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The Huron Expositor, 1947-05-30, Page 17,71,7F‘ 07,77.74 Year Whole Number 4140 411 SEAFORTH, FZIDAY; MAY 30, 1.947' • 71 FORMER/MAYOR 'Continued Rain. Is -Threat JOHN JICLUFF To Normal Productjori DIES SUDDENLY District Farmers Claim After Forty Years' Service To Town, Retired in December. MAYOR FROM 1936-1946- , • The illness of only a week, which' endedin -the death of Eli -Mayor John J. Cluff on Friday, May 23, removed from the public life of eaforth one who had been active- and prominent in the town's affaft;s for nearly half a ,century. Mr. Cluff had been in ex - cellent health and active about town until stricken a week before his death and his sudden °passing, came with a great sense of shock; not only to his family, but to the eitiZene of Seaforth where he had been so long and in- timately known,' and where his integ- rity and public spirit had won him the respect and confidence of all. Cluff was as Son of the late Noble Cluff, one of the pieneer manu- facturers of this tow -n, Where he was born 75 years ago. As' a young man he- learned, the cabinet 'making, but Many years ago he and his brother, Mr. A. F. Cluff, joined their father to found the firm of N. Cluff & Sons, lumber manufacturers and dealers in coal. Following the •death of his father in 1925, Mrs Cluff andhis bro- ther continued the business under the old.firm tatne, which became one of the most widely known -in ;town and country. • In January, 19461 the lum- ber mills, yards and coal business were sold to 'Seaforth, Supply & Fuel,. Limited, and Mr. .Cluff and his Jiro-, ther retired from active business. Following th,e tradition of his father, who was Mayor in 1905-6, Mr. Chat entered municipal politics in -early_life..when be.was elected to the council ' in 1907,' and during • the 40 years of his public life he„ occupied every office in the gift of the peo- ple. His municipal record was most unusual and outstanding. and, showed how conclusively he retained the confi- dence of the citizens of the town, who since 1936 have returned him to that office, by acclamation, for the ten succeeding years.' He retired -Voluntarily in January of this year: ' In addition to his large 'business ire terests, and •heavy municipal responsis bilities, Mr, Cluff also took ,an active interest and part' in all town activi- 'ties. For many years he was a mem- ber of the Fire Brigade; for three years he was President of ,the Lawn Bowling Club, and was also a mem- ber of the Liona Club and of the Cana- dian Order of Foresters. - In 1903 Mr. .Cluff was united in marriage/ to,, Miss Catherine Seat, al- so of Seaforth, who survi-ves him, to- gether with a family of one son and (Continued on Page 4): . '• • Rolls Over But Loses No Gas Ralph Brock, driver of a gasoline truck for W. C. Allison, Eiceter,•is in St, Joseph's Hospital, London,,, with a fractured right elbow received when a truck Jae was driving Saturday roll- ed over into a field antreame to rest on its wheels, without spilling a drop of gasoline or oil. DIES SUDDENLY • Only 60 Per Cent of Spring Grain Sown in County; Forced To Substitute Lat- er Crops.. BRITISH QUOTAS - MAY BE AFFECTED John J. Cluff, distinguished Sea - forth citizen, who sewed the town as Mayor for ten years, died sud- dealy at his home Friday. Upon retiring from office at the close of 1946 he was presented with a silver tray by his colleagues, in recognitiop of forty years' service to Seaforth. BAND CONCERTS COMMENCE SUNDAY Seaforth. Iiighlanders Acknowledge Donations To 'Uniform Fund. • • Seaforth H„ighlanders Band, under. the direction of Baridmaster E. H. Close, will commence its siiminer‘con- cert series on Sunday evening in Victoria Park. For its opening' program the Band will play: "Q Canada"; March, ,"Capap Sheridan; religious 'selection„ "Jek To 'the World"; .Maioh, "Gettys- burg" ; Overture, "Three Merry (K) Nights" ; Serenade, "Cupid