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Established 1860
y McPhail . McLean, 'Editor,. ..
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ISEAFO RTH, Friday, , August 18th
The Unemplopmnent Situation
We are disclosing no secret when
we saythere is a serious ummple. ,--
went situation in Ontario, and par-
ticularly one which cozrcerris the
young and single men. It requires
no special powers of observation to
see the evidence of that situation on
every hand_
In spite of a bumper harvest in
this Province; in spite of greatly im-
proved trade conditions and activity
in many lines of industry, and in
spite of the unusually warm and
pleasant weather conditions of this
summer, or perhaps, because of the
latter, we still have an army of
transients marching from place to
place, day after day, which is living
off the other people of the Province.
Occasionally, the scattered bat-
talions of that army unite and con-
verge at a single point, as they did
a few weeks ago at Delhi, in the
County of Norfolk. And the avowed
int-ention of this army of invasion
was to secure work in the tobacco
harvest in that county.
When such an occasion arises,
there is always a great cry goes out
from the city press about the wretch-
ed condition of the members of this
army and a stillgreater cry against
the Governments of the day for their
indifference, inhumanity and failure
to act in the interests of this army.
Whether there is any justice in
this condemnation of Governments,
depends, largely, we would say, up-
on the individual viewpoint. There
are some who believe that the Gov-
ernment is responsible for all sins
sof ommission and commission, and
for all the ills that befall humanity;
that it owes a living to every man
and has abundant means to provide
such a living.
And then, again, there are others
who do not hold any such opinions,
or believe any such thing. And,
frankly, we rather incline to the lat-
ter class, By that we do not mean
that the deserving unemployed
should starve, and have on many oa-
rasions said so. But we do believe
that there are two classes of unem-
ployed, and what we have seen and
heard of the Delhi gathering has
greatly strengthened that view.
The newspapers made a very piti-
ful story of it all, but from the pic-
tures we have seen and the first
band information we took the t ou-
bie to secure, we would say that sev-
enty-five per cent. of that army at
Delhi did not want work and would
not have accepted it if it had been
going begging. -
What that seventy-five per cent.
wanted • was someexcitement, a lot
of publicity and a grand chance to
pose as martyrs, thereby creating a
public opinion that would exert en-
ough pressure on the Government to
indulge in some heavy and unneces-
sary spending of the people's money.
Harvesting tobacco is a skilled as
well as a, very laborious -operation
4fiuch more laborious, we are told,
than haying, harvesting of grain, or
any other ordinary farm work. Yet
there has been no army of unemploy-
ed; or even any small detachments
of such an army making any at-
tempt to converge on any ordinary
farming community, where there
have been many demands for farm
labor.
in speaking of Government assist-
ance one newspaper said: "Couldn't
a Government say to them: We have
set apart a tract of land over yonder
where you will be housed and fed
avid taught some useful occupation
sd you will got wi to exist by the
giab ba{g;. yoiit will have some defin-
ite objective and weilI help you get
a job when you are. qualified?'
No doubt a Goverinnent could, and
touid spend 'a good many millions of
-dollars in doing it too: But why
�d _any' Government speiid mil-
d iiiars of other people's
Oviding• for this genera-
si g o lxneit►phoyyd men what
+ of 'exactly similar
Se ra
"' Pql P, ,Srj/ti Pi IS'?id ftlyesi
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men provided for •. heinselves ?
No doubt it wait the hard way, and
sometimes the ahnost slavish way
those other generations of young and
single men took to provide them-
selves with the qualifications for•
jobs, which the present generation is
asking a Government to provide, but
they took it—perhaps, because° there
was no other way—and they surviv-
ed to become independent, useful,
and in a great many cases, influen-
tial men of this and other Provinces.
These other generations of On-
tario io youth apprenticed themselves
to learn the trades of machinists,
printers, carpenters or others to
which their inclinations inclined, and
they worked for fifty cents a day, on
an average, for the first year of
their apprenticeship, and for a dol-
lar a week more the next year, and
so on until their apprenticeship of
three, four or five years had expir-
ed. And not until then did they feel
qualified to ask for real money and
some of the luxuries of life.
It may be true that industries and
farming do not offer the opportunity
for work that they once did, but ev-
ery business and industry, including
farming, has enough openings to ab-
sorb the bulk of our single unem-
ployed—but at a price. Where would
you find a present day youth that
would work for fifty cents a day? Or
how many would you find who would
work for double that amount, even
if a car was thrown in to drive him
to and from that work? There are
some, of course, but they are not
many, and none of them are on the
unemployment list.
