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THE SEAFORTH NEWS.
THURSDAY,, JAN'UA'RY 11, 1934
HURON NEWS
Stratford Alderman Native of Mc -
'Ever hear of Beachwood ?
Well, its in McKillop Township,
County of ,Huron Ald, R. 'G. Murdie
of ,Stratford sap: so, and he should
kooW, says the Beacon -Herald. He
was boru near there, the son of a
!Highland Starch father and a Caned'
ian-born mother of Irish parentage,
They were among the best-known
farmers of McKillop Township, and
"Bob" Murdie, as you will 'find your-
self roiling him- after the first few
times you've talked Ia him, learned
his trade in Setif rrth, Ire's a mill-
wright by trade fie learned the-tnill-
ing hu 'nes, in Seaforth, and -I -lust
picked up" the millwright end of it
as he went :tort;;. From 'Seaforth, he
went to 'Dresden, then to St..Cathar-
ines: acd later, to Forest. From For-
est, .he came to Stratford to join the
stall of the \reload Milling Com-
pany. where he worked for three and
a half years. It was in 21191116 that he
come here. Leaving there, he became
millwright at the Edison plant on
Downie Street, then one of Strat-
ford's leading industries, When the
plant was closed down, "Bob" went
carpentering for himself, In ,1921; he
went to the M1cLa_an Furniture Com-
pany. If you asked him when he takes
his holidays each year, he would pro-
hahly tell you that he takes them
along about the time of the annual
provincial Orange convention, Last
year, - he was one of those instru-
mental in bringing the convention to
Stratford, so he spent iii, holidays at
home. He served as District ,\Taster
. f the Orange for two years, and has
been County Secretary for twelve
years. He it also a member of the
'Woodmen of the World. He has had
precious experience on the City
Council, serving in 1927 and 1928,
This year, he is chairman of the
Board of Works.
suddenly, Born itt Atwood forty years
ago, she was the daughter of William
;Stewart and the late Mrs, Stewart,
She went to Stratford with her par-
ents when only a child and had resid-
ed there ever since. Her mother died
about three months ago. Mrs. Pope
was well known throughout the city
of Stratford and was widely mourned,
She was a member of St. James Ang-
lican Church and was formerly a
member of Rebekah Lodge. 'Besides
her husband aocl her father she is
survived by three sons, Stewart, Ken-
neth and Arthur, and one daughter,•
Loris, all at home, and three sisters,
Miss d\'vary Stewart and _Miss Ida
Stewart, Stratford, and Mrs. Roy Butt
of Seaforth,
Former Zurich Man Drops Dead. -
Civic circle. at Kitchener were shock-
ed on. Friday to learn that Charles
Grey, mayor of Kitchener in 1921
and 1022. dropped dead from heart
failure while walking from his home
to his automobile. t1r, Greh was just
about to drive two friends downtown
when he fell over. He had not ap-
parently been feeling ill. Deceased
was born nearly 75 years ago at Zur-
ich. ich. but moved ntett to Kitchener
over 29 years ago where he became
enraged in tite business of shoe
manufacturing. Ten years ago he re-
tired from the active management of
hi factors, In 19;17 Mr, Greb entered
civic life as an alderman and was re-
elected three times in succession,
Then in 1921 and 192,2 he was mayor.
In 1924 he came back as an aldertnan
and sat until the end of 11927 in that
capacity. Mr. Greb was a member of
Twin City A. F, and A. F. He was
also an active worker the First Eng-
lish Lutheran Church, being a trustee
and a prime mover in the brother-
hood ntnventent. I3is son Irvin, three
brothers and four sisters survive.
The funeral w•as held Sunday,
Tragic Fatality -;Four young people
met a sudden tragic death early in the'
morning o • December 29th when an.
.astbonnd Miichigan Central freight
train at Rodney hit the car in which
they were driving. Three of the oc-
capants were young women from
Rodney. Miss Sara Patterson and
M!it. Jean S t,eart, recent graduates
of the University of Western Ontar-
io, ttti Miss Georgina Munro, who
pas 0 member of tate graduating class.
