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The Brussels Post, 1937-11-24, Page 4THE BRUSSELS POST WEDNESDAY, NOQ, 24th" 1937 ome and Enjoy the Crowd Under Auspiczes c •Uz t4ze Bross lk Legion r sse6 9 0 or2:101===Oteso========toicetor====oinero IViusic Supplied by Ukulele Bill and His ill Iillies Dancing from 9.30 p. m. to ? On the Re -surfaced Floor Ad r� n Discuss Giving Stiff Penal ti.;s to Drunk Drivers Definite Action On Motion In Huron Council, However, Deferred WANT WARDEN BACK Huron County Council at the Thursday morning seeelon di -cussed at same length a reconWendation to .the Ontario Legislature asking stiffer penalties for drunk and reck- less drivers. It also asks teat the penalty for a second convict.00 for drunken 'ecTellpg include the per- manentlr-Cancellation. of drivers' per- mits.-- --Pee-+:es W- IJ: Bauntiare of Exeter. and Peter W. Scott of East Wawanosh - sponeired the motion, which was referred to the ,Legisla- tive Committee. A -emotion was carried unan;mous' ly asking McKillop Township to re- turn Warden John M. Eckert as reeve for 1933. The Property Committee will deal with a motion recommending to the -1935 ,council that it take ac. tion with reeneect to remodelling the Court House to provide quarters for the magielrate, Children's Aid inspector, a witness room and lavatory accommodation in the base- ment. Both federal and provincial goy. ernmlenta were memorialized to as- sist in every way farmers and eau sumers' co-operatives In {heli siert to reduce the price spread he:ween the producer and consumer, Three representatives of the Can- adian General Electric Company ad- dressed the c•nunc.t un the Inst.rila- tion,Of an electric range in the County Home at a cost of $2.190. 1t was felt the new equipment would pay for itself, and will replace a range which .basbeen in use .since the Intone was built, Inspector Govenlock In the c:,ur:-r of his report said that Mrs. Jarobs. the matron, had canned 5,000 quarts of Delft and vegetables Will Buy Range He thought no other dnst:tutioa of the hind could boast of that. re- cord, The house of Refuge corn- mihtee were, given power to buy the range, which would lessen the cost and work entailed in the per - talon of the home. There are 55 in- mates -51 males, and 44 female Board Report There are at •present 105 bedefl- claries of Mothers' Allowances in Huron County, with 240 children. This informalfun was given in a report'sent in by A, T. Cooper, see. 151111y of elle Mothers, AlIowa nce Board, the Met meeting of which was beld June 11. There we. 21 appliratinn thle year, 1r, of ,vhtr•:n were granted, - The pensione ring - front $15 to $15 a month, r •tteen were (hipped during the year for v{semens reasons. 'rhe report was sent to the exec0tihe committee. The rennet of the Children's Shol- fr wirer lttee was irreeenterl by Sleeve Aryans, chairman, The Chlldren'e Aid Society was 011e "f the meat important orear 10- attuns and a great deal was owing to it for its work for underdrivi. leged children. High compliment war paid to Superintendent H. Ed' ward, for his rare tact in keeping families together, and to Mrs, 01i - ver the matron, who it was felt could hot take a greater interest in the children if they were her :,wn. There are seven children in the Shelter, a girl of 14 and six boys ranging in age from 5 to 11 Years; also a baby girl of nine menthe which will require a great deal of care. Mr. Edwards reported booing made 53 calls re child protection; 65 unmarried parents, and 07 on child care. Cases under tnveetiga- tion are, 17 of child llrotecon 30 of unmarried parents; 67 eeeee, un- der child rare and legal adoption 5. Held Underprivileged The need for work for the