The Clinton News Record, 1929-08-01, Page 1WITH WHICH ISINCORPORATED' THE CLINTON NEW
No. 2525 5Ist Year
CLINTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY,
AUGUST
, 1929
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Value
Never since pre-war days has it been possible
to 'offer low prices as now prevailing in our Linen
Department.
We Are Specialists In This Line
All Linen Double Damask cloths 2 yards square,
A:number of attractive designs from which to
choose.
Regular Price, $4.50 Fur only, $3.25
,, Larger Cloths Proportionally Priced.
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35c TABLE
Consisting of Boy's Cotton Sweaters, Boy's Chambray Over -
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CLEARING AT 35c OR 3 FOR $1.00.
95c, TABLE
Consisting' of Boys' Shirts in English Cambric, ChanLbreys,
Khaki and Navy Blues, Black Sateen Blouses, Khaki bloom-
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trimmed,
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$1.25 TABLE
Consisting of Men's Work Shirts, Negligee Shirts, Blue
and Black Bib Overalls.
• CLEARING AT $1.25 OR 3 FOR $3.50
MEN'S STRAW HATS
CLEARING AT HALF PRICE
15 ONLY MEN'S SUITS
Sizes $5 to. 88, Regular Price $15,00 to $18.00
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Sizes .35 to 44, Regular $25;00
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Regalar $20.00 to $22,50
CLEARING AT $15.00,
THE MDRRISH CLOTHINS CO.
A square Deal' for Every Man "
THE MARKETS
Wheat, ,$1,30,
Barley, 60c 'to 65c.
Oats, 45c to 50c.
Buckwheat, 70c.
.Butter, 38e to 40e.
Eggs, 18c to 25c.
Live Hogs, $13,50:
BUILDING FRONT REMODELLLD
Mr. H. ,Charlesworth is having the
front of his store remodelled. The
brick work in the upper storey has
been loosening gradually and looked
rather dangerous, Mr, .Hiram Hill
has the contract for the work,
A SERIOUS ACCIDENT
A number of small boys had de-
cided to play hide-and-seek on
Princess street near the Power House
last Thursday evening. They were
climbing around the building and,sud-
denly little Stinson, 8 -year-old son of
Mr. and
Mrs. , W.1
Mel veeri stepped
on a high tension wire carrying
26,000 volts. His older brother,
Jack, attempted to pull him off and
his hand was also burnt,
' They immediately sent for the doc-
tor who examined him. At first they
did not think he was, badly burned
but after he was taken to the hos-
pital it was learned - that he was
burned internally as well as on arms
and legs.
The little lad • suffers a great deal.
He regains consciousness at times,
and talk3 to his parents.
THE PEPPER REUNION
Eighty members of the Pepper
family held their second annual re-
union'inueen's Park,' Strafford, rd, on
Tuesday, July 30th. There were
people there from Calgary, Toronto,
Hensall, Woodstoelc, Seaforth, Lon-
don, Mitchell, Dublin, )#rucefield,
Argille, Harlow and Clinton.
Supper was served at 5:30 after
which the committee was sleeted for
the next year: President -Mrs. Win.
Pepper. Executive -Mrs. Fred Pep-
per, Mrs. Albert Yeo, Frank Layton,
George Peppery Wesley Pepper.
The races were as follows: Girls,
b' and under, Edith Pepper, Eleanor
Pepper. Girls, 8 and under, Viola
Pepper. Girls, 12 and under, Lois
Pepper, Aileen Pepper. Young wo-
snen's raee, Clete. Pepper, Nettie
Pepper. Married Women's race, M'rs.
George Pepper, 1VIts. Albert Pepper.
Fat woman's race,' Mrs. Frank Lay-
ton, Mrs, James Malcolm., Boys'
.races -5 and ander Bloss Pepper.
