The Seaforth News, 1927-01-20, Page 1WHOLE SERIES, VOLUME 49,
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SEAFOR'TH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 1927.
• . '" ' �""- ""`" „ WILLIAM T, BOX. HOCKEYN0TA-,S,
• ,One of iSeaforth's early business The wind blew hard in the W
men passed away on Tuesday after- wind League Friday even+g
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all hours
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OUR HOME MADE 'SPECIALTIES
Price, Reasonable --
The Olympia
Confectionery and Restauran
Ilutchison, s
For Coleman's .Meats'
,Headcheese, 'a.0 pork -lb. 15c
Bleotric light bulbs, high qual-
ity o' 25c
International Stock Food, to be
i. bad in, Seaforth only here.
PoultryTonic and Louse. Kill-
er will help in egg production
Aluminum Coffee Percolators,
special' $1..25
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Daemon Crystal DairyTable
abl
Salt: regular 7e for 50
CHURCH. CARD.
North Side United Church -Pastor,
Rev. W. P. Lane; B.A.
Sunday, January 23rd, Services 11
a, m, and 7 p.; m. Morning subject,
Memory,". Evening 'subject, "Con-
senting or Non -Consenting."' Sunday
(School and +Bible classes, 2:30 p.m;'
W. M. AUX,
The \V, lri. Aux. of the United
Church met in the church parlor. on
Thursday, Jan. .13th. . In the ab-
sence of the President, Mrs. Lane, the
business apart was presided over by
the first Vice President, Mrs. Tyer-
man. ' The programme was in charge
-. of Circle No. 3 led by Mrs, Finlay-
son, - and was as follows: Opening
hymn followed by a Bible reading
prepared .by Miss A. Somerville read
read
by Mrs. Hanburne. prayer, Miss G.
Holland; paper on iChristianSteward-
ship, Miss. M. +Somerville; duet, Mrs.
Clulf. and Miss Scarlett; study book
on India taken by Mrs. A. iL. Port-
eous; reading, "Why India Needs a
Doctor," Mrs. AV,' Black. The ,meet
ing eased with the Mizpah benedic-
tion,
rigs. per lb. 25e, 2 lbs. 25e and
3 lbs. for 25e
Jamaica Cofee/very special
per lb. 45c
1
Washloards,P ail size.: 25c
j'';; Seedless Raisins, in packages
18c for 15e, Tho bulk.seed-
Tess raisins. this season are
• not a .. to their Usual quality
p .-
being dry and hard,
Toilet Paper, Huron Brand
d for 25e
F. D; HUTCC�ISD'N.
Phone 166
Phone for Fooc1.
Start. your New Year Shoe Buying
k - where you get
One Hundred unfired Cents
Value For $1.00
SUR SPECIAL $5.00 SHOES
for men are second to none in
the County,
MEN'S
Genuine CALF SHOES
Black. $5.00
MEN'S Genuine CALF SHOES
Brown, $5.00 '
Leather lined Shoes for Men
In Black and Brown $500
DO HOLD-UP MEN DRINK ?
The following letter came from, a
Southern Ontario town, but the writ-
er neglected to .furnish his name,
which is always required, although
not necessarily for publication. How-
ever, the ;letter is a good example of
the' .saying that "it doesn't pay to
jump to conclusions," as the corres-
`p9ndent referrcd'to is .the father of
a large family and is one of the most
respected residents of this commun-
"Dear Editor: Just -a few words in
regard to the, Manley correspond-
ent's items last week. He seems to'
be pretty strong for liquor. , I have
seen his items before. He surely has
no children: let us hope he is not
married. He says hold-up men and
women don't carate
He is wrong.
t;
Ahnost
every time they are caught
they have liquor in their cars and
almost always take it before they do
the hold-up stunt.It snakes them
bold and reckless, •And in regard to
drunken ,people not harming any ^one,
how can he say -that ? 'Down in Ha-
milton the other day, Barty paid with
his life for beating a woman to death
after he had spent the day drink-
ing. Therb were thousands of cases
Of drunken men abusing their fam-
ilies and g lot of children were crip
pled` for life, the '. same way in, the
old days, when we had the: open bar.
