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Thur., Sept. 22
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Cleaning and Pressing
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ippef.
:tris. Mary McKenzie of Goderich
township' was calling on Alex. •Me-
Kenzie Saturday afternoon. She was
accompanied by her sister-in-law,
Miss Carrie E. McKenzie, also her
two daugltterseMrs. Sherlock Keyes'
of Varna' and. ',MTS. Colin Campbell
of the.Brorieon line, Stanley.
Mr, John Houston, wife and family
and Miss 0. Young of the Boundary
line, West Wawanosh, were visitors
at the home of Mr. Alex. McKenzie
on Sunday afternoon.
Quite a number .around here are
taking in the London Fair this week.
Mr. A. E. Cullis and wife of Sault
Ste,.Marie, Mich., called on his old
friend, Alex. McKenzie, on Tuesday.
Phe two had not s set•for nearly forty
years. Mr, Cullis 'at. ore trine was a
resident -of -Auburn. I3utr for many
years' hae beed carrying`' on a large
woollen mill at Sault. Ste, Marie. It
is needless to say that they were both
pleased to meet one another., .
Mrs. A. P. Walker of Toronto ar-
riyed here en Saturday last to visit/
her father, Mr. Alex. McKenzie,
work of the fire brgacle was very ef-
fective and they '.soon hadthe fire
under control. There was great dan-
ger to other buildings in the vicinity,
as for a time there were many fly -
ling cinders, The loss was partly
covered by insarance.-
WROXETER MASONIC HALL
DESTROYED BY FIRE
Fire of an unknown ,origin almost
totally destroyed'' the Masonic Hall
here Monday afternoon. The hall was
a frame structure, and one of the old-
est buildings in pthe village,Nhaviisg
been erected Some 55 years ago.' :In
the sante building with the hall was a'
storage room for furniture. The most
of this was destroyed, together with
the contents of the hall. The loss to
the Masonic Lodge will be quite set,-
Mile,
et•-Mus as many valued pictures and
other articles cannot be replaced. The
Stanxie j Tow'lrnslalp
my, and Mrs. Win, Scotchnier, <.c
con;panied by their niece, Miss Nina
Heard, spent the' week end vsiting'
friends in Toronto. They took in the
^ExhiJ ition while there,' also the boat
trip to Niagara Falls and Queenston
-Lot deshora_
Ms J. cele Bclgrave spent last
week 'with Mrs. W. .ttcCool.
1VIrs. Joo Manning is staying with
.her son, Will, while Mr. and Mrs. P.
Manning are out West.
Amonethose of our village who
left' on the excursion last week are
Mr. and Mrs. P. Manning and Miss
Phyllis; Mr. and, Mrs. McCall, Messrs,
A. Webster, 7•I. Radford, Mat Bruce„
Jimmie Roberton; Joe Postle and J.
Cartwright.
Mr. and Mrs, Hiles of 'Clinton,
Mrs, ' Carter and little Miss Joiee, also
Mrs; Ben.Tyerman of Seaforth spent
Friday with Mas, James Elsley. Mr.
and Mrs. Hiles and Mrs. W. Carter
were attending the funeral of Mrs.
Carter's cousin, Mr: McCharles siof
near Luclknow.
Misses E. Lyon and Ida Lyon re-
turned home Monday after a two
Weeks' stay in Toronto.
ltliss Siidie'1VtcCool is back again to
spend conte time with her mother,
Mrs. Win: McCool.
The ,September meeting of the Wr
M.' t9: was held 'at the home of Mrs:
Flub -ton 'onyriday afternoon. The at-
tendance -was :large and the meeting
proved of much interestto everyone
present. Mrs. Allan presided, when, a
very pleasing, , program was, given.
3
Mrs: Vedder,. read the .Seri taro Bis-
sell and Ibis. Angus Reid and Mrs N.
Sheppard dealt with the mission
study. A very appropriate solo by
Mrs, George Watt added greatly to
the brightness of the meeting.` Mrs.
