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.4PCKNPW, ONT. THURSDAY APRIL 7th, 1938
FOR SAL -1922 Ford toorinip-
Mids.. Martha'Cliftoii. * •
TO RENTj.'-' Comfortable 'six -room_
house, town water.-,-TemPle Clarice:
HOUSE °FOR DENT --An Lucknow.
Apply it Sentinel Office- -
FOR: SALE -No. I ,Potatoes, .35e a
bag. -James St. 'Marie, i.sucii!toliv 2.
FOR SALE -Quantity of cue straw
• and hay. Ernest 1Ackert, -Holyrood.
FOR ISALF,-Model A Ford radia-
tor, practically new.-Gkeer's Radio
Service.
FOR ISALE-125 are farm, boun-
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tinelOffice.
. FOR SALE -100 bis. buckwheat,
and * •onantity of barley.; ---77 James-
•Valad, 1% miles east of 1101i409d. '
FOR SALE-- _ Yellow Blossom
sweet clover,-;-Andrew-Gaunt;---11;
Lucknow.
FOR SALE -Heavy 'draft bay marc
in foal.. Priced to,Sell.-Wm. J. Irwin,
R. 6, Lucknow, Ripl�y 1O -r-30.
FOR SALE -Quantity baled hay
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timothy; seed, Gov . graded and good
;lean barley for feed or seed. -Rod.
•Mactieugall.
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FOR SALE -7 -.Yellow blossom siveet
.clover, ' test no. 2, $5.06 per bushel '
redclejte t.00:7;...,R•ol_dx ;Alward:
R. 7,, Lucknow.
Governinent Standard No. 1 grades
hf Ontario Variegated and Grimm's
Mssike, Red and Mammeth,
White and Yellow B10880212, Sweet
Clover,' Timothy, Orchard and Blue
Grass for sale at W-. G. ANDREW'S.
FOR SALE -100 acre farin,.situat-
ed in West Wawanosh on a Provin-
' cial road four Miles from town. Good
- buildings, ',oil, water and fences
About five tiCres bush. ;Reasonabl,
terms.' Must be sold to close estate.
- Write' Bp'x 156, Lucknow Sentinel.
BABY cHICKB from high quality
lolood tested stock -Barred Rocks,
.:.10c; W. 1,eshorns, 8%c. Leghorns al'
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our own breeding, large type and
geed layers. Sexed Pullets ,19c, if ord.
erea in advance. 90% gnaranteed.--;
Elmer Farrish, •Gorrie.
'•.. CALLING _:__ALL__:_,SAIESKEN,
AGENTS! Would you consider a
change that wMild really make mon-
• e5Y 'New Sales' :Plan. Sale 'a 20
.Guaranteed food -medicine toilet prep-
aratiOna. 'Lower priceS. Liberal conint-'
ission, Extra cash, bonus .: Fre-gifs
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1'f You haviLa.catiand a littIe,Cashand
want to sell something that repeats
the year around in exclusive district,
- -write to. FAMILEX 'CO: 570 ST.
pbEMENT ST. MONTREAL. :
FERTILIZER
. Lucknow -Joint Club will .operate
, their fertilizer mixing station . this
year under the ,samenaanagement as
the three previous, years, Club mem-
bers- and -those who, join, the clubs,
having 'their :materials mixed here
-.1are assured of . sawing a fertilizer'
'seco0 to none offered them ,any-
where, besides saving themselves del.
lars
Prices on materials and ,mixing ,on
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application to
• John Jamieson, manager,
Lucow, R. R. 3, -'Phone 'Dungannon
68-1.-1. Be. early. and -co-operate.'
77.
