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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1926-12-30, Page 1t,.. WHOLE SERIES, VOLUME 48, aforti.. News SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY,FDECEMBER 30, 1926.' Confectionery and Restaurant wishes everybody Every Happy and Prosperous New Year • Hutchtsoa's CHURCH CARD. • North Side United Church—Pastor, Rev. W. P. Lane, B.A. Services at 1'l a.m. and.7 ,p,m. New Year messages both morning and evening, S. S. and Bible Classes at 2:30. For Coleman's Meats ' ELECTRIC LIGHT BULBS, high quality, law prices„ BAKING SYRUP in bulk at 6kcents' eta -on Stove Polish, Paste '15e. ' Liquid 20c Dairy Butter, good quality at from 7c to 9cless than Cream- l ez'y butter 11.,y Oyster Shell. per ;tuck $1.50 Roquefort Cheese" ib. 60c Figs, 3 Ibs. for 25e, 2 lbs. for 25e and 11b. 25c Raisins, Seedless 15c, Sun -Maid Seedless & Seeded in packages 1$c, Puffed Raisins 18c, large. blue four crown Muscatels 20c, Valencias. 18c to 22e Onions, hue domestic 7 lbs.25c. F. D HUTCHISON Phone 166 Phone for Food, GOOD LUCK During the past year we have gone together through some tough times -=- and a few , good ones Let's say goodbye to 1926 with the idea of forgetting the dark spots and dwelling on the bright ones, and saying Merry Christmas! WATCH NIGHT SERVICE. A Watoh Night service will be held in St. Thomas' 'Churc'h on Friday night, commending' at 1L30. 'This service has teen attended by large congregations every year "to ring out the old, ring in the new." BEATTIE-HOWE. The wedding was solemnized at 'Saskatoon, Sask., on Monday, Dec. 20th, 1926, at 3 P.M. of Miss Olive 'Howe, daughter of Mrs. Howe, of Saskatoon, to Mr. Douglas Mackay Beattie, son of 'Mr, and Mrs. John Beattie, Seaforth.' Mr, and Mrs. Beattie spent Christmas at the groom's home in Seaforth, before leavling for 'Belleville, Ont., where they will reside. The young couple take with them the best wishes of a host of friends; Then. as we turn our calendar to 1927, will you let us hope that it Will hold nothing but the brighest spots for you. If real shoes and real service will do it, we'll do our share in bringing' you A ,Prosperous New Year F. W. CHRISTMAS SERVICES, Christmas Day was observed by midnight mass in St. -James' Church and.Holy Communion lin Si. Thomas' church and on Sunday Christmas was the keynote of the services in all the local chttrc''hes.: Comp,.ratively mild Weather and open streets and roads brought out large congregations. At Northside Uinted Church, at the morning service,. the cnecial Christ- mas music consisted of Gabriel's an- them,- "Joy to the 'W ork l;" a solo by MVIr, E. Ct 'Chamberlain, "Thr. First ,Christmas Morn," ('Newton) • violin selection by Mr. E. R, 'Crawford, "Traumeri" (Sc'huinann). At the evening' service, the anthem, "B'ehold I Bring You ,Good Tidings," was stung. Also ,Gabriel's "Hearts of Gold," ?by ladies' quartette, Misses Jeanette Inlays, Liillinn Wankel, Mrs. A. E. Cluff and Mrs. B. Tyerman. The offertory number was a violin selec- tion, Dunstan's "Christmas Fantasia" by Mr. R. J. 'Wegg. The choir was. under the efficient direction of Miss •Annie Govenloc'k,'organist. :Seaforth Presbyterian Church choir under the leadership of 'Iylr. M. R. Rennie, choir leader, and Mrs. Ren- nie, •organist, presented- special music of a very high order. Morning service, Mr. Rennie sang in solo, "The First 'Christmas Morn." 'Wild-` ermere's anthem, `"Hear the Song," by the choir, and solos, ` "Cahn the Night" by Miss Florence Beattie, and "Comfort Ye"—"Every Valley Shall he Exalted" from 'Handel's 'Mes- siah, by Mr. Janes Stewart. The feature of the evening . service was the cantata, "The 'Light Eternal," .chorus "Praise the "Great Redeemer." Tenor solo and chorus "It Speaks to th World," J. Stewart; bass solo "God Hath +Given a Son," M. R. Ren- nie; chorus, "While Shepherds Watched," with soprano solo by •Miss E. McKay; trio; "Star of Bethichem," Miss F. Beattie. J. 