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Home My WebLink AboutThe Brussels Post, 1939-11-22, Page 1POS PUBLISHING HOUSE LONDESBORO VI'I,LAGE Red Cross IS SWEPT BY ,FLAMES LOSS MAY BE $25,000 Five Buildings Gutted, Including General Store and Post Office, Two Garages, Warehouse and'Im- plement Shed'; Mall and Hullett Township Record Saved; D, Ewen .Injured By Falling Timber, Outside Fire Brigades Called Lon•deelbor'o=rhe worst fire in the history of this village Monday night wiped out five buildings and gravely endangered mail in the east oZfice. as well as records belonging to the township of Bullet.. The fire, which. caused damage estimated at $25,000, wiped out the general store owned by James McCool, I-iulletit Township clerk, which alae housed the post office; a commercial garage owned by Alex Wane, a warehouse and au implement :shed owned by Mr. eteCeoi and a private garage owned by D. Ewen. Started in Garage The fire is believed to have start- ed in the garage at about 6:30 o'clock and aided by a strong east wind, quickly spread to the "adjacent buildings, igniting the implement sited, the. private garage, the ware - With Of 280 water gained" control by the house and finally the store. no fire brigade in the village people, and an inadequate supply, the blaze quickly strength until it was beyond of the bucket brigade formed villagers. Outside Brigades Called, The fire dentolis'hed the frame. garage after being discovered by Mr. Welts,when he returned from supper, and leaped across to the 100 foot warehouse. This building had been unused for some years and was practically empty. The ware- house adjoining the general store made the job of •combating the lire am even more difficult one for it housed oils and turpentine, a part of the stock owned 'by Mr. Ma - Cool. By the time the fire had reached this building fire brigades from. Wingham, Clinton and- Blyth bad either arrived or were ou their way. ritsoeto oi5t Wednesday, November 22nd ^r,_... ---- ,. :� �, OW Last Payment PEOPLE WE KN * On Debenture LOCAL NEWS I`VE �. ehIsDue Orr anis ed ,_._.. . - I Mr, 17onald me_ .e, London, .silent 112 1940 . ICE -w _ CARD OF Th ANKS lin Brussels NOTICE Sunday at hips' hone le radon, s, An entImetastic in the Library Hall an Wednesday, work as well as Iced Cross work, Cnr.nilttee ofthe Farmers former Farars' rm op visrtoz Novemrber 1s5th., at which Mime a has been, decided to change Club, for tvhicli It is very gateful, unit of the Canadian Red Cross ' to Ladies: Patriotic Circle as there �4.rx_ Society 'iter azgazvized and an ai is a very deJinitte law against uefng i En a etnent• It1 REt1 C s name .ruder such g g Owing to the fact that the Red i 1 u • • • st week. As Council Session Encouraging News Given e The Red $105 Circle ree, Vec y Treasurer War p•;ynrttiqu osY $105,99 from the. Social 19r:.; R. J, Niclnuehliu was a To- B County i Opens At Goderich MT, W. H. Kerr and Mary Helen Huron County Council opened its spent Saturday with 'friends in fail session on Monday afternoon. • Warden R. E. Turner, in ad- dressing council referring to the visite o8 Their Majesties+ to Caned*. eald it had proved a fine gesture in bringing about a united people. Since then war had been declared, and the people were united m their efforts to assist Britain and her ally, France, to create a lasting peace, lie believed the roads of .the county. would .compare favorably with those of any in the province.. The purchase of a caterpillar trac- tor was a good expenditure as he fee. roade could not: be kept uS without u. teelate machinery.: Con- edderat'nu should be given to the erection of a, suitable building- to Neuse the machinery, so that it would not be scattered in different pants oe the system, and would provide a place for repairs. New stabling had been built at the country home, his worship eon- tirurd. A herd of .Shorthorn cows, and four brood sows had geen pur- chased. War Halts