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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1954-10-22, Page 2ffi�kl`slnir`i 1N Gr !e< ' HURON EXPOSITOR Established 1860 Published at Seaforth, Ontario, levexy Thursday morning by McLean A. Y. McLean, Editor Subscription rates, $2.50 a year in advance; foreign $3.50 a year. Single copies, 5 cents each. Member of Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association. Advertising rates on application. PHONE 41 Authorized 'as Secutui Class Mali Post Office Departruent. Ottawa SEAFORTH, Friday, October 22 AN ENVIABLE RECORD Citizens of Huron County may take pride in the high standing which the County holds in financial circles, as revealed by the price which was received for Huron debentures in a recent sale. Issued to finance a portion of the new Court House, the three per cent debentures were sold at 99.61. Ac- cording to provincial officials, the terms -were believed to have been the most advantageous of any obtained by any municipality in Ontario this year. Terms such as 'these do not just happen. They come about because of the high regard in which Huron credit is held by financial institu- tions. And this high regard, in turn, flows from the manner in which Huron finances have been managed over the years. This enviable result comes about because of the common sense and ob- jective approach which members of Huron County Council have adopted through the years, and is a reflection of the consistent and considered guidance which Council has received from its Treasurer. To those in authority who would eliminate or further reduce the pow- ers of County Councils, this Huron experience should be a lesson. GIVE GENEROUSLY There will be a full and generous response to the appeal for funds to aid Ontario victims of Hurricane Hazel, which has been issued by Premier Leslie Frost and Metro Chairman F. G. Gardiner. The appeal was coupled with the announcement that an official On- tario Hurricane Relief Fund has been established to "receive contri- butions from all those citizens in this Province and elsewhere who desire to assist those who have lost so much." It is understood that the Fund is designed, not only to assist those who suffered in the Toronto area, but al- so any others- throughout the Prov- ince who were victims of the hurri- cane's fury. There is little that one can say that will in any measure alleviate the mental torture of those who lost lov- ed ones as victims of the storm. But insofar as the replacement of the material losses of the stricken peo- ple are concerned, there should be no holding back. Contributions to the fund may be left at any bank. A GRIM LESSON Coupled with the genuine grief which a catastrophe, such as that which struck Toronto on Saturday, engenders in everyone is the realiza- tion that some, at least, of the trag- edy might have been prevented. Per- haps there need not have been such a staggering loss of life, or a proper- ty loss which will reach millions. Man cannot prevent hurricanes, nor can he stop rain from falling. But he can, by properly planning the use to which he puts his land, pre- vent .construction in natural water- sheds on sites which invite disaster some time or another. True, preventative works could be constructed that might render such was harmless, but the cost to the general public would beprohibitive when weighed in the light of the sel- f0 advantage gained by the few in- ' dualsr,who seek •. to make use of 'situation in Toronto arose as t of a combination of land - 'Weil andindifferent pub- . should be a lesson to communities and civic officials ev- erywhere. verywhere. BE PREPARED When someone uses bad luck as an excuse for failure to achieve a par- ticular end, he or she is only seeking an excuse. It was not bad luck at all, but rather lack of- preparedness, we are told by the Hamilton Spectator. It often happens that when a per- son has attempted something and failed he blames his bad luck or com- plains that he never gets a "break". "These are merely excuses for an in- adequacy that is too painful to ad- mit," the Spectator says. "Though life often appears to be a gigantic lottery, it cannot be so ; the world could not carry on for one second if it operated on chance. "When a person blames his failure on bad luck, he really means that he was not properly prepared to take advantage of the opportunity that life had offered him. To recognize an opportunity is one thing; to be equipped to take immediate advant- age of it is, something different alto- gether," the Specthtor concludes. What Other Papers Say: ALL ALIKE (Kitchener -Waterloo Record) Standardization