HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1929-02-07, Page 4Foresters Hall, Milburn
Friday,
BLYTH OBOkIESTRA
ADMISSION $i
W'ALfTON..
Mr. Albert Constable, who spent
"dile pat fw week with his son in S.
:Marys, is back home again,
Master Arthur ' Balfour attended
-the dance at Londesboro on Friday
ar'gi'l•
Mrs, 'A.,. McGa'vin 'visited_in Kitch
,eg Friday of last week.
Miss Tena McCallum entertained
:donne of her friends on Friday even-
ing. Cards and dancing were on the
;program andeveryone spent a very
,pleasant time.
ale Young People of D'uff's United
'."Church intend to hold a Valentine
`Social on Friday evening, Feb. 15th.
"',Everyone come and have a pleasant,
and profitable evening and . thus en-
c enrage
n-cenrage the young folks in their work.
A number from this vicinity attend-
, -ed the annual county •meeting of the
Royal Black Knights of Huron coun-
ty at Clinton, on Friday, Feb, lst,
':There was a good attendance. Sir
• IKtsig'ht Bullock, County Master, in
;the chair, opened lodge in due form,
.. 'and after all business of the past year
was squared up and a good record
shown, Colmty Master Sir Knight
Bullock called on Past County Mas-
ter Sir Knight Dodd, orf Wingham, to
conduct the election of officers. The
results were as follows: County Mas-
ter, Sir Knight, Joseph Hamilton;
-dep. Master, Sir, Knight Falconer;
County Chaplain, Sir Knight P. C.
Pilgrim; County Registrar, $ir Kn.
H. M: Hanley; County Treasurer, Sir
Kn. R. ,B. Rathwell; County Lecturer,
1st, lir Kn, Miller; 2nd, Sir Kn. Mc-
Leod; County- Censors, 1st, Sir len.
Epps; 2nd, Sir Kn. R. Hoy; County
Standard •Bearers, 1st, Sir Kn, I. Rob-
-son; 2nd, Sir ,Kn, D. Boyd; County
Purs., lst, Sir Kn, Watson; 2nd, Sir.
Kn. Cornish, Aftet{wards all were du-,
tv installed. Past Co, Master Sir Kn.
Dodd gave an address and handed the
rest of the business over to County
Master elect Sir Knight Hamilton,
after which short addresses were giv-
•en by Past County Masters and oth-.
•ers. After chapter closed a splendid
'Lunch was served and the rest of the
•evening was spent in amusements..
Mrs, W. J. Morrison of Toronto re-
• turned home Wednesday after spend-
ing- a few days with relatives around
the village.
Don't forget the dance in the Work-
. mans heel, Friday, Feb. 8.
Mrs.. A. Hoy of MiGaw visited Mrs
W. Hoy Tuesday.
Mrs. F. Ruteldge spent the week
mid in Toronto.
'BLYTH.
School Section No. 1 Morris intend
-putting on their concert in lfemorial
!Hall, Blyth, on Friday evening. It is
• well worth seeing and a credit to
- those taking part.
Miss Aileen Carbert is visiting her
• sister, Mrs, James Phelan, this week,
14 Ir. Joe..Blake spent Sunday visiting
....friends in Blyth.
The people of this community were
grieved at the sudden death of Mr.
E. Bender, storekeeper of Blyth. He
will be greatly missed, as he was a
man of sterling qualities.
The neighbors and friends of Mr.
Ifrs- James Phelan held a surprise
e_earty at their home Monday night,
enjoyed themselves in cards and
glancing until .the wee sine' hours.
Mr. and Mrs, William Cunningham
'entertained a few of. their friends to
a social evening Friday.
:Biyt'h Y. P. S.—The meeting of the
Young 'People's Society was held in
• the'basement of Queen 'Street United
• Church on Monday evening, with a
gond .attendance, !Dr. Ross, the Pres-
ident, occupied the chair. The meet-
• ing opened 'with a hymn and four sen-
tence prayers by members, followed
by the Scripture 'Lesson. Psalm 46.
