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The Seaforth News, 1953-09-03, Page 1Th thN HURON COUNTY'S LEADING NEWSPAPER WI101.E SERIES, VOL, 76 SEAPORTS, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1953 $1.50 n -Yca tieeneen 11roh., 1'unlieners Axth,.rized ,, $ meat( Chase mail. DOA Olric,� 1)eyt., Ottawa SEPTEMBER MEETING TUCKERSMITH COUNCIL( Tuckersmith municipal council met in the town hall, Seaforth, on Tuesday, Sept, 2, for their regular eneeting. The reeve presided and all members were present, 1 The clerk was instructed to apply , for interim subsidy on read expen- diture of $34,994.72 from Jan. 1 to Aug, 81. Contract gravelling •of 10,195 yds. has now been completed and .pay- ment of $8,190.50, balance of power grader purchase, was made. Fencing of the cemetery south ef Brucefteld has been undertaken by the town- ship and will be completed in the • near future. Repair of the Clarke drain was reported completed and payment of accounts will be called, Wm. Rogerson was instructed to have stoning clone at a head wall on Alex#tnder drain and to construct a catchbasin on the Etue drain. A grant of $25 was made to the South Huron Plowmen's Associa- tion. • Complaints were received by council that Egmondville street lights had not been lighting till ten o'clock at night. The matter will be brought to the attention of H.E,P,C. Accounts passed included; Hospi- talization 51.25, drains $807.50, fencing 5102.16, roads $11,020.04; grants 525.00; salary and allowance $175.00. Council adjourned to meetOct. 5th at 8 p.m. L. McSPADDEN WiNS •VICTORIA AWARD RUN OVER BY TRUCK GOLDEN WEDDING OF MR BOY ESCAPES INJU'RY.I AND MRS. J. MATTHEWS Carl Dalton, year-old son of Mr. ' A well known Seaforth couple, and Mrs. Bob Dalton of Hulleltt, is air, and Mrs. Joseph Matthews, cel - in Scott Memorial Hospital after ebrated their golden. wedding anniv- falling under the wheels of his fath- ersary on •Saturday. Their anarr- er's truck Tuesday afternoon, As sage took place at St. Patrick's the truck was being backed out of Church, Dublin, on Saturday, Sep- the farm yard at their home west of tenter 1, 1903, the late Rev. Fr, Winthrop, the boy went around the Northgraves officiating. The bride, back of the truck. I formerly Sarah Jane Hicknell, and Though a wheel apparently went, groom were both residents of over his chest, he miraculoy sly es-! McKillop and lived there for a few caped any serious injury and will be years after their marriage until fined to hospital only two or coming to Seaforth three days with the cuts and bruises he received. BINGO WINNERS Fr. Weber in St. James' Church, Winners of the bingo on MondaY Seaforth. Mr. and Mrs. Matthews night at Seaforth community centre were attended by their son-in-law 1 were as follows: and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Don The 51000 special was divided Barber of Kitchener. Mrs. Merger - among D, L. Reid, Seaforth; Mrs. et•Devereaux was organist and Miss IB. 0. Muir, Seaforth; Mrs. Hugh Julia Flanagan soloist. Radford, Blyth. ! At 12.80 a turkey dinner was held The first 5200 special was won by at the Queen's Hotel for the family Jack Marks, Listowel and the second and the brothers and sisters. 1$200 special by Joyce Baechler, of ' Tho members of the family were Goderieh, ! all present: Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Mat - The 5100 special was divided be- thews, 'Clinton; Mr. and Mrs. Harold tween John Manto, Hanover; Mrs. ' Levis (Gertrude), Waterloo; Mr. James Barry, Seaforth; Lyle And- !and Mrs. Don Barber (Pauline), of erson, Exeter. ”" I Kitchener; Mr. and Mrs. Joseph 0'- I 550 winners of regular bingos Reilly (Frances), Hibbert; Mr. and were Charles Felker, Seaforth; Jos. Mrs. Ed, Matthews, and Mr. and Steepe, Clinton; Mrs. Chessel, Mit- Mrs. Lester Leonhardt (Betty) and ehell; Walter Anger, Shakespeare; Mr. and Mrs. Wm. M. Hart Mary), Ken Ritchie, Seaforth; F. Pinceman, 'all of Seaforth. To observe this anniversary on Saturday morning at 9.30 o'clock High Mass was celebrated by