He says. a drunken -man is his own
worst enemy. I say the drunken
man is his family's worst enemy as
he spends the money they should
have, ort himself, and they are at
home.waiting in fear and trembling
for his'coming. Thanking you, Mr.
Editor, for the space in your valu-
able paper, r remain, 'A SUBSCRI'B-
LIONS MEET..
Last Thursday evening the mem-
hers of the Lions Club held their
regular bi-niotthly .meeting in the
Cosnmercial-'Hotel. Lion John Hug-
gard occupied the chair in a very ef-
ficient manner. The speakers of the
evening were Mr. John 'Malone,
whose, "Reminiscent s of Beech—
wood,' left nothing to' a desired and
Mr. Thomas McMillan M.P., whose
subject, "Canada," was extremely well
handled. The thanks of ',the ,Club ereti
due the above mentioned gentlemen
,for 41 most enjoyable. evening. Re-
ports on : the financial standing; and
the Christmas Cheer.weregiven by
Lions McMillans, lid Sutherland and
the 'Club. was informed, there: was no
indebtedness. Plans are now being
formulated fort:a Most energetic
year's . rork:„for 27..
hirl-
when
the
noon, January 18111, in the person ,of the Varna Vanquishers romped .
William Thomas Box, aged 79 years ice at Bn•ucefield against he ,
and .6 months,, • after a long illness. 'Bear Cats. The game wa' fast
The late Mr. Box was`a well-known furious and many speetac lar p
and prominent furniture manufac- were witnessed by the 4pecta
turer, and had lived in Seaforth for 'Both learns worked hard,' but
half a century. He was .born in;Ox- score resulted in a victory. of 5-2
fordshire, Englajnd, and- came to this the Vanquishers, The Vaiina
country with his parents when . five are in good cd4tdition after'con
years of ,age, settling in Woodstock able practice. The `Brucefield
in 1852. The `family -later' removed is as yet not in fit condition thr
to Exeter, where he learned his trade lack of practice, The 'manage
of 'furniture -'fanufacturing. In. 1868 committee are still on ‚the outlook
he went to California where he re- new. players so i€ you are h the
maiti'ed a couple of years and then vicinity and without work for the
became a partner in the firm of Me- 'ter and have any ability as a sh
Evoy and Box, Stratford. Later dis- player, try and communicate with
posing of the business he entered into managers of'the above named to
partnership with Mr., J. 1 . Broad --Line-up;
foot of 'Seaforth, where they carried.. Varna—Goal, Anderson;) defe
on an extensive business until 1900, ,Elliott; wings, Chuter, Epps, ren
when the plantwas 'Sold to the Can- Webster; sub., iChuter.
'tda Furniture Manufacturers,- Ltd. 1Brucefield-Goal, +Norris; defe
Mr. Box remained manager' until W. Scott; wings, S. Ross, 1. Ketch
1907 when he retired from active centre, W, , McCartney; subs.,
business. He was married in 1874 to Munro, J, 'Henry.
Miss Mary.I•Iartleib, of South East -
hope,' and on January 5th, 1924, Mr.
and Mrs. Box celebrated their golden.
wedding. He is survived by his
widow, and four. sons, Herbert C.,
Alfred R., Edward J. and Ernest L.,
all of Seaforth,.and one daughter,-
Mrs. H. Minnett, of Toronto. An-
other daughter, Mrs,: E. H. Close, of
ISeaforth, died six months ago. The
funeral takes place ion Thursday af-
ternoon from his late residence, Jar-
vis street,.to the .place of interrncnt
in Maitland. Bank cemetery, service
at 2 p.m., funeral at 2.30 p.m.
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ISSUE No, 3
SILLERY-BLASHILL.
