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GORiRIE
Mr. David 'A. Ritchie, of 7 eeswat-
er, ',vas a guest of his aunt, Mrs, (Dr:)
Armstrong, on Wednesday,
Miss Beryl Ashton and, brother,
Spencer Ashton, have returned hoine
after; spending the past two weeks
in Toronto and Niagara Falis,
Miss Beatrice Ferguson of Clifford
spent a few clays With M. and 'Mrs.
Carroll Gregg this week.
The Junior Leaguewill hold a soc-
ial in the school rocas of the church
on Saturday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed.. Bisset' also Mr,
and Mrs. John King, of London, mo-
tored up and spent Friday at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Chas, King,
and with other relatives.
Mr, and Mrs. E. W. Bolton and
daughter, Maxine, spent a couple of
days in Mitchell this week:
Miss Mable Wood of Clifford spent
the week=end the geust of Mr., and
Mrs. Thomas Earl.
Rev. and .Mrs, F. Craik, Goderich,
called on Gorrie friends on Saturday.
The many friends of Norman Craik
will be sorry- to learn he has under-
gone an operation for appendicitis,
but is improving' nicely.
Mr. and Mrs, ! Thomas Earl' enter-
tained' a number of their friends to
a house party on Thursday evening,
all reporting .an excellent time.
Mrs. W. H. Gregg returned home
from Guelph where she has been at
the bedside of her aged mother for
the past two weeks, andwho passed
away at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. Butchart, in Guelph. The late
Mrs, Evans who was in her. 84th
year, was .a resident of Howick twh-,
and Gorrie until the last few years.
The family have the sympathy of the
entire community.
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Gallagher, also
Hector Hamilton, Miss Velma Len-
nox, Miss Agnes Orchard and Em-
erson Shera motored to Toronto on
Saturday.
Messrs. Walker Hastie and Arthur
Stephens made a business trip to To-
ronto on Thursday.
The Lenten prayer meeting of Si..
Stephne's Anglican Church held at
the home of Mrs. R. T. Bennett last
Thursday evening, was well attended.
The prayer meefmg this week will
be at the home of Mr. Thomas Vit -
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A BIRTHDAY CELEBRA-
TION
A number of friends and relations
gathered at the home of the Misses
Earngey on the glad occasion of the
birthday of Miss, Prudence Earngey,
which took pace on Sunday, March
19th.
The table was beautifully andef-
fectively • decorated, and laden with
good things, almost beyond its cap-
acity.
Before being located at the table
all joined in singing "Parise God,
from Whom all Blessings Flow." A.
beautiful cake,' with 82 candles, indi-
eating her age, was placed in the
centre of the table, Miss Earngey
lighting the candles, which were ex-
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tingttished by her great-nephew, Dean
Earngey,
sociable time was spent during
the afternoon during which Mrs. T.
Bradnock, Mr. and Mrs. W. Earngey:
Jr.,' sang ,"The Old Rugged Cross",
requested by Miss Kate. Earngey; al-
so Mr, and Mrs. Earngey sang. "It
is GIory just to walk with Him."
Miss Earngey who is among Row-
ick's oldest citizens, and we take
much pleasure in wishing this high-
ly esteemed lady our very best wish-
es.
ST. PATRICK'S CON-
CERT BIG SUCCESS
The St. Patrick's Concert held' un-
der .the auspices of •St. Stephen's An-
glican Church, Gorrie, on ,St. Pat
nick's night, March 17th, proved a
decided success, with an excellent
audience. The evening's program
proved that variety is the spice of
life, as is here recorded.
Rev. Jones, chairman for the even-
ing, opened the event with a few well
chosen words of welcome, after which
Misses, Bernice. Day and Blythe Un-
derwood gave a piano duet. An Irish
sting "The Dear Little, Sweet Little
Sha trocic";was then sung by six boys
with high top hats, green ties and
walking canes. A solo by Mr. Mc-
Gregor also added to the program.