Reforestation The reforestation committee had been given authority to spend $5,000. As war wascdeclared at the time of the meeting, nothing was done, rout a report will be brought in at this session and discussed. Warden Turner told of. the change of offices in the couet house 'made by the ,property com- mittee, and osf the pavement around the buiilding constructed jointly by the county and the town of Goderich, The grant to the Children's Shel- ter has been reduced by. the-.eprov- ince from $500 to $400 as the Shel- ter is now placed• in "D" class. Warden Turner also expressed. the opinion that the method. of pro- cedure by having all business in- trodnced :once during the day, either at the afternoon or ties morning session. "This would give the convmittees time to coneider more sally vaIu- able resolutions, and with this pro- cedure more time could be given to dealing with reports," the warden added. With Canada the centa'e of avia tion, Warden Turner urged that the claims of 'Sly Harbor Airport as a suitable one for training should be presented to the federal government in a resolution :from • the council, Clear of Debt in 1940 "The debenture debt of the coun- ty has one more payment, 02,960.- 46, which represeut5 the only debt of the county and welt be paid 'off in 1940." A. H. Erskine, county treasurer, announced after giving his report. iv1r. Erskine advocated the con- tinuance of the Pay_a:s-you-go po1i.- ey, because of the demands due to the war, wblich if necessary' will mean a raising of the Vete, to meet 019 ,obligations. He asked the co- operation of all counties In deal- ing with new busiiness� en any de- mands, so that they me b ' ed in the •estimates, The county highways committee were well within ,their estimates.. A surplus• was shown in ,the gen- eral account and the provincial highways a surplus of $800, "Add to this the ,amount 0f capi- tal expenditures, such' o;s new filing new stoker and 'foundation stock at the County Houle, and I would Predict a • sutel0ei in ,excess or $5,000 on the year," Mr. Erskine de- clared It has. been a very suceess- ful year considering the expendi- tures which had to he made at the County Home and, by the 'Property Coanmdttee after the estimate h nzeetieg was bele. Cr_s:a Circle does Comnnuulty pllealtian fora charter arranged. the a res Announcement was egreeds at the meeting' that circunrstanees, The Circle invites dues Mr; and Mrs, Grover • nized for the every lady in the g a . l ng oflrnit'tedwest, County Council, - nen who have enlisted, (10 war tvor,k• either for Red Cross daughter Donis Lorean to es. B make use of R^ Hyde son of Mr, and Mrs. B, etietford. pf C, P111 Reeve W. C. Kerr has been in the Circle already organized i hes to a the engagement of their Goa'erich this week attending, .supplying etc to •' sets and Community who wishes anuounC g or for local purposes tonee Milos' Nora *SholdSce of Toronte its organization. • Hyde of Stratford Marriage to should carry ou but that in addition to this effort a regular branch 01 the Canadian Red Cross Society should function here and the follow- ing provisional officers were elect- ed,: Honorary Presidents: Rev, Samuel Kerr Rev. Harry Mahoney Vice President: Miss Carrie Hingston President: George E, Northwood Secretary: Elmer 0, Bell Treasurer: Albert, Weed Auditor. Dr, T, T. McRae Committee: Walter Herr Ides, Walter Scott Dr. W.D-S, Jamieson Won Cardiff Harry Keyes George Ramis It is planned to augment the of ficere elected. by the appointment or two members to the committee at a later date and. also to enlist the support of all Churches', Fraternal Organizations and Sport ,Clubs In and around Brussels with the object of making the Canadian Red Cross here a banner one for this distriot. A general aiepeal will be made as soon as the cbtirter is obtained and it is felt that the response' will. be generous, The support of the Canadian Red Cross is .one of the few ways in which the