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Home My WebLink AboutThe Seaforth News, 1938-03-24, Page 1'blue What- was his name? I do not know his name. I srnly know be heard God's voice and came, a/nought all he had across the sea To dive and work 'for 'Gad and me; IFelIed .the 'ungracious oak; Dragged from the soil enrith !horrid. toil The tthriee-gn'aeled roots and stub morn took; With '!plenty piled the haggard n101111 - 'lain -side; e Seaforth e HURON COUNTY'S LEADING NEWSPAPER - And at the end, IA*10101.11- memorial, died. No blaring trumpets sounded out his fame, He'liveci--Ihe died -1 do not know his name, Only a cheerful city stands Builded by his hardened hands. Only ten ;thousand rhomes Where every day the oheerful play Of love and hope and courage comes. —Edward Everett Hale ,WII30LE SERIES, VOL. 60, !No. 12 SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 1938 Phone 84, $Il a year. HAWES' Oumbiaeation Offer Don't anise this opportunity to out**, your needs at this Sevingl 2 11a. Tin HAWES' WAX 6 ea. Bottle FURNITURE CREAM Regular value $1.08 1.1b. Tiro Will. Tin --- 21c Pint 59c Quart 98c A long handled AppIier FREE with each quart Tin while they last! 1 large RIINSO, 1 cake LIFEBUOY 25c LIBBY'S TOMATO JUICE. - 25 oz. tin 10c TIP-TOP TOMATO JUICE.— gal. tin 45c ,AtPRICQTS.--For pies 23c 1b. DRIED PEACHES.— 19c 1b. MARMALADE . & JAMS. - 2 small' jars 29c CLARK TOMATO SOUP.— 4 cans 25c HARRY HORNE PEANUT BUT. TER. -2 lbs, 29c CALIFORNIA SEEDED RAISINS pkg. 17c -FLOWERDALE ORAN'GE PEK- ,OE TEA.—Half ib. 38c UNWRAPPED SOAP. -8 bars -25c CASTILE SOAP, 10 cakes 25c CAUSTIC SODA, loose ......10c Ib SNAP HPN.D CLEANER. - 2 tins 29c MASTERS CHICK STARTER is wonderful. Try it and be convinc- ed. $3.10 cwt. - ARoutIee o �s Phone 166 1 PHONE YOUR 0 E. L. BOX PHONE 18 or 43 North Side United Church Rev. T. A. Carmichael, Minister 171L a.m.—Rev, A. W. Gardiner of Londeshoro will preach. 7 .p.m.—Special song service by the choir. Sunday School at 2.30 pan. Egmondville United Church Rev. A. W. S'hep'herd. Minister. 130 a,ni., Sunday School. '11 a. m., Communion Service. Rev. Wm. Mair of Thames' Road will preach. 17 p.m., (Evening Service. (Pre -Communion service, (Friday ev- ening, 'March 45,: 8 pm. 'Rev-, A. W. Gardiner, B.,A.;13D., 'will preach. MRS. AUGUST WANKEL An estimable lady passed away on Saturday. at her residence on West 'Goderich street following a protract- ed illae'ss in the person of Ellen Townsend, widow of August Wankel, in her 172(nd year. The departed, who was a daughter of Mr. and !Mrs. James Townsend, was born in Tuckersi iiith on the farm Where Fletcher Townsend now re- sides. She was married in 'February, 11886, to August Wankel, son of Mr, and Mrs. Emil 'Wankel of !'ort 'Elgin. who predeceased her a year and five months. In 111936 they celebrated the anniversary of their golden wedding. Asher their marriage they lived for twelve years' in 'N'ort'h Dakota. In 1898 they returned to 'Ontario and settled in Port Elgin, remaining there until 191111, when they moved' to the farm at 'Roxboro where :kir. R. Agar now lives and in h901r retired to Seaforth where .they spent the remainder of their lives, Mrs. Wankel was a devoted mem- ber of 'Northside Q iii'ted !Church and of the W.M.S. She was the last sur- viving member of the Townsend fam- ily. One son, J. Wesley Wankel, was killed in action at 'Paschenda'le in 0c- tuber, 191117. Six .daughters and four sons remain to mourn their loss: Miss Ethel 'Wankel, R,N„ 'Lang Beach, Ca- lifornia, who is critically 'ill at pres- ent; Mrs. 