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LOCAL AND PERSONAL
Mrs. Joe Kerr was a Toronto visit
or over the week-end.
Mrs'. Adam Johnston is visiting with
her daughter in Toronto.
Miss. Leah Robertson, Reg.N., of
Toronto, spent the week-end with her
parents. ..
Mrs. A. J. Burke arid her three
children spent the week-end with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs; R. H. Saint.
Mr. Robert Deyell, caretaker of the
Cemetery, has taken up residence at
the corner of John and Minnie Streets.
Miss Marie Burk'e returned .home
after spending .the past week with her
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. R- H.
Saint.
Mrs. G. I. Campbell returned to her
home in Ottawa last week and was
accompanied by her mother, (Mrs. C.
Barber.
OBITUARY
Mrs. Robert Vincent
(Mrs. Sara Maguire received the sad
news last week of the .death of her
sister, Eluizabeth, wife of late Robert
Vincent, of Coleman, Alberta, on Jan.
14th, after a short illness. Deceased
was the eldest daughter of the late
Edward and Mrs. Bosman of Wing
ham. ’
She leaves to mourn her loss two
daughters, Mrs. Johnstone, of Breton,
Alta.,, and.Mrs. Erikson, of Blairmore,
Alta., and four sons, Wesley, o,f Tur
ner Valley; Harry, Russel and Frank,
of Coleman, also one brother, Henry
Bosman, of Morris, and four sisters,
Mrs. Lake, of Brussels, Mrs. Peppier,
.of Ft. St. John, B.C., Mrs. Maguire
and Mrs. Leishman,* of town. Inter
ment took place Wednesday,. Jan. 17,
in Coleman.
Pyjamas and Gowns
$1.00
■Three Chic Styles in 2-peice Pyjamas
Four Smart Styles in Gowns
Ari almost unbelievable value because
“Celasuede” Pyjamas arid Gowns
.98
Lace Trimmed and Tailored Models
WINGHAM
“The Store Where Lower Prices Prevail”
To Have 77 Flying Schools
By doubling the number of elemen
tary flying training schools, the num
ber of air training establishments to
be scattered over Canada under the
British Commonwealth air training
plan has been increased to 77, it\was
disclosed by Defense Minister Rogers
and Air Vice-Marshal G. M< Croil,
chief of the air staff. These 77 estab
lishments will make the whole nation
a training ground from which’ as many
as 35,000 trained pilots, air gunners
and air observers may be turned out
in a single year. London has been
chosen as one of the centres. Hon.
Air Marshall W. A. (Billy) Bishop,
V.C., has Been named recruiting dir
ector.
Josephine Street.
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of Mrs. Harris. M. Jeffray gave “Fritz.
Admits Ignorance.” Roll Drill “What
J would like to do better-this year'\
brought a hearty response. During
the afternon the curlers came in to
talk to the ladies about wiring the
rink, Hostesses at this meeting were
Mrs. Writ. Edwards, Mrs. Elmer Einn,
Mrs. Norman Newans, Mrs. J. Reid.
Next meeting will be at the home of
Mrs, Shurier.
Mrs, Gibson is holidaying at Lis-
towel, Mrs, Mulvey at Glenannan,
Mrs. Newans and M. Jeffray had a
pleasant visit with the Inglis family
in Carrick, Thursday.
In a recent letter from California
they are preparing’for a spring crop,
while we in Canada are proud of our
beautiful crop of icicles.
Word was received of the death of
Mrs, Margaret Diesman, Big Valley,
Alta., Jan. 16tl|, at the ripe old age of
88. Mr." and Mrs, Diesman kept store
for a number of years in the village
before moving to Palmerston, then to
the West. They were very highly res
pected,’ much loved by their neighbors
and friends.
BLYTH
Miss Ruth Hilborn, of Victoria
Hospital, London, spent .the week-end
with her parents, Mr, and Mrs. Leslie
Hilborn.
The annual Agricultural Society
meeting, which was to be held Satur
day, Jan. 20, was postponed on ac
count of the storm and will be held
Saturday, Feb, 3rd.
Born—In Blyth, Jan. 14t,h, to Mr.
and Mrs. Harvey Mason, a son.
Mr. James, Davis, rurabihail courier,
is seriously ill with an attack of hic
coughs.
