The Clinton News Record, 1916-01-20, Page 1No.1920 -37th' Year
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CLINTON, .ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JANUARY 20th, 1916
of the County Councillor of Huron I916 who votes
against a grant to the Home Battalion, the
THE HOME PAPER,
46 st Huronss
at9inner eVlgaiii.
'1 r school — husband late for
Children 'late. fo
because the clock
work—everything twisted. AII, bee
went wrong. Dont tinkerwith it, Bringit to our
clock hospital. We will diagnese it's case in short
.
Adjust it a little here and there—clean. it up
order, Add
spick and away goes oes again—endowed with new life and vigor, The cost? .: Oh I 'not very
much.
Nothing near as much as a new clock, Nothing
near as the confusion caused by an uncertain clock.
W. X. Ye11qar
'Watch.
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Clinton
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Capital Paid-up 11,560,000
Reseive and Undivided Profits 13,500,000
Totai Assets 185,000,000
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give you prompt service, -
need at the resent time,or will need
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Furnishings, don't let this sale pass by with-
out making a purchase
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C. P. R. TELEGRAPH,
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MET WITH ACCIDENT....
Mrs. Fay Mapee efi Seattle, Wash,,
formerly Miss Florence Smith of
Walkerton, who, spent- rim days m
Clinton recently as the guest of
Miss Florence Cuninghanie, was in
an automobile accident on New
Year's _Eve, receiving a bad gash in
the brow, a fractured wrist, dis-
located- shoulder
is-located-shoulder and several minor
Wounds and bruises. Iier husband
was also severely injured: They had
a narrow escape from death and were
accordingly thankful to get , off as
well as they did. Mrs. Mapes is
very, well ]mown to many in ,Clinton
who will hear of her accident with ,
much regret.
HIJLLETT DISTRICT L.O.L.
The Hullett District Loyal Orange
Lodge meta
t Summerhill last we
ek
with representatives from the fol-
lowing lodges : Winthrop, Seaforth,
Clinton, Sitrnmerhill.' The .' election
af officers resulted t t d a s follows :
1Vlaster, W. E. Southgate, Seaforth.
Depot);, R. J. Watkins, Summer-
hill.
Chaplain„ Rev. W. Moulton, Clio -
ton,"
Rec.-Secretary, J. Bullard, Win-
throp,
Treasurer, T. Rands, Seaforth:
Fin. -Secretary, J. Montgomery,
Winthrop.,,
I). of C., D. N. Watson, Clinton.
Lecturers, 0. Tyner, Summerhill,
11. Murdie, Seaforth,
'Am enjoyable concert was held in
the evening ;at which the chair was
occupied! by Mr,' W. Kenny,. Win-
throp, past county master. One of
the most interesting items on the
program was an address by Mr.
Southgate, of Seaforth, tiie new dis-
trict master which was listeued to
with close attention, The whole
program was greatly appreciated,
The brethren of Hullett District
think the membership of No. 928 is
all, right.
DR. MACDONALD'S LECTURE.
. A lull house greeted D
r. J. A. Mac-
donald'
c-
donald' of Toronto when he delivered
his lecture, "eanada Among The
Nations," under the auspices- of the
Board of Trade in the town hall on
Friday evening last.
Mayor Thompson took the chair
and alter a few remarks introduced
the speaker of the evening. Di, Mac-
donald was in fine speaking trim and
for an hour and ,a half held the at-
tention of the larges audience 'pres-
ent, He began by outlining the ad -
Vantages enjoyed by the other na-
tions—republics, rather—of the
North American continent, touched
deof r a
upon their modes government d n n
h that the possession
went ontosow• lap se n
of a declaration of independence and
a liberty bell did not constitute a
"free" "I
nation. t the mere posses-
sion of a liberty bell and a declara-
tion of independence constitutes
freedom," said the speaker, "then
Mexico is a free, self-governing coun-
try, for it has ,both," Ile then
k from the
a a£ Canada's d a a as ri se'
position of a colony to that of a
self-governing dominion; "making her
way not by revolution but by evolu-
tion." -
"Canada's place is unique among
the nations," remarked Dr. Macdon-
ald.
acdonald. "It was feared by some of the
statesmen of England that it Can
ada were'given the right of self-gov-
ernment n breakr n he would from Eng-
land
land but time,: has proved otherwise.
