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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1940-08-01, Page 1s ` irs • 62.0.0 A YEAR --IN ADVANCE --40d EXTRA TO U. S. A. NEED TO PREPARE TO: REGISTER On. August 19th, 20th and . 21st, : a great armylof Canadian people—alI those, male or 'female, over the age of 16 will move• to their respective " points � of re gistratien ;ato ariairer the imestionnaire,nnder a national "stoek- .. taking" plan- It is ,estiinated 7 that 8,000,000 ' people 'will: register during es. the three, days. There are •,penalti , , ' itivolving fine and i prisonment for. failing to do,: s.Ot ANDY CULBEIRT SHOWS US .10 -ROW FALL WHEAT To -answer, the gdiesttons' •wtll take • only a.' few minutes if You are pre- pared to answer. A Ifst of`the ques- tions appears in an advertisement. in this. issue, and everyone eligible For registration ' should make a careful study of these questions and prepare themselves so` they may readily .pro- ; 'vide the necessary :infornip.tion ::on ;registration "days Why. is this registration taking place? This country :,is at war: it Must put forththe etmost possible 'effort to accomplish its purpose. That purpose in the defeat of the 'enemy. In order to do this it must marshal the full forces. of the nation -all the human, moraI,, material and spiritual forces' of Canada. You have a date with your country on August 19, 20 or 21. Do not neglect it. ,• If you are absent from home • on • that day, register at the nearest point of registration. The Registrar ,w.ill. forward' 'yotdr .answers to the proper designation. • Answer the questions definitely, es- -peeling 14 'and 17, These deal with the question of your present employment and .capacity for other work. Your answers may. be: helpful` to •,yo•i as the demand for labour increases. Nat- ional production,for war ,purposes means demand for more men and, wo- men. • COMPULSORY REGISTRATION' AND Q-RC•W= DON'T CONFLICT` • of As hfield showed Andy Culbert• us' some ten. rove fall wheat last week. "And what," " says we, 'hesitating 3, "is ten -row wheat?" Andy grinned. He didn't expect us to,know, for it's few •Ontario, farmers even; that know their Wheat in those terms, . he said, But ...that's the way the Western; 'farmer]u dge s his w hea t c r op and es- timateshis yield :before ••.its An -ro • sample in, the : • West, 5s estim- ated to, yield' 60 bushels to; the acre ,ten-'raw wheat, you can be . surge••,': is i really` something. But '.here's what .it is. Take rut- heed ourhead of gain, and the ten -row sample will have a row of five. kernels, fan, shaped, on the stalk, and five on the oppo,Site side.' There were some ,eight tiers of these rows, on .'the• stalk Mr. Culbert showed' us, - which would, if matured properly, yield about 80 ker- nels of grain on the one, head. Andy. has eleven' acres of fall Wheat n d ifr this . field he picked' sample a d of 10, 8. •end 6 -rote :wheat. By careful searching• he was able to .find one 4 •row head A field . of 0 and • 4 -row SUMMER SCHOOL AT K•I NTA:1 L • of for Young Peo- ple • Soho . ei ,The 'Simmer of the ,Presbyterian Church ise n full swing' this week at Kintail. R E. C. McCullagh, B.A.:, Brantford, the dean, reports not so large an atten- dance at the' opening, but many 'are. ;t e term their :coming for part of h as vacation . has been • interfered: with be- cause' of ..the war. • ' 'n a ' -A • Mensal', 1 a. Rev.. Williair► .Wel'r, B , , " giving'a fine course of rectore •on the' formatiop,;,.'Rev- John. Fleck; $.A.,, Le London, . su gg esting ways for "Read- ing • the Bible'; ill. tile; absence of Miss . Niger."' Of Japan,•,who lectured , last. year on Missions •(her• mother recent= ly passing away) •the period is being used in a "Daily