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ALK
CTiON CASE
Perpetual and
• Against
Town .
y Judge Lewis handed out
In the matter of Wigle v.
oe G(derich. The lnjuuwtlon Is
October Tani with reference to
Wellington /street sidewalk Is
WO. permanent, and the coats in the
matter are assessed Relieve the town.
The judgmaot le as follow*:
"Tbta is a matter in which there is
si gloat deal of evident*, both oral
mid by affidavit.
'xJlles Illipvte arises out of the pro-
posed a enstruction of a sidewalk on
the Nat side of Wellington street. The
evidence discloses that there were
gds. petitions to the town council,
seise of the petitioners being dextrous
elif having the walk (DMrinMte(t inside
the Use of trees, and others out'sIde
the lima oC nem, 1 have before me
town catenell and I find that they dealt
with the Matter 011 some eighteen or
adaetar rent uccasluus. It 4e
SIM t — on on the mart of the
canal( has brought the matter
Seto the tut, Court before Inc.
'LOW• ring all the evidence and
being theeughly familiar with the
Men in quo, I fid that the order of
iajnaotiao made herein un the 23rd
ey of October, 1fY 1, should be and 1+
janeby mads perpetueL
V the pepreseentativesi of the town
ora attest evenly divided in their opin-
lana hi this matter, and as It is a mat-
fett that atlet•ts the whole town, I or-
ate the -caste shall be. paid by
,.tide dahtiiants."
engagement in the long -
battle over the Wellington
alk took place last week.
of conflict this. time being
use, where on Wednesday
was taken bel re Judge
motion that the Interim
Issued October 17th. stop-
rk
toprk of constructing the tem-
, be made permanent.
appeared for the appll-
Wlgle, and D. E. Holmen
The hearing of evidence
whole day and argument
on Friday morning. Ills
sing an early decision.
nee taken on Wednesday
retard the proceedings In
With the proposed sidewalk
time the first petdtion was
'whmltted to the council
This fine petition waft de -
y for the reason that some
(loners had .le•dgnated
wished the well: to le
(le the trees," or "outside
Another petition was eine-
1 was accepted. the signs -
without qualification. 'The
ded that the walk (on the
of Wellington tercet) should
Inside the line of the trees,
construction was colo-
r. William Wallet*, a rest -
'erect, obtained an tnJune-
nothing further was done at
' MAYOR MacEWAN HOST
AT CIVIC BANQUET
1'leasltllt Function This Evendale :1t
Medford Hotel
Mayor Mat -Ewan was hoot this
Crlitirselay) ettuing at u banquet giv-
en ut llotel Bedford for the wemhers
of the tuwe (outwit and the water and
light tummbrdou, the civic officials,
the tow** bankers and the prose. These
functions, which have been an ahrtuul
event during Mayor Ma.•Ewau'a term
of orrice, etre greatly enjoyed by those
privileged to attend, and that ut thla
evening was no exception. After a
sumptuous dinner, there was a writes
of short speeches to whkh everyone
present participated, and the exchange
of Ideas on civic maters was not uuly
interesting but may have tangible re-
sults of practical value. Mayor Mac -
Ewan is an Ideal host, and everyone
felt at ease to unburden himself of
anything ',hat was awaiting expires -
51011. Light was abed not only upon
matters within the purview of the
town council, but ales upon the af-
fairs of the water and light commtts-
14101, and there was an atmosphere of
good fellowship, with a general ac-
knowledgment of the Mayor's gener-
ous hospltell'y.
Reference was made to the aosen-e
of Mr. William Campbell, who as the
town's older: ufflceal usually attends
on them• occambeis, and at the cbw. of
the speech-makiyg a toast la bis hon-
or was proposed by Councillor Bailie.
In conclia+ion Councillor Croft pro-
posed a toast to His Worelilp 'be
Mayor and his lady and this was fol-
lowed by the singing of ")'or He's a
Jolly Goad Fellow,"
r, after 'several skirmishes
ncll. It was decided fimslly
of 5 to 4 to construct the
kit the treses. This time It
turn of the "Insiders" to
Minuet/on game, and they
With Ilse rewlllt that tie work
after the portion of the
Britannia read to Elgin
d been laid. The walk as pro-
s to be from Britannia road
,rge's Crescent, r.o that the
before the (hurt had reference
Walk from Elgin avenne to SI.
e. ('reseft.
1,• i.r/'teedInge before Judge
on Wednesday clashes between
lying counsel were frequent,
11 .•v sus ex111111 11111g E. R.
the applicant, when Mr. Holmes
I end claimed that the er-
e•ntirely Irrelevant. All
to be decided, he Bald, was
the petition had been proper-
ve-1 and the council had taken
a•r stet's to net upon It. The
re was all set nut in the Lo-
.reus'nt Act. and Mr. Holmes
Ottawa ease which he claimed
the es'e here.
neey claimed that the eo11nrll
currying not the terns of Its
hew nor prrnPdOug n+ reque++t-
the petitioners.
Honor asked if the petitioner.
right to any Nhy they signed
tion.
Trees- They hnv-e no right to
M any court at any time after
Mon has been certified to by
rk and presented to ihe-emltr
Molle. claimed that the toes -
the walk w'ns entirely within
Hsdit'tlun 111 the council. The
ee being taken wase "extran-
irrelevant, and had nothing to
th the matter."
