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s t; to water 1s.' of principal ata
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icy; while graannular ,soils (.Band and
gravel')" aiiecess ta1n clays Bho,w lit
tIe' tendene r iii that respect. It haat
been' found .too that compaction
ihikt8 a i big effect on Carrying capac-
ity: ota•'sofl and also that well com-
papted soils are more water re-
•si`s~;tant. .All of these and other
factors are being considered in the
depiglt .of a road and at times a
major job is be* done to bring
ahput. the moat, satisfactory com-
biaatien of conditions,
When we con
8ider that the base
of `a road is likely to be doing its
job for a thousand years' and may
cause the ruin of costly surfaces,
,a Lbase in the (first place
early. Crazy
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tone and comity; =road trot _
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is, certain to be the most eeon-
omical.
There was a time that tile drains
were expected to provide a cure
for any trouble involving excess
water. • Experience shows that cer-
tain soils are affected very little by
tile drains and continue to absorb
water and cause frost boils after
such drains are installed. Tile
drains "iyeque11tly become out of
repair and' have outlet trouble, so
that it IS ,sometimes preferable to
design the road so that such drains
are not needed. This may be ac-
complished at times by removing
bad soils from the base of the road
and replacing them.
Cost of snow clearing is a con-
siderable item and as it is a yearly
operation a reduction in its cost
can justify a lot of expenditure on
construction.
-Road design has been changing
with the years and from our ex-
perience
xperience at present we have adopt-
ed a,: cross section for our roads as
follows: A 24 -foot width, shoulder
to shoulder, with 5 -to -1 -aide slopes,
with the road where practicable 4
to 5 feet above the grade of the
ditches. It will be noted that the
24 -foot width is somewhat narrow-
er than has been commonly used,
but with. the flat side slopes no
advantage can be seen in extra
width in most cases. In addition
to the smaller quantities that will
have to be moved in construction,
during snow clearing operations,
the snow is more quickly pushed
to the side slopes.
In the past it was general to al-
low the slopes of fills to assume
their natural angle of repose and
ittle buys a jot
of telephone service
EVERY DAY we receive hundreds of requests for
service. Its cost hasn't gone up as much as most
other things you buy; in fact, your le)ephone bill
now takes, a smaller part of the family budget
than it did five years ago.
With more and more families getting telephones,
you can now talk to twice as many people. And so,
in that way alone, you get a lot more telephone
service for your money.
At the same time, the quality of telephone
service keeps steadily improving in many ways, and,
as always, telephone people try to be helpful and
friendly. Any way you look at it, today's telephone
is big value!
It gong haven't get got service:
You can be sure your neighbourhood will
be served, and your place on the list pro-
tected Taking care of people without
service as quickly as possible is one of our
biggest and moat important tasks.
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THE BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY OF. CANADA
SQ911fl s "&tat :'' .'Hilal'
build their road gr6,cles. in this
Manner, hie a ' S1,1•ates now
have a ape i cation 'fixing the
slope of fills, and some have a
specification of 4 -to -1, but this
County is 'the only place that 1
know of where a 5 -to -1 slope is us-
ed. This is felt to be necessary to
'provide safety and to permit ve-
hicles to park on the slopes if nec-
essary.
of
Drainagehills
cuts through gh
can usually be affected by the use
of tile drains, but where the cuts
are not too deep, it has been our
practice to continue the open drain
over the hill, This provides a stor-
age for snowi is felt thate'
and t Uh
amount of snow that accumulates
in • these ditches would annually
have to be scraped from the road
and piled along the side.
In tlfe course of our construction
operations some trees have had to
be removed and in other sections
the roads have too few trees. It
is hoped, this year, to get some
planting done that will compensate
for this condition.
During past years many steel
bridges in this County have failed,
sometimes due to heavy load's, but
generally due to the truss being
broken from being struck by a
heavy vehicle. When a vehicle
drops through a bridge and the
bridge is not over 20 feet above
the river bed, the fall is retarded
by the collapsing bridge and no
personal injuries of consequence
have resulted in this county. The
bridge at Auburn is a high bridge
and should a vehicle drop through
it for any reason, it would be for-
tunate if no lives were lost. The
reconstruction of this bridge should
be given consideration during the
next few years.
