The Seaforth News, 1932-12-29, Page 2PAGE TWO
McKillop Nomination
The annual nom'ina'tion meeting of got them; why not pay it direct?
the Towns'hip of McI(i11op was held
at'Winthrop on Friday afternoon, De-
cember 213'cd, Mien th,, hall was peek-
ed to the doors,
The following were nominated:
For Reeve.
John Campbell, by David Boyd and
Nelson Reid,
John 'M,Eckert, by Albert Har-
rison and T. 0, Scott.
Turning to county affairs Reeve
Campbell said he had been ,on bhe
Agricultural Committee. The 'Repre-
sentative had addressed them in .re-
gard to steps being taken to combat
the 'keel ily, bots, worms, etc, If dis-
tricts co-operated an iexpert would
come in at small cos't. A remedy for
the heel fly could be had from the
agricultural 'representative. The war-
ble fly has been doing damage, 'rac-
ing cattle over fences; other counties
have. succeeded in nearly exterminat-
ing it by co-operation, The chairman
of the committee, Mr. Wright, had
been instrumental in passing a mo-
tion in favor 'cf a sugar beet factory
in Huron county, because 2 or 3
acres 'of sugar beets would pay the
taxes on the farm and it would also.
help the': labor situation, this crop re-
quiring considerable attention.
'County officials' salaries had been
cut 35% to £%. A saving in the mak
ter of jurors had been effected, re-
sulting in as mulch as$500-saving for
a single court session. Secondary edu-
cation was costing more then all the'
other taxes combined, running to $63,-
440 for high schools and $110,000 for
continuation schools and $2,000 'to nut
side schools. The county council re-
cornmen'ded.,a reduction of secondary
shoot salaries to $1,800 for principals'
and '$1000 for others. Some were now
receiving, mone than $3,000 in this
county', he said. Mr. 'Campbell touch-
ed on the Mothers' allowance, old age
pensions, the house of refuge. A spe-
cial audit of the county books, by a
chartered accoun'tant showed every-
thing in goad shape, but a few ch'an-
ge's would be introduced to modern-
ize the bookkeeping system, There
had been a county 'deficit last year of
$35,000 and this year it had been re-
duced to $117,000, �n. closing, 'Mr.
Campbell said that a substantial low-
ering of the 'cou'n'ty rate could not be
eaipec' ted ,for three years yet 'when
the deben'tune debt would be cleared
THE SEAFORTH NEWS.
for certain s'tatemen'ts. ,He coutlined
the work clone in his Section, asked
for the isupport 'o'f the voters on elec-
tion day.
'Councillor Alexander outlined the
road :.work and cost, also repairs to
thre'e br'id'ges in his section. x.1t38
had been spent In his division for
weed lathing which was less than last
year. In looking over old tax receipts,
Mr. Alexander found that about 25
years ago, the township •rate had [been
4 mills and 3M mills, :which with sta-
tute labor might be called "5' mills,
This year the township rate 'was 3i/
mills. On the offer hand., the county
rate had increased from 1l!8 mills 25
years ago to .% 'moll's--f0•ur times as
great.
.Oouncilior Joseph '0"IRourke said he
Was. in the'field again'and reviewed
the work in his 'division. Aas unexpect-
ed expenditure had been a sewer pipe,
costing'1$1154,
Daniel `3euetntuan and :Elmer Heck -
well spoke briefly, announcing their
intention to stand, and. requesting sup -
For Council
Hugh Alexander by Geo. McKee
and James' Sholdice.
Joseph 'O'Rourke by Thos. Moy-
land and Jerry 'O'Hara.
N. R. Dorrance by Warr. J. Bea't-
tie and Jos. Johnston,
!D'an'iel Beueranann by Wm. Boyd
and Wm. Hoegy.
!Elmer Iiacle'we'il by 'Robe: J. Dou-
gherty and Wm. Kerr.
'All signified their intention of stand -
leg for -election, the polling to take
place on .Monday, January 2nd.
The Meeting.
At the close of nom'in'ations, Town-
ship Clerk John McNay was appoint-
ed chairman' for the public meeting.