We are afraid that the brutal
truth about our unemployment sit-
uation is that our single unempploy-
ed are largely unemployed because
they can not secure work or posi-
tions that will furnish them with en-
ough money to progide unlimited
gasoline, unlimited shows and trav-
el, unlimited clothes and unlimited
leisure.
And because business and indus-
try are unable to provide this class
of work and positions, the unemploy-
ed, with the assistance of some
papers and sob sisters, are doing
their utmost to direct public opinion
against the Governments because
they will slot do for unemployment,
what unemployment refuses to do
for itself.
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One Way Of Doing It
A writer to the Globe and Mail on
the subject of remuneration for
rural mail couriers says: "Let the
rural mail couriers be an influence
in his community, with up-to-date
equipment, instead of being a dis-
grace and a debtor in his commun-
ity, owing to low remuneration and
the wornout vehicles used."
That the average rural courier is
grossly underpaid for the services
he has to render is readily admitted
by every one who' is at all in touch
with the situation. As the positions,
however, are all let by tender, the
blame does not all lie at the door of
the Government.
Governments, like councils and
other public bodies, are supposed to
supply the best possible public ser-
vice at the lowest possible cost to the
taxpayers. And, as the rural courier
sets his own remuneration, the Gov-
ernment might be said to be protect-
- ing the public interest by accepting
his figure.
Rural mail delivery might also be
looked upon somewhat in the light
of class Iegislation in that it pro-
vides a very efficient free service at
the cost of a great deal of moyey, to
a somewhat limited class of people.
We would suggest, therefore, that
one way of righting the situation
would be for the underpaid and .ov-
erworked courier to ,,ask his patrons
to donate, say, ttsentyefive cents each
a week and a little more in winter
—for the free service rendered and
received. That would be one way of
doing it.
WHAT OTHER PAPERS SAY:
Trying Again
(Vancouver Province)
Vancouver leas embarked upon a ascend "Hun-
dred Deaa111:ese Days" camepia1gn. The first cam-
paign ended atter two days In a tragedy. A
pedestrian was killed by a motorlat, and the ear -
oiler's jury, wlhtl eh inn,vdatigatect the affair deeded
that the pedestrian, net blue mtobor111t, vC'ds 10
Wattle. •
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Interesting Items Picked From
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From The Huron Expositor
August 21, 1914
Mr. Henry Steinberg, of New Ham-
burg, had Than injured leg amputated
above the knee at the Stratford Gen-
enal Hospital_ ,
Judging from present appearances
the wax is net likely to be of long
duration.
air. Broder McTaggart, 'eldest son
of Mr...and 'Mos, G.' D. McTaggart, of
(Clinton, pias tendered his services, to
the military authorities oritiet _ Mr. McTag-
gart ie a gnadeate of the Royal Mili-
tary College; Kingston.
The vo!lunteens who were quartered
at Goderich were mustered for divine
service on the Court ,House Square.
The services were conducted by Rev.
R. W. Dickey, of Montreal, and, Dr.
C. A. S'eag+sr, of Vancouver. Lieut.
Col. Wilson was :tin• charge and was
assisted by Lieut- Hodgson, of Clin-
ton, and Lieut. Adams of Wingham.
Mr. H. R. Scott, secretary of the
Seral;orth Fire Brigade, roes• elected
second visa -president of the Provin-
cial Firemen's Association at their
,a nmual meeting held in Seaforth dur-
ing the Old Home Week.
Mr. J. W. Button took the Fourth
Edward Blake Scholarship and Mr.
James Gillespie took the Edtward
Blake Scholarship in Science and
121,etbeamatics.
Ex -members of First Presbyterian
Church choir picnicked at Bayfield on
Wednesday. Mr. John Dodds took.
-them in his auto track.
Mr. Jahn KeGavin had the miefor-
tunte to lose his,well-known Clydes-
dale stallion, "London's, Favorite."
Thiosse who joined for mrfli,tary ser-
vice from. Seaforth were: Messes.
James Hutchison, Harry Dorrance,
Wm. Douglas and Gordion MacKay.,
Prior to their teraving the council, on
behalf of the people of Seaforth, pre-
sented each one of the boys with a
wrist watch,.
After the regular chair practice ou
Findlay evening last, the choir of
First Pnegbyberiran Church adjourned
to the stchool room where they were
called together by Mr. John Scott,
who read an adldrese,,, and Mize Iva
McCIoy presented the organist, Mrs.
