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Thursday, June 6th, 1935
GORRITJ
Mr. and Mrs, J. H, King and daugh-
-ter, Miss Jean, of• L ondon were week-
end guests of Mr. and Mrs, 'C., King,
Mrs. ,Bell and Marion Clark spent
• the week -end with Mr. and Mrs. W.
'Wright, T.,akelet, •
Mr, and Mee..D.Dene, of Toronto,
spent the week -end with the latter's
Parents, Mr. and Mrs: Isaac Walker.
Mr.,and Mrs, Ernest King and fam-
ily, Mrs, Patterson •and son, Bobby,
• of Detroit, were week -end guests of
Mr, and Mrs. E. King; Edward, son
of Mr. E, King, remained and will
spend some time with his grandpar-
•ents.
Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Wessman, Miss.
L. White, of Bornholm, also Mr. and
Mrs. W. L. Hicks, of Mt. Forest,
'palled on Gorrie friends on Sunday.
Mr. Thos. Vittie Sr., was called to
•' the bedside of his brother, James, in
London who was injured in a motor
accident.
'Mrs. Ira Hamilton has returned to
Toronto after spending a month with
Mrs. A. Hamilton. Her son, Jack, re-
mained with
e-mained'with his grandmother, '
n Mrs. Lloyd Cathers mo
IVIr. and M ed y v
their household effects to Woodstock
on Wednesday last, and will reside in
that city. Their many Gorrie friends
will wish' them success.
Mr, and Mrs. Holmes, of Toronto,
were week -end guests of Mr. and Mrs.
D. Cathers.
pr .and Mrs. C. C. Ramage and Jim
spent Sunday with friends at Mitchell.
Mr. and Mrs, R. J. Hueston spent
last week at ; Amberley Beach where
their new cottages are under construc-
tion.
Mr. Alex. Hastie and friend, Miss
Jean Walker, of Toronto, spent Sun-
day with Mr. Kenneth Hastie. Mrs.
Kenneth Hastie, who has been visiting
friends in Toronto for the past week,
returned home with them.
The ladies from here who attended
District Annual of East Huron Wo-
men's Institute Convention held in
Braasels on Thursday last were: Mes-
dames Pyke, Kaine, L. F. Ashton, P.
Ashton, Hyndman, Gregg, Cathers,
Bolton, Earngey, Cole, Shera, Miss
Bernice Day.
Rev. Fydall, of Riverside, a suburb
of Windsor, has been chosen by the
Conference for the new pastor of Gor-
rie United Church. Rev. Mr. Butt has
accepted an invitation to Harrow.
The frame house on the farm own-
ed by Mr. B. J. Maguire was consum-
ed by fire on. Monday afternoon last.
While it was an old house, yet it wip-
es another .landmark out of the com-
munity. The cause of the fire is un-
known.
• Special Services
Sunday, June 9th, has been set aside
as a day of commemoration in the
'Cinited Church of Canada, it being the
10th year in union, and for this, there
will be special services held in all
'United churches throughout' Canada.
In the local church the pastor, Rev.
G. W. Butt, will have charge of the
morning service, with Rev. C. A. Mal-
colm, of Edgonville, chairman of Hur-
on Presbytery, at the evening service.
Special music is being prepared by
the choir under 'the leader, Mr. L. F.
Ashton.
The regular Institute will meet on
Wednesday next at the home of Mrs.
Carroll Gregg. The topic will be Ag.
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wood, ,Ont., managed to save his wife
and one child, Douglas, aged three, by
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getting them out on to the veranda
roof. The interior of the two-story
frame 'house was a raging mass of
flames which prevented attempts to
rescne the other children, Victor, 18,
Vera 12, Robert 8, Isabel 5, and Billy,
a fifteen -month-old baby. Above is
graphically shown by an artist, how
the children were trapped and the res-
cues effected.
riculture. A demonstration on Mak-
ing Home-made Soap, will be given.
