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INteERCOUNTk +i'O iTEST
Mie Lenore Nornington, of Hensall,
'the young lady --.why harried off 'eounty
oratorical honors at the palate speak-
ing
pearing contest sponsored by the Huron
County Oounell at its' November session,
Was placed, second in the Provincial
eliminations held at .Arthur on Tues-
day. *bin, `dQ`rases, of Oakville, was
the wither. The " counties of • Bruce,
uron, Wellington, Perth, Waterloo,
'Dalton
a d: IA erin worere - 't
n u� ed
p�.
and the ° eontest was held under the
auspiges of the Outarie'Bural Trustees'
and Ratepayers' Association. Those
who heard bliss N orningtoa ID 'Goderich.
will not be surprised to hear of the
splendid showing she made at Arthur.
Only rdrst and seeotd winners were
mined. by the judges and this is taken
to mean '.Chat Thoth will participate in
the finals at Toronto next spring.
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TEA AND MUSICAL PROGRAM
The-:irMarg aret .Seager Club . of St.
George's church .held a charmingly ar--
rsanged tea at the home of Mrs. R. C.
Hays, N'or'th street, on Thursday,
November 27th: As, musical program
had -been uarranged'and during the
afternoon ;Miss Madeleine Lane sang,
Mrs. Oakley played the violin, and
piano',1os were given by Miss Eileen
Bogie arid Miss. Claire Reynolds. The
tea tables/vas presided over by Mrs.
Baker and Mrs. Wilkhison, and was
attractively decorated with chrysanthe-
mums kindly donated by Mrs. Hays
and Mrs. Joseph Juck.
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2'HZ WEATHER u
The temperatures in Goderich for the
past weeke and those of the correspond-
week a year ago, as officially
rded, were as follows
.1941' 1940"
Max. Min. Max. Min.
Thurs., Nov. 27 ....4'7 - :35 , 31 -. 24
Fra., Nov: 28 ....47 31, 30 25
7N•ov.- 29 ....50 39 ' -� 22
Sum, Nov. 30. ....49 29 32 '128
Mon.,, ""Dec. 1 ....43 25 30 20
Tues., Dec. 2 ....49 36 26 19.
Wed., Dee. 3 ....50 - 44 ti 19 5
°DEOREE.S OF ERRORS OF
��> 4 `VISION .
'As alms beenn said most persons
have .some .degree of errors of
vision.. I't iii ag be so alight as
to : be shored or, so excessive
that tile' iividuaal is forced to
seek add insorder' to see _ at all.
'Between these two extremes are
lcountless pe'rsonswhose eyes
need attention. It is to this
assespei!i ill directed. that 'our articled •are
Make your` 'apppoii lend ear
by phoning 055J. '
F. T. AMSTROIG
Cor. Kingston St. on thh square
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`2WDrounds et the Marathon eld&-e
Parties in aid . a tha Red. Oars have
bran plaav - in the first otic `42O WAS
re",ali .t 1,$alannd in ,the accerad,42i,i, with
the vegans oto the tables to tae heard
From.,
;''Wive hundred" parties tha e: had eon-
si e b k s s the sumof
(1 sa le . ucee , also,
44).0being received; and $aa fro
two.rounds old euchre events.
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Donations 1 el;.n a ed
o ,�,a area 0 '��
F ed
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waking ,total xeeeipts to date of 873.25.
Ther. third. iron d of bridge starts .gip as .sc hedule, Ilarold Mtiu'neyand
on. Monday. ; (*oldie Smith, will represent Goderich at
•A' - this.. meeting. There will be a single
,
The Red, Oro is coshing to the re tie" schedule, eaela team having Ave home
of the ltu&slans cyh(n are lighting so ' guaes and be away, aid• then the
valiantly against German aggression° group playdoit ns for the four leaders,
The British Red Cross has already. The Goderich executive, .aaahieh held
sent supplies, and 47 aUadtes" Red Dross its weekly ly coasting on Monday eight;
has appropriated. $00,000 for medical added two new members to its num-
purposes in ,Russia. The ueed is very her, *I. Ward chief engineer At Sk
great find. Canada is being asked. to Ha>bb.r, and £:O. Thompson, a:mamba
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supply' a large proportion of such nee of last year's''Port Albert team, which
essary requirements as anaesthetics, is definitely, ,rut.., this season. This
anti -tetanus serum, ete.E to be used gives the 1t sal,- club two important
to alleviate the pain and suffering contacts •with a wealth of hockey ma -
endured by our Russian allies.