'Stewart, M. R. Rennie; contralto solo, "The Dawn - Ing," Miss H, Murray; quartette, "He Came to Give Salvation," Mrs. W. Wright, Miss H. Murray, Messrs. E. VanEgntond, M. R. Rennie; soprano solo, and chorus, "Born in- a Man- ger," Miss E. McKay; tenor solo and Chorus, "The Light of Gory," Mr. J. Beattie; duet, "The' Message," Messrs. J. Stewart and M. R. ,Rennie; chorus, "The Light of All the World," with tenor solo by Mr.' E. VanEgnond; soprano . oslo, "Angel Voices," Mrs. \V. 'Wright; chorus, "Lead Me." In St. Thomas Church on Sunday, besides the Christmas carols, the fol- lowing special lmusic was splendidly rendered by the choir, under the di- rection of Mrs, J, R, Archibald, choir le=ader, and Mr. Geo. •Clarke, organist. In the morning, the anthem, `Arise, Shine ('Simper); and "Hark, What Mean Those Holy Voices" (Sherwin). In the evening the anthem, "And There Were Shepherds," (Wilson); Hark. What Mean Those :Holy Voices" vers repeated, i,tr. E. W. Bateman sang in gond voice the solo, 'Night of Nights" (Van Der Water). The carol service in Egmondville United Church on Sunday morning was splendidly rendered and greatly enjoyed, All of the n'embers were good but special mention might' be made of the solo entitled "The Gift. sung by Miss Grace 'Casientirl. Great credit is due to Mrs. Johnson, the leader, for the success achieved. Ow- ing to a number of requests, Mrs. Johnson has decided to repeat the service 00 Sunday evening next,, CLASS ENTERTAINMENT. On Monday evening, Dec. 27th, Mrs. A. L. Porteous entertained her Sunday School Class (The Plus Ultra). After playing games and taking part in a few contests a 'boun- tiful luncheon was served by the hos- tess. After expressing their appre- ciation of Mr. and Mrs. Porteous' hospitality, the girls left for their re- spective homes. WINS AT TORONTO. Captain 'Grattan, owned by Mr, William 'Cndmore, Seaforth, won the 2.17 pace at Dufferin Park, Toronto, under the auspices of the Toronto Driving Club on Monday. Easson and Fleming were pie drivers. Cap- tain Grattan won the last three heats of four. MR. SILLERY ATTENDS PARLIAMENT IN TORONTO Tuesday, Parliament Bldgs. Dear 'News; On :Monday after- noon at three o'clock we held a caucus meeting in the Parliament ,Buildings, After signing the oath we listened to reports of the last parlia- ment and also the work carried on during 1926. These were rendered very well by Messrs. Scratch, . Fred - en burg, Perkins, 'La utensiager and Plewman. Jim Finlay, our comed- ian, was there and he is wittier than ever. On Monday evening we ..intro- duced ourselves, at a "Get Acquaint- ed 'Supper," at the Central Y. M. C. A. My old pal, Bill Edwards, park- ed beside me and we talked over old times; You know what I mean; What happened when Bill was in Sea - forth,' After the banquet we went back to the Parliament Bldgs., and heard speeches by the three candi- dates for the premiership of the Sixth Older Boys' 'Parliament. Well, Frank Perkins spoke first, 'followed by Hugh Scratch and Earl Lautens- lager. : You will all remember, that verse in the Bible: The' first shall be last and the last shall he first. That is just what happened. Lautenslager was first, Perkins was last and Hugh Scratch leads the opposition. Before i forget; let ane join with Bill Ed- wards' town friends in congratulating hint on his appointment. Bill is Mw- ister of Education in . Lautenslager's cabinet. To -night -we will have our official opening bnl I cannot tell you about this now as it is, -too late for your home paper to print -Believe me to Ibe, Your obedient servant, A. W. 'SILLERY. Hog Shipments: Por week ending Dec. 23rd. Seaforth---'Total 51, select bacon 11, thick smooth 36, -heavies 2. 'Walton—Total 53. select bacon 14, thick smooth 32, 'heavies'5, shop 1. Huron County—Total 792, select bacon. 