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The Seaforth News, 1957-09-05, Page 1WHOLE SERIES, VOL. 79 Se aJ_• s Authm•Ized as Secure C?ase man, Poste Office Dept., Ottawa Snowdon Bros., Publishers SEAFORTH, ONTARIO THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1957 81.90 a Year TWO TRAINS OFF OCT. 28 OFFICIALS TELL MEETING Two passenger trains a day will be .cut off the IStratford- G'oderich 10.N.R. line, leaving one train each way, at'noon and afternoon in service after Oct- ober 27th, a meeting of mun•]ci- palities along the line was in- formed by railway offieials at (Clinton Thursday night. A highway express service ;will be started at that time by (truck to give even. better ser- vice than n'ow, the railway dele- gation promised. IMayor Er. E. A. (McMaster of ISeaforth was chairman of the meeting and Councillor Peter Mae1 wan ;of Goderich Was sec- retary. IDr. IMc94aster said the area was trying'; to get new' industries and there, was the danger that industries would flock to the cities more than ever if train service were cua.'tatled. Official Statement F. E. Carlin, C,N.R.- Superin- tendent, read a prepared state - anent, as follows: .May Q ' first introduce the anembers of the railway dele- gation: Mr. Ivan Craig, Super- intendent, IGanadian National (Express; Mr. A. IBreau, Special Representative, (Passenger De- partment; and Mr. John Noel, our regional Manager of Public Relations. "We very much appreciate your 'attendance here this even- ing. Holding a meeting of this nature with representatives from all of the interested muni- cipalities will, we think, simpli- fy dealing ,with questions of mutual concern. "Our request for such a meeting arises out of a system- wide policy of examining un- profitalble operations to deter- mine wbiether some action should be taken to attract "addi- tional traffic and make the op- eration profitable; or, if we fail in that objective to ascertain if +he service is really an essential one or could it • be elbandoned without undue hardship to the public. "We recognize, as a first pre- mise, that as the National Sys- tem, we have a responsibility to serve the nation with an ade- quate transportation facility. Conversely, where the service is not paying its way, and alter- nate forms of transportation are being favoured; prudent man- agement dictates that wasteful er unnecessary expenses be dis- continued. "This brings us to the :partic- ular reason for tonight's meet- ing: In our studies over the past several years in the Central Be- gion, two careful examinations have been made of the 'Goderich Subdivision and in each in- stance we have found that rail passenger trains No. 38 and 37 eae not justified by the volume of patronage. ,"No. 28 is the train which leaves Goderich at 5.40•a.m, for Stratford No. 137 is the train which arrives in Goderich from !Stratford at 1111.10 p.m. Our total passenger revenue, over a twelve month period, for those two trains between God- erich and Stratford amounts to 1$1,1.915. A shade less than $100 per month. Mr,.Breau is in a position to give you further de- tails of those studies if you wish them. "The Goderich to Toronto op- eration costs in the neighbor- hood of $3184,000 per annum, and by discontinuing trains 28 and 37 we will be able to re- duce those costs by some $.37,- 500 "You will not of course be without rail. passenger trains because you will still have No. 134 the afternoon train, and No. 1315 the morning train. And, again, there is the_ highway bus service, ((not a 0NR-operation). which provides regular service through this area. "It is only fair to tell you that a special committee has studied the proposition that a Railiner (that is, a light tweight self-propelled modern passenger car service) would bring more passengers back to the rails in this area. The committee found otherwise: Such a service would entail an initial capital expendi- ture of approximately $500;000 and the population along the Goderich-!Stratford (route, num- bering in the neighborhood of some 12,000 persons, 'could not be expected to bringus enough revenue to pay the depreciation on the equipment apart from the. Costs of operating that