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Seventy -First Year
Whole Number 3260
SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, MARCH 28, 1930.
THOMAS. McMILLAN, M.P.,
SOUTH HURON, SPEAKS ON
AUSTRALIAN TRADE
AGREEMENT.
The following is the speech deliver-
ed by Mr. Thomas McMillan, M.P., for
South Huron, in the House of Com-
mons on Tuesday of last week, on the
Austtialian Trade Agreement:
air. Speaker, I regret that the hon
arable leader of the Opposition (Mr.
Bennett) is not in his place as I do
tndt 'believe I would have arisen to
speak in this debate had it net been
for the very defiant manner in which
he pointed his finger across the floor
and wanted to know where the hon.
member for South Huron stood re-
garding this question. I am of the
opinion that that hon. gentleman
knows now where the constituency of
South Huron is located, because he
visited us on December 29th, and I
do not want him to feel aggrieved
because he did mot -meet with the suc-
cess which he anticipated. He made
a serious mistake in not coming to
me before he went there because had
he done so I would have given him
sromse good advice on how to keep
away from the snags which ensareu
lrim. He believed that after he visit •
e1 there Liberalism in that section of
the country would be so torn to shreds
that we would not see anything more
of it. So two days after he had been
in the town of 'Clinton, I visited that
place to see if I could pick up any of
the shreds. The first persons I met
upon arriving in town were four good
e
Conservative farmers, and when they
noticed me they came up and said,
'You were not in to hear our leader."
1 said, "No, I was not." They then
said, "Wlell, you did not miss very
much because we have come to the
conclusion that if that S!potton-Ben-
nett outfit is the best thing they can
;nit up for South Huron they will
harve another guess coming before the
member is defeated," That was the
expression of • these good Conserva-
tives. They said they 'were tired of
seeing a menagerie like that and they
were ready to stand behindthe pres-
ent member.
But that was not the worst of it
The president of the Conservative as-
sociation in that town is a real good
fellow—he was formerly a Liberal.
The president of the Liberal associa-
tion, Doctor Shaw, resides in the same
town, and everyone knows that if Mir.
Mackenzie King had come up to Clin-
ton he would have been the doctor's
guest. That is where he would he ex-
pected to go and our leader would
4rave known enough to go there. When
the bon. leader of the opposition fin-
ished his remarks, the president of
the Conservative association was very
anxious to follow the usual custom,
and he wanted Mir. Bennett to go to
his home as his guest to meet a few
of their friends. But he turned that
offer down with disdain and went
straight to a good Liberal hotel where
lie could get a good rest after going
to bed in girder to be able to stere
as early as possible in the morning.
The president was very much abash-
ed; he was taken aback. I told him
that Mr. Bennett cotild not be blamed
as I considered him to be one of the
most gentlemanly members of the
House of 'Commons, but that he want-
ed to associate with good Conserva-
tives ani not with renegade Grits.
With respect, however, to this treaty
I nilay tell the leader of the opposi-
tion that I am on record of favouring
the dairy provisions of the Australian
treaty and the New Zealand order in
council, ,alth!ough I may say at the
outset there are some sections of the
present treaty that the government
would be well advised to reconsider.
Every student of economic condi •
tions knows that Great Britain has
always been the world's best market
for dairy produce, and consequently
the 'greatest distributing and price
regulating market of the world. But
what happened,? On the first day of
October, 1925, the Australian treaty
came into force. I, that time New
Zealand butte,;p on stood at
50.78 cents t � . ; Australian at
47.74 cents pe pound, and Canadian
butter at 46.87 cents per pound. Hon.
members will notice that the price of
Oanadiam butter in the British mark-
et at that time was rather less than
that sof either the Australian or New
Zealand article. The Australian treaty
came into force on the first day of
October, 1925. From that time on,
there was a gradual readjustment un-
til in the following March of 1926,
No. 1 pasteurized butter in Montreal
stood 10 cents per pound higher than
either New Zealand or Australian but-
ter in London. New Zealand butter
in London was then 34.46 cents to
37.32 cents per pound, and Australian
butter 35.15 cents to 36.02 cents per
pound. The price of No. 1 pasteuriz-
ed Canadian butter in Montreal was
48.5 cents per pound, while the price
of fresh extra 92 score in New York
woes 42.78 cents per. pound. Hon. mem-
bers will notice that butter in Mont-
rdal was then 10 cents per pound
higher than New Zealand or Austral-
ian butter in the London market and
4 cents per pound higher than the
price of the best quality of butter in
New York. I ask every hon. gentle-
man: did that price situation do in-
jury to the dairy industry of Canada?
I know our hon. friends opposite
have been largely talking through
their hats, but if they have a grain
of common sense, they must agree
that it did not.
As a matter of record No. 1 pas-
teurized butter in Montreal during
the year 1926 stood at an average
1r'ic0 of 2.46 cltntfile slams pound) higher
pflhdjleilienpeader of Attatalian or New
Zealand (butter tin Loftdlon. If honor-
able members will turn to page 22
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of the report of the tariff advisory
board, they will find froom the table,
that No. 1 pasteurized butted• in Mon-
treal in 1927 stood, as an average for
the year at 4.12% cents pew pound
higher than its value for export, bas •
ed on Loudon prices. On page 23
will be found figures showing that in
1928, No. 1 pasteurized butter in Mon-
treal was 4.17% cents per pound high-
er than its value for export, based on
London •prices. Therefore, taking the
year 1927, we find a total of 271,978,-
947 pounds of butter produced in Can-
ada, which at a premium of 4.721/2
cents per pound, gave the farmers of
Canada $11,851,005 more than if they
had sold the !buttes: on the London
market. In 1928 the average prem-
ium of 4.171/a cents per pound on the
258,027,039 pounds, meant an in-
creased price for the farmers of Can-
ada of $14,712,628 over and above
what it would have been if they had
had to market that product in the
London market, the market of the
world.
As a result of that price situation,
Canada became the world's best mar-
ket for butter and so that commodity
began to flow into Canada from Great
Britain, New Zealand, Australia and
other countries. The figures are as
follows:
Surplus of
Imports
Year Exports Imports over Exports
Pounds Pounds Pounds
1926 .... 9,814,000 9,151,000
The imparts scarcely came up to
the, exports.
Pounds Pounds Pounds
2,696,000 11,208,000 8,512,000
1,994,000 16,801,000 14,807,000
1,400,000 35,928,000 34,528,000
1927 ....
1925 ....
1£•29 ....
The trade was due, as I have said,
to the fact that the price of butter
was higher in Canada than elsewhere
with the exception of the United
States and of course there was a 12
cent duty en butter entering that
country.
We will discuss the question we are
dealing with at the present time. I
certainly favor new stipulations in
both of those treaties. There are in
those treaties, ever since they came
into force, certain particulars respect-
ing which I was lukewarm, but as re-
gards the provision for the importa-
tion of Australian New Zealand but-
ter, I have believed, ever since I stud-
ied the question, that the provisiop
was favorable to Canada:.
This brings us to the season of 1928
which was a notable year in the his-
tory of the Canadian dairying indus-
try.. During 1928 the output of cheese
was 6;547,000 pounds greater•than in
the• previous year, and the premium
paid for Canadian cheese in the Brit-
ish market was greater than ever be-
fore. Mare improvement in the qual-
ity of our dairy products was made in
1928 than in any other single year of
our history. In our sister province of
Quebec the improvement in the qual
ity of the article was remarkable.
There was a great improvement made
in that province that year than in the
five previous years. Yet the leader
of the opposition ae usual went back
and forth all over this country preach-
ing that the dairy industry in Can-
ada was in a horrible condition. On
the 25th of October he went to Mont-
real and told the people there that
the dairy industry in this country was
being destroyed•. The improvement
in the quality of cheese brought an
increased return of some $2,000,000
in that same year. While only 11.2
per cent. of the milk is made into
cheese, the improved quality and re-
sulting higher prices had a most fav-
orable effect on the total returns of
the dairy industry.
