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The Clinton News Record, 1922-1-26, Page 1Nu. 2134, -42nd t it EUV, 1 o, ..fitis a es. r ire To help them with.,Glasses. Nearly 'everybody who does a lot of reading„ or sewing, o fine work with the 'eyes, feels the effects, and *most people knowit is a rest their eyes need, But few can drop their work because ;their eyes or head aches.h of enough g. People know that 'the right glasseswill give the needed rest War them while you works—they will help you wonderfully. Satisfaction and comfort with glasses supplied by 1 eler and Optician: Ii Phone 174w ;eClatar Residence 1741.' IS YOUR MONEY SAFE? Hidden ill yotir' borne it, is. a temptation • to thieves. Deposit your money in the bank and rent a SAEVI4V'DEPOSIT BOX for your valuable papers; : Victory Bonds, etc. THE ROYAL BANK OF CANADA THE J L ► B INCORPORATED isss Capital Paid Up $4,006,000 Reserve Fund $5,000,000 Over 125 Branches A Farm Run on a Business Basis requires that every member of the family be made a partner. That the earning from some particular.:' product be allotted to each member: Then good sense, indicates that • these..earnings should go to ' swell their sa i w v ngs; account with The Molsons Bank. This will male each one ambitious to make his product pay. Deposits'p-mailacceted, +o•ort Y P H. R. SHARP, Manager _CLINTON BRANCH Safety Deposit Boxes to Rent READY-TO-WEAR. CILOTIHING 2he alorrish • Clothing Co. ORDERED 'CLOTHING enter1 CI an -u 1. Sale of Men's andBoy's Clothing, Furnishings, T7 Hats, Caps, 'Etc. Its not question ofp rofit now. We want to clear' our shelves of all winter goods and we have Gut the. rices. to do it Men's Sults $20 to $22 suits, saleprice 2:5:,to 3`0 . 35 to 40 45 to 50 , as Berl'. (Ilwercoats;. g25 to $30 overcoats, sale price 35 to 40 A «' 42 to 45 0 Odd Trousers. $6.50 to $8,50, Striped worsteds ..... '...... 4.90 o. $4,50 to $$,00 Tweeds and Worsteds , . 3,50 Sweaters $6.00 Coat Sweaters, saleprice .... ..... , , $10,00, , 12.0 . $8.50 $ 0 Coat Sweaters,'sale price , , 3,50' $2.50 and $2.75 Bo s' Pullovers, sale rioe . 1.95 Over'aiis $13,90 19 90!, 29.90 85,90 819.50 24.50 29.50 $1.50 to $1.75 Plain black, khaki and blue stripe,sale price 1,19 $2..00 to $2,50 Plain black and blue stripe, sale price .,.....;, 1,69: o .s Slats $10—$12 Boys Shits, sale price7,90 $15—$18 Boys Suits, gale price , .. , . , , , 11.90 $`6- - • 8 Boys' Farcy Suits,sale rice ... y p ...,. 4.30 See large bilis for complete list Sale ends Saturday, January 28t} +, S II CLOIRRE CON quare Deal for Every Man," i 0,,4NTON, ON A urs 3ANUAR , MBK; .R;iU CHEATE A J0[1 FVD EVERY f�4Pd —PF�SPERIIY T1tilt) ME PAPE CL;INTON MARKETS,. Wheal4 $1.00. Oats, 456, (I Barley, 506 Buckwheat,70 700. Eggs, 406 to 410. Butter, 306 to 356. Live Hogs, $11;00. T1I1i PLAY MONDAY NIGHT. The Murless Players, Seaforth put on the ,three-aetr; humorous play, "Scrambled Wives" in thetown hall on Monday evening, under the au- spices of the staff of the Public school, • The. play was well rendered, and the funny; mix-ups and the way those concerned, extricated themselves from ernbarrassing positions kept the au- ' diene amused during the entire ev-. ening•. A fair house greeted the players, the fact that there were several oth- er entertainments this week probab- ly preventing a larger number be- ing present. The proceeds will be used by the school staf to assist in payingfor the new gramophone and other furnishing's for the school. WHAT THEY" LOOKED LIKE, The Godericli Signal of last week. made the following comments on the Clinton players at the game be- .tweeri that teem and this, 'when' Clin ton won' 3"to 1:' `• ,"Of 'the Clinton 'team- McGoeth, their goaltender, and Bawden stdd out. McGoeth had a quiet