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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance Times, 1931-04-30, Page 8,hr n CRT OF THE, DISTRICT CL P F ES FROM NEIGHBORING WEEKLIES r�liiaerusa Amalgamation The Mildmay United Church con- lregation has been asked to send a delegationto attend a meeting at Mc- Intosh' next week, when the matter rrf :amalgamating the Belmore, Mc - 1 ntosh and: Mildmay congregations will, ;'be •considered. ---Mildmay Gaz- ette, Lucknow Enters Team Lucknow has been without a ball teams for the past twoseasons, which some think is long enough; so on Monday evening a meeting was held {a► G. H. Smith's office and it was de- cided to enter a team in the Bruce League, The entry was sent .in on. Tuesday, and all that remains to be done now is to get what evadable material sthereis into shape. As a means of accomplishing this a town league is being formed, consisting of three teams (and more if possible) captained by Art McCartney, How- ard Agnew and Andrew Thompson, —Lucknow ' Sentinel. Kincardine' Tax Rate Kincard;ne tax. levy for the year will be 55 mills. Thus decreed the finance committee at an adjourned meeting of the town council held on Friday last. The statement prepared by Treasurer J. R, MacKay, showed that the town would need revenue to the extent of . $63,663.49 to conduct its; business and meet its obligations for the year.—Kincardine News. He's Now Dr. Hogg At an impressive ceremony in con- nection with the convocation at Vic- toria on '°Tuesday evening, Rev. J. E. Hogg, minister of Wesley -Willis United church, Clinton, had conferr- edupon him the honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity. Dr. Hogg was one of the four ministers so honour- ed, one of the others being Rev. Bruce Hunter of Londorr, who has preached in Clinton on more than one occasion, and is known to many here_ The candidates were presented to the Chancellor by Rev. Dr. Gan-, dier, Principal of Emmanual College, brother of Dr. J. C. Gandier of Clin- ton. -Clinton News -Record. Will Pave Palmerston To Teviotdale Road Last week advertisements appeared in the daily press for the Department of Highways calling for tenders for cement pavement 'from Teviotdale west through Palmerston, a distance of five miles. A deputation from the Palmerston council waited upon the Deputy : Minister the previous week and asked that the Department con- sider paving between Palmerston and Listowel at the same time as the re- mainder of the Teviotdale-Arthur road was being paved, and the Palm- erston Spectator believes that the work of the delegation bore fruit.- Listowel Banner. Will 'Remain Another Year Rev. G. F. Brown who has just completed four successful years as pastor of the Mildmay and 10th concession, Carrick, Evangelical con- gregations, will remain here for an- other year. Few changes were made by the stationing committee. Rev. K. Gretzenger of Port Elgin, and Rev. John Fenner of South Cayuga change places but practically no other alter- ations were made.—Mildmay Gazette. Fire Destroys Farm Home Fire of unknown' origin totally des- troyed the residence of Leon Camer- on, on his farm, con. 5, Kincardine Twp, The haze was discovered about 9.45 Friday night, by a neigh- bor, Dan McKenzie, who gave the alarm. Mr,. Cameron was absent in 1 ervie at a dance, and on reaching the scene was at a loss to account for; it. He had left the place about 'I o'clockand only a small fire was burning -in the stove, It is thought that the blaze Started on the second floor.—Kincardine News. irrehased: Barber Shop Ur. Ira McLean, whq recently sold his bather' shop in Moorefield, has purchased from Mr, Tom Hattie the barber shop and tobacco business in Cookstown; and: takes possession of it about May lst. Mr. McLean and his, wife have been visiting itt Lis- towel and Wroxeter for the past few weeks, -Li towel Banner, ,,,fluilitttg at Myth Myth presents gttitt t busy :apw pdartnce these days, J, C, Heffron i,, completing the construetion.tf the bis is. block which he'commenced last `fall, Pr Milne has the restdra- ttizstt,, of the t building destroyed by fit o!:n' pebrttary,' Well on the way to t£of. Startler Sibthotpe has busily erlg ed in 'converting eS : On tlttt t~ortter° of Outdo