The Wingham Advance Times, 1926-04-08, Page 3WROXETER
Miss Beatrice Howe of Leainingten
isrsl>enllin the holidays with lien-sis-
ters %iii town •
.
Mrs, Frank Sanderson of Tor �to
is visiting with her 'sister, Miss Jean-
ette Ritehe.
Mr. Kenneth Gibson, spent Easter
Sunday with his parents here,
Miss Irene Stocks is visiting her
sister` in Toronto. ''
Mr. Mack Allen of Teeswater,
spent the week -end with his parents
here. •
Miss 1Vlinnie Jeffery, of Belnore,
was."the guest of Miss .Maggie Tinton
a few days last week.
Miss Bush of Cobourg is at present'
Visiting her brother, Mr, 'Jno, Bush 'of
down.'
A .good many 'around town are coin-
1aining of Grip. cord story or perish. It is supposed.
Mrs. T, W. Henry and .itildren, mice had been irnawing'matches on a
:1t the Easter holidays in Orange- tray, left in the dumb waiter, the fire
vkll,e: " burning the ropes, let the waiter drop
Mr. Struthers of the "Bank of,'Com-lli;aving a draft which soon caused the
1 coerce was moved to the Gorrie fire to burn through the wall into the
133ranch, Harvey Robinson- takes his kitchen, ,where the flog slept, the
A,place as teller here. ' ,smoke and flames drove him out and
t The Young People of the United going up stairs just in time to awake
'church concluded their weekly meet- j Mr. and 'Mrs. Hemphill. '
i;ngs- the last Monday. in March with 1 lir. McCann of New York City is a
Thursday, April 8t1.1., 926 •
spent most of the winter with their over Easter,
family inI-lar-rist.on and Toronto ares Mrs. Jack Booth and little dauglr-
honie again. , ;ter of Brandon, Man., :and Will Booth,
Mr. and Mrs. '1', G. •Hemphill's' of Kitchener are at Mrs. Booth's.
spacious residence had a narrow, es-
cape fr'oiii fire Sunday morning,
About four ` o'clock. IVlrs. Hemphill
vests, awakened by a noise caused bx
:Elie bull dog corni3•g up the stairs and
smelling smoke acid going to ;the head
of the stairs ,found thein a` blaze at
the 'bottom and calling her ,husband,
'they' rushed down through the flame.
They discovered the dumb waiter whi-
eh is situated ifeair th$ stairway was a
mass of flan.ies. With a\plentiful sup-
ply of water in the kitchen however
they soon had the fire under control.
But it was a close call, a few minutes
more and • their escape by the stair-
way would have been cut off and they
would have had to jump from the se -
fa 'supper at which oysters and • tomato 'T. G. Iemphill's for a few days:
soup was served, Donald ,Monroe, Toronto. was home
McCutcheon Bros., lost a valuable over Easter,
finale, two weeks ago by being injur-
ed. internally
njur=ed.internally while travelling on the'
\bad roads.
Mr. Earl Howes Toronto and Miss
McKenzie of Goderich, visited at
Earnie Dobbs, •
Mr, .and Mrs. Robert Black, who' Gilbert Howes, Toronto was home
Igiss Janet Allen, Toronto at home'
with Mr, and 1Vl:rs, Geo. Allen;'
Mi ss 13eatriee Howe, Leamington'
at her sisters the Miss Bowes:'
GORRIE COUNCIL ..
`Council met in the. Township` Hall,
pursuant to, adjoirrninent. All mem-
bers present, the Reeve'in the chair.
Miriuites of last meeting. were read.
and on motion of Hubbard and Tay-
lor were adopted.
The representations of the different1
Road Machinery Companies were pre-
sent. ,
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Moved by Hubbard and Taylor that
the rnatter of buying it Crusher be left
over for further consideration. A
committee of the! Council go andsec
the Machine in operation with .a view
of buying if satisfactory. Carried.
Moved by Hubbard and Leonard
that the iTax Colle ptor for the Wes-
tern ,Div. be, instructed to collect the
balance of the Telephone rate from
Ethelbert King, as soon as he gets
Written Notice from' the Commiss-
ioners stating they will be responsible
for all expenses incurred. Carried.
