The Seaforth News, 1932-04-28, Page 3THURSDAY, APRIL 28. 1932. `
THE S;EAFORTH NEWS.
1st prize .- $1,000.00 cash
2nd prize . . . $500.00 cash
3rd prize ... $200,00 cash
4th prize . . . , $100,00 cash
5 prizes, each . . $50.00 cash
95' prizes, each ., , $10.00 cash
104 prizes totalling $3,000.00
GOOD W PRIZE CONTE
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New Car?". .. Summer cottage? .. .
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Why not try for some extra money
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to enter. Read these simple condi-
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caris owned may compete. All tire
dealers, all=rubber company em-
ployees, and the families of both are,
however, debarred.
See the special display of six Good-
year tires here. These tires are of
various sizes, types and ply -thick-
nesses. Estimate the number of cords
in each, find the total and divide by
six to obtain the average. A section
of Goodyear Supertwist Cord fabric
HOW MANY SUPERTWIST CORDS
IN THE AVERAGE GOODYEAR TIRE?
412
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Get a standard entry form from
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Closing date: June 5th, 1932. Ad-
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Come in and see Supertwist Cords demonstrated
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A. W. DUNLOP
SEAFORTH
HURON NEWS. •
Mr. Floody Honored.—The follow-
ing refers to the popular secretary e
the Huron Old Boy's Ass'o'ciation in
Toronto: "Edward Moody, a Past
• Grand 'Marshall of _ Canada of .the Or-
ange Order, was honored by his fel-
low -Orangemen in Victoria Hall last
night. 'The ,reception to Mr. Floody
Was held under the auspices ,of ',Bruns-
wick Lodge 04o. 404, .of which he is'a
.illaa'.lnem'ber. R. Muckle, Past Master of
" the 'lodge, presented Mr. Floody witir
a -gold signet ring. He _expressed the
thanks of the order for Mr. hloody's
516 years of service and for his work
with IBrunswick ,Lodge.
Judgment for $7500.—On July 28th
last, Mr. (Lloyd IWilken, a 'former'
Clinton boy, accountant in the Bank
of Mo'ntrea'l, at Iroquo'i's, Ont.,was
killed in an _ automobile accident at
that village. He and 'his wife, who'
was formerly Miss 'Vera Mars'hal'l of
Exeter were returning from a party
in the car of ,their friends, Mr, and
Mrs. !Donald Merkley of Iroquois,.
about one o'clock in `the morning
when they were driven into froth the
rear b 'auotbher car returning 'from
the same ,gathering. M'r. IvLerkley was
driving h.is own car and a Miss Addie
Bouck, a.gird of only sixteen, had been
permitted' to drive the other car by its
owner, games 'Milligan. a young .far-
mer. He and 'M'iss. B'ottck were ac-
companied ba Mr. and Mae. 'Jbh'h'stton.
The accident occurred on the Prov-
incial highway near the street on
which 'the Wilkens lived, and the
contention of all the occulpanVs of the
-Milligan car was that Merkley had
made a Ieflt4it ticl !turni in front •orf them
to go onto the side street and 'so
caused the co'll'ision. Last fall Gold-
man & IStanbury of Exeter, acting Inc.
Mrs. Milken, issued •a writ ' in the
high court'against Milligan for d'a-
mages, and ,tine case was 'tried at
t� Brockville in November when Mr.
Justice'Sedgewek gave judgment dor
$3000. This was appealed by the de-
fendant ' and the plaintiff' solicitors at
bhe 'sam'e time entered a cro's's -appeal
for larger' damages. The court of ap-
peal at. Toronto in tFelbruary ordered
a new trial. The case came 'before Mr.
Justice Wright at the As'sizes at
Brockville last week .and after listen-
ing to evidence all o'ne 'day, the judge
awarded (Mrs. Wil!ken, '$7'5'00 damages
and the !costs of both trials and of the
appeal. The evidence, as to the point
where the collision•hook place was
very contradi'ctory, but the judge de-
clared that he accepted the stateme'n't
of,, Mrs . lW ilkee that it was some fifty
feet from the canner and he •ex'oneralt-
ed Morkley''from any charge of hav-
ing turned in front of the rear car.
