The Seaforth News, 1934-08-23, Page 2PAGE TWO
HURON NEWS
.;Nearly Drowned --
Robert c M anus.
rowned—Robert'ticManu.s. young -on of Mr,
and MTS. 4'lil. McManus, St. David';
street, with three young liriends, a
4 r,1 an,t Iwo boys, had a narrow es-
•enpe from dr, elNiling when a small
tear -foot schooner, being sailed by.
the inexperienced \le\1a11tie boy,
.ras ,swamped in the choppy seas near
:be breakwater at Goderich. The
zhildren's plight was noticed by spec-
ale .,n the .pier and Harbormaster
.1 e McDonald's two boats were dr -
*a't:'hd ou a rescue trip, They arrived
t lime to take the badly frightened
aaenigstere safely aboard the "Alarm,"
thee the "Captain John" tied up the
partially submerged craft, minus spar
tied etnivas, and with Arthur Docc'ker,
,on board to see that the rope held,
tn)reel :he disabled craft into harbor.
Pt
was only the fact that the young -
,:.e1•_ had had a bad scare that saved
:hent rum. 1 Severe upbraiding at the
hand, of their elders.
Cold Feet—
;1 _sue of cold feet last fall was the
-arse of Francis Overholt's appear-
ance in court at Goderich charged
-whet Shifts while driving along a
to.cnsittp road with a lady ;friend dur-
ing the hlu-%cry fall weather that ,Ov-
, ,r'eadr Came upon a car aontainiu.g a
ictal -e buffalo robe, anideal thing to
1, ote- t cola feet while driving, The
00eeg ban 'helped himself to the
uses also t,i an extension light and a
'enrol pump, before moving on. As the
rrrir;mc have been returned to the
)':oer, Chefs. Larder, sentence was
sos.pended•
Died at Guelph -
1) tg passed away in
anepia Hospital on August 3rd after
short illne-s. Mr. Dug was for a
,anther c years connected with the
1'711 tarn, Government in the Capacity
Supervisor at Orilla Hospital and
• e•trs -:t „ mitred to. tiudnh.
rIt haves ;., m:,urn his passing his
lift, iormerly Nit's M. A. Nctterti ld.
'mi an adopted- son. Interment tole
,L-:ee in \Ci11ghant Cemetery.
Clark -Douglas
\ nutlet .ve.Ltii1: was s ,lemaizcd at
-.tt I'res''ct,•rian \Iao,t, 11i11evah,
.11est \11-- Je--ie Catherine Douglas
'1'ttrnbar••y, w:t, tmlito l in marriage
11r. losep'i Card: of . \\'inghatu.
I ata Bride n a- attended by her sister,
Mr-. Ridley o. 11orl.vich, ami the
,ridearoom ,t.1s.-appd,rted by \Ir.
Bonen i)d'n:,las. The yours couple
till reeide .n \V hn,h;un,
ous activities. A charter member of
the VW,MIS., she took an active part
in that organization, also that of the
\Wotnen's Association, and dear to her
heart was the work of the \\'.C:T,U.
The funeral service was conducted by
the Rev, Mr. 1Brook of Blyth 'United
Church, %who gave a very fine dis-
course on the swords "I -Ie giveth .His
Beioved sleep." Jamie Sinus sang with
great expression "Safe in the .Arms of
Jesus," 'accompanied by Miss L
Llerriegtou, Left to mourn the loss
of a devoted wife and brother are her
!tttssta id and two sous, !Herb. of Blyth
ani 'Leslie of Toronto; also one sister:
Mrs, T. H. McElroy of Blyth; and
four brothers Joseph, 'Minneapolis,
Minn.: Roiert, Anae:ottus, Washing-
ton; Albert, Grafton, \,Dakota; and
'William of Clinton. Ontario. Another
brother Leslie, passed away a few
Years ago in Pasadena, Cal. The .pall-
bearers were Jaime,: Locke, James)
Davis, David Flcody, Leslie Hilburn,
Win. Mills and James Sims, The flor-
al tributes -were many and beautiful,
showing the high esteem in which the
deceased was held. The 'flower bearers
were Messrs. Fred Somers, -James
Hirorce 'Gen, D, Leith and John
Cowan, Interment took place in the
Union Cemetery,
Morris Resident Dies—
dved resirient of Walt nt rlis-
rirt, the parson of Neil McCallum
g:ase. ia.t,ty .tt the home d f his suer,
\tics bate McCallum o:' Brussels.
