The Seaforth News, 1932-04-07, Page 2THE SEAFORTH'NEWS.'.
THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 1932.
HURON NEWS.
Woife'P,odner —.A very pretty wed-
ding took' place in Detroit on March
1090, at the Woodward ,Alvenue Bap:
hist Ohurch at six o'clock by Rev, Dr.
[Hoag, that of Mr. ;Roy (Wolfe and
;Mise Kathryn Podner o'f Detroit, 'Af=
;ler .the wedding ceremony a dinner.
'was served at tine home of Mr. and
13Q'rs. H. J. 'Mon.
Hoffman-:Morlock.—'A very quiet
wedding took I at the Etaeli-
e
l glace
g
teal parsonage Crediton on Saturday
evening when Mr. 'Charles R. Hoff -
Irian, son of the late Ohristi'an. Hof 1-
snauand his living widow, Mrs. .Hoff
loran, of S'te'phen,'w:as married to Miss
ICiaha Mot -lock, youngest d'augh'ter of
Mr. and Mts. 1\nm. 'Morlock, of Ste-
phen, The happy couple left. for
their home on the 4th concession of
Stephen nvithout any 'others of the
community becoming aware 91 the
'happy event that had taken place.
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Died atMt. ICarme1he death
came suddenly on March 24th to
Daniel j3•arry of .12th concession of
Stephen after a shorn illness from in-
dluenea and pneumonia at the age of
.68 years. De'ceased is survived lay
two sisters, Mrs, Elizabeth Barry of
St. Thomas; Mrs, E, A. Wallace, of
Milwaukee, "Wis.; two nieces, Mrs,
Yule, 05 Belgrsva and Mrs. J. Bolton
,df San Francisco, Cal.; one nephew,
!Fred Harnett of New Orleans and se-
veral relatives.
Operation. -Mr, Charles Gladman un-
derwent'an operation for appendicit-
is at St. 'Joseph's Hospital, London,
on Thursday last and is getting along
nicely.
TSA
"Fresh From the Gardens"
ass
'Sara'h iPa'Esdey. ,Slhe 'lived in New
York, and Toledo fpr a time after her
marriage before 'going to 'St. Thoni'ast
For years Mrs. Densmore,was a lead-
er in public welfare and patriotic
work in that city, being a life member
of the Elgin 'Regin}eintal 'Chapter, S.
IO,D.E. ,She was Regent of the Chap-
ter for• years,: resigning about two
t'Completioniof the:
years ago on the
Elgin 'Regiment ;Memorial IBo'ok be-
cause of i11 health. She was also 'Re-
gent of .the St. Thomas 'Chapter of
the LORE., chairman of the Child-
ren's (And ;Society, an active member
of the Ladies' 'Benevolence and 'Tem-
perance (Society, a member of IICnIox
(Presbyterian Church lot ,many years.
She was 'honorary vice president of
the local ,Council of Women at the
time of her death. Besides her hus-.
hand, two sons, R. L. ID'uns'more, Su-
perit'teadent for- the !Imperial Oil
Company at 'Halifax, and C. lP,'Dun-
more, sales promotion manager for
the 'General 'Motors Corporation in
!London, Ont., survive; also 'four sis-
ters and a brother, Mrs. 'Wil'liam
Buck, San Marino, +Cal.; Mrs. Donald
'Bowen, 'Washington. 'C.IH., Ohio;
M4•s. Paul Bowen, Tecumseh, Mich.;
-Miss Psobel Paisley, who had been
with her sister in St. Thomas for
some time, and O. 1.. Paisley, of Clin-
ton. 'D. C. 'Paisley, Montreal and
Stuart Paisley, Toronto, are half-
brothers.
Auto Accident, -An auto driven .by
/William :Simpson, of Detroit, who
was visiting in 1'-lensall, turned over
into the ditch in front of Mr. J. Cald-
'well's on Highway No. 4, North 'of
Exeter, about two o'clock Sunday
.morn'iog. Mr. Simpson was alone in
the car and was on his way home
from London. The car struck some
ice on the pavement and the driver
tost control, the car landing upside
down in the ditch. The driver broke
the back window in order to get out
1Fortunately he escaped unhurt.
