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Seventy-second Year
Whole Number 3340
SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, DDEeE BER 18, 191.
Col. Anthony VanEgxnond and the
Rebellion of 1837 in Huron County.
Written for The Expositor
by. W. Brenton Kerr, M.A.,
Oxon., Ph.D., Tor.
Prof. Kerr asks any per-
sons having in their pos-
session letters or papers
bearing on the early his-
tory of Huron County, to
leave their names at The
r
Expositor O$ice in order
that he may compare
the information contained
therein with that already
in his possession.
CHAPTER XIII
HURON IN ARMS
Van Egmond was the only man
from the Huron Tract who joined the
insurgent army of 1837. Doubtless
among the poorer settlers whose part
he had taken against the Company,
there were some who had listened to
his political propagan 1a and who felt
not unsympathetic toward the cause
he had made his own. "And what are
we to fight for?" declared one Re-
form farmer, with a draft -slip in his
hand, according to the Misses Lizars,
"Against Mackenzie? Never! The
only reluctant to take part against
the insurgents, would not take part
on their behalf. Whether poor or well-
to-do, these Scots settlers of Huron
felt a great pride in their native land,
counted themselves British first of all
and threw their weight against separ-
ation from the Empire. The Colonel
apart, "there '.vas not a rebel in Hur-
on," say the Misses Lizars, save that
one Ryan, a fugitive from Mont-
gomery's, found refuge by the lake
border until a friendly American
schooner conveyed him to safety in
the spring of 1838. Nevertheless there
were one or two malcontents who
waited for an opportunity to show
their sentiments.
The news, of 'Mackenzie's rising
reached 'Goderich' on December 10th.
The inhabitants of the Tract at once
pronounced emphatically on behalf of
the loyalist cause; and the men of
Colborne proceeded to raise a local
force on behalf of the government.
On the llth, the first company of
Huron militia under Captain Gooding,
Lieutenants Galt and Fraser, assem-
bled in Goderich; next day a part of
the third company mobilized under
direction of Lieut. Biscoby, the rest
during the next two days after which
Captain Lizars took charge of the
whole. On December 14th the whole
battalion "repaired to quarters" or in
other words encamped until they
should receive directions. The defeat
of the insurgents at Montgomery's,
however, rendered a march to Toronto
unnecessary; and the Hurons remain-
ed idle for three weeks. During this
interval the militia officers, mostly
men of Colborne, commissioned by
the lieutenant -governor, pressed all
the able-bodied men into service and
did not omit even poor Edward Van
Egmond, son of the Colonel, who re-
sisted at first but yielded in order to
accompany his horses, After New
Year's Day there arrived word of an
assemblage of "rebels and pirates"
or at least of fugitive insurgents, on
the Michigan frontier who were pre-
paring to invade the province. The
Hurons, as nearest to the danger, re-
ceived ,orders to meet it. On January
6th the first company, under com-
mand not of Capt. Gooding apparent-
ly, but of Colonel Dunlop, assisted by
Lieuts. Galt and Fraser, set out, and
a part of the third company proceed-
ed with them. These two units or
parts of units, making in all some
seventy-five rank and file, marched
through the woods for Port Sarnia;
and the same day Capt. Hyndman, al-
so left 'Goderich with his men for the
same destination. The rest followed
by degrees. The first "division" un-
der Col. Dunlop, arrived in Sarnia on
the llth; the second, under Lt. -Col.
Taylor, on the 14th; the third, under
Major Prior, on the 15th; the fourth,
under Capt. Lizars, on the 16th; the
fifth and last, under Lieut. Wilson,
on the 17th, and the baggage and pro-'
ti visions under charge of Lieuts. Kidd
and Lawson, about the 22nd. The reg-
ister of officers might well have been
transcribed from a list of the Col-
borne Clique, so unmistakeably did
these well-to-do Scotsmen translate
their sentiments" into action. At the
same time, according to the Misses
Lizars, Captain Luard took a small
detachment to Navy Island. The
march of the others, some 300 in
number, to Sarnia, entailed a good
many hardships which are related in
detail by the Misses Lizars. Our other
chief authority, an anonymous cor-
respondent of the British Colonist
(issue of 'Mardi '29, 1838) describes
the endurance and conduct of the
Hurons in enthusiastic terms. "To
any man who has never had to plow,
dig, swim and wade his *ay from the
known parts of this province to Port
Sarnia through Adelaide, Warw•i'dk
and Plympton, the suffering and mer-
it of these men who accomplished
what to me appeared an ince issibility,
Can never be known, understood or
appreciated. But, Sir, the settlers in.
