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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1937-04-08, Page 2PAGE TWO. THE SEAFORTH NEWS THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 1937. Fire Destroys Three Dungannon Buildings There is a big gap on the 'rest -side of I ungannon's main street where fire +viped-out three buildings Thursday night. The wails of - the garage are standing but nothing. is left of the frame stares ,0 either side. At the left of the above picture Looking north, -is a corner of the gutted garage building; at the right is the telephone office building which was saved by heroic efforts. the searched portion of the roof can be plainly seen, Rebuilding the garage has. already -c„tn- inenced. • 1 HURON NEWS Farm House Burned,— Overheated stovepipes .caused a tire at the home 0f Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Cook,. 1111 Concession of East \Vaw 'nosh, which completely destroyed the two-storey frame 'buildings. Neighbors were successful, however, in removing. some of the furniture. Mr, Cook's father, Fred Cook, Sr., who was bedfast, was taken from the burning building to the home of Reeve Peter W. Stott, a neighbor. Ee apparently suffered -no ill effects. It is 'believed that the other 'buildings on the property .were not destroyed due to the fact that the wind blew the flying embers in an opposite direc- tion, Snow Storm Good Friday.— The worst of the snow storm on Good Friday, In .this district. centred around Clinton, where six inches of snow fell and the drifts iu this part were about two feet high. The storm affected the highway from Stratford to 1Goderich and the Government snow ,plow made a trip from Strat- ford to 'Goderich and from Clinton to Belgrave, the roads were little af- fected north of Blyth, however.. The whirling snow in this district made 'highway trove', ,difficult during the of-. .terntratt—\Vin•gham Advance -fine:. Joke At Expense of Editor— Mr. J, J. Broderick of town hands in the following clipping.about ids grandfather. \1•r. John Broderick of `Mitchell, about an occurrence which happened many years ago: • Last week 11 r. John (Broderick got a good joke ar the expense of the editor of the Advocate. Meeting on the street he deco ted him thus: ',Say, Davis did yon hear that this year St.Patrick's Day will be kept as a general holiday throughott the Dominion, and that all places of business will be olosed?" "Glad to hear it." was aur answer. "but huffs carne this state of affairs 1' Valls on Sunday, don't y•.nt know Left Exeter,— Mr, xeter,Mr, Siverns. who has corldmeted a ,boot and shoe repair shop in Exeter for same time, has this week moved -t,, 'Parkhill, lin, A. E. R'ueeth, IHensell, is starting up a similar busi- ness in the sante stand. Taken Over Hotel at Forest. — Mr. C. E. Acheson. 0f Owen tiuuml, has resigned his position With the Ratak of Montreal at -Owen Sound and 0n the I•5th of this month will take ever the Bo enl,,erry- Hotel at Forest, Pool Room Still Open.— Mr. Nelson Statton, operator of the new billiard and pool ram in Exeter non the advice of his solicitor last week refused to accept the cheque proffer- ed by the council for the revoking of his license. 'The pool room has been open each week -day for business and 'the matter will now cone before the council at its next Meeting. --Exeter Times -(Advocate, Farm Home Burned.— The home of Mr. ;Harrold T-Iern, 9th concession of Usborne, near Zion, was completely .destroyed by fire ear- ly Monday afternoon. With the fire starting in the roof ;practically all of the household effects were saved. The hawse was a 'veneer with half 'blocks of cement and the walls collapsed. Mrs. Hersh has been brought to the home of her .parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Earl, at (Exeter: Little Pigs to Market:- 'Provincial traffic 'ORficer John Cal- • lander'thought he had a •kidnapping on his hands last week when he :1',oit three miles spot- ted a bf • g seven p,lssmlyer sedan from the rear ,eat ,,f which distinct wlhinl- perings could be .heard, Going oyer to investigate, he was surprised to find seven piglets frolicking about in the back portion of the ear. The officer was dubious as to whether 11. should ahyrge the farmer with "road-hog- ying or not—.Gltierica Star... No Wig -wag at Goderich.