"Is Canada loyal to the Empire ?"
asked the speaker, "let the thous-
ands of Canadians who are fighting
in Europe or who are now in train-
ing, answer." The speaker went on
to show that there was something in
the blood of Britons ' which would
not submit. to oppression and which
insisted upon the right of self-govern-
ment. "And there is something in..
almost everyone which will respond
to the idea of freedom," he remark-
ed. He then spoke of the ease of
South Africa and of General Botha,
who a little 'more than a dozen
years, ago was leading his 'forces
against the British, and of the
splendid work he has done for the
Empire since the commencement of
the present war. He recalled a
time 'when he had met Louis Botha
in London a few years ago and had
heard him say in response to a
toast to the overseas dominions,
"If ever the British .flag is challeng-
ed. in South Africa the first shot in
its -defence will go from the unerr-
ing rifle of a Boer." - "That shot
was fired," added Dr, Macdonald,
"aid not only has British interests
been defended in Africa but German
Attlee, has been invaded and terri-
tory equal in size' to. the British
Isles and Germany has been added
to the British crown."
At the conclusion of his- address
Dr. Macdonald made a strong appeal
to all to "Don the uniform ,on the
soul—the. inner life," urging •that
tbose`who go to assist in the ' great
coiulict• against tyranny and for
freedom have au important task to
periform but those who remain at
home have just as important work
to do. , "Let us see that we all do
our duty,!' said he, "let ns wear the
uniform o •
o uthesoul,"
When nen h e sat :lawn Dr Thompson
p
etrd
p e,e se on behalf of the Board of
Trade and the audience present sin-
cere thanks for the splendid .address
which Dr. Macdonald had come at
his own expense to deliver, After
a patriotic song from Mr, 'Fred,
Thompson the audience stood and
sang -"God Save the King."
The net proceeds, ' amounting ' to
$131.75, are being handed over to
the War Auxiliary.
THD LOCAL,MARKITI',
Wheat $1:05,,
4
Oats 40c.
Butter 26c to' 28e.
Eggs 350,:
Live Hogs $0,00.
THEY WON THE PRIZES.
The prizes offered by' Mrs. McTag-
gart. to the, pupils of the senior and,
junior'classes• obtaining_ the most
marks; in Miss`:Stevens'''r'oom in the
Public'seliool last month were ear=
tied off in the senior class .by Ken-
neth ,Rorke and ,Ruth Bale and in the
junior by Albert Kel1oh and Audrey
McIntyre,
A ,'TREAT FOR THE SCHOOL.
The Public school pupils and stall
enjoyed a free matinee at the Prin-
cess n Friday afternoon
ss theatre, o
ce
3
"Cin-
derella,"
r Pickford ina �'Ma P
last and s vel. y
arrangements' having been.
made by Mr. T. Jackson. The school
came down in two detachments, mthe
four lower rooms coming -at three
o'clock and the four higher onesat
four, ;each room being,: accompanied
by their teacher. The pictures ,were
good and the show was much enjoy-
ed by both pupils and-ataffu. It was.
Mr. Jackson's intention to have this
t
plat3 • at the Cliristmas entertain-
ment
n ortan=
ment to the school children but be-
ing unable to obtain it then made
arrangements for their attendance
when the film was available,'
PATRIOTIC 'NOTES. .
In the council cliamber on Friday
afternoon the women of the Patrio-
tic Society hope to have work for
many willing hands. Several sewing
machines are to be in use and it is
hoped that the members will be
ready for work at two o'clock.
