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• NNE ATTENDANCE AT
MASQUERADE DANCE
• St •PATRICK'S NIGHT
Margaret Murray is Elect-
ed Walton C.G.I.T.
President.
NEWS OF . WALTON
• •A masquerade dance was held in
s the A.O.U.'.W,• Hair oh:Tuesday even-
--ing,e,March 17, witha lagge crowd in
attendance. 'Niue. were won by 'Ms
Leslie Oliver; ..character; iVfiss
. Ruby Young, 'ladies', 'comic; Mrs.
WlijburTurnbull and seine Bill, best
ennillee W. O. '.Bennett, ,gent's char-
acter; ' John,. Marshall; gent's comic.
' 'Recent wisitors in the cemniunity:
Miss tMeggeret .Turvey, Bluevale,
"with her aunt, Mrs : Ed. Miller; :Mrs.
Hoerle otf Heidleburg with h&T clangh-
ter, Mrs. Charles Sellers; Miss ...Ethel
• Mose, of lelillverton, with' her grand:,
, parents, Mr. and Mrs- Adam Shol-
eke.
The O. G. G 1. T. meeting' was held
at the Manse on Wednesday 'evening
evil& Betty Drager -preeiding. The
meeting opened by eelpeatmg the op-
eMng ceremionY in•unison after which
alymn was wag witii:lVites, Mary
• Bueharan presiding the
Mrs. Cumming, the leader, read a•
poem entitled, "The Little :Black
• . Sheep," after whiciethe ISeriptirre les-
'. son from Luke 119-13,, was read by
Atine Stotidart The "Girls' Year
Book' 'by IMilcired Sellers,, was fol-
. lowed by the minutes of the pr.eelous.
meting and the icll call. It • was
agreed to meet everyWednesday
• night at the_ Manse at 7.8.0 pm. New'
Officere were then elected for 1936:
President, Margaret ;Murray; *ice-
! •peesident, 'Betty DriiTger; secretary,
Mary Buchanan; tpresis seereteryi
Kathlyne Farquharson. treasurer,
Mildred 'Seller -Se pieetiet, Mary Hum:
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Makes Success in
Toronto Play
• The Evening Telegrarm., Toronto,. in
reviewing the .preaentation of three
playa which were recently
eiresented n Merger& Teton. Hall by
• the Toronto Maaquers, says, in part
of one of the plays,. "The Forest • of
Happy Dreams":
'le:€*176 nether and IVIurraY Say-
auge id extellent team work, doubl-
ing as eLinden,the delirious white
man -Who Lies on his pallet while
hie disembodied. spirit takes the cen-
• tre of 'the stage. The 'situation was
• a difficult on . to maintain cenvincl
ingly, but they -.did it, netwithstands
ing difficulties in timbre of. voice and
in physique."
• Xr: ,Sterauge, son of MT. and Mrs.
S ,Savauge, of .town, is well
known forehis appearances in a num-
ber of. IS. U. I. •Alumni Association
•, plays. The play in which he appear-
ed in Toronto:, has been mentioned as
apossible entrant in the °Marto and
Dorninion Drama Festivatt. .
gmonchrille Wins McMillan SP
Cup Third Time, Defeating OFI
Kippen 2. tci: inFinals
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• Real Battle as Both Teams
Fight For 'the Winning
Goal.
More Games
It wa erroneously sthted in
this paper a short time ago that
the Canada Bud Trophy had been
won by Egmondiville: = However,
if ice is available three _more
games will 1)e played to settle
the winners of this Cup, it was
decided at a recent meeting of
the Executive of the League.
SATURDAY GAME
•-ENDS IN 1-1 TIE
Egmendville carried off the McMil-
lan tirophyron.Manday nigiht for. the
third time, when they -nosed oatt
pen Jcp-
1 titer 'playing a 1-1 deadlock
• ' • ' • . • • ' -.. VeneSaitseriday night. 'Monday night's
... ame ended the 'closest race of the
playeoffe eine the- league was first
farmed, Wliirdihnop and,. ,Kipipen als-o
having battled „away in a twe-game
series with only a one goat differenee.