type of service. "It has, therefore, been de- cided to cancel +trains 28 and 37 effective with the changes in train schedules this IOotober. (Before implementing that deel- sion, we wanted to meet with you and give you a clear picture of the situation, "Our 'analysis clearly shows that your communities look to trains 218 and 37 for express services, Accordingly, we are prepared to institute a CNR op- erated express truck service that will serve your require- ments in improved ,sohedules over the existing railway trains. Mr. !Craig will outline this re- vision for you and then we will be glad to do oursb'est to answer any question." Mr. ILven Craig, speaking for the express company, said the highway truck *service would originate at Goderich, compar- able to the present morning train. It would return immedi- ately from 'Stratford,' with ex- press in time for local delivery as soon as the stores were open or earlier. At present express from Toronto comes through to ,Goderich on the night train and is brought (bade to Clinton and Seaforth by the 'morning train, as the express offices are closed at night. A 'truck service would allow shipments to leave Toron- to by early morning train to Stratford and be delivered early in the morning, gaining several hours in many cases. The trucks used are insulated to protect perishable goods. He at present supervises 15 (highway •opera- tions which all are giving en- tirely satisfactory service, There have been no complaints what- ever. Revenue for express on these two trains now totals about $47,000 a year and he ex- pected to increase this figure with the new service. J. NI. Scott, of Scott Poultry 'Farms, Seaforth, said the morn- ing train was important for baby chick shipments to certain points. Mr. ?Craig said baby chicks were one type of ship» rents not recommended for the highway service. Mr. Scott said he understood excellent service was being given by the O.P.R. express truck through Walton and Blyth. [Lewis Boshart of ISeaforth said he hoped the highway ser- vice would be !better than the highway mail service. He had received a letter from a sales- man at Montreal reporting the worst case ever of slow mail transmission from here. Mr. Craig said there is no re- lationship between highway mail and express services. He was certain excellent service would result. Reeve Scoins of ISeaforth in- quired what the service would be like for outgping shipments. Mr. Craig said there would still be the same :afternoon train, J. M. !Eckert, of McKillop, said bhe railway had notified the post office a year ago and why had they not told the 'public these trains were going to be ta- ken off. Mr. Noel said passenger service is not warranted by either mail or express contracts, as 'these latter can be given im- proved service on the highrvvay. Dr. McMaster asked when the remaining two trains might be taken off. 1VIr, !Noel said that would' depend on conditions. If warranted, you would have - to face it. When the people are not using the trains why, should they run. Pt is, the trend of the times, to bus and auto 'every- where. (Peter IMac2'lwan, ,Goderieli, said he prefers to drive to Lon- don and use the Dayliner into Toronto rather 'than face high- way traffic. In :answer to a question were the noon and afternoon trains paying, the answer -was no. Dr. (McMaster said station fa- cilities were not equal to five years ago, people have to sit in the cold 'to wait for the morning train. Continued on Page 5 FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY Mr. and Mrs. aeorlge Dundas of Walton who will be at horde to their friends on Saturday. Golden Wedding of Walton Couple On Saturday, September abh, marking their golden .wedding anniversary, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Dundas, highly esteemed Walton. couple, will be at home to their friends from 3 to 5 pan. and from 7 to 9 p.m. (George Dundee, son . 