— The department of highways warning'placed 500 foot warning' signs at ei- ther side of the railway erossing just oat of Goderioh o11 highway N0. 8. two fatal accidents have occurred in recent Months. Heretofore the signs were placed at a a"'00 -foot distance. There has been an insistent demand for installation of a wigwag, but the setting up of the new sign is taken as an intimation that such installation is not warranted. Small Margin.— ,Harry Bowler headed the polls With a plurality of two votes. on Monday of last week in the election to fill the vacancy created in the Brus- sels' village council by the death of councillor Wm. Clouse. Finlay Santis was second with only two rote.: 1.15 thin tile successful candidate. Joseph Kelly was third party running for the vacancy. :\ large proportion of mtn,- icipal voters turned .wt to support their choice. Buys Brussels Store.— The "Red Band" sloe. formerly run hr NIt'1)onald and Russel. ;till in the future he eoo,l'acte 1 sal ' be Lewis, Russell. 11. \irl) mall, intend- ing going into husiness elsewlere. has sold his share of the partnership to him. The -.ed Band" More, silt', becnminu established here has '1 a ct'tnuiuuitc .Mooning centre known ic for eourteons, 'eflicnt erviee and quality .groceries and provisions and Mr. Russell will continue to sive the sane satisfactory service to 111etlnr- in, Public,- Brussels fust. Artesian Weil.— - • 7 ht \litahelt h'uhhe T'tilitit cum- ' 11015irn has accomplished 1 bit lob. +The work in question was the chan- t in.,_ out of the large well or reserroit 'at the power' h'xue. "1'hc w,irk of cleaning the well was unelertaken re- •ecntl5 and tremendous add- lace' .:he laborers. Tho reservoir is thirty !feet deep and twelve feet in ihameter and fed by two continuously flotiinn n: , 'which are able to -fill the hole I some ninety minutes. (111' ,tan iltt- ni • somewhat the task of •punnpin • water out with such 0 yndnme in. Falling Limb- Strikes Man.— \ c• \'ten n::a:ge,l in cutting wood in 1 bosh, Sylvester Osborne, who re- si le- . (It cast \lit- ; hell n ••No, 8 Highway, was struck ',y a large lmpm�. h. sustaining severe in- juries. Rtisheit to Stratford Hospital :triermedical attention Mei been ,,giv- en in his home, it wa- :earned that the injurer) man haul sutTe•cd ;1 crush-) erl vertebrae and a• fractured tight ankle. He is said to be resting com- fortably although in. a serious condi- tion. Next evening Mr. Osborne was taken to St. Joseph's •Hospital, Lon- don, for .special medical treatment. 50 Years in Exeter.— -.On Thm•sday of last week, -.Mr. Geo. Anderson commenced his fifty- first year as a tinsmith in !Exeter. On April hist, 111537, \Mr. Anderson cane tri !Exeter from Fingal and started to work as a tinsmith for the late 'Hugh la Spacnan. Mrs. W. J, Argent, Clinton— lFuneral rites for Martha J. Cart- wright, widow of William 5, Argent, Clinton, were observed an Sunday af- tc•rrtoon, Service in St. Paul s can Church, Clank t1, a I, et „ conducted by Ro:r, K. ' 1 years ago there was another serious fire which swept the same ;side of the street, near, where the Canadian Bank of Commerce now stands. . The 'flames spread so quickly that it was next to impossible to save very notch of anything. Articles of furni- tore were scattered along the oppos- ite side of the street. So hot were ,the flames that they cracked plate glass windows across the main street and literality ",fried" paint ou the store fronts. 