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CJST P"UB LISIHING HOUSE
Wednesday, April 9th, 1947 u.. ..
CORNER STONES Ordination Service s Two Rescued From
Melville Ladies' Aid 1 District Officer PaysPEOPLE WF KNOW Isolated House
Mehelle 'Ladles Aid met. on Inion - Official Visit - j Rev, G A.Mee 'Vi A I Mr. End G. Moine, B.A., will lit,
d i 'cl into ih
i nranr tuo the nrlttiatry of a m * * 1 111' iawnn owl 11,1,hard
day evening at the home of Mrs. 11dsi:rlet Demnly President Mary Christian Character. Books Presbyterian Church on Friday Bias ,Tesise Little house when their
Alex Anderson, owing to the boll. Nedliger, Clinton, paid an official , evening, April llth in Melville ll it cries nt help tt r rv.
day not quite as many as. usual were I visit to sinning Star Rebekah I Many People of souttrl <'hriskiair friends.
Present. Mrs. Matheson, the p1Ps' Lodge on Tuesday might. She tuna charaaler may trot hays lilt ger at env,. Church at 8 o'clock. Mr. Moore grew
for 't-ocLhrg, 111141 unto Mrs. Annie Marsh is in
idem opened the meeting with the accompanied by four members of (Yprolill" rear!•
customary procedure. Miss Grace Clinton Lodge. Peet Noble Grund I ars may not have Chustlall rdtat hospital,
Meter A, Rene, resented Mrs aster.;, but, n.rrertheles;, boobs
Stewart reading the scripturep
Lesson there was also one hymn and � Nediger with a gift on behalf aP. the Have an influence in mental culture
prayer, Items of business were
]edge. A delicious lunch was and tp0ral growth which cannot be
discussed and committees named, served by the committee in (beige o'er -estimated, Books preserve for
Collection. was taken and also a under gine convenorship of sister le • the inheritance or the oast.
sport of the Sunshine Fund.Williamson. Stored in boobs are the great
A sociai hour was enjoyed Inclvd. - —_ thoughts by which the ages have
ing a humorous reading by Mete
• up the experiences of life,
Anderson and games, a delirious Flood Damage and the great lives whish have
luno wee served and a vote of Not Extensive. I moulded history, andfarmed the
thanks. was moved by Mrs. Long to Flood waiters of the Maltlerrc1 arsine and inagliratirnr of successive
the hostess for opening her !tome. reached an unprecedented level here E generahions, These are our epiritte
with Strntlenel
up to young manhood in town
was a member of the church.
me esters of the Presbytery
aslet In the service. A social
will follow the service.
and
Thr+
will
1.0111'
Attention
Baseball Fans
Anyone interested is invited to
attend tine Western Ontario .Athletic
Association, meeting in the Wingbam
Town Hall, Thurwd.ay, April 17th at
8.15 p.m. (sheep) to organize lease•
ball for the summer months,
A Play Entitled
"Aunt Bessie Beats The Band"
will be presented
in the Brussels Town Hall
On Friday, April 18th
at 8115 P.M ,
Admission—Adults 40c
Children 20c
Brussels Branch of the
Canadian Legion
in Brussels Town Hall on
Friday, April l l th
Music by Ken. Wilbee and
His Orchestra
Dancing from 10 to 1.30
Three Dance Prizes
Admission 50c Lunch Booth
Thanks be unto God for his
unspeakable gift.
Melville Church
Mlnlstoi Ray. G. A. Milne, ILA,
10 a. m. Sunday School and
Bible Class
11 a. m, Baptismal Service
7 p, 111. Guest Speaker:—
Rev. L. C, Sergensen.
Friday, April 11,11, at 8 p. m,
Ordination Service.
Louis D. Thompson organist
and Choirmaster.
The United Church
OP CANADA
Minister kev. Hugh 0. Wilson
11 a. nt, Morning Worship
"The Great Coonanlon"
Mission 'Band
12 Church School and
Bible Class
A Catechumen. Class
7 p, m. Levelling Praise
The Evening ,Service will be in
charge of the Young, People.ol
the Walton United Ohurek.
