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The Wingham Advance Times, 1928-11-01, Page 8BLL EV'ALE :'iuliss ;Cora Jewitt spent last week visiting friends in town, Mr. M H. L. Stewart, Mr. and. Mrs. L, C, Elliott and family spent last week -end at Ur. and Mrs. Geo. Bank's' ;at Stratford: 'Mr. and Mrs. Robert ow baay and (family of Whitechurch, were Sunday visitors at the home of latter's broth- 'er, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon MacKay. Miss Beth Barnard of London Nor - 'mal, spent the week -end under the. .parental roof, Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Cowan an "slaughter of town, spent Sunday Mr, and. Mrs. Charles Elliott's. Mr. and Mrs, Geo. Mathers spent Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Peacock. Mrs. T. Coultes is at present visi ;Ing withher son, Charles, at Listow gel, Mrs. M. Pulver of Hartford, Conn., -and Dr. and Mrs. Stewart of Wing hain, spent Sunday with relatives here. Mr. and. Mrs. Charles Coultes of Listowel, spent Sunday with relatives here. Remember the oyster supper in the United Church on Monday evening,, Nov. 5th, after whicha good program -will be . given in the Foresters'. Hall, L.O.L. is putting it on and are mak- ling preparations for a good crowd. Mr. Thos. Field shipped two cars -of cattle to Toronto on. Saturday and Black Bros. a car of hogs and one of cattle, This district receiveda three inch snow, fall on Monday morning.. The Women's Institute will mee 'Thursday afternoon at 2.30 o'clock a the hone of Mrs. Jos. Breckenridge 'The report of the Walkerton Con vention will be given by Miss Beat- rice Thornton, along with other pap- et's. Roll Call, a verse from a school reader. Ladies welcome. Miss Janet Hogg and Mr. Robt. Hogg of Seaforth spent Sunday with their uncle, F B. Scott. The W. M. S. of Knox Presbyter- ian Church held an unusually inter- •esting meeting on " Wednesday .after- noon at the 'home of the president, rs. Peter S. McEwen. The meeting 'opened by singing hymn 103" and the reading of the scripture lesson, Matt. 14. 23-33, by Mrs., R. F. Garniss after which Miss Lovell led in Rayer. .Mrs. Walter Smillie, delegate to the sectional W. M. S. recently held in Dungannon, sent a v-ry encouraging report of the work beitts accomplished in the Presbytery:' The special feat- ure of the meeting was an address Eby Miss Bessie Lovell, who has begin 'doing hospital work in Africa. Miss Lovell is a very .sincere, devoted worker and made an earnest appeal :for assistance and asked that the peo- 'leof Canada da earnestly pray for the people whom she labors among. Miss Lovellfavored the meeting by sitt- ing a verse of"Jesus Loves Me" in. the native tongue. ue The g meeting clos- ed by 'singingthe hymn "Just as I ;am" and prayer by the president. ajliiss Margaret Copeland of Wing - ham sPent Sunday with her friend, Margaret Garniss. Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Dickson and son, Chas., of Seaforth, were Sunday visitors with Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Garniss. .r,rc;oid.., , '•! d at t- he passed away of heart failure. 'lie. leaves ;to mourn Ws loss, hve sons, one brother and one sister and a large number of old friends andneighbors in Ashfield e whet he was raised and spent most of his life; He was for many years elder in East Ashfield Presbyterian Church, at Lanes and also kept the store and Post Office there. Mr. and Mrs, Walter Alton and little son, Chester, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Sam Congrann and Mr. and Mrs. John Ross, 2nd con. Kier. loss. Mr, and Mrs. George Lane and family and Mr. and Mrs. Roy Alton and family spent Sunday with rela- tives near Sheppardton and Port Al- bert and attended the re -opening of the United Church there. Mr. Abe Vint and son, Elmer, mot- ored up from Stratford to see his sisters, Mrs, Wm, Baldwin, who had, net been feeling well last week. A car load of five relatives of Mr. Will Baldwin from Blenheim, motored up and spent the week -end with them. Mr. John Campbell is in Goderich on the jury. Mr. and Mrs, Cecil Mullin and son, Gordon, spent Sunday with their -un- cle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. John Mullin. Mrs. David Hackett spent last week with her daughter, Miss Alvin Bowles of London. Mr. and Mrs. Caswell Hackett and Miss Mary Hackett mot- ored to London on Sunday, Mrs. Hac- kett returning with them.. Mr, and Mrs. Thomas Dickson and son Fred, near Port Albert, spent a t few days with the former's brother, t Mr. John Dickson at Tiverton. .1 Mr. and Mrs. John