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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1941-03-06, Page 5711X comma sIONATAMAR 1111141) 3101111,031411 nom 3:1CD'Ufrilla csimisriedigt,A4r.44.4t..Er 4:1410.401414011 By Owlet Boise ss told tO atlases W. Bennett BAYFIELD Mallett Mid family, of London, spent Su:WO with Mr40. O. Davison. Mas 'William Westlake, who has' heen• Waking With the Otorms .Construetion COMpani Prince4y4Wa.rd Island and. home on Tuesday., IS stationed iri London. He spent the Death of W. Jovvetts-31i. Jelin NV. 'Jewett, owner end -Maar-host of Away Suddenly at his hoMe on Taiesdass mornIng, March 4112, ,the result of a ditionifrom WWII he hail; suffered for Harks Apo The war mobile* certnietates caul- The way 1 est)** to land the lob WAA palest la draWing to it dose and if the odd. Very, eta ' Tw band- - -01 —011te.rod- (laser,* as a .whole do 030044 like as the olio esse night :hen 'Mel Pll - ' well as the men:, in the different in- isi• . ' *nut(' deeply gratifying to these who assented "Ai- ''''"' 'rwiuee the tilt* A lioilautin the reePolisibilitiee of the Worlc. In Piessuinilr stile. Place glirOpeed the rob- hOndred per eent. xesportec, • . posted near the door as a lookout The As the dosing date ot the caMintsfiri natrolman died violently in front of the approaehess.sthe town is being eau' --prescription counter. The" next tbitY• approached 'or connected in any WaY zru-ga,aiii-pePeuseruraPsstredtitIthabate glut el'eatheop with the induatries. Canvassers are was unluckY and he was emitting. I being Oren gratifying, reeeptions, but 4.,,,,,,, ,„,,, , they ask those 'Who were not in a post- °wrap,. 44P° ir 8,0.14". ,v,' , i Where there are more Colored. peeps Pre, :pared to pledge when called upon living in a given area than anywhere ,to be good enough to get bi tottch With dee in the World. 'some of the canvassers, or leave their pledges in any one of the banks. This mesessity or the its total'peraonnel the. oWnek, who Was wduid remove, the eanrvasser% it second or third time and would enkble him to go on his self-insposed task of -collecting. Pledges from others, • • The tinte is short, the need of 'Money by the Government is urgent. Everv- body wants te; help, and by, lending AO* We -are ail remainder of the winter in Florida. Mrssp Herb. Lamprey enjoyed the week -end visiting he; daughters at Toronto. , Fusilier Howard ot Chatham, spent tbe week -end with bis 'Miss •1L R.-•MadVicar has .returned frem• Toronto, where she attended the the Past two lind a-ltalf years. The late: Mr. Uowett, or. 'Jack as he • Was spring millinerY displaYs. 0 Popularly known, was born in 1Goderich ,,.„ Ors, Charles Whitely visited her - township Over eikty-two. -Years ago, Misses nelea and aean being the Younger, son of the late .Mr. NVhitely, at Toronto last week. , and lars. Thomas Jewett. Ile spent Up. Nettle'IVICGOWall and Miss Jean • ,e0eheodldays on the Mayfield line Fraser, of London, were week -end visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. and, later an Bailleld 'When his parents A a moved fo. the Grove. In 1902 he. went -* ."" Ws. Robt. Wenger of Mitchell. form - end operated the Warread Telephone where her son Barry is litiotYPe °Per- $ystem, which lre conducted for twenty' yeps. 361.1924 be married. miss Lunar, ator for The Times-Advoeitte. ' survives. him. ',Owing to his mother's visiting 'the' daughters at Brantford. sejtered At: sitgart stroke three weeks Luiadbolin of Warroad, Minnesota, who Mr. and "1:Irs. Pattersoo are death he,41epoaed ,ef Ida telephone hags Ntr. Patterson, We regret to report, Deputy Reeve W. J. Baker, Coen - picnic grounds,S making Many upsto- cillors Mooney and. Attridge and date-renoVatiOns. He wasstoted for his gentile disposition and fondness tor geed Camay Engineer Patterson attended thesannual conventiOn of_ the ()Mario aPart; He 'took a 'very active interest in ',,nod Boats -Association. at Toronto the Avelfare of the Mayfield efolf and '''Tr- . - 'Country •Olob, of which he „was presis lest wi.cellc* seen reeidents of Listowel for the past the tact? Should, I report the yconfesi: dent In religion he was an Anglican four years, moved to iGoderich on Tues-` sion te the pelite? • I took a rook at He ibelongedi to the Masonic Order ''of ' present ill Fort Lauderdale; 'Fla., and.it sister, Mrs. Emma 'Wright•of Torontb, surviVe their brother. The funeral Thirridays afternoon.