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'1 hat purest heaven, be to other souls
The cup of strength in some great
• agony, Enkindle generous ardour,'
feed .pure love,
Begetthe ,sneiles that have no cruelty,
WHOLE SERIES, .VOL. 53, No. 10.
forth News
DINNERS and SUPPERS
Regularly
HOT, LUNCHES
at all hours
OUR HOME lIIADE SPECIALTIES
Prices Reasonable
SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 1931.
1;e the sweet presence of a good
diffused,
And in diffusion ,ever more intense,
So shall I join the choir invisible
Whose music is the gladness of the
world, —Eliot.
lympia
Confectionery and Restaurant
v®o.
Oranges
This season the quality is unusually
HIIIGIH; prices unusually LOW.
SUNKIST S'EEDL'ESS NAVEL
ORANGES, 3 doz. 500
Larger %Oranges at 25c to 60c per
doz. Same sizes last year were
double the price.
LEMONS, largest size ......30c doz.
GREEN GIANT PEAS, large tender
juicy, per can 25c
'Every year so far the demand for
this brand of 'peas has been
greaterthan the 'supply.
OTHER PEAS at 20c, 15c, 130,
10c and 5c per can.
TOMATOES, large ans at 10c to
13c per 'can.
TOMATOES, small can 5c
DOMESTIC ON'rONS, 'first quality,
2.25 per 90 lb. bag. These will
keep till green onions are ready.
Why not stock, up at this low
price ?,
FINE HALLOWI DATES 3 lbs, 25c
ELECTRIC LIGHT BULBS, 25, 40,
60 watt, guaranteed 1000 hours
for 25c
FINEST RED SALMON TROUT
15c lb. or 121/ac ib. for whole fish
LIQUID VENEER, regular 25e
for 150
GEM LYE, 100%' pure and 2 •oz.
heavier than !Gillett's at 2 for 25c
CLASSIC CLEANSER, one of the
best, 3 for ... ......25c
QUICK NAPHTHA WHITE SOAP
FLAKES—JRegular 20c for ..15c
SUPER SUDS, regular 2 for 25c, at
.....3 for 25c
Butter, Eggs, Dried Apples, Feathers,
etc. taken in exchange for groc-
eries.
F. D. HUTCHISON
Phone Phor Phoorl
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E. L. BOX
HOME AND S'CHO'OL
The Ilome and School Association
met in the Carnegie Library room on
Monday evening. There was a splen-
did attendance. Mrs. Lane took the
meeting, owing to the indisposition of
the president,' Mrs. R. E. Bright. 0
Canada was sung, followed by a vio-
lin duet by Eugene Duncan and Fran-
,'st.cis Devereaux.. The secretary then
read her report, Mr. and Mrs. James
Stewart delighted every one present
with a duet. ,A debate followed, "Re-
solved that :mending picture theatres
• are a detriment to the best interests
of the community, Affirmative Miss
Winnie Savauge and Harry Sheffer;
negative, Alice Devereaux and Ian
Mactavish; judges, Mrs, Kirkwood,
Rev: J. F. Myers, Mr. Crawford, de-
cided in favor of the affirmative. Miss
Winnie Kruse played a delightful pi-
ano selection, The meeting closed by
singing God Save the King. Please
keep in mlind the home cooking sale
on Saturday, March 4th, in the tog-
gery shop commencing at 2 p.m: Do
nktions from any one interestedin the
work of this association will be very
welcome and much appreciated.
CHURCH CARD.
North Side United Church. -Pastor,
Rev, W. P. Lane. B.A.
Sunday, March &th,
11 a.m.—.Public Worship. Subject,
"Temptation."
2.30 p.m. — Sunday School and
Bible Classes.
7 p.m. -Public Worship. Subject,
"The Spiritual Determining the Phys -
kat." Seventh in series, Life and
Times of Moses.
LADY BOWLERS
The Ladies' Lawn Bowling Club
held their annual meeting' Monday af-
ternoon in the Carnegie Library
room. Mrs. Neil, "the president, was
in the chair. ' The - secretary's report
Was read by Mrs. F. R. Beattie, the
treasurer'•s report by Mrs. Bechely.
The Club had a very successful sea-
son, and are in a very satisfactory
position: financially as the treasurer's
report will show.