UX Gonwocra I1Nu
Room. R) Rourur ,!{
Gaderkh * th "Clinkin, SeiitOrtk
Wi11teriess NO '
The O.H,Ii,. Intern Uate B to
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mg, an. which Ci
ederi(.lz Sailers hale
teen ,p/3eed with Clinton, 'Sea Orth,
IUiara, Waterloo amid Milverton mise($
ay.ith, the approval o the (xoderieh
heel ey executive,: The, Signal -:Star oma
fioid yesterday. It certainly W ill give
the fans plenty of variety On their
hockey,.menu thea .,irDmiang :� asun.
Lorne Young is the eontener of the
group and will call 'c 1 s together at
u lu
tratfoad for the purpose of drawing
terial and it is difficult at this aline, to
say what willcome out of the shuffle.
.;.The I3usiness and Professional "y e- Wingham has been grouped • with
men's Branch of the Red -Cross Society Walkerton, Kincardine and Hanover.
will meet Tuesday, December 9th, at.; Wingham •IS+aid to be very strong this
Wingham, •S b
8 o'clock, for world in the Red Cross year, had •hd s of ' iiag grouped With.
rooms. Goderich and Seafo th, especially, and
accused both of the latter clubs of
From a letter by Lady Reading, of ,shying clear of "them, The .Sailor man-
agement says it knows,•nothing of this.
NORTH STREET W.M.S.
' A. Christmas program entitled
,'`Canadian Friendship Carol (Service"
was presented at the December meet-
ing of the :til' 3iaS. of North' Street
United church on Wiondas afternoon.
3irs. Frank'"Kershaw was in charge.
The meeting, which was held at the
home of Mrs. W. F. A. Naftel, was
well attended. .Phe third chapter of
not proved of the utmost ,use, and our the study book, "The Church in
Workers say they would not ask for China," was read ,by airs. R.111. Turn;
anything to be changed 1 bull.
"No quilts from anywhere ^the Mrs. U. F. Clarke, the president, con-
ducted the business meeting, during
which (Miss A. Jenkins, supply secre-
tary, reported .that a bale had been
paobed and three quips made during
the past, month. A donation of two
quilts was made oto the Red ("miss.
the British Red Cross ::.
"I have heard on all sides the most
wonderful praise of .the quality of the
clothing which has been sent from1
'Canada, of the way they are packed lend.
the obvious thought put.into each con-
signment.
on.
.signment.. We have recently' been .try
'nig to discover which of the items you
have sent have been of most use and
would like ' repeated, but have been up
against an absolutely unanimous chorus
to the effect that not a single thing
which has been sent from Canada has
world equal.__or- even rival, yours• -i -the
artistic as well' as .the imaginative work
put into them, is exceptional. Wherever
I go 1 always recognize a Canadian
Red Cross- quilt, and they -are deeply
prized -by those who are fortunate
enough to 'receive-. them ....,,�-�
' 1' was' asked. to be frank about the Six babies have been made life mem-
thingS we need and what we thought bers since last June.
of the gifts the Canadian Red Cross oThe. report of the nominating Com -
are. sending. I have never had, a more mittee ',was presented by Mrs. J. B.
plea's -lint request, because to be frank Graham and the following officers were
about the gifts 'being hent to us Is -only elected :.'President, Mrs. C. F. Clarke ;
another way of saying -how wonderful vice-presidents, Mrs,' P. J. Cantelon;
they are and giving me yet one more Mars. J. B. Graham, "'Mrs. Howard.
opportunity of .thanking you." Robertson, airs.' W. F. A. Naftel ;
•'Signed, STELLA READING, 'recording secretary,' MrS. R. J.
Chairma
FIoiva.rd ; corresponding, secretary, --Mrs.'
Malcolm abA!Kay ; treasurer, (Hiss 1.
E. Sharman ; assistant treasurer, Mrs. -
J, B. Graham'; Christian stewardship
secretary, (Mrs. W. Hodge ; supply,
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PETER gMOP t`t'. r' year.'.�Rova (tear `Iugessoid, son ►f`-ttio
trict, AxastIseodri o'y jarecetetyofathtade- date Mr. and :Ars. "Bikimait Stonehouse,
ton, North Dakota, at the good old aide
of eighty -sax years. Be had 1fve.d In
the Wiaeatlaid area tor sixty-three
years and was lna^ld .iaa' 'high .4:tees,
Mein , known as Wheatlan4' ..grand
old man." His dirst wife was Jennim t
Mc
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arried in
Gode-
Qra a18'tl, .cq 3i,rr�iUu
nowfP+urt .angeiee,W
was born
I to this union. 'Ars. Morris died .in.
189.5 and in,. 1 D1 he married` Mary
' i.uey ' at (.l4sselton; QShe survives,
With p p ' d'aughters, Mrs. Isidor
Jend'r'o and Iii �'velsn, at home, and
n son, LLeIVin,. on, the horde'farm near
Wheatland. There are Vivo sisters,
Mrs. Susan •Utter and Um'. iNAlee
Potter, and a brother, Abner Mo riS
Goderich. Burial was inCaaelton
eeinetery ,after service in' the Metho-
dist church.
MRS.' YOUNG JOtIN YOUNG -
, An old resident of this town and
district, in the person of Charlotte
Glick, widow of the' late John Young,
passsed away on Wednesday night of
last week at' the age of eighty-three
years. Mrs. Young had been in good
health until about four months ago:
A native of Blair; Ontario, she cainie
to Goderlch when a young woman`.:.and
was married to Mr. Young and went
to live with him on their line farm on
the Cut -line, (Goderich township.
74nhirty years ago they retired from the
farm and Mr. Young built two houses
on ,Lighthouse street, in one of which
they resided. Mr., Young' died about
nine years ago and surviving are one
son, Alrex., oa the homestdad in Gode-
rich. township, and two daughters, Mrs.
John Ditzel of Buffalo and Mrs. John
Wiggins of Goderich ; also four grand-
children. The funeral- took place on
Friday morning, service being con-
ducted -at -Sit. Peter's °church° by Rev.
Father Fallon and the interment being
in. the Roman -Catholic cemetery in
Colborne township. The pallbearers
were Willtara L. Young, ,Ernest Young,
Frank Young, Thos. jarbert (Mullett)•,
Ben Chisholm and Johan ;Chisholm,
Relatives were present, from Toronto,
Stratford, Buffalo, Hullett and `neigh-
boring townships.
'MRIS. JAMFJS Md\i' 4 \ L''S •,
.The death of Mrs. James McManus
on 7Fr iday last removed a highly
esteemed. resident of the eammunity. .
Mr's. LM,d\Lanus; whose maiden name
was Ellan Wines Cowan, •wat,;,;orn„ in
Colborne township seventy-five! years
ago, Vhe daughter of Sir.' and Mrs.
Alexander Cotran, and ` lived practi-
ally ,all her life in tlae ` township, com-
ing to Goderich about. three years ago.
Her husband, who predeceased her
six years, operated a large dairy
Harm on;theY;$lue Water highway just
north of town and was .'well known
t'hroughoirC thio start of the county.
Sunc`~iving are • seven daughters and.
three sons: airs. Lillian T'hornOloe.
Mrs.' William Bisset, Mrs. William.
9turcly, Miss Cora McManus, Reg. N.,
all of ,Goderich; Mrs.. William Watson
LIONS AT LUNCHEON
At its net meeting the Lions Club,
Proposes to vote a stated' monthly eon
tribution, retroactive to July 1st of this Miss A. Jen$dns, Miss E. Rose; coni -
year, to the Lions British War Victims' munitr friendship, Mrs. T. R. Wallis
Fund. At last Friday's fortnightly and;p3t& Buchanan ; press, Mrs.
luneheon the Liths "Were told how this Ilam Straehan; temperance, Mrs. W.
money Was yelp' expended in a prat- Herta and Mrs. J. Morrer; literature,
tieal way by the "Waifs and, Strays 'I1irs. J, -W, Moore; Missionary Month-
,;ociety of London, Engla gid," which has ly, Miss T. sturdy ; pianists, Mals: R.
been chosen by Queen Elizabeth, at H. Turnbull and iMiss 0: McClinton; and Mrs. Walter, McGill, of ),yth, and
the request -of the -Liens, to ,administer Baby Band `secretaries,. airs.' Priddle, Mrs. -Gordon - alcPhee, of 'Colborne
the fund The beneficiaries are bgmbed-
out homeless children. _
At the luneheon the Lions also wit-
nessed a moving, picture,'' ,with sound)
accompaniment by :way" o :eaplan a tion,
airs: D. 'Worthy and Mrs. 'C. Lock -
4e—Maxed had aged marls", WI his ilio
inn'East ,g'4 awaano3h, leaving some with
•` his 'parents to that towship when
Only two years of age. A stonemason bys
,tradp, he was a building eolat'raetor for
soni y�arsE later engaging -in taxiing,:
Ile, was active in municipal affairrs, for
sornne years as a member- of theTown-
ship 'Coiuueil. Tits- ' wife, the , forUier
Miss • Annie Henry, . predeceasedhim
Ceti TOars, and he is surviv by three
sons, Roy, of ,•Gbderich, MarSball qn4
ilvrue, of East, Waw anosh° . Su viving
sisters are Mrs. Oha'rles Berney, of
Exeter, Wars, }Harry "Hopper and Mrs.•
Thos, Wilkizrton, of; Wingliam, and
Robert Stonehouse, of .Beilgriavne, an a
brother. - »eceased was a member of
Westtield United. chalet' and a 'man
who carried •iii,, sterling principles, into
all the activities and associations of
life,
u The funeral Look place on Wednesday
:afternoon from the residence 'of' his'soxl,
Principal 'Stonehouse, }Mgin avenue,
and was 'very largely attended. Friends
were (%!went from London, Dorchester,
Ingersoll, Exeter, (ait, Kitchener, 'Sea -
forth, Clinton, Blvtb, Wiugham, Bek"
grays: and Aubnarn, ill addition 'to..a
large representation of the Westfield
community. i,Itev. IL C. ` Wilson, of
Auburn, had charge of the funeral Ser-
vice and was assisted •, by" Rev. C. F.
Clarke and Rev. R. • iss Turu'buli, of
North street United church, and Rev. D.
J. 'Trane, of Knox iPresbyteriau Ohuroh.'
The address._ was. --given by Rev. A. I.
Budge, D.D., of Hamilton, who had
known the deceased from boyllood and
who paid a touching and eloquent
tribute- to his lifelong friend. air.
Harry 'Hopper of Wiidghani sang "The
Old Rugged. Cross." The pallbearers
were Normthi .Stonehouse; London ;
Lewis Stonehouse, Belgrave; Lyle
Hopper, Belgrave; Russell Hopper,
Exeter ; Harvey Dow, 0rornarty, and
Alva McDowell, 'Westfield. ` Numerous
and beautiful doral tributes, including
those from '"the staffs of Victoria and
Central schools, the Public Libraryr
Board, and North street lUnited church,
were' borne by A. D. 'McLean and
Thomas Gundry of 'Goderich, William
McDowell, William 'Howitt, Sam; Mor-:
•tozil' and Bert Taylor of Westfield,
Robert -Coulter and -Baru,McGuire of I
Belgrave, Charles Scott of. Auburn,
James. Henry of Galt, and Eph. Weber
of Kitchener. The rema-ins-'were laid
at rest in Maitland cemetery. • il.
THIS MILD WEATHER
Most everyone ssagreed that. i o
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such wonderftily mild- weather has
prevailed hereabouts at this season in
,many years., The winters ^ of 1918-19,
1921,22 sand -19 33 were-very'mild, but
the Decembers •pf those winters pro-
duced no such springlike weather as
has prevailed this. week. Numerous
.people are still picking roses and ehry-
eanthenaums; munitions, .:_roe, _.are Still
in bloom. Dandelidns are ,popping
through green 'grass, and this wee
Joseph duck, by way of variety, pick
a't meal of :delicious mushrooms • from
his , garden. He' 'also picked alyssum,
forsythia, spirea and 'other flowwxs.
Mr. Juck, a, horticulturist, cannot re-
memtber a seasonal .parallel to the
present guild weather„ s.'nc''e coming to
township • Clifton and Wilbur Mc- .Canadaa.
hart ; Mission- Band leaders, Misses Manus, of ' town, and' Bertram, of
Jessie IMathieson, ,Rubs Nicol, 'r\iary Peterborough.
Thorneloe and Pew Cooper. .The funeral took .place on Monday
afternoon from the home of Mr. and
on "The effects of poor gasoline on the ' FAWN CRASHES CAR Mrs. ' William ,Bret, Nelson street, .
motor of an automobile." The film was Clayton Elliott, of Varna, operator of l and Was largely attended., Services I
shown by '.Liven" Roy Hilton, of the a Huron County grader, got +the shock , were conducted by Rev. R. H. Turn -
British -.American Oil Co. of his life early on Monday morning bull, of North street united chairc�h, of
-________,......-_-_,:„...._„s„,_ last when a fawn crashed, feet first,' which congregition. deceased was a
Mrs. Jacks --Gracious ! What awful t through 'the right front window of his member, a. -,}steel by Rev. C. F. Clarke.