Visitors welcome.
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Miss Bessie Wylie, of Toronto,
spent the week -end with her mother,
Mrs. J. Wylie. '
Among those froth here who at-
tended George W. Wylie's ordination
at St. John's Church, Stratford, on
Sunday were: Mrs. John Wylie, Miss
Bessie Wylie, Mr. George McKee,
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Bradnock, Mr.
James Wylie of Turnberry, and Rev.
and Mrs. G. W. Butt.
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Gallaher spent
Sunday with the latter's brother, Mr.
and Mrs. Chester Higgins in Turn -
berry. •
Mr. and Mrs. Jas. T. Shera were
Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Wes-
ley Hill, at Moorefield. •
Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Wassban, Miss
L. sulphite, Bornholm, Mr. and Mrs.
W. Hicks, Mt. Forest also Mrs. Scott
of Toronto, were guests of Mr. and
Mrs. A. E. Toner recently.
Dr. and Mrs. W. J. Ross and little
daughter, Kitchener, spent Sunday
with Mrs. and Miss Ross.
• Mr. Jacob Neeb and brother, Mr.
Ed. Neeb, of Detroit, were week -end
guests of Mr. Adam Sipple.
Mr. and Mrs. Russel /Grainger at-
tended the Golden Wedding of Mr.
and Mrs. Richard Badley on Monday,
May 27th. The wedding was held' at
a daughter's home, Mr. and Mrs. El-
wood Strangway, of Dorking,
Miss Cora Scott of. Toronto was a
week -end guest of Miss Evelyn Ste-
phens.
Miss Jean Sangster, of Wroxeter,
spent the holiday with her • friend,
Miss Dorothy Edwards.
Mr. and Miss Douglas visited with
,the former's son, Clarkson in Ham-
ilton on Saturday.
+2r. and'Mts. Thos. Bradnock spent
the week -end in Stratford and Wood-
stock:
Rev. and Mrs. Stanley Johnston and
family, of Lucan, spent Monday with
the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. T.
O. Johnston.
Friends of Mrs. T. O. Johnston will
be pleased to learn she was able to
motor to Maine and back on Sundaly
afternoon. Mrs. Johnston has been ill
for several months.'
Mrs. H. E. Ashton spent a few days
with her sister, Mrs. A. Pritchard, and
Mr.. Butcherd,, in Guelph, last week;
Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Ashton and
Billie, spent theweek-end with friends'
at Elora.
•A very successful Women's Auxil-
iary meeting was held at the home of
a
Mrs. NormanNormanWade, on 'Thursday af-
ternoon last. The ladies, during the
afternoon, quilted a quilt and in the
business Period plans were laid for
their annual garden, party to be held
in Victoria Pars. in June for which
eainntittees were named.
Bishop Seager of London, will con-
duct Confirmation Service in St. Ste-
phen's Church here on June•20,
Mr. Ewart Whitfield of Blyth,
spent the holiday at his home here.
Mr. H. E. Ashton spent Sunday I
with friends in Guelph.
Mr. Kenneth Hastie spent a couple
of days last week in Toronto.
Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Carson spent a
few days with friends in London this
week.
the Evening Auxiliary will meet on
Monday night at the home of Mrs.
E. W. Carson, when they will have
as guest speaker, Miss Young, Lon-
don, recently connected with the work
of the Travellers' Aid Society. Visit-
ors are welcome:
GORRIE Y. P. S.
A missionary meeting of the Gorrie
United Church Young People's Soc-
iety was held on Wednesday evening
last week. The meeting opened with
quiet music played by Miss J. Ruttan,
the pianist for the evening. The hymn.
"Fight the God Fight" was then sung
followed by prayer by Clarence Mc-
Callum. The Scripture lesson, Matt.
6: 25-34, was read by Lloyd Ashton.
An interesting reading on prayer was
given by Harold Robinson. The mem-
bers then joined in singing the hymn,
"Saviour, like a Shepherd lead us." A
chapter from the study book "East
Meets West in Trinidad" was review-
ed very capably by Miss E. Dane.
The president, Miss M. Baker, took
charge of the business.
The meeting was brought to a close
by forming the Friendship Circle and
singing "Blest be the Tie that Binds"
followed by the Mizpah .Benediction.
OBITUARY
Stewart Edgar
The sympathy of the connmuuity is
extended to Mrs. Stewart Edgar and
Son, Robert, also the Edgar family in
the loss of husband, son' and brother,
Stewart, who passed away in Wing -
ham Hospital following a critical op-
eration on Wednesday morning last
week. The funeral was held on Fri-
day afternoon from his late residence;
which Teas conducted by Rev. Arthur
Leggatt,' past or of this Presbyterian
Church, of which the deceased was a
member; interment was made in Gor-
rie Cemetery.
About fifteen years ago they retired
to Lucknow: Mrs. McDonald for a
number of years was actively associ-
ated with the Lucknow Women's In-
stitute) being president for several
years, and also was a director of the
Agricultural Society. She was a faith-
ful member of the Lucknow United
Church.
The funeral was held on Tuesday to
Greenhill Cemetery.
Hilton St. Clair Newton
It is with deep • regret that we
chronicle -the death of Hilton St, Clair
Newton, who died Monday, June 3rd.
Mr. Newton was working at the home.
of Wm. Adams Sr., 13. Line, Howick,
operating the circular saw. He fell
onto the saw and was so severely in-
jured that he passed away one-half
hour after the accident.
The deceased was in his 21st year,
the son of Mr. and Mrs. George New-
ton, Wroxeter, and was born in Grey
Township, near Molesworth, and has
always been a resident of this com-
munity.
Surviving besides his parents are a
brother, Wesley and three sisters,
Verde, Laura and Olive. '
The funeral was held from the fam-
ily residence, Wroxeter, an Wednes-
day afternoon, June 5th, the service
being conducted by Rev. W. A. Fin-
lay. Interment took place in Wrox-
eter Cemetery.
NATIVE OF
GORRIE PASSES
Mrs. W. E. McDonald, .Lucknow,
Passed away at her home, Sunday ev-
ening, in her 74th year, after an ill-
ness of over four months with a heart
ailment. 'Mrs. McDonald survived her
husband by two years and seven
th
mon . s
Born at Gorrie, Mrs. McDonald's
maiden name was Ida Greer. She was
a daughter of George Greer and Mary
(Adams) Greer. The Greer family ,af-
ter leaving Gorrie, lived at Goder•ich
for a time, but came fifty-one years
ago to Lucknow, where ..they farmed
a mile east of the village. Mr. and
Mrs. McDonald, after marriage 46
years ago, farmed just a short dis
tante from the home of her parents
Montreal.
The funeral was held front his late
residence on Sunday afternoon at 3.30
o'clock, the service being conducted
by Rev. W. A. Finlay, The pallbear-
ers were: lefessrs, Thos. Ritchie, How-
ard Wylie, Aldred Wearring, Harvey
Timin, Emerson Shearer and Frank
Earls. Interment was made in Wrox-
eter Cemetery,
GORRIE SOFTBALL
The Ninth Concession Cyclones,
carne through with a 23-9 victory ov-
er the league -leading Tigers Thurs-
day, Lloyd Ashton's team must be
given full credit for its success, for
in defeating the Bengals, they won
over a team which has both offensive
and defensive strength. ; The first 3
innings saw stellar softball, neither
side scoring and strong defensive tac-
tics aiding pitchers Carson Watson
and Lawrence Short. In the fourth,
fifth and sixth, the Cyclones weaken-
ed and by the end of the sixth, Tigers
were in front 9-1. But the country
boys made a fighting finish and in the
last three frames they added 22 runs,
while holding their opponents score-
less. At the last, the Bengals were
disorganized and, did not play their
usual strong game,
Leading scorers were: J. Musgrove Mast two weeks at the home of Mr.
and T. Ritchie, 2 each for Tigers; for and Mrs. Eldred Nichol; returned to
Cyclones, M. Irwin, 4, L. Ashton, Ar- her home at Newton on Friday.
thin Ruttan, R. Ruttan and C. Watson Mr, and Mrs. John MacNaughton
3 each. Norman Wade made several
fine catches for the Anglicans.
