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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1928-04-05, Page 1Song from '"Pippo 'Passes:' The year's tlt the sprit'ig, .And day's at the morn; Mot'tt'ing's at Seven; The hill -side's dew -pearled; The Seaforth WHOLE SERIES, VOL. '50, No, 14. SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, TRURSDAY, APRIL S, 1928. DINNERS and SUPPERS Regularly HOT LUNCHES at • all hours OUR HONE MADE SPECIAL IES Prices Reasonable Confectionery nt 0 3G0 Pieces J.PANESE. HAND PAINTED CHINA.—+Well Pockets, Vase, 'Cream and Sugar .Sets, Ash Trays, Trinket Traps, Pin Trays, Sa'it and (Pepper Shakers, Caudle 'Sticks, Bon .Bon Dishes, Etc. -Too much to store until Christmas. Out the go until APRIL 15, at C PIDCES F.OR Buy YOUR EASTER NOVELTIES (Birthday Favors and Christmas pre- sents re sents now and save BADE PRICE ileLaren's Gelatine, regular 25e for 19c. (makes 4 imperial pints of,jelly) TEA,S.=-Get the habit as so many are doing, of using our BULK TEAS. We can give you farbetter values in bulk tea than in Standard Pack age Teas for the simple reason that so much is spent in advertising pack- age teas (in some cases as much as 40 per •cent.) LACE HERRINGS. -1n brine are perhaps best to buy now when wea- ther is getting warmer. Per doz.. 35c INTERNATIONAL STOCK FOOD. IWe are sole agent for Seaforth and now is the -time•when stock needs toning up and hens need. Poultry Panacea or Louse 'Killen! F. D. HUTCHISON Phone Pbor Phood.166 Attentioo Farrners A Car of. Frost Wire Fence expected in afew days. Special prices off the car, Humphries and Co_ WALTON PHONE 232 r 2 E. QUALITY-SERVICE PliO Pl E .L. BOX �� LIONS MEAT. An overflowmeeting' last Monday. evening greeted Lion .I3, I•I. Ross in the chair at the regular semi-monthly meeting held in Commercial hotel dining room, (Guests were present frem Slensall, Dulblin, MitchelL and Goderich. After luncheon a report was received from Chairman Lion Harry Stewart of the civic commit- tee, after which Dr, Smith of Mitchell delighted the -audience with an illus- trated travelogue, "Paris and Ver- sailles." The local orchestra, the Midnight Revellers, added to the pleasttre. of the'evening with several well rendered numbers. RE HOSPITAL'. Editor The Sea'forth'News. , Sir: 1 was interested in reading re- eently- in your paper our worthy Mayor's article on the hospital ques- tion, His clear statement of the deal- ings down to the present time .be- tween the two hospital boards was appreciated. Mr,' Golding has been our Mayor since 1921. IA man who has had the for confidence of•'the people eight eo le of h years, who has never broken'faith w with his trust and who has remained steadfast to high ideals and sound business principles in this long period, has a record' of which he himself may be proud. and in which the towns - ,people may rejoice. 'Because he has been at 'the head of per 'municipal council since -before the hospital mat- ter arose, the•unders'tand•s tlse situation front beginning to end' 'and knows 'whereof he "ape'aks To most citizens the "right, or wrong" of the whole thing is; as im- portant as. the negotiations be- tween the two hospital 'boards. It is often asked,' "I11 Mr. rMeLennan had a hospital in 'Seaforth while Mr. William' S'cobt was living, why did the said William Scan not' leave the $40,000 to Mr. MdLennen?' Then follows the question "Or, did Mr. Mc'Lennan start his hospital after' SME Scott had passed away?" I understand these early events oc- carred thus: • 1 2,1 Mr,William t (a)In 9 Scot made provision •in his, Last' Will and Testa- ment to bequeath $40,000 to the Town of .Seaforth for establishing and equip- ping an hospital. (b). 