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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1957-01-03, Page 4• TUCKERSMITH .NOMINATION ((Continued from (Page 1) Asesssment has increased from x$2,523,075in 1952 to $2,618,- 300 in 1957 ;because of new buildings in Harpurhey, Eg- mondville, IBrucefield and at R.C.A,F,, also new farm build- ings. While new farm build- ings add to assessment they also add to the resale value,.he said. Siigh provincial subsidies on bridges greatly reduce the -post to ratepayers. A :bridge on the Ei bert .boundary damaged by flood, was replaced with a super culvert,: on advice of highways engineer, at cost of •$4,208. With Hibbert :paying half, and the subsidy, it cost Tuckersmith only just under' 5500, Steel from the old Sandford bridge was used to reinforce the floor . of the bridge on Cook sideroad, at a cost of 51,546, less the 80 per cent. provincial subsidy. The assessor had been paid 5450 extra for assessing work at R.iC.A.F. He said the few appeals at court of revision tes- tify to competence of the asses - Mr. Forsyth thought he could take some of the credit for big saving to taxpayers on Egmond- ville school, as he had suggested an agreement. Mr. Chesney) went to Toronto at his own ex- pense and spent a day with the' Depts. of 'Municipal Affairs and Education and came back with approval of plan to use clergy reserve bonds for collateral. Due to delay about water system in Egmondville, five us-, ers had taken from Seaforth, If there is an election he in- tended to stand for reeve. I Clerk E. P. Chesney explain- ed that an item in financial re- port showing ;165,000 was a bookkeeping figure due to the Bank of 'Canada increasing the rate of interest in June to 5% for municipalities. A new by- law had to be passed at that time. Frank Falconer Councillor Frank Falconer reviewed twp. grants. The extra' grant to. Seaforth fair should be passed around to Clinton and; Ilensall if they needed it. Brucefield fire dept. grant was doubled to help them buy; new equipment. Brueefield an -I swer calls free. He too predict-' ed a lower twp. rate in 1957. Mr. Falconer disputed the reeve's claim of saving '$9,000' on Egmondville school financ- ing. As the government :pays 40%, the saving to ratepayers: was not so large. Also the same applied to the claim that $30,-' 000 came back on Kippen road work. It was not his wish to make a three-way fight for reeve. "More action and less talk," should be the slogan for 1957, ADD SOMETHING SPECIAL TO ANY MENU he said. Bert Garrett Councillor Bert Garrett said the dump' had been completed last spring. Weed spraying had been done this year on conces- sions only, .-and next year ozx sideroads only. He would stay with council one more 'year if needed. Victor Lee. °'Councillor Victor Lee said it had been a good year and he would like to see Egmondville water system completed if price is down to reason, Mac Wilson, who lives in ;Brucefield, said he had enough work at home. 'Chairman Mac - ,Kay asked him not to withdraw his name if needed to complete Ia council. School Area Trustee James ILandsborough said he had now served for two years and re- viewed events as he saw ahem as a new member of the board. I IHe said inadequate arrange- ments were made by the board for transportation of pupils to school from No. 6, where souse here children had to go over three miles to school One house in the section can be rented only ' on condition no schooling is re- quired. (He had found out that the mill rate had been raised to create a surplus in advance of the Egmondville school pro- ject, and small necessities such as drinking cups were denied schools :to help build u.p a' sur- plus. He said the secretary had drawn plans for the classroom at Egmondville and estimated cost at $12,000, far too low. Mr. Landebarough said he had been accused of voting in favor of the new school, which was not so. He had voted to secure a price. The suggestion had+beenmade at a board meeting that Sproat's school would have to be closed, Inspector (Gardiner had told him personally that decision was up to the board as long as