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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1933-08-31, Page 1Let me but do my work from day to day, In field or forest, at the desk or loom, In .roaring market -place, or tranquil room; Let me but find it in my heart to say' when vagrant wishes beckdn . me astray, eafortli HURON :COUNTY'S LEADING NEWSPAPER This is my work, my blessing; not,, my .doom. Then shall I cheerfully greet the laboring hours, And cheerful turn when the long shadows fall At eventide to play, and love, and rest :9 Because for me 'I know my work is best, WHOLE SERIES, VOL. 55, No. 35. SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 1933. DINNERS and SUPPERS Regularly, H'OT. LUNCHES at all hours ;OUR HOME MADE' SPECIALTIES Prices Reasonable The Oly.rnpia Confectionery and, Restaurant Announcing Sale TO MR. ARTHUR ROUTLEDGE who takes over our stock on Thursday, 31st August, and will carry on business at our old stand. Mr. Routledge has long been well and favourably known in 'Seaforth and vicinity, both be- fore and since becoming associat- ed with the late Mr. Foster DeCourcy 'Hutchison , eight years ago. Keenly realizing and appre- 5iating his diligence, faithfulness .411. ability as constantly demon- strated both prior and subsequent to our great loss eight months ago, we heartily bespeak for him the best of support and co-opera- tion such as has been extended to us during the past twelve years; and with his authorization we assure our niunerous • customers and friends that he will continue to keep "VA'LUE" as a watch- word at our old stand: llutchison's COAL QUALITY -SERVICE UALITY-SE RVICE HONE E L.BOX 'y !P43 KIPPEN. !Several from bh'is community atten- ded the funeral of the late Rev. R. A. Lundy of Sttreetsville on Friday last, a former pastor of Kippen. Mr. Abe Forsyth is im'praving nice- ly alter his recent severe illness. Mr. and M's. Earl Sproat spent the week end in Toronto with .friends. ,M'r, and Mrs. W. J. MelLtan of ! iamilton are visiting with their par- ents at Kippen and Hensall. The ; many friends of Mr. Ed, Mc- Bride ,are sorry to -know he is confined to his room and .intproving slo'w'ly. Miss Ri'ohardsion of Li's'towellhas been engaged to teach in S.IS..N'o. 2. Many wells throughout the district are dry awing to the continued dry weather. 'Miss Rose Me/Lean has left for Mhafheson to resume her duties as teacher. DUBLIN Miss Catherine :O''Con'nell, London, visited on Sunday with her •sisters, Mrs. John Bruxer and Miss Molly 0'- Conneli, Dublin, Miss Mary Donnelly, Buffalo, is on vacation -.et>•the home of her sister, Mrs.' Leo Feeney, Hibbert, Miss Ellie Dorsey spent. ;Sunday with her sister, Mrs. J'ame's Jordan, Di bd'in, It[r, M'arti'n<Feeney Sr.'.of the West is holidaying at the home ,of his .bro- ther, Mr, Torn.' ;Feeney. Weare very sorry eo report that Miss A. Maloney 'has ,been under the doctor's care and we Nope for her We' are sorry to hear of the death of Mr..Matte (Williams who died in 'Detroit on S'a'tu'rd'ay. jum'p's. CHURCH CARD.' North Side United Church -Pastor Rev. W, P. Lane, B.A. Sunday, .Sept. 3. Union holiday services. 110 a.m.-Sunday'• School and Bible Glasses. 1111 aen.-Reverend Charles Malcolm 7 p.m.--iSenvice withdrawn, EGMONDVILLE .CHURCH .September 3.-1111+ a.m. Service with- drawn in co-operation with North- side and MdKillo:p. 7 p.m.-IReyerend Charles Ma'loolan, FIR'S'T PRESBYTERIAN CHURCiH ;September 3rd. -(Rev. L B. Keine, minister, will preach at the morning and evening services. S.T.