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Eightieth Year
Whole Number 3737
More Than 8,000 people Crowd
SeaforthLionsParkFor Garnival
TUCKERSMITH PAIR
ARE HONOURED
lir. and Mrs. Wilson Me-
Cartney Are Guests at
Kippen Reception.
Th'r'ee hundred friends of Mr. and
Mrs. Wilson McCartney, of the Mill
-Road, who were recently married,
(honored them with a reception and
presentation at the Kippen hall on
Monday evening .lase
During the early part of theeven-
iwg drancing was enjoYed to the .mrusie
of Collins orchestra, followed by an
)excellent luncheon. After luncheon
the presentation of a beautiful ches-
terfield was made to Mr. and Mrs.
]v1cCartney by Messrs- Wilfred Cole-
man, Arthur Nicholson and Thomas
Hodgert, while .the following address
was lead by Mr. ',Edwin Ckhestiey,
to which Mr. McCartney made a very
kitting reply:
To Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Mccartaey:
Dear Friends:
Again we bow to custom. old,
A custom we've admired,
,To gather here this company,
No coaxing was required.
Our purpose here is :meat sincere,
Be it plainly understood,
ro welcome you as newly-weds
Into our neighborhood.
No strangers we, but old, old friends,
You, we heve known for years,
Approving of the act you've done,
All join to say, "You dears-"
Not just to welcome you, may we
Express the hope that you,
May many years trhis life enjoy,.
Prosper in all you do.
May clouds be email and silver -lined,
That may your life bedim,
And health, with happiness and cheer,
Fill Life's cup to the brim.
Now all w,ho do these words endorse,
Whether they be Man or .Miss,
To show that you are real sincere,
Just seal 1t with a ---(hand shake).
Kindly accept this present for
your mutual use, and may memdries
of your many friends and their kind
wishes this night be ever closely con-
nected with it in your memory.—
Signed on behalf ' of your many
friends-
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Boxing Fans
See Fine Card
On Saturdays night Seaforth fans
who witnessed the boxing and wrest-
ling tri, the Arena saw the beat card
of the season. Jerry Holland was at
his best as master of ceremonies.
In the first bout Don Ross met
Jack Praiser, both of Seaforth, weigh-
ing 80 pounds, who put on a real ban-
tam punching match, with. Ross get-
ting the decision.
The second bout brought in a new
boxer to the ring, when Lorne Ibbot-
,sea, of town, met G. Klinkrham'mer,
Dublin. This bout went the limit
with Kiinkha aver outpoint ng Ibbot-
s�a`Ssr,'
The .third bout was faster with
both boys having more ring experi-
e nee- F. el elbourne, Goderich, was
given the'. decision over G. Givlin,
Monkton,' after a very closely con-
tested fight.
Is► the fourth bout. two Goderich
boys mixed it up for the full five
rouade, when Mike Laws and Les
Pitblado, both at 165 pound% fought
to a draw.
The first feature of the night was
the wrestling Tmatcb, bringing to -
getter Henry Kavique, 165 lbs., of
Guelph, and Mondu Broddge, 160 ihs•,
of Guelph, in the best two out of
three, falls. 13roddge won the trst
fall in 15 minutes. Kavique came
aback at 17% minutes, to floor
Brod'dge, The match ended in a draw
after the boys had fought past the
time limit.
The hast event of the evening. saw
Meyers, Baden,, more, a technical
ecce/cob's over Fred Bowman, of To-
e/Leto, in the fifth round, both at 185
finds.
Seaforth W. L
Holds Picnic
The Junior Women's Institute held
ta• very Pleasant and successful jtdcnic
at the Lions Park on Friday
after-
iloon last, when the winners of the
different numbers on the sports pro-
gram were: Girls, 5 years and under,
Helen Brown; boys), 8 years and en-
der, Granit Chesrnee; giel fe 8 years
and under, Grace McDonald; married
guides' three-legged race, Mrs. James
Brown and Mrs. C. Eyre; single
ladies thrree-legged rade, Olive P'aDple
land Wilma Hay; Married iadfesr rate
luting race, IVItel, .Mut Kerr; - ein:gle
undies' rah , Vitileun Hag; klekfng tfiS
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Crowd Comes Early and
Stays Late Enjoying Full
Night of Entertainment
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Heavy Traffic
In spite of the heavy traffic on
No. 8 Highway on Wednesday
night during the Lions Carnival,
no accidents were reported to
provincial traffic officers who pa-
trolled the highway in the vicin-
ity of the Park, The officers
commented on the fact that car
drivers generally, co-operated
.fully In clearing traffic as quick-
ly as possible.
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3 IN JAIL AFTER-
SEAFORTH BRAWL
Out on Bail, is Re -arrested
Here on Fraud
Charge..
Aftermath of a brawl in, a boat ho-
tel early Tuesday morning, George
Bentley, his, wife, and Wallace Sun -
Toronto, were placed un-
dler arrest by Chief of Police H. Snell.
Fearing the woman may have ens-
tained sierious head irnjuries in the
iigrhlt, ahce removed her to Scott
Memo aI, `Hospital for examination,
On Wednesday she was taken to the
county jail at Goderich by previa -
dial officers.
Bentley and Cunningham were re-
manded to jail Tuesday and taken to
Goderich. They- were released late
Wednesday on cash bail of $300 each.
Chief Snell rearrested Bentley late
Wednesday evening as be drove
through town. He is wanted on a
false pretense charge and' a warrant
was out for his arrest.
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McGavin,Grieve
Win Tourney
Results of the tennis tourney Mon-
day evening are as follows: I
• Mixed Doubles
Leona Box and Howard McTavish
defeated Garnet Free and Mrs. H.
Stetaburg; Lois McGavin and John
McKenzie defeated Doreen Regier
and Mr. Sau.ndern; Mary Holmes and
Don McGregor defeated Mary McIver
ands George Hays; Garnet Free and
Mrs. H. Steinburg defeated Doreen
Regier and Mr. Saunders.
Second, Round–Lois McGavin and
John McKenzie defeated Leona Box
and Howard McTavish; Garnet Free
and Mrs. H. Steinburg defeated Mary
Holmes and Don McGregor.
Third Round—Lois McGavin and
David Grieve defeated) Garnet Free
and Mrs. H. Steinburg.
Ladies Singles
Lois ,MeGavin defeated Marjorie
O'Neill 4-0; Frances Brugger defeat-
ed Janet Gld.nski 4-0; Doreen Regier
defeated Jean Hurford 4-2; Mary Dun-
can defeated Carolyn Holmes 4-3;
Marion Sclater defeated Teresa Mc-
Iver 4-1; Lois McGee -in defeated Bet-
ty ,Sandford 4.1. •
Second R'ounase--L. McGavin, a bye;
D. Regier defeated F. Brugger; M.
Sclater defeated M. Duncan.
Third Rounds --Lois MeGavin de-
feated D. Regier: M. Sclater, a bye.
Finale—Lois McGavin defeated, M.
Sclater.
Ladies' Doubles
Betty Sandford and Carolyn Holmes
deflected Teresa Mciver and Lois Mc-
Gavin
e-Gavin 4-2; Janet Glinski and Jean
Hurford defeated Mary Duncan and
Marjorie Neill 4-3; Doreen Regier
and Marion Sclater defeated Frances
Bragger and Mary Duncan, 4 -1 -
Second Round --betty 'Sandford and
Carolyn Holmes defeatedt Janet Giin-
s:ki and Jean Harford 4-1; Doreen
Regier. and Marion Sclater, a bye.
Doreen Kegler and Marion Santer de-
feated Betty Sandford and Carolyn
Holmes.
