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MISSING IN ACTION
AT ,FIONG KONG•
Sergeant ".Charles Lewis Jewitt
Was ' listed as "missing in action" in
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• the Canadian Army's 243rd Overseas
casualty list, issued last. Thursday.
';'This list. contained the, •names of
G.8,officers and•4men who .were eas
uatlies at• 'Hong Kong, and leaves`
` . a' • .comparatively small . • number of
• more than two 'thousand Canadians
who Were at Hong Kong, still un
accounted for,
The' island fortress; ' fell to.the
yaps , on. Christmas Day, 1941,' after
the Allied forces had valiantiy with-
stood a: .1=olonged seige, with` no
hope of relief. Since then, for more
than a -year, ' Charlie's :mother, Mrs.
• Viola .7ewitt-°-of London, has anxi-
ously awaited word of, or from, her
son, , and last , `week's • public an;
nouncement that Chiarlie. was "Miss
in action", his fate. shroud-
in•-Myater..y ,and can be 'of little
comfort to, the. distraught mother' and
her fainily. -
Charlie was •popular in Luckriow
where he grew to youngmanh'eecl,
and' received ::his .public' and High
School education. He' took •a`',course'
at Westervelt College in London' and
after the•outbreak of the war join
ed' the 'army headquerfers staff.at
Loncl"b° ' . He , was attached, to the
Force head-quarters,of the Canadian'
contingent • that "was sent to 'Hong •
Kong late. in the summer , of 1941,
before�tlae Japs.>made--their-,surprise-
on I$earl Harbo%.' '
ie Jewitt family; have resided in
',ondon now for some time. Charlie's
brother -Bill. is, also in the Canadian
• :Army.. He' has' two slaters,. Eileen
and Norah;
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Present Layette To First"
° Baby At Kincardine '
Bertha. Jean Blue, -,infant daughter
of Mr. 'and Mrs. Donald "Blue of
Amberley, was the first baby born
in ' Kincardine :Hospital. in 1942.
Bertha Jean' arrived • 'on. New Year's
day and to her went the layette
-presented by. the Junior . Hospital
' League.
Eye Witness of, •
Tragedy AtSt.'Johns
Lieut: W. ' R. 'Tomlinson, ,M.P.' for.
Bruce, who has. been stationed in:
'_ Ne'wfoundl'and for. sever_al,•_:months,
spent a few days recently at Pont
Elgin, 'beforeleaving again for East
ern Canada where: '. he bas_...keen_
transferred th a. new battery.
. Lieut Tomlinson was an eye wit-
, ness of ihe tragic fireut St. Johns,
Newfoundland and sayt it was one
experience he hopes, never to haVe
again.
THE 12th OF JULY Will be cele-
brated: in Winghain this' Year - and-
. the ToWn Council has aostarred Rev:
E. O. Gallagher :and Joshua Scott,
wile represented the L.O.L.,. of every
, support posaible in making the cele
bratiori 'a success,
BORN
BLUE—In Kineardine General Hos-
pital on Friday, January Itt,- to Mr.
and Mrs. Donald B. Blue of Amber -
'ley (formerly Margaret MacKenzie)
a daughter; Bertha Jean.
CAMPBELL --,-In Kincardine Gener-
al 'Hospital op Wednesday, January
6th, to 'Mr. and Mrs. Harold ,camp-
' bell, R. 6 Lticknow, a daughter.
RED. CROSS' DRIVE FOR: • .
,4000,000 STARTS laki igARCH,
" A national appeal for $10,00,000
in voluntary Contributions to the
6 . work of the Canadian Red troas
,Society bp launched thronghout
threUghthe succeeding thr'ee weeks.'
"The Canadian Red Cre s urgently
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RED CROSS NOTES'
Knitters are badly- neededby the
Lucknow and VijrLi anch of the
Red. Cross. Woavailable.• andcan be obtainedthe'lied °Cross
Workroom each -ay and Thurs.-
day afternoon. '
- • If yeti' can knit your •services are
:required. Call. at the' Workroom for
the, wool;
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EXTEND DATE FOR
MARATHON. EN-TRIESQ
r• The final date for entering in th
•winter bridge and euchre rnaratho
has been advanced one, week ,unti
Monday;January' 18th. A large entry
is -looked for`°as the cause is a worthy
one, arid the. series''provides pleas-
urable and sociable ;entertainment.
