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FIREMEN'S, SKATING PARTY
The Clinton Fire Co. put on. `a,
skating party in the local rink .on
Tuesday` evening, which proved to be
a fine success, the ice being in fine
shape. The lirenen's hockey team
with themesville
played. n garire •Hol
Wolverines before skating began, but
their minds being So: preoccupied with,
the task of entertaining their skat-
ing. party guests they allowed the
.to bat then badly: How-
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visitorse Y
ever, an interesting game :was wit-;
nessed by those present and' the eV
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ening was voted a jolly and enjoyable
one, even by the vanquished.
FATHER AND SON BANQUET
On Friday evening last, one hun-
dred and ten fathers and boys of the
various .churches in town gathered
together in the basement of Ontario
Street United church to a Father and
Son Banquet, put on by the -Taxis,
Boys and • Trail" Bangers of Ontario
Street Church, and catered to by the
t. -M.'S. of the same church.
The bousiteuus 'talipes were very'
beautifully ^decorated and all expres-
sed their delight at the sumptuous
"eats,'''on which they appeased' their
green appetites.- After the fathers
and boys had partaken to the full,
they joined in a sing -song, .lead • by
the toastinaster,: Rev. A. E. Doan,
which 'helped beth father and boy to
feel..mere cornfortable.
'the first toast,'to the "King" •Inas
proposed b'y the toastmaster'
an'd re-
-•sponded to 'b'y singing the National
Tithere.
The' second 'followed to :the "Fath-
er," proposed b'y Leonard McKnight
arra niellpondeui =to 197 1W. S. R. Holmes.
Both Mi. McKnight and iiilr. Holmes
f dib their 'an'tjcct -acre justice, point-
ing out the 'advantages of the youth
,of'toaildy.9.8 comparisono to the days
of our forefathers.
''This :\tvn5 followed 'by a solo by
Pied 'Steele, entitled, "One Fleeting
Houk'," 'and, as is usual With Fred,
lte'was in fine voice and his song was
very'inuch enjoyed.
the -"Son" was
. The �th3rdtoast; tar ,
Proposed by Mr. Perry:Plumsteel, and
responded to by Wm. McGill. Mr.
Plumsteel stressed the fact that Train
Rangers'and'Tuxis work was -a wor-
thy work, unil'hoped that it would
continue 'in 'its 'development here. Mr.
M',dGill's'response was given in very
well dttosen•Wor'ds;'in which he showed
'how the 'boys could become more, in-
tereste'd in their work and the things
:pertainng to the youthof to -day by
confiding 'in their dads, and in this
way'be -a credit to their parents and
`their church. This toast was follow-
ed"yed, .by an."instrumental by Mrs. E.
Wehdotff which was very . much en -
.A toast to the "Church" proposed.
byaWayne Rezell was then given and
responded to by Rev. J. E. Hogg.
.As .Mr. .Hogg was dealing with
.sonrethirig °°°which is his life activity
and to .which. he gives his whole en-
-ergies,:his response was very fine.
.lie pointed out to the youth end men
that the,Church has something to of-
ifer then, something which is vitally
`inrportant that they should link
'.themselves up with and not shirk
'their (duty when it comes their way.
An instrumental- by Wayne Resell
madAudrey Carter; was very nnich
•enjoyed at this point.
Mayor ‘Combe was then called on
acid in ,a few -well chosen words ex-
preseetl.:his appreciation of the oc
Casion Land Mit :interest in boy life;.
•The;toast -totthe ladies was propos-
ed 'by 'Everett Downs and responded
to 'by .Mrs. SA. :E. Doan. Mrs. Doan
pointed out 'the fact that ladies have
!fitted 'themsdlves to take the fullest
-responsibility 'in mall things that men
are' now dieing, and also that it was
a -•privilege. whiah:'the ladies appree
•iated to be„doing something for oth-
ers', including. the "boys.
The last toast, to 'the "C, S E. T.,”
was promised 'by Art. Royce, leader of
the Trail Ranger "group 'Of Ontario
St,. chuich,`Who in •a `few words tried
to bring before the boys, aiid fathers
the. importance of preparing their,
youth to meet IDe'lifc problems that
face them, and'to explain the work of
C. S. E. T. This was responded to by
'Wilfred Lockast, ex-memberof the,
Boys' Cabinet, wlio,atthe presenttiirie
is in his third year in Arts at Victor
is College.b it'.-' Locicart brought be-
fore tiie,boys, aiid men things of vit-
al importance atrcl proved 'himself a
very tine epealler. Mr.,'Lockart :has
been doing boys work since he was
eighteen, and is one,who is filled With
the desire: to be a help, to the boys
whom he may conte in contact with.'
a Tie stressed the fact that it more,
fathers would make a pal]:, of their,
boy, itwould illininate a good deal.
of the wrong, that is committed by the
youth of to -day. Ile also, outlined'
the C. S. alt T., work which, is being
taken -"up, by the boys of Ontario
Street church.
