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Colborne Township
Miss Julia Young of Toronto spent
three days of the Easter holidays
with her parents, Mr, and Mrs. R.
M. Young. Mrs. Jean Walter was
also home over Easter week, return-
ing to Toronto Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. William Cunningham
of Walton are staying with Mr. Vere
Cunningham for a couple of weeks.
The High school pupils, Howard
Young, Christine Robertson, Dorothy
Robertson, Vesta and Annie Tabb,
Clayton Robertson and Lacy Hardy
- have returned to them respectiise
schools to resume their work after the
Easter recess.
Miss Alice Sheppard was home ov-
er Easter from gammon,
miss Edith. Mogridge of Auhurn
visited with Mr. and Mrs, Wm,
Marsh from Tuesday until Friday,
Mr. Nelson Pearson shipped two
carloads of hogs on Wednasday,
Smiths Hill are distributing hills
announcing the date of the play,
"Aunt Susan's Visit," to be staged
Friday, April 20th.
Mrs. Garden Lamb is Visiting her
mother at Newmarket, '
Mr. and Mrs, lames Bissett enter-
&Med their friends to It euchre party
Mr. and Mrs. Allan. Moore of
Stratford .spent Easter holidays with
Mrs. Moore's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Albert Goldthrope.
Miss Clara 'Reid has returned to -
Dungannon atter a visit with Mr. and
Mrs. Alfred Errington. Miss Nora
Reid, a sister, is now with the Er-
rington family.
Mr, Ralph Million and his bride
visited acquaintances around Ben -
miller and Carlow on Friday and
Saturday. The young couple will
make heir home in Boston, lVfass,
A VERDICT OF ACCIDENTAL
--DEATH
At the inquest into the cause of the
death of William Hay of Goderich,
who was.'rUn into by a car driven by
Mr, C. C, Lee last week, the jury
brought in a verdict of ac-
cidental death. They also re-
commended' that certain pre-
cautions be taken to avoid accidents
.at the point where this one occurred,
which is thought to be a clangerourd
The jury was made up of 1-1
Blackstone,. Gerald Newton, A. Tob-
)utt, Robt, 3. Bell, Chas, Young, -A,
J. Wilkins, G. Green, David
Sproal, Geo. E, Wilson,
-• VETERAN'
(CoMinued. Trent page1)
Lilo inner and deepspiritual exPer
ience of Brother: SnoWdon, .11 find'
that the conBiortS of prayer and,cle-
ponder:ea upon Divine ,guidance in -
abase, and lie becomes grander and
more beautithl as is seen from the
-hilltops. or struggle and victory." "1
am nica:e and More impressed that
these are the se:116cl days of the great
existence god, hai. introduced us his,
and, is _opening ,ijp before as, *Lfincl
renewed strength- day by day An
thoughts: of God and His neat love
and compassion, '1,1inow I am dust on
the 'earthly side,',but there is some
--
thing in connection with me greater
than dust, And imperishable." -
Second: Brother Snowdon was a
good gospel "nreacher, He thoreugh-
ly believed . and preached' the doe
trines of the Gospel as a, grand spir-
itual verity—the great truths which,
centre in, and radiate from the Cross'
of Christ, and he pronounced theni.
in his ‘own unique and original fash-
ion, , ‘‘0 my," said he "is it not a
great privilege to preach the `ever-
lasting gospel of the Son of God,'
and talk 'about the very words of
Jesus, and what wendrou:s music
there is when 'we get our ear S attun-
ed to hear and our hearts to feel
their power and beauty.
His old age was blessed and .beau-
tiful. He seemed not to haVe lost
that poise and power of his .faculties.
His were the infirroitieS -Of the body,
not of the nnincl.. As his eye grew
dim to earthly :sighth, he . saw in
clearer vision the good things that
are to come. As hisears became dull
to human voices he heard, more dis-
tinctly the 'whispers that come out
of the invisible. Upon this though
he wrote thus "the grave, is not the
goal but still higher heights than
ever life' has yet attained—we • are
just climbing aup the. ,foothills—we
will get through the mists, and clouds
some day, into the eternal sunshine."
