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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1932-04-21, Page 2PAGE TWO. 21b. N LAEL. SAME FINEST QUALITY HURON NEWS. Purchases Motor Boat—Mr. Ward (Fritz of Zurich has purchased a 16 -ft, +fast motor boat which was delivered at their shop last week. Itf will be re- painted. Ward thinks the speed of the boat should be around •20miies an hour. Rents Farm.—Mr, Cari Mc'Clin'ehey has rented the farm recently possessed by Mr. Louis Kraft of Zurich, and formerly occu'p'ied by Mr. Paul Masse, Supreme Court.—Non-jury sittings of the Supreme Court will open at Goderich on Monday, April 251th, be- fore Mr. Justice Raney. To date there are three cases on the civil docket. Engagement. :Mr, and Mrs.. Eug- ene McDonald, of ,\V'ingham, announce the engagement of their daughter, Gertrude Louise, to John 'A. 'Wilson, youngest son of Mrs. J. T. Wilson of Listowel, the marriage •to take place quietly in 'May, Injured by Fall.=Mrs. Stewart Mc- Gee of \Vinghatn, received painful bruises to her face and was generally 'badly shaken when she fell headlong down the stairs at her home last week which confined her to the house for several days. County Saves $14,000 on Pensions,—' New legislation affecting Old Age Pensions by which municipalities' share is reduced '10 per cent., will save the Huron county $14,000 a year. As this legislation is retroactive to Aug - use 1st, 1931, there will be a back payment of some $10,000. .Practically all the inmates of the House of Re- fuge are old age pensioners and their money goes to the county for their keep, thus the cost of this institution is now practically nil, Brussels Editor Ill,=We regret to announce that the editor, Mr. J. Leslie Kerr, has been in a critical condition hollowing a heart attack last Friday morning due tocoronary thrombosis. Although improving satisfactorily the Most favourable outlook at present is several weeks in bed.—Brussels Post. Evening Service at Holmesville.— At a meeting of the trustee board ,of the Holnte.sville United Church it was decided to have a ballot as to whether or not an evening service will be held itt future in the H'olanesville 'church. The evening service was dis- continued some years ago, but the lo- cal church is n'ow strengthened by the closing of Sharon church, an outside appointment on ,the Holmesville cir- cuit at Easter: f3olmesville now has 'only one outside appointment, Eben- ,ezer, on the Maitland, Visits Old Home,_Recently Mr, and Miss. L. H. Wise of Sault. Ste Marie Mich., called on friends jyi S:t, Augustine vicinity. Mrs. Wise, who was formerly Miss Emily Beadle, was born on the farm now occupied by Mr. John Thompson. Thirty-seven year ago the family moved to Pick ford, Mich., and this is the first ,time iMrs. Wise has been back to her old home. A Misplaced Wallet, -•We have of- ten heard of people 'looking for their spetdtalcles.only to find them on their nose, or the smbleer looking for his .pipe that is in his mouth, but when a ,city salesman loses his wallet in his vest pocket, that really takes the cake, -While shopping alt the Queen's Hotel last Thursday L.-27Wicklum, of Lon- don, proceeded to check out and was much upset on finding his wallet with $40, driver's permit, etc., missing. His room was searched and. finally Chief (Allen was called. 'Despite .efforts on the part of the'citie'f the missing mon- ey was not found. Just before MM'r. lWicklum was ready to leave town he found his wallet in his .inside vest pocket, much to the relief of himself and all connected with ithe search. Wingham Advance -Times. Young Minister 4I11.