this placb (Sarnia), the inhabitants of
this village fully know what the Hun -
on militia endured to evince their loy-
alty to their Queen and Constitution
and to protect the land of their adop-
tion from foreign intrusion and pre-
sumptuous, invasion; they know from
much lighter and far less painful du-
ties what it is for 300 farmers at ode
day's notice to leave their wives and
children, their cattle and farms, them-
selves 'without great coats or 'blank•
ets, many nearly barefooted without a
change of shirt or socks and march
120 miles and remain on duty for ten
weeks. And they will ever bear test-
imony to the kindness, civility, sobri-
ety, contentment and good discipline
of these loyal men than whom no body
of officers and men ever left a place
more respected and beloved.r,
The Hurons spent rather a pleasant
winter in Sarnia, anecdotes of which.
time appear in the Misses Lizars' ac-
count Almost daily they heard rum-
ours of intended invasion by the fug-
itive exiles, or "Patriots" as these
called themselves; and invariably
these rumours proved baseless or
founded on some quite innocent occur-
rence like the trooping of wild ponies
over the ice. The people at home in
Huron meantime were alarmed by re-
ports that Sarnia had been taken and
that nearly all their men had perish-
ed. Dame Rumour was apparently
the busiest body along the St, Clair
River and Lake Huron in that Janu-
ary and February of 1835. On Febru-
ary 12th the Hurons left Sarnia for
Chenal Ecarte, near Walpole Island,
which was as likely to attract the
"Patriots" as Navy Island on the
Niagara frontier. Here alarms were
even more frequent than at Sarnia,
obliging the men to remain under
arms all night on several occasions;
but as before, they carne to nothing.
On March 4th, the Hurons returned to
Sarnia, and on the Sth, as the danger
seemed at an end, they received or-
ders to return home for discharge.
Captain Gooding's company left that
•lay, the second "division" on the fol -
r
the last fling'of the insurgent sym-
pathizers. The part of Huron in the
rebellion of 1$37 had conte to an end;
the county had indeed, as the corres-
pondent of the. Toronto Patriot had
boasted, shown itself "perfectly 'loy-
alist."
Political danger at an end, the set-
tlers were at liberty to renew their
war on the Company. For some years
dispute waxed warm over the high
price of land in the Tract, the Com-
pany's monopoly of commerce and its
lethargy in providing roads, bridges
and means of transportation; a,dis-
pute which led to a heated election
contest in 1841 when Dr. Dunlop
abandoned the Company, became set-
tlers' candidate in opposition to that
organization and in the end won the
seat. But as population grew, as the
land passed into the hands of the set-
tlers, as the men of Huron created for
themselves .more and more of the
Civilized amenities of cnvrlized life, the quarrel
with the Company vanished of itself.
At the present time few Huronites re-
alize that some less valuable portions
of their county are still in possession
of that Canada Company which was
an object o% hatred to their ancestors
a hundred years ago.
STAFFA
Y. P. S. Hear Interesting Letter. -
The Y.P.S. meeting was held in the
United Church on last Sunday even-
ing, the president, V. Kleinfeldt pre-
siding. The meeting opened by sing-
ing hymns and Audrey Dinnin led in
prayer. The 'Scripture lesson was
read by 'Marjorie Kleinfeldt followed
by singing another hymn. The topic
of the evening was taken by M. Mac-
Donald. Miss Audrey Dinnin read a
very interesting letter written by our
missionary, Rev. Earl Knechtel, of
Korea. The Bible study on the life
of Moses was conducted by Rev. Stu-
art. The meeting closed with a hymn
and the 'Mizpah benediction.
ZURICH
Brown -Weber. -An interesting ev-
ent took place at the i••theran Par -
lowing day, and on the 10th the third sonage on Tuesday forenoon, when
company under Capt. Lizars. The last Rev. E. Tuerkheim performed the cere-
company had reached Plympton in the
evening of the 10th when word arriv-
ed at Sarnia that the insurgents had
again assembled behind Fort Gratiot
and would positively come over that
night. At once the Sarnians sent an
express after the poor Hurons; and
these found themselves instantly or-
dered to march back fourteen miles
which they had just traversed two
hours before. But the men of Huron
accepted the reversal cheerfully.
"Now, boys, we'll show them some-
thing; they have humbugged us long
enough; we'll forgive them all now
they've mustered courage to land."
Back they marched and reached Sar-
nia before daylight, only to find that
as usual "the vagabond Patriots had
thought it better not to venture on
Canadian soil. Quiet assured, the
Hurons "wet, weary and tired ,
"stretchers their limbs on the boards"
for the sleep they had missed. They
remained in Sarnia until March 12th,
when the approach of a company of
Queen's Light Infantry, a permanent
regiment, enabled them definitely to
depart for home. In Huron they were
discharged, having served their coun-
try to the best of their ability for
three months.