Mr. Stephen, the secretary of the
National Dairy Council was in my
room the other night and we discuss-
ed the whole question, as we have
discussed it repeatedly, and before he
left he could not but admit that the
dairy industry in Canada was, com-
paratively speaking, in a most favor-
able condition. No man can say
otherwise in the light of the informa-
tion which is open to every ,ne. It is
true that theret was a decline in the
amount of butter produced in 1928
from 271,000,000 pounds to 258,000,000
pounds, and a reduced value of some
$2,339;000, but during the same year
the value of the cheese produced in-
creased by $4,983,661. There is a
reason rwhy there, was a decline in the
production ef butter in our western
provinces. It was largely because of
the preoccupation of the farmers
with their large wheat and other grain
crops, and also on account of a short-
age of suitable feed, as well as un-
fayoralb'le climatic conditions. While
I say this, it must be remembered
that these are only two of the many
lines of the Canadian dairy industry.
and I shall deal with that later on. To
sum up, there has been a remarkable
recovery in dairying in the three
western provinces during the past
year, which according to the latest re •
turns I have has led to an increased
production of over 6,800,000 pounds
of creamery butter alone. The entire
production of butter in the three
western provinces amounted in the
same year to some 82,527,109 pounds.
Now I come to the year 1929. I
harve already shown that No. 1 pas-
teurized butter at Montreal in 1927
commanded 4.721/2 cents per pound
higher than its value for export bas-
ed on London prices; in 1928, 4.171/2
cents higher, and in 1929, 4.79 cents
higher. These prices will be found
in detail in the tables of the National
Dairy Council as set out on pages 22
to 24 of the printed report of the
hearring before the tariff advisory
board on reference No. 150, butter and
cheese,.
Let us look for a moment at the
whole dairy industry. Let us examine
the economics of the wih,o'le situation
regardless of party bias. It is not
the cheese industry or the butter in-
dustry that makes up the whole dairy
industry of Canada. Analyze the
Vii, ! 1 fr.,,b.%.,I0
Yt
ti5n�s,na,✓! i+,,,UitvLlea
facts that are open to us devoid of
all party bias, and let the chips fall
where „they may. If the situation
shows no) real development of the
dairy industry; if the facts prove un-
favorable to the record of the admin-
istration of this •government, let them
bear the brusnt; their record is past
and gone; it cannot be recalled. But
in any ease, let us be big enough for
once to take a leaf from the life of
the great Hugh Miller, the stone mas-
on of C.r'omarty, •Scotland, who, al-
though deprived of the privilege of
an early scholastic tmaining, has writ-
ten works that are to -day among the
classics. Let us strive to take a leaf
from his book, When in writing his
Old Red Sandstone, his Footprints of
the •Creator, and more particularly,
his Testimony of the Rocks, he said:
We pursue the search of the truth
simply for its own sake, independent-
ly of the circumstances in which it
may involve us or with what company
it may make us acquainted.
If this analysis against the govern-
ment, let the government rest under
the lash. The hon. leader of the op-
position knows full well that he is
always preaching the doctrine of the
home market. I am sorry he is not
in the house, but I see my hon. friend
from Vancouver Centre (Mr. Stev-
ens) present. He, too, is always
preaching the same doctrine. My
hon. friend from Fort William (Mr.
Manion) is also always preaching
that the home market is one of the
great things for this government to
look after. 'I quote from a paper read
by Mr. J. F. Singleton, Chief of the
division of dairy and cold storage of
the federal 'Department of Agricul-
ture, before the convention of the
dairymen's association of eastern On-
tario, at Kingston, on January 9th,
1930. His analysis is so conclusive
that I think it ought to be placed on
Hansard. He says:
(Continued on page 6)
WHO'S WHO! WHAT'S
• WHAT, AND WHY?
By F. G. Neelin, Seaforth.
PPar Expositor: The ponulation
of Cuba is 3,476,352 and that of Hav•
ana 580.797 and reported as seventy
per cent. white, but a Canadian would
term it an admixture of races beyond
description. For instance, one of the
native newspapers report triplets
born to Paula Rodrigues and Ramon
Crespo, both apparently white, but
fee triplets are of three distinctive
types. One is white, another Indian,
and the other negro. The names
Gaspar, Melchior and Balthazar, af-
ter the Biblical "three wise men" or
"three kings" have been given to the
sons. The colored natives delight in
high sounding names for their chil-
dren. One old Negro called his son
"Hollerwaybe," and when asked why,
said: "When I'se say mah prayers
don't I'se say Hollerwaybe (hallowed
be) thy name.