Round, Table Discus - cion" on the problems' of Youngl. Peo- ple.:. •-,. -. .. . _ The. music for. all programs of the week is in .charge' of •Professor Clif- ford Clark, organist o• Central Pres- byterian Church,'Branford. A - large choir from the "Sumtnera School" will lead the worship of praise in the Ash- field Church, Sunday morning,. when the Dean will,assist.the minister, Rev - Reynolds• Ester.; byl delivering a mon. This is the annual joint service with the cotigregation there.. . Sunday morning at b. o'clock the Sacrament of - the Lord's Supper at the 4'CamP" • a ill be dispensed with; the• elders. from Ashfield Church as- sisting and in theevening -at 7 pan., the open , air meeting. for the mem- bers of the School, their friends and the . visiting • congregations. Av' or- chestra.will lead in the service of songs -using the great hymns of the. Church and several , of the latest selections from the 'hymn books- lir. Austin L. Budge, Hamilton, Clerk Or the Synod, will have charge. est' that The "Camp Council" sugg be throughout .the ':Presbytery -this called: "The' Kintail Sunday" in rec- ognition oaf , our Presbyterian Young People and welcome to the .beautiful grounds aa, many as canjoin in one or more Of the services. The other leaders who have been very busy are Messrs. Ester - (regist- rar); regist-rar); Frank Tester, Dundas and. Peter _Reid (sports); with Miss Elsie Thom- son, Hamilton (speciat evening,, pro- grams) and Miss Marion • Patterson, R.N..;' (nurse);°Brantford.• ATTENDED PICNIC CALL AND GET A FREE ILLUSTRATED BOOKLET You'll find' "Neptune", a booklet issued by the British Ministry of In- formation a n- forationa very interesting Publica- tion. A number of copies are available at The Sentinel Office for free dis- tributioia and, all ;teen age children or'adelts who call•• will receive , acopy free,.,while' they last. • • The b, ooklet, chiefly in picture form, , covers interesting•' phases of sea and ari activity. Inciiided• are such Piece ures, as that of the 'Ark , Royal and the man who claims to have sunk her; •Cobber,• Kain, • D°F;C.,, ace pilotof the R•:A.F: who has since lost his life, and 'other. 'highlights ,in, picture'. and • story of the "war at see. wheat in the West would average only 20 bushels to •the acre if successfully harvested.. It 'was the first time he' • has ever seen 10 -row fall wheat in Ontario- OBITUARY: '.JAMES' CLELAND ' ' ' The death ° of James - Cleland, be- loved husband of Mary Connell, form- erly. of Lucknow; occurred in North' $ay en. Saturday. 'Mr. Cleland, who taught school in that city had been ill since mid-June The funeral service was held in the Presbyterian . Church, Lucknoov, Rev. Monday afternoon,• conducted by C. H. MacDonald: Interment was in Greenhill .Cemetery with W. B. An- d . erson, Herb Graham, .W. W. Hill, D. J-,. McCharles . Albert Boyd and E. McKim acting as .pallbearers. To' Mrs. Cleland and her little daughter; Mary Anne, • the sympathy of litany friends in this community is extended. Is WHEAT SEASONING IS/ IMPORTANT • Wheat cutting is underway in this locality this week. • Indications are that it will . be' a bountiful cropin Ontario and the West, and that a good 'deal of the grain will ge •into stor- tigc. I.a view of this it •is important that the ,grain be thoroughly seasoned to :eliminate .excessive ` Moisture add he ,,roer keeping .cttlalities lroduce,t P P ie the grain- �about ev e. list the I` re •i' s Figures T r gues a' , 250 . million ` 'bushel carryover of wheat in Canada, :with=:the prospects: current :h rvest .of about • 4b0 of a a Western handled: Million bushels in' . Canada. European' markets Are lost, end British requirements are estim- ated •at about 200 million . bushels, All of • which ' is not .:purchased