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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1939-02-16, Page 7s t Thursday, February 16, 1939 ft SHE COULD NEITHER WALK NOR SLEEP .. - » Arms and Feet Swollen with Rheumatism , ; This woman suffered for many years. Pain sapped her strength until shef lost hope of recovery, Many remedies were tried, but nothing /broke the grip of her crippling rheu- [Xs matism. At last her husband persuad­ ed her to try Kruschen Salts:— “My arms and feet were swollen with rheumatism,” she writes. "I could npt walk nor get regular sleep, .and nothing did me any lasting good, I was so hopeless of ever getting bet­ ter, I lost my good nature entirely. Then my husband persuaded me to try Kruschen Salts. After two weeks I began to feel better. I persevered, and in six weeks, I was doing house­ work;, Later, I was able to go for a walk. Now I am free and I . feel grand.”—(,Mrs.) F.VA Rheumatism is commonly caused ’by deposits of uric acid crystals, which lodge in the muscles and joints. Kruschen helps to break up these de­ posits of troubling crystals and to convert them into a harmless solution, •which is removed through tlie natural channel—-the kidneys. BORED BROOKLYNITES MOTOR 10,000 MILES FROM CA PE TO CAIRO lass.about 23, was ‘‘bored with Eur- Fiery, Itching Toes and Feet Here is a dean, stainless antiseptic oil now dispensed by chemists at trifling coat, that will do more to help you get rid of your trouble than anything you’ve ever used. Its action is so powerfully penetrating that the itching is instantly stopped; and in a short time you are rid of that bother­ some, fiery eczema. 'The same is true of Barber’s Itch, Salt Rheum, Itching ■Toes and Feet—other irritating unsightly skin troubles. You can obtain Moone’s Emerald Oil in the original bottles at any modern drug store. It is safe to use—and failure in any of the ailments noted above is rare indeed. New York — J Jons, tigers, tse-tse flies and African' savages hold no ter­ rors for the Steward family, who live out in prosaic Brooklyn. They have just returned from a little six months’ 10,476-miles Cape-to-Cairo safari through the heart of darkest Africa, as they say. Mr. Stewart is in the lumber business and “needed a little holiday,” Mrs. Stewart, principal at P.S. 158, Brooklyn^ had a sabbatical year’s holiday. Miss “Pete” Stewart, ope.” They began this trip last Aug­ ust. Mrs. Stewart (LEFT) and her daughter, “Pete” are dwarfed by the Watussi native of the Belgian Congo. Tallest people in Africa, the Watussi average GYs to 7% feet in height, Mrs. Stewart couldn’t be content with watching lions. She reversed roles and sngak'ed up on the king of the jungle to get this close-up (RIGHT). Miss “Pete” Stewart kept Leo’s at­ tention diverted. “The lions,” she tells her friends in- Brooklyn, “just never bothered us at all.” GORRIE Messrs, James Riddell, of New Hamburg and Robert Laing, of ■Shakespeare, attended the funeral of the late Alexander Miller on Friday last. • Preached Farewell Sermon Farewell service was held in St. Stephen’s Church on Sunday, Feb. 12, • when Rev. A. H. O’Neil preached a .stirring and impressive farewell ser­ mon here taking as his text the words of St. Paul to the Corinthians, 1st -Cor., chap 3, verses 9-11, “For we are labourers together with God. Ye are -God’s husbandry. Ye are God’s build­ ing. According to the Grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder I have laid the founda­ tion and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon. For other foun­ dation can no man lay than that is ■ laid which is Jesus Christ. The choir sang a suitable anthem “Build up the Kingdom.” Held Skating Party On Tuesday evening last week the regular meeting of the Young Mar­ ried People’s Club held a skating par­ ty at the Gorrie Arena. For those who didn’t skate a game of Broom Ball was enjoyed. After the skating all went to the basement of the Unit­ ed Church, when lunch was served, before which a lively sing-song was enjoyed with Miss Lennox at the pi- ..ano. iMrs. Everett Sparling, Madam ^President, presided over the .business when minutes were read and .adopted. The next meeting will be held in the school rooms of the church on Tues-, day, Feb. 21^ when the South group will be in charge, which promises to be an interesting meeting. The sympathy of the community is extended Mrs. Alexander Miller and family' in their recent sad bereave­ ment. Mr. Edward Ferguson of Edmon­ ton, Alta., is visiting his father, Mr. Robert Ferguson. 