Blake of Mafe- - king has rented part of Mrs. Paul Reid's house in Lucknow, and have moved in there for the winter. ASHFIELD Mrs. Wm.. Reid reeeived the sad new of the death of her youngest brother, Richard Lane, of Warman. He had been in the Hospital for treatment, feeling some better he had gone on a visit to his neice, Mrs. Er- nest Sherwood, of • Saskatoon, where WESTFIELD Miss Mae Vincent is visiting in Toronto at present. Miss Ella Sowerby spent Sunday with her parents in Goderich Town- ship. Mr. and Mrs. Fred J. Cook and family : spent a few days last week at the home of Mrs. Cook's sister, Mrs. A. Nethery, of Hamilton, lilt and Mrs. Wm. McDowell and Mr. Norman McDowell visited on Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Hoover, Brussels. Mr. L. H. Taylor is visiting friends in Guelph. We are sorry to report the illness of little Erma Cook, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Cook. Mrs. Henry Mathers of Lucknow is visiting her daughter, Mrs .Earl Wightman. Mr. and Mrs. Bert Taylor and fam- ily visited on Sunday with- Mr. and Mrs. R. Stonehouse of Goderich. The W. M. S. of Westfield United Church were entertained last Thurs- day evening by the W. M. S. of Brick church, East Wawanosh, and listened to the very interesting report given by Miss McGowan of Blyth on her trip to the Holy Land. Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Campbell, Mr. and Mrs, J. H. Campbell, Miss Winni- fred Campbell and Mr. Douglas Campbell visited with Mr. Everett Hoover of Brussels on Sunday. • Mr, Archie Ballantyne of Brussels, has been transferred to the local branch of the Bank of Commerce. Two papers in one—The Farnily Herald and Weekly Star, Montreal— one for the farm, the other for the home, both of superior excellence. One dollar a year covers the sob- scription, or three years for $2. LYCEUM THEATRE Friday and Saturday, November 2nd and 3rd Belle Bennett and Eve Southern In— "WILD GEESE” The remarkable Prize Winning Story by Martha Ostenso. .MoOday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Nov". 5th, 6th, 7th Dorothy MacKail & Jack Mulhall __..._. In .`..... "LADY ' BE GOOD" Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Nov 8th, 9th A Oth m • • • 4tla SPECIAL SO RELLD AN VN PROUD WIISI'ORY OP •GREECE TltQir IrAteaature, Art Siad Sculpture ll. WiA1'wa3's Stand a$ a ;Memoriasl to Their Greatness, Greeee has a history of ,rhieh she is justly proud, They will always have v their niche in the hall of fame and their literature, art, and sculp- ture will always stand as a memorial to their greatness. By the fifth century, writes Charles. Turton on "Modern Traits in Old Greek Life," Greek literature had de- atveloped three great forms of poetry, epic, dramatic and lyric, Lyric poe- try comprised' the choral song, the special contribution of the l?orians, and the solo or individual song, writ- ten for every conaeiya"sle 'occasion and expressing every mood and aspir- ation of the human .heart. Many of these the boy had learned at his mother's knee, but they were so various that no generic term to denote them all was known in the classicaleriio„ cA h word "lyric," froixi IYire," appeai't very`„Tate, nqt much before the time of Cicero, but it correctly suggests the close connec- tion of this kind of poetry, as distin- guished' from epic or dramatic, with the harp or • lyre. Playing the lyre, therefore,*formed an essential part of the school cur- rieulum, quite necessary in the eyes of a music -loving and singing people. The number of musical instrument, known to them 'was few, but they embraced the threetypes represented to -day in any orchestra; string, wind and percussion instruments.. The last, such as the tambourine, cymbals, glockenspiel and castanets, were regarded with some disfavor. They were not native instruments, but had come in from the Orient. The three wind instruments in or- dinary use were the Pan's pipe, a series of seven, (later nine) gradu- ated pipes bound together by withes and wax; the mile! or double pipe, each having a reed in the mouthpiece at the end, like a clarinet; and the trumpet, used in battle, in ritual, and on all occasions where signals were to be given in large gatherings of the people. Fora short period during the early fifth century, the boy, received In- struction in the pipes or flute; but the playing of the flute precluded singing by the player, and so it passed to the professional musician, who accompan- ied with it the choruses in the thea- tre, the conduct of athletic events at the games, and the marching