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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1932-09-01, Page 8PAGE EIGHT.. THE SEAFORTH NEWS. 'IiHI RSDAY, SEPTEM'BtE!R 1, 193$ HENSALL. Miss Lizzie Slavin is improving af- ter her recent Illness. The Welfare Youth Club of the .C,ar:ntei Presbyterian Church held a da p'icnfic at Grand Bend on Were ds Y afternoon, A very enjoyable time was spegit. At the United Church on Sunday Rev. Arthur Sinclair occupied the pul- pit and very •delightful duets were given by Mrs. George Hess and Mrs. Mark IDrysdale'at both service's. At Carmel Presbyterial' Church Rev. W. A. Young had charge of the service ia'nd in the morning a quartette was very albly rendered by Mrs, W. A Mrs. W. McLaren, Ivies. J. Paterson , a M A Young and Miss Margaret •\dc- L)aren. 'Mrs. Sam Merrier visited friends in Zuric'h last week. Dr. I. S. Smillie very ably acted as organ'is't in the United Church on Sunday, taking the place of Miss El- eanor .Fisher. Death of Mrs. 'Thos. Ifemphille— There passed away at her home in Detroit on '1'Ieynd'ay of Mrs. Talionis 7i'emphill, a 'former well known resi- •dent of. H•ens'all. Mrs. 'Hemphil'l's maiden, name was Leah Durstein'and was twice married. Her first:hu'3band was lames Moore, who was a former well known grain ,buyer,corning here 'ftwn'. Kippen. Some. years after Mr. !Moore's death she married Thos, IHemphil'l and for a number of years now they have lived in Detroit. Be- sides her bereavedhusband she leaves to mourn her loss one son, , Wesley 'Moore, of Detroit. There was a fun- erla1 service at her home in Detroit on Tuesday evening after which the re- mains were broteght to the home of Mr. A. W E. Hemphill, from which the .funeral took place on Wednesday afternoon, interment • in the Hensall Union cemetery. 'Mrs, Edward Sheffer is visiting rel- atives in Toronto. Mr. and -firs. J. S. Wren have re- turned to their home in Toronto after a pleasant visit with friends in town. The baseball game played between .Hensall and Strathroy at Ailsa Craig on Friday evening last, resulted in a score 6=5 in favor of Hensall. A good crowd was present. Mrs. .Thos. Murdock is visiting relatives in Toronto. Mr. and Mrs. P. Buchanan have re- turned to their home in St. Thomas after a pleasant visit with friends in town on Sunday. ,Mrs. J. MacArthur of London vis- ited at the home of Mr. and (Mrs. Har- ry Arnold. Misses Jean and Dorothy Campbell and brother Keith have returned to their home in; Toronto after visiting for some weeks with their grandmo- ther, _Mrs. T. Murdoch. ,The 1Hon. Donald Sutherland, Min- ister of Militia and Defense, was in town Friday evening last and address- ed a meetic'g of the South Huron Conservative executive, TOWN; FOPI•LS. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO Drowned in Far West, j Mr. and. Mrs. Jolie Love, of Tuck- ' d h d ' 11 ce rsinith receve t e sa toe 'gen hat their son. George, who has been it the Wiest for about fifteen months, ad met his. death by drowning on July 27th. The young man was in the mploy of a Manitoba lumber firm nd at 'the time of his death was a n'ensber of a survey party sent out by he firm and which 'tor some 'months past had 'been working about ,two undred miles north o'f Edmonton , Full particulars of the accident have not:been received but it appears that he party were fording the McLeod iver and Iwten about midstream, young Love was :caught in a cross current and (carried under. The body dil' •not Come to the surface again,, and although a diligent. search was. made ,by the : rema'inin'g members. Of the panty, sbo trace of it could be found, The deceased was twenty years' of age and will be remembered by town residents as he attended the Col- legiate. Leaving here he,tpok;a•course in the'. Chatham Business College and Left dor the West a year ago last spring. The sympathy of the com- munity is extended to the •bereaved. parents: Struck by