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The Seaforth News, 1930-12-18, Page 4' pAOUR THE SEAFORTH NEWS.. Closing - Out Sale Of Our Entire Stock of Footwear Regardless of eostm OWING TO THE RECENT FIRE IN SEAFORTH THE PRE- MISES WE NOW OCCUPY ARE REQUIRED BY THE OW- NER WHICH FORCES US TO VACATE. SALE COM- MENCES AT 9 A.M. THUR SDAY, DEC. 113TH Men's Footwear MEX$ NEW FALL OXFORDS "Closin..Qut at Regular $6.00 and $6.50 MEN'S FINE CALF HIGH SHOES cloSing Ont at New Fall Stock, Regttlar $5.00 and S6.00 $3.95 $3.79 MEN'S WORK SHOES New Fall While They Last Reg. $4.50 CHRISTMAS SLIPPERS FOR MEN AND BOYS Clottg out at LESS THAN COST OVERSHOES, HIGH LACED RUBBERS Late Laced Rubbers. Closing out at LESS THAN COST $2.95 30 Pairs INFANTSPATENT LEATHER AND KID °Fel w tea SLIPPERS. New Fall Stock ..• • . • • • • • • .• • Sizes Sa to 71/4_ Regular $1.55 to $2.00 EVERYTHING MUST GO AT ONCE Why not buy Practical Gifts for Christmas presents. Your Dollar will get you $1.50 Values at our Great Closing Out Sale Hockey Shoes BOYS' HOCKEY SHOES $1.95 BOYS' PROFESSIONAL HOCKEY SHOES 2.25 LADIES' PROFESSIONAL HOCKEY SHOES 2.49 MEN'S HOCKEY SHOES 2.65 MEN'S PROFESSIONAL HOCKEY SHOES 2.85 Ladies' Footwear LADIES' FLEECE LINED RUBBER GOLOSHES. Closing out at New Stock. LADIES' HOUSE SLIPPERS Christmas Stock. Closing at $1.79 BEDROOM SLIPPERS, Fancy Satin and Kid Kl('r) and $2.50 Lines, Out they go at. LADIES' FELT HOUSE BOOTS 1 Christmas Stock. While they last, at...$.29 LADIES' HOUSE SHOES, New Stock To Kil T.eather. Out they go at OUR STOCK OF LADIES' RUBBERS, GOLOSHES, FINE SHOES must go at LESS THAN COST 79c 1.35 1.19 LADIES' SILK HOSE, full fashioned 89c Per pair LADIES PURE SILK HOSE Per Pair WHITE SHOES Suitable for Rouse \Vear 59c 19c STORE FIXTURES Consisting of Cash Register, Shoe Benches and Seats, Tools, Safe, Silent Salesman, all must -be sold. .Fre a 1 . Seaforth FRII)AY DEC 26 IN A:O.U.V.T. HALL, WALTON Stratford OrChestra ' Admission $1.60 Ladies Free • . . , MEMElniniiiniSOMEMISONEEN BLYTH COUPLE REACH ' CHINESE MISSION FIELDS. WO Dr. and Mrs. J. C. Ross To Be Sta- tioned at Fowchow, China, Bclow are a group of letters receiv- ed on MOnday by Mrs. Mary Tayl'or, of Blyth, fyoln. -her daughter, Mrs, (IDr.) J, C. Rosi,, nee Miss Annie, Taylor.. , Mrs. Ross and ,her. huOarid, let Blyth after their Marriage,..on •Sept. 6th, 56 'become missionaries • in. WALTON: ' Mis'Effie Balfour returned home Simdayalter spending the week, e0,' 'with her' sister, Mrs, Ed. Fawcett •in •London"; • • • Miss Viola Carter ,and her Mother have gone to London for a few .days: Viola intends tco, take up 'her work again. ati. and Mrs. D,••Drager of Galt visited 'Mrs. Charles Drager of Wal- ton over the week end. Miss Viola Carter and MissI 'Hoy of Walton Spent a few digys in Blyth last week. Miss ,A,lethea Carter spent a .few clays'visiting isa Brussels last week. Quite a number from Walton at, tended the dance in Dublin last Fri- day night and all report a good time. Mr. and Mrs. James !Bishop .of Walton have returned 1 rom a trip to North Bay. They visited their daughter, Mrs. •R.",Alderson. . . :\lr. Art .Brenton spent the .w.eek end at R. W. Hoy's, • Mrs. Thomas Marshall and her daughter, Jean, were in Blyth visit- ing Mrs• Wnl. Morritt last week. The W.M.S. of Duff's United Church, \Valton, met at the manse on Wednesday. December 10th. Mrs, L Leeming presided. The meeting was 6pened by singing hymn.. 165, "Joy to the World, the Lord is come" and Mrs, Leeming read the Bible reading taken from Luke 2, chapter 8 to 14 verses, after which Miss M. ,Smillie led in prayer. The devotional leaflet, "Give us this day our daily bread," was read by Beatrice Kear- ney. Hymn 171 was sung, `rHark the Herald Angels Sing"; the topic, the second chapter of the new study book, "Friends of Christian Missions in Japan." was taken by Mrs. Robert Reid, assisted by Mrs, Shaw, Mrs. Marshall and Miss Smillie, Mrs. Mc- Callurn and Mrs. 