The Huron Expositor, 1940-12-06, Page 2•
'positor
Mhsh d 1
McLean, Editor.
,at Seaforth? Ontario, ev-
y afternoon by McLean
cription gates, $1.5.0: a year in
lee;. foreign, $2.00 a year. Single
Wm, .4 cents each.
{AFORTFI., Friday, December 6
—Helping the Hoin ' Town
For some time we have been fol-
lowing with considerable interest the
Municipal organizations of one kind
yn and another that have been formed
3, • in other villages and towns in this
county; the work they have been do-
ing, and the success they have at-
tained in improving conditions and
creating a real community spirit in
those same towns and villages.
Going no further afield than Hen-
sall, for instance, we might point to
their Chamber of Commerce. This is
an organization formed a very few
years ago . by the business and pro-
fessional men who did not believe in
standing idly by and watching the
people of the village troop to other
places to do their business and find
their. pleasure.
There has always been a tendency
for business to leave the smaller
places and seek the larger, and since
the advent of the car that tendency
- has almost become -universal. But the
blame for this does not, by any.
means, rest wholly uponthe shoul-
ders of the buying public in these
small places. Nine times out of ten
they have never been invited to buy
at home, nor seek their pleasure at
home either. -
Not so in HensalI,' however, where
local business is always good, and
any one who has seen the number of
"people who pack their town hall on a''
Chamber of Commerce._ night would
say that Hensall has the people of
the village and, country corning their
way—and it has:.
Seeing these things and others in
other places, we have been wonder-
ing if some such an organization
,would .not be of benefit to Seaforth.
We have a business section second to
none in the county, and far superior
to most, and a large volume of busi-
ness is done in this town. But it
could be larger, because the field in
which to operate is large.
And we know of no better or surer
wayof securing that added' volume
of business.than by the business and
professional men and the citizens
generally, getting together to form
an organization that would go out
after that business and bring. it 'in.
It has been done before, many times,
and in many places. It can be done
Such an organization can do many '
things that a council can not do. But
given co-operation by the council and
by giving co-operation to the council
many things can be accomplished,
many surprising things, from the
business standpoint. And what is
just as important, from the commun-
'ity standpoint as well.
Right now we can point to two
things that such an organization
! could establish in this town. One is
�Y,1t an adequate public rest room. The
other- is comfortable stabling for
farmers' horses. Small things, per-
haps, but if the present weather is
any indication of what is in store for
us during the winter months, we do
not know of any more necessary ad-
ditions, from the standpoint of, com-
munity welfare.
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We Have Been Told
We have been repeatedly told\ by
various daily papers in various ways
and by various public men, in other
various ways, that because' Canada
is at war, the Canadian Parliament
should sit in continuous session while
the war is in: progress.
That oniy,in this way will the peo-
le of `''CCs ,oda; get -a close..p of how
e war xsbeing prosecuted, and how
it money is being spent in that
*baton. ,
Edi wi•i hoot Parliament' in con-
,
»« ']Ethe Government will
olio v,. Their own. sweet
'silwa' a hart way with •
th1i
r ,and more partYcutr
y so w A, the resent one in
that laeltittg the. Cheek of a sitting
'ariiaMerit, the prosecution of war
Nos stop; but the spending of our .
money in war's name -will not. That
there will be waste, and idleness and
patronage and every evil thing,
That Canada will/hot only become
bankrupt, but her name 'will become
a bye word among the British and
other democratic nations of the
world.
All that and many more things,
even worse, have been told us. But
Parliament has been in session quite
some weeks now, and as fat° as the
average man on the street call Iearn,
there has been no more push put in-
to the prosecution of the war ; no less
money spent, or no proof produced
that Canada is not doing her utmost
to secure victory.
In fact, if one did not know there
was a war, it would take more than
a- persistent reading of Hansard to
make one war conscious. Hansard
is just the same old Hansard, filled
with the same old speeches placed
there for the consumption of the
members' constituents, and the usu-
ally vain ..hope that some newspaper
would take some public recognition
of them. But, fortunately, they dont.
When the Ministers and the Lead-
er of the Opposition have had their
say, there is nothing more to be said.
That, however, does not stop a great
many other Members) of Parliament
from going on saying it,' at consid-
erable inconvenience to the Govern-
ment; considerable expense to the
taxpayers, and considerable disgust
of�" the average citizen of the eoun-
tr.y• .
However, as long as there is a
Hansard; there will be these things.
In the meantime, Parliament sits on,
and if all these things we are -told be
true, everyone, including the Mem-
bers, should be satisfied and un-
afraid.
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A Record
We have been told that back in the
year 1882 or three, that winter, ac-
companied by more snow that we
had last "winter, set in early in No-
vember and the land lay blanketed
until the following April.
There are a good many -old-time,
records in the book -and that may be
ohe of them, but if so, we are quite
content to let it remain a record, not '
..only -for the past sixty years, but for
the next sixty as well.
Unfortunately, however, there is
not a thing we can do about it, no
matter how willing we would 'be to
try. And right now it looks very
much, as if 1940 would establish" a
new record for winter. -
Snow started to fall during the
closing days of last week. On Satii"r-
day it came down in earnest; Sunday
was the same, and Monday 'was
worse. By Saturday night.-, conces-
sion and county roads were filled
and by Monday the provincial high-
ways were just snake trails.
The plows are out, but as this is
being written, it would require a
plow for ,every county and provin-
cial road, and " snowplows are . not
that plentiful. Still worse, there are'
miles of snow fence still to be set up,
and snow fence has come to play. a
large part in improving winter
transportation. -
We alwaysexpect winter in this
part of Ontario, and we are never
disappointed. But a little later on in
the year, orbetterstill, some time in
the New Year would suit us better:
It' was all right fifty years ago when
the coming - of snow, in whatever
quantities, was gladly welcomed. It
meant increased business and the
best transportation facilities of the
year. Farriers could pile into their
cutters and pile theirproduce on to
sleighs. The whole countryside was
on the move and, consequently, busi-
ness hummed.
But that day has passed and with
it the cutter and sleigh. The coun-
try is permanently on wheels now
and there is nothing that will stop.
the wheels from turning quite so
completely as a heavy and continu-
ous fall of snow.
The weatherman, however, is
playing no favorites. Over the week
end it is claimed that four million
tons of snow fell on the City of To-
ronto, and It does riot need extensive
powers " of imagination to picture
done
i1
0s r• od
Interesting ttte~
The Hulron Ekpgsitor of Fifty and
Twenty-five Years Ago.
Ricked From
From The Huron Expositor
December 10, 1915
Toe- 33rd Battalion, under the com-
mand of Lieut. -Col. Wilson, which has
been. in braining. at London for about
a year, .left London on their way to
the trout on Monday nigpt last. The
regiment went to Quebec where they
will remain for it few days until
transpontationecan be proem -eV!,
Miss Jessie Brant, of the London
Road, has re-engaged with the trus-
tees of No. 4, Tuekeremtitia, for 1916.
Mr. Will Willett, of Dashwood, has
enlisted for service at the front. He
enlisted at Pincher Creek, Alberta,
where the • has been living for some
years.
Dr. Smith, formerly of Bayfield, wtho
joined the Army Medical Corps in
England last summer, went to the
Dardanelles some weeks ago with a
British unit.
Mr, Michael McQuaid; of Tucker -
smith, has said bis 50 -acre farm on
the 3rd concession to Mr. D. J. O'R.eil-
ly of McKillop.
Mr. Robert Parsons, of Ki'ppen, met
with a severe accident by having this
leg badly jammed While forking with
a team of horses, of which he last
control_
The following from Seaforth have
enlisted for overseas service in the
new Huron Battalion:• Capt. H. J.
iiodgina, Prov. Lieut. Charles Clark,
Prov. Lieut. Stewart SStt, Pte. Wm.
Kerr Pte. Harry Fierce and Pte. Joe
Silts.
Mr. and Mrs. D. Shanahan left on
Tuesday -for Long Beach, California,
w'bt:re they wilt spend the winter.
-Miss Frances Roberts left this
week for Toronto 'where ebe will vis-
it for some time before going to
New York to resume her position in
a hospital there.
Theanniversary services in First
laresbyteriam Church, Seaforth, were
Ia:ge'ty attended. ' The services were
in charge of Rev: M. B. Davidson, of
Galt,
Mr. Con Eckert, whose fine farm
adjoins the town of Seaforth, and who
is one of our best and most entter-
prisiitg farmers, -was a large grower
f -sugar beets this suxanier...