'Janes iG. Carnochan ((Eliz- abeth), Tuckersniith; Mrs. J. W. Jef- ferson (2e11a), Regina, Sask., Mrs. W. 3, Baker ,(Muriel); Durham, 'Ont,; Miss `Lillian Wankel, Tpronto, now in Long Beach, Calif., and Miss Irene Wankel, at hone; and Manley Wank- el, Loreburn, Sas1k.; \Iillaai Wankel. !Elbow, Sask„ and Greeley, at home. The funeral service was held from the •family residence on Tuesday after- noon at a o'clock, eondwcted by her pastor, Rev. T. iA. Carmichael, assist- ed by Rev, .Everitt Ashton of Wind- sor, a cousin of the deceased, anti by •Rev. G. 'Peddie of Clinton, 'A quart- ette, "'Abide with Me," was sung by four ,nepliew:s, Messrs. F. Townsend, F. Crich, S. 1Vltitinore and 'R. Pep- per, accompanied on the piano by Miss S, Whitmore, The pallbearers were six nephews. Messrs. J. Conrad, Fries; :E, Crich, M. Crich, F. Town- send, F. Crich. Flowrenbearers were also nephews, Messrs. 8. Whitmore, IF. Coleman, W Wallace, J. Turner, R. Pepper, E. Townsend. Interment took place in the Mail - landbank 'cemetery. l.Aenon'g !those from a distance here for the funeral were Mr. 'John Baker and Max, Dur- ham, airs. A. Maas and Miss C. Wankel, of Port Elgin; Mr. and Mrs. 3. Conrad, \7r. and Mrs. /Fries, of El- mira; \lr and Mrs. E. Cricb, !Pontiac, Mich,: 'Rev. 'Everitt Ashton, of Wind- sor. Ont.: Mrs. M. 'Ashton, •of Lon- don; Messrs. H. Ashtoh, P. Ashton, 1G,'rA'shton, of IGorrie; Mr, and Mrs. W. Wallace, Mr. and ?srs. M. Crich, of Clinton, Mr. G 'Geddes, Mr. W. Geddes, Exeter; Mrs. J. Young, Mr. and Mrs. W. 'Ellison, Durham. PASSED IN STATES Word has been received of .the the death of a former. ,resident of Harpurhey, Mr. Thomas E. Knox of Oakland, Calif., at the age of 183. He was a brother of the late Mrs. W.0. Reid and Mrs. E. Hicks. IA niece. Mrs. Marvin, resides in. Toronto. Surviving are his wife, a son Thomas /Jr., of California, and a daughter, Mrs. Cd Latimer. Orillia. Mr. Knox died on Jan. 29. He was 'born in tHer- pnrhey but .had lived in California for many years. lA'bout 7:4 years ago the agent a week •visiting in this vicinity. St. Thomas Church Rector: Rev. De. I3atrford. 1111 a,m.--t"The Christian's Service." 7 p.m --•"Saul, the Hero Who Fail- ed," Sunday School at 410 a.ni. Wednesday. 7.30 pm.—Lenten Ser- vice. Northside .United Church Sunday, March 27 Special Service of Song BY THE CHOIR • Consisting of Anthems and Special Ntunbers EVENING SERVICE, 7 P.M. MRS. J. A..ST'EWART, J. A. STEWART,. Organist Choir Leader REV. 1'. A. CARMICHAEL. Minister SUMMER WEATHER GREETS FIRST DAY OF SPRING With the mercury climbing above the seventy nark an all tine record was created this week for the month of March. Monday was the first day of spring according to the calendar and warm, balmy air quickly canted overcoats to disappear. Tuesday was even warmer and here are a few signs of spring The News found around town.• There were skipping ropes, roller skates and baseball bats. Strangely enough, not one ganie of marbles was noticed—maybe the season came with ton great a rush or maybe marbles have gone out of style. The roller skaters at the top, left to right, are Jack Fraiser, Bev- erly ileaton, .\udrey McGavin, Marion Sclater, Clarence Westcutt, Billy' L'rngger, George Hildebrand, Peggy 'Trapnell, Jean Mc- Master; at the left on scooter is Edna Praiser. In the second rote are Veronica and l.trretto \'lalotley with baby IdarIp trot 1Iemherger; playing baseball are Joseph Lautlenbach, .Frailer Swan. Alvin l'iegier. Belsey, Barbara O'Neill and • Mary Margaret Cleary were playing- horse with a skipping rope (n East C;uderich street; members of the bank staffs watching the flood waters of the Bayfield river from Egmondville bridge are shown at the right. On Centre street skipping was