HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1939-10-26, Page 2PAGE TWO THE SEAFORTH NEWS
St. Thomas' Parish
Dates Bach to 1859 t
History of the Church Given by
The Rev, Dr. Hurford on
Sunday
(continued (snit Paoo 1)
St. Thomas' Church. This register
contains entries complete up to 1867,
and the pioneer of the church's work
here passed to his rest in 1Se8, being
buried in Harpurhey Cemetery.
In 1855 a meeting was held in Har-
pnrhey when it was moved by Ret-.
Patterson, seconded by. Rev. W.
Cresswell that it was desirable to
build a church in that place. Money
was collected, lumber and brick
bought, but the scheme fell through
and ni tteey was returned to the con-
tributory, though Ito explanation fs
found in the recc.rrls. Among these
whose names figured 121 this effort
were Wni. Chalk, L. eTey e r I Fowl-
er. J. Fowler, J Curter. R ClutM, Mr.
Bonder, C. L. Van Egmond, E. Cress-
well, G. Thompson. 13, Eden, 1'. Cress-
well, A. Meyer.
It is 80 years since s.rvices were
first held in Sett forth. 'rlten in 15+12 a
meeting was called to e ntsidel' the
bnildlug of •t ('hureh Arming those
who aU ended were til, esrs. T. Adams.
J. Fowler, J. !frown, J. Oldfield. \V.
C)ldfieicl, L. Sli ldlcr, 11. Scarlett. deet. (1.
Jackson. G. Sewell, F.: (u ..,w ell, A.
Strong. E. lliektou, Dr. Smith, Or.
Truuy, ('ale Ord. T. 11. GWP F. Case,
O, Case,A. Van Ilguema J. H. herr
;on. A. Archibald. R. 3'h meter, W.
.1. Cleary. A site was given I,y Mr.
Edgar Jarvis and Ole nave built. As
the minutes of those clays have been
lost we do not know the exact year.
which the church was built, probably
1461, but we do knew Rev. C. 3'.
Johnson was appointed us the first
permanent clergymen its Mat
The
ihe chancel was btuilt. in 1872 (Rev.
It. Starr!, turd the wings were added
to the church during the ministry of
Rev, W. F. Campbell 187741. and :Minh
credit is given to 81t'. F. 1lolnlst,:'.3 tr,r
the completion of the building.
The organ was built in 15:15 and the
electric- blower added in 1917: In titre
the Sunday School or Parish Hall ea:
completed in he present state but it
was per based about 1881. having for.
:n• fly been a Methodist 14pf..ropa!
'hurch.
The sm'plice ,'heir under the leader.
;hip of 8lrs. 11. Digo wa- intro,lra•e,l
in 1915 and the passage eoate'o ring
Tee eltnr•elt and hatl tented
year In 1014 tit.' Ladies't'uild 1 ,.
,((('"3 1311• bros curultu1.00U i;.il; ,1ud
•1 Was u•h +nr',•I ('aep... The Idol of
xtel to ae et id the emir, ft was
- -donated iiGI by 917 ss E.c r sw, if
t t
i0 ;Mardi. 1921 as the he!1 was
about to be rung for a mission service
the tower was almost destroyed by
lightning ,inti the church damaged.
The tower was rebuilt,and the
hm•ch repairer!. At this time Mr.
3etil10 t'reeswell pr'nvidedthe funds
tee lite' repainting of the i'hurclt unit
Mr. Harry Cresswell donated lhht-
niug rods for (hurcb and parish hall.
In 1922 the beautiful Contnurnion
falter• was presenter) to the church by
the children of Mrs. Adeline Best.
The meat of the congregation re-
arranged the seats thus making a
(entire aisle in 11(2:1 when a new heat-
ing- system was installed. The church
benefited in 1 9:15 by the receipt of
the tit. ('lair Simpson bequest of
$2nb0 and a house, the Jackson i4Iein-
orial Trust of $1000 and the Leonard
Shoitlice Trust of $1060,
One of the things which has added
greatly to the comfort of the con-
gregation watt the installation of a
steam heating system in 1036 which
wee paid for in about a year.