14Liss . Greeta Ross is supplying for
Piss Gillespie in the public sohooI
this week.
(Oa Harry el.
'0THE WOODPILE".
• Thia 'column 3e being written at the
direct suggestion of 1klrs. Phil. For
sortie time now she has been waging
a campaign to have [the wand in titre
Woodshed piled up in -a. neat and ord-
erly way. • So far the results have not
been very satisfactory from her stand-
pbiut . . Although as Om Winter
winds grow colder the pile Of wood'
grows smaller.
During the late Summer tlhe wood
was piled up in the woodshed, but
there was about seven cords of what
we call "buzz wood" in a pile behind
the barn. In an intiustribus mood one
day, the hired man and myself
brought it up and threw it -into tlhe
woodshed. It just about filled up the
space not already taken up by the pit-
ed wood.
The pile of wood was forgotten for
several weeks. Came a cold spell,
hpwever, and Mrs. Phil occasionally
reminded us at the dinner table, "I'
wish you would pile "that wood; it's
a n'iusance where it is now."
"'W'ell now, we ean't do it today," I
would say, "but the first day we can't
work at anything else we'll make"a
raid on the woodpile and have it fix-
ed. up in no time at all."
The days went by, and then came
the scow. Getting the.• kindling at
night you had to keep a watchful eye
out for fear a peak, formed by un-
dermining in taking out the wood,
would come rolling down on top of
yiou. Cutting the kindling yea were
liable to glance it off the edge of a
round stick and feel a missle whiz-
zing through, the air past your ear.
Mrs. Phil stopped mentiosttingthe
woodpile. That bothered my con-
science and so, on several occasions;
lame excuses' were made at the sup-
per table for the non -piling of the
wood. Mrs. Phil remained silent.
•
Mr. Peter Kerr will occupy 'Mr.
Dan Shanahan's implement shop dar-
ing the absence of tthe latter, .
•
From The Huron Expositor
December 12, 1890
Mr. Leonard Stholdice, of Tucker -
smith, intends building a very com-
modious brick house this coming
summer.
The Portage la Prairie correspon-
deat of the Winnipeg Free Press,
makes the following reference to a
Seaforth_ioy: "A. S. McLean, secre-
tary gf the Young Wren's Christian As-
sociation, leaves for 'the east this
week. He will be much missed, by
the members of the Snowshoe Olub,
Lacrosse CIua and, t'be many organiz-
atIonS of which -Ile -is a m:embe ."
Mr. J. S. Roberts has ;4purchased
the store on Main Street at "present
occupied, by Mr. I. V: Fear. He pays
$3,600 for it. .
Mrs. Donald McDocald, of McKil-
lop,~ near Winthrop, arae a goose that
is still laying eggs. 'regularly.
W: J. Tough 'has been re-engaged
in Section No. 1, Morris, for 1891.
On Friday evening of last week a
number of the members' of th'e Pres-
byterian Cthurch at Hillsgreen collect-
ed at the home of Mr. G. N. Hill and
pi esented him with a purse ands n
address. •
Mr. William M. Gray, Sea :e ta, has
i,;sued a card' announcing himself a
eand'idate' fol• tie, Mayoralty for 'next
year. If Mr. Holmsted and' he go to
the •polls they will mrake an exciting
content; but''Seaforth will have aagood
mayor next year no matter which is
elected.
Sir Richard Cartwright will stay
over in Seaforth on his train on Tues-
day next. on his way to Clinton, -
Mr. 'John Aird and family, left for
their new ,.' home an Toronto on
Thursday.
The electric light was started pe.
Monday in Brussels and is now in
full blast and seems very fine. The
dynamo is placed 'an Howe's• Woollen
Mill. and Harry Tames is in charge of
ft.
Mr. Robert Miller, of Wroxeter, has
junk completed" 115,000 tie at 'various
points along the lire of the Canadian
Pacific- Railway
Mr. James Dick, of Denver, Calor -
ado, is home on a visit to Kippen.
Mr. Henry Drake's farm,, near Port
Albert, which was put tip at auction
in Goderich last week, was purchased
by his brother-in-law, Mr. Mailer, of
Staffa, Perth County.
i
i
ea.'C1ows
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Tloweaer,‘'she ddd' remind me to fill
the woodbox in the mornipg, with the
announcement that she wasmlt' ,going
torisk her life trying taelish whorl
out of the woodshed.
How I watched the_ pile to see if
the daily burning were taking it down
any. At first I hadn't piled it on gen-
eral reasons, but as tihe Idle grew
smaller I felt a:Wafted in leaving -it
because it would soon be burned.
filowever, two things happened which
changed the situation eetimely.
what four million tons of
snow would do to city trans-
portation
rans-
portation as well as to trans-
portation into and out of
the capital.
Right now - there is no
transportation north and
south and very little east
'and west and this is only
the first week in December.
Eventually, of course, we
will be dug and ploughed
out and wheels will be able
to turn again, but given a..
real foundation of snow and
continued cold, clearing the
roads for car and truck.
transportation is a long,.
hard and expensive job, un-
Iess the weatherman turns
in to help,
and at, present
the weatherman shows not
the slightest inclination. to
do anything of the kind.
On Monday night I was asked to
get the old iron kettle, a small black
pot which hangs from a spike on one
of the ratters of the woodshed roof.
After ,pretecsding not to hear and be-
coming absorbed in the paper, I was
finally forced' into going for the uten-
sil. There it was changing from the
spike. It seemed eo easy to walk up
the side of ohe pile and reach for
the kettle . . , it was too! Per-
haps it was the added weight of the
kettle. Soniething 'happened, and it
'happened nighty fast. Down went
Phil and kettle and all . . . and
when Mrs. Phil rescued us the ket-
tle was half full of wood and I was
almost' covered by it.
I couldn't ask for sympathy because
I
had brought it all en myself.
To add• insult to injury, on the very
next evening I very foolishly went
out to get wood without taking a
light. One of those - small, round
treacherous poles happened to be en-
der m'y heel . - and what bap-
pened is better, not told. However,
I did fall and in falling my arm tip-
ped the ash bucket. It was the hired
man who rescued me and that -laugh -
of his made me realize that murder
can sometimes be justified,.
-We're ending the menace ea the.
woodpile. The hired man is piling it
today. • -
s JJSTASMI
insaMimoneeetaanne
LE OR TWO
Willie: "What is the difference be-
tween capital and labor, Dad?"
Dad: "Well, son, the money you
lend represents capital -arid, getting
it back represents labor."
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Young Brown got a job 'int a . ship-
yard. The first morning the foreman
gave . him a two-fotot rule ..and ..told
him • to" go measure a large steel
plate. Brown returned in 20 min-
utes, •
Foreman: "Well, what is the size?"
Brown: "It's just the length of
this rule,' and two thumbs over, with
this brief, and the -breadth, of my
hand, and my -arm from liere to there,
bar the finger !nails,"
ac ' a eel
out. Oran
Feella X10 Pomr1l' Bleu
of Sall dc%tlio
RECORD NICKEL 0UTP(JT
Canada's production of nickel last.
year Was the greatest in the ate/tory
of the industry, amounting to 226,-
105,865 pounds compared with 210,-
572,738 pounds in 1938. The'previous
record year was 1937,. when bite but -
put totalled 224,905,046 pounds.
Almost the ..•eistiae • production of
tanadian nickel in 1939 originated' in
t e nickel -dapper ores of the Sudbury
district, Ontario, and represented the
recovery of the metal in the refined
state, in oxides and salts, -and in
natter exported. In addition to the
nickel obtained from the Sudbury
ores, a relatively email quantity of
the metal is recovered annually in
the treatment of silver -cobalt ores.
from the Cobalt district of Northern.
Ontario. Copper recovered in 1939'
from nickel -copper ores totalled 328,-
144,517 pounds, or 53.9 per cent. of
the total quantity of new copper pro-
duced torn) all shurees in the Domain
ion during the year. The nickel -bear-
ing deposits of the Sudbury' area also,
contain relatively high •values in
platinum metals, which- are recovered -
in refining operations.
In addition to ,production of nickel,
copper, and the platinum metals',.
there is an important recovery front
these ores of the associated metal's,
.silver, gold, selenium and tellurium.
