HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1938-03-17, Page 1I'll seek a four-leaved s'hanurock'is all
the fairy dells,
Anal 'if I find the charmed leaves, ah,
how VII weave my spell's!
Bloat Iwould play eh' enchanter's part,
in ,casting bliss around, '
Ohl not a tear, nor aching heart,
should in the ,world he found!
To worth I would give honor!—I'd
dry .the mourner's tears,
HURON COUNTY
S LEADING NEWSPAPER
And to the pallid lips recall the smile
of 'happier years;
The heart that had been .mourning
o'er vanished dreams of love,
Should see them all returning—like
Noah's faithful dove,
Oh! thus I'd play th' •euc'harifier's part,
thus scatter bliss around,
And •not a tear, nor achingheart,
shauld in the world be found!'
—Samuel Lover.
WHOLE SERIES, VOL. 60, No. 11..
SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 1938
Phone 84.
$11 a year.
Robinhood
Flour
IS ONE OF THE BEST
4K10 CWT.
.MACARONI. -2 fibs llc
STRING BEANS. -2 tins 19c
SODA B!IS'CUITS. 2 lbs. 25c
BRUNSWICK SARDINES.-
5 for 23c
PEAS, CORN or TO'MATOES.-
2 tins 19e
PIE CHERRIES. -2 tins 25c
MINUTE TAPIOCA.—..2 'pkg25c
I-FIORNE'S GELATIN. -2 pkg, 25c
DATES. -2 Lbs, 15c
PRUNES. -3 lbs. . , .. , .. , 25c
CREAM CARES.—2 lbs. ........29c
OXYDOL—Large and small pkg. 25c
CAUSTIC SODA.—Loose ....10e lb
CASTILE SOAP. -10 cakes ....25c
MASTER'S PIG STARTER makes
little pigs big. Cwt. $2.70
u led e
CamRot■one 166
PRONE YOUR 0
R FOR
flue
..• .. ,coal'.
E. L. BOX
PHONE 18 or 43
" :North Side United Church
Rev, T. A. Carmichael, Minister
;11 a.m., Morning, service
7 p.m., 'Evening gervice
.S. S. at 2:30.
St, Thomas Church
Rector: (Rev. Dr, Hurford,
111 atu. "The Christian's Devotional
Life."
7 p,m. "Saul, the Hero Who Failed:
01) "The Folly of Rashness."
Sunday School 010 a.m.
Wednesday's, '7:30 p.m.. "Some Last
Scenes."
ATTEND GOLDEN
WEDDING RECEPTION
Toronto Starr "An interesting event
of the week end was the golden 'wed-
ding reception held by Mr. and ,Mrs,
Alexander Sproat at the home of their
daughter, Mrs. C. I. Kaiser, !Greer
Rd., Toronto. 'Over 11100 'ca'lled to con-
gratulate the aged couple. Spring
flowers were used to brighten the
various roosts. Among those who as-
sisted the hostess were: ,Mrs. Leroy
Oise. Miss Florence McKay, both of
Toronto; :Miss 'Grace Hedley. 'Lon-
don, and Mrs, 'William Wright, Sea -
forth. Gift bouquets and congratulat-
ory messages were received. Among
those wino were present were; Mr.
and Mrs. James Sproat, Imtdianapolis;
Mrs: Charles McAllister and Mrs.
James IMe.K'ay of Toeonto."
Miss Christena 'MdKay, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh McKay, and
Alexander Sproat, son of Mr. and
Mrs, a James Slproat, all of the 41th con-
cession of Tuckersmith, were united
in marriage on March dl4th, 1888, by
Rev. William Graham. They lived in
Tuckersmith until nmo'vin,g to Toronto
twenty years ago. They have one son
and one daughter, Mrs, C. T. (Kaiser,
Toronto; 'and James Sproat, State At-
torney, of „Indianapolis. Mr. Sproat
has two' sisters, Mrs. Robert B:el1, of
Hamilton, who was mot able .to he
present as' she is recovering from a
fractured leg the result of a ,fall; and
Mrs. Charles McAllister of Toronto.,
Mrs. Sproat has three 'sisters and
two brothers, Mrs. tGeorge McKay,
Toronto; Miss Margaret.McKay, To-
ronto; Mrs. !John Walker, Bromfield;
Mr. Robert McKay, IEgmondville, Mr.
