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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1942-03-05, Page 4PAG B FOUR '1'111': `Ti; \ F•t ),('1 I1 N I:'Il'S enewdon Bros.. Publisher* HARLOCK l❑ c 1 hom rS I%uox holidayed part of last week, returning home rite lat- ter part of the week. Mrs. Wm., Hell returned home re- Gently after visiting for a cauple of weeks with her daughter (Mildred anti her husband111 Detroit, Messrs: Guy and Thomas !Alper, ac- companied by Messrs. Bert Beacom, Peter McDonald and Lorne. Badley, at- tended the sale ou Saturday of last week le Brussels of late Mr. John Galbraith's horses.. On Tuesday evening of last week,. Feb. 24, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mc- Gregor and Helen, Mr. Thomas and Miss Jean Leiper accompanied by Mr, Reece Ferris, Mr. Bert Beacons and Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Rapson, at- tended the party given by Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Betties at Porter's Hill. The evening was spent in progressive euchre and dancing. They played at 26 tables, after which a good lunch of sandwiches and tea was served and tickets sold on a quilt. Mr. Bern- ard Tighe was the winner of the quilt. Prizes were given for the euchre. Proceeds for lunch and quilt amounted to $34. This was the third patty Porters Hill put ou in Febru- ary. the other two being held at Mr. Reid Torrance's home and Mr. John Torrance's hone, taking in altogether $80. Porters Hill is to be congratu- lated. Mr, Lea Watt suffered from a sore face and tooth, having got a bad knock from a horse. We are glad to know he is getting all right again. The February Ladies' Aid, W.IvI.S. and Red Cross meeting of Burns Church was held Wednesday after- noon of last week at the home of Misses Jean and Agnes Hamilton. Mr. Thomas and Miss Jean Leiper spent Monday evening of last week at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Rap- son. Mr. and Mr.. Isaac Rapson spent Thursday evening of last week at a fowl supper at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ephriam Snell. given in honor of Mr. Arthur Stevens' birthday, "of the Clinton Radio School." The lat- ter. Mr. and Mrs. Alvin G. Betties, Mr. Ronald Childs and Mr. Bill Bell, also of the Radio School, and Mr. and Mrs, Warren Gibbings and children, were guests. A very pleasant evening was spent, all enjoying a real holiday dinner. LONDESBORO Dr. Kirk Lyon of Leamington and 1 Dr. Arthur Lyon, Windsor, visited with their parents, Mr. and Mrs, Wm.l Lyon on Wednesday last week. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Bruusdon wish to thank their neighbors and friends for all kindness shown them during their illness, and also for the enter- tainment which Mrs. J. McCool and Phyllis and Betty Bruusdon gave them on Saturday, Feb. 28, it being the occasion of Mrs. Brunsdon's birthday. We are pleased to mention she is now up and around. Mr. Bruns - don is somewhat improved at time of writing. Mr, and Mrs. Eckmier of Pine River were visitors at Mr. Wnn. 'Wm. Lyon's recently. The old time concert which was put on by the villagers on Friday night in community hall, was a huge success in every way, The entertain- ment from start to finish was a laugh for everyone. The "Bargain Cure" by eight ladies was indeed humorous. The program put on by the men was something altogether different from what one had ever seen before, with their music, jokes and quizzes. Rev, Menzies gave quite a humorous reci- tation. There was also a duet by Betty Brunsdon and Phyllis McCool, followed by tap-dancing. The Fowler sisters sang a couple of numbers and Mrs. Menzies and Miss Malcolm a duet. Alexander and Marie Menzies sang very nicely together, There was also a chorus by both men and wom- en. and a dialogue by several girls, The New Doctor. The entertainment throughout was well received and en- joyed. During the evening the lucky draw was made on the quilt which Mrs. J. D, Melville donated. Mr. Dur- wood of Blyth drew