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The Wingham Advance, 1924-01-24, Page 1Don't Fail .toSee tbe LionsC!ub."MJNSTREL REVUE" on .T. Single copies, nye Cents. BY-LAW IS WITHDRAWN IVfatthewman Spinning Mill Loan Is Dropped The Spinning Mill By -Law which was„passe.d by the council and adver- tised, iii the last issue of The Advance has been withdrawn by the mutual consent of tile town Cotincil and Mr. Idattliewmran, While erthusiastic about the/passing of this By -Law, the council felt that Mr. Matthewman was, holding back facts regarding the purchase which the citizens of Wing- • harnesliould know before voting on a bylaw gu'aranteeing him $25,000. After due consideration and the send- ing of Mayor Willis and town solici- tor I-lohnes to Toronto, it was deein.ed advisable to withdraw the bylaw. The council do not wish to think , tbat Mr. Matliewman was anythhia but honorable but we wouldu'tlike - to say that they were very much in presse,c1 with -some of the men with whom' he has unfortimately had busi- ness dealings since coming- to On- tario. - • An Old Horne Week Wingham will hold -an Old Home Week during the corning summer. At , , a meeting of citizens held the town " - hall it was decided to go ahead with • this plan. • The last reunion was belel ie. July of i919 and,was a pronounced success in every way. There was practically no rowdyism and everyone was just home for a goad 'time. A guarantee° list is being sent afotmdtand a public meeting of citizens to org- aniite and form committees will be held in the council chamber on Tues- day ayetang Jan. 29th. , 1"1 -ea. IA Toronto . Art did resident of Wingham in the - person of Robert Johnston, -died at his home, 33' St. Joseph street, Tor- onto; on Saturday morniag, Jan. 19. Pior to moving to, Toronto Mr. John- ston owned tbe Marble Works in , Wingham and .later the- restaurant now owned by Mr. J. H. McKay. Besides his widow he is survived by one son Ivan, formerly of the Queen's Hotel, but now in Toronto and one daughter Mrs. Chas. Bell of South- anipton. Deceased was in his 7ist. year. Interment took place in Mount gear' Pleasant Cemetery on Monday after- noon. Wingham Wins Hockey The first game of hockey to be played in Wingham this season was staged on Monday night between Kincardine and Wingharn juniors, and an exciting garneit was, from start to finish. Two .periods' had 'to be played overtime to decide the winner. At the end of the first period the score was.4 to 2, at the end of the second 6 to 7 in favor of Kincardine • and the end of the game 7 all. In the first period ,overtime both teams scor- edand the end of the second over- tiniel period stood. TO to 9 favor.of -Tlaringharn. • he Wingham line up was: .- Centre, Stan Harrison; left, Chas. Pattison; right, Barney Browne; 1st. •"aaalerente, -tared- taelt;-anci-datfaziee;Wal- ' ter Locktidge; goal, Wm. Mann, and Tom, Baker. Alf Lockridge as the "referee. • The score would have •beea differ-. era only for the stone wall -goal tend- er Kincardine team had. ar' EVERYBODY'S COLUMN ANNOU NCEMENT Having ' Pur- ohased the real estate business of the late J. G. Stewart I am, in the market to buy or sail town and farm property at a reasonable rate. Esti- mates -also given on valuatioft of property. V. R. VanNorman. GLADIOLI BULBS—Rost Bushes, Bedding. Plants, .011Rntentar Shrubs Trees and Evergreena, Hardy Per- ennial Plants. ' Our Sprang •Price • List is now ready. It is the most eomplete book of its kind in. Wes - tete °Mario, We will gladly send • you a copy. Your • name and• • ad: dress on a postal card will bring one. J. Ganamage & Sons, 207 Dupdas Stteet, London, Ont. lairs. William Sneath. Local Agent. HOUSE TO . RENT—Comfortable orr the. carrier of Prances ,and Victoria streets. Apply for particulaas to ]L. 5. Churhill. LOGS WANTED— Soft Elm, Hard and Soft Maple and Basswood. For further information phone 2-60o, J. H. Reid & Son. POSTPONED—The Auction Sale of farm, farm stock and -implements which was to be held on ' Tuesda,y, • 22nd., an Lot 58, con 1, Morris, Was postponed on account of wea- ther conditions. Will be... held on Monday