The Seaforth News, 1934-09-06, Page 2PA.QE'TWO
HURON NEWS,
THE SEAFORTH NEWS
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1933%
Death of James Switzer—
On :august '116th, ,!'anis Switzer of
the 6th concession of Goderich town-
ship passed away at the old home,
aged 7Ci years. lie was predeceased
illy his wife, Sueattua Powell, a .year
and a half ago. 'He had been in fail -
health for• a fete years ,but iu heir'
,truly about a month in his last illness,
,Hiss parents were among the 'first set-
• tlers ,of this district and he was one
of a fatuity of ten, all of whom have
pretlecersed hint except two brothers,
Joe itzer of Teeswater, who is now
itt hi: '!$!tiro year, .and Samuel Switzer
if •Tucker. ntith. He ,caves to mourn
hint three sons and one daughter,
Mrs, cieor;;e Lindsay and 'Maurice
t t iter line,l
harks
of the
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',Switzer,
Switzer of Stanley township and Earl
.on the old hotnesteatd. 'interment was
in 'Bayfield cemetery and •friends were
present from ,Goderich, Teeswater,
V\'in thatn, Blyth and Walton.
New Manager— -
Mr. H. M, Monteith, the new- man-
ager of the Bank of Montreal at
Clinton has taken aver his new duties
and his family have arrived and are
Occupying the residence vacated by
Mr, Sharp. • -
Building Hunting Ledge—
dam- \ \ Volute , 'Dr, 1I, Fowler,
•and \lessrs. H, 5. Turner, 'G Van -
:Horne and 'Gard Cuninghante, .all
enthusiastic hams -men, are having a
log hunting loathe constructed at
Brae -de -D -ore,. a spot on the lake
Where they frequently e hunting and
hh'.n
was a native ,of Highgate, tO'tata'rio,
She was the oldest of a fancily of ten
children of the late John and .Ellzat
berth Reycraft, iSiuce October ,of last
year she .had been living in California
with her daughter, i'frS. J. P. Thomp
sans She is survived by the one dau-
ghter; one son, Vervte Scott of Har-
row; fire sisters, Mrs. '1 V. E. Mc-
Mackott, of Toronto; Mr. (Dr.)
D. Whyte, wife of the principal of the
Toronto Normal School: Mrs, (Dr.)
S'. C. Neale, of,Peterborough, a sister
in Edmonton, and Mrs o1 /3 tForster
of 'Highgate, and two 'brothers, 'Rev,
J. F. Reycraft, of Stratford, and L. J.
Reycraft, 'h.C., solicitor for the Can-
adian Pacific Railway in the West,
who lives in \Vimtipeg,
\VaIkerton soon,
Threshing Machine Upset
Last Mand -ay morning as Mr, \Vm,
Smith was in .the act of. putting his
threshing ,machine into the barn of
Mr, Emitnery ,Gainer !teat• Crediton
the combination drive -shaft of the en-
gine broke, putting it completely out
of control This caused the Machine
to conte down the .steep bank and :m-
int on its side. -Mr, Eli 'Sims who was
steering the machine, jumped just in
time to save himself from being
caught underneath. It required many -
men with the assistance of a tractor
to raise the machine again, Although
considerable damage was done to the
machine nevert'helesi it Wright have
been worse,.
Dr, Routledge Ill at Zurich,
The many friends of Or Joseph
Routledge of Zurich will regret to
learn that he is quite ill at his home
here in town, IHe was enjoying his
usual health and Mals enjoyed going
about his profession recently till, on
Sunday evening he was stricken
with a stroke and is a very sick maria
Let us alt hope 'for his early recovery
to good health again. --Zurich Herald.
Dies in Detroit—
Declines Honor.—
Sheriff C,. ti. Middleton received a
tette!' from IMis Lordship, Bishop Sea -
',ger. asking hart to be a delegate to
t'.te General Soy od <,. the Anglican
Cttar h of Canada, which opens to
Mantaeal ,,n September 1.2th. \'ery
.egret:n'y he churned the honour, as
he fe't that his duties as sheriff would
not a11 -w hr ah oue from his office
:or 'the ;lur.r.r or of the Synod. .
Dies in British Columbia—
, s franc a . \'aueauvet
1..tper and refers 10 tite ':1Path .ii a
':,ruler resident, Margaret \'anEg-
wand, wife of \ir, Edward James;
funeral. Of \tar¢aret Jones. w.ho
passa•1 away in \'ict,ria on Thursday,
b,,,k pine yesterday afternoon. A
large to tntbcr of friends attended the
service and the casket was- banker
with bratty beam i'[tl 1h.wees. Rev.
