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The Huron Expositor, 1931-02-20, Page 1t grinni!NOOTei Seventy-second Year Whole Number 3297 NEWS AND INFORMATION FOR THE BUSY,FAEMER Coming Events. Annual meeting of Ontario Fruit Growers!' ,Association; Hamilton, Feb. 24th to 26th. . Short Course in Horticulture, 0. A. C., Feb. 23rd to 27th. Bulletins on almost all subjects per- taining to agriculture may be had free of charge by writing to your lo- cal Department of Agriculture 'of- fice. These bulletins give more defi- nite and complete information on many subjects which have been out- lined in this column. If you need advice on any particular subject, the chances are that you•_ can secure a bulletin dealing with it at the local repree ntative's office. Canadian Onion -Eaters. Onion Week did a lot to increase the • popularity of Canadian • onions. It also brought to light some inter- esting facts about this rapidly -grow - ng industry. Per capita consump- tion of onions in Canada in 1930 was about ten pounds. In other words, this means that a total of 100,000,000 pounds -50,000 tons or some 2,000 carloads—of onions were eaten by Canadian people. This huge quantity came principally from two sources. Canadian growers produced 29,9'76 tons, and something over 20,000 tons were imported from the United States. Over $750,000 was spent' by Canadians on United States grown onions. Can- adian production is increasing rapid- ly and is of exceptional quality. years 'and fewer cattle will be carried over for early summer marketing. In Bruce County there ie, a decided increase in the number of young sows 'being kept. Egg 'prices there are low, varying from 15 cents to 23 c to the farmer and 27c at the store, too much difference. At the Shorthorn sale at Bowmanville in Durham Coun- ty, satisfactory, prices were received by the breeders. The high price bull which was one year old went for $200 and a yearling heifer 'brought $112. A Holstein' breeder in Frontenac ship- ped fifty head of cows to the United States at satisfactory prices. Inter- est is being manifested in co-operative marketing in Grey County. Milk pro- duction in Huron shows about 10 per cent. increase over this time last year, due chiefly to more grain feeding this winter. Water shortage in Leeds is more serious than for many years, forcing many farmers to draw water or drive stock long distances. Eggs have advanced in price about 3 cents a dozen for the best ,grades in Lin- coln County. The poultry population of Peel increased from 32'7,619 in 1929 to 383,771 in 1930, indicating substan- tial progress in poultry -raising. A new blood test hatchery has com- menced operations in Brampton. In South Simeoe prices at auction sales are much higher than expected, ord- inary cows selling at $89.00 each and sows due to farrow in March at $75. New Methods Urged. Overhauling of farm methods in Ontario, the application of scientific principles of farming, the spreading of agricultural vocational training, the cutting down of overhead, elim- ination of waste and improvement in marketing methods, are some of the proposals contained in the report of the Hon. T. L. Kennedy, Minister of Agriculture, to the Government, which are likely to be embodied in the form of legislation at the session now in progress. One of the chief difficulties confronting the Depart- ment has been the conversion of farmers to the need of improving their marketing methods and gener- ally departing from practices in vogue before the era of competitive pro- gress. The Minister hopes to put agriculture on a 'basis where it will produce higher quality products at less cost. For instance Ontario far- mers have lost hundreds of thous- ands of dollars through parasites in hogs. Hogs thus affected take con- siderable more feeding than do healthy hogs, a matter of several months, and the farmer's profit is considerably lessened as a result. Notwithstanding recent declines in the price of lamb and wool, Ontario Sheep Breeders' were not at all dis- couraged at their annual meeting. It was pointed out that this country still imports wool and mutton equiv- alent to half a million sheep, so that there is plenty of room for expans- ion. Beekeepers Convened. The Ontario Beekeepers' Associa- tion' and the Ontario