'McCall gave splen- did reports of the meeting of the centre section Of the Presbyterial held at Constance on Oct. 31. Hymn 374 was sung, "Jesus shall reign whereer the sun." after which the minutes of the November meeting were read and adopted. Roll call was answered by a woman's name men- tioned in the twelfth five books of the Bible. Mrs, Walter Davidson, the treasurer, gave the report for the Past year. The first and last verses of hymn 333, "Saviour again to Thy dear name we raise." was sung. Mrs. Robert Reid closed the meeting with prayer, • There were about fifty la- dies present. Quite a number from around Wal- ton attended the arson trial at Strat- f•,rd last week. Mrs. Dow and son of Hibbert town- ship visited with Mr. and Mrs. Jos. Love quite recently. Mrs. Dow is a sister of Mr, Love. Mr, and Mrs. W. Farquharson and two children and Mrs. Love spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Hender- son in McKillop. Mrs. 'jos, Carter and Viola have one to London to visit, the former's sister, Mrs. John Sholdice. Mayor and Mrs. R. G. Parke spent Sunday afternoon with friends at Wal- ton. Mr. and Mrs. L. Cummings spent liondey in London. The stores are being decorated for Christmas and they are looking quite city like. Monday was the coldest day of the season. There is good wheeling, but not very good sleighing, Miss Berva. Steins was laid up for a few days with a very bad cold. The charity sewing circle sent two bales of clothing to the Salvation Ar- my, Toronto, to be distributed where they saw it was most needed among the poor. The annual bazaar of St. George's Church was held on Dec, 3rd in the 1,0.U.W. hall. Although the wea- ther was stormy for a few days it did not seem to prevent the people.' from attending. There was a splendid dis- play of all kinds of fancy work and plain sewing and the supper did not lose its reputation. Proceeds were $180.00. The ladies are to be congra- tulated on their success. There are some articles not yet sold and these can be seen any time at the home of Mrs. Smith in the village, Mr, and Mrs, Ritchie Drager visit - in the village on Sunday. W. C, Bennett was in Stratford on Friday, Mrs. Marshall spent a few days in Blyth last week. • • . . • ,:Hankow, N,ov.. 1,. 1930, .. My •Pear 'Mpther,--4Here , are' this far up .,the .famous Yangtze river. We have been ,five days on it 'now and by about .ten days More I expect 'we• will have reached our destination. W'e waste a lot of time cutting at the (HE- ' fereot places.. We' usually - have to wait • several hours at' each place for, this is a mail -steamer ant1 has to wait on the t-rrails ,or 'until the, postmaster tells them they can go. We .are .cer- tainly very, very comfortable with our select cktvoci. The Captain says this is 'the best crowd•of• missionaries he has 'had on his boat for a long time. He's a real jolly 'Seatchman, been on the ocean • for twenty-four years and spins some great yarns. He has sail,. ed most all over the world and had quite a severe sickness a year ago s0. they gut him on this run to get built up, IT e greatly prefers the ocean - the rougher the :better. Among his yarns one night he 'told us about the Worst storm he was ever in: he said the wind was so terrible it blew --"the flags off the captain's 'buttons." Of course everyone was sitting wide eyed and open mouthed and for a minute thought that fact was truth. PatsY and John hang after him all the time _he's had them into every hole and corner of the steamer and they think he's just great. 