A. E. Kinder, with a beautiful seal
hand -bag, containing •a crisp five -dol-
lar bill.
Mr. George Quinn, a Wetly respect-
ed c,ittizon of East Wtawanosh, met
with a tragic death, He was in the
bay mow when he slipped and fell
to the floor, receiving injuries from
which he never recovered. He was
an early settler and was for many
years a school teacher.
Mr. George Aberhart has sold his
fammi on. the Mili, Read, Tuckersmtth,
wrest of Egmon viilie, to Mr. Noah
Consdgn,ey for, $7,009-
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Phil �sifei of Lazy Meadows
• (By Harry J. -.Boyle)
"VAGABOND MINISTREL"
We heard, him conning down the
road, long before he came in sight.
The full lipped sound of his melod-
ious w'his'tling came bounding over
the hill . - . a joyous sort of mel-
ody that made us stop work to see
who might be so happy. Then he
hove into sight! He was an insig-
nificant figure . . . hands in pock-
ets . . an awkward looking pack
on his back . . . and a battered
straw hat with tattered edges far a
pini on his head. He waved and the
friendliness of our greeting seemed
to attract him.
"Maybe .if I help, you give me sup-
per and somewaiere to sleep," he smil-
ed with a flash of teeth and a bobbing
little motion . of his 'head,
The ,bargain was made: He went to
work with a will, and there seemed
to be an easy rhythm in his work
that flowed along with the tempo of
his whistling- He talked little and
our curiosity gave way to apprecia-
tion fon the sound of his music.
With that easy manner you find on-
ly in the country home, Mis. Phil set
another p:.ac'e" for supper and there
was pleity of food for all. He• ate
heartily in the manner of a man who
enjoys fool. The meal over, he bow-
ed with a quick Iittle^' gesture of his
curly, b:aek-haired head and retired
to the ei andah-
As ev n•ng merged into night with
'hat in stical ceremony called twi-
!ight, we joined him, to enjoy the re-
split3 afforded by cooling breezes.
"Perheps you would like some
music?" cur visitor asked -as he ex-
tracted a violin from the depths of
hie dunnage.
There were a few low notes as the
bow struck , the strings, and then
tucking it affectionately under his
chin he began to play. Have you
ever heard the sound of the whisper-
ing pine . . the myriads of little
night sou:.ds th, t combine to make
darkness in the c oun'try so haunting
and lovely , . . she eerie plaintive-
ness of a loon • . the distant and
subdued yelp of a fox pup on a sand
hill where he comes to gambol, .
,the mysterious "whooing" of a lonely
owl . . . the muffled tingle of a
From The Huron Expositor
August 23, 1889
The people of Dunlop are of the
opinion thrart their village is destined
to become one of the best lake ports
in Ontario.
The Wdngbam Fire Brigade obtain-
ed second prize at the tournament in
Listowel last week and the Seaforth
coiimpany 'Wind Intize-
A bylaw as to be submitted in Bay-
field empowering the village to give
a ,bunu;s of $2,000 to• Mr. 'loam Kal'b-
flleiseh ohe condi-Wm that he move his
planing and saw mulls to that village
and also to grant a loan of $3,000,
wtthout interest, to the same gentle-
men, to erect a steam power flouring
wilil having a capacity of not less
than 50 barrels per day.
We learn that Miss, Janet Barr,
daughter of Rev_ M. Barr, has broken
the record of thie province by pass-
ing the emamtinationi for first class
certificates, with only five months
t'naibcimg_ Miss Latimer, daughter of
Mr_ E. -Latimer, of this town, is also
deserving of special comlmendlation.
She is mot eevemteen years of age and
was successful in passing for a first
class certificate.
Mr. C. Clarkson, head master of
the Seafortk. Collegiate Institute, has
returned frons a M yobs trip to St.
Marys, Woodstock, Paris and Brant -
fend. •
Mr. Fred Pearen, a graduate of Sea -
forth Collegiate Institute, has been
engaged in the Mitchell High School.
&tears. Gen. Goad. J. Brownell and
Alex Wilson were the delegates from
Seaforth at the retail merchants' con-
vention held this week at Hamilton.
Mr. Dickson, of Leadlbury, is en-
gaged erecting a nice brick house on
heel farm between, here and Walton.
We are pleased to learn that Miss
Anne Glass, daughter of Wm. Glass,
of Leadbury, has been successful 4n
herr examination for a teacher's cer-
tificate_ Miss Anne Simpson, of the
North Boundary, McKillop, has very
cleverly passed the board for a sec-
ond) class certificate.
