HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1933-11-17, Page 1Seventy-third Year •
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• SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1933. •
Large Crowd Attends Service
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REMEMBRANCE DAY
SERVICE HELD IN HALL
BECAUSE OF WEATHER
Major Canon Annleyard is
Speaker of the
Occasion.
DEPOSIT
WREATHS
Inclement weather necessitated the
changing of the Remembrance Day
service from Victoria Park to Card -
no's Hall. ,But despite the weather
and last minute change, the. hall was
well filled for the service.
Charles P. 'Sills, Legion president,
acted as chairmen, and on :the plat-
form with him •were Mayor A. D.
Sutherland, W. H. Goldring, M.P.. and
Focal clergy.
The •program., which was brief and
imupressive, included: Invocation by
Capt. Rev. T. P. Hussey; hymn, "God
Be With You Tull We •Meet Again,"
1011 by the Seaforth Highlanders
Band; address, Major Rev. Canon E.
Appleyard, M.A.,, IM!C. ; last post,
s'oun'ded •by Bugler . Henry Swan;
reading of names of fallen by Presi-
dent C. P. Sills, two minutes' sil-
ence; "God Save the King"; Bene-
diction, Capt. Rev. T. P. Hussey.
Following the service in the hall a
parade which included the Band,
wreath bearers and members of Leg-
ion was formed and .proceeded to the
Memorial in Victoria Park.
(Here the wreaths were deposited
and Reveille sounded again. Wreaths
were presented on behalf of organize -
lion's as follows:'
!Province of Ontario, Mayor A. D.
Sutherland; Town Council;' Reeve R.
tSrndth; Tuckersmith Council, Reeve
W. R. Archibald; Me (illop Counpil,
Reeve J. M. Eckart; St. James'
Church, G. A. Sills; Northside Unit-
ed Church, Wm. E. Chapman; Col-
legiate In,-sti•tute, Harry ' Stewart;
Masonic Lodge, J. M. Govenlock;
Canadian' Legion, C. P. Sills; . Lions
Club, Dr. F. J. Burrows; Collegiate
Alumni, Chas. Stewart; Anglican
Church, H. Edge; Separate School, W.
J. -Duncan; Firs•+; Presbyterian Church.
Jas. Kerr; Public School Board, P.
B. Moffatt; Public .. Lib'rary Board,
Wm. Hartry; Home and School As-
sociation, Mrs. Chas. Holmes; Orange
Lodge, A. L. Porteous; L. 0. B. 0.,
Mrs. Consitt; O'ddfellows Lodge, Dr.
Harburn; Egmrondville Church. Rod.
McLean; 'ebekas, Mrs. Ed.' Smith;
Winthrop Orange Lode, John Bul-
lard; Red Cross Society., Mrs. -H. J.
Gibson.
BAYFIELD
Mr. T. Johns and son, Lawrammo
e
were at Wiarton last week attending
the funeral of Mr. Johns' father.
!Mr. &Mart iHoward, 'of Smith's'
Falls, is visiting relatives here.
ArtntiWce Day was observed here
and although the weather was stormy
there was a fairly good attendance.
' The school children and teachers
marched from the school to the cairn
where Rev. W. .T. Bugler conducted
a short service. Mr. W. JI. Tal-
bot placed a wreath at t he
cairn and the children placed poppies
on the wreath. This is. the first cele-
bration ,since the cairn was built last
summer and will likely be observed
annually.
!Weather perrieitting !Rev. R. M..
Gale and choir of St. Andrew's Unit-
ed Church, Bayfield, will exchange
with (Rev. Mr. Bremner and choir of
the United Church, ,Brucefield.
ler.
IOn Monday night members of the
Legion put on a euchre and dance at
the Town Hall which was well at-
tended considering the weather. Priz-
es were won by Mr. Andrew Jack-
son and Miss 1VLargaret Groves. The
members of the Legion eictend sin-
cerest thanks to all who kindly vol-
unteered to •provide music and to any
others who helped in any way. Al -
Most enough was realized to clear
the small debt remaining on the
Cairn.
The fowl 'su'pper on Friday evening
last, under the auspices of Trinity
Church, was quite a .success. An ex-
eellent" supper was nerved in the
bas'emermt of the Town Hall after
which a"program of vocal and in-
strumental music Was given in the,
4iall. The chairman was Rev. W. T.