Their conduct in Sarnia stirred the
British Colonist's correspondent to a
final word of praise. "I must mention
one more distinguishing trait in the
conduct and discipline of the Hurons.
They were quartered in the new Meth-
odist Church and yet while they were
in it they had it so clean and neatly
arranged that we had divine service
every Sunday at which they gave the
most general and decent attendance,
and I regret to say that since their
departure we have not been able to
use the church in that way. I desire
not to find fault with any but to com-
mend the good examples of these men
who are far above my praise and have
the reward they seek -their own ap-
proving consciences -and will I trust
meet the reward from Government
which their conduct merits." 'So wrote
a freeholder. in Port Sarnia, on March
13, 1838, a willing witness to the
character and behaviour of these early
farmers of Huron.
mony uniting in marriage, Flossie,
eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chas.
Weber and Mr. William H. Brown,
popular shoe merchant of this village.
Mr. and Mrs. Brown left by motor on
a wedding trip and after their return
will reside with Mr. Brown's father
in this village.
Judge T. M. Costello, of Goderich,
held a Court of 'Revision of the voters'
list of Hay Township .here on Mon-
day. 'Fifty changes were allowed.
Mr. Oscar Klopp is spending the
week with relatives in Detroit.
The euchre and dance held in the
Town 'Hall here last Wednesday even-
ing was well attended. Another dance
will be held on New Year's Eve.
CONSTANCE
The Sunday "School of Constance
United Church will hold their Christ-
mas tree and entertainment on Tues-
day, December 22nd. A good program
is being provided, the children being
trained by the school teacher, Miss
Morrison. Everyone come and enjoy
themselves.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Patterson, of
Walton, visited at the home of Mrs.
Jean Britton and Mis Margaret Lave
en Sunday last.
Messrs. B. B. Stephenson, Jos. Riley
and Wm. 'Carnochan have had the
wiring completed in their homes and
are now using hydro.
W. M. S. -The Women's Missionary
Society held their Christmas meeting
at the church on Thursday last, the
chair 'being taken by the president,
Mrs. Lindsay. After singing a hymn,
a few moments of silent prayer was
held for Mrs. Ed. Britton and others
who have been bereaved. Mrs. Lind-
say led in prayer. The minutes were
read and adopted. The roll call was
taken and each member answered with
a gift, all being sent to Mr. Fred
Sloan, of the 'School Car, Capreol, for
distribution among the children. Mrs.
W. Britton read the devotional leaf-
let on "Andrew, the Man of Decision."
Mrs. Ray Lawson told a splendid
Christmas story. Mrs. C. McGregor
read the Scripture lesson on Christ's
birth from 'Luke. Mrs. Miller Adams
brought a wonderful Christmas mes-
sage. They all know that Mrs. Ad-
ams has a gift as a speaker and they
enjoyed her talk very much. The
hymn "Silent Night, Holy Night" was
sung and the meeting closed with
prayer by Mrs. Rogerson.
That spring and'summer a series of
incidents occurred which showed that
the few malcontents were yet at
work. While the Hurons were still on
the frontier, the baking oven of W.
F. 'Gooding was set on fire and ren-
dered useless. As the oven was em-
ployed in baking bread for the troops,
and as Gooding himself was a cap-
tain at the front, the Goderich peo-
ple at once put the occurrence down
to the account of incendiary "pat-
riots." On April 14th the farm house
and fences of Charles Prior, magis-
trate, were destroyed by fire, which
was also ascribed to the insurgents.
Worse followed. In June a party of
thirty "patriots" stole a sloop near
Detroit, cruised to Goderich, raided
the town, plundered the stores and
made good their re -embarkation.
Meantime hoivever, the American
authorities had 'sent a vessel in pur-
suit, which finally ran the sloop to
ground in United States waters but
succeeded in capturing only one of
the Crew. Later another American
vessel took eight of the raiders, three
of whom were convicted and sentenc-
ed to terms in jail. On September
15th, another case of arson or at any
rate, suspected arson, occurred. The
valuable 'barn and stable of Charles
Prior, victim of April, were reduced
to ashes. ,An alarmed Huronite to
the British Colonist of September 27,
1838, of these incidents and declared
ynch law is only wanting in the
ron and then neither life, property
nor character will be safe." But as
matters turned out, this affair was
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field, and a number of 'other relatives
of both bride and groom. Last week
the young people of the community
gathered at the home of the bride-to-
be and presented her with a beautiful
wicker chair and chesterfield table in
honor of the event. On Friday even-
ing the members of the choir of Knox
Presbyterian church, Auburn, of
which she was a valued member, gath-
ered at the Govier home and present-
ed her with a case of silver.