-- .. pharmacist. I Nati j'ust out of Oars maey school end •looking tor a job. So that's bow ',get one -luck, entirely. And it was luck, I soon found, which Motivated the pharmitceutigal trade in Harlem. Luck -and an alarrning pre- valenCe of evil Writs, , /X0 COMPIX With the law and my own conscienee, X sold, medicines. To comply with the clients' demands, I sold luck and went in for did or we would have bad to close up shop!, Our customers knew What they wanted and they eouldn't be fobbed • One .of my. first 'cake burst around me with something of -the force ot a bomilshell. A dark, homely woman with piercing eyes ,carild 14, looked aroinui to be Sure she •wesn't*overheerd, and then ghee Um's `puttin' spots bees' my, "What ghost?" I asked incautiously. voice was razor sharp. . "But if I- don't know, how carr I tell what to suggest?" 'That seemed to mollify her, "Well, it's this. way," she said, a little more 'woman. I gave him an' her warlike but they kep' le up. So I put a bit of cole steel right th'ough her. By rights she- oughtta' stay dead. But Instead, Doe, to get ridda. that • yella Woman's I had In'oment of- panic. aid - heard a confession of murder? If so, day, where• Mr. ilton -lots .secured a -position on the Canadian National Rail-• way. -Listowel Manner. . The staff of 'tire Collegiate Institute is again at normal,•affer the abseace of MeNaughton and Park for sev- eral weeks on account a 1 ness. ss Eva •Somerville substituted for Miss MeNatighton and Miss 'Helen tisset for Mrs 1. G. I3. IVIaiDougall„ ante -of Caledonia, haS taken over 'his duties as accountant at the local.' branch of the Bank of 'Commerce, succeeding Mr. Alex. iSmith, retired. Mrs, MaMeugall did their 'young son are expected to join him here next week. SIIEPPARDTON Harold Nixdorf of Detroit spent the week -end et his honie and....Tisited his mother, WS. Geo, Haggibc sita is a tient in Ooderich aloSpital, recovering om lin operation, , We wish her a. • Mr. Irwin Foster, of the R.C.A.F. Manning Pool, Toronto, speat the week- ST. GEORGE'S GUILD . 0 head. "No. No, of course not I live John ftoster, The Church Women's Guild met in in the same buildin'' as Fanya did. Sometimes I get to thinkin' about her end with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. _.., - , Mrs. A. --Gordon and 'Ws, Gahneur the Guild room on ;Wednesday` after - and I aorta get mixerup in my. mind. % bave returned lome after spending the noon with a splendid attendance and And it's kinda hard to recall which is -rs1Mrs. D. E. Brown presiding. The meet- , past ,nionth with their sister, Is me and which is Minya." .. . lug' opened with the singing of a. Lenten .`.`411 right," / said, assuming an air Baird ef 03rucefield, .. • Read The SignaljStar for all the news of - the district. Subscription price only $2.00 a year. the woman's eyes. They were glisten- ing, not normal. Then my memory stirred. I began to recollect fragments of fact about & eelebrated murder case that had excited Harlem a few weeks before, a crime passionel. A woman had lighter -tinted rival. But that, person had' teen eaught, hadareenfessed, 'and Was now incarcerated. . I fumbled in nly mina for the mur- deress' name. It had been Rusaian in sound, tattier than Afro-American. Vaisya. That was if . :A said sharp- ly to the woman- acrosirthe counter.: "Your name Isn't Fanya, is if?" She