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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1939-03-16, Page 1’’’’ WINGHAM, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MARCH 16th, 1936 Maitland Presbytery Met at Ethel * LOCAL AND PERSONAL John FINE PREMIUMS Canada Temperance Act Upheld A. Y. P. A. is a separ- BORN Telephone Company of this year spend over 15 dollars on construction byterian Church, Illustrated ,Talk Given by Rev. S. Kerr, .of Brussels, “Marrying Marian” to be presented in Town Hall, Thursday and Fri­ day This Week. OBITUARY With Which !• Amalgamated The Gorrie Vidette end Wroxeter New». Single Copies Five Cents MISSIONARY GROUP HAD FINE MEETING LECTURE WAS WELL ATTENDED NOMINATED FOR CHURCH OFFICES DO NOT MISS THIS FINE ENTERTAINMENT FORMER MINISTER DIED SUNDAY Subscriptions $2,00 Per Year Mrs. W. Williamson Delegate to provincial W, M. S, Rev. M. M, Bennett Pied in Toronto Mrs. Donald Rae presided at the regular monthly meeting of the Wo­ men’s Missionary Society of St, And­ rew’s Presbyterian Churqh which was held on Wednesday. afternoon of last week. The Scripture lesson, 10th chapter of St. John, was read by Mrs, J. W. McKibbon. The Glad Tidings prayer was taken by Mrs. G. Olver and the Dedicatory prayer by Mrs, Jno. Porter. Mrs. W. Williamson was appoint- i ed as delegate to the Provincial Con­ vention which will be held in Toron- ■to in April. Miss C, McBurney read ..a paper from the Glad Tidings “Let «us check on ourselves.” Mrs. Kenneth [ jMacLean gave a very interesting talk ‘ •on the financial work of the W.M.S. Mrs. H. C. MacLean had charge of the topic for the month “Some Cliar- -acteristics of the Untouchables.” The meeting closed with prayer by Mrs. ’Geo. Wilson. Under the auspices of the West­ minster Guild of St. Andrew’s Pres- , .Bev. Samuel Kerr of Brussels, gave an illustrated lec- Scotland and Ire- evening. The lec- tore on England, land, on Monday tore was most interesting and inform­ ative and the slides included most of the interesting places in each of the countries. There was a very good at­ tendance who thoroughly appreciated the lecture and program. Rev. Kenneth MacLean was chair­ man and introduced Mr. Kerr to his audience. Other items on the pro­ gram were, a ' solo, Mpther McCree, by Miss Myra McDonald; a solo, Yeo­ men of England, by Gordon’ -Leggatt and Loch Lomond and Bonnie Doon as accordion solos by Jas. McCarty. Horticultural Premiums for 1939 Renew your membership NOW .and be sure of a valuable premium. .Membership Fee $1,00, payable to Mrs. (Dr.) G. Ross, Mrs. T. Kew, Mrs. T. Fells, Mrs. H. Angus, Mrs. (Dr.) W. Connell, Mr. W. A. Gal­ braith, Mr. W, S. Hall. Premiums: 15 Tuberous Begonias Assorted 30 Gladiolus, Assorted 4 Shrubs: Hydrangea Paniculata Kerria Japonica Van Houttei Spirea Tamaresk Africana or 3 Hybrid Tea or Polyanthus Roses Assorted. Mrs. E. J. .Nash, Secretary. Wingham .'Horticultural Spciety. ..Presenting Fine Picture Be sure to see George Raft, Dor­ othy Lamour in “Spawn of the North” -at the Lyceum Theatre, Thursday, Friday and Saturday this week. Prophetical Conference In the City Mission March 19-26. Conducted by W. Cecil Brown, Evan- lgeist. Each night (except Sat.) at ■■ 8 p.m. Sunday 2,'3 and 8 p.m. .Attended Toronto Carnival Among those who attended Toronto Skating Club Carnival the last week were: Mr. F. R. Howson, Mrs. • (Dr.) Geo. Howson, Miss Doris Trail, Miss Jean McKay, Mr. and Mrs. Wal­ lace Gurney, Mr. F. E. Madill, Mr. John P. McKibben, Mr, Alton Adams, Mr. Ken. Somers. Huron Young People Plan .Bowling Party The Huron County Young People’s Association is holding a bowling par­ ty and social evening at the Temper­ ance Bowling Academy, 19 Temper­ ance St., Toronto, on March 18th, at 8.30 p.m. Any native of Huron who might be visiting in Toronto, on this particular date is cordially invited to attend the bowling party. Wife Of Former Belgrave Minister Dead ' Word has been received here Mon­ day that Mary Evelyn Oaten, widow of the Rev. Frederick James Oaten, had passed away at Regina, Sask., on Sunday, March 12th. The late Rev. Oaten was a former minister at Bel­ grave. Surviving her is a daughter, Mrs. Wm; Riddell, Regina, Sask.;*and a son, the Rev. Beverly L. Oaten, of Huntsville. Mrs. Code of town Cousin. Mrs. John Campbell , Wingham’s oldest lady, -Mrs. Campbell, passed