- THOMAS' CHURCH Sunday services, Sept. 3rd. Sunday School 10 a.m. Morning service 11 a.m. Evening service 7 p.m. The Rec tor will preaoh et both services, ANNOUNCEMENT Mr. and Mrs. I'ssa'ac ' Hudson an- nounce the engagement of their elder daughter, Anna. Dorene, to Mr. Wil- frid Hay Co'lem'an, only son of Mrs. Sam Coleman and the late Mr. Cole- man, the .wedding to take place quiet- ly the middle of September. WILL. MEETSEPT 8 The .next monthly mee'tin'g of the (Hospital Aid Association will be held in Carnegie Library on Friday, Sept. 18th - at 3.30 pin. This is an important meeting as the yearly reports _of committees will be given. Election of officers for 119313.1314 will take place. Also the delegates to the Provincial, 'Aid annual held in the Royal York, Toronto, will be appointed, We hope for a large attendance. FOOTBALL St. Columban won the Junior W. F. A. Championship on Tuesday ev- ening at St. Columban by defeating Holstein 5-0 in a replayed match. The first of the finals for the Huron Footba'l'l Alssaci'a'tiion ohampdon's'hip will be held at Shannon's field at Winthrop on Tuesday evening nett at 5.30 when Winthrop and Walton meet. Jack Armstrong will referee. A real game is expected. The return match wil'1 be held at Walton on Fri- day, Septemlber 8th. EVENTS AT GODER'I'CH (IiJondwn Free Press.) IGoderlidh, August 29. - With ,the former county treasurer, Gordon' Young, in jail t awaiting trial on charges of 'theft, mutilation of rec- ords. and .conversion of funds, and the two 19312 auditors, !Robert (Higgins of Hensel], and William Both of Wing - ham, out on bail on charge's' of 'brib- ery and con'spi'racy, the investigation into ,Huron County ,finances is today marking time, Last .Friday +Clerk'George W. Hei- man was to have appeared !before the special examiner to answer ques- tions of the auditor, 'F. P. Gibbs, C. A. He was ,prevented• from doing so through illness. ,He lis still confieed to his bed and the probe is held up inddfinitely., "I have the authority of the war- den's committee to dismiss the clerk and he has offered ,to resign, but no action has yet been taken," Warden Ballantyne stated. , ' Some days ago, with Clerk (Holman acting as deputy treasurer, it was thought that the . business_of the county could 'he carried ',on until the December session without calling a special meeting, but the recent turn in events 'puts a differen't complexion ori things and a special 'meeting to 611 the v'acant position or 'positions may be 'imperative. 'The warden is 'waiting to see which way the cat COMMUNICATION The'Sea•forbh Neiws, 'Seafor'th, Ontario. Dear' S'ir,-iI'n view of a sale an nounced in your advertising columns of this issue, and on behallf of my sons, Lorne aad 'George, my daughter Dor- othy and myself, I s'hbuld like hereby to express tlian'ks through you to all those w hum we have known as friend's, acquaintances and customers in 'Sea - forth and district. Their many and substantial evidences of kindness and loyalty as given during the pest.bwelive years have been warmly a'pprecia'ted and will always be remembered. We should like also to thank our competi- tors for their fair and friendly deal- ings, and relationships with us, and we wish to take this opportunity of thanking the newspapers df the town for the generous treatment they have cons'tanitly accorded us. Upon sale of ,oer s'to'ck -fn -(trade : to Mr. Arthur C. Routledge at this time, permit us, sir, here to give .pu'b'lic evi- dence of the debit of gratitude we owe to h'i'm. For eeven years he was my hu'stb'and's particu'l'arly able and cap- able right hand man and. in the eight months that have elapsed since my hushanere de'a'th he has been a verit- able tower of strength; and new that he is to carry on business at our old stand, we know that our friends and customers will have with , us every confidence ehla't they will profit by his services in the future even as they have in the past. Finally, for the information of our ,customers,it is here noted that ac- counts up to and including 30th Aug- ust may be settled either. with Mr. ,Routledge or the undersigned. Mao, as an assistance and 'convenience to our customers in this connection, we have arranged with' Mr. Routledge that during Sepltenrbe'r and October he will accept ego and cream at trade prices on our account. With a renewed expression of the thanks conveyed hereinabove, Very sincerely yours, J'ENNIE B. HUTCHISON (Mrs.