in progress, those taking part including Lois Hoggarth, Donnie Scott, Barbara Russell. Phyllis Scott, Blanche Norris. BURIED AT SEAFORTH The funeral of the late James Al- bert Taylor of Toronto took place on Wednesday an the arrival of the nue a.m. train at Seaforth. Interment took place in the \laitlandbank cemetery. where deceased's :grandfather, Dr. Ab- raham 'McMichael, of Gorrie, is also /buried. Rev, A. W. Shepherd of 13.4- mOlt dville United i t d Churc h officiated. The pallbearers were Thos. Grieve (Egmondville), 13. H. Scott, Thomas Dale, Mhos. IVLcMichael, Will Brine and A. W. Dunlop. Mr. Taylor, who was 47, years of age, had been returning 'front a vata- tion in, Nova Scotia and took i11 at Montreal where his death ocentred on Monday, !!larch 21st. Mr. Taylor was a general contractor in Toronto. He was 'born at Palmerston, and went to Toronto at an early age with his par- ents, Mr. anti Mrs. Frank Taylor. 33 -is mother was (Grace McMichael. daugh- ter of Dr. Abraham McMichael, wide- ly known resident of ,Gorrie and 8or-, merly of this vicinity. Mr. Taylor is survived by this widow, formerly Miss Cara McLaughlin of 'Govan: Sask., HURON OLD BOYS' ASSO- CIATION OF TORONTO The annual euchre and bridge get- to-gether of the Huron Old Boys' As- sociation of Toronto will be held at Sovereign Hall, 305 Dovercourt Road, on Tuesday evening. April '5rth. There will be good prizes and special attrac- tions. All Huronites are requested to be present as this is expected to be the big night of the year, MAY LANE AUXILIARY A delicious dinner attended /by the members and their friend's featured the monthly meeting of the .May Lane Auxiliary held in the schoolroom of Northside .United Church an Monday evening, followed by the usuel miss- icnary program, over which Mrs. f . H. Close presided. Miss 'Luella'.Kaine offered the opening prayer after Which the business was discussed. the roll call read and the offering taken. The meeting was then in charge of Mrs. B. Christie; captain of Circle Na.' 3, Mrs. !Dale led in prayer and Mrs. H. Berry read the Scripture lesson af- ter which Misses Mabel Turnbull and Margaret Crich sang a duet, Mrs. Christie called on the guest speaker, Mrs, J. 'G. Mullen, who gave a most 'nteresting ,talk an London and the Coronation. ALERT MISSION BAND The regular meeting of the Alert Mission Band of Northside 'United. Church was held on Tuesday. March 2L3nd. The !president, !Janie Moffatt. opened with a poem. Hymn 4129 was followed by Responsive Reading. The minutes of the last meeting and 'the roll call were given by the secretary, Margaret Pethick. Business was dis- cussed and the collection was taken. up. Donald Mackenzie gave a very pleasing piano solo. This was follow- ed by ,hymn 4t46. Miss Savauge organ- ized us for a number of very inter- esting Chinese games. The distribu- tion of thank -offering envelopes fol- lowed, The meeting was closed with the Mizpah benediction, DIED IN PORTLAND Mrs. William Devereaux has re- ceived word of the death on Tuesday of her brother, Mr. Stephen Downey, of Portland, 'Oregon. He was born at St. Cohuban. being a son of the late Stephen Downey. He was educated at St. Colunpban and Seaforth Col- legiate. After graduating he attended boaInes college at Stratford andla went to. St. (Paul, Minnesota. He was appointed 'claims agent of the Port- land, Seattle and Santa Fe Railroad. Besides his widow, to whom he was /married about 25 years ago, he is sur- vived by a son, Robert Downey, and a daughter, Claire. now tM•rs. (Dr.) Page, of St. 1Paul; also by two sisters, Mrs. W. Devereaux and 'Mrs. 3, .Nev- ille of Seaforth, and three .brothers, Michaett