wednesday it covered over 60 miles easily. It iseasy to operate, will turn on any kind of a road, and will go over a snowdrift of any depth. . Mr. and Mrs. John R. Govenlock celebrated their 50th wedding an- niversary on Tuesday of this week. Mrs. Govenlock was the former Elizabeth Hall. W. R. Reid', Kirkland Lake, and Reg. Reid, Toronto, spent Christ- • From The Huron Expositor January 4, 1901 Dr. Hutchison, of ;Staffa, has ac- cepted the position of physician to the combined societies of the City of St. Thomas and will remove his family there soon. CONCLUSION Cassie awoke earlier than usual the next morning. This was Sun- day, with no work impending, so she wrapped her ample self in an old woollen robe and went softly to" the living -room. Liebetn was sagely; "The thing to do is to stay with me until you get all the kinks ironed out of your ienbecneeiMia I won't make demands on you— I think that's been the trouble all your life. Too many different peo- ple have expected you to be too many Wags I want to ask • your' forgiveness for." T,iisbeti Ohpal... her.' head!- Tklere were stars in her eyes, a mighty" surge of gladness through her whole being, healing, the wounds ol" misunderstanding. pbliteratitaa awake. Just awake. She looked many, different things, to do what hurt and resentelonent, She said rested, Cassie thought in the brief they wanted done. And lately it's softly, "No,../00.• Tit re'0 nothing been worse. Here with me you oto forgive. YOU belaeae a' what I led you to "believe, what"the evi- dence of your own aeaSee •Seemed to make plain: Can" I''blaree you for that? I waei—afraid, for Gay, afraid of what might happen if your father suspected . . ." Her voice trailed off. 'Mere wail an urgent question in her wide blue gaze. Jon said, "I didn't tell him.. Gay thinks I was afraid to, for fear you'd hate me. But that wasn't it. I'm through trying to• run other peopie'e• lives for them,. trying to pass judgment on' my own father's actions. If he's hap-• py, that's enough." His tone al- tered. "That was the trouble alt along Lisbeth. I let too- many outside influences affect me—re- sentment toward my father, dis- trust of Gay—I let them all • enter in and poison something beautiful and lasting, something 'so much more important than anything_ else." He said humbly, wretchedly, - "lave ,been such 'a fool. I•n my Reid Terry was my friend. Natur- heart I was always sure you were ally, he'd suppose it was my own fine aud true, but I fought against. letter I was• trying to recover. Na- that knowledge. I wouldn't admit, turaily, he'd hate me—" One slim even to myself, that 3 .fot'ed you." hand pressed her throat briefly. "It I Lisbeth's breath caught in, her - was just that suddenly. I couldn't thre ot. And nd• suddenly Jonia armee the go on any longer with the pre- tense, wanting" so much more than friendly shadow of the marquee, there was the slightest hope of my ever having ... but I didn't mean to hurt Gay." Cassie sniffed. "Trust your mother! She'll land on her feet, all right. Did she ever fail to? Did she ever get into a tight spot from which • she couldn't : manage, with some help from you, to ex- tricate xtricate herself? She'll do it alone, if necessary. Trust Gay!!" With breakfast over andthe morning only half gone, syLisbeth was restless. She told Cassie, "I think I'll go for a walk. Just to get the cobwebs out of my' brain." The wind was damp and cold. There was rain on, the wind. Even Park Avenue had no glamour under the sad, gray sky, but Lis - beth scarcely noticel. She walked along briskly, , trying to lose her- self in exhilarating motion. But her thoughts turned inward. A kind of emotional letdown pos- sessed! her. Tears mingled with the moisture on hdr lashes and ran, unheeded, down her cheeks. But it was so senseless to cry. Better to turn back, better to seek the friendly comfort of Cassie's companionship, then to walk, weep- ing, through the rain. Lisbeth turned abruptly and went back along the way she had come. Three blocks, four blocks, eve . She crossed the street at Cassie's corner, gained the shel- ter of the striped marquee . A tall figure stepped forward in her path. Fearfully, incredulously, Lis- beth's blue gaze lifted to rest on a dear, dark face, on gray eyes that looked down deeply and sure- ly into hers, on a mouth that tried to smile, but wasn't very steady about it. Lisbeth said thickly, "Jon,. Jon .. . " and her hands, which must have gone out instinctively at sight