BAYFIELD
Allen 'Pye left for Windsor Tuesday
afternoon to resume work at the Ford
plant.
Mr. and Mrs. Walters and son,
Lloyd, of Colborne, were guests last
Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. William Os-
mond.
Mrs. James Carnie spent last week
visiting Mrs. Jessie Tough.
Monday evening, December 7th, the
annual meeting of L.O.L. No. 24, was
held in the Orange Hall, when there
was a good attendance, and the fol-
lowing officers were elected for the
year: W.M., John Castle; D.M., Wm.
Orr; Chaplain, A. E. Erwin; recording
secretary, Miniar Heard; financial
secretary, E. Featherston; treasurer,
Harold Stinson; Marshall, Geo. Stur-
geon; 1st Lecturer, Wm. McDool; 2nd
Lecturer, Emerson Heard; committee
men, Robert Orr, Wm. J. Elliott,
Lindsay Smith, Walter Westlake, Jas.
Rouatt; sick committee, A. E. Erwin,
W. J. McLeod, D. C. Galbraith; audi-
tors, W. J. McLeod, A. E. Erwin. Af-
ter the election lunch was served and
a generally social time spent.
HULLETT
Sillery-Govier.--eA pretty wedding
took place on Saturday, November 22,
at 6. 30 o'clock, when Laura May,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert
Govier, of Hillcrest Farm, south of
Auburn, on the Base Line, Hullett
Township, became the bride of Robert
Edward Sillery, a prosperous young
farmer of Usborne, and youngest son
of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Sillery, of Ex-
eter. The ceremony, which was per-
formed by Rev. T. W. Goodwill, pas-
tor of Knox Presbyterian Church, Au-
burn, took place at the home of the
bride's parents. The bride unattend-
ed, looked lovely attired in dainty
blue crepe. Immediately after the
ceremony the guests sat down to a
wedding breakfast. Later Mr, and
Mrs. Sillery left by motor to spend
their honeymoon in Hamilton and
other parts. The bride's travelling
costume consisted of a tweed coat
with hat and shoes to match. On
their return they will reside on the
bridegroom's farm, third concession of
Usborne Township. Among the guests
were Mr. and Mrs. Henry Govier, Au-
burn, grandparents of the bride; the
bridegroom's parents, of Exeter; Mr
and Mrs. Alex. Duncan, of Exeter;
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Govier, of West-
BRUCEFIELD
Christmas Concert and Tree in the school
house of 9. S. No. 3, Tuckersmith. on Monday,
December 21st, at half -past seven, sharp. A
real .nights fun, the programme consisting of
song, recitations, drills. dialogues and a
Christmas cantata, under the supervision of
Mr. S. Rennie, music instructor, 3346-1
The annual Christmas tree and en-
ertainment will be held in the school
room of the United Church on Dec.
22nd at 8 p.m. It was decided to have
a white Christmas again this year, all
donations to be brought in that even -
ng, as the committee wish to have
the packing done and forwarded to
Queen Street United Church, Toronto,
for Christmas distribution.
Young "People Meet. -The Young
People's Society of Brucefield United
Church held their regular meeting on
Monday evening. The meeting was
n charge of the Missionary convenor,
Marie Elliott, and opened with a
hymn, after which Gladys Addison
read the Scripture. Mr. Bremner led
'n prayer, and the topic, which was
found in the second chapter of the
Missionary study book, "Korea, the
Land of the Dawn," was very ably
taken by Marie Elliott. A discussion
followed led by Mr. Bremner. A hymn
was then sung. The president, Fred
Boyce, took charge and the minutes
of the last meeting were read and
adopted and the roll call was answer-
ed by twenty members. A spelling
match followed, Fred Boyce and D.
Broadfoot being captains. F. Boyce
and his team succeeded in carrying
off the honors. The meeting closed
with a hymn and the Mizpah Benedic-
tion. The meeting next week will be
withdrawn, but remember the Watch
Night Service, New Year's Eve, in the
basement of the church.
year were elected. The meeting .Op-
ened with a liymrial, r -:r which Mrs,.
Robert Harmer led .a prayer. Roll
call was answered by a verse of Scrip-
ture with the word "trust." Mrs. Mil-
ton Woods read the lesson. The var-
ious reports were very gratifying and
showed that the society had complet-
ed a' successful year. A letter of
thanks was received from Mrs. Leslie
Cox expressing her thanks to the
Ladies' Aid for their kindness in send-
ing her flowers during her illness.