Election of officers took place as
follows;
Aresident.. Mrs. James Devereaux;
1st vice president, Mrs. D. Shanahan;
2nd vice president, Mrs. Harry Stew-
art; secretary, Mrs. F. R. Beattie;
treasurer, Mrs. J. J. Huggaird; cap-
tain of -.the tournament -committee,
Mrs. A. Close; convenor of social
committee, Mrs, John Beattie; con-
venor of prize committee, Mrs, Neil.
Treasurer's Report
Receipts
Miscellaneous . . .............$ 20.00'
Men's .tournament 134.80
Men's tournament 40.416
Ladies' tournament.. , ...... 28.50
Ladies' singles 1.70
Mixed tournament 3.80
Expenditures
Expenditures
$229.26
$ '118'56
66.75
24.30
... 22.25
37.00
3.80
Balance on hand 36.60
$22926
iBeth Bechely, Treasurer.
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LEGION MASQUERADE DANCE
Arrangements are are • rapidly being
completed for the masquerade dance
to be held in Cardno's hall,, March 17
for the 'benefit of the Legion. This
should be an outstanding event and
no pains are being spared to make it
a success. Possibly few people are
aware that the Legion officers are
constantly being called unto to sup-
ply relief to unfortunate ex -soldiers.
H'atdly a week passes without somee
thing .of this nature being done, which
all costs money. At all times the
public has been most generous in its
support and the officers of the local
branch of the Legion are confident
that this event will be just as gener
ously supported as on former occa-
sions.
No
special invitations will -be issued
to residents of Seaforth and immed-
iate vicinity, all are 'invited to attend.
A special nine -piece orchestra will
supply the music led by Mr. Olin
Brown, while beautiful prizes will be
awarded the masqueraders in the var-
ious classes already enumerated. Hon-
orary patrons and patronesses for this
gala occasion will be the officers and
wives of ' the Huron Regiment ,these
together with the officers and wives
of the executive of the local legion
will look after the comfort' and en-
joyment of the guests of the evening.
The grand. march and ,judging will
take place at 10.30 p.in., followed by
lunc'heon in, tine dining room. The
public is assured of a most enjoyable
evening's , entertainment well worthy
of its support. a
SILVER WEDDING.
Mr, and Mrs. E, Mole celebrated
the twenty-fifth anniversary of their
marriage on 'Feb. 20th 'when about
fifty friends and neighbors .gathered
and spent the evening very happily
in cards and dancing,followed by a
dainty lunch:
ST. COLUMBAN WINS
• THE Mc'MILLAN TROPHY..
'Before the largest crowd that have
seen a hockeygame in years, St..
Columbait took the Mill Road's one
goal lead in the anal game and beat
them' 4-1, winning the round by 6
to 3 in 10 minutes overtime.
Playing fast, clean hockey the first.
period was scoreless McCartney
played wonderfully in in the Mill Road
net.
In the second period Morris scored
five mimes after the face-off on a
nice pass from Daly. With 6 min.,
utes yet, to, go, Daly evened the
score on a shot outside the blue line.
In the third period S't. Colum'ba-n,
played hard ' and McCartney was
called upon to make many sensation-
al stops, Finally Joe Malone tied the
round on a back -hand shot close in.
Mill' Road then put everything they
had into the fray but could not pierce
thedefence strong e e of Lane and Hig'
nell making it: necessary to'.play over
time to decide the winner:
Daly- put his' team ahead when he.
slammed in a red hot one from Mor-
ris' shot.
The teams changed ends. Mill
Road scored but was called back off
side. Morris relieved the pressure
for the fan's when he beat the de-
fence and sen•f a wicked waist -high
shot front close in that McCartney
had no chance to save.
Line up:
St. Columban—
Goal, Matthews; defence, Lane and
Hignell; centre, Daly; wings, Joe
Malone and J. Morris; subs.;: G. Ma-
lone, E. Malone, J. Moylan.
Mill Road—.
'Goal, McCartney; defence, M. Mc-
Cartney, W. Wright; centre, Dale;
wings, Nicholson and; Co Leman; subs„
Elliott, Zaphe arid.MeIntosh.
Referee—Muir. ,
BACON LITTER' COM-
PETITION FOR 1931.
Huron County had six contestants
in the 1930 Bacon :7,,ntter Competition
and results recently published' show
that Russell Bolton, of McKillop
Township was first prize winner in
the district, comprising Fluron, Perth,
Grey and Bruce. Mr. Bolton also
stood second in the :competition in the
whole Province.