'of the late IMr. and Mrs. John Dundas, of McKillop, and formerly of tfreland, and Miss Leila John- ston, daughter of the late An- drew and Elizabeth Johnston of Grey twp., Were married at the manse, (Walton, Sept. 11, 19017;• by Rev. [Mr. McNabb. ITihey farmed ]n McKillop for about Softy years before retiring to their present bonne in Walton. Mr. and Mrs. Dundas have a family . of three daughters and one son, Frank Dundas; Ida, Mrs. D, Andrews, and Agnea, Mrs. Neil (Reid, all of Toronto, and Evelyn, Mrs. Robert Pick- ering, Oakville. One son, Wil- liam, is dece'a'sed. Among those who will be pre- sent onthis happy' anniversary occasion are Mrs. J. T. Denni- son, of Galt, a sister of Mrs. Dundas, and IMr. and 0VIrs. (David Boyd of McKillop; .bhe latter being a sister of Mr. (Dundas. Little Change In School Attendances Although opening day attend- ance was 131215 set ISeaforth 'Pub- lic !School on Tuesday, the same as 'a year ago, quite a shift in pupils had taken place. Ap- parently over 20 pupils had moved away during the summer and about the same number of new pupils had moved in. Kin- dergarten attendance is 40, an increase of 2. Mrs. John Kellar is substituting for Mrs. Harvey Mason Mill the end .of this month, 'otherwise the staff is un- changed from last term. 1332 pupils registered at Sea- 2orth 'District High School on Tuesday morning, an increase of 7 over last 'Sept. As usual about 7 more will probably reg- ister within the next few days when barvest is completed.At- tendance by classes is: Grae 9, 127; Grade 10, 90; Grade 1a, G0; 'Grade 112, 29, Grade 13, 27. There are two staff changes, Mr. Nediger replacing 'Mrs. Bu- chanan, and Mrs. Skelton re- placing Miss Braun. ENGAGEMENT Mr. and Mrs. Ambrose Give lin announce the engagement of their daughter Angela Rose to Michael Francis Whaling, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Whaling of R.R. 1, St. Pauls. The wed- ding will take place at Et. Pat- rick's R.O. Church, Dublin, on. Saturday morning, Sept. 14 at 10 o'clock. PEGG—BARR Mr, and Mrs. Gordon Barr of Gravenhurst wish to announce the marriage of their daughter, Given Barr to Mr. Angus Pegg; son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Pegg, Bolton, on Wednesday, Aug. 286 at Gravenhurst Unit- ed Church. Mr. and Mrs. ?egg will reside in Port Albernie, B. C. The bride was the health nurse for Seaforth and district, HOSPITAL AUXILIARY The fall meetings of the Hos- pital Auxiliary will commence on Tues., Sept. '10th at 8.15 p.m. in the nurses' residence. HENSALL Maier Lou McCoy, a •17 -year- old blonde Exeter girl, was elec- ted "Bean Queen" at the fourth annual Ontario Bean Festival at Hensel! on Monday. She was crowned by Michi- gan's 1956 Bean Queen, 1Cennie Hoff. (Runners-up to Miss (Mc- Coy were Martian Desjardine, 17, of Grand_ Bend, and Margar- et Moir 19, of Hensel'. The festival drew a larger at- tendance than a year ago. The crowd, estimated at close to 3,000, ate 105 gallons of beans, in addition to 3,000 doughnuts, 90 gallons of :chocolate milk, 3,000 'buns, 30 pounds of coffee, four bushels of tomatoes, 500 pounds of cabbage, two crates of celery, 150 pounds of onions and a bushel of members. In an opening ceremonies ad- dress, !Elston Cardiff, !MIP for Huron, said farmers were cur- rently in a "squeeze.'-' Prices they have to pay for goods, he claimed, are not offset by prices they receive for goods they pro- duce. He said this was "harmful to the country's economy" when one, group of producers did not prosper with the others. He. blamed part o$ the problem on the farmers inability to com- pete with industry for laibor. WINTHROP Mr. David G. McFarlane, Mrs.' Jean McFarlane, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd 1McF:arlane of, Al - monk and ItIr. and Mrs., Allan Thompson of 'Carleton Place, Mr. ,and Mrs, W. A. 'Campbell of Guelph, 'Rev. and Mrs. H. E. Livingstone, and Rev. and Mrs, J. R. Holden and Mr. and Mrs W. IE. Hawley of London at- tended the funeral of the late R. E. McFarlane on Thursday last. IM's. Mildred (Steinman of Bright spent several days at the home of Mr, and Mrs. Austin Dolmage. R. Gemmell Barn ;Falls To Flames Fire completely destroyed the. large bank barn en the farm of. Robert (Gemmell, •Kipgen Road, about four miles south of. �, Mondayshortly Sea- t for ' night g' af- ter eight o'clock. !Destroyed in the .fire Was the entire season's crop of hay and go ain, two calves, over 300 hensa combiner manurespreader and other equipment. The contents of two flat silos were also destroyed. The Gemmell family had at- tended the bean festival at Hen- sall, and after returning home Mr. +Gemmell had done bhe chores' and returned', to the house, when they were alerted by people passing on the road who had noticed smoke emerg- ing from bhe upper east end of the barn, (Even ;before an alarm 'could be turned in the flames had broken' through the roof 'and spread so rapidly that little could be done. Two naives were rescued. The pigs were let out and 1160 hens removed from the Mickel house at the southlweet corner of the barn and only sep- arated by a few feet of space. Although sulbjeoted to terrific beat and one of the burning timbers fell on it, this chicken house was saved by 'Seaforth fire brigade assisted by Bruce - field truck and firemen, A south wind kept the sparks away from the house and drive shed, but the firemen had to constantly wet the drive shed.. 'Unable to get water from a well near the"t barn, the fire 'trucks were supplied with water from bhe house cisterns and water ear- ried in pails from another well. Mr. 'Gemmell has a 100 acre farm. Last year he also farmed another 100 acres which he had rented, however Chia year he did not have any extra land, As he feeds all his own grain, the en- tire threshed crop was in the barn. Cause of the fire was not known. There had been distant thunder during the evening but none seemed close enough to have hit the barn. Spontaneous combustion was mentioned as a possible cause or faulty wiring. When the west end of the structure fell in the treat was terrific and watchers and fire- men were forced to retreat. Describing the discovery of the fire, Mrs. Allan Townsend of Mitchell, said she and her husband were driving home from the bean festival at Hen- sall when her husband suddenly slowed down the car. "What is the matter", she asked, thinking something had gone wrong with the car. - Her husband pointed to the .Gemmell barn, which had smoke pouring out of the east end. They went in and gave the alarm at the house and helped get some of the things out. Meantime other neighbors had seen the smoke across the fields and were rush- ing to help. Mrs. Townsend was formerly a Miss Brook of the Hensall district and hew• -hus- band is a son of Sam Townsend of Egmondville. On 'Tuesday morning Mr. Gemmell placed his loss in the neighborhood of .$25,000. (Ire had not made plans for re -build- ing yet. Mr. and -(Mrs. Gemmell have lived on the farm about 15 years, They have two sons and a daughter. Mrs. Gemmell was formerly 'Miss Hazel Earle, a daughter ea Mr. and Mrs. John Earle of Egmondville. 'Six calves were saved, the two which were lost being in a gen near a hay chute where the fire was coining down. The milking machine and equip- ment was lost. The 15 milk cows had been let out of the barn after milking. W. I. 'The regular meeting of the ISeaforth W. I. will be held in the form of a tour to the Stacey Bros. plant at 'Mitchell on Tues. Sept. 10 at 2 p.m. Anyone wish- ing 'transportation be at the Supertest :at 1.30 p.m. This is our Agriculture and Canadian meeting with Mrs. Andy !Crozier and Mrs. John Kerr in charge. If weather permits we will have the rest of our meeting in the Mitchell Park. Roll call, My part in the dairy industry. Motto: Cleanliness is next to Godliness. Lunch will be provided and a silver collection 'taken. .GROUP 4 W. A. Group 4, W.A. met :at the home of Mre. Peter Christensen with 14 meanlbers and 13 visitors present. Mrs. Marshall opened the meeting. A reading, "Who- soevera was given; a fern brought by Mfrs. 2iudson was sold. !Members were reminded of. the conning to Seaforth of Rev. Mr. Joyce for one week, and urged to attend meetings at the various churches. Miss Fennell was guest speaker and she gave an account of her recent visit to ;Alberta. Mre. Hudson thanked !Miss Fennell, Mrs. Christensen for the use of her home, and the lunch committee. RED CROSS The regular meeting of the Red •Cross Society will be held in the Library rooms on Friday, (Sept. 6 et 13 o''elock.. (Rev. Dr.. Wesley lHunnisett, of the bred Victor Mission, of During an