Mr. Will Barber of Seaforth was
present and spoke i few words,.and
congratulated Clinton on raising'
$25.00; this being- the 1.1.1 year 111-,
they had taken up this wort;, and
tirade it known that South Huron had-
doubled their objective in raisins
8180,00.
The banquet was br•aught to a close
by Rev, J. E. Hogg, Who' pronounced
the benediction. r enedicti n,
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Those present expressed the °pin-
ion that,they had had a very profit-
able evening.
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SIIROV : _TUESDAY SUPPER
N. II ISi YOUR TOI:
St. Pa ti's, Eadie$ Gt'iiid served
their annual hot supper on Tuesday
evening,, Shrove' Tuesday,,putting on
the tinge -honoured •pre -Le ten Beast.
The supper was abundant; and well-
served andmany went up to eat their
evening• meal as guests o1 the Guild,
13oth'the ladies and thein• Yuests were
very well satisfied with the success
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SOME ELDERLY PEOPLE
Several of Clinton's 'well-known
and esteemed citizens celebrate their
birthdays this month. The eldest of
these is Mrs. Sloman, who on Tues-
day, the -21st, 'passed her ninety-
fourth birthday. - Mrs: Sloman has
spent fifty-nine of these, years in
Clinton: and. remembers many inter-
esting incidents of the early days
She is. rounding outthe years very
happily, surrounded by her children,
grandchildren and great-grandchild-
ren,
rear grandchild -ren, and a large circle of rtrieiids,
Thci next in point of `age is Mr,
William Cantelon, who on St. Val-
entine's Day,Feb, 11th, celebrated his
89th birthday. " Mr, Cantelon- is a
native of. Goderich township, being a
son of one of its early settlers,: and
his entre life -In he has lived t the vic-
inity. For some; .years he has been
confined to the house but- he is al-
ways glad to see his old friends and
talk over old times.
Another who claims St, Valentine's
Day as' birthday is Mrs. Livermore,.
Sr., hat she is comparatively'.young,
being only 84. She has been fav-
orerl -with a fair share;" of good
health, although of late years she
has -been failing a little.; She is
staying With -•a 'son in Dundalk this
winter but usually returns to Clin-
ton for the summer. " -
Mrs. James , Lindsay passed' her
eighty-sixth birthday on Feb. 10th.
Mrs. Lindsay can romeiaber when
the settlers hereabout had to keep the
fire burning all the time, Winter and
summer, day and night,--thl else TAM
the inconvenience of •sti:ilcing 'fire
somehow, mntehos being, unknown.
She, herself) as a little' girl, rail a
half mile to . the nearest neighbortis
for a coal one morning when the fam-
ily arose -tilled -their 'fire "o1r't and no
way of cooking brea'ki;ast.;; The coal
was safely and oarefuliy carried
home in a -smell -same-part..a
Mr. Itolit._ Zaitz:di'mar1non' leibirthday.
also coulee "on the TOth lout he -doesn't
count so many -+;pears,' although he
can remember when 'Canton was but
it "corners" and life was very simple
and everybody .Knew everybody else.
Itis: reeolleetialis of his school days
are very vivid an'ii, "although• he 'is' the
youngest in this 'group, he carr des-
cribe the details 'of the community
piano 310111 to celebrate Confederation
nearly eixty-one years ago as if it
were -4 'happening of yesterday.
We offer congratulations and good
wishes to these elderly Citizens -in the
name of the 'town and 'wish them
peace andcontent so going as they
continue" to sojourn with DS. -
HGUISKYNOTES -.
Clinton on the exhibition game
with Eoderidh last Friday night at
the arena, by a score of 9-7. It was
a fairly good •ex'hibition of hockey
but the local team set the pace.
Monday ;night saw the most ex-
citing game of hockey that has 'beer
seen for some time in Clinton, when
Wingharn and Clinton met in the
first play-off of the Junior N, IL L.
The final score -was 7=2 for the home
team.
