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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1930-12-18, Page 1The wondering shepherds told their" breathless tale, • Of the bright choir that }yoke the sleeping vale; Told how the: skies with sudden aglory t1'ained'; rte' •Iixza ".: • WHOLE SERIES, VOL. 52, No, $1. SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, DECEMBER. 18, 1930: Christmas Special ASSORTED CHOCOLATES ... . . 40c lb: CHRISTMAS MIXTURE..... ......, .... • • .l s c ib. Assorted Creams nod Chocolates .... .................:25c ib, 'Assorted Chocolates and Caramels 25c lb Special Christmas Mixture 15c lb Fancy.'Christmas Packages: 60c Ib: and up "Olympia Special" assorted Ib. box 25c each "See Our Window Displays" The Olympia Confectionery and Restaurant FLAKE WHITE SHORTENING Companion to Crisco, made by the. makers of Crisco acid used in every way the same as Crisco -made for the ' reason- ably cooking and priced so reaon- e ably it can be used profitably for cakes, for frying foods and enriching sauces. It is very white and odorless and does not assimilate odors and so can be used over and over again for frying. After being used for frying fish or onions can' be used for frying doughnuts without giving the odor of fish or onions to the doughnuts. Don't fail to take advantage of the low price Introductory Offer as every pound is fully -guaranteed to give satisfaction or Money Refunded, • In 1 Ib. Bricks, and 3, 5, and 20 lb. pails. Introductory offer, 17c;,,y2,3 or 5 lbs at .16c or 20 lb. pail for...$3.00 FEEDING MOLASSES -A few bar- rels to deliver at Dublin at 25c or at Seaforth at a small advance while -the supply lasts. CHRISTMAS CAKES • that. may also be steamed and'used as •Christ- mas puddings, for 29c -' $ODLE�r'S SCOTCH BREAD - Three of them for 25c The three weigh 34 ib. CLARK'S SOUPS. We recommend as splendid value at 3 cans 25c Including Tomato, Vegetable, Ce- lery, Consomme, Scotch Broth, Mock Turtle, Ox Tail, 'Chicken and Pea Soup. KETTLE RENDERED LARD. We have what we believe to be the best quality we have had in years. The market ishigher but our price is still per lb 18c MIXED NUTS, choice, at 20c and 25c lb. MIXED CANDIED FRUITS, spec- ial, per lb . .60c GREAT STAR FLOUR from all Western wheat $2.75 ELECTRIC LIGHT BULBS, guar- anteed ' 1,000 hours 25c or 5 for $1,00 EAGLE BRAND MILK. -Bottle fed babies do well on this pure, uni- form, easily digested milk. A leader since 1857, per can .,19c ST. CHARLES MILK is just pure rioh country milk in handy air- tight tins that keep perfectly, in any cool dry place until required. Per tin.,. ,..... .....14c BORDEN'S MALTED MILK, per tin • 53c BORDEN'S SILVER COW, con- densed milk, per tin...... , 19c F. -D. HUTCHISON Phone Phor Phood 166 LIONS CHRISTMAS 'TREE Santa Claus will be at the Lions Christmas Tree, Monday, Dec. 22nd at 3 p.m, Bring the children. FIBRE PROCESS TESTED HERE A quantity of special machinery has been shipped from the McQueen flax mill during the past week to North Chelmsford,Mass. where the Bast Fibres Compny of which com- pany Mr. A. McQueen of St. Marys, is president, and Iohn J. Raskob, Jr., son of the chairman of the Democrat National Committee, is one of the principal officers. Experiments have been carried on in the local mill for some months in comiection with a secret process for the manufacture of a new fabric. It is understood that a Canadian factory may -be established -for the manufacture of the fabric, in -which case quantities of flax may be' grown in Seaforth vicinity for the purpose. COUNTY JUDGING TEAM MAKES GOOD SHOWING Huron County was represented at the Guelph Winter Fair in both the Live Stock and Seed Judging ,Com- petitions. In the live stock judging competition, the Huron team stood seventh with twenty-five teams com- peting. The members of this team were Gordon Reynolds, Seaforth; Frank Reynolds, Seaforth, and -Merv- yn Cudmore, Hensall, Gordon Rey- nolds made an exceptionally fine showing, finishing second high .malt in the entire competition and just one mark below the highest score. He also was third high man in swine judging. The ether two members of the team turned in good scores and the team as a whole made. a higher standing than any previous 'Huron. County team at Guelph, In seed judging, Huron stood thir- teenth with twenty-two teams com- peting. This was one placing higher than last year when Huron