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E::ATH SEPARATES`
TWINS, AGED ;8
Mrs. Richard, LeishmanIs Buried
At Belgrave
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13elprat•e; Dec. 6— rile', death or
lvlrs. Richard Leishman, ^wlzcl occur-
red at the home of her'son-in-law, A.
Anderson, of Longwood, on Saturday,
separated twins which are believed to
have been the oldest in the province
if not in Canada. The funeral was; held
here to -day,
Mrs. Leishman and her twin brother
John •Nethery, of : Belgrave, celebrated
their 82nd birthday anniversary here
on October ; loth this year.
Mrs, Leishman . was ,born in Ireland
in the year :1841.3 and came to Canada
with her parents‘when she was but 6
years of age.. They crossed the At-
lantic on a sailing vessel and the trip
" occupied seven weeks.
Mrs. Leishman was married in 1869.
and raised a family of It children, 8
of whom Are still living. She has 31
grandchildren and .two great-grand-
children.
- Tlie funeral was held from the res-
idence of Mrs. Leishman's brother,
Mr. Nethery, here, to Trinity Angli-
can Church, where the service was
conducted by'Rev: W. B. Hawkins, of,
Blyth. An appropriate solo was sung
by Miss Nora Vancamp, :Interment
• was made in McCrae's Cemetery, the
pallbearers being six nephew off the
deceased, Abner, Cooper, Gilbert, Wil-
liam and Christopher Nethery, all of'
".19 igrave` and 5. J. Brooks -of Wing -
Besides her twin brother, Mrs.
Lcisman is survived by six daughters
and two sons, A[rs. A. Anderson of
Longwood, at whose home' she died;
Mrs. .1oltn Armstrong, of London;
Mrs. WM. Ovcrend, of Canfield; Mrs.
'Wm. Douglas1�o�f I',uciaiow; Alts. J.
VVhiternan, of VY hitewatcr, Ilan; Mrs.
A. iViaines, of, Saskatoon; Alexander
Leishman of Youngstown,. Alta.; and
Henry, of Dungannon. Her husband
died about 15 years ago.
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have something iw,, tC. tell
,you. And if you will visit our -
store between now and Christ
1^mas we have something to show
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you. For .weeks we have been .
WI getting together the nicest as- RI
- sortmcnt; of goods for the fig
/ Christmas Trade 'we,have ever
WI had. in this small space we cath •, �
- only mention a few of the dif-
• ferent lines we carry. The .goods
we carry are first quality and -=
- yon will find our prices are teas-
onable. I�
• tN GROCERIES We have Va Wg
Leticia Raisins, Real Sultana;
Raisins, Thompson Seedless and
Puffed Seed. Australian Cur- I1
• rants, Figs, Dates, Peels, Pre- E
fa served Ginger, .I?ineapplc and. A4
• cherries.
• CHINAWARE— Diiiti,er sets, -
• Luster finish. Tea Sets and Fan- �-
cy China of all kinds.
• MEN'S WEAR—Overcoats in E
• Tweeds, Melton and Chinchillas LA
- Underwear,` Shirts, Collars, Ties
IR Sox, Scarfs, Gloves or anything:
you want fur men,
BOOTS & SHOE$ — Rubber
• Boots Leather tops, Ovcrsio,,s,
Ladies' Goloshes, Gay -tees, jiffy
Fasteners Or Plain' Rubbers i
CANDY and CONFECTION r_
DRY—We will have a full line
MI of fruits, candy etc:, for your ap
Xmas entcrtainlTictit. Let us
E •furnish these.
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RI Cream taken for the Co-oper
j ative Company.
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WROXETER
A number, from heal: attended the
sale of horses lteld°tn Gorric ora Sz:tt-
urcla According to reports' good
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prices Were realized,
Miss Ail:ary Gibson of Toronto i'
at present visiting. her parents, Mr,
and Mrs. Jno: Gibson.
Miss Hazel Huffman of (Kitchener,
is spending a fcav drays at her home
A carload, of hogs and one of cat-
tle were sli1pod from here on
n -
day.
Allis Ella Brown is at present vis-
iting her niece; Airs„ Chester Higgins.
of Sa41em.'
Reeve tI-lenitcberg is spen'cl.ing the
Christmas holidays in London:
:the 'skating rink started the sea-
son Monday night with the boys,
playing hockey:
A„ reception was held on Thursday
night at the home of Mrs. W'tn Ball
for her son Earl and his bride, who
were recently married: • Many useful
presents were showeredthebride
and groom. An.epjoyable evening was
spent.
The Young o n
8 Pe 1op c of the United"
Church held a Christmas Tree: and
Entertainment in the basement of the
church on Monday night and on Tues-
day night the 'cliikdren of St Janes
Anglican Church were given a treat.
