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WHOLE' SERIES, VOL• IVIE 96.
A Gift of Sweets
is a present always appreci-
ated.
You're sure to be welcome
-if you take a 'box of
Our Confectionery.
with you.
Mixed Candies at 20c a nouud
This is the last Call
The Olympia
Confectionery and Restaurant
HUTCHISON'S for GROCERIES
MINCE MEAT, -First-class, per pound
CANNED GOODS. -F Jr best duality buy Monarch Brand.
18c
ASSORTED CHOCOLATES including several different flavors with
a few •hard centres in 5 d poxes, �!
regular $2.00 'for .. rein„ � ��®'
DRESSED GEESE FOR NEW YEARS. -We have some beauties,
large and small, and prices lower than for years. We have a
large stock from which to choose, also some ducks and
chickens,
First Class Dairy Butter, Clean Fresh Eggs, and dry, bright Dried
Apples in Large quarters wanted in exchange for goods,
m -
Hutchison
PHONE 166
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During the past year we have
gone together through ,some
tough times -and a few good
ones. Let's say good-bye to
1924 with, the idea of forgetting
the dark spots and dwelling on
the bright ones; and saying
Merry Christmas
Then, as we turn our calendar
'to .1925, will you let us hope that
it will hold nothing but the
brightest spots for you. If real
shoes and real service will do it,
we'll Z'do our share, in bringing.
Prosperous
New Year
Frei
CHURCH CARD,
Seaforth Methodist Church.---Sab-
hath services, 11 a.m., and 7 p.m. Sun-
day school 2:30 p.m. Pastor, Rev. R.
Fulton Irwin.
Pastor at both services.
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HODGINS-WINTER.
The •wedding : took . place in To-
ronto' on Saturday, 'Dec, 20th, at St.
Paul's cathedral, by the Rev. Canon
Cody, Hazel Winter,.datighter of the
late Tor. Robert Winter and .. Mrs.
Winter, of Seaforth,. to Edward H.
Hodgins, sou of Mr., and Mrs.
Thomas E. Hodgins of Kincardine.
The many friends • in Seaforth join in
wishing the !bride all joy in her new
life'.
YOUNG PEOPLE'S LEAGUE.
A very pleasant evening was spent
on 'Tuesday evening when .the; Junior..
and Senior Leagues met together.
6 The chair was occupied ha Miss Ila
Johnson _and Mrs. Johnson. The
Senior part of •the programme in -
mimed a reading by Miss Gladys Mc-
Phee, selection by the League .Quar-
tette, 'solo by Miss Lillian Wankel,
and a reading by Miss Beatrice 'Seip,
The numbers given by the Juniors
were a duet by Eleanor Burrows and
Irene 'Wankel; reading by Geo. Crich;
piano selection by Annie Hanna; and
a selection by nine girls: Following
the programme; Santa Claus arrived,
and. delighted the kiddies with a 1
generous share of presents.
POST OFFICE NOTES.
The 'General Delivery wicket." will
be open on Christmas Day from 3 to
4 p.m,
No rural mail will be delivered
from the Seaforth 'Post Office ott
New Year's day. Postmaster Sills
has been so' instructed by Hon.:
Charles Murphy, Postmaster -General,
ST. THOMAS' S.S. CONCERT:
llfie Sunday School of St. Thomas'
church held their Christmas supper
and •concert on Friday evening: Fol-
lowing the supper, which was heartily
enjoyed, the children and .them :par-
ents gathered in the parish hall for
the programme. Rev. T. H. Brown
complimented the Sunday school
teachers on their good work in pre-
paring the programme and thanked
those who had so kindly helped with
the supper. A large number of
people were present and much ap-
preciated the numbers provided by
the pupils. Mr. Arnold Case appear-
ed at the close as Santa Claus and
distributed the presents.
PRESENTED WITH A GOOSE,
A 'number of the Hydro patrons
met
in the town hall
on Saturday
da
Y
evening, Dec., 20th, to present the
superintendent, Mr, Ed. Mole, with a
fine goose for Christmas, in annreci-
ati n '
0 of
the
splendid service he has
given clueing the. year. Mr. J. A.
Stewart, ex -Mayor of Seaforth,
spoke ,for the gathering 'anti Mr,
Montgomery Davis made the present-
ation, Mr. Mole, who was taken
.omnletely by surprise, nevertheless
thanked the donors in his usual
hearty manner,
WEEK OF PRAYER.
