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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1938-08-11, Page 1There is a melody which meadowed trees - Sing, as their fingers stroke the stringatant breeze, To a rapt audience of growing grass, While the revolving seasons round them pass. There is a melody which taaeadow.ed trees heSeaforth e HURON COUNTY'S LEADING NEWS PAPER Hum to the clustered kine .about their knees— , A song of 'shelter from the sun •aad ram, A song of milking time .00me round again, Alone, tanjostled, rounded eath tree .grows, Bk. -bolted, firm -branched they watch the years roll iby. WHOLE SERIES, VOL. 60, No. 32. SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, AUGUST 11, 1938 Phone 84, $1 a year. FREE01000119fir and 25 NOrtfigrti Heade RADIOS EVERY WEEK ekYAM ONLY j 23c OXYDOLI"). 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Joint Services The joint services of ,Northside "Un- ited and First Presbyterian Churches wilt be held in the Northside 'United Church during the present month. Subjects for .next Sabbath: 11111 am. "The Reaping or Fainting." a p.m. "The Power of Habit." Rev. Hugh Jack will be in charge. Sunday School at usual hour. HER FATHER TAUGHT NN OLD 1VIcKILLOP SCHOOL Interesting visitars at Sea:ft:alit on Wednesday of this week: were Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Yetter, of 'Albany, Missouri, who are on a holiday trip to +Ontario. Mrs. Yetter's maiden name was IVIary Campbell, 'her father being the late Dr. :Malcolm ' Munro Campbell, a native of Seaforth, who taught in Mcgillop to.wnship seventy years ago. Mrs. Yetter treasures' an inkstand which was presented to her lather as a farewell gift by McKillop pupils. After graduating .frorn 'Jahns Hopkins, at Baltimore, he went to Missouri where lie practised until this death eighteen years ago at the age of eighty-three years. Mrs. Yetter's igrandpaaents, Duncan Campbell add Mary Ivlunro, were buried in the old 'Rogerville cemetery and later •moved to the I -least& cemetery. Mrs. Yetter has two brothers, Duncan and Mal- colm, ,both in ,M.issouri. Her father's two sisters, Ellen and Catherine, have. passed on. The young couple are on their way to Callander. VARNA The many friends of Jimmie Collins will be sorry to know that owing .to a serious Illness he was taken to the hospital Tuesday night. Mrs, Woods .o.f Listowel s.pent few days with her !brother Geonge Beatty Sr. Miss Thompson of Toronto and sister of Clinton are the .guests of their sister Mrs, Beatty. We are sorry to report the illness of Mrs. MeAsli and her many hien& wish for her a speedy recovery. 1VIiss Esler of Minneapolis has Ibsen the guest of her sister, Mrs. 141c - Connell. Mrs, M. Reid spent the weelc .end In IBayfield with her son Dr, Harvey Reid, INTERESTING ACCOUNT OF LONiG iMOTOR TRIP Seaforth, Ont, Aug, 18, To the Editor tof The Seaforth News. Dear Sir: Having travelled s tance of 212715 miles over a route from Dauphin, Manitoba, to Seaforth, 'On- tario, I thought that a review of the trip at this season of the year May he of intere.st to your many readers. On leaving Dauphin on July 2211d amidst a vast vvilieat field 'extending some 600 niiles tb the west of ine .and 200 miles to the ,north, 1 travelled do a south and ,easterly direction through a further .extension of the gold.en grain for a .distance of nearly 4100 miles, making a vast wheat field of 'about 11101010 miles by 15100 miles, or a total of five thimdred thousand square miles of !wheat spotted here and there ,with oats and 1barley. About one half of this ternitory is almost level and the balance a rolling country <lotted here and there with sloughs .or small lakes. On arriving at this point I entered a 'country a.la.otit 200 miles south .of Winnipeg, in Minnesota, .which is en- tirely .different, being a strictly mixed farming ,country, the principal crops being rye, corn, oats, °laver and pot- atoes, quiet roiling and •d•otted here and there with 'beautiful lakes for a'boat another 2150 miles. Then I .ent- ered the real torn 'belt •a Southern Minnesota and all of the State of Iowa, a very ,beautiful country. Other ;grains which seemed to thrive well in these ,parts are oats, soybeans and clovers. I crossed the great Mississippi Riv- er at the city