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TILE SEAFORTII NEWS
r•tblisit dee he was read. but they
cmid:et tee 0 high moil lumber had
been heet;ee :twee- welt art axe. 11r
as.lemee'. oil, r. liieherd,
t teeleyeei, "'a an ,a•••eitneee v,t the
hash:tp that -arae+1 futility ue:rr 31t'l.
hinoaa=, pier n'ae driving In anode,'
trunk. following the victim along the
highway, hound for Windsor. Atter
rounding a a•nrve, 1- v 11,111110wey's
truck. owned by the Clothe -hat Menu
Met uring Co„ hie employers, left the
pavement, and gradually moved onto
the north shoulder. it struck nothing
except the soft earth. and didn't
overtttru, and in the ordinary course
it wouldn't even have been rated by
police as a traffic crash. Birt when
the Mother stopped and got to the
scene, lie found the load of (umber
had shitted forward pinning the vie•
time in the cabwhere he was travel•
ing atone. Authorities thought the
driver night have gone asleep, came
Ing him to leave the road, and am
other theory was that the load of
lumber night have shifted when he
rounded the curve. Dr, Harold Pink
of Delaware, coroner, decided no in•
fittest would be held, Traffic Officer
B. C. Moore, of Loudon, investigated
Deceased was born in Colborne town-
ship, the son of William McWhinney.
He moved into Goderich five years
ago. Surviving, besides his widow
the former Jeanette Fitbiado, are a
sou Richard, and a daughter ,Tanice;
his parents, Mr, and Mrs. William
McWhinney, of Goderich; a brother
Richard, and two sisters, Mrs. Rob-
ert Turner (lsabelle% and Mrs, Data
id Harman (Mary). all living in
Goderich. The flutes; was held last
Thursday,
"He says it helps his hay never."
Announce Wedding --
Mr, and Mrs. W. C. R. Holmes of
Clinton announce the marriage of
their slaughter Charlotte Christina
Isabella to Robert L. Carnegie. of
London.
Lloyd Dark Improving—
Mrs, Dark arrived home from Tor-
onto after accompanying her son to
Toronto General Hospital and reports
Lloyd's condition very favorable. She
was called home owing to the death
of her father, Mr. l\-nt. Wilkinson, of
Bluseels. Witighant Advance -Tie's
Receives Promotion—
Cum. Wm. Aberhart ass anted Itis
ditties lase week as assistant to the
District Medical Officer for Military
District No. 1 with headquarters at
London where rapt- Aberhtu't has
been stationed ever since his enlist-
ment 0 few menthe ago. His malty
friends here are pleased to learn of
his pit?mt?tiori.—\I£Ichrll :Wein-ate.
Bluevale Bfossoms—
Pt ttnaster A. D. ;mitt. of Blue,
vale is not to he outdone in the ;nat-
ter of late and rare- flowers, An
Easter lily purchased from Mr. E. S.
Lewis of `i'itighant with two 'blooms
and replanted in the garden. had
three Weems for Thanksgiving. 11t•.
Smith also has two yus'.'a trees that
flowered in July for the first time.
These plants are rarely found anis
fa:' north and ntat:y people come to
se,
them.
Tractor and Conveyor
Crashed Through Bridge—
When a caterpillar tractor and
conveyor at work on the Bruee•
Santee -n line. 2i1sine's u,e;'tileast of
liineertline, crashed through a bridge
and dropped 3o feet into the river
heti, the operator. Perry Penny, of
\\o dstot.k received head injuries of
such a 'serious nature that he was
rushed to Torauto for , ren mteat:
,lust' how the mishap took place is
not certain. Work was being tarried
out on 0 24 -hour -clay basis and Penny
waS eperating the tmiehilte'1'y, used
to cat down a steep lull. on the early
cadging shift. The tritium., weighing
more than 10 tons, with a conveyor
in tow which weighed only slightly
less. got out of control, .cashed
through and crumpled the iron bridge
tailings as if they were paper and
dropped to the river bed. Peile- was
unable to get free of the machinery
and reesired ittjttt'ies of a et•Itlt•al
'1010(0.