away at the home of her son-in-law, Mr, George Haw­ thorne, Lower Wingham, on Satur­ day, March 11th, in her 93rd year. On Thursday prior to her death Mrs. Campbell .was enjoying her usual fine health, considering her age, when she retired.; Friday morning she aWoke with a cold and at eleven .o’clock Sat­ urday morning passed peacefully on. Her maiden name was Sidney Montgomery, the daughter of the late Andrew -and Jane Montgomery. She was born in the county of Fermanah, Ireland, and when about 13 years of age the family moved to New York. The crossing was made in a sailing vessel, and took nearly nine ’weeks. She lived in New York for a couple of years and then came on a visit to relatives in this part. It was while on this visit in 1862 that she met John Campbell. They were married and took up farming on the boundary be­ tween Culross and’ Turnberry. They built a log shack and the result of their labors of those .early days is the fine farm on-which her son, William, now resides. At that time wild an­ imals were very present, foxes, wolv4 es, bears and lynx. Mr. Campbell passed on in 1911 but Mrs. Campbell remained on the farm until 10 years ago when she moved to Lower Wing­ ham to live with her daughter. She leaves to mourn their loss two sons and One daughter, Andrew, of Trunberry; Wiliam J., on the home­ stead, 1st Con. Culross; Mrs, George (Margaret) Hawthorne, Lower Wing­ ham. She is also survived by a bro­ ther and a sister, William Montgom­ ery, Emmerson, Man.; and Miss Mary Montgomery of Wingham. The funeral service was held in St. Paul's Anglican Church, of which she was. a member, on Monday afternoon and was conducted, by the rector, Rev. E. O. Gallagher. The pallbearers were: Alex. Mc­ Donald, Leslie Bryce, Alex. Corrigan, Cenclair Phippen; George Baird, Wm. Burchill. Burial in Wingham Cemetery. Maitland Presbytery of the Presby­ terian Church, meeting in Knox Church, Ethel, nominated officers for church offices. The. ‘Rev, Dr, H. M. Paulin, of Windsor, was the gathering's choice for the positiorf of Moderator of the General Assembly. The Rev. F, W. Gilmour of London was nominated for moderatorship• of, the Synod of Hamilton and London and the Rev, A, A. Lowther for secretary of the mission board, Commissioners from the Presbytery to the General Assembly will include the Rev, C. H. MacDonald, Lucknow; the Rev. W. A. Williams, Cranbrook, and an elder from Kincardine and an­ other church in the Presbytery. The Rev. G. M, Young, presbytery moderator, presided over the meeting. Plans were tentatively presented to link Belmore congregation with Blue­ vale and Eadies, in place of Teeswat- ef, with which it is now associated. Plans were made for a special meet­ ing in Lucknow in May, at which time the Presbytery’s diamond jubilee will be observed, along'with the fiftieth anniversary of the erection of the pre­ sent Church in Lucknow. Earl Moore of Brussels, and Ross .MacKay of Ripley were certified as theological students. Plans were made for a series of special meetings throughout the Pres­ bytery from May 15 to June 2. The Town Hall should be filled to capacity Thursday and Friday even­ ings this w.eek when “Marrying Mar­ ian” will be presented by the Wing­ ham Dramatic Club under the direc­ tion of C. B; Armitage. This two- act play is a laugh from start to finish. The music is a treat and the stage ef­ fects and costumes are the bek yet. The plays that have been presented by the Dramatic Club have all been hits. This one “Marrying Marian” ac­ cording to reports, will be the most outstanding -presentation ever staged by local talent. Do not miss this fine entertainment., The caste have spent hour and hours in practice that you will be well entertained. Show your appreciation of their efforts by being present. A POLES OFF MAIN STREET THIS YEAR The Bell Canada, will millions of work in Ontario and Quebec. Wing­ ham will share in a portion of this ex­ penditure as the Bell Company will remove their poles Off our main street this year and- instal an underground service. All main street as far north as the C.N.R. tracks will be serviced from the rear of the buildings and all" Bell Telephone lines in’the Wing­ ham section will be reconditioned. Our main street will present a veiy up-to-date appearance when the poles are removed as the Utilities Commis­ sion will install modern lighting standards. Miss Tena Reid spent a few days in Toronto this week. Miss Kathleen Pringle was a visitor in Toronto for a couple of days this week. Miss Alice Williamson, of Kitchen­ er, was a week-end visitor with her mother, Mrs.' W. Williamson. Mrs, Ollie Thompson, of Listowel, wrs a visitor with her daughter, Mrs. R. S. Hetherington, this week. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Fleming and Ronnie, of Woodstock, are spend-, ing this week with Mr. and Mrs. C. Newman. Mr. Murray Rae, of Baden, is spending three weeks vacation at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Rae, .Mrs. Sarah Rowan, of Clarksburg; who has been visiting since Christ­ mas with her daughter, Mrs. (Capt.) W. J. Adams, returned to her home on. Tuesday. iMr. and Mrs. G. L. Dunlop, Wal­ laceburg, arrived in town on Tuesday and have taken up residence in the house formerly occupied by Mr. Har­ old Garlick on Sh-uter St. Mr. Dun­ lop has accepted a position at Greer's Shoe Store. Rev, M. M. Bennett, retired United Church minister, who preached in the United Church here, died Sunday 'night in Toronto General Hospital af­ ter a brief illness, Rev, Mr, Bennett was prominent in the general work of the former Methodist church and was a president of the Saskatchewan Con­ ference and was for years a member of the General Missions Board of the Methodist church, Much of his service in the Method­ ist Church was in Western Canada, where he served at Regina, Saska­ toon, Yellow Grass and Yorkton. Then he came to Wingham for two years, following Church Union, piror to his retirement to London through illness. He was married to Miss Cooper, of Melbourne, who died some years ago. Later he married Miss Madeline Mc­ Lachlan, Toronto, who survives. Sur­ viving also are two sons, Wesley B., of Detroit, and. Emerson J., Durham, and a daughter, Mis’s Kathleen E., of Toronto, -- o The funeral service was held in the Steers funeral home, Toronto, Mon­ day evening. Interment in Melbourne on Wednesday. • SWEEP OPPOSED BY CONGREGATION SUPT. APPOINTED BY HOSP. BOARD , Miss Clara Schultz, of Preston, was appdinted Superintendent of Wing­ ham General Hospital at a meeting of the Hospital Board held on‘Tuesday .evening. Miss Schultz was highly recom­ mended to the board and has excel­ lent qualifications for the position. She received her training at the Kit­ chener and Waterloo Hospital and af­ ter graduation she was a supervisor there. For eight years she has been engaged at the Owen Sound General and Marine Hospital as asssistant superintendent and as night super- visor. It is expected Miss Schultz will as- ' same her duties here about the last week in March, GOING TO LONDON TO SEE THE QUEEN Members, of Local Legion to Help Line Route pf Procession • BIRTHDAY SUPPER WAS GREAT SUCCES When the King and Queen visit London on June 7th, members of the local Legion will be present. Veter­ ans of Western' Ontario will line the route of the procession taken by the King and Queen. An invitation was extended to the local branch in fact all branches in this Zone, to take part -in this duty, through Major Ken. Weaver, the Zone Commander, who received this invitation from the Lon­ don Zone who are looking part of the arrangements. Wingham and Goderich have already accepted and peqted that all branches in have large representations. after this will branches it is ex- the Zone Saw Leaf-American Game Mr. Alf. Lockridge and son, Tom­ my, Mr. Walter Lockridge and son, Buddy, and Mr, J. O. Habkirk arid son, iMac, took in the Leaf-American game at Toronto on Tuesday. Suffered Stroke We regret to import that Mt. Wm. M. Stewart, Diagonal Road, is seri­ ously ill at his home. While at his factory on Friday, between 5 and 6 o’clock, he suffered «a stroke. His many friends wish for him a speedy recovery. Maple Leafs Are School Hockey Champs On Saturday morning in the arena, the Maple Leafs won the champion­ ship of the Pubtic School Hockey League by defeating the Maroons by a score, of 2-1. The teams were even­ ly matched and the game was in the balance until the final bell, making a fitting climax to a fine season. Dur­ ing the winter, 15 games have been played and all were keenly contested.. All the boys have developed and im­ proved to a marked degree and some are fine prospects for future