The Clinton News Record, 1927-10-13, Page 1WITH
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,dverfxshh ' is the education of the public .as to who,you, are, where. you are and ,what you have to offer inthe way. of skill,
'" .offers youa medium for such a campaign.
�a ��i,�o�. col�iodi# o �pu�lbert Hubbard. 'h� News -Record
Winter leqe r
'Shorter days and -longer nights ape
again with us to remain all during
the Fall -Winter and early Spring
months. It is the season of the year
when eyes are plat to severest strain. -
f$ your vision is not perfect you 'do
yourself a great injustice by not hav-
ing your eyes tested and properly.
fitted to eliminate 'ill"eye Strain,
We test eyes and tell -you beneath
whether you should have glasses
or not.
Yiellgar
JEWELER and OPTOMETRIST
Phone 174w
New Silk L'illgerie'
Have you seen our south window,
demonstrating a portion of attr,•ective
garments, selected ' from our new •
stock? ft is well. Worth your inspec-
tion.
More New Coats
Those of our customers who have
not yet made their selection will be
delighted with new numbers received
this week, both in "Noi'thway" and
"Fashion" Brands..
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Overcoats
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For the man • who is tired of the
conservative. Black and Oxford mixed .
Overcoats we have something differ-
ent.
These Coats are made in rich mix-
tures and check effects in is variety
of colors, also Navy Blue, which are
very popular this season,
There's nothing harsh, conspicuous
or loud in a Bingle `pattern . of these
new Overcoats.
The colorings are all soft and pleasing to the eye, and they
will be much worn this season s n by the best and most.. antic lar
p u.
dressers.',
WE ADVISE MAILING AN EARLY SELECTION
BEFORE THE SIZES ARE BROKEN
Men's Navy Blue Ue O'Ve�°CQatS
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18 $20 $25 TO.
Men's
Colored Overcoats
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Young Me
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$10O
$15 °4'
$25
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Boys
Overcoats
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$4.90.
$6,50 $7.50
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THE MARKETS
Wheat, $1.25.
Barley, 70c.
Buckwheat, 75c,
Oats, 50c to 51e.,
Butter, 32c to 37c,
Eggs, 30c to 43c.
Live Hogs $9.60.
FREE TRIP TO WINTER FAIR:
Mr. G. R. Paterson, Agricultural
Representative, informs us that the
competition for the purpose of select-
ing the ton boys. from Huron County.
to be the guests of the Ontario Gov
-
eminent at the. Royal Winter Fair
this year will be held in Clinton on
Tuesday, Oct. 25th, at•9 a.m. -
RECEIVED HONORARY DEGREE.
Amongst those from many parts of
the world who were given honorary
degrees at a special centenary con-
vocation at the University of Toron-
to last week" was Mr, G. C. Sellery;
Dean of the College of Letters and
Science of the University of Wiscon-
sin, and brother of Mrs. A. T.'Coop-
er of Clinton, Dr. Seilery is a nee
tive of Kincardine,
AMONG TIIE CHURCHES:
Baptist
Church
Subjects forSunday. Morning':
.,
TheEfFic t ie
n Christian." Eu emne:
"A Challenge to Loyalty. Sunday
school at 10.a.m. B.Y,P.TJ Monday
at 8 p.m. Prayer service Wednesday
at 8 p.m: `
Presbyterian Church
--Services on Sunday. Morning sub-
ject: "Marred Vessels, Remade," Ev-
ening subject: "On Having a Good
Time." Sunday school and bible class
a 2:30.
The thankoffering meeting of the
W. M. S. will -be held in the church
on Tuesady, Oet 26th, at 8 o'clock in
the evening and will be addressed by
Mrs. Erskine of Monkton, secretary
of the Stratford. Presbyterial.
Midweek service will , be resumed
on Wednesday evening, Oct..19th, at
7:30.
The Ladies' Auxiliary is arranging
for a Hallowe'en supper.
