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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1937-06-17, Page 2PAGE TWO HURON NEWS Engagement- The eng use rites t is announced of elladys Ethel l.ruls, daughter of the late Mr. and Nies. Herbert Crit t to M r \\'iliner Charles \\ gills, elder son "F Sl r. and Mrs, t.'l .res James take o ;ac,' ''ti. ;no -nth. Cluff-Scotchaner— .\ quiet wedding took plate in Sar- nia an Saturday, June 5th, when hel- ot, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred S,otchn>er, Bayfield, because the bride i John Sluff, son of Mr. and Mrs. Rcht. Crit}, Bayfield. The 'bride was charmingly dressed in blue taffeta with white accessories u11,.1 wore a corsage of gardenias. She was attend- ed by Miss regssie Clutl, sister of the .groom: Mr. Alfred S•cotchnter, 'broth- er of the bride was groomsman. After the ceremony the- young couple left for a trip to the States. On their re- turn they will reside on the groom's farm at Bayfield: Clinton 'News -Re- cord. At Norfolk Field Day— All the member, of Httron County Council. with the exception of 'Reeve \W, J. Stewart; of \Vest Wawanosh, attended the reforestation field day in 'N'orfolk cnturn. on Wednesday, June n. including .County Treasurer A. II. Erskine; .County Engineer, "1' R. Patterson and Janitor, Geo. James Juvenile Court Judge — Word of the appointment of \lagrs- tratr J. A. \la1 in. as juvenile court judge in and for the County of Huron was received herr on litter -;flay. Mr. \lakins succeeds the late Magistrate C. A. Reid. who died in the early part of 11103i.—Goderich Star. A Gruesome Relic— to possible 'relic of 'the storm of 1911.3, in which scores off lives were dost on the 'Great Lakes, was lifted front, the depths of Lake Huron on Fridays last by vac MacDonald, commercial fisherman, when, on lift- ing his nets, he found entangled in. the fine [nosh a portion of a human Skull. Minus teeth,. lower jawbone and the 'back of the skull, the grue- some find, whitened by the surge of the water at the bottom oc.the lake, was a distinct shock to the :fisherman and his companion, John Baker.-Go- derich Signal. Mrs. Robert •Anderson= ;Mrs. Robert Anderson passed away at her home on Thomas street, Brus- sels, at 9?3;p o'clock Tuesday even- ing following a lingering illness of the past fent, years, she suffered a stroke six years.,ago and never regained her health. The late Mrs. Anderson was born in North Easthope, her maiden name 'being i\fart Elizabeth Schoen - hats, she was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs, George Schoenhals of that 'town- ship, on Dec. 126, ,11g69. She lived also at one time at Shakespeare, Ont. Thirty-six years ago she was united in marriage to tRohert 'Anderson of Brussels and had since that time re- sided in this comnaunity..Of this union was born a •son and daughter who survive to mourn the death of a beloved mother, Clarence Harold, of Toronto and Mrs, Win. Logan (Clara Christina) also of "t'ioronto. Her hus- band -predeceased her having passed away four years ago, ,lleth Sept., 11933, IA'Iso surviving are five brothers and three sisters. Former Resident Catches Large Rainbow Trout— Chris routChris 'Cheros, manager of the Mit- chell Candy Works last week caught one of the largest rainbow trout seen m this district for some time. The •fish measured 22inches and weighed three pounds, five ounces and was caught in a stream north of Baylfield which Mr. Cheros rents for fishing purposes. Also included in the catch were several good-sized speckled trout and some smaller rainbows,—Mitchell 'Ad'vocate. Plowing Match 'Oct. 22— iFriday, October 23ndwas the date set far the annual Mount Pleasant Plowing Match at a meeting held by the Plowmen's Association, the site for the match to be decided later by a committee consisting of the execu- live. \V. C. Hodge, reeve of Fuller- ton; Cliff Dow and R. .E. White, ag- ricultural representative, Clint Dow. for the past five years secretary of the .Association, resigned his office at this meeting and his place will be taken by Frank Allan. Consider New Curriculum— Following a meeting of the 'Mit- chell High School Board recently, a joint meeting with the Mitchell 'Pub- lic School Board was held A. E. 