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Thursday, •January 25, 1934
GORRIE
Miss Margaret Holmes, of Brant-
ford, is a visitor at the home of Mr,
and Mrs. ;l-1°. V. Rol:nes,
Rev. E. A. Hayes was the guest of
Mr, and Mrs, N. Wade while in town.
Miss McCormick, of Listowel, was
the guest of Mrs. S. 0 Keine over
the week -end.
Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon Bricker and"
Jack, of Fordwich, were Saturday
guests of Mr. and Mrs: Walter Sim
Mr. and Mrs, E. W. Bolton were
London visitors last week.
Messrs. E. W. Carson, J. Hueston,
W. G. Gamble and N. Wade were in
Toronto the first of last week inter-
viewing banks, re one opening in ,the
village. They did not meet with suc-
cess but it is still too early to fore -
.east the future as natters of this kind
require time and, attention.
What comprises a funeral record
for this district, was that carried out
by Rev: G. W. Butt, of •Gorrie Un-
ited Church when he conducted five
memorial services in oneweek four
of which were church services. This
heavy `series of funerals, coupled with
three Sunday sermons makes us think
the Gorrie pastor must be a "real .ir-
on, man", but he carried it . through
successfully although he acquired a
'bad cold in the performances of his
duties.
Nr. Thos. Bradnock spent the
week -end in Toronto.
The Howick Mutual Fire Insurance
Annual Meeting will be held on .Wed
:nesday, Feb. 74th.
Mr. Stockman, of Toronto, render-
evd a beautiful solo at the Presbyter-
ian. Church here on Sunday afternoon
at the regular service, Rev: Arthur,
Leggatt, pastor, delivering an im-
,pressive sermon.
The snow -storm on. Wedesday dis-
abled motoring for a short time at
.least.
Miss Alexandria Hamilton was a
Sunday.' guest of Mr. and Mrs. Irving
Toner:
Mrs. Ida 'Plastie is in Wingham
where for the past few weeks she has.
been musing her neice,; Mrs. Gordon
Beetle,. who passed away'' on Sunday.
The bereaved husband and family as.
well as Mrs. Hastie, will have the
sympathy of this community.
Miss Isabel Earls and brother,.
Frank, of Wroxeter, were guests of
Mr.' and Mrs. Wilford King on Sun-
day. •
;Mr. Charles King received the sad
news last week of the death of .his
'brother-in-law, Mr. George Karges of
Preston, due 'to :an attack of pneu-
•monia.
Corrie 'Hockey Team Wins.
Gorr. hoe'key "fans were.treated to
Gorrie
their first. game of hockey on the
home ice last week when two lively
games were played. The first was on
Wednesday:night when Lakelet team
were the guests and lost the game by
a score of 9;2. While on Friday ev-
ening the Be'lmore were the' visitors
.and again GoriLe were the winners in
a score of 11-9. It is expected that
a team from Wingham will meet the
Corrie team on the home ice in the
'near. future.
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ANGLICANS HOLD
VESTRY MEETINGS
Annual Vestry meetings of the .con-
gregations of Trinity .Church, Ford-
wich, St, Stephen's, Gorrie, and St,
James', Wroxeter, were held on the
evenings of Jan. 1501, 16th and 17th.';
Reports were received by the Rec-
to?, Rev. R. S. Jones, the Church
Warden's, Treasurer's and the Secre-
taries' of the various societies all of
which were unaniiuously. adopted. The
following were elected as Church
Wardens and -delegates to Synod for
1934, namely: Trinity Church, Ford-
wich, Rector's Warden, Wm: Spence,
People's Warden, Robt. Graham; del-
egate to Synod, Win. Spence and I.
Gamble. St. Stephen's, Gorrie: Rec-
tor's Warden, T, R. Strong;"People's
Warden, F. C. Taylor; delegate to the
Synod, H, V. Holmes.' St: James',
Wroxeter, Rector's Warden, Andrew
Hooper, People's Warden, Fred Dav-
Bey; delegate to Synbd, Andrew Hoop-
er.
SCARLET CHAPTER
ELECT OFFICERS
The Royal Scarlet . Chapter, How -
ick, met in the Orange hall, Gorrie,
on the evening of Jaquary 17th, with.
a large attendance from the district.,
Two members were exalted to the
Scarlet Degree.
The following were elected officers
for 1934:
W. C. C.—W. H. Gregg.
E. C. C.—T. E. Montgomery.
Scribe -J. L. Catlers.
Chaplain—J: H. Neill.,
Herald -at -arms -W.. J. Gallaher.
Treasurer—George . A. Dane.
1st Committee -man -Wm. Jacques.
2nd Committee-man—G. Hubbard.
1st Lecturer -5. G. Underwood.
2nd Lecturer—J. W. Hyndman.
Past W. C. -J. A. Bryans.l
ST. STEPHEN'S WO-
MAN'S AUXILIARY
The semi-monthly meeting of the
Woman's. Auxiliary of St. Stephen's
Anglican Church was held at the
home of Mre.' Geo. King on Thurs-
day last when a good attendance was
present: The ladies worked at piecing
quilts and business, matters of the
society werd brought up and discuss-
ed. Roll call was, answered by a verse
of. Scripture and minutes of last meet-
ing were read and adopted. Mrs. W.
Bing then led in the devotional per-
iod after which a dainty lunch was
served by the hostess.
L.O.B.A. HELD '
OPEN MEETING
:Members of L'.O.B.A. No. 810, Gor-
rie, were "At Home" to. the Orange
Order and friends on Friday evening,
Jan. 19th when an enjoyable program
was rendered, followed`: by an educa-
tional address on the Principles of
Orangism by the guest speaker, Rev..
Bro. E. A. Hayes, of Wingham; who
handled his subject in a masterly
manner, much to the edificiation of
an appreciative audience.
Community singing was led by Mr.
H., Cooke, a dainty luncheon was ser-
ved at the close and alotogether a
most instructive and enjoyable even-
ing was .spent.
OBITUARY
William Montgomery
One of the few remaining pioneers
of Howick Township passed onto his
reward on January 10th in the per-
son of William Montgomery, who was
in his 95th year, The late Mr, Mont-
gomery was, a native of Kelly Mar
Parish, Donegal County, Ireland, and
came to Canada in 1847 with, his Par-
ents, one sister and brother, by a sail-
ing vessel which took, 7 weeks to
make the voyage to Quebec, where
they took a steamer (Which had three
sitraller vessels attached to it) to
Montreal. After "a four days' stay
there they went to Hamilton by way
of canals T:3ytown and Rideau. Ile
Manvis township they stayed from
curie to October, moving on to Wel-
lesley township where they remained
9 years, and in the year 1856 they
moved to Howick township, settling
at Orangelnill on the .farm now oc-
eupicd by John Kruller and son, On
the 400 acres they bought' not 'even a
shanty was built, so the parents, bro-
thers, Andrew, Alex, John, Bob (one
month ' olcl) and sisters, Eliza and
Jane, shared the comforts of a kind,
friend, the late James Wiggins. The
late Ur. Montgomery and brother,
Andrew, ,cleared 140 acres ofbtlte land
and built a shanty, being 1Gx20 feet,
and boasting of a winddsw which lead
four passes of glass 8y10 and one
iaAr
"HOW'•1M IWIN', BOYS?" MAE WEST ASKS
• Mae West of the provocative walk
and the "Corrie up and see me" voice
was the 'major attraction when the
trial of Edward Friedman, charged
with robbing her of $12,000 worthof
diamonds and $8,400 in cash, was re-
sumed in the Los Angeles superior
court. Flanked lay a willing body-
guard of husky detectives, Miss West
took the stand as star • complaintant
against Friedman. "How'm I •doin',
boys?" she is',said to have asked spec-
tators after testifying.
door ,with a cedar panel at the cost
when completed of $300. The fol-
lowing year a house 24x30 feet was
erected, and still ;stands. In' 1858; a
barn 30x60 and a stable 32' ft square
were built with the aid of oxen, how-
ever in the same year they bought
their first team of horses, also exper-
ienced a crop failure due to rust, es.-
cepting four acres which. was free of
rust.