language your parrot • uses. Mrs. (• automobile as he• drove to work. ' The
and Rey. D. J. Lane. The pallbearers
Johns—Yes. SMS husband bought the deer appeared to come from nowhere, were the three song, Clifton, Wilbur
bird in Toronto, and when bringing !foe it was still dark. Th"e animal mans, and Bert, and three grandsons, Robert'
it -.home he had two blowouts and iAsniured s6' badly that it' had to be de -1 and Gordon MaManus and William
engine trouble on the way. stroked. 31r- Elliott was cut by flying; Thorneloe. Interment was . in the
SUPERIOR STORES
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glass and had to be given rrst aid. , Colborne cemetery.
,The deer dressed fifty-six pounds.
Among those -here for the neral
NORMAL STUDENTS'" HERE `were Sits. Bertram McManus of Peter
Iborough and Allan, Hamilton and Peter
As part of, their lireseribed. training,' McManus of Str1tfor ° ,
students of , Strafford Normal School -
f are this week observing and teaching ; JOSEPH L. ST0NEHOUSE
at various public . schools. Donald'
After nearly; two months in 'A�s-
Ross and Miss' Betty Asquith of ! andra Hospital, Mr. Joseph L. Stone-'
Auburn and Miss, Marjorie Hardwisk';•boti e, a well-known resident of .the
of Stratford are at -Victoria school Westfield district of East•"'Waw-anqsh,
and Misses Irene Bowman and Nernin and father of .Principal Roy St(fne-
I Dunbar of tocviI arid Grace Pfriiiimer house of Victoria public school, pa ed
I of -•Bentniller are at Central. t .. l I away on Monday in his Aseventy=n•4 th
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.Book -ends: and other articles in woodworkL.-also Many
:._ aetlieatVhristnaa gifts for dale,
COS;TL C FRIENDLINESS
A citizen learned, in Pollee hurt to-
day that It does not alwasS pay to he
a "good fellow." The Story has to
deal with a bottle of liquor, The fun
was,over for the night and the owner,
a Port Albert airman, had, to catch
his bus. gale the contents remained.
He sou°,not take it into' camp and it
would be a shame to destroy. it. So
Jr asked a civilian friend to, take care
of it Until: -he" next came "h . town.
Mr.. Civilian reluctantly agreed., He
knew he was' breaking the law, but 'then
you have to stretch a point for the
boys bi' the ,,fighting forces.' So he
weakened, only to have, the eagle eye of.
Constable Jennings' catch the transfer:
The civilian ,paid $10 -and, costs, the
minimum, and lost his friend's liquor.
It ID. not known. how the story affected
Magistrate 3iakins, but it was a good
one and, Mr. Citizen stuck. to it.
See Through It
"War about the fellow who invented.
a device for looking through a .brick
wall?"
"No! what does he call it?"
"A window, sap!"
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Is it too much to hope that censor-
ship of the radio would include the
jokes?' ' °
J HN, I3 MISSED
Ms, John Cameron a familiar figure
,in •Goderich for the Past nine years and -
the ;oldest naenaber of aapioneer Ashfield
:township family, has • removed, to
.Leamington to reside 1 ith a sister..,
Leamington is in Canadas most (south---.,
erly county, oan4 John will be; ablejet
take 'his strolls in the bun and' extol -
to winter tourists the glories. of ills
beloved Kiii:tail' tend Ashileld, not .. to
mention the virtues. of the grand Old
Liberal party. ;
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Many people wino ppuso.t
�optitnists
are just too lazy to, kieliti,
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Another Corvette slide. down the way' of a (:1niadiaarn° shipyard* to'
folia the large fleet that has. :alread' been, turned out by t'inanli:g11 work.
men, To 'date, "Cart al(a h:ng launched ,7 7 corvettes. : 9 min+e::rrt, l;er'.r
.11 patrol 'moat', 10 Motor toap>ealo And era'.h,boats, and Saine .7tiOa moil::¢.
raft.. Han. C. 1). Hone, Minister of 11iinition3 :and Supply, haf4
naoinnzt+Cd that. udditionanl eontraeta' a,re being ite„oti'ted for ' , more
earvettO and 25 mine weepor of ,a type sub(-itaaiatialiy iaar.er than t eA,
.ro>'igtstairrte?k aoy ti'.Ixte-eU>tr awler 63 are yak , 60 tLtl gt•l e41en e.
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