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arid 'Bob Sowerby. Bert
McWhinney by Ha'rold, Adams .arid
Tom •Culbert .lason�"RobTnson. by •
n 'qsA \\V
;Albert •Bietnan'a•nd FlexionIrwin4
Director William Wiggins of
Dungannon•recently resigned after
-"eleven years. service: He was
forced' to .resign..foThealth reasons
'An ,election resulted in the . �:
• attempt to fill the one year, vac=
ancy caused -by the—‘'resignation.
Leonard -Archambault,, who
. resides in Hu11et Township betw -
en:A.ubuTrr-and`Lorrddsboro; was
nominated by Lawrence Plaetzer
and. Walter •Cunningham.-
Delmar Sproul, who resides on
the 2nd conce•ssion of West Wawa- Sherwood. claiming that it had
orni-natcd-- Hairy 1-o116wmg tfie meed g the. dlr-
.
. ectors •elected Charles Anderson
of Lucknow the corripany press-
dent..:for�tl e- next _two years,
succeeding 1 naId' MacKay of
Huron Township'. ':Ge'rald .Kerr•.of
R.R., 5 , Gdderichis .the` new vice
president.
resignation, of William'.Wiggins
l irectgrs George;Feagan , , who•
was in the south andJohn;Mac -
Lennan, of Kintail.were not
present,
•Others called on were •past'.
directors HersonIrwin of Belgrav'e
$roWn Smyth of Dungannon,
William Wiggins ofDungannon,
a:lso4on Thompson-Of-Lucknow
Only point of `contention .during
the discussion period was raised
by Alvin• Sherwood of Dungannon_
who disputed a claim of cattle
"lost by lightning, The .company
had not allowed the::claim.The.,_
point of dispute, was egard n'g a,`
veterinarian's,certificate•, the.
company claiming that necessary.
proof had :not. been filed and' Mr.
Girvn and Russell Brindley..
A rnotion for nominations to
close cattle from Mason. Robinson
•`rid-Fred-~McM�lin�
'Clarence Hanna was appointed
• company scrutineer on a motion'
of Mason' Robinson and. Bill
Wiggins..Bob Wallace was app
ointed scrutineer :b M1 •' Arch
am •cult ,ati• Russell Brindley by,
Mr. Sproul.
•
Delmar Sproul was elected:
A motion to destroy. the ballots
• WO made by.Clarence Hanna
and 'Bo'b Wallace.
• . Diredtbrs:of the company each
spoke briefly, Gerald Kerr;-11ert'
'Mc Whinney, Mason' Robinson ;
Charles Anderson, of Lucknow
ked McQuillin of We§t '1Nawari
ash.: All expressed regret at the:: '
Miss: Marguerite Kahnt 'will' never
be more than four feet tall apt} she.
has 'a curved spine as well. But she
has a• full=time job as a switchboard
operator in a large, Toronto insur-
ance company,thanks to training.
given to' her by •`The Ability, Pond
(March of
Dimes),. A contribution
.:
to The Ability Fund will inake pos-
sible the rehabilitation of many
more handicapped 'adults like Mar-
guerite.
251 SAILORS LOST LIVES IN 1913 STORM
nnual Mariner's Service A
erian Church In Goderich
nox Pres
.WEDNESDAY; FEBRUARY
The Rev G.L. •Royal , moderat
or of. Knox Presbyterian Church,
•God'erich will conduct the fifty
'seventh•annual Mariner's'. service
,to:have•been held at•Knox'since.
the Grea't';Storin of November 'y
9th, 1913 shocked 'the world. The
service will .be on Sunday even
Mg, February 28th , at 7.0: p. rn.
The late. Dr. James Anderson
conducted the first of •these ser,
vices; which at that t.ime'•was
'known as. the Sailors and Fisher,
me'n's'service in: the spring of
1903. • In the spring of 1914 the
late Dr. George Ross ,''who had
officiated• at the burial of twenty`
two sailors who lost their lives in
the Great. Storm suggested that •
the service by 'named a"Mariners'
'service.::' •
The author of "Freshwater 'Fury"
Frank Barcus , which was written`
to the memory of ;the 251 'sailors:
who lost their lives :while on duty
in the great storm of November
9th , 1913 states' :,"The Great Lakes
are a vital inland waterway;- Orr
their einmense • blue 'backs'. they
carry. the bread, and •Iron of ' A'm -
erica. 'Over their surface. moves.
the greatest flow of cornmerce 'the
'world has ever,seen, As group, '
the lakes form the largest body of:
-freshw-at:er seaslrn-the=werld—.t'hei'r•-
water surface is •niore'than' • •
95_,•6110•square miles. Lake' Super=
for -hash the majesty. cry rhe -
Pacific a Hilton and'Lake ;Hu,,on all the
.rugged-r-estlessnesi of the Atlant-i'
• .Two weeks'before, ri fvigation•
season would have' closed •and;
'ships would havebeen.:safe in •
their..winter quarters , suddenly
without warning'',The Great ;.
Storm • sent a score of 'modern..
freighters to their doom Twelve
ships disappeared, with, th'ei;r
entire trews., leaving nothing.
behind to tell of their last battle,
•with, wind • and sea!'"
•Eight ' of these ships• were lost iri.•
Lake Huron; they were: 'The
Argus , The Hydros The .Regina ,,
The Wexford,' The James Carr-
uthers
arr uthers , The' John A'. Mc Gea n ,.
TheIssac. M. Scott and The:
. Charles S Price
The• most•appallirig tribute to
the Great. Storms'. power was the
toll`in human•l.ife. Two :hundred
.and'. fifty-one men and women
lost their lives; One hundred 'and'
eighty -brie of the two hundred
and fifty-one.whose•lives'Were
lost`in the Great Storm were lost
in rugged Lake Huron in'.the
Goderich Area. •
•For more than a week after the
storm , . bodies were washed •.ashore in, life preservers -from the
Regina , The Price, and The
Carruthers and .other 'vessels. Alla
•
but .five Of these sailors•were
itlentified_and_cla.imPd by : re to r
,fives. :The "Unknowns.".were later
buried 'in Maitland .Ceme tery.\
Funeral service be•fng conducted.
by the late Dr. George Ross of
Knox Presbyterian' Church.
A dark red obef isk"with an • '
anchor at the top bears the in
scription "A'rnernorial' to clic,'
,unidentified seamen whose lives;
wee lost in'the Great .Lakes' •
D saster of November 9th, 1913.
O e Other side is a single word.
"Sailors" ` -
Probably one of the;. strangest
facts Of. the Great ;Storni is the
fact that.. all ships which sank in.'.
Lake'Huron_went .down at the
sante r"i`me Sai1drs=from-dtffe1
ent ships whose bodie's" were wash-
edashore. at Widely separated
points; who.carried watches.,
when notes were compared, it
was'd.eclared.that practically a.11,
watches had stopped. "at the same -
time: twenty-five minutes
after one o'clock. .
For. the, past fifteen:'Mariners': •
Services, The Harbouraires •, •under
the direction of Mr. George
.Buchanan , have to ken part in
the,service of,worship. The all
male choir will present three
numbers at this year's service
t' h e __Department'. 'ef. .been • many' cases 01 •rabies in
Agriculture Health 'of 'Animals•' small animals. • in I inioss ...
Branch isconcerned with • the . township. int ,the, past. . three,
a%se_ven_cases of rabies. months. Exact' details' were. not
Q11 one far in K' l available at' that time. A number
m m ass ' p,
Townshi discovered recet) : • of: cattlebeasts also • ''diedinY �
by ' Dr. :John 'Laritink • of Deeemberin-K-rrihoss:
'kincardi'ne It; was requested . The department warned.:';that.
that. the farmer's identity ''be' any. farmers:. suspecting ,thee
�. illness or ,a .cattlebe'ast should
withheld.
A;_spakesman froni_the.office ' wear gloves, when,handling'.`the
said that it is unusual to have as animal, orbetter < still, not handle `
many as .seven animals 'on. the;; it at all )until' a veterinarian has.
same .presniise stricken With the • been called
disease A request to the . general,
In addition, a: second public ,was: isued, .asking: that
outbreak of,. rabies 'killed a any small • animals such T4s a
cattlebeas't. only; two miles `fro rn:. skunk, fox, dog'.or cat acting in'.a.
the: scene, this ' time : in strange manner be • reported. to,
Kincardine . township ' The the authorities as.. ''soon as
spokesman.: said that. there have possible..
elver
Montgomery Motors in Lucknow recently
de-
livered a ,new Ford Mustang automobile to
Bruce Williams, 'incardine, Manager ` of Con-
way Ftirtiture in' that town. Mr. Williams is
a
pictured
,on hright, receiving the keys :to the
car from Thompson, .__
ompson, representative for theAmmiumw
Armstrong Carpet Co. The award was received
by the Manager of Conway ,for caret'. sales in
a� promotionp
by Armstrong firm.
There were
eight
recent the Ar
g car winners across. Canada
aS well .as'eight trips' to Mexico awarded. .
- Adv'ertisement: