The Huron Expositor, 1943-09-17, Page 2•
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40 at Seaforth, Ontario, ev-
ursday afternoon by McLean
x scription. rates, $1.50 a year in
anee ;foreign $2.00 a year. Single
pies, 4 cents each. •
Advertising rates' on application.
EA.FORTI3, Friday, September 17
Showing The Wat,
In these days of consumer short-
ages, when even with the rationing
of many food products, people are
finding it increasingly difficult to get
the living allowances they have been
accustomed to all their lives; when
coal and other fuel is at a -premium;
when the stocks in every line of mer-
chandise are dwindling and hydro -
must be saved for war work, " the
Town of Kincardine is showing the
way ton other towns and communities
in the matter of saving these most
necessary needs of mankind, and at
the °Same time providing a wartime
example for others to follow.
Some time ago we mentioned that
this northern town was contemplat-
ing a five-day week of business and
the curtailment of business hours
even during these five-day weeks.
That has now become an accomplish-
ed. -fact as the business week in Kin-
cardine now . starts on Tuesday.
morning .and ends at ten o'clock ,on
Saturday night.
The town merchants claim that
they can dispose of their quota of
goods in these five days and further,
that there will be a very consider-
able -saving of coal and other fuel, as
well as light, as over the long week-
' end the fires can be banked to a mini-
mum or allowed to go out altogether,
while lights are turned off.
From January lst to March 31st,
there will be a further curtailment
of business hours.' During these
three winter months all business
places will be closed on Saturday
nights at seveh o'clock. That is an
innovation. that will be watched with
the keenest interest by other towns
in Western Ontario: But the merch-
ants 'of Kincardine say it can be
done, and they are going to do it.
Possibly Kincardine is better situ-
ated than many of its fellows to_ try
such an, experiment. In a way, " it
is isolated. There are no large cit-
ies or centres within many miles of
it and during the winter months they
really have snow in that district.
Consequently people who will resent
the curtailment of their accustomed
shopping hours will not be as likely
to get on their high horse and tell
the merchants that they will do their
shopping in other towns, because the
other towns are too far away toy
make a practise of visiting them reg-
ularly under present-day gasoline
restrictions.
No doubt there will be much talk
and a little resentment shown
against the merchants for a time,
but it is astonishing how quickly peo-
ple can change their ways and form
new habits of doing busine"ss. In
fact their business is . being done in
a new way almost every day. Chang-
es have crept in ever s,ice the war
began and if the war continues for
another year, and there seems no
prospect of an earlier termination,
our former ways of doing business
will be revolutionized almost beyond
recognition.
War has no regard. for the rights
of man and much less for what he
considers his privileges, so as far as
we can see,, the simple thing as well
as the right thing for people to do
is to take life as it comes and make
the very best of it. The war will not
end our way (unles's we saerifice to
help .'it. But that is something a
great many people fail to realize.
They want to win the war but—at
,other people's expense and incon-
, , ireuiei ee.
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l J'ot ilarvest Weather
The weather that was `served out
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to us for ten days or more could not
`etch of the Imagination be
St' weather, The grain
S" true; is mostly' over,
lI''IGt Id. ' hiliout, is
.not there because it was too heavy'
to move.
But there are other harvests. be-
side . the grain, and the bean crop is
one of them,.. Continued wet wea-
ther and beans do not mix very well,
and what looked like a real • bean
crop a few short weeks ago, does not
look exactly like that just now.
Potatoes, too, have suffered be-
cause of the wet weather, and al-
though the prospect for a bumper
potato crop was at no time too prom-
ising, the rain has certainly not im-
proved it.
The corn is still to come, and given
some favorable harvest weather it,
with the hay, will have to be depend-
ed upon for the feed bill this year.
But corn and hay are not enough to
produce market stock, which means
that grain will have to be bought in
large quantities. And buying graili
is not as paying a proposition as
raising it on the home farms.
Last year the grain crop, in fact
almost every crop .grown on the
farm, was a record one, but we can
not live indefinitely' on last year.
This is another year and, unfortun-
ately. the grain shortage will put a
decided crimp in the farmers' war
effort to produce more, and keep on
producing.
