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WINGHAM, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JULY 20th, 1933
News
ATTENDS FATHER'S.
BIRTHDAY
CELEBRATION
Mr. Wallaee Goodyear was in
Bothwell on Saturday attending a
ibirthday celebration given in honor
of his father Walter Goodyear,who,
was 97 years old Non that day. Mr.
Goodyear was born in England and
.came to this country 61 years ago
.and settled in Bothwell, Kent County
vvhere he has since resided. Despite
his advanced years this aged gent-
leman is enjoyin,g good health and
up to this year did all the work in
his garden, His wife predeceased him
20 years ago. His two sons and two
daughtrs Wallace of Wingham, Ar-
thur of Bothwell, Mrs. M. E. Lidster,
of Bothwell„ and Mrs. Annie Woods,
:Saginaw, Mich., were all at home for
the celebration.
LOCAL AND PERSONA
Greer's Shoe Store for all lines
Summer Shoes.
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Hopper vi
-ited in town last week.
Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Snell, Toront
were in town on Moriday.
Save on your purchases at M
.Kay's July Clearance Sale.
Mr. and Mrs.G. L. Baker we
week -end visitors in Detroit.
Mrs. Leslie Young and son Georg
were week -end visitors in 'town.
Mrs. W. Williamson and family
spent last week at Kincardine Beach.
Miss Isobel Taylor, of.Tor,onto, is
- visiting her sister, Mrs. Geo. Spot-
-ton.
Miss Mabel Bell of Toronto, spent
-the week -end with Misi Mary Mac-
-Gregor.
Mr. J. Hanna and Mr. G. L. Brack-
enbury motored to Flushing, Mich.,
last week.
Mr. Don Douglas, Toronto, spent
the week end with Mr. and Mrs. j.
H. Crawford.
Mrs. C. E. Smith and daughter,
Florence, are spending a month at
Bruce Beach.
Mr. and Mrs. Stark and family, of
Detroit, are visiting with Mr. and
Mrs. C. Hopper,
Miss Reota Steacy, R.N., Toronto
is the guest of her sister, Mrs. W. T
BOoth, this week.
Mr. Albert Whipflen of .Lohdon
spent the week -end with Mr. and
Mrs. John Rogers.
Mr. and Mrs. Will Martin attended
the funeral of their uncle, Allan Van-
alstyne in Winghatn. "
Mrs. J. A. MacLean and Miss V.
• N. Dinsley, of Detroit, are spending
a week at Grand Bend.
Mr. and Mrs. Steve St. Marie and
— son, Jimmy, of Kitchener, Visited
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Rich.
Mr. E. S. Copeland returned. home'
on Saturday from a week's visit to
the World's 'Fair at Chicago.
Mrs. W. F. Burgman and children
have returned home after spending a
week with Mrs. Fenn, Parkhill.
Mr. and -Mrs. "Jas. Elliott,. Sault
Ste. Marie, were renewing acquaint-
ances in this district last week.
Mr. and. Mrs. Dan O'Callahan and
son, Joseph, of Detroit, renewed old
acquaintances in town last week,
Misses Corrine and Dohelcla Mc-
Lean are spending their vacation with
Mr, and Mrs. Jas. Kerr, Brussels,
Mr, and Mrs. C Anderson, of Mk
doc, are visiting with his paients,
Mr. and Mrs. John Anderson, B line
Miss Janet flaggart, of Toronto,
who has been visiting Mrs. Crawford
for two weeks, returned, home Sun-
aday.
Miss IVIary MacGregor returned to
Toronto after spending her vacation
with her parents, Mr, and Mrs. Alex.
MacGregor, .
Me and Mrs. Tint Moorehead and
sett, Lorne, Listowel, Mr. and Mrs.
Jim. Elliott, Sault Ste. Marie, Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Cruickshank, Hamilton,
attended the funeral of their brother,
Allan Vanalstyne, on Tuesday.