- In the first period ion Monday the
higgesit freestor-rill of the season took
place. It all, began when Foster took
a swipe at Cyril Flannery. Things
'happened quickly after that. John
Flanneeyi, 'doming to CyriPs 'rescue,
sent a "haymaker"' Ito Foster's chin
and late fun began. Herb. Floggerth
rushed in, • to reiviee hostilities—arel
"Buzz" Dale rushed from the penalty
box to get into the fray. agape:gem;
players and spectators all warmed
onite the ice and several mix-ups took
place at the earth end of the rink.
Referee G. 'Muir had :difficulty • in
-clearing the tee and e.fber the smoke
cleared' away, Foster was given a 2
minute rest. •
.After the freeefoseall both sides
got' clown to real hoekey; thee ie. as
far aa the sticky icedwould permit
E.gnyondville'tsi goal e came before the
rumpus. took' ;place when John.. Flan,
nery beat Sandy Do 'o a nice .pass
fruit F. Kling from the corner.. Dale
waif penalized for .cutbing Foster
doern,W.lien the lattee Was on his way
in ear W;leat lookedlike a sare goal.
Kippen put on the plower play and
.kcipt, Pdc•Geoch in hot water •until' Dale
retur ,e
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d. By 'that time Foster 'was
in ti 'fen and Egineficiville 'gave
KiPpe tome inocious•--meinents; • • '
7...,Jim Doig went on a flying rush
and drilled a . hot one a' • MeGeoc•n.
Foster and :Blowes closed' be and. shot
two more in . rapid, succeetiion. A
iseranible took place and the peek was
• left unmoved just .outside the crease
while selvieral body checking tilts took
place, G. Kruse . and C. Flannery.
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ANNUAL MEETING T
BE NEXT TUESDAY
'Seaforth Athletic Associa-
tion concludes First
Year.
Annolunc.errient has been Made that
..the -annu•al 'meeting, icifethe Seaforth
Aithlefic Aesociation will 'be held in
the !Carnegie 'Library on Tuesda,e. of
next week, 'March 24. '•
At themeeting the officers of the
Association will present reports cov-
(.2.,ring the first year's .operetio-n of the
association. ''' •Organized . in the epriag
of 1925 kills% already 'had splendid suc-
cess with the resat that amateur
sport in .Seatoeth. :is 'an a more solid.
.founciation than 'it has been foe' may
yeses,
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The •Associatiory sponeored a team
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in the Myron -Perth Baseball League,
.which led the group during the sche-
dule and lost to, Zurich in the finals
by a narrow margin. •A .successful
field 'day in which the childreneof the
town and district, t.o.ok a prominent
'part Was a project .of the assoeiation
in July. e• 1.
• The Association sponsored two
hoekey teams in the bath
team!) ,endloying a suCcessfutl season.
• The (Duncan -Cap games' for young
(bOys of the town was revived with
(the mesult that every .SaturdaY rnoen-
ing•m,ore than forty boys teals part
ire the ' sehedu,les. •
The Aseociation is only able to
continue its work as •hong as the citi-
, zens 43•1 the .town are behind • it and
it is hoped . the annual meetirrg.• will
be largely attended as an evidence of
this' SupP•ort. •.
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Wins.C.W,L. Prize
iMiiiss Virginia ;Lippert, Kite' herier;
granddaughter of 'Mrs,: W. J Jones,
Seaforth,-won first prize in the peb-
bile :speaking contest conclacted by the
catholic Women's League Of _that
eity:, There wereetvelv-e contestants
5.1s1. WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
Mr. and Mrs. Alexander McKellar, Croinarty, who on. March
25, will celebrate their 51st wedding atmiversary. 'The day will
• be spent quietly. ',Mr. and Mrs. McKellar were married on
iMarch 25, 1885, by Rev Peter Scott, of Cromarty Presbyterian
Church, and next day took up residence at the farm, west of
Cromarty, which has been their home ever since. They have
a family of two sons and three daughters: Malcolm, Seaforth;
Mrs. John Hamilton Cromarty; Mrs. Wilber IMIllerF-Staffa line,
• and Duncan and Sitrah, at home.
