The Seaforth News, 1934-12-27, Page 3THURSDAY, DEC. L, 1934.
Bank Bandits Get 16 Years— .__.
Three bandits Willa participated in
the bank robbery of the brant'] 0f the
Royal !Bank at Cargill last !August,
were given prison item's totallling 16
years. Magistrate `Walker, acting
previous pleas o'f guilty :made by the
trio, sentenced 'John 'Swick, :13ulOalo,
to six years; Foa.u'k lAdemsyck, Bu'f-
fa'lo, four years, and An ebony ,Die-
bold, a native :olf 'Greenock ' owns'hip,
in which Cargill village is :located,
but lately of Buffalo, to six years in
{Kingston !Penitentiary. The robbery
lfor which the 'three will serve time
was committed on August 114 .'last,
.when ,a large blue sedan, bearing an
American license, 'drew- up in front of
,the ,bank at •opening hour. Two of the
!five o'ccu'pants 'of the car went into
the bank and 'with .guns in hand cov-
ered the Manager, A. E. 1Dreak and
teller, Gerald Raper, ordered 'them to
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Bayfield, .Dec, 11, 'when 'William R.
Orr, son of Mr, Robert Orr, and
Mary Isobel 'Lenore, daughter of ,Mr,
and Mrs, 'George Lindsay, 'were un-
ited iii holy ,wedlock, !Rev, R. M. Gale
on
of St. 'Andrew's lUnited Church of-
ficiated. iAfter the 'ceremony the party
drove to the home of the bride's par-
ents, where the wedding feast was
spread, later leaving for their own
hone, 141th concession.
Married At Zurich --
open the vault, which they fuanbi
at, The bandits in haste took $2,0
.from the 'teller's ,cage, placed it in
black bag and retreated to the c
The machine sped out of the villa
in .view of several citizens.
Stephen Council--
The
ouncil—The 'Council of the Township of
Stephen convened in the town hall,
'Crediton. IAIl members were present,
A deputation of residents whose
lands border on the Town Line be-
tween !Stephen and MdGiltivray wait-
ed an the council to ask them to use
their influence to have the Town
Line changed to a County Road and
maintained jointly by the Counties ..f
Huron and Middlesex. The Clerk read
the judgment of Judge T. M. Cos-
tello, dated Nor. 211, 1954, who acted
as arbitrator in the natier of the
expropriation Of certain portions of
Lot One in the Aux Sable Con, in
the Tp. of .Stephen owned by Solom-
on Pollock for •the purpose of divert-,
ing the .\ux Sable Road under mun-
icipal by-law- Nu, 408 of '1.929 of the
Tp. of Stephen in which the Judge
awards tite claimant, Mr. !Pollock, the
:[um of $SOtl and $t200 extra for inter-
est charges and compensation for
'completion of fence, a total of 441,600.
This award is in settlement of Mr.
Pollock's •original claim as presented
to the arbitrator, !namely 00 com-
pensation for completion of fencing;
$1,20a compensation for land taken
and interest on 4l1,tO0 from date of
taking possession, Dec. 116, 19139, at
5 per cent per annum. Each Party is
to pay his own costs. M4otion, that
the $11',000 which the 'Township is to
pay /Mr. ]Pollock is to 'be .fgrwarded to
the Tp. solicitors, and to 'hand the
same to Mr. Pollock or his solicitors
on receiving satisfactory title to the
land. A motion was passed that in Phe
event of a municipal election being
held on Monday, the 7th of January,
193
5, �,aleliisc'
.plebiscite shall .be taken for
an expression: of an opinion as to
,whether or not the electors , are in
flavor .of the newly elected council
passing a resolution slowing the is-
suance of licenses to sell beer and
wine in standard hotels in this mu-
nicipality.
Orr-Lindsay—
IA quiet marriage ceremony was
solemnized at ;St. Andrew's -Meuse,
j IA •quiet but happy nratrimoi, al
event took place on 'Dec, le when
,Miss .S•usie IJacohe, eldest daughter of
Mr. S. jacobe and the late Sol. Ja-
cobe," was united in marriage to Mr,
James 'Rannie of the Babylon Line,
Hay tolwnsh'ip. iTlie niar:riage took
place at the Evangelical parsonage,
IZurioh. The happy couple left ,for
!London, 1St. Thomas, Dunnville and
other points. Our their return. they
will reside on the groom's farm,
Zurich Items.—
Miss Jessie MIc,D'o•nald, teacher,.
has been ill, Mrs. L. W. Hoffman
taking her class in ,Zurich school in
the meantime, --To date the total
linnaber of jacks shot by the local
boys number 5,114, and they are being
shipped to New H'am'burg where they
will be used to feed foxes. -Mr. Nor-
man Gascho is in London taking
treatment—Miss Catherine Mlerner
who has been teaching 'at S. IS. No. 12,
'l-Iay, 1:4llh'con., for the past few years,
has re: igned, '!laving taken a 'posi-
tion in Elmira public school,
Exeter Items—
IM[r, 1hos.Dinney of Exeter re-
ports seeing a robin on Saturday last.