Honor said he wonld hear the
, eghJee't to Mr. Holmes' pro -
4' examination of Mr. Wigle was
med. Witness atrtd he would not
Ve xigned the petition except upon
'anderstending that the walk was
laid where the preeeet cinder
was—that is. inside the line of
Ja hie cane the placing of the
olt,1d4 the trees would render
ry a new approach and con -
le work In filling in et his prop -
teeth' itobineon, who appeared
of her mother, Mrs Wm.
was the fleet witness, and
t the petition was signed by
nn the understanding that
was to be (raids the treat':
31r. Cliff. McManus won the goose
awarded by :he management of
Lloyd's lewllns alleys for the highest
store for three consecutive games up
to December 24th. Mr McManus' .(ore
was 9111. The runner-up was W. Bisset,
who had 872 to his credit. A prize will
be offered for the nearest scone to
181 raglrered up to January :11et.
Christmas Cheer at the Shelter
Many gifts erre received at the
Children's Shelter the past week. The
management acknowledges Ih.• follow-
ing donations: ()ranged and candy,
R. J. MctMeheo, eluderkh; apples,
Mrs. A. Foster, Goderich ; orange.,
Mrs. E. W. Carrie, Goderich; box of
clothing, Salem ladles' Ald, Wroxet-
er; toys, games and clothing,'Mae M.
Mtlne's Sunday- /school class, United
church, Myth; toys and gases, Cedar
Valley school, .'u hfield ; apples, H.
Lednor, l'ort Albert; Christmas cake,
Smith's Bakery, (oderlch ; orange's,
nuts and candy, Spares Grocery, God-
erich ; miscellaneous gifts, Bromine.
United church; gifts;, W. H. Hellyar,
Clinton; box of gifts, Wesley-Wlllte
Sunday school, Clinton; miscellaneous
gifts, Mrs. Trewurtha's Sunday school
girls class, Wesley -Willis Culted
-hunch, Clinton. '
otherwise it would not have heere
signed.
Reeve Turner and John C. Wiggins,
gave stuffier testimony. Mr. Wiggins
told of 41(11[14' stakes that had been
placed this fall Inside then line of
trees (as If the council Intended to
,obstruct the walk tbere),
Mr. Jus. A. Wilson said he wee
fleet in favor of a walk outside the
tn'ce, but when be found out there
woe an old sewer along the line of
the proposed walk be changed h1*
mind.
Mr. 8. M. Johnson of Stratford: the
town engineer.. wan the first wItnees
after . the neon adjournment. - Exam-
ined by Mr. Holmes. he Rave nal" one
why In his Judgment the walk should
be outside the treses. A walk inside the
trees was liable to upheaved from the
growing rotes .01 tress. The walk nut -
d de the trees would tend to :he beauti-
fication of the street and would en-
han w the ratite of property. Resi lents
' would 141• more likely to take ware of
the boulevard If It were oat dividwl
by a sidewalk. The present wn1k nn
the west .+Ile of the street was out-
side the trees and there should he 1111-
Ifornlity. 'There would still be 57 feet
4'nr011d%-so between 1Ie sidewalk.".
Alr. Johnson said he tone testifying as
(1n engineer, but 31r. lianas•) (lettered
that his evidence on these natters
carried no more weight `hon that oN
en ordinnry observer.
Mr. Johnson said he had put sewers
across Wellington street at 1.Ighe
house 110,1 IJuehes' xtree'ts •and had
seen to 1rn(e of the old drain spoken
of he air. Weenie Judge Lewis; how -
•over, sold hes had a distinct reeolle'c-
Hen (lf it.
11'i)Ilam Wallies. and ler. J. M.
Field. loth "outsiders," gave (('st1-
mor,). and Ton -ti ('krk Knot wit+ ex-
amined with referenee to the various
petitions and the proceedings of the
town council in the matter of the
waft.
Other witnesses for the 101A11 were
F. Itell, of the firm which had the
eontrect for laying eldpwniks in 00c1-
erl.h this yenr, Counrlllor Wm. Bailie,
who le chairman of the public works
eommitt(e of the e•nttne•ii. and Mayor
Meet:wan. Mr. Bailie said the slake'
referred to by Mr. WIKghls Wye rut In
for observation purpose., they were
not eonatrnctlon stake+.
The coterie -tore have pre•4'ntcd to
the town ennnell a 1111 for :K(tl..iill
for their alleged lfe.s from the faihirn
to proeeed wi11, the Wellington street
walk,
Jtelge Lewis raise,( the point of
nettle eonditlofs rot Wnllington street
on acn,nnt of the parse number of
nen working at the Big Mill and oth-
er lnitmeMee at the harbor who woe
the street on their way to and from
work Some of the wit.nnemete quiet -
Wined abont that thought there was
no serous (swrgeatlnn of traffic.
Another point rained was as to the
proportion of etreats on which the
walks now laid are Inside the trent,
hot nobody cresta to he able to do
better than guess as to the prnportieet.
GODERICH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1929
A Tapp ri Y ljrzu'
u tIr rraiirr aril trwttiit of
r '\gust
PERSONAL MENTION "SOH Wait"
flu .((5154• of the stormy days of last
w k 1 t were
Mr. John G. Me1)ermid is huwe!
from \ardor for Cbristwa+.