At the Manse, Seaforth, on Tues-
day evening, Dec. 16th. the ministers
of the Protestant churches of Sea -
forth and Egmondville met for the
nestose of the WeekofPrayefor r to be
held the first full week of the New
Year, beginning Sunday, Jan. 4th and
closing Friday, Jany 9th,
It was moved by Rev. R, Patton
Irwin and seconded by Dr, Larkin
that Rev, T. IL 'Brown be chairman
far the nicht and throughout the
duration of the meetings and that
Rev. W. D. McDonald be secretary.
Arrangements for the meetings were
trade as follows:
Monday -Presbyterian church, Sea -
forth. Rev. T. H. Brown.
Tuesday-An«lfcan church, Rev, W.
D. 'McDonald.
Wednesday -Methodist church, Dr.
Larkin.
Thursday-Egmondville. Rev. Mr.
Ferguson.
Friaav-_presbvterian church, Sea -
forth, Rev. R. F. Irwin,
All are eetings cordiallyilinviteid and o'clock,
excel-
lent attendances are confidently ex -
Christmas Gifts
More and Better Than Ever
Complete Lines of
House
Ftirnisliiii
ucl Novelties,
Come and Select Early
Store Open Evenings
SERF RTH
,u�
Seaflirtll
was born in the year 1849. He spent
all 1's life i
PUBLIC SCHOOL, REPORT.
Room 1. ---Beatrice Merner 589,
James Pinder, 579, Borden Merner
569, Eleanor furrows 568,' Leslie
Bateman 542; Sarah, Shaffer, 540,
Sadie Flart 539, George, Charters 537,
George Parke 5 5, Verne ,Routledge;.
532; Bernice Joynt 531, Annie I-Ianna
520; Alvin • Adarhs 519, Rhea Rout-`
ledge 512, Robert Daymon .. 510,
Joseph Hart 499, Audrey Sorters 493,
Mabel Bateman 487, Margaret
Cardno 472, Jael';_ Arnold 472, Tom
Cluff 463, Alvin; Sharpe 460, Irene
Wankel 459, Eve yn Grieve 451; Mar-
garet. Crich 446,, Bessie ,.Cluff 440,
Harry McLeod '•434, Nelson Cardno
430, Will Stevehs1417, Josephine Edge
391.-F, T. FOWLER.
• Room II,-=Serlior III,, total 500,
honors 375, pass 30.0, - Margaret
Drover 443, Ona Nicholls 428, Clar-
ence Hoggarth 406, . Helen Ament
398, Muriel Beattie 397, Margaret
Cudmore 381, Mary Haigh 365, Bi-
ome Stephenson 361, Anna, Ed-
munds 360, Andrew Calder 357; Mary
Reid 352, Russell Allen 351, Gordon
Rennie 350, Margaret Mackellar; 345,
Norma Habkirk 337, Jack Jarrott
327, Edith Bateman 325, Mary Arc•hi
bald 311, Madeline Hotham 301,
Margaret Maelennan 295, Jack. Cud
more 287, George Crich 267, Mary
Thompson 259, Jean Frost 251, ;Her-
bert Peterson 241; Bernice Dorra'nce
240, Elva Oke 233, John Cardno 211;
Blanche Crowell civ. -M, W. MAC -
KAY.
Room ITT. -Total marks 535, hon-
ors 400, pass 320. -Eleanor Evans
493, Mary Barber 489, Charlie Pind-
er 462, Alvin Knight 461, Elizabeth
Rolph 455; Earl Gillespie 447, Ian
McLean 446 Dorothy Wiltse 441,
Pearl Reeves 432, Evelyn Golding'
431, Eileen Chapman 424, Bessie'
Edgar 399, Ruth Chittenden 399,‘
Harold Henderson 390, Cecil Adams
361, Kathleen Stewart 359, Helen
Merner 359, Chester Archibald 356,1(
Wilda Routledge 3;40, Helen Rankin
339, Iva Crowell 3,35, Irene Cluff 334,'
Helen Sclater 319 George Hays 314,
Edna Storey 311,1 Grace Free 308,
Billie relett 265, Jack Wright 247,
Jack Stevens 235. - MAUDE M.
HARTRY.
