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The Seaforth News, 1932-03-03, Page 4PAGE ;FOUR THE SEAFORTH NEWS:: Snowdon .Bros,, Publishers WALTON. Quite a Humber in our burg are ^laid itp with something like the flu, but by taking a timely rest cure it is easier to ward off than the old time flu. The late mild weather has played hafvoc unlit the roads which are now almost impassable for cars. Pt would be wise not to ,use cars until the ,roads are in better, shape as it will take a lot of repairing to get hem back to normal. Quite a number from here attended the auction sale of Mrs. Fortune in Seafonth last Monday, which was a decided success. The many friends of Mrs. Louis TI'oegy, Sr., are sorry to learn that she is under the d'octor's nate and wish her, a speedy recovery. Died at Listowel, There passed away at the hone of her nephew, Geo. Clark and Mrs. Clark of +Listowel, on Saturday morning, Jennie 'Sellers, wi- dow of the late Enoch Clark, of 'Wal- ton. Mrs, Clark was the daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Joel Sellars of the and ;oncession of Morris township and was well and favorably known. She spent a number of years at Bluevale where she was a dressmaker until she married and moved to 'Walton where she continued to live until the death of her husband a few years ago. She had not enjoyed good health for some time, having taken treatment in Lon- don and Listowel hoslpitals, She was fifty-nine years of age and leaves to mourn their loss one sister Nellie and a brother, J. J., of Morris township and one brother. Eli of the Canadian West, The funeral took place from the home of her brother, J. J. Sellers, Bluevale, Tuesday afternoon. Inter- ment was made in the ,Brussels cem.et- sesaisamiesenni THE SEAFORTH NEWS, ax THURSDAY MARCH 3, 1932,' ..r Come in and See Our. New and Used Cars 1 Am Agent For Durant Cars & Rugby Trucks Masse :Harris Massey.Harris Machinery and Repairs JOHN GALLOP AGENT FOR FROST FENCE SUPERTEST GAS an< All Repairs and Labor Cash. ery. The friends of Gilbert and Tena M.dOadlum were entertained to, a 'dance in the Workman's Halt on Fri- day evening last and all report a good time. Mr. Wes. Hackwell is spending a vacation in Rochester and other points with his sister, Mrs. Naylor and bro- ther, Dr. Rockwell. Mr. and Mrs. R. Marks attended the funeral of his aunt, Mrs. Hopper. ville, on Thursday of last week at Lis- towel, Rub it in for Lame Back: A brisk rubbing with Dr, Thomas' Eclectric Oil will relieve lame back. The skin will immediately absorb the oil and it will penetrate the tissues and bring speedy relief. Try it •and be convinc- ed. As the liniment sinks in, the pain comes out and there are ample grounds for saying that it is an ex- cellent article. A Dining Room or Bedroom Suite GIVEN AWAY ALSO NOVELTY PIECES IN THE GI1BBARD MONTHLY LIMERICK CONTEST Now is your chance to win a Gibbard Solid Walnut Dining ,Room Suite or Bedroom Suite FREE EACH 1VLON•TH during February, March, April and May, 1932, this firm will award 3 prizes for the best last line sent in for the Limerick Contest. Anyone interested in buying any Furniture will be interested in this Contest. See this Furniture, Display and get full particulars at Waikers rurniture Store V SEAFORTH' BLYTH. The regular monthly meeting of the Women's Institute will be held in Memorial Hall, on Thursday, Mar. 3rd at 2.30. Topic: "'Fll'owers," to be taken by Mrs. Jas. MdGill; read'in'g, Miss M. Pate; music in charge of the committee, roll call, jokes or prob- lems; hostesses, Mrs. H. MclElroy, Mrs, R. ,Richmond, Mrs. Albert Tay- lor, Mrs. 'Thos, Laidlaw. Mr. and Mrs. C. IL. Burnside of Go- derich were visitors with the latter's mother, Mrs. A. Colclough on Sun- day. 'Mr. Wm. Johnston is spending some days in Toronto, Mr. Russell Armstrong o'f Lon'don visited his mother, Mrs. M. Arm- strong on Sunday. The McIL'ean Mission Bland of `St. Andrew's United Church held a very successful calendar tea in the base- ment on Saturday, The tables were nicely decorated to represent each month of the year and the Mission Bland waitresses looked•.dainity in their neat costumes. The proceeds amount- ed to over $23. Mrs. Howard Brunsdon of Clinton, spent some days with ,Blyth friend's, STessrs. Jas. W. Scott and Alex. Smith visited sited friends at London .for few days. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Johnston spent Suhday with Mr. and Mrs, T. Grasby, near Auburn, Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Biernes, 7th line Morris, were guests of Mr. and Mrs, Chas. Nic'h'olson Sunday after- noon, Mr. Chas, Cunningham visited at the home of Mr, Nelson Nicholson on Wednesday, Mrs, John Browns is visiting rela- tives at Brussels and B'luevale this week, Messrs. Joseph and Frank McCau- ghey spent. Monday evening at Charles Nicholson's, SEVENTH LINE MORRIS Who saw the shining Buick on the seventh last Sunday, when Mr, George Cunningham, accompanied by his friends, Mr. George R'aymon'd and Mr. -Wm. Hogg, all of Thames'ford, visited at the home of the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Cunning - "Nine -storied pagodas rise brick by brick". - — Chinese Proverb. AND sizable Savings Accounts grow dollar by dollar! Many fortunate people have learned this simple rule to their intense satisfaction and peace of mind. Don't wait until you have collected much money. The important thing is to make a beginning NOW. Start with a one dollar bill and decide to build the edifice of' Independence slowly and consistently. Every week add a few dollars. You will be delighted to learn how quickly your Savings Reserve, when left at interest ' grows higher and higher. SEVENTEEN BRANCHES IN ONTARIO. PROVINCE OF,TAVINGS OFFICE VERrDEposirsziait+tl i4r�uocovERNMEror IEUPARLIAMENT D SEAFORTH BRANCH J. M. McMILLAN, MANAGER • LETS GO, BOYS! 1 01d' and New Time, 'Walker's Hall BRIUICEFI'ELD Tues., Mar. 8th COLLINS' ORCHESTRA Adnin'ssion Gentlemen : 35 Ladies please provide lunch haat? They spent the evening with ne'itthbors, Messrs, Harold and Charles ' Cun- ningham spent Saturday with their sister, 'Mrs.''lheodore Robertson,: Of Wingham. Mr, Henry Pierce and family spent' Sunday with his sister, Mrs. . John Colditns'on, ,Mr. Charles Cunningham, who has, been visiting at his .home during the e. past week, 'has returned` to his posi- tion at Staffa, • STAFFA 'Mrs. Hignell of Brodhagen visited with her sister Mrs, 'Bab Batson, re- cently. Mrs. C. 'M!oVey of Mitchell spent a few days last week with her sister, Mrs. W. Jeffery. - Mr.' and Mrs. A. Milder are visiting in 'Stratford with relatives, Mr. and Mrs. S. Robinson off At- wood., spent ,Sunday with Mr, and Mrs L. Elliott, Miss Margaret Snaith of Stratford spent the week end with Mrs. Mel- ville Gray. Mrs. R. Lott of Dryden, is visiting her aunt, Miss J. Treffry. Mr. Will Fell of Edmonton is visit- ing with relatives. The remains of Mrs, Duncan ,Brown who died jn Toronto arrived in Mit- obeli on Tuesday morning and the funeral took place to the United Church, Staffa, for interment. The late Mrs. Brown was a former resident of Fullarton, near Russeldale, and left here for Toronto 'some twenty years ago. NORTH McKILLOP. Mr, and Mrs, Leonard Leeming and family spent one day last week with the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wil- liam Mitchell of 'Oarlingford. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Campbell and d'augh'ter Ruth spent Sunday after- noon with Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Thornton, Mrs. David'Wats'on and Donna, a1 - so Mrs, George Dundas, spent ,one day last creek with Mrs, Leonard Leem- ing, 'Mr. John Houlden, who has been on the sick' list' is improved and able to be about again. Mrs, Edward Regele and daughter Shirley, also Mrs, Jos. Thornton, call- ed one day last week with Mrs. Char- lie Regele. Mr. Ed. Davidson has engaged Abe Seimon for a few weeks' work, ELI'MVILLE 'Rev, 'and Mrs. White and family and Mr. and Mrs, Wim, Routley were in G'o'derich on T'ue'sd'ay. Mr, and Mrs. Wes: Jahns were in London on Sunday :vis'i'ting Mr. Jahns' mother, Mrs.•Francis, who at time of writing, is quite sick. We are pleased W. -report that Mr, Sant Brock is able to be around again. Choir practise will be held at the home of Mr, Wm. Elford this week, Mr, and Mrs, Wm. J'o'hns and fam- ily visited at Mr. J. MacDonald's, near Hensall last Friday evening, The WM.'S: of this church held a quilting bee at the hone of Mrs. George Davis, Winchelsea last Thurs- day. Miss Ruth Skinner of Exeter visit- ed at her home on Sunday. A play entitled, Deacon Dub,bs, will be given in the church next Thursday evening, Weed Killer Experiments. Co-operative trials ,with chemical weed killers were conducted in 1930 and 1931 by Prof, J. E. Howitt of 0, A. C„ assisted by Mr. W. M. Gaan- tnon. 