finished in fourteenth place. This team was composed of John Fotheringham, of Brucefield; Mervyn Cudmore, Hens all, and Frank Reynolds, Seaforth. North Side United Church Sunday, Dec. 2Ist Special Christmas Music REV. W. P. LANE, Pastor 11 A.M. Christmas Message Rev. W. P. Lane Anthem - "O' Come All Ye Faithful" Soloist, Miss Turnbull. Quartette -"When esus Was Boris in Bethlehem (Herbert) Miss Thompson, M'Fs. Millson, Messrs, Close and Chamberlain C. A. HOWEY,`Organist 7 P.M. Christmas Message Rev., W. P. Lane • Christmas Cantata, "THE HOLY CHILD," will be given by. the Choir, This is one of Carrie B. Adams latest and best Cantatas., The Choir has spent considerable time ,preparing this and it is worthy of your patronage. JOHN HAY. On Saturday, Dec. 13th, the death occurred of John .Hay of the . Mill Road, for many years a much respect- ed and well known resident of the 9th concession of Tuckersmith where the family moved thirty-one years ago from North. Easthope, where he was born in VW, the son of the late John Ilay and Mrs. Ellen Hay, Two years ago he retired with Mrs. Hay Sr, and his sister to the Boyes' farm, ' Mill, road, Egmondville. Mr, Hay had .been in failing health since last May: He is survived by his mother, two brothers, Jaynes Hay, Tuckersmith, and Peter Hay, Niagara Falls, also two sisters, Mrs. Thomas Oliver, Hibbert, and Mrs. S. Cole- man, Mill road. The funeral took place on Tuesday Dec. 16th, to Maitlandbank cemetery, the service at the home being con- ducted by Rev. I. B. Keine, pastor of the First Presbyterian Curch, of which Mr. Hay had been a staunch member. During the service two beautiful solos, "For He knows Why and "There'll Be No Night There, were sung by Mrs. Wyatt, of Strtat- ord, a cousin of the deceased. The floral tributes were also very beauti- ful. Messrs. Harry Chesney, Angus Kennedy, Alexa Fraser, Robert Mc- Gonigle, Alex. MdGillawee and Thos, itaGonigle were pallbearers. Among those who attended the fu- neral were Mr. and Mrs. Peter Hay and son, John, and'' Mr. and Mrs. Lorne Pepperof Niagara Falls; Al- exander, Willl' end John Fraser, Ridggetown; Mr, and Mrs. Sniith,•Mrs. McFarlane, Mr. Wm. McGonigle, of Stratford; Mr. McGillawee and the Misses Jennie and Teente McGillawee, Mr. Thomas McGonigle, North East - hope, Mir. and Mrs. Duncan McCal- lum of Blyth, and Mr, Fraser Oliver of McMaster University, Hamilton. NEW 'YEAR'S 'EVE DANCE The second annual New Year's eve dance under the auspices of the Sea - forth Agricultural Society will be held in Cardno's opera -hall on Wed- nesday eve.. December 31st, Music will be furnished by the Ray Culli- gan S -piece orchestra of Stratford and the usual admission price of $1.00 a couple will be charged. At midnight the 'annual New Year's frolic will take place with fun galore. See next week's paper for full announcement. HAPPY FAMILY REUNION The home of Mr. and Mrs. J. 13. Graham, Bayfield road,was the scene of a happy family reunion. on Friday last, when a dinner was given in honor of Mrs. Graham's brother, Mr. John E. Johnston, of Toronto, who leaves shortly to take up a new position at Rouyn, Quebec. Of a family of nine, only two were absent. Ten guests in all sat down to dinner, including Mr. and Mrs. Chris John- ston, Bayfield road Mr. and Mrs. James Johnston and Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Johnston, Huron road; Mr, and Mrs. Fred Elliott,• Porter's Hill, and Mrs, MsIlroy, Seaforth - Goder- icli Signal. TAKING SARNIA POSITION Mr. Foster T. Fowler has accepted a position in Sarnia as Lambtoh dis- trict manager for the Ontario Equit- able Life Insurance Co., Waterloo. Mr. Fowler is a • former well-known principal of Seaforth: Public School and of McKillop. Since retiring from the PublicS chool Mr. Fowler has been carrying on his farm in Mc Ki11op. Mr. Fowler will take up his new duties on January 1st but Mrs. Fowler and family will remain here for several months longer. Mr. Fowl- er's many friends regret his removal. ANNUAL MEETING At the largery attended annual meeting of Northside United W.M.S. held last Thursday and presided over by the president, Mrs. W. P. Lane, splendid reports were read by the va- rious secretaries, giving an interest- ing review of the year's activities. Most gratifying was the treasurer's report, the amount raised almost ex- ceeding $75 over the allocation which. was $850,. The election of officers resulted as