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GODERICH, ONTARIO, RSDAY, MARCH 19, 19119
'TUB SIGNAL PRINTING Co., LIMITED, Publishers
"Is the Bible a
Seditious Book?"
PERSONAL MENTION
t
Miss Phyllis Granatk,eta,
visited Mende Is Goderich week.
Mr. Ml Symonds, of stford,
IsUtiee me eigeeeers at Ashford this
lay. d R JroC1ung'i Subject - lira Ouse Campbell, of St.
the Baptist Church on
Sunday Evening
"Is the Bible a seditious book Y' was
a> iS if the #pit for EeR`S. E.,
mrOleng's sermon in the Baptist
church on Sunday evening, and those
who went expecting an looDoelaitic
treatment of the subject were net dis-
appointed
The preacher left no doubt in his
hearers' minds as to what was implied
L the word "seditious." He quoted
the dictionary to show that "sedition"
*elan "conduct or speech inciting to
rebellion."
"Is the Bible seditious? Does the
Obrist an religion by conduct; example
er speech tend to invite to rebellion"
be asked, and gave his own reply:
"Yes, It most certainly doe& From
the very beginsing we find it so"
heists d Oka Vise
Then the speaker (lave -a series of
examples Arm Bible blAslly. Moses,
uader the direetlon of Ood, incited the
children of ,Israel to throw off the
bonders of Egypt. Elijah denounced
K ing Ahab beeanae he and his court
and the peri a In general bad turned
frost the tree God to worship heathen
pas The prophet. daring to speak
Iles word of the Lord. incited the people
to rebellion against the King.
Amos, the ploughman prophet, was
another rebel. John the Baptist saes
_ - itralttg ii it►ior- i6Yi
to -Herod ay Ma
delasefatloa of that ruler's conduct
taut be was put la prior, and Hero-
dias was not satisfied until he was be -A dYD11O CRIDIT
heeded, a Goderic" • "Thirteenth power bur
The Excepts d Christ for the [ural year ending October 31,
Pay -
Christ ktMelt drnuutssed the ruling 1933, reveNsja credit of $336.049. Pay-
cii�ses, the Pharisees, the lladduccees meats for the twelve months •m per ae
sad the Scribes, and lnwerted their counts rend totalled $41,273.23 and
batted to such a degree that they in- the e• fust a power was g40.9 f4.3i.
sided os his crucifixion.
Weise Peter and John went about
eIt tt word of God and work-
idesi•ay wonders they were cone
tinted by the rgjlne religions aulbor-
; 't• Mop riwir'Werk.
ed tmi, dbaiples was!
Catharines,le dating her parents.
Mr. and ft. S. J. Wark.
Mrs. B, Pallette, of Cleveland, is
visiting ser cements, Mr. and Mrs.
jpdtew Pujlar, Church street.
-T K. lfaanders,- of the Galt branch'
of the Canadian Beek of Commerce,
ee spending his holidays at his home
Gere.
Mrs. D. e, Me1Lme and daughter
Anse, of-Dnacan, B.C., are visiting
at the tome of Mrs. McHame's mother.
Mrs. C. A. Maim.
Mr. F. D. Moore, of Mitchell, re-
placed Mr. A. Staples as manager_of.
the Goderich branch of the Dominion
Stores during the latter's absence
through Illness last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Johnston were
at London on Sunday visiting Mrs.
Johnston's father, Mr. John Joynt of
Leelinow, in St. Joseph's hospital. Mr.
Jeyht had been spending the winter
is Florida, but was taken Ill there
and brought back to London.
Mr and MrsFrank H. Martin hare
returned from Toronto and are again
occupying their residence on Britan-
nia road. Mr. Martin, who has been
In business In Toronto for some time,
has been advised by Ms phydctan to
give up business activities for a time.
Mr. A. M. McInnis,, of the Algoma
Central Steamship Luse, was in town
tar a few days the pest week, Het
had just returned from Great Britain,
where he visited his son and daugh-
ter. and spent a few days with friends
here before reliintmg
Sarnia.
HER
AtteUUod
vertsement
of The S
UT HALF.
to the page ad-
. Horn in this issue
Owing td conditipas,
Hers bas decided
fIre speck of boots
otseea.. tra-
marted
e Communist HIS
This Chap Jed
Peril in Canada
Outlet from Ottawa Addresses
Goderich Lions on
Timely Subject
Seaforth and Goderich Lions fra-
ternised et the drones-meetass-et-the
local Lions Club held at the Park
House on Thursday evening last, the
contingent from Seaforth being headed
by Chief Lion Ed. Keating. Chief
Lion F. E. Hibbert presided.