` F. D. ,Eutchis'on.) OLIVER SI'EGRTST There passed away on Finicky, ;August 25'bh, 10313, at 4 p.m,, at his late residence, Centre street, Oliver Siegrist, after a lenigt'hy Illness since the.'World War. He was confined to bed :much of the time last winter. Early in August he spent a few days, with his fancily, visiting et Wi'arto'n and Owen Sound, and returned home on August 8th; that night be bec'a'me ill and he died on the 25th. He was one of the first to answer the call and served in A. Co. 1'47 Grey (Battalion C.E,F., Owen Sound, from 1119115 to 19113. He was born et Wier - 'ton, Ontario, December 5th, 11896, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Siegris't, and was married April 26th, 19115, to May Pearce, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wm, H. Pearce in Owen 'Sound. 'Besides his wife he leaves to mourn the loss of a loving huslbland and fath- er, five children, Howard, "aged 117 years; Alfred, age, 113 years, May, age 11.2 years, June, age 11 years, who is at present in the 'S'co'tt Memorial Hospital, Seafarbh, recovering from an operation for appendicitis; and Russel, age `:7 years, all at home, He is also survived by: his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Siegrist, Uxbridge, Ontario; four brothers and four sis- ters: Ernie, of Fort 'Wil'lia'm, Ont.; Hlarrold, olf London, Ont.; Alfred, of Cheeky, Ont„ Les'sdey, of Oakville, (Ont.; Mrs. J'ac'k, 'Robinson, Arnprior; Miss Lottie 'Siegrist, R.N., of Sarnia; 'Mrs. A1'f. Nelson, Ch'ica'go, and Pearl, at home. All were heire to attend the funeral but Ernie cif 'Font William, (After returning from overseas he lived ' at Owen Sound until going to 1Lond'oa eight years ago and in Manch, 11927, carne to Seaforth' where he had s'ince lived, having pureh'ased Mr, Andrew Arc'hibald's residence on Centre street and had engaged exten- sively in chicken raising. The dece'ased was accorded a mili- Itary funeral under the auspices of the Seaforth branch of the Canadian Le- gion, whose members comprised the firing squad in command of Sergeant (Bert Muir. Tlhe Last Post and Re- veille were sounded by Bugler Henry Swan. The pallbearers were Messrs. Boswell, Brine, Ferguson, McMillan, !Sills and Sproat The funeral service eve's held, at his late residence on Monday afternoon, August 28th at 2 o'eltack, The services were conducted by Rev. G. E. Morrow and Rev. Canon Appleyard. The funeral pro- cession left the residence at 2.130 o'clock, headed by the Seaforth IHi:gh'isnders 'Bland, to the place of in- terment in Maitland'bank Cemetery. (Among those from a'disitant attend- ing the funeral' werefriends and rela- Phone 84. UPPER SCHOOL PRIZES Two cash prizes of 5 each have been awarded this year as during the past two years, one to • the boy and one to the girl who, obtainedthe high- est standing oh any seven papers of the Upper S'chool Departmental ex- aminations. No award is Bade unless the candidate makes at least an aver- age of 66%. The boy's prize has been awarded to T'ho'mas McQuaid, son of Jioseph A. 'McQuaid, M'iK1i1'iop town- ship. 'He obtained one fi%et, five sec- onds, arid one third. The girl's prize has been alwarded to • Miss Betty Mal- colm, daughter of Rev, :Chas. A. Malcolm, Egmondville. She obtained five firsts, one second and one credit. These prizes will be presented at the annual commencement. FRESH AIR FUND 'Laura !Black and I'salbe'1 MaKeldar wish to thank all the stares, all those giving donations of money and all those who patronized the bazaar, for helping to make it a success. The tidy sum of $11'5,00 was made which will go to the' Star Fresh Air Fend in Toronto and this money will send Ave children';` for two weeks each, as it $'3 for eadh child, Laura Black, of Toronto, who is 112 years odd, is the guest of Isabel MdKeilae. LOCAL TOURNEY Ei'gh't rinks' 'were in play at the local mixed tournament arranged by the Ladies' Bowling Club last Thurs- day evening. Three ten -end games were ptayod, resulting as follows: l!st- Mrs. J,. Beattie, E. Duncan, 'Miss B. •Cantlp'bell, J. Beattie, ekip; 43 wins plus 20. 