Honey Produc- ers' Association were hosts last week in Toronto to apiarists from all parts of Canada and the United States to the number of about six hundred. The programme was of a very practical nature, each item being handled by an expert of international reputation. A great volume of valuable informa- tion on up-to-date methods of bcc keeping and the marketing of honey was forthcoming. In common with other branches of agriculture, bee- keepers are seeking wider and more stable markets for their product and at this convention many avenues of research which have been explored during the past few years were ex- plained. pretzels with a li!tt1e moonshine? • ** Louis White walked inadvertently into an open manhole in Toronto. He was 'White when he went in. Won- der what color he was when he got out? * * * New Pets. I'm tired of keeping common kinds of pets. Take dogs and cats and chickens, for example; With them I'•m always vet's, Until my feet are than ample. I'd like to keep a Zepak or a Twem, A Llippi or a Noggo or a Cynee, I'm sure I'd never, never tire of them, But (horrid thought) perhaps they'd tire of me. * * * Fashion note: "Hats go'backward " Especially in -March,.. * * * "Pll make them tell the truth," says Peter Wlhite, K.C., at film enquiry. Re- move that film and see how white they are underneath. ' * * * To My Snow Shovel. When frosty days began, I hit upon this plan. In order to reduce, I'd undertake thy use. Each morn at 8 a.m. If winter's diadem Had fallen in the night, I'd rise, and with my might, Perform prodigious feats Upon our snowy streets. But now, accursed utensil! I'll take my best lead pencil, And write the truth about thee, And how I'll ever flout thee. For, every time it snowed, I shovelled, puffed and blowed, Then ate a meal tremendous, And grew and grew stupendous, I thought I'd be so clever, But now weigh more than ever. running to the calloused more Organization of a Provincial Mar- keting Board to assist farmers in dis- posing of their products is a probab- ility of the near future, according to Hon.. T. L. Kennedy, Minister of Ag- riculture. This Board would advise the producers when and how to mar- ket their various commodities. Agents would be distributed throughout Can- anada, chiefly in the large centres of population. From time to time they would report upon the needs of the district in which they resided, and that information would be passed' on to the farmers and their organiza- tions. The system would extend to Great Britain, where representatives of the Marketing . Board would keep an eye on conditions and advise as to the most favorable times in which to dispose of Ontario's exportable surp- lus of farm products. For Better Seed. During the past year Agricultural Representative F. S. Thomas, of El- gin County, had school children col- lect 850 "'one -pound samples of the grain their fathers were sowing. This winter he has set up a small fanning mill, run by an electric motor; in his office and he is cleaning these samples as an object Iesson. The results of the tests will be published and be thus hopes to stir up interest in bet- ter seed and eventually to raise the average yield of spring grain in El- gin County from around thirty-five at present to fifty bushels per acre. ' Weekly Crop Report. Reports fromcounty representa- tives indicate that the majority of farmers have sufficient supplies of feeds to bring their livestock through the winter in good condition. A greater number of cattle will be ready for market earlier than other 4n LENTEN SERMONS. LENTEN SERIES. OF ,SERMONS ANNOUNCED FOR ST. JAMES' CHURCH Anthra Dependable Long Burning st Clean Concentrated Heat N. CLUFF & SONS bett'i'es of the sea'son The first periods, opened' . v ri'c'h the 11'i`ilverten aggregation peeseieZ the play. After ten minutes of 'slay this fast Midget line of the visitors suc ceeded in beating 1VIeaGeoch for the first goal of the game. Shortly aff- ter, Seaforth entered the searing kkeolumn when they beat the Milverton goalie on a fluke shot. The play con- tinued with each side making individ- ual rushes until the 'bell, ending the period, sent them in for a rest. The second and third periods found the ice getting heavier and heavier and the play grew dirty. In the sec- ond period, Milverton