Frank Barr Dies
After Motor Accident—
Frank Barr, born in Cromarty 38
years ago.- and 0 soft of .lits. Marg-
aret Marr. Stratford, and the date
I ting G. Barr. tiled last week from
stock toilotvittg a minor car accident
„ S.•ebaeh's £Sill en No. 5 highway a
couple of days previously. The car
.ell the road and went into the ditch.
Pile driver said ire was blinded by
111101111115 lights. He ce.nlplained of
1.:111 In his kip. The tar was
sin_ t by liana t'd. The deceased loan
ails taken to Itfattord Hospital
a here he had spent 0 treat deal of
i.ts time during the past several
1' ai c suffering from arthritis. He
.--dtteetrci in Exeter and Stratford
....d .:hour fifteen years ago he and
tees brother James started the Barr
Transport. His mother and one 1'ro-
.1.01 ,utrive.
Xilten in
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Wm. Wilkinson, Brussels—
Wm. Wilkinson passed away at his
home in Brussels on Oct. 10 after a
short illness. The deceased was born
iu Yorkshire, England, int July 11
153. He was eldest son of the late
James and Mrs. Wilkinson, Helmet?.
For the past past 51 years he Mid
resided on his farm in Morris Town-
ship. movies- to Brussels itt Attgttst.
He leaves his wife. formerly Elizab-
eth A. Brewer, and four daughters,
Mae) .lin. Arthur helm. London;
tLila1 Mrs. A. .1. Dark, Wiughatut
tlfenel MIrs. Alm. Woodrow. Brits•
eels (Mita) Mr:. L. ML Blanche, of
Stratford. The funeral was held to
Brussels cemetery,
Dutch Sailors Taken to Jail—
Sixteen members of the crew of the
Netherlands package freighter Prins
Willem III, which tied up Here on
Wednesday afternoon of last week,
were taken off the ship early Friday
evening by a squad of Royal Caned-
lau Mounted Police and lodged in
the county jail. The melt were re•
moved from the freighter in groups
of two and placed in police cars.
which swiftly conveyed them to the
jail. The act of transportation was
Performed so quietly that, few in
town knew the leen had been re-
moved from tate vessel until they
were informed of it the next morn-
ing. after the ship had slipped out of
the harbor. Two of the original eigh-
teen prisoners changed their 15(111115
and decided to stay with Capt. NV. P.
G. Helsdingen and serve in the Brit-
ish merchant marine eert'Ice. under
which flag the Netherlands freighter
tva0 automatically placed by the de-
cree of Queen Wilhelmina when the
Netherlands capitulated to Germany
in May. Outside of the captain, the
steward and the two men Just, men-
tioned, tate crew which sailed the
Vessel was made up of Canadian sea-
ttleli front Montreal:--Goderich Signal
.Star.
Six Months' Term—
t'p for sentence before Magistrate
Makins at Goderich, after having
pleaded guilty a week previous to 21
charges of theft and one of fraud,
Robert Snazel., directory advertising
salesman, was sentenced to six
months definite and six months hide -
terminate in reformatory on each
charge, the terms To run concurrent-
ly.
oncurrently. This reformatory term also will
run concurreutly with a nine months'
sentence Snazel received in Walker-
ton on August 28th. In asking for
leniency Frank Donnelly, defence
counsel, pointed out that the total
amount of money involved was not•
more than 170. Magistrate Mathsmade no comment other than to say
that the numerous charges were in
the nature of a "general clean-up.
Clarence Stonehouse. 17. farmhand,
without a home, was sentenced to i
Iwo mouths in jail with hard labor
for the theft of a bicycle, a flash-
light. fountain pen and some bat-
teries from a garage on September
8th. Constable Rutherford told the
court that he found the bicyeie and
ether stolen poet under a bridge be-
tween Seaforih and Watton. Stone
souse was in the vicinity. walking on
h road. and was arrested. He ad -
meted th. theft. Accused said he had
1,111 ..-r1r iii= mother sincehe way
;MI -teen 1510 `11., of ase. nor his
i,... . of three years. He admitted
2 jail tern: last winter for
tine:g,
entering and theft.