The work done in 1950 was gen-
erally satisfactory. Although the
weather conditions were the worst
ever experienced, the mileage of
asphalt roads was extended and
some of them resurfaced so that
they are in better condition gen-
erally than ever before.
Grading operations during the
past few years have eliminated
many snow traps and with added
equipment it is felt that long per-
iods of snow -blocked roads, such as
our citizens have bad to tolerate
in the past, should be few in the
future.
The quality of the bridge work
done has been good.
Our equipment is being maintain-
ed in good condition. It is a singu-
lar fact that a number of our ma-
chines purchased as much as ten
years ago, are worth more now
than was paid for them, due to the
increased price of such equipment.
The following balance sheet
shows the distribution of expendi-
ture for 1950:
Bridges and Culverts
Dyer's Bridge $ 12,267.34
Nine Mile Creek Bridge16,811.96
Clinton -Bayfield culvert , 1,470.72
Kirkton .bridge 4,264.02
Lannon culvert 2,126.88
Dashwood bridge ... 512.02
10th Grey culvert 1,742.52
Rd. 12 culvert const1,578.76
Con. 14, Howick, culvert 1,473.69
Rd. 22, culvert const. 408.99
Rd, 24, culvert const. 1,297.05
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Highest Cash Prices for
DEAD STOCK
HORSES . , $10.00 each
CATTLE .. $10.00 each
HOGS .. $2.50 per cwt.
According to Size and
Condition
Call Collect
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DARLING & COMPANY
OF CANADA, LIMITED
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(B)r Wg4.LY)
This week's space is derated al-
most entirely to a sport which we
think should receive more dime
light . , Badminton.
Those who are devotees of court
games, and have played all, or
most, incline to 'believe that the
fastest is ba4dmioten. lladh►inton
originated in India toany centuries
ago, was transported to 1 'land,
from where throughout
9e it spread
the world, especially English-speak-
ing countries.
The game, known in India as
"Poona," was adopted by English
army officers in the 1860's. They
introduced the game to friends, but
the new sport was definitely
launched at a party given in, 1873
by the .Duke of Beaufort, in
his
country place, "Badminton," in
Gloucestershire, England. At the
time it had no name, but it was
referred to as "the game at Bad-
minton." It isn't hard to see
where its name 'badminton' came
from.
The sport was played in Eng-
land up to 1887, under the rules
which guided it in India. From an
English standpoint, these were
confusing and contradictory, Since
a small army of players had been
recruited, caused by the great ap-
peal of the game, a group organiz-
ed into the Bath Badminton Club.
This club standardized the rules
and made the game applicable to
English ideas. The basic regula-
Rd. 25, culvert const. ..
Rd. 41, culvert const. ..
Fordwich culvert
Misc. culvert const.
Boundary bridges
Boundary culverts ..
827.04,
2,524.51
771.95
9,210.80
1,169.13
1,420.08
$59,877.46
Roads
Rd. 6, Usborne, const... $ 551.90
Rd. 9, Tucker smith, const. 730.40
Rd. 10, Hay & Stanley.. 334.00
Rd. 12, Brussels south,
grading 16,258.98
Rd. 12, Brussels South,
bituminous surface 28,127.59
Rd. 20, East Wadanosh669.30
Rd. 20, West Wawanosh2,108.87
Rd. 20, Ashfield 1,715.90
Rd. 22, E. & W. Waw7,784.47
Rd. 23, Ashfield 2,186.55
Rd. 25, Colborne, bit. sur13,358.00
Rd. 25, Hullett & E. & W.