The marathon • will commence on
Thursday evening, January 28th' and
will 'continue for five weeks 'with'.
sixth ' and final • night. in the .Town
Hall; It • was • originally planned to
have the' series tori 'for eight weeks.
Note the change. .
The Committee point 'out . that
lunch wih be served as before, but
suggests that you' .do: not let 'the•
rationing of various items prevent
you from entering. If . you find these
rationed commodities scarce,' a cup
Of soup and Biscuits is one sugges-
tion 'that
ugges-tion`that will -solve the lunch prob-
lean.
Entries are to be made at Hill's'
-Storer-not-later-than -Monday:
Monday:
Passes R. N: Examinations
' MViiss Islay 'Campbell, daughter 'of
QMS. ` and Mrs. Jack Canip'bell was
successful . in, passing•her• registered'•
nurse examination. ' A graduate of
Guelph ' GeneraI Hgspital, Islay' la
now employed on 't the •nursing 'staff
of 'Listowel Hospital.
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'MECHANICS COURSESLECTURING,AT ,FARM . °
' FUEL SITUATION
• A series, of short courses ..are being:SE•
R ®'U S ► S:E
conducted throughout Bruce County l•
this month featuring care, mainte2_ 'WOOD CEILING •
ance and repair of farm Jriaehinety
aria equipment The courses,. which
ere being 'held at far nerth.at Lion s
Bead, ere being .W.ell'attenaed. 'John
Kilpatrick is one of the lectUrera,
dealing 'with -rope work, farm labor
saying cleiices and care and main -
almiliar series .of courses will
follow shortly in Huron Comity, .
• j-Sany yin -unitizes. Ole •cOal: situation:
-1.-, rally none 'is avinable. And Pro,''
Th.' recent (at the Lu6knolk.
CANCELLED POST STAMPS
ARE NOW WANTED' . . .
m^s
Mrs. Edgar 11011yiran 'advises 'us
that she has received, a notice' frorri
England, ,requesting a' shipment. 'of
;OCG ca celled postage stamps.-
stamps arte requested as wel).-:
AS the conirrton 1, 2 and 1 -cent
HORSE TRAMPLED
: Underwent .Operation=
John Prest of the Bank of Mon NEW COUNCIL' TOOK
treal, Chathain, son of Mr. and Mrs.
V. N. Prest of Lucknow, underwent
an operation' for' .appenclicitis, on
Saturday -and is getting Wong niCely:'
Prest ,went to Chatham the
„end of ,the week •to with' he- •
These 'stamps are sent direct to.the
don, England and the,, proceeds are
for benevolent purposes. Mrs. !
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DONATE $13.To OVERSEAS
Mrs. Noble, JOhnston was a holi-
day visiter with telafives in Detroit'
and While thege received a dona-
'find from Mr. and Mrs.. Harold Ag-
new; better known' to their friends
-here.* "Pete -and Mary Belle.
have conducted this cigarette fund
for some tithe ; and 'send PerioZlic
$10. donation needless to paY;.; was
very welconie .and appreciated.
RE-ELECTED DIRECTOR OF
ARERDEEN ASSOCIATION
been re-elected to the. Dominion
Angus Associatian::-':'"i4This is Mr.
:Todd's third term. He is one Of three
OntariO, Quebec, and the 1Varitirnes.
Other Egatern Canada: membgre 'are
T. A: Edwards ofiWatfora arid J. A2
Shepherd Of Eldra. The annual as-
sociation convention will be held in
;Toronto on February 3rd. .
CIGARETTE FUND ;
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Congregation Honours'
Rev. William Matheson
At the Mid -week service in, the
congregation joined in hpnoring Rev.
twenty-five yeara as minister of this
church. He Was presented With a
well-filled purse 'in"recognition
the: event, and .Mrs. Matheson was
Reir. Matheson la fbrothea" of
IVfurdo 1VlathesOn of Ashfield.