follows:1President, Mrs. W. P. Lane; first vice president, Mrs. E. H, Close; 2nd vice president, Mis's A Lawrence; recording secretary, \Airs. J. C. Laing; corresp,'onding sec- retary, Mrs. W. Black; treasurer, Mrs. F. J. Burrows; Strangers' sec- retary. mfrs. J. Consitt; -assistant, Mrs. J. Finlayson; Associate Help- ers' Committee, Mrs. Hutchison, Mrs. Porteous, Miss S. Govenlock; Christian Stewardship secretary, bars. Tyerman; finance committee, Mrs. Tyerman, Mrs. McGavin, Mrs. Crich, ,firs. Jos. Scott, Mrs. Hutchison, SL•s, Burrows; Mission Band Leaders, Mrs. E. H. Close, Miss Helen Lane; press secretary, Mrs, R. Scarlett; as- sistant, Mrs, J. McIntosh; supply committee, Mrs. Ilin'chley, Mrs. Ty- erman, Mrs. Spencer, Miss J. Fergu- son; Missionary Monthly secretaries, Miss J. Ferguson, Mrs. W. Webster; temperance secretary, Mrs. A. Archi- bald; Baby Band secretary, Miss A, Lawrence; literature secretary, Mrs. Crawford; pianist, Mrs, C. Barber; auditors, Miss A. Lawrence. Miss A. Ferguson. Mrs. Geo. "Black's group had charge of the programme which followed. Miss A. Wallace read the Scripture lesson. Miss J. Robb gave the devotional leaflet. Miss Ferguson gave a reading, from the study book. Further selections were contributed by Miss A. Govenlock and Miss A, Lawrence. A quartet composed of Mrs. Burrows, Mrs. Turnbull, Miss Anne Govenlock and Mrs, Tyerman gave a pleasing number. The meet- ing' closed with prayer by Mrs. Black. BROTHER KILLED. Misses Jane and Nellie Verbeem left on Monday evening to attend the funeral of their brother, Mr. Jae Verbeem at Thamesville who was found dead at one side of the hightivay there on Mondays • it was at first thought he had been struck"; by a car, although authorities have as yet been unable to determine the cause of death. The Verbeem family came from Holland three years ago, two of the daughters coming to Seaforth this Fall to take positions in' the homes of Mr. and Mrs R. E. McKenzie and Dr. and Mrs. J. A. Munn. Their brother who was killed, visited them in town just two weeks ago. He would have been twenty years of age in February and was the eldest of the family, They have no relatives in this country, ASSUMES LMPORTANT POST. Mr. "R: G. Parke left on Wednesday morning for Toronto where he be- comes manager of the Hay Bay'Mus- krat' Go. which has a large muskrat farm at sNapanee. Mr. Parke will have charge' of the head office of the company, which is 'located in Toron- to. Mr. Parke has been with the Ro- bert Bell Engine & Thresher ,Co. in Seaforth for the past, twenty-eight years and has been a valued' member of the town council for many terms, having served as Councillor, Reeve, and this year as Mayor, and .has also rendered valuable service in the fire brigade ., of •which he was Chief for several years; he will be missed also in many other local organizations. While ' the citizens _are sorry to lose Mr. Parke Frani their midst, best wishes are extended for every success in his new iuldertalcisg, Mrs. Parke, and George, and Dorothy, „will re- main in Seaforth for the present. EGMONDVILLE. The annual meeting of Egmond- ville United Church Choir was held on Friday. Dec. 12th and after the business was discussed the following officers were elected for 19.51: Hon. President, Mrs. J. 1a,rurm; President, Mrs. R. Kruse; Vice Pres., Mr. W. Smith; Sec.-Treas., Jean A. Smith; Press Sec., Alice Thompson; Flower Coln., Mrs. W. Govenlock, Jeanette Finnigan, Robert Tyndall; Member- ship Com„ Gladys Coleman, Helen Thompson, Mr. D. Gemmell, Mr. \V. +Govenlock. The Egmondville Young ' People held. their last meeting for 1930 on Tuesday, Dec. 16th, ' The Worship period opened by singing the hymn, "Tell nae the stories of Jesus." The topic for the eveninghach *as ably taken by the vice-president in charge. Miss Jeannette Finnigan, was on"The Reading of Canadian Citizens." This proved very interesting as well as in- structive. Several members took part in discussion. Special mention was made of the Bible, the Book of all books, 10,000,000 copies of which are pttt in circulation each year. It is a library in itself. Favourite Canadian poets and authors were also mention- ed. During the Business part of the meeting the chair was occupied by bir. Malcolm, The nominating coin: ntittce brought in their report and the following were elected for the year 1931: Hon Pres. - Billie Chesney; Pres. -Jean Smith; Rec. Sec.