HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1924-12-18, Page 1,.3�
c�`J- 03P MRS. G1;0, MOIL.
le death took place at aer'hontrs
0010 9 'eo9 on Vlond:'y 1019 01
George :1Fott,vaho-}tad been all
l:or several, inont1is.
he deceased lady, whose maiden
le was Polly Fisher, was, born vi
borne township und came as a'
lc to Tucleersmith, where she lived
11 her husband uptil about twenty
is ago,when they left :.ihe farm
came into Clinton to reside. Mr.
t died' in 4910.
Nott was in her eighty-first
g ,
r but she was active and smart up
1
few months s ago, doing her own
k and managing her own affairs.
;was a devoted mother and was.
lid by the loyalty and affection of
children; who were devoted to
One daughter came home about.
weeks ago from. Macklin, Sask.,,',
to be with Iter kind those 'who were ; A D,101\TG TIIE: CHURCHES.
near enough were wit1 her as rnuoh
as possilAe, her only soft sear1eiy Salvation Army
1 0
:00 am Sunda '' 0
10 sctool 1.1: y
a.m., 3 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Conte ana
bring your friends..
Baptist, Church
Sunda school at 2:30 preaching
Sunday 1 b
service at 7:00 pm. Subject: "Birth
el Christ." 'Rev, E. Parker, pastor.
13,Y.P.U. Monday evening. P
g rayer
meeting Wednesday evening,
ill's Church
Wl
The ,minister's morning subject will
be: "Jesus, g The Regenerator ol.So-
ciety." Evening: ""The Christian
View of the World."
The S. S. Christmas tree and enter'
tainnent will take place Tuesday ev-
ening, Dec. 23rd. '
Ontario St.,Church
Classes -for ,Horning at 10:00'a.m.
-Christmas message: "Look, Who's
Here!" Evening subject: "Going
home."
The Juniors on Friday evening al
7:00 in. the school room.
There was 'a fine attendance of
the League out to hear Miss M. Ir-
win,give a sketch of the work in Al-
berta'under '!the W. M. S. The aft -
dress was nate h'enjoyed and very In-
teresting. The ` young people :ten-
dered a vote of thanks to Miss Ir-
win.
Mr. Fred Steele sang Kipling's
"Recessional" ' at the morning ser-
vice on Sunday, and 'the- solo was
iisrticularly well rendered. Mr, Steele
possesses a very pleasing voice.
Wesley Church
leaving her -bedside for several days
bezore,, the end ' came.. , I` 1 :41011,
consists of one son: G. W. Nott of
the Fluren Road, : b'uckeisnuth 1l1oF;.
Cunningham of Walton; Mrs. Lewis
Crich of the Dimon 'Ro•zd Mr?.
Townsend, Macklin, Sash,: Mrs, N. P.
Crich,'of Vancouver, 13. C.; Mrs, J. E.
Johnston, Teulo1,1, Man, She had sev-
enteen grandchildren and twenty
g'rea't-g'randchildren,
Mrs. Nott was a Methodist, being
a member of 'jnrner's church while
ii street.
n •Tucleislnitlr'and of Oirtaro >< t,.
churchsince coaling to Clinton,
The 'funeral takes place this after-
noon from Ontario street church, the
service commencing at 'half past one:
Interment will .:be made in Clinton
cemetery.
Jib afit1.1•114.1.11611.1eMILID
munamoussma
OFFING DAYS
ti
ft4 a
!hat
a3t1
5 MORE SHI
BEFORE CHRISTMAS
still large enough to give you, a splendid
ssoi•tment to choose from
fancy shapes and Green, White
$11.50
movements, for.
d'
e set rings in large quantities and prices
Mantle, Kitchen and French Ivory.
•
ure pieces, brushes, mirrors, Jewel boxes,,;
these goods.
in great variety in solid gold and gold
attractive boxes from $00 to 21.00 er
se ` and Silver Plated Goods
CLEJ,N STOCK TO SELECT FROM
is for Christmas. A large stock, of His
o t Victor talking machines. Sole agent
ldmother a new pair of spectacles. would
. ,�Eellgar
and OPTOMETRIST
' Residence ` 174j
%o Equitable Life
r,nrance Co., Waterloo, Ont.
