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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1938-04-14, Page 1• Lent gathers up, her,cloalk of sombre shading 'In her reluctant, hands, II -ler (beauty heightens, fairest in its fading, As ;pensively she stands ,Awaiting Easter's 'benediction falling Like silver stars ,ait night, Before s'he .can obey the summons e Sea HURON C'OUN'1`Y'S LEADINGort Ne NEWSPAPER calling Her to her upward flight; Awaiting Easter's wings that She must borrow Ere she can hope to dy— Those glorious wings that we shall see tomorrow' Against the far 'blue sky. —"9Eas'ter" (1Pauline Johnson), WHOLE SERIES, VOL. 60, dtfo. 15. SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, APRIL/ 938 Phone 84. SI ,a year. Seaforth Man Is Former British Sailor LIBBY 'PORK & BEANS - 21 oz, size, 3 this 25c CHOCOLATE MARSB'MALLO'W CAKE • 15c lb. HEIINTZE'BABY SOUP— ' 2 Tins ,,.... 19c CRISCO, 1 Ib. tin 23c STAON STOVE POLISH— ' 15c Tin SCRUB BRUSHES - 10c 15c, 25c each CLOTHES LINE COTTON ..........15c each WHITEWASH BRUSHES— 25c each O.K. JUMBO SOAP 5c bar CAPO DRAIN CLEANER— . 25c per can CAUSTIC SODA, Loose ..,. 10c 1b. GOOD BROOMS . , , , .. 25c each. Master Chick 'Starter none better, 83.10 cwt. A. C. Routiedge Phone 166 PHONE YOUR 0 'bine .coal' E. L. BOX PHONE 18 or 43 W. L ANNUAL MEETING T,he annual meeting of the Jr. Wo- men's Institute was held Wednesday, April 1131th, :at the home of Mrs. ]Dale Nixon with B15 members and visitors present. Mrs. iGoendie occupied the •cliair. Various ways of snaking meney for the coming year were mentioned in answering the roll 'call. Bessie Rice and 'Mrs. Dale Nixon were appointed delegates to 'Guelph convention in May, Another attendance •contest for the new Institute year is to be held with Jean 'Gemmell ,and Bessie Rice as :captains.,Community singing 'brought this pat of the meeting Ro a. close, Mrs. Chas. Eyre presided over the election of officers: Hon. Pres., 'Mrs. E. a. Goudie; _ares., Mrs, 1James. F. Scott; 'list vice pres., Mrs. rA. E, •Crozier 2nd vice prey., 'Miss ,Bessie Rice; sect,-treas„ Miss Ruth ,Gordon. Directors—Miss Thelma Elgie, Mrs. D. 'McIntosh, Mrs. Wm. IOld.field;, Lunch convener, Miss Myrtle :Popple; program, Miss Margaret Ley'hurn; flower, Mrs. E. B. •Goudie; auditor, Mrs. Margaret Hay. '+ Dist. director and rep. to dist. annual, Mrs. Leonard Strong. Pianist, Miss Sarah Whit- more, assistant, Mrs. C. Broadfoot.. Press sect., 'Mrs. Dale Nixon. Stand- ing committee's—Agaic. and Can. ,in- dustries, Miss 'Bessie . (Rice; health, Mrs. (Jas. Doig; home economics, Mrs. Eldon Kerr; education, Mrs. Jas. McIntosh; legislation, Miss Jean ,Gemmell, relief and coni. activities, Miss Dora Dalrymple; hist. research, Mrs. Robt. 1M. Soott; publicity, Mrs. R. Watt; peace education and interna- tional: relationship, Mrs. J. IHille- brecht; Canadianization, Mrs. W. Coleman. After a vote ,of thanks to hostess, the meeting was adjourned, followed by (God Save the 'King and lunch. The Institute has jest closed e successful year due to co-operation .rof all •members. The number on roll is 40 ,with average attendance of 311, 'Our motto is "Por Home and Country." A special prize was donated to 'Seaforth 'Fall Fair. We have ap.on- sored several home -making clubs, both among our ;Junior and Senior members and others in the commun- ity,, We supplied fruit and !flowers to members who were ill and on occa- sloes presented 'memlbets with wed- dittg 'gifts, 'etc. The delegates to the Guelph and .London conferences 'brought 'back gaud weponts and help- ful hints, We held several -sociall .func tions which were well attended. Above is a picture taken on Tuesday by The News of Mr. Wil- liam Deem, , of Seaforth, in the act of "shooting the sun" with a ship's quadrant, which he has long had in his possession at his home on West William street. The quadrant, an instrument for de- termining latitude and telling time by the sun, is a memento of the days when William Deem, an' English lad of . sixteen, joined the Royal Navy and served on British men-of-war. Mr. 