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The Clinton News Record, 1915-06-17, Page 1No, •1889-37thYear CLINTON) ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JUNE I7th,' '1915 THE HOME, PAPER }alft,I Dollar will.. ay a subscription to any address in Canada, to end of 1915 for _re e News -Record. eft J •luerware er W edch g d• Silverware is most acceptable to the bride', It is practically nnperishable and conveys a lasting memory, No Bride Can Have Too Much Silverware. It is valued because it is one of the prime necessities"ofthe young housekeeper -she is proud to show it and she finds real use for it every day, ; We Suggest Silverware as the Ideal Wedding Gift, We have a good assortment of '.Gear Sets, Babe and Casserole. Dishes, Desert Sets, Bread and Sandwieth Traps, Butter. Dishes, etc., also complete line of Knives, Forks and Spoons of all kinds. W• , • ,.41 ,,,,Vi ,.elle ._„'mete, and Optician - , - Clinton - rte - Bank Royal'hdie OF CANADA. Incorporated 1860. 'Capital -Authorized $25,000,000.. Capital Paid-up • ;11,860,000 Reserve and-Undivided_Profits 13,800,000: Total Assets 85,000,000` 380 Branches. With world wide connection. Interest allowed on Savings: Deposits. General Banking business transacted. ' R. E. MANNING, Manager -' Clinton Branch 111'••111^'111.`•111,"11"411 •'i1L I"' 1'••1W" 11"111"311••111"•11x"111"411' II"' 11" WW1 m 116. Incorporated THE 1855 SNS BANK H A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS TRANSACTED E CAPITAL AND RESERVE = INCLUDING CIRCULAR LETTERS OF CREDIT - = BANE; MONEY ORDERS c $8,800,000. _ Savings Bank Department At all Branches 92 Branches In Canada Interest allowed at highest current rate = Clinton, Branch C. E. Dowding - Manager IIh.11h..1I1o.111., in ..Ifnl9..,111a.i11..,IIL,116,.IIL..II6,.11h,.IIL..iIL,JII1.,III..L1„ IS 1 READY -TO -WEA R CLOTHING 2lie Alorrish ORDERED CLOTHING ClothingCo. �+I YOU WILL SURELY FIND YOUR STRAW HAT NESE. have carefully Y selected from the newest styles of the • ll. season, Straw Hats that will , fully meet the most critical man's de- sireSplit Straws in Sailors, and Panamas. Come and see. how easy it is you what want. to find just Boys' Straws 25, 35, 50 and 75c Men's Sailors 50,75, 1.00 to $2.50 Men's Panamas 3.50 5.00 Es' $6 $6.50 t SPECIAL . SATURDAY. URDAY ' Cl RIR 4 dozen Men's Felt Hats in broken lines 2.00 , 2.50 , 3.00• YOUR CHOICE FOR 51.50. E :MQRRI5$:HCLOTHITNG::t i : Every Motto "A Square Deal.for...rY Man. LITTLE LOCALS. The local Foresters will -attend . divine' service in the Baptist church on Sunday, June twenttreseventh. The ladies of St: Pahl's, church sews tea .wt, the patriot/ha, meeting in the council chamber tomrrow (Fr - day) , afternoon, MET WITH AN ACCIDENT, • Mr. Fred Livermore, nightwatehman at the organ factory, who had the - misfortune' to meet with a severe ac- cident 'a few days ago in which soy- era's owera's of ;this ribs were fractured, is as yet,onlfy able to walk around, It. wills he some time before hp will ' be able to go on duty again and as Fred's nature is such,' that he is ;hap- piest when busiest, these be long days with him. WESLEY CIIURCH. • 'The pastor, preached at both ser- vices on Sunday. On Monday evening the literary committee -had charge of the, program - when Mr. Gordon Rutledge of Winni- peg, who has. been engaged in news- paper work for several years, gave an interesting talk , on "The News- paper -Game,!' giving his hearers some idea of the inner workings s o f the big 'daily newspaper offices and of how the,news is gathered from.. the four quarters of the globe and put before the readers. It was an ex- ceedingly interesting talk and was listened to with much pleasure. Mrs. Gordon Rutledge sang very sweetly, "My Little Brown Honda in the West';' 'and Mr. T. E. East sang • a patriotic song, "Where Is My -.Boy. Tonight ?" both' solos -being much appreciated. • PASSING OF' MRS. W. ` H. WATTS. Much regret was felt in • town 'on Sundays- when it became known that Mrs, W., H. Watts of Dolton, former- ly of. Clinton, had passed away that morning at the Western Hospital, Toronto. Her eldest son, Mr. Thos. IL 1I'atts•:of town, was called by phone during the night'onSaturday and immediately started for Toronto, go- ing by motor to Stratford, but- lie reached his