Messrs. Grieve and Stewart of Sea-
fairth have this year dispoeed of 35
Brantford binders.
Miss Nett, daughter of Mr. George
Nott, Tuckerstmittsh, bets composted a
which contains 6,216 pieces. ,
Mr. James McMichael, Jr_, of Hul-
.lett, finished harvest on Tuesday last.
Two of the young men of Kdppeu,
Darold Doig and J. Downing,.. succeed-
ed in taking bertificates at the re:
cent teachers' exalmiiiations.
The erotensive saw mill of Mr. Win.
Mih e, of B(raevale, was, completely
destroyed by fore on, Sunday miorndag
lest. he loss is estimated art $5,000
and the insnurance is: only' $1,540.
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An enterprising young florist, 111 or-
der to increase gads trade, displayed
this sign in his window:
"We give a packet of flower seeds
with every iplanrt."
His comipretitor across the street
promptly sougist to nieeet the ccnnpe-
ttition by placing den, h5s window the
'following announcement:
"We give the earth With every
plant!'
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cow -bell . , . the shaft crunching
noise of beasts at pasture . the
cluck of a mother hen as she solte-
itieousdy warms ,her brood , , , and
thein- drowsy replies as they snuggle
under her wings . . . the metallic
rustle of the cricket?
Those were the sounder that we
heard, and blending with them and
making all a glorious musical move-
ment came the soft groaning of the
Violin that started so soft and low
and became as the conductor in a
medley of nature's sweetest s,ohnds.
Had a composer heard it he would
.have noted the score and written it all
into a Fantasy, of Night.
We sat enraptured, listening and
watching in imagination the gay little
srpritese that played on the lawn
thrilled to a "ring-aroundthe-rosy"
with Ibr iglt�tly garbed pixies among
the flower beds. We folllowed as the
player grew 'sad and had a touch of
eomethirug tugginlg from within. Re-
lieved sad moments with a lump of
remembrance in our throats. We fol-
lowed zipping shadows from the play-
er's bow that scooted across a yellow
patch• of light from the open door-
w ay. Saw and felt and heard the
spirit of his playing.
'Our hearts tripped the light f-antas-
tic with the music of old gypsy trails
clanked to the clicking casta-
nets and then followed the tempo of
energetic bodies around ndracls" fires
beside lonely trails Of Old Romany.
We followed as the music brought us
back to night and the sounds of the
velvety darkness of the summer ev-
ening. And for minutes after the bow
e eased moving we felt and heard the
sound that lingered on.
We went to bed and dreamed of
fantasies, of sound and distant places.
In the morning we reassured our-
selves that it had not all been a
dream as the stranger sat with as
and openly enjoyed his breakfast. He
left with a flashing smile and the
promise . , "Somtime maybe I
come back again" . . . and long af-
ter he had disappeared down the
road, still unknown to us save by his
music , . . we heard his whistling
that seemed tb be the happy spirit
of the summer and of nature herself.
JUST A SMILE OR TWO e
The conversation led to a chat a-
bout boyhood friends.
"You know Whatchacallit's daugh-
ter," said one. "Well, she and Whos-
it's son—he's the fellow who runs
that store around the corner from
Wiratsit's barber shop—were married
the other day. Hadn't you beard?"
"Oh, yes," replied the other, "but
this is the first time I have learned
the details."
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"I'se got a new job, so I cain't do
yo' washin' no mo'."
"What .is it, Mandy?"
"My new job is dat 1 cain't work.
I'se on relief."
"I wish to exchange this dinner
gong for something else."
"Don't you find it useful?"
"Not in my house. My husband
and the boys are sitting at the table
before I have a chance to strike it."
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"Mother," said little Tommy, "if a
poor, hungry little boy carne to the
door and asked for something to eat,
would you give him that piece of
tart that was left from dinner?"
"Why, of course I would,," answer-
ed his mother.
"Good! Just wait till I go round to
the front door."
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The Return from the
• Country•
(By R. J. Deachman, M.P.)
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I hopped on the train the other day
and the first thing which met my eye
was a group of about fifteen children
running in ages from a mystic 41 to
somewhere about 6%.
I asked who they were. "City kid-
dies ,neturnintg from a time given
them in the country," I was torch Nev-
er have I seen a llappie,r group of
youngsters on an outing.