Workmen Are Removing
Ice and Ruts From
Main Street.
rude a nice rush., the former :being
robbed .oif. a goad by the gohd work
of 'Sandy. Doilge Jim Doig drew a
rest for throwing V. Bell Over. his hip
and Kippen was up against it. • After
Doig came 'on "Buzz" Dale was put
off for charging Little. Kippen made
siome nice rushes .bat failed to observe
the blue line rule and were called
'back time after time. Little missed
a ;golden Opportunity when he over-
ekated Foietstes pass, MeGeach made
some Wonderful saes as Kippen kept
clesieg, in on .him. illohn Flannery,
A.:McLeaft-and F. 'Ming came back
and put S. Doig on the spot with shot
after shot.
• In the ;third J. Flannery' beak two:
herd..shots 'on Doig in succession.
Herb. Hoggarth broke away in a solo
rr sh biet 'McGeoch rushed out to save.
F. Sills kept hammering away and
worried Eganondy•A'et; eonsideraibly. C.
Flannery, NichOlson and Kruse com-
bined (but again• Doig 'saved. It
would be unfair net to mention each
and every player on the two teams.
They all ,played good hoc -key and ev-
eryone put all they had into the
game. Kipp'en's downfall woe chief-
ly in not observing the blue line rule.
,Tiine 'after time the referee had .to
stop "their rusih because one of their
•players, went oar the line ahead of
the play Only on one .occaisioie dur7
irtg the (game was Zgarontiville elated
hack for an offside at their opponent's
blue line. Outstanding for Egnrond-
Ville was Cyril Flannery, with G.
Kruse and J. Flannery also turning
in stellar pierformances, For Kip -
pen, F. .Sills (and...H. Foster Were in
the limelight. •
• Kippers 1, Egmondville I
Saturday night's game 'wag' much
like the one on Monday. Egimiond-
eill•e' took , the • lead when Van Bell
sec's -6d the eleanesit goal in the rink
for s.orrie .bime. He made a rink -
length rush and drilled the puck past
Nig-for a isure counter in the sec-
ond pariod. Blowes ibatted in the
equalizer' in the third .attier Little
passed out feorn the downier,
'KIPPENis-Goal, S. Doig; r4d., J.
Doig; I.d., Farquhar; 'centre, Foster;
sew., • Little; .1i:we Blowes; alternates,
IH. Islichalson, F. 'SillsH. lloggarth,
.Shaddidk>
EGA/POND:VILLE — Goal, R. Mcs
Geodih; (ed., V. Bell; id., D Dale;
mitre?, J. •Nichbilson; r.w., C. Elate
eery; lev., G. Icruee; alternates, J.
Flannery, F. Kling, A. McLean, R.
DAY TO. .I3E LONGER
Spring will affitiailly arrive on
Sat-
uiiday, !March g1„ despite all ,i•ndlicki-
teens 'tie the 'Contrary. it isejust a
Week ago• since the last snow storm,
and, many -Toads are stiltim.pateseible.
They -Sto'rre• on Friday blocked main
highways for most of the day.
The. snow IS quickly • disappearing
this week despite cold winds and
soca at that will be 'left to remind
citizens that -they have passed through
the worst -winter in many years, will
be the ruts on Main Street. . Eveni
these have .paesed:their prime and a
gang of men. were at Work Thiusisclay
improving the street by chopping and
cutting away the. ie.e.
• The phenomenon of an .equal day
and night, in which 'the day appears
te be several urinates) longer than the
night will be .oibserved this Friday at
the ,a-dvent bif epribg. The paradox
is ;because peoplee'enethe earth Liter,
ally cannot see straight.
1...ftiOli March 20. the sun' Will be above
the leilrizon 12 hours and beneath • it
for 12 hours . But you will be able
to .glimpse the sun 'before it rise's
and stilt see it after it has set.
That 'addibitarrall,.few minutes in the
early niorning..and late evening will.
give the illusion of ' a slightly longer
day, thereby .shattering the .old be-
lief that day and night are exactly,
eiqual -at the end•of -Winters
- The -ability to see around a ceerve
is „Caused by ' the refraction of the
sun's rays, .irr the earth's atmosphere
When thesun is a short distance be-
neath the horizon, its image, travel-
ling in a -line "which is /lot straight
but bent by the atmeselhere; will be
visible.
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!It is only a inattet of minutes,
however,, andfor the casual 'observer
Friday of this Week will have allmlost
•equal day and night.
r,IF:eastddkesses
S. C. 1. Lit. Society
,IMMENIMINI.101011.1.11.1111,
Weilave Every kind of Fuel in Stock Now '
11 11 "D. & IV- Anthracite - •
•1 Clinkering 13uckWheat
Hamilton Coke
Rosedale Alberta
• Be prepared for,the eoId weather still to come
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McGregor.
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F C Sanderson, Perth
M.P. in Train Wreck
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The S. C. I. Literary meeting on
Wednesday :turned out to be a suc-
cesis, although theMembers ef the
Literary •Society did not have .much
time for preparation. , The meeting.
wan opened by a ,pianio solo by John
Mills,
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•Feast, who was •intro-
duced by the president tof the,Liter-
ary Society, Douglas Stewart, spoke
on the Life of Robert Browning. He
read a few of -the • hest lines of
Browning's poems. The meeting was
closed by singing the National An-
them. .
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Telephone Co.
Has Splendid Year
There was a Small attendance at
the ,annual meeting of the,‘Bruseells,
Morris ,and Grey • Telephione System
at the TOM"! Hall recently. Willian
Cameron, chairman; presided over the
m eeti nig..
The auditors': report for the year
102.5 was read sshowing total receipts
$9,893 49,• a total operating expense
.of $6,093.45 which after deducting
uncollected •tolls and rentals 'leaves a
net surplus for the year of $9,824.21
and ed total accumulated surplus' of
313,409.64. The slum of $3,586.43 was
expended on • construotion and ' re-
placement during the year.
Commissioners namied were D. C.
Ries •-for BleiSeels, Wiliam Cameron
for Grey and D. Johnston for Mor-
ris.
On motion of R. J. Baseman and
James McFadzee,n, the matter of tel-
ephone rates was left in the hands of
the commissioners to deal with to the
hest of their ability.
• At the close of the meeting the
commissionere melt for organization
for the year.. Willianf. 'Cameron' was
appo'nited .ohairman and ,A. H. Mc -
Dna Id, secretary -treasurer of the
Board. •
• F.•10, Sanderson, rmetnibei7 of par-
liament for Perth, and deputCy speak-
er' of the House of Coniinons, was one'
of those oil the Chicago -Montreal
Flyer which was derailed near Guelph
on SaltUrday night.
Mr. !Sanderson stuffeted from shbck
and .combussion and on animal at Ot-
tawa was- relrnioved fx, the hospital
there for examination. He has Sine-e-
.tietUainleid bo his desk in the Muse,
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ra".1.4-1 13th Bill
Seaforth's ""thirteenth power
bill," '0 received by the Public '
Utility Commission shows .that
thelocal Commission has a credit
balance of $431.81 .in AS" povier
account with the Ontario Com-
mission for the fiscal year which
ended en October 31.
The "thirteenth power bill" is
a balancing account. Duting the
year the local COMmission pays
for power purchased at an in-
terim rate. At the end of the
year, an adjustment is made.
Municipalities which have paid
too much for their power receive .
a Credit notice. Those which
have not paid enough for their
power receive debit notices,.
What A-WinterL What 4 Wi
•, Pies°, pictaieep take* 041-1h4i,
Lendo.,, Road • near Clint, a cewt.
weeks ago, are striking ex14e,49,,S
• of the snow with., which thleedis-
triet has had te contend wftli
during past months. The sneer -
in the upper picture was sixteen
•feet deep at the time this was
taken. (Pictures court' Clin-
ton Neweatecord).