evening. taking it all through and at no time did he have to handle any real "siz- z1er ." Bawden's stick handling and his willingness to play combination stood .out and he was the star of the Clin- ton team. , Manning was fair on the defense, while Elliott, his partner, turned in a'good game. Of course, Goirenlock, was checked to a standstill and was not as 'effec- tive as usual. The other player's on the team were fair." AMONG THE CHURCHES. Wesley 'Church. Public Worship 11, aim'. Talk to juniors. Sermon: "When is no news good news?" Sunday school' at 2.30. Evening service' at 7 .pan, "Crowns Lost, and Reg'ained," Willis Church The pastor's subjects on Sunday will be: Morning: "The Gratitude of Zacchaeus." Evening: "Christ's Irn- peratives," ' The two aVIethe'dist congregations of Clinton are .considering union. Last week the quarterly and trustee: boards of each church met, and dis- cussed the question--, and it was de- cided to leave' the matter to a vote of the congregations. A joint commit tee was appointed and it made ar- rangements for a vote to be taken on February 2nd. poll will be op- en ineach church: from ten to twelve in the forenoon, from two to five hi the afternoon and from seven to nine in : the evening, Arrangements .,will be made whereby shut-ins 'nay also record their votes. All members and adherentsover fifteen years of age are eligible to vote. In rase the vote for union carries the matter would have to be consid-' eyed by the Ditsrict meeting in May and by the 'London Conference fn June, but the desires of the congre- gations will no doubt ;be carried out. LITTLE LOCALS. Ice is being harvested for summer Skating parties are the order of the day, advantage being taken of the cold. spell. The January meeting of the Huron county council is being 'held in God ericlr this week. Mr. W. 11 Hellyer. was laid off for a couple of, days the beginning of the week owing to a severe Cold. Mr- Jack Miner, the celebrated; naturalist, Will give a lecture in Clin- ton on February 27th under the au- spices of the Wesley ChurchEpworth League. The Garden class of Willis church Sunday school hail' a quite suecesssful skating party m the rink on Tuesday evening. One of the waterworks pumps ,is. just now out of order and citizens are asked not to waste water untii it is fixed. A lady on Iluron street reports that a ten dollar` bank note was tak- en from a drawer of the ibuffet in lier'diningroom one day recently. The locale lodge of Odd Fellows in- tend having a progressive card par- ty in their own hall on Tuesday ev- ening next, the north against the south. This is for Members only and all are asked to be portent Godcrich, with the whole of Lake Huron at its doors, is contemplating the :sinking of a well to supply the citizens with good drinking. water:, Good business, too, that. We always feel sorry for towns which haven't good Water. Mr. A.' McCartney now is driving vng a pair of res of which g Y, he is somewhat mond, Mr. O. ,1'.r.:Nis- lei has also a faze new pair of grey;1, Mit as he •has been ',using hi pow - or truck all winter the horded are last"!'eating: their hells Off" ih the ext. stable, � 40 TOMORROW'S: CONCERT,. 'i'atrior0OW evening the Victorian' Artists a quartette >of trained inns; rcia s ] i will provide ovtde ,rite P pxo6�ram for the fourth i t in the .