Goderich Truck Driver Killed—
r:oy U tt.z ylcl{-spinney. :,'•ysar•ald
driv--r of Goderich. was cl'ue£i-
it
,tagainst his 01001ing wheel
n weight of a load of lumber, on
highway two mites east of
Melbourne at 3.I5 o'clock. one nmorn-
ing last week. McWhinney's body
was pinned in the cab. Rescuers
could get close enough ue hint to es•
THOMPSON.SUTHERLAND
St. James' C.hurtrh, St. Marys,
glowing with candles and lovely with
gold tinted chrysautheuttuus and rich
autumn tones of gladioli was the
setting fm' one of the loveliest wed- 1
dings of the year when Hilda .lean.
younger daughter of .11r. and Mgrs. H. I
.1, Sutherland.. of St, \hugs, became
the bride of Mr. George Douglas
Thompson of Toronto. elder son of
-iii', and Mrs, George Thompson of
St. Marys. The pews were Marked by 1
four stemmed - candatabraes With
small cot'tlucorpla of flowers, lending 1
a hint of TitanksgIving Dar to the
Impressive ceremony. The chancel
was banked tvitlt chrysanthemums a
and gladioli, ferns and palms. At the t
steps large seven stemmed candela- $
brae were very lovely and also in the
chancel. The white carpet extending S
front the door to the altar rail Was p
also very effective. The choir entered
the church singing the lovely wed- a
ding hymn "0 Perfect Love." Then 0
to the strains of the wedding march
played by the organist, .lir, J. N. Rob t
bison. the bride entered the church
on the arm of her father preceded by t
the matron of honor and two brides'
maids. The choral ceremony was per f
formed by Rev, Catton W. H. Snel a
grove, rector of St. James' Church
and Rev. A. B. Forney of London. a
Mids. The ide was very lovely in hetpe
wedding gown of English white suede
lace with fitted hipline, bolero jacket f
andPeterPan collar ending in 11 long t
gored 0111111 train. with hip length
veil of Brussel: net and sweetheart t
coronet of net and pearls, white net
gloves and carrying a white prayer
hook from w•ltic•h fell white braided
streamers and white gardenias. Site
was given in marriage by her father.
She wore a small white gold Bross,
the gift of the groom. Mrs, Earl
Ernst. sister of the bride, was maid
of honor. wearing a lovely gown of
gold taffeta adorned with brown vel.
vet bows with a chic hat of gold tuf•
feta with brown tulle streamers and
carrying a throw of ivory roses with
gold ribbon, Mrs, Alex F, Seggie of
St. -Marys and Mrs. Earl Smith of
Toronto were the bridesmaids andwere becomingly gowned in taffeta
gowns made on similar lines with
flowered quilted jackets fastened at
the throat with gold bar cameos. the
gift of the bride, Mrs. Seggie wore
rose orchid and :sirs. Smith eorintlt
ian rose. and velvet hats to mated
with ostrich tips. They carried col-
onial bouquets of pink roses and
scabtosis. Mr. William Thompson of
St. Marys, brother of the groom. was
best man and Mr. Alex P. Seggie of
St. Marys and Mr, Earl Smith of Tor
mato were the ushers. During the
signing of the register the choir sang
Ave Maria." Following the cerem•
ony a reception was held at the
home of the bride's parents. Guests
were present from London, Kitchener'.
Toronto, Detroit, Stratford and St
Marys. Mrs, Sutherland received the
guests wearing a gown of soldier blue
crepe. plum colored hat trimmed
with a wing in blending tones and a
corsage of ivory roses, Mrs. Thomp-
son, mother of the groom, wore a
gown of similar shade with 'wine col -
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1940
At .7n Pioneer° Days
Had Quiet Placei.11 ,i llnc'I::ei,lt. in thi:•
i,
-I,
v1 unknown quantity in the l'lll•
of-Sraffa )rock in the Mee, and
perhaps to this day, was a acnlptoe
or -.'i painter.
t\'e who lived there were so far
removed from any prominent ort
gallery or exhibit of pictures that,
little, if any, thought WKS associated
with them.
It may be that the doctor of the
minister' o- the school teacher at
some time had seen some aloteworthy
Pictures, but, if so, we never heard
theist refer to the fact, - I
Bill Nye iu a humorous write-up
of an art exhibit, admitted ignorance
of critical appreciation by poking
fun at the pictures and in so doing
delighted thousands of readers.