Rev. Stratford; Miss Evelyn Rivers, Sea -1 Brothers and slaters of Mrs. Mat - forth. I' thews were all present: 'Mr. and Split regular bingos for 550 were Mrs. Gus J. Hicknell, Breslau; Mr. Lorne Osier, Mitchell, Mrs. Sippel, / and Mrs. Thos. Butters, Dublin; Mr. Stratford• Mrs. Ed. Little, Hensen; 1 and Mrs. Leo Hicknell, Kirkland Leslie McSpadden, graduate of Bill Williams, Stratford. !Lake ; Mr, and Mrs. Peter Hicknell, Seaforth District High •School and Mrs. Allan Reid and Mrs. R. Mc- , McKillop; Mrs, James Johnston, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. G. McSpad- Fadden. I Mrs. Teresa Maloney and Thos. den, Winthrop, has obtained the Glen Oliver, Brussels; Rustyolinell, all of Seaforth. ICingsway-Lambton United , Church Brock, Exeter, I HiMr. and Mrs. Matthews have ten award at Victoria College, Toronto, Mrs. McKenney, St. Marys and grandchildren and one great grand - for a general proficiency scholarship Mrs. Ed. Henderson, Brussels, Mrs. child. valued at $200, which is open only Chris Kennedy, Londesboro. The family presented Bulova wat- Howard Holtzman, Exeter, Mrs. Kennedy, Stratford. to candidates for the enmistry. The R. Bruce Scott scholarships, valued at 5500 each, have been won by the following five graduates of Seaforth District High School: Marilyn Hillis, Seaforth, who will study household economics at Uni- versity College, Toronto, Harold Knight, Brussels R,R. 2, engineering at University of Toron- to. Leslie McSpadden Seaforth R R the University of Toronto and was and dancing. DIES AT CLEVELAND rhes to their parents and they re- ceived a purse of money from the brothers and sisters, as well as many other gifts and cards from friends The death occurred at Cleveland, and a telegram of congratulations Ohio, of Albert James Morrison on from Prime Minister Louis St. Laur- August 26th in his 76th year. The ent. - deceased -vas a native of McKillop During the afternoon friends and township, son of the late Mr. and neighbors called at their home and Mrs. Frank'Morrison. He was ed- tea was served. ucated at Seaforth high school and' The evening was spent in cards loco y at Victor- a draftsman. He is survived by one I 1, English and phi p , is College, Toronto. sister, Mrs. James Dunning, of Hart - Thomas Murphy, Dublin, R.R. 2, ney, Man. Guelph The funeral took place .on Satur- Douglas Stewart, Seaforth, login- day afternoon from the G. A. Whit- eering, at Queen's University, King- ney funeral home, Goderieh street sten.' West. Rev. H. E. Livingstone of Winthrop United Church, officiated. During the service Mrs. R. Hamilton sang `Softly and Tenderly.” Inter- ment was an Maitlandbank cemet- I cry. The pallbearers were Percy HIGH SCHOOL ADDITION TO BE BUILT THIS FALL Little, Bert Hemingway, William The Seaforth District High .School Leeming, William Ross (Clinton), 1 board met on Tuesday evening. Bus Willis Dundas, Ed. Godkin. Flow- I d I erbearers were Louis Bolton, John routes were discu see The board suggested that publi city be given to the Robert Bruce Scott trust scholarships available to pupils attending Seaforth District High School. Five scholarships of 5500 each axe"awarded each year to five pupils. 'It is believed no other school in the province is endowed with so many generous scholarships. The board is arranging with the architect for erection of the addi- tion to the school building this fall. Plans for altering the auditorium to , classrooms may have to await corn pletion of the new addition, When school opens next week it will be known whether classes will be held in the auditorium. MRS. ALLAN ROSS The death occurred early Monday of Mrs. Allan Ross in Scott Mellor= sal Hospital following a short illness. Mrs. Ross was '79 and was formerly Miss Sarah L. Simpson. She was born in McKillop township where she lived all her life. She was a member of Cavan Church, Winth- rop. Her husband died a month ago. Surviving are one brother, Thomas Simpson, Windsor; and two sisters, Mrs. Ellen Ross, Matheson, Ont., and Mrs. Robert McGavin, Winn- ipeg. The