teams. Throughout the season, the games have been clean and marked by ex­ cellent sportsmanship. The gratitude of the school is oxten^gd to the man­ agement and staff <’ arena for the co-operation that the games possible. Seed Fair April 4th The Carrick' and Culross Seed Fair will be held in the Town Hall, Mild- may, on Tuesday April 4th. The prize list has been revised and will be is­ sued shortly. Purchased Farm Messrs. Harvey and Elmer Ballagh of Belmore have purchased the Mac- Lean farm at Wingham Junction from the John MacLean estate. Fire Brigade Had Call At the supper hour on Friday night the Fire Brigade had a call to Mr. Wm. Moore’s residence on Catherine St. No damage was caused by the fire. • St. Patrick Tea and Baking Sale , The Ladies' Aid of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church will hold a Tea and Sale of Homemade Baking in the lecture room of the church on Satur­ day afternoon, March 18th. Sale will begin at 3 o’clock sharp. Tea served from 3 to 5 o’clock. Everybody wel­ come. Carpatho-Ukraine Independence Reported i Reports reaching Berlin said Car­ patho-Ukraine proclaimed its inde­ pendence and appealed to Chancellor Hitler and Premier Mussolini fof “protection." .Other reports said that Carpatfio-Ukraine which Hungary seeks to annex, had received an ulti­ matum from" Budapest, and,Hungar­ ian troops had crossed the frontier to Seize a large area. MANY ATTENDED TRACTOR SHOW A large crowd were present at the Huron Motors, Saturday afternoon, for the Tractor Demonstration, given by the Ford Motor Co. of Canada and sponsored by the local deafer, Mr, A, D. McWilliam, Huron Motors. Mr. J, McColl, Manager of the Tractor Division of the Ford Motor Co, of Canada,-was present and gave an ad­ dress on the use of the tractor. Talk­ ing pictures on tractors and travelog­ ues were shown, Twenty door prizes were given to lucky ticket holders. St. Panj’s A.Y.P.A. held a very suc­ cessful meeti.'y on Monday night un­ der the direction of Mr. G. S. Kidd. Mr. Kidd conducted an Open Forum on the merits and demerits of cur­ rent literature. Following this, the groups divided under two leaders, Bert Mitchell and Herb Fuller. “In­ formation Please” quiz was then car­ ried on, the side captained by Herb. Fuller winning by five-twelfths of a point. Afterwards, the group led by Bert Mitchell won the discing- con­ test* Mr. Gallagher gave a report of the Local Council meeting at Seaforth last week. There will be no meeting next week, owi-fig to the A.Y.P.A. Lenten Service at Clinton. Plans were completed to take all the mem­ bers' to the service on Monday even­ ing next. Dresses See the; choice range of new styles in plain and print pattern Dresses at Isard’s. Now on sale at $2.95. Uunderwent Operation Mr. Elliott Johnston of Copper Cliff, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gershom Johnston, East Wawandsh, was tak­ en suddenly ill with appendicitis last- week necessitating an operation which he underwent in Copper Cliff Hospit­ al. Elliott’s friends here .will wish him a speedy^ recovery. Slovakia Independent State Slovakia declared itself an independ­ ent state a few minutes after noon on Tuesday. A Republican form of gov­ ernment was decided upon by the par­ liament in its extraordinary session and Dr, Joseph Tiso was named first premier of Independent [ SJo vakta. I Tiso was ousted last Friday by the central government of Slovakia on Charges of tolerating a Slovak atist movement. McMILLAN—In Whigham General Hospital on Thursday, March 9th, to Mr, and Mrs, Ross McMillan, of Holyrood, a sod, NICHOLSON—In Wingham Gener­ al Hospital, on Saturday, March 11, to Mr, and Mrs, Archie Nicholson, Lucknow, a son. The United Church congregation Sunday morning endorsed Several re­ solutions that the Official-.Board of the Church had previously passed. Resolutions will be sent to Mr. R. J. Deachman, M.P., requesting him to oppose any bill which would legal­ ize sweepstakes, also endorsing his previous stand of opposing such a bill. He is also asked to oppose any bill which would remove the Canada Tem­ perance Act from the statutes. To Mr. C. A. Robertson, M.L.A,, will be sent a resolution that he sup­ port the enforcement of the Canada Temperanss Act also that beverage rooms should not be allowed in such areas only by the vote of the people. Premier Hepburn Avill also receive a resolution which endorses his action in making no change in the Lord’s Day Act, also a resolution similar to the one sent Mr. Robertson. OBITUARY John Cameron . The death of John Cameron, a life­ long resident of this community, oc­ curred in Wingham General Hospital on Monday afternoon, March 13, Mr. Cameron had been ill since Christ­ mas and had been a patient in the hos­ pital for a little over a week. He was in his 71st year and was born in the Township of Turnberry, the son of Alexander and Christina Cameron. He lived his whole life in oTurnberry, 18 of which was spent in Lower Wing­ ham, He is survived by three sisters and three brothers, Mrs. T, Finnen, of Wingham; Mrs. John Campbell, of Whitechurch; Mrs. Wm. Wilson, of Lower Wingham; Alex., Hugh and Melville, all of Turnberry. The funeral was held from the resi­ dence of his sister, Mrs. Wm. Wilson, Lower Wingham, this afternoon, Wednesday, March 15th. The service was conducted by Rev. Kenneth Mac- Lean, minister pf St. Andrew’s Pres­ byterian Church, Interment in Wingham Cemetery. The Woman’s Association of Wing­ ham United Church held a very suc­ cessful birthday supper in th© school room on March 10th, There were twelve tables each decorated to re­ present a month of the year-and ar­ ranged like the spokes of a wheel, the bridale table, June, being the hub. The following ladies had charge of the tables: January, .Mrs. Fred How- son and. Mrs, Jack Rea vie; February, Mrs, Wm. McCool and Mrs. Wm. Currie; March, Mrs. (Dr.) Parker and Mrs. E, Wilkinson; April, Mrs. Lewis and Mrs. Wm. Hamilton; May, Mrs. H. Buchanan and Mrs. McWilliam; June, Mrs. E. S. Copeland, Mrs, C. Lloyd and Mrs. (Dr.) Torrance; July, Mrs. Wm. Galbraith and Mrs. (Dr’) Howson; August, Mrs. Stan. Hall and Mrs. J. H. Crawford; September, Mrs. W .R. Hamilton and Mrs. W. L. Kress; October, Mrs. E, Webster and Mrs. Geo. Williams; November, Mrs, H. Carmichael and Mrs. G. Davidson; December, Mrs. Habkirk and Mrs, (Dr.) Irwin. During the evening it was announc­ ed that two of the guests, Mr, Frank Howson and Mr, pf. C. MacLean, were celebrating their birthdays that day and the company congratulated them by singing “Happy Birthday to You.” Music for the evening was pro­ vided by Miss Tena Reid, Bert Culli- more, Gordon Leggatt, Gordon Dav­ idson, Joyce Walker and Lois Adams. # _____________ MOTOR LICENSES DUE APRIL 1st Just a word of warning to motor­ ists. 1938 motor licenses expire Mar. 31st, and a warning has been issued by the Department of Highways that 1939 plates must be installed by April 1st. Euchre and Dance Powell’s School, Friday, March 17. ( Cards at 8.30 sharp. Gully Jumpers’ | Orchestra. Gentlemen 25c, bring lunch, Lucknow Juveniles Lost After Lucknow Juveniles T____f.’_ ......._ *__ After Lucknow Juveniles turned London aside it was expected that they would take Hanover in their stride but on Monday night Hanover won the first game of the series 5-1. Engagement Announced Mr. and Mrs. Herbert A. Sliiell, ot Bluevale, announce the engagement of their second eldest daughter, Olive Marguerite, to Mr. Charles Leslie Clark-, of Port Rowan, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. I. Clark, of Orillia. The mar­ riage to’ take place early in April. Moving to Stayner Mr. Henry Justason, who has been mechanic at the Ford Garage for the past three years, has accepted a posi­ tion at Stayner. Mr. and Mrs, Justa­ son and two children will move to their new home shortly. On behalf of the people of Wingham we wish them every success. New Organist Here Mr. John L, Nicol, the newly-ap­ pointed organist of St, Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, assumed his dut­ ies on Sunday. Mr, Nicol who came: here from Southampton, was for years organist at Galt. We extend him a hearty Welcome on behalf the citizens of this community. ATHLETIC ASSOC. TO HOLD ANNUAL Thomas Smith Following an attack of pneumonia, Thomas Smith, who has-been a*resi- dent of this district practically all his life, passed on Sunday at the home of his son-in-law,-Mr, John Miller, Vic­ toria Street, here. Mr. Smith, who was in.his 84th year, was born at Ailsa Craig, Middlesex County, but when a very small lad came with his parents to Morris Township where he resided until his marriage when he moved to Grey Township where he lived for a number of