Lightning. As the result of Sunday evening's storm, Mr. David (Ferguson, of Tuck- ersmith, suffered the loss of his two fi'ne'.barns a'nd the entire season's crop. One of the barns was stru'c'k by lightning and was soon wrapped in' flames which spread to the adjoining building and both were totally des- troyed. The live stock, with the ex- ception of one pig,wassafely remov- ed. The loss will be heavy, During the same storm, a barn onthe adjoin- ing farm to 'the rear, owned by Mr. John McLellan, was also struck. The ventilator was wrecked, but no fur- ther damage was done. This building had a metal roof, and it is Mr. Mc- Leltan's theory that the roof. acted as a conductor and thereby saved the buildings. e a t h t • Mr. William 1Consitt was at Grand (Bend on Saturday attending a meet- ing of the Hay Fire Insurance Co. :Mr. David' McNaughton of Baylfield, returning officer for South Huron, was in town :Monday. A meeting of the local Hydro Commission was held in the manag- er's office on Monday evening. A great deal of grain and beans is rnarlceted here at present. All three of the elevators are kept very busy. 'Miss Isobel] Saundercock of Clin- ton spent the week end with her mo- ther here. Public and continuation schools re- opened on Thursday with the same staff of teachers in the public sch'oo'l ,but in the continuation school Mrs. FiIshie is taking the piece of Mr. tCantelon. The many friends of Mr. Jas. Hog- ,garth are glad to hear he is improv- ing after his recent severe illness. iMr, and (Mrs. R. Blatchford and. Mrs. John Murdoch visited friends in Exeter last week. - 'Mr. and .Mrs. Jas. Eby of Coiling - wood spent the week end with Mrs. EJby's. parents, Mr, and Mrs, W. W'hite. 'Messrs. Andrew Dougall, ,Sam Dloni al I and Ge r go e Hawkins g ynsare in rI oronto this week, Miss Mary Johnston has not been enjoying the best of health lately, 1Mrs.:Seetsinger of London is visit- ing at the home of Mrs. George:Case. Miss IBeatrice Gascho has returned to her home in Zuric'h after spending several months in toiwn, 'Miss ':Mary Stuart visited friends in +town on Monday. !Wednesday of last week was the daslt half holiday for the summer.. Public School Notes. Owing to ill -health, Mrs. Coulter, teacher in the primary department, has tendered her resignation. She has taught in the ;Seaforth settee''. ' for twenty-five continuous years. Miss Bethune has been appointed Mrs. ;Coul'ter's successor. Hotel Changes Hands. Mr. Charles' Wilson, who has ,been landlord of 'the Brucefield hotel for the past six years, has decided to re- tire from business and has sold to Mr. 'Bruce IBossen'berry of 'Grand • Bend, who takes possession immediately. Mr, Wilson has not yet made nip his mind where he will locate and will probably first take a prospecting trip through the ]West. His successor is a son of Henry Bossenherry, who owns a 'three-storey hotel at Grand 'Bend. An uncle, William ,Fritz is .landlord of the Bretnmer House in Grand d3end. Goes to Stratford. Mr. Joe 'Winter, who has been con- nected with the Cornet Store as clerk for a number of years, has aocepted a prodposition with the Stratford 'Wholesale Grocery Co., -Ltd., Strat- ford, and left on Monday for the 'Classic City, to assume his new dut- ies. We wish him success. Lacrosse. By the decisive score of thirteen to three the St. Thomas lacrosse team put the Se'aforth team down and 0001 for the season of 190d on Monday. The game was a sudden death one (to the B'eavers) and was played at St. Marys, 'before a very sma'l'l' crowd of spectators. St. T'ho'mas lead mucic the lbeslt of the game and to 'give them their due, the scote very nearly repre- sents the relative strength .of the two teams on Monday. The Beavers were lamentalbly. tweak on the defense side Of centre and after the first(Matter; tIoe,;St, Thomas team scored- almost' at' will. True it is that the !Beavers Were without the services of a couple of.. their best