The Huron Expositor, 1947-09-05, Page 2hied 1860
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SEAFORTH, Friday, September 5
- September Has Come
September has come .to wind up
our summer and turn us over to its
moods and fancies, which are usual -
)y soft and mild, playful and beauti-
ful but have been known to be every-
thing else.
It has been a short summer, . all
turned into one month. But' August
did its Vest for us. From first to last
it lived a torrid life. Blazing days
and humid nights, with occasional
-winds and rains and electric displays
to. change th'e hot monotony.
In fact -August burned the candle
at both ends and its torrid life has
left its mark upon the earth over
which it held sway for thirty-one
full days. Brown is beginning to
show on the vivid green of leaves and
grass and growth has been halted.
But September is a beautiful
month in Canada. Perhaps more
beautiful than Jany other of the year
unless it be June. But June was miss-
ing this year. it works wonderful
works with Nature, and its warm,
smoky hazes have to be experienced
before they can be realized
And September . paints the land-
scapeinto a kaleidoscope of colors,
more warm, rich and brilliant than
any painter has ever attained. Col-
ors that almost rival the sunsets over
Lake Huron at Bayfield. And Sep-
tember brings the Fall Fairs.
Yes, September can be a gorgeous
month, when it wants to be, and it
has started out to' be just that.
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The Me rrp- Go - Ro u n d
Even in Canada, one of the most
favored of all nations, no one needs
to be told that taxes are burdensome,
although compared to Great Britain
they would appear to be anything
but that. Speaking of taxes in the
latter country, the' Globe and Mail
recently pointed out an example:
A British surgeon recently accept-
ed a case of whiskey as payment in
full for a $1,600 surgery bill he had
sent to a wealthy patient. The bar-
ter was arranged after the patient
pointed,: out that he would have to
earn $64,000 before he would have
$1,600 tax free, while the surgebl
would lose all but $108 of his fee in
taxes if it were paid in cash:"
Canadian taxes have still a long
way to go before they reach that ex-
treme,but already we are following
.in Britain's footsteps. The ability of
a Canadian to save any appreciable
amount from' his earnings has al-
ready been taxed away, but still' the
Government's swollen revenues are
very far short of being sufficient to
provide security for old age, even for
those who can give abundant proof
of their need. •
The fact is that the more , the
young, who are producing, are tax-
ed to provide for the nation's social
Security aims, the greater number
of old people there will in time be
who will be unable to provide for
themselves. And to meet that situa-
tion it can only mean a heavier tax
burden and still greater want.
"Soak the rich" has always been a
popular cry in Canada and other
democratic countries, when • tax
measures are considered. But most
Canadians have always failed to re-
alize the fact that when the rich
have been taxed •..out of their riches,
the government will -then have `no
other alternative than to "soak the
'poor" to maintain their public ser -
"Vi es.
And that leads to• only one inevit-
able . •result --the poor will become
poorer. Taxation can only go so far
before .it destroys the source from
;which its income is derived.
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Ten C"ent`s, .. Prkk
It costs, a Toront ' paper recently
said, ten cents to lay a brick in the
Toronto area. •In spite of that fact,
however, the leader of the Bricklay- -
ers', Union says it is quite possible
they will take a little vacation unless
their demands for $1.60 per hour
wages are met. But there is a limit
to which the average Ontario man
will, or can, pay for a house. When
that limit is reacher, he will do with-
out, and if he so decides the brick-
layer's services will not be needed.
Consequently it, is beginning to look'
as if the members of the Bricklay-
ers' Union would soon be on a, perm-
anent holiday if they continue to in-
sist on their impossible demands.,
Today, at ten cents a brick, the cost
of laying is nearly double that be-
fore the war. Materials of all kinds
have also gone up in price, but by far
the largest increase is in labor costs.
Still worse, wagesper hour are not
only doubled, 'but the number , of
bricks laid per hour are decidedly
fewer in number.
It is estimated that it takes about
12,000 bricks to build even a small
six -roomed house with solid walls.
That is quite a lot of bricks, and at,
ten cents' per brick it means $1,200
for the brick work alone. But that is
only a very small beginning. To
-start with, there' is the .cost of the
building lot, and then the founda-
tion.
