The Clinton News Record, 1928-03-22, Page 1WJTII 11
ICI 3 IS INCORPORATED ,:1'IIE CI.INTON NEV ERA
AT, MA!r1r<C I 6Gp fll923
No. 2454 - 4 th Year.
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191. Era
CLINTON SPfflNG FAIR WILL
ro? en iassgd
NO 'GREAT CATASTROPHE
For he isa provident matt -acrd h'e
i Iwayis ;gas an extra pair of glasses
on. hanal. Then too, he 'knows that
there'will be no delay in having Them
repaired at Hellyafs Jewdle'iy !Store
for ''eve are1
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a w,Z ys 7o e m: d �o `bike
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C'a`re of a ru
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els e a ea•-
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perience, We will 'you ''fit ' th 'o
i Y Wi oz.
Yiect, glasses—tepliir'youz ltrolcen'len.
Ses --or give yet new 'frames ---.al
minimum cost'anti'in'iherbui°test'pos-
Bible time.
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JEWELER and 'OPTOMETRIST
Residence 174j
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In 'Smart, art Distinctive Styles
ihawe°this weep been added to our
Spring range, repy•�lacin ! Y those
which have,giready been sold.
We carryk o
a' stack of from
�n
75 to 190 Coats
in sizes 32 to 48.
you
Ifhave rpt already made choice, see, the new num-
thers while
the selection is at its
best.
iRWIN's
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Fashion says that this will be a
great season for •checrfti1clothes ---
and'we believe in fashion and so pro-
vided liberally.
'When -you see the beautiful new
color coniibinations in our suits we are'
sure•yon,will be pleased with them.
'Let ,us -suggest 'that you spend : a
few rninutes 'looking at our new;
spring ;style.
You can •gain s tbetter: idea-froin
the garment* themsolves'thanu
yo can
from any •$'kyle hodk -or catalogue.
''We have :searched the rnarlsets for
' i Toed Values and 'lay 'buying in large
iluantities 'have been successful in be-
ing. able, to'.offer 'better values than
All we' ask isachance to sIiow"• iii our
goods;
we ea.ve you to''
dlBHiSH CLOTHINg CO.
A ', a e Deal forEvery f:
THE MARKETS
Wheat, S1.2.7.
Barley, 80c,
Buckweat, 70e,
Oats, foe to' 70c.
Eggs, 2-4c to 30e.
Butter, 40e,.
Live. Hogs, $8,75.
BOUQUET FOR MAYOR
Ailayor. Combo of Clinton received a
handsome s bouquet of floewrs Iasi
week, i
k with the compliments
of
the
ma or of Louisville, L tnsville, Iieptucicy, the
occasion being the opening of the
ninth annual
flower show of that cit
y
when they took the opportunity of,
"telegraphin-g" flowers and greetings
to various towns in the United States
and. Canada. 1VIr. Cooke, local flor-
ist, delivered the bouquet.
COLLEGIATE NOTES
The regular, meeting•
of the Liter-
ary Society was held on Wednesday,
March 14, 1928 with Doris Durnin in
the chair, The program, consisted of
musical selections., the 'dramatizing
of "The,, Highwayman" and a mock
boxing' bout and a debate, which was
The main feature, entitled: "Resolved
that the Inventor has Done More to
Promote Human Happiness than the
Legislator." This was very strongly
upheld by Lorne Cook and Arthur
Lyon in favour of the affirmative
side of the argument' and by Bill Ball
and 1Vlargaret McLeod on the Nega-
tive side.
Mrs. Verner, Mr. Jefferson and,
Father Gaffney very kindly acted as
judges. Theist decision was given in
favor of the negative, which had a
small margin. Both sides are to' be
congratulated on their splendid de-
livery..
ESTABLISHED FLYING- FIELD
Mai. F. F. aGilIhes of Kitchener, for.
Inst y of'Clinton, has established an
airplane landing field at Kitchener.