The children ha -d a ,nice' program of
songs and recitations. After lunch, the
gifts from .a well laden tree were dis-
tributed among the younger children.
WROXE'IER COUNCIL
MEETING.
The last regular meeting of the
Village Council for ,this year was held
oft Friday night. Me belts esent,
were N. White, It;,-Sfo cs, A. J /San
derson, Reeve I3enneberg in the, chair
The minuttes of the last regular ni.e.et-
ing were read and, .adop •••edon'motion
of Whit eas ndso
a4Y
The following accounts 'were pre-
sented.fox payment: Alex Higgins,
caretaking Town Hall to date $13.50;
Torn Nash, printing $14:75; H. Patter-
son, running E. L. Plant four weeks
and time on line $46.30; T. G. Hemp-
hill, Nov: power and rent ,$92.50; Li-
brary grant $iso; ;Balance of Clerk's
Salary and postage, etc., . Coun
$54.9o;
tylevy $893.85; Engineer's fees re Mc
Iviichael drain $38..751 John Hyndman
tile $4,43 Harvey McMichael, 'digging.
drain $t5o; Hydro . Electric , Power
Commission' for wire $29,18; John
Earner, glass and glazing at Town
Hall $2.50; , Pete ,Milligan, dragging
road $r.00;,To retire note and interest
A. Wright $5.3o,; Interest on note M.
White $30.00;' John Smith ,,digging
well at cemetery $8.8o
As there was no further business
before the council an adjouenment
was 'dalled.
HORRIBLE TO THINK OF 'Ir.C!
QUEBEC, Dec. 17.L --Two tires, with
appalling loss, have ravaged Qutibec•
within the short space of 48 Hours.
On Wednesday night, at ro.45 at the
Hospice St.., Charles, a fire ' began,
which resulted, in the dostruetion -.of
b rr.
one Wing of'the buildin,iicl the loss
of at least 36 lives. ,
'Last night, at 9.45, a titre began at
the St, Jean Berchmanfs Schoolr.on.
St. Antable Street, resultltng ina loss of
property estimated at;g between half
and three-clttarters of rfimilliondollars,
No lives are as yet rrrportecl lost as n
-result of last night's,' fire, but niatiy
are in hospitals, suffering* minor in-
juries, ' i •
t.
Both' inst1ttttionsl were under the
control of the Sisters of the Good
Shepherd, •'t
• /,
While the St J4art Berchanan's Area
was raging, a 6o-inile-an-hour north-
caster1y gate swe,$t the city, this nalc-
hag the task of tpe tire -fighters a haz
ardous one,.;
For the firstItime within ,tlteinory,
military weretri called out to handle
the large CT0i,td which had gathered.
In .the first fire the little girls had.
just retired to their dormitories for
rite night, tiytcn a nun gave- the; alarm
of ;fine. Reeports of the a fire shows a
devotion 1/o duty and heroism on the
part of ;,1lte Sisters; some'`of whom
lost thein lives in at effort to save
Some yrhtmi,or children in the upper
stories.,/Their lives were secondary to
those .`;of the; orphaned charges for
whoi,n Yt high scnsc of duty they :felt
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FRED DAVEY
Village Clerk
/ Issuei of Marriage Licenses
The law now requires the license
be taken out tree days before the
ceremony..
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responsible ;,and it is but in keeping
da'ith them sacrifice and devotion to
their life's work that they should
intake the ;;'rear .sacrifice, that one; of
their little onceInaY , be saved. Such
is the seutimenf of the lowly Nazarin
whose life offers an object lesson for
them
to fulfil, But the greatest tra-
gedy of all is he -' rs iii to
b st l tt.1 rr that the.
two firos were of,inoenclia ry; nature.
.1(1 .the first fire 'two men were seen
hurrying away from, the plce shortly,
before the flames broke ole-. out. - In these
cases ses -sus 5i •'
io
n S intensified
J 4• t because
of the circle of fires in Rbrnan'Catho
lie churches a few years ago, which
are now known to have been of an
incen'di'uy nature, by the .confession.
of a man in the States, and who is
doing .time for similar crimes therie,
FORMER BRUSSELS POST,
MASTER
BRUSSELS,
RUSSELS :Dec 1 .-
f'; JO!1n Grant,
a former • postmaster of Brussels in
the early days, died at his home in
Winnipeg early Saturday morning.
Deceased left Brussels about 35 years
ago andhad been connected with var-
ious financial intenestsin the West,
where he ,was' widely known: He was
also interested in, the oil business in
the Southern States, where he had
been in the habit of spending the win-
ters for quite a number of years. Al-
though 86 years of age, he had always
been unusually active until his last
illness of a. couple of months. He is
survived by three daughters and one
son, Mrs. W; H. Kerr, Brussels; Post-
master, A. M. Kay,; Stratford and Mis-
ses Agnes Kay and Jessie Grant, at
home. Mrs: Grant died about eight
years ago. Interment takes place in
Winnipeg on Tuesday.
