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The Clinton News Record, 1931-08-20, Page 4eitelelenisellilsesessesnesasasersais TIHE CLIN7,'ON-NEWS, RECORD THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1931 COOPER'S STORE NEWS THURSDAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY August 20621st and 22nd, THREE ^ DAYS OF SAVING VI SPECIALS .d:�, LJI A.3 Seasonable Merchandise with a Quality Guarantee on every Item. Many Clearing Lin s not mentioned on Sale 'Bills, It will pay you to Come this week. A. T. COOPER. 'THE . STORE WITH TIRE STOCK„ PHONE36 A Graye: llleiiace PRACTISING PHYSICIANS AND DENTISTS REALIZE THE DANGER OF PYRRHOEA IN UNDERMINING GOOD HEALTH MANY .PRACTITIONERS ALSO ADVISE THE REGULAR USE OF PYRRHOL 1;N TREATING THIS D'READE•D INFECTION, WE KNOW OF NOTHING BETTER—GET IT NOW AT: SR. llolrnes, Phm.B GLINTON; ONT. „.7�'"^'^ =” 'PHONE Let me Give you an Estimate On any of those rooms that you have to paper or paint, as 1 have a large assortment of papers to choose from,5c to $2.00 a roll. Try a can offour-hour enamel or varnish. Let -me tell you how to fix up that bath room with oil cloth and paneling. A phone call Will bring the books to your door. 1 sell paper whether hanging it or. not. Phone; 234 Painter and Decorator �bK1NG?NEWS �Co1,Hugl�Clark Feeders to a canal system are realty more important than, feeders from it,even though „the latter, be senators: • Russia spells the doom of capital, eay6 Shaw, but he is a cocksure individual who will `undertake to pro- nounce the doom.of capital as..Rus ala spells it. Punch is celebrating its 90th birth - ..day anniversary. It ought to live forever. William. Jennings Bryan used to tellof an Jrislnnan who was celebrating his 90th miniver. •sary, His friends were congratulat- ing'hi;-in, but one of them pointed out : that in the natural order of events hecouldn't expect to live much Ionger. "I don't know about that," he replied. "I have been look- ing over the records and I find that very few men die after they are 90." No one but an Irishman could state this factsostrikingly. Henry Ward Beecher's view of cer- tain Socialist writers was. that they "eternally sit and eternally' never lay an egg." The Russian experiment is more communistic and, Stalin is •doing more than sitting, but it seems premature on the .part of Lady Astor, M. P., and Bernard Shaw to declare the egg a good one before it is hatched if not before it is laid. From Ottawa dispatches we gather that the intention is . to reorganize. Beauha'rnois and put it on its second feet. 1V1innehaha is. Indian fol Laughing Voter. Now, who caused the diver- ;sion there? Lots of`boya can, with aria's ,folded tide a bicycle, •but not one of the 'caned()so•,Without showing off,, How mainy people to=draY eeseern- 1 ber "The Beauhaenois Boy"? H's was J. G,'' I4: Bergeron, who as a youth was . elected, federal inember 1 for. that district,' and who retained the title even after he came to man's estate. His last public appearance ( was in 1011 when he toured Canada with Hon. 'R. L. Borden: He 'spoke • rn French ' wherever there • were French electors and made a great hit with his humorous sallies. • • Calvin 'Coolidge says the .time will never"dome when the rich aldtie will poi the taxes. Will the tirke'ever come when the public generally will n'ealizo this? The word Beauharhois •Means "beautiful harness," an appropriate name for a power'proposition. , Th. beautiful harness remains and the stable is locked, but not until after some of the horse -power 'was stolen. Let joy be -unconfined? ' School opens in a few days. Edgar Wallace, the novelist, has gone in'for horses and now owns a string of them. Ile will•learn some- thing more about them than he did When he wrote "Grey Timothy" in which he says . "The hate lashed out savagely with a hind leg, but t'he nimble trainer was out of reac'he A horse does not do that sort of thing. When he kicks he wakes it a twosome. There was an artist once who painted a horse rising from the ground hind feet first,. That sort of thing is not done either' in the equine kingdom, but novelists and artists cannot be expected to know everything. 