Mr. M'dNay drew the attention of the
nominees to the new clause • in the
municipal aot requiring alt candidates
to file with the clerk a certificate from
the tax collector showing their taxes
all paid. Oler1e M;oN'ay then read the
following letter of sympathy to
Councillor Dan Regelie, and the reply:
Mr. Daniel Regele;
Dear Friend and Fellow Council-
lor: We, the mem'bers of the munici-
pal council of the To'wnshi'p of Mc-
Killop at this our concluding meeting
of the year unite in wishing you and
your family the comp'l'iments of a
joyous season.
Although you have been unable to
attend recent meetings, we have not
forgotten you. Wie miss your genial ,away. The county was taking care of
and cowrteouS co-operation in our
its debt. is i't came 'due from revenue,
discussions and.deliberations and in
rl is your time of affliction our sym-
pathy goes out to you with the wish
that your health nnay be restored
and that you may be able again to
take part in the work in which you'
were ever interested, for the wel'fa're
of others. Wishing you and your fam-
ily a Merry Christmas and ,a Happy
New Year—Signed on behalf of theCouncil, 'JohatM'oNay, Clerk.
To the Municipal Council and Rate-
payers of M'aKillop.
Dear .Fellow 'Councillors and Fel-
low ,Citizens: We wish to express our
appreciation of your symp'at'hy and
best wishes •for a 'j'oyous Christmas
season and while I have temporarily
been laid aside from the active duties
of life, in :spirit I have been with you
Ifol'loiwi'ng your - deliberations and ac-
tivities with keenest interest. For
eighteen years I have endeavored .to
serve you faithfully in the capacity
in which you have .permitted me to
act, to do the utmost in my;power
for the best interests of the munici-
pality. While not being permitted to
attend recent meetings of•',Council nor
an'nual meeting, I wish to'thank
you all for your kind interest in our
behalf. and wish you one -and all a
'happy New Year, yours very sincere-
ty, Daniell'Regele.
The Candidates.
!Reeve John Campbell was the first
speaker. Reviewing the township aE-
'fairs, Mr. Campbell said the tax rate
had beet lowered a half mill; the
'to'wns'hip had spent half a mill less
than they raised. Last year, the coun-
eil-had raised 4 mill's' and spent 5'
mills, he continued: Road work had
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of 1932
Town Council
"An Enlightening Concatenation 611
Rhapsodical Ambiguities.
(Read by Councillor John H. Scott
at the Nomination Meeting ).
porit.
/Former 'Reeve John Dodds was call-
edu pon for ' a speech. When Mr.
Dodds left office, they gave him a ,new
p'os'it ion, that of sheep valuatorr and
was as the best v'a'luator the township
had ever had—there had not been a
g
sin le sheep 'lost by dogs during the
r
yea . He thought he deserved 'the
t'
cue oimary white gloves. Mr. Dodds
pointed out that over $700 had been
coll 'cted in the lox fir, and that' this
suwas far more than necessary for
the purpose ---the act confining the
tax to damage to sheep alone and not
to olts, poultry and other animal's.
lit as pointed outlthat this fund was
abs' rbed in 'the' general fund and was
th'u really reffurfded to the. taxpayers.
I thers ca'll'ed on and who sp'oke
bri lily were Road: Superi'n'tendent
Manley, John Louis Malone, J. E.
Daey, Mr.' Shortreed, D. iB'oyd.
Two weeks ago at eventide,
A blustery night, I well remember,
Wheu whis'tl'ing' winds, and swirling
snow,
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Showed •nfainly it was 'bleak !Decem'ber
'The -Council of good' .Seaforth Town;
Had niet for business what together,
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Mr. and Mrs. W. Hill's Golden
Wedding.—On December 20th, 18802,
Harriet Melinda Snell, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. ,Ephriam ,Snell of Hul-
ett township, and lWiiliann Hill, son
olf Mr. and Mns. Hugh Hill of the
same township, were united in marri-
age by .Rev. John Gray, B'aptis't min-
ister of Clinton, at .the home of the
bride's parents, '10th concession of
Mullett: On Dec. 20th last Mr, and
Mrs. Hill at .their home, on East
street, Goderich, celebrated the fiftieth'
anniversary of that event and were
the centre of a large family group
gathered in honor of the occasion.
