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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1923-8-16, Page 1etiliSNTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY,' AUGUST isth, *923 THE HONIR PAP honoured guest lo hundreds of homes in Huron -County.. ; It could speak a word for your business to every member of the family, weekly, Is your name in the adverts TEIE PEOPLES' sing columns of $cHooL OEivrn, OATES ey li(lc: er 30e, s 20c, to 2'7c. Hoge ' $9.00 0 0 ant s lewely Store nd ,blades;, in use. The regular Auto t our store r cent.on, .Books Icing in-. t will be to el place your r WILL 131, ATE teeord ARID For Eveny Man ng, Boating, wormgp� Etc., } eater for the always has use 'a, ter , (rl ;wmodels in Combinations OTHING CO. AN ACCIDENT Master. Harold :Pugh, son of Mrs, Wilson of town, was holidaying in the country last week. Duringd''theeoueso of the day he was riding one of the 'horses bareback, When they came to the farm gate the horse decided to go in while Harold made up his ,mind to forge straight ahead, '; The result of this misunderstanding was that Harold went over the horse's head and narrowly escaped serious injuries He was, very much shaken up and has still a sore shoulder. 1fAREW1:LL GIFTS Miss; Kathleen ' Livermore left Clin, ton on the 26th of July t0ienter the Winghatn Hospital as 0 probationer. Before she left, her friends present- ed her with epany lovely things, out- ward expressions of their' liking for Kathleen and appreciation of her a- bilities, Among the 'gifts was a piece of ivory from the' teachers and officers of Ontario Street • Sunday School. There are nine. -other pro- bationers at Wingharii and Kathleen is enjoying her.life among them very,, much. LOST—A MONS STAR "His Majesty the ,King ;has been graciously pleased to authorize the issue of the 1914-15 Star which I ant directed, by the Honorable the Minis- ter of Militia and Defence to convey to you herewith." • C. G. ASHTON, Maj -General; Adju- tant General, Canadian Militia. This precious document'"together with a solid gold cross suspended on the well known Mons ribbon was found—Where •can you imagine? folded up and. forgotte' 1» the peeket of an old, khaki coat, tucked away among the stores of one old battal- ion. How could anyone so callously for- get one of the greatest honors his country bestows. : The bravery and the courage which,d'eserved that dross however, forbids all criticism. 'Po those .who foundthe star it was so glorious, yet so sad. LUCAN VS. CLINTON • One of :the best—rather the most ex- citing ball games of the season was played in town . on Tuesday aright. Our juniors meg Luean juniors' for the'first serer-fitia;l. There wee an extra largecrowd in attendance and if it was' sensation they wanted, judging .from .our own experiences they got it, The Liman team are;snanpy ball players and pul- led a number of'good ' plays. ' ..Their' pitcher yeas 'well supported and they took full advantage of all the breaks so freely offered them. It was the off -day for the Clinton team. Mc- Taggart pitched a very good, game until the last innings or two, but our boys made some bad breaks and at no time seemed to be playing their usual snappy game. We still ,sou sider them much the better team, how- ever and are betting all orb• money, on Saturday's .game. The Hoveys, distinguished them- selves, as batters when. Chas.•. got a 2 bagger and Weldy dY cracked one :a- way for 3 bases, The umpires were Mr. rlRarl Neil of Lucat r and Mr. Hawkins • of town. . The teams were lined up follows: LIMAN ‘CLINTON Chorm '2 b. Higgins Westman '\ 1 b. W. Hovey Mora s.s, Fillmore c.. Riddle P. Collins c£. Smith rf. >1f Cook C. Bovey iileTaggart F. Mutch J. Mutch Whiteford Livermore Cranston 3 b. Cantelon 'Stewart, - spare. The score by innings for Leman: 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 3-6 For Clinton: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0-2.. LITTLE LOCALS Police Court is to be held on'Fri- day of this week at 1,30. Mr, Phuusteel has been giving his store a: new .emitof paint. Mr. George Shipley has .purelrased a Maxwell car from Mr. Roy Ball. Mr. Roy Ball received ..word on Tuesday evening that his father was very seriously ill, The Ladies' Aid of sOntario street. church will supply the music in that church on Sunday. 