in Can- ada. The British' market will thus absorb less than the 'present 'Can- adian Carryover, .which bears • out' the statement that there will be a tre- niendous volume of, wheat go into storage, so much so' that 'a storage problem .'arises, and` it has been even considered bonusing producers, to store their own grain.' In, any event importance of prep, ,erly seasoned grain is readily seen if lit is to be preserved•in n marketable condition. Grain of a higher moisture content than specified by regulations is simply rejected for milling pur- HYDRO COACH CREATED • MUCH INTEREST LAST WEEK PULLERS,. COMBINES, ° AIRPORT .IMACHI NES ARRIVE ',HERE • Ourilig the.pastseveral days there has been• 'interesting activity at • the C.N.R. depot; :Caused. by ,an influx of various 'types of .machinery including flax ,Pullers of -Belgium design,• Allis- Chalmers, all -crop harvesters;., and other machines.' which ,wilt • be .used hi the construction, of the. Port Al- bert air field. -,-The. flax -pullers were for J. G. An-' .derson and Son, which' firm expects 'to operate about eight of. these mech- anical • pullers in • harvesting several hundred acres of flax,•with operations to commence soon, probably • in •'the, Holyrood '' area - about. the • end . of - the week. An addition to the flax mill is practically, completed and. , will house new scotching machines for. process-. ing• the flax. • • " Six new combines have also• been receivek by Alex . Hackett and Sons: local dealers, who have .placed' these in the ;district- This new harvesting and: threshing unit only:recentlyintre- duced, in this area by.•Mr.• Hackett, is. evidently becoming, .increasingly`. pop - 'elan ' Machinery For Port , Albert . Considerable :machinery for' - con- struction work at the, new Port Albert air. field has"been routed via 'Luck- now. Three heavy steam rollers, .a giant Shovel, And ashphalt• plant 'equipment'•has' arrived from time to time . here. The • unloading of these machines • would :appear to present • a problem but to hien who know. their work it is a' .comparatively simple operation. Some of the machinery. will be set up in the pit three miles west of Dungannon, while other .units will operate on the field farther, west. With the .Sky Harbdr. ground con -1 struction work at Goderich practically completed, most of `the machinery is being , moved to Port Albert where ground work will shortly be in full swing. Harbor, it is est- imated will cost $97r ,000, Port Albert the estimated 'cost of nec- essary . buildings in connection with this air field project, is said. to be $700,000. Tenders, ' called for in • • both cases, have been closed. response to her query; Mrs. Mar - In resp ' garet Hamilton has [been ;advised' by Margaret P.,Iiyndman, director of organization of the V.R.0 W., that there will be no overlapping between the national compulsory registration - and the Voluntary. Registration ' of •Canadian Women as has been carried out during the past few months. In. fact the new minister of War Services, Mr: Gardner has asked the V.R.C.W. officials,to.iget tbefore the as many registrations as P national registration 'commences ft is from the V-R.C.W. registrat- ions that the women's voluntary ser- vices will be organized, Miss H'ynd- man advises and while `.5'0,000 women have already registered she believes there are great numbers, of women ' with skills ,who have not answered the questionnaire, thinking it would never .be used. ji Mrs. Hamilton wilt thus continue to receive v.E.c.W. registrations and those interested in thismatter should contact) her at once. • Joins Battery. s UNITED CHURCH PICNIC HELD. LAST THURSDAY • The big silver hydro coach, %erving to demonstrate hydro appliances for farm and home convenience, attract- ed