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THE SEAFORTH
HURON NEWS
Goes To Toronto—
Vern DeGeer, referred to in the
following item, is a cousin of Messrs.,
Colclough Bros of Constance and his
many.friends here wish hinl every
success in his.new field: Vern De
Geer, sports editor of the Windsor
Star, goes to a new post with the
Toronto Globe, December '1, and
Windsor and all -these parts ,lose an,
outstanding sports writer whose fine
writings have been read by an army
of followers. Outstanding hereabouts
for ail) years or more, DeGeer is one
of the most ;prolific scribes in the
trade and a versatile slinger of sports
news. He is one of the 'best, if .not
the best, informed writer ofinterna-
tional sports originating in the 'Unit-
ed States and Canada. Besides all
that he is a swell fellow and Toronto
and sports .fans up there are lucky.
H. G. Meir To Resign—
H. G. Meir, of Seaforth, has de-
clared his intention •of resigning as
Boy Scout district commissioner, His
resignation, necessitated by ill -health,
will he received at the annual meet-
ing to be held at Clinton on Decent-
ber 2nd. Mr, Mieir's active associa-
tion with the Scouts will be sadly
missed. for his interest was an inspir-
ation to those with whom he worked.
.-G,,,ierich Signal -Star.
Claim Allowed—
In a judgment handed down by
,indee E. W. Clement last week, Mrs.
L,hel Habkirk, of Seaforth, was al.
lowed a claim of $392;40 in an action
azain',*. J. 11. Lavis, of Clinton, The
case 0 as heard at Goderich on Oc-
tober 4. Evidence revealed the late
Mr. • Habkirk, truck -driver for a pet-
rolenm company, paid $3192.90 out of
his own pocket before his death in
1936, in order to carry on the de-
fendant as a customer.
Went Hunting—
Mr. Walter Broadfoot of Grey, has
returned from a recent deer hunting
expedition, 60 miles north of Parry
Sound. He reports deer as being
plentiful. The station agent at Parry
Sound told Mr. Broadfoot that in the
past 10 years 'there have 'been 6000
deer shipped 'from there. In Mr.
Broadfoot's party were A. j. Coombs,
London, Robert Somers, Blyth, Bal-
lantyne Cotterill, Ro'bt. McKenzie
and Harvey Linklater and Robt. Mc-
Kay of 'Kincardine. They brought
home their quota of deer. While there
they encountered the Mark's party
from Walton.—Brussels Post.
PIPE
TOBACCO.
FOR A M I.LD, COOL SMOKE
HURON OLD BOYS' ANNUAL.
AT -.HOME IN TORONTO
Native of Kippen Dies
John Alexander McNevin, well
known 'broker, died at London last
week following a prolonged illness.
Born in Kippen, Huron County, he
was associated with liaison's bank
for some 'time. Later he had been
interested in the 'brokerage business.
He had been a resident of London
for the past .215 years. Mr. McNevin
was a member of the Holy A"ante So-
ciety. Surviving• are his widow, Eva
May Finlayson McNevin, and his
mother, Mrs. Margaret MCNevin of
California. The funeral service was
held in Toronto where interment was
made.
.game called "find the President's
wife," At midnight no one had been
able to discover the young lady but
the 'President H.' M (Jackson (who,
by the way, is a bachelor) appeared
on the platform with Miss 'Joan Mc
Iadyete -on one arm and: a "mystery
wife" on the other, Rev. R. C. Me
Dermid was on hand to perform the
ceremony. The mysterious Mrs.
IJacikson was covered completely by a
slieet and when this was removed it
was discovered that the "mystery,
wife" was the colored radio artist
Valerie Smith.
'J, 3. Page, general manager of
Western Canada •03our Mills left the
night before for Winnipeg and .missed
the At -Horne for the fourth consecu-
tive time through being ,out of town
'on 'business.
The Round Room of the Eaton
Auditorium, where lunch was served,
is probably the most beautiful room
of its kind in Canada, P. IV. Johnston,
manager of Eaton Auditorium, is a
San of Harry Johnston, well known
Goderich Old Boy.