beat McGeoch for their second tally on a rebound. Stick=handling was now next to im- possible, as the puck was on the roll most of the time, and hockey at many times was turned into golf. In the last period Seaforth had the best of the play and kept the Milverton goalie on the jump every minute. However, he pronged invincible and the final bell found the score 2-1 in favor of Mil- verton. "Chick" Appel, of Stratford, handled! the bell. Line-up : Seaforth — Goal, Mc- •Geoch; defense, Elliott, Stoneman ; centre, O'Brien; wings, Youngblut, Gasho; subs., 'Muir, Hart, Holmes. Milverton—Goal, Mohr; defense, Kel- ter1born, Mathews; centre, Bundseho; wings, Merryfteld, Bastendorf; subs. Clemens, Schneuker, Guenther. The Junior Farmers' Hockey League. On Saturday night, February 14th, the Junior Farmer's Hockey League was continued, after laying off for a week. There were no games on the preceding Saturday owing to the players not being able to get in. How- ever, the' rest seemed to have done them good, as they showed up better than ever. The first game was between the two leading teams in the league, the Mill Road and Dublin. Dublin seemed to have a little the better of the play. Goalie Matthews, in the Dublin nets, proved invincible to the Mill Readers in the first two periods, while his team mates beat the opposing goalie twice. However, in the final spasm the Mill Road pressed the play and succeeded in bulging the Dublin nets for two counters. The final 'bell found the two teams tied with the score showing 2-2. In the second game, the Brick Yard defeated the Winthrop sextet to the tune of 3-1. The play was quite ev- en but Winthrop seemed to have trou- ble in beating goalie McMillan. J. Doig showed up well for the Brick Yard. Standing of the Teams: Games Won Lost Tied Pts. Dublin 5 2 1 2 6 Winthrop 5 1 3 1 3 Brick Yard5 1. 3 1 3 favlor of the Maroons. The Maroon goalie, "Ed." Matthews, proved to be one of the outstanding stars of the game. Time after time Wright and Venus, outstanding stars of the Canadiens, broke through the Maroon defense only to be stopped by the faithful goalie. The Maroon all- star forward line, Capt. "Doc" Hilde- brandt, Tom Sills and Russ McNab, kept the 'Canadien goalie, C. Knight, under 'heavy bombardment through- out the whole game and sure deserv- ed to win. Line-up of the 1930-31 Champions Manager, C. Trott; Captain, Albert Hlilderbrandt; goalie, Ed. Matthews; defense, Dickson, Beattie; centre, "Doc" Hildebrandt; wings, Ross Me - Nab, Tom 'Sills; alternates, Sills, Jack Cameron, Patrick. The second game, between the Mil- lionaires and Maple Leafs, proved to Catholic Lenten Regulations Read. At both Masses last Sunday, Rev. G. L. Blonde, administrator of St. James' Church, read the Lenten regu- lations for the diocese of London. These refer chiefly to the laws of fast and abstinence binding upon all Cath- olics, as means of penance and morti- fication during the Lenten season. The faithful were exhorted to observe strictly the spirit of Lent which ad- vises the abstention from worldly pleasures and amusements and appli- cation to works of piety and a spirit of recollection. In his remarks to the congregation the speaker noted that many of the evils of our days might be attributed to the lack of re- flection and thought on the part of humanity quoting the words of the prophet, "With desolation is all the land made desolate because there is none that considereth in the heart." Special Lenten services in the course of each week were announced. On Wednesday evenings, the Beads, Sermon and Benediction of the Bless- ed Sacrament; on Friday evenings, Beads, Stations of the Cross, followed by Benediction; on Sunday evenings, Beads, Question Box and Benediction. To these services everyone is welcome. The sermon subjects on the Wed- nesday evenings during Lent were an'- n•ounced as following: Feb. 18th, Ash Wednesday—The Reason and Necessity of Penance. Feb. 25th—The Sacrament of Mat- rimony. March 4th—Modern Abuses of Matrimony. March lith—Remedies for Correc- tion of These Evils. March 18th—The Church and Sci- ence. March 25th—The Problem. of Pain. April 1st—The Passion of Our Lord. Easter Sunday Evening—The Ever- lasting Catholic Church. The sermons on Matrimony will be based on the recent