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Friday, December 9th
0 Mag Be Right—But
,Ad'a long letter from a man
onto last week, This man had
heard of The Expositor and
and
know where it was publish. -
But he had seen a reference to
his paper in the editorial columns of
date (4l0be and Mail, which paper had
quoted an Expositor editorial and
eoented at some length on it.
The editorial in question had made
reference to the attitude of some of
the single unemployed men in To-
ronto; who had refused to do one
clay's work for seven days' keep. We
said the attitude of these men was
very hard for us to understand, and
very hard for the average taxpayer,
out of whose pocket the money for
relief came, to understand either.
The Toronto man's letter contain-
ed a good many -hundred words. It
rambled in spots and was sarcastic
in others, and embraced a good many
subjects beside unemployment relief.
It even contained a few accusations
such as pointing out to The Exposi-
tor that if it had not been so busy
campaigning for Hon. Mr. McQues-
ten, Minister of Highways, at the last
election and since, the editor would
by now know that unemployment" re-
lief wasnot a drain, or even an ex-
pense to the taxpayers. That the
drain upon the taxpayers was caus-
ed by the carelessness, extravagance
and worse, of the heads of the On-
tario Government and the several
departments thereof, particularly
the Highway Department
The Toronto man may be right.
But—we know for a fact that un-
employment relief is costing the tax -
'payers of this Province a good many
millionsof dollars a year. We fur-
ther know that while the Depart-
ment of Highways is costing the peo-
ple a great deal of money too, that
that Department is spending the
money at The demand of the people
who are providing the money, and
who are getting a return for that
money spent; whereas, the only re-
turn they get from the cost of un-
employment relief is a very doubt-
ful feeling that out of a good many
thousands given assistance, .there
may be some few thousands ' that
really deserved it.
The Expositor has stated many
times that Canada is too,.rich a coun-
try, and the people in it are too big-
hearted, too Christianized, to allow
any deserving person, or any num-
ber of deserving persons to go either
unclothed or unfed, as long as there
is money and clothing to share.
But Canada is not rich enough,
and the people in this country are
not foolish enough to sacrifice them-
selves or their families at the ex-
pense of unemployed single men who
refuse to do one day's work in re-
turn for seven days' board and keep.
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Getting More Temperate
The United States is getting more
temperate in its drinking habits. If
you are a reader of American papers
and magazines, or a frequent visitor
a Cross the line, you may not take
that statement ' seriously, but never
the less, that is the official word that
comes from Washington.
, More than that, both the liquor
traffic and temperance society offic-
ial; agree that the sale of intoxicants
ha*. .drropped to where drinking per
*as
is only two-thirds of what it
- as before prohibition was repealed
Detre years ago.
)14 there the agreement between
ese• two,t, opposite parties ceases.
i
.dst ilers _claim that high taxes
rn people to the bootleggers
aSe il'l'icit, inferior and tax
ids Acctanother reason for
t key' slain, is the busi-
in. that country.
ee authorities, on
elatm that the peo-
o; the stuff. tin proof
clahtithat gasalV n'd eon-
- tip' :steadily
year. and that
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le
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•`m mtQ- EOSIN
.11 -time record.;
But after all, does it really make
much difference which side has the
right of it? The main thing, as well
as . the most encouraging, is that
drinking has declined in the United
States by one-third of what it was
five years ago.
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It Does Seem Strange
In his Inside Page last week, Hugh
Templin of the Fergus News -Record
says: "It seemed strange to us, as
we.. listened to the speeches at the
West Garafraxa nomination meet-
ing at Belwood last Friday after-
noon that not one 'speaker so much as
mentioned the Grand River conser-
vation work under way in his town-
ship, yet it is such an important
work, that the eyes of all Canadians
interested in water conservation are
turned on their township."
"That's hard to believe, but it's
true. Some other parts of the val-
ley would give a good deal to have •
the dam built in their neighborhood,
if that were possible: When the con-
struction goes ahead, the population
of West Garafraxa, or whatever
other location is chosen, will grow
suddenly, if only temporarily. Al-
ready quite a bit of money has come
to Garafraxa as a result of the work
done. The board bills of the work-
men alone have run into hundreds of
dollars. These things are happening
now, and perhaps are not *worthy of
mention at a nomination meeting,
but they are unimportant when com-
pared with what may and will hap-
pen if the big dam should be built in
Garafraxa. Surely the .members of
the council and the ratepayers should
be interested!'
There are a good many people, be-
side Mr. Templin, who have - often
wondered at the lack of interest dis-
played by township councils and ev-
en county councils, in the things
most nearly concerning them. Things
out of which they and their constitu-
ents might often derive very consid-
erable pecuniary advantages as well
as giving them the opportunity of
displaying a little common sense and
some of the sound judgment that a
majority of councillors possess, even
if they do keep it hidden at times.
- Mr. Templin does not say what his
township did discuss at its nomina-
tion meeting, but it would be quite
safe to hazard a guess. There would
be the usual dispute as to which
councillor had succeeded in grabbing
the most tax money to spend on his
particular part of the township, or,
perhaps, the dispute. as to -which
councillor had been most successful
in preventing any local money being
spent on township work by shoulder-
ing the expense on to the county or
the province.
All a very necessarypart of mun-
icipal politics, as we know them to-
day, of course, but, like Hitler
moustaches, scarcely likely to ele-
vate any particular township or
county above the plane of being
laughed at by the people in other
parts of the Province
The Weather
The weather is something you talk
about when the —it no other topic of
interest handy. The world wags on
of course, and the daily papers are
full of the German, Italian, and Jap-
ese situations. But that is a little
far from home and we really do not
know a great deal about them, even
after much reading.
And we do not know a great deal
about British politics either. But we
do know about the weather, because
we are living right in it now. And
most peculiar weather it is too. •
It is a great many years since we
have' had as much September wea-
ther in the months of October, No-"
vember and December as we have
had this year. Right now the ground
is not even frozen.
Perhaps we ought to appreciate
that kind of weather, but we don't.
It isn't our kind of weather for this
time of year, and we know it. It
isn't healthy for humans, and it's
most unhealthy for business.
However, by the time this reaches
our readers the situation may° have
righted itself. We hope it has. We
know that up here in this part of the
country we are 'going to have more
'or IeSs real winter, and we would'
hiketo have a little more of it now,
and a good deal Tess of it .fn the
spring
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Interesting Items Picked From
The Harsh" Expq$itor of Flfty and
Twenty-five Years ego.
From The Huron Expositor
December 12, 191.3
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Mess'r's! F. Davis ,and C. A. Nairn
returned to Goderiole on Saturday
from completing the season's work on
their big fann,, at Irricana, Alberta.
They sold 60,000 buslrele of oats at
31 cents a bushel, '
Mrs. MoEwan, who kept the store
and post' office at Leadbury for the
past thirty years, has moved to To-
ronto.
Mr. George Bennewelts, of Leadbury,
had a good plowing bee one day last
week and got several acres or rough
sod turned over_
A goose that was. 7naised an: Daslr-
e-iood was delivered inExeter which
weighted 23 pounds, measured 6 feet
2 inches from tip of wing to tip of
-wing, and from beak to tail it mea-
sured 44 inches.
Mr. A. Elcoat, of Tuckersmith, near
Bnucefield, who enjoys a well earned
reputation as a stock breeder and
feeder, was •quite successful' at the
recent Toronto Fair. He carried off
first prize for his long wooled sheep.
The West End Beef Ring ,held their
annual business meeting last Friday
of Mr. Geo.
the officers
as. Rivers
evening at the resider ey
Turner, Tuckersmith. All
were re-elected and Mr.
vas !engaged as butcher -
When a little child of Mr. Francis
Marshall, of ,Henmail, was playing be-
hind the stove with matcbes, they be-
came ignited and the flames caught
her dress. The little one's arms were
badly burned also, her face and body.
A very pleasant evening took place
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. H.
Reid on Friday last. The 'members
of Use choir of the Methodist Ohurch
met there and presented Mr. and Mrs.
W. Bright with a bandsoine easy
chair in recognition of ,their recent
marriage- •
. bout two o'clock on Wednesday
morning,the slumbers of Seaforth cit-
izens were disturbed by the sounding
of the fire alarm. It was Pound to
be n fire in the small house of Mr.
Charles McNamara, south of the rail-
way track,
Just before the closing of the De-
cember session of tbe county :council
on Friday last, the Warden, Mr. Robt.
McKay, of Tuckersmith, was waited
on and was presented with a hand-
some gold -headed cane. The presen-
tation was made on behalf of the
council by Messrs. W. D. Saunders,
Reeve of Stephen, and W. J. Teamam,
Reeve of Exeter, and the address was
read by B. C. Munnings, Reeve of
C,•oderich.
The annual Christmas dance given
by tbe Bachelors and Benedicts of
Seaforth will be held in Cardno's Hall
on Tuesday evening, Dec. 30th: The
following patronsses were appointed:
Mrs. William Anent, Mrs. J. M. -'Best,
Mrs. John Beattie, Mns. J. A. Case,
Mrs. L. T. DeLacey, Mrs. John Dodds,
Mrs. J. C. Greig, Mrs- R. S. Hays,
Mns. Harry Jeffrey, Mfrs. K J. Hod-
gins, Mrs- J. W. Livingstone, Mrs. A.
. McLennan, ]first K. M. McLean,
Mrs. W. C. T. Monson, Mrs. Oscar
Neil, Mrs- H. H. Ross, Mrs. Frank
Sills, Mfrs. Charles Ctewart, Mrs.
Harry Stewart_
• k'hii O.si'f er1 of Lanz
(1. Haase .1. Boyle)
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THECHRISTMAS CAKE
Mrs- Phil baked her Christmas cake
yesterrdayi
Usually, it's baked -soonest in the
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year, but other matters took up cher
time, and the event was postponed.
The' other morning wlbeu I came in'
from doing the chores, and she, had
the old scribbler down — the one
with the recipes in it — I knew that
the annual baking on the Christmas
cake was at llandi
-
to present, but it's a subject dear to
iniy heart
Wild horses eouldnit keep me away
waken it's time to take the cake out
of the ovens It's gingerly brought
forth and turned over a waiting sheet
:of brown paper. ,The tin is removed
and thew she carefully taps it with
her fingers, evidently to see wihether
there's a thollow spot in it or not.
Mtee this cursory examination, which
I pretend to be not watching she
looks up triumphantly and -I 'know
that it's.• a good one wtnen she says:
"Dear nie, I wish that my Christmas
Cakes would .turn out as good as they
used to." Then it's my turn to say:
"Wlell, if you had taken my advice
and pat ahe rum in it, then you would
have had a cake."
"Go along with you, P,h,il," she de-
clares emphatically, "I did put a wee
spot of brandy in it, but there's no
rum going lin my, Christmas cakes. I
don't want that young one to be get-
ting the taste of it, and maybe hav-
ing a liking for the vile stuff."
And I just senile and wonder inside
me, whether there would be a differ-
ence between, rum and brandy.
The Christmas cake is a •fancily in-
stitution down here on the Ninth
Concession Front now until Christ-
mas time, every place you stop at,
there is always a piece of Christmas
cake produced, and you munch at it
and look pleased and say: "My that's
good Christmas cake!" And the wo-
man of the house beams. And. with
rare exceptions it is good! No mat-
ter Brow poorly a woman• may be at
cooting, she always seems to mix a
good batter for a Christmas cake.
?',here's a friendly sort of atmos-
phere where a Christmas cake is
concerned- It's'more or less of a har-
binger of the season to oorn:e, and
with a spot of apple jack, there's no-
thing more hospitable in my opinion.
It's wrapped in a damp dishcloth (a
clean one). and a woman is mighty
glad when • the opportunity comes
along to hand it out. In fact, down
at the grist milt you'll often hear the
men remark of how many pieces of
Christmas cake they've had. It's a
poor year .When you get below ten.
She 'lead the stub of a pencil in her
hand and she was writing en the
back of an envelope and jotting down
figures, and notations and sort of
mumbling to herself . . . "Peel .
citron . . . orange and lemon ... hm
raisins . . . the big ones with
the seeds . - . and currants ... and
unsweetened chocolate- . . and what
about the molasses. (She was occu-
pied for a moment with that, and
then wrote sol methinig more down) .
Sugar; icing sugar too . . ." 'Men
at last she was finished, and I was
delegated! to go down and do the buy-
ing at Tian Murphy's store. Of course
I had to caution him that every bit
of it be ,fresh.
I made an excuse to stay in the
house. • ' Soon the kitchen table was
littered with paper 'bags and flour --
and such baking things. The batter
was stirred to just the proper proper -
tions, and the various ingredients
were accumulated from time to, time.
There Was an occasional pause, as
she sampled the batter . . . • and
stood arms akimbo : . . and then,
nodding assent, battered it harder
than ever with the big wooden spoon.
The tins were, greased, and ready. A
shining round milk pan was greased
well on the inside with a bright
baking powder can filled with shingle
nails sitting in the very middle of it.
The batter is poured in and smoothed
out, and after a glance to see that
the oven is just hot, enough, with a
slow -burning stick in the firebox, the
holy mixture is reverently placed in-
side,. -and; the oven door closed. All
that remains is to wait. You may no-
tice that as I become absorbed in
this subject my tense slips from past
From The Huron Expositor
December 14, 1888
Mr. Thomas Finnen, of East W4w-
anosh, brought a dressed bag to
WSAngham market the Other day that
wer.ghed 454 pounds. '
Mr. Little, of Hullett, exhibited in
Clinton the other day a catamount
which he bad killed on his fanm. It
measured five Peet three inches from
its sinewy front Legs to- the bind ones,
and it stood two feet high.
Mr. M. G. Geiger, of Zunich, the
enterprising photographer, has fitted
up his gallery with a first class stock
of machinery.
On Wednesday of last week a shot
gun shooting match was held at the
residence of Ms` . William Goerly, on
Ibe 2nd concession of Morris. The
captains were James, Pugh and Gies.
Turney, the former winning by 51
points.
Mr. W. N. Watson bus now moved
into his new store on North Main St.
Mr. R:gix rt Wilson and Mr. F. Holm-
sted are in the field as' candidates for
the Mayoralty and it is said that Dr.
Coleman also intends to come out.
Our 010 townsman, Mr. David Mc-
Naught, has been elected Mayor of
Rapid City, Manitoba. '
The auction sale of the property 'ofI
the Iate William McConnell, of Tuck-
-eramith, nes held on Wednesday last.
The weather was bitterly cold, but
there was an immense crowd of peo-
ple ?resent- The farm was sold to
Mr. William Eberhardt, of Egmiond-
ville, for the sum of $5,340. J. P.
Brine wielded the hfamimor.
Mr. John McNaughton, of Tucker -
smith, has had erected during the
summer months, a fine brick resi-
dence.
Mr. David Manson, of Tuckersmith,
had the misfortu.ne of brea.kin•g his
leg while eivgaged in assisting a
neighbor in killing a beef cow.
A new lodge of the Ancient Order
of United Werke:ten: was. organized in
R altos on Tueedary evening last by
Mr. George Patteson, district master
of Brussels and Seaforth lodges. The
officers were as follows: P.M., Rev.
W. Terrence; Masher Workman, Robt.
Blair; Foreman, J. R. Campbell; Ov-
erseer, Gem Pethick; Financier, W.
Neal; Receiver, ohm. S. Welsh; Guide,
William T. Can; I.G-, Josiah Hew-
itt; O.S., William Holmes; Trustees,
Messrs. D. Campbell, R. Blair and J.
R. Campbell.
One day Lard week while Mr. Jas.
Bone was attempting to bury a Barge
stone near Marnoch, it came in upon
Oram unexpectedly and he was fortune
ate to etreape With a few braless.
Mr. George MCNaIT, of the 3rd eon-
eeseien•, Stanley, has rented his faitln
to Mr. Hollaarid, of Gederich ToEvudahlp
for the sera of $281}' a year. -
I Seen in the
County Papers
' New Medical Man
•Godenich has a new. medical Prac-
titioner, Dr. IL P. Macey, who comes
from Bedford, Que., after five years
in practice. Dr. Macey has taken ov-
er the office of the late Dr. 3. B.
Whitely on Kingston Street -Gode•
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each Signal -Start
Walt Disney's Mother Dead
JUST A SMILE OR TWO
"A movtih at Palm Beach will do
you good, Duckworth," said one small
scion of the aristocracy to another at
a children's party, "You look thor-
oughly fagged out."
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"Precious—shall mother be cross?"
asked the doting parent of her four-
year-old who had about finished
wrecking the house.
'!Gedney, it is time to show Master
John the sunset •mother of a small
boy to her butler.
"By Gad, officer, you'll answer for
this!" wrathfully cried•the plutocrat's
youngster when the policeman point-
ed to the "Keep Off the Grass" sign.
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"Just don't n -o -t -i -c -e her, my dear.
','hat's the best way," suggested the
mother when her three-year-old
daughter climbed up her guest and
yn,n•ked off her hat.
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airs.: "Here's an invitation from
Mrs. Boreleigh to one of her tire-
some dinners."
Mr.:. "Why not plead that you
have a previous engagement?"
Mrs.: "That would be a lie. Edith
dear, write Mrs. Boreleigh, that we
accept with pleasure."
"Come now, you must thank Uncle
William for the nice million dollars,"
said the mother to her little daughter
who lay on, the floor squalling.
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"Not now, Junior. Some other time
maybe," 'coaxed the young mother as
her little boy tried to.ring the fire
alarm-
A news despatch. on Saturday an -
nuanced the death of Mrs. Flora Dis-
ney, mother' of Walt Disney, at her
home at Hollywood, California, She
was killed by gas escaping from they
furnace. • Her husband, Elias Disney,
was found unconscious, but was ex-•
peoted to recover. The news was re-
ceived with eepecial Concern by Mr.
P. J. Cantelon, of town, a cousin of
Elias Disney and a .boyhood comtpan-
ion when the Disney family lived in
this district.—Goderiibh Signal -Star.
William Waite Honored
Mr. William Waste, who on Monday
celebrated his eighty-first birthday,
Wednesday night was presented with.
a life membership in the Upper Can-
adp Bible Society at the annual meet-
ing held' at MacKay Hall. Mr. Waite
has been associated with the society
riany years. Tuve p+esentatdion, was
madte by Rev. D. J. Lane. Officers of
the society, were chosen for the year
•1939 as follows: President, A, M -
Robertson; vice -pees., Rev. D. J. Lan.e,.
Rev. A. C. Calder, Rev: S. R. Mc-
Clung, Rev. W. P. Lane, Rev. A. E.
Moorhouse; sec., Frank Clark; treas.,
N. D. Brown. An effort will be%iade
by the society to see that every pupit
in the religious instruction classes at
the public schools is in possession of
a Bible.—Gode+rich Signal -Stare
Re -Elected U. F: W. President
Mrs. O. G. Andersson:, of East Waw--
anosth, was re-elected President of
the United Farm Women of Ontario
at the annual meeting bold in Toron-
to last week—Wingham Advance-.
Times.
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"And what does my little boy want
to be when he grows up—a great en-
gineer like Uncle Thurber?" asked
the fond mother.
"No," replied her small son, "I wan-
na be a neurotio—like Papa!"
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"I haven't said 'anything, doctor,
but I've been sack off and on for two
years." confided the small boy as the
do.:tor gravely took :his pulse.
"Thank you, Blackstone; you're
such a help to mother"—as her six-
year-old son lighted her cigarette.
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Katherine: "So that rich bachelor
didn't propose to you after all, in
spite of all you told him about your
abilities in the kitchen?"
Anna: "No, he bad to eat several
dinners at a restaurant where 'they
advertised 'home cooking'—and then
he decided to stay single."
Canada Co'y Success Due
In Large Measure 'to Galt
When John Galt was named first
commissioner of thle Canada Com-
pany he probably anticipated that he
would be roundly criticized by .his
absentee emipioyers. He could hard-
ly, however, have foreseen the extent
to which the criticisni would go as he
labored to make the Canada Com-
pany one of the leading colonization
companies.
- Writing in the Free Press recently,
W: H. Johnston recalls that the Can-
ada Company, like many other col-
onization companies, has been bitter,
ly assailed by critics, and some of
the criticisms were deserved, but
some were far from, being just. How-
ever, it was difficult to avoid cause
for adverse criticism since the • di-
rectors and stockihobders lived in ,the
homeland with preconceived views on
how the colonizing should be done,
while their representatives in the
new land bad to conduct the business
of the combats as circumstances
would permit. ' Their mode of proce-
dure was often at variance with the
opinions of their directors and the
wrath and fault-finding of the latter
made the lot of the commissioners
difficult,
John Gait, a clever and volumin-
ous• writer, a noted traveller and an
astute business man, was sent by the
,Canada Company as their first com-
missioner. The board in England
tbm*arted manly of the plans and sev-
erely criticized many others. Galt,
able as he was and knowing full well
that he was on the right track,
patiently endured faultfinding for
some years. Ile indeed was a man
with a visions—a !vision) that . was
founded on knowledge, for he had
been sent out by the Britign Govern-
ment to inquire into the resources of
Upper Canada, previous to the for -
Motion of the company.
Therebore, Galt did not select the
1,100,000' acres in a haphazard Man-
ner. He knew ,that :Uhler htige block
of land: was Voartdtemfgdle, fertile and
reniviaiiotied ' an , agrfCaltural . dietriet
bars of the sturdy laboring and mid-
dle classes of the British Isles and
Western Europe.
He realized before long that his
was a Herculean task. Tihis large
area of forest land had to be survey-
ed, roads opened, bridges built, towns
projected, land- offices opened and
staffed, the many wants of pioneers
who were inexperienced in the Blear-
ing of the forest sympathetically at-
tended to, besides. a hundred and one
other duties.
Mr. Galt rejoiced in; the wonderful
growth of Guelph and the rapidity
with which, the surrounding district
was settled nit only by European em-
igrants but by a great influx of the
flne.st type of people from the terri-
tory south of the Great Lakes. Th
opening of the Huron road, thus con-
necting Lake Ontario with Lake Hur-
on, insured the rapid settlement of
the whole territory to the west and
the future establisth.ment of Waterloo,
Kitchener, Stratford Mitchell, Sea -
forth, Clinton and Goderich. For al-
most a century these two results
have been a 'vindication of his far-
seeing judgme;t and. colonizing ef-
fontsi.
We can 'possibly overlook to some
extent the directors' fault-finding on
the plea -of 'ignorance but their other
officials itt this new land were in
strong sympathy with Galt.
Gait and this assistants, the irrepres-
sive "T ner" Dunlop, and others, were
exasperated upon once occasion to
find that a minor official, an aocou
ant, had been sent to the Toronto of-
fice to report secretly on, the affairs
of the company. Dunlop so tatitaliz-
ede and terrorized this. official on a
horseback trip tarringle the new coun-
try to Godteriah that he was soon
,plet,sed to flee the "wolf -ridden" coup.-
try. This officer, however, on his re-
turn to England reported 'unfavorab-
ly on Gait's administration.Some time' later Galt returned to
England to see the officials of the
eomipanty. Before his death, in 1839,
he wrote: "The fact of the Canada,
+larh ff
ge enough an old„ vddridr.1Prite Ceringlsy's being one of the Most
dipalit ; street/pied by 'a .bappq°,`and flourishing cdneer� in Lone/Ohio this.
enteYut'e11; i4t irte, whit b ert,atirem- virrdleattiont of airy a, me acid fiats.'-/`
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Heads United Church Choir
Miss Tena Reid has been appoint-
ed choir leader and organist for the
Wi•ngham, United Church.-WinAgham
Advance -Times -
To Take Over Listowel Church
Rev. E. C. Smith, who for the past
two 'years has been pastor of Mount
Forest Baptist Church, and prior to,
that pastor of the Baptist Church
here, has accepted a call to Listoweg
Baptist Church and will assume his
new charge December 11th—Wing--
ham Advance -Times.
Jaw Fractured
While doing his chores at his barn
in Atwood in some manner Mr. Har-
old Peters suffered two cuts around
the eye and had his jaw fractured_
Mr. Peters did not know what hap-
pened as she was found in a dazed
condition, but it was thought that he
was kicked in ith.e face by a cow: He
has been in the Listowel Hospital for
several days. Mr. Peters is welt
known in this district, being a bro-
ther-in-law of Mr. Joseplp May, of
town.—Exeter Times -Adv
Residence Sold
Mr. A. O. Martin, of Southampton..
the newly -appointed station agent at
Exeter, who has taken over Mr. N.
J. Dore"s position, has, purchased
from Mr. W. Martin leis fine brick
residence on Albert Street. Mr. Mar-
tin :has not as yet made any ,plans for
the future, but he will either rent or
build—Exeter Advocate -Times.
Delivers Valedictory Address
Georgie Johns, the :eldest son of Mr_
and Mrs. A. F. Johns, of Newmarket,
was honored in being chosen, to de-
liver the valedictory address' at the
graduation exercises at the Newmar-
ket High School last Friday. A dili-
gent student, he was also awarded
the alumni prize for the pupil show-
ing the most progress in fifth form
welt. His brother, Kenneth, who is
also in fifth form, was awarded the
senior bays' oratorical prize at the
Commencement exercises. Mr. Johns
will be well remembered in Clinton -
He is a former principal of the Clin-
ton public sdhool.—Clinton News -Re-
cord.
Resigns Charge
Rev. G. W. Sherman on Sunday
announced his resignation. to his Au-
burn congregation, the •resignation to
become effective the last Sunday 111:
member. It was exactly eight years
on Sunday, Nov- 27th, that Rev. Sher-
man took c:hatrge of the congregation
and his annoliinoement was, received'
with regret--Ciiatoni News -Record.
Have Completed Threshing
-Mss rs. Noble Holland and son, as -
vested by Alvin Elliott, have just com-
pleted the bean threshing session.'
They have threshed in 100 barns this
season and report tbe yield the best
in years, sbme crepe, yielding over 40
bushels to the acre and the qualityr
good k lintton News -Record.
Wins More Laurels
Edna • Lee, three-year futurity err -
try, owned by E. W. Fawm, added
re laurels to her'impresgive Inst of
nninigg throughout Ontario this year
when she punted first in the titandard
bred plass and was reserve grand
champion at Guelph Winter neer.—
Mitchell Advocate,
Rink Nearing Completion
The municipal rink being ' instal l ed •
on: the vacant lot' west of the sehool
grounds is raapidly being niade ready
for uses The ice surface of 70 x 165
feet ahfould 'provide. ample room for
botbr_the , aitaing ,anAd-tthe old;_to..enjpy- -
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