of troops. There remained, therefore, the lyre, which consisted of a sounding box, originally a tortoise shell, into which were inserted two horns with a connecting cross bar, from which the strings (four or seven) were stretched to the sounding box. Held in the left hand, the player with his right struck the notes with the plec- trum, a metal striker or key,' modu- lating or silencing the strings with the fingers of his left hand. This slight instrument is the pre- cursor of the guitar, the mandolin, the zither, the violin and all its fam- ily, the modern harp, and the piano- forte, all of which show a constant increase in resonant power and tonal variety. The pipes for their part were the first instruments to be developed b virtuosi, in the latter part of the fifth century, and their requirements led first to the invention of the cross flute (the ordinary flute of to -day), the organ (organon, or instrument" par excellence), grandest of them all, and the host of wood and brass instru- ments, down to the saxophone, which are played in every band to -day. THE ISLAND OF RHODES. Knights of St. John Have Returned to the Island. The Knights of the Sovereign Or- der of St. John of Jerusalemhave returned to the island of Rhodes, from which they were driven by the Turks in • 1522 after a sojourn of nearly two centuries. The Italian governor of Rhodes and the Dodeca- nese recently handed over to the Knights of the Tongue of Italy the small hotel which belonged to this Italian 'branch of the historic order until the. Turks captured the: island in 1522. While the knights' ruled Rhodes,. each of . the seven "tongues"' intto. which the order is divided had its own hostel, around which the life of British, German, French or Italian- speaking knights Centred: Most of these hostels still exist, but for four centuries they were out of possession of the order. The Ital- ian Government has now restored the property and the knights returned With impresstve Ceremonies whose effect was, heightened by the pictur- esque costumes and standards of the various -'tongues." Birtbmnrks In Five Generations. . A, family In which nine" individuals have been potted., by birthmarks 'in five generations was. described by Dr. A..11. Estabtook, of the U, S. Eu- genics Record. Office. The significant point stressed' by Dr. estabrook was that the spots occurred in similar parts of the body in the different generations, sr that, apparently, not only the eat- .. net their location as well were iniz,a.•-ted, Certain types nt birthmarks may develop into skin 'cancers, Dr. Este - brook pointed out. For that reason the inheritanace of birthmarks is ,of particular interest In connection with the possible inheritance of skint cancers. Leather. Fish leather is being used in Amer- ica and japan frit army harness and equipment. The" leather, stated to be as serviceable as hide leather, is also cheaper. It is, made principally. frena the skins of sharks, 'porpoises, and dogfish, Now Prison for Wonien: Arranged like 'a large farm, a new prison specially built for women is to be opened in 'Virginia, There are thirtyntiio buildings on a pito of 510 aorta. *INGHAM A BLUEVALE '/ANCE.TIME$ W, 5.: Duff is around again after beingon the sick list for past few days. Mrs, G. Snell has returned home af- ter a month's visit with relatives at $ tl and z List e ow 1. Mr. and Mrs, George Mathers spent Sunday at the home of James Peai cock. Thomas Stewart made a business trip to Henfryn oh Monday. Mr,. and Mrs. Charles •Coultess of Listowel spent Sunday with relatives here. The former's mother, Mrs. Coultess returned with them for a few weeks holiday. • This district received a three-inch snow fall on Monday morning, which makes it look like real winter. John Joynt of Lucknow disposed of a truck load of potates• here on Saturday, they are real good ones. SALEM Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Cathers spent last Sunday with Mr, and Mrs. David Cathers of Gorrie ,vicinity. The Hyndman children of Gorrie, spent a few days with their grandpar- entt, Mr. and Mrs, John Gowdy. Owing to Anniversary Services in Wroxeter next Sunday, the S. S. and church service will be withdrawn here. The wet and unfavorable weather has made it very disagreeable for those who have silos tp get their corn cut, The threshers have finished a very successful season's work, although the weather at sometimes was very disa- greeable. WHITECHURCH The Boy -Scouts held a social even- ing in the basement of the United Church on Friday, October 26th and after a splendid