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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1931-07-30, Page 2PAGE TWt THE . SEAFORTH NEWS. BAYFIELD. iesiroute for Houston, Tears, where the groom[ is an employee ` in the South Texas National Bank.: The 'Bay leld river claimed a vied n on Thursday afterno'oin about :4 o'clock when J'ackKneeshaw, 20 year old son of Thomas Knees haw of IGoderieh, san: to a watery grave at a spot in the river just to the`rear of Lewis Thonison's farm, known as Hog's Back. The victim, who was ,spending the 'vacationat bhe h'oene` of Levans Thomson, accompanied by two nieces of Mr. Thoinison, Miss 1Cecil McLeod, RJN„ of Baylfield and Miss Elizabeth 'Walters, Grand Rapids, Ohio, went in swimming in the river, Mi's's Walters swam out into the river to a rock -about ten yards distant and Iinee- shaty, who was learning to swilm, fol 'lowed her. }Ie reached the rock safe- ly and it was while returning to the river bank thiat he suddenly sank from view. Miss• Walters and Miss McLeod went bo his' aid immediately but when the drowning man put up :'a fight they were obliged to release their hold an him, or otherwise they, were liable to be dragged down with him. They had to put up a struggle with the dro'wniag young mast. before they were able to break hisdeath grasp, and when they finally succeed - 'ed he sank once more in eight feet of •water, where there was a strong cur- rent. The young ladies crossed the • river and ran half a 'mile to the village crying ,for help, and when they reach .ed the top of the hill leading into the -village, they dropped as the result of their trying experience, Harold .Bran- don, who was working on the flats and 'Charles Genteinhardt, who was at the summit of the hill, heard their cries and arri0'ed at the scene of the drowning fifteen minutes after Knee- shaw first sank from view. ,Both men dove into bhe water but were unable 'to locate the body. Returning to the village they secured a rope and grap- pling hook and resumed their search and were finally rewarded when the body was located at a spat behind the rock, in about frfteen- feet of water, about 3.30 o'clock. Along with Jack and rHaroid McLeod and Jack Stur- -geon the two young men administered first aid hi the hope of resuscitating rhe victim but their efforts were use- less as the young than had passed be- yond all human aid. Dr. W. J. Till - mann of Loudon, who is summering here, was called but his help was of little avail. Dr. J. W. Shaw, coroner, if Clinton, was summoned and after viewing the body and making an ex- aminatien, pronounced the fatality as a case f accidental drowning, with the blame attached to no person, and announced that no inquest would be held. Mr. Kneeshaw• finished writing hie upper school examinations, and this -fall planned to enter Huron College in preparation for the ministry of the Church of England, He was a member o' St. George's Church, a Sunday Schoolteacher, sang in the choir, and took the choral service at young people's services. He was born in 'G',derich 20 years ago, attended the public school, and for the past few years the collegiate, where he was a general favorite with teaching staff and student body. He was a leader in the Literary Society. 'Surviving are his father and stepmother, two broth- ers, Albert and Ross, also Ernest and Jean Kneeshaw, stepbrother and step- .ieter, respectively. Abell-Destricher—A very pretty but quiet wedding was solemnizedat .the altar of Zion ,Evangelical Churcilt, Cre- diton, an Satitrd'tyy, morning, July lsth,. when Lydia E'liz'abeth, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Herman 'Oestricher;of Crediton, was united in marriage to Mr. Harry Reginald Abell of Vlon- t -real, the Rev. M. Sippell officiating. Alter a dainty wedding breakfast, served at blve,h'ome of the bride's par- ents, the happy couple left on'a motor trip to Lake of Bays, Muskoka. On their` return they will spend a short time at. Crediton and then will proceed to Montreal, where they will be at holme to their friends, Prior to leav- ing Windsor where bhe bride was 'a member of the teaching staff, she was entertained 'by the teachers of Tus- carora School at an afternoon tea at which occasion she was, presented with a lovely silver flower basket .filled with sweetheart roses, HURON NEWS. s Black-Park.—A pretty mideunttner wedding of much interest was solemn- ized at the home of lir. and Mrs. Ri- chard Park. Ashfield Township when their eldest daughter, Edna Ilene, be- came the bride of Howard Black, son of Mr, and Mrs, W. J. Black, of Ash- fiekl Twp. The ceremony was per foe+med out of doors, the bridal party taking their places before an arch of evergreen trimmed with sweet peas and French near ;bids, played to the straia> of the bridal chorus front Lo- tengr;e. piaye4 .by the briar's sister, Mrs. Arthur Stewart, The bride, who ,was unattended, was given in mar- riage by her father. Rev. C. H. Mc- Donald :,1 Dungannon performed the ceremony. During the signing of the register Miss .Beth Park, sister of the bride, hang "0 Perfect Love." Fol- lowing congratulations the guests twhr, numbered thirty, repaired to the dining roost where a wedding 'dinner was served. the table dec nations be- ing in blue and silver. On their return frern a honeymoon trip they will re- eide 00 the bridegrnem'', farm in Ash- field Twp. Shier-MacNaughtort.---A very pretty ed l,n, t sol: olaee at Woodham on Saturday afternoon, July 18th at the home 01 alr, and Mrs, Frank Mac - Naughton when their eldest daughter, Doris „Evelyn, became the bride of. Ira S. Shier, second son of Mr, and Mrs. Silas Shier of Eirkton, The ceremony was performed by Rev, F. J. Ruther- ford, pastor of 'Woodham United Church. After the ceremony a dainty- Mrs. Ween. Connell. The results of -'buffet lunch Was served by five girl .ire sports were as follows: \-1.intrte Death Was Accidental.—The coron- er's jury for the death at Exeter of Wm. Lutman returned a verdict of ac- cidental death with no blame attached to anyone, Witnesses testified 'that the pole and equipment where the fa- tality occurred were in first class con- dition and no apparent reason could be found for the ground wire being alive when the accident happened. That the wire had become alive and had caused Mr. Lutnam's death was apparent but how it became alive was a mystery. Collided with Train,-sDr. E. S. Steiner and wife accompanied 'by Mrs. Asa 'Penhale had a close call about 8.50 Monday 'morning when the form er's auto: collided with a moving freight train at the Huron Street eros sing, Exeter. The party were leaving for Guelph where Dr. Steiner intended to be present at a conference of On- tario Veterinary, Surgeons. A heavy downpour of rain was falling at the time and with the windows covered with 'crater visibility was pesor and Dr. Steiner was proceeding cautiously but failed to hear or see the approach of the freight train from the south. It was a close call but no one was ser- iously hurt. Poisonous Weed.—While on a tour of inspection in the Township of Hib- bert. A R. G. Smith, of New Ham- burg district weed inspector, found a specimen of the poisonous weed known as Spotted Catwbane or Water Hemlock. This dangerous weed was recently responsible for the death of two cows near Kitchener. The plant i$. eaten by stock if they get near it. A piece of root the size of a walnut will kill a cow-. The plant looks like cara- way and has a very enticing smell, Mr. Smith left the specimen which is four feet high, in the possession of -lir. Scott, weed inspector for 'Hib- beet, Died at Toronto.—The death oc- curred in Toronto on July lath of Mrs. James P. Burnett, who was formerly Mary Jane Phipps, of Goderich town- ship. It is 25 years ago since she went to Toronto. Residence Struak.-The residence of Mr, Robert Geddes, 3rd line of Mor- ris, was struck during the severe elec- trical storm and considerable damage was done to the roof and the chutney was wrecked. School Reunion. --45.1S. No. 4, Grey. held a successful reunion on July 21, when over 1,000 paid admission during the afternoon, Thel'fount Forest Kilties headed the parade, •Dr. Stew- art, of Wingham, and a former teach- er, presided and speakers included Walter .McCutcheont 'Hamilton, ad- dress on the old school, and history by Dr. Fred. Bryans, of Toronto, a former teacher; address by E. G. Mc- Donald, 27 years teaoher at Listowel, also a former teacher; address by C. Robertson, MalaR..: for North (Huron; address by George Spottou, 12:P„ for North 'Huron, Hong Robert Weir, -Minister of Agriculture at Ottawa, is a former teacher'of this school but was tunable to be present. Moving to B.C.