Special Train. -1A special passenger
train over the LH. & 13. from Lon-
don to Wingham went through on
Thursday 'evening, returning Sunday
,evening. The train was packed
Thursday evening, some of the pas-
sengers having to stand n -hen the
train left London. ---,Exeter Times -Ad-
vocate.
Receives Appointment,—Miss Jean-
ette B. Cottle who -has been appoint-
ed ;Su'perintenden't o -f the Englehart
Red Cross hospital, which is one of
several medical posts operated by the
'Ontario division of the society, is a
daughter of the late -Mr. and Mrs.' Geo.
Cottle of Whitechurch, a sister 'of .Mrs
T. Kew, Wingham, and a graduate of
fWingham hospital. She has. had sev-
eral years' service in N'orrhere On+t-
ario posts.
Presentation.—On the eve of her
marriage last week the neighbors of
Miss Mary Cook, tGoderich township,
gathered at her home and presented
her with many useful gifts, reading
'the following address; "We your
friends and neighbors are gathered
'here on the eve of your marriage to
spend a few social hours with you be-
fore you leave for your 'new home.
We ask you to accept 'these gifts,
'hoping they ,will prove useful to you
and that 'they will 'constantly remind
You of your friends and neighbors 'of
:the eleventh .concession, We all wish
you a very happy future and may you
have many years of .wedded happiness
is the 'wish of your friends and neigh-
bors. ,Signed on behalf of: your neigh-
bors, 'W. W. Wise, Harold 'Graham."
;Mary thanked 'her neighbors in a
suitable way. ,A+f'ter ,this lunch. was
served and a social time was held.
Killed by Explosion. -'Lady ,Crit-
tal, of 'Wickham ,Bishops, 'Essex,
Rev. H. D. Peacock Remembered—(:England, who met a tragic death last
Three men of Norfolk, Va,, hive been ',week as the result of an explosion in
in communication with She ILindb.ergh
kidnappers. One Of the men, the
Rev. H. Dobson Peacock, enlisted
with the 33rd battalion of London,
Ont., and was transferred to the chap -
fain service. Many old soldiers of
this district will remember. Mr. Pea-
cock and will wish him well in his ef-
forts to return the Lindbergh baby to
'its parents, Dobson. Peacock always
considered himself one of the boys,
and after demobil•izati:on took an act-
ive part in the 'G.W,V,A,
Huron •Old Boys in ,Regina.—Samu-
ei J. "Latta was the unanimous choice
of a meeting held try 'former residents
-of Huron County, 'Ontario', as the
president 'of their newly formed Hu-
ron 'Old :Boys ,Association. The ap-
pointment was -made 'Wednesday
night at a .meeting in the King's ho-
tel. It was decided by the meeting to
open membership to wives or 'hus-
bands of lion -tier residents o'fHuron
'county, this clause being inserted in
the constitution adopted. Officers of
the association appointed ,b the
.h s 1
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meeting were : 15. J Latta presi-
dent; Mrs. E. P. 'Paulin first rice tawa, returned last fall from England
president; George 'Moilard, second where he had been in charge of the
Lon -
vice -president; Archie E. Iloclgert, .Canadian immigration office at Lon -
!people and over. Olf the 805 births in
Huron county in 1930, a total of 86
took' place in +Goderich.•'Seaforth, .with
about half the papulation, was. a close
second with 78, IWingham 59 and
'Clinton 551 The ratio per thousand in
Huron county is' 16.6,' as coir pared
with 17.8 for the Province. In the
sante period there were x64 deaths in
Goderich, a na'tura'l gain in population
of 22 for the year. Of the 64 deaths
29 were males and 35 females. Four
babies under one year died. The death
rate in Go'deric'h, 15.5, is the lowest
in the county, 011initon's • rate ' was
20.9, Seaflorth's 118,3 and Wingh'am's
419.7. The natio for the Proyin:ce was
1111.03: In the entire Province daring
11930' there were 69,631 births, a ratio
of 21.5, as compared with 25.3 in '19211.
