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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1940-03-14, Page 2PAGE TWO The Quality Tea ate• PFSAL Tr, .., :,I _. THE SEAFORTH NEWS THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 1940 HURON NEWS Accused Man Held at Stratford For Murder of Blanshard Farmer— Hundreds of neighbors and friends last weekattended the funeral 01 Anther tarter. Blanshard Township farmer, who was slain at his home late on February 211th and for whose murder his neighbor, James Crawford, Prospect Hill storekeeper, is now rav- ine trial. Mr. Carter was shot in the chest as he stepped from his car at the rear of his farm home on High- way No. 7 in Blanshard township, about a mile and a half north of Pros- pect Hill about 11 o'clock in the even- ing and he died a few minutes later in his home. James Crawford, 41, operator of a service station at Pros- pect Hill, was taken to the cells in the Stratford pollee station. The London police received a telephone call about midnight front a ratan who, said: "I have shot a man." and who asked. that .police officers investigate, James McWilliams, a former resident of Exeter, an uncle of the slain man, who resides at the Carter home. stated that he and his nephew had been ho Stratford in the evening, He said they returned lotne about 11 o'clock. drove up the hi1100ay and brought the car 10 a halt at the rear of tate hoose, Carter, who was driving. .stepped from the car. Mr. Sic\\ llliattls Sabi the form 01 a strange mat emerged from the darkness. lie had evidently been hiding behind another eau', pau•I1ed shorn. 30 feet away, "He said, 'Where have yon been tonight" - Then 1borc' (Vere (wo $hots close to- gether. 1 saw Amber full over and the matt wlto tired the shots ran down floe laaeway:' Frank Ruston, n neighbor who was visiting at the Carter 1101110,, rushed out at the sound of the shot and helped Mr. Me - Willie= bring the wounded man into the kitchen, ('after was still living when the two Wren helped hits into the house but he died within two or three minutes, dropping to ttie kitchen tool'. Provincial uflleers John Fulton and George V. Ciubbe, of London. re- sp0aded to the call and acting under instructions received hi the telephone conversation, stopped at the home of Crawford, Crawford went to the Carter home with the two London officers and there he was placed 1111det' iff'i'est by provincial ofiieer Douglas of Stratford. who was ac- companied by traffic officer Anderson Callander of Mitchell, The Loudon provincial polite are said to have token an empty double-barrelled shot- gun from the Crawford home. One of the two shots entered the victim's chest while the other struck him in the legt leg, The shots were fired at a distance of about 311 feet from the victim and there were only a few drops of 1)100(1 in the snow at the base of the rear porch on the home. Foot- prints hu the snow indicated that the man who shot Cartel had been stand- ing behind the parked car for sante time, The tracks led from the car to the spot along the laaeway from which the shots were tired. Until about 0 year ago Crawford had lived on the Enlbl'o Iload where the farmed. Ne is married Inn had been living apart. 11•ont his wife for the past month or nn Mrs. (.Lawford has been residing In St. Malys. Amber ('atter, the murdered ratan. was born at ('lan- deboye, a son of Mr, and Mrs. Gilbert Carter who still reside in that village. Three years ago he was married at Levan to Emelte Hogarth, of Exeter,. 'there are two c111(11101), ,lames who will be two years old ort Marclt. 28 and Alice who will be one year old on March 20. Andrew and Kenneth Cal" tea', brothers, reside at Clandeboye. About it year ago the Carter home was gutted by Hames leaving only the four walls standing. The Hames spread through the house after ail was thrown into a stove where a lire was started. A hired man diets from burns received in the fire, At Brother's Funeral— Rev, D. C. Hill of Exeter was in Ottawa last week attending the fun- eral of his brother Grant Hill, chief of the records branch of the public works department Get First Degree— At the Exeter Lodge of Odilfeliows 'ruesduy evening eight candidates from Seaforth, Bruce -410d and Exeter lodges received their first degree. The candidates were accompanied by a number of brethren and the lodge room was well filled- D. D. Grand Pat- riarch of London district, Bro. Walsh, was present 11)1d spoke 11 few wo1'tis. Other speakers gave short addresses, --Exeter Times -Advocate, Engagements Announced - 1A'. and Mfrs. Richard b'hluldick an- nounce the engagement of their youngest daughter, Mary Elizabeth, to George Ivan Carter, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs, Stanley Carter of Mullett township. The marriage w111 take place on the 2011h March in the tinned C'hurc'h, Londesboro, at 1wo- thirti' p.m. —114r, and Mrs. Herbert Oakes of Ooderich township wish to announce the engagement of their eldest daugh- ter, Frances Mary Elizabeth, to Mr, William John McCowan, eldest son of Mr. and Mt's, John McCowan, of Stanley township. The marriage to take place this month, Hon. N. A. McLarty Will Speak lo North Huron on March 15— A pnIlile meeting in the interest of R. J. Deachman, Liberal candidate for North Huron. will be held in Goderich on Friday, March 15th, at 8 o'clock, and will be addressed by Hon. Nor- man McLarty, minister of labor in the federal cabinet, Mr. McLarty will also speak in Brussels the same afternoon at 3 o'clock. Farm Sold— The 100•acre farm, property of tate Jacob Kellerman estate, 17th conces- sion of Stephen township, has been purchased by Stephen Vt'ebb of the 15th concession, who gets immediate of Stratford and traffic offices' J. W. possession, HUGILL-RlLEY The Lrgmondviile United Church parsonage was the scene of a quiet but pretty wedding Wednesday. Har, 0th, at high 00011, when Rev, A. W. Gardiner united in marriage Ettie Elizabeth, second eldest daughter of Mrs, Selena Riley, of Londasboro, and the late Mr, Ben Riley, to Elsner LeRoy Hngill, of Seaford", second old• est son of Mr, and Ml's. Jonathan Ie. Hugi11, Huron Road, West of Sea. forth. The bride was becomingly gowned a fl aC k '. 111. eSe ill 1C in au orchid ca 1 p with navy accessories. She carried a shower bouquet of pink and white carnations with maiden hair fern. She wtts attended by the bridesmaid. Miss Marion IIttgill, sister of the groom, wearing a pretty frock of ponder blue sills crepe and a bide petal spring hat, She carried a shower bouquet of pink carnations and maid- en hair fern, The best Ulan was Mr. Robert Riley, brother of the bride. Following the marriage ceremotly about 45 relatives sat down to a 1111m51110us dinner at the bride's mother's 1101)11: in Hallett. The room and table was effectively decorated in pink and white forthe occasion. Streamers went from the ceiling to the centre of the table where the foal' storey wedding caste was placed. The table was decorated with silver in which red tulips, pink carnations and narcissi were displayed. The bride's mother wore a dress of black crepe with embroidery and ac- cessories to match, The groom's mother wore a dress of 1111.0y sheer over flowered taffeta with 'matching accessories. The wath'esses were sisters of the groom, Pearl, Verna and Iona Hugill and Miss Norah Jock of Godericll. Following the wedding dinner Mr, .1. W. Manning of Clinton proposed a toast to the bride in a very pleasing manner. After dinner the bridal emr pie left amid showers of confetti for Leamington, United States and will return by Niagara Falls and Toronto. For travelling the bride donned a charming frock of [love rose, w001 crepe with navy blue Spring ('oat. and a blue petal Spying hat with matching accessories. r las onnaatin e� ours thcn \`\\\`\\\\\\\\\\:a\Ca\\\\\\\\\\��\�m\\\C:�\\\\\C\\\\\Cia\\\\c811\\NS\\\\\CSU\\\\\\\\\\U�\U a Suppose today you call us and say, "I want a telephone installed in my home." The installer comes — in a matter of hours, perhaps minutes. For an hour or so he works around the house, then makes final tests and says, "Your telephone is connected now, sir." He means, of course, that he has con- nected it to the central office in your locality. He might very well say — "Now your telephone is connected to all your friends, relations, and trades- people, like the grocer, the butcher, the baker, the dentist, the laundry, the hos- pital, and so on, "Yes, and