Much InterestInterestwhile in town last Wednesday afternoon and evening. Electricityis steadily revolutioniz- ing country life, making work .easier and more productive, with 'econornt The United Church ,pienie was held at Kincardine beach last Thursday, with . a good attendance considering the •oppm'essive :heat that sent the .mer cury soaring to the high point for the week. ' . • The picnickers chose between the water, and the shade trees during the afternoon, but all had one 'Mee eall came. common when' the supper On account of the heat the worts program was cancelled 'and orange, and candy wets- distributed among the ' LOCAL HISTORY IOF METHODISM and comfort, and rural' hydro is rap- idly idl •being. extended so that tram more than '50,000'Ontario farmersare �.: currently "hooked up," a. d i Ppa Wednesday s,..detrionstxation h , ts ur bse then• -revealing, :of • what, hydro can do; on , the farin, in the barn and home,'and at what cost. In this regard hydro is- referred . to as "The Hired Man' that works. for pen- pies:' appliance section In the household aPP •li of the coach • was everything from an egg cooker, coffee makerand .toast- er, to such drudgery savers as wash- ers, ironers and Cleaners, as well ,as ranges, .refrigeration units, and hot water heaters. • , The men folk were more interested in viewing, such ;things as grain grin- ders, milking machines, .milk coolers. electric clippers and nater pressure systems. WEDDI NG, ;BELLS Archie 'McMillan has joined the 98th Battery, R.C.A. of , Wingham. .Ray- mond Hamilton has also joined up.• raising the number from here to sev- enteen, who twice weekly are drilling at Wingham '�on Tuesday and Thurs- ' day' nights. • , ,• children. EXPECT TO IiR!LL NEXT -WEEK FRACTURED ANKI,E BONE Neil Murdoch, *son of Mr. and Mrs. John Murdoch , of town, suffered a fractured ankle bone while playing last week. The injured ankle has since been put in a cast and Neil is able to hobble around, which is ti probably fast enough to\mnovethese hot days 'anyway, if there's any com- fort in that thought. W. Innes Paterson, who for time has been concentrating on taking up .oil leases in the Blyth area, an- nounces' that preparations are about completed to commence drilling, which is expected 'to get \ underway early next week:, • The site is en the Allen : farm in Mullett Township. Mr. Paterson has carefully investigated the location; and has taken every possible pre- caution, so that this will be a real .test, rand he - awaits the result with confidence. , Plans are also well underway lead- ing up to drilling a well in, the Green- ock Swamp area, TOURNAMENT OF THE SEASON TO BE HELD NEXT WEEK some • Quite a number from this com- munity' were among the several hun- dred who attended the Huron Copn- ty Fruit' Growers' Association picnic at Bayfield last week. A very .enjoy- able.aftereoon and evening program had been arranged for •the enter- tainnment,�and education of 'the large •gathering. Among the numbers on the program was a solo .bY. George Joypt and Scotch dancing by the *Pher- son cousins; Margaret and Florence of St. Helen's. poses. ,WINNERS LAST WEEK Winners of the . two ' five dollar prizes, ,.in last Wednesday , night's draw,sponsored by LucknowBusiness Men's Association were Mrs. J. S. MacKenzie ofLucknow end • Mr. Din McKenzie of near Ripley. Both prizes: were . claimed withina sew minutes. (By John Elliot) As.. a follow-up from the recent very successful anniversary, services it' Hackett's• 'United Church, the . sum -- nary of locatchureh history; with its lists of ministers,, as searched out and compiled , for.: that occasion, may he fuanduseful for future reference. In. this, personal knowledge, has :been ;uppiemented' by reference ,to early hs r