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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1928-02-02, Page 1A. small drop of ink, Falling like dew, upon a• thought, iirocluces ' 'That which stakes thousands, • Perhaps millions, think, ---Byron..,. WHOLE ERIE $, VOL,. 50, No, 5, SEATF ORTH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY. l EBRUARY 2, 1928. ,. H1NNI3IS and SUPPERS. Regularly HOT LUNCHES 1 at alt boors HOME MADE' SPECIALTIES OUR Prices Reasonable 1e . Olympia Confectionery and Restaurant Fish at IIUTCNISON'S Frozen Salmon Trout,.Frozen Herrings, Lakeferrings, Hol- land Herrings and Fillets of Maddte, White Knight . Soap, at 10.0 a cake at 6 for '250 Glauber .:Salts, a splendid _eon ditionerfor stock, 6,lbs. 25e lipsont,Salts 6 lbs for 25e 250 for• lbs Sulphur, P r 6 Anty Drudge, we reoommend. for cleaning at l0c or 3 for:25c Macaroni in bulk "d lbs. for 26e Lead Pencils, reg. 5e for 2 o g Writing Pads; and .,Envelo mss,' $ P r we have s eoial values. P Extracts, at 10c pr. 3 for 25o Cipp's or Carter's Pills for Plants. The correct way to fertilize house plants. One Cipp per plant a month. 10c package Cheese, made in October and June 1927 also June1926 mild, medium or old 30c to 35o Butter, choice dairy butter 38'c F. D HUTCHISON, Phone Phor Phood 166 C ® A L r •: UAL ;4 •_ ITY SERVi�E PH INE, �� 9y CHURCH CARD. North Side United Church. -,Pastor, Rev, W..P. Lane, BA. Sunday, Feb. 5th=4f a,m.—choly Communion. 2:00 p.m.—SJS. and Bible Classes. 7 p.m.—Public Worship. Subject, "He Leadeth Me." At the evening service the choir will sing a number of the old favorite sacred songs. A CONTRAST. During the past two months the McKillop Fire Insurance Co. has had no losses to sleet, while during the month previous they paid out $11,- 000 for two barn" fires and other Losses.- • ° BROTHER DIES. Mrs. John A, Wilson received word of the death of : her brother, Mr. 'An- drew R. Hall, at +his late residence, Thornhill, Ont., on Monday, January 30th. Mrs. Wilson left toattend the fune al which o t t ol.P lace d Wednes a Y afternootno Mount Pleasant vasa nt cem- etery. WANTON DESTRUCTION. iBotk windows of the boys dressing house at the Lions swimming pool arse 'broken. The swimming pool has been a source of much pleasure to boys, girls and many grown-ups .fc r the past three summers, and .the park has been .made the prettiest . spot along the. Stratford-'Goderich highway, but it is distressing to notice that all the panes have been smashed in the trim Iittle dressing house. A good -old-fashioned thrashing should be given the thoughtless, dt stritetive ' boys, who have shown such utter lack of appre- ciation ofthe privileges providedby the hard work of the Lions Club.' SPECIAL POULTRY COURSE. Final arrangements have been made to hold a special Poultry Course in the Clinton Collegiate Institute on February 7, Sands This -is the first course of its s kind to be held in .Huron and will likely be the only -one held in 'Clinton, Poul- try raisers, whether farm, town, or commercial, can i11 afford to miss this feature arranged for by the local De- partment of Agriculture. The pro - .gramme for the three days is as fol- lows, subject to minor changes:— Tuesday, 'February 7. 10 a. m.—Introduction. 10.10— Equipment required for a farm flock of. 200 laying hens. '11.10 --Sanitation. 1.30 p. m.—Housing.. 2.45 p.m.- Judging utility birds and culling demonstration. Wednesday, February 8 10 a.m,—Diseases of poultry. 11 a. m.—Incubation ,and 'brooding, 1.30 p.m. -Feeds and feeding. 2.45- -Feeding laying hens and flock man- agement. Thursday, 'February 9. 10 a, m.:) reeding and rearing chicks, 11—Egg grading. -- 1.30 p.m.—Fattening and killing. 