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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1931-12-31, Page 41LLSG'r`EEN Revs T. X. •Love a£ .St. Themes, went Christmas with his Parente, l lr. and Mrs. W. Love. Mr. and Mrs. Grant Love of Lan - ng, Mich., were guests at the home iof Mr, and Dire, Ross Love at the Christmas season. Mrs. Clark of Detroit and Miss Mary Hagan of London, were guests at the home of their brother and sis icer, Mr. Frank and Miss Dolly Hagan s. the Christmas season. The Misses McAllister of Hensall, spent Christmas with Mrs. S. Walker. Misses Annie and Agnes Cochrane Clinton spent the Christmas season d.& their sisters, Mrs. Forrest and Airs. Fuss. Mr. and Mrs. A. Ashman and son iFonglas.° of ,Tiilsonburg were guests rat the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. Rich - :unison over Christmas. Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Consitt of Hen- .; all were guests at the home of Mr. end Mrs. R. McAllister at the Chr- istmas season. Mr. and Mrs. M. Elliott and •''amily and Mrs. Anderson and dau- meter Miss Agnes of Centralia were ;guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. .jags. Love at the Christmas season. Mn and Mrs_ Geo. Stephenson and zein Bobby of Walkerton were gu-- vests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. :Stephenson over the Christmas holi- sla3 Mr. Dennin, teacher in No. 7, St - :valley spent the holiday season with sesse parents at Cromarty. lMiss Lettie Love is spending a few allays with her cousins Mr. and Mrs. angio McEwen of Hensel/. Misses Helen Anderson of Clinton N. "st l• 02 lien � 1 e `b Al. S., and Jeanette MG1 sail, N. S., are spending the holidays at the home of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Chas, Stephenson, Miss Gladys and Mr, and Mrs. John Love, were in London recently. Mr. Jas.. Hagan of Seaforth spent a few days with his brother, Mr, Frank Hagan. STANLEY TOWNSHIP Mr. Bert Dunn of Toronto, spent the week -end. with Mr. and Mrs. Wm, 3. Dowson. Mrs, Mary Johnston, who is ' 80 years of age, and who has been 'l '- ing alone in her home on .Goshen Line, was found by-herebeother Mr. Albert , McClinchey lest • ; Thui day morning in an unconscious' coiiiutien, having suffered a stroke the previous night. At her advanced age the. chan- ces of her recovery are slight. Miss Ellen McClinchey also had suffered a slight stroke on Monday morning but her condition is not ser- ious and we hope for her speedy recovery. Municipal nominations were held in the Township Hall, Varna, on Mon day, with the following result: For Reeve—Art. Keys, Wm. Doug- lass. For Councillors—John Etue, F. Steward, Goldie Graham, M. Hanley, Robt. Webster, Roy Lamont, Web- ster Turner, Joe Greer and Fred Watson. A good crowd was present and much interest was shown in township matters. The death occurred at the Scott Memorial Hospital, Seaforth, on Tu- esday, December 15th of Catherine . i'-3*4,4 i*3**+++++ter+++++3 3'•++sr+ ✓+✓.•.r++ +ter+++ i•.;.: ,++ i +3 d4m3d--: 4 Let TJs Quote You r r On Storm Sash and Doors - 4 4 Before the cold weather arrivs 4 .a•. a 4- .i : Call us and we will measure your windows sresssesr� C _�PLEiSCi ir. PHONE 69 - - ZURICH lif 4. 3 i Your Ooal Supp1y 1 The cold Days are now being ush- I ered in. Let us supply you with i 1 the best fuels at lowest prices 1• ii (0\ • POULTRY FOODS dals Try our Chick Starters, Chick 11 Feeds, Laying Mash, Etc. WE ARE IN THE MARKET FOR GOOD CLOVER SEED. ALSO DO CUSTOM SEED CLEANING. I. 