The players: Tigers: H. Steurnol,
es M. Pope and E. McEwen,
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Grier of Pontiac,
Mich., are visiting at the 'home of the
latter's brother, Mr. Geo: Paulin, Mr:
P. C. Rodgers, of Mount Clements, is
also a guest at the same home.
Mr. P. C. Rodgers, Mr. George
Paulin, Miss Marjory Paulin and Miss
Madue Milligan spent Saturday in
Hamilton.
Ivir. and Mrs. Wm. Fraser, Ridge -
town, were week -end guests at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. J. Lovell
Mr. and Mrs. Clare Hutcheson, of
Toronto, were guests of Mr. and Mrs.
N. T. McLaughlin on Saturday.
Miss L. Holmes, who has spent the
T. Ritchie, H. King, J .Musgrove, L.
Short, K. Underwood, N. Wade, R. S.
Jones, Dicic Jones, G. King. Cyclones:
S. Creek, Lloyd Ashton, A. Rutton, R.
Ruttan, R. Watson, A. Irwin, C. Wat-
son, M. Irwin, R. Miller. Umpires, R.
Harrison, S. Ashton.
For the third time rain caused a
postponement of the Maple Leaf-
Genadier game on Monday night.
Two good games are on this week.
The much improved Cyclones meet
the Leafs on Wednesday, and on Fri-
day the Tigers and Grenadier clash in
the first game of the second round.
Standing
Won Lost P. C.
2 1 .667
1 1 .500
1 1 .500
0 1 .000
Tigers
Cyclones
Grenadiers
Maple Leafs
WROXETER
Mrs, W. S. McKercher, who has
spent the past few months at Parkhill,
returned home last week.
Mrs. Roy Smith, of Detroit, was a
week -end visitor iii town.
Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Hembly and dau-
ghter, Virginia, are enjoying a couple
of weeks' holidays.
Mr. and Mrs. Leslie McLaughlin
and daughter, Nellie, of Oshawa, vis-
ited friends here during the week -end.
Mr. and Mrs, Bert Martin, Edythe
and Billie, were in Stratford on Sun-
day attending the ordination of 1VIr..
George Wylie.
Mr. Geo. Town, who has been on
the sick list for a number of months,
was moved on Saturday to the home
of his son:, Harry, in Wingham.
The Continuation and Public
Schools observed the holiday on Mon-
day.
Mr. and Mrs. A. 3. Edgar, of Lon-
don, visited with friends here on Sun-
day.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Rann and sons,
Jack and Barrie, of London, were
week -end visitors with friends in
town.
Rev. John Graham, of Brussels, will
conduct the service in St. James' An-
glican Church next Sunday evening.
Messrs. Archie Edgar and Harvey
McMichael were in Toronto on Sat-
urday and Sunday.
Mr. Art. Robinson, of Saskatoon,
and Mr. Skeff Robinson of Montreal,
are spending a few days with their
sister, Mrs. J. R. Wendt.
Mr. and Mrs, Ashton Morrison and;
son, Donald, of St, Catharines, were
week -end visitors with the former's
mother, Mrs. John Morrison.
Mr, and Mrs. P. S. 1VIiliigan and
family moved last week to the house
owned by Miss M. Carmichael,
Mrs. Thos, Gibson returned to her
home here on Wednesday of last week
after having spent the past few
months with friends in Winnipeg,
Chicago and Hamilton.