Charms"; March, "Ohilcothian"; Ov- erture, "Royal Pageant"; March, "34th ' Division"; Overture, "Royal Emblera"; March,."InVercargill"•; hymn, "Faith of Our Fathers"; "The King," e`antributions to 'the band uniform fund are continuing .to be received. Recently the Seaforth Women's In- stitute donated $5:00 •and Idelweiss Rebecca Lodge $10.00. S. S. 1 Tuckersmith Plans- Party S. S. 1, Tuckersmith, will hold a section party on Friday night, May 30, at 8.30 p.m. Mr. S. Whitmore, 'of Seaforth,will. be 'the guest, speak- er, and a short prograth by the pupilS will be„followed by inusieal numbers and readings by local artists. Lunch will be served .during the social hour. Seaforth Women's Institute Records Pioneer History (The Seaforth Women's Institute, through its Historical Committee, headed ,bf Mrs. Paul Doig, during re- - Cent months, has recorded' the'.history of pioneer, farms and institutions of the area. ' The stories are being pre- pared -in such a manner that they can be' preserved and thus add' in no small measure to the historical data of the cotinty. It may be that certain his- torical information, through lack .of knowledge of the project, has not been made" available to the Institute. this should be the case, interested parties may obtain full information by Contacting Mrs. Doig, R.R. 4, Sea.forth, The following article, taken from the InOtitate collection, is the seven.- teenth ina series' which will appear In The Huron Expositor). S. S. NO. 5, SPROAT'S SCHOOL After talking to many, ex -pupils with lionerneffieTe-er-S, -eXatoining old minute books filled .with the signaturesof alien long since gone to, their re- ward; and after listening to the reminiscences of scholars, who got all of their printery education at No. 5 • (many of thorn getting all the- aCade- •.,,,' • anie education they were ever to get at thin school), we ventere•the ,asser- Von. that 'no plibilc fichool in. the Township of Tuckersmith has done more for the life of its colnuninity than S.S. NO; 6, the. Redan Scheel, or as it is more eoniMonly called, Sprint's Schotil. It is more' than eighty years 'since Mr. Vercho stepped into the old log . school house at No. 5 and breirght hin ,puplie to (Mantle& He must have 'been., a terror, :but then he was •deal - lug with a roonifitl of terrors, which ..• evened things up a bit. When the teacher got to tOugh, the papas 3umped out of the Wittddar and hid in the earrolinding. •bash Until he had • lielablied dOWIL When !the pupils( got too tough, the teacher laid them out cold, with pointer or fist„ Whichever was convenient. Thoinas, Gray, who succeeded Mr. Vercho, was very cross to put it' mildly. :In faet, he broke a finger of One of his pupils, Frank Angus; and struck another with such force on the head that he carried the scar and a lock, of grey hair among the black until he died, After Gray came the Jamiesons, WilLiam-and George, good: fellows both, with a feeling for their pupils and their profession, that seems to haV'e been unusual at the time. Then came, Thomas Menary, Richard Lees, Edward Holmes, Mary Ann , McGaw (who later became Mrs. Janie ' Archi- bald), Janet 'Wilson, Isabel Forrest, Miss Edwards, Thomas Doig; James Landesborough, Ben Snake; Robert 'Muldrew, David Landesborough, Itobt. J, Beattie (who taught in this, school for 'aver twenty years), Helen Bertha Beattie, Alice Archibald, Nor- ma- Habkirk; Pansy Adama,"Margaret Drover, Mrs. James MacDonald, and the present teacher, Mrs. • Harold Nicholson. Since the early days, this school (section was noted for its literary and debating sodieties, which were formed under dilifetent teaehers. James. Landesborieigh started one in the early day's which met once a month.. They issued a paper, written, out by band, 'of course, and Jack Archibald', son of Andrew, was one of the edi- tors. These literary societies were going concerns up to twenty years ago, and this historian has very