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New Series Volume 14, No. 39
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SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY S 1917
WANTED
50 GIRLS 50 OR MORE
The W. E. Sanford Mfg. eo. of Hamilton
has pn+rchased the Taylor -Anderson eo.
Clothing Factory in Seaforth. And are go-
ing to carry on the business from this out
for which purpose we require more than
50 girls assistants. The working hours
each day are 8 to b except Saturday 8 to 12
each week. We guarantee steady work
the year round. Nice clean work and girls
milia good wages.
We pay highest wages while learning
Apply or Write to
Fred Robinson, Manager
SEAFORTI
ONTARIO
Economically Managed -
1(Ome fasts regarding the Patriotic
Fund Work in Huron
la utero are fregiont evidenoos that
:iso work of the Patriotie Branch for
a:Haron Cotlnrty is trot a8 widely known
it's it should be to prevent ritiuunter
dtnuding, bhp following item gleamed
corn the proceedings of the last mon•
Isly meeting of the Executive, its God-
orioh should prove ofintereat to those
Wishing to know the facts as well so to
the people of the (bitpty as a whole:
Since tiro opening of the work not
Itewer than 850 families have been
tealt with from this office in Goderieh
and at tbo present time about 300 are
mat"riio list fur monthly allowances.
The toted payments for the mouth of
January will aggregate $4 60: iuolud
Sing the amounts ttttainud and placed in
tiro Savings Bow to the credit of alta
keneficiarieo. it is worth noting that
Ibis system of saving out, half the mon.
thly allowaouu adopted by this Branch
has boon found of groat bueeftt to part-
, oipitnts who found thumaolves in a
omorgenoy which needed the help of a
little randy cash, and this oxemph) of
.the Euros branch bias been u,ged by
slid Ottawa Eat ontiye pair general nal-
9'ptlon, many
An ati�..4tutl lttlttelettot from Ottawa The Br1ah authorities represent that
bow that in the sulfa ;.f 1916 and it is absolutely ueoeseary that tn,;,tbovo
regulation should be complied with.
L'harefore uu and from rho 1st Feb
1917, the Post Offieo Department will
refuse to ae00pt any suoh pantile for
prisonerb of war in Marmite: 'rho De
partment is advised by the English au
thoritea that such paresis cannot bo ao
°opted for transmission to the prisioners
and could not get through,
�� a ooze y
iorroare on Deo, 21ut, but, with the through its Loudon Office undertak, s
beau's balance paid, the amount to bo
ttollooied and ' cotisidored good was
$454.75, anti theie understood will
he all in shortly
The expellee of the working of .tho
Patriotil Branch in this County is Ices
lhau n of one pet cent, made up of a
dead salary for olerital help office rout
printing, etc, and not with standing au
tooaetonal imprea8iun to the ooutrary,
lot ono thine Iota over been paid to the
ffioialp who aro oouduethig the work.
other about 35 oaaualties . are undo
o naiderbtioo for thin Country up to date
Then, second, the care of Disabled
soldiers who are returned to this
County. This work, involving ooutinn-
ous acid careful attention, will be under
taken by the War Auxiliary of the
Oonnty, Mr. W. Brydone, of Olincoil,
she Oounty President, addrossing the
County Council on Tuesday hast on
operation in tho work.
It will be satin from tiro above that
the work its connection with Huron,,
share in the war is no small mottos. but
the Executive and the officials who are
oarryiug it on do so with a desire to do
"their bit" wiiiingly and cheerfully. For
a time the work was coudueted under
extreme difficulty, with no proper office
accommodation, cut now a room in the
Masonta Temple building is occupied
and with ark -quote equipment tbere is
no delay iu tuiy part of the work.
Parcels to Prisoners
ThtPost Office Department is in re-
ceipt of et cablegram from the British
authontes rt prtnent that 710 parcels coo
tanning foodstuffs or artinlss of olothu,g
tihtntld be for.vartled in fixture from
Canada for Prisoners of War in Ger
-
.1b.1.6 a total of $63,020 was drawn
from tbo generalfuua lot• distributiou
hn Huron Outinty, cud this large num
has been handled hero without the
Aisagroomont of ono emit with the
andit at Ottawa.
