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The Huron Expositor, 1940-12-06, Page 1-E110-4tY'flr8l Year, Wlhple;. Number 318 • 0I,D. A. INTERMEDIATE Beavers, Last Year Final- ists, inanists, Are in Four - Team Group. SKATING FRIDAY Seafortrh. will have an entry, in U.^ H.A intermediate, hockey again this year, -the ,Athletic • Association• decides ed at a meeting this week, and the team will, be :griouped with Waterloo, •-Tavnstack and Highland Light In- fantry of , Stratford. Tavistock will Include New Hamburg players. Wa- terloo will, play its 'home gashes. in New Hamburg. ,Bob Rudy, of Tavi- stock, is group convener. • Seaforth. Beavers who last year fought their way to the Oortario7 fin- als. only to be eliminated by Whitby, have lost a number Of "men, including Tom Sills, Bob McCallum sand Van 13e11, all nn the air force. Johnnie Walker, manager for the past two ytears., is- also in.. the R.C.A.F., while Leppard is in Chatham. It. is expect- ed that a number of Clinton players will play here bringing the team to fall strength.. For the first time in Many years Clinton will Jhav'e no 0.- ill.A. intermediate entry. Grouping of teams in this- district tame .as somewhat of a surprise. Lt had been 'expected „that. either\ or both ..oderich and W'in'gham wbuld' play in Group Six with Seaibrth, but inntead theyr:'play.•in a northern group which, int -lodes Paisley, Kincardine, Lucknow and Southampton. Skating commences at the rink on Friday night and will continue each Monday, Friday and Saturday nights. Rink employees began to mate ice on Saturday.. and already have an excel- lent sheet, the management states. The Beavers will• start practise the first of the week. { „ RED CR .SS ,$u The Red Cross work rtooms. will be closed on December 20th and 27th. No work will be given out or receiv- ed on these days. Extra supplies will be available beforehand', so that work ,P393' "be carried on at home. * * .* Again the call comes ..tor workers to make surgical dressings, on Decem- ber. "6th said 13th. Your help is need- ed if the dres's'ings are to "be com- pleted. * #* The monthlymeeting of the Sea - forth branch of the Red prose will be held; in Carnegie Hall on 'Monday eN e- ning Detemhdr 9t1t, at 8 p.in. Nolo that it is Mvrnday, instead `bf the us - nal Tuesday-. Come- out and hear what the Red Cross is accomplishing. k- * * During the month _of November. 930, articles,„. :of hospital- supplies haven been completed; 383.' knitted artielesl have been made, including 286 pairs socks• and seamen's stockings) There have been, 2401 surgitial dressings made'. Ta October the refuge domanittee ' re- ceived a quota of 300 articles. From October 19th to November 30th they #brave shipped 417 refugee articles. This includes 46 coats and the report is still ineommplete. • It• was necessary for taxation •pur- poses to decide on ,which side of the Canadian and United States border a farm which an elderly lady had just purchased, actually lay. Surveyors finally announced that the farm was en the American "side of the harder. The lady smiled with ,relief. "I'm . glad to know that," she said. "I've heard that winters. in Canada are terribly,eevere" tire F.o'ers' New ,Cou• :ci� • •. •• • Reeves Of the 29 members comprising Huron County Council, "15 have been elected as°the result of early elections. These are as follows: Ashfield—Alex McDonald, Gilbert. Frayne (Deputy). Colborne—William Thom. Goderich Twp,?. -Ben Rathweli. ^HuIlett—James Leiper. Stanley—Fred Watson. 