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The Reason
It is said "that the, average person
shies from facts because he has
learned they shake his faith in his,.
prejudiceS."
Facts about Canada's war effort
are very easily obtained. They have,
in fact, been printed in. newspapers
and magazines over the Allied world
and voiced over the air by many not-
able persons, including. the British
Prime Minister, the President of
the United States, and many others.
We have been reading newspaper
editorials for a long time, particu-
larly Some newspapers in Toronto,
and we never before could under-
` stand their aversion to facts, until
we saw the quotation above.
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Churchill' s Plane
The Commando, Prime Minister
Winston Churchill's far -travelled
Liberator bombers has arrived at the
Tuscon Division of ., Consolidated
Vultee Aircraft, Tucon, Arizona, to
be refitted as a transport.
Now on its fourth set of engines,
the bomber carried the Prime Min-
ister,, to Russia,' Turkey, Cairo, the
first unconditional surrender confer-
ence at Casablanca, and the recent
conference at Quebec.
The plane is lined with fibre board
and contains eight seats, a crude lav-
atory, a small hot plate, and two
comfortable bunks located in a conF-
partment above the bomb bay.
Officialssaid they expected the re- .
fitted plane would be returned to the
Prime Minister's service.
Perhaps that is what has been
keeping Mr. Churchill so long in
America., And, perhaps not! Or
perhaps, at this writing, Mr.
Churchill may already be back in
England.
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Traffic Cops In The Air
An Associated' Press despatch
from London, England, the first of
last week, is responsible for the
statement that they now have traf-
'n"fic cops in the air.
In fackt, it said an aerial traffic cop
directed the R.A.F. and R.C.A.F.
mass assault on Berlin on August
21st. Ile gave instructions ,,to., raid-
ers as they came over, the target in
waves from the west.
.. Airmen who participated ,r in the
bombing of ' Germany's No. 1 city
said the following day that the di-
r°ector of the raid maintained a run
ning pep talk throughout thee raid,
his tone clear, calm and tough.
As one of the first waves reached
Berlin, the men heard:
"There is absolutely nothing here
to stop you chaps. The searchlights
look pretty thick, but they have not
got glue."
No. 10's Cat Leaves a Son
(London Daily. Sketch) _s
Bob, famous Downing" Street cat, and friend of
Mr. Churchill, is dead. 13ob "held" -the steps of
No. 10 during the' Munich crisis':' He was official-
lf recognized by Mrs. Chamberlain who said, in
193`9, that.tho hutary of No. 10 might begin with
C` ' r'1es. this; SeCOMI and end with Bob. He was
bo'iidhed Clift Of the'Treast1ry and beeenie "attach-
ed" to the '11'oreigh• Office. Though Bob has gbue,
;all IS well With t1i Tonne orb leaves+ a on.
gone
The Expositor Interesting items,.picked from •
The Expositor of fifty and
twenty-five years ago.
From The Huron Expositor
September 20, 1918
Lieut. W. Oliver, of Staffa, has been
severely ,wounded in France.
Mr. R. Brownlee, of Kippen, had the
misfortune last week to have his driv-
ing mare killed by a train while it
was feeding on the track.
Cook Bros,, of tlensall, have instal-
led Hydro power in their flour mills,
which means a large increase in the
use of Hydro there and will prove a
9heapening of the cost for the village.
Nine young girls of Seaforth, all un-
der 14 years of age, Misses Jean and
Margaret Stewart,, Donna a n d
Ina Layton, Violet and Kathleen Ran-
kin, Mary Hays, Genevieve James and
Irene Patterson, gave a Rea Cross tea
in Mr. Thomas Stephen's store on
Main Street on Saturday last from
which they' realized the handsome
sum of $61.16.
Mr. G. F. S. Garden, of Kitchener,
has purchased the grocery business
of Mr, Henry Livens.
Miss Florence Deem left on Monday
to attend Normal School at Stratford.
Miss Sadie Robinson has taken a
position in Mr. W. G; Willis' store.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Ryan, Wal-
ton, received word last week that
their son, Edward Ryan, had been ad-
mitted to the General Hospital at
Letreport, suffering from gunshot
wounds fn the right thigh. •
Owing to other business and the
scarcity . of competent farm help, Mr.
