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The Clinton News Record, 1936-11-19, Page 3'HURTS., NOV. 19, 1936 THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD PAGE 3 WHAT CLINTON WAS DOING IN THE GAY NINETIES ,Do You Remember What Happened During The Last Decade Of The Old Century? From The News -Record, Nov. 18th, 1 take place in Westminster Persbyter 1896: ran church, Toronto, this afternoon, namely, the double wedding of Miss Christena Ross, Clinton, to Mr. Fred Stoneman of Mortlock, Sask., and that of Miss Margaret McEwen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm McEwen of Stanley to Mr. W. Spear of Highgate, Ont. The ceremony in each case will be performed by Rev. - Dr. Neal, pastor of Westminster. The brides are both popular young ladies and their many friends hereabouts will join with The News -Record in wishing them abundant future happi- ness and prosperity. Mr. Oliver Jervis delivered to Mr. W. Marquis twenty-four crate -fed chickens which averaged '1 1-6 pounds each. Mr. Hiram Hill has bought the Walker livery and is now in posses- sion. • The Presbyterial or annual meet- ing of the W. M. F. S. of the Huron Presbytery was held in Goderich on Tuesday and Wednesday. A number attended from Willis .church, among them being Mrs. Grant, Mrs. W. T. O'Neil, Mrs. John Torrance, Mrs. J. Walkinshaw and Miss Kate McTag- gart. The hunting party consisting of Dr. Fowler and Messrs. C. Glew and John. Mulholland of Clinton, Ed. Williams, Holmesville and Walter Cole, Sea- forth, is expected home from the • north today. There seems to be more or less misunderstanding in regard to voting for county mouncillors. Every voter has two votes. He can give one each to two candidates or he can give both votes to one candidate, thus giving the favored candidate two votes from one voter. (This was at the introduc- tion of the election of Commissioners to form a county council, 'a scheme which was tried out in several coun- ties for a few years, but which was discontinued later.—Ed.) Wingham bakers are repotted to be selling bread at three cents per.loaf, while Exeter bakers are charging six cents. N. Robson, 'next The News -Record advertises 'for 20,000 geese before Nov. 24th. Electors do not take that interest hs school matters which the taxes they pay would warrant. And in saying this there's no reflection whatever, except on the electors. From The New Era, Nov. 20th, 1896: The ladies of Rattenbury street church purpose -holding a Thanksgiv- ing supper on Tuesday evening, Nov. 24th, Some of the young men of Willis church have formed themselves into a debating club for purposes of liter- ary improvement and practice in public speaking. The proceedings are to be conducted according to the prac- tice of the Dominion House of Com- mons. A Government has been form- ed under the leadership of Hon. J. McKenzie as follows: RIM. J. McKen- zie, Minister of the Interior; Hon. H. Houlden, Minister of Public Works; Hon, S. Macpherson, Postmaster Gen- eral; Hon. H. McNaughton, Minister of Finance; Hon, W. Baird, Minister of Justice.;}Ion. J. Forrester, Minister of Agriculture; Hon. Gregg Irwin, Minister of Militia and Defence. The portfolio of Trade and Commerce is still vacant. The first subject which the Government intends to bring up in the House is the proposed fast At- lantic Steamship service. The meet- ings are held every Tuesday even- ing at the home of Mr. J. Scott. A delegation of both laymen and clergy waited on the Ontario Govern- ment the other day asking that the Bible be introduced into the schools as a text book, It should not be done and if the Government wishes to steer clear of religious differences it will not entertain the proposition. When The Present Century • Was Young From The News -Record,, Nov. leth, 1911: Messrs. Thos. Cottle, George //avid and John Cuninghatne are in Toronto this week taking in the meetings of the Horticultural Association. Mr. and Mrs. Byard Hill announce the' engagement of their daughter, Nellie, to