The late Mr. Montgomery was mar-
ried to Mary Corbett of Party Down,
Ireland, 70 years ago, and who pre-
deceased him some 17 years ago. Of
the six children which blessed this
union, four are living, 'namely, .Jean,
Mrs. Bingham, at home; Dr: R. C.,
of Los Angeles, Cal.; Dr. -Wesley G.,
of Winnipeg (who visited his father
last June), and Alex. Dr. W. G. of
Minden and Dr. J. J., of Edmonton,
are deceased.
This aged pioneer, who was ailing
but a month, often times made the
boast of•his health. He was a staunch.
Orangeman for 75 years, and a mem-
ber of the first Orange Lodge in
Howick, for which he assisted in mak-
vice, whirl} was held on Monday Jan-,
15th and was largely attended. The
hymns which were chosen by the de-
ceased were :"Nearer, My God, to
Thee, and "I Need Thee Every
Hour", as was also the text which was
Psalm 27, verse 14.
Interment was made in Gorrie Ce-
metery, the pall -bearers being Nelson
Gowdy, John Dinsmore, Clive Staf-
ford, Melvin Finlay, Emerson Shera,
and Maxwell Abram• of Listowel.
ST. JAMES' CHURCH
VESTRY MEETING
The annual Vestry meeting of St.
James' Anglican Church, Wroxeter,
was held on Wednesday evening, Jan.
17th in the basement of the Church.
The reports from the different organ-
izations of the church were very sat-
isfactory. The Ladies' Guild espec-
ially was a substantial contribution to
the welfare of the Church, • Through
a generous. contribution the budget is
paid in full. While the stipend was
not paid in full, the Rector very kind-
ing the drum, and who for 50 years ly accepted it as such. There was a
never missed an Orange walk. -
The 'funeral was conducted by the
Orange Order, with Rev. G. W. Butt
of th'e' United Church, conducting the
small account outstanding, which has
since been paid; which leaves the par-
ish with a clear sheet to commence
the year with, which 'should be en -
service, the deceased being. a Metho: ,couraging to this congregation. The
dist in religion and a Conservative: in Rector also reported this P congrega-
politics.: The .all -bearers for this
r
Grand Old, Man were: R H. Carson,
G., W. Walker, Robt. Graham, W. J.
Gallaher, A. A. Graham, W. Jacques.
Mrs.- Bingham was the only me -
ber of his family present at his fun-
eral,and who have the, sympathy of
a wide circle of friends.
Mrs. Conrad Stroh
Word has been received of the -
death at Niagara Falls, N.Y., of Mrs.
Conrad Stroh, whose maiden name
was Bella. Burns, a former resident of
Howick .Township.. The deceased
lady, who is a sister of Mrs. James
Stewart,' also Mrs. Geo. Harris, who
resides in the Canadian West, died, at.
her home on Thursday last. Her hus-
band predeceased her a number of
years ago. Funeral was held in Ni-
agara Falls to Niagara Cemetery.
Mrs. Clarence Pritchard
After' a 'lingering illness of over.
two years, there passed away at. Vic-
toria Hospital, London, on January
11th, a highly esteemed resident of
Howick in the person of Rosetta Vit-
tie,beloved ,wi'fe of Clarence 1?ritch-
ard. The deceased was the eldest
daughter of Mr. Thomas' Vittie and
the late 'Mrs. Vittie and was born in
Gorrie forty-one years ago, later iso-
•ing to the farm north of Gorrie with
hero parents.
In December 1917 she was united
in marriage to Clarence Pritchard who
survives, also two little .sons, jimmy'
and Roy. She also •leaves her father,
two sisters, Tillie at home and Mrs.
John Hill, of Clifford; also :four bro-
thers, James and Gordon of the 12th
con. of Howick, and Cleveland and
Thomas at home. Her mother prede-
ceased her four years ago. , She • was
an active worker in the United'
Church' from which the funeral was
held after a private service at her
late home. Rev. 0, W. • Butt had
eltaried'of the service, assisted by Rev,
R. S. Jones and Rev V. Craik, of God
ericll, a former pastor, whom she had
chose to hells preach her funeral ser
tion' had also inet its first year instal-
ment on the Restoration Fund.
A hearty vote of thanks was tend-
ered the Rector, Mr. Jones, and also
the Ladies' Guild.
Officers for the year were;
Rector's Warden—A. J. Hooper.
People's Warden—F. Davey.
Select Vestry—Geo: Paulin, H.
Waller, Robt. McMichael, L. Kaake,
F. Earls, S. D. Taylor..
Delegate to 'Synod—A. J. Hooper.
Substitute—F. Davey.
Sec-Trews.—Mrs. Waller.
Sid-est-nen—Geo. Paulin, II. Waller;
Wes, Paulin,
Auditors—Geo. Paulin, L. Ka,ake.
Refreshments were served by the
ladies.
WROXETER
Mr. Jack Young, Winnipeg, spent
the past few days at the home of
Mr. Geo, Muir.
Mr. Andy Inglis •of the Bank of
Commerce, called on friends here, on
Saturday.
Miss.. Mary' Corbett, Parkhill, spent
the week -end at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. D, S. MacNaughton.
Mr, Tommy Shearer attended the
funeral of an old neighbor at Ford-
wich hast week, teh late Mr, George
Strong, who died in his 100th year.
Ladies' Guild Entertain
The Orange Hall was the scene of
a happy ,gathering on Friday evening
when the members of the Guild enter-
tained their husbands and friends at
a progressive euchre." About forty at-
tended. The prizes for: highest score
went to 'Miss Ila Sharpiti and Mr.
Geo. Paulin Jr., while consolation
prizes went to Miss Maud Milligan
ring's 'mother, Mrs. T. A. Gibson, of
Howick.
Mr. D. C. Pope is confined to' his
horse with an injured knee frorn a
fall on the ice a few weeks ago.
The many: friends of Mrs. Gordon
Hastie '.learned with regret of her
death on Sunday night. She was well
and favorably known here. She was
a daughtee.of Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Carr
who were for many years residents
of the village. To, her bereaved hus-
band and family, parents, brother and;
sister, we extend the sympathy of the
community.
Mrs. Skeff Robinson
Friends of . Mr. Skeff Robinson, a
former Wroxeter boy, will regret to
learn of his bereavement, in the re-
cent death of his wife (nee Catherine
M. Sims) which occurred in Montreal
after a brief illness. Interment was
made in Mt. Royal cemetery, Mont-
real, Dean Carlisle, rector of Christ
Church, officiating.
Annual Church Meeting
The annual congregational meeting
of United Church will be held on Fri-
day afternoon of this week at 2.30
p.m.
Miss Laura Wright who has been
ill in Wingham General Hospital, was
able to return home on ;Tuesday of
this week.
Mr. Jim Paulin, who has, been ill
for the past week, has been moved to
the home of his brother, Geo. Paulin:
We are pleased to know. he is im-
proving.
Mr: and Mrs. Ross Pope, Simcoe,
were week -enol guests at the home of
Mr. and ivlrs. D. Pope.
bliss Margaret Rutherford of Sim-
coe, visited at the home of Mr, and
Mrs. Geo. Paulin over the week -end.
Y. P. S. Meeting •
The regular weekly meeting of the
Y. P. S. took the forms .of a devo-
tional evening, with Miss ;Margaret
Wright and Miss A. Little in charge.
The Scripture reading was taken by
Agnes Durst, while two interesting
topics on Bible characters were tak-
en by Mildred Dane and Wendell Fin-
lay. Miss Little and Mr. B. Doher-
ty sang a duet, The usual period of
games was carried out and the meet-
ing closed with theMizpah benedic-
tion.
The Social Club met on WeclYtesday
last for Bridge. Miss Peterson and
Ken. Edgar held the high scores and,
refreshments were in charge of .Mina
Maud Milligan and Mr. Ken Edgar.
Mr. J. Young who has, been visit-
ing friends in and around town; left
for his home in Winnipeg on :Satur-
day..
illi; llugh 1 -Tanis, of Sask., is at
present the guest of his sister, Mrs.
Archie McMichael.
Mr. Robt. Gibson is busy ,installing
a new boiler at the saw ,mill and will
be read for businesss very soot.
Mr, L. Kughin of town, commenc-
ed his duties as caretaker of :the Un-
ited Church last week.
The Maid; "Well, what do you.
think of . the mistress?'
and Mr, Geo. Griffith, Delicious re- The new cook: "The more I think
freshinents were Served. of 'et•, the less I think of 'et."
Mr. Harry Hupfer lett for Detroit
out Saturday where he has secured ed She—Why', Mr. Callowby, I didn't�
employment, know you went in for football while
Mrs. 3, Wray and daughter, Joyce, at college.
went to Toronto last week: He—Oh, but I did, yon know.
Mrs. 'Wearringand daughters, spent' the last three years 1 was subs
a few days last week with ,Mrs. s. Wear- cheerleader.
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LIBRARY BOARD
WILL HOLD PRO-
GRESSIVE EUCHRE
It will be gratifying to all those in-
terested in good reading to know that
our newly, organized Association Lib-
rary have ordered through the de-
partment two travelling libraries, each
containing 38 books. Elie Board also
plan • to hold on Wednesday of this
week a progressive Euchre and Dance
in the Town Hall, to which everyone
is invited. It is hoped that many will
show their interest in such, a worthy
cause by their attendance.
HOWICK AGRICUL.
SOCIETY HOLD
ANNUAL MEETING
Annual meeting washeld in the
United 'Church Hall, 'Fordwich, on
Friday afternoon, Jan, 19th. There
was a good .attendance of members.
Directors' reports indicated that the
past year was one of the must suc-
cessful the society has enjoyed for
some time, with increased interest
being shown in all departments. The
number of entries in Heavy Horses
and Dairy Cattle were not quite as
large as in 1932, but there was very
keen competition in all other _ classes
of live stock. Exhibits in the Hall
were exceptionally •good, there being
competition, in every section of all
classes.
The Financial Statement showed
total receipts for the year $1202.54,
and disbursements $1188.74, a cash
balance on hand of $13.80, a reduc-
tion in Provincial and Municipal
grants was responsible for reduced
receipts.
The Fair will be held this year at
Fordwich on Friday and Saturday,
October 5th and 6th: Officers elected
were
President—W. E. Patterson.
Vice Pres.—A. W. Keil and: Geo.
Baker.
Secy-Treas.-J. H. Rogers.
Auditors, J.' H. Wade and Erle
Corbett.
Supt. of Grounds—Robt. F. Edgar.
Supt. of Hall—E. A. Fallis.
Directors -H. Sperling, John Hues -
ton, Robt.: Graham, Thos. Lovell, E.
A. Fallis, A. E. Toner, R. J. Sand-
erson, Fred Taylor, Carl Gregg, W.
Goggin, Norman Wade, J. A. Bryans,
Hon. Director—W. H. Gregg.
SALEM
•Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ireland, from
•
near. Teeswater, called on Mr. and
Mrs. Edwin Palmer one day -last
week.
Master Lorne Doig from near
Drayton, spent one day last week
with his grand -parents, Mr. and Mrs.
John 'Gowdy.
A number of the farmer in this lo-
cality. have
o-cality.have had the hay -pressers re-
cently.
Mrs. Wm. Mitchell is recovering
from an attack of shingles.
Contable, to airman who has made
forced landing' in country lane:
"You'll have to move this obstruc-
tion. When you're on the ground you
come under motoring laws."
Airman: "If I'd fallen into a pond
would I come under shipping regula-
tions?"
