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Home My WebLink AboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1949-06-02, Page 14V Serenity-sixth Year EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 2, 1949 Single Copy (? cents 1I i •i j r t i ) t eEnds 37 Years Of Entertainment Mrs. Pearl Lbavitt Cochrane sold Leavitt’s. Theatre to Mr. G. D. Thompson, of St. -Marys, last week. The sale marked the end Of thirty-seven years of enter tainment service to the people of the district by the Leavitt - family. In October, 1946, Leavitt’s Theatre celebrated the fifteenth anniversary of the new theatre and the thirty-fifth year in the moving picture business in Exe ter. William Leavitt’s first venture in the entertainment business was the erection of a skating rink, known as the Dome rink, at the rear of the present build ing, at the time of the first World War. Hockey and skating were major attractions at the time and many a fast and excit- iug game of hockey was witnes sed by local fans at the Dome. It was in the Dome rink that M r. Leavitt started the first moving pictures in Exeter, Later lie purchased and remodWed the building now occupied by Rivers’ Grocery which • served the public until the “advent of the “talkies”. The old building was long and narrow with wood en seats, and piano ‘music was provided throughout the show ing, At eighty years of age, past the time when 'most are taking life easier, Mr. vitt undertook the erection of the present building which at the time was one of the finest theatres to be found outside the •cities, and to install the new sound equipment, replacing the isilent ~ ‘ seats were ■new were replaced with cushion seats. Mr. Leavitt was assisted in his undertakings by his daughter and. son-in-law, Mr. a-nd Mrs. J. <G. Cochrane. Leavitt’s Theatre has always provided the latest in shows, never far behind and sometimes of the cities with the on of District Men Head Huron Deanery Laymen The Huron Deanery Laymen’s Association elected William Riley, Hensail, and William Mid dleton, president and vice-presi dent at the bi-annual meeting in Trivitt Memorial parish hall Wednesday. ■ Dr, A. H, O’Neill, principal Huron College, London, was the guest speaker of the evening. Dr. O’Neill, a native of Clande- boye, spoke on stewardship, in cluding stewardship of time, of the Bible, and of the prayer book. He also discussed the ministry, with special reference to the new Huron College, now being erected on the grounds of University of Western Ontario. About eighty laymen from the County of Huron attended the meeting. A supper was served the ladies of the church. • The next meeting will be Seaforth in the fall. by in Pheasants Arrive r Ai 1 ,1 long, men Lea- pictures. The wooden transferred to the theatre, and later these ahead pictures of the hour. A First Weekly Jitney Held The first of the weekly, jitneys .by the Exeter Lawn Bowling club was held Tuesday evening with several new members tak ing part. There were six rinks in competition and two ten-end games were played. First prize was won by Mrs. Wells,. T. O. Southeott, W. E. Sanders and J. M. Southeott, skip • with two wins plus ten. Mrs. Howey, J. Cutting, W. G. Medd and K. Hockey, skip, were second with two wins plus six. CN.R Breaks 30-Year Record C.N.R. freight office at Hen sall broke a record of years standing last month '’bean shipments from the reached 45,800 bags. They were shipped out thirty ■when town They were shipped out in S6 carloads, said A. L. Case, freight agent. At current prices this repre sents a net return to district farmers who deal with the three village bean mills of -$320,000. The net earnings to the rail road on the record shipments were $48,'000. Cel ebrates 92nd Byithday A native of Usborne Township, the former Mary Skinner, cele brated h e i- ninety-second birth day last week and was hailed as the oldest resident of Shallow Lake. _ Sound district. Now Mrs. Noble, she was one of nine child ren, four of them girls, born to Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Skinner, of Usborne, Huron County. a village in the Owen John s W.C, VanCamp Posted To West Wing Commander W. C. Van Camp, D.F.C., fiedr of RCAF since October, to Northwest Edmonton, as staff officer. He will be succeeded by W/C W. F. N. Newson, D.F.C., D.S. O., formerly of St. Thomas. The handing over ceremony will be held at Centralia on June 13. Wing Commander Van Camp took ovei* the reins of the big flying training school from Group Captain M. D. Lister on October 2 and during his short period as C. O. the station has forged ahead in the biggest peacetime, training program Can ada has seen. commanding