halted, rubbed fretfully,at her fore- FOR SUPERIOR BAKING RESULTS ic USE hymn and the •Seriptureqesson (2 Oor. *3) was read by Mrs. •C,oates. Money I I can help you get rid of that ghost -t voted- to the two choir mothers, recommend our 'Fiera of the Jungle,' Mrs. Palmer and Mrs. Liscombe, to buy material. for' vestments Tor some ef the choir boys. Last month the Guild ro.embers presented Miss M. E. Salkeld wIth a hymn and prayer •book, in appreciation of her services as presi- dent for many years. Mr,s. Palmer gave an interesting talk on her ad- ventures and life from a large citysin England to a silver mining camp in snaps of thetmine and, their home and also samples- of -silver quartz taken. rom tlie mine. Afternoon tea was served by the tea ho,steases, Mrs. Mundy and Mrs. Bridle. Buy war savinga stamps aud help defeat Hitler.' • confidence -I was far from feeling. la pharauseeuticels,'Sitieting eedy the eitywide tariff. X could' have Maley when they returned, ,grsteftel for some cur* sisv Medicine. and (Sleet powdere, COlabia0d, bad worked. Other shops did it, charsing alt that beer * surprising, amount. But I wouldn't, X mimplreouldn't run up bills their hearts to me so treatinglYs Luck- wee the eekond *tring te Our, into the mhop tind'itaid dourly,: '"Doe, I'm 'jute plumb outta lucks Yes, 'air. Clean out! I better try a good stalls of your A-Niimber One 'St. John the .Oonqueroist I been give" to Conqueror 18 the original one in Vele. "That's precisely .what ft is se,4 , told bins cheerily. s I brought out it firm gatingale root, a But Valet was rarely its purpose In Bar - lent; here it wee' toste svorn as a charm, Afy client stared appralaingly_ at it and ,his yellowsfilmed eyes loeiresti 'lea like tyro dublouily poached eggs. fine. - If it don' cos' toe. much, But wasn't yet ready for a We. I had exploration' work to Ale. 1 asked with ao air of casualness: "It you don't mixtd_my aeltiOgs why is your luck all out?"' 'Cause eria, hea,djn. tsourleT,iney •lose°b' suit. Wrop nie up a can o' them ashes, MAny' witomIagn;t 'Sfirecilhe's You' ngliert!nlmo pleape sub, 'Doc," -an' kinda bard to hold, as it is." The fastest moving items on our jo;;Te4 are yo.0 heading !IT lose_ shelves were the hive philters. The "I'm mak*" miStahea; unurr never minded scrambling French. and dthizinzlyc :ogpeooldis. rhfy "Are you troubled with nausea and "Why, yes. How'dia guess that? An' als& a, aorta tinny 'taste in my mouth :been drinkii. the night.before.” • "Has this been going on for-sesleng But they been plenty unlucky!" "All right, Now I think we're., eet, Here's your St John, the Conqueror. rut it on a string and wear it next to your skin -the ugual way: ,..But it's not going to change your luck unless. youstake another charm that I'm going to give you. This second charm you've got to syvallow. Now wait 'a.moment," I checked ,him as he stirred restlessly. "This other charm Is lucluded in the regular price of your St. John the Con- queror which is seventy-five cents." I handed him somerbilesalts-having diagnoded MS' trouble as a bilious, at- tack. I was a little appreherielve, how- ever. r might have underestimated his 'case.. -Bat., as week later -he -came „ looking alert and in obviously improved sealth, He told me that fleet St Iolm know, to a degree, the thoughts of a 'the Conqeeror was, the best luck charm Priest In confessional.; it's. a sobering he'd ever heal However, he'd pretty and hitiabling experience. well wore it out Could he get another • we just as good?... .Ile'd feel a mite safer "Love's Reireniej' and; as the name in - had another • Philter called with a. fresh, potent one. ,(Nothing. it reversed the purpose of In - This time I sold litn a. fresh gelin- ent was tinctuee of valerian, ng miuse" gale met without. forcing any drugs on Ims smelling a campound-a% can. well -be him. All he wanted and e-psfareittly ess.gei.ese not 'A' high price to pay for peace of Rometimis I've wondered if my ron- Ite a fe:::i.nw.ianes rbiavnagrhstt be: al ynodi n out qualm of conscience, I' charced belnotilne. needed now was a psychic crutch. With- the ;throes Of a very primitive urge to the usual seventy-five cents. That ia Inge • . DUNGANNON .Sornizt spending few . days with her pareute, Mr. awl itre. J. Dually, after (wicking. of 441011Ailde *Woe • We were sa(srry to.