-Robt. Tyndall; Assist. Sec. -FI.' Finnigan; 1st Vice (Socio!) -Stanley Jackson; Cor. Sec. -E. Chesney; 2nd Vice (De- votional) -Alice Thompson; Press Sec. -L. Nott; 3rd Vice (Missions), Earle Webster; Treas., Russel Wal- lace; 4th Vice (Lit.), Isabel Forrest; Pianists, Jeanette Finnigan, Betty Malcolm. The president, Jean Smith, thanked the Y.P. for their co-opera- tion fit the work of the year that has past. The. members expressed ap- preciation of the work done by the executive for the year 1930. A lively relay race, in which the boys com- peted against the girls, was conduct- ed by Alice Thompson. Refresh- ments were then enjoyed by all and the meeting closed by singing the doxolgy and repeating the Mizpah benediction. • The regular meeting of the bV:M.S, was held in the basement of the church on. Friday. We opened by singing hymn 161, "Hark the Herald Angels Sing," Mrs. Robert McKetazie presided and read the Scripture. Mrs. Harvey Moore read the devotional leaflet, "Give Us This Day our Daily Bread." Ali this different' secretaries gave pleasing reports. Mrs. J. Wurm and Mrs. J. Stewart sang a duet, ";Holy Night." Mrs. Hugh Chesney Sr., read a story from the Messenger and for the mission study Mrs. Ro'bt. McKenzie: read a 'leaflet ori Japanese people, their lives and .problems. Mrs. James Brown took the first part, Mrs. Robt. McGonigle the 2nd, and Mrs. Jake Warm the 3rd. We then sang a hyinn and Mrs. Jas. Allen closed with prayer. Election of Officers. -.Hon. Presi- dent, Mrs. Donald McKenzie; Pest president, Mrs. Robt. McKenzie; president,. Mrs. Charles Malcolm; 1•st vice president, Mrs. W. F. McMillan; 2nd vice, Mrs. Andrew Kirk; 3rd vice, Mrs. James .Allen; 411a vice, Miss Mar- garet Charters; corr. sec., Mrs. James Stewart; rec. sec., Miss Mabel Cam- eron; treasurer, Mrs. Jas. Brown; fin. sec., Mrs. Robt. McGonigle; strang- ers' wo'rlc, Mrs. Hugh Chesney. Sr. and Miss Thom; supply sec., Mrs. Arthur Routledge; Miss. Monthly, Mrs. James Stewart; Associate Help- er's sec.,, Miss Grace .Gemmell; pian- ist, Mrs. Harvey Moore; press sec., Mrs. David McLean; temperance sec., Mrs. Pearson Chesney; musipg sec„ Mrs. Jake Wurm; .Mission Bank sept, Miss Evalena Nott, Told how the shining multitude pro - .claimed "Jay joy to earth! Behold the hallow- ed morn I In David's city Christ the Ld horn I Horolmes. Phone 84 Just one week left and all the Christmas Shopping must be done in this s'hort space of :time. And we feel sure that the easiest and best solution of your Gift Problem is to visit this store with its: great variety of good gifts nicely displayed, "beautifully boxed, and specially low- priced this year: The values are remarkably good this year as the prices have been reduced to pre-war levels in most erticles. We cannot show all, but we offer as suggestions the following from our large stock: Compacts from $7.00 down to 75c amo Gentlemen's Rings Signet, Stone Set or Inlaid initial $4.00 to $12.00 MCI Lad'es' Wrist Watches Gold Bracelets $8.00 to $38.00 Absolutely guaranteed. Silver Service 3 pieces Extra Good Quality $15.00 to $25.00 \lantelC11 Clock; Guaranteed Quality Several Styles $10.00 up 26 piece Silver Service Guaranteed Quality $7.50 to $37.75 Waterman Fountain Pens, $2.75 up Waterman Fountain Pen Sets $3.75 to $15.00 Ladies' Diamond Rings Latest Designs $20.00 to $100.00 Gen s' Wrist Watches with Gold Bracelets $3:50 to $35.00 Absolutely guaranteed • Lonely Flower Baskets $6.00 to $15.00 Gents Pocket Watches $3.00 to $35.00 Waltham Presentation Watches $25.00 up � •tea IuSE. 7 qot Pearl Tone Ivoris Sets especially priced. Your choice of colors. A31 specially. priced as for example: 24.00 sets for $18.00 12.00 sets for 9.00 Diamond Bar Pins $18.00 Other Bar Pins $L00 up And in addition t0 the above we offer all that is regularly carried for sale in a first- class Jewelry Store and at specially low prices and a positive guarantee of satisfaction with each purchase, Our Special $25.00 Dinner Set is a Beautiful Set. Our Limoges Dinner Set' at $40..00 is the best value we have ever seen. Pay us a visit this Christmas Shopping Season, You will be • surprised at the values, the large variety, andthe wonderfully fine selection at the modest prices. Finally we urge SHOP EARLY. FRED. S SAVAUQE JEWELER AND OPTOMETRIST SEAFORTH'S GIFT SHOP Beautiful Christmas Cards WE WISH YOU THE MERRIEST CHRISTMAS YOU EVER HAD Phones 194, Res. 10 Open Evenings.