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Presentation
The following interesting lettei
was written by Rev. A. Page, who
has been spending his holidays in
Great Britain, Mr. Page is now on his
way home having sailed last Friday.
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the
a race to
A number of young peoiple from
the James iStreet (Sunday School,
members of the cast who took part
in the play “The Adventures of
Grandpa” held a weiner roast on the
banks of the river tne occasion be
ing to honor one or their number,
Miss Irene Van Camp, who. on Tues
day next wTl enter as nurse-in
training at Victoria Hospital, Don don
T.he young people presented their
play eleven different times and en
joyed many a pleasant evening. They
presented Miss Van Gamp with an
address and a gold bracelet. The ad
dress was as follows:
Dear Irene,—
We, the members of “The Adven
tures of Grandpa” have gathered to
have one more evening together and
to wish you everything that is good
in your new line of work. We shall
miss you in so many ways, in our
plays, in young people’s, in Mission
Circle and in our class. You
always been so willing and
about
asked
know
wor-k
fade.
here and you certainly will where-
ever you go.
We ask you to accept this igift, not
for its value, but as a token of the
high esteem in which you have been
held among us.
We trust that God’s blessing
go with you wherever you go
that your life may be
ful in His Service.
ISigned on behalf of
“The Adventures
have
kind
evereverything that was
■of you. and we want you to
that we have appreciated your
and that memories will not
You have made many friends
long and
will
and
use
the play
of Grandpa”
Ardys McFalls, Helen Finkbeiner,
Vera Decker, Laurene Beavers, Chas.
Cox, Arnold Ford, Elgin Luxton, E.
Heywood and Mrs. Walker.
Mr. and Mrs. Will S. Hodgson, of
Granton, have announced the 'en
gagement of their daughter, Ruth
Elizabeth, to Harold Murray Carter,
only son of Mr. and Mrs. George
Garter, of St. Marys, the marriage
to take place early in September.
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Bowel Complaints of the Children
During the hot summer months
most children are'subject to diar
rhoea, dysentery, colic, cholera in
fantum or some other bowel trouble.
All mothers should use Dr.
Fowler's Extract of Wild Straw
berry on the first sign of any loose
ness of the bowels,
“Dri Fowler’s” is an old and
tried remedy. It has been, used by
thousands of Canadian mothers for
over 90 years. Do not. experiment
with’your child’s health by using
some new and untried remedy.
Get <4Dr. Fowler’s” and feel safe.
Tho T. Milburn Co., Ltd,, Toronto, Ont.
August 15th, 1938
Dear Mr. Southeott,
I promised to write you but every
day seems to be packed full of netf
ventures, We had a delightful
crossing. The ewean was as calm as
the riverj St. Lawrence. We left
Montreal on Monday morning at day
break and arrived in Glasgow on the
following Tuesday. The holds of the
ship were filled with grain. As the
boat on w’hich we travelled had to
leave again on Friday, they omitted
the Liverpool call. The apssengers
booked for Liverpool received their
railway fare from Glasgow. This
abled must of them to see the
hibition.
The sail down the Clyde was
lightful. At 2 o’clock, the day
passed down the Clyde, one of
most tricky tasks associated with
the completion of the Cunard White
Star Liner Queen Elizabeth was be
gun. A 60-ton rudder piece, mount
ed on a heavy punt, was towed as
tern of the giant liner by motor
boats and at high tide the special
staff of workers engaged in
get it into position before the tide
ebbed too far.
Following the shipping
stern piece the next step will be fix
ing the rudder itself, and when the
whole rudder fitting is
some 160 tons will have
to the ship’s weight.
Work on the. hull is
rapidly and (painting will begin right j
away. Traffic arrangements for the
.royal visit in connection with the
launching of the new Cunarder are
adready well advanced. We had an
excellent view of the new ship, pas
sing withing a few yards of it.
I spent several days in 'Glasgow.
Two days were spent to advantage
at the Exhibition. Of -course that
is not sufficient time to really see
everything one would like to see. It
is of enormous size and of a great
educational value. Gracie Fields, the
Lancashire girl and English movie
etar was present one day and attract
ed a great crowd. So much has been'
written, however, about the Exhibi-'
tion, that I am afraid I can’t add
much of interest. I spent one day
in the Trossachs. There in the
Clachan of Aberfoyle often, passed
with weary steps or eager tread the
outlaws of these Highland hills.