attend- ance remained over a dozen pu- pils. Mr. Landgborough said he had been surprised to learn that the trustees get $5 a meeting and 7c a mile to meetings, and felt Ise could not accept it as some tax- payers are driving their child- ren three miles and back twice a day in No, 6 section. At '7c a mile that would be a big ex- pense for them, he said. He had turned his money over to his school for supplies, charging that the board was "starving" his school 'because he didn't co- operate. .He accused the secre- tary of cancelling the annual school survey this year without consulting the ;board. "I am the only board member who voted against the school in Egmondville," he said. The en- rolment had dropped to 46, only slightly higher than No. 9 school with only one teacher for 42 children. The board had rented Mrs, Stephenson's barn for a tem- porary classroom for three months, and he accused the board of trying to pay Iter for only one •month. In spite of being an unpop- ular member of the board he would qualify again, he said. Chester Neil said he would let his name stand again for trustee. Wilmer Broadfoot said he would leave it to the people to judge for themselves about school affairs. ,Mervin Falconer said Ross Forrest deserves credit for his good work as chairman. Secretary W. P. Roberts said no man in public life who tries ICED BREAKFAST BUNS Available At Cleary's IGA Seaforth to do anything escapes criticism and he was, confident to leave the matter in the hands of the 'ratepayers. Everyone is proud of Egmondville school and he -thanked all who had co-operat• ,ed. Canada is growing and we have got to grow with it. It .is upon the shoulders of councils and boards that the problems of a growing, country fall, he said. There is nothing in our tax 'rate that decent farm prices 'won't cure. James McIntosh, 'trustee to (Seaforth District lligh School said a' barn'had ,been ;built for agriculture at cost of 54,600, and a 52,000 grant will be re- ceived every year. The board has a surplus of x$'12,000. He thought the day would come when public and high school pu- pils would be taken to school by one thus. Geo. Falconer, 'Clinton II. S. chairman, said teacher salaries are going up like anauction sale. McKILLOP NOMINATION ((Continued from Page 1) had asked to stay as reeve 'be- cause be thought he had a chance for the avardenship. What was his reason for stand- ing again this year. Mr. Mills said he was appealing for lower taxes, Councillor Jerry Doerr said a lot of things had happened to him in the past year, and he thanked everyone forr their kind- ness. He said the machine shed ;had cost 45,000 and there was still the wiring $150. The tract- or and shower including labor ;had cost about +53,000, snow i,piowing ran 58,500. 'Councillor Wilson Little said there would not be as many new bridges as the department has censored what we can spend at 80 per cent. The new shed at Winthrop was needed to house the machinery and have repair space. There would not the room in it to housea new grader. Councillor !Herbert William- son thanked the ratepayers for support at the polls last year, and he said would stand again this year. William A. Ryan, nominated for council, said he didn't quite make it in the election last year. A man was needed in his district badly, there were a lot of things to be done. (Chairman Eckert thought the people on the Winthrop line would be glad to have even a cold mix pavement on their road—it was 22 years since the county had taken over the road and nothing had ever been done. Reeve )3euermann said +a pe- tition from con. B had been pre- sented to county council in Nov. and it would :be considered this year. In answer to a question he said the county pavements were 2.2 feet wide, and the road al- lowance where the grade had to be built up was widened to 102 feet. Chairman :Eckert referred to Seaforth district high school. McKillop had paid 54,000 to the town for debentures, also 514,- 000 to the board for operation, a total of $18,000, up 56,000 over previous year. He asked if any of the high school ;board were present. Russell Bolton said the