Jan. 28. Agnes K. Miller, Executor of Estate, ' SALE—Don't forget tradburn Bros. Clearing Auction Sale of farm stock • and Implements oh their farm, lot 4fr certi, 7, East Wawanosh, Tues- day, Jan. ne. See bills, TENDERS—For Assessor for the Township of Turriberry for t924, will be received by the undersigned •• up till x o'clock on. the tith day. of February. Lowest or any tender not necessarily aceepted. W, R. Creikshanks, Clerk, • WHEAT SCREENINGS—We hale a large supply of wheat screenings, Western Oats, Low Glade Flour, Bran and Shorta. Come here or yenir suppliee, IrIewsori & HoWson. mofr. , . • 4'1;4'01 Seats sale at McKbbo&s. WINGFIAM, ONT., THURSDAY, JANUARY 24th, 1924 PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD. HORTICULTURAL SOCrY LOCAL ITEMS J. Hill is Newly Elected Chairman At the inaugural meeting • 'of the Wingbain Public School Board held or WcidnesdaY evening, Mr. Frank J. Hill was elected chain -nail for 1924. The tender from Gordon Walker, for 20 cords of mixed wood at $3,,8o per cord was accepted. Ma. 5, A...Morton was re -appointed to the High School Board and R'ev. Dr. Petrie to the Public Library B oaad. The finance committee will 'be Rev. I -I. W. Snell, R., I -I, Lloyd and F. J. Hill, while the purchasing committee will be the chairman, the -principal, Mr. Posliff and 'Trustee Robt Allen. Trustee A. J. Walker, who was the ef- ficient chairman of the board for 1923, Will be chairman cif the property committee this year. Chief of Police Allen was re -ap- pointed school attendance officer at a salary of $5p. Mr. W. T. Booth was re-engaged .as- secretary -treasurer at $15o, per annum and Mr. 5. W. Dodd as caretakei. of the school at $5o per month. • • Receipts Fees non res. pupils 74 75 Balance from last audit $ 157 so Gov. Gt. superannation 256 so Gov. Gt. lt-iridergarterr sup i6 50 Town levy on focal assess 10278 oo Total Receipts 1923 $ 10783 25 • Expendittire Other salaries 690 oo Teachers salaries iitt. sup , . $8312 24 Fuel and supplies 996 o6 Repairs - 23 65 Printing and Statioilary 79 35 Equip. and maps 15o 92 School Building ancl site 138 95 School Nurse 162, 5o Miscellaneous 153 70 Total Expenditure $ 10667 37 Balance• $ 115 88 • Young—MacDonald Nuptials • A wedding of much interest was solemnized at 4 o'clock Thursdaya* ternoone January ,17, at Chalmers .:Churcle Guelph, the Rev., J. A. Maca Kenzie officiating, when Beatrice 1 youngest daughter of the late t Alexander and Mrs. MaJOrmald of GuelP11,- became' the bride of Mr. Gor- don M: Young, seat of Mrs. S. J. Young; 154 Greenlaw avenue, Toronto and.'- the late .Alexander Young of Wingham. The. bride entered' the t church on the arm -of - her brother, Mi'. , Belinore MacDonald, to the t strains of Labengrin's t "Wedding I Marche': played by Mr. Harry Hol- g gate organist,. and looked Very beauti- fld in a ,gown of grey canton crepe, a With a very beconiing hat of blue,vel- 1 vet. After the ceremony, .dinner was partaken of at the hoihe of thelirinle's '- mother, and the happy couple left for a Detroit and other • Michigan points, r amid showers of good wishes. The u bride travelling in a dress of brown charrneuse, with hat to match. After the wedding tour they will reside in b Toronto. i •aakataang those -from .a -distance to at- f teed were: Miss Margaret MacDonald h New York City, Mr.. and Mrs. C. R. 'Trimble, Montreal, Mr. 5, H. Young, i of Wiritipeg. t Mock Parliament Session, , a The Mock Parliament continues ti the Methodist Church on Monday evening' next when the debate on the s immigration bill will "be concluded re. and .the following hill to tax- bachel- h ors will be brought • forward by -the :o Government: - ' Whereas it has been brought to the f1 attention of the Goveanment that there are a large icuinber of bachelors -t1 in the Dominion who are escaping al their aair. share of the burdens' of life, T and, especially avoiding rale taxation cl resulting from the world war. - il Whereas the borne is recog-nizad as the unit and centre of all civilized. na- tions. from which ' those influences flow which are best. calculated to ele- b vale, purify andaennoble