The bird
Was in the top of a tree
chirping away lively, It evidently be-
lieves in an open .winter.—Mr, George
MdBain Grant has received notice of
his appointment as car license issuer
for Exeter, Mr. Grant is an accom-
plished violinist and orchestra leader,
BORN
Love --.In 'Hay Township, on 'Decem-
ber 117111, to Mr. and Mrs, Earl
Love, a son,
tRader—tin Hay Township, on De-
comber Ihs•th, to :Mr. and Mrs, John
Rader, a son..
Ti ley.—lI11 ;Stephen Tp„ on !Saturday,
tDece'mbe• 11!5tb, to Mr. and Mrs.
!:\if. ,Tolley, a daughter,
Novel School Maintained for
Queen Mary Hospital Patients
Ono of the most unique schools In
Canada is that maintained for the
inmates of tho Queen Mary nosppital
for Oonsumptivo Children. T11ese
youngsters conte from all parts 0f Ole
province. Many creeds and races aro
represented.
.host of these school -children aro so
ori ght an
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It inn h possible that ill-hemil lurks
behind their jolly, inryuisiLlvo smiles. In
rl
otu's aro from 0 to 12 in
the morning and from 3 to 4 in the
afternoon, for the pupils in this novel
school aro not as strong as the average
child of like age. The work covers that
period lying between kindergarten and
Illgb school entrance. Domestic science
anti vocational training is also taughtt the
older pupils. Some of the girls make little
dresses for themselves and the boys have
made several shirts.
Each year many thousands of dollars
must he a"nut to bring such children back
to health,etvif you please help the Queen
Mary hospital in its work of mercy by
sending a gift to °verge A. 'Reid,
Treasurer, Cage Institute, Toronto 2.
THE SEAFORTH NEWS
WAL T ON
'The annual meeting :08 the
took place 'AVedn'esday afternoon,
Mrs, 'Cumming opened the meeting.
The iBib'le study on ,E!iis'ha 'was con
.ducted by ;Mrs, 'Cumming. The sec
rotary's annual report .was read ib•
'Mrs John'McDonald, and the tre'as
urcr's report by (Mrs. Davidson. Th
various secretaries: also .gave re
,ponts, The officers elected were
'Hon president, !Mrs, P. _\4'cki'rthur
president, !Mfrs, (1Rov.) Cumlmfng; ds•
vice, Mrs,' L. !Leeming; 2;ndl vice
Miss Knox; Ord vice, Mrs, ;Britton
secretary, Mrs, 'John 1MctD'onald
treasurer, Mrs. '\V. Davidson; sup-
ply secretary, Mfrs. 'A. Coutts; as-
sistants 'Mfrs 1Mc'Cailum, Mrs, 'Bry-
ans strangers sec., !Mrs. Art lf'c-
Gall; associate helpers, 'Mrs, R. Reid;
press sec., Mrs. Nelson 'Reid; literary
sec., Mrs, IGomdon McGavin; mission-
ary monthly sec, -Miss planet Simp-
son, asst., ;Mfrs. Britton; temperance
sec„ Mrs, John Marshall; sec, Chris-
tian stewardship and !finance, Mrs.
Wesley Iliackwell; .mission band
sant., Mrs. IFI, !Kirkby; baby band
suet., !Mrs. L. ,Leeming; auditors,
Mrs, John 'MfoD'ouafd, Mrs, N. Reid;
finance committee, Mrs, 'Wesley
IH'ac•kwell, Mrs, RV. Davidson, .Mfrs.
E, :Bryan. The study (book 'Chapter
on .India was given by Mrs. 'Drager.
After ,the meetingof tae W:M.IS. the
\VIA, met •with Mrs. Nelson Reid
presiding, i3'[rs, Wesley alackwell
gave the annual secretary's report
and the treasurer's report showing a
good balance was read by Mrs. ,Rad-
ford. The following Officers were
elected: Hon. Pres., Mrs, ,Robe. Reid;
pros, ,Mrs. Wilbur Turnbull 1st vice,
Mrs. Shaw; 12nd 'vice pies„ ,Mfrs, \V.