town- ship debenture payment had been for two years, He said the high school board has to borrow money starting about January, sometimes up to $40,000 and the board was attempting to build up a surplus. He felt the high school costs were tremendous, the board handling almost as much money in a year as the township. Teachers' salaries are JANUARY 2 TO 12 STAINLESS STEEL KITCHEN UTENSILS Revere Coronet 20% OFF PLASTICS. See these values 1.5% OFF PYREX - OVENWARE 25% OFF Venetian Blinds Reduced to 4.95 ea. Drapery Track 28" to 48"..1.75 48" to 86" ..4.65 TOOLS for everyone 15,% OFF SAVE AS MUCH AS $1.50 AT OUR 25c TABL• E SPECIAL Everyready Flashlights Complete with batteries 98c A TABLE OF BARGAINS S 1 000 EACH FLOOR WAXES AUTO POLISHES, ETC. 1� 2 PRICE TO CLEAR SEE SOME REAL BUYS ON OUR � 2 PRICE TABLE Small Appliances Toasters, Steam Irons, Electric Kettles, etc. 20% off TOYS 1 /3 off TO CLEAR ALUMINUM COOKING WARE 15% off Cannister Sets Bread Boxes Kitchen Waste Cans as much as 40% off Hockey Equipment 25% off Phone 797 ALL. OTHER STOCK REDUCED 1 OIG/o JANUARY 2 TO 12 CROWN HARDWARE so high, and it seems to farm- ers it lot of ,money to pay out Ho our children However c r hrldren wero get- ting a better education 'than got, Mr,, (Bolton said, .Chairman Eckert wanted to know what the ratepayer thought about the council's ac tion in treating the concessions with Chloride. Some in the audi- ence thought the roads past the dwellings on the side roads should also be treated. ,Mr. ,Eck- ert said they only got 50% on chloride. Mr. (Eckert said the township handled a total of 5210,000 in a year, including "government grants. He thought , this was more than .the high school hoard. - ;Mr, (Eckert said interest rates had been going up steadily all year. Sortie years when much of the work was not completed until late in the—year, only a small amount its paid in in- terest. He couldn't Understand when the gold dollar hadn't changed why we were paying. more on green backs that did- n't represent anything. !Reeve • Beuermann explained that the •township had fire pro- tection contracts with both Sea - forth and Blyth. In the fire at Mr. Doerr's, the Mitchell bri- gade had brigade-had been called in addition to Seaforth. Mitchell charges 5150 for going to a fire as they have no contract with Logan and pay the maintenance. The South Easthope insurance com- pany had refused to pay so Mr. Doerr had paid it himself. Reeve {Beuermann asked that in future that if anyone was unable to get Seaforth for any reason to •call Blyth, and they would go any- where in the township. In reply. to a question the chairman said McKillop had paid only 53 in fox bounties at a dollar•a head. A lively discussion started when a question was asked about the cost of the new town- ship power mower, The chair man - said the machine and knives cost 42300 and the man and maintenance cost 5700. He said the action on the machine was by an eccentric and there was no pitman. (Gordon McGavin from the audience said his tender was hundreds of dollars lower than the one they had accepted. Reeve Beuermann said he had not understood about it thor- oughly, ;Some of the audience asked about a bottle. Carl Dalton and William Duf- fy had a number of questions and complaints about the drains from their properties and many of their remarks drew laughter and applause, from the audience. Mr. Dalton said the county was responsible for his troubles.. ;Reeve Beuermann said the pave- ment on the county road had broken up due to lack of suffi- cient drainage. Agricultural Represenbati¢e G. A. Montgomery at the close of the meeting addressed the audience on the petition on bru- celosis. McKillop was one of the three townships in !Huron County which had not passed this +bylaw, .Usborne had signed the petition and a petition was being circulated in Hay. The government would now pay the cost of vaccination, so this was not now a factor. ;Farmers are now losing hundreds of dollars by not having it, and would lose thousands in the future as the vaccination became almost uni- versal. Mr. Montgomery said anyone over 16 who owned cattle