J. J. 3Ierner, M.P., has disposed of
his farm just south of Egmondville,
where he has been livingg since last
spring, to Mr. William Walper, of
Hay township.
The neighbors and friends of Pte.
Wallace Powell gathered at his home
in Harpurhey on Wednesday evening
and presented him with a wrist watch
prior to his leaving for London mili-
tary camp.
Mr. Sam Dorrance, Sr., was official-
ly
fficially notified on Monday that her only
son, Pte. Sam Dorrance,.. had been
wounded. He died in France on
August 6th.
Mrs. Henry Chesney also received
word that her, son, Pte. Hector D.
Chesney, had been wounded in the
right shoulder.
Pte. John Armstrong and ' Pte.
Lorne Taylor, of Constance, return-
ed to their home there.
Mr. Daniel Schroeder, of Stephen,
lost a valuable cow in a very peculiar
manner, a small piece of wire having
lodged in its heart. It is believed the
animal swallowed the wire in its fod-
der and that it worked its way to
the heart, causing death.
Mrs. W. W. Meredith, of Wallace -
burg, was a guest at the home of her
brother, Mr: J. F. Reid.
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Lazy Meadows,
(By Harry 4, Boyle)
The annual fall. session of house-
cleaning is just getting warmed up
here at Lazy Meadows. I find that
it pays to have work to do at the
barn or out in the fields these -days.
A woman certainly is not to be triflled
with when the housecleaning is in full
swing. She simply does'n't want to
be -bothered with anything as useless
as a man around. f
In the first place, the question of
what to do with the "junk" comes up.
The sideboard drawers have been
swallowing up all kinds . of articles
ever since spring cleaning. The prob-
lem now is where to dispose of all
these articles . . . none with value,
but all kept for some remote purpose,
long forgotten.
He went oft to ' the army and left.
them with us and we sort a hated
to lestroy them.' There are keys in
abundance ... keys to the pumphouse
and extra keys to the car and keys
from locks that have' long been out
of use and. a couple of old broken
padlocks and the alar clock that
doesn't work. For two years we
have been thinning about getting it
fixed up, 'but 'so far no one has done
anything abojlt it.
There are patterns clipped from
newspapers and a full-length story
from a weekly paper and the Christ-
mas edition of the local paper which
we never did finish reading. There
are little Victory Loan pins and ad-
vertising circulars and several War
Savings Certificates that should be
put away in a safe place. A little
jelly jar holds a collection of stones
gathered up one Sunday by Patricia
Ann at the lake shore. Mrs. Phil -has
some odd pennies in a cold cream jar:
There's part of a ball of red yarn and
about twenty-five feet of binder twine
and a holly wreath that looks a little
dejected.
As the material is brought out of
the drawers Patricia Ann dances
around trying to rescue little pins
and decorations and broken articles
of all descriptions. I find myself tak-
ing issue with the destroyal of things
that are perfectly useless and I know
it makes the task very hard. a.VIrs.
Phil is puzzled herself sometimes as
to, what she should throw out and
what she should keep.,, That's why
I'm sticking close to, work outside.
There's a clipping from the Family
Herald about how to get rid of warms
in sheep and several wedding notices
clipped from the local paper. There's
an old watch -chain that Uncle' Tim
gave Patricia Ann to play with. Of
course it's tarnished and of no pos-
sible use but the little girl guards it
as jealously as a man would a twen-
ty -dollar gold piece. Then there are
the pictures that our former hi'red
man sent us from Vancouver when
he was in training there and the
photographs of some girl that my
cousin Peter met in Edinburgh.
The hired man' also left a bundle
of old letters contaift'ing correspond-
ence over a breach -of -promise suit he
once became involved in. He said he
was keeping the letters just in case
anybody ever started anything again.
From The Huron Expositor
September 22, 1893
Last Monday at noon a stack con-
taining six or eights acres of oats be-
longing to J. Fisher, of -Walton, was
burned, the fire being occasioned by
a spark from the engine of Messrs.
McLeod and Johnston, threshers.'
