The Wingham Advance Times, 1930-11-20, Page 1With Which is Amalgamated The Cowrie Viclette and Wro
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ter News.
Single COpies Five Ce
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WINCHAM ONTARIO, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20th, 1930
Subscriptio 2.00, Per Years
"VICT6RIA,
BAPTIST CHURCH
Last Sunday Rev, Bobert D; ontb-
PastOr of -the Regular •Baptist
Church, Courtland, fita• Irish Gospel.
;preacher and evItngeliSte&te1ti-660d
two • weeksreealivef ,!seaserlees in, the
ViettOria,a Regular Baptist Church,
"Winghtine, .Thiss fat the erowds Etnd
interest contintie :to, haevease, andit
expected that before the two weeKls
„ •
are foyen that every availehle seat in
the;chue'ch will be occupied. 'rile first
Sunday Morning- of the compaign Mr.
Guairfe preached, oh "The, Life send
grid of a Godly Man," and; in i'the,
eVetiiing ea rousing gospel message on
'How a. Brilliant Skeptic was Con
-
veiled." On Monday evening his sub-
ject was "A Good. Man who werttsto
Helt, and a Bed •Mn whip watt ;,to
Heeyoni;
On:Sunday, November 23rd Pastor
Gashi-le will preach at11a,m. and
SP.PCESSFULJOBILEE SERVICES AT CALVIN
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, EAST WAWANOSFI
T
•
he _Minister and r
congegation of igrer
statiot and seved by Rev. Janne
CalvinPresbyterian 'Church East Vit 'Son and Rev, Leael: from White-
weposh; have eystas, ,raaeon to, beeichurch, On May 9th, 1880, the Pres-
lermed 1:af ?the etteciess ethat: attended
the Yultiee drit Sunday and
Monday, November 16 and 17. Large
and enthusiastic congregations taxed
the -seating napecit& of the churehnen
Sunday. Inspiring sermons were
preached by Rev, G. M. Dunn of Tor-
onto. •Deep interest was manifested
by the community at largetand a wide
.cfrcie of friencla„ from outside points.
Messages weie• received, from former congregation, James McGee, Robert
ministers and the congrega.tion was
Shiell, Thomas Campbell a.nd John
weB started off on the second fifty
Coutts were the.men elected and they
year cycle of its experiencewere ordained to the eldership in the
SP,eaking from the text Exodus 14: Methodist Brick Church on Sunday,
angci ofGod, which Nov. 27, 1881. The congregation wor
went before the camp of Israel, -
:
re- shipped in the Methodist Brick church
moved and went behind themand
until 1882 when the present Presby -
fore their fa, anstood behind .
7pmHis titday morning subject ced
the -pillar of the cloud Went from be serials church was erectedAt the
session mieeting dated Sept S, 1882 a
Will the '`;Why People Dann '..ga-tie;:t Most ins,pit.-1-
Vsilat'e in the Christian Life", and in and helpful sermon. God's pres-
in the evening- "Tleree"-Godegiven ence with His people makes them be-
ReaSots Why Every Man Should be come the greatest asset the nation
a,Christian and Pit..4.`Maneinetie Exas,passlestasg This „troth, ja. ?evident all
cusetsiyhy TheY ket Noe Chrigliensi' dit-Oafgh'.the centirieskel'They are the
sersicee shall continue every
•elight..next week • (Saturday excepted),
a one -lading the i campaign Sunday csS1
ening, Nov,. 8Oth.;
.Fmkarly three years Mr. Guthrie
has' 'been the pastor of the Baptist
Chier6, Courtland. A hearty invita-
tion is extended to everybody to buy
up this passing opportunity of hear
ng preach. the ottlefashioned gose
net in the old fashioned', Way. Good.
gospel singing of the bi gospel
nns al e,Very•Servicea Everybody wel-
comb.
bytery of Maitland meeting in St.