Bugler, the new rector. • Musical
numbers were given by the Junior
Orchestra comprising Harry Bran -
Roads' are Blocked, Traffic
Halted as. Districtis Hit
by Old Time Winter Blizzard
• • • • • •
Earlier
Seaforth snowplows made their
first appearance on the sidewalks
of the town on Friday last and
have been busy every day since.
Last year snowplows were not
called for duty until December
13th, a month later than in the
present year.
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SOUTH HURON U.F.O.
CLUB HOLD MEETING
R. J. McMillan, Seaforth,
Elected. U. F. 0.
Director.
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The U. F. 0. Clubs of South Huron
with their affiliated organizations,
the United Farm Women of Ontario
and the United Farm Young People
of Ontario, held their annual tweet-
ing in the council. chambers at Hen-
sall recently.
'R. J. McMillan, of :Seaforth, pre-
sided for the meeting. The reports
of the senior clubs were given by A.
Love. Hensel} club; R. J. McMillan,
Seaforth Club; H. McLachlan, Bruce -
field Club.
The Junior club reports were given
by Godfrey Etue, of Western Stan-
1•ey;, Miss K. McKenzie, of Eastern.
Stanley, Miss V. Birk, of Dashwood,
and Wallace Haugh, of Tuekersmith.
The directors for the coming year
were elected as follows: U. F. 0., R.
J. McMillan; assistant, William Alex-
ander; U. F. W. 0., Mrs. C. ,Haugh;
assistant, Mrs. Wiliam Douglas; U.
F. Y. P. 0., Edwin Johns; assistant,
Andrew Petrie.
Archie Service, of Halton County,
then addressed the gathering, intro-
ducing the "New Canada Movement,"
with its slogan, "Save Agriculture,
Save Canada." He urged the youth
of Canada to a more serious study
of our economic conditions and pro•b-
le.ms and arranged for a series of
meetings to be held throughout the
County of Huron.
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BAYFIELD FISHING
BOAT IN RESCUE
Vessel Sinks After Twelve
Hour Struggle in
Darkness.
If You Want
Heating
Satisfaction
Use ."
"Dand H"
ANTHRACITE
N. CLUFF &'SONS
The boat a1 f Capt. Jack McLeod,
veteran Bayili let fisherman. sank in
Bayfield ha • ; early 'Monday morn-
ing.
orn-
ing. Her c of two were safely re-
moved, exhar :ted and injured, in a
thrilling respire after a 12 -hour strug-
gle with hj'(' a seas and in bitter cold
and darkness in the open lake, miles
ot shore.
The rescue was ma'd'e by Capt..
Louis 'McLeod,._ brother of Captain
Jack, and a companion named Mc-
Dowell, in the Helen the 'Second.
After several unsuccessful attempts
the tow having broken six times, John
McLeod, Jr., and a companion were
taken aboard the Helen, young Mc-
Leod with his hand terribly lacer-
ated, an injury received When the
spar of the boat was torn. away. Mc-
Leod was on the verge of uncon-
sciousness. His wound required eight
stitches to close.
(Sunday afternoon the two McLeod
fishing ,smacks left Bayfield to lift
their nets off Kettle 'Point. Shortly
after they left, storm signals were
displayed for a westerly gale. The
rudder of Captain Jack's boat was
carried away and after much dif-
ficulty a tow was secured from the
companion boat. Six times the line
broke and finally the spar of the dis-
abled boat was torn •y.
It was then after midnight and
with gasoline supply almost exhaust-
ed, Louis McLeod struck out for Bay-
field for a fresh supply. The 'help-
less craft threw out her fish nets to
.acU as a sea anchor.
(The rescue boat returned two hours
later with a fresh supply of gasoline
and new gear, this time using anchor
chains. It was three in the morning
when the two 'boats 'hove in sight of
the •Bayfield harbor, only to have
Capt. Jack's boat ground and 'break
up, but not before the crew were
taken off in a 'gallant and heroic
rescue, it having four times' failed.
Snow, Which Commenced
Last Week, is Still Fall-
ing; Majority of Conces-
sion Roads Are Impass-
able.