SHOOTS HORSE,
THEN HIMSELF
Anger over the division of farm
work led Haeside Watson, 35, near
Teeswater, to shoot a valuable prize
horse on Monday andthen kill him-
self,
Watson, who shared a farmhouse
with his uncle, William Watson, and
owned a farm of his own across the
road, had planned to have his uncle
assist him with his haying When,
instead, a neighbor arrived to help
the uncle work in his owif *heat
field, the nephew, according to Cor-
oher Dr. M. H. Gillies of Teeswater,
without a word picked up a 44 cal-
ibre rifle and went to the stable and
shot to death a heavy draught horse
which had won many show ribbons.
Then Watson disappeared, and later
his body was ,found beside the rifle
in a field. He had been shot through
the heart
L• Coroner Gillies, who investigated
with Provincial Constable McClevis,
of of Walkerton, said it was an obvious
case of suicide, and that no inquest
s- was necessary. •
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CIVIC HOLIDAY
c- In accordance with the usual cus-
tom I hereby proclaim Monday, Aug.
re 7th as Civic Holiday and enjoin all
e,
ATTENTION!
- STOMACH SUFFERERS
Too much acid may be the cause
of the stomhch agonies you are suf-
fering. You can get almost instant
relief now from Bisina-Rex, a deli-
cious -tasting antacid powder that is
bringing relief to thousands of stom-
ach seffers everywhere. Tide new
0, treatment acts four ways to give you
(Wick and lasting relief. Bisnaa-Rex
18 sold only at Rexall Drug Stores,
so go to Mcicibbon'a Rexall Drug
Store today and get a paacage, It
coste but 75c
good citizens to observe the same,
• W. H. Willis, Mayon
• Agriculture, that basic industry up-
on which Canada depends for her
wellbeing, cotes into its own again
this year ataathe Canadian National
Exhibition. All the new "wrinkles" in
the agriculture world are on display.
Horses, cattle, sheep, swine, poultry,
goats, pet stock, dairy products and
farm equipment make this the out-
standing agriculture show of America.
Golf Pros at the Alps
Mr. Dave Spittal, former Ontario
Professional Golf Champion, also Mr.
Linfield, both of Toronto, spent the
week -end at the Alps Golf Club and
while there gave several of the mem-
bers instructions to improve their
golf.
Golf Club Dance
The members of the Alps Golf
Club and their friends enjoyed a very
pleasant evening on Wednesday of
last week, when the Blue Bird Orch-
estra of Walkerton supplied the mus-
ic for a dance. The attendance was
ti,ot as large as previous dances due
to the ,number of other attractions
that evening and as many members
• were •on vacations. The ladies of the
club serving a dainty lunch.
Play Good Ball For Teeswater
The local ball players who assist
the Teeswater League are making
quite a hit, • the following are com-
ments from the Teeswater-News.
Joe Tiffin, who is a school teach-
er by trade is making a fine job of
2nd base.
• Wilber Tiffin, a brother of.Joe
who is playing short, is the rnain cog
of the infield ,and is fielding and
hitting well., •
Somers i the same lad to cover
ground as when he played here be-
fore. Kenhas improved on his hit-
ting too, and makes a valuable man
for any team,
Prudentials Squeeze Out Win
The softball game between Pru-
clentials and Supertest on Friday ev-
ening. was one of the tnost exciting
games in the softball league this
year. Prudentials were leading 7-6 at
the end of the 5th inning, but in the
,sixth Supertest scored three rues to
Prudentials' 'one, and entered the
seventh one up., Supertest failed to
score in the seventh and Prudential
got two to win by one run. Pntiden-
tials—Lott ss; B. Pox rf, J. McKib-
bon ; J, Brackenbury 1b, Moore cf,
M. Rae 8b, 5. Tholivon 1f E.
Crawford 2b, G. Johnson p. Super-
test—Elliott 2b, B. Mitchell" 1b, W.
Lediet P, Carmichael c, A Lediet if
R. Mitchell 3b, D. Welsh if, L. Bok
cf, J. Seli ss.