After dinner Club activities were
discussed. and a committee was ap-
pointed to arrange Attalla _litcos ort,-
Got) with the annual Easter 'doll par-
ade.
The chief feature of the meeting
was an address by Lion Vernon La
Chance of Ottawa, international or-
ganiser of Lions Clubs, who spoke on
"The Menace of Communism." Lion
La Chance has had special opportuni-
ties of becoming acquainted with the
activities of the Communist organisa-
tion In Canada, and he gave
startling information as to the pro-
portions the movement has assumed
and the manner of its operations.
Though, according to the speaker.
there ass not amore than-Avecthsatnd
thoroughgoing Communists In Canada,
they control half-a-mllllon aliens,
mainly In Western Canada and In the
clties of Eastern Canada, and have
been at the bottom of many labor
troubles.
The speaker, In reply ho a question.
id be
trial depression was^responsible 11a
considerable part for the success off the
Communist propaganda. Something
could he done In combatting Comities.
int influence by a more friendly atti-
tude on the part of native Canadians
towards the alien., who, left to them-
selves, provide a fertile field for Cuts
munb.tie activity.
A hearty vote of thanks was ex-
tended to Lion La Chance tor his Iti-
tere.-ting and Iliuminatieg address.
Chief Lion Kean n(led other* of
the visitors from fbrth spoke
briefly, -Rev. _ Father 'Hussey, who
was one 1rths leefoHh patty, leave
MON - roaledacsncee of bits
early N' ' with Goderich.hen
r Nambitions la -
WHIZ
Keep Out of
Water
Three times id $ week was the re -
core setLairracce Iran for fall-
ing Into t- *coater it the harbor.
His first triad hearty coat him his
in The Signal I
pulled him from the
numb with cad..
7. On Friday
Yuill mistook a gJiRtek of slust, at the
harbor for its ARC planted td'tgi1L
He was pulled a % by Ned Sale. YuUI
Into dry clothes,
with the ice -cutting
let° a hole up to
life. As repo
week, Roy
water, exhana
on Saturday, M
went uphill, e
returned to his
gang, and s
his hip.
Ile reme
the 13th -and
i1.t1U ON 11 IW:NCB SOLD
At the sale or - he property belong-
ing to the estate of the late Miss Annie
Davidson, on Tuesday, the dwelling
house, at the metier of Waterloo and
Colbo
ne streets lea, said to Mr. Rose
Anderson of to,.. The price was
tyffo.
GODERICH Will. AT LONDON
Mise Phyllis tat ' , formerly of
erich, easily se wet her partner,
Mins D. Coiled • their opening
game in the lad district bad.
'einem games at the Lodes armories
on Tuesday .1$. _diexH Atttlopair. playing
l6`Rvbmea i
tested ]Qsser N.. c�c and E. Sny-
der In fight 13.5, L -6.
the date -Friday
the afternoon off.
RADI
Radio -owners
tenses permittlhg
are finding the
mgain, in spite
a score were KM Monday A.B "
radio inspect
seat, Ottawa; b
inst dellnejb
an -
used •
court on Thur
=Tao
Observation
teeteorographs
u c and
the height
rend; are
this 'sleek sit
e B. Sto
The bsiho
raising bydir
II MMONSED
to not possess 11-
a to own a radio
res In hot water
e fi�t>UZt�rd>
tee years ago. On
hq, of -Kitchener,
the Marine Depart -
ten informations
to t'. G. Weir, J.P.
I to appear in
next.
SERVICE
lions carrying
'record the pres-
et the sir, also
We balloons ar
eaw,d every night
a,dsou( by Pr
out spheres cos -
sent to the.
Deaf 'Woman at
Blyth Attacked
Her Horn BMW Di: lardy Soars
of lbs Morning by a
Virions Thief
ay morning an unknown
111111111• 631110 Inter [the home of Jenato-
Ligan, sixty -five-year-old deaf spinster,
of Blyth, assaulted her in her bed and
stole a smell sum of money which she
kept under her mattress, after which
he escaped by way of a aide door. The
woman Is under a doctor's care at the
home of a friend, suffering head and
Ade tnjaries.
