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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1934-07-12, Page 2PAGE TWO. HURON NEWS Penhale Re -union. — The Pen - i atlesSnowd'en-!\\restlake family re- union was held Saturday, June 30th, .at:the home of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Talbot, who mew reside on the West- lake homestead, Stanley township, Lunch rias served to over one hund- red and fifty persons in the new drive shed, which was nicely decorated with evct:grceus and bunting for the Aecen ton. K. R. M, Gale led .in the singing of the grace. After lunch the crowd gathered tender the walnut trees which were planted by Mrs Tal- bot's grandparents, to visit until the husiues part of the picnic was taken up. During the afternoon several musical ;elections were given by )Ir. Bugler Sr., Rev. Mr. Gale and Miss Gale, Violin and guitar "music was rendered by Milton Pollock, Ed. Sowerby, Robert 'Turner, 13111 West- lake- and Mre. Lloyd Me tl itis. Miss Erma Hobson also contributed a vocal stili, accompanied by her moth- er, Mrs. E. Hobson. Miss Dorothy Penhale of Teronto delighted the gathering by .giving several exhibi- tione of tap dancing, also Mrs. W. Westlake and Mr. John Sowerhy gave a lively etep dance. The oldest lady present was Mrs Mary Madge, aged 91 tears. The oldest gentleman was Mr. Saiuuel Cleave. 84 years, The y onnwe.t lady was Betty Talbot, 11 mann;. The youngest boy was Kc:tnrtlt Roy Scotchmer, 3 months. Largest family was ila v that of 1 l.r and Mrs. Welter W e tlake The races were run olt t f Ilowa Boy ftp to t ears, Garfield Westlake; guts up to 5 years, Erma Hobson; boys, C to tit, Lloyd \\ e.;lake; girls, 6 to 11), Ucnella Iludit; boys, 101 to 14, Bill Westlake; girls, 1;1' to 14, Lorna \Ve tleket young nuns race, Edward Twentyman young ladies' race, Ilene Talbot: glow race for men, J. Eldon Penhale; ,loft race fur women, Mrs. .\sa Penhale; pie plate race, 'Miss G. Penhale and J. Eldon Penhale; tie rte lir'. lea Penhale and J. Eldon Penhale; clothee pin rare, Bob So- tvcrby. Itnr 1I lunch Mr. Asa Pen - hale President, serprised the crowd by announcing that someone' had a luelcy plate the lucky one being \irs, W. ll,utkittts, a visitor. A hear- ty vote „i thanks was given to Mr. and Mrs. E !ward Talbot for their hospitality and the Ilse of their hone. A hearty vote of thanks was also given to Miss Susie Westlake for her spirt dui services as secretary for eight years. Loth responded very nitably. lletn.liers were present from Waukegan, 111., Toronto, London, St. Thomas, Geelerich, Bay -field. Ex- eter, 'Windsor. Cake and lemonade was screed at 530, all leaving for their varinue homes about 7.30. The patter- far the following year are as foil, at.. Hon. Presidents: R. A. Pen - hale, St. Thomas, Asa Penhale, Ex- eter: !'resident, Gordon Penhale, St. 'i'hontas; first vice, Norman Miller, St. Thome,: second vice, Thos. Westlake, hayfield; sec.-treas., Eliza- beth .Snowden, Zurich; assistant, Sus- ie \\ e tlake, Bayfield, sports connnit- tee,"Mr. and Mee. Rose .Penhale, Nor- man Miller, Kenneth )lnnns, St "Thoma;. The 1935 reunion; it is ex- pected. will he held int the vicinity of St. Thomas. ratan and the boy having reached safe- ty unaided, afety'unaided, Mr. Price was pulled be- low the surface twice. He was nearly exahusted when Mr. Filsinger arrived and dragged the unconscious girl ashore , assisted by 5.[r, Feagan, Dragging irons ,were taken out from. Goderich and the body of the six- teen -year-old girl .was recovered about midnight in seven feet of water Golden Wedding,—Mr. and Mrs, Joseph Freeman of the 3rd concession of Hullett celebrated their gold- en we'ddieg anniversary on June 25. Joseph Freeman and Mary Ann Glaz- ier -were married at the home of her father Mr. John Glazier., on June 25, 112t94, by 'Rev, Mr, .Kennard, of -Glin- THE SEAFORTH NEWS. THURSDAY, JULY 12, 1934, ley Wood of :roroneo ,wino has been looking after the 'Cuat'oims btsifiess in Mitchell ,for the past year and a half, has been transferred to Meaford and Mr. 