'The blaze was noticed ,shortly aft- er 111 o'clock by Mrs. Bert Bradford. whose 'husband •operates a butcher shop next door to where the Mont- gomery store stood before it was licked up .by the flames. The fire is said to have started from the overheating of the stove= pipes in the Montgomery general store. By the time the men ran out of the garage and the. Montgomery family notified, the Raines were shooting high into the air, having started to emsume the roof of the general store. At the time Mr. and \irs. Mont- gomery were having something to eat before retiring. A dance was taking place at the Institute Hall and several -of the young then w'ho were there, left the entertainment to go about the more serious business of becoming a part of a bucket brigade. Those who witnessed the battle by the bucket brigade, .forliled of villag- er: aid faritters, said they were suc- cessful in saving Me telephone build- ing which is just north .of where the destroyed buildings .stood and a part of the roof of which was destroyed. It teas a dismal sight in Dungan- non in the early hours of the morn- ing. The scorching flames had brok- en main telephone lines and hydro was cut off for nearly .four hours. The flames caused a vivid reflection which could be seen 'for miles around and hundreds of nearby residents hurried, all ready to lend a hand. The fire soon spread from the Montgomery store to the Montgom- ery haute. on the south side and the McKenzie garage onthe north side. The wwookers succeeded in taking out some articles of clothing and a little furniture from the frame dwelling. but very little was saved from the store. Mr. Montgomery had moved to Dungannon a year ago from Rip- ley and he had put in a big stock which was totally di'stroyed. The home of \Ir, Bradford was in immediate danger fon' some time and all the furniture was taken from it and carried across the street. A group of men with poles, ihTlreVer, pushed the :1111111 wall of the Mont„omere home over to the north instead of let- ting it fall to the south, thereby sav- in=, the Bradford residence. Nathaniel "Nat \Vllyard. manag- er of the Dungannon branch of the 1iodericl Rural 'Telephone Company, who operates the telephone switch- board, was on duty when the lire hrOke out and he immediately sent 0111 alarms. Probably the heaviest loss was suffered by Robert \lyd envie, pro- prietor of tie hardware store which had been stocked With all spring sup- plies, Only a few articles were saved. His store was well stocked with 001- nu1114ion and citizens could clearly hear the rapid explosions of .shells as ilio (neat increased. Mr. and Mrs. Mckenzie lived Over their store and their home was cle- stroyed, with only a fete articles saved. Smoldering ruins were all that re nutted of the t@ t uraut owned and operated by Thomas Rivet!. ilia loss was not estimated. Most of the loss is Hovered by insurance. 'Ten years ago the Dougannon Wo- men • 1'nstittte donated ladder-' to the village in case of fire. They were stor- ed in the Institute Hall and were sono pressed into service by the wills iri g- volunteers, Death 501110 soddenly to Mrs. Argent 011 l'bersiap afternoon at the hone of her daughter, Mrs. Clifford Epps, following e fainting spell experienced otile shopping. Born in Hullett Twp. May 13, 1100, she was a daughter of the late James Cartwright and 111111- nah Wi:, in•;wn. In 1096 site married W. J. 'Argent, who predeceased her in 15510, and since then she had made her home in Clinton, There survive one brother, James Cartwright, !Hul- led; one sister, Mrs. William Andrew, Goderieh1 two sons, Carl, Panoka, Alta., and W. J. Clifford, Ont.; four slaughters, Mrs. J. B. Whittingham, Goderioh, Mrs, 'John Quinnell, Wi1- lowdate, Mrs, William R. Castle, To- ronto, and Mrs. Clifford Epps, Clin- ton, and twelve grandchildren. Inter- ment was made in Clinton cemetery. The bearer's were James Cartwright, W. Andrew, -Bert Gibbins, C. J. Wal- lis, Harvey Alexander, and William Crittenden. Kincardine Council Objects— Following the trip made ,by Kin- cardine firemen to Dungannon on Thursday night without the knowl- edge o1 the town council, that 'body. :et it. meeting decided to investigate and also vetoed any future trips by the brigade outside the town without sanction of some person in authority. C ome:1llor Janes McGillivray asked 'with protection the town hail with '':e :firemen and truck away. "\\'e should implire on what authority they went," Reeve JlacLrnd - declared. 