Roont IV. -Honors 489, pass 390; --
Mary Reid 598, Elsie Drover 579,
Velma Quail 549, Billie Monti 540,
Hazel 'Fridley 538, ,rBetty Southgate
527, Bettie Cudmore 504, Dorothy
Farquhar 502, Edda Bateman 474,
Maxie Hodson 474, Evan Rennie 468,
Arthur t Golding i 461' Corinne g e FSotham
424, Kenneth Beattie 416, Elizabeth'
Stephenson 411, leanness Joynt 374,
Lila Wiltse 36 ° 'lith ;,son 363,
Edith Render ''"-' :era Mole
347, Lulu Ha k Dorrance
273, Florence 250, 'Willie
Bristow 237. Ab Edith Ritchie,
Robert Venus: -J. Vii' -
•
Ronin V, -.Total 450. - Winnie
Savauge 445, Harry Sheffer 439, Ian
McTavish 436, Helen Rolph 436,
Jimmie Scott 432, Lorne Sparks 432,
Grace McCuaig 426, Irene Eberhart
422, Jack Hotham 419,: .Leo, Joynt
410, Frank Grieve 408, Stanley Dor-
ranee 406, Dorothy Drover 400,
Ethel •Hoggarth 395, Patsy South-
gate 394 Ross Rennie 394, Ross
Mcbiab f394, Ivfattie Edgar 393, Mary
Flet't 379, Jean Pinder 377 Craig
Buck 376, Blanche Wiltse 3,71, Jean
Pearson 371, Dorothy Parke 368, Elva
Pryce 359, Helen Peterson 350,
Douglas Stewart 326, Gladys Holmes
274, Lillian Peeves 88, Kenneth
Adams 76.-E, H. ELDER.
Room VL -Honors, Helen Louise
McLean, Betty Chittenden, Billy
Scott and Keith Sharpe, equal;
Carnet Free, Dorothy Spain, Leona
Brix, Edna Smith, Merle Hulley,
Huh Oke, Stewart Plant.
Pass --Edgar ,Stevenson, Fletcher
Ritchie, Jimmie Clufr, Gordon Mc-
Kellar and Carl Knight, equal;
Charlie Peterson, Nellie Reeves and
George Pinder, equal; Ross Allen,
Miry Howes, Rollie Stewart and
Martha Storey, equal; Glen Pinkney,
Billie Box, George Welsh, Nelson
Hulley, Arthur Hulley.- G. Mc-
PHE,E, teacher.
MRS. EDWARD DRAKE.-
The death occurred very suddenly
in Seaforth on Sunday, December
21st, of Janet Whyte,, relict of the
late Edward Drake, in her .sixty-
ninth year. She had been in com-
paratively good health and her sud-
den passing came as a shock to her
friends. Born in Hibbert township,
a• daughter of the late John 'Whyte,
she resided all her life in that town-
ship until retiring to Seaforth eight
years ago,; About fifty years ago she
was married to Mr. Drake, who pre-
deceased her six years ago. Three
sons and three daughters survive
John Drake, Staffa;, Henry, Hamiota,`
Man.; Ed,, Enchant, Alta.; Mrs.
ames Hay, Tuckersmith; Mrs. John,
Riddell, and Mrs. Word`en, `l3amiota,
Man. Another daughter, Mrs. John
McDonald, of Stafla, died three years
ago. Two brothers are living iu the
West and two sisters Mrs: Hender-
son and Miss Whyte, reside in Mitch-
ell. The `funeral was held on Tues-
day afternoon, Rev: Dr. Larkin and
Rev. W. D. McDonald, conducting
the services. The pallbearers were
Messrs, James .Rivers, Win. Mor-
rison, Fred Kerslake, Alex. Camp-
bell, John Laing, Neil Gillespie.
ROBERT, GRIEVE.
lfr. Robert Grieve died on Dec.
20th at his home on the North Road,
McKillop, after an illness of over a
year. He was tl.e son of the late
John Grieve, whose farm was on the
2nd concession of McKillop and
7i r e in McKillop, having work- :n
�• , the n
Fiftyyears he fforty
was united in ymatr-
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ISSUE No. 52.
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We wish all our many customers'
A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS
Fred. S. Savauge
Jeweler and Optometrist
`Opposite Postoffice.
riage to Miss Esther Leslie, . who
srvives him, together with two sons
and, two daughters, Mrs. Wm. Hogg,
Stratford, Mrs. Thos. Habkirk, Sea -
forth, Mr. James Grieve, Seaforth,
and Mr. Robert Grieve, at home;
also one sister, Mrs, Robert Scott,
Harpurhey. One son predeceased
him 2 .
h 9 years sago.
The funeral was 'held on Monday,
Rev. Mr. Ferguson conducting the
services. Interment t was
made in
the Maitland' Bank cemetery. The
ed some of the elder ;pupils as as-
sistants, with a weekly .monitor in Want and For Sale Ads, 3 times 50c.
turn to attend .to the general routine ,
of the school. These I took into my
confidence and could Lot ,desire bet-
ter helps, I ran down; by the advice
of Dr., McDougall I resigned. But
when e t I vacated
mchair I
Y could
divest myself of my responsibilities,
and I watched with much anxiety
the development of character, the
seeds of which I had been planting.