- learn of the ierious dengiliter set- -Mr. -stud- -Maw sArtatir *mart, ***tilting from itlerrasins meaelee. Miss Mary !Green, R.N„ aside- ikiwan is aseistiog in the house. latteat reports are that the patieut be* taken a turn towards recovery. ' Moe Stanley Thonspien, vieited for * week with ber aunt, Mr*. John Reid. She returned to her home last Thursday *wools:tided ItY her eouSin, Held, who visited until returning tome on Monday. The 'IN"„ht.e. regular monthieMeeting and quarterlY tee win ibe held the An enjoYable iliating party was held Monday night. The Dungannon, Crewe, St 'Helene and Whiteeburch yoting People were Vesta of the 'three with, hot coffee was eerved at tite rink after skating. . • We are glad to hear Mrs, Dan FeWler She .is apending the, winter with Mr. and Mrs. Victor Eirington. Mr, Wo. :Ferguson, who bad' beensin Victoria Hosnitaj. London, tor an Oper- ation, returned home feeling much School re -opened on- Monday after 'English words). It was •a sweetened, which was bought equally by men and women. My directione for uaing were' bald; If a. man -sought the favor of- -Soule • enamorata, he was in- structed thoroughly to lave his sweet- -heart's hody vrith it. The obsions point seemed never to be noted -that if be were permitted to apply the Incense D'Amour in the manner directed, the re• edy been accomplished without bene- fit of any love philter. - The women who:ought its aid were told to sprinkle •their own boales ,with it. , More often than not, asl looked at their aging, lined faces and thickening torsos, I had to clamp my lips"to avoid telling them not to waste their money,' that what they Knight to purchase was 'in reality youth -and youth could not be bought Jana bottle. But this was a time' when my advice would not 'have. been welcomed -it vvould,have been re . told me, with a complete lack of self - cense ousness, 'their lonkings and :their emit assiliell Sorer. taw* has loses se flusher Toispisesis 1010111111.e -At that holders' liestbig et limo eaditm*M Um* TArklAbOOS* C44., ea Aida/ the director* were reeekaettol wins the es - ricers • *are as Shakoes ; Posiddeet. aa& sitoni; geterestersetres,sarer, bine 41. C. Treleaven; moister, Borten Zeiek; director*, Jas. MeWhilusee, 0. (1. Tree leaven, Jse. E. Hackett, Jim Kerr Obieholon, Joao, Part *ad Clisreause Dustows Lihrert Beeraseet meeting of the Library Moard wee held ea fridaY eyening at the home of aim R. J. otke of President, and was **Owed los gerald, treasurer, grid Arthur Brown, secretary, gave the annual reports. Re- velpta tor the yeer were 4115,18 euil expellees, •$100.44), leaving ibialauee of $14.09. There are tittyssix members, and the total eirculation. of booke 1104 year was, 15%, whieh 103 ' wera juvenile. The school board Pays , which entitles the children to take out books. Mise Mildred Anderson. is vied - President Arid the other members of the beard aro Mr. Orsham Plana, Mre, J. Ryan, Mise Betty Elliott, Mre. Aim Malden upon resignieg thanked her feilow-membera of the board for same he eentlitueir with' her eucceseer. Mrs Boy ,Rotledve continues as librars Ian. A number of new books have letely bou placed OA the ehelVes; and, that such line lot of teading,material is available presorts -An -opportunity to' readers and is a ereclit Slur com- We have pieked from regular stick 54 dresses, sizes are from 14 to 44 with a few 1/a sizes, Good shades and styles but broken lines eto, YOUR CII0/0E AT' nI each the greatest