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Eightreiglith Year '
Whole Number 453 •
I'R.,IDA ' ., 4TUNE 27, 1047
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SEAFORTII W:QM N'S INSTITUTE ACTIVE GROUP
One of the most 'active groups in the district isthe. Seaforth
Womee's.lnstitute, the officers, of which,are shown above. The pic-
ture was taken at the time of the branch's jubilee 'banquet held 'here
fast.spring.. The officers are:- -Seated,' left to right: Mrs. J. Hille-
brecht, Mrs.' Wilfred Coleman,, Mrs. Paul Doig (President), Mrs. E.
B. Goudie, and* Mrs.. Fred Oster, ;of .Blyth, President of ,Western
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Ontario Women's institutes, who was a guest at, the banquet. Stand,•
ing left to right: Mrs. J. F. Scott, Mrs. A. Crozier, Mrs. James
McIntosh, Mrs. Elmer Cameron, Mrs. J. E. MacLean and Mrs. Gordon
Papple, of Seaforth, District President for South 'Huron.
HENSALL.' RED CROSS
BADS,- _RAISED
MORE THAN $21,000
Thomson Family..'Holds An-
nual' Reunion At
Goderich. •,
NEWS OF I=IENSALL
After nearly eight years' activity,
'the Hensall Red Cross weund up its
affairs at a meeting last we=t, when
the cash balance yield by the ..ociety,
amounting to $397.74, was transfer-
red to headquarters 'where it will be
held in 'trust.' The meeting adopted a
unanimous vote of thapks to Rev. R.
A. 'Brook .for his 'untiring services on
behalf of Hensall Red Cross, over
which he had presided for five of the
eeven years. Mr. 'Brook thanked the
members of the various executives
,tor their co-operation.
Bewail 'Red Cross Branch Blame in-
to being at a citizens' meeting on
October 9, 1939. ' R. C. Hays, of Gode-
rich, introduced by Reeve R. E. Shad -
dick, directedthe organization of the
branch which was 'active •for seven
years',under the leadership -of the .fol-
1owng presidents: Rev. R. A. Brook,
Rev. W. Weir and Rev. A. M.' Grant
There were about 75 chartet; mean-
time, and while membership varied
during, the years, it, averaged a little
ever 490 "per year.
The citizens of Bengali 'and vicin-
ity rallied to give of their' best : e.f-
torts in. the raising of money and the
snaking sof the varied articles requir-
ed by headquarters.
During these 'seven years. an ap-
proximate total of $21,642' Was raised
by subscription; entertainments, dona-
tions 'from various, organizations -and
salvage collections. The latter hum-
ble source contributed almost $640.00.
The women, too, did their part at
home and .in the work • roonls and
completed the following articles:.
4,822 articles of civilian clgthing,
3,200 knitted' articles, 2,948 'articles
Sor 'hospitals, 270. quilts, 115 blankets,
30 layettes (consipting of 660 sewn
(Continued on Page 4)
Seaforth Lions Park Program to MISSES TURN DRI
Include
irnming-Instructio
Classes Each Morning, Will .. • • •• ' •
Prepare _For Red Cross
Swimming Awards. TWO ALARMS
EXPECT POOL, TO
OPEN .ON WEEK -END
Seaforth and 'district children will
he able tq; obtain instruction in swim,=
ming this summer as a result of ar-
rangements completed by the Parks
Committee of the •Seaforth • Liens
Club, who have. appointed Harry
Lawt'her, of London, as life guard and
instructor. The ,program 'of instruc-'
boli,,, will
be -carried carried out under super-
visiott, of the Red Cross Swimming
Water Safety Division, and swimmers
successfully completing the course of
instruction and passing thetests wilt
be eligible. for Red Cross proficiency
awards.
Cieaning•.the pool•'at the Lions Park
was completed- this week after three
days of- steady work, when thee cern,
mittee took advantage of dry' wea-
ther. On ,Friday it is 'expected . the
removal of accumulated fill in the
settling basin will be finished and
the water turned into .the pool. Swim-
ming will commence on Sunday when
"Mr: Lawther will go ,on duty.
For the present time the life gird
will be on dutyl each -day during the,
hours of 10-12,- 2,,5 'and .7-9. While
the pool will be under supervision
only during these hours, the pavilion
will be open • throughout the -day 'from
10 a.m.: until 9 p.m.' .
Persons interested, in taking swim-
ming instructions are requested to
register • with ' 'the ins•truetor at 10
a,m, on Wednesday, fJuly 2, when
classes will be arranged. ' There .is
no charge for .the classes.
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GOSLING HATCHED "
. WITH THREE LEGS
A three-legged gosling was hatched
at the farm of Wm. Koehler in Mc-
Killop last week. A''short time .after
hatching the. 'gosling picked off the
extra leg. •
Seaforth Women's Institute.
Records 'l Pioneer History
ROBERT H. C*FINOCHAN
(20th in a Series).
Robert H,' Carnochait was the eld-
est son of • Samuel Carnoehan and:
Mary „Halliday, and came to Canada
Frith his, farther in 1832. They came
(straight, to' the Huron" Tract from
$amilton, looked the land over, and
Sound, it good. • .:
We have wondered why so many
penile from the Lowlands of Scot-
land
cotland immigrated to Huron 'between
1830 and 1850. it is our belief that.
the Canada Col:t>,paiiy; after being giv-
en grants of ;land from the .Crown,
-probably spread circulars throughout
the Lowlands, setting forth the o:tt•
tractlone of the new country, (We
will wager that some of the disad-
vantages
isadvantages were Omitted from these
handbills!)
As soon as the registry office was
opened at the county town of Gode-
eich the settlers flocked in to pay ov-
er their money and receive the deeds -
for the prbperty so hardly won. ,
Some of the wording on thesis old
deeds is quaint and outmoded. They
are made out on parchment paper ori
the Canada Company's bwn-forms•:
The Crown. •
THE CANADA -COMPANY ;
,Thomas Mercer, Jones, Town - of God-
s'ich; Frederick' Wilder, City of To-
route—At-tore-les'
o-
route—A,tornies' for. the Canada Co.,
for the 's-uino of, 37 g. ibe,, , :do grant,
15tc, : etc., to ltoherli Hh'Slday ;rho-
chan, yeoman; that one hundred acres
of land known as Lot 20, 3rd Cones
sion, Huron Road Survey.
.27th day of March, 1845,
We ratherlike the sound oft that
word 'yeoman' It strikes a more ro-
mantic npte o�ear than 'farmer.'
Robert H. o an married Ann
Landesborough by whom he had five
children; ° William (who married
Mary. Dunsmore) ; Samuel (who mar-
ried Marion Breadfoot) ; Robert (who
_removed. ,perlmanenily to .Oalifornia) ;
James (who married Jane Gray)
Jane (Mrs. Sidney Johns)..; join, who
in frail health, took a trip to Scotland
to fmnprove it and died there.
The house on Mulock F'arm was
built in 1869, and 'the old 'barns were
repiaeed by a new steel one in 1935.
A disastrous 'fire in' 1913 destroyed
the The L
gi
an houser
s
a es Tarin
(If any reader of these articles can
supply any Information as to the
'bricklayers, masons, carpenters, etc.,
who helped to build the 'houses on'',
the 1V[ie'field, Nulock and La -pies
farms, it will be appreciated).
Many of Robert H. Carnochen's old
books are still at Miefleld Farm.
There is a bound volume of the Gos-
pel Tribune dated 1854; the sermons
of Robert McOheyne; the Memoirs of
.Hugh OU•ehrie. Perhaps these titles
will bring.a 'teeth* of nostalgia to
"(Continued cn Page 5)
Seaforth' firemen .were , called
Out twice on Saturday. The first
alarm,' turned in shortly after, six
o'clock, was. as a result of a fire
'in a truck owned by Frank Kling
and parked at the rear of his
store. Damage was confuted to
a tire on the truck-' About 10
o'clock a false alarm was rung in
from a box at the corner of East
William Street and Side Street.
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FINALIZE ULY 1ST
PROGRAM' HERE
Five • ' Teams Entered in.
Softball Tournament;
Dance At Night.
Final arrangements have been com-
pleted for' the Seaforth Amateur Ath-
letic Association softball tournament.
being held at the Lions Park .on
Dominion Day, according to Presi-.
dent W. T. Teall. B. F. Christie,
chairman of 'the Softball Co' remittee,
has five teams lined up for the games
which get under way at 1.30 p.m., in-
cluding Centralia., Clinton, Goderich,
Moorefield and Seaforth. = The final
game will be played at 7.30, and Will
be followed by a dance in Cardno's
Hall:. '
...There will be no charge for entry
•to the Lions- Park and many groups
are planning to' hold picnics at 'the
park and during the day watch, the
tournament.
E. H. CLOSE BRINGS IN
NEW CONSTITUTION
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The new constitution of the Perth
Huron Band Zoee 'was adopted Sun,
day afternoon at a meeting in Elmira
presided over by. E. M. Brett, of
Stratford, president of the organiza-
tion. Members of the Elmira Bugle
Band, under Bandmaster C. Pearson,
were 'hosts. The . constitution, drawn
up'.by a committee under the chair-
manship of E. H. Close, .Seaforth, took
tip most of the afternoon business
session.
It was decided to -stage a zone pic-
nic in Stratford. on July' 20 when 500
people 'are expected to attend. A.
"pick' up" band under W. S. Shep-
pard, of Waterloo, will ••provide en-
tertainment for the day. "W.` Currie;
of Goderich, was elected picnic chair-
man. .
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Reorganize Maitland
Cemetery Board
At a meeting of the Trustees of
Northeide United Church, Messrs. H.
Lawrence and d J. A. Westcott o t
were
appointed as members of the .Board
of Maitlandbank Cemetery ,to till, the
vacancies caused by the'deaths of Mr.
A. L. Porteous and Mr. Fred S. Say-
auge. Other members of the tem&
tesy committee are Dr. F., Harburn,
Mr. S. Hanna andMr. John .Crainford.
Following the trustee meethig, the
newly -formed board of Maitlaadban'k
'eemetery met to elect 'officers. 1Vti.
J. A. West ott hes 'appointed'' chair
man, i'
a tita
w r, I', I3arburit, aA eecre-
, tart'-treasuiet. ' ,
KILLED -1
WEST. OF 'SEAFORTH
'R=
J. J. Byron,, Ottawa, Meets
Death. At Harpurhey
Tuesday Evening.
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THROWN ' FROM ' CAR
Enroute .to "Seaforth from Clinton,
J. J. Byron, 32, Ottas;?a and Hanover.
salesman, Vas -instantly killed early
Tuesday evening when his car left
the highway at the corner lee miles
west of Seaforth and crashed through
a fence. He was thrown from 'the
vehicle when it struck°the fence.
Mr. Byron had been living in Han-
over. for the past four weeks. and was
employed as a representative of Na-
tional. Breweries Limited, of Montreal.
Following. the acpident' provincial po-,
lice contacted Louis * McCaughey, of
London, under whom. Mr. Byron
worked. 'The- body was identified Eby
Mr. McCaughey.
First to reach the scene of the ac-
cident was Ken Merner, R.R. 3, Clin-
ton, who was driving paste -Howard
Sherbrooke, .*ho is ,employed at, the
farm of J. F. Scott, ,adjacent to the
accident scene, arrived • a few min-
utes later. • 'They found Byron lying
in the field thirty feet from the car
which was ,wound around with fence
wire, 'The car 'had skidded for 58
feet on the pavement, finally coming
to ' rest in 'the field 134 , feet from the
pavement. It was completely smash-
ed. '
Provincial Constable Helmer Snell,
Seaforth, investigated. Dr. P. 'L.