citizens at home can help win the -war and all loyal ,persons are anxious to do their bit In as large a way as Possible. The Canadian, Red Cross at !present is building and organising two large hospitals in England for the treat- ment of Canadian casualties in the war and will require binge sums of money to finance their activities at the war front, and for this reason a nation, Wide appeal is being made. Most centres in this district have al- ready reported, that their 'objectives have been reached. Brussels is a e little slow in starting but we have no doubt that we will soon 'pass the rest. —DANCE— WALTON COMMUNITY HALL FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24th Motile supplied by Arthur e .Orchestra ADMISSION -35c , LUNO take place early in December, l called on friends in town on Suai Melville W. M, S, — Mrs. A. H. Macdonald gave:ehr Church. Services home on Wednesday afternoon for On Sunday Last the meeting oe the W M S of Mel- ville Presiby I'm so Thankful Boxes were brought terian church were conducted on la. Proceeds amounting to over Sunday by the . Minister Rev, S, ' J.ohn G, Warwick,•Gary, Ind., has thirty-five dollars. About forty-five Herr. Anthems were given at both been visiting with his parents D' ladles attended and a very enjoy- services. The services in the . J. D, and Mis. Warwick. Mr. George Irwin of Toronto, was tea'ian Church when the The services in :Melville Presby - day, birth • r urned Mrs. John E. Smith has et to her home after three weeks vacation in Detroit. able allternoou wag spent, stirs. E. Oliver and Mrs. N, Cardiff sang.a very pleasing solo "Gently down the stream of time." A very dainty lunch was served. Ex -Pupil Sends Gift to School H W. A. of the United Churrh are holding •a BAZAAR in the PUBLIC LIBRARY NOVEMBER 25th at 2.30 p.m. Fancy Goods, Knitted goods, aprons post office, candy, homemade baking and vegetables DON'T MISS 1T I "THE, ALLEY DAFFODIL" A Comedy in 3 acts. will be presented• in the WALTON HALL FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1st by the Walton Y.P.U. Admission, --25C and 16c Curtain 8 p,m. REGENT THEA TRE SEAFORTH NOW PLAYING Alice Faye Don Ameche Hollywood Cavalcade MON„ TUES., & WED. Sandy Lee Shirley Ross , Unexpected Father. _with— Dennis O'Keefe Mischa Aver Baby Sandy triumphs again after a sensational debut In East Side of Heaven Below is a letter received from Manitoba by John 'Shiels of R.R. 2, Brussels which speaks for itself. Dear Jack: - You will he sunprlsed when. you open this letter. I air not as young as I used to be when I went to No ,8 school. 3 was in Toronto three years ago and saw in a school annual that you were secretary of the old ,school and that Kate Mc- Nabb was teacher and as you are both Scotch I guess you still are so I am enclosing a little bill for you to get something for the old school. I see the Brussels Rost and if you put an item in I will know. I sign myself, Ex -Pupil. With the ten dollars enclosed an electric clock was purchased for the school. The gift from an ex -pupil was much appreciated'. United church were -00111 ue Sunday by the minister, Rev. H. J. Mahoney, :Services in St, John's Anglican church were conducted by the Rev. Mr. Watt of London in the absence of the Rector, Rev, IL J. Hendry. —•—•_ B, C. S. News • The Literary executive held a meeting last Friday to complete ar- rangements for their annual nom. •mencemeaut to be held Friday, Dec. 1. The students are busy prepar- ing a very worthwhile program to present to their audience. This year eleven students receive their middle school .graduation certi- ficates, Alice Blake, Bert Black, Earl ,Coutts, John ,Spier, George Nortinwool, Barbara Michie, Harold Patiker, J.ouise Stiles, Virgiela Plums, Glen Dilworth and Hannah Russell, 1 'Intermediate Certificates are to be granted to. George McNichol. Anna 1fscQuarrie, Alice Stiles,. Delia Thynne suds 'Gibson Willis, Those winning the ,shields 