Mrs. Thomas McDonald.—Follow-
ing a few days' illness, the death of
Mrs. Thomas 'MOD'on'ald sr. of Gor-
rie south, came as a sho'c'k to her
husb'anil and family. The deceased
woman, whose maiden name Was Miss
Cumrnin'gs, leaves to Mourn • her loss
her husband,four sons and three
daughters.. The funeral was held on
Saturday. --
Lad Injured. -Little .Leonard Mc-
Gee, three -year -Old son .of '.Mr. and
Mrs. Reginald MdGee, God'erich, nar-
rolwlly escaped serious. 'in'jury on Sat-
urday afternoon, last, when, he was
struck down on the ,street by a car
driven by Mr. George IFeagan of Col-
borne township. The little fel'low had
followed some dthcr boys down the
street at the sound of the `fire alarm
and, at the youngsters' calls, had
crossed the street, then, remember-
ing that
eimemlber-in'g•'t'h'a't this Was against parental in-
stru'ctions,'had turned (back. He cross-
ed behind a car and Tan directly in
front of Mr. IFeagan's auto. Mr. IFea-
gan did not see the boy until he was
almost 'u'p'on him: and though he ap-
plied The brakes im'mediatel'y, Stopping
the car a bare dozen feet beyond the
point :of impact, he ,could not avoid
striking the child', the le'f't' front fend-
er catching the lad and flinging him
on his face. Iinjuries included a slight
concussion of 'the brain, a 'b'ad bruise
to the left eye and cheek find a (badly
cut mouth. The Tittle fellow is now
doing nicely at his home, No 'bla'mle
is attached to the driver) of the. car.
Pioneer Dies at Exeter. One of
the pioneer residents of 'Eaeeter died
in the person . of Mrs. Mary Jane
Coie. The deceased had been . a re-
markably active woman for her
years and was i11 only about six
weeks. Her maiden name . was Mary
Jane Mollard.+,S'he was born on Fe-
bruary 19th, 184'6,; in Devonshire,
England, and at the age of; four years
carne to this ,co'un'try with her ,par-
ents, .crossing the ooeatt isa a Sailing
vessel and taking Six -weeks to make
the journey. They settled on the aOth
concession of 'London Township on
the town fine 'between London and
Nissouri townships. After her 'mat.
ni'age'the !deceased lived on the 16th
conce'ss'ion , of .London Township. Fif-
ty-one years ago her husb'an'd, pre-
deceased her and she :moved to Lu -i
can where she was well and, favor-
ably known. About sixteen year's
age she and her invalid sister moved
to ,Exeter. • She ,was .the last of the
family of seven ohild'ren. The funeral,
was held on Fri'day, interment being
in Exeter cemetery.
Inquest Into Death of Alex. Ross.
—Alex. Ross, MoKil'Iop fanner, was
killed in an "unavOidabile accident"
twelve miles north of London on No.
4 highway on April 15, according to
a verdi'c't returned by a coroner's jury
last 'Thursday. The jurors at the in-
quest, held in the county police court-
room, placed no blame on the driver
of the car. Mr. Rose was riding With
his 'wlEfe in ,a car driven by • Peter
Gardiner of Walton. They were
pro'ceedin'g towards London when
Mr.'Ross is 'believed to have suffered
a heart attack sod fell over against,
the driver, who lost control of the
machine. went into, a ditch 'and crash-
ed into a telephone pole. Dr. Harold
Henderson presided at the probe. Dr.
W. T. Beating of Lucan, the first
witness,' said he performed a post-
mortem on Mr, (Ross and found death
Was due to a fractured 'skull. The
physician said he also found that Mr.
Ross had heart trouble. He 'believed
that the Walton ratan might -have been
suffering from fainting spells. 'Traf-
fic officer J. W'h'i'tty said he was call-
ed .,to the scene of 'the accident. He
found the Walton car in the ditch
with Mr.IRos's lying, dead' in the front
beside the driver's seat, Mrs. Ross
had been taken to 1St. Jioeeph's
p!i'tal.