Andrew's Church, Wingham, heard a
petition from Fordyce asking that the
congregation be united with White-
church. This prayer was granted,
And on October 12th of the same
year the Session of Chalmers Church,
Whitecteurchgmet at the home of the
late John Gillespie regrarding the el-
ecting of elders from. the Fordyce
WEDDINGS
Robentson-Cunninghem
petition was drafted to be presented
to Maitland Presbytery seeking to
change the name from Fordyce to
Calvin. This prayer was granted and
by the latter name the congregation
has been and is still known.
stabiliehig ferce that make for true During the years the following min-
- e.:
national re ' Dlever'Ping his isters have served the congregation,
athe ss
tlieme. and. applying it teethe occasion James A. Anderson, W. H. Geddes,
Mt.:ii Dunn'said(thaa ifia:gaijeatest Piece W. T. Hall, J. J. Hastie, j. A. Fere
of work whillt the pioneers of East guson, A. M. • Boyle, C. G. Jones, T.
Wawanosh did wa.s laying. the foun- W. Goodwell and the present minis -
dation of the religious life of the com- ter in charge, john Pollock. During
s se same period the following lay -
tenuity. For fifty race the congrega-
th
Shined has functiertiedi and its contri- men have Clerk of Session, Robert
butioneetas the life elethe nation has Shiell, Charles Campbell, Harry Mc-
heen• inestimablec ITe instructed the Gee, William Wightman, Charles
ji,,fesent glenesatioir te.'walk worthy of King., arta John McGee
.14 siresestsie serve it-Seclay as well as, It was a happy and joyful time,
the fathers did theirs, and to be as- The weather 'was ideal, the music in-
sured that the presence of the Lord spiting and everybody was in good
would be:theirs. . spirits. Reminiscences were the or -
At thbevenng •servce . Dunn
.4 iiMrder of the days, and as the past was
took for his text the words, "Launch 'brought tate; review the sterling char-.
' The .hcime of Mr. a.nd-Mrs.• Wm.. C.
-Cunningham, Concession 7,`, Morris
Township, was prettily decorated in
-pink and:. white cas Wednesday, NOY-
ember' 12th, when their eldest daugh-
ter, Susie Mae, was united in nia.friage
out into";,the deep and let down your
vete fora draught". Luke 5:4.. He
urg,&l hie heareraelo launch out into
the deetis of divine fellowship, love,
eervice and communion. Only by so
tlesi4g will WC learn to know the mean
to Mr. Theodore A. Robertson, son in ' of life and make our lives count.
eof Mr. and Mrs. Ale, Robertscinesof and,. mean something Mathis world. •
Wingliam. The bride,.wposwas given 9ncMonday evening the church was
.in. marriag-e by her ',fathele looked agaiiipacked te eh -g•' deter's. After par:2-
charmitg in a gown of -teleite george, Seisiess af a stimptuotte ,fisevl supper
eette:asid veil of French silk net, worn, which was seryed at the home of Mr,
it cipastyle, and canght at the top.. A's.lsillisa;4:6`,,beetsliti the audience enjoy-
wiehe a wreath of orange blossoms: et'lLa. le4t1'resbY' Mr' Dm"' mi ''Idas-
She carried it bouquet of ,•roep",' 41Y--e•liFersi ,of tllQ 11e:tette/1". •In his own
of-the-yalley and maidea' tfeirs4•fe6t, ,inilltitable waY, the, reclasqsa illustrated
and\ afsoressthe gift, of th:e . gr,O0M, . a, ls,i's theme '‘biegiorig knelled:es of suc-
necklaee 6f pearls. cessful Teta :ind women. Florence
To i thesstrains of the Bridal Chorus Nightingare end Grace Dai ling . • es,
from .Lotierigrin, played by Miss Ros- eulogized and their noble deeds made
elle sCamatnaham, sister of, akee isi.etia", istt stand pit. 14 all theirtgltryt' ,Gen
whoaitiora gown of roacwoote-
st'" sill eral Mitsitcla'ode Lord ,;Nelson:ave'ne
l',e -e
treited with a skilful hand and the
,
.crepe, the bridal patty entered the
.livin rooni and took ,thaiplees he., toll'y oi laying of the. Atlantic cable
1/"Y'Cyi-us Felitt. woil liaitteST ••applance.:',
teeth ate arch of cestegreene and,,au-'
tunan ,foliage, where the oeremony The one who Wi"8 mnsterY "el' him-
was'perfermect her B.t.t.,:.' Sidney ta-V1-' snl'Hs' tht''''°"'''''"11°''''''‘viliAie'irinster of
seal, . pastor of wenghaseas uartegtil,be. sintationl .,, 9,, :t. ..;,,i,, , r• ,,,,,
Cliurih, ',and, a forted- pteitot Of Suns' '' Dt.”'itIS 11161 d'citing Ilicstqlgesessvesd,
.shinesChurfeh. , `Ian .;,'!, .,,, it " il!itd'4frOm Rit'Sva,ov.ce,,gc.,,p0:,\Vvi-
,, .