A Cordial Welcome To AIL
Church of England
Parish of Brussels
Rev. J. H.• Kerry Rector
let lSunelay Mee Baster
April 18th, 1947
8t. John's Church, Brussels—
2 p. m, Sunday School
3 p. »i, Evening Prayer
St. George's
11 a, m, Baster Service
Holy Camurunionl
Sunday might. lit was stated by
older residents of the village that
never in. their memory had tate river,
overflowed its banks to such en
extent. Fortunadely d.asnage was
not • exitenteive. Basements were
flooded. Pressure systems had to
be mimed and later replaced to
prevent damage. It was reported
that at least one fueniace was pet out
by' the rising water. A colony 11017ee
belonging to Alex Rutledge was
carried away. In several instances
neemals had tn, he ressrleri from
buildings in the path of the raging
waters, Old ioundnttnats and portions
of old buildings on the river banks
were a waslied away. The hien wind I
Sunday night eaused minor diffieu1•
ties with the hydro. At one time
the darkress was fllem'.1111te8 by
shooing sparks and great 1la.shes of
light from the tr'anslnrmer at the
corner just opposite the home of
T. L. McDonald,
Cars Damaged
Two cars were badly damaged
when they met head on ire a cnt nn
the gravel road south of Rrrtssels on
Monday night. The car driven by
W41ifor d Cameron.' Brussels was
travelling south when the collision
ocem'ec1 with aear driven by Thos.
Merritt, Blyth. Fortunately !none
of the passenrgers In [he Iwo cars
were Mewed.
Majestic Women's Institute
Mrs. Stanley Wheeler nee•r tafned
the Majestic Woolen's Dn.stit11 e in
the Brussels Library on Werlriesriny,
(, P. M. April 2nci, Mrs. Win, Miller
1lreslrled, Twentieeeven• ladle% an
severed the roll call, "Hines fin Sprhle
Sewing."
!meetingAtller the reading of 'he minutes
of lameeting and the financial 1e -
l. port by the secretary a short die
�I
mission took place over the Huron
CcuntY 'Hospita'lization Plan aTn, it
was {heeded to leave Itover for
further study. Nirs. Gentles and
MVP, Chas. Davis were appointed
local leaders tor the Jr, Homemak-
ing Project on being well dressed
and well groomed.
Mrs, Jas. Armstrong and Aers, Wes.
Kerr were chosen local leaders to
i attend the hocae leaders training
school at Wroxeter on May 1st. the
project being "Better •'Meals with
whole Grain Products,"
The Officers' Bally Is 10 be held
in the Brussels Public Library on
on Thlrnstlaw, A.pr•il 10th frtyns 10
O. m. •to 4 p. 1U•. Mrs, Clarence Hayes
i of Georgetown will discuss "Tire,
Duties, of Officers," A committee
I was appointed to look atter 11111011 at
the close al the ei'hernlocm session.
A short "sing Song" was enjoyed
by the ladies.
Tnter•estinlg reports were given by
the conveners of. standing comrn4t-
tees:--Mrs,. Lloyd Alooek on Asci•
culture and Cane1l'l'an. Tpdnsh'ies,
Mrs, 0, Long on Home Economies:
Mrs, 0011 Hemingway on Citizenship;
Mra. John •Speh' on Pntblictty and
Mrs, Eldon Wilson on Soclai Wel-
fare, The secretory, tars, Harold
Speir reported a goon work for th0
year with et membership of. (111 and
total reoeipts being $420,02 with ex-
penses $305,37.
•Tt was proposed by a number of
mernbelrs• that owning to such: a
large metrnllei'*hip that we hold our
meetings in the Library. This was.
to he brought, before the Library
Board.
A rionihuating oommittee eoneletiiug
of Mrs, Jigs, Brylans, Mrs, Cbas.
Church, Waiten—Davidson and Mrs. Carl Hemingway
was appoiniied t0 select a slate- ter
otflde:re and report to Ibe May maet•
Mg, Mrs, Bartle! Stteir Offered tier
hone for the nett meeting.