• Miss Marion Murrey. of Toronto,
spent Christmas at her home !ware.
Miss Evelyn (lark Is home trona
Centralia for the Christmas holidays.
Mloe+ Helen 'Levitz, of Toronto t'nl-
versity, is holidaying at her' home
here.
Mr. Harold Melwe:in, of T911solburg, •
spent Christmas at has home ill Salt -
ford.
Mise Margaret jteddttt Is home fr
Toronto University for the ('orlstiiu,-
bolidaya.
Mr. Percy Sheard,w'u, of the 1'ni
versify of Toronto. is home for the,
holidays.
Mr. Robt. Hetherington, of 0"g'ssle
(lull, 'Toronto, 1s holidaying at hi•
home here.
Miss Maud Howell, of Holstein, 1tut..
of Art, Toronto, is home for the hull -
day season
Mr. Janes Walleye, of the Univer-
sity of Toronto, is home for the Christ-
ina: holidays. i
Miss Bamford, of Toronto, is spend-.
Ing Christmas with her sister. Moe. l
11. It. Salto..
Mins Helen Buechler, of Stratford
Normal Schad, is among the @Indents
home fur the hollelays.
Miss Mary Johnston, of Stratford
Normal School, Is home for the
Christmas holiday season.
Mies Margaret Buxton. of :r ratfurd
Normal, 1s mending the ('hrhtmas va•
cation at her home here.
Miss Kitty Sale, of Trinity CoIleg4,
Toronto, la spending the (atheism's
vacation nt her home here.
Mr. and Mrs, George Dunlop went
to Toronto to spend Christmas with
'heir daughter, Mimn Norine.
Mr. Hugh Baechler, of Ludington.
Minh., its holidaying at the home of
his mother, Mrs. X. Buechler.
Mhwes ',Blinn and Margaret F'erpt-
son, of Hamilton, visited their aunt,
Miss Idly Ferguson. the pest week.
Mies Mary Itnes•hler. of Wad Atom -
rose, 1* spending Christmas holidays
with her mother, Mrs. X. BaerhMr.
Mrs. Sneyd eft this week for Tor-
onto, where 'he will spend the whiter
with her. dnughter, Mre. Jos. Merle.
alias Ik•atrice Lauder, B. A., of St,
l'athartnnw Collegiate lnst}tute, la
%printing the holiday term at her home
here.
Mr. Eel Field, of Toronto. is "mending
the Christmas vneatt In at the home
of his parents•, lir. :1 ' 1. and Mrs.
Field.
MIs. Maud Howell. of hholteleti,
1, spending Ibe ('hrletmas vacation
with her parents, ;dr. and Mrs. 31• AV.
Howell. •
Miss (\floe Whitely, of Toronto
versify, is stetnling Christmas
days with her mother, Mrs. Jus.
Whitely.
1tr. John Wallace, of St. Mlchnel's
hospital, Toronto. spent Christmas at.
the home of his pati1ltet, Mr, 11101 Mrs.
Wni. Wallace.
Mr. Kelm. Johnston, of Montreal, is
sp•uditng the Christmas vacation at tbe
home of Isis parents. lir. mild Urs.
Geo. Johnston.
Al ism ('atheriee Crawford. of flit
University. .,,f Western Outline, is
'lending the ( 'hristin s onwatinu at
her
home here.
%1e"ar". 11911 Web:4ter and L'ert Ab
3lnnus are home from the 1'nlversity
of 1\'eetetu Ontario, lcmdi.u, for tot
('h1•i'.11111441 season.
Mr. and Mrs. E. (i. Pridhnnt, of
Montreal. are spending the ('hristmae
season with Mr. 1'ridham's parents,
Mr. nod Mrs. W. C. Prklhain.
MI Joni' (:rov(•s, of O. A. ('..
n,• .h, spent the 4'hrhtnu,. vecil'ion.
at the home of her p(reatt'. .tlr. and
Mr•, C. E. Graves, Huron road.
Miss Rose Strang, of Kiigs1,`ill.',
Miss Grace Strang, of Guelph. are
spending Ole Christmas 111.811ol' %Itit
tls•ir mother, Mrs. 11. 1. Strang.
Niles (Iral ('aper, of fort Elgin
High School stall', 1, spending the
i'hrtslmes vacation lit the hone Of
her perents. Mr. and Mrs. ,%. J. ('Doper.
Miss Mary Clarke, of Toronto Lnl-
aetslty, Is /mending the Christmas ret-
rainee with her 'parents, Itev, C. F.
end Mrs. Clarke, nt North street
Iareenage.
Airs" Helen MA ferried, mfrs•-Ia-
trnin,ug 111 Toronto (emeriti Ho'pital,
hes leen speeding a week's holidays
with her parents, Rev. R. 1'. end Mrs.
M,•itermld.
31is,s Evelyn Reed, of the local staff
of the Royal Rank, la cm a three
works' vaeetl0n. The position during
Miss heed's. ah41ene Is being filled by
J,•nn AleKenzle.
ale, L. it. ('rook arrived on Satur-
day from Port Colborne, where his
Nees is laid up for the winter. 1(P
r.'le,rts very had weather conditions. at
Port Centers*. where a ale•Pt storm
created havoc with the power wires.