225, thick smooth 472, heavies 51, extra 'heavies 5, shop hogs 25, lights and feeders 2. months -had been in Ardmore, Pent., with her daughter, Mrs. Gerald Case, where she died. She was born in the County of Perth, seventy-four years ago, and with her pareuts moved to Goderich," and later, while still a young girl, came to live at Brucefield, Her father was a carpenter by trade. On September 4th, 1873, she was unit- ed 1rnarriage to Mr, James Weir, of Seaforth, by the .Rev. John Ross, of tBrucefield, and lived the rest of her life in Seaforth until last 'summer. Her husband predeceased her about fifteen years. She is survived by three daughters and one, son, Mrs. Chas. Broadfoot, Mogsejaw,,Saslc,; Mrs. Martin Papst, Windsor; Mrs. Gerald Case, Ardmore, Penn., and 008 son, Mr. Lorne Weir, 'Buffalo. East 'Wawanosh, — Reeve, John Also three sisters, Mrs. Wm, Pink- iCoultes. Councillors, F. D. Stalker, F. +Campbell, Joseph Kerr, Bert Thompson (all by accl,) Morris:—Reeve, R. H. Shortreed, E. Cardiff, W. J. Henderson. Council- lors. H. Wheeler, J. 'Brydges, John McGill, J. A. Brown. Council by ac- clamation. Clinton.—.For Mayor, Fred Jack- son and James Ford. Reeve, C. Mid Gocderich „Township.' — For "reeve, Herb. Cox. Councillors, Oliver Jer- vis, J, R. Middleton, David Church- Wilmott Haacice. (all by acclama- tion.) Stanley, -- Reeve, John Manson. Councillors, Art. Keyes, T. Etue, W. Carlile, Wnt• Douglas (all by acel.) •Exeter -Reeve, W. D. Sanders, C. B. Snell. Councillors, Jos. Davis, •Na- thaniel Qgden,+ Paul Coates, Jos. Hawkins, Eli Coultis, Wm. Gilles- pie, Wm. Lotman; Ed, J. Christie,• •Blyth.—For reeve, James Dodds, Dr: 'ItT J. Milne and S, G. ` Leslie: Council, S. G. Leslie, John Wey- mouth, George White, Herbert Dex- ler; Thomas Taylor; William Mills, William Johnston. ney; Seaforth; Mrs. Tackaberfy,'N. Dakota; Airs. Cooper, Fort William, and one: brother, Thomas Kennard, Minnesota. The funeral took, place on Monday afternoon from St. Thomas' Church, Seaforth, to the place of interment' in Egnaondville Cemetery`, the services being conduct- ed by :Rev. T. H. Brown. The pall- bearers were Messrs, H. -Edge, Wm. dleton, A. Trewarttha, 'B. Langford. Adams, Thos. Beattie, Alex. Mc- Lennan. MASONIC INSTALLATION. The lodge rooms of Britannia Lodge, No. 170 A. F. & A. M., were well filled on Monday evening when the following, officers for 1227 were installed, thee ceremony being ably performed by Rt. IWor. Bro. Chas. Aberhart; ' I•:P.M.—Bro. Malcolm McKellar. •W M.—Bro. E. .C. Chamberlain, SEAFORTH NOMINATION There will be no election in town this year, the following being anern- hers of Council 19271' Mayor, Wm. H. Golding; 'Reeve J. W. Beattie; Councillors, W. A Crich G, P. 'Card - no, 'R. G. Parke, F. D. Hutchison; H. C. Box, and +W. J. Sicken. The nominations took place on Monday evening, the following be- ing nominated: For Mayor --+W. H. Golding, Dr. R. Ross, J. F. Daly, R. G. Parke. Pub. U. Commission, John J, Cluff, -(accl.)' For Councillors -W. A. Crich, Geo. P. Cardno, R. Parke, F. D. Hutchison, Jas. Devereaux, G. D. 'Haigh, H, Box, Thos. Melady, W. J. Bichell, ,School trustees (acct.)—North ward F. W. Wigg; East ward,.Jbhn'i_aing: South ward, Rev T. H. Brown. Councillors, Dr. F. Thompson, G. El- liott, O. R. Paisley, H. McBrien, F. Livermore, B. E: Langford, F. W. Johnston, W. F, 'R• Holmes, L. Cur- ren, J, A. Sutter. Usborne:-+Reeve, John Hanna,' J. Ballantyne. Councillors, Dan Dew, Wellington Skinner, i;±Iugh Berry. Benson Williams, Silas N. Shier. Hay—Reeve Elmer Kloeff,,o(accl.), Councillors (?acct.) L. H. Raeder, John Rau William Dougall, Alfred S.W.--1Bro. Thos. +McMillan. Colborne - (Acct.) Hugh Hill, a • T.W.—'Bio. R. M. Jones, member of the- past year's Council, Chap.—Very Wor. Bro. Wm. Bal- was elected to the Reeve's chair, to lantyne. • ` . succeed C. :A. Robertson, who was Secy.—Rt. Wor. Bro. Chas. Aber- recently elected to the Provincial hart. Legislature: Councillors W. L. Treas,—Bro: R. M. Jones. Young, 'Frank 'Wilson, A. J. Gold- thorpe and William T.honi. Grey—For reeve, Robert Living- stone, Thos. McDonald, John 'Me- Nabb, J. J. McCutcheou, W. E. Turn- bull; for the Council, Thos. McDon- Tyler—'Bro. James Rankin. aid, Harry Keys, Oliver Hemingway, • D. of IC.