�r' sc xe of Lyceum s , Y cone erts 1ht s will e purely mus- ical b P Y program instrumental, several'in- trtnnents being• used, and vocal, and it should be a good line: WHAT'S ;THE REASON? Here in Clinton right •in the mid- dle of the County of Huron, which grows some of: the best apples in Ontario and ships their, to the world's waricets, we are now, in January, eating 'apples shipped, front British Columbia: They don't begin to coin - pare with the home, grown variety in flavor and are riot. a bit better looking, There `must'•be a reason why our own apples are erowde 1 off the market bythese t i ort. o se d nes what F v i•'ha: 'that eason . s O' • are x z , ours all shipped .out of the county early in the season? TAKEN 'IMPORTANT- POSITION. • Miss. Sadie McCool, daughter of the late W. McCuol of Londesboro, and a. graduate of the Clinton School of Commerce, •has 'just been appoin- ted` ppoin ted, `:private secretary to the`. new minister of Labor In the King Cab- inet', Hon.. James Murdock. Miss Atc- Goel has had several. "year's exper- ience in business life in Toronto and will; we feel, sure,. make good in her new position. The graduates of the School, of Con;nierce,•have, almost an_ variably, given entire satisfaction to their several: employers, and many'-• have -had striking careers.- A PASTOR ILL. The -Rev. G. I Burns, pastor of the Baptist church, was laid up near. ly all last week, getting out on Fri- day and taking his work again Sun- day. Mr. Burns has had a couple of short but rather, severe illnesses' since- coming' to Clinton- a year ago' and, curiously- enough, he had never been confined to the hoase through illness previous to that. He does not blame the town for. it, lfofvever, and Clin- ton is -known to be erne of the health- iest places ' in which to live. We would fain' hope.,. that Mr. Burns' health will not give him_ any more trouble during his residence in Clin- ton.- i SCOUTS REORGANIZING. The Scouts are being reorganized, they not having hill a Scoutmaster since the Rev, S. E. McTC»• c ne ' sd c- a Y artur a t from om 1 e town A couple le ' p of meet- ings have Lave b g een held ' and the only need now seems -to bp a suitable leader, ._ ' THE CHORAL SOCIETY,. A : successful first practise of the Clinton Choral Society toolc place on Tuesday evening, between thirty and forty being,'. present. A good. 'start was made and it is hoped the' nunz- begs will grow. The protases will be every Tuesday evening in'tho St:' Paul's parish hall APPRECIATED TEACHER. The Golden Links Bible class of North Street `-church Sunday ` school, • oderx h G c held ed tli i er .annual - ,so social gathering in the church parlors one evening last week, when the teacher, the Rev. 3: E. Ford, formerly pis - tor; of Wesley church Clinton, was presented with an' appreciatiye ad dress and a,. plant and present of inoiiey WARDEN FOR 1322. Reeve N. "W W. • Trewartha of God- ..rich townhip' was elected -warden at the epening meeting of the /baron county council' on Tuesday: There was some question as to whether lie or, -Reeve Erwin would get the posi- tion,,•as both are extremely popular, brut -the final vote in the canals gave it to Reeve Trewartha, who for the next year will be known as s"Wdrden", Trewartha: He'll eha1ce, a good .one, without a' doubt, A111 OLD RESIDENT; INDEED,. A TERRIBLE ACCIDJ NT, From. The San Francisco Chronicle we learn" of"'the hattSie':of'the "acci- dent,in which -Ml --Dui}can Steven- son, formerly of•Clinton,;but now of Oakland Cal., was se seriously . in- jured. Mr. Fred E. 'Reed, a real, es- tate man, with whom M'r. ,Steven- son is employed as sales manager, and Mr. Stevenson. were returning to San Francisco. after a business trip, Mr. Reed driving, when the car crashed into another ear, containing several persons returning from a party, which was stopped on the highway. Mr,,' Reed, who had not been feeling well for some days, says lig dozed at the wheel, One woman in the other car was instantly killed and others were injured, Mr. Stev- enson, tew enson, who suffered a fractured skull, while still not out of danger, is sup- posed to be slightly 'improved. Murphy L. ,O: L., No.. 710. will meet on Firday' evening,. Jan, 