the lucky ticket. $44.71 was realized on the quilt, and $55,98 clear on the concert and lunch. Meetingclosed by singing the nation- al anthem, All was in aid of the Red Cross, Mrs. Earl Grant and little daugh- ter Fay spept the week end with her mother Mrs, IT. Lyon. Miss Fern Watson. teacher at No. 9 school, has been home for a few days with illness. Mr. and, Mrs. Bert. Lobb of Code - rich Twp., and Mrs. E. flask visited with their mother, Mrs. H. Lyon on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Roberton and Billy spent Sunday at John Notts. • IB AFORTH NJ WS Seatorth 1s 51 People with $100. Can put Seaforth over the top If they can save $900 each between now and next winter SEE YOUR LOCAL CANVASSER, OR YOUR BANK Many who have bought have not bought nearly enough. Let's do the job right Seaforth Must Not Fail ! BRODHAGEN Word has been received of the death of Norman Kleber of Saska- toon, son of Mr. Henry Metter. The Patriotic Soelety purchased a Victory loan of $50.00 from Air. Wil- fred Ahrens. A. play entitled "As Easter Dawns" will be presented by the Patriotic Society to he held in the basement of St. Peter's Lutheran Church on Tuesday evening, Mar. 10th. On •Friday evening a fine program was presented in the basement of St. Peter's Lutheran Church. Brodhagen, 'by the school children of school sec- tions #3, #4, and #5 in connection with the Victory loan campaign. Rev. 'W. Schultz was chairman. Mr. E. G. Thompson, of Stratford, the guest speaker, was introduced by Mr. W. I. Carroll, principal of the Mitchell High School. Mr. Edwin Hingst of Mitchell, also spoke briefly on the Victory Loan drive. S. S. #3 presented "Building Canada." 5, S. #4 presented "Cavalcade of Nations." The Luther League met in the base- ment of the church on Sunday even- ing,for the regular devotional meet- ing which was in charge of the edu- cational secretary's group. Mr. J. Prneter conducted the opening devo- tions. Miss Eva Beuermann read the Scripture lesson. Mr. Robt. Rock lead 'in prayer. The topic, "Having to be :shown—Thomas," was presented and discussed. Rev. W. Schultz conducted Bible study on the "Book of Acts." Miss Ruth Vock gave a reading. "Youth and Lenten Self -Denial," fol- lowed by the closing devotions. Quite a number are laid up with the flu. Death of Mrs. Gottleib Mueller.— Mrs. Gottleib Mueller passed away on Tuesday night following a week's illness with pneumonia. Mrs. Mueller was in her 81st year. Her passing is deeply felt and sympathy is ex- tended to the family. She was a member of St. Peter's Lutheran Church, Brodhagen, and took an ac- tive interest in Red Cross work, hav- ing done much Red Cross knitting. Before her marriage she was Miss Amelia Bode and was born in Logan township, She leaves to mourn, her husband and a daughter, Mrs. Man- uel Beuermann (Alice) of Brodhagen and two grandchildren, Ray and Wayne Beuermann, also a sister, Mrs. John Jacob of Brodhagen; a brother, William Bode, predeceased her several years ago. The funeral will be held on Saturday afternoon, March 7th, at St. Peter's Lutheran Church, Brodhagen. Interment in the adioining cemetery. Rev. W. Schultz will conduct the service. TUCKERSMITH A reception in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Mulholland, Clinton, was held at the home of her sister, Mr, and Mrs, Wilber Keyes. About 45 guests were present and part of the evening was spent playing progress- ive crockinole, Mr. Chas. Nelson act- ed as chairman for a short humorous programme, after which Miss Sadie Elliott read an address in her witty monologue manner, and the bride and groom were presented with many useful gifts, including a floor lamp, Mr. Mulholland made a. very suitable reply. Miss McKenzie, Mill Road, is con- fined to hospital. Her many friends hope for a. speedy recovery, VARNA Mr. Harry Reid left on Monday for Galt where he intends tatting a four Months' course as a mechanic. Want and For Sale ads, 3 weeks 500, 1. KiPPEN A lifelong and highly respected resident of