Miss Logan was awl -iii- STTSe
motion of her bed as the marauder
groped under the mattress for her
money. As she sat upright he struck her
viciously over the eye with his list.
A short struggle was terminated when
the man threw the quilts over her
head and leaped upon her with Lis
knees. It Is not known as yet if her
ribs were fractured.
The man smashed in a *de dooF,
breaking a bolt through the woodwork,
obviously without fear of being heard
by the deaf occupant of the small
iotas. The attack occurred about 4
eiectock in the morning, but tt/ii Lagan
did not recover sumclently to all the
police until two bours later.
She was able to give police a fair-
y good description of her assailant.
and footprints in the scow further
aided them.
Provincial Constable McCoy,
-of Godedoh, and. Chief COL:
an, of Blyth, are investigs
THE WRECKING JOB
The building at the corner of Nelson
and Victoria streets has succumbed to
the hands of the wreckers, all that
remains being a part of the floor. The
next step will be the demolition of
Craigs wattage, after 'which work will
begin on the erection of a large and
modern It/terial Oil 'service station
L -yu
OLD suoy'Ue _ -
of the lltte Alexander
s yielded;: a nns'6er of
es wileh may be seen
ar the public library.
t an old m '.
The
Dov
tat
111 the
f
is this English 'lane age. contrary • is
the command,. of the Church, and wase
leered to ?lee foe iotalife. John Blue
yen dared to preach the Gospel and
Mss cast Into Bedford Jail for sedition.
"Is our own day and generation John
Clifford stood out for the right of re -
Wont liberty in that great land at.-.
tie free, Ragland, and he also ass
cast into prison for sedition."
Bilde the Charter of Freedea
It was the Bible -the charter et
freedom to all -that had upset China
and India.
"But we do not have to go to I
to find such examples," continued) the
speaker. Section tet of our own
Criminal Code has been used to sup-
press the Bible and Bible teachers.
True, not against the four or five great
religious sects of our country, who are
la the final analysis more nationalis-
tic than Christian, who take great
care to abide in orthodoxy, just as the
false prophets of old. But when it
comes to out and out Christianity we
are faced today In as great a reality
as two thousand years ago with per.
elocution and the [mealtime of the law
et the land. Whom shall we obey?
So asked Peter end John, and well
may we, as they, face that question."
The Modern I(ee.sask System
"Just as the secret pollee et=---the--
British Empire take notes to detect
/edition In the greet' missionaries' ad.
dresses in India, Just so do the met -ret
.pollee and agents of the modern econ-
omic order in Canada. By the weight
of their wealth and influence these at-
tempt to steer the ('hrbstinn religion
into their way. Why? Well, do
you recall what Jesus said about the
rich? 'It Is pard for the rich man to
enter into the kingdom of Heaven.' lie
maid, 'Ly not up for yourselves tress
ares on earth.' And as you read on
*rough the Bible you can well ima-
gioe the horror of the great industrial-
Iota and commercialists of our day at
the standards hof .. Jesus.. "Twit the.
Bible is sedition... It strikes at the
very heart of selfishness and demands
-operation for the good of all, It
domande love."
Against Marxian ('ornmuniast
The speaker made It plain that he
bad no mr for hessian or Marxists
Communism If the Bible Is seditious
ender the enpitallstis system it is
doubly 'a, ander Rus"Ian ('summnnlam.
In fact. it Is banned in foto; (hod la,
not recognized In any sense The de-
mand, 'Ye shall love the Lord thy God
with all thy heart. •nd with all thy
soul, and with all thy strength, and
with all thy mind.' Is absolutely con
trary to Russian Communion)."
TheDr eacher struck out also against
raM•Ilem and against militarism.
"Blessed ere the peacemakers," says
the Billie, and, "Whosoever takes up
the sword aosll tall by the sword."
In its application to the individual
also, maid the preacher. the Bible In-
cites to rebellion -to rebellion against
one's evil self.
The preacher concluded him address
with a fervid appeal to his hearers to
choose between the world and Grad.
- - SANDMIASTEIR At a meeting of the Musical Society -
executive on Tuesday night, Mr, J. B,
Huekins was again appointed band-
master. Mr. Heckles at the close of
IYt ear , .Inoisned this Dpeltiste _tog
personal reasons, but on an expression
of opinion from the band members in
favor of his re-engagement be con-
sented
oo-sented tp reconsider his radgnation
and to restate with the bane for the
coming year.
