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The Huron Expositor, 1936-10-09, Page 1FIVES: 3 YEAIS S IN PRISON Seaforth Lawyer's Sentence 1W'i11 Date From His Arrest. Katt High Sc cillan Cup at event h SF DI Annual County Sports Meets DIG ATT STOLE $150,000.00 John J. Huggard, Seaforth lawyer, who had preyiously pleaded guilty to a series of charges involving the theft,, of more than $150;000 in .securities property of persons who had entrust- ed; the securities to safety deposit boxes in his office was Saturday morn- ing sentenced by Judge T. MeCostello to three years' imprisonment in King - faun penitentiary, says the Stratford Beacon -Herald, thesentence Co date from the time of his arrest the first week of July. 'The paper continues: In imposing sentence His Honor said: "I know your. counsel is i ght-•yvhen he Mesa. man of your station and;stlanding in the commenity has been punished. suf- ficiently in -his own,mind. If it were not for the exemplary punishment which the Iaw demands, I would let you go free on suspended sentence and I hope 1 ani not doingwrong in imposing a s'enten'ce of'tJiree years to date from the time of °your arrest. I 'have to commend; you on the assist- ance you have given the Crown and, I must also commend you 'upon the qualities you have shown." J. H. Clarke, K.C., M.L.A., of Wind- sor, counsel for the accused, address- ed the •court for about half an hour. Mr. Clark said: "May I say this, your Honor," that this case has' more new aspects, more unusual' aspects, than any case with which I have ever been connected, read about or heard, about. I mean that •-this man is not a lawyer who has been unfaithful to his clients in any way."• "He has never stolen a penny in his life. His reputation as a solicitor has remained untarnished and un- blemished. All the securities of cli- ents have been put where they were directed to be put. These securities mentioned in 4Jhe charges were not securities of clients. Mese securi- ties. were'"put in safety deposit boxes • which happened to be in his, office: "I thank that that is a point in his favor. He .has never been -:dishonest with his clients., This unfortunate set of circumstances *rose through a de- sire to make some money for his wife. 'The securities dropped in va- Iue and instead of profit there was a (Continued' on. Page 5) '. • Fletcher Trial Not Until November • • • • • Value 'bays Seaforth merchants are co-op- erating on the last three days of this week in three big value days. Each store is offering special va- lues in seasonable fall and Winter merchandise, which thrifty buy- ers cannot afford to Ignore. • • • , • • • •. • HIGHLANDERS BAND RE-ELECTS EXECUTIVE: Members Combine Annual • Meeting Witli . a Banquet. Officers were re-elected at the an- nual meeting of the Seaforth High- landers ighlanders Band at the Commercial Ho- tel on Tuesday evening, which was held in conjunction with a banquet. President Wm. Kerr presided. The addresses were delivered by the presi- dent and by ,Mayor. A. D. Sutherland. The officers elected are as' follows: Hon. President, W. H. Golding, M.P.; President, William Kerr; Secretary - Treasurer, John A. Cardno; Property Committee, D.'Sills, chairman; Walter Scott, Basil J. Duncan. Ho *our Mrs. J. A. Case at Auxiliary The annual branch birthday party, commemorating: the forty-ninth year of the organization of the Auxiliaries of the°`"•United and Presbyterian Churches, who were invited, was held on Tuesday afternoon, Oct. '6th, Icom=. men:Mug with Holy Communion, in St. 'Thomas'. Anglican Church, admiin- istered"%!by • 1.ev, K. McGoun, of. Clin- ton, assisted by Rev. Canon E. Apple- ydrd. At the close of the services the guests adjourned to the parish hall where Mrs.. Appleyard spoke a few words of welcome. A pleasing feature of • the occasion was the presentation of a life mem- bership certificate in the Women's Association • to Mrs. J. A. case, in re- cognition of her helpful services iii the parish, by Mrs. Appleyard, Miss E. Cresswell pinning on the badge. --Mrs.,..J..A__Munn_ rendered .a . very- pleasing solo, after which 'allenjoyed a delicious tea and were treated to the birthday! cake. Mrs. W. E. South- gate and Mrs. W. Deem poured tea. The offering' which was a generous one, will be• devoted to missionary work. ,Hon. Arthur W. Roebuck, Attorney - General of Ontario; has ordered a jury trial for Robert Sidney Fletcher, To - lento broker involved, in bond thefts totalling $150,000, for which J. J. Hug- gard, Seaforth lawyer, went to jail for three years. - ' Fletcher was to have been triedin the non -jury sittings of county court at which Judge James L. Killora kU,f, Stratford will preside. At his 'prelim; 'nary bearing before Magistrate Win- ter, Fletcher was committed for trial. He appeared a few days Pater before Judge Costello, pleaded not guilty and elected speedy trial before the county judge. The date was fixed for Octo- ber 6th. This bas now been changed by or- der of the attorney -general and • Flea eber's trial . will _now be held at the fall assizes November 3rd along with that • of his partner, Gordon S. Mae- Laren, who faces the same charges: • Golfers Attend Pot Luck Supper Members of the Seaforth Golf and Country Club had 'a most enjoyable time on Wednesday evening when ov- er 70 sat down in the club house to a pot luck supper. - Following the supper, bridge • was played, when prizes were won by Miss Clare Dcble and Mr. Frank Sills. The evening was arranged by the lad- ies of the club. 11 Year Old Hensall Girl Wins in Arrow Essay Contest Announcement was made this. week that Miss Marion Drummond, 11 -year- old Hensall girl, was warded third prize, $15 • cash, in the School Chile rdren's Essay Contest, recently staged by Central Ontario Rus Lines Limit- ed. Her essay entitled, "My Home Town," 'was• chosen from 'many thou- sands submitted from all parts of central and western Ontario. Miss Drummond's esfay is as, fol- k ws: "Hensall is my home town. It is a vlsr3r' ,brisk village on the London, ''(nitron and Bruce Railroad, near the .northeast carrier of the Township or "Hare. "The village plot was laid out in Oc- tober,. 1877, by George and Jamas Patty, who came here from England about 1854; and settled in the second '(coThoession of Hay, and in 1874.pur- abased the south half of lot 21, eon- ceseion 1. The"firsthouse was built on the site of the present village about April, 1877; but its growth and prosperity from that time have beep unparallel- ed by that of any other W extern Can- ada village during the satire period. Among its early attributes was a Population of about 950, which, since ;that time has (been increased to about. 7660. Six generral stores, a large Steam furniture factory, steam .grist mill, two large betc1s, t'1'O churches, acl col, t(rU3xift�� �r Y�t4 ;� .G/'wy'•?}�i'`.G?:.. x'4,.5`.'• A r Goderich and Clinton Col- Poultry Show 'Best 4 West, legiates Tie For Second ' ern Ontario, is Place Before Crowd of.. claim. ,Nearly 2,000; S.C.I. ATHLETES TAKE PART IN EVENTS The eleventh annual field day of the Huron County Athletic Associa- tion was held in Exeter on Friday, when a crowd of 2,000 was on hand to witness the events which were (keenly contested. Fifty-seven events were staged., , . The Exeter High School won the McMillan .Cup for collecting the larg- est number of points • with a total -of 129. Goderich and Clinton b. I. fin- ished tied for second place, each get- ting 105 points. Prizes McMillan Cup — Awarded to the' school winning the largest total num- ber of points: Exeter H. S., 129 (points. Medd Cup—Awarded to the school winning the second largest to- tal: Goderich and Clinton C. I. tied,. 105 points._ Col. H. T. Rance Cup -e Awarded to the school winning the largest number of. points in boys' in- termediate events:, :Exeter H. S.; 40 points. Mitchell H. S. Cup—Awarded to• the senior girl champion: Winni- fred White,, Exeter, 13 points. Sollo- Way Mills Shield—Awarded to the 'senior boy champion: Joseph O'Brien, Goderich, 23 points. Canadian Can- ners'' Shield—Awarded to intermedi- ate champions: W. ,Westlake, Gode- ich, 18 points. Goderich E. and • T. Shield—Awarded to the ' junior boy ,champion: W. Fahner, 16 points. Western C.F.M. Shield—Awarded to the junior girl champion: Hazel Hern, Eexter, 10- !points. Goderich S. C. Trophy—Awarded to the school win- ning girls' intermediate group cham- pions'hip: Clinton C. I. 30 points. Savauge Trophy Awarded to school with highest girls'. score: Clinton. C. L and Exeter H. S. tied, 60 points apiece. Hensall H. S. Trophy—Award- ed to the intermediate girl champion: Olive Finch, Clinton, 14 points. Senior ,Boys' Events Hop; step and jump—J. O'Brien, Goderich; F. Sills, Seaforth; J. Cun- inghame, Clinton. 