Ala Double Indemnity and Double Disability
'ary accident and sickness benefits,
enet4 Agent, .Clinton Ontario
For Every
Man
easemosemeavalnntomosouermonmerese
y arts
appreciate above everything else are.
s for every day use, things that the
Himself, •
he Scarf, the Shirt, the Tie, or House -
the Fancy Hose, or the Suspender's,
gave him he; thinks of you.
nd.see if' you do not strike something
tie- Thing"
HOSIERY
NIGHT ROBES
PYJAMAS
UNDERWEAR
UMBRELLA
CANES
SUIT,
OVERCOAT
es utp� in fancy
S
htasee them
at, you Make your selection' early;
est. We'll assist you in every, way
ULOTHING
Brotherhood at ten a.m. Subject:
"How should we observe Christmas?"
by` Mk. M. T. Corless.
Morning
Organ prelude: "Christmas Pastor-
al", Merkel. ,
;Doxology
Invocation
Hymn 1,16.'
Prayer
- Anthem: "The. First Christmas
Merril' Ernest Newton 21
:Scripture Reading
Hymn 120,
:Organ voluntary: "Chant Sans 'Par-
oles
aroles,' P, TschaikoWsky •
Anthem: "AR 'the ends i of the
world"—W. F. Sudds,
.Sermon: "The Supreme Grit."
Solo: "The Birthday of a King"—
W. H. Neidlinger
1Tynan 121
Benediction •
Organ P o s t I u de: "Taunhaesuer
Mardi" --Wagner,
Evening
Organ Prelude: "Prelude in E
Minor's Raelimaninoff
Doxology ,
Tnvoeation
• Hymn 117
Prayer
Anthem "Nazareth"—Gounod, -
Scripture .Reading
Hymn 128
-0 r g an Voluntary: "Sh'epherds'
Pipes Harriss
Anthem: ' "God from High hath
heard"—Edmund Turner.
Sermon: "The Guiding Star"
Solo—"The Christmas Songs"—
Adolphe Adam
Hymn 118
Benediction ` '
Organ Postlude: "Standchen
enade)—Sehubert.
St.' Paul's Churoh
(Ser -
MAR ETS
Wliett- i.d1.
1 cos; t'1;d0.
Oats, 15c,
Ba.•1
ey
85^
Bt cicvvheat,-85c,
t
Butter, 35c to 36c.
Eggs, 46c to 60c.
Live hogs, 39.00
G.T.T.S. MEETS
HERE.
The annual meeting
of the,
od-
erich Towns' hip Telephone System
Washeld iii. Clinton. do Tuesday, when
the general' business'of the year war.
wound up. Everything was found to
be in fine ,shape and: a good balance
in the treasury.
LOYALTY INSISTED ON,
In a letter received at her home in
town Miss Louise ,Beaton; who is now,
teaching in ,China;: tells of feeling a
very distinct earthquake shock on.
Oe'. 21st.
Miss Beaton in describing the cel-
ebration of the founding of the Chin.
eso Empire on Oct. 10th, said that
every house ,had to fly a flag' or pay
a fine. That is one way to enforce
loyalty. Most people probably would
find it cheaper to procureandfly the
flag than to phy the fine.
DIED IN ENGLAND.,
From the North Devon Journal,
published at Barnstaple, England, we
learn of the: death of Mrs.' Mary Jane
Stevens, -widow of the late John Stev-
ens of Pilton Parish, and a• sister-in-
law of Mr. William Stevens of town.
.The deceased lady was .eighty-four
years of: age and.hsd'"been a s'esid,ent
of Pilton for a great number of years,
her late husband having been sexton.
of the Pilton Parish church. She is
survived by two daughters and four
sons
This is the third member of the
family called by death in -the past
eleven months, Mr. Stevens' sister
having died only a few months ago.
LITTLE LOCALS.
i+IRST CLASS HONOURS:'.
I'he ttante of 117x;- George C. Middle-
tcnsaz f.R� „Reeve C. G. and Mrs. i 9 ..e C E d t rs. Mid
chef appcared4i0 the list' of those
carrying off first` class honours in
the first year ,exams., vl ' Thal:mac:6
published yesterday,
TUESDAY'S'
Ithe thud en0ertninment of the ser-
ies being' put on larder the auspices
oC the Girls' Auxiliary took place on
e enin `, Mr. Thomson
V g, p
:Blood 'being the entertainer. Mi.