Seventeen years after the discov-
ery of Cuba General Velazquez found-
ed the city of Havana and became gov-
ernor of the island under Spanish pro-
clamation. The British took posses-
sion of the city in 1762 and under
treaty it was returned to Spain in
1763. The capitol building of the Re-
public occupies a splendid site in
Havana and is similar in style of
architecture to that of the Capitol at
Washington with approaches resplenda
ent with sculpture adornments and
beautiful parks ornamented with
tropical shrubs and flowers of rare
varieties. At present a coterie of
famous Italian and Belgian sculptors
are engaged in beautifying the intern
for of the building. For beautiful
architectural design and costly in-
terior finish the Cuban President's
Palace is in a class by itself. It is
magnificent in structure and sur-
roundings. In comparison with the
White House at Washington and Rid-
eau Hall at Ottawa relative to splen-
dor are outclassed in every respect.
Gaiety in sport life in Havana,
sounds a clarion note as tourists from
all walks of life indulge in the hospi-
tality of the city. Havana cannot be
accounted a wicked city in the sense
of Big Bill Thompson's murder -famed
Chicago is concerned, yet for a "free -
and -easy go -as -you -please" commun-
ity the Cuban Capital city has a con-
quered world prone at its feet. The
real night -life of Havana begins "in
the wee sena"ours ayont/the twae"
and continues until the milkman ap-
pears. To make it whoopee the tour-
ist men and women usually attend
the Chinese theatre, "Kay Thung"
early in the evening and afterwards
palsy along San Isadore Street to the
East Side Chinese Quarter, . where
30,000 Chinese (black-and-tan) make
their homes and frequent the lower
class cafes, gambling houses and other
vice bureaus. The Chinese are born
gamblers and delight in showing vis-
itors the intricacies of Asiatic vice
customs—•of course at a price. For
ways that are dark and tricks that
are vain, the heathen Chinee is pe -
cooler. (Naturally tourists soon be-
come surfeited with Chink effusive-
ness and turn to the more socially
prominent elements and take a
chance at the gambling tables of the
San Casino, the Monte Carlo of
America. In the go-arround night
stops are made at the interior decor-
ating emporiums of Sloppy Joe's,
Pete's Nite Bite, Danny's Lift Hell
Hiardor and the Cabaret Inferno Dance
Hall advertised by a life size giggle
soup 'picture of His Satanic Majesty
with at ,and bat illustrations, loving-
ly carressing hie ,petting and dancing
partners. Dear reader, don't throw
up your hands in holy horror. Cuba
is a foreign land and its government
reaps a revenue reward in dollars and
cents from licensing Old King Alco-
hol in like manner to that of the
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good people of British Columbia, Man-
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(Continued on page 2)
CHATS ON EDUCATION
(At the Principal's Desk)
"In the majority of cases the boys
wanted to be trained mechanics or to
work with machinery in some way.
We did not find that any attempt had
ever been made, either in the public
school, reform school, or provincial
jail to meet this desire."
In those few simple words the So-
cial Service Council of Canada, in a
recent report, Presents to t h e
thoughtful and ,sympathetic mind a
most crushing condemnation of the
neglect in our educational work of
proper vocational guidance and edu-
cation.
The boys in question were forty-
eight who had received penitentiary
sentences before twenty-one years of
age. They had already served a to•
tal of 191 years before being com-
mitted to the penitentiary, and are
now serving sentences totalling 223
years. The present outlook is that
most of these boys will spe' d -the
rest of their lives in crime or in serv-
ing sentences for crime. What a
waste of the stuff that souls are
made of!
In Ontario, we are not yet even
playing with this problem of voca-
tional guidance. We have made some
start on innational education. We are
beginning to recognize that these
boys who wish to be trained to do
something with their hands, to en-
gage in vocations where .tl'Fry can sea
and handle the results of their labors,
are not necessarily mentally inferior.
The report referred to above men-
tions specifically that of the 48 boys
only eight were mentally retarded.
But we have done practically nothing
in the way of guidance. The one vo-
cational officer connected with the
Technical Schools of Toronto, schools
with an enrolment running into the
thousands, is so inadequate, the ef-
forts of any one man in face of such
a need so small, it is little wonder in-
spectors recently wondered if lie did
anything at all, An unusually cap-
able man in Kitchener is doing gond
work in counselling students and
placing graduates. But in general, wz
have not begun to meet the need for
guidance.
