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THE SEAFORTH NEWS.
HENSALL.
Mr. and Mrs, David Smith and
'do -tighter Barbara. Jean, of Detroit;
anisited friends in town of Sunday,
Mrs, James Hoggarth is spending a
)felw days 'visiting friends at Toronto.
`The ball game played 'between; Cre-
d'itbn and Elensall at ' Crediton; os
1.Monday evening resulted in a score
of 17-4 in .favor of Hensall. Quite a
number front here attended the
games.
Mr. and Mrs, Blear of Toron-
to visited over the week end at the
9rdme of Mr. and: Mrs. Jas. Hoggarth,
Mr. and Mrs. Jias. Eby of 'Call'ing-
wood spent the weekend with the
latter's parents, Mr. and 'bins, W. J..
.White.
Dr. and Mrs. Cantipbe11 and family
of 'Toronto are visiting at the home of
(Mrs.
Campbell's mother, Mrs. T.
'Murdock,
Miss Almy Iiamanie of Londbn
spent a few days with her mio'ther.
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Sweitzer and
family of the Beach o' Pines visited at
the home of Mr, and Mrs, Robert
!Higgins on Sunday.
Rev. Mr. Bremner of Brucefieid
preached very acceptably in the Un-
ited Churchon Sunday morning last
and in the evening Rev. Jane's Am'
thony of Thames Road occupied the
pulpit. Alt Cannel Presbyterian
'Church, Rev. W. A. Young had
'charge of the services and several fine
(anthems were rendened by the choir.
ITheh um of the. threshing machine
*as 'heard on Monday for the first
;time.
Dr. and Mrs. 'Smith of St. Marys
are visiting at the home of Mr. and
IMrs.:'G. C. Petty. •
Il'Ir. Wand Mrs. Earl 'Prarlreer .of
[Windsor spent the week end at their
home here.
Miss Elva 'McQueen, who under-
went an %operation at the Victoria
Hospital, London, 'for mastoids, µ'as
able to return home on 'Thursday last
and her many 'friends hope for - a
speedy recovery.
Mrs. ;John ':Murdock spent ;Sunday
visiting at the home of her sister, Mrs.
John H. Petty.
;Miss Beatrice ,Gascho spent the
week end at her home at Zurich.
(Berry picking is now the order of
the day.
Born.—On Monday, ;July 25th, to
dor. and Mrs. John Tepper, a daugh-
ter.
Miss rlae McNaughton of Toronto
is spending her vacation at her home
here.
Mr. and 'Mrs, J. B. Harding and
son. William of London visited with
Il'Lr. and Mrs. Roy •McLaren on Sun-
day.
Rev, and Mrs. W. IL Young of
Nairn and Miss Young of Toronto
visited on Sunday with 'Rev, W. A.
Young- and wife.
Mr. and 'Mrs, 113.E. Devlin' of Strat-
ford and Mrs. Cohen and sons of Lo-
bo were Sunday visitors at the hone
of Mr, and Mrs. Fred •Cornett.
Mr. F. Talbot of London is visit-
ing at the 'home of Dr. and Mrs. (Coll-
yer.
Mrs. Robt. Botthron is visiting "
tg this
week with friends at .Barrie.
/Mrs. T. C. Joynt is spending a few
days visiting with relatives at Wing -
ham.
.Farmers are busy at their fall wheat:
which is considered an average crop.
Mr. 'Wm. Consitt is confined to his.
hone through illness.
Mrs, Ager celebrated her r10,lst
•birthday in 'Clinton on Sunday. Mrs.
Ager is hale and hearty for a woman
.of her years and her many friends
wish her more years of 'prosperity and
.health. !Mrs. Ager is the oldest resi-
dent of our village.
Mr, and Mrs. Ed. Shapton and Miss.
FannyBissett of Exeter called on
friends in town on Sunday,
Miss Hazel ,Coxworth was taken to
'.the Scott Memorial Hospital, Sea -
forth, where she was operated on for
appendicitis and at time of writing she
is,dping nicely.
HURON NEWS.
Hot Weather Effects.—High •Con-
s'ta'bles 'T. Guidry at d A.' Whitesidets
of Goderich were in town on Mon-
day having, some in'terest'ing cases in
the vicinity of Zurich to look after
which will come under the L.C.A.