;MONDAY LAST DAY
OF SNOW, SAYS SEER
(February blizzards in mid Novem-
ber may be the usual thing in some
places, but in Western Ontario in
general and in Seaforth in particu-
lar, they are an unwelcome and dis-
tinctly unpleasant innovation.
(With snow falling almost continu-
ously since Friday, the ground is now.
covered with well over two feet of
snow and the therm'ome'ter . hovers
dangerously near the zero mark.
Travel on sideroads in town is
risky and on concession roads prac-
tically impossible. A number of cars
and trunks on the way to Brucefield,
via the Mill Road, were stuck at
Charter's hill Wednesday.
The North Road_ is open for cars.
but with the snow still falling Thurs-
day, may not long remain so. •••
The unusual storm seriously inter-
fered
nterfered with theattendance at a num-
ber of events which were scheduled
for this week. A travelling show,
which was billed to play here Tues-
day evening, was postponed because
the truck carrying the nleyere:_equip-
ment was ditched that morning.
Number 8 Highway was badly
driftedaby Wednesday and travel was
slow and hazardous. The highway
plow, however, cleaned the road out
Wednesday evening.
The 'present storm was accurately
forecast in an article in The Exposi-
tor on 'October 6th. The writer of
this said that snow would fall be-
tween the 13th and 20th of Novem-
ber and the weather would be cold.
The seer, however, erred in the tem-
perature, which is not only cool, but
decidedly cold.
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BOYS' PARLIAMENT
ELECTION ON - DEC .2
Rev. J. H. Stainton, 1✓xeter,
Has Been Appointed
Returning Officer.
Announcement has been made that
the annual elections for the Ontario
Boys' 'Parliarnen•t will be held in
South Huron on December 2nd, from
9 a.m. until 9 p.m. Rev. J. H. Stain-
ton, Exeter, has been appointed re-
turning officer.
Any organized group of boys is
eligible to nominate a candidate and
each boy in anyup may vote.
Deputy returning fficer•s fou various
districts in the riding will be named
at a later date, and voters will be
instructed as to the location' of poll-
ing 'booths.
!Boys, in order to vote, !mlust regis-
ter their names with the returning
officer on or before Saturday, Novem-
ber 25th.
don, Keith Genyinhart, violins; Bill
Westlake. guitar; 'Charley Parker,
piano; . instrumental selections, Mil-
ton Poliock, Floy ,Edwards, Mr. and
'Ma -a. Marshall and 'Mise 'Gladys Gale;
duet, Mr. Rehn and Mrs. Moorhouse;
solo, Mr. Rehn, Dixie dance, Mary
Jean IMoorhonlae, Lorna Westlake;
Highland Fling„ Maud 'Parker.
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COLD WEATHER
MARS PITCHING
TOURNAMENT
Many Entries Received For
West Ontario "1t'se-
shoes Event.
HELD IN LOCAL RINK
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Horseshoes is a fire gaamie but one
needs sunshine and warm weather to
•denive maximnunal pleasure from it.
Such wat the 'conclusion reached by
players in the (Western Ontario
Chanrlpionship Tournament in the
Palace Rink here, Saturday.
With below freezing weather and
in the unheated building, masters of
the art of horseshoe pitching seem-
ed unable to properly get under way
and as a result play was not as brisk
as it otherwise might have been.
The tournament, sanctioned by the
Dominion of Canada Horseshoe Pit-
chers' .Association, attracted entries
from many outside. points, including
Cromarty, Heneall, Melbourne, Chris-
tena, Belwood. Listowel, Zurich 'Hills --
burg, Harriston and Toronto. The
eo'mlmrittee in charge included Carl
Swanston, John Ostrum and Bert
Camlpbell, seoretary-treasurer of the
Dominion Association.
'It was announced at the close that.
in all 'probability a Huron County
League would he organized .in the
spring with another tournament here
next summery Mayor A. D. Suther-
land welcomed the visitors.
(Prize •winners in the various events
which, despite the cold, were, keenly
contested, were as follows:
Open singles, finals, Fred"Harburn,
Cromarty; John Simons, Melbourne:
G. Boa, Hensall. •Doubles, finals -
Simons and Stan. Riley. :Slorphy and
Fritz, 'Coulson and Hall,. Bean and
Burrows, Harburn and W. Riley.