The officers for the coming year will
be; Honorary president, Mrs. Gale ;
president, 'Mrs. George Proctor; vice-
president, 'Mrs. Robert Harmer; treas-
urer, Mrs. Will Coxr secretary, Mrs.
Victor Elliott; organist• Mrs. D. Gard-
iner; buying committee, Mrs. Peter
Young, Mrs. Reid Torrance; flower
committee, Mrs. Allan Betties, Mrs.
Tom Elliott, Mrs. Milton Woods; cor-
responding secretary, aY,
r Mrs. Fred Pick-
ard.
ard. Three were appointed to take
the social part of meetings, Mrs. Her-
bert Cox, Mrs. Fred Pickard and Mrs.
Milton Woods, for three months each,
the president to take the other meet-
ings.
WALTON
Miss Margaret Ross left on Wed-
nesday for her home in Alberta, .after
spending two months at the 'home of
her brother, Mr. John Dennis.
The Sunday school of Bethel Unit-
ed Church will hold their annual
Christmas concert next Tuesday even-
ing in the church.
The Walton Football Club held its
annual meeting last week. The fol-
lowing officers were elected for 1932:
President, P. •McTaggart; secretary -
treasurer, Gilbert McCallum; manag-
ing committee, Lewis Rowland and Al-
vin Farquharson. The treasurer's re-
port indicated that the club's affairs
were in good condition.
Miss E. Love, of Saskatchewan, is
visiting her sister, Mrs. A. Cuthill and
brother, Mr. 'George Love.
Miss Bessie Blanshard o,f Stratford,
was a recent visitor at the home of
her father, Mr. M. Blanshard.
HAY
Council Meeting. - The regular
monthly meeting of the council of the
Township of Hay was held in the
Town Hall, Zurich, on Monday, Nov.
30th, with all the members present.
The minutes of the previous meeting
were adopted as read. The following
resolutions were passed: Moved by
Edmund Walper, seconded by Alf.
Melick, that the treasurer be authoriz-
ed to refund 42 per cent. of the en -
Drain to assessed persons in the
gineer's assessment on the Eacrett
Township of Hay, who paid their as-
sessment in full. :Moved by David
Ducharme, seconded by Wm. Alexan-
der, that the following be. appointed
polling places, deputy returning of-
ficers and poll clerks for the several
polling places in the Township of Hay
for the year 1932, and that By-law
No. 19, 1931, confirming same be read
three times and finally passed: Poll-
ing Sub -division No. 1, School House
No. 2: E. Campbell, D.R.O., C. Prouty,
P.C.; No. 2, School House No. 14: D.
Burns, D.R.O., S. McArthur, P.C,; No.
3, Town Hall, Zurich: W. O'Brien, D.
R.O., 0. Surerus, P.C.; No. 4, Town
Hall, Zurich: D. Oswald, D.R.O., Al-
bert Hess, P.C.; No. 5, School House
No. 12; Urban Pfile, D.R.O., Hilt
Truemner, P.C.; No. 6, Central Of-
fice, Dashwood: C. 0. Pfile, D.R.O., A.
Weber, P.C.; No. 7, School House No.
3: J. B. Forrest, D.R.O.; J. A. McAl-
lister, P.C.; No. 8, F. Denomme's
Store, F. E. Ducharme, D.R.O., J.
Corriveau, Jr., P.C. Moved by Alf.
Melick, seconded by Edmund Walper,
that vouchers covering payments on
township roads, telephone, drains, sal-
aries and general accounts be passed
as follows: Township Roads -E. H.
Welton, repairs to grader, $2.50; Jno.
Oesch, Road 8, $109.10; A. F. Hess,
assistance, $20; E. Henderick, Rd. 14,
$18.35; P. Schade, Road 13, $4; S.
Ropp, Road 2, $3.20; J. Parke, Road
1, 819.40; Elmore Deters, Road 10,
$231,40; C. Aldworth, Roads 2-13,
421.30; F. E. Denomme, Road 10,
$10.20; S. Martin, Road 6, $4.50; S.
Martin, Road 6, $4.50; S. Hoffman,
Road 8, 89.20; T. Dinsmore, Road 18,
$166.39; M. Corriveau, Road 17,
862.84; J. Rennie, Road 6, $6.94; J.
M. Richardson, Road 5, $28; A. L.
Sreenan, Road 19, $107.11; R. Miller,
Road 9, $114.40; R. J. Stire, Road 10,
$92 81; E. Erb, Road 9, $31.40; W. G.
13e11, Road 2, $152.80; W. M. Russell
road 1, $30.40; S. McArthur, Road 1,
$30.40; D. Oswald, Road 9, $102.25;
W. J. Jarrott, Road •Supt., $75; Wnr.
I''ischer, Road 11, $4.40. Telephone
Accounts --Bell Telephone Co., tolls,
September to October, $116,56; Can.
Tel. & Supplies, material, $19.99; F.
R. Guenther, cartage, $2.90; Harold
Walper, error rate $6; E. H. Weltin,
account, 75c; Northern Electric co.,
material, $124.95; L. H. Rader, Reeve,
$15; Alf. Melick, councillor, $10; Ed-
mund Walper, councillor, $10; David
Ducharme, councillor, $10; W. F.
Alexander, councillor, $10; A. F. Hess,
clerk and treasurer, $350; H. Eilber,
re Hay system, $25; G. Beatty, re Hay
system, $5; Tp. Clerk, Bodanquet, re
Hay system, $5; Zurich Central,
switching, 4 weeks, $68; H. G. Hess,
labor, etc., $130; L. Sehilbe & Son,
coal, $34.49; Stade & Weido, account,
$1.80; P. Mcisaac, labor, etc., $42.40.
Salaries -L. H. Rader, reeve, $75; A.
Melick, councillor, $65; E. J. Walper,
councillor, $65; D. Ducharme, council-
lor, $65; W. F. Alexander, councillor,
$65; A. F. floss, clerk and treasurer,
$36,0; .1. Albrecht, caretaker, $52,00.
General Accounts --Township Clerk,
assessments, police villages, $12; Zur-
ich police village, township grant,
$212.55: Dashwood police village,
township grant, 873.25; W. L. Siebert,
division court clerk, $28: F. Thiel,
division court bailiff, $28; Helen Street
Drain, Dashwood, payments, $69.60;
GODERICH TP.
Mr. and Mrs. Peter McDougall h•is-
ited in Port Stanley over the week
end. They visited Mr. McDougall's
sister, Mrs. Sterling, who has not been
as well as her many friends would
wish.
London friends called on Mr. and
Mrs. Milton Woods last week,
Mr. and Mrs. Elwin Pickard spent
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Proctor
Palmer.
Mr. Frank Yeo spent Sunday with
his friend, Jimmie Mairs.
Messrs. Jack and Sam Gliddon are
home from the West for the winter
visiting their father, Mr. Daniel Glid'y
don, of Holmesville.
'Miss June 'McDougall spent the
week end with her aunt, Mrs. Walker,
in Clinton.
Mr. and Mrs. George Proctor spent
Sunday at Science Hill with Mr. and
Mrs. Cecil 'Harrison,
The Sunday school of Grace Church
is making preparations for a Christ-
mas entertainment, to be held in the
basement of the church next Tuesday
There will 'be a splendid programme
and Christmas tree, and it is believed
that Santa Claus will be present.
The Ladies' Aid of Grace United
Church held their annual meeting on
Thursday afternoon with a large at-
tendance. Officers for the coming
)ckey
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Seaforth Tans Assured. ,00'
Hockey This Winter. 0,
H.A. Schedule Drawn and
McMillan Cup Teams Or-
ganized. Lack of Ice
Holds Up Play.
Representatives of the local O.H.A.
Club attended a district organization
meeting in Mitchell last week at
which a schedule was drawn up for
play in this 'district. (Representatives
were present from Clinton,
Goderich
Exeter and 'Mitchell. Following home
and horiie' games, the first and second
teams play off and the leading team
will have choice of dates. Goals will
count. Play-off dates have been an-
nounced as February 8rd and 5th.
'Seaforth Intermediates have con-
siderable excellent material available
and with judicious coaching and lots
of practise should make a good show-
ing in the series.
The
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schedule is as follows:
29 -Mitchell at Exeter.
29 -Clinton at Seaforth.
1-Seaforth at Goderich.
4-Goderich at Mitchell.
5 -Exeter at Clinton.
7 -Exeter at Seaforth.
8 -Clinton at Seaforth.
12-Goderich at Exeter.
12 -Mitchell at Seaforth.
15 -Exeter at 'Mitchell.
15-Seaforth at Clinton.
18 -=Mitchell at Goderich.
19 -Clinton at Exeter.
21-Goderich at Seaforth.
22 -Mitchell at Clinton.
25-Seaforth at Mitchell.
25;• ---Exeter at Goderich.
28 -Clinton at Mitchell.
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Feb .t1. odorb'
In the Moa'fan
so runnaixg? ani
ready for action."