our national ti Rio; , consequently the more 0 homes a nation has in proportion to pl its population the higher is its type of el citizenship. ' • , tit • WhereaS some MeasUrer should ,be 81 adopted to, induce otoabiaeliful young S men to enter the United State of Ma- trimony instead of the United States 'cit of Arnerita, 4 T There.forae His Majesty, by and with or. the advice and consent of the House ot of Commons of Canada enacts as fol- of lows:— ' of First—That all bachelors over 261 of years of age be examined by ,a board tit of mental specialists, and if fourad hi pa their right mind an' annual tax shall D be levied according to the following schedule, Fibril age 26 to 30 50.00 eee 'From age 31 to 35 inclusive 75.00 ca From. -age 36 to 4o inclusive to0.00 Li Faalla age 41 to 45 inclusive.— 125.00 es From age 46 and upWards 150.00 Seconcla--The Monies arising from H this tax shall become payable on the tit first 'day Of December is each year, nu and shall be set aside for the support on of elderly maiden ladles having an an- ce come of less than $soctoo a year, • ea Third—This act shall come into fOtce imniediately after the, signature ide of the G'overnor-General has been af- fro fixed. • Ti• "And now," said the teacher, "we sta tome to Germany, that impottant m eratintr'y goticrited by a kaiser, Tom- trt ay tones, what is a kaiser?" in "Please, ma'am,. a kaiser is a stream th of hot, water springin, ,up and 'diStor- wi in' the earth." ou Secretary's Report for the Year End- . Mg Dec. 3/st., /923 Tliis is the second annual meeting of our society, The offieers for the year just ended have done their best to boost the work of the society and make it a success. The following re- portill give some idea of what has been done. At our last annual meeting the fol- lowing affieers were elected: Hon, Pres. Mr- Joynt, M.P.P.; Hon. Vice -Pres., IVIa. W. A. Galbraith; Pres, Mr. R. Vatistone.; 'Ist„ Vice -Pies. Miss E. Gilchrist; end Vice -Pres., Dr. R. C. Redmond; the following direc- tors were elected for a term of two Wallace, y vaats :DwrirsM .14C. 15, Isaed, r1;., J. eAt): Spotton, and Miss M E, Fisher. The following five directors retir- ing this year, served during tbe past two years: Mr.D. Hoirnes, Mrs. 5. F. McCrackin, Mr. A. Cr Smith; Mrs. A. Cosens and Miss E. Dodd. ,• The auditors for the. year were Messrs, P. Smith and F. W, French,' At this meeting it was saggested to the, officers that -arrangements be made to give new members a prem- ium. This was done with the result that we secured about forty addition- al members. We riow have a mem- bership of aboet two hundred and forty members. During the past year we distribut- ed a large number of bulbs, 'shrubs', plants etc., among our members. r A good deal 'of work lids been done by the members in fixing up their home grounds, Mr Graham reports that he has sold in the neighborhood of $5oo worth of, The majori- ty of this material has been purchased by the members who used the ser- vices of the landscape architect brought here in the fall of 1922. The cemetery committee of the council, assisted by Mr. Galbraith, have greatly improved the cemetery grounds with plantings.. - The ground in front of the ,Cana- dian National Railway station have been .well kept by the employees. • The Canadian Pacific Railway Company have started' to fix up the grounds around their station, The ocat agent" is doing all he can to get heni to complete this work as soon as possible, • •The Farmers Co-op, Co., through Mr, Hirst and the Aero Cashion Tire Co., have both put in plantings which greatly improve _their proper - les. The Wingharn Utilities Commission !trough their - Superintendent • have nade a wonderful improlrement in the rounds around the Electric Light Plant. What used to be merely an ash heap is, now an artistic arrange- nent of beautiful flower beds. " The planting in front of the Towa Iall has greatly improved. the Appear. nee Of the. grounds. The Council ecognazed the value. of this and gave s a grant to cover'the cost. Mr. Graham put this in at the cost of the naterial making no charge for the la - or . Mr. Galbraith was instrumental n having the round beds ih the front ixed, rin11.