'We may well look to Pennsylvania,
where teachers are encouraged to pre-
pare by special summer courses for
the work of vocational guidance, and
where a salary of fifteen thousand a
year to a capable man to inspire and
direct this work for vocational guid-
ance is considered a reasonable and
profitable investment. Possibly the
people of Pennsylvania think more of
boys and girls than we do.
Agricultural filly or gelding foaled
in 1929 — D. Fotheringham & Sons,
Tremeer Bros., Alex. Wright.
Agricultural team in harness—Rus-
sell Scott, D. Fotberingharm & Sons.
Heavy draft brood mare in foal—
William S. •Broadfoot, Alex. Wright,
'D. Fotheringham & Sons.
Heavy draft mare, filly or gelding,
any age—A. and J. Broadfoot, Alex.
Sinclair, James Scott.
Heavy draft filly or gelding, 1927
—K. McKellar, T. N. Forsyth.
Heavy draft filly or gelding, 1929—
Thomas J. McMichael, A. & J. Broad -
foot and 3rd.
Heavy draft team in harness—Jas.'
Scott A. and J. Broadfoot, Ken 'Mc-
K,ellar.
General purpose team in harness—
.
W. Hawkins, George Lowery.
Livingston Special, Grand Cham-
pion—A. and J. Broadfoot.
Bank of Commerce Special, best 2
colts, agricultural or heavy draft, 2
years or under—A. and J. Broadfoot.
Boys' judging competition, 21 years
and under—Frank Wright, Dave Mc-
Intosh, John Fotheringham, John
Broadfoot.
Judge—W. J. Douglas, Caledonia,
Ont.
CORN BORER ACT
At a recent conference at London
of the corn borer inspectors and the
Provincial Entomologist it was stat-
ed that many farriers were under the
impression that because (,the Borer
had been reduced in most of the coun-
ties under the Act, it was no longer
a serious menace, and therefore the
Act would not be strictly enforced
this year. If this statement was cor-
rect it is unfortunate and very mis-
leading.
As stated by Professor L. Caesar,
Provincial Entomologist, the borer is
just as dangerous an insect to -day as
it ever was and all it needs to enable
it to play havoc with our corn is to
be given a chance such as it would
have if the Corn Borer Act was not
enforced. Corn growers in Ontario
will have to become accustomed to
the fact that cleaning up corn remn-
ants thoroughly each spring will
henceforth be a regular part of farm
operations. There is no other known
way ef combating the borer. Even in
Europe this is the only way of pre-
venting heavy losses.
The Corn Borer Act will be enforc-
ed this year as in former years. Ev-
ery man will be required to clean up
the corn remnants on his property
either by gathering or burning them
or by plowing them under and not
dragging them up later. The corn
borer inspector for Huron County,
Mr. 0. Ginn, states that the clean up
in the past has been satisfactory. The
same procedure must be followed this
year and in future years. Non en-
forcement of the Act would be the un-
doing of all accomplished so far in
the control of this pest and would
soon result in the ruin of the hopes
of all to whom corn is a', valuable
crop.
SEAFORTH SPRING FAIR
The Seaforth Agricultural Society
was unfortunate in its choice of date
for their annual Spring Fair held on
Tuesday of this week.
In fact the weather was the worst
the Society -has ever encountered. The
heavy snow of Monday filled, not only
Main Street, where the judging took
place, but the country roads as well,
and on Tuesday snow fell heavily at
intervals. At other times there was
rain and sleet.
Irl) spite of the weather and roads,
however, there was a fair attendance
of spectators, who were well repaid
for !braving the weather by seeing
one of the largest entry lists and fin-
est exhibits of stock seen in many
years.
It is the first time ton, that entries
were seen exhibited in cutters and
buggies, wagons and sleighs.
, The prize winners:
Roadster horse in harness — C.
Fryfogle, Ernest Rozele, L. W. Guy.
Carriage horse in harness -Wilbur
Keyels, John McLean.
Township Special—lst,• Hibbert Tp.,
Scott; 2nd, 'Hlibberrt Tp., McKellar.
Clyde stallion, any age—Thomas ,T.
McMichael, "Carhrook Flashlight";
Peter Kilpatrick. "British Hero."
Clyde stallion, under 3 years—Win.
McMillan.
Sweepstakes—T. J. McMichael.
Percberon stallion, any age, J. W.
Elliott, "Archie Bourbon."