years. In 1913 they settled on the first line of Mor­ ris, eighteen years later retiring to Brussels. Mrs. Smith passed on in 1932 and he has since resided with his son-in-law, Mr. Miller. He leaves to mourn his passing one son, Thomas Lester, Detroit, and one daughter, Mrs. John (Mary) Miller, of town. He is also survived by two sisters, Mrs. J. Fox, of Winnipeg and Mrs. Wilma Johnston, of Weston. Rev. Kenneth MacLean conducted the funeral Service on Tuesday after­ noon at the residence of his son-in- law, Mr. John Miller, Wingham, Burial took place in Maitland Cem­ etery, Brussels. Making Satisfactory Progress Mr. T, Y, Smith, who has been con­ fined to his home for five weeks, is making satisfactory progress, we are pleased to report. Sale of Shirts 8 Doz. Men’s New Pattern Dress Shirts just received at Isard’s, regular value up to $1.25, now on sale at 87c each or two for $1.69. See window for range of patterns. Mass Missionary Meeting at Seaforth A Mission Mass Meeting for the people of the Church of England in the Deanery of Huron will be held in St. Thomas’ Church, Seaforth, Wed­ nesday evening, March 22, at 8 p.m. Rev. H. G. Watts, B.A., B.D., mis­ sionary to Japan, will give the ad­ dress. 15 to of The annual meeting of the Wing­ bain Athletic Association will be held in the Council Chambers at 8 p.m. on Monday n&t, March 20th, At this meeting officers will be elected for the ensuing year and other business of importance brought before the as­ sembly including the financial state­ ment for the year. The officers of the association are very anxious that there is a large at­ tendance and all interested arc urgent­ ly requested to be present. To Preach at Bluevale A student from the University of Western Ontario, London, will con­ duct services at Bluevale and Eadies’ Presbyterian Churches on Sunday next. Attended Paper Boys’ Banquet Carroll Casemore, Wingham Globe and Mail carrier, attended the Con­ vention and Banquet at the Royal York Hotel, Toronto, last week, tend- »ered the Globe and Mail carriers. Starts His 83rdi Year Mr. John T. Currie, of East Wawa- nosh, is to-day (Wednesday) March 15th, celebrating his 82nd birthday. We extend hearty congratulations to him on behalf of the citizens of this community. Bridge Club Wihners Seven and a half tables were pres­ ent at the regular meeting of the Wingham Bridge Club held on Wed­ nesday evening last week. The win­ ners were: North and South, 1st,,Mrs. O. Colborne and W. W. Armstrong; 2nd, Mrs, Blackwood ^nd Dr. Geo. Ross; 3rd, Mrs, R, S, Hetherington and K. Somers; 4th, .Mrs. W. H. French and F. E. Madill. East and West; 1st* L H, Crawford and Geo, Williams; 2nd, Mrs. A, Wilson’ and W. H. French; 3rd, Mrs. W. IL War- am and D. Kennedy; 4th, Mrs. Geo. Ross and E. M. Snell, Settlement Reached m Sult After the case of Catharine Hop- son, 80-year-old Wingham woman, had proceeded for nearly two hours in assize court at Goderich, Justice Kel­ ly suggested that the plaintiff seek an amicable settlement with her Henry Hodgkinson, farmer, Township. A settlement was within an hour. The woman she had purchased a $700 property in Wingham for her nephew, allowing him to take out the deed in his name on condition that he keep her for the rest of her days and pay burial ex­ penses. Judgment by consent directs a reconveyance of the property to Mrs. Hopson, she to pay her nephew $200 within a year. nephew, Kinloss reached testified NORTH HURON MUSIC FESTIVAL MAY 2nd Will Be Held in the Town Hall Here A Music Festival for the Public School pupils of North Huron will be . held in Wingham Town Hall Tues* ! day, May 2nd. Prior to the finals be­ ing held here, preliminary festivals for rural schools will be held at Blyth April 25tli; Brussels April 26th; Dungannon April 27th. From each of the festivals the following will be chosen to compete in the final Festi­ val here, May 2nd, 2 choirs, 2 girls’ solos, 2 boys’ solos, X girls’ duet, 1 boys* duct. The music festival held in Clinton two years ago was a wondea|(.tl sue* cess for the fact that there were too many entries. The system used tins year will overcome this, that is a sep­ arate festival for each inspectorate* ahd the holding oi preliminary festi­ vals. Further information will be given out at a later date. In the meantime remember the date May 2nd; place* Town Hall, Wingbatm i