Mr. F. W. Andrews, the marriage to take place Wednesday, Dec. 6th. A happy event and one which will interest numerous of our readers will From The New Era, Nov. 16th, 1911: Some water pipes have burst and cellars have been dampened owing to the cold spell. S'unday's sudden change in temper- ature was unexpected and took a great many people by surprise. Sat- urday was like a spring day but the weather changed Sunday morning and by Monday we had a real touch of winter. A. snow storm on Tuesday resulted in fairly good sleighing on Wednesday. A. press report from Brantford states that the baseball manager has retained Dick Tasker on the pitching staff for 1912. Mr. Alfred Goodwin and his daugh- ter, Miss Winnifred, who have spent the past four months in SasTcatche- wan, are expected home next, week. Mr. W. H. Johnston, principal of the Public School at Kippen, will preach in Wesley church on Sunday morning next and Mr. J. Hartley, principal of the Clinton Public School will, preach in the evening. The Rev. Mr. Ford takes Missionary services at Varna on Sunday. At the parsonage in Londesboro on Monday, Nov. 13th, Rev. J. H. Oster- hout united in marriage Mary F. Lawson of Clinton and James W. Finch of Stratford. They will reside in Stratford. Since the last Monday in December this year fall on. Christmas Day, the nomination .of candidates for mem- bership in municipal councils will be held on Friday, Dec. 22nd. The Liberals of Clinton will hold a reorganization meeting , on Monday evening at 8 o'clock in the council chamber. ... Mr. Proudfoot, ' K.C., Liberal candidate, will be present and will address the meeting. WHAT OTHER NEWSPAPERS ARE SAYING ALL THE FAULT OF THEIR MOTHERS Pity the poor mothers! A Wash- ington doctor announces that feeding interruptions exasperate the baby and create a state of interpersonal hostility which,in adult life, often causes persons to become heavy smokers heavy drinkers, or windbags. We used to think long-windedness was a fault of the speaker, but now it seems due to his mother's fault. -Hanover Post. CAT ATTACKED MRS. HUTSON Mrs. B.. Hutson received a very nasty wound on her left wrist last 'Thursday, when she was attacked by .a stray cat. A stray cat had been in the habit of playing with the Hut- son kitten and on Thursday noon it was making a nuisance of itself, so Mrs, Hutson went to drive it off the back porch. The cat resented this, and bit her on the wrist inflicting a deep wound that repuired medical attention. —Wingham Advance -Times. STARTED FOR CHINA' ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON Mr. Chong Wong, Who it in the em- ploy of Mr. Charles Wurtele, started on Saturday afternoon for China to see his wife and three children. He is a member of •the widely known family of Wongs in this section of Ontario. Before leaving on a five months' holiday he was given a sub- stantigl gift by Mr. Wurtele to defray his expenses. A number of friends met at the C N. R. station on Saturday to wis him bon voyage. • h Goderich Star. results from advertising. -Barrie Examiner. THOSE MOTOR. CARAVANS Of. course, the most of these cara- vans willonlybe' spending a holiday of 'a week or two seeing the country. But that is only the first stage. Once bitten by the bug of wanderlost, those holidays are going to be ex- tended little by little, until they cov- er the whole year and every year. It is really 'going to be serious, So serious, in fact, that the Minister of Highways should start right now to figure out a tariff' of charges for the use of our highways. Something more than the cost of a motor and trailer license as it is now. So much per mile, with singles and return fares. Otherwise, you and I who':stay at 'home in the towns and on the farms 'are going to be stuck with all the taxes when this gypsy movement really gets under way. Seaforth Expositor. ;ARMISTICE DAY The memory of November llth, 1918, was commemorated again. . But this year there was no feeling of peace which the flying dove is