Ontario Street . United Church
Services as usual on Sunday The
preacher for the day will be Rev. Eric
Anderson of Monkton,'son"of a for-,
men pastor. Rev. A. E. Doan is talk-
ing anniversary services for Mr. And-
erson. Meeting of classes at 10 ani.
nreu5g`?eopxe"s'"'ineethile - Mondey ee-'
ening. Prayer and praise service
each Wednesday evening,
The y'egualr meeting srf the W M,
S. was held - on Tuesday afternoon.
Mars. Doan res;d the scripture lesson
and a group of young girls sang a
chorus, after which Mrs, Lucy
Thompson gave a talk, basing her re-
marks on the life of Mary Slessor,
Arrangements were made for a
thankoffering meeting to be held on
Nov. 21st, when Miss Wellvpod, who
spent' twenty years in China, will be
the speaker. ,
Wesley -Willis United Church
Miss Evelyn Mitchell, field secre-
taryof the W. M. S. of the United
Church, who is making an itiinerary
of the Huron Presbyterial, will ad-
dress a joint meeting of Wesley -Wil-
lis and Ontario street auxiliaries in
Wesle -Wflhi Ysc
hutch Tuesday ev-
ening
ening next at eight o'clock. This will
be the thankoffering meeting of the
Wesley -Willis auxiliary. ' All ladies
are cordially invited,
Next Sunday morning the minis-
ter's subject will be: "Sitting in the
Other Person's Seat," In the even-
ing the service will be somewhat
specially for sten, the sermon subject:
"The -Mian, _Christ Jesus." A. men's
choir will lead the served of praise.
On Wednesday, Oct. 19th, a men
and boys banquet will be held in the
church hall, commencing at seven
o'clock. This will be followed by a
program of speeches and music. All
}nen and teen age boys are invited.
St. Paul's Church
Next Sunday will. ' be observed as
Children's, Day. There will be cele-
bration, of Holy Communion at half
past eight o'clock, whichethe Sundae-
school
undayschool teachers will' attend.
Rev. R. C. 'Capper, rector of Mrt-'
ehell, will preach at eleven o'clock end
also at seven: Mr. Capper will 'also'
address the -children, in the church at
half past two o'clock and parents are
cordially invited to this service.
Haivest Thanksgiving services
were rendered at this church on Sun-
day last, when the church was beau-
tifully decorated ,for the ,occasion,by
members of 'the Chancel Guild. The
rector occupied the pulpit • in the
morning and, took ton -his theme "Solt
Giving." '.rust asvital power 'went
out froth Chrisf'in his 'divine woric, of
healing'end love, sae ustI3is';foiloav-
ers emend so$iethi,ig—actually put
their lives into any work that is to
be of `value." ` In the . evenileg l;he,
PreacherwasiRev. ,A
Tviacfatlane;
M.A.. B.D., who, drawing "attention to
the Old Testament parallel found in
Deuteronomy, Idth'chaptcr, showe5
the appropriateness of a yea let •err_
vice of 'TN ;fka ivitig"to God 'tee the.
blessme of the }fervent. "'However.
Well we esey 55 ¶¶'are for it, it is none
oilier than .
axedlie
tv year YYear..
gives thei;ei'ease and we do well to
ael,l\owl ;ctg"o that fact in this public
service," said Mr, Macfarlane,
Excellent music was provided by
the choir, augmented by a number .of
visitors who very kindly gave their
talent, Th' . W I1 4
Ifawlct t5 Coutre.
bitted notch by her Solos both morn-
ieg end evening: which were very
�,
'e
titrhl a
) y -appreciated.
c?ated.
Farce eorc-leg,ttioce were present
et both services and the thankoffering
'ryas a generous one. •
BENNETT' THE NEW 7 F.ADEri.
' According to: the latest reports
i'rom Winnipeg last right. Mr. Ben
nett was elected Lib. -conservative
leader by a small majority. This
cos the t seemed t
v way i ee ted n hecin
g R
crom reports received yesterday and
the result came as no surprise The
leader, to be elected, bail tq have it
majority oe the, whole convention.
•
SOME RESIDENCE CHANGES.
Tina and Mi•s. .Ed. pickle have
moved into the house recently vacat-
ed by Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Ro,ell,
who have moved out to ,the Jackson
farm; Mr. and Mrs. Jabot Rands, jr.,
have moved into • the house vacated
by Mr. and Mrs. Isicicle and Mr. and
Meg..1VIor.•ley Counter have taken the
house thus vacated by Mr. and Mrs.
Rands.
LOST MONEY FOUND:
Some excitement wag- caused in
town on Mondayby the ;news of the
theft of some money from the sta-
tion office of the Canadian Express
here. On the Company being notified
a detective was sent up to investigate
but yesterday : - word was received
from Toronto that the two packets
had' been found in art express' car
there Monday evening.` It is not.
known how the money:Caine carn to be
loose •in the car.
A PLENITUDE OF CLERICS.'
No fewer than six clergymen were
present at the harvest thanksgiving
service in St. Paul's church on Sun-
day evening. The rector; the Rev. L.
C. Harrison, Was in charge of the
service and the Rev, A Macfarlane
preached, Rev- W. B. Hawkins,
whose wife was soloist ;for the day,
came down for the evening service
and also assisted the choir, and in the
congregation sat the Revs. F. Her-
man of Bolton; W. A. Townshend of
Bernie and Edwin Parker'. of Clinton.
DEATTT OF _FORMER RESIDIINT.
The death occurred et her resi-
dence, 114A Moor Street, west, Tor-
onto, on Monday of Mrs. Bertha
Coulees -Luker, a former resident of
Clinton, She was a daughter of the
late Adam Cook and is survived by
ono brother, Harry Cook of town,
and four sisters: Mrs. A. Rogers of
Edmonton, Mrs. Kate Graham, Sand-
wich and Mrs, T. T. Pridli-unr and Mrs.
Cornelia Gray of , Te 'oeto. Two
odeerghters and• i,�w ¢:eareseilecs. aukvivea
Mrs. Gordon M. Co fes;. °Mies Maude
Cerates and Mr. R:. `Coultes. The
late Artb,ut' Cook -'of 'Clinton
was'ae-
ather brother: The fui nal
takes
a es
place in Toronto this afternoon,
W. C. •T, U. CONVENTION IN'
OTTAWA.
Mrs. A. T. Cooper returned Satur-
day after a week spent in Ottawa,
where she attended the Goldenjubilee
Provincial convention of the W. C. T.
U. This was a very interesting gath-
ening, about two hundred delegates
being present, and •while in Ottawa
the city officials saw that the visitors
were showne
th beauties of the city
and surrounding community. At a
banquet given during the convention
the mayor of the city presided. Mrs.
Coope,r who, is the president of the
countyUnion, i n and Mrs. Christie of
Exeter were the only delegates from
this county.
WELL-KNOWN CHURCHMAN'1
GONE.
The following apepared in Friday's
London Free Press regarding the late
Canon Gunne, a former well -beloved
rector of St. Paul's church, wlo'Se
death was briefly mentioned last
weeae,
'Tanen Charles- R. Gunne, for
many years one ofthe .leading A.ng
licon clergymen of the Diocese of
Huron' died yesterday at his, late resi-
dence, 273 Oxofrd street: Canon
Gunne was ordained' to the ministry'
33 years ago and' since that time he
had been rector in a number of
churches in this district, winning for
himself'a wide circle of friends.
Born; in 1.855 in Florence, .Lamhton
County, Canon Gunne was the son of
the,,letteRev. John .Gunne, pioneer
eteglican clergyman of this -province.
Iie .received his early educationat
lieilmutie Boys' College, later going
to Trinity College,' Toronto. Foe a
number'. of years he taught high
echool''at Vienna, Elgin County, and
later became a professor at the Uni-
versity of California, He was a spec-
ialise in moderns and mathematics.