The game was fast from start to
finish, and it was a hard-fought bat-
tle all through, 10 feet at times, some Every Woman of Every Land,": will
of the, players tried too hard, be held on F'ri:arty, Feb. 24th at 3
All played excellent: hockey, and p.m. in Ontario Street United Church,
Jack Twyford 'saved" : the= .game on
many. occasions, ' when he' stopped
shots,' some of which looked almost
impossible of a ocompl'ishment, Frank
McEwan, who made his 'firist appear-
ance in junior hockey that fright,
deserves .credit •for the way in which
he checked.
The Line-up.:
Wingham-Goal, Blue; defense,
Brown and 'Mitchell;' wings, -Brown
and Thompson; centre, Mitchell;
subs, Sumner and Ford. •
Clinton --Goal, Twyford; defense:
Cook and Muteb; wings, MCEwan ancl
Kennedy; centre, .Elliott; subs, Me-
Clinehey and Metwan.
Referee -:-Reid of Seaforth.
The Clinton juniors,, went to Wing -
ham xesterday evenng and played
in the fastest ,junior game,, that lies
been seen for some time. They wor-
ked the hardest from the Brat faee-
off, but„were -unable to score until
the third period. •Wingham led the
first two periods, the score being 1-0,
at the end of the first and 2-0 at the
end of the second, n the third per-
iod - Clinton came back strong, scoring
three goals to \Ving'ham's one, the
final score being 3-3. But Clinton
wins the round 10-t6, and now they
have to meet Listowel next week,;
NO,•CRIMIIVAL CASES •
At the opening'of the; .Supreme
Court at Goderich last' week Shezrrt
Middleton presented Judge Raney
with a pan•'' of white -kid gloves; there
being no criminal cases in the docket.
Sherrif Middleton attention- `
,n 1 e nn to
the fact that this -was the second time
ha
n had lad the honour of inaltfng a
like presentation to. Judge Rainey rind
his lordship congratulated the count
Y
on its clean record
A MID -WINTER DIP
While assisting 'in'.getting otYt ico
the other day Mr. A. E. Durnin step-
ped onto some thin ice;; which gave
wily under him; precipitating him to the cold water of the ,pond: With
assistance'he scrambled out and went
on with .his work until two more
loadsloaded b rt n his r e
were up t
o
1
a
turn Home a hotbath, hot drink and
dry clothing were very welcome and
he was none the worse- for. his cold,
bath. •
SEED TRAIN NEXT WEEK
The Government Seed Train will
be at Clinton station on Tuesday
next, Feb. 28th, froth 9 o'clock; a.m.
to 5 pan, 'Lectures ' will be given,
commencing at 2.30 in the afternoon,
on different. phasesof farm work and
experts will. be on hand to demon-
strate: seed . cleaning and grading,
selection of seed, etc,, and to give in-
forination as to the ' procuring of
pure seed.
The train will visit other points in
Huron as foll(ws: Seaforth,' . Feb.
27th, Exeter, Feb. 29th, IIensali,. Mar..
ist, Brussels, Mar. 5th, Wingham,
Mar. 01st; 'Bly`th, April 11th, and
Goderich April 12th.
LITTLE LOCALS
Miss Jennie Taylor was taken ill
on Friday last and still lies in a, very
serious condition.
Invitations are out for the annual
lliasonic At Home, :to be ,held 011
Thursday evening, March lst.
The annual neeting,of the. Clinton
Public Hospital .Association will be
held in'the cottncil chamber on Tues..
day, March 8th, at tluee o'clock.
MVlr. E. Welsh, coroner on mail de-
livery route 14..1, has been laid up
with a cold this week'and Mrs. Welsh
has been seeing to the delivery of His
Majesty's mall. `
The Bell Telephone "Company ex-
hibited tireee.interesting, reels of
x=hibited..ilrree•interesting,:reels.of Dice
tures at•the Scheel, of-Cournrerce on
Friday afternoon and at -the Princess
theatre the wine evening, showing
something of the won -dims of the new
discovery, television.
Miss McDonald and t'he Misses
Beattie have returned to take up
their work of supplying the feminine
portion of the population of this town
and twine—unity with new spring hats.
'Spring is always just around the
corner When the milliners get busy.
RIr. E. S. •Livermore and his fel-
law=debater from Osgoodewon from
Queer's 'Un'iversity last week, the
subjeet icor debate 'eingResolved
that tanada's Position in the League
of Nations is Inconsistent with her
Place 'in the British Empire.” The
,Osgoode debaters took the negative
Ade. '
The meeting in the Collegiate aud-
itorium tonight, under the auspices
of the Clinton ti. F. 0, Club, -will be
addressed by Mr. M. A. Campbell of
Milton, and -by Mr. G. R. Paterson,
in the 'absence of Rev: A. E. Doan.
