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The Huron Expositor, 1932-02-19, Page 1747. hr ese t) c .y. Seventykseeond Year WholeyNunvber 3849 SEAFORTH, FRIDAY,, FEBRUARY 19, 1932. Economy Measures Introduced During, the Week in Ottawa He Picked the Wrong; `Man Whilebacking out of a park- ing place on Main Street on Fri- day afternoon last, Provincial,' Constable W'hitesides, of Godes rich, was run into .by„ a horse and buggy. The driver of the steed began ,to talk loud and long about what a •nuisance cars were With particular refere'iice ,to the men that drive ,to. On 'noticing the uniform; of the of- cer, he became quite docile and listened guietly to the advice. Coristalble Whitesides had to of- fer. Thanks Citizens. •$eafprth, Feb. 18, 1932. Editor, -The Huron -Expositor: Dear. Sir: At a special meeting of the council, held Wednesday ,even- ing, February 17th, a motion was passed in which the council wished to express their appreciation and. thanks to the Home & School Club, also to the citizens in general, for the way in 'which they came to the relief of the Venuis. family, who lost everything in the fire which destroy- ed their house' a few days ago. There was- an-_tsupply of -clothes; beds, bedding, etc. However, if any of the citizens should ''have anything in iii§hescupboards, or furniture that they 'Would like to donate, they would. he appreciated. Kindly notify.. lire and I will send a truck .to your home for same. J. F. DA`LY, Mayor. GODERICH TP. The February meeting of the Ladies' Aid was held in the basement of Grace Church on Thursday, Mrs. 3Nlilton Woods taking the social part of the meeting. Miss Dora Harrison read the 'Scripture lesson after which Mrs. •Woods led in prayer. A splen - ,did ,reading was given by Mrs. Will Cox. 'M'rs. Pickard and M'rs. Gard- ener sang a duet which was much en- joyed. '`Miss Doris Harrison gave a recitation on matrimony which gave the opinion of different people on the subject. A social hour was spent af- ter, which a dainty, lunch was'•served by the hostesses, Mrs. Fred Elliott and Miss Dora Harrison. Mrs. 'Walker is visiting with Mrs. Murray McDougall over the week end. Miss Helen Cox, of London, spent the week end at the home of her par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Cox. `The chicken pie social put on by the Ladies' Aid of 'Holmesville, was a decided success. The supper was all that one would wish and the pro- gramme gave marry a laugh and was enjoyed by all. A great number of Clinton people took in the social at Holmesville on Friday last. HULLETT Death of Mr. Richard Allen Brown. '—After an illnes of, about four, months, Mr. Richard Allen Brown, of West Edmonton, Alta., R.W.T., a locomotive engineer with the Grand Trunk Pacific and Canadian National Railways for the past twenty years, passed away at Edmonton hospitai on Friday, January. 29th, at the age of 47 years., The late Mr. Brown was born on a farm in Goderich Township and spent his boyhood days on the farm in vHullett Township, •near Clinton, Ont., where his mother and sister, Eva, still reside. When. a young man he' went West and work- ed for several years at Fernie, B.C., and 'Calgary, Alta. He was married at Calgary to Miss Viola Longard, formerly of Nova Scotia. The cause } of his death was dialation of the heart. He is survived by his wife and • three sons, Roy, William and Mervin and four daughters, Olive, Ruth, and Eileenof Edm n- ton, aLois n all and his mother, and three sis- ters, Mrs. Robert Brown and Miss •''''' Eva Brown, near Clinton; MissFJen- nie Brown, of London, and Miss Bes- sie Brown, of Detroit, and one bro- ther, William', of Detroit. His youngest brother, Robert, died June 6th, 1921. He was ea member of West Edmonton Lodge A. F.. & A. M. and also the Brotherhood of Locomotive ,Engineers. The pallbearers were all brother engineers and lodge mem- hers,.,Beautiful floral tributes ;were cefront received Be e Bssie$r' b we. of Detroit, and Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Tal- bot and family and Mr. and Mrrs.'J. A. Wright and family, of 'Edmonton; also relatives of the deceased and many other friends.' 