1 6 Rev. A. H. and Mrs. O’Neil left on Monday for their new parish at St. Paul’s, Clinton. • Mrs. Wilford King spent Tuesday in Toronto. Ladies’ Aid Met Friday The regular meeting of the Ladies’ Aid of Gorrie Presbyterian Church Was held at the home of Mrs. J. G. Mundell onFriday afternoon last with a good attendance. The presi­ dent, Mrs* Wm. Irwin, took charge' of the meeting and opened in the us­ ual manner with the Apostles’ Creed, followed by the Scripture reading by Mrs. Burns Stgwart. After minutes and roll call had been taken, interest­ ing readings were given by. Miss B. McLaughlin, Mrs. Mundell and Mrs. Prichard. Meeting closed by all de­ feating the Mizpah benediction, after ^which a social half hour was spent while the hostess served a very dainty lunch. • AUXILIARY HELD IM­ PRESSIVE^ MEETING Paper on St. Valentine Was Given The. February meeting of Gorrie Evening. Auxiliary was held on Mon­ day evening, Feb. 13th, at the home of Mrs. Rev. Watt with 18 members, and one visitor present. The meeting opened with quiet music “Let the lower lights be burn­ ing” by the pianist, Miss Velma Len- 'nox, after which another hymn was sung. The Scripture lesson, Matt. 5: 1-16 was read by Mrs. Shera, after which Mrs. Newton led in prayer. This was followed by a poem “Shine just where you are” by Miss Lennox. A very beautiful Candle Light Light­ ing Service was then taken by Mrs. Michael and Miss Lennox. As the members bearing their lighted can­ dles passed by the leader they laid their annual fees by the side of the leader’s candle. A paper on St. Val­ entine was given by Miss Lennox carrying out the theme of the meet­ ing. St. Valentine, a goodly Christ­ ian man, felt he could not accomplish anything in this world fbr anyone and so felt very sad. As • he sat in his beautiful garden, which had wilted badly, as he sat worrying a little girl came and asked for a flower. Later she came back and said she had giv­ en' it'1 to a sick boy. Time after time ■She did this until Valentine decided he could do,that*one thing. He could send flowers to sick and shut-ins. When winter came He cut flowers out of paper and sent them, then finally an idea came to send hearts as a tok­ en of love. “Do the work that’s near­ est while you wait the while.” A paper on Christian Stewardship, given by Miss Evelyn. Dane, carried the thought “If we do not share Christ we cannot keep Him.” A read­ ing on the World’s Day of Prayer by Mrs. Michael, stated thatythe World’s Day of Prayer is lengthened to forty hours, beginning before sunrise in N, Zealand at a sunrise retreat*to far- off Alaska whpre Anne Banyan calls her Eskimo women-.together to close; the day. Mrs. Grainger, the President, was in ,charge of ’’business. Plans Were made for a layette and a quilt and will be sent in June with Mrs. Newton and Mrs. Rarrish in charge. A letter was read from Mrs. L. F. Ashton, a former Hon. Pres., how living in Dun­ dalk, The meeting closed with the Miz­ pah benediction, after which dainty refreshments were Served by the host­ ess. ’ of the vast beauty of the Arctic, She displayed her own mocassins, work of the Indians, being of yleer skin, hand scraped, tanned and sewn, finished with a band, of beaver. Even after the speaker had concluded, her interested listeners plied her with questions which she gladly answered. The roll call, a labor saving device, brought forth helpful suggestions, and the apron display put one in mind of a bazaar, so many and varied were they, all made with care. The judges awarded the prizes to Mrs. E. J. Far- rish, Mrs. Percy Ashton and .Mrs, J. M. Hutchison, The president thank­ ed the members (or their generous response for the display. Another item of interest at the meeting was when donations .were presented of Miss*5’Mary Maguire, knitting which her mother had knit at least twenty-five years ago, draw­ ing attention to the yarn.