She suffered a fractured skull
and collarbone. 'The io:(IScer said she.
wars improving. Officer Whitty said•
marks -'s'ho'wed the Walton car • •had
gone through a snow drift andthen
ran off the road into tis ditch. The
tracks''bhrough the snow drift were
ziig-zagged,:'hie :said.. "I intervie'wed
Mr. Gardiner, the driver of the car,"
cont'inned Constable Whitty. "He said
the car 'had' driven through the snow
drift when Mr. (Ross, who wa's sitting
beside hien, took a weak spell. He
fell over against .the driver." J. Com-
fort, Who lives near the scene of
the accident, was, called, He saw the
crash. He said that just before the
accident .Gardiner's car was going
about 20 miles an hour. P. B. IGar-
dlhier, the driver df the car in " the
accident, was then called. He said
he • 'was 'd'r'iving Mr. and Mrs. Rosls
to London. 'They had been driving
about '30 miles an hour, but sl'owe'd
nip to go through "a sntow drift north
of IB.irr. "We'. went through the snow
all ri'gh't," stated the ,witness, "then
Mr. Ross fell over against me. I
swerved to the, right and his head
fell down, oat ;my leg. I couldn't, get
my foot off the gas very quick. We
went into the ditch and hit a 'pole."•
Want and For 'Sale Ads. 1 time 25c.
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PAGE THREE"
A VISITOR F'R'C 1V 'HAMILTON
The foll'ow'ing by R. E, Knowles
in the Toronto Sltar're,fers to Dr
Ketchen of Hamilton,, who is a form-
er resident ;o1 nBru'celfield:
Sunday last (April .10th) was to
me a day of especial privilege, First,
he'eaese—and''for the first time in
somewhat near a year -1 speet that
Sabbath in To,tpnt'bo, -not for nothing
known, for the last 'filly years -as the
City of the Oust. And second Peeanse
I attended a ' Presbyterian church
((High Park by name) 'tile same visit-
ed by de yesterday for th'e first time,
although long fan;'i'Iia-r as the one-time
workshop of Rev. Dr. 'Gilbert Wil-
son and of the 'departed but ever hon-
ored Rev. ,J. H. Turnbull.
Yes'terd'ay was "anniversary" !Sun,
day in the High Park Presbyterian
church an'd:tile ianpor••te'd preacher was
the Rlev.Ii, Beverny Ketchen, D.D.,
of. 3i•cN'ab St. ,P.relsby'ter'fan c'hurc'h,
Ham'i'lton.
iitore than cordial is ,the "welcome
stranger technique of these westerlyPresbyterians, I was ahnos't t'akea off
my feet by the courtesies extended to
my handl In !the twenty or twenty-
five feet between the :door and the
rear most pew (in which 1 found my
fitting place) .was hand -shaken 'three
ttimes by three ,different 'offic'ials, each
coming fresh to the manual attack—
so cordial, that by the time 6 was
finally shaken to the occasion seemed
like a 'veritable ,liandslpring ,from on
high. Whatever can 'be said of other'
churches, High Park Presbyterian is
certainly not one of those who, give
frugal greetisg to the humble and the
poor. For 'yesterday I wotle an over-
coat which my gum -dimness, inspire-
tioness and exceeding great rewardess
has for two years been 'vain'ly schem-
ing to 'best'ow ttpoat the !Sal'va'tion Ar-
my in getneral and some tramp in par
bicular—batt which, so sacred are me-
mories and so worthy the 1'oya,ity
even of a coat, I reltain and cherish
with .the aid o'd .that 'Tennyson who
first taught me to chant: 'In youth
it sheltered me and '1''11 protect it
now." l
(Phe popular High :Park minister,
Rev. Dr. John 'MeN'ab, was absent
yesterday—exchange, presumably --
but
but his• pulpit "teas delightfully filled
ythe IHamlEiton divine, (Rev. B'eve'rly
Ketchen. On would naturally think
that a :Hamilton minister would -feel
s'dnt'e' dlegre'e Of em'barrass'ment'in
confronting a Toronto audience, 'hut
D'r. Ketohen 'either was unaware 'of
the promotion 'or had wonderfully
steeled himself to conceal all symp-
toms of disquietude. 1Prolba!b'ly he was
well .aware that culture is not every-
thing and that,' in the deep nee'd's of
the human heart; the claims of the
unsophisticated and of the intelligent-
sia -are :scarcely to Ibe distinguished.
