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Thursday, January 19, 1939
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Wroxeter News and Gorrie Vidette
HOWICKjCOUNCIL
Gorrie, January 9th, J939
'The Council elect in the Township
Of Howick for the year 1939, met in
the Township Hall, according to Sta
tute, each took the necessary Declar
ation of Office as follows: Reeve,-J.
W. Gamble; Deputy Reeve, D. L»
Weir; Councillors, Robert* Baker,
Edward^McCallum and E, Hartwell
Strong.
A short Inaugural service was con
ducted by Rev. Harold Watt, after
which the Reeve, J. W. Gamble took
charge of the meeting and business
was proceeded with.
The minutes of previous meeting
were read, and. on motion of Strong
and Baker were adopted,
Moved by Strong and McCallum
that the Report of the School Attend
ance Officer as read .be adopted aqd
placed QU file. Carried.
Moved by Weir and Strong that
.the Clerk be instructed to order 8
copies of the Municipal World. Car
ried.
Moved by Weir and Baker that the
Township’s membership in the On
tario Association of Rural Municipal
ities be renewed. Carried.
Moved by Weir and Baker that the
Reeve and the Clerk be hereby au
thorized to sign the petition for the
Statutory Grant on road expenditures
for the year 1938. Carried. „
f Moved by Strong and Weir that
Jr By-law No. 1' for the year 1939, as
/ read; be finally passed. Carried.
Moved by Weir and McCallum that
By-law No. 2 for the year 1939, as
read, be finally passed. Carried.
Moved by Strong and Bakdr that
this Council resolve itself into a com
mittee of the whole Council, to regu
late salaries and make appointments.
Carried. - i
The committee reported as follows
—- Clerk’s salary $475.00; and $50.00
for Postage and stationery allowance;
Treasurer’s salary $300.00; Assessor’s
salary, $175.00; Collector’s salary, E.
Div. $115.00; W. Div. $150.00; Aud
itor’s salary $40.00 each; Medical Of
ficer of Health, $75.00; Sanitary In
spector, $25.00; Road Supt., 35c per
hour; School Attendance Officer,
$165.00; Member of B.O.H. $6.00 each;
Live Stock Valuator, $1.50 per trip;
Caretaker of Township Hall, Gorrie,
$40.00; Caretaker of T-ownship Hall,
Wroxeter, $30.00; Secretary B.O.H.
$15.00; Weed Inspector 30c per hr.;
Operator of Power Grader 30c per
hour.
Officers appointed, Collector E.
Div., James L. Walkom; Collector W.
Div., W. C. King; Auditors, A. A.
Graham and E. A. Fallis; School At
tendance Officer, Mrs. M. C. Knight;
Member of B.O.H., Herbert Collins,
^along with the Reeve and the Clerk;
Weed Inspector, Ray McIntyre; Live
Stock Valuator, Jas. Douglas; Care-
/ . taker of Township Hall, Gorrie, Jas.
IL Anger; Caretaker of Township Hall,
" Wroxeter, Fred Hambly; Relief Of
ficer, J. W. Gamble.
Moved by McCallum and Strong
that the following bills be paid. Car
ried. J. H. Rogers, salary as Treasur
er, 1938, $300.00; Isaac Gamble, Post
age and Stationery Allowance, 1938,
'$50.00; Gorrie Sports Com., Grant for
Xmas Tree, $.10.00; M. D. Irvin, Fun
eral expenses, W. G. Gummerson,
$60.00; Cecil Wilson, Sheep killed or
injured by dogs $22.00; John Miller,
Refund of dog tax $4.00; County
Treas., Hospital expenses for Olive
Gile and baby $12.90; Ont. Assoc’n.
Rural Municipalities, Membership fee
for Township $5.00; Municipal World
Election supplies $10.16; R. A. Tay
lor, refund of dog tax $2.00; Kate
Earngey, Refund of dog tax $2.00;
J. H. Rogers, Servicing Street Lights,
Fordwich $84.00; County Treas., hos
pital expenses for C. Severt $17.25;
Hydro E.P.C., Arrears $35.21; Bert
Harris, D.R.O. fees, Clerk's fees,
booth and mileage $12.00; Chas.