Malcolm •McKay, IGoderi,eh. A Lange
number 'of farmer Hurbnites"'nom! liv-
ing in. Toronto ,oal'led on Mr. and
Mrs. Sproat.
TOWN COUNCIL
Regular meeting of the Council
held in the council Chambers at 8 P.
m. on Monday night. Present Mayor
7• J. Cluff, 'Reeve J, H. Scott and
Councillors F. Sills, IR. G. 'Parke,
Chas. Holmes, J. E. Keating, H. E.
Smith..Minntes of previous meeting
read and confirmed.
Bylaw 3198 to borrow on debentures
$315,0010 for school purposes was read
by town solicitor H, G. Meir.' This
provides 030,000 for the addition to
the Collegiate Institute and $5,000 'for
,public school repairs. The debentures
will be for twenty years. The bylaw
is subject to the approval of the On-
tario municipal board in Toronto.
The annual report of the Seaforth
Highlanders Land was presented over
the signatures of D. L. !Reid, Presid-
ent,.
resident„ and John Camino, secretary, A
request Was made for the usual grant
of $300• Classes of young.players are
practising regu'ladty.
Bylaw No. 399 was passed making
a grant of $300 to the Ib•and and the
usual grant of t$40 to the Agricultural
Society for the ,spring show and 4160
for the fall fair.
Bylaw INo. 400 was passed confirm-
in.g an increase in salary for Chief of
Police Helmar Snell.
A letter was read from Mr. W. H.
.G'e'lding, A'fJP., in acknowledgment of
a letter sent by the council regarding
increase in radio .licenses.
A letter was read from the Miller's
Tnsatrance Co. regarding insurance
natters of the 'flour mill, Mr, Turg-
eon stated in a recent "letter that he
hoped to have a'>resident man here by
May let and would he starting by
Aug. 1st. A similar promise was made
last year but the Mill did not open.
A 'letter from Mr. IE. C, 'Chamber-
lain resigning from the !Public Lib-
rary Board owing to i11 'health was
received with regret•. No immediate
appointment was 'made,
The horticultural society wrote ask-
ing that coattail prepare the lot on the
corner nn the north side of the b'owi-
ing green, offering is seed it with
gra.,s and plant flowers and :shrubs.
The matter was left. ,tothe property
committee.
Couneilior Holmes, chairman of
the streets committee, stated he had
asked Mr. Edge for as estimate on
the sidewalk on the East side of
Main. He nutlinerl .proposals for the
work and what it might cost. The
entire rust would be borne by the
town and 'Ia!LT.0 without assistance
Irons the Bell 'Telephone Co. as their
work. was completed last year. 'l'•he
engineer was expected here soon,
'.I'he street; committee would ask the
council as ra whole 4o go over the
entire street and decide. Reinforcing
iniaht be laid nit the present walk and
street resurfaced, to raise the level
three incites.
Report of the finance committee:
Jas. V. Ryan, $6: H. Snell $710; D.
H. \\'ikon '$613.0.i: 'Jno. A. Wilson.
$20; IH. B. Swan. '$30:66; Thomas
Storey, $60; Bell Tel. Co., $4.59; Mu-
nicipal World Ltd., $9.35; Genera;
Accident ,Assn, 4164; Commercial Un-
ion Asst., $9.40; British American
Assn., 41.9.'60; '1'hontpson's Book store,
$4.55; D. \\,ikon, registrar birth's.
deaths and marriages, $36!50; 'John
Stewart, $5.00; P. IT. C., $39.03; John
McKenzie, 412.45; .J, .F, (Daly. $6.70.;
John J, Sclater. $55.60; H. O'Dell,
$11.38; H. 'Wright, 50c; P. V. C. (W.