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years. It, has been d� d
a practice fol two hoii: s' eve r:
on Tuesday afternoons;. 'Stro•
airy exists between th°e.fonp teal
tered and some keen battles"W1,1
fought this winter before the
wort. Lists of player's names,
the four districts have been nppxoved
!by a committee of five, ineluiting ,gust•;
representative from each distriet
tered . and a neutral member:
As soon as ice is available, it is
planned to play an exhibition tame'
between the Seaforth Interiue iate ;'
and a picked team from the Farmer's
League.
Teams for the 'McMillan Cup have. -
been entered from Winthrop, Tucker.e.
smith, St. Columban and Egniondviille,
and they will be picked from among
the following players:
Winthrop --Neil Montgomery, W.
Eaton, Frank Case, Ernie Little, Fer-
gus Bullard, Ed. Dorrance, Moody
Holland, T. Blanchard, Bill Mont,
gomery, Alvin Dale, A. Alexander..`
St. Colunvban Vincent Lane, Ids:
Lane, H. Pethick, J, . Moylan, Lea
Hicknell, John Lane, Flannery; N.
Miles, J. Morris, F. Hart, J. Malone, •
E. Malone, Jerry Doyle.
Egmondville•-Roy McGeoch, John
Flannery, Rex McGregor, Art Nichol-
son, Don Dale, Wilson Wright, Hugh
McMillan, Lloyd McGee, Frank Sproat,
Wm. Lane, Jack McMillan, Orrin
Zaphe,
Tuckersmith-Geo. McCartney, Jack
McKay, Jas. Doig, F. Reynolds, Wilson
McCartney, Cyril Reynolds, Robert
Archibald, P. Archibald, G. Reynolds,
Robert Tyndall, W. Coleman, Paul
Doig.
PINERY TO BE DEVELOPED.
Announcement Made of Sale
to Detroit Syndicate of
5,000. Acres.
Announcement of the sale of pro-
perty known as the Pinery, compris-
ing more than five thousand acres of
land with a lake frontage of six miles,
t a price of approximately a half mil-
lion dollars, was made recently by
William J, Scott, Sarnia realtor, The
purchaser is the Frank S, Salter Com-
pany, of Detroit, which company plans
development of the property as a re-
sort at a further cost of approximate-
ly $600,000,
Negotiations for the sale have been
in progress for a long time, and have
now been completed byMr, Scott. The
Pinery is widely known and was
bought from the government by the
Canada Company some ninety years
ago. Two years ago that company
sold it to the Marentette Realty Cor-
poration of Windsor, which has now,
through Mr. Scott, made the sale to
the Detroit firm. The Pinery is about
two miles from Port Frank, and ex-
tends to Grand Bend.
The new owners will build a golf
course, club houses, yacht harbor,
facilities for riding and winter sports
and all the improvements necessary td
complete an exclusive club commun-
ity and summer resort on Lake Hur-
on. It is stated that when completed
the Pinery will be one of the finest
summer resorts on the Great Lakes,
at a total cost of well over a million
dollars.
Hector Cowan, of the legal firm of
Cowan, Cowan and Gray, and a
nephew of the late James Cowan, of
Seaforth, was the solicitor for the
Frank S. Salter Company.
Stade & Weido, account, $10.70; 1fc-
Pherson & Makins, account, re St.
Joseph lots, $5; Jas. Green, error in
dog tax, $5; Ben Elder, error in dog
tax, 82; Earl Dick, damage to car,
82; Tp. Clerk, re Tuckersmith Tele-
phone System, $10. Drains-Eacrett
Drain, for farm culverts, $20; J. Rog-
er, 0.L.S., re Eacrett Drain, $248.00;
W. R. Dougall, refund assessment on
Eacrett Drain, $32.17; J. Galster, re-
pairs to Zurich Drain South, $2.00 ;
Tp. Clerk, re drain assessments, $6,6;
McPherson & 'Makins, re .Alexander+
Drain, $10; S. Hoffman, repairs to
Masse Drain, $6. Moved by David
Ducharme, seconded by Wm. Alexan-
der, that the council adjourn to meet
again qn Tuesday, December 15th, at
1.30 o'clock in the afternoon for the
final session of the year. -A. F. Hess,
Clerk,
ELIMVILLE
The officers of the Live Oak Mission
Circle for the year 1932 are as fol-
lows: President, Miss Lavana Coop-
er; vice-president, Miss Marjorie 'Del -
bridge; secretary, Miss Helen Murch;
corresponding secretary, Mrs. J. Kirk-
land; treasurer, Miss Margaret Johns;
mite bog secretary, Miss Mary Hunt-
er; supt. giving secretary, Miss Vera
Brock; assistant, Mrs, Wm. Bradshaw;
strangers' secretary, Miss Bernice
Murch; organist, Miss Dorothy Del -
bridge; assistants, Mrs. J. Kirkland
and Miss Margaret Johns; press sec-
retary, Miss Helen Murch; supply sec-
retary, Mrs, Wm. Routly; literature
secretary, Miss Olive Prance.