'Nel- son, L'erth County inspector of schools, was present and <liscu,'verl with the joint 'boards the probability of a new curriculum ,which would Abe. used in both schools, ;According to his new plan the pupils in the eighth 'Trade in Public School and the First Form in 'High School would take a otr'e in Household `,r.fett.ce, \1ttsic ref \1ecitanics ttgether, These eotirses aro designed for pupils who wnnld attend High School for a Per- i sl of porhaps two tears. cittriog wit, It tits. they wool t Teta tt t nitre in tate ;t'o sv-r sintrF,;: t.±. A i i;:> the 'free toula not ,>t describe.' a, a lit it .yourd roand w,,r': Sur htts;aoss and --ties ant ;we) him in a _t l trete; ,t i:; for -a life work. L'lt::plan :i: •d'e-. est is n it 1v to ltative and. a'.' tire details haveyq;t to he worked et. At a later meeting Mr. Nelson will pres- ent further particulars .for the consid- eration of the Mitchell hoards. Farm House Burned— fire which originated from a chimney, it is thought. completely de- stroyed the dwelling on the farm of Leo ,Kumm, about two miles vves't of Mitchell one nvornittg recently. Help was asked front the Mitchell •firemen, They responded with the pumper, .hut there was only water enough for a few minutes' work. Son Saves Father's Life— John '1'. Turner, farmer and live stock dealer. whose farm adjoins the Clinton corporation limits, narrowly escaped violent death on Friday when Ire was dragged behind a cultivator by a'rtunaway team in 0 plowed 'field. Mr. Turner was hitching his team or three horses to the cultivator when, 0s he was about to hook up the out. si'e trees, the team of young horses became reg e s and started an1x. Pulling upon the one line he succeed- ed in grasping a fence where 0 e al of loose wire lay and this becoming tangled in the cultivator knives, wa- dragged along and caught the farm- er's feet in the tangle throwing him on his ;hack. In this position ire was dragged far a Stile or more about the plowed field. James 'Turner, working in an adjoining ;field, saw the horses running and succeeded in ca'Uching them and then discovered hisfather's plight. His timely assist - mice almost certainly was the means of saving his father's life. Mr. Turn- er's clothes were in shreds and his hack and shoulders terribly lacerated with being dragged over the plowed surface. He was taken to his 'home where the difficult and painful oper- ation of cleansing and dressing the Wounds was carried out, Native of Hibbert Celebrates SOth Birthday— On Monday, \lr, 'Joseph Walker of 'rurnberry, celebrated his S1Atli 'birth- day, and in his honor his daughter. Mrs. (Pearl Thompson. 'Edward St„ on \londay evening held a 'birthday sup- per party at which all the family and grandchildren were •present. The table w'as tastefully decorated and was centred with a large birthday cake. lir. Walker enjoys fairly good health and his many friends wish 'him many more happy birthdays. Mr. Walker is practically a life-long resident of Turnberry as he came to the town- ship when six months old. He was was born in Hibbert 'township. He was raised on the farm now occupied by :Norman Walker and he delights in telling of the old clays when lie usecl oxen and how he used the cradle and scythe in harvesting the grain. Barn naisings, in the early clays, were big events and he has many interest- ing, stories to relate of such :gather- ings.,He is truly a pioneer as he vicar - ed the ;first seven acres on the farm on which he 1101 lives. His wife pre- deceased him nine years this slurp, He has one son and two daughters. Thomas of Turnberry; Mrs. 'Pearl Thompson of W'inghant, and Mrs, Wnt. (Hannah) Burchill of leant Wa- wanoslu "There are also 115 grandchild- ren and all were present at the party. One sister lives in British 'Columbia.