The stained glass windows which
add :to much to the beauty of the
sacred edifice were erected to the
memories of Robert and Ada Donkin
(chancel, 1890), Thos. 0. Kemp
(19022, Ellen Hohnsted (1905) and
C. G. St. Clair Simpson. The leaded
art glass window in the tower was
presented by Mr. H. Edge in 1926.
The Rev. T. A. Brown has the dis-
tlnetion of having held the longest
pastorate of the pat'ish, 18 years
(1,91'2.1910), the second longest being
that of Rural Doan Ilorlgins, 16 years
(1889-19051. Both of these rectory are
still affectionately remembered. One
01' the past rectors, Rev. W, L. Mills.
hail the distinction of being elected
oishop of Kingston lo 1701 and later
of Ontario. The present rector 4 Rev,
R. I'. 0. Hurford, 1.2,I).1 was ordained
by him in 1911 and well t'.10510 ere
itis eh,irnling personality.
The W.A. of the parish 101:,4 year
ro•leln•ates its 5011) 0i1111,111y and has
rendered splendid. service.
Al. thus time w praise God for the
te,itbful erne and women who inan€'-
erat(,'d and who have ('11l'rierl en the
'work of the parish el, suceeesfully in
the past. "Their name 115(40 for ever
rime." We fere also grateful to the
fai1(1ful officers and worker's who are
shouldering the burden to -flay. May
Goal's richest blessing rest upon the
parish during the next 30 years.
MURDERED BY AN UNSEEN
ENEMY
Police were baffled by the mysteri-
ous killing of a spectacular captain of
finance on his wedding day...but a
newspaperman's unwelcome sleuthing
finally broke the ease and a crafty
murdered was brought to justice, as
is told in an exciting serial novel of
love and intrigue, "A Picture of the
Victim," starting lt2 The American
Weekly with the October 29 issue of
'The Detroit Sunday Times.
It was the small bey s first visit
to the zoo, and the father was iteme
to teach him something about wild
animals, "Novy, this lion," he • said
pausing by a cage, "look how tierce
and strong he is. Lions will attack
and devour human beings, you
know."
Theyoungster eyed the lion and
the cage thoughtfully. Then he said:
"Daddy, if it got out of its cage and
ate you up, what's the number of
the bus I must take to get horse?"
111
Frequent
di/For reIiecingdi8-
comforts of chest.
colds and night coughs, rub
VapoRub on throat, chest, and
backatbedtime. VapoRub'spoul-
tice-vapor action relieves conges-
tion of upper air passages—eases
soreness of chest and back mus-
cles—helps the youngster relax
into healing sleep.
For coughing and irritated
throat caused by cold.", put
VapoRub on the child's tongue
to relieve the irritation. Then
massage VapoRub on throat
and chest.
For "sniffles" and ntisery
V of head colds, melt VapoRub
in a bowl of boiling water. Have
the child breathe in the steaming
vapors. This loosens phlegm,
clears air passages, makes breath-
ing easier. Also massage VapoRub
on throat and chest. Millions of
families use these three time -
tested treat-
ments,
MKS
VJApo Rua
HURON NEWS
O. M. Scott, Native of Brussels,
Passes Away at Hamilton—
D. Mackenzie Scott. 84, widely
known as an auctioneer specializing
in the sale of antiques, died on Sat-
: urday following a month's illness, He I
was regarded as an authority in ap-
praising and was former Hamilton,
manager for Northern Life Asset,
i ance Company. (1r, Scott Was second
vice president of the Native Sons of
Canada and president of the Hamil-
ton Council of the organization, Nat.
ive of Brussels. Ont., he is survived
by his widow, a brother Walter. and
a sister. Mt., 0. H. Saints, both of
Brussels.
SOUTH HURON PLOWING
WAS HELD ON FRIDAY
Tile annual Sm1ti1 Huron Plowitte
nnuti'31• staged on Friday at the farm
of Percy Stone, Tham..s Road, about
three 11110', east of Easter. will go
down in history as the most success.
ful ,event in the history of the assor i-
tafon, In ail deer. were 21 teams pre-
sent and sixteen meters. W. T.
Quinn. the president e((l [erley Paste
More. the seeretare. said they were
highly pleased, 'The judge, Frank Pell
nt Stratford, said the general work
w'as among the finest he had seen. A
banquet will he held M the Themes
Road ('Itttreli next mouth under the
auspices of the .South Huron Ptovv-
men'. A:sociittion, the 3ae(3 te.,lk c
'to ba, .1 A. ('arroli. At that tine the
prize money for the match _rill be
;Maid.
