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The Seaforth News, 1934-06-21, Page 2T,AGE TWO. HURON NEWS Clinton Items.—Work on the Clio - ton -Blyth highway has been going on during the halt week. Mr•, \Ic- :Arthur of 'Guelph is the engineer in charge.—Traffic 'officer Iliaugh has been appointed to patrol 'King's high- way No. 4 wi'l will make his home in Clinton. Ile has already taken on 'his duties, No. 4 has not hititert., had any special patrol. Ferguson - Gibb, — .A very pretty at'e.iditlg w:r• solehm:izcd on ,lune 9, alien :\ toes• eldest daughter of air. am; \Ir., David tall)), of Rluci•ale, vas ;mite!. in utarriagc to 'Fltonirs Ferguson, sou o1 air. ;Ind Mrs, 'Cites, l•crcn-oo , f I.11eknow. The wedding nut-ic tis •i;ayel by Mrs, Addison Fraser. Miss Gertrude Agnew acted as bridesmaid. 'fist groom was sup- ported by his c.,nsin. Mr. Alfred 'Rit- ahie of "Litcknow. They will reside an the groom's farm at Lucku,oi•. Suffers Broken Nose. — Umpiring ball and strikes ikes from behind the plate y th,xnt a mask resulted its 'John h Mo k bili suffering, a fractured nose and a badly braised and blackened aye. The mishap occurred in White- church when a truck load of juvenile ba': players Flayed against the White- church lads. tribe, we,:, the game,.- Luckttow Sentinel. Wedding Anniversary --.A very !tap - 1'1y time was :Heat a: the house of \[r. and Mrs. Russel; Gaunt in Kin - lass Township, rhe occasion - being ht fortieth nodding anniversary of Mrs, n uiu,'s parent,. -M•, and Mrs, David t .uric of Glenfield farm, East Waa0110 h. Sister Passes at Sarnia. — Funeral rites were held at Sarnia on June 9 =,r Mrs. tura C. Nethery, wife of Niexandcr 11. Ne:hery, Canadian Na - .,1 raihcay conductor and prone - man; figure in the railway labor or- ganization, \Ir'.. Nethery, native of Huron Comity, died after a week's Illness, Surviving are her husband, one gnu. I-Iebert, Sarnia barrister; two sisters. airs. Robert Clark, 9th can., McKillop; Mrs. Walker Fitz- simmons, Thorndale: one brother, Thomas J. Coulter, Allan Craig. Had Back Broken.—While painting the home of his brother, former Dep- mty Reeve Edward Poitou of Brant, three utiles west of Walkerton on the Provincial Highway, Mr, Alfred Tol- 'ot. a great war veteran, sustained a. ;waken hack, when the ladder on which he was working about 20 feet in the air, slipped at its base mut fall - mg over sideway; crashed with him t,, the ground, — Walkerton Herald Times. Calling for Tenders. -I'. S. S. N. 16, Plast \\•awanosh, near 'Blyth, is calling for tenders tip to June .27 for the C '11 .trueti„n ,.f a new school. Announcement. -- Mr. and Mrs. Thomas h:"i„tt, Illy.th, wish to an - .'tutee the engagement of their eld— est daughter Mary 'Elizabeth, of New 1•ork City, to Ge.,rge Karadis of New Work City, the wedding- to take place Site latter pant of June. Zurich Items. -The Zurich Band is getting, interests again, and from now on the boys will have a. practice every I'hnrday evening. — .At last relief came from the uncomfortable dust that jlas been experienced in the vil- lage, as the big comity oiler arrived on Monday and gave all the streets as well as the back streets a liberal amount of ,,11.—int, and Mrs. Russell Dorrance of Seaforth and son were Sunday visitors at the 11 0111e of Mrs. S, Jacobe. — .Zurich school trustees have re-engaged the public school staff but 110 definite decision has been made for the Continuation school, The present teacher, -lir. Cole, may rake .up other work, and if so, it will deal•e a vacancy, Several applications are in for this roost. Appoint Teachers. --0,1 account of the resignation of Misses McNair, Edgar and Smith from the teaching staff of the i31yah Continuation and Public Schools, the school board have made the following appointments: Miss Hamilton. of Stratford, Miss Little of Londesboro, and Miss God - kin, formerly' of Blyth, Horses Cause Accident.