bn any case. he preached ,a sermon of
distinct powder and helpfulness, ± his
youthful appearance, his breadth of
thought and depth of .sympathy, his
facility of utterance and gift of poetic
imagery, his obvious design to help
andcheer, his 'faith in Men and his
love kr Then—all of these conspired
to make his exposition of '"Seekest
thou great things of 'thyse1i-seek
them at'ot" a 'Medium of instruction
and a .miiristry of soul -moving power.
Dr. Ketchen has been for ?7' years
the eninisber of old _McNabb Street
Church in I-Lain'illton, and it is said—
I believe with literal accuracy -that
there is not a reran, woman or child
in all the 'congregation who dues not
'hope that he will be thleir dear pos-
session for twenty-seven more years
to conte.
RURAL HYDRO
Not ndnfregtreti(bly we have, heard ru-
nal residents complain of the cost of
rural hydro ,a's compared ,with the
prices paid by urban householders,
says the .Simcoe Reformer. Such com-
plaints find a ready echo •Prone one
district to another and soon :the vol-
ume of criticislm becomes heard ha
official quarters. Evidently the 'On-
tario'Hydro-Electric Commission has
hearkened to the demand of rural On-
tario for some explanation as to the
'difference- lit cost of, hydro service
as 'between town and country. The
Coin!missiont Inas recently issued a
very .comprehensive and enlightening
brochure ,entitled, "Rural'' 'Eiec'tnical
Service in Ontario,"- which outlines
the sapient lfeatnre's -of the subject in
a manner which is most con'vincin'g.
Any rural resident who labors under
the "belief that the Cost of'hyd'roser-
vice to fanners is u'n'duly high should
obtain a copy of 'this pamphlet 'for
the purpose of ,securingall available
data on the subljle'ct.
'Primarily'the difficullty in rural hy-
dro distribution
y-drodlistribution is on of scattered po-
pulation and 'grealter distances (between
consumers r'esulting'inia moth higher
capital Investment per crural con'sum-
er for •the+•necessary.transmissilon fines
with .consequent higher annual costs.
The Commission (points out Abet the
number of consumers :served by a
mile of lines fs about 20 to 50 times
greater in the cities bltait in Ontario
rural areas. For isolated farm con:.
sunters each service requires a separ-
ate transformer and`switchin'g'equip-
ntlent while the operating costs ar
relatively high in the country an
have to be borne by perhaps three t
ten consumers per,mile of Dine in'stend
of by sonic 2200 or inure as in tine
city. These and other features cans'ti
tote :serious handicaps to the provi-
sign of rural electrical service at low
cost tinder the conditions found it
Ontario agricultural territory ' and 'it
,should be app'reciated that only the
Commission's earnest desire to de-
sign economical methods- of •rural dis-
tribution bogelther •with 'governmen'tal
as's'istance, have made it possible to
provide se'r'vice to farmers at . the
comparatively low rates ,that n'o'w
prevail in Ontario rural power dis-
a Se vices We Gan Reeder
o In the time of need PROTECTION -
is your best ;friend.
Life' Insurance
—To protect your LOV1 D ONES.:''.
Auto Insurance-
To protect you against LIABILITY
to PUBLIC and their PROPERTY;
i Fire Insurance—.
TQ protect your 'HOME and its•
OONTENTS.
Sickness and Accident
Insurance.',
To protect your INCOME.