Scarffe, D.R.O. fees, Clerk’s fees,
booth and mileage $12.80; Alex. Ed
gar Jr., D.R.O. fees, Clerk's feesr
$6.00; Herb Collins, D.R.O. fees,
Clerk’s fe&s, booth and mileage $12.-
90; J. G. Edgar, D.R.O. fees, Clerk’s (
fees, booth and mileage $12.00; G.
Topham, D.R.O. fees, Clerk’S fees, '
booth and mileage $12.80; Robert
Faufirt, f D.R.O. fees, Clerk’s fees,
$6.60; Relief for Decetnber $43,73.
SEEN AT LORD AND LADY TWEEDSMUIR’S OTTAWA STATE DRAWING ROOM
Climaxing the events attending the
formal opening of the fourth session
of Canada’s 18th Parliament in Ot
tawa, Lord and Lady Tweedsmuir
held the state drawing room, with
society and political leaders paying
their respects to their excellencies.
Brilliant uniforms and .magnificent,
gowns made a colorful, stately scene.
Debutantes centres
throughout Canada were presented.
Premier King is shown (LEFT) at
tired in Windsor uniform, at the soc
ial function, which is the Canadian
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Road Expenditures
Norman (Ettinger, making fill with
team $2.40; O. Shoemaker, Weeds
$3.60; Carman Bride, Fixing railing
and scraping on hill $3.00; J. H, Rog
ers,’■Postage and Excise ?6.00; John
Montgomery, Road Supt., $30.40; Jno.
Hyndman, Culvert tile $5.60; Walter
Reddon, removing blasted stone and
filling catch basin with stone $2.60;
N. ,& S. Pomeroy, deepening ditch
across road $3.00.
Moved by Weir and Baker that
this Council do now adjourn, to meet
in the United Church Half, Fordwich,
on the third Wednesday in February,
or at the call of the Reeve. Carried.
Isaac Gamble, Clerk.
game which all enjoyed. A very
dainty lunch was served by the. com
mittee in charge when all enjoyed a
social chat.
,. GORRIE
Mr. and.Mrs. Kenneth Hastic and
family visited on Tuesday last week
with Mr. and Mrs. Thomas McDon
ald at Molesworth. Little Bobby
Hastie stayed, for a longer visit.
Sunday guests at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Archie Miller were: Mr. and
Mrs. Thos. McDonald and Bobby
Hastie, Mr. * Andrew Doig Sr., also
Mrs. Arnold Brownt all of Moles
worth; Mr. and Mrs. Morley McMi
chael and. Mr. Frank Earl of Wrox
eter, also Mr. Ira McLean, Brussels.
Mr. Jack Fitch, of Belmore, was
the guest of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Shera.
Married" People’s Club Well Attended
The Young Married People’s Club
met on Tuesday night of last week
in the Sunday school rooms of the
Unted Church when the largest num
ber yet Were present and all enjoyed
ft New Year’s Party. The program
for the evening was in charge-of the
West grotip in,town and consisted of
games, skits, community singing, and
the Leechville Mountaineers contrib
uted several numbers. Lunch was
I served. The next meeting will be
held in the church on Jan. 24th with
the North group in charge of the pro
gram.
counterpart of the Court of St. Jam
es. Hon. R. J. Manion (CENTRE),
Conservative leader, was accompan-
■ ied by his wife, who wore a lace
gown with heart-shaped bodiec and
short visit.
Mr. and Mrs. A. ■ L. Stephen and
family spent Sunday with friends in
Harriston. '
Mr. Neible, student from Toronto,
Mrs. w. C.” King spent a couple of ( had charge of the Gorrie Presbyter-
days with relatives in Hamilton the. jan church on Sunday,
first of this week.
Library Board Annual Meeting
The Annual meeting, of, Gorrie
Public Library' was held Jan. 11th.
Reports showed a prosperous 1938.