encyclical letter of Pope Pius XI, copies of which will be given to the congregation. A box to receive the questions of enquiries, will be placed in the church, and answers will 'be ,given at each of the Sunday evening services. Keen Interest in Train. At stops already made, great in- terest has been shown by farmers of Southwestern Ontario in the Soils and Crops train now on tour of the coun- ties in this rich, specialized farming area. The two demonstration cars are attracting much attention. In the Soils car one of the features is a graphic lesson on the importance of correct fertilizer applications. Op- portunities for lowering costs of pro• duction are suggested in charts. In the Crops car, types particularly suit- ed to the district are represented by actual specimen, together with sam- ples of high-class seed. Cereals, leg- umes, root, corn and tobacco crops are among those illustrated. Alto- gether' the train offers a splendid op- portunity to farmers for seeing what is being done in soil and crop improve- ment work. Special arrangements have been made to interest rural school classes and lectures will be given to them where the train makes a full day's stop. The train is oper- ated by the Department's Crop and Market Branch, equipped by the 0. A. C. Department of Extension and is in charge of Mr. A. R. G. Smith. HOW MY WORLD WAGS By That Ancient Mariner DEAN D. HURMDY A Sudbury man awoke to find his teeth had been stolen. His impulse would be to crown the culprit, or at least put a dentin him. * * * Service clubs can easily save valu- able time at their weekly meetingsby singing several songs at once. F'rin- stance: (Tune, "Silver Thread's Among the Gold") Just 'before the battle, mother, I'm a little prairie flower, Comrades brave are round me lying, 'Growing wilder ev'ry hour. Reuben, Reuben, I've been thinking, Scots wha hoe wi' Wallace bled, Doan' y'o' hyah de captain shoutin' Welcome to your gory bed. RiE'F'RAI.N ('Tune, "Selonrnon Levi") My name is (Solomon Levi, In a one-horse open sleigh, Let mei call you svi eethea'rt, s stet' the lideel3iie, ith V^ a lin ,day. •hili) MilIee 's• Errors and Je to plumerai le cou, Old MacDonald had a farm, On a bicycle built for two. * * * The Prince of Wales concluded a brief speech in Spanish the other day by saying: "When the emotion is great the speech is short." We here- by move that the ability to enuosh shall be an essential qualification of all members of the town Witenage- mot. * * * Lines To A Discontented Guy. You'd like to be a Boy Scout, And hike to Thnbuctoo, You'd like to be a birdman, And fly the ocean 'blue, You'd like to 'be a statesman, And make our country's speeches, You like to be a film star, Anid kiss the female peaches, You'll like—oh heck, bologny, And other cuss -words quaint, There's lots of things you'd like to be, +R'at ain't, ALL THE HOCKEY EVENTS The Maroon All -Stars Win the 1930- 31 Duncan Cup Hockey Champion- ship. THE EXPOSITOR CLUBBING LIST The Expositor and The Toron- to Globe $6.30 The Expositor and'The Toron- to Mail and Empire- $6.30 The Expositor and The London Advertiser $6.30 The Expositor and The London Free Press $6.30 The Expositor and The Toron- to Daily Star $6.30 The Expositor and The Farm- ers' Advocate $3.00 The Expositor and Montreal Witness $3.85 The Expositor and The Catholi. Record $3.75 CLUBBING RATES WITH OTHER PERIODICALS MAY BE HAD ON APPLICATION. pit the 1oMeat oi14pld 40 the W to be tamped: + will require no sinking of wens: tQ give pp its este hated itamd)red', brlh.0ri barrels of crude oil to 'snp'•p'ly the;', chinery of modern civilization: T#us startling information. carne to light recently in Toronto when a famous railway engineer discaosed that -a se- cretly and thoroughly tested machine had been perfected to extract the pure crude oil from the, (bituminous sands of Northern Alberta. Three hundred miles north of Ed mouton ends the Alberta and Great Waterways Railway, a small provin- cially owned road that terminates at Waterways, on the Athabasca River. Here, too, starts the two thousand. mile voyage that ends in the Arctic Ocean. Waterways is the jumping -ox place for missionaries and miners and hunters bound for the Arctic waste of Northern 'Canada. Here, too, start the scows and small river -steamers, that take annual supplies to the dist- ant outposts of civilization. Waterways is near the centre of the bituminous sands of Northern Al- berta. Not far from this small but important railway terminus is Fort McMurray, the crucial centre of one thousand square miles of the richest oil -land ever found on earth. And far to each side of the McMurray stretches this region of sand and jackpine growth. Government geo- logists who have spent many years in the region have estimated the entire deposit of what have been call- ed tar sand to encompass a region over six thousand square miles in area, in which are to be found close upon three hundred rich deposits of sand saturated with oil. The greatest authority in this field is S. C. Elis, of the Canadian Department of Mines. Mr. Ells has spent nearly twenty years in the McMurray sector investigating these sands for the Government. He has came to the conclusion that the area which is known as the McMurray bituminous sands has an estimated aggregate volume of five hundred billion cubic yards, and that to saturate that amount of sand would require at least fifty billion cubic yards of oil. According to other experts, the region is capable of supplying- the world with enough fuel -oil for five hundred' years at the present rate of consumption. This field is by no means a new discovery. It has been known since hunters first invaded the territory in quest of furs and to establish trading - posts for barter with the Indians. cess. For a long time the bubbling pools A New York inventor, W. C. Laugh - of dark fluid were thought to be tar, :in, is the inventor of the centrifuge. so the tar springs of Northern Al- He has used it in many industries, berta became known. I principally in mining. A Canadian en - Then it was discovered that the i gineer, William P. Hinton, is directly region was rich with oil. It required i responsible for bringing the centri- only the separation of the oil from l fuge into touch with the bituminous the sand. Engineers and financiers sands. For twelve years he carefully and those who would get rich quick came trooping to the field, certain of easy wealth. But they found to their dismay that the sand and the oil would not separate as easily as they expected. Many of the fortune hunters were forced to ret•.;rn, leaving engineers with substantial backing behind. Wells were drilled; exca- Laughlin convinced him that, with vations were made. Machines were some change*, the machine of that brought into the country before the l time would be adaptable to the ex - railroad existed, and millions of 'traction of oil from bituminous sands. dollars were spent by Americans, I Several months of hard work showed Canadians, Germans and English- his theory to be correct. At last the men to find ways and means of ( government was notified, and a lar - extracting from those seemingly ger machine was manufactured. The endless deposits of sand the fluid oil was carefully tested and found to that colored them so darkly. From all these attempts a mass of figures and estimates resulted, but no pure crude oil which would make the gasoline and fuel -oil that was predicted by every new engineer who went into the region. The estimates vary, but all agree that here lies the world's largest oil deposit. Even the fantastic figure of 35,000,000,000 barrels of high-grade anti -knock gasoline is dwarfed by other esti- mates of the amount of oil this region is capable of producing. Yet this figure is taken to be a conserva- tive estimate of the value of oil to be found there. A few years ago the Canadian Government recalled practically all is expected that these northern oil the unworked leases which had been fields will quickly out -rival those of granted in the past twenty years to Southern Alberta, which are already hopeful oil -prospectors. The govern- supplying over a million barrels of meat would insure that no one would oil a year. But, for the first hundred hold the land unworked against the, years, scientists and engineers, affirm, time when someone would invent a the bituminous sands will be merely machine which would extract pure tapped, and it will not be necessary oil from the sand. The British to remove the overburden for at least Navy was looking to this field as