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Miss Margaret Newton is visiting
'her sister, Mrs, Anson Galbraith and
other relatives afterspending the past
few' weeks in Hamilton.
Mr, and Alt's, J.•'1,. Shera aad Mr.
Clifford Willits spent Sunday with
Mr. and Mrs. John Fitch at l3elnlore,
Mr ,and Mrs, A. L. Stephens and
slaughter spent Sunday with Mrs. +.
Leppington in Harriston. Little 13ob-
by Stephens Who has. spent the past
week with his grandmother, returned
home with them .
Mrs. R. G. Dane returned honie on
Saturday after speading the past week
with relatives in Toronto.
Mrs. J. T. Strong spent a few days
last week With her daughter, Mrs.
Pennington at Teeswater.
The bales which have been packed
by the Evening .Auxiliary for' relief
work in Northern Saskatchewan
were larger than expected, due to the
hearty co-operation of the sister -so-
cieties and members of the Church.
At a meeting of the Sports Com-
mittee on Wednesday' night last, it
was decided to have Santa Claus
make .his visit here on Saturday, Dec-
ember 14.
A number from. Gorrie attended the
miscellaneous shower' on Friday night
for Mr: and Mrs Douglas Holt, held
at the home of Mr. Jack Holt south
of Fordwich.
Mrs. Wynn and her daughter, Mrs,
F. Nicholls of Macintosh, wereguests
one day recently ,of Mr. and Mrs. C.
E. Gregg,
Mr. Anson Galbraith is this week
attending the Guelph Winter Fair.
His Many Gorrie friends wish him
success with his entry at the fair.
Albert Phillips, Joseph Micock
and John Pickup left Gorrie on Wed=
nesday for Quebec. From there they
wilt sail to England on the Duchess
of Jack. Mr. Cooke who secured their
accomodation was successwul inhav="
ing the three men 'located in one
cabin, a thing which was highly ap-
preciated by the three passengers.
Miss Pauline Ashton, R. N. who
has been visiting her mother, Mrs.
Ida. Ashton, was called to Sarnia on
Friday last, where her brother-in-law,
Mr. Win: Strangway had been taken
to the Hospital to undergo an oper-
ation.
Mr. and. Mrs. I. McLean and daugh-
ter, Marilyn of Brussels spent Sunday
with Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Hastie.
Mr., Delbert Clegg, Mr. Walter
King and Miss Peart Stinson visited
with Mrs. D. Clegg at Queen Alex-
andria Sanatorium, London on Sun -
slay.
Rev. A. H. and Mrs. O'Neil spent
a few days last week with relatives
Lucan, and also spent a day in
London,
Miss Evelyn Stephens was a recent
visitor to London.
Mr. Thomas Short spent the week-
end with his daughter, Miss Myrtle,
In Weston.
Mrs. Ross and Miss Ross accom-
panied Mr. and Mrs. J. J, Allen of
Wroxeter, to Kitchener on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. William Wright; of
Wingham, were Sunday guests of Mr.
and Mrs. C. Edgar:
Mn Manford Irwin spent the week-
endi in Toronto with his wife, who
underwent a ,serious operation. We
trust she will soon be enjoying good
health,
Mn and Mrs. John • King and dau-
ghter, IvXiss Jean, of London, spent
the week -end with the former's par-
ents, Mr, and Mrs, Charles King and
other relatives..
Mrs: Robert Brown attended the.
funeral of her sister, Mrs. Halber-
stadt in East Gowas, Mich,, last week:
Mettrbers of the Mission Band are
working Bard these days in prepar-
ation for the gala event, their first
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Thursday, De ember 5, 1935
HE DEFEATED RAMSAY ZVtacDONALO
II
Emmanuel Shinwell, Labor Candi-
date, smoking a pipe, shown with
some friends, was victorious over for-
mer Prime Minister . Ramsay. Mac-
Donald in the Seaham district of Dur-.
hani in the British elections. He re-
versed MacDonald's• majority of 5000
in 1981 to a Labor victory by 20,000
votes.
concert, on Friday night..
Mr. Zimmerman, of Milverton,
spent Thursday' and Friday last with
his daughter, Mr. and Mrs.- Cloyne
Michel.
Miss Alexandria Hamilton spent
Sunday with friends in Blyth.
Mr. and Mrs. George Baker and
Miss Mildred of Orangehill, . spent
Sunday at the home of Rev. and Mrs.
Fydetl.
Mr. and Mrs. Wtn. Douglas, of Or
angehill, spent Sunday with Mr, and
Mrs. Walter Simson.