Harvey and Mis. Allan contributed
two pleasing readings. After the.
program. the members spent a very
pleasant social time when lunch` was
served,
TiCO,RD
Mr, Walter Washington motored to 'i'i19IIet't '1, in I
Lender' ell Wednesday this week. to
attend, the (Western Fair.. The lsonme of '1Sis', Thomas F
z_.CM1.
, Wallace Ctiniiingliali i:orrzterltir ' ni�ston;- Iluliebt, was the scene pi
of. the' Standard Bank, is in the vil-' .,pretty September wedding at. high
lage for a few days. dnoon on Saturday,. Sept. '10th, when
Misses =Susie alai lEliza Blair and bis niece, Anna D. Lee, became the
itdr, Ra11ih Munro motored to London bride of Howard E. Johns, eldest son
on Tuesday. of NIL '-and Mrs: Ira Johns of. Tuck-
Mtsc 5. Pearce is :risiti ng fiends in • ersmith. The ceremony, was per-
Ilensail this week, formed by the Rev. B. Snell of Lon -
Mrs, A, J. Ferguson spent the desbogo, before an arch of evergreen,
week -end in 'Vii e,ham with her moth 'banked with ferns and late summer
er,'who is recovering .from an opera- !lowers.
tion. The bride, who was unattended,
wkly lovely in _a bouffant frockof
White satin, with. French lace and car-
ried a bouquet of .Premier roses.
Following a lncheon,, the young
couple left for Toronto and Port llic-
Nichol, where they will take the boat
to the American Soo. On their re-
turn they will make their home on the
groom's farm iii Tuckersmith. '
Mr Morrell: and nephew from
Guelph visited his -brother; Mr. Alb,
Morrell, last week.
Mrs.. Dixon of Leamington spent
the week -end with Mrs. Alb. Morrell.
Among those. who Went;, on the har-
vesters' excursion were: Mr, and Mrs.
P. Manuring, Mr. and Mrs. G. McCall,
Mr, and Mrs. A. Webster, Lorene
;,Shobbrook, Joe .Postel, Herb Fairser-
vice, Edwin Cartwright,_. ;Elgin Jos
din,•Htiglt Radford, Joe,,Shacldick, Jin
Roberton,
Messrs. Will -Ilamilton and Tom
Beattie spent a :Can' clays at Toronto
last week.
Miss `Grieve, teacher of S S. No. 4,
spent the week -end with Mies F'air-
seevice.
' Miss Ida. Josling spent a few clays
at Toronto attending the. Exhibition
Miss. HelenQuigley
left Tuesday
morning for' Windsor; where she i§
entering on a term of probation at
the hospital "Hotel Dieu.' She will
be missed by her many friends in the
community:
Mir. and Mrs. Ralph Maynard and.
family of Detroit visited Iast week
with Mr. and Mrs. Glen Cornish.
Mr. and Ides. R. Williamson of
Miss Eva Stackhouse; violin solo, Brampton spent a few days last 'week
dicetdelit
The Iadies of the village met in
the basement of the United' church
hast Friday ane( quilted two quilts
for the missionary box to be seht to
the Indian school at Severn Lake.
-Mr. and Mrs. Wm. , Douglas re-
turned home last week from their
motor trip to 1Viarlette, Mich., after
spending a few days with friends
there, '
Mr, and les. Frank McKenzie of
St. Louis are the guests of the for-
mer's parents, "Mr. and Mrs. R. Mc-
Kenzie. '
Ma% J. Kaiser and his son, Earl,"
formerly of Brueefield, but now of
Tietreit, visited -friends in the village
aed community last week.-
Mr. I. Bothwell of Stanley, who
had -the misfortune ft have his barn
burned a few weeks ago, has pur-
chased Mr. 13.'0'Rourke's large black
smith shop and will have it removed,
to his farm, Mr. O'Rourke will 'oc-
cupy the building lately vacated by.
