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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1931-12-17, Page 2PAGE TWO HURON NEWS. Presbytery Meeting. --The Presby- tery, of Huron, Presbyterian Church, met in Clinton on Dec. Sth, when a heavy docket of business was dispos- ed of. Mr. M, Ross reported for iKnox Church, l3taylfield. Splendid pro- gress has been made and the Presby- tery granted, Uhetn the power to handle the church funds in connection with the building. Mr. Alex, McEwen re- ported for the auditors and stated that the Snances of the 'Presbytery were in fine condition. MIr; ,Rhodes reported for the budget, representing, that not' withstanding the depression the con- tributions forwarded are well up to last year. The Presbytery stands se- cond in the Synod. The commission -of Presbytery re rearrangement as all. congregations concerned in the pro- posed new charge were all agreed were instructed to work out final de- tails in snaking Auburn, Blyth, Smiths Hill and B'elgrave a pastoral charge, t -he new arrangement to come into •effect an the first Sunci'ay in January. MIr. Kane's notice of motion re re- muneration of members of Presbytery was carried and at -ter this travelling -expenses will be paid. The treasurer submitted estimates and allocations • for the ensuing year adn his work was duly acknowledged by the Pres- bytery. A. communication from the Presbytery of Westminster reminded the court of the great work of Rev, Dr. James Robertson. The church is called upon to celebrate the 50th year of Dr. Robertson's appointment as Superintendent of Missions for Matri- •toba and the Northwest. The next meeting of Presbytery will be held in Clinton, Feb, 23rd next. Old Exeter Resident Passes.—One of the oldest residents of the commun- ity died in Meter on December 2, in the person of Mr. \3illiam. Dunsford who passed away in his 89th year. Mr. Dunsford was born on March 29, 1843, on a farm on the Lake Road, about ape mile west of Exeter and his whole life was spent in the neighbor- hood. His parents came from Eng- land and were among the early set- tlers of Hay township. His father as - sited in the surveying of Hay swamp. The Dunsford farm is one of the few farms in the county that has been in the sante family kr over a hundred years. Eighteen years ago he retired ,from the farm and moved to Exeter. About four years ago he suffered a stroke and never fully recovered. A few weeks ago he fell and fractured a small bone in his thigh. Deceased was twice married, his first wife be- ing Elizabeth Logg; to whom two sons were born; Frank, who died in infancy and Frederick, who predeceas- ed him 15 years. In 1875 he was un- ited in marriage with Caroline Ache - eon to whom eight children were born: Franklin, trho died in infancy; Mr.. \Vm. Sanders, Isaac, Percy, Mrs. Mf. (Russell, Mlrs. Wm, Gould, N+Irs, Melve Gould and Charlie of Sud- bury. Two sisters and one brother also survive: Thomas, of Marlette, alic1tigan and Mrs. Geo. Tapsore of 'Marlette, Mich., and Mrs. Robert Tapsore of Marlette and Mrs, Robert Smale of Saskatchewan. Thrown from Buggy.—Mr. John T. Miners met with an unfortunate acci- dent on Friday last when he was thrown from a buggy on his head,. suffering a scalp wound and was ren- dered unconscious. Mr, .Miners was driving on the St. MIarys Road on the way to the farm .of his son. The ac- cident occurred at noon. I•t was snowing and Mr. 'liners was holding an umbrella its front of him for ro- tection, and failed to notice alt auto approaching. His horse took to the ditch, throwing him oat. Celebrates 89th Birthday.