' The minutes of the previous meeting
• :were read and adopted. The busi-
ness of the meeting was then pro -
needed with. The topic of the even-
ing was Conversion. This was open-
- •ed. by Rev, Mr. Weir, who gave a
short address as introduction. Miss
Hazel Leslie read a paper on this sub-
ject, prepared from Dr. Stanley- Jones
ho,ek on that subject. Thie was high-
, ly appreciated. 'Las Clare McGow-
an gave the second paper ,;n the sub-
ject.- _,. tribute wag paid to the
. speakers by Mrs. Wilford, convener
pt• the .meeting, A monologue was
by Mist 'Barnby. Tile meeting
_)toed with prayers ley- members and
,c Rey. Mr. ee'ecir.
yrs. Thomas Woodcock, — Death
claimed 'an Saturday :as:. February
2n1. 'At re,. 'Theme, i:n'e. Woo lcock, De-
ceased wes a u "er -r from carer f .r
malty immths ane her death wae .taenot
unexpected. She had attained tee
alranceei age of 78 year ani vac a
etannch friend and most (.bilging
neighbor anri was an Anglican in re-
liginn, The late Mrs. Weedcnck•
v,'heee maiden name was efargaretta
Wright, came to Myth 16 year ago.
after the death of her husband, Thom-
as Woodcock, near \Vestfielrt. She
-leaves to mourn her loss three daugh-
ters Mrs. W. Dawson, of Winnipeg,:
Mr,, -\, Hardisty, of ,Galt; and Miss
Josephine at keine. Th funeral took
place en Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 5.
TUCKERSMITH.
service being held in Trinity Church,
• conducted- by :Rev. Arthur Shore, ac- Miss Margaret McKay-, *who has
sited Iv Rev. W. 'Hawkins of Forest. =;rent the month in Toronto, has re-
• She was laid to re.' in the Anglican etrned to her home here,
cemetery-, The pailbearerc were Ar- \T ;a:•. Vera anri- Clete Pepper of
thine Barr, James .Tierney. Robert ~tante}• -pent Satur'lav visiting at the
Buchanan, R tbe.rt Powell, Jame. ire of Mr James Hay,
Do4ds, Dee, te.dne. The. recent helve -nett 'ills have
The Late Ernest"Bender,...It was 'orale • tate roads seendid f,r sleighs.
with pre, fnun'l sasti n'on that we heard' Bride -to -Be Honored. ----On Friday
tl-tt F.rneet Render 'had passed away
' °at his horse on Dinstey street
Thorerlay, January 31st. The deceas-
ed had not been his n-nat self for a
shetr•t time. but .t was net :thought that
t anything"`seniles would develop het
• • he wee' called • to his reward after an
itbrtss iii test thane w'eek's duration,
The late 1dr. Bender ete Fe born in Hay
to"svnshjp 56 years .ago and carafe to
l3lytit twentyf ve years ago and was
married to Miss Alberta Carr nich{t
20 years ago. On eeming to Blyth
he entered in busioees and was ons
of the -leading merchants at the time
of his death, He was a Liberal at
politics and was a devoted member o£
Sueen street United Church, super-.
intendent =of the Sunday School, re-
cording steward of the church; he
was also representa'ti've for the Huron
Presbytery . on, the London, Confer-
ence Missionary and Maintenance
Fund: Besides Ins widow he leaves
to &mum his loss, one son, Edwin, at
home, one son having died in infancy.
One foster son, Harry Baker, in Tor-
onto; one sister, Mrs, Pttile .of Zurich,
one' brother, Ezra Bender, and one
half brother, Henry Phite, The fun'
ral took place ort Saturday, service
being heldin the Queen Street Unit-'
ed Church by Rev, Dr, (Barnby, as -
sifted by Rev, George Weir, Rev, Alp,
Auburn, Rey, A, C, Tiffin, Wheatley.
Solo, "The Old Rugged Cross, was
rendered by. Mr, Stanley • Sidthorpe,
Interment was made in the Union ce-
metery, The pallbearers, were John
Maines, David 'Moody, Robert Wight -
men, James Situs, Leslie Hilborn.
Those who visited Blyth on Saturday
and attended the funeral of, the late
E, Bender, were:. Mr, C. H. Reese,
Kitchener; Mr. and, Mrs.• Peter Gard-
iner of (Clinton; Rev. Eric and Mrs,
Anderso:1.'0f Monkton;. Rev: C. C.
Kaine, (Atwood; Rev. W. J. Maines,
Walton, W.M.S.he \\ of the Queen Street,
United Church has been postponed
until Tuesday, Feb, lith.
Rev. W. J. Maines, Walton preach-
ed in Queen 'Street United Church on
Sunday evening last .