1t,.rn and raised on the 7th coneys-
-ion of Morris., he was a well known
,and respected resident, Ile leaves
loony good friends to mourn his pass -
a4. Fer the past month he has been
ten his sister in Brus-els. He leaves
,o mourn their loss one sister Kate,
11 Brussels, and one .brother Gilbert,
on the homestead in Morris.
1 nt tuaeral was held in Brussels, the
,alloearer- nein„ Frank Kelly, Frank captive and his eyes taped he suspect -
Bell, Arthur McCall, Memel Jackson, eel ha had been held in a frame shack
in Northern Ontario or the \Iusk.oka
region. He smelled piste woode con..
tinnally, the kidnappers' victim told
his intimate friend upon return, 11
this prestimption is correct then he
was freed by - the kidnappers soon
,after entering the Toronto city limits
on arriving hack from the north, as
the victim was given his liberty .an St,
Clair avenue.
On she Whole he had been treated
Hell, but an Wednesday night the
gang apparently received word from
some one keeping them well posted
on the uiovemente of lite police and
they became agitated, fearing the
authorities were closing in on ahem.
The gangstas discussed in a cold -
`,l o,rled manner a plan to murder Sir.
Labatt, and all the details of d-isp,os-
ing of his body and getting rid of all
possible traces of evidence were talko-
ed over in their victim's hearing. .tar-
1y in the morning %however, their in-
formant apparently gave them more
cheery news,` for the gang calmed
down and did swat seem to be so ',fear -
fel about the ,police discovering their
hiding place. From the .manner in
which the gang knew lite movementsl
.0 the police and other happenings in
Toronto and iLonchmt, Mr, Labatt
:01 esti the ,vpiuion they - had several.
aide: scattered through the country
supplying them with information.
The men all spoke like Canadloo.s, al-
though they seemed t' have spent
much time in the 'United Statee, Idr.
Labatt said 'An entirely new angle
nod. the ,possibility that the intermedi-
ary who dealt with the 'family regard-
ing; the ransom might have been ft
woman, was disclosed. Officers of the.
Royal Canadian Mounted Police visit-
eVrl a heal •hotel On Thursday and
made inquiries about a woman believ-
ed to have been dropped off in this
THE SEAFORTH NEWS
THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 1934
PERTH "MOUNTAIN"
(i. ItacTavish in the London Free
Pre. S. )
'The mountain lay like some huge
monster stretched full length between
the two villages, 1thagineti,an .easily
mould picture it reaching with both
hands to feel the pulse of activity fru
Staffa to the north and to leave finger
prints in the face of Cromarty to the,
south,\\'e might all that its feet
extended • eastward lar euawgh to
tickle the roots of butternut trees near
the boundary :me +t Boyte's woods,
Westward rested its bead. not far
from the never -failing brook that
drained the marshland :text to Wil-
son's tvildberiy patch.
In reality no mountain was it, but
rather a heavily wooded ridge — all
immense hog's back., carrying an in-
estimable sleight of standing timber,
some persons might say,
Nearly 100 years have elapsed since
it was called the mountain; and when
we were boys it was to us a mountain
beyond all dispute. So truly was it a
mountain that if on an examination
for entrance frank the little -room to
the big -room in She red. clap -board
school of Section No. 3, Hibbert, this
question had been asked: "'What is
the name of something that is as high
as the sky?" Otte 'boy at least would
have written very carefully and very
sincerely two words, namely, the
mountain. - Early settlers instead of making
their pathway far traffic go straight
southward over what we will call the
chest of the mountain, blazed their
trail westward through Hammond's
field, then round \that we consider the
head, and eastward through Wilson's
woods' till it united %vitt' the imagin-
ary arm reaching out t�1 Cromarty.