27th. The Orange degree will be conferred on a class of candidates., followed' by regular lodge business. The lodge will hien . open in the -"Festive de- gree," which will be .thoroughly; ex- emplified-to x- emplifiedto •the satisfaction of'all. All members -are urged to be pres- ent.. At the. regular meeting of R,B.P. No. 161, 'Clinton, on Friday last, Worshipful Sir Kt. D. L,'Stephen- .son, was presented with a>'handsome past Preceptor's Jewel. The presen- tation was made by Very-•Wor. Sir Iit„ Ed. Mole of ,Seaforth,, Past County , Preceptor of Huron and Perth. Woe Sir Kt. Stephenson re- plied, thanking the Sir Knights for• their loyalty and assistance during his term of office. L 0. L. DOINGS, APPLEBY-RATHWELL. The maer]age took place at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Tiros. Rath - well, Orange. street, at high' noon, yesterday, of their daughter, Ida Pearl, who became the bride of Mr. Granville H. Appleby, formerly of .Birmingham, England. The •bride was married in her trav- eling suit of navy blue, with silk bo- dice and rose hat and veil She car- ried a handsome bouquet of roses and ferns. The couple were unattended. The bride's father gave her away, The ceremony was performed by the Rev, D. N. McCainus, the bridal couple, standing tinder an arch of evergreen and flowers. Only the immediate family of the beide wore present, e After the ceremony the wedding' hreelcfast was served and Mr, and Mrs. Appleby left on the afternoon train for Toronto and will sail the end of the. week for England, ;Mere they intend spending- a couple of Months visiting the groom's paronts and relatives. They will eventually settle in Canada: Mr. Appleby has been in Canada for fourteen years, having interests in Nertltern Ontario he • w zo he orig- inally ifiall meet his bride, y sBut they came. ftoin the west just recently. Miss Itathwell 'having been teaching at Calgary. The friends of the bride in: Clinton nd geed wishes-fore.,a lbappy mar- A114,: One of Clinton's: oldest' residents, in the person of Mrs. Ann Whitting_ tou,,:on Monday last, January 23rd,. passed her nintieth milestone.' She was born in: Yorkshire, Englanct, and came: to Canada with her husband in 1852 being :a resident of Clinton for. seventy years'. She has seen a great ip!any changes in the town since she first became a resident. Of late years Mrs. Whittington has been a, great suffeeer from rhetnnatism and at. the. present is in very poor health. A TIE GAME. Clinton - Intermediates went to Mitchell on , Tuesday -evening and played one of the fastest games of hockey that has been:'featuracl. in this district -this season; It was also a good' clean game, there, being only two penalties handed out. At' the end of the gave the 'score was five all and they played overtime, but when the limit' of overtime had been ,played the score was six all. It will Abe deft at this ;unless 'with this: game Clinton would go into the semi-finals. The'Clinton team is showing up some good speed and when Exeter conies here next Monday evening a fast game .is assured. IIAD ROMANTIC CAREER. A. cable from London last weelccar- ried the news that Sir Charles Augus- tine- Hanson, Canadian financier, member of . Parliament for Bodmin, Cornwall, and former lord mayor' of London,. had died, aged 76 years, The career of Sir Charles was most renantic and interesting. The fate Sur Charles Hanson was born ht Sowey, Cornwall, England,, bat. at' an early age "emigrated, to Canada. Here he became a Methodist minister and for .12, years occupied various church pulpits in: Canada. He resigned on account of ill health. Soon afterwards he went into the'fine ancial and brokerage `business' in Montreal with his brother and" later, went to England with the fain of