Mrs. IC. W. Carrie la spending the
Christmas holidays Wirth her sone, Rev.
John t?arrie, rector of at. Luke's
church, Buffalo, and Rev. (1 R. Oerre',
rector el et. Mark's church, Rochester.
In January mho will join a party of
friends and apend the remstnder of
the winter In P1oMda.
ee ' •(nue rs . 111 t e s ureal
few and fu' between. tine of the mer-
ctuults of the square, however, was
quite clinwrful "1 have heel' wuititng
1111 cnst,mere all day lung,' he said
"and 1'11 .Uhl wafting."
1t Lindsay's Bowing A(lf)a
9'\to ,,1111 P"1. Were .completed ut
Lluel.•uy''s howling alle)'s this week.
Jos. 110%01:ll' 111111 the duck given fur'
the score ueare't lin. Mr. M.0wlua11 Wi-
llett the exact .(ore in the play-off.
thigh Mei:ulre with 7119' points to hl+
areal( won the genet awarded for the
highest store .for three t'neetetI',e-
g8 me,.•
• 14.Verrl more vonge•Iit ms are all-
uuiuuv+l. .\ tool. oittiirettel %ill Is•
given fur the nearest ewe to 175 ell
-
liest between now and Wreluesla),
January .lot, at 8 pow. .\ similar prise
Is uttered for 11e nearest %cure 1
Pet u ode up to 4atnrday. Januay 4114.
lour the ueatetaat %core to lei tallied up
to WeduesdaY, January 22nd, the prize
will be u box of cigars, and fur the
nearest more to 190 tip to Friday,
Jfauary.24t1, the prize will bea Idle
111 caste([
The Community Christmas Tree
Santa Claus made his official ape i
pearaace in Guderlch on Tuesday
afternoon, and was greeted by bun-
dnd% of children gie tiered hi court
House Perk ue+Ir the tree which had!
been gully Illuminated for tweeted'
nights. Santa was escorted by a num-
her of toy Semite. sad the Mayor and
members of the town council were'
on hand to receive hit((, but wYhout
any ceremony be tommeuced- to hand
on* to 'he chll'lren the packages
which be -sad br'u ht with hire. Near-
ly one ihorsand children received
each a Kew -roux beg of candies and
nuts. ' Several members of. the 'own
land were 011 hand and contrlhuted
.owe music to the occuelun.
Cunsldereble trouble had been taken
fn decorating the Christmas tree wi-h
colored light', and It looked very
pretty at night as the light, gleamed
in 'he midst of the little fore* in the
park. but in daylight the effect was en-
tirely list. 1t Is suggested that on
future (e'9Nlon. the even: he held in
1 the etirly evening. %hell the illumine.
dolt will add nitwit to the gaiety of
the -stele and the ...Wine will is• 111,1..
fu +le(• the (tee In Its glory;.
PERSONAL MENTION
Ile Delight. Campbell •p•u'. Christ-
mas at Mitchell,
3llss lolly Down. of Detroit, spent
('hri.ttlas In 'own.
Mr. Ar.. Johnston, of Leedom spent
the holiday in town.
Mr. Wm. Weir w'as hone. from Tor-
onto for Christmas.
al Is. 111•Ien sirs iton. of Toronto,.
51em1 the holiday in town.
Mr. Allan lirludley, of Detroit, to
visiting at his 1 • here,
Mg. Tum Cue, of Chime., as hole
dayitig
oll-
day'ltlg at his home here.
Miss Gertrude plaint spent l'hrist-
11w• at her home at ('nditon. .
• Mr. Frank' }:lllett, of 'Toronto, Is
vlseellitl 4 hiristnias week here.
Miss Deruthy Mallough, of Detroit,
Is )Jsending holidays in town.
lois. Gertrude Lumby, of Toroptlh
sts-nt 4'11ri•tm1as dt-he-r hotuc dere.
Miss Ruby Wamttold, of .Kitehener,
-{sant 4hrl•t il, at her (loin here.
hiss (.aura J01104011, r.f St. Augus-
tine, le home for the holiday season.
Mr. Willieln Johnston, of Toronto, le
speeding Christmas holiday's Int town.
1r. Morrh.eq MacKay was honks
front 'Penedo for the Chrieetuns hoe -
day.
Miss Dorothy Westbrooke, of Tor -
oleo, spent t'brl+tmas at • flee home
herr.
Miss 0. Gmelin, of the Signal staff,
sisal( l'hrtstinse at her home at
Pre.' 011.
Mr. Max Cormier le steuding the
('1)rlslm8• clientele with mia'Ivew at
Winchester.
Mr. and MA 11. A. Schuyler. of
Ki'thcner, are holidaying with rela-
tor, in town.
Miw Jean Bogie, of 'Ttmmtns, 1s
spending the holiday season at her
home here.