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Meeting on 'Monclay evening for
the inangural meeting, the 1943
age CounCil held .a 21/2 hotir session
at which donimittees were streck
;and aPpeintments made.
dornmittee chairma,n is the first
one named in each 9f the follovving
committees: ,
:Finance—Kilpatrick, Joynt, Sole-
HydroL-jaynt, Solomon, Kilpat-
rick.
Kilpatrick. .
PetitiOns and 'By -Laws — Clark,
.Garbage Collection—Clark, Boyes•
The following appointments Were
made: Library Board—Rev. C., H.
1ViacDenald; Board of Health—C,
Thompson; Fence ViewersAndrew
Lockhart, Alex MaeDiermid, G. A,
Greer; Village officialt-Bert Ward;
Pound Keeper—Jas. Johniton; Hy-
dro—A. Havens; WateileptIcsT.A. C.
Asaessor—R. T. Douglaa; Clerk and
tarty on 1
of human .suffering", the ataterient
--Wer ,
organization and under' the Conven-
tions of GenOva, is required to ob-
tain its stappOrt by voluntary glib-
scriPtions to pregerve its tights,
. privileges and immunities guaran-
the Society antl ,eyen wipe out it
, to hold the riationppeal in Meech
`wao,macie with the fullest co-oper-
t• -to avoid clashing with plans of the a
The .publisher 'wishes to acknoW7
ledge With thanks the fine responie
to ,our reqUest fer .a 'few issuei Of
December 31st. The need has bean
amply supplied.,
Augustine, announce the engagement
of their seeend deughter, Veronica
Dealt:L. Brennan, of Cellingwo'od,
:Brent -tail; Goslerich. The marriage to
take place the latter part of Jan;
Drayton .arinounce the engagement
of their daughter, Genevieve, to
Flying Officer David •Hornell, R. C.
17.,- son, of -Mrs. Hornell and the
late Mr. 1.f. A. Hornell of Minna);
The Wedding will take place in Tor -
of Mr. Wm. Hornell of Lucknow.
fuel. weed for theirtithe,•being,
tip: relieve not are •requested to start clipping
One bright spot Ara the picture is
the raising of the 'pride ceiling on
fuelwood by the Wanime 'Prices and
Trade, Board. Under` the eriginai
ceiling there 'waa *fie wood to. be
had ;and few farmers,eonteinplated
'spending ;much tiMe in the bush
this Winter other than to ctieenough
'Wood for their. needs IneXt winter
fanners with Woodiets defined that
under the ceiling, the prite MOk care.
of nothing niore than the' labor, and
that they praetically gave the Weed
New Price Now Effective
•EffeFtive on Jenuary 2nd the
Prices and trade Board• issued a
the ceiling prices 'in central ana
Satith Western Ontario, Prices vary
for various' zones. -,This, coMmunity,
south .ef the Durham Road is in;
cludea in the .Central Aree and the
price achedule for seasoned Wood,
delivered, is as follows:
Hard naaple,:. yellow birch, beech
oak, all -.1aotlywood!--4 'ft length -Li
card $11.00; „24 -in. length -1, corck
-16-inchL-1 cora $13.50, two-thirds
.Hardwood Mixed—hard maple,
yeIlew birch, beech, oak, aoft maple,
elm; ash' and *MN. birch: 4 ft
length"--Lcord $10.00; 24-iiich Cord
16 inch—card $1.3.09, twe-thita bora
Mixed Wooci-:-soft -maple, white
ch-7-p-iiprawvine,, spruce and hem -
16 inch -Laird $11.00, two-thtrd cora
$7.60, one-third Cord $4.00; 12 inch
These prices are for dry wood de7
livered. Greenwood the order statea
"shall in eyety ease be one dollar
less than the maxinnun price per
cord! of seas -caned ftielwood tne,
sa e kind and length".
his action by the Priees Board
has -been -1i in an effOrt to evert
a serious shortage, of fuelwood in
the winter of 194344.