Brady was -called and Pronounced
Byron dead at 7.35, p.m. Coroner Dr.
J. W. Shaw, . Clinton, decided there
would be no inquest and, released the
body tie Whitney Funeral home, Sea -
forth. '
There were no witnesses to the
accident, but Thomas . Adams, of
Tudkersmith, who was driving to-
wards the highway on the McKillop-,
Hullett boundary road, is retorted to
-have seen the Byrne carrpass at a
high rate- of speed,
Besides .his widow, Mr. Byron is
survived by his parents and two 'sis-
ters,'al•l of Ottawa. The (dead man•
was a. native of that city. His body
was taken to Ottawa for burial there.
Married at 'Easter of this 'year, he
had 'served. in the R.C.A.F. for' five
years,
LEARN OF FAlILY-
EOME AT LE'ADBURY
Two 'ladies from Chicago iv:ere in
Seaforth„ this -week Sleeking to locate
the birthplace of their mother, which
they understood was at some point,
between 'this Wien and B:rusyels.
That; was rather indefinite,- -but
fortunately some one directed them
to Mr. Robert Scarlett, Church St„
Who was able to give them all the
necessary, information, as hei'°well re-
membered their grandfather, the late
Charles Davis, of Leadbiiry.
In the early days' 'Mr. Davis wag a
prominent drover andfartneTiind al-
so conducted the Lettdbury' Hotel,
which was situated on the northwest
corner of the North Gravel Road, ad-
joining his farm.
In addition, Mr. Scarlett showed
'them an old atlas of Huron County,
which :shows Leadbury as a, thriving
village, which It' *aa, in another day.
From the atlas picture the Chicago
ladies secured a number of . snap -
'theta, WWII they intend taking back
to their, i"iother to show der the vil-
lage In which she tl'ds' ',b ,n, and
which h#cshe h left when en a'eiiil
d
of age. T2, years
Seaforth Lions Club Review
Year's' Activities; Name
Tames M.,Scott, President
Club Expended' `Nearly
$5,000 During_ -'Year On
Community ,Welfare . Pro-
jects, -Reports Show.
PLAN CARNIVAL
ON JULY 16 -18
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--Members of the ' Seaforth Lions
Club, ,piieeting in the Commercial Hoa.
tel Monday evening, 'elected James M.. '
'Scott president for the coming year.
The meeting heard reports of, work
carried out during the past year' and
learned that during the year .expen-
ditures
expenditures totalling $4,997.30 were made,
covering charitable donations, com-
munity_ welfare, children's work and'
maintenance of the Lions Park.
Past President Ross Scott 'presided
at the' meeting which, in addition to
the election of officers,. gave consid-
eration to plans for the Lions sum-
mer carnival being held at Lions
Park Wednesday and Friday, July 16
and 18. Committees have been nam-
ed to 'handle each portion of the
carnival and special attractions plan-
ned for this year will make possible,
it is expected, the biggest.; carnival in
the history of the club.
Treasurer 'M.' A.' Reid, in presenting
the anrual financial statement, dis-
closed receipts during the year ended
including carnical -- and 'frolic net
$3,931.39; operation. of booth, $519.06;
donations to park, $148.75. Expendi-
tures included: 'Park maintenance,
$2,243 61; prippled children, ,$582.53;
donations to charitable campaigns,
$600 QO; donation to Seaforth Legion
.bliilding...fLbJ d $1.0.54.Q2.r hue
•$100.00; Christmas, cheer, $286.79,
and Boys Scouts •and Guides, 8130.35.
Work under ' way 'or contemplated
at• the Lions Park was reviewed by
Park Committee ' Chairman A. Y. Mc-
Lean,. - Continuous rain, during , the
Spring had delayed. maintenance, he'
'said, but by taking advantage of good
weather the .. work was now up to
sc'hCd'uie and it was expected,the pool
*aid be • opened within a., week.
During the meeting Lion C. A. Bar-
ber presented 'certificates to six new
members,. and also welcomed ,as a
new member S., Scott Ciuff. Perfect
attendance buttons were presented to
20'=L9t;iit'eley leinir..T ,:: ,''z.3unnaa': ..
Election of officers resulted as fol-
lows; President, J. M. Scott; 1st
vice-president, W. R. Shaw; 2nd vice-
president. E. C. Chamberlain; 3rd
vice-president, W. T. Teall; treasurer,
M. A. Reid; secretary, H. Glenn
Hays; tail twister, George. R. John-
son; Lion tamer., M. E. Clarke; direc-'
tors, Dr. E. A. McMaster. Lorne 'Fox.
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Bowling on
`The Green
•~ (Ly Bill Htfi't)
n;,l. Ned Higgins used to say, "It
ain't what you say, but the *ay you
-say it, that counts.'+ 4';he . bowlers
have 'been doing something along this
line lately: They hate been putting
out special advertising for three big
tournaments this year. This will be
followed-up by more advertising Tater
qn. Twelve hundred dollars 'in 'priz-
es is being offered. This is big stakes
and includes such worthwhile -mer-,
chandise.as radios, walnut chests and
suits of clothes.
We have mentioned about the
Bos•hart furniture tournarnpnt' to be
held the middle of August. This
tournament, along'"with the Tip Top
tournament in September, would have
created considerable interest in 'bowl-
ing in these parts. This week- some
more good news came. to the' ears of
the' bowlers: Mr.. E. Turgeon, of the
Excellence Four' Mills, donated 'a sum
of money to be spent on prizes for a
tournament. The date has been set
for July 30, and will .beea. trebles
tourney. With the,Tip Top doubles'
and the 'Bostiart. ,rinks tournament,
three main -attractions will round out
this season. The prizes for the Ex-
cellence Flour Mill tourney will 'be
electrical appliances, with radios for
first prize. More will be said later
about' it. ,
•Seaforth was well represented at
Wingham on Wednesday for an af-
ternoon and evening men's doubles.
Two rinks went to Mitchell in the
evening for , a'^ twilight trebles.
. TheSe at Mitchell 'were: E. H.
Close, W. J. Duncan. Robert Charters,
H. E. Smith, Chad. Glew, -Freel. Willis.
At Wingham• were; George' To'hn-
ston, "Fred Johnston. Dr. F. J. Beal-
ley,
ec'h-ley, John Hotham, Lorne Dale, M.
McKellar, C. M, .Smith, M. A. - Reid;
Jas. MacDonald, B. F. Cbristle.
The ladies are holding a pot -luck
supper at the 'club house on Friday
evening of this week. All lady bowl-
ers and prospective members are in-
vited to attend. The supper is at 6,30.
They have' specially stressed that all
ladies interested please come, This
Is your invitation. • Don't wait; just
Walk into the club. house.: and make
yourself at home.
The fence along 'Main Street is be-
ing painted this week. It adds to
the appearance of the bowling green,
All. well as to the whole ',block in that
section.
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The grounds coinmissi•oner, Fred
Johnston, reports that the greens are
in"excellent shape. Alt they need tow
is a few bowls laid det'vn Oh them.
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HOLE -IN -ONE
Ross Rennie, sot of Mr. and
Mrs. M. R. Reptile, °Seaforth, won
a lasting place In the golfers' hair,
of fame when praying recently at
the • Seigniory Club, he made a
hole -in -one. Attending a. sales
course being sponsored by the E.
Re Squibb & Son Company, Mr.
Rennie was playing -a foursome
• with Jean Neunier, Montreal, Don
McArthur, Winnipeg, and Don
Clarke, -Vancouver, when at the
160 -yard third hole he made the
famous shot. The fact it ' was..
Friday, June didn't help a bit,
he says.
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DESTROY HOSPI.TAL
BUILDING MATERIAL
--Police Investigating Dam-
age' After Break-in At
Seaforth Rink.
Damage 'which may ren into sever:
ala
1 hundred dollars resulted when a
gang; believed to be local youths,
after breaking into the, Palace Rink
over the week -end, ran 'amuck .and
smashed quantities of building mater-
ial stored there pending construction
_of. ae addition to Scott_Memorialellos
pital. , The material, bought by 'the
hospital board from' a building de-
molished at Port Albert Airport, was
sorted according .to requirements, and
included lumber, plaster board., pluriib-
ing and electrical fixtures and insula-
tion. .
After the gang •had smashed and
scattered the materials,- the floor of
the rink was littered from one end to
the other with debris., A's a final ges-
ture a"hyfirant in• the rink was open-
ed „and the surface 'flooded with wa-
ter.
' Police are investigating, a.nd"'it is
ex=pected -charges will be laid. ^•
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HOLD, PRESENTATIONS
AT PUBLIC SCHOOL
Assembly at the Seaforth public
school on Wednesday saw the pres-
entation of music certificates and
shields won at the recent Huron
County Music Festival. At the ;same
time the pupils of Rooms• 1, 2'.and 3
presented Miss M, Hartry, who is re-
tiring from the staff this 'year, with
a lapel pin, two butterflies set in
brilliants. Kenneth Willis read the
address in which the phpiis thanked
Miss Hartry for her splendid instruc-
tion in -Art work and'wished her many
happy years of retirement. The pres-
entation was Made by 'Sheila McFad-
den.
Certificates given by the Goderich
Music Club 'to soloists who made 89
marks or over were presented by
Ronald Rennie, Gilbert Hubert, Teddy
Savauge; 'Ronald Scoins. They were
received- by Billie Roberton, Bruce
McFadden,. Ronald Mason, • Alice
Christie,' Gordon Pullman, 'Wayne El-
lis, Mary Frances Schultz, Jean Snell,
Barbara Hillis, Karen Kidd, Phyllis
More, Blanche Westcott' and Ronald
Sutherland.
The Huron County Shield was pre-
sented by Marilyn Hillis oh behalf of
the • Senior' Chores to Pitinc .pal P. B.
Moffat and the Goderich Public
School Board Shield by Ronald Suth-
erland on behalf of the Double Trio.
The Goderich,Kinsmen's Club
Shield, won by thJunior Chorus, has
been delayed.
At a staff tea Wednesday afternedn
,Mies Hartry. and Miss Winnie Sb.v-
auge were honored. Miss S. I. Mc-
Lean and Mrs. H. Mason poured tea.
Mr. Moffat ' spoke of their associa-
tions with the stalf and expressed re-
grets at' their severing relationship
with tpe , school. Mies Hartry and
Miss Savauge were each presented
with a plastic bag with the good Wish-
es of the staff.
University Students
Are Successful
Among university students who
,were successful at this year's exam-
inations were:
Donald Munn, son 'Of Dr. and Mrs.
S. A. Munn, second year ,general dci�
epee, University "of Western Ontario.
Frank Ryan,"' second year, hpnor
English, University of Western On-
tario. '
Is Named District
Deputy Grand Master
Clark Fisher, of Exeter, we:i install-
ed •a3 District Deputy - Grand Master
of- the Independent Order of Odd'fel-
lows, District No. 8, with jurisdiction
over lodges at Seaforth, . Goderich,
Exeter, Clinton, Brucefield. and, Hen -
sell, at Hamilton on Friday. Mr.
-Fisher took over the office 'inetedi-
ately' foliowing the Installation Of J,
W. M•CCarthy, o'f,'St. •Oa'tharines, as
ilrand Master for tibitario.,
Fl
Special
ental SerMviondarces�ni
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" Bee pen ing.