In 1893: he took holy orders, being'
rdaimel to -the diaconate in that:year
by the late Bishop Baldwin, after pre-
liminary studies
reliminary?studies at Trinity College,
and was uriested, in the following
ywheaich he h, ;Ainonr•
}yg, the r es'ii�_llait hos Vii.,
c
yah
' „ rector .are :Mijlbatilc,
;lVtiLve'+;on, Gerrie, ' I+orclwiclt, Wrox-
eter Parkhill, Greenway and Clinton.
While in Clinton he'was rural clean of
the dieeese, .Di•'1911 he received Bar;
ret*,:,rshipp 'of Christ Chuech, this cite':
'Which he held until his'•retlreme,'
early in 1920: 7Iecwas ,iairied honor,,
a
-Ca e Cathedral 'I ny canon of St.:Paul's th th n
1e14. • •
t
Duringhi earlier life,Ca on.
. Is .l
e
Gunne took a geese interest i it ath-
Leics, winning for himself an enviable
reputation its a cricketer.'
Beside?; .his widow, Canon Gunne
leaves two . daughters, Helen and
lfeth'een.
will be held
The funeral tv to -mo • 1 to -morrow
with s A is s .at 2- o'clock at St. John
crvt c
the Evane'elist Church,"
Coi, H -T. Stance. lVir. and Nies. Mor-
gan Agnew, Dr. Win, Gunn and Miss:.
Mabel Clufr: were amongst those
from Clinton who attended the fuser,
at on Saturday afternoon,
ST. JOSEPH'S ANNUAL SUPPER.
St, Joseph's church laches gay
their annual fowl supper on Tuesday
evening in the basement of the
ceureli, when a. large --number gath
creel to• r
partake of the t things
P
good hi s
offered. The weather was fine' and
many tame front Sae 'and near to' eh -
,joy the -supper. Later, a dance was
given in the town hall, which was
also well ptitronized.
el, 0.'B. ANNUAL MEETING.
The annual 'meeting•of the Huron
Old Boys' Association will be held in
the auditorium: of the Y.M.C.A., Col-
lege street; Toronto, on Thursday ev-
ening'next, Oct. 20th, for. the election
of officers and the transaction •of..
general business. No doubt one item
of business will be, preparation for
their annual at-home, which is her
later in the season,
HAD BIRTHDAY PARTY.
I.
•
Mrs, Ilerry Routledge of New Liske
earl, who was recently so ill .is now
much improved in health and one day
last wee . was able to entertain a
number of friends on the occasion of
her birthday, when 'a very. happy
time was -spent. Mrs. Routledge is a
sister of Mrs. D. Steepeand Mr. John
Ginn of
townand is well known here,
Her friends will be glad to know that
her health has been so fully restered.
THE^W, I, WALL MEET.
Thee regular meeting of the Wo-
men's Institute will he held in the
usual place of, meeting on Oct: 20th,
at 3 o'clock. Mrs, fDr.) Gandier
will. give a paper on "Canadian Auth-
ors and ;Artists?'. Recipes for cake
icing will be asked for and there will
bo a demonstration on cutting a cake
by Institute members, Roll call will
be answered by "What I First Re-
member and When." •
'All members . are asked to come
prepared to-do their part.
GIFT ,TO • COLLEGIATE,
At the last meeting of the .College
late. Board, Mr. WI. Brydone said that
he had deposited $200. with the Tor-
onto' Trust Company, to be held in
perpeepity, the interest 'on • same to
be used as a prize ,for' the best his-
toricai sketch written each, year of
the Collegiate, Institute. Mr. Brydone
has also provided a handeoniely-bound
book to keep these historical sketches
in. The board ••axpressetl• ., then ,ap-,
predation of the gift and 'felt that
this gift ought to 'encourage compe-
tition amongst the` -students and the
historical' -sketches'" would prove a
valuable part of the archives of the
school.
LIT. NOW, ORGANIZED.