The Firemen’s Dance was postpon
ed indefinitely.
Ros Tliuell is home from Camp
Borden. -
SNOW FAMINE ENDS
More than 5,000 lumberjacks in
camps in Thunder Bay forests today
are harvesting what is expected to be
a record crop of spruce and balsam
pulpwood—between 800,000 and 900,-
000 . cords—railway ties and sawlogs.
It’s a $10,000,000 yield. Instead of the
winter of deep blue snow, operators
pondered the phenomnenon of the
winter without snow.’ The (result has
been that skidding and hauling opera
tions have been delayed for more than
a month, while camp bosses waited
for an end to the. snow famine^ Sim
ultaneously with the Ontario Govern
ment’s probe of the administration of
the province’s timber, resources, snow
same to Thunder Bay,district.
at a nominal price, They can be pur
chased when adult, or better, because
of the danger of introducing disease,
in the form of baby chicks or partial
ly grown stock. They can .be toe
marked or banded to distinguish them
from the remainder of the flock "dur
ing- the growing period, and selected
at or near maturity.
When purchasing males, take care
to procrue them from Pullorum tested
flocks ’vith good body and egg size.
Further details on flock improvement
by breeding methods may be obtain
ed from the Dominion Department of
Agriculture, Ottawa.
in the soft mud. by the use of ten toes.
The g'ames .of imagination you could
play, as' you hippety-hopped on one
foot hoping that passersby would
pause to wonder on the strangeness
of a one-legged barefoot boy.
By harvest time you could even
wander through a stubble field and
have only the occasional thistle top of
heav ystubble .scratch at the tender
portion above your ankles. It took
clever scheming to drive the horses on
the grain wagon and, allow your feet
to dangle out past the front standards
so as ot noit become enmeshed in the
thistley barley or oats. Wheat was
never too bad . . . but the grain mows
were always difficult on the occasions
when the hired man was busy and
you had to mow back.
Somehow mother always, knew
when you tried ,to slip to bed without
•washing your feet at night! That daily
I washing was the only drawback to be
ing without shoes. How many times
you' tried to evade her as you slipped
on up the back stairway, skipped ithe
creaky steps and just didn’t manage
to get over. the boards with the
scrunch at the head of the stairs.. My,
but mother’s voice sounded, stern, as
she yelled, “ Did you wash your feet?"
How vour mind raced for an answer
and you, replied, “Well, I rinsed them
in the rain barrel.” But that was the
wrong answer, because right away,
you had two black marks chalked up
against you.
It was no use! You-had .to get the
leaky basin from (the back stoop, fill
it with water and use that homemade
soap to lather up well and make cer
tain that all the dirt was removed.
Such arguments as, “Well, they’ll get
dinty before I get upstairs,” were to
no avail. Rinsing them in the rain
barrel of course brought several sev
ere cuffs, and the thieat .of making
you do the washing was held over
your head.
Sometimes a fellow had to admit
that washing did make a person’s feet
feel good. Especially when they were
tucked in between clean sheets, but it
would never do to admit a thing like
that.
It seems to me that if these men
who make such laws would stick to
keeping their town oujt of debt, and
leave boys to grow up in natural ways
they would be farther ahead. Don’t
ever let them t&ke the privilege of be
ing barefooted away from the boys!
Economy of Production
Through Breeding
(Experimental Farms News)
The net return yielded by a poultry
flock is directly proportional to the
rate of production. Heavy laying
flocks, that is, those which average
200 eggs per ’bird, will produce one
dozen eggs for every 5 to 6 pounds of
feed, while those producing only 100
eggs per bird, consume 8 to 10 pounds
of feed for each dozen of eggs.
Among those factors which give ef-
ficinecy of production is the inherent
quality of the stock'. While it is out
of the question for the individual far
mer to practice trap-nesting and in
dividual selection, as does the special
ized poultry breeder, he can rapidly
build up the quality of his flock
through the use of selected males.
