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'THE GRIM REAPER'S
RICH HARVEST
.JOHN QUIRK: DIES. IN HIS
95Th YEAR
.Began 'Career As .Baggageman On
Old Caledonia Railway
John Quirk, one .' of the oldest (if
riot the oldest) railwaymen in Ontario,
died at his 'home . here on Sunday,
aged 94r He started to work on Ont,
railways in • 1867 and worked in many
parts of the province until T9o5,,when,
as conductor of the London, Huron.
and Bruce, he retired from the ser-
vice.
The deceased was born on the Isle
of Man and came to Canada when 13
years of ages.' He started hisrailway
career as a baggageman with the old
Caledonia Railway,- which ran from
Fort Erie to Hamilton, in .x867, Pro-
motions carne fastin those days and
three months later he was "conductor
on the same line: The motive power
was a gray horse and thd rails were
The Late John Quirk
of wood. This line is now part ,of the
Michigan. Central systems
i
Mr. Quirk later became connected
-tvith,,the Wellington, Gray&Bruce
Railway and was conductor' on each
section as it continued 'its extension
northward. The line reached Elora and
Fergus in 187o and the following year
had rcached Palmerston„Two years
later rails were laid into Southarepton,
Had \'l:r, Quirlc lived until :June 24
this year he would have celebrated his
95th birthday, He was prominent for
many years in' Masonic ''circles and
was a Past Atiatster of Kincardine Lod-
ge. He is survived by three sons and
one ;laughter, Charles, of Buffalo;
Frank, of. Hamilton; and John and
Enema of Wingham His wife pre-
deceased hint by 12' years,
The funeral took place on Wednes-
.akay, at 3 o'clock, under Masonic aus-
pices to Wingham Cemetery,
Sarah Jan Hutchinson
Very suddenly carne the call of
.death to Sarah Jane Hutchison at the
home; of her nephew, Samuel Sher-
wood; of the 6th concession of Ash-
field on Thursday morning. She had
retired: the night before about Io p,m,
'apparently as well as usual, and the
following morning, as she did not
get up at the usual time, members of
the family, upon going to her room,
found that she had passed away dur-
ing the night as a result of heart
failure,
Born 77 years ago at Ste Marys,
she was the 1ast,of a family of seven
children,_ being a sister .of the late:
Mrs, Patsy Sherwood. She hacl made
her home at Tiverton until about.
three months ago, when she came to
reside with her nephew', Samuel Sher-
wood.
The funeral was held on Saturday,
February x1, at 'x p. in.,' from her,
nephew's home in Ashfield; the ter -
'vice being conducted by Rev. J. A,
Walker of Dunganlnon United Church
Interment was made in Lochalsh ce-
metery. Tlie pallbearers were: Sanm-
uel. Sherwood, Samuel Hutchison, J.
McKenzie, Wilfred Drennan, Herbert
Curran and Mr, Husk,
T. Pelts and P. Black, shipped a car
of cattle to Toronto on Saturday, .,.
Anna, the two-year-old daughter of
William and Mrs. Styles of Brussels,
met with a painful accident which
might have had serious results.
'ht easiiY r
While a pair of taffy was boiling on
the stove the child reached up and.
got both hands into the boiling fluid,
upsetting the contents, which just
missed her face Find ran down the
,front of her clothing, 130th hands
were badly burned and very ,painful.
'WINGHAM, ONT., THURSDAY FEBRUARY 16th, 1928
SENIOR HOCKEY TEAM SECURES FOUR FEDERAL RUBBER CO.
GOAL LEAD IN SEMI-FINAL PLAYOFFS MAY LEAVE TOWN
On Friday evening the senior hock-
ey journeyed to Harriston;for the first
of the semi-final games for the cham-
pionship of the Northern Hockey
League, The locals went without
much noise, but a little confidence
that they'could put, the bonus -town
pucicsters safely away, and the'result
showed they guessed right. The first
period was a hot proposition, when
the . Harriston boys boys held Wing -
ham scoreless and secured their only
counter of the -night. In - the second
period our boys scored three times,:
and in the' third period twice. With
a four goal` lead they have'fairly good
prospects of winning the round, the
return game being called for last
night (Wednesday),
On Wednesday evening of last week
the juniors treated. the Kincardine to
a 6-o coat of kaisomine, cinching their
position in a: tie for Lucknow for first
place.