8 and under, Boss' Pepper, Roy Pep-
per. 2 and enders Glen Pepper,
Randall Pepper. Young men's race,
John Pepper, Foster Pepper. Mar-
ried men's race -George Pepper,
Ernest Pepper. 8 -legged race, -boys
and girl --George Pepper, Clete Pep-
per; Elliott Layton and Nettie Pep-
per. Bottle race, won by James AMal-
colm's 'team. Oldest lady present,
Mrs. Wee Aberhart of Seaforth. Old-
est man present, ler. Roger Pepper,
of Clinton, Youngest child present,
Eleanor Pepper. Person coining
longest distance, Mr. Wm. Aberhart,
of Calgary, Alta.
AMONG THE CHURCHES
Wesley -Willis United Church
During the month of August the
services will be as follows:
August 4th -M hrning, a represen-
tative of the Bible Society. Evening
service will be withdrawn on acocunt
of the re -opening of the Ontario
street Church, The three last Sun-
days of August Rev, A. A. Holmes
will be in charge of the services.
St. Paul's Church
There will be a celebration of Holy
Communion at eleven o'clock. The
evening service will be in eharge of
Mr. Jack Thompson. Mr•. W. Craw,
assistant secretary of the Upper
Canada Bible Society will preach.
The regular meeting of the Ladies
Guild next Tuesday afternoon will
take the form of an open tea oat the
church lawn.
Baptist Church
The preaching service on Sunday
evening at 7 o'clotk. Rev. Mr. Good-
will will preach. The pastor i'eing
away ona holiday for the month of
August, Me, Goodwill will be- the
preacher,
The Sunday school meets on Sun-
day morning at 10.30. The B.Y.P.
U. meet every Monday evening at 8
o'clock. •
The midweek prayer and praise
service every Wednesday evening at
8 o'clock.
Ontario ,Street United Church
Union services with the Presby-
terian congregation of Clinton, Re-
opening services, August 4th. Rev.,
A. E. Doan, M.A., B.D, in charge.
Sunday school at 10, a.m. in each
church. Morning subject: "Strength
,for the Day," Evening Subject:
"Building a Life."
After extensive alterations and
decorations Ontario street church re-
opens .for services next, Sunday.
The choir will render special mus-
ic,
us-is• and Professor Anderton will pre-
side at the organ and will also give'
short organ recitals.
Mr. Hallman will be the soloist of
the day,
Miss • Marion Gibbings . and Mr.
Hallman will sing a duet at the eve-
ning ice.
serv
The regular business n
eetin
; of
the Woman's Association will be
held in the church leetur•e room on
Wednesday, August 7th at 7.45' fol-
lowed by a short program and social
hour to which all :members and
friends of the association are invited,
ENGAGEMENTS ANNOUNCED
Mr, and M'rs, Henry Snyder, The
Maples," announce the engagement
of their daughter, Vesta Joy, to Mr.
Frank Thompson Wright, only son
of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wright of
Brantford. The marriage will take
place in August.
Tho engagement has been announ-
ced in England of Mr. Willis Clark
Cooper, only son of •Mr. and Mrs. A.
T. Cooper, of Clinton, Ont., and
Florence, younger daughter of Sir
Andrew and Lady Caird of Argyle
Lodge, Wunbledon Common.
BRIDE -ELECT SHOWERED
Complimenting Mess Mary McMur-
chie, Miss Marion Gibbings gave a
bridge luncheon and bathroom slow-
er, Tuesday, July 22nd,'at-1:30.
Miss Agnes Combe had. a tea in
her honour on Saturday, July 28th. -
Miss 'McTaggart had a.":kitchen
shower and tea also in honour of
Miss McMurchie, Tuesday.: afternoon,
July 30th.;
DEATH OF VESTA LINK
It carne as a distinct shock to ev
erybody on Sunday to learn of the
death of Vesta Link. She had ap-
parently been in good health. Vesta
was born in Burford, Ontario; and
has . lived in Clinton for two years.
Besides her sorrowing parents,•'
she leaves to mourn her untimely
death _three sisters and two brothers,
Fred, A'Iis. Roy Kinnie, Mrs. Wen.
Miller of Detroit, Morris and Gladys
at home.'
The Rev. J. E. Hogg conducted the
services at the house ous r • e
e an d graveside.
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The pallbearers were Messrs. Wm.
Jervis, . Howard Mulholland, Win.