The competition. will he conducted
again this year, and has as. its ob-
ject the estab'l:ishmenit of a standard
of excellence for grade brood sows
kept by farmers, It is recognized
that sows, which are prolific and rear.
large litters of select hogs, are valu-
able and are improvers of the stand-
ard of our commercial hogs.
Any bona fide' fanner may make
entry in this competition. Thedate
of farrowing must . be between Febru-
ary 14th and April 30th and entry
must be made within seven days after
the date of farrowing. In' order to
qualify there must be nine pigs in the
litter raised to marketing age, and
at least 30% of the latter must grade
as select bacon.
The awards will bebased' on .the
weight, size, quality and' uniformity
of the .litter,
The Federal Live Stock Branch and
the Provincial Live Stock Branch of-
!fer .$275.00 in prize money which is
divided as follows:
1st,—$29; 2nd -$24; 3ed-426;
4th=$22;1 5th $2J1; 6th -$20;
7th' -,$20; and, eight moreprizes
of $15 each.
In view of the substantial prizes
offered and the fact that there is no
expense in connection with entering
the competition, there should be a
good entry from Huron County this
year.
For further` information and appli-
cation forum apply s pp y to the Ontario
Dept. of Agriculture, Clinton.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
The Scott Memorial Hospital board.
gratefully appreciates the donation of
the following articles since last ack-
nowledged in this paper: fruit, vege-
tables, magazines, bag of sugar, pre-
served fruit and jelly, flowers for per-
ennial bed, V'ictrola, pillows, bedding,
blankets, towels, sealers, bed jacket,
fowl, furniture, comforter 'fox baby
crib and cash.
Those donating include Miss Grace
Stephens Mr. Oolclough, Mrs. Scott,
Misses Brine, Mr. Jas. Cleary, Mr,
Smillie, Mr. and Mrs. Finnigan, Eg-
mondvili'e, Mrs. R. S. Hays, Mrs. Jos.
Grummett, Misses "Forrest, Mrs. W.
J. Duncan, Mrs, A. D, Sutherland,
Mrs. Rand, Mr, Rol t. McMi4lan, Mrs.
Chas. Cooper, Hensel!, Mrs. Habkirk,
Mr. Little,' Mrs. Margaret Hay, 'Kip -
pen: Mrs, Wn1. Mc1{enzie, Kippen;
Mrs. J. W, McLean, Kippen; Miss L.
Carnpbell, Misses Cresswell, Miss
French, , Kippen; 'Miss' .M. Jackson,
Mrs. J F. Daly, Miss D. Anderson
and McTavish & Co., Toronto.
The following societies also donat-
ed: Edelweiss Rebekah Lodge, sew-
ing machine,' W. Aux. Soc„ money
for flower vases; WM.S. North Side
United .Oh lrch, quilt and Junior
Women's' Institute, teapot and show-
er of fruit, pickles and jellies.
EAST HURON INSPECTORATE
Goderich, Oat, Feb, 16, 1031
To the Warden and Members ;of
The Huron County Council,
Gentlemen,—On July 1st, 1930, by
Act of the'Legislature, the Inspect3rs
of Public Schools came under t'he full
and direct control of the Department
of Education. Previous to that con-
trol had been divided between the
County Council and the Department
of Education. It is, therefore, by'spe-
cial request of the Council that .,the
following report has been prepared,
since they, considered that the public
interest in education would, warrant
its publication.
There are 119 teachers in East Hu-
ron, of whom 35 . hold First Class
ertificate's, 82 Second Olass and one
a Kindergarten Director's Certificate.
Seventeen are men and 102 are -wo-
men. They average high in ability
while few if any proved 'incompetent;
their interest and devotion to their
work cannot be questioned.
The 'total number of pupils on the
roll was 3,235, an increase of 104 over
the attendance of last year; • the av-
erage attendance for the present year
was 2,464, an increase of 105 over
last year, showing us change in regu-
larity. One of the chief .drawbacks
to the advancement of pupils is due
t irregular attendance. I•t'is a detri-
ment to the absentees and is also
harmful to the rest of the pupils and
the lessons lost mush be repeated.
The chief cause of absence is due to
sickness,.' especially in the • rural
schools, , Pupils lost 22,400. days in
.930 from this cause, which if it
could he verified, would indicate an
alarming ;health condition. - It is,
however, given as a ready excuse for
absence, when the cause is otherwise.
