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herb Graham; of • Toronto Is.
spending his vacation: here,.. -
Mr. and Mrs. .Harold Agnew
and two children, of Detroit are
vacationing wi th..relatives :here.
Mr, J. W. 'Joynt was On 'the
sick list the early -:.Part of -last.
'week. ;
Mr. _ and •: Mes, William Dairies
t;f T?rantit art' vlG xinL. •fhtS week
with Mr. aril 1Virs,: nit nz.cc ie ,,
h_. A:
t elf.
..,.• he :Goff•of Cr ���•
iss fit__ i. -
W.D,,.: at RoekcTzff�e, is vlsitifgf'
ttte home -of 'Mrs. ' Wm. MacKenzie;
• ii :$11jkle- .and Jo" ce3 MQt
isses,....i , ,�'� y
M.
• J �
fat visited the latter part of the.
week with relatives )n :Clinton.
Mr: and Mrs.' Orm Moffat, Mari
lyn and, Judith ., of Toronto: are.
holidaying with her: parents;' Mr.
and .Mrs: S. C. R'athwell.' ' "
Miss .Marion MacDougall. • whp
has been receiving medical treat
merit in. London returned •••home
the first .of":the week. -: • _
Wes: Huston was in Tororto.:last
week receiving •` instructions i.n
zneasur..-•-:.faC_�_:inade-.ta=measure.
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e;lothing •
Miss Catherine Johnston,
dent at• •Toronto .:University, is
holidaying=w-ith4er parents -D -r
and'Mrs, 'VtW V.. Johnston.
Iv1rs `T.Aouisa ' K'ni htaa,d.•s.
James•Knig ht of -Detroit. are visit,.,
•ing� with . thea; former's• sister;. Mr$:
Prank ''Cole;.'•
Mi wand lliirs -Harold But• -
and.. .two children, . Clarence and
Freddie . are holida ileig this week
.
in the -come iunit
fN
Mr, and Mrs. H. J. Fensharn
and .daughter Linda ofKitchener'
Ter'
,sp, week'-c�nrLwath-Mx._ and
Mrs James Smith..
Mrs ' Andt. ewHustQn`Tof 7'•
onto:"is visiting for 'a .few days
\at the home of. Mrs: _ 'David
Huston.,
Mrt'and Mrs. H:
Avery and,"
Miss•Tena MacDonald of Toronto.
are
visiting "with ; Mr. 'and' Mrs.,
R. T. Dougla•s.•
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APPEALMiss _ F:lorence Hatdenl'zy .;:1`'•, � • -
North Culross:•'as• guest at. le ----,.
home, of her aunt, .Mrs. Dudley:,
for a few,days last- week. •
Mr.. and Mrs. Alvin Percy and
his mQth-e.r,, Mrs. V. Percy :of .pe-
troit visitedy w' tk .,relatives.,•. and
friends in the •community last
ro •-
y,iss l,adira Irwin Twhr
spent the..
'.p Ak�h1 '.i �a✓ -.S: k.J.a111..
Coder ichtll�_ < 4i ig iu'i a coupl
-lUI
.�.,.,..�_...-.:,��_. �z.•..<eiR-poxen'G�;:
�
`arid •Mrs:.Spence ,'Irwin..
In connection With the• will of
the 'late Alexander 'MacKenzie of
Kinloss, which has been declared
valid by a unanimous decision of
three members pf the Court .of
Appeal earn Ontazze Si: ty days is
al lowed for an 'appeal. to . be
teredagainst the : Appeal •. Courts
n is i limit 1 first ui 7Septt tr. ei' and :_
i�l
s ur dptriu""kil„a4z 1-y� ()Vern,
deczsio Th tirne starts the.
bei _lit befr z• ...l-definit
r A krip-Wri' tiif' tlj:e,triatter, w :il go.,fur-
ther; • In :an event ..of an -anneal'
,
being entered the case •would . •o
P
to . the. Su ',rerne. Cour -
i Supterne of Can'ada.•,
Mr: `:Justice Roach, , one "of the
Appeal Court Judges on this'.case-
ha's subrnittedy'a -eo f
py of'ttie'reas-:
o'ns,. for” judgment in :'upholding
the •wi11, which,. iso a volumous
manuscr'ipt'of' some forty foolscap,
ek pages. • t
• Mr. Roach analyzed the evi
• dence with' one simple ques-
mmdx '"d°id he deceased
Miss Shirl
e ;Halden�b.
Y y, has re-
turned harne ' to Taranto` •-aft,e.
Spending :a nipnth''s holiday's With
her,. aunt,:..Mrs::'''Dudley of -.town
and relatives in North: Culjcoss:' °
Miss; Amy:Yo�ire,c, ;. a foaper
member of . the • Lucknow High
School. staff, vi 1ted .last _we:
with.: Mr.. 'and Mrs. W.
