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WALKERTON PLAY
HERE MONDAY
HIGH SCHOOL FALL
TERM EXAM RESULTS
WEEK OF PRAYER
BEING OBSERVED
COUNCIL HELD ITS
FIRST 1942 SESSION
COrritnittees And Officials Re-
Appointed
session.
Many New Faces On The Walkerton
Tea a, Should Be Good Game
The Indians will play their third
home game Monday night when they
take on the Walkerton club, This eltib
'has been strengthened and with this
weeks practice 'should give a good
account of themselves, The Indians
are out to keep their record of no
home losses intact so will be going
full out to., insure a win. We have •a
good club here this year' and the fans
Mould pack the arena. Walkerton has
some Pailsey players on their line up
and we have two so there is also a
friendly rivalry between the clubs.
Friday night this week the Indians
play their first game of the season
away from home when they go to
Hanover,
Services Being Held in Various
Chinches,
A large number were present for
the Week of 'Prayer services Monday
and Tuesday evenings despite the
blustery cold weather, The meeting
was held first in the Salvation Army
Citadel and on Tuesday in ,the City
Mission, Miss W. Barfoot spoke on
the subject "Prayer and its Possibil-
ties" and at the City Mission, Capt.
Dorothy Thompson had for her sub-
ject "Faith and its Accomplishments."
To-night, Wednesday, the meeting
will be held in St, Paul's Church with
Rev. Kenneth MacLean giving the ad-
dress. Rev. E. 0. Gallagher will speak
in St. Andrew's Church', Thursday
evening, The closing meeting will be
Friday in United Church, the speaker
being Rev, John Pollock.
LOCAL RECTOR
. HEADS DEANERY
ANNUAL MEETINGS
POORLY ATTENDED' •
Two Held in This District Last Week,
Howiek Gathering Oppose County
Doing Road Construction Work
Throughout this district municipal
annual meetings have been poorly at-
tended and at the two 'held last week,,
Howick 'and Morris, the conditions.
were much similar with Howick hav-
ing the greater number about 30,
At the MorriS meeting Sam Alcock
was appointed chairman, the following
officials gave reports of the work car-
ried on in 1941: Russell Currie, road,
superintendent; Nelson Higgins, treas- •
direr; Reeve Francis Duncan; council-
lore, James Michie, Charles Coultes,.
Harvey Johnston, Ceell . Wheeler,.
Other speakers included Edward Bry-
ans; Robert Michie, weed inspector;.
and Win. Brydges, tax collector.
At the Howick meeting consideable
discussion centered around the
ing motion which was carried, "Mov-
ed by E. H, Strong and seconded by
R. N. W. Wade, that this annual
meeting of the ratepayers of the
Township of Howick, strongly urge
the County ,Council of 'the County of
Huron 'to maintain the present county
roads in good condition, but not to
undertake any construction of roads
for the duration of the war and that
the money thus saved be used for war
purposes."
DELIVERY HORSE
HEADED FOR BARN
Saturday noon Gibson's -delivery
horse decided that it was time to put
on the feed bag so it headed for the
barn. Elmer Deyell, the driver, was
delivering the staff of life on the "B"
line when the horse got, its sudden
urge, It ran all the way from there
to its stable back of the Queen's
hotel. Bread was spilled along the
way and the shafts and front of the
sleigh were damaged some.
, After a few years as secretary of the
Anglican Huron Deanery, Rev. E. 0.
Gallagher, rector of St. Paul's church
here, was named Rural Dean, at a
meeting held in Seaforth last week.
He succeeds Rev. Dr, Hurford. Re-
placing Mr. Gallagher as deanery sec-
retary is the Rev. G. W. Moore, of
Clinton. The appointments were con-
firmed by Bishop Seager on Saturday.
:FIVE IN THE RACE
FOR WARDENSHIP
'Two Reeves From. This Section Are
Aspirants
With the January meeting Hof the
'County Council only a couple of weeks
away interest is being centred in who
-will be the next Warden of Huron,
As we reported previously five mem-
bers are being spoken of as possible
aspirants forahe honor. They are: Rol-
and Grain, reeve of Turnberry, who
has been a member of the county
council for eight years and has been
a popular member of the roads com-
mission; Reeve J. W. Gamble, of
Howick, who is now chairman of the
agricultural committee and vice-presi-
dent of the county Federation of Agri-
-culture unit; George Armstrong, reeve
of Hay, who has served /on various
-committees in the past six years; Fred
'Watson, reeve of Stanley, who is presi-
dent of the county Federation of Agri-
cohere unit, and has also been a
-county councillor for the past six
years; R. E, Shaddick, reeve of Hen-
-sall, who has several years' experience
on committees to his credit including
-of recent years the County Home corn-.
mittee.
Leaving the 'U.S. Senate chamber in
Washington after delivering his elo-
quent speech to the members of both
Houses. Prime Minister Churchill
gives the "V" for Victory' salute in
responding to the acclaim of a great
crowd awaiting him. Behind Mr.
Churchill is Majority Leader of the
Senate Alben Barkley.
SHOPPERS PLEASE
TAKE NOTICE ,
MASONIC OFFICERS
WERE INSTALLED
RED CROSS ANNUAL
MEETING JANUARY 12
;Show Your Interest By Being Present
The annual meeting and election of
officers of the Wingham Branch of
the Canadian Red Cross Society, will
lie held in the Council Chambers on
Monday evening, January 12th, at 8
o'clock. Reports of the year's work
'will be presented, and'as a public duty
all citizens are urged to attend.
This is a reminder to the shopping
public that the Wingham stores ob-
serve the Wednesday half holiday,
ten months of the year, all months
except November and December.
Wingham stores will be closed Wed-
nesday afternoons each week until the
end of October except on weeks that
a public holiday is observed. MAILING LIST
CORRECTED
The mailing list has been corrected
-opt° and including Friday,' January
2nd, 1942. Please examine the yellow
label on the upper right hand corner
-of your paper. If you find that there
'has been any errors or ommissions
:please notify this office as soon as
:possible. If you find that your label
xeads in arrears an early settlement
would be greatly appreciated.
5 Per Cent, Per Annum For Prepay-
ment of Taxes
The Council held the first
for the New Year on Monday even-
ing, Two new members were present,
ex-reeve Fred L. Davidson and Dun-.
can Kennedy, They were welcomed by
Mayor Crawford who said that the
town were very fortunate to have two
such men stand for the office, 1,-le Was
sure he said, that the experience of
ex-reeve Davidson would be of great
assistance to the council and that Mr.
Kennedy would make a splendid
councillor.
Committees „For 1942
Mayor Crawford, Reeve Evans and
Councillor VanWyck, were named a
striking committee and their report
was adopted as follows on motion of
Reeve Evans and Councillor Van-
Wyck.
Executive Committee — Mayor
Crawford, Reeve Evans, Coun, Fred
Davidson.
Finance Committee — Couns. Wilk-
inson, Reeve Evans, Coun. VanWyck,
Streets CoMmittee — Couns. David-
son, Lloyd and Kennedy.
Property Committee—Coons, John-
son, Kennedy and VanWyck.
Cemetery Committee — Couns.
Lloyd, Johnson, Wilkinson.
Fire Committee — Couns. 'Van-
Wyck, Lloyd and Wilkinson.
Welfare Committee — Reeve Evans,
Coons. Johnson and Wilkinson.
Band Committee — Couns. Lloyd,
Kennedy, Wilkinson.
Mr. G. A. Schatte, bandmaster,
waited on the council and explained
that it was very difficult to carry on
the band due to enlistments and many
of these owned their own instruments.
He said he was ready and willing to
give up.
The council were of the opinion
that if it was at all possible the band
should be kept together and a band
committee was appointed to look into
this matter and it will be considered
at the next meeting of the council. In
the meantime Mr. ,Schatte will con-
sult with band members and meet the
committee.