-additional plantings -alma at the side of the building. Chief ellen must be complimented on the vay he has kept the grounds around he Hall. He has taken a great in e.rest in the work arid has not spared' ny effort to make it one of the prt- est spots in town. The Street Committee -through their uperintendent Mr. Campbell have ade some great impa:ovements and ave drawn earth to the two corners f the Diagonal Road at ,Centre and rancis Streets, that the society are xing up. , The society have started to fix up 10 triangular corners On the Diag-n- Road at Centre and FrancisStreets. he corner of Francis street was lev- ied, geass sc'eel sown and a bed of oavera plaated_. 'The flowers were (mated by- Mr. Graham.. This work as not .completed as Mr, Dobie since aye US , permission to move fence ack which we did and we intend put - lig in a cinder path. and planting f shrubs. This we hope will be coin- eted early in the spring, The Corn - at Centre street will have to be ised seeded and planted. This ioirild be completed early in the piing also. :We had two illustrated lectures ring. the- year. One given by Mr, onelinson Ass. Prof. of the 0.A.C., the best plants and plantings. The her lecture was sent by the Dept, Agriculture of Otasva. The 'title the lecture was the Beautifitation Urban Home Grounds. The, lec- re to accompany the slides waa pre-, ted by Mr. Fi C. Nunnielc of the partrnent. Toth these lectures ere well attended, The society has subscribed for the nadian Horticulturist. This publi- tion is being placed in the Public brary for the benefit of those intr- ted among others who may read it. We are affiliated with the °mark) orticultural Associaton and are en led to send delegates to their an- al convention which is held in Tor - to eady in February. We also re- ive a copy of their year book for ch otember of our society, . Yoti will be able to get a further a of the work done by the society nt the finaticial statement in the easurr's Report. We have done a good deal sinte we rted but their remains a great, deal ore' to be dne, And your officers ist that you will give them even Ore support during the coming year ati yott tIRI during the past. You 11 be able to do this by advertising Society awl explainiug its work Read King Bros. Bargain Bolletin on page 8. We understaadthat a local curling bonspiel is being drawn up. Reeve alcKibbon is attending Coun- ty Connell at Goderieh tliis week. Mr. and Mrs, Arnold Barrie have in- stalled a radio an tlieir rooms over Carr's Tailor Shop. A. G. Smith has been appointed is- suer of motor vehicle permits again this year and his territority has been enlarged considerably. Mr. and Mrs. Jas. E. Robinson wish to express their thanks to the neigh- bor's, firerneri and all who helped so promptly at the time of the fire. Mr. George Patterson, the newly appointed clerk of the Division Coort, has opened up his office in the Can- ada Natioteal Exatess Office, south of the Brunswick ,Hotel. Dr, Parker left on Monday morning for Daytona Beach, Florida. He hopes to spend. a month in study and, travel. I -lis office on Centre street, will be closed during his absence. Mr, and Mrs. T. J. Powell of Winn peg, spent a couple of days at th home of the former's father and si ter, Mr, T. K. Powell of Turnberr and Mrs. J. A. Wilson of Wingham. Mr. Willie Mann left today for To- ronto, where he has secured a posi- tion. This is the second son of Mr. Mann, that Mr. W. G. Patterson has launched into the jewelery business, A meeting of the County, Black will be held in the Orange Hall, Wing - ham, at 8 o'ciock oti Friday evening, Feb. 1st. The regular monthly meet- ing of L,O.L. No. 794 will be held at •7 o'clock to allow the use of the hall. A couple of rinks of Wingham cur- lers are -taking in the Owen Sound tournament this week. They are A- M. Crawford, skip, with Jack Currie, Will Mitchell and D. Fortune, and Don Rae, skip, with Jim Murray, Fred Davidson and Herb Walker. The many spectators at the Wing- hani rink on Friday night last, wit- nessed a hotly contested game, when the