Blood is a humorist, reader and im-
personator and amused his::airdienec-
by his various modes of entertain-
ment Iie put on: his "make-up" •ch
the stage, a trick of impersonators
which always interests the audience,
and which seems to be ``generally.
aodpted•now. Those who enjoy a good
laugh voted theenteotainnient a Inc
cess.
WILL 'PUBLISH EARLY,
Christmas and New Year's Day
g on Thursday means that our
coming y
week is:cut a day short as we shall
publish oh Wednesday those weeks,
.Advertisers are 'requested to bear
this in mind in sending in changes
and' have them in this office.' not later
than Monday noon.
Correspondents, too, awe asked to
send in their news budgets earlier by
a day at least so' they will not have
to be left over.
All our fiends ,will kindly bear in
mind that_ our forms will close Tues-
day evening for the next two weeks
and any news items will need to be
in early.
READ PAGE THREE. '•
On page three of this issue will `bee
found a number of Christmas mes-
sages, written especially' for News-'
Record readers by the ministers of
the several churches in Clinton ana
some -front out=lying places. Three os
four others were asked to contribute
but for some reason, probably lack
of time, failed to do so. We should
have' bon pleased to have messages
The schools close tomorrow for the from all but are glad to have these
Christmas.. holiday. z y and commend them to the considers:-
The Young Peoples' League of On. tion of our readers. We are indebted
he reverent gentlemen for their
a, play about the .second week -in courtesy, in conrplyrng .with -our re
-
twit)
street church Intend putting on to t
January. quest for a Christmas contribution to
our columns.
the past two weeks we have SKATING .THIS WEEIK.
been too crowded to publish the re, ,
Bort of the December meeting of the. , ,Mr. R. G. Smith, who took.. over. the
C'eunty council. We hope to be able Clinton rink last, season, arrived in
Christmas catrds do not fail to see He expects to open Friday evening
The' Ne'ws.-itecord's, collection. Wo of this week, with' the Ifilty Band in
are sellingthem at dirt cheap rates; attendance, and there will be skating
to clear ut•aur stock. •' again Saturday ev,ennlg, Mr. Stilita
has managed to get ice very' quickly
The wind on Sunday blew down the this year, this result being attained
Knitting Co.'s smoke stack, which by scraping and spraying, not flood -
stood about forty feet high.: Cir Mone ung. There's a nice layer already and
day it was partially replaced and a few real frosty nights would make
work was continued. but the plant was a wonderful improvement,, We have
closed yesterday for'^the. vacation, ']rot, always had skating before
and the snlokestack'will be thorough Christmas in Clinton `and the young
Iy
festored. • people ; will welcome itFOR STAR GAZING.
.to do so next week,-
•. . townen::Saturday;; last .and has been
If you are looking for bargains In working.ever since getting ice made:
The annual meeting of the Wom-
en's Auxiliary was held, last week In
the Parish hall, the rector, Rev. C.
Llewellyn Bilkey, in the chair. The
reports of the secretary and treasur-
er showed a very satisfactory state
of affairs. Votes of thanks were
passed to the retiring president, Mrs.
Thos, White, and to Mrs. John
Schoenhals, 'retiring, Dorcas 'secre-
tary. The election of 'officers re-
sulted as follows:
Hon. President: Mrs.' T. White.
President: Mrs. C. 911 Bilkey.
First vice Mrs, J. Johnson.
Second vice: Mrs. F. Hovey;
Ree, Secretary: Mrs. W. R. Counter.
Treasurer: Mr's. Geo. Taylor.
Cori -Secretary: .Mrs. T. Hawkins.
Leaflet secretary: "Mrs, C.,Baker.
Mite Box Sec. Mrs. J. Johnson.
Dorcas Secretary Miss Foster.
On Monday evening last the annual
meeting of .the Junior Auxiliary was
held in the Parish Hall. Miss Mary
Watkins, president, occupied the
chair for the opening business; after
which the rector was -asked to pre-
side over the electionof offieers for
the ensuing year, -which resulted `as
follows'
YOUNG MEDI¢0'S SUCCESS.