tinct reeollectiOns of taking part in debate, "Resolved that anticipation Is more to be .preferred than tealiza- tion," •Seene .of the Veeirdpointa broUght out. in -this, debate am stick itt the Writifee. memory. But the de- ' (ephtititted on 'Page 6) That the continued pain of the pest month will result in an immense loss ingrain production in this district, With an indirect loss through lessen-, ed meat_and egg production, is the consensus of 'district farmers inter- viewed by The Huron. Expositor Thursday. Since the first of May, 3.16 inches of Tama has fallen, accord- ing to Geo. Baird, Brucefield„ official weather recerdera According to LeRoy Brown, Huron agricultural repreaentative, 'less" than 60 per cent spring grain Id sown. Anything planted from now on is a gamble, with the result that most farmers are replanning their program to provide for more 'beans', corn and buckwheat. This has resulted in a scarcity of such 'seed. Of the farmers interviewed, only four had finished seeding. But while the grain was in, the yield would be far below normal., perhaps only ,50 per' cent, according to Reeve A. Nich- olson, of Tuckersmith. Reeve N. R. Dorrance, of MeKillep, another who has finished seeding, agreed the yield would be. lower, but would not sug- gest to what extent. "You never can tell until its getslater," he said. Huron Federation of Agriculture President, Russell Bolton, has finish- ed seeding, but already has had some killed ,Mit 'by the excessive rain. He was 'concerned about the extent to 'which poultry and meat quotas for Britain would be affected by the low- ered, grain production. . John Gordon, McKillop•..township (Continued on Pagel) • • SEMORTH WINS SOFTBALL OPENE1Z Kennedy Holds Centralia Scoreless Last Five Innings. Seaforth opened the softball season at the Lions Park Tuesday night, when 'the .locals defeated Centralia P.X.A.F. 8-5. :Sluggers haf a ileid clay, as four homers • were driven out by Woods, and. Cameron, of Seaforth, and ,Chap- etta .)and Hubbs, of Centralia. Sea - forth piteher. Half Deneau, kept the visitors scoreless for ,the first three innings but he got into trouble in. ,the fourth and fifth. Frank..Kennedy took over on, the •Itiotind in, the fifth, after the visitors had battered Deneau for five runs and held Centralia scoreless for the balance of .-the game. Centralia's battery Spree came to aprompt end when confronted with Kennedy's pitching. The local lads, batted Rhode, the Centralia pitcher,' 'for everything in the book and won' handily. • SEAFORTH—Woods, 3b.; Eisler, c.f.; 0Shea, c.; Cameron, as.; 8. Smith, ib.; Lee, 2b.; D. Smith, I.f.; Boussey, r.f.; Dene'au, p.'- CENTRALIA—Coleman, s.s.; Haii ilton, c.; Ohapetta, o.f.; Foster, 3b.; Ibbs, 2.1a, Rhode, p, McDougal, II.; Miller, lb.; McMillan, r.f. Uinpire—Crawford. Seaforth plays in Goderich..Friday, and next Friday. June 6, Exeter plays here. Hospital Aid Hears Donation Report WOQD FOM FJRST PACIFIC ZEAMSHIP MAKES..}4I's GAVEL Liberal Colleagues. ..lionor W. II. Golding, Huron.- , Perth Member. • PRESENTED W. H.-.Groldinge Huron-PerthIVI.P.,. who recently was named deputy chairman of the committee of the whole house, received a• 'furthor. hon- or on Friday, •when, at a Government callous he waarPresented with a gavel and accompanying tablet on which was engraved the following: "Presented to W. 11...Geldins, M.P. .Beloved Chairman of the Liberal Cau- cus of 19,47, by the Right 11011.. W. L. Mackenzie King, Prime Minister of Canada, on behalf. of •iriends and colt - leagues of the Liberal Party, this eavel, made 'from wood of the Hud- son Pay 'Company'sSteamship "Beav- er," first, steamship on the. 