A report from the Executive of the
Oftioeus' Campaign food of 1915 and
1916 in (3oderioh showed that 1nuludiug
she town's share, about $2,365 was In lie Oauadtan Rea Gress S t
Tv Nther branches of war work aro
looming up, and will likely entail
arge amount of labor separate from th
Irtlinary patriotio work 'Those are, first
lir- 'ti cion branch Within the foot ten
lays about thirty sets of papers for,
ottlitg claims have bacin received eo o'f Your should bo uddretstd to 11 e
1,21,6:10.t 0IC0, eh(1 tbtttt lil'N 1Oto " till ,
lir fb„I L aTtlatl(ire of War Dtgnu't�(Itut Carunlii:n
the io,s a fwCiirvk.b what's. , fled Oroeb Society and should contain
' .
he soltlfurs' funtihra li•ee,,to 6e 'fined ui, linforntatictt to tiro following forth;—
oil suet in t'0.11.1" I..atrultiti Official toot, No. 1234o, Pto. G Robinson,Ind that, lorw:ead,•d to the'Peusiens 48111 Highlanders, Oa,, , Omit,
3otrd et 0..taws for •sottleosent Alto- 13 E F. Can Prisoner of War,
Gottitgon, (lernteny,
that •,very Canadian prisoner shall
receive adequate reliefin food and
clothing, bonding ono parcels (ivory
week to each prisoner. Therefore, ex
lilting Organizations should continue
their worst of collecting funds to be
scut to the Canadiotl Red Oross Society
and it is moat desirable that they should
not relax their efforts in this respect.
Portions desiring to have additional
food or supplies sent to a Canada.
Prisioiet' should scud mon0y for 'et
purpose to tiro Prisoners r" • ' t"list
paitmeG'yrut, Oanadia, ►' yJse
IKt"r Ds'
A letter ogntn' stS Snuieiy
asking tate ..at(i•,i 1„,romittanco and
montr erb(t;ners' of War .Depart.
.1ttt',e& iitn Rod Oros Society, to
pr
,saki Or othor articles to a•ptision-
W. T. ''BOX df( (
gifigA011:68 Ain
i•011814Al. DIIt3O11)1t$
Ileldots of cove mnostt Dypimaa tnri
14e0ts0- d1nsaOa,t Mooe1nA737
l'Jto., 1 Nit kl OsAls 1t/sl)
Two Cots &Ingle Iopy
etira of Prisoners of War Dept.
Can Rod Gross Society
rho remittance should be in the form
of a rest office Money Order drawn in
favor of the Prisoners, of War Depart•
wont, Oandian .Red ()roes Society for
the Prisoner of War in question.
Any person wislttng to send a romit-
tanoo direct to a Prisoner of War rosy
do so by meats of a Post
Office Money Order, wich is issued free
of Oommisson. Inotruotions as to how
to proceed eon be obtained from Post-
master of accounting Post Offices.
Parcels for prieonere of war contain-
ing artioiet which are not prohibited,
may be sent fully addressed to the de-
tivation in the form above pore of
Prisoners of War Department, Canad-
ian Red Cross Society, London, Bug.
to be forwarded alter they have been
censored.
Detailed regulations respecting com.
mnnioation with Prisoners of War are
being issued to the Postal Servide gen-
erally, and full information may be ob.
tailed by making application to any
Postmaster.
Red Cross
The seoratary ,rttports the folluwin
articles for January.
120 malts of pyjamas
36 Flannel shirts
6 Hospital Hight shirts
5 dressing gown
156 pairs of socks
318 'rowels
30 Personal Property Bags
TREASURERS REPORT
Jou. lot
Balance cm Hand .............. $ 590.I3
A friend ...... •.............. 200 00
W J Brownell..................... $25 00
Mise Lukas 25 00
Duncan McDonald Cromarty... 5 00
Presbyterian 8 Sehuol,.........., 15.00
Winthrop Brauoh R 0........... 90.00
Mra 0 Diokson ,. 6 00
Mra Rudolph ....... ............
Olympie Restatrant ..........
Geo B Abraham Lather Iowa,,.
Ladies Aid Pres Chnroh tea...
No 4 :school McKillop ........ ,.,
A friend ........ ..........
Mrs A E Colson. .................
Fees ....................
Mra Kelly„. ....
Monthly Uontributions ,,..
'focal Receipts ,,,.1248.73
EXPENDITURE
J A Williams ...,,,,
Mrs 'rhos Shade .................
Dry (loads ...
Total Expenditure
Bulauoe on Maud
Josie Neil
Public Donations
School Bones NO 4
Pupils Eutertainment„",,,,,,,,,,,,,10.00
Poet 0f1'iee Box ...... .................. 46
Bank of 0ommoroo.. .14
Dominion Bank........ .28
'Dotal ,..... ,...,,.. .., .. 46.28
1 We now have• three persons who have
kindly promised to keep a Belgian
family for a year by paying $2 50 per
month Mr. Robt Jones Mrs DeLuoey
and Mre Chas Stewart We also had a
special donation donated by Mr Robt
Jones 55 the amount of a bag of flour.