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CHARLES FAHREL and ELISSA LANDI Present a fascinating story of in- tringe and espronagc. "BODY and SOUL" Sund News with every program. • Thurs., Fri., and Sat, . PENROD -, .and 'SAM Booth Tarkingtoit's great -tale of irrepressible 'Boyhood featuring ' JACKIE COOGAN anis' JUNIOR DURK.IN Corning—Dong Fairbanks and Bebe Daniels, in "Reaching for the Moon". Matinees, Wed. and Sat. at 3 p.ni, Amelia Parke, dapghter of the late George Parke, of Stanley. The de- ceased who was in her 75th year, was born on the Goshen Line in St- anley, later moving to Bayfield_ with her parents. In company with her sister, Susan who predeceased her two years ago, they conducted a dress making establishment in. New York for several years. About 13 years a- go she returned to Bayfield, residing there until her sister's death two years ago. Then disposing or her property there, she returned to the old homestead in Stanley where she has lived since with her nephew; Mr Clarence Parke. She is survived by one brother, John Parke, of Hay, and two sisters, Mrs. W. Fee and Mrs. 3. Keys, both of Hensaii. The funeral which was largely attended, took place on Thursday last from the Home of her brother, John Parke, the ser- vices being conducted by her paastor Rev. Paull of Bayfield, assisted by Rev. Parker of Hensall. Interment was made in the family plot in Bay= field. cemetery. DASHWOOD Mr. Chester Gaiser spent a few days in London last week. Miss. Rose Guenther and friend of Ft Windsor spent Christmas with Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Guenther. Mr. Czar Steinhagen of Guelph and; Mr. and Mrs. R. Taylor and son Jinnniie of Exeter, were holiday vis- itors with Mr. and MYii,s Chas Stein: Mm. Ira Tieman of the Bank of Commerce, of Hamilton is spending a few months at his home here. Dr. and. Mrs. R. H. Taylor spent Christmas in London. Messrs. Eugene Tieman and Wil- fred Turnbull of estern University, London,,. are holidaying at their hom- es here. ' Miss M. Cunningham and Miss I. Andrews of Kitchener spent the we- ek -end with Mr. and Mrs. L. Morenz Mr. Louis Rader is visiting in De- troit.- Mr. e- troit.Mr. Leonard Birk of O.A.C., Gu- elph spent the week -end at his home here. Mr. William Willis spent Christmas with his sister in Exeter. Mr. Lorne S. Tieman of Medical School, London, visited with his par- ents over the week -end. Miss Myrta Hoffman of Kitchener. spent the holidays under the parenn,e roof. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Schroeder of Detroit were guests with Mrs. Ha- macher over the week end. Miss Anna Tieman visited in Hen- sall for a few days. Mr. Wm. Musser of Detroit spent Christmas with his family in town. Miss E. Martinson is spending the holidays at her home in Elmira. Mr. Thos. Klumpp has installed a new ,chopper and is ready for busin- ess. edr. G. Keeler is holidaying at his home in Mitchell. • Mr. and Mrs. S'.: Adams of London ,were guests with Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Kraft over Christmas. 1VIr. Edmund Becker is spending .he winter in Kitchener. Miss Grace Kellerman of Toronto., is visiting with her parents Mr. and Mrs. J'. Kellerman. Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Oestreicher And family spent Christmas with fri- ;nds in and near London. Mee. and Mrs. -M. Melsaac and family !of Dettoit are visiting' with e . and 'Mrs, les : Melsaae. Mr, Stanley,,•; Snnith,,..of. Stratford pente Sunday:at, , the •home of Mr. dm. Kleinstiver. Christmas festival The Dashwood Evangelical Church old their annual Christmas Festival n Wednesday evening Dec. 28, A eager crowd than usual enjoyed the oilowing program: Two anthems by 1e choir., "How Beautiful Upon the Countaina" and ".Sweetest Music oftly Stealing'„recitations, songs, dos and exercises by the Sunday tool scholars, solo by Miss Cather- , es. "4ol-(Noir, nn•'h,y. r,. es '--. K, Pell; cornet duet by Maurice Klu- tipn :.:1 a.... ry eanta aq t 'The Rose of Beintlehe e" was s:'ea by the choir, essistcd by they yalg people of the congregationThe' �stal alum ber was a pantomime •'Thr .IR,olyr City". Rev. A. W. Seer aeta' dA'a ; Ch airelan. " + `xxatelldt d for laSt week) Mid,;"data Nad ger who hese been Conliiid to her holm with an attack of *nehitis, is recuperating. Itne , allace Cook who spent sov- erad,'o 1Giao,'nths with her parents, Mr. and ItittGeo. Stir returned to Chic- ago that Friday. flu. Old Mrs. E. R. Guenther and family! 