There, isz abundance of good reading-
available and adult subscription price
is only 50c a year. Officers for 1939
are: Chairman, Mr. R. Strong; Treas.,
Mrs. G. King; Sec., Miss B. McLau
ghlin; Representative to Twp. Lib.
Board, Mr. N. Wade and Mrs. W.
King. Other membets of the Board
are: Mr. H. Holmes, Mrs. V. Shera,
Miss A. Murray, Miss E. Potter.
Going to Clinton
> Rev. A. H. O’Neil has accepted a
call to Clinton Atiglicah Church. He
will take up his new charge the mid
dle of February. Needless to say,
Mr. and Mrs. O’NeTl will be greatly
missed here where they have made
many warm friends.
The Ladies’ Aid of the Presbyter
ian Church’ met at the home of Mrs.
A. McLaughlin on Wednesday last.
Several good readings were given by
Miss McLaughlin, Mrs. W. B. Stew
art, Mrs. Pritchard and Mrs. Mundell.
Mrs. .Percy Colmer, of Toronto, is
spending this week with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest King, the latter
being confined to bed, but we trust
will soon be well again.
Miss Blythe -Underwood, of At
wood, spent Sunday at the home of
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. 5 Gordon
Underwood.
Miss Eleanor ^Erskine of Atwood,
.spent Sunday with Rev. and .Mrs. A.
H. O’Neil.
Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Bolton and
children visited the former’s parents
near Fordwich on Sunday evening.
Mrs. Wni. Wright of Walton spent
Thursday last with her sister, Mrs.
C. R. Black. Mrs, R. F. Edgar re
turned home with her daughter for a
A.Y.P.A. Heidi Social Meeting
A New Year’s Social was held at
the Rectory on Friday night last by
the A.Y.P.A. of St. Stephen’s Church
when a good number Were present.
The meeting opened with hymn “The
King of Love, my Shepherd is” fol
lowed by prayer by the president and
Lord’s Prayer in unison, after which
Nellie Dinsmore read psalm 122. Roll
Call was answered and business dis
cussed. The next meeting will be at
the home of Edith and Ida Ritchie.
The committee in charge then form
ed groups, when each month of the
year was represented by a contest or
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W. M. S* HELD
FINE MEETING
“Planting the Church” Subject of
Address
The January meeting of the Gor
rie W. M. S. was held Thursday af
ternoon at the home of Mrs. R- H.
Stephens, with ten members, present.
The President, Mrs. Scott, opened
the meeting by reading a beautiful
poem “Just One Year to Live.” Af
ter singing the hymn “My Country”
Mrs. Watt led in prayer for the sick
in other lands and for our mission
ary, doctors and nurses. The Scrip
ture lesson Was read by Mrs. Ham
ilton after which Mrs. Watt presented
the 2nd chapter of the study book,
“Planting the’ Church” in a very able
matinet. She said the author, Rev.
Mr, McKay,
the Chttrch
swers “Yes.
heroic men
so* have noble men and women left
comfortable homes and friends to pi
oneer in .religion. Some of these pi-
ofieers were: The McCallums, Drs.
Geo. and J, JvIcDougall, Dr, J. Rob
ertson and others. Then Mrs. Watt
told of those who arc planting the
church today, Dr. Cochrane, beloved
Supt of Northern Missions, <Miss
Susie Smith, missionary at large, who
travels over many miles dtganisfihg
classes in cvei'y district, also Miss
Gregg, who in order that she might
be more effective among the Fin
landers, went to Finland and studied
their ways and language tor two
years. And so we see that the pion
eers of yesterday have been succeed-
, asks the question “"Can
save Canada?’* atid an-
”• He says that just as
pioneered the land, just
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PHIL QSIFER OF
LAZY MEADOWS
CHINA TEA POT
There must be a china tea pot in
your home. If not, then you will re-
qjeqgber your mother’s. It was a fan
cy china one, that ten chances to. one
she received as a shower gift. It was
perched on the sideboard in the din
ing-room, to serve both a decorative
and a useful purpose. I.t was the
family bank.