2nd -Mrs. R. J. Sproat, J. J. ITug- gard, Mrs. J. Devereaux, •D'r. Bechely, skip 3 wins plus 1114. Bird -+Mx s. R. Smith, , J. J. Cluff, Mrs. M. Reid, H. Jeffrety, skip; 2 wins plus 10. The W.M.S. of North Side United 'Church met recently in the school room of the church. Mrs. C. Barber read the Scripture 'less'on which was followedby prayer by Mrs. R. Ar- chibald. The Study Topic was "Tem- peran'ce Education." Mrs. J, Fin'lay- son gave in an interesting .manner a Paper on "Our Problems in Canada," 'Miss L. Cam'plbel'1 and .Mrs. G. Horn alsoav g e s'p 'lendpapers, emphasiz- ing the fact that Christian people are forever facing problems. One of the most vital of these proble'ms' is the right of the individual to consume al- coholic beverage. Mrs. R. Archibald then presented the budget of the W. C. T. U. 'Tire W. C. T, U, has at present three field women. Temlper- once education was. given to 50,000 of the youth of our 'province. The purpose and aim of the organiz'a'tion is for the elimination of manufacture as well as the sic and importation of alcoholic •beverages. The meeting was then closed with prayer, CELEBRATES. 90TH BI'RTH'DAY Souris, IMan., Aug. '26. -:Mrs ,Cath- arine OiBrien, who lives with her son, John, four miles north-east of (Souris, celebrated her S,9th 'birthd'ay 'recently. Her son, 1Rosweli,. from 'Saskatoon, her daughter, Mrs. D. _LfdPhail, :of 113randon, ,and her grand- daughter, ,Miss : Vera Lockhart, Of iRocaniville, ;joined with the 'hone folk and many neighhbo•r's and friends in wishing her many happy returns of the day. A pleasant afternoon was spent, afternoon 'tea b'ein'g served and the birthday cake with its 90 candles °be- ing distributed. Mrs. 101B'rien was in reminiscent mood, and recalled the time when 82 years ago, s'he sailed with her par- ents from Yorkshire, England, in the sailing vessel !called the 'Mersey. They took over five weeks to snake the trip, and were then •held up for two weeks at Long 'I'slan'd, on ac- count o'f sin'allpbx which lied broken out on board and taken a toll of eight lives. The family settled on the shores of Lake Huron, 24 miles south of 'Oodench, Mrs, O'Brien carne west 30 years ago,',Her .husband died 0.'5 years ago, and she 'hes lived with her son, John, for the past seven years. Two boys, Frank of Stafla, and Will of Zurich, Ont., live in the east, and one daughter, Mrs. L. Melick of Olio, 39i,ch., in they United States. Mrs, '01B'rden joined the 'Methodist Church! when 1115 years of ''age; and s'til't attends ,Fifth ;Aventine ' United, Souris t'a'king an active part in the Bible class. (tires from Stratford). London! S.t. Tihlo- m'a!s, Olwnn`:Sbund, Toronto, Bro'd'h'a gen• • FREE WEDDING: RINGS With your Diamond (Ring purchase we give absolutely free a (Solid Gold Wedding 'Ring. This is a bona fide offer, no conditions attached, but is exactly what we advertise -a Solid Gold Wedding Ring, absolutely free with your 'Diamond Ring purchase. SHOP AT AVAUGE'S; IT PAYS JEWELER OPTOMETRIST' GIFT GOODS, Phone 194. Res: 10. BASEBALL AT HENSALL Many From Seaforth 'Attend Wednes- day Game (Hensall did a strong comeback by defeating Sarnia by a scare of 9-7 at JHensel! on Wednesday before a large ,crowd, 'H'ens'all was leading in the Sth by '5 to 1. A series of ,. errors by 'Hensel: brought the scare to a tie .7=7 in the 8th innings, Sarnia was held scoreless' in the 9th and Hensel' .added two runs. IHensal'i's victory ties the round. The cr'o'wd was an all-time record 'for Hensel" or any piece in this dis- trict. 'There were 11400 paid admis- sions. 'Play Off at Strathroy Labor Day Theplay-offgame .between.beteveen Semis Hensel' will be played at Strath toy on, Labor Day, 'Sept. 44th, at 3 'o'•cloc'k. Until the 0.1B, A. A. issues a draw for the play -downs, it will not be known who the winner of the 'Hen- sall-Sarnia fixture will meet next. 