'Weather forecasts cannot safely be . made even , by meteorologists, for more than :a few days in advance. There was one in the service in Chicago. Who undertook to do it, but m the weather failed to live up, to his - forecasts. He resigned in disges+ and left the service, Ile .said the climate' there• did net agree with him.., Talking about weather predictions., !there was a weather prophet in Can- ada many years ago. IIis real name was Mowat, but his pen mune was Moses Oates He iised to ,get out an annual;' calendar,- and ` never dr'oamcd to essay the'' role' of Pro- phet, but one day a friend 'of his, looking ever the copy for his forth- coming ,calendar•, designated" after each date, the sort of weather»that might be expected 'for•that'day, It was published and turned out so well that he continued it. The name of Moses ;Oates was, known all over Canada.' One year everything went to the Abad. He had predicted a dry, warm r sun -m et and it turned' out to. be the coldest, rainiest season We had had for years. Toward the end of Augustan Indian was arrested and; lodged in Brantford jail, : charged with indecent assault. As luck would have it, his name was Moses Oates. J. R. Cameron, then editor of ethe Hamilton Spectator, made this edi- torial- comment: ' ' "Moses Oates, the Indian who is incarcerated . in Brantford- jail charged with indecent assault, wish- es us to announce that he is not the Moses Oates, who predicted a dry, warm summer." ,• e There are three places in Europe each of which claims to be the birth- place ; of AI, Capone. The odds are• seven to three on Homer. Little Quib s. of News in General • The week -end list of fatal' acci- dents in Ontario amounted to seven- teen, drowning and motor crashes taking most of the toll. Ee Many gathered at the grave of Sir Adam Beck at Hamilton on Satur- day tr, do honour to the memory of the Hydro Knight. • Ontario certain- ly owes aa debt of gtatitnde to that pioneer in public ownership, - G•tles and floods took a toll 'of "fourteen Iives in'Britain on Monday. The)nantta> crisis in.Great. Bei - tan is; serious but Iifr, Snowden says they will win -through, although the remedies to be applied may be dras- tic. ....e • Several weye wounded at a nomina- tion meeting in .a Quebec riding on Monday. They seen to take their politics seriously down there. At a Walkathon in•Montreal it is alleged the contestants were doped so that they hardly knew What they .were doing. What's the natter with the- police that they- do not put a stop tr, such fool stunts? Hon. Robert Weir, Federal Minis- ter of Agriculture, . says that con- siderable areas in Saskatchewan should never have been opened for settlenmt and they 'will be abandon- ed. Renew little son has been born to their Excellencies, Eitr1 and Lady Bessharough, at Montreal. Mother and babe are reported as doing even. This is the second child_born to a Canadian Governor Genera) during his term a office. •- -- 4 ' r Four flyers were killed in a crash near Fort Francis on Tuesday The an -plane. an a11 -,metal transport plane was out in.a search for another flyer who had been marooned on an island, when ,something went .wrong and it dived into the waters of the lake. One of the men drowned was a Stratford Lo) Two Godorich youths aged # our - teen and fifteen, were sentenced tr terns in the Munico Industrial School for cruelty to a cat. The boys had •appeared before Magistrate Reid on several 'occasions and he had dealt leniently with them in the hope