3, P. Sheppard & Co, have par - chased from Mo. Win. Harland, the building occupied by then aa a gro- cery store for a number of years. The Berl Telephone Company have effected arrangements with Mr, R. 3. hliucning , local Manager of the Royal' Bank, whereby monthly tele. phone accounts may be paid at the Bank and duly receipted. Congratulations are due Fester Copp, who wee auccess£ui in passing, his Commit examination for the 'Col- lege of Physicians and Surgeons. liter i, Lyon, another successful eau- didate is a graduate of the 0.0,I, In the Vaneouvcr Sun is reproduc- ed a pictureof Mr, W. McQueen who was well-known to •Clintonians tome years ago. Mt, Mctiueen has been elected president of the Ileitis?) Col- umbia Lawn Bowling Association, I3 the motorists that hug tho nigh' borhood of the horses water tr'iiugh on Saturday nights, would be more considerate then, pax teg arrange- ments o- menta h who drive men the teed 1 ( t might be able to sot the trough and perhaps wedge their way in to let tate anima6ls drink. That ie What tile ''tro'Ugh is there fee, anyway;. WO1I3EN'S INSTITUTE, The regular meetitee of, the W, L will be hold in the room over the pub- lic library on `>rhure'day, August 23, at 3 o'clock. ' Papo1.': "Moral and Physical Ilasnn of: Cigarettes" by Mrs. Kirk, Roll call. hostesses, Mea. Flynn, Mrs. Pepper, Mr's, Far- quhar'%and Mrs. Mair, 'A PECULIAR ACCIDENT A motorise was crti(sing along quite comfortably on the London road on Monday of this week, The sun was shining in on him from the side so he reached over and pulled down the side blinds of his car. This was' the last recollection he had until he wakened and found; himself settled in the ditch, absolutely none the worse for the novel experience of motoring in his sleep. BRAM'FIHLD-NICHOL S A very quiet' and pretty wedding was solemnized in Knox Church, Mit- shell, on Saturday, Augnst llth at 2.30 o'clock when Anna Belle Nichols was united in marriage to .,Joseph Beanifeld of Welland. The bride who was given away :by her father, looked charming in a gown' of sand canton crepe, with cor- sage of Ophelia roses and lily -of -the - Valley. She wore a 'brown baby ,wolf scarf, the gift of the groom. The happy couple left on a motor trip- to London and Toronto, Mrs. Brimfield travelling in a taupe broad- cloth, suit trimmed with beaver and a hat to match. The gifts were 'numerous , showing ,the esteem in which the young couple were -held. Mr, and Mrs. Bromfield will reside at 41, Griffith street, Wel- land, Ontario. MRS.. SIMS DEAD The many Clinton friends of. Mr, Janes, Sims of 'Bly,th will be grieved to know that Mrs. Sims died in Lon- don,' early Wednesday morning. .Mrs. Sims has been very illfor some time now, and her friends have ,been mast anxious. The doctors Claim the contributing 'cause of her fatp¢i sickness was a bad attack of flu, front ' which she suffered last winter, Mrs. Sims was taken to London about two weeks ago but was not strong enoggh,to undergo an operation. Mrs. Sims is a step -slaughter' o;1' Mrs. Grahame of town, two of her brothers, Goldie Grahame and John. Graham are farmer`s in Stanley town- ship about six miles. from Clinton. Two daughters,,, Caroline' of the Tor- onto teaching/staff and Mrs. Lorne Dale of Winghaen, survive. Heartfelt sympathy is extended to. Mr. Sims and thefancily' in their trou- DEATH OF HENRY PERDUE Mr, Henry Perdue, for many Yeats, a resident of Goderioh township, died in St, Joseph's Hospital London, on Monday night, August 13• Mr. Perdue was horn in Goderich township in 1851. , He. Iived there until 12 years ago when he went to Fort William and remained :for a time with his sou, Thomas. Prost there he went still 'farther` west, only re- turning h' er agoEt g three vas t o y omolca- where -Mrs. Harrison, hiss daughter dwells. He remained "there until ;I is recent- illness necessitated a removal to the Hospital. 