Other main causes are home help and,
parent neglect; there were.only 19
cases of.truancy, 15 of which were in
the.towns.
There were 336 candidates at the
Entrance Examination; or whom 262
succeeded in passing; this gives a per-
centage o'f successful' candidates of
84, uliich is higher that] in ordinary
years and considerably higher than
the average over the province. The
average of all successful candidates
was 13 years .and 5 months.
There are only a few schools pay-
ing saiaries less than $1,000; what
may be done in a year of depression
and under reduced grants can only be
guessed, at.. A reduction: to compet-
ent teachers of experience would be
discouraging and disappointing. To-
tal salaries in the Inspectorate
amounted to $115,355. The total
grants paid r'eac'hed the sum of $33,-
462. The rural schools carry a bal-
ance of '$86,3'56 over to the present
year. The urban schools carry a neg-
ligible sum. The total local assess-
ment for the Inspectorate is $18,637,-
124.
No 'new schools were built this
year; improvements were ina'de and
the prolperties are as a rule well car-
ed for, 'Albout six new schools are
badily needed; these are unfit for chil-
dren in such a county as this, 'Other-
wise the Inspectorate has reason to
be 'proud of its school buildings and
the equip'm'ent furnished them.
The grants payable this year will
be based on the statistics of 1930. The
amount of the 'salary grants is deter-
mined by the percentage that the
salary bears to the equalized' assess-
ment; if less than three mills the
grant is 4% of t'he salary, between 3
and 5 mills 8%; between '5 and =7
mills 12%; between 7 and 9 mills 16%,
between 9 and 12 mills 20% and bet-
ween 12 and '15 mills 26%. There
are higher percentages but they do
not apply to schools in Huron County
There is a grant of $7S on a Perman-
ent First Class 'Certificate and $60 on
an Interim First; $60 for a Permanent'
Second but none for an. Interim Sec-
ond„ ''There is a grant of $1.00 for
each pupil in average attendance.
There is also a grant of 50% on
equipment, which includes water
closets, wells and blackboards. There
is no change in the grants on. Agri-
culture, Music, Kindergartens, H'ottse-
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Canadian Legion
SECOND ANNUAL
MASQUERADE
QUE
R
AD
Tuesda
. y, March 17th
CARDNO'S HALL, SEAFORTH
Olin Brown's Winterr
Gaein
Orchestra
Dancing Refreshments Prizes
Ladies' Character; Ladies' Comic
Ladies' National
Gents' Character; Gents' Comic
Gents' National.
Lucky Ticket Prize
'Further Details Announced Next
Week
INEMINSINSIMMINES
hold Science and Manual Training.
'School Fairs were held in the usual
centres; the attendance is sufficient to
show that the interest has keptup
and there appears to nie to be a'
steady advance in ' the attainment
sought by the Department. Public
Speaking has become :a prominent.
feature; very considerable talent 'is
exhibited.
Qualified teaching of Music is ex-
tending to the rural schools; Howick
and Tuckersniith seem most interest-'
ed. 'I expect that instruction will be
given this year in all theurban
centres; there is no reason why the
child's education should not be ex-
tended to one of life's greatest' enjoy-
ments.
There was added $1000 worth of
books to the rural school -libraries;
their growth has been ' consistent for
several years 'past. •
The Penny Banks in Clinton, Sea -
forth and Wingliam are in a prosper-
ous condition; in spite of the trade
depression the balances are substan-
tially higher than they were last
year.
A successftsl meeting.of the Teach-
er's Institute was held in Wingham;
Dr. Amoss, Inspector of Auxiliary
Classes, added much to the success of
the meetings.
In conclusion I wish to thank the
Secretaries of the schools for the
promptness with which they sent in
their report's and' their general ac-
curacy.
Yours respectfully,
JOHN M. FIELD,
I. P. S. East Huron.
Y. P. LEAGUE.
A splendid meeting was held an
Tuesday evening, March 3rd under
the leadership of Mr. K. Webster.
After hymn .52 was sung, Mr. A. L.
Porteous led in prayer. Minutes of
last meeting were read and approved,
followed by a hymn. The Scripture
lesson, Luke 5;1,11, was ably taken
by Miss -Carter. A vocal duet by
Mrs. Lane and Mrs. Mc'Gav'in was
much appreciated. Miss Trout of the
Scott Memorial Hospital gave a very
interesting and instructive devotional
topic, After -the business of the Lea-
gue was dealt with the meeting cies-
ed with a hymn and rGzpah benedic-
tion. .Mr. Sant Scott then took charge
of fifteen minutes of social entertain-
ment.