The r. -slier. of Frid•+r_s c,intpat.-
'ltteiu' trent•
Open r lass. jointer plow 141 .nil
Herold Tarter. Sr. M.."y.-.
.ate. Mem., r., Elmer Arritettene. 0'.
F'aals, _Andrew e'e:rl;. - Strathtey;
he:g1. (•rnwn. Harold 4':•. t: c. best Me
islt,
'1 -
i,h, .lusli11 Nilrn dircetor chute,.
John \Ilis,n.
ape 1. to those who never won t
prize at the 10115tnt'ial plowing match
h
.xcept in boys' classes ..Anthony Ai•
1 n,
Cromarty, Norman Bell. Staffa,
James Hogg, Seaforth, Sack Willits,
\Viuglutin1 best (town and finish,
Anthony Allen; director in charge.
Cecil Row.'.
Jointer (lows in sod. op.'s to Moe).
,,who have never won two first psi+'s.
except in boys' classes :Alvin Pass -
'more, Woorihatn, Lorne Passnun'e,
Exeter, Lorne - Alien, Kirktou,
Montgomery, Seafnrtli; best crews
and •t nisi. Alvin Passmore; director
'in charge, Alvin Passmore.
301111er plow's In sod, boys 18 and
nnder---P:ldon Allen, ('rnmarty, ,lack
Mathiescu, Stratford; best crown and
best finish. Eldon Allen; director in
charge, Asa Penhale.
Saluda tea special event, hays 16
and under, in sod--Tucltersmith, Us.
borne, Huy and Hibbert Townships
only --Harry Lovey, ('ontr'ala, Russell
Ferguson, Hensel], Kenneth Duncan,
ICirkton, Alonzo Harburn, Cromarty;
best crown and finish, Harvey Levey;
dh'eetor fit charge, H. Jeffery.
Tractor plowing in sod. open to
all—Ivan Spearman, Oil City, Garnet
McNally, Inwood, T. P. O'liulley,
Teeswater, Kenneth Spearman, 011
City; best crown, G. McNally; best
finish, Ivan Spearman; director in
charge, W. Quinn.
Tractor plowing in sod. Tucker -
smith, L'sborne, Stephen, Hay and
Hibbert townships—Wilfred Shantou,
Exeter, Roland Williams, Exeter,
Kenneth Johns, Exeter, Bert Verner,
Exeter; best crown and finish, Wil•
eyed Shepton; director in charge, A.
Morgan; special in this class for best
plowman, 16 years and under --"-Alvin
Passmore.
Special for best plowed land by
South Huron plowman --.Alvin Puss-
.r:cfc. , tt r. 111211. • ,1 , .,r 'a.I Jre
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Toronto
Brussels Man Dies After - - -
Hunting Accident—
Mundy Edgar, ;0-ysar•old Brussels
ntau, :tied in \Cinghaun General -Hos-
pital Saturday afternoon following a
hunting accident on Thursday _after-
noon, The accident happened on the
farm of \'trot. Elston. \!orris Town-
ship. when a party composed of lir.
Edgar. • Walter Scott Harry Allen
and Ira "McLean. all of Brussels, wet'e
hunting. 81i' Edgar was separated
from other- Wren, when he tripped, his
glut discharged inflicting severe
wounds in his 11210 1• leg. He was
rushed to \\ inghecm General Hospital
in r serious condition In an effort
to -ave his lite the ir't, was amputat-
ed Friday morning, Sfal-:.tnsion was
given but he passed 00 Saturday af-
terunon. Born in Wroxeter, the son
of Mrs. I'idgar and the late Hugh Ed -
gal, he attended school there. In 1934
he married Wlnnifred MacMillan.
Mr. Edgar was an employee of 0. A.
Rtutn, furniture and funeral director
of ilrueseis, He leaves to moony his
sudden passing, his wife end four
sone, John. Donald, Bruce nut James,
his mother, Mrs. Hugh Edgar of
Wroxeter; one eister. Miss Margaret
Edgar, nurse -in -tabling at Walkerton
Hospital. and two brothers. James at
home and Jack. teacher at Fort
Frances.---\Vingham Advance -Times.