Kiddies, Here's News for You
Santa Claus once more sent his
,messenger to Gorrie saying that lit-
tle boys and girls will again see him
(or one of his representatives) on
Saturday, .December 14th, when he
will make his •annual trip here with
a well-filled bag ;of .goddies for each
child, who will march from the town-
ship hall as in former, years.
WROXETER
Mission Circle Sale of Aprons and
Recipe Books
The members of the Girl's Mission
Circle were well pleased with the re-
sults of their sale of aprons and
recipe books which was held on Fri-
day afternoOn
riday'after.noon in the school room of
the United Church. There are still
a few aprons and a number. of books
left, and any one interested in'these
may enquire from the Circle, Girl's.
Mr. Lloyd McMichael of Toronto
spent a few clays recently with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robtert Mc-
Michael.
Mr, and Mrs, Harry Smith and
family of S:trathroy spent Sunday
with the formers parents, Mr, and
Mrs, John Smith.
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of the Girl's lsMs o
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The u�embe s
Circle met on Tuesday evening of
this week at• the Manse for their Dec-
ember meeting,
Mr. and Mrs. Mac Stuart of Moles-
worthr
were Sunday visitors with Ma
and: Mrs. Jas. Sangster.
Mr. and Mrs, 1J. A. Rano and child -
en of Brussels spent Sunday with.
Mr. and Mrs; R. J. Rams
The Ladies' ,dies' Guild are meeting' on
Wednesday afternoonek.
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at the home of Mrs. George Paulin
for thele monthly meeting anti' quilt-
.
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The interior : of the local Township
ati
- present receiving a fresh
Ilan 'is
coat of paint, Mr. Fred Iiamblyhas.
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the cant
Mr. and Mrs. Jim ISembly and Vir-
ginia were week-erid•. visitors with
Palmerston •erston friends. ;
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The Wroxeter Dramatic Club are
presenting this .uveal, .pre g their play
"Windy Willows" at l'ordwieh, T3e1-
grave, Moorefield' and Teeswater on
Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday evenings respectively.
Miss Lenora Higgins of Turnberry
is a guest- at the home. of Mr. and
Mrs. G. A. Wearring at present.
. The Annual Christmas entertain-
ment of St, James Ana:Bean- Church
is being held on Tuesday evening,
December 17th in the Sunday School
room.
Mr. and Mrs. John McGee of Wing
ham visited on Thursday with 112r. -
and. Mrs. A. 3. Sanderson,
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Doig of
.Molesworth visited friends in the vil-
lage one day last week.
Miss Margaret Durst of Clinton,
spent the week -end at her home here.
Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Sanderson and
daughter, Catherine of London, were
week -end, visitors with friends here.
Mr. and Mrs. D. Campbell and son
of Harriston, visited with Mr. and
Mrs. Philip Durst on Sunday.
A. Y. P. A.
The regular meeting of St. James
Church A. Y. P. A. was held in the
school room on Tuesday evening of
last week, and took the form of a
Missionary meeting. Thetopic was
taken by the rector, Rev. A. H.
O'Neil, who chose as his subject
"Missionary Work in Western Can-
ada'', and dealing especially with the
life and work . of the late Bishop
Stringer. ':Che Scripture. Passage,
found :in Psalm 95, was read by Maj
ary Paulin, and a vocal solo "The
Sunshine of His Smile" by Lucelle
White was much enjoyed as were the
readings by Lily Waller and Bob
Adams. At tite close of the meeting
games were enjoyed.
5t} INSTALMENT OF
MISS CURRIE'S TRIP
The fifth instalment of Miss Cur-
rie's trip 'is' about Dcmara.i•a, South
America. We are sure that our read-
ers will enjoy this part of the trip
and will look forward to next week's
letter.
cane, I was told that when the Brit-
ish ships appeared on the scene, the
Du ch didn't stop to argue theydrop-
ped
ro -ped their
sea wall and fled, The two
large rivers, Demerara and Essequibo
jointly form a large estuary outside
of Georgetown and at low title the
water is far out, leaving an expanse
of silt.This afTords a grand place for
mosquitos, ,and subsequently jnalaria.
