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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1938-09-15, Page 3i✓r✓-'ci err r�rririrrrrrr��lri✓�✓irrrii✓✓✓✓riW^ Qi S l) 1 ti (t(l ��tll ((t)11 l)1t (�1 (t(l1 )l) THE WORLD'S GOOD NEWS will come to your home every day through THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR An Iaternatioual Daily Newspaper It records for sou the world's clean, constructive doings, The Monitor does not exploit crimp or sensation; neither does it ignore them, bait deals correctively with them. Features for busy men and all the family, Mending the weekly Magazine Section. The Christian. Steller Publishing Society one, Norway Street, 131,010,,, Mnneanhusette Please enter any subscription to The Cbristitin Science Monitor for a period of - 1 year $12.00 6 months 56.00 3 months. 53.00 1 month 51.00. Wednesday issue, including Magazine Section: 1 year $5,60, 6 issues 25o Name Address Sa,uple Copy on Request TIHURSDAY1, :SEPT. 15, 1938 THE SEAFORTJi NEWS PAGE THREE. Last week "Along the Air Waves" was .informed of the invitation ex- tended 'CBC :by the International Broadcasting Union at Geneva to pro- duce the 'Fifth World, Concert •on ,Oc- tober 23, from 2:1310 to 3 ,p.m' EST. Since then we have received many more details, .and it now appears that practically all of the :515 nations which are members of the (Union •wild carry the programme. At the Toronto studios of the 'CRC, iea the programme department, and especially, .at this time, in the public- ity department, the various persons connected with the mast important radio show the CBC has ever had scheduled to date, are working at top speed in order to supply the whole world with detailed informa- tion ,a'bou't the (Fifth World Concert. Requests from 'broadcasting organiz- ations throughout the world for pv:b- 19city, material,' in the form of stories, pictures and programme annotations, are 'being continually received, and as we go to press the CRC states that •newspaper; magazine and radio •edit- ors in all parts of the world have been provided with, hundred of pictures • and innumerable pages of informa- tion: suitab'le for feature articles on Canada and the CBC's world-wide radio production. It has 'been the good fortune . of ',`Along the Air 'Waves" to look over the publicity material which the Cor- poration has compiled and 'forwarded to the +International Broadcasting Un- ion at Geneva for world distribution, While a portion of this information pertains directly to the programme it- self, with pictures of the artists par- ticipating, the bulk of it concerns Canada and her pronine'nt •pla•ce in the ,Empire and in the world. There are geographical stories, stories on Canada's natural resources, her peo- ples, industries, and there are photo- graphs to illustrate our large. modern and beautiful cities, our forests, lakes and mountains, and other tourist at- tractions from coast to coast. As far as we can see, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation has gone very much out of its way to take ad- vantage of this opportunity to adver- tise 'Canada throughout the world. The programme itself will be an illus- tration of Canada as it is to -day. It has even supplied publications with maps •of Canada, which readers can refer to 'during the'broadcast.'In short, it has provided publishers in all coun- tries with enough story and picture material to compile a !book on Canada in 'both the 'English and French lan- guages. There is no doubt at all that listeners in all the countries carrying the Fifth World Concert will be well the to receive and understand, the musical picture which the +OBC will provide on October 23, Next week"Along the Air Waves" will discuss details of the +programme. itself, the many artists participating,. the method of production, how the programme will be distributed and the special Canadian nsujc which is now being written and completed far the broadcast. 