and to ornrs. r o t U and e s records P Cyclopedia of Methodism: Itis well to `remember that only • two hof the various Methodist bodies which served in' what; is •now' West- ern Ontario weree' attire ' in, the. Ash- :ield-Ltfcknow • section. Hackett's and , Lion were originally New Connnkion Methodist; Hope -on the'boundary and. Mr, Zion in..Kinaoss, west of Holyrood Were Wesleyan Methodist, and• both . denominationswere . represented in NAME OMITTED • • The list of students of si*ty-two years ago in the senior division of Belfast public school, as given last •• week in the Sentinel', .lacked the name - - of oeotge Woods in the .fifth class. 'fa George later became , a teacher and and was for many years in charge of the Saltford School near Goderich. ELM TREE GETS •ItIORE PUBLICITY CIVIC HOLIDAY MONDAY . • Striking; homethe • feet that , the summer is "slipping", is the procla- mation bill, pelted by authorization of Reeve It; E. Bushell, announcing the amoral Civic *Holiday, held •regularly 'on the first .Monday in August and ,xr, •;; s .: wilt be held next Monday That . remarkable elm tree at. tth edge of Bert' Ward's flower garden, is again getting .publicity; probably because no one yet has been able to tell es of an elm with a greater top spread than this one. This monstrous tree measures 96 feet from tip to tip of the limbs, in a north -south dir- ection,'while east and west thespread measures 93 feet. STILL STRANDED • Bill MacKenzie of town, a �I is still . stranded at .his home here, a Meath overdue in. commencing an .interne - ship at the Chicago Osteopathic Hos- pital. With some of .the difficulties of getting into the States overcome; Bill finds theForeign Exchange Control Board, his current stumbling block. iv.. Nae, Omitted Lucknow. At one time there were two, Methodist Churches in Lucknow,'. one. •Wesleyan,the other New Connexion Methodist.' • • Three . different 'unions - affected these Churches. There was the Union of .1874, when the Wesleyan and New . Connexion . bodies' united to form the Methodist Church of Canada, then the - union; of 1884, when the Methodist Church of Canada, the Methodist Episcopal, the Primitive . Methodist and the Bible Christian churches came' together under the name of the Meth- odist ''Church; and finally, the union of 1925, when the presentUnited Church of Canada came into being. The second of these.nmions influenced Ashfield and) Lucknow only; in the name given to, the., church. Omitting the pioneer' period pre- ceding reguiar organization; the min- isters `from 1862 *ere as follows: Ashfield, New' Connexion • 1862 -A. Y. Hartley: 1863 =John S. Orr. 1864 , —Reuben 'I Tyler. -• 1865=67-Jehii Walker. 1868 -69= -John W. D0chstaden 1870-71—Thomas 'Jackson. 1872-73-4ohn Walker (siiperanme- at in 1874 and ;settled in Lucknow; - t874 —James Caswell. Lucknow Wesleyan 1862 - —David -Ryan.' 186364-=E. WeeFrazee• 1865-67—Wm• Tucker. 1867-69—Nelson Brown. • l870-72rHenry Kellam. 1873-74—John S: Fisher.' : ' For two transition years ' following the' Union of 1874 Ashfield and Luck - now were under Messrs. Caswell and Fisher, and in' 1876, .Mr. Caswell went to :Dungannon, ; Mr. Fisher to Fuller- ton, and Rev. Colman Bristol became superintendent with T. R. Clark as junior minister, having six appoint- ments, . Hackett's, Zion, Hope, Luck-• now, Mi. Zion and Salem. In 1877 Salein_ o web attached t . BROOKS :- HAVENS. 'd at " A quiet wedding. was' solemnize. ;the United Church parsonage' on Sat- dawhen Miss 'Adeline Jean Havens. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alex Ha - ens of' Lucknow, .became the bride of, Mr.. Leslie Brooks; son of Mr. Harold Brooks of ..Ripley.:. Rev.. R. C. . performed . the :ceremony: The bride Todd wore a .dusty rose sheer with White accessories. They .were attended by Mr. and Mrs. James Gardiner. Fol- lowing the 'ceremony • a wedding 'din- ner was served' at the home of the bride's; parents. Later • Mr,.. and Mrs: Brooks left ori a motor trip to Tor- onto, Niagara and other points. On their return they •will reside near Rip- ley. • IAN MacRAE TO , ASSIST IN,DEFENSE .AT 'MUTRDER TRIAL Next Thursday, August 8th, Luck - now Bowling Club will stage one of the big events of the season, the ah- nual rinks tournament for the John Joynt Trophy, and other sets of . val- uable ►rize.e. The greens are in .excellent shape, and.an overflow entry 'can be expect- ed for this long established, And pop- ular event. In the list of choir members tak- ins Ipart at Hackett anniversary ser• vices, the nettle; of .Mrs- Pharis Math- ers was omitted. Mrs. Matherswas formerly Miss Maize Hackett and a former organist at Hackett Church. • SPECIAL •PRICES on . Men's soe and *Bore work ' clothing, . shirts, . and undergarments: The Market Store RED CROSS TEA HELD BY WARD 5 UNIT A very .successful Red Cross Tea was held on the lawn at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Coiling on Thurs- day evening. A display of work— quilts, dresses, blankets, layettes, pa- jamas, socks, etc., showed that this' Unit . has been quite active since its organization. While the tea Was its progress Miss Lillian Osborne, Clarke Colling and Jack Bowers favoured the crowd with piano music and Attstin Martin play- ed the violin. A short program was enjoyed wwllich included a recitation by . Barbara Dar- rington, , duet by Reta and Norrne Walden, solo by Miss Marian Munn, music by Mr, and Mts. $ert Bred en, ridge, recitation by Miss Mary Stith-. son and community singing ledbyMrs. Munn. ale Proceeds from the Tea and the s Of lemonade amounted to about $22. The -Ala -at _gratefully acknowledge: additiena frons the 'following, Iris.Afrs,.A. Mason, Mrs. Robt. Hamilton,Sr., and Mrs. Wm. Hariiilton, • • ` Make Home Here , Mts. Ben Naylor of West Wawa - nosh, who has been ill in Wingham Hospital; • was able to leave the ' hos- pital last week;Mr. andrs. Naylor have retired from the fardr, and have taken°uta residence in Lucknow in the• •h Sherriffohne. Accepted For ' Air Force the Having made application to join Air ;Force sone tithe age, Jack Mac- Donald of town took his • final test this week at London arid is now await- ing a call to -report. • MET FOR FIRST TIME IN . FIFTY-TWO YEARS places Will obietve. it as suc . Miss Muriel NloOre of Rockwood is gtandinother, Mra Mary, Moore. BORN • On Tuesday we witnessed some warm handshaking and -listened to some amusing stories of fifty' years ago recalled. The 'occasion was . the by chance meeting of W. E. Treleaven and Rev. Austin L.''Budge of Hamil- ton, who were classmates at the Clin- ton Collegiate Institute 52 years ago, when both were ., pTeparing to enter college to study 'for the ministry. They had not met since that tinme'un. til Tuesday, when Rev. Budge was in the . Village. • Rev. Budge, Clerk of the Synod, is in attendance at Summer, School at Kintail this week and will preach at .the morning service in the Pres- byterian Church, Lucknow, on the• subject "Twice A Conqueror". Rev. Budge was born in East Wawanosh, near Blyth. SPECIAL AT LYCEUM The department .of Indian affairs has appointed Ian MacRae, Strathroy lawyer, to .assist in the defense.