Agricultural Class ---Brood mare in
foale-Russell Scott, D. Fotheringham
& 'Sons, William Chapman.
Agricultural mare, filly or gelding.
any age -.K. McKellar, Russel Scott,
D. Fotheringham & Sons.
Agricultural filly er gelding foaled
in 1927—+Robert Tyndall, Se!eord Me -
Bairn, David G. Popple.
Agricultural filly or gelding foaled
in 1928, ---William Charters, A. and 3.
Broadfoot. •
DUBLIN
Notes.—Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Kraus-
kopf, of Detroit, spent the week end
with friends in the village.—Mr. and
Mrs. L. Beale and boys, of Stratford,
spent Sunday with Mrs, E. Beale.—
Miss Veronica McConnell, of St. Cle-
mens, spent the week end with her
father, Mr. Frank McConnell.—Mr.
and Mrs. Rowland Kleinfeldt and the
Misses Carrie and Agnes O'Connor
were Sunday evening guests at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Peter McIver,
Seaforth.
William F. Puehelllberg, of Toren
and his grandson and wit%
Mes.Geortge, Pg'shellberg1,,o :''Des born;
Michigan. Mr Aber is axle. of
the early lrioneer:s, coming to > kiss
district from Germany 84;yearn'ago
and he haslived here practically
his life. Mr. Pushelberg is still. lia'ls
and hearty and motored back With
his graandson, to Dearborn, Michigan,
where he expects to pay an extended
visit to relatives!.
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WINGHAM
Mrs. J. P. Lessier.--Following an
illness of five months the death oe-
curred Tuesday of Augustine Charn
bonneau Wife of J. Peter Lessner.
She was (born in November, 1895, in
Montreal, a daughter of Oscar and
the late Mrs. Carbonnean. With her
husband she moved here where Mr.
Leasier has been esniployed as man-
ager of the Gunn -Son -Ola Co. Sur•
riving are her father, one brother, Gil-
bert, and one sister, Henrietta, of
Montreal. Requiem Mass was sung
on Thursday morning at 9.30 o'clock
in the church of the Sacred Heart,.
Wingham. The remains were taken
to 1Vlentreai for interment in the Cote
des Neiges Cemetery.
Air Mail From Saskatchewan.—A
letter was received at our office last
week from •Saskatchewan, coming by
air mail to Toronto. The letter was
posted in Nokomis, Sask., at 10.26
a.m. and arrived in Wingham on the
evening train from Toronto, being
less than 36 hours in the train.
Briefs.—Miss Emily White, of Lon-
don, spent a few days last week the
guest of Miss Eva Swanson. — Mr.
Sheldon Baker, of Atwood, epent Sun-
day with his parents; Mr1 and Mrs.'
Baker. Miss Kathleen ,Gibbons, of
Guelph, spent the week end with her
parents, Mir. and Mrs. P. Gibbons.
WALTON
Notes.—Mrs. William Clark visited
relatives in Acton recently. — Mrs.
Harold 'Srnalldon and children were
recent visitors with friends in Win-
thropeniVffss Jean Fulton, who stays
with her nephew, George McTaggart,
suffered with a slight stroke on Sat-
urday evening and is at present under
the doctor's care.—Mrs. John Watt is
recovering from her recent illness.—
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Morrison, of De-
troit, and Pontiac, Michigan, are vis-
iting Mrs. Morrison's parents, Mr.
and Mrs, William Hoy at present. Mr.
Morrison is one of the Walton old
boys and his many friends are al-
ways pleased to see him.—Mr. and
Mrs. Peter B. Gardiner called on
friends in Seaforth on Sunday after-
noon and attended the North Side
United Church in the evening.—J. J.
McGavin is in Toronto this week on
business.—Miss Viola Carter who has
been in London for some time is at
present visiting her parents. — Mr.
and Mrs. Earnest Radford and son
spent Sunday with relatives in Gor-
rie.—Mr. and Mrs. Jack Morrison and
Mrs. William Neal called on Mr. Mor-
rison's sister, Mrs. R. H. Ferguson,
of Seaforth.—Mr. and Mrs. David
Boyd visited relatives in Seaforth on
Sunday.—John McDonald. who has
spent the past three weeks here op-
erating the saw mill, returned to his
home in Windsor on Saturday.—Mrs.
R. H. Downing, of Brussels, was a
guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Herbert Manning. over the week end.