Dr, Foster' Copp, son- of'Mr.: and
Mars In T
In the Torono onto onet of an .address . evening recent- MI's Joseph Copp- of town, who hae
'.
ly Prof! Chant made the following been travelling through Mexico, Ies-
announcement: "One of the great luring' on insulin and holding clinics,
needs of Toronto," he 'said, "is g. has returned to La Jolla, California,
first-class astronomical observatory. for the opening of the . new 1tetd.
We aim U./have a great telescope,' bolic 'Clini,e of Seripp's Memorial
mainly for discovery and research—u Hospital, of which he is resident
telescope with a diameter of five feet. ,physician., The' formal .opening was
There. are only brio larger ones than! delayed. ur}til Itis return. Thisspiers
that in the world Then, in addition, did ,1ospita1 was built and equipped
we plan a smaller nine -inch telescope by a millionaires lady whose husband
for the use of citizens. The plans died of. diabetes and who is taking a
have already been drawn, in fact the wonderful interest in the development
site has already been settled on—up 'of insulin. It will = be remembered
on Bathurst street. All we need is that Dr. Copp was assistant to Dr.
somebody with the funds. I2 you can Baiting in. Toronto for over a yea:.
steer that man of means our .way It Was on his recommendation that
we will have not only, a research ob., Dr- Copp received his present ap-
servatory of great importance, but an pointnient,
institution that will become a cont- SEVERAL "CALLS."
munity centre for all citizens inter-
estedMcCormick, pastor in the wonders of the heavens." .� Rev. R,• J , ton
' , It might be a good investment, too, Hyatt Methodist church, ,
if the man' of means and like-minded- :formerly pastor of the Methodist
cess could be found. churches at Tiohuesville and Blyth,
i. • staying five years in the latter
HADA ANOTHER ACCIDENT. charge, has been invited to Zion Tab-
ernacle, `Hamilton.
"Some people are born. lucky,' somand
'are horn richwe Rev, J. A. Agnew, former pastor of
," : should say Mr,
M. T. 'Corless, was born under a Ontario'' street church,, Clinton, who
lucky star,. and he, bas still plenty of is finishing a five-year term at Rid -
time to arnss wealth: out street church, London, has been
Last week we had an -item telling.
of an experience -he- had, when his
car turned over on'; the "Ii}}1`on road,
he escaping without a"•scratch. Fri-
day last he had another: and a more,
exciting experience. and"; escaped al-
most as :luckily. •Iie was; • driving
along the Huron road just°outside•of
Goderich, going, west, when another
car turned off a' sideroad,.also turn,
ing west. The driver of this Car, not
seeing Mr. Corless; took quite a wide
sweep into the ;road and to avoid
ramming him Mr. Corless had to take a
sharp turn and landed r9l the ditch,
his car turning :Over on rts'`side. When,
he emerged from the upper- side of
his upturned sedan there were three
or four cars and their drivers gath-
ered about and the car Was soon'
righted. It was found that the beott
fender' was bent somewhat bot oth-
erwise it seemed to' -have suffered
little. He was unhurt. Mr. Corless
is pretty g
"li ]tt on his. feet" but we
cannot see how. he flops about: the in,
side of that car to -shell" an extend
FNGAGL111J1N7 'S ANNOUI'CED,''
�
Mrs; James M,, Martin amtounccs
the,'engagement 1001 of her daughter,
Annie 9., to; Mr. George 1 olcloug;l,,
son of,;IYir, and Mrs. Joseph Colcloayrb
of Go lerieh township, the mar -raga
to, take- place ea1.1y in the New Year.
Mrs; Geo, M. Aunt atnlotulces the
engagement of. her daughter Ella De
Vere, to Mr. Ernest II. Jolliffe, son
of Rev, and Mrs. W. J. Jolliffe, Too-
onlo, formerly 'of Clinton, the mar-
riage to take T place quietly, Deconl-.
her 1.9, 1924.
AN AUNT PASSES.
391'o.' James Livermore received
wordoh Saturclay of the, death, which
took place at Barnstaple, England,
of an aunt, her another's eldest sis-
ter, Mary Gibbings; : widow of the
late Henry Oatway, who was eighty-
nine' years of age,--• IlIrs. ` Oatway: is
survived by three sisters, Mrs. Penton
of Granes End, and . Misses Fanny
and Emma Gibbings of Barnstaple,
England, all over seventy-five years
of age. •e. -
CHRISTMAS CARDS; ONE CENT.