is the secret in large measure of the success attain- ed in today's living but as it enters into the home decor, the clothes peo- ple wear, the cars they drive, the books they read and the type of en- tertainment to be enjoyed, the innate differences that make individuals can be buried under a surface of standardization and conformity. To conform and to be standard are assets of high value but, like every- thing else that is good and useful, they should be kept within the bounds that assure they will not de- stroy rather than build. .Envy Canada's Budget (Milwaukee Journal) Granting all the circumstances that alter cases, an American cannot help but gaze with some envy upon the tidy fiscal operation of neighbor Canada. Her Minister of Finance, Mr. Wal- ter Harris, recently reported that her $4.4 billion budget for the last fiscal year had been estimated to be in bal- ance by $10 million and wasso man- aged that the actual surplus at year's end was $46 million. Biggest factor was less than authorized spending for defence. Canada's debt of a little over $11 billion is two and a half times her annual budget. Ours, around $275 billion, is five times the current bud- get. The latter, furthermore, is nearly $5 billion out of balance. With her balanced budget last fis- cal year, Canada reduced her debt by the amount.of the surplus. A sound and thrifty land. Better Climate is Far Off (From Brooks, Alta., Bulletin) A prominent British geologist now touring Canada expressed the view that a climatical change is in pro- gress and the frozen north is warm- ing up. He was careful to state that the change will be very slow in ac- tion so that no one living today will notice it, and neither will our great, great, great grandchildren. Millions of years ago, according to scientists, Alberta enjoyed a tropi- cal climate and this part of Southern Alberta was the shoreline of a great body ofwater. Huge dinosaurs, the petrified remains of some specimens of which have been dug out of the Red Deer river bad lands, thrived on the marshy shores. The accumula- tion of plant life provided the basis of the oil and gas finds of modern times. 1 Slowly over millions of years the climate changed and ice ages suc- ceeded each other. Warmer weather melted the ice and brought about our present climate. Perhaps in aeons ahead a tropical climate will again be experienced. In the past fifty years, or since the white man came to this part of Can- ada in numbers, there has been lit- tle change of climate. Here in South- ern Alberta since 1905, when wheat growing commenced to become big business, there have been two good - to -bumper crop years in 10, six aver- age crops and two drouth years when returns were well below the average. THE HURON EXFOSrTOR SEEN iN THE COUNTY PAPERS Recovering From Burns Mr. Ed. Jewell is in Wingham Hospital recovering from severe burns suffered when gas fumes ex- ploded. H® was about to relight a fire -pot while working in a septic tank, when the accident occurred, setting fire to his clothing. -Brus- sels Post. Returns From Extended Tour Mr. Jack Thynne, widely known in the entertainment world as •'The Kansas Farmer," returned home to Brussels this week from an extend- ed concert tour in British Colum- bia. This was his first visit to B.C., where his distinctive style of entertainment proved very popular with weet coast residents.-.11rus- sets Post. Electric Welder Stolen About $275 worth of equipment, including an electric welder, elec- tric drill and paint sprayer, were stolen from Exeter Produce and Storage Co., over the weekend. The tools were discovered missing on Monday morning. It is believ- ed that the thieves entered the warehouse by a turnip chute some time Saturday or Sunday. Police Chief Reg Taylor is investigating. -Exeter Times -Advocate. Watch Still Runs Buried for a year in an open field, a watch that was plowed up last week still runs. The wrist watch, owned by Bennett Fisher, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clark Fischer, R.R. 1, Exeter, was found Friday when Mr. Fisher's plow turned it up. It had been lost one year ago to the week. When tested, the watcb, operated smoothly. Minor repairs will have to be made, but otherwise it appears in good con- dition. -Exeter Times -Advocate. Lands in Hospital On his way to a new job in Lon- don, a Lucknow man, Jack Stew- art, 244, wound up instead at Alex- andra Marine and General Hospi- tal in Goderich. Stewart told po- lice he attempted to avoid an on- coming car which was passing a truck, when his car left the road and smashed into a treed The ac- cident occurred at Auburn on Tuesday morning. He suffered a fractured knee and fractured left foot and lacerations to this face and right arm. Hospital officials said his condition was good. Dam- age to his car, police said, amount - ted to about $1,000. He was treat- ed at the hospital by Dr. N. C. Jackson.