its that length of time to get at the deep - oil preserve some time in the future, er deposits underground. • HILLSGREEN Mrs. E. Broderick spent a few days recently with her daughter and son- in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Mousseau, of Exeter. Mr. Edward and Miss Verlyn Thiel, of the Bronson Line, spent a few days with friends in this 'vicinity. Mr. and. Mrs. W. Weida were vis- itors recently with friends near Hen - sail. We are pleased to report that Mr. F. Stelck is able to be up and around after being confined to his room for several weeks. The lantern slides on Japan will be given en Wednesday evening, Febru- ary 25th, in the church. be slower than the preceding game. Many players were absent, as the game did not necessarily have to be played. However, a fair 'brand of hockey was exhibited and at times proved to be real thrilling. The Maple Leafs proved to be a little faster ag- gregation, and came out on top with a neat victory of 5-2. E. Rennie was the outstanding star of the game, while Hudson, Dunlop and R. Rennie showed up well for the Millionaires. "Dutch" Hildebrandt handled the bell. The final standing of the teams: Maroons 10 points Canadiens 9 points Maple Leafs 4 points Millionaires ....... - 1 point Milverton Defeats Scaforth 2-1. On Monday night, February 16th, tri Milaerten Intermediates defeated the Seaforth sextet to the tune of 2-1 in a closely contested tilt. The ice was soft and the play was slow at times. But in spite of this, the crowd witnessed one of the closest hockey The Maroons, on Saturday morn- ing, February 14th, defeated the Can- adiens at the Palace Rink to cop the Duncan Cup Hockey Championship, with a splendid victory of 9-7. The ice was smooth and bard, which help- ed to make this game one of the fast- est of the season. The Maroon sextet, playing under a one point deficit, skated' out on the ice to win. As a result they beat the Canadien goalie for 2 goals' in the first five minutes. The Canadiens seeing their fast opposition, quickly settled down to play hockey. But, in spite of this, the Maroon combination proved too much for them and the bell, ending the first period, found the Maroons on top with •a score of 5-2. The 'first half of the last period found the Canadiens pressing the play and after fifteen minutes tied the score, 6-6. However, with only ten mintittes to go, the Maroon aggrega- tion quickly ran in three goals, while the Canadien sextet only tallied once en the Maroon goalie. As a result the final 'bell found the seor; 9-'7 in * * * Research workers in the 1'aborator- lee Of a Toronto hospital have dist' co'i eretl horn to Charge ordinary bread with the well known vltantin' D, ktioWfl as "'the• aibtls'hine vitamin." Excel- lent! NOW,• hoty about charging cr governxlents had" f use ford. the `bituminous were ,wade for, usin s . paving xoa+t`eripl, rieb in aslphalt. SeataMon trafiie streets, in dint paved ' With thebituniin-% and after eight yepr's 0f col rapidly growing traffic;: four condition without repairs seemed a possible' use for deposits, but the economic valik the sands for OAS purpose yproved high on account of the iztegn}alxt3 the percentage of bitumen ft und,"; the heavy freight rate's from Wt ways. This left the great preserve out{o the public unl e rt.; tri` cavery of theeye machintiethrecent which wouLy separate the bitumen • from 6,tI sands, and give a pure crude equal to and betterthan th derived from wells, autU even, rata higher ' than the oils from the Baku' regions in Russia. This is due, 5Ci ' entists" say, to the fact that the field: • _: is very old, and has •withstood two glacial periods. • The machine invented is. Called •.4` constant centrifuge, and can best be described as 'being similar to a cream. separator, except that it is much • more complicated and larger. It will clean and separate any combination of materials of differing specific gray. , ities. -- The process is simple. Where othere, have failed, it has shown on the spot that it can manufacture, from a load of dark -colored sand, a pure crude oil as cheaply as it can be brought to the surface in gushers in other parts of the country. Only warm water is required as an oil, and the on is pro- duced in forty -,five seconds from the time the sand and 'water