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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1930-05-23, Page 1t/. fi .vi v.vonty-First ' Year 1W:hole Nva iter 32'58' FROM , THIS DOMINION CAPITAL A Dominion general election is go- ingthe endof July, or to be field at early in August. The prolbalbilityof much an event has been frequently forecast in this correspondence and it is now definitely assured. The an - mounted intention is to wind up the session of Parliament, not abruptly, but in an orderly fashion as speedily as possible, and them dissolve Parlia- ment and appeal to the electorate. As the Election Act calls' for a delay of at least 60 days between dissolution and polling, it is improbable that the latter date will be before the 28th of July or much later than the fourth of August. Under an amendment to the Election Act, Canadian elections must :be held on a Monday, the idea being that election day holidays fits in with the'week end and is more con- venient to the travelling public. An unusual circumstance. is bring ing about the termination of Parlia- ment and. the midsummer election. It is the Economic Conference of the British Empire, which is fixed for the end of September in London. All the parties here have advocated it and' it is• necessary to send a Can- adian delegation and to know the policy which it will advocate. If in the election the present government is returned, it will need time to con- sider its program and to develop its attitude. If the government were de- feated and the Conservatives were re- turned to office, they would require even more time because, apart from preparing for the conference, they would have to have a cabinet which is no easy process. The possibility is that no party will have a decisive ma- jority, in which event it would be nec- essary to summon Parliament in an emergency session to decide who is who, and what is what: and particu- larly what would be the character of the Canadian representation to the conference. Budget Is Real Issue. A rather peremptory development results from Premier King accepting the challenlge of the .Conservative leader, Mr. Bennett, to have an elec- tion on the question of mandate for the Imperial Conference. Mr. Ben- nett was not very emphatic in taking this stand, but the government has been quick to pick up the gauntlet, evidently only looking for the excuse to do so. The issue really will be the irulget, which was recently brought down in Parliament. Upon it the Dominion government is prepared to stand or fall. It elevates the duties against the United States on many commodi- ties, and on a great many more it lowers the duties upon imports from the British Empire or makes them free of duty. It is an attempt to switch to British channels some of that voluminous trade which has heretofore gone to the United States. It is the reaction in Canada from the American traiff policy of 'building up a high tariff even against this Do- minion, which is the best customer of the United States. very hoi; w 'k eeause the etgrat has •long been larewrng. Conservatives save fora ibrief 'interval of three months •in '19216., when, following the defeat of the King government in the House, the y took ;Office, , ctl to be de- feated the isel'tes in a general elec- tion whacltf occurred ea short time af- ter. The in Mr. Bennett 'has a new leaderc 'and in Gen. Mellae, a new field marshal, and bath of them. are wealthy. men. Organization has been There ha been a wide perfected. s campaign of .publicity and propaganda although carloads of this literature have had to be assigned to the dump, since the recent budget came down. Generally speaking, it might be said that the psychology of the pub- lic during the past • winter has not been altogether favorable to the Lib- eral party which is now •in office. In the provincial elections in Saskatche- wan a year ago they encountered a reverse ,tthe!,. iCenservatives being re- turned io office. That was quite a figure of influence.. During the win- ter unemployment has been quite ex- tensive, though .small in relative coin, parison with what exists across the border. Then a great many people lost money in the stock market, and as a result have been in .a grumpy frame of mind. Finally, a large part of last season's'wheat crop in the West has not vet 'been marketed, ow- ing to the policy of the wheat pool in holding it back for a price. All these things have combined to cre- ate a certain amount of depression Which adversely affects the go.vern- ment, and correspondingly benefits the opposition. Nevertheless, it is be- lieved that the whole situation has been utterly changed in the last few weeks. Seasonal