The Seaforth News, 1934-12-27, Page 2PAGE TWO
THE SEAFORTH NEWS
THURSDAY, DEC. 'l. 1934.
HAPPY NEW YEAR
Late Ephriam Brown, Clinton—
Mr. Ephria.nt Brown, a highly es-
teemed. resident of 'Clinton. passed
away at his home on George st. Clin-
ton, en Dec, a:4. Deceased who was
in hi seceu1)-fifth year, had been in
Mailing health for over a year,-11•ioa•
to confine to Clinton to reside thir-
teen years ago he lived on the 9th
,concession of Ilullett, in which town-
ehip he was bort, being a son of
the late 'Francis drown and his wife,
Elizabeth Snell ,Brown. ,Ile is sur-
vived by his wife, who maiden name
was Annie ;Stevens, also four daugh-
ters (Mallel), Mrs. Milliam Hoggart,.
(I >icl
Mrs. Ed. 1'ung'hlutt, • (lltta)
Mrs. Wesley llriggart, all of 'Flullett,
and (11,los.ie1 Mrs, Gordon Cutts of
Forest. The pallbearer, were six nei-
gltbnrs of his farm )tonic in Hallett:
William Stevens. 'Darwin,Carter, Jos.
Carter, 'l'heuuas Adams, Charles
\\'aymoutlf and George Thompson.
lliaternlcnt was made in Clinton ceme—
tery.
Little Girl Struck By Car—
An unfortunate accident occurred
in Ethel Village when little :Marjorie
'lint. olio, 'four-year-old daughter of
:1r. an 1 \lr.. Cecil •Ilatemati, was
t•nck by a Lar driven h/ :Ir. Ed-
wa•' a lWittail of Kitchener; a traveler
for the. William tot [melt Co. The child's
right leg was broken between the
knot and hip.
Fire Destroys Barn at Brussels—
11 l7eils ,;t (13p<+el, were awaken-
ed
\ ken -
td u y one morning by the ringing
„f the tare alarm, nr ,ire had broken
tint in the back of a .barn, 11., 'A owned
by Jack 11ut'e t e, previously the pro-
perty of Mrs. A. 4'. 'Backer. Smoke
was smeiltil :mil the rue lint bserv-
ed by \1, \\',11;., who gave the alarm.
dt was !intimate that the roof, were
covered wit?) tin'w, or there w'.111t1
probably have leen nnare lufhlinlgs
consumed, For ;4 time it was feared
the residence of Wilfred Cameron
was. „42111(' h, 2111 prey tel the flames.
l•nt inrtunalely it r'eape'd ,lritl1 a bad
scorehiIl ( on one +1,14 o3 the :muse.
Gilbert Hough—
An interesting wedding to.>k place
llecember kith at tile Baptist par -
some,. e,
ar-.tredve, Clio ton. 'oh7n \li . \1ailc1
!Ifongh, granddaughter of Mr, and
Mrs. John 1l:hlgh of Da.hw',,,,a. was
ratite,' in marriage to John ;Frederick
Ciiihert of Strut(ord. Rev, (i, \F.
Sherman '3(3(4 (el. The bride was
becomingly dressed in Bermuda blur
crepe, :rearing a gold necklace (bIt
her grandmother score at her wedding
and - carrying 614(41 ItrArt h?.e.i and
fern. Site was a(lol(d by Alis, Eth-
el Wolper of (irand !Bend, attired in
Jade green •mel carrying pink fma-
tions and tern, The grionl was .tlp-
ported by 1I r. Charles Carter of
Stratford.. \iter the ceremony the
bride and ,groom left for Stratford
where a wedding dinner -was serve)[
at the 11e,lne ,;f the _groom's- parents,
later lea \"if,, for a. Short hone)'rill,{n
drip lit Toronto and other eastern
points. On their return they will re-
side at 133 Centre Street, Stratford.
Francis Balfour, Grey Tp.—
IFrancis Ila1t' nu', ;111 esteemed resid-
ent of 'Grey Township for the past
thirty -twit years, pa..c,l at\•ay sud-
denly, after biting, in failing health for
two years. at his home, on the first
concession of grey. in his "70111 year.
The late :(r, •(,:four was born in
urnherry •I'own.itip, on June 20th,
11865, the son ,.f Mr and Mr .\n -
drew lia'four. :\s a ynuug man, he
spent tett years i11 service stint the
,Canadian 'Pacific ,Railway in the
Rocky 1lottatafn district, bcfnrc
marriage on 'February 1201(1, 1902,
tAnnic, daughter of A1r, and Airs, J
!Balfour of IHfbbert Township, ,who
predeceased hint in 1:1113, To this',
union ,were horn one son, 'William
jeslt(1, on the home place, and one
daughter, Airs. Geo. )[11(10 iso11 (Eva
Katherine), of the »lith concession of
Grey,
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surviving
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are two 'brothers, John and )William
>I3al:oto• of 'Turnberry dTownship, and
four sisters, Airs, Wm. Reid (Mary.