Murray; 3rd vice, Mrs. :Manning;
see., Mrs. Wesley 'Hackled]; treas.,
\l'rs, !Radford; pianists, Mrs. R\',
I•Packwell \'frs. 't. Davidson; flower 11
om., Mrs, Kirkby, Mrs. McTaggart; 1
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'For 'Board of. Fducationl 43.candi-
dates-were nominated for the PS
posts to .he tilled, Twelve of the '129134
board seek re-election.
KETTLE PT. YIELDS FOSSILS.
iP(l13'y)'JJhn Gore in 'the !London Free
reea
'Fragments of trees, that oni:ce Wav-
ed their high 'frond-like leaves over
the hot and steauling' s'wanips of this
world, when it was millions upon
millions of years younger than it. nowis, have come to light in WesternOntario,
!Preserved through ages that stag-
ger the imagination, to add a new and
vastly important contribution to mo-
dern knowledge, they establish the
record of large tree growths so far
back that geologists have had only
two other traces"to equal it.
They were found lying by 'the
shores of (Lake Huron, among the
black shales of !Kettle 'Point, 'like
any ordinary bits of rock. Scientists
say they Were preserved by
cation, which which simply means they'are
a special type of petrified wood. be!The 'fragments are believed to e
among the three earliest 'tree fossils
of their 'type that :have ever been dis-
covered. The two other ,finds were in
New York State, and hi 'Indiana. Be-
cause of the great geological' value
of the discovery, acclaim has come
to .Prof. ,J. I\V, :Russell, head of the
geo'logi'cal department o'f the •Ungver-
city of .\Nestern (Ontario, and to the
university itself, for:the full signi-
ficance of the discovery might never
have been realized but lor 'Prof:
Russell,
1'he trees from "which the bits of
rock were preserved have been mon-
ed ' Cillixylun new'berri," The ex-
pert. estimate that they lived on this
world between 1200,000,000 and 30t1,-
00.0011 years ago, Tracing back their
ecoid that far has established the
xistenee of :tree -like structures 'be-
•nnd the carboniferous age, once
hou {lit by scientific men to be the
artiest fringe of the wide existence
1 large tree -like growths,
,\fa king the amazing record of`
reh1 .toric time., tt hich they have
rought down to the present, the
ocks had their value well hidden
rout the eyes of laymen, as they lay
ail buried along the lake shore. It
only within the last few years that
eceding waters of the lake have ex-
osed them.
Or. Solon 'Wolverton, octogenarian
enlist of Louden, became interested
the curious bits of rock, and he
owed a sample to Prof. 'Russell.
le geologist sensed that the {reg-
ents had' great significance, and
rther inquiry 'brought hien in touch
'th Or.oA. lHotcon of Parkhill, who
O
hadsample,
a
The outcome of it was that W. J.n
tterso , a geological student at the
ivesity. combed -the area this 'fall,
d brought in all the samples" that
col be obtained. Study of. thein
u proceeded.
'bout two dozen fragments have
en recovered front the shales,
ch represents, as far as is known,
the pieces which are available
e. Though not all of diem are in
possession of the unirersity, 111080
he important pieces are in the
73 NOMINATED IN TORONTO
(Five person.. were nominated Pri-
day for the post of mayor of Toronto
and nine for the four controllerships.
Mdermanic contests in the city's nine
wards drew a large number of candi-
dates—'73 in all. Two aldermen ,will
be elected from each ward, 1118 in all.
'Running for mayor are Controller
'Rantsclen, Controller Jatnes
Simpson, Alderman lHarry Bunt, ex -
Alderman A. IE !Burgess and s . E,
:Snrtll, general secretary of the Can-
adian Defence ,League. 'Mr, 'Burgess
also ,was noan:i'n•ated for alderman in
ward three anti indicate he might 1101
file nomination papers in the mayor-
alty race.
The •controllership contest brought
into the field Controllers Sant MIc-
iBride and W. D. Robbins, AId..R'alph
Day and W. J. 4Vads'warth, Mrs. Ad-
elaide M. Plumptre, 'Frank 'Regan,
.Mrs. 'Alice a13.uck (wife of 'Tint Buck),
Albert 'Hacker, a former controller,
anti
Claude Pearce.
ce.
IA. E. 'Snnifh, one of the mayoralty
candidates, is an avowed Commun-
ist. He was acquitted last spring in
Toronto of a charge of sedition.