Mr. Wm. McAllister,the well known
pig breeder of the Parr Line, near
Varna, 'returned from Toronto a few
days ago. While there he purchased
from Snell "Bros:, of Edmonton, the
well-known breeders, a Berkshire sow
23 months old, and a boar of the same
breed.
Several citizens of Staffa took in
the Toronto Exhibition. Among them
were ' Messrs. Walter Shillinglaw,
Frank Hambly and Thos. Delgaty.
On Saturday morning last between
five and six o'clock, the barns of Mrs.
Frank Case, on one of her fine farms
about -a mile east of Seaforth, were
struck by lightning and burned to the
ground. About the same time the
barns of Mr. John Wingle,• in McKil-
Iop, were struck and alto . destroyed.
The first snow of the season fell
on Saturday, the, ,16th inst.
Mr. J. A. Wilson, Seaforth, has left
for Great Britain where he will re-
main until the first of November. -
Mr. John Rose, •stationmaster at
Brucefield, sold 10 tickets last week
to the World's Fair. Among those who
went from that vicinity were James
Swan, William and, John Murdoch,
Hugh 4VlcGregor and Robert Ross.
Mr. 'David McIntosh, V.S., of Bruce -
field. was a judge of light horses at
the Industrial Fair at Toronto. This
is the eighth tbime In succession that
he has occupied a similar honorable
position.
Mr. Charles Dodds, of MeNillop, has
gone to Dakota to visit his four sons,
who are located in the Devil's Lake
district.
The opening meeting of the Young
Men's Christian Association, Seaforth,
was held in their roots in Strong's'
block 011 Wednesday. The program
consisted of a quartette by Mrs.
Bright, "Miss Galloway, Wv D. Bright
and C. Willis; a duet by Mrs. Somer-
ville and Mr, .Scott; readings by M'r.
Crawford and Mrs. Kirkman; recita-
tion 'by Mr. A. S. McLean; solos by
Mr. W. G. Willis and Mr. Herbert.
Miss Florence Johnston aeted as or-
ganist. Next Wednesday's program
will be given by Mr. Eldridge T. Eel -
lam.
Mr. Jas, Ireland drove to Seaforth
from Morris on Saturday last to at-
tend the . fungra1 of the late Mrs. lute -
Lean, Mi'. Ireland is, now about 86
years of age and the .tact that he can
stand the fatigue Of aneh a 'long )our-
he,yy emirs hifn t6 ,be Still hate and
hearty,
Purchase Waxing Plant
The Canadian Canners have taken
over the turnip waxing plant . of Mr.
Seth Winer and are now getting it
in shape for the season. Mr. Winer
has, been employed as manager.
Waxed turnips are in great demand•
across the border and this plant has
turned out many carloads during
the past, few years.—Exeter Times -
Advocate.
:JUST A SMILE OR TWO:
Coach: "You're doing well, son.
The way you hit that line and the
way you dodge and tackle and worm
through them is marvellous."
Football Player: "It• ,comes easy
me. I used to go with my mother
the bargain sales!"
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The newlyweds on their honeymoon
had the drawing room. /The groom
gave the negro porter a dollar not to
tell anybody on the train they were
bride and groom.
When the happy couple went to the
diner for breakfast next morning all
the passengers snickered and pointed
to
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At Chicago Musical Festival
LAC. Fred Ford, of Rockwood, is
on furlough visiting with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. J. Ford, of Us -
borne. Mr. Ford is a member of the
R.C.A.F. band at Rockwood, near Ot-
tawa, and before returning to, his
home, accompanied the 'band to Chi-
cago; where they took part in a great
musical festival, military bands from
all parts of the United States com-
peting. The Canadian 'band proved
to be one of the favorites. They were
treated royally while in the city. Mr.
Ford - plays the bass violin', the only
stringed instrument in the band.—
Exeter Times -Advocate.
Fractures Arm Second Tithe
Little Guelda Stapleton, eight-year-
old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. W.
Stapleton, fell at the home of her
aunt, Mrs. C. W. Aiken, in Howick,
on Saturday last and fractured her
arm. This is the second)similar acci-
dent for Guelda, as she fell on July
5th at her own home and fractured
the same arm.—Wingham Advance -
Times.
and eyed the couple knowlingly. The
groom called the porter and demand-
ed: "Did you tell anybody on the
train we were just married?"
