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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Signal, 1911-10-5, Page 5P • THE SIGNAL : GODERICH ONTARIO Tactors As.. 8, 1911 S LOCAL TOPICS. C I. Held Dar.Harbor and Marine Notes. She d.tt, o tla letient. io connectionl with the oli rlrgisOt' Institute has been ret for tidry. October 13. b. mites October 17th. Tl1Y rl, tt sittings of the High Coutt t Jesus for the county of Huron The tug Edward Blake brought up two scowleads of lumber from Bay- field on Tuesday. They were for the Godaricb Lumber k.Milling co. For the year ending Au$w.t 31st, 1911, Goderich Stands fifth ut the list of ports on tbe Great Ickes a hick handled in ship by vessele from ol'rrtt Goderfch on ay Fort W liatu a Port Arthur. In cto11ftrlr lith.aMr. Justice Riddell will l all 9,100,535 bushels of grain were e llir trial judge haudled and of this amount 5,379.1131 ord.hil,. first visit this county io bushels were wheat ; 2,607,6I bushels aisle sal capacity. were oras ; 92.107 barbels were . ,erley, nvMtion and 101,842 bushels were flax. 'meets' I..rti Co The dart 'stout tb annual steeling of he NA est IluronTe Teablic chers' ,illheheld inthe to Thot.•ltty and Friday. October i2 ha Ft. An excellent program has ren pr. pared and aaong the pesters well be S. J. Radclilte. B. A.. fthe London Normal School, and D. 1.McChatham.the Canada Butane's !Weer, Isv. (Seo. W. Dew ey's Address. In .,.nneetiou with the annual ounce convention of the Woman', •hristian Temperance Union, to be told in the Temperance Ball. Gode- irh, on Tuesday- and Wednesday of sat Rev. a e padon.wilsgi n address On Tune the,t lay evening r'evtewinRaOce ceP� se n ituation of the tempo he Pre ince of Ontario. L M. C A. Directors. •` Theannllal meeting cf the Y. M. C. 1, was held in the Association rooms ass Thur -day evening. After a gen- ets' review bad been made of tbe won k crompli>Led during the year the elec mn „t new directors took piece. The 'ollewing is the new hoard of directors : 1.$. Sellows. Jas. F. Thomson, E. R. Stale. John Cballeo, L E. Doherty, M. Elliott and A. M. itobertsoo. l gh Prices for Cattle. .►t he auction sale of Peter Mc- p,.u,alls farm stock, near Porter's Hill, on Moriarty. ten head of cattle. :coming froru calves to mileh cows, relight the substantial sum of $515.50. calf Duly a few weeks old was mocked down at SI$ while "one cow rat sold at $iii. Three other cows sought $til. $01 and $81 respective- ;!. Thor. Gundry was the auction - ire Reduction of Rates Proposed. At the regular meeting of the water std light cumnrieaion Monday even - ug of this week, Cornmtesioner Chrystal g't%e notice that at the sett t. gultr meeting he would move that the waterworks bylaw he amended so as to reduce the rate fon lavatories ny one dollar each Ind that the 'bylaw setting the rates G•r electric light be amended. reducing le lams. A number of application. Sr water .services and elecu is lights sere considered favorably, while a suml,eref others were referred to the winter t.. report on. Mares a Treat. 'hose who . heard the Polmatier sisters at their fernier appearance in lioderich agree that their entertain- ment we: one of the roost genuinely artistic and really enjoyable ever given in this town. The announce- ment of tbeir engagement by the Nesse ung Comm. (luh for the even- irgnf Friday. October doth. will be Meisel u ith great pleasure by lovers dgcwd entettainulent, and there will limbless tea well -tilled home. The Mete will be tic, 35c and 50c. Plan of WI at Masada' restaurant. A Local Setting. The ttrto1*- nurnher of Canada Monthly rnntuus a terminating abort story. entitled "The Meteor's Honor:. wetter. I.y VIctor Lauriston, an ofd Godeticb ftoy. The hero ot the story itan onto, w bo falls in love with a girl whom Fe meets while summering st Mew -setting l',uk, Goderich. Be- fore the girl will a.rcept him