INAUGU'R'AL MEETING OF
ST. JAMES' ARTS CLUB
'Last Thursday evening some forty
members were in attendance at the
first. meeting of the St. James' Arts
Chub in St, James' parish hall. The
meeting was opened by prayer and
the singing of 0 Canada. President
Cyril Reynolds occupied the chair and
outlined the work to be undertaken
by the Club, Miss. Mary Finkbeiner
was then appointed as corresponding
secretary and Louis Purcell as ser-
geant -at -arms for the present year.
The program which was very much
enjoyed consisted of recitation by
Miss Vera Nolan. Short oration on
"The Heroes of New France," by An-
drew OILeary, solo by 'Wm. J.
Faulkner. accompanied by Miss Alice
Daly, talk on India by Miss Hilda
Kennedy, violin solo by Francis De-
vereaux, accompanied by :bliss Alice
Devereaux; dialogue by ' Edmund
Daly and Gordon Reynolds.
Father Blonde then gave a short
ad -dress which was followed by the
Treasurer's report, showing the club
to he away to a fine start and from
the quality of the art displayed there
can be little doubt, but that the St.
Janes' Arts Club will be a wonder-
ful acquisition to the Parish in gen-
eral. The nest meeting will be 'held
on March 12th when it is expected
every young person of St. James'
parish will be in attendance.
p e dance.
DEMANDS PROBE
OF STOCK SALES.
Milling Company Shares Sold by
• Fraud, M.P.P. Charges.
[The following reference was made
in the Legislature on Tuesday to a
company which was understood to
have negotiated for a part of a local
vacant trill to be used as a distribut-
ing warehouse for their products in
the northern counties of Western On-
tario. The company's equipment for
this plant was expected to arrive 10
six weeks.]
Toronto, Mar. 4.—Charging that
for nearly a year fraudulent sales op-
erations had been continued 111 his
riding by Acme Securities - Company
and Vitamin Milling ,Company, both
promoted from Toronto offices, Nor-
man 0, Iiipel. recently -elected Liber-
al member for South 'W'aterloo, cli-
maxed a :previously uneventful ses-
sion of the Legislature last night by
demanding action from the Attorney -
General's Department and offering to
procure any further information the
department wanted.,
Colonel Price, stated after the ad-
journment of the Legislature that the
companies mentioned by Mr. Hipel
had already been under scrutiny by.
Colonel W. W. Denison, registrar un-
der the Security Frauds Prevention
Phone 84
$1 A YEAR
ARE YOU/ EYES
HOLDING YOU BACK.?
SO gradual is the beginning
and growth of eye trouble
that you often are not conscious
of it. Your friends and associates
only know that sornething is
wrong—sol'c ting that.is hold-
ing you back and retarding yoilr
accomplishments.
Orthogbn Full -Vision Lenses can put
you back on your stride if an eye ex-
amination indicates the need of glasses.
Orthogons bring you the -world just as
it is -'-without blur or distortion.
Fred' S. ' Savauge
_
1 Jeweller and • Optometrist
M. Ross Savauge, 'MO., Eyesight Specialist
Act. The matter was being ,consider-
ed by the department, he stated, and
Colonel Denison was investigating.
Tells History of Company.
Mr. Hipel stated that in the early
part of 1929 a limited company •known
as the Vitamin' Milling Company of
Canada, Lim'ited,.. which proposed to
manufacture whole' wheat flour, came
to Preston and negotiated with the
officials of the town for a pro'pose'd
site. When this was all arranged, said
the speaker, an office was opened and
another company, the Acme Securi-
ties, Limited, also opened an office
and undertook to sell stock for the
Vitamin Company. Quite a number
of people purchased stock and paid
for it with the understanding that the
plant would be erected in Preston.
After a local construction company
had been engaged to prepare plans for
the proposed mill, the company, for
some reason or other, decided to
leave Preston and move to the Vil-
lage of Tavistock. which is outside
the county.
"When the company left Preston
the people who had paid for their
stock demanded their money back,
but couldn't get it until a wsit, was
issued against the company,'' said
Mr. Hipel. "The construction com-
pany that prepared the plans and sup-'
plied materials for signs and paid,
labor for preparing the site, have not
been paid to date.