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bell and Miss
Margaret were guests of 'Chas. and
'firs. Nicholson Saturday evening,
Mrs. Clarence 'Johnston and Iona
spent Tuesday with her cousin, Mrs,
Abner Nethery of ,Belgrave,
Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Phelan entertain-
ed about 60 of their. neighbors and
friends, on Monday evening, a. pleas -
.ant time being spent in_ euchre and
dancing.
Messrs, Joseph and Frank Mc-
Caughey visited Mr. and MIs„ Chas.
Nicholson Tuesday evening.
. Mr. and Mrs. 'Peter 'Healy' enter-
tained the Darkie'Orchestra.on'nurse
day evening.
Mr. Charlie Cunningham left on
'(onlay for Preston. •
,Miss Eileen 'Carbett of, Clinton is
spending a few days with her sister,
Mrs: ;Jas. Phelan.
The Orangemen of $lyth have ar-
ranged for en old -,time. dance to be
.field m community .hall on. the even-
ing of Fee. lath. Blyth . String Or-
chestre will provide ,the music,
DUBLIN.
Report of St. Patrick's 'School.—
Sr. I'V—aGrdrdon Dill, Ursula Kratts-
ikopf, Jaek"Molyneaux, Isabel Jordan.
Jr. IV,—Matilda :Dorrestyn, • Mar-
garet O"Connell, Reta Stapleton.
Sr. LId.—Kathleen Burns, Edwin
Stapleton, Rose Arnold, Agnes Ma-
loney. Mary Molyneaux, Edward
Cummings, Joseph Mulligan,. ,Mar-
garet Dorrestyn.
Jr. 1,IiL—(Genevieve Feeney, James
Dillon, Agnes Rowland,' Leonard
Nagle.
11. Kathleen Cummings, James
Delaney, Charles Krauskopf, Albert
Donnelly, Joseph Dorsey, Joseph
Donnelly, Frances Brennan; James
Curtin, Fergus Stapleton, • Dalton
Burns, Fergus Cummings, Joseph
Burns, Marcella Dillon.
I.= Joseph Evans, John Flanagan,
Andrew Maloney, Teresa Krauskopf,
John Maloney, Michael Feeney, Ca-
stilla Donnelly, Thomas Dorsey, Lo-
reen Looby.
Priam, B.—James Krauskopf, Lu-
cille McGrath, Mary Evans, Rose
Feeney, Joseph Benn, Kathleen
Stapleton, Marie Aruold, Kathleen
Brennan, Harry Cummings, John
Jordan, Angela Donnelly.
'Prim, A.—Mary Jordan, Margaret
Tyers. Louise Flanagan. Aileen Jor-
dan, Gerald Burns, Loretto Feeney,
Mary Dorsey, Earl Nagle; William
Maloney, Joseph Kipping.
Mr. John Brennan visited his dau-
ghter Annie, in Toronto over Sun-
day.
Mr, and Mrs. R. Kieinfeldt spent
Sunday et Mr, ,John McKellar's.
Miss Annie Hart is visiting at her
brother's, 1•U. Owen Hart,
Mr, Maurice Dalton is helping Mr.
J. L. Malone draw loge to Dublin:
Death of Mrs. James Feeney.—Os
Tuesday morning January 0
9th,
as
the sur was rising, death -claimed an-
other victim in the person of Mrs.
James Feeney. She was the wife of
the late James Feeney Sr., who died
about a year ago. Mrs. Feeney was
e woman of fine chardcter, of a gond
cheerful dispesitinn, always ready to
eselet in every good Work. She was
helored and respected by all who et' -
1 ,yed her acquaintance. She was a
,cr• teel member of the Roman Cathie
lie Church, and she received the last
les of the church. All her family
were called to her bedside. Mr;.
Feeney wathe last member of the
i nrns family. A Requiem Mass was
ing by Rev. Father F. Bricklin and
he chr.ir sang. "Jesus Thou Art Com -
1Z." and "Nearer My God to Thee."
elle leaves to mourn her Ines, three
1, yhters and five setts: Mrs. Thomas
Enright, Stratfnrrt: Mrs. Leo Evans,
e-ratford. and Mrs. Joseph Donnelly,
at whose home she has resided for the
past twrs .-ears; rive sons, Leo, James
and Mack, of Hibbert: John. of Start-
fnrd; Michael of Detroit. The pall-
bearers were the late Mrs. Feeney'.
five sons and het son-in-law, Joseph
Donnelly, t
n . Feb tat, a number :,f netge-
eere and f ierele re Mi_- Helen JTTay
ea=eeeel at her home and presented
with a Miscellaneous shower,
eree t, her marriage. After all the
(("111,' present? were displayed.