rtd'';l tt ire 1t tt ail statiratl, it f NdJ • , , l; Reran Convention Held The Rexall District Convention was held at the Queen's Hotel, Palm- erston on Tuesday and Wednesday of this week. The Rexall Drug Store owners met on Tuesday and the Clerks were in session an Wednes- day: Rexall Druggists were present from Listowel, Seaforth, Brussels, Wingham, Walkerton, Lucknow, Hanover, Port Elgin, Durham, Mt. Forest and other neighboring towns. Palmerston Spectator. Fined. For Slow Driving Probably the first case in the dis- trict where a motorist has been fin- ed for driving too slow on the high- way was disposed of by Magistrate W. D. Sanders on Saturday. A local motorist on the complaint of W. J. Norry was charged with reckless driving in view of the fact that the rate of speed at whichhe was driv- ing was so slow as to hold up ali traffic behind him. The offence took place on the Main Street on Satur- day evening when both sides oaf the streets were lined with cars and there was considerable traffic. The motorist pleaded guilty and settled the case by paying a $10.00 fine:— Exeter Times -Advocate. Lucknow Man •Fined A case, which originated last Aug- ust, was disposed of in police court, here last Saturday, when Tracey Webster, of Lucknow, pleaded guilty to a charge of being in possession of liquor illegally. Magistrate Walk- er assessed him $100 and costs of $5.50 and gave: him until April 30th to pay, or go to jail for three months. On August 2nd Provincial Constable McClevis, with other of- ficers, searched in Kinloss Township, the premises of Clare Milne. Web- ster could not be located at the time. Milne appeared in court, but the charge against him was dismissed. Consequently, 'Webster had a session with the Magistrate -and tookhis medicine.—Walkerton Telescope. HOME AND SCHOOL CLUB MEETING The Horne and School Club and the Huron Home and School Coun- cil met in the Collegiate auditorium in Clinton, on Tuesday evening, a good representation being present from the Clinton Club and also from Goderich, but none from Seaforth, al- though the meeting was held up for some time awaiting their arrival. The Council is made up of five members from each Club in the County. Mrs. A. T, Cooper, president of the Council, presided and after the open- ing hymn, "0 Canada", welcomed the visiting members to Clinton. Read- ing of the minutes of last meeting and other routine business was at- tended to and arrangements were made to have a picnic at Bayfield in September. Mrs. G. T. Jenkins then reported for the extension committee, intimat- ing that prospects were good for the organization of several more Clubs in the county, especially at Exeter, Wingham and Londesboro. Mrs. W. J. Plumsteel reported for the mental health committee. She said that Dr. Chalk of London and two experienced nurses would visit Clinton, this being a central point, and after some discussion it was de- cided to holda meeting on May 21st. Mrs. J. C. Gandier, treasurer, gave. the financial report, showing a nice balance on hand. Mrs, Cooper then gave a report of the O.E.A. bringing many valuable hints which the Clubs might profit- ably carry out during the year. The Counties of Huron and York are the only two in the Province having Councils,—Clinton News -Record. I-XOSPZTAL VISITING DAY, TUES., MAY 12th It has been the •custom for many years in different countries of the world to commemorate the birthday of Florence Nightingale by having this day set apart as a "National Hospital Visiting Day," This year the Women's Auxiliary to the Wingham General Hospital are joining with thousands of others, and inviting the public to visit our hospital at any time on Tuesday, May 12th. Nurses and others will be ready to show the visitors through the hospital and tea will be served by the Auxiliary, This is a non-com- tnereial movement, are not soiicited, the sole object being to help the public to become better ac- quaittted with hospital work, so that each community ,may have more ef,. fleient hospital co-operation, Renterm- bet, everyone is ittt✓'ited to visit the Wirlchatu General, :Hospital tarK' May Its« THE WINOHA &ADVANCE-TTM'I~$ GOVERNOR GENERAL RECEIVES $48,666 The total salary of the Governor General of Canada is $48,666„66 