At the last meeting the president,
Mrs. ADM, told of the • gatherings
she had attended in London and the
pleasure it gave her to hear of 'the
Red (.'rosy work as It was :described
by Mrs. Plumtre and Col, Noel Mar-
shall. Mrs. 'gumtree urged the
k.
workers not to slacken in theft
noble and praiseworthy work, Col.
Marshall at the conclusion of his
talk answered many questions, among
them the following : "Are socks ever
sold by the Red Cross to soldiers or
others ?"• 'rhe answer was : "Never.
Nothing is ever sold,by the Red
"
Cross."Could we et the legs of
the socks back to refoot then ?"
Answer : "No, But the ones which
are fit for rebooting, are looked after
and the French and l:3el.gian . women
do this knitting for the lied. Cross."
The treasurer of the W.P,S. is
pleased to announce that the Bel-
gian Fund reached the amount de-
sired, n d' dol he So-
cietye one hundred 'dollars, T So-
ciety extend their grateful thanks to
all contributors, '1'he statement of
moneys received Inc tbis fund n 1 is as
follows : Executive tea $38.48, Rev,
Mr. Newcombe $5.00, Mr, and Mrs.
Robb $2.00, H. Beacom $1.00, Mrs,
Geo. Crooks $1,00, Ont. ,St, church
$50, smaller suers $3.57, total $101.
LITTLE LOICALS.
The W.C,P.U. will `meet on Friday
h tome ofMrs. r;
evening at the t , G."
Powell, Isaac street; when Mrs. • J,
K, Fairfull will give a , paper on
"The Franchise."
or SPECIAL INTEREST.
Huron County's First Born
Passes Over After a Long
and Useful Life.
• On. Thursday last at Virden, Man,,
there passed away an old resident of
Cllnton in the person of "William
Gibbings; eldest son of the late Jon-.
s • Gibbings, one of Clinton's first
settlers, Jonas Gibbings and his
wife came up from "Muddy Little
York," now' Toronto; where " they
:rad Come from.. Englaud the year
previously, in 1832. They settled.
on a farm which now comprises St.
Andrew's ward, Clinton, then
known as "Vanderburgh's Corners,"
only contained a few houses, and in
February of'1833 the subject of.
this sketch was born in a small log
house standing' almost on the spot'
occupied now o by,Ontario street
o ¢ d
P
r
church. Mr. Gibbings was' the first
male white child horn in the "Hur-
on 'Cract."
As can well be imagined the earl
y .
settlers had manp'hardshirs and few
advantages and the Gibbings family
manfully bore their share of the bur-
dens of pioneer life.
In 1859 Mr. Gibbings was married
to ISliss Phillips and almost immed-
iately settled on the lst concession
of Hullett, the farm naw owned by
son and pb y a nephew, occupiedF hew p , bit ,
Bert Gibbings.
Mr. Gibbings was possessed of the
true pioneer spirit and not content
with. clearing two Huron farms, in
1883 he went to Manitoba, which
was the only one of the western
provinces in which these was then
much settlement, and took up land,
remaining two years. Ile then re-
turned to Hullett where he remained
until 1889, His wife having passed
away in 1892 he was then married to
Miss Holmes of Clinton and settled
here. On her death fire years later
he returned to Manitoba and there
made his home until the end came.
Last winter Mr. CGihbings spent a
couple of months with friends .. anil
relatives in Clinton, Mullett, and
other parts of Ontario returning to
Manitoba in the spring. He was an
interesting r conversationalist as he
s
could remember -many experiences of
the early days in this section.
A family of four sons, Thomas,
Harry and •Fred, of Virden, and
Robert J, of Hullett, and two daugh-
ters, Mrs. Jefferson of Laura, Sask.,
and Mrs. Johnston of Drayton, Ont.,
survive. Two brothers also sur-
vive, Messrs. John and Thomas Gib-
bings of Clinton,
In religion NIr. Gibbings was a
Methodist, being originally a Bible
Christian, and in politics, a Liberal,
The end came after but a short
illness and the remains were brought
from Virden to beintcrred in
Clin-
ton cemetery. A 'sho'ft titivate ser-
vice Was held at the home of Mr.
John Gibbings on Tuesday
after-
noon
noon followed by a public service in
Ontario street (lurch, both being
conducted by Rev, S. J. Allin, At
the service in the church Mrs. Turn-
er of Regina sang very sweetly "A
City
Four Square." The pallbear-
ers
t
ers
were • two sons, R, J. and Har-
ry, anti two grandsons, Foster. and
Bert Gibbings.
Among those from a distance who
were present for the funeral were
NIr. Harry Gibbings, who accompan-
ied the remains from Virden, Mr.
and Mrs: Foster Gibbings of Kin-
dersley, Sask., and Mr, and Mrs,
Johnston of Drayton.
In St, Paul's church on Sunday a
p,ni,! next, after evening prayer, an
address wail be delivered .by .. Judge,
Barron of Stratford, which, while it
will be of special interest to the of-
iicers and :nen of the 16151 Batta-
lion, should be heard by as many
citizens as the church will hold,
H.O.B. AT-HOME.
The Huron Old Boys' Association
of Toronto intend holding their an-
nual at borne an the of
February
4th.
This year the gath-
ering will be. of a patriotic nature,
the program 'and. dance innards,asfar
as •podsible, being patriotic, and The
proceeds will be given to the 1.61st
(Huron) Battalion to. aid in recruit-
ing,
MEETING AFTER C•HURCH;
'l'he officers and Hien of the 161st
(Huron) Battalion stationed at
Clinton, attended divine service in
v
the Baptist church on Sunday even-
ing last when. Pastor Fairfull
preached practical and earnest
sermon. At the conclusion of the
service a recruiting meeting was
held, addresses being delivered by
Lieut, -Col:. • Combe, , Major . Shaw,
Major McTaggart, Captain Allen and
Rev. J. K. I!'airfull, wile each spoke.
briefly but with point and earnest.
Hess.
COMAIITTEF" MET HERE.•
A. meeting of the Iiuron ;County
Citizen's Committee orFifty, form-
ed in conjunction with the Commit=
tee of One Hundred, was held. in
Clinton on Tuesday afternoon, one
having been held in IJolrnesviile on
Monday afternoon and one at Wing -
ham on Wednesdays, The petition
Papers ers have been received and will
shortly be circulated, The white
paper ,is to be signed by all men ov-
er twenty-one years of age, the
blue by women, and boys from
eighteen to twenty-one: The ' ex-
ecutive et the committee are en-
couraged by the interest taken in
the movement.
DEATH OF NIRS. ROBERTSON,
The death occurred at, the lronte
of 14r. H. E. Rorke on Saturday ev-
ening last of one of. Huron county's
early settlers in the person of, Fran-
ces Louise Reed, widow .01 the late
Thomas Robertson, Judge of the
Supreme Court •of Ontario.
The subject of this sketch was
born at Acton, Mass., s on March
31st, 1857, beig a daughter of the
late Theodore Reed, an officer in
the American army during ,the revo-
lution, who came to Canada and to
IIuron County when it was almost a
trackless forest, having bought land
from the Canada Company: covering
tine place where Clintonnowstands.
Previous to this they bad resided
for a short time in Goderich. 'l'he
Rattenbury family, afterwards pur-
chased their holdings from Mr, Reed,'
-Later the family again removed to
Goderich, It was then but a small
village and what is now described as
the ":Square" was, covered by .forest.