BRODHAGEN
Notes.—Rev. Johannes Alberti is
attending a meeting of the Waterloo
College Board.—Mr. and Mrs. Nor-
man Siemon and Mr. Henry Steinbach
of Zurich, visited locally over the
week end.—Louis Steinbach's sale on
Monday was well attended despite
the inclement weather and good pric-
es were realized for both 'ire stock
and implements.—Norman Rock, of
Rock Bros.' Planing Mill, has return-
ed after a short visit to Detroit,
Died in Waterloo. — Frederick
Querengess•er passed away after a
lingering illness at the Kitchener -
Waterloo General Hospital in his 58th
year. Mr. Querengesser was born
here and lived here until two years
ago, when he gave up farming and
moved to Kitchener. The funeral
took place on Tuesday afternoon.
'Celebrates 90th Birthday.—During
the past week a unique event took
place at the home of Mrs. Carline
Mailer, 'when her father, Charles
Pushelberg, celebrated the ninetieth
anniversary of his birth. Among those
present, outside of local relatives and
friend's, were his two sons, Charles
W. Pushelberg, of Brodhagen, and
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nary of the cohurehes
own missionaries in other le
felt like lifting mty hat wl ex
the good reports,Of ,the •c i
sionary .Societies "in 'Ih
Horses are still a great thing
fornix. There was recently
horse show in Loa Angus k F
have to . be rich to owns . 'iore>es
The arrow will :be gone ere+ now, .s '
how beautiful thespring,is 1n Canada.
Seasons here area good deal a1i
Bessie McGregor, formerly of Baler
field. , .
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EXETER
Mrs. Vinetta Mollard.—.There pass''
ed to the great beyond, on Pri'd'e ;
March 21st, at her residences in :Enan
ter one who will be Missed by a twirl$;
circle of friends and acquaintances
Mrs. Vinetta Mallard. Daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Banes, she lass:
barn near Crediton and reeeivedr her
education at the Crediton pwblic,: Lie
can High, 'Goderich and Toronto Mode
el 'Schools. She associated herself=' ai
an early age with the Methodist
Clluxch and continued.thxoughe t her
life to be an active member. Aft
attendance at Goderich Model School
she taught for a number of years -
She then married Mr. Wesley Kerr,
of Crediton. After his decease she
attended Toronto Model School and
again taught for some years. When
she married Mr. James Mallard, of
Grand Bend. While he lived they re-
sided there but after his death which
occurred a few years after their mar-
riage, she and her mother, also a
widow, went to Exeter to. live. There
they both became very active mem-
bers of Main Street Church. Mrs.
Banes died over two yearns ago, but
Mrs. Mollard continued to live in the
old home and to work in the church
and in connection with all the philan-
thropic organizations of the commun-
ity. Just a short time previous to
her death she addressed 'both the W.
M. S. and the Y. P. S. along mission-
ary lines. At the last meeting of the
Huron Presbyterial of the United -
Church she was elected to the re-
sponsible office of president) and it is
known that all the arrangements for
the programme of the annual `meet-
ing to be held in Seaforth, April 30,
are fully made and in the hands of
the Secretary, Miss Consitt, of Hen -
sell. Her passing leaves a gap that
will be hard to fill, but the memory
and a gracious presence and devoted
service will remain. She leaves to•
mourn their loss, one ,brother, Rev.
Percy Banes, of Salford, and one sis-
ter, Mrs. George Hepburn, of near
Crediton. The funeral was held on
Monday, March 24th, to the Exeter
Cemetery, and the services were con-
ducted by her pastor, Rev. C. J.
Moorhouse.
BRUCEFI•ELD
Notes.—Mr. Walter McBeath, of
Saskatchewan, who has been visiting
relatives and friends in the village
and vicinity, for the past few months,
left for his home this week.—Mr. and
Mrs. Ronald McKenzie and family, of
Detroit, moved to Brucefield. and are
now occupying rooms at Mr. Cecil
Simpson's. Mr. McKenzie has•secur-
ed a position on a boat for the sum-
mer and expects to go sailing in a
few weeks.—Mr. and Mrs. Dr. Swan
and babe, of Hamilton, were the
guests of the doctor's father and sis-
ter this week.—A very successful con-
cert and box social was held last Fri-
day evening, March 21st, under the
auspices of the Marian Oliver Circle
in the school room of the United
Church.