One picture that attracted his at-
tention, "The Woman at the Well,"
was praised in this way: "You could
tell at a glance which was the wo-
man and which was the well," -
-In Making reference to an art- ex-
hibit we should not overlook the fact
that once a year in the Crystal Pal-
ace in the Staffa fair. grounds a small
space was allotted for the display of
pictures.
There were certain restrictions,
however, because the fair committee
expected every picture showu to be
the work of the exhibitor and they
made it as fair as possible by halt-
ing it open to the whole world. Surer
y nothing could be fairer.
The collection) usttally lyas 'rateec
f nor large. and the judges wer
considered artistically inclined an
expert in criticism, at least by on
sprat[ boy who won a prize with
pencil drawing on foolscap paper t
a bird. a fish and a dog; and 110 ht
ieve there was no class distincti1l
such as oils, water colors, crayon
1511(111 and such like.
e W. G. WRIGHT, Jr.
tt SEAFORTH
?t'
Lawrence Taylor Presides
at Northside Y. P. U.
5i
r The-Yottrtg People's Union of the
s Northside United Church mot on
t' Tuesday evening, Oct. 15, with air,
e Lawrence 'Taylor presiding. The meet-
ing opened by repeating the young
people's mono. Ilyutu 15 was sung,
after 0151(11 the Lord's prover 511.5
repeated fu unison. The minutes of
the last sleeting were read by the
1 situ once- Jean Smote, 'and were
adopted as correct. Following tie'
business discussion Rev. Mr. Work-
man gave a five minute talk on 'The
d System of Our Church." Isabel For -
1 rest, citizenship convener. then took
charge. Hymn 427 was sung. The
Scripture reading was taken by Dor-
t only Gallop. Psalm le ;, 1.13. abet, L
Taylor then led in Dreyer. after
r
c' width Irene Workman sang a 5oi,,
t Isabel l b erre -t ably gave the topic et,
""Thanksgiving." The meeting close,:
• hy singing God Save the King, turd
1 repeating the Mizpnh bettedirtion.
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Nevertheless, interest at the fa[
centred more on fruits, vegetable
nd grains from the farms; on kining, embroidery, and baking, pr
elves and suc•lt like from th
homes; on Shropshires, Berkshires
ufolks, PerOltet'ons, spans of bloods
igeons, rabbits and poultry tha
ware pietlu'es to behold, etutelitsslu
nything that alight appear on pope
1• on canvas.There were pint ares. however, h
he haute that certainly slid conte 11
or consideration and comment an,
hey did not hang its rtionl5 on til
.'alts. They were the pictures o
ethers and mother. uncles all
tints. hrotlt.rs and sheen:. ant
violas and acquaintances that tiller
large album to be found in the pal
ll' ail She ..'e'lut'e table.
When once 0 h 'tare r hack from t
ew months' trip to Europe gate 1
alk on fatuous painting:, we e'lt
N.;
ere t•hildren. I believe. were no
he only ones that Imre with mile
cynicism the fact that he did no
bring with hint prints of the scene
he attempted to describe and sights
with relief when he let lip on ill
lovely lake at Lucerne and his rap
tures over the Tate and tiatlona
Galleries.
'With the villagers and person
from the near -by countryside, heiug
auditors al the lecture was like list
ening to grand opera for the firs
time; appreciation waxed high for a
spell, then intense restlessness tool
its place, and shoe;., that were in
elined to he tight -fitting; became no
comfortably bearable.
Our acquaintances had no direct
contact with art evert in tt etretlltt
scribed sphere. and therein would b
an excuse for disinterest in paintings
and to a0 suehlllie so,t•alled frippery
We at the time had no opportunity
of standing, gating at a picture and
forgetting that we were not for the
nonce treading near sand and Pell
hies watching the sunset pis the
horizon of a beautiful lake: no 0p•
portunity to watch with wistful
eyes some lively stream coursing its
way through wind'sw'ept alders across
meadow lands and feel an insistent
urge t0 procure rod and line.
And yet, we feel sure, an artist.
instinctively and by being taught
or trained, sees and feels more than
does the average observer, and like•
ly tries to convey to others the in -
pression of the view made on hila.
