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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1948-01-01, Page 4T` Pr r 2' i' THE SEAFORTH NEWS rrrr aritros.`rki.ivl ovb water when' the ground is saturated SnowdonBros., Pu'brishore is much greater than from-niitiled' WALTON land." On Monday, Dec 22 the C.G.I.T. Logan Council met with' all mem. of Duff's United Church held their hers present, the Reeve presided, annual Christmas Vesper Service. minutes read, •adopted and signed; The .ladies of the W.M.S. were >correspondenee read. By-law 435 guests. 'Helen Johnston read the was passed consolidating debentures scripture pa@sages and Shirley; Ben- of Logan Dillon and McKillop= Dillon nett sang `God rest ye Merry Gen- drain. By-law 436 was passed - ap- tlemen'. The story of the "First pointing Mervyn J. Linton as High Christmas ''Tree" was told"by!, Mar- School .Trustee for 'Logan. By-law garet McArthur, Mavis Oliver was at 1437 -was passed appointing Harold the piano and several carols were W. Diegel as Auditor for ' Logan sung during, the service and four Township. By-law 438 was ',,passed girls -Sang Follow the Gleam". The 'appointing John F. Prueter as De- c.,ndle light service was conducted puty . Clerk, Municipal Act, 1947, by Mrs'. Hazlewood and four of the page 222, section 21, subsection 2. girls, Margaret McArthur, Flora I Balance to Mitchell High School of Turnbull,•Leona Johnston and Edna $4,198.86 was ordered paid. Perth IVlartin, lit candles. The offering I County levy for .1947 was ordered was received by Doris Stevens and paid, $29,322.67e. ,The Clerk in - the benediction brought the service lstructed to call a meeting on - an to a close. Lunch was served and a social hour was spent. Rev: and Mrs. Hazlewood,. Lane and Lynda spent Christmas at Mrs. Hazlewood's home at Apsley, and also visited relatives in Toronto and Peterloro. Mr. Ernie Clark of Seaforth was the special speaker at Duff's United Church on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. D. Lawless, Dianne and Murray spent Christmas in Lon- don. LOGAN Comment on an article that _ ap- peared in the press 'Dec. 18th. Re- marks had been made by a Mr. Ken- nedy saying that a Mr. Tuer had told him of a case he knew where a notice' to repair a drain had been done out of "spite and jealousy." Any ratepayer who knows any- thing- at all about the necessary qualifications of a drainage engin- eer would know that over and above the necessary knowledge of drainage. laws he must be of such character that }honey or anything would not influence him in any way, his only thought being to carry out the inten- tions of the Municipal Drainage Act, and certainly, if the drain were in repair he would not recommend a repair or an extension. This talk of the notice to repair a certain drain McKILLOP Continge i groin Page One county spend $100,000 on bridges next year. • The Reeve said the county .had asked an opinion on buying a $30t- 000 snow blower. It would be expen- sive to operate, make about 2 miles an hour and burn 25 gallons of fuel an hour. Reeve Dorrance felt the county horse was costly, built a new hen house and pig pen this year. Other items reviewed ` by the Reeve included the insurance at Sky. Harbor Airport, the county li- brary system which had a new 33,- 000 truck this year, and the high school rate. The Reeve thanked the electors for their co-operation during the, past 18 years. In closing he fore agreement award lot 14-15 & 16, cast that the biggest item in 1948 con. 5 '& 6: and perhaps 1949 would be help for The clerk was instructed to ad- the Seaforth hospital. vertise that all cars left on roadside Clerk Eckert remarked that last are at owners risk; requesting thatyearthe county rate had taken 315, - no cars be allowed to be parked on 000, this year had been $19,000 plus roadside as it interferes with snow nearly $4,000, a raise of about $7,,-' plowing 'of roads. 