'It ,will only 'be a half-hour broadcast, but it will be themost novel, artistic, original and interesting radio programme ever to span the oceans' and continents from this caua try. From the interest already ob- served in foreign .countries, there is Tittle doubt that this programme will have a larger audience than any other radio' feature from Canada, and the audience will be one webl prepared to hear i't, Corporation Features Day by Day (All Times Eastern Daylight Saving) Thursday, 'Septem'ber ': 5.30 p.m. The -CB+C .Summer Thea- tre—light 'draniattc series direction James C. Harvey. From Toronto. 9 p, stn, Promenade Sythphony Con- cert, conducted by Reginald Stewart. CB'C - NBC international exchange programme, From Toronto, Friday, September 23: 1+0 p.m.' Scrub Oak Hollow, as re- ported by truce Hutchison, From Kamloops, Saturday, September 24; 2 p,m. London Calling, rebroadcast of BBC Empire Transmission, CBC, From Ottawa. 2:00 To be announced, 2;30 Hill Billy Round Up, with Bill Campbell. 3!000 Empire Gazette, topical review of events overseas. 3:30 Music Hall, with Will Fyffe, presented by John Sharman, 8 p.m. Bands Across the Sea,strings in swing -time with Dave Divies and the Rhythmettes; directed by Percy Faith, CBC -MBS international ex- change programme. From Toronto, 110:3:0 pm, iLet's' All Go to tlic Music Hall, direction George Young, with orchestra, dramatic cast, and so- loists, From Toronto, Time Changes To Eastern Standard Sunday, September 25: t? p.m. Romance of Sacred Song, dramatic interpretations of famous hymns and their origins, written shy Estelle Fox. From Vancouver. 4:30 pan, The CBC Singers, "direc- tion Albert Whitehead. CBC -CSS in- ternational exchange program. From Toronto. 9 'pan. Music for You, orchestra di- rection Geoffrey Waddington, From Toronto. 110 p. m. Atlantic :Nocturne, readings by 7. Frank Willis, with Allan Reid at the organ. !Frohn Halifax. Monday, September 26: +5:30 p. m, Metropolitan Cafe, pro- duced by P. S. Adkins. From Mon: treat. 10.30 p.m. Dan MoCowan, nature talk by Dan McCowan. From Van- couver. Tuesday, September 27: 9:30 •:p,n1, 1Evensong, with Jeanne DedJardins, soprano, and Buddy Payne, ,organist. Froin Montreal. !11010'0 'Melodic Strings--dire'ction Alexander •Chuhaldin, From Toronto.. Wednesday, September 25: 7,415 p. in. Outdoors in 'Ontario—tat+lc by Stuart Thompson. Frown Toronto, 18,30 pail, Souvenir—Earle Spicer, baritone, with Acadian Concert Or- chestra •direction ,Marjorie 'Payne. CRC -.MRS international exchange programme, From Halifax, 19.115 p.ni. NoveitS, Choir --boys' and girls' vocal ;group. MB'S CBC interna- tional exchange programme. From New York. DUBLIN Miss B. MclGtath of Stratford spent last week at the hone of her brother, Mr. John McGrath. Mr. Ed Broderick of 'Toronto and son John, of 'Ottawa, were visitors at the home of Mr. !John McGrath on Sunday. Mr. ,and Mrs. 'Maynard O'Connell. and Anne Walters of Detroit have returned horse after vacationing with friends here: Mr. and Ms, Clayton Hill of Chi- cago have returned to that city after a brief visit at the home of Mr, James Shea, Dublin. Mr. and Mrs, Melville Blood ' and Anne McAleer have returned to their hone in Detroit following a visit to friends in Hibbert. • AUBURN Mrs. John Phillips, Arnold and Royce have returned home following a month's visit with the former's sis- ter, Mrs. Guy Durham and Mr, Dur- ham, •of St: George. Miss Violet Sharp of Dashwood and Miss 'Mabel Foster of Sheppard- ton have resumed teaching in the continuation and public schools re- spectively, Mrs. Fred Ross and Donald have returned home following a visit with friends in Toronto. The Presbyterial meeting o 1 the Presbytery of Huron will 'be held on Tuesday, Sept. lath, in ,Knox :Presby- terian Church, Auburn, The special speaker was Rev. Dr. Buchanan, vet- eran missionary in India for nearly 50 years. The Presbyterial of Huron Presbytery of the 'United Church was held on Wed., Sept. ,114th in the Unit- ed Church here. BLYTH Presentation.