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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance Times, 1925-12-31, Page 6FCr Cent. i .,r, < { French Ivory and Tortoise Shell Toiletware, Manicure Articles, Brushes, Trays, Mirrors, something of everything at 33g off regular prices. HIS 15 A RARE CHANCE TO COMPLETE YOUR SET AT WHOLESALE PRICES dais in otati nery I. Pussywillow Fabric Pa- 2. One pound Martinique s with tinted edges, Antique finish Stationery r 50c°for ..39c and 50 envelopes for...49c I Gage's. Kid Finish Initialed Papetries, reg. 75c 'for. • .39c McKibbon's�: St re p/�+ Sim Ont. ve with Safety at your Rexall Phone 53 rug Store VrTnN1 FIRM ADVANCIt✓-TIMR9 I&I��N�IIiN� ;s,;iu;:�ItlttNall�tl�IlgWIAV>Wt I 1 KINCARDINE MAN'S MILLIONS SEEK HEIRS IN TWO NATIONS With the publication of the news that Mrs. Ethel Heron, of Hollywood California, has been informed that she has fallen heir to a considerable amount of the many 'millions left by the late Stephen Tomlinson, Jr., for- merly of Kincardine,much interest has been aroused locally, because W. J. McCullough, of Kincardine, is be- lieved to be a nephew of the deceased millionaire, is a resident of the lake, side town and he also is expected to share in the estate. Mr. McCullough, when interviewed, did not express more than passing in- terest in the news, but appeared ra- ther to be content to wait develop- ments. Stephen Tonilison was the son of Stephen Tomlinson, Sr., one of the earliest settlers in Kincardine district; he passed away some thirty years ago, The younger Tomlinson, along with. his brother, William H., spent his ear- ly years on the family farm in Kin- cardine Tp., and at a youthful age left for the United States. Nothing has been heard from him since, for he did not communicate with his home, ev- en at the time of his father's death. It is not known what businesshe had followed, or in what way he could have amassed such a large fortune. It is not known where William is living at present, but if alive, lie else will share in the estate. He left Kin- cardine soon after his brother, and he too has remained silent, Earl Tom- linson, the chief of police in Duluth, Minn., is a cousin of Stephen, Jr. Two sisters of Stephen Jr., Eliza. and Jane, married, and lived in this locality until their respective deaths, some years ago. - , The Tomlinson homestead was lo- cated on the north line, near the 'ppre- sent townsite •of eKincardine, 'and it was here that the younger Tomlin - sons spent their early years before going into the world to seek their for- tunes. There is more or less uncer- tainty locally as to the exact relation of Mrs. Ethel Heron, who has been declared one of the heirs, but it is thought that she may be a daughter. of William H. Tomlinson, Stephen's brother. Probably the nearest the editor of the Advance -Times will ever get , to being a millionaire, is the fact that in childhood we knew the people referr- ed to here. 1 THESE T `i;. D S ENTS WANTED -An Exception - Opportunity for an energetic h• or spare time. A full adian grown Trees and , etc. We equip with free e ling outfit and pay liberal issions. Welland Nursery Co. Aland, Tint. G . FOR SALE -Large elling, all modern equip- plendid garage. A snap sale. Apply to A. Cosens, e dealer, or to Miss Mary' 65 Lakeview Avev,-..T.pr ALE, OR EXCHANGE— nd dwelling,.half block ost Office. Modern con - in house, will sell very tits or 'exchange for house CANADA YET TERRIBE TRAGEDY IN ELMA' TOWNSHIP Stark tragedy entered the halipy home of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Sharpe, lot 25, concession .;, Mina Township, just about five miles from town, early Wednesday morning, when four of their children met a horrible fate by beingburned to death in a fire caus- ed by the explosion of a lamp, Mrs. Sharpe was badly burned and Mr. Sharpe suffered burns and had both feet partly frozen. Five other child - nu escaped. The four children eyho met death were;—Neil, aged two; James, aged four; Arthur, agedfive, and Emily, aged x5. Had sloe not heroically attempted to save her younger brothers, Emily could have easily escaped as she• was dressed and preparing to cone down - stair when the fire started. She im- xnediatelyendeavored to get back to rescue her brothers and was trapped bythe flames, which destroyed the home and all its contents, leaving the injured parents and five surviving children homeless in the stow. The cause of the outbreak which resulted in the children losing,their lives' and •also rendered the seven re- maining members of the family home- less is stated to have been started when a lamp which had •just been ig- nited by Mrs, Sharpe, exploded, the flames spreading with great rapidity when the blazing oil set fire to the contents of a lower;roorn of the huse. Mrs. Sharpe, mother of the four dead children, was badly burned about the face, hands and body, and is „at present lying suffering from seri- oils. burns and shock in the Memorial Hospital here, where she was convey el following the tragedy. Five child survivors, all young in years, managed to make their escape from their burning home in safety and uninjured, when aroused from their beds by smoke and,fire. .. Emily, the eldest member of the Sharpe family, was preparing to come downstairs to assume her house hold duties with her mother, When the not-: se created by the exploding lamp and' flames attacking the house drew her attention to the seriousness of the si- tuation. She remained 'upstairs and with great fortitude and self-sacrifice tried to remove' the three younger children from their beds to a place of safety. All her attempts were fu- tile, however, and the courageous girl met a similar fate to that of her three brothers, The five children who suc- ceeded in breaking out of the burning house, are being cared for at the home of Thomas Alexander, . a near neigh- bor eighbor of the Sharpe family. William Sharpe, the father, also re- ceived minor injuries, suffering most- ly ostly: from frost -bite when he was forc- ed outside carrying his 'injured -wife into the storm. A high wind was rag- ing at the time spread the flames with' fury, reducing the house and its contents to ashes in a short space of time. The' injured woman had gone down stairs to finish dressing, • carrying the lamp with her. She had placed the lamp on the table and was bending down to fasten her shoe when 'the lamp exploded, throwing it's flaming contents in all directions. The clothing of Mrs. Sharpe became ignited and Mr. Sharpe, who had ac- companied his wife from their sleep- ing quarters in the upper portion of the house, immediately went to her assistance. It was during this period in caring for his wife's inpuries that the flames, gaining a firm bold on the interior •• of the dwelling, spread with lightning -like rapidity. Dueto the early hour in the morn- ing when the fire occurred neighbors were not made aware of the tragedy being enacted in their midst until all help was rendered futile. Everything possible was done' for the survivors and a sewing bee was immediately started: in the district Wednesday morning to provide the child survivors with warm • . clothing. Funds are being collected in Listowel and the surrounding. district for im- mediate relief of the Sharpe fatnily and to assist in building a new home for its remaining members. Mr. Sharpe has resided in Ehna Township for about 12 years rsan and pur- chased ;the property now held by him from W. J. Alexander. The family is held bi the highest esteem through- out the 'district and the tragedy has Help deeply stirred the countryside. ` He1 is coming from all sides to relieve the fallen fortunes of the Sharpes. Hess r Emily Sharpe, who 'it` is generally ''Annual meeting of the Horticultur- conceded gave up her life in: the vain of ociety, will be held on Wednesday eventig, Election of officers and oth- er iuil:ortant business will be trans- acted. ;It is urgently requested that every niir;,�ber be present at this 1826 inaugural ineeting. `A nurnbtr of brethren of the Black Knights *Walton Lodge, paid a' vis - BORN it to oSir kcal Society on Friday ev- N y Degrees enkins—To Mr. and Mrs. Clifford. ening and c�nferit"d several Deg J on some of t'le members. Lunch was Jenkins on Sunday, January loth., served.. at the'eiose of the inectixrg. a daughter. (Written, July 1917 by R. A. Graham) Air -Scotland Yet. Come join in song with me, my lads, Fair Canada's my theme, Her rolling streams, her verdant plains, Our ain adopted hame; And while we sing, let echoes ring From ,centre to the main Let pibroch, 'harp and flageolet, Prolong the sweet refrain; We'll raise a cheer for Canada, The land that's a' our ain, DECLARES MODERNISTS MAKE HELL COLD STOR'AGE'PL ,NT Billy Sunday goes to bat at Bing hampton and makes sixteen hitse-re- spects bootlegger as much as his black -hearted Customer,. With an attendance that filled the. Billy Sunday Tabernacle in Bing- bampton, N. Y., Boo persons in the choir, two pianists, many ministers, secretaries, and campaign leader, on the platforrn,' the stage' was set 'Sun- day for an auspicious opening of his seven weeks' evangelists campaign The maple waves upon our hills, „5 The pine o'ershades the dale, Sweet' warblers charm the shady groves, t Sweet flowers adorn. the :vale; And weal we love the land•my lads, m, Box 249. H. T 1 . That feeds the brave and free; Canadian lakes and forests grand, Candian wilds for .me;; stove I Then' raise a cheer for Canada, —Se, and cork Home of the brave and free; eel 'good bailer, also neve% m fur coat in good condition. The lily liblooms upon the plain, Thompson & Buchanan Where Wolfe his heroes led, are. The rose adorns the rocky steeps Where Brock's brave champions Scarf put in wrong pocket bled, Finder play have same at The shamrock and the thistle bloom. ce by pit: ; jf' r vt. Where Brants' brave warriors lie In Britau's 'cause for British laws, 5, They peeled their battle cry; e Then raise a cheer for'Canada, Where freedom's heroes vie. r. r' ,ey Rock' Pull tin Coultes, srd li r. -One and a half storey tage, eight rooms, hard ands r, garage and stable, in,thei Wroxeter. Apply t wn, Real Estate and Iia+- o r CE—A.l1, those owing accounts rnilst settle same at the store ebruary est. After that' . date se turn theist •over..