\\'ilium Allan conducted the service,
liriug which :he hymns, "What a
Friend 'We Iiave iu Jesus," and
Foreter with the 1..,rd, were sunz
face to Face" was also sung as a
1., l,y \\ illitun !aura • intirrment
tats mate itt 11yal ()alt i,nrial Park.".
The '.ate Mrs. June+ was barn in Hal-
lett, but had resoled in British t:ol-
trntltia for twenty-four years. She is
nrvive't by her husband and one
laughter. Miss .A•las Pearl, at ponce:
one :brother, J. \'e t I' gniond, of ,Iinl-
let, and a sister, \Its. W. E. Hunch-
ler. of Seaforth.
Business Change in Exeter—
Mr. James W. ii .we. of Exeter
has purchased -the coal 'business of
Mrs. E. J. Christie and gets immediate
possession. Mr. Howey ltas been a re-
sident -„f Exeter for several years.
anti has been engaged in the insnr-
ante business. He will combine. the
two and will carry on in the office
occupied by Mrs. Christie.
RETIRING DIRECTOR WAS A
NATIVE OF ISIEAFORTH
•
With the retirement from the 'board
of directors of the international Pet-
roteum •Cotitpany, Ltd., of ;Alfred E.
1Burne, that organization loses an out-
standing personality in the production
department of the conipaliy,
The retirement of 14r, (Burns as dir-
ector of field- operations on !June 115,
marked 125 years of continuous serv-
ice :wtith the Itnternational company
and more then 40 years in the produc-
tion end of the oil industry, says A
H. , Clarke, writing in the current is-
sue of the Imperial bit !Review, house
publication of the 'I[itperial ,Oil 'Corr'
pa'ny, (Ltd„ parent company of Inter-
national !Petroleum with which Mr,
Burne Was so long associated,
• ro \[r,
Porn itt Seaforth, Ontario,
-Minna commenced 'hos apprenticeship
in the 4it industry in 411590, work Ing
on the Can'adiaai cable tool rig in
\'ioore Township, 4Lantbton County,
at a time when the demand for petrol-
eum was increasing and the drilling
of newwells was 10 active progress.
It was during these early days that
the ,output of the Oil Springs and.
'Petrolia fields reached its peak,
inn 18893, \'1r. Burns left home for
foreign service in Galicia; as driller
for !William H. MeiGarvey, a former
successful oil operator of 1Petto'lia, Af-
ter two years he returned to; :01•1
Spritrgs, to go abroad again in 111696,
to the province of'Alsace, 'then in the
possession of 'Germany, where he re-
mained until 11900. From Alsace he
went to the Caucasus in ,southern
Russia, as driller for the Anglo -Rus-
sian Oil Company for a , period of
nine years. While itt 'Russia, \fr
Burns saw something of the unrest
among the people against the govern-
mettt of the Czar, and recalls that
health conditions itt the oilfields were
extremely hazardous, principally 'due
to the prevalence of malaria for which
at that time no preventive medicine
had been discovered.
10 1909 Mr, Burn again prtceedcd
abroad, this time to Peru, for the La-
guuitos Oil Company. Oa this trip he
was accompanied by his brotlter, 'Jo-
seph, who continued to serve in Peru
for .20 years, retiring. from the posi-
tion ,of lilting superintendent in 719;29.
'Sailing from NOV fork an ,lune '115dt.
they arrived in 'Peru on Jilts' 6th, and
after building seven miles of narrow
gauge railroad, and moving their mat-
erial for the camp and rig from 'Poi
at t tat ,La,nnitos, they drilled and
completed the first well on the prop-
erty ata depth of 1;235 feet hy Octo-
ber 15.h. This was only four months
from the clay they had left New York,
an achievement which can he fully
appreciated only by those familiar
with conditions as they existed in
Peru at that time. Tri cid entail y this
oell continued to produce oil until
April, it t,
In 101112, Mr, IBurns joined the drill-
ing. organization of the tl.ondon and
Pao 6c 'Petroleum Company, Limited,
which Company was taken .over by the
nIernotional Petroleum Company in
1914, From drilling foreman 'he w•as
promoted in 1011t7 to the position of
drilling superintendent, and placed in
charge of alt activities being carried
on by Internatiotral (Petroleum in
Peru. Two years later Mr. "Burns be-
cause general manager of all field .op-
erations, and it was 'due to his • sue-
eessful administration and his exten-
sive experience, that Ire was 'made a
director on ;Ione 17th, 11931'.