Miss'Your..ex home is in Dundalk
but she 'teaches at Chapleau.
•
Mrs.' Mabel''McGrilvany.'and'So`
Neil of Winnipeg ,and : Catharin'e
1Vliller of Toronto:, grand'daughte
of .-M!s. Mecillvr.a• A,• visite
�eoi plc . of days at: the home of
her, cousin, Mrs;•. Dudley of ••town
•1Vlrs, N ,. Campbell and,Lorn
of Taron Q, a vis► '+
. , � .� ti.ri� �tla.is-w.ea. .
with *Mr.. an;d'•Mrs. R; .H; :thorn!),
�son..'In spite of her 88 years, Mrs.
ipb 11 iex�joYt d•, hc7th,y
'although he finds it difficult „to
move ;about;
•tion in. • Soh
'have the necessary •mental cap
acity •to make' the will 'here ' in
r• question?". Two factors=had to••.be'
a: eonsidered. , Was ' he h
opeless9.y
without testamentary capacity •or•.
had -the progress of deterioration;
a' .not...reached; that. habitual. and:
'ho eles ' to
p s s te,.:;Fi.ut • 1!.h....a,:t Mat thy;.
_, 'precise time when the .'will Was
made as distinguished from'- cer
t n.' c •tine r. ,s', the eceased-tt'
tcstam.eri'tary, ^capacity;
Ate weighing': the
t
it s ``,Wrigl'tt ., of . , eaforth — an
sacgaret. , .White, 'i,eg.N. of
the Sick Children's Hospital, Tot,.
•onto, .have•been visitin'..*..ith Mr.
arid- Mi -s -VFFm Murdie �art r s.
Elizabeth Mui die,
Ma.- Win, J.: Finlay,?.for merl'y of:
1'ifierd; and..whci' has spent the
past ten years . at Victoria, B..C.,
laas_been vsiting- Gn.-t;tle-�: 0, -roe -
•farm with his daughter,' Mrs. Wm:
Andrew and Mt-. Andrew He ar=
t}ived; °here early, ih
Recent guests' at the home' ofd
•Mr: and Mrs: Angtus_Grahazn;:_Con..
-4'; Kinloss have . been M_:'isses' Jean
Graham and :, Agnes `Hawk•wood,
justback from 'England; Mr;• aiid:
Mrs Jnmes� Snow, ,' Bdwood,;
1VIrs.• Simpson, Windsor;. Flt.: Lt.`
ack .des and "Miss .... Anna'
• Mr and Mrs Wm. Haidenb
and son Ralph *ere' Saturday
evening . caller s 9n' -the' ' former's
sistei',._'1VIrs. Dudley; i
---M-r,a•nd44,rs--Htrbert- l~ fisher—of
Hamilton. •a r e• holidaying this
weelk • With' 'her:, mother,; Mrs.
David Huston: and other relatives.
Mru: nd' Mrs Joseph. Hackett
o Detroit are "'visiting with;'Mr,
`
and Mrs. Ja•
mes R. ' Hackett and,
other relatives in the conixnunity,'-;
Mrs. Co:MacDonald a ;n ci
Mils. 'T. Le' sl man sang "a • lovely
duer at the morning, service in,
the Presbyte anC`
hurch•
,on Sun
clay'
Mrs, E C:Smith :and ,daughter
Jean of Ediionton, are * visiting
at
the -.homes cif :her 'b -other =inn,
law: ''Messrs.• Jatries and .T.• W.
Smith.
evidence
•ften=':con 0 6 . , �-A pF,.cal
e60 -r -t rc Ehed ::the-=u-rt•an'Imous
Ggzeement lin allowing the a�'peal
,pp
and' declaring:;the•.;docume?nt:'.in
question :•duly executed and : at-
tested.'
Mr. Justice' Roach: reviewed 'the
eccentricities of *the deceased, •who
was 81: years, of 'age at, tits .death,
and '"who. had•.{hived a• life . With.;
• d ar n- -from i tercourse
ft lends neighbors; had viiork
ed long slavi•sh' • hours, ,was miserly.
;and unkempt Mr Roach•. said;'
"Notwithstanding :his :fortune 'he
livedlike, a.,nian in abject pover-
tv The• accumulation of wea.ltni
:etas•:., a mania with him": He
could "never•°see'any' fun in spen
•
ding• `moneyand: had told '.his-
:ban'ker hi's aim was to get
O;OT:U. r•
On', the ;basis,., of. the evidence
g'iven.,Mr ,;Roach reviewed' the
weaknesses; 'whic• h- in their ju'dg
inept °wei e , vet y revelant, as ' in.