unemployment is now over, an exceedingly early spring promises abundant crops, peo- ple are assuming a more cheerful at• titude, while a prominent Conservative has' been constrained to admit that the new budget, as he calls it, is a "whirl- wind:" It seems to be very popular. In what is done to the United States, it strikes a responsive note, and, in extended trade with Great Britain, the reaction is equally favorable. When the election conies the G,nser- vatives will have to hold what they have now and win 35 seats extra. They are great optimists and great fighters and they have all the mater- ial and intellectual equipment for an aggressive campaign; but many in- dependent observers think the dis- lodging of Mackenzie King's ministry is an enterprise too laborious to be accomplished under the newer cir- cumstances which prevail and t h e newer issues raised for the decision of the 'Canadian people. , SEAVQRTH, FRID over thus road we turned a oorne'r and amust be s behe,'�i s. sight that Im rare in Canada. It was certainly new to us and called for many comments as to what it was, but'which proved to be sheep at the lee side of a very large hill, and guarded by two men and two dogs. There must have been between two and three thousand, and were blocked ee closely together and were so immov'a'ble that at first we thought they were large boulders. What they were there for and what they were going to do with them was not apparent, and we, with our bun- dles fond suitcases, seemed to be the centre of .attraction at the time. We did not make good time that dao and only got as far as Medicine Hat for the night and again stayed with friends, who were kindness' per- sonified. 'It is a very pretty city and the trees and lawns and flowers were very refreshing after the barren wastes we had passed through that day :such as I never dreamed existed in Canada. We went for miles and -miles without seeing any living thing except a sort of grey shrub that Seemed to thrive in the red clay or sand or whatever it was, also a few gophers w'h'ich made a small diversion in the. monotony. How much we felt it may be judged by the. foot that we noticed there at all. We wondered how so fine a city could thrive in such a barren country, but supposed that there must'have been better land far- ther from the highway., We had hop- ed to reach Calgary the next night but what with a late start and punc- tures we only got as far as Glerchen, a small mining town. They ,said it was but we had good accommodation• at the 'one hotel, and es •Calgary was just 58 miles further on, we made it easily the next morn1tn'g, passing through the irrigation district on our way, and it was quite interesting and rooked as though it h'ad been quite a success: The highway passes under the aaued'u'ct so we had a good view of it, but the dam was some distance to the left. We spent the rest of that day and all of the next in Cal- gary with friends and had a nvuch needed rest. (Continued on page 6) CHATS ON EDUCATION (At the Principal's Desk) Parents who studied geography 2C or thirty years ago and compare the text books used to -clay with those of their generation, are apt to wonder whether the real disciplinary value of the study of geography has not been lost by making the subject so absurd- ly interesting. The old idea was of course that to be of value as discipline a study had to be as uninteresting and apparently useless as possible. Consequently in geography we were forced to mem- orize with equal labor the rivers of China, the mountains and lakes of Central ' Africa, and the counties and county towns of Ontario. ITo-day the conception of the rela- tive value and importance of facts in geography is receiving recognition, and in the modern text books a fact of geography is recognized as import- ant and receive attention to propor- tion as it bears on the welfare of hu- man beings, how people live and make their living. A. further step in the right direc- tion in the study of geography would be the devotion of perhaps one les- son period a week in the lower school to the study of local geography from this viewpoint, how people live and earn their living in the neighboring town, county and province. Such a course would furnish the junior pupils with a background of knowledge of the occupations of the district that would prove of great value in aiding them to choose their careers, and properly presented would incidentally help them to understand the value, the bearing on the great problem of living and earning a liv- ing of the 'various studies on the school curriculum. In the case of schools with good assembly halls, such lessons might with advantage be supplemented