Mitchell Theatre Nears Completion
The eaget3y watched operations et
the theatre being +tilt lit Mitchell
:,re- rapidly- Lein_' 1•,+ntpleteel. and the
canopy extend -Mg ,'vee the street
sa, • reeled. New; lighting annotm..-
ir.•e the name 3i' theitre to be the
"Plea" twinkled brightly f,a• sliorl
rime as workmen cotnple1ed the in.
,tall tion of the tubing. Insidethe
Theatre a gang of patnit.'I'$ are rapid-
ly decorating the. of the lobby
and rotunda as well as the auditorium
itself. Markings indicating the pusl-
Hens of the y('111e line ten± floor :while
workmen with a pneumatic drill are
boring holes into wltioh are inserted
the bolts which hold the seats in
place, plumbers are connecting up
radiators stud electrlc'ians are wiring
control boxes lull :generally getting
ready for the final installation of
lights. and electrical equipment,
—
Mitchell Arivnt'at1.
Blaze at Goderich Mill
A blaze in the shipping room of
the Western Canada Flour lulls at 4
o'clock on Wednesday morning de-
stroyed 1,500 bran bugs—three bates
of 500 hags each ---before it was ex.
tiuguished. A workman engaged lu
111111lg bags with bran a short dist-
ance away first smelled the smoke
011, turning around, saw the smould-
erhig bales. Duly the edge was hurtl-
ed, but it was sufficient to render the
bags unfit for use, A lire extinguisher
was used to put out the blaze. The
cause is unknown.--Goderich Signal -
Star.
Exeter Couple Celebrate Diamond
Jubilee—
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Penhale
of Exeter ,ceicbrated their diamond
wedding anniversary on Oct. 1,5th.
It was October r1.t1i, 1879, sixty years
ago. that Mr. Penhale was united in.
Marriage With Hlannah Jory at the
home of the 'bride's parents, the laic
\1r, and Mrs. 'James Jory on the 'farm
on the Thantcs Road now 'occupied thy
Mr. Arthur Randle. The Officiating
clergyman was Rev. S. H. Rice. For
'four years 'lir. and Mrs.- Penhale re-
sided on a farm in Hullett township
nr tr Seafol th They then reeved to
the. second c orassiiat of Stephen
town -drip onto the farm nOw ovtupiei
by their sou, Asa 1. Penhale. when.
they liver! for 27 years. 42 was 27
year. ago that '11111 retired: from the
farm and nor e ei l?xcter, h'or five
;eau's Mr. Peithal- gas a weigher of
Exeter council and or six years , .
tee• Ruurri i 'i'i,',tioo. They are.
members of the lane's Street ('nited
Church and highly esteemed. Their
family einnprises five Children, Luth-
er J., and Asa ;I., of Exeter; Mrs. Vv'.
Smith, -of Forest; Mrs. T. Hamlin. of
\-aneaavcr !,land: Mrs. E, F. Clay-
ton, of Vancouver; also twenty
grandchildren and two igreat grand-
.r1hifrTren. One son Thomas made ,the
supreme sacrifice in the ,last great
war and a daughter Freda died a few
3,ears ago.—Exeter Times -Advocate.
Ducharme-Cantin—
A happy matrimonial event was cel-
ebrated at St. Peters R. C. Church,
Drysdale, when Rev. Fr. 0. A. Mar-
tin United in holy wedlock, Miss
Yvonne Cardin, daughter of 1411'. and
'Mrs. Napoleon A. Cantln of St. Jos-
eph, in 1411'. (,eorge Peter Dncharme.
son 01' air. mid 81rs. David Duc'hiu'ute,
of Zurich.
James Grant Dies—
inn 'I'b trsday lams (;,rant 10 Bras,
0.,1 passed a\ary in his Mill year at
his Icer . Married in 19011 to :Marga-
ret 1'rrric who survives, he lived for
22 nuneber of years in t rey township,
moving n 33ut sets in 13933. He was an
eider in 84clville Presbyterian uhurclh
for 2 years. He leaves ibis wife, tone
daughter, airs. Cameron Adams of
Wroxeter ,and one sister, Miss Man -
arct Grant and one 'brother, "John dI
Grey township, and three grandtihild-
ren. Interment bock ,place in Brussels
cemetery, '.
