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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1931-11-19, Page 2PAGE TWO THE SEAFORTH NEWS. THU'RS'DAY, 1,110VFiMBER 19, 1931. AiRE`THIEVES CARELESS OR.IS THtIiS THE OLD HURON COUNTY YARN? Some of our readers nnay recall an item in The N.e'ws several years ago 'concerning a rum'ot• about a chicken house being robbed and a large sum .of money being lost in the chicken 'house by the thief. That rumor came to Seaforth from the four points of the compass, each rumor having 'a different location for the occurrence and different .circunts'tan'ces, None of them lead any foundation. During the months that followed, the, rumor appeared in the daily press from time to time, alwaysfrom some place in 'O'ntari'o: Now it seems to have gone :farther afield: "Quebec, .Nov. 1.3. --Although more than two dozen of his chickens failed to come home to roost there's a 'glee- ful farmer in Charlesbourg, near here. Thieves made a raid on the farmer's 'hen coop and made off with over 24 fowl, but in the scuffle to capture the 'el'usive c'hicken's one of the robbers .dropped a pocket book con'taiuing .$1125 and tihs now is in possession of ••the farmer, The latter has expressed :himself as being well satisfied with his involuntary sale." STANLEY. Mrs. McKee of Toronto spent the week -end at her for home on the [Bronson Line. Miss A. Laidlaw of .B:lyth is visiting •at present with her sister, Mrs. W. J. Tough. Mr. and Mrs. :Ruskin Keys of East 4\V indoor spent the week -end with the 'former's .parents, Mr, and Mrs, Nel- son Keys Of ,Babylon Line. Miss Mabel Calver visited her notn- er in' Clinton on Saturday and Sunday. 'Mfr, and :Mrs, •Argo of Toronto visit- ed the latter's parents, ,Mir, and Mrs. Alex. McConnell of Varna. Mr. W. J. ,Dowson returned home from 'Seaforth hospital on 'Saturday feeling much improved in health. HILLSGREEN Mrs. !Joanna Steacey and son John of Detroit spent the week -end with 'friends 'here, Miss Mary 'Hagan of London spent the week -end at the home of her sis- ter, Miss Dolly and brother Frank. Miss Annie jarrott who has been conlfined to her room for a few days, is able to be around again. The Sacrament of the Lord's Sup- per was'osbserved on Sunday after- noon. The preparatory service was held the Friday evening previous. MORRIS. Mr, and Mrs. H. Trapnell of Sea - forth were guests of 1'fr. and Mrs. Thos, 'Laidlaw on Sunday. Messrs, Frank and Joseph Mc- Caugheyspent Thursday evening at Cha.. iNic'holson's. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Johnston spent Sunday evening at John Gras- bv's, ,Messrs. Joseph and Thos. Storey of Seaforth visited 'Nelson Nicholson's Sunday afternoon, MIrs. Nelson Nicholson and son Norman spent Monday with Mr. and Mrs. •Corby of Grey. Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Fear, Mary and Mabel visited Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Bel'I Sunday afternoon. Visitors at the home of 5. W. Scott on :Sunday were Dr. and Mrs• Arm- strong of Gorrie, Mr. and Mrs. Houghton and son of London, also Miss Armstrong, RN. of Byron Sana- torium, AUBURN Mrs. Hackett, of Belfast. is visiting her sister, Mrs. Robert Medd, at pre- sent, MIr., and Mrs. Mogh, of Tavistock, spent the week -end with friends in this vicinity. Mfe ;rs. J. J, Robertson, Nelson Hill and Dr. tV•V'eir were Stratford visitors last week. MIka Lottie Lawlor arrived home last week from Goderich hospital, where she had been operated un for appendicitis. 11essrs, William 3, Thompson, Ba:p'h \'Lamil and John Wilson visit- ed Lecknnw' \fmeanie .Lodge last \rack. Mfr. Wilson is art honorary tnemher of Lucknow lodge - Mr. and Mrs. Stanley are occupying their home in Colborne at ;present as Mrs. Stanley is not in the best of health but isimproving.. an effort to provide for a group '„$ P ;esbyterians at Snaith'e Hill, who had broken away from union, a joint meeting of the congregations of S'mith's Hill, :Au'b•ura and Blyth stet a commission from IIteron Presbytery •in Auburn. Monday evening, Nov. L. ;The commission, composed of Rev. 'arr. Dougan of 'Clinton, chairman; 'Rev. Mr, (Lane and F. G. Weir, of Goderich,.proposed a three-point t.harge of the three congregations, but this was not aocepteble to the meeting and an amendment was passed that 'Belgrave be included with these con- ,gregations in a four point charge to be served by a regular ordained min- ister and a student assistant. There was much discussion of the proposal but as the latter view prevailed it was decided to call a joint meeting at Au- burn, in the near future, with Bel- grave congregation included. in an ef- fort to work out plans for the new four -charge circuit. ZURICH Mrs. J. J. Merrier of Windsor was a week end visitor at the home of Mt. and Mrs. J. AV, Mertter. 'Mr. Henry Howald is erecting a fine new oven in Reith's bakery. Mr. Henry Brenner of the town line is quite ill with heart trouble. ,Mrs. Henry Truentner of Zurich at- tended the tfu'neral of the late )Adam Mentz at -Tavistock. Mr. and -lfrs. Jack Routledge of Hamilton were visitors at the home of Dr. and Mrs. :Routledge. 'Word was received here front Snaith Centre, Kansas, of the passing of 'Mrs. Harriett \fathers of that place at the age of 80 years. Mrs. Mathes was one of the Bossenberry family, being a sister to Mr. 'Ed: Bossen•berry of Bayfield and formerly o'f Zurich, tJudge T. M. Costello of Goderich presided, at the tenth division court when the only case that was argued was between Con. Heiser of Hensall, who sued Owen Geiger of the sante place, for the difference of wages from $1,+50 a day and $2.00 a day, Mr. Gei- ger defined that he had informed Mr. 'Heiser that $1.50 would 'be the price. but Huiser denied that arty such bar- gain was made. The judge ruled that $1.30 a day was to be the prevailing price and dismissed the case with each paying their own costs. The many friends of Mrs. E. E. '\Veido regret tolearnthat she is con- fined to her roam suffering from after effects of a burn s:he sustained on the arm recently. HURON NEWS. Civil ''Cases Completed.—At the court in Goderich last week, the cases disposed of included Tyndall vs, West 'A raw•anosh Dire Insurance Co, Judg- ment was given by consent for plain- tiff for $4,100 without costs. The plaintiff, Frank Tyndall of Hullett township, sued for $4.340 for losses in a ere on April 8, 1931, in which his barn with contents was destroyed. A question was raised in pleadings as to the use of a blow torch by an electri- cian in installing electrical power at the barn, the fire having as alleged been started by this blow torch, The !natter, haw -ever, did not come to trial, The defendant company, it was understood, had offered to pay an amount not greatly less than that fix- ed by consent in settlement of plain- tiff's claim. Whitely Horses at Toronto,—Gidd Litt arrived from 'Goderich yesterday, says The Toronto Star, with three horses of the Blue Water stable, own- ed by. Dr. Whitely. The string com- prised 'Ramona .Grattan, Baron Lull - water and the veteran, pacer, Sid Hal. Ramona Grattan is in line racing shape after her campaign through the. Ohio fair 'circuit. Baron Lullwater should be a ti,e'ful horse at the Duff- Grin, as that kind of footing suits him pretty well, and when they start mix- ing heats he has to be considered be- fore the race is :completed, Sid Hal has not raced much this summer, but the old boy etill retains a rot of his former speed. Child Leaps From Roof.—;Believing he was leaping into the 'arms of a teighboe, four-year-old Carman Hogg hurtled 15 feet through the air•to the ground below. He received a badly fractured nose and eye as he plunged face first into the ground. The four- vear-old son of Mr; and Mrs, Adrian Hogg. ni Brussels, was playing with other children on the roof, when a neighbor called to the small boy to jump and he would catch hint, never thinking that the child would follow the suggestion, As the man moved away from the building, the child svaikerl to the edge of the roof and stepped off. Although the child's face is badly smashed' by the fall he is ex- pected to recover. Injuries Prove Faral.—Death came at noon on Friday to Cecil Shipley, who was so terribly injured on Satur- day last by being 'drawn into the feed cylinder of the threshing machine just as the threshing was coaiipl'eted and the power about to be shut off. Although amputation of the mangled limb was effected; blood 'poisoning. set in which together with the shock of the accident was as ore than the sys- tern could stand, Wrist Broken by drank. -Mfrs, Le- ona Aikenhead met with a painful ac - cadent at .Clinton on Friday morning.. She was about to start on a motor trip and finding the battery too low to start the motor undertoolc to start it with a crank. The motor is equipp- ed with automatic spark and should not have back kicked but did so. The crank handle flying back struck the lady on the wrist causing a fracture of the wrist bones. Connor-McGregor.=phe marriage was perforated on 'Wednesday by Rev. J..5' Chapman, pastor sof the 'United Church, !Brussels, of !Ralph 'Connor, of Melfort, ,Sask., 'an'd formerly of 'Grey tow'nship, to Mrs, Elizabeth Mc- Gregor, of (Brussels. Mr, and 'Mrs. Connor will spend the winter in 'Brus- se'ls and intend gcin.g west in the spring where the former has been en- gaged in 'farming for a number Of years. Pollock -Corbett. — .Trinity Church. Fordwicir, was scene •o'f a pretty 'wed- ding, when 'Miss Ornta Ruth, young- er daughter o'f Mr, William Corbett, wasunited in marriage to Russel Her- man Pollock, of iParkh'ill, Rev, R. S. Jones officiated at the 'ceremony in the. church, which was prettily decorated with 'bronze and yellow chrysanthe- mums. The 'bride, who was given in marriage by her father, wore a becom- ing dress of skipper 'blue georgette, with hat and shoes to snatch. She wore the groom's gift, a string of pearls aril carried Talisman 'roses and lily of the valley. The wedding music was !played by Mks Evelyn (Gamble. cousin of the bride. Death of Mrs. Richard Gould.—On November 7th, Mrs. Richard Gould,, one of the oldest 'residents of Exeter, passed away to her reward at the ripe old age of 88 years. She was taken ill about Thanksgiving day and gradually grew weaker, 'Deceased was born in Cornwall, England, and her early life was spent in Devonshire where she married the late 'Richard Gould and two years later came to Canada, set- tling in Exeter 64 years ago. Mr. Gould was a contractor and builder, and passed away fifteen years ago. She was a member of James street United Church. ` Two sons and three daughters survive: William, of Miatni, Man„ Harry of Brantford; Mrs, jas. Shapton, Mrs, M. F. Salter and Mrs, 'Walter Cutbush, all of Exeter. Celebrates 90th Birthday,__Ou No- vember nth ovember'1'lth v1rs, Charlotte Smith of Dungannon, celebrated 'her 90th birthday. ;Born near the town of Dun- gannon, County Tyrone, 'Ireland, on November 'll.th, 1841, she migrated to Canada upwards Of 63 years a,e,aa She was one of five sisters who left their well-established and conn fortable homes in Ireland to come to Canada which was 'then a wilderness of fur - est, Her maiden name ryas Charlotte Mena'ry, and her sisters, all of whom settled wt Liu a short distance of Dun - galloon were Mrs, William M'fallough (Anne Jane), Mrs. • Hobeert Wiggins Mrs: Robert'Davi'daan and Mrs. Thos,. Menary, all of whom are deceased. Mrs. .Smith resides with iter daugh- ter, Mr's. 'Elizabeth .Glenn. IShe has been blind for many years, but is now 'finding her sight returning as she can distinguish objects which for- merly were unseen by her, Mr. Snaith died sixteen years agog and her family consists off • two sons and three daugh- ters, Jatnes W. Smith, Ash'fie'bd; John Smith, Goderich; Mrs.' Elizabeth: Glenn, o'f 'Dungannon.; Mrs. Rebecca Caldwell, West 'Wawan•osh; and ;Mrs: M. B.' (Nicholson, of Toronto. Death of R. B. Carter,—After a few Goderich Mane Shares Estate: -An hours illness 'there passed away on estate ri $73;523 was left by Eliza- November 5th, at Clinton,Robert'beth 'M'eakius, 314 Main streeteast,jlBell Carter, in his sixty-ninth year. IIe had not been well of late but was Hamti'llton, .widow of Charles 'W: ;Waal able to be around' During h kills, it was revealed when probate OF . g ^a c,otr g her will vas granted. - A daughter, spell fn the morning he ruptured Florence w '.as le'f a •blood vessel and passed away that t the greater part Of (evenitsMr. Carter was bort the estate, $8;000, and one-fourth the Halton a' r - residue. Three sons, Charles, of Go- county. coming with his par- derich; John; of Montreal, and ''Wil- eiits, the late Isaac Carter and hieliam, 48 Procter boulevard, each re- wife, Jane Bell, to .He an County incera e a fourth 'of the residue. After the early eighties. = He was employed specific bequests; the residue' willby Messrs. Romford and S'an, later. amount to $50,000.spent a wh'i'le in Cleveland, and Was a member of the Doherty staff iii ,Clfn- Carter Scholarship Winners..—Arth- 'ton for years. He was twice married, ur IN. !Brown of Dungannon is t'he his first wife being Louise E. Penne winger of the first Carter Scholarship, baker, by whom hehad four children, valued at .$100, and Miss Id'a Brill, of two of whom survive, one having died Win,ghaan was awarded the second, in infancy, the mother also passing valued at $60.00; Miss Dorothy —lien .•way. and another died later, Mr. of Godericli, won third, valued at :Carter was located in Cleveland when $40, his wife died' and when he: brought her home for burial he decided to re- main, Later he was united in mar- riage with Miss Rose Amelia Joyner, who survives with her daughter, Miss Eva, of the Kitchener public school staff. The other sort and daughter are Edward Carter, of Goderich and :Mrs. J. T. McKnight of Clinton. Five brothers and -two sisters also survive: iames of .Auburn; John, of Detroit; saac, William and Thomas T., of ,Clinton, an'd Mrs. W. Cochrane and Mrs. Fred :Hutch, also of Clinton. Fifty Years in Clinton.—November 1'st was an anniversary for Mr, James Scott, Clinton's postmaster, who on that date fifty years ago, November Celebrates 75th Birthday.