the lover alma do something to impress ber and be promises to purchase Attrill's Point kor her whenever be is in a position to do so. Sonic time afterward,, the ed - Pots defiance of the threats of the Offs father. and several other crooked tailwae magnates. to ruin his busi- ness. is sufficient to make the neces- sary Rood impression. The story ends at skis juncture and leaves the reader tomes as to the happy termination of the romance. A Toronto Wedding. The home of Mr. and Mn. George _wRhn, Bathurst street, Toronto, was the s.. -tae of a quiet wedding on Thursday. heptewher?Rth, when Mrs. r. daughter et the late hn's aster. t,Thomas Haie rper, of Albion. Wes married to Roden hialnmill. of Toronto. The ceremony w+s Ppeerformed by Rev. Canon mug all in the dining -room, which nal prettily decorated with roses. .etre ata! III\ -„t-the-valley. The bride. Ca. was given away byher brother, C. J. Harper of (loderich, wore a prin- "eslewn of Russian blue velvets the yoke an.1 sleeves being of old Irish teehoor embroidery trimmed with !Mk of old English thread laoe, both taken from her mother'. wedding heat and blur velvet bat with ori- ental hand and bine osprey. After the wedding breakfast, Mr, and Mrs. liingsmill left. for New York an1 loukingt.e,n. end on their return will feSde it 3 Ilcat.b street Duggan Hume. Apetty wedding took plane at the helm of Mrs. David Woodruff, St. yid ". nn Tuesday. September 88th gr. Jea.ie Mn.or, onl' daughter (i Net w :ire- Pe ' ater flume, of Gode- "arried to Dr. Oharles Ed - w. ward T1ti $nngs. Ontario �eeeo of (H1 rtM by Rev• Own esR. () coy was Niagara Falls. Opytbs Oordos, of relatives and ft lent-42.1.n"MPresillaceis wets Mi.. Florence Paper of Tomato. s4 Rrevb Dtragan !",,ether of th Mr. yb) " of 8t. David's, run of IA Successful Effort. The ba r and tea given by the Iadiee au diary of the Y. M. C. A. in Oddfello ei Hall last Thursday after- noon and evening was a decided sue- r -rasa It was most gratifying to the ladies to have their efforts too thorough- ly appreciated and patronized. In addi- tion to the serving of tea bimetal young Ladies conducted a prettily decorated candy booth and were handsomely re- warded for their efforts. Home-made bread and cakes and fancywork also were on sale. The total proceeds amounted to nearly $100and will bedo- nated to the cause of the Boy800ute, The ladies wish to thank all those who to kindly rendered assistance and also those who contributed to the program: Misr Helnicke, Miss Grace Seager, 0. H. King and A. Roy Adams, Changes in Bank Management. A change is being made this week In the management of the Sterling Bank here. Mr. B. Walker. who bas been in charge of the local branch for some months, and who has looked after the Bank's interests ably and successfully, is succeeded by Mr. Andrew Porter, who has been in charge of the Dungannon office. Mr. Porter is succeeded at Dungannon by Mr. Wm. Beattie, late manager of the Varna and Hayfield agencies, which are now placed in charge ot Mr. A. E. H. Jackson, who has been accountant of the Orangeville branch. The new manager of the Goderich branch re- quires no introduction to the people of Goderich, who have known Mr. Porter well :end favorably for many years. In his charge the (Stetting Bank will continue to be a popular and well-managed institution. Mr. Walker returns to Toronto for the preeent. The Late Amos Marriott. The Stratford Beacon snakes tbe fol- lowing reference to the death of Amos Marriott, father of John Marriott. of this town : One by one the pioneer settlers of Perth county are being called to their reward. Another was added fo the list on Tuesday, September 19th, when Mr. Amor Marriott, lot 7, base line, Blanchard, crossed the divide, at the adyantled age of eighty-two years. The late Mr. Marriott carne to Blain - shard from ' or•kshire, England, when quite a young titan, and hewed out