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ARN1OUR1ES, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 25th, 1930.
Y MIX
WINGHAM, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 25th, 1930
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SIX HUNDRE*D cheil filed charges, against Hon. Jas,
HAPPY KIDDIES t t i44Zalcalm, successful candidate in N.
Bruce. •The charges were of wide van
e
Iiety
c>rni-_ Community .,,. Christmas Tree ma, Malcolm's supporters CUUUter^
ed a couple of weeks later with sim-
ilar charges against William Ivlitchcll,
the defeated Conservative candidate.
Then came another against a Con-
setvative, George Spotton, elected in
ion atid received heartyapplause North Huron, with a similar inclusive
for their splendid musical 'nuttibers. list of allegations. Two dayslater a
Mrs. Wilford and Mrs. VanWyck in petition was filed for the unseating
of George B. Nicholson,wiso defeated
Hon. Beniah Bowman in East Al-
goma.
tired Concert hedl Tuesday evening,
Dee. 23rd brought a crowd that pack-
ed the Town Hall to capacity:
The Wingham Citizens' Band ren-
••a,ered ,suitable music for the occas -
their usual . inimitable tnanner . render-
ed numbers which delighted children
,and' grown-ups alike. The chorus
singing by the Public School and the
shills were excellent numbers.
Mayor Fells led the children in
three cheers for the Chamber of Coln-
snerce and for that jolly old fellow,
Santa Claus, who was the chief at-
traction; of the evening,
Santa Claus arrived promptly on
time and' with the assistance of the
t Chairman of the. Evening, Dr. Red-
`111
.ed
Mond, and Mr: A. Posliff, Pricnipal
mlnt.
the public school, ,oversix hundred-
tags of goodies were, distributed.
X'hose present who donated 'to'the
'Chrifittnas Tree and Santa Claus Fund
felt amply repaid in seting the child-
-ten enjoy themselves,
Married Fifty Years
Monday, Dec. 1st, marked the 50th
wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs.
R, E. Hamilton, old and respected
'residents of Grand Valley. For more
than half a century, Mr. and Mrs.
Hamilton have resided contintrausly
in Grand, Valley. On the above date
and on various afternoops since, Mr.
and Mrs. Hamilton have been the re-
cipients of congratulations and well
wishes front old friends .and neigh-
bors throughout the ;town. Many of
such expressions were accompanied
ff by gifts, numbered among which
were a dozen chrysanthemums from
As we go to press we. understand the ladies of Knox Church. Both
that the fund nears the $275.00 mark. 1Mr. and 'Mrs. Hamilton are enjoying 1
•O'iing to the early issue of the pa- igood health at the present time and
-ter this) week exact figures were not It they have the hest wishes of town
obtainable' but over $30,00 evas receiv- folk for many more years of health
zed in collection at the Mall and this, and prosperity. Mr. W. R. Hamilton
of town is a son.
.added to last wit
eek's total makes ,
;nice increase.
Mr. Herb Campbell, who ,organized
the Christmas Tree concert for the
i . -Chamber` of Commerce modestly kept
in the background during the evening.
He has however reason to be proud broke out in one of the ventilators at
of the splendid eyenirsg's programme' the Fordtvich Continuation school on
resulting resulting from h.is efforts. ilast Tuesday afternoon and For a time
He wishes his thanks extended to threatened to 'destroy the splendid
his Committee and to all those who
assisted in the programme, not for-
getting the l3and who vounteered
their servioes and gave generously of
;heir music.
We understand that the Chamber
sof Commerce have prepared over
twenty hampers which will add to the
Christmas Cheer its as many hotnes.
.A teserve from the fund is still on,
Mand and will be used for relief meas -
tures, until it is exhausted.:'
FIRE THREATENED
FORWICH• SCHOOL
Fire, of an undetermined origin,
modern structure:
The fire was first noticed by some
of .the villagers who reside near the
school. The alarm was sounded by
ringing the school bell, also the bell.
on the Anglican church. Willing
hands soon 'farmed a bucket brigade
and by the use of ladders which were
placed on the 'roof a stubborn fight
took place against the flames, Every
well in the immediate vicinity of the
school was pumped dry and teams of
We list here donationsreported horses were used to carry water in
this week. . ; barrels' from the river which is quite
T. H. Gibson -30 Bread Tickets, a distance away. A few small hand
Howson & Howson $ 2,00 extinguishers were also brought in'.