This blazed trail was widened and
improved. It was for years the plain
thoroughfare. Our :tither, beam the
['net doctor 111 that section. of country.
drove and walked over er it many titres
when duty beckoned him o visit
homes of sickness beyond the moun-
tain. At night ;1e considered it the
most lonesome stretch he had ever
trnerse.i:
In the early seventies the 1d order
,1 things changed to new, It was de-
cided to continue the Queen's High-
wayin a .straight line - over the
mountain. To accomplish this. sharp
axes felled huge maples and elms and
beeches; Tithe fires r,msu:med the
tree; to ashes; picks and shovels
gorged a mighty gap across the brow
t.• unite it with the road hehnv. Great
boulders were removed from what
had been their resting place for un-
told years, while grave! aplenty was
beaten into place and :evened to make
a substantial road -bed.
Ere lou,: the scar 01 a healed wound
across the chest of our huge monster
was part of the centre road exteudin
from Dublin through the township r
Hibbert to the boundary line between
it and 1'shorne,
The mountain gave rise to a rivulet
which widened as it neared the t•oad-
way. Seeing again with the eyes :,f
childhood, this stream which meand-
ered hither and yon along its way was
a veritable river. In it darted here
and there small elusive fish with -opa-
lescent sides that ;tinted in the sun-
light; but to get ^the hid sticker of
calmer tenlper:intent it teas necessary
to crawl or creep into the small open-
ing of the culvert where the water
was sleeper and cuddle )him, as we of-
ten did, with the hand,
The mountain, if you could picture
it as standing. stood sentinel waver the
meadow, where it was claimed beaver
at ane time built their homes. But
mention of beaver did not cause goose
flesh to creep over our hacks. What
nit', was to be told that wild cats and
lynx still lurked in the recesses pro-
elided
roable I by the mountain. Furthermore
the day came when 'font \'ember. wh )
is still alive, shot a big lynx while it
cremehe 1 in one of the tree stubs,
After that we seldom crossed the
nrallntain after twilight without ex-
periencing pangs of fear,
11'dien We were called froth play to
fetch the cows, if it were our turnto
look the mountain way, we always
hurried to have them .out of the woods
before
eF re tw lli:rht closed,
If perchance the' were gazing on
the old road. it was necessary to"take
them part way back through the
woods on account of Hammond's field
Having been fenced This caused our
hearts to beat fast. Surely at times
we heard the cry of a lynx that was
hungry for the taste of a little boy,
Worse than that, if it could be, was
the fear of what might be ahead). Was
not s
0117e gia.nt tramp stationed talion. d
e be-
hind a bigtree awaiting the chance
to grab a The.wonder is how we
always managed t, escape both,
Tn our earlier days no stark hover-
ed over the home: of expectancy, The
honor of bringing the baby was al -
SCENE OF KIDNAPPING.
v1t the beginning of the week: the
police made a thorough search of
the Sarnia district in an effort to lo-
cate the trail of 'John Labatt's kidnap-
pers, 'Tiley clue °tioned farmers resid-
ing along the hgrenlont road and de-
cided that the. wealthy London, Ont.,
brewer was kidnapped an the 'Egre-
uhoilt Road about one utile west of
the Dewar farm, Of.licers talked to
.\rcitie Dewar. Willard ,Anderson
:Ind Martin Bentley, farmers, and dis-
covered the abduction - 1301ttt was
where the road 011115 through tate thick
brush and takes a dip. It is well
screened :from view. •1'Im information
gathered pointed fairly conclusively
to the actual spot at which Sir. ,l,a••
3att was transferred from his own car
to that of the kidnappers, but with
regard to the - make of the latters
car and the direction they took on
emerging from the immediate vicinity
i Camlachie the investigations seem-
ed to lead to a dead end.
Whether or not the kidnappers
took their victim into the nearer dis-
trict around Port prank, known as
the Pinery, or 311101her they hit north-
ward into the 11uele k.t di -:riot, there
was little to ,how, or if there was the
rtitieere were keeping that infiorma-
tios to then:selves. 1t seas understood,
11,i3001•er, that information obtained
,033 not at variance with that the of-
ticere had prcviousley obtained, pre-
sumably from Mr. Labatt through
officers.