Huron County- Woodlots
Are Rapidly -Diminishing
According to Recent Survey
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McKillop Has 96.3 Per Cent • • • • • ••
Cleared, and Tuckgzsmith
Bias 91.2 PerCi? Clear-
• 91.2 • Per Cent Cleated;
Many 'BushesThought-
lessy 'Destroyed.
LARGE DECREASE
IN THIRTY YEARS
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(The following 'article has been
written ,for The, Huron Expositor by
the •Floirestry Branch, Department of
Lands andeFereetts, and tells of the
extent to which bush' land in this dise
trict •has been depleted in recent
years). • • .
Many Huron County farms .have
net .a svaocifiet and the percentage of
woodland, as ,shawn.,laysthe 1934 as -
is very.,lode' in several town-
ships.
. The .farmers should ron•sider c.are-
fully the .value of a woodlot and if
the. decision is in favor tifsa woodlot,
they should manage it wisely inor-
der, tat it wil•1 not disappear and
that it will give the highest financial
returng that are • economically .pos-
S'ible. There are thousandsof
plea in Ontario 'of farmers who
thou.ghtlesetly have d.eetteoyed tate few
acres 'of bush on their farms. Very
few farmers wii11 start a new woodlat
even though the Government provides
free trees for this proviece. .. The
wcodlots could have been' preserve•I
quite easily and cheaply by protect-,
ing 'them from Stock. • .
The farmers who :still •thave a few
acres of woodland remaining on the;r
farms Eihbuld take measures to . pre-
serve it •ae the svellAieing of future
generations is • jeopardized if too
much land is •clearect foe dultivation
and 'pasture. The .c•itunty was well
.wooded and future .generation.swill
bliaandeee; their antesters if a mistakes
n
Has too large a percentage of the
causetesebeen cleared and would • an
aigriculturail dietrict he •mere prosper-
ous if there were ten acres. 0.f. wood-
land len -every 100sacre farm?
Woodlots have a definite part in the
eeonramdies of a farming district and
hare a ivery beneficial effect and' far-
reaching influenee on the well-being
of a country. The benefits of wood-
land to theeindividual farmer Sada a
district will be given :briefly:
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Deaf Woman is
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• Bless The Isle ,
Young Pei
Bold •
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NEWS -OF • HEW
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(To My Irish Friends) •
Bless the shamrocks; " bfess the
•dew
Of the Isle so dear to you;
Bless the lads and fair colleens *
And ,Killarney's lovely scenes;
Bless the memory of Saint Pa't
And the places where he sat
Bless the Isle!
H. ISAREL GRAHAM.
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Many Enjoy Legion
Euchre and Dance
""-memil
The Hensalil Junior InStibute
or-
ganiaed during t'he Short 'Connie
February, held theirfirst roe'et*
Wednesday evening in .the basements
of the Angliceiri1C.flaurela with Mhiss
Maude arci4a-m= Preeldent,, in Ncle
sichnagirin. g Ticehe thnIe6ernngstittutopeenoedctewitfthoabwthe.
ed by singing "0 Canada." The Lo'rd's
P-aYerwastei.13eatelrnAvery interesting o
Novel
ideas for Entertaining was given, by s, --
Miss Olga Bell. Miss L. Drummond
then read a topic on the Hostess and
her responsibilities, which proved
very helpful. A diemonsinatiore _en,
the making of a St. Patrick's dessert
wretinegvencibeYear7by The
ir -.