'Hensall won the intercounty inter- mediate "B" championship, and Sar- nia, the "lecham'pions'hip. •MoKI'LLOP B'RAN'CH W.M.S. The MdI'ildop branch of the W.M.'S of First Presbyterian Church held their August meeting at the home of 'Mrs. John Carter Jr. on Thursday af- ternoon last. The afternoon was spent in sewing and quilting as usual. The Program was presided aver by Mrs. IT L. Bell. After the opening hymn the 'Scripture lesson was read by •Mrs. Geo, B. Dorrance. Tlhe roll ca'11 was responded to by a verse of Scrip- ture. A prayer was offered by Mrs, J. L. Bell. Mrs. Win. Drover read an in- teresting account of Ds. Margaret iSteang''s work in the Peace River dis- trict. Mrs. Thomas Bick&ll read the Glad Tidings prayer. Kelso Adams of Constance sang a beautiful solo, "The 'odd Rugged Cress," accompanied by Mrs. John Ferguson, also of Con- stance. Mrs. James Kerr was present land gave an interesting and helpful talk an "Rivers," !which was enjoyed by all. The offering was received, an- other hymn sang and the meeting closed with the benediction. FORMER LSEAFO'RTH BOY, At a recent gathering in Picton, the following reference was made to a former Seaforth boy, editor of The Pi'aton 'Times. "The editor of this paper, W511'iam (Steet, entered. the newspaper and Printing business some fifty-three years ago in the ;little town of Sea -1 forth, Ontario. After serving his ap- prenti'ces'hip there he came to Thel Times where he has been continuous- ly since that, time. Wil'lia'm Steet is an honest man. He has always been a clean -living, sober God-fearing, man, He has done much for the people of (Prince Edward County through his newspaper; it is a cleanndw'spa,per, like the man hi'msel'f. No sordid scandals,, ugly rumors or yellow; journalism finds a plaice in its col- umns "It. is a credit to him and a blessing to all ,who read the history o'f the county in its columns. In ad- dltion• tb con'ductin'gesccess'fu1'ly 3 ... newspaper he has been the patron and. benefactor to many young, mem who otherwise would not. have. had. a, chance in life: This man' is• conservat- ive, gentle, farsighted and capable of filling any editorial chair in North . America. Prince Edward awes him - much that it can never repay," LABOR DA.Y •" Monday next, September 4th, s5 Labor Day, and a public holiday_ ,HORSE 1SHO'E3 Three d'ou'bles teams, of horse— tossers orsetossers were here from Clinton. Tugs, - day evening. Clinton won: ley.' oeme game. Those here ,fronn Clinton were - Messrs. Riley, Rath, Hicks, Marshal;,„ MaDouga'll and. 'Lawson. The first of the setasonhe ahalleugr* games for the Gibb Tropthy was play- ed on Wednesday evening, N. Nich- olls and R. Pinkney won two out three gamesagainst C. Glee:- and R - Frost. SCHOOLS. RE -OPEN Next Tuesday, 'September 5th, 'iso, the official date for all schools: to. re- open. The pulblic school will have- the same staff as last year; the :Collegiate Institute staff will remain the same. with the exception of reduction rsf, one teacher. BT'RDHDA.Y'S. 'On Tuesday next, September -S1 . Mrs. William ,Fortune, East William street, will be celebrating her IIst birthday. Mrs. Fortune is one of, the: oldest residents of the district haw- ing come with her parents to St._ Columban at the age of five, ftp: ,Merri'ckvii'le, where she was born. Another of :'Seafooth's oldest reslyd- en'ts, _ Mr. Sydney Jacobs, will c e--- 'bra'te his 8Th birthday on M'arrffay,, . September 4'th. Mr, Jacobs is hale. - and hearty, and a'bl'e to walk up tuwz..a and back three tines a day. STAFFEAr. Mr. and Mis. R. A. Sadler srss a• the week end in Toronto. Mrs. F. O'Brien was in Ridgetoaen:, on Slaturd'ay attending the funeral x3£ a friend; (Rey. and Mrs. T. R. Turner and.' children leave returned after spendinge a couple of weeks with friendsnear- Trotv'bridge. Mrs. F. Drake, Stratford, was a re�- cen!t visitor with her sister;, M•rs :33?,•., Jeffery, Mrs. F. Elliott is visiting with 'bah-e- dattghter in Lambeth!. Mr, and Mrs, C. Tentlpfem'an, Tiox -. onto, spent the week end under then parent'a'l roof. Miss Betty, who has spent the last month with her gnome parents, 'returned with them. MANLEY:. Mr. Ed. Rose is rushing -up his lazglee. barn which was ' destroyed by fire re— cently and,widl be able to have the use, - of it in a few weeks. Mr. Thos. MclKay wil1•be likely'.. next on the job to have a s'heIter Rio - the w,ieter: Messrs. W. J. and Frank Wtlsfs neva Thomas Mclleay m'o'tored to Loeviier L; last Monday on, a business trip.