Dmmediately after their marriage the
young couple came to the farm on the
let concession of Colborne which Mr.
Hill had bought a few years previ-
ously and which cotninued to be their'
home until their removal to Goderich
thirteen years ago. During his, long
residence in, the township Mr. Hall
took an active and .prominent part in
community affairs. He was a pioneer
in the breeding of purebred cattle,
giving his attention ;particularly to
Shorthorns. ' He was a member for
several years of the township coun-
cil, and as president of the Goderich
Rural Telep'h'one Co., Limited, be h'ad
much to do with the inauguration aof
telephone facilities in the .rural pants
of the district. Another of his activi-
ties was in 'the line o'f reforestation.
Nearly twenty years ago, in 1911341''4,
he put' in a plantationof various +kind's
of pines in his lot adjoining the riv-
er in Hulett township. Later, about
+1920, he commenced a shriller planta-
tion on the `Lake 'Shore road in Col-
borne to'wnsh'ip. In all he has about
twentafive acmes so planted. 'The trees
have shown 'wonderful growth. They
have been blessed with a family of
four—three sons and one 'daughter:
Hugh Hill who is on the old home-
stead in Colborne township; William
of the 1'st concession' of Colborne;
Russell of the 3rd 'concession of Col-
borne; and Mary, Mrs; Harry Mc-
Cool of Goderich township. There are
seventeen grandchildren and three
great-grandohildren, and all were pre-
sent for the celebration. In the gather-
ing also was Mr. 'William Waite of
Goderich, formerly of Hallett, who
was groomsman at the happy 'event
fifty years ago. The .bridesmaid was
Miss Annie Mountain, later Mrs.
James Morris of 1St. Thomas, whose
death occurred only two weeks ago
as the result of an accident.-Goder-
ich Signal.
All Aboard! Say Sailors. Many
and devious ways are being used to
solve the hard times problem; and five
members of, the crew of the Donna-
tonna, having put 'their boat "to bed"
for the winter,, started in to figure.
out th'e cheapest way of getting back
to th'eir homes at, the ,head: of the
lake's without parting with too much
of their hard-earned summer's wages.
After mature deliberation each man
put up $10 and a Model T Ford of
somewhat ancient vintage was par -
chased. With liberal use of rope and
haywire, gathered from ehre and
there, the goods and chattels of the
five sailor. boys were strapped both
sides and rear until it was almos't
necessary to cut a bole in the rook
to get"into the car. To the strains of
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THU;RSDiAY, DECEMBER 29, ,1932,
\Services We Gan Render
In the time of need PROTECTION
is your best ''friend.
Lite insurance
—to prosect your LOVED ONES,
Auto Insurance
To protect you against LIABILITY
to PUBLIC and their PROPERTY.
Fire Insurance- `
And number two, 0'1 eager mind, To protect your HOME and its
When trouble came he always met it, CONTENTS.
And he was never once behind' Sickness and Accident
When duty called, and don't forget it, Insurance—
A's' chairman of the street committee,, To. protect your INCOME
II -Ie was the town's niosit lucky strike, Any of the 'aibove lines we can give'
Plor he'la'bore'd always for the city, you in strong and reliable companies.
E'he diplomatic Hudson: Ike. If interested, call or write,
E. C. CHAnBEBLAIN
INSURANCE AGENCY
Phone 334 Seaforth, Ont.
!The tovon'h'as known wit'hout.a doubt,'
,Thiat if their trironey they would hoard,
Expenses never 'could be cut,
,Without a barber• on the board,
r And if complex prdbl'eni,'s carne along,
They brigh•terred up the dreary Or something we had scarce a holt on,
'W'e'd be directed right from 'wrong,
weather. By our sagaoiou's Leonard''Bolton.'
88. X I:
Lrnagina'tion 'lent her 8hamrns, 831;11 Crosier too, .the earnest ;kind,
Philosophy was standing re'a'dy, With form' a trifle elongated,
Of practic'al and t'h'ou'gh'tful iniad,
For his advice we always waited,
And he would raise his ringing voice,
Tailed high with 'thoughts enthusiastic
10r m'el'lowed to a milder noise
'O,r cutting with an edge sarcastic.
rather than borrow and extend .the
debt. He would do hisbest again for
the towns'hi'p next year, if elected, said
Mr..Camp,bel'1, in asking 'for the sup-
port of the electors.
