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The Huron Expositor, 1940-11-29, Page 2stied�iiQ k it ly1 kLean,, Editor. t -Beaforth Ontario ev ay afternoon by McLean scription rates, $1.50 a year -in Tee; foreign, $2.00 a year: Single oPies 4 cents each. 'Advertising rates on application. ,StEAFORTH, Friday, November 29. Lest We ' Forget Just by way of a reminder, we might point out to our readers that by the time thisreaches the major- ity of them, there will just be twen- ty-one shopping days before Christ- mas. It is true that• the seasons were somewhat mixed this year. ° Winter ran over spring; spring took the place of summer; fall came early, and now the weather is somewhat winterlike again. But weather or no weather, there will be no shift in the date of Christmas. It will be on the twenty-fifth of December, and that date is only twenty one shopping days. away. It is time to be up,and doing. Make it a good Christmas this year, be- cause it 'may be quite some time be- fore you have another opportunity. War does, not recognize any season, not even •a sacred one, and we are at war. And war costs real' money. In fact the Minister of Finance in the House of Commons recently stated that he ..,was running ,bort of funds and upon tis to re - would present, s _ _ plenish his bank account. And he will continue to mak ese calls.dur- ing next year and the years to fol- low. The average man on the street is not overly blessed with funds, and, perhaps the majority. of the Cana- dian people are in a like state, but we have not been picked to the bone yet, and. while we still have the dis- posal of our little still 'in our o wn hands, we had better make the most of our opportunities. .. Of course it is really the spirit of the occasion that counts, but a little money goes a long way in helping out that spirit, and we can use our little bit of money to smooth the way and bring 'some real Christmas cheer into the lives of some who are not just as fortunate as we might be. • And particularly into the lives of boys and girls. Start your Christmas shopping now, and start it at home where you and every one 'connected with it will derive soinebenefit from your spend- ing, and enable them, in turn, to spend themselves. w 'Tie Right Of Wap After every automobile accident, -and there is no • scarcity of them, we hear a great deal from .one side or another about who had the "right- of-way." No doubt 'i the right-of-way is a nice thing to have on your side, but eyen the right-of-way has its disad- vantages at times. A short time ago Lord Trenchard, the former Commissioner of the Lon- don, England, police was walking down what seemed tohim, an unus- ually deserted street_ in that. city. When he had reached the end a po- liceman, who had been watching hiin for some time, saluted him and said: "You walked over a time bomb, sir." When the • . startled Commissioner - ' aske'why he had, not been stopped, the answer of the policeman was: "Oh, we recognized you, sir." In other words, the policeman con- sidered that Lord Trenchard had the "right-of-way" on any street, ev- en one pitted with time bombs. But ---if Lord Trenchard had step- ped into that bomb, or the bomb had exploded when he was stepping over it, the only benefit derived from that rz lit -of -way would have been- reap- eby those mentioned in his will, not by Lord 'Trenchard himself. l f�rigxlit-of-way's is pretty much in automobile eases too. It eft you are able toget away � t there are far too many a complete dependence shortest road to the Bet' i tery. . We Wonder - • The books of "many British writ- ers and poets have, of course, been translated into the German lan- guage, but we wonder if Herr Hitler et al, or the people of the ° German nation have ever heard or read the followingT quotation from John Mil- ton: "And as for you, citizens, it is of no small concern, what -manner of .men ye are, whether toacquire or to keep possession of your liberty. Un- less your liberty be of that kind, which can neither be gotten nor tak- en away by arms (and that alone is such which, springing from piety, justice, temperance, in fine from real virtue, shall take deep and intimate root in your minds) you may be as- sured that there will not be wanting one, who, even without arms, will speedily deprive you of what it is your boast to have gained by force of arms . . . For know (that you may not feel resentment, or beable to blame anybody but_ yourselves) that to be free is preciselythe same thing as to be pious, wise, just and temperate, careful of one's own, ab- stinent from what is another's, and