FLOOD OF.$MES
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There were no leOe than 54 entries.
received in the Arena , 011.1h "club
Naming' Contest'''. As 'nfanY Of "these
entries are likely to contain a num-
'her of names it will entail totii.der-
able time and work to decide upon
Winner. . • , • ,", 1 ° ;
A meeting Of the Club will be c11 -
ed shortlY- to deal with"these entries,
at which' time it will also be debided.
when .and hew the winner willbe an.
nounced,
MANY TURNED' AWAY FROM:
FREE SHOW •FRIDAY m9HT
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The free picture show and dance,
sponsored by Mr : Jack Kilpatrick,
local Massey -Harris .agent, attracted
an-OVerfl6W-1-crowil on ""Fitidak night;
and scores were turned away unable
to gain admission, .
-,-...-Five-interesting7filmst„were -shown
on various subjects. Mr. Melvin Reed
of .-Toronti),.aseistant manager of the
Company, was present and addreqsed
the audience. Other Massey -Harris'
-men- present were 'Harold Williams,
Inspector :of Agencies; Date Robert-
son, 131eck agent of Clinton and
chititnian for the evening and Harry
Parr, Alma. salesman. •
Music for. the .clarice, that followed
Was furnished by Donald McCharles'
orchestra, George •MacDonald, Am-
beiley-an eSw tra b
Tiverton': ,
. Door prizes were also a feature of
this big free _evening. Murray Mac-
Donald and Andre
.* Ritchie,Ritehie, receive
sets ,of chrome 'wyeliChes; Irvine He.n-
,ry and Wellington Webster,' ea.& a
bag of C. L L. fertilizer and. RiOard
Reed, 'Port Albert, a. taininer. .
Arteryleiefered
And. Face, Badly Gashed,
Mrs. Ewart, Taylor -Badly Cut While.
Wailling Bottles In New Pasteur-
. izing Plant,Iminediate Medical At-
tntzon . Prevented- Feesibillitei`I'4f
Injured,. Lady Bleeding yo Death •
Mrs Ewart Taylor euffe'red exeenn
sive and serious arm andfacial ga.s1r.
•es on . Saturday when a milk bottle
broke during bottle r shing OPerw
tions .the • Fairview' Dairy'e. new
pasteurization plant.
, Mrs;--.-Taylort"s.left arm -I -we s; --de
-gashed ,and- the 'main artery ,'severed,,
As,:'well, Mrs.. Taylor suffered facie]
lacerationsrone Cut-perfetrating*Lthe
cheek bhp% She was rushed pnmedie,
thly to receive prompt medical atten-
tion and was under an anaesthetie
for upwardi-ef iih�iir; hinsr
twenty stitches and also skin clrimp:.
were used te.cleee ..the, wounds. So
serious . was the artery 'injured that
Mrs, Taylor might have bled to -death
within about fifteen 'ininutee. As it
Was, she was weakened by less of
blood and was under the care of ,
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nurse over the week . -end, but on
Monday Was able to b up for short,
periods. : .. • - •
The 'mishap: occurred when Mrs.
Taylor inverted a bottle on the power
Hear Grand Master
At Oddfellovis Rally
WinghaM Lodge Confers Third De-
gree' Upon' Five . Candidates . Of
Ripley .Cridge At Monster Rally In
Monday
• .'With sometvvo hundred ;Members
'present • irem every ledge in truce
-district as well as 'from neighboring,
liistrict lodges, an .outsteriding Odd -
fellows! rally Was held • at Ripley on
Monday night: Present' for:the occas-
ion Was Grand, Master A. E. 'Brunner
Ruthven; Who delivered 'stirring
.addresses during the meeting and at
the banquet hour which 1folleived
Another .Grand 1,Odge. officer preeent,
whill'• also Spoke, •vas Grand1Wen:.
ger' Ross of Walkerton.
Presiding over the'meeting_ was
Ostrict ,Deputy Grand Master 'An" -.-
drew Patterson, a member of Ripley:
Lodge, and it was an important .nib-
ment of his. career as he Saw the
Grand Master Welcome five new:inem-•
bets to Ripley Lodge. .The degree was
Conferred by . Maitland Ledge of
Winghata. ,The newly :received mem-
hers 'were, five ;of ten who have 'joined
Ripley tOd'ge7this term..°.