Fallowing a trip of inspection by
flight Lieut. t. ^G. B. Holmes of the
Royal Flying Corps, Ottawa, in the
fast plane owned and operated by
Itir, Gillies, Mr. 'Gillies leased a field
at 'Sunnyside, a mile east of the city,
and 'has made it 'into •a desirable land-
ing field,
11.Tr. 'Gillies has erected a 'hanger
and is now heady to do ,commercial
'aviation. Flig`h't Lieut, 'Holmes hex. -
Ind 'pronounced The plane to be "ship
shape?, ,
In addition to lading a flyer
edif, 'Mr. Gillies has engaged the ser-
vices of 'FTigh't-I;ieut. Harold Smith,
Who las 'been engaged in aerial for-
est ranging for the 'Ontariq g"overn.
alien 'during the past two years.
As -well as -lading n pilot Mi. Mlles
has 'received Ids Air 'Engineer's Cer-
tificate and'has opened a sdhoo' of'in-
struction. 'in flying and 'has enrolled
a ` number • of -pupils for a complete
coarse. •
'1;r•ed Will 'be remembered by the
ditizens as one of Clintpn's garage
pioneers. Also 'he and Mr. Smith
were the first to' bring 'a : plane to
'Clinton in the year 1919, A number
of the citizens Will recall 'having a
'ride -with Mr. Smith at that time. ,
MEATH OF J. W. ELLIOTT
-John W. Elliott, a ,well-known cit-
izen of sClinton .died rem suddenly at
his 'hotne-in Vittoria :-street on Psi-
itleycepening,last. !had been gent
ala any, ,at his !galase at -good hart of
'going ;home between fire,and
At about- half past ssik he was .Bud-
;denly'taken -with a :iseisure and pass-
ed away a couple if hours later. Mr.
Elliott had 'had a •severe. -stroke in
I7oveanber, 1926, from which he 'had
apparently almost fully recovered,
although he had never been just his
former %elf •since..
Mr. Elliott was a native of Goder-
ich township, having been a son of
the late Gabriel Elliott, one of the
`early settlers, and: was born on the
farm now owned by Mr. Robert Cole
at the end of the Bayfield line. Af-
ter his marriage to Miss Jennie Wal-
ker of Clinton he lived for a few years
and farmed also on the Hayfield line
but selling his farm lit 1901 they
moved into Clinton. Here he con-
ducted a
on-ducted`a livery barn, end last year
added a garage and • service station,
his son coming home during his ill-
ness to be with his father andtalcc
charge of the business: l'or •some,
years Mh'. Elliott also managed the
old 'Homestead,. which -had belonged
to his brother,. Thomas. Elliott,. who
was accidently killed in 1901,`.'until
he sold to Mr. Cole..
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Mr. Elliott is survived by two sons.
G, M. Elliott of Toronto, and Mer-
vyn at home, Mrs, .Elliott died in
1926. He is also survived by six sis-
ters: Mrs. J. W. Reidy Mrs. George
Clark, -Mrs. E. Chuter and Mrs.'J. E.
Harnwell of Varna,• Mfrs, Wellington
Fee of Seaforth and Mrs. J. T. Reid
of London. He was a quiet,'unas-
suming man and was well liked a-.
,mong•st his,; business associates and,
those with whom he came in contact,
The funeral took place from hi;
Iate residence on Monday afternoon
to Clinton 'cemetery. The services at
house land graveside were conducted
by the Rev, J. E. Hogg, of Wesley -
Willis ' church, and the pallbearers
Were:. Messrs: R. end L. Gree, A.
MiacCallmn, L. Lawson and .Oliver
,To
hnsan 'aid T. I Sweets, t , the Iatter
two of Goderich..
1Vlany friends seat flowers' as tok-
ens of respect and of sympathy with
the bereaved family.
Amongst the relativesand friends
who were here for the funeral- were
his
sot
1 and .his' wife and Mr, Chas,
Walker of Toronto, Mrs'. McT3rien nT
Detroit; Mr, and Mfrs. T. T, Reid
London; Miss McLean of Lucknow
and his sisters from ''Seaforth and
Varna and many other friends from,
Varna; Dungannon, Godor•iclt 'and al'
the surrounding community.
Ttg iftlIVIE PAPER
H:ELD DN TUURSDAY, APRIL:5TH
IIALE AND WELL AT NINETY
Mi•. henry Joyner Ieaves tomojrow
for Kitchener, where he will visit his
grand -daughter, Mrs. W. C. dread,
and whore he will on Tuesday next
celebrate._his nintieth birthday.