Mr, John M. Eckert was next call-
ed upon. He went "very fully into
county finances in •regard to the de-
benture debt. Two years ago, he
pointed out, the county debt' had been
$1170;000, and it still remained at ,that
figure, although this year's council
had the benefit of the 10% reduction
in t'hei'r share of old age pensions,, a
matter .of $5,000, which, he contend-
ed, should have 'been applied to the
debenture debt. The county council
should have paid something off their
debenture debt in good times instead
of being saddled with an 'annual in-
terest charge of $29,000, he said.
The speaker contended ,that the
county deficit would he $25,000 or
$30,000. 1That $10,000 had gone in the
last three weeks for indigents 'ho's'pital
expenses since the Dec. meeting, th'at
was unexpected. .In the -provincial
road account the 'finances were $415,-
0000 'behind that of two years ago, a
surplus of $25,000 being now a ' de-
ficit of $19,000.
Turning to township affairs, Mr.
Eckert said :that 'me, year ago, from
this platform economy had been pro-
mised -none of 'these promises ,'had
been carried out., A 'mere $230 'had
beensaved on salaries and at the
same time 25c a yard •wee paid ,for
crushing as against 'leak and •l0c for
hauling elsewhere. A cent a y'a'rd
saving would have saved $1175,'00.
Thus, ice said, around $3;115 had been
lost to the to'wns'hip on the crushing
and hauling, equal. to K mill—$1.30
on his .farm.
In regard to .the road grant, Mr.
been cut down from. $8,000 to $7,000; 'Ecl:art contended the towns'hip was
salaries had been reduced 5%, a sav- $800, worse off than need be. The de-
ing .of aver 41200; making 'a total' sav- partm,ent was very strict in regard' to
ing of $1,294 to the township. Mr. vouchers, but no effort lead been made
Campbell spoke at some length in, to secure the back vouchers to get
favor of the road work being done • this, grant. Mr. 'Eckart.'cri'ticized the
by horse and team.' wherever poss'ible; ,han'dli'ng of the drainage question —
although trucking was cheaper ,he be- he had spent much time 'the previ-
lieved in keeping the money at home
instead, of spending it on ga's, oil
and upkeep of •trucks. He believed it
would be better paying OUT men $2.00
a day and having Ithem working than
on the unemployed roll. I't was at
least as peolllta'.blle to draw gravel at
$12:00 a day as to produce hogs and
cattle at 31c. •He< declared' the . grans.
ous year setting 'drain a'ccoun'ts in
order but the work had not been con -
tinned. T•he•Kinlburn drafu also 'came
under fire, Mr. •Ectcart contending the
township should have continued to
stay out of it till being 'officially not-
ified. If they .dredge it, the cost will
be '$100,000, be said. Mr. Eckert asked
for the support of the electors on a
system, to be the main cause of inter- program o'f ,. economy. All .farmers'
Terence with this plan. Referring to daughters now had the m'unici'pal
tales about. abolishing .count'y councils, franchise and 'he asked eevey'body to
vii, Campbell said the members of
come oat and, vote,
the' 0oal legislature had both decl'ar- ateevd Campbell replied to several'
ed that the .county councils were ;,f Mr. `Eckart'.s points,
considered a ,valuable eonbact with the 'Councillor Russell Dorrance was
people, It was the grant Sys.titm th'at 1110 next spe'aker-he, had the unique
was "causing a centralization of , goer- experience rol8 three years in council,
ernineiit. The people asked for larger each time under a new reeve. 'Council -
and larger grants' -and nearly always for Dorrance tools the [Reeve to ,tasks
And keen eyed Judgme'n't an
hand.
With eons'mon sense serene and steady
And keener grew their search .for.
'thrift,
Ansi deeper dug they, fior that treasure
185111 sharper gre'w their subtle wit,
And, still. increased . their mutual
iplea'shre..