destination a few min- utes after his mother had breathed her last. Mrs. Watts' death carte suddenly. She entered the hospital, on tine Mon- day previousby in the hope that an operation would restore her health, but II was :willed otherwise and. she was relieved from, sullering.and tak- en to her heavenly home, She died as she; had lived, in the enjoyment of Christian faith. The late Mrs. Watts. was very well known and. highly eesteerned in Clin- ton, where the family lived ever since coming to this ,country front England until within a couple of years ago when they removed to Bolton. Besides her bereaved husband she is survived ,by a family of 'three daugh- ters and two sons : Mrs, Herbert Cook and John Watts of Bolton ; Mrs. Fred Cooper of Toronto ; Mrs. Alex. Gosleigh and Thos, H. Watts of town. She was a good wife and a tender mother and she twill be much missed by her loved ones. The funeral i .took pplace in Bolton n on Tuesday: The Clinton friends of the family extend sincere sympathy. A PRETTY JUNE WEDDING. A pretty house wedding took plane at the home of Mr. and Mrs, Charles Lovett at high noon, yesterday when their second daughter, Mary Ethel, was united in marriage to Mr. H^,w- ard F, Williams, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Williams of Goderich town- ship. Promptly at the hour appointed the bride entered the drawing room lean- ing on the arm of het father, who gave her in marriage, and took her 'place beside the groonm,before a bank of ferns and orange blossoms, Miss Scott of London, a cousin of the bride, meanwhile playing the wedding march, The ceremony was performed by Rev. Jerrold, C. , Potts. The bride wore a charming gown of cream ,ilk crepe poplin made , en- train with trimmings of duchess satin, lace and 'pearls. She also wore a Juliet cap and' bridal veil caught up with orange blossoms, and carried a ho.quet of roses, lily of -the - valley and. fern. , The bridal pair. had no attendants except Evelyn Isabel Johnston, the little nice of ,the bride, who in a smart pink frock and carrying a, basket of pink rosebuds' and ferns, made the sweetest and prettiest of flower girls. The house was handsomely decorat- ed and made fragrant with a profus- ion of pink and white carnations and .orange blossoms. _ At the conclusion of the ceremony the bridal party and guests, the lat- ter numbering between forty and fif- ty; sat down to a dainty wedding.. luncheon. Mr. and Mrs. \Williams left on the three o'clock train. for a hoitvymoon trip to' Toronto, Niagara and other points. The bride's going -away cos- tume was a tailored suit of blue with ,bodice of cream silk- crepe with which she wore a white and black hat, On their return they will reside on the groom's leen ' on, the Maitland con., Goderich, township, The News -Record joins 'with' the: many friends of both in wishing .them many years of happiness and prosper- sty, THE LOCAL MARKET. , whe t� l io. a $ Oats 50c. , Barley 65c. ' Butter 19e to He. Eggs 58c to. 19c. Live Hogs .$8.75, MONEY IN HOGS., - On Friday Mr„ IL Cantelan made a shipment of 218 hogs from t Londes-, bort), Clinton and hlrucefieeld, 171 being from Clinton.,Some of his pur- chases were as follows : George Hu die, 11: hogs, 9227.60 ; .Albert Lovett, 10 hogs, $205.10 ; John Jenkins, 9 hogs, $2)11.80 ;` Norman Ball, 8' hogs, $163.70 ; James. Cornish, 6 hogs, $125.80. ONT., ST. CHURCH. TOOK PART IN RECITAL. - - In a report of a recital given in Heintaman hall on Wednesday evening f last week the London Fyee Press ad the following ; "Miss Clots Ford f - Clinton proved' herself ta be a rilliant young artist. Her 'various numbers displayed great breadth of tyle, good interpretation arid sound echnique,, PASSING OF. W. HUDSON, Mr. Wilfrid' Hudson of M'tche,I passed away on Thursday last aline a. short illness, the result of an at- tack of pneumonia • following an ten - oration for appendici'tis.• The deceased was a Man in the prime of. life and leaves his wife and four small cluithen, The family resided in Clinton prior to going • to Mitchell, 1VIrs. • Hudson be- tiongwnsa, daughter of Mrs: , Pinning i o f The funeral tool: place in Mitchell on Sunday, AT SERVICE IN GO'DERICH, A. number; of local Foresters went to Goderich on Sunday morning and attended church service with the brethren of that town. - The service wasthe George's church, in St. o r - Rev. J.B. Pothering - ham, therl n preacher being'Reo g ham, the rector, A couple,ofautos and a couple .of single rigs drove up from here, the following being- among these who went : S. Gliddon, J. Far- quhar.•., W. G. Farquhar, D. Steep, We L. Johnson, J. E. Johnson, II. Pent- land, ' Murray Megwan; `J. Sutter, Arthur Cook, Cl; III: 'Elliott, Mervyn Hanley, Will Falconer, SUCCESSFUL 0-ARDE.N TEA. That enterprising company of young women comprising the Girls'. Club of Willis church had a garden tea. and sale, on Dr. Gunn's lawn on Saturday afternoon last which proved to be a success in every particular. The. day was ideal, malting the drinking of a cup of tea or the eat- ing of a dish of ice. cream in the open 'air a pleasure.. lleeidea'the irk there was a sale of aprons, homemade cooking, candy, flower,, etc., •vliich was conducted by daintily -gowned and obliging girls and young ladies. The proceeds of the tea was de- voted to, patriotic uses and wa• handed over to the. Wanton's Patrio- tic Society. The members of the Junior Patriotic Society acted as waiters, The. whole proceeds of the. dlav amounted to eighty dollars I. 0. Cl, F. DINTRG.:T MEETING. Iluron District 1.O.O'.F. held their annual meeting in Clinton on Friday lastThe district comprises the lod- ges of I,ucan, Bruce.(ield, Hensall, Ex- eter, Seaforth, Clinton, Blyth, God- erich and Dungannon. Representatives were present from all the lodges with the exception of Dungannon, Bruce field anti Lucas. The reports from the various lodges showed anIincrease in membership and a good s financial. condition. Mr. I-Iarry Scott of Seaforth was elected district -deputy grand -master and Mr. A. W. Robinson of Goderich, secretary -treasurer, this being the fourth consecutive year the latter has beenelectedto this office. A heart y vote of thanks was tendered the rc tiring district -deputy master, Mr McKay of Hensel', and he is to be presented with a pant -matter's col- lar, THE COUNTY ORGANIZATION'. A meeting of the , Huron. Ladies' Patriotic Society was held in Clinton on Tuesday, there tieing present Mrs. Eaten of Exeter, Mrs. Neil of Sea - forth, Mrs. Manning of Clinton, Mitt; CiOlson of Goderich, Miss Coulson of Sealerlh, l- Sheriff Reynolds of CI and Dr. .Shaw of Clinton. It was moved by Mrs. Fitton, and seconded by Miss Gibsnn, That the officers of the. Society shall consist of a Secretary and a Treasurer. Carri- ed. Moved by Mrs. Neil, - seconded ' by Mrs. Manning, That Sheriff Reynolds Of Goderich, be the Treasurer, and Mee. Fitton of Exeter be the Secre- tary. Carried. Moved by Mrs. Neil, seconded by Mrs. Manning, That a Military Field Kitchen be purchased with the mon- ies collected by the Ladies' Petrie - tic Society from the several munici- palities and samebepresented to the 33rd Battalion at London, also if the funds allow it, snare to include a field kitchen for the Officers., Car- ried, Moved 14i+it1the ^n, econded b Miss Gibson, byIrs That fielsd kitchen beaptacltaeed from Malay Company of London,, if price and equipment prove satisfactory.. Cergied. Moved by Mrs. Neil, seconded by Miss Gibson, That all cheques in con- nection with purchase, of field kitchen; lie signed by Treasurer and Secretary. Moved by Mrs. planning, seconded by Miss Coulson, That if there he any surplus that same he sent to Shorneliffe hospital, England. Funds on hand : Goderich Exeter Clinton - Seaforth Wingham n h 0 b s On Sunday morning the pastor preached to; a large congregation on "God's Call to Go Forward," and ih. the evening. on c`I'lie Judgment." Miss Bradshaw presided at the young people's• meeting on Monday evening. Miss Cole read the lesson. Miss Carrie May read a letter from Rev, Mr. Swann, Missionary in Brit- ish Columbia. Miss 'Stevens' gave a reading and Miss Elsie Ribbert fur- nished a piano selection. Next Sunday will he "Flower Sun- da)1." The pastor will preach morn- ing and evening and. a special service will be held in the afternoon at 2.30 o'clock. PATRIOTIC SOCIETY NOTES., The Women's Patriotic Society will meet as usual: on Friday' in the coun- cil chamber, when the ladies of St, Paul's cliureli will serve tea. All members are requested 'to be present for,the businaos meeting