In the entire .Province there were six
sets of triplets and :859 twins loin.
tine is still the most ,p'opular month
for marriages, by a big margin. 'Sep-
tember comes next, with Oct'd2er and
N'ove'mber in third and fourth '(lace.
respectively. The month of J
a
nuar
Y
•
stands at the bottom of the lislt. The
increasedl number of illegitimlate
births in ,the Province is alartn:ing; es-
pecially since 1918. The total in 1930
was 2,651, or 2715 more .than for 1929.,
This gives a rate of 372 per :1,000 liv-
ing births. The rate continues to in-
crease and this Pro'vin'ce shares with
Manitoba the highest illegi!titn'acy tate
in the Dominion. La 19011 the rate for
Ontario was but 117.7, or less than hallf
+what it is today. The comparative
,figures for births; deaths and manes
:ages throughout the Province show
(Huron county in a very favorable
light. The birth and marriage rate is
batter than average. Nor is the death
rate high consid'eriug the hundred
odd years the county has ,been settled
And the number of aged people resi-
dent Within the county borders.—'The
Go'der'ic'h Star.
cussed and a vote taken, and it was
carried with a big majority that a
fowl supper 'be held ttae date to be
set later.
Pension List' Decreases.—'D'e'sith has
'been levying 'heavy toll in the ranks
of there
en ld a e pensioners rs ot -' this
o se
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county. County'G1er1c Holman with-
in last week reported to 'the central
office the passing of six, mostly well
on in their eighties. For several
months there has been a progressive
re'duc'tion of the ttntnlber of pension-
ers •on the roll in this county. The
county's payment on account of 'pen-
sions for February. was $2,2'51.'10,.
which is considerably below th'e lever-
age of recent .months. The number,
of new applicants also shows a pro-
gresslve decrease. 'In the first six
months since the Act came into effect
in. 1929, applicants placed on the list
numbered 447, 'For' the twelve
months of 1930, the number was 12L4'8;
for, twelve months of 1931, 180; and
so far in 1932 (three months), only
34. This makes a total of 909. There
are at the present time 639 on the list,'
which means that in less than three
years 270 have been, removed 'from the
list, nearly an, of course on account
of death.
her lndme, was formerly Miss Olive
McDermott of .Comber, Ont. For a
number of years Miss Olive MdDer-
matt and her .brother, William, ' were
residen'ts df 'Clinton while: she was in
the employ of the Jackson Mfg. 'Co.
and her brother attended the Colleg-
iate. Later site took up nursing in
!Harper Hospital, Detroit, where she
graduated about 20 years ago. It was
while nursing in Detroit 'that she met
her husband when she nursed' him
through a serious illness. 'They were
married fm 1916. Mr, Crittal was a
Labor member in the British House
df Commons.; he wnas, knighted in
1930 for the services of his 'firm, the
,Crittal Iran -Works, during the war.
She was washing the personal cl'ot'h-
ingof the household, when the elec-
trically equipped laundry exploded.
A nudniber of windows and doors were
blown out and ,fire followed. Shewas
enveloped in flames and unable to es-
cape. The cause of the explosion is
not known. A brother, Dr. William
McDermott, who is',on the medical
staff of the Canadian militia at O
t-
secrctary4treasuaer. :Two.. .standing don.
committees were also appointed, •the
members being; .Membership:, M. C.
Ross, E. IO, Walker, 'Mrs. R. M, ;Lind-
say, 1Mrs. E. C. Munroe 'and 'John
Gardiner. Social: Mrs. J. B. 'Shaw,
Miss Lilian IM. 'Hodgert, Jack Mc-
Kenzie, IW. IG, 'VanEgm'ond and Mrs.
John (Balfour. :The• social-` committee
was 11n'stru'cted to snake plans for a
banquet about the mi'd'dle .of April for
.members of the association and.other
fanner residents of II -Imola ,county.-
Regina Lender-iPost.