I'II1' SION.%I. PItIN'1'IN4; Os,, LIMITED. Publbnhere
RHDDEN DEATH
OF
"HOLLIE SMITH
•
Tukea 111 oei 'Ptah, Vier 1Ali% ug
I:ulerirh This Mir
lr.aue, II 11116111y (\faith: son of Alr
I. W. Smith, el 0tele'ieh, dies( said -
.11•11 ly
aid,:euly %bile 011 hi, way hack to his
huwe et Detroit (hie (Thursday i wuru•
:ng after spending l'brir:uuis Day
with relatives ill 1011-11. Mr. Stuith 1
left G(derlrh 'n the wonting C. N.'1L.
train mad It was somewhere letwew11
Chatham and windsor the: he be -
canoe 111. Mr. J. 't.'howas, of (oderleb,
who was returning to Detroit 011 the
same train, bail Mr. Smith' taken to
the Weather hospital, where he enc.
(limbed. '1'lte late Mr. Smith had not
been in good health fur some Owe, al•
though be apparently felt well when
he left tiuderi b this merulug. Ile was
an his for:ys.ixtt year. Ilt'uldese his
wife he ieavea three daughters and
nue MMI: Mrs, }'te,L Charley, of Tor-
onto; hthosisi, Phyllis and Hkton, of
Detroit, Three sisters and two broth-
ers also survive: Mre.. }'rank .\lieu,
31M, Lewis Maskell and Mr. E. 0.
Swi.11, of (:.elerich; Mrs. 11(1\00
Schuyler, of Kitchener. and Mr..It. .1.
[with, of t:uelph. (hews.4esl %'a, a
TOWN COUNCIL HOLDS
ITS LAST REGULAR
MEETING OF Tint; YEAR
Special Meeting Tuesday Night
Tu Consider Judgment
in Sidewalk Case
Auuu lh,wini 1929 is fast drawing
ll' a dude, and at the last regular Meet-
ing of the present town euulbdl, held
on Friday night last, the member(( sat
for a while at the beeIalde of the er
pining year and sighed for its passing.
-1ppares(tly it was riot considered good
taste, at this deutht'ed scene, to speak
of the new year that le to appear r
sou as the old one shuffles off, for
cone of the rrw•mbcrs declared their la-
teutlulrr for 1930. However, some of
them est/mated their liking fur mat
(cipal lite, so 1e ma) take it for
granted that suave at leant of the old
fates will appear around the 'outwit
will-k11uwu.. G'slerteh boy, residingIs.tar! next year.
here until a (OW )w►rs ago. He w•as " •\II the 101•1011e.114 were present.
a member uf-Mulllaud hslge', No, ;;t, Muy1! MacEwan preeen"e(1 et e•lre-
1.F'.
tiler front the t'an
& A.U. The reuuthls will arrive
'anti/Ilan re
Fi1'ndrr-
tlrig tip
111 G,sirrh h on }ridgy evening and
wetter' ,,Asst atluu remin 1,(r
Ih,• funeral will tale place from hie ....mice of the ineesshy of extra \ere
rrsidrnc,. 1►Ist •atter..
at this Dine of year it heving (Ire-
ful/we.flghting appuratut Il' cotditluu for
use.
HUl'Kl f—I\' KMJtuIA'M.0. 11. A• ('uuut1110r Mooning% ohrerved that
meal of the preetauttems mentioned to
'Th,' %or1d'. fastest mei must Mutt , the circular had alreudy been take..
Ing game' ttpee,I. brawn and dexter- '111e motor truck had leen taken out
113- combined to preside flushing el'- rhuu day (•.r a test.
•ertuhluaytt! u. 11. A. b.s4;ay iw ne The letter wails referred 111 the jlre
(*(alms( as Me best of 1111 terunds and
the intermediates -' are °flee 011
top of Ille heap wl1,01 the 'shoos chw-
ea. The Leal (wine :wit.bar. hat.• leu
eut the Mat and the sezlettr from
Mitchell eta cr.+s the thre..hold for A report was refetve( , from Fire
.ommittee. ntwl Ibe water and Itglet
conlwiwon was asked to send in a
written report on Ibe eooditlotl-of the
hydrants.
Thirty-ene hire Palls This Year
the keit let juu.t- on Friary. Jan -, ('lair( !k•awow ns to thework of the
nary 3nI. See It, and you'll never brigade during the year. There were
MI-. another game. eighteen tires, tour Joliette -nu, and tithe
t fake alartus--a total of thirty-tine
Ia/on.aflsa ter municipal ('.amdu vi
11) a 'event auweilwenl {0 the Mun-
icipal .ter, every candidate for mayor,
rem.% deputy reeve, councillor or.w•al-
er. and light ,omnds•ioner is required be kep: unobstructed.
when tieing his .k-.'lar.1:on Df (mall -
calla. The chief reported that a mas-
her of the tiro hydrants were cosere11
with aims% 1101,1 adrh•ed that the hyil-
rauta in all parts of the emu should
There was 11 brief dfactlssi'm of the
f"1 1" w1111 the -"".•krk to flit' ale., work of the municipal snowplows. r<h•'
r ..•rtlri.ete signed -by' the town treas—
urer and the celleseur of taxes sls,w- dour meet work In the flee of the
worst snowstorm In years.
An appeal by Miss Mary (;oretee,
Lighthouse street, against tbs. road 0111
charge 011 ler property was refs
to the puddle works ,otnmltee., yew
Gordon said her house was %scald sill
summer.