— Wingham 'Advance -Times. Fractured Arm— Mr, 'Harold Dennis of Wingham had the misfortune to suffer a broken grill. a little above the wrist. While working at the foundry he was en- gaged in tightening a hand when it broke, :striking hint in the arta. FIe also received cuts about the •aress and face, Former Wingham Boy Honored— Mr. G, W. Geddes, former Win- hamite. general manager and actuary of 'North \tnerican. Life Assurance Co., London, Out., was .recently elect- ed president ,e1 tee Canadian Life Tat - trance Officer; Association. Will Speak At Wingham— The annual meeting of the 1-ruran- Bruce 'Conservative Association will to held in the tcnvn hail.; W'in'gIlilo at 21111 rent. on Friday, June I$th The principal 'icalter• will '>c Hoe. Earl Lawti,>a. Aged Woman Stopped Barn. Fire - Only tiniely arrival on the scene followed' by prompt action on the ear THE SEAFORTH NEWS THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1937 Egmondville Goes Along ,t By U,\ MacTavish ie. the London Free Press.) In its heyday Esemondwille had its gunsmith, its cobbler, its weaver, its blacksmith; had a woolen mill, .gener- al store, tannery, sawmill, gristmill, as'tery, pottery. brewery and tile yard. It was an active supply centre 'tq; the immediate countryside fur most of the necessities of pioneer life. The woolen still and tannery were ruin by steam .\ dant was built in'Egntoudvildc on the Bayfield River to supply water Power to operate the saw null.. The saw in use was the old-time upriglet saw which preceded the faster, cir- cular type, which afterward relegated it to disuse. The power devekipeet by the dam was also utilized to tits the gristmill when it was :put in operation adjoining the saw mill. With the slackening of local activ- ity came havoc to 'both enterprises. First the owners deemed it advisable' to tear cl'ewtt the sawmill, and after- wards fire rased the •gristmill to the ground, but not until the modern rol- ler method of making [Sour had been installed and an engine used to de- velop power from steam. The importance of the dant 'became an almost forgotten entity except that it eupplied the quota of ice required be D D. \\ thon, Huron County no- ted egg king. to use For refrigeration purposes In couuertion with his em- porium stIt ntnt located itt Seaforth. The dant. also provided the boys and girls an excellent outdoor skating rink some forty and more years ago, 'Now IEgnuondvifle rests on its oars. Should it? truce it was a persevering village, pretentious, progressive, pros- perous. Then it had an all absorbing ambition, namely, to forge ahead. In intportan'ce it considered itself at least the equal of Harpurhey and much superior to Seaforth, whose embryo growth was asserting itself with the extension of the Huron macadamized road westward from the boundary line which separates the ,townships of Tu,ckerstoitlt and iHib,bert and like- wise by the adoption Of Seaforth as the southern terminus of the "Grey "Turnpike' instead of Harpurhey. When the Buffalo and Lake Huron Railroad was built 'Harpurhey and Egmondville erected "flag stations at their own expense, .because the railway company clic' not consider the tillages important enough places for it to do so. Seaforth, however, ibegan to assert its influence in an endeavor to have a real station, It struggled for suprem- acy over its great rival, Harpurhey. and received mach support from the hands of Tftinondville. 'Seaforth won the day when it offered station grounds to the railway company, free of charge, if a station would be erect- ed thereon. This arrangement was ac- ceptedtby the company when Sea - forth agreed to assume all costs in connection with construction off the b•uihling. The inhabitants of 'Egmoudvilie combined with those of Seaforth to (1111il the contract, with the result that the station came into evidence practi- cally 'nn the same site where it still is. 'Tire sudden impetus given to Sea - forth meant speedy development for it, to the detriment of -both Harpur- hey and F;gniondville. 