HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1918-12-12, Page 1New Series,Vol. 31 No:48
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Canadian Granite
Since the inportation of Eur-
opean granite has been re-
stricted, our CANADIAN
GRAN ITES are being devel-
oped at an amazing rate, and
are equal in color and texture
to any imported granite
The Seaforth Monumental
Works handles the best grades
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Olympia 99
RESTAURAN f AND CONFECTIONERY
It MAKES EVERYBODY
HAPPY
What? Why our Confect-
ionery, of amuse. Why
don't you take a box to your
girl to night and see what a
smiling greeting you receive.
ALL THE CANDY YOU
WANT
won't lira you if it's our
candy you buy and eat. It's
pure, wholesome and nourish
ing, and even the prices will
please you.
Watch for our Special Candies on Saturday
Christmas Decorations
Tho Fire Chief has handed. the Newe
the usual warning at thio season
against careless handling of lights near
Ohrietmas trees, There le great danger
boot to life and property in doing so,
The chief also warns against care-
less nee of soft coal now 00 ranch need,
Keep chimneys clean and have a ladder
handy in case of treed,
$5oofor $40)
War -Savings
Stamps
As Christmas :Gifts
iMOD UY a War -Savings Stamp for $4.00 ani
PUP - affix it to space No. 1 of the Certificate
that will he given you. Fill in the
name of the one to whom you wish to make this Christ-
mas Gift—the most,desirable of Gifts; for it may well
gtark the commencement of habits of Thrift, the
stepping stone to Success.
The Certificate
In offering your gift you could say, "If you invest
yotfr savings regularly in War -Savings Stamps, you
will soon fill this certificate, which becomes Canada's
pledge to pay you $50 on the first day of 1924."
('With every 25 cents you save you ca -t buy a THRIFT
Stamp, 16 of which on a Thrift Card will be exchanged
for a W.-8. S."
"An excellent investrnegt for small
savings; and a strong incentive to
every -day economy."
. 41.1S.THOMAS WHITE
inister of Finance
FOR SALE AT
Mosey-®tdsr Post Office,, Flasks and
Wherever the W. S.S sign 15 displayed.
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Letters From France
The following intereetiug lettere
were written by Capt. R, R. Hartry,
son of Mr, and Mrs. Wm, Hartry, of
town. Captain Hartry has been in the
trenches for some sixteen months and
was with the Canadian troops at Mone
when the armistice was signed;
Burgotnaater or Mayor of the village,
They are Belgians, but hate the Germ.
0111 ooldially. We went to bed last
night in an upstairs roorn wondering
whether we were going to got blown
out of them or not. He aliened no all
day yeetoiday in the village, but qui
last night forsome reason that we did.
11 t find ont till I got the welcome mes-
sage this morning that the war was ove
Thie morning we had a parade and the
people presented ne with a Belgian flag
The band played the Belgian national
lwthem, the French and English. The
people took off their bats and cheered
and old women of sixty and obildren
iormed singe around the band and dune
ed around like a lot of school children,
The village here ie only a kilometer or
so from Mons and from here we can
plainly eee the high ground where the
Englieh made their famous stand, .A
pipe hand carne through the village
this morning, the firet the people have
Been since the Highlanders 'palmed -
through here in 1914 in that famoue re
treat from Mone.
1 won't have missed this slimy for
the world. I am mighty proud to be
able to march into the outskirts of
Mone with my company during the last
battle of the war and after nearly six-
teen months of continuous serivoe with
out even a scratch. I expect we will
be marching through Belgium Soon en
route to Germany, Brussels is only
about 46 kilometers from here. We
don't know what the terms of the arm•
ietice are but suppose we will have to
go forward and occupy at least the
frontier of Germany. My leave is
about due, but I'm not coming home
just now—thanks. I'm going to eee
Germany first if possible. I will try
and send you a oable tomorrow let.
ting you know I'm all right. You will
have no more worries now, It has been
an anxious time for you, 1 know, but
I can't tell you how thankful I am that
it in all over. The burgomaster has'
just given me a picture of Albert, King
of the Belgians, which 1 will try and
get home with use,
Your affectionate eon,
BOB.
Belguim, 1.0-11.-18.
Dear Mother,•—They say it ie Sun-
day, but I oan't prove it, so suppose.
it ie. I wroto you the other day, but
many things have happened since
then,
At present I am in a billet inhabited
by French people who were evacuated
from Arras and Baupaume by the
Soache- I never drank ao much coffee
in my life as I did yesterday, The
people here would give you the shirt
off their back provided the Bosohe had-
n't already stolen it. l got into the
billet at ten o'clock last night and
then we had coffee and bread and meat
as they balloted upon having it, I
have the only bed in the hones and
slept laet night in a bed with sheets,
not a thousand yards from the Bosohe.