.During the next few days a great
number, of cards of one sort and an-
other will be mailed at every postof-
fice, large and small, all over the
country. Some people are in doubt
when mailing a Christmas card as to
the amount of postage to afix. A
Christmas card which isprinted may
have five or less words of greeting
written on it and will go for one:ceno,
postage to any address in Canada.
The same card may be Lpclosed inan
envelope,'left'unsealed, ;and will still
go, for a cent. Anything sealed in an
envelope or parcel .must pay letter
rate. Two cents are required to cend
cards to the United States, or to Eng
land or anywhere else in the British
Empire ' and six cents 'to -foreign
Supervisor: M155 F. 11I. Richardson
;First Assistant: Miss S. Slonian.
Second Assistant:' Mrs. C. Draper
President: Miss Mary Watkins.
Vice: Miss Margaret Cudmore.
Secretary: 'Miss Norma Streets
,Treasurer: Hazel Churchill,
Pianist: Susie Livermore.
'Curator: Harriett. Hawkins.
During the meeting' Mass Watkins,.
in a short address, hof appreciation,
presented the retiring supervisor,
Mrs, C. Ll.` Bllkey, with a beaded
bag in recognition of her work dur-
ing the
ur-ing-the past year. St Paul's Junior
Auxiliary is just one year old, but
during that ,short time it has had a
wonderful; growth and now boasts a
ln0in:1ership of over thirty, being the
second largest branch in the Diocese
of i-Iuron.
Sunday morning morni . the rector will
ICn
repeat, by request, the .sermon which
be p'0ached, last Sunday evening on.
Iii Great
Assize."tic.",
His evening
Coming ` 11e Lord Corning,
ubjea6 will <br-
Q, -fou h in :1
sd119Yin>x
ot
lands..
Benfield
Dr. A. Newton Brady has installed'
a radio. receiving set. '
Word has been received that .Rev.
Mr. Paull of Atwood has been ap-
pointed to take charge of the Parish
of Bayfield,- consisting of. .Trinity
church, Bayfield„ St. James' Church,
Middleton
n t. John's;Varna.. It
and s
is expected that. Mr, andMrs. Paull
will arrive about the end of January.
The Public school concert will be
given in the town hall on Friday -ev-
ening; at 8 p.m; . ,
The box social given' for the base-
ball club. on Friday last could -not be
called exactly a success. `-There were
some five or six boxes to 'be auctioned
and these sold on the average for a
very' good pricesbut it is not very en-
couraging to "the boys," who played
so bravely, even though they veers,
"up against it," to have such poor
support, Let us resolve that;aftei
this we will all turn out .and do ori,
best to support and encourage them.
Mr. J. Parsons of Fortier., Man.,
was in the village' -on ,Monday..; He
came =:east to attend his another's fun-
eral and is staying with his brother,
Robert, at Hillsgreen.
Mr. and Mrs, A. E. Sander arts
Messrs. Wilber and Frank Erwin o1
Kitchener were guests at Mrs. F. A.
Edwards on Wednesday and Thurs..
day of hist week.. -
Mos. E. P. Lewis of Toronto is the
guest of Mrs, N. 'W. Woods.
Mrs. F. A. Edwards returned as
Monday after spending a few' days
with -relatives in ,Kitchener. •
Mr. and Mrs. William Elliott of
Goderich township entertained a
1number o,C friends on Thursday ever,
ung last, •
The Stanburys being, well-known
in Bayfield the following from the
Exeter Times will be of interest to
many' here:
"The many friends in this com-
munity of Mr, Douglas Stanbury, Son
of -Dr. John Stanbury of Toronto, will
be glad to learn` of his 'successful en-
trance into Grand Opera. On Novena
ber l7th'he made his debut as Sok
vio with the Chicago Grand Opera
Conap`aily after having spent several
years in.eoncert work in New York
where radio fans enjoyed his singinb
at the Capitol Theatre. The Chica-
go Tribune made the following corn.
plimentaty reference to his first ap-
pearance. . 'A new baritone, Douglas
invited, to Centennial church. Rev. Stanbury, appeared as Silvio and was
A. E. M. Armstrong of Centennial I a surprise. Here is a fine voice, res-
arc has been invited to Ridou14ohant, round: and ardent, It wouid
sh.. w seem as thoiigh,mare-;extensive..roles
stt reet church, were his due''',
Rev,- W. E. Donnelly of James
street church, Exeterhas been invit-
ed to Ce;itral Methodist, church, Strat-
ford, ' Mr. Donnelly has preached
Clinton on more than one occasion.