'Deem recalls that' his first 'long voyage was in the H. M. S. 'Victor Emanuel. The ship sailed around the Cape of Good Hope to Singapore and thence to the British naval base at Hong; Kong. That was in 111874, not long after )England had 'captured Can- ton from the 'Chinese, later exchang- ing that city for the island of Hong Kong. On the long'journey to the 'East the ship made only four stops. • Mr. Deem remained with the China ,fleet for three and a half years 'before returning to 'England completing his .first voyage. The ships were wooden, steam - driven hut the masts still carried sails. The funnel could be •droppeddown into the 'ho'ld 'out ,of athe way while sailing—likewise the propeller could be raised out of the water when not in. use.. "Down funnel, up screw" was the command, or "Up funnel, down screw." Whenever the weather was favorable the sails were used and with a goad wind the ship could tra- vel at a rate of 12'or d14 miles an hour. The men 'became so accustomed to clinibin'g aloft in the rigging that they thought nothing of it, even in the rou'ghes't .weather. . "We knew our ships were rim good shape and had weathered all kinds of storms," Mr. Deem said. He has a Sketch of the H. M. S. Challenger, another ship he was on for a time. The drawing shows the vessel down into the trough of a rag- ing sea, near the Cape 'of 'Good Hope, where it is always stormy. +Anotlber sketch, made by a messmate, is of 'the Channel Squadron including the Ach- illes of which Mr. Deem served. In later years the ships mostly came through the Suez Canal, Using Hong Kant as a base the ships in the China fleet made trips to various phases in 'the East. (Usually six ships went together. They put Into Yokohama, Manilla, Vladivostok or other ports, for a clay or maybe . a week. Rowing races by boats from the ships provided plenty .of excite- ment while in port. Salmon fishing was another sport. Mr. Deem remembers a visit to a river about the size ,of the .Maitland" on the Russian coast. A seine or net was .stretched across the river mouth and then the men went about a niile inland and waded into the river, each man armed with a club. Working their way downstream: they drove the big salmon ahead of them. The young sailors had plenty of fun at this job. "It 'would make a cat laugh," Mr. 'Deem said, A lad would whack a (big salmon in thes'ha'llow water and as likely as not the fish would turn around and rush Ib'ack knocking the chap down: The fleet never encountered pirates WELL 'KNOWN +DROIVER DIES Mr. IPeter lA 1O''Sullfvan ,widely, known and. highly esteemed drover of this district, passed away oo IMond'ay, 'April •114, in his 70lth year. His death occurred following a number of weeks of serious illness: During the past several • years Mr. O'Sullivan had been in failing health, Bjorn in McKillop twp, near . St. 'IOolumiban he was a 'son of the late (Continued on Pao Four) SENATOR FRANK O'CONNOR BUYS CROMARTY TEAM Sepator Frank IO'.Cotnor last week purchased the four-year-old Clydes- dale i team of Wm. Hamilton and San of Cromarty, for his farm, Merrifield Farm, at Scarboro. This splendid tean•i captured many prizes at . Sea- forth, Stratford and Clinton shows last week. in •their cruises 'Those fellows always kept well out of our way Mr. Deem said, •'I`be HtM.S, Challenger ,was a sur- veyship and Mr. Deem was with her on a voyage of discovery. Soundings were taken every day to chart the depth of the sea. A rope rant ,through a •ptilley out on the end of a yard EMIL The weights were shaped like dough- nuts, a hollow pipe passing through the holes, 'When •the weights struck bottom they released themselves from the pipe, The pipe, about four feet long, •could then 'he milled up, bring- ing with it the soil ,+from the bottom and careful records were always kept. A scoop net was thrown out 'behind the ship and Rowed for several hours each day 'before 'being hauled in. All &•arts of fish acid material were picked up by th•e net and note made of every- thing. It was •tediows work winding in the