hockey team of St; Paulas Athletic Club defeated a team from Lower Wingham by a score orfive to four. It was necessary to play fifteen min- utes overtime • to break the tie, The team of St. Paul's Athletie Club, pro- pose to play some of the neighboring fowns such as Teeswater and Wroxe eter High Schools. It is hoped that the people of the town will take an interest in these games. Subscriptions $2,00 per year, AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY Election of Officers and Other Important Bitsiness The aunual meeting of the Turn berry Agricultural Society was hel in the towo hal), Winghain, on Fri day afternoon. With the kind oasis tance of the Women's Institute wil sent a cheque to the president, Mr Wright, the Agricultnral Society ar pipracticallypouuttof debt. T thigtlpt. a building d itiildiiectonrgr have been working under diffieultie for some time as the erection of larg on would do well to go to the extra ex - There is a feeling that the fair great amount of extra work each year their new grounds in Lower Wing - tents. for the inside exhibit means a The election of officer's for 1924 re- sulted as follows: Hon. Pres.—J, J. Moffatt. Hon, Vice-Pres.—IL T, Perdue, President—I. J. Wright. 1st. Vice-PreS.--Robt, Coultes. 2 n d . Vice-Pres.—G. N. Underwood, Sec.-Treas.--W, T. 13ooth, Directors—W. H Willis, Mayor of e Wingham, Amos Tiplirig, R. Wilton, s_ J. A. Brandon, Hugh Gilmour, Adam y Robertson, F. Henry, C. G. Campbell A. G. Smith. Associate Directors—D. Fortune, W. A. McGill, Wilfred Murchison, W. J.' Greer, W. 5. Currie, George Cool - ter, Thos. Taylor, Oliver Campbell, •Ca. H. Orvis, J. H. Smith, John Gil- leariie and J. J. Kerr. I. 5. Wright and Robt. Coultes were elected as delegates to attend the, On- tario Fairs Association in. Toronto in -March. There were about seven nominated and these gentlemen were elected on a ballot. fit 'was decided to again have dep- artmental judges. Financial Statement for the Turn - berry Agricultural Society for the year 1923: Receipts Balance from last audit - $ 8 46 Admission to grounds 423 8o Privileges go to Special prize donations /o9 25 Govt Gt. Field crop .„ 250 00 Mem. Field -crop comp. 15 85 Sale of advertising 00 Gts., Co. toavn and township.-" 534 00 Don. Women's Institute 200 00 MiSuelianeOnS receipts 185 58. Loans C.B. of C 425 00 Membership ....... .... . . ... . . . tog oo 0 .• s Fry & Blackhall Ltd, showed a number of their Chesterfield Suites at the Kitchener Furniture Exhibition, and report satisfaction. with the re- sults. Buyers attended from Vancou- ver to Halifax and placed orders for a considerable quantity of merchan- dise.' One of the furniture trade journals has named as the feature of the Exbibition a new patent from the line of Fry & Blackball in the form of a Chesterfield Bed. • Take advantage of King Bros. spec- ial week -end values. The Winghattn lara.nch of the Wo- men's Institute will hold their regn Jar 1)..".111.1y chamber on Thursday, January 3rst. at 3 p. m. Mrs. J. J. Moffatt and Mrs. Geo. Cruikshank will have charge of the meeting. The Pro- gramme will consist of a reading by Miss Fieuty, a solo by Miss Mar- garet Garniss and a contest in piecing quilt blocks will be conducted, to which all the ladies are invited to take part and are asked to kindly bring their thimbles and needles. Make your dollars buy more, read King Bros. advt. Died in Regina ' Robert Paulin, a former resident of Wingham, died at the 110/11Q of his • daughter, Mrs. B. T. Jenkins in Re - on January 5th. He was 8/ years of age. Since leaving Wingham he has resided in Wroxetcr -before going to the -West. Fire Destroys Home Fire destroyed the back part of the home .of Mr. and Mrs. Jas. E. Rob - an, Catherine St., Winghani, on Friday morning- about 9.30. Mr. Rob- inson had gone to work leaving Mr, Robinson, who was sick in bed. Her oeighbor Miss Anderson noticed the smoke and got Mrs. Robinson out, Willing hands carried out most of the furniture and after hard work the fire- men got control. A mistake was made in • announc ing to the fireinen where the fire was and they were sent to Mr. Alex