'I'hry overstepped themselves there," 1'.ete. \lctlaw-ailed. The town clerk •', linte,1 o111 '!hitt the truck could not '.,e sent to other municipalities for a fee as lire underwriters would object, BIG FIRE AT DUNGANNON ..1 few charred walls and smoulder - Ing ruins were all that remained of a large 111511'11 of the business section „f Dnmgannon. dames Thursday night having devoured four places of 'nt.incs- as well as a dwelling house. it was the lutist serious contlagra- t1 11 iu thi. Huron County village in more than half a century and the los, was roughly estimated at more than $30,000; Fanned by a stiff wind the flames did not take long in wiping out near- ; ly all the business section on the •cost side of the main street. "Chert .'• a time citizen. were anxious be - '110, it 10,15,1 as•if the blaze was go- lua to sweep the cutire villa e, treat flaming shingles were hurled on roofs 10' ,f nes au:i t ,aro, in the district. l•urtutiateh it was raining. The building ahicll houses the tele - ,hone exchange jn•t missed being y rat to the ground .1 •hneket brig- iiI2 :11111 the Kincardine tiro depart - 1,e11 1 epart- , rat 'as tall a. Brigade, ',nen :\nb- urn, Myth - and Lucks„w- worked hard in ,anus; the telephone ex- change, but it Das meat t0 inlp,ssible to light the major dame with any de- gree of. success. The buildings destroyed tele; The rt idenee of James Montgomery: the general .tore or James Montgomery at the south end of the grotip of busi- ness places destroyed: 'Lorne •\Ge- 1'en•rie's ,garage; Robert Mc'Kenzie's hardware .tole and Thomas Rrett's restaurant The disastrous hl•aze left twelve people homeless. The owner of bhe garage, a recently -constructed .one - storey .building, Lorne, MaKeozie had been to Toronto. Shortly after day- break he arrived back in Dungannon and was unaware that anything .had happened Fite four walls of the McKenzie ;aritge were all that was left. Older residents recollect .that 515 PICOBAC PPE TOBACCO AOR. } LD, COOL SMOKE Try. Salada Orange Pekoe LA TEA 5 G I:: MAN'S FAITHFUL FRIEND, THE HORSE 1 am not much. interested in the multiple -toed small 'animal about the site of a collie clog which geology tells us is the progenitor of the horse Fossils and rock nater attracted m5 much, 'but 1 am deeply interested in that sentient, vital, intelligent, respon- sive animal which we call the modern horse. He has been so closely associ- ated with man that itis awn and man's history as far back as lee have records are closely ,parallel. So the history cif man and this ,beast seems almost id- entical ever since the earliest times. If you read the 'history of one you are almost 'sure to run across reference, to the other. Titus, it was that when Elisha and Elijah carte down to the River ;iord•an and Elijah was trans- lated, they both examined, "Behold the chariots of the Lord,” as they dis- cerined a certain apparition in the sky, The Bible away task .to the hegin- ndng of the history of man is filled with references to the •horse, and the donkey or mule, -who are both distant relatives of the more splendid horse. In Most of his great adventures, the horse has accompanied man, The faithful dog who ate 'his heart out be- cause he could not go, sat at the ;gate and sate the master ride away on his favorite horse. Sometimes it,was war, sometimes it was exploration, and of- ten only a long journey or perhaps a hunting trip; 'but the horse