The Central Butte (Sask.) Beacon
published' the following wedding not-
ice, which will be of much interest
in this locality, the groom being the
eldest son of Mrs, Geo. Sillery, of
Seeforth,•and a graduate of Seaforth
Collegiate Institute. Morrison's many
friends join The Nen s in extending
congratulations and best wishes,'
"A very pretty wedding of much
local interest took place in the United
Church, Central Butte, on Tuesdty,'
Dec. 28, 1926, when Morrison George.
Sillery, Principal of the Central Butte
School was united in marriage to
Thelma Greta IBlashill, 2nd daughter
of Mr. and Mrs,'Herbert Blashill the
strains of the wedding march; played
by Mrs, A. Shipp. The groom was
ably supported by his brother Garnet
Leslie Sillery, of Wabigoon, Ont,,
while the bride, who was given away
by her father, was `attended by- Miss
Lillian Nina Schwartz, of Regina,
formerly of Central 'Butte. The bride
wore.a,'becoming gown of white silk
crepe de chene trimmed with lace,
with the customary bridal veil and
orange blossoms, and carried .a bou-
quet cof white carnations, while the
bridesmaid wore a pink silk crepe de
ehene dress and carried a bouquet of
pink carnations,
�"After the rvedding'�the bridal party
returned to the home of the bride
where a sumptuous wedding luncheon
was provided. The many gifts attest-
ed the popularity of the contracting
ea parties. •
ue, "Both bride and groom are well-
fans known and very ,popular in and
eir around Central'Butte, Mrs., Sillery
so has resided in the community with
her parents and has grown ttp with
the community. -Mr? Sillery has been
principal of the local school for the -
past three years and has taken a keen
interest in the musical, sporting, and
cc, ,social life of the;, community, -besides
nd serving in office in the Masonic lodge.
uff "Mr. and Mrs. Sillery have taken up
their residence on Main street op-
posite the United Church hall, where
they will be glad to welcome their
many friends,
e "The best wishes of a host of
friends are' extended the happy couple
11 fora long and happy voyage nn the'
seal: of matrimony.”
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DIED IN -TORONTO.
' The death occurred inn Toronto. on
Friday, January 14th of Fredericl'C B.
G. Soole, after a brief illness with
pneumonia, aged 62 years. Deceased
was born in Egmondville, son of the
late George Soole, and learned' the
bakery business with P. McGary, of
'Seaforth. Forty-two years ago he
went to Toronto where he has been
employed with the Nesmith company
for many years. He was unmarried
and resided' with two sisters, Misses
Mary and Jennie Soole, on' West-
moreland avenue, Toronto, who sur-
vive, besides Mrs, John D. Sills, and
Mrs. James Love, of Toronto, and
two brothers, Thomas +Soole, .Toron--
to, and Charles in 'British Columbia.
The funeral took place on the arrival
of the eleven o'clock train on.Mon-
day, to the place of interment in
Maitland Bank cemetery, -Rev. T. H.
iBroavn:officiating., The .pallbearers.
were Messrs, Geo A. 'Sills, W. A.
Crich, T, G, Scott, 3. A. Case, 5.. Hays
and Ti. Edge. -
MRS. DANIEL CLARK.
The death 'occurred on Friday,
January 14th, of Effie McLeod, relict
of the late Daniel Clark, at the.' home
of 'her daughter,' Mrs. T. Colbert,
London township, = Mrs, Clark' had
been taken with weak spells a num-
ber of times since, Christmas and last
Wednesday she became seriously ill,
passing away on -Friday. The late
Mrs. Clark was born nearly eighty-
six years ago ' at Inverness, Scot-
land, coming to this country. about
sixty years ago, with her uncle,' Mr. •Distri ,t Deputy Grand Master G.