In 1850 Frances geed became the :
wile of Mr. Thos. Robertson,- who
was then practising law in the coun-
ty:;town, and they shortly after-
wards moved to Dundas and later to
Hamilton, where Mr. :Robertson was
appointed to the, Bench. Their, home
on. Hamilton Mountain, "Hemlock
Lodge" was one of the beautiful
residences of the eit3t. Tliey contin-
uod to reside there until the death
of Judge Robertson in 1905, .but for
50100 years past Mrs. Robertson has
made her Mottle for the most part in
Toronto. She had a family of three
sons and one daughter- but all pre-
ceded her to tite other side 0.1 the
river. Four grandsons have since
the beginning of the war entered the
service of the King, one having fall-
en in France several months ago,
Nearly a year ago .Mrs. Robertson
came to Clinton to be near her
nephew, NIr, John Cuninghanre, who
was her only male relative except
Jier grandsons and they, those who
were not already at the front, were
in' training for service. Early in
the 'summer she was stricken with
paralysis and although recovering to
some extent and regaining perfectly
het s she has since
mental cult
ental f^i ie
and the
t t
n confinedoecl au h
been
care of a nurse,
A short private service was held
at the borne of Mr. Rorke on Mon-
day evening conducted by Rev. F.
0. harper and on Tuesday .morning
the remains were conveyed to Ham-
ilton and laid in the family vault
d
beside those of her husband. and
children. Mr. Cuninghame and- Rev,
Mr. Harper accompanied the re-
mains to Hamilton.;
GOOD HORSES.
Four fine heavy Horses were shipped
On Monday to the Gunn, Langlois
Company of,Montreal for use by
them in their city delivery business.
Ono pair was bought from NIr.
Henry Baker of the lath eon,--Goder-
ich, township who says it was one
¢
of the very best teams be ever o'tvn-
ed, which implies that it was a good
bird horse one, decidedly.. T he t o e was
bought from Air. Joe Reynolds of
Mullett and its mate from, Mr.
Tichborne of Goderich township. ,lir,
N. W. Trewartha, the Company's
local manager,, accompanied the
shipment which will add to Huron
County's horse breeders laurels.
FUNERAL OF. MRS. D. MO FAT.
The funeral of the late Mrs. David
Moffat took place teem ,the home of
her daughter, Mrs. 111, Pickett, Al-
bert street, on Thursday afternoon
last. The services were conducted by
Rev, Dr. Rutledge assisted by Rev,
n and
S. J. il.11i the pallbearers bearers were
p
six , grandsons of the deceased : W.
Johnston, T. Workman, '1', E. East,
Dr. L. Moffat and Wilfrid and Har-
old: Pickett. fs'he interment was
Clinton cemetery,
made in, lu t Among
the relatives present trona a dis-
tance were Mr. and Mrs, S. ,E1.'. Mof-
fafat 'Moffat of
t and their son, Dr, L. 'Moffat,
London, and Mr, John Moffat,
pen, besides many friends from
about Kilipen, Brumfield and Varna.
ONTARIO STREET CHURCH,
The ofacom and men of the 161st
Battalion located in town attended
Ontario St, churclr:on Sunday morn-
ing. i With so many added to . the
congregation every available seat
upstairs and down was taken, A
printed form of service was provided
for the occasion and the soldiers
entered heartily into the responsive.
readings and hymns and appreciated
the pastor's discourse. The special
music by the full choir, Was inspir-
ing and was also much enjoyed.
The women of the church will serve
a trot supper this 'Thursday evening
from 5.30 to 8.00. Part of the pro-
ceeds will go to patriotic funds.
Services on Sunday next will he
conducted by the pastor.
MRS, S, CR'IC'1I LAID To RES']',
The funeral ,of Airs, Samuel Crich
took .place from her late residence,
]Huron -street, on Spnday afternoon.
A short service 'washeld at the
house after which the funeral pro-
ceeded to ;Turner's ¢Irureh, Tucker
smith, where another service was
held and the remains were laid in
the cemetery adjoining, where the
deceased's husband was buried many
years ago. Many relatives and old
friends met the •funeral there and
were 'present resent aU the last sad rites.
s.