Mr, Joyner lias spent" more ,than
half 'his life in; Clinton, he having
come out with his wife and family
from England fifty-five years ago,
and he has resided here ever since,
withBlau 1
c
occ
a a ,.hurt visits
members of his s famtly
at other
points. He P enjoys .the; best of health
and es mann
to
g keep himself iausy
most of the time. For years he con-
ducted a market garden south' of
town and the 'past few, yeers; .since
giving that :up, he assists those in
need of assistance in their gardening
and says he has as much work ahead
of him as he
Will
be .able, to do the
coming summer. There ere not
mire
men of ninety :looking forward to a
strenuous sumtner's-a.Ctivity:
His friends in Clinton will extend
congratulations , and. hearty good
wishes -to Mt. Joyner- on the comple-
tion of his nintieth year.
ICY WALKS DANGEROUS
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Clinton, in Company with most both-
er towns, has this winter suffered
considerably from icy walks, and sev-
eral pegple have had painful tumbles
owing to patches of treacherous ice
her and there ' along the walks.
These icy periods usually, followed a
soft, spell, when the snow' melted
down almost to the walk 1,ut not quite
which, especially if rain washed it,
made a fine, smooth surface when it
began to freeze, over which one took
one's way at the risk • of life and
limb, principally the latter,
Sonia people •sanded these icy
spots in front of their houses or
Places of business and Some. did not,
,
and citizens got over them the best
way they could and prayed for an-
other covering' of snow. .
'The town t of Renfrew,t it s
toad of
sanding iey walks, used a sort of a
scarifier to ruffle up the ice, It is
said to have worked tve11. Wonder
if our council couldn't devise some-
thing before next winter which conk'
be run over icy spots, snaking it saf-
er and pleasanter. for people who
have to go over them many times a
day.
YOUNG MOTHER DIE$
klhn. W. A. Wilson .of Brantford,
daughter of Mr, and Mart A. Lucas'
of Clinton died in the Brantford hos-
pital ,on Tuesday .evening from the
:effects of .burns received whenher
clothing caught fire from a stove in
her own home three weeks ago: Mr,
Lucas, was in Brantford when his
daughter passed away, having gone
down that morning, ,
Mrs. Wilson's injuries were so Sev-
ere
evere that from the .first the doctors
said her chance' of recovery was a-
]lout one in thousand, but every-
thing possible was being done in the
svoy ,of .skin ,grating, etc., to assist
her in her fight for .life, • She leaves
her husband .and three young child-
ren, besides her parents and several
brothers and sisters.
Mr. and Mrs. William' Lucas, who
are here from Edmonton, went to
Brantford yesterday morning, to see
the "remains of their sister, returning
dm. the evening, and. -,Mr. A. Lucas_
and Mibi•. and Mrs. S, Taylor will at-
tend the funeral • „
Mrs. A. Lucas, who has been very
ill, is improving slightly.
AMONG THE CHURCHES
Baptist Church
Sunday services as usual.
Preacher's 'subject: "So Near and
Yet. so Par."
HONOURED BY ASSOCIATES
Monday's Globe had . the d following
notice, hiceompanied by a picture of
a firmer well-known "citizen of -this
town -
"iVlr.. Robert Holmes, Surveyor .of
Customs,, was' on .Saturday presented
with -two easy chairs on the occasion
of his leave of absence from now un
til .the end of July, when he retires
after 20 years of. service. The pre-
sentation was e
Amide by J.H
H. Bertram,
n
Collector of Cn
atom
s who referred to
the fine public service rendered by
1VIr.
. Holmes,
Mr. Holmes 'was .also
presented ted lvith a purse of gold and a
basket of flowers for Mrs. Holmes,
Mt', Holmes was at one time editor of
The Clinton New Era and was a for-
mer' member'' of the Dominion Par-
liament."
TO OUR CORRESPONDENTS
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We would urge our correspondents
to send in their news budgets early.
A few are as regular as clock 'work
and we know we can depend upon
them being on hand, but others have.
gotten into_ the bad habit of sending
in late budgets, which- greatly ancon,
venience us. , Tuesday is the, day ali
copy should be in at the latest, Also
we wish correspondents would dis-
continue entirely the habit -sortie ;have
of writing on both ides. 01 the paper.
Write on , one side only and do not
crowd. When'paper is exhausted we
shall send' more. In going over the,
copy we .like' a margin in which we
may stark ani correction or addition,
and copy written on the reverse side
is often overlooked by the printer.