Mr. L, Forrest. '
A most successful flower show
s u e
was held in the basement of the
United church here last week. W.
Hartry, of Seaforth, acted as judge
and spoke very highly of the -arrange-
ment and beautiful flowers. An excel-
lent mnsical 'program • was given in
the evening which included' the fol-
lowing: Violin solos, "Moonlight; and
Roses" and "Perpetual, Motion," by
1 "The Mocking Bird," by Jarvis Her-* at the home of the former's cousin
ton; piano solo, "Country Gardens," IDTr• Henry Adams.
Miss Sarah Cole; vocal solo, "At the
Varna Sign of the Rose," by Miss Jean Mur,
Mr. W. Clarke spent the past week'
with friends on the Goshen line.
Mi M. of on the Har-
vesters'
t left -
vesters' excursion to the West Wed-
nesday last.
ed-nesday-last.
Miss Pepper spent the week -end at
her, home near Herman.
Me. T. Dennison and Mrd C. Pil-
grim are keeping the carpenters busy
I these days getting their houses
shingled. '
Quite a sensation was caused in
our village Tuesday morning when
the sound and : sight of an airplane
was heard and seen. The Sight is.
about as rare as ' ion automobile
twenty-five years ago, and -we can
scarcely believe that twenty -fixe
years from now airplanes may be as
thick in5the air as autos on the road.
After a short rest in Mr. Earner's
farm the aviators made off for Hen -
sail.
Mr. R,.Webster Ieft for the 'West
last week.'. .
Mrs. Clifford Epps has returned
home after. spending a few weeks in
Detroit,
NTs. Thomaa'Wiley, who died at the.
hone of his daughter,, Mrs. Will Reid
of Varna, a fortnight ago, was born
in Stanley township ht Feb. 1847 and
lived in the township all his life. He
was married on Christmas Day, 1872
to Miss Jennie 1VTeNaughtoin, who
predeceased him by sixteen years, To
this marriage were born three 'child-
ren, the surviving ones being lil'rs...
Reid and Cecil Wiley of Flint,Mich.
Oce daughter died some years ago.
There are three grandchildren and ane
great-grandchild. Two sisters and ,a
brother also survive: Mrs. Iiudson of
Hensel', Mrs. Stephenson of Detroit
and A. Wiley of Whitewood, Sask.
Mr. Wiley had been collector of Stan-
ley township for over fifty years.' The
funeral took place from the United
church, Varna, of which lie had been
a member foe many years, on Sent.
2nd, the services being conducted by
the Rev. James Foote of Exeter, an
old friend., The pallbearers were
Frank Weekes, 'W, Logan, E. Foster,
W. Dowser, George Johnston and V.
iilie. Diehl. Interment was made in'.
Baird's cemetery, . -
dock, Misses 'Lula Stackhouse and
Eleanor Snider acted as' accompan-
ists, Mk. llartry gave a splendidIendid a'
d-
dress on "Roses" 'which shquld bei ,
very helpful to growers.
Auburn
Mr. Wm. Craig is at present re--
pairing
e-pairing the sidewalks in the village
and building, some new ones.
Mu•. and ; Mrs, Amos Andrew and.