- after all these years. And too, a sample of jam made by the same lady who put it away over the twenty-two year mark. The flavour was still delicious, not being aged by the years. The meeting closed with the> Na­ tional Anthem, lunch being served by Mrs. C. Lawrence, Mrs. R. W. N. Wade,, and the hostess. PRESENTATION TO REV. AND MRS. O’NEIL Minister and Wife Honored Prior to Departure. ed by a dainty lunch served by Mrs. Holmes and Miss Perkins assisted by ladies of the congregation. OBITUARY Alexander Miller Many sympathising friends gather­ ed at the home of the late Alexander Miller on Friday last to pay their last respects to one of Howick’s oldest highly esteemed citizens, who passed away on Feb. Sth, after a lingering illness of over tw'o months. Mr. Miller was born on July 10th, on the 5th concession of Howick, on the farm where he has lived all his life, and which his father, the late William Miller, took up and cleared. He was married to Ellen Laing in 1892, who still survives, with their four children, Bessie, Mrs. George Arscott, of Toronto; William, Moose­ jaw, Sask.; Hugh, of Detroit, and Ar­ chie at home; also one sister, Mrs. Andrew Doig Sr., of Molesworth. One daughter, Nellie, predeceased him in 1900. The funeral was held on Friday af­ ternoon from his late home, and was conducted by his pastor, Rev. A. (M. Grant of Wroxeter United Church. Mr. Harvey Sparling and son Clar­ ence Sparling, sang a'duet “Some day we’ll understand.” Interment was made.in Wroxeter cemetery, the pall­ bearers being: Messrs. John Young, Harold Grant, Wm. Doig Jr., James Sanderson, Harry Hastie and Ross Sanderson. Mrs. Lome Laird There passed away on Feb. 5th in Toronto General Hospital, after a week’s illness with pneumonia, a for­ mer well known resident of Huron County in the person of Mrs. Lome Laird, in her 52nd year. She was the daughter of the late. Mr. and Mrs. Robert McIntosh and after her mar­ riage to Mr. Lome Laird, lived on Lot 8, on the 12th Con. of Howick, ■until thirteen years ago when they moved to Toronto where they have resided since. She is survived by her husband and one daughter, Mildred, at home; also two brothers, Fred and Russell Mc­ Intosh of Saskatchewan. The funeral was held on Wednes­ day, Feb. 8th, from Thompson Fun­ eral Parlors and was conducted by her pastor, Rey. Finley of Carlton United Church where she was a reg­ ular attendant. The remains were brought to Gorrie e'emetery for inter­ ment. INSTITUTE HELD FINE MEETING YOUR EYES NEED ATTENTION Our 25 Point Scientific Examin­ ation enables us to give you Clean, Comfortable Vision FWHOMUTH Optometrist Phone Harriston Mrs. Jennings of Fort Norman, Was. Guest Speaker Oh Wednesday afternoon last,, tlie President of thei Gorrie Women’s In­ stitute opened her home for the Feb­ ruary meeting, when a large attend­ ance was present to hear the guest speaker, Mrs. Jennings, of Fort Not* man, tell of her experiences in her northern home, of the Indian in his native land, of their work among them, the visits of both the Governor* General Lord Twecdstmnr and Prem­ ier Hepburn, along with their parties, On Friday evening last a pleasant surprise party 'was paid Rev. A. H. and Mt's. O’Neil at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. V. Holmes, Gorrie, when a number of St. Stephen’s Church members gathered to wish them well in their new parish, and to present them with a gift before leaving for their new charge at Clinton. The address was read by Mr. R. W. Norman Wade, while Mrs. F. C. Taylor presented a lovely Sheffield Reproduction Silver Tray, with in­ scription in block letters “To Rev. A. H. and Mrs. O’Neil*from St. Steph­ en’s Church, Gorrie, 1939.” The ad- dress was as follows: •» Rev. A. H. and Mrs. O’Neil. Dear Friends: This evening practically marks the termination in this parish -of three years of most pleasant associations and whole-hearted co-operation, and ■ we are taking this opportunity of ex­ pressing our sincere sorrow, and at the same time extending to each of you. otlr very best wishes for contin­ ued-service in the Master’s vineyard. We realize the inspiration you have been to us in every branch of the church’s activities. We are loath to See you leave but we pray that God will give you health and strength in the years to come sq that you may continue to promote His kingdom by proclaiming the Gospel and publish­ ing. the tidings of peace and good­ will. On behalf of your many friends of St, Stephen’s Church, please accept this silver tray, a symbol of out love and ‘affection. May the inscription it bears be the means of recalling, the many happy bouts we have spent to­ gether. Signed on behalf of St Stephen’s Church congregation/F, C. Taylor, T. R. Strong, Wardens. Rev,' O’Neil then thanked them, wishing them God’s blessing, and sor­ row at leaving, after which a short program of music, readings, speeches and contests was then given, follow­ TO WEAR CROWN It is regarded as almost certain the imperial state crown (TOP) will be brought to Canada for use when the King prorogues parliament, according to latest advices from London. To­ gether with the Queen’s crown (BOT­ TOM), it will cross the ocean in a steel-lined, fireproof box, with a dou­ ble lock to which only the King and lord chamberlain have a key. IL is reported that the imperial state crown will be insured for seven and a half million dollars. WROXETER Mr. and Mrs. T. G. Hemphill and Mr. and Mrs. B. Martin left last week for Florida where they will spend several weeks. Mr. Knox is quite ill at his home. His many friends hope for a speedy recovery. Mrs. I. J. Gamble, Fordwich, spent part of last week with Mr. and Mrs. D. S. MacNaughton. Mrs. Vernon Denny returned from Toronto on Saturday. Her mother, Mrs. Broton, is very ill there and friends here hope there will soon be an improvement. Mr. and Mrs. Austin Martin, Tor­ onto, were called here last week ow­ ing to the death of the latter’s'moth­ er, Mrs. J. Douglas. Congratulations to a local curling team who won second prize at Wing­ ham Bonspiel at which twenty rinks competed. Women’s Institute The February meeting of the W. I. will be held at the home of Mrs. Clarence White, on the afternoon of Feb. 23rd, 3 p.m, The motto “Judge not your friends by weight of wealth, but by the worth of friendship.” Roll ■Call—A Hot Supper Dish. Ten Min­ ute Topics: Canning Industry, Mrs. W. MacLean, Pulp and Paper Indus­ try, Mrs, J. N. Allen; Fishing Indus­ try, Canadi'anization. Young People’s Union Yvonne White, Convener of Mis­ sions, lead the devotional period of tlie Y.P.U. on Monday evening last, opening with tlie famous missionary hymn “From Greenland’s icy moun­ tain” by .Bishop Heber. The Scripture lesson was- read' by Jean Gowdy and prayer by Maxine White. “Jesus loves me” was*the second hymn. The dis­ cussion “Uses of Devotional Book” was lead by Rev. A. A. Grant. The president, J'ack MacLean, took charge of the business period', plans were mad'e to carry out a Debating Contest on the Book of Acts. Plans were al­ so made to entertain BTuevaie society on the evening of Feb. 20th, The meeting closed with the Mizpah bene* diction followed by a period of games, OBITUARY Mrs* John Douglas This village was saddened on Sun­ day morning last when it learned of the sudden passing of one of our highly respected residents in the per­ son of Mrs. John Douglas. Follow­ ing a cold, pneumonia developed which caused death after a few hours’ •Suffering. Eleanor Smith, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Smith, was born in Branchton, Dumfries county. When three years of age, she with her family, moved to Grey and from there to Brussels. Forty-six years ago the family moved to Wroxeter. Forty- three years ago/ the deceased was married to Mr. John Douglas, who died five years ago. Surviving are four children, (Mrs. Austin Martin (Mina), Toronto; Eleanor, Robert and Bessie at home, to whom deepest sympathy is extended. Mrs. Douglas was a loving wife and mother, a kind friends and neighbor. A former members of the Presbyter­ ian Church, the last years of her life she was identified with the Anglican Church and in both her faithful devo­ tion and Service will long be remem­ bered. The funeral was held at the home on Tuesday afternoon, Rev. A. H. O’Neil having charge. The pallbear­ ers were: Geo. Paulin, Jim Sander­ son, Gordon Gibson, Bert Martin, John MacEwe'n, Allan Munroe. Inter­ ment was made in Wroxeter Cemet­ ery. James S. Paulin Following an illness of a fevV weeks James S. Paulin passed away at his home in Wroxeter on Jan. 26th. De­ ceased was in his 77th year and was a’son of the late Mr. and Mrs. James Paulin. There are left to mourn his passing one sister, (Margaret) Mrs. W. J. Greer, of Pontiac, Mich. The funeral was held from St. James An­ glican Church on Saturday, Jan, 28. Interment in Wroxeter Cemetery. CARD OF THANKS The family of the late Mrs. John Douglas wish to express their grati­ tude to friends and neighbors for their kindness during the illness and, death of their mother. PHIL OSIFER OF LAZY MEADOWS By Harry J. Boyle THE PALACE HOTEL I had occasion to go to the County seat last week, and make my first visit in. a number of years. The town lias changed .quite a good deal since I was there before. Gas stations seem to have sprung up where all the stores used to be, and the old Com­ mercial' Ho(el is