Death of Mrs. Dunsmore,-111 Inc
several 'weeks, Mrs. ,Margaret. Paisley
iD'unsmore, wife of IR. T. 'Dunmore,
Postmaster, a resident of (Sit. fThrmas
for nearly forty years, died on 'Mair,
23rd. Mrs. 'Dunsn ore was 'born in
ClintODsix'ty-one years 'ago, the
daughter of Ithe• "late William end
A Birthday Present—County Clerk
Holman is sporting a fine nein- 'cane,
a gift from his, daughters' on his birth-
day on March 19th.
Annual Meeting Of 'Church. -;The
annual meeting o.f the Evangelical
congregation at Zurich was held in
the church proper, on March 28Th
with a fairly well attended gathering.
:Rev. Dreier, the pastor, 'acting, as
chairman, the officers' were elected.
The election of a class leader, assist-
ant class' Leader, and missionary pres-
ident was deferred 'tosome later 'date.
Mr. W. J. Merner Was elected as
church trustee for a term of three
years, and Mr, E. Gabel as a parson-
age and cemetery trustee for three
years: The matter of holding a fowl
supper in• the Fall .of 1932 was dis-
W tn. Howatt
J. Parks.
Drowned in Creek,—When a 'bug-
gy ,wheel carne off, Orlando Pilee, 43 -
year -old Wallace to'wnsh'ip , farmer
lost his life on Friday, while crossing
a small creels near his hone M.,Wal-
laoe' 't'o:wnslh•ip, north of .Listowel.
IM,r. Pike and his hired Mari: were
thrown into the creek when the horse.
ran -away, but the hired man was 1111
injured,"
'Sowerby-McClure-On March 26th,
in trite Anglican rectory, ,Gloderich,
'Miss Florence McClure, daughter of
bdr. and Mrs. Robert ,McClure, 'of
'Colborne tolwnshi;p, because the bride'
of ilr, Jlames Benson, S'awerby, son
of 14-r. and \Irs. George ;Sow'elby of
laud' conces's'ion, ,Glo'deri'dh rev nship.
The bride was attended by Miss Flor-
ence Sewerby, sislber. of the groom,
'While Mr. Arthur Maslce'il, Colborne
township, was best` moan. ;The young
couple will reside on the 3rd conces-
sion township.
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son of Go t h
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Wma. Gibson, and W.
A Unique Job. --Mr. 'William 'For-
rest, dredging contractor, and his as-
sistant, Capt. Maar Cairmout, :have
completed the construction of a mas-
sive solid oak. table, made of ho'rne-'
grown oak, .brought from near Hens -
all. •-The work was done entirely by
iivLr, Forrest and Mr. Clairmont. The
top of 'the table measures • twelve
feet, six inches by three feet, eight
inches, and .is made from two-inch
phank,. The ends of the table, as well
as the massive stand underneath, are
m'o'rtised .,for greater strength, with
gauge pins to prevent splitting. About
200 feet of the best of oak timber go
to make up this masterpiece of work-
m'ansh'ip. It has ,been iiade for the
dredge Clairmont, which is stationed
at Port Hope. A smaller one for the
camp at 'Goderioh harbor, is al'maslt
completed. Only four bolts and .a
few screw nails were used in, the con-
struction of the huge table, the stand
'being secured by mortising and king -
pinning,
Timothy Lays Down the . Pen.—
"Timothy Hay," who has been a reg-
ular contributor to the IWingham Ad-
vance -Time's for the ' past twenty
years, is giving up writing, His
quaint humor and wisdom has .won
'him a wide 'circle of reader=frien•d's in
all' parts of the country. In closing
he says: "I nearly fergot to tell ye
that I got a cable from M'ish'ter 'Fer-
guson, an he wands me to go back
to, the ould counthry wi'd him --me an
large 'Shpotton—to hilp sittle the
thrubble in Ireland. Be rayson av
that I mus'ht git mishured' ler a new
soot av clothes befoor I sthart, an' git
me ouldShoes half soled, an lave the
m•issus w.id plinty av wood shplit in
the woodshed, so I'empickt to be pur-
ty .busy from now, on, an will not hev
to:ime to be wroifiu army more let -
tilers."