\V,) 415; Can, INat. ,Rail., 418.86; R.
:Frost, ($1121115; Trea:a. Harron County.
$911%315; Mun, Corp. of 'Wes'tminster,
J. Beacons, $49.66; Dept. of Public
Wel. ((Landon) N. ;Dvpee, '$58.54; D.
H. Wilson,cash relief, $296.56; Wm.
Montgomery $7.:10; •Kerslake's, $11.515;
13. W. Hart, y$2.
Motions — Parke -Sills, that the
Town Solicitor, 'Finance Chairman
and Town Clerk be authorized to, in-
terview the .Municipal Board of 'On-
tario at Toronto, Manch 11515h re bor-
rowing by-law for the schools.
Scott -Holmes, that the Property
Committee take the necessary action
to deal with the request of the Horti-
cultural Society and that the floor in.
the Clerk's office be varnished and
the lock on the door be replaced.
'Keating -Smith, that the resigna-
tion of E. C. Chamberlain :from the
Library Board be accepted with
regret,
ENGAGEMENT
IX/Ir. and Mrs. James ` Dorrance of
McKillop wish to announce the en-
gagement of their only daughter
Esther Louise to Mr. James C. Kerr,
youngest son or Mrs, ,George .Kerr
and the late George (Kerr .of MdKiI-
lop, 'the wedding to take place • the
latter part of March.
Appointed Director
Ernest L. Box of Seaforth, ap-
pointed a 'Director of the ,Ancient
Foresters' Mutual Life Insurance
Company at the a'nnua'l meeting in
Toronto March
E. L. BOX ON BOARD OF
AINCIENT FORESTERS'
Ancient Foresters' Mutual Life Have
12.5 Gain in 'Business in Force
Increase Assets.
The- report to the annual general
meeting of the 'Ancient Foresters'
Mutual Life Lnsurance Company held
at its head offices in Toronto on Mona
clay, March 34th shows a gain in 'bus-
iness in force 'of 10.'5 per cent. Total
assets were increased to $1,514101173.315.
The unassigned surplus and contin-
gency reserves were also increased.
The net premium income for 1191,37 Vag
$2126,3121510V, an 'increase of $370115'.129
over the previous year. Payments, to
,policyholders and beneficiaries totall-
ed $916;5'63'384 of which' 60 per cent. was
paid to living ,po'licyholders.
Directors re-elected by unanimous
vote are: President, J. W. B. Ford,
Hamilton; 1st Vice -;President, Charles
Fry, 'rnrnnto; 2nd 'Vice -President,
H. \V. B, Boynton, Toronto; Chair-
man, C, IG. Dynes, K.C,. Hamilton;
Secretary, •Mias L. G. Nicholls, Tor-
onto.
Four new directors -were added to
the Board: \V. R. ':Davis of .Hamilton;
E. L. Box, Seaforth; A. Galbraith,
Toronto; M. \\'est. Toronto.'
Re -appointed officials are: Manag-
ing'Director, Miss L.' C. Nicholls.; Ac-
tuary, T. iD. Buchanan, B.A., F.A.S.,
of London; Solicitor and 'General
Cotta el, C. G. Dyne,. K.C'., Hamil-
ton; Chief Medical 1ieantiner, E. irra-
et ,Bowie, M,I)., Toronto; Registrar.
C. K. West, Toronto; :\editor., 'Gunn,
Robert ,Rs Company, Toronto
The company's assets -are divided as
follows: : ,Cash, government, provin-
cial ,anti Municipal Bonds in Canada,
414,ih%n, other bonds. and stocks 4.6%,
mortgages 39,3.%, policy loans 111,87.