WHO WILL -SERVE US?
e 1 and r �
lv � d a•� . � ✓ come.
� i
ill their new 'house.
Mrs. ( 19,r) 0. 0. 1)1 moi
Elitror 'have - been confined to:
manse the past week or 1101 ,10
mg; with sever0 colds.
Miss Mary Gibson* '�
�e
ab
from a pleasant visit 1119 1rie
01' 1 1toka nd Toronto.
Mr, Gordon Manson of 131a1�e
visitor at the borne of z. Ita�leie
len, Zucker,,nlitl,.
h
Mr. Geo: Swan, who is taking Ill
a
days, is being relieved by Mr. Wils
C. N. R. agent, London.
Mr. Robert Dalyl•n1lile of liens all ,l
at ,present visiting his brother, Mi.
Harry Dalyrntple.
Londe • or
Hulleti,Lodge 1vT0, 56$ A. I', and A;,,;,
M. at its last regular 'meeting elected
its .:officers for the ensuing year
follows: Wor. Master: Bro. 1''.'
Yaiingblutt; Senior Warden, R,
Townsend; Junior warden, Belt Not,
senior deacon Dennis Roherton• Ins
ner guard, John IIarveV, Tyler, A
McCool; Stewards, J. Radford and c
Lansing.
Mr. Robert Young, who lost his
wife last week, has given up house
keeping and. has gone,to live with hi:s.k,
daughter, Mrs. J. ' Campbell, t 3013' -'
Walton.
Mr. Ed. Youngblutt of the 10th ?,
concession lost a good horse last
week; 'W'hile on the road :from the 1,
Grainger farm with a load of straly
it fell over dead:
Mrs..MeElroy, who was with Mrs.
R. Youngduring her illness, has gone'0
to ,1Mrs. F. Johnston, who does not int.
prove as fast as we would iilte,.to seer
Iter.
Mr. John Wills' remains in very
poor heatlh.
Tax day on Monday brought .`
large number of fanners to town
On account,of the storm on Sundays
the church services and. Sunday
schools were very poorly attended
Your correspondent through tins;q
medium wishes to remind the Meth-;
odist Sunday school scholars of the,
white giftssservice on Sunday morning
next at half past ten
Mr,- Archie Wells,' son of Mr.
Wells, was here on Monday visitln ; h
mil. father, who remains very poorly
at the home of Mrs, M. Mains.
.t
Archie- .has a good position with the
hydro ` Electric.
Friends of;Henry'Platzer were her-
rified to hear of his death, as he was
killed about 4 pm. on.Satuaiiss.
G. P. R, way freight coming' f io
Guelph. Mr. •Platzer 'had gone east.?,
after dinner walking the track as
the rule when its notfit-to run the
hand car. He had got as far as Bob i.
McDonald's crossing And was in the',
act of cleaning off the planks and as
it was so stormy at the time Ile evi-
dently neither heard ,or saw the way;
freight until it was upon hint. He
was hurled about 8 rods and we',
terribly broken up. Re was not_foun ,.
until after 7 pat}. by men wI10 went
out to search for him, who found',„
hint` lying in the. ditch. Besides hi..
widow he leaves,a daughter. Mrs 1r' {
McLean. We extend to this ,family
our sincere sympathy in this theirs'
great sorrow. Mr. Platzer had work-
ed on the C. N. R. section.. at Blytn''
for several years, and was welt
knownto all the section Wren. on 'tins
London. Huron and Bruce.
Mr. Chas. Coleman, who has been
in the vicinity of Exeter for the past
seven months, has returned to.
Londesboro.