A. literary society has been organ.
ized in connection with the Collegiate
Instituteand arranegments'are being
made for au interesting winter's pro-
gram. The members bave„been livid*
ed into two groups, the. Reds and the
Blues, each having a staff of officers,
and pie -Rome will be adopted and a
series ofori-a
im
p entr y debates will
be held: The group officers are as
follows:
Reds—Tion. President, Mr, G. R.
Paterson; president, Lorne Cook;
vice, Grace Evans; secretary -treasur-
er, Florence Rorke; music committee,
Margaret Doan, Audrey Carter; lit-
erary committee, Ruth Vernier, Gor,
don Ball; social committee, Madeline
VanHoine, 13}Il Glew.
Blues---Hon,-President, Di'. J. W.
Shaw; president, Arthur Lyon; vice,
Doris Durnin; secretary-treaeurer,
Elva Cook; music ocnunittee, Edith
Middelton, Ephriam Gray; literary
-committee, Isabel •Qhowen, Gordon
Stock; social committee: Dorothy In-
nes, Douglas Matheson; pianist, S.
Livermore.
LITTLE LOCALS,
The full list o€ prim winners in the
Clinton town and rpral schools fairs
will be found: on page seven of this
issue.
The Home and School Club will
meet at the Public school at ten min-
utes to -four on Tuesday afternoon
next,. Oct. 18th. ,A full attendate of
members is requested. • `,,
Mr. Jim has Lovett 1 V
osod out his
shoe repairing business in St. Cath -
mines, where he has been"located for
some years, and will resume his work
in Clinton, in order to be with his
mother., -
Mr. W. Jackson of Clinton was ap-
pointed to the executive committee of
the Canadian Picket Agents' Associa-
tion, which ntet'in Halifax this week,
and Wj Shaw TV" appointed
harcora'rY piiysiaian.
By holdin • their wheat until 1Vo-
voucher' the farmers who belong to
I':
thewill be onecent, a' "`
pool e it . bushel
richer, and if they hold it„until De-
ember they will be pinna two cents
per bushel more, accordiegt to advices
from headquarters this week. ne
Huflett' Towns-bip
Mee. ' J, Ribble of Paris spending a
few days at the home of Mr. J. Cart-
wright.
4ati$ 'lira ski¢ °
� 'i'<h to
Mss, M. A. Smith returned to De-
troit last Wednesday. -.
Mr.'' Lorne Pepper, who went to
Pasqua, Sask., on the'harvest'exeur-
sten, reterned home last 'Friday.
Use' its' columns.
TURNER'S UNITED, CII1.1RC1 , TUCKERSMITII
which on Sunday celebrated its 'sixty-fifth anniversary by well -attended
and inspiring services, The pastor of the 'church, the Rev,. A. E. Doan,
was the preacher both afternoon and evening.
Ba Jfield
Mr.nd Mrs. Geo, Benson,
e ,'Mrs.
Dixie Stafford and - little daughter,
Marie, returned te.their home in Lon-
don on Saturday after., having visited
Mr. and Mrs. 15. A. Edwards for sev-
eral days.”
Mr, W. L. Cameron and bliss -Eliza-
beth Cameron ne-toned to Kincardine
and' spent the day with relatives on
Thursday last.
Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Scotchmer
spent the week -end withfriends in
Kitchener. Mrs. J. M. C. Tough ao-
companied them to Galt,'where she
is visiting her sister_
Children's Day will be observed in
Trinity' church on Sunday next, when
the service at eleven o'clock will be
of a nature suitable to the occasion.
It the hope of the rector end teach-
ers that the 'parents ntiS the children
will , re.
Rev,alt.aribe pd 1V1rs,sentWe A. Townshend,
and babe have returned`from their
trip to Toronto and are spending the
week hi the village,
' Rev. and Mrs, Charles Gairdner of
Rochester, N:Y„ are the guests of
the former's brother, . Mr. John T.