Following the meeting,'Iudh-4WaS
served inthe,TOwnship.1.1all, .by Rip-
ley Rebekah' Ledge and an enjoyable,
program interspersed the address. of
the Grand Master and rernarki made
y 'others .present. The 'program in-
cluded solos by ()rah Crawford, Rip -
'ley and Jack".ReaVie; Wingham, With
Mrs. lElyc'e'ai the piano, selections by
an orchestra or Stringed instruments
.and harmonicas from Witigharii;
whistling numbers by ('ecu Merkley1"
of "Winglitini„: and, Sts;e-ral Offering's
by ‘.‘The Kaneae, Farmer" comedian
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of Brussels. • •
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
ALL persons having Claims against
tilie estate of Kenneth ,Gollan, late of
•the Township of Kinloss in the County
of Bruce, Farmer, deceased, who died
On or about the twenty-first day of
January, A.D. 1938, are notified to
send to J. 11. Crafvford, •Wingliam,
Ontario, On or before the twenty-
third' day of ,April, A.D. 1938, full
particulars of their claims in writing.
Immediately after the ' said twenty-
third day of. April, the assets of the
said deceased will be 'distributed
amongst the parties entitled thereto.
having regard (Mitt() claims of which
.the administrators shall :then have
notice.' '
, DATED at Winghati, this second
day of April, ,A.D.;' 1938.,
^3. H:11kRAWFORD,'Whigliam, Ontario.
ertel*itor for the Administrators.
At a meeting of•the,ofllcinl hoard
of the Teesviater United Church, . the
„patter, Rev. R. W", Lee, 'tendered his
resignation to take effeet.
• His action was due'to'ill health. ,
To Extend- Holiday. •,
Paisley merchants are „ oxtending
the Period of their -1'4e**
haif holi-
day frbm.A010 te OCtober, inelueiVe.
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The Move *IS .jdSt Made laet Weck
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06 ttiat t4ne nrst holiday Will not be,
ghserved untzl Aprll 2st
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BROKE ANK.14 WEDNESDAY
A sucker ,fishing party last Wed-
neSday had. an unforttpate end-
ing.,for Jack .0a.mpbell, local barher.
AS welt as his party getting a saint.
few fish; Jack stepped into a hole and
brok,F;an ankle bone in his rightfoot.
Unaware of -the seriousness of :the
kirk, he.etteniPted to'work until late
the next. afternoon with .the injured
ankle strapped. Then.,,; following:, a
madicall eXarnination, he 'wse fOkCed. to.
he'd until .Monday, when the. swelling
had Subsided' sufficiently to alloi.the
foot to be Put in'a.cest which Jack
will have to carry around' for .the next
few. weeks while the fracture knits,
BOQ1c=-BEATON..
quiet bpt pretty .7eddingT.WliS
'solemnized at the .hcilne of the bride's,
parentsMrand4Jan1eS Beatoi,
Cob: 2; Huron TownshiP„ on Wednes-
'day April 5th at four o'clock, When
then daffghtei, •Mitiga.-fet deorgeria,
became:the bride of Mr. George Edgar
Book, : son of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar;
..Book Of Lorel3prn; -:SaSk. Rev.; Win.
Matheson of Chesley officiated.
• • The bride; attended by: her sister,
Miss, Murdena •BeetoCt, was .charming
in her .. mother's .wedding goWn, of
White satin.
...Mr. and Mrs.' Book will leave on
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•FormerAshfield Farmer
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Kilted by Train at London
William' ;Winston,' Brother Of, Frank
And Archie Johnston Struck Down
By Freight Engine At Ridout St
°Creasing -Body Racily Mangled=-
'kPuneral' On Monday In -Ashfiald
''.With.: Interment In Greenhill, .
Williani Thoma Johnston for the
grater Part of his life, a resident of
Ashfield, met ;instant death. On Sat-
urday morning when struck down. by
C.