Mr. Campbell's subject will be "The
Teaching of A.gr]eulture in Schools.:,
Everybody welcome,
AMONG TEE CHURCHES
The World "Woman's bay of new-
er," a Fellowship of Intercession of
The game yesterday evening was.
elean, as well as fast as, Corker Leg,
the referee from London, made them
play ,hockey, and did not allow any
rough stuff to, pass.
Clinton had a large number of sup-
porters, as they chartered a Special
Drain to bring them home after the
game,
The line-up:.
Wingham—goal, Hughes, defense,
BrownBrow and Mitchell; centre Mitchell;
,
wings; I3rowir and Thompson subs
Summer and Ford,
, Clinton goal, Twyford; defense,
•" ,
Cook,Miutch; centre, Willis ori es
.
htcEwan,, Kennedy; subs, E bort, Me -
Ewan,
Referee—Leg, London,
It is hoped that this be an inspira-
tional' gathering of all W. M. S. wo-
'nren in this town and vicinity.. An
offering will be taken,; .
Ontario Street United Church
Meeting of classes at ten o'clock.
Morning preaching subject: "Perish."
Evening subject: "Elements. of Nat-
ional Greatness: , Sunday school' and
Bible' classes as usual. -
Wesley -Willis United Church
,The subjects. of :discourse. -;inert
Sunday will -be: Morning: "The Imi-
portance of Right Emphasis." Ev-
ening: "The Courageous Christ."
The W, A. will meet in the church
on Wednesday afternoon next at two
o'clock,
Presbyterian,Church
Services on , Sunday- as usual.
Morning: "Holy Communion." Ev-
ening: "Without Me—Nothing."
Sunday school and Bible Class at
2.30..
IVLidweek .service each Wednesday
evening at 7.30:
Baptist Church
Sunday services., Sunday. seliool
.and Bible classes at 2.30p.m.. Song
and preaching : service `at 7 pan.
Subject: "A Blind Mon,"
B. Y. P. U'.'wvill meet in the church
vestry on Monday :evening :at. 8
o'clock, Prayer . service and fellow-
ship meeting each WcdneSday even;,
ing at 8 o'clock.
" St, Paul's Church
The beginning of the Lenten "sea-
sonewas observed by the annual Ash
Wednesday Service in St. Paulin
church yesterday,
On Sunday services will be at el-
even and seven with Sunday schoo`
at half past two,
During the l'i'st four weeks of: I en_t
and prevMus.to the parochial iriissio,i
which begins on March l
5th her
e
will be bete -week dray servmes or_
Wednesday at 4 pair, nd on I+'r°id,
at ,7.30 p.lu. --
UNIVERSITY EiXTENSION
Professor Pczuson his been co
ee rn-
.1
pelted to cancel his a oint ft• to
. 7P nen
lecture here on Friday and his place
will he taken by T, 1!, M;cllwraith, M,
A.Ca nb 'Professor of nthi o oI +
i e A ° '
P b3
at. Toronto, on "Life" e tlnrorig the
Coastal Indians of- `British Colum•
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bra,'_' The lecture will be illustrated.
WOULD RETURN .
i1Is 1+' W 'Johnston, d
s who has s so]
out Inc restu•trant business in Tees:-
s
water, 7vas in Clinton last. - Week
looking about in the hope of locating,
a- business to purchase, but was un-
able to do so. We notice that people
who have ,oboe lived in Clinton 'usu
ally want to come back' after they.
Have tried' existing in some less de
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••r lce for a e. . n
sn,ble p K
Mrs. Johnston would be .heartily wel-
comed as citizens, should they return.
HAD .RELATIVES HERE
The late William A. Cantelon;'
whose death occurred in Vancouver
recently, was a native of Goderich
and was a second 'cousin of, Messrs.
Wm., ' David, Adair ' and Hanley
Cantelon of Clinton,' He was a rising
your barrister in Vancouver, having
been called to the bar in 1911. He
took an active part in many publics
activities and fraternal societies and,
was considered an eloquent platform.
speaker. His wife aiid a son and
daughter, besides his father, a bro-
ther and tivo sisters survive.