by frequent evening lectures which par- ents might attend. for parents are naturally interested in the vocational opportunities of their children. To secure someone capable of pres- enting this subject of occupational op- portunities, and meeting the pupils privately for the personal interviews that would naturally be sought as a result of such lessons would not be easy at present, but the experiment might well be tried first in one of our larger centres where one man combin- ing experience in :business and. in the field of education might serve several schools' at one time. Already the universities are realiz- ing the need of some such work. In the report of the Department of Uni- versity Extension and Publicity of the University of Toronto, Mr. Dunlop, the Director, writes: "I have realiz- ed how important it is, in the inter- ests of the boys and girls, that they should be told what careers are open to them. . . Without a doubt the Provincial University owes this ser- vice to the youth of Ontario—to tell them what is available and to guide them in their choice of subjects, and I hope the Board of Governors will make it possible to employ a suitable man for this urgent piece of work." From the President of the Uni- versity of .Western Ontario comes word that "We are on the point of making a concerted effort to make known to the high school students of Western Ontario the possibilities of various vocational openings." But thisis subject of find ng the Vo- cation in which one can be happiest, most useful and lnost successful is too big, too important, to be left to the annual or semi-annual visit of a university representative, valuable • FROM SHOAL LAKE, MAN., TO VANCOUVER The following very descriptive let- ter, which was recently received by Mrs. John McGavin, of Tuckersmith, from her sister, Mrs. N. L. Goven- lock, of Shoal Lake, .Manitoba, will be of interest to many df our readers: On Thursday, September 6th, 192e, we left: Shoal Lake about noon and started on the long tra;i for Van- courver with our touring equipments and the good• faithful little Ford. We travelled all tat afternoon through the usual . Mianitoba farming country and saw in many places fine crops in spite of the lack of rain during the summer. We arrived in Whitewood about seven in the evening and spent the night with friends there. Friday we started again about 9 a.m. and travelling with mlany turns and de- tours around road construction work, but always westerly through much the same looking farming country. We lunched with. friends at Sun- taluta art noon, and passed through Regina between five and six in the evening. We all thought Regina a fine city, the streets are wide and clean looking, and there was every appearance orf prosperity and pro- gressiveness. We got as far as Moosejaw that evening, and were very comfortable at the hotel there, while the garage man looked after our steed. We had a rather late start next morning as we called on some friends there. The country through which we passed that day was rather barren looking and we hit our first really,'• bad roads 'between Mortleck and Parkbeg, no mud, just great ruts however it was only for a short dist ance, and after a short detour are taking a drop of about two feet back on to the main highway, we pulled up at :Parklbeg and had ,some refresh- ments at a white lunch house—the pie was delicious. .Hlere our driver re- ceived great praise for her manipu- lation of the gallant little. Ford, in fact her steady nerve and the ready response of the car was our admira- tion and pleasure throughout our whole trip. We made Swift Current that night and' on Sunday morning we drove as far as Gull Lake and stayed with friends about a mile out of town. They are managers of the Interna- tional Deracentration Farm, and we found it quite interesting. We stay. ed there the rest of the day and en- joyed our rest very much. We were tolyl that there would be mails and bits of wire scattered along the road in order to make work for the garage men. Whether that was true tr not, we managed to pick up three tacks and were oonsban'tly dodging bits of barbed wire that forenoon'. W'e lunch- ed in the touring camp at Brooks, a :very Pretty place, and in the after. noon we ran 'across the path of a couple of showers, whieb had left the roads very snippy and required very slow going and good guiding in order not to go ,over the side. Neither of then' were very long though, not more than a mile each„ and the 'second was oroer a hill, ett we stopped and put ort the e'haitts, tWbieh made it much less d'atirgerinfs, ' Jtint 'after passing Conservatives in Tight Place. Conservatives encounter some diffi- culty