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The Signal, 1931-10-8, Page 3Clubbing Rates The Signal can save you money on almost any periodical. For instance, The Signal and The London Free Press for $6.50. Save 50 cents. ..e,esee,e 'Job Printing Job printing in all its branches at The Signal. First-class printing at reasonable prices. Telephone 35. TSI. $IONAL,PRINTWO 00., J. W. Craigie Real Estate and insurance 'Huron Folk in Dakota, Matutoba DO YOU REALIZE that according to statistics five men out of every sin who reach the age of 85 are dependent on others for their daily broad? HAVE YOU ANALYZED your own situation T How do YOU stand ADEQUATE UFE INSURANOL. is year moa ..!.shin assIL '----- THOS. WILSON R. R 5, GODERICH, ONTARIO Telephone 1516, Carlow A ile which is half the truth is ever the blackest of lies. -Alfred Tennyson. CLEVELAND'S BAKERY ! -TRY OUR - Milk -made Bread YOU WILL 13E DELIGHTED WITH iT PIES, CAKES and PASTRY All orders given our prompt and courteous attention ---WIC DELIVER-_ -CLEVELAND Tdepbooe 114 Weat Str.st West Street ELECTRIC SHOP WE CARRY A COMPLETE STOCK OF Electrical Appliances, - " Fixtures, etc. Electric Wiring of ally kinds Estimates give. ea apphcatioa FRANK MCARTIIUR Telephone 82 - Goderich John Elliott Finds Many Relative; and Old Friends in the Western Country Dear Editor, -Yon ask for some notes on my recent visit to North Da- kota and Southern Manitoba, with spe- cial reference to former Huron county 1011._ You may be sorry, for 1 am subject to Sartuluu* splits Iir- pertaluingto the old home conntT.-_...- In' Dakota, 1 wee looking for people of my own name. Fargo city has a hotel called the Elliott House, and there are descendants of the E11lotts of Goderich township in the city, but 1 weut out on the Independence branch of the N. P. On this there is a town called Elliott, after one of the na»le whose relatives live in Ashfield, eolith of Dungannon. 1 -stayed at a town called Leononl, thirty miles from Fargo, where there 1s a little colony of Elliott*, the head elan of them -beteg my cousin Gedfge F.111 whom i -m(K..for the first time after efts -three years. Ills sou, George, jr , le prattaaster'■red he himself is a sue- cenistnl farmer a mile from the town. Hls_'three nous and three daughters are ■11 ivarrled and loeate3Tii -that eaeimunity. As an old boy of A.P. No. & Colborne. bora on what Is now the Robertson farm opposite the old Me. Auslnnd home. and h:' -Ing had hie early w•hooling under Master Wm. Symington. George. sr.. was eager In hie inquiry about old schoolmates. He with Ills grandson as chauffeur took Me forty miles north to Hunter, where there M another Elliott detteen Ian► ilia. l `-,snde- the _same. McMullen_ Here, too. I had the plea. ire of cordial greeting ■a a former Colborne town- *hlp boy from Wm. Stewart. brother of Colqubonn Stewart of Colborne • and hie wife. formerly a Sties Fulford. !whose home was near the Point Farm' lir. Stewart is a well-fo-4o retired farmer. In the same town one of the pioneer hhdnees men Is 11'. R. Mitchell. a harness maker. who talked fondly of hie old hom, at Blyth and the day. be remembered when Pat Kelly and Sgnlre Wilson were among the chief men of the place. T had eontact also with Gremlin. 