Pound Keepers and' Fence. Viewers..
appointed -Pound Keepers, 'Levi Gal-
briaith, C. Mcllwaine, R. G. Nay, Wm.
Reas, A. E. Cooper, Fred Hyndman,'
Arthur Jacques, James Douglas, Wni.
Hastie, Edw. Harris and Joseph 13es
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witherick. is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. H. V.
Fence Viewers Appointed—A. A. Holmes at present. H V. is a son of
Grahari1, ' Ci Irwin, Levi Galbraith, the gentleman referred to.
John Giles, 'Wm. Hood, Sebastain
Zurbrigg, David Walker, Wni. 'Gib-
son, Neil McDermitt, Thos. O. John-
ston, A. E. Toner, Robert Lathers,
Thos. McMichael, R. Harris and,Da-
vid Reas. �,•�,.
Sheep Valuators—A, E. Cooper and teller in the Canadian Bank of Com- •thee urea condition for some time,
roes, .Douglas, coerce, . Gorrie for upwards of two !deceased was only confined to bed
` about two .weeks. She was in her ei-
ticcounts ,passed -Gordon Simmons �•s has been transferred to the .
Easter.
Mr. G. W. Walker of town attend
ed the funeral of the late Mrs. H. Da
' honMondaylast,
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visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs.; Mrs. Geo. Harrison of this village
Thos. Nash last week. 'of whom we made mention last week
Those suffering from severe colds as being—in a very low condition;
are now on the way to recovery. passed away on Saturday night last
R. VV'. Walters who has been about 12 o'clock. Althouih in a ra-
wood for Township Hall, ,$41.25; Da-
vid' Dane, work on iload 1.0o; John
Dinsmore, work on road 1.o0; J. H.
Rogers; postage and excise stamps
io.00; R. F. Edgar, services and ' ex-
penses to. Toronto 18.5o; E. W. Car-
son,, Collector, "postage and excise
stamps 17.00; E. W. Carson, collector
part' salary 20.00;.
Moved by Gamble and Leonard.
that the Council adjourn to meet in
Fordwich on the third Wednesday in
April., Carried.
C. E. Walker, Cleric.
year , •f ' t
Canadian Bank of Commerce, Nia-,i
agara Falls Ont. Mr. Walters left on!
Thursday last for his home at Jarvis
where he intended to spend the holi- 1
day, resuming work at .his new post ,
on Tuesday of this week. He carries
with.. him the best wishes :of a large
circle of friends. He • has proved
himself to be a very courteous and
obliging young man and one whom
we are sorry to lose.
Mr. R. P. Nash, teacher of Toron-
to, is e pending the vacation under the
parental roof. He arrived home on
GORRIE NEWS Friday last. We are pleased to state
his brother. E. B. is irnproving.'
i�.�r��-�• m„r 1. Miss F. Gibson, teacher of S. S.
Married—''.Cite marriage tools, place tNe 4 Howick is spending the. ltoli-
quietly on Saturday April 3rd., at the
Presbyterian Manse,' Wingharn, by
Dr. Ferric of Ivfiss E. Emmeline Earl,
daughter of 3'Ir, and: Mrs. 11tobert
Earl, Gorrie South, to Harold. N., son
of Mr. and Mrs. John Gowdy of. Ho -
wick. The happy couple left on the
:afternoon train for. Toronto, follow-
ed by the best wishes of all for a hap-
py married life, :
Miss S.. M. Evans of Nestleton is,
holidaying in town at present.
It is the time of tapping for the
Sweet Juices. So• far,; .very few ,have
done so. The harvest will be short
this year in all probability.
Mr, M. Struthers 'formerly of Wro-
xeter Canadian. Bank: 'Commerce is
.tte new teller in the bank here.,......We
welcome Mr. Struthers to our midst
and wish him every success,
Mr. ,,and Mrs. W. J. Greer of Wing -
ham, were the guests of Mr. and Mrs.
H. V.' EIohnes last week -end.
Mr, Clare Hilburn 'who has been
spending some time at his Home at
New Dundee, returned to, town on
Monday .last,
Mrs. Rob:, McMillan and family of
Listowel are the, guests of lir. and
Mrs. R,&McGrath over the holiday,
The .weather still ,continues cold and
winter' like, only a few days quite
trilld and. warm, but the. welcome,
spring with all herr joyous accom-
panintent is at hand and will be wel-
comed and appreciated.