—.Brine Stott, of Brussels, who has been connected with the Ci'N.iR. in Ontario for many years, is being moved to British Col- umbia. Family Reunion, --The annual Con- nell -Dale picnic was held on July 15, at Connodale, the pretty picnic place of arr. Wnt. Connell, Goderich 'town- ship. Oaring to the rainy morning; the crowd was hardly up to standard but quite a number turned out and had a very enjoyable afternoon. Visitors from Toronto,: Owen Sound, Varna, Blyth, Lonulesboro, Walton, Goderich and Clinton were there. The follow- ing were elected as officers for the coming year: President, James Dale; secretary, James Milton; treasurer, friends, lfis.ees :Elsie Pridhanl 'Thelma Marshall, Myrtle Wyut, Marguerite Rutherford and Nesta Shier, The hap- •py couple left by motor for London where they took the train for Detroit race, Mrs. Geo. - Carter, Mrs. Fred. Tyndall; coat race, Bill Knox, A. Knox; wheel 'barrow race, Bill and Audrey Knox, A. Colson, A. Dale; m'atr m'onial race, A. Knox, M. Col= THUIRSD'u4Y, JULY 30;, 1431. acralstraiireemeamasmeannaloMMOMMIIW 01 A • je A 0 rank road ho The person who drives in the middle of the road at any speed, but especially the extremely slow driver, offers a silent insult to every other driver on the highway. But this disregard of every rule of common courtesy is merely incidental. The real offense of the Road Hog is that he forces others to risk life and limb. He obstructs the vision of those drivers behind him and makes them either drive at his speed or risk a head-on collision in passing him. Probably no form of law -breaking on the highways causes directly or indirectly so varied a list of accidents as does middle-of-the-road driving. Every man who drives a car helps to pay for the highways. Every motorist is entitled to use them safely. Why deprive any man of his right? Don't be a Road Hog. ONTARIO DEPARTMENT of HIGHWAYS GEO. S. HENRY, PREMIER OF ONTARIO AND MINISTER OF HIGHWAYS Fa sort; race, under six, Marie Connell, G. Connell, Lorne Dale; boys tinder eight, 'Glen Carter, L. Dale; girls un- der eight, Doris Tyndall, M. Connell, B. Dale; boys under twelve, J. Bowes, W. Tyndall; girls under twelve, D. Tyndall, P. Carter; peanut race, W. Tyndall, G. Carter, B. Carter; grand- mother's race, Mrs. W. Connell, Mrs. George Connell; slipper race, M. Col- son, V, Knox; bride's race, tIrene Knox, Annie Dale; blindfold 'race, Mrs. W. Connell, Mrs. J. Dale; horse shoe contest, Geo. Carter, A. Dale, 4Vm, Carter. Gas Station Robbed.—The service station of 'Thomas Randall, Goderioh, on the provincial highway within the town unfit§, was the scene of a bold hold-up at an early hour Thursday morning. A lone 'masked bandit en- tered the premises aid held up the proprietor, Mr. Randall, at the point of a gun. The robber made a clean getawayin awaiting car, taking with him about $15 in cash and a quantity of cigarettes and candy. Randall was on the verge of closing up when the robber entered and at the point of an automatic, ordered Randall to stick Fent up. 'Randall at first hesitated and was greeted witch the retort, "If you don't think it is loaded- I'll show y-ou." Randall was ordered to face the wall while the bandit gathered up the cash' anct merchandise. The bandit made a clean getaway before Randall was able to get the number of the waiting car. Injured by Horse.—Ewald Gritkza 25 years of age, a farm hand employed by Harry Rader, IDashwood, was found unconscious on Thursday mer- iting .in the barn after having lain on. the floor, criticllay injured, since Wed- nesday night. The young man had been kicked by a horse while placing the animate in the stable. Found by 'lir. Roder, the man was immediately; given medical attention. it Barr, BRUSSELS, cost Leland 'Proctor and John Brussels youths, a pretty penny in police court for helping themselves to five geese, the property of Wesley Nott, of :the ITuron Highway. :Each was fined .$35. and ordered to maize re- stitutioh, $15 in alt The accused blamed a bottle of wine for their es- capade, 'They pickal the; geese off the Highway, Parr 'told the court he hail lost h'is permit and was given a 'few days to produce it, OT face a charge under like L'C.IA. al.e is 22 years of age. ZURICH. Mrs. C. 