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Call -to Singh
Worcs has been received that the
Rev. W. D. McIntosh B, A. of Mil
;oir, has accepted the call to become
of the UXiited :Church . at
W ing hana, The time of his inaugur-
ation is not set but: those ;in charge:
,of the arrangenijins are ,hoping that
it may at an early date;
i1r. McIntosh is a n-itn in the very
virinae of life; He spent a shalt
term near Sarnia, sic years at '13ruce-
field: and one year at Milton:' ,At all
his appointments, Mr McIntosh has
been' very popular, 'especially among
the young people and has =been sue.-
oessful in building up good congre-
gation, Mr. McIntosh may be as -
eared of a hearty welcome, from the
pastor in charge, the Rev. Mr,'Cragg,
the members and officials` of the
, Acct
ham's New .re a
,te Chrch
lVIcttiodisl'Church and the Unionists
who are earning to us from St. An-
dre-We.
i.ndr'eWe.
Sunday's ''Church Services
Rev. Chas. E. Cragg, Minister
r a; t e and Praise o a .-Pr r 1 Pat Ser-
vice. vice.
re a, m, --Morning Worship, "Great
Moments iu' Our' Lord's Life, the mo-
ment of intense 'Sorrow."
2.eo p, al.—Sabbath School and Bi-
ble Classes.
p. in.—Evening Service, "A Study
in Character of Judas Iscariot. The
pastor will preach at both services,;
Mrs, Sainsbury (nee Miss Jeanne
VanNorman), will sing at the even-
ing service;
Burned in Explosion
Mr, and Mrs. John Glanville ' of
Vancouver,will have the sympathy of
=any' of older residents of Wing -
ham when they learn that their son,
John, was 'badly burned in an explos
non at Los. Angeles, Cal.' Mrs. Glan-
ville is a sister of Mrs. T„J,.' Mc-
Lean.
Bliss Elston Passes Away
As we go to press at noon on Wed-
nesday, we regret,' to . learn of the
death of Miss Annie ''Elston, De-
ceased was 'born in Morris township
56 years ago` and was ,most highly
esteemed by all who knew her. She
has resided with her sister, Miss Ellen
Elston in Wingliain for the past few
years, She had been ill for the past
month.
:Morris Lady Celebrates
Quite an unusual event took place
in Morris Township recently, at the
1•iome of Mrs; "Agnes Craig; when the
family gathered to celebrate her 89th
birthday, also the 71st anniversary of
her wedding and the 64th year as : a
resident of -Morris Township.. Out
of 'a family of io, nine were present,,
besides 14 great-grandchildren: The
:husband died some years ago, but she
has remained on the farm where they
came to 64 years ago.-
How To Get Ahead.
The editor of a country' newspaper
moved to Toronto the other clay and
deposited $5o,00o in one of our local
banks, He had been publishing his
little country paper for thirty years
.and: had moved to the city with a
round $50,000 to his credit: When.
asked by this writer for the secret of
his great financial success, he said: "I
attribute any ability to retire with a
$50,000: bank account, after 30 years.
in the country newspaper field, to
close application to duty, always hew-
ing to
ew-ing.to the mark arid letting the chips
fall where they may, the most rigor-
ous 'rules of economy, "never spending
a cent foolishly, everlastily keeping
at niy job with 'a whole heart, and
the death, cif an uncle who left me
$49a999.50." ----Toronto Exchange.
Broke All Recoads '
George Pearson 8t Sons of Avoir-
ay3e Stock Farm, of Waterdown are
being congratulated •by members of
the Canadian Ayrshire Breeders As-
sociation on winning' .the Silver Cup
in the R. O, P. competition for 1924.'
Their cow, Rosebank Pride, was not
only ' the highest in her class ie. the
Dominion of Canada, but broke all
former records for milk and fat in the
three-year-old honor roll class, pro-
ductng 54-403 pounds milk and 6o6
pounds' of fat,
Herbert Hatch of Parson, British
Columbia cavae second with Pearl of.
Gienhill and Joseph P. Beanchetnita
of Verclieres, Quebec, was third with
Springburn Lovely Pet.