Vital Statistics
Installation Ceremony Took Place
Tuesday Evening
Officers for 1942 were installed at
the regular meeting of Wingham
Lodge A.F. & A.M. held in the Mas-
onic temple on Tuesday evening.
Officers installed were:
I.P.M.—R. S. Hetherington.
yV.M.—A. J. Walker.
S.W.—Alex Young.
J.W.--7j..H. Crawford,:
Chaplain2.-LWm. Phair.
Treas.—W. A. Galbraith.
Sec'y.—H. L. Sherhondy,
S.D.—W .S. Hall. •
J.D.—Herb. Fuller.
I.G.—Wm. L. Gardner.
S.S.—Howard Machan,
J.S.—W, A, Crawford.
Tyler—Ed. N. Nash. -
Ministerial Association Met Monday
The Wingham and district Minis-
terial Association met Monday at the
Parsonage, Wingham, being the guests
-of Rev. W. A. and Mrs. Beecroft.
After the routine -busine sssession;
Rev. E. 0. Gallagher gave an address
.On the subject of, "Democracy With-
out God," At the close Rev. G. G.
House expressed the thanks of the
Association to Mrs. Beecroft. The
February meeting will be at the resi-
dence of Rev. J. Pollock.
Rev. Beecroft Spoke at Seaforth
Rev. W. A. Beecroft addressed a
gathering of headquarters officers of
military district No. 1 and •a group
of citizens from all parts of Huron
'County at a meeting held in Seaforth
Tuesday evening. The headquarters
officers all spoke briefly explaining
the various services and telling of the
need for men in the army which they
said was urgent at this time. Brig.
:Gen. McDonald gave a. fine talk on
'what happened to the recruit. Major
"T. Morgan of Clinton was chairman.
Attending from here -were Rev.
Beecroft, Lt.-Col. George Howson, W.
G. Hamilton, George Northwood and
W. W. Armstrong,
The following Are The Results Of
The Fall Term Examinations At
Wingham High School
411—
Grade IX
Annie Shiell 80%, Jack Currie
79.3%, Milton Brown 78,7%, Joyce
Darling 77,9%, Margaret Angus
76,6%, Donald Lloyd '73,8%, Mabelle
Dunkin 72,6%, Evelyn Cantelon 71.8%,
Jack Walker 69,7%, Marjorie French
67,9%, Grace Bailey 66,9%, Dorothy
Walker 66,8%, Jean McLennan 66.3%,
Irene Curie 66.1%, Helen Filrbes
65.6%, Ross Procter 65.2%, Lima
Smith 65.1%, Wilda Montgomery
64,8%, Mary Wheeler 64.6%, Mait-
land Edgar 64,1%, Ross Smith 63,8%,
Jack Reidt 63.5%, Bill Field 631%,
Jean Stewart 62.3%, Bob Kerr 61,7%,
Verna Thompson 61%,- Glen Van-
Camp 59,8%, Alma Smith 59.4%,
Eileen McKinney 59,1%, Glenn Gol-
ley 57,3%, Harold Pocock 56.1%,
Jean Towne 55.1%, George Phippen
54,1%, Donald Porter 54%, Jack Scott
52.9%, Lois Holmes 52,7%, Jack Lew-
is 51.8%, Marjorie Gilmour 51.8%,
Walter Burgess 51.8%, Catherine Cur-
rie 51,7%, Cecil Yeoman 51.2%, Wil-
fred Gannett 49.8%, Jack Ernest
47.9%, Isabel Brown 46.5%, Chester
Higgins 46.1%, Jack Pym 41.3%.