'which were presented last year by the vueineSe men of the town are as .fol. lows: Grade Vihl—Helen Armstrong . Grade IX --Jean McDonald Grade X—Alice Stiles Grade XI—Lois Plum' Grade XIS—Virginia Plum Grade XIII--Bdtth McTaviS;b Proficiency in music --Mary Helen Ecallnier General Profioieney-Ross Wheeler ' Athletic Prodcieney4= , Sr. Boys --,Bill Icing Intermediate Boyta-13111 Coleman Jt. Boys—Kenneth Coleman Sr, Gine—Mary Backer Intermediate Girls—Mona Miller Jr. Girls—Clara Mussell Two Very amusring one -act plays are to be presented' by the students under the direction of Mr. MurraY and Mr. 'I aycodk, One of them entitied "The White. Phantom" bas the follbswing cliaratctertstica: Mrs. Drexel Blake, a determined woman, Barbara Michie; Marion Bleke, her young and charming daughter, Mel- ia s ad la I3ryane, Eleven Moore, a coloured been struck,„ ' maid', Josephine VanNoranen; Mrs. Ogden Fraser, a society matron, Jeannette Sanderson; Curtis hraser, a real estate morn, Tom. McPadsean; her sell, Harris Bell; Ethan Sharp, Officer Jerry Nolan, who means to find out, Bill King; The White random -7 Z Y The other play ins te mveitery a'terY entitled "Murder In Holiyltvoodl' Alfred Scadding Plans to Work Moose River Mine Alfred Scudding, survivor of the Moose River mine accident in 1936, is malting plans to go back to .the Novas .Scotia property lo put it into operation. !Wadding, Dr. D. .17, Robinson one Herman Magid, all of Toronto, were trapped in the mine. b' a rocle@all,In 1936. • Magill died underground bunt the other two ern- erged after ten days' entombment. The rescue by Nova Scotia draeger- men was one of the most thrilling in mining history and ,attracted world-wide attention. scadkling has acquired a couple of new associates and they"have leased the Moose River property from. .the Nova Miotic government. A government geologist rtes reported the ex1snce of tungsten in the mine and Siad ding believes that, with a war on, the price of the valuable wartime metal should else. Next Thursday, Friday Saturday Gentile O'Keefe Mischa Auer The. Real Glory with -- David Ntven Reginald Owen. Staggering thrills as America builds a new nation out of a Jungle COMING - Four Feathers The W. A. of Union United Churrh are holding a MEAT PIE SUPPER TUESDAY, NOV, 28th from 6,30 to 8 followed by Progressive Crokinole ADMISSION -25c and 15c BRUSSELS HIGH SCHOOL COMMENCEMENT to be held in BRUSSELS TOWN HALL FRIDAY, DEC. 1st,- 8.15 'p.m. Songs, Folk Dances Dumb -Bell EXercises. Presentation of diplomas & shields. two one -act Plays "THE WHITE:•PHANTOM "MURDER N The •s'tudente beet!: debided to do- ADMISSION -25c be & 1n1 ns;te a Pant of the proceeds front Part of proceods to donated to this koncert to the Red toes, Red Cross Organization NOTICE— Any man wanting to have a good smoke Try Mac's Fine Cut or \Tae's Pipe Mixture. It is grown by Canadians and Blended by Can adieus. Try Mac's Tobacco A. GREWAR, a visitor last week with. his` friend' W. A. Lowry. a • • Mrs. Caine Scott and Mrs, Atkins spent Saturday afternoon with Mrs, Schinbein, Listawe7, • • • • Mr, and Mrs. Frank- Oliver of Detroit were week -end guests of his mother Mrs. John Oliver. * * w Mr. Donald Muir of R..C,A,, Lis- towel, spent Sunday at his former hosoe the Annerican Hotel. Brussels. • [ * • Sole Agent Mr,. Alma Rankin has returned Brussels, Ont, to Brussels and has taken a room at i—R� the American Hotel, for the winter Women's Institute months, The November meeting of the a: * * Women's Institute took place on Mr. and Mrs. Frank Myers and Fridby water -noon with the presi- Miss M. Elliott, Reg, N,, of Toron- dent, Mrs. W. Scott presiding. After to, were weekend guests with Mr. business .n vas discussed Miss May 1 and Mrs. R. S. Warwick, Skelton :presided over the program. * * * . Miss Alice Pope gave a,,eiano solo. Dr, Inman, Professor of Econom- 1lrs. J. Armstrong gave a reading s 'nos, Western University, London, "What Canada Expects." Mrs'. R. I was a week -end guest at the home S. .Hamilton gave current, events. of Dr, and Mrs, T. T. McRae. The roll call was answered by nem- e * e. Ing a noted Canadian and his work. Keep this date open, Brussels Mr, E, D. Bell addressed the meet- Public School Concert on Thursday, Ing on the subject "Render unto Dec, 91st, Further particulars Caesar"which was greatly enjoyed later. • D R 1•HOLLYWOOD" by those present, Young Couple Honoured A large number of friends and neighbour's gatherer. 