.e n ;smelt was server!. The rent-nf
the evening was s7ent. in cauls and
ancing' until the early hours in the
,ruing. When all retorted' home
' OLVERTON FLOUR MILLS CO
LIN1IT.JI1
S3AEORTR'r'ON`ATARIO
WE ARE PAYING. '.'For Grain
Wheat Standard )125 per bus
o0c per bus
10c per bus
$1.45 per 100 lbs.
80c per bus
Oats, Standard or over
Barley, Standard or over
Mixed Barley and Oats
Buckwheat, Standard and over
WE .ARE SELLING'
Silverking, Best A't,,anitoba Patent $4,00 per bag
Keystone, 'Best Pastry Flour $3.75per
Whole Wheat, (Stone:Ground)bag
�3,7o per bag
Bran in bags $3.00 per ton
Shorts " " $33,00 per ton
b "
Middlings, $38.00 per ton
Chopped Mill -run Screenings '� $30.00' � er. ton
P g P
Mixed Chop ° $30.00 per ton
PHONE 51
having enjoyed themselves and wish- 'Gordon Beurtnann, Beatrice Pryce *.
ing Helena long, happy life in her
Anona Dale., Teacher,
new hoarse, A very enjoyable evening was spent
Mrs, Robert Coleman is. recovering at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
after her recent serious illness. Medd last Friday night by the Mid -
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Tebbutt 'spent night Revellers. "After the executive'
Tuesday visiting at Clinton.. , committee of the club had served
Miss Elsie Landsborough returned lunch, an extra good programme was
home Monday after spending the put on by the programme ;commit
week with friends in. London. tee, which consisted of due't's by Rob-
Ladies Aid No, 1 Egmondville: met ert and Edith McMillan, songs by
at the home of. Mrs. A Kirk,. Lorne Webb, duets by Doreen and
The many friend's of Mr. A. Hugill Viola Olark, a reading, The Cotter's
were shocked to hear of his death Saturday Night, by, Mr, Thomas •iylc
'which occurred at Exeter where he Milian, M.P. This poem is considered
had gone for treatment,' Our- sym in the view of many as Robert -Burins'
pathy goes out' to Mrs, Magill' and masterpiece, and ,Mr. McMillan leer
Family in their bereavement. tautly showed us itsrandeur, -
g an
Edgar Allan hacl the misfortune to, ideal of the' Scottish poet who lives
lose a valuable horse last week, immortal in the mind of 'S'cotchmen`
The farmers in this vicinity are the'world over. After the programme
talking of having a rabbit hunt before .a hearty vote of thanks was given to
long as they are very plentiful this the host and hostess, and a re"solution
winter and' are hard on. the fall- was prosposed by, Mr. William Mason
wheat' fields. that a Collection be taken up in aid
• Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Carnpcham of of the 'Welsh miners which was Mich:,• spent a few days, at spoitded to liberally. '
Itis grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Thos,• We er8''sorry to hear that Mr,John
Coleman's, Little has been confined to his bed
Mrs. George J'ohnstoti and son Gore the last few days,' -
don spent the week -end ,at the home. Mr•:s, McElroy is visiting her daugh-
of her parents, Mr' and Mrs. Thomas ter, Mrs. Atfred Brown.
Coleman. The'' Moonlight Reveliere. met at the
S.S. No: 6.-- The following is the home of Mr: •and Mrs, Settee Medd,
School Report of S. S. No. 6, •Tuck- last Friday evening.- Avery enjoyable
ers'mith, for the month. of January, -evening was spent,
based on examinations -and the mon-
ths work.
5r. IRr.-Eve1 n Nott tt SS Isabel A'Sudden.
oD� a
th--lWorkl of the Sud -
Ashton 84, den death 'of Arthur Pecle in Akron,
Ohio, on Sunday, February 3, was
'received by Mrs, Will Dawson, Gosh-
en Line, who is a •sister of Mr, Peck.
His unexpected death was the result
of heart trouble,. He was born on
the Baylfield Road, near Bayfield, and
lived in Barnfield till going to the
States, Late last summer he spent
a short time -,visiting relatives in this
vicinity, Mr. and Mrs. Dawson left
Tuesday for Akron and attended the
funeral on Wednesday morning. He
was in his 54th year was a son of the
late John and Mrs. Teck, After his
father's -death, the •family moved into
Bayfield, where he attended school.