And it gave me the pleasing and
pallbearers were Robt. Scott, Bert proud gratification in accord with
Govenlock, J. M. Govenlock, John my standard "Aim High," to see five
Neilands, John' Reinke, Elmer Rinn. of you become Judges, two of ' Os-
goode Hall", six M.P.'s and M.P.P,'s•
two Honorables; one a member of
Congress; one a distinguished officer
of Balaclava; one a Brigadier Gen-
eral; several professional and com-
mercial men of note, and one though
last, not the least, a generous mil-
lionaire of Chicago.
Some years ago on visiting the
Legislature in session, one of my
M:P.P.'s, William Hays, observing
me, left his •seat to congratulate me,
On enquiring the cause, he told me
the. Government had sent to the Ed-
ucation office for statistics, and he
remarked with a genial "esprit de
corps" "" 'Ours,' with the Galt school
st
00 '
d at
the .,
struck me, my head
had
earned the distinction. and I felt
proud of them:
'Believe me, ever sincerely yours,
JOHN HAI"DANE.
H. L. Doyle, Esq., Judge Co. Huron,
GOderich
MRS, GEORGE ALLAN.
Word was received in town .by
Robert F. Jones, of the death of his
sister, Mrs. George Allan, in Detroit,
on Monday, December 22nd. Mrs.
Allan had been sick for a long 'time
with heart trouble. Her maiden
name was Elizabeth Godsell Jones
and she was born at Woodstock,
Ont., in 1854, a daughter of the late
Robes t Jones, coming when a child
to Seaforth where she lived for a
little over forty years. She was
married to her Iate husband forty-
four years ago and they later moved
to Bar City, afterwards going to
Detroit to live. Mr. Allan died in
November, 1922. Two snns and al
daughter survive: William and
George Allan and Mrs. Louis Henn,
all of Detroit; also three brothers
and two sisters, Robert, eeaf.,rtlr
James, Augusta, Georgia, Albert,
Oshawa; Mrs: Sloan and Mrs. Frank
Nendick, Toronto. The funeralJvillI
take place from St. Thomas' church
vale'osvvt,ono" ea�,,+a°cs�arw�,
ea forth, on Saturday, Decemberi 4
27th, service at 1 p.rn„ and interment
will be made in Maitland I3anl.
cemetery,
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General
INSURANCE
AGENCY
Life, Fire . Accident Wind,
Sickness, Plate Glass, Auto, etc.
BONDS
Bought and Sold
• REAL ESTATE
MONEY TO LOAN
On first mortgage
Farm Property
Office over Walker's Furniture.
Store, opposite Dominion
Bank.
A; D. SUTHERLAND
Phone 152
OLDEN MEMORIES.
Mr. Thos: Hays in looking over
some old papers, came across the
following letter in a Goderich paper
clipping: The Mr. Wm. Hays;
M.P.P:, was a brother of 'Mr; 'Bays,
and father of Mr. Stanley Hays, of
town.
•
"A KINDLY ACKNOWLEDGE-
'"HENT,
Mr. John Haldane, the Veteran of
the Old Grammar. School, in Re-
ply'to His Pupils' Testimonial.
108 D'Arcy`Street,'
Toronto, 14th Feb. 1907.
My Dear Judge,--
I
udge,-
I desire meantime 'to express my.
warmest thanks to the kind donor's
for their handsome gift, Examining
the portfolio T admire the well ex-
ecuted artistic design, and -your
thoughtful arrangement, of: the let-
ters' just received, which to me are
of inestimable value, as'"I consider
;them loving testimonials of their ari-
preciatioit of my services:` It will
brighten the snnsettiug, of my life.
:It will be preserved by my family,
and prized as an heirloom. It is a
touching inemento Co me of tny;
connection with you all, now some
forty years ago.
The pioneer life of 'the school was
one of difficulty. Onr share of the
Governrnent'fancl was a trifling $400;
Gyre had no settled home-oftr last;;
the twelfth, Was the Mechanic's in-
stitute. I got 'the Government to.
admit the young ladies. They were
a refining element,', and I considered"
Myself very fortunate in the superior'
character of my charge. There werC
• no means or assistance. appom
v%it,
4, ,
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Wishing You A Merry Christmas
and
A Prosperous
New Year
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