Jame Coates &'Hanson_Go., brokers, He became a millionaire' and ulti- asately Lord Mayor of, London, It may not be generally known but -as a' young man Sir Charles spent a year in Clinton as a probationery pastor: of Rattenbury street. Meth- odist church, Some of the older neem - bees of Wesley congregation renenre ber him quite' well, HOl&'A'1esvfile Miss Georgina Rumball of Clinton was the guest over the week -end of Miss S. Acheson. Summeltrh it Mrs, 'James: Reid and daughter, Mary, of. Carnduff, Saslc., were the guests of their , aunt, Mrs, G. A, Tyner, last week, The many friends of Clarence Ball are pleased to hear that ho isaide to be up again. AIr, Eddie Farquhar lead a very Y wood bee last: week, • Mr, and Mrs, James Carter of -Chatham spent a week with the Tat- ter's father, AIr. John Johnston -The L. O. In, No. 928, held their: annual meeting when the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: W. M., Chas, Tynor'. D. M.. T. E. Mason, Chaplain, J, Johnston,- Sr, Ree., -Secretary, G. Johnston, Pim-Seeretary, ;P, E, Mason. 1b. f, o. C, A. McLatt ' zt I{n. g Lecturer, J, Johnston, jr. Committee, John Johnston, ' James Johnston, Prod Johnston. Mr. John Nott of Londesboro held a atioceesful wood be iz1.,Mn. Ro'o't, Smith's brush on Monday tafternoon, AL Auburn The yetin3 people of the• Iinex chug, ch Sunday school pool are putting on P 6 i play in the r F y otest r' e Hall Friday •r evening vof this c` tiCel, y A very large crowd attended the Agricultural, Course on Tuesday, when a hog and pork demonstration, was given, Mr, J. B. Iiretlioru•, Mr. J,_E, Martin and Mr. T, Oslon giv- ing the lectures. The Domestic Science Course was closed, by: organizing' a 'Woman's , In- stitute of which'the Yellowing' in''. w �' are, of.. _fleet's: President Win. H, Mog'ridge. Vice President, Mrs. G. Raithby. ; Secretary, Miss Ellen Phillips., Treasurer', Mrs, J., J. `Washington. We are very pleased to report that, Mrs,' A. J. Ferguson is able to be abou t. Mr Albe rt Neagle, Ne e the e bI I g blacksmith, , C th has moved his family. into the house recently occupied by Mt. Will Dobie, Sr. We are very sorry to report the very serious illness of Mr, Dyer. Staialeag Township Mr. Lorne Epps'has returne home after spending the last si weeks in. Detroit.. Mr. Russel Keys, who,has bee spending the last week with his aunt Miss Annie Keys, has returned home Miss Lizzie Ward was up to Gode ieh on Sunday to see her brother Mr, Christopher Ward, wbo has bee confined to ,the hospital for• soon tint.. We are sorry to say that; Mr Ward is not improving as fast as we would like. Miss Eva Epps spent Saturday and Sunday at the �onze' of Mrs William RathwelI , Mrs. Harold Graham of .Godericl township spent a.few days last.weel with her father, Mr, Janies Reid,' of the Bayfield road, We are sorry to report that Mrs. Oh:aides Robson, who underwent an operation.. in the Clinton Hospital, i not doing as well as expected, but we hope soon.to Bear of a` change for the better and that Mrs. Rob- son will .soon be around again., A communitenfowl supper .was held last Friday evening at the home. of 1VIr. Adam Stewart, About eighty people young and old, gathered- and - did full justice to the good things provided by the ladies. •After the - needs of the inner. 