'Fred Johnston of ,Brantford is now in charge of the Customs office at Mitchell, Men Busy on Road Work, — \\'ork is ,progressing fat-orably under the direction of 'County Engineer J. M. Empey on 'the S'talfe-Cromarty hill, two thirds of the wank now •be- ing completed. Ten !feet have been taken off the top of the hill or moun- tain as it is caned, and ten feet added. to the lower slope which enhances considerably the safety of this hither- to dangerclus piece of road. Twenty mien are now employed .on the pro, ject Mt, Pleasant Plowmen.— The Mt. Pleasant plowmen. held their June resting last week with a good at- tendance present, The president, Thomas Scott, occupied the chair: The minutes of the last annual .meet- ing were called for, read and on mo- tion were adopted. It wasmoved and seconded that this branch of the\ O. P,A. hold a match an October 26th, and that they also have a home fares Mowing class for boys ltd years of age and under in connection with the match. Thomas. Scott, Otis Sawyer and Clark Switzer were appointed d, committee to secure a suitable field for the snatch and would be pleased to hear from anyone knowing of such ton Methodist Church. They have since tired on the 2nd and 3rd con- ce cions of Hullett, and have a fam- ily of two sons, Robert James who resides with them, and Joseph Henry on tut adjacent farm. Both are quite active and are enjoying good health, Mr, Freeman was born across the road from where he now lives. his father being the late Henry Freennan, a Yorkshireman. IIe has two .broth- ers living in Mullett, John and Robert Freeman, and five eietere, Mrs, Mary Crawford of Londesboro, Miss Jean Freeman and Mrs, Thee, Glazier of Clinton; Mrs, George Riley of Kin burn, and Mrs. I-Iannah Glazier of IIullett. Mrs. Freeman's people were Irish and ehe has the following broth- ers and sisters living, Mrs. Charles Meson, Mrs, Maria Park, Charles Glazier and ,Joseph Glazier, all in Lindon; Mrs, !gate Cole, G'lauworth, Ont., Mrs, John McPhee, Clinton, Peter Glazier of Brussels, Adam 'Gla- zier of Clinton, Albert Glazier o8 1-lul- lett. and Mrs. Ed. ,Soupcon of Barn- um, \Minnesota. Their friends join in nishitg Mr, and Mrs. Freeman many more happy years ,together . ZURICH, Mr. iIIerb Mousseau has purchased a small cottage in Turnbull's Grove, and is building an addition thereto, Aire. \Vin, OtBrien is spending the week with Mr, O'Brien at the Lon- don hospital 1,1r. and 31r5. A. G, Edighoffer. have mored to Grand Bend, .Mr. Percy rRowe has been engaged by the Zurich school board, to take charge of the continuation school. Messrs Milton, Lee and Merano Oesch, Mrs. Susie Oesch and Miss Jessie McDonald ware visitors . to Milverton and Tavistock. Mr, Lee Oesch remained at the 'latter place for some time, The large culvert near Turnbull's Grove of. the Blue Water Highway is about completed and on Saturday the barriers tvere removed and traffic allowed through, The highway is also being improved south of Bayfield Orange Pekoe Blend alt Fresh from the Gardens the doctor, but it was never Liked by or was what some call liattd'fed, It shoeing Lord Hadiclo. IIIe could even him on account of its unmanageable is thought that • this 'inc largely re - disposition, eponsible for its ferocious incline - The 'cloctor's horse, said to have a tions, iAtnyway, after it had landed in strain of Trench blood, was perhaps this country, the proprietors learned the best known horse of them all for many reasons, including its remark- able powers of endurance. It was so trustworthy that on numerous oc- casions the doctor gained lost sleep that. they had something unusually at- tractive in appearance, but absolutely unmanageable in the ordinary way. 