Grade X
Ruth McGuire 84,4%, Bruce Wilson
81%, Elizabeth Young 80.9%, Lillian
Angus '76%, Elaine Walsh 75.7%,
Elizabeth Hare 73,7%, Mildred Bal-
lagh 71.4%, Donald Hoffman 69.9%,
Donald Darling 67.1%, Shirley Neth-
ery 65,7%, Jack Day 65.1%, Joyce
Walker 64.7%, George Copeland
63.1%, Donna Buchanan 62.7%, Helen
Carr 61.6%, Margaret King 61%,
Shirley Edgar 60.4%, Wilfred Haines
60.2%, Dorothy Walters 60%, Ken-
neth Cunningham 59%, Francis Pow-
ell 58.7%, Grace Coulter 58.1%, Ed-
win Elston 57%, Grace Bryce 56.5%,
Mildred Jones 55.9%, Marjorie Fal-
coner 55.7%, Marie Lockeridge
Doris Finlay 53.2%, Lois Bateson
53%, Florence Wallace 52.6%, Dor-
othy. Hamilton 52.5%, James Elstoit
52.4%, Irene Robinson 52.1%, Bern-
iCe Anderson 50'.'7%, Larne' Gardner
50.4%, Lauretta Exerick 50.1%, Gor-
don Wilkinson 49.7%, Marjorie Kerr
42%, Keith Dunbar 39%.
GRADE XI
Beth Brydges 80%, William Gal-
braith 76.2%, Dorothy Boyle 73.8%,
Mildred Fitzpatrick 72.3%, William
Henry 72.2%, Lois Kelly 70.2%, Ada
Brophy 69%, Grace Parker 66.6%,
Ada Dow 66.5%, Glenn Wylie 66.2%,
Edna Brophy 63.5%, Dorothy Wade
63%, Jackson Dunkin 63%, Edna
Jenkins 58.5%, Eileen Snell .56%,
Craig Armstrong 54.7%, Grace Hut-
cheson 54.3%, Jean Norman 50.3%,
Margaret MacLean 48.9%, Kenneth
Allin 45,3%, Alan Williams 45,3%,
jack McLaughlin 43.9%, Florence Bee-
croft 43.2%, George Johnson 37.8%,
George Edgar 35.2%, ,Donald Hastie
35,2%.
Presented With Military Brushes
The work staff at Port Albert Air
Port recently presented Cpl. George
Currie with a set of military brushes.
George is now stationed at Trenton
but for some time was connected with
the staff at. Port Albert.
Joined R. C. A. .F
Alvin Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs.
A. G. Smith, of Toronto, formerly of
Wingham, has joined the R.C,A.F.,
and is at present at Manning Pool,
Toronto. Mr. A. G. Smith was pro-
prietor and publisher of the Advance-
Times when he resided here.
High School Teacher Ill-
Miss Elsie Gordon of the High
School staff was the only teacher that
did not report after the holidays. She
is ill at her home in London but is
expected to be ready for her work the
first of next week. Mrs. Mary Cleland
is acting as relief teacher.
Fractured Leg is Healing Nicely
Friends of L.A.C. Charles 'McKib-
bon, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Mc-
Kibbon, will be pleased to know that
he is making a splendid recovery from
a fractured leg he received while on
duty at Patricia Bay, near Victoria,
13. C. Charles is an armourer and the
accident happened while he. was load-
ing bombs onto a plane a few. weeks
ago.
Curled at Galt
Tuesday two rinks from here took
Part in the bonspiel at Galt. J. 3.
Evans, J. H. Crawford, Art Wilson
and Jim Carr lost their first game
11-10 and won their first game in the,
consolation 9-8 then went out to 'a
Toronto rink 10-6. The other rink, F.
McCormick, Dr. Crawfbrd, Wilf. Mc-
Kague, 0. Haselgrove 1 ost in two
games 12-4 and 16-6,
SAVE YOUR OLD
LICENSE PLATES
By leaving your old license plates
at any Service Station you will be aid-
ing—the Red Cross. Arrangements
have been made to collect all old
plates and the salvage value will be
turned over to the Red Cross.
Chimney Fire
In the height of the storm Wednes-
day morning, the fire brigade were
summoned to the Hutton home on Pat
rick street as a chimney had taken fire.