Wawanosh 347.75
Rd. 41, Hay 11,635.61
Clinton -Bayfield, bit. sur16,958.98
Saltford Road 2,518.23
Fordwich, south cut-off1,323.23
Village of Brussels 2,338.20
Village of Fordwich . 3,284.60
Town of Goderich 1,054.50
Town of Seaforth 1,157.30
Town of Wingham 4,213.00
Mis. const. 6 -inch ,pipe300.00
Boundary const., accts13,394.41
$132,351.83
Maintenance -
Bridges $ 2,866.92
Culverts 3,209.23
Boundary bridges 382.07
Boundary culverts 460.49
Calcium chloride 16,487.28
Ditching 762.77
Dragging 31,035.46
Drains 1,289.20
Grading . 6,491.78
Guide rail 1,664.80
Resurfacing 76,527.08
Sanding 2,988.03
Signs 2,052.16
Snow clearing 24,694.44
Snow fence 9,517.40
Tarring 11.242.19
Trees 264.75
Weeds and brush 13,052.64
Land °purchases 7,313.31
Drainage assessment ,766.19
Boundary maintenance, . 3,632.52
Centre line marking 864.40
Maintenance foremen 1,616.83
Damage claim 150.00
Grand Total ...... $212,413.13
4444iiilawn--„lip 41: sfi 40,
• he apart, TilaiiaginiOt9,1 48809lil:;
tion, of l ngland was formedin 1890
to tae the alathority away from
the Patb, .4;4o, aXtd this new- group
made `Mare rules, which now gov-
ern
overn this game throughout the
world.
It was strictl a tnan's sport, but
after its quick spread from England
to Canada, United States and Aus-
tralasia, women ,became enthis'iasts
about it, and at, the present time
we would say interest is about eq-
ually
ually divided.d.
Al - la
The official 1 En nxi Cham-
pionships.
pionships. 'began in 1904, which
makes hadmiliton matches. a young
thi
ng '
In 1910, only 300 clubs were to
be found in England. By 1930 there
were about 500. Soon after the
war its popularity grew, as over
9,000 clubs sprang up over the Brit-
ish Isles.
Canada slipped into the picture
about 1890, while a few years lat-
er Americans gave it a "whirl."
They discarded it soon after and
was not',heard of in the U.S.A. un-
til about 1929.
Badminton has made gigantic
strides in popularity, gaining new
recruits from tennis players, who
seem to regard badminton as some-
thing of a post -graduate course in
court games.
This is a sport that calls for
lightning speed, extraordinary
alterness, and more skill than is
demanded in most court games.
Badminton can be played either
indoors or outdoors, Due to the
unpredictable climate in Canda, it
is almost entirely an indoor ev-
ent. For this reason it is played
mostly as a winter sport, but some
play it the year 'round. The game
not merely intrigues the contest-
ants, .but is a dazzling exhibition
from the spectator's viewpoint, al-
though many courts are so small
that only contestants can attend
the events.
Badminton calls for terrific vol-
leying of an eccentric shuttlecock,
and its sudden. unanticipated des-
cent, demand the utmost in speed
and dexterity, calling for far more
endurance than ever is demanded
of a lawn tennis player.
In this great sport, during a vol-
ley, 'the competing players are al-
most in perpetual moti an --the
smallest fraction of a s cond not
only may decide a point, u -may
even determine a championship.
Wingham Stainton Spitfires are
currently leading group one W.O.
A.A. Intermediate "A" Hockey
League with six wins against one
setback. Listowel and Goderich
are running close second and third.
The Spits will have to be on their
toes this week in order to hold
their slim lead.
Standings
Wingham
Li stow et 5 2 10
Goderich ....... 5 3 10
Clinton R.C.A.F. 3 4 6
Kincardine 2 6 4.
Lucknow 1 6 2
Mitchell Legion's entry in the
O.H.A. Intermediate "B" Group
has decided to "call it quits." Af-
ter only one victory in nine starts,
they gave up this year's team.
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6 1 12
t `fie AwrilsF fa orge J'armouth'
and .famil 'v�iaited`-ther4parents, Mr:
and Mrs 'Frank Moore, recently.
Mr. and Mrs. i$etbert Britton),
and 'Mrs. Wollkman spent Thursday
in'Exeter,
Mr. and Mrs. James Malcolm
visited with Mr. and Mrs. George
Peeper on Sunday.
Mr: and. Mrs, Omit Roney and
Mr. arid' Mrs. Charles Roney at-
tended
t
en d'of Mr. Alex
t lie the funeral
Stewart on Saturday.