of 'Dubuque, Iowa, into the State of Illinois. This northwest part of Illinois is very hilly and was the most scenic part of . the vahole journey, to my mind. This part •of Ill- inois seems to go more into .oats than they did at .one time as the fields seemed to Ibe divided equally between corn and oats with same beans and cloverl. From Chicago I travelled north- ward along the west Share of Lake Michigan, the first /1100 miles or so be- ing a very lbeautiful scenic country. Afterwards all the way on to Sault Ste. Marie, the country was mostly tough and little farming done. It seemed to be mostly settled with fish- erman, .etc. On arriving' at the Sault I motored to Bar River; a district in Which I lived for five years when the country was new and .there were nothing but oxtrails through the woods winding Th every .direction, and now changed ID large grain .fields with 'fine build- ings arid a highway through the cen- ter of it, and •fine ,gravelled side roads. Here I visited a ,brother and a de- ceased brother's wife and their fam- ilies. Not very many en the old tim- ers who lived here when. I did are left. It was 15111 years in ljune last since II deft this .district. While here, ac- oompanied by •my brother, we visited St. Joseph's Island vrhere I met sev- eral old-time acquaintances. Proceeding on my dourney down through Algoma Mills to Sudbury and North Bay the country is most- ly ved rough and rocky with very little farming to be seen. Then on to ,Orillia, Barrie, Orange- ville, Arthur, Listowel, Mitchell and Seaforth, A .00tintry to be proud of, the land of my birth, a country unsur- passed by any in 'Canada. All the way saw nothing but very good crops, es- pecially the wheat, oats and barley of Manitoba and Minnesota, the rye, corn and oats of Southern Minnesota and all of Iowa and the immense oat and ,corn crops of Millais and South- ern Wisconsin. �n 'conclusion I may add that it is j•ust '57 years since I left Huron, the land of my birth, so .dearly beloved still., Thanking yon far your valpable .space, Sincerely yours, WM. MURRAY, ENGAGEMENT Mr. .and Mrs. Louis ,Etherhart an- nounce the engagement of their only daughter Irene Mae to Mr. Charles Edgar Barrett, Kirklan.d Litke, son of Mr. and MTS. C. E Barrett, New- ton, the marriage to take place the latter ,part of August. ENTERS NOVITIATE Miss ,Agnes 'daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Collins of De- troit, Michigan, and granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs Peter McCann, Sea - forth, entered the 'novitiate of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Sisters of St. Mary's Convent, Monroe, Michi- gan, on Thunsd.ay, 'August the 4th. Council Passes Six By-laws at Meeting School and Store Bylaws Keep Council Busy on Monday Evening. 'The regular meeting of the town ,council was held Monday evening, Aug. 8 in the council chambers, Mayor j. 13. Cl'uff presided. Council- lors J. E. Keating, F. Sills, R. .G. Parke and Chas. Hohnes were pres- ent, Minutes of the last regular and special meetings were read by Clerk D. H Wilton and 'confirmed. A series of byslaws relating to the issue .of debentures for school .pur- poses Of repair, improvement •ancl ad- dition to the Collegiate Institute and the Public School and the temporary borrowing of money until t.1 -ie sale of these debentures, ;were given the sev- eral readings,and passed, The usual bylaw pertaining to rebate on farm property was also passed. A good ,patt of the meeting was taken up with dismission of -the new bylaw setting a license fee of $200 for new stores opening in town. 'Councillors speaking in favor of the new 'bylaw expressed a desire Jo give mercha.nts .who were already pay- ing taxes adequate 'protection. The new figure was in line with what some other tawns charge. The license fee for .new stores in Seafarth was formerly $100. Opinions for and against raising the See were about equally divided. It was pointed •out that •the higher fee virtually meant 'Prepaying the ,business tax for ten or more years and this might not only prove to be an unfair hardship to a new storekeeper bat might also make it more difficult to secure tenants for store properties. The council all agreed that the greatest care should lbe exercised in dealing with a matter of