'Mrs.. Perdue, who died ;81 years ago was Charlotte Young also of. Goderich township. ,There are -four children surviving Mr, Perdue. Clara . and Frances, both of Vancouver and Ide of. Komoka, one son, Thomas of Fort William, The funeral will take place on Thursday afternoon and interment will be niade in Clinton cemetery. All of Mr. Perdue's friends 'ex- tend- their heartfelt sympathy to •;the bereaved family. THE SILENT MAN •: ICalvin Coolidge is the thirtieth President of the 'United States and the sixth Vice -President to succeed to the higher office through the death of a President. Hit ancestors settled in Massachu- setts'about 1630, ten years after the arrival' of the Mayflower', and the Pil- grims. On July 4151, 1872 at Ply- mouth, Vermont, Calvin Coolidge was born. He received his early educa- tion in the publie school of hie home town. He worked his way through College and graduated from Amherst, in 1595, After g'raduatien he went back; to the farm afterwards going to North- ampton, Mass., Where for twenty months he studied law. In 1890 when lie was twenty-three he began practising. .It was in this salve year that lie 'entered polities, In 1899 he was elected ass a ,member of the City Council, ibis first public position. Its 1919 he tees elected to the Senate and dul'ing' the latter hart of his terns served as President of that body. 1n 1910 he, Was elected Governor of IVlas- saehusetts and re-elected in 1.020— the' year he was nominated for his office of vice-president of the United States. He is a man of extremely .simple habits; of fcW words but plettt;y' b1' action, One of hit many sayings oe whieli notice has been taken is this: "We need more of the otdiee desks and less of the show windows in polities." bit. C7olidge married lilies Grace A. - Goodhue of Burlington,- Vermont, in October 1005, He met his wife in Nor'teneinpton where she was a teach- orthe ea and h for1 .tdumb. Cr 1 as 3. UO t f. tt 1e Mrs. Coolidge i 't tva tons, She s ivaei likes Society anis is fond of (lancing. They have two ehildron,.John Be, who WAS born its 190(3 and Calvin Je., who 3vas born in 1.008, LEFT FOR : WEST - The following -people left -for the West by G.P,R• excursion on Wednes- day J. W, Rands, L. Snyder and wife K. Stewart, V. Falconer, P. ' Nash, Ed. Walters; C. L. (rliddon, 0, Proc- toe, E. Johnson, J. Johnson, 1Z, Brown, 3, Cummings. In the first semi=final junior la-' crosse game St. Marys beat Wallace-` burg junier's,to the tune of 14 to 4. LITTLE LOCALS The Girls' War Auxiliary wish 30 thank all those who gave such . won- derful aid i:o, them 'during ' the Chan-'. tongue season, Mrs." George Jenk- ins, -Misses Lillian Potter and Norma Treleaven, Mr. A. T. Cooper deserve special mention Idr their tr'ou'blein operating each a satisfactory jitney. service in that terribly hot weather. The telegraph office which was transferred from Mr. A. T. Cooper to Mr. S. S, Cooper, has been establish- ed in its new quarters in the Nor- inandie block. An operator is here 1 to superintend the office until Mr. and Mrs., Ladd will be able to take. charge. ONE-TIME RESIDENT DIES . Robert Hugh MacKay, a resident of the town of Walkerton since 1868,: and known throughout Western' On- tario as a builder of fanning -mill's,. edied at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Lumsden, Toronto, on Saturday,. July 28th, at the age of 83. He had taken a chill the day before, but on Saturday morning appeared to have recovered but he remained :in bed. Later in the day he passed quietly away as his daughter passed beside his bed. In early years, 1856?, Mr. MacKay was a resident of Clinton, from where he went to London in 18- 65 to take a position as 'foreman in a factory there. , GOOD IN THEIR PLACE "Lay aside my rifle Sergeant, Put my knapsack in my room, 'For how in H--1. can I' soldier,' With a dust -pan and a broom." One is reminded' of the above verse of a song that used•to be sung during the war, by the reniarl�s of, our hand- some C.O,P who, when asked for the loan of a pair of handcuffs, by an offi- cer of the Guelph