electric storm at Toronto, who is guest preacher Walton Monday evening, Rae at the anniversary at Egmond- Houston of Grey lost two valuable ville United Church next Sun - paws and two calves. day. Drain Tender Let In Tuckersmith Tuckersanith (Municipal ICoun- cil met in the 'Town Hall, Sea- 2orth, on Tuesday, 'Sept.:3 at 8 p.m. All members were present except Digin .Thompson who was on vacation to the Western (Provinces. Reeve Forsythe pre- sided. The (Engineers report on the Second Con. Municipal [Dram was read to ratepayers present and provisionally adopted. The clerk was instructed to prepare a aby-law on the same. Tender for construction of the Carter Drain was awarded to R. L. Beattie at tender price of $218715.00. Other bidders were William Campbell, 1$3660.00; John Inglis, $'34815.00, The Reeve and Clerk were au- thorized to apply for interim subsidy on road expenditure fr1119oa'n57. Jan. 1, '19+5:7 to Aug. 31st, The (Engineer's certificate showed the McGregor Drains completed and final payments 'will be mads and interested ratepayers billed for 'the cost. Accounts passed included: Sidewalks, '$34.00; :Egmondville Water, $40.&4; Drains, $52+5,4'6; Fire !protection, $1112.00; grants :$22'5.00; hospital]zation $1:513) roads, :$1Q,79,5.011; postage, $5; salary and allowance, $21312.16; ReclGeneral, $9:50. Council 'ad- journed to meet (Oct. lst at '8 P.m Leaving on 1® -Day Trip to West Coast James M. Scott of Scott Poul- try Farms, leaves on Sunday by air for Vancouver where he will attend the annual meeting of the Continuing Committee of Canada on Poultry. Breeding, 'as one of the Ontario representa- tives. Mr. Scott has been . a member of this body for the past three years. Its purpose is to -review and recommend revi- sions of poultry regulations in order to keep government laws abreast of changes in the poul- try industry. 2VIr, Scott plans to go to 'Cat ifornia to visit the farms of the Kinker organization, noted breeders of Leghorns at Niles, Cal. Scott farms are franchised with the Kimber breed'. He will be back in Seaforth on Sept. 18. KIPPEN Mrs. Dinsdale visited a week in !Stratford with her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Ed- die Taylor. Mr. and Mrs. !Clarence Hutch- ison of St. Thomas spent the weekend with the latter's broth- er and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. W. Mellis. airs. Arthur Anderson, who has been. visiting relatives and friends in Michigan, returned home last week, ' Mr. and Mrs. Elston Dowson spent a day in .Goderich last week. Mr. and Mrs, !Bert Faber and family were recent 'guests of !Mr. and Mrs. Rudy Oesch, Zur- ich. ,Master Jim Kyle, son of Mr. and Mrs. Emmerson t3{yle, un- derwent eye surgery on Wed- nesday of the past week in Vic- toria Hospital, London, and le reported in satisfactory condi- tion. The Misses Evelyn and Lou- ise Hyde who have spent the summer months in Peteaboro, returned to their home on La- bor Day. Mrs. Russell Smith and daug- hter Cheryl of Detroit spent a few days visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Bert Faber and family. Mr. and Mrs. Blake Hyde of Kitchener accompanied by their three daughters were recent vis- itors of Mr. and Mrs. Alex Hyde Miss Jean (Hyde, nurse -in - training at Oshawa !Hospital spent Labdr Day weekend with her parents and accompanied them to Peterboro for the hol- iday Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence :Priest- lier of Mitchell visited Sunday afternoon with Mrs. Priestap's father, Mr. Robert Thomson. On 'Sunday evening Mr. and Mrs. N. Long accompanied by Mr. rand Mrs. Dowson, Mas. Wen. Winder and Mr. Robert Thom- son visited the Butler Brothers at Cromarty. Wedding bells will !soon be ringing in 'I';.ippen. (Master Eric Brown, 'Green- way was a guest last week of his aunt and uncle Mr. and Mrs Elam lMousseau. Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Wren and 14"14 "14 I lllllllllllll,..nu..lll ll 111.111111311111140$i,u6u"""uum.dmuuu unman n"""u;i1 SAVE s s s ti/i�% 1847 ROGERS BROS. lo I AYS ' rNL ' Sept. 5th to Sept 14Th Your Choice of 2 Popular Patterns Reg. Price Sale Price TIBASPOONS 1.00 - 50o DESSERT SPOONS , . , . , , , , 2;00 1.00 KNIVES 5.25 1:32 FORKS 2.00 1,00 SALAD FORKS 2.00 100 COPPED SPOONS 1.00 50c SMALL TEASPOONS L00 50c Most fancy pieces in these 2 patterns at I/, price while our present stock lasts N ote "HERITAGE" pattern will be Continued at regular prices after the sale "REMEMBRANCE" pattern will be discontinued SAVAUGE'S JEWELLERY - GIFTS - FINE CHINA SEAFORTH Sllllilln"„1,l,ll,li 11,!i0140,14.111„!1'1„1111,1,1, 1,l1,!!!l,l,l,,,14n" 14llllll umn141414u,n 1111,11111 lllll l , daughter Laurie of Hanover, spent the holiday weekend with Mr. Wren's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon 'Wren. Mr. a.nd Mrs. Russell 'Smith of Detroit spent the Labor Day holiday at the home of Mr. and :tins. Bert Farber and family. Oharles !Smith and Tom Kem- nitz of Detroit spent last week visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Faber. Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Elgie and Mr. and Mrs. McLean and Edi - eon have retru'ned from a pleas- ant trip through .Manitoulin and Sudbury districts, Mr. lir. and Mrs. Wilmer Mae Gregor, Mount Hope spent the holiday, weekend with Mr. and Mrs. William MacGregor, Kip - pen. GROUP 1, W. A. Group 1 of Northside United Church met at the home of Mrs. Frank Roberton, on 'Tuesday evening with 24 members pre- sent. IRoll call was answered by "How you spent your vac tion". !Mrs. !Ball conducted the busi- ness. A"ibake sale is to be held (Sept. 24. Mrs. Close was in charge of program and her top- ic was Friendship. Poems were read by 'Mrs, E. Adams, "A Friend"; Mrs. R. ,Murdie, "The Obligation of a Friend"; (Mrs, Wm. Campbell, "Be. A Fiend"; Mrs. Ellis, " The Friendship of David and Jonathan" Mrs, Wal- den led in prayer. 'Mrs. Close read a report of IRev. Kenneth Hick's retufn from Cubaand closed the meeting with prayer. Mrs. Walden thanked the host- ess and those taking part in the meeting, !Mrs. Gordon !Elliott and Mrs. Don Woods assisted the hostess in serving lunch, GROUP 3 W. A. iThe September :meeting o;f Group a +WAA,," met Tuesday ev- ening at the home of Mrs. 'Cyril Kirk with 24 members and 8 visitors. Roll call was answered by ,each member telling '!how they spent their vacation. 'Mrs. Cochrane, pres., presided over the business period. A quilt will be quilted in the near 'future. (Miss IAblbie Seip presided Inc the devlotional period. ;Prayer by Mrs, N. Sohneider. Two lovely duets were sung by Sharon Mc- Nichol and Barbara Talbot, etc companied by Mrs. Christie. Mrs. W. 'Bradshaw chose as scripture reading, Psalm 116. Mrs. Helmer Snell was speaker, reminding of the mission of evangelism to be held in North- side Church beginning Sept. 29. She also gave a talk on Are You. Afraid of Leisure? All en- joyed a social half hour. SMALE—HOCKING The Preslbyterian Church manse, Mitehell, was the scene of a wedding Monday, Aug. 26, at seven o'clock, when Esther Belle, daughter of 'Mr. and Mrs. John E. Hocking, Cromarty, be- came the bride of Arthur John Smale, son •of Mr. and Mrs, Al- bert J. 'Smaie, Staffs, The eer- emony was performed Iby Rev. George Lamont. The bride wore a waltz -length gown of white crystal charm styled on princess lines, with m:atdhing jacket, Her veil fell from a seed pearl head- dress and she carried a white Bible topped. with red roses. She was attended bye Mrs. John 3111 - ler, 'Staffa, as. matron -of -honor, who wore shrimp net over taffe- ta with matching headdress 'and carried a bouquet of white chry- santhemums 'with pink rosebuds. John Miller, ,Staff., was best man. For a wedding trip to eastern 'Ontario and points in the eastern United States, the bride chose a taupe silk shant- ung dress, dark brown accessor- ies, green topcoat and corsage of yellow roses. 'On- their return Mr, and 'Mrs. 'Smile will a•esiele in Staff.. DUBLIN airs. Vera McKay of Detroit, Mrs. G. .Charters of Fort &-ie,. !Mrs. Harold McFadden' of Chat- ham and Miss Rosemary Eckert of Wallacelbuirg visited with Mrs. Joseph Melady. Rev. John Stapleton, 'C.IS.IB. St. Michael's College, Toronto, .with IMr. and Mrs, Wm. Staple- ton. .. IMr. and Mrs, Len ISteinlbach,' Ron and Rita, London, IMr. and Mrs. Dick (Cunningham, (Brian and 1W'ayne, Toronto, with 'Mrs. Kathleen Feeney.