A proe,
(,t by Mrs Eleauor 1t,eae N-
liotf agalua a charge of 818 for 'ewer
on I.Ightbonse street was went to the
public works committee.' Mn.. Elliott
said her prop•rt) derheel no le•reflt
trout the sewer.
A ,o01m nticatlon from the elf) cleft
of Kitchener requested support 111 urg-
ing upon the Provincial Government
the amending of the Inst -age I'enxloa
Ingehat there are no municipal tau,'
or rate, flue on say land' In the mints
1.'1lallty of which the emendate h
011ner .r tenant.
The law ,ro%ides Ilial the. eh'rk
',hall nut place on the taller tapper
Mr Alien Wl)w,u 1s Lome after the name 01 any eandtdsr.• who (aIle
-1e11ding the summer steno' on the to file suet lwrtlflcate with his deelar-
4 l'at Lakes. shun within the proper time.
Urs. J. Cornfield. of Toronto, le 1'r.e se:Ice candidates should have
%kiting a1 tbe home of Mr. and Mr's, titter cer11t141ne ne to taxes prepared
1.4.. Cornfield. at once, sl' shut 1t may be filed In pre-
- MIA% d.Illae MaeViear 1. home from per order at the time waled.
her school at 1Velle d fur the ('hrlet-
toga vaentlops. Winners in the Doll Contest
Mr. and Mrs. Herold Currie, of Do- 3lrs. V. Whiteighem. of tint./. won
I trult, spent ('hristmas with their efts• Ibe beautiful doll 111 the gme" Ing 11m-
111v.s In town. test-e.'ralnctesl b) the Junior .\uxlllnryAct mo tont a leas( munlripallly that
Atlas Kathleen Reed, of Elora,M of Mt. O:enrg.'•. ,tnirch. The tnnlee'' bx, eontrlbuted to the cost of math
"1.141ling the 4'hrlstnta• vr,•atbm 111 was to ewes. the nunle•r of te•ans In! txlnhng an} peneluler may. after his
11'•r home here. the Jnr ll' NU...311, kiln"' "tort Nlud.'' ,Math, share In any stem recovered (Nate
Air. Javk Iteo'jl,', of tot f'.I'.R...un.4ou the Apter,- '1'h.•'o1n1s41111411 cl0sesl'th• dewea+at penshoner'e (Vitale by the
Arweual Meeting ('. A. Society
The annual business meeting 'ef
the C•hildre,i's .1141 Sottety wow held
• Inst Irldsy afternoon at the Shelter.'
Ito a,rount of the stormy weather
81111 drift(sl walk. the ottendnnw.' Ws!.
'011111. lbga,rl' of the yenr's work
were given and the same uffl(ers
were elected ne• in 1(4_11. The pried -
den', Rer..1. E. Furl, and the secre-
tory, .4.. M. Robertson, were re-ap
pointed a+ tepres'ntnth'es on the
county board of management- Mr. 11.
T. Edwards, (seedy superintendent.
Made special meention of 'he"work 1e -
Ing done for .rippleel .111ldreu which
'is beteg :Aiken up by the Lions flubs
In the (aunty and the Rutery flub of
Rtra'fnrd. IIe reported that the eel -
hide of the comely council towards all
the work "f the ('..\.R1 ww• quite sy in-
1.1fh441e mid their finanehtl eip(wn•t
tory ge•nerons.
Men'iott tuts tulle Df Ihr nppoiut
mrl't of the maw matron, Mr.. J. '1'i;;
ert, w'ho recently entered upon her
duties nt the Shelter, and of the .1-
fer of a bale of elething from '.he
Uuleswort11 brunch of the Women's
t Institute: also of n 01117r11jorr from
M(a•hn 'Temple, London-
The New System Approved
,l1 the IMermher meeting of the
Children's. Shelter cetnmiltl•t•, %oleo Ix
sompo'•(s1 of line members of liM
• county' voun.il mid two members of
the Children's .ltd leklety. the feu
'„1 � repxesentntlros. Rev. '.1. 1'.
Ford and Mr. A. M. Role•rtsou, ex-
presses! their bienr'y 01ppr.vel of the
new method of pIrt,erslitp in the
muwtgetnent err the !Ihe1(1 r. It %ns
pointed (lilt th:i' ruder the .10.1% sys.
tem, by which the eentay runnel) 11"-
aumed the fln4nel411 responsiht1117, a
great lona hod been taken off the
shoulders of the mike rncmhers of 'he
Children's Aid Society, who 1.1111111 now
deq•otr themselves with mitre free-
dom to the morn) and nodal 11sp' is of
the work of the Markby. }'nrther, an -
der the proven! system the financial
responslhlitty was more gcnernlly
dls'ribnted over the ( ty through
the interest 1,f the einiti1y ee w•al. Mr.
reed, who le president of the ('hiid-
ren's Aid Society, mild that he had
heard many favorable (omm(•nts and
words of approval upon 'hp manner
in which Huron county took rare of
'ION part et the ragweed/defy In the
natter of newel II 114 neglpMPr1 Child.
ran. The Warden. repreeenting the
entity rennet', thenked the mentherw
of the C. A. society for their kind
words of approval and moored them
that Hnron 'nnnfy mnncil wonld coo -
'Anne to manlfeet its Sympathy In the
work.