Mr. Burn.; was actually resident on
the oilfields in Peru Inc 11 years. As
drilling superintendent he was suc-
cessful in building ftp an organization
of skilled and efficient 'Peruvian 'drill-
ers, and while doubling the average
number of units in operation, lie also
doubled . the footage efficiency per
string of tools, and completely .elim-
inated all foreign drillers except for
supervision. He took a personal in-
terest in the welfare of his ,Peruvian
drillers, and the 'high esteem in w^hich.
he is regarded by them. was demon-
strated by the presentation of a hand-
some gold .watch suitably inscribed,
when his promotion necessitated his
giving .up residence in that country.
iln 1110211, the company having ac-
dttired the concession of the Tropical
Oil Company in Colombia, South Ant -
erica, Mr. Burns was charged wiuh the
important responsibility of its de-
velopmeat1, IIn Colombia at that time
there were only three incomplete wellis
on the tftekt which was then a verit-
able jungle. T'h'ere were no roads or
transportation facili ties, the native
labor was entirely unslkiIIed and trans-
ient in character, the bussing of for-
eigners w'as inadeduatte incl of -•tens
porary construction pending develop-
ment anclliving conditions were ,un-
healthy due to the extreme preval-
ence of malaria and other tropical
diseases. Oat ing'the years.which eve
passed the'company's development
has, reached the "perfection of modern'
sanitary 'camps, with greatly improv-
ed health conditions, a skilled force
of native employees, good motor
reads throughout the field, and an up -
and For Sale Ads', t time, 25r to -date railroad and rolling stock.
Accident At Bray el e--
g.
Gonion out of
Wm, Shoebottont's
Mute on the Bcigrave road (Leonard
Stanley of 'Holyrood plowed into a
ear driven by Ilei. C. \Iusseltitan of
.Kitchener, Apparently Stanley tailed
to view the road or stop, and the re-
sult is that Albert 'Luntanski of Kit-
chener, a passenger in the outer car,
was injured in the back. Mr; Mussel -
man's car, an Oldsmobile coach, was
wreekt+tl beyond repair,
(Word •has been received at 1)t•.ys-
date of the passing atony of Mr. Jos-
eph ilousseau of Detroit on Saturday
morning in the hospital of that city.
Deceased was born and raised at
,Drysdale, moving to the city alter
his marriage.
Evans -Hoffman—
A quiet wedding w•as solemnized
August 25th, when Miss \lytta 1.
'Hoffman, ,if Kitchener, !laughter of
\!r. and \lass. 'II. 1-lofftmn of Dash-
wood, ?rename the bride of Norman
T. Evans of Kitchener-, youngest son
of Mrs. Catharine and the late T. Ev-
ans of Kitchener. They were attended
by \!r. and Mrs. ,l. G. Ireland of Galt.
After t ,vin through the Thott ,hid
Island they will reside itt Kitchcuer.
Laid Off.
\lt Neurite, civil engineer, who
spent part ti the past year in the Or-
angeville district on the Provincial
highways, has been laid!am! has
returned to Zurich, having taken
rooms with \ir, Peter Ikoehler,
North Huron Liberals—
Ten Baptized At Wingham—
A very interesting and impressive
6ttptisnta'1 service tt•as held by the
city mission on the bank of the Mait-
land River below the lower town
bridge at \Viug:ham when ten people
were baptized by immersion. -\r:er
each baptism an inspirational _hytalt
was sung. The service was very large-
ly attended.
ar,ge-ly-attended.
Attacking Tomatoes—
Front some quarters, !arse greet!
worms 1+ave been reported to be strip-
ping tomato t'utes, These worms are
.tate,) iu some instances to be as long
and as thick as a man's finger. The
fatter part of the week we were
sliow t flute. which although somewhat
smaller than this. r nit need tt .hat
some would easily attain stich a size
as statel. The wtt•nt has a large
mouth, with four snot legs just back
of tete underside of the head. The
remainder ,;f the body is segmented.
It is light green in tutor and attacks
all parrs - f tate t'utato stalk;, :eaves
and fruit.—l.uckn,w Sentinel.
The annual meeting of the X, rth
Ilur,n Liberal iAssociatkm was held.
in the town hall, \Vin hart, with a
fair -representation, Hugh hill, of
Colborne township, president of the
nrganization, was re-elected tend was
chairman of the meeting, The. ciet-
tion of officers resulted as follows;
'First vice, Dr. J. W. Straw•, of -Clin-
ton: second vice, Miss P. 'Powell of
\Vinghant; third vice, Mrs, Id, David-
son of Dungannon, secretary, i. 5.