LIONS MILK FUND
Its Oriental countries a disease
known as beri-beri took an annual
toll by death of hundreds of thois-
ands of the natives. Medical research
revealed that areas where the natives
ate their rice polished or white ;beri-
beri was 'prevalent but where unpol-
ished rice was used as staple diet,
beri=beri was ,practically unknown,
Today Oriental countries used un-
polished rice as staple ,,diet ihecauee it
Ina the nece'asary nourishment to re-
sist and banish beri=beri
Similarly we find 'here in the Occid-
ent that milk ,provides the necessary
nourishment to resist disease in child-
ren. All our children drink milk for
health.
Will yott help the unfortunate wino
have no milk? The (Lions: will use
yam' donation ,10a for this purpose.
Thank you,
Previously acknowledged .. $10626
Mr. (Frank Evans 4.00
$11110,26
JOSEPH K'EATING
The death took place at his home
on Church street of Mr. Joseph Keat-
ing, a .highly respected resident of
Seaforth,' on Sunday 'naming about
10.30 a.m.,, from a heart attack. Mr.
Keating had been ill for the past four
months. The deceased was a ,promin-
en't builder and contractor, Born in
Tuckersmith seventy-five years ago,
son of the late Stephen Keating, he
went to California at the age of
eighteen, where be remained for six
years. Returning to Tuckersmith, he
was married on !June 1117th, 1894, to
alias Ellen O'Keefe, daughter of Mi-
chael O'Keefe and Margaret 'Gleason
of Seaforth, where they settled and
have since resided. A devout member
or St. !James' Roman Catholic ,Church,
Mr. .Keating also belonged to the
Holy Name Society and League of
the Sacred 'Heart.
He is survived by his widow, one
daughter; Mrs, Arthur Foreman, of
Fort William, and seven grandchild-
ren. A soil, Edmund Keating, prede'
ceased his father two years ago al-
most to the day, at Fort '\V,orden,
Wash., where he was Staff Sergt. in
the finance department of the U. S.
militia. Mr. Keating was the last sur-
viving member of a family of thirteen
children,
The funeral took place at 9:30 on
Wednesday morning from St. James'
Church, Seaforth, Requiem High
Mass was celebrated by Rev. .Father
T. P. Hussey. The pal'l'bearers were
Messrs. W. IJ. Duncan, Joseph 'Dors-
ey, J. 1M. McMillan, Dr. J. A. Munn,
'James iDevereaux and Reginald 'Kers-
lake, Interment took place in St.
James' cemetery.
Among those from a distance at-
tending the funeral were: Mrs. Arthur
Foreman, Fort William; Miss M. A.
O'Keefe, London; Misses 'Nellie and
Mary Keating, Toronto; Mr. and
Mrs, H. Steven, Matachewan; ,Miss
A. Bartliff, Mrs„lames '.Flynn and
Mrs, {J, Shanahan, Jr., all of Clinton.
I NORTHSIDE W. M. S.
No thside 'United W. M. S. heldtheiriI!g, t2la$;,pionth'ly meeting in the
',school roots on Thursday afternoon.
.40 opening hymn .'vas_nag and Mrs.
R. 'Lawson, vice president, led in
prayer. The minutes or last meeting
were read and aclbpted, Letters of ;ap-
preciation for the bales .sent out . to
different starts of Saskatchewan were
read by the secretary, 11rs, Finlayson.
The treasurer's report by \lis* Fer-
guson was read and adopted. ,Mrs. R.
Archibald, the Christian Stewardship
secretary, gave a report of the amount
allocated to (he society for this year.
Mrs. Raine, the Temperance ecret-
ary, gave a recitation, .presenting eery
vividly "The Story of the Tw,
'Ulaeses" The roll call was taken.
Mrs. Hay, captain of circle 3 to.n
c'ha ge of the devotional period. a - he
programme of the world day of pr's
er was used. The prayer and selec-
tions of Scripture were read by Nita,
Hay and Miss !J. 'Ferguson. The topic
describing a world tour of "The Mis-
sions of the (United Church" was tak-
en part in by Mrs. Crich, Mrs, Hay.