The .OId Tyme songs thrown .on
the screen along with the rye waltzes
were perhaps the inost enjoyable
part of the program to the old-timers.
Many or those present saw the
Lambeth Walk done for the first
time. It is a very pojxilar number
and created plenty of merriment.
Fred Crich led the number.
The President led the Grand
March to the lunch roost and as the
dancers circled the hall it seemed as
procession would never end.
(Continued Fiom Page 1.1
and Mrs, W. D. S,prinks, Mn. and.
Mrs. tJ. Saud, Mr. and Mrs. T. Must-
ard, Mc. and !Mrs. W. E. Hanna, Mr.
and Mrs. Ji. O Scott, Mr. and Mrs.
Whitney Dane, Mr. and Mrs. Athol
MdQuarrie, Mr. and Mrs. E. J. B.
Duncan, Mr. and Mrs. Robt. John-
ston, Mr. and 'Mrs. W. J. Jones, Mr.
and firs. G. E. Ferguson, Mr. and
Mrs. R, 3. Ferguson Mr. and Mrs.
C. Bean, Dr. and Mrs. F, A. Kohl,
Mr. and Mrs. 5.. T. Dickson, Mr.
and Mrs. E. Stark, Mr. and 'Mrs. G.
M. Chesney, Mr. and 'Mrs, J M.
Batten, \Ir. and Mrs, F. O. Cook,
Mr. and Mrs H. J. Morris, 'Mr. and
Mrs. C. D. Richards, Mr. Geo. Jack-
son (Seaforth); Mr, C. N, Henry,
Mr. Chas. Stewart, Mr. Lawrence
Reid, Mr. A, Burrows, .Mr. G. S.
Fowler, \ir. Fred Crich, \Ir. K. C
Stanhury, '\Ir. 'VWilf. McKenzie, .Mr,
0. :\. Steuart, Mr, W. 0. Turnbull,
Mr. G. I). McTaggart (Clinton),
r, V. Sim:, Urs. M. Irwin. :Mrs. \V.
Fydell. Mr.. L. Speare, Mrs. W. J.
Milne bars. Edith Sloan, Mrs. Gen.
Paterson, Mrs., D. Thompson \1}s.
F. F. Tesdall, Mrs. Robt. Naylor if the
1 Rochester, N. 1.), Mrs, M. Mc -
Ewan, Mrs. P. B. Gardner, Mrs. R.
Hawkshaw, Mrs. J. C. Gaudier,
Miss Sadie Walker, Miss Dell O'Neil,
blis. Belle Bunting. Miss Doris
Moore (Winnipeg), Miss F, Laidlaw,
Miss (7frtrude Crich, Miss Sadie
Holman, Miss Helen Jones, Miss
Kat Jones, Miss M. A. Cooper, Miss
M. .Boyd. bliss E. C. Bryant. Miss
V. M. Gardiner, bliss Audrey Weil-
and, bliss Helen Stewart,',Miss Fan-
nie Paterson, Miss R. Cameron, Miss
3, Covell, Miss R. A. Farrow, Miss.
Margaret Gray, Miss Margaret
'Wright, Miss A, Hamilton, Miss
Mina Proctor, Miss Pearl .Mustard,
Miss \Lary Hogan, Mary McClure,
Frank 'Wilson.
Notes
Mrs. R. J. Taylor of Rochester,
N. Y., made her first visit to a
Huron •Old Boys function and she
was delighted. She is a Walton Old
Girl.
One of the pretty .debutantes of the
evening was Miss Helen Jones of
Windermere Ave.
Mr, Geo. 'Jackson of Seaforth was
a welcome visitor. He is a brother of
President Jackson, and came down
to Toronto to see how these Old
Boys behaved themselves.
H. M. Jackson is a very popular
President judging by the large num-
ber of business associates who were
present to do him honor.
Mr. Geo. D. McTaggart, of Clin-
ton, was present with his niece, Mrs,
Dr, Tisdall. Mr. and Mrs. McTaggart
are spending the winter in the City.
Miss Doris Moore of Winnipeg
was au early visitor.
Hon. J. Gardiner, Huron Old Boy,
Minister of Agriculture, was not pre-
sent, 'but sent his regrets, and, let
me say in passing that he missed
something good.