--,Bro. S. T. Holmes, Fred Rowland, Joseph McKay, Ed - Following the installation, --the bre- ward Oallis, Hihbert—Reeve, William. Morris, James Malcolm, Allan MacDougall, the first two have qualified. Council- lor, William -Jeffrey, John Brennan, Martin Feeney, Patrick Maloney, Al- lan McDougald. •Brussels—+For reeve, A. C. Seeker (acct.); councillors, George Muldoon, John Hewitt, J W. Armstrong, Robt. Bowmad (accl). Utility Com., Walter Rose (accl.); trustees, Malcolm Black James Fox, D. A. McTavish (accl.). S:D.--Bro. 'Chris. 'Gheoros. ' J.D,--+Bro. 3. E. Keating. S.S.---Chas. Adams. J.S.—Dr Munn. 1G —Bro. IRobt. 'Reid. thren adjourned to the Olympia res-' taurant, where a delightful oyster supper was._served, the .pleasant even- ing coming to a close with the sing- ing of the National Anthem. FIDDLERS' CONTEST. Remember the Old Time Fiddlers' Contest in Cardno's Opera Hall on Tuesday evening,' Jany. 4th. A bang- up program of fiddling, piping, step and clog dancing, Scotch so'n'gs and ,stories, a bit of Gaelic now'and then and eluding.with an Old Time dance— orchestra music.• Doors open at 8 o'clock, judging commences at 8.30 Under the direction and management of Hugh McDougall, of Tiverton, who is well. known in this district, the concert and contest promises to be a real treat. • Fiddlers' Contest at Huron Old Boys' Annual At Home. The Annual At' Home of the Huron Old +Boys' Association of Toronto will be held at the Odd Fellows hall on Wednesday, January 26th. A special musical program will be broadcast, and the special feature of the evening will be a Fiddlers' Con- test for the County of'Huron,•a sil- ver cup being presented to the win- ner. Any fiddler over the age of sixty years 'will be eligible, but it is hoped that each district in the 'County will have ail elimination contest to decide who will represent that district for the final at Toronto. The ;Huron IOId'Boys'. Association are paying the expenses of those _,fin- ally selected. The broadcasting of this special feature by OFCA, the Toronto Star station, will create a great deal of interest in the event. Bunton E, Till's prehestra +will sup- ply the dance music, which will also be .broadcast. MISSION BAND LEAGUE. Under the auspices of the Mission Band League a very successful Christmas Tree and entertainment was held in the school room of North Side United Church on Wed evening, Dec. 22nd, The program consisted of choruses, dialogues, recitations, readings and vocal and tnstrtunental music by the members of the League. All were extra well rendered by the boys and girls. Afterwards lantern views were shown of pioneers and' the doings of an earlier day in Sea- forth. These were in charge of Mr. Jas. Robb, Mr. +Bert lWilliams and were Air. A. D, .Sutherland, and ve e much appreciated by all present. A very important feature of the evening was the arrival of Santa Claus on the scene. After all the presents were distributed from the well loaded Christmas tree, generous portions of nuts and candies which had been don- ated by kind friends .were also, dis- tributed among the boys and girls, The gathering then dispersed, every- body well pleased with the evening's entertainment. MRS. JAMES ''WEIR. An .old resident of Seaforth passed away on Thursday evening, Decem- ber 23rd, in the 'person of Margaret Kennard, relict of the Late. James Weir. Mrs. Weir .had .been in failing health 'Dor some time and last August event to Buffalo ; and for :the past three wind }Robert Cameron. NOMINATIONS.. McKillop --For Reeve, 'Frank J. McQuaid, \Arm Somerville. For coun- cil, Dan. Bet;ermann, John Dodds, John M. Eckert, ' Edward 'Horan, M Thomas dliray, Daniel Regale.. Kennedy, +Robert Watson. For coun- cil, Matthew +Clark, Charles McKay, John 1,'. Elgie, Jos. G. Crich, (accl.) 'Huilett. — For Reeve, Matthew Armstrong, Ernest A. Adams, Robert Clarke. For councillors, Herbert Mogridge James +Leiper, James C. Forbes, Thomas Sloan, William Knox ('with.), Robert Lawson, John Barr, Stephen.