He is not supposed to turn the paper
over th see whether there is anything'
there or not as there should never be
anything on the reverse side of prin-
ters' copy,
NOW CHAMPION' HOWLER
Prom a recent eopy of the Repor-
ter -Star, Orlanda,,Florida, we learn
that
Mn Jakefor,
a
> who is spend-
ing. Ts i -
Y
ing the winteti in the south, skipped
a rima of bowlers at an open tourna-
ment at St. Petersburg, Pia., .recently
which won the Chamber of Cotnmerce
cup, carrying a_ prize of $120.00
and the gold medals champion-
ship The-Orlanel rink also won
first prize in the 'doubles competition,
with a prize of $28.00, and Mr: Tay-
lor carried off first prize in the sec-
ond event of singles, with a prize oil
416.00, the Orlando rink being the
only one to win out in each of the
three events,receiving three prizes,
On their return to Orlando the bow-
lers were given a fine welcome and
a. banquet,
Mr. Taylor learned the genie of
bowls on the Clinton rink and many
of the old -tine bowlers will . be in-
terested to hear of his success across
the border.
LITTLE LOCALS
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Two weeks from today' will be
Clinton's Spring fair. See the prize
list on page 4,
Mr, Jobe' . Nediger, Jr., has pur-
chased the garage business of Mr:
5, McIntosh, next the Graham House,
The Rev,- A. E. Jones,' formerly
pastor of Wesley church, Clinton, lies
received an invitation to Trenton • Un-
ited churph.
W. C. T. ti, Field Secretary Mrs.
T. T. George of London will address
the local Union in the school room of
Wesley -Willis church on Tuesday af-
ternoon, M'ar. 27th, et three o'clock,
All women welcome;
The Ladies' Auxiliary of the Pres-
byterian church held a St, Patrick
Day sale of . homenade cooking and
afternoon tea in the church lecture
rootir on Saturday afternoon, A nice
Monday evening the B, Y. P. U, gathering and Successful ' sale resin -
will •anhold a social evening. tech,
Thursday afternoon at. 2:30 the
Ladies'Aid will meet.at the home; of
1VArs, G, E. Hall, Rattenbury street,
east. ,
Presbyteriun Church
Services en Sunday
as • usttttl,
"Morning Subject: "Neiglsborliness,".
Evening Suyjeet: • "A Challenge to
Faith." }von.
Sunday: school and Bible'Cless .at ?'TJBLIC SCHOOL W CONCERT
iT
`2.30, 'lliiidweelc service each.,: efines- ;
A'. number of hockey fans went to
Stratford last evening to see a match
between Toronto and that' city. ' Fed
Elliott is one of the players on the
Toronto team,, whose play his old
friends wore anxioun to see. It was
ell .right, too, but the Classic City
day ovening • The annual Public school concert
was given on Thursday evening and
-Wesley-Wallis United Church repeated' en Friday evening in the
Next Sunday morning thefourth' auditorium of the Collegiate,
discourse in theseries tilitici atin
P g,
the Cross. -`{The Cross and the Suf-
fering Servant," Evening ;subject:;
A Friend Seeking to Help.
The weekly meeting of the Mission
Band ,League will be held on Friday.
evening at seven o'clock. A11 nient-
bers are requested to be present,
St. Paul's Church
Next Sunday will be the .-first day
of the eight day's. "Mission," during.
which Rev. Canon Howitt, M.A. of:
Hamilton will be-thespecial preacher.
Services on Sunday will be at eleven.
and seven and there will be serEico
each day of next week, of which ful
er announcement' will be. made later.
The public .is cordially invited,
Ontario -Street Unitech Church
Moeting'of classes at ten on Sung
ay, Other services as usual, Morn -
ng preaching sabject: "Tate Only•
Way to Victor .''' : Evening:
Victory." n ng: "The:
eligion of young People."
The 'pageant, `Canada's 'Opportun
ties and Responsibilities," given by
hirty ladies in costume, will be, re-
eated in the lecture roots on Wed-
esda evening., nn March It 2 i, i
g 8 1 1 e in -
g
in at 1
7.3 - This •
0, T szs a� i
gva tdeifu
ageant alis, presents the mission
work of the chuvch iii ti vivid man-
er: The mon nen as well as tlte`.women
re especially invited; also all the
oeng. people. Everybody is ear
Organized under the auspices of
the Home and School Club by Prof..