Here is the land of Rotb Roy. His
birthplace is only fifteen miles away
at Inversnaid, on the banks of Loch
Lomond, and his grave lies beneath
the shadow of -Balquhidder Braes.
The famous Inn, Jean MacAlpine’s
Change House, the scene of Bailie
Nicol Jarvie’s amusing adventure
with the red hot poker, was situated
iu the village of Aberfoyle.
Everywhere about are camps that
bxeathe of romance and Rob Boy.
The wildest and most daring adven
tures of his romantic life were cent
red round about Aberfoyle, a coun
try then ideally situated to. his act-
vities, being a long of bare, rugged
hills, rocks and wide dangerous mor
asses. Here his knowledge of every
hill, glen and corrie, gave him im
munity from pursuit. From this
wild retreat he sallied, with hardy
followers, on plundering forays that
were almost universally successful—
due to the skill with
were planned and to.
rapidity and boldness
they were executed.
Strong measures were taken
suppress him which included the
tablishment of a garrison near
versnaid, which the famous General
Wolfe once commanded. This gar
rison was surprised and destroyed
by Rob Roy on two occasions.
It was near Aberfoyle that he
made his .perhaps most spectacular
escape. While crossing the river he
slipped from the horse on which he
was mounted behind his escort and
diving into, the stream got clear
away.
■Over the hill at Aberfoyle as One
tops the summit and views the glen
below may be seen the world famous
beauty of the Trossachs with Loch
Cennaclier and Loch Achray below;
there is .Loch Katrine with Ellen’s
Isle, its wooded rocky eminence cast
ing dark shadows on the deep water;
here passed the Royal huntsmen and
his “Gallant Grey” in that wonder
ful chase described by Scott in the
“Lady of the Lake.”
I could write pages about the his
toric places of “Bonnie .Scotland”
but I must pass on. I am now stay
ing in Yorkshire, spending about teft
days with my mother. What a wealth
of beauty on his Yorkshire coast.
Runswick Bay, Whitby and Scar-
boro are thronged With visitors.
On Friday I go to London.
Australian cricketers begin their
last tost match on Saturday.
On Friday, August 26th, we
from Liverpool for Montreal on
“Andania”
Very Kind Regards,
Arthur Page
of this
in position
been added
progressing
which they
the secrecy,
with which
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The
sail
the
Science tells us that a great many
animals laugh—well—-a lot of people
we can think of offhand give them
good reason to.
ZION
Mr. and Mrs. Hector Taylor, spent
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Ross Hern.
Mi’s. John Johns spent a few days
with Mrs, James Weekes, of Exeter
last week.
Mr. Grant Taylor returned home
having been employed, with Mr. H.
Hern for the summer vacation.
Miss W. Ferguson, of Farquhar,
is spending a short time at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. George Brock. We
are pleased to know that Mrs. Brock
is somewhat improved.
Mr. and Mrs. Myron Culbert, Mur
ton and Earl, spent Bunday with Mr.
and Mrs. Harold Hern.
Miss Edith Earl spent several days
last week with .her aunt Mrs. John
Thompson.
Mr. and Mrs. Melville Hern and
family spent Sunday at Port Stanley.
There was a large attedance at the
Memorial Service at Zion cemetery
on 'Sunday afternoon, August 28th.
The service which was held in the
church was conducted by Mr, B. W.
F. Beavers, of Exeter, who also gave
a short address. A very impressive
and interesting address was given by
Rev. Mr. Hunt also of Exeter. Music
and singing were rendered by Mr.
Norris, of London, accompanied by
Miss Elliott, also of London, The
cemetery which has been well cared
for was beautifully decorated with
flowers by loving friends. The con
tributions were liberal being suffi
cient to care for the cemetery. We
still are asking for contributions to
make our funds sufficient for per
petual care.