Sulphur for the manufacture of sul-
phuric acid is salvaged in tae gaseous
state frons Waste smelter gases: Sil-
ver recovered by this industry in
1939 amounted to 2,4.96,632 fine ounc-
es, while the• production of gold from.
the nickel -bearing ores during the
same period totalled 77,094 fine ounc-
es. In; 1926 the oorresponding pro-
duction o8 gold . from -these same
ores was only 4,4447 fine ouno.es.
Two companies 'operate both mines
and metallurgical plants in the Sud-
bury area. The International: Nickel
Company of Canada Limited conducts
smelting operations at Copper Cliff
and Coniston., Ont., while the Falcon -
bridge Nickel Mines Limited smelts
its area at the Falconbridge mine 10-
oated a few miles east of the town
of Sudbury.
This company treated its matte in
a refinery located at Kristiansand,
Norway, until the invasion of tl:at
country ,by, Germany in 1940. Since
then arrangements thane been made
with . titre International Nickel Com-
pany Limited for refining treatment_
The• relatively small amount of
nickel .oxide produced at Delete, Ont.,
is' recovered from silver-oobaltaidckei-
arsenic ores mined. in Northern Oo
tailo. Smelter matte made by the rn'
ternational Nickel Com,p,any of can--
ada is treated in plants located: at-
Olyda.ch, Wales__„ Huntingdonai, West
Virginia`, and Port Colborne and`Cop-•
per 'Cliff, Ont. Converter copper made -
by International Nickel is- electro-
lytically refined at 'Copper Cliff.
The Negro .pa:sox;tad, been preach,
Ica; about salva. 3n, and -concluded by
saying that it was free as water. Im-
mediately after the sermon came the
collection.
ti "But, parson," objected one of the
congregation. "1 thought you said
salvation was free like water."
"So it is, -brother,; so it is," replied
the preacher, "and' so is water. We
only charge for piping it to you.'
•
anther: "Now try' and leave the
party, at a reasonable hour. No more
of this `coming home with the milk-
man, young lady!"
Daughter:. "Why, dad, of course
not. !-He won't ba -there." '
North . Huron. Member .
Speaks .At Ottawa
Mr. L. E. Cardiff, of Brussels, Mem-
ber. for North, Huimn, spoke in the
House of Common's- last week as fol-
lows:
Mr. L: T ..CARDIFF: (Huron North) :
Mr, Speaker, 1 do snot think • anyone
doubts the sincerity of the -remarks
which ,have been made by most hon.
members' on 'both Sides: of the .house
in connection with Canada's war, ef-
tort; and I Shope that what I' say this
afternoon will be garnished with' the
same sincerity of purpose. My only
reason for rising in my place is to
offer some suggestions that may be
acceptable to the .government. in "the
carrying on of our war effort. As, a
preface to my remarks, let me state
that what I have to say is based en
practical knowledge gained from a
lifetime in agriculture.
In the County. of Huron, we have
about 10,000 farms, and' in addititon
we !have a number of manufacturing
establishments, an important 'lake
tharbour, a number of "grain elevators
,and flour mills, and some of the best
salt wells in, Canada. We have dome
of the finest roads and 'highways in
Ontario.. Yet the county is free from
debt and :has no Outstanding deben.