Robertson of Colborne; treasurer, Abs.
'•set Cosens of \\'ingltant,
The Public Pays—
Exeter enjoyed a gasoline war last
week end when the price of gas went
doiwn to zero and theft cigars and oil
were offered as bonuses for carrying
the gas away. The demand was so
great that dealers had to set a limit of
three gallons to a customer, By Mon-
day un:nrniug the war was over and
the price set at '26c instead of •215c as
formerly.
Exeter Still Looking for Water-
The Exeter Utilities Commission rope used in tieing up .the manager
have abandoned the idea of securing and teller, and they left at about nine
a sufficient supply of water for the o'clock in the .morning mentioning a
waterworks system. of Exeter from
the well at W. E. - Abbott's. after
testing the well for about a month
during which time it stood up fairly
Tells of Visit of Cargill lRobbers—
• Relativ,• to step: being taken for the
extradition of .'ttheny Diehold, a
Canadian citizen, and 4rrautk Adatu-
ezyk, a Polish American, now held
ruiner arrest in Buffalo in connection
with the bank holdup at Cargill on
August 14 when sone $2..200 was
stolen from the Royal !Bank branch
at Cargill, the magistrate at Walker -
tet heard evidence by .several Wit-
nesses last week. The evidence of
John Die -bold of Greenock Township,
a ,cousin of the accused Diebold, was
in •effect that 'Anthony :Diebold was
at his place a week or 06) days before.
the bank manager and teller were held
up and rubbed, and. that on Aug, 112
\nlhmty returned to Itis place, ac-.
contpanied by four other mets, none of
whorl witness knew, and they left in
an hour's time in the direction of thy
lake. -!between three and tour ''-clock
an the wonting „f August 14, the
same ifive men were at John 'Diebold';
in a oar which they placed in a
swamp. They herd 'guns in their pos-
session, .said witness, and during the
coarse of their conversation one said
that they were going to 'hold up the
bank. They also got a rope front John
•D'iehold, which he identified as the
meeting place in the •bush, ]moron as
Phalen's shack. The hank was belt!
up at !II0110 ant, Although 'John Die -
hold stated that he was there ,before
Middleton-McEwan—
it the home of the 'tri•le's parents,
Clinton, the marriage t tttk plane at
high noon Saturday of Grace .Anna
\Mae, daughter if \lr. arta! Nits. i1„iut
I1.
NIchlwan, ti Stctwart Grant \Iia -
diet on, elder son of Mr, and Mrs.
Charles 11, 211d'11eton, The cerconuty
took place on the tawn before a bank
of evergreen stitntuer fi'wets, with
Rev, Dr, Charles E. ,1)ougttn officiat-
ing. Staadarfla of peteh c?hate„gladi-
oli, asters, snapdragon: and evergreen
were arranged on the grounds. Miss
Dorothy lines played the wedding
music. and during the signing of the
reg seer 21r. Charles dtoyd sang "1
Love You 'Truly,” .\ ,gowen of white
satin, iashi,nted on ling fitted lines,
with a short train was warn by the
bride. .Her veil of embroidered net
was caught in a coronet effect, and
she carried Johanna Hill roses, ferns
and lily of the valley. Miss Elizabeth
Ecdy. of Sr'Marys, her bridesmaid,
was in a mauve, black and white cos-
tume, and carried sweetheart roses.
Mr. ,Robert :\rcrhibald of Seaford: at-
tended the groom. Mrs. IltEw•att was
in flowered chiffon and Mrs. \fiiltlle=
het in blue and white printed crepe.
:\iter a buffet luncheon the couple
left for 'Northern Ontario and Que-
bec, the bride traveling in a brown
and white silk crepe frock, brown
crepe coat. brown velvet beret and
matching accessories. \Ir, and' Mrs.
21Idtilc•ton will live on tite groom's
farm near Clinton.
well and revealed that there was a the bandits arrived from Cargill pol-
rentarkah:le supply at a distance o11 ice officers claimed to ,know they went
thirty feet .below the 'surface, yet the to Phalen's ;hack where they divided
test did not warrant the commission the 'money, and the two arrested itt
to
assume that the atpply would meet' Buffalo early the -following morning
she demand. The commission have left in the car seen in Cargill while
now turned their attention to the the others remained in the district,
spring's along the river bawl: on tate iDieboldl also testified as to 'having re-
'farm
e-
' arnt of Garnet Frayue• ceivecl .some ntotaey from these men,
Dies in California, :Satre of which has been turned over•
to the ponce, Other witnesses, inclucl=
Word. ,has been received of the ing .\lana;ger lDrealke, Teller Raper,
death in Fresno, ;California, of Mrs. Fred 'Andel -60r, James and Fed
(Rachel Scott, widows of Charles Weber, testified as to identity, of the
Scott, Although she had not ,been in' .driver Of the car. 'Extradition pro -
good health for some time, Mrs,! ceeclin,ga are continuing and it is ex -
Scott's illness became serious only a oeeted the pair held in Buffalo will
few days before her death. 'Mrs. Scott he returned to the county jail at
1934 FALL
FAIR DATES
Tavistock ,Sept 7 -8th
ittih-erton............. Sept. 113.1411
New Hamburg , ... Sept. 1.4-1'Sth
Exeter Sept. 17 -18th
Goderieh , ,.... ..., , Sept. 113 -+19th
Stratford ..,.,...,,, Sept. 117 -19th
Strathroy .. ..... Sept. 118 -119th
Listowel Sept. 19 -20th
Ailsa Craig ,,....,.. Sept. 20.011st
Teeswater , Oct, 2-34-t1
St. Marys Oct, 9 -110th
SEAFORTH Sept, 20 -21st
Atwood ..... Sept. 211 -22nd
Zurich Sept, 24 -215tH
Brussels .. .. , Sept. 27 -.28th
Lucknow .. Sept. 27 -128th
Palmerston Sept, 28 -29th
Kirktott Oct. 2 -3rd
Blyth Sept. 25 -26th
Mitchell ...... , „ Sept. 25 -26th
Layfield , ' Sept: 2627th
Douglas Egyptian Liniment is es-
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infection of cow's teat, Invaluable
also in cases of spavins, curbs arc
splints.
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WHEN
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it's sure to mean more salary
ro and you know how glad
they'll be at home ..
Tell them by Long Distance
... and let them hear the
good news now.
al For good news or emergency, for friendly
visit or an S.O.S., you can't beat Long Dis-
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or so away for as little as 30 cents. See the
list of rates in the front of your directory.
1
Coincident with the clevelopanent in
Columbia was the outstanding con-
tinued progress in the !Peruvian 'field.
\V'heu 'Ur. !Bunts became resident
manager, a total of only 11,2510, wells
had been dril:led', compared with 2, -
BEI at the end of last year.• The pro-
duction of the •p.roperty for the year
619110, was 1•ess than 12,0001000 barrels,
and this had increasdd to a total of
over 111;00:0,000• barrels in 1119313.
In all employes, whether native or
foreign,.departmental heads or wort -
e en, Mr. 'Burns displayed a kindly
,human interest, ;both in their personal
welfare and in their ditties, ,TIe was
•keenly interested in establishing .im-
proved living q.ut.ritere, clubs, etc„ a'nd
in the promotion of sporting activities.
as well ,as being tin inspiration to the
various departments in field work.
"To give iltan:.so'ntething to shoot at"
was :his consttant endeavor, and this
was ithe key -note of his aohievc,nettt
wheat as drilling superintendent his
Objective was "foota,ge," as ,field man-
ager When the concentrated on. 'pro-
duction," and as director of operations
he closely stocked "costs,"
No pen -picture oil Mr. IB'.uros would!
be complete twithoutomention •of iyfrs.,
Bairns 'who :has .shared with Mtn the
hardships and vicissitudes of pioneer
life in a lSou,Nh American oil 1ftellda
While abroad, 'itt'. Boons 'met, while
in Germany, t\dtiss 'Margaret 'Morar
tosh, of Edzel1, (Scotland, who breathe
his wife in 1910. 'As Mrs. Burns site
was the first and only woman resid-
ent of the 'Lagunitos oa.mp, until the
arrival latter of her sister-in-law, Mrs.
Joseph Burns.
:Persian :Bahr the creator and ,pre-
server of beautiful .complexions. Tonic
effect and wonderfully stimulating.
Sategards and relieves all skins flush-
ed or irritated by weather conditions.
Magical in results. A little gentle
ruibbing and a yottth:f it freshness and
daintiness is instantly created. Tavola
Liable for softening th,e hands and
milking therm flawlessly white. ,Truly
the perfect toilet requisite for the
woman who cares,
,You will never find a. titan with a
'sound stomach among the pessimists.
Want and For Sale Ads, 3 times, 50,c
When You Have A
HORSE or COW
YOU WANT REMOVED,
Phone or write to
WILLIAM STONE SONS,
LIMITED.
Phone 22 — Ingersoll'
Phone 215 W — Stratford