Huron District Had No Printer
Minutes of 1847 Council Were
Printed in Toronto
DOCUMENTS interesting
Council Ordered 54 Scrapers for
Use op Roads
Road Building
The building of a modern highway
is an engineering project today that
i compares with some of the great
Canadian railroad development of a
few years ago.
Many highways huilt only 15
years ago are obsolete today and the
factor of time has become an even
greater one than formerly in meet
ing the advanced standards of high
way services. Ontario's first “super
highway”, the double lane Middle
Road from Toronto to Hamilton, was
seven years in building.
.Because it took a middle course
between the heavily travelled Lake
shore and Dundas routes few motor-
its were even aware of its develop-
: ment, until its incomparable facili
ties were opened to traffic in 19 37.
Compared with the mass produc
tion of autos which provides each
year an increasing highway traffic
problem for the Ontario Department
of Highways, its engineers are ham
pered -by the awkward limitations
of time and cost in their efforts to
keep pace. Nevertheless this prov
ince has far outstripped its sister
provinces in highway development.
Its 75,000 mile system is perhaps
singular among' any provincial or
state projects on this continent be
cause of the geographic area, virtual
ly national in its physical extent and
diversity. Despite the immensity of
the system, it boasts today existing
highway facilities as modern as any
in the world and a program already
launched, which is to extent this type
of advanced highway from Quebec
to Michigan.
The new method of building high
ways is the hard way but it is the
means of permanency, greater safety
and facility. It is a costlier method
of course, but it means greater econ
omics for motorists.
In one project alone now under
development, the great North (Road
which will stretch Northward from
Toronto to Timmins 500 miles, mo
torists will travel 75 miles less than
over existing routes. This great
road is becoming a model of the new
engineering standards, stretching
out, high-graded in railway fashion,
levelled for.safety, and straightaway
for travelling facility and comfort.
ZION
London Free Press
A printed copy of the minutes of
the municipal council of the Huron
District for October, 1847, was re
cently unearthed in the material from
the attic of the Goderich courthouse
which is now being classified pre
paratory to storage in the library of
the University of
The old book,
small pages, was
Rowswell, King
there being at this time no printer
within the district of Huron, which
included the present counties of
Huron, Bruce and Perth.
The council opened its sessions on
Tuesday, October, 5, 1847, and clos
ed on Saturday, October 9. At the
initial meeting Warden William
Chalk and the following councillors
were present: Constant L. Van Eg-
mond, Geonge Hyde, James Rankin.
Daniel McPherson, Robert iLamb., Ri
chard Balkwell, Robert Hays, James
Barbour, Robert Donkins, William
Piper, Charles Girvin, David H.
Ritchie, John Holmes, James Mur
ray, John Sparling, Jas. (Simpson,
John Hawkins, John Longworth,
John Hicks and W. F. McCulloch.
Much of the business dealt with
by the council had to .do with the es
tablishment of section schools, un
der the provisions of an act passed by
the Canadian, legislation the prev
ious year. One debatable question
involved the ownership of school
lands, settled by the council in the
following manner:
“Moved by Robert Hays, seconded
by Mr. Holmes, that the district
clerk do obtain from the district su
perintendent of common schools a
list of the several schools now in op
eration in the district, with the
names of the trustees of the several
schools; and that the clerk of the
council do write to the several trus
tees, to ascertain under what title
the lands of such school houses are
held, except those schools where the
title is already in the possession of
the council; and that in future this
council shall take no cognizance of
any school, the land belonging to
which is not deeded to this council
in terms of the Act 9 Victoria, chap-
40.”
Western Ontario,
consising of 36
printed by Henry
street, Toronto,
ROads, Bridges
SHERIFF’S SALE OF BANDS
COUNTY OF HURON
by virtue of a Writ of
issued out of the Su-
of Ontario, to me, di
Under and
Fieri Facias
preme Court
rected, against the goods and chat
tels, lands and tenements of William
Armstrong, et el, Defendant, at the
suit of The London & Western
Trusts Company, Limited, Plaintiffs,
I have seized and taken in execution
all the right, title, interest and
equity of redemption of the said
William Armstrong, in to and out of
the following lands and tenements
described as follows, namely:
All and Singular those certain
parcels or tracts of land and prem
ises, situate, lying and being in the
Township of Stanley, m the County
of Huron, being composed of Lot
Number Id, in the izth Concession
in the said Township of Stanley,
containing One hundred acres mote
Or less. All of which I shall offer
for sale by public auction at the
Town Hall, Zurich, in the County
of Huron, on Saturday, tihe Tenth
Day of September, 198$, at eleven
o’clock in the forenoon. 1
The matter of road and bridge
building also held the attention of
the council at this time. On mo
tion of John Longworth, seconded
by Robert Dunkin, 54 road scrapers
were ordered to be (purchased for
the various townships in the district.