N. ; .Ricloui St: crossing in the
city bf ' London. .
accident Occurred, at 1:1,10.
Safety gates were. down,, blocking
both the road and .sideWalk as the
-freight -of-64,TIOaded,-cars- approached
the eressing at a speed of about thir-
ty -.five ;miles • an hour.
, Oflcia1s stated th4t Mr. Johnston
On :reaching the gates, looked up the
TailWay right-of-way, but apparently
believing he Icould get across the
tracks belore the train; Went "around
the end of the gate. He was all but a
Step frombeing, clear, when the, en-
gine. struck him.
,He WaS dragged along by the train
for • ., some
fifty feet hoefolrow
etlrao1
sev-
ered-, and .the ' body .badly., crushed.
There was nothing in the pockets of
his clothing to reveal his identity and
it was 'soinelhree hours before itwas,
learned Wile he was.
• Mr. -Johnston who was in his 78th
year, was .born: in .Ashfield. He was a'
seri of .the. late Mr. and Mrs. Archie
Johnston. ,of Landsville Community,
and spent the greater part of. his: life
in. the • TpvvpslOp. He taught sehoel.
for a tiiue. A number of years ago
nbef as io.m1 d sat r,,Aoss41:erlidtik.ianrniwqesutdwl;w:aughT4
Oeh near Dungannon. IA 'few years ago'
he retired.' to London.
A brief ..funeral : Servke , was held
in Evans 'Funeral, Home On Sunday
evening and on MOI;Iday, the remains
were brought to the borne of hia.brb-
ther-,mr. Frank ;Johnston of Ashfield,
Where the' funeral: service .was held.
on that afternoon, conducted by
J. K.MceGiilivjz.
IritInnt.._ in
tery ;with the Pallbearers' heing....Mes.7
SrS, Jainee Pin/lige; James Gibson
John Farrish, John Little,'Phillip go,
grin."and T. J. Lannrin,
-Mr. Johnston is • kurvjted • by his
if-e7-"Mire.TAriii-761-niston Of London;
tWo daughters,,Mrs: P. J. 'IStieler; of
Detroit, and Miss Effie Johnston, at
home Crind, one son,'Arthur of Wind=
sor:. Three brothers, Frank and Ar-
chie Johnston" of 'Ashfield Township,
and Frederick, of ClintOnalso sur-
vive, •
to h ie ;beena cracked 'bottle and the
bottem -broke off, Wrenching the' bOt-
tle from her grasp aacl'Whieh flopped
around On the brush at a high sPegd
' The arm injury is believed to hate
been ;inflicted as . Mrs. Taylor
sought to regain hold of the bottleta
protect her daughter Doris, who was
removing betties from .the sterilizer.
At that point( the bottle shattered.
hurling broken glass into Mrs: Tay-
lor's
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faee. .
' Mr. Taylor was in another part of
the plant at the. time, with his car at:
the door and after wrapping a towel
around.the spurting arm, "rushed Mr..
amid the lest wishes' Of many friends
heee.
.1;4•JCKNOW BIBLE INSTITUTE
CLOSES APRIL 29T11
. just' our . More Friday, nights;'ine
the close- of the Bible •Institiite. This
Friday evening' Rev 3 ,K,'gacGilh
vi ay 'will have Charge. and, we hope
fOr a, :large atterida'nce: Come' and
bearwhat the ;$criptues nave to say
about the',,cornini .days 'and get pre
pared to meet the Onsiaright .of the
eneniiei of Christianity hi the form"•
Taylor to receive meclical 'treatment. of Corminibigini.' Faseisiri, SOcialierr,
and Nazism.
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Song and rtakeri service: at 7 o'-
clock .% Classes for the High School
students ae usual at 7.30 and,8.45 p,ra.
Fhe Junior Bible Class for the boy',
diid "girls of .PU.blic. School age will
meet ever Y Friday at 415
your • friends.