'When he was first brought to the village, .it was noticed -that there was on homeward journeys from sick- a large brass ring ,in its nose,.to rooms. It died at the age of 26 years which a long pole wills a hook or on a faom four miles north of tS. snap- on the' end was fastened for Thomas, The doctor owned it from leading- purposes. We also think that the time it was the age of tour, :Mention should be made of Fergu- son's dappled bay, known from Du'b- tiu to Exeter as a "rattler," owing to a peculiar sound it made Ashen trot- the left Side, ting. IThe first mean that took Pride of 'Harubly's team Frank and Jim, Scotland in oharge, had to abandon with liav'in • no equal the task, The horse took a dislike to were credited t L >; „ 1I1I ins • I rat Oeeaa n for their size on a straight pull' .m him and on two different , the Township of Hibbert. We saw it .is claimed, kicked wheels off the then haul from 'deep ruts in the buggy, behind which- he was being ground a heavily laden wagon that 'led, in an attempt to kill his prey. a team of heavy draft's, w.eighitig. For some considerable time there some hundreds pounds more could scarcely budge. 'Ott• memory takes us from these horses to the ones we used to see at the Stalfa spring show, imported Clydesdales for the most part, with an occasional English coach, Percher - on end thoroughbred blood. The names of these horses make an imposing list, Among the .most ho - portant were Scots Wha flee, Eng- land' Eng land's !Glory, 'Glencairn, Captain \\'att, Commander, Glassmick, Samp- son, Lord Haddo, Prince of Wales, Pride of 'Scotland, Enterprise, Stran- rare, Joe Anderson, Welcomes Major, Rover, Magician, etc._ To mention the owners would be to arse such names of Smiley, Meters, IIothaan, Martin, Hudson, Horton, Ihncs, 3tclEtren, Brown, Oke, But- son, `Templeman, and the came last, but not least important, Dow, Col- quhoun and Livingstone Wounded with .22 Rifle. -- There WAS ;t near fatality at the waterfront at iGoderich Saturday afternoon when Ernest McLeod, 1S -year-old son of \1r. and \Irs. George iteLeod. Atte accidentally shot. police say, by' his chum, Murray Deer, carne age who had a .22 rifle in his hand. The bullet pierced the right shoulder, travelling a circuitous route, and lodged just below the heart. Unless complication set in the injured .boy will recover, it is •stated at Alexandra Hospital. On Trip to England.—Mr. Doug- las \\-il>r,n of Goderich u -as married at 1' ionto last week to Miss Gladys Murray-, formerly of Goderich, and the newly -ween sailed from Montreal on a (rip to England, where they will visit 3fr. Wilson's boyhood house. Mr, \Viletet has been fair a number of year: art employee of the Western Canada Flour !tilts Co. Cows Cause Road Accident, — Drivittty homeward from Walkerton Leslie iIarris, his wife and family, of London, were badly shaken up when his car ran. into one of two cattle that were grazing by the road just north of Dunganu m, having broken Cram the property f W. A. Stewart, Dungannon. One &oty rau 00 the road directly hi the path of :the approach- ing car. "l'he force of the collision drove in. the front of the car and tire' eow suffered a broken le' and' crushed side.. The animal had to be destroyed. Help in Rescue.—Three Goderich mets, Fred Price, George I tlsinger and Run Yeager', figured heroically at the drowning tragedy at Eighteen - anile River on July let when Ruth McQuilliu, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John McQuillin, of near L ucknow lost her life. The young woman, with a party consisting of her brother, Fred, her sister Florence, and a friend from Windsor, none of them swimmers, was wading in Lake :Hur- on at the toot of concession 1L, Ash- field township. All four stepped into a deep channel that. had been worn out by the river at that point, The screams al the frightened gills, as they, fought to scramble hack " to safety' were heard by several People on shore. Fred Price, ,a strong swim- mer, was the first to reach the scene.' Re arrived just we Florence Lost her grip on her younger sister, Rttth saint and did not reappear, In his at- tempts to save the 'older girl, the To Undergo Operation. — -\{las Grace Hunter, RN., of Salvador, Sask., i visiting her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. tied. Hunter, Exeter. Mr, Hunter expects to undergo an operation to the rGolericit Hospital and his granddaughter will care for hint. Brussels Items—Mr. and \Irs. Fred Wigg and family of Seaforth spent part of Dominion Day in ;Brussels.- \lrs..1, t\\'nils, who 'has not been alt- inyin;g the beet of health, is Holiday- ing with her daughter in !Seaforth..— \irs. McLeod and daughter. Miss Margaret of (Seaforth, spent the week earl with her sister, \ire. 