- IId7i IN GODERICH
While Southern Outarlo was held
in the grip of the worst snowstorm of
the year, Gederichltes enjoyed typical
early spring weather. Overcoats were
either left off or were unbuttoned as
pedestrians took the air, and rubbers
and overshoes were discarded.
And while persoqe of the Toronto
district were baser engaged in dig-
ging their cars out of the snow, Hugh
Bourne, Lighthouse street, spent a pro-
fitable afternoon yesterday digging
over about half of his large garden.
There was oily a very thin coating of
frost In the ground.
VICTORIA STREET W. A.
Mrs. Myrna WI lis. _Wolfe -_
lent her �tne to the Woman's Amen-
elation
sterelation of Victoria unfelt Untied
church for s melting on Thursday
last. The devotioatl exerdsea were
taken by Mrs. Wilson, who gave com-
ments on [.oke 11:1-13, and dealt
with the subject. of prayer. Mrs. Sam
Allen led M prayer. There were
eighteen meUberie present, and one
visitor. Peters] Items 6f butanes,
were Ciera'ssed. Fifty-four sick calls
were made luring the month. fire
W. A. has chosen a tine east for •
petty, "Heronor, The Mayor," which
vall/ he put in the middle of April.
Mrs. R. T. hllilDa closed the meeting
with Lunch was served by
the ho
Raymond Drennan lb at Windsor,
where he expect. to obtain employ -
meat at the Chrysler plant.
A ire
of a motor accident on highway No.
S at Taylor's Corner on Friday last.
when a London ear and Epps' Trans.
port truck collided on the curve. Dam-
age wits .Ileaett but A. A. Dickson, driv-
er of the London car, was shaken up.
County Constable J. Ferguson investi-
gated.
TOO EARLY
Two fifteen -year-old Goderich girls
made an attempt on Sunday to be
the first in 19SS . to enjoy (?) a dip
in Lake Huron, but their attempts
were fruitless -the ice was too thick.
The girls did parade around in bath-
ing suits, posting barefooted on the Ice
`of the harbor for amateur photogra-
phers, and they scampered around for
some time, braving the chilly atmos-
phere and surrounding
The would-be members of the Polar
Bear Club were Grace MacDonald and
Hope Match.
LiONS CLUB FOR CLINTON
The Goderich Lions Cat1b' is maw
Ing out Leaman made by OhisL.Lion
Hibbert In January, when the Lions
entertained Huron county council at a
at -Hotel--l)edford flit that
time Reeve Geo. Elliott, of Clinton,
inquired if it would. be possible to
form • club at. Clinton. Chief
bert replied that if It were at all pole
able the Goderich club would be glad
to sponsor a brother organisation -at
the neighbor town.
Preliminary plans for a -Lions ,nb
were drafted at a meeting at'Clinton
on Tuesday night, at which Vernon
Lachance, of Ottawa, organizer 'of
Lions, spoke to a small gathering on
the founding and work of a club. It
Is understood the organization will be
consolidated at a future date. Fif-
teen prospective members were present.
Representing the Aoderich club, and
lending the knowledge of veterans in
the organisation, were Lions H. T. Ed-
warde and H. S. GNff.
AT THE MARINE CLUB
Friday,, March 13, held no fears (or
the ladies. and to show their leek X
any superstition complex they put
a surressful euchre and dance for the
members of the Marine Club Ont the
evening of that day.
About 150 persons attended the fnne-
tion. The winners at euchre were H.
I.gngrldge and Jas. Adam, and con-
solation swards were presentee to Mrs.
Church and Mr. Macksey.
A pleasant surprise for the club
members was the presentation to the
Huh of • purse and twelve decks of
cards by the ladles.
luncheon was 'served by the ladle*,
after which dancing and a musical
program were enjoyed.
The program was presented as fol-
lows: Vocal selections with his own
guitar accomptnitnent by rented Fish-
er: solo, Miss Margaret Young; Instru-
mental duet. Mrs. Gladys Steel, month-
orgen, Ernest Fisher, guitar; recut
solo, Mrs. Mamie entente..
A vote of (basks was extended to the
ladies for providing a pleasant and
entertaining *veneer
AT
WATERFRONT
'Early Feldjy morning last ice which
had broken p and jammed at the
month of the, Maitland River was re -
lensed with ut grinding roar. The
pent-up wale surged around the end
of the river breakwater. surrounded
several shack and rushed one hun-
dred yard. a ng the beach to pour
over the nortl pier Into the harbor en-
trance. The ver lee remained piled
high at the er month.
