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THE 'CLINTON NWS -RECORD'
THURS., JAN. 11, 1934
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SPONG TAFFY ---Guessing Contest was a fine success. The winners
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534 lbs. The correct weight was 5 lbs. 81/2 ozs.--Judge Herb, Jenkins
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Choice Candy and Delicious Baking
EAYFIELD
The Young :People's Society of St.
itdrew's United church, Bayfield,
old their regular meeting on ,ran
nary 3rd, with the President, Don-
Id McKenzie, in the chair.. The
-fleeting was opened in the usual
anner by the singing'' of a hymn,
ollowed by the Lord's Prayer being
eepeated in unison. The secretary,
dwin Boughey, read the previous
meeting's minutes of December Gth,
nd the president moved their adopt,
ion. The topic for the next meet -
ng of January 17th; "Some Social
angers," taken by Mrs. Robt,
Scoteluner, was announced. It was'
oved and,, seconded that the secre-
ary also 'actas press secretary.
Moved and seconded that the Society
reduce a play this winter, the
hoosing of a suitable type to be left
o the 'discretion of the Executive.
he London Conference Mission Pro-
ject was brought to the attention of
he members again, and it was decid-
d by the Executive to -forward $15
o the Presbyterial,Secretary-Treas-
rer, as the Societies •contribution to
his project. The .Scripture reading
rom Acts 5:20-29 was read by Roe
ert Stirling. The main feature of
Ile evening, was the topic, "When,
hould we stand against Public Op-
Cion," splendidly discussed by Mr,
olin Campbell. Rev.; R. M. 'Gale led
short discussion afterwards, In
rich many interesting and enlight
ing statements were made. The
feeing was taken up by Char-.
s. Wallis, followed by the singing of
'hymn. The repeati pe of the Miz
pah Benediction brought the devo-
tional period to a close, after which.
the members enjoyed a brief social
period in charge of the social com-
mittee, closing the meeting.
There passed to rest on Saturday,
January -61h, at • the home of her
mother in Bayfield, . Anna Sturgeon,
widow of the late A. E. Wigle of
London. The deceased -was born in
Bayfield on April 10th, 1879, being
the second daughter of the late
James Sturgeon and Jemima Upri,
chart. • She was married thirty-two
years ago. Since Mr. Wigle's death
some eight years ago, she has spent
a good deal of her time with het
mother, to whop she was devoted. .A
kind and sympathetic sister, she will
live long in the memory of her bro-
thers and sister. Three months ago
she was taken ill and went to stay
with her sister in Port Stanley. ' A-
bout two weeks ago, • when it was
known that she could not recover,
she was brought home.
Besides her aged mother, she is
survived bee a sister, parah, (Mrs,
Albert Catling) Port Stanley, and
seven brothers, William, John, Ed-
ward, Herbert, Bayfield;- David, of
Grand Bend, Andrew, Brucefield, and
Millard of London.
Following a private service at the
]rouse, the funeral, which was large-
ly ail:tended,
arge-ly'abtended, was held from Trinity`
Church on Tuesday afternoon and in-
terment made in Bayfield cemetery.
Rev. W. G. Bugler based his remarks
on the comforting words of •St. Paul
to the Corinthians as found in the
first Epistle, chapter. ].5,. Verses 20-
58. The pallbearers were: John R.
Cameron, ' W'. J. McLeod, Charles
Ferguson, H, R. McKay, E. H. Johns
and Chas, Toms. The beautiful flow-
ers spoke for themselves of the whiches-
the' deceased was in held;
Those from a distance` who were
present for the funeral Included;
Willard Sturgeon, London; Mr. and
Mrs. S. Taylor and daughter, Mr.
and Mrs. A. Getting, Port Stanley,
Mrs. Decou, St. Thomas Mr. and Mrs.