funeral took place from the G. A. Whitney funeral home, Goderich St. W. on Wednesday af- ternoon, Conducted by Rev. H. E. Livingstone of Winthrop. Burial was in Maitlandbank Cemetery. The pallbearers were Wnm, Boyd, Ed. Godkin, John Boyd, :Stanley Ha- ien, Gilbert Smith, Ross Gordon. FlowerYbearers: Edward Gertsch, Roy Elliott, Carl Leonhardt, Ross Driscoll, Boyd Driscoll, Roy Pat- ric(, Laverne Godkin, Mervyn God - kin. WIN AT C.N.E. Scott Poultry Farms, Seaforth, won first prize at Toronto C.N.E. for shell egg entries. STANLEY Mr. and Mrs. Melvin' Bennett of Goderieh spent the week end with the latter's parents) Mr, and Mrs. Harold Penhale. Boyd, Alex. Kerr, James Clark. NORTHSIDE W.A. Group 1 and 2 of the W.A. of Northside United Church inet jointly in the Sunday school room on Tues- day evening for their September meeting. Mrs. J. W. Stinson delight- ed the members with a graphic des- cription of their trip to the marl - times, the cradle of Canadian his- tory. Mrs. Porteous led in the open- ing prayer and the Scripture Acts 2, 1-21, was read by Mrs. Close. Mrs. C. W. Baldwin gave the de- votional reading and prayer. Mrs. Ross Hamilton sang beautifully the old favorite "Bless This House." Mrs. G. A. Whitney accompanied her daughter on the piano. Apprec- iation for an interesting topic and solo were expressed by Mrs. Ellis. •Hymn 501 and benediction closed the meeting. A delicious lunch was served. Northside United Church Rev, John Stinson, Minister. 10 a.nt,, Sunday School and Adult Bible Class. 11 am., Sermon theme, "My 0th. or Vocation." 7 p.m., "Again Pioneers." Blue - 'halted. ENGAGEMENT Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Krauskopf of Dublin wish to announce the en- gagement of their daughter, Clara Agnes, to John Norman Kramers, son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Kramers of Dublin. The marriage to take place Sat., 'Sept. 26th at 9.30 a.m„ in St. 'Columban Church, St. Colum- ban. HOSPITAL AUXILIARY The annual •meeting of the Hospi- tal Auxiliary to Scott Memorial Hos- pital- will be held in the nurses' res- idence on Tuesday, Sept. 8th at 8.15 p.m. Annual reports will be given. Any one interested in hospital work is welcome. RED CROSS The Red Cross rooms will be open Friday afternoon, Sept. 4th, to give out sewing and knitting. The execu- tive will meat at .3 o'clock. WiNTHROP,•BRUSSELS ALL TIED UP iN FINALS Brussels and Winthrop each won one gene and the third game was a tie in the finals of the Huron Foot- ball Association for the Stephenson Cup. Scores were 2-1 for Brussels; 1-0 for Winthrop, and a 2-2 tie Monday night. Fourth game will be Wednesday night, ,Sept. 2 in Winthrop. Fifth game will be at Brussels under the lights on Friday night, Sept. 4th. TOUR NIAGARA Last week four bus loads (150 people) of Huron County Soil and Crop Improvement members and their wives made a tour of the Nia- gain Peninsula. At this tinge most of the threshing in the caunty is cern- plated and repeats of .high yields are quite common. Corn is malting ex- cellent growth throughout the coun- ty and some very excellent quality second-ent hay is being put into the barn due to rapid early growth and ideal curing weather, Those who have started their fall ploughing axe finding a lack of moisture is making the work difficult. SEAFORTH W.I. TO MEET The regular meeting •of the Sea - forth W I will be held Tuesday, TERMS OF SCOTT MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP The provisions of the will of the late Robert Bruce Scott of Toronto, establishing a scholarship fund that provides for a $600 giant to each of five graduates of Seaforth District High School are given below, The will is dated 1944. "5. All the rest and residue of my property I Give, Devise and Be- cueath to my executors and trustees hereinafter named in trust to con- vert the same into money and invest the proceeds in any investments au- thorized by law - for trust funds or in any security which has paid divi- dends yearly for the five years next preceding the date of the invest- ment