The National Anthem clesed tiie
meeting after which a 11e111101u
Mach wa0 served by the hostess()
frons s. )lia,eter decorated table.
1 Ch
Henn• n--''
St, David's a urch r Henry
n—,
Service will be held on
April 20tH at 11 a, m.
al herttnge, nod we are meant to
enter upon it. and by it grow wiser,
stronger, and nobler. This we can
only do by reading. To nee -lent • the
use of books le to make ourselves
deliberately poor. Books provide
for us. . an immense field of mantel
exercise as well as pure pleasure. To
derive the .geeett'st heneflt from our
reading we must read with a pur-
-pnse. Te rend for sheer pleestu'e Is
permissible but the dominant
purpose of reading inset he mental
culture. A vast amount of the
iichton published to -clay does not
encourage stimulating `ltought, and
m11011 of it Is to he condemned.
Books of that type are a moral
plague. and, next to bad contently,
sloth books have brought retire moral
evil 111111 any other fopni of wicked-
ness. In the case of young readers
such litea•ature can leave indelible
stains on the imagination, weaken
the conscience, and destroy the will-
power. There are authors, the flrst
edIl10)1s of whose books 511011(1 have
been consigned to the fire in view
of the low literary taste which they
have sought to encourage.
Melville Church
The Sacrament of the Lord's
Stepper wes dispensed to a largo
attendance on 'Sunday morning. Rev,
Air. Milne preached on the subject.
"The Nature of Self -Ignorance."
The anthem was 'They have taken
away my 'Lord' by Stainer. At the
evening service Rev. Mr. Milne
preached on the subject 'The Risen
Shed., Social Taster nlusie by the
choir included 'Lift up your !reads, (1
ye gn•tee' 1y Hopkins, and 'Hark,
bait my soul' by Shelley Taking
solo pants in the latter anthem were
Hiss Joyce Porter, Mrs, 51, Edgar,
end leer. WIn. Spon, ,
CARD OF (HANKS
The family of the late Seeman
McNichol wish to thank their
friends and ,neighbours tor kindness The Friendship Circle in') el the
and symPatihy shown to them in home of Mrs. A. Istcleaggart on Wed -
their recent bereavement, nesduuy of last week, The devotion
'tthey aro also grateful to Dr. 0. - al period wee in charge of Mrs.
Myers and those who sent flowers Bert Garniss who gave the. topic
and cards. based on "'India" taken from the
study book. A rotund table diens.
siou was participated in by several
members, Moe. IT, Thomas con•
tr'ibuted a solo whhh her own guitar
aecosnpasrimeaut, Mrs, S. F, Davison
55•Y a Very betereethlg description of
"The Passion Play" she had seen.
Mi's. H. C. Wilson gave en amusing
request monologue which was touch
enjoyed, 1,nn'ch was sewed,
The United Church
Help To Re Build
St John's Church
Time Extended Until May ard
The resp.0mse to the need St, John's
eongregatioln continues. Donations
have now passed 51000,00, The Post
is confident 'that before May ?rd.
when We conclude this fund it wi11
have .reacher! 52000. TIelp it growl
The following business place; ors
seta kindly co-operating and donat-
ions may be left with any of them
until May ..".rd.
Wood's Store
Coleman's Restaurant
Elliott's Grocery
The Brussels Post.
DONATIONS TO ST. JOHN'S
RE -BUILDING FUND
Previously acknowledged .... 51010.00
Diehard Stevens 1,00
Mrs. Gordon, Knight 5.00
Mrs. Mary Black "a 00
Wan. Pilulcott 3 00
John Pearson 5.00
L. F. Cardiff. M.P. 1011.00
M1irs, Robinson Hamilton, •
Port Garry, M•a.n,
Dr. Bred. T. Btyans, Toronto
Ai 0071110115
Rev. I3. 0. Wilson
Mr, and Mrs, John Work
Mrs, John B. McArter•, Jr,
Mrs. Margaret Beii•nes
Ili'. and Mrs. Stewart Lowe ,
Wm, Jaeklin
Mir. and 'Arra. T. Seller .......
e 5 00
100:00
10.00
5.00
7.00
3.0n
2.00
5.00
2,00
10.00
CARD OF THANKS
Our grateful thanks is expressed
to all our neighbours and friends
for their deeds of kineeness and
words of sympathy at the time of
our recent bereavement. It was all
deeply appreciated.