Several you men who occupied the
/hacks on the eb acramhled to safe-
ty as the we swirled around them.
The floor boa . were floating in one
shack when t oc'nDt nts fled.
Fishing to In Astig harbor were
saved from d age by a gravel ramp
which was r ed last year between
the barber an the ?Mach. The ramp
wed thrown r e a a preeantioa against
the spring .hr kap, as last ~eat the
fishing boats, rawn up on shore at
Mug Harbor, re undermined by the
flood waters a enure were damaged.
One Robin n has been appointed
ship -keeper en e steamer Ontadne,
which was nn eel at the elevator
recently.
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-of value in fo
temaln lte the air about ogeejaour ,
fore sinking to the ground. One ecu
balloon rose to a height of 17,000 feet.
Mr. Stonebtorse bas been sending up
the balloons the last ten years. There
are only two such stations In the Do-
: -et Oederich- and -Calgary: -
GARD PARTY AT PARISH HALL
Nearly seventy-five persohs attended
the St. Patrick's Day bridge, 600 did
tea conducted by the Margaret Seeger
Aub of St. Georges church in the par-
-ish:hatt ow -Tuesday night. --Fitt
card tables were occupied, 'and the
ball wad bathed in • faint green tinge
from the tissue -festooned lights. Mrs.
E. C. Beacom won the bridge prize and
lira Tortes was the winner at 300.
Rev. A. C. Calder presented the prizes.
A delightful luncheon well served, un-
der the direction of a committee com-
posed of Mrs. J. H. McNee, Mie Laura
Balkeid and.Ylss E. Tye.
Arrangements for the card games
were made bya committee of are. M.
Baker, Mrs. D. E. Campbell and Mise
C. Reynolds..-
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a box of percussion el
titins ich has a ;tl►ioc•ti barrel
and is nee" y five feet in length from
muzzle to itt, is date marked 1862.
PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
AL -the regular- meeting et the .puts.
llc utilities commission on Thursday
last, the collector was given a list of
ratepayers in arrears for water rates,
with luatructiuns to begin collecting.
The commission was notified by the
Workmen's Compensation Board that
liability 1 ranee on Hydro employees
is being dried on by the-eterd.
The Canadian section of the Ameri-
can Waterworks Association wrote
asking for the commission's member-
ship and for delegates to a convention
at Hamilton. The communication
was filed. '
Applications for maximum demand
meters were granted A. J. Curry, bak-
er, and H. Mitchell, proprietof of a
store and service station; _and several
applications for electric lighting ser-
vice were passed.
The commission decided to accept
520 from l,. U. Cleveland, baker, for
l[ORTOAOOl; WINS - repairs to an ornamental lamp stan-
dard on tir'p Square. The standard
(5 IISSter-Pe,.senslen eta -Pre was ry a-_
delivery ho
pt16
When Mr. Cleveland's
ran away and careened
ptTty-••liet• Dosages Also
into the
1, which was slapped off
Henry Pierce. Morris township farm- by the ale drawn -by the horse.
er and plaintiff in an action against
Mrs. Clara Empey. of London, mort-
gagee who seized Isis farm, is to have
reconveyance "f hi' property on pay:
meat- nt the_ principal money aadJn-
tereet, and, feribwr, is awarded $400
damages'-Fy Judge T. M. ('ostello.
The case wa•t on the Supreme Court
docket in November lard, but by con-
sent of the principals was referred to
the ,local ;taster.
The defendant foreclosed in June,
1988, and wilco Pierce endeavored to
redeem the property In September of
the Lame year he was Informed it bad
been leased to one Earl Bentley. -
"I find that the mortgagor was in
a position to redeem and pay the pro-
per mortgage account on April the
10th or lith" 11984), said Judge
Costello; "that the time for redemp-
tion had not realised; that • proper
tender was made by the mortgagor to
the mortgagee at that time, and -[that
the tender was refused and farther
negotiations nn that date terminated
when the mortgagee informed the
plaintiff that '1w was not an a posi-
tion then to re -Ivey the farm owing
to the existing lease. i find els that
the plaintiff pottered damages by ma-
son of the refit -al of the defendant is
reconvey the drortgagedsee,
thereby Improperly deprt g the
plaintiff of name and causing damage
to the swid plaintiff In the sum of $306.