Dave Sturgeon, Grand Bend, Mr,
and Mrs. Andrew Sturgeon, Brice-
field, �
The annual meeting of the Bay
Yield Public Library Association was
held in_the ,Library room on Monday
afternoon. Encouraging reports
were read by the Secretary-Treas-
weer., and the Librarian. The rat
tcr's report,pshowed the circulation
during the past year to have been as
follows: Adult Fiction, 2365; -Liter-
ature, 154; History, 63; Biography,
1.25; Useful Arts, 7; Sociology, 4;
Religion, 11; Philosophy, 23; Natural
Science, 16; Travel, 226; General, 50;
Junior ;Fiction, 1974; Literature, 4;
History, 52; Biography, 12; Junior
Arts, 34; Natural Science, 20;,Teavel
30; making •the total .Kion -Fiction
circulation 873, Fiction 2562, with
a total circulation of 3435. The fol-
lowing members were appointed to
serve on the Library Boardfor the
year 1934: Rev. R. M. Gale, Rev. W.
G. Bugler, Dr. S. M. Burris, George
E. Greenslade, Mrs. R. Scotchmer,
Mrs. H. R. McKay, Mrs. A. R. Seedsi
Miss Lucy Woods and Miss Margar-
et Grove. Rev. R. M. Gale was ap-
pointed chairman of the meeting to
take the place of Rev. F. H. Paull
who during his residence in Bayfield
took a lively interest in the Library,
serving as Chairman of the Library
Board for the past few years. Ing -
mediately following the annual
meeting the Board held a meeting.
Rev. R. M. Gale was appointed
chairman, George• E. 'Greenslade}
Secretary -Treasurer, and: Miss P.
Fowlie, Ifbrariau. It was decided
to hold an At -Hosie in the town hall
on January 19th to raise funds foe
the purchase ofnew books. The Lib-
rary is a great asset to this village
and ranks amongst the best in On-
tario for the size of the village. It
should receive the liberal support of
all.
•
It was with deep regret that his
many friends its this district learned
of the death of Dr. C. W. Brown,
which took place in Clinton, Iowa,
on January 8th.. Owing to ill -health
Dr. Brown was obliged to retire ear-
ly in '1933 after having practised
over
Clinton, for 0
medicine in C tton Iowa, d
twenty-five years. With Mrs. Brown,
who was formerly Miss Anna Whid-
don, Ise came to make their home at
their Sumner residence in the vil-
lage in March of` last year: Shortly
before Christmas Dr, and Mrs.
Brown left for Clinton, Iowa, to vis-
it their nephew, Dr. J. R. Jowett.
During his residence in the village,
Dr. Brown made many warts friends
by whom he will be greatly missed.
Airs. R. H. F. Gairdner and Miss
Betty of London spent the week -end
with Mrs. N. tiV. Woods.
Mrs. Routley who has been visit,
ing 'her sister, Mrs. W. H. Talbot,
for the past few weeks, returned to
her hone in Woodham on Sunday.:
• Miss Helen Bugler returned to
London on Monday after havingvis-
ited with her brother, Rev. W. G.
Bugler, during the past week. MYIiss
Bugler assisted the choir of Trinity
church on Sunday evening and gave
a very fine vocal rendering of the
solo, "Noaror, My God, To Thee."
The Week of Prayer i5 being ob-
served in the village by three united.
services. The first was held on
Tuesday evening in Knox Presbyter -
ion church and was in charge of Rev.
R. M. Gale. On Wednesday evening
the service was in St.- Andrew's 'Wit,
church at. which Rev. W. G.
Bugler gave the address and the ser-
vice on Thursday evening is to be in
Trinity Church when Rev. Dr. Dee-
gan of Clinton will ba present to
give the address. The choirs .01 the
three churches united for these ser-
vices.
The annual meeting of the Guild
of Trinity church was held at the
home of Mrs, Baker on Thursday
of last week. The secretary and
treasurer's reports showed the Guild
to be in good standing. The follow-
ing were the officers appointed for
1934. President, Mrs. W. G. Bug=
ler; vice-president, Mrs. P. W. Bak-
er; secretary, Mrs. S. McEwen; treas-
urer, Mrs. H. R. MclKay; Flower
Committee, Mrs. Percy Weston,
Mao. I. W. Woods.; Visiting commit-
tee, MI:S. F. W. Baker, Mrs. M. El-
liott. Following a business discus-
sion regarding, ways and means of
raising money in the coming year,
the meeting was brought to a close
and the Benediction pronounced by
the rector. Mrs. Baker; served dain-
ty refreshment. •
Mr. .Chas. Weston has bought the
property of the • Yate Mr. Kennedy
Moorhouse on Celine street and has
moved into the cottage.
