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Headstrong Joan, a;comedy-drama
in three acts, was presented by the
Young People of Foi•dwich United
Church .in the church .ball: lastFri-
day evening, and even with the am-
ount of sickness in, the community,
and the bad condition of the roads,
the hall was crowded, The scene is
on the lawn of a prosperous :merch-
ant in a small village, . 50 miles,from
Boston, on a day in late Agust..
The players suited their different;
part exceptionally well, Mr, and
Mrs: Earl Johnston taking the parts
of the Jew and the Irish maid, kept
the crowd in laughter. The proceeds
amounted to about $70.
Mr. and Mrs. John Gateley spent
the week -end with friends in Tor-
onto. •
Mr, and Mrs.' Vernon Denny vis-
ited in Winghath Saturday,
Mr, John Sangster has leased his
blacksmith shop to Mr, Miller, +of
Harriston, who takes possession
this week.
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Mr. Wilfred Brown and Mr. John
Finlay paid a business trip to Brus-
sels,
Mr. and Miss Vittie spent the
week -end at Tory Corners.
Mr. and Mrs, Bert Harris visited
at Edward Newton's on Sunday.
Mr. Charles Finlay and Mr.. T.
Wright paid a flying visit to Mr.
John Finlay,
Mr. Richard Bennett spent Sun-
day at. Stewart Finlay's.
Mr. Cecil Day and Mr. William
Austin were Sunday visitors at. ISIr.
Aobert Brown's.
WROXETER
Miss Bertha Smith, of Lakelet,
spent Sunday at her home in town.
Misses Dorothy and Margaret
McTavish, of Toronto, are at pres-
ent visiting their mother on How-
- -ick St.
Miss Jean Sangster was confined
to her bed last week with the, flu.
Mrs. Tom Hemphill is able to be
out again after being laid up for the
past two weeks with bronchitis.
The Women's Institute will meet
at : the home of Miss M. Davidson,
on April 28th,
The village hall is receiving some
much needed repairs. ,
Mr. Denny, : section foreman has
leased Mr. John Douglas' house.
Mr. Randell, Continuation School
Inspector, paid an official visit to
the school .lash Thursday.
A four -act •comedy, by local tal-
ent, in aid of the Public Library,
will be put on in the Hall on . Fri-
day night, April 22nd.
The saw mill has been running
the past week doing custom, sawing
for the farmers,
The April meeting of the W,M,S.
of the United Churcla tkas held at
Nr 4,
Thursday, April 21st, 1932
CANADIAN LEGION MEMBERS 'VISIT VIMY
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Accompanied by many leading
members of the Canadian commun-
ity in Paris, a large detachment of
the Canadian Legion visited Vimy
Ridge and went over the old trench
where the Canadian troops fought
so gallantly durirrg the war. The
group shown in number (1) includ-
ed Mme. Pacq.uette, ' Mme, Dupre,
Mine. Bray, Colonel H. Barre and
Hon.° Maurice Dupre, Canadian sol-
icitor -general, The new - Fresh ship
Bleriot, shown in number (2) is
duel in the resPect that it has two
sear
para a passenger cabins. Accom-
modations are made fol• twelve pas-
senger! and a 'crew' of four. Num-
ber (3) shows a . model of one 'of
,the temples of Babylon which was
about 300 feet high, reconstructed
the home of Mrs. A. Wearring on
d
atten£lance; The president, Mrs. T.
Gibson, was in the chair. The' busi-
ness items included the appoint-
ment of Mrs, R. Stocks, Mrs, A,
Wearring, with .Mrs.' H:- Dane as al-
ternative„ as ' delegates to the Hur-
on Presbyterial on April ' 26th. Rol
Call was responded to• by 'items re
lating to Temperance. Temperanc
was the theme of the afternoon's
program. • Mrs. J. Stutt was in
charge of the devotional period,' and
the Scripture 'reading consisted of
temperance texts from various por-
tions of the Bible. A. very instruc-
tive Temperance Q.uestionaire was
conducted by Mrs. W. S. McKerch-
er and Mrs. • Wearring. Splendid
short, articles were read by various
members resulting in interesting
,�
dr, cu .
sst,ons led by Mrs, 1vleKerclter
on this all-important subject of
Temperance. Prayers were offered
by . Mesdames Gibson, .Stutt, Finlay,
Thursday afternoon, with a goo
from plans by the late Prof. ICel
dewy, in Berlin by Ernst Stegemann
+Iluttan and McKercher, and the
hytnns sung were "Work for the
night is coming," "Soldiers ', .of
Christ, Arise,". and "In Christ there
is no East nor West,"
GORRIE
1 The annual meeting of the Wo-
- . men's Institute was heldat the
e home of Mrs. Wm. Earngey Wed-
nesday, with the Pres., Mrs. L. F.
Ashton, presiding. The ,meeting op-
ened with singing "Auld Lang
Syne" followed by the Lord's pray-
er in unison. After several items of
important business had been dealth
with, Mrs. M. Abram read an article
on "Growing Goocl Sweet Peas."
The item also gave the care,, of Hol-
ly Ferns, as well as Easter Lily
Bulbs, and too, the necessity of 'us-
ing
moth
gballs when
lav '
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p the
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cucumber seed.. Election of officers
followed. Al] the `old officers were
re-elected with the exception of
2nd vice pros. They are as folios
]'r.es.,' Mi•s. L. F. Ashton, lst vi
Mrs. W. Earngey; 2nd vice, M
Herzog; Mrs. Kaine Who has be
secretary for the past ,13 years, t
again re-elected. Treasurer, Mt
Cooke; Pianist; Mrs. Cole; Pre
Sec.; Mrs .Abram; Di!, Rep., Mr
hera; Auditors,, Miss Potter, Mr
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Mrs. Rasmussen has returned to
her home at Wroxeter after spend-
ing some time with her daughter,
Mrs. William Austin, , here.
rs. ( ev.). Tones has returned
home from Toronto, where she has
spent the past few weeks.
The following letter was read to
the congregation of the United
Church here, from Rev, D. Rogers,
now 'of St. Thomas:
Some Reminiscenses
After a visit to Howick some 12
years ago,•'I wrote a few brief
sketches in which I reviewed the
people and events of a former per-
iod, as I knew there when stationed'
there in 1867-77. My memory turn-
tenslXverar
' never happier in my life." After 16
years 'service Mr. Hanson suffered
the loss of his voice and went to
England to reside. In 1918 he was
elected: Lord Mayor of London; and.
served most acceptably,
I readily recall the names and
faces of many who were adult mem-
1 hers ofs the church in my day — 56
years ago --scarcely any of whom
are now on these mundane shores,
In addition to those - named were:
George a and • Samuel Greer, Wm.
Dane, Henry Besareson, J. D.
Smith,. E. Pyke, Abram, Jackson,
Armour Magwood, Wesley' Johnston
Richard Ross, N. Hughes, J. R.
Code and many others. Four large-
ly attended classes were lead by R.
Leech, Geo. Greer, S P. Dorland
and Edward Lowry.
The Leech family was the largest
—ten .brothers, and ,,at one time or
another eight of them resided in
Gorrie, including George and Web-
ster W,, who entered the ministry
in '1861 and 1860 and died in 1918
and 1916 aged respectively, 84 and
77. Three sons of Robt. Leech are
still living (in Detroit), Robt John,
Edward W:; and Charles W., aged
respectively 87; 83 and 76.
I knew every'minister who trav-
elled the Howick and Gorrie Cir-
cuits from the year 1854 to 1932. I
have been pleased to note progress
recorded under the pastorate of
Bro. G. W. Butt, whose father, Rev.
1V, H. Butt, I knew many years ago
as a much. respected and devoted
minister of the London Conference,
and who finished his labors in 1912.
One. word more. I have often af-
firmed that the most prosperous and
enjoyable year of . my four year's
probation was spent • in ` Howick.
This partiality may be attributed by
some of the fact that the good. lady
Iwho has been my companion for
nearly 53 years was found on . that
circuit, well, if .I dare write it, a
better wife, a wiser manager, a more
fertile, tidy housewife and helper in
all church activities, I could not
ve found between the shore of the
tlantic, in ' the east where the sea
gins its morning song, to the
Iden coast in the wcr'st where. the
Iles go out under the evening ben-
iction. Apart from that however,
e large congregation classes,
aver meeting and revival services,
d the • uniform kindness of the
ople caused me to be attached to
them with a warmth of affection
that has never wavered. Blessed are
the memories of all the years. l
D. Rogers.
Thomas, April 15, 1932.
ed tuts morning.ha
„ to the.past and es -1A
pecially to Gorrie and the second be
here put .;down may antidote the
go
ed
memory
of most os•
t of
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who read
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ttthese lines.the The township was settled. about ,th
vs: the year 1854, Among the earliest pr
ce, Methodist families were the Leeches I
...,
rs. and Greers. Rev,'s John Armstrong i pe
en and Janes E, Dyer carne in 'from
•vas Grey Township to serve the scatter-
s. cd families;: with to,
ordinanc-
ss es. Then in 1856 Howick was made l
s, a "Mission" with John A. Dowler as 1St.
s. first pastor, In 1863. Rev. Edward 1
1- `Cragg followed. The country was t
c still new and the roads bad, and Mr.
e Cragg said "as regards :Material
a things, there was a scarcity of gold
e and silver, but an abundance of
wholesome food which was a great
nr'ercy, for of all the places in w:hichj mor
1I have lived I am sure that Howick Don
beats them all for creating a raven- I M
ous appetite."' Lon
"Would it interest anyone if to -1 Mi
day to know that there were 12 Got
Sabbath appointments and four in F
Is
\V. R. Mastic, A committee was a
so appointed to arrange the topi
cards. ''The meeting closed with th
II!National Anthem, after which
Anthem,dainty pinch was served by th
!hostess assisted by Mrs, L. F. Ash
Ilon and Mrs. Herzog.