—For Reeve (acct.) John Bayes. Deputy Reeve (acct,) Reuben Goetz. Councillors,. Wesley Dearing, Robert 'Melvin Love, Peter Martine, Chester Ivlawhinney, Nelson 'Schenk, Isaiah Tetreau. Goderich.-An election will be net- essary .to fill the municipal chairs of the reeve and councillors. Mayor H. J. A. MacEwan was returned by Mrs. ac- lamation (Robert Turner took the Twckersinith:-For Reeve, Roland EGIVIONDVILLE, On \Monclay evening, Dec, 27th .the Y. P. S. C. E. of Egmondviile United 'Church held their weekly sweeting. Miss Sadie Howitt presid- ed and conducted the devotional ex- ercises consistincr of hymns, prayer and scripture lesson. The topic for the evening was taken by Miss H. I• Graham, of Seaforth. She gave an excellent description of Wilson Mc- Donald and his work, which was both instructive and, entertaining. A few minutes' intermission was spent in solving charades, captains being Mr. George Holgate, Mr. Keith Webster, and Mr. Russell Wallace. The busi- ness part of the meeting was discuss- ed and minutes of last meeting read and adopted. After singing a hymn, the meeting closed with the Mizpah benediction, deputy reeveship also, by acclamation.. 'Councillor Lee and last year's deputy reeve will contest the reeveship. For council, Chas. Humber, Wesley Mc- Lean, Robert ,1Cutt, ,'William Bailie, Nelson Armstrong, David Sproule, Wilfred Peachy, John W. Craigie, Bayfield. --:For Reeve, A. E: 'Erwin, Merner. Council, W. J. Mc BORN. O'CONNOIR.—At St. Colttmban, on December 14th, to Mr. and t M Dan, O'Connor, a son. Ye Olde TYME Fiddler's' Contest t TOWN HALL, HENSALL MONDAY, EVE. JANUARY 3rd E. F. Leod, John Parker, George 'Castle, Lewis Thomson, Murdock Ross. +Hensall.—,For Reeve, Owen Geiger, Geo. C. Petty, William Consitt, For council, Robert McArthur, 'Chris. 'Campbell, James Priest, .Robert Hig- ins William 'C•onsitt,' Alfred Clark CARDNO'S OPERA HALL, SEAFORTH TUESDAY EVE. JAN. 4th. TOWN HALL, BAYFIELD THURSDAY EVE.; JAN. 6th Generous prize. list for Fiddlers, Pipers, Step'and Clog dancing, Gaelic Songs, Etc.' Etc See bills for: particulars Concerts at 8 o'clock Old Time Dance after the concerts Orchestra Music. Hugh McDougall Chairman and Manager Tiverton, Ont. ISSUE No, 52. appyNew Year It is an old, old wish often expressed. and in all sincerity we use it again to all our friends and patrons and;wishyouthe same old wish with the added sincerity that years of business acquaint- ance and friendship have produced. And at the same time we wish to thank all our patrons for, the generous way in which they have favored us during the Christmas season. We feel the Ohristmas Season to be a. glad sea- son, partly because of the bustle of increased business and largely because we see the faces of our friends and patrons of many years standing. And again there are the faces of new customers whowe earnestly hope to have as friends and patrons during the years to come. And all this gives us a zest ; and an urge and energises us to greater' efforts during the year 1927. And so as we again wish you A Happy and Prosperous New Year we also promise you with it the very. best values, the very best service. and the most kindly courtesy we possess during the year 1927. Fred. S. Savauge Expert Jeweler. and Optometrist Prompt Watch & Opposite Post Office Service. Jewelry Repairs SEAFORTH. ONT. Phones 194 Mrs, 10 wpm Ohre again we forget hnsittrea for a while Asst to shape goo 619 the hatib ultd hope that gulf 40 pours will spank x belighiful thristlnfss intik hr1,3i112he Nin) Jar with renrwrb Fest nil bright In - averts. E. L. BOX PHONE 43, SEAFORTH COAL 1111.113 IIMOR ROM IMMIN For 1927 1.1100 --- To You --- We take this opportunity of extending our sincere Best Wishes for the coming year and to express our appreciation of the many courtesies shown us by our Patrons during the past year. gJ11�JlIgi R. E. BRIGHT 7c0iiorirai and Haberdashery Dress Well ; and Succeed