this kind as on the one hand it was necessary to "adequately protect" merchants and on the other hand they wanted the general public to he assured that no attempt was being made at monopoly. Councillor Sills brought up the matter of the railroad crossing on Main street which the council 'had re- peatedly asked the C. IN. R. to repair. An accident happened at the crossing last week and the driver was fined. Councillor Sills said he had been nearby at the time and tested the crossing with his own car Snd felt the bumps on the crossing were more responsible than anything else as any car crossing the three lines of track might be thrown •aut of control unleas going very slowly. Following accounts were passed: 'H. Snell, $70; Jas. V. Ryan, $60; Thos. Storey, $60; D. H. Wilson, $5,333; Alice M. Hudson '$117.1.31.5; J. F. Daly, $4.05; Watson I& Reid, $4.20; Can. Nat. Rys., $9.23; Bell Tel. Cc., $5.041; Whinier l& Co„ $3.69; Northern Electric Co., $2.117; Dept. of Health, insulin, $4.711; g. E. Daley, $110a, W. R. Billings, scale inspection, $1.51; Sea - forth Public School, on a/c contract, $10001; iJno. A. Wilson, $20; relief $215.28; ,Kerslake's Feed store, $10.051 Can. Nat. Rys., scales, $51; S. T. 1-14almes l& Son, $4; H. B. Edge, .bal. of contract, $690; •Wni, Montgomery, $7.70; Arthur Hulley, Motions: Holmes -Keating, that John Currie be temporarily appointed to act in .place •of late James Ryan. Holmes -Parke, that a letter of con- dolence be sent to MTS. J. 'V. Ryan on her recent 'bereavement. FORMER RESIDENT PASSES Friends were sorry to learn that Mrs. Sidney Johns, a former resident of Seaforth, passed away at the home of her niece, Mrs. L. Robertson, Kel- so, Ont., on July 28th, at the age of 83 years. MTS. Johns resided on Centre street for many years and aboat four years ago went to live with her niece at Kelso. Her death occirri-- ed after an illness of two weeks. Bur- ial took place on July 1310th •at Ham- ilton. Formerly Barbara Campbell, She was married to Mr. Perry and following his death lived in Hamilton a few years prior to her marriage to Mr, Sidney Jahns of Seaforth, who predeceased her about twenty years ago. DIED IN MICHIGAN The following item refers to the passing of a native of this district at Holland, Michigan: Mrs, Mary Young, 77, .died at Hol- land hospital on the night of July 28, after a dew ,days' illness, 'Mrs. Young was thorn in Constance, lOntario, Can- ada, on Feb. 1, 1861. She was a dau- ghter ,of the late Mr. and ,MSS. James 'Johnson. Following her marriage, she moved to western Canada where she lived until the death of her husb- and. 'Three years ago She catne 10 live with her !daughter, Mrs, William games Murphy, of Ottawa beach, near Holland, Besides the .daughter, Mrs. Young also is survived by a son, games Young, of Edmonton, Alberta; six grandchildren ,and two 'sisters. Funeral services were held Saturday, 'July 30th, at 21 p.m. from the Nibblelink-Notier funeral home with the Rev. W. G. Flowerday, pas- tor of the First Metlhoclist .churcil, of- ficiating. Burial in Pilgrim Home cemetery. . .GLEN HOUSTON DIES The death of Glen, Houston, .18- year-bld Tuckerernith young man oc- curred shortly after 1.1 o'clook 1;Ved- nesday evening. Suffering .firom a boil an Els neck, Glen !had been removed to the hospital and. .complications de- veloped. Gl.e.n was the eldest son of Mr. and' Mrs. Andrew Houston, of Tudeersmith. 1Two sisters and a bro- ther also survive him, Helen, Grant and Isabel. Since completing his stud- ies et the Collegiate, Glen had 'been at borne. Funeral .arrangeinents have act yet been ',completed. GOLDING-STELOK Viola Mary Stack, daughter of Mrs. Andrew Price and the late Arna Stelcic a Stanley, and William Arthur GOldiag, son of Mr. W. H. 'Golding, M.P., :and Mrs. Golding of Seaforth, spoke their marriage vows Saturday, August 6 at five p.m. in the Central United 'Church, Windsor. The Rev. Dr, Mick officiated. The bride was beautifully gowned in a rich white satin dress made in 'princess lines with short puffed sleeves and floor length skirt. A wreath of orange ,blossoms formed her.'headdress. She carried an arm bouquet of Jciana Hill roses and lily of the valley. MPS Manguerite Long of Detroit was the bride's only attendant, Wear- ing. a pale pink bodice satin gown and carried an ,a.rrn bouquet of 'Briarcliff pink roses. Mr. Golding had as his best man Mr. Alvin ,Ulch .of Vqiudsor. Following the wedding dinner at the Prince Edward Hotel the young couple left on a short motor trip east. 