Middle School (Exam Changes.—
'Middle school pupils this year will
not be required to write exams this
year providing they take 66% on the
tern's °work. N'o'notilfication has been
received if any ,change in fees will be
made in -the entrance examinations,
but a reduction in the remuneration
to presiding: 'officers and examiners
has been made.
Fractured Hfp — Miss Catherine
Grier of, Winghani is in the hospital
with a fractured hip in a plaster cast
as the result of a fall on the street,
anti will be laid up for some time.
Interesting', Figures:—The 'report
relating to the registration of births,
marriages and deaths in the Province
of Ontario for the year 1930, which
has just come: to han'd:dtiscloses some
very interesting , and enlightening fi-
gures. Huron county, with a papula
tial of 48,433, recorded 805 births in
11930.' Of these 40,6 were males and
399 females. The birthrate per thou-
sand was 116.6, . which is. ;be'tter than,
average, The total nu'm'ber of deaths
was 549, of whom 273 were males and
2.76 -females. Forty -!five babie''a died,
under one year of age, of wham 30
were males. Dealths frdm one t'o,four
years of age were 10. In Huron
county in 1930 there were .2144 mar-
riages, 1161 in the rural sections and
83 in the urban, or in 'towns of 1;000
Rosebud's. Record. -The Jersey hei-
fer, Brussels Rosebud 3rd, owned by
G. A, Dead -man, has added 520 pounds
of milk to her record, making a total
of 3,020 pounds testing 4,8 in 97 days,
an average'o'f 21 pounds a day. She is
now two years and two 'months old.
Returns from .Hospital,- (Richard
Stevens, . well known- salesm'an, of
!B'russels, who has spent the past .12
weeks 'in ,Listowel hospital, ha'sarriv-
ed home feeling greatly improved. in
hea'lt'h.
WELLINIGTON HAY PASSES
AT LISTOWEL.
In Police Court. —Just after Earl
Underwoo'id, well kn'o'wn Morris
township fiddler, had sawed off a
number for an old time ,square dance
at Bluev'ale ha'l't, he was approalehed
by Joseph ,S'inith; and Jack Thynne,
(fiddlers alsd, wiith a request to let
them strut their stuff. Underwood re-.
fased, He said they would have to
see the manager. Analignmentand
some jostling culminated in a punch
delivered 'to Underwood's jaw, caus-
ing, a double fracture. The dance
came to a sudden halt and Dr. Stew -
ant was called in. This all came 'out in
police court at Wingiham Thursday
when some 100 citizens crowded the
court room to hear c'h'arges of assault
+again'at Thynne and Smith. The
charge against the former was dis-
missed, but, Snaith was committed to
trial in a higher court. Underwood did
not know who delivered the haymak-
er that knocked Mtn for a row Of
fiddles, but several ,witnesses said
Snaith • was the pugilist and that Jack
Thynne, the Arkansas farmer, well-
known as an entertainer to fall fair'
patrons in Western .Ontario, was in-
nocent. Smith is out on $1000 'b'ail.
'Francis Wellington Hay, pro'nnin-
end citizen of the Dominion, out-
s'tandin'g in business affairs and Inc
many ye'ans active in political life,
passed away at the family residence
fn Listowel about .550 oclock Friday.
morning, (April list, follo'win'g a heart
attack. He was 67 years o'f age..
'The passing: of ouel of Pert'h
Conn'ty's most distinguished sons,
came as a severe shock. Having
:spent the early part of the week in
Toronto Mr. IIay returned Bone and
spent ile snit day, as usual, at his
place of business in Listowel.-Ie,re-
tired in.his usual health but about 2
o'clock Friday morning Mrs. 'Hay
was awakened by the heavy breath-
ing of her 'husband,, and he sanlc ra-
pidly.