under- privileged child is growing, the pointed out and in order to n10,,,t this demand it will be nec,-::._a.o for the society to iaunrh an ex- tensive educational erogralh in the county in order that the nubile will fully uuderetand the nature ef the wutk of the Children's Ahl :neer ty and will r. i-opt::-a:e, For the moa part the peripi,' c i t-:ide: the ..r,t•:t'e a sort 4.1 reeMen100. It is far it lm the, They toll that when ,t rune Maim is mad,: to thr,, iocirty ibr- ch:l,ire•te in that. pteiticular family shuu:d .,e removed at , it ., only when all pleas fail the' it sinelld h neeeee 1) to remeve a child Dem hie ht,tne- Adopt Resolution With Ileevre ('areliff in the chair, council conourree} with the reeole. Hon of Halton ('.runty that two members of the (•e:ulI y emiech should he appointed to the hoard of the Ch:ldren'5 Aid Soviets; Ala) with the resolution from Peterbor. ough County Council to amend the Ch1ldren's Aid Are to as •o give the county council and the cauuci] of any It -e, or selrarated town with• in the county ceetributilg t;e the funds of the seeiety, power 'e paint the meinbere cunstitut11w the governing board of the sor net). No action was taken on the reso- 1011011 from Peterborough asking the (Altura, government 10 Pa=:c all amendment to the Municipal Act prob5hiting the c meell of nee Holm ipa:ity from paed11g ally bylaw or resolution changing . eeee "d time to daylight ea14:1g 3110 '1'lte warden coiled It a fare , "If P0015' want 10 0rt. 1111. they'll get up," Fra said, No altion was faltenh en the n, -.u- Melon from Weer worth .1'.County ing the gove13(111eiat to grant 11 creased subsidy on leads. The llnance r01111nfi.lrt', r:•p(rl; was adopted with Reeve 1eteel i „r presiding, ae follows, tMess Dorothy \Vatter ., •ott0r err— NEWS F THE DISTRICT Written for the Post By Our Ow* Correspondents t3ELGR'A vi ror 11;s, 1':'ouse in the neigie,.ate's chic,-, wee ordered paid. Ald Age 1'• nsl=ria account 1'f ral'ials n„1t:4ii ai cents. w, -r,, nor inti,t ' xi - pJn5 t.L.cy it101 A :b- fie1d. - No 1 ,=-,n x t ,li'•n ,..at the 1):•. 1 1a1•, icer tt.ts as 1110' 11.:r, 1. early liven The esu r.•t $11,50 will Ii 1><I9 for the tl'ahlih5 of the Pell rk•:;ctl of tho tete lir, Iianiop. County l: g 11 Pat r -on emit) there are :Ise mile,, of (ouu,y reads in litttun, Engineer's Report His report feuosss: "In accord ince with !dans Oat linen prev:ci lv luereaSfd expen- ditures have been made this yen' on dust p.evetttativee, and in the crio. =3raetinrn. of bituminous suitaee: on main roads. We have built eleven and a half m110., of new bituminous surfaces 20 to 20 feet in width, and five and a half utiles of reinforcing or purtiatly rompdeterl surfecr,'s. Our practice this year, based on our past exp.rletl(-es, 1111=+' been to bring 111. old road to a proper- cross del[. n and tre.at with a prime emit of tan On this is placer} 1,350 cubic yards of grated gravel which is nixed iu place with a liberal etu111311) 1f bitum,.t,. and the sines sin eel uniformly over the road, giving a surface of about three inche,f. We find that in eouat raet- ing these i41111aves to 111e. mllisntl Widths nP to twenty-six feet, 5(1100l - lin; alone the edges is elunlll 1t ed, as well as providing a much safer stuenccr tor the traffic, The ”, ettne of our bituminous work this year have been- very gond, and it is 2x- 00e1ed that the maintenance eteni 35111 Out be ve:'y high. The c et. of about ;3.2410 per mile is somewhat higaer than that of other year, due to the use of increased glla•tt.tiee and the increased price of 115tunten. 