Reported For Duty at London
Captain W. L. Kress left on Mon-
day for military duty. For the present
he is attacked to the depot at Lon-
don. Captain Kress was a member of..
the 99th Battery but was turned down'
by a medical board for active service.
Since then his category has been rais-
ed some and he received a call for
duty at the depot.
Legion Auxiliary Meets Monday
The first meeting of the year of the
Ladies' Auxiliary to the Wingham
Legion will be held in the armouries
at 8 p.m. on Monday next, January
12th. All members are urged to be
present,
Renovating Building
The former Habkirk barber shop is
undergoing a great change. Work is
now in progress to. 'make it into an
up-to-date office which will 'be occupi-
ed by J. Harley Crawford, local lawyer,
on completeion of the work some time
this month, Already a new large vault
had been contsructed and other im-
provements will be carried-out at .once.
Calendar Picture Has Local Interest
On the February sheet of the Econ-
omical Mutual Fire Insurance Comp-
any calendar, is a picture that has
considerable local interest not that it
is of this district, it is of St. Marg-
eret's Bay, Nova Scotia, but because
it was taken by Mr. J, Frank Gal-
braith of Toronto, son, of Mr. and
Mrs. John Galbraith of town. Flew Home For New Years
A.C. Harry Posliff who is stationed
in Manitoba spent New Year's at his
home here. Harry had five days leave
and in order to spend some time at
home over the holiday travelled to
Toronto via Transcontinental Airways,
Now An Observer In The R.C.A.F.
Congratulations to Geo. N. Wheeler,
son of Mr. Thomas Wheeler, of Turn-
berry, who last week received his
Sergeant stripes and observer wings
at Jarvis. The people of this district
will be pleased to know that he stood
high in ,his class. George spent a few
clays leave here after finishing at
Jarvis.
The First Blizzard of the Year
Have Display at Furniture Show
The Fry and Blackball firm have
a display this week at the Canadian
Furniture Show'that is being held in
the Royal York Hotel in Toronto. Mr.
E. S, Copeland was in attendance un-
til Tuesday evening when he left for
the Furniture Show in Montreal. Mr.
Walter VanWyck and Mr, Harcourt
Mundy will he there all week.
Joins Mounted Police
Mr. Bob Biggart, who for the past
few years has been connected with the
Canada Packers Limited at Clinton
and Wingham has joined the Royal
Canadian Mounted Police. Bob During
last summer was one of the mounds-
men for the Clerics in the'town soft-
ball league here. Bob is now at Rock-
cliff School, Ottawa, taking a six
months course.
Time first real blow of the year start-
ed Monday night and continued
throughout Tuesday and Tuesday
night. As we go to press Wednesday
morning the wind was still high And
a lot of snow is falling. It is an old.
fashioned blizzard and the fact that
the roads were not effected Tuesday
was for the reason the snow blew
right across the ditches not yet being
filled. It is a different story this morn-
ing. The fall of snow was heavy last
night and visibility is not only bad
but travel difficult in places due to
drifts.
SKATING STARTED
LAST SATURDAY
Grade XII
Isabel Zinn 76.2%, Helen Thomson
'74.3%, George Thomson 70.3%, Nor-
man Higgins 67.9%, Grace Hingston
66.1%, James Coulter 65,9%, Olive
Casemore 58.1%, Eileen Dark 58%,
George Lloyd 57.1%, Louise Coultes
55.4%, William Beecroft 54,6%, Lou-
ise Lloyd 54%, Shirley Chamney
49,9%, Dorothy Stewart 48%, Jean
Northrop 40.6%, Mary Simpson 37.4%.
Grade XIII
Georgina McMichael 78%, Eleanore
Carson 67.4%, Lois McGuire 66.3%,
Mae Coulter 66,1%, Elizabeth Gannett
62.1%, Frank Warrell 62%, Jean
Underwood 61.3%, Helen Walker
60,6,70:Evelyn Wilson 60.3%, Donald
Copeland 55.1%, Margaret Connell
52.7%, Bernice Norman 50.4%, Norma
VanCamp 39.1%.