"'No, sir," said the dusky porter, "I
told 'em You all was just good
friends."
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The tender-hearted young lady was
on her first fishing expedition. She
watched lier escort pull a healthy
trout out of the bubbling brook.
"But isn't it cruel?" she asked.
"Now," replied the angler scorn-
fully. "He likes it. Look at him
wagging his tail."
Huron Federation Of:
Agriculture --Farm News
Order Feed Grains
The . Agricultural Supplies Board
states:
It cannot be too strongly urged that
farmers in Eastern ,Canada who ex-
pect to need feed grain for feeding
live stock should not only place.their
orders now but also be prepared to
accept the kind of grain they can get
—wheat, oats or barley—and when
they can -'get it.
To facilitateathe movement of west-
ern feed grains, the Board urges the
full "co-operation of everydne concern-
ed—farmers, feed dealers and mem-
bers of the grain •trade.
Tax -Free Gasoline Parley Subject
Provincial, Treasurer Leslie Prost
was - in Ottawa recently conferring
with Finance Minister J. L. Ilsley on
gasoline tax revenue in its relation
to fuel for farmers. Prior to the elec-
tion the .Nixon Government amended
the act to make it possible for farm-
ers to get tax free gasoline, doing
away with the system of rebates. The
Federal authorities are reported to be
objecting to this method.
"Certain questions have
to the possibility that the act may
'conflict with Dominion ". regulations,"
said Premier •Ivrew. "Mr, Frost is in
Ottawa to attempt to arrive at some
cltear understanding in the matter."-
Shortage Looming in American Corn
Chicago.—Nat, C. Murray, national-
ly recognized crop authority, says in-
dications are that the nation is- about
500,000,000, bushels of corn short of
furnishing as much grain for the num-
ber of hogs -.as was the case during
the previous season. He •said 'it was
a mistake to believe that farmers
were refusing to send their corn to
terminals. Instead, they were forced.
to decide on their production plans
and conserve their feed to. meet their
needs, he declared.
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Meat on the Menu
- With steers beginning to jam stock
yard pens and hogs flooding Co mar-
ket, the U.S. Government moved to
put more meat on U.S. platters. It
did this by lifting quotas on live-
stock slaughter so that the stockyard
pens could, be cleaned. It also low-
ered ration points. on many meat it-
ems,
Flstimated U.S. • meat production in
1948 (24 billion pounds) is the high-
est in •history. The pork now flow-
ing In will 'be good, because farmers
.have found it more profitable to fat-
ten their hogs with corn than, to sell
the corm at low ceiling prices.
'But the 110o' beef will be mere bony
and gristly, because it is not finished
on grain before going to tharket. The
r'eaaon is that NtidWestern teedeit
arisen as
lhave been unable to pay Western
cattlemen's high prices and still make
a profit. Now that range grass is.
growing , scarce, Western steers are
stampeding, not to feeders who fatten
steers into tasty corn -fed steaks, but
directly to U.S. dining tables.
Will Create Food Board
Washington.—A permanent organiz-
ation on food and agriculture, the first
United Nations board, is expected to
be set up early in 1944, L. B. Pearson,
minister -counsellor of the Canadian
Legationhere, and chairman of the
interim commission working on its
establishment, said last week.
The commission has , set up two
panels, one scientific, the,.other econ-
omic. G. S. H. Barton, Canadian
Deputy Minister • of Agriculture, and
R, D. Sinclair, dean of agriculture,
University of Alberta, are members of
the scientific panel. H. F. Angus,
special assistant °to the Under-Secre-
tary of State for External Affairs, is
a member of the economic "panel.
The grotn•dwork for the .-• commis-
sion was laid at the Hot Springs con-
ference, attended by representatives
of 44 countries.
The draft agreement has been com-
pleted and will be submitted to the
commission for review, Pearson said.
Then it will go to all the Govern-
ments •-which were represented at
Hot Springs for approval,
When it has been, signed, the agree-
ment Will be a virtual charter under
which the permanent board will work.