—A despatch from Sarnia says that ithe Rev. J. R. Thompson, son of Mr. R. G. Thomp- son of Goderich township, who was recently .appointed rector of Canon Davis .Memorial Church, Sarnia, will be unable to assume the charge owing to illness, Mr. Thompson, who has had scarlet fever, and air operation for mastoid at London, followed by ery- sipelas, is ,now much improved but wiill require n'toniths of recuperation. The change is deeply regretted by Bishop Seager, the members of the church and the Deanery of L'atnbton. MIr. Thompson was to have.been ordained and inducted into his new charge in \May, Burgess-lNey. — A quiet wedding was 'solemnized at the reotory of the St. Paul's Anglican Church, Stratford on Thursday afternoon when Mary Elizabeth, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David Ney of Kastnerville, Ont., Was united in marriage to Walter Macklin Burgess, only son of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Burgess, of Mitchell, Rev. William Wallace officiated. The attendants included Wafter Burgess, father of the bridegroom, !Mrs. David Ney, mother of the ,bride, and Hugh Ney, brother of the bride. After the ceremony the bride and groom left for a short toneymo'oit. Mr. Burgess is a member ofan orchestra which will be at Goderich and Bay'Reld during the sunnier months, Resigns Position. --Miss Marjorie M'Iathers, assistant matron of 'the Hu- ron County Home, having resigned her position, Miss Martine of Dash- wood has been appointed in her place, presentation. -Prior to 'm'oving to their newly -purchased farm at Loit- desboro, Mr. and Mrs. Morley Jor- dan were presented with en address and handsome lamp at a gathering of friends at the .home of Mr, and Mrs. D. T. Churchill, Clinton. no Scarcity of Cash.—An interest- ing feature of the auction sales Which are being held these days by Thomas 'uudry & Son,' says the Goderich Sig- nal, is the amount of cash which is be- ing paid over to earn the discount of 4 per cent. At one sale last week the ca's'h amounted to about 40 per cent. of the total, which is an excellent av- erage in normal tithes. Any fernier will tell you that cash today is a mighty scarce commodity but with splendid bargains offering they ap- pear to have little trouble digging it up. The very best general purpose horses are 'selling for $100 and less and used farm machinery is going for a song. Presbytery Meeting.—The Presby- tery of Huron met in the Presbyter- ian church, . Clinton, on Wednesday morning, Rev. D. J. Lane, moderator, presiding. A caul from H+ills(burg and (Bethel Presibyterian churches, in the presbytery ,of Orangeville, to Rev. T, W. Goodwill of Auburn and Blyth, was received and dealt with, T'he call having been tendered, to Mr. Goodwill he announced his intention .of accept- ing tt. Members of the +Presbytery ex. pressed their appreciation of Mr, THE SEAFORTIi NEWS. THURSDAY( •AP(RIL 21, 1932. iGoodwili'sservice's to the Presbytery, the having acted as Presbyteryclerk during the Last three years..M•r, Good- will expressed the pleasure he had had in tvorking witlh:the ,Presbyltery item- bens and alslo, with the Congregations of Amin-tn.-and Blyth. :,Rev.' 5. B. Rhodes, ,M.A., Of Exeter, vas` appoint- ed clerk of the'Presbytery in the ,place of Mr, . Goodwill. Arrangements for the "One'Step Forward fupd; and al- so in conne'c'tion with the 'mee'ting "of Synod to be held at Brantford on Ap- ril 25, 26, 27, 'Children's Aid , v Meets.=The ,Child- ren's childreits Aid Society committee net l'as't 'Friday when a number of '.ac•couitlts were passed and the .Shelter in's'pected' from -cellar to attic. It was found inexcellent condition. There are now eight children in the shelter. At one time this winter there were 13. Teo have been placed in private homes and three returned to their parents, Committee tnentibers present were W, H. Sweitzer (chairman), J. 1fir, 1Mc- K'ibbon, L, H. Rader, Rev, "5.. E. Ford and A, M. Robertson. Died in Goderich Township.—,Anna Margaret Eunice Saweeby, wife of Winner ,Harrison, cut line, Goderich township, died in Goderich hospital, on April 7th of 'tetanus, in her 20th year. Mrs. Harrison was youngest daughter 'of MMr, and Mrs. 'Wiil•iem Sowerby, Union sideroad, Goderich township. Deceased, a bride of hitt a year, was ;born and lived all her life in ,Goderich township. Besides her hus- band, she leaves an infant child, fath= er, mother two sisters and two bro- thers. The private funeral held from her lalte home, Cut line, ".Saturday af- ternoon, to Maitland cemetery, was conducted by ;the Rev. J. ,N. H. Mills, rector of St. George's church, Goder- ich, assisted by the Rev. R. M. Gale, pastor of Grace United Church, Per ter's Hill. 