High quality breeding males can be
purchased from any reliable breeder |
WHY WEEDS ARE
hard to kill
(Science Service News)
Each weed has a life history of its
own, and the reason why one is hard"
to kill may not be at all the chief rea
son why another persists.' Some of
the principal reasons, however, are
given by Herbert Groh, Division of
Botany, Science Service, as follows;
1. They are naturally adapted for
life in gardens, fields and the sur
roundings of man. They .might be
easy to kill, or woud die out them
selves, if they happened to start
growth in the dense shade of a wood
land. For the same reason the plants
of woodlands would be easy to kill, or
hard to keep alive, in the unnatural
environment (for them) of our fields
drid gardens. Most of our Weeds have
come from older lands where they
have held their own against man for
ages in just such an environment. Of
ten the crops they grow with are less
hardy and aggressive than they are,
and can only survive and thrive as
they are cared for by the farmer,
while the weeds only need to be left
alone to win out in the race for light,
space, water and plant food.
2. Au immense quantity of seed is
produced by some weeds, especially
by annuals and biennials, the result
ing pollution of the soil requiring
years of cleaning, even if no more
plants are allowed to go to seed.
3. Many species have vigorous per
ennial root systems (thistles, dande
lions, etc.) which renew growth until
repeated destruction of the tops at
every fresh appearance starves them-
4. Many weeds have ingenious ad
aptations as plumes, hooked prickles,
“tumbel weed” form of growth, etc.,
for the wide dispersal of their seed.
5. Sometimes weeds persist for the
simple reason that farmers will keep
on re-seeding their land with crop
seeds containing weed seeds rather
than pay a little more for pure seed.
6. Weeds may seem harder to kill
than they really are, because we half
kill them, and then forget them until
they become troublesome again. “Et-
ternal vigilance is the price of safety.”
7. Weed control is some times ren
dered difficult because neighbors ne
glect to do their share, and the care
ful farmer suffers with the rest. Co
operation is needed.
ST. HELENS
Owing to weather and road condi
tions, there were no services in the
United Church on Sunday.
The February meeting of the Wo
men’s Institute will be held on Thurs
day, February 1st. Roll Call “The far-’
thest I’ve Been from Home.” Subject
“Historical Research and Current Ev
ents” in charge of Mrs. Ball. Mrs. D.
Phillips will demonstrate the ironing
of a shirt. Program Com.: Mrs. A.
Gaunt, Miss Lila Humphrey; hostess
es, Mrs. Will Humphrey, Mrs. Will
Rutherford and Mrs. Earl Durnin.
With proceeds for patriotic purpos
es, an At Home under the auspices of
the Women’s Institute will be held
in .the Community Hall on Friday, ev
ening, Jan. 26th. A good program
which, will commence at 8.30, is be
ing prepared and music for the dance
will be supplied by the MacCharles
orchestra.
nounced. Eight of her crew are known
to have been killed, 73 are missing
and given up for dead and 118 were
saved. The Grenville, classed as a flo
tilla leader, cost £335,900 (currently
$1,343,000).
Old Boys’ Annual Jan. 29th
The annual meeting of the Huron
Old Boys' Association, of Toronto,-
will be held at the West End Y.M.C.
A., College St. and Dovercourt Road,
on Monday evening, Jan. 29, 1940, at
8.30 p.m. All former Huronites are
cordially invited to be present.
BORN
small states are the “victims upon
whom Hitler’s hate and spite des
cend.”
Huron County Junior Association
The Hruon County Junior Associa
tion. of Toronto is holding a Bridge
Party at Haddon Hall at 310 Bloor
St. West on Friday, Feb. 2nd. A good
crowd is expected and a very sociable
time anticipated. The Huron ..County
people are cordially invited. Further
1 particulars may be obtained from’ any
member of the Executive Committee.
To Entertain The Troops
Captain ‘:Gitz” Rice, author of the
world-famous song “Dear Old Pal of
Mine” and “Mademoiselle from Arm-
emtieres” has been named entertain
ment officer at Barriefield Camp,
Kingston, by. Can. Legion War Serv
ices. .Howard Large, ,of Moose Jaw,
has; received a similar appointment for
M. D. 12, Saskatchewan.
70 Missing from Italian Liner ’ .
The Italian liners Conte Bianaca-
mano and Colombo arrived at Genoa,
Italy, with more than 500 survivors
of the burned Italian motorship Or-
azio. At the same time of the. rescue
ships’ arrival, the list of missing stood
at 70, of which six were believed pas
sengers. The ship burned in the Medi
terranean on Sunday.