'Eilber visited with Exeter friends last week. Mr. and Mrs. .Satin Gottschalk of Seaforth visited with friends in this vicinity, Miss Annelle Ruby of 'Kitchener is spending .a week's vacation with her parents, Mr. an;d Mrs. Wm, S. Ruby. Mr. and Mrs. Isaac !Hudson of Sea - 'forth were Sunday visitors in the tillage Mrs. ,F. Turner w:hb spent the past week with 'her sister Mrs, E. E. Weilo has returned to her home. Mr, and Mrs. S. E. Faust and two sons, Harold and 'Carl, of Mitchell,, were Sunday visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs." W. H. Hoffman. SOFTiBALL. Exeter won. the 'first ,half of the Huron.tMiddlesex Softball League by a ;orad 'margin. A meeting of the league was ,held in Exeter and 'the second half of tete schedule drawn up. The schedule for .the secondhalf is as follows+ July 30—'Luicau at Clinton July 31—Grand Bend at Exeter August 4- Lt'can at 'Exeter August 5—Clinton at Grated Bend' August 7—Seaforth at 'Lucas, August 7 ---Clinton at ;Exeter. August' 10—Grand Bend at Clinton ,August 11—Grand .lend at Seaforth August 11—Exeter. at Lacan. August l3—Lucan at Seaiorth August 14-;Seasfotth at Clinton August 1,7—Seaforth at Grated Bend Jack Sharkey, the erratic sailor man from Poston, in a 15 round boxing bout at Brooklyn last week was ' held to,a draw by his tinder -sized but high- ly couraf eoua opponent, Mickey Wal- ker. The outcome was distinctly an upset, for Sharkey crawled into the ring a three -to -ane favorite to whip the chunky barrel-chested New jersey Irishman, tvlso frequently had the sympathetic crowd of .35,000 fans , in en, uproar. Miller's Worm 'Powders are surpassed by any other preparation as a vermifuge or worm destroyer. In- deed, there are few• preparations that have the .meritthat it has to recom- mend it. Mothers, aware' of its excel- lence, seek its aid at the first indica- tion of the presence of worms in their children, knowing tlrat it is a perfectly trustworthy 'nvedincine, that will. give ilm d' t d 1 t' relief nue ta• a an as mg r ie . Pocock m as 'a partner to finance the deal, but tltat, when the picture reac'h- ed 'Loudon it came in "Pocock's name and that Pocock took comale te poses- essioli later.sellittg the work to. a Mr. Carlyle in ;Toronto: Subsequently it was acquired by R. S. McLaughlin of Oshawa. Coterick claims half the profits de- rived from the sale of rights, dram ex- hibitions and sale of the pictuse itself, It is understood that the defence claims that dee plaintiff, for a conside- ration assigned his interest to Pocock: GRASSHOPPER PLAGUE 'Nebraska and South Dakota ,Eaten- ers, facing devastation of their crops from a grasshopper horde, relentless- ly marching across 'field after field, are seeking aid from the ,Government. The plague started more 'than -a month ago, with the descent of my- riads of the black and yellow` pests itpott a tier of counties' acrossthe Ne- braska border in South Dakbta, 'For a time ,farmers laughed at bhe invasion, regaling each other with the "hest grasshopper story today," tell- ing how the pests had ,eaten a Wagon tongue, or had clustered on the side of a house to escape the 'heat of the day until they clung together like a swarm of bees. Men grinned as,bhey heard stories of grasshoppers devour- ing onions, fence posts, haystacks, al- most everytihit g conceiva'bie. Then suddenly, several weeks ago, the situation became serious. The insect lhoede spread over more and more territory, destroying everything in its line of march. Seventeen Ne- braska counties 'became infected with- in a few days. Appeals for aid began to reach capitals cif the two .' states, The state contributed $7,200 for pois- on. Counties added other thousand's and individuals poured their savittgs, into the fight. Men invented strange devices to kill the insects in bheir field's. Poison was spread by the car load in the infested area. Cows .ate the stuff and died, *and farmers adopted' the practice •off watching all night be- side the poison to save their livestock while the hoppers feasted upon the deadly stuff. IChickene first grew fat upon the in- sects. Then farmers reported that the fowl, subsisting on such a diet, were made ill. POLAR PLIGHT. Tor 'three hours 'the Graf Zeppelin droned lazily. over the .placid waters of Lake Constance,'an.d Dr. Hugo Eck- ner, in his' familiar role of pitot of the Graf, .pronounced the ship satisfactory to undertake She hazardous flight over the North Pole. The dramatic meet- ing planned at the' top of the world 'be- tween the Zeppelin 'and. Sir Hubert Wilkins' Polar submarine Nautilus will not take place .due to obstacles of navigation. But as the Graf pushes through treacherous air' currents, to the unknown Arctic inland, it may be possible for Eckener to pick up Prof. Urwanzeff. head of the 'Soviet observ- atory on Kamenew Island, and carry hiun over the territory which no man has-been able to penetrate. 'llhe Zep- pelin will prdceed north from 'Franz Joseph Land, circle the'North Pole, and return over Cape Tscheljskin and Nowaja Senrja.to .Archangel and Len- ingrad. She will ,fly over a Soviet ob- servatory at Hooker island. If it is impossible to pick up Prof. Urwa•nzeff at Kamenew Island, Eckner hopes to fly back over Urwanzeff's station and drop charts and, data gabhered over the Arctic inland. START WORK ON GOLD MINE. Erection of a 100 -ton mill to work gold 'claims near Beaver Lake, North- eastern Saskatchewan, will 'mark the isitroductimu of English capital, through a large syndicate, t Sas- katcheoaa's north. Production facil- ities said to involve a 'huge e. itdi ture will, be introduced with the next two months, '\'lachinery the mill will be shipped to-Saskau swam from England. investigation into mineralogical conditions in ;theBea- ver Labee area have been carriedout during the last three months The government intencls to build roar. from Fein' Finn to the Beaver Lake area, o, i epe lin for the t a LI'TIGATIO'N OVER PAINTING. "flie circumstances under which Paul Peel's famous painting "After the Bath," carie front the Hungarian National Museum in Budapest to London, Ontario ,will be aired in the. Supreme Court •Assize's in October, The pending suit of.James 'Coleriick' against Henry Pocock will be enter- ed Inc trial ab teat'. time. Colerick cleans the originated the idea of pur- chasing the masterpiece and that to carry out his plan he negotiated .with the Hungarian 'Government heed se.. cured a price. He says be hnought "PBLOROUS JACK" In New Zealand waters there plays an animal which is under special gov- ernment protection. "Pelorous Jack," as he is called, is a Rise() dolphin that has beet; known, personally, for thir- ty-five years. He regularly` meets all the steams plying a certain course, and escorts them for miles on their way. He is watched for and greeted, and is regarded .by the sailors in the light of a mascot. The fisheries regu- lati'ons. contain a special clause, mak- ing it an offense to,meddle in any way or to disturb him in the performance of his self-imposed escort duty. The Risso`.dlolphin is by no' means common. He is known by the irreg- ular light markings on his dark, sides, suggestive of the 'scraping of wet paint. 'The dolphin is the jolliest animal that "swims. Everyone at sea. wel- comes a' school of dolphins. They are cheery travellers, hurrying along by the ships bows, cutting the waves and leaping out of the water at a speed that suggests` a race.' They have a sense. of humor, too, One writer tells of a few dogfish three or four feet long, which fell victims to a school of dolphins. The dol- phins would seize 'the fish, by their . tails and swim with them,' shaking thein in a manner hardly conducive to the. dogfishes' comfort or dignity. Then they would let the torntettted creatures go, only to return 10 their teasing sport. The peculiar 'tail of the skate lays that 'fish open to being wor- ried and teased by dolphins and por- poises, According to Legend,'Pelorous Jack isnot the only dolphin w=hich Inas. possessed a sense, of responsibility. Pliny tells of a dolphin which every day carried a lad across Lake Lucrin- us to school. At the boy's death' the dolphin pined, .aid at last died of a broken heart, .Another is credited with having Saved a lady fropi drown- ing. rowning A ntttsician, according to Ovid, was about to be thrown overboard from a vessel. He begged to be allowed to play a last melody, which he did to such effect that the dolphins Rocked about the ship and carried him safe to shore, PARTLY ACCURATE 'People who male ' positive state- ments seldom enjoy being corrected. Lucky they'who, like the father of a family, know how to .rebuke thecorrector., '.11he father was taking, his family through the natural ,historymuseum. " They all s'topped' before -a great stuffed ostrich, and papa said: "This 'ere is the hostrioli, now ex- tinet," dear," interrupted his wide, "samel'y the h'osltricli ain't exti 001?" "Well," ,d eclared the father';tenafci- „tenaci- ously, "this one is."