BELMORE
The Union Church Sabbath School
entertainment will be held in the Coin
inanity Hall on Friday evening. A
good programme is being prepared.
Miss Mae Johann was the first to
fall a victim of Scarlet Fever. Our
other sick is little John Lane, with
Pneumonia. .
Mr. James Dewar will spend the
winter months with Miss Ellen" and
James Fleming,
Miss Smeltzer from, the west is vise
iting her uncles, John and Arthur•'
ThtitsdayDceeinber 22nd, r924
m,„AA �.
Fetch and families.
The call of fire was promptly re,
spondod to one evening, wlicm Mr.,
Elden Reneck's house was supposed
to he 'o11 ;sire. However, it was just a
tree ,and none of our brave lads ven-
tured up.
A
pleasant
afternoon was spent
W edtaesday when 58 members of the
Women's Institute met at the Maine
of Mrs. Newans. The meeting opened
by singing the opening ode. A paper
on "What Christmas means to me":
was read
a c by Mrs. Mulvey. 1Vlttsic was'
furnished by 1VI,s. Herd. Roll call (in-
expensive Christmas gifts),
Why,do those club women let Tim-
othy eat Cat'ned J3afe and Cabbage,
"when the U.F.O. can let thein have.
chicken for 13e .a lb,
Mrs, Cecil McNeil and babes of.,
Bluevale visited Sunday at McNci1's
and Auto McKenzie of Ripley with
Ms boy friends.
Among those who attended the.
Winter 1 " Fair at Guelph were Adam
and James 'Darling, Leslie Harkness
1 James' Dickson and James Austin.
GLENNANAN
AMerry Ctri
sfma
s and A Happy
New Year to the Advance -Times and
all its readers.
Mr: and Mrs. Wm; Marshall spent
a day recently I at the home of Iv. r Ed-
gar's, south of Wroxeter.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Wallace and
familyspent -Sunda at the_ home of
y
Mr, and Mrs. Reuben Appleby:.
Mr. and; Mrs. Chas. Cathers and
children spent Sunday at the home
of the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Colin Eadie.
Miss Irene Mundell spent Friday.
with her friend Miss Olive Stokes,
Wingham Junction,
Mrs. James Austin and daughter,
Mary, spent Saturday at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Stokes.
Quite a number from here atended.
the Xmas Tree at the Wingham Junc-
tion, Friday evening.
ELMA TP. SCHOOL WINS
CUP FOR THIRD TIME
Listowel, Dec, i4:— The valuable
silver cup donated by, the Canadian
Horticultural Council for the school
section making the greatest improve
anent to its grounds for 1927, in this
district has been won ;by S. S. No.,
Enna TOW nship, for the: third time,
and now becomes its pci-ru nurtt POS'
session.
The school grounds of this section
are one of the beauty spots- of the:.
neighborhood. There is an abundance
of shrubs, flowers and trees, wliicch-
give a most 'decorative effect to the
fine new building, The whole section
is greatly interested isthe movement
for beautification. The schocil has its
own f � C( �lov ' Show and the section a
branch of the Listowel Horticultural
Society, tvhiclt Is also greatly inter-
ested in the work being done„
OFF AGAIN! .ON AGAIN!
Mr. .Butcher has backed away front
the deal he made with the council last
week, to run the rink. To him,' the
bite seemed bigger than he could
chew,so he passed it up, The coun-
cil is seized of the fact that the pub-
lic want it in operation, and they
would have to do something, They
kept digging for someone with a
little initiative, and interested Air..
D, B. Perkin: At a meeting on
Monday night atentativearrange-
ment
arr nger
-
nent was made whereby Mr. Perkins
will run it for, three years free of
rent. At the end of that time, he will
be given a deed -of the property if he
continues to operate it as a rink, Mr,
Perkins will commence at once to re-
pair temporarily, for the . present
winter's use,-Wiarton Echo.
REPORT OF HOG SHIPMENTS
Week Ending Dec. zsth, 1927
Wingham—Nil,
Wroxeter—Total hogs 82, select ba-
con 27, thick smooth 49, heavies 3,
shop hogs 3.
Blaevale-Total hogs 97, select ba-
con 26, thick smooth g3, heavies 3,
11shop hogs 14.
t Belgrave-Total hogs 72, select ba-
con 24, thick smooth 41, heavies 3,
shop hogs 3.
Whitechurch—Nil.
Huron County— Total hogs 1999,
select bacon 59o, thick smooth 1183,
j heavies go, extra heavies 3, shop hogs
102, lights and feeders 54.