2.45—Marketing, Special' Speakers—Mr. T. A. Ben- son, poultry division, Dom: Dept. of Agriculture; Mr. J. W. Clark, Cains- ville, Ont. Sale of Shoes Specials in all 'lines of Men's Shoes and Oxfords Great reduction in Ladies' Shoos, SeeTable our labl o of 1.95 .i;itdies and Child- ren's Shoes, regular .up to $6.00 F. W. WIGG BOOTS and SHOES S17ArORTH NEW CONSTABLE. At a special meeting of he Seaforth town council on Monday evening, Mr. W. G. W, Fee was appointed Chief Constable of Seaforth, succeeding Mr, William Gillespie, who hail expressed a desire to retire from active service owing to his health, as he is troubled with sciatica, Mr. James V. Ryan was authorized to act as assistant constable. A resolution was passed expressing the council's .appreciation of the long, faithful and efficient ser- vices of Mr, Gillespie as Chief Con- stable, and that he be presented with an honorarium of one month's salary, also that an appreciative address be presented 'him at the next regular meeting of the council. Mr, ee took over his new duties on Teesday night, Mr. William Gillespie observed Wednesday, Feb. 1st, as his first day of retirement after well over thirty 'years of continual duty as :Chief Con stable, with the exception of one year: He took the office as successor to Mr. Dunlop, under the mayoralty of W. M. Gray, who was then connected with the salt works. Astherewas then no Provincial officer in thc county, he was often called upon by the sur- rounding townships, Mr. Gillespie re- members returning home on numer- ous evenings during the days of the open bar, with his clothes in tatters, the result of lodging in custody the then too -frequent quarrelsome drunk- ards. It is no wonder that five or six constables, including one from Tor- onto, were tried out without success- Mbyr. the illcouncilespiewas in the one year that The longest pursuit of a lawbreaker Mr, Gillespie made was after the burn- ing ofthe. old Agricultural Building that stood in the field betweenMr. Robert McKinley's and the residence of the Late Dr, Scott'an Goderich St. west. Going lb Toronto, lie followed' the incendiary to •Buffalo, then to Mauitowac, Wisconsin, and back to Buffalo where he arrested his -man, re- sulting in conviction at Goderich. Through his keen observation, in recognizing a horse front. Dublin, the arrest was made of the owner, of the old Forbes livery stable, the remains of which are still on the corner of Main n street northf o ie CarneLibrary. Carnegie The owner ds onotlive inthis district but rented the stables to Forbes, He had got off the train at Dublin with another man, hired a horse, driven up to Seaforth during the night and set fire to the stables hoping to get the insurance. Fortunately Mr. Gillespie had noticed them in town and 'know- ing the horse was from Dublin, was able to trace them after the fire was over. 1He.was reminded the other day by a business man in town of the arrest of a; vagrant on Main street many, years ago. The business titan was just a youngster at the time and hap- pened to be near, so was called as a .witness by Mr. Gillespie. Mr. Gillespie first came to Seaforth when about twenty years of age, in 1876, the year of the big fire on Main street. The fire ,started on, -the east side of the street in a building where Box's restaurant is 'and swept the whole block north of it, including a partially built bakery owned by Pat McGarry. The fire spread across th e tr s eet destroying n the block on the % west side also. The extra width of Main street from J.' J. Cleary's store north, was made in rebuilding. Mr. Gillespie was brought up on the McKillop-Hullett boundary, 2nd con- cession. For some years Mr. and Mrs. Gillespie lived on north Main street before moving to their residence on James street." -- It is certain that no constable could have a cleaner or better record, or could have served the interests of the town to a• better degree than has our retiring Chief. HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. The meeting was held in Carnegie Library January 30th, and after hear- ing the financial standing,which was better than some previoyears, the meeting elected the following officers: Hon. pres., Wm. Hartry; president, C. P. Sillsi.let vice pre'sident, E. L. Box; 2nd vice-president, Cyril Snow- don; sec.