1.00 ,use and after a fight of about two
100 hours the flames were brought under
1.00 control but not before a great deal
W. Wellwood
D. Falconer
G. W. Carr
Mrs. F., Griffin
Miss E. S Graham
ifet
R =1krrtstirri"' '
Priscilla'Gov/dy
Frank Angus
J. A. l�MacLeati
H, .Baechanan Hdware.
A. �: ltit It
Gell. Olver
iEo T. Thomson.
rant Ernest ..
`I; i tua i -I U W an I
�x� ��� ��d X11, � �e�rr�
mug it lir Or
iu w of all Or gar.
the arrival of Dr. R, C. Redmond who 1 LOCAL AND PERSONAL
was called. Mrs. Love did not know
of the very ,sad news that awaited her
until her appearance on the street,
when she thought he was a long time
in corning. The body was removed
to his late residence cwhere funeral
services will be conducted on Wed-
nesday afternoon at. 2 o'clock. Inter-
ment will be made in• the Brandon
Cemetery, Belgrave.'
Fannie Elston
Miss Wilma. Johnston of Gran
Valley is home for the holidttys.
Mr. Jerry Lutton of Kingston
home: for the holiday.
Miss Glenna Spotton of: To
is visiting at her home here
Miss Effie Bowers is visiting at lhei
home here for the Christmas holidays.
Mrs. J. Carson is spending' th
Christmas holidays with friends it
Foilotiving an illness of;short dur-
ation; there passed to her reward on I)urhatn.
Sunday, Fannie Elston, widow of the Miss Ida Lutton of Port Francis,
late F. H. Hubbard, who predeceased1is spending the Chtistrnas 'holidays at
her twelve years ago, The late Mrs,' her home here,
,Hubbard was born in Oxford. County Mr: Walton A. McKibbon; of Lon-
and was in her 71st year, At the age don, is spending the holiday at Itis •
of one year: she came with her par •
enta to the Huron Tract, where she
', home here.
resided until a young woman, when
she went to Detroit, remaining there
for a few years until her marriage to
her late husband, making her home in
A•i'Ir. Bill Brawley, of 1ipronto, is
visiting at the home of his, parents,
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Brawiess•
Mr. and Mrs. Archie AleKirthey and
Wain, Mich:, where'.she was a resi= baby, Sarnia, are spending the Clr`rxst-'.,.,
dent for 34 years. For the past five Inas holidays in town.
years she had her home with her sits Miss Georgina Bowers is spending"
ter, N,ellie, in Wingham, where she the holidays at the home of her par -
was held in high' esteem. Surviving
are: one son, Dr. Edwin E. Hubbard,
of Dearborn, Mich., four brothers, Hall; Guelph, is borne for. the Xmas
John of Star City, Sask., James of Holidays.
Austin, Man.; Robert of West Hope, Miss Louise Thompson of Kitch-
ener Dakota, and who is coming to
is visiting at the home of her
parents, Mr: and Mrs. O. Thompson.
Miss Grace Fry of MacDonald.
Hall, Guelph, is visiting at her home
here.
Mr, and Mrs. Eldon McKinney tat
Torottto are visiting friends in town..
over the holiday;
Mr. Chas. McKibbon of Toronto is
spending the holidays at his home
here
Miss Irene Allan of Cott-trn t,
BY BLUEVAL W.M.S. spending her vacation at the home
of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Geo.
The annual meeting oft 1e W. M• S. Allan.,
for the election of offiec s was held Miss Alice Williamson.. of Kitcit•..
in the 'United Church We Inesday af-
ternoon when the followi
ected for the following
Mrs. C. Hetherington; vie
Arthur Shaw, sec„ Mrs. R
ureas., Mrs. James Maste s; cor. sec.,
Mrs. G. Gannett; orgatii Mrs. M. day with the former's motnirr, ,t,'ti'
J. Smith; M.Blind see.,; Mrs,
Iter. J.