4/ Turnberry—Roland Grain. E. Wawanosh—Raymond Redmond W. Wawanosh—Thomas Webster Clintoft—Ben jemiin Livermore. Goderiah—R. E. Turner, W. J. Baker (Deputy). • Wingham—R. S. Hetherington, K.C. Blythe ---W. H. Morritt. Hensall—R: E. . Shaddic k. • • • • • NO PETITION FOR TWO YEAR VOTE Time Limit Expired On Wednesday Without Any Action. , • No petition was filed asking for a vote in Seaforth on the question of a two year term for council, Clerk D. H. Wilson said 'Thursday. The time limit set by council expired Wednes- day. While til ths, council was not obligat-• ed to do so, the members felt that an opportunity should be given. the ratepayers to express them'se'lves. For this reason an advertisement ad- 'vis'ed that,. if a petition requesting a vote'on the twosyear term was'..receiv- ed, council would pass• the necessary. bylaw. Since ao petition was receiv- ed It is unlikely there will be a vote on the question,, with' the result that e . eoatiell., elected this year, will.. re- main xn office two y'earo. Similar action was taken by Tuck ersmitih oouncii where the titre limit for receiving a petition expires • on Saturday. Clerk D. F. McGregor stat- ed on Thursday he had received no-, petritioer, nor did he know of, any • be- ing circulated. • PenriSr Bank Deposits Down Seaford] separate school "mails with 52 per cent. dtepositing, and Sea - forth public school pupils' with 49 per cent., .stood well up in the list of Penny Bank Schools for Septe.'mber arid October. Total on.. ' deposit is down from a year ago, the figures be- ing $1,273.22 and $1,411.65,- respective- ly. Encore A knightly touch that mean Should pen A verse about his fellow mien, And see the beauty of .the sun As low it sets Where day is done. John Beattie, lay not down thy pen, But rather take it up again; Write more of hemlock, spruce and pine, That grow from out this land so fine, Write more of hill, of lake, of stream, This •paradise, ,this artist's dream; This place '?hare • romance fills the mind, 'Where worldly cares are left behind. A. B. H. • May Close -66 Yea id L. H. & . B. From : lznton Notice has been given to the Clerks ofAbe' municipalities bordering on the Canadian Natlelial: Railways' right -df= way from Clinton, to Winghaan that action ie - being taken to shave ,this portion of the s1oad tdosred•. -. Started almk st d5 teals ago, the Winalsamita Loiidoo, rood, then known. as the Landon, Huro'nr and Bruce, Was known as Nip "butter and egg train" Older residents recall when the early morning ruin would be jammedt.to ca- ' pac'ity, the engineer stopping. at each. crossroads to piek up fanners' wives' with their 'hampers of butter and eggs.. Vile Tine waa always a quite active sun, 'hilt inr 'resent years the bus, and ttruclt lines droll tendon, up through the Bruce' Penrnngula have cut in on the ra;tlroad ret'eltie. • SO tar not elletighAim,e has elapsed to get a ki'clt-bd,cic e; I,tttrday's fuoti ideation, but _ all thilke,centitteted say that a Strong pretetit .t 113. be Made etga1iist the'- goner Of the Maitroad in +losing this ;Stefioit At the, to d& It is fearedtjnat the olOSing of the ttrbkd WOW nears serial d'e1ay iii then uradt Clinton's Mayor, K. -G. Wa- ters, is Defeated' by A. J. McMurray - by . Majority Of Six. VOTERS OPPOSE -TWO-YEAR TERM Snow -filled roads resulted in . a smaller than usual vote in Huron. municipalities on Monday, despite keen contests nn 'many of the eeu- tres. , Clinton, as expected, provided the closest battle when Mayor K. G. Wa- ters was defeated by his opponent, A. McMurray, by six votes. Bee Livermore wan the reeveship' in•, the same town by ' seven votes over W. G. Cook. Reeve Jamey Leiper was reelected in Hulled by a substantial majority. His "opponent was' Humphrey Snell., Reeve Leiper, veteran member - of Huron county council, is expected to contest, the wardensihip this year. All Huron municipalities voting on the question: decisively •defeated the -tris" year .%council term. • HuIlett Township Reeve James Leiper Was re-elected with- a .majority of 68. Reeve—J, Leiper, 212; H. Snell, 144. p Council (first four elected)—J,.hn Armstrong, 262; George Brown, 186; Jack Ferguson, '208,-, Fred picot, 166; Ira Rapson, 164; Deloss Taman, 83. Ror •Reeve— ' 1 2 3 4, 5 6 7—T'tl. Jas. Leiper 19 35 9 ,66 12 83 32-206 H. Snell... -18 19 24 21 18 22'20-142 For Council— , Arms'tron'g 24 49 18 66 29 36 38.