Miller, Lorne Kinnee, George Kinnee.
Roy Kinnee.
Those. who attended the funeral
from a distance were: Mr. and Mrs.
Lorne Kinnee, Mr.' and Mrs. •George
Kinnee, Mr. and Mrs. Rey Kinnee,
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Miller, Mrs. Geo,
Colaworth and daughter, all of De-
troit, Mr, . and Mrs. Harry Chevers,
of Toronto. Also several friends
came from Blyth and Goderich.
OFFICERS INSTALLED
The officers of Clinton Lodge No.
83, I.O.O,F., were installed by E.
Mole, D.D.G.M., of district No, 8, as-
sisted by A. McGaven, A. Westeott,
Edmonds, and W. Williams. Af-
ter the installation the brethern had
a social evening and lurid, also an
.interesting addre,ga front' ,Mr, J.
Graveston, a D.D.G,1VG of No•16, Al-
berta. Following are the local offi-
cers:
L P. G.: W. 1Vfutch.
N. G. -F. Mutch,
V. G. --N. Counter,
Secretary -H. W. Gould.
Fin. -Secretary -J. Wiseman,
Treasurer -T. Hardy.
Wbr.--J. A. Sutter,
Com T. J. Managhan,
R. S. N. •G. -C. Draper.
L. S. N. G. --J Livermore.
R. S, V. G. --W. Match, Sr.
L. S. V. G. -F. Muteh,
R. .S. S. -•-F. Bawden.
V. S. S. -E. L. Mittell.
I. G. -J. L. Heard.
O. G. -G. E. Hall.
Chaplain -A. E. Rumball.
THE DOHERTY PICNIC
The employees of the Doherty
Pianps, Limited, held their 51st an-
nual picnic at Bayfield, Saturday,
July 27th, when a large number of
happy people gathered to spend a
day in fun and sports. A splendid
program of sports was run off with
many participants in the various
races. .. .
A live -wire committee arranged
the day's program in such a way
that ,everything went off with no de-
lays or blank periods. •
All.'agreed that this picnic was
perhaps olie of the best which they
had held. A number of the.employ-
ees of the London factory were
guests at the picnic. The results of
the sports were:
• Tots' rage ---Roy Cartery Lloyd Car-
ter, Clayton Cooper.
Girls' race, seven years and under
Ruth Carter, Lena Hoy, Helen
Picket.
Boys' race, seven years and under
--Willie Cook, Dick Depot, Clayton
Cooper.
Boys' race, 12 years and under --
Chester 'Neilans, Louis Hoy, Red
Smith.
Girls lace, 12 years and; under -
Norma Cook, E. Pegg, Dorothy Mc-
Donald.
Pop ' bottle race, mixed -Miss
Gould, Miss Pearen,
Boys' sack race, open -Clarence
Neilans, Louis Hoy, Bert Cooper.
Golf contest, ladies only
Carter, M, Carter, E, • Peeren:
Relay race, shop No. 1 vs, shop No.
2 -Shop No. 1;
Elopement race, ladies and gentle-
men -It Twyford and June Gould.
Married ladies' race -Mrs. Fulford
Mrs. Weir, Mrs. Gould.
100 yards, open -Joe Carter, W.
Fulford, George Carter.
Boys' and girls' Companion race, 16
and under -Twyford and ,Tucker;
Smith arid Doherty, Cooper and
Smith.
Special officials race-Wi. N. Man-
ning, B, J. Gibbings.
Girls' balloon race -M. Pegg, 1.
Peggy 1. Marshall.
Potato race ladies only --Mrs,
,
free Cook, Mrs eDou al-
1� g , Mrs,
Welsh,
Boat and shoe race, mixed, coil
then --L. Steep Mary Cooper, Id
Fraser.
Tug -of -war -Alex. Cudnrbre's team
Special "Miss Doherty" -Norma
Cook.
MEETING OF HOSPITAL BOARD
The hospital Board will meet
next Wednesday evening instead, of
Tuesday, at 7:30 in the council
charnb er.