Monday night. the Lucknow Sepoys,
backed with a large following carne
to; Wingham, and gave our juniors a
right smart battle -perhaps as fast
and exciting' a game as has' been seen
in the local' arena, No - counters were
tallied in the first period, and shortly
after the second period started, Web-
ster took a high fast shot from the
ant right boards that sailed over the
Wingham goalie's shoulder and into
the net. In a few minutes Harry
Browne drove a sizzling one low
down that Andrews missed, tieing the\
score. Again he tried saccessfully,
putting the, locals one up, and joy
reigned supreine. Webster took Hen-
derson's pass at the left,fooled the
defence, and tied the score. In a min-
ute or two Thompson drove one in,
and' in a highshot the puck glanced
off Coyler's pads and bounced into
the nets. In the last period both
teams showed the effects of the ter-
rible pace, and at times slowed up.
Lucknow got another goal by a neat
piece of combination work, and Bar-
ney Browne took
arneyBrownetook revengefor a bump
by zig-zagging; cork-screwing;tltrough
the; whole Lucknow outfit, and slip-
ping one in.
Now a two goal lead is not a lead -
pipe cinch, but 'a - comfortable situa-
tion for the locals, when they battle
the return gani.e in Lucknow on Fri-
day night A good crowd of sup-
porters will, likely accompany the
boys.
THE BLUEVALE CREAMERY
Will be open to buy. Cream on Sat-
urday, Feb. 18th, Hoping alt my old
patrons will again patronize me and
many new ones.
A, H: Coombs, Prop,
THE GIRLS ARE EAGER
To be at the Arena on Thursday
and Saturday nights, for the Leap
Year slating parties. Theirs will be
the privilege to show their favors to
the boys, let them decorate the seats,
or skate by themselves. There should
good3 ger attendance of the •oun g
be a.
set' at this affair; in which, also the
older ones may have considerable
pleasure, Season tickets gii,od. Reg-
ular prices.
RIPLEY AND KINCARDINE
PLAY IN WINGHAM
Ripley and Kincardinehockey teams
having tied for 'intermediate group
honours, will play a sudden: death
game in Wingham Arena on Friday
evening, 17th inst., commencing at
8.30.: A special train is bringing both
towns down, so watch out for a pack-
ed house, and a noisy nigt. Admis-
sion 35c and 15c.
FATALLY` HURT IN FALL
Lucknow Lad Skated Into Fence
Which Threw Him Heavily
One of'the saddest deaths to occur
in' Laclnow for some time was that
on' Tuesday of Allan Murdock, x4
Year=old son of Mrs: Murdock, and
the late J. G. Murdock He had been
skating on theriver on Monday with
a number of .boys and . girls of ,his
own age. In the dint light het failed
to see a fence wit•e:which 'crosses the
river and this caught huh over the
eye, throwing hint ibackwerd so that
his head hitthe'ace with -considerable'
force,
He was rendered e unconscious for a
short time, but resented the sport,
and later went hone, feeling little
the worse of the mishap.
In the morning he did not feel
well and retrained home from. school.
About noon he complained of feeling
sick and :ti doctor and muse were
summoned: By this time he was
sinking rapidly ,and in a short time
passed away.
The 'exact cause of his death is not
known, but the likelihood is that "a
small blood vessel had been broken
and a clot of blood had formed on the
Rumors that have been current for
some weeks received a degree of con-
firmation on Monday; that the Fed-
eral Rubber Company;, may leave.
town and locate in Stratford, It has.
been an open secret that Mr. F. W,
Willis, Secretary and Manager, has
been flirting with several outside
points with the object of moving frog.