'In the spring of '1922 Mr.' Mc- Lennan decided to establish in his home what is called the Seaforth Memorial Hospital. . (e). In December,' 1922, Mr. Wil- liam .Scott passed away. There 'appears, therefore, to have been ample time .in Which Mr. Scot; would have made special provision for the .Seaforth 'Memorial Hospital had he so wished. Now, Sir, I contend_ that the Scott Memorial Hospital :Board has been exceeding 'magnanimous in making any offer whatever to 'the Seaforth Memorial IHospital Board. Suppose I, and a half dozen other citizens, .had also 'fe'it the humanitarian 'impulse and started hospitals in our hones as .Mr. McLennan did. II 'ask you, how much would .be left of Mr, 'Scott's ,munilfieent bequest if the Scott Me- morial Hospital Board had now to buy out seven or eight Memorial hos- pitals ? Thanking you for this space in your valuable paper, I am. Sir, , Yours etc., CITIZEN. Sale! Sale! Sale! Having decided to make a re -adjustment and change in our business we are placing our entire stock on sale. This is nota clean up of old stock but, a SALE of all Ladies, Children and Men's lilies and include all our New Spring Shoes, some of which; arrived only Tues- day of this week. ,. Our entire stock of Spring Shoes now on ode. t o vY'• BOOTS and SHOES SEAFORTH 44TH ANNIVERSARY, JOHN MIJIR RETIRES log pipes along the right-of-way to ! AFTER I ONG SERVICE, 1)ubhn. There was always,a constd- Seaforth Salvation Army Corps eel -enable amount; of brine about the obrated its 44th anniversary Sunday,'— — track, that attracted stray stock which April 1. The Seaforth Corps camel on Saturday night, March 31st, Mr, t: ere sometimes killed and were a into being• in April 1884 and many I John Muir was retired on pension 'continual nuisance to train crews,.. were recruited within the next few from the position of section foreman in an article, "Giants of Huron," weeks, Sergi. -Major John blcLen-ion the Seaforth division of the C.M.R., which recently appeared in The News, Ilan, who joined the ranks early in terminating fifty-three years o£ con- mentiolt was matte of the accident in May Of that year, has remained a con- tinuous service with the railway.., Co which John Gillingham was killed by faithful and devoted member, Fath incident with his retirement he cele- rho exploding of a boiler. Mr,' Muir other surviving members who joined orated his 67th birthday on Tuesday, clearly .remembers the Sunday morn- incident that year are Mrs. ('Adjutant) April 3.' .: ung the disaster- occurred at this well. Ligtttowder of Ingersoll (formerlyy Asa boy of fourteen he began work Word had been sent to Dublin that Capt, Susie • Copp); Mrs, Ellen Smit11 i on June :1, 1875 with the section gang the men wanted to stop pinnping to now in her 93rd year, living with her at Richwood, Oxford ,county. • BY clean out the scale in the boiler but it son, Dir, Marshall Smith, Huron August, three years later, he had pro- ven his ability to such an 'exten•t that he was made foreman at Seaforth; the youngest foreman in Ontario, 'Five men, Jack Muir (foreman), Dennis Reardon Sr: and Dentis Bear - don Jr., Dave Pringle and ,Bill Fol - Street; Miss Thompson living on the. 3rd concession, Tucicersmith, and. Mrs, M, Habkirk, now in Winnipeg, Mr. i\tdLean, Mrs, Smith and Miss Thompson attended 'the services on Sunday, Mrs. McLennan is also a veteran member, The Army Hall has a1Ways stood on the corner of North ivlain and ,Side Streets, The first was erected in 18.57 and replaced by the present in 1914, Captain Gage, now retired in Toronto, was the first Captainn fen, Seaforth, th , and the opening services were con- ducted by Major Glover. The Anniversary service was as follows: opening song, `Stand up stand up, for Jesus;" prayer, Lieut. Ritchie; Bible reading, Mrs, Brigadier Burton;ton• chairman's r marlcsr Rey, Dr, r, Larkin;vocalquartette, Dr. Burrows, F. S .Savauge, C. A. Howey, E, W. Bateman; reading of letters; yocal duet, Mrs, W. P. Lane and Mrs. Bech- ley; remarks, Rev. T. H. Brown; lecture, "The Salvation Army, Past and Present,' 13rig. Burton; solo, Mr. Bateman; remarks, Rev...W .P. Lane. Letters were received congratulat- ing the Corps from Mrs. Maltby, for- merly Capt. Nellie Banks, who was in Seaforth for a few years and who opened the Corps in Clinton and is now in New York Oity; Capt. John Tevlin, here three years agoand at present in Forest, Commandant Wil- liam H. Cockerill, of Aurora, who was a Caetain itt Seaforth 30 years ago and his old friends regret that he is. in very 'poor health; Mrs. (Capt.) Myrtle Kingdon of Petrolia, here last summer; Adjutant George Crawford, of Carthage, N.Y., a former Seaforth boy who left here -1,8 years ago; and from ,Field Secretary, Col. Levi Tay- lor,. of 'Toronto. It is 33 years since t During here as an Ad'utan . he was the 44 years since the founding of the Army in S o tthirty-one eaf n h of the town's citizens have goe out from here as officers in the service of' the Salvation Army. Officers out of. Seaforth: 1, Colonel Andrew Crawford—(F. S., California). 