Jane) and Nies Jars. 'Ca:semore (Itfag-
gie) both of !Winghant; ':1rs. John
'Campbell ,('Sarah) and 'Mrs, Jas, I\V�dl-
son '(Iliate) of (Saskatoon; one sister
:(Liza) predeceased hin,, ,Jotermcnt
rugs made. ill :foam /Pleasant cemet-
ery, Ethel. The pallbearers Nsere 'Alex,
I.A•IcIDonaId, !Robert McCute'heon,
!Robert ATCIA1Ii;ter, Walter Savage,
Dave AIIILean,an and +
Jas. \'IcCutch-
eon, all old neighbor's,
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Fire At Monkton—
;Consirlerable excitement \\•a4 caused
at the home of 1lr. and Mss. D. 13.
\\'alt in 1lonkton when fire broke out
in the furnace pipes. Unfortunately
11rs. Watt was alone at the time and
she endeavored to quell the blaze un-
til help could be abt tirl•e(1 and in so
doing her chest and (back were sev-
erely- burned, Citizens reapolnrding to
the call for assistance used ;fire ex-
tinguishers and :soon had the blaze
ander control.
Big Trade in Xmas Trees -
1.A neve industry has conte into pro
minenee around Tara this year, the
sale • of 'Christmas trees, 'T'his past
few 'days has seen several large truck
loads of trees being shipped from the
farm of :Fred J, Scarrow in. Arran 00(1
5:.rdh of Whitton to !London, for dis'
trihtltiou in that city and other points.
We understand that )1r. 'Scarrow has
sold several hundred trees, at a price
of eight cents each, The cutting and
getting of these 'tree; out to the toad
entails ,a considerable amount of la-
bor but it would appear to be a wind-
fall for an owner y tet o.t a quantity of
evergreen trees, -Tara Leaderr.
Perth Cattle for Hepburn Fart,—
._\ccording to tote' Perth 'County
'Holstein ,B'reeders' Association, tw-eu-
ty-two head of .Holstein heifers were
shipped to the ,P•remier Hepburn Farm
in 'Elgin County. Several head were
purchased from 'Downie Township
with one .head from 'George !Wallace
of !Fullarton.
To Place Halyard in Flagpole—
where wild be no further climbing
'of the 'flagpole in Courthouse Park at
l(loderich in an effort .to replace the
broken halyard, authorities have de-
creed, and a contract has accordingly
been let to Wallace \iac)!ougall; bro-
thr of the fathoms wres'tlet, "Scotty"
\lacDougall, to lower The upper half'
of the ,pole which is •to be painted and
rot the halyard and thnoth and replace
It This decision waa made after a
nu1cl de ore resulted from the at-
tempts of two :nen to climbthe
pale and particularly after three at-
tempts o.n the part of 11)111 !'Brush of
Auburn faded. The pole was scaled
many- years ago but !five efforts with-
in the past 'few weeks ' ahve failed.
,Wingham Items.—
Mr. Chas. 'A, Robertson, 'M. A
was in ,Wingham 'bast week and ftp
pears much improved in health.—Mr.
!Alfred Carr has been apfp'ointed ;eat. 11 -
cense issuer at Wingham, replacing
Mr. David tMadD'a+aaid, who 'has held
this position for some years. --11,1r. and
Mrs, J. H. Crawford were in Cale-
donia attending ,the funeral of 11oit
brother-in-law, the late '.Hugh An-
derson,
John .Alexander Gray, Hibbert—
!John Alexander Gray, a native of
HIiIAberl "Pownship passed away at
his home, :Idt 4, -concession -'5. Tor the
past year the deceased uz,an shad been
in 'failing 'health .and for three months
he was conifin•ed to bed. ;Ho ,was ,horn
in IHiblbert 111 10513 and had ,been
life-long resident of the community.
;His parents were the late Mr. and
Mrs, ihI'eatn'y !Gray. rphe remains were'
.laid to rest in !Knox Pr.esbytetian ICC-
mastery, t'he pallbearers .being,Afessrs.