Downey of St. Calumban; ;John Downey, of Detroit; 'Joseph Downey, of Vancouver. Washington. The funeral will take place in Port- land. TRA'IL :RANGERS The Trail Rangers of Egmondville United Church met in their club and a son, Woodrow, of Toronto. A rooms on Tuesday evening. Donald sister, Mrs. W. IJ. McMillan, • lives at MacLean presided and -opened the Sudbury. PENNY BANK The Penny Bank reports that the notal amount on deposit in the Sea - forth schools at the end of February, 1938: 431,3710.911. Comparat'iv'e figures of SA,12112,141Jt meeting with prayer, /After the roll call the dues were ,collected. The spe- cial speaker for the •evening was Mr. H. G. Meir who held the attention of the boys with a talk on his experien- ces in 'law courts emphasizing the value of truth in 'the witness ,box. a year ago: Games and ,plans .for a model yacht club closed the meeting. NEW BOOKS The following books have been re- ceived at the Seaforth .Public Library: Fiction The Prodigal Parents Lewis The Missing 'Link ",yells Robinson of England Drink water Seven Must Die Bellah Henry the Sheriff Tuttle Jimmy Dale anti the Missing Hour Packard Great Argument Gibbs Cardboard 'Castle Wren The Rain Cane. Bromfield 'Enchanter's Nightshade • Bridge Nobody's in Town Ferber The ;ludas Window .,,....... Dixon BRIDAL WREATH PERFECTLY MATCHED • {{� dt'edezn 2nsembie *Exactly as pictured ... this ensemble possesses a distme• tive beauty... with each ring identically matching the other. r White or natural settings. SAVAUGES The Gift 'Shop Tish Marches On „r.. ,. 'Rinehart Rumbin +Gal'leries Tarkington Brentwood Hill Non Fiction Madame Curie Curie Of Men and Music Taylor How to Travel without Being .Rich Strang Canada 'Pacific and 'War ,,., Strange Defence .of the !Empire ,Angell My Discovery of the WestLeacock Greenwood Hat 'Barrie Successful Christian Living,Fosdick Turn of the .World Decies Juvenile Foghorns - Cruise of the 'Gullfiight Of .411 Places RPease Corbett Abbe One Hundred (Enchanted Tales..'Dene Great 'Hours in Sport , Buchan Last Secret Buchan Romance of the Maritimes Seary Windy Island 'Harper Moonshine in Candle Street...Sav'ery WITHHOLDS APPROVAL has The !Ontario municipal board withheld approval from the town's proposal to borrow $,310all for ad- ditions to the collegiate. The 'board has suggested that the plans 'be alter- ed to consist of two rooms to accom- modate the classes in domestic sci- ence and manual :training. The muni- cipal board approved borrowing of $5,000 for repairs to the public school 'building. Winter in April Nathan SOFT ROADS Truth to 'fell Rosman Roads are soft. Tuesday morning Ta -day is Yours Loring on Collegiate street a car staked. Swift Waters Parmenter Before the road was clear again two Twenty-four Hours 'a D•ay.,,Baldwin garage trucks, a car and a transport .A Pedlar's 'Pack t:oudge truck were stuck one after another in The Nutmeg Tree 'Tharp succession as ea:h tried to rescue Imperial City Rice another. SEAFORTH SPRING ' HOW Tuesday, April 5th, 1938 At 1"30 p,m. a GRAND PARADE of all Animals Entered for Competition Under the Auspices of the Seaforth Agricultural Society Headed by 'the Seaforth Highlanders Band JUDGING TO COMMENCE AT 2 O'CLOCK Remember the DANCE at Night in Cardno's Hall MODERN AND OLD TIME MUSIC • OLD TIME FIDDLERS' CONTEST For Best Old Time Fiddler, under 60 years of age 1'st—$3.00 2nd—$2.00 For Best Old Time Fiddler, over 60 years of age lst—$3.00 2nd—$2.00 Contestants to supply :awn accompanist Adanission !Adults 3151c; Children 211c; /Gallery IllOe PRIZE LISTS MAY BE .OBTAINED FROM THE SECRETARY HUMPHREY SNELL MRS. J. A. KERR Sec.-Treas. President