Murdo McLeod, and settled, first itt C. Petty, of Hensall, and suite con-
Egmondville and later in Seaforth, sisting of Lloyd Hudson, District
Fifty-eight years ago she- was mar Deputy Grand Marshall; Earl Camp-
ried to the- late Malcolm McLeod; bell, District Deputy Grand Financial
there being a• family of seven chil-Secretary and ` Treasurer; Wilson
dren, of whom three survive, Mrs. T. Campbell, District Deputy Grand
Colbert 7
+der n'to Mr
s, Arthur, Al-A�i-
arden and Robert ' Green,
berta; n
e acting
adbii.
ss�fff
e McLeod De- r
e District Deputy Grand Record. Sec
troit, Thirty-three years ago she retary, were present 'at the meeting
was married to Daniel Clark and lived cif Fidelity Lodge, No. 55, I:0 -0.F.,
iu Egmondville, Mr, Claris predeceas- on 'Wednesday night last for the pur-
ing her about ten years ago.. She pose of installing the officers -elect.
was a kind neighbor, and a worthy, Mr. Petty is now in his fifty-first yera
warm hearted woman of a very sine as an Odd Fellow, having completed
type. The funeral was held Monday his half century on May 10th last,
afternoon from the Egmondville and his return as''D:D.G,M, is :an;ap-
chtirch to the place of interment in propriate mark` of his anniversary.
Egmondville cemetery, the .services ear. The work of installation was
being conducted by Rev,: W. D. Me ,efficiently carried out and the follow -
(Donald. 'Tie, pallbearers were six ing officers were installed: •
grandsons, Messes Albert, Charles N.G.--Ed. Mole.
Murdo, :Melvin, Norman and Percy V.G,—Allan 'Reid.
Colbert, Among those from 'a dis- Rec. Sec. -Chas. Aberhart,
tance who attended the funeral were Fin, Sec.—W, H. :Golding.
Mr, and Mrs, T. .Colbert, and sons, Treas. John Thompson.
of ilderton; Mrs. W. Brownlee, Conductor --•Alex, Mc'Gavin:
Lucan; _ Mr, and Mrs. Harry Col- tWarden—.Sidney Deem.
Bert Londoin; and Miss Effie Mc- R.S..N G.=tArnold,Westcott.
7 eot�, Detroit. ' L:S.N:G.—:John IPulltnan.
R.S,S Dr, Harburn.
APPOINTED TO OTTERVILLE. ] 5:5 Bert Williams.
Chaplain -W. Edmunds,
:Following the installation, short
addresses were made - ,by- the D. D.
G.M. and members of his `suite and
by a"number of the members of Fid-
elity Lodge, after which the brethren
adjourned to the restaurant where re-
freshments were served.
In a very exciting game la t Th
day- night on the local ice the S
forth boys came out on the along
of a six' to 'five count. The Seafo
forward line had it all overt the.
posing one, but were a little w
on the defensive, when C ilquho
the '14 -year-old Goliath of .the M
chell 'team, came through,' Scor
-five goals. He was greatly aided
Brookes, oti the defence. The S
forth star, outside of the forward i
(was Cardno on the defence,:'Tlte
!wondered what Mitchell feeds th
Youngsters to make thein .took
Uig. Line -tip:
'Mitchell-4Goal, Casey; ' defence,
Brookes and Colgiihoun; win s, Port-
erfield and Itawm; centre, Davison;
subs., Moses and Avery. rG
,Seaforth--Goal, Wright; , defen
Cardno .and Trott;, wings, Vitlillis a
Weiland; centre, ?-fuir; subs„ Cl
and Purcell.
Referee—Dot. Reid.
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by
Onc_of the fastest games - of th
season was piayed in Brucefield o
Tuesday evening last when the Mi
Road .Peddlers went down .to defeat
to the Tuckersmith Rangerl to a
score of 1-0. True first period of the
play was slow. throughout cawing to
the spacious rink and the :dazzling
lights, which neither team were ac-
customed to. The second period was
more exciting, heavy body -checking
and eiiggine:,- the pock'.; rut,'. of the
snow were the main features. The
last period was filled . with' thrills
all- through, both goals !being in
danger +throughout. ,Elliott of Varna
handled the game with the utmost
skill, coached from time to time by
the players and spectators. .Line-up:,
Tuckersm.ith---+Goal, Doig; defence,
H. 'Mcl4rillan, A. McMillan; forwards,
R. ,Archibald,. W. Archibald; subs.,
Coleman Chesney, .Ward M. Sproat,
Sproat.