This hot weather evidently is creating
a big thirst, with some people, and
the law has ample provision thlat such
thirst can he iegally qu'enched, But it
is only too had when one is caught
trying to quench such thirst contrary
to the law ,of the land. Lt is not what
the individual thinks is right, but
what is actually on the statute hooks
that counts.—Zurich Herald,
'Miss Ida Routledge of ,Zurich was
taken, to Seaforth hospital on Tuesday
of last week and. operated on for re-
moval of appendix. Dr. A. J. Mac -
,Kinnon of Zurich peeformed the cp-,
enation w'h'ich was succes'sfu'l' in every
Way and the patient is progressing
very 'tlavorably.
Want and For Sale Ads, 1 time 25c
TOWN , ,OA JCs
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
July, 1906.
Long Stalks.—Mr, Thos, !Coleman
of 'Tuckeramith states that while they
may grow tall flan; in. Hay township,
as per item in leant week's Naws,'still
it cannot connp;ete with the product of
Tuckersntith. From his field this
week he pulled several stalks measur-
ing over 50 inches in length,
Work Commences.
The W. H. Willis Shoe Co. has pur-
chased the old skating rink site on
South blain street The work of ex-
cavating . for the foundation of bh'e
factory was commenced on Monday.
Disposes of Residence.
Mr. A. J. Ho'hllbein, Who recently
moved to Saskatoon, Sask., has dis-
pose'd' of his residence on John street
to Mrs. 'J. iD, O',Cotmelh Mrs, O'iCon-
n'el1 and family are now settled in their
new hoYne.
95 Years Young.
Mr. Jas. tBlox, .Sr., of Exeter, fathe
of Mr, W. T. Sox of the Canada Fur
niture Co., has been visiting his son
for the past week. He was aoconpan
led; by two of his grand'chil'dren. Th
old gentleman who is in his 95th yea
is remarkably smart and enjoys ex
oeptionally good health.
A few days ago a plan fronn Sea -
forth, on his way to Belgravie, enter-
ed Clinton station for the purpose of
purchasing a ticket. He placed' his
pocket book on the window ledge and
had occasion to turn away for a mo-
ment. When he turned back the pock-
et book was gone, and not the slight-
est trace of it could be found, al-
though Mr. Pattison, agent, rendered
every assistance in trying to locate
the thief. The loser had to borrow
enough -money to continue his jour-
ney.
Sends Aid.
art
the F
lately des-
troyed
Escape.
'Colin Hudson had a narrow escape
from what might 'have been a serious
accident one d'ay : recently. While
working in the paint room of the
Miller Carriage Shop at Hensel!, he
had' occasion to' cross the floor beside
the trap door used for hoisting bug-
gies from the floor below. The door
was open and his foot caught in the
slack of the.ro,p'e t'hrowin'g him ac-
ross the cornier of the opening. Had
he been a foot further back he would
have been dashed to the cement floor
below,
Alluring Dream of Promoter.
N. M. Gamin, the, founder of. St.
Joseph, has at last made a statement
which covers the scope of his project-
ed canal across Western Ontario, He
says that he has sufficient .capital al-
lied with him to finance the project,
which he summarizes in brief as fol-
lows: LengthJFron the eastern
shore of Lake Huron to the north
shore of Lake Erie, fifty miles. The
depth --}Thirty feet clear. Width -400.
feet at the water fine. Cost—$50,000,-
000. Locks -Only one, as the differ-
ence in level between the two lakes
is but nine feet. Estimated yearly tra-
ffic—Over twenty thousand' vessels.
Tonnage involved—Seventy million
tons of freight. Estimated cost of sur-
vey—$25,.000. As will he noted, Mr.
Cantu s statement deals in large fi-
gures, but, he says, the cut-off accom
plished by this canal and the unsatis-
factory waters avoided may be seen
by a glance at the. map, and it is evi-
dent that the canal, once opened, will
afford great opportunity for all classes
of manufacturing interests. No one
will venture to contradict the last of
these statements, containing as it does
an "if" clause of satisfactory- dinnen-
sions, .But Mr. lCaistin promises' to
make 'good.
THUIRSD'AY, JULY 28, 1932
Interesting Letter from
Egmondville Old Boy
July 15, 1937,.
Mr. John h3prray,
Eginondville, Ont.
Dear John;
Your kind invitation to the Murray -
Gibson re -union picnic revived mem-
ories of the days When we were
younger.
You ask if' I remember the old milk
wagon. Of course I do. Many a time
I- rade on it from the village to'the
corner. I also, remember the death of
the old black horse an Chesney's hill
when he stumbled and fell and re-
ceived fatal injury from the broken
shaft,
Another milk wagon I reiuehttber
was one driven 'Iby Tam Parker jun-
ior. I used to ride with Tom quite of-
ten. Many a clay we were delayed by
the 'black squirrels, They were very
numerous then, We would tie up the
horse and chase the black rascals al-
ong the rail 'fences. Olften we uaould
catch them as, they stuck to the fence
✓ and we travelled in - a stra'igh't line.