• Mrs J 8 'Thompson
Treas.
ROBERT 0. MARSHALL
Tbo death took plaoe on Monday
afternoon of Robert 0, Marshall, at
the home of hie daughter Mre. Wm.
McKay, Noxon street, The late Mr.
Mardi:di had been confined to his bed
about ton days when death palled him
He was a native of Ireland and Came
to Oanude wheu a young man He was
a euooessful farmer in West Oxfcird and
West Zorra, Some twelve yearsugu Ile
went to Alberta where he remained for
eigltt years He returned to Ingersoll
four years ago and had resided With his
daughter Mrs McKay up to the time of
his death.
The family surviviug are ten dough -
tars and three sone namely ; Mrs.
F. Lowell, Mrs. E Sage, West Oxford
Mrs 11 Duret, North Oxford ; Mr
13oam, Dioksou Mrs. 1. Smith, 13, 0,
Mrs. A Willoughby and Mrs J: Button
Sea Porth, Mrs W • Brooks,. Durham M re
A, B. Hughson and Mrs: Wm. McKay
Ingersoll ; Fred and John of Alberta
and R. Marshall West Zorra, and one
sister Mre • Beukerton Barrie.
The funeral was held from the resid•
mice of Mr and Mrs. McKay on Wed-
nesday afternoon with ittsrntent in the
lugersoil Rural Cemetery. -1 ribune
HELP TO WIN.
Tboss who cannot go to the Front
can help in a most practical way by
saving their money and placing it at
1 50 the disposal of the Govornment to assist
1,50 in financing the war.
1.00 As an.inCentive to thrift and groater
540 national saving, the Govert,meut of
1000 Uonada has created an issue of War
14 00 Savings Oerttficates, in order that all
6 00 who are desirous of helping financially,
.25 may have the opportunity of doing so,
15.00 The Certifioatos, which mature in
2 75 three years, are issued in denominations
1 00 0l $25 00, $50 (10 and 5100 00 and
234.20 may bo bought at atiy 13,1n11 or Motley
(ardor Post Uliice. 'Ilio prices are 521:60
$43 00 and 586 00 respeutively,—that
2 6(1 is to say for ev ry $21 fill. Ieut to the
1.411 Government tow, 525,00 will be re -
404.14 turned +t tho end of three years. The
468 04 disoo tut of $3 fid constitutes a most
780 69 attrttotive interest return,
Provisim, is made whereby the oert•-
itioates may be surrendered at any time
during the first twelve uroliths at their
urchase price, after lalmon the but with
u twenty-four mouths, at 522 25, and
Ler twenty-four mouths, but within
hirty-six months, at $23 25 for every
$21:50 paid. T1132 means that the
!huger the oertificttes are held the!
higher the rate of- tuterust that will bo
obtained.
Belgian Relief Report p
for Jan. a
t
Private Donations
Juo i:iankin..... 6,00
Mr Jones 9.41.1 ... 2.50
Mr Jones I bag ..... ...... ............ 5 00
;Loh f ertilioatia ill registered at
Mrs ('bus Ntewart ................. Ts,OVD OttatYa iu tilt, none of the
Mra Alf Box ..,....,..,. 2.50
MI's DeLaoea,,..,,..,.a.at....•” . 2.60
Mrs Weetoott ................ .. 1,00
Mies yaiti Hutchinson .., aJ 50
Dr It R Roos...,..,,,...,
Wta Wilson... . ,.,., „, 5,00
.. .,. 1.00
Anders Carter .• ,25
Mrs Norman r ' `
Henry h t•senartor......... ......... 1 76
Intal ilerson......10
(1
36.00
buyer and, if loot of stolen, is valnaeles
to. tt ulna else. Individual purchases
ave lithibetl to $1,500.
For full information apply at any
Bonk or Money Order Poet OSioe.
BUY A CER'TIF!UA i'E TO -DAY
Olt START TO SAVE FOR ONE
W. T WH111C,
Minister of Finanoe,
OTTAWA.