880 yards—F. ,Sills, Seaforth; V. Bell, Seaforth; L. Howey, Exeter. Pole vault—F. Hovey, Clinton; R. Stewart, Seaforth; R. Rennie, Sea - forth. v Running broad jump — J. O'Brien, Goderich; R. Stewart, Seaforth; J. •Cuninghame, Clinton. 100 yard dash—J. O'Brien, Goderich; R. Rennie, Seaforth; J. Cuninghame, Clnton... ............. Shot put—R. Rennie, Seaforth; R. (Continued on Page 5) -'Stores NowOpen On Wednesday first-clCass storing, shipping, mail and telegraph facilities and mechanics df all kinds once completed the business section of Hensall. The Messrs. Pet- ty (by whom the village was named after a' village in Yorkshire whence they came) also ran a pork packing establishment, at whidh they packed nearly two thousand hogs annually. Mr. James Petty presented the Lon- don, Huron and Bruce Railroad with the station grounds occupied by them. He' was one of the first importers of thoroughbred stock into Huron Coun- ty, and for many years dealt exten- s4vely and successfully therein, Since that time the growti of Hen - salt has 'increased wonderfully....Hen- sell is nob on the highway, like most villages. -It is, much to the, pleasures 'of the passengers of the Arrow Coach though, to drivedown our main street. No one's attention could help being •attracte'd by its beauty and scenery. Before you come' to the business section 'you notice air beautiful haus; es and lawns. Nearly all of our hous- es have flowers, even if it is a few mowers In pots in the windows. Then they all have trees, Near the north end there IS a let of tall evergreens anti maples. Now as you pass., the post office, which is kept painted up nicely, you come Into our business section. it is tdade up of seven general stores; ( lont1aued froth Page 4) • Wednesday •of this week being the first Wednesday of October, marked the end of the weekly summer half holidays. All places' of business were open as usual this week except the barber shops, who, will continue to observe the ,holiday until "the end bi : this month. • HOSPITAL AID FINANCJAL REPORT IS PRESENTED "'efF� rhred,u�iif,+>'s1' FEWER CATTL , ' 'HEEP nbers of Thox ,a,s lan Yo ng: b i leet•.D#fiee Cool, but bright weattere favored the Directors of• the ..H. 'eels' Agi?cu1-• aural Society for their annual • Fall Fair on Friday hat. Consequently the attendance was cotrsider'ably en - creased over the previous year. There was a large entry in all in- doors departments, and the quality this year was coneid'erably better than average. . There -were also some record fea- tures about the stock exhibits the poultry ,show _being the largest as well as the (best in quality, of a6ny Fair out- side the Western, at London. Cattle, sheep and hoge were et little down in numbers, but of excellent quality, and the fall-off was, more than made up for by the 1e entry in the horse classes, both key and. light. There were eight tries in the single roadster class, andhthe com- petition in many other classes was even keener. (Continued on Page 5) • Boy_ Y on Sat. OctScout Apple • 1 The annual Boy Scout Apple Day will be held this year. on Saturday, October 17th, when members of the Seaforth Troop will spend! the day selling the apples. In connection with Apple,' Day, an interesting display is being ;prepared. in one of the windows of; Barber's Radio Shop, next Routledge's grocery.. The annual financial statement of the Women's Hospital Aid to Scott Memorial Hospital, presented by Mrs. E. H. Close, the treasurer, is as fol- lows: Receipts -Balance on hand, Sept. 1, $190.96; memberships. • (192), $48.00; collections and bank interest, $10.82; donations, $12.00; Rummage Sales and garden tea, $138.79. Total $400.57. Expendituree--Affiliation fees $3.09; donation to gift for Mrs. Rhynas, $2; 'Canadian Hospital Magazine; $1.06; ,rental to Mr. W. A. Crich, $3.50; ad- vertisipg, rummage sales and garden tea, $11.76; exchange on American money deposited., 3c; Aberhart's eeug Store, truss, $9.50; A. C. Routledge, fruit for Rations, $3.68; Office Spec- ialty Co.; filing cabinet, $23.03; W. A. Orich, flowers, 530; Christmas gifts, !patients and nurses, $7.80; Ingram & Bell, instrutnent sterilizer, $52.23; Beattie's, toys for, patient, 30c; J. T. Hertz Co., baker, $58.83; incidentals, $5.03; cash in bank, $218.20. Total, $400.57. 1 C. W. L. Holds SuccessfuITea Town Council Will 1V eet October 14th A very 'delightful autumn••, tea was held under the auspices of she Cath- olic Women's League at the home of Mrs. Frank Sills, on Thursday, Oct - 1st. The president, Mrs. F. Devereaue, and the hostess, Mrs. F. Sills, assist- ed by, the members of the League; served tea at the daintily ,arranged and beautifully decorated tables. In spite of the rain the tea was a real success and the ladies greatly appreciate the efforts of their. friends who called and helped : make it suc- .cessful. • Bible Society Arranges Meeting Qw4ng to the second Monday in the month being Thanksgiving Day, the, October meeting of Seaforth council will not be. held until 'Wednesday, October 14th. On Tuesday evening repre's'entatives of Huron Municipalities will meet in Clinton to Mimesis the transient probe lett. ' 15x`t�,+rh,'vr,,tiy:;`Gib: YC</iJ K..:.. K/ The members of B.rucefield Unit ed, Church are this ,week celebrat= ing the 60th anniversary of•the church's founding. A special program •. has been in progress during the week. Brucefield United Church Observes . Diamond . Jubilee With Special Programs Congregation Sunday Taxes Capacity of Church As Former Members Return To Take Part in Annivers- ary. OVER THOUSAND FED AT FOWL SUPPER ' An historic event of more than lo- cal interest 1s taking place in Bruce - field this - week in connection with the celebrating of the Diamond Jubilee of the United Church congregation. 'The celebration really began an :Sat- urday evening when about sixty per- sons, who were once members of the Toting People's Society, met to renew the friendships of former days. At the services on Sunday, Oct. 4, tee special preached for the day was the Rev. W. D. McIntosh, B.A•., pastor .0' ;1'0 congregation from 1918 to 1924. At the morning service the church was filled to- its .utn nt • capacity. and in the evening it was found necessary to instal a loud speaker in the school room so.. that the one hundred and fifty might not be turned away who could not find. even standing room in the church. Mr. McIntosh's sermons were lis- tened to with great attention and from them many found fresh inspira- tion and' encouragement for future Ohristian lives. The music by the choir, as well as their leadership i-n•-•the--hymna_was -a very fine feature of the services,, as well as the quartette rendered by four former members, Mrs. John Mur- doch, Mrs. W. D. McIntosh, Mrs. Jno. Snider and Mrs. John Innes. On Monday the ladies of the con- gregation excelled themselves in put - (Continued on Page 5) The local branch of the Bible So- ciety has arranged a public meeting to be held in St, Thomas' Church on 'Thursday evening, October 15th,,at 8 o)clock; when. Rev. G. G. Pinnock, of Toronto, will speak. Mr. Pinnock has spent 3,0 years i. Africa and will give an ddress on the world-wide work of this great ser- vice organization. His message will be full of interest and of first, hand information. He will tell the story of "The Bible in the World,"a* achievement in circulating, nearly Ones million copies of the Scriptures ea , month being one of the modern won- ders of Christendom. A silver collec- tion will be taken in aid of the So- ciety. • Finds Early Papers Mr. W. R. Cluff, of Pert Credit, sen. of the late Sam Cluff, of Seaforth, here last week looking after the es- tate • of the late Miss Cluff, found among her° possessions a number of copies. of The Huron Expositor, dated in the eighties, which he was kind enough to bring to this office, The Coal Burning ,season is here. TRY •OUR Cone Cleaned Anthraeite and be prepared the- bitter daysforys that lie just ahead. N. CLUFF 1 SONS • Teachers Attend Annual Convention Seaforth and district public school teachers, in common' with others in Huron;• are attending the annual teach- ers'. convention held this year in Blyth. The convention probably means more to the pupils than the teachers, for schools are closed on Thursday and Friday of this week. • Win Expositors Apt Fall Fair • • •' • • • False, Alarm Answering a fire alarm late Thursday afternoon, the fire.' truck raced up Main Street to Goderich Street' where ,the fire- men gazed around looking for something to put out. After a careful inspection of the corner the brigade returned to the fire hall and hundreds ofspectators and children w,ho had gathered, to their business. There was no fire. • • • • • • E1:MAND BEVERAGE. ROOMS BE CLOSED The exhibitors at the recent Sea - forth Fall Fair, who won a 'year's subscription to The Huron Expositor,. are as follows: A D. Steeper & Son, Ailsa Craig ; R. F. Peppier, R. Ra 3, Seaforth; P. E. Dearing, Exeter; Charles Danbrook, Atwood; R. M. Peck, Zurich; Jas, S. Cowan, Monkton; Andrew Park, Mit- ohell; Howard Wright,, Cromarty. 41, Cavan Church Anniversary SUNDAY, OCT. 18th Morning Service at 11.00 a.m. Evening Service at 7.30 p.m. REV. H. G. BANDY of Varna, as •guest speaker. • FOWL SUPPER Tuesday, October 20th Happy Cousins, of Elmira will provide the programme, A1'3MISS1iJN - - 50 Cents / T e m p; e r a n ce Federation Meets in Stratford - Tuesday. PLAN FOR 'N 'IJrging-,menibers to tell lima. dal they' disagreed with. any, .policy' orf;.; tion of the Dominion Pariiam 13- Golding, M.P,, told• the Thomas McMillan You g. Liberal C , b qm •,: e nesdaln evening 'that it was ,body through such criticism was it possible( for a member to serve, his conlAitu eacy to uric best advantagee of;• the country.. The meeting, .. which was well • at - tended, elected ~Stan Dorrance, `,Sea - forth, as president for the coming year. The -treasurer's report, present- ed by John C. Crich, was adopted'=ands showed the' Club to be in a healthy financial condition. Considerable dip - mission arose over programs' for, cons- ing meetings. A sub -committee, in- cluding -J. H. Scott, Gordon Papple and the President reported' to the • ;meeting that a debate had been .F - ranged for the November meeting... A motion, adopted unanimously by the club, regretted the continued ill nese of Mr. J. W. Beattie and hoped for his speedy recovery. Mr. Beattie was largely responsible for the. forma- tion of the Club, the chairman point- ed out. Officers Elected Officers ter the ensuing year were elected as .follows: Hon. Presidents, ittt:. Hon. W. L. Mackenzie King, Hon. Mitchell F. Hepburn, W. H. Golding M.P., and James Ballantyne, President, Stanley Dorrance; Vice President, Gordon•McGavin; Secre- tary, Allan Reid; Treasurer, A. Y. McLean; Executive Committee: Lind- say _Stewart, R. S. McKerchere Leo Stephenson, E. Pryce, Robert, • Archi- bald, Hugh McMillan, Jr., Arthur ,Golding, Frank Lamont, J. C. Crich;• entertainment committee, Gordon -Popple, chairman. Representatives of the executive committee of the Perth, Huron and Peel Temperance Federations Tues- day afternoon adopted a resolution calling upon Premier Mitchell Hep- burn to withdraw existing authorities in Huron and Perthcounties and to enforce the Canada Temperance Act. ----In-all-about, 25 delegates from the three executives were in attendance to hear Rev. 1)r. A. J. Irwin, of To- ronto, secretary -treasurer of the On- tario Temperance Federation, advance some suggestions. R. B. Watson, of Prucefield; acted as chairman.., The gathering adopted the follow- ing resolution unanimously: "The Premier of Ontario has inti- mated in the press that the govern- ment is proposing to withdraw the appeal that the' government of On- tario has taken to the Privy Council from the decision of the Supreme Court of Canada in the .matter of