From California, — There passed
away in Los Angeles last week one of
Gad's great men, Dr. N. T. McArthur,
formerly of Toronto. Besides hieing
a doctor and surgeon, he was a great
leader in other ways. He has still
two brothers in the city, Dr. Peter and
Dr. Duncan McArthur practising in
the city. There was lately in Los
Angeles a company from Canada, the
Chamber of Commerce from Windsor.
and other oanadian cities, 130 strong.
My what''3a 're.f'eption they received
from the Mayor and Chamber of
Commerce and others. They were
taken to all the surrounding cities.
The country looked its best—every-
thing green, so many flowers in
bloom, vegetables just coming out,
barely a few inches high. Everywhere
they went the Chamber of Commerce
entertained them. They had a special
train, and what pleased everyone was
their Essex Kiltie Band with bagpipes
that marched with them. They gave
a concert which was on the air. The
Maple Leaf and several Scotch songs
were sung. The visitors presented
the head of the Commerce of Los
Angeles with a silver pitcher with the
admonition, "To be used for water
only." They visited the movie stu-
dios of Hollywood, where the pictures
are made. No one was allowed in ex-
cept by special permission.1 There
was recently a movie made out near
where I live, "All Quiet on the West-
ern Front," a war talking picture. It
took over two months to make it.
They had tents to live in, and there
were over 500 ex -soldiers. We could
hear the firing and oh the amount of
dynamite that was used. They built
towns, churches and graveyards and
blew them out with dynamite. They
BAYFIELD
St. Patrick's Social.—The annual St...
Patrick's social under the 'auspices of
the Ladies' Aid Society, St. Andrew's
United Church, Bayfield, was held its
the basement of the church on Wed-
nesday evening, March 19th, proving
a great success financially as well as
otherwise. The main feature of the
evening was a little Irish pageant.en- •
titled, "Pat's Old Sweetheart," Dore
McKenzie playing the part of Pat.
His past sweethearts appeared before
him as visions, each one accompanied
by choruses by choir and solos by
Ruth Evans, Gerald Hamilton, Dore
thy Scotchmer, Mae Gale, Mr. Erwin,,
Mr. J. Stirling, also violin number by
Arthur Peck. The cast of characters
were as follows: Little Annie Rooney,
Miss Stella Johnston; daughter' of
Mother Machree, Mabel Scotchmer
The Light of Ballcary, Marie Grain-
ger; Sweet Molly O'Reilly, Lottie
Higgins; Sweet Rosy O'Grady, Nor-
ma Welsh; 'Twas on a Monday morn -
in', Mrs, B. Stewart; Pretty Kitty
Kelly, Mrs. Ed, Sturgeon; Annie
Laurie, Be Dad, Miss Blackall; Peggy
O'Neil, Thelma Ritz; Mickey, Ethel
Stirling; When Irish Eyes are Smil-
ing, Ruth Evans; My Wild Irish Rose,.
Dorothy Scotchmer. At the close Pat
is rudely awakened by his real wife,.
Biddy, Cecil McLeod, who drags him
off home. After the pageant Miss
Black•all gave an Irish reading; Mr.
Gale an Irish' number on the violin;
Misses Gale and Ritz, a piano duet;
silos by Messrs. Erwin and Stirling.
The rest of the evening was spent in
games, contests and refreshments.
Breezes.—Mrs. A. R. Seed, who has
been at Oro Station and other places
for the past month, returned home
Saturday.—Miss Nina Heard, who
teaches near Clinton, was home for
the week end. --Lawrence Fowlie and
Charles Brennan were guests of Jas.
Fowlie Sunday.—Thornton Mustard
motored up from Toronto and, spent
the week end the ,guest of Mr. and
Mrs. D. Dewar.—Mrs.. Fred Balcer
and son, Harry, left Friday for a short
visit in London.—Miss Mildred Cam-
eron, who has been honoe attending
her father's funeral, left for Detroit
last Friday, her brother, William,.
taking her as far as Sarnia by motor.
—Mr. 0. Kalbfleisch motored to Witld-
sor on Saturday returning ,Sunday. --
Miss Mary Dewar returned to her
home at Kincardine least week, after
spending about six weeks with Mae
tives here and in 'Stanley.