„fore'coi- n, A. S. Radford, White- NAL—Any person knowing whereabouts. of Miss Mary ss, who left;Wingham in the rite of 1881 or 1$82, Kindly w , .z, Wingharn, Ont., Can; ING WANTEDe-I will do in either at my - `.'ane sewing ' an d{ 1n y on "Suter Street or by going y the day.; Mary Doig. OF CATTLE At Fordwicll turda.y afternoon, January. springers, 5 young cows aefl>tot. Several stockers. Bricker,.Prop We sigh not for "The lands we left", Though native lands are dear, We prize the fields our bands have ' cleft From forests dense and drear; We'll kindly till our. ain: tall yard, Nae tryant's scorn we'll dree; x,ong•ilrayy.the maple wave its leaf, And fan both land and sea; Then raise. a. cheer for Canada, The land elands foe me. May Heaven bless 13ritania's rule, •and our Iain , Our Country, g; iMay manhood's right e.nd manhood's. might, With freedom's anthems, ring. 1 we'll b rafia`c in and y inch fa Then Here are sixteen "right off the bat" statements by Sunday:, "A lot of God -forsaken inodernists make hell a cold -storage plant." "Hitch. on to salvation this side of the coffin or you're all in." "When a modernist prays, God's got his finger in his ear." "Some men are so low down they need an airplane to get to hell," "Destroy the churches' and in a, short time the real estate won't be worth one cent on a dollar:" BELMORE A meeting was held in the Union Church Monday afternoon for the' transaction of business. IYIr. and Mrs. Tackaberry .of Lions Head, visitors at the General Store., left for their home, Saturday. Miss' Eunice Hacking of Toronto is visiting her parents. A hot supper was served.to the members of the Curling Club, in the. basement of the Community Hall, Friday evening'by the Women's In- stitute. A most enjoyable time was spent. The rink was well patronized Sat- urday evening by the youth of the vi- cinity, the elder . ones as onlookers. The young pian. that lost his dog, must have lost his head. The next evening he would do well to leave it at home. The dog we mean. The election of a trustee into the village school caused quite an excite- ment, Wednesday afternoon of last week. English, Irish, Scotch and all, turning out to• vote Those who had' ,no vote at least , helped to break the road and show good will. Mr. and : Mrs. . Edward , Johns'on were the guests of . tvtiss Mary and Hannah Stokes last' week. If the men would cut .out. a few more smokes, cigarette smoking and confine their chew to ()nee a day the women perhaps could buy a little more goods to put to the bottom of those_ skirts that are such a grievance to Timothy Hay. • Miss Edith Metcalf visited with her friend, Miss Irene Mundell Sunday evening, Miss Clara Metcalf' 'of home at her a irr Ilam is .a visitor W g here. IliiM0101ai ilil ..__ �M- When you hear some - old scowl& l� rel barking about the church you may.. know he never gives a cent," IN "'I'd advise you not to ;.get within i ee reaching distance of me - when you call me a grafter. Get your photo- graph hoto graph taken first, your wife won't know you when you get home." "Some time the i lion and the lamb will lay down together and the • lamb won't be inside the lion either." "If the English. language. gets in my way. something's going to happen El to it," ,.J "I lost half of my vocabulary when - I became converted." "Jesus said: 'He that would be. greatest among you,'let hint' be the servant of all." The, world says: `If you want to. be something, get a vale et. "I have just as much respect , for a bootlegger as I have for the black hearted rascal who buys from the.. Thursday, Jannary xeth., xp t6 t1 MINX ..... yore EXIS W r are heaciguarters goer CsC®.v'I ". ® Automobile Skates and ]' •,..,:key. is Big stock (t Men's, t,men's, OyS' net Girl to select fro ° SKATES S 'E.ARPENBED Brio„a� your skates here a d have t�'ron sharpened the right way. —. Telephone 23 — THE GOOD SHOE STORE WINGHAM, ONT. ®®®11®® 1 1 op. • ® a .mslos Tan we WHITECHURCH Mr. Charles Martin has been • mak- ing extensive improvements on the el- evator here. • , Mr. and Mrs. Albert Stein, left for' their home in Aylesbury, Sask., on bootlegger!. Monday, ;after, a visit of, a couble of "The liquor traffic is a political anelmonths with • releeives here. commercial machine that is `folding its. Mrs. Calvert is spending:: a., corr.le