—MIr, Jack McConnell of Dublin celebrated 'his i75'th birthday on Thursday: Mr, Mc- Connell has been a great traveller and he was among those who went to the 'Klondike to search for gold, and was also in California. Oldest Teamster in County, ---And- rew Thiel o'f 'Zurich is probably the oldest teamster in continuous employ in Huron county. He •has worked. continuously for the J, A. 'Williams (Flour 'Mills for 42 years. He drove the team for 30 years and for the past twelve years has driven a motor truck. iHe is 72 years old and has the alert- ness of a man of much younger years. lst, I1881, came to Clinton as a young tAsadrew Thiel has a quiet manner lawyer: At that time M:r. Chas, Hartt which wins the confidence of those and Mr. A. H. Manning each had an with whom he collies in contact, and office in Clinton, One year after he to every one at both Zurich and ,lien -!,went to Clinton Inc became a partner sail he is plain Andrew Thiel. He and of Mr. Manning, who died in 1890; his good wife are parents to three iIn 190'1 Mr. Scott was appointed post - sons and two daughters, .The latter master, succeeding the late Mr. Por - are married and live in the county. I ter, and sold his oractice to Err txa,�_ tie, who left Clinton for the west lover twenty years ago and later ' died,.. Barn Burned. --,Early Tuesday Ivor- niti;g last the barn of Mr. Gus 134s hack, south of Clinton, was destroyed by fire: The cause of the fire is not known. The season's crop of hay and ,grain went up in smoke, hit4 no stock was lost. ,Old Time Resident.—George S. Ro- bertson of Lucknow, a former resi- dent of Stanley and Clinton[ was a vis- itor i'ta the district l'as't week while on his way to Inigers'oll for a few days. •He lived on the farm where Baird's school now stands sixty or seventy years ago, and he remembers when Tamer's church was opened in Tuck ers'rtrith.. M'r. Robertson's father, the late Thonnas Rob'erts'on, who was cill- ed' at the raisi'n'g of Wil'lliaan Me - Queen's barn at :Granton in 1861, .was 'the first one 'buried in Clinton ceme- tery. Weevils Destroying Exeter Wheat. —aFartners in the Exeter 'cotnnnunity 'w'i'th stored grain are being advised to examine their wheat to find out if ,weevils are present. lRepot'ts are be- ing received from naatty sonnies that weevils and, other insects are destroy -'t ing grain in the granaries. Several lots of grain delivered at the Exeter mill have been infested and this in- festation and Maury is thought to be fairly general throughout the district. It is the opiniiota of soave farmers thait many have weevils in their granaries and never know it. The weevil has always .been more or less present in wheat but has increased' to its present injurious state largely because grow- ers have been storing their grain in their bins during the low -price market period of the last two years. Much of this year's crop has been stored in- stead of being marketed. According to Geo. M. Sterrett, of the Dominion [Entom'ologi'cal Laboratory, Chatham, a farmer with in'fe'sted grain has to choose between three procedures: He may clean his grain as much as pos- sible and sell at once; he may let the insects feed until really cold weather and then turn his grain over in zero weather which procedure .will kill the insec'ts, or he may fumigate. Third Fracture.—William Quihtoti, aged 15, .son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Quintan, of Us'borne, was, thrown from a horse on Sunday afternoon and had his left arm fractured in two places. He and ,his two brothers were p'layin'g with the horses, Will being on the back of one which made a quick turn and the lad was thrown on his arm. This is the third time that he has had bones of his arm 'broken. Appointed Ship's Dentist.—lDr, ' M. L. Craig, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Craig, of Viringham, has received the appointment as dentist on the "Em- press of Britain" for its world cruise, leaving New York on December 3rd. Frequently the man 'who is out for what he can get fin'd's himself eventu- ally ni for what ,he's got. Station -to -station ("any. one") calls between 7.00 p.m:. and 8.30 pan. local :1me are on the low evening rate. Between 8.30 p.m. and 4130 anti. they are on 'the "night rate" basis ,and still lower. Nita was worried ... she could not imagine where she had lost her bracelet ---in the hotel or on the journey home. "I can't think what I could have done with it," she telling her mother. 'Inept "Why tat telephon, to tate hotel," mother suggested. gg sued. "It's... after' eight -thirty now and a call will only cost a few cents." Imagine Nita's joy when the hotel clerk told her that the bracelet had been found in her room and would be mailed toher right away. Thanks to her mother's suggestion, Nita's anxiety was re- lieved at once , and the cost of the call was co sieierably less than her taxi fare from the station.