Miss Dell O'Neill, Clinton 'Old
Girt, won 2nd prize in the bridge.
She is an expert ,player as well as
an up-to-date teacher in the City
schools.
Mr. Thornton Mustard, Principal
of the Toronto ;Normal School, and
Brucefield •01d Boy, was ,present with
Mrs. Mustard.
Mrs. Jas Saul, Seaforth Old Girl,
carried :off the 1st prize in euchre
with Mrs. Geo. Ferguson taking the
2nd prize.
There were lawyers, doctors and
teachers galore present and all happy
as larks.
Mr: Andrew G. Smith, ex -mayor of
Wingham, won 2md prize, men's
euchre.
Mr. W. Sprinks of the Customs
Dept., won the prize in bridge,
Mr. W. .licCutcheon, Morris town-
ship .odd Boy and President of the
Junior Association, and Mrs, Me-
Cutcheon, were 'both very busy all
evening with the activities.
Rev. R. C. McDermid, chaplain 'of
the Association and 'J. A. McLaren,
Hon. President, strolled leisurely
around and discussed all kinds of
topics, except politics.
Arthur Sims, Blyth Old Boy, was
one of the first to arrive, and he
spoke of the time when Pat Kelly
was the big man of the village.
The Exeter contingent, under the
leadership of Miss Sadie Walker,
turned out in full force, the first
time in years.
Dr. Byron Campbell' led a big con=
tingent from Zurich and Hensell.
Mr, Joe Scott won the first prize
hi euchre.
Ur, B. H. McCreath acted as mas-
ter of ceremonies and did the job
NEWS
'I1$URS'DAY, DECEMBER
, 1938.
Worden-Frayne—
A quiet wedding took place at the
United Church parsonage, Sombra,
last week, when Miss Emily Amelia
Frayne, daughter of the :late John
and Sarah Frayne, of Exeter, was
'united in marriage with Mr. William
i0ae-lfsle Worden, of Staffa, Rev. R.
'E. South•cott officiating. The bride
was dressed in a gown of blue al-
•pacca crepe and wore a black lamb -
trimmed coat with accessories to
match. Mr, and Mrs. Worden left on
a trip to Toronto.
Won At Toronto—
Muck Von 'Mayndale, owned by 7.
R. Walker of Seaforth, won all the
awards in his class last week at the
Dog Show at the Royal Winter Fair:
The year and a half old Dachshund
won two cups and four ribbons at
Toronto, and it was his first time in
the show ring. The first ribbons were
for novice dogs, Canadian bred clogs,
limit lags, and the third riblbon for
the open Dachshund class. One cup
was Inc best novice Dachshund and
the other for the best Canadian -bred
dog.
Both Arms Broken—
Orland Squire, of lUsborne, is car-
rying both arms in plaster casts.
Orland has a small windmill oe tope
sof the implement shed on the farm
which is used 'lar charging 'batteries.
Something went wrong with the
windmill, and he climbed to the roof
to fix it. In same manner he slipped
and felt to the •ground landing on
both 'hands. A !bone was broken in
each .arm above the wrist. The accid-
ent occurred on November 9th. Orl-
and is a son of Nelson Squire, who a
•few weeks ago, fractured the verte-
brae of the neck, when he was
thrown' from a load of grain when a
trip -rope 'broke. — Exeter Times -Ad well.
voeate. The highlight of the -evening -was a
s.{
DID'U TAKE
OUR ADVICE?
If so you will have something to . crow about now,
because your pullets were raised on
.- Feeds.
Choiceteria 0
They rugged be ru ed and full of vitality and in good production when egg prices are high.
Choiceteria O.A.C. Laying 'Mash
Gives the birds what they need to keep, up egg production and maintains their body
weight.
The Ontario Agricultural College has proven this. Why experiment with feeds. that . may
be a few cents lower in price.
Dealer, ,1. M. Scott, Seaforth
0. A, C. Laying Mash $2.10 per cwt.
O. A.. C. Laying Mash (with Cereal Grass) $2,20'cper cwt,
Laying Concentrate $2.90 per cwt.
Ea S. is -`ATT & S NS
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