THE W. 1. MEETING
The regular meeting of the Wo-
man's Institute was held Thursday
afternoon blast on Mrs. Saville's-lawn
The grandmothers were the guests
of honor, Mrs: Andrew : Kirk, of
Seaforth, one of the grandmothers,
took charge of the meeting.
There was an attendance of 60lad-
ies, After singing the "opening ode"
acid- conununity singing,' Mrs. Kirk
addressed the meeting, 'giving a very
interesting talk on "Grandmothers,
Master Jack Perdue and Geo. Elliott
dfavoreuet.d the meeting with a musical
Mrs. Crich of Seaforth- - read a
paper entitled, ;,
Trrals and Troubles
of a Store CIerk," lass, M. T. Corless
gave a humorous , explanation of the
difference between a recipe and re-
ceipt and 1VIrs. French also gave a
short talk.
The graceful walking competition
for grandmothers only, was won •by
Mrs. R. '1•L Johnston, while Mrs, Ar-
nold Veinier won the prize
for the longest stride contest. Mrs.
Lindsay secured the prize for being
the oldest Grandmother present and
Mrs. McNeil a prize for occupying
the lucky 'their. Refreshments were
served 'and everyone enjoyed a social
time together.
Tho annual: picnic will be held in
Hayfield August 22nd.
YS on ug
CLINTON LADY OLDEST THERE
At the Liberal -Conservative picnic
at Bayfield last week a program 'of
sports was run off. Mrs. John Cluff
won the prize for being the oldest
lady on the grounds. The baby of
Mrs, J. Middleton was the winner
of the baby show. The results of
the races were as follows:
Single ladies' race - Lillian
Grieves, Edna 'Elliott,
Married ladies' Face -Mos. J. E.
Cook, Mrs. L. Heard, Mrs, Ed.
Glen,
Iwin,
Fatmen's race - Adan Stewart,
Bert
Ladies', balloon race - Frieda
Schoenhals, Mrs. Cook,
Ladies' boot and shoe race -Mrs.
N. W. Trewartha, Mrs. E, Glen.
Men's 1O1 .yard 'dash-Ifing Har -
els, Stewart Middleton.
Girls' three-legged race -Mildred
Fraser and Lilliam Grieves, Harriett
Kennedy and Mario. Smith.
Boys' three-legged race -William
Draper and Ed. Elliott, Cecil Holmes
and Robert Doherty.
The committee in charge were
as follows.
Sports= -Charles P. Livermore, E.
A. Fines, J. E. Cook, Miss Violet
Morrison and bliss Olive Schoenhals,
Speakers' committee -Col. H. 13.
Combe, W. S. R. Holmes, J. Zapfe.
Luncheon committee -Mrs. N, W.
Trewartha, Mrs, W. S. R. Holmes,
Mrs. G. Elliott, Mrs. L. Heard, Mrs.
J. E. Cook, Mrs. Ed. Glen, Mrs.
Ylurphy, Mi s. F. Middleton, Mrs. J.
R. Middleton, Axis. Harvey Jenkins,
Mrs. John Schoenhals, Mrs. Morris-
on, Mrs. F.' G. Thompson.
LITTLE LOCALS
Seaforth Fall Fair Dates are Sept.
19 and 20, Bayfield, Sept. 25 and
26.
The Goderich baseball team which
played Clinton ]est Friday, defeated
the Iocai team, 11-6.
The Clinton Firemen go to East
York to take part in the Firemen's
Tournament. The Clinton Pipe band
will accompany them.
The Clinton Girls' Softball team
defeated the .Seaforth Girls last
Thursday, the score being 16-6.
Miss Linnie Nediger is supplying
at the Public Library during the ab-
sence of Miss Rudd on a holiday.
' The employees of the C.N.R..went
to Springbank on Saturday for a
picnic.
The W. M. S. of Wesley -Willis
United ehurch will meet in the Sun-
day school room on Thursday, Aug-
ust - Oth, at 8 o'clock.
The meeting of the contract sign-
ers of the W;heatpool will be in
the board room of the Agricultural
office on Saturday evening, August
3rd.' -
IVIr. Norman Lever, traffic officer,
is occupying Mir. S. S. Cooper's
house, south - side of Mary street,
having moved his family up from
Hamilton.