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lo%11 ark... spent 1'1,riet111.1, nt hi+ nn`Ttv..h,y amermen. when It was' pcotto•bel commission In proportion
hnnir at Wingbnnl. found 'hat- there n.re 44 at( leans 111' ns the num eoretrlbntnl by the t, ki
1he.. Jar. your pe•P.Ia15 1141,1 glle.'.'1 municipality beers to the total east of
111115*) and h, a ...eon.' guessing ,Dote•"(I natutainiug.+ueh preioner.
fit ekw•Id,• the. Minter Mrs. 11'hittkllgt• � jemmy !levee 4'tllt(gte staid the cont
hang tens '1""'"• f�l. itis.. AI+tk11,' 1 ty ...tuned had passed a resohtiiun Al-
rneontrlt it.'l the doll .111.1 Mrs. ,:nmb14' ring 11,1s tine, lull as the town watt not
.tided 11 complete outfit of clothe+, I direee y affected no action wan taken.
mei in addition n Nnrinle track, an! Letter ham County Engineer
n*er,igle hag find It high ehnlr. Moi. \ letter received from T. K. !'atter
%Vhit 1111ahnul %Pry kindly allies the. won. (warty engineer, was an follows:
nverrllght bag to J9'rt 11,0.1, Nho rum(' -1 note in the primes the aeneant of
emote' in the gue•sr'In4(, stud 111s. loot , the dls.,w.lon of tee expenalluetea
Ails Eleanor Ifougherf). of Wiese
libel:, is spending the ('ori.: ma4 va•
(1U' at her home here, -
lirMelvhl Cutl, of Toronto Cn1-
vcn.ity, 1. , 'wending the l'hrlstmae
vxe11'io11 11t his home here.
Mies Evelyn l'ulhe•k, of Sault 131e,
-Marie, 0111., is visiting at the home id
lir. mei Mrs. 0. 1V. nehmen!.
Mess Mildred l4'ugherty, of Toron-
to, spent Christmas et the home of
her mother, Mrs. M. IhoIgherty. ley !believes, eves, sr, who e1a- 'hint in. um4,• by the ,onuty 4)11 the county
Mr. Meow! \Vatter of Npw 1.Iske- the ",tort, 1-14•1•1 1'441 11 doll are --..I by rou,15 In the town.
art. is visiting at the lone of hie par - the little Jntiiore tis•m.,•hw". "Itegaming the guard fence 1■
pots, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Walter. -.---- .nun,' .o( c•rectiem on the SakGm1 610,
Miss lmella . 1I.iti rington. of .%rrother Ke1i8c'- KepnrleiI obj,w•tlon uas bunk to ore be•a114,8 o1
1\'h.•niltt. Is 'I4'n(ling the Christ tots' -•,. (Iv TtIesl8y \I r. $ 11urnU,g•tilr r'• 1101 hlg ,'hnln. 111iving regard to the
1ncnI1011 at her bine. henese ranee. pnt.•.1 to :he pollee that he' had leen ,,(fly ant efflelen(y or 1110 sfinnture,
Hiss 0nsel. 111,11.4,.'. of 51 net ford It '• tklltu of nnol11.•, rubler) .11eiut 1 ,n1I.l tot 11( .rove of an material
Normal School, 1. 'p•odlgg the holirhlt ,tt.po that morning. :o•(•ordin8 10 bis change in thedesign. 11 11. an 11)4ftlm
,ioloo-,,itt her home. Huron road. .1.41elac'lll, sonu•n,• hail jnn,pesl '.n his h, x11 htillhug pnu•tice that nny' ar
Mr. Laverne Pent land, of ih•ireit, due•., in. 'h.• 114•)wey teto.•'m hi.•r+u,gcme'nt'of p(4rts Ihnt fest dlsphiys
-pent Cirri -dines eirh 111.4 parents. air, 1111.13. 110111 III. 1011•... :11.1 1111,1 ub'trasl- e: .e,. e s r
r ire s tut t r to r1+t le i also the mold
nod ltrs, .4..- It. I'entlm,.i, Dung '11 (sI (rola h1• le1 (1a.- on'ney "11"n'I preening ice the eye. it cannot, he eft•
air. Ilia. Moutltain, of run t'.4-( tag to *47. H1+ uhbuge Iete4''' cn.spl' te(•tsl !hilt this fence will present a
borne, spent Christly naat 1111411114,11081e,'110e fit � ii hi/ Willi rn('•tng. A peculiar feature' mashed npeaarn,'e 11,1(11 it Is finished,
his H
parents r. and Mrs. .1 Monntaln. of the 'lffotr t: that a led who was ` -Thefid ....embalm that the etyma -
Mr. 1(111 .\'•l:.•-oi,, of Mitchell, Vent ' s14ep4111 In (he 1o1s4' at the awe di'l futon.. on `tilif'M1t hilt +boll((! he.ceoe-
.'hristma- at the house of his parents, ; not 11..or n ...11,1, Mr. Morn Inge( at wtdrrysl sep11yrnh•ly from thecae on �
AI r. nnll aL's. it. .1. .1che-on, Nelseni o:uiA. ,rlsl-e? no sultry x91' h{+ newel- 1
shirred
street was (101111 aired. I[ la
•th'ie'f-' • 'thine
mit one big gone 1114'1 hi, job sith trim, a. 1'ooneillor Meunier& stated,
. 111•-:
Amine Richards, of, Wheatley. ; ..melee° silence.tont fhls {sertirau . of road 1111'73tltt'
I Is .lending( 1110 t'htistntn• 1,11,511 11,11 nt IVilhhl the Is•' month Mr. Mettler.:Maitland i ri I'e t,. the (' r. R. o°e7►
,thehome of Mrs. 0-.. 11e1h,•rin¢tlln. •tor has rets.rt,,I 1'e"e" of nom" -!.)