thence in fine, magnanimous and brave—so to be the opposite of these is the same thing as to be a slave; and by t'he.wonted judgment and as it were, by the .just retribution of God, it comes to pass, that the nation which has been incapable of govern- ing and ordering itself, and has de- livered itself up to the slavery of its own lusts, is itself delivered over against its will to other masters— and whether it will' or not 'tis com- pelled to serve.'» And we wonder, too, if a little deeper study of those words would not prove of lasting benefit to the people of all nations. Not Nice To Think About Thirty-four million people in the Netherlands, Norway and Central "Poland, ten .millions of whom are children, are now suffering from an acute foodshortage, and by winter starvation conditions are expected to develop in these and other Nazi occupied nations. It is not • a nice situation to think about, and for Ganadians, one al- most impossible of realization, but' these are facts which the rest of the - world realizes, and yet can do. little to better, because . many foods are also,war materials, and if other na- tions came to the rescue, a situation would arise just as Prime Minister Churchill pointed "out some time ago. when he said:, "If the Germans use these com- modities to help them bomb our wo- men and children, rather ' than to feed the populations . who produce them, we may be sure that any...im- ported food would go the same way, directly or indirectly,or be employ- ed to relieve the enemy of the re- sponsibilities he has assumed." WHAT OTHER PAPERS SAY: Oldest Drop of -Water (Newsnveek) Jewelers at the trade bow of the National Retail Jewelers' Association in New York we're treated to a rare sight: A lump of amber con- taining ontainting 'what is' declared to be the' of lest drop of water in lexi'stetnce. Harvard ;geWplagislts• hlavee estimated than. approximately 60 millio'a years ago .the water was s imprisoned within the lump of amber, whose value is etre priceless. • Airplanes For All (Gtielphh Mercury) Th progress' which has already been made with t e lour -power airplane conetitutee a warn- ing to the incredulous.. They have been caught before the turn of events. Let them be on their guard lest they be proved.w'rtong •ounce mnort'e. "Airplanes for all" may seem to contain an ele- ment of absurdity, but the age of miracles is not ended. During the past fifty years there have been more scientific discoveries and applications' than in the whole previoushistory of .the human race. And the reciard is certainly not closed so far as aerial flight is concerned'. • Underwater Beards (Manchester Guaeddan) From What a submarine cove hander has told a correspondent, life under water, except when shdden developmbmts occur, is quiet and is oc- cupied; during the w'anti'ng hours' in conversation amid. the 'cultivation of the beard. "We all grow. beards," he said, "because . it is an experiment with a lot of us. Once when I got into harbor I was very proud of my beard --secretly, of course-eand I was, unexpectedly ask•ee'd tis go on the quarter-deck. It was 'Eben' that I found that the engine, room artaifieers had deecidaed' to award tae the prize for the beet ' benne- groWn beard in the flotiiila. The Ward took the form eta razor about te yard 'long, a huge 11eoe of snap, make a brash with vvlrrich yeti could have Lathered Neptene. It coat me about £5 in d'rinks;, and then -they .inlslsrte-d •onr shaving Me. 1 tlnla'fe' the 'prize at hone tow—ft is a gait treaa tire." ears...- gone letereetin61 Iteniaae Picked From 'the- le:teen_Eieposlto1 9f Fifes, and Twentl!-five Years -Ago• From The Huron Expositor December 3, 1915 . - The trustees of the Barrie School, ate Line, Morris, thave re-engaged the senvicels of Mess Belle McNab, of Brussels, ,for another year. Mrs. Hugh Srhennlon, of the 13th com'cessi'rrn of 'Hallett, has received ward from thee younger breither, Gelorge, alinoiweing that be has_ join- ed the 79th Battalion at Forandion, Manitoba. Mrs. Shaman's three bro- thers are now doing their bit. The vote on church union in Crone resulted in a majority of 78 against the measure. Elders: for 2, against 4; communicants: for 42, against 86; adherents: for 12, against 44. ' The large Union Jack belonginig to the school section which was taken frim the iinterior of , Mrs. Gillestpie's residence; Cromarty., ar•'ty, 2 months( ago dur- ing a patriotic tea, was returned on Tuesday night,' • The flag tad been re- placed' by a view one some time ago. Two hundred and fifty soldiers from Stratford visited St. Marys oz Saturday. Last. A serious accident took 'place at the Western. Foundry in Win'gham1 o . Monday while Fred Guest,. a molder, was pouring off iron. The joining ir- on exploded:, striking Guest and .bad- ly burning him in several 'places on. the body, a portion flying into his eyes. -The tenth annual meeting of the Walton Beef Ring was held at the home of John. Bennett on Tueaslday, Nov. 12ib,; when all pres'e'nt settled their accounts. During th'e season 14,570 pounds of choice beef were di-• vi'ded to patrons, an average of 455 pound A fire ;broke but in .the 'hardware' store of McLean & • Hawes .in Mit-. chell early Monday morning.'