Goderich, Downie, Blanshard, North
Easthope and Tuckersmith Town
ships were to receive four scrapers
each; -South Easthope and Biddulph,
three each, and Ashfield, Colborne;
Hullett, McKillop, Logan,
Hibbert, Fullarton,
Stephen, Hay, Stanley
Townships two each.
As a result of the
of the committee on
bridges, a number of by-laws govern
ing this phase of municipal admin
istration were passed at this sitting
of the council. One of these provid
ed for emergency repairs on district
highways :
‘‘Whereas sudden breaches often
occur in the leading roads of this
district, by which traveling is great
ly impeded, and it is expedient that
they be kept in traveling order: Be
it enacted, by the warden and Muni
cipal Council of the District of Hur
on ,in pursuance of the powers vest
ed in them by the Act 4 and 5, Vic
toria, chapter 10, and the Act 9 Vic
toria, chapted 40, and it is .hereby
enacted by the authority of'the same
that the respective councillors of
each township in this district, or the
nearest adjoining councillor, shall i
have authority to e’xpend any sum
requisite for the repairing of any
breach or other impediment on the
leading roads in this district, provid
ing the expense does not exceed £10.
“2, And be it further enacted by
the authority of the same, that any
councillor expending money on any
such work shall lay a correct oc-
count of the same before the council
aj. its next following session, and it
shall be the duty of the warden, if
such account be found to be. coi'rect,
to (grant an ordei’ on the treasurer in
favor of the party performing such
work,
‘3. And be it
the authority of
road from Port
to Wilmot, and
William Ratenbury’s to . the
ship of London, and all post
and post roads hereafter to be
llshed in the district, be the,
that come under this by-law.’
Ellice,
McGillivray,
and Usborne
deliberations
roads and
further enacted, by
the same, that the
Albert by Goderich
the road from Mr.
Town
roads
estab-
. roads
ROBT. JOHNSTON,
Sheriff, Gbunty of Huron
Aids Orphans
The hard-headed councillors of
Huron District found time, In
midst of their arduous duties,
shed a sympathetic tear for the
fortunate. Witness by-lafw No,
passed at the October Session of
Municipal Council:
“Whereas, in compliance with
the
the
to
un-
4,
the
the
prayer of the petition of the town
ship warden and the qualified voters
of the Township of Colborne: Be it
enacted by the warden and Municip
al Council of the District of Huron,
and it is hereby enacted, that the
sum of £20 currency be levied and
collected on the taxable property in
the Township of Colborne, in the said
district; the said amount, when col
lected, to be applied towards the
support of two destitute orphans of
the late James Kerr.
f,2: And be it further enacted, by
the authority of the same, that the
said sum of £20 shall be free of all
charges of levying and collecting
the same.”
This little book is the earliest
printed copy of the minutes and pro
ceedings of the Huron District coun
cil. In addition, the manuscript
minute books of the Court of Quar-
ter 'Sessions of the district have also
been found in the material from Go
derich. This court preceded the
district councils, and was permitted
to try criminal cases as well as con
duct the business of the district. Al
together, one of the most complete
sets of Canadian municipal records
known has been assembled from the
Goderich material now in the lib
rary of the "Western University. H.
Orlo Miller, secretary of the London
Historical Society, is in charge of the
task of classifying the more than two
and a half tons of documents and
books.
Huron Court Was Stern
with Road Hog iu Days
of Carriage and Sled
County Records Given in University
of Western Ontario Tell of Con
demnation of Practice Endanger
ing- Travellers; Cites Penalty Im
posed.