Miss E. Weber of Exeter is spend.'
ing this week with her consin, Mrs,.
Percy Weston. ,
SUMMERHIILe
Mr. Garnet Smith returned to De-
troit after spending a few weeks al
home. .
Mr. Clark Ball, who has returned
from Cliition Ilospital, we are glad
to report is doing-
.fine.
C. I. BOARD MEETING'.
The January meeting of the Board
of Trustees of Clinton Collegiate was
held on Monday evening, January
8th, Membersesent Col. nce
r,
r Ra
chairinan Dr. ha Dr.'Ir,
Shaw, ,L vans, 1t ,
Cooper, Mr. FIngland and Principal
Fines. The minutes of the previous
meeting were read and 'confirmed.
A communication• was received
from the Associated High School
Boards, which was considered by
clauses. The secretary was instruct-
ed to fill in same as ,directed, and al-
so send a check for $5.00 being the
annual fee as per the following mo-
tion moved by A. T. 4Cooper, second-
ed by Dr. Shaw: that the secretary
be asked to fill in the 'form supplied
by the Associated High School
Boards and forward •to Toronto, also
that the treasurer leeward the an-
nual flee of five dollars, carried�
Moved by Dr. Evans, seconded by
Mr. Cooper that the following ac -
COMAS be paid when the two not
O.K.'d be vouched foe:
Sutter and Perdue $13.59
W. S. R. Holmes .. .,•16.01E
W. H. Cowan 31,40
W. D. Fair 1.15
A. Seeley 1.75
W. A: Chrysler and Son 7.1.5
Mogi ed by Dr. Shaw, seconded _by
Dr. Evans that we meet at 8 o'clock
on the night of the inaugural meet-
ing, Wednesday, February 7th: Car-
ried. Meeting adjourned at 9.30.
AUBURN
A meeting of the Auburn Unit of
the "New Canada Movement" will
be held in the Forrester's Hall on,
January 17th, at 8 p.m: Chas. A.
Robertson, 'M.L.A., and Win. L.
Young will be present and speak.
Everyone is asked to conic prepared
to take part in the discussion. There
will be. special music by local talent
and the ladies are especialIy urged
to be present, as this meting is of
interest to everyone.
Mrs. James Ewing visited with her
mother, Mrs. Service in Goderich
one day this week.
The Library Board will hold an old
timd sociable in the Forrester's Hall
on Friday evening of this week.
Mr. 0. E. Erratt was in Toronto
this eek.
Mr. Harvey Reid and Mr. John
Arthur had the misfortune to lose a
horse, each, last week, by falling on
the ice and breaking a leg.
The Library board has secured a
number of new ,books for the public
and many might, ht. be interested t. o
know the names and authors of
these.
A Lost Leader, E. P. Oppenheim.
Peer and the Woman, E. P. Open -
helm.
The White Ladies of Worcester,
F. L. Barclay. •
Little Lost Girl, Temple Bailey.
The Upas Tree, F. L. Barclay.
High Adventure, Jerfrey Farnell.
Our Admirable Betty, Jeffrey Far-
nol.
Money to Burn, Peter B. Kyne.:
Two Make a.World, Peter B. Kyne.
Head Tide, Joseph C. Lincoln.
Pitiless Choice, .Margaret Pedler.
Man of the Forest, Zane Grey.,
Rainbow Trail, Zane Grey.
Whoop -Her -Up -Trail, B. M. Bower.
'Matched Pearls, Grace L. Hill.
Keeper of the Door, E. M. Dell.
Peggy by Request, E. M. Dell.
Prison Walls, E. M. Dell. .
Winds of Chance, Silas K. Hacking
On the Spot, Edgar Wallace.
The River of Stars, Edgar Wallace.
Captain Curio, Philpotts.
,Scarlet Pimpernel, B. Orczy.