Anderton, of London,. musical instruc-
tor,
(( e
and the. I
public school staff, the t
concert proved, • a "successful event,
The main item in the program con-
sisted of an operetta, "Day Before' t
Yesterday," which • dratnatize'd var-
ious pages from history. ,Prehistoric
boys, Grecian boys and girls, Med- D
level boys and girls, Puritan boys and H
•girls and Civil War girls, all effect- P
ively contained, gave various dances
and the following vocal numbers, ac- o
conpaeied on the piano by:Prof. An-
clerton: "A Long, Long. Time Ago,"' v
"When • Athens Ruled,""I'm a Jolly
Jester," "The Good Little. Puritans," a
'Big Chief Eagle Eye," "The Song, of 0
the Spinet," "When We Dance the n
Reel and Turn. the Pages of His- IV
tory Back." Misses' Armstrong and, el
Fraser of the staff acted the'parts
of the two wo naughty little girls who NT
didn't want t6 study their history but e.
who decided, after .seeing the repres r
eutatives of former. times, that his,' P
tory was interesting"after all, "Just
Stories abont People."
Pri • i
Prim!' to aid succeeding
the oiler-
etta several choruses -and
inuseia'
1
drills were given by various forme of
the school,. the whole malting a most th
pleasing programa
The H. and -S.� Club and stall San
th
br
sol
1ARRIED FIFTY YEARS
Mr, and Mrs. Henry Cook of North
street on Monday, eMerch 12th,
celebrated their Golden 'Wedding•
They and their children spent a very
happy- day together iand the bride and
bridegroom el: fifty years ago were
the recipients of many handsome'
gifts, in honour of the festive occas-
ion. Mr. and Mrs, Cook were mar-
ried Goderich township and have
spent most' f
their married -,life _ in
Clinton. Of a family, of six five are
living and ;they have eleven grand;
childrenz three at d t] ee great=g randehilcl-
ren.' Both enjoy good • health and
their friends hope .they will enjoy
many more happy, years together.
AN UNDERGROUND'LAKE
Mr, M. G. Ransford af'Exeter, for-.
nerly of Clinton and son 'of John
a
R nsford, writes' to the Exeter
Tunes -Advocate suggesting -.that 'that
town install a waterworks system
Such as We have here, which he des-
eribes as "ideal," by digging a couplr
of wells. Mr. Ransford goes oil to
say:
"It n'tay not be generally known,
but under\ this part of Western On-
tario is an.pnderground lake of clear
cold fresh water at the depths men-
tioned, 300 td 350 feet, and every-
where •a well. has been drilled to ap-
proximately these depths, the sam
lake of water hasbeen found. It is
constantly running and one can often
hear the rush of water when listen-
ing
istening at the opening of a deep well."
DEATH OF MISS H, CLARK
The funeral of the late•aMiss Han-
nah' Clark, which was private, took
place from the home of her brother,
Rattenbury street, west, on Friday
afternoon er on last, interment.. being"made
in Clinton:. cemetery, bliss Clark,
who was in her ,seventy-eighth year,
had been in failing health for sever-
al years
and passed aw"uY
Wednes-
day.
-
day. Shewas a native of Goderieh
township, being 'a daughter of the
late John Clark, and spent all her
life there until she carne into Clinton
with her brother, with whom she had
made her home for many years, a
few .years ago, She is survived by
two brothers, William of. Clinton and
Allison Clark of Mount Clemens.
Mich,
The Rev. L. C. Harrison of St.
Paul's church conducted the funeral
services on Friday and the pallbear-
ers weree L, A. Anderson, Elton
Resell, G. H. Elliott and Fred G.
Ford.
Batts le1d
Miss Ploy Edwards who spent a
month with friends its; Kitchener, re-
turned hone on Thursday last. She
was accompanied by little Miss Mir-
iam Fisher of Waterloo, who will vis-
it with her fora few weeks,.
IV1i. ]harry Baker, returned to Lon
don on Saturday to resume his work
on the C.N.R. after having been laid
off on account of illness.
Capt. j. O. Goldthrope, who has
spent the 'winter in Florida, returned
to the village on Monday..