'On th5ir return the young scouple will take up residence in Seaforth. FATAL ACCIDENT AT KIPPEN Mabel Retter was instantly killed when the car in which she vvas a pas- senger, driven by R. F. Stillwell, Huntingdon, W. Virginia, got out of control on the London road, near Kippen, left the highway and crash- ed irito a tree on Tuesday afterncon at 4 o'clock. Mrs. Stillwell an.d her daughter Roberta, aged 9, are in Sea - forth hospital, critically injured. The former suffered severe ,arm, leg and head injuries, They were driving south. There was evidence that the car had rocked for a considerable dis- tance ,before it took to the east clitch. The chil•d was a 'passenger in the front seat .of the car. She was thrown forward against the windshield and her head terribly crushed and tbroken. 411 the back seat were Mrs. Still- well, wife of the driver, and their 9, - year -old daughter 'Roberta. Mrs. Stillwell was rushed to Scott Memor- ial Hospital, Seaforth, with undeter- mined injuries which physicians fear- ed might be fatal. Stillwell, despite the fact the interior of the car was a Shambles, was not seriously injur- ed, nor was his daughter. Police are at a loss to account for the accident. The car which was travelling south, left the road on the left side at a point 200 yards from the tree. It jumped two .culverts, crossed a Iflower .bed and scraped two trees before finally striking the third. It was completely demolished. ;No reason can he advanced .for the crash. Stillwell himself remembers nothing. !Ernest Axon, who with Miss. Laura •Patterson, both of Win.ds.or, was driving north, told police that as he approached the Stillwell car it sud- denly veered to the wrong side ef the road and into the ditch. Dr. F. j. Burrows, coroner, of Sea - forth, visited the scene and gave instructions for an inquest. The pre- liminary hearing IV aS held in Wat- son's hall at Kippen on Wednesday. MRS. ELLA W. HILLIS IThe •death occurred at the home cf her mother, Mrs. G. T. Turnbull, East William street, on Monday af- ternoon, of Ella Wanless Turnhall, 'beloved wife of Jarnes, Richard Hillis of Toronto and eldest daughter of Mrs. Turnbull and the late George T. Turnbull. The deceased, who was. .born in Seaforth, received her ,early education at the public school and Collegiate Un- stitute, and attended the College of Education in Toronto. She taught at Burke's Falls, 'Newcastle and for sev- eral years in Toronto. .About ten years ago she was married to jarnes Richard Hillis and since then resided in Toronto, Surviving are three small children, Donald, IvIarilyn an.d Barbara; also 'her mother anti a 'brother and two sisters, Mr, Arnold 'Turnbull of Lan - dot, Eng.; Miss Mabel Turnbull .and (Mildred) Mrs. H. Barry, .of Sea - forth. A private funeral was 'held on Wed- nesday from her mother's home ,to Maitland Sank Cemetery. 1A1111111 ..... 11111111111111111111111111 ...... 11111111111111 ttt ttt 11111111111111ilill tttttt 1 ttttttttttttttt 111111111 llllll tttt ttt 1111 t llll I llll We have on display a very beautiful line of 97 piece Dinner Sets ranging in price from $17.50 to $40.00 the set. Included in these are exquisitely beautiful gold decorated real china 97 piece Dinner Sets at from $25.00 to $40.00. Also 26 piece sets at from $4.50 up. cv SHOP AT Ar -v SAVAUGLE IT PAYS MRS. THOS. MELADY On Monday morning a highly es- teemed resident passed away at her home here in the person of Mary Feeneybeloved wife of Thomas Melady, in her 75th year. The de- ceased who was a daughter of the late Mr, and Mrs. Martin Feeney, was born 111 Staffa. In 4890 she was united in marriage to Thomas Melady and resided on the third concession of Hibbert until sixteen years ago, when they moved to Seaforth, Mrs. Melady was a devout member of the Roman Catholic Church, also of the Altar Saciety, the Catholic Wo- men's League and the League of the Sacred Heart. Surviving are her hus- band, two sisters and two brothers, Mrs. 