DEDICATION . ' SERVICE
Large .c'ngregationewere ;Present
et First Presbyterian Church Sunday
marking .the. reopening „Rf the%=o'hurclt
following the installation of a; new
organ. On 'Monday evening, +the 'large
church was filler( utica-;•.San .eaten re-
vital a -as „ppresented by'Giu:seppQ Mos-
cheat, of Toronto, assfstc'd by,.Daviti
Hughes, of 'Toronttol, vioca1iale; They
recital was ' an, artistic treat , whi pb.
revealed Mr. Moschetti as ;aet .organ
ist of -distinction.
The new organ, the creation '•of:
Casavant Freres, replaces the former ,
instrument which served the congre-
gation . i
more thanfortwelve
forty hundreyears.d:Ipipes,contains to-
gether with the chimes, and the ac-
tion throughout -is "electrical.
Rev. R. H. Williams, the +minister
of the church; conducted the dedica-
tion of the organ and other 'gifts, to
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FAMILY GROUPS
PICNIC AT LIONS PARK
Sills Family
The Sills family, with • their .wives,
children and grandchildren, held a
happy reunion dihner at the Lions
Club Park on Sunday.a.fternoon,
Those •pres.en''r were Reeve O.
Sills and Mrs. Sills with .their four ' •
children - a.d sine--g-raudektideen- --Past
master C. P. Siils•'and. Mrs. Sills and
four children; Mr: and' Mrs. A. ••J; •»-- -
Reynolds and son„ George, of Toron-
to; Mr.. and Mrs. G. J. Sills and son,
-Joe,, of Baltimore, Maryland.
The Sills family is one of the old-
est and •meet •prominent Jamilies• in
Seaforth, having been founded? by the
late George A. Sills, ' andhis wife,
Mary Ellen. Armstrong. For well over
half a century. Mr. Sills was one of
the most prominent business• men of
this town and hardware•merchants of
Huron County, and he and Mrs. Sills,
their sons, daughters and grandsons,
have taken -a leading and active part
in educational, municipal sport and
social affairs of Seaforth:
• Salkeld Clan
About 70 members of the Salkeld
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ST. IYIARYS, BAND-
PLAYS
AND -
PLAYS HERE SUNDAY
St. Marys' Band will present a pro-
gram in Victoria Park, Seaforth, on
Sunday evening.
A donation of $10.00 has beemntade
to the Seaforth ..Highlanders Band
'uniform fund by the Eastern Star.
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WESTERN HELP
, 'DUE NEXT WEEK
It is' expected that, Western men
coming east to belt With haying' and
harvest will. start arriving . some time ..
next•week, according to LeRoy Brown;
agricultural representative.„ At ,'pres-
e'nt over 80 applications are on file
and it is hoped. that. sufficient men
will be,available to meet all demands. •
Close . Tuesday and
Wednesday Afternoons
Seaforth stores will remain clo$edon
Tuesday, Dominion Day as well as •
on Wednesday afternoon, July. -2, ac-
cording to P. E. Smith, chairman of •
the merchants committee of the
Chamber of Commerce.
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HOCKEY, SOFTBALL
PLAYERS BANQUET
Members of the Seaforth Beavers
Intermediate 'B' hockey team and the
softball team, together With officers
of the Amateur Athletic Association,
held an enjoyable buffet -dinner, in the
Commercial Hotel Wednesday even-
ing.
ven
ing -
During the evening Reg. Henderson,
treasurer of ,the association, present-
ed purses of money to Larry Laibute,
who was recently married, and to
Dolly Dolson, who has, recently 'been
released from hospital as a result of
a leg injury.
HEADS WATERFORD
LIONS CLUB
Nelson G-ovenlock, she of Ir, and
Mrs. J. M. Govenlock, Seater* was
elected President of the Waterford!
Lions Club at the club's election held
last week.
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CHANGE FAIR DATES
;TO FRIDAY, SATu:I'RUAY
Seaforth•ail Fair will be held
', this. year on 'Friday and Sattir'daay,
September 19 and 26, a 'Meeting --
of directors 'held Wednesday
tided, The change in dates
result' 1n an increased entry, -
tictrlarlyy in the'light till c atldi+
es,' It iit Felt..•
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