• Mrs. A. Newton -Brady returned on
Friday after. having spent . a few
days in Toronto,
Mr. John Pease spent 'a few days,
ui London last week.
Mrs, A. • Furter of North Bay ar-
rived on Wednesday to vieit her par-
ents, Mr, and Mrs. W. J. Stinson
We are glad to report that Ma: Stin-
son is making progress towards re-
covery.
Mr. and •Mss, Wni. Green of Cpl -
borne visited the -letter's sister, Mrs.
W. J. Weston, on Sunday, Iast.
Mrs, S. Anderson; Mrs. S, Merner,
Mr. D. Baird and Master Jack An-
derson of. Grand Bend were week -end
visitors with Mr, and Mrs. Ed,'
Sturgeon,
MVlrs, A. Currie left on Wednesday
morning to visit her . daughter, 'Mrs.
Wilbur McBride, in Windsor,
At a meeting of the committee ap-
pointed by the Agricultural .Society:
to hive an entertainment to; raiSe
funds for repairs and improvements
to the. building and grounds, it,; Was
decided to hold a masquerade ball .on
Tuesday.April the tenth in. the
town hall.'
The following books :have recently
been added to tine Public Library:
Useful Arts: Mechanics and Engin
ers Handbook, %Ioswel; Junior fie-'
ion: The Coral Island, Ballantyne:,
Travel: A Vagabond in Fiji, Foster:
The Day Beftre Yesterday, Flanil-
eni Here ,There; and Everywhere.
Hamilton, " .
Fiction:—The Sower of the: Wind
ehan The• Shadow (If the hast.
mill; Now East, 't now West. Susar
,'tz: The Return of the Native, T.
Hardy: i'Tnconquered. M. Diver; Tess
f the D'Ubervilles, T. Hardy,
Literatere Les Miserables, 2
ohinies,; Victor-Taueo,
St. Andrew's United church choir
re p•ivinp' the ,lay "Oteeberri .Cor-
ere": ie Iiensall en'Frddsv nveninrr
"dm> the a'lenieee of the Iveelierr1
"roti Circle of Hensali TJniter'
7errh:
Miss;Grace :n. Ca1nernn 04,0
n n ,
t bo, moved to `I'nronto. iiad thr
end fnrtnee to win lifter dollars, the
nvnnth prize in;the .London Fro,
rens-, "Consternation" puzzle.
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hiss Clete Penner of Hensall seen,
e week -end' id her 'home. '
Mr. Jelin MCCewan-went to London
Tuesday et 'attend thio funeral
e late Mr., 1-iarry Andrews, a
alcemeri who ±Y'ss l!Iled' in Inger-
1 on Satur ay afternoon,
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dully invited and will be Made" and the musical iestructbr are
,to be congratulated an the Success of,
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Honnesville
The directors of The Holmesville
Co -Operative Cheese and Butter Co.
ale busy, onstalling the t eeessaey , e-
quipment to' mania, acture butter this
coming season in addition to•the
manufacture of cheese; as heretofore,
having 'secured the services of Mr.
George Basket of Woodstock, Ont.
Mr. Basket has been engaged for el-
even years in the largest, cheese face
tot i
m Ontt 'o
v rz the Sanford S £o c
n r 1 •
1 C tacse
factory, and has been manager of this
factory`
tor the 1st th •
a zee years. The
directors o
of f
I'IoInes '
viIle Co, are' to
,be congratulated on securing the ser-
vices of Mr. Basket for 1928 as be re-
ceived honors :for his " work- in 1927
having scored 98 per' cent first
grade. At the annual meeting, beTd
in January -last,; the old board of.dir-
ectors was re-elected for • 1928 aria
are as follows:.�.
' W $ ' Lobb, l lest-.
dent; J. Leslie Cox, Vice E. 3. Tre-
wartha, Secretary -Treasurer; H.
Osbaldiston, and T. R. Jenkins,
We are pleased to report that Mrs-
Dannie Glidden, 'who recently under-
went an . operation in Clinton - Com-.
lntinitk.. Hospital; was well enough to
return lime this week, •
The W. M. S. met at the home of
Miss Emily Proctor on Thursday
last. With the president, Mrs, Lobb,
in the chair, The roll call was ans-.
wered with a Scripture verse on
prayer. Short papers were given by
the Heralds of Japan, China, India
and Home Missions. It was decided
to hold a Thankoffering service on
Easter Sunday.