'He was a mein- ber of the United Church, a kind and e., loving husband acid father, and will be very mach missed at; his home in the city. He had a genial disposi- tion which won the friendship Of miany who, came into contact with lwr M. •5 Members ' Advance Many Schemes to End .Dep'res- siona Arthur Meighen is Back in Dual ACapacity. GORDON INVESTIGA- TION UNDER WAY • Great cominiotion in parliamentary circles as well as among government employees throughout, the country, has been created by 'the,, announce- ment of policy of the government, to reduce by 10 per cent. their own ,sal- aries, indemnities of senators and members and the, pay of some 50,000 gover,ument employees. This drastic economy, while a move in the direction of balancing the na- tional budget, is being assailed as a very !bad exantiple and one which not only reduces;;th ' purchasing power of a large part of the public,, but also constitutes an invitation to business in general to follow the government's example. Ower the .measure one of the liveliest discussions df the session is promised. Commuzial Ownership. Radical reforms in public policy would be effected if the project of certain members of parliament, now before the house, should receive legal sanction. It goes almost without •saying that they won't. Undoubtedly, the tendency exists for a more liberal attitude, generally, but thegovern- ment and the rank and file of all the parties will descend with great weight upgn the' proposition; of J. S. Woods worth, Laborite leader for socialism, not in the vague and indefinite fu- ture, but right now. '• Mr. Woodsworth's scheme is tc. nationalize many of the utilities but, especially,• to mobilize public credits for various co-operative enterprises among the amnion heard . of human- ity. His is the typical, revolutionary argument that. the masses make up the majority and ..their common weal should enjoy precedence over, that of the• wealthier. The scheme will be debated and some will support it— but not many. If the day should ever come for such an upheaval, there is common, agreement that it is not yet. • Another Finance Theory. •Manch more support will be enlist- ed for monetary reforms to be ad- vanced and..' etheocated by another Western group who are full of theor- ies. They want the function • and control of credits entirely altered), with 'a definite 'departure from the gold standard, inflation of the cur- rency in the perhaps mistaken belief that ft will produce higher prices; a broad plan of assistance to agricul- ture, .whose condition in the West is very depressed; and other measures which they think will be calculated to redress 'many of the existing econ- omic adversities of the day. • (Here, again, the measure of success is likely to 'be slight. The Tory or Conservative party is in office. They are conservative in principle as in name. Their departure from tradi- tion, if any at all, will be very limit- ed and with extreme caution and, at, that, they will be reflecting the sense of the most solid elements of the country., Canada's Tariff. Great Britain, jetti,,ening free trade for the first time history, has placed a 10 per ce-'l, duty .on all for- eign imports allowing those from the dope to come in•free. To people y/, rated with tariffs on this side Atlantic, a 10. per cent. deity •a.', ; iii e a puny thing when the Canadian eve age is now around 35 per cent. and at of the United States near 50 per 'cent. Here, a wall so low would easily be sealed by methods of mass production and probably it is not worrying the countries immediately affected. But it is only a .start in a country w'lrexe., the thing is absolutely new. :Moreover, many Canadian 'export- ers are figuring on' benefits. It will hold the fort, till the imperial eco- nomic conference comes to •Ottawa next summer. At that promising gathering, now definitely fixed to op- en on July 18th,the whole fi cal•. struc- ture of Great Britain and the' Em- pire may be revised. The dominions are expecting a preference, not of 10 per 'cent., but much more sub- stantial. They look" for tariff a gainst the outside world being put un fairly high ,by Great Britain, with their own products allowed in free. Signs suggest already that looking ulp to a, high tariff wall may be, re- warded by, nothing more serviceable than a stiff neck i because, even over a 10 'per cent. tariff, the British gov- ernment is split and unfavorable ole re- action is registered to a very' con- siderable degree. Their internal dif- fienit'ies, the cable says, threaten to. adversely 'affect the conference. •ivo Punishment to Fit. One of -the political developments of which