at- 2.30 t2.30sharp;, "A new , president and secretary'treaurer will be elected to fill the vacancies toads by the resig- nations"of Mrs, Al" n and Mrs. Axon, The supply- committee wish as much completed work as possible to be re- turned for packing on Friday. Every lady, will have a chance to ruin the hand -painted plate donated by Miss Grant and the fancywork given by bliss Rance. Donations received since last re- port : NIr. Frank $10.00 Perdue .00 Out. Church Jr. League 3.00 Mr. John Ribbings 2,00 Mrs, Oliver Jervis .80 SON OF AN EARLY RESIDENT. Mr, C. Hoare_ of ekClintuu visited Acton on Monday to -call upon such of the early residents as were ac - (painted with his father, the late Thos. Hoare. Mr. Hoare, Sr., came to Anton about sixty years ago. In Partnership with Emanuel Chapman, a blackmailing and wagon business was conducted in shops on the• pro- perty adjoining the stone house now occupied by Mr. Thos. O'Brien, Main street,. The son would be glad to secure for a consideration one of the old wagons built by I-Ioart Chap- man and bearing their name. Mr. Hoare, Sr,, left Acton about fifty years ago. IIe was an active worker in the Methodist Church and talked for years after,his removal to mem- bers of his family of such pioneer fel- low workers, as the Adamses, Asa Halln otMoore, h TasSr., 5Oliver' Leahy, Sr., Alex Brown, .John Speight and the Nicklins. The son's visit, had much of interest to him- self and the old residents, he inter- viewed, -Acton Free Press. DEATII OF MRS. THOS, JUDD. Mrs. Thomas . Judd passed away at her bone in town on Thursday last after a somewhat prolonged illness. The deceased had been a sufferer for souse months and had undergone an operation some weeks ago in the hope that a cure might he effected, but though successful, complications set in, which in her weakened state - she could not withstand, and the end was a happy release. Mrs. Judd was for many years a nrenibet of Ontario street church, She was a quiet, home -loving woman and devoted to her children. She is survived by her husband and a fam- ily of eight : William of Detroit, Mrs. Arthur Lawson, Windsor, and Mor- wennow, Alna, Edwin, Lottie, Lily and Annie at hone. •All were with her with the exception of the eldest son, William, when the end calve. One brother, Mr. James Cribb of De- troit, and two sisters, Mrs. Thos. King of Detroit and Mrs. L. Craw - forth of Whitby, also survive. The funeral, which was private, took place on Saturday afternoon, Rev. S. J. A1l'n, , pastor of Coterie street church, conducted the stc,rvfces at house and graveside. The pall- bearers were : Messrs. Win. Plum steel, Wm. Carter, Amos Castle, Ores Cook, Mike Graelis and Salis- bury Crawforth. Many beautiful flowers were sent by sympathising friends, among them being lovely tribi.ttes Irons hill'. Judd's fellow workers' at Stapleton, from the employees of the Knitting Corn- , panty and from the workers of On- tario street church. Among those who were here from a distance for the funeral were Mrs. 'Thos. King gild, daughter, Miss Isabel of Detroit, Mrs. Orawferth and Miss Sara of Whitby, and Mr. Salis- bury Crawforth of Paisley, and Mr. ,Richard Bromley, a of Mr. Judd's, from, Galt.` Mr:- Judd and family desire to ex- press :totheir-;friends and, neighbors their sincere 'thanks for;, the many. kindnesses ;shown these n their, sor- row,,and, haye eroutent. , $860.30 350,0.0 200.00 200,00 200.00 ;$1810.30 People You Know. Mr;:•J. A. Satteris. in.St. Catharin-: es this week representing ' Court Maple Leaf at the C,..p, F. High Court meeting. HOlmesville Mrs. George Acheson has been en- gaged as organist of the Methodist church to succeed kiss Blanche '1'c•b- butt, who was recently married. Dr, Holmes came over from Detroit on the excursion and is visiting his sister, Miss D. A. Ilolmes, while iris brother, J. R., is spending the time in Detroit, having taken the exeuc.,uon back. A number of the young people from here took ' in the `moonlight on Mon- day evening. It was not so well Patronized as last year, it is call. Two new roiltes for the Holrne,erille cheese factory started this week, one from Colborne on Tuesday and one from Porter's Hill on Wednesday.. Farmers -claim that the treatment given the whey at the factory stales it superior to separated Milk for feeding to calves and hogs.Mr. ,I1'm, Mulholland is imploring his house by giving it a .