-260 G. Brown.. 14 37 15 59 7 81 23.--186 Ferguson • 47..32 25 .35 '12 40 17-208 F. Pickett. 11 26 23 54 11 27 14-166 Ira Rapson 11 23 1S 32 22 32 29 -162 - from London -unless provision was made to have the express and mail 'delivered from Clinton: to Wingham by means of other transportation fa - Cutting off of the railroad front Wingham to Clinton' would also inean leaving -such centres' as Belgrave and Lond'esboro without rail connections. It would leave Wingih'am: 'served& by the C.P.R, on their spur -line front 1 ees'water and it would also leave C.N.R. rail connections, from Toronto by way of Palmerston. The notification to mixnlcipal clerks poinr'ted out that the C:N.R, had av- ailed to the Governinent to discon- tinue the railroad: line from Chilton Junction ka Wingihain Junction, In - Mentions aro .that if ,such comes about Oho line will be entirely scrap- ped With the railis ,takers, up. Wii gham Town Mullett Meets' this week and it is expected that the Mat- ter will be presented to tartan in the regitlai 'daurse of irhe Deoeiiiiber 4ia,ealr Itig. Other toWnahip cannsiUa will` be notified ssr d part of • : t>bis..f irbnt to Bayfield Councillors—William Ferguson, 70; James.'$obinson, 63; Leslie. Elliott, 57. No vote ors two-year' term. Clinton . One of the cicsest mayoralty and reeveship • contests in years resulted in • .Meyer Kenneth G. Waters' going down -to defeat by .six votes. to A. J. McMurray and in the reeveship Ben jam•in Livermore won from W. G. Cook by seven votes. . Mayor Waters polled 346 anld May- or -elect McMurray had 352. • In the reeveship Benjamin, • Liver- more secured 349 votesr.and Mr, Cook 342. C. E. Elliott headed the race for the six seats on the town council with a total of 482 votes and in' second place was V. Falconer with 462. ,Oth- ers in- order of their election_ are: J. W. Nediger, 411; William Wacker, 384; D. Churchill, 372, and M. -J; fig- new, 355.• The defeated candidate was Fred W. Joberest:1 who received 334. Mrs. Lillian McKinnon headed the polls -in the Board. of Education elec- tion and Was returned. with, 518 votes.' •Others elected """'were: Mrs. N. W. Trewartha, 498; W. E. Perdue; 461; G. E. Hall, 444; Mr's. A. McInnis•, 423;. A. T. Cooper, 359, and C.- G. Middle- ton, 354. • Defeated• candidate tor the Board of Education was Antoine Garon," with 130 votes. • Clinton, electorate favored holding municipal elections in January. The plebiscite results were: "Foe". 330, and "Against,' 304, a majority of 26. The referendum on' the question of two-year terms tor the officials elect- ed this year resulted in adecisive 'a.n- swer, There were 438' opposed to, 200 in favor, the majority opposed being- 238. . Goderich Three new members, were elected to the Goderich town ,council . in the municipal elections when the 'elector-, ate also decided that it desires.. to elect its municipal representatives ate really rather than have . the 1941 council (hold office for ta, two-year term,- • W. C: Attridge headed• the poll for c'onael11ors with 633 votes arnd D. D. Mooney was second witch, 596. In third place was Dr. J. A. Graham, lo- cal dentist, with 588. • All are new members of the council. The other three men elected have previously eat at the council board and are: P. J. Ryan, 529; J. E. Huck - ins;, 498, and David. Sproul, 452. The defeated candidates, Charles Cogger and Mrs. Edith Tremblay, polled 173 `and 104 votes,. respective- ly. The plebiscite "Are you in favor, es a wartime, measure, under the L2'. cal Government Extension Act, 1940, of the Municipal Council, elected for 1941, bolding office for a term, of two years?" went down to defeat by a majority of 32. There were 419 who said "no" and 387 who said "yes." 'Mayor E, Douglas Brown, Reeve R. E, Turner and, Deputy Reeve W. J. Baker were all returned til office by acclamation at the recent nomination meeting. 