program given by the boys, Rev. Mr. Pollock presented the following Scouts with medals for dif- ferent degrees of work: Elliott Fells, Rhys. , Pollock, Jack Pollock, Athol Purdon, Fred Lott, Milian Moore, Jack Gillespie and George Ross. The boys servedlunch to a full house, which was very encouraging. A sil- ver collection was taken _at -the 'door, The W. M. S. of the United Church are holding a bazaar in the church basement on November 30th. Mr. and Mrs. Ewart McPherson and Mr. and Mrs. Roy McGee motored to Wiarton on Sunday and spent the day with friends there. Mrs. Ben McClenaghan and. Doris and. Eileen spent a few days last week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Barbour Sr. of Fordyce. Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Farrier and Clifford spent Sunday with friends at Port Albert. Mrs. Gibson s Gillespie and e a d 1blrs. C. Gillespie attended the meeting of the W. M. S. of Huron Presbytery held in Fordwich on Tuesday, November 23rd. The Women's Institute held a splen- did Social' in the Hall 'on Tuesday evening- last .when a splendid pro- gramme was given to a full house. Mr. and Mrs. Will Reed of Paris spent fast week -end with his parents here. Mrs. Elwood Barbour and son, Don- ald, spent last week with her ,parents, Mr. and Mrs. Herb Pettapieee. Mr. and Mrs. Lamb and daughter, Elaine, of Colborne Tp., spent Sun- day with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.. Kennedy of Kinloss. The Y. P. S. of the United 'Church are entertaining the :Y P. S. of St. Helens church at a HalIowe'en social on Friday, November 2nd. Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Moore of Tor- onto and Miss- Mabel Johnston of Elora spent the week -end with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Johnston. Jo104 aoans0N John Johnson, whose appoints Ment to theposition of Manager of the Chateau 7E'rontonac, Quebec, its announced to be effective No- vember 1st. Mr. Johnson joined the staff of the Chateau Prontenac 6M clerk in 1920, and became assist- • ant manager in 1924 Ile succeed( B. A, Neale, Who is appointed to the Royal Fors- Hotel, Toronto, AN O1O MEETING HOUSE HISTORIC PRESBYTERIAN BUILD. IN( BUILT IN 1.774. "Old First" Church In Ale,caanlri;n, Virginia, Closed Its Doors In Iisfni; .But Ras Booz Restored by Public -Subscription as a National Shrine. For many years a gaunt hulk, but recently restored as the result 'of a national campaign, the historic Pres- byterian Meeting House on South Fairfax street, built in 1774 and abounding in associations with George Washington and his contemporaries,. was rededicated as a national shrine recently, says the New York Times. The old Presbyterian Meeting. House, as it was known in Colonial and Revolutionary days, or the "Old First"' Presbyteriau;Qjl arch,, another name by which it is known, closed its doors in 188G, due to differences arising from the Civil War, but strange to relate it held true to the Northern Presbyterian Assembly throughout the period of strife up until the day it closed. Its position in a Southern community naturally became one of extreme, isolation, and this in time caused its extinction. 5.s an active 'church. The wheels of artillery en route to the battlefields of four wars—Lord Dunmore's' War in Colonial days, the War of the Revolution, the War of 1812 and the Civil War—have rum- bled past its doors. Citizens of Alex- andria who fought .in those wars sleep in 'its peaceful churchyard. Alexandria, like much of Virginia be yond tidewater, was settled by Scots and Scottish -Irish pioneers, 'and the Presbyterian 11feeting House remains as one of the last relics of this hardy race of pioneers. • The old. Meeting House is one of the most. beautiful and historic Co- lonial churches in America: In it was held the first religious meeting of the Masonic lodge of which George Washington was Worshipful Master in 1783, and Washington was. an attendant at various of the Masonic religious ceremonies hold there. The memorial sermons for the public afterr the funeral of Washing- ton were delivered in the old Pres- byterian Meeting Rouse on December 29, 1799. The old Meeting House has been called a Masonic Westminster Abbey. Under the pulpit is buried the body of the Rev, James Muir, chaplain of the funeral lodge which buried George Washington and Revolution- ary -day pastor of the old Presbyter - an IVIeeting House. He died in 1820. and a msniorial tablet, in li s honor was placed on the north wall of the church. In the churchyard are buried thirty fellow -Masons of