When mother sold her chickens or
the geese, or when the weekly cream*
and egg money came she donned her
spectacles and counted it. Then with
a stub of a pencil fished from among
the contents of the top drawer in the
sideboard she figured it up jiist to
see that the man hadn’t made any
mistakes. For a few minutes there
■would be some laborious figuring, and
then satisfied that all was well the
pencil would be replaced from where
it was taken. The silver would be
carefully wrapped up in the bills, and
all would be placed in the china teas
pot
That tea pot certainly occupied a
prominent place in our lives, It wa$
tfie clearing house for mother’s cur
rency. When we wanted pennies for
those big bullseye candies on our in
frequent trips to the village, mother
would dole out one apiece from her
bank. Then, while father was hitch
ing up the horse she would make out
a list of what to get at the store . .
tea, sugar, spices, laces . . and so
on, and all would be neatly totalled
up with the correct amount of mon
ey and an extra ten cents in case the
head of the household didn’t have
change for a plug of tobacco.
Along about tax^time the china tea
pot was often dumped out on tlie
kitchen able at night when we were
doing our homework. Father kept
adding a few dollars from here and
there . . for the jags of wood that he
sold in the village, and the potatoes
and apples . . and it was carefully
totalled up. Tax time was coming
mighty close and they were still
short, and we in our childish way
would begin to worry as to what
might happen if we couldn’t pay our
taxes.
But
china tea-pot always managed it.
There was sort of a triumphant smile
on her face when she dumped the
contents out on the table .on tax day
and the amount was counted out in
everything from ten dollar bills to.
pennies.
“Well, Paw, we made it,” she would,
exclaim and he would ruffle up her
hair, the way she pretended she didn’t
like, and he would kiss her on the
cheek, and we would *all go to school
feeling quite important because there
was enough to pay the taxes.
There were lean times for the.
china tea pot too. Times when Mo
ther would have to scrape mighty^
hard to make up enough for the gro
ceries, and. when father would say:
“Shucks, Maw, never mind the plug
of tobacco, I can do without it.” But
she would chase him along and smite
> and say that a hard working man was
prayer and this was followed by! one bad habit,
group prayers. Mrs. Lovell, Mrs. The china tea pot became scarred
Cook and Mrs. MacNaughton |cad'from handling, too. I never knew a
ing. The Scripture lesson was taken 1 W J V'.
troin Psalm 46 while the special verse
for thought was “I will hear what
God the Lord will speak for he will
speak peace unto his people and to
his saints,” Psalm 85, v. 8. The Roll
Call was responded to by a Thought ‘
.for the New Year. "Lord speak to
me that I may speak” was the second
hymn sung. During the business dis
cussion plans were made to hold the
meetings one half hour earlier, 2.30
o’clock. A gift of $5.00 for work am
ong the lepers from the Sec., Mrs,
Stutt, was acknowledged. “I do not
ask that life may be a pleasant road”
was the next hymn taken as a solo
by Mrs. MacNaitghton. Mrs, Cook
and Miss Howe were appointed to
-take charge of the February meeting.
The meeting closed with prayer by
Mrs. Sanderson.
white court’ feathers. Mrs. George
Black (RIGHT), M.P. for the Yukon,
wore a sequin gown of sapphire blue
with velvet train falling € rom the
shoulders.
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ed by men and women of like spirit, ship of the parish of Clinton, the ac-
and where the church is alive and ac- ceptance to take effete some time
live, the result is seen in the lives of during the month of February,
people. Mrs, Scott conducted “The;
church reaches out to’ heal, to study,Miss Margaret Linton left for To-
to enlist” in the form o1 a question- ronto on Monday where she will take
naire, telling of the work of Dr. Dar- ,a course of treatments.
by, Miss McMurray, , Miss Susie
French and Miss Barclay.
Prayer for the young and under
privileged was offered by Mrs. Ash
ton. Minutes of December meeting,
also executive, were read and. approv-’
ed. The Treas., Mrs. Wylie, reported
a donation of $40 from the Evening
Auxiliary, making the total sent to
Presby. Treas. $202. Rev. Mr, Watt
then installed the officers for this
year. The Roll Call was answered by
“A New Year’s Thought”. Mr. Watt
closed the meeting with prayer.