'Pacific Ocean." At the ceremony each of the Liberal Whips were also presented with a whip on ..which .hisname had. been inscribed. The • caucus, at the same thn•e, 'presented- HonT. Ian • Mackenzie wita a -brief case. . •- , • The wood from which the gavel and tablet,- presented to Mr, •Golding, was made, has .an unique histiary, having formed •a portion of Hudson. By "Heaver." , • 'The Steams.hip "Beaver" was built. for the •IludsenBay. Company in the year 1835, in Black_well, Englatid, the name of the apannany• at that time being, the Governor & Company of Adventurers of England, trading into Hudson's Bay. After its. constitution the company installed •two steam engines, built by. Boulton & Watt --Watt being the or iginal inventor of •steam engines, each of 35 nominal horsepower, the machinery and . equipment in all weighing 63% toria The ship itsKl. was 101 feet long; • witb. a 20 -foot beam, and 33... feetaoutside the pad- dles, a depth of 11% feet and a reg- istered tonnage of 109 teas:. She Was equipped with five guns-anine-pound- ers. . . • The Beaver sailed from England in the fall • of 163.5,• arriving in Astoria,' Oregon, on April 4, 1836. - Here the paddle wheels Were iartallesti, Sbe was ..the , first ateaMiAstaa0 operate 021 the. Pacific Ocean, and , ran between Portland and Alas.ka, first as a pas- senger boat, and later-'as.a tugboat. After 53 years' service the "Deaver" was wrecked onthe rocks outside of First Narrows. The ship was •constructed of elm, green 'heart, oak and African teak, fastened' with ° copper and bronze fastenings. The piece of wood from which the gavel is made is part of the wood originally used in the con- struction of the vessel, having been. donated by the Hudson Bay...Co., the original owners of the "Beaver." The Women's Hospital Aid to Scott Memorial Hospital held their regular meeting on Thursday in the nurses' residence. The meeting opened by repeating the Lord's Prayer in uni- son. , Minutes of the previous meet- ing were read and. adopted. The treasurer gave a very encouraging report. Miss Dinning gave a report -of th•e donations received on HeaRk tal Day, which included soap, 'drink- ing glasses, sherbets. fruit nappies, egg cups, wash cloths, bath towels, paint and story books, crayons, paper itapkins, pudding and jelly powders, soup, jars and cans of frult„ maple syrup, pickle's, tea, ease of .peas, flower vases, sets of cream and ettg- ar, ,bedand pin-up lamps, pillow oas- es, towelling, flannelette blanket and dresser sicarf. The f011owiligle an estimate made On all donations: Seaforth Public School $ 25.72 Seaforth High School 11.44 Seaforth Separate •SChool 4.49 Egmondville Sehcied.8 Geteral. donations. ' 136.50 Cash donations ,-271:00 Grand Total $449.54 The Hospital Aid eiepressed appree, cation to all those -who helped to make,"Hospital Day" such a success. • . PARENTS MARK GOLDEN WEDDING Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Epps celebrat- ed the 50th anniversary of their mar- riage at their residence in Clinton, on Saturday, May 17. ' Mr. and Mrs. Epps have four ehil-' dren: Clifford H., Clinton; (Eva) Mrs. M. E. Clarke, Seaforth; Lorne K. London, and Ellwood, Clinton. Going to ' Clinton, more .than a de- cade ago from Varna, Mr. and Mrs Epps have made many friends in the locality. For a time Mr. Epps cor- ducted a ' transport business, since then a blacksmith shop. They are both members of Wesley -Willis Unit- ed Church, Mr, Epps serving on the Board of Stewar6, and Mrs:. Epps taking an,active part in tht„.woinen's organizations of the, church. • Baptize Babies At First Presbyterian • • At the Morning service at First Presbyterian Clairch on, Sunday, the fallowing infaists , were baptized: James Douglas Elliott, len of Mr. and Mrs. Frank C. Grieve; Mary Louise. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank •Larnonti Donald John, son of Mr, and Mrs. Harry McLeod; Margaret Ann; daughter' of Mr. and Mrs, Keith Sharpe, and Allan Fred, eon of MT. and Mrs. A. Willocks. W. I. ISSUES - FINANCIAL REPORT The •Seaforth W.I. financial state- ment, covering the year May 1, 1945. to April 30, 1947, has been issued as follows: . Receipts Balance from previous year..