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liron Body' &
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H. C. McPHBE 74. D. WATSON
$4_Eaet St. Phone ,208W
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Reg. Bell
JEWELLER
"Gifts That Last"
BULOVA WATCHES •
Good lergice on Repairs
Phone 123
East- St.
ralley :.& San_
Rebuilt Motors --Front- -
' and Rear Andes
`Transmissions -Brake. Service c l
Welding--Cutting-Brazing
Phone 247 ' Hamilton 8t.
Goderich Freflch.:
Dry Cleaners
We con :now Waterproof most
types of raincoats
C.• R. LOWERY
Phone 122 West St.
Bakery
f *. 14 R)
HEM .4*vM4 T
Qne T94 Tw - , , > . . .East St.
Canadian Tire
Curporati.•on'
ASSOCIATE STORE
Le O. WHETSTONE, Prop.
TIRES and BATTERIES
piton St Phone 69W
Venus Restaurant
4101111i MADE CANDY
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as supplies. available
PHONE 170
This is station EyA-T
Guenther
Transport
EARL R. GUENTHER, Prop,
Daily Service .to ant fr2n
Toronto -•Hamilton -London
and intermediate .. points •
Victoria St: Phone 850
Myron O'Reilly
KERINGfi `DECORATING -_,;
RAGLAN ST.
LEEBUR1
I.E1;1BIfRN, an. 29. -No church ser-
vice was held on Sunday on account
of the cold weather. The Farm "Forum
also was postponed this week on ac-
count, of the storm.
Annual Meeting of W.M,S.--The Bret
meeting ` of file Women's Missionary
BocietrIV the new year was held on
Thursday, January 24th, 'at the hbme
of Mr, and Mrs. Terrence ,Hunter, with
• good attendance. Mrs. W. Bellows
was ° in charge of the .'meeting, with
Miss B. Shawat the piano. After the
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The business P�ple �. eve�
conmnnity
.a:age percentage of ,loo taloa; ,'their
• and
visitors
atoe nd stores frit the ' `
visitors whether thea, town a progressive
municipality oils in the do%droms,
Then Goderich merchants advertising on"
doiu
this and other pages of this Paper• A..arsg
1114 ATIIOME!,
then' uttnosidur.ing these •c ttic4
promote the interests of the town, by stock
•
,sueh god aa are available, They ire
therefore entitled to your support, and by
supporting thorn you, are helping yautsei
and also the W a •
Do your buying in Goderich.
opening hymn Mrs. (Rev.) U. Cron
liielm installed the new officers. The
president expressed, her thanks for her
election. and also gave, a New Year's
Message. Mrs. T, Hunter gave the`
Scripture reading and prayer was led
by Mrs. A. Schram. Splendid -annual
reports were given .by the-t5'€eretary,
the treasurer and the strangers' secre-
tary. The •treasurer, reported having
received $88.23, reaching the, allocation
and being able to secure a life member-
ship for one member. . A card- was read
from Mrs. Jean Barclay, England, and
also a- letter. from Mrs. B. Clutton,
Toronto. Three members read ar-
ticles -for the Watch Tower -Mrs. Sal-
low on "A Straight Talk on the
Japanese," by la, British Columbia
engineer.; "Christmas, in- bond', An-
gola," by Miss Belle Shaw, and "The
White Christmas' Job," by . Mrs. Ter-
rence. Hunter.. ° The meeting closed
with -singing. and the benediction. A
dainty -lunch was served. Piaui were
made for the coming year's' work.
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HARDWARE
PLUMBING It'HEATING
Sole Agents
Super Health Aluminum Ware
Phone 135„, Hamilton St.
Filsinger's
JEWELRY AND GIFTS
"fiATCHES DIAMONDS /
oudiRANTEFD REPAIRS
Phone 134te; • Tho Square'
Goderich
Fruit Market
FRESH FRUITS AND
VEGETABLES IN SEASON
BcientiflcFriendly Service
Phone 17U East St. ... _..
IVAN LOLiZON •
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G.- Plante
'IMPERIAL SERVICE STATION
, PACKARD MOTOR . SALES
ATLAS TIRES
;Phone 513
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Antir Astury '' 8 .
Arnold Schutz
SI R REPAIRS
Formerly operated by M. N.
MacDonald
Used Shoes and Skates fbr sale_
NortieSt .-- Goderich'
lae Viiiter `Body
ender shop
Phone 187 Bridge ' St.
GODERICH
Saltford
General $tore
Mos:Moms, rm.
Buying more, we boY'r for less-
Selling wore, we sell for less.
OPen Evenings
Phone 696 Saltford
B. R. Munday
RADIO SERVICE -& REPAIRS
We install
Portable Phonograph Players
7° Widder St.
Phone 598_
_..Frank 'McAithur.,
ELECTRICAL
CONTRACTOR
48 Britannia Road
Iluni Eigineering
Research +�o.
Brodt
Jackson & Son
MEN'•$ AND BOYS' '1R,
BOOTE3--AHOES--RIJRBERSi
Phone 412 South Side Square
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Bowling
A good way to 'spend your, eve*
lags or leisure hours in pies'
congenial Burro` n adings.
wgsT ST.
The Atik4an andOther Whalebacks,
Now Disappeared from the Great Lakes:
"(From The 'Port Arthur News- 1. Two tugs towed the bow -section
Chronicle)
The wbalebaeks * were a common
sight on the lakes years ago, but they
are a novelty now. The originator of
this peculiar -looking, ship was Capt.
Alexander Mct ougall, who came from
Scotland as a penniless led to live with
friends at Nottawa village, 'just up the
main street from Collingwood. He
started his career on the lakes by
shipping on one of the small steamers'
BENMILLER ,..-.
13E*�:1z- ,,
I3.LER;ti,., Jan. ..',29:.. We._,..are-
pleased to report that Lorna -and Joy
Feagan; -.wain were injured in a road
collision .• as ,reported last . week, , are
expected home shortly from the Gode-
• ri'ch . hospital.. They will"Still be -eon-
fined-X(5
eon-fined; 6 ,'lied me;.
'The. Women's Association will meet
on Wednesday, 'February 6.
It was with deep regret we learned
of the death of Mrs. J. Jewell, who
• had been confined,. to the Goderich
hospital Or some • time with a heart
condition. - '
Mr. and Mrs'. Fred White of Qode-
rich visited on Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. Harold Good. v
-Mr. and Mrs.. S. Vanstone spent Mon-
day
on-
d y 'with Mr. and Mrs. Dick Park at
out of Collingwood. A€ter serving in
lowly positions he shipped on one of
the Anchor Line steamers out of Bid -
fel!) and became a captain in that liner
CA.ptata, McDougall drew models of
a new type of freighter that lie
thought would revolutionize lake ship-
ping, but noire of the shipbuilding com-
panies would have, anything to do with
it. Some called iti.. a "cigar boat" and
some said it was a "pig.';
After long delays, McDQugall was
able to finance the -building of a- ton
barge which _he named ``101"---a 10 to
one shot. This was satisfactory and
Colgate Hoyt of New York headed' a
company to build this type: of .vi;ssel. at
Superior, Wis. The ,first ,steadier was
named Colgate Hoyt and came, out in
the, spring of 1890 and by 1898 some
forty-six of these freighters were On
the Lakes as well as -the wonderful big
passenger steamer "Christopher Col-
umbus" -the only whalebacl' passenger
steamer ever constructed. Captain Mc-
Dougall died --in Duluth in 1923 •and
there are now only four of his whale -
backs . in Great Lakes seryiee.
. The Atikokan , •
I laird: whp;W.evern:.sttrted out to telf
so Iething about the Atikokan-•--a fresh
and two tugs "towed the after section.
The tugs w etion-.put
into TufEalo ter shelter while the after
='section was pulled into "Erie.,
4fter • waiting a week at Erie for
weather the after section was again
started seaward in tow of the tugs
Buffalo and Harrison, but a gale set
in and the Buffalo let go he'etow line
and -Capt. Waugh of "Owen Sound,
on the 1iarrisen, signalled. to let go
his towline, thinking that the bulkhead
on the Atikokan had broken. Ile
turned his. tug anti came in to rescue
the crew off the Atikokan.
The forward sections of both the
Manola ,and the Northland 'had fouled-
ered with ail` hands in previous gales
and Capt. -Waugh thought the same
fate was in store for the Atikokan.
IIe brought Ms tug close along on' the
lee 'side, but, unfortunately, 'at that:
moment the' Atikokan was ; in the
trough of the sea Ando out of control,
-with /the result that she rolled down
'oh the Harrison, breaking the "main-
steam line smokestack, guys, etc.
The Cook, who was passing the
engineroom when the steam pipe burst,
was so badly scalded that he " died.
The Harrison was completely disabled
aid was towed into Port Colborne
by the Buffalo: --•
• The Atikokan's after section reached
Port Colborne under _.Its_ ..oven power
and was taken through the canal by.
small tugs to Port -Dalhousie, where
the forward section Was waiting. Here
the two sections were bridled together
and, with three tugs towing the flotilla,
headed down Lake Ontario. •
at Levis be 1919.
Other ships _
,The Neebing was in the trade from
England to West Africa ports until tbe.
trade slump in 1920. Last beard of her
she , was rusting at. a dock. in New-
castle -on -Tyne •°
Charles W. Smith of:the Port Arthur
Wireless station •tells of a 'hazardous
trip -he -took as wiieless•;operater
on
the Paipoonge in December of 1920.
This was from Montreal to New York.
He -heard of • her being laid up at
Bathurst, N.B., after making one trip
to the West Indies in 1922. After this -
she was sold% to rum runners and used
in that adventurous and 'profitable
business, `hut is now probably in Davy
Jones' locker.. .
Thus ends the story of the Atikokan
and her sister . ships, owned by F. S.
Wiley, a Port Arthur pioneeer whobuilt
the mansion on the Red 'River hem R and
now used as an old peoble's
whose ships. would 'have made him a
millionaire had he been' able• to hold
them for one year longer.
• W. RUSSELL DBOWN.
• " Series of, Mishaps :
After•taking shelter for-se'reral-•da9s-
`}ear Charlotte; the old Atikokan w'as
water pig that went to salt water: finally Angled into . Kingston harbor
She was originally the John B. Trevor, ori Dec i iiiev-`Ll; ')•ulst twenty-one clays
one' of McDougall's •*vhalebecks. 'In out of, Cleveland, which run would
the fall of 1911. she was_wrecked on the not be over three days .with .good luck.
west -end of--Islle--Royal-Whilese-eki't - '--was-then-too- ate 'tQ run the Si.
shelter from a nor -easter. During the Lawrence canals, so- the-Atikokan was,
m
following 'sumer Jan_ les'Whalen's tugs tied up at Kingstcfi for the -winter
were able to get 'her off the rocks and and in July, 1919, the two sections
she wan towed into Port Arthur harbor. '.werelowed down the canals and under
At. that time the late F. 8, Wiley of the Q,iiebec bridge to Levis, where the
Port Arthur was' operating three two sections were welded together.
freighters, tie Neebing',. Paipoonge and Before She got ; o°cit""of the drydoek
Geo. A. Graham. Mr. Wiley purchased another .unfortunate accident happened:
"the pig" and had her repaired et , A number of the shipyard workers
the Port Arthur shipyards and in were standing on the, shore gangway
October, 1912, she joined the Wiley .,waiting for the 5 o'clock whistle to
a fleet undera the nam ``Atikokan." ]flow, nnc� .when it souhdeci they all
In the summer of /913 the Atikokan made a rtish, With the result the .planks
• Dunganiton. �-
Miss Vivian Stratighan- spent the had an .'accident. Going down the St. bTo'ke end, dropped the men to' the
Ate.a. -:,_ t e....._ - .__ .� .Cl. it River, light, opposite Marine bottom of the dock. Some were killed'
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o Ano _ ,. �- _ .. ��,.,, a__ � ....�,.�...._
� � steeri _ x . chol�ed n , flail a Y,1t� � n'uut "s tn�red" .t"��;
the _ -... of .. M�trnic'Etnv, qty _ °'�, � ... n
Mr. Arthur .Marsh >
Manitoba, visited ,last week with Mr. Pore speed could be slackened, she The ship was then. pureh-aaed by the
e.
Mrs. C.
A. Vanstone. and_ s .
Deepest sympathy is extended to the
families of the late Robert, McClure
Chas. Fisher.
and
the
ateC
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PORT ALBERT
POttT - ALBERT, ' Jan: "•29'. • -- Mr•
Howard, Quaid of Marathon, near Pprt
Arthur, is spending this • week visiting
with his wife and family,
Miss. -...Kathleen Crawford, ,R'.N., of
Goderich, visited for a few days this
week at the home- of her • 'parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Crawford..
Miss Clara Willis- went to London
.this week to undergo an operation.
.We all *dish , her it speedy recovery..,.
Motion pictures and talkies were
'shown in the school -house on Monday
evening of last week by Mr. Harvey
Johnston for the National Film Board.
:These, pictures were very interesting
to those present, one film showing the
whole _life -of the warble flyandhow
it can be -controlled. -Other firms ,were
of the modern 'kitchen, comics. ,,,etc.
e next • showing will be about the
15th of February..
Owing to the stormy weather the
dance in the • school -house to 'raise
funds for' the-:Pureliase of 'a piano 'for
the 'school /was, postponed to, a niter
date. •
_limited Church Meeting. -The annual
congregational meeting was -held in
the _United church on -Wednesday, after-
noon of last week, with a fairly good
attendance. Reid.W. J. Rogers pre-
sided and opened the •devotional period
with a Scripture reading and prayer:
Reports of the" different organizations
of the church were given. All officers
were re-elected • to their former posi-
tions. '
A Social Event -An enjoyable time
vas spent on Aonday evening
of this
is
i7�el`", lieilio Fn -h_in met .at
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the -home of Mr. and Mrs: -Dave Martin.
"Well, Joan, what's' the scandal
while. I've been ,away?' ... '
"While you've been away` there's
been no scandal, Freddie!" '
T� ThCoRvaIe$Chlg...rt_._.:.
Alter Severi Illness-
Aftc: many ecvenv ifineseee or serious e�r i �
the patient is very often left in au extrem Y
nervu.
ous, r se ccnvake � nt `who need some kind '
To r�►c) -ileo stimulate a d build up tho weakened
of a,totuo to st
�y rrrecommenti. Milburn's health and Nerve Pine to assist
bt..�, we would
back to Health-liappin Again. {
li�ctxl. ba the Conval+�C�
These pills help supply elements ieee^1 to >at
brin in )ack.'bod�1 strength and vigour. ,
Prue rile a ,box, vilif3p° at all drug eountCt : dp' thn ,
%k. for our reru Bred trade ma e* a Itcd flet tn 1
. . _Tlao `1': tabula% 0 ., VI -Dace, Tnto, oz
v.•
smashed
n sm
k and o the b u
nosed over t a
into a docli and boat house, completely
demolishing both. Some ladies sitting
in the pavilion of the, boat
house
barely er3caprd being crushed wilen the
snout of the Atikokan hit the building.
The captain saw what was going to
couple
after a u
�I a1Co.,d
info i C 1
Dori ,
P
of trips tp the Vest Indus,. she was
laid up at Halifax,‘ where her cabins
caught' •fire and wee destroyed. The
flail was then said for 'junk.
Muth of the above information was
given by, ' t'aptaln `Wendell 3. Brown,
Ilappeli •and •shouted• through his mega- who was master of the Atikokan from
phone:. "(iet out, ladies, we are coining 1915 until she went into the drydoek
in."—• . ' 7
Wiley ' Near Mil iornaire
menced in 1914
World War I. com
and the iWiley company. was in. Stich
financial difk ulty that the bank forced
sale of the four ships. Had tlley
waited another year Wiley would have
died a millionaire, as, due to submarine
sinkingi, the price of freighters soared
to unheard-of figures.
The Neebing "Vent to halt water ;n
101.5, the Graham. was wrcrked ord
Manit+ntiliit Island in the fall of 1917,
and the Atikokan end Paipoonge were
sold to Cti'ltan • iiitere'sts in the fall o
1518. The Atikoitan vvan taken to
Cleveland and eat in is o fox` pas.Ciano
through tbo St. Lawrence canals. -Un-
fortunately weather delayed the dei
patina, from Cleveland runtlf I)eermber 1
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of--Gorrie_1osf ane -home of Mr.Auld Mrs. Robert ) eLach-
Anson -Thornton _ .. , .
of a- young teamsof horses in an un=` fan. 4ti) concession of Tucketamith,
usual. manlier. It became frightened
when the train name into the station,.
where- the team was standing, and
dropped dead. e_ •.
Mr. and. Mrs. James Rivers, Sea=
forth, celebrated their sixtieth wedding
anniversary. on Saturday last. They
were married in Usborne township. by
-the late Dr. Colin Fletcher._ Both are
in excellent health. hours later she succumbed' in the Sea -
forth a beltated nomination meeting forth hospital to the effects . of the
burns and shock. s
BUSINESS MEETING OF "
NILE UNITED GEURQS
on`,Tuesday evening of last week, cost
ing\ the life of their little daughter,
Joan Agnes, three and 'a -half years
old: 151x: McLachlan . woo ;doing his
evening chores and his wife had gone
to the barn to deliver a meseage-tat
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him, when they heard screams. in the
house and rushing indoors found the----
child's clothitig' 4,enveloped in #lames.
,She was taken outside and the flamer
extinguished in the snow -•-but a fent
at Fordwicll, E. A. Schaefer, T. A.
Wilson and W. E. Patterson: were
re-elected police trustees ft)r the vil-
lage. •At the statutory meeting in
December there were not enough rate-
payers present to form a -,quorum and
the second meeting was necessary.
The death occurred on January st
of John Bruce, lifelong -resident of
East Wawanosh, in his eighty-eighth
year.. He is suis ived- by one sister,
Mrs. Mary Breene, of Cochrane. For
some years he had lived with his
niece, Mrs. Richard Chamney, ,East
Wawdnosh. -
Mrs. Thomas Carr of'Brueefleld died
The annual business meeting of the
congregation of Nile United church was
held on January 16th. Rev. U. E.
Cronheihn occupied the chair and Mr.
Cliff. McNeil acted as secretary. To
meeting opened with a hymn "and -
prayer by' the pastor,
• The . business part 'of the meeting
began with reports from the differet'
on Thursday last at the home of her officers, all „of ,whom gave an excellent '
daughter, Mrs. Garnet Cornish, Clin- account of the year's work done 1n•
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toil, in- her eightieth year. She was a each deparfinent.' The officers for 1946
native of ,Scotland but spent most of were elected as follows: Elders, Frank
her life at Brucefleld. Her husband Hawkins, Carman Feagan,Isaac.
predeceased her and surviving are two Currey, •Thomas McPhee, Cliff. McNeil,
daughters, Mrs. Edward Cornell° of , Wilmer Rutledge; stewards, Robert
Pinconning, Mich., and Mrs. Cornish Bogie, .Isaac Currey,'Charles MeNee,
of Clinton- ,.....- Howard '-Squires, George Rutledge,
Donald Ross, Forrester, -of C2 , trustee _ board,
- frank Hawkins;- •�a
tong' -died: `suddenly on _Jana y ard, Isaac Currey, Thomas
at the Centralia air station. He was i McPhee: John Feagan, George, Rut -
111 1rnr'forty-ninth year and was a son ledge, Henry Matthews, Wilmer ,.Rut
of the late D
A. Forrester of Clinton.' ledge, Robert Bogle, Cliff.' McNeil;
IIe served in the first Great War with'` secretary -treasurer, Isaac Currey;
t __ _ had treasurer of 'trustee board, Thomas
the 1G1st 1l�ed -a B Port _Al _d McPhee ; organist,- -Mi s.- Hayden — - , - .--
�eeu �.:ep wed..
latterly at the Centralia airport. His The Sunday school secretary also
wife 'and two daughters - survive. . gave an excellent report of the year's
Francis Davis died at 'Winchelsea.work. Officers. .elected , were: Super_ •
on January 18th in his ninety-sixth intendant, Frank Hawkins; assistants,
year, after an illness of, a fewv days. T. McPhee and Howard Squire's; secre-
-Ile had lived practically all his' life tart' -treasurer; Harvey McPhee; as-
in Usborne -township. He is survived I sistant, Miss Lois Feagan; Cradle Roll
by four daughters and one son, Mrs. r superintendent, Mrs. Wilmer Rutledge;
Edward' Hothatu; of Delaware;'Mrs✓ temperance secretary% Toward Squires; -
John I-Iotham, of Seaforth ; Mrs. Thos. i missionary secretary, Miss McMillan;
Penrice, of Holland, Man.; Mrs. George l .librarians,. James Iiawkins, Ewin
McGay.in, of Seaforth, and ,George' Feagan.
Davis, of %Winchelsea ; n4so by sixtee 'Teachers elected were: ,Beginners'
grandchildren and eleven great -grand- elass--•teachet, Mrs. C,'hristilzw; assist-
children. Clayton Laithwaite, of (lode -rrnt, Mrs. Taylor. Intermediate bo „-
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. hi.of wts -one thestx teacher., Thomas, McPhee. Iaternsed t
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r.andsons who were pallbearers at eirfi1 'her; r :Tl u ,
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1 ant, Mrs. G. Rutledge• Senior girls--- -he funeral. r teacher,Mr�. la3del• assi tent► MissAltlot h theweatherman, madeit dis-t�trale at SeaforthMcMlLlan, Bible ela'.-teacher, Missz;fieenble outside there were thirty-
four •present, coming. by two sleighs, amour Mill
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Bmploye-ee of the ri eellenee &our a M. Currey:; assistant, Mrs• 11t, Squires.
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two automobiles. ,
n t\ s . 1lawlcins .with
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Seaforth
o'clock gi.V'tables of progressive euchre iiii'll at Sc
strike over a question of wages.. The Miss „Beth Hayden as assistant.
and two tables ofcroltinole Wereere coni- mill. hes employed about thirty-five The .meeting €dosed with prayer by
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menced. After eleven: games of euchre men making flour for export, ''.Phe the pastor.
played; the wieners were Mrs. • 1C$oy inalaageij, E. Turgeon, states that' bis ,ienw
Petrie for the ladies and Air. Jackie Government contracts are being call- -
Tifert. he winning every game. tilled January 31st, and that then
Clrokinole prizes went to Miss Isabel
Tigert. and Mr. Donald Bowde». Con- ,the mill will be elosed down. In the
ses were also given at meantime he has broil able to hire
olution pri
midnight A grand Tench' was served other •unemployed men to vvgrki_iu the ;
by the hostess, Mrs. Dave Martin. mill. •
%Femora's Meetings.—The «'•M.'1, and
Little 'Child .
'ii,',A: of the United church Met at the 1 ataily Burnedhome of Airs. Jas. McKenzie on Thurs. A tragic accident oceurred at the
day afternoon, with a fair attendance.
Mrs. eMelteneie took charge ,of the .
meeting which was • opined vv,ith a who bad received -flowers and fruit at'
l»rnu and gayer by Mrs. Elmer Gra.. C"hri-stninw.-Discuss our tool[ piece with
ham. Miss Mary':9ltd'. nzie react 'the eregard to 'n aya of r,aising_inoueyt It.
aerl tare •k' non. Tli+e..-treahtnrrt, bit's.i was decided to use the saitagliaiae bat i
l h birthday bn zt 1
t'. • C'k;xrvgotsl,..gi'tve tll� taaitaua� repnpt. fioi•. tlaree'� ,Quiffs awl the 5 � �
., a tion lrid Wit filet 'fr i. Lodi er `read a elitipter In the utud� 1.
wltiiCbfla�. file Salic
.with a nice Balance 'oui bale "Th anit book. After ' 11e close of the meeting!
you" letter.. were road farina shnt•Ine luneb' tali served by the ho.,tc s . i
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