'IVIORE ABOUT HOLLYHOCKS •
, The following letter has been re-
ceived from a former Clinton citi-
zen, now residing' in Gederieh and
will he read with interest by -Ms old
friends here. It does seem a pity
Goderich Township those flyers were so careless. Some
people have no regard for the rights_
The annual Sunday school rally i iof others. Iiad Mr.Porter's holly-.,
connection with Ebenezer church will hocks not been so wantonly destroyed
be held on Sunday, Sept.' '18th; at we might havehadquite a contest:
two -thirty in the afternoon.and in the Dear. News,Record: I have been
evening at seven -thirty, the church much interested in the local items
anniversary service will be held. The that have appeared in your paper re -
Rev. Mr. ePoniter of Benmiller will cently giving an account of person's
preach and the Lobb quartette will having tall•hollyyhoeks. These plants
assist with the -music. The public is have grown very•high this year, and
, invited to these services. it almost seems that all who'grew
ahem haveentered into competition
to excel in height. I have bad some
bouneil met in"Hohnesville on Wed- very fine ones in my garden in God-
nesday, Sept. 7th. The Department erich, but the airplane that was man -
of National Defence wrote asking per- oeuvreing around here during our,
mission a rifle range Centonial Week in August, flew over
to 'estab
south of Goderich. This was granted, them and cut their 'tops off Before i
provided 'they •assume responsibility had an opportunity of - putting the
for the protection of the public. yard stick on them. They sure were
Good Roads Association announced- sumo holiyhocics. Andrew Porter•
their annual convention and invited
representatives: Fyled.
The pay for a fitting weeds was set GEORGE' SPOTTON, •
at 50c per hour with 10c per hour ad-
ditional for use of mower, CONSERVATIVE, ELECTED
Tho clerk was instructed to write IN N. HURON MONDAY
the 'Department of Highways regard-
ing safety signs at S.S. No. 2 and S.S, TheNorth Huron election campaign
No. 3 on the Provincial Highway. which resulted in the election of
thing Rf asurpntsoz at t
1o
county
Y
town,which gave tl ic ]r �a e the Cuusery:tive
candidate a majority of over six
hundred` in the last` election, turned
this into a ' majority . of over ' two
hundred Tor the Liberal. Selfish :sea=
sons'niay1 have had something to do
with this, the: town Brobably conclud-
inig'that ib"tivotld fare better to be at
one with the Government in power,
-Mine election in North huron'was
made necessary by the death, of ,J. W.
King, who, died about nine months
ago.' Mr, King, a Progressive, had
represented the riding since 1.921.
Following is the result by munici-
palities:
Also to write the Dept, of High- George Spotton of Winghain, Censer -
•ways for gravel from `their pit at valve candidate, on c exc y by a
majority of 185 was an exceedingly
hot one, being 'contested by Conser-
vative,, Liberal and Progressive, or
U,F.O. candidates. Archie Eislop
being the. Liberal and Sheldon Brick-
er the U.F.O..representative.
An effort was made at the begin-
ning of the fight to unite the forces
of the Liberals and the Progressives,
but this failing the Ring Government
concentrated its forces upon the rid-
ing in an endeavor to swing it into
serener, 75c; J. F. the Liberal camp. Premier King and
p , W:asman, repair- several members of his cabinet visited
iltg grader and seraper, 75e'
Steel the riding in the interests of the Lib -
Co. of Canada, bridge steel, $11.56; era! candidate, and ex -Premier Drury,
"Jas: Harrison, ,sh3ep claire, $88.00; forsaking his former allegiance, also
Dominion Road lViachine Co., grader came up to the assistance of his first
repairs,. $23,85; Fred Bell, balance on love, the Liberal Party. ' Miss Agnes
the Porters Hill arch,' $160,00; Fred MacPhail, the ' only woman member
Ball, drawing bridge 'iron, 86.00;.S. of Parliament,.was 1VIs.•..Bricket's star
Emmerson, supt., salary, $36,00., supporter while..Hon. Hugh' Guthrie,
Council then adjourneil to meet on acting leader of the Conservative
Holiday, Oct. 3rd at 1:30 p.m, Party supported, Mr. Spottvn at- one.
--R. G. Thompson, Clerk.
Eolmesville to ` repair the Cut Line
which wee used as a detour during
the past summer.
1VIr. Oswald Ginn was present and
asked a grant for the Centennial dec-
orations for old home week at God-
erich. To which a grant of $25.00
was/given.
.The ,following accounts were
ordered paid: ' W. I3. Middleton, elm
plank, $17.16; R. Jones, repairing
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Municipality
Wingham ., ..67' 360 682
Goderich . . 71 1,171, 931.