`CONTEMPT OF COURT'
SEEN IN LIQUOR RULE
Anuuttticxmentt Fiat the Liquor
Control Act 'will the eniorced lout the
Canada Teutperance Act 1s'ill not be
in Huron, Perth and Peel
counties and Manitoulin "sounds very
much like contempt of court" to Rev,
R. J. Irvin, secretary of the Ontario
Teutperanre federation.
"The recent verdict of the supreme
,count of Ontario was that the Canada
'T'etn'pera:me Act is the law, of (he
land," said Dr. Irwin. "It would seem
that inview of that judgment it
should 'be respected,"
in announcing, he 'had instructed all
law enforcement officers to `ibear
down" on offenders m jurisdictions
where •re the C.T.A. was recently ruled
to be in force, Attorney'General 'Con-
ant said: `These instructions are en-
tirely consistent with the govern-
ment policy, previously announced.
We will not enforce the C.T.A. !Mit
we will enforce aggressively the I -C,
A. to the fullest extent the law per-
mits."
"We appreciate the decision of the
,verument to enforce the law," said
Dr. Irwin, "It is an improvement.
The 1.. C.A.. in any case, will cover
several offenses. But if the Ontario
go,•ernanent succeeds in its attack on
;he Canada "Temperance Act it will
not only destroy .for the whole prov-
ince the p t slhility of comity local
option, but it will immediately open
to legal sale of liquor communities
there it is now iiilegal under the
C.T.A.. communities many of which
,have voted against such sale. It is ap-
parin't this n._ the aim of the Hepburn
government
"There ie no necessary conflict bet-
ween the Taws such as wwouldpre.velit
their working concurrently, This 'was
the practice for more than -lt) years
and by this means all offences were
adequately taken care of. It is only
unfortunate law -violating gositi0n in
which the Ontario government ha,
placed itself in promotion of liquor
selling that makes it necessary for it
to try to put a good 'face on its mis-
deeds by atacleinw the constitutional-
ity of the C.T,A.
Clinton Safe Recovered.—
The safe reproved bodily from the
1actitry plant of the Canada Packer,
LFnited at Clinton was ktcated
Friday aftern,1'1* in the n:-i-¢hhorhonei
u • lramlon. Ti ?lad been broken open
12.3 the rash removed. Provincial
Constable 'McCoy. tin1111111,, wit,
c. Ihin22 in that (direction and. made
-h i 'r cry while local ,Poliee were
set Liens in ,then directi..ms. Police
believe Chat the roti i1.rs were iclenti'ai
2tith those who earlier n the week
1„ot,d. Harty «'atk,'s refreshment
hnoth getting away 'with ta'1 and
stock
and also entered the service
tatinn net rite it po.ite side of the
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1933
P Rt
LOODE
"Breeding tells", on the farm and at the auctions, as well
as in the show -ring.
Better strains in all livestock produce better returns year
in and year out at no additional cost in keep.
Money to buy stock that will make money for the purchaser
is regularly loaned by this Bank. We welcome the oppor-
tunity of lending money to responsible farmers who can
make profitable investments in pure-bred stock.
THE
DOMINION ,;t1
ESTABLISHED 1871
SEAFORTH BRANCH
E, C. Boswell - - Manager
highway. 'Thieve, raided he poultry
house on the farm of Joseph Quigley,
Hallett, early Friday morning and
cleared out the entire stock of laying
hens and sprint chickens. The doss is
heavy as -tying millet: at this .season
are bringing 51 per 'bird.
The total laud area of Canada. re-
visi'd according to the latest surveys,
is estimated at 3,46(3.55)1 square miles.
of which 549300 square miles is eon-
siderod as being suitable for agricul-
tural or pastoral purpose's. About
214,871 square utiles of this agricul-
tural land is occupied, aid of this
21:1,250 square miles is classified as
improved pasture, and '1-
iw tc v .d and under ia. tt n ,u i 1 .
I 1
657 satiate miles as forested.
"Yes," said an old man. "I have
had some terrible disappointments in
my time, but none stands out like the
one that came to me when I was a
boy."
"And what was that?"
"When I was a boy I crawied under
'a tent to see a circus, only to dia.-
cover
ig-cover that it was a revival meeting,"
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