Commercial (Grade XI)
Norma Brown 66%, Lloyd Mundy
64,2%, Zella Cook 62.1%, Alba Shiell
58,6%, Pearl MacKenzie 56.4%,
Frank Burke 56.3%, Douglas Fry
51,1%, Ann VanWyck 51.4%, Lois
Appleby 50.5% ,Ann Pletch 49.1%,
Eva Lediett 48.8%, Lorraine Brown
45.4%, Bud Cruickshank 44.3%.
COMMercial (Specials)
Noreen Benedict 76.9%, Margaret
Hornuth 72.5%, Nor man ,Mundy
69.1%, Ada Moir 59.1%, Clarence
Hamilton 59.1%.
Commercial (Grade Nit)
Jean Mel:Cave 64.5%,
Bridge Club Results
The regular meeting of the Wing-
ham Bridge club was held Friday
night with five tables taking part in
the play. This week the game will be
on the usual Thursday night. The win-
ners were last .week: 1st., J. H. Craw-
ford and W. H, French; 2nd., Mrs.
A. R. DuVal and Gordon ,MacKay;
3rd,, Mrs. Art Wilson and George Wil-
liams; 4th., Mrs. J. H. Crawford and
C. E, Richey.
PRESENTATION
Up until last Saturday there has
been, no skating at the arena due to
the open weather that prevailed, A
cold spell for a day made it possible
to have the hockey game Monday last
week. The arena has been ready for
a cold spell since the middle of De-
cember and with ordinary winter
weather the staff would have had the
ice surface in readiness long ere last
Saturday, in fact two days after any
could spell of decent length. The
foundation is very good and with 'the
weather such as last night 2 below
zero, it will not take long to have a
good depth of ice to withstand any
thaw that might happen •
From now 'on unless very unusual
weather is in the offing the arena
should be going full blast for the bal-
ance of the season.
It was too bad for all the children
who received new skates at 'Christmas
that they were unable to use them
over the 'holidays.
Bridal Couple Honoured
Wednesday night was a gala one
in the Town Hall, Brussels, when
friends and neighbours of the 4th con-
cession, Morris township, gathered to
present the newlyweds, Mr. and Mrs.
Paul Hastings, with gifts. Mr. jack
Lowe read the address and a studio
couch and a china cabinet were pre-
sented. Mr. Hastings made a suitable
reply thanking all for their generous
gifts. Mrs. Hastings was formerly
Velma, Duncan, only daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. prank Duncan, reeve of
Morris township. Dancing was enjoy-
ed and into the small hours, The
newlyweds will make their home in
Hespeler. Paul is the eldest son of
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Hastings, 12th
concession of Morris.
Passed Examinations at 0, A. C.
Miss Mary Cruickshank, daughter
of Mr, and Mrs. Benson Cruiekshatilt,
was successful in her Christmas Ex-
aminations, second year degree, at the
Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph.
SALVAGE IMPORTANT
PART OF WAR EFFORT
An Easy Way To Help Defeat Hitler
The government is stressing the
importance of Canadians continuing to
collect or salvage all that will aid bur
war effort. Metals, paper, fats, bones,
'etc.
Metals are needed most urgently
and the Dept. of War Services asks all
,citizens to dig up every piece of scrap
iron 'possible, Scrap iron is used to
rnakeguris that will eventually turn
ifie tide in favour of the Allies: Can-
ada must produce 2,000,000 tons of
shell ingots during the first nine
months of .1942 as compared with
1,600,000 tons it 1.940.
Vox' the past few weeks we have
-through these counting Urged the
'housewives to save fats and toilet,
Pour the fats Into a. tin container and
save until notice of c011ectiott is Made,
'Save the bones separate from other
salvage.,Don't say "My little bit won't
,count," is only by the co-operation
.of all that our full weight can be felt.