'During the service, Mrs, Gordon Orr sang' beautifully "In the Garden." The pallbearers were Keitth and Vliotor Ross, Carl, - Robert and Thomas '.Sowerby and Robert McIl- wain. IBes'ides 'fh'ose of the immediate families, floral tributes were sent ` by many friends and organizations. .Among those from a 'distance who at- tended the funeral were: Mrs. 'J. W. Simpson and Miss Alice Sowerby, of :Toronto; Mr, and Mrs, 1'. E. Ross, (Kingston; Keith Ross, Mitchell; Mr. M. MacLennan, Teeswater; Mr. and Mrs, Ab, Harrison and Mr. and Mrs, William Harrison, 'Seaforbh; Mr. and Mrs. Theron. Betties, Winthrop. .Charged with Swindle. -Francis H, Byes, who is charged with obtaining money by false pretenses from John A. Crerar of Brussels in the sum of $1,250, was brought before Magis- trate Reid in Goderich on Thursday morning. He was remanded to jail until Thursday, April 21st. He was (brought to Goderich where he was serving a sixty -'day term for, fraud. He had previously served a tern( at Mon- treal. The offence with which Ryles is specifically charged is alleged to have been committed on or about the 6th day of November, 1.9.29, but police now believe he is at the head of a large stock -swindling ring, whose activities have extended over three Western Ontario counties, .including Huron and 'M'iddlesex, the name 9f the third county not being disclosed. Scores of residents in these counties, mos't'ly farmers, have been defrauded, it is be- lieved, the total amount exceeding $200,000. Fingerprints have shown that Bytes has a previous police re- cord. At the present time be is wasted by the New York City police on charges similar to those which con- front him here. Byles is about 52 years of age and is described as being well dressed au'd Of reifined appear- ance. Death of William H. Kirk.—.The late Mr. William H. IK'irk, whose death took place at Canoe, B.C., last week was born on Amherst Istai'd, Ontario, on May 1st, 1882, He moved with his parents when only six months old to Dungannon and remained there until he was twenty years old. The big West then called hint and he pur- chased land in Alberta, going'itt for mixed farming, but his health forced hint to sell and c'o'ne to reside at Ca- noe, which he did in 1942, With ' im- proved health he took up fruit farm- ing For ''a few years and also store keeping, but again his health broke down and he had to spend, many months at L'ong Beach, California, On his return in th'e spring of 1920 he took up carpentering and .contracting and continued this line until two days before his last iilnes's confined him to bed. Mr. Kirk had been in the district for some twenty years and had .taken quite au active part in local affairs. He was much interested in church matter, heip:ing in the choir of the 'Gane church and also the First Unit- ed in Salmon Arrn, He was at one time a tnetnber of the district council and a school trustee, serving also as secretary. . At Canoe he was always' seeking the 'Welfare of the town's'hip and trying to draw tourists to its )beaches, With his own hands he er- ected quite a number of camps and cottages for summer .residents fitting Great ships which go to sea• make doubly sure by carrying two anchors. If one should not hold in an emergency, there is another available to take its place. ' In their personal finances, many men rely chiefly on the one. anchor of their regular earnings. But the wiser ones prepare for tw 1 Latin Proverb. • t an emergency by creating a second anchor — a Savings. Reserve. Come what may, you will have security and peace of minas if you have built up a strong Savings Account. - Start now - deposit regularly a pro- portion of your income so that you may, week by week, develop a secondary safeguard. Seventeen Branches in Ontario PROVINCE OF . t4 , C1 AV GS OFFICE EVERY DEPOSBTC0 ? r P0NNTAmd0C'o�bERNME NT (� , ��Qts _ PARLIAMENT HEAD OFFICE V<�� FID L% BUILDINGS SEAFORTH BRANCH J. M. McMILLAN, MANAGER them up with• modern conveniences. He built ,tihe new school there eighteen months ago. He is survived by his 'wife and her two daughters, also two sisters, Mrs. William Lyon of Aub- urn, Ontario, and Miss Bina Kirk, Of Toronto. Struck by Auto.