1t is rather singular that 1n no other part of rile country have eat- isfaclory results• been obtained by constructing surfaces as we do here, I believe that the old ['mates' of sheet asiihalt surfaces, pushing, has influenced others and induced them to use a low percentage of bitulnen in order to avoid this pee- - sibility, Such a practice will pro- duce :;actions of improperly bonded aggregate and result in holes, We have had only one short secelen give trouble from pushing, and the ubvioua cause may readily be avoided, However, road eugi leers from other parts are being impres- sed with the results that are being secured, and it is probable that suds work will become more gen. era), Only one two-mile section of grading was completed this gear, tine read teem Carlow to Nile e1.ln- Meting. the Luckuow Read. This was c'arrierl out by teams, ;!aid it may be the last job of this. kind to be. se undertaken by the county. Power operated equipment now up- eratee at so much lower cost ilia; the cost ter team work is too high. It muy 0eetu unfortunate that emit work will not be available ni tine tanner; in the future, but the far- mers have to pay for much of 1t, . and ;lard manual labor is (11)vr„tod, Moreove , 1110117 farriers n &legit their tarns to help ant with the road work 00 that the disadvar.t-(ges and the extra cost more than offset the advana afire. of the pied1 system', which offered some farmers an ep. portunity for an extra source of le - came, The trucks bought by the „tunny In the Spring have been opr"'1ltlug at a Fra' cost, The improvement in trucks during the past has been remarkable. While u0 stabilization wad 1111d,n•- taken- this year, it was on temou 1,t of the press of other work, anti not that the 1mPortance of this work has been overlooked, or has aop..sl. ed minimized. Special equipment is needed for the production of eta - blitzed gravel in the beet form, and etanitard, practical machines have 1(01 y'I been evolved. The time win come 131110 gravel of an 1111,4.cbl, 01(3(1.0 will net be used ort Iaurrhe loads to any extent, The• Vouee, 3'11:un 1.f 010 I'11i5t41 Childs 110.1 :n lite sc11nd- rr,n1 on Wednesday meet w1^': the 51 :..lart111'y 10:01101311• 111 a-eeet5' ,,\1r. Clercnce Yu111 reviled 11nd Mese Freda Jotdail timed as Pte'd_t. The 1...,:',8011 was read by MIs • Alma Gra0',y and .he topic mate:eat pre. serriedby Miss Edna Vincent, An, interesting cilsru:csicn Perite1 fnl- lewee the lope 10 r ging pramiee was held for the ept t a1 serr re) of story awl song that is being ineintre el for Chri-tmas-tide, Miss Jennie T0wnend, R.N„ who has been on the etaff of the Dunn - vine Hospital for the last tl00 11101lilis left recently to take a posi- tion on the staff of the University Hoepital in Ann Arbor, Mich, U.S.A. Miss Kathleen l'ownend of West. ern University Melted at her home beer for the week -end returning on Sunday eight with Mr, and Mrs. Norman Stonehouse, +111. and Sira N, Keating and Mr. and Mrs Je..sie Wheeler were visitors at the Royal Winter Fair, Toronto; 'Mrs. R, J. McKenzie and daughters, Marjory and Marlene, with relatives in Toronto. made to understand t._at anyone tak- ing chances with a motor vehicle is a public menace, and is pouted to as a fool, a proper attitude will not be acquired, Many charges in practice and in standards for Toad c'on5tenct ton and maintenance have taken place in the lase twenty years. and n'eli waste has been the result of , fen. tire to anticipate the demand, of the future. Nearly all the ('1aeges in standards may be traced ee the derelogment of the motor ear, and much of it to the increaser) speed at which vehicles• now operate, During the past few years, however, there has been little tendency to hold cars for operation at higher speeds so it would appear that present day standards for horizontal and ver. ' tide curves