'Colborne William Thom was elected reeve of Colborne Township in Monday's, elec- tion. He homed , 1,62 votes tc , Nelson McLart3^'s 91, gaining a majority of 71. , Tih'e. cbun>61.l16to elected by acciasn ttd'n .rrae'enntiy were Alex Watson, Jas'.. Fem,gan, 'Wi:il am Clark ianr'd. Winton% (Coautintted on Page 4) . WINTEI PLAY Merton A.. d is. Elected President.4!t Annual Meeting. IS WELL ! ATTENDED ct Seaforth ourleT,kprganiked for the coming season, gtr a well attended meeting in the Town Hall en Tues - da' evening of tl ,. week. It was the :sixty-fourth amnia) meeting of the club. : Committee reports showed the past geasomoto thave been a most success- ful ogle, which was; ?emphasized in the 'treasurer's report which, showed a substantial balaucd;,' The following pfficers were ap- pointed for the y+ ^''r: President, M. A. Rend; vicerpresident, R. J. Winter; secretary-treasehe ;e. E. -C. Boswell; committee; Bev, Christie, J. M. Mc- Millan„ Dr. F. J ;pechely, Dr. J. A. Munn, R. J. Sweat, W. J.' Duncan ams G. D., Fergusli*, Weekly Wednesi!ay bonspiens will be held during iher,winter, with din- ner served in the'club rooms. The date of the first o'8, these will be set by the executive The Club also donated $10 to the Seaforth branch, of the Red Cross. • BADMINTON I E F •S There has 'been no inter -club match- es in badminton, this year as yet. Ac- cording to the president Emily •Les- ter, the Stiratford club has, seat an invitation, ..'but • it V mot -known whe- ther or not then club w=ill. accept the inrvitation before Christmas. ' • • * * * We .are sorry to •report, that ^ the Goderieh club could not -find, suitable rooms for this winter sand will have to disband. Too bad; we liked those Goderich racqu'eteers • -even though they did cause us a little worry now and again by imitating the Swiss Bell Ringers. • * * * Quite a little interest was shown in the challenge match. between Stan 1)orranc.e and Sergeant Harold Free, cf the R.C.A.F., on. Monday evening. * * We wonder who the youag. gentle- man Was that made a passat the' bird sand missed, and then made a Motion as if to break.'his racquet ov- er his knee. , The funny part at -4t• is that he did break hip racquet over alis knee. That's tough luck, Frank. It was a nice racquet,, too; • a: * The Air Force Boyg'of Port Albert and Sky Harbor will be getting a let- ter one of these days, extending to them a hearty welcome to visit the Seaforth Badminton Club whenever possible. • * * . The membership list was posted this week and shows more than 40 names, with a few mare to be ;added. * * * As the snow gro*sdeeper the ins terest in badminton increases,. That seems to be the picture at the mom- ent. Every night brings' more and more out to play. Even some; of the stars of a few years ago are trying their luck again. Come on up some- time acid meet your friends:. * * • * An executive meeting was: held on Wednesday evening during the tourn- ament. It was decided to have the usual Christmas party on, Dec. 180h. * * 4 The Membership is ;now due. Will the 'membe'rs please pay their fees to any Of the membersthip committee— Bill Hart, Stan Dorranoe, Sally Wood Or any of .tie executive, * * * The round robin, tournament took place as usual Wednesday evening. The following was the result of the play: Clare Reids: and Mary Hart defeat- ed Dr. Bradly and Besaie Meir, 22-7; Rosedale AIbertaCoai Means ct refree comfort hours 24�'t s A day YOUR ':R PLACEORDER NOW N. MUFF SONS 'Be ori 1' .a .e 800 Children Will Receive Stockings a n d Attend Free Show at Regent As Guests_.ef Lions Club. PLAN SMALL TREES ON EACH LAMP ' POST -,With less than three weeks remain- ing until Christmas, arrangements in connection with the festive season in Seaforth are well advanced. Decora- tions on Main •Street will be ca a larger scale than in previous years. Merchants are co-operating with the