On top of that there is the lathing
and the plastering, the carpentry
work, the roofing, the plumbing and
beating system, the wiring, the paint=
ing, and the glass work, and other
items.. of considerable cost. When all
are totalled the cost of such a home
has climbed to something like $10,-
000, while 'a similar house, with bet-
ter materials, could have been built
before the war for $4,000, or at most,
$5,000.
Underthe circumstances it would
appear to most reasonable people
that at the present price of ten cents
a brick, the bricklayers were doing
very well indeed, and, the insistence
on a higher rate should be followed
by a permanent vacation for many
of them. It might give them an op-
portunity for a little clear thinking.
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Billboards On Highwaps
Regulations for elimination of
signboards along provincial high-
ways appeared in• the Ontario Gaz-
ette, official publication of the Pro-
vincial Government.
The regulations. prohibit erection
of a sign except under license by the
Minister of Highways and 'apply not
only tc(regular signboards, but to
signs on fences, buildings, rocks "or
other surface."
Highways Minister, Hon. George
Doucett _ said signs painted on. the
sides of barns could be prevented un-
der new regulations. .
Officials explained that 'signboa'rds
were' considered a hazard 'to safe
driving through distraction of the
auto driver's. ' attention from the
highway. Signboards already are
prohibited along the Queen Elizabeth
Way, and the same prohibition' will
apply to the new Toronto -Barrie and
Oshawa highways.
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No Balonep
According to Mencken's new "Sup- .
plement to. the American Language,"
the once 'Childless hamburger 'now
includes among its family the . fol-
lowing members: Chickenburger,
cheeseburger, clamburger, limbur-
.,ger, nutburger, porkburger, beef-
-burger, kirschburger, • barbecuebur-
ger, steakburger, spamburger, huski-
burger, bar -b -burger, sausagebur--
\ger, pickleburger, tomatoburger and
wimpyburger.
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• Costly Cough Medicine
(Kitchener Record)
Evidently the sophisticated but gullible resi-
dents of Central Canada have been a little" der
luded about our fellow Canadians in Prince Ed-
ward Islan?l. Somehow or .other we 'have gained
the impression over the years that the island is
"an eartlify paradise where life flows along at ,an
"even tenor," .where divorce is unknown and
where there is no difficulty about liquor because
the good burghers just aren't interested'.
At least, they were said to be,uniirterested in
the • cup ,that cheers except "for medicinal pur-
poses."
Well along cornea the statistician to upset the
illusion and we find that the good folks down
east, the whole 95,000 of them, spent $1,185,855 on
liquor. This buts the firewater cough medicine
at $12.50 a person, which is no mean figure ."for
medicinal purposes." In fact we would be con-
strained to remark that, they chose rather ex-
pensive cough medicine down east. It -certainly
must be ewtell to know a couple of doctors down
there!
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The ' Expositor of fifty ravel
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From The Huron Expositor
September 8, 1922
Lyle Hill, of Brucefield, has gone to
Moose Jaw, where he expects to work
on the railway.
Ross Scott and Hugh. McGregor are
attending • the Fair in 'Toronto.
Mr A. Hopper, who has been reliev-
ing at the Molsons• Bank, Zurich, has
returned to Kitchener.
Miss Ashton, of Gorrie, has been
engaged by Mr. E. Rannie, /dement.
°431• the seasons,
Threerinks of Seaforth bowlers,
consisting .of W. D. Bright, D. F. , J.
Burrows, 0, D. Haigh and J. M. Best,
Joe ,McMilean and Dr. F. J. Bechely
are in Toronto taking part in the
Globe scotch doubles tournament.
Misses Norma and Hazel: Muir are
visiting Chicago friends.
Mr. J. El. Willis, who has •been con-
ducting a boot and shoe business in
the Willis Block on Main St. for a
number of years, this week disposed
of the business to Mr. F. W. Wigg,
of Tavistock.
At a congregational meeting held
in Egmondville Presbyterian Church
on •Tuesday afternoon an unanimous
call was extended to Rev. W. D. Mc-
Donald, of Atwood.