Six girls followed singing "Tip Top
Tipperary." Mr. Matthews also sang
an Trish. solo, "Sweet Molly O'Reilly"
and Mrs, Wade and Robert gave a
piano duet.
The one -act farce proved another
amusing feature. of the evening's per-
formance. The cost of characters is
as follows::
Bob' .Henshaw, who is after his un-
cle's money and property, Douglas
Holt; Jerry Finnegan; the Gardener,
Jack Musgrove; Deacon Silas Smith,
Henshaw's nephew, Roy Strong; Miss
Cordelia, the Housekeeper, Miss
Maine; Sally, maid of all work, Miss
Margaret Graham.
Following a few words from Rev.
Butt, Miss Nellie Dinsmore gave an
Irish reading "The Tribulations of
Biddy Malone". A. musical comedy,
"The Sidewalks of New York" was
'then staged, under the direction of
Mrs. W. Earngey Jr., assisted by
Mrs. N. Wade, which .includedthe
various, characters: an instrumental
quartette, composed of colored tal-
ent (Mrs. F. King, Messrs. L. F.
Ashton, N. Baiers and 11. King), the
Bohemian 'Girl (Mrs. Jones), giving
her philosophy of life; Little Black
Banjo, the Newsboy (Glenn King)
dancing a clog; colored vocal quart
tette (Mesdames King and Earngey,
Messrs. Ashton and Earngey) sing-
ing "Carry me Back to old Virginia".
with Mandy (Mrs. N. Wade) at the
piano; The Hobo (Alex. Rae) gave
a reading "Why Worry Samba", the
other Newsboy, (Dean Earngey),
sang "Way Down South in Yankee
Tank." The Chinese Princess (Mrs.
W. C. King) sang "Hi Lee, Hi Lo"
with Oswald (N. Balers) •playing a
guitar solo. The colorful]y dressed
Gypsy (Miss Stinson).sang "The Lit-
tle Old Cabin". Milke, the Irishman
(J. Dinsmore), spoke of his home-
land“and the whole chorus joined 'asi
his chorus "The Army's Full of Ir-
ishmen."Molly Malone, the littleIle
flirt, (Mrs. Herzog) sang "Why don't
you tell me that you love me?", F.
C. Taylor making her a reply.
The comedy was closed by all sing-
ing "Peggy O'Neil"• and "the' Side-
walks of New York" and the Nation-
al Anthem. These St. Patrick , con-
certs> -have been held by the Worn -
en's Auxiliary of St. Stephen's church
for a number of years, and are look-
ed forward to by the general public
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WOMAN'S ASSOC.
REGULAR MEETING
The regular monthly meeting of
the Women's Association anet on
Thursday afternoon at the home of
Mrs. J. W. Gamble.:' The President,
Mrs. Harvey ,Sparling, presided. The
opening hymn "Take Time to be
Holy" was followed by prayer by
Reeve Gamble. Mrs. Butt read the
Scripture lessen -found in St. John,
14: 26-31. Following the hymn "0
God of Bethel", Mrs. Johnston, the
!Christian Stewardship Convenor, read
an article an several hymns, with
five members reading "Thoughts of
Great Men."
Dating :the meeting word was re-
ceived of the death of the Society's
Chaxaoter ;'Sec.- Trews., the late Mrs.
Evans.
The President requested that the
roll ,call for the April meeting be an-
swered by a "Suggestion to Improve
the .Association," The meeting closed`
with a 'hymn and prayer by the 'pas-
pas-
tor. Refreshments were served by the
hostess assisted by Mesdames Ken-
neth Hastie and John Cathers.
OBITUARY
:Mrs, William Evans
earl 'Thursday, March :16th, Mrs.
Sarah Evans, widow of the late 'Win.
Evans, passed away at the home of
her deuglhter, Mrs. A. Butchart, of
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Guelph,iiti her eighty-four yeas!.
The funeral took place from: the
home of her eldest daughter, Mrs.