800. He thought the high school rate, Council passed a "resolution to of 1:1/2 mills had cost the township continue with paying equalization about $900 too much in comparison charge to Stratford General hospi- with other municipalities. al. Total general expenditures paid Reeve Dorrance added a few $25,798.17. Roads expenditures words about equalization. Nine paid 372'5.81. Council adjourned 'dwellings had been removed from Sine Die. Inaugural meeting of 1948 the -township, some to ,Seaforth. council will be Jan. 5th, 1, p.nm, Mr. Dan Byerman, member of John A. Rudolph, Clerk. - 1947 council, said he had been in council five years, and would try for the Beeveship this year. He remark- ed on the township road locally known as the "Princess Elizabeth Road", thought a•good job: had been done at Dodd's hill. George R. Campbell, member of 1947 council, thanked those who had nominated him for Reeve. He had been in council 4 years. Mr. Camp- bell discussed - snowplowing from many angles. It had cost the 503 taxpayers 35,800 last year. With the grantthis worked out to about $5. a farm. He referred to the case where it was necessary to fly a. pa- tient to the hospital in an -airplane. In answer to a question about charg- ing ratepayers 36. an hour or 310 per set for private use of the road maintainer, he said the machine had been bought for use on the township roads, • but those who had used it were satisfied. Mr. Campbell said he had attend- ed the provincial plowing match and had met Clerk J• M. Eckert at the match. Mr. Frank Kirkby, member of the 1947 council, said he was in the field for reeve. Mr. Peter Maloney, nominated for Reeve, was undecided. Mr. Russell Bolton,nominated e 1 o ted for Reeve, remarked that he had never sat in council. He asked who con- trols the county plows, is there a roadmaster, or do the men on the plows do just as they please. The plows leave a ridge along the road which traps the snow and makes a drift. During a slack time the ridges should be levelled down. Clerk Eckert gave the informa- tion that three county plows had been broken down since last Wed- nesday, can't get repair. parts One, plow has not been out for •-'five weeks. Continuing, Mr. Bolton said the local Reeves are getting up a peti- tion to make the North road a pro- vincial highway from Kippen to Wroxeter. Councillors Mr. Frank Kirkby was first one called upon as ,a candidate for, council. Mr. Matt. Murray, member of 1947 council, said he will qualify as', councillor. He complained about tin cans being dumped upon the road- side, they make grading difficult, Mr. Wilson Little will stand for council. Mr. Jerry Doerr will stand for council. Mr. Albert Sierran said he would stand for council. Referring to tin cans, township has no place to dump tin cans, except on the roads. Mr. Harvey Mcllwain will stand for -'council 81r. Earl Mills said he would stand for council. He knew there was a lot of dissatisfaction over 'snow- plowing. He recommended hiring trucks and ,opening all the roads at once. He also discussed high school 'n McKillop had told him that' he had driven back andforth to Seaforth for twelve years while his family was being educated. - Reeve Dorrance went fully into the question of payment of a grant to Seaforth hospital. He then called upon Mr. J. M. Scott, el -Sahli -Ian of the Hospital Board. Mr. Scott reviewed the position of the hospital, which found itself facing rising costs. A number of the municipalities had made pro- rate grants according to the number of patients and number of days in the hospital. McKillop residents were paying 31 extra at the hospital, amounting to over 330 extra for some patients. Mr. Scott strongly re- commended hospitalization plans. Before the meeting closed an ex- pression of opinion was carried by the, meeting in favor of a grant to, the hospital. Mr. .Lawrence De LaFianier„ su- perintendent' of construction at the new wing of the hospital, described the new plant and invited anyone to look over the new building. When the new wing is opened, the Board is considering appointing a manager to take charge of business operations at hospital. BRODHAGEN Mr. Lorraine Rose of Point Ed- ward with Mr. ` and Mrs.' Chris. W. Leonhardt. Mr. end Mrs. John Hollatz of Kitchener with Mr. and Mrs. Ed Prueter. Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Jordan of Mitchell and Roy Amstein of Kitch- ener with Mr. and Mrs. John Am - stein. • Mr. and Mrs. John Mueller of Hamilton with Mr. and Mrs. Aug. Hillebrecht. Mr. and Mrs. Don Stanek and Warren of Kitchener with Mr. and Mrs Albert Querengesser. Mr, and Mrs. Don Barber and being; made in "spite and jealousy" Shirlee Anne of Guelph with Mr. is very small potatoes. and Mrs. J. G. Hinz. We hear a lot about plowing cross- Miss Ordellia Wolfe ofDetroit wise to the lay of the land or fall with Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Wolfe. of the land. That theory would be Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Pryce and splendid if one could control ram- Stanley Beuerman of Kitchener with falls so that no overflow of water Mr. and Mrs. Harry Beuerman. would result. Everyone knows that Mr. and Mrs. Dalton Heinz, Ken when you dam back waters even in neth, Audrey and Gerald with Mr. small ponds, when once they over- and Mrs. Adam Sippel, Tavistock. flow you soon have enough body of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Green and water that it carries with it soil vital Audrey with •Mr. and Mrs. J. Liver - to cropping lands. more at Clinton. When you have well -drained (til- Mr. and Mrs. Ed Smith spent ed) lands with proper outlets for its Christmas 'with Mr. and Mrs. Albert waters it takes a great deal more Smith at Simcoe. rain to eause top flooding and cer- Mr. and Mrs. Albert Querengesser tainly less erosion. and Joyce spent Christmas Day It has been reported that at a re- with Mr. and Mrs. Don Stanek, Kitchener. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Mogk hnd Nancy with Mrs. Jno. Brodhagen, Mitchell. cent T.V.A. meet at St. Marys, Ont, it was stated that Logan and Ellice township waters were the cause of flood damage. We will admit that Fullerton township may have a lot of rolling lands where a heavy downpour in the forenoon is prac- tically all in the Thames River by sunset, while in Logan and Ellice townships, with so much flat lands, it takes some days for the moisture to soak to the tile drains, then find its way down the open drain ((with grades of anywhere from ,hall to 1/ inches per 100 running feet). Should the rains continue for many days until the soil gets filled up with wa- ter then you may find overflow wa- ters mixing with drainage waters in the open drains and no doubt when it reaches lands where the waters rush into the stream much more ra- pidly you begin to have what is known as a flood, but likely as not it would be hard to say it was the water from Logan or Ellice town- ships that did the damage. In reply to the statement that the drainage laws permit the construc- tion of large drains right through the bush, we would like to ask the question, "did anyone ever see a large open drain being constructed through a hardwood bush?" We have never known such to be the Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Beuerman, Roy and Wayne spent Christmas DaY with Mr. and Mrs. John Eisler at Seaforth and with Mr. and Mrs. Rhine Kahle at Mitchell, on Sunday. Visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Har- old Diegel were Mr. and Mrs. Roy Collins and Larry of Stratford, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Parrott and Nancy, and Mrs. Margaret Collins, Mitchell„ Mr. and Mrs. George Francis and non r j Monkton and Mr. and Mrs. Don Markle of Woodstock, Glenn Nigel, Stratford. HULLETT Mr. and Mrs. Ben Rileya ssistect by Mr. and Mrs. Bob Riley enter- tained the following at the home of the former .on Xmas day: Mr. and Mrs. Alex Riley and family, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer ^ Hugill and family, Mr. and Mrs. Haywood and son, Mrs. ?Riley, Mi. and Mrs. Archie Riley and family, Mr. and Mrs. George Mann, and the following day enter- tained Mr. and Mrs. Percy Riley and family of Clinton and Mr. and Mrs. 6arnie Dale and family, On Xmas day, Mr. David Reid, e. Miss Mary Reid, Mr- and Mrs. Wat- c Surely Fullerton would not want son Reid, Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Reid to deny Logan or Ellice land owrr-. end Bob were entenaied by Mr. and ers .the right to make their lands Mrs. Wm. Rogerson of Tuckersmith. 