For a short time was salesman with.
the T. Eaton Co. before accepting a
position in. Cleveland and later in
Akron, where he was head of a large
carpet and rug department and • had
charge of the buying' of Or,•fentalrugs
in New York for the firm. Thirty
years ago he was married in C'Ieve-
land. He leaves no children bit is
survived by his widow, one sister.
Mfrs. Will Dawson, and three broth-
ers, George, station agent at Park
River, N. Dakota, and 'Harry and
William, of Four Ways, Alta. A
-brother, Edmund. predeceased hien.
Messrs. J. A. Carnie and Samuel
Hehner visited at i141r, C. H'augh's of
Tuckersmith on S'aturd'ay. -
Miss Herbert spent the week end
with' Miss Lucas of S.S. N. 4, South_
'On Sabbath morning, at the home
of her niece. 'Mrs. McClary, of West-
mi'n-ster, near London, after a linger-
ing'•ilfiress, there passed into the be-
yond' in the person of Mrs. Allan
Douglas one, who for many years
was a resident of Stanley Township.
She, -with her husband, lived for many
y'ear's' on tate farm near Blake, and
during those years she filled a large
place in the churchandsocial life of
the community, endearing herself' to
all those with w=hom she came itt
contact. The funeral service was held.
at the home of her sister, Mrs. Wil-
liam Scott, of Brucefdeld. on Wednes-
day afternoon, after which interment
was trade in Tdayfield cemetery.
Jr. IV.—,Fietcher 'Whitmore 85.
Warren Whitmore 83, Raymond
Townsend 70.
1St- DItI,—,Sarah 'Whittnore 93, Pearl
Hugill 85, Harold Hugill 74.
Jr, (IiI: Verna 'Hugill 84, Myrtle
Ashton 81, Leola Nott 71, Hazel
Ashton 71 (equal), -
Sr. ISI.—'Florence Whitmore 89, Vel-
ma Ashton 87, Arnold Hugill 79.
I.—Iona 1Hugill 90, Wesley Hugill
67.
!Primer. — Mary !Hugill, Kenneth
Terryberry.
No. on roll, 19; average attendance
17.
' • • Edna M. Jamieson, Teacher,
Mrs. W. J. Stevens left Saturday to
spend a couple of months with her
daughter, Mrs, William Easley, at
Mount Forest.
s:S. No. 3, Tuckersmith. - The
following is the report of 'S.is. No. 3,
Tuckersmith, for the month of .Jan-
uary. The names are arranged in or-
der of merit. 'Those marked with an
asterisk were absent for the tests.
Sr. IV, -genet 'Watson, Elizabeth
Broadfoot, Billy 'Calwill, Bob Mc-
Cartney. Mildred Robins, Gordon.
Wright.
Jr. IV:—Jean 'Watson, Willie Pap-
ple, Robert Papple. Bruce Armstrong,
Nelson Forrest,
Jr. ]II.-4Bobby Dalrymple, Arthur
Wright and 'W. D. Wilson (even),
Earl Papple, Jalmes Mc'Cullie, Beat-
rice Armstrong.
LL Annie. Papple, Alice Wright,
Delbert Taylor.
L—Mac Wilson, Mayme Watson,
Annie B. 1•IcDougall, Flora :McDou-
gall*, Isabel Armstrong*, Donald
McDonald*,
'Pr.—Elsie Robins, Ivan Taylor,
Myrtle Papple, Grace Dalrymple,
Milton Taylor. Morley Wright, Mur-
iel Wright*, Ervin Sillery*.
L. BOYCE, Teacher,
McKILLOP,
Mr. and Mrs, Angus Afore enter-
tninel the Merry. 'fakers at their
Norte last Friday evening. The even-
ing e an. :pent in card playing and
dancing. Everyone went home feel-
ing that they had spent a very pleas-
ant evening. Mr. and Mrs, More
make an excellent host and hostess.
As Friday. Feb. 15th, is being ob-
served as ''The he World Day of Pray-
er," there will be a meeting of the
\V. M. S. and Ladies' Aid in Duff's
Church at '2 p.m. All ladies of the
congregation are invited to attend.
Mr. and Mrs. George Dorrance re-
turned on Saturday after an extended
visit with relatives in Toronto.
S.S. No. 6.—The following is the re -
pert of S. S. No 6, hIcKillop, for the
month of January. These 'narked
with an asterisk have been absent for
one or more examinations.