Gairdner.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas, Cook of God-
euiehetowntship are visitingente- and
is. A. W, Anderton us London.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Callow visited
Mr. and Mrs. Wm' J. • Elliott last'
week.
Mr. F. G. Neelin returned to the
village Saturday after having_ visited
his nephew in London for several
days,
Mr. E. An Neelin of Toronto ar-
rived on Monday to visit his father,
lee F. G. Neelin. •
Misses Izetta Merner and Ethel
Jowett of Mew Dundee were home
for the week -end..
Mrs. W. hi. Lyman of Montreal who
attended the 34th annual nieeting 'of
the . Council of V !oreen. of Canada in'
n
Stratford last week, spent the week-
end- with her uncle,. Mr, John T.
Gairdner.
Misses Vera Dausen and Margaret
Weberha f h
e Chatham and Mr, and Mrs,
Petrie Moffatt of Toledo, Ohio. were
the guests of Rev, and Mrs. 11, M,
Gale over the week -end. -•
Mrs. A. E. Wigle of London and
nephew, Mae Jim Catling of St. Thom-
as, spent the week -end with the•for-
mer's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jaa
Sturgeon.
Messrs. Lawrence and Fred Fowlie
of Londonspent theweek-end under
the parental roof.
Dr. and Mrs. A. `Newton -Brady
motored to Sarnia for the week -end.
Mrs. Newton -Brady remained to visit
her Mother, Mrs. D. MacDonald, who
has recently moved from Toronto to
Sarnia, •
The Y. P. S. held the first reenter
meeting of the season in the base-
ment of St, Andrew's. church on Fri-
day last. The meeting was well at-
tended and enjoyed•by all. The new.
officers appointed at the annual meet -
big in June; President, Lucy R.
Woods; secretary, 1K, Helen Gerrie:
treasurer, Harold » Seotchmer, had
charge of the meeting: Mrs.- P. H.
Paull conducted the commmtity sing-
ing; while Harold Scotchnier gave ex-
cellent solos on the saxaphone, ac-
companied by Miss. GGladys, Gale on
the ;organ. Two interest%ng contests
were given, after which refreshments
were served, consisting of hot dogs
and coffee. The executive met on
Monday and mapped out what is con-
sidered to be a fine program for the
year. This society is for everyone
who cares to join, there being no age
limit. • t g" I -' t•
_Mr: 'and Mrs, W W i �ai who
rrhtm r,
have spent the past month in' the viI-
lage, left on Wiednosday for their
lime in Detroit. ' he s
0 o 'They purcha_acl the
property .of the late 'Mrs. Cowie last
fall and have recently had the house
moved back on,the lot and ether inn
nrnvemeuts made. Mr. and` Mrs.
'Wight/non intend to spend several
months of each year at their home
here.
Mr. and Mrs. George Mitchell of ,
Lobo and son Harry of London wer-n 1
the e'scests. of Telr. and; Mrs, F. A, Ed-
wards on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. O. B, Chapman spent
a couple of days in the village this
weelc, closing their cottage for the
winter,
7
Miss B , C. Reid left en rfyeclne d.tv
Of lana week on a .motor tripWith
friends to Port Hutton and Aima,
Mla+h;, and Sarnia, Ont.
Mr. and Mrs. II. Lord of Ioncloca
merit the week -end nriith Mi•s; ',Inc,
Davison, the occasion being a;'surprise
party . to celebrate Mrs. Davison's
birthday. Those present were; Mrs.
Stothers, Mi'. and Mrs, Tom Mallet,
Misses O. and
L Mallet, Mr. T. J.
Mallet, Mrs. Terdif, Miss Gladys ' -
Davison and Mr. IL Draycott of Lon-
don, and Mr. and Mrs. Will Ken and
Mr, Earl Obiight of Wailer"ton.
Mrs. 'L. Snider and Mr. and Mrs.
Prank Cameron and children of De-
troit were the guests of Miss Eliza-
beth Cameron over the week -end.