ORGANIZE MIS-
SION BAND
Quite a number of the boys and,
girls gathered last Saturday afternoon
in ;the schoolroom of the Wroxeter
United' Church; for the purpose of or-
ganizing a ;Mission Band. The meet-
ing opened whit :the -hymn "When 1 -le;
Cometh" folowerl by the Lord's Pray-
er in unison. Mrs. '1'hoznas Gibson.
chose for Scripture reading the par-
able of "The Good Samaritan" while
Minerva` Higgins and l:dith Martin
lead in sentence. prayers,
The election of officers then took
place and the following were elected -
Hon, Pres.—Mrs. Thos. Gibson.
Director --Mrs. J. J. A11en.
President—Irene Robinson.
Vice President—Gladys Musgrove-
Sec'y--IVIanjorie Waller,=
Treasurer—Minerva Higgins,
Pianist -Isobel iMilligan.
Mrs. J. J. Allen told a story "Dr.
Graham's trip to China" after which
there was a ten minute play period.
The meeting closed with hymn 426
"God Sees the Little Sprarow Fall"
and the Mizpah Benediction.
THE
WEEKLYSPAP
1\1EW .ER
(From the Christian Science Monitor)
Turning from the city newspapers
to the small town press exchanges
that come to the ,editor's desk is like
ste p :in g from the slums full of vice
Pp g , b
into an old fashioned garden sweet
with lavender and thyme and the
scent of perennial flowers. The pages
of the big dailies are full of murder,.
thievery, immortality and selfishness
that the better news is obscured by
these glaring shatterings of the Deca-
alogue. One puts the ' papers aside
with a feeling of depression and heart
ache that the world is so full of ter-
rible and unhappy things.
Then picking up the papers that re-
cord the :happeningsof the little
towns around us, one gains renewed
faith in life. Here are set forth only
that which pulifts a community—the
activities of the business men, the
church items, the 'happy social gath-
erings of the people, the marriages,
births and deaths, farmers'' items and
all the thousand ..and one daily occur-
ences that make up the simple annuals
of the great common people, who are
really the foundation of this broad.
country of ours. • ,
Scandals are rarely published in the
country newspapers, but if it so, hap-
pens that decency demands it, the ug-
lier details are omitted, or given a.
kindly touch that is widely different
from the unfeeling publicity of the
city press. The offenders may be our
neighbours or people we have rubbed
elbows with all our lives. They are
real human beings to their town peo-
ple, while to the great city dailies,
they are merelygrains of a sort that;
g
are ground out hourly in their new
mills.
Sometimes people speak lightly of
the country newspaper, but it is one
of the most potent and uplifting fac-
tors in our national existence.
Sherlock—I never heard of your
friend before, but I'm willing to stake,
my reputation that he's married and:
has recently had a birthday.
Watson -You're wrong,. Sherlock.
[He's wearing that tie on a dare."
Ten Days Sale Of
ubber Fotwear
Men's 15 in. Leather Tops, Reduced to .... $4.29
Men's 12 in. Leather Tops, Reduced to $3.79
Boys' 10 in. Leather Tops, Reduced to $2.9$
Men's 4 islet Ben Bur Low Rubbers - $2.49
Men's 6 islet Black, Low Rubbers $2.19
oots2.49
Men's Rubber , .... from $ up p to $3.93
Men's Overshoes ......... from $1.91P
8 u - to $3.00
e
rs ..
Men's LOW Rubbers .. ..... .. .. , . , ... . 98c
Women's Rubber Boots, Sizes 4 to 8 .: $1.98
Misses' Rubber Boots,Sizes 11 to 2 , ..:...:. $1.89
Child's Rubber BootsSizes 8 to 10 ... , .. $1.57
Women's Solite 2 dome Rubbers . , . $1.59
Women's OvG.a tees, Brown or Black . ; , ; . $2.19
Women s Plain, ex -Rubbers 69c to 75c
'Good Heavy All Wool Sox .... 3 pail's for 98c
Good medium Heavy All Wool Sox . 3 pair for 87c
Ordinary Work Sox per pair 25e
Horsehide Leather Coats at .. $9.50
Horsehide Leather Windbreakers Ott ..$8.59