J-
Eliiatt
Mann; church steward, Mas. E. John-
ston; Literary sec., Miss, M. Collie;
associate helper, Mrs. D.jewitt; press
reporter, Mrs, G. O. Thor'iton; stran-
gers ., Ms. i. J. Selle`s and M
E. Barsecnard;rmite 1.to;: sfc., Mrs. Jrs..
Breckenridge.
ents, Mr. and Mrs. T. Bowers.
Miss Billie Gibson of MacDonald
resembled the thug who entered his 'FIRE THREATENS
office and ordered the staff to throw FRAME STRUCTURE
tip ,their hands. About ten o'clock last Thursday
In the afternoon the two other wit -
morning firebroke out its the rear of
OBITUARY
Mrs. Palmer MYf orden
Wednesday morning marked the
attend the funeral, William and Nellie
of Wingham, the latter being the only
girl of seven sisters. The funeral will
be conducted at her late residence,
the home of her sister, on Minnie st.,
Wednesday afternoon, at- three p.rn.,
by the Rev. S. Davison, Internment.
will be made in the Wingleitr. •Cesit
cloy.
OFFICERS ELE•C'"ED
g were cl-
ear; Pres.,
-Pres., Mrs.
bert Shaw,
ener, is spending. the Christmas ;holt:,.
days with her mother, 'Mrs. Willa
Williamson.
Mr. and Mrs. Weir Elliott and se
of St. Thomaa are spending the hot
Miss Eleanore McLean, represen-
tative of the MacLean Pub. Co., Tor-
onto, is spending the Christmas vasa
tion at the "home of her parents,
and MTs. T. J. McLean.
Change of Business
,.:, towing ,to a .� orttetnpl ted.;e.laan
another of: the . pioneer at- - p q ,LS , . °fist of t ux y
cleanin 1?1gSing:erf..ana N'T'ARICi I<Il, it1'Iny"btasrnVss at the i
C..Tcvz>gtexu�tt s :l,a:alor and , g ., f. .,�, .... .
.<.., r:., , ... izeis�'of'"Win htnt;'in the'•persem o
�m Ietttarl was at his g LEADER till..ins�urancc prcmittnts at" an earizcr•
bench in t f pCHOOSE
partof the shopMargaret Faulkinghana, beloved wife date than Dec. 1, aunts be paid et:.
the front Palmer er Morden. She was boat at
of Sam'Mitchell l . Hepburn, 34-year-oiti once. Abner Cosens.
1„00 of damage was clone by smoke and nesses were heard, Allan Lamont, a
,', f ,the bank ,t ho ttas in
1.00 tntate.r-.aS well, as by :t:he flziave5t I ai-:3 cu„tcrr�t'eY Y o,. ,
. t -'`•,i • the:offtei± When the 'robbery took
1;Q(f titians� •tver;: ^ herded tai a i• -the
,25 place and John Oliver who was on the
.50 street as the robbers emerged from
5.00 dam-
aged
the bank,
,50 Mr. Oliver stated positively that the
!~
.50 acetated pair were the same -lien that
1.00 he saw conte out of the bank, one
1.00 of them carrying a bag, in which it
.25 is supposed the loot was carried.
The accused who appeared in court
well dressed, were defended by D.
m t-
nnti Ca
Jr.,d r Camp-
bell G
E.
Holmes, 1
bell Grant, bValkertoll, Crown At-
CHARGEDTH twiny, D. E. Holmes, K,C., father of
'VVI
BRUSSELS
�'+ccttsed
•A3A1.Ua7r7.F�L�7 THEFT one � of the.ammo) for the accused,
plaster on the ceiling was knocked to
the floor by the weight of the water
and some of the equipment was am-
a ed in removing from what tnany of
the residents thought `to be a doom-
ed school.