Prudential 303 011 2-10,
Sepertest 104 013 0— 9
Umpires—t. Wild and S. Cowah,
Biggins visited London for the fir-
st time, and on his return was asked
by his friend Smith what struck him
first about the Metropolis.
"The traffic," replied Biggins; 'and
my next impression Was a tool hand
on my brow, a smell of antiseptic,
and a voice asking me if I felt bet-
ter,"
CARS COLLIDE
• NEAR MOLESWORTH
A ford coupe driven by John Gib -
soh Grey Township, • collided with
Jack McNab's new -Chevrolet coach
on the brow of a hill near" Moles-
worth, on Wednesday enornieg last
week about 10 o'o0oric: It appears
that as Jack drove over t'he hill he
came face to face with the coupe
which was on the wrong side of the
road. He swerved to avoid a collis-
ion but the ford bit the rear of his
car. The Ford was damaged beyond
repair and the body of the Chevrolet
car was badly damaged and the glass
• broke, bait it was able to move under
its own power. Neither driver wes
seriously hurt escaping with a few
bruises. • Mr. McNab who used to
run a restaurant -here now lives in
Lucknow.
CROWDS ENJOY
STREET CARNIVAL
Substantial Surplus for X -Ray Find
The weather was ideal on Tuesday
evening for the Monster Street Care
nivel held on Josephine Street be-
tween John and Patrick Streets, un-
der the auspices of the Chamber •of
Commerce, Long before the parade
crowds gathered around in anticipa-
tion of an ,evening of fun and they
were not diSappointed
Every person who had an admis-
sion ticket had a chance to win the
lucky prizes. Mayor Willis made the
draw et the southern dance enclosure
about 11.45. The following were the
winners: lst prize, Chesterfield Suite
Mr. Wilfred 'R,' Hackett, R R. 7,
Lucknow, ticket no. 2119; 2nd prize,
Ved h
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nSwing Lounge, Walter
Lockridge, Wingham, ticket no. 941;
3rd, Occasional Chair, Sam Young,
OBITUARY
Guelph, formerly of Wingharn, tic-
ket no. 1323. ,Tickets were also sold
on three special draws. They were
won as follows: No. 1 draw, Bed
ruldward Lamott Sherbondy
Word was received here last Fri
day by PIoward Sherbondy of th
death of his father, Edward Lamot
Sheibondy at Los Angeles, Califor
nia. Mr, Sherbondy had been. ill for
four weelcs and his death was a great
shock to his many friends and fam-
ily.
Born in Akron, Ohio, 69 years ago,
the deceased has been in the rubber
business all his life. He invented the
Aero -Cushion Tire which was menu -
teetered here for several years. He
lived here for three years and was
well and favoi;ably known. In ,re-
lip,ion he was a Presbyterian.
• His wife was Susan Feeling, of
Alcron, who survives him. Surviving
besides his widow are three on and
one daughter, Glen and Reuben, of
Los Angeles, Howard of Wingham,
and Mrs. J. 'McCall, Los Angeles.
The funeral was held to First
Lawn Cemetery, Glendale, California
on Monday, Jury 17th.
BASEBALL GAME
NEXT MONDAY
• Lucknow and the local Lakeside
League team will play a league game
in the Town Park here next Monday,
July 24th, Game will be called at 5
p.m. Turn out and give the players
a cheer.
On Trip To The Coast
Mn J. W. Bushfield left on Sat-
urday for a trip to theePacific Coast
He will return by way of Chicago
and visit the World's Fair.
Paving Frorn Arthur To Cumnock
Contractors are now busy paving
the road south of Arthur to Cutn-
nock. Motorist going to Toronto
from here are advised to proceed a-
long. the 2nd of Luther from Arthur
to Grand Valley or go by way of
Elora.
Traffic Charge Dismissed
An an aftermath of a motor acci-
dent near Gorrie when cars driven
by Robert McLaughlin and John
Homuth collided, on June 14th, Mr.
Homuth appeared last Thursday be-
fore Magistrate Reid here on a traf-
fic charge. The case was dismissed.