Theebrsde ManCGraham Jones of was attended by Miss nipeg,
LeahRbbertsonsister of the groom, Cam•Pb011itifelilnte A- M. B°Yle of
who •evore' a dress of blue silk crepe T6r8nt':'','"" l'I'':61'1114'''' -ministers' in
which congratulations were extended
.trinarhed ekrith lace, and carried a bon -
good wishes expressed for the
. clue!: of white carnations and maiden and
flair fern, .Mx (t.orc CunninhaiiuIf 1. t ,.e...- , , • e. ' • e, •
Earth ra,eaaoatseraoaahe ,aSaata,, §..eidiiicitus ,. iIrecc.ding the ,ketttre the .nignisteri
, .
'short history, of <..tlic cent-egg-
sthe.•grobin. ' s-Thse gior3M's gill to the :gave a'.
pin , so: tido.' For four. years the corgrega-
Brideamaid eves a . gold. bar '
Ni2,ith.saliphit..c, to thc• otli';anast,.., an etas' titele'lied-niel'at-FelitlYeee'Olid'"SV011ilifips
.beienecklaCts,' andsfOihhe Vro'eatk-dart, I'd •ill ttlIe $.01,0011Cli-Vig, :i FT oni 1876
gold Cuff' linkes,"see .0 e ..., ,, a , to ,1880 ,they were an .organieed eon;
At the reception at , the ' of
thelariXS.,1).019.P.„.:::,1,;.}.19„...g.v-91. SCORES OF ,KIDDIES PRESENT AT C. W R,
r
acter and worth ofthe fathers was
spoken of with deep feeling.
WINGHAIVI A. A. A.
ELECT OFFICERS
The annual meeting of the Wing -
ham Amateur Athletic Association
Was held in the council chamber on
Friday evening of last week when a
fairly large number of those interest-
ed in sports were present. The fol-
lowing officers were elected for the•
ensuing year:
President—Clare Adams.
lst VanWyck.
2nd Vice—T. Cudrie.
Secretary—W, T. 'Booth,
Treasurer—F, 0..Preston.
Executive Committee—A. M. For -
bee, M. Johnson, James Murray, Dr.
G. W. Howson and W. T1 Cruick-
shanks.
At the close of the meeting- the of-
ficers rnade preparations for the ho-
ckey season and appointed the follow-
ing officers to look after the hockey
teams:
Secretary—W. 13. McCool,
Treasurer—A. M. Bishop.
Manager—M. johason.
Trainer—A. M. Forbes.
It is their intention of entering both
a junior and senior team in the Nor-
thern League. The training prior to
the hockey season will be in charge
of A.• M. Forbes, who intends to com-
mence training in the arena on Tues-
day evening next, and asks that all
those who intend playing on either
team he present that night.