Home Entered,
Antiques Stolen
When they were absent from home
attending a reception being held Ta
their honor on Monday eveding, the
,bromle of Mr. and Mee. ' item
Cartuey, Mill Road, Tuckerami'th, was
entered, and tyre- china antiques were
stolen, -
PrevinelaU and county pollee Invest-
igated Ob Tuieaday.
slipper, Myrtle Papple; atssahwt race
Mrs:- T. (. aVealock, _.
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Betty Brandon, 16 -Year -Old
Minton Girl, Wins "Miss
Huron" Tditle; Lucky 'Gate
Prize Goes to Mrs. James
Walmsley, Seaforth.
AFTERNOON RAIN
C LE ARS IN TIME
A new 'high in, attendance at Sea -
forth. Lions Club fnolics and carnivals
Was reached Wednesday night when
over 8,000, people crowded the Lions
Park for the club's ..fifth annual sum-
mer carnival.
The crowd came early and stayed
late, enjoying to the full the continu-
ous entertainment which was climax-
ed with a brilliiant display of fire-
works. Everyone was in a carnival
mood, anxious to have a good time.
A heavy rain in the afternoon clear-
ed up about six o'clock, leaving the
air fresh, but warm.
Highlightof the evening's program
was the beatity eantest in which 12
young ladies took part. The judges,
a Toronto newspaperman and Miss
Ilene Smith, drum -major of t he
Stnathroy Band, finally awarded the
title of "Miss Huron" to Betty Bran
don, 16 -year-old Clinton girl. Close
behind came four Seaforth "girls,
Labelle Hawkins, Carolyn Holmes,
Frances Brugger and Doreen Regier.
Three draws for the lucky gate
prize were necessary before a ticket
holder was found on the grounds.
The $25 prize finally went to Mrs.
James Walmsley, Seaforth. Tickets
were drawn by W. H. Golding, M.P.
Proceedings were under way at
7.30 with a parade to the Park which
included the Strathroy and Seaforth
Bands and the other talent.
The Str•athroy Boys' and Girls'
Trumpet Bandl of 45 pieces, was the
hit of the night as its neatly uni-
formed 'Members paraded about the
grounds
Dr. E. A. McMaster, program chair-
mlau, iatroduce'd the numbers which
included Uhle three Edwards of To-
ro'nto,.• gymnasts; the Tuck Sisters,
Went Wade, Wyoming Cowboy, Fifi,
the clown, and the musical Thomson
famity.
Booths operated throughout the
evening as' did the open air dance
floor, where Mac Burgess, furnished
music.
All proceeds from the carnival go
back into park improvement and
maintenance.
General carnival chairman was• Dr.
F. J. Bec'hely, wtbile J. E. Keating
looked after booths; C. M. Smith,
construction, and Dr. E. A. McMaster,
program.
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Golfers Ready
For Culp Games
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Members of the Seaforth Golf and
Country Club wishing to play in cup
games must qualify by playing two
or more rounds in, foursomes and
turning in score cards on or before
Saturday, August 8th, according to
an anno'uncem'ent posted in the club
house this week. Only those qualify-
ing will be eligible for cup compet--
Mon.
HENSALL COPPLE
MARK DIAMOND
WEDDI'G DAY
Mr. and Mrs. Owen Geiger
Were Married at Zurich
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LARGE REICEPTION
Popular residents of this oomvmun-
ity for 40 years and well known in
Zurich where they 'resided for several
years, Mr. and Mrs. Owen Geiger
celebrated their diamond wedding an-
niversary on Wednesday, July 26th, at
their beautiful home here. Mrs. Gei-
ger is the former Misg,Emma Geiger,
daughter of the late Mr.'and Mrs. Ab-
raham Geiger, of Zurich. It was on
July 26, 1879, that Mr. and Mrs. Gei-
ger were married at the Geiger home-
stead, west of Zurich, .with Rev, G.
N. Schmidt, pastor of the Evangelical
Crhurc:h officiating- The attendants
were Mr, and Mrs. Louis Eckstein,
Dashwood, now deceased'. .
For 12 years Mr. Geiger was reeve,
for 2 years councillor, and for several
years trustee and chairman of the
school board. He was, Warden of
the County in 1911 and he has been
pr'es'ident oe the flax organization for
the last 15 years, and actively engag-
ed far fifty-one years in the flax busi-
ness, and during the summer months
employ's huataaeds of >,fiax pullers,
many of them Indictee. He harvests
1200' acres of flax between here and
Seaforth. In .1894 fire destroyed t',vo
targe barns of flax here, which were
filled to the peak, anal at that time
Mr. Geiger lost everything he had.
The first artesian' well in Stephen
Township, west of Dashwood, was
sunk by Mr. Geiger for Mr• William
Fulton. He also erected many winrl-
mills for farmers in the surrounding
districts. The Geiger family of six
sons and daughters are: Edmund,
Manual Training teacher, London;
Dr. William Geiger, W'at'erloo; Oliver.
Manager of Bank of Montreal, Fene-
lon Falls; Rory, d'ru'ggist, Kitcheher;
Sydney, principal high. school, Stur-
geon Falls; Ira, at ;home and Mrs.
Eric Kennedy (Vercy),' Hensall.
From tables looking attractive with
and blue dtelphindums in silver ` con-
tainers, ,blue and white tapers, and
centered with a huge wedding cake,
eixty relatives, guests and members
of the family sat down to a delicious
dinner and supper. Toasts were pro-
posed by Dr. William Geiger, Water-
loo, and Edmund' Geiger, of London.
Present for the auspicious occasion
were Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Geiger,
Landon; Dr. William and Mrs, Gei-
ger, Waterloo; Mr. and Mrs. Oliver
Geiger, Fenelon Falia; Rory Geiger,
Kitceener; Mr. and Mrs. Sydney Gei-
ger, Sturgeon Falls; Ira Geiger and
Mrs. Eric • Kennedy, members of the
family; Dr. Milton and Mrs. Geiger.
Cross -well, Mich.; Mr. and Mrs. Noa'i
Geiger, Pigeon, Mich.; Mr. and Mrs.
Amos Geiger, Pigeon, Mich.; Dr. Ed-
win and Mrs. Witmer, Mr. and Mrs.
Jame Geiger, Detroit; Rev. Arthur and
Mrs. Sinclair, Blyth; Rev. R. A.
Brook and Mrs. Brook; of Hensall;
Mr. and Mrs. 'Oswald Fisher; Mr.
and Mrs. Roy Fisher, Mr, and Mrs.
Blake Horner, ' Mr. and Mrs. Roland
Geiger, Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Geiger,
Mr, and Mrs. John Gascho, all of
Zurich; Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Eckstein.
Dashwood'. Mr. and Mrs• Geiger were
at home to their friends from 7 to 9
in the evening. They were the recip-
ients of me.ny lovely gifts, 'irrcludine
many cheques, telegrams, hosts of
letters a.nd cards and many felicita-
tions.
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"I wonder if we will ever have a
machine to do our thinking for us?"
"We do now. They call them po-
litical machi'n'es."
Hensall Ban -d Tattop
Attracts Large Crowd
As FiveBands Take Part TO
!Mrs. Mary Jackson, Hensall o • ' • • • •
District Lady, Will Ob-
serve 83rd Birthday This Three Day Sale
Week:,
IS A NATIVE
OF IRELAND
. With five out-of-town bands partici-
pating, in ,addition to the Hensall
'ore, a successful band tattoo was
held ,here Wednesday evening. Fol.
',Diving the musical program, a street
dente was held, the event being
largely attended. Participating in
addition to Hensall Band were ones
from Sarnia, Parkhill, St, Marys,,
Wingham and Dashwood., A parade
was held. prior to the tattoo, starting
at the United Church. During ths
the. bands marched past the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Owen Geiger, well
known residents, who Wednesday
celebrated, their- diamond wedding
anniversary. After serenading the
couple, the bandsmen were address-
ed by Mr. Geiger-, Huadreds attend-
ed tee tattoo and Huron Traffic Offi-
cers Lever, of Clinton, and Jennings,
of Goderich, were on .11a•nd to assist
Constable Lee Heiden, Hensall. :n
handling traffic,
Will Celebrate 83rd Birthday
Mrs. Mary Jackson w -ill celebrate
her 83rd birthday Saturday, July 29,
at heg home a mile south of Hensall
on Highway No.• -1. \ire. Jackson,
who is a native of Ireland, has resid-
ed in her present home in Itogerville
for the past 35 years, and is a very
highly respected resident. Mrs.
Jackson, together with lira husband
who died in 1915, and some of ,her
chilriren sailed to Canada on the boat
Parisian, since sunk. .She was the
mother of eleven children, 25 grand-
children and three great. grandchiI-
dren. Following are the family, three
of w'thom have passed away: Harry,
Isaac, Jack and,William, of Alberta;
George and Robert, Hensel]; Mrs. T.
Brierly, Victoria, B. C:; Mrs, William
Smith, Mrs. Ross McLean, Detroit;
Mrs, Wes. Coleman, Exeter; one
daugbter, Mrs. Alex Ingram, and two
sons from the West have passed a-
way. Mrs. Jackson is still very ac-
tive despite her advanced age, enjoys
life, is a faithful member of Hensall
L'q,ited Church, attending church reg-
ularly and wit'.: menitee' of her fam-
ily was 'able to enjo;' t'' picnic of
the United Church at , eaibulla grove
recently. •
Mr. Ilaye La.mmie is actin, as re-
lieving agent for the C.N.K. at Gcde-
rich during the summer munt.hs.
i',ir, William Ilyde has returned
from a few days' visit with rely3,tivcs
and friends in London and St. Marys.
Mies Katie Stott enjoyed a week's
well-earned holidays at one.,of the
lake resorts and other places and
was accompanied from here by Mr.
and Mr's. Lloyd Hudson, former res•i-
clel:ts of this village, who were visit -
lug here.
Mr, and Mrs. Bert Horton. accom-
panied by Mrs. A. Scruton and Miss
Olive Coxworth visited on Sunday
with Mr, and Mrs. Harold Sermon
and family at Port Dover.
(Continued on Page 4)
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Home Grown
Tomatoes Ripe
Mr. Wilbur Webster, Jarvis Street,
was fortunate this year in having a
carr;r•n of ripe ;umatoes, from which
he ticked a basket on July 21s1. Ac•
crit ding to gardeners this is some
wrrk.s tallier than i4 usual in this
HENSALL COUPLE MARRIED 60 YEARS
Mr. 'and Mrs. Owen Geiger, of
nesday, July 26th, with their famii
Zurich in 1879, and twenty years
was marked by a largely attended
their Mime to extend congratulatio
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y of six sons and one daughter.. Mr. and Mrs. Geiger were married in
later tvioved to Hensall, where they have since resided. The occaSien
dinner, followed by- a recerition when hundreds of friends gathered at
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Seaforth merchants this week
are co-operating in a special
month-end 3 -day sale, when euit
standing values are available in
stores displaying the blue pen-
,nants. The sale continues until
Saturday night.
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EXETER GIRL BREAKS
LEG PLAYING - BALL
Stop Exeter and Seaforth
Game Here After
Accident.
In a scheduled game between Exe-
ter and Seaforth girls in the newly
formed Huron -Middlesex League, Ex-
eter defeated Seaforth 14-5.
Phe game was called in the sixth
inning due to an accident to Mrs.
Ruby Hutton, of Exeter. While slid-
ing into )tome plate, Mrs. Hutton in
softie planner twisted her leg, result-
ing in a bone breaking just above the
ankle. She was removed to Scott
Memorial Hospital for treatment.
The score reverted back to the end
of the fifth inning.
Seaforth—E. Zimmerman, c.; G.
Hawkins, r.f.; G. Kreuter, as.; E. El-
liott, p.; M. Swan, 2b.; F. Matthews,
lb.: C. 'Hol•mes, 3b•; P. Hart, 1.f.; M.
Cameron, c.f.
Exeter—E. Abbott, lb.; M. Clarke,
as.; G. Snell. c.; E. Kydd, c.f.; R.
Hutton, l.f,; H. Cox, r.f.; D. Cutting,
2b.; V. Lindenfield, p,; A. Mason, 3b,
Umpires—B, Balkwill; G. Hays.
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Kippen East
W. I. Meets
The Kippen F'as't W. h mea at the
theme of Mrs. Wm. Bell on Thursday
evening, July 20th, ' with a good at-
tendance- With the president presid-
ing, the meeting was opened by all
singing the Institute Ode and repeat-
ing the Lord's Prayer. The Bible
reading by Mrs. I)• Chappell was fol-
lowed by the story of the farm, read
by Mrs. Bell, and Mrs. Wm. McLean
read the story of the' Wm McGregor
farm. Misses Iva Leary and Laura
Dinnen sang and played a guitar ac-
companiment.
'Me S. Whitmore, Reeve of Tucker -
smith, was the speaker for the even-
ing and gave a good description of
the past and present work of the
township council.
The report of the meeting of the
District Annual held at Kippen on
June 6th, was given by the district
ropresen•tative, Mrs, H. Caldwell. Mrs.
Jas. Smillie then read a short poem
entitled, "Just a Married Woman."
The m'o'tto, "Patriotism is Not En-
ough," given by Mrs, H. Caldwell,
was very interesting and ably dealt
with. Current events by Miss Laura
Tremeer and a salad demonstration
by Mrs. Glen McLean were both in-
teresting items of the program. Miss-
es Leary and Dineen gave another
musical number which was much' ap-
preciated. The roll call was well re-
sponded to by the name of a former
Reeve.
A vote of thanks to Mrs. Bell and
Mr. Whitmore and others taking part
in the program and the singing of the
Tavistock Takes Shirt'']'
of 2-1 Score Saw -
day Night.
FINAL GAME TONIGHT
Tavistock vs, Seaforth
In a sehedwled' W.P.A. football
game here on Saturday night; Sea -
forth defeated Tavistock 2-1. Played
before a hair crowd it looked 'at first
if Tavistock were going 'to play Sea -
forth to a standstill, but the local:
boys with only one Iossr to ,their cred-
it this year, were bound to keep up
the good record. -
Tavistock got their first goal when
D. Sills tried, to clear the 'ba?l'1 away
from in front • of his own goal, only
to have the ball slide off bis foot,
going behind Bell, the Seaforth goalie.
After eight minutes of the second
half had been played, T. Sills tied
the '.score on a corner kick from A.
Nic'hoisop, Seaforth kept the.'piay in
Tavistock area and at the 20 minute
nark F. Sills put the locals Out is
front, when he came in fast to beat
Harris, the Tavistock goalie, T. Sills
again scored near the end of the
game only to .have the referee. call it
back.
Helmer, of Tavistock, was injured
during the second hall and vas car-
ried off the field.
Seaforth—Goal, Bell; '"hacks, Kruse,
D. Sills; halves, Gemmell; -Holland, R.
Dolmage; forwards, H. Nicholson, F.
Sills, Consitt, T.' Sills; A. Nicholson;
subs., J. Flannery, J. Nicholson,
Tavistock — Goal, Harris; backs,
Steitz, Wylie; 'halve's, Vogt, Stein,
Pearson; forwards, Helmer, Rudy,
Mathies, Schippling, Kaufman; s'ubs.,
McDermott.
Referee—Melbourne, T'avistoek-
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Fire Destroys
Large Apiary
`Fire Wednesday afternoon destroy-
ed the apiary of., Fred. Haberere. east'
of Zurich. While he was extracting
honey an oil stove exploded, igniting
the wax. The, fire spread rapidly.'