Cuthbert Parson is spending ,the
week in Quebec the guest of 1,. C,
Budge of Beanharuys, who entertains
the Eastern Ontario Ayrshire Breed-
er's Club. lie will also attend the
banquet 01 Montreal on the evening
of March 5; where he will be present-
n
ed ,with the Silver Cup,�(�Iariailto
Spectator.)
to ed - Cuthbert
The ' above mentioned n
,-
. ori i ane nephew of W. R. Galla-
,� S p
G llah
L, r of a o
I31uevale, and A.
Harvard astrononier says our
sun has been on its iireseiit job for
sonnetliinf lime so trillion ,years, And
cry se.tisfac:toi'lly, too. Perhaps we
iigl%t +,i vrt;ll:en ^ige'It for” _the pla'cei
oral ;ii _ akar,,
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Likes to Get Our Paper
The following letter wag received
from Mr. AIe* Kelly, Swift Current,
and much appreciated by the editor.
"Enclosed: please find renewal sub-
scription to your paper, I really like
to get the paper from the old town I
lived for many years so very near. I
may say we have some very cold
weather this winter. 'December was
very' cold and rough, January and
February was not so bad, at -elutes
very cold but most of the weather
clear and lots i of sunshine. We have
not nearly so much' snow as in Ont-
ario,' and you have it just as , cold
there as we have it here. We are
well and trust all our old friends a-
round Wingham are well too.”
Cargill Lad Drowned
Lloyd, four-year-old son of Mr. and
Mrs: M. L. Ziegler, of Cargill, was
drowned in the Teewater River, back
of the public school grounds, Cargill,
on. Monday night. The body has not
been recovered.
The lad, along with an. older broth-
er, Eric, and Bobbie Semple, son of the
C. N. R. agent here, went . skating on
the river. The boys had not gone.. out
far• when they encountered a hole in.
the --ice.
Eric, the eldest of the irio, was the
first to fall in, but was rescued by his
companions: A few -minutes later,
Lloyd fell in and disappeared under
the ice before his companions could
save him.
Mrs. Peter Deans is Dead
Another of the old and respected
citizens of Wingham crossed that
bourne fromwhich no travellers e'er
return, on Monday, March encs in the
person of Agne Hamilton, relict of
the late Peter Deans. The decased la-
dy was in her 77th year and had been
in poor health for some time. H,er
husband predeceased her some two
years ago and she is survived by one.
son, Charles, of Detroit and one
daughter, Mrs. Ali. Carr, who has
tenderly cared for her mother for
souie months.
Deceased was a menaber of St,
Andrews Presbyterian Church' and
her minister, Rev. Dr. Perrie, conduc-
ted the services at the house and
grave. on Wednesday afternoon. The
remains wore laid to,rest beside those'
of her deceased husband in the
Wingham Cemetery.
Purebred Stock Sale
Thursday last was one of the most.
stormy and blustery days we have had
all winter and it was the day of the
Huron County Breeders Sale . ' of,
Purebred Cattle at Wingham. How-
ever, the sale was a wonderful success
and was .almost as good as previous
sales. The cattle consigned were of a
better quality than over before and
had the day been fine, no doubt.
many more people would have attend-
ed the sale and therefore prices would
have been better. Forty five animals
were put on sale,' Maplewood. Prin-
ter a one year old. Aberdeen Angus
bull ,' owned' by Alex McEwing of
Blyth, sold to Geo. H, Bailey ,of 'Nor-
th Bruce for $zeo. The average price
per animal was however about $go.
R. T. Ainos of Guelph, Elliott Mili-.
or of Lucknow, and James: Taylor of
Belgrave, were the auctioneers. ' The
former purchased a couple of the ani-
mals himself and he is an authority
on :good purebreds,
The 1 epard : Sheds at Wheel=
melee a,i ideal place to hold the Sale.