in opposing the budget. It, en- larges the duty on many things for which they have been demanding more protection, although in reality that party has really been exploiting griev- ances of individual groups .of manu- facturers or producers before the tariff board. Conservatives are not tactically placed to oppose any eleva- tion of duty on anything, because a 'higher protection • is their funda- mental principle. At the same time it is an almost unprecedented thing for one party to agree to what the other evolves, and especially in a matter' affecting the tariff. And so, it has come about that the Conserva- tives raise the cry that the Liberal party is not sincere, that its tariff policy is a negation of its traditional attitude, that it cannot be relied upon to give effect to its proposals, and that so far as the extension of the British preference is concerned, it is elusive, a great many things being put on the free list which are not be- ing imported at all. ' In all this there is the makings of a hot campaign, introducing all the polemics of political controversy. An effort is being made to put through the vital legislation before the session closes in a hurry. The government wants to adopt the budget, but, even if it were not given legislative sanc- tion, it will remain in effect until parliament meets again. The law is that a budget goes into effect auto- matically on the day that it is de- livered. The soldiers' pension bill wil need bo be passed, because if it is frustrated it will not be a happy cir- cumstance for the party which is re- sponsible for it. But some legislation • will inevitably go by the board, in- cluding the proposed regulation an•3 nationalizing of radio broadcasting. Interesting Possibilities Ahead. The coming election presents many interesting possibilities. It will be • preceded by a readjustmelrt of Prem- ier King's cabinet, although this is not likely to 'be very extensive. The probabilities are that Ilon. J;. 1I. King, Minister of Pensions and National Health, will be appointed 'to the sen- ate, and be replaced by T D. Patten), Liberal leader in, British Columbia. There will also be a new English speaking minister from Quebec, while a new portfolio of fisheries has . just been created and for it Prof. 'Cyrus McMillan of^"MeGill University is the probable selection, . Four or five of the present members of parliament will be appointed to vacancies in the senate, which xtmmber six, The catipaign .p mines to be a RedC Shin and, Lumber for all -. Building Purposes. 'N. CLUFF & SONS and welcome as that may be. It is actually the most vitally important side of the whole study of geography, and to give it one period a week— geography, as commonly taught, its less vital phases now receive four o: five periods a week in the lower school —to give it one period a week would be little enough recognition of its importance. BLAKE Notes.—S. S. No. 9, Blake, will hold in the school grounds on Wednesday, June llth. a reunion picnic of all the pupils and teachers ever attending that school. Please bring your lunch and come and enjoy a pleasant after- noon renewing old friendships with your former playmates. DUBLIN Notes.—Mrs. D. Bruxer, of Chicago, spent a few days with friends in the village.—Mr. W. J. O'Rourke has purchased a new Ford sedan.—Miss Mary Cummings, of Kitchener, is vis - Anniversary Services Y. P. S. Brucefield United Church SUNDAY, MAY 25th 11 A.M. and 7 P.M. Rev: Gordon Butt, of • roderich, 'will be the preacher for the day. A PLAY "FIXING IT FOR FATHER" By the Y.P.S., on MONDAY, MAY 26th at 8 p.m. ADMISSION: 35c and 20c • iting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. Cummings.—IMiss Veronica McCon- nell, of St. Clemens, spent Sunday with her father, Mr. F. McConnell. —Mrs. Gandier and little daughter, of Niagara Falls, are visiting the former's mother. Mrs. M. Carpenter. —Miss Millie Williams, of Stratford, spent Sunday with Mrs. Jas. Shea. Yr,4,nk McClinehey stands seeon_Ti high- rr • HHt 'also won two speciait prates :and he is to lie congratulated en his Creditable standing. He is now work- ing in the Seaforth 'Creamery and we wish him success in the dairy busi- ness. -Mr. and Mrs. Oscar • Wright and family, .of Kennilworth, spent the week end with friends in Stanley.— :Mr. and Mrs. Will Real and Miss Jean visited in Hamilton over Sun- day.—Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Peck, of London, visited with Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Dowson one day last week.— Aliso Margaret McKinley spent Sun- day in Forest, the guest of Mr. and Mfrs. W. F. Braun. — Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Robinson and family and Miss Olive Erratt visited with Mr. and Mrs. James M. Reid, Clinton, on Sunday. STANLEY Notes.