OBITUARY
Mrs. Ellen Nixon
After a lengthy illness, Mrs. Ellen
Nixon, well -kin -4n Guelph resident,
,died aa the home of. her son-in-law,
Crown Attorney J. M. Keaepe. A
daughter of the late Mr. and Mrsi
Richard Howson, pioneers of.Haltofl
County, MT* Ni,..on was a native of
Esquesing Township and was in her
82nd year. After bar marriage 'she:
resided fon a title at Aberf6yle and
later moved to Teeswater, where she
lived until the .death of her husband,'
the late James Nixine Befare moving
to Guelph 10 years ago, she had been,
a resident of .Arthur. Surviving are
two daughters; Mrs. Thomas 'Wocids,
'West Ciarafraxa, and Mrs, .J. ,M.
Kearns, Guelph. Me. ,\Nr. 5, .Flowettin
of town is also a bee/thee. Interment
took place at Teeswater on Sunday'
afternoon,
S. S. Orchestra Formed '
An orchestra, to aisist at the,servic0.1
of the St. Andnew's Sunday School
has been formed and played for the
first time last Sunday. The following
are stile membeee-sef the • orchestra:
leatter,...G.'A Sc1iatt0;firs viplxn
Mary,. King, Evelyn •Reid; cello; S.
Morton; bass, W. Reid; alto, N. L.
Fryi eoritet, A,' Harniziond,"11. Burg-
(ass ; • troobonc, Mitchell; piano
honor of the bride and groom, M , ,
Kate King.,
SATURDAY MORN
assisted in receiving the guests by
,
the bride!ssapS.01.11Q.S.,411d,P.ns"grP9M• ations to make to the Santa Claus
mother. Mrs•sWrilieCtathingltainAsbte• soyeetaam eatasatef aaaw,y.ggight, and vnnd,
a gown of brown %ilk -etepe stayed 'et 'the"fleansetliick 1 -Intel until
shell trinuning, and Mee. Alex. Rob-, •
irodi,6,;eatch the 6.45 C. train
ettson 'was in blue silk crerie trint:; for•li!soudon, on which he had a pri-
med with sand. vate car att,alsed 3N,Ilitiv,g1V‘4, :was
For travellitig the btide wore a aot: quite ilatu
dress of brown crepe back satin and were present to greet biro. All along
coat of black broadcloth trimmed, t.:1,Willeility'rousing reception was ace
With black cara,cul, with accessories •••••(:;itd.b1:1,•131-tyl,saint Nicholas.
in brown. Mr, and Mrs. Theodore
Robeiiiofc (4,1q1414; 1,411:ant At Hensall where one. of the largest
after November Vith, eoine splendid contributions, Exeter
The occasion also marked the Gol- brought one the biggest surprises
,dett wedding anniveys4,44,'W'.a Otlf,hillyilV0.-li,tiftV:front a little girl, in
Mrs, John Nivins of Isneknow, grand- the fornt of a beautiful pair of blue
patents Of the bride, who were pres. bedroom. slippers,
,
ent at the, wedaing. Fifty year§ ,91% 1)iefore,;,,m4ivii•Ag :Ucati
011 NoVal!lbdgr 4014f;:•08d;.:./.011:11. 'CeosSiag Santa' WaS out on the back
and Miss Margaret smitll!,154.104,6d Piatfornt!idf,Its':cat watehing for, the
, in tria,rriage at Dungannon. They re- little group of children whom he has
calved con8.111111tStiOaii til•°ir had the pldaStre•,a4tit'acting each year
fatuity and friends ,on the completior,, Siledieficaigh they were all on hand,
of fifty years married life. And, as usual, they had splendid don-
, ,r„, r
LOCAL AND PERSONAL
Mise Doris Piens visited over the
tveek-end in Ha/zillion.
Mr. and Mrs. 0. B. Moffatt spent
the week -end in London.
Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Bishop spent
the week -end at Hamilton.
Mr, Howard Gray of Niagara Falls,
spent it few days at the home .of his
parents.