:it is doubtful, if a better shed :could
tae ; r^und in all Western Ontario, it is
ble of honsii:ne thousands of Peo-
p'l'e if that tteiniher could be persuaded
to ..at:exld the c niity Sales 'held here,
us.11y
malna5�,..
sday
, WIN HAM, 0NT., THURSDAY,
.YII,1',tl,PtlUtXPl,t11 FSI ft1 U,ItY„it4P,I IIUIIR RA„culfL,l,n�innuR.-
JUST ONE'YEAR OLD
The Advance -Times is cue'
year old this week. On March
ist„ 1 24, the .two •Willett i,
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papers amalgamated and we
g. Crust that tead rs tiXad friends
of both papers are pleased with:
the amalgainatecl paper. To
those of our readers who have
2 renewed their subscriptions and
have made complimentary sta-
i.
tements about the management
since the amalgamation we wish
to thank you. We also wish to
' thank those who havecriticized
E. us, we are pleased witlY;fair cri'
ticisrn and friendly advice for
we have not reached the point
1 where we know it all,: Our aim
is to give you a bright newsy
paper, but that can only be ee-
coraplished with the cel -opera
tion of our many frie`ds and.
readers, When you know of
S news tell as of, it and when,you
feel We: are overlooking to do
something which would tend to
make our paper better do not
tell others, tell us.
A, G, Smith, Prep -
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Return to Work :
Over twenty .men returned to then
work as moulders ' in the Western
Foundry on Monday morning. ' The
company and the men made a com-
promise by 'which the moulders: are
to receive ee cents on the dollar.
Another Hockey Match
Stratford Canadian Nationals will
play Hockey against Wingham in the
New Arena on Wednesday evening',
March 4.th. This should be. a Jest
game as both of these 'teams have
been defeated by London b30 very
close” margins. The ice will be in
perfect condition and there will be
skating after the game.
Dealing in Non Graded Eggs
A. L Morrison, •Inspector of the
Live Stock Branch at London, had
W. J. Finley; of Listowel, up before
Magistrate Reid at Wingham on
Tuesday afternoon on a charge of
purchasing non -graded eggs from W.
T. Spence of Ethel: This is the fif-
th time that Mr. Finley has been
found to be dealing innon-graded
eggs contrary to Government regula-
tions and he was find $coo and costs
of $x7.o6, Mr. Reid explained that
eggs must be graded and the necess;
ar"y papere must accompany' each
transaction, he warned. the accused
that he ,night have fined him $500 0e',
three months in jail.
Fire De
e
MH 5th.
1925
o s The e . art eats
Over R. R Mooney's; Tirishtop
About 8.3o on Friday morning, Feb.
rptlX:, fire broke curio the apartments
over Mooney's tinshop and for a
time it looked like a serious job for
the l trildings in that section of :the
town, but the fireman did good work
and succeeded in confining the blaze
to the apartmentsin which it started.
The morning was very cold and a
high wind was blowing,' just the kind
of weather in which everyone dreads
the thoughts of a fire.
Mrs. Hornby, who occupies the
rooms, had, gone out to do her morn-
ing shopping and returning in a few
minutes, was ' horrified to find her
home in flames. The fire alarm was
rung on the town bell instead of the
fire bell and; therefore`` a number of
citizens knew nothing of the fire till
it was all over.,
The old lady moved to Wingha:.s
from Acton, and makes gloves for the
Gurney Glove Works, She is an in-
dustrious lady and all are sorry to
Bear of her loss. Very little: of her
clothing and none' of the furnitate
was saved. It was with difficulty
that flee :step -son, Albert Granville,
was able to sectere a couple of hun-
dred dollars which was ill the house.
We understand: that the sewing ma-
chine and several pairs of gloves and
glove material owned by Mr, G'nne •,
was destroyed in the fire,
No water got through the wall to.
Mt, Morton'e law office but water
ruined the ceiling and did other dam-
ages to stock, etc., in :Mr, Mooney s
tinshop.