Mrs. Danby and Plmer
Friendship Circle
Of United Church
Melville Church W.M.S.
The regular meeting of the
W.M.S, was T1eid in the church on
Thursday e0ternlaon, with the presi-
dent, Miles Grace Stewart in tho
chain•. The meeting ripened 'w1111
Hymn 212 followed by The Lend''s
Prayer de unisons. Meetitntiolr on
Lord's Prayer w'as gdven by Mes.
Armstrong. Mos. Wes. Kerr gave
the ,sortptnre reading followed by
prayer by the president. Hymn 210
was then stung and sec, and teens.
reeves were react and adopted,
Mies Stewaett was appointed as n
adepts from ,our society to attend
a. ineeteng in 'Stratford on .A.pril 10,,
17 and 18. Mrs. Matheson gave 115 ft,
very interesting and inspiring
iOaster message. Hymn 295 wan
then sung and meeting was closed
117 repeatiing the IV1Izpah Benediction,
BORN
170TlilvTTDR-••'dm Monterey Pei•k,
Calif., to Mr, and -;Nit's. W. D,
i8okrnier, a son --Robert Jeffrey.
It Was For Him
Jones "Life is full of tfiale."
Brown; "Yes, thank goodness."
• Dotes, "Why do you say that."
Brown: "Ism a lawyer.." •
FRANK KIRKBSt
Licensed Auctioneer
For Huron County
Rates Reasonable
Satlsfal:tion Guranteed
Picone Seaforth 84244'4424
R..R, 4, Walton, On 1
'Special Beater Music clharacterised
the ISeundiay servl1P3 in the "United
Church, The ,following aaltheins were
Meg, "I know that my R.sdeenter
Oh" by Wilson, the solo being taken
by Ma's, Lyle Brothers: "Alleluia
Christ is Risen' by A.dntns, the solo
taken by Mise C. Hingeton, The
choir was assisted in the evening by
Mr. M. La.yeacik wlho sang "Open the
gates of the temple?' by Knapp, in
exeel}ent voice.
lin the rimming 1101'. Wilson spoke
on the continuing presence of the
Risen Lord, Tn the •evening the sorb
Metwas "Three Great Parts aboitt
Easter.'
Announcement was made of next
Sunday evening's service when the
Walton Poling People will be 14
charge.
Notice
if any person wishes to donate
maple trees suitable tar flooring for
9t. Jahrt's Angliecan Clutch it 71otrid iialt past six, after whioh the $200 must aocomPany each tender,
be greatly appreciated. Ttinrlly.,got regular meeting was held. The Lowest Or any tenter not nooes-
n touch with Harvey Bryaiis,
ia abort talk on
rotor then gave � ret seas ted.
sa y p
I
t'tione t1-4,-.0 meaning of the IOastet' season."
"TheGeorge C. Martin, (!lark
ZVinghnm
w g, r.
Miss Evelyn1 1intt, Toronto, at
her home here.
a * *
Mr, and Mrs. Thos. M'leadeean,
Tor•ento, with relatives.