—Mir, Wil- liam Kydd, of Usborne, celebrated his 89th . birthday on ,Wednesday, Dec ember 2nd and his daughter, Mrs, 1\Viliiant Moodie, .prepared a special , birthday celebration for the occasion. ,lir. Kydd en -joys splendid health and recently walked a mileand a half from the homeofhis daughter to the home of his son Robert and he did it in 35 minutes. He enjoys the services of Thames Road United Church and ente'rs heartily into the singing. He is one of the oldest residents of the -community and recalls the days when the earliest settlers located in what is now Exeter. — Exeter Tinter-Advoc ate. To Probe All Fires,-Pr)Vincial Constable Whiteside; has received instructions 'from Toronto to investi- gate al; fires in his territory, whether or not they are reported to him, and to send his finding to Toronto. The increasing number of fires all over the Province, including Huron County, is causing much concern to matual in- surance companies and to the author- ities and a concerted effort is to be made to trace the origin of every fire,' Appointed Organist at Mitchell,— Miss Havel Brandon of Win.gham has. been appointed organist Of the Unit- ed Church, Mitchell, 'Miss Brandon :has been an active worker in the Un- ited Church and is a pupil of Mr. An- derson, THE SEAFORTH NEWS. Death of Mrs. Henry Rupp-Loui (Rau, relict of .the late Henry Rug .passed this life at the hone of It at THURSDAY, :DIE'CEMBEIR '17, •1931. se ers were G. Davies, Joe Twyford, p,'C'has.,Shanahan G. ,D.;Robeitton, Mor- er gan Agne,ve and J. Wigginton. Atwong the •relatives -acrd :Erieuds pres'en't from a distance for the funeral were: .Em- ejson Mitchell, Windsor; Thos. Mit- clell and his son, John, Stratford; y MIF: -and Mfrs, J. Guest, Witrglram; Mr, and M•rs. Win, and Mr and Mrs: tE. Kyle, Kippen; Mr, and Mrs, ; D. Courtiee and son, Vincent, London;' Mr, and Mrs. Allen, Seaforth; Mr. Ri- dell, Mr. Wallace, Mr, and Mrs, Ro- l- 'binson, Auburn; Mr. and Mrs, 5, Pett, Mrs. A. Tunney. Blyth; Mrs, Garrett and Mrs, D. Carter, Londes'boro,,and Mrs. Wm, MctIFgeen, Carlow. ' Huge Still Uncovered in Usborne: Two -stills for the manufacture of il- licit 'liquor have been uncovered by the authorities in recent days, one near (Hensell aucl one in 'Goderich, Both — operators are in the'' county jail. Their to equipment was seized. .Recently at n Niagara Falls a truckload of moon - c- shine was ,halted on the highway. td ,'From the driver's pockets a letter he, written in Gertnatt was taken. Trans - a lated, this letter led the authorities`to e, the farm of Moses B•echler, Usborne o township, fire utiles from Hensalf. `Excise enforcement Officer E. Floody d -well known secretary :of the Huron a 'Old Boys Association, was detailed to investigate. About ,Bechler's kitchen v- he found the largest illicit still ever as uncovered in Huron county. It has as a capacity of 100 gallons every 24 o hours. With it 175 gallons of mash n and a large quantity of liquor in gal- lon jars 'and quart bottles were seized, g It was all grain alcohol, neatly bottled y all ready for the label, which might e be. anything from Walker's Canadian s Rye to Johnny Walker's Black La - 7. bel, B•echler in court- hung his head. n 'Inspector Floody spoke for hint. rt was said he has had a poor year on 1- the farm and was hard pressed for a. cash. When bootleggers came to 'hint \r, with a proposition to use his place for the manufacture of moonshine he weakened, because he needed the mo- ney. He took no part in the mann- facture,mann- facture,Ile said. He was fined $500 month, costs and one month, or nine months. The -maximum penalty is $2,1000 and at least one month in jail s 'must be served in addition to the 'fine, t tBechler therefore has time to make up his mind as to whether or not he will pay his fine: I3arvey Griffith, a young Goderich man, was fined $300 and costs and one month, or six months for operating a still and sell- ing moonshine. daughter, Mrs, Rinker at Thedford, on Friday, December 4th, aged 82 years, 8 months and 9 days. (Born and raised at New (Hamburg, where she and her husband, the late Henr ;Rupp 'lived when first married, later moved to Stratford and then to Zur- ic'h,w•hcre they lived for many years. It is about a year since she moved to .Medford with' her daughter, Mfrs. Rinker. A family of grown up chi dren survive: William," Edward, Nor- mae and tElnier Rupp of=Detroit; Christ Rupp of Woodstock; Mrs. 5. Taylor and Mrs, iSc:hlucliter of De- troit,. and. _Mrs. Rinker of 'Detroit, "are the snrvii'ing children. lInt-ermen1 was .made in the' Lutheran cemetery, Zurich Former Seaforth Man Is Mayor. The election for Mayor at \Vingha was expected to be close betwee Mayor Fells, who was seeking ele tion for his seventh term -o'f office, at W. H. Willis, a former Mayor of f t,,wti. The ruesult was somewhat as surprise, when )Jr. Willis secured th large majority of 223. Four years ag Mayor ,Felin attd Mr. Willis were tot of the candidates in a three-cornere fight, in which the fonder secured large majority; .'