W. M. S. Officers Elected. -The of-
ficers for the W.M.S. for the year 1932
are as follows: Honorary president,
Mrs. Charles Johns; president, Mrs.
White; 1st vice-pres.. Mrs. C. God -
bolt; 2nd vice-pres., Mrs, F. Delbridge;
3rd vice -Pres., Mrs. R. D. Hunter ;
treasurer, Mrs. T. Bell; corresponding
secretary, Mrs. W. Elford; recording
secretary, Mrs. W. Horne; strangers'
secretary, Mrs. H. Delbridge; Christ-
ian Steward secretary, Mrs. Prance;
organists, Mrs. Clarke and Mrs.
Hunter; Baby Band Supt., Mrs. Alvin
Pym; Mission Band Supt., Mrs. Ed.
Johns; Associate Helpers, Mrs. G.
Davis; Missionary Monthly secretary,
Mrs. Brock; Temperance Secretary,
Mrs. Murch; Press Secretary, Mrs.
Ford; Supply Secretary, Mrs. 'R.
Johns; Mite Box Secretary, Mrs. Geo.
Coward; Flower Committee, Mrs. F.
Delbridge, Mrs, Gower, Mrs. Prout.
The officers of the Junior Bible
Class for the year 1932 are as fol-
lows: Teacher, 'Mr, W. Routly; asst,
teacher, Mr. Chas, Johns; president,
Walter Ledston; vice-president, Gar-
net Johns; secretary, Squire Herd-
man; treasurer, John Ridley; Bible
secretary, Miss Verna Brock, Mr. Gil-
bert Johns.
The officers of the Senior Bible
Class for year 1932 are as follows:
Teacher, Mr. Wnr. Johns; asst. teach-
er, Mr. Josh. Johns; president, Mr.
1,'i'm. Veal; 1st vice-president, Mrs.
Wm. Elford; 2nd vice-president, Miss
Dora Delbridge; treasurer, Mr. Geo.
Bailey; secretary, Mr. Harry Cole.
Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Pym and two
children, and Mrs. Philip Murch and'
Mr. Harry Murch were in Toronto on
Sunday visiting Mrs. Murch's sister,
Mrs. Jackson.
Next Sunday being Christmas Sun-
day, there will be a combined service,
preaching and Sunday school at 10.3b
a.m. There will also be white gifts
of clothing gathered for the needy in
the West.
Mr. and Mrs. Ivor Morgan are all
smiles -it's a baby girl.
HILLSGREEN
W. M, S. - The regular monthly
meeting of the Women's Missionary
Society was held on Wednesday af-
ter•rloon, December 9th, The meeting
was in charge of Mrs. W. Turner and
was opened with a hymn. The Scrip-
ture lesson was read responsively and
Mrs. Robert Stephenson ,led in prayer -
The secretary's and treasurer's re-
ports were read and adopted, followed
by the business. The devotional leaf-
let was given by Miss Annie Jarrott.
Topics on Temperance were given. The
leaflet on the study was taken by
Mrs. W. Turner. The officers for the
new year were elected as follows: -
Honorary presidents, Mrs. J. Coch-
rane. Mrs. W. Turner; president, Mrs.
R. McAllister; i st 'vice-president, Mrs.
Robert Stephenson; 2nd vice-president,
Mrs. H. Turner; treasurer, Mrs. W.
Turner; secretary. Mrs. R. Consitt;
press secretary, Miss A. Jarrott; sup-
ply secretary, Mrs. C. Stephenson;
assistant supply secretary, Mrs. H.
Turner; messenger secretary, Mrs. R.
Love; organist, Miss G. Stephenson;
assistant organist, Mrs. Geo. Ander-
son. The lneeti fg closed by singing a
hymn and all repeating the Lord's
Prayer.
Mr. Ross Richardson returned to his
home after spending a few days with
his sister in Tillsonburg.
Mrs. G. Lavender and babe spent a
day at the home of her sister, Miss
Mary Forrest.
Mr. Orville Smith spent the week
end with his brother in Kincardine.
Christmas concerts are no the Cm-
der
r-der of the Clay. S. S, No. 3, Hay, will
hold their _ entertainment next 'riles
day evening.
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