per annum and in addition he receives a travelling allowance of $60,000 per, annum, it was stated in the House of Commons in artswer to a question, front. E. J. Garland (U. F. A., Bow River). Other allowances in addition to salary are $10,000 for aides-de- camp and $19,000 for fuel and Light, making a total of $79,000 in allow- ances, The total cost of r maintaining Rideau Hall, the Governor -General's residence, for the three fiscal years, 1927-28, 1928-29, 1929-30, apart from fuel and light, was $185,923, In 1921-28 it was $61,655, 1928-29 $62,- 203, and 1929-30, $62,064. Apart from his annual travelling allowance of $50,000, the Governor- General received $2,905 in 1927-28; $2,399 in 1928-29; and $2,464 in 1929- 30 for attendance and repairs to rail- way cars. Other expenses incidental to the position of. Governor-General paid by the Dominion Government total $59,- 340. They include $24,500 salaries and expenses of secretary to the Governor-General in 1930-31; $7,450 for the maintenance of the–Governor- General's quarters in the citadel at Quebec, and $5,340 pay and allow- ances of one officer of the permanent force serving as Canadian aide-de- camp and one orderly. AMENDMENT RE RADIO LICENSES Designed to facilitate prosecution of persons operating radio receiving sets without a license an amendment to the Canada Evidence Act was passed by the House of Commons last week. Hitherto, in order to prove a person had no license the Government _had > to present depart- mental records in court. It was ex- pensive and practically impossible to have officers of the Government tra- velling over the country with record books to attend such trials. The amendment, sponsored by Hon. Hugh Guthrie, minister of jus- tice, provides that the fact that a per- son has no license may be proved by the affadvit of the officer in charge of the records. This will be only prima facie evidence, however, and will be capable of rebuttal by other evidence. In the past it has been possible to. prove an entry in a record by affi- davit. The amendment makes it pos- sible to prove the absence of an en try.. Mr. Guthrie explained the large number of persons owning radio ,sets and the number of charges made the change desirable. ,There was no op- position. TIM READS THE SEED CATALOGUE To the Editur av all thim Wingham paypers, Deer Sur: Shure,` 'tis the foine weather in- toirely we do be'havin, an the besht shpring I kin remimber fer gittin the gardens planted, but so much shtoop- in is purty harrud on an ould fellah loike me,silf, wid a wake back. Sometoimes, whin the missus goes into the house, I git a chance to shtraitin up fer a minute an resht mesilf, an wan afthernoon whin she had to go down town fer more sades, I got sittin down on the back dure shtep fer halPan hour, an tinkin av tings in gineral in this quare ould wurruld. I picked up a sade catalog an tought what a foine Tory pollytishun the fellah who wrote it, an drawed the pickters, wud hev made. Aven Hughie Guthrie arr Mishter Binnitt hmsilf cudden't hev tould better bed toime shtories fer foolin the publiek. New pertaties in six wakes, ashters that ye can't tell front chrismanthe- mums, blue roses, frosht proof banes, wurrum proof onions an radishes, an, shure the wimmin do be shwallyin thim ould chesnuts iviry shpring, an hev theer min out diggin in the gar- dens at sunroise iviry tnaenin 'av theer loives. Av coorse sinsible min don't be - lave what sade catalogs an pollytish- ians hev to say, but it is all in the game, so they purtind they do, an !tape an wurrnkin. Annyway, they hev sinse enough to know that whin ye sow the sales .ye don't ixpickt to pick the vegetables the nixt wake, Fer whin the land is run down, an. has been badly wurruked fer mine arr tin years, an allowed to grow up wid wades, Shure, it takes some Ohne a to git it in shape fer growin pertaties an cabbages, so it does. A,tt. 'tis the same wid, the counthry as wid a garden, an .Mishter 1linnitt is the bye to tell thirst Grits so. 