tional Anthem. The members thee'
enjoyed a contest., "Things Our
Grandmothers IMiseed." Lenelf was
served by the four hoStesses '
charge
Hold St. Patrick's Social
The Young People's League of the Aft
United Church took the'form Of a St. ,
PatricwitfhLic'osern:1°cEilaidert°,nithr pnresdardenevt,enPireeng
siding. The Meeting opened by alt
singing "0 iCanada," after wthieh the
lioneire Prayer was repeated
in uni-
son. A ,elsort play entitled, "Uncle
Hitaan'S Cold," war given by the
foalcwing: Miss ,IVEaude afe-L-Cane
Gladys Paes-nore, Beryl Druanenand,
1VElchrie •S'ini Hie, MT. Ed. Corbett,
Lorne Elder and McLean. This et
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Arrested For Theft
IA pleasant social time was spent
at theadnual Si Patrick's euchre and
dance, (under :the au(sipices of the lo-
ihranch of the iCian-
adian Leigihn in the
Oddfelldnes Hall •on
Tuesday evening• '
Thirtystwe 'tables.
were in play-, the win-
ners bei rig : Lady's
prize for most games,
Ilgre. Percy Little ;
lone hand's, Mrs. W.
R. Scat, \McKillo.p ;
gentleman's first, J. Nixon; lene.
hands, W'. ageDswell. Refreshments
were served followed by a dance, the
music for 1,,yhich was provided by the
Rhythm. Ramiblerseof Varna.
Miss Jennie Logan, 65, deaf Blyth
spineter, wag- the victim ocf a brutal
attack by a lone marauder at • an
early hour on Tuesday Morning. She
ie blow resting at the home of her
brother, William Logan.
.Miss Logan was wakened by the
movement :of the mattress on her bed
as the man groped for her money.
As she sat up in bed she was stag-
geeed by a blow Over the eye and
after a brief strUggle, the man threw
the qts over her head and leaped
open her with his knees, rendering
her unconscious. It is not known as
yet if her ribs are broken.
Miss Logan regained consciousness
some minutes later' but idid not leave.
the hoarse until two houratter the
at lack, 'when she 'notified Mid of
P d
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roe -Cowan. The chief immediate.
1 called Provincial Ooinetable P.
MeCay of .G•ocierich.
Miss Lotga.n obtained a good des-
cription of her assailant; and police
we re further sbed . by footprint
in the snow outside the house.
Caraurned, Driver
Wilfred. Graham, 'whose car was . '
partially destroyed :by fire on Gode-•
rich Street,laati 'week was taken into •
,...;
custody by .County .Constable• J. Fer-
guson and Sergeant A. C. Ross,in
Goderich on Monday. The arrest was
made in eonn.ecti•on with the theft, in ,
January, Of 18 hides from two •slaugh-
ter houses (owned by Goderieh bub -
acs - James •Durnin was .arrested•and
,.harged with thefts on Friday. The .
men are in jail and will appear bettere • ,
Magistrate" J. A. Making. on Than-.
Graham left Goderich Alertly af-
ter the arrest of • the .first man in-
volved its the case, hurt returnedon ••
Saturday evening •to etraighten. out' •,;.„
affairs with ihie insurance agent when
Ids carwas destroyed by fire at'Seas . •
forth.
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St.F'atrick'sSupper ,
Fine. Success •
The. St Patrick's supper .held
Jennies' parish hall on Tuesday, 'March .
11, was a great success. Five large
tables, decorated in greerieand white
with green eandles. and silver holders, I •
served the large, crowd.
•• A delightful -program of ,retisiie,
consistingesf violin selections of pop-
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ular Irish airs 'by Eugene Duncan
and three solos by Mr. Frank Sills,
"De.nny Bey." "Father O'Flynar" and
"Believe Me If All Those Endearing.
Voting Charms." .acco-mpanied by
Mrs. Margaret Devereaux was much
-enjoyed. The pat of daffodils ,was
won by Mrs. Dan Shanahan.
Seaforth Spring Show
Tuesday,Mar.31,1936
Grand Parade of All Animals at 1.30 p.m.
Headed by Seaforth Highhanders BAJA
JUDGING TO COERCE AT 2 P.M, SHARP
For Particulars see Prize Lists.
eLAY, ,and , DANCE
" MEET.' UNCLE SALLY"
Presented by S. C. I. Alumni Association, fol-
lowed by Old and N4w Time Dancing. '
Admission to Play and Dance: .A.Oulti__35c; Children 20c
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