A delightful afternoon was spent at
the Seaforth golf.,: club on Monday
when a two -ball mixed foursome con-
test was played. The winners made
the exceptionally low score of 50.
Miss Verna Graves and Dr. Ross, of
Wirighain, carried off the honors.
Miss Jean McMordie and R. M. Jones
were a, close second.
'Annong the teachers who left Mon-
day• fur their schools were: Miss
Mary Gillespie to Fergus, Jack Hinch-
ley to Galt* •Ryerson Hartry and Wal-
lace Archibald to Sault' Ste. Marie,
Miss rPhemia Cowan and Miss, Kate
Cowan to Pembroke, Beatrice,. Larkin
to Prince Albert, Sask., Vera Dor-
ranee to Exeter High School, Leslie
Kerr to Hensall, Mary Hays to Well-
esley. Gretta Watson to Regina, Eth-
el McKay to Crediton, Mary Crosbie
to St. Davids, Miss Florence Deem to
Paisley, and Mary Edmund's to Agin-
court.
Mrs and Mrs. Neil Gillespie left this
week on a trip to the West. They in
tend going to the coast:
Mr.; Alex McNab, busman and mail
carrier, ' has , purchased a handsome
new bus which is now meeting all the
trains. ,
Mr. Frank Cudmore is attending
Stratford Business College.
Mr. and Mrs- Russel 'Holman, of
Kitcheneb,, are visiting at • the home
of Mr- and Mrs. R'. • P. Bell.
Miss Evelyn•McGrath, of St. Colman
ban, left on Monday to take charge
01 the Bamberg separate school.
Mr. S. A. Dickson, of Edmonton,
was here this week visiting his sis-
ter, Mrs- . A. D. Sutherland. He has
just returned from a trip to the Old
Country.
Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Knechtel and
Miss Alice have returned: after a trip
to Winnipeg. '
• Mrs. W. `Black and daughter who
have been visiting Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Cash, .left for their home in
Vancouver on Wednesday. '
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'From Th'e Huron Expositor
September 3, 1897
Mr. Charlie Willis, son of Mr. Robt.
Willis, Seafortli, has secured a posi=
tion'as teacher in the Renfrew pub'l'ic
school and left on Tuesday to assume
his duties.
While riding on horseback on the
farm of William Morrison, McKillop,
George Morrison had the misfortune
to fall off and the, horse' stepped on -
his wrist, breaking both bones. Dr.
F. j. Burrows reduced the fracture. •
On Monday night last the barn and
stable of Mr. John Mpwbray, . who
lives on the gravel road south of Wal-
ton, were destroyed by fire. The only
things saved were a few hens and a
buggy.
One of the series of road races by
the Bicycle -.chub was held Oh - Friday
last and was wrn by, George Baldwin,
with Fred Crich second and George
Bell third.
Once again the citizens of Seafortli,
were aroused by the strains of the
lire alarm whistle, the fire being at
the agricultural hall on the grounds
of the Tuckersmith 'Ag.ricuritural So-
cietS " The building was soon bLrneri
tc the ground as there ,was little or
no water to .be had to quench the fire.
:.Mrs. Hanimill's residence and Mr.
Copps, barn were both on fire, but
were put out immediately. •
The following ca id
candidates from Eg-
mondyille were successful at the re-
cent examinations: R. J. Muldrew,
Harry VanEgmond and W- Aberhart,
second class; Katie Purcell, third
clays; Eddie Jackson and Bessie `El-
Eiliott, commercial;. C. B,_ McKinley,
matriculation
Mrs. Henderson, niece of Mr. Jas.
McMichael, who has been visiting
friends in town and •vicinit.y, left this
week for, her home in Scotland. •
Dr. A. D. McDonald, Mrs. McDon-
ald and Mise Allie --have returned
from their holidays.
Mrs. W. Hogan, of Toronto, former-
ly Miss Mary Kyle, is spending a few
weeks in H3gmond'ville, the guest of
her grandfather,` Mr. James Forsyth.