Spiked Playing Ball
In the game between Walkerton
and Teeswater in the Bruce League
Yoe Tiffin, who plays 2nd Base for
Teeswater had'a tough break. Moore
of Walkerton came slipping into 2nd
feet first. When the dust had cleared
away it was found that Joe's right
instep was badly cut in two places
and it required a stitches to close
one of did wounds, •
Fell Into River
A young man frchn town escorted
a young lady to Brussels on the 1.2th
of July to see the big parade and to
ehjoy an afternoon of fun.' The day
passed on according to schedule until
the gallant youth was' helping the
young lady off the •dam when she
slipped and both parties landed in
the river. Soaking wet they scamp-
ered front the river none the worse
of the 'experience,
CONSERVATIVES TO
HOLD RALLY
• There 'will be a Conservative Rally
a the Iluron-Bruce riding in the
Town Hall, Witighain, on Friday,
August 4th. It is expected that the
Hon. Charles MeCtete will be the
epeaker, Further annotincement lat-
r
Spread, ticket no. 102; No. 2 Draw,
Clock, no: 62; No. 3 Draw, Individual
China 'Set, ticket no. 141.
It is estimated that over goof) peo-
ple were admitted to the enclosure.
The parade, a little late in starting,
left the Public School Grounds about
7.55 and journeyed along Frances St.
to Victoria, thence to Josephine St.,
up Josephine to John, John to Ed-
ward, along Edward to the Town
Hall and then' paraded around the
enclosure. The parade was headed by
Pipers Dave MacDonald and Scotty
Stewart and Little Anne VanWyck
and Kenneth Crawford. There were
two bands, the Wingham Citizens'
Band and the High School Bugle
Band, also the 'Firemen in uniform.
Considerable fun was caused during
the Parade by several dressed as ani-
mals and other costumes. There also
was a float depicting' the Wingham
ire Brigade of 1829,
Following the parade prizes were
warded for the parade as follows:
st, Wilfred M'cVadzean as Mickey
ouse; 2nd, Mule, Tom Drake and'
ordon L,ediet; 3rd, Fiddlers, Russel
irling and Colin Eadie, Best Float,
inghani Fire Brigade of 1829 en -
red by Dave Hamilton,
Following the parade the following
rogram was given: Concertina sel-
tion, Fred Alexander; Bagpipe sel-
tions, Scotty Stewart; Scotch danc-
g, Anne VanWyck accompanied by
cotty Stewart with his bagpipes;
ap Daring, Kenneth Crawford ac-
mpanied by Miss Tena Reid at the
ano; Band selections by the Wing-
rn Citizens' Band. ,
The booths were all erected from
out Walker's Furniture 'Store to the
P.R. Ticket office and were as fol-
ws, south to north: Women's In-
tute. refreshment booth, Bingo,
rts, Lucky Wheel, Skill Spin,
ngo, Skill -o -Bunk, Lucky • Wheel,
tee Horse Races, Penny Toss.
The crowd seemed to enjoy theee
ines as they did a thriving business
evening as did the refreshment
oth run by the Women's Institute.
Two enclosnyes were roped off for
ncing, one at the south with Ar-
r's Orchestra, and one at the north Missed Sunday Hail Storni
It "Vic," Caldwell's Band from A severe hail " storm swept across
esley. The dancing proved popular Ontario on Sunday. Heavy loss of
ertainment and these enclosures crops are reported in many parts of
a thriving businessthe province. Near Listowel the
storm created much havoc. Fortun-
ately this storm did not reach this
district, but around London the storm
was particularly severe.
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Subscription e $2.00 Per Year
EXAM. RESULTS OF
NORMAL SCHOOL
Permanent First Oass Janisa W.
Homuth, VVingliann.
Permanent Second Class — Ethel
C, Johnston, Bluevale.
Interim. First Class -- Dorothy E,
Aitken, Bluevale; Margaret M. E.
Bamford, Auburn; Nancy 5, Brown,
Ripley; Mary E. 5, Copeland, Lon-
don; Fairy Fells, Wingham'; Lyle K.