Rob- inson's on. Patrickastreet. Chief Cran- dell and Fireman Jobb state that when they did get to the eight place the hy drant at the corner of Victoria and Catherine St., was frozen, ' Probably it is hard to keep 'hydrants from freez- ing but we belive if they do freeze that our town would have been' in a pretty plight' if a lire would have been raging during the gale the first of this week, Atiother improvement, which could be made would be In the hauling of. the hose wagon and appa,rates, No body of men can beexpected to pull it up a long steep grade at full speed and be of any use to tight a fire when they get to their destination, and Ob3cets also by; boosting the Spring Membership Carripaign. Let tia pet 011r very beateenetgy in- to the woak, And make 1924 a recOrd year for out sciety, ja:s1 E1d, Covc Secty. • Total Receipts •$ 2461 04 ••Expenditures . Premiums $ 935 02 School Fair 500 00 Hired Help x18 98 Loans and ,Interest . 563 o6 Misc. Expenditures 276 42 Printing and postage 197 94 Dept. and Judges 75 oo Total Expenditure $ 2266 42 • Balance 194 62 Jan. 18, /924 This is to certify that we have audi- ted the books of the Treasurer of Turnberry Agricultural Society for the yeaa /923 comparing- the vouchers therewith and find. them correct. Balance in bank $ 194 62 Net iiidebtedness . . 20334 Owing on note 400 oo Iiit. relative to note • ,57 96 $457 96 $457 96 Sgned: J. A. MacLean, Robert Currie, , Auditors • To Our Readers We hope to have our labels correc- ted next week, when we would ask you all to see that troor label reads '24 which means that it will not expire until the month indicated 105924. Of course '25 is better Married in Toronto Miss Vietta Hill, a popular Wing- harn girl, and daughter of Mr. and Mrs .Frank in of Pleasant Valley, was. united n marriage n Toronto, last Wednesday to Mr, Hin altibe, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. 0, Hube of Listowel, School Nurse Resigns • Many will regret to learn that Miss Robb who has been the effi'clent school nurse in this district for thc past year has handed in her resigna- tion. This resignation is, no doubt, brought on by a marked indifference on the part of parents and some rur- al trustees The old belief that "What was good enongh for us older people is good enough for our children" is entirely wrong and many of Us would have been the better men and Women if sehool nurses had been invented soon - et. 'Many a life was ruinedbecause no one cared if the boy or girl ever liad a clean face or if their teeth were lean. A child with weak eyes sitting in the back of the room could not be expected to stand as high in his class as one who could see every letter on the board. They used to be just putedowe as slow and dull and their nYes did not have to be tested, An- other thild cotild sit in school with filth and probbly disease, beside your reaAly healthy child and what of it. Not so with a school Mine on the job. • We are Afraid that some P50915 think more of the almighty dollar titan they do of the welfare of their offspring. ' naal: wd s,fty these things we know of a couple of rural schools who have decided to diatOntinue the school nurse • system, The school board and parents it Wingham are llnallinnens in their praise fot the work aorta by the sehool nurse, *Infignionaiiimitunicorho• $<r.0 , . P41422711W , • , Don't fail to see the Lions Club , ilkilINcTI;v REVUE" on Thurs. and Fri., Jan. 24 and 25. Reser ved Seat� may be exa = changed at this store on and after Sat., Jan. 19, at '19 olelocie, 111• EAL_SA_mmElaAtei have all the newer Remedies . otill ' 'ar Coughs, Colds, Whooping Cough and Crop' Cough and Croup - IS MIXTURE for Coughs' Wh°°i'la ao- BUCKLEY'S BRONCHIT • li DREC0 a stomach and actttative Tonic (ask for a LLairi . sample) p 1e) TtTCHER'S LIVER AND BLOOD SYRUP f r'dis°rders ofLivericineYar stomch and bowels 'f71l1i"a-1-- L • F ,141' =AA, fri 1 With every 500 purchase of Rex- all Goods, The United Drug Co, it .l give will you Free a bowl contain- al- _ ing 2 Gold Fish, orily a limited "ae kg number, get yours now • McKibbori's .D1-11ili St rie Wing -ham. Ont. r. Phone 53 