could sign the petition now whether he was a land owner or not. He said the federal govern- ment was to bring in slaughter tests the same as operate for TB now, and this would mean in a few years that all cattle in the "West would also be vaccin- ated. of Webberville, ;Mich., and kyr+as , Jean Alexander of See oicth. With M r s. elson'Keyes were we Mr, and Mrs.. G." R. Keyes and daughter Joan of Windsor, Mr. and •' Mrs. Sherlock Keys, ;Varna. s and Mr, and 'Mrs. Wilbur Keyes, - With 0vLr. and Mrs. Frank Young were Mr. and Mrs. ;Root. Cairns and family of 'St. Thom- as and J4r. and Mrs. Kennneth Bagart of,Shedden. Mrs. W. F. McMillan and Miss Laura McMillan spent xChrisxt- mas with IMT. and Mrs. Stanley Gray of Stratford. Mr. and Mrs. Svy Henderson with Mr. and. Mrs. 'Gordon Churuhward, Toronto. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh McLach- lan with Mr. and Mrs. Philip McKenzie of Stanley. Dr. Jas. and Mrs. 'Semple with their daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and ,Mrs. Parsons and fam- ily, (Toronto. GEORGE COLEMAN Afr. George Coleman died suddenly 'Wednesday afternoon, December 19th at the home of his son Anson Coleman, Stanley Twp. He was in his 89th year and was .born on the farm where he died. He was the son of the late Francis Coleman and the late Eliza Jane ,Smith. •In the year 1898 be married ,Elizabeth Turner who died in 1902. In 1908 he married ,Melissa Web- ster who died in 1948. He is sur- vived by one son and four daug- hters, Elsie,' Mrs. Elgin McKin- ley; Mabel, ;Mrs. Fred McCly- mont, Anson, all of Stanley; Grace, Mrs. Ross Ch a p ma n of Tuckersmith; and Gladys, Mrs. R. J. Doig of McKillop. There are 18 grandchildren, 18 great grandchildren, and two sisters, Dinah, Mrs. A. E. Elgie of La Verne, ;California and Mary Ann, Mrs. Henry Ortwein of Winnipeg, Manitoba. He liv- ed on the home farm until 1929 when he moved to Egmondville where he was a member of the session of the ,United Church. :He was well known as a cattle drover. The funeral was held on Saturday, Dec. 22 from the G. A. 'Whitney funeral home, Seaforth. The Rev. 0)r, Semple of ;Egmondville and Rev. T. J. Pitt of Varna officiated. The Egmondville United Church choir sang one of his favourite hymns. The pallbearers were six grandsons, Ivan MclOiymont and James 'Chapman, Anson and Ro- +bert McKinley, Gordon and George ;Coleman. The -flower- 'bearers were grandchildren, Sandra, Grace and 'Elsie Doig, 'Gladys Chapman, Margaret and Joan 'McClymont, Mrs. ;Kenneth Fannon, Jack ;Coleman and Ro- bert 'McCIymont. EGMONDVILLE ;Christmas visitors with Mrs. J. S. Watson and Miss Alice Watson. were Miss Jean Watson! R.N. of Toronto, 'MT, and Mrs. Albert Clark and family of Muirkirk and ;Mr. and Mrs. W. E Haney and son Lyle. With Mrs.. Jas,,Einlayson and. Miss".Jessie 'iFinlajfion were Mr. and Mrs. Wes. Hayter and, sons BLAKE Christmas visitors were; .Mr. and Mrs. Rudy Oesch with Mr. and Mrs. R. Bert Faber of Kippen.' Mr, and Mrs. James Dinsmore and. sons of Windsor and Miss Emma Dinsmore, London, with Mr• and Mrs. Thomas Dinsmore and Mr. and Mrs. James Dinsmore. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Finlay and fam- ily with Mrs. Farrell in ICincarcl ire. Mr. and Mrs.Ear1 Oesch and family with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Gingerich, Zurich. • Mr. Hugh McBride of London with Mr, and Mrs.. Keith McBride and family. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Oesch visit- ed her sister' MTs, Kenneth Gin- gerich ingerich in. Clinton Hospital on Sunday and called to see Mrs. G. Bon, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Demme were in Seaforth Saturday at- tending the funeral of their niece Miss Aldea Aubin. • Mrs. Harold Finlay and daugh- ters Mary, Emma and Margaret, returned home after spending a few days at, Kincardine and Rip- ley with relatives. Mr. Fred Heard and friend Mr. A. Haist visited Mr. and Mrs. Ha- rold Finlay and family on Sunday. Samuel Christian I3ey, 69, died at his home at Blake ou Dec. 26. He lived in Blake for 43 years where he had a blacksmith shop until retiring in 1951. His early life