—While walking to his home on. No. 4 'highway, (tear Ex- eter lastTuesdayafternoon, Mr, Sam- uel 'Smith was struck by one o'f two cars that were meeting, travelling ht a moderate rate of speed. (His hearing is impaired and he stepped into the 'p'aith of the second car. The driver Swung into the shallow ditch but the fender of the car struck the ped- estrian knocking hien to the pavement and inflicting a scalp wound that re- quired a number Of stitches and nu- merous bruises. He is now at the home of his son, Wm, 7, Smith, Cen- traliia, Must Pay for Plowing.—last year Thomas H. Sowerby, as mortgagee, took possession of farm lands owned by W. H. Elliott, in Goderi,c'h town- ship, under foreclosure proceedings, but permitted Elliott to remain in the house for a titre. Sowerby, being in 'possession sof the farm lands, did some fall plowing. Elliott was able to find sufficiettlt to pay the principal, interest and costs and offered these to Sower - by and asked for a discharge. Sower by refused a discharge until he was paid $50 for the plowing, which El- liott refused to pay. "I thing Sower - by is entitled to be paid for the -plow- ing," says Justice Sed'gewicic in a judgment delivered at Osgoode Hall. "It is reasonable and proper farming and I do /not t'h'ink the mortgagor can get the-benelfiit of the p'lo'wing for nothing." Therefore a motion for an in uu'ction .restraining Sowedbyfrom interfe'rin'g with the plai'ntiff's posses- sion of the farm is dismissed. Morris Council.—Council met in the town's'hip Halal, Morris,: on Monday, April 1lth. Members all present. The reeve presided, Minutes of lust meet 'ug were read and approved, The treasurer's bond was accepted and filed. Answering to a communica- tion from the ,Bell Telephone Co., a resolution tiwas ,passed 'giving the com- pany permission to erect poles at lot 30, con, 3 and to cut down some trees at lot 31, con. 11', and on Con. 4. The company have ,assu're'd the reeve that they 'had consulted and obtained per- mission from interested owners. The council .passed a resolution requesting all fanners to co-operate' with' the 'council in an effort to keep down tax bills by taking care of the weeds on the concession opposite their holdings, and those farmers whose holdings .front on a county road to cut his 80. rods on a neig'h'borilug sideroad, to big list o'1 accounts was ,p,aid, The .council will meet at the township hall on May 23rd es .a count of revision on the assessment roll: Dog Became Vicious.—Ellis Pearce young Exeter boy, was bitten by a police dog while hurrying home front school in order to 'get back to see the bear that was in town that day. He was running past the residence of Mr. E. J. Wethey just as the latter had and it1the church, tendered his resignation to take effect at the close of the pres- let the dog out of the house a grabbed thelad sinking four teeth in- to his leg. The wounds were treated and later the dog was done away with. Mr. George Moir Passes.---iln Tra- verse City, Mich., on April 112th there died Mr, George Moir in his 93rd year 'following an illness of about two. years. He is survived by three sisters and one brother: Mrs. James Arm- strong, New Ontario; Mrs. ,J..B, Stew- art, Tuckersmith; Miss B. Moir, Hen - salt and P. M. Moir, Exeter; besides his widow he leaves five daughters and a son. :Sprinks=Hamilton.—.A wedding of much interest in' Blyth ,took place in Toronto recently when Edna Alberta daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hamilton, of Blyth, was ,unit- ed in marriage to Major W. D. Sprinks, MM,G, V.M. Rev. Alfred J. Reid performed the ceremony. Miss Edna Carder was bridesmaid while Capt. A. Sprinks, brother of the bride- groom, was best man. Following the ceremony a reception was held at the home of the bride's sister, Miss Anne !I3.aniiVton, • Later Major and Mrs. Sprinks left on a wedding trip to Be -r mu'da. On their return they will reside at 15 MoKay avenue, Toronto. Debate at Blyth.