The new schednle of prices his
been interPreted locallY to mean
that the cord price of mead Will be.
proportionately loweethan the price
of fractions of a cora. For instance,
the delivered priee of a Ford of 12 -
Of a cerd, Or What we regard aa a
"short cora" sells for a maxithum
The schedule, as published above,
is taken front a bulletin bY the
Board irr resPect to the neW order.
uthorit3r to return unpaid taxes to
he CetintY Treasurer at the statut-
The Property 'Committee was au-;
thorized, to secure wood for othe
Ttivn Hall and the -Clerk was in-
strictea to advertise' for 45 cords
of 16 -inch 'elm; or. any p;art thereof
,o laterAttan„Jjoy,!
he *hoar Ilaattrieuiiiiiiiii-for
1860 was.brdered
Prayer For ReVitral
The prayer Meeting- for revival
will "be helethis Friday evening at
t the residence of Mrs, 'Ellen Alton.
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Mr. and M.S. :Archie 'Aitchison of
gagiol,linent of their daughter, Mar-
eter, Ontario, son of Mr. and Mrs.
The marriage, to take place quietly
the letter' part of January;
You mai! recall that ten ,days ago
the,publisher had a "flat", that
aled the inner tube. Well, we feund
out that riddled hardly conveye the
proper cenception Of just what that
-tire leoked "like, But its -holding
air again w4th fifty-two Patches on
it. Yes, fifty-tWo!
When Clair Agnew underiOOk to
repair the tire, we didn't think it
was that bad. Bet,deterinined o See
after pateg, and finishea--up With
three or four cold patches to„.miake
'it leak proof at last.
Then. came. the count, •52 in all,
with some of the vuleanized patches
coVering as much as three or four
holes. But it holds air—and that's
something. Poi how leng, We May
case :yeti Wonder
IndlotranidtVladittfraediVa
Sten? That pilled int6 the, casing
when the lite went fiat, and the
damagd was done in a Very few
Thursday', Friday arid SaturdaY of
last • week brought successitie days
of tub -zero weather with the tem-
Perature Unofficially ttnging from
14 to 21 below;
The Fire Company will hold their
annual. Eturns Ball in °the To*n Hall,
on Monday, January pth.,,,McKen-
Legion DANCE
IN THE TOWN. HALL
hurs.,...110n. 1-4
All proceeds for the Overseas
Admis,siori 35e
them to fill this overseas requisition.,
EIGHT YOUNG MEN 'LEFT .
FORe THUNDER AREA -I.
Eight :young men . boarded the
train at noon Mondair en -
route to the Thuntler Bei! area,
where. they will be emplOyed in
lumber; camps fOr the' wi ter
Those leaving fram this commun-
aon; Mel SteWart, Elliott .Purves,
A. &misted; Harvey Scott, Lawrence
IVICLeatz .and C, Johns*.
Institute Meet"
'The Januark meeting of the: Vvo-
men's. Institute was...held_ in the_
• Town Hall with the yice presia,ent,
Miss Mary MacLeod presiding. The
roll call was answered by "a Worth-
while theught for the New Year". A
report Of the Christmes .Cheer and
sOlaiers gifts sent 'ont,was. received
and' several notes .of thanItS from
those reinembered.Lwere read. The
motto of the daY "Better foiget anti
stifle' than remember and he sad":
was taken by Mrs WesleY 'Huston
and the topic op "The Willow Pat-
tern China" by Mrs. Alex Mowbray.
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Readings were contribUted by Mrs.
Morgan Henderson ana Mrs. Elmer
Johniten. Community singing and
werd Contest were enjoyed by
OBITUARY
'WILLIAM MaeRENZIE
• After a' lengthy. period of failing
-health and --patient --suffering the -
death. of William J. MacKenzie oe-
year;. and had reaided in ,Lneknow
for the Past twelve years, where rhe
Was .hela in the' highest esteem bY
his friends. -
Mr. ana Mra. MacKenzie farmed
KinlossTewnahip for many years,
on the farm. pow owned by.Reg Mc-
Bride,. ConcesSion 10: In failing
health -Mr, MacKenzie -retired Troth
the farm some fifteen years ago,
When -they moved to Kincardine
where they •tesided for abant three
years before coming:to"Ltacknow.