_Margaret Pluntsteel, a student
of the -ante university, knew these
studentt very well, having lived in
the sante sorority house. Miss Georg-
ina Munro visited .Miss Plumsteel
last summer and met several people
while in town. -Clinton News Record.
Was Clinton Old Boy, -,The death
occurred at Smith Falls, Ont., of a
welt known former resident of Clin
ton, Fred Hill, son of Mrs. Mary A.
Mill of Clinton and the late Byard
Hill, and brother of Mrs. F. W, An-
drews, Fred Hill was for years chief
accountant at the office of the Doh-
erty. Organ and Pians, Co., now Sher-
lock 'tanning Pianos, .Ltd., which po-
sition he resigned twenty years ago
to accept a responsible position with
a Smith's Falls industry. He is rem-
embered in Clinton as a man of de-
vout raligiou, vfeWs and a recognized
leader of a religious sect known as the
followers of Bishop Horner, His
wife, who was formerly Miss Pinner,
predeceased him ten years. He is sur-
vived by his mother and sister in Clin-
ton, one brother, Bert Hill, Edmon-
ton, Alta,, and one son, George of
Ohio, and two daughters, Mrs. Earl
'Thompson in Egypt, and Miss .Doris,
living with her brother in Ohio.
Relative Dies in Old Country, -Mr,
and Mrs. A. T. Cooper of Clinton
have received word of the death of
:Lady- Caird at Wimbledon, England,
mother of Mrs. Willis C. Cooper, af-
ter an illness of three months,
Death of Mrs. A. C. Pope, Stratford
Stricken with a heart attack at her
'home, 26 Earl street, Stratford, Mrs
Arthur C. Pope died early, Friday
morning, December 29. ,She expired
Take Perpetual Vows. -In the Cha-
pel of the I-Ioly Family at Ursuline
College, Chatham on Dec. 229th, seven
young women were invested with the
religions habit of the ,Ursuline Order
and two others repeated perpetual
vows, Those receiving the religions
habit Were -_lits Mary ' hane of
Stratford; Miss L leen tMfeininger of
Detroit; Miss Eleanor Butler of De-
troit; Miss Geraldine Hickey of Wind-
sor; Miss Alice Wachter of North
Carolina; Miss Rosalie D'uch'arme of
Zurich, and Miss Marie Lefran hoise
of River' Canard. Those repeating
perpetual vows were Bertha Tremb-
lay of Staples and Aileen Jordan of
Dublin,
Hibbert Pioneer at Rest, -William
Henry Gray, Hibbert township pion-
eer, died last w' eek at the family home
in Mitchell in his 87th year. Mr. Gray
had not been in good health for sev-
eral months but he had only been con-
fined to becl for eno weeks death be-
ing due to pneumonia, Ile was born.
in Lanark county and he came to
Hibbert with his parents, the late
William and Eliza Gray when a small
!toy. He was a titan of sterling char-
acter, of a quiet, unassuming manner
utd he was well thought of by all who
vere acquainted with him, He was an
'ides of the Reorganized Church of
Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints
and meetings were frequently held at
his home. Mr. Gray was married in
'167.4 to Miss Mary Ann Brown, who
predeceased hini twen"tysfive years.
He was a sgccessful farmer in Hib-
bert and retired to Mitchell twenty-
two years ago, Besides his widow
(Rebecca Blazey) of the second mar-
riage, he leaves two sons and four
daughters of the first family: William
and Alma of Hibbert; Mrs. Robert
Hodgson and Mrs. Fred :Sadler of
London; Mrs, George Levy, Strath-
roy, and Mrs. Frank Barker, Sedalia,
Alberta. One sister, Mrs, James Bell
of Mitchell, survives,
Bagged Eighty Jack Rabbits. -Last
Tuesday about thirty Zurichites stag-
ed a drive north of the town and re-
turned home with a bag of eighty
jacks, bringing the total to date to
1'79,
Broke Bone in Foot.--I\Vilirect Ra -
vette, popularly known as "'Rudy," of
the Grand Bend hockey team, caught
his foot between the ice and board in
the rink and broke a small bone in
his ankle during a hockey game with
Zurich.