Easter tide has come' and • gone
once more. ' `caster frill of ender
memories and .glad promises. The
services and music in the 'different
chtirelies were most appro,ptiate,,lit
a general way, more • people think of
religion and target" 'cotigregati, ns at-
tend church on Easter' Sunday than
out any , o'ther. The Severe Storm on
Saturday, which• matte the roads al -
Moat inipassable, no doubt, kepi k
iiuniber' front attending the services.
iVfr.' W $.' Holntes''of Pott Arthus
day at her home ht Brighton,
Mr. G. Jeffe'rson Prin., of Pub-
licour
School, spent Easter Sunday at his
home at Auburn.
Miss G. M. White of the Junior
Dept., of our school is holidaying at
Toronto, she left on Monday morning
for the Queen City.
Mr. and Mrs. John Hynchnan and
Miss Ethel are spending the week in
Toronto.
lir. Jos. Querin is enjoying his
•Laster vacation with his grandpar-
ents in 'Brussels.
Mrs., Harry Richards and son,
.George of Harriston were the guests
of Mr. and Mrs, W. J. Phairr, over
r schoo
001 0m dorasnw,►awoo 06000n00a100 0[0000hm.
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icenses
For the fifth year we have been
appointed to issue these
licenses
IN THIS VICINITY
Our aim will be to give the
public SERVICE.
When, we receive a properly
filled in application with a
money order or cheque pay,
able at par
We will return your
license on next train
Same prices as last year.
Allow 10c for postage.,
A G. SMITH
Box 413 ' Winghalrino.,
itsixtlh ear a woman o a �qme
g y Y
disposition.. A kind and loying mo'
ther. She is survived by three sons,
George of Brantford, Jesse and Den-
nis of the village, the latter with
Whom she lived since the decease of
her husband about ten years ago. The
funeral was held on • Tuesday after-
noon, Revs. Jones and Craik officiat-
ing. Interrhent was made in the fa-
mily plot in Gorrie cemetery. The
sympathy of the community goes out
to the bereaved.
ivir. Jas. B. Wylie, teacher of Tor-
onto is spending Easter week at his,
home in the village.
The following is .the report of •the'
Wroxeter Continuation School, Re,'
sults are based op the Easter Exam-
inations. * Failure in one. subject.
**Failure in two or ngre subjects;
Lower School, Form I—Anderson
Inglis 80.6 p. c.; Harold. Barton 74,1
p. c.; Margaret Gibson 70.5 P. e.;
Marjorie Baker 69,7 p, c.;. **Edward.
Gibson 66.r p. c.; Daisy Stocks 63.6 p.
c.; **Henry Finlay 60,6 p. c.; *John
Koine. 59.3 p.' c.; *Mabel ;Robinson
57.2 p. c.; **Walker • :Elastic; 48:1 p, a.;
Form II—lia;g. Doig 76,5 p. c.; Dor-
othy Doig 73.5 p, e,;,Margaret'Davey
71 p.;c.; Olive Lawrence '69 p• o.;
Mervin Stephens 66.7 p. c,; *Spenccer-
Ashton 59.6 p. c.; **Jim Sanderson
Middle School—Harveg Plant 76'p.
c.; ,*Winnie Rae 7o,r; p. c.; Agnes Gib-
son 70 p. c.; Eva Musgrove 68,7 P. c•,;.,
*George Mines 67.7 p. c.; Ruth Stocks.
64.4 p c.; *Archie Gibson 60.4 p, c.:.
**Edith. .Earls 54.4 p. e.; **Ewart
Whitfield. 54.2 p. c,; **Wilbert Fralick
53.8 p. c.; **Archie Edgar 49.7 p• c,;
**Bessie Wylie 48'•p. c.; **Aleck Has -
tie 42 p 4., **Kenneth Edgar 41 p, c.;•
^`Murdie Edgar 38.1 p. c.
Absent for some or all examina-
tions.—Form II1, '11luriel Rob'insoi,.
Marguerite Foster. Form .II, Geo.
Paulin, Jean Snarling, Ferne Bennett.