Mrs., E. V. Richards and Miss Irene
Sutton visited friends in London over
the week -end,
Mr. and Mrs; 'rhos. 3. Baker spent
'Sundey with Mr. and Mrs.' Robert
Baird of Myth,
Mr. G,eorge Beattie left last :week
MANY FORMER PUPILS AND TEACHERS
ATTEND OPENING OF S. S. NO. 10, KINLOSS
[ARE YOU A MEMBER
OF CANADIAN CLUB
The members of the Caltadian 'Club
of \gingham have ti '0 very ' rare,
treats in store for them vvithin the
next few days. On Frida.Y evening,
NOvernleer the twenty-first, Miss Mar-
garet Marshall Saunders Will address
the Club on "How I came to Write
'Beautiful Joe' ". Mise Saunders is
Canadian, born in Nova Scotia, and
has travelled extensively in Eniope
and the United States. She has been
active in religious, temperance, 'and
welfare work, and is a member of 'the
Women's Council and the Igoinen'S
Press Club. She is, however, best
known as the writer of "Beautiful
Joe", the story of a clog, for which
she was awarded the two hundred
dollar prize offered by the. American
Humane Educational Society. This
book , dear to all lovers of animals,
has reached a circulation of over five
hundred thousand, and has been tran-
slated into several languages. As well
as being the author of it atimber of
books, including "Esther de Warren',
"Bonnie Prince Fetlar", and "Golden
Dicky", Miss Saunders is said to be
a very interesting and entertaining
speaker.
Then, on Tuesday, November 'the
twenty-fifth, Mr. Dan McCowan, best'
known as the "Naturalist of the
Rocky Mountains" will be the guest
of the Club, and will speak 011 "The
Flora and Fauna of the Rockies."
Mr. McCowan has recently addresged
the Women's Canadian Club of Tor-
onto, and his storks of the birds, an-
imals, and plants of Western Cana&
proved most fascinating.
Are you thinking of joieMg the
Canadian Club? If so, meinbership
cards may be purchased horn the
Treasurer, Miss Doris Fells, before
or after either of the above meetiagsa
which by the way, will be held in the
Council Chamber. The season is just
beginning, so now is the time to join.'
There will be yet mother meeting,
making foulin all, before the Cluist-s
alas holidays, and probably six, sate
least, in the new yea.r.
The school section of S, S. No. 10,
Kinloss (Whitechurch), turned out en
masse, on Wednesday, Nov. 12th to
look over the new school and hear
the splendid program that hacl been
prepared. The school situated direct-
ly acrOss the road from the old one,
is on high ground and has a very big
play -ground, and the school has all
the modern improvements.
The Chairman of the Board, Mr.
J. 13. Morrison, opened the meeting
at 2. p,m. and Mr. Malcolm ROSS was
appointed chairman for the day. Rev.
J. Pollock opened the meeting with
prayer. Mr. Henry was then called
on to give the history of the work
of the section since the first •school
was opened in 1863. Then Inspector
Ball spoke an the improvements in
the school and in education and Mr.
Musgrove, a former teacher, spoke on
the value of Education. Then the fol-
lowing old pupils spoke: Mrs. Cuylier,
who wa.s a student at the first old log
school and her daughter, Mrs, Jas.
Ramage, also Mr. A. L. Posliff, of
Wing -ham, and the following former
teachers spoke: Mrs. Wm. Greer of
Wingham, Mrs. Cyrus Scott of Bel-
grave, Mrs, j. D. Beecroft and Mr.
Fells, the present teacher; also Rev.
3. Pollock and Rev. C. Wilkinson,
and Mrs. Robert Mowbray gave a
splendid reading, 4nd Mr. Robert
Ross, Robert Mowbray' and Eddie
Waddell and Wallace Conn gave rens-
ical selections 'on the\ violin; Mrs.