the Canada Temperance Act as touching, the Counties of Huron, Perth and Peel. This gathering officially re- presenting the temperance executives of the three counties would remind the Premier that the decision of the Supreme Court of Canada makes the Ontario Temperance Act law in the, Counties of Huron, "Perth and Peel, and that no Premier is competent un- der the constitution of Canada to ig- nore or violate any law of the land which, as we understand, he is bound by hiS oath of office to enforce. "We .therefore respectfully request the Premien of Ontario to withdraw the existing ,aut'fiorities (beverage rodm licenses) in 'Muton and Perth. and to see that the Canada Temper- ance Act and the Liquor Control Act are enforced in the said counties, as. formerly." Bisho Seagq'er. to. S -eak atefer P A service of thanksgiving will be held on Thanksgiving night, October 12th, in Trivett Memorial "Church, Ex- eter. This service, which is expected to be a large one, is held under the South Huron Ministerial •Association, and includes Exeter, Hensall, Kippeii, Centralia,. Staffa, Cromarty, Grand. Bend and other places . The Bishop of Huron will speak on the subject of 'Thanksgi'ving.. -Residents of.. the d s- trict will be glad of this opportunity to ,hear the Bishop, who, is one of the finest public speakers in the province, • 150 CHILDREN GATHER AT MISSION BAND RALLY About 150 children and parents from Belgrave, Hensall, Exeter, God ,erich and Seaforth gathered at First Presbyterian Church on Saturday, Ortober 3rd, to attend the annual Mission. Band Rally for Huron. A de - I lightful time was enjoyed on the lavhi b'y the Children following • the pro- gram which included: ' Scripture les- son given by Miss Joan McMaster •and Miss Dorothy Smith' led in pray- er; greetings from the Presbytery were brought by Mr• Feast, and Mrs, J. C. Greig brought greeting's from the Presbyterial. Each Mission Band contributed two numbers for 'the splendid program.; Miss ' S. I. Me can delighted the audience with a story, "New Year's Eve••in Japan." Mrs. J. R. Hill, Pro- vincial Secretary for Mission Bands, addressed the (children. Lunch was served at the conclusion' of the pro- grem, which was much enjoyed. Mrs. Merton A. Reid presided. Tuckersmith Council Sets Penalty for Taxes in Arrears I. Tuckersmith council met here on Saturday. eM Bylaw No. 7, to stop u) portion of Ransford street as laid out in a plan of the Towh of Clinton, notice of which was duly made and all pro- ceedings taken by the Town of Clin- ton, was given a first and second reading. The Clerk was authorized to sign the application now before the council for payment for insulin, The penalty for non-payment of taxes for 1936 was set at 2%, to be added from Dec. 14'th to Dec. 31, 19'36, and a further penalty of 1% every three months, maximum penalty 4%, in ad- dition to the statutory interest of one- half per cent. per month and the col- lector be given authorityto make ar- rangements with the ank 'of Com- merce, 'Seaforth, and branches of the Bank of Montreal at Hensall, Bruce- field and Clinton for acelsOthig the paymetlt of taxes, resharges to be 'pa'id by the taxpayer..'the eilati 1 tan. ,fl ranged` for the -renting offourboxes in the Vault owned by, Mee. Regale for the storage of records of the mun4ci- peaty. The treasurer of the Seaforth Agricultural Society Was given is grant of $25. The clerk was author - lead to make application to the Mun- icipal and Railway Board for power to issue debentures on drains. The following accounts were passed: R. J. 'Beatty, premium treas. bend, bal., $8.96; R. J. Beatty, prem. collector's bond, $37.50; R. Kennedy, weed in- apeeting, $29.75; C. Aburhart, °fumi- gators, $14.30; J. M. Roberts; half cost hospitalization:, .$9.60; W. M. Sproat, drawing salt, $3.00; H. E. P., C„ as- seesmnent, $58.68; D. F. McGregor, tee notices, $5; D. F. McGregor, postage and supplies, $3; O. Abenllart,',''t.e'sk $05; Mrs. if. Feeney, fecal irld hy- laws•, Mitchell Drain, $50i' t: i i` 1 n, balance1.935 Sita r Cheanoy etam s, ate., $3e i niot nd titn tvay Board, .fe'e, $5 ' tih .0 xt' vt 1 1