of him, were caught hard in his. Then Jon was. saying through that funny, twisted grin, "I've •been, waiting for you. I must have got here soon after you left—and ,Car- sie didn't know which 'way you'd gone or I'd have followed — just as I followed you from Chicago." Lisbeth's voice was hushed with wonder: "You followed me, Jon?" "Followed you?" His tone was less constrainedi now, more natu- ral. His grip hurt her hands and! Lisbeth gloried in it. "What else do you think I've been trying to do for weeks—ever since you dis- appeared? I've had detectives looking for you, but there was so little to go on. Nothing, really, until a few days ago: Then we found out 'about that place where you were singing and I went there. His voice was grave sud- denly. "Oh, my dear„I•missed you by such a small margin. I was desperate; crazy. If we 'hadn't been able to pick up your trail again . ” After a shaken mom- ent the hoarse young voice contin- ued, "I had to find you. There are so many things I must explain, so moment 'before the questing blue eyes discovered her in the door- way. Lisbeth smiled then, such a tremulous smile that Cassie cross- ed the big room swiftly` and gath- ered her into her arms and hugged her hard. Lisbeth said; "I couldn't imag- ine where I was—and then I saw you. Oh, Cassie, dear, it's swell o see you again!" j managed to do to you, between And Cassie answered- staunchly, Ghemi", 'You're exactly where you ,belong, I Lisbeth Found Jon in child. Where you should have I !Doorway Awaiting Her come long ago. I've been worried about you." • Lisbeth shook her head. She said, "You—know, then?" her voice low, "I guess they really Cassie shook her head. "No- didn't do so much. It was just that body knows less. I had a wire from I—changed. Gay's the same as Gay, an utterily mad letter from she's always been. She couldn't Jon Everton. I gathered you'd run know that the time would come away—for some perfectly adequate when I'd cease to feel responsible reason Pm certain," she paused to for her, when I'd want to be free. assure Lisbeth. "Gay took it for And Jour—" Lisbeth's taint smile granted you'd come straight to me. was rueful. "He ,hadn't anyway of Jon seemed to be suffering from knowing that things weren't what some sort of delusions concerning they seemed. I let him think—I you' and Reid Terry—but I set him made him,• really—believe that straight, on thatscore in short or- der." • Lisbeth asked, appalled, "Cas- sie, you didn't implicate Gay?" "And why shouldn't she be im- plicated'?" There was fire in Cas- sie's. glance. "Is there any reason why Gay Ferris should be able to go through life immune to the consequences of her own foolish- ness?" Lisbeth said, "Poor Gay. She. can't ,help being selfish." She amended that: "It isn't even ex- actly selfishness, Cassie, it's just that she—she isn't aware of any- one but herself, of anyone's needs or hopes or fears . And now, if Jon knows about her and Reid Terry, if he's told his father . . ." "You might," Cassie suggested dryly, "tell me. Then maybe I'd have some idea of what you're talking about. Of course I've seen the papers. I know you've been singing in some second-rate •night club in Chicago—but why, Lisbeth? What's it all about? •And what are you running away from?" Mrs. David Rife, of Sheldon, N.D., is 'visiting her relatives, Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Coleman, at Hillsgreen and other friends. A grand family reunion 'was held and a bountiful dinner served in her honor. Miss Florence Kirkwood, B.A.; of Brampton, 'has been appointed to the position on the Seaforth Col- legiate staff made vacant by Mr. Stone's resignation. Mr. John Landaborough, Sea - forth, and Mr. D. Grant, Tucker - smith, were ordained Elders of Egmondville Presbyterian Church on Sunday. The many friends of Mr. H. Liv- ens will be pleased to learn that he has sufficiently recovered from his recent accident to be out again. The following were ticketed to distant points' this week: Miss Ev- ans and Miss Lynch, Beechwood, to Detroit; Mr. and Mrs. Stenzel, Mc- Killop, to Port Huron; Hugh Alex- ander, lexander, of Meltiliop, to Davidson, 'Mich.; Miss Govenlock, Winthrop, to ' Port Arthur; Dan McLeod to Dettoft; Thos. Gardiner, 11icKillop, to Hamilton; Mrs. J. G. Grieve, McKillop, to London; Miss Lands - borough, Tuckersmith, to Chesley; Mr. W. W. Reid to New York; Miss Nettie Wilson, Ingleside, to .Indian- apolis, Ind.; Miss Agnes D. Hays, to Midland; Rev. Father McCabe to Chicago; Mrs. Enright and sis- ter, Miss McConnell, to Marquette, Mich. At a meeting held in the Queen's Hotel Wednesday evening, a mer- cantile hockey league was organ- ized, consisting of hardware, tan- nery, high school and dry good,' teams. BOXWORD PUZZLE By Jimmy Ras World Copyright Reserved ACROSS 1—Glitter 4—Imagine in sleep 7—Meadow 8—Nimble 10—Jewish title 11—Mount up to 15—Mineral spring 16—Tabledinen 19—Unnamed device 22—Amphibious Mammal 23—Always. 