— An ac- cident, which might haveproved fatal to one or troth 'occupants of the car occurred on the firth dine of Morris, in front of G, Davis' car. when a car driven by Samuel W,iesfild, Northern Fur Co., Toronto, and Harry Wies- Md. bit a telephone hole, splitting it, and turned .2 som.ers:aults, The oe- etrpants escaped serious injury though they received medical- attention. The car was travelling east towards Brus- • sels; when they cadre upon two horses eunnin..q loose on the road, In trying. to avoid the animals the car swerved, missed the animals bat hit the tele Ione pole. onorarium for Clerk of Assembly. '1)' '1'. WardlawTaylor, :MA., senior clerk of the General of the 'Presbyterian Church since 1925. was honored by hiv in Toronto when he McKILLOP PIONEER SAMUEL STOREY SR. A lifelong and highly respected re- sident of McKillop, who was born on the homestead in 1851. Mr. Storey passed away on June 8th. }was voted an honorarium of $500Dr. Taylor, after Ida retirement fror„lus St. Andrew's, ,NiB„ charge, came to live in 'Godet•ieh with itis wife, daugh- ter :if the late A, :4, Hannington, K. C., St, John,. and his daughter, Miss Edith. Their hone is 011 Britannia road, -Goderich, A Busy Cdurt,--iLast )geek ll.agis- trate Reid held court O'er ten cases at Goderich, Chas, Bell of .Goderich, keeping for sale and manufacturing home-brew ft t:'aliy, received two months and three. months to run con- currently, A charge of reckless driv- ing, against Walter ,MacKendrick of Detroit was dismissed, -John Weiss, for theft •of tools, one mentis in jail J'ohu Craddock, 'Goderich township, found guilty oi permitting a 'horse to run at large on the highway, was sen- tenced to ten clays in jail- in lieu of a fine and costs 'amounting. to ; 10,20, Dr, Mabee's' car had been badly dam- aged in a c,illisioit with the horse, At Clinton Magistrate Reid conduct- ed a hearing into a charge of disord- erly conduct lodged against a Clinton man over eighty years of age, The neighbors within a radius of 800 feet of the man's home complained of 'his habit of .praying at the 199 of his fog- horn -like voice regularly at about 4 amt. His prayers were not inspired by the sins of mankind but by tits odor of his neighbor's pigpen. - Cranbrook Resident Dead. — The death occurred last week of a highly respected resident of •Cranbrook - in the person of 'Paul Jeacke. He was a native 'of Germany, horn in ,14$48, Iu 1'.78 he canto to Canada and settled in Crankbroo1 in 'l90'5, His trade was hlacksmithing, His wife predeceased mint nine years ago. !Surviving are four sons, Paul, Cranbrook: Tlerbert, -Fred and Frank of Detroit. two daughters, Mrs, Till, Detroit, •and Mrs. lis Ber- felz, Wallace township. Ball Players Have Narrow Escape. ..-What might have been a very seri- ous accident_happened at Dashwood recently at a ball game between -Elint- ville and 'Dashwood. -One of the Elin1- t•ille players had -struck at the ball latit the hat slipad from his hands and flew some distance, striking Harold Yell on the forehead with such force that the bat broke in two pieces and the pieces struck two other EIin1vilie players, although not injuring then seriously. ,Harold was taken t i Dr. Taylor in Dashwood who dressed the 1yo1u1d which would have been fatal if a little lower, ,He is able to be at work again as usual, • Confirmation at Exeter. — Fourteen candidates were confirmed at Trivitt hientoriail Church,- Exeter by Bishop Seager last Sunday evening. Taylor-McInnis.--iA .quiet but pret- ty wedding was solemnized at 1:1 a.m. Saturday. at the home of _lfr, and Mrs. R. McInnis,- Exeter, when their otiy daughter, Nora Marguerite, he - came the pride of •James -Wilson Tay- lor, younger sun of -Mr. Frank Tay- for and the late Mrs. Taylor, also of Exeter. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Moore Gordon of the Pres- byterian church, They will reside in Exeter. Stephen Man Injured.—\Ir. Henry Dearing, or the 13th concessiotl of Stephen, hail the misfortune to •be thrown ,front a wagon and received - severe injuries to his back, The bridle on One of his team broke and the bit dropped -front its mouth. The horses ran away. iPersian Balm—the delight of dain- ty femininity. 