to pay the net income derived therefrom and such amount or amounts out of the capital thereof as may be necessary from time to time in perpetuity or until such residue is exhausted to provide an- nual scholarships of Five Hundred Dollars (5500.00) each, or as nearly thereto as may be practical, the said scholarships to be known as "The Scott Memorial Scholarships" and to be awarded to students graduating from Seaforth Collegiate Institute with Senior :Matriculation standing to assist them at a University within Canada or the United Kingdom or the Royal Military College, now at Kingston, the number of scholar- ships and the conditions governing the award of the said scholarships to be fixed from time to time by my trustees after consulting with the principal of the said school and the officer commanding the Royal Mili- tary College. Any income from the residue of my estate after provid- ing for the said scholarships which in the opinion of my trustees is not required for the said scholarships, shall be used to supplement the lib- rary of said Seaforth Collegiate In- stitute provided that my trustees shall not be obliged to distribute alI the income from the residue of any estate yearly or at any stated per- iods but, having in mind the provi- sion of the said scholarships, they may allow such income or any part thereof to accumulate. for such rea- sonable period or periods from time to time as in their absolute discre- tion they consider advisable. "0. Provided that in each year a scholarship is awarded or paid the first scholarship awarded shall be to a student attending University Col- lege, Toronto. If no student attends an ege in any 'ear the amount sal 11 whibli would have been paid to a student attending shall be accumu- lated and paid to students who are entitled to a scholarship and subse- quently attend University College. "7. Provided always that it shall be in the sole and absolute discre- tion of my trustees to decide 'wheth- er or not the person to whom a scholarship is awarded is in fact at- tending or proposes to attend a uni- versity or a university of proper standing and if in the opinion of my trustees such school or institution of learning is not a university or if in their opinion it is not of proper standing they may withdraw the Sept. 8 at 2 p.m. sharp, at the home scholarship for that year and the of Mrs. Wilfred Coleman. Roll call, amount which would have been paid What snakes Institute members not but for such withdrawal shall bo want to hold office. Mrs. Davidson added to the corpus of the fund. of .Streetsville, a former member of "8. I appoint National Trust Com - our sister Institute in England, will pany Limited to be the executors be the guest speaker. The lunch and trustees of this my will." committee; sandwiches, Mrs, Elmer Cameron, Mrs. Doug Wallace; cook- ies, Mrs. Robt, McLachlan, Mrs. W. Haugh. APPOINTED TO OWEN SOUND Rev. Stephen Wilson Langton Gil- bert, presently of Espanola, has been appointed by •Rt. Rev. G. N. Luxton, Bishop of Huron, to the parish of St. Thomas' Church, Owen Sound, and All Saints' •Church, Wol- seley. - Mr. Gilbert is a son of the late Rev. C. F. L. Gilbert, former recter of St. Thomas' Church, ,Seaforth, and he was ordained 'while the fam- ily lived at Seaforth, in 1946. His first charge was at Port Car- ling and later he served at Murillo and Espanola. Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert and family will take up their new charge on October 1, WIN PRIZES AT C.N.E. Three prizes have been won by •Seaforth Creamery for butter exhib- ited at the C.N.E. June class, creamery butter, and; August class 3rd; print class 3rd. Grand champion prize went to Notre Dame Creamery in Manitoba, ,1,,,,aB„a""fa„app,aaq O,u4pO„p, uueppapp,,,,a,,,,11,,11,,,„O,,,I„pepaapp,IUYnui, .Inl,a,,,O,,,,,,,,,p SA V AUG 5S pkv a o of, tt "O + rNE F///EST S/LV£RPLFTE p A Beautiful set that will always remind you of Coronation Year A 45 PIECE SERVICE FOR 8 IN THIS NEW CHEST FOR CONTENTS OF SET: 8 Knives 8 Salad Forks 8 Forks 8 Dessert Spoons 8 Teas 2 Tablespoons 1 Butter Knife 1 Seger Spoon 1 Cold Meat Fork BUY YOUR SET ON CONVENIENT LAYAWAY TERMS SAVAUGE'S Jewellery fine China Seaforth p,,,u,l11aaaua,0,,,pa,a ppapp eaa„ip„U„u0u,a,. aap11e„n„1u„a„1„1Iu„111,,,P,p„p„n,1.nu1,„11,u,11,e,,, DUBLIN ern Ontario the bride donned a gray rayon ensemble with black aceess- NOLAN - MURRAY ories and contrasting corsage. Pink and white gladioli adorned Mr. and Mrs. Nolan will reside in the altars of St. Patrick's Church, Seaforth, Dublin, on Saturday morning, Aug- Guests were present from Kitch- ust 29th, for the wedding of Miss ever, Detroit, London, Guelph, St. Thomas, laingsbridge and Seaforth. Personals: Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Holland, Windsor, with Mrs. Barb- ara Holland and Mr. and Mrs. 3, V. Flynn. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Carpenter and children, Chatham, with Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Carpenter Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Burgess, of Flint, Mich., with Mr. and Mrs. Jos- eph Dill. Mrs. Hubert O'Reilly visited in London. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Cleary, Lon- don, with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Evans. - Mr.. and Mrs. Martin L. Brick, of Toronto, with Mrs. Kathleen Feeney Mr. and Mrs. Frank Dill and son, tacked to her finger-tip veil and car- Lansing, Mich., with Mr. and Mrs. ried a bouquet of red and white Joseph Dill. roses. The maid of honor was the Pat Doyle and son, CIeveland, bride's sister, Miss Beatrice Murray, Ohio, with Mrs. Loretto Malyneaux, wearing a ballerina length strapless Mr. and Mrs. J., Ackroyd and gown of pale blue nylon net over children, Toronto, with airs. Jos- taffeta, os- t ff t the bodice adorned with h O'Rourke. centre; net bolero and matching' Mrs. Thomas 141miis in Galt. Helen Louise Murray, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John E. Murray, Dub- lin, to Mr. Joseph Andrew Nolan, son of Mr. and Mrs. Janes Nolan, Dublin. Bev. J. B. Ffoulkes, D.C.L., officiated at the ceremony and sang the nuptial Mass and Mrs. William Lane was organist. 1 The bride entered the church with her father, wearing a waltz length • gown of white net over taffeta with deep hent of Chantilly lace, design- ed with strapless tight -fitting bodice, roll stand-up collar and long tight- fitting sleeves, A jacket of net and a shawl of Chantilly lace with tiny buttons down the front, completed her costume. She wore a coronet head dress trimmed with pearls at - ST THOMAS' W.A. The first autumn meeting of St. Thomas' W.A. was held in the parish 'hall on Tuesday, Sept lst. Mrs. G. McGavin, president, welcomed the new rector and his wife, the Rev.. and Mrs. James. Meeting opened with Scripture lesson from Romans. Special prayers for the ministers, scholars and scientists, members and I Lord's prayers in unison. A letter was read from Mrs. Cal- der, president of the diocesan W.A., uest to !rase funds ftolt build e bishop's s coronation mission church as a tribute to our Queen. $29 was received at this meeting. IBishop Wilkinson is corning to the diocese and will take the evening' `service in St. George's Church, at Goderieh, on Sunday, Oct. 4th. Date i for the fall deanery will be an- nounced later. Next meeting of the W.A. will be i October 6th. After dedicating the offertory, Mrs. McGavin closed the meeting with the benediction. PRESBYTERIAN LADIES' AID The Ladies' Aid of First Presby- terian Church met on Tuesday af- i ternoon, ";Sept. lst, in the• school room of the church, The meeting was opened by the president, Mrs. H. E. Smith, with a poem, "Too Bus,y.” The secretary's and treas- urer's reports were given and a short business period was hold, This was followed by a solo by Betty Simpson,- entitled "I Shall Not Pass Again This Way," accompanied by Mrs, M. R. Rennie. The guest speaker was Mrs. R. Y. MacLar'en af•Hensall, speaking on the different holidays of the year whieh are like a resting day for us. Refreshments were served by the social