was spent in Hay tp, He was of a jolly nature and will be much missed. He loved horses and took a great interest in horse racing, hardly ever missing a race meet. Surviving besides his loving wife, the former Mary Jane Meyers, are one son Victor, Goderich; five daughters, Mrs. Charles Meyers Jr. (Jean), of Wilton Grove; Mrs. Clifford Donovan (Mildred) Lon- don; Mrs. James Burdge (Kath- leen), Cobour'g; Mrs. Elva You- nge, Hamilton; Mrs. Archie Mus- tard (Norma) Brucefleld; one brother, William Hey, and two sisters, Mrs. Phillip Fassold and Mrs. Edward Stelcic, all of Dash- wood, and eight grand children. The funeral was held at West - lake's funeral home in Zurich on Dec. 29, then to the Evangelical U.B. Church, where services were conducted at 2 p.m. by Rev. A. M. Amacher. Mrs. Milton Oesch and Mrs. Alvin Rader sang a duet Be- yond The Sunset, accompanied by Mrs, Rev, Amacher. Interment was made in Bronson Line U.B: Cemetery. The pall bearers were Newell Geiger, Clemens Jeffery, David Oases, Earl °each, Amos Gingerich, all of Blake, and Ar- thur Finlayson, Kippen. The sym- pathy of the community goes out to the sorrowing wife and family in their sudden loss. VARNA The film "Martin Luther" will 'be'presented in the town hall on Friday evening, Jan. 44ih at 8 o'clock. The Y.P.U. visited a number of homes on Sunday evening singing Christmas carols. Holiday visitors were Mr. and Mrs. 'David Pitt and family of Toronto; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hill, St. Catherines; Mr. Geo. Coleman, Toronto; Mr. and Mrs. Don ,Barber and ,Miss Ruth of King 'City, Miss Ruth Clarke, of Stratford; Miss Margaret Mc- Clymont, Toronto. WINTHROP The Winthrop C.G.I.T. held their Christmas Vesper Service on Dec. 16th at Cavan 'Church. The girls entered carrying light- ed candles and singing the car- ol "Silent 'Night". The call to worship was given and the in- vocation was sung by the choir. A prayer was given and ;the carol "0 Little Town Of Beth. lehem" was sung. The scripture readings were given by Merle Godkin and Sandra Doig. A du- et entitled ";What Child is'this" was sung by Frances !Blanchard and Jean Dolmage. (Mrs. Toll gave a prayer and Dianne Bol- ton read the poem, "A. Christ- mas (Prayer". The carol "Hark! ,The Herald AngelsSing" was sung. The young people's •quar- tette sang "Angels we have heard on High", which was fol- lowed by the offering and prayer. The choir sang 0 Holy Night and Mrs. Blanchard told. the story of Beautiful is the Child. The carol -"As with Glad- ness Men of Old" was sung. A candle lighting service was held, with Georgina ;Little, Jean 1311 len and Eileen Smith as candle, lighters. The Recessional- was. Joy to the World and the Ben- ediction given by Mrs. Toll closed the service. BRUCEFIELD Mrs. A. Rohner is visiting with her sister, Mrs. Wm.'Sanith and attended the funeral of the late Mrs. Smith Sr. Mrs. R. Dawson is visiting with her ;brother, Mr. Ray Doan of Alvinston. Mr. and Mrs. Thornton MIust- and and MT. and ;Mrs. Frank Mustard of Toronto spentthe weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Alex Mustard. •. Mrs. ;Bruce IMenarey, Bay- field spent Christmas. . with Miss- es Kaye and Marie •Elliott. - mrxm cv, nn•n n +S—Thursday, January 3, 1957 ___ _ _ ______ Regent THURS; FRI. SAT, 'SHOWDOWN Jack Mahoney - Martha The blazing story of the groat Abilene AT ABILENE Ilyer Range war MON, TUES, WED. ILLEGAL Edward G. Robinson • Nana Foch A thrill -a -minute drama of the, courtroom with Edward G. Robinson as a ruthless D.A. who demands convictions at any; price and sacrifices his career fora beautiful woman • TIIURS. PRI. SAT. . LEATHER SAINT , John Derek - Jody Lawrence COMING — BEHIND THE HIGH WALL iiiiiiiiiiii 1111111111, 1111,11 l,w"unun"m, 1 lll lll 1111111111 ii a llllllllll I , l llllllllllll+ lull JUST IN --- WARM and DRY !�I RUBBE FOOTWEAR with strap and buckle at the top The Most Popular Rubber Footwear we ever sold and the best values ' SHOE STORE "Happy New Year to all" • TOWN TOPICS Mr. and Mr. Len (Gillespie of Milton spent New Years with Mrs. Thos. O'Loughlin. Mr., Joe Morris of Detroit spent New Years with Mr. and Mrs. 