'The telegraph line .along the Mill
Load was new then and the glass tops
• on the posts made excellent targets
e for stones.
✓ 'Tom left his home near the Chesney.
- school and ,gathered the milk on that
concession line, calling at Nich'olson's,
Where he would find me, 'at MetMur-
ray's, learnocchares, McGee's, McAr
thug's, Hallfd'ay's, Ireland's, _Mccon-
cell's, Paynes, and on to the factory
just north of Seaforth,'
'T'orn carried a dog which got us
into trouble one morning with Billy
MdArthur, ,who also kept a dog.
But we were, for the most part, us-
ed well along the route, particularly
at McGee's, where Barbara and Mag-
gie fregllently had a treat for us. You were also responsible for de-
casional sleigh rides which are still
'bright spots in my memory. lW'heel
you were out courting your. good
wife (whose passing we all 'regretted)
moonlight nights were often taken ad-
vantage of and you would come along
with a sleigh box well filled with clean
straw. and gather up a happy crowd.
We didn't speed along the turnpike
as people do now, but I assure you
we never missed the time going no-
where in particular and were back all
too &0071.. ,.
!Nearly hall a century ago , forty-
seven years to be exact, I left .Eg-
nvondville, Much water has passed un-
der the Egmondville, bridge since 114S5.
Aad many, malty of my associates of
that time have passed on. Very- feiv
of those 1 meet, on the street in. the
village do I recognize. In the cemet-
ery the. names on the tombstones are
very familiar and I recall faces and
familiar figures" in that revered spot
which I visit whenever opportunity
offers.
I: want to say here that it is a great
source of satisfaction to visit Eg-
mondvil]
e cemetery :
eter since '
1t has
Y been
cleaned up and cared for. As a last
resting,place it is a credit to thecom-
muttity. •
!My visits to my native' heath have
not been frequent. One, of the` most
notable changes to me, is the disap-
pearance of the woods. Houses that
were invisible from the road until you
would come near them, are now to
he seen from miles distant. The for-
ests through which I used to roam,
carrying a musket procured from Jake
McGee in exchange for' an old 'brass
watch, have all disappeared.
'The old school house I attended on
the hill is gone. The old unoccupied
brick house, in which the* boys used
to settle their disputes after school,
was replaced long ago by 'Connie Van
Egmoncl's residence, •
;When I started to the old Egmond-
ville school, Wild'iant Gerrond was
teacher. 'There were so many ,big fel-
lows in school those days, particularly
in winter, that a-fittfe fellow had no
chance, and I didn't go much in' Ger-
rond's time. But I can reme'm'ber the
big, high desks and.benches, Of course
the little fellows sat on a long bench
in front without a dealt.
Other teachers following Me. Ger-
rond were David Stoddart, 1lcCrinnls,
;Godfrey, McLaughlin, McDonald,
Sellars, : Johanna Shgddart, Barbara
Houston, Richard. Hicks. The good
old boys and girls, who attended' the.
schobl on • the hill in my time, are too
numerous to mention. 'Many lave
passed on and many have wandered
far. s
My Sunday ,School experience was
in the old frame church with Ibhe high
,backed pews, I quite weld remember
(Rev, Mr: Grah'am's eloquent tribute
to the abandoned edd5ce 10 the last
sermon delivered fit the odd building,
The ministers in, nay time in .Egmonid-
vine were only - three -;Rey. William
(Graham, Rev, John Bayne Scott and
(Rev, Joseph McCoy,
Two boys who recently answered
the final summons were of the Mur-
ray clans-IBlolb Murpay anti jack An-
gus. I hadn't heard of either for a long
time until I read of their deabh).Thie
IAlnlgus fa'mil'y attended the Egmond
-
Purse Stolen.
The 1Brucefield Predbyteri church
has lately sent over $30 to ort
Francis church which was 1 by fire.
HOG SHIPMENTS .
For month .ending June 30, 1932.
IHens'ahl—lTotal hogs 439, sele'cl ba-
con 136, bacon 236, butchers 49, ,heav-
ies 4, extra heavies 1, lights and feed-
ers 3.
Walton—Total, hogs 183,, ,select ba-
con 44, bacon 11111, butchers 20, heav-
ies nil, extra heavies 1, lights an,cl.
feeders. 2.