Zurich fire brigade saved' the adjoin-
ing buildings, including the house,
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Searchers Find
Elderly Farmer
When h:e became confused as he
walked from his farm to Walton
Monday evening. George Gross, eld-
erly faster, wandered for some
hours and finally lay down.
When he failed to return ,home by
10 o'clock, an alarm was raised and
a search party of fifty men, aided by
county constables, was organized.
About half past one he was found ly-
in•, beside the road 114 miles south
of the village_
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Name Ontario
Contest Winner
Provincial winner in the Hydro
Slogan Contest was Mr. M. J. Teller,
it was announced this week, His
Mogan was, "Every day. every hour,
finals good use for Hydro power,"
National Anthem closed the meeting.
A splendid lunch was served by the
committee and a social time was
spent.
Dublin Lady Observes
92nd Birthday Friday
MIS'. Ca.tharinr' Carpenter celebrat-
ed her 92nd birthday at her ahome on
Nelson Si, on Friday, July 21st, in
company with her family. She has
tee, remorkable posses•si,on of all her
fr1tuities and is the last surviving
member- of her family. She is a na-
tive of St, Colum•ban, w'h'ich for many
years war`'a known as irisht.owrr. ' Mrs.
Carpenter has one soh, Joseph Car -
ranter, a farmer ort No, 8 Highway,
near Dublin; three daughters, Mrs.
Mary Byrne, who resides with her;
Mrs. David McConnell, Dublin, and
Mrs. William Devereaux, Chicago.
Mrs. 'Carpenter received many mes-
sages of cong'ratula'tion on her birth-
day a.nd during tibe afternoon motor-
ed to Grand Bend to spend' a short
time at the cottage of her grand-
daughter, Mrs:. Harry I. Dingenan.
Mrs. Mary Bewley, who sustal;necd
a paralytic stroke recently, is recup-
erating at her home on Raglan. St.'
Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Flannigan and
citi.Idrren have returned to their home
in Toronto after spending a week at
the home of Joseph McGrath.
Miss Gertrude Stapleton is, attend-
ing summer aehool in Toronto,
Visitors: )Mrs. Jatk Sohunier and
children, Detroit, et the ,keine bf jos.
McGrath; efkra. Bose S,teghensote of
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Seaforth, attending the funeral of
John Arnold; John O'Rourke, accom-
hanled by \ir. Mullen, Wa.conia, Min-
nesota, with Mr, and iMrs. Joseph
O'Rourke; Mr, and Mrs. Strubb and
daughters, Kitchener, at the home of
Mrs, Ellen Burns; the Misees Ryan,
of Chicago, and Mrs. Broderick, Sea -
forth, at the home of Mr. a.n'1 Mrs,
Joseph Carpenter; Ted Carroll, of
Guelph; Jas. Melody, Detroit; Chas.
Malone, Guelph, with friends here;
Marriott Dill, London, at her
home; Miss Muriel Looby in London;
Mies Gertrude McGrath, MIse Veron-
ica Dal, Mr. and Mos:, Martin Klink-
h,amm,er; John and William O'Rourke,
James Curtin, at Grand Bend; Mrs,
Catharine Evans, Joseph and Mary
in London; Mrs. Gar Smith is spend- -
ing a week ,in Hamilton; Mr, and Mrs.. •
Longeway and daughter, Patricia, of
Stratford, with Mdse. 1311a Jane Dile
Ion; Emmet- Burke, Alliston, ••apt'., the
home of Mrs. A. M. Lobby; rMiee Bitiee;
Feeney is r;pendibg. a week, 'tlritla;•,if
sister, Cecelia, iu Londto
-The Dublin Softball. Ottla Melt
ed the S'taffa Club Fti a trtelli
on Monthly ovettOgi fir' •:•... a,,
in favor of DOi •
dtl,ent!s wtlre Se44.« t'
players,
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