of- Station, Centralia, has been posted Air Command at senior personnel EUNICE OESTREICHER — who on Saturday will receive her degree as Doctor of Medicine. $ R. N. Creech To For District Clubs There’ll be lots of pheasants for the boys to shoot in the fall. Five hundred day-old chick sized pheasants, just out of the shell, arrived at the Exeter Fish and Game Conservation Club on Sunday. The birds will be kept in brooders and flight cages until they are seven weeks old, then they’ll be distributed throughout the Township of Stephen. Dalton Finkbeiner will keep 25 0 birds o*n his lot north of the river and Bill Stanlake has the other 250 on his farm. The birds were sent by the Department of Lands and Forests from a farm outside of Toronto, and when they arrived in Exeter some still had shell on the beak. The Department sends them out free and the club has to feed and care for them. The birds include Ring-neck, Mongolian and a few Australian types of pheasants, A season will be set aside for them in the fall and game wardens from the dis trict will supervise Each township has season. I Milton Dietz, of ceived 50'0 birds tor ship. Stephen, Hay and part of Stanley are the only townships in Huron which the department considers suitable for the birds. Later, the club hopes to get 90‘ seven-week-old birds from the department. The woods will be restocked in succeeding years through tlie same plan. The Conservation Club hopes to get the cooperation of the hunters in the district in this project. It is unlawful to shoot these birds out of season and to shoot hens at any time. Voters’ Lists Revised June 9 The list of voters in the forth coming election has been posted up and revisions can be made at any time. On Monday, June 9, the enumerators will sit revise the preliminary lists their polling sub-division. to for District Woman i’ll the hunt, a different Zurich, re Hay Town- Council Proclaims Holiday Village council, in a special session Monday night, issued a proclamation “calling on all merchants and other business people to co-operate by closing their places of business during the time of the visit of the Prime Minister and to decorate their places of business flags and other suitable ial”. Other business of the was to issue a building to Ed Wurm for a house corner of William and Streets. The first council for June will be held on June 7 instead of the regular night, June 6. with mater- council permit on the Gidley Operator Gets Presentation The Bell Telephone operators at Exeter presented Miss Lois Swartz with a pen and pencil set. The girls surprised Lois by walking in on her while she spent her last night working at Exeter. A dainty lunch was pre pared by the staff and enjoyed by all, after which Mrs. Wood, chief operator, read a farewell address and Miss Hodgert pre sented the gift. Lois thanked the girls in her own fitting manner. Lois has been transferred from Exeter to London. To Receive M.D. On Saturday, June 4, 19 49, Eunice Oestreicher, of Dashwood, Ontario, will receive we degree of Doctor of Medicine at the Spring Convocation of the Uni versity of Western Ontario, Lon don. Doctor Eunice Oestreicher, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Oestreicher, attended Exeter High School and London Normal School before beginning her studies at the University of Western Ontario. While at the University she. received the Hip pocratic prize in Anatomy, a Dominion Provincial Bursary and a Huron County Bursary, and in her fourth year was elected to Alpha Omega Alpha, College Medical Honour Society. She sang in “Meds Merrymakers”, was a member of The Sunday Nine O’Clock Committee in ’47- '48 and class secretary-treasurer in first and final years. For the coming year Doctor Eunice Oestreicher lias an ap pointment on the Interne Staff of Victoria Hospital, London. Lay Corner Stone R. N, Creech, who for thirty seven years served as a member of the Board of Education and for many years as chairman, will lay the cornei* stone at the new Exeter District High School building next Wednesday after noon, Mr. Creech laid the corner stone of the high school built in 1938. Thomas -Pryde, M.L.A.