'They achieved favourable re- sults, getting a complete kill in some cases with one application, but with stubborn weeds, two applications and sometimes three apiplications were requiretd. Ox -eye daisy, wild car- rot,blue weed stud burdock were kill- ed with one application. Poison ivy and chicory were sometimes killed with one application, through occas- ionally new gro'wbh appeared, 'Twitch grass and field bindfweed required three applications, and at' least two aplpiicationls were found 1:ecessary to extermlinate ,perennial sow thistle. A study of residual effects showed no marked damage to crops the next year, when only two application's were made, but three or snore proved quite injurious to crop's in the year after treatment was given. Want and For. Sale Ads, 3 tittles 50c. TOWN TOPICS TWENTY-FIVE' YEARS AGO Engaged iii Lumber Business. following Item conceraiing the ;umber ;industry in iNorthern Minne- sota will d'otibtless.'be, interesting to many read'eris of The 'News, as the parties named ate well known in this part. William, son of Mr. ,Frank Mc- Cully, of ILeadlbury, has spent several seasons with his brother-in-law, Mr, George tWi1'son, who is engard in `t lu!ntlber Ibusftaess on,the Upper ge'Missishe sippi. This 'winner IMr. Wilson has the contract to cut, skid and haul fif- teen nvilllion 'feet .for urge firm in 'vtitanealpolist and it will be easily seen thlat he• is an energetic young'man, as he had 111,000,000 feet lanfded'the mud le '> of 'February, notwithstanding the unfavoratble; state -off (weather ; up , 1111 the end of January. Mr. !Wilson bias five camps, in each; 300 men and 325 horses. After the toads bre shade the logs are cut and skipped: They are hauled to the landings, from three to seven miles distant, generally by four- horse teams, but .where the roads 'are in bald shape,•six horses .are used. ' The average load is from ten to fifteen thousand feet. IIt takes from 5 to 6 tons of Seed every day for the 'h'orses, the total expenses per dray are $700. Mr. Wilson has a supply depo't at Park .Rapids on the Mississippi, in change ,of Mr, Will McCully. To this warehouse, provisions, provender, blankets, clothing, ,and everything needed in the lumber woods, are shipped from ,Duluth and ,Min'ne'apol- is. Seven 4 -horse tearnis make three trips a week to the camps, a distance of 27 miles. It' keeps -Will hustling to keelp an account off everything coming in and going out. During the last six weeks the 'wea'ther has been favorable and Mr. '!Wilson will finish his con- tract easily this season. In Spring as soon as the ice 'breaks up, the logs float down the Mississippi to the lum- ber mills, but Mr, Wilson hfas nothin to do with this. A $6,000,000 Mine. From a copy of the ,Beatty Buhlfr Miner, a newspaper .published Beatty, Nevada, kindly loaned News by 'Mr. Robert Coates of Co stance, we learn of the rise to l'a wealth of .Robert Montgomery, a r ideal. of !Seaforth. The family ke hotel here, where ,the Queen's n stands, along in the early sixties, will be remembered by many of t older residents. The paragraph, in t Miner referring to them says: ',Sin_ the decision of Judge Breen vesti absolute title of the Montgomer Shoshoen keine in 'Bob 'Montgomery, high grade ore ,which will run fram $250 to $300 'has been shipped out freight teams via 'Goldfield to 5 Lake. This mine is valued at $6,00 000. A Good .Chicken Raiser. Mrs, S. Neely of town has a record chicken raiser that is worthy Of note. From eight eggs placed under a hen eight chucks were hatched on Feb. 23, and all are living. Six hefts hatched in June last began laying in Novem- ber and five eggs per day is being se- cured now. They are of the 'W'hite Wyandotte variety. Purchases Residence. Mrs. Bethune has purchased the comfortable residence of Mrs,' M, Snaith, ,S'parling street, " g og TRY Gillespies Cleaners & Dyers WITH YOUR NEXT ORDER' ;1. Phone 196w. We call anddeliyer V. J. Gillespie, Prop, Mabel, who'has made Bier horse wia�h. Mrs, Geo, 'Shipley, London' Road, Mr. IWm. Rinn of Hultett delivered to Mr. Chas, Layton a good three-year- old filly on Waduesday last, Staffs. Mr, George Oliver and family ,have deft Staffa for the provitace'alf Saskat- chewan ; where they intend making their future home. Mr: Oliver visited the Northwest last spring, took -up hall a `section of land, ansi remained there all summer. He erected a house and stable, .and broke enough laird to give (vim a good Crop this year. The nearest, station just now is Grenie'll,: i. and that is thirty miles distant, but a new branch of. the IC.IP.R. is to be built this coming sunnier, which will run within'two Wailes of Mr. Oliver's farm, McKILLOP. ,Following is the report of SS. No. 4, MclKiillolp, for January and Febru- ary. • Those having perfect attendance for the two months are: Harvey La- mont, Alma Lawrence and Hector La- mont. ' Examination' results: 'Sr, IV: Archie Smith 70%, Jr. IIV,—(Harvey Lamont 67, Scott Kerr 54. Sr. PIT.