Mill Road -Goal, McCartney, de-
fence, Nichdlsoa, D. Maclntosh; for-
wards, J. Macintosh, W. Mc+Cartney.'
I.O.O.P,
"The following item front the Sar-
nia O.bse_rver, refers tothe* a+ppoifit-
ment of -+Rev. H. G. E. Crosby, of
Courtright, to the parish of 'Otter-
ville, Dereham and Culloden. Mrs,
Crosby was formerly Miss Isabel.
Woods, daughter of Mrs. G. VV.
Woods, of Bayfield, and formerly of
Seaforth. "Friends in Mooretown re-
gret to 'learn of the resignation of
+Rev..H. G. Crosby of the :Anglican
parish of Mooretown, Courtright and
Corunna: Mr. Crosby' during his
few years here -74,0s made many
friends, not only ,'i'tong'h1s, in peo-
ple,hut also a {ing other gsgrega-
tions, this being?: also tt uet*�'�9: , Mrs.
Crosby. :Outside*;of the cti*h work,
'Rev. Mr, Crosby has taker;`: great in-
terest in the pleasures and sports of
the. contanunity,. both he and Mrs,.
Crosby being ardent baseball fans,
Mr. Crosby's resignation will take ef-
feet the latter end of this.month. The
best wishes of a large number ,of
Mends from this locality will go with
both Mr. and Mrs. Crosby to Atheir
futur-e=:honm:at Otterville."
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
The annual congregational meet-
ing was held in the basement of First
Presbyterian Church on Monday
evening, Jan. 17th, at which there was
n• good attendance. Mr..1-Marry Ste-
wart presided. The minutes were
read by Mr, J. G. Mullen and the
session let er by the pastor, Rev. F.
H. Larkin, D.D. The statement of
the chairman of the 'Board of: Man-
agement, Dr. Ross, showed the fi-
nances to be in a very satisfactory
condition, there being a surplus of
$350, with no outstanding, debts, $500
was expended on improvements on.
the church and *Manse during the
year. The, treasurer, Mr. M. Mc-
Kellar, reported total receipts of $5,-
622.82. The sutn of $1,304.40 was
contributed for the .schemes of the
church, Ladies' .Aid $477,74, Women's
Missionary Auxiliary $502,17, bale of
clothing $35.55, Donations ` to the
baler McKillop, $7; 'Seaforth $26.35,
Barbara . Kirkman YoungWo-
men's Auxiliary .$296,73; Go,forth
Mission Band composed of three
grades, senior, intermediate and jun-
ior, $74,61;- Mr. .J. G. Mullen, super-
intendent of the Sunday school, re-
ported 147 scholars with an average
attendance of 130, which is
five mare
than last year. Two',new classes had
been added,'a new lantern and slides
purchased, $94.90 given to missions,
$5 to Sick Children's hospital, $18.76
to Rally Day fund, $5 to Fund of
Church Extension' and total receipts
of .$487.86. Special mention was
made of 'Janet Cluff and Margaret
Grieve who have a .commendable re-
cord of perfect attendance at Sunday
'School for five. consecutive years.
Twenty-one scholars had a perfect
attendance last year. The 'Sunday
school has a -balance on hand of
$45.52.
The report of the-Harparhey cem-,
etery presented by Mr. T, Dickson
was approved, Mr. M. Mclfellar was
unanimously appointed treasurer and
Mr. W. Js Free and Mr. J. D. ,Gem-
mell, auditors. The music commit-
tee was re-elected. .A hearty vote of
thanks was tendered the members of
the Ladies' Aid Society for the re-
freshments served at the 'close.