They balked of freedom of the mind,
And bearded hoary superstition,
They 'bro'od'ed' o'er earth's gia'n't iffi's;
And grieved 'o'er man's enslaved con-
dition.
The business of their own •good town
Quite justly claimed their first atten-
tion,
IThen other pro'b'lems were discussed,
With quite appro'priat'e comprehen
cion,
TV.
At expense and waste• that gallant
crew,
At any moment phey would thunder,
Their arguments like lightning
came,
And shook the listening ,walls with
wonder.•
The interests i of the town came fints't,
As they met at various times together,
'Harmonious action was 'their aim
A's they mingled thus with one
an't'her.
V.
The mayor was there, rotund of form
With agile step and action gaily,
We all admired, every one,
The rugged force of J. F. 'Daly,
His was the faoe wi'bh mind aglow,
His was the eye of piercing vision,
His was the soul of deepest Teach,
His was the voice ofcool decision.
two miles south of Walkerton. Seine
machinery, a boiler, etc, ' were un-
loaded on Friday at the scene, and
some tens men are on duty under
[Construction Foreman Fred J. Coyle
of Toronto doing the preliminary
work and when actual operation start,
some thirty local laboreris will be
given. employment.—Walkerton Her-
ald -Times.
50th 'Wedding Anniversary.—Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Nichol .of the 6th
concession of ,tM'orris observed their
fiftieth wedding anniversary on Tues-
day, December 20 midst the members
of their family, Alex., 'Toronto; Ed.,
5th concession Morris; Jaynes on the
old Nichol homestead and Mns.'Alex.
IM'dlIeil
,5th concession •Morris. Etith
are in their 70rd year and havenot
yet had a serious illness. Mr. Nichol
is a son of the late. Alex, Nichol who
came from Peelbleslririe, 'S'cotland, 84
years ago, when it ,took .him $ weeks
to cross the ocean.. He settled at Sea-
forth in Harpurhey. -Mrs. Nichol is
a Canadian, 'd'aughter of the late Mr.
and Mrs. 'Frank MdCutcheon, also of
Scotland.
ileemanded,-,Pending receipt of an
an'alys'is of the contents of the stom-
ach of the late Jas. Taman, 'Myth,
who allegedly died from drinking
poisonous .liquor, Clark Stanley, of
the 'same village, changed with selling
under the L:C.A., was again remanded
for one we'e'k. Stanley was arrested
on Dece'm'ber 1t2th, after an investiga-
tion into Taman's death. He has since
been in jail and ball refused him. It
is stated that quantities of the pas- f
onous liquor came into the 'h'ands of
`'d.•'
least one other man, but fortunately
he did not drink any Of it.
Mrs. Morgan Dalton, Ashfield. —
iMrs. Morgan Dalton, who passed
away at 'her home in Ashfield on De-
cember 8th, was a loving wife and •
mother and was very highly esteemed
in the community in which she livled.
Besides her sorrowing husband she
leaves a family of nine children, who
were with herduring her last illness.
Thechildren are 'Mks. O'Connor of
Whitby, John S. of Ki•n'tall, Mrs. Car-
ey of Wallaoeb'urg, 'Walter of Dear-
born, Rev. M. J. of Windsor, Sister
M. :Maureen ' of St. Joseph's Commun-
ity, 'London and Raymond, Dennis
and Antoinette at home. The ,a n, j
'Rev, 'Fr. D'al'ton, who celebrated' is f
first mass only a :few months ago, was
celebrant at his mother's funeral on
(Saturday at 'St. lJosep'h's Church. The
pallbearers were Thos. Garvey, M.
Foley, Joseph and Leon Sullivan,
John and Norman O'Connor.
'Presbytery of Maitland. --'The Pres-
bytery ,o1 M'aitiend met in the Pres-
byterian Church, Ethel, on Tuesday
of last week, with all ministers pres-
ent and a goo'd'ly number Of elders -
Rev. W. A. William's, the moderator,
conducted the opening exercises. On
tnationolf Rev. T. D. McCullough and
Rev. C. H. Mac'D'on ted, the Rev. R.