'man had bee> -,get 'isfiel,'a shoot programme was given, consisting of piano duets, piano solos, recitations,, solos, readings, besides Several selections on the violin by Messrs. Adam and Fenwick Stewart. After thanlcing their. host and hostess for' their hospitality'every one're- turned home feeling they had spent a very pleasant evening, Mr, Alex. Innes' of Sutherland, Iowa is at, present,_visitiug with Mr. John Innes and other relatives, Mrs, Will Spear of Highgate, is visiting her parents, Mr, and Mrs;' Malcolm McEwen. Mr. and Mrs. Irwin-Raynord were visitors last week at the home of Mr. James Jackson. Z.on desboro. evade °lub Township The ,Orangemen -of Lodge No, 145, Go err ptownship d tiro +' 4hthought they h• g had fou ed 'their drum, cl cr n lost st f' in zo thelodge`room i 7 n the fall of 1920, in the possession- oi. William Blender - sou of, Gocierich, son of the sexton' of the cemetery, and •a charge of theft was laid!agahrst ltim. The case tivas investigated before Judge;;Dicicson on. Friday week, The Orangemen were eonvineed that it was their drum but young < Henderson says he found it in the empty house from which'his fancily had recently ,removed and brought it home, with him. Sag1 e1d The animal rneeting,.of, the.l>aiish- ion e e o • Trinity 'hug s r church k Y held Yr o. January. 9th, in the Orange Hall, by courtesy of L,' 0.. L. No. 24 There was. a' good attendance, Rey. R, .'0i. Pitts presided. G. A.' Greenslade was appointed' Vestry Clerlt The`re- ports of the treaurers of the choir, Sunday school, Senior' Guild and Chirbe Guild were all duly submitted • and adopted in each- of'these contin- gent' funds substantial. balances.'are d: en hand, The church warden. report., x ed Receipts,'9 months, 3602,46;,.ex- petIihtuae, ,Q•,n onths,,.$6',01,95, ,lea-- n' mg a small balance : of_;51c .on the` ; period'covered, They also reported some ,minor liabilities, 'but'•sufileient r-, aolleetible subscriptions to, cover the same:' The Rector's report outlined ' • n the year's mznistrations gird; progress e and was well'received by, the '.meat- , ing, On several occasions in 1921 Trinity church was crowded tb capac- ity, and. some gratifying features, specially worth. notice, were:: A re-. cord number of church Baptisms, in-: eluding 2 adults, a: record attendance. r at the Holy Communion, the Bridget . assessment fully paid, the gift of an outside lamp, a. satisfactory Conform• ation class. Several votes of than'tcg were, passed. The officers were, all -(ce,, `elected for 1922, and :after the duo closing of the ,meeting refreshnsents and' social chat were indulged in pill nearly midnight, ,From all soureea5 the Guilds, Sabbath ,School, etc,,. there is a balance of, well oyer 3500, which is a good showing indeed.' ' AI -r George Blair, who underwent an operation ' at Detroit in the fall 'for his foot, returned' to Detroit on Friday 'last 4or treatment. The annual.meetin of the Hayfield g e yh d Cemet o _ ez.v._ Company „Was held, in. town hall' on Monday afternoon, Jan.' 16th when the following officers 'and directors' were appointed for the pres- ent year: President, John McDonald; Vice; Thos, Brownett; 'See.-Teeasur- er; A. E, Erwin; Directors, Messrs: Edward 'Johnson,, C. B. Middleton, Thomas Cameron, Thos. Elliott, ansa William Scotchmer; Sexton, Richard Elliott. Ford .King was successful in pas- sing his recent examination as "a young man, Mrs. Crane, who has been the guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Weston, for' the past -few weeks„ s,. left for her. home in Detroit the past week, she was accompaniecl - by her mother, Mrs. Weston. Miss Lola. Elliott left on Friday last for Detroit, where she expecte to remain. A, 1:1. Erwin, reeve, is attending the (lounty, Connell at Goderich The annual :meeting of the Bay-, field * Agricultural' Society was -held in the town hall. on Wednesday af- ternoon of Iast week, when a good attendance of members were present., The secretary ,gave a report of the past year which was most satisfac- tory. The balance on hand to the credit of the Society is 3825.22 Last years attendance was also a record one and the directors have reason to be proud'of the work of the past year. A number of ladies were prem ent and