Miss Lin
ton’s many friends hope she will re
ceive much -benefit.
Turnberry S.S. N. 9 Literary are
holding their January meeting Fri
day night of this week, Jan. 20.
The Woman’s Association of
United Church held a quilting' in
church on Monday of last week. *
the
the
somehow, mother and the
INSTITUTE HELD
FAMILY NIGHT
Interesting Address on Insurance
Given.
Women’s Missionary Society
The January meeting of the W. M.
S. United Church met on Thursday
afternoon at the home of Mrs. Geo.
Allen. Mrs. ;A. J. Sanderson presided
over the devotional period and open
ed with the hymn “Shine Thou upon
us, Lord.” Mrs. Sanderson lead in
and this was’ followed by
Mrs. Lovell, Mrs.
on Thursday night,
members entertained their
and friends. The meeting
the usual manner with the ;
in charge. Minutes were
as read by the secretary,
The Family Night of the Gorrie
Women’s Institute was held in the
Orange Hall
when the
husbands
opened in
president
1 approved
Miss Nellie Dinsmore. Items of busi
ness were discussed. The program
opened when Master Max Hutcheson
gave a recitation, musical numbers
Were given by Messrs. E. W. Bolton,
Percy Ashton, Thomas Vittie, also
Miss Bernice Day. Short speeches
were given by Reeve J. W. Gamble,
E. J. Farrish and Gordon Mundell.
The main address’was given by Mr.
Norman Wade when he gave a very
interesting talk on Fire Insurance,
giving data regarding his subject dat
ing back to the origin of the insur
ance companies. Beginning with the
history, he concluded with common
methods of fire prevention with which
each and every one should be famil
iar. Mrs. W. C. King read a poem,
entitled “Before” by A. B. Cooper.
The remainder of the evening con
sisting of games, was in charge of
Mesdames J. Hutchison, E. Sparling
and V. Shera.
The meeting closed with the Na
tional Anthem, after which lunch was
served.
WROXETER
To. Be R&ctor at Clinton
Rev. A, PL O’Neil, rector of
parish of Gorrie, Fordwich
Wroxeter, has accepted the rector-
the
and
corner chipped off the lid and the
flowers on the side became just a wee
bit tarnished, but it still occupied a.
prominent place on the sideboard.
I But there was a wise philosophy
about the old tea pot. One thing
that Mother told me that I always re
member was one night when I was
an awkward young man getting ready
for a “date” to take a girl to a church
social. Mother sort of knew that
there wasn’t very much money in my
pocket and she slipped me a dollar
bill from the tea pot, with the admon
ition to have a good time. I men
tioned something about the ea-pot*
then and she smiled and said . .“Yes,,
I got that tea pot at the shower the
night before your father and I Were
married. One thing Phil, that it told,
me that first day when I set it on the
; sideboard and slipped the egg money
I into it was, don’t buy anything until
Women’s Institute I can pay for it.”
The January meeting of the W. I.j And if people nowadays had china
will be held on Thursday, Jan. 26tli,, tea pots to caution them in the same
way, there’d be a heap more happi
ness in this world of ours.
at 3 p.m. at the home of Mrs. J, H.
Wylie. Topic, Balanced Rations of
Work, Pleasure, Exercise and Rest,
by Mrs. J. Lovell. Current Events.
Music in charge of Committee. ’Read
ing, Mrs. Clarence White. Lunch
Com.: Mrs. J. J. Allen and Mrs. Mac
Donald.
Mrs. T, G. Hemphill spent a couple
of days last week in Toronto.
Miss Jean Sangster is at present
spending this week in Toronto.
Mr, and Mrs. Robert McAllister
and son, Clifford, were gueSts of Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Kitchen Stfiiday after*
noon.
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All finished by sand, blast machines.
We import all our granites from the
Old Country quarries direct, jn tht
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