'iiotored to Stratford on Sun- day'. lliiee 'earl Kraft is on the sick list. her , many friends hope- for 'a epeedy l eeeaVery. Aka, Henderson of Blyth is spend: ing a few weeks with "Miss E. Gray- beilk Mee Chas. Lindenfield and sister Annie of Parkhill, accompanied by thea,r' `sister, Mrs. Chas. Cann and daughter of Crystal City Manitoba, •evero.„$nnday visitors with Mr. and 11as e0bes. Steinhagen. as G. Witter, of Neustadt, is sp- endi7ag, 4 few weeks -with her aunt, Mrs. 'Sauer, who has been on. the sick list. The annual school concert 'was held oar. Friday night in the school which drew a large crowd. The pup- iils rendered a varied program of dia logues, songs, readings • and recitat- ions. Dr. Taylor occupied the chair and spoke briefly on the good work done by the pupils and their teach- ers. At the close of the program gifts -were distributed to the children oy ,,Santa Claus. The proceeds a- mounted to $35.00. HENSALL The. anany friends of Alex. Munn are pleased to see him out again af- ter his recent severe illness. Jean Bonthron of Guelph, is spen- ding the holiday at her home. Harry Cook of Toronto it a holi- day, visitor at his home here. Mrs. Roy Weber and Mrs. J. Hud- son were recent visitors with London friends. .,.::3tMatg ,ret 'McLaren of London is spending the' Christmas holidays at hen:hazne here. BeryFPffaff of London visited with her mother- here. 'Harry and William Joynt of Tor- onto l:lninversity, are spending their vaca 'on here. F1' ssie Foss visited last week with frie is in London. W `. Moir n of Huntsville visited frienll's in town. last week. Tho° many,: friends of Mrs. T. J. Jo 's :regret to, hear that she is in. ealth. - Mrh. W. 3. Seed of Vancouver, Be C., is;visiting at the honie of' her mother, sIirs.' R. Welsh. Mrs. Robt. 'Bonthron has returned home after a =pleasant visit with. fri- ends in London. Jas: Tapp of Montreal is visiting with his parents. 'The community Christmas tree put oti by the firemen was held en Wed- needitr afternoon. last. Addresses welt given by Reeve Geiger and the resident ministers of the town and presents were given to each child. The Christmas tree :this year was be- autifully decorated with_ various col- oured lights. Mr: Vincent, employed here as one of the section men, has been moved to Granton. Quite a number attended: the en- tertainment given by Miss. Hazel Smil tie and her pupils in her school on the Goshen Line, on Tuesday evening last. Mrs. (Dr.) Moir hearing of her brothers in the West, left Iast week for her old home in Virden, Man. Dr. Moir accompanied her as far as Tor- onto and from there he went on to Buffalo, N.Y., where he will spend a few days at the New York Institute for the treatment of maligant d'ie ease., The local Iockup had a couple of inmates last week as Constable Geo. Hudson,' •finding them with no, place of abeide and wandering• on the stre- ets, thought it best to take'—chargeof them a: ; Mrs Pope, wh'o' has been visiting relatives in Dashwood, returned here for a 'few days, but spent Christmas with embers of her family in Lon- don: OUNTY NEWS On !'Christmas day, Mr and, .Mrs. Sidney+Jacobs, two of-Seaforth's :old? est and most , highly nsteieme te resid tints celebrated the '5.9theannieetsary of their wedding clay , Y.;,,,, • Rev. S. Davidson,. who is• in his,;5th year as pastor of Winghatn ,Uziited church, has - tendered his resignation, to take effect next June. A sniall cemetery, nicely fumed in and with a memorial cairn, has been made at the Huron County Horne fol membet's of the home who die there and whose remains axe not claimed by relatives. Thq ;death oecured on Saturday last ai»; Goderich, of Peter Clair Sparkstwin son of Mr. and lb's: Ross S' arks at the age of seven mon- ths an : ;two days. The little one Tial ween 11 "'with whooping, cough for thf frost t 40 'weeks. 