Any of the above lines we can give:
You in strong and reliable companies.
If interested, call or write,
E. C. CHAClBERLAIN
INSURANCE AGENCY
Phone 334 Seaforth, Ont.
It is true that the 'Ontario iG'overn-
ment has s'h'own commendable enter-
prise in providing for the extension .of
rural hydro service. In the''first place
provision was made for the payment
by the government of 'fifty per cent.
of the cost of constru'ctiing sural pri-
mary 'transmission. lines, Then in 1930
the 'Rural (Power 'D'is'trict Loans Act
provided That .farmers desiring to
take "full and early adva'n'tageof hy-
dro service . could borrow Brom the
Commission up to $,1,000 : for : one
consumer. Tlhis 'was financed up ito :a
maximum of '$2,000,000. In respect
of wiring on consumer's premises and
in •respect to motors and other appli-
ances, loam may be secured to he re-
paid over a 20 -y'e'ar period. In the
same year a second Act provided new
low service charges. - Por instance,
for 'Class: 3 rural -service, which is
really a cambined. ldentestic service
and power service. the basic service
cost is deed .at $2.50 monthly. lihe
'Commission ,goesinto detail in nits
brochure to 'demonstrat'e that for ser-
vice of a 'similar cliaracter, the urban
consumer would have to pay a ser-
vice charge of about $3.00 per month.
This should cleanly disprove the con-
tention that the 'Commission -is seek-
ing to discrimin'ate against rural res-
idents,
The expansion in rural hydro ser-
vice .in the '•iast few years affords'
clearest proof that 'Ontario farmers
appreciate :the opportunity to secure
electricity for their 'homes and farm
buildings. In 11920, there were in On-
tario about 305 miles of -rural Tine
avitlt"2,980 consumers, taking a load
of 300 hors'epawer. In 1931 these fi-
gures had grown to 8,400 miles of
Zine and 55,000 consumers, taking
more than 31,000 'h'orsep'ower. The
capital iuvesltinlen:t int rural power dis-
tricts is -o-w $15,730;000, and half of
this investment is represented -by •gov-
ernna'en@ grants, so that rirra'I con-
sumers in their rate's have :to pay in-
terest and s'inkin'g .fund only on half
the investment.
(The 'inevitable conlcluion after read-
ingthe ,Commission's sba'tetnent of po-
licy is that it takes a keen pride in.
the rural power d'i'str'ic'ts under its
supervision and that it has treated
the rural consumer with utmost :fair-
ness. The Commission does not hesi-
tate to declare that the rural service
provided 'in 'Ontario is -unsurpassed
for any comparable area and '.circuaia-
stance's. It says further : "The rural
consumers do not have less :considera-
tion than urban. 'Oat the contrary,.
through 'Governm'ent aid, they receive
special advantages. The requirement's
for new •exteniosns of rural •hydro ser-
vice are at the minimum necessary to
protect the, consumers 'themselves.".
it is evident that in recent years the
On tario Government has realized that
for a well-balanced developm'enit of
provincial resources, not only manu-
facturing industry but a'gricultune
should profit by extension of electric-
al facilities. The policy of the Com-
mission has been to 'extend .electrical
service to every co'mmun.ity that can
economically 'be reached by tran'sntis-
sion lines. .Finally it must be rem-
embered that the rural service pro-
vided at such favorable costs 'could
never have been provided without the
co-o:peratibn of transmission networks
serving .the well -populated urban mu-
nicipalities. lThese great networks are
the base from which rural primary
lines are extended over wide areas.
It is a s'i'gnificant fact that Ontario
rural rates are lower than in any com-
parable territories in the world, and
they are in important respects actually
lower than even urban rates to d'oin-
estic consumers -in many large • cities
outside Ontario. These and .other in-
teresting facts are set forth in the
pamphlet referred to above, copies of
which are obtainab'le .from the :Ontario,
Hydro -Elec'tr'ic ,Commission, Toron-
to.
"I think perhaps I'd ,better ask the
people next' door to have dinner with
-us to -night," said the young suburban
housewife thoughtfully..