The' fiineral-service-Was-held-in-
Mondai., .January 4th, conducted by
Rev.' C. IL MaePonald, assisted, bi
Rev': J. W. Donaldson, tntertnent,
was in Greenhill Ceinetery with An-
rew Lockhart, Donald Ferguson;
lbert Helm, 'James Smith; S. E.
obeitson and Ed Gilinere acting is
allbearers
Mr. MacKenzie it survived by his
ife, formerly .Alice Healey.
Out;of-town friends attending the
owe' were from Toronto; Strat7
ord, Kincardine, Glean* and Pais -
y.
WILLIAM THOMPSON
The funeral ,of William Thompson,
a life-long resident of Kinloss tewn-
ship, was held. from his residente
On the 9th Concession en Tuesday.
latt..Mr. Thompson; who was -in
81'st year, had-ltrot been* in good
h6lth for game' years:- but until
tf4entl had been able 'to be 6 -
to sothe extent He is survived by
his 'viife, formerly Miss LiZzie Ged-
des:. ,two ihrothers; Albert dr.ffoly-
rood, and Fred of Teeswater; also
one sister, Miss. gliza, of Kinleas
Township. ,
The funeril was in charge of Rev.
R.. X. Stewart of Teeswater, an4 in-
terment Was. Made in ,South:kinioss
CemeterY• on Friday.
FAMED 'AWAY SATURDAy
',The death Of,CharlesnDitrnin of
Concession 9; 'West Wawanosh, od-
curted at ' his home on Saturday
after an illnes,s of several months.
He •wasoin. hiS '73rd year. The fun-
eral , Service vtias held. at his late
residence on 1Vitinday with , inter -
WAWANPSH MAN
Suffering • terrible injuries
trAmpled, by an
Kinahan of concession
West Waitanosh, .age 65, died
Three members otthe 1942.Ceiri-
61 concluded a combined total of
21 yeara Municipal: serVice When the •
Board e.at at its final Otatutory meek'
mg Menday merning. They were:- .`
ved for nine' years . as Reeire and
Councillor, --Donald Ferguson, for
seven Years a conneiliar .R. H. _
M.cQUillin who has "served. far the.
past' two years. as well aa a prey-
iotia• three year term,
4.. The. old 13oard-concluded year-end
•beclerich• Hospital on Monday. H.
r routine businesa and dealt with
. snowplowing costO to date, and dis-.•
; cussed the matter of in account
the aeeicient,:hy• his .son :Wilfred.
Kiriahan 'was •alone .in. the barn
from the Dominion Road 1Vlachinery
the time, and detailoof the aceident
It is thought that the hors4 be -
;came maddened by . the striell 'of
binod trent, its, owner's clothing as
he had just completed killing "a pig
before entering the barn. The. Stall
was badlY smashed by 'the plunging
lyir."Kinalien is survived by four
daughter's: and two sons, Mra. Edna
Barr Detroit; Mrs: Thomas 'O'Mal-
ley, West Wawanoah; Mao:, S. Taraa,
St' Catharines, and Misa Beatrice,.
*don; Wilfred at home. ana Alfred, -in
formerly Miss Jeraile RobinaanOtlied
seven years ago. -
. 'The funeral was' held Wednesday
Morning from Secred Heart Chtireh,
St: Augustine; Rev. Fr. McMahon
officiated at the service. hitennept
was in St. Augustine Cemetery,
.Evereti . Finnigan, Joseph Carroll
New CnderWear, Mitts, Gloves, Sex
and Work Clathing. THE MARKET
STORE.
URGE- INVESTING IN'
The National' War. Finance Com -
program in Huron Ceunty until the
fourth Victory Lean 'drive J:
ed Despite the splendid reSponSe
bY the people ktf Huron Coun-
ty 'in. the recent yibtory Loan Drive
there is' still an 4sential need for
mere and more money to be loaned
to the GoverninentsbY means of War
Savings Certificates and Stamps
A total of 0159 people purcha'secl
Loan compared With 6035 in the
seeond Loan nnd. 4428 in the first
Victory Loan., While residents are
te be cangratulated en this splendid
-response th-the:drive, it was s r sae
that still more meney is .targently,
Org 'anizer of the intermediate
ties . will 'be H. J. Vandewater, Of
Kitchener who • Was organizer for'
Huron County in the last two Vic-
tory. Loan driires. Vandewater
will have his: headquarters for Hur-
on County in the Post Qffice build-
ing, Goderich, loaned hy the Depart-
ment of Cuatoms and Excise through
the kindness a Mr. H. S. Tomer.