—.A special meet- ing of the YIPS. was held in St. An- drew's United Church, Blyth, on Thursday, when the young people of Dungannon were present to partici- pate in debate with the local society. The su'b'ject o'f the debate was "Re- solved that a university education should be made available to every young roan or woman' showing a wil- lingness and ability .to attain higher education." The affirmative was - up- held by Harold Wightman and Mar- garet Johnston of the Blyth society, while the negative was taken by Hel- en Anderson and Claire Pentland of Dungannon. The judges were Rev. Johnston of L'ondes'boro, Rev, Mor. 'Patten of 'Benan'il'ler, and Rev, Mr. Mortimer, of Auburn, while John Thompson aoted as timekeeper, W'h'ile the subject was a difficult one to de- bate, the young. people handled it very .creditably. ,After the debate and while the judges were reaching their deci- sion Mrs, (Or.) Toll who presided for the evening, announced the following program: Piano duet, Kathleen Logan'' and Isa'bel'l Craning; chorus, Mary ;Fear, Vera 'Macdonald, Hazel -Cowan, Roberta Laidlaw attd Evelyn Wight - man; solo, Isabel( Curring; remarks by Rev..E, L.'Ati'dersott, At the close of the program, Rev. Mr. Johnston, speaking on behalf of the judges, re- viewed the debate and announced that their decision' had been in favor of the negative who they considered h'a'd won by a „fe'w points. • Quite a number from Dungannon were present as vis- itors. Rev. Mr, Patten in a few words told' of the car of potatoes which was, being slhiped to the dryarea of the !West and 'mad'e a request for about 7,5 hags to complete filling the car, 'Exeter Minister Resigns. —' At a meeting of the official board of the 'Main Areet United' Church, Exeter, Rev, C. J. M'oorh'ouse, who for the past five years has been the pastor of ent conference year. Mr. Moorhouse's res'igna'tion carne as a surprise to the members.: Myr. iMoorho•use is at pres- ent moderator for the Huron. Presby- irk•, eery. BORN IiAN.LY,—'In Stanley township, on April, 10th, to Mr. and Mrs.. H. M. Hanly, a daughter (Phyllis Jean- ette.) Persian Balm—the one toilet re- quisite -for the dainty woman. Delight_ ful to use. Leaves no stickiness. !Swiftly absorbed by the tissues. Deli- cately' fragrant. (Im'p'arts a loveliness to the complexion, 'Tones up the skin. !Soothes' and banishes all unpleasant roughness or'cbafing caused by wind and other weather conditions. Makes hand's soft and white. Creates an elu- sive, essentially feminine .charm, Per- sian Balm, is indispensable to women o'f refinement. Want .and For Sale Ads, 3 times 50c Blood. Tested Chicks Hatchery and flocks are both in- spected under the Dominion Depart - 'went of Agriculture's Hatchery Ap- proval policy. The •testing of the blood samples was done by. Capital Laboratories, Ottawa. The bred -to - lay qualities of ourr birds are kept up- to-date by the purchase of male birds from high record R.O!P. hens owned by some of the most successful breed- ers in the country. 'We expect to hatch about 1500 Barred Rocks, 250 White. ,Rocks and 500 Leghorns per. week. Please order about one month before you want the chicks if you can, D,on`t think too much about price; we will use .you right. Come and see us, or phone 97 c 4, Hensall. We will be glad to talk, things over with you. Feed, stoves, and other supplies 'kept on hand. J. ELGIN McKINiLEY, ZURICH BABY CHI'CK'S AND CUSTOM HATCHING We are offering six popular breed's- in Blood -tested Qual- ity Baby Chicks, Barred and White Rocks, Black Minorcas' Jersey Bleck Giant, White - Wyando'ttes and White Leg - :horns. We have installed a ,new ,30,000 egg capacity incubator for custom hatching only. Trays hold e'l'even dozen eggs each. Plant in charge of an experienced operator. Phone or ;write your reservation early. THE H'O:GA'RTH BABY CHICK • HATCHERY Exeter, Ont, Phone 184W