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CURRENT JANUARY 20<strong>22</strong> THE WOODBRIDGE ADVERTISER PAGE SEVEN Old Time News Originally Published in the January 17, 1946 Issue of The <strong>Woodbridge</strong> <strong>Advertiser</strong> EARLY DUCK EGGS, Malton — A duck owned by Mrs. William Brander, Malton, is getting down to work early this season. The duck produced her first egg on Saturday and followed this up with a second one on Sunday. Such and early start is considered quite unusual by poultry-men. MURDER VICTIM MRS. E. PILLSWORTH WIDELY MOURNED — Mrs. Elbert C. Pillsworth, 30, fatally assaulted in her home at Brampton on Saturday evening. Jan. <strong>12</strong>, is widely mourned by a host of friends not only in Brampton but also in <strong>Woodbridge</strong>, Orangeville and other Peel County communities. Collapsing near the telephone in their home after the operator at Brampton exchange heard only a few words of her plaintiff <strong>ca</strong>ll for help, she later was found unconscious by her husband. He had rushed home from his Brampton radio store after advised by the telephone operator that something was wrong. She died in a Toronto hospital the following morning without regaining consciousness. Brampton town council has offered a reward of $1,000 for information leading to apprehension and conviction of there murderer. Until two and a half years ago, Mr. and Mrs. Pillsworth had resided in <strong>Woodbridge</strong> where the former had operated a radio store. Leaving <strong>Woodbridge</strong>, Mr. Pillsworth be<strong>ca</strong>me associated with Trans-Canada Air Lines at Malton and later opened his radio store in Brampton. Their two children, Linda, four years, and Donald, seven months, are with relatives in Toronto and still unaware of their tragic loss. Mrs. Pillsworth was the former Mary Ellen Rutledge, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Rutledge, Orangeville. Her mother, Mrs. Rutledge, was former Nellie Husband, daughter of the late Rev. William Husband and Mrs. Husband. Mr. Husband, daughter of the late Rev. William Husband and Mrs. Husband. Mr. Husband has at one time been pastor of the Palgrave, Shiloh, King, and Black Horse Methodist Church circuit. Mr. Rutledge, retiring from his monument business in Orangeville recently on account of ill health, was in Florida with Mrs. Rutledge on a holiday hoping to regain some of his former vigor. They returned by plane for the funeral which was held on Wednesday. COMPULSORY MOTOR INSURANCE — Compulsory insurance for Saskatchewan motorists is regarded as virtually certain, reports The Financial Post. Main Point remaining undecided is whether drivers shall be allowed to choose any insurance company they prefer, or whether they will be required to deal with the Government Insurance Office. CERSWELL COW HAS MONTH'S RECORD OF 1,037 LBS. BUTTERFAT — Princess Abbekerk Texal Fayne, a member of the Holstein herd of C. J. Cerswell, of Beeton, has just completed a yearly Record of Performance test of 1,037 lbs. fat from 25,701 lbs milk, average test 4,.03% butterfat. Made on three-times-a-day milking as a five-year-old, this is the largest record reported from any part of the Dominion during the past month. Last year she stood third for fat in the honor list with her twice-a-day milking fouryear-old record of 754 lbs. milk. Her production was expected to be larger but unfortunately she suffered an injury that crippled her for a month of two and cut down her productions. She received no special <strong>ca</strong>re, running regularly with the rest of the herd. A granddaughter of the noted Lonelm Texal Fayne, she was bred by W. Witherspoon, <strong>Woodbridge</strong>, and was Grand Champion at the 1944 Simcoe County Black and White Show held at Beeton. HAVE CROKINOLE PARTY, Macville — The first of a series of community crokinole parties is begin held this evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Strong. BANQUET FOR SERVICEMEN, Maple — Mr. and Mrs. Howard Knight of Maple Villa were host and hostess to a complimentary banquet given in honor of the boys of Maple who served in the armed forces, their ladies and Maple Knit-Wit club, on Friday evening. December 28. The toast to the guests was proposed by Mr. Knight and responded to by Miss Marion Wason, president of the Knit-Wit club, and Lorne Wells on behalf of the boys. Mr. Evans of Toronto led an enjoyable sing song and Jack Holland, magician, mystified the audience with his performance. As the Knit-Wit club has ceased activities, they presented the boys with initialed wallets as a small tribute to them for the services they have enjoyed during the remainder of the evening. HOW FAR CAN A DOG TRAVEL ON HIS OWN? Several years ago T. A. Fec, a Vancouver architect, shipped his dog, a Canadian Airdale, by express from his British Columbia home to his brother-inlaw, This. Paton, at Ardrossan, a station on the Canadian National Railways, 16 miles east of Edmonton, Alta. The charges were prepaid and money given for food and <strong>ca</strong>re for Buster all the way to his destination. Time passed, however, and Buster failed to show up. The railroad company produced a receipt showing that Airedale had been delivered to Edmonton. But after that the trail ran out. Buster was given up fro lost. Imagine Mr. Fee's surprise and joy six weeks later when his Airedale <strong>ca</strong>me walking into the yard! Buster was thin and tired and foot-sore, as if he had been traveling without any rest. When his master <strong>ca</strong>me to check distances, he found the dog had covered 770 miles. From Edmonton to Vancouver there was no travelled road except the railroad track, and this passes through and over three chains of mountains. Add to that the fact that two-thirds of the way hadn't any homes along the way except the railroad section houses, and it be<strong>ca</strong>me clear what a feat Buster had achieved. How this Airdale had been able to pick the right one of <strong>12</strong> railroads converging on Edmonton; how he had managed to find food through all those long weeks and how, strangest of all, he had known those steel tracks would surely lead him home will always remain one of the great mysteries of superhuman animal intelligence! SUFFERS SKATE CUT, Malton — Margaret Coulson 8-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Coulson, is in the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, as a result of compli<strong>ca</strong>tions arising from a skate cut received while playing near her house a week ago. She is now getting along very nicely.