'Russell and helped nurse her mother Mrs. Storer, twin has been under the doc- tor's care the past week, with only a might improvement stn far, ANIMALS THAT WON FAME a rope went from the ring clown underneath the right front leg, up. over the 'b'ack to :elle hands of the horseman, who led the animal from ('By J. MaeTavish in The London Free Press). tl fragment o. Sant Slick is em- bodied in the following quotation: "'Any .man that understands horses has a pretty considerable fair knowl- edge of women for they are just alike in temper and require the very identical same treatment," We do not pose as being an auth- ority on either horses or women. We admit admiration for both and the old-time saying of Sam Slick has started a trend of thought on Norse-, of the past. t\Ve are of the opinion that the memory v of many gallant steeds has dwelt vividly in the minds of many persons long after .the individuals who owned' them or cared for them has been forgotten. We might put it difTerently and say that many per- sons are eememtered and talked about today', sole:)" 00 account of the horses that were associated with their navies. The significance embodied in the words "vacant chair."tvattid be sim- ilarly forceful to not a Mew horse - lovers if they were paralleled with "empty stall," During the last 50 or 60 years in Western Ontario there have been. scores and scores of empty stalls stalls that could not be refilled with other animals having the sine duali- ties, characteristics and dispositions as had their predecessors. Sn this connection our thoughts ado not go rut to far-famed horses 01 the race track horses that were warned up in front of the grand stand, just enough to make them limber and eager for the race. Not like the horses in the pictures we gazed long upon in the hotel stable, of jayJEye•See and Dexter and Maud S. coming clown the house stretch with tails over the sulky shalt curve, and necks n'ell stretched The horses- we knew best of all both thy hearsay'and by personal knowledge were those of the 1e ng- a_go clays'in the village of Staffa. 'There were Hamilton's Prince, not- ed for its 'long life .of u,efulness- on the road and on ,the ;arm; the hotel - keeper's bob -tailed grey that always started at Crontarty with full speed for the tntountain,"hiil half a utile away. It acted as if trying to - gain sufficiept momentum to carry it at full speed over the brow, 'hitt in .thii respect it always; failed. There was also the blacksmi'th's horse, black in color with a white stripe face. It was used in times of -.emergency by Ribs 'Fractured.—'Mr. Herb Block of Exeter met with an accident at the canning ,factory which resulted in a fractured rib. He was drawing a load of empty cans when one .of the Wheels of the .truck struck a rut and some of the -boxes toppled over on top of :Mr. ,Block. !Sinking Second 'Well.—The second test well which is being dug at :the rear of the town hall at Exeter by \d r, -Wm. 'Hopper of Seaforth is now clown over 50 .feet and the ,contractor expects to reach ,the rock shortly. t-Att' 8 -inch hole is being drilled. Keating-Coultes.—'The marriage of Cela 'Elizabeth, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John .Cottttes, 1Be'lgrave,to Nor- man Edwards Keating, son of Mr, and Mrs. 'Charles Keating, Morris Township, was quietly solemnized in Knox 'United Church Manse, {Bel- grave, June 30. They were attended by Miss Velma Wheeler, cousin of the bride, and Mr. itel'burn Keating; brother of the groom, They will re- side in Belgrave. Appointed at Mitchell.—Mr. Stain - whistle a waltz tune or a hymn while at his work, iThe owners of that noble horse, it is said, would not part with him at any price. His last days were spent an the farm where during the summer months he wandered at will about the fields with The cattle, He died at the age of 21' years. 