Blyth, 20 .160 • 194
Brussels . .. . , 25 242 167
Wroxeter . . 12 92 72
Ashfield .. .. ..316 •370 306
Gley . , 266 553 340
IIowick ... , .. 600` 329 550
212 290
348 328
222 184
127 131
188' 269
Totals • , .2,530 4,375 4;510
Turnberry. . .258
Morris . .:2G1
Colborne , , .110
L W'awanosh .258
W. Wawanosh . . ,245
MEETING OF HURON
FRES
The Presbytery of Huron heli: its
regular September meeting in 'God-
erich, in the McKay Hall, on Tuesday,
the 13th inst. The 'Moderator,. Rev.
R. C.'MeDermid, presiding.
The commissioners who attended
the General Assembly reported upon
its proceedings, and gave expression
to the fine impressions and profit en-
joyed in. having: a share -in dealing
with the'greater work and problems
of the church.
The importance of Remits front the
General Assembly having 'received
some emphasis, Rev. A. 1,Vlacfarlane,
Rev. Jams Foote, A. D. c
R eMr. Scott
andM M. Ross were appointed
r. a
committee to give these fuli,and care-
ful consideration and report at the
December meeting. •
Mr. Wellington Graham, of Knox
College, whose splendid work upon
his field at Bayfield and Brucefield,
as well as his ability as a. student and
preacher were highly commented
upon by members of the student ex-
amining committee, was certified to
the care of the Senate of Knox Col-
BTERY
TIILJRSDA
SlePTI;irrn R lv,'r132ie;
lege, where;, he will i'estune hit stud-
ies theology.
ie in log
,v.
The pastoral charge of , Aubirr??. and
Blyth having' become self-sustaining,
and desiring -`to call_ a minister, Rev,
Ar' Macfarlane, interim Moderator o£
Session, was accorded authority: to
moderate in a call in a meeting of
the two congregations to be held to
make their choice of a pastor.
All Sessions of the Presbytery were
requested to bring their Records to
be attested aithe December meeting,
The Presbytery arranged for a con-
ference of members of Presbytery,
and representatives ,,,,of missionary
Committees and congregations with-
in the bounds, on Wednesday,' the
12th of Oct. in the Presbyterian.
church, Clinton, at 4 o'clock in: the af-
ternoon. Reis. Dr. A. S. Grant,sec-
retary of the Gepei;al Board. of Mis-
cions, who is visiting the 43 Presby-
teries of the church, and laying be-
fore them ,the extent tb which the
Presbyterian Church is- engaged in
missions at Home and Abroad, and
what maylte the needs of the Budget
•to meet the rapidly advancing cause
of the gospel in the care of the church,
is 'to be present and address the meet-
ing. And at 8'o'clock in the evening,
when larger numbers may find it more
convenient' to attend, a gathering of
all congregations throughout , the
bounds of Presbytery is to be request-
ed and laid on the hearts of the Pres-
byterian people to come .and bear Dr.
Grant relate the wondrous story of
what"'the Word of Life ins.accomplish-
ing by being -sent through their de-
votion and sacrifice, and what it will'
yet surely;do, if they are faithful,
The Presbytery adjourned to meet
M Clinton on the second Tuesday of
'December at 10:30 a m.
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PRESENT. STANDING
OF FEDERAL PARTIES
The election . of ,: George Spotton,
Conservative, hi North Enron brings
the total strengthof the official op-
position in the House of .Commons up
to 89.
The standing of the parties- is now
as follows:
Liberals1. 19
,
Conservatives 9
. 8
United .Farmers of Alberta 11
Progressives 12
Liberal -Progressives . 9
t,aoor .:
Independent
3
2
i ` Total .: 245
North Huron was formerly repre-
sented by J. W King, Progressive,
who diedduring the last. session of
Parliament.
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