We stopped behind the lighthouse,
tcr•eonnect with the pilot boat, Many
of us we're draped over the top deck
railing watching its arrival, Out of
the penthouse stepped a very import-
ant, very black man, in a very white
uniform.. 1 -le was the pilot. After
docking there was the business of
snubbing and running out the gang-
planks the same as at Boston and
Bermuda: The first thing to go out
is the baggage, It is all picked up
from the roomsand deposited in the
vestibule by the stewards, then they
form a line from the top to the 'dock
anil the trunks and hags are handed`,
along down to the -dock. Then, dock
haritls reprove then, to the customs
benches. There they are claimed, and
eventually carried to taxis by black
boys for 'sixpence,
Those who were not remaining had
no trouble with the Custoins and the
hotel tour agent collected us and our
baggage and sent us to the Park Ho-
tel•in taxis. 1 was shown to a room
on the top ; floor; which wasn't bad.
for the tropics. On the varnished
board floor were two reed -mats, there
was a large table with toilet articles,
a big laundry rack full of . just two
little towels, a huge wardrobe full of
hangers, a long window open to the
elements and mosquitos, and then the
bed! .It was an iron bed with very
tall posts and connecting rods. Ac
rosy the top stretched a sheet, Neat- With the hush growth in a salt - to rescue her; Nov. 15th. She had
ly stitched to it a fine white net drap- swami) near here as a background, been forced clown the day before by
ed downward and was well tucked in Jean Batten, 25 -year-old New 'Lea- a .fuci tani leak on her way to Rio
It mattress. When T had re -land flyer; calmly sipped 'a glass of de Janeiro after. flying alone from
around the z
ni ht'and hadpoked the water under the wing of her plane England -the first woman to ever
tired for the g , solo the South Atlantic.
canopy bath tinder the mattress, -1 vyhr, v�attnag for an arm; aeroplane
seemed to feel like Queen Elizabeth
DEMERARA .
By V. Olive Currie
For: Once I will become statistical
and tell you. that British Guiana is
divided into three States: Demerara,
Essequibo, and Barbice. The port at
docked,
which the T.acty Nelson
Georgetown, is similar in many res-
pects to the other ports of call
throughout the West Tndies, The
frontier of British Gttiaua is below
sea lever. Wiles the Dutch awned
the country they built a sea wall or
dyke to hold back thti tide, Also
they built canals to bring water to.
their plaritations •of rice and sugar
HAPPY -- THOUGH FORCED LANDING;
in her old four-poster. 'It is peculiar!
the difference in the way minds work. riders collided, throwing each other
In Florida and the Southern. States, :riders
the mounts flat on the pavement:
they ' Screen the windows:and sleep they had collected their stun -
in modern beds. When t y
i ned wits and jolted bones; there COM-
therefearful haranguing and was a benefit ball at the As- il menced a ea g g
the ! gleaming of eye whites and teeth. All
sembly Rooms and that vt e front that I could matte out of the alterca-
ship were invited. I inquired for the! dumb rider hadn't
hostesses. There were no hostesses. I tion was that one
;kept to the left. I expect that is the
I inquired .for the floor manager, r stock accusation for all traffic ail -
There was. no floor manager, The
veers seemed to be well paired off •rents. 1 fbrgot I had oily kodak un-
do der any arm: I'm a ver
and local people, I didn't feel inclin-
ed to: pay five shillings to watch'
strangers enjoy themselves: Another
girl and'I Went back to the hotel and
in a' short time one of the ship's of-
ficers dropped in to see how we were
getting along He drove us out along
ar of the tremendous number of bicycle not scaly, though, but seems to have
a tough hide like a Hippo. It has
big round cow eyes with lashes. The
head is round and in the general loca-
tion of the nose are two round valves
which open occasionally' to take in
air and then close tight. There are
no, teeth, but the ton hp is divided in-.
to twothick blubbery, bristly sec-
tions, yid the bottom lip is just asa
blubbery. It opens up to show an
equally grimy coloured padded inter-
ior, envelops the 'handful of grass and
then closes up into a huge slimy
grimy rosette. That was what met.
my eye when i' first bent over the
canal, I almost dropped my camera
into that awful mouth. How or why
they cat grass nobody knows, but
they are quiet and seem harinless and
it is just as well they don't care for
meat with their salad,
Next we went native squirming our,
way along the pink roads and gray
canals lined with native and East In-
dian trucksters. It was Saturday and
pay day at the Plantation' Diamond
offices, Business was flourishing es-
pecially as the stc ites were closed in
town. The wares were spread on old
squares of cloth and the natives were
milling around. They build their own
homes along the roads and canals and
fearful and wonderful they are. They
make the country look trashy, but I
don't suppose the Planters care. The
blacks are rioting even now to get
their due amount of pittance because
the Planters, I am told, have their
own little ways of chiseling even out
They told me breakfast was at el-
even and it would be best to cone
back then out of the heat. By Walk-
ing' three 'blocks past the hotel and
hunting my way back I was only very
little late. The: hotel dining room::
the sea Wall and back and then said hese have a roof, but the sides are
it was time for little tourists to be
in. bed.