lief on the end of a '56h fathom line and Mr. Deem recalls that the sailors, on the winch expressed no re- enacts one afternoon 'when the line roke and 'the net was lost. A party of scientists went ashore whenever the ship anchored. to col- lect specimens of insects and plants. •tiany of the places they visited had never been charted 'before and seldom seen by ,white Wren, One day they carne to anchor at New Guinea. Fierce looking natives came out in canoes. "They were real savages," Mr. Deem said, "and not one of them wore a stitch of 'clothing." Sonie of the officers tried to go ashore in a steam launch to do some shooting but the women, armed with bows.and arrows, would not allow them to land. No white man had been there for +fifteen years, they 'learned, At 'Admiralty Island, not far :away, the natives were just as wild, 'but seemed more friendly and the officers shot many 'wood pigeons. After serving with the !fleet in China for a number of years during which time he made a couple of trips to England, Mr. Deem was with the Channel. 'beet for some years. Then until the 'tuns of the century he be- longed to the IiIn,glish. coast :guard. The coast guard, Mr. Deem ex- plains, was instituted in. the clays of the smuggler‘'• which had largely died out by his Rhdfb. Two coast 'guards were Stationed at each coastal town. It was their duty each day to patrol the coast, one man goinig each direc- tion and meeting- the man .from 'the neighboring town half way. They went at various times according to daily orders and the 'guards, on meet- ing, had to exchange numbers pro- vided ro vided in 'their orders, something like punching a clock, The coast 'guards usually accompanied the customs of- ficers when a ship arrived at their pvirt. GIVE RECITAL A vocal and piano recital was given at the home of Mrs. 11. R. Rennie on Saturday afternoon last when a cred- itable .performance was given by Edith Britton, Edith alien, Fergus 13e11, Patricia Bechely, Lois Wright, Joan McMaster, Joyce 'Carter, Jean McMaster, Donald Munn, Walter Boswell, Billy Munn, Kenneth Hart EXTEND CALLS Egnron:dville United Church on Sunday issued an ttnaniimous Ball to Rev A.' W. Gandiner, pastor of Lon- desbo•o Church. At a congregational meeting held on Monday evening' Werth Side Unit- ed Church extended an unanimous call to Rev. 1-Ier'bert V. W'enkman of Petrolia. PUPILS CHOSEN TO ' SING AT MASSEY HALL LADIES' GUILD The Ladies' 'Guild of St. Thomas' .Church held their'regular monthly'bu- siness meeting in the parish hall on Tuesday afternoon. The meeting was opened by a reading from St, Mat- the,w +S:1?I1r3Li. The topic, the Ten jet ie Moffat, Ahyv'onne Moore, Kathleen Holmes, Margaret ,Pethiok, Jean' 'Currie and Margaret Dale have beeia chosen for the public school choir which will 'give a concert in Massey Hall, Toronto, Easter week, Wednesday, April 00th, in connection with the !Ontario 'E'ducational 'Associ- ation, It is .expected the concert will be broadcast. The concert is given by two 'choirs, the secondary school and public school. Several numbers are contlbined, The pupils are to 'be ,entertained in Toronto and altogether it will be a grand experience for them.. NEW BOOKS New 'books recently added at the Seaforth Public Library. ' Fiction—Story of 'Rosa'belle Shaw. Stevenson; Puritan Strain, Baldwin: White Collar •Girl, Baldwin; Trump- ets Calling, Aydeiotte; My Invincible Aunt, B•rancle; Thunder Dragon Mur- der, Brand; The \Mannan at the Door, Beeping; Six :Golden Angels, Brand; White Brigand, Marshall; Katrina, Salntinen; Body 'Uniden'tifiecl, Rhode; Summer Moonshine, \Vodehouse; Ballade in IG Minor, Baileau; Ricoch- ets Maurois. Non-Fiction—Give Yourself Back- gromd, Bond; Second Reader, 4\'ooll- cott; Importance of Living, Yutang; Straw Without Bricks, Delafield, See- ing for Youthself, HHind, Juvenile — Why the 'Chimes Rang, Alden; Dwellers of the Marsh Realm, AfdKishnie: (New Stories to Tell to Children, Bryant; 'Pilgrims of Phe Wild, Grey 'Owl; Book of 'Christmas Stories for Children, Walter 'Commandments, was followed