Bayfield
Mr. John Tippet is laid off work
for a few' days having had a -cist re-
moved from his hand., •
]Vers: Herbert Wallis and two Iittlo
sons left on Tuesday for Clinton
where they took the train on Wed=
nesday to return to their home :in
D'Arcy, Saslc., after 'having visited
her mother, Mrs. 'Win.. Sterling, and
other relatives for the past two
mouths.
The Women's. Day of Prayer will
he observed itr'Teinity church on Fri -
hay' afternoon. " The service coin-
ineneing at three o'clock. The three
churches in the 'parish, St. James'
Middleton and St. Johns, Varna., .are
uniting for this service. Mid -week
services will be held in Trinity church
throughout Lent, on Wednesday at
eight o'clock. •
•
•Rev. It: M: Galt took char • 6e of the
morning service in St. Andrew's
church on Sunday last afterr having
been on the sick list for three weeks..
1VIr. Colin Campbell supplied during
his :illness.
The members of the choir of St.
Andrew's United church are prepar-
ing to, present a very interesting
play, entitled, "Cranberry Corners,"
in the near future.
Mr. J. Elgin Tour; publie school
inspector for West Iiuroe, has posted
notices;,, which calf for a meeting of
the ratepayers in the town hall on
Friday evening at half -past seven.
It seems that this school only re-
quires three; trustees now. Six were
elected hi January but it was diffi-
cult to get thein to attend the meets:
Ings, so it is hoped that there will be
a large attendance in the town hall
on Friday evening and that the rate,
payers will elect three' who will be
regular attendants at themeetings.
so that the school' matters may have
close attention.
i oimlesvil e
Mrs: Wilfred • Jervis spent the
week -end at her home in Zurich, go-
ing -down to attend the funeral of her
uncle, who was buried on Sunday.
Miss Dorothy Walters of Benmiller
is spending a few' days with her sis-
ter, Mrs, ' D. Gliddon.
Messrs. Geo, Pfair and H. Dustin
have puthi a•'supply' of ice: at the
Iiolrpesville Cheese and Butter - Co's.
ice house.
Quite 'a number from this vicinity
followed the Holmesville hockey wo1-
verines; to=Clinton on Tuesday "even-
ing, vhen
vening„when, they played a game with
the firemen' of that town: The game
was fast and.furious and (resulted in.
EL scare of 8-1 in favor of the 'Wol-
verines. The firemen were ':a Food
clean bunch of players and the boy,.
enjeyd the game. The line-up was,
as follows: Goal,. Pearson defense,
Hicks,: Yuill; forward, Mulholland,
Jervis, Little; subs, Stock, C ulmore,.
Varna
Miss iiabel Boyce of Brucefielcl
spent the week -end at the ,home of
Mr. end Mrs, Geo. McClineby.
Owing to; Mlle • unfavorable condit-
ion of the weather the attendance at
the social, under the; auspices of the
Young Peoples' League of the „United
church, which was held on Tuesday
,night ()float week, was not as large
as it otherwise would hawl,ir
) 77 . The
programme; which ;,vas' put on by
the younepepple`°and- the, boxes pro-
vided by the ladies were much en-
joyed by all present,
Dr, and Mrs, .Easler are guests ay
the home of.the_formers sirster, NLrs:'
A. McConnell
The -adult I- members of St. John's
church spent a very, pleasant time
at the' hone of Mr. and 7hs, F.
Weekes last Thursday evening. Af-
ter partaking of a fowl supper the
u 1' the i
remainder o even n was spent
g 1
in. music, games and dancing. All
report a good time.
Mrs. Jas,
Campbell-is`Sperling the'
with e daughter °
week her ht d t g er at Cayuga,
Quite a number from the village;
attended the funeral of the late Jas.
T: Keys, on Saturday afterl1oon.•
L®I@C'aesboro
. The Sunday school .of L
onde b to
United church recently purchased a:
Baloptican :lantern' -for use in Bible'
teaching and missionary education.`:
Mrs.' 13. Snell attended`` the 1'd'endel-
sutra choir concert in. Toronto hist;
week
The services in .Londesboro, United
church will be of special interest next
Sabbath. In the morning between
twenty
twenty and thirty, new "members will
be received into church membership;
and the: sacrament will:: be adminis-
tered. The evening service will be
picture study of - the Life of Christ
presented by once ' hundred views,
This service will be a zeal. treat.
The Young'. Peoples' Groups are
preparing a Leap yearconcern for
March 30th
a 1 y
Mr. McCre spent ast Saturday
in London.
Mr, and Mis. Clark .of, Goderich
recently visited friends, here.