Fitch, Wroxeter; Arthur Henderson,
Wingham; Christine 1, Little, Tees -
water; Rebecca j. Logan, Teeswater;
Alexander MeBurney, Belgrave; Mar-
garet Proctor, Wingham; Edna 5,
Proctor, Wingham; Alberta M. Shiell,
Bluevale; Elva A. Stocks, Wroxeter;
Nora E. Walker, Wine -tam
Interim Second Claes — *William
J. Tiffin, Wingham, Marian E. Ait-
hen, Teeswater; Vera H. G. Sheriff,
Lucknow, •
MIDSUMMER MUSIC
EXAMINATIONS
The following are the results of the
Toronto Conservatory of Music E.
aminations.
Pupils of Mrs. ,C. M. L. Hanna
(all successful in Piano);_
Junior—VVinnifred Smith.
• Primary—Doris Armitage, honors;
Jean Cruickshank, honors; Mary 8.
McKibbon, honors; Mary Julia Pres-
ton, honors.
• Elementary--VVilla Reid, Betty
Rae, Betty Lloyd.
Introductory—Margaret •McMich-
ael, honors; Craig Armstrong, hon-
ors; Billy Burgman, honors; George
Lloyd, honors.
Pupils of B. M. Gordon, Teesw
er; Piano and Theory.
Intermediate Piano — Clifton Ire-
land, honors.
Interme'diate Counter Point—Clif-
ton Ireland, ••
Junior (school) ---Grace Inglis.
Primary -- Ruth Thacker, Helen
Brown (pupil of C. Ireland).
Primary Rudiments -- Frances
Locktidge (honors).
Eleinentary — Catherine Kennedy,
Muriel Lane (pupil of Mrs. George
Lane); Doris Ballagh (pupil of C.
Ireland); Charlie Welhvood.
Introductory — Wylie Monteith,
honors.
• Introductory — Evelyn Edgar, hon-
ors, (pupil of Miss Cora Phair).
COUNTY VETERAN'S
PICNIC JULY 26
The County Veteran's tiPicnic will
be held this year at Bayfield, on
Wednesday afternoon July 26th. The
program of the picnic this year will
be of unusual interest, and sharp at
3 o'clock,a Memoria.1 Cairn built by
the Bayfield. Veteran's will be un-
veiled. Following this cermoriy, gam-
es and races will be held and there
will be plenty doing for both old
and young.
The local veterans are anxious to
have a large representative of veter-
an's, their relatives and friends at
this picnic. All who wish to attend
hand your names into Frank Sturdy,
Doctor Ross, or the Advance -Times
Office as soon as possible so that
transportation can be arranged.
Tables will be set up in the Park
for supper and all baskets of food
pooled. A good time is assured, be
sure and come.
ST. ANDREW'S W. M. S.
The W. M, S. of St Andrew's
Church met in the Church on Tues-
day of last week. The meeting was
in charge of the Home Helpers of the
Society and devotional exercises were
led by Mrs. Wararn, Miss Annie Mc-
Burney and Mrs. (Rev.) MacLean.
Miss McLaughlin gave an interesting
talk on "Dorcas" and Miss Farquhar-
son one on "Dr. Grenfel of Labra
-
doe The musical number was a
solo by Miss Grace Tucker
The treasurer, Mrs. Fells, gave her
financial report for the first half of
the year, showing that the Society is
at_ well on its way towards meeting its
allocation, Arrangements were made
for a quilting for the bale to be held
in August.
At the close of the meeting the
social committee served tea in the
basement.
1 OBP PROGRAMS
Thuriclay 12.00-1.00 noon, Bell -
view College of Music presents an
hour of guitar and violin music 'by
local pupils of Mr, Collins.
Thursday 9.00 to 10.00 p.m.: The
String -Pickers hi an hour of Song
and Music.
Away on Motor Trip
Mr. and Mrs. John McMichael,
Mrs. A. Joynt and Miss Beatrice
Joynt left on Tuesday for St. Cath-
arines where Mr. McMichael will at-
tend Masonic Grand Lodge. They
will leave St. Catharines on Thursday
for a motor trip through Northern
Ontario.