Asylum, replied: "When I took over these premises all I could find wasa dust -pan and a broom." I3 such in the ease it is 110 to one worthy Mayor, and his Staff to see that proper, equipment is provided at once. , "Fernley" arresting a bank robber or 0 runs -runner, with a dust -pan and am, ' LADIESbroor AID MEETS The regular monthly meeting of the Ladies' AM of Wesley' -Church, was held at the home of Mrs, C. J. Wallis, last Thursday. Miss Marion •Irwin was called upon to give a talk aboatherivork at Smo- kyLake, Alberta. She displayed the. costume worn by Russians when they carne to Canada, and which the wo- men en continue to wear for many roars. Many "scrap" photographs were shown and a very interesting and in- str c i u true hour z wasr passed. As Miss Irwin was returning to her mission work so soon the W.M.S. of Wesley. church took this opportunity of presenting her with a Life Mem- bership certificate. Miss •Irwin eeplied very earnestly, thanking the ladies iter the gift, and assuring -them that she appreciated it. SCHOOL FAIRS .School Fairs in Huron county will begin three weeks from Thursday.CAn added feature to our school faits this year will be a sheep exhibit. Tine being arranged through ti,e assistance of the Federal Branch of the Depart- ment ' oe Agriculture, co-operating With the local branch, here. The truck 'will visit' our school fair's, car- rying representatives of sortie of the leading breeds of sheep as web as representatives of the market classes of sheep. / A special effort; will be made to sell high class' rams for com- mercial flocks. A supply of rams has been secured, most of thein from Huron county, although some 'have been secured' outside.' These will her sold to• purchasers at • cost. It is' hoped'i0 this way to encourage sheep breeding throughout the. county, CAUGHT AT CLINTON On Monday night the constable on duty received word,that a man on fur- lough from the- Guelph Sanatorium, had escaped from his relatives and WAS thought to be wandering in this. direction, Nightwatchman. Greyliss kept a sharp look -out but it was not until about eleven o'clock the next maiming that Chief i'Oselthwaite from Goderich arr'etted the roan in front cf ]Vtorrislts' store, Chief Stong took Min in charge then: ' He did not think of confining him until: the Yuan began to' get rather violent, " He Nos searching fora thrill, ire' said, and this search secme'd to "anelude a, certain amount of sltodting;.,:scr Con- stablo Stong 'decided to be on the safe side. The tnan :because ljhrfectiy quiet when loekcd up and slept, nest of the tame until theguard arrived to take hurt hack to Guelph, ' gig relatives arrived here early in the afternoon --they had been search- fug, .for hien all night and were re- lieved that he Was se quiet. ., The young chap was well dieseed,--- WhitenelS ar fi t A redn he his n t - w S t Ful st:oak over, woe seemed , tit 5 fl rnx- i0ue to give Ito trouble. It was fnt- possible, however, to learn his name, even the man from .Guelph, claimed to have forgotten it; "Phe certificates for the Upper School examinations' ate received and can be obtained by calling at the oa- tice of the Secretary, Mr, John Rene - ford, between the hours of 10 a,us, and 4 pan. NEED ART SPECIALIST The trustees of -the C.C.I. board held a meeting on Monday afternoon, No application for the position of Art Specialist had been received and the Board is considering asking Miss El- lis to accept her old position again, The nee (Om, a new school hovers con- tinually over thegCollegiate Board meetings but nothing definite can yet be done:' CHAUTAUQUA" ,''The Girls' War Auxiliary •bold a Meeting in Dr. Brown's office on Fri- day of last week. They decided to have Chautauqua again next year and. had secured their full number of guarantors. Dr. Brown is convenor of a committee of twenty-five, who will be responsible for next year's. campaign. Miss Barbara Mclvor was elected secretary and Miss Kathleen Dowzer, treasurer of the organization. AN ALL CLINTON GAM Last friday an interesting game of ball was• staged at the park when a picked team from town met the jun fors in a friendly match of skill.. Messrs, Bawden, W. Fulford, Steep, C. Pulford, Cooper, Deeves, Manning, Draper and. Johnston formed the All- star•'team. Sorry we can't give the score but it was not reported' to us.. We think the juniors got tired count Ping' Erny Welton umpired the, game to the satisfaction of all concerned. BOWLING AT BLYT1i • Two rinks from, town joined in the tour'nalnent at Blyth ,yesterday, It was quite a large one, rinks from, all. over the county being present. 