2. Lt. -Col— Harper Crawford -- ( Men's (Men's- Social, Detroit). • 3..Mrs.'Brig. French, retired --(for- merly Jennie Crawford). 4. Rev, Mr. Trott — Methodist minister in TJ. S. A.). 5. Wiiliam`Whitesides, captain, de- ceased. (Brother to Constable A. 'W'hitesides, Goderich). 6. Tessie Glass (formerly of Win- throp)—died in field: 7. Captain Storey, died in field. 8. Capt. Annie Glass. 9. Capt, .Loftus Stark. (Brother- in-law of Mrs. - A. Stark, 'Seaforth, and •formerly a tailor here. Died re- cently in Toronto.). 110. Capt Mary Stark (now Mrs. Rese and sister to Capt. Loftus Stark) 11. Capt. Nellie Smith (now Mrs. Fluff, sister to Mr. W. R. Smith). 12. Capt. Kate McEwen (of Lead - bury. Deceased). 13. Capts. 'Walker. (Two sisters of late John Walker, Roxboro). 14. Charlotte Armstrong (Since married in Honolulu, Prince of Waled stayed at her father -m -law's home during a visit in; Bonoluht.) 15. Miss Thbmpson (now Young People's Sgt. Mjr. here). 16. Elma Bean (now Mrs. William Bray, east of Brussels), 37 Capt. Amy Beaumont (now Actg. Acton. In charge of (Winnipeg I) 18,- Brigadier George Smith, Win- nipeg. 19. Teanie Gray, Lieut. 20. Albert Deem, Lieut. (Now in Kingston. Brother to Mr. William Deem, Seaforth, and Mrs. 'William Bristow). 21, Capt. Susie Copp .(now Mrs. Adj. ,Lightowle"r. • Served in India. Now at Ingersoll. Sister to Mrs. Wil- liam Westcott), 122 Capt, Martha Kemp. (Now in Petrolia). 23. Capt. Eliza Kemp (now in Al- berta). 24. Capt. Rebecca Sperling (mar- ried Capt. Baker. Cousin to Mr. J. F. Welsh). 125, Capt. 'Charlie 'Hart (now in To- ronto). 26. Capt. Amelia Trott (now in Tillsonburg. Sister to Ivir William. Trott) 127 Capt. Bella Fell (Mrs. Ralph Stephenson, of Stanley township.)' 28. Capt. Oldfield (retired near Pahnerston. Sister of Mr. John Old- field, Tuckeramith). 29. Major John Habklrk . (now in Chicago). 30, Major Hector Habkirk (now in Wdntiipeg). 34, Mrs. Brigadier Hughes (form- erly Jennie Habkirk, now in Phila- delphia.) CELEBRATES 94th BIRTHDAY. Mrs. William Murray, who lives -With her daughter, Mrs. Harry Tyn- dall, Tuckersmith, celebrates her 94th 'birthday on Good Friday, April 6th. Congratulations f was decided to 'continue till Sunday noon, when extra men would arrive,. During the morning,' Mr, Gillingham was retuning, to the boiler -house from his hone, which 'was nearby, and was in the act of opening the throw - land, were the section men during, his door when the boiler blew up, ing the unfortunate man .quite a die• first year here (1873), At present tauce. Remnants of the boiler were hurtled into a field across the track. During Mr, Muir's 53 years of ser- vice there have been six roadmasters an this line the first two havingin their headquarters in Brantford and the others in Stratford. The , roadmaster inspects the work of the sectionmen, only three men are required, Mr, Mc- Elroy, Fred 'Heiser, and the tem- porary foreman, Mr. Itoughner, Mr, Boughner will.remain tilt a permanent at is appointed, whtchwill be within the next two or three weeks, As with most railway positions, seniority will be a 'deciding qualification. and when he comes up the line, is :During all these years, Mr, Muir taken on the hand car of one division. to the next. The roadmasters were Arthur Savage, a jovial` Irishman; r 4\ ilham MoGar,a brother of Mr. Sam McGar oftow; Adame Bruce; Geo. 'Cummings, Cornelius Carey and now. Charles. Muma. It is the section man's duty to pat- rol once each day his entire section, in, this case six miles, including two miles of side track. In the fifty-three years this inspection was performed every day with only one exception tvhen a very severe storm prevented completion of the tour. In winter the inspection is usually made on foot, and must he made . even when the track is blocked by snow. Regarding the change of the road itself Mr. Muir points out the dif- ference in ,the rails. Until 1882, 15 - foot rails were used in contrast to the rails now 28 'to 33 feet, The weight of the rails then was 25 pounds to the yard, now 56 pounds to the yard. There was very little ballast on the roadbed and the track practically ran through bush all the way. The meth- od of ballasting has greatly changed. Under