1 The Armstrong Real Estate and Insurance Agency Horses and Lots in Gederich sad Farm* for Sale Large number listed to choose from. See or write - -- J. W. A> MST1ONG REAL 1iSTATE Box iso - Gaderleb Sum Life Assurance Company of Canada You hare three great hazards of lite for which definite provision should he made. namely :-(a) Provision for your dependents in the case of early death. th) Provision for yourself and family in ease of long Illness. let Provision -for the old age of yourself and wife, or other dependents. - A Sun Life Asanrance C'o. Policy, with the Tota. Disability Clause, will provide for all of these contingencies. adQ ES ..Office J 15 H. R. LONG, • ResidenceI --- - District Agent. Beware of "Easy Profits"! VE to do with "get -rich- • �--- quick" salmon -they will try to hurry you into a decision you mill regret. A sound investment is never in a hurry. Meanwhile, the Savings Department of this Bank is a safe and profitable �11>lagfor.y . Tots will like banking at tea RojhI. ie The Rofyal Bank •O -Canada . do isrch Br'atas t.. .Zia, [per,, Manager - • GODERICH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, u('TO13ER K, 1931 fourteen miler east ul limiter, and Fury -eight noltdr iel' Pres •- -Mss.-.N another nest of Elinor, of Goderich township stock. The early settlers of Grandtn were tuna of James Elliott, a pioneer of Goderkh township, uncle of Win. J. Elliott, now living in the township near Bayfield. There were seven sous, three of whom are living. John, the eldest, was a brother -in- tim of Willlaw, Robert and Samuel McLean of Goderich, and hit son Manly, who owns the fares surround - sag the sumo, of Gremlin, !tall as his WN are glad to know that Mr. Thos the meeting of the town council on grandfathers two Goderich township pioneer:, Edward (Ned) McLean and }henry, 1: at present somewhat 1m- F llday evculug. The• meettng_was a Jellies Elliott. It w•oulti iw a story In pruvwl after bring serlohely 111. tory brlr1 -true. _ _ ' (trelf to describe' and give the location Mr. Albert Phillipe, of Fordyce. The tax cerlleettu reporte(l�1;6i izul- spent the week -end with his grandpar- - „ef theiertwes members of these fam- ants, Mt r. and Mirs. John Camptxell, de ted sines last report. With the, cu ills_ t wasadd To mart the operettuu of the chief'of polite, thirty - widow of -Woo. Rihutt-•stili piing tit Brandin. In early days eke -wee He- CREWE oaten hl'g Tai 1rs -nista t'tdinetaiin beeea Pratt of lioderleh townehlp. IJELF'As'I' --- I(ELFAST, (k•t. 5. -Mr. and Mrs. T_ A. Cameron had quite au enjoyable of Town Council trip to Northern Ontario last week, go- I1eg as tar as Ptlwaraan. . Mr. and Mrs. ('Ilford Hackett spent Grant of $600 to Town Band- Sulxlay at Grand Bend. Mr. slid Urs. Glenwood Campbell Mian McMahoA'a Bequest %toursi with friends here on Sunday. -Committee Reports • Urs. WIlwrn Irwin spent the week- -` end with her sister, Mrs. Higgins of All the members, were present at I.neknuw. the past two wae1•., Itrtugittg >i' total In Manitoba ---- _ ('REWE, Oct. 6.-Annlvcr.ary ser- to 121. There stilt remained several to vices will be held In l'rewe United be paid. month with headquarters at Xingu, filechunh on (kinins 18. Srrvhes at The s xton of Maitland cemetery re - teen tulle* from the'1)akuta boundary, 2•w Hill 7.30 p.m. Rev. C. Wilkinson ported five hgerunmts•in the utou'th of the home of my :dater Mrs. A. (4.'Opar-, of Ni. Iirieus is to preset'. Music font- September. - ling, who went from Goderieb 1n 1[180. ilclod by Lueknow United church choir. - Building Parents Here- are the Itoyd brother*, witty! Mrs.Gonion Stewart visited with .lpplientiuns for building permits, as fans etoe. by.ok} 4i„roo.dri,ya fromlybendst at Hensel' last week. lonely., -erre refernil W the fire veal- good lbe X11t. Xeedlexa to say ere weer 1 Mr, olid Mrs. W. t'rosler atnPnt]wl .stilus. I,. 