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Seeing England
Lister House, Edinburgh, Scot.,
July 30th.
Dear Jean: Scotland at last! The
trip through Northern England and
into Scotland has been perfectly
beautiful. Finally, we came into pos-
session of a car, a Rover 16 H.P.
Saloon model like our sedan. Now
hereby hangs a tale. She's a ripper
-her dashboard turns handsprings
and jitters terribly and she has de-
veloped a thrust frightful leak in her
radiator, so that nice polite English-
men or Scotchmen come up to us and
murmur. "Excuse me, but did you
kr-.ow you had a leak in your radia-
tor?" Did we know -we never buy
more than two gallons of gas at a
time ,so that we can get about five
gallons of water. Besides, never are
we without three thermos bottles of
water in reserve, that is, after lunch
\Olen the coffee has been diligently
consurneci. "Lily" is her name, and
how she carie by that? R"all--cor-
ing over on the boat. one night I
happened to be irl.b'ed before my cab-
in -mates (I had come in about 3 p.m.)
who were evidently much amused by
my angelic countenance (while sleep-
ing, you will unden-stand) and crept
off to the dining -room, where they
got one of Jean's nearly- dead yellow
roses. Said rose was deposited in
my hands and I guess the kids stayed
awake nearly- all night to be con-
scious when I would discover the
deed. 0 fcourse, I at once fell heir
to "Lily" for my angelic behaviour;
the irony of it made me eager to
pass it on to the Rover, so "Liiy"
she remained. On gas and oil, she
is very easy, but the low- horsepower
necessitates -constant changing of
gears on anything resembling a' hill.
(Continued on page 4)
COUNCIL DISCUSSES
AVON CHESTS LTD. AT
MONDAY MEETING
Three Councillors Absent ;
October Accounts Are
Passed.
RELIEF COST , $168.62
The town council at its regular
Monthly' meeting Monday. authoriz-
ed the tax collector to release from
seizure such machines of the Avon
•Chests. Ltd., as are subject to lien.
Council some tame ago seized the
machinery of the company for taxes.
The motion, which was moved by
Reeve 'Smith, and seconded by Coun-
cillor R. J. Sproat, was as follows:
"Resolved that the tax collector be
instrucNted to release from seizure
such machines of Avon Chests, Ltd.,
as are subject to lien and from which
no equity can .be realized, the tax
collector to be guided in his release
by the solicitor."
- Mayor Sutherland„ presided at the
meeting . and those members present
included Reeve R. 'Smith, and Coun-
cillors G. D. Ferguson, R. J. Sproat
and J. W. Beattie.
Avon Chests, Ltd.. was the basis
of considerable discussion. Council-
lor Snroat 'm'oved and Reeve Smith
seconded a motion, "that council meet
A'vion-.'Ches,t guarantors Tuesday:: at
10 a.m. in the council chamber, re
Avon Chest .settlement." No particu-
lars of the mree•ting were available.
'Robert Bell Engine & Thresher Co.
Ltd•, notes came up for discussion
and the motion covering them,.read:
"That notes to th.e amount of $8,097
1-e' returned to the Bell Engine &
Thresher Co. and notes to the amount
of 310.150.72 be accepted in lieu
thereof as pee list."
'It was mowed by Reeve Smith and
seconded by' Councillor Ferguson.
In • the absence of the. Finance Com-
mittee. chainlman, (Councillor Fergu-
son presented the report of the com-
mittee and the renort of the relief
officer, Mayor Sutherland. The re-
port, which was adopted on. motion
of Reeve Smith and Councillor Sproat
authorized the payment of the fol-
lowing accounts and salaries:
Jaroes V. Ryan, 'salary., 360; John
A.'. Wilson. salary, $70; H. Snell, sal-
ary, $60; Thomas Storey, salary, $60;
Canadian National Railways, crossing
protection, $1.77; Bell Telephone Co.,
account, $3.39; ..'Wilmer Scott, hay,
$8.97: Collegiate. Institute Board,
$2.000: Public School Board, $50.0.00;
J. E. Keating. flowers. $7.75; McLean
Bros., account, $134.90; T. G. Scott,
account. $2: John Cumming, wages.
$4.80; Stanley Nichol, ravages, 50e;
Cres. A. Silas ea Sons, account, $1.64;
Wilson I-T'awkrns,. account, • $23.47;
Canadian Legion. wreath, $10.
The relief report for October in-
cluded payments which totalled
S168.62.
Of this amount the town pays one-
`hird or 356.21. The total amount
I was divided as fellows: Food• 862.42;
clothing, 3.8c: shoes. $3.60; ., fuel,
I $82.72: water and light. 33.00: medi-
cal attendance and supplies, $16.50.
Ite'm'ized payments were as fol-
lows: A. C. Rdutledge. $4.08; R. J.
Snroat, 85.05; Angus Carter, $2.54;
Mrs. R. L. Clark 33.39; W. R. Smith,
53.52; Miss N. Pry-ce, $2:17; Jac. 3.
Cleary. 81.24: W. Arnold, 84.59; J.
M. Canino, 82.55; T. R. Anderson.
3•i4?.4; W. A. Crich, 86.40; J. W. Beat-
tie. 82.20: B. Christie, 31.99; Sea -
forth Golf Club, 350; J. F, Daly,
' $14.40; 'Grunem.ett's Dairy, 81.53 ;
Rreynold's T)airy, $7.20;• Goudie's
Thiry, 86.33; R, ,T. McMillan. $3.47;
N. ClufF & Sons. $3.58; .John Relater,'
33.92; Wm. Anrent. 34.35; W• F.'.
Kerslake, $3; R. H. Sproat, 83.50;
Stewart Bros., 38c; J. E. Keating,
70o; T)r. .Sweat, 315.30; Dr.,Bur-
rows, 50e; Public Utilities Conr.mis-
sion, 33.00.
Wm. T. Booth, 1932
Auditor Convicted on briber
Charge,Acquitted of Conspiracy
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It Pays
John Modeland sells oil burn-
ers. . And because he appreciat-
ed the fact that he could not
personally tell everyone about
them, he has been running a
series of advertisements in The
Huron Expositor. That this was
a wise policy is proved by a let-
ter he received this week. W. H.
King, Plumes, Manitoba, saw the
ad and wrote Mr. Modeland for
information and enquired the in-
stalled price of the burner.
(P.S.-It pays to advertise).
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GOLFERS TIE FOR
CHAMPIONSHIP CUPS
Winners of Cresswell, Sav-
auge and Southgate
Cups are Announced.
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A.n unusual situation has arisen
this year in golfing circles with the
announcement by J: C. Greig, Sea -
forth Golf and Country Club Cap-
tain, that two members had tied as
winners in each of two events,
'For the Cresswell Cup, emblematic
of the men's championship, J. A.
Stewart and R. E. McKenzie have
equal scores, and Carl Alberhart and
John M. Hinchley are tied fcr the
'Southgate Cup, open to both ladies
and gentlemen.
'Miss Mary Stewart won the 'Sav-
auge Trophy .for champion lady
player.
:All three events are on a ,handi-
cap basis and the awards as an-
nounced are the result of games' play-
ed last summer.
'Whether extra games will be play-
ed to break the ties or whether a
coin will be tossed, has not been de-
cided. In any ease, the •Cups will
be presented at the annual Golf Club
'dance on the twenty-fourth of this
month.
BEA UTIFUL' BRODHAGEN
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had not been out the North road
for many years. A Sunday in Octo-
ber last when we got to Winthrop,
Louis Flurschuetz suggested to young
Bill Powell, the chauffeur, he turn
east. Township ditches have drained
the eastern part of McKillop's swamp
lands, Where the black ash once
waved to the breeze and grandfather
frog piped his lay, to -day is a beau-
tiful faa-ming country, level as prairie
plain. In earlier days the Canada
Company, a •determent to progress,
held the fee to this land -this once
swamp land.
'Agreeable surprise met us at ev-
ery farms lot on the road over to
Brodhagen. See Canada 'first is a
great slogan. I hail' never been over
that part of this country 'before, nor
had I ever been to Brod'hagen. Scot-
tish names at first along the Mc-
Kallop concession gave way to Ger-
manic as we proceeded to Logan
township, descendants of the earlier
pioneers. thrifty people of thrifty
races. As one travels through the
western counties of Ontario, through
Oxford in the Taivds'tock neighbor-
hood, through Waterloo County,
through parts of Wellington, through
Perth and through Huron, progres-
sive villages, towne, townships and
cities one can tell who the indus-
trious were who 'pioneered and who
left industrious fam'ilies_behind.Many
of these ' earlp settlers came from
Alsace, then French governed. Al-
though they spoke the German!
t'on'gue, France had no more devoted
By BIL POWL
Splendid Farms, Invit-
ing Lutheran Church,
Fine Homes-Egmond-
ville's Lutheran Church,
Located on the Mill
Road - Some of the
Former Families Who
Worshipped Within Its
Walls.
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patriots. French political freedom
had done its work well. 'Contrary to
common. belief, Napoleon I did not
take Alsace from Germany. The
Alsatian's; voted themselves under one
of the Louis long before the little
Corsican grabbed the government of
France.
IBrodhagen bespoke its people to
the wayfarer. A beautiful Lutheran
church, prosperous homes, and wells
dressed, cultured inhabitants. I don't
know that I ever say anywhere a
rmiore inviting Houee of God than
that Lurbheran Church that Sunday
afternoon.
Thrift and industry will dispel any
depression. Look at Kitehenee, Pres-
ton, Waterloo, Baden, New Hamburg,
Selkvrdngvil.le, Brodhagen, Zurich and
Hay; -Formosa. They tell of the in-
dustrious; in the surrounding neigh-
borhoods.
Egmondviile Lutheran Church
DUBLIN
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Itiliss Veronica McConnell, of Galt,
spent the week end •with her father,
Mr. Frank McConnell.
:Frank Stapleton, of Toronto, vis-
ited, with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
William Stapleton.
•Miss Mary Jordan, of Toronto. is
visiting Mr. and Mrs. William Jor-
dan.
A dance was held in Looby's Hall
on Friday evening in aid of the skat-
ing rink. Harrison's rchestra sup-
plied the music. J res Lewis, of
Stratford, held the ticket for the
lucky door prize.
And now a word or so about E'g-
mondville. Should this meet the eye
of the pastor of Brodhagen Lutheran
church he may find an old document
that tells something of the old Eg-
nuond'ville Lutheran church. Dilapi-
'date'd some, it is in the possession of
Louis Flurschuetz, of that village. It
is very interesting' and of some value.
There are several children of the
founders of the old Eg'nondvi1 e
Lutheran church still in that village
and Seaforth neighborhood whe were
baptized and confirmed within its
walls.
IT well remember some of the fol-
lowing families crossing the old
wooden bridges over the Bayfield
river and the mill race on 'their way
to worship Sundays in the old Eg-
m'ondv-ilile Lutheran church on the
Mill road; 'Mr. and Mrs. Amient, par-
ents of Billy; Mr. and Mrs. Kruse,
parents of the Kruse brothers; Mr.
and 'Mrs. TOlursrhuety, parents of
Maggie and Louis,. Ernest o'f Lon-
don, and Nies. Who. Powell, of TO--
a-onto;
o=ionto; Mr. and Mrs. Aherhart, par-
ents of Charlie; Mr. and Mrs. Wie-
land, parents of Henry; Mr. and Mrs.
Tomo. parents of Mrs Louis Reinkie
and Miss Tonis; Jacob Schmidt,
father of Mrs. Doherty; the Ahl-
'ho ns; the IHieflers; the Westfalls;
the Garbles; the Brannen; the
Bunte; the Hem -mantis; the Smeed-
in•gs; the 'Reinkies. Therere
others which memory fails to recall.
So long.
BTL POWL.
WINGHAM
Higgins' Trial, -.On Same
Charges Not Proceeded
With Because of Impass-
able Condition of Roads.
THOUGHT IT WAS
A. "CHRISTIAN ACT"
William T. Booth, Wingham; Hur-
on -auditor for 1932, was found guilty
on Friday by Judge Costello and was
.sentenced to one month 'suspended
sentence. The charge was that he
accepted a 'bribe of $50 to falsifyhhis
report and to conceal shortages in the
account of Gordon Young, former
treasurer, now in prison. The trial,
which commenced Wednesday, morn- •
ing of last week, finished Friday
night.