em- blematic of. Instead there was an ex- ternal emotion of unrest; an inter- rogation faintly felt in the back- ground "what will happen before November llth '1937?" Countries ceased activity to hold sacred the memory of those horrible four years. They claim they want no repitition of them. And yet at the same time preparations are being made for what they consider an inevitable conflict, more terrible than the one they are commemorating. But who wants war? The veterans who marched to the cenotaphs, stood with bowed heads in memory of their fallen cont rades, and were reminded of the living hell they went through from 1914 to 1918 --they don't want war. The youth who sees the results of that great catastrophe in twisted and crippled human bodies—they . don't want war. The mothers who cherish the memories of their sons from the time they were babes until the were carried off to have their blood squel- ched and their bones crushed—they don't want war. The answer seems to be as indefinate as the purpose for which all these threats are made. —Listowel Standard. DO YOU READ THEM? One of our district correspondents /sent us in a contribution this week, entitled:—"Editorials; do you read them?" • in which our readers are urged to follow the editorial column for their self improvement. T h e article appears in another column. Such a gesture on the part of one of our district staff is surely heartening We know very well that the editorial column is not the most popular feat- ure of this, or any newspaper. But it surely tries to serve a useful pur- pose. Many thanks, good friend! —St. Mary's Journal -Argos. .FRIEND OF THE FAMILY The weekly newspaper is primarily armchair reading. °It. is a friend of the family -it has right of way in the homes of its readers. Neighborhood news, local happenings, community events—all these make the suburban newspapers a warn,., personal medium of interest, and good will. When you advertise in the weekly newspapers, you benefit by this goodwill. Your message reaches people who are re- laxed, friendly and receptive to suggestion.. More and more advertis- ers are realizing the value ,of this friendly •source of,buying power and are using the home town newspaper for direct, immediate and profitable WEASEL WON RACE' AGAINST DEATH Can a Weasel Dodge or Can It? 'Several of our older citizens turned back the pages; of their lives on Tues- day morning when for ten minutes they tried unsucessfully to capture a weasel on Main Street. This slippery little customer poked his nose out from under A. J. Walk- ers store, apparently bent on cross- ing the road, but whatica surprise it got. Its actions were noticed and the race was on. When it found its path blocked, it headed up the street under and ar- ound cars, with four or five in pur- suit; by the time it reached the Post Office a dozenor so had joined in the chase after this brown and white rascal. It went behind the Post Of- fice, changed its mind and once more headed for the street, again under and around cars until it reached George Williams' store. Then it headed for home" under Mr. Walker's store but what a time it had. At, least twenty four were now after it, but corner it they could not. Every time the .fel- low with the broom took a swing it did a pivot that would put Andy Blair to shame. Under cars, back and forward across the road it went, but try as they would the hunters were foiled. At last it reached its original starting point and safety. The lesson from all this is, that a matt is as old as his 'legs and he is never "as young as he user was" or the weasel would have been captured. —Winghtm Advance -Times.. PEOPLE OF BRUCE COUNTY PAY PLENTY FOR TRIALS AT WALKERTON ASSIZES That the old slogan "Crime Does- n't Pay" is true at least so far as the taxpaying public is concerned, was borne out by the fact that last week's sitting of the Assizes to adjudicate in the Stroh murder case and to try the alleged bandits set the yoemanry of this country beck upwards of $2,000 while on top of this the Grand Jury recommended better ventilation and seating accomodation in the court room (upholstered chairs, maybe.)