"With thew (edisgs there should he
Judgment for the plaintiff for a re-
conveyance to him of the mortga*Md
premises on payment of the principal
money and interest, and costa a, found
in this Judgment, damages in the
amount of toilet and the coatp.of this
setter."
Witnesses at the hearing some weesrs
ago varied In valtaation of the ob-
perty from 511.000 to 115,000. The
mortgage was for $5,500.•
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PRES1 TERM OF MAITLANJ)
e
PresbyterThePr)
March 3r
eels, with
is soder
W hitee-hu
the budget
tented the
budget for
end the all
gregatlons Fere unchanged. Rev. Dr.
Malcom4,CamAtit of Montreal was
)nominntee for the msaleratorship of
the Gene* AsnPmttly and Rev. Dr.
G. P. Ddnesn of Stratford for the
moderatorship of the Synod of Ham-
ilton and London. Rev. A. Leggett
of Molesworth, Rev. C. I1. Macdonald
of Lueknow, Chas, King and .1. J.
Reid, elders respectively of White-
church aid Teeswater, were named
as commi*eloners to the General A.-
eem tjaewtl1eg convene. in Mc'Nnb
Achurch. Itiiisilteffele•
A conference was held in' the ewe+ -
Ing finder the direi•tlon of the com-
mittee oh church life and work and
evangelism. The report of the com-
mittee. wale presented by Rev. John
Peewit of Whitereureb, wise also gave
• paper entitled "The Dawn of a
Ne* Day." A Abetted/in was led by
Rev. K. McLean of' Wingham. Where
contribute* to the dtscvsion *were.
Rev.field. Q. N. Macdonald of t.neknow
and Rev. J. K., Mac iffivray of Ash -
The next renter meeting of the
Presbytery will be held at Weighers.
May 12th, at 10 a.m.
bytery of Maitland of the
Church in Canada met
Melville.. church,.. Bewl-
ey. W. Moore of Brussels
and Rev. John Pollock of
es -clerk. Reporting for
committee Rev. W. Moore
the contributions to the
933,exeeeded those of 1034
nations of the s-Irinus eon -
RIT TARY
Victoria Club
tILLIAM LYNN Players Make _ is_a
LOak
y eideet of Hn. *Sc Lyn*
and the tap Tette k Lynn of Ender Bashful Mr. Robbs" Pre -
Mr. Lynn was bleu In Morris town-` rented to Large Audiences
ship, near Mirth, ID 1860, and in 1*11
went to Oejelornia, where for, m
(Greeley In ay Hall
years be was r reddest of Sallnl .al-
ley and wee sop•tiateodent of the
Qgrsckels epoch sear King City. He
leaves his wife, Mrs. Mary Lynn -of
Oakland; a son, Edward Lynn, and
two grsodsbtldreo, Mira Mary Ellis
Nordman and..B*l ne, of Oak-
land. lie was t..er of the late
Mrs. Benjamin Hats,
Mr. Lynn also is survived by his
mother, Mrs. Jane Lynn of Goderich;
Ave brothers, Dennis Lynn, of Gon-
les, California; Patrick G. and
Joseph T., of Detroit; Edward and
Andrew, of Gederlch a also four sisters,
Mrs. Mary' Fiero of Spokane, Wash-
ington; Mrs. Tabs Navin, of Danbury,
Iowa; Mrs. Margseet Foust, of De-
troit, and Mew Janie Leuze of God-
erich.
The funeral took phew on March 7th
from the It. C. chime% of the Sacred
Heart, Oakland. ItilllitjPeut was at
the Holy Sepuielles defy.
• MRS. A. M. Stilt>i'i1ABD
A few weeks after the death of a
brother at Detroit, Sarah McKay, wi-
dow ed the lata Captain A. M, Seep -
hard, passed away Saturday evening
at her home on West *reset. She had
been in poor health for some time,
Largs audiences mer the Victoria
School Dramatic Club's
irsteetresentation, the three -act comedy
•"Phe Bashful Mr. Robbs," at MacKay
Hall on Thursday and Friday nights
last week.
The play, which moved smoothly
end easily from sequence to sequence,
laugh to laugh --and there were many -
was presented by an exceptionally
capable cast ander the direction of
Mre. Rohl. E. Wilson, who has had con-
siderable experience with plays locally.