Periods of illness' his,tnentaLconr•
dition was affec•ted:,-
Mr. 'MacKenzie executed , three
Miss ''
1�a1.'p •
ie a,..
J Haldenby and
Miss•Gertr.ude .D
oherty of Torontp
Were' holiday. y Y.isitors_ with IVar
Mg: t.,,,,lVIrs1-'-'13-uilteytTah—
girls.ls••retur
returned 'borne .last week. •
Mrs :Albert Gammie who has.
riot, been in good. health . for a
time ' returned homethis week,.
aster spending a week`' in Toronto;
tvhere she was under medical'ob.
servatiioii, 4.
PORI -ELGIN` h A cif PACK
SUR c PIPE _ �4EDD
1`/A Cf.'WGERT''
OriSunda � •
• y, •Lucknow Pipe•
Band
roust have been 'aware .of
the Loyalty arid
their
the'n admiration for
organization which 'this lis,
trio; hotels f or.. it, •
f: Despitea'heas ;
og which roile8 in off the'Y
for the``entire lake t
en day,_ at• heavy
nugh to •recCuce vi
si•bl:lity, fora
Graham • of Toronto and Re,xinie
Braham of HalifaxX, who t
on farm : lea've.
Mr: • and Mi• s: Nelson Webster
and•chilcIren'ri;oss'and : Shirley ••of
Windsor, and Dick 'Reed orfie-
troit are holidaYing.h'ere
:week.' They• were accompanied'by
i1ilr� aid Mi.s.: Jack' McGillycuddv
of. Windsor who. are, visiting with
Mr., and Mrs.. 'W. . Wchster. M•t'.
and,Mits.. Nelson: WGhster• have
two children in the ser' ice Tl •eii
daugla.fcr la701ys:'is: rvsci.ng in
Canada .with the RCAF, W:D,
and their son: Rov is id ,Gei mrinv.
•
with `the? Caiiadisi.n-Ai'niv
Rev', and M•r' Brown
rd,
ghter:: reniwed dau-
: rcgttiri its:
ances; in "this• coniriiunity this
Week; Rev, $;a owns wris a foriiier
a
_�S 1 on Ashfield C r:p a do i_ cu t t Fc t
`tiertoW0t-ssi yea • :hid• wa.S
Brantford and is':iiow Preaching
near Sarnia. • Miss Ethel Brown;
is assistant '.principal• • of, otic
Brantford's.' public schools, and.
•Sydney;•. who• had' been principal
in'' Goderich; haS' a&.cep.ted a
cipalship of. :a • school. iior.th of
Torontd.
More ,'than ten feet, trio e 'than • a
1;lousarid• cars, 7artrmed�t,Yi`C.,h��cli
area • to hear the, 'concerts both
afternoon and.:evening' '
•,barge ar-
irived in, Port .Elgin iii `the iefter.-
noon, b.ringiiig.. picnic foods .with
here so that •they :dpuld tcnrain.
through for 'the everii'•ng perform.
rice as w(Wll Bort Elgit't Times.
r
rinan's. illnessesand`.• " hysical
will in all: 'His. last• will .wa`s-'exe
ted on . 'Mai cls .' .24th,•' 1942..and..
.ditd a Tittle tiIre than a' yeas'
later:.nn April 19,.,1:91.
On: Deeernhei ..1$th 1'942 • Mr.
M€u'-Kenzie'- was:. admitted to
Wing'llttm Hospital suffe.rirg frons
.brohell(1-pneunioriia, He iiiade• a
paiti�il;rccn�civ.bu. hi:5'mind xvas
''nfus:. d, In'.Febrtr•ary 1?i43 he be-
c'ailti� more .difficult .to manage'
\vas becfrmt'lig dliite violent
1•).• " x(hi oars, bili:.• Foul} .;days
Its'ter, 'eotiiniitment, •'papeils were
cnd•i�. his : .t w
s'.' rigid s i e. �oc�d<.
�tl g n>~ �o � ,
'a i a;l'; 'f7i1
vitt rGil less' •than t Vo ..m.pnths
Tate1.
;The • evidence Of Dr, Baugh
•
niediGat,l'.superinten.den:t of l.Iornne=
wciod 'Sanitarium, was both
factual and spinign. • Froin his.