Miss Jones has returned to St.
Thomas after 'a pleasant' - week -
in the colrilnunity. •
Mrs. Armstrong of near Constance,
who for the past two weeks has been
a guest at the home of Idr. and Mrs.;
J. Armstrong, has returned home- '
Miss Parrott, teacher of No, 5
spent the week end at her home near
Blyth
Miss Stalker, teacher of No. 8, was.
at her home in Westfield for over the
week -end.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Brigham rec-
ently visited Blyth relatives.
Our village people are looking for-
ward to having the streets lighted
with hydro . before long. We shall ,
welcome lt. --
The council will hold their regular
meeting on Tuesday afternoon in the
community hall.:'
Miss, Susie. Sampson of Palmerston
is visiting friends and relatives in
the conmunity,
Miss .Margaret McCool WAS called
to Toronto last .Week owing to the
illness, of her 'sister. . '
1VIr. Robt. Townsend visited last
week -with Mi. Wm. Ball, Huron
Road, east of Clinton.
Mr. Colin, Fingiand of Walton
spent Saturday with his parents, Mr..
and Mos. Jzto. Fingland.
Miss `Jean Maines of Chicago spent
a few days here last week and Mrs.
M. 'Maines and Miss Elizabeth retur-
mei with her to Chicago on Saturday
where they will spend some time.
They ''intemided going about Christ- '
ma time. only Miss E. Maines had • '
the misfortune to fall and fracture a
limb:
There passed away at the home ol.
his son on Monday one of the oldest
and most respected citizens , of this
conimunity in the person of George
Longman, at the • age of eighty
years., For some years hehad been a
resident of this village, -but owing to
his failing health, he went to • live
with his son, Frank, on the 18th eon -
cession, last spring, '
His wife, formerly Sarah Cottle,
predeceased him eleven years ago.
He leaves to mourn their loss one
daughter, Mrs. George Stevens, Clin-
ton, and three sons;"Harvey' and Wil-
liam,: London, and . Frank, :13th, con=
cession Hullett, also one sister, Mrs.
Wm. McColl, Londesboro.
Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Miller enter-
tabled
ntertanned a number of their friends to
a progressive euchre party an Wed-
nesday evening.
Miss, Mary Hiles, who made his
home with her 'sister, Mrs. James,:
Eisloy, died on Mondayin. her. 78th
year, Miss.Hiles had been a partials
,invalid for several years, The fun-
eral will take- place this 'afternoon
from • the Londesboro'United church,
interment being made, In Union Cem-
etery, ' Blyth
(Miss Susie Sampson is "visiting` her
aunt, Miss E Lyop, this:week.
Mrs. Milton Hooper of . near • St.:
Marys who spent =last, week with her
parents, left or home' Saturday, 'but'
she was called back to 'attend the
funeral of her aunt, Miss'1VIary Hiles,
who passed away on Mendes, at the”
home of her 'sister, 'and brother in- '
law, Mr: ...and ''irs. Jarnes Ilsley ; ' ?•
- Aubur-n -
lVl;isses -Laura and Lottie Jackson
of Goderich spent the week -end with
-their-aunt, Mrs. B. Patterson.
Mrs. E.Moss of Glencoe: is speed-
ing tivo -weeks vacation' atthe home
of her father Mr. W. Cunningham. s.
Mr. and Mis,'W. B. Patterson went"
to hfbnlcton this 'week to visit •relit
fives,
Miss Sadie Carter • is visiting in
Stratford, for a couple;: of weeks.
A number; from here 'attended the
'Iasonic At glome in' Goderich :.on
Friday ,night last week.
A play, from the Nile is to be` put
on in Forester's hall on Wednesday
night this week under the auspices
of the Inteinrediato Bible _;cities •:of
Knox United ,church,
11xr. '0. E 'briatt loaded' hogs on
Monday and cattle on Tuesday of
this week.
Mr• Thomas Johnston and:bVliss 311- -
lan Phillips 'drove to Mitchell on Sat-
urday last. •
Mr, Roy. Munro -of l34itehell..spent.
t1re, week -end here with his aunts;'
the Misses Blair, and his brother, Ii..
D. Munro.
Mrs; H. M. Rice and Miss Joseph-
ine Weir spent. a couple- of days in,
Toronto last week.,
CoderiCom',h,Ti,winshipttj
'.fire' young 1eopl.e of $h }
on T711-
i
ted church intend putting 'on the
;play, 'I Can't Afford It" some time
soon, They are busy practising for
it now,