$ 183.12 Members' fees 7.80 Grantsa-Gove meat or muni- cipal—No Miscellaneous —. (Collections, dances, home baking sale, catering to Legion, sale of W.I. pins, Fair Day booth, etc.) 820.10 Lions Speaker Warns Evils Of Mass Immigration Europe's Displaced Persons Lt. Col. R. N. Bissonnette Suggests Canadians Must Acquire National' View- point in Dealing With D. Pr's. INTRODUCE SEVEN NEW MEMBERS ° , • "As a general ,policy, displaced per- sons should be kept out of Canada," Lt. -Col. R. N. Bissonnette, of Strat- ford and formerly on the stiff of the Seaforth Collegiate Institute, told the members of the Lions Club meeting in the Commercial Hotel Monday eve- ning. "Individually, yes," the speak- er continued, "but only after each ap- plicant has been well vetted. If we like Canada, we should think 'of keep- ing it the way it is. There are al- ready enough foreign .subversive groups here now." Bissonnette, who some months ago returning to Stratford from overseas, where he was -in. charge of personnel, described to the Lions Club the ,difficulties that were faced in dealing with displaced persons in Europe. On V -E Day there were in Europe ten million D.P.'s; in the fol- lowing six months this number was reduced to four 'million, and at the present time there are estimated to be two million., While arrangementS were made prior to D -Day for the cottrol 'of the civilian population in. the 'occupied countries, the magnitude of the task facing authorities. Was not Wiry appreciated until the situation was. upon them. The speaker emphasized that all displaced persons were not socallecl. slave iahor. He set out the 'four classes into which D.P.'s were found to fall: 1. Slave laborafrona, occupied areas. Persons -who were ;forcibly, retained for tabor. 2.. Citizens. of occupied- countries ,whr, voluniarly went- to Germany. Taey were' there because they wanted to be there—"getting on the band wagen,7,. as the speaker d eB C 11Ved it. This class in the main was from Aus- tria, Czechoslovakia, and Poland.. -RP .-Geirmait Ottlizans atta, interinent, camps, whilliad th war started, including Jews, anti - Nazis of various kinds. 4. Retngee'safrom the East, who were fleeing ahead of the Russians. (Continued on Page -5) • • ° • - • • • • NeighOrs Sow Crop Ruscoe Farm, h.orpe of Hugh Chesney, 4th concession of Tuck- ersmithiehummed with activity on Tuesday afternoon when a num- ber of the neighbors gathered with teams and six tractors, taking advantage of the first. dry spell in weeks, to put in the crop for Mr. Giteeney, who has been 111 at his home for seVeral weeks. After working to a late hour the entire job was completed in one after- noon. Mr. and Mrs. Chesney ex- pressed their appreciation of the kindness shown them, and re- ported an improvement -in Mr. Chesney's condition. -• • • • • • Total . $1,011,02 EXpenditurea Meetings, hall rents, ete.,...$ 68.00 Officers honorarium and eitp. 01,40 Postage, stationery, publicity 28,82 Books and periodicale. • mes Contlituteity activities , , . , 272.42 • MR., MRS. J. KNIGHT MARRIED 50 YEARS Family --besent Dollar For Each Year of Their Married Life. Mr. and Mrs. John Knight were pleasantly surprised recently on., the accasiorrof their fiftieth wedging an- niversary, when a family dinner was held at the hOme,of Mrs. J. Ritchie. The event was attended by forty-two members oftheir family. Mn and Mrs. Knight haVe a family of seven sons: Horace, of the Nile; Frank, Toronto; Cecil and Leslie, of Kitchener; Alvin, Hamilton,. and Nor- man and Carl, of, Seaforth, and one daughter, Mrs. J. F. Ritchie, Seaforth. During the evening their son Carl, - spoke briefly and presented Mr. and Mrs'. Knight with a dollar for each year of their married life. • McKillop Charge Calls Minister SEAFORTII CADETS ARE INSPECTED Annual Church Parade is Held To ..Northside United Church. • .. The annual inspection of the •Sea - forth High Schaol :Cadet Corps was held Friday morning