Among the successful candidates, at
the recent examinations we .notice.
the name of Miss Tillie Fowler, who
has secured a second class certificate
having passed Forms 1 and 2 (Pa'rt
1) and Norm 3, all this year. AsaxMiss-
Fowler only spent two months at Ciin-
' ton Collegiate and took her lessens
at •home, much credit is Niue her. t.
Mr, M. Robertson, Seaforth's vet-
eran ("itelertalSerr is now in the employ
of Lea.therda e & Landsborough • and
conducted a couple of funerals this
week.
Captain.. Mex Wilson was the on'y
representative from Seaforth at the
Ontario and Dominick rifle matches,
held at. Toronto and Ottawa this
week, He bagged ,several' good prizes
at these matches.
On Monday last the ladies of the
Wotnen'r Fc'reign. Mission Society of
Egmondvldle Church sent a bale,
weighing 110 pounds, of nice warm
clothing for the Indian's in the North-
west. r
The first day o•
f school'happened
,pn our Concession ae it has beenhap-
stoning for a great • many years.
'Patricia Ann had breakfast with us
-and picked up her books and started
away off to school. On an imputed,
and because' we had had a skiff of
rain that ;morning, I decided to drive
her to school. She carne racing back
from the road gate delighted by the
whole thing.
Young Joe Higgins. had cleaned, up
the schodl,yard. He burned the weeds
and grass in the centre of what had
been the ball diamond. The flowers,
planted with such care by last year's
'teacher, were growing up wild, and
the tulips made from cut-out papers
on the windows looked a little start-
ling on a September morning.
The school really hasn't changed
much. I took a look around, because
there were only one or two pupils at
school when we arrived. A new coat
of varnish helps preserves the marks
carved by 'three. generations in .our
school district. I can trace my pro-
gress in the school by the initials.
During the •first year -I was placed
'in one of the, small seats at the front
of the room.. • Because of my junior
position in 'the whole scheme of
school affairs, I. scratched my initials
on the back of the board that went
up along the front of the desk. It
was a timid gesture of defiance to-
ward the authority that warned us
all not to mark or destroy the proper-,
D Timm J. BOW
ty.
Two years later I was sitting, half
Way back the row and had come in-
to poaaession of a jack-knife. On the
edge of the top board, I :marked my
initials, inking them in to make cer-
tain that they^' would be seen along
with the dozen others that made an
almost lace effect along the edge of
the board.
By the time I was in the entrance
Claes., and• being possessed of a
physique big enough td warrant 'my
winning . the occasional recess scrap,
I was sitting in the row along the
box stove. These were big seats and
I was quite blase in carving •my in-
itials right on top of the desk. These
were inked in with a combination of
red and black ink, giving a rather
startling effect.
I was lost in contemplation of this
when the new teacher arrived. She
looked a little timid. and was particu-
larly frightened when she saw ire. I
left, with sympathy welling up inside
me for her, If she wears dowdy
clothes she'll ; be criticized. If she
wears fashionable ones, people will
talk about her Wasting all her money
on clothes. •If shegoes out with the
son of the chairman of the school
board, people will say she's currying
favor. 11 she goes out with the ggod-
looking and fun -loving Higgins boy,
she'll be accused of being fast. I
quickly left, not wanting to add to her
first-day worries.
JUST A ..SMILE OR TWQ
' Having enjoyed the previous sum-
mer at a farm in the country, Lawyer
Jones wrote to the farmer, requesting
the same, accommodations for the
month of Angust, "But," he added in
his letter, I •wish :you'd move that
pig pen. It was right under me win-
dow, last year and was most obnox-
tous."
Jones received the farmer's reply,
assuring him of the same accommo-
dations, and added this explanation:
"As to that there pig pen, don't let•
that worry you. We ain't had no
• hogs on this farm since you left last
summer."
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Mrs. Brown and 'Mrs. Smith were
discussing the difficulties of married
life.
"I'm always very•careful," said Mrs.
Smith, "to send the children out of
the room, in fact out , of the house,
when I have a quarrel with niy huh
band." •
"Bless the little dears," said Mrs.'
Brown; "they look so healthy spend-
ing so much, time in the open air."
Tired and hungry, the business mein
sat downin the restaurant. When
the waiter offered him the menu, he
waved it away.
"Just bring me a good meal."