'Itnparta a fragrant charm to the complexion. Tones up the skin and snakes it velvety soft in texture. Cooling, refreshing, it is .de- lightful to use. Never leaves a vee- tige.'of stickiness. .Invaluable for hands, lace, and as a hair fixative. Wonderfully soothing and protective. Especially recommended in cases of nought) ess or chafing caused by. weather conditions. Want and For Sale Ado, 1 time, 25c THE SEAFORTH NEWS THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 1934 HISTORIC WINDMILL (By J. •Mac•T: nigh in The London Free Press,) ;Some years ago the writer, while on his way ,from ' Seaforth to Bay- field with genre friends, tiedthehorses he was driving to 0 fence -post at the roadside in order that a windmill nearby might be inspected, It present- ed an 21111' sing picture; looked secure nu its 1_mn.lation, and was capable of doing the work fair which it was con- s:ructe i, even F. it were w'eatiher:beat- en, 111V111Z, tcitnstood the onslaught of many an •mzry blast, The tyi 11L•n'.l1 was 0 home-made af- fair, erected or. Co farm of the late Robert Charters more than half a century ago. It was in a field where cattle grazed, onlya. few radsof the. main highway-, leading, from ,Seaforth to Brucefield, usually cated the .hill Road, The large piste trough that might justly be considered part of the outfit, was usually amply -supplied with water to meet the requirements of the different artinials about the place. Time 11.15 wrought changes with the result that the' once -.fanned windmill, which was in continual service for more than thirty-five years, is a tliinp o,f the past, It was taken down abou 15 years ago, with the belief that 1; was pet'haps not only the oldest wind. null!, bot likewise the best hand -mad w•indutill that could be found in Huy on county or even in Western Ont arid. Frouentty we hear about the win' mill .till; in all likelihood because 1 it: day of service it must have attract- ed the attention of thousands of pass- ers-by. Fortunately a picture of it was taken the day of our inspection. It is still in our possession. Believing that a :shirt history of the windmill woudc he of interest to Many persons, tet obtainer( it, and in this way pass it on, The idea of building the windmill was conceived by Robert Charters and John McMurray, both farmers. The main shaft was obtained front an old Noxou reaper, This was taken to Robert .Fulton's blacksmith shop in Egmotdville where a piece was weld- ed to the end to provide the lift -stroke from the pump, which was made from wood in the shop of F. Welsh, Sea - forth. The four +.upright supports were teamed ,from a swamp in the Town- ship of Grey. They were cedar poles ;Mont the size of talose in use for sus- pending telegraph wires. The 1r085 sections were shaped in the sass-nii1! of \\Tn1. Kyle, E:gin ondvit:e, which has not been in existence lin• nto:'e than forty years. The arias far supporting the fans also for the vane or tail -board, were composed of oak taken front the woods on the farm, Both the fans ,and the weather -vane were fashioned from pine and were attached to tate support or arms by screws, What is .called the head of the windmill was cast in Coleman's foundry on the main thor- oughfare in Seaforth. The trough which went into use the same time that the windmill began to operate tvas'ntade from pine. It is, still in evi- dence and doing duty on the old homestead tthcre pee of the sons, Williams, still works the farmer. Anoth- er son, Harry, resides. in Seaforth, There were also two daughters, Mar- garet, who with her mother still lives on the homestead, and Mrs. Mason, .,f Saskatoon. Robert Charter's ;came front 'Scot- land with his parents, in an old sail- ing. vessel When he was only -four years of age. Their belongings' were conveyed to the site of their new home in Tuckersntith by ox -cart, Mr. Charters lived there all the rest of bis life, it might be said, with the ex- .teption of a six -weeks' holiday trip 1ac1c to the land of the 'heathery hills. He died iu 119113 at the age of 73 years. "Iris widow, - who - has just celebrated ler S'Stit birthday, is considered to be 'ath hale and