-, rep resenting the provincial govern ment, John Armstrong, warden of Huron County, and Dr. H, H. Cowen chairman of the high school board will speak at the ceremony. . The corner stone will seal a copper box containing documents and symbols of the time. Copies of the Exeter Times-Advocate, the London Free iPress and the Globe and Mail will be contained in "the box along with current stamps and coins, copies of the addresses given at the ceremony, a list of the members of the board, the staff and the pupils and a record of the set-up' of the school. The ceremony will begin at 2 p.m. The public is invited. financial cordially Hibbert Schools Successful Miss Margaret congratulated 3, Hibbert, toDougall is on coaching which carried the two highest awards at Mitchell music festival last be S.S. off the week. The St. Columban school won the Chamber of Commerce Shield, awarded to rural sclioof obtaining the highest number of marks, and the Lions Club Shield, for the best rural school chorus. Miss Dougall's schools had the highest number r of placings of any of the four other music supervisors competing. In the urban section, the high est award, a $50 tuition prize went to Joyce Priestap, of Mit chell High School. She is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Thompson, of Kippen. Mr, Peter Ellis 'of Chatham was home over the week-end. Town Topics— Items of Social and Personal Interest in and Around Exeter The Times-Advocate is always pleased to publish these items. We and our readers are interested in you and your friends. Phone 31w St. Laurent Will Be Fourth Premier To Visit Exeter Who Killed Bob Ripley? Believe It Or Not, We Did! Robert Ripley, famous author of “Believe It Or Not”, died last week, Some local people suggest one of the causes of death might have been one of the classified ads printed in The Exeter Times- Advocate. The ad mentioned a heifer bull for sale by Charles Prout. ............. read 1 It’s around Kirkton will go to this Thursday to compete in the Juvenile Contest. The paper ad vertised Aberdeen Hell as tlie meeting place when it should have been Aberdeen Hall. should“Heifer’ Hereford1 hoped none of the have kids hell Rev. D. Sinclair Three Cadets Attend Camp Three members o f E.D.H.-S.. Cadet Corps will attend Ipper- wash ’ ’ They Donald Webster, Actilig Sergeant Paul Durand and Cadet Bill Heywood. camp from June 13-24. are Acting Lieutenant WHALEN George Earl, Of Exeter, a few days during last with Mr. and Mrs. Milne Band To Play On Sunday The first summer evening con cert by the Exeter Citizen’s Band will be presented at the Community Park on" Sunday night. The band will play a med ley of marches, overtures, seren ades and waltzes. A trombone quintette of Pat Skinner, Gordon Johnson, Nor man Walper, Reynold Wuerth and Don Easton will be featured on the program.. Citizens are asked to support the band. The concert will start at 8:30 p.m. Next Wednesday afternoon the band will play an engagement the* Poplar Hill picnic. at Mrs* Charles Wilson An aged and esteemed resident .of Exeter passed away Thursday of last week in the person of Mrs. Charles Wilson who was in her eighty-eighth year. Mrs. Wilson had been ailing for some time and was being cared for by her daughter-in-law, Mrs. C. L. Wilson. Het maiden name was Margaret Jessie Brimacombe. She was born in Prince Edward Island and early in life came to Exeter with the family. Over sixty years ago she was united in marriage with Mr. now in his ninetieth year not in th 0 best of health, ■sides her husband She is vived by an only son, C. Lee Wilson, four grandchildren and three sisters, Mrs. Mary Gidley, of town; Mrs. J. T. Larsen, of Winnipeg and Mrs. Knapp, of Kamloops, BJC. One daughter died In Infancy. The funeral Saturday afternoon was held from the R. 0. Dinncy funeral home, conducted by Rev. H. J. Mahoney, of Main St. Church, of Which the deceased was her. The bearers were William ‘ Joseph Joseph Wilson Interment Was -cemetery. Wilson, and Be- sur- and Vale, Bradt, Joseph Ted and B. in the a mem* Messrs. Bavls, Walper, Moore. Exeter Mr. spent week Pullen. Messrs. Freeman and Andrew Arksey attended the Spring Fair at Clinton on Friday. Mr, and Mrs. George Squire Harry, Mr. and Mrs. Norman Hodgins, also Mr. and Mrs. F. Squire were at Hensall on Wed nesday at the funeral of the late Mrs. Harris.Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Dale and Larry and Mrs. Gordon Morley, of Stratford, were May 24 visit ors with Mr Morley. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Morley and family, of Hazel Park, Mich, spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs, William Morley. Miss Elva Morley returned home with them to spend a few weeks. Miss Violet Baillie, Toronto is visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Tlios. Simpson. Sunday School anniversary service in the United Church will be at 11 a.m. on Sunday June 5. Rev. Wattless, of Woodham, will be the guest speaker. Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Squire, Mr. and -Mrs. F. Squire and Grafton attended the funeral of the late Mr. William Dickins in Lucan, Thursday.Mr, and Mrs. John Hazelwood visited on Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. M. Driver, Mitchell Road. Mr, Arthur Gunning, Exeter, was a recent visitor with Mr. and Mrs. George Millson. Mt. and Mrs. Russell Brock and family, of Burgessville, were Sunday visitors with Mr. and Mrs. William Morley. Miss Audrey Arksey, London, was a 'week-end visitor at her home.Mrs. William French enter- tained several little girls on May 24 in honor of Janie’s sixth birthday. .. J and Mrs. William > District Nurses Graduate Among the nurses from toria Hospital to receive diplom as at a graduation ceremony at the University of Western Ont ario are Laurene Zurbrigg, of Exeter, Eva Fullerton, formerly of Exeter, and Jean Krueger, of Zurich. Diplomas were received by the nurses from Her Excell ency Viscountess Alexander, o f Tunis. Miss Laurene Zurbrigg was class valedictorian, and she com- three the pared their training to flights of stairs leading to future. ■ Vic- i an* of U.W.O. Results Given Graduation results were nounced by the University Western Ontario this week. District students t o receive degrees ar e: F rederick Luxton (B.A.), Norm Jolly (Diploma in Public Administration), Ke n Mills, Woodham, (Diploma in Music—Mus. Q. Paed.) George Mustard, Brucefield, (B. Sc.), David H. Wethey (B.A.—Mathe matics and Physics), David K. Fraser, Ilderton, (B.A.), and Mary Theresa ‘Cronyn, Clande- boye, (B» Sc.-—nursing). J Proclamation ■ in order to acknowledge the visit of the Prime Min ister of Canada, the Right Honourable Louis St. Lau rent, to our village on the afternoon of Friday, June 3, the Municipal Council calls on all merchants and other business people to co operate by closing their places of b u sin-ess with flags and other suitable material. By Order, EXETER MUNICIPAL COUNCIL Mr. and Mrs. Howard Dorman, of Ailsa Craig, visited on Monday with Mrs. M. Amy. . Mr. and Mrs. “Pop” Watson are taking a trip through the north-western states this week. Mr. Thomas Tapp, of Detroit, spent Sunday and Monday visit ing with his sister, Miss Mary Tapp. Dr. and Mrs. William Lawson and family, of Esterville, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. James Lawson. Mr. and Mrs. F. W. K. Tom, of Toledo, Ohio, called on friends in Exeter and Goderich over week-end. Mr. George. Sunday with Mr. liam Overton. Mr. and Mrs. ( and Garfield, Mr Johnston and Patsy spent 24 in Goderich Ontario. Mrs. Cora Sanders and 4-i’thur LaChanve, of DetrQit, visited with Mr. and Mrs. Bob Sanders over the week-end, Mr. and Mrs. George Lawson and Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Law- son left Monday for a two weeks trip to Pittsburg and Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. Clarise Snell spent a few days with Mr. and •Mrs. Orville Snell at Grimsby and Mr. and Mrs. Servell at Fort Erie. Mi*, and Mrs. Clifford Davis, of London, and Allan Davis and lady friend, of Sarnia, visited with Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Davis, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Amos Parker and Mr. Aquilla sheers, of Lan sing, Mich., spent the week-end visiting a t the home of Mr. Frank Sheere. Mt. and Mrs. Robert Tapp, of London, Visited on Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Heywood, Mrs. Valeria A r nt s t r o n g and Mrs. Bedford. Miss May Armstrong is visit ing for a couple of weeks with het brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Harry McCreath, of Kincardine. Mrs. Irene Harness is visiting with friends in Goderich. Miss Agnes Cutting has r e- turned home after spending a week in St. Marys with her sis ter, Mrs. Tomkins, and her father, R. Cutting, who is In poor health. Mr. and Mrs. Les. Shoddard and Mr. and Mrs. Lee Slater, 8f Detroit, and Mr. and Mrs. Russell Knaff, of St. Louis, Mich., visit ed over the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. R. N. Creech. Rev. Dr. N. R. D. Sinclair and Mrs. Sinclair of Barrie and Mrs. A. O. Scott of Toronto were guests of Rev. and Mrs. Donald Sinclair last Friday. Mrs. Scott remained for the week-end. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Bloom field of Leamington visited Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Fraser on Tues day and the two couples pro ceeded to Niagara Falls where they will spend some time. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Colling wood and Russel and Mr. and Mrs. Roy Alderson and Mabie motored to Port Huron on Sun day to visit with Mr. Colling wood’s brother John who is quite ill. The Salvation Army will make its annual appeal to the citizens of Exeter to assist the organiza tion in its welfare work. A can vass of the town ” will be made this week. Greet the canvassers with cheerfulness and liberality. Mrs. John McAllister, who has been a patient in Mayo’s Hospi tal, Rochester, Minn., for tlie* past five weeks, having under gone two sympathectomy, is now, as her many friends will be pleased to know, making satis factory recovery. Mr. Clayton O. Martin, of Kitchener, has been engaged as assistant principal of the Clinton public school to commence his new duties In September, Mr, Martin has about twenty-five years experience as a teacher. He is a nephew of Mrs. William Hunter of town. _ . ; Mr, and Mrs, Earl Brickwood, Mrs. J. W. Powell spent last]of Niagara Falls, N.Y., and Mrs. week in Hamilton and Grimsby j Gordon Rudd, of London, called visiting with relatives. This week' on friends in Exeter on Monday, she is visiting Mr, and Mrs. W, j Mr, Brickwooda wlio learned the G. Post in Windsor. j printing with the Exeter Times, Mr. Laverne Wickie, Mr. R. Gutting and Mrs. Marjorie Tom-; kins and daughter, Dorothy, of St, Marys, spent Sunday with Mr. Everett Sims and Miss Agnes Gutting. Miss Ruby Wood, Ridgetown, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Laxton and Wilbert Luxton of London, Mrs. E. Wilson, Alvlnston, were week end visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Luxton. Inducted Friday The Presbytery of Huron- Maitland, of the Presbyterian Church in Canada, met in Caven Church on Friday evening last for the induction of Rev, Donald Sinclair. The service was conducted by Rev. D. Glenn Campbell of Sea forth, a class-mate of .Mr. Sin clair, who ■ took for his text, Micah 6:8,r “He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of thee, but* to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?” Mrs. Harold Simpson sang a solo: “I may be in Heaven tomorrow”. Rev. Alex Nimmo of Wingham, Moderator1 of Presbytery, induct ed the minister, following which the charge to the congregation was given by Rev. L. C. Jorgen son, of Bluevale, and the charge to the minister by Rev. Dr. C. H. McDonald of Lucknow and Rev. Robert G. MacMillan of Goderich. Mr. Sinclair pronounc ed the benediction. A social period was enjoyed by the congregation and mem bers of Presbytery, at the close of which Rev. Percy Ferguson, of Hensall, extended an expres sion of thanks to the ladies who had prepared the lunch. Rev. Mr. Sinclair came t o Caven Church a y ear ago, at. which time the Presbytery met with the congregation for a de signation service and reception. Aftei* completing the year re quired under the regulations of the General Assembly as or dained missionary on the charge, the call extended to him at time became effective, and Presbytery inducted h i m the pastoral charge of the gregation. Exeter is to be honoured by a visit from the Prime Minister of Canada on Friday afternoon of this week. Following a meet ing at Goderich on Thursday, evening Rt. Hon. Louis St, Lau rent, accompanied by Mrs. St. Laurent Samson, tour of They ter at 2:15 p.m. when Laurent will give a brief ad dress in front of the town hall, , Music will be provided by the London Police Boys’ Band,, A public address system will be used for the occasion. The prime minister will be welcomed by Reeve A. J. Sweitzer. It has been decided to give a holiday to the Exeter Public School children and students of the Exeter District High School will be given the privilege to attend, The Prime Minister and party will arrive in Exeter from Zurich and will leave for Seaforth. They will be accompanied McLean, the Liberal and others. Prime Minister St. visit here will mark time since Confederation that a Canadian premier has officially spoken in the town. Right Honourable MacKenzie King addressed a huge crowd at Victoria Park in September, 1925, and Sir Charles Tupper, Conservative premier from May 1 to July 8, 189 6, led an even bigger rally in the old Driving Park in June of that year. Sometime between the years 1873 and 1878, the Hon. Alex ander MacKenzie, Liberal leader who replaced Sir John A. Mac Donald after the Pacific Scandal, campaigned in town. Due to the fact that The files are missing little information The following accompanied by Mrs. and their daughter, Mrs. will on Friday the county. expect to arrive make a in Exe- Mr. St. by A. Y. candidate, Laurent’s the fourth the and Mrs. W. Overton , of London, Visited and Mrs. Wil- and on eorge Johnston and Mrs.Ed. May Mr. i printing is now employed with Niagara. Falls Gazette. He Exeter thirty years ago. Visitors with Mr, and Cecil Skinner on Sunday I that the into con- Ed’s Opening Successful; Only One Dull Moment The opening of Ed’s Imperial Service Station with a Friday evening o f dance last week proved a very attractive event. A large crowd was present and danced to the music of