•-Coderich Signal -Star. Returned By Plane Mr. Harry Hoffman. of Dash- wood, who Was on a motor trip to Renfrew, in the. Ottawa Valley dis- triet, owing to pressing business, was called thome immediately, and he lost no time in getting to Ot- tawa where he boarded a plane to London, and in the matter of hours was at his home safely in Dash- wood, attending to his profession (undertaking). Harry advise us it is 17 years since he had the last plane ride when he flew the Eng- lish Channel, while on the contin- ent at the Coronation. He also no- tices a big difference in the riding and speed of the planes since that time, as our Canadian planes are a very luxurious way of travel. - Zurich Herald. Breaks -ins Net $230 Thieves managed a successful break and enter at the ParKnit Hosiery Ltd. early Monday warn- ing, and made off with $80 in cash, Entry was gained through a win- dow in the roof, through the boil- er room. The tool crib was forced open, and tools from there were used to force the office door, and later to open the safe. It is .be- lieved that the thieves went out through the back door. On Tues- day evening a •similarly styled break-in was engineered in Gode- rich at the freight sheds, when entrywas gaind through the rear door. The office door was forced, and some $150 was taken from the safe, which was forced open. Clin- ton and Goderich - police depart ments are investigating. --Clinton Ne ws-Record. Killed in Crash A former Goderich resident, Miss Sylvia Ann Langille, was killed at Windsor on Sunday when the car which she was driving, was in collision with a bus. Miss Lang- ille was 22 years of age and the eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil M. Langille, of Windsor, She came to Goderich with her parents and family in 1948 and was em- ployed at Stedman's Store. Leav- ing here in 1952 she went to Wa- terford, where she was manager of the Stedman store, later mov- ing to Mitchell, where she held the same position. She was a for- mer member of Victoria Se United Church and teacher of the Senior Girls' Class in the Sunday School; she was also active in Young Peo- ple's work. Since going to Mit- chell she was a frequent visitor in town and had been a guest with Rev. and Mrs. D. W. Williams Last week. Surviving besides her par- ents are one brother, Jimmy, and two sisters, Margaret and Jean.- Goderich Signal -Star. Truck Upsets - Last Thursday was a lucky day for Earl Horner, 21, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Horner, 14th concession, Hay. when he escaped with only a shaking up when his produce truck, owned by the O'Brien Produce Co., of Zurich, rolled over at the corner of the Babylon Line, a mile east of town. The truck was laden with cream and eggs and approaching the cor- ner the brakes failed on one side when a stud broke on the wheel and the wheel came of, The truck swerved and rolled over, scatter- ing its cargo of produce, as the driver was unable to stop at the stop sign and was unable to re- lease 'himself. Fortunately, assist- ance came along immediately in a car and he was taken to South Huron Hospital in the Westlake ambulance for observation, where it was found no serious injuries were suffered. We are pleased to report that Earl has been able to begin his duties with the O'Brien Produce and ,his many friends wish him continued health. -Zurich Her- ald. Awards Made At Clinton School The general proficiency award for the Grade 8 students graduat- ing from Clinton Public School in June, 1953, was made to Barbara Jones, according to G. H. Jeffer- son, principal of the school. Miss Elizabeth Falconer won the award for public speaking also awarded to the best graduating student. Both of the girls are presently at- tending Clinton District Collegiate Institute. The girls+ names will be engraved and mounted on the handsome plaques which grace the front hall of the school building. The general proficiency plaque was presented by George Rumbail, and the public speaking plaque was presented by W. C. Newcombe at the time of the school opening last October 1. Alio to gain lasting commemoration on similar plaques presented by G. R. McEwan and R. E. Holmes are the girls' ath- letic champions, Susan Cann, Mary Jean Colquhoun and Elaine Brown, and the boys' athletic champions, Ron Cunningham, Rog- er Cummings and Don Colquhoun. Clinton News -Record. CROSSROADS (By James Scott) SHOW