Mr. • Gurney, and his men did good
work before the hose arrived acid
helped greatly throughout the time of
the fire,
Infant Son Dead
The many friends of Mr. and Mrs,
W. J. Scott, 31d. eon. ,of: Morris, will
sympathize with them in the death of
their little seven weeks old son, Jam-
es
Wesley' Roe Scott, Jesus Called
the Little Darling to Him:
The Finley -Walsh Case
The now famous Finley -Walsh law',
suit which has already been postpon-
ed several times. was again postponed
for a week. William' Finley and Ro-
bert Kicks got into a mixup, over mat-
ters in regard to the moulder's strike,
Finley, . we understand, was chokirag
Vicks and threatening to strangle
him when Mr. David. Walsh came
along, asked,him several times to let
go and finally ki&ked hint in the jaw,
breaking it.. Anyhow, no matter how
it started or who, is to blame. Finley
has a very bad jaw' which had to be
wired, and still continues to be a
very serious matter for him. -
With the Curlers
A couple of rinks of Wingham Curl-
ers went over to Lucknow on Mon-
day. The Crawford rink who played
far the Trophy won by the Lucknow.
rink at Kincardine, lost to Reid's rink
of Lucknow .by 24 to. to.
St. Thomas Curlers are sending a
rink up this Wednesday to challenge
Winghatn:for the Reo. Cup' won two
years ago by Wingham.
A couple of rinks are coming down
from Lucknow on Wednesday after-
noon for a. friendly game and a couple
of Kincardine rinks will be here on,
Thursday.
March Meeting of Town Council
Held Monday Night—All Present
The March meeting of Winghatn
Town Council was held on Monday
night ":All the members were present,
yes all were present before 8 o'clock.
Minutes read and' adopted,
A. letter was read from the Regis-
trar General with an account for 250
for each registration of births, mar-
riages or deaths. The account was
paid to the clerk. Another letter
from the . Firemen's Association. of
Ontario asking for an affiliation fee
of, $5.00 front Wingham, Letter
handed over to the Fire ';Committee.
The fire companies of Ontario wish
to unite so as to be recognized by the
Workmen's Compensation Board, that
it will be matte possible for a; firemen
injured at a fire to receive compensa-
tion, Letters were read from the
clerks of the cities of London and
Toronto asking the co-operation of
Wingham Municipal Council in pro-
testing' the recent increase in the cost
of gasoline and ascei•tainilg why the
price should rise so rapidly at this
season; The council sent a strongly
worded resolution to the Governnle,at
on motion of Councillors Smith and
Fells. " ,
Moved by Councillors Mitchell and
Haney that Robert' Deyell'be engag-
ed ad cemetery caretaker for the ensu-
ing year at the same terms as . last
year and that salary paytnents. be
made as last- year;, ; 'Carried;
di
-
Moved by' Councillors"IIatiey ;x t
I3ei7nett that we least, the auditorium
of the town: hail to Hyde Parker foe
the sum of $5o, for five consecutive
nights. FIe to ` pay for extra insur-
ance, Carded,
Me. Fells mentioned the fact that
certain sewers had been blocked in
it ain s W r5
town, bec tse of people carelessly
iossing potalotpeelites, rags ete
toilets. The chief was asked o
speak to the parties guilty of this
fence and if it occurs again the party
at fault will be required to pay for
the cleaning out of sewer pipes.
Moved by Reeve McKibbort and
Councillor Smith that this council
recommend that the sidewalk along
Victoria St. from Josephine St. .to
Diagonal Road be raised level with
the road. Carried.
Moved by Councillors Haney and
Wilkinson that we rebate the hall
rent complete to the Wingham Ar-
ena for the concert held recently.
Carried,
Mr, J. W. Hanna; president of the
Arena Co. was : present and thanked
the Mayor and Council for their ce-
operation. He also asked what the
license fee would be for to briirg the
Joycs Ainasement Co. to town. This
company carriesa merry-go-round,
ferris wheel etc. and want to book
Wingham for the last week :ai May.
The town bylaw calls for $5o a day,
tax for this company, but most of
the, council were not •favorable to
their coining to Wingham at that
time, as it would probably interfere
with school students in the znidstun-
neer. exams,
authoriz-
ing
Bylaw N'o,g,o, abyawl,, ao
ing a loan from the Dominion : Bank
to pay for repairs . to the darn and
bridge until: such time as the deben-
tures are issued an0. sold,' was read
three times axis finally passed tri iiio•
time of Councillors Mitchell and
-Bennett.