1 ,. Leavitt Exeter eatre Ont Whims. ovary on 1. Happy and Pros- perous !Slew Year Thurs., Friday, :Saturday"FRONT PAGE" Dramatic Story of Newspaper Life. Comedy --Charley Chase in High C's. Mon., Tues., and Wed. Jan.. 4, 5, 6th. "BUCK JONES” In DAWN TRAIL, ,Usual Comedy and Mickey Mouse >' Cartoon. . , ' Thum., Friday, Saturday Jam. 'T,. S,. 9.. "WICKED" (Approved) ELISSA LANDI and VICTOR McLAGLAN Europes Favorite, America's Sensat- ion, in her greatest Thrill Drama Coming—Street Scene, Whoopee with Eddie Cantor. _ R. C. A. System 'Where Sound Sounds Best! Morland C. Lamport, a former re- sident of Exeter,. died December 12, at Byron Sanatorium, London, at the age of 22 years. He had been in de- clining health for several years. He is survived by -his father, Wesley Lamport, and two sisters, Ruth and Irene, of Toronto. The remains were brought to Exeter for interment. The present year may be a time of depression but the people of Goder- ich were able to dig up $18,704.51 more by December 15th to pay in taxes than they did in- the same per- iod last year and from the 15th. to the 18th, the date of the last regular meeting of the council for the year, $3,132.33 more had been received in taxes. Such was the report present- ed to thetown council by Tax Col- lector, S. H. Robertson_ A new Orange Hall has been erect- ed at Amberley and was opened with appropriate festivities. The building is 60 feet by 20 feet, and contains a kitchen, stage, dressing rooms, cloak rooms and gallery. Most of the work was done gratis by members of the Amberly lodge, with the result that far .$1,200 the lodge has one of the finest halls among the rural commun- ities of the district. • 1, ; The home of Mr. and Mrs. James McQueen;' `Bracefield, was the scene of a festive gathering on December 22nd, being theoccasion of the fifti- eth anniversary of their marriage. 2 of the guests present at the cerem- ony fifty years ago were present at this anniversary: celebration on Tues? day; they are both sisters of Mr. Mc- Queen. Wl s. Mr. Little, lineman of the Brussels, Morris and Grey Telephone Co. Mas doing repair work at Vodd- ers s store,. in Ethel, the ladder slip- ped and he fell, landing on both feet with. such•a jar that he waa laid aside for several days. Albert Thompson, 28 was instantly on Dec- 4th on his father's farm near Cargill when a heavy log under which— he was, crawling fell on his neck. Thompson, with his brother Tom, lead felled a large tree across a creek and had one log almost sawed through when it was decided Albert !should get a wedge.. As he started to crawl under it the log, which was (holding only by an inch or so, sud- denly snapped. A judgment awarding the plaintiff 1$208.40 with costs was brought in by a jury at Stratford in a civall action :brought by William Stevenson, Fullar (tontownship, and his wife against Thos. Williamson of Grey Township. ;The action was the result of a motor accident on the countyroad betwe- !end Seadetii. ami ,Brussels in which :Mrs. Stevenson was injured. It was 'charged that a car drzveit eby the de- fendant's serif mho d . o 8>:iver.'.s !Incense, was' responsible: for the' ac lcident. At. Amnio 31,ffe e,, there, passea away ion Dec. 17th, Elizabeth, B: Case, the 'daughter of Wrn. Case, Exeter. She Iwas born on July 12th, 1850. Her early life was spent in the vicinity of !Exeter. She received her first teach - ling certificate in Goderieh.and attend ed Toronto, Normal an. 1873. After teaching in Ontario for fourteen yg ' ars she taught 1h.esaginaw -Mich. and lin .1892 went to,;Alsna Mich., as she liiarian, of Alma College where she re - ;sided until her death 'RIer xemaiins were brought. to Exeter for inter There will be no inquest held- into the death of Petee Cook, whose life- less body was found hanging from a !rope in his barn. Coroner Dr.. Hunter !of Goderieh has conducted an invest- ;igation and gave the cause of death as strangulation, self-inflicted. Cook was a well --to-do farmer of Ashfield township, and he told his wife and son that he was going, to; the barn to 'threw- dawn some hay, when he did :aot returnas soon, as, expected the ra wenis to the barn andmade the geen1some dive/every. Before leavin, ..tee the bane the deceased gave hi .5.:ea T, eceLtalaS"l" "�31iit, !wife, 100 in emelt. He bad been bro. 