* ,! 5
Lesllie Lowry, Toronto, with his
mother, Mrs. Geo. Lowry,
* * *
Miss Betty Best, Toronto, with 1111!
mother Mrs. M. Best,
BRUSSELS, oNTARIQ
Cadet Inspea:t'ion
Dates Announced
1,1511F of ii,'trl,lt 11 10
11!01 (sops 11,•c1 (111,r'•1 'll` ..,!.ting,.
heard Thehouse was isolated by tions for cadets in the \V.'.>tArn
' .1e•• asci ,Iris 'mhos of .vr:,p„ (!11119119. 1.- ere ,,.nen'' ei i'1 the
blocked by ice jammed a,;nbee. RoyalCgtnadia.n /VIM,1'11 .i , hul-
door, The house was flooded In n Ietin plihlished at westr'rn Ontario
depth of 8 inches. The neeepan.ts Arra headetui'rt
were removed by rescuers to the Mations for offleers and N.41.0.18
h(1111 o1' a neighbour.
ere ii>'t. ! i� r„+, n; - r;r :,•arrlfne,
April 2; Stratford Apr'! 14. 4:00
P nl.: I.is'o vel. .1l ril 1.7 ;:1'
f'rrrps inspections will lir held in
tills district nn the T1ldnwitr nates;
Kin r,•rilin )t. v 0: Wle,tiam, 11ay
0Milve' 1 1 May 11 P,r n.,a.• ..c, flay
Tlte.re passed away' very suddenly 9; Clinton May 14: St. Marys,
In St. Mary's Hospital, 511 hr 1a 1. May 20; T •,1a'i' 1 bt1i •!eel! end
Saturday, Maeeli 22nd In 11 is 01111 Palmrrstou, May 21: Selfor.
r 111 and
e w s year Dune -en Mr•\4•rhial of Walton.
Mr. and Mrs, D. C. Wa,'wirk o1' Born in Cranbrook July 10th. 1RR1
Owen Sound, with relatives here. Mr. McNichol was well known in
et A x 11,•Kil4on fnn'n-hip where ile kris
Mr. and Mrs. R. Mc'Brkle silent residnd for the past 37 years,
Baster at bis !tonne in Dunnville. 311', McNichol a member al'
* * * the Coiled rhumb, leaves In mous:
Mr. and 'Mrs. Sinclair Hemingway b's los. his wife 11e m nlr'^, (11;ve
and children, Toronto with relatives eleM reey of terues 1s; two .ors
here. Ralph and Glen: three 8111' 'lee...
W * *
Mildred, \Yrdnle Heel ra"osis:
Mr. and Mrs. Donald 11r'ilar• brother .Tare1 of Riylh; two etetere
Toronto, with his nrothr•r :firs T, 1' "i••- 1 1" Baehr'''. and 11rs. Dee
McRae, 1;1;1 ee 4)1' Bru.<r•i ,
Funeral setvlees wen, 1r'sl 7,1liey.
1.111 1144, from his late resid=lane.
l'i'i'i:•r venation with relatives in, • Wm. Patton officiating, inter -
Temente. 'mens in 13rneeels Cemetery. Ptlt-
*
1
bearers were Time, Storey, Ilnrhl E e,!is?1 Caurfr: I Bene
Miss HelenArmsh•n•-e 1f Teroule \\'A,, gin. Gemo,' Dundas. Wilber!Burial Plot -
Roe, W111is Dundas, Wm. Dele'>
and Harry Rapson.
Flower bearers Were 10 n !-
nephews
nephews Anrli'',, Orville, Dur»;'b
end Ross McNichol.
Obituary
Duncan McNichol
• :k x ,4
Mies Sheila Porter is mending 1101'
Stratford. MRy 23: 5,:erer and
Coderich, May 25: Ialtknow, ,Trine R.
Ares inetrur'tnl's will visit ;,1d.et
corps nn illh, fr1Tn4 i alto:: Cotler-
h Amit 14 and i 711117.,;',. April
11 1-91: 11i. '1i 11, 911 r 114-1'0; Strat-
ford. April 21/."0: St, Malys. .tnril
14-1.5: Paler, t n, Apri! 21237 T.ts,
towel. April 24.2); Wa.lkei'e,, April
801111:. Tele ear. h', 71lnr 1.:1: Brus-
sels', April 21-22:ei It :;•inn. eprfl
24-25.
eieneieeeni inti 1, .silt he
11e1,1 et 1111 01, Alert! t:,. ani
towel. April April 24.
spent the Easter week-Pm1 at her
Home here. -
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Miss Carrie Hin:gston. was in
Toronto lass week eonhhl.illg ilus!-
ness and pleasure.