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• pig; OF KINGS'
"King of motion picture
Of the .greatest starry in the .World,
Will he: presented; in the. Town Hall;
LucknoW, Thursday, April l4th, ,at
8.15, under abspicea'. Of the W,. A.. of
the 1Jnited-0*h, with the ,compli-
merits of :SuperteSt: PetrollUin dere-,
Oration This is a magnificent produc-
• don, portraying the life Of Our Salt,
letir, beantifuillY ph,otographed and
set to inspiring and appropriate mus'-;
•Adinisiion25e and 1.15e,"
• .PLAY AT. RIPLEY
'ith-jorivit-tolIng:Teopl:i
P'° -
sent . their play' "Old ,,Fashioned
ther".; in the Town .Hall; Ripley, this
Friday,' April 8th) at 8 o'clock: ,
,' PLAY AND 114:stt
.."The Three Pegs", a 'cornetist in
three ,.acts, :w111 be presented in the
Town 01.11,.on FildaY .evening,' April
8th, by the 'Ladies'. Bowling. Club of,
TeesWatet, Wider auspices of the:
Lucknow Joint CIPb, 'Nolte 'atter
with 'Music Supplied by MncKenzie's
Orchestra. :General admisSieri, "25e,
ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED.
Mr. and Mrs, Janes
have the honour of announcing :"the
6ngagement-of-their--danghter, Phyl-
lis Meandria, R.N., to. Mr. George, M.
Kosmyna. the marriage to take place
early in April in Detroit, 11fich,
irteenth Power Bill
CHRIST IS. RISEN' ! ! ! • .. • _
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and, behold, I am alive for evermore."
We need ,to keep this blessed 'truth.
ever before us When hearts are fail-
ing and filth is weakening: Why. not
strengthen the Spiritdal‘ lifeof, our
friends . with Easter. Cards with an-
prepriate Scripture v'el1rses..,,A' splen,
did assottnient to . be had „at THE
CHRISTIAN itOOK. SHOP.
DIED
WILSON -In the. Village of :Ripley
on Saturday, April .2nd; 1939, Thomas
WilSori, in his 77th .year.,,The fu
dial. Service was conducted under the
auspices Of , Old : Light Lodge, No. 184;
•Luekno*,- at his late residence, Royal
Hotel,-4.Ripley, on .Wednesday, _April
6th *ith interment in Kincardine
.cemetery.
'YoThas AGAINST
In the ,Ontario Leg s attire last
week,. party lines and the „Cabinet.
,split on the vote favoring .the legal -
of sweepstakes in.. Ontario,*
:which carried'.48 to .84. C A. Robert-
son, member .'for Huron.Bruce voted.
against the measure. •
• A copy of the ,resolutien was for-
warded to the Poininion'Ooverninent,
Which has power to legalizelotteries
by amending. the; 'criminal cede: A
private member's :bill 'seeking to have
them' legalied has been given its
first reading., in the 'Federal Hoilee.•
WARK TwkrittliFit
• .„ ANN)yiiogy
:-A VetY-Pleagaiit-evelititt'was'srielit
at the 11;Oililt of Mr, and.Mrs.
Hiniter .on April 2nd,. When, they en-
iertained aretirid,forty,of.their Itterichi
arid.tieighbOrs on the eecisien �f thelit
,26tii wedding anniversary, They were
reCiPient's off Malty useful and IovplY
gittg. .
The eVebitig iraa,spent playingpro,.
gressive euchre. and , Other' ganiA,
'Mose atidceSsful in Winning pri2e;4
Were Mrs': Jacab
Minter, Mf,,'Iohn,UacEilifietiad t1r
root, 1unter tinh wag then served,:
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Brings -Credit -of -470346
_Increase' Of Upwards To $20.00 Over
Last Year -To Returfl All Unpaid
1936..'Taxes-4telief Cogs Approach
Dumping •Ground Again
.Piit". in 'Order
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,The, 13tli Power ;pm was. received
by the Village Council, with all "mem-
•hers" present,,• at the , April . Meeting,/
Tuesday' evening. The Systern this
year,l,feceives „a rebate of $703.76,
PIUS .accrued interest on the 'previous
year's . surplus of $9.39, The rebate,'
which repreerits the difference; be-
tween the itetual • cosi of power, *arid
'the. edirnated .cost onwhich it is
based during the year,:is upwards to
'$200,00--,rite-te-thairthe rebate a :5,.ear,
The Village • duninii* ground. has
again :been put ;hi...eider at a cost -of
$27.99. The careless' disposal of'refuge.