$rucef'leI.d
The anntiill thankoffering meeting
of the W. M, S. and Welly Auxiliary
will be held •sin Thursday, • Oct. 20th,
at 8'o'clock. The speaker for the ev-
ening
vening will be Miss Mitchell, WI M. S.
Field Secretary: A special invitation
is extended to the whole congregation.
The Communion service will be
held in the United church next Sun-
day morning. The preparatory ser-
vice' on Friday evening at 8 o'clock.
Mrs. Jae. Moodie and Mrs. Jas.
McQueen visted friends in Gederich
last week renewing old' acquaintances.
The many friends of Mrs. C. H.
Hough were glad to see her at church
eagain after her recent illness.
The regular monthly meeting of
the Kelly Auxiliary was held on
Thursday, afternoon.; with • a goodly . .
number of members present, Mrs.
Cleave Cochrane presided and also
read the scri t readingand d gave
the devotional
u prayer. Bll call as
answered with'sentence prayers. The
topic for the month was takenby Mrs, '
W. C. Moffatt and dealt with the final
chapter of the study book, the sub
jest being, "The Development of the
Christian Community." It is desired
that as many members as possible at-
tend the thankoffering meeting on
Thursday, Oct. 20th, when Miss Mit-
chell of Toronto is to Speak.
Londesboro
Dr, Kirk Lyon, wife and baby
of Leamington spent part of Sunday
and Monday with his -parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Will Lyon.
Mr: Fred Neal, brother of Rev. -
WiIi Neal, of Toronto, .called on old
friends in the village Saturday. It is
a good' many years since Mr, Neal
'eft here for Toronto, where he has
'lone well.
Mr. and Mrs. Tyerman of Seaforth
and Mr. and Mrs. Wm, Biles . of Clin-
ton have been visiting Mrs. Tamblyn
and Mrs. ;Easley,
Miss Sadie McCool is : visiting in
Clinton this week:
Mr. Thomas Sampson of Palmer-
ston spent Friday and Saturday with .
Mrs. Sampsoti, who was taken sick
while staving with her sister, Miss E.
Lyon, We are pelased to know Miss
Lyon and. Mrs. Sampson are both
feeling' better, '
Mrs, Thos. Moon . visited Blyth
friends last week.
Rev. nand Mrs.' Snowhen and Miss
Jean, who spent a few days with
friends in, this community, left Fri-
day and expect to have a short stay
witar-friends in Sarnia before return-
ing to their home.
The W. M. S. held' their regular.
monthly meeting in the basement of
the United church ion Wednesday af-
ternoon.
Miss Della Tetlock of Perth is vis -
MissMrs: Ale. Wells,
Miss Alice Fingland • is . visiting
friends in Goderich,-
Mr- and ,Mrs, Thos: Manning of
London ' spent Sunday with Mrs:
Elizabeth Bell. •
Miss Margaret' McCool is ' visiting
her mother, Mrs, Wrn. McCool.
Mrs. Ivan Ross- of Jordan is -visit-
ing Mr. and airs, Wm, Ross.
Mrs. Wirt, Fothergill and children
spent i t few days this "week with
friends in Winghare.'
The monthly meeting: of the Wo-
men's Institute was held in the com-
munity hall on Thursday, Oct: '0th,
with 114 in attendance, The meeting
was`nnened by singing ,the opening
"Ode. Mies T.. zmblyn led in: brayer''
and Mrs. Rapson in the Lords Prayer,
after which the business was proceed-
ed with. .Mrs. S. Carter gave a read -
The and a duet was sung by Mrs,
W, Lyon and Mrs, G. Moon. ,.Mrs. W.
Bryodne of: Clinton then gave a won-
derful talk on ben trip abroad which
was enjoyed by all. The meetingwas
' closed by singing "God Savthe
King," then all repaired to the base-
I ment,
t . an excellent lunch was
eerved by Mrs. P. Little, Mts. Mains,
1 Mrs. R. Sliaddielc; 14Irs. 'C. tttddell
and blas L. Mains.