commit- tee. ENTRIES FROM HURON Livestock entries from Huron at the Western Fair include: Dairy Cattle—Wm. Boyd, Wal- ton; T. Hayden & Son, Gerrie; Hu- ron Holstein Breeders Association, Goderieh; G. R. Mcl{lel, Clinton; Pe- ter Simpson, Seaforth; Walter Woods, Wingham. Heavy Horses Wm. J. Dale, Clinton; T. 3. McMichael, Auburn, Sheep—Ephraim Snell a&: Sons, Clinton; P. R. Dearing & Son, Ex- eter, I 1 bells atrcl tamer Ilowcrs, appreciation for the zeal and tnttn- a ea, white daisies and a pearl in the ep head dress and mittens. Her flowers Mr, and Mrs. Joseph Meladv and were white lilies and roses. The Mrs. Ann Murray spent the week bridesmaids were Mrs. Joseph De- end in Detroit. 'alley, sister of the bride, and Miss. Mr. and Mrs. Martin Murray Joan Flanagan, wearing identical have left on a trip to Florida and gowns, ballerina length, of heavenly southern States. blue nylon net over tissue taffeta, air. and Mrs. Thos. Butters at - designed with fitted strapless bad- tended the golden wedding of Mr. ice, brief stole over the shoulders, and Mrs. Joseph Matthews at Sea - arid silver edged rosettes adorned forth on Saturday. the full skirt. They wore matching' A post -nuptial reception honoring head dresses and carried Talisman p p , roses. The winsome flower girl, Mr. aylelts, Thomas Morris, recent Shirley Anne Murray, was gowned newly-weds, was held in Seaforth in blue nylon net over taffeta and community centre on Friday night. matching poke bonnet, and carried A large group of friends anti well - a basket 0f mixed flowers. tvishers assembled to extend felirit- The bridegroom was attended by ations. A congratulatory address his brother, r. Frank Nolan, and was read by Jack O'Reilly and pres- Mr. Jerry Murray, brother of the entation of a purse of money was bride, and Mr. James Nolan, brother tuade by Jack \Sortie. The guest• 1 b 1 m ushered the honer graciously expressed their of the ricegioo , guests. thanks. Dancing wasenjoyed to the The soloists were Misses Anne music of the Willowgrove Serenad- Tomlinson and Helen Horan, who ere, Lunch was served by the corn - sang "On This Day, 0 Beautiful mittee sponsoring the affair. Mother" and "Ave Maria" during The executive officers of the the offertory and when the bride Dublin 'Catholic Women's league placed a Hower at the altar of the for 1958 entertained the retiring Blessed Virgin, " OMother, At Thy officers at the home of Mrs, Jack 'Blessed I'ni lanee'ing, Meagher on Wednesday when an Following the nuptial Mass a wed- enjoyable social evening took place. I ding breakfast was served at the Three tables of progressive euehre home of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph De- were arranged, the prizes for high laney, which was artistically decor- scores being won by Mrs. Louis ated with •pial: and white streamers, Bruxeu• and Mrs. M. Shulman. In Afterwards si reception was held ing efforts of the president, Mrs, at the home of the bride's parents, Jack Meagher, an address teas react when Mrs. Murray received the by Mrs. Stella Curtin and presonta- guests wearing a deep red crepe tion of a gift was made by Miss costume trimmed with black velvet, Marie Nagle. Mrs. Meagher grac- iously expressed her thanks. The members of the social committee served a delicious lunch.. (Mrs. A, Witetham and Kenneth, accompanied Mr. and Mrs, H. Pugh to Claremont for the week end. HENSALL Mrs. Diaz McEwen enjoyed a Pleasant vacation with relatives at Port Elgin this week. Mr. and Mrs, 'Peter McNaughton. visited recently with the former's sister, Miss Mae McNaughton, t v ho HOME AND SCHOOL CLUB is confined to hospital in Toronto. Keep Tuesday, .Sept. 1.5th, open Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Dignan of for the first Home and School Club London were recent visitors with meeting at the new school, Mr, and Mrs. Earl Dignan, and corsage of white carnations. She was assisted by the bride- groom's mother in a royal bine crepe dress trimmed with matching lace and corsage of white carnations. For the honeymoon trip to North-