-In making his announceinent Mr.
McMurray referred to the trerriend-
ous 1nel-ease in the national income.
"Unless thig -*tease is made avail-
able to finance the war in the form
Of takes er purchase -of war sayings
and Victory honds the ectuntrY is
'faded ;with a disastrous .:' inflation
costs. aubstantially„.but Would be det-
rimental to the winning bf the war"
, 'Mr. MelYfurray explained that it
is intended to conduct a publicitY
campaign' throtigh the press and
radio, hy the distribution' of litet-
attempt will be made to keep before
the public the ' necetsity of greater
savings and the curtailment of non-
essential, Spending: .
offices arid starnpi 'die On sale thtu
'Mr. R. X; W rtele presided at an
ton Wednesday of lait 'week ' at
enthusiastic e ting af the War'
which 'platfs 'Were made la indrease
the 'sale of stamps during the next
the sPlendid result's achieved. ' '.
mg over of the village snowplow
to -the Gillespie truck, this .bill ''•
whieh . was .upwards to $10Q was
, Council to deal with it.' But aa en
itemized accintnt7 whieh hat! been
requested, and which Mr. Joynt had
been advised by a Cornpany'Official
had; been forwarded, -was net re-:
ceived,. the Board; felt ' there wat
eount wai. laid over.
King Winter which has field svOY ',
a-high-inark, The Village plow Wrsts
in operation 'during 21 anis fronii ,
'hour, amounting to $321.25. From .'
this Was deducted a ren 1- fee of
$18.00, at $1.00 an hour leaving
snowplowing costs at. $30 25, which
total cost -
Extends Rest VVishes '
• Reeve BUshell, Who had in mind
it was Tuesday the Board met, was
about. fifteen minutes lale, which
he ap_ologized, was the first time -that
.had happened in nine years. on- re. -
tiring he ,thanked ate Council for •
their co-oPeration and congratulated.
the incoming reeire, J: Joynt,
extending "to him best Withet for
succesa and co-operation,• and to the
new •Couneil Mr. Mashed extendea
In reply: 116; Joynt thanked the
e"nWye adnidd g°iuvre byeot t'telvfurpkpoirirt heavrr-Per •
reeve is entitled to", he said. 'We
had our differences halt we worked
in the ‘interests of the Village".1The
new reeve assured Mr. Bushell that r'
the citizens regret, his departure and
expressed the hope that he ',and ell
others retheV-ed- from the
will soon return. •
Bushell eXpressea his thanks
to Mr. Joynt and to Mr. •Agnew and
Howara for their 'assistance and
to :work.
Mr. 1VIcQuillin expressed his best
WisheS to the new Board and all
village officials, and Mr. Ferguson',
extended his 'good wishes 'alto, add-.
Mr that he had 'enjoyed hie term
9/i the Board but Was now getting
"tee .old and stiff". He assured,,the
new Board he -would give them any -
information they might - want to
,Mr. Buahell seated Mr. JoYnt
the Reeve's chair with a pat on the
back end "good hick". A handshake
all round, and then the new Mem-
bers took their' seat at the Board '
and the 1943 Council- was aworri
into office, comprised of Reeve .1. W.
Joynt, and Councillors 'Atistin Solo-
mon, Thomas BoyesAktriple Clark
and Jack Kilpatrick.
Take.s Position On Starkey Creek
High School. Staff —
ass Agnes ,Stot ers, B.A.,: after
attending the College Of Eduoation
for only". tfie fall term,' *as graciaa-;
ated and has aceepted a position in
the Stoney Creek High School, and .
coninenced het. .duties, there ,ep
Monday. Miss Stothers ia one of a
number of teachers. wile have heen
Miss Stothers is- the claighter Of
thur.
Elected To Howl bottneil „
Eimer .ratrish of Gorrie, son of •
Mr. and Mts. Alm Farrish of Ash:
field was recently elected td the •
polled 421 votes and was tecerid high .
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