1.. Kiio; re -roofing dwelling gaud fritt}}tnda 1 spent a delightful day rhnMu auuiyersaty errrhes at -Kett- with cedar shingles. Whitler street; un Thr turn lit J. A. Sterling, w•husr fi'•Id on Sand,+)'. John Harrison. retold elling interior o1 father of oris time farttteel_un the tttit \Ira. 11. ltlnke, Harold and Cecil kitchen, Victoria timet : Thos. .luhu- cYonceselun of l'ufburue near ('arluvr•, '•pe•at Siitutay with friends at--litrst- snot. -st itlttc :hest;--1t$eanula fusel;_, Mrs. Sterling is a (loderictr girl, Elsie ford. Miss pulley. rid un porch. r North Oke, daughter of my old sea schoolmate I Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Swan spteiet the street: Miss t'. Mel'Ihiton. reshlegltng Was. Oke of-Collorue. 1'd like to week -nail with frlende at Wharton and dwelling. Keays street: 1'. iitapletaw. aae.•eu.a r1ep St rliu sasses and some turn stowed. repairing porch. Pletau street: .1. 'E. - fir. -&:-.T.,mMN:pa---at---D')n annnn 14sr vital /IL • of the homer and Girmis T iatic R uw It. sera's, Keays street: F. -E. 'spent but I am writing of folks, not farms t -he week=end with Mr. and Mrs.. fiiughaty. alterations end'new front to or Iewna. Easy to find men from il• Treleaven. old Model Theatre 'building on the Huron eounty here. It was a plessors The memthly meeting of Crewe 11' Stpare._ , ' to meet Samuel and Jabez Oke of M. S. was held at the home of Mrs. A resodnfion submitted by tins 'city illoissevatu, awe 01 the late. jou Oke J. Kilpatrick last Thursday with a couse•il of N.wth Ilay, with a request of Colbo te:, lads who like myself hitt R• ant-ettMmdame'. licit, J. Rw■w readttor emlorseUtrat, asked that the On- tario Government Isar this entire -eosin of all direct relief of traualtuts,_ or Going north to Manitoba, I spent a armies have halted mud parliaments e aTted for men whn - mestere- ss -sat I their mothers. And why .uet, fan - taint! of ships and captains of industry and explains of men owe much to the! self-ctnfidenc•e and ambition fostered In the first place by their earliest friend mut counsellor, through her groat faith in them. rhe mariner who turned his grain - boat aside at Go(lerteh is the kind of man every mother telleees her son to lie. . Opportunity ! You eon snake spleu0(d money srlhng j'erwnnol 4ireetttea (:anis.,. tour eo-oler.tion and ben lit Httl tslrtfoilo assures stress. - Now to the time le start - Special Mediu Prise Contest be- gKinning. No charge for samples. •ouuulsslott weekly. - MASTER CRAFT LIMITED - TORONTO 2 long ago been for a time pupils at 1tenwiller under the rule of the soldier rho Scripture iesann, Mrs. Treleaven. Urs, Sherwood. and MIs: Beth Me-: rchoulma-t.-r, .►ethos Mloleawurth. .\\'r Connell gave readings. Mrs. Finnigan that, all transient. he compelled to re- tallted 0f the old toys tube are rt81 a• nd Mirs. Gateley rendered a duet. etirn to their own mnniripality, the cunfrtg • Soho oiters, Semiarid TsTe of Somewhere." Rev. Gnvernne•ht 4.r -pity- transportation_ Tow Mitchell, Ileury Martin. 'oho . rtia "hafkc r -In site Lacey and George Stewart. Perhaps study batik. Mrs. J. Menary was pre - Lacey Thp .ear referred- _ 01_411 spsrial cennultteve. - t•re are others. . rented with a life-memleershlp eertl- A 1.'u, r from T.,. F,. Thanes• prnjest-, At Hayfield. twelve miles smith of , flente. the presentation lel made by Ing a settlement -ht the mpttrr of n it - i Mrs. Kilpatrick and the address by 131111.0011• ou a tevutlful fares, lord liam (:arrest's taxes wits sent to th4 td a brie( vls1t w•itit roe of wy old stn- I Mr'. Rhaeklrton. eta Katne pen t111Hnep emmttitje.. T11P prnprwl.was 0mtnre0 tate tenedkttou, Kai dalntygtl•P deeUug to_111' tow est wlme rop- dentr or tart achutd. No. 1 . Ashlielr, Innen was served and a social houri4 Albert 'Harper, eon of Wm. Harper, erty owned by Mr.. Garrett and ■ /spells. formerly or the -10th cuucrsston ni +rash payment Of . 