W. H. Gregg, 'Gorrie, on Saturday,
March lSth, to ,tlie Gorrie cemetery..
The services were in charge of Rev.
'Gordon :Butt, pastor of Gorrie Unit-
ed Clrairch, who was assisted by Rev.
Fred Craik, Goderich, a former•, pas-
tor of the clrtirch, and Rev. J. W.
Button, of Fordwich.
At the request of the deceased, a
duet "Good Night and Good: Morn-
ing," was sung by Messrs. L.• Ash
ton and H. Snarling. The hymns us-
ed were "Jesus, 1 am Resting, Rest-
ing, and Jesus, Lover of My Soul,„
two of Mrs. Evans'' favorite hymns.
The pallbearers were het four sons-
in-law, Mrs. W. H, Gregg and Mr.'
T. E. Ashton, of Gorrie, Mr. E, A,
Fallis, Fordwich, and Mr•:. A. I3titch-
art, Guelph.; ,and two nephews, Mr.
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Harr ci uson Clifford and Mr.
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Fred. Ferguson, Gnelph.
• There were floral tributes from
the,Farnily, Mr. and Mrs Samuel
Ferguson, Gorrie; the W.M.S, and
W.A
of Gorrie. United ed l , Church`' t
and: Mss Lorimer and Mrand Mrs.
S. Smith,' Burlington; 1VIrs. McCrea
and Mrs. Smith, ` Guelph; Mr.. and
Mrs, L. R. Gnild,Guelph; Mrs. Sue
Ferguson and Family, Meadowvaie;
Misses Einnia Jackson and Mabel
Jackson, Hariston, and Norfolk St,
United Churoh, Guelph.
Mrs. Evans whose maiden name was
Ferguson, whose birthplace was at
Cartwright, Ont,, cane with her Hus-
band to Howiek Township, sixty-
three years ago, to the farm on -which
she lives until her removal to the vil- , ilton for Gorrie. The referee Was W.
Austin, Gorrie.
The second game was played by
Mildmay and Clifford. These two ev-
enly matched teams played a game
of clean hockey and very few penal-
ties resulted, in fact, there were few
penalties in the evening's games. The
score of this game was 3-2 for Mild-
may. W. Durst, Wroxeter, acted as
referee.•
This was .followed by Gorrie teams,
Married and Single nnen, playing an
exhibition game, each team having
seven naen, 3 defense and 3 forward.,
This resulted in a 2-1 score for the
Married men. Carl Neyon, Gorrie,
was referee.
The iEnal game between Wroxeter
and llifildmay was won by Wroxeter,
8-4, With Newton, of Clifford acting
as referee..
The line-ups were as follows:
Wiroxeter—Goal, S. Gibson, def., J.
Gibson, G. Paulin, centre, W. Durst;
wings, Higgins, W. Paulin; subs, Mc-
Tavish and Wilkie.
Mildmay—Goal, Pat Riley; def., F.
Felly, W. Wilkie; centre, H. Smith;
wings, H. Volick, O. Arnald; subs,
IL. Leismer and Birdman.
Clifford—Goal, Krup; def., St. Mar-
ie, Newton; centre, B. Holtom, wings,
R. H. Arthurs, L. H. Hickroth, subs,
Sei]si and Shannon,
'Gorrie—Goal, Steurnol, def., Ed-
wards and Abram; centre, Vanstone;
wings, Hamilton and Hastie; subs,
Inglis and Fralick.
•Gorrie. Married Men—Goal Barton;
dei.,Stephens, Austin and Shera; for-
ward, Edgar, Irwin and Toner.
Gorrie Single Men—Goal, W, Has -
tie; def., Edgar, Rae and Short; for:
ward, Vanstone, Musgrove and Short.
lage of Gorrie some twenty-nine
years ago. Their family consisted of
four daughters, Mrs. W. 1,. Gregg,`
and Mrs. H. E. Ashton, 'Gori`ie, Mrs.