by prayer. After the various reports were read and adopted it was decided to hold +a 'sale of 'home cooking .andacfter soon tea on ,Friday, May 1113Th, A. free will .offering was then. given and 'the meeting •closed with an ,ofiiesitory prayer and .benedic, ion, HURON OLD BOYS' AS'S'OCIATION OF TORONTO POSTAL INFORMATION The postal hours on Good Friday will be from 12 noon to 1 p.m. Chas, P. Sills, 'Postmaster. RECEIVES APPOINTMENT Mr, James 'Gillespie, soli of Mr. and Mrs. Neil Gillespie of town, has been appointed assistant principal of Cen- tral Technical School at Toronto. The Toronto Star says: "There are few students who at matriculation roll up the record of James Gillespie, new- ly appointed assistant principal at Central Technical school. It was in 1914 that he matriculated from Sea- forth collegiate, taking the first Ed- ward Blake scholarship in mathemat- ics and science and qualifying for nine other sch•oiarships. He ranked third in the province in ;general proficiency. •A7r: 'Gillespie finished VIVO years of the Honor ma'tric course at the Uni- veraity of Toronto 'before he went overseas in 19116. 'Returning two years later he entered' the faculty of applied science and engineering, graduating with honors in MIL Since then he has secured his ibechelor of peciag4gry tlegree, his high school ,principal's and vocational principal's .certificates. 1--1e has served 116 years at Central Tech., lit years as director of the engineer- ing and aircraft 'department. Sovereign Hall in Toronto was the centre of attraction to Huronites of Toronto on Tuesday evening where the annual euchre and bridge was held with a splendid crowd from all sections of the County in attendance. The popular president, Dr. G. F. Belden and Mrs. 13elden, welcomed the gueats in good Huron style and everything went in the, rush for a good` evening's enjoyment. There were 32 'tables occupied 'by the play- ers with the 'bridge players in the majority. ,At 1111 p.tn, dainty refresh- ments 'were servedand a pleasant hour was spent in reminiscences. Notes—Miss ass 'E'dith 'Glen, Colborne Old Girl and 'P•uiblic Stenographer, headed a (jolly party •of young ladies from the old Township. (John S. McKinnon, Blyth 'Old Roy and ,promineet 'financier, was early on the job, and a wire all evening, 'A feature of the evening was a grand draw 'for a sitting and finished portrait generously donated by Mr. T. H, Noble of "Freeland& Studio." The lucky winner was Mrs. H. B. Stowe. Mr. Noble's kindness is gratefully ap- preciated. The ,prime winners 'for the evening were as follows: Euchre, Mrs. •Stev- enson, Mr. J. A. McLaren and L. M. Dunn; for 'b'ridge,' Mrs. 'G. F. Belden, Mr. W. A, Campbell and Mrs. Bowen, We are indebted to Mrs, S. W. Wickens and 'Mrs, G. F. 'Belden for their able assistance in the purchase and distribution of the prizes for the everting. ' (Continued on Page Five.) TOWN COUNCIL The regular meeting of the Town Council was held Monday evening, -April 111, in the 'Council Chambers. Present were: Mayor Cluff, Reeve J. H Scott, Councillors Al, rA. Reid, j. E. Keating, C. 'Holmes, R. -,G. Parke and F. Sills. 1•linetes of the 'last meeting were 'read by Clerk D. H. Wilson and confirmed. IA letter from Messrs. Mogg and Quinlan, who were engaged by Huron County Council to under- take the equalization of assessment in the 'county, requested information re- garding the assessment roll. The clerk was instructed 'to supply the necessary information. A letter from Capt. Pope of the ,Salvation Army requested per- mission to have Tag Day on Saturday, 11'ay 14. 