Fattening and Fnisliing Poultry
Here are seven suggestions for fat-
tening and finishing drawn up by G.
K. :Semis, Chief Poultry Promoter,
Nova Scotia Department of Agricul-
ture:
1: Fatten birds
results.
2. Start to fatten birds of heavy
breeds when they weigh about five
pounds.
3. Do not wait until birds are stag-
gy. Remember that bard spurs, very
mature heads and red pigment show-
ing down backs of shanks are indica-
tions of sexual maturity. Stagginess
is usually penalized, in grading, about
3 to 5 cents per. pound.
4. 'S•taYliug- •at' least over night, be-
fore killing or delivery to market, is
very important. .
5. Never take to market thin or dis-
eased poultry that you would not eat
yourself:
6. Pinfeathers, full crops, tearing
and .rubbing all lower the grade.
7. 'Dress the 'birds properly at home
or deliver them in .good condition- to
a pool." or killing station where there
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in crates for best
•Bandmaster Fractured Arm
Mr. George J. Wright, local band-
master • suffered a fractured arm, just
above the wrist, on Monday night.
After conducting. the band at the
Lions Frolic he returned home and
had the misfortune to fall on the steps
with the resulting fracture.—Wing-
ham Advance -Times.
Five Cows Die
A meal of wheat and apples way
too much for five cows at St. Helens.
Seven cows partook of this tasty meat
but only two survived. The cows got
into a wheat (field and then into Gor-
don Rintoul's orchard. The owners
were Earl Cranston, Mrs. Ball, D. C.
MacDonald and H. D. MacDonald.—
Wingham Advance -Times.
Successful Music Student
Miss Irma. Watt is to be congratu-
lated on having "passed the Grade. g
piano exam, glide 2 theory exam,-
with
xam,with first-class honors, with the To-
ronto Conservatory, and Grade 8 at
school, all in the one year. She is a
pupil of Miss Elizabeth Mills.—Blyitla
Standard.
New Telephone Operator- Hired -
At a meeting of the Blyth Tele-
phone Commission on Saturday night.,
Mrs. Jean Harris was engaged to take
the place of Miss Myrtle White on the
switchboard. Miss White's services
cease a.t the end of the month and
she will go with her family to Galt,
where they will make their new home_
—Blyth Standard.,
Large Enrolment At Public Schools -
Tuesday was sNhool opening day -
At the public schools there is an in-
creased enrolment over recent years,
with over 360 at Victoria School and
over 200 at Central. In the kinder-
garten at Victoria are 65 beginners,
a record enrolment._ During the va-
cation the interior of Victoria school
had a thorough renovation, walls and
ceilings being painted, desks varnish-
ed, etc. At the Collegiate Institute
only the students of the .first and sec-
ond years are in attendance, owing
to the edict of the Minister of Edu-
cation ruling that, senior students..
someof ,whom are still engaged in
farm or factory work, are not to re-.
sume school attendance until the
week of September 20th.—Goderich
Signal -Star.
Win Globe & Mail Consolation Event
Heroe's of the local lawn bowling
fraternity are George `Mathieson and:
W. Baker, by reason of their suc-
bess in capturing the consolation
prize at the Globe and Mail doubles
tournament at Toronto last week. On
Thursday morning 350 of the best
bowlers in the Province gathered for
the first day's play, and when sunset
came all but 16 pairs had 'been elim-
inated, and George and Jack were
still "in it." On Friday they met a
Hamilton team, winning 16 to 7, and
next eliminated- a Toronto pair, 14 to
6. Their first and only defeat was
in the semi-fianls at the hands of a
Toronto team, Dougheny and Colvin,
who went on to win the chief hon-
ors. Im ' the final game for the con-
s,otation prize the Goderich pair again'
were victorious, defeating a strong
Newmarket team 19 to 15.--410derich
Signal -Star.
Boy Struck By Lightning
Lightning plays queer tricks and om
Wednesday evening of last week'Har-
old Butler, 12 -year-old soft of Mr. and
Mrs. Lafay tte Sutler, who reside
about one mile east of Munro, Was
the victim of .the :storm 'While in the
act of asst"ating his mother and his
brother, Billy, feed some calves. The
sterna appeared to have gone over and
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