—We notice by the Ontario Milk Producer that out of a class of over 50 who took the 1930 Dairy Short Course at O.A.C.. Guelph, Mr. CONSTANCE Notes.—A meeting will be held in Constance Sunday .school on Monday evening, May 26th, at 8 o'clock p.m. for the purpose of electing delegates to send teethe Liberal conyention, to be held in aliensall. All interested will •please attend Mr. and Mrs. Norman Habkirk, of Wyandotte, Michigan, were week end visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. Feegu- son.—We are sorry to learn that Mrs. Orville Dale is in Scott Memorial Hospital at present but we hope for a speedy recovery.—Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Wilkinson and Mr. and Mrs. Ellicker, of Lambton County, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. William Brit- ton over the week encl.-111r. David Millson has treated himself to a Ford coach, also Mr. William Knox to a Ford sedan.—Mr. Alvin Riley had the misfortune while playing to run into a barb wire fence on Thursday night, cutting his mouth so as the doctor had to put a few stitches in.—Mr. and Mrs. Earl Lawson and Mrs. Robt. Lawson spent Thursday in Stratford. WINTHROP Notes.—Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Clarke and family spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. E. Epps, of Varna. — The heavy rains have delayed some with their seeding, but it has helped the pasture fields.—We are sorry to hear that Mrs. Davidson, who has been confined to Seaforth Hospital for some time, is very low at time of writing.—Mr. and Mrs. John McClure and Miss Ethel McClure have gat settled in their new home. We wel- come them to our village.—Mr. and Mrs. Robert Campbell and Misses Reta and Cora Campbell spent Sun- day with Mr. and 'Mrs, Grieve, of Tuckersmith.—Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Govenlock and family called on friends in the village Sunday evening. Mr. Govenlock has been engaged as foreman over a gang of men on the Bell Telephone System at Waterford. —Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hart and son, Kenneth, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Ferg. Bullard.—The young peo- ple are presenting the play, "Wanted, A Wife," in Gerrie this Thursday evening. BLYTH Nurses Graduate.—Hundreds at- tended the annual graduating exer- cises of the Guelph General Hospital Monday evening, May 12th, when thirteen nurses received their diplom- as. Addresses were delivered by Dr: G. I. Christie, President of the 0. A. C., and J. M. Taylor, chairman of the Hlospital Board. One of the features of the exercises was the presentation of prizes to the girls who stood high- est in their class work, the awards being made as follows: General pro• ficiency, 'Miss Mary Darby, Rockwood; theory, Miss Isabell Pearse, Paisley; CANADIAN CHAUTAUQUA Two Oustanding P ays "POLLYANNA" "BROKEN DISHES" VIERRA'S HAWAIIANS Presenting Spectacular Musical Production "AN EVENING IN HAWAII" Noted Hungarian Concert Artists—THE (:ARAY SISTERS THE LIGHT OPERA FESTIVAL Superb Productions from Popular .Operettas TIMELY LECTURES BY NOTABLE SPEAKERS SCE HASTINGS' MARIONETTES A Season Ticket Admitting Purchaser to All Chautauqua Attractions FIVE BIG DAYS --$2,20 Tax Included 12 to r Seaf oah June ehartint of recordea ss s,,A'te1i4,° Dyer, Woodatoolq surgcah teehuiiue Mies Kate Jeanette Laidlaw, Mrs. Angus McKinnon ,.pr, esented,. ntploni:as ba' the following .graduates Miss Mary Isabell Dirty, Ro4;kwoo4; Miss Isobel Clrrstina �r - town; Miss Annie Elizabeth Cockburn;' Guelph; Miss Dora•.Iay .1•saF rt, .Asa, ten; Mies Isabella Henderson, Paris;; Miss Isabel Pearse, Paisley; Mass Dorothy' Winnifred Fletcher,.,Canibell- ville; 'Miss Janet Issbel Kilpatrick, Elora; Miss Jeanette Popp1es tune, Blyth; Miss Katie Jeanette Laidlaw, Blyth; Miss Mary Amelia Dyer, Wood- stock;' Miss Beatrice 'Stewart Storey, Milton West; Miss Florence Ethel Decels, Ereslau. Those who attended this function from Blyth were' Dr. and Mrs. Milne, Miss Milne, Mr. and Mrs. R. M. 'McKay, Miss Olive Mc- Gill, Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Weir, Miss Ida McGowan, Mr. and Mrs. Duncan Laidlaw, Mr. and Mrs. James Laid- law, Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Popplestone, Miss Dorothy and Leslie Popplestone, Mr. and 'Mrs. Win. A. Logan, Kath- leen Logan, Mrs. J. •Sinclair, Brig - den; Mrs. Leo Stephenson, Constance; Miss M. Ruth Laidlaw, R.N., London. Briefs. —' The condition of Miss Susan Laidlaw, who has been ill. for the past three months, continues un- changed. Miss M. R. Laidlaw, R.N., of London, is in attendance. EXETER Briefs —Ed. Aldsworth, who has been attending college in Saskatche- wan, and preaching in a missicn, ar- rived home Saturday and will spend the summer with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Aldsworth, in Hay town- ship. Ed. is studying for the minis- try.