that they we,nld mend their ways, A complete vindication of the man- agement ef• -'the • London and Port Stanley Railway, scathing criticism of the attitude and actions of ex - Mayor Wenige, who was largely re- sponsible for an inquiry being held acrd a strong denunciatipn of the evi• dence of three witnesses who: were former employees of the 'railway, are contained in the official report of ,Judge- Joseph Wearing; covering the investigation into the operation of the city, - owned road based on charges made on the . .pub-. lie 'platform' • in municipal election campaigns in recent years,' BAYFIELD Anniversary services \vete held en Sunday, August 16th., in St, -And- rews United church, Rev. A.. E. Armstrong, D.D., of Toronto, see, Board of Foreign Missions of the United Church. of Canada and chair- man of the Protestant Missionary Society 'of' the United States' 'and Canada, preached at both services. In the morning he took as his text Acts 17: 28, "To the Unknown God, Hint 'declare I .unto you,'' and spoke principally on India, emphas- izing the fact that India is ,a part' at the British Empire and therefore wr shield call for greater interest on' n the part of the British people. In re the evening he spoke on the thought th. of ""Hunger" taking as his text Mark gr 6: 37, "Give ye them, to eat. He referred to the condition oft the fo world with.its millions af hungry st people, especially in heathen lands; flc then he brought before the`audience all the great need of qui• Western po-- 'fe pie, and the destitution and hunger up which they are facing. wi St. Andrews Choir rendered Corp so appropriate music, assisted by- Miss pit Mary Stewart of Clinton, and: jl,Xr. Eric Chapman . of ,:London who also ole contei'buted solos and :•duets which he were splendidly Tendered, The fin- ancial response of the ditty exceeded th amount asked: On the Monday ovening. following, a most enjoyable concert was put on int the. Church by Mr, W. R. Goulding A P.C.NI.; of Exeter and his "Iiuron- tan Chorus" of some 16 voices. Their numbers were well chosen and spien- dily 'rendered' Mr. '(Grant ;Favored the audience with pleasing numbers on the violin and Mr. Abbot, reader, excelled in his rendering of the numbers contributed, There was; a very- fine audience and altogether' the whole occasion was one of the best in the historyeof the Church, Miss J., E. Whittaker of Toronto is the guest of Mee J. H. McLeod. Mr. and Mr's,' M, C. Hart end -two children of Toronto are visit- ing M'rs Hart's parents, Me. and Mrs. George. King. - Mrs, F C. Gemeinhardt and Miss 'vel Evelyn returned home on Sunday;af- ter having spent .a fortnight in To- ronto and Other points. Mr. - and Mrs. Wm, Murray and son of Detroit' have moved, to the village to make their horse. • Wm. and Don Murray have 'purchased land from Mrs. Smith on the corner of the : Brueefield' Road and the Sauble line where they•are busy er- ecting a garage. Mr, Eric Muir of Toronto is a guest 'at the Albion Hotel. Me. E. Patchell of thea Canadian Bank of Commerce spent the week- end at Sauthamptere Mao G. A. Peddle returned to the village' on Mooday after having spent a few days at his hone in Toronto. • A' most 'successful garden' tea and :sale of home-made baking was held on Friday afternoon on the pret- ty lawn at Mrs, R. Seotehiner's home. The teastables were set in the shade on the east ' side •of the house where junior members of the Ladies Aid . of St. Andrews United Church, in whose aid the affair was held, served daiiity refreshments. On the- verandah the home-made baking was arranged for sale and on either side of. the gate were tables of vege- tables and flowers. Me. Norman. Torras of Detroit' is spending" his vacation with his Moth- er, ' Mee: 'E. Tonic. • ' Mr's, Wine Ford 'and lliiss 'Annie; Foster et Clintbn belie been visiting