tures. Few other counties In Canada
.can boast of such good results from
a pay -asp -you -go policy. I take a great
deal df pride in the record of my
county; because I can claim at least
some credit for its present financial
position. -
I believe every hon. member should
voice hig- (Minion with regard to our
war effort. be doing so, petlhaps the
suggestions I offer for The improYe-
meat of this effort may be acceptable
to the ,government. Having sa t
through one whole session and hav-
ing come into the second I have ar-
rived at the ooniotusion that lawyers
and, doctors and professional men do
not poss'es!s an the brains there 'are
in tads fair land of oura. I have heard
in 'ohe .last few days many inspirriiag
addresses delivered by 'private inem-
bers on the government ` sidle, and I
venture to spay there are a great many
more who, given the opportunity,
would offer helpful and: inspiring
thoughte that could' well be Made nee
of In this hotttr of Beed, -
The rural people realize .that the
present drisis calls' for morea'ibtiflce
and efflo'rt; they are ready and area-
foul to do all in their 'power to for-
ward victory. It is atill toe obvlou§
thtit the allied governtmente unifiere
took to fight this war as an economic
war, acrd 'with money, while the en-
emy used guns and ammunition. Hit-
ler knows no law other than brute
force- and destruction., Tanks, not
sterling; machine guile, not t9reign
exchange; sabotage, : pot dtoliars, is
his method. Surely' we are living in
a land of make-believe and sleight-of-
hand from some government mem-
bers when they pretend to assume in
this dark hour that trade will move
through normal ahann+els and that
customary- surpluses .in several lines
of our .Canadian production will find
a market, thus permitting production
to command fair and reasonable pric-
es. Farmers have divorced themselves
from' the profit motive, and are actu-
ated only, by a determined desire to
serve in the front .ranks of produc-
tion. Farming -today is a business,
and just as in other industries, far-
mers must 'have sufficient intaamie rte
cover overhead, defray .expenses, and
maintain the, institution. '
During this- war, Canadian exports
will largely be confined to Great Bri-
tain, the United States 'and, South
America. The demand for shipping
facilities will restrict •our exports to
Great Britain, to a minimum. We do
know• from experience, however, .that
if this conflict proceeds, all our pro-
duction of foodstuffs will be in de-
mand but In the meantime our ware-
houses are full. At present the far-
mers have . to assume the...burden of
these surpluses, and' carry their share
of war -time taxation. At this time of
emergency i contend, Mr, Speaker,
that these are problelns that should
be faced by otir federal government.
Non-perishable surpluses such ' as
wheat, 'beans, pork, are in my opin-
ion as goad as gold in war .time.
There is nothing that will Out heart
in a man like a full stomach, • and
there IS nothing that will weaken the
morale e- any nation like starv-atioan.
We all know that armies travel on
,their "stonvtchs•, and so I say again.,
pile up -surpluses of non+-p'ertkhable
'goodg and 'keep the people working,
make the currency eireh.late, and back
.1t up With' gold and with the storage
of In'oii-perisbable goads,,, Non-perieih
able protlaats .are as good• ae gold an
war tirade, .and better. Beat the en-.
emry, ttitHist otyn game. Only those
wsh'o accept defeat;"airs defeated. We
must never b de-feated,
a/ t often wlb ter` Just toilet the read -
(Cent; iced on Page 6)'"
Seen in .,the
County Papers
.Gone -Tv Aurora.'.
Mr. Jerry Bradley, of the Bank of
Commerce staff, here, received notice
of his transfer to the branch at Aur-
ora, and left on Monday to take, up
his duties there. Jerry's many Mende.
here will learn of this removal with
regret.—Blyth Standard.
Post ,Nuptial Shower
Mrs, Laura Dexter at'teilded a
shower in; honor sof her youngest
daughter; Mildred, wtho was. recently "
married to Alfred Nichol of Morris. ,
Township. Over two hundred Mende
and neighbors gathered at their Thome
coal: Brussels and enjoyed an even,-
ing of gS;m'es and d'anciiig: An ad-
dress was .read, and Mr. Nichol, on
behalf sof Isis rife, replied, suitable', '
thanking ,otiose• present for the many
lovely gifts. Friends were present
from London, Wingham, Beigrave,
Brussels, Seaforth, Goderioh, Lon -des- ,
boro acid Cranbrook.,-Blytli Standard.
-Perth Regiment Goes To .Hamilton
On Tuesday Perth Regiment, M, G.,.
moved from Camp Borden where they .
have been for some months, to Ham--
iiton where they will be stationed in
a former industrial plant taken over
by the Department of Nationdal De -'-
fence a sa •troop centre. Machine gun ' •
Practice will be taken at Winona.
Several small .'detachment Of toe•
Royal Canada -Ian' Army Service Corps -
wi.1I be stationed' inn the same bar--
racks.—Mitchall Advocate.
What is Doing At the Airports'
Five .mbre Avro-Ansor twin taigrin--
ed bombing planes have arrived at
Port Albert and day training this been
in progress for' some time,. These'
English p1'airesi can, develop a speed
of nearly' two' ahuotdred miles an /tour
Mid are used in active dervice, par- ,
tit - Marty In patrol work, They have•
a orutsdn'g radius, er over four hourrs
and acre particularly well adapted ffir
'braining purpose• Night 'training is
to start; iu a fevr days, ter as soon, tto
lig�i;ttwg fie Utie`aro completed. This
part of the . Port Albeit ;program
new•ent the •:last lop. Wechtesday' at--
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