Mayor W. IJ. !Stewart, :ivho has held
office for several years running, an- ther
pounced same time ago he would not the
run again, of •t
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geological laboratories. Only oneof
s ange, It ,weighs 300 to 400
pounds. lIt resembles a section of�
tree 'trunk, about a yard in diameter:
e pith is noticeable, in the 'forma-
tion of the rocks, as also are the year
marks of growth.
dl was a curious world of more
than L010,00u,090' years ago, in which
the Callizylen newiberri 'flourished, a
world whose description has been
pieced together by the geological
,finds from more recent periods, and
of a different character to this one,
Marine Sea
:Huron County, 'where apparents
y
grew !the Callixylott newb'erri,was a
long low-lying coastal plain. 121,bord
erect a shallow' marine sea, which
covered the site of the Applachian
mountains, and extended west over
New Yonlc, Ohio, \l.ichigail and
Southern Ontario,
IOn this lo'w-lying coastal plain
grew the toll and strange trees so un-
like the present growths of the world
yet 'their direct ancestors. !Foremost
hamong them was the Callixyloo new
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at
Itt was a toll tree, many of the
variety extending 1100 feet above the
earth. (Like the palms of the pre-
sent day, the 'leaves were clustered
at the top of a slender long trunk.
There is a reason for this .similarity
of appearance -!between the present
day palms, and the •Callixylon ne'w-
berri. 'It was the ancestor of the
palm. It was also the ancestor of the
pines of :North :America, and also the
ginokes which were an limportant
group of carboniferous plants, now
extinct,
it is not the first important find
that has conte out of the shales at
Kettle !Point In 1085, .Sr William Lo-
gan idertafierl there anti desrihcd
sone small rush -like plants, uvOleh
dated far hack,
'Tale importance of the recent finds
is in the wonderful state of the pre-
servation of wood which is -o very
ancient. 1 is perfect preservation is
believed due to the early sillifieation
of the w'nocl tlsues before decomp-
osition trial pl=ice,
The process of sillification which
has kept these records of the vast flim
ages before men inhabited the globe,
clown to the present, is of interest:
!Geologists have re -constructed the
process in this fashion. The wood fi-
bres are buried by accident far be-
neath the ground, or in some place
where decay is delayed. Then water
that contains a solution of some hard
substau•ce comes into contact with the
wood: Rat 'by bit, the wood disap-
pears, and in its exact place, the
water deposits small amounts of the
solution, the deposit hardens, be-
comes to all indications, ordinary
rock, and in that condition is pre-
served throe
I,h almost countless cen-
turies,
Although such prominent 'figures
as Dr. W. A. Parks, of the Royal 1011-
tario Museum, Wand Prof. T. B.
Thompson, distinguished Canadian
paleo'botanist, of the University of
Toronto, have :had the find ,brought
to their attention,
!Prof, Thompson conlfirnned the age
of the tree fragments, 'which is
placed in the Devonian age, two
whole geological ages beyond the car-
honiferoiis perior, .Prof. ;Thompson
describes the fragments as being in
a wonderful state of preservation, in
spite of their great age.
\V. A. 'Parks, director of the Royal
'Ontario 11lusetlnt, at Toronto, plmts
an early trip to the 'University of
\\'estcru 'Ontario to examine' the find.
1Prof, ;Russell regards the find as
important to botanists as to geo-
logists. It indicates the prob'a'ble evo-
lution of some of the more important
of the present day trees,
itt is upon such geological discover-
ies as this one, that the world hes
based almost its entire knowledge of
what went on in the dim ages so far
distant.
Silage Crops
For ten years the ,Field Husbandry
'Division at Ottawa has been conduct-
ing experiments with the ensiling of
various crops. Twenty crops cut at
different stages of !maturity and under
different conditions have been suc-
cessfully ensiled in experimental silos.
Over two hundred test, •have been
made Of the crops tested, corn is
without doubt the best for ensiling.
IStuiflowers are recommended on
heavy 'clay soils and in cool climates Mix-
tures
corn does not do' well, of oats and .peas, or oats, peas
sad vouches make very good silage,
IRed ,clover is an excellent silage crop
but alfalfa is rather difficult to ensile
and should be used for hay where
possible. :Buckwheat cut in fellbloom, yields 7 or :S tons per acre of
fairly good silage Experiments are
being continued with these and other
crops.
An efficacious household remedy -
Douglas' Egyptian Liniment. ,Brings
immediate relief, to lame ' back and
al' -tiler rheumatism. Also relieves
inflammation burps, sores, corns and
warts. r
TOWN TOPICS
TWENTY-FIVE. YEARS AGO
Town Topics.