— A gathering at the home Miss Jose- phine Woodcock, Blyth, was held on Saturday afternoon When many friends gathered to congratulate her on the occasion of her 2Sth year as op- erator of the Blyth Municipal Tele- phone Office, Miss Woodcock is • a former Westfield girl, having lives] on the farm of Mr. and Mfrs. Walter Cook with her parents until the death of 'her father in July, 19112, and on March 117, 11913, she and her mother moved to Blyth and Josephine left for Dundas where she worked on the switch board until September, 1933, when she accepted a position at the Blyth telephone office, taking +('Myrtle Nichols) Mrs. John ' Carter's place. 'Others in the office at that time were Mrs, John .Bennett and daughter Haz- el, now Mrs. Herb. Thomas of 'Guelph. In 1920 Mrs. Bennett re- signed +her position as chief operator and Miss Woodcocks accepted the po- sition which She has since held. Those who attended ,were the present commissioners and wives: Mr. and Mrs. 'James Phalen, Mr. and Mrs. John S. Ellis, Mr. and' Mrs. F. D. Stalker; the present telephone staff: Mrs, Sadie Cummings, 'Miss Veleta Naylor, Miss Madeline Bell, and the former operators: Mrs. James Moody, Mrs: 'George McGowan and Mrs. Harry Brown; the lineman, Frank Rogerson and Mrs. Rogerson and Miss Alice Rogerson; former com- missioners: Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Tierney, 'Mr. and Mrs. 'Jahn Fingland of JJondesboro, Mr, G. M. Chambers, Mr. 'F. Richardson of the Bell Tele- phone Ca., Stratford, Mrs. John Snell •(+Alice Kirk) of Windsor, a former operator. Commissioner James 'Phel- an read an address to Miss Woodcock and commisioter F. D. Stalker pres- ented her with a 'beautiful electric bridge lamp and Mrs. Sadie Cum- mings on behalf of the telephone staff gave her a purse of money and Mr, G. M. Chambers, an ex -commissioner, gave her a cut glass :bowl and two tel- egrams. These gifts were allsmall tokens to Miss Woodcock in remem- brance of the occasion and for the kind and callable manner in ,which site gives her time to the work of the tele- phone office. Many beautiful bou- quets of summer 'flowers were given to her 'by subscribers. The 'hostess served afternoon tea and the dining roost 'table was centred with a cradle phone and a pretty wreath of flowers around it, Miss Gladys Fawcett, the secretary -treasurer, who is on her va- cation in Toronto, was unable to be present. HENSALL Standards of of gladioli in tones of fuschia palms and ferns formed a lovely setting in St. George's United Church, 'Toronto, on Saturday after- noon for the wedding of Aimee Clar- issa Yuill, Toronto, daughter of the late Mfr, and Mrs. 'Janes Yuill of Gil- bert Plains, Man.. to Dr. Ivan Gray Srniliie, df Hensall, son of Mfr. and Mrs. A. G. Smillie of Toronto. Rev, Philip Duncan officiated and John Liiut played the wedding music. The bride was given in marriage by her sister, Mrs. Charles Buchanan and wore a gown of white satin made with fitted jacket and long train. Her veil of tulle and old duchess lace, em- broidered with seed pearls, was held by a coronet of pearls, and she car- ried roses. Mrs. William +Edmunds was matron of honor, and the brides- maids 'were Inez Adams and Marjorie Adams, nieces of the bride, All three wore gowns of French cyclamen vel- vet, with trains," and cording -trimmed counter Check Books • We Fire Selling .Quality Books Books are Well Made, Carbon is Clean and Copies Readily. All styles, Carbon Leaf and Black Back. Prices as Low as. You Can Get Anywhere. Get our Quotation on *four Next Order. • • The Seaforth News SEAFORTJi, ONTARIO, fitted jackets, Their matching hats were high and ;crownless, in halo style. with waist -length back veils, and they carried cascade bouquets of asters toning from deep fiuehsia to pink, The 'flower girl, 'Norma Smillie, wore a frock of 'fuchsia pink taffeta, with trimming of French cyclamen and