A native of Listowel;' Mr, Hay had
spent virtually his entire life there.
'His early 'business training was ab-
tained hi a private 'bank and became
associated • 'th ' hi Father and uncle
With hisrfather
'in'ess of which he was
in the grain bas y t s
$read:
He served in Listowel' town coun-
cil, and as Liberal member ,at ,To-
ronto , for North Perth, . becoming
%Liberal whip and later Liberal 'lead-
er. Some, years later he represented
the same riding at Ottawa,
Mr, Hay was a member of the IUnit-
ed. Church. He leaves his widow, One
sister, Miss Grace Hay and am uncle,
J. C. ,Hay. [Gordon Burt, Listowel„ is,
a nephew. The funeral took place
on 'Monday-
Francis Wellington Hay 'was bora
111 Listowel and he had lived ' 'there
al' 'his 'life. He was the eldest son of
the late Mr, and Mrs, Wm. G. Hay.
As a young 'man he became associat-
ed with h'is father in the milling busi-
ness. Prior to this his father had been
in partnership with his brother, (John
C, Hay in the milling business and gas
works of Listowel. When Mr. Hay's
brother, James Nelson Hay, died in
1914, he continued the milling busi-
ness, which had grown to embrace
also a large number of elevators 'for
'the storing Of Ontario grain for re-
sale to'i1 d t Mir
Arrive from Manitoba.—Mr. and
Mrs. W. J. Jdhnislbon, Gladstone, Ian.,'
accompanied by their niece, Miss 141a
Stewart, have arrived 'here and will,
get settled as soon as possible on the
farm which .Mr. Johnston has leased
on the 3rd concession of Morris, 'from
which' Mr. and Mrs. 'William Brewer
moved "last: fall.
Morris Council.—Minutes of March
meeting held ill the township hall,
Morris. Members all present, the
Reeve presiding. ,Minutes of last
meeting read and adopted. Owing to
a misunderstanding regarding the
cost of commercial bonds, .it: was ar-
ranged with: the treasurer to provide
satisfactory private bonds for! $112,000
and the salary be $,1140 per annum.
The road superintendent was tendered
a vote of thanks for procuring an ad-
justment of the road account with
the authorities' in Toronto that in-
creases the township grant'on -roads
by` $11716.176. It was decided to accept
the .taxes less .the cost of weed cut
ting on lot 3, in eoncessiot 5. The
following .are patrolmen ', for 1932:
Charles G. Campbell, Robert McLen-
nan, George 'Coulter, Frank ' Shaw,
'Gordon 'Walker, John, Warw'i'ck, jos-
'ep'h Yuil'l, Russell Currie, Ernest
,Noble, William Alderson, Harold
Cuanaingham,` George ;Alcock, John
tNesbitt, :'Robert 'Bell, Waiter, Sellers,
Russell Sutrdercock, W'ill'iam Brown,
'Herbert Wheeler. The following ac-
counts were paid—Wm, jos. Hender-
son, 2 ewes killed $1'8; John Mason,
stationery, $1.55; W. E. Dennis, re-
fund of overpaid taxes, ,$2.20; roads:
,Thos, Mill'er, general, $6; H. Cun-
ningham ,$4!40 Lewis Jewitt $2:50;
'A.' Crooks '$1:80; Thos. Ellis ;$6.80;
Frank Little $6.180; W. J. Duff, sup-
plies, $1.68; P. J. Kelly /$5.60. Coun-
cil adjourned to meet at the hall on,
' 11th a,nt.
Monday, P
nda April at 11
>.
Death of William Wells—Olt Fri-
day, March • 25th, there .passed away
an old and highly respected resident
of •Hublett in the person of William
Wells, who had been in failing health
for some time, porn in Blansharcl
township, county of Perth, 77 years
ago, deceased moved to I-Iullett as a
young anon, settling on lot 9, conces-
sion 114. Nearly fifty 'years ago he was
married to Miss Rebecca Watson, of
Hullett Surviving are three sons, and
two daughters, David Wells, off Mor-
ris; Robert, of Londesboro Mrs:.