the old system, one man held ha raised clown a crowbar t t a stretch of -track while another man put in the ballast. The 'former's task was such that he often went to sleep while the ballasting was being done. On one occasion, Mr. Muir recollects, a cer- tain Irishman working at this end of the Clinton division, having been so has not had a single disastrous acci- dent on his division, which extends from St.Coh moan to 2z miles est of town. .An amusing incident :oc- curred a few years after he came here. Mr, FI. Modeland of Egmondville, with the late Harry Head, who was a mar- ket gardener in Egmondville, and Mr. Head's two children, had gone on an excursion to Goderich, but miss- ed the return train. Not wishing to retrain' in 'Goderich over night with the children, they were at a loss to find a way home until they happened upon Mr. Muir, who was unloading ties from a freight : at Goderich. Though contrary to rules, he secured permission for them to ride on the freight on condition they would get off at Glazier's crossing, four miles west of Seaforth, and come in with Mr. Muir on the hand 'car which':'the section men, had left at that point. The hand car of those days was pro- pelled by a large wheel, which, had to be revolved by t'he men standing' on the platform of the car.' -Mr. Muir had cautioned his guests to be careful of the big handles on the wheel, ,but no sooner had the ear got nicely start- ed than Mr, •Modeland's coat was caught by one of the handles on "the revolving wheel and he was hurled bodily into the air Mr. Modeland ,can still vividly describe the sensation of his .first attempt at aviation, On' .August. 10, 1891, a 'heifer�be- longing to William, Doyle, caretaker sound asleep while holding down the of St, Coluunban Church at Irishtown I crowbar that be did not hear Mr. as it was then called was 'killed by a Muir's hand -car coming with the train ,.at Irishtown puh'l;ic crossing. Roadmaster. Pat got, a sudden While digging z, grave for the unfor-awakening. 'Now a modern "road tante heifer, Mr, William. Duggan, 1 jack" is used for lifting the track. now of' Seaforth, unearthed a gold watch for which .he received three. dollars from a 'Seaforth jeweller. This watch had probably been lost by .some member' of a lumbering, gangling, an express train direct from Buf- years 'before and Was covered with falo about 1 p.m„ a'freight-passenger earth. The sum realized for it was ( at '2 p.m. (which often crossed the far more than was'hoped•for, and was Buffalo express at ,Seaforth). The ex- press returned from Goderich in the evening at 7 p.m. The News joins with his many friends in extending, !felicitations to Mr. Muir' this, the occasion of re - on on t tieement after more than half a cen- tury of faithful service, and in ex- pressing the hope he may be spared to'enjoy his well earned rest for many years to come. The passenger service during the first few years Mr. Muir was here consisted of a combination freight and Passenger train at 9:30 in the morn - POSTAL INFORMATION. 'Good ` Friday being a holiday, the wickets at the post office will be open from 12 noon to 1 p.m. only, Mails,' of course, will be dispatched as usual. -.-C• P. Sills, P.M. expended in bringing joy to the crowd. The foundation was ail that was left of the old ._Harpurhey station when Mr. Muir came. The right of way still widens at that point, back of Mr, C. H. Holland's. Seaforth station was located along the sidewalk -on the west side of !Main street. When the new station was built on 'the present. site, the old building was_ taken away and that end of the sidewalk removed to make the driveway to the station. Station Agent Bethune had charge of the station during Isis first years in Seaforth. For quite a few years after Mr. Muir came, Lite old;woodaburning en- gines' were used on this line. Wood was $i25' a cord at the' best prices and knotty wood was not accepted. Trains took on wood at Stratford, Dublin and Goderich., At Dublin wood was piled M cords in a 'high rack and a man in charge had to keep account of the amount supplied each train. The train crews got plenty of 'exercise throwing the wood on the tender by hand. from the rack, there being no quick -loading device. Timetables were very elastic in those days, and as long as the train arrived within an hour of schedule, nobody grumbled, A special gang brought wood to the loading points on flat cars and when they 'could get enough fuel ahead, they took a holiday. Mr. Muir remem- bers the then common sight of a hundred loads•of wood lined up at the many saw mills in ISealorth, which were located near the . railway. The market for wood was_very brisk. 