Distinctive
Quality
708
Fresh fr,...m
the Garden.
Rev, R. N. Stewart officiating, when,
Miss Bernice Carrick, daiitghter Of
Mr, and Mrs. William Carrick of Hay
township, was' united in marriage to
Huber Morley 'Cooper; only son of
Mr. atsd Mrs, 'tiWatt, Cooper, also of
Hay township. The bride was attend-
ed by Miss Ruth Coiiingtwood of Ex-
eter while the bridegroom was sup-
ported by his brother, 'Orval Cooper.
Mr. and Mrs. Cooper will reside in
Stephen township,
Dashwood Death, -Mr. Hairy Eh-
lers, a former resident of Dashwood,
died at the home of his son-in-law, E.
Seibert, in Detroit He was born in
Waterloo county near New Hamburg
86 years ago, but spent most of his
life in .D'ashwood. His wife predeceas-
ed him six years ago. Burial at Dash-
wood.
Mistaken Identity. -Word from
Cleveland to the effect a young wo-
man supposed to be Mrs. Winnifred
Cake, 24, of Emery St„ London, had
been killed when she leaped beneath
the wheels of a trolley and who was
stated to have been before her mar-
riage Miss Winnfrecl Bishop of Exe-
ter, is believed to be erroneous. Mrs.
Bishop who now resides in London,
from the description she has received
of the woman who was killed, is led
to believe that it is toot Iter daughter.
Mrs. Cake had been separated from
'ter husband for some time and her
or children are now in a home in
London, She has been residing in To-
ronto .for a time but her present
v. hereabouts are unknown. Mrs. Nor-
ratan Hockey of Exeter is a sister,
Golden Wedding. -Mr. and Mrs.
William !Rhode of Royal Oak, 13.C.,
who for twenty-five years were resi-
dents of D'ashw'000d, celebrated- their
golden wedding anniversary ,on Dec-
ember 1229, Three daughters were pre-
sent for the anniversary as was a bro-
ther of Mrs. Rhode who also resides
in the locality. Mr. Rhode` was mar-
ried on ,December 29th, 1884, to Miss
Catherine Dearing, slaughter of t'ise
late Mr, and Mrs. Abraham Dearing,
he ceremony being performed by
ter, Mr. Veal. The attenclattts at the
wedding were Mary Rhode and John
'carie sistert - brotherf
g, and o time
',ride and groom. Mr. and Mrs.
Rhode have been residents of Lon
'an .for the past twenty-2five years,
Cooper -Carrick. -A quiet wedding.
vas solemnized a; the United Church
tarsonage at ,Centralia ,on. January li
,Golden Wedding at Exeter. -Mr,
and Mrs, John Parsons quietly cele-
brated their fiftieth tycclditig anitiver-
sary at their hone on Gidley Street
on Monday, January is , 19314. -Mrs.
Parsons, nee Mary Charley, eldest
daughter of the late Alfred Charley
of the first concession of 'Usborne
township and John: Parsons, third
concession Stephen township, were
married in 1884 at the home of the
bride's'parettts by Rev, Mr. Veal of
Crediton, Mr, and Mrs. Parsons have
been esteemed residents of Exeter
and vicinity during the entire fifty
years of their married life, On Mon-
day at six o'clock dinner was served
when only a few of the remaining
members of their family were pres-
ent. Two have died within the past
year, A sister, Mrs, M. A. Jones,
through illness was not able to be,
present. The dining room table was
decorated in gold and white. and. a
beautiful bouquet of yellow roses, a
gift of friends, adorned the centre..
Yellow streamers were hung around
and yellow mums decorated the
rooms. A number of congratulations
were received by mail and well wishes
were tendered by relatives and friends.
Those present enjoyed • the social
hour together and congratulated Mir.
and Mrs, Parsons on the fact that
they load spent fifty years of happy
married life, which so many have not
the privilege to enjoy, After singing
"For they are jolly good fellows,"
those present bid Mr. and Mrs. Par-
sons Godspeed and blessing through
the remaining years they may be
spared to live. -'Exeter Times -Advo-
cate.