City children have well developed
social instinct's. They meet and mix
in a group much more readily than
do the children of the country. The
country child is shy in the presence
of strangers. The children of the city
are in contact with strangers every
day- Both exhibit the differences in
their training.
I picked out the nicest looking
young lady I could see—pure- force of
habit On my 'para ---and asked her age.
She Was six.
"Where have you been?" I queried.
"Lueknow," was the answer.
"Which do you like best, Lucknow
or Toronto?"
"Lucknow."
"Whys?"
"'Ilhere is nothing to see in Toron-
to:'
Pocket that, ye proud denizens. of
the Queen City! I sat down with the
group and started to asek questions.
Everyone answered at once. What
did they do when they were out. Let
the childtren speak and tell their own
story.
"1 rode on a truck load of hay."
"I love to, teed the little pigs and
calves."
"We were at picnics nearly every
days-„
T gathered the eggs—there was a
basket full"
"We bad a lot of ice cream cones."
"I Was in the lake and a wave came
over my head" (incidentally this
weave did trot have very fa'r to go).
"We picked hordes right off the
bush."
You get better things' to eat in
th'e country."
Say, mister, did you ever jump 111
a pile of hay?"—I did but I don't do
much of that now.
I asked one little youngster if be
had milked the cows—the reply was
—'like the Scotch boy who was asked
if ihe could play the fiddle ----"I• never
tried,' but I could do it."
They took a great joy out of horse-
back riding; and their replies, to the
question of a possible retunn next
year were rather interesting,
"1 have to start' at home, next year
and help mammae—Imy little sister le
coming,"
"1 asked the lady at the Recused
where I staked ,if sihe would invite
me beck next year." Thal Is a charm -
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ing way to --get on in society.
I asked one young lady her name
and the answer was "Joyce."
I wanted to know if, it was really
Joyce or if .they called her "Joe,'
and her prompt answer was "I am
not Joe Loui.s."
"Whs is Joe Louis?" I queried She
replied, "A boxer."
It occurred to me that it would be
interesting to carry her mind into the
higher plane of intelligence.
"Do you know Hepburn?" I asked.
Thereply was, "Yes."
"Who 181 he?"
"He is somebody." She dud not
commit herseelf very far 'with that an-
swer.
"Who is Mackenzie King?"
"I 'don't know."
"Who is Dr. Manion?"
"I never rheard of - hi'm"
I thought of asking her who was
the Mayor of Toronto and if she
knew Mr. Herridge or Abenhart, but
to mention the latter would only be
an effort to carry a child of six into
the field of higher mathematics, so
I compromised and asked:
"Wino is Hitler?"
And by the beard. of the prophet
I swear it, this is the answe rshe
made: "He is the cost of every-
thing."
"Joyce," 1 said, "tell me that again,
what do you mean by 'the cost of
everything' " and she came back with
the same statement: "He is in the
dost of, everything."
I cnuld get no further on that line.
I -cannot tell you what was in that
little, milnd when she made the state-
mmont, but sh,e was pretty) mighty
close to the truth, and an older per-
son would not likely have touched
upon it with greater wisdom.
One of the trainmen told me a
good one. A youngster catrte along
one day but there was no one to
meet her. The express man put Iter
in his wagon and took her to the ad-
dress given. IJnfortunately the lady
was sick and could not accept her.
The express, man started back to the
station; the fact of the little girl was
sadness personified. Then, the ex-
press man, had a bright idea.
"Dry those tears, young lady," he
said. ,"1 have seven' youngsters of
my own all as close to your age as
as possible and my wife will never
notice the difference." So he took
her in,
"Did your wife know the differ-
ence?" I asked.
"No," he slarld, "she never counts
tem anyway,"
After all, .the heart of the world is
fairly^ big! • MY guess was right, he
wag the etpress mem.
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ted
A Fact A Week
About Canada
(From the Dotr,i,.gqloti Bureau of
Sta'llsttes)
BREAD
fi $
Some years have passed since we
have said very much about bread, the
staff of life.
In Canada for many' years bread -
making was for the most part a dom-
estic art. It is still a great ast to-
day, especially in the rural districts,
but even in the cities one may visit
a home and enjoy the home-made
bread we ,enjoyed lin childhood days.
But with the development of towns
and citifies the baking of bread in the
main passed from the domestic ,cir-
cle to the family baker. Yet the
chaum of the domlesrtic loaf has ap-
parently not lost its cunning for we• "
are all familiar with shop signs that
announce home -rade bread and, pies .
as mleother itsed to Make then.