Mrs. 3. Scott, Miss J. Ferguson and
Mrs, T.T. Webster under the able
leadership ofMis, A. Lawrence. An-
other hymn was sung andthe meet-
ing was dosed by prayer.
BROTHER PASSES
Miss L. M. Wightmen, 'John st.,
received word, of the death of her bre
ther, ,Mr. •Robert Wightman at Brod-
erick, Sask., on Wednesday, (March 9,
He was a son of the late Thomas
Wightman and 'lived near Belgrave
until going to Saskatchewan about
thirty years ago where he farmed and
operated a threshing outfit. He is sur-
vived by his wife, formerly Miss
Sarah Miller of East Wawanos$, and
a son ,Howard ' of 'Creston, B.C., and
a •davg+hter, Mrs. !George 'Finlater.
'(Bertha), .Broderick, Sask.; also' one
sister, Miss May Wightman, Seaforth,
FARMERS' CLUB MEETING
The annual meeting of the Seaforth
'Farmers' Club was held on Friday,
M'arc'h 1111 in the council ,chamber,
Seaforth. The following officers were
elected: K. E. Jackson, president; di-
rectors: W. R. Scott, Wallace Haugh,
Thos, McMillan, !Jas. McIntosh, Scott
Davidson, R. S. McKercher. It was
decided to operate the fertilizer mix-
in.g station *this year. ;bfr, R. J. Scatt.
of Belgrave, ;President of 'United
Fainters' Co -Operative Co., Ltd., gave
an address on the possibilities of co-
operative ventures by the farmers of
Ontario.
JR. W. A.
I The regular meeting of Senior
•branch of the 'Woman's 'Auxiliary of
St. Thomas' 'Church was held at the
home of Mrs. McGavin on Thursday.
March 10. The scripture was read by
1June Shaw aid Lillian Southgate. A
story was read by Mrs, Mc!Gavin. The
meeting closed with prayer.
SPEAKS AT 1GODERICH
The iRse. Dr. Hurford gave the ad-
dress at a service in Victoria Sit. Un-
ited 'Church, 'Goderich, on ,Monday
evening. This service was one of a
series arranged for Lent by the young
people of the various >churches and
there were aboirt 2S0 present. Mr. Ted
Southgate aoconpanied IDr. Hurford.
WINTHROP WINS
MCMILLAN CUP
The Junior Fanners Huron League
series carte to anend for this season
un Tac.aday evening when Winthrop
won from Kinburn by a score of 2 to
1 in the second game of the finals.
The first match of the final series on
Saturday night between these two
teams ended 1 -1: The ice was sett
both nights on account of the mild
weather but each team had plenty of
supporters making a good crowd in
attendance. The games were keenly
contested and exceptionally clean, no
penalties Saturday and two Tuesday.
At the conclusion of Tuesday night's
game congratulations and rousing
cheers were in order, the 'best of
good feeling prevailing. This is the
second year Winthrop. has won the
McMillan trophy. Winners of the Hu-
ron ,League have been as follows:
1.9130411 ---St. Columban
11 1:-311—Tuckersmith
19 32.331—Egrnondville
1119 1313-114' Egmond'viile
118014„38—IW'inthrap
1936.316—McMillan Trophy aad Bud
Trophy, Egmondville,
1-317 McMillan Trophy and
B. trophy, !Egmotdville,
19318---B. Trophy, Dublin; McMil-
lan Trophy,. 'Winthrop.
The goat getters on Saturday night
were Ed. Dorrance Dorian a for Kinlburit and
R. Carter for Winthrop. On Tuesday
Don Dale of a pass from Stan Nich-
olls opened She scoring for Wnthrop
in the second period. Rae Carter gnat
Winthrop', second tally in the third,
Alvin Riley got Kin'burn's goal of the
evening in less than a minute.