Sr, I\r—Mary Duffy 77; Harvie
Hillcn 76; Marion Little 57; Loin
Duffy*.
Jr, TV.w-Esther Duffy 75; Muriel
Finnegan 72, Evelyn Sperling 67,
I,r,•nten Gedkiin 62. 'Ivan ivlaceeabb
43.
Sr. 11I. --+Gordon Elliott 74, Orval•
Jleurniann 74, Reggie Pryce 60, Nor
ine Little 56. Isola Beurntann 56.
Jr. ITT. --Alma Finnegan 75, 'Evelyn
Hoegy 62, Vara Duffy 62, Maudie
Sparling 55.
9•', H. -- Helen Ellintt 82,. Criett,
Pryce 58: "1"''tl1%1111�1i1�i
Jr IL—Rita Duffy 86, Gerald O' -
tiara 70, Leslie Pryce*.
Pr, ---Mary Pryce, Everett Beur-
matin', Marie Hoegy,, Hazel Snarling,
HULLETT,
Death of William Peter Hawthorne.
On -:Thursday, Januacy 31st, one of
the oldest and best known residents of
Hullett Township passed to hie rest
in the person of Mr. William Peter
Hawthorne, aged 85 years and 8
months, Born in the parish of Gttith-
en, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland, he
came with his parents,Robert and
Mrs, Hawthorne, and the family set-
tled orf "Kenhanit Farm," on which
he died, lot 1, Concession 3, Hullett,
where he lived for over eighty years.
On Feb. 17th, 1870, he was united in
marriage to Miss Mary Ann VanEg-
mond, daughter of the late Edward
Vanl" gmoncl, who survives hint, to-
gether with two daughters and two
son. Mrs, ITumphrey Snell„ of Hui -
lett; Mrs. J. E. Henderson, of Sea -
forth; John Hawthorne, of Victoria,
13.C,; and Scott Hawthorne, at home,
lir. Hawthorne was a man of honor,
wlio believed in doing what .was right
by everybody and expected others to
do what was ritrht by hint, l'FTe was
a grand old man" was the tribute paid
him by one who had 'known him most
of his life. The funeral was held on
Saturday afternoon from his late resi-
dence to Maitland Bank Cemetery, his•
pastor, Rev. Irving 5. Kahle, of First
Presbyterian Church, Seafo-th offic-
iating. The pallbearers were De.
Howard Fowler, of Clinton; eVi!eete
Black, Tuckersmith; John Powell,.
Me illop; John MnNay, eleKillcp;
Hugh Campbell Brussels, Thomas
Livingston,
1illile11.
\lt, and bet's, Hugh 'Campbell of
Brussels are visiting at. Mr, George
Cotter's.
ei . Thome Walters entertained a
number of his neighbors t0 a dance
last 'Wednesday evening.
Messrs, George Carter and Hugh.`
'Campbell attended the funeral of the
late -Peter .Hawthorne on Saturday:
Miss Belle 1airservice. of Clitttpn
spett't Sunday at the home of her par-
ents here.
1'Ir, William Carter Is in the ,Soo
this week,
BORN.
ISA -HILL —Tn 'Seafortlt Hospital, on
Wednesday, February 6, 1929, to
Mr. and' Mrs. Reinhold Kahle, 01
Logan, a son,
HLLLSGREEN.
Mr.'I,ra'tta, Sr, who has been mak-
ing his home with his daughter, Mrs,
John Cochrane, passed away on Sun-
day after an illness -of some weeks. -
Mr, Walker Carlile of Windsor Is
spending a couple of weeks at '"-the
home of his parents, Mr, and Mrs, W,
Carlile,
Mr. Samuel Walker, who underwent
an operation in Clinton hospital on
Wednesday 1as't is as well as his
friend's may look for at the present,
but hope he. may soon be around,
The Young People's League took
piece on Monday evening at 8.15.
Mr. and Mrs, Roy Consitt- of Sea -
forth and son Jacte, and Mr, and Mrs.
Chas: Farquhar and family were visit-
ors at the home of Mr. Robin Mc-
Allister's recently,
Miss Eileen Turner of. London Nor-
mal spent the week end at her home.
EGMVIIO'NDVILLE.