. The fire was caused ,by an explosion from 'gas escaping from Sarna vessel in the stbre room_ An employee entered the store roar and lighting a match caused the -explosion: Two men were in the patina at the time and were badly burned. The dance of Bachelors and ere - dints for ,the benefit of the Red rfoss diets for. the benefit of the Red Crass Society, given in the .Town Hall on Friday evening, proved else of the most suceesasful affairs ever held theme. There were 230pres'en't and dancing was kept up till 'after 3 a.m. The sale of work held by the Kelly Missionary C,incle Last Friday even- ing was a decitd,51 success. The three boethts were allprettily decprated acid the articles for sale were .soon pick- ed up by the eager buyers. Mrs. W. B. McLean, 'of Seafartlh, was present and gave three choice readings which, were mudh appreciated by the, audi- ence. - From The Huron Expositor December 5, 1890 Mr's.. Geo. Yoinnggblut, of the Mai,t-` land Block, Hallett, on Tuesday of last week took a diose elf carbolic acid by mistake. A doctor wras called in and she was ..tion out tot dian'ger. The sawmill Which, has been far a e number of years in . Dungannon and did so much service fon its owner, Mr. Walter Stewart, has been remove ed t+o Luckn'ow, where 'he intende ttl rebuild it. The . cheese from the Walton and Winthrop faetb•ries was shipped from Seaforth station on Monday last. It was purdhased by Mr. Thos. )3allan- Lyne„•af Stratford. There were dm all 650 boxes for which was ;paid; $4,500. Mr. C. Clarkson, headmaster of the Seaforth. Collegiate Institute, was in Stretlhroy .this week where be presiid- ed as an examiner' in connection with the Training Ina'stitute examinations, to which position he was •appointed by the Minister of Education. The -Oromarty Literary Society - met on Tuesday evening last. The principal event of the evening was the debate, "Resolved• that married life is pref'erabie to single life.” The affirmative was upheld by John, Barr; leader,. •assas'ted, by Mists Gillespie, NLiss Currie and Mr. Thompson'. The negatirve was upheld by Neil Gilles- pie, as'sis'ted by Miss Scott. The de- cision was made- in favor of- -thee af- firmative. ' Mr. Thos. Fadnsetlrvioe, of }Willett, has sold his 10 -acre famn, to Mr. Wm. Brormiey, • of the 9th concession. Last Friday evening as John Mc- Vtttie, son of the late Simeon McVit- hie, was returning foam. Clinton, two ,men emerged Prem the swamp just south of 'time railroad trackon the gravel road between Landesboro and Clinton; ane caught the horses by the bite and the other demanded the money. Jolhn not oaring 'to give up his money yo eeseil.Y, jumped down, picleed up a :shine and; knocked one 'man senseless. The other fellow fir - .ed at McV'ittie but exit before he had received a stone which knocked him into •the ditch. Sleitghdn'g is- nlow the otd'er of the day and everyone, seems to be taking adrvan'tage of i,te the streets of Hen - sail being Mined With sleighs, and cut- ters... H. Arnold, of the firm of McArthur & Co., bankers,' iiensali, accompanied by Mrs. Arnold, left this, week for To- ronto, where they wibL.visit relatives and friends. On Tuesday evening of last week James Ryan, of. =Vi alrtioaiy With his us- ual geniality, gaive the y oling people of that section ra dance. All had a very, fine evendn sof fun. At the regular Meeting of Britan- mia• 'Masonic Ledge held ori MoadaY eee•'aing the following offiters were elected for the current year": Win. Ballaartyne, W.1%,- George X'attereorre B.W.; Alex Rods', J.W.; A. Strong, tre}asinrer; Rev. Mr. I3aodgms, chap - plain; W. G. Daft nectidtra.'ry^; Sosieph Nealin., S,D.; Jolhn Rett+d,, J:i1'. (leo. Whitely, 1.G: A1eat Sl'itn lnd t&, D. ,of C. Dr, Campbell 'ands G. B. Seott, ste rds; John W'illiam8; .rtyle'r, Mr. Sohn Currey' t1 • solid his houaae, ani3, three lots inn faarpurhey% to • Mr. 1 F ol:insted fold 4260 1i0 and hats rite chested the property tti%: the tae ll M tetttoab. W:. i