:1: 11
Leslie and Mrs. Lamont, hincar-
diue, were visitors this week with
Allem and Mary Lamont.
• *
, Russell Bryan, who is attending
VeterinaryCollege. Guelph, with his
wife and family.
11 0
Miss B. Letberdale of Toronto
was an Easter guest with Mr. end
Mrs. Walter Porter.
5 5 0
Mr. and firs. ,T. C. r oaken, who
have been holidaying in Florida re-
turned home this week.
• * *
Mrs. T{'1e Evens and rlauehtc'1
Sandra, Kitchener are visiting Mr.
and Mrs, A. McTaggart.
* *
M1'. will. llla'cott, Rh non, of
Grey has purchased the Immo of Mrs.
Ada Sanderson.
* s•
Mises Mae Skelton and Edythe
Forsythe of Long Blanch are Paster
guests with rites, Te. Brothers.
* *
Mese t41'ella. Bryan and Miss 75111
of. London are spending the Easter
vocation at ;there res.pert1ve betties.
* * 7,
Mn', abut Mrs, Harold Whlttarel and
family of St. Oaltharines' with his
parents Mr, and Mrs. Ben Whitterd.
* * *
Misses Louise Stiles, Reg.N., Cleat.
ham and Alice Stiles, Toronto, with
their parents Mr. and Mrs, W. H.
Stiles,
a r, u
Mrs. M. McCauley, Morris, who
has been ill 801' same time, was
taken' .to Bictnr•ia Hospital, London,
last week. '
Miss Ruth Wilson Nof the Strat•
ford Normal School is home for
the !;eater holidays with her parents
Rev. and Mrs, H. C. Wilson,
* * *
Mr, and Mrs, Knox and son
Jimmy of B•irid:geport unci Mr. and
Mrs, 8hon11r0ck and Charles of
T.nndesboro were Easter visitors
with Mr, and Mrs, 1-T, Mantling,
* * *
Miss Nellie Jardine, Hereby, Mrs.
Teasdale, Concord; Mr, and Mrs.
Jno, Harvey. Toronto; Frank Scott,
Weiland and Miss Dianne 5100imlis,
Maple, at the home of Mr, and Mrs.
W. 8. Scott.
The Junior Auxiliary
Of St. John's Church
The above organization met at 11e
rectory on Thursday everltng, April
2rd; There was a good attendance.
A delicious hot supper was served at
William C. Smith
Wm, C. Smith, a life long resident
of 1lrueeele passed away at his home
here Tuesday. April 1, hi hie 52,1
year, the son of Walter and
Margaret Smith. Altitnueb in failing
imp.. County T7''ne (lommll-ten of
177111+.1 ('runty 0,4171.111 ;nrthwiled
the purchase of a block of bele in
Pie Y. ' i•tleterc 1s 1 1'la; _e1 place
for resldertts of the Home who have
no relatives nor drsignah'd place
of burial.
This action was taken in order to
ass.lu•1' that perpetual care would be
given, and that the last resting place
of the aged people would he insured
against neglect.
Markers will also be nnrchased to
be placed en graves in Other nares
brainh, for zrul1 time he was only of the cemetery as wen as for
111 1 few days prier to his death future graves.
Familiarly known tie "0111” 1r will
he gr•oatly missed by 1 host of
friends .
}nor• ninny }ars 1 rhrril••r• 'lnIn11r.
t11 r haul1 it "»rotor, he 11,17'
carried en iris-tred1, taking grrat
pride in his um'lrnulnshin.
Surviving al + run h^nther. A 'R;
Smith of Trail. B.C. and cwo sisters,
Mrs, E. P. Murphy and Mrs. 1,1rdcr'
son Carrie of Wrm,atebn. Wash. Up i=
also survived by several nephswe
and nieces, beside, Welter .,ed
Mande \Villtameen at home.