there are portents and in which great .interest is manifested is possible diction by the senate against three of its me bens. With all. seats filled by the recent appointment of aa ..a Old' Landmark Is Destroyed By Fire. Early Morning Blaze Razes Venuis Home on Monday. Family`' Save Nothing. Fire, early {Monday morning, de- stroyed the house occupied by Wm Venuis and family on the Egmond- ville road, south of the C.N.R. tracks. An alarm was turned in about 3 a,m. but when firemen, under Chief Allan Reid, arrived, the building was blam- ing fiercely and they were unable to save the structure or any of the con- tents. The .building, a dilapidated two. storey frame one, was one 'of the earliest buildings in Egmondville. It was originally a store and at one time was occupied by the late James B. Thompson, who conducted' a geoc- ery business in it, Venuis had occu- pied the building for about fifteen years prior to the fire. Kindly neighbors took the family of six children arid parents in over night and on Monday arrangements were made to look after them in the Town Hall until suitable accommoda- tion could be secured.' Mayor Daly issued an appeal for clothing and furniture, which met with a ready re- sponse. One son, Robert, is employed in Northern Ontario on highway con- struction Work. 'It is expected that the ruins will be ,torn down and the corner, which has been an eyesore for years, will be cleaned up. • the new senators—Meighen, Ballan- tyne, 'MacDonald and Dennis — the Conservatives now outnumber - •Lib- erals by a •majority of two. In the Beauharnois enquiry report last summer, Senator •McPougald, of Montreal, one of the main owners of the company, was condemned, on cer- tain lines, while Sena.tora" Raymond, of 1Vntreal, and Hayden.,; of Ottawa, were shown to be the trustees of certain campaign funds ,to which the company preyed • a most .fgenerious contributor. The senate Tories 'talk of • disciplining their confreres, but it is not clear what they can do about it. No power of expulsion is vested in the senate finless one of their number is !convicted of a crime or be- comes --'.bankrupt, and it has always been the custom to give a very re- stricted interpretation to bankruptcy. The facts are that the maneuvers have been directed mainlyat one of elle three and, should he resign, lit- tle would likely be heard of the other cases, but so far he had indicated no intention of resigning, so all are in the same )boat. The developments will be very interesting. Meighen Back at Work. Recent changes in the cabinet in- volve a thing so .interesting as the return to public life of Arthur Meigh- en, former prime minister. With a life seat in the senate -should he wish to stay—Mr. Meighen combines the function of leader of his party in the upper chamber and member of the government without portfolio. The opposition papers ere indulging in considerable light vein criticism about "doubled barreled leadership" and "Two Kings in Israel" because Premier Bennett and Mr. Meighen have commonly been regarded as not the most harmonious duet in the Con- serVative party. Developments, how- ever, are awaited. Meanwhile, Mr. Meighen's return fortifies both his party in the senate and the government itself, unless it prove the genesis of eventual internal dissension. As forecast, Hon. E. N.. Rhodes has' taken over the ranking portfolio of finance and the treasury, while Senator Robertson, forced by ill. health, has relinquished the labor portfolio and has been -succeeded by Hon. W. A: Gordon, minister of im- migration. The probabilities are that the Iatter cabinet position, in which Mr. Gordon is still acting min- ister, will be formally merged with labor, this corresponding to the American .method of combining these two departmental services. An Accuser Must Show Up. Something new in the way of deal- ing with political opponents is"being initiated by thegovern/he-tire' One of the doughty champions of the Liberal cauise who is r'ar'ely spar- ing of his words, is the Hon. G. N. Gordon, at one time ,n'iinister of im- migration. Speaking at ht .milton last month, he assailed Premier' Bennett, alleging that he 'had given his bro- ther-in-law, Major Herridge, Canad- ian minister to Washington, a legal brief in a case before the privy. count- cil in London, thus financing hie honeymoon trip out of the public treasury and, ileo, that he had ob • tained 'a