went While the .dog stayed 'behind, or if Ile did go, it was on shorter trips which di•d mot count for so much in the man's lube. T-Iorse authorities agree that the progenitor of the modern horse ratne from the plains of ,Asia, but tie was crossed with Many other strains, such as the Barb which carte from Africa, and tchich•.did much to improve the horse of toddy. "The earliest use to which tine horse was put. sad to say, was the dr:uting of two -wheeled war.. chariots, which were probably Hovered with sharp spears or •blades which dirt much exe- cution t, the enemy, So it is that the very earliest history is. tilled with ref- erences to the tear horse and star chariots. Alexander The 'Great, trhu flourish- ed several centuries before Christ, had very celebrated cavalry which did much execution to his t•ne•mies fund greatly helped hint to conquer tin• then known world. The Medes and the 1Persians always used cavalry, especially- the latter when they attacked Egypt. The horse df early history was ra- ther smaller than the horse of today, Whenever we see representations of the horse and rider upon ancient has reliefs or tapestries, the man's legs always hang clown Nearly to the horse's knees, showing that the horse ofthat period was much smaller than the horse of today. Rut the ancients did •lanow` good horses, ses• and they dirt produce them even a: early as the be- ginning e-ginnin•' of the Christian ern. A histor- ian of military affairs writing as early is the 101 llien-wry. 11 C'., rle.crtbes the real cavalry horse in terms that no modern cavalryman would take ex- ception to, .showing that they knew even then how a tine horse should look and what his yualilieation s should be. The -Raman chariot horses are fanged in both history and fiction. 11 you do not believe this, read the account of the thrilling chariot race in "Ren Illur,' by Lew Wallace. If you are a horse lover, it will snake your blood throb in your veins -atnd- your heart thrill •with •01110(0 0 The crusaders rode away on their p181111ng horses do the eleventh cen- tury and dirt many df their .deeds of valor around !Jerusalem upon horse- back. The -Knights-errant and all the Kttig'hts of old rode on prancing chargers, who ..shared their master's glory, and olid much to help him in his deeds of 'valor. One of the sights that used to snake the 'horse lover's 'heart 'bun with in- d•i•gnation was to see a faithful horse •who had seen -better clays feebly 'laul- ing the junk man's wagon, often un,t- er the lash, But the Society 'for the (Prevention of Cruelty to Animals took 'care of many Of .those cases. '.I know of'lfew things more con- temptible than for a,matt who has had the services of a fine horse for • the 'better part of ...the faithful animal's life to ,finally sell him 'for a few dol- lar: to someone w'h, 'will drain tine Welk antmtPs pound 0'f strength from his failing last body anti often .1)101e Smith-McCutcheon— A pretty wedding was solemnized at St, John's Anglican 'Church !Rec- tory, Brussels, on Saturday, at high noon by 'Rev. John Graham, rector, when Laura Eve'ly.n, youngest daugh- ter of Henry.Mceutoheon and the late Mrs. McCutc'heon was united in Iatarria•ge with Joseph Crawford Smith, eldest son of Mr. and \firs. David Smith of the dtdi Concession, 'Morris. The bride looked charming i11 a powder blue sheer •crepe"dress with grey accessories. 'They were attended by the bridegroom's sister, Mrs. Thos, Miller and Mr. Millers Followittg the ceremony a weddinig dinner was serv- ed at the home of the bride's sister, Mrs. Russell Barrows, Leadbury, The happy couple left on a short 'honey- moon trip to Tornto and on their re- turn will reside on the 16th concession, Morris. Want and For Sale ads; 3 wks. 50c 1111, and not give him enough to eat. 'At the very other end of the scale the draft horse are the potties which Wean 50 11111511 to children. 