,h Blanna, BiD., of Ripley was chos-
en moderator for 1900. Words o'f ap-
preciation were 'exp'res'sed to the re-
tiring Moderator for the outstanding
ab'i'l'i'ty and sense of fairness than char-
acterised his reran of office. The rates
for the Presbytery and Sy'n'od Fund
were considered and 'reduced"to 25c
!per. family. V'ariious remits, sent down
bay the General Assembly/ to the'Pres-
byteries tor consideration, were dealt
with,under the direction .of bhe cleric,
Rev. T, D. M'dCu'll'ough, of Kincar-
dine. ;In the ease of others, it was de-
cided to postpone considera'ti'o.th unitil'
the next regular meting of Presby-
tery. Rev. W. Maore> repotted for
the committee to strike standing com-
mittees and the fol'iowing were 'sel-
ected to auric'flon dining the ensuing
year. SS. and YIPS., J. L. Burgess,
J, K. M'aclGilliv'ray and elders; buiiget
and general initene'sts, Wim, Patterson,
W. Moore and elders; Home and For-
eign Missions, C. H. M'aciD'on'ald, T.
D, MCCuilbough` and elders, church
life and work, A. Leggett, John Pol-
lock and elders; pensions, R. M: Han-
na and the minister from Teeiswalter;
remits, T. D. McOu'alou'gh and, I0. Mc-
Leod and e'ld'ers; s'tand'ing commi'ttees
Wim. A. Williams, 'Wm. Patterson
and ,elders. It was anmounced_that the
Rev:. Frances B. Allan, formerly of
IA'rkona, and the minister ele'c't of the
iTees'water and Bellmore .charge, was
to be indu'cte'd in Teeswater. It was
decided to hold the. next meeting of
the Presbytery at W'itagltam on the
'first Tuesd'ay in leflarch.
And J. 'Id.' Scott, a neve recruit,
With 'caution exercised his right,
His tact was rare, 'hiis words were few
As he 'lis'ten'ed in with keen delight,
He ,seemed to •pander deep and slow,
With 'coun'tenan'ce serene and steady,
But though he had the pensive brow,.
He for a ;;peke was always ready.
XI1ll.
'Then H. A. Dale, our youngest find, i
IW'ith laudable ambition burning,
With asking eyes, and eager mind,
Reached high to grasp the grapes of
learning.
A product of good Hallett soil,
The place far wise men always 'noted,
He was commended for his toil,
And his attention .much devoted.
XR�V.
Out worthy Clerk was always there,
For many years the town factotum,
With language ,smooth and manner
rare,
A gentleman we all denote `him.
He is the conscientious kind,
Whatever comes he glut no frills on,
Of cultytred and enlightened mind
The much respected J. A. Wilson.
XV.
Our noble chief, was ever near,
A man of power everywhere,
We realized throughout the year,
That we were all well :guarded there,
And we must not "'wi'thh'old his name,
The one that we could all rely on,
Of saintly and Of stalwart .frame,
A righteous man is James V. Ryan.
X VQ.
One appointment that these men have
made,
Looks to th'e people sound and right,
Par nothing critical has been said,
About our w'atchm'an in the night,
He, for, this job, 's'tand's out alone,
And surely you all know him well,
By the stately 'tread for which he's
known,
And the handsome form of Helmer
'Siert.
XMri .
For twelve long months this noble lot,
Have studied well the town's fina'n'ces,
And they have given serious thought
To all the various circurnshances,
Their watchword's.been economy,
As with their ,problem's they did
wrestle,
And extravagance's fabric vast,
They shattered like a patter's vessel.
X;VIIIIII.
And they achieved • those' wondrous
Our worthy 'reeve was by our si'd'e,
With methods al'ways systematic,
And with 'Scottish prudence for his
guide
He seldom takes a course 'erratic,
And if difficult .problem, we had some,
Thaf we scarce knew what to do
therewith,
Same sound advice would always
,come
From canny, cautious Robert Smith.
VIII.
Six councillors salt around the •board
As they met within the council
Chamber
And men 'they were of many parts,
Out still of average solid timber,
With eager: eye and thoughtful mein.
Some meetings 'they were loath 'bo
leave,
For they were thorough, always always been,
As they counselled with th'e mayor
and reeve.