1141141 bridge was designated a rot
){enys -street. robte•ry ane°\,tong to 11bnut $7.;• road by 1,e law No. 13. . 19 tt, of
Miss Doris \V,adicomla•, of 1.11,•01'. , The Jnrdiue, brolhe•r•, w'he are ..011(11 of Iinron, hot 11 1, 11,.i a
1 le *tending the hotlday at•us.m at , rharK.•d 11ith n rornu•r r'dicey'. were' , I lav No. / 1 •m
tont I y 1 . t, 1127, daalgnn
the11',m1l.otni o of bee parent+. Mr. end Airs ,I.I. � til ,'ti naflrrllu!h,'a1la+tt11mpurted' 17 nrun17 ro11d tale extension of
road vie Victoria street and the HAY -
Mrs. ii, N. Meetln1mM rlu'I t•hili/ri-b.. 1(.114(7. -- I('•1,1 rind to (h,• 'onfh town limps
..f Brit -eels,• -are melting withMr•' - -. 'Therefore. these pti
•rtioa of road Mile
ifaet . ,tot t,t'. tollreIits, Mr. II Pill 11r- tld.lrP,.e'„ Meeting 1'anrehlvPr 1.1111,11y the sante teat IIS, and 11, 11
.4.(e•x. HPnitersen. A re." -to Issue „f .1".e• 1(14113 1'ro'• .'Iaf:nett the town of Iloelerich hes he
Nr. itodgI:ls Clarke, of the 1'reter-10 in... „1 4.'luorouv1r, 11.e., ((4,.'*lei :111 nn., mut intcreet In \h4' expetlditut+Dn
of Torsntn, Is t'e'nding the I'11ristua' length en nddre:ss Oren by O. it El- on Kith ford htit it wouid follow iJ!at
vacation at' 'he home of his parents, Will. 1h,ndniou Government le'.rol• .11* e*th'nditIrs an Vict(xta ,,,rept.
Rev, C. F. nnd•Mrs. Clarke. •((111 engineer et 4'8lglery, at a Ken- Mr., would 141"0 he Px4'mph. 1 c
air. ('harle+ Ilam ler, of 'be llaiv..- .•r,1 nos•ting of tie 11, 4',d1tL luit of read any stu•h 1hlrrptr(ation int,
^117 of 'Pinot(,, I+ OWodi011 the the e•n11ndi:u, Iestll.ntr of Mining and 1101, 2, of 1)%' Illghway 1019(0414'
('hristnins vacation at the home of M,•'allnryq held at Vateonver. Mr.! Act.'_ , , •
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C, II. IIunA }:Ilion 1s 11 God.rieh boy, it sin of • •It was intimated that the r
her. )tr. nod Mr... 0. M. .Iilott, foster was unfair to the town in the
Mr. and Mrs. P. 11. 8rhweyer and eiediskm.%u residents of this town who ff exp•ndlturP, but the amour
lire. 11'. .1. Donaldson, of NPI1Pw (bra nrl' now• living at London. Mr. Elliott hate Is I►dit by Act of Paella
\lane, ore spending the Christmas in his nddr•ss dealt par'leelarly with as the .0,1017 ha. a1wap►i
season at the home of Mr, and Mrs. 1 production In the Turner Valley oil mune than the law rent
('hes, (1. ilnniter. field, which he said would meshes. n than „(alms to „enMr. hh'nald M,Kenzo, who sailed million barrels of -oil 10.1029, nt the empty..
ham the afeamPr W. F. White during the some time declaring his belief 'dint '•it 1s noted. also, that
mesaem. is *pending the (Mrlstmas production In Alberta would n1,: le dome tont no statements(onfln.+l to 4.111« Otte field, but OtIt waw
nnty On?' of a serf,., of Heide that
would he Iliseevered. Ile also gave his
hearer* a review of Canadian and
Itneett States oil history, with much
interesting ant valuable Information
nesting to the subject.
Mise Sarah MrcKinnon, of Windsor,
nt fluff tmaa In town.
a
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term at his home here and *I11 return
'o Detroit In * few days.
The teeehers of the t'onegtntr In
slitter are spending the (Trireme.
vacation at their reepeetly. homes:
Miss M. Simpson at Toronto. Mie M.
Powell at Preece\\, Mise E. MacNangh-
ton s" Chatham, Miss J. Owen at
Berrie, and Miss It. Shepley at Am-
her*t herg.
I
turn' made by the county
mired The bnninaw Of
p11141e, and no Info
kind hat ever been refn
Any Matementa asked
have always been an
bare gone to rvtnaid
a n0mhet of oceasio
statement*. The ee
(Qontnwed
fel
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