A Double Killing
The bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Wyatt Stephenson were found in the
bedroom of their home in Bradford,
35 miles north of Toronto by their 51
year-old daughter. Police said they
believed Stephenson, 32, shot his wife
then committeed suicide.
Britain Lost Four Destroyers
Sinking of the Grenville, fourth Bri
tish destroyer loss of the war, was an-
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Killed by Horse
T. B. Wood, well-known • and life
long resident of Logan Township,
near Mitchell, met death suddenly on
Monday afternoon when he was ap
parently kicked and trampled by, a
horse when he was working around5] :
the. barn. He was alone at the time,
his hired man, Charles. James; being
across*' the road at a neighbor’s place.
When he returned lie discovered Mr.
Wood in the stall and so seriously in
jured that lie passed away before aid
could arrive and before'he. could be
removed to the house. Mr. Wood was
working at trimming around the legs
of the.horse and it is believed the ani
mal kicked suddenly striking its own
er. _ •
Urges Neutrals to Join Allies
Europe’s neutral nations were'urg
ed by Winstoti Churchill to join Bri
tain and .France in “united action” to
speed the war against Nazi Germany
to an end, and warned grimly that
otherwise the flames of conflict would
envelop them. He asserted that the
BEDFORD—In Wingham. General
Hospital, on Friday, January 19th,
to Mr. and Mrs. Howard Bedford, a
son, Judd Hornuth.
TEMPLEMAN—In Wingham Gener
al Hospital, on Wednesday, January
17th, to Mr. and Mrs. John Tem
pleman, a son.
NEWMAN—In Wingham General
Hospital, to Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Newman, R. R. 1, Lucknow, a
BELMORE
PHIL OSIFER OF
LAZY MEADOWS
By Harry J. Boyle
“BARE FEET”
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son.
(Too Late for Last Week)
Through the columns of the
vance-Times we wish to thank' Harry
Boyle for his splendid description of
minding baby, but our forefathers
would dispute reading the weekly on
the Sabbath day.
Mr. Ed. Lawrence returned from
London Hospital last week. Although
feeling better, he is far from. well.
- The January meeting of the Wo
men’s Institute was held at the home
of ,M. Jeffray with a good attendance.
Mrs. Eldon ■ Renick took the topic,
“The Daughter’s Career.’’ Mrs. Geo.
Inglis gave a reading in the absence
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CANADIAN BOY AIR CADETS PATTERN SELVES ON R.C.A.F. HEROES
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parts of* Ontario. Chief reason for the Douglas Goodhand, James Richards,minded youngsters’ who met in an tin-
A.n obscure item in the paper today
caught my eye. It concerned, of all
things, the subject of boys with bare
feet. Down -in some small town in the
United States they are planning to
ban all boys with bare feet. It seems
that the , town fathers believe " that
boys with no shoes on detract from
the dignity of the community.
Be that as it may, somehow it seems
to me that when they ban bare feet
they take away the greatest privilege
a boy has, because even town and city
boys can join with country boys in
enjoying the freedom of wriggling
bare toes in the warmth of a summer
sun.
Do you remember that first' day in
Spring when Mother at last relented
and said that it was watm enough to
discard your shoes. With echoing
shouts, the stubby, wrinkled boots
twere thrown under the couch or any
concealing place and joy ran untram
meled. But a winter of confinement
had softened the usually tough hides
of the soles and what a prickling sen
sation when you .struck the gravel of
the laneway.
At first you walked' tenderly, pick
ing yotir feet up and depositing them
so as to not come in too violent con
tact with the gravel. You sought the
beaten, dusty path of the laneway in
place of the centre mound with its
straggling thistle growths and sharp
stones. In a week or two, however,
the sole was beginning to toughen
and' you scarcely noticed the pebbles
. . , and soon you were walking on
crushed, stones quite secure in the
knowledge-that your armor plate was
enough to withstand anything by way
of road hazards.
Wliat A joy were the days when it
rained I What a thrill to Jiave the soft
mttd squishing up between your toes
as you walked down the road. The
glories of mud puddles And the drain*
age schemes that could be worked out
“Both Jack and Te'd proposed, to
me yesterday.”
"And you refused them both!”
“Yes, how did you know?”
“I saw them shaking hands over
something in the street this morn
ing.”
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