Oa er of. • • Lazy:Meadows ( y Hary !owool. THiE TANTS 'PRO'BLEM The question has now been relied: "Should small boys be given long pants?" The problem may seem fool- ish to some, but to any man who led a normal boyhood' ,on. a Harm it- is of far-re'achiang implortanoe. Think back over those drays when the biggest problems of your life ixncluded how to es.oapae school and how to sneak icing' from a •cake without being detected by Mother. • I can well remember my fims�t yearn ing for long pants. Miother brae sal- vaged a •plair of legs' them father's disc carded blue serge..suit and Chad tailor- ed nue into a pair of s'hhrt pants. They looked well, in spite of the fact that they were ` cut• square on ilbe kneies and the 'black thread snitching was fairly 'obvious. But I was proud of bbem as I strolled casually down the sid'ewalk to. see the candy dis- play in the window at Murphy's Eine palum. "Hello. there, Phil," came in a tone that could not be mdstalee'n. It was my "dear, dear" cousin from the lith Concession . . . a m'other's boy with a sneer on his face for everybody he thought didn't have as much' money as his father. I talked tie ;him, just as • civil as possible . . . but he was wearing long trousers! . . . and they were store -made ones at that! 'iMotther says I'm quite a little mail now," hie ,said, munching on -bandy. I didn't mind his not offering me any candy, but those leng "pants made me feet silly. What' had seemed perfect- ly right before now seemed to he out of place. I was ashamed of the shout pants .and the space of bare leg be- tween the top of the black ribbed cOotton stocking$ and the Barters. that a fellow .couldn't quite conceral. He had long pants and I had short, ones and he was just the same age as I wag. I staged a campaign for bang pants. First of all I asked for them and was refused. Next,, l refused to go to church or town wearing my short Rr arvee: Tthei `toe of fiiithes'e NMI pia'aced quiite carefully on the seat of my paints and aeoompanded by a box on the earue changed! my opinions in that regard, however, The campaign seemed to lack tact, The next step wee' to carefully Ball attention to the boys• wearing .the long version of trousers. At the din- ner tabJs l Would snd'dieely rememvber a certain 'bowhio had just acquired a suit with long pants. "Is ?,hat so?" Mother would say, and, joist to add insult to injury, "Hers' two years aid three •mbntlhs oldie• than you. Gobdd- nress, in a few more years we'll Brave to be buying • you suits with loin'g pants." Then, turning to father' .the would say, . "Lt makes me feel old to think of ho•w quickly the children grow up." • . Time, .somehow, eased the haunt of wearing short pantos. I grew taller and the space between the pants and the stocking tops gnaw bigger. In winter time the 'goose•pimpies. would appear if you didn't wear underwear and if you did the com'bleations• would ease up with the pulling of the stocking !garter 'and wrinkle down in- to a puffy bulge. Then ;came that day when, . Father took me to town. On the. way in he lectured me about staying on at school . . -. and he told me about the time when be gave up school, and of 'hoW he nnissted the 'educatutirn. We ' went into Tim Murphy's stare and back in. the clothing corner. There among the clothes racks and the pile of overalls I was fitted with a coat and vest. My" heart was stop-. •pim,g and starting and tripping- . . . and finally Tim stroked his .handle- bars •on ilii'.' mous'tacbe and said, "Lang or` short 'paints', son?" I didn't dare say a word. This was my chance and I couldn't talk . . . and farther looked up at me and as 'soon as • I saw - that twinkle in his eye I knew what the was going to say. "Long pants, Tim," he said quiet -like, "the - boy's. growing up, you. know!" :JUSTA SMILEORTWO "Riches," staid the teacher, "take winga and. fly away, Now, what kind of riches does, the writer Mean? He stared -around the class, but met no response. • "Surely 'SoItneone can, answer the question? You, John, what kind of riches did the writer mean?" John ,hesitated for a moment; then, "Ostriches, sir," be re•plied. - A 20-yeaIb-old . Negro walked into the Long Beach, •N. Y., post \office and announced that he wanted to regis- ter as an alien. "In•what country were you born?" asked Postmaster Faunae Schwartz., "Alabama;"-- said the Negro. About, a,fa Mahe stomige of StatMi ca PROGRESS OF THE NETHERLANDS With the 17th century, the Nether- lands began to advance in pave �er .and Wealth, ttei'r ships visiting all •parta of the world. The United Proviueea were presided over by the