E. A. Fallis, Fordwich, 'and Mrs. A.
Butchart, Guelph, and one son, Fred,
who died thirty-four years ago.
She was ,one of the oldest members
of Gorrie Methodist 'Church, now the
United. Church, and was interested in
every movement whichwas for the
good' of the community. She will be
much. missed, not only by the mem-
bers of 'her own family, but by a
large circle •of friends.
Four brothers and one sister sur-
vive, four ,of whore, `11Ir, Samuel Fer-
guson, Gorrie, Mr, John Ferguson, of
Guelph, Mr. Wm, C. Ferguson, of
13ow-manivflle, and 'Mrs. Chas. Girvin,
of Gode'tidh, were present at the fun-
eral.
Y. P. S. HOLD INT-
ERESTING
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ERESTING DEBATE
The regular meeting of the Y. 113-
5. was held 'in the school rooms of
the United. Church, Gorrie, Wednes-
day evening with -Robt. Dargue, Cit-
izenship `Convenor, in charge.
The meeting opened with "Come,
Let xis Sing”, 'followed by prayer by
the leader, rafter which "Rescue the
Perishing" was sung. Psalm 96 was
rend responsively, The President,
Miss E. Dane, conducted the business
period during which time it was de-
cided to send a resolution co-operat-
ing-
with various branches of the Un-
ited
-Chnrch'in'Canada, to the Prem-
ier, stating they oppose the sale of
intoxicating 'Iiquors. Plans were also
made to hold an illustrated lecture
early in April.
A debate, "Resolved that the Old
Age Pension is a benefit to the coun-
try" with Miss Welnia McCallum and
Harr bVatson upholding the affirma-
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tine, and Miss'Evelyn Dane and Mel-
vin Taylor for the Negative. Both
sides brought +oiit very worthy points
on this imudh .discussed question of
today; however the judges, Miss Len-
nox', Dr. Ramage and Mr. Cooke,
awarded the decision to the affirma-
tive side. The meeting closed with
the Mizpah benediction.
HOCKEY TOURNEY
GETS SMALL CROWD
Wroxeter Won',.Defeating Mildmay
in Finals
The Hockeykey Touranment held in
Gorrie Arena on Tuesday evening;
was quite success, faras the
q t a s, stn
'entertainment was'cbneerned, but on-
ly a small crowd was on hand to wit-
ness the well -played games. Teams
were present from Mildmay, Clifford,
Wroxeter and the home team, also
a Married Men's team from Gorrie.
Each game lasted a half hour, two
fifteen -minute periods,
The first game was played between
Wroxeter and Gorrie, resulting in a
score of 5-3 in favor of Wroxeter,
with burst and W. Patin rt and Hig-
gins scoring for Wroxeter, and Than.
HOWICK COUNCIL
Wroxeter, March 15, 1933
Coniucil met as per -adjournment, all
members present except Cotulcillor
Bryans, the Reece in the chair.
,
Minutes of last meeting were read
and on motion of Demerling and
Lovell were adoppted.
Moved by Lovell and Weir, . that
the tender of Fred. Demerling to fur-
nish
t -nish power for the crusher at 57c
per hour be accepted. Carried.
Moved by \-Veir and : Lovell, that
the tender of Elton Demerling to
furnish power for large grader at
$1.20 .per hour, be accepted. Carried.
Moved
bYDini1n
liu arid
lcir,
that the tender of E. Dinsmore for
scraping gravel to crushed at 4 314
cents per yard be accepted. Carried,
Moved by I"}einCrinirg arra Lovell,
that tho time for return Of Collector's
Rolls be _e .tended to the April meet-
ing, and that the Collector's be Near-
by insratcted to continue collecting.
Carried:.