)George Martin,' Thomas !Wooel, John
Martin, A. IGtiay,'John Balfour and
Joseph 'Linton, Surviving are one da•r-
0
gitter, Mrs, Ralph Babb 01 Sl. Cath-
arines tend one son, 'William Gray of
inibbert, with whom be lived; one
sister, Mrs, 4 —larry Jones of Grand
Rapids, Mich„ and three brothers,
:David of nib,bert, Thomas 0! Morris
Township and 'Maxwell of 'Port Hu-
ron, Mich. His wife, formerly (Eliza-
beth IMllrtie, pa2se(1 a,\\•ay twelve
years ago.
Mitchell Items,
!Wilfred ,Powell of 'lloronto bought
the Ifinst ;1193152 license plates in Mitch-
ell. Markers number from DIS -11 tc
'DIS-999,--lE, G. King, local plumber,
has been etwanded the contract 'for
three ,complete bathrooms to be in-
stalled in en apartment house in To-
ronto. -112. G. !Smith' tri Teeswatcr,
who has owned the ll:ite•hell skating
rink for several years, disposed of his
interests to IMr. !Arnold IGloor >of
'lioruholnn, Wilfred McLeod has 1)4(211
appointed manager, --Mitchell utili-
ties commission_ have sold a synchron-
ous 1121) horse -power Motor to the
the
,Stokes Rubber Company of 'Welland..
tuind $1,0'00 was realized front
,ale.
New Post Office For Brussels—
ArdL'tis+el; have ;1 new I't Of
lice in the vet ne tr future. Specifica-
tions ,u the pr1o4cd pito have been
timed and pr'auise a very tine !mild-
ing. which ,will be a credit to tae
(111atre and community. 1t 14 t0 be a
three storey structure, two upper and
a basement. 1.18-111,4 quarters for a
caretaker will oecupy the top of the*
',Miffing, wive the mai.; tissue will
house the main nftice and rural mail
nep,uttnent. the basement will be
equipped with up -t., -c11412' heating al-
t dances ter the whole, "fenders for
the building have been 11.1ceil for, 'and
one day the lately contractor; were
la 'Brussel. estimming the cost of
constrneti tn.. prior Iso t'.le snirltlilting
of their cst'mates,
Taylor -Gratton—
•\ .pretty wedding 'o.,k place at 111e
home of leer. Larne- 'McGi111'), when
Trellis Elizabeth, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. 'Fred 'Ciratlan of Grand
ilenfd, became the bride of Lawrence
Taylor. .,,nn of :[r, and Mrs. 'Robcr41,
1'arldr, ads... of Grand Bend. The
hrtrle was chau•mina in a long (11(121
gown of royal blue silk crepe, with
blue hat anti accessories to match
cul carried a htnulucl- of talisman
n,1es. The bride and groom were 1111-
atecndcd. They will reside in {Grand
,Bend.
Mrs. Brainiff Buried—
The remains of ars, Martha
,Wright, daughter of the late Mr.
and Mrs. 'John \Fright of Seaforth
and wife of 13..hrainiff of Cleveland,
Ohio, whose death occurred on Dec,
13 were brought 1,, Seaforth for ill-
ternto01 in the llaitla•nd Rank Cenle-
eery. Mrs. '13r701113, who was born in
.IeKillop, was sixty-three years of
age. She had been in ill health since
last spring. Surviving are her hits -
band, IE.-'Brainiff, Cleveland, Ohio;
four sisters, 'Mrs. W. Trott, Seaforth;
Mrs. I-1. Iht,wen and :Mrs. Phoebe
'Hughes, )Gaylord, Mich., and ,M:s.
Jacob \V'hiring, Card:tuff', Basle,
Must Stop—
Pilfering from business places in
the village has become so increas-
ingly prevalent that merchants +feel
forced to sound , winning against a
continuance of t11is practice, which, if
it continues can oi11y end in a di -
agreeablc exposure of those concern-
ed. lite merchants who have 'well-
founded suspicions as to certain par-
ties ,cloing this x14122-111tfag, trust that
11.14 warning will suffice.—Lticknow
Sentinel,
Woman Appointed Registrar
at Goderlch—
'hiss 1,1111145 McPherson has been
appointed county registrar at IGodler-
ich'
m I'furou County •
y in place of A.
[i.: eel), it was announced by Hon.
A. \A'. Roebuck, Ontario slttorney
general. hiss McPherson has been
deputy registrar and deceived a sal-
ary ;of $1;1303 a .year. Her salary will
1 increased to 0,4010', \1r, !Roebuck
stated, and there ?will be no addition
n the office staff.
(Always keep Douglas' :Egyptian
'Liniment .alt hand, ready to bring linl-
nediate relief to burns, sones and fel-
ons. 'Stops bleeding at once: Prevents
blood poisoning, ISlpleamdid 'for sore
throat and quinsy.
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