Princes 'of Oram_ge till the troubles at the, end of the 18th century' begat the long Eur- opean war, which tine Battle of Wa- terloo brought to a close. The Na- tional Convention of France, having, declared: war against Great.. Britain! and' the Stadhol'dier o'f Holland,. French armies over -ran Belgium and; being welcomed by the so-called pat- riots of the United Provinces — the V and his family were a Wiliam Fifth Column o•f that peirbbd y bLigesd, td• escape to England in a fishing junk and the French rule began., The United Provinces: in that year;, 1795, became the Batavia= Republic; paying about $42,000,000 fbr a French, army of 25,000 men:, 'besides 'givin'g up important parts of the country a- long the Belgian frontier. ,After several changes, Louis Bona- parte, in 11806 was' appointed King of Holland; but, four years, later, was obliged tp resign because he refused to be amere tool •in the thands of the • French Emperor. Holland was then 'added to the Empire. 'The fall of. Napoleon Bonaparte, and. dismemberment of the Freritoh Empire led to the recall of the Orange fame ily ai'd the formation of a new Kiagi dim formed of tee Northern -and Southern Provine:s; which in 1830 was broken up by 'the secession of Belgium. The nation became proisr per•.ous• ands tlhe East India colonies;, . which were a burden tai the eanlier- years of the Kingdom, becemve a source of great profit. There were' possessions also in the West Indies-.. William III, King of England, : was the posthumous son of William II of Orange, and' Mary, eldest daughter or Charles I, who was executed in 1649::- The 649:T'h'e alliance of !hie family with tthe- Stvarts exe tied ,the. jealousy of Oliver' C'i'omwell and by his influence the'.. young Prince and his desnendantte were declared to be excluded frons the Stadhoidiership of the Unaged Provinces. The restoration of the Stuarts, ,however, improved les prtost pests+ ando, after the murder of - De- Witt, he was chosen, Stadholan. The view of , the;, Netherlanda seemed' in- evitable, but by the wisdbm and de- termination of William, the e'onttesti • with France was ended. WiIIfans taieired great fame. He m'arried, this; - con'sin, the Princess Mary, daughter- of James II. Anti now Qireen,. Wiliiebarriiva of tlie' Netherlands;- Queen sines' she: was a little girl of 'ten in 1890, rias had to• escape to England from• the murder• - ous Hitler. The ' their -apparent to' the throne, Pumices.: Juliana, isr 10: Canada witbe her two liltatle. daughters.. Her lausban'd is with the Netherlands troops in En:glanad. The Netherlands is. about half the size of New Brunswick but it has a population of over eight and e. half." million people. The seat .of gov'ei•ne• meat • is The Hague and the Chief' city - is • Amsterdam, ..with a . popullatior Somewhat greater than that of To- ronto. The ' relaitionship bettvaea• Caradi and the Neaherlan ie has al- w•ayis' been very .oandial. ' A traveller was walking along .a country road when, he came across an old man. Addressing .him, he .asked how long it would take him to get to the n8'.itt village. But the man went on with hie. work, neither speaking nor • lctokiag up. The traveller went ,n his Way. . He had not gone far When he heard a call: "Hey, roster! Come back!" ' The traveller returned, when the old urian said: "It'll take you twen- ty minutes." ."Why did you not tell me that when I asked you?" said the travel- ler. "How did I know how fast you was going to walk?" ,retorted' the old man. ::ng1ish Flyers • in .Huron Areveterans of Air War (From The Toronto 'Daily Star) Ten Canadians, one from Toronto, ' specialists' comae for men - showing r .back •Canada today -- part of unique; adaptability for ,navigation. Th•e 1 3settin inr'the ,the Empire air training scheme aft, •e s cies getting swing ae •2 r serving with; the R.A.F. in. England.; They are attached' to the navigation snood established a few weeks ago at Port Albert as another addition to the ever:expanding air -training plan. `he Toronto man is; Flying Officer J. C. R. Brown. He worked his way to England 'three years ago by peeling potatoes an a cattle boast. --Some-were attached to -Mght beinb- •iog isquadrbns and' raided 'Germany 34 times. Othelns were with the coastal command, 'searching :for submarines lurking in the North Sea. The ret manned Hurricanes and „Spitfires' to fight off German bombers trying to attack their air. base. The most pampered, ridleldz'ed "ace" of the ,siehaol 1s "Mickey,". a, Scotch terrier, the mascot, owned by Plight Lieut. Roderick Bell Irving, of Van- couver. Start talking to the