Wingham, and Monday's Stratford
Beacon -Herald gives the rumor con-
firmation. r'i'is proposed to have
this firm take over the Gertach-Bark
low plant, the move being conditional
on sufficient capital beinf raised; Ac-
cording to those in close touch with
the situation about $i2,00o has already,
been subscribed in preferred stock in
the Wingham concern, but approxi-
mately $25,000, is required before the
company will locate in. Stratford.
)(Theecotnpany, which the Board of
Trade and Industrial committee of
the council has been negotiating with
for several weeks past, has re -organ-
ized with Dr. A. J. Irwin, Wingham,
as president;, H. E, Isard, Wingham;
vice-president, and the following di-
rectors: F. W, Willis, gieneral mana-
ger, Wingham; Tom Brown and G. I.
Graff, of Stratford.
About a year and a half ago Mr. F.
W. Willis, came to Wiitgliam from
Toronto, seeking larger quarters to
provide for expansion' in his rubber
goods.' specialties, and succeeded in in-
teresting some _ local capital. The.
Company secured the Dore property;
installed necessary machinery, and be-
gan operations, these goods meeting
with ready sale, . But' their path has
not been one of roses,for insufficient.
working capital left them ;badly handi-
capped, and there were times when
the outlook was black, f
From the activity of Mr. Willis it
is presumed the business here will:
close if the Stratford proposition
meets with the anticipated acceptance
of :moneyed -men, a move{ that will be.
regretted, as every industry, large or.
u a h e,
small contributes its.o, tot e wet,
,q w:.
fare of the municipality,
GRAND MASQUERADE
CARNIVAL AT ARENA
A Grand Masquerade Carnival. will
be held in Wingham Arena on Tues_
day; February 21, at 7.3e p.m. Among
the attractions will be: ;
1, Old Timers' Hockey Match, •
aa: Pyramid Buil
din
g . and
B
lin
d-
1od liorit by High School Boys.
3, Races—
THE $'RYA, $z BLACKHALL LTD. BY-LAW
DESERVES SUPPORT OF RATEPAYERS
Wingliain property owners and cer-
tain tenants will have an opportunity
on March 5th to decare whether or
not they approve of granting a loan
of $15,000 to Fry& Blackhall Limited,
repayable in fifteen annual instal-
ments with interest at threeper cent.
The By-laws pertaining to this appear
on page four and give full particulars.
Fry & Blackhall Limited is a young
firm, composed wholly of local young
men, who some seven years ago in-
vested theta -111 in a business in which
they were practically engaged, and of
which they are wholly conversant.
From a small beginning they have
progressed, and have now reached a
stage that the future compels them
to secure larger quarters and addit-
ional working, capital. Last year's
business showed a very handsome in-
crease over the preceding year's out-
put, and this has been the gradual
development of the company. They
now employ 42 hands, more than a
third more than they did a year pre-
vious; andthe wage bill is something
like $36,468 a year.
Present conditions and future pros-
pects demand, larger 'premises, where
work can be done with greater econ-
omy. So an option was secured on
the Union factory at $xo;000, good to
June 1st. This property with the ma-
chinery contained has been conserva-
tively valued at $42,000; and is allgiv-
en the town as security for the loan,
so that the town is amply protected
for the loan, The .officials of the
company frankly state the money is
needed for expansion that they may
take care of the business coming to
them, and which should increase as
their goods become .better known, It
is no secret to state that other towns
have made them more enticing offers
to move, but they have their interests
in their home town, and feel : confi-
dent the people will support their re-
quest. Neither can it be denied that
the removal of this firm would be a
real hardship to the corporation. The
loss of the families interested would
be a real serious affair.
Now what is it going to cost the
town to grant the request, For the
first year it means an expenditure of
$3o.0o. Then as the payments are
made and this amount invested, these
eventually will bring in a revenue.
Fry & Blackhall are assuring the cost
of submitting the By-law, as it is a
special appeal.