Flan- nigan’s orchestra. When a trans former blew a fuse the lights went out but this did not deter the dancers. .Cars were "moved up in front of the windows, the lights turned on and the music and the d a.n c i n g proceeded Square dancing predominated and at one time there were squares on the floor. Times-Advocate for that year, is available. excerpt from ■ , the account of MacKenzie King’s * “visit appeared in The Times- Advocate in September 30, 19 25. “The town was gaily decorat ed for the occasion, flags and streamers being flung across the street from the station to Vic- i toria Park. The Prime Minister | was met at the station on the arrival of the morning train from the south by a large crowd. An automobile parade, led by the Zurich band Frank Taylor accompanied visitor down was officially W. D. Sanders, who read an address of welcome.” Later the party staged a rally in Victoria Park and the article stated: “In the afternoon, it is estimated that between four and five thou sand people assembled in Vic toria Park,” The visit of Sir Charles Tup per in 1896, when most of the town was Liberal-Conservative and the two papers (The Times and The Advocate) supported Tupper, drew a crowd of 7,000 (according to The Advocate) on June IS, 1896. Tupper feated in that election Wilfred Laurier. “The greeting of Sir and headed by on a white horse, the distinguished town, where he received by Reeve ■was de- by Sir nine Deer Grazes With Cattle For the past couple of weeks a yearling deer has been grazing with the cattle on the farm of Clarence and Robert Cunning ham, McGillivray Township. It is quite tame and the Cunning hams have been able to get with in twenty feet of it but then it moves away. Mr. Cunningham jokingly remarked that anyone can have same by proving prop erty and paying for the grass. t the "left Mrs. Were Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Mason, Peter and Nancy, of Belgrave, Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Denham and Cheryl, of Kirkton: Miss Aldeen Pym, of Ellmvillo; and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Rice and family, of Exeter, Car Hits Mailbox When a car driven by Beverley Alexander “ - " . gravel on the second concession of Hay Township Sunday evening about 7:30 the driver lost con trol and the car struck a mail box. The arm of the mail box ■went through the windshield and struck the driver who received a cut on the arm that required Several stitches to close also a gash below the left eye. The car turned over on its .side in the ditch. There were several other un- J. struck some loose occupants but they were jured. Provincial Constable Ferguson investigated. Exeter Still Dry But Has Television In Spite Of It The television set -at Beavers* Hardware has been quite -an at traction during Horse and been large cross hydro pole is oh the .roof of the store. the last week, boxing matches programs have races, different received on the set. The aerial which looks like a between a box kite and a Charles Tupper and his colleagues, Dr. Montague and Sir John Carling, on Friday last "was a magnificent success and characterized by un bounded enthusiasm. Never be fore in the history of the town was there a larger crowd wit nessed on our streets and when it is considered that the an nouncement of the coming w*as so very short, the success that followed was most phenominal. Long before the arrival of the distinguished speakers the whole neighbourhood of the station was densely crowded, and when the train pulled in and the Premier made his appearance, an outburst of cheers followed,, hats went up In the air, handker chiefs waved in all directions, and in other ways the immense crowd ■^manifested its great de light. For some time Sir Charles was kept bowing in response to the plaudit of the populace. The procession from the train to the Driving Park was made up of a large number of carriages, two bands, thousands of people on foot, with some militia men under the direction of Captain Howard and Thomas Prior. Sir Charles rode in a carriage ac companied by Dr. Montague, Sir John Carling, M. W. Hutchins, the Liberal - Conservative candi date, Dr. Rollins and L. H. Dickson, followed by the recep tion c o m m i 11 e e—Messrs. E. Smallman, D. Mills, L. Hardy, T. H. McCallum, B. S. O’Neill, Mil ler’White, editor of The Times, C. H. Sanders, editor of The Advocate, and T. Coughlin. Mem bers of also in Bawden, Carling; __ lor, Charles Snell, W» Treble, S, Sanders, treasurer, and M. Ea-c- rett, clerk.’*' the town council Were line, including Reeve Deputy Reeve T, B. Councillors John Tay- Mr. and Mrs. Elji Sims of Creditor spent Sunday with Mr^ Everett Sims, t