hearty. It is said that when the parents of Cobert Charters located in Tucker nuitll there was no such thing as Sea - :nth to Hayfield and Clinton to Lon on open roads. They were simply lazed trail:, The father knew front ctual experience -What it meant to arry wheat from his home to Lon - on a distance of nearly sixty miles, 1 exchange it for flour or household •onhntodities, Many of the younger generation in 4caiortlt and locality do not know that there ever were such places 1: Photon's blacksmith shop, Welsh's ;runup works, 'Kyle's sawmill or Cole- man's foundry; and yet all these places were a factor 411 bringing into existence the windmill that stood for many years ou Charters' farm. In fact they may have long forgotten or per- haps never knew that such a wind- mill ever existed, SOLOMON'S PORCH Solomon's perch appears to have been a covered colonnade, portico, or cloister, which ran along the ettstere side of the temple' building at Jeru- salcin; and the Jewish historian Jo- sephus contends that it acttttlly dated from the days of 'Solomon, and so had survived "the various destruc- tions and rebuildings" of the sacred SPEEDWAY TIRES Why buy bargain tires of some unknown brand when you can get new Goodyear Tires at these low prices? Size 4.40 M.25 Size 5,00 25 4.11 x 19„ 6,65 Size 5.00 7,40 x 20,, !J 5,90 Size 5;2'5 �,15 x 18.. x 21.. Size 4.75 x 19.. Size 4,50 x 21„ Every "Speedway” bears the Goodyear name and carries the guarantee. And remember, we do a -good job in tire mounting for you—FREE, of course. A. W. DUNLOP, Seaforth Spring Work With Bees Reports to date 'indicate a great variation in the condition of bees fol- lowing their winter confinement. In some instances winter losses were nil while in others the colony loss was very 'heavy. In many cases where the colonies did survive a general weaken- ing t'if colony strength was distinctly noticeable. The spring season is the most critical period in the life oi a colony becaues its numericalforce is then at its lowest point. The bees are old and low in vitality, and the stores are usually exhausted, yet .at the sante time the greatest strain of brood rearing is placed upon the colony in order to rear bees in time for the harvest. The bees will need the fol- lowing assistance to overcome the handicap (1) a prolific queen at the edifice., Head of each colony, (?) a sufficient food supply to feed the oncoming gen- eration, (3) a certain amount of pro- tection against changeable weather condition;. Replace all weak and fail- ing queens as soon as possible. Do not rely upon the early spring 'flowers to supply sufficient food, feed the bees. Do not unpack outdoor wintered bees too early and give protection to those brought out front cellars. Requisite on the Farm.—Isvery far- mer and stock -raiser should keep a 9119913- of Dr. Thongs' Eclectric Oil an hand, nut only as a ready remedy dor ills in the fancily, but because it is a horse and cattle medicine of great potency, Asa substitute for sweet oil for horses and cattle affected by collie it far surpasses anything that can be administered. 'Want ami For Sale Ads, I time, 25c SCARRED for life! Perhaps blinded! flow memory must haunt some guilty driver's mind! And the records show that there were thousands of guilty drivers in Ontario lust year. This message is not for the habitually reckless, callous motorist.- His license can be cancelled —and will be! This appeal is to the usually thoughtful driver who Lakes a chance only now and then. Death and injury to 8,280 men, women and children on Ontario highways in one year clearly indicate that now and then is too often! This tide of needless bereavement and suffering must be turnedl;You, the de- cent, law-abiding, self-respecting citi- zen can help. Will you not do your share? Will you not drive carefully, safely .. , always?* MOTOR VEHICLES BRANCH ONTARIO DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS Leopold Macdulay, Minister (4) 'THE HEALTH AND (LIVES OF (HI -DREN ARE MORE PRECIOUS THAN YOUR TIME: 011 CONVENIENCE. LET THEIR SAFETY BE: YOUR FIRST CONSIDEr1ATION