Glenannan School was the scene of
a jolly dance recently when a large
crowd of friends gathered of honour
Sergeant Alex Corrigarm who was
home on leave. Later in the evening
L, G. Bryce read the following ad-
dress' and Thomas Metcalfe presented
a purse of money. Sergeant Corrigan
made a neat reply.
Dear Alex:.—
We, your friends and neighbours
have met tonight to have a social ev-
ening with you,
We recall with pleasure the many
happy hours we have spent in your
company in the past and hope to have
many' more in the future.
You have been a good neighbour, a
good friend and a cheerful companion,
Now while we dislike to see you leave
us, we know you have joined the ranks
of those who fight for truth and just-
ice.
We have seen you grow from boy-
hood to splendid manhood and in all
these years have found you honour,.
able and true. We are proud to say
you are our friend.
When the day comes, as it surely
will, that peace reigns in the world
again, we will rejoice to have you
home with us once more.
'Please accept this purse of money as
a symbol of our love and respect.
# Signed Ott behalf of your friends and
neibhbours.
had been removed. He mentioned the
low sidewalk on Diagonal road and the
light in front of Dr. Fox's office
which he though would be better at
the corner as it would show two ways.
Arena Admission Set •
Councillor VanWyck reported the
arena share of the first hockey, match
as $98. He also was of the opinion
that 35c was too much for High
School students admission to the
hockey games.. The matter of a price
for season skating tickets will be $2
for adults and $1,00 for children and
students.
Admission to hockey matches —
Adults 35c; High School students 25c
if ticket is purchased from the town
clerk between 4 and 6 p.m. day of the
game; Public School pupils 10c.
Coun. Wilkinson said that instead
of supplying wood to those on relief
that they were given Alberta coal and
it was proving satisfactory. Two or
three families are ori relief he said.
Coun, Davidson said that he did not
think that a trailer was the proper
place for a young boy, 'to be living in,
The matter will receive attention,
by-law was passed on Motion of
Count. Kennedy and Davidson author-
ising the borrowing of up to ;$50,000
by the town to carry on the business
until the current taxes are collected.
The clerk reported the, vital statis-
tics for 1941 as follows: Births 100;
Marriages 26; Deaths 33, In 1940 there
were births 87; marriages 27; deaths
44.
Official's Appointed
The following officials were appoint-
ed on motion of Couns, Wilkinson and
Johnson. .
W. A. Galbraith, Clerk and Treas-
urer.
George Allen, Chief of Police.
Dr. R. L. Stewart, Medical Officer
of Health,
J. W. Bushfield, Town' Solicitor.
Robert Deyell, Cemetery. .Caretaker,
Gordon Deyell, Night Watchman.
W. H. Haney, Assessor.
John Dinsmore and John Morgan,
Fence-Viewers.
• Wm. Stokes, Sanitary.
Captain W. J. Adams, High School
Board, term of three years.
Rev. Kenneth MacLean, Public
Library Bbard, term of three years.
Councillor E. Wilkinson, Board of
Health, termn of one year.
On motion of Coun. VanWyck and
Wilkinson it was decided that the
Executive committee go into the mat-
ter of salaries and report back to the
council.
Prepaymept of Taxes
The ratepayers will be given an op-
portimity to prepay their taxes as in
former years, as a motion by Couns.
VanWyck and Wilkinson carried that
the treasurer accept prepayment of
taxes and that ., a discount,of 5% per
annum be allowed.
A letter of appreciation was receiv-
ed from Reggie Collar now with the
forces in England for the gift from
the town,
A communication from the City of
Kitchener was filed on motion of.
VanWyck and Kennedy requesting
support of their motion that the muni-
cipal. act be amended so that qualifi-
cations be the smile for municipal
elections as for Dominion and Provin-
cial,
The usual grant of $15.00 was given
the floy Scouts -on motion of Corm,
Davidsomand Reeve Evans.
A numbee aceourits were ordered
paid on motion of Courts. VanWyek
and Johnson.
Reeve Evans reporting for the
Street Committee said that the usual
Work was carried on. A feW old trees
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