The 'W'eatwell soft -ball team went
to Port Stanley last Saturday to
play the . Holeproof team. The
game ended 15-6 in favour of , the
Holeproofs.
Lightning struck the '.street light-
ing transformer. ,at the-PoWei-house
last Thursday morning.. As a result
the streets were in cktrlcness until
Monday 'when the fights' were fixed
temporarily.
Bayfield' softball team 'played ihe
- on
WesI ey WpIlrste am Monday s onda night.
All went - well until Clinton began to
gain on the 'winning team; then the
refereebegan handing out some raw
deals which. resulted in the p•atne end-
ing in a chewing match. The score
at that time was 9-5 I i' favour . of
Bayfield.`
A MOTOR AGCID'ENT
The Rev. S. E. McKegney, of Lon-
don, a .former rector of St: Paul's,
Clinton, was slightly injured -when
the car he was driving collided with
another, His car was damaged to
some extent.
FUNERAL OF MRS. WIGGINGTON
The funeral of the late Mrs: John
Wiggington was held last Thursday
afternoon, July 25th, from the home
of her' son, Mr. T. R. Wiggington,
Shipley street, - -
A large number of people attend-
ed the service which was conducted
by Rev. A. A. Holmes.
The pallbearers were, ' Messrs. E.
H. - Wise, John Diehl, Frank Mc-
Gregor, Charles McGregor, , W. L.
Ileair, Dr. Fowler. •
PEOPLE
P YOU KNOW
•
Mr. H. W.- Charlesworth is in. Tor
onto this week. -
Mr. and 1Vlrs, J, K. Wise motored to
' Owen- Sound far a few days last.
week.
Mr. Douglas Shipley of Toronto is
_visiting his mother,, Mrs. Will
Shipley.
Miss Carrie A,kam of Toronto is
hence visiting her mother, Mrs.
C. Akam. -
Mrs. Mary Cole of Flint, Michigan;
is the guest of her sister, Miss Lin-
da Cantelon.
Miss R. V. Irwin has returned from
a three weeks' holiday in the Mus-
koka district. . r•
,3!iss Gertrude Layton of Londonis
spending
this week withher cous-
in,
Irene Layton.
Miss Katharine Weatherwac of Or
illia is the guest of her aunt, Miss
Dorothy Cantelon.
Mrs. Phillips and two small children
of Auburn are visiting her sister
3frs. Harry Fremlin. -
Dr. and Mrs, A. E. Beason of Essex
are guests at the hone of Mr. and
Mrs. B. J, Gibbings. -
Mr•. J. F. Waxman of Clinton is go-
ing to Maidstone where he intends
to remain for some tune
SIr. T. Graveston of Edmonton, Alta.,.
has been visiting old friends in
Auburn, Seaforth and Clinton. .•
Miss Susie Livermore has returned
hone after spending two weeks
with her sister in St. Catharines..
Miss Eileen Atkinson of Clinton has
been visiting friends for some
time in London and Woodstock.
Miss Dorothy Watts has returned
house after spending -Iwo .weeks as
the guest of Miss Muriel Downs of
Toronto,
Miss Isabelle Holmes has returned
hone after mending a week as the
guest of Miss Ruth Collyer . of
London.
Mr;_ and Mrs. Edwards of Souris,
Man„ who have been visiting Miss
L. Cantelon. have gone to 'Wood-
stock to visit their son.
The Rev. L. J. and Mrs. Aiken and
two daughters, Ruth and Jean of
Hagersville were recent guests, of
Mr, and Mrs. W. M. Aiken.
Mt•. and Mrs. Roger Pepper and Mr,
and Mrs. Frank Layton, Elliott and
Irene, attended the Pepper reunion
picnic at Stratford on Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. H. T, Rawe and daugh-
ter, Mildred, Mrs. Jones and Miss
May Jones of Exeter•. were recent
euests of Mr. and airs. D. J. At-
kinson,
Mrs. George Pepper and Mrs. A.