will endure for a long time, Public clemancis from reads have been hrcreas.ing-from year to year, and during the't past, a minimum i amount of imp•:'ovenlents have been made in order'`•to keep expenditure at a minintum.)There are now 385 miles on our County Road Sestem, and the Department of Highways is assuming thirty miles of road in the south. On a great many roads assumed by the county, littlen er- nnament work has been done, al- though an effort has been made to :provide improved malntenerre, but the requirements of these roads cannot be postponed indefinitely. Road Committee The County Roads Commission report was adopted as follows: "The work of the year hue been carried on closely 1u acc0rdarre . with the estimates, though wont an new road, and unexpected 1 eau ire- ments have necessitate,) some changes, It ie expected that t}1(' ex- nenditu:es'and 101'lpte of the year will balance, "An insurance policy 1,010-1115 W0111men', cumpeneettion was se- cured for a premium of $1.252.29. Two accidents have occ'itrred that were covered by this policy, "It is the intention to carry on 511011. removal from the roads t(s 111 the bast. 111 view of the increasing number of accidents on the roads, Ave recommend that stop sign, be erected next Spring on the fellow. ig roads: Road No. 12, Seafortb to Be5more; Road No, 25, Dunlop to Blyth; Road No. 27, Lttcknow to Carlow; Road Na, 4, the Crediton Road; Road No, 6, the St, Marys Road; Road No. 3, Bayfield to Eg. nlou5ville; Road No, 35, Clinton to Bayfield, "We further recommend that a emeahl number of our roads in.. so signed each year. Ite road south of Wroxeter, rr. quee e'(1 as a County Road, your ronnniltee has examined the road, and we I'501111111Iend that a Mimi be rhderrl'rl 1,1,01 further extenceio1? : 1, the Comity Road System may be Made. The 11,1.11 announced that two Nines n11loHues, of Western 1 ni I- verelly had brew here on W dnee. flay looking ever the liiitnrlr, doe* Memos in the attire and L:crl init. mated they would ire ^willing lr, me 1101 -take the che,illeatitol and prop. er klieg of the same. Celina!) adjourned till 10 am, 1re day, Many Aceidents- A f.euat 11111117 nt-1 ir,u 3110 3, Lou - 0 oa•r•.1lrrerl any apps:t-01 re10 elf 111,. 11.,,) ut til,:•' eteeemen 1113, Mem eeeiquua'lt, bet the al,0retr' 111crea,,• in rrat0,' acrirh its dols c;1 t1,-7 15(11 :u1 raln1ahioia1 'eel/l't:e', timet)e ear delvers ,s fin r01/1111011 11 1011: r,. ,y ;s 110. b 00 of all propel' '].suing, and 1111111 •151'• ear-... for $20 for two weeks' subetitetlre leas and reckless driver can be ETH, L 1111 Iiansuld and family or 'raves- torn vieleity were Sunday tine.. mutt risi:o1•.0 with C. 1e, nota 5lr, Iiansuid incl other relatives In the 0:liege, The de;:t1 of snow ant} wintry weather met with at ih;s of the jou,ney was something they ]lad uot expected to see on that. date, ,5ldse lllia Hallsuld who is teach, el' in S.S. no, 0, Grey, ice put;.Ing :n overtime, 1(1 preparing for the seined convert to he held before Chr1 m,w, Percy Stephenson )las been wur}t- tug with tit te, N. R. section gang at Atwood while putting iu a new sid- Ing at that potut, 'rhe bight train, ou the C,N,It„ due to arrive at Ethel at 9,50 p,m, has been running close to schellnla. It le to be hoped that this regularity of service will hold good for Chalet. was time arrivals. holiday period being ended P. N. Currie resumed duties last Satur- day, as C.N,R, agent at Ethel station. Ethel United Church Y,P,S. met 'Monday night in regular weekly session, with a large attendance present. After routine order of service was observed, Election of officers for the ensuing year was proceeded with. Quarterly official board of Ethel United Church was