The continuation school is a new
and up :to date building just erected
a few years'ago and adjoins the pub -
t school.
e
viaes tic Christmas
Carrot S
,An
itual
Will be held in St, Pattl's' Church'
on Sunday evening next: at 7 pen.
.
Soloists willbe: Miss \nuie
1rvh
l
'Mrs, H. J. jobb, Mrs. E. Armitage,
Messrs, A. J. Nortorp, C. '•CempierrYan,
R. Douglas and C. R. Wilkinson,
Nova Scotia, at Brussels, were
ELECTION PROTESTS com-
mitted for trial at the next court of
GO BEFORE JUDGES competent jurisdiction where they ap-
peared for prtlirninary hearing before
Nether the broad charges laid MagistrateC. A. Reid, at Weasels can
Whether
a ittst several candidates in the Iced- Thursday.
alga
oiuo to Deep interest attached to the case
oral election last July ever come
trial or not, the itinery of the. judges and the hell where t'.tie hearint was
of the Sept�enie Court of Ontario is held was filled to overflowing and i
'being arranged. to conduct the bear- panther loitered in the anti -chambers.
'b g g
lit , cof these petitions' for the unseat- The accused brothers were 'derid-
ing
fid by three persons as being the
ing of candidates. '
n e from air that held up the bank, late. in
Saturday it ' was announced d p
Sac y
Chief Pose: October and escaped with upwards of
�sgotcle Hall that r:,lttcf 7ustioc.
W ri rht t had been as- $6,000 in cash.
and Mr, justice W �..
Algolrt and North The evidenece of Vi. M. Wilmot was
A
taken ` in the nsornuig. Mr. Wilmot
1:� the marte ;er of the bank and testi
McNeil, the ;~Bort
tified� that Gilford i r {
er of the two brot:itt.re, COT (1aS,ely'
atapeared for the crown.
ar , The MGNt:ils were retureed to the
Gilford and Harvey I41cN'cil, ,cls b where
ed with the robbery of the Bank 'os Huron County jail at Goderich w
they will be incarcerated until. the
date of their trial.
John Hallam, a young farm Hand
was also committed for trial by Ma-
gistrate Reid, ' at Brussels, yesterday,
oil a serious ° charge in which a seven-
yc:ar-old girl. is concerned. He was
arrested some time ago in tine Town-
ship of Grey:
Y led' to East 1
BALI �'•
l'dtiroii for the sante ..
What appeared. to
such *at.
5 petitions'g
when supporters C
pagle.'
be a deluge 'of
au' September
tf•, William Mit-
ateeSta
while his son was cleaning some
-clothes at the rear, when without a
moment's notice the r•ooni was all a-
blaze, sending out dense clouds of
smoke. Within a very short time af-
ter the alarm had been sounded the
firemen had two streams playing on
the flames. •
The building which: is entirely of
ll
1' t�cal
aC l
u lit: to
be Y
:.was
thought p
frame
g
irnpossibl,e' to save and all the furni-
ture was removed but the efficient
work of the firemen confined the fire
to the one part of the building. The
less was partially covered by 'ithsur-
Christmas Tree, i3elgrave
The Sunday School of Trinity
Church, gve h 'Bel g rawill hold their an,
,
nual concert in the Foresters' Hall,
on Dec. 24th ('Cheisttnas Eve.) A
good ro ,�t•,�.uii. will: be present:ed, Ad-
�, p b
niiss1oe 15c and 25.c:
Miss. i.)ototlty .1:iaxiinitid of 1vIcW
York, is visiting' it her horee.hnre,
NOTICE
i\lr.
Partner:
Durham, Ont, and was in her 74th tneYxlbcr of the House te Commons
year. The deceased woman had been for West Eight” a fartue with .but lr Arena.Christina, et-
a for fort >-five Skating in t e rAr
a resident of 'Wingham 5
�ar. and for the past year had been
y( S,
in poor health. Surdivitig besides her
htishand are: five daughters and tiva
sons,Mrs. James Worley, Walker-
ville; Mrs. 3. Campbell, Winghant;
Mrs, 13, Chapman, Mrs. j�: A. Cor-
nish,
and Nelson,
Donley al ,
Mrs. W. I)U ey
Toronto, and Winfred of St. Thomas,
also one sister, lefts. R. Miller, Brant-
ford, and one brother, William c,f.