"The Vitamin Milling Company and
Acme Securities, Ltd., then moved
up to Tavistock and opened an office,"
said Mr. Hipel. "I have been told by
citizens and a member of the council
of Tavistock that the company made
an arrangement something like this:
If the village supplied the site and
the people subscribed a certain
amount of stock, the plant -would be
b'ttilt in Tavistock. Now I am inform-
ed that almost the whole amount re-
quested was subscribed. Certain
men were prepared to subscribe even
more thna the balance required but
said that they would not hand over.
their cash, but were prepared to de-
posit the cash in the bank for the
company as soon as the company had
the building either partially erected
or completed.
"'B'ut the stock salesmen would not
accept such an arrangement and this
would lead one to believe that there
was no intention of building the plant
in Tavistock," declared the member
for South 'Waterloo. "I am also told
that one of -the stock saletmen of the
Acme Securities Limited, stayed at
one of the hotels in Tavistock under
a 'false or assumed name. When his
real name was established he left that
section of the country,"
EGMONDVILLE.
The Sunbeam Mission 'Band met
Tuesday after four, The president,
Norman MacLean read the call to
warship, them, hymn 206 was discuss-
ed and learned. The roll call ' and
minutes were read by the secretary,
John Hammond. Cleve .Combs read
the Bible story which was about Jos-
eph. Angus MacLean 'led in , prayer.
"True Heroes" was then given by
Gordie Finnigan. The story, "The.
King's Heroes" was told by E. Nott.
The meeting closed by singing "Mo-
thers of Salem," and Mrs. Malcolm
led in prayer.
The Y.P.S. was well attended Tues-
day night. The meeting opened by
Mr. Rutledge leading -in prayer. The
tuiaiutes of the last meeting were then
read by the secretary, Bob Tyndall.
The hymn, "0 God of Bethel," was
sung after which Lillian Richardson
led in prayer. The Scripture lesson,
John 15, was read by Geo. Blake. E.
Nott then spoke on "Friendship" and
the hymn "We Will Follow Jesus,"
was sung. The Mission study on- Ja-
pan was taken by Elizabeth Broad -
foot. A piano duet by Jessie and
Marg. Smith was then much enjoyed,
A very lively and amusing half hour
was then spent in games under the
direction of Stanley Jackson. The
meeting closed with the first verse of
0 Canada and the Mizpah benedic-
tion.
The Little Helpers' Mission Band
opened their meeting on Monday -by
a call to worship read by the Pres-
ident, Ruth Smith. The Bible lesson
which was the story of Miriam, was
well read by Shirley Pretty, followed
by the Lord's prayer. A new hymn
was then studied and learned. Mrs.
Malcolm took charge of this. The
roll call was read by the secretary,
Mary Pretty. A recitation, "The
Chair of Hands," was well given by
Ruth Shinen. The meeting closed by
singing "Mothers of Salem," and Mrs.
Malcolm leading in prayer.
CONSTANCE.
An old time Irish Concert will be
held in the United Church on the 17th
of March.
'From the Border Cities Star: Arn-
old Colclough, !of Constance, six
miles out of Sea'forth, is a real boos-
ter for London Tecumsehs. 'Despite
the fact that he is an uncle of Vern
DeGeer, assistant sports editor of the
'Border Cities Star, Mr. 'Oolclough
motored the 180 -odd miles to Wind-
sor Tuesday night, and helped root
the Tees to victory over the 'Bulldogs,
Vern says that "Linc" is now back in
Constance, and probably gathering
around the old cracker barrel at Leo
Stephenson's store, telling the "hot
stovers" all about it.
Gun Explodes.—Mrs. Robert Grim-
oidby and Miss Mary Cooke were ta-
ken to Clinton hospital last Friday
evening when a gun accidentally ex-
ploded among twenty-five of a crowd
who were going to ,spend a social ev-
ening. The sleigh upset and in the
excitement of getting things back to
their place the gun was placed on the
sleigh. When being removed it hap-
pened to hit pne of the stakes of the
sleigh and exploded. The rack re-
ceived the full force of the shot while
the glancing shots caught Miss Cook'.
in the knee lodging' in the bone and
Mrs. Griinoldby on the hip. Miss
Cooke will he confined to ,the Clinton
hospital for a week and Mrs. Grim-
oldby was allowed to return home
and is still under the doctor's care.
The whole thing was an accident and
is deeply regretted. as the gun: was not
known to be loaded,