it is connected to the tele- phones of thousands of people you don't know but may want to call some day—to millions of telephones in other parts of Canada and throughout the civilized world —even to ships at sea." How completely life has changed since this Company began sixty years ago with 2,100 subscribers. Today more than 785,000 Bell telephones in Ontario and Quebec transmit upwards of 5111. million calls in the average day. They register the heart- beats of the country's life, NOW T S 14 44 4 1 4 4 4 a a 4 99 1866 GAne m s..:z 60 was OF PUBLIC SER I Miss E. M. Cluff Manager. SMeci2 `< CHISELHURST, The monthly devotional meeting of the Y.P.U. was Held Tuesday evening last. The meeting was in charge of Beatrice Drover and Gerald Glenn. The opening hymn was No. 78. "Is Thy Cruse of Comfort Failing," fol. (owed by the Lord's prayer repeated in unison. The scripture lesson was read by A, Chambers followed by the minutes of the last meeting read by Russel 'Ferguson, Next week, Mon• day night; March llth, the i'Iensall Y. P, U. will entertain Clhisellturst Y.P.U. to a St. Patrick's social in Hensall. Miss Beatrice Drover then took charge of the topic and remain- der of the sleeting. Hymn 182, "He liveth long. who liveth we11," was sung and the meeting closed with a contest directed by Beatrice Drover. Many Present at the Funeral of Archibald Getty— Tlte following is from the Moose Jaw, Sask„ Times -Herald: "Last trio- ute is paid to the memory of th pion- eer of the Archydal district—Many friends gathered on Thursday after- noon at the St. Andrew's Church, United Church of Canada, to pay a last tribute to the memory of Archibald Getty, pioneer farmer of the Arohyda-1 district, who died at itis hone in Moose Jaw, Monday, The simple ceremony was conducted by Rev. Geoffrey Glover, "Crossing the Bar" was sung by Dr, P. C. Harwood, accompanied by Frances Stevenson. organist of St. Andrew's Church. In- terment at the Rosedale cemetery. Pallbearers, all nephews of the de- ceased, were: Archie Getty, Joseph Getty, James Getty, Geo. Getty. Archie Dalrymple and Geo, Dal- rymple. Masonic rites were also con- ducted by the officers of the Moose Jaw Lodge No, 3 A.F.&A.M., of which the deceased was a. member. Ile was also a member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen. Arclhibald Getty was born at Hamilton, 000, harsh 16th, 1139, and at the age of 28 he left his birthplace to take up a homestead in the Moose ,Taw district in 1582 as one of the first residents of this dist. riot, 111 the Fall of 1882, when the Canadian Pacific Railway reached Moose Jaw he assisted in laying the right•of-way across the wheat country with other pioneers of the district. A familiar figure among the early settlers, he also assisted in the build- ing of snow shed and briclges through the Canadian Rockies, During the Biel Rebellion he freighted between Moose Jaw and (lark's Crossing near Saskatoon. He retired from active farming in 1420and had lived she, that time in this city. He died al his residence, 1142 Clifton Avenue, Moose ,law. He was predoc'eased by 1114' wits, Margaret laalry'mple, 11 year's ago. To 1111111/0 itis 11155 1141•, Getty leaves 0110 0.1111 Robert Getty of Archydal, and five daughters, Miss Belk. (jetty, Mrs. Prank McDonald, itI1's. 'Yeomans of this - city; 1U's,- Richard Sanders, hos Angeles; and Mrs. Walter Reid 0i' Saskatoon: 0111 brother, Thomas Get. 1)'1 t.wn uietel's, 1I1'a. Afnlsl ('nllg 111111 ,Mrs. Dahymple; also a unmber oi' friends and relatives ht \Vl's101,11 011 ((rio." HILLSGREEN 11I1', Orval Smith visited recently with friends in Toronto. Mr. Wilkie and Mr. Grattan 01 Grand Bend visited friends in tllr. community one day during the week 11'liss Margaret Reichert. is assisting at Sir. Orval Smith's as Mis. Snlittt is 011 the sick list- Her many friends wish her a speedy recovery. 11r, Alvin Reichert of Delhi visitor over the week end with friends here 1L', Lawrence Reichrt is engages with Mr. Stanley Love for the sum mer months. CROMARTY Me Young Puailb" ' 4' sty met Citi Sunday rcenulg in the church The topic, 1k, 'Christian )1i was Pay?" was intorestitEg and gnus by Rev, P. ;lan11c•0n. 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