YOUNG PEOPLE'S LEAGUE.
The regular meeting of the Y. P.' L.
of Northside United Church was
held on Tuesday evening and was
presided over by Mr, W. Barber. The
topic, "Should ' War be the Police'
.rrar.ir1111111
"AN OLD=FASHIONED MOTHER
A Dramatic Parable in Three Acts
Presented by Young People of St, ,Tames' Church
under auspices of the C. W. L. in
St. - James' ParishHall
Tuesday, February lst, 1927.
Play ,commences at 8.15 sharp
Timeof playing: 2 hours and 15 minutes.
Admission '50c
etter Lenses for Better Vision
q Perhaps nothing made by human
' hands or machinery is under such com-
plete "quality control" as eyeglass lens-
es. Even the water, in which polishing
materials are mixed, is tested.
Each lens•.is submitted to extraordi-
nary tests by groups of graduate inspec-
tors capable of detecting rhe slightest
flaw or error.
1'o assure absolute accuracy, and to
safeguard our patient's eyes, we use
Wel lsworth lenses.
I leve Your Eyes Examined!
FRED S. SAVAUGE
Jeweller and Optometrist
K. Ross Savauge, R. O. Eyesight Specialist
v
Force of the World?" was taken by
Mr, J. Scott and Dr. R. Savauge.
After several business items were dis-
cussed, the meeting closed with a
patriotic hymn and the Mizpah bene-
diction.
HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY,
The animal meeting of the Seaforth
Horticultural Society was held. Friday
evening in the Library. The financial
report showed total receipts as 057.-
38 and total expenditure, $335.68. The
election of officers for 1927 was ars
follows: Hoot.' President, Wm. Hart-
ry; President, Wm. Hoag; 1st Vice.
President, Chas, Sills; 2nd Vice Pres-
ident, E, L. 'Box; directors, Mrs.
Bechely, Mrs. +Chapman, Mrs. Craw-
ford, Miss. E. McI{ay, Mr. Jas.
Brown, Rev. W. P. 'Lane, Rev. J. A.
Ferguson, C. F. Snowdon, . William.
Barber, A. W..Sillery; Sec.-Treas., E.
'R. Crawford; delegate to Ontario
Horticultural Association, E. L. Box,
ST. THOMAS' CHURCH VESTRY,
The annual vestry and congrega-
tional meeting of St. Thomas' church,
Seaforth, was held on Tuesday even-
ing, and was well attended, The meet -
ting, after ,being called to order, was
opened with prayer by the rector,
Rev. T.-sH, Brown. The reports tof
the church wardens and the officers
of the various church organizations
showed considerable activity during
the year just closed,and were most -
sa.tisfactory. The election of church
officers fol the coming year resulted
as follows: Rector, Rev. T. H.
Brown; clergyman's warden, J. H.
Best; people's warden, E. W. Edge;
lay delegates, R. G. Parke, E. W.
Bateman; auditors, J. A. Case, J. R.
Archibald; vestry clerk, H. H. John-
stone;: sidemen, 3. R. Lamimae,
Thos. Jackson, W. Deem, W. Smith.
J. A. Case, J. R. Archibald, H. H.
Johnstone, E. W. 'Bateman' (conven-
or); superintendent, Sunday school,
7I. Edge; Msec.-treas., S.S., Miss F.
Peterson; president Laymen's As-
sociation, E. W. Bateman; leader
church choir, Mrs. J. R. Archibald;
organist, Geo, Clarke; sexton, John
Pinkney.
The receipts during the year for
church purposes were $2,514.33; for
missions, $283.18; the receipts of the
Ladies' 'Guild were $708.29; Sunday
School, $102,05; choir, $74.57; Chan-,
eel $74.65; Woman's Auxiliary,
$:78.11. During the year there was
1 baptism, 10 (burials; 4 marriages, in
the church, Last spring the Ladies'
Guild placed a three piece bath in the
Rectory, costing $312.00.
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Phone 42
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