• A sure way to get the taxpayers of Bruce beck on their feet—their bare feet, we would say. The agriculturalists are not sup- posed to be very flush with money, and as the Grand Jury were mostly composed of farmers, what they lack in jack they sure make up in laughs, when they handed out a recommen- dation that was so costly that even the Judge intimated that it would be hard to get a public body to make such an expenditure at the present time. But on with the spending! The Grand Jury cost the county $139.36; the :petit jurors $715.69; witnesses for the Stroh case $104.90; witnesses for the bandits' trial $ 8 0 2 .3 0; constables' attendance at the court, $54.25; special trip. to Toronto to bring up Yanderyagt, whose belated. arrival was due to his having slashed. himself with a razor, $29.59; or a HURON OLD. BOYS 41N TORONTO ELECT OFFICERS AT 37th ANNUAL MEETING The thirty-seventh annual meeting Brucefield—Mr. and Mrs. T. tarda Kippen—Mi'. and'Mrs. P, A, Petrie. Exeter—Miss Sadie Walker, chair- man, Mr. X. C. Stanbury, Miss Lupi ICerr, Mr. and Mrs. Clair Joynt, Mr. Grant Collingwood, Mr. Hugh Creech, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Davis, Mr. Wil- fred Turnbull, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. E. Beavers, Mr. nad Mrs. P. B. Dignan. Zurich—Dr. and Mrs. Byron Camp- bell. of the Huron Old Boys' Association of. Toronto was held.: Thursday evening at the Central Y.M.C.A., with a large attendance. This association is , the 'largest of its kind in Canada, having. run successfully for thirty-seven con- secutive years and having a member,- ship ember-ship in Toronto and district of over 1,200 persons. ' Honorary Presidents - Hon: J. A. Gardiner, Mr. T. A. Russell, Mr. J. A. McLaren, Mr. A. C. McVicar. Honorary Vice-Presidents—Mrs. J. A. McLaren, Mrs. H. J. Hodgins, Mrs. R. Brooks, Mrs. E. Floody; Mrs. B. II. McCreath, Mrs. 'John Moon, Mrs. Geo. E. Ferguson; Mrs: D. D. Wilson, Life Members—Mrs. Wm. Mc- Creath, Mrs. Joe Beck, Mrs, , Hol- mes, Mrs. W. Sanderson, Mrs. S. L. Scott, Mrs. Zimmer, Mrs. Janet Mc-. Vittie,'Rev. G 'W. Hanna. .Past President =Mr. W. A. Camp- bell. President—Mr. W. A. Buchanan. Vice -Presidents — Mr. R. Brooks; Mr. E. W. Hunter, Mr. H. M. Jack- son, Mr. Thornton Mustard, Dr. G. J. Ferguson, Dr. Byron Campbell, Mr. G. M..,Chesney, Mr. W. E. Hanna, Mr, W. J. Tamblyn, Mr. W. F. Cante- lon. . 'Honorary Seeretary—Mr. E. Floo- dy. Seeretary—Mr. R. S. Sheppard. Ass't. Secretary—Miss Grace Ster- ling. Financial Secretary — Mr. John Moon. Treasurer—Dr. H. J. Hodgins. Chaplain—Rev. R. C. McDermid. Auditors—Mr. H. I. Morrish, `Mr. G. E. Ferguson Committees—Reception —Mrs. W. A. Buchanan, Miss Anne Crittenden, Mrs. W. A. Campbell, Mrs. H. J. Hodgins, Mrs. Geo. Ferguson. Refreshment—Mrs, D. Thompson, Mrs. L. M. Pringle, Mrs. Geo. ' C. Young, Mrs. H. B. Stowe. Program—Mr. S. M. Wickens, Mr. Fred Elliott, Miss Sadie Walker, Miss Anne Sutherland. Property—Mr. G. N. Newton. Visiting—Mrs. H. I. Brown. Convenor of Town Committees --Mr. A. G. Smith. Management Committee—J. A. Mc- Laren, W. A. Campbell, W. A. Bu- chanan, R. Brooks, E. W. Hunter, H. M. Jackson, Thornton Mustard, R. S. Sheppard, John Moon, Dr. H. J. Hod- gins, Rev. R. C. McDermid, E. Floody, H. I. Morrish, G, E. Ferguson, Mrs. W. A. Buchanan, Miss Anne Critten- den, Mrs. D, Thompson, Mrs. H. B, Stowe, Mrs. L. M. Pringle, Mrs. G, C. Young, Mr. S. M. Wickens, Miss S. Walker, Mr. Fred Walker, Miss Anne Sutherland, Mr. G. N. Newton, Mrs. I. H. Brown, Mr. A. G. Smith, Mr. IC. C. Stanbury, Mr. C. Lannon, Mr. L. M. Pringle, Mr. D. D. Wilson, Miss M. Coultis. District' Committees— Goderich -- Mr. B. H. McCreath, Chairman, Mrs. McCreath, Mr. and Mrs. Athol Mc- Quarrie, Mr. Earl Elliott, Miss E, Currell, Miss L. Beck, Mr$, H. J. D. Cooke, Mrs. W. A. Doner, Mr. Ernest M. Lee, Mr, Preston Strong, Mr. J. J. Page, Mr, and