That the “road hog” is not alto
gether a product of the modern mo
torized era, is proven by a yellow
I’ proclamation recently found in the
material brought to the University of
Western Ontario from the Goderich
Courthouse last spring.
H. 'Orlo Miller, secretary of the
London Historical 'Society, who is
sorting and classifying the two tons
books that came
County offices,
reference to the
9 0 years ago:
(Sessions of the
peace, holden at 'Goderich, this 17th
day of January, 18|46. In conse
quence of complaints made against
persons contravening the statutes, to
prevent damage to travelers on the
highways in this province.
“It is ordered, that the clerk of the
peace do issue printed public notices
throughout this district containing
the substance of the statutes above
referred to for the guidance of all
persons whom it may concern, j
Of documents and
from the Huron
found this printed
traffic violators of
“Huron District
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“Notice is hereby given, that
whereas evil disposed persons travel
ing the highways in this provincer,
with sleds or other carriages fre
quently do injury to Her Majesty’s
subjects, whom they do meet on the
highways aforesaid by not giving an
equal half of the width’of the road,
or beaten track, or any part thereof,
for the -convenience of passing each
other, for remery thereof, and put
an and to such evil practices, it shall
be the duty of every person or (per
sons traveling the (highways, with
sleds or other carriages as aforesaid,
when, and as .often as they do meet
each other, for each, person Or per
sons so meeting, to turn out to the
right hand with their sleds 'Or other
carriages, and givq one equa’l half
of the said road, highway or beaten
track, for the more easy passing each
other, without doing damage to
either party’s team, sled or carriage) as aforesaid. I
“That if any persons traveling as
aforesaid with sleds or other car
riages, do meet each other on the
roads, and shall refuse or neglect to
give the one to the other the one half
of the width of the road, highway or
beaten track as aforesaid, the party
so refusing, shall forfeit and pay the
sum of ten shillings, with reasonable
costs to be recovered before any one.
of Her Majesty’s justices of the peace
within the district where such of
fence may be committed, on confes
sion of the party so refusing or neg
lecting as aforesaid, or on convic
tion thereof, by oath of one credible
witness; which oath the said justice
of the peace is hereby authorized to
administer, to be levied by distress
and sale of the offender or offenders’
(goods and chattels; and for want of
sufficient distress to satisfy such
fine and costs, it shall be the duty of
such justice before whom the cause
may be tried, to .commit such of
fender or offenders to the common
gaol of the district, for any time not
exceeding three days unless such
fine and costs shall be sooner by him
or them paid.
“That every person or persons tra-
velimg with sleighs on any road,
highway or beaten track in this pro
vince, shall have affixed two or more
bells to the harness thereof, and any
person neglecting so. to do, shall on
conviction thereof, by confession or
by oath of one credible witness, be
fore any of Her Majesty’s justices of
the peace within the district where
such offence may be committed,
which oath the said justice is hereby
authorized to administer, shall for
feit and pay the sum of ten shillings
to be levied by distress and sale of
the offender or offenders goods and
Chattels.
“That an complaints, to be made
for any infraction of the statute,
above referred to, shall be made
within ten days after the offence has
been committed, and not afterwards.
“That one moiety of all fines, for
feitures and penalties, levied and col
lected under the said statutes, shall
be paid to the person informing and
the other moiety to the receiver gen
eral of the province. By order of
the court, Daniel iLizars, clerk of the
peace, Huron 'district, office of the
clerk of the peace, Godericih, 19tli
January, il>846.”
Have You Ever Seen
Your Home
thrown into the gutter
or waste paper basket
<3
t
before it was
thoroughly read
But gutters and Waste baskets are filled every day with unopened, unread
expensive direct advertising sale ammunition shot into the air, and cheap pub
lications promoted by fly-by-night artists.
A newspaper commands an audience with prospective customers, espec
ially your home paper. It is never thrown aside without first being read from
“kiver to kiver.” You never see it littering the front yards, or the streets,
annoying the housekeeper.
That is why intelligent, attractive newspaper advertising is known to be
the most effective form of advertising for your business,
An advertisement in the Exeter Times-Advocate will reach the buyers
in the local trade territory and will read by thousands of people.