Moved by . Weir and Demerling,
that Tay -law ,No. 5, for the year 1t)88.
appointing fence -viewers and 'pound"
keepers. Its read the third time, be
finally passed. Carried,
Moved by Lo -ell and Demerling,
that the Clerk be hereby instructed
to advertise for tenders for trucking
gravel per yard mile from crusher,
said tenders to be in the hands of
the Clerk ont later than Monday.,
April 17th. Carried,
Moved by Weir and Lovell, that
the following bills be paid, carried:
E, A. Corbett, pt. salary as Assessor
$50,00, W. 5, Sanderson, sheep kill-
ed by dogsr $5.:00; Isaac :Gambit:, pt,
salary as Clerk, $35.00, Alvin Motlat,
supplies for Wroxeter rink '$9,55, Er-
nest Wylie, refund of dog tax $2:00,
D. Sanderson, refund of taxes levied
in error $1.85 Mary Anderson, refund
of taxes levied in error $4.62, Nelson
Louttit, round of taxes levied in er-
ror $6,45, I3en. Wade, refund of tax-
es levied in error $1.85, Albert Sage,
rt'fund of taxes levied in error $1;85;
W. Horsburgb, refund of taxes, error
in assessment $1.87, Co, Treas., ar-
rears of taxes on pt. bl• 7-8 How vil-
lage $11,81, Workman's Comp. Board
Comp: for Wroxeter village $4.50, G.
Town, spuper, bed and breakfast for
tivo transients $2.00, G. Town, rent
of roam $1.50, D. Raison, wood for
Aggie Stewart $12,37, T. A. Roberts,
bal. printing contract' 3.932 and notices
to schools '$126.00, Albert Hutli
wood for Mrs. Haberlee $6.00, Ernest
Wylie, beef for Mrs. Haberlee $5.85,
Thos. Nash, printing two ,doz. meas-
les cards $1.50, Minn. World, amend-
ments to Statutes to date, etc., $8.00.
Road Expenditures
Henry Mines, cutting weeds $3,00,
Henry Rickert, cutting weeds .80, J.
Bradvell, cutting weeds $1.50, R, F.
Edgar, ' ':u t• salary5
-supt. $.65,
Moved by Demerling and Lovell;
that this Council do now adjourn to
meetin the Township Hall, Gorrie, on
Thursday, April 20th. Carni ed.
Isaac Gamble, Clerk.
loth 'LINE HOWICK
Miss Esther Harding entertained
the Rutinan girls last Thursday after-
noon.
Mr. Fred McIntosh has been "under
the doctor's care the past two weeks
with a carbuncle on his neck.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Zeigler were
Tuesday visitors at Hugh McLeod's.'
Miss Eva McIntosh, near . Clifford,
spent'last week with her sister, Mrs.
Andrew McKenzie.
12th LINE HOWICK
Mr. Thomas Vittie was a Sunday
visitor at Tory iCorners.
Mr. John Finlay was at Harriston
on Friday attedin'g the funeral of his
uncle.
Mr. Robert and Miss Baker' were
\Vinghani visitors last week. •
Mrs. George A. Dane spent the
week -end with Fordwich friends.
Mrs. W3lliarn `.:Ha't'es called on
friends in this burg one day last
week.
Mrs• Edward Newton and Mrs. W.
Underwood visited with their sister,
Mrs. J. Kenneth, of Morrisbank.
WROXETER
Rev. Mr. Finlay, who was injured.
a short time ago by slipping on the
ice, went to Buffalo one day last week
and had an operation on Saturday.
We are pleased to learn he is im-
proving favorably and his many
.Friends hope for a speedy recovery.
Miss ss Carmichael, an aged g d 1 ady in
town, who :had the misfortune of
breaking her 'hip early in the winter,
is still confined to her bed.
Mr. Billy Parks, who has been
helping Mr. Jack McCutcheon cut
wood for the past couple .of months,
spent a few .days last week with his
another, here. '
While driving cattle to the station
to ship on Saturday Morley McMich-
ael had the misfortune to lose a good
steer.