'The fact that Booth hasalways
borne a splendid reputation and that
it was the first and only slip of hie
life, weighed heavily with the trial
judge in the extension of clemency.
Executive officers of the company
by which he .has been employed since
1921, gave -him a clean bill of health, •
stating that for nine years he has,
handled between $40,000 and $50,000
of the company's money anniially
without the semblance of dishonesty.
Booth admitted accepting 350 from
the convicted county treasurer,
knowing hint to be short in his ac-
counts., and confessed withholding
this information from county officers
and to not including it in his re-
port, but stated he had taken the
money for `extra work" done as a
result of the "terrible mess`' in which
he found the hooks. He sought to
justify his withholding of the true
facts by saying he considered he was
doing a "Christian act" by giving the
treasurer a chance to make 'restitu-
tion as he had promised to do.
"It would haste been much more,
of a Christian act for you to have
offered to help Young out of his
iifficulties had you not taken the
$50, he offered you." Judge Costello
told the prisoner in passing sentence.
BdOth, a leader in church and com-
munity life in his home town, , felt
his position keenly.
R. H. Greer, K.C., conducted the
defense and Crown Attorney Holmes
the prosecution.
Friday morning Higgins, entered!
the witness box and, as did his fel-
low auditor, William -Booth, admitted
staking 3b9 from Gordon' Young,
convicted county treasurer, but said
it was for extra work and not to
falsify his report or conceal infor-
mation of a shortage. Higgins ad-
mitted that his signed statement of
his audit tallied with the treasurer's
statement to County •Council. al-
though he had knowledge of both a
shortage and an apparent surplus.
• Judge Costello -"Why did you not
' report ;things just as you found them
in accordance with the declaration of
office you took?"
(Continued on page 5)
Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Crawford and
'Kenneth left on Thursday by motor
for Florida to spend the winter.
IMr. John Allen, North Bay. spent
the week erid with his father, Mr. R.
Allen.
Mr. Claire Adams visited friends
in Hamilton last week.
Mrs. R. Lloyd spent the week end
in Toronto.
Mrs. A. M. Bishop is visiting with
friends in Belleville.
Mr. John ,§tephenson, of Toronto,
renewed acquaintances in town.
'Mrs. Chas. A. Glasscock, of Noire,
Alaska, is visiting her aunt, Mrs. T.
J. MacLean.
'Miss Ena Currie, of Toronto. spent
the week end at her hone here.
'Mrs. William Hillman and two
daughters visited her mother, Mrs.
William Dore.
liMiss Ella Rae, Macdonald Hall,
Guelph. spent the week end at her
iMr. and Mrs. T. K. Bidd, spent the
week end with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. T. Currie.
MANLEY
The- recent snow storm has made
`.ravelling over the roads dangerous
and Jack Frost has been ting out re'
the unprotected spots-, and with the
scarcity of water has caused hard -
i ship to those W11 have no drilled
wells.
I It seems hard to believe that in
those modern times there should be,'
1 a man like 'Hitler to .boast of his
victory 'by the lash Sunday plebiscite
•when he would not allow anyone to
vote unless they were in favor of his
I policy. We were just wondering
if the German "citizens of America
' were called upon to approve of Hit-
' ler's attitude. he would find out if
' British fair play was given thein.
111e would be turned down, never to
rise again. We think that never in
the history of the world there was
ever- such a genes injustice enacted to
deprive law-abiding citizens of re-
cording their ideas and ,hen claim
he had the whole empire Ft his back.
Anniversary Services
NORTHSIDE UNITED CHURCH
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 19th
Public Worship, 11 a.m. and 7 p.m.
Conducted by Rev. J. II. Stainton, B.A., B.D.,
of James Street United Church, Exeter, Ont.
MORNING
ANTHFIM "Calm On Galilee"
(Soloists -Mss Ruth Thonrpson, E. C. Chamberlain
QUARTETTE "Draw Me Nearer"
Dr. F. J. Burrows, E. C. 'Chamberlain. E. H. Clone, J. A. Stewart
ANTHEM "Blessed Be the Name of the Lord"
EVENING
ANTHEM 'What Are These?"
Soloist -!Miss Mabel Turnbull
'SOLO -"Forward To Christ" J. A. Stewart
ANTHEM "Crossing the Bar"