now a dance hall and restaurant. I wandered into some of the stores thinking that I might run into some of the old-timers who used to work there. The Ohly one I met was Tom House) who used to run the biggest Emporium lit town, but hej couldn’t talk to me because he said that since his son lias taken <5ver the store they all have to be up on their toes. But the biggest disappointment I had was when I stayed over night at the Palace Hotel. In the first place, it was all fixed up on the outside with stucco and a big sign showing that it was known as the Palacio Tav­ ern. A young fellow picked np my bags, looked me over for a minute as if ’wondering if I wasn’t heading for the city jail and then led the way into the lobby. He was an abliging sort of fellow and pointed the desk out to me. The clerk, one of those creatrues in a tight black suit and striped pants, looked at me, took in‘the age of my suit and said “Room, 18,” as if he had the matter decided./Now I had some­ thing to say about that too, I remem­ bered quite well when I stayed back in the old Palace that room eighteen was the dingiest and noisiest in the house and I said in as firm a way as I could muster: “No, sonny, I want Room 2.” The clerk looked aghast, puckered up his lips and croaked: “But, sir, it’s quite expensive . , it’s our finest 1 room.” And for once in my life I threw on the dog. I fiddled with my watch fob and said: “Well!” He shook his head, and reached for a card. That wsa another of the things that time changed. Used to be in my day, when you filled in the big book on the desk and then ran your eye up and down to see if you knew any of the guests. But this way he made out the card, and then filed it away. 6 The old Palace certainly has chang­ ed. ,My old room was all fixed up. I peered into the doorway, fearing that I might be wandering into another room and found a really smart bath­ room, all fixed up with little dod-ee- ralls. I made use of the room and after shaving donned a clean shirt and a new four in hand, and with a few brushes at my old suit and a pat of water on my cowlick I went down­ stairs to find the dining-room. “Dining-room.'’” the clerk exclaim­ ed in answer to me, “The coffee shop is right next door.” It was sort of a blaring, glaring place with a lot of music and people talking. The waitress, a cute-looking little creature with a sort of uniform, came along and, handed me the bill- of-fare. It was a fancy sort of thing with a lot of French names on it, and so I said: “Girl, I’m not much on this fancy stuff, but I’m going to leave it to you to fix me up with something that’s good and substantial , to eat.” She just sort of winked and smiled and trotted along and brought me* back a fair to good restaurant meal. Time was, back in the days of the old Palace, when fyou stepped into bar and took an appetizer, and then went in and sat down to a meal of good steak with French-fried potatoes and topped it off with a piece or two of the best lemon pie in the country. You probably struck up an acquaint­ ance with a commercial traveller who was a card at spinning yarns that were far-fetched but made good list­ ening. After that you went into the lobby, bought yourself a ten cent cigar and then sat down in the big leather chairs in front of the big win­ dows and watched the night life on Main Street. Occasionally some of the pretty girls would steal a side­ long glance in the window and you felt good, feeling that people were taking you for one of the travellers who travellered everywhere. But somehow I felt disappointed. I was an old man in a poor-fitting suit of clothes in an hotel that wasn’t ev­ en familiar and just another old-tim­ er who hadn’t kept upto the pace of things. The old Palace Hotel was changed for good. Don’t Wake Him A little, colored «boy going through a cemetery read this inscription on a tombstone: “Not dead, but sleep­ ing.” Scratching his head, and pondering he finally said: “He sure ain’t foolin’ nobody but hisself.” MONUMENTS at first cost Having our factory equipped with the most modern machinery for the exe» cution of high-class work, we ask you to See the largest display of monu­ ments of any retail factory in Ontario, All finished by sand blast machines. We import all our granites from tho Old Country quarries direct, in the rough, You can save all local deal­ ers*, agents* and middleman profits by seeing us. 1S» J. Skelton & Son it West tend Bridge-WALKERTON