The regular meeting of the Eg-
urondville Y. P. S. C. E, was held on
Monday evening, The meeting open-
ed with "01 .God our Help in 'Ages
Past," which was followed by prayer
by Mr. i'LCDonald. The Scripture las
son was read by J.. Habkirk. The
new book, ''¢Christ of the Round
Table," was introduced by Mr. Mc-
Donald, after which the topic • taken
front this book was given by Mae'
Wallace, A very pleasing duet was
then rendered by Misses H. Lane and
B. Cluff. After a few minutes of in-
termission, the meeting was closed by
"Tell Me the Old Odd Story," and the
Mizpah benediction.
Miss Gladys:' Way has been chosen
as leader of Egntondville C, G: I. T.
group. We wish her every success.• -
WINTHROP.
Miss Bagel Pickard'. has returned
to her home in Varna alter spending
a few days with Mr. and Mrs. Mel.
Clarke,
Don't forget the euchre 'and dance
in the Winthrop Hall, Friday evening.
Every'b'ody welcome. '
Mr. and Mrs. ,Nelson Goveniock, at-
tended the twenty-fifth .wedding an-
niversary of Mr. and Mrs. William
Sproat, Tuckersmith, Monday even-
ing.
NIr. and Mrs. Mel, Clarke spent
Sunday with friends in 'Varma.
Mr.= Robert Hogg spent Sunday
evening with friends in the village,
Mr. Wes, Agar wears a smile these
days. It's :a baby girl.
Mr, Elwood Epps, of Varna, spent
Saturday evening in the village.
HURON COUNTY COUNCIL
CContinued from last week.)
Education Committee.
The education: committee recom-
mended the appointment of the fol-
lowing trustees: R. S. Hays, Sea -
forth Collegiate Ircetitute; A. B. Chant
'Nesoseimmesemeimmomnsommine.
VII R�(IRT F TV
efoUnder the auspices of the Ladies"
Guild, of St. Johns' Church, Varna
Given by the Lakeside Entertainers
of Bayfield
IN THE TOWN HALL, VARNA
—on—
TUESDAY, FEB. 12th, 1929 '
• at 8,15 p.m. -
These entertainers are well and fa-
vourably known in this community
and should draw a large crowd. ,
Colne Onel • Colne A111
Adimssion: Adults 35c, Children 25c
Clinton CollegiateInstitute; A. 3, I1'-
Wnngh'ant High School; William
Mfay, Exeter High School; C: M. Ro-
bertson, Goderich Institute; that ar-
bitrators be appointed for U.S:S, No.
14, H'owicic, on •advice received frotn.
the ',county solicitor, the council to.
appoint the arbitrators; that no action
be taken on the circular of the Ontar-
io School Trustees' and Ratepayers'
Association as to the appointment of
tttus'tees outside the school districts,'
as it was considered that trustees in
the school district concerned were s'ttf-
ficient, '
The County 'Property 'Committee'
reported a$ follows: That we visited
the jail and found everything in goods
condition and ten prisoners at pres-
ent. We recommend that the two
hall floors in front of the cells on the
ground floor be re -floored, We ex-
amined the Court: House and we re-
cotutnend•that the necessary repairs
be made, the amain hall to be re -
floored and the windows overhauled,
We visited tyle registry office ,aid'
interviewed 'the tegtslea; end found
the 'Geyer 11111'01 ,I"nsppector's report
there, which%'e reach We find inethe
report a: demand fol' all wooden struc-
ture and 'fixtures 10 be remonesl, that.
filing cabinets -'and '¢pees be installed
and a new steel' 'car for conveying
books from office to vault. Plans and
specifications and blue . prints from
two companies with :an, :estimated
cost of $8,00Q ` were there and 'we
wotfld -recommend that the whole
council look into this nta'ttef end that
every member of -the council go over
and -view the matter before passing
an opinion.
,The -report` of the Inspector of
Legal Oflfices had the following sen-
ten'ce's "What is the use of building
espensive'fire proof vaults for int -
portant documents ,and records and
books and 'theft equipping the- 'same
with wooden -fxtures. I might •-also'
:point'out`that you require more filing
space -and that there bean addition to
the -office. Any ,prans; of ecoeirse,, for
addition, after being approved .1y
'the County Council, will have to be
approved by, an: order in council be -
Fore the work is proceeded with.
The whole council' visited the'Re'g-
istry'oefiee to look into the suggested
improvements, the estimated cost of
which was $8,000, On re -assembling
it was moved- by Mr. Higgins, and
seconded by Mr. 'Rader, that no ac-
tion be -taken at this meeting of the
council but that the matter be left
over to the June .session.—Carried.
In considering the report of the
Legislatipn Committee much dis'c'us-
sion took place on the matter of the
appointment of an officer to enforce
the Liquor Control Act. Finally this
was -adopted and Mr. Thomas Gun-
dry, High Constable, was appointed.
In considering the report of the
Good Roads Commission a good deal
of discussion took place on the sng-
gestion for the appointiuent of a
treasurer for the Good Roads' Com-
lntit, tssionon mi, otio'tit thisof was:Messrs, 'Nnot coteeieurreclal
nd
Fletitlrson.
The other committee reports, were
adopted as presented.
Dr, Milne: and 'Messrs. Baeker and
Neeb spoke at some length on what
they termed the eteesslve exchange
rates elearged by the banks, final y
Alt,,Neeb maxed, •se'eonded by Dr.
Milne, that the Warden, the Cleric
att'tl the Treasurer be a committee to
interview the hankers and report back
10 eotmctt.
A4essrs. Trewartha and ,Attains,.
moved that Dr. Milne and Messrs.
Neeb and Seeker he the committee
and this was adopted.
This committee later on ria'
e ort.r
't\�ovefavorabld by3 M,. 'Hill, secone
Mr.-,Bal'latttrepyne, that the Warder anIbyd
Clerk be aulhor•ized to sign and sub-
mit to the Minister of Public High-
ways of Ontario the petition of the
corporation of the County of Huron
showing that, during the year 1928,
there was expended .the sttgi of $183,-
646,94 upon the County !Highway 'Sys-
tem, and requesting the statutory
grants on that amount, as provided
by the H'igliways Improvement Act.
-Carried.
On Friday morning .Mr. Rader
brought up•- the 'matter of dragging
the roads -under the Highways Int-
provement •Act and the Warden sug-
gested that the attention of the eh-
gineer he 'called to the suggestion.
Messrs. Rader, Mole, Beattie, Snell
Hubbard,' Dodds, "'H, IA. Keys ant.'
Henderson discussed the matter,
IMr, Wilson, representing the Globe
Indeinitity Co: addressed the council
on the stater of 'in'suring the county
against accidents on the County
roads but It was decided to take no
action, on motion of Messrs. Higgins
anaft,
lird'R, Roberert McEwan of the Office
Specialty 'Co. addressed the Council'
as to installingof improvements in
the registry office 'but it was decided
to do nothing till :• the June session.
Moved by Messrs. Neeb and Hub-
bard that the matter of tJie transfer
of licenses be -allowed only in the
Cbduty of IFluron. 'Carried.
,Moved by 'Messrs., Hill and Dr.
Milne' that the County Treasurer be
instructed to traitsfet' from the gen-
eral account to the C'oun'ty Highway
.account the $32,000 government grant
deducted •'last year.—Oarried.
Moved by Messrs: Craigie and
Henderson that Mr. Thomas Gundry
be appointed ''County High Constable
at a salary of $200 and that a bylaw
be •Passed nantfirming. -. this appoint
ment,—C'arrie{t ,
„Moved by Messrs. ,Hill and Beati
e
that tile Warden, and Clerk get into
communication' with. the County
Council of Brace as till a meeting with
the •Huton council tin -June.-Carried,
The following committee -was nam-
ed to carry on all arrangements:
The Warden, the Clerk, the Treasurer
and Messrs. Craigie, Hill; Trewartha,,
AdamTurner, Beattie, Middleton an
s,
Moved by Messrs. Henderson. and
Stalker that the Corn Borer Inspec-
tor be paid by the hour instead 'of by
the day as at present, the salary to
be 75c an 'hour.—Carried.
After the passing of a number of
bylaws, the Warden addressed the
Council thanking them for". their
splendid .assistance in the 'work' of the
different sessions. All then rose and
sang God Save the King and Auld
Lang, Syne, and on motion of Messrs.
Neeb and Higgins the council ad-
journed to meet the first Tuesday in
June.
Will It Help Business
To Mark Time?
By 1934 Ontario and Quebec will need
a million telephones and the Bell :Tele-
phone Company wants new money
ney to
provide,them.
The company -does not want an
y
money from Parliament. It only wants
permission to try to sell new shares to
investors.
The investorswill supply pp 1
y the money if
they are allowed
to. If they are not
allowed to, the telephonesystem must
mark time.
in 48 years the telephone company has never suggested not
received a government grant; it only asks freedom
to take further part in Canada'sprogress,
THE BELL TELEPHONE
COMPANY OF CANADA
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