Crediton Man Killed. -•Milton
Finkbeiner, a son of George Fittk-
beiner and his wife, Louisa, was born
July '1, 1906, on the Fink'beiner line,
west of Crediton. In his teens he
joined the Crediton staff of the Bank
of Commerce and remained two years,
then followed three years in the bank
at Seaforth, fire years at Kitchener,
one year at Hamilton and this past
year at .Duatdas. He and his chum,
Leonard Kolady were on their way
home early Monday morning when
their car collided with one consider-
ably heavier. The inmates were ter-
ribby hurt but this young mat's jug-
ular vein was severed and he bled to
Veath in a few- moments. A group of
meta from Crediton left Monday for
the fatal scene and after an inquest at
Caledonia they returned with the bo-
dy late in the night. The unfortunate
young victim was a man of sterling
character and held in high esteem by
all who knew him, He leaves besides
his parents, two brothers, Harring-
ton and Irvin and one sister, Mrs.
Wm. Schwartz.
Was Native of Zurich. -The death.
occurred in St. Mary's ,Hospital, Kit-
chener, of \Mrs. O'ttlle'a lMittleholtz,
relict of the late Andrew Mittleholtz
in her 64th year, She had dived at.Kit-
chener fourteen years, having previ-
ously resided at Z'uric'h. Her husband
died hi' August fast, Surviving are'
four sons, 'Theodore Mittleholfz, of
Zurich; Leo, Anthony and Cletus of
Kitchener and 'five daughters, Sister
Gregory of Walkerton; Mrs, T, Har-
rison of Detroit; Misses Frances,
Anne and Mary at loome. One broth-
er, John Foster of Zurich; two sis-
ters, Mrs. John Z•ettel, Kitchener and
Mrs. -Mary Krausko'pf, St. C'oluinban,
and , nine grand children survive, The
funeral was, -held at Kitchener.
Died in Hallett• -An old and highly
esteemed resident of Hullett passed
away on December 29th in the per-
son of ivirs, ;Margaret Ann Mains, at
the age of 79 years. She was the eld-
est daughter of the late George and
Elizabeth Cocke•line and was born
on the farm now owned by Mr, Har-
old .Adams, one and a half miles south
of Londesboro, on January 5, 1856,
and had spent all her life in the vic-
inity. She was a faithful, attenclan't of
the Londesboro Methodist church,
and later .Londesbsro-United church,
as long as health permitted. In March
1888 she was united in ,marriage to
'Matthew Mains, who predeceased
her in O cto'ber,,1911!5, She is survived
by three daughters, namely: •Mrs.
Charles M. Troop ('Eleanor),'Eliza
beth W., and Margaret Jean, also two
sisters, Mrs. Elizabeth Crawford, of.
`Dauphin City, Manitoba, and Mrs.
Martha Woodman of Clinton; also
one brother, Mr. Geo. Cockerliue of
Toronto. The funeral wan held on
;December 3111st to Union: cemetery,
^lyth, Rev, Mr; Gardiner of Londes-
e r o officiating. 'Th- eall'bearers
were. David Floody, Albert Wey-
mouth,William Hesk, ,Frank Little,
Alex. Wells and Robt, Townsend.
liott of Clinton and Reeve Gamble of
Hawick.
Henry Worden's Brother Dead, --
,Simeon Thomas Wordeu, widely
known Ingersoll resident, died early
Friday at the family residence :follow-
ing an illness 'that had confined trim
to his bed. for the .past two months.
He was in his sixty-trittth year, Mr.