\. J. Walker's majority of 175 0 er Commissioner Holmes, who h 'held office since the Commissionw formed twelve years ago, was als somewhat of a surprise. Twelve me were in the field at the municipal e ec'tion, seven old members seekin re-election and five new ones, ever nett candidate being elected. Thos who will handle the municipal affair of the town for 1932 are: Mayor, H. Willis; reeve, J. W. \icKi'bbo (acct ); council, G.L. B'al er, F, L 'Davidson, C. R. Wilkinson, J. Gi. mour, H. B. Elliott and J. W. Hann Cotnnissioners, A. J. Walker and 4\ H. 'Gurney. Death of James Hayes,—A deep gloom was cast over the community on Saturday last when it became known that Jimmie Hayes, son Of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Hayes, of De trait, had passed away. Mrs. Haye and children had come from Detroi the week before and were visitin with her parents, Mr, and Mrs. J. T.. Brydges when the tree lad took sud- denly very ill. He was taken to the London hospital for treatment. Be- sides his parents he is survived by his twin sister, 'Jean. The funeral was held front the residence of his grand- parents to Brandon cemetery, Rev. L. V. ,Pocock, of Trinity Anglican Church, Belgrave, officiating. Hockey Schedule,—The following schedule o'f games has been drawn up for intermediate hockey for the com- ing season: Clinton at Seaforth, (Dec 29; Mitchell at ,Exeter, Dec. 29 Sea - forth at Goderich; Jan, 1st; Goderich at Mitchell. Jan. 4; Exeter at .Clinton, Tau, 5th; Exeter at Seaforth, Jan. 7; Mitchell at Seaforth, Jan. 12; Gorier - telt at Exeter, Jan. '12; Seaforth at Clinton, Jan. 15th; 'Exeter at Mitchell, Jatt, 15th; Mitchell at Goderich, Jan, 18th; Clinton at Exeter, Jan, 19th; (Goderich at 'Seaforth, Jan. 21; Mitch- ell at Clinton, Jan. 22; Exeter at Go- derich, Jan. 25; Seaforth at Mitchell, Jan. 25; Clinton at Mitchell, Jan, 28,; !Seaforth at !Exeter, Jan. 28; Goderich at Clinton, Feb. 'ist, First and second teams play off, leading team to have choice of home game. Goals to count. Death of Alex, R. Mitchell.—'Oat the evening of Sunday, December 6th, the death took place unexpectedly of -Alexander Robert Mitchell at the home of his nephe'w, Mr, 'Win. Kyle•at Eippen where he was staying. After the evening uveal he lay down on the couch and chopping off to sleep he passed away without waking. He was apparently a strong and robust man aitd had never had any illness, and his passing cane as a shock to his rel- atives and to the community at large. Mir. Mitchell was born at Westfield, son of the late Thomas R.. Mitchell and his wife. Jemima Robison, He vas one of a family of ten children of w hom eight are still living. While the family was quite young the parents moved to Clinton which had since been his home. tIn 1913 he went to Detroit w -here for seven years he was in the employ of the Ford Motor 'Co., returning to the home town in 1920. One year afterward he purchased the pool room business of the late Robert Marshall, which he operated for a Dum'b'er of years, retiring three years ago when he sold out, Surviving are six brothers, (William, at St. Helens, 'Ore,; John, of Vancouver, B.C.; Thos. o1 Stratford; George A„ in Winnipeg, Man,; Emerson of Windsor, and Al- bert A., travelling salesman, Clinton; iwp sister, Mrs. Joseph Guest Wing - ham, and Mrs. Jane Kyle, Clinton, with whom Alex, and Albert made their home, The funeral took pace from the residence of Mrs. Kyle, Al- bert street, on Tuesday afternoon, the service at house and graveside being conducted by the