makes this'. work necessary from time
to time. The property has, been fenced off ' in e *Yto, clearly indicate
-thatrefuge is to be disposed in 'the;
."hole" and nobt On the .higher ground
surrounding it.
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Accounts forrelief supplies were
,passed, totaling $62.1$, including
„transient.' rne,als., in the amount of
Council ordered that " all: :unpaid
:taxes prior to 1937 be returned to the
County, as well as 1937 arrears, in
cases Where there are prqvious years'
arteare already returned to the Coun-
ty treasurer. ' 193/7 tax arrears stand
at approxiinately 82208, with unpaid'
taxes 'prior to that "anionnting. to only
soinoWliat over 006.
% A ,grant of *too was Made to the
Lucknow, Pipe Billid-07:`41ild-the-reF"
gutted grant oi .,50e per 'Capita made
to the. Piiblie Library, payable tts
quired.
. „
Ewart Taylor waited on Council,
pointing out that the water rateg, set
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F101iMER DISTRICT. RESIDENT
' • DIED. IN SASKATCHEWAN'
Hovis 40.4. Stiosoy...,BreaCI
gib Our Windows Fori Specials n
LAYER CAKES,COOKIES
:TELLY ROLLS , TARTS. ,
0IEISEA BUNS ' 'PIES
, REMEMBER '
*HOT CROSS BUMS NEXT WEEK
Young. --Daniel• Brotchie,
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80, 'old' timer of the Young district in
Saskatchewan, died at hishemeItlarcli
2. Mr: BrotChie,, Who has been in peer
health. for the ;•past two' Years, Suel
eninbed to, a ..severe cold' within a,
weelt, of contracting it: Heleayes
-Widow. and two .children; -:a daughter,
;Margaret (Mrs.. .Barclay),. of ..Birch
Lake; and a sop, Harold; at home,
also seven ,grandchildren. •
• Mr, •Brotchie was born near Acton.,
Ontario, in .,18,58; meting to Lucknow
at the age of no, and later to'Ham-
'Mon, where he was married' in 1$94.
.the.-flimily 'molted to -Young in 1908
'where they settled on farm in the
Rapid Advance district, ,north of
Young. and where he resided;at the
tinie of his death. He .wa-Erne of the
,first trustees' of the Rapid Advance
school distridtb, having been a Member
.of the. board for 15 years and always
Look an active part in 'school 'alfaira.
.A short funeral service was held at
the family home and theif:a.t•the:Uni-
ted church, 'Where Many,. friends and
'neighbors gathered to. pay, their last
!respects. •Burial was 'made in, Young
ceineteyy,
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'Good_ Progress ..it being -made in
clearing away. the debris:,'On.:the 'Nat
.office site. From id111! .five truck
loads per tour are being hauled away
for , his pasteurizing plant, had been 'Mid daririg_the'feur days that work
set considerably higher than what lie 'Was underWay' last •week,a rough ea-
understoodAt would. cost :Mtn 'when tirriate, Would be apProxilnatelY
he decided last year to The' to 402'1Oads that Were' draW:n•Ont and
tato wit,.'reVised and Set at,$38,05 per 1.''Clisiltid Pf forflhiing liPhfild' the Com -
year, includingAre protection, for nthilltSt
which water userk.otitside the edrp.: Forty-four hour is the
oratIon .are, itSaeSS6d ancl 61)tit1ed to, work cw'eek;'011 this job, •
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9. B. A. "B" FINALS THIS WEEK
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Due,..te,the fact that Dotig. Clarke'
is in the series, ,the 0. H. A. interme-
diate “H"•• Arials ,are attracting Par-
ticular attention locally. The series
,is being Played, in Kitchener this week
between FoWassari Elora. Games
are set for Monday and. Wednesday
with A third.. genie, if necessary, on
Friday.. Powassan arrived at Kiteli•
ener' on 'Monday and will remain there
until -a Winner is declared. 'They. rep-
resent Northern Ontario In this ser -
les and enter the finals Wit*h. the
,
dis-
tinetion .Of not .having lost aL:game
this eun After winning their
grotip,.. they disposed of Sutton and
'Whitby and drew .4 bye, to await this
championship Series: -
Two carloads 'AO/re 4:19ivn to Kitchl.