tent and preparing to go into hell: of weeks with her par•ents, Mr: and "I'm going to live long enough, ti America so drythat we'll have to Mrs. Bradford of Orangeville. see Arner S. S: No. ro, Kinloss are having no prime a main before he can spit.” "A woman must love something, school this week on account of the but I don't call a Pekinese dog any- measles. Mr. and Mrs Thos McIn#es and you full of embalming fluid and back visiting with his parents, kr. and brother, J Mr. and "Mrs. Jas. Purtlbn and' EI- mer, visited with 1V1te- and Mrs..Wm.' Purdo.ti on' Sunda,. Mrs. Elgin Wellwood and Richard. and .e s Nora Falconer of Orange - 'are visiting ,with their parents,. )dr, and Mrs. John Falconer. The Young People of the United. Church are meeting on Friday'to or- ganize a Young People's Society.' Everybody come. Misses Norah and Beatrice John- ston, spent the holidays with their :sis- ter, Mrs. Moore in Toronto. Mrs. Wm. Beecroft is visiting for a Hxx"g' few days this week at 'the home of her "1f you don't look out God'll pump son, Janes of Scotsguard,sk., are in - Mrs. as. Robinson, W g stana, To guard our Countrie's weal, side like brothers.. tried,, And side by r deal; As friends with friend we'll d Then' raise a cheer for Canada,. The land that we lo'e wee”, it WHITECHURCII Miss Elizabeth Brandt and Francis _ - - • J. Paterson, eldest 'son of F Mck. Pat- ) WANTED—Tenders will be ersan„ Whitechurch, both of Detroit, r 16th., for 15 Mich., were united' in. marriage Satur- vccl up to JanuaryFirst Pres- green hard wood, ant eo in. 'clay, Tan. end., 1926, in' the Fr s soft~ • the united Church,' Wing- byterien Church,, BIissfield, Mich., by Pres - or t I.,awc.st or anytender not nee Mundell. After the t•ily aeeepted" Address all, tenders to S. Bennett, Box teghani, chairman of Property ittee, Rev. John ccremo ipali Mrs coaple r was served at ° the e of the grooin's aunt dell. The young reit Mich, BLYTH Mr. L. Williams, received word ear- ly of iy '.Saturday morning of the lea his )arother-in-law, Mr, 'Thomas Cas- sels at Wingharn. The week of prayer was, held by the ' Services' were three congregations, highly iuspiritual and largely attend- ed, Mr. George Robertson made a: bus- iness us- i trip to our town Monday, the 'hearse 'up to your door." , . Mrs. Dan McInnis of;Kinloss. ham. attempt made by her to rescue the. three dead boys; left school same two years ago to „assist her mother .in the household duties. She was a clever musician and an all-round favorite in the community in which she so lately resided,•--14stawet Standard. eer . o " '67th Birthday 5 is a It gcritatton OC the Tablet' nder a gloiioue sky ,Ute in No- vontber an expectantgroup of distinguished Canadians were gath- ered for the unveiling of an orna- mental cairn at Gonzales Height's Victoria, 13.C., commemorating early British and Spanish na tors who explored the Pacific in the eighteenth century. Th irony also marked the sixty - anniversary of the existence province of British Col'unyb Oiie hundred and thirty .y Haien by since Captain Charles Wil- liam Barkley, in eoniniand of the picturesque British trading vessel. the Imperial Cagle, sailed up the straits of Juan de Fuca searehing for the mythical Northwest passage which would provide an alternative oute frrom. Atlantic to Pacific and iso the greatly desired short cut to e Indies, The ceremony of the iaarvuila` cairn was impressi'r'm, as be ubiic doministr tlon at gyrate The monument on the Heights to pioneer geographers and explor- ers. Stepping forward proudly, Cap- tain Robert E. Barkley, great -grand- son of the intrepid explorer, drew aside the draped flags of Britain and Castile, emblems of the glamour of picturesque days of another era, re- vealing the cairn with its modest, bronze tablet. Among the other prominent par- ticipants an the ceremony were: John W. Dolby, of Seattle, Vice -Consul for Spain; Hon., Walter C. Nicholl, Lieu- tenant' Governor of British Colum- bia; His Honor, Judge Howay, of New 'Westminster, er, President dent of the British Cott mbia Historical l Associa= (tion; Reeve Anseomb, representing - Oak Bay Municipality; also mem bars of the family of Sir James Douglas, las, first governor of British Columbia, and of Ca» t ifn William. ham-- Henry McNeill, who made a report to the Hudson's Bay Company in 1831 upon the suitability of the pres- ent site of the City of Victoria for the erection of a fort, in his opening address, Hon. Wale ter Nicholl referred to the great debt owed the pioneers who had willingly dared all in their voyage of discovery. The speaker also re- viewed the groat potential resources of the new land they had taken pos- session of on the Western rima of the World. In -the course of thero¢ p Qedingi� credit was repeatedly given t toric Branch of the Bride bits storieai Assoeiatio tie the efforts of C. theirs the altiat dot >1,