called to con- vene Tuesday night, Nor, 21, Sacrament ordinances will be eon, 1 ducted in Ethel United Church at the 7.3u pan, services next Reuday, ' With the pastor, Rev. H. Snell, pre- siding, Several Motor car mishapa have occuered 111 Ethel vicinity due to slippery condition of roads, follow- ing the 001001g of show and frost. • Considerable dissap'pofutmenl was felt by local member's of I.huert Ethel C. 0,1"., when owing to un- favorable road and weather eoti(11- tion& they were prevented from at- tending, a special prevented function o1 111E Order beteg held .1londay, NOV, 22, at Godericb, to which they had been invited and had planned to go. A furnace Inas been installer re - 1 cetiy in the farm dwelling Monne 01 Quest Dobson by Geo. Reenter ane helpers, The social activities sponsored by Ethel W. I. was changed Dom Fri- day, Nov. 19 to Wed. Nov. 24. In correction of an item, which last week stated that Ethel public school would be giving a (ronuert, it has now been decided that a pub- lic entertainment will nut be held at this Christmas time, On Friday, Dec, 17 at Ethel Unit. ed Church under the auspices of the Sunday School, an entertainment will be field when the Clirletmar tree and convert program will be presented, Keep the data to mint), You are invited to be present and share in the good cheer of Christ- mas season, Rev. Mr, Snell, Roy Hall, 11rs, 1'. N. Currie, maneeeng committee, Bert Vodden has been doing suite a flourishing business during the fleet week, selling Sparton Radios, Wm, Spence attended the Dletrfct Agency meeting and supper sponsor. e(1 by 11:. North American Lire As- surance Company at Listowel last Thursday evening, George Kreuter and Calvin, t3u- smith and plumber are very busy this fall, having several complete bathroom outfits to install also new furnace jobs. An automobile accident occurred at the corner 8011111 of the C,1 13 station last Pi.day evening when a truck driven by Ross .MeTaggari crashed Into a car driven by C. Hutebiuson, both vehicles were badly damaged, air, and Sirs, R. W. Whitfield, Mr,s P, N, Garlic and Mr, Selwyn Baker spent the week -end in Termite at- tending tate Winter 1"udr, BL Y TH The 1V, M, 11, of the United church met at 011e home. 01 eirs, Charles (erashy on Thursday after_ non for the regtrtar thamkofferine 111, Brook meMing. Fifty 1a111er, present. Mrs, Brook presider) and the theme of the service was "The Wot'sbipeing Church.' A nominat- ing commutem eooiti,lltt.g of Iles Sautes W. Laidiaty, (', 11^11, J, Tett E, ',flitted was mimed, \irs, IIlix)rn, .+aperiulaimdea'. of th, 5Iieslnu ltntnd, ,eprn'tell 011 the work, A rea'ihtg was given by elre, W. 11111., Scrlp(u1'0 reedings were given by .Mrs, Brock, etre, tot t., «buil 'Hobert Johnelon 'rbc first chapter in the new study book, "Tltc New Church Faces a New Coyne One, Come ,All To Another Big nt the resurface floor Town Hall, ri rus els 6 Wurlitzer's Orchestra Dancing 9 p. m. to ? Admissi.n 35 World," was taken by 'firs Frank 1 Marshall, The closing prayer was given by Mrs. John Mafues. A ten cent tea was served by Meedanies Grassy, Bloody, Logan, G. McGow- an, Fairservice, Garrett, Mise Lockie. A most pleasant evening was spent in Memorial Ipall Friday whet& neighbors and fiends to the n:unber of 230 tendered a reception to .lir. and Mrs, Archie Scott, concesstun 8, Morris, who were recently ma.1. reed, Mrs. Scott before hr1' mar-- iago was .Hiss Alexandra Margaret Hamilton, only daughter of firs. Hamilton of Gerrie. During the evening an address was read by James Laidlaw, Jr,, and the presen- tation of a purse of money was made to the newlyweds by Stiller Richmond. Thiee orchestras, Witte, Jackson's and Keliy'31, pruvitled