\lnorden was born. in St. Austell,
Cornwall, England, and carte to Can-
ada at the age of seven years. For
souse years he had farmed in the Bel-
mont district, He went to Ingersoll
from that section in 1904 and had
been a continuous resident there since,
For many years he Was employed by
the John Morrow company, He was
a member of Trinity United Church,
•B'esides his widow he is survived by
two sons, R. W. of the staff of West-
minster hospital, Loudon, and A. G.,
of Ingersoll; three brothers and three
sitters, Charles and Ernest, London;
Henry, Seaforth; Mrs. Albert Car-
ruthers, Mrs. 'George Parkinson and
Miss Jessie _Worden, all of London,
Sister of Cromarty Woman Dead. -
The township of Fullerton. dost a life-
long and highly esteemed resident in
the death on Wednesday lust of Jes-
sie Ritchie Whitehead, beloved wife
of the late Thomas Baird, in her 66th
year. She 'Was born in Mitchell and
was the daughter of the late Mr. and
Mrs. Andrew Whitehead, Of a kindly
unassuming disposition she was much
loved by a large circle of friends and
neighbors. She ryas married thirty-six
years ago after which they located on
the farm now occupied by her son,
Frank Baird, on the West Mitchell
Road. After the death of her husband
19 years ago site went to live with
her daughter, Miss Edward Hocicing,
Cots, 10, Fullerton, where death oc-
curred, Mrs. Baird was a member of
Knox Presbyterian Church, Mitchell
also the Ephriam Scott Group. Two
years ago she suffered a stroke front
which she never fully recovered. She
leaves to mourn their loss two dau-
ghters, Mrs. Edward Hocking, 'Full-
erton and Mrs, Berton Henderson, of
Toronto; one son, Frank on -the
homestead, one sister, Mrs. O. H.
,Kerslake, .Hibbert, and one brother,
Adam Whitehead, Hardisty, Alberta.
A son, Malcolm Baird, was killed in
a railway accident at Blairmore, M-
berta, five years ago. The funeral was
held on Friday, interment in the
Presbyterian cemetery, Mitchell.
Dr. W. J, Fear Dies in Aylmer. -
For many years prominent in munic-
ipal circles, I)r, \V', J. Fear, dentist,
former -Masonic official, died Friday
night at his (tome in Aylmer after an
illness of several weeks. Dr. Fear had
been ill for the last four months, He
retired about a year ago. ,Tho ---Fear,
who was forty-five years a dentist at
Aylmer, was born July 5, .1860, in 'El-
mira, the son of the late \Ir, and Mrs,
Samuel Fear. He graduated from To-
ronto University in 1if't,482 and estab-
lished a practice in Mitchell. He later
moved to 'Seaforth where los married.
In 11889 he went to Aylmer and en-
joyed a good practice there until i11
health necessitated his retirement.
Surviving him are his widow, former-
ly Miss Margaret :Smith of Seaforth;
one son, Douglas, of Royal Oak,
Mich,; two brothers, 1. V. Fear and
George Fear, both druggists in Sala-
mis, CsIF, A -son, Ralph, and a dau-
ghter Olive, died in ,1.907 and 11908 res-
pectively, while a brother, ;Rev. Ezra
Fear of London, Ont„ predeceased
hits by two years. Rev. G. E. Wood
of St. Paul's United Church officiated
at the fittteral on 'Monday afternoon.
Interment in the family plot in Ayl-
mer cemetery.
Who Will Be Warden? --The ,Hur-
on county council of '1934 will have
eight naw' faces -eight, at least, that
were not there in 111933, says The Go-
derich Signal, Goderich's two repre-
sentatives, Reeve Mornings and De-
puty Reeve Turner and Reeve Sand-
ers of ,Exeter, although not members
of last year's council, have served in
that body in previous years. Reeves
Hanley of Stanley, Crosier of Sea -
forth, Davidson of Wittgham, Jones
of T.iens'aiI and Deputy Reeve Mira-
w'hinney of Stephen are newcomers.