'worth while living on. Certainly be- n Friday, Mr. and Mrs. Watson fore drainage was in any way ad- erri s°wed �Cmas dinner to Mr: vanced the crops from the Logan- Jack McIntosh, Mr. and Mrs. a R. Ellice farms were not, a comparison McKenzie of Land , Mn. Hugh Mc - to that of 1946. Campbell, Mn. and Mrs.. Jack Mc See Section 53 ,(I) (k) 1947. Yes, we have more laws that might -prove objectionable to some. For `instance, a school trustee is by law disqualified as a councillor and the school secretary has been so defined for many years. Bill, how could you ,do that? W. G. McGeorge of Chatham re bently told a special farm drainage. committee of the Ontario Legislat- ure the idea that floods were entire- ly due to agricultural drainage was false. He said periods occurred when drainage helps in conservation of moisture in the land. "Under- drainage does create a reservoir of water but it is true the run-off of Donald, Mr. Alvin McDonald, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Kellar of Walton, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Carter, Mr. and Mrs, Geo. Carter, and Mr. Glenn Carter of Londesboro.' L"ndeshoro hockey team is being lined up for the season and with a bit of practice should be ready for all opposition; Geo. Cowan is mana- ger and Walter Tares coach. The concert provided in Londes- boro community hall on Mohday night by Mrs. Watson Reid and her, pupils of S.S. No. 11, and assisted by Mrs. Wendorf, music teacher of Clinton, was a decided success. The pastor, Rev. Brenton, was a capable chairman. Santa arrived with his " ch and some very good jokes. FREE ANIMAL SERVICE OLD•DISABLED OR DEAD CATTLE • HOASES • HOGS • SHEEP • CALVES Promptly and Efficiently Removed. +____ Simply Phone Collect - I MITCHELL 219 • STRATFORD 215 INGERSOLL 21 WE DO THE REST I - ,-WILLIAtel STONE:SONS LTD. O PI'i'A113i di ':; question. Mr. James T. Scott, nominated ;for council, said he favored snowplow- ing. The bridges should be .inspected and; closed if condemned. Three bridges had collapsed in Middlesex county recently. Snow Removal Reeve Dorrance announced that arrangements had been made for George Radford's outfift to work' in the north o2' the township for sripw removal, Cecil Lyddiatt's, west of the north road, and the township maintainer ontheroads from No, 8 highway, Reeve Dorrance said concerning bridges that all you can do is con- tract for labor and gravel, and if the Department of Highways does not help you get steel and cement you can't build bridges. Mr. William Manley read a letter from the highway engineer. at Strat- ford dealing with the snow removal question. There was much discussion from the audience concerning all phases of snow plowing. Mr. Gordon McGavin reported as township representative on the Sea - forth High School Area Board. He said the board was receiving $32,000 grant from the government. Ile said pupils from McKillop going to Sea- forth in 1945 -.were 30, 40 in 1946 and 48 iu 1947. Attendance per pu- pil, from McKillop, had increased from 1.14 days in 1945 to 1284 days in 1947. The former cost had been', 31.29 per day per pupil and now was 31.01 per day per pupil: He said the value to residents of the township for board and transportation at $8 a. week :would be $8,000. One farmer u. r STANLEY Gen<inaei From Page .One costs the township a lot for educe tion, 318,659.42 this year; teachers are scarce, the trustees 'are not satisfied with -the education we got. They said high. school 'areas would, not co5t•yot' money. Under this new .system .the people in Clinton pay the same asyot and I, it is giving our children equa rights to education. I have changed my views about music in the schools and ant proud of the good programa by the children right here to this ball he said:' Asked about assessment values, Mr Webster replied that the" best farms in the township have an assessment of $5,800. - He dealt with hospital matters and said Clinton hospital could not accom modate the township patients unless they build an addition. 121 patients from Stanley went to Clinton hospi tai this year. Alvin McBride, nominated fol Reeve, spoke briefly. He had only had four years on council and would no stand at this time. Those nominated for council thel spoke, Carl Houston said he ha.d cone in' to council two years ago. It seemed as if they had gone on a spending spree, for a truck. snowplow, repairs to grader, new culverts anti :snow fence. But we have equipment to show for it, he said. He felt every ratepayer is entitled tosnowplowing as near as possible. Plowing for bus routes morning and night takes i away from some that need it. -Mr Houston said he would be In the field Moving the nomination of Clarence Parke for council, -John Armstrong said, "it is quite a while since we had 'a real old time go in Stanley. People get fed up after while and want i passed around." "We did a lot of work this summer,' Clarence Parke said. "The biggest job was on a hill we graded to snake 1 easier for snowplowing." Alvin McBride said we had aaatlrei tough year, cost, a lot of money to keep roads open 'last winter, but ev everybody wanted it. Everything is of a soundfooting with the township business, he sait. "My bat is in the ring." Harvey Coleman said this was his first experience on the platform, bu if there is an election the would be there. Weeds in the township are neglected, and a power cutter i needed. He advocated publishing the council minutes In the local press, Harvey Taylor was undecided abou standing. Elgin McKinley said he felt good men had been nominated for counci and he would not stand. James McBride said this was his first experience before the ratepayers The last two years there had been a lot of talk about acclamations, he thought the time has come . to ge things riled up. Wm. R. Stephenson said he did not think his name would be on the bal lot. Elgin McKinley, Stanley. represen tative on the Clinton High Schoo Area Board, gave a report of his work It Is' big business up there at Clinton they spent ,$55,000 this year at the school. There are now 66 pupils at tending from Stanley, compared to 44 before this system. No pupil walks over a mile to meet the bus. "I believe the school area system will ultimately prove of benefit, Mr. McKinley said. He answered numerous questions in regard to the school area. TUCKERSMITH Continued From Page One raised to $3 for dogs and $5 for bitches. Township had collected 3911 and paid out 3937 for poultry killed, fox bounties, etc. -Councillor Jackson saidfifty thepounds. ,statute provides payment on poultry losses only where it exceeds In my opinion," he said, "we ought to suggest to the Municipal Board that payment in all cases should not in- clude the first fifty pounds. 'Phan we night get •co•operation from farmers 'n tracing offending dogs. We have 101 had one single case where a far- ner told whose dog he. thought had tilled his chickens, for fear of making rad friends. 1f they were losing fifty pounds • they; night think different." " He explained about tax rebates to servicemen whoare newcomer's to the' township and not eligible for the ser- vicemen's grant, and appealed to any- one knowing of any other ex -service- ` nen eligible for rebate to tell council, "Our gravelling was' done this year at a'flat rate of 64,c per yard, includ ng gravel and putting it on road'," he said. Broadfoots bridge will cost about $45,000, of •which.pr•ovince will. pay -80 per cent $10,000 bas been paid on the work done so far. The township shed in Egniondville is not complete yet, total cost will be THURSDAY, JANUARY 1, 1948. ■``^■'■ENT'TH'EATRL V SEAFORTH NOW PLAYING SHOW STAR'T'S 1 P.M.. 1n Tocht*olor ' MAT. JAN, i AND "Till The Clouds Roll By" with June Allyson — Robert Walker — Judy Garland Van Johnson — Lena Horne Frank Sinatra The nlanimoth Musical of Jerome Kern's dramatic life story — Be sure to see this one. MON. TUES. WED. "The Ghost and Mrs. , wit}, Gene Tierney and Rex Harrison ' This story, it can be said, quite honestly, stands to outdo all ghost stories. Rex Harrison is enjoyable to watch' and listen' toin the character of the ghost of the seaman NEXT'THURS, FRI. SAT. IN TECHNIGOL9R' "The Bells of San Angelo" with Roy Rogers and .DaleEvans COMING: ADULT ENTERTAINMENT - "Possessed" with Van Heflin Joan Crawford-- Raymond Massey over 38000. Township still has $4700 to pay on this. An unexpected expense this .year was the tax on fuel oil. The township had to payback taxes and this year's tax, totalling 3629. The tax had been 8c to May 1946, then 11c. Cost of grader had been heavy this yeas, 34892.20, a lot of repairs being necessary. Under the new county. assessment plan, the county assessor will work with the township assessor and both assessments will be pretty much alike, he said. I am not standing for Reeve," Mr. Jackson stated: "I expect to be in the field for council..' Councillor Charles MacKay Councillor Charles MacKay review- ed the increased tax rate, which in- clude snowplowing and the • High School Area, etc. He discussed the fi- nancing of the new bridge and the grant to Seaforth hospital. • He was undecided yet what he wotflil qualify for. Councillor' Gordon Richardson Councillor Gordon Richardson com- plimented council oni-plimented`council on the good'gravel- ling job, it was done cheaper and all completed in only three weeks. He outlined drainage work accomplished also the Crozier drain had been sur- veyed but report had not been receiv- ed yet from the engineer. He was not sure yet what office .he would qualify for. Councillor Roy Pepper 'Councillor Roy Pepper said the taxes are -higher but not through any fault of council. "You can hardly call them taxes, he said. "They are really for ser- vices." He cited the high school buses as an example, Pupils used to pay $7 board, now pupils are home every night and not running the streets. The township grader was away fou three weeks in the fall at the other side of Stratford, the revenue from that was over 3700, but it aright have been better to have it at work on our own roads. He said council thought of buying a power mower to cut the weeds, but decided to wait until the roads are in better shape at the sides. Mr. Pepper said he expected to stand for council. Mr. J. W. Crich, nominee for coun- cil, spoke on his duties as township representative on the Clinton High School Board and described the set- up and working of that body. A com- mercial course was started In the school this year. Clinton school rate• payers pay 2 nrills,.Seafor•th 11A mills, the difference being in the smaller debenture debt of the latter school. Under the old system each 100 acre farm paid about $7 to county high schools, the new system costs about $10.50. This year ratepayers had to pay both. assessments but not after this year. Mr. Crich • commended Artie Nicholson to the ratepayers as Reeve for 1948, saying he was endors- ed by Warden Brown Smyth for 1948 warden of the. county. William Rogerson did not'know yet if he would- stand for office. James McIntosh, school trustee, paid tribute to the memory . of the late Hugh Chesney, who had been a good trustee. He outlined the expense of the township school area board, and said three new schools had come in this year. The board hires the Sea - forth school .bus to bring pupils to household science and manual -train- ing classes, at the high school. E. B. Goudie, township representa tive on Seaforth High School Area hoard, said most of the township is in the Seaforth area. He: praised the good work of Secretary -treasurer M. A. Reid, and the .generosity Of Sea - forth in turning over to the school area such an excellent property as the high school. Most of the pupils now Dome from the townships, he said, stating the trend now is to edu- cate pupils back to the farm. Harold Finnigan, Tucker'smitlr re- presentative to Scott Memorial hos- pital Board, took a pot shot at Reeve Dorrance of McKillop for his negative attitude towards the hospital. The municipalities should assume their share of responsibility for maintain- ing the hospital, Mr. Finnigan stated he had been named vice•chairman of the Board and chairman of the house committee, and gave high praise to the good work of Chairman J. M. Scott. The Board will receive $48,- 000 in grants from county and prov- ince for the new wing which will cost $15.000. He would like to see Tuck• ersmith township furnish a room in the new wing. "We will not be ap- pealing to you for finances in 1948," Mr. Finnigan said. William R. Archibald,' former reeve of Tuckersmrth and ex -Warden, was cailed upon and said he was glad to seecation. ` the advances made towards edu• - "1 always felt we Were most lack; ing in bringing a little more educa- tion to the boys who would be our farmers. It is the boys who are :going to be the future citizens of- our i(411 - ship who are most important to us he said. S. H. Whitmore, former Reeve, and, secretary -treasurer of the . township school area board, reviewed matters dealing with the schools, explaining