Richardson. of Toronto paid a short
visit to their brother, Mr. R. Pep-
per and their neice, Mrs. Frank
Layton.
Mr. and Mrs. John Carter and Mr.
and Mrs. Roy Couliffe and Iittle
daughter of Windsor were guests
of Mn and Mrs. J. K. Wise on
Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs, George Elliott end
family, also Mr. and Mrs. Will
Elliott and family left this morn-
ing on a motor trip to Philadelphia
to visit with relatives.
Miss E, Kemp of South River, who
has been visiting in Toronto for a
few weeks, is spending the remain -
big holidays with her parents, Mr,
and Mrs. 5, Kemp, Ontario street,
BAYFIELD
Nits. and Mrs. Wm. King and two
daughters, Maxine and Willa of To-
ronto are
o-
ronto.are the guests of the former's
uncle, Mr. Goa. King. '
/Rev. and Mrs. T. B. Howard of
Listowel were the guests of Rev. and
Mrs. F. H. Paull for a few days this
week,
Miss Ruble Fisher returned to
Kitchener' on Monday . after having
spent a couple of weeks with her
aunt, Mrs. F. A. Edwards,
Mrs. -Thomas Brandon and fam-
ily returned home last week after
having spent several weeks with her
parents in Waterloo.
1VIrs. Powell and daughter, Muriel,
of Toronto are visiting her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Dave Leitch,
Mrs. A. Rye and two little boys re-
turned to their home in. Windsor on
Saturday after having visited her
parents. Mi'. and Mrs. C. Widcombe.
Mr, Norman Toms arrived' on.
Saturday from Detroit' to spend a
fortnight with his mother, Mrs. E.
Toros. -
Miss Hilda Kang, Miss Williams,
Mr. Frank King and Hugh Harris
of London were with the fornier's
mother over . the weekend.
Mr, Sam Widcombe returned home
'
from Windsor last week having been
laved off work' for a time.
Miss 1Vl'arion. Hart of Detroit is
,Spending her vacation with her moth-
er'at their summer home in the vil-
lage.
Miss Josephine Stirling returned
home on Tuesday_ after having spent.'
a" few days with her sister in Port'
Elgin.
Mr. Charles Widcombe hada nar-
row escape on Monday evening, when
he was knocked' off his bicycle by a.
car driven by J. Wild when turning"
the corner:: at Louisa Street and .Clair.
Gregor Square. Mr, Wideombe was
going home from work and J. Wild
was going north and was just about
to turn the corner when his atten-
tion was attracted by someone on
Square. He tried to avoid a collision'
but was not able to turn the corner
sharply enough to keep clear` of :the
bicycle, Mr. Widcombe was sever-
ely shaken up and bruised and re-
ceived a small cut on the head, and
his bicycle was damaged,
Miss Walker and Miss C. Grace
Love returned to Aylmer on Monday
after having spent a couple of weeks: '
at Miss Norah Ferguson's,
'Mrs..T.:..13. Mullen of . Detroit is at
guest at Miss' Norah Ferguson's.
IVA-. Henry Weston has returned
home after -spending a week witls
relatives in. Detroit.
Miss A. L. Gower of Toronto 'is az
guest at the Lakeview Hotel.
Mr. and airs, C. McKinnon of Pet-
erboro are camping on the flats 'one
the north shore ofthe river.
Mr. Vanzant and Mr. Chester Kee-
gan of Detroit called on the latter's
uncle, Frank, Keegan, on Sunday. -
Miss F. Swenk and friends of De-
troit are occupying 'Percy- Weston's
cottage. -
r. and Mrs, N. Land of London:
are in one of the Box cottages,
Mr. and ars. and Miss C1uff and
Mrs. C. J. McBrideho havebeen
w
at Sum -R -Inn this month left on
Monday for their home in Toronto.
Tragedy visited a small , picnic
party from near Monkton who were
enjoying' Sunday at Jowett's Grove,
when one of their number was
drowned. The victim, Horace Payne,
and his friend, Joe Hayward decid-
ed to go in bathing below the grove.