with. Lieut. Malone, •the inspecting - offiCer An :outstanding feature of the inspection was the, precision squad work. The squad went through 10 minutes of continuous movement without a,word of command. • Lieut. Malone, in complimenting the corps on She. showing rellicie. pre- sented awards to Oadet C.S.M. BilL Butchart as, best all-round cadet; to Donald Dale, best dressed and neat- est cadet; and to Cadet Lieut. Doris Ferguson, best girl cadet. • E. Lorne Fox, high school princi- pal, thanked the cadets for, their ex- cellent showing. On •Sunday the annual cadeLchurch, rarade was held. The corps paraded ,from the highschool to' North,side •Enited 'Cithrch. where. Rer„ Workman preached. a sernean. Major Alvin W. Sillery took the .salute. Present at the saluting base were E. L. Fox, L. B. Morrison and F. R. Dobson. Rev, J. R. Peters, B.A.';" of Sombra, Ont.. conducted services on the Mc- Killop pastoral ,charge' on Sunday, In the evening a , joint meeting of the three congregations was heal in Cav- en Church, Winthrop, with Rev. Gor- don Hazlewocal,' of Waltonpresiding, and Robert McFarlane as secretary, when a.unaninious call was extended to Mr. Peters to become pastor of these 'three congreg-ations. Mr. Peters is no stranger to Huron Presbytery, having.. served in Bel - grave, Dungannon and Varna. He will become pastor on July 1, JOHN- J. McGAVIN INJURES HAND When a loading .machine slipped and fell on his hand, crushing it against a gravel box, John J. McGava in, well known McKillop farmer, suf- fered painful injury to his left band, ,Eighteen stitches were recalirecl to close the wound. Mr. McGiavin, who 'liras on the 12th concession, was working in the gravel pit at the time. Miscellaneous (donations to Cancer Fund, Aid to China, Save the Children Fund, affiliation fees, life trun:n- bership, banquet sPealter, catering for banquet) 493.84 $ 907.81 Balance April 30, 1947—$104.01. W.I. ,Dance Nets Legion $20 There was a good attendance at the dance sponsored by' the Women's Institute in eardtio's Hall Friday eve- ning on behalf of the Canadian Leg- ion. Proceeds amounted to $21.20, which have been handed to the Legion. • WILL GRADUATE FROM STRATFORD Mids Lois F: Harrison; of McKil- lop; Miss Cenevieve -L. .Sraitli. of Brucefield, and Margaret .An -n Fuss, 'of Zurich, will graduate as trained, nurses from Stratford General Hes- pital on Wednesday next. "1 i1 fir Annual Up' Road Cii Fine 'S."' GOLDEN ANNI.. The district annual•effionth.giirUir 'Women's Institutes wiiarlielA'TheSdall 'in Thames Road United Church, whew •,•;! fixe district 'president lifesitled andi the meet)* opeued: Ode, followed with the LOrd,tiarifiyen in unison. The ptogram.,Nos("s• built° a., around the 50th aiiiaiversiat 'of tl • founding of the Women's:. Jr/elMetes. - Mrs. 4. Rundle, of wel,, corned the delegates, to, which, 1VIrS. Norman Long, of Kippen, replied. . The minutes of the last annual ,ineet- • ing were read by Mrs. Alvin iVfoir, Hurmidale, and the secretary .followa ed with the treasurer' ti report. 'The auditors stated that they had checiseeli the books and 'found them is excel- lent order. The president stated that the ambition of the district is to have 16 branches in -six years. The reports of standing conimitteee were presented and complimented • a later by the -guest speakers, as :being concise and worthy of mention,: Agri- culture, Mrs. Ray Nott, Seaforth;!: Citizenship, Mrs. A. E. Munn Ifensall; 'Home Economics, Mrs. John _Sinclair, Kippen; Social Welfare, Mrs. Prat] , Beer, Hensall; Publicity, Mrs.,NeWelit Geiger, Zurich; 'Hisio•ricat -Research, Mrs. Valli. Doig, Seaforth, Mrs, El- iner Cameron, of Seaforth, contribut- ed a lovely piano -solo. The demonstration was capably , handled by Mrs, A. E, Munn, of gen- :all. who displayed hand -made plastitt aprens and presented 'new ideas con- cerning plastics and their uses. She also. made a plastic place mat ands stencilled it in colors, and painted flowers on some. Mts.' Archie Mor - gar, of Hurontaledirected commute. . ity singing, after which Mrs. Fred Oster, chairman of the London Conte ferenee, brought some interesting . facts that the, executive confront in can'ying.out their duties. The mora- ing session closed as the memberse and guests were invited- to the haa- quet 'tables which were artiaticadr, igrSi,t4f40.).