The scenes take place in a hotel in
a small Delaware summer resort, and
most of the action is due indirectly to
the lovely-lady-IovintMarston Hobbs
(Win. Ross), who wrl letters to two
girls and puts themn the wrong en-
velopes. Both youn' ladles, the new
Celesta Vanderpool I Mai'urle Macayv
and the discarded Jean Graham (Jura -,---
Price), temperamental movie star and
a "Delaware peach" respectively, find
themselves at the boarding-house rum
by Mrs. Wiggins (Mrs. Robert B. Wit-'
non), and attack Winston Bobbi ter
his duplicity. Iie wriggles out of the
difficulty, after a few amusing scenes
and a stroke suffered five weeks ago caused by an imaginary ailment, by
hastened her death. Mrs, Shephard demoting in his bashful cousin, Robert
was In her sixty-third year, sad was V. Hobbs (Glen C. Lodge). Marston
a lifelong resider of Godericht, being i tells the girls, individually, that the
e et.ndrb ev__itis late fig and lira mig-tip was occasioned by the
feet that, cis cousin wee writing le
the "other girl" at the same time and
the letters become mixed. ' Jean falls
for the story, but the cynical, sophisti-
cated Celesta sees through the alibi and
threatens to sue Marston. —
As the play goes along it Dallas up
from every angle until the andtes'
finds itself sitting on the edge dila
clsairs...Welting for the peak to topple
in a stlpibing climax.
Donald McKay, woo Heel es Cameron
street. Her husband, Captain A. M.
Sbephard, died same years ago. De-
ceased was a member it St^ Peter's
church and of the Cabiotic Women's
League and Altar Soeetyr Surviving
are an adopted dsugbter,rinlL, aged
fourteen, at home, and a brother and
sister, Simon G. McKay sal Mrs. P. B.
Fox, both of Goderich. After a brief
funeral service held at the home on
Tuesday mmnsing. requiem high ma -a The humor of the. Vey largely is
was sung at Stu per's church -by lieu. ProvWet) * the 'bell -boy" or balidy
Father", Fallen, 'terment was lb' mau'at the hotel, Obadiah Stump, The
Wry, the palet exr-
!part of the old.aoak was taken by pe
J M,,,,e ton Wolrsell, and the portrayal utas a
ludicrous distals
but the line, tad
se of Mrs. Wil -
Cn 1 borne
liters -beteg
er, W. A.
John Hung.
"A Widow In Green' Is a graceful
romantic comedy that brings yen ha,•k
to the days of Barnes "Little Min-
ister" and "Quality Street." in Knox
church lecture room, March 26 end 27.
worthy -obs.
Wit; Murd' rico
Ch ole. ?alone eahse¢
acting, al
_Ifulbter.. *colt
‚ass
pital on Friday last in his sixtieth
year. Deceits. d was born in Goder-
lcb, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs.
Norman Vamplell, and lived here to
young manhood, working as a dredge -
man, and _liter ependiug a time at
Boston and under the Forrest dredg-
ing concern out of Goderich. He was
married here nearly thirty years ,ago
to Catherine McKay, and in 11)15 they
left Goderich to live at Detroit. Mr.
en, la which he at
s
Peeing champagne bottle with his
linger, the actors were forced to bold
their linea until the applause and
laughter mnbsidel. tither scenes with
Julie (Marjorie Deer), Oeleeta's
neh maid; -were well enacted.
As the third act opens Marston has
Militated the aid of his bashful' eoashi
who manages to evade two admirers,
Frances Whittaker (etladys Shore) and
Campbell continued as a dredgeman for 1 Rosalie Otis (Jean MacDonald) ; and
the to
some time, but of late -years was as. two men enter Celesta'• rooms
eel maraton'a love letters tn_tbe girl. dst•nt engineer at Boynton High Tense moments ensue as Celesta. waits
School, Detroit. He was a member in, but the men hide and are soon
of the Goderich Masonic lodge.
Surviving, besides his wife, are four
sons, Malcolm, of Flint, Mich.; Rob-
ert, Kenneth and Donald, of Detroit.
left alone again to continue their
search. They find the letters, a pic-
ture and a lock of hair which belonged
to Marston and are ready to leave
There are two grandchildren. when Crimea arrives. Marston, sash -
The remains were brought to God- ing Robert out of sight In another
erich and on Monday afternoon the room, faces Celesta, charges her with
funeral service was conducted by Rev. having a lever in hiding, and -produces
D. J: -Lane et the home of Norman Mc-
Kay,
Wellesley street, brother-in-law
of deceased. Members of Maitland
Lodge, A., F. & A. IL, attended in a
body and the last rites -of the Masonic
order were conducted at the home and
at the graveside by Wm: Bbaet. W.M.