for himself a home in the bush. Here he had served on the t.wnship council. and was a man of exemplary cbar- acter, a member of the Methodist church, and highly esteemed by a large circle of friends and neighbors.. who turned out in large numbers on Sunday. September 24th. to pay a last tribute of respect te, his memory. In- terment was made in Kirkton ceme- tery. Be -aides his aged widow, whose maiden name was Jane Thompson, a family of six daughters and three sons survive. They are : Mrs. Alex. Jame- son, base line; Mrs. Henry E. Switzer. fourth line ; Mrs. Jae. Creighton. base line : Mrs. Alex. Creighton, Mitchell road, Elansbard : Mn. Alfred Smith, St.'Marve : Mrs. John Howard, Olds, Alta.: 'Messrs. George and Thoma. Mat riott. of Blan.hard. and John, of Goderich. County Rifle Shoot. At the meeting of the executive commiteee of the Huron County Rifle League held at. Carlow on Friday. Septemh sr '22nd, the following reso- lutions were passed : That the fall shoot be held itt the Whitechurch ranges on Friday, October 27th. eho.ot- iog to commene•e at 9 a.m. Tbat the number of rounds at each range be five and a lighter. Ranges, df J) yards and 500 yards. That the prizes amounting to about $23.50 be awarded to thoee.baving beet aggregate scorer, and that about $5 he set aside for tyros. Tbat the range officers be C. McNeil. Colborne ; C. McDonagh, Lanes : C. Elliott, Dungannon, and C. Beadle. Austaro. That the score -keepers be J. Webster, St. Helens : C. Asquith, Au- burn ; D. Glenn. Dungannon. and F. D. McLennan, Lochalsh. That the rear aperture sights be allowed by any or all competitors at this match. That all ce.metitors must'shoot "off their elbows"in the usual prone pos- ition. And that all members bear the above resolution in mind and govern themselves accordingly. The captains of rifle associations who will have representatives at the county .hoot are requested to notify ('apt. Carrick, of %'hitecburch, so that accntnmodation may be provided. M i I ler--Clark. Death of Mrs. Hostess After • lingering illne.. of several months, lane Henderson, wife of the late Thos. J. Polley, passed away at her home, Bast street, Oodericb, on Tues- day of this week. She was fifty-seven years of age and is survived by • fam- ily of one son and two daughters : Hugh H. and Mies Annie, at horse, and Miss Mary. in attendance at the - Normal School, London. The de- ceased had been a resident of Oode- rieb for a number of years, moving in- to town from Dungannon nearly fif- teen years ago. Mr. Polley died over six years ago. The funeral took place at 1 o'clock today 10 Dungannon cem- etery. Rev. Dr. Medd conducted ser- vices at the house and graveside. The pallbearers were 0. M. Elliott, Thos. Burrows, W. J. Morrow, Thos. Hawkins, Jas. Btrongb and Ben. Graham. The bereaved family have the heartfelt sympathy of the com- munity in the doss which they have sustained. Public School Matters. At the meeting of the public school board on Monday evening, it was decided to Promote Miss 4harman from the poettion of vice-principal of Central school to that of principal A, committee, consisting of Dr. Turnbull, Dr. Galley/ and A. D. McLean, w•a appointed to consider the advisability of introducing dental inspection in the schools. The principal's report showed the total number of boys on the roll to he 303, and the total num- ber of girls 289iwith an average attend- ance of 524. The secretary a report showed the total amcunt of money paid out during tieptember to be, $1- 4.50,12. The amount received from the town of Goderich during the month was $1,437,44. A letter from Prof. Hutt. of the Ontario Agricultural Col- lege, Guelph. was read.The writer intimated that he was peeper log a lay- out of the Victoria school grounds for the board's use in beautifying the school premises. Lecture November 1st. The work of the Muskoka Free Hos- pital for Consumptives will again be brought to the attention of the people of Goderich in a lecture to be de- livered by Jos- B. Watson. field secre tary of the National Sanatorium Asso- ciation. in the Temperance Hall on Wednesday. November 1st. Mr. Watson'. topic is one that claims the careful interest of aB people who de- sire healthful conditions thoroughly established in our country, MedieaI authorities state that one person in ten is doomed to die of consumption. 