men, but the cause of defeat can be attributed more to the fact that they were not in condition th 11w ° alisence of "good" hien, The. St. Tho'm'as teann are :hardly c'ham- pionship material and with ;the 'full team out and in fiat condition to play the Beaters should and would, find thein an easy proposition. But the fu'll ;team wasnu^t out, and they were not in oondlition, and Sit. Thomas romped: ,home with the victory. Thirteen.. to three ! Iet'•s a trifle vaster than, has been, but then, from the days . of "Stony;' Jackson right dawn to the present the Baavers never did believe in doing things by halves. A Good Recerd. Mr. Lorne Pethick, Dublin, thresh- ing for Peter Jordan, Hibbert, on Tuesday of this week, threshed 50 loads of grain and one load of timothy in eleven hours, a good record, Fractured Collar Bone. Mrs. George Mann, of Hullett, 2nd concession, had the misfortune to get her collar bone ]broken. She was milk- ing a cow when, another cow ran against her, with the above result. For Sprains and Bruises.—There is nothing ,beltter for ' spralins and con- tusions than Dr, (Th'omas' 'Delectric O'i'l. It will reduce the swelling that follows a sprain, will cool the in- flamed flesh and draw the pain, III will take the ache o'ut of a bruise by counteracting the infiarnnsation. A trial will convince any who 'd'oubt its power. Erecting New Barn. 'Messrs, J. Dow and !L. Charles- worth of Zurich have been busy the past week putting a metal roof on the. large barns Snowden Bros, of- the Sau'ble Line, Stanley, are erecting. Holidaying, Mr. John 1'ho'mpson of the public library is holidaying for a 'few weeks, The library will re -open September 10. Purchases Residence. Mrs. John Hays has 'purchased V. Knec:ltltel's residence, at present occupied by Mr, W. C. Sheffield.. Visitors, cif the D:onnmahn be'fore the Canadian public, has in 'its. August mit-hiker an', interesting article on Goderich, w tit - iu by Victor Lauriston; the 'well - led wen Ohauth'alnt author, who' is an', old Huron County boy. iHe says that the first white man to see the site of Goderich was prob- ably Etienne Brule in his explorations al ,the Great Lakes in ,the days of the d rencih regime. The first white men to locate thele werean American. 'named Gooding and' a French -Canal- ian nained Duch'arine, who formed a trading partnership and sought a suitable location on the east shore of Lake 11-furon. On the wide flats at the mouth of the Me:nlesetung now known as the Maitland River, they estalbliished a trading post, (H'owever, the real founder of God- eri'cia was John IG'alt, the .'Scotch novel- ist- and author, 'whofo'rm'ed the Can- ada Land Company and secured con- cessions in wh'a't was known as, the ]Huron Tract. .(With resistless energy he came •to Canada in 1826 to inspect the ]and and . to establish tow*,sites. (The Town of Galt, already founded and nen-red in this honor, became his temporary headquarters. On St. George's Day, April 213, 18127, he lo- cated the to'w'nsite of Guelph. ILti regard to the founding elf (Grader itch, .Mr.'Lauris'ton goes on to write: 'Sul, west of Guel'p'h, an unexplor ea .wi'lde'rness stretched to Lake Htir on. 'Energetic Galt, dispatched hi 'waarden of the fiores'ts,' Tiger Dunlop ;oyerland with a contingent of axe 'men and chain -bearers, to locate town in this Huron Tract, prefer -8M •with a .harbor on the lake. , "Galt 'himself took .an easier round 'about route—overland to Yorke thenlo through Newmarket and Barrie t (Georgian Bay. At P'enetar guis'hen ,his majesty's gunimeri Bee was put a his service and in this he passe 'Calb'at'•s Head and, foliowin.g the•Hur on shore Tine for 50 miles, scrutinize the wilderness for signs of white men '1We sew afar off by our telescop a small clearing in the forest, and o the 'brow^ of a rising ground a co•ttag delightfully situated. Nor were w left long in doubt, for, on approachin the place, we met a canoe having o 'hoard a strange combination of Ind ians, velveteen and whiskers, and dis covered within the roots of the re hair the living features of Dr. Dunlop Having crossed the river's 'bar • o eight feet we came 'to a beautiful an chorage of .14 feet of water in' an un commonly pleasant •basin,', "A bottle of champagne was late opened, one of two Obtained by Tige Dunlap the winter before in ' York and which, with great restraint, h had preserved for the occasion. 