TO HANDLE 'EM The other night I was relaxing on the chesterfield after dinner. You may have noticed it - the nights come down fast these days, This is real Hallowe'en weather - that is, it would be if it would stop raining. Anyway, this particular night it was not wet. Although it was only a little after seven, it was quite dark; dark in that mys- terious, exciting way you only find in the fall of the year. The tem- perature was mild and all the kids were out without their hats or coats. I could hear them. Lying there, letting my supper digest. I could almost have drop- ped off to sleep, when there was a thunderous clamor at the front door. Whoever it was, evidently thought it was urgent, for he used both the doorbell and the knocker. But I wasn't born yesterday. Not by a long shot. When something like that happens at the front door I know what's what. Did I spring from my couch? Not on your necktie. I just lay there as still as a mouse. After a suitable interval I quiet- ly got up and slid out into the front vestibule for I knew, from long experience, that it would not be too long until the summons was repeated. I don't know about oth- er neighborhoods, but up here at this time of year we suffer from door -knockers -that is, from agile youths who come down like thieves in the night and take great plea- sure in ringing people's front doors and then running like all - get -out .before the honest house- holder opens it. I can tell you that more than once I have been taken in this way, but not any more. As !I said, I slipped out into the vestibulte and there, in the dark- ness, I waited. It didn't take long. I could hear shouts and whoops out In the street, and then silence. I waited to spring. Suddenly it came ---the bell rang and the knock- er thundered loudly and 1, .pretty quickly for an old fellow, threw open the front door and captured a squirming mass of Canada's fu- ture by the neck, Wasting no words, I hauled him inside, keeping a firm grip on his neck, closed the door, and then turned him over my knee and gave him a •half a dozen of the best on the seat of his trousers. He hol- lered. In fact, he hollered in acute agony, but I gave him no quarter until r decided he had had enough. Then I turned him right side up and said, "All right, my boy, the next time that happens you'll get twice as many," and he went sob- bing into the night. What do you think of that, eh? Do you really believe that that is how it happened? No, it wasn't actually like that at all. What I've just told you is what I have been wishing I could do ever since they started pound- ing on the door. It is the kind of thing you dream about after the event, But did you think for a minute that I would ever really do such a thing? Maybe it would teach there all a lesson; and maybe not. Maybe these young mischief -makers need a good dose of the flat of my hand, but if you. think I'm the kind �f fellow who would do it, you've got the wrong man. Mind you, I often feel like it, dream of doing it, but I never yet. have got around to it. Why? Well because when I was a boy there were two or three men in the town whom we all knew as old grouches. They had a reputation for real meanness arid we all had. a very low opinion of them. Now, inconvenient as it is to be interrupted, I would hate to get that kind of reputation among the kid's of Seaforth today, I value their good will and friendship far too much to risk anything like that. I could tell you a lot of good qualities which these young ones have, but I've got to stop now. I hear some one at the door. Pedis Agorae Interesting Items Picked From The Huron E'kpositor of Twen- tyfive and Fifty Years Ago From The Huron Expositor October 25, 1929 Miss Marie Benninger, of Ham- ilton, spent the weekend with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Ben- ninger, Dublin. d Mrs. Peter Matthews, Dublin, spent a few days with friends in St. Marys. Mr. Peter McNaughton, Chisel- hurst, one day recently had the misfortune to fracture his arm through falling from an apple tree Mr . W. Wilkinson, Chiselhurst, had. a successful sale Last Thurs- day and intends Leaving shortly. We are sorry to lose Mr. and Mrs. Wilkinson, as they have always taken a keen . interest in 'the church and social life of the com- munity. Mr. Walter Davidson, Walton, was seriously injured by falling out of a tree while picking apples on the farm of Mr. John Marshall last Friday. He had several ribs broken and received a severe shaking up. Mr. and Mrs. Ritchie Drager, of Galt, spent the weekend at the hone of Mrs. C. Drager, Walton. Mrs. George Little, Winthrop, bas returned home after spending a mouth with her brother, Mr. William Robinson, of London. Mr. and Mrs. Hudson, Hensall; Mr. and Mrs, Hudson, Stratford; Mr. and Mrs. A. Stone, Norwich, and Mr. and• Mrs. George Dale, of Hullett, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Sol Shannon, Winthrop. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Murphy, of Detroit, spent a few days recently with els parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Murphy, St. Columban. The people of St. •Columban are pleased to see Mr. Joseph Cronin, who underwent a critical operation in St. Joseph's Hospital, London, has quite recovered and able to attend to his duties at his home in Hibbert. Rev. W. A. and Mrs. Bremner and Miss Edna, Brucefield, visited friends in St. Thomas last week. Edna is visiting at the home of her sister, Mrs. West, in St. Thomas at present. Mr. and Mrs. Austin Dexter and family, accompanied by Mrs. Thos. Adams and Miss Lily Adams, of Constance, visited friends in Kit- chener last Sunday. Mr. Ed. Haberer, Zurich, has purchased the eight acres of land on the Zurich road, opposite the fair grounds, from Mr. E. A. Deichert. Mr. and Mrs. R. McAllister and Mr. James McAllister and Mrs. B. McAllister., of Hillsgreen, attended the funeral of the late Alex Mc- Allister, of Marlette, Mich., on Sun- day. Mr. Alex Wallace and Mr. James Wallace, Tuckersmith, were called to Windsor on Friday, owing to the serious illness of their sister, Mrs. M. Crozier. • From The Huron Expositor October 21, 1904 On Sunday night the bar of the Mansion House, Exeter, was enter- ed and some $8 or $10 stolen from the till, This is the third time thieves have done the same thing. Mr. Arch McGregor, Kippen, who has been on a visit to relatives and friends in Manitoba and the Northwest, returned home Monday, looking as though his trip agreed with him. Mr. John McGregor, Kippen, who had his leg taken off in a thresh- ing machine a short time ago, etas sufficiently recovered to be able to drive out. Mr. McGregor was Calling on his old friends in the village the other day, and all were pleased to see him out again. An accident happened last week at Mr. George Walker's barn .rais- ing near Wingham, when a purline plate fell, striking several of the men, Mr. Walker and Mr, James Fowler being among the group. The latter was most seriously in- jured, .one of his legs being broken at the thigh. Miss Maude Paul left Constance on Monday to spend two weeks at her home in Morris, after which she takes a position in Mr. McKer- cher'e office at Wroxeter. Mr. Mc- Kercher is secretary for the How - ick Fire Insurance Co., and also a conveyancer. Maud's pleasant face will be much missed, but we wish her success in her new position. Mr, John Bolger, jeweller, of Seaforth, has purchased the west half of the double house belonging to Mrs. J. P. McLaren, on Market St., and now occupies it. Mr. and Mrs. Bolger have secured a nice, comfortable and convenient home. Ed. Cassels, of Clinton, .suffered the loss of the end of his right thumb at the organ factory Tues- day of last week. It was the old story of sawing a board and the thumb also. The friends of Mrs. Baker. of Cranbrook, who was formerly MIN Jane Menary, will be sorry to learn that she has been quite ill for sev- eral weeks. Mr. John Gardiner, the Bluevale mail carrier, had the misfortune to he knocked out of his rig one day last week. He alighted upon the hard gravel in front of the hotel, having his face and body badly bruised up, He was unconscious for some time, but is now getting along nicely. About three o'clock Saturday morning fire broke out in the rest- aurant kept by L. P. Kruse, opposi- te the National Hotel, Whtgham. Over $500 damage was done to the building and stock. It was only a few months since the same place was gutted with a loss estimated at $1,000. The cause of the fire le stated to have been a defective chimney. StsikGGt9(d k�tr IEitilk!i14'' OCTOBER 22, 1954 "Keeper of the Trees (By MRS. M. O.DOlO) (Continued from last week) XII Davidson had only been gone an hour when he walked back into the Co-op office. Harry was eft - ting exactly where he had left him. He looked up as Davidson came in and something in the ac- countant's face told him that the jig was up. Davidson was smart. This wasn't the first crooked bookkeeper he had caught up with. He bad found a good bluff very effective at times. Pretend you knew more than you did, and sometimes they came clean at the first turn of the screw. "What did you take it for, Fox?" he asked. "To pay for an opera- tion? That's what most of them say." "To make the down payment on my car," he said, in a voice that would have touched a harder heart than Davidson's, there was such a lost soul echo in it. "Teose damned cars!" said Dav- idson, violently. "They've killed more people and made more crooks than the World War. You know I'I1 have to tell Welch and the board of directors, Fox?" "Oh, sure."