this vicinity, Dor. George E. Thomson, passed away in Scott Memorial Hospital, Seaforth, on Thursday, Feb. 20th, after an ex- tended illness. Mr. Thomson was in kis 73rd year, having been born on concession 3, lot 27, Hay township, a son of the late Samuel Thomson and Eliza Moir. After his marriage to Miss Ida Dignan of I•Iensell, he continued to reside on the home- stead, Besides his wife he is surviv- ed by two sons and three daughters: Samuel Warren, of Kippen (London Road), Mrs. Albert Alexander, Kip - nen; Will, at horse; Mrs. Fred Par- sons, Seaforth; Mrs. Elmore Keyes, Varna; also one sister, Mrs. James Moodie, Brucefield. The funeral was held on Saturday, Feb. 28th, at 2 p.m., from his late residence, The services were conducted by Rev. A. M. Grant. of St. Andrew's United Church, Kippen, of which he had been a lifelong member, though fail- ing health of late years had prevent- ed his attendance: Interment was in Hensall Union Cemetery. The nn:Ilbearers were: Sam Thomson •(Brucefield) ; Robt. Thomson i(Kip- pen), Peter Moir (Tiensall), Will Forrest, Will Dignan, David Dignan, Mr. and 'Mrs. Oliver .Jaques and daughters visited an Sunday with the former's parents. Mr. and Mrs, W. Jaques of near 16limville, Mr. and Mrs, Enos Herdman of Vito vine visited on Monday et the home of 1Vir, and Mrs. W. Harney, Mrs, Allan Johnson ie teaching school this week at Lumley owing to the illness of the teacher, Miss Mabel Workman, of Hensall, The sympathy of this conmtunity Is extended to Mrs, George 13, Thomson and family in their recent sad be- reavement. The regular weekly forum of eon- cessious 1, 2 and 3 niet at the home of Harry Caldwell with 30 adults and 12 children in attendance. The sub- ject for the evening was, Selling To- gether. The guest speaker was Dr. Steer of Hensall, who spoke on the action project. Votes of thanks were tendered Dr. Steer and the hosts. Musical numbers were given as fol- lows: Duet by Joyce Broatlfoot and Edna Broadfoot; duet by Jim Mc- Gregor and Grant McGregor; chorus by all the children; piano solo by Mona Caldwell. Contests and cards were enjoyed, followed by lunch and the meeting adjourned to meet next weep at the home of William McLean. THE INVENTOR OF LINOLEUM Two wary eyes peered out from the darkened room, through cracks in the drawn blinds, A few minutes later the street door cautiously opened, and a furtive figure slunk out and vanished into the shadows of the dimly lit London street. No criminal, Frederick Walton was forced to these seemingly sinister tactics by the hounding of his many creditors. -Vet, strangely enough, money for all his needs, and more, was his for the asking. Son of a wealthy manufacturer, he had only to give up this pet project of his and return to a soft job in his father's factory. But because he resisted this temptation—beause he resisted this temptation — because he stubbornly accepted his lot and continued to press his experiments — Frederick Walton won fame and fortune as the inventor of linoleum. But that is ahead of the story. Frederick Walton, the third of ten children, was born on March 13, 1834, near Manchester, England. Frederick and his older brother, when each be- came of age, were taken into their father's factory at Haughton. Dale, near Manchester, where wire brushes for wool carding were manufactured. The company name was then chang- ed to James Walton & Sons. With two of his boys in the busi- ness, the father planned to retire. But William. the elder. was more in- terested in art and literature, 'while lereiierick spent more time on his in- ventions than in the supervision of the factory. He was granted many patents, including one 10 1859 for artificial leather—made by coating calico with a compound of India rub - her and fiber and covering it with varnish. Consisting of Copal gum and linseed oil, the varnish would not dry quickly enough. When Frederick found that the 011 had to oxidize be- fore the varnish could dry, he made oxidized oil by coating sheets of