turquoise blue, Her bonnet, of the same material, was 11 crowuless poke style, with ties to match the trimming of her frock. She carried a little flower basket of pink roses, 'bou vardia and blue cornflowers. Dr: Rob- ert Oswald of St, Catharines was groomsman, and the ushers were Dr. Hawthorne Steele and Dr. Alexander Willett, The reception was held at the home of Mr, and Mrs, W. J, Cairns, St. Leonard's Drive, Toronto, where the 'bride's sister received, wearing a gown of black velvet with bolero jacket and hat to match, silver fox furs and corsage,, of pale pink rises, 'The bridegroom's mother was gowned in navy+blue, with corsage of deep red roses and •bouvardia. Later Dr. Smillie and his bride left for the Laurentians, the bride travelling in a black velvet suit, with hat to match, silver fox cape, black suede accessor- ies, and 'corsage of pink roses and bouvardia. They will live in Hensall. Dr. Smillie is a 'graduate of the Uni- versity of Toronto, and Miss Yeill spent last year in England on the teachers' exchange from the Toronto staff. Announcement— Mr. nnouncementMr. and Mrs, David Tiernan, Lon- don5 announce the engagement of their daughter, Anne Letitia, to Hen- ry Hemphill Cook, son of Mr. and 'Mrs. Cornelius Cook, of Hensall, the marriage to take place the latter part of September. Engagement— Mr. and Mrs. Charles llcDonell, of ,Hensall, announce the engagement of their daughter Mildred Winona to Edward Fowell Taman, sot of Mr. W. W. Taman, Exeter, and the late Mrs. Taman, the nnarriage, to take place the latter part of September. The regular meeting of the village council was held in the council cham- ber last week with all the members present. The minutes of the last meet- ing, also the special meeting, were read and adopted on motion of Jones and Shepherd. Reeve Shaddick report- ed re Levi Rands. F. G. Bonthron re- ported re the fire hazard at the rink, lacking chimneys, and advised the building of a brick chimney. Clerk Paterson reported having a conversa- tion with tine fire prevention officer in Toronto, and the communications with hien, Levi Rands appeared re his wife and children. Bills and accounts, Thos. Richardson, MO; R. J. Farr- ell & Co„ $2.9+ti; Hensall hydro, 54.64: F. G. Bonthron, postage, 35. Shep- herd -Twitchell, that we set the tax rate at 30 mills, or a taxable rate of, 29 mills, composed as follows, school 50,1' mills, public library .5: relief, .2; debenture 4.5; county 4, village 9.7 mills, POINT FARM HOTEL Mr. Gavin Green Hamilton, writing in the Goderich Signal -Star, nn the Blue Water Highway, Dunlop Sheppardton, teils of the summer ho- tel formerly at Point 'Farm, where boys' camps are now held. In pioneer days this four and a -half miles of Lake Shore road was a 'busy piece of roadway; it is now part of the "Blue Water highway." The present 'Dunlop in those days was called Millbrook. Further up the road was Leeburn, Then on half -a -mile and turn left towards the lake and it will take yon down to that old historic place, the Point Farm on the hank of Lake Hu- ron, All that is left now to remind the traveller on the Blue Water High- way of that once 'busy spot is the old gateposts and the house on the side of the road, now' occupied by Mrs. jos. .Cook, which at one time was a tavern called the 'Point Farm Branch, The original Point Farm Hotel was built by a man named Davis. His wife was a Hawkins, daughter of the original John Hawkins, pioneer of Port Albert and ancestor of all the Hawkins that still live in and around that historic village of Port Albert. Davis was drowned bringing supplies from Goderich in a rowboat one night in a storm. Afterwards his widow married J. J. Wright, that enterprising, dignified, aristocratic little English- man. That put the Point Farm au the map of .Norah America. The first Point parte tbuilding was burned down, 3, J, built an enormous :build- ing, with rooms for 200 guests, draw- ing-room rawing-room 87x2, feet, and