` "But you can easily replace two hundred dollars." Davidson paus- ed and looked at Harry keenly. "That's all there was? There isn't any more?" "No. No more." "Well, then -I don't suppose you have a cent saved?" Harry shook his head. "Not a cent! The car seemed to eat up every darned nickel of my pay. I don't know how it was, but it did." Davidson nodded. "It would fifty cents you to death! I've seen it happen time after time. Now, do you wantmy advice or don't you? Because I can keep it to myself if you say so. Usually in cases like this 1 issue my ultimatum, pay up or else, and get the hell out as fast as I can. But I liked you, Fox; I still like you for that matter, _and my advice to you, based on ex- perience, observation and a host of other things, is, sell the car." "Gee, Mr. Davidson, I've had a lot of fun with it." "I know. That's why I say sell it. Fox, it's up to you to prove to yourself that you are truly repent- ant. Never mind about trying to prove it to me and, to Welch and the Directors. Prove it to your- self. Fox, if you borrow the money from someone to pay this back so you can hang onto your car, I'll prophesy right here and now that the next time you meet up with temptation you'll fall flat on your face again." This followed so exactly along the lines of Harry's thought - grooves that he looked at David- son in amazement. Was the fel- low a mind reader? Harry made his decision, mom- entous, for himself and for his fu- ture. He licked his devil of sel- fishness and indecision at the age of eighteen, right there in the of- fice of Brig End Mills Farmers Co- operative, with its light film of dust from the mill over every- thing, and smelling of chick -start- er, concentrate, and grass seed. "I'11 sell it," he said. "Good! I'll have to tell Welch a.nd• the directors, but I'll preach them as good a sermon as I've given you, and I think they'll give you another chance. If they don't, I'll get you a job somewhere else. And if you ever let me down, Fox, may God have mercy on your soul. "I won't. And thanks, Mr. Dav- idson. You've done me more good in ten minutes than all the jawing I've had in my whole lifetime. How do you account for that?" "Easily. You were ready for it. This money you took and the fright you got on being found out acted as cultivator and fertilizer of that mysterious .organ called your soul. You'll be twice the man you'd have been if you had never taken it et all." "Don't kid me!" "I'm not. You'll be more sym- Pathetic, tolerant, understanding. Fox, I've been a chartered account- ant for over thirty years and I've met all kinds. And I tell you in all seriousness that if you want to finda man who is really tops in• every sense of the word, get one who at some period of, his life took a wrong step. There's nothing like k to bring a fellow to his senses. That is, if he has brains to begin with. Of course, if there's nothing in the head to start with,, there is nothing to be done," "What will I tell my folks? They'll sure think it's queer me selling the. bus." "Don't tell them anything. Just sell it." "I'11. sell it. But, Gee! I'm going to miss it." "Fox, let me tell you something that I've been telling people for Years without making a single con- vert. Unless you are a travelling' salesman, you can hire a taxi to take you places more cheaply than you can run a car of your own." "Aw, come now, Mr. Davidson. Don't give me that. You talk tike Sigmund Kelson." "The storekeeper here at Brig End? As shrewd a fellow as you'll find anywhere. Listen to nee. A taxl will come out from Tannee and take you in for 75 cents. Right? Another 75 cents to take you home again makes $1.50, Do you run that bus of yours for $1.50 a week? Don't make me laugh! Of course, n can't tun all over the country on picnics without a car, but how about going out to the bush there, the Old Forest I think you call it, and using it for a picnic place? There are people in cities who would drive a hundred miles just to see that forest and you never look at it. The trouble is, Fox, as soon as people get a car they stop using their brains. .It's a tact. I can prove it to you. Take your- self, for instance: This is Thurs- day. How many times have you .d!•�x.'