Mrs. Geo. C. Young, Mr. and Mrs, H. B. Stowe, Mr. Har- old Walters, Mr. Ralph Sheppard, Miss Doris Hill, Mr. John Parsons, Mr. C. Lannan, Miss Ethel Farrow, Mr. Melville Cutt, Mr. R .C. King, Mr. and Mrs, H. C. Warsell, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Hanna, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Hunter. . Clinton—Mr. A. J. Grigg, chairman, Mrs. Grigg, Miss Laving Knox, Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Cantelon, Mr. and Mrs. H. Holmes, Miss D. Lawson, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Floody, Mr. and Mrs. Jno. A. Cooper, Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Wheatley, Mr. and Mrs. D. S. Cook, Mr. and Mrs. Les Hanley, Mr. and Mrs. M. Cook, Dr. and Mrs. A. F. Cooper, Mr, and Mrs. W. Robbins, Mr. and Mrs. D. Crawford. Seaforth—Mr. D. D. Wilson, Chair- man, Mrs. D. D. Wilson, Mr. H. M. Jackson, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Love, Mr. and Mrs. Norman. Henderson, Mr. and Airs. A. E. Forbes, Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Chesney, Mr. and Mrs. W. Jones, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Fisher, Dr. and Mrs. H. J. Hodgins. Wingham— Mr, J. F. Gillespie, Chairman, Mrs. Gillespie, Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Tsbister, Mr. and Mrs, A. C. Chapman, Kr and Mrs. W. H. Pearson, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Hamil- ton, Miss Fanny. Patterson, Mr. and Mrs. D. Robertson, Mr. and Mrs, W. J. Kerr, Miss Blanch Irwin. • Brussels—Mr. L. M. Pringle, chair- man, Mrs. Pringle, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Thomson, Mr. and Mrs. M. Scarlett, Mr. and Mrs. Roy A. Piyne,-Miss Ev- an Biyans, Mr. and Mrs,' Geo. Fer- guson, Dr. and Mrs. J. G. Ferguson, Mr. and Mrs. R. I. Ferguson: Blyth—Mr. John Moon, Chairman, Mrs. Moon, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Sloan, Mrs. I. H. Brown, Mrs. W. Sloan, Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Scott, Mr. and Mrs, H. Morris, Mr. W. L. Route. Wroxeter-Gorrie—Mr. Robt. Greer, Chairman, Mrs. Greer, Mr. and Mrs. G. R. Dane, Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Dane, Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Haliday, Mrs. A. Welsh, Dr. and Mrs. W. W. Weir. Bayfield — Mr. J. A. Cameron, chairman, Miss Grace Sterling. total of $1,846.03. r Add to this the cost of special guards placed over the bandits during their sojourn In the Walkerton jail, and you have topped the $2,000.00 mark by a large mar- gin. Crime doesn't pay -the rate- payers. —Walkerton. Herald -Times. Mus - Notes "Goderich or bust" will be the slo- gan an all roads running west for next year's reunion in the old town, J. S. Fisher, Seaforth Old Boy and Ottawa Correspondent of the Even- ing Telegram, was out for the evening and enjoyed it to his heart's content. W. A. Buchanan, the new Presi- dent, is a Goderich Old• Boy, and a successful business man, and Walter is deservedly popular with the Huron- ites. Miss Grace Stirling, the new Assis- tant Secretary, is a native of Goderich Township. Mr. A. C. Chapman, formerly of Wingham, and the leader and Musical Director of "The Old Tyme Choir" was present with Mrs. Chapman, and they both enjoyed themselves. A. C. has made a big success in the musical world. Dr. and Mrs. W. W. Weir, former- ly of Wroxeter, were present for the first time at a Huron Old Boys' func- tion and, they received a right royal Welcome.. ' Mr. Robt. J. Cook, who was a resi- dent of Clinton forty-six years ago, but who has been a sojourner in the West since that time, cane down to meet some of the Huron' folks. For sic years he was editor of a newspa- per in Souris, Manitoba. The prize winners were, Mr. W. Ma- son and Mrs. Brooks for euchre; Mr. T. Mustard . and Mrs. Wickens for bridge; Booby prizes, Mr. H. I. Mor- rish and Mrs, Speare. Mr. Thornton M d, the popular Pedagogue, took a very active part in the proceedings. Brucefield is al- ways to the front in the Teaching. Pro- fession. Mrs. G. C. Young did