Interment was in Maitland cemetery,
the pallbearers le'fnrWtain
McKay, of Southampton, and John
McKay, Norman eicKay, Gordon Mac-
Donald, C. K. Saunders and J: W. Bak-
er. all of Goderich. 0raham enters. Celeste,, au actress
Among the ontof-town relatives and to the last, "recovers" from her dose
friends here for the funeral were Mr. of-"prussice acid," which, in reality,
►u water, sad holes_ Marston to his
promise. lea., -1. comforted by her
sister, Katherine Henderson (Mrs
Ross Harrison), and her husband
anrpton, and Mrs. David Macllonald, I Frederick ilenderson (Wm. Riley)..
of Ripley. • but she resin finds solace in the arms
TeIE, WEATHER of "The Bashful Mr. Bobbi."-'
Mush. between the acts eras as fol-
Tetnperatures of the last week amid !owe: ' Piano selections, Miss Bar -
of the corresponding week of last yehr 'bora Thomson; vocal- solo, Mr. 3. B.
were recorded officially as follow.: Walter; cornet duet, Robert T. Henry
1990 • 1935and Glen C. Lodge; piano duet, Miami
Max. Min. Max. Min. lalelen Archer and Mary' linward;
Thur.'., March 12 ....40 81 31 23 vocal duet, Miss Dorothy Green and
Fri., Murch 13 33 20 29 24 Mr. Herbert Green. The play was in -
Sat.. March it ...37 3o 30 i7 trotlocet by Mr, R. Stonehouse, prin-
Sun., March 1:e. 42 33 e7 26 cipal of Victoria school. Mr. Stone -
Mon., March 111 '19 33 fdl 49 infuse later congratulated the players,"
Tues., March 17 3.% :'a9 37 2.1 particularly Mite Matti, and Mr. Ross,
Wed., Meech 18 84 30 16 25 7,ho heti taken the parts of player*
who had - been-fotwd to withdraw at
,MAY LOCATE OWNER a lite date owing to illness.
The players gathered for a Innebeed
iu the basement of the hall on both
nights., and on Friday night a pk•tant
little surprise was the placing of a
cable before Mlss Jean Price, it Wag
her birthday. Mrs Wilson was heart-
ily congratulated upon her direction
of the play by Mrs. Robert Bisset,
president of the Hume and School Club,
the evidence -Robert. Marston has
decided that he is through -with wo-
men and attempts to get rid of her
after sending the flustered and bight- _
rened Robert from the room. _"relea
wit' not let him go and when he re-
fuses to 'f oto her in a suicide part she
mild." Ile Ignores_
her act, but when she collapses. he be-
comes frightened and Is whispering
sweet nothings apd promising marriage
if sfte will speak to him, when Jess
and Mrs. Malcolm McKay, of Flint ;
Messrs. Kenneth and Denald McKay,
of Detroit: Mr. It, 'Il. McKay, of To-
ronto; Capt. Imbert McKay, of South -
Stranger Pigeon al Auburn Probably
from Across the Lbw
"The Goderich Signal pAbllahed nn
IWMI about a valuable pigeon which had
takenidents t a fa
up m t eta near Au-
burn
wburn Ont., and gavi, the number on._
its leg -band. , The bomber was re-
cognised in Toronto s being that used
by soma t'ditel lbws [antler, and LOCAL VOCALIST AT tgTRATFORD
the pigeon breeders' aaiorlatlos of the Mlts Leah °riff, daughter of Mr.
United States was advised seamiest, and Mrs. II. S. OrIR, Victoria street
ly. Sven pigeons bbd that It pays to and festered vocalist with a local
advertlse.w orchestra, won ascend prise in as
The foregoing fres last night's To- amateur contest at a Strnttord theatre
rosin Daily Star refers to a+ cart- recently.
graph in last week's Signal reporting Miss Grit? Io eligible to eater • whit
the peewee, of S strange pigeon In nen' contest at the theatre, In eon.
the harmed Alfred !Makes. R.R. 2, petition for the grand prise. The
Auburn. date of the -tonere IR not known as
Further derelopeinta are awaited. yet.