new private railway car at a cost of $125,000. The charges were denied vigorous- ly and, as understood here, the form- er of them was withdrawn. Neverthe- less, 'Mr. Gordon is 'being suti,.moned before a special committee e ofVile Househic . '. w h will it ,rnvgstigate both accusations. For the Herridge case, there is no foundation, - though the prime minister did get a .new railway coach but not, it is betieved,,ot the expense mentioned, while one as 'val- uable was turned in. The unique thing about it is the procedure being fol- lowed to hale the aceuser before a parliamentary committee rather than before the Courts. The 'propriety " of the precedent is .beinir questioned as a .restraint upon criticism, itD&HP,ANTI( Noted for' 4,s ,. -- of Great Heat Costs no more than ordinary Hard Coal Try "D &H" N. Cluf f & Sons McHILLOP Peter .Mprray Dies.—+Following a long illness, Peter. !Murray, son of the late John and Catherine Murray, of Kinkora, died in London on Mon- day. He was 44 years of .age. Sur- viving him are three brothers : Michael, of ,Seaforth.; James, of Cop- per Cliff, and John, "'jof-Mexico; three sisters, ,Mrs. Joseph ,Connolly, of Sea - forth; Miss Catherine, of London, and Mrs. P. DeLafranier, of Stratford. The funeral was conducted from the Donohue & Welber funerel''home, 422 King •Street, London, on• Wednesday. Requiem; high mass was sung at St. Patrick's +Church, • Kinkora, at ° ten &clock. Interment was in the Ro- man Catholic cemetery. at Kinkora. WALTON There passed peacefully away o Thursday, February 4th, at her horn in Wlalton, one of the ,older—.-- and re spected residents in the person o Isabella McDonald, widow of the lat William vHackwell, in her 85th year Mrs. Hackwell had been in failin' health for a number of years an bore her infirmities patiently an cheerfully. • The Monday previous t her death Mrs. Hack -well contracte a cold, which developpggd into influ enza, which was the •catWe 'of her sad den demise. The funeral, which was private, 'ttook place from her late residence, .M'ain Street, Walton, . on Saturday to the VMaitlandbank come tery. The service was conducted by her pastor, Rev. 7Charles Cumming of Duff's United Church, Walton. The pallbearers were four sons, Frank Joseph, Thomas and FreemartiRacke- well, and two sons-in-law, John Bii7che anan and Peter B. Gardiner. The Iate Mrs; Hackwell was the daughter of the late Michael 'McDonald, of Brock- ville, and 64 years ago on December 18th, was united in marriage to the late William 'Hackwell, who prede- ceased ,her in '1923. They are sur- vived by seven sons: William Hack - well, of Rosetown,,- Sask.;' Frank M. Hackwell, of Ethel, Ont.; Dr. David M. Hackwell, of Holland, N.Y.; Free- man, Wesley C., Joseph and Thomas, of •Walton, and four. daughters, Mrs. Isaac Bolton, of McKillop; 'Mrs. Rebt. J. Naylor, of Rochester, N.Y.; Mrs. John 'S. Buchanan and Mrs. Peter • B. Gardiner, of Walton. One son; 'Dr. .Samuel S. Hackwell, passed away) in Chicago, Ill., in 1911. One,, sister 'al- so survives, Mrs. Catherine McCor mirk, of Dansville, N.Y. Mrs. Hack - well had been a resident of .the 1.4th concession of (McKillop previous to coming to Walton some sixteen years ago, and the deepest sympathy of the community, is extended to those who have been bereaved -of a kind friend and loving • mother. Miss Vera M. {Gardiner, of Vic- toria College, Toronto, attended the funeral of her grandmother, Mrs. Hackwell. 'Mrs. Margaret Murray and iMrs. Fred Rutledge attended the Horticul- tural Convrention that was held in the King Edward " Iotei "last Thursday and Friday. Dr. D. M. Hackwell, of Holland, New York, was here attending the funeral ofhis mother, the late Mrs. Wm. Hackwell. 'Mrs. Robert Reid has been confin- ed to her room suffering with a severe cold. Miss Olda Williamson, who has been very seriously ill with pneu- monia, is improving nicely we are pleased to say. The 'Sacrament of the Lord's Sup- per was observed in' Duff's °United Church, 'Walton, on Sunday, Febru- ary 14th, Lcenses f E. W. FA WM. . - will be at A. W. Dunloii's Garage On Friday Febr4a-ry for the purpose of issu- ing Licenses. Alcyone not having licenses may` purchase ' them from 10 a.rn. to .6 p.m. • a 1 , i15 .r , .s tr \9 MMMiOan' Crap Hockey Is Special Attradion. Many Interested .Spectators See Doubleheader O. n Tusday Night in Palace Rink. �- On Tuesday{ evening'liast 'the Mc- Millan