'together on Monday evening at the Town Hail •Mrs, Walter Hnuter and Miss Carrie McCracken of Toronto were week -end visitors with the are- C'ra.cken family. Mrs. A. M. Kay and sister Miss Ella Dickson of Stratford spent the in Brussels to extend good wiabes to week -end at the home of Mrs. Kay's Mr. and Mrs, David Hastings upon neice, Mary Helen Kerr. their recent marriage. :k 5' The evening was spent playing Misess Mary and Jean Wilton cards and dancing, and three local went to Toronto- on Saturday to be o•cbstras rose to great heights. for the guest of their aunt Mrs. Birtles the occasion, supplying some of the and also to interview 'Santa Claus. liv1ieet old time music heard for • • • many a long day, alternating of Visitors at Mrs, Jas. Spells: Mrs. cow se with nems of the latest Garner, Mrs. C. L. Dunbar, Miss mo(lern 'quits." so that both young' Jean Bundscho, Miss Ester Hynd- antl old were treated. to a grand i miller, elr, Ciaylton. Hyndmiller, Mr, time. Fred Wedgewood all of Waterloo, Around mddinight, ler, E, D. Bell gave a very appropriate address, Mrs, David • Walker is masking wishing the bride and groom every favourable progress following an happiness and expressing the eye operation performed in St, patriotlsnn of Gunner Hastings In Joseph's hospital, London en Mon. being the first from Brussels to I day. enlist in the 1'00th Field Battery e • • in answer to the call of his Xing Visitors' at Mrs. Earl Somers' Mrs, d Bell expressed r rB �p , Country.11i . and 'Moa. Howard( Holmes and and the regret of the community, the daughter Jean and Lloyd Seeing of young couple were not establishing " Stratford; Mr. aid, Mrs, Archie a realdlenee in the community at Hiohues of Wingham, present, a • • • Mi-. Hastings trade a fitting rePlY Mrs. Sam Carter orf Seaforth form - and the crowd joined in singing erly of Brussels goes to London "For They are Jolly Good Fellows," Hospital this week to undergo en led by lvl1, Geo, Noi thwood, operation, Her many .friend's here A bonntlfu-1 lunch was servod to hope for a speedy recovery. about 300 guests and the bride and groom then served each guest with Mrs. Atkin Of Detroit was a wel- a piece of the bridal cake, ably come visitor in ,towe during the ateieted by Miss E. Fox and ,0. we:ek'end renewing old acquain!tanc-• Stenley. es. ,M'rs; Atkin wee, formerly Miss •Danoing was resumed. and con- Minerva. Sones, and will be recog- nue till la uvete spa"Dors," and tinned t nized better by that name while, in after the guests had viewed the Bruseels, many ani' vended gifts showered on the young couple and wished them success and hapPiue*5 the party dispersed, tired but happy, with the orchestra praying the old, but ever Palmier waltz "Home Sweet Home." Pi SUNDAY SCHOOL ENTERTAINMENT Melville Presbyterian Church FRIDAY, DECE:MBER 15th EVERYBODY WELCOME CARD OF THANKS McTavish We wish to extendour heartiest thanks and anfereoiation for the The United Church REV. H. J. MAHONEY, B.A., B;D; PREACHER 11 a.m.— Strange Codd, acts of kindness, messages' of cyan• r 3 p.m,—Sabbath school pathy, anal beautiful floral offerings 7 p.m, Why do the righteous stiffer p hrge of !M received from our kind f2•iends and Monday 8 p,m.--Y.P,U, a Christl ta. neighbours during our recent be- Keliotvsht dlt G 44,4 reavemen,t in the lose of otic beloved Davidson. husband and father. Thareday, Nov, 23rd 8 Mrs, A, J'. M'oT1a i'sh and Pamily. Meeting ih United Church "zw1