25—Hobo 26—Plea of absence 27—Eskimo hut 30- l3hatter . 31—Palmi stem 34--Triaitgutar sail 37—Not ofv 88. PrefnO 40—•Creicsa 41» -,Artist's Biped 42—Lazy 45—Rule 46—Pardon 49—Sober 52 -=Silence by force 53 ---Dilatory 66 -Race horse 57—A part 58—Blander 59—Comical 60—Twilled woollen stuff DOWN 1—Station for autos 2—Lay in a bed 3—State of U.S.A.. 4 --Costly 5—Self 6—Human -being 7— Fina thread 9--1T'o1sgoblin 12 .•.. Shortsightedtlietle 18—To bine .'Gflen 8°1_610 i4 AG '3 14—Human trunk 17 --Clothes' 18—Make,. as a law 20 --Fit to plow 21—Ground corn 24—Active strength 28—Higher.' knowledge 29—Waste meat 32—Pisoator 83 --Strengthening medicine 35—Reparation 36—Kind of salts 38—Cleaner 39—Hatred 48—Extent 44—Enthusiastic 47-fherry 48—Open sore 50 --See unexpectedly 51 Employ 54• --fairy„ 55—Hotel can take things as they come and live in the moment. Later on, when you've regainedi your poise and your sense of proportion, then will be ,the time to make deci- sions. Then you'll know what you want to do. Let Gay and Jon wor- ry over you. It'll do 'em good! Maybe they'll realize what they Lisbeth Confides in Cassie; Tells Whole Story Lisbeth said, "Darling, I'm sorry I'll tell you the whole thing." It was a pathetic, disjointed story that poured from Lisbeth's lips. It concerned Jon and his father .and Gay and Miles Bene- dict. Carol Bemis .moved through the story, too, and queer, kindly Herman Behrens and Hank Mer- riam, whose nose for news had been Lisbeth's final undoing. She told Cassie, "I thought if I disappeared, it would squelch Hank's story. I didn't realize he was sure enough of his facts to go on with it." Driven, desperate, Lisbeth had taken the' first train east. And she had come to Cassie, feeling a need. of someone who knew her, someone to whom 'she. could talk frankly. When the rambling tale was. fin- ished, it was Cassie who answered her own. question. .Cassie had ask- ed, sked, "What are you running away from?" And now she answered, with pity in her tone, "My dear, you're running away from yourself =-or trying to. And it's no good. You take your problems with you, and your memories." Lisbeth said bleakly, "I know. I've found that out. But what am I to do, Cassie? I can't go back and face them." "Face whom?" Cassie demand- ed inexorably. And then, as Lis - beth hesitated, "Surely Gay isn't worrying you. She ought to be ashamed to'r face you, but she wouldn't be. When she'd convince you that you were in the wrong, she'll forgive you. And the young man you jilted—Miles, was it?— he'd forgive you, too. You say he's kind' and understanding. He must have sensed you didn't really love him." "There's—Jon." Lisbeth's voice was only a breath above a. whis- per. "Ah, yes. And you love him, don't you, child? Isn't that the whole trouble?" Lisbeth said sharply, "No! Jon despises me, and no one but a fool would love a man who despises her." "No one but a woman," Cassie amended, sighing a little. "You've loved Jon Everton since the day you met. And I've a suspicion he's loved you—in a stubborn, unwill- ing way. That letter he wrote me —it wasn't the letter of a man who despises the girl he's writing about. The trouble ' is," Cassie complained, "you're both so young! Time will remedy that, of course, but in the meantime I'•m afraid you will have lost something one add sweet." She scowled at Lisbeth. "It would serve you right if I wir- ed Jon you were here!" Lisbeth's eyes darkened. Cas- sie, you wouldntt! You mustn't! Promise me you won't or I'll 1 ave. ' I'll leave at once and you'll ever see me again—never." Her voice thickened, stopped. Andi at once she was sobbing, And Casale was caressing her and saying softly, soothingly, "There, child., there. I won't tell anyone you're here unless you're willing." After the fierce storm of her unaccustomed tears, after a bath and a change of" clothes, Lisbeth felt better. She -and Cassie break- fasted at a small tattle, gay with peasant linen and fright. china. Beyond tall windows the sky 'i 4 . 'gray, arta sember, ,but within 'uvea ttarit th 'and 'friendliness,, Canal'. plied ' her •guest With d- lietotl food efid 8trbng;llot eat'a ;IA linea aft." adViery • ! asaio t and for the second time his lips came down to hers. But "this kiss was different, as different as Lis - beth had always, known. Jon's kiss could be. They clung together and the universe exploded into, glory about them and the rain was a tender symphony in their.ears. To Both This Meant the .1*. End of Real Trail It was Lisbeth who spoke at last, with wonder in her own voice: "Darling, do you realize it was here we met, on this very corner, on just such a day as this?" Jon nodded, his hungry, ardent lips against the softness of her hair. "I know. 'I thought of it, too. There's something symbolic about it. We can go on front here--" r "Aa though these •last months never happened," finished'. Lisbeth. "Oh, Jon, it's our '•second chance.'" Her gaze was arrested by a taxi, swerving 14) a halt at the curb. Its driver leaned invitingly: on the door, and for a blank incredible• moment it seemed to Lisbeth that - he was the same driver who bad. splashed her stockings the day" she and Jon met. • But that was: fantastic! Things like that didn't: happen All taxi drivers must loola more or lees; alike.. ... And there 'was nothing personal about this one's tone, only a vast, encompassing - .tolerance for the foibles of humanity, as he sug- gested, grinning, "If you'd carer for a little more privacy, I could) drive you around the park . . ."' THE END A Smile Or Two essameserarameratereasonestarreeria Peppy: "You been seein' Nellie nigh onto a year. What are your intentions—honorable-or dishonor- able?" Hillbilly: "You mean I got a choice." - • A very tired clerk had just fin- ished pulling down several blan- kets from a shelf until only one was left. Then the customer re- marked, "I don't really want to buy anything today. 'I was only looking for a friend." "Well, madam," said the patient clerk, "I'll take down the last one, 'if you're sure he's in it." • The woman lion tamer had the animals under perfect control. At her summons the fiercest Bon came meekly to her and took a lump of sugar from her mouth. The circus crowd marvelled ---all except one. man. "Anybody could do that," he yell- ed from the audience. "Would you dare to do 'it?" the ringmaster asked scornfully. "Certainly," replied the heckler. "I can do it just as well as the lion can." To The Editor Toronto, Dec. 8, 1950. The Editor, The Huron Expositor: Dear Sir: In the course of your report df that address* by Hon. Walter E. Harris (Citizenship and Immigration Minister) to those at- tending the annual banquet of the Huron County Federation of Agri- culture, I was particularly attract- ed to the following points. in a fine story: "The obejct in 'bringing people," Mr. Harris said, "is to pro- vide employment, and not to sub- stitute for anyone who now has employment"; and, "In: 1912 and. 1918," said Mr. Harris, "Canada was able to absorb immigrants at the rate of 400,000 a year . : " As one w•ho believes that in terms of population, if I may so describe it, .Canada is definitely un- der -nourished; the above address gave me pleasure. Now that the econotaists afar the nation's fine.nr etas leaders appear to have given the green light on this •problem of 'iintnlgratli n;e it seine reasonable to cone** that the inflow' zit hew psupia' OP Wiiia lyo& tip 'rapidly ref *Oita gliblibinita jogs, t # iUS3d>l;itdiN. early probability of winning our way back to the aforesaid target of "400,000 a year`�;`but I think we should certainly aim at a progres- sive ratio of say, one per cent of Canadair upsurging population? On this latter basis, not less than. 140,- 000 immigrants would come to this favored land in 1951. In that same November 24 Ex- positor I notice that: "A survey was made in the County of Huron of the number of farm homes us, ing margarine , Four townships, where the survey was completed, showed that three per cent of the housewives used margarine as a shortening, and not as a table spread . . . " As I -see this 'ersatz' •butter ,probe lent, the price differential, as 'be- tween regular 's'hortening' farm family purchases and the cost of 'margarine' for the same purposes, is a pretty slight affair—far too slight, I think, to warrant rural Canadians tarnishing rural ban- ners, While that "three per •cent" not very high, I feel that, even- tually, .the farfn folk will deride that it is just "threw per omit" too bight 4,0YX ' VV'dM iii %�!i'F If c ■ 9 9 ■ 10 31 12 13 14 16 . •1G 17, 18 ■ 19 20 21 ■ ■22 23 ~� 24 28z7 25 ■ ; 2'8" 29 30• 31 32 33 . 