'James Morris and Mr. 8'. Morris. Miss Marie Rowland, Gordon, and Ferg of Kitchener spent New Years with relatives and friends. Miss Pat Reynolds of ;Kitch- ener was a New Year guest at the home of Mrs. C. P. Sills. Mrs. Wm. Faulkner and Miss. Patricia Faulkner of Kitchener spent New Year's with 1Vlisa Lil- lian Faulkner. PERCIVAL IGRUMMETT Percival 'Grummet, 55, died suddenly of a heart attack in Blandford twp. lot 9, con. 10, Oxford county, Wednesday. Mr. Grummett was born in Tucker - smith, a son of the late William Grummet and the former Mar- garet Izzard of 1Goderielh twp, He attended S. S. No. 5, 'Tuck- ersmith School, and had farmed all his life on the homestead in that township. He was an ad- herent of Egmondville United Church. He was married, at Pr,;.,, Stanley to 'Elizabeth 'ccrl'ett, who survives. He ie also surviv- ed by five so -:s, William, Geo., Joseph, 411Ted, and Daniel, all of Tuckersmith; one grandchild; and one brother, Shelaton, of Tuckersmith. The funeral ser- vice was held on Sunday from the G. A. ;Whitney funeral home conducted by (Rev. J. Semple of Egmondville United. Church. Interment was in Malt - landbank cemetery. Sewing Circle Hold Meeting The first meeting of the Sea - forth Sewing Circle was held at the home of Suanne Haugh on 'Saturday, Dec. 29th. The meet- ing was opened by singing "0 Canada" and. the 4;II Collect. The roll call was answered with A Good Suggestion for our Re- cord Book. Afterwards Mrs. Haugh gave instructions for understitching a. collar and join- ing bias. We then made sam- ples and the first work on py- jamas from the record book. Second, a sample of understitch- ing. Lunch was served and Mrs. Haugh was thanked for her hos- pitality. The next meeting will be held Jan. 12th at the home of their leader, Mrs. 'W. L. Whyte. ,4 "1 First Presbyterian Church REV. D. GLENN CAMPBELL MINISTER 10 AIM.—Church (School and Bible 'Class 11 a,m, "How to Bear Weakness" 4,30 p.m.—Note the time. "In the Beginning" mm1111011 lllll 11/111/1 lllllllllll 111111u„ l 11111 u,w Northside United Church Rev. Bruce W. Hall, B.A., B.D., S.T.M., 'Minister. 10 a.m,. Church School and Adult Bible Class, 11 a.m.. Morning Worship, Sermon, "C'Ioser to Heaven in Nursery and Jr. Congregation '7 Sermon, p.m„ Goodvn Evening ton". 8.15 p.m., Y. P. U. Egmondville United Church (Begin the New Year by, ?t,. tending Church,• 11 a.m., "They ;Returned ,to Their ;Oiwn Country by a ferent -Road." 'uledication of Communion set for sick and shutin members. 7.30 p.m., An outstanding youth service. Over 20 young people ;participating. Candle Light ceremony. The Message of the 'Twelve Months of the year. This service will interest you. 10 a.m., (Church School. 10.15 am., The Minister's Bible Class. 11 a.m., Nursery ,Class. 11.80 a,m., Junior Church Remember your "obligation to be present at The Week of Prayer. January ,8th to 11th. Special Missioner, F/Lt. Rev. B. Garrett. Consult the special bulletin in your (Church, McKillop Charge xt*, . Joint service at Bethel at 2.80 pan. Dr. 'Semple of Egmondville will occupy the pulpit. Martin Luther Film WINTHROP CHURCH SAT., JAN. 5TH. 8.30 p.m. tinder the auspices of theL.O.L. 813 and Sunday School THE 0. E. S. will hold EUCHRES ON JANUARY 23 and FEBRUARY 27 In the LO.O.P. Hall Notice to Customers Because of the extent to which our customers are requesting delivery service on small orders and the resulting strain this places on our delivery facilities it has become necessary in fairness to those cus- tomers who do not use delivery service to introduce a small charge for this service. Commencing January 1 NEXT a charge of 10c will be made for the delivery of each order. Cleary's ICDA SEAFORTH Waterloo Cattle Breeding Association "WHERE BETTER BULLS ARE USED" We trust you had a MERRY CHRISTMAS and Wish you a Happy and Prosperous 1957 We provide artificial breeding service every day of the year with the exception of CHRISTMAS DAY and NEW YEAR'S DAY. For more information 'or service phone collect to: Clinton HU 2-3441 between 7.30 and 10 A.M. on week days 7;30 and: 9:30 A.M. on Sundays or' holidays. {••