Cup, games played were Win- throp vs. St. Columban and Egmend ville vs. Tuckersmith. The first game, Winthrop vs. St. Colurban,.. ended a 2 all. tie: 'ft opened with Eaton scoring for' Winthrop, follow- ed shortly by Morris scoring for S't Columlban. Play was fast and fur- ious with both teams attempting to break the tie, , The second period opened with a scoring rush by Vincent Lane. The period' ended 2-1 for St. Columban after futile attempts by Winthrop for another goal. e Bullard, assisted' by Little, scored early in the third period, and despite every effort of both teams to count, the game ended a 2-2 tie. The game was refereed iby Gordon 'Muir. - - In the second game, Tuckersmith cte'feated Egmondville 5-0. McGeoch was not in the net for Egmondville and Doig was off the Tuckersmith line-up. Despite every attempt, no tseoring was done in the. first period. The pace was fast but the puck could not find the net. G. Reynolds, early in the second period, scored the first goal and he was followed shortly by Bob.Archibald with a second goal. Three goals were scored in the third period, one each Jaw _Coleman, Archibald and • Wilson '.McCartney. In spite of the uneven score, the play was. close and every minute was ex-, citing. doe Hart refereed. The 'standing now is: • "Wort Lost Tied Pts. Tuckersmith 2 0• • -1 • 5 l'',-gmandvi l l e .... 2 1.... 0 4 St. Colunu'ban ... 9 1 2 2 Winthrop ... , 0 2 1 1 CONSTANCE 4Mr. Leo Stephenson went to To- ronto on Tuesday 'of this week and returned on Wednesday evening. (Miss Margaret Love, R.N., who has been nurSring in Scott Memorial Hos- pital for' 'the past month, is spending a few days with Mrs. {McGregor and - .Ross, The regular monthly meeting of the W.M.S. and World's Day of Prayer were held in the Sunday school room on Friday last at 2 p.m., when a' goodly number was present. The president, Mrs. Lindsay, took the chair. After singing, "Sweet Hour of Prayer," there followed a few minutes of silent prayer for homes that had been bereayed during the year, after which the president led �n prayer. Mrs. William Britton reada letter from 'Mr. Peed S•lomen, of the school car in Capreol, Ontario, thank- ing the ladies for the box of presents sent at Christmas time, also giving a short sketch of his work. Mr. Robert Lawson read a leaflet on "Matthew, the :Man of Business." Mrs. George Garter gave a very 'interesting talk on the study book, "Korea, the Land of the Dawn." Then followed the program for the World's Day of'. Prayer, 'beginning with ' the hymn, "Prayer is the Soul's Sincere De- sire." The following led in prayer for different countries: Mrs. George Wheatley, Mrs. William Britton, Mrs.,, Robert Rogerson, Mrs.'Roy Lawson;' Mrs: Robert Lawson and Mrs. B. Snell. The meeting closed by re- peating the Lor'd's Prayer in unison. ST. COLUMBAN Obituary, --The angel of death has again visited this vicinity and claim- ed one of our esteemed citizens in the person of Joseph Stapleton, a young man in' the prime of life. Although his health had been failing for the past four or five years, he was not confined to bed until about a' month ago. He passed peacefully away to his eternal reward early Saturday morning, February 13th, at his home on the Highway, ,near St. 'Colu'ieban. His exemplary and sterling charac- ter, together with a cheerful disposi- tion, won for him the esteem and re- spect' of his fe,tl,owmen. He was the second son of the late Jeremiah Stapleton and. had livedon the farm with his widowed mother, which he managed and operated since the death of his father a little over two years ago. He leaves to mourn his loss. his mother, one sister, Mrs. Jos. Kale, and three brothers, William, of Dub- lin; Louis;•of Collingwood, and' Carol, of Marden. 