at the. home of their. -brother Mr. W. J. Fates, , Mrs. Frank Henry, Miss Bina Henry.' Master Willie Henry, Mrs. Mac Ross and Mita Catherine Par, riff of Wihiteehurch. were visitors on Sunday at the home of Mr. W. J. Peste: , HOLMESVILLE Group No. 2 02•. the Ladies Aid of Iiolmesville church intend having a corn roast at the church an Wednes- day evening next, 'Mr. and Mrs. Baur and children (formerly Miss Alebrta Howell), of Bayport, Mich., spent the week -end as the guests of Miss 'Susie Acheson. Miss Neva Holden of Toronto is the guest of .Miss Acheson, - ,Miss Cora Trewartha has return- ed after a visit with Miss McDonald of Teeswater'. Miss Helen MacMath has returned hone after spending a month's vet - cation at Aylmer and St. Thema`s. Mr. and Mis. Ferguson of Detroit were recent' visitors in the village. 'Mr, and '1Vies. J. H. Lcwery of To- ronto and Mr. and Mrs. Everett Low.. ery and Tittle daughter of Oshawa visited Mrs. J. H, Lowery's sisters, the Misses Procter and Mrs. R. Me- Cartney, and other friends in the village and vicinity last week. On Friday evening, August 14th, about seventy-five friends of the surrounding community gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Ford >• F d to extend .totem h congratula- tions atula- 6 tions and good wishes en their resent. marriage and to welcome the ming bride to the community. In the course of the evening an address was read and Mr, and Mrs. Ford were presented with a lovely chair, Fol- lowing the presentation Mr. and: Mrs. Ford each made very apprecia- tive replies: and :offered their home for -the remainder of the evening fur the entertainment of ;thgte assembled Card' playing was indulged in after which refreshments were served. The following address was .read by Mr, S. Mclvfath: "Ladies and Gentlemen: I am very' glad to have this pleasure of saying a few words of welcome to Mrs. Ford, and of snaking a small presentation to her and her husband. The Fords are. an old established family in this township and we have always counted ourselves ftgtunate in having 'such good neighbors; - so that when a. new member is intro- duced into their family and'' into our community, it seems only just and right that we should give these young representatives some instance of our cordial friendship. - .This little gift is made by the local community to Mr. and Mrs. Ford with every, good wish for their happiness, and ,as a . reminder, that they ,may count upon us all ." as staunch friends new and in the years. to come, and may their pathway through life be one long, gladsome courtship, ever strewn with roses," CURE' FOR -POISON IVY Wm. Lawson of Barlochan, Ont.,. ites the Temente Staff_: -1"I "have atieed, from time to time, stations medies for poison 'ivy. Wherever are is ivy, an antidote always ows right beside it, named "Touch - e -Not." It reaches from ` two to nr feet in height, with light green alks and beautiful orange and pink ewers, B,uise or break the stalks. owing the juice' to fa1I on the af- eted parts, which Will soon dry Some cannot peas . poison ivy about being affected, If the per. n's hands are wet, or' body pars- ing,; and the ,• ivy is wet or broken —jbeyare! ,Our .• youngest son has area patches: of it, ' using rnly nds.'"The writer also is immune, AUIU rRN Mr, and Mr's, W: II.'Shopped and their guests, Eileen and Bert Fell, of Barrie, spent 'the week -end ' in: Sar- nia, ' Mr. and Mrs. Garfield Stobus and baby, Marie, of 'Detroit, .are spending their vacation at the home of rs, Stobus' parents, • Mi', and Mrs. H. Wagner, Mi•, and flits. Jacob Wagner, Hon- ey Wagner and Mrs. James Jack- son, attended the funeral of the late Janet lefoch, of Tavistock • on Saturday. , Mrs.a , Edg r Lawson has as her guest'her sister, Mrs. L. Kruse, of Galt.: q'41,kl Rev. L.V. Pocock' -returned from his vaiation on: Saturday and resum- ed services in St M'ark's Anglican Church on Sunday" • Services in Baptist chuc><i.with both the Presbyterians aed , Baptists worshipping together with' the Bap- tist pastor, Rev. G. Sherni'an in charge; were concluded on Sunday afterpoen. Mr, 'Sherman has now left to spend his vacation ill Athens and the two congregations, will worship for a niaonth .in the Presbyterian church with the pastor, Rev. T. W. Goodwill, in charge, with the excep- tion of the first Sunday in Septem, ber when anniversary serviceb will be held in Baptist church where the former pastor, Rev. :R B., Gracie, :will be • the .speeiai preacher. Among the week -end campers here were Mr, and Mrs. E. •Durnfti and family of North : Bay, Miss L. Dur- nin and Miss Deanne of Dungannon, The B.Y.P.U: held a well at"tended meeting in the Baptist ehurch'.Sun- -dlay evening, • The topic•, "How God Gave Tis The Bible," was taken by Mrs. L. Ferguson and Mrs. F. Raith- by. During the service a solo was well rendered by John Daer, Clayton Robertson • and Kalmar Dawson visited Strathory quer the weelcena Dorothy Farrow who has been vis- iting with her grandparents, Mr. and 'Mrs. J, H. rohnston returned to her home in Mitchell on Sunday. Dr, and Mrs. B, C. Weir had as their guests over the. Week -end Mr,. and Me .mines 'Seegers of Ramie, ilia. ' bfre; Sear 'tva1 be remem- bered. as, Sadie' Paterson, 'Who, pied to spend her vacations 'here: Mrs. S. H. " Johnston 'and Luella have returned 'iidme after a week at Bruce 'Beach. - Mr, and Mrs. James D, Howatt were in Auburn on Satinelay looking aver several 'residential properties wit a view toacquiring a home, as they have sold their farm near Sea - forth. A number; from here attended the funeral of the late Thomas Finelon,• of West Wawanosh, which took place Monday morning to St. Augustine cemetery. Mr, and Mrs. Norman Murray had with them over the week -end ea their • cottage at Sunset Beach, Mr. and Mrs, A. Hoy, of Stratford, and N14:. Hurray's brother, Sam, and Mrs. Murray of Olean N. Y. Wan. McMilan is for a short time again enjoying the company of his children wile, since the death of their, mother have been maikug their hone with • ,their grandparents Me and Mrs. Bogie of the Lake Shore. The girls are accompanied by their father's sisters, Mrs. Babb, of God- erich, and Mrs. Campbell, of Detroit. News fins been received here of the sudden death of William Radford, of Clinton, en Saturday, whose fun- eral tools place in Clinton on Wednesday. , • His widow, -formerly Sara Leach, was raised in, this eon- ntunity, GODE'RICI-I TOWNSHIP. Mr. Ezra Durst and family have rettupted to. Detroit after holidaying for some time at the ,home of Me. and Mrs, Fred Thompson, Iifr•; and Mts. E. F. Reed- of Lon- don and Mr. Jack Cahalan of Spring - bank spent •the week -end as guests of Mr and Mrs, Arthur Welsh. Jack did not return and is spending the week with his cousin, Robert Welsh, Mrs. B.' W'. Anderson. of Toronto spent Inst week -end visiting at' the Home of Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Ander- son and also yvith. • Mr, . and M'rs. Fred Thompson of the Bayfield line. , dVliss Rata Beacons is.•vis.ibing her aunt, Mrs. Del. ,Gardner. Mr. L, WI. Levis .and Mrs. Geo, Levis of Clinton visited Mrs. Fred Thompson on Sunday Miss Helen Currie and Miss Alma. McKay of Toronto spent last week with the latter's parents at Bay- field,. • • Mr. Ezra Durst and this four daughters of Royal Oak, Mich,, -spent last week with Me. and Mrs. Fred Thompson, the Bayfield line. The Voters' list for the township of Goderieh has been printed and was pasted up in the clerk's office Wed- nesday of this week. Part one has the • names of 896 voters, Part two 104 and Part Three 55. Thele are 412 ,jurors named en the list. 