difficulties in obtaining • teachers and caretakers. He said. the Board feel that the annual'expense of $150 for transporting pupils to the music fes- tival at Goderich is . too much an,d the Board is trying to get a local com- petition started to get the benefits of the festival and eliminate, that un- necessary expense. Mr. Whitmore sympathised with council's difficulties in rebuilding the Broadfoot bridge, and: recalled the nomination meeting crowd at the hall in Brucefield in 1912 when the old ' bridge was being built.; The cost of the old bridge was around $8000, and 400 farms paid an extra $10 towards it, he said. Mr. Wesley Nott of, Clinton also spoke and several of the school trus- tees were called upon, McKILLOP Mrs, Daniel Regele, formerly Car- olina Drager, died in Seaforth hos- pital on Dec. 24th, after an illness of five days. She was born in Mc- Killop on Feb. llth, 1881 and lived on the farm where Mr; and Mrs, Re- gele moved to when they were mar- ried 48 years ago, until Mr. Regele died fifteen years ago. Four years later the farm was sold and she mov= ed to Seaforth. There are two child- ren left to mourn her demise, Mrs. Leslie Rapien, Chicago, and Gordon of Sudbury. One daughter, Vine, died in infancy, there are five grand children and one great grandchild: The burial took place on Dec, 27 to the Evangelical cemetery and a ser- vice was held in the church conduct- ed by the pastor Rev. G. L. Gross; who took as his text Revelation 14: 18. The Doerr trio and Mrs. Elmer Koehler and Leota Hoegy sang special numbers. • Pallbearers were Clarence Regele, Harry Regele, Walter Regele, Clif- ford Hoegy, Morley Koehler and Norman Eggert. Several sprays of flowers. • Among those from a distance were Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Rapien, Chicago, Mr. Gordon Regele of Sudbury, also friends from Mitchell, Fullerton, Stratford, Seaforth Brodhagen, Kitchener. Mrs. Andrew Steinacher,of Strat'. ford, Mr. and Mrs. Wes Fisher of Fullerton, Mrs. Rhine Kahle, Mit and Mrs. Alex Stockopf and Shirley were visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Koehler on Saturday. Mrs. A. J. Huether, Misses Joy and Dorothy Huether and Mr. Bill Huether of Morriston were weekend visitors at the home of Mr, and Mrs. Chas. Eggert. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Smyth and George were Christmas visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Rock. Mr. Wm. Doerr and family were Christmas visitors of .Gadshill with Mr. and Mrs. Terry Doerr. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Hoegy and children of Galt spent the Christman holidays with his. parents Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Hoegy. Mr. and Mrs. Carl • Eisler and family of Willow Grove, Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Weitersen of Bornholm spent Christmas day With their par. ents Mr. and Mrs. Henry- Weitersen. Mr. Harvey Benneweis of Kitch- ener was home for the holidays. BLAKE: Christmas visitors were: Mise Vera Oesch with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. 'D. Oesch. - ' Mr. and Mrs. W. Oesch and fami- ly, and Mr. and Mrs. 'B. Faber and family and Mr. and Mrs. Faber Sr. with Mr. and Mrs. Rudy Oesch. Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Attridge and family of Goderich and Mr. and - Mrs. L. Finnigan. and family with Mrs. Clarke. Mr. and Mrs. C. Meyers and Bon- nie Jean of London and Mr. and Mrs. A. Mustard of Brucefield with Mr. and Mrs. Hey and the Younges. Mr. and Mrs. L. Jeffrey and Ted and Clemente of Kitchener with Mr. and. Mrs. Leonard Jeffery at .Goder- ich. Mr. Robert Ducharme of Kitch- erier with his parents, ,Mr. and Mrs, 0. Ducharme. Mr, and Mrs. Hamiyn and Hope of, London and' Mr. and Mrs. Lorne Hamlyn and family of Belnronte with Mr. and Mrs. J. Bancroft. Mr. and Mrs. James Dinsmore' and family of Windsor and Mr. John Dinsmore of Sask. with Mr. and.. Mrs. Thos. Dinsmore and Miss 'Em- ma, Mr, and Mrs. Roy McBride and family with Mrs. Love and family, parr Line. CROMARTY A quiet December wedding took place recently when -,Margaret Nor- ris,-daughter.of 1VIr. and Mrs. Harry Norris; was united in marriage to Mr. John McDougall, son of the late Mr. Allen McDougall and Mrs. Mc- Dougall.