—Miss Marguerite Aldsworth and Ross McClennan, of Stratford, spent the week end with he parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Aldsworth.—S. J. V. Cann is extending the booth at his gas station in order to care for the increasing trade. The place he is now occupying being far too small to accommodate his business.—The Wilk- inson brothers, who receirtly purchas- ed the old evaporator property, have torn down one building and fitted the other up for a laying pen, in which they have laid out two floors. At present they have about five hundred of the prettiest White Leghorn lay- ing pullets, that were hatched by Hogarth in January, that one would care to see. It is their intention to have the second floor, with as many or more for winter laying. In the brooders, outside of the building, can be seen the other batch coming on. The Wilkinsons came out from Eng- land some time ago, to engaged in. farm work, which they did for a time, then decided to engage in the chick- en business.—Several members of the Clinton Orange Lodge paid the Exeter Lodge a visit on Friday night The officers of the local lodge put on the Blue Degree, which was so much enjoyed by the visitors, that they left en invitation for them to come to Clinton, on the night of the 30th, to put on the third degree.—Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Francis, of St. Marys, vis- ited his brother, Reeve Francis, on Saturday.—Several members of the Masonic Order ,visited with the Strat- ford Lodge Fridayn ight, in honor of the visit of the District Deputy, Dr. Tye, of Milverton. 1 BRUSSELS ibrg oust ;t1se V1 t r yr en �r3 ;tom �y , :La:st reports' by e . well :as tsar Jae eacpeote,L 1 he io w „by i ost ; ople,: used to w4 •king on 1411seine in Detx'oit :and escaped accident., friends wish him a..:spe.edy recover Breezes..— Rev F, , Paull axed Paull me Frida' o n a 11 teen d y' fr',in 'Iso where they attended Synod; 'Paull, (Mr. Daubs utOtherVte i with them:—Mr.'and 'Mrs.. E. Hov,, bf Ridgeway, were here last` week. visit Mrs. Howes' mother, Mrs. Lanee. lot Clarke. ---William Parker; '14e40 ;; Susie Westlake and Vina•- • Herber; motored to Sarnia Sunday .and spent'' the day there.-1Miss Ruth HouMon, of London„ was home for ,Sundayta:la Mrs. P. V. Lamont, Field 'Secretary of the Missionary Society of the Presbyterians, was here Sunday 'and gave a very interesting address •at • the service in the morning at the' Town Hall. While here Mrs. Lamont was the guest of 'Mrs. Fraser.—Mrs. Bristol. of Washington, D:C., is spend ing a few weeks here the' guest of Mrs: J. Tippet—nobort and 'George- Blair, George Blair, who have been at Detrpit, re- turned last week.--aMiss Cough'lin;re- turned from London Monday after spending a couple of weeks there. --- Miss Aggie McIntyre, of 'Strath'roy, arrived for the summer on Thursday of last week, and is, at Mrs. J. Pier- son's.—Mr. and Mri-, John Sturgeon, of Port Elgin, and Mrs. A. Catling and son, James; ^f St. Thomas, were guests Sunday of Mrs. James Stur- geon.—On Sunday evening, June. lst, at St. Andrew's United Church, Rev. S. Pinnock, of Toronto, will give. ai address in the interest of the Bibb - Society. All are invited.—An amus- ing and intriguing comedy. "The Tiger Earl," will be presented by members of the A.Y.P.A. of Trinity Parish in- the nthe Town Hia11 on Friday evening, May 30th. 1n TUCKERSMITH Notes.—'The many friends of Mrs_ William McGregor, will be sorry to - learn that she was taken to Victoria Hospital, London, where she will un- dergo an operation soon.—Mrs. Bev- erly Beaton and son, of Detroit, are visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Joni. Green. Death of J. K. Ireland.—The Brud- sels Post of last week makes the fol- lowing reference to. the death of Mr. J. K. 