'Rev. C. L. Hollowel and Mr. Joyce, Boy Scout Master, •Br ptforct, were visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Cook dazing the past week: Mr, Hollowell is a former incumbent of .Ste James' church, Middleton. Mr, and Mrs, ,Lorne Linfield and Miss Catherine, Mrs. Geo. Linfield and Mr, Thompson of London motor- ed up on Satnirday and were the guests of Mr,, and Mrs. R. Pearson. Mrs, George Linfield remained 'te' spend the week with her. cousin, Mrs Pearson. Miss, .Margaret Pearson • of Wayne Mich.,. is spending a few weeks with -her, grandparenft Mr. and Mrs, .116, beet Pearson, `and . with other rela- tives here and in,Clinton. Ari information r booth for the free e dissemination of descriptive litera- ture on the Canadian National ,Ex- hibition Mel a directory of approved private • homes for visitor`s has been opened at 5 Front Street . East; To- ronto. -Clinton "Collegiate .Institute • UPPER SCHOOL 11EI'ORT • There are no failures in Algebra, Trigonometry, Botany, Zoology, and' Physics, Students registered in the Upper School (212 tli year) have passed the following subjects: F O J X4(3 4%1`l9Nv°, a Ca?' t Mary • Armstrong . 1 1 2 1 e 1 1 11 1 c 1 Isabel Biggaet ., ,1 c •1 11 1 1 1 21 1 e, i' I. I 1 I 1 e Robert Cd1 e •.,i'C 1I11.11 .eL 1 3 t Dorothy Cox ....R 1. 1 I 1 121 1 '1 1W 12 1 1 ,1 e1 1 212 3 Marian Pastes . 1 1 e c 3 '` ! e c e 3 Edith Gibbing'§ . . , I` 1 -1 c I 2 o 21 r, Hero •as]r : ,..: Helen y .c c :c.''. �' 3, 2 1 1. I c 3„ I. 1 e i I I 1 Brenton liellyar . 113 11 . 1 1 2 1 1 3-.I � 1 e 1 1 • ,q . 1 ( � ,Carrie Levis William Leiper . l e p ••IS 1c•1 e' 3'2c 3 2, e'i Thelma Lovett c 3- 2 1 1 c '3 o 2 Janet .1Y7leTaggart , c B Matilda Mains 2 e c Helen Manning g c 1 • 2 1 2 e o G e IP Bert Middleton e 1 c e e c c Violet 1VIorrison .. 3 ! ,c - i A e I , Frances n s Mosso- I C' 3 ' • 2 1� Jean Match Margaret Plunaeteel 1 11 1 4 3 e •e ( I Hazel Richards 1..1 1 1 2 J 2 1 2 - Lois Robins n1 1 Edward Rorke .. 11 1 2 12 11 c I c 11 2 •1 e Eileen Ruinball I 1 c Tan s Sm es i . 3` �3 e I 8 2 I Lloyd Stock . g 8 2 Olive Thompson . . 8 1 1 e. 11 3I , 1. , 1 "I Cora Trewartha. , 1 1. 1 1 1• c 1 2 1 1 3 2 2 2 e 012 21 r. C Ce 1 311 C1 8 1 G (ej 1 1313 Studentsregistered in 3B (f orifi year) have :passed: in the following ' Upper Seim' subjects: tb pto ; ,d ao Kathleen Cameron 1 3 Ross Carter • , e William Draper , 2 Edna Frankie,-.., , . c • Bot. c, Zool Joseph Dandier -Madelon Glew c ' Grace•Hellyar ,,..1 c 2 1 1 3 2 e 2 2 a 0,.01'14. Ernest' Hovey -•.,.1•-8 c , I. ,- „ Helen MaeMath , 1 2 1 -8 • 'Marjorie McEwen3. Etndra McInnes . .( 8 Hugh Middleton ..1 c • Neivnian Paterson 1 L. Plumsteel • c • Ethel Ross .... c E,-Scotchmer 2 3 John • Stirling' 43 13 ! e ! ' c 1 Dorothyy Watts . 131 .2 1 3 1 1 , Helen Youngblutt , e 1 2 1 COLBORNE We friends and neighbors of the late R. M. Young wish tq extend our sincere sympathy to the bereaved family and to Mrs, Young. On Saturday, Angust 8th the pic- nie held' at Harbour Park, Goderich, by the ex -pupils of Nile Union School, was a vast success. It les planned that' next' year the pupils will again meet at a Klee gathering. Mr. and Mrs, E, Cutler of Detroit visited with Mr. C. A. Robertson and Mrs. E, Fisher. Rev. T. W. Goodwill preached to the Presbyterian oongregatitpa an last two Sundays. 312r. -and Mrs. Harvey Fisher, ac- companied by Mn.. and Mrs. Joseph Young, of Detroit, motored to Har- rison• to visit with •Mr. and Mrs. Wil- lins on Sunday. • Miss B. Shaw has returned to her duties at Brooklyn, o yn, 'Now York, after her holidays at Meme. Miss "Annie Addison of (Millie 'spent is few days' 'With _her cousin, Mr's.Davi ' a Bean.** n Mr. and Mrs, J. Gilles and Miss M.• Russel spent a few days with Mr. and Mts. Tait Clerk. Mee -T. Wilson and two sons, .Mac and .Edgar, spent a few days with her ,parents, West MacGillvray. 