men about their exploits. In the air end they reply by 'tell'in'g you about bow they tried. to smuggle Mickey to Can- ada in a euitoase; Even the cora af,ding officer, Group Captain P. D. Robertson, a 30 - year veteran with the R.A.F., was in on the conspiracy, .and he doeeen°t mind admitting it. The ruse" failed, however, when they. had to .release Mickey on the dock. Fare Cost Them' $40 ' The officer tried to hide him by forming a ring around him, but a "nosey" 'custom's mean spotted the dog and .he had to lie left behind. Ile was . sthi.pped' .ou't on the next boat as a regular passenger, his fare costing $40. The other Canadians are: Flt, -Lt. Jack Sproule, Brandon, Sask.; D, McPherson, Slaskaabobn; Flt: Lt. Alex' McDowell, Biairmb +e, Alta.; nit: - Lt. 0. R. Donaldson, Revelstoke, B. C,; Flying Officers P. 0., "Cam" Wil“ 134, Saskatoon; P iam& Hatted, Lon- sioi a; Ont.; W. G. Thompson, Liircky, Lake, Sask., and k'an Iloeinhntekec Stratford. . the seehbol is diivideed into three eSe¢tiOnis-scan elennfei fary courbe y'er air obsee'i'vesb, a rrausse .in aat11Di'Il'D•nnlie eat namigattlteu fot' pifoIa d i anti a of things on what was rich Criteria farm land -two months ago. ' In the bunkhouses of the -ground crew you will hear a dozen different Englisch ,dial'ectst. A Welobanan will be trying to catch what a Yorkshire- man is saying. In weather Corner a youth from the Cotswold farmland's will be asking a Cockney to repeat ear aething slowly so he cal miler - "stand. Sent Wife Hear Earlier In the officers' mess there is. more uniformity in speedh, but everywhere it is youth. The chief Instructor, described 'by one `officer as 'having "more brains than a.11 the rest of us put together," • is That more than 30. His •comti'ng here was a happy ooinaoi- denoe, although be would prefer to be under fire an 'England. • He scent his wife, and diaug'hter to Canada a few Mon'th's ago, never thinking he ,would. be fol'ltowdmig. He knew only one person in. Canada, he said, an officer at Trenton', who of- fered to look after his family. Now they are living in Goderich In the °last two weeks the empire air training scheme Ilse been enrich- ed by the transfer from England of five holders of the Distinguished Fly- ing Grose and two "with the Distin- guis'hed Flying Medal, all won since this War began. They are ,part of the personnel of the new navigation school getting into its, stride north oR Geder1eih.' One is'Flt: Lt O. R. Donaldson, of Reve%atoke, B.C. •.He. !helped- flatten Hamburg, bane up air ambiunitio'tu dump in the ince • `of heavy arida ai'r craft fire in tahe.,34 night raids. lie hoe made do Gernr'raany and Gebanlaneheld territory. He admitted none of these exploits, hfernt'ng to the blowing up of the ammoundtion dunvp for *thick 110 me- cei.ved the D.F.C. aa "setting 'off a 1iig blrast." O'ffi'cial-rerordel a ^e'v`eail.ilre; Sieve ,over the thin* live 'tlrheee, Set. Wig a . fenlest bait $re ' aster d1 ttrr3y+ltplg'< a road befdre hitting the ealllosi+ve%. lie 's+la4J''.lteKi "galiYtdtfnttry cittotpiay= (Continued On Page 6) • Seen in the County Papers ,, 97th• Birthday , Thursday ' Exeter's• grand old man 'and Canada's oldest practising' physi- cian, Dr. J. W. Brownung, \cel'ebrated:. his 97th birthday. As every other week day hie was found in his once. but there were • more callers because many dropped in. to extend their can- gratullations. With a twinkle in hiee eye and a keen sense, of thumo'r be• greets his many old friends and re- miniscence 'of days' that are ,past. HIS hearing is not what it casted to be, but his: health is wonderful and during' the past year, winter and summer, he has been found in his office sorbing every day. We, join with the many in' extending congra'twlatiions 2,-Exeiaer Times' -Advocate.. Scalds Hand Principal J. A. Grey Is nursing a' sore tumid this week. While securing. a paid of bodidng water from the b�oil>er in the basemaewt of the echiool on Mon- dray afterauoom, Ise had .title misfortune to slip, amid in falling, the bailing' -water came int conitaact slily his hand; resulting ins a n,aasty. burn` The sdlsolol ohlkirear were dlisnndsa'ed a little 'ear- ly 'as a result, bit wo dare 'slay that woutdkt't hurt their feedings'.---BLytth Standard.• y - Bride and. GrooM Honored A large circle of friends gathered' at the M'emxorial Rally Blyth, last Fri- ' day night to honor Mar.. and Mrs. Borden Cidak, 'popnn,Lar young Myth couple Who Were recently • married. Inking the fretting draancing Was en- joyed with music furnished by - Me'sars, Leo 'and, William' Kelly and: (0,641tlmled• ei Page .3•)