The services were conducted bYRev
,
S J. Agin and pallbearerswere:
Messrs. Wm, i4Iiller; Johu.May, A.
Hooper, G. A. Bradshaw and Wil-
liam and Ralph Tiplady.
Amongst those who canre
from a
distance to be present at the funeral
were :,Mr.. Frank Crich of Macklin,
n• E. 1l, Crich, C cr
Sark,; a so Mr, , NIar-
lette, Mich., a grandson, and Mrs.
Freeman Thompson of Detroit, a
niece •of the deceased,
The Huron County War
Auxiliary.
A meeting was held in the council.
1
chamber on ,Tuesday afternoon, ,coil•+
el' by the local Recruiting League,
for the+ purpose of considering the
advisability of organizing a Huron,
County, War, Auxiliary for the pur-
pose of giving active assistance to
recruiting and oilier patriotic enter-
prises. Invitations had been 'sent
out to all parts of the county and
representatives were 'present from • a
great niany localities, but owing
somewhat to 'the weather conditions
the' gathering was not so large ' as'•'
was expected.
County Treasurer Ilolmes of - God-
erich was called to the chair and.
after calling the meeting to order
kMajor McTaggart o ex
asked gg tt explain.
the object.
61 the meeting, which
rn
a few words he did by saying • that
Captain Windyer, who bad organiz-
ed 'a
rganiz-ed'a similar auxiliary in Peel < ann.
other counties, would tell trove the
organization had worked outto his
knowledgte,
Capt, 'indyer: then was called to
the platform add in simple and
straightforward manner, as "becomes
a soldier, told of•the organization in
Peel, which was the first county to
organize thus. "It was soon dis-
covered, "remarked the speaker,
"that voluntary recruiting would be
a slow and tedious performance and
those interested' met to work :out a
plan, the, result being that this cen-
tral organization was formed, with:
representatives in all parts of. the
county and sub -committees in each
municipality, for the stimulating of
recruiting, for Red Cross and other
'patriotic work. It is the work of
others outside the military etudes
to recruit the Wien," said Capt;
Windyer. "It is the so!e duty: of
the officers of a battalion to handle:
the men after they are recruited."
One ,of the objects of the organiza-
tion is to find out, unofficially, ot
course, just where those men avail-
able for military service are. "Some
counties are 'recruiting men at a
cost of t25 per head," said the
speaker, "that its too high and if the
county will organize and concentrate
their work- it can be done for muds
less. The leading men 111. each mun-
icipality can easily gather together
the information needed by the re -
crusting officers."
"I have no doubt at all;"lie con-
tinued, that you will be able to re-
cruit the present battalion up to
full strength but probably other
battalions will have to follow: While
this war continues the conduct of
the war is Canada's business.
Should Germany win it will not
much matter whetber our business
goes on or not, we should have to
buy back our farms and businesses
r Wan G ver Hent an
from the Ger o m d
f
then pay taxes to the German tax -
gatherers." Capt, Windyer has
been at Mire front and has seen con,
ditions as they exist in France and
Belgium. "Could I make you see as
1havC seen what it means to have
o
the Germans override a country
there would be no difficulty in gain-
ing recruits," said the speaker.
"Germany must not win. But we
cannot win the war by staying at
home attending to our farms and
our outer business."
M. Y. McLean Lays Down
The Pen.
air. N1.- Y. McLean of . the Huron
Expositor and one of the foremost
figures ir the public life ,of Huron,n
,
died suddenly yesterday morning of
heart failure. He is survived by his
wife, tour sons and one daughter.
Ba>Jfield
Mr, Charles Macdonald of Toronto
visited his brother, Mr. John • Mac-
doaalrl, the past week,
Mr. E. Ward visited - friends at
Woodstock the past .week,
Miss Daisy Scotcbmer of Tugaska,
bask., is visiting her sister, M.