Condition 'when he saw ::hies it
seemed incredible to Dr.Baugh
t t'IVCr "1VifacKen ie •cot lei' clic=
iiltat:ge- any...cliities i` c spa ii bit-,
sties :at the • time:' the will 'Was
drawn> Asked* specifically if he
thought the deceased could ap-.
prrriate the •extert;t,-.of the ,estate
at .that fist e, '.he''replied, "It is
very .flifficuil't •.to say,' From what
1 have heard h .sz� trii' to have
i oney-1;(rise,,
l)r. Arrtnotir, Yr specialist.. in ne e-
v(�us• and, rii(�ntal. diseases in re-
•
elC#iD'64S
`fern g . Te �an ies,l..;� a pses � s-•.ome-inteinterest
t in thei
n
is not out
of memory arid ,periods of confus- of proportion to the exterit tak
ion, ;said. `4There is rio reasop £n; which, they; showed an
the•,..... y•• intexes
. orld3., des' ri „
Y!'. , c bed as he 'uaro.m
he •slio'ild • not haveincidents: like •
that happen ;and at other 'times .be
perfectly -clear"•
Mr. -Justice Roach reviewed' the
testimony o,f 'severalOther
-`wit•
tresses- which • i'n some•, cases' told.
'of the --st'range- •-and"apparently.;
unbalanced ,actions • of ,the man
and ,in others 'substantiated:• his
*dealings• as perfectly normal to
his nature: Various-- business
transactions were -,reviewed in: the
appeal' docurnent,.•'as• well as the
elaizses
of tb-e flaacee. different .wills
Mr :MacKenzie "had made, `and"
• circumstances • pertaining to :. the
executing of the last willand't e
h
,manner in whichit
. was .dome at
the -r ' u. st+ of M-i.:•:Ma
9. g eKerizie.. ' .F.
David' Carruthers was. an • execu :
for on all" threauills.- h .late
V 1V:•?rest wasan executor: until
late, in :,1941 when- he asked.
to`
be relieved: because of all healt
'`Mr TG H Smith ` was theny *apt-:
pointe r ac enzie at no
time; would sanction a trust corn.
pany hatrdlirig hi °estate. v.
Mr. 1Vla.cKenzie's last' will wasp
.i
button t ri k wasting
precious food and sugar
by spoilage through the
use . of inferior' vinegar..
Use Canada 'Vinegar—rt .. ,
the :vinegar your Mother •
used always uniform.
htg-h.--gia�a1it.y±
'strength.
It has been the leader -in
�.. On saleat all -grocers..
me" 'rid for FREE Pickling
Recipe ;Booklet to Cana -
oda VinStr•
eegarets'L,' 'Toroimi
e. ted,nto:"112
Du1
read: by the executors :ir%. the pies
nce of Mr. P ,est and ' I �. `
:e, x a. T::VW: Smi h . � �.
who' attested the will. : Mr: Mac -
Ken ley was: repeatedly •aske'd, "Is
hat_;_what You.:.Want, Alec' " ..te
which be ,replied .affirmatively.•.
•
Nine' days 'later*. on' .the recom'
mendation_ of Mr. P.. S. "MacKen=
zie, who'drew .up the will, it was
again ;:read ;:ta Mr MacKenzie,,
clause by clausein the presence.
of -Lawyer MacKKenzie, Dr: 'W. V
Johnston. and .the executors and
was, again approved : Co'mxiiented-
Mr. Roach, "Obviouslythe 01.1r-
ose'of that . visit was- to put
-beyond eradventure`-tea ..:
Kenzie •understood the will".
Mr . Raa.ch's summation co;ntin-
ued . "Due -regard must : by had to
the type of ".span he was., He did
not -fit into' a 'common mould:'
:Where others ---'might bvejosn;:
he talked 'little. Where others;
might••be social he was solitary..
Thesehabits Might.lead. the: Un-
wary to mistake ignorance • for
und.ef'standing, .'but if ..doubt • re,,.
tamed •as to •his- understa'iding.'
the will, that doubt, in ^my opin
fon, '%s dispelled by 'the evidence.
of.. Carruthers as : to the several
discuss ons .he- had with. the
ceased concerning it and in`.ad.-'.
dition there ar e••the: words spoken
ov. the':de4eased as testified to by.
Smith; 'and' Carruttlerrs to the ef-
;fect iii"at pe e.ple would be sur,
Prised when they heard his •will.
That he underst -
o�od�tref-n.
of the Tact Of making a ' will. I
have no doubt, '1 'am ,eq.ually'__ce►
tain that:he understood the ex-
tent of the' -property of which he
Was disposing" '4
In referring to Mr.' 1VIacKenzie's
two -earlier 'wills Mr: Roach said:
"By• 'the third' will he again pre -
feat • ,..iris ,:nieees�:Mrs : A drew,
and Mrs: Stiinson: 'As to the •form-
:er"ii—will be rei~`alted---ttiaril 'vas
to Her home that he was taken in
1937, when he was: ill and again,
in 1..939. She h;ad 'shown ,'some in-
terest in the 'old man by; sewing•
for ••him and' visiting .him at his
house. Notre of the other nephews
and • 'nieces h'ad displayed' -much
interest iso him and • Iwould not
think >t unfair 'to comment that
the• extent to Which :he showed,
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