Mrs, Neil, of London, was a visitor
last week at the home of Mir. and
Mrs. M. Sellers,
Mrs. Peter S. 1icEwen spent the
week -end with her mt)ther•, Mrs. D.
Strachan, of near Brussels, who has
been ill for the part week:
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Hainstock and
Tr evalyn were Sunday guests at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. D. 'S. Mac -
ha.
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on
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Mr. and Mrs. Franc Green enter-
tained :a number of friends on Friday
evening.
Owing „to the absence of Rev, \V,
A, Finlay; the Sunday morning ser-
vice in- United Chureb•was taken by
Mr. Robert Storks..
Miss Aileen Sclraab spent the.
weekend at her home in' Elntwood,
OBITUARY
Hobert Dodds
An old and esteemed pioneer resi-
dent of Howick in the person Hof Rob-
ert Dodds, , eased away on Saturday
at the home of his sister, Mrs. Wit.
Eali,
rat`.'hatt
"Tier's a lot 3
folks who can't
talk ed3out any,
thing- but tie
weather fi x' most
dtbeni 're poor ,:.:
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Mr. Dodds who was in his 78th
year, came to this community' 70
years ago. As a young man he chose
the profession .,f farming, and con-
tinued succe ,sfully until his illness.
Two weeks ago he suffered a sev-
ere paralytic stroke, gradually becom-
ing weaker until he passed away.
Mr. Dodds who was unmarried;
leaves to mourn his loss, his sister,
Mrs. Win;. Ball, at whose hone he
was tenderly cared for during his ill-
ness, also a sister, Mrs. AIex. Grant,
Attwood, and two brothers, Alex,, of
Glenbora, Man., andWilliam, town.
One sister predeceased hien some
years ago.
The funeral was held from the resi-
dence of Mrs. Wm. Ball, on Monday
afternoon. Service was conducted by
RevGordon Butt, of Gorrie, after
which interment was .made in Wrox-
eter Cemetery.
,ADDITIONAL WROXETER
NEWS ON PAGE FOUR
NO MORE SICK
HEADACHES
Fruit-a-tives
end years
of pain
'1 suffered exceed.
ingly with indiges.
tion and sick head-
aches for years. 1
could hardly eat
anything and was
badly constipated.
1 realize now, of
in a very run-down condition Fortunathat ely for
me a neighbor recommended 'Fruit -a- dyes'
andI began taking them. I am certainly &ad 1
did. They regulated my system and toned me
up generally so that now 1 ant in the best of
health. 1 would not hesitate to recoinntend
them to anyone."
Fruit -a -fives .l. all drug stores
New Low
Prices
Clark's Pork & Beans, can ....7c
Northern Brand Canned Corn.
per can ...... ..... ,..,......
L. of M. Brand Tomatoes,
per can 10e:
B. and B. Brand Peas, can•,10c'
SlicediPineapple, 2 cans for 25c
Sauer Kraut, 2 cans for 25c
Orange Pekoe Tea, Oxford
Brand, per lb...' ..:..:-.....,,49e
Black or Mixed Crown Brand
Tea, per Ib... 39c
Good India Black Tea,
Special at - 29c
Fresh Ground Coffee at
per Ib. 40c, 50c and 60c
Men's Wool Sox, pair ,„.,..,..,-..20c
Heavy Wool Sox, 4 prs, 95c
Men's Wool Knit Sweaters 2.19
Jumbo Knit Sweaters $3,75
Men's Heavy Wool Shirts and
Drawers, each
Men's Overcoats from
...,$14.95 to $23.00
Men's Rubbers and Over -
Shoes Reduced • .20%
Men'sHeavy Striped Overalls
and Smocks, each ...............98e
Men's Mitts and Gloves, Shirts,
Etc., all Reduced in Price.
Watch for our Saturday Week-
End
ee -k-
End Specials at still Lower
Prices.
Poultry. Supplies, Shell Grit,
Oyster Shell and Grit sold here
Trade in Your Eggs and Cream
here.
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store Wroxeter