COMMENCING ISIS WEEK
Three New Departments
Helpful, Interesting and Entertaining Featur•
that will snake each issue of this paper worth
full year's subscription price. Tach clepartw'
charge of a specially qualified writer. Ant is fill
Prof, Henry G. Boll will conduct a quer
department called "FARM CROP QUERI" 41-13n and answer
Law will have oharge of a splendid D =a1;' and M, Helen
entitled ''YOUR PROBLEMS," The Apartment for Women
oolnlc serials published. You ' ib tomes one of the beat
"DOINGS OF THE DUFFS." nCti1}t thoroughly enjoy the
Full particulars will Gt'
Turn to them now and coo a 'fah/ad elsewliere In thio Thou%
information that will be 4'abdiAr. thevaltiablo and Intorestin9
(1 g1ipiflacl to. ,giant each week.
Old Time Dance
The 010 '1'imt, Dance on N'riday night
happened on one of the oold.•et of the
season end the attendauoe was only
fair 'Those who attended thoroughly
enjoyed themselves rho pipers K D
McLennan an 1 Ray Vlogtnsle of Duck•
now brought book fond metnorias to
maty. 'Tht. Highland dtnuar Jlmnty
Roes was soon at his boat and ,vas re
peatedly repelled PP. E „ hitter who
was throughtaverai bitable at the front
before he ,tits wouued et Ypres gave an
exhibition ou the •'Bucca" which took
immcussiy 01511 aIle tianoer, He also
gave a snort talk uu ,tfo to the Crouch .
By spatial request the Uommittee
ere repeating the Deuce ou Alouday
night Fob. 19111 l'ho Uommittee are
n,dobt.•d to the Nlarahauta, Unmans,
Mntstutuus, Flour Managers Lind ethers
for then kindly asststauues. 'Thu net
proseone or 5118 !lave been tt'anslert'ed
to the Seal'urth Brooch of the Soldiers
did Uuutnttsatuu
Wounded
Mr John Soott of Roxborough reo
eivod tour that his son Pee James
Stott had bon,. wuuudod to aot,on
He enacted at Edmonton in Oct 1015
and has been in the trenches moo June
211d 1016 Hu was shot to the face
oud is bow u, tho huspual Pio Scott
wont through the Bottle of tiro lawn e
without a sprit, h
' d.... .5•.4.1u L.+�°'",,as+iv±r;tv.,EMEs.
The old Times Dance
Benefit of the
Soldiers' Aid Commission
will be repeated
Cordon's Opera Hall
on Monday Evening
February zgth. 1917
Dancing commences at half,
past eight o'clock. :4
Excellent Music ---SPECK L
PIPING and HIGHLAND
DANCING
Everybody Invited.
Ladies please bring Cake or
Sandwiches
Gentlemen—$1,o0
A. D. Sutherland,
Secretary
Gallery open to Spectator 25c
hos
Aching
Epes
. qre probablp in need of
something to remove Me
ache. Probable there is
o littk correction neces-
sary that cord be made
by glasses and al ,small
expense,
We haoe Become miry
proficient and buccae$/ul
with our Optical Dapard-
ment and would be glad
to have you call and have
your eyes examined if in
any doubt about pow' epos
sv xarnlnation is .Free
Boxroom' tin
aiaflttlly & Otaalitrny
lewd ern auk (Opticians
M•trrlapo Liconee homers
PHOi78 lilt
itvents? 15
I :vr:PORT-#N C ANNOUNCEMENT
12 CONSECUTIVE NUMBERS OF THE DESIGNER,
Books to be called for by subscribers at pattern department --
A COPYUF THE CURRENT' ISSUE OF T'HE STANDARD QUARTER)/
containing c•'rtifcate good for 15c in the purchase of any Standard Pattern,
ALL P ) R 5) E V C.3, - Y t sr l-iit chance at this low price.
FINAL'
rLEA
of Ladies' l e fly -4o-4
AN
E
fear° Apparel
The very cilanee you have been
waiting fOAr to get the garment
you Want at a nnere fraction Of
its real Worth. We have
tut the Prices
TO THE LAST NOTCH
e;{irecfi a omplete and
clearance of ever Suit,
Y u t,
and Dress in our stock
These prices mean money sawed
to you, evert if you don't need thiel
goods 14311-11 next wisher.
fgnal
Boat
LADIES'
COATS
SUITS
FURS
Thi: a Fi'tCtI ori of Regular Prices Spring
$15 Garntenti .s Now Model Suit
$20 .e Half Shown by us now,
105 .Ar PriceAdvance, , ,,show.iiit
of Ladles' -spring
snits and cotta
1917
Now is the Time to Buy
(a� d
Els s W fated 4FA (0 ?T
M a c t s 'i S
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