P.U.C. and Lions Club and plans call for the large •Christmas' tree to be erected at the corner of Main and Goderich Streeta•, Smaller trees will be attached to each Of the 31 lamp standards on Main Street and, all will be gaily decorated with electriclights, The larrge decoration on the top of the Town Hall, which excited so much favorable comment last- year, will again be, in place. P.U.C. workmen are getting the equipment in 'shape, and it is expecteld most of the decor- ations will be in .place by the end of the • Week. The committee in oharge of obtain- ing a Christmas tree are experiea:c- iug some difficulty la obtaining a suitable tree. The tree should be about 40 feet- high and preferably near town. Airy one wishing to offer a tree may phone 3. F. Daly or C. A. Bather. Committees of the- - Seaforth Lions Club are at work completing arrange- ments for Santa's' visit here on Fri- day afternogn., Dec. 20th. Over 800 stockings.will be given; to school chil- dren 'of the district. by Santa, and, then the children will be guests of the club at the Regent Theatre:, In charge of the visit are G. D. Fergu- son • acid N. C. Cardio. Christmas baskets will go out Christmas even- ing to 'some 100 families of the dis- trict. The committee looking after h" C activ- itythis £eatu>��.•SZf �ta�.., 1}7ris�rnas ity includes E. C. Chamberlain; Father T. P. Hussey and Dr. R. P. D, Hur- ford.- -Lions Christmas carder will go to nearly 400 sick and shut-ins of the district, with J. M. McMillan and H. •Gle:nn• Hays in charge. As in past. Years, the Liens Club will visit Huron County Home on Sun- day, Dec. 22nd. Arrangements are in charge of J. G. Mullen.. • Give War. Stamps at Xmas . Endorsed by the ,Seaforth War Stamp Savings Committee for those who wish to .give a practical and pat- riotic gift this Christmas, the Post Office Department has suggested either War Savings- Stamps or War Savings Certificates, :registered' in the names of the recipients. Special Christmas greeting cards, iholly-trim- med; with space for the stamps, are available at the post offide fort those giving ,stamps, and,appiication folders and presentation cards; for those who .give certificates. Stamps are to be used by those giving up to $4.00, cer- tificates for $4.00 to $400.00, • Brother Instructs At Carberry - Mr. E. C. Boswell, Manager of the Dominion Bank here, received a wire on Thursday morning announcing the arrival of his brother, Flying Officer H. G. Boswell, D.S.C., in Canada. Flying Officer Boswell served in the last war in the original. Princess Pats,later transferring, to the R.N.A. S., and for the past two years has been training officer in the R.A.F., Ea'gland. He is now on his way to Manitoba where he will be attached to the new Flying School at Carberry as 'instruc- tor. c Frank Sills and Mite Reid lost to ,George Hays and Gladys Reith, 15-21; Jolie McKenzie and Zetta Dunlop de- feated Frank Case and Isabelle Flame nigan, 22-15; Clare Reith and Alice Devereux defeated Frank Si•ils and Peggy Chesney, 22-8; Bessie Meir and Frances 1Vlatthews defeated Gladys Reith and Alice Reid, 2'2-9; Clare Reith anti...A1, Smith defeated Dr. 'Brady and Fraruk Sills, 2246; Joan Devereux and Lsabelle Flanigan de- feated Peggy Ches•niey and Zetta .Dun- lop, 22-13; Gladys Reith and Al, Smith defeated Dr. Brady and Frances Mat- thews, 22-19; Al.Smith and Clare Reith defeated Geo, Siddell. and Geo. Rays, 22.3; Bessie Meir and Peggy Chesney defeated Zeta. Dunlop and Alice Reid, 20-15; Frank Sills and Is- abelle Flannigan defeated George Siddle and loan Devereaux, 22-8; Geo. Hays and Mary Hart treated Fran- ces, MkttlleWa and. Karry Steinberg; 22.8. sf • • ••0• •- • Fewer Votez's --Seaforth voters' lists, posted last week by Clerk D. H. Wilson; show a total of 1,328 voters on the roll, a decrease from last year of 25. Persons eligible for serve as jurors, who appear on the list, .. total 242, a