11111111111111111111111M1112111111111111111111111111191111111111111111111411111111111111112111162111121=1111111111111113111111111111111)1 iTt Died in London . Card of Thanks There passed away in London on Monday, Mrs. Walsh, formerly Miss Maud, Netterfield of Wingham, De- icieaarn. sed was a daughter of Mrs. Jas.. Netterfield of Lower Wingham, and a sister of Mrs, Frank Sell of Wing - Encourage the Boys . . • Kincardine hockeyists will play their second game this seasian with Wing- ham- in Stevenson's rink at 7.30 oil Monday evening, January 2811>. The last game here required twenty min- utes overtime in order to break a tie score 7-7. All who saw the game say it was as goodrA. hockey match as they ha.ve witticased for some time. The game on Monday night will be just as good. The Paper 'Appreciated It is encouraging to the editor to know that his efforts in getting out The Advance each week are appreciat- ed by at least a few. Mrs. W. H. Fr- guson formerly of • Belgrave, but for the past few years a resident of Tor- onto, where she has been engaged as organizer for the Liberal party writes "I miss The Advance very much and am enclosing $2.00 for to have it sent to my address. I cannot do without it any longer." Another from Ed. Johnston in Cloan Sask., enclosing $4 to pay for the Ad- vance for two years and congratulat- ing us on the amount • of news we publish. His letter was written on , Jan. /6th, and he says "the weataer is very nice, not much sooty but ar- ound 30 to 35 below- zero, but you don't feel it'. Well we're glad we don't. Still another from. Ed. Wightman, Broderick, Sask. "Enclosed please find $2.00 for -your valuable paper. We have had a beautiful fall .and win- ter here thus far (Jan. xath), we have not enough snow For 'sleighing. Wish - you and all old friends every success." These few words of encouragement are appreciated, Mr. Georg % Wraith and Nurse Millie Turner wish to thank their friends and neighbors for kindness and sympathy extended to them dur- ing the illness of Mrs, Wraith Another Auctioneer Mr. V. R. VanNorman tells us that he will take out an auctioneer's lic- ense for the counties of Huron, Bruce and Wellington. He has purchased the late J. G. Stewart's real estate business. - The Methorist Church no a. no—Meeting for prayer and praise. /./ a. m.—Stdies in Acts, "The Qualities of a Great Sermon." • 7 p. m.—"Sins of the Tongue, Wo- men Who • Gossip and Men • Who Swear," Monday --Third session of the Mock Parliament, Wednesday—Mid week service of prayer and praise. Friday, Jan. 2511>., Cottage Prayer meeting at Mr: A. 0 rirriS, Victoria St. The Late Mrs. Wraith A respected citizen of NV -MO -lain passed to the Great Beyond on Fri- day in the person of Eliza Turnr, be oved wife of Mr. Georger,art She was in her 58th year and was be- loved by all who knew her for her kindly christian character. The late Mrs, Wraith was born in the town- ship of Cuirass and came with 'her ne 1'0111(1 rt r‘,.citiet c.1-taza tw.rer,a,v, six years ago. Besides her husband she is survived by three sisters Mrs. Robert Wraith of Teeswater, Mrs. John R. MacDonald of Gagetown, Mich, and Mrs. David Edgar of Tees - water. She ha.d been in very poor health for about eight weeks. The funeral service at the family residence was conducted by her pas- tor, Rev. C. E. Cragg of the Wing - ham Methodist Church. Interment was made on Monday afternoon in the Wingham Cemetery. Tv , ! l' We hwve some broken Hales of Footwear to clear at very gpeet.ii 1 rees. 47111i12.11120260taal= PER CENT. OFF REGULAR PRICES —5 pairs Men's Fine lace Boots in Black and Brown Calf reg Price $6.00 to $9,00 Sale ,Price 20 per cent, off r(r ARelasku=skemodehmtlmstrhaar to et Pairs Wo - dad a +a, ear men's high lace Black Kid Bots, with cu ban heels Sale Price $2.99 reg price $6.o to $g.00 The above must go there- • fore big cut in price Women's 12 Button Overgaitert Only a few pairs left, Sale Price .... 99c Heavy Rubbers Cosy Slippers Boys' Lace Rubbers Women's 99s Youths' Lace Rubbers 1.89 Misses' . ..... . Bring your altal:s 'bre to be ilarponed conta a pl).* GRICk'dit TEnnni aOoD grit0141