It means a lot to get the Union
Factory in operation; for each addi
tional manufacturing concern is an
incentive for other concerns tocome
and :locate.
WINGHAM HIGH SCHOOL
COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES
XThe open literary meeting of the
Wingham High School was held in
the town hall on Wednesday evening.
T. C. King acted as chairman and the
high school orchestra furnished the
music. The first number on the pro-
gram was a piano solo, by Miss Nora
Beattie, The valedictory address was
given by Miss Jean Stewart of Luck-
now, who has% spent one year in the
Wingham High Schools after leaving,
the continuation school at Lucknow,
,
and who has . been successful ire ob-
taining the Carter Scholarship, Then
followed a. piano solo by Miss Kate
King, after which the oratorical con-
test., was held. The speakers were:
Miss Margaret. Stoltz, Morris Chris-
ti; Grant , MacKenzie and. Mary
O'Neil. `\ Tfi p dgese-of_... the contest
were: R. Vanstonc, 5. A. MacLean
and Dr,' A. J. Irwin. The decision
they arrived at was, first, Morris
Christie, second, Mary O'Neil, third,
Margaret. Stoltz, fourth, Grant Mac -
given by Yvonne McPherson an cov-
ered a goodly number of the school
students and teachers./This took up
considerable time and was very amus-
ing. The audience was then favored
with a .solo by Edwin Phipps, who
took the audience by storm, and was
forced to come back a second time.
Then followed the main event of the.
evening, the distribution of the diplo-
mas, field
iplo-mas,field day prizes, and prizes do-
nated ‘by a few of the citizens of
Wingham, and the special prizes. Dr. I
R, L. Stewart presented the diplomas'
and F. R. Howson the field day priz_
es. The , S trathcona medal , given an-
nually for the best cadet, was award-
ed to W. Tiffin, Cash prizes were
given jean Stewart, fifth form, don-
ated
onated by Dr. A. j. Irwin; Nettie Ho-
muth, highest standing. in Middle
School, donated by C. P. Smith; War -
ram Bamford, fourth form, donated
by D`s. I. Kennedy; third form, Jean
Scobie, by Abner osens; second form;
Kate King, by. the. Women's Insti-
tute; first form, Mary King, by Mrs..
A. 5. Irwin. G. L. Brackenbury, prin-
cipal, thanized the audience for their
4 Kenzie.')(1he• prophet's address was' attendance,,
brain. • Boys, io • and under, times around
ST. ANDREW'S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
SHOWS INCREASE IN MEMBERSHIP
St. Andrew's Presbyterian
•
In the abscence of Dr,,Porrie, Mr.
A. L. Posliff presided at the aruntal
h
sheeting of St. Andrew's Church tIrch on
Tuesday evening, of last week, at
which .a very satisfactory number of
members were present. After devo-
tional services, Mn T. C. King read
the minutes of last atluttal ,ec:eting,;
which 'were approved, and then foil -
lowed the adoption of the various re-
ports as printed. The Session report-
ed an addition of '25 during the year,
the membership now standing at 394,;
The Sabbath School has 175 pupils
enrolled, with a good attendance, and
deep ainterest nxailifcst. The Ladies'
Aid were enabled to contribute .$x,174w
,55 to the managing board and suet
carry forward $529.48. !:'articular en-
cotiragemcntand satisfaction ;,came
from the W. M. S. who have lo.ineni-
bers, raised $660.07, and forwarded
$52o:00 to the• Presbyterial Treasurer,
Mission Bands ea( Westminster Guild
Church, Wingham.
TalitelsaartarstalleenteemaialaaalailarSa
also presented satisfactory reports.
Congregational .mission givillgs were
$1413.8o of which $13oo, the full ,
illo-
cation, wasscut to the Administration
Board, Congi•egatioital giviegs
F otuned to $4765,8x.