are poured into the machine. A commercial machine capable of handling six hundred tons a day is being shipped' to the McMurray reg- ion, there to start producing oil from the tar sand's. It supersedes the sev-. enty-ton-a-day machine ' which was shipped up in 1929, and which se. thoroughly showed oil -men from all parts of the continent that the pro- cess was perfect. The results have set many of them to wondering if the price of oil for everyday con- sumption will be lessened by this pro- watched every attempt made to ex- tract oil from the sands. He had form- erly held the position of Vice -Presi- dent of the .Grank Trunk Pacific Rail- way, and was aware of the value of the development of bituminous sands. A little over two years ago he heard of the centrifuge. Consultation with VARNA Miss Jean Mossop has returned home after a pleasant visit with friends in Toronto. The library euchre and dance party, which came off Thursday night, was well patronized. Progressive euchre was indulged in from 8 until 11 when lunch was served, then dancing was introduced and was thoroughly en- joyed until the small hours. The door receipts amounted to $39. Much cred- it is due the committee. Mr. and Mrs. Sherlock Keyes en- tertained a few of their friends one night last week. Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Poulter, accom- panied by their son, visited in the vi- cinity of Chatham last week. Women's Day of Prayer will be ob- served in St. John's Church at 3 p.m on Friday. Mrs. George Clark is visiting her son, Mel., in Winthrop. 1 Coal - Coke - Wood "Buy Reading Hard Coal Now 99 The peace of absolutely quiet heat—the cleanliness of sootless, smokeless fuel — many moments saved be- cause it needs so little attention. Safety, comfort, as- sured of its dependability. These are among the things enjoyed by those whose homes are heated with our Famous Reading Anthracite. SOLD BY ' Wm. Ament & Co. Phone 50 or 62 SEAFORTH - d - ONTARIO. be as good as any crude oil from the wells on the continent. By the "cracking" process it will make a high-grade, anti -knock gasoline. It will make excellent fuel and lubricat- ing oil, can be used in the paint in- dustry, as asphalt for roofing con- cerns, as well as for many highly technical purposes. Now the development of the bitu- minous sands is well under way, Hydro power can he developed for the operation of the machinery when the plants become larger. Meanwhile natural gas is being piped from about a hundred miles distant to warm the water for the extracting process. It STANLEY WING HAM Mr. Elmer Keys spent the week end at Toronto visiting his brother, Mr. Stewart Keys. Mrs, R. Stephenson, of the Parr Line, 'had charge of the services at Goshen and Varna United Churches last Sunday and gave a very inter- esting and helpful address, which was much appreciated. Rev. E. A. Poulter, of Varna, is spending a few days with friends in Chatham. fHle has been suffering from a severe cold and his doctor has advised him to take a few days rest. Mr. Cecil Wiley, of Detroit, spent the week end at Varna visiting his sister, 'Mrs. Will Reid. Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Boyce, of Bruce - field, spent Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Stephenson. Mr. 'Elgin McKinley lies begun the season with his manurial incubator. Last Saturday he set the first lot of eggs. Mr. Henry MieCiineltey is. holding an auction sale of his farm stock and implements on Thursday, l'ebrila ry 26th. Mr. A. M. Bishop, manager of the Local branch of the Dominion Bank, attended the annual convention of the Dominion Bank held in Toronto last week. Mrs. J. H. McKay and Miss Evelyn spent the week in Hamilton. Mrs. Luckhurst has returned to her hone at Winnipeg, after visiting her aunt, Mrs. Lord. Mr. Wilfred McFadzean, of West- ern University, spent the week end at his home here. Mr.. Charles McBurney, who alas spent the pact few weeks visiting rel- atives in East Wawanosh, has re- turned to his home in Sas'katchewart. He finds it very cold out West. In the contest of the Walter'IWee prize for 100 Chickens 'anti` 100 of 'chick food, We congratulate Patrick 'G'i'bbons on 'her ' the winner. Mrs. R. Vanstorie is `re •qu'ain tanees biz,.$04$t!!1t for St lyete btti � ta3l,t' a c641e iii it