Was:: ivith linseed oil and allowing it to ch')-, Then he dissolved the oxidiz- ed oil in a mixture of . alcohol and coal -tar naphtha. Unfortunately, this mixture took even longer to dry than the varnish, but Walton ha.d made a discovery. He found that this oxidized oil had the elasticity of rubber, yet was un- affected by many solvents,, greases and oils, as well as heat. He patent- ed the mixture in England, the' Unit- ed States, France and Belgium, After a. quarrel with his father; because he was spending so much time working on his discovery, Fred - meek went in the middle of 1860 to London where he opened a small laboratory at Cheswick on Thames. Needing funds td carry on experi- ments, he withdrew hie small capi- tal from ,lames Walton & Sons, RN new substance—a mixture of oxidized linseed oil, gufns, and re- sins—was named Camptieon and of- fered for sale in many products, among them a floor covering made THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 1942 of C.anil ticon elle cork, But hie sales campaign was a failure and before' long hie capital was entirely „ need. up, After unsuceesefuily attempting to borrow cootie)' front his fatller; Frederick received a small loan.. from his older brother. He went baok to work, but soon all his money was. once more gone, Walton, Sr.. feeling the invention would never be a success, finally agreed to loan money on interest against Frederick's' personal note, thinking this obligation could be used to make his son give up his idea and return to James Walton & Sons.' The loans were small and given only at irregular intervals, so that for three years Frederick had barely enough to get along on. Then, when he was over eight thousand •pounds in debt and his father had refused hiss any more, he got hte idea of putting his plastic mixture on a fabric backing. By this time the product had been so improved that Frederick fas able to attract outside sapital. Late in 1863 he set up a small factory in British School Lane, for the manu- facture of what he call linoleum, named Irmo the Latin words linum, meaning flax, and oleum, meaning oil. In January, 1864, the plant was moved to Staines, and five months later hte Staines Linoleum Manufac- turing Company, Ltd., started pro- duction with Walton as manager. When Walton, Sr., saw that his son was actually making good, the two patched up their quarrel. Demand for the new product was so great that it was decided to begin manufacture in the United States as well as Britain. So the inventor came to New York, where, between 1872 and 1874, he built the first lin- oleum plant in America at a farm on Staten Island, New York. When Walton was 56, be started work on an automatic, straight-line inlaying machine' which he did not finish until after 14 years work. He also invented a type of linol- eum wall covering named Lincrusta, established factories for its produc- tion iu Europe, and sold his patent 6ENT TATA g . ___ Seaforth NOW PLAYING Also '4;1/404%0 alL rtn 'OKnrt"iffiuni- m' oNS/i•'°., redeesite sr M,A. it or am reseetelPanlalle lire r r A WARNER,BRQS. HIT wUh KIWIS MORGAN • JA WYMAN r MYR MORRIS • ARTHUR MON. TUE, WED. NEXT THUR. FRI. SAT., Frederic March Martha ScottJack Oakle George Murphy One Foot In Heaven "Rise and Shine" One of the most memorable Linda Darnell Walter Brennan stories of all times Music—Laughter--Romance — COMING: "SUSPICION" — When double features are shown, patrons must be in by 8.45, to see a complete show rights. granted 88 British patents. In 1919 During his many years of invent- he went to Nice, France, where he Ing, which ended in 1917, ire was died at the age of 94. ATTENTION FARMERS! On Aug. 26th, 1941, we ordered our supply of BINDER TWINE for 1942 delivery. We have received word that we will receive this order. We therefore are now accepting signed orders for MANILLA BINDER TWINE for grain harvesting purposes. The price of same will be whatever price is set by the wartime prices and trade board. JOHN BACh1 Main St. Seaforth