'Alexander Campbell Of Seaforth who has been a lover of horses all his life, says that it was an easy matter for .his Father to secure colts raised 3rant impacted horses in those far away days. He remembers seven 'different colts raised on the home- stead, west of Cromarty, that brought $250 before they - were quite three years old. There was an offer of $500 refused for another cditeeto be deliv- ered when weaned. Fate played pranks, however, in the natter. The colt died. were only two men itllto successfully seemed to handle the horse. These were Butson of -'Hibbert and ,3tciDer- mid of Farquhar. Some said that perfume of some kind was used by thein to attract the attention 01 the house. An incident occurred one day in the hotel stable that was not soot for- gotten by those who witnessed 11. The person that Pride of Scotland had .tried ote different occasions to kill, entered. The horse may have sensed the ratan in some unknown way, He because restless, then fur - Mee and soon had the stall d'oo kicked from its hinges and the end wall flattened. Report is to the ef- fect that Pride of iScotland was sold to .Read ,Bros. of Fullerton Corners and ultimately came to a tragic death by being shot. A strange feature is that colts related to this wotderfel horse were well-behaved in the true 'The horses in greatest favor for sense of the words. many years were imported heavy !Lord 'I-Iaddo was a mach beloved Clydesdales, with such hairy ifetlooks horse of account of his many :fine that when they were bathed in ani qualities. A .child could lead him; ordinary wooden washtub, the hair would float to touch the side. Such horses would go a -begging today for popularity. They have been replaced by the clean -limbed breed, with a narrow 'brush or 'fringe of hair. :Just like men and women of 30 years ago, horses of that time made impressions that are fresh in mem- ory still. To illustrate ice would use two owned by the same persons. namely Pride of 'Scotland and Lord Haddo. Iu brief, it is believed that the former one was raised on the bottle a child could feed ,him. One small boy had a horse -back ride on Mini or Stranrare, we are not sure which— from school to the village, a distance of more than a mile. On spring show days Lord Haddo was always on parade and the re- cipient of •complimentary remarks. Ott the other hand, 'Pride of Scot- land was always kept .in his box stall. 'Many a time the observation was made that he would beat them all, if he were submissive enough to be managed properly. The blacksmith had little trouble Marketing Soybeans ,Marketing soybean seed is not complicated. The beans are used for three ntaitt purposes—for feed, seed, and industrial uses. Very little, if any, soybean seed is marketed for feed, and, of used for this purpose; .it is usually fed at the farm on which it originates. Of the beaus sold for seed, probably the greatest propor- tion is marketed' directly by the growers themselves, Some seed is dis- posed of through the regular seed houses, while the oil mills may ac- reage to supply the requirements `t intending growers. Seed used for in- dustrial purposes is marketed at pre- sent directly by the farmers. There are at present two oil mitis crashing soybean seed in Canada (both locat- ed in Ontario) and the seed require- ments of both are produced almost entirely under contract, Spray the Fruit Trees The Dominion ITorticulturist warns orchardists to follow the published recommendations regarding t he ' spraying of fruit tree's, Thoroughness of application, c'oup'led with the use • of the proper materials, will prodtrc'� the desired results, Contact sprays should be used for aphis or any of the suckling insects. Black leaf 40 is very useful. For leaf -eating insects a stomach poison such as arsenate of line or atscnate of lead should be ap- plied, When spraying the 'orchard use a combined insecticide and fun- gicide. Complete in itself, Mother Graves' Worm 'Exterminator does not require the assistance of any other medicine to make it effective. It does not fail to do its work. GOODYL$mrnh 6� ,t� PAIRIFINDER <- _•oma_ _ The 1934 tire value is here. Goodyear's NEW Pathfinder is better value than ever . . . centre- traction . 2 cord breaker -strips .. more rubber. See it today! 12 itiontt(s.` guarantee aga'rtst'- ` defects and road .hazards 29x4.40-21 .. $7.85 30x4.50-21 .. $8.15 28x4.75.19 .. $9.00 30x5:00-20 , $10.00 Tax •Ex'tra A. W. DUNLOP, Seaforth