'Permission was granted. In- formatiou regarding charges inc the new. lights' on Alain street was read. .8 Communication from Mr. Turgeon stated his 'interests in the 'flour mill had been taken over by IExcelleace Flour ,Al ills Co. though he had a large interest in the company. The town was hclvised by one of the insurance companies holding insurance on the flour mill that their policy woad he cancelled in a few days as they did net wish Co continue with the additional amount ,of 'iusrranee recently placed on the null It was decided to take im- mediate steps to adjust the matter. The Department of Highways sub - mated an agreement concerning iG•nd- erich street, a 'connecting link of the King's Highway. Construction, im- provement, repairing, removal of snow. etc., would he maintained by the de- partment for a pavement width of L0 feet only, not including cmibs, .store' gutters, etc, The department would have control of signs erected and sta- tions erected adjacent to the highway. Similar agreements had been signer) by other towns. The council felt cer- tain clauses of the agreement were not clear and 'woad seek an interpre- tation before approving it. The Fin- ance Committee report was read and adopted. The ,committee is to procure More information concerning tax ar- rears and a special meeting of council will be held in this connection. The 'Finance Report was read as fol- lows: Jas. V. 'Ryan. salary, $60:00; H. Snell, salary, $70.OAi; D. H. Wilson. salary and sundries $6111.93; Alice Hud- son, salary, $111tJ6+6; Thos. Storey, wages, $60:00; Bell Telephone Co'y, acc., S625; C. A'berihart, ins., 5-1.20; C. P. Sills, 'P.M., Post 'Office Box Rent, $1001; IDR, W. C. Sproat,' V. D. treatment, 57.215; Can, Na'i Rys., crossing protection, $3•J1I1; John 3. Sclater, ace., S14720; Treas. County of Huron, indigents, X11161601; Township of Westminster, relief, W7?1; Dept. of Public Welfare, London, relief, $37.94'; Cash for (Relief, 11263:94; C. IP. Sills, stamps, VS7.001; Seaforth .Agricultural Society, grant, $40; John Murphy, acc. •$3131.218; :Tno. A. Wilson, $h0; Gso. A. Sills 3t Sons, acct., $32.118; iPjU,C., street 'tights. 1$313.53; Wm. Montgom- ery, acct ,$117:IS15; i3. P. Daly, acct., $2.,10; 'John hfacTavislt, auditor, S37.- 50; 'Hazel Reid, auditor, 1$317.6:0. Motions: Sills-'Parke=Thalt Salvation Army be permitted to have their tag day. on May11l4h, ReidJKeating---That the Main street lighting as now constituted be contin- ued. 'Parke-Holmes—That the Mayor A NEW DESIGN IN COMMUNITY PLATE Make your table look as exciting and import• ant as you've dreamed. Set it with the rich, new Rendezvous design ... so expressive of today's trend to elegance. 43 PIECE SERVICE for EiGHT area6-masa MIT $49." Open Stock Price...;60,95 TFL Sorvico Container 8 TEASPOONS 8 KNIVES (Hollow Handle) 8 FORKS 8 DESSERT SPOONS 8 SALAD FORKS 1 BUTTER KNIFE 1 SUGAR SPOON 1 COLLWEAT FORE S''aQeia! Oj ct PIERCED SERVER 25c Regularly . $1.00 TO INTRODUCE "Rendezvous" • SAVAUGES THE GIFT SHOP AN EASTER PRAYER Lord of the worlds so bright, The Father's Dear Delight Stricken for me. Let me not heedless go - Indifferent to Thy woe, And awful agony. Let me not turn aside To doubt or to deride For Judas' gain, Or scorn Thy seamless dress Of perfect righteousness, The robe that wraps our stain. Open mine eyes to see Life from the accursed tree (Flowing to rte, And to all those who yearn More of the ,God 'to learn Who bled on 'Calvary, —H. Isabel Graham. LION'S MILS FUND Iii making an appeal :for the Milk 'Fund the Committee have done so for two reasons, +First, 'because there were needy children's appeals for help teaching the Lions Ciug, and also be- cause the usual club funds were ea- hausted by heavy expenses for 'Crip- pled Children, So if the children's need for milk was to be supplied there seemed no ether way than to organize a Milk Fund. The last last appeal for support will be made April 27th .and we earnestly solicit your support for the children. The' greatest man who ever lived emphatically .de- clared that the only )justification far a mat Baring an abundance ,of good things is that 'the may give thereof to him that needeth." InI this ease the need is little children, unfortunate and needy, who appeal to you that' have. ,Previously acknowledged $11112.715; R. P.D.H. $11.100. Total $1113.76, and Clerk be authorized to sign agree- ment with the dept. sef 'Highways re maintaining 'oonnecting link with Highway iNro. 18. Slcott,Keatrng—That the :meeting,. adjourn to 'meet at the call of the Mayor.