decrease of 23 over 139. • • • • • • INSTITUTE PARTY POSTPONED S PONED WEEK Kippen, East Institute Change Plans as Roads, Are Blocked. The Kippen East Wemen's Insti- tute. euchre and dance which was to have been held in the Town Hall, Heusall, on Friday, December 6th, has been postponed to Wednesday, De- cember 11th. The December meeting of the Kip - pen, East' Women's Institute will be held at the home of Mrs. Glenn Mc- Lean on Monday afternoon, Dec ' 16, at 2.15 p.m. The roll call will be answered by "My earliest collection of my Christmas toys)." • Hold Trousseau Tea • Mrs, Herbert Jones, of Kippen, en- tertained at a trousseau tea on Wed- nesday afte.rneon and evening, hon- oring, her daughter, Mies Margaret Jones, wihose m,arriage took place on Saturday, Nov. 30th. The guests were welcomed at the door by Mrs. Jones and Mists t Margaret :tones, whence they were directed to see the trousseau by Miss Irma Ferguson. The trousseau was shown in the . af- ternoon by . Miss Katlileeoi Jones, •the linens by Miss Gladys-Jarrott the ss china and silver gifts by Mis' ililan Finkbeiner, of Exeter, The guests were then -directed -to the dining room where tea was poured by Mrs. J. Wein, of Crediton, and. Mrs. A. Keys, of Varna: Miss Helen Fink- beiner, :of•Exeter, served. Intheeve- ning the guests'were directed by Miss Bernice Finkbeiner, of Exeter. The trousseau was shown by Miss Lillian Frnkbe4ner; the linen's by Miss Irma Ferguson, the china, silver and gifts by Miss Dorothy Munn of Heneall. Those pouring tea were Mrs. Robert Muun, ..af Hensali, . and Mrs. M. Fink - twiner of Exeter. The dining room table was centered. with the three- storiy wedding cake and. vases -of flowers. Assisting were , 'Miss S. F:nkbeiner, of Creditor]; and Mrs. W. Homey. ' Keys - Jones • The United Church Manse, Kippen, 'was the scene of a pretty wedding on' Saturday, Nov. 30th. at 10.30 a.m., when<.•Mergaret Kathleen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Jones, Kippeo, was united in marriage to Mrr-•James Bernard Key's, son of Mr. and Mrs. Art Keys, of Stanley Toir•rnship. Rev. E. F. Chandler performed the cere- mony. They 'were attended by Miss Dorothy Munn, of Hensall, cousin of the bride, and Mr. John Keys, brother of nbe groom. The bride chose a floor -length gown of sky blue silk sheer, drape model, with, hisihop sleeve and white accessories', and car- ried a •bouquet of Briaraliffe roses With maiden hair fern. She also wore a coronet of orange blossom ands a gold brooch which had been worn by •-her grandmother. The bridesmaid wore a floor -length gown of coral jer- sey silk and white accessories and carried a bouquet of yellow glory mums and maiden hair fern. Follow- ing tibe ceremony a wedding dinner was served at the home of .Mr. and Mrs. Jones. The dining room was decorated in flowers and pink and white streamers. Mr. and Mrs. Keys left on a motor trip to Toronto and other points, the bride wearing a dress of desert gold pall mall crepe, black coat- with squirrel trim and matching accessories: They will re- side on the groom's farm' near Bay- field. • Thieves Steal Hens at Walton Thieves stale 49 chickens from the farm of Rudolph Fisher, near Walton, on Thursday, night. 'The theft was reported to Chief of Police Helmer Snell, who notified pro, vincial police at Godeniein • Constable Lorne Rutherford investigated, but no trace of the missing poultry has been found, - "Wouldn't yon like to be so famous that you had your face•,oi1'a thousand dollar bill?" ' "10, 'but rd like. 'te be lttoky ett ough. to get my 'humin ••oli oke '' . Highlvay I iQ tie 1rlft$ Restore EVENTS • POSTP Main hfgihways.fgom .Seaforidi open fihursday after a week long- zard, which old-timers say wast'. the worst early De.0embertb within their memory, As • the storm reached Its. peak Wednesday, every -road leading.