'Nee day,' Ga41t's story goes on, 'we exior ed the river and had the goati•ficatiot of seeing as we ascended :severs pleasant, meadows without a tree, an islands and ,'peninsulas that reminde us of the pleasantest parts of Eng land' 'Dunlop had already built, on th bitterest overlooking,.•the month • o the 'Menesetmtg, a log house, the firs in Goderich. In a sense he founde the :place. But Galt seems to hav !been responsible for the.townsite pla that makes Goderich unique. "There is a story that the plaits fo IGuellp'h aid God.erich' were prepare in the London, offices of the Canal Company and, when sent out, wer accidentally interchanged: and th plan for the inland comntusaity wa used for the townon the lake. "This yarn is apocry'plial: Wha did occur was an interchange o names. The Canada Company of Lon don sent Galt instructions to call 'hi capital God'erich, in honor of his for sner'patron., Viscount Goderich, a that time preinier. Galt, in his :'fer vent loyalty to the reigning house lead already christened the Milan town Guelph: and with characteristi offhandedness he solved the result ing problem by naming the !ake tow Goderich. "The plan of Goderlclh is perfecta BAYFIELD. 'Mr. and Mrs. James Rouatt, of London. were guests of Mrs. Rouatt a few days last week. Mr. Rouatt and Miss Phyllis " Bacon were married just recently and now reside on Byron avenue. William Parker spent 'Sunday with. friends at Mitchell. Mr. Charles Parker, E. A. Feather- stone, Mrs• Smith and son left for the 'West this week, making the trip by auto. Mrs. Miller of Saskatchewan, who has spent-t'he summer here,ac- conupanied them. Norman Heard has been engaged to keep Mrs. Featherston' during` Mr. F'eatherston's absence in` the West. Mrs. H. Paull and Miss Margaret left on Sunday with - Mr. H. Paull, who was here for the week end, for their home in Toronto after a fort- night visit at the rectory. Mrs, Nelson, who conducted the booth at the beach, returned to God- erich this week after a successful sea- son here. 'William and James Robinson. re- turned to their home at London Mon day after a successful fruit and vege- table business here this summer. !Rev, and Mrs. R. M. Gale and Miss Gladys Gale left to enjoy a vacation at Inverhuron and other places. Mr. E. H. Johns and three Sons, Lawrence, Carson and Frances, were at Wiarton, attending the sixtieth wedding anniversary of Mr, Johns' parents and returned home Tuesday. (Brant Brothers of Kitchener, who were managing the; Log Cabin lunch room this summer, returned home Monday, Munro Fisher of Waterloo was the guest of his aunt, Mrs. F. A. Edwardes, Sunday, Mr. Mrs. Dyer. and family, who in the spring, motored here from ISaskatehew'an, left for their home this week. During their stay here, Mrs. Dyer carried on a successful homemade baking (business. ' Our wen `known. violinist, James Lindsay, was successful in winning second prize at the fiddl'ers' contest at Grand Bend last Saturday evening. With commendable enterprise six Young girls of Trinity Church ipres- en'ted< the play, "Two Christmas Roses" on Friday evening and again, by request, on Monday evening. A matinee for children was given Fri- day afternoon. A room in the old postoffice had been fitted up as a miniature theatre. The girls range in age from twelve to eighteen- By ,their efforts fourteen dol'l'ars was made for mission work in their society. The success .of this undertaking was large- ly due to the initiative of Betty G'air diver, aged