34 35 a 36 - II ■ 37 38 39 40 / 41 42 43 44 45 ■ �46 47 48 . ■ ■49 60` 61 Sft 65 64 56 ■. ■ 67 69 60 ACROSS 1—Glitter 4—Imagine in sleep 7—Meadow 8—Nimble 10—Jewish title 11—Mount up to 15—Mineral spring 16—Tabledinen 19—Unnamed device 22—Amphibious Mammal 23—Always. 25—Hobo 26—Plea of absence 27—Eskimo hut 30- l3hatter . 31—Palmi stem 34--Triaitgutar sail 37—Not ofv 88. PrefnO 40—•Creicsa 41» -,Artist's Biped 42—Lazy 45—Rule 46—Pardon 49—Sober 52 -=Silence by force 53 ---Dilatory 66 -Race horse 57—A part 58—Blander 59—Comical 60—Twilled woollen stuff DOWN 1—Station for autos 2—Lay in a bed 3—State of U.S.A.. 4 --Costly 5—Self 6—Human -being 7— Fina thread 9--1T'o1sgoblin 12 .•.. Shortsightedtlietle 18—To bine .'Gflen 8°1_610 i4 AG '3 14—Human trunk 17 --Clothes' 18—Make,. as a law 20 --Fit to plow 21—Ground corn 24—Active strength 28—Higher.' knowledge 29—Waste meat 32—Pisoator 83 --Strengthening medicine 35—Reparation 36—Kind of salts 38—Cleaner 39—Hatred 48—Extent 44—Enthusiastic 47-fherry 48—Open sore 50 --See unexpectedly 51 Employ 54• --fairy„ 55—Hotel can take things as they come and live in the moment. Later on, when you've regainedi your poise and your sense of proportion, then will be ,the time to make deci- sions. Then you'll know what you want to do. Let Gay and Jon wor- ry over you. It'll do 'em good! Maybe they'll realize what they Lisbeth Confides in Cassie; Tells Whole Story Lisbeth said, "Darling, I'm sorry I'll tell you the whole thing." It was a pathetic, disjointed story that poured from Lisbeth's lips. It concerned Jon and his father .and Gay and Miles Bene- dict. Carol Bemis .moved through the story, too, and queer, kindly Herman Behrens and Hank Mer- riam, whose nose for news had been Lisbeth's final undoing. She told Cassie, "I thought if I disappeared, it would squelch Hank's story. I didn't realize he was sure enough of his facts to go on with it." Driven, desperate, Lisbeth had taken the' first train east. And she had come to Cassie, feeling a need. of someone who knew her, someone to whom 'she. could talk frankly. When the rambling tale was. fin- ished, it was Cassie who answered her own. question. .Cassie had ask- ed, sked, "What are you running away from?" And now she answered, with pity in her tone, "My dear, you're running away from yourself =-or trying to. And it's no good. You take your problems with you, and your memories." Lisbeth said bleakly, "I know. I've found that out. But what am I to do, Cassie? I can't go back and face them." "Face whom?" Cassie demand- ed inexorably. And then, as Lis - beth hesitated, "Surely Gay isn't worrying you. She ought to be ashamed to'r face you, but she wouldn't be. When she'd convince you that you were in the wrong, she'll forgive you. And the young man you jilted—Miles, was it?— he'd forgive you, too. You say he's kind' and understanding. He must have sensed you didn't really love him." "There's—Jon." Lisbeth's voice was only a breath above a. whis- per. "Ah, yes. And you love him, don't you, child? Isn't that the whole trouble?" Lisbeth said sharply, "No! Jon despises me, and no one but a fool would love a man who despises her." "No one but a woman," Cassie amended, sighing a little. "You've loved Jon Everton since the day you met. And I've a suspicion he's loved you—in a stubborn, unwill- ing way. That letter he wrote me —it wasn't the letter of a man who despises the girl he's writing about. The trouble ' is," Cassie complained, "you're both so young! Time will remedy that, of course, but in the meantime I'•m afraid you will have lost something one add sweet." She scowled at Lisbeth. "It would serve you right if I wir- ed Jon you were here!" Lisbeth's eyes darkened. Cas- sie, you wouldntt! You mustn't! Promise me you won't or I'll 1 ave. ' I'll leave at once and you'll ever see me again—never." Her voice thickened, stopped. Andi at once she was sobbing, And Casale was caressing her and saying softly, soothingly, "There, child., there. I won't tell anyone you're here unless you're willing." After the fierce storm of her unaccustomed tears, after a bath and a change of" clothes, Lisbeth felt better. She -and Cassie break- fasted at a small tattle, gay with peasant linen and fright. china. Beyond tall windows the sky 'i 4 . 'gray, arta sember, ,but within 'uvea ttarit th 'and 'friendliness,, Canal'. plied ' her •guest With d- lietotl food efid 8trbng;llot eat'a ;IA linea aft." adViery • ! asaio t and for the second time his lips came down to hers. But "this kiss was different, as different as Lis - beth had always, known. Jon's kiss could be. They clung together and the universe exploded into, glory about them and the rain was a tender symphony in their.ears. To Both This Meant the .1*. End of Real Trail It was Lisbeth who spoke at last, with wonder in her own voice: "Darling, do you realize it was here we met, on this very corner, on just such a day as this?" Jon nodded, his hungry, ardent lips against the softness of her hair. "I know. 'I thought of it, too. There's something symbolic about it. We can go on front here--" r "Aa though these •last months never happened," finished'. Lisbeth. "Oh, Jon, it's our '•second chance.'" Her gaze was arrested by a taxi, swerving 14) a halt at the curb. Its driver leaned invitingly: on the door, and for a blank incredible• moment it seemed to Lisbeth that - he was the same driver who bad. splashed her stockings the day" she and Jon met. • But that was: fantastic! Things like that didn't: happen All taxi drivers must loola more or lees; alike.. ... And there 'was nothing personal about this one's tone, only a vast, encompassing - .tolerance for the foibles of humanity, as he sug- gested, grinning, "If you'd carer for a little more privacy, I could) drive you around the park . . ."' THE END A Smile Or Two essameserarameratereasonestarreeria Peppy: "You been seein' Nellie nigh onto a year. What are your intentions—honorable-or dishonor- able?" Hillbilly: "You mean I got a choice." - • A very tired clerk had just fin- ished pulling down several blan- kets from a shelf until only one was left. Then the customer re- marked, "I don't really want to buy anything today. 'I was only looking for a friend." "Well, madam," said the patient clerk, "I'll take down the last one, 'if you're sure he's in it." • The woman lion tamer had the animals under perfect control. At her summons the fiercest Bon came meekly to her and took a lump of sugar from her mouth. The circus crowd marvelled ---all except one. man. "Anybody could do that," he yell- ed from the audience. "Would you dare to do 'it?" the ringmaster asked scornfully. "Certainly," replied the heckler. "I can do it just as well as the lion can." To The Editor Toronto, Dec. 8, 1950. The Editor, The Huron Expositor: Dear Sir: In the course of your report df that address* by Hon. Walter E. Harris (Citizenship and Immigration Minister) to those at- tending the annual banquet of the Huron County Federation of Agri- culture, I was particularly attract- ed to the following points. in a fine story: "The obejct in 'bringing people," Mr. Harris said, "is to pro- vide employment, and not to sub- stitute for anyone who now has employment"; and, "In: 1912 and. 1918," said Mr. Harris, "Canada was able to absorb immigrants at the rate of 400,000 a year . : " As one w•ho believes that in terms of population, if I may so describe it, .Canada is definitely un- der -nourished; the above address gave me pleasure. Now that the econotaists afar the nation's fine.nr etas leaders appear to have given the green light on this •problem of 'iintnlgratli n;e it seine reasonable to cone** that the inflow' zit hew psupia' OP Wiiia lyo& tip 'rapidly ref *Oita gliblibinita jogs, t # iUS3d>l;itdiN. early probability of winning our way back to the aforesaid target of "400,000 a year`�;`but I think we should certainly aim at a progres- sive ratio of say, one per cent of Canadair upsurging population? On this latter basis, not less than. 140,- 000 immigrants would come to this favored land in 1951. In that same November 24 Ex- positor I notice that: "A survey was made in the County of Huron of the number of farm homes us, ing margarine , Four townships, where the survey was completed, showed that three per cent of the housewives used margarine as a shortening, and not as a table spread . . . " As I -see this 'ersatz' •butter ,probe lent, the price differential, as 'be- tween regular 's'hortening' farm family purchases and the cost of 'margarine' for the same purposes, is a pretty slight affair—far too slight, I think, to warrant rural Canadians tarnishing rural ban- ners, While that "three per •cent" not very high, I feel that, even- tually, .the farfn folk will deride that it is just "threw per omit" too bight 4,0YX ' VV'dM iii %�!i'F If