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HURON NEWS
Judge Stuck At Seaforth—
'In order to be with his family as
;belies, whistles and gaiety ushered in
the new year at the midnight hour on
Friday, ledge T. M. Costello aban-
doned his car in a sno'rdreft late Fri-
day afternoon and trudged through
deep .'drifts two miles to Seaforth,
where he ,caught the train 'for iGoder
ich. He stepped inside the front .door
at his !none •on the stroke of 12. nui'd-
night. (Judge 'Costello was returning
from 'Brussels on [Friday afternoon af-
ter ;presiding at a court of revision,
and was within two miles di Seaforth
when his 'heavy car :hogged down in
a drift A :blizzard 'teas raging at the
time and 'soon he was only one of
several. held up awaiting the arrival
of a :plow. Rather than take the
chance of having to wait all night, he
started for Seaforth .after making ar-
rangements 'for the disposal of his
car. :Arriving there, he made a train
connection and ,reached home in time
to welcome the new year.•—IGoder-ich
Signal -Star,
THE SEAFORTH NEWS
Goes. Boom--
Tile
oom-1:'Ite .large plate -glass window in the
front of Murray 'Johnston's • Garage ..
was lemashed on Sunday. Two' local
men, who partook of what is quite,
often ,called `nOh he joyful," saunter-
ed into the 'garage and being in a
,play lu't snood or something, stinted
pushing one another a'b'out. Their
playful antiics soon''etop'pedv however
'when they up -set a eack of 16 arteries
which 'Mehl through the large' plate-
glass nvinclow: Wingham Advance -
Times.
Rectors Exchange—
Rev. E. 'L 'Roberts, who has been
rector of St, Paul's Anglican Church
at \\ nrgham 'For' the 'poet three aitd
one-half years, has been .appointed
rector of St. Thomas' -Church at
Owen Sound. Rev. E. O. G'a'1laher, of
that church, will come to W'inglram''
as rector. Mr. IGacllaher is a 'former,.
rector of Locknow. •
Buys Mitchell Business Block—
Alvin Neal, proprietor of a pool
room and toba'ccoeist 'store at Mitch-
ell, has ;purchased the 'building in
Which his place ,of 'business is located
from Ftetiry ilZIea. In the old days
this epacious store was occupied by
'Ford and :Murphy and ;later 'by IE. P.
Davis, who conducted it as a jewelry
and 'bookstore. Later on it was con-'
verted into a pool room and operated
for some time by Henry 'Klee.
Obituary—
Mrs. 1\int. Sillery sang very sweetly,
"Because." Following the cerem'hny a
reception was held at the home of the
bride's parents, where The bridal cau-
iple received assisted by the ;bride's
parents. A buffet lttieeheon was served
tfrom a table centred with the wedding
cake. by Mrs, CarmenCann, Mrs.
Harry IG. Strang and 'Mrs. iMice
Juynt.
Wes. Litt Buys Stratford Hotel—
The Windsor Hotel, one df Strat-
food's best-known hotels, has been
sold 'Principal investments Ltd., of
Toronto, to iJ Wesley Litt, who has
been operating the hotel 'under a lease
for the past three years. The 'figure
inval'ved in the sale was not revealed,
but the total investment involved in
the hotel in view -of extensive mod-
ernization carried out early last year
is estimated at approximately $515,000.
The hotel was 'bought 'by iprincipal
investments, Ltd., front the 'Gillespie
estate along •with the deal by which
.the rforrner -Windsor 'block was pur-
chased a little over a year ago. The
Windsor (block :WAS torn down to
ke way for the new Woolworth
st re at Stratford. Mr. Litt was rais-
ed n a 'farm 'near Se'hringville and
was' a market gardener there for sev-
eral years. He made his first venture
into the hotel 'business at 'Godericlt
thy leasing the Bedford Hotel, in part-
nership with a cousin, O. S. Litt.
Dies' at Ripley—
'One df the oldest : and. best-known
farmers of Bruce County, in the per-
son of Matthew Welsh, ipassed away
at his late residence, can, '3, Huron
Township. A native 'of' :Ayr, Mr,
Welsh 'was an his Bflth year, and had
resided in Bruce 'County siatce 111965.