52M.' The total nonsked, Albert has done well. He I ee[ the fasts s cfalm 1. .1x71, morn hag an inieretsttng !amity awned sew BPECLIL OPTICAL NOTICEtriTielour orasigtlt leaked atter ,,..... ,.-,r $11...7_.....1 him. He is a worthy son of a good 1 father. HI. sister Sylllndla, Mrs. Hugh l OUT well-known and painstaking sea•- 1 A romsnlihicati,I from Itoleert John- Cunniughaw of Brandon, is . the only other member .of. the family living: Her sun Hus.elt is on ,the At llotttrnd,-Mea-, 1- --IsUT =- cousin who got all her education long ago under Master Symington in old No. 3, Mrs. Pontis (Lizzie Kerr),}1 Diet k 1►e g p R i t daughter lit Hubert Kerr, oar of the and our p CatnAAHa11F early settlers on concession 5, Col- Mire. are from (O n ids T11urr ay and Friday, October 15th and The public work. committer re- lorle. Like some,others whom I met 1 etre had a stere fri rumfnt••entell Qg l8th, SMITH'8 ABT BTOitI:', oODEB commenderi that 1 H 7.inn lir per- fe =-- yond my knowledge. - -- ell to erect an glPtetrle sign Over In both Dakota and Manitoba i saw - the street st 6. sli -li-on the Squat e Rome good crop.. none. however, Ilk,. a upon turlishin* the UMW! WWI of former year., much very poor, and on,ratulat><ons to indemnity: that the engineer surrey °there with none, tint I met no one . and bring in a report on tate moustrn. Mlss I. E. Sharman tion of a permanent sidewalk down the htrhof hill: - that the elt■irman have ,sidewalks reiairsl wixere neee.sary and bring in a rennet ; that the regtest Public School Board Pays Tribute for sewer accommodation at the west elitist, Kr. Hughson,• formerly optical expert for Keats, Toronto, and Henry lorgan_k Co.. Montreal. Over thirty years' experlenre; twenty years eojuin` ctderich. - You are assured of the t`opttcal work to be obtained -and t very moderate cost. We have all stun, registrar of the Surrogate Court, informed. the council of the following provision in the will of the late Mies Mary• A. 31, -Mahon: "1 direct my etc amort to set apart and invest a sum 1141 Tn lu--tom Are you properll protested by FIRE INSURANCE? -CON S I L'r F. WOOLLCOMBE Hamilton street or 1'1 286 ti 1 1. ; 111.1 11 11 lc l'11 1 Now is the time to have your Fereace Cleaned, Repaired and Pipes Replaced before the snow flies and catches you unprepared John Pinder 'Agent for McClary Furnaces PHONE 127 1' O i1„x 1;i1 - Goderich Monumental Works GODERICH, ONTARIO Best Jlaterials Latest Designs -Ripest Workman -hip All Work Guaranteed Reasonable Prices R. A. SPOTTON P. 0. Boa 161 Coderich, Ont. Geo. Williams Dealt, Is DOMINION, PROTINCL%L. MUNICIPALANDCORPO- *AT'fBlr BONDS �' skis, 7[Ooetoblle, atm - 1 atseral Insurance Agent - Office, next to Bank of Commerce Phone 63 ' licxlerich FOR YOUR NEXT ROOFING JOB -SEE US - 1 We guarantee our work and material No job too small. No job too large. Let us give you an estimate -Ayatt Tonibo-lloofing Co. Geo. 