°eat of paint which will add much to the ap- pearance of. the same. • Mr. Will Tebbutt's house is Leing remodeled and repaired. Rev. J. Greene of Clinton preached most acceptably in the McSho•'ist church here on Sunday evening. Mr, Greene is always a welcome visitor a IIo est/ t llit ills'. Rev. R. J: McCormick and , ian:ily returned to the parsonage on Satan - day last after a visit at Trowbridge and attendance at conference, The following party picnicked at Hayfield on Tuesday : Mr. and Mrs. Stanley, - MTs , Ladd, Miss Sarah Teb- butt and Mr. and Mrs, Render, At a meeting of the W..M. S. held at, the hone of Mrs. H. ',1, 'Prtii'ar- tlia on Wednesday of last week a :•ery interesting report of the Heinlein meet- ing held at London recently was ,give en by Mrs: James McMatli, a c'e:e- gate from Wesley church; Clinton, - Varna. Mfs's Effie Snowdon of. Yarmouth Centre has beSt- visiting Miss Logan and other old friends hereabouts. Mr. L. Beattie has soil his Saxon car to Mr. Edgar Pattison of Brucc• fresh, The members of the Varna auxil- iary of the W ItI,S. entertained those front. Gatslten and Rippen at the par- sonage on Tuesday afternoon when Mrs. trick of Goderich, district or- ganizer, gave an address. 13ev. Mr. Powell of (Hinton ie to speak in the- -Methodist church, on temperance next- Sunday evening. Messrs. Alece,, French and Joseph Pilgrim motored to Goderich Mon- day evening to take int the moonlight excursion, The boys of the'viila,;;c have pur- chased a new football and will soon be in shape to give the boys of neighboring villages a good game. The Women's Patriotic Society hail a hospital shower at the manse • one evening last week when 'the following 'fate list of articles was brought ; in : 12 sheets, 26 pillow -cases, 38 towels, It day shirt, 2 night shirts, 8 pillows, 2 pairs wristlets, 4 pairs socks, 4 pieces of uncut material, 1 parcel of rolled bandages and 2 parcels of ma- terial foe bandages. The women are continuing tlrpir work with tnahaied interest,realms- that ln s - that however much may have been done there, is still more to do. London Road' bliss Edith' Jennison of Clinton visited among, friends stere last week,. Mr. Arthur Wiitse tools in the ex- cursion to Detroit this week, Mr, George Stanbury came down from Clinton on Monday and spent a few hours en the old homestead. Miss Grace, and her brother, Mr. Stpl.,mnsoh; accompanied by Mr. and Mese Will. Reid bf Varna, motored to London and spent the week -end with the ,former's sister, Mrs. Douglas' Wheeler„ The London+ Road and Turner's Leagues will hold • their annual picnic next Thursday in Mr. • Fletpbcr Town- send's grove. Mess -es. G. B. Manley, ;Ii, Peacock and Fred Nott having joined the Brighten -lip Club, each has had bis dwelling painted which makes quite an improvement, Stanley Township Dr. Wilmer Peck, who his been praptising in Montreal, returned home last week and intends hang- ing out his shingite in ISeinsall. The tow'nsltip council stet on Mon- daylaste to consider roads and, sone new bridges. The ladies of Goshen Methodist church attended, the missionary tea at the parsonage in Vanua on Tues- day last. Miss Ethic- Snowden of Yarmouth Centre is at present spending a few holidays with friends in this vicin- ity, Brucefi•eld. Mr. John 13. Mustard is improving his place by leveling off . the ground in front and sowing grass seed.. Large quantities of pressed hay are Ironic the e', being shipped tot a stati on her Thomas 'Brown of Staforth is the Miss Brown -is improving the ap- pearance of her property occupied by H. D. Cameron, by 'having it, paint- Bajjfl:eld I3ev, J. G. Rickard is attending' the meeting of the Synod in London this. week. Mrs. Shannon and her daughter of Toronto ate visiting at Mrs, James Spackman's. Miss IS, Motherseaul was accompan- ied from `V;tiei'a,ingtou, D.C., by her cousin, Miss. M. Garrett. Tine exterior al the Albion has beea brightened up by a coat of paint, the artist being Ted Chutes of Varna, Messrs, William and 7d. Weston, our cement contractors, had a break in their mixer and had to take the. Part clown to the works to have it repaired. On their return a deep rut caused their car to turn