ghost. chaser ever in - "Yes. I heard of your Flora posTider," she interrupted, . "It eughtta do the "But wait 1 In order for it to be of ' any value, you'll have to take a certain -liquid which . I'm going to gi've', you without Cost-" • "I don' want no•medicine1"' s.peke of medicine?" I said brusquely. "Thia is 'part ef the ghoat charm. "It is to put your 'hotly fn tune with the Flora powder." ide with the tin of Flora. If she had already slipped over the border into in- sanitY, the sedative_ would. be worth- less. • But if ahe had -simply •worked herself. Into a hysterical . state through brooding over that -Merrier so near her own doorstep, the broMide reight•prove efficacious: A mouth later she mine in on another errand and told me 'that haunting her -she no longer saw these spots before het eyes. , Attributes. We handled vibes „thought islora of the Junele' *Afg most to be those of men noted for -prowess popular ghost chaser, i-opt.•selling, all in the prize ring, of persuasive preach. othera three-to.orte.ss It was a Mixture 4ers, Of 'Meal Casanovas', mien of notori- of herbs, 'but. :svaa• made up, aa each oust erimitiala with a, reputation for batch seas compounded, of: those left sang-froid• • sloWly to suit MY PrePrietOw nem rontained' nb hungan ashes, only milk I knew _those little tine. nfilabeled, on the shelf,..eimples that had sold too 'was, therefore, a. species of 'Perpetual, sugar with a tOliCh of caramel to give year -emit ehelf-clearance sale. filoo a'reeelaite .aabv volor. told my clients Flora's apPliCation WON external and its flatlY• T refnsed to glarantee that the little -what ita -ingredients • avere--Pra' only Fined kfiewingly and said : tin. estitained human ash. Bet they value psyehological; it mattered Very vaaed• they. wet,e.,'*hat *0 guatonteed .sole we "Understan', Doe. The great them to be -genuine herbs. man'is fanely on's: let on to the news- . 11 . Papuhs that lie' wes embalmed an' laid -s;santrcoenrgtaio s Hata. of Harlem society nwaY Irma easkit. .,_1114: we know' difs is the °belief be xnalizi epirite fereot. We 'know. he done gave his , that ;professional exorcisers abound:. bodi-ssso poor folkg like lid btiy Some .of theSe gentlemen had worked 01111a!lres'FiOlrfe o' his strea'th- Yes, mind. • • tinned professional meddlieg with Itu- Other; favorite. good luck amulets man lives has been 'Justifiable. • To which I, -dispensed were the star strike a balance. haie bansed more charms. These were, anike "seed $ods happiness than sorroW ; of that .much which nature has 'obligingly provided am confident. But for many persons in five or six -pointed star-shaped de- in Harlem I -have apparently changed signs. Occasionally freak seven- the course of destiny. pointed seed pod came on the market I Will it catch, up with Me Some day? Such a one our proprietorw marked up . I are now dispensing drugs 'in a phar- sharply. Bfit even so, it never lacked macy that is a rong, long way from a buyer. 31 gave these charms fantastic Harlem in both. mental and physical climate. Perhaps, if I,croSs my fingers, burn a little myrrh, wear a cloth bag filled with herbs, a galingale root and a six -pointed anise seed pod, perhaPs-- .. Who knows -T can circtunvent ole man 'Star of the tInumwerse'?" • ' Destiny. No harm in trying is there? titles so. as to stimulate their sale. But more;soften than not the customers named them for me,: "Doc, you got 'any 'Star of. Jack Dempsey'?" Or. "Say, -Doc, you .got any I alvvays had that precise anise seed pod• -of good luck. I never failed my • article in great demand=and woe betfde the small Harlem pharmacy that doesn't stock, it -was what purported 'to be the tinned ash of some defunct Mali of prominence. If an individual has been widely known during his life- time for physical. atrength, commereial acumen; untisual piety, then a pinch of his ashes taken internally or sprinkled upon