CHARTER THE BUS
For your picnics, parties, lodge
gatherings or any occasion when you
need transportation. 8. "Hare, phone
381.
Bowled Well At Goderich
Five pairs front here entered the
Scotch Doubles E Tournanment at
Goderich Jest Wednesday afternoon,
but only one pair got in the money.
0. 'Thompson and Jack Mason win-
ning first place in the ,Association
event
FaAsleep at Wheel of Car
Gordon' Paff, Of Listowel, driving
his car home from Wingham l'hurs-aGOOD TIME AT SUN.
day night, fell asleep at the wheel.
Ile crashed itto the concrete railing
of a bridge, toppling it over into the The members of St, Andrew's See -
'Water below. With Paff thoroughly day School had a most enjoyable out -
awakened and unhurt the car hung ing on Wednesday afternoon oflast
perilettsly over the platform of the weelc when the annual Sunday School
bridge The car did not go over, but Pienic waeheld at Mrs, Gilchrist's
was demolished beyond repair. Doc- farrn 111Cillross, opposite the Alps
tors state that had Pa ff been awake Golf Cottese,
and rigid, he undoubtedly would have . Following an afternoon of races
been seriously injured or even killedand games a picnic supper was held
Traffic Officer Leavet has tharged and all present agreed that they had
him with reckless driving, 1110St pleasant afternoon.
More One Bank Towns
Three more towns in this district
will have the service of but one
bank in the futare. The business of
the Lucktiow Branch of the Canedia.n Bank of Commerce was taken
over by the Bank of Montreal last
Saturday, The Bank of Commerce
has taken oyer the accounts of the
Bank of Nova Scotia at Brussels
and the Bayfield Branch of the Bank
of Commerce is closed leaving this
town without Banking facilities.
DAY SCHOOL PICNIC
Most of the state fairs and the gre-
at spasmodic expositions of the Un-
ited States and other parts of the
world are patterned, in many resp-
ects, after the Canadian National
Exhibition at Toronto. Delegations
from distant poiNts attend the ex-
hibition and throughout almost every
month of the year, executives of fairs
and expositions inspect the great $21,
000,000 park and plant for "pointers."
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White :gimes— r m
Newest lines at money -saving pric-
es. Greer's Shoe Store.
Had Tonsil Operation
Lois Adams, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. W. C. Adams, had her tonsils
removed Saturday morning.
Slowly Improving
ITALIAN FLIERS
REACHED CHICAGO
The residents on the shores of
I.,ake Huron received an unexpected
thrill on Saturchty. The fleet of Ita.1.-
ian planes under command of Gen-
eral Italo Balbo, changed their course
from Montreal to avoid a storm. This
course took them north of 'Voronto
and they followed Lake Huron from
Southampton to Port Huron, and
many along the lake front saw the
planes very plainly,
These twenty-four seaplanes with
96 fliers left their home base ,;,tt Or-
betello, Italy, about noon June 30t1,
and covered the 6100 miles to Chi-
cago in forty-seven and a half hours
flying time, They arrived in Chicago
about 6.30 last Saturday, E.S.T.
LOCAL AND PERSONAL
Miss Nettie Dow of Toronto, is
visiting in town.
Miss Grace McKinnon is visiting
with Dr. and Mrs. G. H. Howson,
Mrs. R. IC. Asseltine and daughter,
Elsie Jane, of Wallaceburg, are vis-
iting with the former's .sister, Mrs.
C. B. Armitage,
Dr, Mary Cosens left town last
week for Iowa City, Iowa, to take
a position in the State Children's
Hospital in that city.
• Miss A. Recta Steacy, RN., and
Mr. W. C Lethbridge, of Toronto,
were week -end guests at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Booth,
St. Paul's Church Garden. Party
will be held at Mr. Lance Grain's on
the Lucknow road on Thursday, Au-
gust 3rd. Please reserve this date.