Surviving in taddition to his widow,
Christina Murray, are six chticleen,
Thomas. Welsh; Huron 'Town -ship;
Mrs, '(Dr..). W. 'L, Hackett, iDetrodt;
Elizabeth at home; -Mrs. T. •R. 'Elliott,
Toronto; 'firs. 1-1. 'R. '12uthenford, Ha-
milton; 'Mrs George Beattie, Varna:
another son, the late Murray Welsh,
of the IR.C.I'D„ dell in the war. The 'fu-
neral was on 'Sunday, the service be-
ing conducted at 'Pine 'River United
Church), interment being at Pine 'Riv-
er cemetery.
Died in London—
Mr. John Bissett, of Landon. a na
tit -e of lesiborne and -Exeter and bro-
ther of lies Fanny 'Bissett, of town,
died in Victoria Hospital, on -Monday
in Inc•84th year. He had been in ;fail-
ing health for some time. (Deceased
was the son of the late 'James and
Fanny Bissett and proved to :London
413 year ago where he has resided ev-
er since. -!Exeter 'I'iuree.Advocate.
Philip !Foster died on Tuesday of
last -week, December ?9th, at the
home of "hes brother, Lang 'Foster,
at Blake. !Deceased who was in his
48th year and had 'been in failing
health .for some time, Was of a nice
quiet disposition and had made many
warm -'friends, 'Until about a year .ago:
he lead lived on the old home farm,
Babylon line, -Hay Township, He was
unmarried and is survived by four
brothers. !Lang and Cornelius; tnfl
Blake; Leo, of Eldersley, Sask.; John
of ;Brownsville, \Nash,: six. sisters,
Mrs..Wm. IHen'hoffer, ,Kitchener; Mrs.
Eugene 'Kuntz, (Formosa; 'Mrs. Chris-
tene D'eitrich, Stephen Townsieip;
Mrs. Leo Stroh, 'Kitchener; clrs.' An-
drew Lentz, Bamberg, and Hr's,
Louis 'tiler of Stephen Township
Zurich (Herald:,
Cottage Eurned—
Robert Ylester's cottage in Beach-
O.:Pines, just south of +Grand Bend
seri totally destroyed by fire. Though
partially covered thy insurance, the
loss is considera'hle, ea 'fete pieces of
furniture was removed by neighbors,
Who forced their way into the living -
room which was in the basement. The
owner, who lives in '.Detroit, had (sit
for home the previous evening about
5 o'clock. It ie believed that the fire
'Later he and his cousin 'bought the was caused •by the high winds blow -
Bedford !Hotel and ttihen the former ing clown the chimney into the lire -
place, scattering the sparks. T. e eit-
zer, contractor, whose home is acros:
the road, sats stroke emerging from
the •rattage. :\s telephone cntnnntnica
came to Stratford he sold his inter-
est in the iGoclerich hotel to his
,sous in. Mr. Litt took over the Wind-
sor Hotel three years ago this com-
ing LdllTth of May. He still owns and
operates two fano.. near Stratford
and prior to going into the hotel
business raced horses for several
years.
Christmas, New Year Babies—
The first child born in the new year
in IGoderich first saw the light of day
at Alexandra hospital on-\\'ednesday
The infant was the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Harold 'Larder. cif'Kitchener.
The last four children horn at the
hospital should 'be "full of grace," for
\asides the New Year .baby, three
were morn on Christmas Day. They
were daughters of Mr. and Mrs: 'F1. ;G.
\Marney and ')Ir. and Mrs. \\', E.
Young, both of 1Gocleri•eh. and a son of
Mr: and Mrs, Vere Cunnita='iham. of
i12.'IR. S. ,Goderich.--'Goderich Signal -
Star.
Little Lad Scalded—
Two-year-old Andrew Miller Jr.,
son .cif Andrew. Miller, R.R.t'2;C'redi-
t•nn, was taken late Sunday night from
his home to St. IJosep'h's iHospital.
London, with severe scalds about the
back. The child is reported to have
fallen into. a tub of hot water. Flis ie -
fury, although Painful, was nut fieliev-
ed to Ibe immediately sericros.—(Exeter
Times -Advocate.
tion was curt off by the New fear`s
•sttrrnt,'Grand bend, three miles away
guild not be reached by telephone.
-(r'.. Swefteer cleave to the village t''
ret help while Mfr. Sw'eitzer remained
to light his way into the fire and ren-
der any poesilde assistione. The
Grand Bend tire depa rtmeet equip-
ment could not be used thecanse of the
deep snow. 'but men hurried down to
fora a bucket brigade. The cottage
was too far, ;gone, however, to attempt
to sate in the high wind.
Died at Clinton -
12 Miles Under Construction—
'l'he Rural Hydro is the scene of
much activity at present, 'Already 1'2'
miles of lines are to be strung during
119338 and it is expected during the year
a total of at least 150 miles ,w11-1 have' to
be 'built to take care of, the new con-
sumers who are constantly being add-
ed to the already large number of ity-
dro users throughout the rural dis-
trict,. The Mitchell office takes in the
dietnrt of Mitchell, Seaforth auto Si.'
Marys, extending two miles .north 61
elwuktcn, 5 miles west of Seaforth,
east to Serbach's Hill and then log-
ging to the St. Marys Road and ex-
tending 5 utiles east and to the south
of St. elarys to If utile; of Thorn -
dale, At present 10 sten are employed
on erection of rural lines while the 'ba-
lance of the staff of 118 are engaged in
office and service work. The aleinaml
for hydro among farmers is indicated
by the increase in Consumers from
11.473 in Web, to 12412 at the close of
1037. 'Thirty-six mites of new lines
were erected eharing the year.' Of these
1042 cmrsunters there are included 4001
village contraucts, the .valance 'being
fainters,' Of the consumer added in
!937. 125 were farm contracts. Of
these' 113 per scent are now -sing chop-
pers. -Thirty water heaters have been
installed. •1'tco years ago a range cam -
The death of Albert Edward Crooks
occurred in Clinton hospital 'Dec. 27.
He was the eldest sin of the late
George Crooks alul Harriett
Armstrong-. He fie was .born in Morris town-
ship, but moved with hie Parents in
early childhood to the '8th eon. of
Grey, where he lived for a number of
veers, later snowing to the 4th con. of
Morris, where he lived for the past
wears.—L'russels font.
A Costly Performance—
Lamont_Strang—
IA delightful New Year's wedding
was 'solemnised at /2 o'clock in 1Caven
Church, Exeter, when Katlileen
Ruth, daughter of 'Mr, and: Mrs. Hen-
ry Strang' was united in 'marriage with
Mr. George Million Lamont 1B A„ son
of Mrs, Isabelle Lamont,. of 'Loudon,
and the late Malcolm 'Lamont.
ceremony was'N e efattned')by -Sae Rev,
Hill. To'tlie'straits of the Wed-
dingC.\
ding March played by .Mrs. iJ, 'G.
Cochrane, the abr'ide ,entered tl?e
church on the arm 'df her ;fattier. ,Miss
1telen 'Stan'b'ury of SC Catharines, act-
ed a 'bridesmaid' gowned in a !floor-
length 'dress ,af burgundy dubonnet
velvet. The ;groom was supported by
Mr. Alfred Dodds BA., 'df Bermuda.
During the signing of the register
Allan Halliday. a genie, ux•rhani,.
of Teesw'ater. and Tom 1. fibs 11 49.
year-old tsar veteran of the ('slra::
C.-tpitel, were assessed 82it apiece for
malicious eh -image to property, iu
\Ia;;istrate Walker's a•ottrt, and wlticlt
teas the aftermath 3 their having
stashed the kitchen door and carried
away two 'kegs of cider from the cel-
lar of (John Diebold on the night of
Nov. nth.-•-\\ralkcrton 11eraId-'('hues.
Kincardine Youth in Albany jail--
Norval
ail-Norval 'Bell. of Kincardine, .who
escaped from Bruce County jail, at
Walkerton-, on ;November 110th, is
serving a 1120 -clay scuteitce et.Albany,
N.Y., for illegal entry to the 'United
States.' Bell will .be deported at expir-
ation of leis sentence an (April 115'. Fie
will bus returned Id 'face charges in
connection with the escape, The Kirt-
cacdine youth, under sentence of Ave
year in Kingston penitentiary 'for a
series of thefts and break- ns escaped
Chile -awaiting transfer tc' hr w )?Inc
to :stand trial on other cliaretes.
onion urn introduced which provided
for a turn -in value of '3Q.tn1 an tate
•rnrchasc of a new electric range of
-certain specifications, This 'has stet a
ready respense and 4 rank, have
been installed antler this plan, besides
the many users of ranges tclticlt are
not accounts( ,for in this figure. 'I've
average cost to the rural consumer of
1lectricity is around 818,00 per year.
lite large increase in cotteur,it p❑ .can
be credited its a large measure to the
reduction ing rate:. The new low ser-
vice rate trf $1.+00 per month is a curt
of $11•.00 a month .front former rates.
The new line, being Itgi'it now are
four miles ie the Seaforth district,
otre mile in Mitchell and seven miles
in St. Marys district. 3\'tthe present
time .2a0 mile's of '1-1ydro lines are in
operation under the supervision of the
local office. These represent an ex-
mntliture of 14100,000 for construction:
While the present staff numbers 18 it
is expected that additional mets and
'quipment will have to' he obtained to
timidly the rapidly increasing demand
for Hydro' fn this district-oi[itchell
Advoca1=--
".Are Ye
ou stare that the --
car was.
crowded?"
"1 lideertl \V'hv, evert the men
'ouldn'i .get a scut!"
THUwRSDAY, JANUARY 1.. 938
Niche!, Ni,cille
d Ntich°1'1'
LG°l anYL who make sap
of the girlsaccuracy
the, one ne directory is the big
the^fife. a°capital A.:-- are
withthou
Therethe
aim on my ice for errors in
sands °f chances those names, initials,
of all hone. numbers.
spelling hlep m our
addresses and careful figure
But were mighty and
effort to get every letter
exactly right because
a
l us they're
re
not just nslesananumbers
they're people.e. .our customers —
an telephones." elephones.,
your name in the telephone
ephonebock
may be worth many the
smallcost of telephone lee. Can
people find you when wan
t
yu? the telephone book is th
e
city's calling list.
Reductions in. telephone rates—local
and long distance — in 1935,'36 and
'37 have offecred savings to telephone
users in Ontario and Quebec of
nearly one million. dollars yearly.
°Pc
M. J. HABKIRK
Manager
tefeleXtatelaZ
A TOLPUDDLE MARTYR Brine made a ,success of his 'farthing TAVISTOCK S, SEAFORTH 2
DESCENDANT land was dinatl'ly able to purchase sonc
of the 'best farms in the• township, Tavistock, (Jan. S—Taavistoc : reen-
• ,(Toronto Star), ,
A son Of one of the ;fatuous "Tol- His son •who has just died nvas of the shirts went to town in g way
same 'sturdy stuff. It is said .that he last night, to defeat' the 'fast-steppin
puddle martyrs"hie lust died m
had never 'been sick in Iris life until ,Seaforth Beavers, .3--, in the 'apenin5
game of the intermediate "B"
season. .A large crowd saw the l otne
team make its debut and serve notice
on Clinton Colts that the .group title
is far front being a one -tear ;proposi-
tiotr.
'Play 'vas fast and keenly -contested,
despite the one-sided score. The
Greenshirts had a wide edge on the
Beavers. Their fast and clever com-
hination plays appeared to mystify the
visitors.
After eighteen minutes, Hubert got
Tavi' toc'k's 'first counter, on a drive
from the .blue dfne, -The period ended
with end-to-end play.
Tavistock sprang to the offensive
again in the second tpeeriod, and ran in
three goals its quick order. (Harris got
two Of them and Hu tent got the
outer.
The 'final session was the ,most ev-
enly -contested of tile 'game. Hulbert -
fired Tevistock's fifth goal, in :five
minutes, and Mprenroth made it
sic two nnnetes'iter. 'With eleven
minutes of'tdte period gone, Muir
scored Seaiorthee first goal, on a .pass
from Sills.
Tlarris scored the seventh goal for
the'Greenshirts, and wiehin ;four min-
utes, Pcoelflu had completed Tavis-
tnck's scoring. 'Weir got the Beaver's
second ,goal, with a minute of play re-
ined ning.
Seaforth: (Goal, 'McGee; defence,
Sills, Bell: centre, Dunlap; wings,
'Flannery, IG. Kruse; alters., Muir, A.
Hildebrand, G. H'fldebrand, Rennie,
Willis.
Tavistock; ;Goal,: Aiken; 'defence,
Yousie, IPearson; ,centre, Harris;
wings Hied), 'Woelfle; ;alters., N'ogt,
1Lubert,-Faber,'M•orgenroth, Matthies,
Slchdiet.,
;Referee—'\Ar. Bowman, INew IHam-
hurg•r.
Western Ontario.
In 11834, at rr olptedtlie In Dorset -
shire, six 'farm laborers combined to-
gether to resist wage cute. But "com-
bining" was an offence; 'unions of
workers illegal. L1 ;few weeks after
taking their oath of mutual protec-
tion these men were marched off to
jail, prison -cropped and in due course
tried. They were ;found guilty'•'One of
them. ti Methodist 'local preacher. pro-
tested that 'ewe were merely uniting
to preserve ourselves, our wives and
our -children ;front -utter degradation
and starvation." I•t slid not matter.
The court de erect' the astonishing
sentence of seven years' transporta-
tion across the seas. :Stripped ansl in
chains, they were taken to Australia.
and then to Ste prison colony at Van
Diemen's Land, Tasmania.
'But the injustice of the •thing rous-
ed the country. )Protest meetings were
held, 'petitions were circulated,
epeectlres were .made in Parliament,
and finally the governitent ordered
the six men set 'at 'liberty and
brought 'home. But the orders were
not at that time carried out. 'Otte of
the nien had been sold for LI as a
dace; the rest were in chain gangs,
1t w•as alit until 1537 thtit. George
Loveless, the preacher, got 'back to
England. The others followed, and
five at the six •finally carate to Canada.
'I'fiey were brave lien. 'Janis Ham-
mett, :the .one who had been soldas a
slave, had 'deliberately ;permitted 'the
court tie'san'tence him in error because
his brother rf'ohit, the m -ember of the
fatuity who had actually: "con' bitted,"
hail' ss 'wife and c'hildr'en. Lloyd
George ou•ce said ;that he would soon-
er 'be descended ;from ,one of these.
"Tolpuddle .martyrs" than dram roy-
alty. An actual descendant has j; tet
died •in I3lanshard towiieliip, (Perth
county, On'tario: John T. Brine, born
92 years ago at B'aylfreld, bear"lGode
ricbt, son of the martyr IJ'ames Brine
tvli'o journeyed with his ,wifeyip" the
1:-Iuron shore by'.ox.cart in -search of
a :new home. The ifami'ly .moved' to
.London township 10 lye .near 'that' of
Preadher 'George Loveless, 'another of
the six, and ,from •there to 13tlansharcl.
It is interesting to note that James
"Do you, ever hearanysnore about
the ntoncy you lent to the 'people
next•c(oor?"
"I should say so, -They 'hoiu;ght a
abolrograoh with iie"
last IFdbruary and "even during the
past stt.tnmter he hoed eight acres of
corn and two acres of iiangolde three
timee over."
fast bow startling it is to think that
just over at century ago sis men were
sentenced to banishment and chaise
for daring to combine against a de-
crease in swages. Their memory is re-
vered by Labor wherever 'English is
spoken.
THE REUNION: A REVERIE
(Dedicated to ,my old Pupils and
and Schoolmates)
01102.0
From rout the chide and distant -past.
There came to the tonight
"elle 'fornix of those I knew so well
1 n youthful days so 'bright.
'!'lie sante sweet, modest girls were
here,
The girls We used to know;
\Vho 'knew .not sin in word or thought
Pure as the driven snow,
Who helped.us ail to 'better be,
'(''hose girls of long ago,
Just like ,the 'hest eel girls to -day,
The ones we're :glad to 'knots,
Young men
chum's,
. Bright and alert tw•ere they,
As chivalrous and just as clean
As in the earlier Clay.
were Isere, our 'former
We'pinyed the games of long ago
Ansi we again -were young,
,Qeir hearts were tfill•ed .with gayety,
+Our nerves with tension sitrtutg.
'Old 'swetahep•t, in a fond embrace.
Were filled with esstaey,
04d chef s renewed their earlier clays'
In ;glad felicity,
Tlten, one 'by one, they vanished all
And `'(,'alone was left,
TvIy heart was sad, oldfriends were
gone,
1. felt'as .one 'bereft.
W. H. J'OIH'NSTIOIN,
Exeter, ;Ont.
PIPE
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FOR A MILD,COOL SMOKE