;Little Men, L. M. Alcott.
Under the Lilacs, L. M. Alcott.
A Girl from Glengarry, Ralph Con-
nor..
Vanity Fair, Thackeray,
The Black Gang, ''Sapper.
Word of Honour, Sapper.
Master of Ballalitrao, R. L. Steven
son.
Forgive us our Trespasses, L. C.
Douglas. •
Magnificent Obsession, L. C. Doug-
las. -
The Helmets Nest, W. E. Johns.
The cruise of the Condor, W. E.
Johns.
Skyflyees, W. E. Johns.
' Black Bearded Barbarian, M. Keith.
'Yellow ,Briar, P. Slater.
Christ and iHuinan Sufferings, E.S.
Jones.
Cry Havoc, Nichols.
Tess of the Du Ubervilles, Hardy.
OFFICIALS SWORN IN
New County Clerk and Treasurer
Take Over Their Offices
The two new county officials—J.
M. Roberts, clerk, and A; 11. Erskine,
treasurer — who were appointed at
the December .meeting of the county
council, have assumed their duties.
They were sworn in on Tuesday af-
tzrnoonternoog in the presence of
Warden Ballantyne and proceeded
immediately to familiarize themsel-
ves with the details of their respec-
tive offices. •
Mr. Erskine was the recipient of a
number of farewell presentations at
Blyth. The school board presented
him with a magazine rack, the fire-
men gave hits a magazine table, and
the Memorial Hall board a cheque,
Mr. and Nies. Erskine were the guests
of honor at a social evening held by
the .'congregation of St. Andrew's
Presbyterian church and were pre-
sented with an address and a floor
lamp, while their son Jack received
a 'Testament.-Goderich Signal. i
GODERICH TOWNSHIP 1
Miss" June McCartney was• a
week -end 4uest at the home, of her
cousin, Mr, E. Little of Ilolmt:sv:Slle.
Miss Bessie Cluff entertained ten'.
of her 'girl friends on Saturday ev-.,
ening at her home,
Miss Donna Welsh of. Clinton is
spending a few days as. the guest
of her cousin, Miss Norma Welsh;
Council Meeting:—Council met . in
Holmesville' on Monday, January 8th.
After all had subscribed" to the
necessary declaration of .office brief',
inaugural addresses were given by
the members. All were agreed, en e,.
conomy, with harmony much .may be
accomplished. • •
IGestetner people wrote wanting to
sell one of their duplicating•machines..
the clerk was instructed to write:
informing then that we do. not in-
tend purchasing at present.
Ontario Good Roads Association,
soliciting membership, this was fyled.
War Memorial 'Children Hospital,
asking for assistance,,fyled. Mr. D.
Bellcompained about a ditch in
front of his property;. the ,Council des
cided to attend on Wednesday next]
to effect a settlement:
By-law No. 1 setting salaries the
same as Last year.' was read a third
time, also By-law No. 2 appointing
officials, as follows, R. G. Thomp-
son, Clerk, .H. L. Salkeld, Treasurer,
I•Ioward Sturdy, ,Collector, H. Mc-
Cartney, Assessor, E. A. Yeo and
Austen Sturdy, Auditors. T. M. Fal,
corer, Weed -Inspector, D. Giiddon Sr.
School Attendance Officer,' 11. C. Cox
member of Board of Health, Dr. JI
B. Whiteley, Medical Officer of
Health, and indigent offioer for
health, W. H. Lobb and Reg. Sturdy,
sheep valuers. Pence viewers: Chris.
Johnston, Geo. Laithwaite, George
dowerby, Geo. 0. Sturdy, Roy Cham-
bers. Robt. Rodges, T. M. Woods, J.
McClure, L. Stephenson, L. Anderson,
D. Glidden, C. Potter, R. G. Smith,
H. Williams and Robt. Pearson.
Pound Keepers—Robt. Sowerby, D.
McDougall, J. McGuire, Arnold Mil-
lar, H. McCartney and R. E. Col-
clougit.
T. R. Patterson, Engineer and F.
Fingland, Solicitor.
The Reeve reported having pur-
chased some timber front Mrs. F.