twelve, who directed the play. Four of the girls played doubl• parts and 'd'id renvarkalbly'well. Thos in the oast were Isobel Cameron '(d'aughter of James'Cameron of Thr onto), Doris - F,eatherston,': Eleano .Scotc'h'm'er, Kathleen S'c'oftchmer, Bet ty Gairdner and Louise-M'dLea 'G'rantloph'oln'o selecti'on's' were give between acts. Mr. and Mrs: David Gottschalk and Master 'Gorman and 'lliiss Verus, of Rad Axe, Mich., and Mrs. Henry ILi'pphardl, of Zurich, •were visiting at Mr. ,S, Gottechallc's, at Fairview Farm this week. Open Sample Room. lT!ho SeaEonth Veloolen Mill 'Co. have opened .a sample room on, York st., 'T'oron'to, during ;'the exhibition ,and will intake a display' off ,their cloths and manufactured goo'd's. Mr.' J. C. Graig is ie. Toronto in charge of the exhibit.. HURON PIONEER. The Canadian Ge'ographi'cal J'ourn'al, that excellent publication wlhich is doing a splendid work in bringing the history, ntaturat resources and (beauties geometrical. The central park , o square, surrounded by the main husi ness street, is a perfect- octagon Eight streets radiate fromthe eigh angles 10 as many points of the cntn pass. In ori ' they p order are; North; Col borne; west, Montreal; south, Rin ston; east, Hamilton.",. Dr. Duclop, who was buried on th site of his old home oppo'site Gocte ieh, was a unique c'h'aracter. A Sco fish' military surgeon, he served 1 Canad'a in the War of 11812, and late in India, /There boating one day o the Ganges, a member of the pant seized a tiger cub. JAn ` infuriated fit ress rushed the boat, 'The others . the party went into futile panic. Du lop cnoii'y tossed' his s'nuffb'ox in. the tigress' face,then disp'atc'hed h. with his sword. This feat won hi this endharing solbri'quet. When Galt woe sulpersed'ed', Tig Dunlop retired to his home at Gal braid. (There, beyotvd the Mart'i'an •on a hill looking across the river ILa'lee Mihail, .he Co right to found rival' comimueity. 'Thence'forth, Go &mach was riun by the Canada Co patty's new official's, popularly or u popularly 'kn'ow'n as "The . Farni: s a - e o e d d ri e n _ d f - r r e' t 1 d d - e p t. e n n- a e e r g` r.. t- g o•f n- to er. cl- m_ 23cInTrade ,LAID �f0�• N� EGGS FRESH PICNIC (-IAM @ 10c BACK BACON @ 23c PALM OLIVE SOAP . 4 cakes 25c , MAN. FDOUR ............ .......... ..... .. per cwt $2,10 We do not want eggs over 7 days W. J. FI Iii old. I I4 N HORSE RACES—LADIES' +SOFT- BALL TOURNAMENT 1-' :Branitfd'rd, W'oodstoek, London, Stratford, Sdbtball 'Contest, Three fest ,Harness 'Races. 1 run. Other attrac- tions. Stratford 'Fair Grounds.,Labor Day, Monday, ISe'p't. 5th, Ad1m'i'ssio'u 25c, free. \ot Gents 55c ladies c, autos a dull moment: ' 1 i1NCUIBATOR FOR S'AL'E 1150 egg inlcuba!tor, complete with• :thermometer, just' used this spring. 'Apply WILLIAM EDIGAiR, Sea - forth.. - 35. ' IVfbT,S''IJC • (Anne 'G. Go''venlolok, T'ea'cher of (Plane IOtgan'and Theory. P'up'ils pre - pared 'for Toi-onito Conservatory ' of Music Examinations. Studio N. Main ;St., phone 1103, 37 FOR SALE iTwo New Idea S'preader's for sale ' These will be sold at Deegan]. Prices. Alpiply to R. S. HAYS, .Seaforth, Ont. 3"Z•. FARQVI HAND WANTED. d want a first class man fir' sws' months eco do farm work. 'Apply tis M. DIOIIIL{L.IB., IfiiplpleW; 9i3 tam, R. R. Nb,. 2. PhoneZe on pat's Hensa'll. 35 ' MASQUERADE DANCE Alt Croni'anty on Friday night; Sep- ' temlber 2nd. •Music by tMdNiclvai Or- dhesltra. 'Three pr'ize's given;1lor beset ladies' and gents' costumes. Aidlm'ie- sion: Ladies 15c,. gents 25c, Every- body came and have a good time. 