Mr, Samuel Sterling, of Bayfield,
spent a few days recently with friends
in towti.
Some of the members of the local.
Women's Institute .who attended the
District Annual Meeting held in Brus-
sels on Thtirsday were:
Mrs. W. T.
McLean,'Mrs. Thos. Brown, Mrs. H.
Waller, Mrs. John Adams, Mrs. S.
McNaughton, Mrs. J, J, Allen, Mrs,
3. N. Allen, Mrs., B. Martin and Miss -
John R. Wendt
It was with deep regret and great
shock that the people of this conunun-
ity learned of the sudden death on
Thursday of.last week of one of the
village's oldest and best known busi-
ness hien, in the person of Mr. John
Wendt.
The late Mr. Wendt was the eldest
son of the late lilte and Mrs. Charles
Wendt, and was born in Mildmay in
1878. At the age of seventeen he came
to this village where he commenced
his trade as a jeweller, and where he
has,for the past tlnirty-nine years car-
ried on, a successful business. Mr.
Wendt was a Past Master of the Mas-
onic Lodge and also Past President
of the Wroxeter Library Association,
and was an earnest and enthusiastic
worker itt all interests of this organ-
ization. He was also a member of the
Howick Township Library Board.
He is survived by his wife, former-
ly Miss Kathleen Robinson, three
brothers, R. H. Wendt, of Windsor,
C. E. Wendt of Mildmay, and William
F. Wendt of Oshawa, and three sis-
ters, Mrs. Fred Wilson of Westminst-
er, B. C., Mrs, Welk of Mitchell, and
Mrs. A. H
Jarvis of Hamilton, ,
all
of whom were present at the funeral
except Mrs., Wilson.
Other friends from a distance who
attended the funeral were: Mr. and'
Mrs. F,. Milhouse, of Chesley, Mrs. F.
McKK.innont, of Winnipeg, Mr. and Mrs.
W
W. Stenger, anal Mr. John entdt , all
of Mildmay, Miss Kathleen Jarvis of
Hamilton, Mrs. Henry Wendt and, son
Edgar, of Clifford, Mr, A. Robinson,
Saskatoon, and Mr. S. Robinson, of;
returned to their home in London,
Ardioratwasmin
after spending the past few weeks
with Mr: and Mrs. D. S. MacNaugh-
ton.
Miss Mae Davidson was a guest of
Wingham friends over the week -end.
NIr. and Mrs. D. S. MacNaughton
and John, spent Sunday with friends
at Bayfield.
Mrs. N. F. McLaughlin and son,
Jack, visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
A. C Hutchison, Forchsich, one day.
last week.
Miss Gertrude Sangster, of Detroit,
spent the week -end at her home here.
On her return she was accompanied
by her mother who will spend a short
holiday there.
Dr. W. and Mrs. Ross, Kitchener,
were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs.
J. J. Allen.
(Continued on Page Four),
Ontario's Highways
are NOT Speedways!
SENSELESS SPEED which leaves terrible injuries
and death in its wake is hardening the hearts
of people, police and courts against all reckless
drivers. They will be dealt with ruthlessly ... to
make Ontario's highways safe for everyone.
In self-defence you are wise to fight the temp.
tation to speed ... especially at night. Make sure
that your brakes, lights and tires are efficient.
Cultivate a definite sense of responsibility towards
pedestrians and other drivers. It is the only wise
course.
iT IS BETTER TO BE
SAFE... THAN SORRY
MOTOR VEHICLES BRANCH
ONTARIO DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS
ONTARIO
THIS MUST STOP!,
In Ontario, during 1934, there were neatly 10,000 auto-
mobile accidents.
512 people were killed
8,990 people were injured
A .. a considerable increase over 1933. It must be evident
to till thinking people that this must stop:
11'oit. T. B. McQt esfen,,
Afirzister of IiighaJ'ay