„.4011stitcgte-',,M)-1-$07.P-"WA arranged with 'blue and gold steam - day cake, made by Vit. -YereY more, of Hurondales topped with 59 • •, • candle's, centered the head table. The Candles were lit by two pioneer teem - tiers of' the South Huron W.I., Miss Nettie Keddy, of Exeter, and Mrs, E. Hey, of Zurich. Mrs. A. Moir presented the history of the South Huron Women's Insti- tutes, which started from a farmer' -a.„., organization at Exeter., .The presi- dent acted in the capacity of toast- mistress and called upoti Mrs. A. W. Kerslake, of Hensall, pf&sident Hensall Wi, who ProPosed, a toast to the King. Mrs. H.,Rose, of Zur- ich, proposed a toast to "Canada, Mrs. Hendrick giving the. reply. The toast to the Institute was 'given by 'Mrs. E. B. Goudie, Seaforth, with Mrs. A. Mor - 01 Hurondale, making the reply. The birthday cake ,as served and much enjoyed. Officers for the coming year are Honorary president, Mrs. Glenn. Mac- Lean, Kippen; president, Mrs. rordon Papple, Seaforth; vice-presidents, Mrs. 4. Elgie, Kippen, Mrs. Jas. Kirk - (Continued on Page 5.) McKillop Girl Well Known Home Econordics Coach (By Helen C. Abell in The Farnaers Advocate) If a travelling salesman shOuld stop at the.McKercher.fartn near Seaforth, Ontario, there would be little chance of his meeting, the farmer's daughter. The chances ,are that she would be out on the country reads travelling farther in one day than the salestuan travelled in a week! Helen McKercher is a CountasHome Economics Coach with the 'Women's Institute Branch of the Ontario De- partment , of Agricalture. Her work takes her out to the homes ,and local meeting places of rural girls and wo- men in many parts of Oatario. Helen :doesn't travel to sell'pink pills or gold bricks, Her job is to give rural peo- ple all of the professional help and personal encouragement and, leader- ship that lies within her power, „ She developed knowledge and a.p- predation at rural life as, she grew up on the family farm, which is still her home. Driving a tractor came before handling a car. Gathering eggs was preparatory to -making an omelette. 1 Spring housecleaning was a chance to examine the'clothing her grandfather bad stored in the (Mk ohe hundred years ago when he had. worn R on his trip from Scotland -to Canada. Threshing in tbe fall Was an opportunity to appreciate the help the neighbors -can give ta one another. ° Twoyaars at Macdonald Institute at the - Ontario Agricultural College, folloWed by courses at Columbia and Cornell Universities in the United States, furnishedan academic groultd- ing in the Subjeet matter of home econonlios. Helen and the other County, Coaches, teach much of the traditional sewing and cooking akifls that- the uninitiated ,consider as the sum total of ,hotne ecentitaieta But far More fondaniental li the deVeloptilent , ir7 ' '• • 1 of self confidence and poise that rural girls acquire from their aseeeitie lion with the County Home Econoratea Coach. The Coach helps Peeple to hel. themselveg. There is ne spoon feed ing of predigested knowledge that le unrelated to daily rural liaing. eral years ago. Helen went to a tante/ home where two young Motheirlead girls were struggling to earelot VALI father and hrethers: Helen r�lled t' her sleeves and Worked with the gilts' to turn the house into a. hoitte. Ttd girls were taught sample foo.a Iprek partition, house cleaning and linVr mend clothing. They learned, hotly Ad organize their daily Weak and it handle the 'emotional' tt111416tig: that (COntintled on Palo .V; •