'Egnton'dville, as well as Harpurhey, was the loser, inasnttuch as Seaforth began to as- s:nne Forceful momentum which gave it indisputable supremacy. Merch- ants and mechanics left the other two villages to ;became instrumental fac- tors to make stable the apparently mushroom growth of their aspiring vigorous rival. Once 'Egmondville had its ,Sack - sons, Cresswells, ;Charlesworths, Webbers, Dalys, .Kruses, Burgards, Sutherllnds, ,Hills, Steets, 'Porters, \fcDougal's, 'Mci!Fanns, Bristow's, C'olberts, .Graham's, Van iE;gntnnds, Fleurshntz, Diokson, Mustards, El- lissons and others. IEgmoncleiile is still on the map; still takes interest in municipal, pro- vincial and Federal 'affairs; has rem- nants of the dant• and the water run- way; has tangible reminders of the. woolen still, the tavern, the .brewery and the tannery. It has its general -tore, church, school house, ,black- smith shop; has its 'hill and bridge end river which now meanders along. way with the laziness of, the aver- tge creek: and there still exists the t:urve in .the -road justoebeyond the 'rfilte. which swing directly tow- Irds Hayfield, where the river en-- ties its (e rstentw to augment the ator: of the Hurst. \irs, Robert Medd, who ;s quite 'cebie and almost .blind, recently gale- id a enal the fine barn of Mr. and Mrs. T; McNeil, of West Wawa nosh, fro,in 'Icing destroyed by ;fire. Small child- ren of Mr. and iivErs. McNall and i .r ni n®t brag but gj g • • • 1 seven been driving a tele fto� ears withoutpoops truck it's not when I too The firsan trule�tX And was tom $ d have hone truck Ion never is hasob the ri r was was .� trucks boss if I hadof explainingght-o£ dome b r whiz in good shan ape and to Y een eno;;glt lead accidents Resides, eve alibis Bell Tele and I don't want 544 Safe gine chauffeurs werSy: t nLeaguesofOd noanedQ by fleet its 1936of rite telephone ,acci- dent-free cct- elledd some ed 5,907,000 oo highways trav- elled The driver of each Hiles, 3' 1rat. "First ,Alder„ ehicle is by phone Centre, , Set. John Ambulance ell ss qualified his regular eqs a uipment. Aid Kit as part Association. o f Recent rate reductions saving telephone users $600,000 yearly mean wider use and greater value to each subscriber. M. J. HABKIRK, Manager grandchildren of Mrs. Medd, are blamed for the lire. 'they are said to have 'been playing with matches white their parents were away. The tire started in straw. The grandmother, thinking the children were quiet, went out of doors to investigate the reason for their continued. absence. Although her eyesight was poor, her sense of smell was keen, and she smelled the smoke. Hastily going to the barn, she discovered the 'fire'which had caught on one of the windows and on the sill of the barn. She smashed out the win- dow. and with the aid ,of two small children, ,four and 'five years old, who assisted in carrying •water, she suc- ceeded in quenching the flames. PENNY B?dN'K DEPOSITS Mr. g. 'P.. Litsleproud, Oortario 'Pen- ny Bank 'inspector, says: School sav- ings reached' its peak in this country in 393114 This was followed by a sharp decline in 19112, indicating %that malty reserves had 'been. 'used up. This do ynward trend don'tinued until 1191313- I„ Then 'the upward turn, came. Slow- ly but steadily 'the 'balance held on deposit for the children of this ;prov- ince has risen again, Instil it now stands at 1$111,4.313,151915e917, an Increase of almost S6ll,000 over the corresponding. figure of a year ago. Miss IEEsther R. Man;sley, Assistant 'Treasu•rer, Lee '(Plass.) Savings t B-ank. ;writing... on "Sch'oal .Savtings-_-•Key -to the Future", says in part: "'Po -day there exist theories 'arid Iteaohinlgs detrimental to the well,heing or the inhabitants of this great country of ours, and harm- ful 'to the institutions that tree ;a vital part of -democracy itself." These" words are as applicable to 'Canada as to the United States, \'V'hat'tlen .is the relation ;between the 'figures .elsloterl' above and uMiss Mousiey's statement? It is this. Better economic conditions are reflected in 'the increased savings of the children, Bvt amore is indicated. The 'bull: of our citizenship' leas not adopted the subversive teachings- so detrimental- to democracy's fuenre., They still believe in :personal cess optic independence — anti they want their 'children 'taught "these lessons, Figttries for Seaforth—Total amount on deposit at end of 'April, 10317: $11)21513'. 511. Comparative Figures of a year ago: $4308.518. • Hay Market Report ('Eastern acid IN'orthern Ontario) Prices: There is a considerable variation in price, on aceoultt of loca- tion but in main hay districts the pre- vailing prices to producer.., at ear, vary from $5.,00—.' '0.00, per ton. ' Supply: ,a .considerable .supply of timothy and light clover hay is .til' available but all clover -and heavy mix- ed clover are sold, Demand: A last minute brisk de- mand for export to .Eastern United States points exist but it is .not expec- ted to be maintained. Some specula- tion as to export to Great Britain is anticipated since navigation is now opened 011 the St. Lawrence. North- ern Ontario reports .much easier movement with closing of lumber camps. Control of Raspberry 'Sawfiy Raspberry- plantations sulaject to the attack of the raspberry sawtflv, and particularly those which were de- foliated or partially defoliated last year by this insect• should be careful- ly exaneiped now. and if small •green- ish worms are .readily found, planta- tions should be sprayed 'before the blossoms open with lll! lbs. lead ar- senate and '5 I'bs, hydrated lijne in 40 gallons water. ,.. The larvae of the raspberry saw,'fly —green :spiny worms—eat out holes in the leaves and when abundant may j eontpletely skeletonize the foliage, leaving nothing but the midribs aril larger veins, A Lively Former "Follies" Beauty's Latest Exploit An article in The 'American Wes' ly, with the 'June 20 issue of The De- troit Sunray 'Times, tells how a for- mer show girl declined the hospitality of police who insisted upon providing a free roost For the .night „hut alter ti striptease exhibition• she went to sleepin the station mouse in the "raw." PICOBAC PIPE TOBACCO FOR A MILD,COOL SMOKE TELEPHONE PIONEERS community will Ibe well repre- sented at Montreal, June ,Suri and 76t11, when telephone men and 'wo- men • having upwards of twenty-one years' service in that industry will at- tend the 14111 annual convention of the Charles Fleetford Site .Chapter, No. 26, of the .Association of Telephone Pioneers of America. Perpetuation the name of the late C. F. Sire Sr„ who fifty-seven years ago, successfully .co-ordinated many of the telephone interests in this country .and brought into being the Bell telephone organization that now serves 'Ontario and 'Quebec, the'Chap- ter is the fEastern -Canadian branch of the North American movement am- ong telephone workers of all ranks and systems who have attained their years of majority in the 'business. 'The ideals and objectives of the Charles Fleetford Sise Chapter, esta- blished in 1119123, 'indica'te the worthy purposes of this association of Cana- dian telephone people. They are: To keep alive and preserve 'histori- cal data, tradition, and ntemorieas of the past as an inspiration to those Who follow us; 'i'o promote the renewal and con- tinuance of friendship's made in the telephone industry; To develop the pioneer body as a helpful influence in the telep'hout or- ganization and in the activities con- neeted with the business; 'To be an exannpie that will influence our co-workers in the direction ,of thrift, industry, and helpfulness; to encourage younger employees in the service; to ensure that in this great Fancily of telephone workers there is a spirit of friendship and eonifldencc 111 rougit 0111 the organization; To assume a friendly interest in and, where acceptable, be advisor, counsel, and guide to the widows of pioneer, and to their children in matters of ed- ucation anti vatcation. ' Chapter President, 11arry C. Schwegler,. Toronto, will preside at the convention in Montreal, The Bell I elephnne Laurentian Council•ani the Northern Electric Cotnucil, 'both at Montreal, will be hosts. Want and For Sale ads, 1 week Zliir.