Mr. 115, Brollphy of !Goderich :was in
town on Weds esdoy,-•-Mr. ChiarJes
IHIoihllbeite lwas in Zurich and Dash-
wood last week. --Mr. IW. K. Pearce
of Hamilton was in town on Monday
on business.—Mr. (Frank .A'1leu Ship-
ped two •cars of 'horses to Vancouver:
—a4fies •A'biome IBtest of the 'General
Hospital staff, Toronto, is Visiting at
ler !tome 'here.--1Mastcr Joe Dick had
he misfortune .while playing Lest
week, to +break one of his arihs,--The
anus on the old Nichol faun oti Con_
045101) 110, ,Hibbert were destroyed by
re !Tuesday night 'Mrs, J,as. !Grieve
1 !London visited relatives in town,-
nvitatioxs were ,sent out tire past
week for the military ball to be ,given
1 the opera 'house on 'D'ecember 10.-
lrs. L. Kennedy of lWinghgn'i was a
isitor at the Neuro of 'her another.
Ir. ,John I53. !Smith and family are
tloving from their hoose on, 9'0htt st„
'the home he recently purchased
om Mgr, A. IJ,. IBrigh't,=Mlessrs, 'Geo.
ard no, IRO ward (Hartry and ''Harry
ullarcl are in •G'oderic'h this Iweek'as
rors on the Pall Assizes. - The
any friends of Mfr. W, (Rogers, eid-
t son o'f Rev, D. ,Rogers, will re -
et to 'hear that he is laid up in one
the ;Toronto 'hospitals •wit'h typhoid
ver. --Mr. J. 'L, IBrown was a su,c
ssftiC ex'hib'itor " of thoroughbred
ickens at the -winter fair 'held at
ulph.—\liss T. 'Devereaux, nurse, of
troit, who has been visiting at the
me o'f her parents anti other vela -
es rehrned to Detroit this week.—
ncl sleighing and cold w'ea`ther has
vailed during the past .week.---Mr.nca11 !Ashton of Saskatchewan gall
on old friends here on Saturday;
, INV, l2ieffers of Blyth spent 'Wed -
day with Sea'forth friends.
Killop,
The westerners are flocking back to
tarin.'Among .the latest arrivals are
Dias Irvine, FrancistHackwell and
rge
11
rge many in -
triotus persons who have been en -
ed in drying apples, we 'believe
\•[rs. 'Leonard SSternigle take a
111'g 'place. She has sold over '600
of dried !.alit—Mlr.:\lex 'Ross of
Leadbury line has sold his farm
\'lr, John 'Barron.
marry.
r. Jas. Gillespie of 'Chicago paid
ying visit to his old 'home and
ng other friends. -Mr. Norman.
spent a few days with 'his bro-
and 'family near ;H'ensa'11,=Mrs.
ertson is staying with friends in
shard for a time,
field. rutdI
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'Richard Elliott whobeen visiting relatives at Kal-
a,' -Mich., returned 'home 'on Fri -
Mfr. W. J, W,hiddon went to
on last week to take treatment in
oseph's ,hospital.—The ev'aporat-
osed for the season on ilonday,
g ,been in operation since the
le of S'eptetnber.--'Mfr. rales. 'Per-
t is visiting at London.
Record On Lakes.
ty-three riven was the count up
t S'aturd'ay. This week's death
2 on Lake ,Erie and 6 011 ]Lake
ior, 51100,13- is 58. This total of
ves lost in 1909 is not far from
lines the total of last year when
en fotind water graves as the re-
f storm aid .stress. "I think it
be better," says one official,all interests concerned, if the
of navigation would 'close
year on December '1st. On'an
e the carrier.: would he n1e11
oney ahead."
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Approval,
.ers' As
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front the
tions fora
•Beatrice MfcQuarrie of Cran-
has ,gone to Mtedkcine Hat to
111 her father there.—The Neil
r farm, Lot 22, Con. 115, . of
las been purchased by ,5n o.
•gart of the sac line, who
wits 250 acres. Ho paid $4,7'00
M'fc'Nliir property-.
ITay council held a special
g' on Monday to pass the by_
raise 4110,009 for making ce-
lverts and bridges.
oro.
111ployees of the evaporator
themselves to a banquet and
Peer an Tuesday night, thebeing thirty and forty.,After
orf program wa•s given and
by the 'following, A, As -
d J. Johnston; Auburn; Thos.
+reel !Button and E. Li-ransom
New Poultry
51tario Poultry •Council was
provisionally at Guelph, early
liber, and held its -first', meet-
Couin, it represents all of the
as'sociatioas dcnown. The
these five associations a••c;
Baby Chicle Assoiciati'1,
R. O. IP,,, 'Ontario IT;a'tcl,
Ontario Registered Br'
sociatios, Ontario .Pon'^ ••
lion. Three .-rcpreseni
executivesof these at.
is this Council,
d�.