Reeve McKibbon asked : when the
work on the dam was to be complet-
ed and be was inforirted by C'omnt ss -
loiter Gurney, who was present, that
the commission bad discontltnted':the,
Chamber of Comrnerce Banquet
The Chamber of Commerceare
holding a banquet in the •Council
Chamber on Friday night, March 13th.
Mr, Karl Homuth labor M. P. P for
North Waterloo, will be the spealeer
of the evening, The reason for the
banquet is a ',get-together between
town men and country men with a
view to, if possible, have good settlers.
comeinto the vicinity and occupy va
rant _farms.
a : ? ,f Prayer
is ebrue: v 27th, the day set apart as
the Interdenominational Day of Pray-
er for Missions, was observed in
Wingham, by a Union Meeting;; held
in the Baptist Church. The presi-
dents of the different missionary so-
cieties took the platform and each was
in charge of one 'particular group of
prayers. Fifty-three ladies were pre-
sent although the weather was very
cold. and stormy, and all joined hear-
tily in making the meeting . a success..
The ladies of St.. Pauls Church have
invited the societies tomeet in the
Anglican Church for the day of pray-
er next year.
The Late Robert Messer
The death occurred February the
26th,, at the family residence, first line
of Morris of Robert Messer. The de-
ceased had been ailing, for sometime,
but was only confined to his bed
three weeks before his death. He
leaves to "mourn his loss his widow,
one son; Walter of Palmerston, and
two daughters, Jessie and Jean at
home, besides : three brothers, Alex-
ander of Young Sask., and Jolui and
Archie and one sister, Mrs. Joseph
McKinney all of Morris. Much`syir.-
pathy is felt for the bereaved family.
The deceased waswidely known and
highly respected and his death has
cast,a gloom over the, community.
Funeral service was field on Saturday
from his late residence. The Rev. C.
Taite officiating, Interment wasmade
in the Brussels Cemetery.
The Late Mrs, Wm. Garniss
•
There passed away at her home in
Bluevale, on February 27th., Mrs.
Win. Garniss, who for several years
has been a sufferer, bearing, her suf••
f@rings with great patience, and
Christian fortitude, She was born in
the township of Hope: in the year
eighteen fifty one, being the . eldest
daughter of • Jaynes . and Elizabeth
Watson, who were among the first
settlers of Morris township, residing
at .Sunshine, She was married on.
May 24th., eighteen ninety three, to
Garniss, and lived . on the grid.
con. Morris, until nine. years ' ago,
when they gave up fanning and mov-
ed to Bluevale, her husband passing
away four years ago last January.
Deceased was a most estimable Chris-
tian woman, a teacher in the Sunday
School at Ebetrezer, and later In
Bluevale, quiet and unassuming, yet,
ever bright and ;cheerful, The sur-
viving members of her family are one
son, Wm. Harvey of Detroit, "Mich,,'
two brothers, Wm, H. of Redcliffe,
Alta., and Robert: of Washington, U,
S, A., and one sister, Mrs. Nelson
Thornton,: who has. taken Dare` of her
through her lingering illness, Her
pastor, Rev, T. C. Wilkinson, preach-
ed a most appropriate funeral sermon
from the text, "Let me die the death
of the Righteous, and let 'My (1St eixd
be like His.” The pail hearers were
Messrs. Wixi. Thornton, Andrew :1:Iol-
Eves, (Robert JjackGariiiss), step
$ons, and 'George. end Anson Thoth.
ton, ' hews and ihe retrains wore
nephews
laid to rest in the Bltxe•i ale cesxietery.
e• - e lair hone.
on Monday, in sur, and c r � X hope
woeit until rafter the spring .freshet. 'of a glorious resurrection:
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The earthquake was felt quite
distinctly al Wingham am] iiot
e citizens f ;. w t r and
a f few x a tkr .s towit
vicinity were ` .quite alarmed by
tt�e SiItyiee of partitions, the
ereeh.ng of walls, etc: ',I rte xli:
tur•bance was felt most 1'0a -ell -Ay
in 'the. McDonald block, Ale.