Harry •Armstrong, of Auburn, and
Misses Nettie .and Harvey, at home.
The late Mr. Wells was a member of.
the Canadian Order of Foresters, he
was a Conservative in _politics, and a
memiber of',Bly;th United Church. The
'funeral was • conducted by his pastor,
Rev.. E. L. Anderson; 'intenment being,
made in Union cemetery, Blyth. The
pallbearers were Messrs. James Let,p-
er, Robert McDonald, Thos.' D'ougan,
AUBURN
Ott 'S'unday morning and evening
services were conducted in Knox Un-
ited Church. by Rev. Alexander Mc-
Millan of Toronto.' He also conduct-
ed service at, CarlowUni•ted Church
in the afternoon. These churches
formed \4r. 11cMill'en's charge when
Ire came from Scotland over forty
years ago. Mr. McMillian was a mem-
bet of the committee which compiled
nu ors an ex ers,
•
Hay, as president and manager of
Hay Bros. 'Ltd,, was one of the larg-
est 'dealers in this part of the prov-
ince,
Mr. Hay was part owner of the
'Perfect. Knit .:12'ills, Listowel. with
(William Climie as his partner. His
many other business . interests em-
braced directorships in the following
companies:, Kraft -'McLaren. Cheese -,
Company, Montreal; Standard Mill-
ing Company of Canada, Toronto;
the Presbyterian Book of Praise and James Goldie Milling Company of
Guelph; (Galt Milling Company, of
Galt;, and S. ,J. Cherry & Sons, Ltd.,
'Preston.
He was Liberal .whip under 'Hartley
IDewart, K.C., and upon the latter's
resignation' as leader, was chosen as
house leader of the party, and date.
eonfirmed by convention as 'Liibera
leader- in Ontario, Later W E. N.
'Sinclair, IC:C., Oshawa, was named
his successor as leader.'
While a member of the legislature
and leader of the Liberal patty, Mr.
Hay fought consistently for bhe de-
velopment of this hydro electric sys-
tem.an'd for the appointment Of a
Elouse committee to in'vestiga'te hydro
rather than Hon. E. C. Drury's pro-
posal for an outside commission. He
contended with all his s'tren'gth at the
time the Mothers lA'llo'wan.ce Act was
introduced that all mothers with one
child instead ,o'f two or more chil-
dren, as the , act provided, should be,
allowed ;to participate in the benefits
of the,: act.
He ,was we'll known 'throughout On-
tario and beyond, • for his ever-present
button -hole flower. He had a won-
derful 'flower 'garden at his Listowel
ntilton has been suffering with a very 'Noone.
severe, attack of neuritis, Mr, Hay was quite well known in
this district, as he had owned elevator
Watt and For Sale Ads, 3 times 50c Properties at Walton and Auburn.
also the board which compiled the
new .hyanunary of the United Church.
The hymnary was the subject o'f his
address at' the morning service. Rev.
A. McMillan is thefather of Dr. Er-
nest McMillan, Principal of the Tor-
onto Conservatory -of Music
On Friday :VIT.. and Mrs. j. E. Ro-
bertson and
o-bertsonancl family of Toronto visited
ah' the home of their, aunts, Misses E.
arid- S. Blair.
Harry Augusltine, Who has been
employed on the farm of George Hia-
nsiiton, for over a year, left here of
Saturday to return to his 'hone
Yorks'hi-re, England.
Edward Jones left on Friday t0 vis-
it the bedside o'f his daughter Ella in
Toronto who is critically 'ill with
,pneumonia.
Alex. MdKeuz'ie who is recovering
from an attack of influenza, is visit-
ing his daughters in Toronto,
Miss ICate Wagner has returned
'home after spending the winter with
relatives in Kitchener.
On Wednesday, afternoon a sawing
bee was' held by the neigh'b'ors and'
f•rien'ds of George Hamilton to cut a
season's Supply of firewood. 'Mr. Ha -
591..
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