Flopkins to be cut by those needing
relief, so it is now cut or freeze.
W. R. Lobb presented an account
'for rent for a tenant supposed to be
on relief, Council refused to pay.
The Tax Collector's time war extend-
ed to February 5th. The price to be
paid p d forgrayeI was was set at 12c
per yard, the owners to keep their
own pits in shape. The pay for inert
was set at 20c per hour and teams
at 40c per hour.
The Council accepted J. Mulhol
land's offer to rent the hall for $60.00
for all council purposes.
Messrs. Glen and McCool waited on
council suggesting that Dept. of
Highways do not remove all the
snow from the pavement, in order
that sleighs night have some chance
to travel, the cleric was instructed to•
write their request to the Depart-
ment.
The Clerk was instructed to write
W. Stirling to remove stones dumped
on the roadside without permission,
and that he will be held responsible
for any damage that may happen.
The accounts passed for payment
were: Mrs. Hopkins, wood, $17.50;
pellet accounts, 867.93; Signal, print-
ing, 80c; Star, printing, 833.00;. T. T.
Murphy, Division Court Clerk, $14.00;
0. Ginn, Division Court. Bailiff, $14.;'
R. G. Thompson, census to I.P.S. and
reports, X10.25; .P. Mulholland, dog
tax error, $2.00; H. L. Salkeld, post-
age and tax, $18.00. Supt. pay voui
cher No. 1, $71.69.
Council then adjourned to meet on
Monday, February 5th at 1 p.in.
—.18, G. THOMPSON, Clerk.
The following is the report of S.
S. Na. 1.0' for the first term. Those
marked (5) have missed examine
-
-Lions:
Sr. 4th; George. Colcloegh, 78;
Helen 'Welsh, 74; Melvin Steep, 45.
Jr, 4th: Alfred Butler, 77; Eva
Switzer, 71; Stewart Schoenhals,
70; Kathleen Middleton, 65; Frank
Thompson, 62; Carniel Hendricks°,
LONDESBORO
-Miss` S. C. Barr has been confined
to the house for the past few weeks
through• -illness. •
Mr. M. Bruce Is sligfrtly improv-.
ed but is' still quite poorly.
Mrs, R Townsend and Miss D. Lit-
tle ha' e both been on the 'sick list
:Miss Helen Youngblutt supplied for
Miss. Little at her school, No. 5, for.
a few days last week. Both are now
considerably, improved in health, we
aro glad to report.
Miss Alberta Snell of the Ontario
Hospital staff spent a day with her
brothers, 'Don and Earl Snell, re
Gently, •
The open air skatingrink has
been quite` a drawing card for the
young people of the Community on
frosty nights. All apparently have
a jolly time.
The committee of the Public Lib-
rarer% have recently placed quite a
number of new and interesting books
on the shelves, to be enjoyed by the
readers.
The January meeting of the Wb
man's Institute was held in the Coin,
munity hall on January 4th, with the
President, Mrs. E: Adams, in the
chair. The report of the articles
donated to the Chlldrens' Shelter,
Goderich, and of their visit there
were given by the president. Let;
tors of thanks for flowers were read
by the secretary. The question of
having the annual pie social was
discussed and it was decided to hold
one as usual, the date to be fixed lat-
er. , The program committee was
appointed as follows: Mrs. E. Adams
Mrs B. Brunsdon, Mrs A. Allen and
Mrs. R. Townsend.
There was quite an interesting
program for the afternoon, consist-
ing of a reading by Ruth Shaddick;
instrumental on the violin and guitar
by Mrs. J. Fairservice and Mrs. G.
McCall which was encored, a splen-
did address by Rev. W. A. Gardiner
on education, a reading by 'Mrs. A.
Allis, and a vocal duet by Mrs. J.
Scott and Mrs. M. Ross. Each and.
all numbers were thoroughly enjoy-
ed by. all. A lovely lunch was serve
ed at the close by Mrs. S. Carter,
Mrs. L. Ball, Mrs. A. Webster, Mrs.
T. Roberton, Mrs. J. Nott, Mrs. Geo.
McVittie and Mrs. J. Rapson.