The firheral service was rondo tel
ley the Rev. Thigh Wilson of the
Tnited Chmrlr 01 the Welker Funeral
Home,
Pallbearers were Harry Champion.
Wilford Willis. Bill Nine. Alvin
Ask P1'ovinci 1_ T-+
Take Over x11 i-717..•mM ,
nnnnllTrTT. 1nr;1 .-.-rhe nrliee
r r.•n IDlttc,.• Hi/ern. ftn•lntr t'o,i -
are Peev10 Civil \x7110 r_,. ,;f 'Ann-
a nnmmend111nn to the P,;liee
Commissioner for Ontario. asking
that 11in en very 1+0 nalleod by the
provincial force. The resohitinn al-
sn rccnmmerdcd that 'he cnmis.
•••'nn 11e rhgnsted +n shes-1, the
county nnnstnhles in the provincial
fnree and that the rllang1-near tnlce
plan' net torten teen Aug. 21 next.
According to a recent change In
the Potts} A.ct, tie prnvinee will
a.ssun:e pnlie.irg of conn*res et no
Logan, Jack Lowly and Jon T111101 1. cost to the county.
The flowers were very 1ea11trf1rl. Members of the pollee committee
Trltermend was made in. Brussels ono Reeves (feel] Wheelee of Mor -
cemetery. rig, Sohn Peeper of Starlet', and -
Sohn Winter of Howick.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to extend our sincere
thanks for the mealy acts of kindness
words of sympathy and heautfrnl
flowers, during our recentbereave-
menet• They will Haver be forgotten.
Especial thanks to Rev. Mr, \3'ileon,'
Walter and Laura Williamson
Flood Waters Disrupt
Rail Service
Rising flood waters washed 0111 a
section of the rail bed of the C,N.R.
linea mile ensu of Henfrvn, Por a
distance of half a mile the water is
at time of writing Tneselny morning.
,from one to three feet deep. The
.writer which is still rushing armee
,tiro trades makes repair work diffl-
,rult. A work iralit with 40 ar 50 eels
of stone and gravel are already et
,the 508110 of ,the washout. Recon-
struction is being dine as rapidly Re
possible.
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS
'renders for the contract of supply
mg, crashing end hauling approxi -
Mately 7000 cubic yards of gravel
for the Township of Morris will be
received up until 2 p.m„ April 14,
1947.
Crusher must be egUippe1 with $'t
inch screen. Certified (henna for
roI v.1r ar r T
The Aien5. Club held its pnetponed
opereiright meeting In the community
11a11. The president. J, C. Higgins:
presided.
Neil M oDnnuald, Kincardine, pre-
sented a program. Three Local.
spealeers gave stho1't tante on lit-
event snrhjects pertaining to the
soil; Rev. A. G, Hewitt on land -
swelling; John L. McEwen, on soil:
canservati:oe and Rosa Smith on.
drainage. Lunch was served under
the direction of Mrs. Arnold LilloW
and Mrs. A. D. Smith.
Per•sorials: T}nnnliei and Jim Mao -
Lean, students et. 'i'orontn Tieiver -
sity. with their grandmother, Mrs,
J. J. Sellers; Mrs. M. T.. Aitken,
T.neknow. at her home here; George
Thomson, London. and Miss ITelen
Thomson, Sarnia, with !.heir par-
ents. Mr. and Mrs. Ge•erge T. Thom-
son; Miss Dorothy Aitken, Preston,
and Mise Mary Duff.
A certificate and gold wings, Won
by Pilot Officer ?Diesel Barnard.
R:C..A.P. airman who was killed in a
raid over Frankfurt, Germany, in
1944, ,lave been forwarded to Iris
mother, Mrs. pldward Barnard. PO.
Barnard was !ruled after eompleting
29 operational flights over Stuttgart,
Mannheim and Franitfurt,
Ration Coupon
Due Dates
Coupons now valid are sngarpre-
serves. 809 to .S40, butter 1110 to
1147. Next c21n1:pons becoming rand
are shear ptes:n•vem S47 and Silt and
bu4tor 1149 on A.prtl 17. -