Harold Spaaling contributed a solo;
Mr, Foster Moffatt of Kinlo,ss spoke
congratulating the Board on their
new school. 'The school children gave
a splendid dialogue and contemrty
songs wm
were sung. The embers. of
the Board spoke, Mr. Robert Mc-
Clenaghan telling how most of the
material had been procured at home,
and also most of the work ha.d been
done by Whitechurch men, who had
all done their best to make a first-
class job.,
A special vote of remembrance was
to be sent to Mrs. Stalker of All-
bUrn, who husband was it former es-
teemed teacher, and it telegram was
read from Mr. George Spotton, from
Toronto, whose health would not per::
mit him to be pre.,•ent, After .the
meeting closed with the singing of
the National Anthem, all repaired to
the old school house where the la-
dies of the section served lunch and
a social half hour was spent.
Quite a neither a former pupils
were present to renew old acouaint-
ances. School opened in the new
school on Thursd.a.y, and Mr. Ball
paid his official visit in the forenoon.
TIRE BLOWS OUT, HEAVY MIST IS
CAUSE OF ACCIDENT
Roy Garwood, of Kitchener, rep -
TWO ARE INJURED
A very heavy rnist was responsibl
resenting Greenshields & Coe
of for what might have restdted in a seraccident on Monday evenin
e
.,
g.
MOureal, accompanied by Mr. Stand- iolls
hope of Toronto, of the same firm, Mr. John Bradley, accompanied by
met with a motor accident Thursday
his two children and Isles, McDonald,
mornitg. 'While driving toward town alilre,sidents of Kingerf, near-Kincar-
a short distance out of Belgrave, one
doewhile leaving Wing,harn in a
of the rear tires blew out, causingFord car, apparently was unable to
the
car to leave the road, when it rolled see the approaching exening C. P. R.
over several thnes. Both men
had passenger train from Toronto, • and
haddrove on to the tracks directly in its
,islcisalpbatevkausnpdrsainaendd, o Da er ofColborne
of path.. Fortunately the train was not
Wingliam, dressed their injuries. The
travelling very fast and the engineer
who noticed the car 'applied the em-
ergency brakes, but was unable to
prevent the accident. The occupants
of the car were taken to Teeswater
on the train, where their injuries were
.attended to by Dr. Gillies, Mrs.
Leaving for California Mc-
Donald and one of the children re-
ceived rather severe bruises while
windshield and one of the rear 'win -
thews in the car remained intact, while
the body was badly twisted. Both
men were able to proceed to their
homes.
to take it course in the Marconi Wire -
lent 'School hi Toronto. ,
Mr, 'Leonard Ernest of Detroit,
spent the week -end at the home of
Mr. atd Mrs. Jack Ernest.
-Mrs. James Leaver, Miss Agnes
Coulter and, Mrs. James coulter spent
the past week visiting relatives in
-Gaylord,, MiCh.
Miss Gertrude Bailey-Schatte and
Mrs. Wm, Mason of Brampton, visit -
cd at the home of the former's par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Schatte.
:
Buy Only Canadian Products
„Ono of :alit' best things to happen
itt Canada, is to get rid of unemploy-
Meet, YOU .pan help by seeing that
the,Shcies you wear are made in Can-
ada. Grre eer's Shoe Stostocks only
Canadian made Shoes.
'Sells Brussels Garage
Mr. G. .13, ii/leIntyre, who for the
Past two Years has played on the
\gingham hockeY team, has disposed
of his, garage in Brussels to Messrs.
Bowman and ..ps-c.,00.,of.Osliawa. Mr.
McIntyre is undecided it to What his
plans for :the future will be.
Exchange of Ministers and Choirs
ING TO GREET SANTA An exchange betweee Lietowel and
and. will '''bfat' hOltiti '`th'en• fritnds crowds had a.ssembled, be received
:Certainly evely et:septum accoteled
the venerable old patron saint of
Christmas ef: each of the ,many stop
ping places along the route was big-
ger than ever before, At many cross.:
hits where ...the', trahr. could merely
slow down Santa was no the plat:forth
and 'waved to the 'little groups who
were, clustered' about the ,tre.cle They
;.11 had a thence!' to see hint and he
was delighted in seeing them.