-treas.,. E. R. Crawford; dir- ectors, Mrs. Bechely, Mrs, Chapman, Miss E. MacKay, Miss; Jean Smith,' Mrs. Crawford, Wm. Duncan, Chas. Stewart, A. W. Sillery, Rev. W. P. Lane, Wm. Barber. The newly -elect- ed officers are making plans to have a greatly :increased membership this year. Watch for. their announcements in a week or two. They are figuring on 300,ntembers for 1928. There is much work to: be done in town this year, The Young People's meeting in North Side United Church was in charge of the social committee.; Miss 1r',orothy Robinsonoccupiedthe chair, The singing of a number of old fa- vorites was heartily enjoyed. Rev, W, P; Lane led in prayer. The Society Was indebted to Miss Grace Casien- tcri for two beautiful solos and also to d4tiss Helper and Miss Eva Scar- lett for instruntental.'ntnnbers. Splen- did readings were given by Miss Olive Corbett and Mr. Ed. Johns, the lat- ter, a Scotch reading. The topic, on "Friendship," was taken in a very in- teresting way by Mrs. Close. A. W. Silfeey gave a solo, ' An address cm "Pilgrim's Progress" was given by Mr, 13, Blanchard, Mrs. Lane and Mrs, Bechely favor- ed the meeting with a duet. Members of the Short Course Class were invited and lunch was served in their honor. HOCKEY, Duncan Cup Series. ' The Duncan Cup Leagueco mences this Saturday morning, Fe 4. If your 16th birthday was n before Jan. 1, 1928, and you want play, leave your name with Mr. R, Bissomnette, Four teams will like enter. Seaforth 5, Mitchell 5,—The Coll giate Wossa team took Mitchell dow a peg Thursday night in a tin gam 5-5, on home ice. Mitchell had bee bragging the past week about the wonderful team and advised to watc their Wossa team ,:for hockey th winter. From the game 'here, fail to see how they get that Way. ,Our Walton lad Louis McDonal and •George ,Parke, were the goo getters, scoring alternately, Louis, first rate centre matt, showed cleve play during the entire game and need only a little more speed 'to worry th best of them, This is'his first year 5 the big leagues. Seaforth forward kept Moses, Mitchell goalie, in ho water most of the first Period, but i the early part of the second and third Mitchell was the aggressor, ,Dayidson, their centre, with the wings, breaking through a trifle too much. Mitchell drew the majority of box visits; Nor- man Jefferson in Seaforth net, was good --.a regular stone wall. Quite "3 few times when the •crash of; battle had ceased on the defense litre; Tom Ciuff was seen streaking along the left boards but every attempt was fu- tile. Trott, of tnany seasons, display- ed first class stuff, though ,: some thought he didn't give his best. Never mind, he's saving it up. Aa ;,usual, Nelse Cardno was a sturdy ?block against the rushes of Moore and Por- tenfield, even after the laat thread had burst, causing quite a bit' of Mirth. Geo, Parke brushed the ice cndsider- ably in the first period but' jolt the same he knows his oats when it comes to scoring. Seaforth 1, Clinton 4.— The.: tide turned on Monday in. the game in the Palace rink at 4:45 p.m, when !Clin- ton walked off with a 4-1' victory: Clinton forward line was too Much for the locals. It was' a surprise for the fans as Seaforth defeated them by' two goals in Clinton last' week. Any attempt at combination by Seaforth forwards was a brok en up.Nearlyev- ery v ery time McDonald got near Clinton goal. tie was sandwiched by the whole lineup. It did not seem as if defeat was the result of lack of effort. Trott and Ciuff never worked better, but the little 2x4 Clinton -goalie, Cook, was too watchful; Jefferson got one of those "neck -wringers", on the .fore - bead, but thoaTuckersmith boys are made of good stuff and he was iri•ship shape" in a tninufe. Gordon-4(:ga'm) Rennie tallied the one goal for, Sea - forth at the start of the •gafne. Sam is as clever a player as you could get but seemed to vanish when Biggart, whose name describes him, crashed into Sam once or twice. McEwan and IvlcDonald at centre were well match- ed. Town 4, Sodbusters 3, ---Sy one goal the town boys 'defeated the Short 'Course Sodbusters on Tuesday even- ing at 7.30 p.m. , Reg. Kerslake was referee. It was a Stickbuster's game —not a Sodbusters. A two-year sup- ply of fine ne' quality Y a t q kindling Y n wood now available at therink. : k n George McCartney in the Sod's% wonder, so good that he goalas retired to defense in the third period to give the Town a chance. "Hoop" Muir in Town net was a bearcat, Stan Nichol and AI Adams, defense, were excel- lent on left and right wings, . Joe Hart gave a capital demonstration of Reel 2 of "Airplane- Stunts"by dir- ector Wilson McCartney of. the Sods, in doing the double flip, maid -air. Cummings, Town, says Dick Dale, a Sod, felt like a torpedo. Jim and Dave McIntosh, both Sods, were blue- sweatered'terrors, Bob Archibald and Larky Coleman signed up for $10,000 - each with. Boston after the game. Honorable. mention: Sandy ':Doig, Sod goal third h period. Black and red marvels, respectively: Frank Sproat and Fortune, shining stars: fiord.; Reynolds, sod centre, - and Norman Scions. Boarder: Sid Dungey, wing. b. of to y e- n e, n it s w 1• a s e n THANK YOU. In ren wi es,n g his subscription to The News, Mr. John Fell, of Gode- rich, says: "Your paper is well named -it is a very interesting, newsy paper. When r was three years old my parents moved' from Oshawa into the solid woods on the eighth Con- cession of Hibbert, where I continued to reside until ten years ago when we moved to Goderich. It is only natural that one living long that atin one local- itywould get to know a lot of and when they move away they peopleie to hear what's going on. I think The Seaforth News fills the bill well. The sad part is+ to learn of the death of our old school mates and neighbors we- knew so well." McKILLOP TELEPHONE CO. Therpostponed annual meeting of the .McKillop Telephone Company was held on Friday afternoon last in Winthrop hall. There was a splendid turnout, The following officers were elected:, President, Humphrey Snell; secretary, J. M. Govenlock; treasurer, J. M. Eckert. Among the various business items discussedwas the in- creasing of the present rates. 'The matter will be referred to the Ontar- in Railway Board within the next few months, Mr. Francis Daegger, of Toronto, chairman at/ the Railway Board, who had been' here for the previous meeting, was unable to come again. What smarts, toadies, Without disc,iplirie, the favorite child, Like a neglected hedgerow, runs wild,, IVi111um,. Cowper. Phone 84." $1AYEAR. DIED IN CALIFORNIA. Word has just been received of the death of Mrs, Peter Cowan, which oe curred, ht Oakland, California, on Ja- nuary 16th, Mrs. Cowan was a daugh- ter of the late John and Mary Mc- Kearnan, pioneers of Seaforth, of which family she is the last member. She was born on the Huron road, about two miles from Seaforth where she resided until her marriage to Pe- ter Cowan of Egmondville, Mr, and Mrs, Cowan left Seaforth in 1886 for Warsaw, N.Y„ and lived there for, fourteen years, later removing to Chi- 4ago, For the past three years Mr. and Mrs, Cowan have resided in Cal- ifornia. Mrs, Cowan had five daugh- ters and one son, Mary J., Marjorie, Agnes (widow of the late Daniel De- vereaux formerly of Seaforth) and °the late John G,, Adeline, and Maud (Mrs Philip Clancy). Mr. Cowan, the sur- viving husband is a brother of James Cowan :and, uncle of Mrs. John Mc- Nay and Mrs, J. R. Archibald of Sea - forth, A CORRECTION RE SEED • CLEANING TRAIN. Will Visit Seaforth, Monday, Feb. • *vary 27th. In last week's paper it was an- nounced that the maximum quantity of grain was 30 bushels per "person" when in reality it should have been per "station" --,that is from.9:00•to 1.00 p.In. it will be impossible for the staff to handle more than 30 bushels through the different machines on the train and at thesame time demon- strate the uses of the sieves, cleaners,. etc. Farmers are invited to bring a few bushels of wheat, oats, barley,‘ clover seed, etc„ for demonstration purposes and to avoid duplication they will kindly inform G. R. Paterson, Agric. Rep., Clinton, or A. D.`'Suth- erland, Secy. Agric, Society, Seaforth, so that samples of all grains and seeds will be on hand. A special request is made for a sample of red clover seed for demonstration purposes,' At 2.30 p.m. the lectures will commence, co- vering plant diseases and insect pests, destruction of weeds, etc, Most far- mers will b e interested t ntereste ' o a machine a e that wtIi rem oveild w oats from oats barley from wheat, oats from barley,. rib grass from clover seed, wild car- rot from sweet clover, etc. Samples of all kinds of weed seeds will be on exhibition and the experts on the train invite the farmers to ask for in- formation, state theirdifficulties, etc. The train is operated by the Federal Seed Dept., the Ontario Dept. Agri- culture, the C.N.R., C.P.R. and M.C.R forthe benefit of the farmers particu- larly and the public generally SEAFORTH SNAKE LIKE "JOHN BROWN'S BODY "His Soul Goes Marching On." Monday's Toronto Star had as follows: When The Seaforth- News told of a local man killing a snake that was crawling on the January snow we asked, Why he killed it—saying sa inBthat France is importing P ing live garter snakes from America in the interests of her agriculture. The impulse to kill a snake on sight was, we admitted, al- most irresistible. The Seaforth News explains why the snake was killed: "He'd be a brave man who would bring home a snake story in mid- winter without bringing along . the snake to back him up. When The Toronto Star runs a fish contest in. the summer, the big fish that are SEEN do not count—the winning fish must not only be CAUGHT, but must be shipped on ice to the editor's sanctum.." It: is true, perhaps, that the man either had to take the snake with him or forget that he had seen it' Ile pro- bably his friends knew Wends and acquain- tances well enough for that. No doubt, too, the unhappy snake would have been frozen to death by now even if he had not killed it, But the case offered us a chance to remind the public that garter snakes are harmless and valuable to man and it is stupid to destroy them. It is true, too, that seeing a big bass or trout will winno prize from this journal. But we do not demand'that. the big fish shall be shi'p`ped to this office. Sometimes that is done, but all we require is the sending in;of sa- tisfactory evidence as to the catching of the fish, its species, weight, length and birth But we fit d that, on the whole, people who see'fish are more to be depended on than those who see snakes. The ' Marion ICeith C.G,I.T. held their regular meeting in the Sunday School room of Northside United Church on the evening of Wednesday, January the 25th. The meeting open- ed with the singing of the. C.G.I.T. hymn, followed by prayer. After singing a few songs the: Scripture lesson was taken by Misses Margaret Rolph and Helen MCKereher. The roll was called and answered, and the minutes of- the iast meeting were read' and adopted. The business of the ,meeting was then discussed, after which Miss Helen Lane. took the chair. Miss Elsie Pullen gave a very interesting address on "Friendship„" after which Miss Margaret .Crich sang a solo very sweetly. The remainder of the evening Was spent in playing games, after which ali adjotirned. 111111 1 Iumu *Unless someone :tellsher about her eyes-' " shell need an extension on her arm. The woman is far-sighted, but doesn't know it. How ridiculous .she makes herself look, in her at- tempt to read the menu! Too many women, andmen too, go through this same futile perfor- mance. Be sure that your own sight is normal! »',Ilsu*NA Tillyn ,Gnus ars the bol i,wrua to .4144 ovinias. Have your eyes examined! Fred. S. Savauge Jeweler and Optometrist M. Ross Savauge, R.Q. Eyesight Specialist EGMONDVILLE. The regular meeting of the Young People's Society of Christian En- deavor was held on Monday night. Miss Jean Sinith presided,'TheScrip- ture 5 crf - tore lesson was read by Dorothy Broadfoot and Rev. Mr. McDonald led in prayer. Miss Dorothy Robin- son favored the meeting with a solo, Misses Gertie and: Jean Webster a duet, Miss Evelyn Way a number on the accordian, Edwin Chesney and Bob Tyndall a duet. Mrs. W. F. Mc- Millan Millan gave a very interesting and in- forming nforming talk on the subject, "Sun day Observance "..During intermission groups were formed for a co'n'test, en-' titled "The Contents of a Serving Basket," after which a number of games were played. Miss Ruby Young resigned as 3rd vice president and Miss Jeanette Finnigan was elect- ed in her place. Thisweek is being observed as the 47th anniversary of the founding of the Christian En- deavor organization, which has spread to 100 countries and has an active membership of 4,000,000 members. Next Sunday morning Rev. Mr. Mc- Donald will give an address on the subject,ect "Crusade With Christ,"a newly inaugurated youth movement. All the young people are urged to at- tend this service, also the meeting on Monday night, when a special pro- gram will be presented under the di- rection of Mr. James Wilkinson. ST. COLUMBAN. Mrs. Rosey' Murphy, who was vis- iting at the home • of Mr. and Mrs. Owen Hart, has returned to St, Marys, Miss Annie Downie, of Seaforth hospital staff, was a caller at the home of her parents, Mr, and, Mrs. M. Downey, one day this week. Mr. James McQuaid, who has been visiting his parents, Mr. and• Mrs. Frank McQuaid, has returned to De- troit this week. Mr.7 s.`Dalton and Miss Anne Dal- ton, who were visiting their brother, Mr. and Mrs. John J. Dalton, have gone to Detroit. Mr, Jerry Stapleton, who took a bad turn on Sunday, is much nn- P roved. Miss Monica O'Sullivan, of Toron- to, is visiting her parents, Mr:' and Mrs. James O'Sullivan. There is excellent' sleighing now, on all roads, Provincial Highway in- cluded. WINTHROP.. Mr, Archie Campbell of Toronto, is' s e din a fewholidays at An %his home here. The weather has been very snappy this last few days. The thermometer registered twenty-two below, Monday"' morning, in the village. Mr. and Mrs: Percy Little enter- tained Mr, and Mrs. Fergus Bullard, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Dalmage; Mr. Hugh Ross, Mr, Jno. Bullard, il'Ir. and Mrs. W. C, :Bennett, Mr. and Mrs, Nelson Govenlock last 'Thursday evening. Miss Lydia 'Reid spent the week - cad at her home, ' T.UCKERSMITH. Mrs, Andrew Houston entertains No. 3 Ladies' Aid of Egmondville United Church on Thursday of this week. Turner's United 'Church held their annual congregational sleeting on Tuesday evening of last week, Very favorable reports were received from the departments of the church. A short programme was given,after which lunch was served and a very pleasant evening was spent. NOM DANCE G. W. V.A. OLUB ROOMS SEA3+tORTH Friday, February 3rd, Midnight Reveilers Seaforth's Premier Orchestra .Under -.auspices of Short Comae Classes in Agriculture and Horne Ec- onomics (Sodbusters and Homemak- ers). Lunch will be served. COMMEN,OING 9 P.M. Admission: $1,00 per couple, extra lady 50c, Tax included, CARNIVAL Palace Rink, Seaforth Thurs. Feb® 9th Judging begins at 8 o'clock Prizes. for Ladies' and Gents' Character Costumes Girls and Gents' comic costume National Costume Boys' Races -18 yearn and un- der, 12 years and :under. Mr. Melvin Crich, the well known Shorthorn breeder, has sold to J. L Oakes, of Rockwood, Ont,, his 16 - month -old bull, "Knight of Bologna, sired b "' Y Th Knight" he by "Millliill Comet," for a good sum. Mr. Oakes had visited a number of .,tock breeders but found nothing good enough for him until he laid eyes on Mr, Crich's bull, Mr. Crich still has a number of younger stock of equally as good breeding, McKILLOP. The following is the report of S. S. No. 4, McKillop, Ifop, for the month of January, Those marked with an'as- terisk were absent for some examina- tions. Sr. IV. -Helen Beattie 82 per cent. Jr. IV., Barbara Eberhart, 74, Freda Webster 73, David Shannon 53. Sr, IIL, Alec Derr 81, Ruth Gordon 79, Lloyd Yantzie 73, *Linees Krog - man 65, *Jack Johnson 63, *Angela Johnson 60, Archie Smith 52, Lulu' Webster 48. Jr, III,, Olive Eberhart' 82, Sr. II„ *Scott Kerr 75, *Gus. Johnson 55, Pruner, Ross Gordon 90, George McClure 75, Beth Shen/ion and Sylvester Johnson 70. Number on roll 19: average attendance 15.4. G. R. Way, Teacher. ELIMVILLE: Mr. John Kellatt is confined to his bed' with a very heavy told. Mr, Walter Johns is home from Western University for a week or so, Mr. Garnet Johns has secured a' position in Detroit, He has been fin- ishing a course in electricity in Chi- cago during the past few weeks. We congratulate him on his strccess.