The black staid brought -fruit -juice
up at six and at eight "morning cof-
fee" ,which also included toasted
like a verandah with little tables for
swizzling and smoking and the De-
merara chairs arc farnous for loung-
ing. Those chairs have a frame work
with a high back, and arms five feet
bread, marmalade, a slab of long. A
carpet is tacked in to hold
brown
a aw and a slice of litne. The pa the recliner. The little girl from 13o',
pp p ton wondered whythe long arms. She
paw to ane is like pumpkin, the same found out after luncheon, You never
colour and about as tasteless, How-
ever, by squeezing lime juice over it,
I could manage to eat it. Our north -
saw such lazy beings in your life as
the men when they lounged in those
ern. palates are so accustomed. to the
frost tonged home grown foods,' chairs lying back with both feet up
P I arms, frill length on the as, smoking cig-
vv . that)
a •cannot savor the delicate flavors atettes and dr•e,aming over the strange
of the tropical fruits and vegetables.etables. white woodenden buildings with. t
red
By the time I got downstairs the roofs and gorgeous .gardens.
tour agent suggested that I hurry out 1 After the noon meal, three, of us
to see the market and the shops as II toured Georgetown in a taxi. The
they all closed at mid day Saturday. main street is unbelievably wide with
T really dislike crowds, especially such three roads and two rows of palms.
mixture of strangebut bad Across; the dead end is a handsome of that. One colour scheme which
races,
been advised by someone' on board to 1 church. Along the outside two roads seems high in native favor, i.s a white
peering, but soon they blew the dirt
out of the gas coil, and we went
chugging on. We arrived brick at the
hotel in tinat:'foi• dinner; 1,ieen orazti
es on fire Eoi•ic, native. bsh,'I',tiLnh)
meat, plantain; cassava calces, cheese
and crackers, iced cocoa and black
coffee. There was a dance that even-
ing at the Tower Hotel for the tour-
ists, Life in Port can be quite soc-
iable.
Rain .drenched the town Strnday.so
that the tropical colours plowed with.
r•enewecl freslartess. We wwere all'
aboard by 10 p,nt, and it .seemed all
Demerara was there to 'see us off.
There is something about these tron<,
ical people which should warm the in-
nermost' folds of the Northern. heart.
Their welcome is so fervid, and their
leavetaking so regretful. Even though
you realize they are doing their best
to extract your shilling and pence,
they are willing to run around in cir-
cles and make a joyful noise over the
'business,
During the two days in Demerara
the whole ship had been houseclean-
ed, even the passages and stairs had
I been revarnished. When 1 stepped in-
1 to No. 61 A Deck the covers were
fresh, the brass shining, the . mirrors
polished, the rug vacuumed. There
was a fresh lace doily under the glass
on my dressing table and one en-
hancing the bottom of my wastepaper
basket. Some of the sailors were -
slightly over par, but they were all.
in their places in fresh : white uni-
forms. The Jack was up, the gong
reverberated, the siren droned, the
Lady Nelson stooped backward with
scarcely a tremor from her wonderful
engines. The trail of adventure was
over and we were heading homeward:
I was sorry that it was not possible
to visit the Kaieteur. Falls back in
the hinterland's on the Potarro River.
They have a fall of 822 feet. It Would
require a day in by airplane and an-
other day out; some other time may-
be.
The ship's personnel were allowed
shore leave at Demerara and most of
thein looked forward to it all the way
down_ It meant solid ground under
their feet and the activities of a soc-
ial nature. The majority of the nat-
ives never leave their islands. This
morning in Trinidad. when I told my
black maid how far I :had come by
sea and how far`I still had to go, she
wobbled at my basin with her black
hands knotted over her white clad.
stomach, her eyes rolled almost to the
black frizz 'under her cap and moan-
ed:
"Oh, oh! I can't, bear it. I can't
bear to think of it! All that long way
oyer that horrible bottomless sea. I'tn
scared of the sea, I'm scared. Hov,
can you do it, how can you?"
"She said, "Don't you get seasick?
I said "Yes."
"Aren't you afraid
less water?"
I said "Yes." • '
"How can you do it?" she murmur-
ed, "I have had chances to make good
money with ladies that want me for
their maid, but I wouldn't even go
out to the boat in the launch."