yeoman ser vice on the Refreshment Committee, as well as overseeing the card games. Mrs. D. Thompson, Convenor of the Refreshment. Committee, had ev- erything in apple pie order, and the refreshments were Par Excellence, Mr. S. M. Wickens, ungannon Old Boy, is Chairman of the Programme Committee and being a live wire he will make good on the job. Steve tells the story of Joe Williams, the tramp painter, writing the well-known poen,. "Dungannon's Lovely Girls". Mr. A, J. Grigg is head of the Clinton Committee. He spoke of the old days when he was a clerk in Bid- diecotnbe's Jewelry Store and D. A. Forrester was Mayor. Mr. F. Elliott was the spokesman for the Junior Association. which by Mutual consent was affiliated with the senior Association. He is a Clin- ton Old Boy and comes of good old stock. The popular Chaplain, the Rev. R. C. McDermid, was a busy man aII evening. A new man on the Executive is Mr. H. M. Jackson, formerly of Eg- mondville and Seaforth. His father, the late Geo. Jackson, was a success- ful business man, and in 1879 was the Conservative Candidate for South Huron, ; being defeated by a very small majority. On Saturday, July 4th, 1900, the first Huron Old Boys' Excursion, was run to Goderich, with the 48th High- landers Band and five Highland Pi- pers, : a train of 12 coaches was re- quired to carry the crowd to the old Town and all the Canny Scots for fifty miles around were on hand to see the Kilties. Arrangements are on the way to bring a bigger crowd to the big Reunion next Summer. The new organization of the young- er members under the name of Huron County Junior Association was offi- cially affiliated. A Boost For Newspapers In spite of the plea fromsome of our live (?) storekeepers in town. that newspaper advertising is net necessary for their business, and also inspite of the many new forms of advertising that have been advanced in recent years, retail merchants still place their 'greatest dependence in the Newspaper, as their best adver- tising medium; Here is the way each dollar spent for advertising by retail merchants in Canada, and the U.S.A. is divided: 64c for Newspaper space, 11c for display purposes, 8c for stores own advertising staff, 5c for production cost, 4e for miscellaneous media, 3c for direct mail advertising, 4c for other costs. The Newspaper goes right into the home and places your advertising be- fore the people, and the paper is there when any of the family wish to refer to it. L. J. BROWN Clinton, Ontario Phone 5 The True Significance Of Remembrance Day It is a matter for congratulation that Orillia is one of the towns that is complying with the law which es- tablished emembrance Day as a pub- lic holiday. It is to be regretted that in some cities and towns the busi- ness community is cutting the obser- vance to the narrowest limits that decency will permit. Aside from the fact that in these days one full holiday 'in each month is surely not too much for the gen- erality of the workers, particularly those who get no weekly half -holiday, there are strong reasons why the facts of the war should be forcibly, drawn to the attention of this and succeeding generations. As the Rev. L. A. Dixon remarked in his sermon; to the Legion on Sunday, already the young men and women of twen- ty-five years have no personal recol- lections of the four years of agony through which the world passed and no presonal knowledge of the mo- tives that actuated the men and wo- men of that day. There is the more need for a Re- membrance Day in that there have been cultivated many false ideas as to those motives and as to the prin- ciples for which the war was fought. As far as this Dominion is concern- ed, the considerations which carried Canada into the war at its outbreak and which sustained the country through four years of sacrifice were the desire to defend and preserve the British Empire and to prevent Ger- many from attaining her ambition d world domination. The cry of a "war to end war," and other international