And now the end has come to him
as it must:c,onie to im all; On April
12th, 1928 as ' he' was reading the
hand -wing ugh the 82rd mile-
stone of life's uneven way he was
caught tip fo find his plaedlmong the
marshalled hosts of thewaitingstars,
But Thomas ' Snowdon is not dead
Somewhere God has set him to new
and higher tasks. He is among those
who see the Master.face to face and
serve him day and night in his tem-
ple, • We are thankful for the good-
ness that gave him to us and spared
hint so long, and we trust to Meet
him again in -that land where open -
vision takes the place of partial sight
-
and faith and hope are swallowed up, -
in the full•fruition. of perfect love.
"-Ripe , yea fully ripe
As grain or fruit -or °dread flower
That scents with love and earthly
bower; •
Ripe with all goodness for the hour
Tim Saviour called him hence;
Ripe—and garnered up."
Koimesville
Mr. M. 'Stock -has engaged with thc
Holmestille Cheese and Butter Co. to
gather cream for this season. Mr.
Stock is a' practical man and will a
doubt bring his truck to the factory
daily loaded to its capacity.
•MERCHANTS MADE VICTIMS
OF SWJNDLE
A weil-dresied young man swindl-
ed two local merchants out of about
$228 last week in a new and novel
way. He Spent a day or two in town
and represented himself as a buyer
for a large Torento'firm, After in-
troducing himself and enquiring the
price of eggs, said theprice was too
high, and returning later said he had
phoned the firm and received their
consent to purchase. One merchant
sold him ten cases and another sold
him nine cases of eggs. The hen
fruit was shipped to the Toronto
firm in good faith by the merchants
but apparently the swindler so
ar-
ranged shipments that the cheques
were sent from Toronto. to him and
he decamped with the proceeds leav-
ing no trace behind.—Mitchell Advo-
cate. •
ss
got the
Star
g his
He had asked Long Dis-
tance for a New York num-
. her, and planned to dictate
several letters while wait.
ing for the' connection. Be-
fore he could hang up, the
operator said;—,
"Hold the line, please!"
"Surely she expect me
to hold this line half an
• hour!" he said to his steno-
grapher.
"Ralf an hour? It probably
won't be over two minutes.
This -new speedy Long Dis-
tance service is very quick."
To provide increased fedi-
ities, many new Long Dis-
tanco—circuits are, being
installed, alost of them will
be in use this Slaring• liet6
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CLINTON.NEWS RECORD
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The •Church of :the 'Messiah Toron.: The W. M: S, of the United church
to, was the scene of a quiet wedding held their Easter meeting in the base -
on Saturday, April 7th, when Rev, mein: on Wednesday of Iget week with
j. S. Harrington united in marriage an attendance of twenty -Me. A , pro -
Norma t\letee, daughter of IV)r. and fitable time was spent, each answer -
Mrs. Oswald Ginn, Goderich,former-,- ing:the roll call by an Easter thought
ly reeve of Goderich township to Group NO„ 8 took charge, of the pro -
Roswell IL Fawcett, sea" of. Mr, and gram and served a dainty lunch.
Mrs. W. J. Faweett,, Toronto. The'
ride, who, was given awaY by her
father, .looked charming in a roSe„
beige ensemble with hat and shoes
ip matching shades, and wearing a.
corsage bouquet • o2 orchids and lily'
of the,valley. The, bridal connie_were
attended by 11lials Gladys Ginn, God-
erich, sistcuauf the' bride, and Mr. 'Roy
DeWitt, Toronto, Immediately fol-
lowing the ceremony the bride and
groom left by motor for Roycroft
Inn, East Aurora, N.Y., and CleVer.1-
land, and on their return they will
reside at Weston.
The following appeared in the
Kincardine Review -Reporter .and re-
fers- to the death •of a foimver
ieei-
dent of Goderieh township and of
Mullett township: -
On Wednesday, April 4th, one of
the most highlyvrespected citizens of
Kincardine, in the person of Thdmas
Splan, passed away at the home of
his daughter, Mrs. Wins- Cerson, with
navhein he had made his home -for the
past seven years, at the age of 87
years. • Mr. Splan was particularly
well-known by both young and old in
the town, his kindly disposition being
such that attracted friends. Ile al-
ways had a good word lor everybody.