Miss Verna Osborn. was a Sunday
guest of Miss Marjorie Baker.
Mrs. W, C. Ring and son, Earl,
spent the week -end with Mr, and
Mts. Ernest King,
The members of the "Pleasure
Club" were entertained on Tuesday
evening at the home of Mr, and
'Mrs. John Flutchison, where six ta-
bles of progressive euchre were en-
joyed. The honors were won by,
ladies, Mrs. 'Kenneth Hastie, Gents,
George S. King,` and consolation,
ladies, Mrs, James Musgrove, •eats,
Russel Grainger.
The regular, weekly, meeting of
the Young People's . League was
heli in the:schoolroom of the Unit-
ed Church oil Thursday: The, meet-
ing was opened by Dr. 'Ramage who
presided, with 'the pastoor•, Rev. G.
W. Butt leading in prayer.. rhe de-
votional 'period was also in charge
of Dr, Ramage who gave the topic
on "Socializing Country Life" which
proved, very intetgesting kis did Reeve'
J W. Gamble's tally ` on County
Council and the work connected
with it, also on "Citizenship," A.E-
ter singing another hymn the meet-
ing was closed with the. M'ircpaln
benediction.
Mn and Mrs. William Wright of
Litkelet; were Sunday gttests of
Service in the Presbyterian church
in Gorrie, next Sunday at the usual
hour 2.30 p,m.. The pastor, Rev. A.
i egget will speak 'on "The Eternal
Mr. and Mrs Jas. Douglas, Bel -
e, visited their daughter, Anne
glas, on Saturday.
iss Margaret 'Foster ,returned to
don last week,
Ss Martha Kaine returned to
Gorr after spending several weeks'
ordwrch,
week -night appointments, which;
were supplied by Mr. Cragg, his
colleagues and ten local preachers.'
Rev, Charles A, Hanson was his as-
sistant ,one year. He was only 18
years of age, but remarkably mat-
ured, 'handsome, and bad a fine
voice and rode a. little shaggy pony.
Tie received $80salary,board and
horse keep added, Mr. Cragg re-
ceivad $450,00 out of which he paid
$48 ]rouse rent. He added "it was a
very toilsome field and yet 'I was
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also a number of tables of Lost
Heir and other games, the prize' be-
ing won by. Miss E. Ross. While
lunch was being. served R. A. Ash-
totr and son, Leland, gave an instru-
mental duet, violin and. piano, after;
which Rey. R. S, Jones gave a short
address. . The evening closed with
the National Anthem,
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The Ironies which have been at-
tacked by the flue "recently are Mc- ,
Tntosh's, Fleet's and Horsbugh's.
• Mrs, Reuben Harding and daugh-
ter, Esther, visited on Friday with
Mrs. M. Strong.
Maryhelle Horsburgh viisted on
Saturday with her friend, Violet
Heipel,
Margaret Pritchard; spent a few
days last week wit hher sister, Mrs..
E. Dinsmore, who is sick with the
flu.
Miss Stella Hoey left Saturday
for her home in Brandon.
SALEM
Mr. Jack Gallaher who is working
for Mr. Richard Bennett, spent last
Sunday with his parents, Mr. and:
Mrs. A. E. Gallaher, •
Mr. and Mrs, Charles Cathers
spent last Sunday with the latter's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Eadie, Glen-
annan.
Mr. Jas. Harris had the misfor-
tune" to lose a' mare and colt one
day last week.
Mrs. Jake Willits has disposed of
rer farm stock and implements to
Mr, , Porter from near Glena.nnan.
He gets immediate possession.
Mr. Andrew Gemmell has leased
his farm to Mr. Nelson Underwood
for the coming summer for pasture.
We are glad .,to, report Mr. John
Gowdy to be on the mend after his
recent attack of sciatica.
A number in this locality have
been laid up with severe colds and
the flu,
Mr, Ken Bennett delivered a
horse to Brussels last Monday:
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"Are you a native of this place ,
the visitor to a sleepy little village
asked a boy.
"13,e 1 a what?" asked the boy.
"I want to know if you are of this
place?"
At that moment the boy's father
appeared at the open door of the.
cottage, and cried: "Ain't' you got
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"I want a revolver—for my hus-
band,"
"Did your .husband say what kind
of revolver?"
"No, but I don't think that mat-
ters. He don't even know I'm going
to shoot •him."
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""What is -the naive of, your car?"
"I call her 'Shasta' ."
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No; because she has to have gas,
she has to have oil, she has to have
air, she has to have something all
the time."—Digester.
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charge, also for the flower decora-
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