The waiter did his best, and got a
good, tip- As the customer was leav-
ing, the waiter leaned over his shoul-
der and murmured: "Thank you, sir.
And if you have ,any other friends)
who can't read, just send 'em to me.
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"Father says will you lend him your
garden roller?" said the small boy.
"Haven't you forgotten "something,
my boy?" said the very polite old
gentleman.
"Oh, yes," was the blithe reply.
"Father said, 'If the old blighter re-
fuses, try next door.'"
A woman was asked by the Customs
official at ,the landing post: . 'Any
thing to declare, madam?"
"No," she replied • sweetly, "noth-
ing." w,
"Then madam," said the official,
"am ,I to take it that the fur tail I
see hanging down under your coat
et the back is really your own?"'
Huron Federation Of
Agriculture-rFarmNews
Egg Production and Feed Costs
In considering costs 'of • production
of eggs it is usual to estimate the
cost of feed at $2 or $3 per 100
pounds. But what do eggs cost per
dozen to produce is the information
a producer really wants, says B. F.
Cheney, Poultryman, Dominion Ex-
perimental Station, Kentville, e"N.S.
In regard to feed costa per dozen
eggs; records compiled during the
past five years at. Kentville, show
that during the five-year period the
feed cost per dozen eggs ranged from
10.5 to 35 cents. This variation in
cost is due almost entirely, to fluctua-
tions 'in rate of production so thgt
when production falls below 50 per
cent, feed costs per dozen eggs is
over 18 cents and when production is
up to 70 per cent feed, cost per dozen
is 12 to 14 -cents.
There is only one way of counter-
acting rising feed costs with fixed,
returns and that is by obtaining high
er 'production. Fifty per cent • is no
longer a satisfactory rate of lay.,
Flocks must average 60 per cent 'or
better, still, 70 per cent if feed costs
per dozen eggs are tobe reduced to
the point where there is a satisfac-
tory profit:
Apid Grand Jab On Potatoes To U. K.
On the• completion of the delivery
by Canada of 70,000 tons of. Canadian
potatoes to Britain, the British •-Mip-
ister of Food, Hon. John Strachey,
wrote to the High Commissioner. for
Canada in London giving high. praise
to all Canadians connected with the
operation in a letter under date of
July .18, which reads as follows:
"As you know, we bought about
70,000 tons of potatoes from Canada
and the last shipment arrived two or
three weeks ago. "' '
"I have been looking at the reports'
of this movement and they make such
excellent reading that I .feel that I
must write and ask you to convey to
your Government our great apprecia-
tion of 'lvhat has, been- done.
"Clearly the greatest care was ex-
ercised by the authorities in dressing,
packing, transport andstowage, and
a'r operation which we feared might
be a difficult one was in fact trouble-
free It really was a grand job and
I would like to offer ,you my gratitude
for what your countrymen have done
for us. It has been of the -greatest
vaiue.ho us,"
Prices Of Apples To Be Supported
Authority has been given by the
Dominion Government to ,the Agricul-
tural. Prices Support Board to make
an agreement with the Nova Scotia
Apple Marketing Board to support the
rice of apples from the 1947 crop,
Right Hon, James G. Gardiner( Dom-
inion 'Minister 'o£ Agriculture, an-
ounced, on August 23 before leaving
for Geneva, to attend' the third Con-
ference of the Food and Agriculture
Organizations of the United Nations
The reason for this action is that
the British Ministry of Foo,dr is not in
a position this' year to buy •Canadian
apples in.'. the usual' way. As more
than seventy-fiveper cent of the com-
mercial apple crop of Nova Scotia is
no'.rrally sold in Britain, the loss ,of
this market is obviously a serious
matter for the apple growers Of that
province. Fortunately there is a pos-
sibility of selling more than the us-
ual quantity of Nova Scotia apples in
other provinces' and • in the United
States. It now seems 'certain, how-
ever, that, there will be a considerable
part, particularly of varieties which
normally are .used mainly in Britain,'
which cannot be readily marketed
elsewhere. j
While all of the details of the agree-
ment have not been worked' nut, the
main features are now announced as
follows:
(1) The agreement will provide for
the continuance of the Nova Scotia
Apple Marketing Board as the sole
marketing agency for the 1947 apple
crop produced in the Annapolis Val-
ley.