The lake was very rough and just
after they entered the water a huge'
wave broke over them, knocicing
young Payne over and he was car-
ried out by the strong under car-
rent. ' Neither of the boys were'
swimmers. Hayward wile able to
gain the shore but ten minutes had'
elapsed before he was able to secure
aid. Two London .youths made a her-
oic atempt at rescue by repeatedly
battling with the currents and div-
ing in search of the victim at the -
point where he had disappeared, but
all to no avail. The accident ..oecur
red about three o'clock and shortly
afterwards the fishermen turned' out
in their motor boatsand grappled'
until sunset when the body was
pielced up by Herbert and Willard
Sturgeon who,were in a smaller boat
and were able' to get in closer to
shore. The body was raised about
ten feet from the spot where he die -
appeared and brought to shore. Dr;.
Newton -Brady and Coroner Hunter.
of Goderich viewed the body and pas-•
sed a verdict of accidental drowning;
and the remains were removed that
night to the home near IVfonkton.
The deceased boy, had he lived;
would have been twenty-one years•
of age on the fourth of August. He-
wes the son of Mr. 13. Payne, a far-
mer near Monkton. Shortly after-
the accident his father, stepmother
and Uncle, who had been summoned,
arrived on the scene. •
Mrs. J. Nediger and Mrs. M. Nedi-
ger of Clinton and Miss Waugh of
Owen Sound are in T. M'cNe11's cot- ,
tage.
Mr. 3. A. Cameron, Isobel and Ev-
ans, returned to the village en Tues-
day after having spent the week -end
at Port Elgin.
Miss Margaret Elliott of Goderich
township is visiting her aunt, Mrs.
Mary Fraser.
Mr. and Mrs Eric York who have•
been visiting the latter's parents left
on Tuesday for London to visit Mrs..
York's sister on their way to. Toron-
to.
Mr. E. It. Weston has engaged'
Loy B. Hay's Chicago Red - Coats.
Orchestra for this week and they will'
play here again on Saturday even-
ing.
Guests registered at the Ritz Ho-
tel during the past' week are: Miss
Marie Dannecker, Stratford; Miss -A..
Bechtel, Preston; D. C. McLeod, Lon-
don; W. J. Greenway, Guelph; J.:
Hobbs, Jr., London; Mr. and Mrs, C..
A, Prowls; Hamilton; Mr. and Mrs..
Max Helper, Detroit; filo•. -and Mrs.. .
P. Levis, Stratford; Mr. and Mrs.: F.
C. Moody, Jack, Alien, Jean Moody,
Miss 'D, Rhodes, Mr. and Mrs. Al-
bert Rowell, Cleveland, Ohio; Miss
C. R.. Kaltz, Detroit; F. C. Lucas, -
Hainilton; Mr. and Mss. Geo. Medd-
lar, Windsor; Mir. and Mrs, W. : F.
Ross, Misses E, and G, Fraser, Pon-
tiac, Mich.; Loy B. Hays. Joe Wlil-
Iiams, Larry Allen, Art Sipress, Ted
Kalb, Pierce Pratt, . Jack Landick,
Bill Walters, Thomas Engels, Harry.
Blythe, Chicago, Ill.; Mr. and Mrs.. A. L. Kenyon and son, Middletown;.
Ohio,
dIlt and Mrs, Wan; Walters and'
sons, Harry, Lloyd and Ossie, Mes-
srs.Roy Allen, Oliver Allen and'
Wilfred Fisher, of Benmiller. and'
Mrs. Wiar. Parkinson, Mx. and Mrs.
Arthur Swagg of Detroit were the
guests of -Mr.. and M $. Win. Osmond'
on Sunday.
/Mrs, Kate Bingley, Miss Ada Bing-
ley of Detroit ancI Mrs, B. T. Steph-
enson and 'little daughter, Margaret
of Wine
are visitiiMisses
Mara
Cha
Rathwel1ac
and Rachael Taylor.
The Bayfield Boys.' • Softball team•
is now at the head of their group.
having defeated the Wesley -Willis
Clinton team'` on their own ground
9-4 at the game played", or Monday'
evening: