The Brussels Post, 1938-3-23, Page 1POST PUBLISHING HOUSE
Local Telephone
System Hold
Annual Meeting
Brussels, March 18, 1938,
The annual meeting of the 13,M,&'
G. Telephone Systema was held in
the Town Hall, Brussels on. the
above date,
The ininutes of the last meeting
were rend,
,Moved by Mr, D. Johnston, eec-
onded by Mr. D, 'eieTavesh, that
minutes as head be adapted.
Carried.
The Treasurer read the report fora
1937 and explained each part
thereof.
Moved by Mi'. Robt, Bowman, sec-
onded by Mr. Wen, Spier that the
repent as read be adopted.
--,Carries.
Election of Odors for 1938 mov-
ed by Me. J. D. Warwick, seconded
by Mr, X. McLean that the reeves
of Brussels, Morris and Grey be
elected- commissioners for 1938.
Amendlnent,-
Moved• by Mr. D, JOhuston, sec-
onded
econded by Mr, H. Keys, that the
colnmissieu for 1937 be re- eleoted
for 1938,
A vote was taken and the anlend-
ment. harried.
Moved by E. Cardiff, sea led. by
Mr. Robt. Bowman that the meet-
ing he adjourned.
Auditor's' report of 13. M. & G.
'Telephone Company will be found
on other page of this issue.
Wingham Woman May
Be Missing Heir
Mrs, Harold Ribson of Wingham
may be the 'missing heiress 10
whom \\'•m. John Wright. or To-
ronto willed a fortune of $12,500.
He left the money to a "Miss Babe."
a child actress he saw on the Fort
Mayne, Ind., stage 20 yearn ago.
Mrs. Rlbson believes she may be
the "-Bliss Babe" to whom he re-
fers.
THE UNITED CHURCH
REV, H. J. MAHONEY, B.A., B,D,
Minister
11 a.m.-Inadequate Motives.
3 p.m. -Sunday School.
7 p,m.-Rev, A. M. Grant, B,A., 8,D„
of Wroxeter will preach
-There will he no session of the
V,P,U. but commencing next Sun-
day, April 3rd, the meeting, will be
held on Sunday evening following
the regular service.
-March 30th, Rev. J. B. Moore of
Grand Bend who was in Palestine
last summer will give an illustrated
travelogue on the Holy ..Land. Un-
der ausp'ces of Trail Rangers.
-•Sunday, April 3rd, The Sacrament
of the Lord's Supper. Any who
wish to unite in Fellowship will be
received at this Communion Ser.
Vice.
REGE
THEATRE
SEAFORTH
NOW PLAYING
4N,VVtA4!'141•44
PEOPLE WE KNOW
Miss Gc1'fldine Eddy,' of Harris -
ton is t110 guest of Mb's Il, Parker.
Bruce Moore, of "Ube '1)0811 staff
Cheeley, visited at his haute here
this week,
Miss, Priscilla Champion who has
been quite 111,,. was 'removed Tiles -
day, te• Wiug haze hoeletal,.
Mrs. F. McLean, l\'Llgham, has'
been the guest of her daughter Mrs,
F. M. Santis,
The house ou Mill street, now
occupied by W, H. Bell, and 1n'e er-
ty, owned by Wm. Dark, has been
Purchased by John McNair of town,
Rev. Jno, Graham and firs.
Graham attended the Induction of
Rev. E. 0, Gallagher ht : Wiugham,
last week,
Miss Alice. Taylor was' called
hone last week to Clinton to help
look after her another who was
quite 111,
Mr. and Mrs. George Dawson of
Port Stanley were week -end guests
of her parents Mr, and Mrs. Philip
Ament,
Nurse Ress-;,nll has returned home
from London where slie has been
on a case in. St. Joseph's Hospital
for the pastt two months.
Mr. Learn Campbell, Seaforth, it
spending a few days at the home of
Joe and Mrs. Shaw and also Other
farmer friends in the neighborhood.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hamilton and
Miss Jessie, of Toronto were
visitors at the home of Mr, and
Mrs, Philip Ament having motored
Mr. H. Anient up from Hamilton.
Mrs, J, A, Wilsons and Miss
Batty Currie motored to Hamilton
last week, Mr. Wilson joined
them for the week -end and they all
returned on Sunday.
.Mrs, Clarke Matheson was in To-
ronto last week having taken lan
back to the hospital for treatments
as he was not so well as he had
been.
Mr, ltnd Mrs. Wm, Flseher and
children of Grttam's Survey, are
moving t0 the apartment now ec-
copied by .lir. and Mrs. D, Davison.
The home of the late Jane-lfitchell,
In which they have been liviug hal
been sold to Utas. Lake.
Mrs. Sarah Dillon or Port Wil-
liam and Mts. Lillian MoLaellltu of
Seagrave were renewing old
friendships in town. They were
Misses. Ilintles formerly of Bons-
s1r18 and claim it is' forty years
since they moved away.
Clongratulations are offered to
Miss Jean Streehan in attendance
at Ilavelgll girl's College Toronto,
She ranked first in her class sand-
ing for the Autumn terns, And
has lately been appointed Perfect
of her formin the College whirr Is
an oatsianding honour conferred by.
the College emit.
She is a daughter of Rev. J. 1.
and Mrs. 9Ira ellen of Owen Sound
and tt tiler.' of Crawford and hiss
Annie Strachatl of this vicinity.
Mr. Will, MoFariane, Silverton,
Man.. who, has, been visiting here
for the past two weeks, left this
morning far Princeton. Ont Mr.
McFarlane is a brother of Mrs, Jas,
Cardiff, He lived in Brussels fifty-
six years, ago, while here he 11101
many of his old friends, which was
a real pleasure to 1)1111. Not many
of us will be travelling from the
Wes. at the alae of S2.
Mike Ament Pram Sioux Lookout
eves attending the miner's cunveu-
tlon in T.01'o11l0. Ile paid ilio
Parente, Mr, and Mrs, P. Aauent tt
week -end' visit. Iio reporis a
pleasant time meeting tl number of
his old Mende' and school mates.
He alavays' received a lot of ravers
but was' quite surprised when start-
ing for Monte enMonday oe the
a9Lern0an trate to 1incld he had a
Private car, alike stated there
e) 0 1 be any mistake about it as, he
was the 01117 esti iu it when leaving
Druesels.
Ann Sothern. Burgess Meredith
There Goes the Groom
A Rollicking Comedy
Danger Patrol
Sally Eilers John
Harry Carey
Beal
MON., TUES., WED"
Irene Dunne Carey Grant
Ralph Bellamy
The Awful Truth
The picture you have all been
waiting for
NEWS
CARTOON
NEXT THURS., FRI„ SAT,
Leslie 'Howard Bette Davis
Patric Knowles
Its Love I'm After
OI'vla De Haviland Eric Blore
You'll be weak with laughter when
you see "It's Love I'm After"
COMING -
The Duke Comes
Back
73Tufsotto
Vogt
WEDNESDAY,. MARCH 23rd 1938'
NEWS ITEMS
NOTICE--
The.
OTICE-The Ladiesof the Presbyterian
Church at 1311101 are holding a
Baking Salle at the store of Mr,
William Love on Saturday after-
noon, March 26111. A 15c tea will
be served,.
Hydro Rebate
'rhe Brussels 1lydro Commission-
ers were advised that Brussels' re-
bate b1 acenldance with the 13t11
Power 13111a is $723.G8. This' is the
largest rebate, Brussels,. has re-
ceived,
NOTICE 1
To Whom It May Concent.
Having given up the agency for
Rawleigh's Products I would ap-
preciate a settlement of all accounts
owing at once; ale I must settle with
the company. Thanking you for
Your past Patronage.
191111 have s 30ant1ty 0f products
011 Maud to be sold. 'these may be
obtained by 01011ng at the house -
over ran McDonald's. butcher shop.
Leslie E, Beekman, Brussels
Maxine Roberts, Listowel
Produces Own Play
Seven-year-old Maxine Roberts*
Listowel, wrote and produced a
play she called "The Queen" for a
classroom concert on Friday, March
17111. The cast was well chosen
and rc11earsed, The whole play
showed considerable filteese consid-
ering the age of the budding young
Pl37wright, Miss W. Hawke, who
hay been her teacher for two years
states .Maxine has, been. clever at
Anything elle ever attempted. She
is a daughter of Mt', and Mrs. W, F.
Roberts: of Listowel and is, a rela-
tive of W. E. Willis of Brussels.
Church Notes
MELV I LLE
Presbyterian Church
SUNDAY, MARCH 27th
the services at 11 a,ttt, and 7 0 in.
will be conducted by
REV. ARTHUR LEGGETT,
Molesworth, Ont,
Sunday School at 9 par.
All Members and Adherents are of Linen and Woollens.'
Invited to Attend thee° li was It very interesting wet -
Services 1n1; and \'eri' well Mended,
Services in Melville Presbyterian
Church on Sunday were conducted
by Rev. G, D. Little, of. Ehnirn,. Ont,,
who spoke Prom Psalm 4; his sub-
ject being, "The Four Acts of Wor-
ship."
'Pile text for the evening service
was taken frons Ants 27, Verse 29;
"Four Anchors of the Soul." The
chair c013'ribetcd an anthems at the
meriting and evening service,
Selvieest in the United Church on
Sunday 'were eendUnted by the min-
ister, Rev, i1. T .Mahoney, who
spoke from Matt 24-3, "The Second
Coming of Joolts " and in the eve-
ning from Peter 3-15, "Safety of
the Geod." At the morning service
the choir cis: ribered an 011111e111,
Congratulations
Melville Church •
Calls Minister
Melville Presbyterian church eon'
gregation wore unanimous in ex-
tending a call to the Rev. G. D.
Little, of Elmira, Ont, They ere
now awaiting the oflledal acceptance
of Mr. Little.
WE SELL SELL FOR LESS -
Sunkist Brand No, 1 Grade
Oranges only 1 c doors at Grewar's
Fresh Celery two large crisp bunch.
es 15c; New Cabbage 5e ib,; Nett1
Carrots, Spanish Onions, Goldee
Yellow Bananas New Tomatoes 150
Ib, Cash and Carry at Grewar'a,
We Sell For Less A, Grewar
Phone 5
-0 -:r. -
St• John's Anglican Church
Rev. J. Graham, rentor of St.
John's, continued bus lenten ser.
vices -on SUuday speaking in the
morning on "Prejudice" and in the
evening on the ,phase "Hallowed
Be Thy Name" from the Lord's'
Prayer, During the morning ser-
vice Mrs, Graham sang a solo "Be-
held, Tho Lamb, of God,',
Suffers Heart Attack
Richard Jaeklin, sr,, Grey town-
ship, ssftered a severe heart attack
while In Erus'sels on Tuesday after-
noon, He was removed to the
Ameriean Hotel where he was 'at-
tended by Drs. Jamieson and
McRae, The attack was provoked
by a heart condition known . as
Angina, Pectoris and Mr, Jackliil's
condition io stated as being very
s'erions,
Boys and G- irls
Conference
During Laster - week, Friday,
April 22nd, three or four hundred
girls and boys will invade Brussels
For a one day conference. This.
ihnctiou is held under the auspices
bf the Girls and Bays Work Board
ilf Huron County, More details
later.
Appoint Nig- ht
Constable
On suggestion of Provincial Of-
ficer .McCoy, the Brussels Council
have appointe'l a night constable,
who will be on duty until the
parties responsible for the epidemic
of burglaries in Huron and Bruce
Counties are apprehended.
Robberies', believed to be by the
SUM(' persons have taken Place at
Goclerich, 'Amnberly, Clifford, Walk-
erton, etc.
Mr, George Campbell received the
at`p01ntnteut,
Mr. G. 1' , Stewart, formerly• of
11.11: e-eis. Ontario, will conduct a
general osteopathic practice in
Windsor, with an office at 210 Doug-
las Building, Mr. Stewart, com-
pleted a five-year course at the
Still Osteopathic College, Des
Maines, Iowa, and was interned in
the Dee. Moine General Hospittli
following which be was, as'sccieted
with D1 M11011 Crepe, of :lit. Pleas-
ant„ Michigan. His equipment In-
clude.; tin ultra short, wave genera -
lar which he considers a most et.
Ileal'tous adjunct to osteol1lth10
therapy 111 as;bintt, arlllrilis, neur-
itis., rheumatism and those disease
criginaling tram a deranged nen.
volts ey0Lea11.
Graham ix' the youngest son or
Mr, and Mrs. Peter Stew'itr't of town.
orneres Institute
The regular meeting of the
10ruseels Branch Of the Women's
11(03anle tv'a0 1(113 Endo afterylonll
Mardi 13, The President, Mr's.
1I•:woks Spier Presented. Mrs.
Graham gave tl,11 matte for the day
1.1 tt vu} culu1ble and Pleasing
manner, 'Weavers of Life" Show -
1111: how dist' life le a Piece of
material. and We aro tau. w+•'cr1=.
51,6i4 ;!tris lhug,tun sang .,ti
Irish eeng "Kerry Danees," in her
11011111 rood styes, 'rhe Reit Call
woe answered by 11an11119 an Irish
rite or lawn, Rev, Mr. (31011am
gave 11 very interesting address on
the manufacture of 1,111011 in Ire.
lana and Miss 11.1za0eth Downing
311ltellell her rerete tin 'IluyIIlanship
Dog Doesn't Like Country
Hikes 70 Miles to City Home
"Roger," la months, old beagle
hound., was sent for a country holi-
day to the house of Alex. :Bryan's,
Belgrave by his master, Hugh Mc-
Mahon. of Landon. Apparently not
liking country life, even with plenty
of good hunting to be bad, the
hound immleclfately started out for
his Loudon home, reaching it In 12
hours'.
Obituary
BRUSSELS, ONTARIO
JAMES ANDERSON
There passed away at his' [home
in Brussels on March 14, James An -
Berson, son of the late Jelin Ander
Son and Mary Leak, in. his, 75th year
Born in Oxford County, Feb, 6, 1864,
In 1886 he moved' to 1'airdale N,D,,
where ho farmed for a number of
Years In 1009 he moved to 111e,
5th, concession, 'Morris, where he
farmed until a year ago retiring to
town. He was a member of Knox
United Church, Belgrave where he
was superintendent for 11 years, In
1896 he married Mary J, Sproat, of
Seaforth, who survives alio two
sons, John 01 Belgrave and Earl
of Morris aha two daughters Mrs.
Ivan M•eArter, Morris and Mrs. A.
J. Burke, Port M'Nicoll, Two
brothers Fred a Paris and 'Wm.
of Pembroke also two sisters :Mrs.
John Gordon and Mess Minnie An-
derson of Weston.
The funeral was held Wednesday
pen., March 16, from his late home
to Brandon Cemetery, Belgrave.
Services were conducted by Rev.
Mr. ownend., Belgrave, assisted by
Rev. Mr. Boyle, Blyth and Rev. Mr,
Mahoney, Brussels.
Pallbearers ' were; James Ander-
son, Belgrave, cousin; Charles and
Albert Coupes, Belgrave, nephews';
Charles Dulonage, Athur Routledge
and John 'Beattie, Seaforth,, ne-
phews,.
Relatives were present from Wes-
ton. Seaforth, Stratford and Wing -
ham,
Library Board
Secures Books
Huron Old Boys'
Association of Toronto
The A11nua1 Euchre and Bridge
"get together" of the Huron 01d
Boys A;lsoclatiou of Toronto will be
head in the Sovereign Hal1, 305 1
Dovercourt Road oi1 Tuesday even-
ing, Al:'rtl 5tlt, at S'p.m,
Good Pries will be offered and a
good program has been ararnged
All Iluronites aro invited to be
present at .itis meeting, which bids
to be the biggest in the h151101y of
the association
The Board of the Public Library
wish to draw to the attention of
he reading public that in recent
months quite a large number of new
books have been 'purchased, and
they hope that these will be found
enjoyable.
The Board also wises to an-
nounce that the fee for the use of
the 000m down -stab's. in the Library
building has been changed from
three debtors to two dollars, appli-
cation For the use of the room to 130
made to the choirman of the Board.
And then. the Board wishes to say
that it would like to make the
Library acceptable to an ever in-.
creasing number of readers, and to
.that end would welcome suggestion
from ciders residing within the
area served by the Library, All
such suggestions to be duly signed'
and mailed to' the chairman of the
Board'. All suggestions will be
treated as "Confidential."
On behalf of the Board,
Rey. J. Graham, C8airman,
Mrs.' W. Scott, Secretary,
COME ONE! COME ALL!
To The
HOT MEAT PIE SUPPER
under the auspices of
Melville Church Ladies Aid
in the Church Basement
Friday Eve., March 25th
from 6 to 8 o'clock
ADMISSION - - 25c.
Winners in
Post Lucky
Draw Contest -
Notice to Subscribers, 'Special Prize
Winners t-ast Week"
John 13uc11anac, Warton, Ont,
Piece at Silverware
R. L. N1e1to1, R.R, 4, Brussels
Piece of Silverware.
John Snell, R,11, 2, Bluevade
Piece of Silverware
Please call at Brussels 'Post'
newspaper office 011 or atter Tues.
day, Match 29th for prize.
io the
Renew Noor subscriptionyou too
Brussels Post this wek, beautiful
may wen one of theselbag
special. prizes this week also
of sugar, flour, dinner
ner set orl ' dr Mel,
when subscrl1ti
closes. thi$
Renew your subscription
week 51.50 Per
On St. Patrick's Da,
In Brussels
11 ,happened on the 19th of March
in the haine of Gordon Sanderson,
just ah ilea time when Jeanette was.
getting s'ta1Per, kinvdng purchased
some eggs from a local vendor that
had gone through the process' of
candling, he had the required num-
ber In the pa's frying and lo' and
behold. a pronounced 'peeping
commenced) Gordon's son Lloyd is
employed at the Walter Ros
Poultry hatchery, and at first he
was though to have a chick in his
podbet but no, he didn't. Upon
closer examination .the 'POelg
came right one of the pan, With
three members of the family wit-
nessing it, they surely all couldn't
have been --well duet hearing
things.
SERVICE STATION OPEN-
Joe Kelly,'`who has been. away for
the .last fed months' to now back
ready to rerve you with British
Aanerican Gas and Oils.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to express our sincere
thanks' to our neighborei and friends
for their sympathy and 'beautiful
floral tributes given us' in our re-
cent sad bereavement
Mrs. Anderson and Family.
The
HURON PLOUGHMEN'S.'
ASSOCIATION
Will Hold Their
ANNUAL MEETING
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30th
at 2.30 p.m- in
BRUSSELS TOWN HALL
All members urged to attend
Everybody Welcome.
R. L. McDonald, President,
L. E. Cardiff, Sec.-Treas.
Notice
Unpaid Taxes
Parties have until Saturday, April
2nd to Pay their - taxies to 1oca1
treasurer. After that date all un-
paid. taxes will have to be forward,
ed to County TreseuTer for -collec-
tion. --Brussels Connell.
Melville
W. 'M. S.
The W. \1. S. Society of Melville
PreAylcricul Church held their
Expense 'tett at the home of Airs.
Alla ' 9teachan on Thursday after-
noon .5larch 17111, with a geed at•
tendance. airs, W. Herr sang an.
Irish solo whish was very much en-
joyed. A number 10111 an Irish
,."ice which caused 11111311 laughter,
Readings were given by bit's. G.
Deadman wed Sirs. J. Wilton, both
were very interesting. A dainty
11111011 was, served by t118 hostess and
('onl1111130- They realized over '
fourteen dollars
Brussels Merchants
OPPORTUNITY SALE
STARTS THIS WEEK
SHOP EARLY --SHOP OFTEN
Sale Days Friday, March 25
To Saturday, April 2nd
Read The Ads in The Post
LISTEN IN
An Announcement Will be made over
CKNX Wingham ;on Friday at 1:20 p.m.