Gen. Wash- ington, notable among them Col. Ramsay, one of Washington's pall bearers, Who was also the Mayor of Alexandria in 1789. Dr. James Craik, one of the most colorful figures of Colonial and. Rzvo- lutionary days, rests here. He was born near Dumfries, Scotland, 1730, and -e i� ,r" m ated to America in 175Q; was surgeon in Washington's first command and with hihn in the Battle of C,rreat Meadows in 1754, and in• evcffy other battle participated in by Washington thereafter on down to Yorktown in the Revolution. He Ives surgeon -general of the Cunt:ue:r,at Army and director of the hospital at Yorktown. He ministered- 'to the dying British Gen. Braddock after the ambush at the field of the Monongahela and dressed Lal'.ayette's wounds at Brandywine. Be minister- ed to George Washington on his deathbed and to Martha Washington. Re was perhaps the most intimate friend of Gen. Washington. Scores of Revolutionary soldiers of distinction are buried in the old Presbyterian Meeting House church- yard. Not least among those is the "Unknown, Soldier of the IRe.volu- tion," whose .grave was marked on 'Feb. 28, 1928, by the American Le- gion Post in Alexandria, aided by committees from the Descendants of the Signers of they Declaration of in- depehdence, the Sons of the Revolu- tion, the Colonial Dames and other patriotic societies. The inscription on the marker on the Unknown's grave was written by William Tyler Page, author of "The, American's Creed." It reads, as follows: • Here Lies A Soldier Hero of the Revolxitionr • Whose identity is knows But to God His was, an idealisflz that reeognlzed a Supreme Being, that planted, re- ligious liberty on our shores,, that overthrew ''despotism; that dab- lished a people's Government,, that wrote a Constitution settings, metes and bounds' of delegated authority, that fixed a standard of value upon men above, gold, and. that. lifted. high the torch of civil liliertyy along the pathway of mankind.. In ourselves his soul• exists as part of ours, his Memory's. Mansion. The furnishings isa; the old church' are unique Some or the old pews dating from 1774, may still be seen. They are held together withwooden pegs in place of nails, and were band carved. The old organ is run bya hand pump and bellows. It contains'. an "Egyptian trumpet" which is to- day a priceless relic. . The lighting system .18 a :copy of the old whale: oil lamps of Colonial . days and was Installed . with money contributed h5 ] lihu Root, Andrew Mellon and Daniel Willard. It was the meeting place of the Washington Society of Alexandria founded in 1800, and which endures Until 1843. It was recently revived and held its first Meeting in the ole Meeting House. The national campaign which re• stored the old Presbyterian Meothx • House from a dilapidated ,aon:lft1 started in 1925 and was slrl,a1 members of practically every tie society in 'Ati3,erior •Men's Oirercoats Prepare now for Cold Weather with one of these warns Coats. See the new Barrymore Productions we are showing in the Ulster, Slip On and Belted Styles,' Navy Blue. Fawney Browns. Blue Greys. Blacks and 'Patterned Effects. Certainly they are Swagger Coats. Priced $24.50, 28.00 to 45.00 EXTRA SPECIAL Young Men's Slip Ons at $24.50 and $34.00 A new'Scarf for the New Coat is what fashion de- crees. ' See our lovely Swiss Patterns which are sure to please.. ' , $1.50, $2.50, $3.25 to $6:00 English Socks. Watson's Underwear. Stewart Shirts. - Reid's Neck Ties. Brock Hats. YOUR PATRONAGE .:IS SOLICITED Traveller showing Women's and Men's Fur Coats, Scarfs and Ties will be at our store on FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2nd. King gyros., Wingham q.111111111MENIEl• Atwater - Kent RADIO •• •• A: complete ratnge of prices in Electric or Battery models. Model 40 A.C. Electric 60 Cycle complete in- stalled, including 7 A.C. Tubes and Atwater Kent Cone Speaker at $187.50 6 Tube' Battery: Models, complete $140.00. Try the knew Atwater. Kent in your home. Put It to any test. ERADIOSHOP" • Authorized 'Dealer. When Winter Comes Despite the ef3onts of a�aienre the Mighty St. Larwane0sie turns to Solidj,,/ when winter 'com,es. ' Tovrne ci tae ewes a4 Novenxaber shape begin to vt'orry and eounit thedx ehagsee' < of .b'eing ozen, in" foiathe'ellinter, This pfetttre:taken; front Quebec's famous dartgust,spazi-tin-; l e -world bridge chews A.nehoa-Danelidsou ,liner.Letitia passing Pinder, bound front,Montreal txi Glasgow. -•the last passenger -beat Out Of the St. Lawman e ! , year, tMeat aS of Cnpt, bog Tallet 0,43a, Bassler a the Letitia.