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a STRATFORD, SEPT. 2, 1932 No. |4 ae Vol.-10 -- J. C. MAKINS, K.C., 5s Newly Appointed Crown Attorney for Perth County. B Acknowledge Faithful __ and Efficient Service _ Another former Stratford railroad- man has reaped the reward of splen- did service to the system. C. J. Mc- _ Keough who started his railroading _ @areer in Stratford has been appointed 'superintendent of transportation on the Stratford division, filling the Science Steals Real Show From Old Sol The wonderful spectacle of an eclipse of the sun, as viewed by hun- dreds of Stratford citizens on Wednes- day, must have brought home to those who viewed it the triumphs of astron- omers through the years in attaining knowledge of the heavenly bodies which makes it possible for them to tell years in advance, just when eclip- ses will take place and where they will be visible. Much had been written about Wednesday's eclipse Astron- omers had calculated to the minute the time when the spectacle would be visible in any part of the Dominion, and just what percentage of the sun's surface would be obscured to observ- ers in any particular locality Charts had been prepared illustrating their predictions, and as observers watched the different stages of the eclipse de- velop as the scientists had assured an interested public that they would, observers must have marvelled The prediction of eclipses has been a science for thousands of years' Al- though their explanations of the movements of the stars and planets were incorrect, the ancients were re- markably accurate in predicting eclipses Scientists can now map all the eclipses that have occurred for thous- ands of years back and all that will occur for thousands of years to come. The time when the mioon will first touch the sun, when it will obscure "vacancy caused by the death of W. E. Weegar in April. The new super- ; intendent is popular with Stratford citizens, and his appointment has caused great satisfaction here. Mr. McKeough was born in S&t. Marys. His ability as a railroadman, - "following his advent into that field _ here, has carried him from one pro- motion to another until he now oc- -eupies the responsible position of superintendent of transportation. 'While in Stratford, he was promoted 1 to the position of trainmaster, and | at the time of his latest appointment, was superintendent of terminals at Black Rock. He took over his new duties yesterday. Another newcomer to the On be staff here is E. W. Cameron, formerly assistant superintendent of transpor- tation at Allandale, who comes to Stratford in a similar capacity. J. E. Laporte, who has been assistant superintendent of transportation here, goes to St. Lambert, Quebec, where he will be sup?rintendent of the Mon-. treal and Southern Counties Rail- way Company, a subsidary of the Canadian National. Stratford citizens will welcome the new assistant superintendent but re- gret losing Mr. Laporte. and when it will leave, can be deter- mined to a split second. Many histor- ical dates have been calculated by eclipses. For instance, Herodotus mentions a battle which was fought between the Medes and the Persians, but which was halted by an eclipse which terrified the opposing armies into making peace. What was the exact date of the battle? Science answered the ques- tion. That particular eclipse otcurred on May 28, 585 B. C. Science has also shown a flaw in Mark Twain's "Con- necticut Yankee in King .Arthur's Court." The Yankee was supposed to have saved his head by making it appear that he was extinguishing the sun during an eclipse. It made a good story, but science points out that there could have been no eclipse at that particular time. The next total eclipse of the sun will be on February 14, 1934, in the Pacific Ocean. There will be two total eclipses visible in the United States thereafter, one on July 9, 1945, and the other on June 30, 1954. For another eclipse like that of Wednes- day however, we must wait until July 20, 1963. : There are the dates folks. Paste them in your hats, and don't say that you didn't have plenty of advance notice, Newly Appointed Crown The position of Crown Attorney of Perth County, long without a perma- nent incumbent owing to the pro- longed illness of H. B. Morphy, K.C., has finally been filled, and the ap-| pointment will be well received | throughout the county. The new Crown Attorney needs no introduction to the citizens of this county. J. C. Makins, K.C., has long been recog- nized as an outstanding figure in 'the legal profession in the province. Crown work will hold nothing new for Mr. Makins, as he has had years of experience as special Crown prose- cutor in different parts of the prov- ince. As a defence lawyer he has had signal successes in a number of cases which have figured prominently in the public interest. The appointment of Mr. Makins be- came effective yesterday. For the past few days he had been acting for John Murray, the acting Crown, who was absent. ES 43 DOWNIB STREET " PEN-O-TEX " ' The Perfect French Cleaning Liquid FOR USE IN HOMES Safeguard your life and home by using " PEN-O-TEX"' Great chances are taken when using high explosive Naptha- Gasoline and Benzine for cleaning purposes. Statistics show one gallon of Naptha Gasoline to be equal in explosive power to 83 pounds of dynamite. Cleans-Dresses, Neckties, Scarfs and Wearing Apparel, and can be used over and over. Only 60c gallon SCHMIDT & LADD PHONE 1715 FRED KILLER who recently opened at 16 Wellington street, one of the most handsomely equipped gents' furnishings and cloth- ing stores in Western Ontario. CNR. Apprentices Capture Many Prizes Further evidence of the high stand- 'ard of work done by apprentices at the C. N. R. shops here is provided by their success in the various competi- tions at the Canadian National Exhi- bition. Stratford and Montreal ap- prentices captured seven of the ten available prizes. - A. Wake won second prize in the structural section for his drawing of a span of the Quebec bridge. Second. prize in the hydraulic and pneumatic section went, to R. Bonfonti for a drawing of a passenger valve. In the electrical section, H. W. Wreford car- ried off second prize. The apprentices had put in a great deal of work on their entries for the C. N. E., but the results should more than repay them for their efforts. M. A. Humber, supervisor of apprentices for the Central Region, is another who was greatly pleased with the results. Late Thomas A. J. Ingram Stratford citizens learned with re- gret of the death of Thomas Aes: Ingram in Belleville on Sunday night. Mr. Ingram was well-known here. For a number of years he was a resident of this city. He was a carpenter by trade, and was associated for about seven years with his brother Ald. Frank Ingram, in the contracting business. The deceased was fifty-one years of age, and was born at Dorchester. He is survived by his wife, formerly Miss Lillian Kew of Belleville one son, Clarence, of Belleville, two brothers, Frank and A. W. Ingram of this city, and two sisters, Mrs. T. Lay and Mrs. W. McDonald of Stratford. | MAJESTI THEATRE The Best in Talking Pictures NOW PLAYING Charles Farrell--Janet Gaynor , The seventh heaven of the first year! "The First Year" | MONDAY -- TUESDAY JACK HULBERT (Lanky funster of "Sunshine Susie") "The Ghost Train" The thrill of laugh time. WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY DOUBLE FEATURE PROGRAM Genevieve Tobin--Pat O'Brien in ** HOLLYWOOD SPEAKS "' --AND-- Una Markell--Wm. Collier Jr., in * THE SECRET WITNESS " Ne + t i # t % p} af 4 ' bad