'The funeral was held to St. veolunman church on 'Monday at 10 a.m. and was very largely at- tended, many coming from a distance. Requiems 'Hugh Mass was sung -by -R•evr . Father Dantzer, with' Rev. Father;. O'drowski assisting in the sanctuary. Interment was made in St. Columban cemetery, his pastor of- ficiating at the grave. The many floral and spiritual bouquets testified to thee- high esteem in which he was held.he '� following distance a d ata c e attended t dee the funeral; Hera , TlSomas Peirce, J(arold Peirce, Mrs. Longeway, Mrs. Collins, Mr, and Mrs, Basil Berne, from Detroit; J'a,mes Shea, Windsor; Thomas Stapleton, Toledo- Janina Stapleton, Buffalo; Louis {,Mapleton, Collingvvood; Carol Stapleton, Mar- den; Leo Evans, Stratford; We H. Evans and two daughters, of Galt. The pallbearer's were J. J. Cleary, J. L. Malone, Joseph Murphy, 'Angus Kennedy, Gerald Doyle „And Joseph Burke. fj II Two vi Mrs. S. McGeoch and• Mrs. A. Charlesworth Struck Down by Light Truck While Crossing Road Late Friday Night. DRIVER CLEARED OF BLAME While attempting to cross the roa at Williain Ferguson's ' corner, Eg mondville, 'late Friday night, •'Lars,•' M0Geoch and 'Mrs. af. A. Charles worth; • life long residents of Eg mondville and vicinity, were stru down by a •light truck driven by An drew Moore, proprietor of •Sunnyval Poultry Farm. Both ladies wer dead when help arrived. Mrs. Charlesworth, who lived. wit her 'daughter, Mrs. W. C. Govenlock had spent the evening at the ho of her .friend; Mrs. IMeGeoch, who, is thought, was helping her, •acros the road at the time the tragedy o curred. •Mr. Moore, whose farm 'i about a quarter of a inile from the scene of the accident, was returning home froni..,.;Seaforth 'arid .. evvidentl failed to -'see the ladies steep onto th road- until he had struck then{,. T the truek with ,him, at the time wag his hired man, Gordon McPherson. Coroner Dr. F. J. Burrows empan elled a jury on Saturday morning which viewed the remains and visit the scene of the arlcident. The jury then adjourned until Wednesday Moore was not held at the tine of the accident, but was later taken iii- to custody by Provincial Constable Whitesides, who investigated, and 'was later released on 'bail. The jury at the adjourned'inquest, which took place in the town hall, Seaforth, on Wednesday, brought•in a verdict of accidental death, after being out shortly over an hour. The verdidt "went :M elb state,. that,,it., was. doubtful if the ladies exercised suf- ficient care in crossing the street. The light on the- corner where the accident occurredhad been out for some time, and it was felt that had it ;been on, the accident might have been averted. The jurors were William Knechtel (foreman), Ernest Dinnen, T. M. Grieve, James Hays. 'Robert McKay. George Coleman and Richard Kruse. Crown Attorney Dudley Holmes, of Goderich, represented the Crown and J. J. Huggard, of 'Seaforth, acted on behalf of Moore. The • first chief witness was Mr. Andrew. (Moore: He estimated he was driving at 25 miles an hour, and did not see the women until he was almost upon them. He was accompanied by his helper, Gor- don McPherson. The latter had call- ed his attention to a {black object which seemed to loom up in'front' of t}gem. He immediately applied his Drakes., . . It was a clear night,' witness said, and he was driving down the centre of the road going south through Egmondville. Evidence wets brought out which showed that the street tight on the corner where the acci- -dent occurred, was not on at the time of the crash. McPherson, who took the sten. neirt, gave much the same evidence as Moore, Dr. H. H. Ross and Dr. W. C. Sproat, who performed the post mortems, then presented their findings. The death of Mrs. Mc- Geoch had beeri caused by the crhehing of the spinal cord, causing a hemorrhage of the chest. The death of Mrs. Charlesworth was caused by a compound fracture of the skull. Jurors asked both doctors if they believed the victims would have been seen if •the street light had been on. Both were of the opinion that it was very difficult to see an oi-,jeet on a tarvia road, and they be- lieved that the street light world have revealed the two pedestrians. Provincial Constable Whitesides, of Goderich, swore that there were skid marks of 82 feet and it was 19 feet from where the truck rested to where the bodies had been found,•. Witness had found a pair of eye giassee and some side combs 32 feet from where the bodies were picked up. Examin- i : t • thcar e he head- light found kthe left h,,ad light bent,. the left end of the bumper broker., and two distinct dents in the Loon. In a t' at made at 25 miles an lour the car had stopped in 24 feet, Replying to a gues,ion 'from one of the jurors, ir. the opinion of the officer, it was better to drive with- out street lights unles they were strong and in, villages thea street lire : - were not 'usually bright, 'tel;liam 'Wright (was next on the steno and swore that the brakes were inperfect fee working Porder. He had made tests following ' the