A business meeting of the Ladies'
Aid then followed, with the presi-
dent
Mrs. E. Yeo, in the chair. It
was .decided to try and secure the
Brucefield Minstrel Show, consisting
of .twenty-five male voices, to give
their entertainment in Holtnesville
Unitech church, on April 10th. This
they have since consented to do. At
the Close of the meeting a ten cent -
tea
was served byMrs. F. o
Potter and
Mrs. Lorne Jervis,
IViliss Louise Tebbutt and Mrs: Bert
Trewartha, who have been on the
sick list, are now improving,
The local hockey team were rather
badly beateti on Clinton rink, Tuesday
evening. "
Brucefiield
Mrs. (Rev.) W. A. Brenner pres-
ided at the monthly meeting`of the
W. M. S. held on Wednesday after-
noon, March 14th. There was a
splendid attendance of members pre-
sent. Mrs. A. Johnston sang a solo,
which was much appreciated, Mrs.
Bremner read an interesting article
on "Prayer" taken. from the Mis-
sionary Messenger, Sentence pray-
ers for the Missionaries were given
by Mrs. Rattenbury, Mrs. Tough,
Mrs, Jas. McQueen and Mrs. Day.
mon. Chapter five of the Study
Book was talcen by lilirs. Brock .and
Mrs. Robert , Watson, Mrs. Breaks
subject dealing .with. "Christian MIs.
Bions and the international Attitude*
and Mrs. Watson's' with "China.jarid
International Questions."
Mr, Charlie Halstead, who' has been
taking a course at a barber school in
.has opened a barber shop its
W'alker's hotel,
14fr. James Hill of Stratford is vis*
icing friends in the village and vie.
pity,
The boys of the United church had
a very successful minstrel show in
e basement of the church last Fri
ay evening.,. Rev. Mr. Bremner very
bly acted -as eentre man. and was
assisted by about 20 young men.
Much credit for the success of the
erformanee must be given to •the
our end men George .Knight,
encu Wasinan, Bill Seat end 'Elwood
tackhouse,
The musical part', of the programa'
was under ' the. Leadership of 1V1iss
leanor Snider and this orchestra
ncluded,' Cliff Broadfoot, Bert
oyee, Stanley Rsid, > Karoid Ar`m
trong; Alex.. ,Addison, Dave Iide,
itosh (leader), Fred Boyce ansa
ilson McCartney, Besides . the. -
our end•men those assisting iri the
horuses ;,were Jim Ketclte±t , .Elgin
lionpson, Ross ,Chapman, Archiea'''
effry, Leaniird Boyde Bill Pother..
gltatn, Gordon -Elliott' taiid 'John'
Fotheringhani.
The ,chorus included ,"Phe King-'
m Comity,"; "Some Fells 'say .that'
iggers ,don't steaI," Lecture,.;
earl Heari" "My Old Kentucky
ome," 'Carry me back ',to 'Old Visa•'
by (Lawrence W asinan taking
e solo part). Bert:'Boyne played;
o, pleasing violin solos and bitarold.
mstrong gave a; very, 'huineroua
tiding, The boys, have been; asked
repeat their program in _ other
was. The proceeds • for the ` even
amounted to $98,
•
Varna.
The regular meeting of the Young;
People's Society of Varna United'
church was held on Thursday even
ing. The president„..Me. Harwell,
was in the chair. After the singing:`
cif the first liynm Mr. Penrose led itt
prayer and the scripture lesson was.
react by Miss Fern Taylor, A very'
interesting and helpful topic was iv,
1 g .r
en
byBliss Vera to Dawson of Goshen
lino on •.,"The , Wonderful Christ;'.
Sidesyvero then chosen for a contest
for a social' ' evening to be held on
'!tt'ar. 30th. Next week the meeting
will be in charge', of Miss Pepper,.'
Meeting closed
with Beiedt
o a
on
11Tiss•-
I
Mabel
Boyce e
t of B •.
sucefiel
d
spent the week, end at the home of
IlTr•. and 141ts. Lee McConnell.
Miss Vera Dowson'of Goshen line
spent a few clays with Miss Penne
Taylor.
Mrs. Alex, l4ioConnell has returned
after spending: a week with her
daughter, Margaret, near Toronto