'Ireland, a former resident or tbiat:townehip, and laelaeknownato..,.ar ... great many people here: "Last Sat- urday evening James K. Ireland pass- ed away at the home of his daughter,, Mrs. 0. Smith, 5th concession of Grey Township, in his 88th year. Deceas- ed had not been in the best of health. for some time, 'being bothered with his heart. Mr. Ireland• elm to native of Galloway, Kirkcudbik 'f1ire, Scot- land, and when two years old came. with his parents to Canada and they located in Tuckersmith township,near Egmondville. On March 23rd, 1806,,, deceased was married to Miss Jean Ross, of the same township, by Rev. Wm. Graham, and for one year they- lived heylived on the old Ireland farm on the Mill Road, Tuckersmith, and then moved northward to the farm on the, 3rd line, Morris, where they lived for 49 years. A family of two sons,. James, of Saskatoon, and William on the homestead, and five daughters.. Mrs. 0. Smith, 5th con. Grey township; Mrs. George Henderson, 3rd line, Mor- ris; airs. 0. Turnbull, 15th con. Grey;Mrs. J. Oliver, Brussels, and Mrs. H. Glazier, Stratford, survive. One of the daughters, Mrs. J, Moses, died two years ago. He is also survived by 24 grandchildren and 12 great-- grandchildren. In 1916 Mr. and Mrs. Ireland celebrated their golden wed- ding, and later in the year Mr. and Mrs. Ireland moved into Brussels {>o reside and take life easy, but five years later Mrs. Ireland passed away and Mr. Ireland returned to the home of his son, and later has been living' with various members of his family. During his lifetime on the farm he has seen all the changes take place of the pioneer, the farm being trans- formed from bush to well tilled acres, and oxen displaced byine; the cradle for the self-hindeerru and the market changed from 20 miles to 3,. with rural telephone, rural mail and other modern comforts and conveni- ences within easy reach. The late Mr. Ireland was an honorable man, who dealt squarely with his neighbors. He was a staunch Presbyterian and a Liberal in politics. His home was always a home that was open to every one. The funeral, which was largely attended, was held on Tuesday after- noon from the residence of 0. and Mrs. Smith, and the services were conducted by Rev. F. G. Fowler, pas- tor of Melville church, who spoke of the god life and character of the de- ceased. Two favorite hymns were sung: "Jesus Lover of My Soul," and "0 God of Bethel by Whose Hand." The pallbearers were his five son -in- laws, 0. Smith, 0. Turnbull, J. Moses, H. Glazier, J. Oliver and a nephew, T. Archibald. Interment was made in Brussels cemetery. The floral tributes were beautiful. Among the relatives and friends from a distance were: Joseph Holman and Mrs: Smith, Stratford; R. and Mr"s. Ross and son, 'Gordon, of Kincardine; Mr. and Mrs. Broadfoot, Mr. and Mrs. Papple, A. and Mrs. Modeland, of Tuckersmith township; Wm. Welsh, Mrs. Stewart, William and Mrs. Fteeman, John and Mrs. Walker, of Seaforth; Miss 'Minnie Smith, Vrbt eter; Paul and Mrs. Freeman, of To- ronto. The family have the sy'n'ipathy^ of a wide circle 'of friends in the loss, they have sustained." Briefs. — George Scantlebury, of Stratford, was a recent visitor in town with his grandparents, M.r. and Mrs. George Hanley.—Mrs. George Mc- Nichol was a Sunday visitor with Mr. and Mrs. George Clarke, Listowel.— Prof. S. R. Crerar and sons, Ross and Stuart, of Toronto, were recent visi- tors with relatives and friends in Brussels.—Mr. and Mrs. Walter Mes- ser and children, Lois and Vernon, of Palmerston, were week end visitors with the former's mother, Mrs. Annie Messer.—Mr. and Mrs. Wilford Cam- eron and son, Jimmy, were Sunday visitors with Dr. and Mrs. W. J. Cam- eron, Palmerston.—Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Williams and children, of Pontiac, Mich., were visitors over the week end with the • Tatter's mother, Mrs. Watson. --'Mrs. Dora Holmes, Walton, was a week end visitor under the par- ental roof.—Mrs. A. Sohier and Mrs. T. Clarke of Walton, were Sunday visitors with friends in Brussels.— Mr. and Mrs. William Mitchell were Sunday visitors with friends in Strat- ford.—Mr. and -'Mrs. W. F. Coleman and children, Francis and. Marion were recent visitors with- the latter's father, Samuel Wilton.—Sam Shine of Detroit, spent a few days with his sister, Miss Robert G. Dark. -1T'. and Mrs. George Dawson, of Tiverton were recent visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Philip Anrent. — Mrs. Donal: Clarke and children, of Hamilton, are welcome visitors with the former'. parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Sin- clair.—Mr, and Mrs. Brian Scott ani Miss Jean, of Toronto, were recent visitors with Mr, and MIS. Fred Bur- chill•—•Gordon Sleightholrn spent the '.eek end under the parental roof.— Miss Jean Saunders was a week end visitor under the parental roof in At- wood —'Miss Marie Gorham, of South- ampton, spent Sunday with Mrs. Quest Dobson. BAYFIELD Serious Accident.—On Friday morn- ing last shortly after starting work shingling the Town Hall, where Fred Baker, Fred Geminhardt, Percy Wes- ton and Walter 'McLellan were at work, a serious accident happened when McLellan slipped and fell to the groped. a distance of about twenty- five feet. A bunch of shingles fol - ti ,d4n