The "Win Others" Sunday School
Class of the United ,Church had their
election of officers last week in the
form of a social evening, following
are the list of officers:
President, Clarence Ball; Vice:
Norma Snell; Secretary,' Elsie Man,
ning; treasurer, Dorothy Little,
Flower Committee: Helen Johnston;
Press 'Reporter, Bell Nott; Social
Committee, Leonard •Shobbrook,
Mamie, Shacldick; Henry Munising,
Ida Lyon; teacher, Miss Lawdy
Young; assistants, Mrs. Thompson,
Mrs. George Moon.
Sr. 3rd:' Arnold Rathwell 68; Mur-
ray Hohner; 38.
Jr. 3rd: Ted Middleton, 324'; Helen
Thompson, '71; Albert Steep, 56;
Bertha Hohner,
Sr. 2nd: Phyllis Middleton, 89:; Al-
bert Craig, 80,
Jr. 2nd: Bobby Ratllwell,-73; .Mur-
iel ,Switzer, 63.
Sr. 1st: Anna Townsend, 100; Ruth
Middleton, 90; Betty Middleton, 88;
Sate Graig, ".
Pr.: Jean Hendrickse, Evelyn
Steep, June Middleton.
--'M. Forbes, Teacher.
GODERLCH: The first work on
unloading cargo of the winter stor-
age fleet was completed Sunday,
when approximately 60,000 bushels
of wheat were removed' from Jtwo
holds of the steamer Bricoldoc and
placed on the rail waiting an early
shipment to buyer. Awaiting the arri-
val of 'a, corn heat in the early, winter
the ;Bricoldoc was reinoved from the
dock and was not returned, and had
to be cut out of the ice which was
frozen to a thickness of nearly 12
inches. Capt. Edward Robinson had
charge of the ice -cutting operations
which lasted from Friday afternoon
until Saturday evening,
STANLEY
Sybil, the ten -year-old daughter
of •Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Keys, fell
on some icehe other day sus-
tained
and s s-
tained such a cut near the eye that
it necessitated four stitches to close.
is hoped thelittlelady will make
a good recovery and that the scar
will not be noticeable when the
wound heals. The ice condition has
been ;so serious that it is a wonder
even more accidents did not occur.
The Stanley township council met
on Monday, with Reeve II. M. Haply L.
in the chair.' .Mr. Haply is, following
in the footsteps of his dad, who serv-
ed in the township council for many
years and who represented the mun-
icipality as reeve for several terms.
His friends wish him much success.
Miss Eleanor Scotchmer, spent a
few days east week_ as the guest of
her 'cousins, Misses Helen and Rose
Scotchmer of Goderich township.
Mrs. Frank Hobson 'of St. Thomas
has been visiting friends in this
neighborhood for the past week
Mr. and Mrs. Alf. Westlake mot-
ored to St. Thomas on Monday, lasts
Mr. Joe Wilds had a very enjoy
able house dance one night last week.
Mr. James Wainhold our: "Raw-
leigh Merchant" is on his rounds a-
gain.
Quite a number of Stanley town-
ship farmers delivered fat stock to
Mr. James Dale of Clinton on Satur-
day last.
HOLMESVILLE
On Friday evening—the Y,P,S.
meeting was in charge of Mr. Ken-
neth Trewartha. The topic was giv-
en by Mr. Harold Yeo. A. piano solo
was' contributed by itliss Charlotte
Trewartha and appropriate New
Year readings given by Misses Edna
Huller and Alma Trewartha.
• The W. M. S. and W. A. met in
the home of Mrs. George Mair on
Tuesday afternoon. Tho president,
Mrs. Wm. Yee, presided. After tI•te
,devotional exercises, Mrs. Lorna
Jervis gave an excellent talk on
Stewardship, having a ntuuber of
assistants who gave short papers on
the following subjects: S-ervice,
T alont, Energy, W-illingness, A-b-
ihty, R-ighteousness, D-ays, S-ilver,
1I-umility, I-ncrease and I-nfluence,
P -payer.
Quotations from "Poems on Build,
ing" were contributed by' Bios. Her-
bert. A study on "Prayer" was con-
ducted by the president, Mrs. Wm.
Jervis, Mrs. John Potter and Miss
Francis Potter assisting.
;After the closing hymn, Mrs. EI
drier Yeo took charge of the W. A.
meeting. Roll call was answered by
suggestions for: aotivities for the
coming year. A program and lunch
committee were appointed to arrange
for+ the congregational meeting, to be
held on Wednesday evening, January
17th. Plans even made for a St,
Valentine concert to be held on Feb-
ruary. 14th. The February meeting
is to be held at the home of Mrs. J.
Cutler ore.
The officers,of the W. M. S. for
the corning year are: President: Mrs,
Wm. Yoo; 1st vice: Mrs. S. Walter;'
2nd vice: Miss Elva Proctor; 3rd
vice:, Mrs. Lorne Jervis; 4th vice:
Mrs. George Mair; treasurer, Miss
Franck Potter; secretary, Mrs. John
Potter; Cor. -secretary, Mrs.
Glenn; pianist, Mrs. Fred Potter;
Secretary Christian Stewardship
Mee. E. Yeo; Missionary Monthly:
Miss. R. MeeDbnalcl; Strangers: Mrs,,
Wm., Mulholland; Supply: Mrs. Fin-
lay; Temperance: Mrs.' Edgar 'Tre
wartha; ' Envelope; Mrs. A. Bond;
Associate Helper: Mrs. Fred Potter,
Press Secretary: Mrs. J..W. Herber,
Officers of the W. A. for the corn,
ing year: President: Mrs. E. Yeo;
1st vice; Mao', F. Potter; Treasurer,
Mrs. Finlay; Secretary, Mrs. H. J.
Trewartha; Assistant Secretary, Mao.
E. Trewartha.
Mrs. Wilfrid ,forvis is spending•..a
couple of days with Mao: lea Alerrill.
Mr. Bromley of Londosboro spent
a few days with Iris daughter, Mrs.
J Cudmore.
Mao, W. Penfound and children
are visiting at her sisters, Mrs. Nor-
man Mair.
COUNTY NEWS
TURNBERRY: Norman Harris of
Turnberry Township died at Lock-
wood Clinic, Toronto, on Sunday af-
ternoon following an operation for
throat ailment. Tho deceased was ,.
48 years of age, unmarried and a
farmer by occupation. He was the
youngest son of the late Wm. Harris
of Turnberry and is survived by his
aged mother and" five brothers, Hugh
and John. of British -Columbia, Geo.
H., Saskatoon, James, Howick and
Robert, Turnberry, and one sister,
Mrs. A. McMichael, Howick. The re -
stains were 'brought home and the
funeral took place oei Tuesday, in-
terment in Wroxeter cemetery.
EXETER; Exeter lost one of its
most prominent citizens Tuesday in.
the person of Robert E. Pickard, who
died in his 70th year at his late
residence on John street, after an
illness of 16 clays. The deceasedin
i business with
early ear
nb st
his ea s
was
Yy
his father, the late Richard Pickard;
under the name of R Pickard & San.
They built the store now occupied by
the Chainway store. Here they con,
tingled until about 35 years ago. Pre-
vious ,to this time his father had been
a partner in Samwell & Pickard, op-
ening the store'now owned by Jones
& May, and before this time his
father had been a clerk in Exeter's ,
first store, founded by James Pick-
ard in 1852. "About 33 years ago Mr.
Pickard moved to thre West and re-
turned to the place of his birth a-•
bout nine yeats ago and was the re-
presentative, with his son, of the
cheat West Insurance Company. He
was a prominent Liberal and valued
member of the board of menagment
of James street United church. Tho
deceased was married' to Elizabeth
Verity, whose father, William H.,
founded the Verity Flour Works, of
Exeter, and later of Brantford. Mrs.
Pickard, who is critically ill, sur-
vives. He is` also survived by two
sons, Allen, public school principal,
of Regina, and Clarence, of Exeter;
and one daughter, Mrs. Melville F.
Gladman, of London.: One son, Cecil,
an aviator in the Great War, paid
the supreme sacrifice.
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