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the Seafoxtk thich. School
(By Jack Wallace)
Mae Xx airt and almost; the Dull"
news gt •, S lT S. this Week is the
• ann'Wal Ioommeneementr scheduled:
for this Eridoy night,ro Dec, $: Next
-week a fill report of the evening's
activities will be, presented, but
-here is a brief' res1.w e.. As usual,
-there will be the, presentation, of
diplomas, certificates, and prizedi'to
the students, and the presentation
of cups and various awards for
ate§�?omenta in athletics a a d
nia ' csmanships, Several students
will; receive scholarships, In addi-
tion, there will be musical and
dramatic •entertainment, Including
• a play, and the Glee Cluh, with
several soloists. -
Since the program ibol,ds lit-
tl'eiof• interest to younger children,
.it is requested •that children of
public school • age not attend. The
auditorium is usually filledto ca -
Parity without them, and everyi-
body knows what happens when
the, youngsters gel' re-etless. 8,16
p.m. is the curtain time., and to
-keep interruptions down 'to a mini-
mums the audience is requested to
be seated. before ,845.,
In the agriculture department,
operations have closed down for
the winter on the High School's,
"farm," the field just south of the
campus, with fall ploughing com-
pleted recently.This• season the
field was used for the experimen-
tal growing of soybeans, as well
as for comanon garden. vegetables.
The first agriculture class for
adults held here last Wednesday,
Nov. 24, was a' fine success, with
over a hundred and twenty in at-
tendance. This figure was more
than the total attendance at the
two identical classes held at other
centres earlier- in that week.
There comes a time when one
SEAFORTH ELECTORS:
Your Support Will Be Appreciated
Russell Sproat
CANDIDATE FOR COUNCIL
To Electors of Seaforth:
RE-ELECT
Wk:LLACE ROSS
AS COUNCILLOR
and be kept posted on Municipal matters.
V -O -T -E
E. H. CLOSE
FOR COUNCIL
Experience gained during the two years he has °
served you, as Chairman of the Street Commit-
tee,, recommends him for your Support and
nfluence.
Vote AL. CLOSE
FOR CARS ON ELECTION DAY, PHONE 186
TO, the Electors of Seaforth:
Your Vote and Influence for Re-election
will be appreciated!
For the past two years I have endeavored to ad-
vance your interests, and with , this experience I
feel better qualified to help keep Seaforth indus-
trially strong, and this alone. will guarantee
security to all.
Vote ... W. T. Teall
FOR COUNCIL
Anyone wishing transportation, kindly phone 141
ELECTORS OF SEAFORTH:
Support and Vote for
E. A. ,McMaster
A- CANDIDATE FOR COUNCILLOR
ELECT
NORMAN SCOINS
FOR COUNCIL
and
IMPROVED STREETS
Your support will be appreciated.
FOR TRANSPORTATION; CALL 242
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an'xpl}g them tI#e Qani'erar tut► end
the bugle banal lyieetlngs Rf tit
former., and :pra,etiee ., Rf elle;' lair
ter, have been cancelled ttixtil fjhe
dreaded week is ever, Speaking
of the band, the new +kei sled arms
arrived, rounding out.`the. Peniber-
ship toeight btigiera• and four
druxnlners, although the 1'atte)r
have not.,, been chosen• as,yet,
Organized, =•sport .bye a1s,o• fallen
by the wayside until e;caels are
over, but'as soon as they are over
and the studgirta .hove recovered,
various teams ill begin (rr,ctic
ing
In the midst`of all the confusion
the Students : Connell found. .time
for a meeting"; •:at wbitelr the main
issue, was the pirebase of records
by •t'he.school. At :present a com-
mittee is making selections to be
approved , for purchase later.'r
The last, and Sea&t,casualty of
exams is, of course, the Schpgl
News. Next Week,and ‘probably
the week . after that, this column
will be conspicuous by its absence,
for we have a premonition that
we'll be busy with other matters.
Never, an idle moment, anyway!
Otte
Few Elections
(Continued from Pae 1)
• Hullett
Hullett Township will have the
same personnel on its council for
1949 as it did in 1948, as Reeve
John Armstrong and Councillors
W. R. Jewitt, J. I. Rapson, G. C.
Brown and W. J. Dale were the
only ones to sign up at the ap-
pointed time following nominations
which were held in the Londesboro
Community Hall on Friday last.
Following is the' list of nomina-
tions:
For Reeve—John W. Armstrong,
by Win. Govier and John Riley,
For Councillors—W. R. Jewi.,t
by Matthew Armstrong and Win.
Govier; John Ira Rapson, by Vic-
tor Kennedy and John L. Adams;
George C, Brown, by Arthur Col-
son and Edward F. Bell; Henry
Leishman, by Harry Flunking and
Victor Kennedy; William J. Dale,
by George Brown and John W.
Armstrong,
Goderich Township
Goderich Township will have
one of the hottest election fights
on record on Monday. next, Dec.
6, with three men nominated for
the Reeveship and seven for four
sats as councillors.
The names appearing on the
ballot are:
For Reeve—Gordon A. Orr, Rob-
ert G. Smith„ James R. Stirling.
For Councillors—Jno. W. Deeves,
Edward N. Grigg, Wilmer Harri-
son, Wilbert R. Lobb, Kenneth
Merrier, James A. McMillen, Sam-
uel McNall, r
Two trustees for the Town nip
School Area Board were ele'ted
by acclamation for two y.ars:
Jft'erett.... ,11:Wain • and orge
Pottef.' Riley''succeed, resp live-
ly. Graham Johnston and E ward
N. Grigg. the latter resignin to
runt for council,
Nominations were received' 'by
Deputy Clerk Robert • ("Robin")
E. Thompson between .:the hours
of one and two o'clock in the
Town Council Chamber, Clinton,
Friday afternoon last, as follows:
For Reeve—•Wilmot Haacke, by
D. A. Stirling and Mel. Sturdy; G.
C. Ginn, y Mel, Sturdy and D. A.
Stirling; Robert G. Smith, by Jno.
Dempsey and O. F, Edward; W.
R. Lobb, by John Deeves and Ken
.Berner; Got -don Orr. •by Wilmot
Haae.ke and Everett Mcllwain;
James R. Stirling. by Charley E.
Wise and Albert Harris.
For Councillor;—Jno. W. Deeves
'by Jrunes li. Stirling- and C. E.
T.aithwaile; Eilward Grigg. by (1
P. Laithwaite and James R. Stir-
ling: Jame., A. McMillen, by O. F.
Edward and Irvine Oke; Kenneth
Holmes by D. A. Stirling and Mel.
Sturdy: S. McNall, by Mel, Sturdy
and D, A. Stirling: Kenneth Mer -
tier by Albert Harris and James R.
Stirling; Wilmer Harrison, by W.
L. Stirling and Alvin Proctor; R.
G. Snaith, by Wilfred Penfound and
E. J. Trewartha; W. R. Lobb, by
Ken Merrier and James„ R. Stir-
ling; Bert Harris, by Edward N.
Grigg and Clayton Laithwaite.
For School Area Board—George
Potter, by Edward N. Grigg and
Clayton Laithwaite; Everett Me-
Ilwain, .by Benson Sowerby and
Gerald Orr. (Elected by acclama-
tion).
Tu rn berry
For. Reeve—W. H. Woods, Percy
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Mreed, " 01;14SMITA' ThrlOjaktb,,
er, Pere7, 13aipgI4 1Lerber't Ii'o ctfkx3,
Ki' etU4 RiePtlxige1 ' i
Icor $011001 TrOsteee (aeclamer
t)on). AtFin S%nith, Jim Uardie,
riaek gds
wa,rd Powell. •
,
West Wawnuoa(>,
,Ppr tiee9e-„Everset Plunegan
(aSe1.). ,
Per C:ounoll (aecl,)-«--john*' urn
ix3 Bens'4n aobnston, Harald
Gaunt, Gordon Struthers, •
Howiotc
For Reeve—E. IT, Strong, E. J,
'Parrish (both qualthed),
For Deputy Reeve --Harold. Gow
def . (acci.).
For Countii . (three to be elect-
ed): --Harvey MGMichael, Edward
Ittcdallunr; Warren Ziirbrigg, Ivan
Hoskins.
Morris
For Reeve — Harvey Johnston
(acct.).
For council (ace!:)--Obas. Coul-
ees, Sam- .Aleeok, Bailie Parrott,
William Peacock.
For School Trustees (accl.)
Bernard Thomas, Bob McMurray.
East Wawanosh
The Township of East Wawan-
osh held, their nomination meeting
in the Belgrave School on Friday
afternoon, with a good attendance.
The results of the nomination
resulted in a contest for both the
reeveslrip and council. 'A former
councillor, Harvey Black, retired
from the race, and several new
men are allowing their names to
go before the ratepayers for elec-
tion.
In the reeveship contest, J. D.
Beecroft, the present reeve, will
be opposed• by Lewis Ruddy, a for-
mer councillor, who contested the
reeveship with Mr. Beecroft a
year ago, at which time he was de-
feated in a small vote by the nar-
row margin of 12 votes. If re-
elected for the coming year, Mr.
Beecroft has announced his can-
didacy for the 1949 Wardenship of
tl:e County.
In the Council race three new
men have entered the race along
with three members of the 1948
council„ who include Alex Robert-
son, George Walker and Eimer Ire-
land. The new men include Orval
Taylor, Howard Campbell and' Or-
val McGowan.
Election day in East Wawanosh
will be Monday, December 6.
Ashfield
For R ,eve—Cecil Johnston (ac-
clamation).
For Council (four to be elected)
only two qualified)—Elmer Gra-
ham, Melvin Dickson.
For School Trustees — Marvin
Durnin, Walter Taggart (both by
acclamation).
Colborne
For' Reeve — Stanley Snyder,
Ross Fischer, Howard Squires.
For Council (accl.).—Jim Hor-
ton. Harold Montgomery, Johp
fiernaghan, Clarence Hunter.
For School Trustees • (accl.)—
Orville Blake, Ben Strachan, Mil-
ford Durst.
BRUCEFIELD
Death of J. W. Elliott
The death took place on Thurs-
day, Nov. 25, in Brucefield, of a
well known citizen, in the person
of James Wellington Elliott, fol-
lowing a long illness, in his 74th
year. He was born on the Goshen
Line and was the eldest son of
the late Robert Elliott and Char-
lotte Stoddard. JTe married Eva
R. Reid, of Varna, who passed
away in 1945. Surviving are one
son, Gordon S. Elliott, and three
daughters, Miss Kathleen Elliott,
Reg.N., Miss Marie Elliott and
Mrs. Arthur Dutton, of Brucefield;
also three brothers, Morton El-
liott, Varna; George Elliott, Hen -
sell; and William Elliott, Beard-
more, Chit., and a sister, Mrs. Eci.
Gibson, of Stettler, Mte. Mr, El-
liott. was a farmer until he came
to Brucefield in 1918 and had liv-
er] retired since 1947. Deceased
was a member of Brucefield Unii-
ed Church. The fur;eral was held
on Saturday at 2.30 p.m., from the
'United Church, with Rev. E, R.
Stanway officiating. 'i'he Pallbear-
ers were John D. Cairns, John
Wright, Robert Watson, John Ross,
David Stephenson and Thomas
Robinson. Flower -bearers were
Hugh Berry, Edgar Allen, J. Mc-
Intosh, and James McDonald. In-
terment was in Baird's cemetery.
Miss Betty Allan, of Hyde Park,
.spent the week -end at her home
here.
Miss Nora Eyre has returned to
Clinton to her position in the bank,
Miss Blanche Zapfe spent the
week -end in Toronto.
Just A Smile Or Two
First Workman: "Where's Bill
today?”
Second Workman: "'N 'ospi-
tal."
First Workman: "Wot 'appen-
ed?"
Second Workman: "'E came
ELECT
Ed.Smith
FOR 1949 COUNCIL
He is fnterested in Public
School Education.
He isinterested in drainage
by doing one or two
streets each year, using
some of the ratepayers'
surplus.
LET ED. SMITH
TRY TO PROVE HIS
INTEREST BY ELECT -
INC HIM TO THE 1949
COUNCIL
down a ladder ten minutes after i
was taken away."
•
Tom: "Which is better satisfied
—a man with a million dollars, or
a man with six kids?"
Joe: "A ma.n with six kids."
Tom: "Can you prove it?"
,Joe: "Sure, A man with a mil-
lion wants more."
•
"Who is that man?" a small bay
asked itis father, pointing to a gen-
tleman standing on the dais of the
House of Representatives.
"That is the chaplain of the
House."
"Does he pray for these men?"
the boy inquired.
"No, son, when he goes into the
House he looks around at the
members sitting there, and then he
prays for the country."
A former salesman. became tired
of his job and jellied the police
force.
Later, when asked how he liked
hit new job,he replied:
"Swell; . the pa is good, the
IR
befits Oacid the :cnrstomer is
t,
Ut G:, G.
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n
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rlor
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Mitts make a grand gift. These at from:
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s
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Handbags
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3.95 to 12.95
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Featuring White, Blue, Tea Rose and
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PRICES FROM
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Gift
Hankies
Plain shades, bordered hankies, lovely
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Choose several of these at:
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WIDE ASSORTMENT OF
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Towels make a very acceptable gift!
These are heavy weight bath towels, in a
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FACE CLOTHS TO MATCH
AT EXTRA COST
y. ..M .y,.w.
..iii.a%! '
't ' 4 ,i% .14.4'
al'wa.ys wrong."
"Daughter, your hair is all muss-
ed up. Did that young man kiss
you against your will?"
"He thinks he did, mother."
•
A retail hardware dealer wrote
to the factory, ordering a carload.
of stoves, The firm wired back:
"Cannot ship stoves until you pay
for last consignment."
The dealer wired back: "Un-
able to wait that long. Cancel
ordel`."
He: "I
vied you."
She: "I realize that now, but at
the time I was so infatuated with
you that I didn't notice it!"
•
"Your leisure hours ✓ must be
quite a problem?" a friend ,joshed
the busy `executive.
"The only •problem I have
there," 911apped the exebutive, "is
how to ,`]teem other 'people from
wasting It."
•
"Stand up," shouted the evange-
•
was a fool when i mar -
list. "Stand up. if you want to go
to heaven." .
Everybody stood up but one old
Invisible
Mending
ANY KIND OF MENDING:
Suits, Dresses, Overcoats
RE -WEAVING ON MOTH
HOLES, BURNS AND
TEARS
Ina Finley
Phone 145-W - Seaforth
man.
"Don't you want to go to heav-
en?" asked the evangelist.
I "Sure 1 do," replied the old man,
"but I ain't goin' with no excur-
sion."
•
Polly: "Long hair makes a man
lonit intelligent."
Milly: "I saw a wife once Pick
one off her husband's coat, and he
looked foolish,"
•
010 Lady at Pouliry Show :
'What kipd of chickens are
those?"
Attendant: "Capons."
010 Lady: "I've heard so much
about 'em, will you sell me a set-
ting of their eggs?"
•
Lady: "How much are those
tomatoes?"
‘Grocer: "Seven cents a pound,,
ma'am,"
Lady: "Did you raise them
yourself?"
Grocer: "Yes, they were 8Ce
cents a pound yesterday."
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NOTICE !
Salvage
WANTED
Iron and All Kinds of Metal, Ragas
Highest Cash Prices paid
LOUIS HILDEBRAND
WE WILL PICK UP
FOR SALE
5 -Room Cottage, George Street..
Prompt possession.
1t! Storey Brick Residence, Wily
Liam Street, in first-class midi-,>:.
tion. Would make good investment.
1% Storey Frame House, Market.;,;.
St. Blacksmith business, good go• ,:
ing concern. Prompt possession.
75 -Acre Farm, Township Me%1i�'
lop, with frame house and bli,
barn.
E„, C. C lAMBIRLA
IfsUp floe &. Tal :estate B'oi'l*
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