�Atn4lulthgbr'itMtri{ai+r`iLiJ.rid'ef' 9't�gNi,ea 11 been to Tanner in your car this - week?" Harry looked sheepish. "Every day. Three different times yesterday." "Ah! Let's hear what you went for," "Well, the first trip was to get a hundred sacks from Allan Clark. We had to have them for today. We were afraid we would be short." "And the second?" "I slipped over at noon to get my oxfords from old Steinecker. He straightened the heels for me and I wanted to wear them bowl- ing last night." "And then you were in Tanner bowling last night?" "That's right." "O.K. Now look. You didn't need those sacks until today?" "No." "Couldn't you have telephoned Clark to leave them out where you, could have picked them up last. night?" "I suppose so," "And couldn't you have got your oxfords from Steinecker when you went to ,bowl?" "I guess so. He often works at night." "See what I mean? No brains!"' "I see what you mean," said Harry. And he did. "Fox, the reason Japanese and& Chinese and Jews and practically all foreigners do so well when they come to this country is because. they use their heads. Did you ev- er see a Jew who looked badly nourished. I never did." ' "And did=.you ever notice What' husky, healthy children they have? They aren't fed on husks and rinds, let me tell you. But for countless generations they have had to use their minds in order to survive, and now it's second nature to • them." "You can't expect much front the Irish," Harry excused himself. "You never heard of the Irish be- ing famous for thrift and farsight- ed ness." "Nonsense!" laughed Davidson. "The thriftiest old lady I ever knew came from Ireland. She • would never use much dishwater, so it would be thick for the pigs." "Oh, come off!" "It's a fact. And she complain- ed once about the particular hired man they had. She said• he wouldn't, eat an egg that was thele. least bit bad," Harry turned a dull green. "There .must be as many kinds', of Irish then as there are species - of trees. •The only "kind I knows are the ones like Dad and Christie • Abbot. Work like Trojans for a whole summer and then throw it: all away in a week. Feed every stray dog and cat in the country, and then wonder why they don't" get ahead." "Sure. And don't forget your- self. Twenty dollars a week for • nine months, and how much to show for it?" Harry shook his head despond- ently. The less said about him- self the better. "Well, Fox," said Davidson, fin- ally, getting to his feet. "You've ruined my whole afternoon. See that you don't do it again. I'1I give you until Monday before 7 see Welch and the directors. That_ timeenough?" "Plenty. I'll sell the old bus on Saturday. I know a fellow who, - wants it. I won't likely get what I paid for it. but I can certainly get more than two hundred dol- lars." Harry never knew what Davide son said to Welch and the Co-op directors. He put the money in, the safe, entered it in the ledger, looked Bert Welch between the' eyes, and said: "I put that money of Wilbur Thompson's in the safe, Mr. Welch." "That's fine, Harty. Did you fix it up in the ledger so that every thing will be O.K.?" "Yes." "Good." The incident was closed. And it made an honest man of Harry Fox forever and forever and a day. XIII Dear Marion: As you will see by the heading,' I am writing this on Sunday. If I don't get my letters written on Senday, goodness knows when they WOULD get written. For one thing, it is the one, really quiet day in the week. Nees is away' for a walk in the woods as usual; Sigmund is sleeping and snoring• as usual, and Karen is entertain- ing a youthful admirer in the liv- ing room. Nothing serious, of course. Just a boy who keeps hooks for the Co-op here. My word, Marion, they are grow- ing up so fast I can hardly keep up with them, Karen especially. I" wish I had enough money to take • her out of high school now and send her to Toronto. She really- has dramatic talentand could make a name for herself if she only had half a chance, But Sigmund won't hear of her leaving home until she is at least eighteen, and goodness know what may happen by then. She is just an average student,. which makes it more discouraging.' No chance of her winning a ,schol- arship, I'm afraid. She has just this one talent -of turning ipeo, pie's hearts inside out with her voice, and what chance has she got of developing it In this one- horse village? Don't think I am hinting, Marion. If Sigmund wouldn't let her go to Toronto, his disapproval of Montreal would be three times as strong. All I can do now is plan for the future and keep my fihgers crossed. I sometimes wonder twat I ever did to have so much worry with my family. I only hear of Ted once or twice a year. He never writes. And Jon thinks of notes • ng but hockey---hockey--hockey€ (Continued Next Week) 4 4 1. d 4 4 4 4 a 4 5