turtle with William underneath and fracturing. two ribs and his collar bone. Pel. escaped with merely a bad .shaking up' he carcalledfor repairs. - but t The football match played here last week between the Hayfield Lakesides and the Big Mill team, Goderich, re- sulted In a draw. The locals con- sisted of : goal, Oeo. E. Greenslade;. backs, B. Moore, M. Toms; half backs, 1-1. Sturgeon, G. McKenzie, IV, McDool ; forwards, J. Castles J, Wahnsley, H. King,' W. Sturgeon, - J Parker. The referee was A. 7i, Er- win: Mr.; and Mrs. Geoi,bc Fisher and family arrived. on Saturday and will be guests of Mr. and .Mrs. Edwards , for a fortnight or so, Messrs. E. Seeder and Wilbur Er- win came up from Berlin for over Sunday. The Public Library promoters are drumming .up subn,riptiohs and pur- pose staking, a systematic canvas of the village. - - That the horse has not yet been wholly superseded was in evidence the other day when one was seen draw- ing an automobile down main street, apparently bound for the, garage, Misses Ward and Bell :motored over hoes Clinton on Saturday to _ visit Misses Mothersead and Garrett. Mrs. Wm. Sterling and - Mrs. P. Mackenzie visited at Si.Mary's e for a fortnight or so. Miss Maud Sterling, trained nurse, wlio is with the Canadian nurses" in army hospital work, in writing to her mother Isere mentioned that site had stet Dr. Smith in England. - Mr. C'. hierner moved his wile, and family up from Elmira last week. They have ,taken up their abode in what was formerly known as the (,'t'een's hotel " Mr. T. J Marks' store was broken into on Thorn lay night but Irons what was taken it is quite clear that the trespassers were not after, ., dry goods or anything supported to -have a battering value in Bayfield. Rev. Mr. Hamilton of Goderich cc - denied -the pulpit of Si. •Andrew's church on Sunday last, Mr. Win, Jowett has beautified, his residence on the terrace by a coat of paint, an artistic job be:ng made by, William Dixon. i_ Mrs. Logan, who is accompanied by, her daughter, Dr. Logan, Trout Lake, Mich., is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Samuel Cleave. Mr, E. Ward has taken a Position. in 'Sarnia. - Mr. and Mrs. George ' Fisher and Mrs. Edwards motored to London on Tuesday and on heir return were e accompanied by Mr. Edwards who, had been holidaying in that city and at Lobo. Owing to the cold weather the cot- tagers are not arriving quite as early as other seasons. Mr, Copeland, the stave man, pur- poses putting an automobile on the route. Among the picnics expected this (week is• one from Willis church, Clinton, and another from ICippen. lir the eighth annual report of the Game and Fisheries Department ap- pears the following as the report from Huron County : "Overseer Robt. Murray of Bayfield reports that the fishermen had a fairly good season, thoughtrout and whitefish were not so plentiful as in 1913. During Octo- ber: there were several bad storms, so t•itat it was impossible to do much fishing. The pounds net fishermen re- port that the catch was not as good as in 1913'. Perch were plentiful in the month of October." The best roads in the- county are those running east and ,south of Bay- field. James Fergusrn, who Inas been attending Wingham high school and who was operated on recently for appendicitis, is convalescing rapidly, and expecte to be home the end of this week," The Patriotic Society will hold an "At Bonne" in the town Mall on Fri- day et ening of next week, the last part of the evening to be spent 'n progressive games, after which a hunch will bp served, Mr. 'Phomas Cameron is s,e-ending a few days this week at Toronto. Rev. R. 0. Miller, superintendent of the Children's Aid Sociofty, Bcul'in,, spent Monday in the village. Messrs. Samuel. Mender, Seaforth, Alex, McNeal, -Stratford, and Neal Meileod, Collingwood, were this guests of ;the forauer's, daughters, ' Mesdames ' David and Edward Sturgeon on Sun- day. Messes. John Stanbury, Thomas Batley and Granville Atkinsoh took in the excursion to iietroit this week. Messrs. E. Sperling, James Roe*, Br ee Moore, Harold King, John Jack andSid Castle, Fred Fowlie, Cameron; Robt, Watson and E. Wee.' ton took in the moonlight excursion, at Goderich on Monday evening, News -Record Means Net's-Leedero, ;;Arg yeti a seibseriber ?