'Mes- srs McEwen, Miller, and Grant With Geo. Roberton as skip made one rink, while Messrs. Brown, Cook and Greig with E Ilovey skip were the other Clinton representatives. Mr. Roberton's rink were success- ful in winning the second prize and ,for this they received lovely silver trays. Congratulations. We saw the • trays and were sorry we didn't bowl, . - , CLINTON FLOWER -GARDENS Imagine a garden with 250Q glad- ioli in ?fillbloom. Spikes of almost every color known ,on earth, pinks, blues, reds, mauves, yellows rising from pale green foliage. They are beautiful. These 'are the plants 001' three gladioli specialists can muster. Messrs Cools 'and 'Hamlin each have the numbers of their bulbs extending into the thousands, and 114er Sharp has a smaller garden with several hen- ,erect bulbs. The Guelph ;Gladioli show is on the 28th of August and e � are expecting our experts toe car- ry off the prizes. THE LADY BOWLERS Two rinks of Chinon /tidies went to Stratford yesterday afternoon for- a friendly gable With' Stratford and Milverton, Mrs. -Frank Ilovey, Miss 'Shepherd, Miss •Irwlie with Mrs. Sharp as skip trade up one rink while Mrs. Ernest Hovey, Mrs. Roberton, Mrs. Weatherwax with Mr's. McMnr- clue as skip composed the other. - Mrs, Sharp's rink was -drawn a- gainst Mrs. Farquharson of Stratford and lost to her. 13-9 but in the second round. against Mrs.' McKay of Strat- ford the count was 22-5 for the Clin- ton rink, Mrs. Mcll'ui'chie met Mrs. Howie and Stratford way victorious 16-3. In the second round against Mrs, Easson the score was again 16-10 for Strat- ford, • GODRII•ICFI. VS. LU-,C'AN The ;forty -eleventh g'anie" in see -saw ebntest'.between.Lueail .sen- iors and Godeeleh Was played in Gado-; rich Wednesday night. It was per- peohapsl,e' the ' most hotly contested game of the season. Cooper started pitching' for Gocle- rich. He did very well, perha'p`s not in his usual form but then` he got Iso support, The Goderieh second base- man was simply not there, For' the last innings Armstrong of Goderich re/loved Cooper, ,Lttean played well for their 8 runs Some of their players whom we' had seen in action here, sustained the good reputation their snappy I made with us, he scoria w . p a3 for Luau, as 8,3 The Baseball Associat%o last decreed a, :sudden n have, at ff .,death piny -oft in Llintott' on Monday, August 20; :Everyone who wants to see a.,regi ball game shoul(1ttirn out. Goderich Township The Unity Club held their picnic at Hayfield .on Tuesday which was web attended, After spending sortie time in games and races, about thirty sat clown to a web spread tea1 after sing- ing of the National Anthem all re- tired to their homes, well pleased With the enjoyable afternoon, Mrs. lilt l Leith and little eon re - tu,ned on 'S ,tnrdey after spending a fortnight vtsitu,g' her brother, Ili'. George Pearson, Wayne, Mai,, alto reletrvee in houdon, People You Know Miss Jean Chidley i$ visiting in Bar, field Ml's, Wilson was at the London Oid Boys' Reunion on Friday. Mr, and Mrs. 3'., -D. mell left on u'uesday £or PoplarCa, Hillpb. Miss Rose Schoonhals is leaving on Saturday for Port Dalhousie, Mr. Walter: O1} eleer'' of Teeswatee was visiting in town on Sunday. Miss Brown of Windsor is. a guest at the, home of the Misses Doane. Me. and Mrs, Je W. Treleaven and Miss Norma axe in Lapierre, Mich, 112rd.tand Mrs. Lattoz'ne11 of St, Thom - ,as were. visitors in: town on ;Tlles- y, Mre. Mary Curtis is the guest of her niece, Mrs, T. C. King, at Brnee Beach. Mr, and Mrs. Melvin Clarke of Gode- rich were visitors in town on