Form I, Margaret Wright, Mary Har-
ris, Marie Copeland, Jack Hat -is,.
Willie Timm, Harold Durat.
NOTE: -The staff would appreciate
the co-operation of the parents in the
'matter of regular ,attendance and the
homework of the pupils. With re-
gard the latter students of the middle
'cbooI should spend on an average of
three hours a night during the corn-
ing term.
Norman Garrett, Principal.
One marl is dead and damage esti
mated at $75,000 was caused by an
explosion and fire which gutted the
warehouse o:E the Independent Oil Co.
at Brandon, Man., last week, and 'des -
h
troycd adjoining buildings. The fire
followed a spectacular explosion.which-
threw burning oil for a distance of
half a block and smashed windows
within a radius of five blocks.
Big Loads of Logs
Tre clearing' of the big bush pur-
chased recently by Kitchener, inter-
ests from the J. C. Ross estate at
Traver'ston is now on in full swing,
and with a big gang of niers at work,
the activities around the mill at
Glenroadin would remain one of the
good old days when timbering was
On-
tariothe chief industry in this part of t t
tario during the winter months.
i..ast week our T raverston corres,
pondent reported a load of logs hav-
ing been taken to the mill by Wil-
fred Leitch consisting of three elm
16gs scaling 2400 feet This, we have.
(since teen told, was in error, the load
containing only 1,920 feet. Ott Fri-
day last, so our information tells us,
aii'u\c:y Reidt, the. '16 -year-old soil of
Joltu Reiclt of the 8th concession, vvi-
th a team of three-year-old colts,
drew a lad of five logs, to the mill
.which, scaled 2,192 feet. and is easily
,tlie largest load yet brought to the
:historic ,olcl twill where many of the
big trees of former clays were con-
verted into lumber.
The Reidt family are newcomers
to the vicinity, but from the start
they have made inthe log -hurling
game may set other records before
the winter season is over. 'We would
be pleased to hear of any other big
loads brought in.—Durham Chronicle.
The h.cidts are residents of .11owick,
who are working at Durham for the
winter:.
Results of Easter Examinations,_
Wroxeter Primary Room. Pass 408
marks.
Sr. II "Vera Durst 564 (honours);
Lily Waller 543 (honours); Velma
Higgins 507; Jack McLean 462; Helen.
Milligan 440; Nellie McLaughlin 420;t•
Marjorie Paulin 422; Isabel Milligan:
411; jack McLeod 400; Harold Kaake:
400; Dojis Elliott*; Margaret Edgar"_.
Jr. II—Stewart Musgrove, Robert-.
Hoperaft, Everett Wright, IIa Shag-
•
pin,
Sr. I—Cameron
Patterson.
Sr. 'Pr. -Fred Hoperaft, • Dorothy
Henry, Edyth Martin, Rae Henning,
Allister Green, Billie Gibson, Jessie
Paulin.
Jr. Pr.—Jack Henry, Clark Sharpin.
A. G. Hastie, teacher..
McTavish, Mable
Toronto).
in
Miss Jennie Howe is r
attending a Convetion of Public Li-
brarians.
Geo. Paulin is attending a Conven-
tion of Trustees and Ratepayers As-
sociation also in Toronto.
FRED DAVEY'
Village Clerk
Issuer of Marriage Licences
The law now requires the license be •
taken out three days before the cere-
mony.
Subscription taken for the.
Advance -Times.
Clubbing rates givers.
NORMAN WADE
Gorrie, Ontario
Agent for Hartford Wind Insurance'
Also
Walkerton Fire Insurance Co.
Automobile, Live Stock and Plate.
Glass Insurance
DR. H. p. MUTTON
Graduate of Royal College of Dental
Surgeons of Ontario
Graduate of' University of Toronto
At Fordwich Tuesday and Thursday
At Gorrie the rest of the week.
GEED. FOWLER
L:D,S.; ' D.D.S.
Teeswater, Ontario
Will be at the Gofton House, Wro-
xeter 1st and 3rd Wednesday of each.
month. Will be at Gorrie the follow-
ing Thursday.
G. S. DAWSON
GORRIE
Director of Funeral Services
Motor Hearse or Carriage, which
,ever is required.
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