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SOUTH BRUCE PLOWMEN'
ASSOCIATION
The ;amnia] meeting of the Soutl
3ructt. branch :of the Ontario 1?lo
men's � Association 101.1 111 the tOl 1
hall, Tcef:water lar,t Saturday after.
noon, representatives were present
from Colro,s,'Kinloss, Greenock and
Brant townships.
The report of the treasurer showed
that there had been paid in cash for
n.°:' at the
0
roti .
1927 match, _..o
p
,00
and goods to the value of $80.00, and
there was a substantial balance, in the
to ;hold a biennial itst:ad csi 011 a1i=r'
nttarl assembly: 3.'Ite,rernit dealing with,'
gue;',tiorrs to be put to n;intisters at
dui•t')i wa • d
it t approve .
t
The 'Midget. report was prem. -need by
Rov.'R. C, biel)ermid`and, wa>, on the
chole, tiatisfG1(1013r yVhih: �,o 11. Ion-
11•41, tic Iiavci riot <luitc acla cl ..
their` allocsttiun, tile' ptosp%:tis i 10
that the presbytery, a;; a whole, would
e not be inuclt short of the tirnc,unt al-
1ot,:nd tc1 it. The ;111 <t int.>ctirig will he
held in Clinton on the Jost Tuesda34
DFebruary,
f
'treasury,
Mr; A.. B. MU' ague delegate to ,the
Ontario Plownicri's Association, gave
his report on the convention.
iThere wase considerable discussion
where to vhe e the plowing match -Quid;
be held in .1928, the representatives
from Brant putting up a strong bid
for the event to be held there next
year. No decision was arrived at,
it being left over for a later meeting:
A resolution was adopted ' thanking
the village of Teeswater for their as-
sistance and' co-operation in making
the 1927 plowing snatch such a suc-
cess and this resolution received, the
hearty approval and adoption by the
meeting:
The officers and directors were all
re-elected for another year, as fol-
lows; Hon. Pres., W. K. Riddell.; Pres
W. H.Arkell; 1st Vice, D. McDonald.
and Vice, J. Purvis; Sec. Treas.,, A.
B. McKague; Directors, J . Reid, J. 7JR.
L. Tolton, J. Carter, Wm. Ellis, F. G.
Moffat, Wm. Watson, Wm. McKay,
Colvin, Thos. Jasper, N. Schmidt, J.
G. Alexander, H,Murray; G. Melvin,
A. Thacker, Mr, K. McKenzie appoint
ed as auditor---Teeswater News...
11 WILLIAM McDONALD
An old and loinY p] res ec:ted citizen
;of the community passed away sud-
denly last. Wednesday morning, Dec
-
I ember 7th, in theP erson of Mr. Wil-
liam McDonald, in' his eightiethY ear.
't There had been a Iight fall of snow
and he had gone out to shovel off the
sidewalk and hadg one back into the
house, taken off his shoes;, walk.;:d
over to another chair and -dropped
1010 it lifeless. He had been itt his
'usual health and had been feeling
fine, so his sudden passing; even:
though he had exceeded the alloted
span of life, came as a shock to the
family.
1 Mr. McDonald was anav tiof
e
Scotland, having been born in.Argyl
eshire in 1848, He .came to Can-
ada in 1872 and six years later was
united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth
Thom,' at Forest Ont. About this
tune he purchased a farm on the 6th'
con, west, Culross, where now ' lives
his son Thomas. Here he lived un-
til fourteen years ago when he re-
tired tr, Teeswater. In politics he was
a Liberal, and a Presbyterian in re-
ligion. Mrs. McDonald predeceased
him. in April this year. He leaves to
mourn his loss, four John,
sons, ; of
Dinsmore, Sask.; Pringle, of Stew-
art, B.C.; Thomas on the homestead;
Robert at home and two daughters
Mrs. (Dr.) Legon, of Detroit, and
Mrs: McKenzie of Teeswater.
The pallbearers were Messrs. Alex:
McGregor, Wm. Ritchie, S. D. A. Sto
bo, A. W. Little, 5: M. Clark and 5.
J. Reid.—Teeswater News.
BIENNIAL, MEETINGS
OF ASSEMBLY OPPOSED
CLINTON, The'Presby-
tery
resb
�Dec. .—
3Y
teryof Huron met in the Presbyterian
church, Clinton, yesterday; Rev. R. C.
McDermid of Goderich,'. presiding.
There was a full attendance of mm-.
ist,ers and elders. The business was
mainly of a routine nature, but sev-
eral items of general interest were
taken up. The remits from the gener-
al assembly were presented by Rev.
i A, MacFarlane and the presbytery un- A.1r. A. Baird of Flint,
animously disapproved the proposal home on his semi-annual
Mich., is'
visit.
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