:44eowas received on the platform of
the. Canadiatv National, station, Lon-
don, by ,Mayor. Kilpatrick, and as
many children belonged, to the glor-
ious family of "The Ohl Woman Who
Livediin a Shoe.", ., • • •
f.Itceisas the largest,ourabet of Oil&
ten Out itt welcome -the red -coated
teaseler, from the north. to Lottdott:
aftd they gave him a tousing welcome
with cheers and happy words ,of
greeting, ?i
.!
Wingham United ,Charehes will be
Made an Sanday esening, evliett Rev.
E. F. Armstrong and his choir Will
have charge of the eyening- seryice
here, and Rey, S. Davison and lus
(Moir will have charge' at kistowel.
Presbyterian W.M.S. •
•
l'he regular meeting Of the.W. M.
S. of St, Andrew'e Presbyterian
Charch was held in the basettent 011
;Wednesday afternoon, With a large
number of the ladies in att.-cadence,
The meetieg, was presided over by
the president, Afire. :17 .Hendersora
and was opened withrthe singing of a
hymn, followed''with .prayer by Mrs.
Wm, Williamson. The Seripture read-
iug was 'taken by -Mrs. ,k Cert. The
topic for the afternoon was, "The lirt
finished Task" completing the chap-
ter, the first part of the chapter being
.dealt with ta the laSt: meeting by Mrs..
'Ws Logaa Following'the sing -
lug of a hynitt, the Ineeting Wak
Oa to a close 'with prayer 'bY MiSs
Carr. '
Mr. and Mrs, A. E. Lloyd and dau-
ghter, Miss Dorothy, leave this
(Thursday) morning 'for California,
where they will spend the winter, re -
G. Spotton, Doing Well
turning home about the- first of May. George Spotton, M.P., for North
Huron, is doing nicely following a
minor operation at Western Hospital
recently. He is expected to leave the
hospital in it few days. Mrs. Spottou
Teeswater People Hurt
A car driven by Duncan McConnel,
plasterer of Lucknow, struck a coach
driven by Mrs. • W. H. Stephene, of is also in the city.
Teeswater, who was eccompanied hy
Mrs. J. S. Dobbie, Mrs, A. M.' Babb, See The Private Secretary"
and Mrs. C.; .Donelme, all of. 'Tees- The Young People cif Belmore
water, and all were badly shaken up. present "The Private Secretary", it
The Lucknow car turned Over twice comic play, in the Community Hall,
and landed' 50 feet from the corner Belmore, on Friday, November 21st,
and is a total wreck. The other car at S o'clock pan. There will be Seen -
Was damaged but little and landed its ial musical talent from Waterloo be -
the ditch opposite the coati:, Mr. Mc-
Connel, was the only occupant of his
car.
tweet' acts. The proc,eeds of this play
are to be used for the purpose .of
starting it Public Library. in Belniore,
GODERICH AND BLYTH FIRE BRIGADES
ARE CALLED TO ASSIST AT AUBURN FIRE
Breaking out in Hill's Hardware Five years ago Auburn spent $1, -
store, which, is. located, in the heart 200 in putting down three tanke
of the village; about 1,80 o'clock on
Friday morning, fire threatened for
a time to destroy the entire business
Section.' The hardware store and
stock .is Virtually' it dotal loss as is
Isavesbn's stable, which was side
latent to the hardware store. The
Batik cif Commerce building on • the
which contained it water supply, The
Goderich brigade piunnedfrom these
tanks and succeeded in seeing. the
13ank of Coinmerce buildhig Mid the
the office and residenee of De. 'Weir,
which adjoin the hardware stone. The
damage to the .bank will be upwards
(4 $1,000, while Dr. \NI:cies dathages
:ed. largely to the, furniture'
other side woe ,damaged tO the ex- are confin
of tb!e fire fighters that
tent of $1,000, while the furniture M which waS taken out lateriedies. At
Dr. Weir's residenee was considerably ate time it wits thought both these
damaged while being removed 'from 'buildings would bie i..onStunett. '
$10,000 and .is fairly well covered by
the hate which .was also threatened..
insurance, '
The total loss will bv rtpwards of
brigade§ were, called into 'action and
It .evas onlY thrOligh the sterling .work ,„
, Atfburn, Myth and.