The domestic baking of M bread ae
the chief supplier et the family boarri
continued for a long period in Cac-
ada until, as late as the beginning o:
the present century,'a new phase was
n1'anked. And 'with the advent of
mechanical power and ,automatic p:•c-
cessles, also the improvement in trans
portation, the bread industry ha.-=
nnade rapid progress within the las.
dewatde.
The latest oomplete figures for a
year are those of 1937 and it is not. -
,ed that the bread end bakery pro-
ducts industry ranked fifth is the
number of employees and seventh 1T1
the amount of ser-aries• and wages
yak!. T'leee. were 21,00u persons elle
p;y: r see they got close :3 420•-
000,000. The selling value of the•
goods was $76,000,000. •
The mato'ials which go ,into the
making of ,the attractive products ire
them bakeshop window are mainly prJ-
d+uced in Canada. Bread, of course,...
is the chief commodity and tat ac-
counted for $55,000,000, the flour be-
ing Canadian. Other materials a:
yeast, shortening, sugar, mak, mill':,
nuts, cocoanut, frozen eggs, oils such
as corn, cotton -seed and soya bean.
Seen in the
County Papers
Mrs. Margaret Johnston Passes
A resident of London for the past
15 years, Mrs, Margaret Mae Cope-
land Johnston, widow of Rev. Daniel
Johnston, dried at Victoria Hospital one
Monday. Born at" Millbrook, Ont.,.
she was married to Mr. Johnston at.
Sp'rucedale, where he was minister
of. the Presbyterian Church. Mr. John-
ston tarter held charges at Guthrie_
Vanleck, I1denton,, Varna, Blake and
Lu'can_ Mrs. Johnston was active in.
the women's organizations of the
Pres,bytenian Chut'ch.' Surviving arr.
three sous, George. of Chatham, Locl•:-
art of Hamilton and Carol of Kit
chener, one daughter, Margaret, at,
home:—Clinton News -Record.
• Expect Meteor Display
Western Ontario may be thrilled
this week by th•e most brilliant met-
eoric shower observed in over a cen-
tury. The peak of the earth's pres
eat "exposure to the annual Pei-sei,1
Shower of meteors will be reached.
it is believed, Friday and Saturday
nights:--Wingham Advance -Times,
Won Golf Championship
Duning the season play has beets
proceeding at the Alps Golf Club to
determine the club championship for
1939. The finals were played Wed-
nesday last week, with A. R..DuVal
as wi•nn'er. His opponent in the fin-
als was Dr. :G. H. Ross who won the
trophy in 1934,—Wingham Advance -
Times.
Battery Got Away
The 99th Wingham Battery, under
the command of Major Geo. W. How-
son, left on Friday afternoon for Pet-
i?awawa. There were 'twenty-five in
the party which went as far as Palm-
erston by bus. There they joined the
balance of the brigade, the, Walker-
ton; Port Elgin and Listowel Batter-
ies and proceeded to camp by ,train.
Theother officers who accompanied.
the battery were Lieutenants W. L_
Krese and T. W. Piatt, — Wingham
Advance -Times.
Reeves Meet At Londesboro
The Reeves of the sixteen munici-
palities supporting the equalization
report of Messrs. Mogg and Quinlan,
eotbaty valuators, who recently equal-
ized the assessment of the County of
Huron, met in the Community Hall.
Londesboro, on Friday afternoon to
discuses ways and means of protection
against the two appealing municipali-
ties who felt that they were unjustly
treated by the valuators. — Biy'th
Standard. •
Local Horse in Money
At Newmarket races on Monday,
Calumet 'Desperado, owned by Dr.
Houze, ,Mitchell, took three third.
prizes in lthe 2:2.0 trot. At Goderich
races Oche same day Dr. 'Houze's
Jean Henley took a third in the first
and second in the last two heats of
the three-year-old pace. E. W. Fawm's
Bert Oakle stook two third places in
the 2:28 trot or pate.—MLteh,ell Advo-
cate.
Interesting Documents is Cornerstone'
Among the records in the corner
,stone of Trinity Church erected in
1897 are two parchments, one bearing'
.he names of the builders and those
whose work entered Into the erection
of the church as well as a list of
merchants in business. in the Pawn of
Mitchell at that time. It is inter-
esting to note that the only merchant
w•hor• in active busineeste today and
whb name appears, on the scroll is
Mr. Fred 0. Hord, Other bwsdness•es
sire carried ons under the same tames,.
however..—Mdtithe11, Advocate.
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