IHvron 'County ,Locals—Total ' hogs
2967, select ,bacon.,771, bacon ;1$36,
butchers 274, heavies 15, lights and
feeders 27.
iHuron 'County---tTIota1 hogs 69016,
select bacon. 1069, bacon. 4000, belch -
era 792, heavies .32, ,exlbra heavies 3,
liglhts and feeders 77.
villa school. Many a 'trip I. made
through the µroods from Grannie Ni
cllblson's'farm'to the Angus clearing.
There was no cleared road to their
place and I sometimes wandered from
the path and would be some little
tin locating the sptot.
1tIt would give me ;i great pleasure to
attend the Murray -'Gibson picn,ic, and
to mingle with the Murrays, the
Smiths, the Anguses, and their des-
cendants, brit I will have to forego
that pleasure this year.
Notwithstanding the elm,in.atio'a1 pff
the older generation by natural pro-
cess, there anuslt be"sufflceen't progeny
;to make a picnic of no meas. propor-
tions. With the Gibson's 'I am not so
familiar. But the Ifurrays were a vir-
ile family and there must be many de-
scendants of the John Murray family
;through Bell 'Murray's faimilry, Aggie,
Angus' family and iDblly Smeth+s fa-
mily. John Murray's family was not
large as itemisers go, but,their avoir-
dupois was sonnething to talk about.
IMy memory goes back to your
grandifather's home non the `farm, 'after-
wards owned by the Leatlterl'and fa-
mily. il'y. I also remember Aunt Murray.
residing in the old Gerrond home at
the end .of Payne's Grove in Egmon'd-
ville. She was a .sweet old lady with
ruddy cheeks, which remained with
her to the end, adding charm to her
appearance. You seldom see stash
cheeks now, although there are many
intatati'o:ns.
I fell. heir to our old family album
,which' contains many photos df the
dM'urray and Angus families. There is
one o'f Aunt Betsy, yourself, Jane and
a baby. You look probably three or
four years old. Four or five more were
'b'orn after that. There is also a good
picture of your father' and Mrs. An-
gus arld Mrs. Smith. Also one o'f Bob
after he grew up.
After the Bob Smith family moved
back into M�c',Killop I dideet see mush
of them. I remember two bright-eyed
pleasant -faced girls, who, I expect,
grew up to be jolly good girls like
their mother.
With the Anguses I was more fam-
iliar, but even they continued to mul-
tiply until I lost count. From Jack to
(Sam of the boys and. Jane and Artie
are fixed in my memory. Jack was al-
ways
i
ways a' good friend of mine. He could
'make good shinny'sticks, and bop's
and arrows that were hard to beat. I
have particular reason to remember
'one bow and outfit he' made for me,
4 made a special' trip through the
woods to get it. He and Adrhu- accorn-
pa'nfc'd me to the edge of the clearing.
Adam was sent on ahead to round up
.the cows. When I considered he was
about two arrow shots away I pulled
up the ;bow for the first shot to see
how far the arrow would carry. I shot
parallel with the path so as to pick' up
the arrow when' we reached it. But
phe'wl Thatarrows'aile'd through the
air and overtook Adam. For some rea-
son the'boy turned his - head just as
the arrow reached hien, and it' struck
him just below the eye, making an
ugly gash which left a scar. 'That was
the best bow I ever had, but I always
re'grette'd that stark on Adana.
I lived twenty-one .years in'Eg-
mondvil'le. I have lived forty-seven in
1Picton. Naturally my recollection of
Huron and Huronites is ancient.
Notwithstanding nearly half a cen-
turyof exile_I follow the activities' of
old Huron with undiminished inter-
est
The last old boy's re -union brought
me in' contact with many old school'
mates—old boys amid girls that • I
hardly expected to meet again. Sever-
al of those whose hands I clasped af-
ter a separation of forty years, have:
passed away since.
Kindly convey to all the descen-
dants of the 1'Iurrays-and Gihsons, my
best wishes for a happy reunion.
Yours truly,
• WIM, STEM'.
ST. COLUMBAN.
'Misses Mary O'Sullivan and Marie
Flannery of Toronto are hoiidaying at.
their homes here.
Thomas Lane of Toronto is spend-
ing his vacation at the home of his
mother, Mrs. John 'Lane.
;Miss Margaret Williams cif Detroit
is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs:
Pat. Williams.
Mr, Jack Gallagher of Toronto is
visiting his uncle, Mr. John Delaney.
Harold Maloney of Detroit spent
the week end here and attended the
Maloney -Murray wedding on Mon-
day.
Ttie ladies of the C.W.L. held a
successful garden party on the parish
lawn on Tuesday evening. A large
crowd attended, consid'erin'g the
threatening weather. A good program
was given by Miss Madeline Moir o'f
London, d'an'cer; a male quartette
from Sit. John's Chin'c'h of Stratford,
and addresses by Wm. ° Golding of
Seaforth; Liberal candidate, and Louis
Rader, warden of Huron county,
Conservative candidate, in' the coming,
by-election; also a few words by the
Reverend Father Danitzer.