Miss ,W!F, Jaialieson• has -re i 0lied.
home after spending a, fortnight with
Toronto friends. ,
the Christmas entertainment , oi"
I{lox, church Sundayschool will be
'riven in the Community Hall Tuess
day evening, Dec. rd,, at 8 o'clock.
„There -will be a good program.,
Who will fill the positions of
mayor, reeve, and councillors for 19)25
in Clinton?
!Shall we have an election? Soms
citizens seem to think 'we do not
need to have one. • That, will depend,
however, upon how many are willing
to come out, An 015011011 costs time,
trouble and money but, it is better for
the town to have an election every
year than for its citizens to be so
hike -warn -1 as not to care who runs it.
Mayor Jackson .will stand for an-
other ;Lernt, unless someone W110111 he
deems' better : qualified i` appears, in
which case he :tight drop' out
without so much ' lis putting a heel Reeve Middleton will be a&'sin,
e reeeshi r.
f
oi�th v
candidate 1
through 'Ne glass. ' He isconvinced
that the "damage 19 both cars would
have hem `serious if there had been a
collision and rte's ,.'lad ' he tool: the
action her did but ,is not anxious to
repeat the cx1 r experience.
,We t
l0 not
blame HimCYerielleel hi a, two such p
week o1 x b40 ,,;envy* f ?
st;0ia'ls'4
1
Who will stand for the council?
We have been unable to find out
whether or riot all the old councillor's
1,111 again come forward But it r •
ngbable some It not all, will
1
Neinitatidnlalla , ?'et14er' e�onln y,
e"s +tbui',
a
s
>Ll
!rucefeltl.
On account of the storm last Sun-
day there wasrather' a squall congre-
gation but to hear the splendid ser-
mon on the Church Union question
delivered by the pastor, Rev, C. G.
Armour, By' special request be will
repeat it next Sunday morning.
The annual Christmas tree enter;
tailiu ent•tia111 be ,held : on Dec. 23rd.
Mr. and Mrs. Hough, Mrs. Doug,
las and Mrs. Nesbitt are attending
the IT. F. 0. `,convention in Toronto
thisweek,
Mr. and ,1v0rs, George. hili have
moved into their fine new residence.
May,; they live to e1l:joy many hap11Y-,
years in it is the wish o,f their' ma110
Goderict Township
A Christ::}as 1utertainment will be
given by the Sharon Sunday school
oil the evening of Monday, Dec. 22nd
A ,program is'being' prepared.
School Section No. 4 will give
their annual Christmas entertainments
on Monday evening, Dec. 22nd. A.
cordial invitation is given to all to
attend.
Mr."Bekt Rowden returned borne 071
Wednesday' after spending a very
Pleasant week with Mr. and Mrs.
Cecil W. Rowden, Canlpbellville,
Misses Mary and Martha Cook and
Messrs. Alymer and FIoyd Steuernoi
spent the week -end at the bottle Of
Mr. and Mrs. John Steuernol of
For'dwich. .'Mr. Aylmer Stenernol re-
turned to his home:; at Fordwich on
Wednesday morning.
Miss Grace Ross of Stal 1030 'pent
the }i cele -end, ut London.
41iss M. E. Swan left Satui`'•day to'.
spend the -` Christmas holidays in
IIamilton with her .,ittor, Mrs. C. IT.
Haul, and Dr. W. Di Swan of that
city.:;
misfortune
ltheii 7
Mrs D Reuatt had r
• Bill 011 tll.° 00 ,lea lysyye week and-,
Auburn
Miss Laura- Phillips is ill with
chicken -pax, we are sorry .to ,tate
•Owing to the severe 6100111 oi''Sun-
day our churches were not so well
attended ,F as, usual,
Mrs. Ali has returned from Paalti,
more, where she has been visiting
her brother, who was i1!.
The Methodist Sunday school in
tel holding a social evening ani
concert in 'the Orange .Ball on Dec
22nd_
Olin6 to an on..l:
tbre.of clncican
pox in the community the .pla `,Ml
titled "Illartha Made Over," has bee`
postpo1ied in1i1 a': later date Thi
play i5 tieing prepared by the T 1.agu
of Westfield. It was written :b.
Clara Anderson arid will `make
splendid eve;ting's 0n1,erialum0111
Watch Tor;' later announcenv,it._
as service
irlsill t
l
AG
l lox 'Ghureh next S U X41