'VS Dlaised t am-itttoirely that M'ishter ;tittnitt has 'got the weddin over, fer,r, faith, ihitn do be ixpinsive t:ittta i t liatrtii, . Whin �xlrrirrttls,.,! Katie an Nora, wus married, it took mosht aye the money we made aff-the farrttm, fer foive years, to pay the bills,an thin they wint out to Al- berta an deserted the Tory parthy an fined up wid thim U, F, O. fel- labs. This wus a harrud blow fer me, an 1 didn't tink Katie, av all pay- ple, wud hev done it, as she tuk ei- ther the Hay soide av the house, but Nora wus more loike her mother's payple en purty changeable. 'Tis a quare wurruld, as 1 tink loikely I hev tould ye befoor, an loife is full av mishteries, but mebby we kin git troo wid it some way, if we depind on our own judgntint, an don't belave all the sade catalogs, an pollytishians, an sale bills, an weather prophets tell us. Loife is a- good dale ]once takin a long roide in an automobile, fer ye hev to shpind a lot av money along the way fer gas, an ile, an repairs, an tings to ate an drink, an mebby ye hev punktures arr blow outs, arr upsets, arr collisions, arr ye shtroike hills an harrud shpots, arr git on the wrong road, an thin ye don't always know what kind av lodgins ye will foind whip ye raieh the ind av yer journey. The only pleasant part av the whole thrip is that mebby ye will run across some.' fellah in wurse thrubble than ye hev yersilf, an be able to lind him a hilpin hand. Yours till nixt wake, Timothy Hay. CONTRIBUTLONS ACKNOWLEDGED The Treasurer of the Muskoka Hospital for Consumptives desires gratefully to acknowledge the fol- lowing contributions received in Wingham by the Field Secretary of the National Sanitarium Association: Western Foundry $10.00, C. Lloyd & Son $5.00, J. A. MacLean $5.00, W. B. McCool $3.00, Dr. A. W. Irwin $2.50, Howson & Howson $2.00, J. Crawford $2.00, Walker Store• $2.00, Abner Cosens $2.00, H. E. Isard $2.00, J. A, Morton $2.00, T. H. Gib- son $2.00, A. Taylor $2.00, Rev. S. Davison $2.00, T. C. King $2.00, R. -A. Currie $1.00, Hanna & Co. $1.00, W. T. Booth $1.00 W. Webster $1.00, Dr. H'4wsott $1.00, 5,, Galbraith $].,00, W. H. Gurney $1,00, G, L. Brack- enbury $1,00, Miss A, McGregor $1.00, J, Geddes $1,00, J. A. Collins $1.00, G. G, Sparling $1:00, Miss L, Hammond $1.00, Miss Farquharson 1;00 Miss A, Mahood $1.00,. J. C, McNab $1.00, C. P. Smith $1.00, L, Cunningham $1.00, A, M. Crawford $1,00, Elmer Wilkinson $1,00, Dr. R, L. Stewart, Sundry Contribu- tions$ $5,00; total $71,50, SUGGEST NEW RULES FOR NORTHERN There has been so much criticism of the Northern Hockey League this spring that "Luke Goofus” of the Chesley Enterprise feels called upon to offer some 15 suggestions. As these are rather long, we pick out the following which may be apprec- iated by hockey fans in this part of the League territory:— Scrap 984% of the present crop of referees and erect an Unknown, Un- wept, Unhonoured and Unsung Mon- ument over them. Get a law passed by parliament making it a jail term for saying any- thing unfavourable about the N.H.L. during the 1931-32 season every sporting editor in this territory would have to do a stretch of time in the .hoosegow, Ignore" the C;A.H.A. "' completely and challenge direct for the Allan Cup. Keep the secretary's name a dark secret. Call him,.' Mr. X and arrange to have him use somebody else's phone, Then his friends, if any, won't know the hard hearted individ- ual who is continually refusing them favors and keeps bawling them out !for not getting their certificates in on time, etc. - Fire all the executive and let the provincial police look after the fight- ing. Change the residence rule to Jan, 1st of each year., The present rule works a hardship on teams importing the odd player. The new one would give the clubs a chance to look over their new talent and if he was a lem- on it would give them a chance to get in another bird to replace him, (1 think any motion along these lines should be 'sponsored by Campbell Grant of Walkerton). Abolish the rule requiring :each player to have a certificate as half the clubs don't use them anyhow. LOWER FREIGHT T'ASKED . RATES S KED The urgent need; of lower freight rates for farmers was stressed in the House of Commons yesterday by the Liberal members from South Huron and South Perth, Thomas McMillan and F. G. Anderson, respectively. Mr. McMillan pointed out that, un- der a special regulation, cattle may be shipped from any loading point in the Dominion, including points in the Prairie provinces, :to , any