We have been advancing and yester.
day took back fifteen kilometers from
the Bosohe. We are in a very famous
part of the country, little did'I think
yesterday that I was to be kers on ,the
scene of one of the war's greatest bat-
tlea,
The people yesterday nearly went
crazy when we came through the vil-
la -gee. The old men and women and
kids came running out of the houses
waving flags and ineioted on shaking
hands with everybody One old woman
of about fifty years came running down
the street, threw her arms around me
and'kiseed me much to the amusement
of all the troops around, Everybody
gave me a bouquet of flowers which of
course I couldn't carry and bad to
throw away when no one was looking.
At all the villages the women came out
with big pitchers .of coffee and the.
troops surely fared well, ' The civilians
are a great assistance in acquiring the
way but aro apt to be tuo anxious to
please us, About forty or fifty get a-
round you and all jabber French at the
some time, and so we have some time
to understand them, I 000 jabber the
French pretty well and can always at
least find nut where the Beadle are and
when they left The people all yelled
"Vive la Canada," "Viva lie Englaise,',
but were abit disappointed in not see.
iug any French soldiers.
The people surely do hate the Bosohe
He has stolen everything, imprisoned
them for the smallest oft'ene° like fail-
ing to salute an officer, Yesterday an.
excited civilian tame to our line and
said that there wasya Bosohe just out
ahead. We sent out a few men who
found the Belicht' on the ground with
half a dozen civilians trying to kill
him. They kill Bosch° stragglers every
time they get the chance and from what
they say the Bosche is in a very bad
state,
We hear that the German navy has
mutinied and that there is a revolut-
ion in Germane, but whether there is
or not the Bosohe will have to fight an
awful lot harder than he is doing at
present or we will be over the border
into Germany one of these days,
I think the war will be over one of
these daQ;, and it will be something to
say that you were in the front line
when it finished' My luck haw been
good so far over here and hope it con-
tinues. I must get to work, so will
close,
'Educational Departmennt
Changes
Hon; Dr, Cody, Minister of Education
announced that'll° rcceiv. d (rein 0 nun'
bee of school Boa'ds, Inspeta.nra and
teachers throughont the ,1'tnvit ce, en-
• gnirics as to how the sehno'a were go-
,• .ung to,make tip for the leas of time 00
caeionod by the in fiiiene, t epidermic
Hott, Dr, Ondy said; --''1 Bays+ decid-
ed to:Immo to School Board w. 1nspact •
ora and teachers, n allot 0irualat. in rho
effect th t we will nut gold any of the
DepartNettital exams iu the mouth of
•: June 1010, so that the senouA term of
the eltoob.year will be 1011501 1 believe
in this way no ill effect ,ci'l result to
nearly three weeks later it will be tin
necesea1'3' to 011101.5 the Farm regula
tions oxerpt that the teachers' exsmin
tioltb may be hold in the week after the
Paster holidays
Junior High School Entrance, July
2nd; Juni'r Public School graduation
,1 11110 30; Lower School, July 2; Middle
School July 11; p1480 Metric. July 2
Upper 8 a: d Flonor Metric. Juan 30.
A Remedy for Earaohe,—To have
the earache i0 to endure torture. The
oar is a delicate organ and few care to
deal with it, considering it work for a
doctor, i)r, 'Phomas' lleleatrio Oil
offers 0 simple remedy, A few drops
!upon a piece of lint or rnedioated cot-
ton and placed in the ear will wonders
the school worir, As Waster will bo,in relieving pain
"John" Sold
lyceum Course of Concorts
given under the auspices of the
Red Cross Society
Fairchild Ladies' Quartette
Dec. 11th 1918
Saxophone Sextette
Jan 27th 1919
Lou J. Beauchamp, Humorous Philospher
Feb. 14th 1919
John B. Retto, impersonator
March 25th 1919
81;10 per ya,
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
One Book of tickets (4) $'2.00 Two Books of tiekots $8,75
Extra single tickets to subecribers 50c Single tickets to all others 75c
The subscription list will remain open until Tuesday Dec. loth .
All wishing to subscribe may do so by applying at Thompson's
Book Store or Aberhart's Drug Storz.
The Plan for the Fairchild Performance will open at Aberhart's
Drug Store on Wednesday Dec, 4th,
For the past year Mr, Jae Devereaux
of the Huron Road has been feeding a
calf which has caused many of his
neighbors to drop in to eee how "John''
was doing. Mr, Devereaux was a care.
fur feeder and gave it 'the correct num-
bar of calories which calves require to
keep them growing, if they have it in
them, This calf seemed to respond to
careful treatment and was the envy of
the community. On Wednesday last
"John was taken to the station and
weighed before shipping and tipped
the scales at 1100 lbs, and brought the
owner the handoome sum of $298.
This shows the result of careful feeding
and breeding in live stock.