-filoin,:,:: town was blockeddespite "steady work on the 'part of countyand ansi vinciai sn'ovrpiow crews. As thdratorm lessened, during the night the 'plow ;. were able to etit •their way tilmaugh, the .drifts, but travel on any road ie still ?hazardous. Concession roads are completely filled,...many being trapeze able for bosses. Between two and three'4t eet of snow has fallen during the past tea days. -Strong winds have drifted thes¢row to such an extent that it will be soxile daysbefore plows have the highways iu normal condition. No, 8 Highway . west of Mitchell' was kept open until... 'Wednesday morxling under extreme difficulty with a small plow --,the only one available„ 'A broken bridge. at Mitchell forced heavy traffic to de- tour around a concession road and twe large plows, supposed to work tliis stretch, of highway, became stranded on the detour: The etorm 'indirectly led to' a fire • alarm at midnight on Friday. A large transport, after bucking drifts on Railway Streetall afternoon and'eve- ning, finally reached Main Street, and .as it did a short dircuit„caused a fire in the ergine. The brigade extin- guished the fire with chemicals. It took a transport from eight in the morning until sax, at night tp fight its -way from Mitchell to Seaforth on Wednesday. On the huge transport was a 10 -ton caterpillar tractor whioh had to be ready for work at Port Al- bert on Thursday morning. Wusen the crew learned it was impossible to go further west, • they backed . the truck into a snots bank, ran the miter -o• pillaaur. eff under .its own power and; started' With it for -Port Albert.— "It will go through the drifts: even if the truck won't.” one of the crew. remarked. The tra:nelsort was left' at Seaforth. The storm led to the postponement ' of a number of events throughout the • district. The Kippen East Women's Institute bad planned a euchre and dance at Hensall on Friday night, but this has been postponed. to Wednes- day, Dec..11th, The auction. sale of Joseph Carlin, which was to have. .been on Tuesday, is being iheid 'en „ December 9th. The thankoffering meeting of the Neil Shaw Circle•of the Egmondrvilie United Church, which was announced for 'Monday evening, had to be 'Post'' , pored on account of the bad- roads and unfavorable weather, and the _ Northside Young,? People's visit fa, Wesley Willis • Church, Clinton. Y.P. , tI. was cancelled for the same reason. . q • 4 ti New District Manager Named P. D. Wilson:, 'formerly manager of certain exchanges in Windsor, ac- cording to- this month's "District News," was recently appointed Bell Telephone manager at Stratfordl, suc- ceeding J. M. McIntosh. Mr. Wilson has .had over 20 years? service, with the telephone company. which he joined in May, 1920, is the accounting department at Toronto. Three years later, he was transferred to' the come mercies. depar-tmetat,----He - went to - Windsor in April, 1929. . Im' addition lc Stratford, Mr. Wilson supervises the exchanges • at Atwood, Clinton, Drayton, Goderich, Listowel, Mitchell, New 'Hamburg, Palmerston, Platts- viile, Seaforth, St. Marys and Tavi- stock, Manager at Stratford •fo'r the past ten years, Mr. McIntosh has, been transferred to North 13ay. 0 • • • • • • Loop at Your Label The time approaches when many subscriptions to 'The Hur- on Expositor will become, due. - We hope to have the full co-oper- ation of our readers in this re- spect, as only through the prompt payment of subscriptions can the standards of this newspaper be maintained. If the label on your paper' reads prior.to December lip 1940,, then .your 'su'bscription Is in arrears. It only takes,a rnoM nt to ascertain this fact, and ei little longer to remit the necet?salry' amount to thio Office. theara, ac" counts are small indlv"idutallyi: but In the aggregate they., Area e sous matter t'e a newspaper, You can i like na latter Nrist+• .. mar present` ttr youwktrtftht0i #o;; re'n'ew' at once- )ftnir SObsdl1lrf to your beetle ft spapelii