Mr....Splan in spite of nis iadvanced
age, was' a man of attrac:ive appear -
epee and to converse with him was a
pleasure. A large circle of friends
will miss him very much, Deceased
was born in Goderich, Towsshipe son
of the late Mr. and Mrs. The s. Splan,
Sr. When he was ten yeare of age
the family, moved to Kincardine liv-
ing for some tilde in a home where
the United Church now stands. On
March 10th, 1863, he was united in
marriage to Miss Elizabeth ,Weston,
who predeceased him ort. Sept. 19th,
1922, having died while an a visit to
Vancouver: This couple moved "to
liullett Township, Huron, where they
resided for 12 years, From there they
moved to Greenock Township 53
Years ago, and seven years' ago came
to Kincardine to reside. -Two sons
and two daughters are left to mourn
his passing, namely, Mrs. Win. Cer.
son, of Kincardine, Mrs. Geo. Dagg,
and Thomas, of VaTICOUVer, and Wil-
liam, of Horizon, Sask.; also one sis'
ter, the last of the -family, Mrs.
John Harrison, of Clinton. 'Yak
Splan WAS 011e of the oldest Orange-
men in this section 'having become. a
meRiber of the Ordei4 in Goderich in
1859. -He was a member of 'the Aug,
lican church and in politics was a
Conservative, Service 'was held at
the Undertaking parlors, Kincardine,
on Friday afternoon, conducted by
Rev. T. IL Fair. On Saturday thr
remains were taken to St. Mathew's
charch, Kingarf and interment was
made in; Purdy's cemetery. Rev. Mr.
Townshend conducted the services al
the church and grave. The pall bear-
ers were, Messrs. Richard Needham
Delbert Splen, Abe. Stringer, -James
Needham, Jas. Shaw' and Hendy
Chadbourne. Among those from a
distance who attended the funeral
were: Miss•Clara Harrison and Mrs.
Frances Weston of Clinton; Mr, Er-
nest Cerson of Brampton; Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Monilaws, St. Thomas,
Mrs. Alfred Austin, wha has been
visiting her brother Mr. John Seeley:
and family in London for the past
three weeks, returned home on Eas-
ter Monday.
Miss Easter of Minneapolli was the
guest of her sister, ,1%2s. A. McCon-
nell, during the past week..
Miss Pepper has returned to her
duties -after spending the Easter
holidays at her home near gensall.
' Mr. M, Elliott shipped live stock
to Toronto Saturday.
Another of our' •old pioneers has
passed in theaperson of the late Miss
J. Johnston, who die'd, at her home on
Monday Morning after an illness of
several months. Deceased was in her
..seventy-eighth year.'
Mrs. McLane, who has spent the
past few wbeks in the village return-
ed to her home in Glencoe on Satur-
day, accompanied by her daughtet,
Mrs, WThnore, and little son.
airs, Reid and daughter of Sea -
forth were gitests•akthe home of Mr.
and Mrs. JaaticAsh last week •
The Rev, Mr. Whiting of China
conducts the morning service in the
slJnitecl church next Saaday.
Miss Esther Lyon spent last Sat-
urday with -Clinton friends.
Mrs, J. 1Viianningand 114r. and Mrs,
Frank. •Tamblyn and Master Jack
spent ...M1dnday in Gadd/lab.
Quito a number of tha ladies of elle
village are attending the presbyter-
ial convention held in Wit:ghat:1 to-
day, Thursday.
Mr.' aiid Mrs. Stewart of Winglisus
called on friends here last Tuesday.
Mrs. W. Murphy of the lath con-
cession, her many friends will be
sorry to hear is very ill and at time
of writing no improvement was seen,
1Vfiss Annie Garrett, teacher, spent
her vacation at her home here. •
Mr. T. Fairservice motored to
Kitchener on Saturday. -
'Miss Parrot teacher of No. 5, after
speeding a pleasant holiday at er
home near Blyth, returnecl and r
sumed her duties again Monday.
Miss May Jones and Miss K. Was:
man, of Stratford spent several days
lat week in the community.
Mr.. and MrS. Radford were in
Wiingham last Thursday.
Mrs. J. Arrnstrong, we are sorry
ctaos7, ,is still under the doctor's
re
Miss R. Crawford went to Mitchell
last week. She intends remaining for
a tivs
iiinse.
Olvetta 'Brigham, who spent
last week with her parents, Mr._ and
Mrs. Wm. Brigham, has returned to
resume her duties as teacher at'The
Windsor Technical, one of Ontario's
large schools where thirty-six teach-'
ers Lre employed, •
Miss' Wells of near Blyth spent the
week -end at the home of Mrs. G.
McCall.