Her husband 1ooked''tap 'from his
newspaper :rather sharply.
"Good .gracious I" he exclaimed.
"V.'hafi ever for?"
"Well, the butcher left their -meat
here by mistake, and I think it's only
fair, she `.re;plie'd.
Let us have the names of your visitors
WOULD 'CHANGGE, THE
COMPANY 'LAWS(
,Far-reaching changes in laws gov
ernitug the in'corporation of c'ompanies_
were suggested in the Senate the other
day by George Lynch -Staunton, Ham-
ilton, Ont. Taking' objection to issues
of moo par value stock, he advocated
limiting a company to one class- of
shares, To preclude -financiers and pro-
moters 'from securing conttrol 'df arr
industry it was suggested .that a Com-
pany be prohibited from buying shares,
in another companyin the same bus-..
'ness.
A Dominion act,' laying down the -
principles of company incorporation
and approved • by the provinces, was
proposed by Senator Lynch -Staunton.
The provinces then mould issue char-
ers in conformity with the Dominion.
act.
The 'Government, said Senator Ar-
thur Meighen, Conservative Iead•erin'
the Upper House, did not contemplate•
a revision of the Oomupanies Act at-
the
tthe present time.
.Senator ILync'h-(Staunton referred to'
the unlimited authority conferred on.
comlpaniee to issue and apportion
stock and suggested 'that no 'com'pany
be allowed to issue more than one -
class of shares. He also objected to.
no par value stock and said fits reason
was simply for stock market purposes.
!It did not hurt the company, but hurt
the 'public, and hie asked 'how many
people had gone to the :poo'rhouse
through stock manipulations.
'In dealing with the borr•'o'wing pow-
ers conferred on companies Senator
Lynch-ISltaunton said directors Could;
issue securities to an unlimited amount
and under the mortgage trust bond"
plans hundredsof millions of such.
stocks had been issued to the public- •
and were valueless.
'Senator Lynch -(Staunton saw anoth-
er evil permitted under the present
act which allowed companies to 'sell:
Ihonds and debentures at any discount'
they chose, thus permitting fraud, Am -
other evil was that directors ,were per-
mitted to revamp the financial struc-
ture of their company at any time on
getting a two-thirds vote of stockhol-
ders present at a meeting. In En'g-
land this was not permitted. The Ca:.
nadnan law should be amended to,
bring it in conformity 'with the .Eng-.
Gish taw to protect ' shareholders and:
:bondholders.
Want and For Sale Ads., 3 tiines 50c -
Blood Tested Chick
Hatchery and flocks are 'botff .In--
spec•ted under the Dominion 'Depart=
ment of Agriculture's Hatchery Ap-
proval policy. The testing' of the
blood samples was done by Capita?.
Laboratories, Ottawa. The bred -to --
lay qualities of our birds are kept up-
to-date by the purchase of male birds.
from high record RJOJP. hens ownedl
by some of the most successful: breed-..
ers in the country.
We expect to hatch about 1500/
Barred Rocks, 250 White Reeks and 1
500 Leghorns per week. Please orders
about one month before you want the
chicks if you can. Don't think too,
much about price; we will use you
right.
Come and see us, or `phone 97 r 4,
Hensel!. We will be glad to talk
things over with you. Feed, stoves,,
and other supplies kept on hand.
J. ELGIN McKLNfLEY, zURDCa
BABY CRICKS AND CUS:TOM....
HATCHING.
iWe are offering six popular -
breeds in Blood -tested 'Qual-
ity Baby Chicks, Barred and
'White Rocks, Black Minorcas
Jersey Black Giant, White
Wyandottes and White Leg -
horns.
We have 'installed a . new
30,000 egg capacity incubator
for custom hatching only.
Trays hold e'l'even dozen. eggs•
each., Plant in 'charge of an
experienced operator. Phone
or write your reservation,
early.
THE HOGA'RTIH -BAB•Y CHOCK
HATCHERY
Exeter, Ont., Rhone 184W