ISIt.. Goitvmlb,an foot hall team, beat
Brussels 2 to 0 Here on Monday even-
ing, Keep up ,the good work, boys!
C'h' and Carr
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COTTAGE RIOILS ..,.,,...•,,..,. 15c.
ICO'OKED HAM . , . 30e.
FRESH WEINERS
.. ,
FRESH ' BIO17JO GNA 15c
B;REAKFAST BACIOIN ... 18c
PIICN1C HAM • , , , . 18c
FRESH...... . .... 12c
SMOKED PICINIC HAM
15c
'CHODGE LARD, 2 pound's .................. . 17c
PALM OLIVE SOAP, 4 cakes 23c
It Pays to Ruy in Egmond'ville. -
W.
SEAFORTH MARKETS..
Bartter, per lb, p'&c
Eggs, per doz... .....lOc-116c
New Potatoes, per bag $1.00
Hogs, per cwt. 1$4,6545110
FOR SALE OR RENT
An eight room brick house on East
Wilhia!m 'street near the 'high .school.
Electric lights. Hard and , soft water
inside. (Cellar under all the 'house.
Good furnace, All in good shape.
AIDIAIM HAYS, !Sea:forth.
FARM FOR SALE
.Township of McKillop, the south.
half o'f lot 20, on 121E concession .of
McKillop,, comprising 50 acres. Good
sugar bush and never 'fai'ling water.
Apply to Mrs. Alex. H. Ross, Wal-
ton, R.R. 2.
IN' ME1VPORIAM
'HIANEY.--qn loving memory of
Lindsay Haney, little (twin) son of
Mr. and Mrs. M. R. 'Haney of Tuck-
ersmith, who passed away July 27th,
1930.
Gone from this earth. so swiftly,
Plucked like a flower in bloom,
So young, 'so fair, so happy,
Yet called away so soon.
In the city of light on the, hill far
away,
Where the sun never sets,
Nor the flowers decay,
He has gone to his rest,
Free front sorrow and pain,
Where in God's own, time,
We shall meet him again.
—Sadly missed 'by Mother, Dad
and little brothers,
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Notice is hereby given that all cree-
ditors'. and olthers• having claims -
against the estate of ,.Mrs. . Catherine
Kwie, `(late of the township of Mc--
Killop, who died on or about the 2nd.
day of March, 10'32, are requested to•
forward' their 'claims to the under—
signed executor, on or before August'
41tlh..
;N'otice' is further given that, after
the said lust ,mentioned date', the exe-
cutors will proceed to distribute 'thee
assets of the 'said deceased; having re-
gards dnly to the' claims of Which»
they then shall have had notice.
Dated at Seaforth, :Ont., this •12th,,
day of July, 19312.
J. J. HOLLAND,.
'Executor,
St. Coltunban, Oat;-.
REAL BRIAR PIPE
'With Sample Package --410 lbs. mild:
or strong leaf tobacco, $2350; 20 lbs..
for $4.00; 50 llbs, fon' $8.00; 1100 lbs. for'
$14.00. Pure Quesnel, 3 )lbs. for $'2.00.
Algents wanted. Shipped anywhere. G.
Dubois, 24 3Ienderson' St., Ottawa,..
Ont.
TRUMPET FOR SALE
IB flat trumpet for band or orchestra,
work, in Al condition, Apply REID'
3NDIItA1N S1EOE LICE SIIWTI'ON,
Seaforth. 29
FOR SALE
One second-hand Ibinder, 7 ft. cut,;.
good repair. HUMIP1HRRRIEES &
Walton.
WHEAT' FOR SALE
A quantity of wheat for sale.'Price-
55 cents. Apply to' JIOSEPH
NIS, Phone 2i13 r 2; Seaforth.
N(OTI'CE
Parts and repairs far all Model T"
Ford cars. Also tire pumps and jacks, -
and some repairs for McLaughlin 4
dy, I touring car. RUSSELL WtAIL'LACE,:.'
Egmondville.. 30
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Tree -for -all Blue Water Stake, 'pace or trot.. $1000
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'2122 G'oderieh Stake, pace or trot 51000
2253 Class Race 6 '500
Under the auspices of the Long Branch Driving Club
NEW COVERED GRANDSTAND . GOOD TRACK
!Betting Privileges Allowed
General Admission --50c (Tax Extra). Covered'' Grand Stand 50c
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