Mrs, Wm. Bisbee, Miss Arlie 'Bis-
bee, and Miss Marion Lacey, London,
were recen& visitors with the former's
brother, Mr. John Rogers, Wing,hain.
Mr. and Mrs. C N. Blackhall and
children, of 'I'orontin are spending
their holidays at the home of Mr.
and Mrs, C. S. Bla.elchall, Diag-onal
Road. *7`512'` t
Mr. and Mrs, 0. A. Carrothers, of
Port Stanley, Mr. and Mrs. A. Tcl-
mie, Detroit, Mr. and Mrs, W. M.
Lockridge and family, of Galr, have
returned home after attending the
feineral of Mr. Allan Vanalstyne.
Mr, and Mrs. George McRoberts
accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. James
-Snowden and son, Ernest, and Miss
Winnifred Haines, motored to Or-
ngeyille it week ago Sunday to at-
tend the funeral d the aunt, lips'''.
• Mrs. Allan VanAlstyne who is ser-
iously ill in the Wingham General
Hospital is slowly improving.
Arena Dance Cancelled This Week
Owing to the Street Carnival on
Tuesday night the weekly dance held
each Thursday evening in the Arena
has been cancelled. This dance -will
be held the following Thursday, July
27th, as usual.
Punctured Lung
In Fall frptn Mow
On Thursday Bill Stimson, 16, eld-
est son of Mr. and Mrs. William
Stimson, concession 2, Kinloss, was
seriously injured while working, at
William Griffith's farm. He was
working in the hay mow of the barn
when he slipped through an opening
in the floor. In falling he struck an
iron projection which punctured his
lung He was rushed immediately to
the Goderich Hospital and at present
is in a critical condition.
BIRTHS
LLOYD—In the Wirighani 'General
Hospital, on Friday, July 14th, to
, Mr, and Mrs. William Lloyd, of
Locknow, it daughter.
CURRIE--In the 'Wingham General
Hospital, on Tuesday, flily 18th,
to Mr. and Mrs. 'W. Currie, a dau-
ghter.,
Pat got a job to dig a well. When
he had got down to about 25 feet
he came one morning to find the hole
had caved in, He hung his coat and
hat on the windlass and crawled'in-
to• the bushes to wait Passers-by,
discovering the well caved, hi, and
seeing the toat, toecluded that it man
was at the bottom. Help was geft and
the well was soolt cleared,
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attliew McPherson,
Mr. and Mrs, Roy Cruickshank and
children, Westora Mr. Gordon Cruick-
shank, St. Thomas, Mr. and -Mrs. Pat
Cruickshank, Detroit, Mich., Mr, D.
Anderson, Mr. Sam Fralick, Hamil-
ton, have returned to their' hemes af-
ter attending the funeral of their un-
cle, Allan Vanalstyne, •
On Trip to World's Fair
Dr. and Mrs. H. W. Colbourne are
visiting the World's Fair at Chicago.
They expect to arrive back ha town
on Friday.
Good Grocries at King's
9 Bars Castile SOgp 25c, Aylmer
Tomato Juice 4 tins 29c, Choice Pink
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YOUTH OF 18
SWIMS_WHIRLPOOL
Niagara Falls, Ont.—William Km -
drat aged 18 Chatham NJ d
e
an unpremeditated swim. on Monday
night of the lower Niagara Rapids
and Whirlpool, the death hole of de-
cades of practiced professional swim-
mers. The swimmer had • neither
clothes nor a barrel.
Taking off with a ehuin from the
American sidd just above the lower
bridge he had swum two-thirds of the
way to Canada when he changed his
mind and started back. As he. turned
around, the current caught him and
carried him down the river,
After trying several strokes, he
finally concentrated on keeping his
head above water as he plunged
through the rapida, and great waves
at the whirlpool, and then with one
desperate effort, he propelled. 'himself
mit of the vortex into calmer waters.
He cetered on the ,Ameriean side at
7 o'cloek and emerged ort the Cana-
dian side at the whirlpool at 0,15.