•of. Samuel Dodge, Indian, who is in coun- ty jail at Goderich awaiting trial on a murder. charge. • NO PROVINCIAL BY. • ELECTIONS TO BE CALLED Premier Mitchell Hepburn of Ont- ario has announced that he hag nee intention of calling .by. -elections to fill five vacant .seats' in the Ont- ario Legislature. One of 'these vac- ancies is in Huron -Bruce riding, caul- THOMPSON-- In Chicago on Friday, July 26th oto Dr--^afi `rbcs• Kenneth Thompson, a sen, Bru6e. Hevron. DR:ENNAN—At Alexandra o Hospita , Goderich, on July 22nd, Mr. and Mrs. Thos., J. Drennan, Jr., RR. No. 7, Lucknow, a daughter. • McDONALD-1;n Kincardine . General •Hospital on Sunday. July 21st, to :uiid Mrs. Robert MacDonald, . RR. 3. Holt -rood; a daughter. CURRAN—In Wingham General Hos- pital, on Thursday, July 18th, to Mr, and Mrs. James Curran, Wingham, a son. ed by the death of Charles A. Rob- ertsoa. CAR .CRASH ILLS WAWANOSH YOUTH James Hyde of SL Rden'a has joined ,the '98tii Anti -Tank glittery, 1t.C.A., at Port , IcOMING EVENTS ; 1 ° DANCE AT PARAMOUNT Dancing every Friday night at Par - Antonia Hall to music -by MacKenzie's 6 -piece orchestra. Door prize each week,' a Toasted chicken. General ad: mission 35e. • +_ • Archie Mason, 20:year-old son tif Mr. and • Mrs. Walter. Mason, well- knoWn resident of East Wawanosh was instantly -killed shortly after ele- yen o'clock Sunday night When the' car in ehich he was riding overturned in a deep ditch on the fourth conces- sion of East 'Writvanosh. • The driver, 17-iear-Old Robert Gor- ier, Morris Township, wits arrested by Hilton C,ounty Traffic •Officer Lev - While turning a cerner the car in which Mnson.and Govier were riding, swerved, jumped a neer-by ditch and struck a fence post with terrific Im- pact, Masen waa thrown out as the car flipped over, but he lay* directly in its path as it landed. Badly crushed he died almost inimediately, before Dr. B.. C. Weir, Aubern, could reath the scene. The accident occurred a- bout three miles north and fonelniles ast of -Auburn. 1912-13—J: Durrant. decided against holding an inquest. 1918-20--R. C. Copeland. .1921-24—C. DeWitt Cosens. lJnited Church ef Canada 1925 —C. H. Dickinson. 1929-V.—Campbell Trivener. 1934-37-4W. T. Patton. The Lyceum Theatre, Wingham, presents this Thursday, 'Friday and DANCE AT ZION • knee in Zion . eral adreission 25e.: quite a sight. pendent cirafit Under Andrew ken ineluding. Hackett's, .Zion, Hope and Mt. .Zion, and Lucknow became A separate station under R. 11. Wad- dell who after three years was 'fol - shoot from Flacketca, was organized , under Mr. Milliken, making five ap- pointments for Ashfield 1883, • when Mr. Zion (or Holyroody 'was joined with another ,circuit leaving . four appointments, till Hope was dos- ed and its members united with ad- jacent circuits, When Ashfield assum- ed its present, cernpact form. with three active congregations. ' Pf the Ashfield ministers as now given the first ten are deceatedt 1880-82—R. C. Renders. 1883-84—Christopher Hamilton. • 1888-90—Wm. Strongman. 1891 -934 -John Kenner. 1907-10—T. E. Sealer. anniversary write-up, were in de- mand, One of these was despatched overseas to Fred Maiming who is ser- ving with the-Clnadian Navy. Mr. Manning is a. nephew of Mrs. Elmet 'Alton of .Ashfield. , • . HAS TALL OATS TOO . Last week we told 'you. about' Rod- erick Ross having oats 5 feet, 9 es tall. That same eveting, not know- ing about the Ross oats, Rebert Rit- chie told us that he liact 25 ,agres of oats that measured that same height. The entire crop was standing up well Charged at Goderich with retkless drivieg, Govier appeared before Thos. Gundry, J.P., and iiras remanded Wait- Aegust 15. Bail of $2,000 was pro- vided by his father and, Earl Caldwell, East Wawa:neat Township fatmera. Archie Meson is survived' by his parents; four.brothers and two sisters, Mae Gordon, Kathleen, Elmer, Al hert and James. He attended School and the United Church at Westfield.i. the hoinel Re- Appoint Shipper The funeinl was from at 2 " At a meeting of the Farmers' Co-' of the parents en Wednesday •EtIrth.. Services Were. conduc- sfitisk field United C lure