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uch Talent Shown
at Music Festival
Owing to Nr.,E •May' 0p)olirationt
Tirol Day's Program will:
Be Given : May 161bh-
.
' The _i"r6A. .4n1100 ciad,eriCh MusicFeetivat opened on Monday afternoen
in North" street 'United chair* with
• Dr.'Harvey' Robb, principal of the
Western ,Ontario Conservatory .0$
MuSic, London, as adjudicator.
Mr: Robb *applre -appreciatiVely. of
the .growth . Of the ']?estival since ith
Organization'" four years` sage.•This is
' hlA third visit and he eagratulated
- the Goderiela Music Club, sponsor of
the Vestital, on its growth, its inerease
In artistry and teohnicnie, , and in .the
• devehfannent ,9f 1,'What is -necessary in
muelc, adjudicatious were given
in ,kindly manner and: were well -re-
ceived by alt interested andienee, -the
teachers and -the contestants.
• -9n--aceount- of the victory cele- -
tiratiola on Tuesday; theVestival.
was tailed Of for that day, Wed-
nesday's program proteeded as
scheduled. , Tuesday's . ,program
W8 given ;today (Thursday),and
today's will be given on Wednes-
day, May 16th. - "•
Talentedchildren from • the *rural
and- urban sehools were • 'heard on
Monday afternoon, Witha-girls largely
in the majority. • - '
Mr. Robb frequently, stressed the
Value of good euuneiatioa, diction, and
intonation in solo and eharna- work.
Only two urban ,schools ' competed
in. the 'unison c-horna,..gradeS 2,.$ aid
4,• "Semi; Tender Shepherd;"-'0entral
:School was given 83 marks and Vic-
toria :School. 80, Both" Were f very
musical and, -well ' modulated,7 the
adjudicator stated.
', "Beauty Of tone 'bag, been •tteebni-
: plished here," .• Mr. Robbadjudged,
after hearing live rural schools coMpete
in'' a .unison chorus', `_`DedicatiOn."It
was Won by S.S..No. 8, Stanley; With,
84 ,raarks, Dungannon senior- robin -
placing second .with 83 marks, and
B.S. 6, Colborne,. third with, 82 naarks.
.Twd etherschools in .this class, S:8; 3,
Ashfield, iind S.S. .1, Ashfield; .Were
given 78 marks each. • ,
"The ,Little Sandman" Was -the. test
piece for girl's solo fifteen years and
under, in • which, there were eleven
e.ontestants. .Three of these Were
"Chosen for the 'finals, which *ere
adjudged as follows: Rose Marie Hart-
man, .:Deaeric.h,- _163 marks; .June
Work, 'Brussels, 162; Joyce Breckow,
• - Goderich; 158; Edith . Jenkins; 156.
*Other marks. aWardea in this class
in the-arfternoon but Mt fa the ribials
Were: Audrey Crawford, 181- Doris
McKnight, Auburn, 17; Jean E.
, Kirk-
eonnell, Auburn, 76; Mary- Ann Ers-
kine, 75; Marren Duckworth, ''74;
•• Evelyn Govier, Joan Menzies, 70. '
Houble Trio from Rural Schools •
Fourteen' rural 'schools Cofiapeted itt
dais 76, double- trid;lai the teat piece,
"The Bird's Song." The three chosen
for the finitla were S.S. 8, Stanley (Mrs.
••Boyes, instructor), 167;. SS. 11, •Gode-
. rich; 162.; S.S. 5, Hullett,••160. ,Others
Competing and not in the ,finals.'were
S.S. -3, Goderich, ' 78; Dungannon
School, 78,; Goderich,47%; _S.S.
15, Ashfield, 77; S.S.. 1, Stanley, 77;
Hullett, 76; SiS. 10;",„Goderich,
75,; 8.5. (S; 'Stanley,- 75; S.S. 1, .Gode-%
rich,, 74; S.S. 0, Cp1borne,..,,74;
Stanley, 73. • •
-.Mere Was - eloae2comPetItionaln•-claas.
78; girls' chorus, "In the Tree." S.S.
No, 3. Stanley, was awarded the' -high'
- mark of'167. in. the finals. Rural
•schoolS (Mrs. .Boyes) were close be-,
,:hind with. 166 marks, and Miss Mills'
schools Won third with; 161 marks.
Net in theflaals :were S.S 6, Colborne,
76, Dungannon, 77, and Aslifield;••80.
"1 like to see the young Chats
piaSing orchestral liastrumears, 'This
• young bey has not been at it 41.-iong
• time. He does very, well,' was- the
adjudication given jamea (Brownie)
after -he -had -played the -- horn
-
sato, "The Heart Bowed- Down,', for
which!he received 78 mark'Ile was
admit -panted by Mu:Lige. -
victoria School received 80 marks-
, for the grade . 4 chords, "Watchman,
• What, of the Night?" aiid' Central
•SehoOl 78 marks. •• • • •
-Vietdritt-SehOor al,,S0 WOirtoti:lienora--
•
in the grade 5. and 6 ehOlis. in the
test ..piece, "The • Waterfall." The
form fr, received 84 and: 8$ respectively,
and the latter 78 ;marks, • -
Helen 'Willis *on flie high mark of•
aajn class 33, girl's solo, '"The Gypsy,"
thirteen years • and under. 'Frances
13reretori , Placed second -with $2;
Gloria', Palma! received. '81 , and ,Lola
Jervis 78 factaks. This .was an inter-
esting and pleasing contest, as an had
sovertovr 011ThD1EN
-SEND %Tana reit orr
Early last winter aigroup-.0t thirteen_
little Goderich 101ris, ealUug theuuseivee
the' Victory- Club, leeld tickets ontwo
U0118 and With-, the' proceeds VarchaSed,
candyt_ttnte, Chrietnnia decorations and
eelorihr 'Woke and • crayons,•: whigh
,WOrPaihiallted to Canadian ttrmY
rinarters in gaglandalor bonabed.ont
children, ' • •
A letter (delayed, in some manner)
has now come from 'Canadian military
headquarter, London; Eagland, ack-
nowledging receipt, :of the , "very lite
gift" ahd thanking the niereherai 'Pt
the Vietay .010: •• •.
Part of the gift WAS Sent,..to,A nurs-
ery ih tile country whiph' hats' Charge
of bombeel-out children, -Ana an extract
from, the •thatron's letter of • acknow-
ledgment ia' as follevva; '
"There 'Are enough of the books for,
the childrenffe have one each, oneto
be their very. oWn, which is something
Most difficult to manage with a large
grOnp of childrea and so very much
'aPPreelated, by them. They are •all
-thrilled and thank you 'very much for
your present." • • • •
• GARNET 'HAZARD- TO
• PRESENT CHALK, TALK
The Goderien coutinittee of the Navy
League of Canada,- of, which B. U.
Monteith is ehairman, has arranged
an • artistic and 'musieal event of an
unusual 'character for the. evening of
May 24th next. •• •
Garnet Hazard, the eminent Can-
adian artist, *ill present his chalk
talk,. entitled -1`,This :Canada of Ours."
Mr.. Hazard has presented•• his-• talk
in aUarts Of•-•Canatia.'in-.041._'Of -the
-Navf-Leitetie4 and its effort to raise
money for navy and niereliant mariae.
comforts a and: he has ,always aroused
intt
erea' -This is his, -first-
appearance in Goderith.
• Appearing with him mill be a num-.
•ber . of the Most •promising young
singers and musicians of Goderieh.
These be selected,;by-Mrs., G.
Melimigall, who has given much time
to the development of musical' talent
here.. Members of the Navy League
executive state that' this part of the.
program will be of 'outstanding Interest
to the- people of Godericli: . a •,
The event will take pike in, the lec-
ture mem ef Knox church.
•*BURIAL SERVICE •
A committal. service for tbe late"
Nelson 'Gordon Ainslie, whose death
took place two.thonths ago at Orlando,
Florida, was held. at the Wheeler
funeral home. on Tueaday afternoon,
conducted by Rev. R. H. Turnbull, of
North street United church. The pall-
bearers were Frank and Howarcl-Camp-
bell, Bert and Ronalctla.ylor, Douglas
Campbell, 'all- of 'Westfield, and Nor-
man Carter, of Clinton. , The inter-
Inent was in Maitland cemetery. The
remains were accompanied ' to Grode-
rich by deceased's wife and daughter,
Mrs: Kretsinger, of Orlando, Fla:, and
his Sister:in-law, -Mrs. Roy, Stonehouse
of town, whohad spent the winter
In •,Florida.• • _ •
Oodetieb7'All
forlrikto
110ise,;-.411.airs-,-P00406r-140$.60-'-
rirewql013.1.1reb. Bergi00---
,
Boullre-Moro Noise
tiderielt",ddebritt04' the, IiticTge8s:4
the
• Allied'armies In ,Europe with ,guat9,
IiVhen 'news". Of the anal victory- spread
about tewa on Monday there Were
lntertaitteat attenslits to stake,' a cele-
bration) but •ram n eetting,lu put a slop
to these. It was on Tuesday, y.n Day,
that ,the -fun, startedand kept .going,
From ,raerniag to late at nigbt there'
were crowds on the Square; , motor
vehitIea With horns at full blast Made
improraptu parades, and anything that
would create a noise, including the
town fire- siren, was called late -nee.,
Proxiiineet among .tbe noise -makers'
WAS !living from the Btieehlermill
With a big: circular ,sem Motnated• on
a .truck. Three or four 'pen At a
time -pounding on the saw made an
unholy racket that, could be beard a
mile away. - . • - •
, Another device ‘,er'itlie fan -makers
was the throwing oftisstie paper,
festoena Of which were all over the
roadway and up in the trees, •
Flags of course were everywhere and
all shops were closed, including the -
eating places,, which meant that some
people . went, huagi;Y:.• •
In the afternoon 'a big &OW& gath-
ered •at Victoria Park to see the fire-
werks. Bandmaster Woods' b0.34.,Vere
on hand and made a valiant. effort to
introduce aL "little harmony into the
din. Harry Watson and Haield Allin'
managed, the fireworks display'. This
was interesting, •but the general Im-
pression- probably was that fireworks
are meant for night-tiinvrather than
Lor . daylight., • ._ . -•
• In the evening, after the church
service,- there were doings again on the
Square. . The big -feature- was the
-burning of effigies of Hitler ancfMus-
solini in She Midst of a big bonfire at
the head Of Hamilton 'street.
Ser*iee Of. Thanksgiving
The 'service Of thanksgiving at 8
o'clock at Knox ••dharch, 'arranged by
the Goderich Ministerial' Association,
hronghe together one of the largest
gatherings ever assenabled "hi the
church. With Rev, Richard -Stewart,
Minister' of the church, on the pulpit
Platform were Rev. L. H. Turner, of
Victoria street United church; • RQV.
W. II, Dunbar, of Si; George's Angli-
can church; -Rev. R: Turnbull, of
North street United &arch, and Rev.
JO. Janes, Of the „Baptist church. All
took a•partin the service. • • ' •
• Rev. R. ,Stewart delivered.' the ser-
mon, stressingthe need' of,: it perman-
ent ,peace,- • a peace: to be ?toned, -inr,
the. mind that Is stayed On „God.
"Peace," said the speaker; "Is an in-
ward state, , the product of righteous-:
ness." The Choir of the church led
in the singing of appropriate hymns,
and • Major Joyce Clarke and Lieut:
Lillian Gooble of,. the Salvation Army
sang the duet,. `.`There's a New Day
Dawning."
-
'MISS SINGER RESIGNS
Ai the meeting of the Goderich Col-
legiate Institute Board on Thursday
last the. resignation of Miss :MaryE.
Singer wasrecervell and. accepted.
Miss Singer, Whese bome is at Niagara -
on -the -Lake, • has been -•en • the staff
here for two years, as; home economics
teaeher.. She has 'aceepted a position
NEXT BLOOD DONORS'
MAY 1,7 I re IL Taylor,Again
�ILZNX�•
Nominat'd for 'Huron
;The' next•10.0tal diatlore" elinie in
Glocierich, will. 'he on ThUraday, May
17th,- It:, Is urgcals, that there' be no
let-np hi cloaations of bleed for. the
relief -Of the Wounded- and Of In tbe
care' °Cate, Red CreSa. Though hos;
tilitlea" hate Cerae• to an Mal in gurgle, .
there.' tire .thottaands of sick, and
Wounded in holipitals. to wham these:
donations, may mean the difference be-
tween life and death. 4 • •
Let all help Wh$0111,1,-
Mrs. R. Stonehouse) who spent the
winter months in ,Piorida,• returned
this Week to her home on, Elgin avenue.
• •
• .
In class • 15, Piano solo, fourteen
years -and under; Greta Arbour won
82 marks. and Betty SoWerbY; 80. They,
were the only contestants.
"Both these choirs have good Musical
quality. It is liard lb put ene 'ahead
of -the- -other," -Mt. - &dared -
when he gave Vigtoria Sehool 86 gad
Central School 85:inarka,,in the grades
7 -and 8 choirs, the teat 'piece being
"The Melodioas Blacksmith," which*
concluded Monday's program, -
Mr.' Robb had a tribute of praise'
for the instrnetors, Mrs. 3. G.
McDougall,-Igrs. keyes,. Miss- Me -
Donald: and Miss Mills for the grdup,
chores work,- flo. congratulated them,
on their work. '
During the afternoon, Miss M. Mid-
dleton on behalf of the Goderich•Music
Club presented, Mrs. Melgugall,
Featival.president •and Mrs. John See,
secretary,. with a flowering plant and
a glarner pin, reapeetively. 'The pre-,
sentatIons were • made at • the homes
of the recipients.
Eighth Victory Loan in :Huron'
• SALES TO MAY 10th,
NAME • •QUOTA ,- TO ' DAIS,
Bruss.els . • $ 79,500 ' • $134;030
•Whigham .
-200,500
• Godeticii Township . 01,000
"Wawanosli, West . .. .. '14,000
owiek Township • ., 239.000
tirich and Ilay ;West 07,000 .1
wawanOsh, East . . „... . ..................
Settforth • . .. ....; . . 17,1,000
Clintoa • • '• 189,500 -
Blyth ,a.;, 49,000 '•
Turnherry, Township 82,000. •
Greg -TOWnshiP .... .. . . . ... 127,500
Godericit ,Town .. 450,000
Colborne* T,ownship . . .... . . .t1,000 •
Ilsbertie Towbahip a., .. . 108,000 '
ataaley Townehip ..... . ... 110,000
Exeter ..... ....„ ... ... 159,500
" Ashilold ... ' . 112,500, s.
Ilfullett Township . 108;500
Tackeisimitli Township '108,000
.1Iensall and, Hay past 108,500
Morris ToWnship .. . 101,500
splitter. post . . .. /1,4300
Mainop. Township -100,t00
$teplien 'West .... . . 71,000
Huron. County 'Total ....
AIr Salibols . . . 170,500•
Combined Total . . ....
200,20,0
-.107,250
, 83,200
" 267,800
107,400 •
81,850
188,700
202,600' •
51,300
83,300
„ 125,800.
- 438,500
66,350
100,000
96,050
•'139,850
90,050
89,300
• 83,050 *
82,256
73,500
• ' 46,000 '
08,700
a32,250''
lgi,19/100o,
229,000
'$3,336,000
-PERCENTAGE
' 1.68.61.
' 132.77
• 117.21
• 112.43 •
, 112.05
' 110.13
/ 109.03
108.44
106.91,
104.70
101.58
09.05
04.44
03.45
• 92.59
88.13
87.08
85,01
82.80 `
° 76.80
75.80
72.41.
65.63
.63.31
45.42 ,
,
• 017.80
184.01
09.74,
• .
SCOTT-MatEWAN
• lit --Xbox -PresbYteriafr cherela on
-
Saturday afternoon, May 5, many.
friends witnessed the Marriage .of
Gra:ce Eleanore, only daughter of Mr,
2,
and Mts. George G. alacEwan, Gode-
rich; and Andrew Lee, elder son of
arid- Mrs': Andrew R, Scott. also
of Goderich, 'Calla lilies, roselark-
miniature'-'-gladiolus.---taid-'-pink-
satiFdragott• farmed- -a.--back'groiiiida:-for-
the ceremony. Rev. Richard Stewart
officiated. Mrs. Murray. -Hetherington
played • the Wedding music -and Cie-
companied Mrs. Clityfdia Edwrd, solo-
ist, Who sang ""The Lord's* Prayer"
during' the :eereinony. and "I'll Walk
Beside Yen" during the signing of the
registry. • ' • . '•
• Grven:in marriage by her father, the
bride wore,a 'gown of ice white taiteta
fashioned with atted , basqiie bodice
and full three-tier skirt and a, tall -
length veil 'of white tulle, , She wore
her motherts pearls and carried a
caseade-Of gardenias, Talisman roses,
stephanotis; -With green -and white iVy.
Br maid -of -honor,.' Miss -Mildred
Videttn, and laridesinaida, al1sses.11(1'ai
Videan and Joan -Scott, sister of the
greom, wore long dresses - of romance
rose and dull green moire taffeta, with
iiatciflii IllawereCr headdreases. liy
carried cascade bouquets of white
queen lilies, pifik rosebuds, carnations
and rose Snapdragons witb. Hahn's ivy.
GraceElizabeth Forster, petite five-
yearaild'cousin 'at the briae, as flower -
girl, 'was dressed like the bridesmaids
and carried a miniature cascade,. bou-
quet of peach roses, yellow snap-
dragon . and peach violets. Deliald
Scott, brother of the groom, was best
man. - George Scott, unele Of the bride,
Peter ',Scott MaeDivan, brother, of the
bride, RobertableGilehrisi and William
• Mr. and -Mrs. William A, 'Craig
received word on Wednesday that their
son,' LA(1. William J.Craig, Aero -
engineer , with the R.C.A.F., died on
aetive. a.t Derholtz, Germany;
on Sunday.; May Oth. LAC.,Craik.was
twenty-eight years, of age. He en-
listed early in the war -and took his
training ret• the Technical Training
Sebdcil At St., Thottcas: • .
, Be.shles. his parents there stirvive
a brother,: LAC. John B. Craig, R.C.
A 1?,at present at Sky Harbor, and
two sisters, Mrs, William Sutherland,
of goderieh, and- Ylisk;Patricla :Qr
of• Tormito. • ',
. 'There- is peculiar poignancy ittt)110
losa, coming 'did' .int on • tba
eve of the close of haStilities aid the
news 'reachingthe parents- after the',
itiaanuiceinerit-or "peace..
ii 'aiid- ,Mrs. Thompson re-
-ceived welcome • news • •013, Saturday
when they were officially notified 'that
their son, Lance 'Corporal Donald
.
'
Thompson,' had' been liberated from a
German prison. camp and., had arrive
in. the United ,Kingdom.. ',Donald wa
another :ot, the gallant Goderich boys.
who were' taken prisoner in the Dieppe
raid.. He enlisted in„April, .1940; with
ne•yt,f4 '
the Essex Scottish' Regiment, and went monditY May 1 4f 11 from noon
overseas in .Julyy of the same •year. to 2 0'clod-a-1;.al.. Poilaig will be on
He is one Of a fighting• family, for he i',Tyine iltil.
has had twO brothers:and a sister in For elections. the • legal
the services,' Lance -Corp, Neil Tliomp-•••
eon whe has served in • Italyancl.•
lflil-
land,. an -a letter h.orue. .stati;crlie is
slated fora course in England. Corp.
William . ThoMpson.„ has received his
discharge.' after, .aerving', three and it
half year's 'overseas. :13orp. .Jean
-Thonapsop,'.:•"•who' 'VMS- hemeittat Mt.de'rnp" ta- the official . date; March
end, .is 'with the ,WoMen's DiTision ef 28s0,thiatbutastlitehye*oilvienrso6tair .gt111;1.115C11.
COfl
-,cerned:. Howeyek, most of, the can,
didateg throughout ,the Province bai.4
already been named. • •• •
Polfing for -the Provincial House will
be on June 4th• : •
• , • • - The Candidates •
With the nomination, of. Dr Hobbs
.Taylor, meinber•of the last Legislature,
'as the Progressive Conservative can-
. L ,
-reeeiVed comforting letters_rfrom_ thea
in' theSouth ) riding,-
uron
•
`aatea--of --the three -Major: -partie-bas,
'representdve in the field:. James
Ballantyne, Usborne township, Liberal;
John Goderielf, C.C.F.;
Dr.'. R. Hobbs Taylor, Dashwood,- .Pro-
gresSive ConSetyative. • • •
'For the Hnron-Bruce • riding, the
nalainees are Jehn W. Hanna, Wine.
ham, PrOgre.sstve. Conservative;
-C 0T; 111i ail
; MacKay; 'Ripley, Liberal
• Aar '141e *Ottawa House the • can-
iditbites so . far named •in North
Tare . L. • E., Cardiff; BrusSels, I'rogres-
•
Hatlill;:fOGe4:tr tliteg,430'11:a.16101‘14,100;414:;:tre;
Progressiim 'ClonservOives
Taylori;Of D'Ittfhlttw' 07; 740 4101.1-4- :;g13114.
'CLINTON, UV. 5.
ProgressiveConservative convention
foL„( (South) Huron held here laitit night.
, 'Dr. Taylor's name was. the only one
placed before the taeeting. Ile was
norainatea by W. Harold Blackstone
of Goderiela seeonded by 'George Artn-
strOng of Hay atownship.
Dr. Taylor was linable to attend the,
Meeting, being still'confined to hospital
in Toronto. was reported, however,
that he was making, satisfactory rpre.
greas and with a period of, rest would
•be able to teatime his duties. , „
The convention was largely..atteaded„
between live and six hundred persona
crowding.into the Town Hall.
The main ,speaker of the evening
:was. Iloa.,‘George H. Challies, member
of the Drew ealqet • and chairman
91 the Provincial HydrouF.lectrie Power'
Cpmmiasio-n. Ile revieweitthe ael4eVel.
ments Of the Drew Governineig, dwell -
tug principally on •rutill Hyd:7o• and
school grants. Reduced Hydro „acacia,'
he stated, had saved aome munielpal-
ities between -$4,600„ and $6,000. .
Thegathering was welcomed by
Mayor Morgan J. Agnew. On the
platform were J. W. Morley, Exeter,
president of the South Huron. Progres-
sive -Coma rvative Asoeiatipii,'• • who
-ftetecr, as ehairman; Mr: Chailies;
FredEdwards, Palmerston, PrOvincial
i•andidate for Perth; Elston,' Cardift„
trusserS, Federal member for. North.
•' rori.1-lhernas Pryde, Exeter, Fedeia
ail" 'Candidate- kir- ,I-Iiiron-,Petth,` and
',Clark Fisher, Exeter, secretary of :the
tsiiszalocieatt.ima Pude introduced the
14ONDAY NEXT NOXINATION
DAY • FOR; NORTH HURON
• ... •
Official nominations for the Federal
e*etion. in" Nortb,. Huron. c, be re,
cerved i.t tie. Winalla w Jia la On
•nomination clay is •March 28th, but
owing. to the short period -one 'week-,
between nomination and polling • days
the t:,1-overmileat arranged' te have nom-
inations tip-, to March 7th cabled °oyer -
seas for the information of the. soldier;
•voters. .1.1'ominations may stal. be
the. R.C.A.F., stationed at Aylmer..
. •
•
Mr. *and .Mrs. Arthur Fisher, . Col-
• borne tOwnship,- last week received
word' that their son Jalmer, with the
Canadian Army _An_ Holland, had re-
ceived a' wound „in , the hand Which
caused theloss of a thumb. •
Mr. and Mrs. R. J. SallOws have
• ,•
al.. -••01. STEWART. Midland,
Moderator of - the Gieneral Assembly,
who villipreach in'Knox Presbyterian
Church • nexte-Simday evening. - •a4
"a gond soldier and a friend of- all,
--tells'-of-the-operatien-4e--w4lich he wits'
mend th,eir son, Pte. _Robert Sallows,.
.Lieut. Noonan 'speaks of Robert- aS
and the lieutenant under whose cora-,
the lads 1111. his platoon," and the padre.
padre of. the Essex • Scottish Regimen:
wa.sait the time of his. death in action.
•fitilleci-ork-the-StbiLat-Mareh.--whil,e. a '-
vancing with his platoon lin the, face
of "tierce and • fanatical • resistance"
on- the • part of .the enemy. - Rohert
was binged -in the 4th Brigade cemetery-'
on the outskirts of Xantur,‘ G imany, ,
.jsiVe Conservative, and Major D. R„
Mith Libentl., • .pp.„ to the present
there is no announcement.. of a C.C.F,
ca alalate.
n -the 'Huron -Perth riding ,the can-
ateS for the Fede'ral , House are
•L. Cann; Exeter, C.C.' F..; W. 11. Gold -
ng. Seaforth, Liberal, and Tho.s. Ptyde,.
*ter, Progressive Conservative. •
NORTH ST. UpIITED CHURCH WA.
There:- was -a -large -attendance, at
themgeting of the Women's Associa-
tea of North street United. church
ted in the church „parlors on Friaay
April 27th. • Mrs. Chester
n -presided-over the •busitiecas
o the ,program. The treasurer's
rt showed a balance on- hand of
offiruARY
-Later 4100. teitga". OneP. the 40*
pilation of the altinal. nOen
Ind/Cate that the ,tetraty
has exeeeded its VietarY 1004 luot4,
of. 43,175,00X " The" town Ot Oederiela •
and the township of Colborne both
are "elver the ten." With two %JAY%
VA to go, the cOMMIttee inta ralaeill
the objective to an *Yen $4,000.0,00,"
In 1018, at the eloee° ofth# tr
Great War, in the lean C40004.4•fil
"straddled" ArrniStiee:•DaY,, tbia 40100/
raised SlightlY over Tour n lion dol-
lar, and the antleltiOn new la te eSt
or perliapa exceed that .aroennt,
MRS. DAVID S. . COOK
Agnes Kerr, widow of David S. Cook;
the -,Women's College -Hospital,'
Toronto, Apia 22nd, after an ill-
ness of threelaltantOS. She, was born
at Nile and after heir''Olegrage to Mr.
Cook lived at,Clinton until4e2mYing,:
to Toronto in 1918.. Iler hgatatiu•
passed away four years ago.
ing is their 'only child,. Mildred • (Mrs.
Percival Wheatley)„, three sisters; Mrs:
Aa W. Young, Mrs. Daniel McPhee and
Mrs. -Barry Barna; and .a..:.h.r,Q.,ther,'•Isr,;.
A. Nem --env:were-All- -Sent7at the
I,' ton
ends
rich,
and
funeral, which took plat
'on April 25th. Relativ
attended the funeral f
Kincardine, Nile, Dtoig
Toronto.
the,padre balding a united serviee With
all the members cif the brigade'Preselli
to pay tribute to the men •who hit
, .
Lieut.. ;•Frederic • T. Egener, son, of
Dr. V..T„:Egener of London, foimerl
of Goderich, repgrted. woanded
fighting. overseas. His wife is 1iviii
at Owen Sound.
•
. •
Pte.,Roirald-IDotiglas Abbott 1)2 111
Reyal Regiment a Canada, whos
parents, , Mr. and 'Mrs. Bert 'Abbott,
reside at 72 Trafalgar street; retiirned,
to -Canada in the hospital ship Letitia.
111. -the tatthr part-of-alurch. - He was*, •
1 ,
"stretcher ease, having been wounded I
last December,. and ,is still- a bed pa: re),
tient at °bristle 4,5treet Ilosiiital, Tor- 5:•.8,.• out -of which bills to the 'amount
onto. - Today..(May 10th) he celebrates, fg52,, were ordered paid;a donation
i
Itis twenty-first birthdaac and his ino-4 f 200, to the board of trustees as an
ther has had a lovely cake made at a crersary gift and •an investment of
Curry's bakeshop mid has aone to 26 in Victory bonds voted.' Arrange.:,..
Toronto to make a party for 'him and, nts I were completed, for 'the .,dinner
the patients in his room. Ronald willj O' be served . t� those attending. the
be •confiried to the hospital for d long! reSbyterial Meeting on May 3rd, ancl
time, but is very anxious to get strong" •Laa *. S. -Sny'der repotted that the
eenotigh, to'i use , &ad -M. -when h lisivening Atiiillery 'would atterid to the
thinke, he., Will be able to come hom ,fie, 4*rs for Mother's Day and for •the
Iiogg aif. Toronto* were the ushera. for rt wee1-end, - ,
1 innlitei months. Letters of thanics.for
, .
Mrs. AfacEwan received Wearing, .401.- L/Sto. 'Arnold D, Doak- 'arid airs); *Cad. from several inembera. of ,the
. '
MISS EMILY,NI
The death of. Miss
Naftel, daughter of •th,„
Mrs. f),: J: Naftel of Goa
at :Clinton, hist Salida
iter: soveaty-first year.
was bora •and. had li
all irera4ife Goderie
member of St. Geer
'church, and . Was an
pianist. ! She is the.,1
member of het Immediat
funeral took place fro
flineral home, on Mon
The service was cora
W. H. Dunbar, and,
ere • 0.
Blackstone, Percy Naft
At the home of •the bride's parents, • : •-• srs received dbring i1liiess -:
phinium blue •crepe with.. purple ac-;
ceisories and 11. torsago. 4)f gardenias
and. Mauve. Intkepur. . • The grooin's
mother recelyed- in it black *ensemble.
accented' With lithe • green.% Tier or
sage' wati' Talisnian. roses .with .StepliL
ttriotis, Guests were present frora
Oshawa,. Toronto,,' London, ..Wingheara.
BlYth,, OttaWa•aind OWtsf Senna. -
When the. bridal couple left for the
wedding, 'trip to- the .Latitentians, the
bride wore n dusty pink*.wool suit,
green topcoat,. with brown . act.
•ceSsoriesand a 'corsage of :gardenias.
and WS. Scott wilI ;reside in,
TOr011te, • -
Antong, the soelat -events • held in
honor . of.' the *:bride previousto her
fitileriage were .tetts . given by her
Mother and ,l‘frs, X. U. Scott, a shower
at the .home of the Misses Mildred 'and
Helen Videitn,,, and a dinner at Miss
Isobel Oliver's, To -.onto. • • • °' •
BAIN STEIVART etiSitS TO IIII-R014
V. '3. $tewart, g tiattArq of
Lochalsh, ht thenew agricultural repre-
sentative, for Huron: Mr., Stewart for
nine years has been statiotied at
,Orangeville am agricultural represent.
ative for Dtifferin county. •
.„ Wed., May 0 .....47 36 . 53
Doak; of nalifitx, are, visiting.with the Otigregatiou.
31 rt, Robert Johnston took tlie chair
the devotional part of the program,
li Ch consisted of , a beautiful service
Oa "Comradeship." Mrs. Noble
It poem `The House -by the Side
after which the hymn
Friend %i.' Il in Jesus"
ung. followed bY' prayer Va.* Mrs.
.till.- •Mrs. Worthy read several
e from Proverbs illustrating.
of friendship. Mr:s. C. John-
nie 'ti. paper on 4'Priendship
ghost- Degree* of Perfection in
t ',and One of :God's test' Gifts
Cele read 1 Corinthians 13," which'
0 the foundation of friendship, and
Johnston led in a prayer • for
triendship throughout the world,
the close of the Meeting the As,
'don listened with 'Intel' ertjoy-
to it 'i,letrola rendition .of "The
e Cliffs of Dover."
foriner's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. Ilk
'Donk; Keays street. A.rnold haa been
taking an olficer's course at HailfaxiI
and has a thirty -day leave, after wliielr
he reports again at Halifax, •
GRAIN, CARGOES
Arrivals of .gfain ,etvgees2,.• at 'ill -el
Goderieh • Neva tor the peat week
On, Priday'.=A: A. Ilridsata 180,000 bus
barley, oat S- and flax.; • on-aMonday
E. ' Murphy, 117,000, bus. 1 barley ;
SuPeri0X.. 83,000 bus, barley, 'flax: ati
screenings ;. F. V Massey, 107,000 bus
wheat.-
TrIE WEATIIER
Temperatures of the past week in
Goderich, with those of the eorrespond4,
ing week a year ago, •tts ,officially
corded, were as folloWe •4•-, •
• • • 1943 • IOU
• '.1kfax. Min."Mitx,
'Thurs., May 3 -.54,, . 42 48 60,
Pri.e. May 4--------48 . .46 60 54
Sat., litay. 5 -.47 40 53 47
Sup., 41qa3t 6 .-..55 37 55 43
Mon., May 7 ;4-.73 39 50
Tues., May S .....02,' 40. ,55
Ross,
from a P.ri
. L.
and
4nrred
itt
aftel
calla?
as a,
lican
ished
4Iving
• The
phey
noon.
Rev.
earers
Tr„
. E.
- Since last, Weeig BrIftela *to. overl
takeuzWinghain ami. taken, the 'lead
among the mtinieipalities of the tOuntaii.
West Wawnitesh has 'come „up trOPAC
twelfth'. place to fourths, just., beliiit'd .
Goderich • township, whieh has been .
keeping eonsisteittlY,among the leader*.
Winnera ir.1 Prier I -OW• 4...
Victory „ loan headcivaiters.. `4a*
non:flees the.w'inners,in the county -wide
scbooi pester contest% as follows:
., ' Rural scitoolsi Grueeti .1, 2 and 3-
TerryLIoIaWade, SM. .1)5A.sS. te.. 32Phienii; 4lii2inedet
,Speirtiat, S.S.•10; Grey ; 20d, Kathleen
asntadnIG:dy.erie,11.... Grad,e..s 4,... 6, :Ma:, e .
and 8--Itilly alePherson,,,S.S. •4„., Weal
Cathers, S.S„. 18,: Howlett. GradeS ', 7
Waviail9sh = • ‘4Y11,. Helen Erratt, Siit, 3.
• Urhaa eleweatary sehOola: Oradea.
j'.:,..,g,,. and 3--jayee fiawklos. ,giint0;
24d,Xobby'Ocirriclx,,'Wingliain. Grades, '
4, 5(7' 0,4i163,*44` Mequiggan, NiotOr14,
ffoiALL7rooloct..:„......, 444t4:,..gtt.'0UPik'''''''•'
Wright, Be.t.er,,, Orailets 7 and ;
IT:eht,:lr'llis.eSlic°1:volo.I.,SsZ::::etricei*118-.'' .j':,„(11..6°L GQ(16*
rich; - 211.1, , ItoseinarY,,Jiunfalry,_ St:
Secondary sellocan: •MariWR reek,
\
Clinton Collegi.ate ; End, • -Hai°, d Me . ,
Cseuhteolioebi;ra3rd; BEruntalleeeta,penbclaolnot,i.iislitle6n, '
Vsborne. - - .....
- NEW JEWEILLIWILi BUSAINES
Reg, tell. has, opened . a !,jewellorY .
and•wateli-repair beefless: in the Stand
'on East ;street peapied for -man,y
uyears by the late U. Ilitgaber, arr.
13e11is not new to husiness, as he .
:was associated l'eir several -years with,.
:the late Robertson.. Nrith an,
eat-ix:elf-new etc*, lie liopea to • Merit
the patronage the ilicople :of Godet.
rich and Vicinity,. ' .
, • ,
Ofeenalade. Interieent
land Cemetery., , • .
Mr: and MTS. Char
Elgin •avenne, have r
mail letters from the'
Ross tpenningten, re
from a prisoner -of -war
,
Many, and noW 111113101
England awaiting ret0
two letters were *ritte
day, April 27, one air"til foi
insufficient for what he ILLti)
as they hring ,the ,firsti, tan
a_typ Jiveratio4. we p
ters praelialTy-bi r
This'is* the• 'first *pet t
had to write to yon ,
ation. No doubt you ,
hear of what IMS-hitpp
Past feW weeks. I'll t*
what. happened during
r.o.y. and aftei
eventnally 'left Gernian
On April dth the 0,
to ;evacuate' ,the stalag t•i
divided tis into six part
hundred" men in each par y.
two parties started out en the march
on Fridaty, the, Oth 'df •,Aptit, On
-SaturdayratheafolloWing- ifry.:the_third
and feurth party, marched away and
giteh, laisetft fW03%1 pottio.tieps.;. 2ce:.
0finftli-Suanidar
cording to the Germans, I WAS •iletailed
to move.„with-•the-sebond,s4ron.P., whilb
ir
n Nearly1Fi v° irnege
stay be -
dit
V,111,
"
C..E. Conferenee super-
intertdent, of Hamilton, was la charge
of the quarterly meeting held in the
Preee Methodist cluireh on .Friday,
turday and SuralaY.' The Earl.
uartette, of, Brantford, pro- •
befor kvyko.
5.4
S'
ells of ilis "beration
-war,-.Camp in Germany
gton,
e air
pl. T.
erated
ti
Ger-.
ted • in
The
same
being
'and.
0 news
tn. let,
lhi baevre-
onllug:sythotuoe
to tidayses
ecided
ntil •I
fifteen
e first
was composed naostly, or
personnel with whom I•had b
for the last three,,„to four We
everyone .in'the eanap Wed t
hind until thevery last lfoni, pi hopes
that it would be 'too late to Move,
gar troops were fast' approaching and
W(. had high hppes 'of being ,iturated
within a few days. By making myself
scarce :ironed the_ cainp,'.t:,i evaded
moving sit the .1. time i'the,•!Germans
ordered :tad' ':heicl out Ailirtir "Stinday,„
When I finally nfarched otit ,with the
Secoild last party. • Wiien Sunda.Y
roiled Acing' and our bOYSAVere Still
tO the west, there .WAS ii.Othing else
to do but fall in and r,liOne that' Our:
armies would catch up-h-Vith' ns before
we got too far away. Some of Abe'
boys hid theinseiveS in,' the camp,
which was a, good idea. 0.a. TueSdaY
We reached Iv -place called Meinhoitz
and on Tuesday evening the German
officer ' in charge gave ..the* 'order that
-we were to return to the stalag, under
guard of course, the following day:
'Well, mother...Our spirits, 'Which were
pretty icar up until, then, -00410 up
by. leaps and° bounds, The Geruma
'ale& gave no reason 'fol" his order,
bat wo. 'knew, that it was ton late.
for him to get us out axia aerOSS the
River Ells' , and that onr lads Would
eventually liberate US. We were really
haPpy. We retttivied to the cainp and
we"could hear We front line approach-
ing.us for several days before we were
freed. On • Monday, April 10th, the
Stalag WAS libeinted by, the famous
"Desert Itats" of the 'Second- British.
Army. .1t WAS WO,InlerrIll to ' svateh
the tanks liberate stitlag XM -about
mile away and then 1011 torwattl to
do the Sanfe for ns. didn't stop,
but kept onadvancing, Ichich they
have been doing ever sinee, So 1 1.*-
Stalag 851 Lind stalag
V
were at' Fallingboatit. ,*.between" Han- • .
over and HaMburg, tie you will .now
have an 'idea juat whate out .canip was -
situated. •," • •
9*.. I ,was very lertun'ate in. being libera-!----"'
ated, because the lifsc!four parties
Were 'unlucky :enough to be in tirne.to
cross the River- 111 b, whet; according'
to all reports, they are still Prisoners
of -war., Only the last two 'parties', the
fifth and the vere.,returned to .
atalag 357. ' • , • '
•White _2'eaearta like Cake -.0.
hourti Of . • QUit
liberation we ,.vaere" 'eating, real British .
arafy ratiens. • in Cia' estithati.0r.i, the
best ration ;was the snow4whitc.4bread,'
It tasted *like -Cake,
The licaiup win! tneihotlicsally evactv
ated by the aoonias„pessible,„
iefter .otir iiberatien. ", The oldeat
priseners ieft Brst, that •is the five- ,
year men. The boya' with ,four Yettrs' ...•
prigoner-of-War life left next, followed
by those wita. :three yeaira. • two years,
right, on down the line. :Wan even-
atear with any •gronp„. the • three-year
.party, on Monday the 28r4. There
were about sixts of, lei "Dieppers" in '
'the' party.' • .
, 'We flew fruit., 14ermany to England
tbe day.before47yeaterday (Wednesciay);
I had. nay' dinner in CermanY and had .
aupper here in' langlands• We bad
swell trip. Vt' liaa „it. greitit.regePtion
la a -flag-draped hangar at the airPott. .
where .we lauded. Pretty !Waal:a" :
escorted us to •tables and" then 'eerved
us With , refreahmente. ' After •eating, ,
the ,Do'nainion troops were separated
from. the rest and taken to a reception
camp in Buckingtaine'-hire, staffed by
British. soldiers., , WC' • spent tWenty-
four hours nt this wimp, daring whieh
time we,liad plenty to cat, hot showers, * •
'haircuts, and - light .atediCal AnaPee-
tion. We. left:there: ,yeaterday. after-
noon and arrived down. 'her, after
coming :through London, la'st night ,
This is the hest •plaee all. 't.
hospital. no leifol. all-Can-
adiaa staff which even included ,Can-
adian nurses. ititverything • is. 'Can- ,
adiant, 'We spend from four to Ott
days here, during, which. trifle We Art
outfitted with ne* .reeords: fixed •
), a •eomPlefe medical examination
hieh itieludes bloed tests, X-rays and,
generally speaking, "the WerltS„a't After
passing throngh" this centre, .„tv"e.
i'ved oit,a 2011)10(31) (111y leaVe then
return to another ceatre ..where X
StIPpose we. wait -far transport home;
We are definitely 'being settt home,
mother: , As SOOtt lt reeetio any „
definite, neWs 'on that, 4tib.leet, I'll let
you know:. NW have all we want tO-.""
eat here. 'Six ihealif a day:. plenty. 0
eggs, Milk, vegetablk, anti 'a nurse .
ntakee".uS • take vitamin pills with. our "* '
noonday meal. be in petteet filitepe •
when ‘returt hem°. beileVe"
011) regaining my lest weight already.
This.- is a paradise, mother. Plenty of
food, medical .eauteen, white
sheets and het, batim.
". haya.:14 elote tor ivaw hut will
probably tomorrow.
Itoss elmes vAtit /neesait.'s to Ws
father and others antl. the maltrituitsii
atatiMeut: "‘X wi(h you *Me