(2) Th'h Agricultural Prices Sup-
port Board will guarantee a minimum
average return . for all varieties and
grades handled by the Marketing
Board of $2.25 per barrel to the gr"ow-
er before packing costs.
(3) The Agricultural Prices Sup-
port Board will purchase up to 200,-
000 barrels of varieties and grades
which are not' readily saleable on this
continent and dispose of them outside
of the markets available to the Apple
Marketing Board.
It is expected that the details of
the agreement will bp completed with-
in a few days and that DroVis'ion will
be made to limit the proportion of
lower grades' which may be included
under the guarantee, and also specify
the quantities and varieties to be
bought outright by the Agricultural
Prices Support Board. -
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Canadians Gain Scholat•ships
.Tw'erity scholarships each valued'
at $800, awarded to Canadian scien-
tists' for advanced training in agri-
cultural subjects, have heen.announc-
ed by the Agricultural Iristitute o't
.. anada,. The Agricultural. Institute
awarded 20 similar scholarships in
1946 'end Dr, J. F. Booth, of Ottawa,
President of the Institute, states that
it is hoped a similar number will the
made available nest year. The funds
,to carrythis exte'n'sive program are
subscribed by industrial firms inter-
ested in a more prosperous and, ef-
ficient Canadian .agriculture.
Awards were made in Ontario .to
the following:
J. W. ' Aylesworth, Dominion sub-
station, Woodslee, Ont., in plant sci-
ence, His studies. will be at the Uni-
versity of Minnesota' and will dteal
with inbred lines, of corn.
G. P. Boucher, Agricultural Econ-
omics Division, Dominion Department
of Agriculture -Ottawa, in agricultur-
(Continued front Page 3)
A• Perfect ,Cribbage Hand •
Herb Jane has realised the dream
of every cribbage player—a perfect
hand. Playing last week with Stan
McLean he was dealt three 5's and
the jack of clubs and turned up the.
five .of clubs, making. 29, the highest
hand obtainable. Two other well-
known citizens were present when
the hand wag dealt. This is the sec-
ond time recently a local cribbage -
player has had a perfect hand, W. J.
Baker having had the same good
luck a few mouths ago.—Goderich Sig-•
nal -Star.
Appreciate Firefighters
A .fine gesture of appreciation was"
made on Wednesday by. Mr. L. H..
Zinn to eleven members of the fire
brigade who fought the fire which
broke out in „the rear of Allison &
Heitman's store, next door to the-
Zinn electrical, store; on the night of'
August 9. In recognition of .the splen-
did, work of the' brigadd,-.tinC';t'beeiring.
the fit e which threat@4ei1 thet•;-whole-
business block, and in confining it ;to'
the .one store, Mr. Zinn bas, presented'
each member with a fine Burgess
flashlielit:—Goderich SigualrSter.
Enjoying Western Holiday
We had a nice long letter from Nor-
val Kyle who is visiting with relatives
at Lewvan•, Sask. It arrived too late.
for publication, but apparently Nory
is enjoying his holiday immensely, ev-
en though he missed out,on'the local
activities of the past two weeks_
Nory had the good fortune to run' in-
to many✓ old friends on his journey to,
the West. According to his remarks
farmers out there are right in the
mast of wheat harvesting- Nory was
a farm commando leader here in 1943-
44,
943 44, so ,he probably will wind up in
the middle of a wheat field before the.,
crop is all cut.—Blyth Standard.
Huron .Fruit Crop Good
G. W. Laithwaite, -well-known Hur-
otr County horticulturist, said that the
fruit crop in Huron County did not
suffer to any great extent from the -
long spell of hot dry weather. He
said he would have 400 or 500 bushels
of apples on .his farm. Pears and
apples will be smaller this year theta
in other years, but should be of good'
quality, he said—Exeter Times -Advo
.Cate.