"Xmas
Chat"
And now that the war is over
and peace has come at 00011 a'
happy time as the Xmas time,
this is Sure to bo a moat uuue-
ually joyous season. Gift mak-
ing of course is probably the
most effective method of bring-
ing the joyful senile on Xaeas
morn and so we would suggest•
to you from this store a gift that.
is everlasting and yet inexpen-
sive, such as
Gold Filled Watch $10 00 up
" " Chain 2.00 "
" Fob 2,00 "
Solid Gold Ring 1.00
Pearl Set Brooch 10.00 "
Pearl Beads 1.00 "
Diamond Necklet 10,00 "
Tie Pins 3 00 "
Cuff links 50c "
Waterman 'e Fountain
Pens 2.50 "
Parisian Ivory- 50c '`
Wriet Watches 12.00 "
Diamond Rings 10,00 "
Mantel Clocks 8,00 "
Every article guaranteed to
give aatie faction to the wearer.
3X>e b . 'aauati le
1JJuttr Mlatallwakrr & Mathieu
3leeurr ifferrisyr Eirrnare
Phones
Business 194
Evenings 10
gl The Store you will always like
LlutistemixasnmeaMerl—
Worden.Aitcheson
A very pretty wedding took plooe 'on
Wednesday evening, December lith
1918, when Miea Mary E Aitobesonbe-
oame the bride of Mr, William Carlyle;
Worden, eon of Joseph Worden of Staf
fa, Rev. Dr Larkin officiating, The
ceremony was performed at the home
of the uncle of the bride, Mr James.
Aitcheson, Miss Mary Calder played
the march, The bride was charming
in white georgette crepe and veil and
carried a bouquet of white aarnatione,
About forty guests were present chiefly
relative 8,
Nov, i1, 1918,
Dear Mother,—Did not have time to
poet yeet•rday'e letter so am adding it
little more to day. The armistice was
deolared with our battalion a thousand
yards or so from the Beaches. There is
great rejoicing everywhere, but the pee
plc seemed daaod; they can't realise
that the war io really over, 1 am lfva
ing in very nice billet belonging to
Curlers
The members of the ''roaring game'
held their annual meeting on Friday
night when the following officers were
elected, Patron, W. Bethune; Pres, 0.
Stewart; V -P, J 0 Grieg; Soo-treas. 0 A
Barber; umpire, Wm, Ament; repreeent-
tativeB to annual' 0, 0, A,, J Beattie,
Wm Ament; skips, G Sills, J Beattie,
B. Jeffrey, 0, Bethune, T Johnston, B.
E Bright, 0. Neil, W. B Kerslake, 0.A;
Barber; committee on new members
A D, Sutherland, W E, Southgate A
donation of ten dollars was, made to
the Bed °rose'Society,
for the
Big Rush
Buy Her
New Skirt
You can find
here a hand–
some ready to
wear skirt for
her and she'll
surely be glad
to get it without
the worry of
having it made.
Prices
$5 to $1`P..5O
GLOVES
A GOOD
SUGGESTION
kid or fabric—
long or short
25c to $2,50
HANDKERDHIEFS
the always ac-
ceptable gift—
are here in im-
mense assort-
ments. Prices
50 to $2.
LADIES'
COATS
Prices
$15 to $45
MACTAV1SH'S
PHONE 22 — SETFORTH
LOOK OVER THESE
GIFT SUGGESTIONS
and you will find many of your what -to -
give problems answered
ATTRACTIVE GIFT SUGGESTIONS 1N
FURS
A most durable as well as acceptable gift for
wife, mother, sweetheart or sister is a set of '
Furs. Our assortment offers an easy solution
of ,a suitable set to give.
Fashionable Silks and Dress Goods
for Waists, Skirts, Suits and Dresses make
splendid presents. ,Let us help you choose the
right fabrics.
PRICES 50c to $3.00 a yard
;r
Why - Umbrellas
Not MAKE FINE
Give GIFTS
Her Our showing is very
Pi Set complete, embracing
0f a wide range of dif-
ferent handles and
New tope.
tTa�le You get a good one
if you got it hero,
Linen $1,50 to $5.00
Silk
Hose
Make
Dandy
Gifts '
35c
to
$3 00
a pair
Do your Shop-
ping Early
II Sweater
eoat for Her
Here you will
find many differ
ent styles and
several color
combinations.
Al] are excel-
lently made.
What's nicer for
an inexpensive
Gift,
$2,5o to $i3,50
Give Her 21
New Waist
select one of
the many hand-
some waist we
are showing.
$I.5o to $8,00
RIBBONS
Thereare prob–
ably a lot of
things you will
want to make
with ribbon,
We show in im
mense assort-
ment,
LADIES'
SUI Cs
Prices
$15 to $40
Phone and Mail
Orders filled promp
ly and transport-
ation paid by 0B.
It is absolutely impossible for us to list
more than a small portion of the many
things shown here now that are especially
desirable for gilts. All over the store you
will find pleasing suggestions that will
(make you glad you came.
Gifte things suitable
boxed so that they
will look most at-
tractive when opened
J. MACTAVISH
The Store Full of Pleasing Gift Suggestions