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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance Times, 1927-12-22, Page 3it E::ATH SEPARATES` TWINS, AGED ;8 Mrs. Richard, LeishmanIs Buried At Belgrave "c. 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. 2E111ffillt11Ili1119112111112111UlliE11111C1N1 111811168111111111 ill. 1st SSI • �� C. ,i., , have something iw,, tC. tell ,you. And if you will visit our - store between now and Christ 1^mas we have something to show SII 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. ' —o— RI Cream taken for the Co-oper j ative Company. DAVEY'S STORE W ROXTER. Mi ' Ul.tilulIImIIIMIIIsIlIuilhIllluIIIuIIINlllhlilwlt WROXETER A number, from heal: attended the sale of horses lteld°tn Gorric ora Sz:tt- urcla According to reports' good Y 1 � 1 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 I.: FRED DAVEY Village Clerk / Issuei of Marriage Licenses The law now requires the license be taken out tree days before the ceremony.. 1' 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. A 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. 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