R. S. 'McGee ai.d Mr. Thos.
Deans ;were sitting in the .Mc-
Gee
' -Gee Grocery when the electric
fights started swaying, the per-
tition ereel.ed:"and . strayed as
though it would fall. The
same thing happened in Willie
Shoe Store; in IVIcKibbcn's :Drize
Store and in Hanna : Co's
Store, The lights swung in Di.
Ross' dental parlor and ie. 'sev-
eral
sev eral: other places of business as
well as . in several dwellings, ' a
One lady, Mrs, Thos. Fells, des
cribed the disturbance as felt in:
her home, to the feeling one
might expect on board an au
can liner in a rough; sea,
On the other hand a great
many did not notice the distur-
bance at all.
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First Birth in Hospital
The marriage notice of Miss Agnes
Free appeared in the Advance -Times t
a couple of weeks ago. We enquir-
ed'from several who she was, but no
person remembered. • . This week we
have received an explanatory note froni.
her mother, Mrs. John Free of Tor-
onto. Miss ,Free was the first baby
born in the Wingham General Hos-
pital and she is the youngest sister,
of Mrs. Norman Baker of Lower
Wingham:,
Brussels Business Man Dead
Daniel Ewan, one of Brussels' best-
known business men and a most fami-
liar figure at Brussels for a good
marry years, passed away on Tuesday, a,
night February 24th., following an
illness of several months.: He was•in
his 67th 'year. Deceased conducted
a general blacksmith shop and: -gar
riage factory here for years an. d 'vuas
known farand wide. Besides this
wife, formerly Miss Hohnes, of town,
he is survived by two daughters and
a son, Mrs. Frank Davidson, of Cali-
fornia, Mrs. Lorne Ecicmier, k lirwt,
Mich., and Elmer Ewan, town. In- 'r
terment took place to Brussels on
Friday afternoon.
The Late Mrs. Jewett
There passed away on Tuesday,
February 24th., ie. the person of Jane
Pyke, beloved wife of the late Thom-
as Jewett, a well-known and much -
loved pioneer of Morris Township,
Born in England in 1836, she came
to Canada at about three years of age
and lived at Coolcesville, near 'Toror.-
io, until she was married on the 18th
of June, 1857. She thein came with
her husband to the township of
Morris where they settled on the and
line and where they lived for nearly
forty years. On leaving the second
line they moved to the farm now ac-
cupiedby their son, David, on the
Wingharri road. They later retired to
the village of Binevale, where the de-
ceased made her home until a year
ago last January, -when, on the death
of her husband, she gave up her horn
to live with her "famnily, : On Thurs-
day of last week, while at the honvt
of her daughter, Mrs. ' W. J. South of
the 3rd line of Morris, she was taken
ill with bronchial -pneumonia and on
the following Tuesday quietly passed
away. All who have known; the late
Mrs. Jewitt will pay tribute to her ex-
ceptional virtues and characteristics.
She had a grate and oharn"i of mnailnei
that will be long remembered. ,Every
one loved laer, She was a member of
the Methodist. Church and an earnest
Christian.. The funeral tools placif on
Thursday, February 26th., front the
home of Mr. W. J. So'uclt to the Pattie -
vale ceirretery. The services were
eondticted by Rev, T. C. W'illsitt ora,
assisted by Rev.' Crawford Tate,
'Mee'
Among those left to mourn , ,.
Jew'its death are three tattlt
er.e
,
Mrs, W. J.S uet of Morris, lies.
Fri ipton ,of Dungannon,rise, ,.
I>avid E i 1,
Mrs, Wm. l'ugh Of Tiiessalon; <xtrcl
Write(' five sorts,'Jonatlian, .Isaac, 1'<�ateoxX,
and lancet of ,taeilbrooks,
David of Illuevale, a. clangltta,=i-,. nee
ee
lames i:alcc, and a soi , Amoz,
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deceased law F49e years YS
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