addressedthe meeting, mak- g, several':suggestions. as to im- proements in. exhibits and the ways of.showing them and. also suggesting' having exhibits made by children and a sinrnner flower showto be nm- dertaken by the `'residents of the vil- lage and surrounding country, ask- ing the co-operation of the Agricul- tural Society as to the use of grounds, etc. It was also suggested that a protected shed be provided for p0ol- Gry, and that the Society build a re- freshmentbooth, The following of- ficers were elected: Iton, ;President, D--: f1. McNaughton; President, J. W. Reid; 1st vice, W. J. Stinson; 2nd vice, John ,Stewart; Directors, Messrs John McClure, E. H. Wise, Sam Houston, R. McMurray, John McKinley,' T. M. Woods': Thos. Snowden, W. I -I, Talbot, John Rath- �vell, Ferguson, Geo. A, Coda„ er, Rabt. Penhale, Robt, Webster, and • Thomas Brown ett, Auditors: Thos. cr os. Caiuoroir and John. Falco nrr; Secretary, A. .E, Erwizi;. Traasurer; F. A, Edwards. The date of the fall foie was set for Tuesday and; Wed 2., slay, Sept lbtlr wind _ 27t1i, J, A. Fgob er •uson 'Robb, i, 1?enlinle and S. Houston were named a eom- i30ttee to get information regarding: pepper stands for the 'exhibit of poultry. A. pleasant little gathering waw held et the Nemo of Mrs. ?f. 1)a3.rros on Wednesday of last week When a number of her ftien cds tenre1 ndine n. e c iter to Urn. Dunlop an esteemed resident ea thee oteasien of her sew- entyninth birthday. A very happy evening was spent. The Cotinnunity Glub intends 1,,e The regular monthly -meeting of the Woman's Institute will be held in the Community Hall on Thiirsday;j. Feb`. 2nd. The subject: "Making' of bread and buns," by Mrs, B. Snell, Reading by Mrs. J.. Crawford, music, Miss Rachel Woodman, It is expec- ted Mrs. Kirke ' of Seaforth, Dis- trict President, will be present and deliver an address. All ladies of the community are welcome, ; 1VI;s, (Dr.) Young and Miss Clara who have been in Brantford Joe the past month, returned home on'Thurs- day. ' Mrs. M. McCool and Miss M: Quackenbush spent a few days of. last week with friends- at Centralia. Mr. and Mrs, Harry Moon enter. tained a number of their friends last Thursday evening, The Hydro Electric Inspector from Stratford examined the wiring of the new Community . Hall recently, and found it to be well done, complieg with the Hydro regulations The wir- ing was done by Mr. Alex. Wells, A committee, of which Reeve Arm_ strong is cltairnzan, has arranged for a social evening .for the 'township of Mullett, to be held in the Community Hall next Tuesday evening, Jan. 31st. The program ie to consist of gauzes, concert and old time 'dances. Lunch will be served during the evening by the ladies of the township, The congregational meeting of Burns' church, Ilultett and Knox Church, Londeshoro woreheld last Wednesday and Thursday evenings, respectively. Splendid reports Were given Ekon the various departments of the churches' work: Though the congergatiorts -contributed largely to the Forward Movement, the 'giving's to.1Vfis$ions, weree[ival to,foemer years. The amount paid to the For- ward Movement by the end of this year amounted to 34,375.00 llhe lecture given in the hall Tues- day' evening by Rev, Jas, Abery on: "Canada—Coast to Coast" illustrated by 106 slides, showed •scenes of Nova Scotia, NOV Brunswick and Qucbee, There was a good attendance and the proceeds [s we3n to the hall, x r and Ed. X' ouzi' 1ut gben- tertained about twenty of their neighbors, on Tuesday evening, it be- ing the fifth anniversary of their marriage. During the evening they Were •Presented with a handsome reeking chair, it was a Very enjoy- able ocotikto,, ting 011 a progressive card party on. F'ridaj+ evening next;, • followed by At, little tlanca„