Durham.
Funeral services were conducted at
her late residence,' Edward street, on
Friday afternoon' at 2 o'clock by Rev,
Kenneth•'' MacLean. .Interment` was trill not real`*it immediate
imide in the Wiegham Cemetery.
g
a few year's experience • Politics,
f: ternoon and night.. indInission 25e`
last Wediaesday was elect leader ct
Par
Ontario Liberal
the. t Mr. Costas:
t
rate,- a
Philpot
of
feared Elmore F
list by the overtvh
u eac. c r
He de- and 15e. Season tickets at rcgtitttr-
'Toronto.
lining Ina -
N. Sinclair
journalist,
r .. ' r Aute- a ttie+).,.•,. narts,,,
427 r was t resnaved.
j c>rity of to 3 r. � . E. '
t bate: th ttthrgal'es alano't no ',i zones
lelider tat the party forte last se
1 pas ,ed a tt: olution vvitic i hat) the +• efor > p
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to y however lac:
u cif ,progress was not mac1C.,
the ecsnventioYY, ctattting at the c d views
tram varied inlet opposite a
' of excite. lore many a day which ltad been fu ,as: ed arid before t.tvF,
Leader,
�tvcre 'expesaee
utc'nt' and stirp .
The nev1F l.�eader, it i
zntettdticists to the resolution weri;
int rntluced. llatir gtrr5larhsctl' changes
were voted down.
tndcrstood,.
frotn his
inion Par
it Ottawa
nation, of
its. Then,'
vincial el -
1
As we have unforttutitely, a'tiutn-!
ber of unemployed i:ti 'Town, also!
seine coaling in front time to tone
from outside. the '1'oteri, any farmer
who feels that he is in a position to
make a donation of wheat or potatoes
may make the same .to the tinder
signed and all donations will be giv-
en alit where they will do the most
good. Any farther• requiting the ser-
vices of a man 'for wood cutting or
touch with
t ul gut ]n
other work shoal(' d t,
the undersigned. .111 off -Sirs will be
tiatcfully :received,
Phone`, ,231. 'Thos. 11'o11s, �Iztyr,r.
'Vest Elgin seat in the i)o
liamcnt, but will carry on
William Love ' for two year bis repreee
his West Elgin coitstitue
on the eve of the next Pr
William Love, , a resident of Mar-
: East Warvttrrosh, passed away
uoch
,
very sttddeniy while in Wingliam on
hteittday afternoon, , 1..e and Mrs.
Love had driven to tows to do their
Xmas shopping, *, and had put his horsejs pp b
i:h,c livery lin
li �r stables of Robert Beat-
tie. When their purchases had been
completed Mr, Love went to get his
•horse while Mrs., Love remained in
caticofthe .
stores. He had hitched the
i
ht;rse. tea the vehicle, and apparently
1 was preparing to leave when he was
rulalcnly stricken Anil ] e . nd
exp befitrt&
cetizn, he will resign his i oderal seat
and wiliest his i'roetveto tiding tor -
responding to that of the 1' cderal Pol-
itical :division. 13tit he wv"li trick up
Iiia 'Provincial leader hip 'tspattsi1il-
hies at once, anti, as twain as Ile tate
,
mak, the Arran L -curt tete, tri tr iht Pro- r
vines, from end to -.rid. 1 -le inteircled,
's, t•eputaticru
he said„ to maintain his
as a hard worker and iirirel fight+•r•,
l'roliibitioii, es a cardittttl 'planta in
`, Liberal Part
.,i PIM for n1,
t{bt t_ iht�lltt i7.r.X t;�
Paul's Ch. tlh
Christ nm s
tit
3,30 it.y Cdrxl
10 a.m.--Holy Corrliti
:tame, e let as ado-
Christ the tote
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