'L. Baxter Ocoee: West Street. Tekephone 132, Goderieh. I cnme therefrom to he iised In maln- the late styles of frames and mount- tainin end ke in in cru ser order ng., the make ofthe makers. my pkat in Maitland cemetery. - grower or deapoudent. At Winnipeg, it was a privilege to lie entertained pt the, home. of Mrs. P. Bell (Carrie Saults1 and her son -ii. lave• and daughter, Ur. and Mrs. W. Davison. all former resit.el•ts of God- prheh. Mr. Davison is a .on of A. il. Davison, at one time in the hardware hnsine.. in Goderich. hut -now living at Maple ('reek. Sask. in 1111s city I hall a pleasant meeting with mem- ber. of the family of the late Thos. Cavanagh .t.son of John Cavanagh an Eliza Elliott/, whose early Clays were .pent 1n Colborne end West Wawa - nosh. Tmri got bite atemeling-a*wt No. $, Colborne, and then at (hirer's tiehnol. Mg five sons and four daugh- ters' are all settled in life•.two in atn- tarin and the others in Manitoba. One She 1s city engineer and another /secretary of the Grain Exchange in Winnipeg. Without exception the second and third generations lit all the Huron pioneers, as i met them in Dakota and Manitoba. are rttlzms of whom any country might- well ,be proud. Back in Colborne Tow'uahlp And now. Mfr: Fditor, I went to re- h.q. gnaranteel by the Federal Govern- And to ci,e,tog to a home trip r had went hearing 4 per rent. Interest thrnngh the kindness of ur''fiwded and dor 1" 1115:,, The roost of the'Hnd to Central School Principal - MacKay Fund Invested end of Story street 1s referred to the engtneeer In look into and report upon. - The *pe.-lal. relief and t.. -v plan eonindi fes res•nmmended that 11 'rent .%t the monthly meeting of the puts Of [;Mit be made to the land to rover lie .ehatl board. 11e11 on Monday All fgtpsllsps abld supplies to Thr end of. reentng, a res h tion war plat *1 -wt lhe_ thin- ver er . The .nm 91 *1310 51 bovine minister extending the congratulations alrcacie Moet puke to the bawl. It was hoard to.,L►r.,.J....:...-;;Sltq{•ntgp,.- rs-ommendel tit tie h lance, $444.40, principal of Central school, upon re- he tall when the hand rotulnittielinnr-- ceiving her B.A. degree and her car- 1.he. ail Intentory of all hand equlp -igit--:aa:, school texc)ler. That Mb to Sharman .Progress tuns report n e ma w•a. able to attaint this standing while f ontlinhig a program of unemploy. earry•fug on her exacting work as prin- ment relief work. ' Opal of the w•hool here le rightly re- The water. light and harbor ram- ^ garded as striklhg testimony to her mime./ reported that nevi- 12-ln. eases- - 424.00 and ases - D1 D YOU .EVERT know a man who didn t like l'CSTOM-MADE CLtOTHES? Weil; they are higher -priced, lint we have SPECLAT n nER -ObATi E..ti at diligence and eaparity as a student. troughing had been pgytsed on the smith Semretary-treasurer Knox reported to tilde of the former .- P. R. warehouse -the hnarl that funds from the bequest at the harbor. now owned by the town. of $2,0(70 from the late Rol►Prt MacKay and 52.000 fire Insnranee had been to provide fur an innilal picnic for th^ plared on the warehouse. school children of lndetfrbt lied been The finance committee reported Haat estM In a $2,006 C.N.H. bond j a C. N. R. hotel for 61,000, guwraateed by the Dominion Government, had been purchased for the Robert MaeKHy hand fund. at a rust of ff1A0.3.,• and a Young. from (loderieh, ohs ppb ((ravel was $197k.79. similar bond of *1.000 hall leen pu r - road into Colborne, milling to., eel The-prinefiall of Central Schad re- ',heeled for the cemetery perpetuity Sandy Young aqui 1107 1,1Rteltr'tftttta ported for ,»eptemier: On roll. 217 fund for the some amount. and Anule, past the Rid 'caret* farm, prtptl/s; -itlwrsje atten dant..L._:_Z1W: - The -Mee committee reported that ell an,Iwhere In a fieldt11 7 per, cent. Penny (tank A iia.. application. opposite No, 1 eehool Mpellrl for hal{10ing permits re- iny tni1wr-sissies re #aA7' ferret to the committee rind been what Was once the Colborne town t'h'tc" ship burying ground. up Bast the old were enrolled 355 punnet average at. These report+ were all adopted wtth- efo•hnnl on the left, and then on the tendxnee. 