'both the '4151511 and the Shetland, especiailly the latter. TOWN TOPICS TWENTY-FIVE YEA.RS ,1.G0 Leslie Watson of Porcupine is 119- iting at his home here. -21r. George Steet of Saginaw is visiting relatives in town --,Miss 'Janet Yurard has re- turned from a visit with Hamilton friends. --,Mrs. John 'Batton and fam- ily of Constance have moved into town. ---Miss :Ann \\;ilso. of New 1'051: is visiting with her parents. Mr, and \irs. Alex. 1\'ilsoti -- Messrs, Dan. and !jos. Devereaux of Chicago arrived in town yesterd,y to attend the funeral of the late Mrs. John Des•- ereaux.-Mrs. Raymond and daugh- ter ‘Aileen have returned to their home in London,—\\'. Chapman, of the firm of Hays and Chapman, left 1Firiday for Mount Forest where he +till spend a couple of weeks cont•• pleting the laying of the Mile floors in the post offices at Mount Forest and Harriston,—The Leap Year Assem- bly given !11y the matrons and maids in Cardno's Hall was a delightful af- fair. 'rhe Tony Vita orchestra of London occupied the beauty spot of the hall. Those .from out of ,town were Miss •Broadfoot, Miss Pringle. 2fiss Moore, Miss ''Neil, C. Kelly, Stratford; Mies disinter, Dr. Murray, Messrs, Durkin, Laughry and String- er, Mitchell; Misses Carlin and Miller of 1-iensall; Miss \Veber, Messrs. Weber, and illutehinson, Misses Ken- ney and \Volker, Dublin: Mr. Scales, \loult1 !Forest; Mr. Patul, Sebritntg•- ville; lalessr:. .11 i faire, Smith. Rob- Mson, Waugh, Monirk, ,1? London; Messrs. hyrld and Chambers, Berlin; NIT). 1'uddicomhe• llanover. -- The Spring 'Hors, and Cattle ahoa of the Studien h 1.rriiulturaI S.aciety o1 Tuesday was the otos' sIl e.ssfel•sn- hibition the soviet} h0- ever had. The weather was :els that 5011' iTe •hsired, Ind,:r '1'. laek.,,i1 n' Sear', iro winced tie heavy horses. toad Judge J. 5. Id 1 1 of Tavi,tork the 1i4111 horses. 'rhe cattle classes nor' tilling well, but 2 Shorthorn balls beim; .11 111 the \Ir . 'F. V. Thompson of 1 inelph, gave the farmers :t toll - on breeding. \Vinners included, clydes, LJus. Brooks (Mitchell). N. 'Horton, 1)'elc.on, Dale Bros. (Bruce - field), Jas. Carlin: Shire;, Joe Blake 1t'Unton n; Perch eron, Findlay -Mc- Intosh 0B•lyth): carriage horse, Jno. Nicholson: roadsters team,' Adam Hay's; heavy draft, Win. Ja,:ohe (Mit- chell). Thos. Drover (Staffs); agri- cultural. Thos. Coleman. M. .Ham- ilton 1Croutarty), Cha,. \\'right, ill. 11010,y, IR. 'Doig, \V. Trewartha, D. Fotheringham. Garfield McMichael; general purpose, John Decker, Zurich. Me films The 'first plowing we have seen 'was dune this week, which iS a little later than u:nal.--•Jho id 121 C ncheon has been 1014 (!p by all attar' id sciatica. — Numerous persons hate informed us that the north road Front Saaforth to \Valtun teas kept in better order and (repair the past winter t:1it what that portion from 'Walton to Brussels was kept, although two townships had a ilaand in looking after the northern section; this condition of things. we I believe was largely 01111g to the en- orgy- and iitdnsu t - of contra,tor 'Ro- bert Brier,' of McKilio11. Dublin, \ir, John Weber, who has been spending the past winter months at his home here, has returner! to 'Re- gina, Sask.-Dau. Crawford, of Clin- ton, has opened up a produce store in 21 eKenata's •hlock, Dublin. Passing of Mrs. Killoran. 'rile passing of Winnifred •Ryan, widow of Jolin 'Killoran, for many years a well .known resident of 'Sea - forth, occurred at the home of her daughter, 'Mrs. Brown, Toronto. The deceased was •born in Ireland seventy- one years ago, coming to Seaforbl with her husband in the early days. Her husband and her brother, T. ID. Ryan, for many years, carried on stn extensive business. Many wilt remem- ber the old firm of (Killoran and (Ryan. The family teff to mourn are Miss Corcoran of Duluth, 14Ir . Prender- gast, Mrs, Brown -and Mrs. ,:Cleary, Toronto; J. L. and Miss Iiihlosaa, Seafortit. \\'ant and For Sale arl.s, 1 week 2'5,c