railway point in the Prairie Provinces. "Could these provisions not be ex- tended to farmers in Ontario, Que- bec and the other provinces?" the member from South Huron asked. The Minister of Agriculture did not reply immediately, but suggested that Mr. McMillan place his ques- tion on the order paper. This will mean that an answer will not be • forthcoming .for some time. Reading a resolution passed by a U. F. O. Club, F. G. Sanderson de- dlared' that there was a general de- mand among Ontario farmers for lower freight rates. When Hon, R. B. Bennett replied that such natters come under the jurisdiction .of the Board of Railway Commissioners, Mr. Sanderson urged the government to use- its. best endeavors with the railways to have the rates reduced. The South Perth members also. championed the right to A:gri.culture to be represented on the "board of the Canadian National Railways: The Prime Minister promised to give this matter his consideration WED FIFTY YEARS - COUPLE CELEBRATE Many 'cards of: congratirIations,. bouquets and gifts, among.` them .a purse •of gold; .from t1iei three sons, were showered .upon TV:' and Mrs Eercise:'i env 'n Samuel Le gatt of St.` Mari tre s kid of hard work' gg e S tet, that; would; give you a pain if you Collingwood,.: Qntaria forieterly of wej-paid'40 cents an hour.' Thursday, April 30th, 1931 Winghan , 00 the occasion of the 'fif- tieth anniversary of their n rria ge. Mr.; and Mrs. I.egatt were married on the sixth of April, 1,881, at Wing - ham by the Rev. H. McQu:arrie..They' have two daughters and three sons, Mrs. Samuel, Fee, Bindloss, Alta.;: Mrs. James McIntyre, Viewfield near Sask.;,JamesRevenue , and iia}tt and Lyle, at Collingwood, ' Mr. Leggatt who on June Gth.wilI celebrate his eighty-second birthday, was barn; in Perth County near Mil- verton. Mrs. Leggatt, before her mare riage was Miss Jean Currie, and' was born in July 1853. On Monday evening Mr. and Mrs, Leggatt were tendered a surprise dinner party by their family, The long dinner table was centred with the wedding cake, beautifully decor- ated with gold leaves and topped with a dainty bouquet of lily of the val- ley, yellow statice and fern, Large bowls of golden daffodils, tall gold- en candlesin silver holders and'daf- odil place cards completed the table' decorations. Golden petal shades on the lights and white wedding bells furtherr carried out the color scheme for the occasion. The daffodils were a gift of Mr. and Mrs. Leggett's daughter, 'Mrs. James • McIntyre. Later in the evening, Mr. James Leggatt with congratulatory words, presented a purse of gold to his mo- ther and father, on behalf of hini'self and his two brothers. Miss Irene Leggatt then presented. Mrs. Leggatt with a lovely bouquet of Ophelia roses, a gift from the eldest daughter, Mrs. • Samuel Fee. For many years, after leaving Winghane, Mr. Leggatt was engaged in the lumbering business near Rav- enna. About eleven years ago he re- tired and moved to his present home on St. Marie Street, where the geld - eh wedding was celebrated. The years have been kind to this fine old couple asd both are remark- ably active for their age. That they may be -spared to celebrate many more anniversaries is the sincere wish' of tleirinany friends. ■ ■ ■• ^ ■ • •■ ■ ■ • •■ • ■ ■ ■ w ■ • ■ • ■ ■ • ■ i • •■ ■ ■ • •■ • C • • • • ■, If the public could.only realize that we are always pleased to receive all the authentic news of the district, .perhaps they would assist us by furnishing it. We endeavor to keep our ears and eyes open, but we often miss interesting items, sim- ply because someone has neglected to tell us. • The Advance -Times is here to serve the public in the best manner' possible, and with the co-operation of our friends, we will be able to publish . a , paper , of which we need not be ashamed. If you have any item, of news, stop us on ,the street or:phone 34, and we will be only too, pleased to publish it. orrespondents There are several sections of the district that'' are not adequately covered by our correspondents, and if anyin these sections would be interested u f! , in selrit�trlg us a week!y budget, ,Arop us a line and we will call on you,oru e Wingiain ?Hi IIM Irlll ii��M$I111L 1rw �1MMNi NSO ;dr w,J'yl!avtdct