Rev. 'M. 114. Whiting nof Ja-
pan will preach next Sunday morn-
ing in Londesborp United church.
Misses Mary Moon and Laura Snell
have returned to their studies in the
Stratford Normal School.
Mr: Edward Crawford has been
lliasitd. up with a. cold.
Mr. Ed. Yungblutt_ is on the sick
. The Young Peoples' Groups spent
a very enjoyable social evening on
Thursday night of last week. The
midgets •put on the program.
A number from here are in atten-
dance at the Huron Presbytery and
Presbyterial meetings in Wingham to
day (Thursday.)
1VIr. Wm. Hesk is recovering from
a severe cold.
CouRrtg News
GODERICH: At a special meet-
ing of the town council recently a
grant of $400 to the Agricultural
Society was passed. The Directors
asked for a grant of $500 but this
was cut to $400. The directors are
finding it difficult to finance this
year and talked of discontinuing the
annual fair, but an effort is being
made to keep it going.
GODERICH: A vely sad accident
occurred here Saturday at noon
when an automobile, driven by C. C.
Lee, fatally injured William Hay, an
' Varna emplOyee of the Western Canada
Flour Mills, the latter passing away
at the Marine hospital about 4.30
o'clock Saturday afternoon. C. C.
Lee was driving to hisnplace of busi-
ness at noon Saturday, just as the,
employees of the mill were 'leaving
for dinner, A couple of other cars,
which Mr. Lee's was passing, appar
ently obstructing the view of Mr.
Hay, who came out from behind on
his Wheel in the path of 112r. Lee's
ear which struelc him. He was on
the wrong' side of the road when hit.
Mr. Hay was at once rushed to the
Alexander Marine and General Hos-
pital but did a few hours later. Mr.
Lee was not driving- fast and
brought his car to a stop within six
feet after hitting the deceased man.
William Hay was one of Gode-
rich's most respected citizens. Prior
to, corning to Goderich, about ten
years ago, Ile farmed in Goderich
township and after moving to fawn
he resided on the Hayfield road with
his sister, Miss Hay. Be was a mem:
ber of the Knox Presbyterian
church, and is sarvived by four
Mr. and Mrs. E. Chuter are spend' sisters, Annie Hay, of town; Mrs,
ing the week in Goderich, Mr. Chat: McConnel, of Toronto; Mrs. Lees, of
or having the' contract of decorating naiads and Ras. Forrester of wind_
Mr. E, Jelmstons house. Mr, John- son. The funeral was held from his
sten recently moved to Goderiab late residence, services being condue-
from the Goshen ted the house and grave by the
Mrs. R. Cameron and son Hobble Rev, R. C. McDermid and interment
of Hensel] visited with friends in the
village over the week -end.
made in the Maitland Cemetery.
• -GODERIGII: N'avigation opened
at this port on Friday by the arrival
of the tug Florida of Toledo, which
Anyone who plans to grow alfalfa
came here to tow the steamboat
seed in future, years should be callet
Chas. Hubbard to the drydock at
ful to, seed down with the hardy var-
iegated strains produced in Canada.— Cleveland. Calitain Cornwall of the
Farmer's Advocate. Florida was presented with the tra-
ditional high hat by the mayor of the
town, H, J.. MeEwen, who gave a
short address of welcome, also pre-
senting a nice framed picture of the
Goderich harbor The Florida le.ft
'cl'-'6,:-&77-tttor'maxau.istaray.,,,:mcisrscrow...accot
To1ctio Thursday .afternoon at four
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o'clock, art:vine' a, tins port at noon
Frality, and encountered no ice OD
the trip, The Chas. Hubbard, in
charge of Captain Warwick, left a -
'bout 3,30 the' same afternoon with
the. tug Florida at her side.
lSIIICIDE AT PORT
JaQk SilnPson of Port Arthur aged
seventy-one a former postmaster at
Sheppardton, committed suicide on
Tuesday night by sheeting lthnselt
with a revolver. It is supposed that
he had become despondent owing to
111-h ealth.
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three pounds under this will take miles off its
running life.
Near enough won't do. Use a reliable gauge and
be sure,
Or, call at this depot once a week and let us look
over your tires. We'll watch for bruises, rim cuts
and embedded flints. At least twice a season let us
remove each tire and look for inside fabric breaks.
It will mean extra mileage—and dollars off your
tire bills. --
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