slogans worthy in themselves, came tater, and had their origin chiefly in the effort to arouse the interest and enthusiasm of the United States, to join the Allies in averting a world dis- aster. In the light of this fact, there is no basis for the claim that the war was a failure or that the sacri- fice made by the men who lie "in Flander's fields" was made in vain. Unfortunately the war did not era- dicate the ambitions that were its chief cause;. nor did it convince the nations of the folly of endeavoruing to achieve these ambitions by armed: force. At this juncture it is important that there should be a renewed appre- ciation of the object for which Can- ada fought in the Great War. Once niore there are nations and forces which seem inclined to challenge the right of''existence of the British Em- pireand the moral and political prin- ciples upon which it is based. ,Whe- ther that challenge will be carried to the point of armed conflict probably depends on what the chances of sue- eess are considered to be. If the Em- pire showsa solid front it is unlikely that any, power or combination of powers willventure to attack, But it. is' clear . that, in a world filled with aggressive powers, inspired by .ideas entirely foreign to the. British peo- ples, if 'Canadians value individual i liberty and the democratic form of government they must be prepared,. in common with other democracies, to defend them. To fail to do se would be to break faith with those who sleep beneath the poppies in. Flancler's fields. This does not preclude looking for,- ward or-ward hopefully to a time when war shall be no more, and working to. ward that end. But that day will not be hastened by turning over the con- trol of the world to the militarist nations,—Orillia Packet -Times,. COUNTY NEWS EXETER: Sunday night on No. 4 highway many motorists were caught, without defrosters and by a strange coincidence two motorists who had. stopped on highway No. 4 to fix tires or make other adjustments were both struck by trucks during the snow- storm. The cars were parked about one mile apart and were struck by two different trucks. Both cars were badly damaged, but no one suffered injury. SEAFORTH: The death occurred on Thursday afternoon in the Lon- don Hospital following a protracted'. illness of John Harris Best of Sea -- forth in his 46th year. He was born. in Seaforth, the eldest son of the, late J, M. Best and Mrs. Best. He graduated from Osgoode Hall, Toron- to, in the spring of 1915 and went to London to take a military course: where, he gained the rank of captain.. He then enlisted as a private in the 161st Huron Battalion and went over- seas, being later transferred to the 57th Battalion, with 'which he served in France until 1918 when he was, wounded and was invalided home. Re- turning to Seaforth he became a partner in the law firm with his father. In 1922 he was united in marriage to Miss Dorothy Morson, youngest daughter of W. C. T. Mor - son and the late Mrs. Morson, former- ly manager of the Seaforth branch of the Bank of Commerce, now of Toronto. Ile was: a member of St. Thomas' Anglican church, Seaforth, also of the Seaforth branch of the Canadian Legion and a former mem- ber of the Lions Club. Surviving are his widow and an only daughter, Miss. Barbara Best, also one brother, Rus- sel M. Best of Bracehridge, and two. sisters, Misses Lila and Verda Best,, Toronto. The funeral, under military auspices, took place on Sunday after- noon at 2.30 from St. Thomas' Angli- c a n church, interment i m th e family plot in Maitland cemetery, Goderich. Rev. Canon Appleyard' of- ficiated. According to the first estimate, thee 1986 wheat crop of Canada is 232,- 973,000 bushels (277,339,000 bushels•, in 1935)• Of the 1935 amount, spring wheat represents . 220,903,000 bushels:• (264,738,000 bushels in 1935), and fall' wheat, 12,070,000 bushels (12,601,000 hi 193)5. The spring wheat crop of' the Prairie Provinces amounts to 216,- 000,000 bushels (259,500,000 bushels hi 1935).