1 his is a dreadful waste of life and it is the aim of t hose who are fighting "tbe white plague- to impress upon people everywhere the extreme urg- ency for the adoption of such meas- ures as will stop the spread of the di. ease. There should he a large tnanont at Mr. Watson's lecture. Dr. Mack- lin has consented to take the chair. A collection will bre taken at the close. TIP' beide w e fems.. and woe was away by 'esu satin Tanta adgowlpr ti—Vt�s mit' Ned lass sed earnieddiibs pr.t,u _— tis. 'itis brume qlm. f v dsssewtad with beautiful is nth. swam and Mat N Dr wl* tic se A Train of New Freight Cars. An event of unusual interest to those engaged in the grain business at Goderirh was the loading and shipping of twenty-one new C. P. R. cars with new grain at the Goderich elevator last Friday. 7'he grain we, wheat and oats of the 1911 Western crop and was received byboat only a few days before from ort Arthur and Fort Willie's). The car, had never been used before. having been brought here from Detroit. where they were mantl- factured. The train, which left here on Friday, was in charge of Conductor Wallace. of London : Engineer Bow- lan was at the lever, while Fireman Turnbull looked after the firebox. The amount of grain on the train was clime to 35,000 bushels and the aggre- gate freight chnrge was $1,300. The grain was for use in the local milling trade and was destined for Tillscnburg, Lindsay, Tharnld, Peterlaro' and other pointe. Tbia is only one ship- ment which goes to indicate the large trade which the Goderich Elevat+,r k Transit Co. enjoys in catering to the Ontario milling trade. Some excel- lent photographs of the train were made by R. R. :gallows. Huron Students at Stratford. About 100 students are in attend- ance at the Stratford Normal School this tern). As ix united the ladle. greatly outnumber the gentlemen. there being only twenty-six of the latter. Those who are in attendance from this county are : Class A—Geo. H. Jefferson, St. Augustine : Mary E. Fear. Brussels : Marion B. Fraser, Goderich ; Elisabeth Hetherington, Wingham ; Mame J. Reyes, Varna; Blythe McLaughlin. Fordwich ; Mir - dean 1. MagI.eod. Lucknow ; Nettie M. Mitchell, Molesworth : Edna L. Pentland. Dungannon; Emma M. Phillip., i.00deshoro' ; Ruth Shaw. Dunlop ; Irene G. Sherrill. Lucknow Jessie M. Smith. Lueknow : Winni trod Stewart, Wingbam: Theresa $wits.,. Ursa rook. Class B— James T. Moderate). Neefortb : Tho.. Arm- strong, Brussels: Alex. R. Harrhy. Lothian ; B. Karl Elliott. Goderich; John R. Stewart. Wing -ham :.John B. Jackson. Auburn : John A. Lockhart, Loeknow : Leonard A. f1millie, Rruoe- eeld : Chas. A. Tnrvey, Rlnevale : Pearl A. Asbton, Fordwieb : 1da 1'. Barkley Dungannon ; O tbarioe J. Week, Barkley, . Retie R. OIark. Ooies4ek , Beatrice M Curry. Bras - sols : Margaret L Garvey, L Raines. Wingham lFlod ones M. Imlay WiasRhes Mild red L Jewett, Imlay, Mary R. Laldlaw. Reetryn , Klma J McPhee oo', Estes'; Ida M. Mamboed, Bxe- A. ossOr�tlMfoetb s L r• Rt.wa sM ►� deli tar sod �ftdit-at►a dswsa her !lois D. SkIrMsi. Drysdale. The Fort Frances stints Timer of September 21st refers in the follow- ing article to the marriege of J. R. Miller. of Allan, Sask.. a son of Mrs. R. R. Miller. of St. Helena and a G. C. I. old boy : A very pretty borne wedding took place on Wedneeedav evening at the residence of W. J. Clark, brother of the hride, when Mie. Wilma Mary t W innie), youngest