'Ia case of rain, .dance in hall' t ROOMERS W'AN'TE'D Comfortable home with all modern convenience's; convenient to school. Apply to. MES.V. W. L. KEYS. - - Compact," athe the ' cpntested e Tract ; tavern Col. _ is . of • 35 straightway much their lender first his iers James ada` s't Feeling ous, vented itia turns Tiger 'A York. I debited their must out; sure, 1 ed ati the 1lemaat was the t f the 5 be ens t excellent will - a of c oughly, are .1 'vent y While Dunlop, at the head "'Colborne Clique," ch'a'mpioned disgruttltied settlers. Out• of this 'rivalry grew the famous eleption of 1 41, ITlhe first election in the Huron was held at Fade Fisher's in 183'5, the candidates being Van Egmond, then living at what known as Ridgewood Park, and Robert, Dunlop, R.N., "a brother the)Tiger. Capt. Dunlop secured votes to 25 for his opponent, and the victorious 35, some briused and bandaged' from election efforts, secured a High- with pipes and escorted the M. P..for Huron in triumph to home fn Ga'inbraid, (Capt. Dunlop ,died in 1841. The set- nominated the Tiger, while Capt. McGill Strachan was the Can- ;Company nominee. Open voting R'atten'bury's Hotel lasted a week. ran high, fights were nurser- and downright rioting was pre- only by the arrival of a mrl- company froin London. The re- gave Strachan a majority of 31. Dunlop contested the election. commission was sent down ' frOt77 It was found that settlers in- to; the Canada Company for lands had been notified that they vote for Strachan or he closed and to make assurance doubly •fraudulent votes had been 'creat - Illy the issue of fictitious deeds to extent more than sufficient to void election,' Capt.. Strachan—a gen-' personally irreproachable— unseated and Dunlop awarded seat, • BOARDERS WANTED. High school students, or; others, rooms and board. Apply to MRS. L. DICKSON, Market St. 33 FOR SALE. ,Real good, slightly used baby car rsage, good as new. One player ,pianp, also one upright piano, in perfect con - dit]on. Will sell cheap. Walker's Fun- nitu're Store. DRAIN TENDER Tenders will he received by the =- dersigned for • clear -out of the Dol - mage Drain, until Tuesday, Septem- Iber 60, -•Tenders will be opened at 2 o'clock. Length of drain 9100 feet About 2800 cubic yards. 10% of con- tract with tender. Lowest or any ten - der not necessarily accepted. Specifica- .tions may 'be seen at clerk's office, lot 35, con. 1, McKillop. JNO. MaNAY, 35 Clerk. REAL BRIAR PIPE With Sample Package—d0 lbs. mild or strong leaf tobacco, $2.50; 20 lbs. for $4.00; 50 lbs. for $8.00;1100 lbs. far $14.00. Pure Quesnel, 3 lbs. for $2.00., Agents wanted. Shipped anywhere. G. Dubois, 24 Henderson St., Ottawa, Ont. FARM FOR SALE In Township of McKillep, the south half of lot 20, on 12th concession of MoKillop, comprising 50 acres. Good sugar bush and never failing water. Apply to Mrs. Alex. I1. Rost, Wal ton, R.R. 2. - • • If 'Miller's Worm Powders needed support of testimonials they could got bythe bhou:lands from moth- who know the great virtue of this medicine. But the powders speak for themselves andin such way that there can be no'ques'tion them. They 'act speedily and. thor- and the child to 'whom they administered will show improve- fromthefirst dose. SEAFORTH Bran, per IS'horts, per 'Middlings. ]Butter, per Wheat, . per (Eggs,- ,per New Oats, New Potatoes, Hogs, per MARKETS. cwt $19 cwt. . . . ............,:. per cwt. , ,.... IDES - lb. ..... • ......._ .•.... S.Sc bus.., „ 45'c doz. ` 9c -13c -19c per bus. .. t.e.....-. 22c per bag.,......,...60c cwt, .: •. '$43545.35 Want and For Sale ,Ada. 1' time, 25'c. e n mcertainty y m '' rr d, tO a 6 P e . 1 Has Been Obtainable for Some Time on Bonds of StrictlyGilt-Edge Quality• Most investors have adopted a waiting attitude, unaware of the that lower interest -rates mutat prevail in the future. • Nevertheless, the courageous few who do not move with the crowd, but calmly investigate and appraise on their own initiative, are now quietly adding to their holdings issues . which combine security and income to a degree rarely ob- tainable, - Bonds in the gilt -edge division'will be recommended on request, E. A. SIEGRIST & CO.,1Limited Investment Bankers New Basalt of Toronto - L'O'NDON, Building: Ontario "Sound Investment Counsel" Mel: Metcalfe 31:70;1.