Warden 'Ballantyne is back again as
Reeve of Usborne. Two municipal ve-
terans, Owen Geiger at Hensel( and
Mlatt, Armstrong in Hallett, made at-
tempts- to come hack to the county
board, but were unsuccessful. ,Politic-
ally, the'Gonservative tnettrbers of the
new council are in the majority, and
despite the resolution _ 01 the Decent
ter session to eschew politics, there
.
is little doubt that the warden of 1,9;34
I will be a Conservative:' Iu this con -
I rection three names are most fre-
quently mentioned -those of Reeve
ICaldthorpe'of Colborne, Reeve El -
juries. D'urin'g the night the 'water
cook stove to •
When ,Mr. Mc-
Donald morning he
fact, and when
accumulated, the
di The lid 'Of
against the ceil-
ing a hole
The tea kettle
saucer, One piece of
fell on' the ratite
t pitcher:
es Dunsford. -
the city Police
re eight o'clock
Ed. Pyle of the
e waved a cheery
,friend, Charles
e inspector reach-
ed'he •answered the
that Charles had
emir the C. N. IR.
heart attack thought
e extreme cold
accountant at the
;Sudbury Charlie had
E Etre C.IP:IR. for
in .Stephen town-
shipars ago, Charlie
n of the late Wil-
liam of E>`eter.
he was married to
who survives him
e sad row's Isaac
r left for Sudbury
remains home
home the ftutera
survived by his
brothers and four
Percy, Mrs. Wm,
Mrs, Milton Rus-
sell, Mrs. \Melvin
Township, The Pall-
'Brow-nlee, Wan
O'tvet Atkinson
and Homer Russell
iii the front, of the c k the
kitchen had "frozen,
Donald 'fired up iii
was ignorant of this
sufficient heat'had a
'whole stove explode
the stove was shot against
so hard that it n
through the plaster.
was as flat as a sau
iron from the shove
and 'broke the cream
Death of Charles
While proceeding to
station shortly before
one night Inspector
ISn,dbury police fore
greeting to his old
IDttttsiford. When th
the police office
telephone to learn
been found dead n
depot. A sudden
to be caused by th
was the cause, An
C.IPiR. oM(ice in ;Sue
been an employee o
twenty years. +Boni
forty-three ye
was the youngest so
liam and Mrs. Duu .
'Eleven years ago -
Miss Esther Guise,
Upon receiving fh
'Dune'ford of Exeter
to accompany the
and from whose l
tools place. He is
wife, mother, two
sisters: Isaac and I
Sanders, !Stephen;
sell, l,lns. Wm. Go
:Gould of Hay Tow
bearers •w'ere Jas.
May, R. G. Seldon,
Norman Sanders at •
To Manufacture Block Salt. -
W'drk is proceeding rapidly at the
plant of the Goderich iS'alt Co, at' God-
erich on the installation of the new
1,00D -ton hydraulic press. This is de-
signed to turn out 50 -pound blocks of
pure and iodized salt for the 'farm
trade in both Eastern and Western
Canada, These blocks are made of
kiln -dried salt to which isadded a
scientific proportion of powdered
iodine and iron oxide or tleft pure de-
pending ort the variety desired. The
new press has. a capacity of 3000
n \
p
pounds in blocksper our. It is a
loft a h t
massive structure when complete,
weighing 35 tons, A fifty horse-
power ntotor'is necessary for its op-
eration,
William L. Holman --Mr. Geo. W.
II'olntan of IGoderich has received
the sad news of the death Of an elder
brother, William Lewis 'Holman,
which occurred at San Francisco on
!December 4 last, Deceased at one
time otv'ned a very large car -building
and elevator business in that city,
but the earthtquake of 19907, followed
by fire, completely destroyed his busi-
ness and Ise retired, selling his tim-
ber limits du :Washington and other
States front which he procured his
timber, He leaves a family of two
sons and two daughters, his wife hav-
ing predeceased hint some years. This
death leaves only two of a family
of twelve -Mrs. joint Ov,-ens of Chi-
cago and Mr, iGeo. htr, Holman of
Goderich,
New County Officials Sworn In.
A. !H. Erskine, the new treasurer of
the County of !Huron, and J. ,Ro-
berts,•the new clerk, were sworn into
office by Judge T. M. Costello on
Jan. 2. The ceremony svgs a simple
but impressive - one. Mr. Erskine
starts off his duties with a complete
new set of books supplied by Frank
Gibbs of Stratford. These are in
splendid shape. \Mr. 'Erslcine installed
his family in their new Goderich
home on January 3rd.