daughter of Mrs. M. E. ('lark. Mete ford, Ont., was married to John Rob- ert Miller. a prosperous young mer- chant ot Allan, Sask. The ceremony was performed by Rev. S. C. Wright of Emo, the bride and groom being unattended. the wedding march being played by Mies Mary Scott. A num- ber of intimate young friends of the happy couple also were in attendan^e to see them safely through the ordeal. A sumptuous luncheon repast was served by Mrs. W. J. ('lark and •t pleasant evening spent, after which Mr. and Mrs. Miller -left for their fut- ure home on the Winnipeg express. The presents received were very num- erous and emitly, testifying to the high esteem in which the young couple is held. The groom'. present to tbe bride was a magnifiesent Heintstnan piano and to Miss Mary geott a beaut- iful pearl broods. The bride was handsomely attired in a white silk voile trimmed with embroidered white silk lace and hosertion with a corsage bouquet of flowers, lily of the valley and maidenhair tern The travellimi snit was of alice blue in visible plaid with hat to match. Tbs best ee of the entire community go with the young couple, won are held in the highest evtteeem. Miss Clark will be greatly missed in church and sosiwl circle.. as ebe was always willing t. assist whenever possible In gill este. t.ainmente and social function. The need eery reee will h• held n• • sandal to t-irtorta .trot ^horst The evening +naives will 1t, \-sunk Men and the MinieteV 5I' c nng uses are oordially invited to hear M's ttat�..penially- Jing mon wbo in toed to woepatter, lie Dr. ss�,s will preach. re FALL AND WINTER Footwear We are ready for this season with agood variety of men's, woolens and children's Footwear - the kind that gives to your feet style and consort_ Ale) a large *lock of GRANBY RUBBERS, made to fit all shapes of boots. TRUNKS, ETC. We have in stock at all times a large variety of up-to-date Trunks, (ilrips,Suit Cares and other travelling goods.' REPAIRING W. ti E RN 'Phone 226 The Square lei 1 I 1 • HUSBAND -Wok _grMt's this string tied on my finger for?" THE WIFE!"tt'o eo r'estind you about my new Moffat Ranee; be sure and fetch it with you to- night: 1 want one just like Mrs. Sabin's. the Moffat Range with the square steel oven:' 'rift: MOr Aer STOVE a ki Ea. WES FON ONT tt TME ►tOFFAT RArYae rine, •a uteisyourIoaaseed*reel !or prices delivered atyorrmetres. RaftwaySim Ion FRED HUNT Sole Agent in Ooderich uu.hing. 11.••tinp, Eever1roughing and General Hardware. Hamilton St. 3 r (ioderich J THE SIGNAL J`AN °3 $I.00 PANN OF CANADA a ratLlsriiD 1883 Capital. Reit and Co • Tided Profits $lf,t11}r",090 Total Arrest over $32.000,000 rM.r, .al with TM Ma W d Camila becomes they find our reevie courteous and saWtactory Collecting Sale Notes transferring cash by Draft, Money Order or Telegraph Transfer—iewuirag Letters of Credit to provide funds for a trip—every facility which a progressive Bank cao offer is at your service at any Branch of The I Bank of Canada. Goderich Branch W. L. HORTON, Manager Fall Millinery her . Harm. Miss Cameron is prepared to show the I:tteet models to dress and street hats, moderately priced, and in the season's favored shapes and col -go. lies of Goderich are cordially invited to visit es and inspect her handsome display. Miss Cameron 'et Goderich e ti The Best ' in Every Line YOU CAN'T BEAT All these lines are fully guaranteed — guaranteed because they are good. 20th II Century !I Brand Clothing II for style, fit and durability Stanfield's Unshrinkable Underwear ��\ft ‘,s Anil --durable Peab ady Overalls 1,•Otfl ,trust; Lt King Hats ..tt)lc yv)mtort tyc tt' W. G. PRIDHAM Agent forthc.r mammssal • I4CCORM ICKS JERSEY1, CREAM <vSODA 40/1-- BISCUITS Quailboonporalde r bol000 o Food t e lest lloniabiag tri Economical Feel Brood Economy At Your Grocers n Nin Tee . Ils a, Comei..r4 ►.air.,. N. s• T.1414:1116411 oir. aMe. .. .