'Be- fore reached town fore �a man withal , he 'would be met by several buyers, who bid against each other for the load A man between Seaforth' and Dublin once had the contract to haul wood belonging to Mr. Lydd from a swamp bush 'to Dublin salt- works. Every time one load •went to Dublin, another 'load came to 'Sea - forth and was sold, The Dublin own; er suspected 'something Ayes wrong. Unknown to •the .men, he took the morning' train to {Seaforth and watch- ed from the window of the old hotel located on the corner now occupied by Mr. W. J. Duncan's factory. Soon he saw one of the loads and followed it over the tracks to Coleman's saw- mill, waited till they unloaded it and then, discharged the man, The sectionmen had much trouble with cattle running at large in the neighborhood of Mr. Kydd's salt well 1/ miles east of town,. on the farm now owned by Mr, P, +Dill. The well was located ,in the corner of the field near the track and the sideroad, where tracesof it cart still be seen. The brine was putnited through hollow - ENGAGEMENT. (William G and Mrs. Bell, of Monk - ton, announce the engagement of their only daughter Clarinda Irene, to Har- vey'Hulley, of McKillop, son of 'Mrs. Hulley and the late Aaron Hulley, tliie marriage to take place in the near future. CROMARTY. Mrs. Oswald Walker is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Earl Parker, of the Thames Road.' Mr. Jack. Scott, of Seaforth, is busy hanging paper in this vicinity this week. 'Rev. Mr. Elder is spending two weeks in Omaha, Nebraska. Rev. Mr.Bennie, of Mitchell, will conduct the service in the Presby- terian Church on Sunday, April 13th at. 2:30 p m, iBorn.—At their residence, Crom- arty, on Friday, March 23rd, 1928, to Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Laing, a son. Phone 84. The lark's on the wing; The snail's on the thorn; God's in His heaven-- A11's right with the world, aro ing. $1 A YEAR. Many of our people have watches which they cherish because they have 'been handed down from previous gen er at' ns. They are still qeite serviceable and have been a treasure and willalways remain a tressure. These watcheshowever, have been just the ideal watch in their day, But conditions 'change, We rise a car now instead of a horse to carry us along the highway. This is the day of new things and new ideas and so wis illustrate above a new idea in watches. It is the new 12 -size octagonal case, beauti- fully engraved and finished in white or green gold and fit- ted with any watch you desire at prises ranging in from $10:00 to $75.00 FRED S. SAVAUGE Jeweler and' Optometrist Opposite Post Office Seaforth Pontiac Motor Phone 194, Car Dealer. Res. 10 P.Adta"ese-a• rg Easter Dance G. W. V. A. CLUB ROOMS Monday, April 9i Dance conducted by The Lion's Club of Seaforth Dancing at 8.30 p:'m; Music by MIDNIGHT REVELLERS Lunch served' Come and Bring your friends Admission $1,00 a couple cantineinnillimeeneneeedianerelsielean ritenivessialenaeranenleeeretetniseee The Annual Easter Entertaioment Northside United Church Sunday School will be held in r Northside United Church, p Seaforth Good FridayEYening, APRIL fith dt 8 p.m. A splendid program has been prepared andy ou are assured a real treat at this entertainment ADMISSION Adults 25e children Ise Northside United Church SUNDAY, APRIL 8th Special Easter Services HOWEY, A. HO NE , REV. W. P. LANE, Pastor Organist and Director 11 A. M. PUBLIC WORSHIP Anthem •- Xing of Kings Solo-- I Know That My Redeemer Lives Mr, Chamberlain Male Quartette •- Nailed to the Cross Messrs. Close, Bata» tgn, Barrows and &wt'au• e 2,30 p. m. Sunday School and Bible Classes 1 p. m, : Public Worship Simper Wildermere Anthem -- "O Death Where r,BIsaleThyr�ran Sting" Faure ` --"The Palms Quartette --"There Is AGreen Hill,' ('arks Mrs, Bechlty, Mrs, Lane, Messrs..9aiemas end ,Burrows Anthem "Christ Is Risen" Emerson Male Quartette "The Hand That Was Wounded For M&' Messer. Close, Bateman, Burrawsand ,awauge Turner