Has Right Leg Badly Fractured.-
John Miller, elderly resident of ' .the
6th concession of Morris Township, is
suffering from a painful fracture of
his right leg, sustained one evening
as he was watering the horses in his
barn, Mfr, Miller had just recently
moved to his new farm from the 4th
concession. of Morris. It 15 utot known
whether the horse kicked hint or
whether he was trampled by the ani-
mal. It was just last 'March that Mr.
Miller had the misfortune p1 brealc-
ing his • hip, on the same side as the
broken leg, and he was just nicely
recovering from that mishap.
Cuts Leg With Christmas Present.
-Master Currie Armstrong received
a trice, new hatchet for Christmas and
it was the most prized of all his pres-
ents, On Tuesday he and a few
com•paniotns% went to the bush, and
{Currie took along his little 'hatchet
and tried it out on a tree. But he
didn't cut .the sapling down like.
!George Washington. He just got
nicely started when. the hatchet slip-
ped and caught •Currie on the leg, in -
;flicking a wide, deep cut, w'ltich re-
quired a number of stitches to close
=Teeswater News;
Frozen Pipes in Stove Explode.,--
While
xplode,-While eating his breakfast one morn-
ing. ;Duncan MdD'onald' of 'Brussels'
had a -narrow escape from serious, im-
WALKERTON GAOL GOVER-
NOR TAKES POISON
Governor William Hyndman of
Bruce county jail, who was discover-
ed Thursday afternoon critically •fid
from strychnine poisoning schen he
was to appear • at the courthouse into
an inquiry into alleged mistreatment
of prisoners, was reported as in a cri-
tical condition but responding favor-
ably to medical treatment.
Inspector James Norrish of the pro-
vincial secretary's department aid
Dr. Clarke of the provincial depart-
ment of health, at Walkerton in con-
nection with the investigation, left for
Toronto, pending tho governor's re-
covery.
Hyndman, though not charged, had
been subpoenaed to testify at an 'in-
quiry into alleged mistreatment of
prisoners lodged in the Walkerton
jail. In one instance; it was charged
proper medical attention had not been
given .one prisoner while other com-
plainants, it was understood, claimed
they had been sworn at by the jailer,
Chief among the complainants, it
was staked, was Earl Burgess, who
was sentenced to the Ontario Refor-
matory for causing bodily harm to a
resident of Southampton, Burgess was
in the Bruce county jail from mid-
summer until fall. He has not left
Walkerton pending his recovery from„
an illness he alleged w -as cou'traoted
in the jail cells.
According to an iniortnant, Burg-
ess, before the date, for his removal
to Guelph, contracted an intestinal ail-
ment which later developed into ap-
pendicitis. There was some delay in
ordering his removal to hospital as it
was understood that an appendectomy
had been performed a few years ago.
This was borne out by the fact that
Burgess had a scar on his abdomen,
apparently from the previous incision.
Burgess, however, was _ removed to
the hospital and the second operation
performed. Burgess is still in Wallc-
crton recuperating.
Several other prisoners at the re-
formatory at Guelph, who had prev-
iously been in the Walkerton jail,
were also reported to have made com-
plaints regarding the treatment they
had received.
Inspector Norrish, it was under-
stood, has already secured ec'idence
for' the inquiry froin Burgess.
Evidence of the ,jail surgeon, was
to the effect that Burgess had had an
appendix operation and had shown
him the scar. "This apparently threw'
the jail physician off the track," the
informant slated.
CROMARTY.
The monthly meeting of the W.M.
S. was held sv'i•th a good attendance
at the home of Mrs. Duncan McKel-
lar.
Keith McLaren has been -engage;
as caretaker for S.S..No. 6'scliool•:.'
Mr, and Mrs. Ralph Speare and fa-
mily have moved here from •Fahner-
stott. They are going to live with,
Mt.,
ISpeare's father, Joseph ,Speare.
lUnless worms be, expelled from the
system, no child canbe healthy.
Mather Graves' Worm Exterminator
is an excellent medicine to destroy.
worms.
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