music for dancing, A delightful lunch was served by the ladles of the gathering. .lir, and Mrs. Scott ,will reside on COI. 8, 1Iorris, Mrs, Robert Newoonth, con. 5, Morris, had as her guest last week an old schoolmate whom etre had not seen for 46 years, in the person of Mrs. T. 0. Morse of Pasadena, Oat, Mr. and Mrs. Morse left Cali- fornia Sept, 1 and have had an ex- tensive motor trip,. Mr, Morse has spent all his life In California and the snow of last week was interesling to hint, but to the extent that ire decided to leaves a once for the sunny south before being snowbound at this northern end Of the trip, Mr. and Mrs. Archie Bender, Tor- onto, spent few clays in town; :Sirs, Nellie Leslie in Toronto with her sister, Mrs. Gifford. ELMER D. ti}r.LL, S.A. Barrister, soitcttor, Etc. Phone 20x, —x— Brussels, Ont, BLUEVALE VALE Mr, and Mrs, W. 1I, Fraser spent a few day's In Toronto enjoying the Royal Winter Fair. Sir, and Mrs, Leonard Gates and family are spending a week with her parents, 511, and Mrs, Itobt, Shaw and other friends, Mr. and Mrs. W. 3. Joh nstoi. vts• Red. on Friday afternoon with Mr, and Mrs, Richard Johnston. Mr. and Mrs. Mclllw•ai visited their cousin Sir, and Mrs. Richard Johnston and attended the fu. rat of a cousin, One of the inost interesting and best attended meetings In the in- terests of the British and Foreign Bible Society for some time was held in the United ('Murch Feeley evening- The president of the local society, Robert Shaw, preeided, The scripture 1eseon was read by Rev. A, Vallance Robb and Rev. J. R, (.lrclg led In prayer. The rlesi- dent introdeeed the Rey. '',Vatter McLeary of Toronto repeneenta- tive of the society who gave an il- lustrated lecture on "Spain, yester- day and Today." 111, Mc•Lia y's lecture dated back to the time of George Barrow, the first colpoture to visit Spaiu and his 'tranelatiun of the Bible into the many differ- ent languages. The pictures :-bow- ed the public buildings, street scenes, cathedrals, paiacee and people from the ('ides 01 Seale. Many of the 1( 3101:tut huiiclinge aro now in tains as a result of the war. The work of the Bible Suclotl- is continuing tilt-uugh It ali, The election of officers • elemli'd as follows: fres., Ib-,bert t4haw; sego ea,., 5I Alex Mae:bray, James Nichol, W. 3, Joltn,te•n, Ar- thur Shaw, John Mundell and ,vex Mowbray form the c'nnmed:l.' e, Colleetnrs have been app0107,.d fee the different districts, ee- Cent a Mok Round Y rep argain Fares Minimum Fares: P,ults 75c Children 40c) From BRUSSELS Fri., 84 Sat, Nov, 26 27 To Oshawa, 13owmanville, Pont Hone, Cobourg, Trenton Jct„ Belleville, Napanee Kington, Gr1natnoque, Brockville, Prescott, Morrisburg, Cornwall Uxbridge, Lindsay, Peterboro, Campbellford, Newmarket, Penetang, 0°111ngweed, Medford, Barrie, Ortlita, land, Graysnhirst, Bracebridge, Hurvteville, Calendar, Nortel Bay. Parry Sound, Sudbury; all towns in New Ontario on line of Teals. 'taming & Northern Ontario bOly„ Nipissing Central Illy„ Iiilpialtas- Ing, Longlac, Nnittna, Taslnoia, Sioux Lookout, Geraldton, Jellicoe Beardmore, Port Anther, Sat. Nov,, 27 to Toronto Also to Brantford, Chatham., Cllosley, Clintoh, Durham), Ex. eter, Fergus Godorich, Guelph, Hand lion, Hanover, IIarrlaton, Iagsr• . soli, Kincardine, Kitchener, London, Listowel, Mitchell Niagara Farts, OWen Sound, Paisley, Patmeeeton, Paris, Port Elgin St, Catharines, St Mary's, Sarnia, Southampton, Stratford, Slralbroye Walkerton, Wharton, Winglutm, Woodstock, For bares, Return Linins, Train Infornultion, 'rickets, consult neatest Agent, See handbills for complete list of destinations ATTRACTION TORONTO SAT,, NOV, 27 NAiONAL HOCKEY LEAGUK "MOTREAL" at "TORONTO" .CANADIAN NATIONAL.