Mr, and Mrs, disorge Robinson`
bad as their guests on Sunday,
Mrs. 'R$na Stacey'and Mowet,Mr.
and. Mrs. Lionel Strathdee and
family, and Mr. and Mis, Jack
Stacey and family'.
Mr, and M. Dalton Malcolm.
and boys 'visited with Mr. and Mrs.
George Gibli on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. James Broughton,
of Atwood, and Mr. Broughton, of
Weyburn, Sask„ visited recently
with tMMr. and Mrs. Fergus Lanvin.
Extinguishers Save House
Fire extinguishers were credited'
by Fletcher Fisher with saving his
home near 'Benmiller from burning
down on Tuesday morning. Mr.
Fisher said he stoked up the furn-
ace about 7:30 a.m., as was his
usual'custom, and then went to
the barn to do the chores. Soon
after his daughter, Lois, came run-
ning to the barn tR say the house
was on fire. A general alarm was
sent in to the Carlow telephone.
operator. By the time Mr. Fisher
obtained a pail of water in the
barn and headed for the house,
neighbors were coming up his drive
way in cars and were armed with
fire extinguishers as a result of
the telephone alarm. A son, Ken-
neth Fisher, grabbed a fire ex-
tinguisher
xtinguisher in the Fisher home and,
clad only in his pyjamas, fought
the blaze with the extinguisher
from the cellar. Other neighbors
joined in with their extinguishers.
Mr. Fisher says the fire seemed' to
have started under the floor direct-
ly over the furnace. It spread rap-
idly and was a mass of flames In
Their only victory came as a re-
sult of a win over the Centralia
Flyers. Their three remaining
games, two with Tavistock, whom
they haven't met, and one return
game with Centralia, have been de-
faulted.
This leaves only six teams in
this loop—Clinton Colts, New Ham-
burg Roth's, Seaforth Legion, Tavi-
stock, Milverton Dominion Royals,
and Centralia R.C.A.F. Flyers.
Seaforth Pee -Wee Beavers are
being kept in shape with a series
of exhibitiontilts and practises.
The Beavers are getting ready to
enter the Ontario Minor Hockey
Association finals. They received
a bye into this group and have
been trying to inclrease their sup-
port and their own strength 'be-
fore entering this group. Coach
"Farmer" McFadden, and Manager
Harvey Mason, have been doing a
wonderful job with this group of
kids,and many stars of tomorrow
will surely come from this team.
rrIALOA
(By WALLY)
Clinton Colts were victorious
once more as they took the Sea -
forth Legion for a ride in an 8-4
fixture Saturday night.
The usual style of shinny was
displayed between these two rivals
as in past performances. Much to
our amazement, no penalties• were
handed out during the first frame
and only two majors for fighting
during the whole affair. These
were the result of a short scuffle
between Neilans and Huffman.
Seaforth appeared to have a good
chance as they flashed the red
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CN -LOWS
uu„o s:.rulie
light first with Nicholson doing the
duties (who was the person that
came up with that statement that
the team scoring the first goal al-
most always wins? We'd like to
speak with 'him, after seeing sev-
eral games, including this one, with
the losing team scoring first). Han-
ley and Draper followed through
for the Colts.
It was Clinton all the way in
the next frame, with three coun-
ters.
Seaforth tried hard in the last
frame to add to their losing total,
as three times they outsmarted
Nediger in the Clintonian's • net.
O'Shea got a goal for himself af-
ter two minutes of play. Clinton's
first goal came from a golf shot by
Clare Maltby from the neutral
zone. Cam Maltby and Edgar came
through the local defence with two
more tallies. Broome outwitted
the winner's goaler with five min-
utes to go in the game, as he
picked up a pass from O'Shea.
O'Shea counted his second goal of
the game on taking Nicholson's
pass. and sweeping in on Nediger.
Although he was the losing goal-
ie, no one can say Baker didn't try
hard to keep the puck away from
the goal. He kicked it aII over the
place, but it kept coming back at
him like a boomerang.
Referees—Hal Baird and Pat
Gardner, Stratford.
CLINTON—Goal, Nediger; de-
fence, Bartliff, Neilans; centre,
Cam Maltby; wings, Edgar, Clare
Maltby; subs„ Strong, Draper, Han-
ley, Colquhoun, May, Wilson.