Gt.°1:::ichentfliir: , 01,4;1137 1bneoirleyfiniginatZt myth brigade
Nelson ' Hill, . proprietor of the
by a stove,
boain•ess §ection itras eaved, ' '
As soonas the alarm was raised sent Over ite' steam went, which was
fhe Aftbtot/ fire 131igacit swung. into ttsed to refill the Water tanke and ex-
itetini, with chemicals , and its halo tingnieh the .fire that was stillestimuld-
aring in the ruins of the hardware
IMPROVED SERVICE
ON C. P. R.
Reduced rates for Winter Fair, at
Toronto.. Get your tickets via C.P.R.
Leave Wingham 6,42 a.m, and 2.52
p.m.; arrive Toronto Union Station
11.25 east and '7.85 ps m. • Leave Tor-
onto inion 8.10 a.m. and 5.10 'pan.;
arrive Witgleam 12,50 pan, and 9.44
pan. Reservations made on all steam-
ship lines and arrange for your pass-
port. If you wish your ticket deliver-
ed or any information, Phone 47, G
L. Baker, Agent,
CAREFUL XMAS
PACKING URGED
As the season for mailing Christ-
mas gifts, especially to the Old Coun-
try, draws near, the pastel authorities
are stressing the need for careful
packing
Tnsual method 'they point out,
is to secure an empty shoe box,
which, in the majority of cases, is nil-
satisfaetotne Especiady at Christmas,
When, the Post Offitee are taxed for
room, and parcels hare to bc hamtled
quickly, the shec 1.3,33;, will mil stand,.
the demands which ;-..i.o, 331813 0 till it.,
strength. A siron. torrogated bo's
is recommended, 4,1 ease: niacin' the
article is not -eiteilt1,133 f11,.:+:‘n. it is ad-
visable to wrap it. ip several layers
of strtmg ve p
erappiaperein
, d tie it
i
securely with con . Articles which
ispe easily broken shenid be marked
"Fragile." Special attention should he
given parcels for oVerseas as they rtm
a itreater rigs: of titimagie or losia
lit addressing, a pai•eel, it iel al-
ways advisable to pla4e an address
inside the parcel ,in 0380 the paper
becomes torn. CY'n the, outside, the
address should be deer. The return
address should be placed it the up-
per left hand corner. Some are in
the habit of putting the aame Of the
atdrdr:dsroseisqbsae Itp:ra': !Ili:: i'evIT'i tthilleiltarlii1;tel ttilsireilll'a‘cithl'111t:t
tobet
pa ree 1 'Li:att e k .,1) easl4enae
tltttrViiN)0eltiall..4et.:ehi:Vrkei
, ililc/
handling elm parcel, ploy mistake the
return address for the addres,e of the
person to whom. 1:he partd is twilltt,
sent.
hardware store is at a loss to IsameV
how the fire starteft except that he
put a firetn the :formless Thursday to
burn some old payees. The :furnace
had not been used foe severai Years,
Win er pttmtt Utifoi tallat ely, 1 I ()Wen -
este the enaezle on the fit'e.pump bloke ltd e'
early itt the fire and was rendered Fortunately td1 the ho
virtnally ageless., Word was despatelt- most of the equipment
ed tee Goderich and its brigade res-
ponded while Myth elso sent assists
newt,
es end the
aiwS011$
stable were removed nd pely a quen-
tity of hay, sttaier and grain was con -
sinned, together With '111.e
• 0.1td. ivi
to attending'ti
Drntrvintrod,
, and
8(0 Itt Trrn ti'
e
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