the body is believed •to give the' BENMILLER BENAILELLER, March 4. --airs. on Sunday with Mr. and, Mrs, . yan- Mrs, Harold iGood spent lest week visiting friends neer Blyth. ' • Mns. Cleo. Feagais and son Earl spent a few days last week •vlsiting her mother and sister at Hamilton, • - Rev. R. 0. tlazelwood's brother, a college student of Torento will occupy the pulpit le Benmiller,11nited „ehureh Bev. It G. and Urs. -Hazelwood spent the •day' there. The W.A., will hold its regularsMonth-. ly meeting at the home of Mis. Gardner this Wednesday. The ,hestesses are Mrs. -.Gardner and Mrs. WIll 3Ingford.. The C;G.I.T; and Trail Rangers en- joyed a skating party last -Friday night ward a hot lunch at the parsonage. A concert In aid ,of the War Vieti' Fund will be held in the ehureh en March 13„ when the *ea wit/ the NILE MLA Marett 6.- Bev. G. Ilaielsharst will not oeeupy the pulpit et Nile on '$undey. tills brother 'will take dross of the service in his abeence. Mise Margaret Wittsou, yotolleet daughter of Mi. and Moe. AUX. Wats son, 'Colborne lownehiP, UsiderWeek art operation for appendicitis. st Ooderich Hospital, and at time ot writing west able to sit up fort. while. • Mr, and, 34rS., Arthur Spragg irifitted near Auburn, On 41.11140 - Mr, 'Russel ACCOnnell of Black Matthews on Sundays, - Xi; Loroe Pentland ofleondorSsatlied on friends around Nile this Week. '1 Hrs.' V. Harrison (nee -10harlotte Fetter) and daughter, . of Ooderiele •township, Visited with her sistO,' Mrs. JAS. MeIntssre, on ,Krinday. Mr. S. Mitthell aall Son To* are skidding logs for ,the Baeelsle.r la his bush at Niles . Miss 'Beth McPhee is .St 'A dress alart front made of **title May be Made immaculate, With,* wale of a 'wet cletb. It sounds *a prattical as the penguin's, vehicle is deigned with -a swito.e-daetrolt News. ANNUAL ST. PATRICE'S NOVEVIT AT DUBLIN, opN with Hats, Ilornsp Confetti And Novelties Bob Doodle and His °rehear" Dancing 9-30 until 14. — ADMISSION 50e ClaNTS . 4101111111•111111111e, For a thorough, Eye Eltamination —7Telephoite '91 Glasses In the lieweit Style., at. erate • IF IN NEED OF EYE SEEviCE CONSULT A, Is• COLEIIAL: OPTOMETRIST' AND OPT/C/AN Phalle 91 • up a very lucrative tradeThey claimed omniscience and omnipotence. Yet '.it was a Commonplace for one of them ,to come into the shop and tell me in all seriousnesS (for he usually believed his own hoeus-poetta) that a ghos' Was him to handler-, and what would ad - This necessitated Aecoml-hand diag- nosis on my part-----and,'worse stilt the voodoo expert was usually uncertain just what were the symptdros of bis ghost-hannted patient. XTniess the in- dications were of a fomenting appendit ,or worse. T generally suggested a roils- ing intestinal purge ---to be added, of course, to the routine abracadabra of his exorcism, With that simple. remedy I have probably routed- more ghosts than even a -Haitian witch doctor hot on the trait which Were acfnallv worth very lift*. and ,ammrenfly gave away valuable dives. Activate, our books shoeed that we were conducting st ;legitimate trade Your er Store U W. SCHAEFER V a_fue Phone 56 SERVICE BRAND CHICKS The Baby Chick season is •ort hand again. Order your Superior from your -local representative. RYAN PRODUCE Hamilton Sii4 Goderiele. Ont. Phone 345 - Res. Phone 334 Careftil eelestion, breeding and 'culling have made Service 1,trand Vhieks the best of quality avail-, able, Good 'livability and high guaranteed. Waterloo County Hatchery , NEW IIAMOURG, ONT. Vire all 'have obligations, we are all °poor' and hard -up, (or think we arey but how much poorer and harderup wee Watild be if we lost the war. Canada has given us, a living' Canada is worth fighting:40r in Canada people live and, worship as they wish Canada asks you to help win the war by net „part.: of your means, You will get 3 per, cent. !, compounded haltyearly. - Wat Savingi, Ceditioate0o7day