'James Burns, Staffa; MTS. Mar- tin Donnelly, Vancouver, B.C., Pat- rick Feeney of Hibbert and Martin Feeney cf Mousejaw, Sask. The funeral was held on Wednes- day morning, Aug. ,110th, at St: James' Roman Catholic Church. Rev, Father g, A. Feeney of St, Joseph's Hospital, Landon, a nephew of the late Mrs. Melady, sang the Requiem Mass and conducted the services at the grave, assisted b.y Rev. Father T. 'P. Hussey. The ,pallbearers were six nephews, Messrs, Edward Melady, Thomas Melady, Albert Melady, Wil- fred Feeney, Dennis Feeney and Louis Feeney. Interment was in St. games' Cemetery. There were many spiritual ibouquets, also a wreath from the Council of Hibbert and a sheaf from Mr. and Mrs. Harry Jeffrey and Miss Norma Jeffrey. Among those from a distance attending the funeral were Rev. Father J. A. Feeney, Lon- don, an•d NIT. T. S. Melady, .M.A., and Mrs. Melady, cif Windsor; also a large number of former neighbcirs in MRS. E. Mc1VIURRAY Mrs. Ebenezer McMurray .passed away on Sunday morning at her home in the Royal Apartments. Mrs. McMurray, who was in her 83rd year, had been in failing health for some time and was bedfast for over five weeks. Formerly Mary McMichael, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. John McMichael of Hallett, during her earlier years she lived about a mile east of Kinburn and after lier narriage came to live in Egmonclville where Mr. MeMarray's death occur- red twenty year. aao. She was horn in Scotland and was the last stu-vng member of the family. The funeral took place from her late home on Tuesday afternoon, Aug. 9, Rev. Hugh 'jack of First Presbyterian Church officiated. Inter - meat took place in F.gmondville Cem- etery. The pallbearers were .Henry Edge, Ed Mole, Thomas Beattie, An- drew Snell, Ben Snell and Will Brine. Floral tributes included the follow- ing: Mn.. M. Coombs (niece), and Mr, ail d Mrs. A. Coombs; Mrs. Walker .(niece) and Mr. and Mrs. Ed Hinchley and Miss Whiteman; Mrs, 3 Yoes, Mrs. R.. E. Coates. Relatives from a distance attending the funeral were; Mr, anal Mrs. W. Walker of Goderich, Mrs. M. Combs, Tor- onto, and son and datightersinala.w, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Coombs, London, Mrs. McMurray is survived by font. nieces, Mrs. M. Coombs, Toronto; Mrs. Wesley Walker, iGoderich; Mrs. Ray Humoon and Miss Helen Stan- ley, of ,Sanit Ste, Marie, Mich, CRASH VICTIMS IN HOSPITAL Injuries of those .1)ra-tight to Scott Memorial Hospital following the car crash at Xippen, ere: Mrs. Stillwell, a broken hack; her husband a broken bone lit the loot, and their ,daughter has severe lacerations. To the Seaforth Junior Institute has been the custom of the Seaforth ;Junior Institute to start a bank account of one dollar for each "Institute baby." In past years this . generosity did not require any par- ticular budgeting. Matters are entire- ly different this year, for there are ten brand new babies in the society.) The stork sat one night all alone by the fire With babies for sale, for adoption or hire Discouraged +because no one came to enquire. He'd quadruplets, sextettes and quin- tuplets too just like the old woman who lived in the shoe, The w -hale of them howling, what could the stork do? He'd flown through the azure with four in his beak, But women were modern, he hated to speak To them of large families, since two is the peak. There's no place from Cork to the Island of But He thought where some babies would look quite as cute As .down in the Seaforth, fine, farm Institute. So over to Seaforth in post haste he flew Next day though the wind in a, hurri- cane blew, In hopes that he'd quickly .dispose of a few. On arriving he met with well bred courtesy, • A few shook their heads at the men- tion of three, But one lady asked "What's the quintuplet fee?" "One for me," said the president, "Ladies, you know That some of us have. been provok- ingly slow, We must help the poor stork on his , way through the snow." His luck was exceptional, bidding was fine, He sold ten lovely babies, just all in a line, 'f was the best auction sale, since the days o' lang syne. But after he left a big .problem arose, The members were faced with new financial woes, That made all the babies start kicking their •toes. In the past they had placed in the hank for each boy Or girl, a 'bright dollar to add to their joy. • , When they'd just a year, but ten dollars. 0 Boy!