accideliit which showed thatat 25 miles an hour the tinek staved within a dist- ance of 21 feet. '6At 35 miles an hour it had stopped `'within 50 feet. • At 40 miles athe hoe it had etyme to a stop within 6a feet, and at 50 miles in 86 feet. IMIis. fi&eGeoch And Mrs. Charles- worth were life long residents of Eg:• mondville and vicinity and the fatal-, ity came as a great Shook to • Ade many fr`i'ends and relati'vea."'uniliil d. S. ck e e wit me i s e 3 • Y s n s ed 11 k; A 'FOC' Doctor Dr. W. C. Sproat had, the geed:. fortune on Friday 'last, to hole the lucky. ticket at the rStratforF, Lions' Club Ice Carnival; and*, a's.,; a result wins a brand new• 1932;, Ford Sedan. lDr. -Sproat'�4hadm forgotten, about his purchase of tickets and wasnot aware -of his good luck until informed by &' Stratford reporter late Friday night., The tickets were sold by Dr. J. A. 'Munn, of town. World Day Of Prayer Is Very Siccessfaf Ladies. of All Denominations Gather in Northside Unit- ed Church on Friday Last: The Day of Prayer held in the Northside United Church on Friday afternoon last was. ' very -successful. ° There were a large number of ladies from the various congregations pres- ent and representatives of the ehurches took part in the program.: Mrs. W. P. Lane presided. The pro- gram included silent _prayer and med- itation; a solo, «In tllie Secret of His Presence," by Mrs. J. A. Stewart, short prayers for -China by Ma's. Me - Cloy, for Japan by Mrs. Drover, for' Korea by Mrs. M. Reid, ;for Russik. by the {Salvation Army Captain;' a hymn; prayer for the Near East by Mrs. Allen, for India by Mrs. Brown tend for Africa by Mrs. R. -McKenzie,. a reading, prayer for Europe. by - Mrs. J. C. Laing, for North and; South America by Miss A. Ferguson. and Mrs. F. D. Hutchison; a prayer - by Mrs. Lane, a prayer for . Hiss Majesty the King, the Empire; Can- ada, the Peace and Disarmament Con- ference by Mrs. Archibald. The in- teresting program concluded with a.. hymn and a dismissal prayer. WINGHAM Miss Rita Biden, °dietian at 11'ort Inn, Appela Sanitarium, 'Sask., was the week end guest of Mrs; G. C. Hanna. "' The inaugural meeting of the Wing - ham High School Board, was held last Wednesday evening. Mr. F. C. King was elected chairman for 1932. The members of the Board for 1932.' are: Dr. R. L. Stewart, Miller Proc- tor, W. J. Henderson, F, R. Howson,. rr. T. Field and C. P. Smith. The Wingham Garrison Athleti3- Association has completed its - first. Badminton doubles tournament. The event attracted twenty-eight entries and many good games werewitness- ed. The two Jacks emerged victors, Jack Brackenbury and Jack Mason, over J. Thompson and R. Rae. The - scores in the final were 15.7 and 16.11.. The heavy rain of last Thursday caused many floods and water over the roads in a number of places made it impossible for cars on the highway going into Wingham» services, which took place on Monday afternoon, were largely attended and. were conducted by Rev. C. A. Mal- clom, of Egmondville United C'hurch,. assisted by Rev. I. B. Keine, of First Presbyterian Church, 'and Rev. Mc- Kittrick, of Toronto. The remains were laid to rest in Egmondville.,cem= etery. Mrs. McGeoch, daughter of Jobe. and Sarah Gemmell, was born 67 years ago on the farm now occupied by her son, Roy MeGeoeh. in 18911, she was marriori to Samuel McGeoch, and lived in Egmondville all her mar- ,Tied life. Her husband predeceased her about three years ago. She is survived 'bS one dawg bier, Mrs. Paul Doig, Tuckersmith, and two sons, Ray, of Toronto, and Roy, of Tucker - smith, and by one brother, Robert' Gemmell, of Vancouver, B'.(,=. The pallbearers were R. H. Modeland, Alex. McLennan, Dave Gemmell, J. D. Gemmtell, 'tobert Boyd and .lames - Hays, Mrs. Charlesworth, prior to her marriage to they late Alex. Charlasseehe worth, who passed away some fifteea years ago, was Margaret VanEg- mond, daughter of Leopold VanEg- mond andwg ran dela. hter of Col. A+x - g thorny VanEgmond, pioneer settler of this district and contractor for the Huron Road. Mrs. Charlesworth was, in her seventy-fifth year. She is aor- vive& by one daughter* Mrs. W. C. Govenloek, Egmondville, aitd • three: sons, Wiliam, of Torlonto• Leo, of Parkhill, and Horatio, of Niagara Falls. v The 'pallbearers wore '4ifiililafttr Charlesworth, I•forat`lr, OharleaWo'rth, Leo \i harle*wortli, ilial i ii look, Entry; .!Stewant.,and., feet.