The teams:
Winthrop—;Goal, Bill Montgomery;
defence, Rae Carter, .Don Dale; for-
wards, W. Farquharson, Moody Hol-
land, Stan Nicholls; alts., X. Bettles,
A. Kerr, S. eKrr, George Case,
Kin bssrn- 4Goal, Reg. Rintoul: de-
fense, Alvin Dale, Fred Riley; for-
wards, Ed !Dorrance,, Elmer Scott,
Arnold Scott; acts., aim Riley, A.
Riley L. Carter.
Referees — Cyril Flannery. Fred
Willis,
HOSPITAL AID
f lti ut.•sn' e.s of the Ho,pttal Aid
to -Cott )l,' iorial Hospital wish to
thank ;l,, citizens of'Siva forth and
WREATH �� REATH'
PERFECTLY
MATCHED
'4 Marlow 'nlemU.
*Exactly as pictured ... this
ensemble possesses a distme•
sive beauty... with each ring
identically matching the other.
White or natural betting*
SAVAUGES "
The Gift Shop
entity for their .generous support of
the Hospital Aid theatre night held
last Thursday, March sloth. Total re-
ceipts amounted to $70.40; expenses
$4.05, leaving net proceeds of $66.35.
TRAVELOGUE
Rev. j. 1'. 'Goforth, 111.A., presented
a most .interesting travelogue in ,First
.Presbyterian Church of Tuesday
evening. Rev. Gordon Peddie of Clin-
ton acted as chairman, Mr. Goforth
was born in China, son of the late
bit, Jonathan Goforth, noted mission-
ary in China, and lived there •utttil 415
years of age. He ,graduated from the
University of Toronto and received
his 11.A. at McGill. He graduated
front Knox College, Toronto, and en-
tered the ministry at \Vallacehtirg. A
year ago be resigned and made a 30-
tl1i0-moll lour of 'China taking snot -Ing
pictures. Be was in China at the out-
break of hostilities. ,Mr. Goforth ex-
presaed the belief (hat the Chinese
will eventually prevail over their op-
pressors as they have the qualities
and the will to .survive.
Seventeen Calves Record of Varna Cow
Edi or The Seaforth News.
Dear Sir,—+Mere is a record that is
hard to beat. This winter we have
heard and read some wonderful stories
about rows giving birth to triplets.
Sure, three calves at a birth is quite
uncommon, we will admit. but where.
oh where, could you find a cow seven-
teen years old that gave 'birth to sev-
enteen calves in as many years, all to
live and arrow into money.
Here we have her portrayed, in her
utast natural, majestic .prase. This ani-
mal, "Granny" we will call her for
melt site was, raised and owned by
Mr. Wm. 'Reid, ,proprietor •of the 'Var-
na ,chopping mill, letter 'known as
Thresher .P, illy, actually brought sev-
enteen calves into the world in seven-
teen years. including two pairs of
twins.
As .a milk and butter producer she
sound not be beaten. proving herself
a real premium.
She was hale and hearty, with her
full, set of teeth '(though short), when
in January she failed to feed and .it
,c a: rhoneht advisable to destroy her
to ,end her suffering, when it , was
found her gall was overlarge.
Granny, as we call her, was well
and widely .known for miles. Her
great great grandmother was a pure-
bred jersey, which her Jersey red
skin .+-'bowed with a few black streaks,
especially in her face. Her mother was
a pure 'P'ol'led Angus. Hence the cant -
hook,
This matron cow had a claim ,on the
two church sheds at Varna, where she
beat a retreat 'after her morning meal
and concealed herself from the heat of
the no and the pesky .flies, and as a
rule she spent .most of the day doing
her 'own grinding. Well on in the day
she sallied forth to get an appetizing
evening meal in some good vegetable.
garden 'as she was very fond of cab-
bage, beets, peas and many a corn
Patch 'she has turned do,n.
This snapshot was taken just as she
emerged from a garden and let me tell
you at her own game she was hard to
beat, for she could turn on a suckle
and give back the change, this vener-
able cow on the Varna range.
A VARNA RESIDENT,