Wrist Fractured
r Mrs: • James Brintnell had the mis-
fortune, to fall Thursday morning of
last week sustaining a broken bone -
in ser right wrist and bruising her'
• hrp. Mrs. Brintnell who is in her mid-
dle eighties, was making an early
morning call when the accident hap-
pened.—Exeter Times -.Advocate. ti
Changes in Staff
Some changes are being. made in:
the staff at the Bell Telephone orfies.
Mrs.. Kay Morrison is leaving Friday
for Ottawa to join her husband. Miss
Doris -Mitchell, who hasp spent the
summer at Grand $end, is joining the
staff. Miss Marion Hodgert is enjoy-
ing two weeks' holidays and Miss
Jane Coward is on a three months'
leave of absence owing to the illness
of her. mother. Miss Eleanor Venner,
of Hensall„ is relieving at present.--:
Exeter Times -Advocate.
Purchased Pure Bred Hog
Mr. Albert G. Bacon. Belgrave, re-
cently purchased a pure bred York --
shire hog, Gravel Ridtge. Pat
261A-334331, from .William Pinkney &
Sons, Cooksville. This hog comes
from a long line of champions, his
sire was Gravel Ridge Pat 1, who was
grand champion at Edin id 1946, and
Reserve Grand Champion at the 194&
Royal Winter Fair, and his dam,
Gravel Ridge Evergreen has an ad -
~anted registration. — gingham Ad--
vance Times.
Celebrates 89th Birthday
Mrs. Thomas Hicks, Bornholm's•
oldest and highly esteemed resident.
celebrated her 89th birthday on Sat-
urday and had as her guests her grand
son, Howard Thompson, Mrs. Thomp-
son and great granddaughters, Diane'
and Marlene Thompson, Toronto, and.
Mr. and Mrs. William Murphy, Lon-
down. She received many cards of con-
gratulations and also other remem-
brauces.—Mitcbell Advocate. •
Dashwood. Women Buy House
Mrs. Bertha Willert and her daugh-
ter, Miss . Edna Willert, who- are
farming near Dashwood, have pur-
chased the second house on ,Trafalgar
St., recently erected by W. I. •Carroll.
The purchasers will not be moving to
town' until early next sear. --Mitchell.
Advocate.'
{ Goes To England
Miss Elaine Marshall, Reg:N., who'
has been head nurse since her grad-
uation in th'e .Cancer Clinic at Victor-
ia Hospital, London, leaves next:
month on an exchange basis to the
Manchester Cancer Clinic where she
will remain for a year. She is one of •
four young ladies in the Dorninibn to
receive a cancer scholarship. Two -
English 1tiurses will fill her place here,.
one for four months and another fez-
the
orthe remaining eight months,: Miss
Marshall is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Alfred Marshall, former Mitchell
residents,—Mitchell Advocate.
Pitblado's Bird First From Toronto
The third race for young birds held'
by the Goderich Homing Pigeon Club
was flown over. the • week -end from
Toronto, a flying `distance of 120
miles), and was won by Wm. Pitblado's
entry. 'The birds were liberated at 7
a.m. The results of the race .were
recorded as follows: 1st, Wm: Pit-•
blado, 10.46; 2nd, Percy Johnston,
1047; 3rd, Willia.m Baker, 10.471/2:
4th, Wm, Baker, 10.48; 5th, Percy
Johnston, 10.49; 6th, Wm. Baker,
10.491/2; 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th, E.
Peachey at 10.50. The next race also
will be .from Toron,tp.—Goderich Sig-
nal -Star,
Dinner Given For Newly -Weds
Mr. aed Mrs. Harold' Currie gave a
dinner Sundray; evening in honor of
Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Deacon, who were
married in Guelph August 9, Mrs.
Deacon was formerly Miss Laura Cur-
rie, of Teesw•ater, and Mr. Deapon is
the eldest, son of Mr. R. H, Deacon
and the',,late Mrs. Deacon of Guelph.
Guests of the evening were Mr. and
Mrs• • John L. Currie, Ann and Bruce,
Miss Donna Currie, Mr. Harry Dea-
con, Miss Isabel Orr, Mr. Fred Dea-
con, Mr, Howard Ca'skenette and Mr.
and Mrs. 'Graham Moffat and family.
— Winglram Advance -Times,
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