'Whig over a trouble for three years. Bealieved to have been a victim of ;amnesia, 'a 'man who has been WPM - lied as .Ii'redericis G, 'Williams of foes •er Wing -ham, is being cared foe by the police at Guelph, Williannii, who le aged, is unable to reanonmbiir hie : whereabouts for the ,past 1'M dep. He recalls leaving his home to poet a letter in 1 iinl„'hnm, but it wee not • until he was within the city Naito of Guelph that be realized he 'wrua away from the town. 11; iii believed that he covered the entire distance on foot as he was very treed and worn when he appeared at the police station. No Change in .Fair Grants A letter from J. Lockie Wilson,,.. • Supt. pall Fairs Association, has be- en sent out to local secretaries of fall fairs, to the effect that Provincial.. Grants will be given to Fall Fairs and crop competitions in 1932, on the. same basis as formerly, despite the - press reports made some time ago.. 'Rural Fall Fairs Associations welcome. this information from the headquart- - ,ers of the Department. License Granted The chairman •of the Scott Mem- orial Hospital board, Seaforth, receiv- • ;ed notification from the Clerk of the Executive Council, Parliament Build - jugs, Toronto, that the hospital had . been granted a government license.. For some time negotations have been under way between the Scott hospit- al and Seaforth Memorial hospital,. and under the terms of the agree- ment reached A. A. McLennan retains possession of the old hospital and . equipment and receives a monetary consideration, 'and the Scott Memor- ial hospital takes over the Govern- ment license held by the former. Airplane Crashes There occurred what might have • been a fatal accident the other day,. when an aeroplane piloted by Mr. Finlayson of London Flying CIub,. came to grief on a farm four miles: north 4f. Clinton on a farm owned by T. Tighe. The plane had been at • ICincardiue, Where it was taking pas- • sengers up. About 5 o'clock p.m. he - left Kincardine for London and while - nearing the Tighe farm was overtak- en vertaken: by darkness. He flew southward searching for a landing place, nearly crashing into the house -of P. Reyn- olds. Finding no place to land he - turned northward, followed the rail- road track and began to land in `the - Tighe field. In coming down the lan- ding wheels, struck in the soft, wet. mud and the plane turned completely over on top of them. 'Finlayson sue - 'beaded 'in ue'beedie'd'in .crawling put ,of the -wreck-- age and -with -the assistance of near- by earby neighborswl o were soon on the - scene the other passenger was soon-. - also released. The plane which was• a complete wreck, was taken to Lon- don on a truck. Moifier Forced to Leave Fatherless Childreaiii Annette looks at you gratefully' .as you pause at her bedside to ad- mire her needle work. $o• expert. has she become that she feels sure' a table 'runner she has made will. wiry a prize at the fair back home.. "Back. home'—words that bring: (taws ass ahe tells you bow she longe: to he there to look after her fancily' tate more. nette s husband died of tuber- culosis, leaving her to care for the children as best she could. It was not long. however, before she too was claimed by this die - ease. when she was sent to the To- ronto Hospital for Consumptives with no grwat prospect of recovery., Here, the careful regimen, the. quiet, the fresh air and patient nursing are greatly helping Annette to climb the steep road back to health. Such work can only be continued with the aid of many generous friends. will you please send a gift to Mr. A. E. 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