SEAFORTH—Goal, Baker; de-
fence, Cameron, Nicholson; centre.
Sills; wings, Muir, Broome; subs.,
Hild,e +and, O'Shea, Knight, Wade,
Boussey, Huffman.
First Period -1, Seaforth, Nichol-
son (Muir), 8:37; 2, Clinton, 'Han-
ley (Colquhoun, Draper), 15:54; 3,
Clinton, Diaper, 18:57.
Penalties, None.
Second Period -4, Clinton, Han-
ley (Strong), 10:10; 5, Clinton,
Bartliff (Cam Maltby), 15:55; 6,
Clinton, Cam Maltby (Clare Malt-
by, Edgar), 19:35.
Penalties — Colquhoun, Neilans
(major), Huffman (major).
Third Period — 7, Seaforth,
O'Shea, 2:02; 8, Clinton, Clare
Maltby, 5:27; 9, Clinton, Cam Malt-
by (Edgar), 7:05; 10, Clinton, Ed-
gar (Clare Maltby), 15:10; 11, Sea -
forth, Broome (O'Shea), 15:15; 12,
Seaforth, O'Shea (Nicholson),
17:10.
Penalties — Bartliff 2, Draper,
Broome, Muir.
The local Legion made it two
straight over the Mitchell Legion
Intermediate hockey club as they
doused them 5-2 in a scheduled eon
test at the arena last. Thursday.
liw.Ql�$ ye 1. ,a'� .��
t+ tkte are : eatt�u&Oilllat
lOa e w}ould , probably bay
�?'ra„,' ft • rt , :4!`'3TGI, Rr. `N+i. y .! �i1j
wen �r,l1
q. the se e, ,A,,,y.dlie„
it arra ',ad the 'Rase wt hptett/well
under contrpl, Mr, Maher said,--
Goderic. ; Sigaal-Star,
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Seaforth's Ave goals were all
gingiva tables, as were those of the
paroohnelirteoo.m
e opened,ensd' the scoring
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aa at i
: 80 as he came in aloes,
Ilildiabrand repeated this perform-
aneo at 18:40.
•'p e e w e
'the next Pram as an "even -
Stephen”
Stephen" affair, as beth teams
c e 'oat dt the 20 -minute stanza.
wit twe goals. Huffman' tom-
pietely' $gol.ed Cbessel as he elam-
med the rubber in the goal from a
side shot. McNairn decided it was
Mitehell's turn, and at the half he
tallied after bringing the puck up
from the centre line. Knight and
Nieholaon teamed up at the 11:00
mark with Knight flashing the red
light. Gatenby passed the puck
over to hiss teammate, "Izzy" Pow-
ell. Powell went in on Baker and
scored.
'Roughness was prevalent in the
third period. The •period was a
wide open affair, which went for
18 minutes without a counter. The
kid line then came through for the
locals with Jack Muir counting ',at!,
18:26 from Ron Broome and put
Seaforth out in front by three
goal$.
Gar Baker, the young star -goalie
of the Legion team, was in his Us-
ual calm, term,, as be:.ctlolly ,'ached.
out the many shots by the Mitchell
forwards.
Referees—Pat Gardner and Hal
Baird, Stratford.
MITCHELL—Goal, Cheasell; de-
fence, Rohfritsch, Heinbuch; cen-
tre, McNairn; wings, Gatenby,
Gabbard; alternates, Powell, Hen -
nick, Stock,g Gibb, Dunsmore, But-
son.
SEAFORTH—Goal, Baker; de-
fence, Cameron, Nicholson; centre,
Sills; wings, Muir, Broome; alter-
ei 1, .,, ,ebrarttt, HoOkaan.
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' '.Sedond Period—Goals: Seaforth,
Luffman, 2:56; Mitebel1, , 3ieNairts,
9f19; tSeaforth, Kni,ht ('Niehol-
eoin), 11:OZ;' Mitchell', Powell (Gat
eaby), 14:89.
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tt�` $rd )Period — Goals: Seaforth.
Muir (droome), 18:
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