Rev. Dr• Dougan of the Presbyterian church, with which the family is associated. The pall'bear- A pleasant medicine for children is M'rother Graves' Worm Exterminator, and it is excellent for driving worms from the system, Want and For Sale Ads, 3 times 50c Yellow birch forests are found in Eastern Canada, Hard maple covers practically the same territory. Beech occurs in hardwood stands along with maple and birch. PINERY IS SOLD Announcement has been made by William J. Scott, Sarnia realtor, of the sale of the property known As the Pinery, located at the northeast cor- ner of Bosauique't township, Lamb bon county, on the lake shore, 40 miles north of Sarnia, to Frank S. 'Salter Company of Detroit, for approxim- ately a half million dollars. The Pinery is widely known and has a lake frontage of over six miles and contains more than 5,000 acres. The Canada Land Company bought it from the .Government about 90 years ago and some two years ago sold it to a Windsor syndicate. •The property is to be developed' with a golf course, riding and winter sports, yacht harbor and club im- provements at an approximate-cos't of $600;000 more Mr. Scott said. BAYFIELD. An exhibition of curios was held recently at the rectory, Bayfield, un- der the auspices of the Girls' Auxil- iary of Trinity Church, Its t'he draw ing-room Four tables were set out and the girls, u -ho were picturesque in the different costumes, displayed and de- scribed the various curios. -Kathleen Scotchmer had .charge -of the Chinese section; E'leanor 1Scobchnte'r had the Indian and Eskimo .section,' Emma Sturgeon that of India and 13etty Gai- rdner the table of "here, there and Chnslma8 tl CoflcerI A miscellaneous concert will be given' by the Young People of ROXBORO Friday, D.ecernber 18th In addition there will be a Christmas. Tree Admission 20[c and I!So "May make a suggestion?" We all know that the best way to wish a friend a Merry Christmas is to say it yourself especially in the case of out-of-town friends who appreciate your voice more than any. other 'form of greeting. BUT — if everybody waits until Christmas Day to make these calls there are bound to be crowded lines and delays. We telephone operators all wish to avoid that sort of thing. We want to put your Christmas calls through promptly and pleasantly. We therefore suggest that you place your calls as many days before Christmas as you can. A Christmas greeting is just as timely and appreciated before Christmas as on the day itself; it is spoiled only when it is late. So please be early this year and let us show you how quick and courteous our service can be. everywhere." [En the Japanese tea- room, where there was a table of cur- ios from Japan, which Maud Parker explained, Louise McLeod, Irene S'cotc'hm'er, Berthina Sturgeon and Gladys Clark, in Japanese costume, waited ote t'he tables. Doris Feather - stop attended the door and Mrs. F. H. Paul explained the wall posters and pictures which depicted the difference in the cusEoms of 'China and Japan and also Oriental art. This gave an in- sight into the modes of living in the different countries, especially in Japan as there were models of everything from a rice boiler to a house. The curios front India and China and the beadwork of the American I.ndians were much admired. A medicine man's mask, over a hundred years ofd, at- tracted much attention. Have you seen the values and prices in Walker's Furniture Store? Call in and look around. We know you will be interested iu seeing our display between now and Christmas, t , We are offering Bargains for every room in the Horne. In all staple lines of House Furnishings and a•won'derful showing of Goods suitable for Christmas Gifts, such as Cedar and Walnut Chests, Lamps of all kinds and colors, Cushions end Fancy Tapestries, Occasional Chairs, Fancy Tables, 'Magazine Stands Smokers and Costumers, Pictures and Mirrors, Pottery and Chin -a Novelties, \Vatch our Window and comein and look over our lines. One Beautiful ut Paio "Good as New" talker's Furniture Store SEAFORTH, ONTARIO. 1