—lAiHhur Henderson 72, George McClure 63, (Ross Gordon 36. Jr.. TITIT.- Alnta Lawrence 77, Hec- tor .Lamont 56. Jr. III.—(Lois 'Smith 81, Lois Hen- derson 60. .Sr. Pr. ---Maxine Lawrence, Jr. Pr. --Clayton Heiser. No. on roll 12, average, attendance 11. M. Wheatley, Teacher. HARLOCK Mrs, Thos. Knox returned home Monday from a visit with 'her son, Mr. Wan. and Mrs. 'Knox, Of Grey. Mr. 'Bert Beacom had the mis- at fortune to fall on the ice while skat- The1 ing last week and hurt his arm but n- the are pleased to know it is nearly Far all all right again. es- Mr. and Mrs. Charles Parsons en - pt tertained a number of their friends ow Tuesday night of last week. a The following is the report of the he weekly examinations and daily work he at S. 5. No. 6, Hullett, for the month ce of February; ng Sr, I!V.--dvin-Shannon 65%, Harry y- Rapson 66. Jr. I'V.--tido Leiper 75%, Willie Taylor 71. by Sr. SITU.—Ji:m MdEwing SS%, Wil - alt ma Shepherd 97, Watson Reid 69. 0,- Jr III(,- 'ordouMcGregor. 65%. Sr It—',Laura Leiper 83%. Pr, --Alvin Nicholson, Pupil winning most stars in spell- ing for the month—Gordon McGreg- or Lydia L. Reid, Teacher. ERUSS'ELS The . United church parsonage, Brussels, was the scene of a quiet wedding on Saturday, when Edna Elizabeth, elder daughter of Daisies Denman, of Brussels, and Ross But- ton, of Morris township, were united in marriage by the Rev, J. F. Chap- man, minister of the United Church: The bride, who was becomingly abtir- ed in a henna crepe dress and navy blue hat, was attended by her cousin, , Miss Myrtle Carter, of .Seafort'h, while John Jamieson, cousin, of the bade, was best- mats. After the'cerenvony the bride and groom, with a few friends, drove to Sealfotth, where a dinner was served at the home of the bride's aunt, his, .and Mrs:',Buttou will reside on the groom's farm oti the se- cond concession of Morris township. Leaves for the West.. Robt. H. Brown, son of ;Mr. John S. Brawn; al McKillop, left for :Man- itoba on Wednesday morning, the has half a section of land, 'forty-two ,Willes west of 'Regina, off which ten acres are broken and ready for crops in the spring, Mr, Brown likes the country well, and after a two years' residence there states that he prefers it to Hur- on. Becomes an Osteopath. John J. Drummond, son of the late John Dfrtunknond, of .Blyth, has re- cently graduated 'from the American School of Osteopathy, and is now qualified to attach the prefix • "Dr." to his name. He has gone to Lyons;• Klansas, to practice. Travellers. The following were ticketed ' to dis- tant points this week 'by W. Somer- ville: John McCulloch, Seaforth, to Calumet, Mich,; Miss Jessie Elder, to Kamloops, 'B,IC.; Thomas MctD!ou'ald, to Milestone, Sask., Elliott Somer- ville, to ,Rouleau, Sask., J. Whiting and fancily, returned to 'Carnduff, Sask., Thomas McMillan, to Ottawa Li've Stock and 'Poultry Show. West End Tuckersntith. Mr. Levi Stang had charge of the prayer meeting on the London Road at the hotme of Mr, Geo. Dayton on Monday ,evening,—'Mr, Geo. Turnbull called ori friends here to bid ihetn goodabye, He lreturned ' west on Tues- day taking with hip;his daughter Current Crop Report Crop reports recei'ved front Repre- sentatives Would indicate that the majority of livestock are in good con- ditioh and have had the Opportunity of more exercise this winter than for some seasons past. A number of poultrymen report that their' flocks are starting to moult due to, heavy- production early in the season and the supply of eggs has fallen off as high as 50 per cent. in some comities - Considerable concern is expressed re- garding the supply of ice and wood, a's there has not been sufficient cold weather and snow to supply lice and allow for transportation of ice and wood, Dawn in Glengarry, it was re- ported that all roads yvere open for cars, a condition that had `never 'be- fore prevailed in that section of the country., ,Peel 'County states, that baby chicks are being hatched now for the early broiler Market and that ,hatch- erymen are expecting a normal de-, man'd for baby chicks this spring. Wnaterloo County, reports that the farm outlook seems more optimistic than for some months, and that there Is a tendency for prices of farm pro, duets t 4