331.0 or 9,114 per rent. net diemh..lon. right to the form on which i was Penny think deposits for the month A representative of a Toronto linen, In x shanty, On that farm e. acre ttiell44 . sewer pipe eonern Hddr•..d the nom - thy The (;cntrsl Home and *hoot flub tali briefly, end Hd}onrnme•nt ws/s grandfather died alont seventy -tire wrote *eking 1f the (decide wiling movers at n.35. years ago. and I thought 1 naw its we around the window In tbe i ti drove by an ancient apple tree of room could he altered so at t0 allow bis planting. A very pleasant our - the hanging of eartalne. This wits re- prise awaited ape when we reached ferret] to the property comm-1fteM. Anbnrn, the end M our trip, for here A report from the t fmmd a ►rin of ofd seheolmatto. torte whool,janitor of Vie - ! Hamilton, emelt) of George pointing out son* thing. Elliott ret Dakota, Wl1l1aoi Tyitrl4snn that nerd att(eniI n, was sent • to Thr .ads a derpnte1i,(r,nn that port, uponand Jahn Symington. nephew of the `amp eommlttee. _ ah nnnsnel mteettm. Her 'reptant R. 034 masons of whom we were 511 *0 The matter ofeharging non-resident isennerd, hod come to see h1. mother, _fond. There are no friends just like teemIn a rtatn sane. was Mlprr.4•stn lying dsngrtnnsly 1!1 7n hospital. He the old friends. This 1. s long letter, hut it has grown on me as 1 expected it would. JOHN E[erANYPr. London, (int. A VERY SPECIAL STOP / Woodstock k sentinel !levies- 1 1•:n rote./ from Montreal to the head of the lakes. the freighter Itrullu pelt Into Goderich lest Thursday morning. tOO! DAD "Ss,. p■' - ' ' "Wen. what -4.41 now 7" ' i •'ro('hen deaf asjurivose 11111 wetness, 0e, Flies get theirillitgeris ftertailliAsk .1 P.l er the sehool management rnmmlttee to lrlve.ttlrate and report. The hoer] deflate) to purchase from Gann it Co. New York. two enmplete seta. of Beacon phonetic and reading eharte, with holders, at !10.2(1 each, sten two teachers' minuet, for above at;, ..el l -,e t .set foretteh sehoot. had r/reltrQ rsermf.;don front hf. lee - Moyer,. to make the cat). the news item *MIs that the et -attain found hit mother somewhat improve) and brigh- ter. end [Ind lo ser her son. Ile left with his ships at noon. Steamers band to the head of the l*kes. do not ordinarily eerie, within ?Ifttowne r?rnfr,hett. Tht me.tresells♦ _ The fir.t-.aslt to he ohtelned frogs well lint ails route; hut who will say water -in Npw° York Stat. wallthe tlme_waa-inat , ftwjfTto ies-Tjpve S taestiAtieneed sit' ilii mem T-spwf to tea iamb, -t ten Father tfimon-Le Moynelif 1t0R,. -- irtttta hate mane Mttpar--_.. -_-OO-an{! up-- '�ATtS�3.00 t° $6.00 Suits and Overcoats rleaneti anti pressed $1.25. Repairing and remodelling Frank H. Martin Phone four nine TAILOR and HATTER ----too-You Envy WEALTH? IN any house the foundation invari. ably precedes the roof. And soil--_ is with the building of financial in iependenct:- Ise foutidatibil is work --and a Savings Account. Saving is common sense, not stinginess. The regular habit of put- ting aside a certain percentage of earnings into bank savings, to accu- mulate heithily at interest, means comfort, security andindependence. You have money always at hand to use in emergencies, in business or for pleasure. Don't envy wealth. Acquire k' Save regularly. Deposit your money., in a bank. OS THE CANADIAN BANK OF COMMERCE got A r+.eea4 aw,a /yawybl THE STANDARD BANK OF CANADA Capital Paid Up - 30 Million Dollars w'enrroe T713.. --30 en � .... . -assn. -.:.�.;.-..an; �J<',w...,,•"