Mrs. William Heard,
Mr. Frank Whitmore, the tonsorial
artist, left on Monday for Alvinston
Where he iras secured a position. .
Dr., Woods and bit. George Lindsay
were in Clinton on Tuesday attend-
ing a meeting of representatives
from all. rover Huron who organized
a Huron County War Auxiliary.
The Cotamittee s Appeal
Too late for The News -Record to
add- more pages •.the Committee o
One Hundred asked foradvertising
space covering five columns and a
a
n lene lra
had again to be held over. •
s
-consequence correspa c e
'i'WO LOCALS,
The January meeting of the Wom-
en's Institute will be, held on Thurs-
day afternoon next at the home of
Johnston,oat en u
Mrs. J. R t o t
Y
street,
Thefres dent of the Board
i of
P
Trade Inas received a communication
from a Prohibition League recently
formed at Ottawa for the purpose of
presenting a petition to the Govern-
ment asking for federal -,prohibition,
with the request that the Meal B.
of T.passupon Pon the, question. A
specials meeting. is called for Frida,t
evening in the, council chamber when
the matter will be dealt, With,
When the officer had finished his
address considerable discussion fol-
lowed and finally it was moved by
5 t n Wingham, and
'Mr. G. Pot e ti t g t,
seconded by Rev. J. '13. Voti ering-
hain, Goderich, that an organization
to be known as the "Huron War
Auxiliary" be formed. Before the
notion was put representatives from
many of the municipalities present
spoke, expressing entire symrathy,
with the idea and when ail opp
orttut-
ity was given the motion .to organ-
ize was unanimously carried, The
following officers were then elected :
Hon, -President, Dr, Holmes,. God-
erich.
President, W. Brydone, Clinton.
1st Vico, Rev, J. 13. Fothering-
ham, Goderich.
and Vico, P. W. Scott, Belgravia.
3rd Vice, J,' Hi Reid, Seaforth.
4th Vice, Rev. 1;. F. McL. Smith,;
Jtonsall,
See. -Treasurer, D, I,. Macpherson,
Clinton.
Mr. A. J. Grigg acted as secretary,
of , the meeting.
As it had been decided to take the
constitution ot the Peel county or-
ganization, a copy of which 'Capt.
Windyer had brought along, as a
model for Huron, and as representa-
tives were to be appointed for each
municipality: in the county, the fol-
lowing were appointed :
Wingham, John Groves, W. F. Van -
stone ; Goderich 'township, James
Sterling, Milton Woods ; Grey, John
Macdonald, .fames Whitfield Hay,
Dr. Campbell, Dr, McKinnon ; How -
ick, 8, Ferguson, Hugh W. Edgar ;
Hullett Robt, Clarke, nI. II, Hill li ;
MoKJDop, J'anres Dorrance, Robt,
Scarlett ; Morris, R. Proctor, Win.
Laidlaw ;..Stanley, J, McNaughton„
J. TI. -Reid,; Stephen, Herb. Tidier,
Rev; J..J'ellerson; Tuckersmith, Ih
Orich, Rev, J. Arnold ; Turnberry,
John King, Wm. Miner ; Hensall,
Mr. Moore, G. ' 0. Petty y Col-
borne, R.1I. Young, Norman Kota
ua hat Ushorne, Rev. Dr. P
te cher„
Blast
W. C. Medd ;Last Wawanosh, Jobe
Currie, Ni, Lockhart ; West Wawa -
nosh, Wm. Bailey, Dr. Case ; Bay-
field, Dr, Woods, George Lindsay: ;
Blyth, Rev. Geo. Jewitt, Luxton
Hill ; Brussels, Geo. M. Muldoon,
Rev, Nr, Wren aaeter, Rev. Joint
Collins, 5. H. Dickson ; Godericb,
C.' A. Reid, F. R. Flodgens; Cline
,; (concluded on page 8.)