We do not pose to be art critics in
any sense of the word, but we do not
hesitate to say that to enjoy worth-
while pictures, the average person
oes not need to "know about art,"
And what we have had to say
bout what was observed in by -gone
aye, expresses the honest septi•
lents of the overwhelming majority
1 the persons we lulew.
LONDESBORO
• 1.0V111001111(0 (11011 Mondaytit the
home of her brother's. Fred and Rob-
ert Gibbs. Lnndeshm'o where site ]tad
resided for the past six years. She
was In her 134th year and had been
ill for two weeks. She was a daugh-
ter of the late Thoma; Gibbs and
t Phoebe Carlton Gibbs, and was born
in ITullett, and spent the early years
of her life there. Twenty-seven years
ago she went to the c'auadiant West,
where site lived for 20 years, and six
years ago returned to Londesboro.
She was a member of the Londesboro
ored hat. -amid the good wishes of, d
their friends, the young couple left - a
by airplane from London for Mont- d
real: the bride wearing a teal blue'
dress and coat trimmed with Austra- 0
liars oppossum and matching hat with
Mark purse. shoes and glove,. On
their return Mr. and :firs. Thompson
will reside in Toronto.
HULLETT
Elizabeth ,Be -iia, Garrett died 1.t
the home of hes brother, J01,1.1
Garrett. Hallett tew•nehip, No. 4 high-
w'ay, in her +".t•1 -y aa. Site was a
daughter of John Garrett and Esther
Ly )115 Garrets, and was born in
Htrtiett. She 5pen1 the greater part
ca her life in this part of the c'ountr'y
ltavieg resident lot ?: years in Clin-
ton. Two brothers survive John and
George Garrett, both of Hallett, the
latter on the - -old homestead. The
funeral was held on Wednesday ay last
with Rev. A. Lane, of S\ 5tey-ll'i1Tis
United Church. Clinton. conducting
the service_ at the home of John
Garrett, Internrent was in the Blyth
union cemetery.
Want and For Sale Ads, 1 ;we 25c
"What happened to the mother
who used to put a candle in the win-
dow 1.) guide her wandering son?"
-Now she turns on the floodlights
at the landing 4e151." •
"Don't you 0500 the resentltlenee1"
asked the proud mother. exhibiting
her baby. "Jest look at our lanes side
Ie- side." -
"Notltiitg could be plainer," replied
the 1tie51 absent-mindedly,
ALL HIS MILLIONS COULDN'T
SWEETEN THAT SWASTIKA
An article in The American Week-
ly. with the October 27 issue of The
Detroit Sunday Times, reports the
complaint of th- tour) 1 ht'[de of a
marrying millionaire wit' claims site
had to dine tinder the Nazi flag amid
hisses, bone. booze. Meek eyes, 11
broken nose anti 'tank" attaclts .
and she wants to be divorced bade to
Democracy. Be sure 10 get The De-
troit Sunday Time:.
United Cltut'eh and took an active
part in the work of the women's org-
anizations. There survive four bro-
thers, Fred and Robert, of Londes-
boro; Frank, of Clinton and William,
of Briarcrest, Sask., and one sister,
Mrs. B. Shortland, also of Briarcrest.
The funeral services were held last
Wednesday at the home at 2.30 p.m„
conducted by Rev, A. E. Menzies, of
Londesboro United Church, Inter-
ment in Ball's Cemetery.
The late J. T. Harahan, former
president of the Illinois Central Rail•
road; was sitting in his office one
day, when tt burly Irishman entered
the room.
"Me name is O'Brien," said he.
"0i want a pass to St. Louis. 01
worruk in th' ya-r-ds,"
"That is no way to ask for a. pass,"
said Mr, Harahan, "You should ill•
traduce yourself politely. Come back
in an hour taut tt'y it again,"
At the end of the.hom' back Caine
the Irishman. Doffing his hat. he in-
qui red:
"Ar -r -re yet 1'Ir, Harahan?"
"1 ata."
"Me moue [5 Patrick O'Brien. 0i've
been work)[(' out in tIt' yar-r-c15."
"Glatt to latnw you. Mr. O'Brien.
What clot I do for you11"
' Yez can go to grass. Oi've got a
job art' a puss on the Wabash."
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