a dining - room capable of accommodating- 300 diners at one sitting.' Tower 75 feet high from the top of which. a good view, of the country was to be had, and a sight of Michigan across the lake when visibility was good. J. J. Wright's 'Point Farm in its .palmiest days was the only slimmer resort in Western Ontario, He 'built a telegraph line from the like shore to the Point and this was tapped 'in the 'G,N.W.. Telegraph 'litre. He kept a telegraph operator during the tourist season. He also ran a passenger bus between Point Farm and Goderich for the ac- commodation of guests, meeting arri- val and departure of all trains and boats at 1Goderich. And if you did not wish to travel out from Goderich by bus, you could go by boat, as this en- terprising man had a little steam yacht built, which he called the "Toni- nny Wright," after his only child, Tommy. She was a fast little craft. Ran to Goderich every day, also took pleasure jaunts out in the lake and up the shore to Port A'l'bert and Kincard- ine. 13. J. built his own pier on the Point to land his passengers; but no- thing is left today of this harbor and pier hut sea -weeds and sea gulls. The little -boat "Tommy Wright" was burnt one night many years ago, as it was returning from Goderich to Point Farm. The captain beached the boat and no lives were lost, The old Point Farm housed over 1610 guests at one time in irs palely days. 1J. J. was a very patriotic Eng- lishman: had the ',nion jack always flying on the tower of the hotel. There;was also a flagpole on the lake, bank where flew another :Union jack, He had a small brass cannon mounted on the bank which he would ,fire off to salute all passenger boats that pass- ed up or down the lake. They were many in those days; many of them brought grist to his mill. Mr. Wright when he left Point Farm presented the brass cannon to R. S. Williams of the Bank of Com- merce. If anyone reads this and could trace this little 'brass cannon old-tim- ers would be pleased to have it donat- ed to the Goderich Historical Society as a pioneer relic of the Point Farm, and the proprietor J. J. Wright. The 24th of May and July 1st were always big days at Point Farm. Pic- nickers came from miles around to enjoy it day's outing at the resort, where there were swings. summer houses, lovers' lanes. a good bathing beach, race course, ball grounds. Sun- day schools, day schools. temperance lodges and other societies picnicked together when I was a boy, when there insist have been over 2,000 peo- ple on the grounds. But time wore on and 'mailer resorts sprang up and old , Point Farm, like all great things, had its day. In its prime it was a credit • to its proprietor, 'J, 'J. Wright, and a great 'benefit to the country around for many a dollar the farmers and their sons and daughters, wives and children got from the Paint Farm for poultry, vegetables, butter, eggs, ber- ries, milk, cream and fruits; and the daughters as waitresses and maids to tourist parties. In the height of the old Point Farm popularity J. J. had a cottage built at the lake road and a gatekeeper employed to open and shut the gate to its patrons. This was "quite English, you know." Now this is the saddest part to write, 'but I tell the truth as near as I can remember. Nothing remains now of the beautiful building, the summer houses. grounds, lovers' lane, etc, The 'beautiful furniture was sold at auction and the beautiful building sold to wreckers and the thirty acres that comprised the fairy grounds where dainty feet once trod is now a pasture field for the treading of lesser cattle. J. J, himself has gone to meet his patrons in another world. He ,had one son, Thomas, who lives retired in England. "Well, how's your courtship pro- gressing? Have your girl's people ac- :epted you as one of the fancily yet?" "Oh, absolutely definitely. Last night, for instance„ you should have heard the telling -off her mother gave me for using the guest towel!"