Jla111111 1 --To sit for several hours
Wednesday night add listen to a cold-
hl,iodeil discussion of what steps
should be taken 10 murder him and
dispose of his body, was. the --harrow-
in.; experience soli j,ilul Labatt While
he was held captive- lay kidnappers ac-
cording' to a source close. n, the fanc-
ily, in rec,nuttiuhi t•xpet'iellee,
With the kidnappers,
Mr. 'Labatt is said to have informed
hi: family that from the length of
time he was driven after being blade
ilex. Murray and Robt. Shortreed.
Engagements—
Mr. and Mrs, John M, McEwen of
Sta±,lcy township announce the en-
_agentent ai their daughter, •Grace
Anna Mae to \Ir, Stewart Grant
Middleton, son of "Mr. and Mrs.
Charles B. Middleton of Goderich
Connshi.. The marriage will take
,1lace September first,
Dr, J. S. and Mrs, Evans, Clinton,
unhnnitee the en, ag0131en1 of their
eldest daughter Ruth Elizabeth to
Mr. William A. therm only son 0:
Mr, and Mrs. Albert Helm, Luck now,
• Ontario, The marriage will take place
early in September, •
Mr, • 111 Mrs. Richard Webster,
1.11cl:now, announce :he engagement
their eldest daughter, Lanora
Helen, to Mr. Chester M. Johnston,
Sari, . son of Mrs; :\ 1 11nton and
the ,.ate \Ir. Joimsion of rClirtton, the
marriage to take place the latter jtart
n s'
ti+ August.
BLYTH.
lite death of Mrs. ;W. H. McElroy,
1 well known and 'highly respected
citizen sif Myth, recurred un Friday,
3 , he family residence
August ,t t family ,
following out illness o, two years
duration. The late .Mrs. McElroy,
daughter of the late A\goes and Will
Herbison, lea, born '7116 rear; ago in
C.l:oderich Township. She cable to
Myth after her marriage to Ictr. Mc-
Elrey in 118816, and had resided .,here
over ei111•e. .)Ire.-MclElroy was a
lady .o1 quiet do poeition. always ready
to lend a helping hand, always think-
ing of the crtnfort and welfare . of
those around her. She was a faithful
member of Queen 5i..'United ,Ohurch
• ,nd oras 'keenly interested in its vari-
Delightful
Quality
L
710
EA Fresh frons
the Gardens
ways the doctor's. He usually got it,
we were told, at dead of night, back)
at the mountain.
We searched at tines behind log
anti stumps and in brush heaps bu•t
always failed to' locate a prize, The
reason was obvious, We searched in
broad daylight. Once, how -ever, Are
claimed to have heard a baby cry
quite distinctly, Are we any wiser
now in believing that the noise was
a signal call of a cat -bird to its mate?
On lovely summerafternoonsit was
great to start for Sunday School and
end ourselves, just about the tine the
enperintend'ent would be calling the
..lasses to order, entirely enveloped in
the mysteries of the mountain. It was
not quite so exhilarating a fear hours
later to start for home wondering if
the wild -turnip we tasted would cause
'.each before we .got there,
Wild -turnip produced jack-in-the-
pulpit, which Old .Geordie told us was
no Rower at ell. - In fancy, we hear
him saying, "Even if it is, there are.
tiosvers right here on this mountain
that outclass it either for looks or for
smell. There's the lily, be it -pink.
white, red 00 yellow-; 'there's tite
lady's dipper, the violet and even the
wee bit pink and white may flower,
that heat it all to pieces,"
Old Geordie had a weakness for
basswood honey. We remember' him
declaring that r'bassw'ood has a Rower
that's the queen of them all. The
common, tame lite," he continued,
proves it every year' Just then he
left its with words to tri; effect: ".I'm
thinkia' -there's a bee -tree no iar frac
us boos I511 jilt snoop 'rotted a bit tae
see if I kin locate the hive." , -
'rhe mountain! The place where
racoons whistled and grey awls hoot-
ed, breaking the stillness of night;
where -le foxes burrowed on the hill-
side, where squirrels sca;mperel from
tree to tree; where the weasel, the
skunk and the ground -hog were in
their proper element; and where low-
er in the meadow-, the mink and the
muskrat found safe retreat.