1VIes, A. W. Young is visiting in Toronto for a week. We are sorry .to, hear of Mas. Ro• bort: 13gan, Sr, having ,'severe at- tack. of rheumatism. .Some have finished harvest and a few are stook threshing, Union service Was• held at Smith's Hill United church on Sunday with Rev. A, W. Shepard of Alvinston taking the service. , VARNA bite. Agnes Moffatt, of London, and Mrs. W. L. Murray, and family, Miss Betty ,and blaster Winters .3t , of Ottawa, the Doctor's mother, and sister, and Mrs. Vae Brown of Loudon are holidaying : With Dr, and Mrs. Lloyd Moffatt, at "Bellow don," their country hone here. .Miss Mary Chuter of London is spending a week's vacation at her home, Mrs. °Bert Chivers and son are spending a few days around the vi- cinity. Me. and Mrs. Neil. Clarke and fancily of Winthrop spent Sunday in the village: - Misses Margaret Chetet• and Olive Breath spent a day in London. Mr. and Mrs, J. T. McAsh • ani! Mrs. L. McAsli motored to 'Lena—el Iast week. BRUCEFIELD The following pupils of Eleanor M ''Snider, A.T:C.M,, organist of Knox Presbyterian church, Kirwan, dine ,, were successful in passing the Pronto 'Conservatory of Music Ex- aminations:. '' Theon itical Esaaplaations:'.'Inter•- -mediate History -Miss Blanche Musa bard, Kippen; Junior Counterpoint, Blanche Mustard, (first class ' hon- ours) ; on -ours); Junior harrneny: Blanche Mustard; Junior History: Blanche Mustard; Primary Theory: lVf'iss Clare"Brundson, Clinton; ,Mrs,• Win., Creighton, Blyth; Elementary Rudi- ments: Miss, Creighton, (first class honours), Miss, Isabel Cunning, Blyth; Pianofonte Eseamination5:. Primary: Miss Edna Walsh, Westfield, (hon- ours); Elementary: Allis Audrey Cochrane, Kippen, (honours); Ele- mentary "School": Miss Ruth Hil- burn, Blyth, (first class honours); Introductory: Layton Bray, Blyth, (honours), In the theotorical exaininatit,t Miss. Blanche Mustard' secured the greatest number of marks obtaining 89 in junior counterpoint. In piano - tante Miss Ruth Hilbarn was high. est with 85 narks, - ST. HELENS Miss Mabel Woods attended a pic- nic at the Nile on Tuesday. Mrs. Grant and Mx. P, M. Grant of Toronto spent a few days at the ,hoino of Mrs. R. J. Woods. Miss Ethel Robetrson of Lueknow is visiting at the home Mrs. 2. B. Rutherford. Mr. and Mrs. Tont Campbell and daughter Jean, also Miss Susie John- son all of Stanley spent Sunday at the home of Mr. Robinson Woods. Mrs, Vance b'iora•ison •and children are spending a few days with Mr. James Ramage, The fallowing spent the week -end with ibis. R. 3., Woods: C. Rathwell, Stanley; Mrs. Chivers and son, Wind - son Mr, and Mrs. Arthur. Wliitham Paisley; Miss Vera Woods, Toronto and Mr. and Mrs, Arnold Barbour Miss° Dorothy and Miss Viola Bar- bour, Fergus HURON ROAD EAST Mr, and Mrs, Noble Holland and fancily' spent Sunday with Mr, and bit's, Hamner of Goderich township and .their daughter, Miss Doi•ethy Holland remained for a few days. Mrs, Tiffin of Detroit and her sister, Miss Ellis, spent a week at Mr. and Mrs, McDermids:. Mr- and Mrs," Win. Gerson of Kin- cardine spent a few days with Mr. and Mrs. Geo, Vanderburgh. Mrs. Lillian Daniels and her daugh- ter, Miss Helen, of Ottawa and Miss Whitley of Clinton spent a couple of days last week with Mr. and Mrs. Noble Holland, Me. and Mrs, Fred Cook attended the funeral of the latter's aunt, Mrs. Willis Bell of Goderieh township. THE PUBLIC LIBRARY I lace the public library With its eloistral, hushed repose I like to browse among the books ' In varicolored rows To atingle with those loyal friends And have them speak to me In captivating English prose Or whispered melody. The magic lines of Shakespeare Bring golden • recollections And Milton's organ phrase Of scented summer •days; Bacon, • Lamb arid' Coleridge, Macaulay, Keats, Carlyle;; And Ohestee2ield'of courtly grace, 1 They cheer .tee and beguile, • —Anon.