ener,.Monday, when Elora eked out a
4-3 win in 18 minutes overtline: Doug.,
Clark got the tying 'goal for, •powas-
sad that 'sent the guile Thlo overtime.
Philips Sa*mi�. Was;
Boon To Early Settlers
(BY W. 11. JOHNSTON),
In the early forties of the last cen-
turY whensettlers',were-pouring...int&
Western Ontario, timber in its nat-
ural „state Was 'a drug •and a burden'
to, home:Makers,hot generously equip.;
,pe.d for. hauling such a condition..
But,timber__,_redus:to • a., form for
huilding purposes Was scarce,, indeed.
• It yiasAn.to-this"'-dituatioii-th-rqliall-
s'aWMill operator stepped ias an in -
Valuable aid. Often these raille, Were
transported with greatdifficulty, fre,
clUently attended with, danger._ "
Such was the state of affairs in
the movement into ,Ashfield Township
district to which Many people came
by 'boat to Port -Albert.
••• In 1845, Henry Phillips' with fOund
AN OBD COINCIDENCE. "
The usefulness of a shoe, box,, fer.
mailing purposes, resulted in an odd
ceincidence recently., in the 'first
plaee,, Alex '14eNay; whose name and
adttreSS wita on the box, . used it to .
mail a parcel to his brother„Graban
in. Ottawa. Graham ie turn had occ-
asion to take the box to the Govern-
ment Research Bureau, where he is.,.
employed,' and there it was put in Use
tor .mailing inatter, to a Department
of . the, Government at Winnipeg,-
hez•e the package was received. and.
:opened by Dr, J. M...Kaine; fon*” -
4.-Jrickia;*,,vkerifiarYA
Prise,- when he read on the lit& the 7,
name of Alex:1VIeNay, whom he knew
cut well While here '
BOWLERS. A4TENTION!:
' • The retorganization meeting of the.
Luoknow.,'Bow.ling 'Club will be held:
in the Town Hall, next ltioridaY even:,
1,itg, April lith; at 9' O'clock. .Atten;
dance of all, 'bowlers iarequeitedl.
FORMER. ASHFIELD,'LADY.
DIED SUDDENLY IN:: .Dgroorr
'
• .Word has been received. by 'friends;
here .Of the:I:death-in •,:Detroit :hist
Thursday of Mrs John MacKenzie',
aged '70' years. Mrs. MacKenzie,'Wha
apparently had been ,in ther usual
health, expired suddenly and •.'Wea
found dead. by her husband upon his
return from werly.
Mrs MacKenzie was .formerly
Marga.ret MaeNamara, a daughter of
the late .mr. and Mrs. Patrick 'SRC?
Naniara, . Corn. 12,Ashfield .• Being" 61
a:friendlY and kindly nature,' she is •
well and favorably •remembered,b3L.,.a"
lost of friends . in, the coMintinitY:
Sister,iMfs,
,at Kinkel
'nicely settled on lot 12, concession.9., •cent piece to pest lettei. for monthe
at a time. But they,. had henilock
trees . and these were -cot into saw
legs with the 'axe, no cross -tut saws
in that daY. The .logs were drawn to, -
the mill and the farther.. was given
three choices : The Mill owner would
buy the logs at .$2/50 per thousand
feet or saw them into linnbee,at the •
rate of $2.50, per thousand to be paid. .
in money, ' Or he Would saw .the logs.
on hares, giving half the lumber to
the firmer and keeping.half for him-
, •!'•
while two brothers. had located far-
ther to the west on the same conces-
sion. As their farm -was on whit was
'afterwards the famous .Northern,
Gravel read which ,at that time was.
little, better than s.blazed 'trail, aria
their cabin and .clearing ,in sight of
this read, their honie .was a 'calling
place for the: new ..,Comers,' who •.ar,-
rived -in such nunibers Mr. Phil
lips and his ii,:''Sainuel; visualized
A pelialous• cominunity in 'S few ye
. .
With.needs. •for,.niany, coeitrion neces-
sities, the most' urgent of which was
iuniber. . „
Re/ming-across the Phillips' -farm
. was a .small streainthat.drained someSmall swamps in ,West Wawanosh'. It
was small' and, has since°,heen called
Sam 'phillips'-Creek,''bUt Sam and his
father realized the poSeibilities there
. might be in it. ,,
'.; At one point it course it flowed
between higIC. batike" that were. not.
far apart: Dere it dint' was hupt and.
as the stream Was so ;small' large
=bunt of. excavating had to be dorie
. •
behind, the. darn but finally they • were
rewarded ,with a goOd, head of water.
A sa7rnill, Was erected % With an 'up-
right' saw. It is. true that -the did
not turn out.'tnany thoiiiandeof feet
of latribei per I.day but it, supplied a
greatOeed rough hprriloek lumber
arid ;s8irie pine, ' '
Was :the owner and , manager
of the sawfill •but Seen Aretible for
him• .des%elolied. :i"Theowner of the
farm ;across the. Gravel Road, 'coin -
&mimed back land, -and,
he be-
• for !damages:
lips, and 'his, father; being quiet: hon-
est Men, solved. the diftlCulty by buy=
frig the neighbor's fa'tni
nnd the -Phil-
lips father anti: iricither Went to live
there.;,". ; .
To realize what . a:blessing tlte
sawmill Was to the We:
have to Consider the conditions of
those days. IA
„ Money was, So tcerce that kinte,
Sfamilies 'did not have. '•five
. The last , named • ;plan , suited the •
pioneers% hes. Therefore .though the
.4i:triers aimed only at. eupplying
their "Owri needs, ,the mill owner : had
large' supplies, of juniber for, sale.
This was disposed e to .those living, "
in. the many villages thariprang:uft...
inthe coOntd., " I,
Before' zrianY years' farmers' too had
their farms Cleared , and •Were
ing franiehouses and barns:
;.".
By this time craps, were plentiful,
farmers were 'prosperous and 'a ready
market absorbed surplus' stocks
, of lumber, ,
.0 In the fifties the NOrthern 'Gravel
Road :from Godelich to Lucknow was
constructed and Sem Phillips with
the meatii of providing timber. • and '
plank for culverts and bridges., 'se-.
Cured a Contract fdr •Sotne" .of the ,
WOrif. Everything „was rosyfor
time and then' his :partner betrayed, •
•him and let him with Many .debts to
pay: Mr. Phillips.ditt not Shrink from
,-Shonldering-the-burden-and-paid-Lthe,•-,-.
debt, Thotilr: he met with .4ituniber,"
of reverses he Piirsued, the even teh;...
•Or of. his Wiiy and was.a .prosperous
In'firrie he abandoned the ..sawmill •
iusiness and devoted -1 himself to 'hie,
frirrn where. his'nne home. arid,•''faini
balding's° testify to Is prosperity. '
141$ grandson and karAilY'liVe PA the
old farrn. Th4.ohitareo in this la4t
.family • are the nftti generation sine°
before 4845 When ;Henry Philips
• to'ok the farm over from the crown
•I