And one was there' of active frame,
With every m'ovement free and easy,
'His store of knowledge carries fame,
His play of s'pini'ts, bright and breezy,
His arguments were apt and 'qu'i'ck,
His flowoflanguage sm'o'oth and even
We admired much 'at many times
The polished ways of Thomas,
!Stephens.
With scarce a cent remuneration,
'Two'uld be a worthy act, .my friends,
To elect them all by acclamation.
Wise pians they've laid, no fear to tell,
For they have shrewdly laid therm
down
Those plans we trust, will turn out
Welt
For the future of the grand old town.
well known ditties they headed . down
the ,Bayfield road for ,Sarnia and 'bhe
southern route to Fort 'William, prom-
ising to send a card when they get
there. The sailors figure they can run
the old Lizzie into Lake Superior af-
ter arrival and sill be ahead money.
The railway fare is about $32, exclu-
sive of meals or berths.—aGoderich
IS'tar.
Fire Destroys Barn.—15'horitly after
the noon. hour on Friday of last week
a barn on the'property' of Me-. 'T'hos.
Elliott, south of the river at Exeter,
was completely destroyed by fire.
The ,barn was being used by his osn,
Mr. 'Jack' Elliott, one portion of
which was 'fitted up as a garage and
work shop with a chimney passing
through the loft of bhe barn in which
some hay was stored. A . cow, two
pigs and an automobile were slaved,
Mr. Elliott had considerable difficulty'
in getting; the cow one ,F•ire, was drop-
ping all around him and the animal
,was loath to leave the building. Mr.
Elliott's face was quite blistered with
the heat.
Stephen Council — The council of,
the township of ,Stephen met at Cre-
diton on: Thursday, December 10.
Moved by Mr. Edmund Shapton, and
seconded by Mr. Edward Lamport,
that Freeman W. Morlock, :collector
f taxes '-for the year '1932, is hereby
appointed and authorized to continue
the levy and collection of the unpaid
taxes. Roll to he returned not later
than Feb, 1, Moved by Mr. 'William
Sweitaer and seconded by Mr. Ed-
ward Lamport, that in the event of a
municipal election being held on Jan
uary 2nd, a plebiscite shalt be taken
as to the advisibility of this municipal-
ity retaining the present highway int-.
provereetit act system or to revert to
the Statute !Labor Act ,system,
Exeter Withdraws from Cyclone
League. 1T'he Exeter"hockey club has
decided 'to withdraw from the Cyclone'
League. It is rumored that Ctte'di'ton
will enter a team to 'fill out the sched-
ule.
(Acclamation in Usborne, At the
nominations at Eimville on Friday
the Reeve, James Ballantyne and the
present council, 'George Wescott,
Peter Moir, Percy Passmore and Reu-
ben Shire werereturned by acclam-
ation. A. public •meeting was held .fol-
lowing the nominations and'. s'peech'es
were delivered, 'Osborne Township is
satisfied with the system 'of improving
the road's under the Highway Im-
provement Act.
New Minister. at Belgrave. —'Rev.
Mr. Aitken of T•oronto,'wh'o reecntly
received anal to the .four point charge
of the Presbyterian churches of Au-
burn Belgrave, Blyth and S'mith's
Hill, has acce'p'ted the same,
Late John C. Murdoch, Lucknow.—'
There passed away in Lucknow, one
of the ,best known and most ,highly
respected citizens of that town, Mr.
Jahn C. Murdoch. He 'had been in
failing health for almost a year and
his death was not unexpeeted. Mr,
Murdoch was horn of Sottis.h phren'
tage in the township of 'Kinloss in
1886. ,His father; the late ;Stele Mur-
doch, was ono of the pioneer build-
ers of that comm:unity.'W'hen a young
lad the .'family moved to Lucknlow
where the sons took up the trade of
their ,father and have carried it on.
through life, and: many of the finest
brick and stone structures, in the vil-
lage and surrounding country bear
witness to the skill and integrity of
their builders, Of late years Mr, 'Mur-
doch had given mach ofhie time to
building with pobbie stone and cult
field stone,
Repairing Hydro Dam. — VPrepara-
tians on an exte'nsive scale have ;been
commenced towards .the repair' and re-
inforcing of the Hydro plower d'e'ar
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