She went out still clutching her
stomach, but with her eyes rolled
down in order to see her way. I can
clearly .imaginehow she felt, but that
is the difference between the races,
When I step aboard I lock my imag-
ination up in .a strong box..I feel the
good planks under my feet and 1 grin
down into the horizontal of chained
demon and: immediately I begin to
admire the blueness of it, and the sil-
ver ripples, and the graceful flying
fish.
Coming up from Demerara to Trin-
idad, through my ports I. watched en
thralled the mighty illuminations of
an electrical stormby night. The At-
lantic was a moveless leaden mass
with the sharp prow of tite Lady
shearing her path through, leaving 'a
sparse scattering of white parings
1her.Thewas lowering
erin
behind sky\\d. C\\
bete
g
and
a sea
nd leaden. `Then from to sky
leaped that tentacled vein of fire re-
vealing the sullen elements a split se-
cond before it burst into a flare that
flooded the sea with white light and
the clouds with blue brimstone. It
was a sight to put any nigger on her
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be sure to visit the market as it was !are hotel and home 'verandahs and
tike notllin • else on earth'. 1 started ' gardens, The homes are tall \shite.
nothing
out alone and after losing my way a wooden affairs, high;off the ground
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cou le of times, T finally located the I with high roofs and large rooms for
noisiest place 00 six continents. Such r coolness: They haven't' dreamed yet
bizarre commodities, and such hagg- t of the air cooling system such as they
ling and bargaining, such sights, such have in cities like New York and De -
smells. Tt makes a physical wreck of ' troit. We passed the catholic church
nae just to imagine 'trying to describe and school and Queens College on
I
t
i lesoniari theway to the Botanical Gardens,
it. It would require a .D c Y
mind for details and I left the place was without doubt the most exquisite
as confused' as when I went in.
visited one of the big department
stores, but the departments were be-
wildering arrays of merchandise .p11 -
little paradise I had ever rambled in,
The coral coloor'of ;the roads espec-
ialiY attracted the eye. They bake the
mud. which•is ting up in canal malting
ed' on counters and the floor where and' during the process it turns 't sleep
the natives could,; finger, them and coral colour. Yon can imagine the of
chatter over them, . They slid have a fcctiveness of those winding coral rib -
fine glass case for the :ctirais, and bons through the brilliant green of
pretty wax models ozi which to perch
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modish hats.
most
dozen n of
half a a the e
They are 'not so far behind, the pre-
vailing mode either. 1 also visited a handful of grass into the'eanal. I was
oyiio shop full of painted' calabashes bending overt0 see what a:coming
ing
for soap dishes, trays and boxes. of up., In a moment it canoe, the ugliest
the native woods, figurines made of contraption it was ever any melt. to
park 'verdure, c,
They
spannedt
nncl t
rc
lit -
ale canal by white .arched bridges.
Our chatrffcur v!vhistlpd and threw a
their balatta rubber, palm leaf facts,
native etabroder`es, cheap jewelry,elr y
and postcards,
Since lcavitig Boston tt•affie bas
been to the left, it is confusing and
see, The rest of the animal along
isca q'or
called ,. Cow
with the head
Manatie (The chauffeur spelled that
for me so 1 don't know if it is gttth-
entic), The body is anywhere up to
I witnessed a bad accident on a main six feet long, grayish thud colour and
business corner' in Georgetown. Two constructed lite an alligator, It is
background with red or blue hands
iniprinted hit and miss all over the
walls. The shack is often built up
off the ground and the hammock is
slung underneath for an afternoon si-
esta along with the pigs and chick-
ens. The chauffeur offered to take
us into a factory to see how molasses
and rum is made. We felt satisfied
to know lust how it tastes. We were
tired and haci a four o'clock appoint-
ment at the hotel.
The• ship's officer came in with a
friend of his belonging in George-
town,. It seemed strange that so big
and blond a young• man should be a,
o ttive, His parents are English,' of
course. 'Re has been in Toronto and
likes it Well enough to ger baric there
this winter to wor1c.;
of the bottom -
'We h
• fir ,s the
el s z
.had proceeded a
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band stand by the sea wail when the.
er
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hired car heaved once and forever
wasv1 seem. was
still,- it would d Ther- s c
an altercation then about phoning the.
garage, the Mariner didn't understand
the South American telephones, and
big
blond Billdidn't
want
to be both-
ered.
Finally,. Bill was prevailed up-
on to get out and call the number'
while the Mariner did the talking,
When the black boys drove up from
1 ora •e there was a cbattetin and
the �" G 't4 ;�
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