All through the years this mountain
!las been the picnic ground for
churches of different denomination,
Ministers have preached in the shade
of its trees; would -he orators have
made their first attempts in public
speaking from its improvised - plat-
forms; children have swung, played
and contested games in its beautiful
setting, while strnte of us tasted lem-
onade for the first time while seated
comfortably t111un o11e' .of its many
huge stumps.
Recently it was our pleasure to )tear
Premier Hon. James G. Gardiner con-
duct service in the Thames Road
United Church, not iar from I''xete-
On our tray there we passed once
again' over the mountain and found
the order of things undergoing an-
other change, -
'Shovels and picks and scrapers are
again in -action to .bring about im-
proved conditions for . transporting
heavy loads from one side of the
mountain to the other.
Work was begun about the first of
last May, and it is thought that the
undertaking will be co!ntpleted by No-
vember, perhaps earlier, Miring har-
vest time very little will -be done in
the matter.
The work brings into action frool
six to eight teams of 'horses with
wagons and•-frovi 112 to 115 mien. The
intention is to lower the hill about
115 feet.
!In order to do so the great gap
across the top has been widened, d
lit is estimated that about 15,000
Cubic, yards of earth, gravel and stone
which is the equivalent of about 10,-
000 Wagon loads, will be removed and
used for fill -fn purposes at the foot
of the mountain on the somal .side.
Again the old order changeth,
Where now is the enchantment of
earlier year; associated with the
mountain?
!Straining eyes to see one of its al-
lurements, the babbling hrooklet
something about our hent -stria;;
snapped, If it still hubbies, or gurg-
les, or ripples or dances along its way,
it was not seen of heard by us. Long
grasses seem to cover its pathway.
The pity is that to see and to know
the mountain as it teas, we need'
again the vision and the insight - of
childhood,
police were 01 the gginion that the
woman was left here by She Icidntao-
-pets to carry 0)1 communications with
r!;y by the kidnappers for some ex- the family regarding, 'the -ransom 'and
me-- purpose. Tt is belited that the that this could be, done safely from
this city.
Douglas' Egyptian Liniment reliev
es toothache 'andneuralgia, Invale
-hie in cases adf croup, sore throat and
quinsy, ill eep a bottle lia,ndy, -
1934 FALL FAIR DATES
Tavistock ,Sept 7 -8th
-)'lils•ertou. , , ,, , ,,, . Sept, .113-114t11
New- Hamburg , .,.. Sept. lelateth
Exeter , , , .... , ,,, . Sept. 117 -18th
Goderich ..,. Sept. 11849th
Stratford ,.,,..... Sept, 117119th
Strathroy Sept. IIS -19th
Listowel ,,,, .... 'Sept. 119420th
Ailsa Craig .,I.,,,,., Sept. 20-2111st
Teeswater .r,....,. Oct. 2 -3rd
Si1, Marys ' Oct,- 9-0!Oth
SEAFORTH
Atwood •.•,•
Zurich ....,,,... ,1.,
Brussels ,,,....,...
T.,ttcknow ,
Sept. 20 -21st
Sept 21t -22nd
Sept, 24 -25th
Sept, 27-i2t4'th
Sept. 27428th
Palmerston ..-.., Sept. 23 -129th
Iarkton ........ . . . .. Oct. 2-3rd
Blyth Sept, 25 i2dth
Mitchell , .. Sept, 25.126th
Bayfield I Sept, 26 -27th
Brave actions never need a trumpet
Abundance like Want ruins many.
Aa ounce of prevention is worth a
peek of trouble.
A little absence does much good.
,At least once in a lifetime the tun-
dertaker will get each of us.
h
That action is best which procures
0cures
the greatest happiness for the great••
est numbers.
WH E
you read about an old" friend
. . . and he's just been Me
a fortune ... and he may
be nnovinj back to town ...
tz
Can him on Long Distance
and yet en yew good word eady
Long Distance is the quickest, easiest way to reach
an absent friend whether it's congratulations or a
gentle hint, It has the personal touch. You can talk
100 miles or so for as little as 30 cents, See the
list of rates in the front of your directory.
INDER
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rt
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W. DUNLOP, - Seaforth