Exceptional expenses in councction
'With building improvements to man-
se and churclr, independent of the de-
coratitig of the latter building., re+
suited itt a deficit of $600. The 'ex-
pense of the decorating has been pro-
vided for, and steps taken to wipe out
'the small deficit, ”
A remarkable spirit of optimism and
thankfulness i,rcvadcs the congrep•a-
11011, which looks on the fttttrr: with
hopefulness and increased opportun-
ities for serviec;'edit thankfulness for
least achievements.
Messrs. T. C. King, A, .L Posliff,
J: Hanna, Athos Tipling, 1t:: Jenkins
and Wcu Haney were elected to
the Board of Managers.
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rink.
Boys, 15 and under, b times around
rink,
\hen's Open, '12 times around rink.
Girls, 10 and under, twice around,
i.
rink.
Girls, 15 and under, 6 dotes arottrid'.
rink.
Ladies Open, to tithes around rink.
4. Costume Parade, Fine Prizes--
Best
rizes—Best Lady's, Best Alan's, Best Girl's,
Best Boy's, Best Comic.
5. Skating after parade until is
o'clock..•
1'rixes will be on display' in window
of W. J. Greer's store.
Admission i5c and 25e. Wingham
Band in attendance .
'1he'Gattadi. Cycle and Motor Com-
pany Limited have donated the fol
hewing prizes:
Pair of C. C. M. Extra lube Skate,
for boys race, 15 years and under, va-
lue $5.00.
!'air of C. C M. Speeder 'Tube
Skates, nicklc plated finish, for Men's
open race, value $o.00.
Pair of C. C. \:I. Cyco, nickle plated
Tube Skates, for. Girls race, r5 year
and under, value $3.50.
Pair of C. C. M, C,:yci, nickle plated
Tube Skates for Ladies and Girls .15
years and over, value $3.50.
Suitable prizes for other events,
Mrs ohn Mc C "o o 1 and bit, :Becks
1 J u
with spent the week -end In Goderich.
., and Turnb rr
Minutes of 1Viorris a e y
township councils are held over till
'next week.
Mr, H. B. Elliott was in ili•antford
and London a few days hist week.
Mrs, George Edgar of i:lle 21Id con:
of Morris, saw two' deer pass her
home on Saturday. They passed ac-
ross a couple of fields, disappearing
in the swamp.
The Ladies'.Aid of the United
x ted
("httrclt are holding a Leap Year Birth
Further
they Party, February ,. a 8tli, i'urtlter
particular later•,
Subscriptions $a.00 per year.
Two EVENINGS OF
SPECIAL SERVICES
Two nights of special service will
be held in the Wingliarn Baptist
Church on Thursday and Friday of
next week, the 23rd. and 24th. Every-
body plan to come and bring some
one with you,
Rev. Andrew Imrie of Kitchener,
will be the speaker for both services.
Those who have heard trim speak be-
fore will
efore-will be glad to hear hien. again'
Those who have not heard him wit_'
Rev, Andrew Imrie
not go away disappointed. Mr. Ita-
lie
mrie is a man of fluent speech, one
who holds the attention of his aud-
ience, a man filled with the Spirit
with a real stirring message from the
word of God.
Services begin at 8 o'clock with a
bright song service. A hearty invi.
tation to everybody to attend these
meetings.
Rev. Wyburn E, Smith, Pastor, tel-
ephone 318w.
SOCIAL EVENING
You are cordially invited to attend
a social eveningde
runder the auspices
of the Altar Society in the R. C, Par-
! ish
ar`ish Hall, on Feb. loth, 5928. Cards
8.30 sharp, Steeper's Orchestra will
set the pace with their rippling mirth
and joyous melodies.
LOGS! LOGS! LOGS!
The highest cash prices paid. for all.
kinds of soft and hardwood log; de-
livered at our mill. MacLean Lum-
ber and Coal Company.
STONE SCHOOL' RE -UNION
WINGHAM UNITED CHURCH I-IOL�r S f At a meeting of the ratepayers of
I S, S, No. 7, Morris, better known as
ANNUAL CONGREGATIONAL, MEETING the Stone School, held on Tuesday,
I:February 6th, it was decided to hold
r a reunion early in July. This at one
jttme "t}'a:+ l,ni' of the la.rSt.st,40Ct1L1nS
tin Huron. County, .lid tt kzi:ttt egetitt4
is looked forward to. Any former''
teacher or pupil of this section hear-
ing of this reunion acid knowing tile
address of any other former teacher
or pupil, would they communicate
with either of the undersigned, C. G.
1
` Campbell, ]'res., Lyle ,Hopper, k ec'.y.
'' The \Vnin •n's Institut{ will hold
jthen r t gull r monthly meeting, 011
1 ".t hlti - lay, Feb, 23rd, l lit directors
1 for the month are Mrs. ;+iit.it1i and
tea,? *?,yy,..xw.v.ta ;��' �� e,,, �a,•, ly ,j ! ,..tv:'iN1 tta,+a ,.`, , ....,s, a.. �. +,.....a.: i1'. I S. S1\•lI1' 0n.
Miss Wilma l "tlrr1sti,ir ;Omit tite•
week -end vinic friends til Corrie,
The Winghan:i United Church
•
The annual congregational meeting
of the IVinghatn United Chur'ch was
held on the evening of January '25th
Although the weather conditions were.
extremely unfavourable there was :1,.e
sent a good representation of the
congregation.
A .:devotional service. preceded the
business meeting, after which ,Rev, S.
DilviSon was elected chairman,
Reports wbre then submitted frc'nn
the. following ur�'',,'a 117attitlns--.S1111(1 .)
School, Young People`s Society, illi ,.
sion Band, Mission Circle: Canadi'i
Girls in Training,' Woman's \lis.iio i-
aty Society, Ladies' .Aid Society, 'the
Choir, The Trcasnrcr's''Report, '1'h•r,.
Session.
' Thiess report:; revealed
'thc fact that
all the above organizations are in :t
healthy condition and that all alloca-
tions have bt:ert more (ilea mot, e'er.
haps special mention should bo mado
r
of the following funds and antn,. tr )te
paid thereto.
a ' � xtension._., •000.0iti
"Maintenance r ul it �a
Woman's Missionary y Society
and Mission Circle 86a.0
The total aomttnt raised for all
purposes ,,:.- .,,.,. , _$8783,o0
•
It should bc' noted that this report
is for a year of but nine months our-'
ation, 't 1e General Council having desi
!tided that the church year should
t close at - the.sante time a19 the eaten-,
dart year,
A piano solo by Miss Nora Beattie:
afforded aP lcastint interlude.,
Members of Session and the Com-
mittee of .Stewards were thresh elccted.
by oilen nominat1011 to replace this
six members of carte body novo retir-
ing.
ctir-ireg. in each case the retiring ;rnenl
bers were re-elected by acclamation
ars follows:
Members of Session ---J. ,\. (=ilmour'
Wm. Wellings, Robert Maguire. A,
111., Afusgrov e,, Jas, Mitchell, John '.tic -
Callum.
Committer: of St (-wards,.-:Dr, G. II.
Ross, H. T. Thompson. W. VanWyci:
'Underwood, A. J, Walker, W.
'4fir'ellwoocl
'ret.Pr ssing w;trnt appreciation of
Revs S. Davison's services it was mo-
ved Pleat ,we extend to Mr. Davison a
o e
hearty vote cif f t11ar1kc� and tt cordela
rte for 110 miming •velr.0t t t+ year.
The nleetinr closed with. ilte sing-
!•
int tsf the Doxology.
L
UNITED CHURCH
W INGHAM
Rev: Sidney Davison, Pastor
Tel,—Church 140, Parsonage x63
February nth, 1,928
;o a.m.-Prayer and Praise.
Morning Service:—
"The
ervicet"'The Marks of Christ."
Evening Service: --
"Some Wonders c
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EFK.NIGHT l✓RViCIi$
8 p,ni.--Y. P. S.
ed.; 8 p.m. -Prayer Service.
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