Wed., needay Mr. Ed. Routledge and family are. visiting in town with Me, and Miss, Rands; Misses Barry and Agnes Combe :are guests of Miss Jean Hogg at South- . Miss I..f.. Maedougall of the Sudbury , 'Collegiate `staff was a visitor in Clinton last week. Mrs.' Rath and daughter of Detroit, spent '0 few days with her mother, Mrs. Donald McDonald. • Mr. J, Stevenson left: for a business visit`over our incomparable Cana- dianr National Railway. Mr. Percy Fair was visiting old fk'iends in Clinton and left on the 14th for his .hone via .Detroit. Miss Betty Hitchins of Toronto isa patient in the Clinton Hospital af- 'ter' an operation on her tonsils: Miss Florence. Cuninghame spent a few days this: week the guest of Mr's. Gordon Cuninghame at Burk's camp, yee anti: Mrs. Atex, Weleb and grand- daughter Norma are in London this' week theguests of Mr. and Mrs, E. Moore, • Miss Gwen Hohnes,'a 1923 graduate of the Toronto General Hospital is visiting her parents, Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Bohn es. Mise Chowen, Misses Bess and Isobel Chowen were guests of their aunt, Mrs, Frank Metcalfe, during the week,—Blyth Standard, .Mrs, Down and Mr. and Mrs, R. R. Don and children, Edna and El- sie, sie, of. Kingsville spent the week- end with Mr. and Mrs. Sam. Kemp, Mi. and Mrs. Gordon Cuninghame and children go .on a motor trip along the lake shore to Northern points, They expect to be gone about a week, Mr. anti Mrs. J. d. Zapfe leave this week on a motor trip for a couple or weeks to. Owen. Sound and other places and will return byway of Kitchener, Me, and Mrs, Albert Kenip of London spent Sunday with Mr. and Mie, S. :Kemp. Mrs. ' E. Kemp, who has been visiting here for some time re- turned to London with thein. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Glew, Mr. Herbert Crich, Mrs. Crich, Mr, Percy Crich, Mrs, O'Brien, Miss O'Brien, Mi. Proger Pepper; Miss iny Gould r aeall a p sscngcrs A by C.N.R. special through train on the 14th front Clinton to Winnipeg. Mr. and Mrs. C. Beebe and Mr. and Mrs. H. Heslop of Detroit, Mich„ returned 'home last Sunday, after spending the' past week with the Tatter's brothe, Mr. W, J. McBrien of near Seafoeth. Mrs. McBrien accompanied then home, Mr, S Alfred Jones, K,C., and Mrs. Jones of Brantford who are at; present visiting in England, were among the 'Canadians who received invitations' to the Royal Garden Party,"at Buckingham Palace on July 27th. Mrs, Jones is a sister of ,tt, Mrs, James C. Forbes of Hui - le Auburn Mr. R. Gravenstein has sold . his business hct'e to Mr. R. Cortef' of Westfield, Mr. and Mrs. Graven - stein •ttncl family intend -moving to Listowel at the eitd of this month. We are sorry to lose them from our midst. .Mee and Mrs: C. Robertson and Miss Jean were visitors in our village last Sunday; Mrs,' (Rev.) Cournay and Morris, spent the week -end. with Mr. and Mr's. G. L. Sturdy, ' Miss Grace Gibbings of Seaforth is sportding her holidays with her aunt, Mrs. Andrew. Mr. and Mrs. R. D. biunrme and Mr, and Mrs. F. Plaetzer motored to Se- bringville ort :Sunday. Mr. G. Thompson is having his holi- days and Master C. Beadle is taking Ids plate et Munroe's. ' Rev,' A. E. and Mrs, Millson of Brownsville are renewing old acquain- tauces here, Thee'. are, camping at Hayfield, There pasted away at the r'esidenee Of Mt. 0. le, Erratt on Monday, An- gust 6th, Miss Fanny Scott at the • age of 84 years, The deceased carie with her Itat.'ents seventy-five years ago and settled on the farm just north of the village in Wesi; Wawanosh, here after the death of her parents She resided With her brother,''Saniuei, Gazing for his young son, Charlie, whose mother died al: the time of his birth. :After the death of her broth- er 10 years ago, she and Chaelle inov eel to the villa(to whore sho has 'since resiclecl. Miss Scott has boon carred Por i in tt o dt x her 14 Mimes b Mtrs, �" y g McDrien The :Flt reran took tl, ' t 'iKo on Wechtesdav afternoon to 31ai1's eerne- toi'y, Owing to the abstmo of Mr. Alp tate service was conducted hp th0 Rcv, Mr.', Laing, a former pastor" hero,