'He and Dr. Thomp- son play chess by the hour until Mrs. Thompson threatens to throw the old chess board in the river. It's getting quite cool here now. There.was a bit of heat in the ship last night,. the first fire we've felt since we left Canada. It was a •dirtY night, raining and windy and cold. The heat is still on in the radiator. Jack and I played checkers until nearly midnight and he beat me ev- ery time. He bought a checker set in Hankow this morning so we'll have one of our own. The one we were using belonged to the ship. The scenery has been lovely com- ing up river and so far everything has gone perfectly -no seasickness en this river. There have been moun- tams and villages and flat land, etc. We saw them ploughing one day, using, water buffalo instead of horses. They were clumsy looking articles, too; it would take more than one year to plough 100 acres, A Builders of Canada Contest. Our attention has been drawn to an, interesting contest just launched by the Family Herald & Weekly Star, known as the Builders of Canada Contest. 8300.00 are offered in Cash Prizes to those most success- ful in solving 'a set of interesting puzzle pictures. A list of the outstanding. men- in our Dominion's history is given each contestant taking part and this pro- vides a Contest both educating and profitable. At the same time the con- test is so arranged that a knowledge of Canadian history is not essential to winning the finest of the prizes . Any of our readers will find it well •worth their while dropping a line to the Family Herald & Weekly Star for details of the Contest which will be gladly sent to anyone interested along with a sample copy of the paper. Evening Reunions! • "Homesick Hour". for travelling men is .the hour after dinner. Thought flies back to the family circle and loneliness comes. Then is it the time to pick up the telephone and enjoy a long distance reunion with the folks back home, ' It's almost like being with them! • China Navigation 'Company's S.S. "Changsha," Nov. 4, '1930. Dearest Mother.--Welll We've ar- rived quite safely at Ichang and the party are all o.k, and feeling fine. We change boats here and take a smaller boat to go to Chunking. The river is going down veryfast and this bbat can wily go up in high water. The other boat is supposed to be the best boat this end of the river. We have been very .fortunate in getting good accommodation. We have certainly been very comfortable on this little boat and they say the other one is just as good. I hope so. Did you get the letter I wrote you from Hankaw. Be sure and tell me; we gave it to a boy to post and wond- ered if it was posted. There was a .bit of excitement this morning about 5 a.m. when we ran on a sand bar. They got it off in a few minutes but then the rudder chain 'broke and that held us up for about 15 or 20 minutes, It sure .did scare me to death and gave every one a jolt for a few moments while we rolled out of bed to find out the trouble. 'However' we were quite soon on our way again and made re- cord time to Ichang, reaching here about 8.13 p.m. I think maybe we move on again •to -morrow but not sure just 'when the boat leaves. I hope you are not too lonely and blue on the lith Nov,I111 be think- ing of you a lot. 'This letter should reach around Dec. Ist. I can't real- ize it takes so long. It will soon be two months since we left, and won't be long until we'll be counting the days to going home again. Wong that be great. • Don't you be looking one day older then! 'Won't I be the antique looking creature stepping home in parts of my bridal trousseau? 1111 I wish you would write Eaton's and Simpson's a card and tell them to send me a catalogue so I can keep up with the "styles." I most likely will be sending there for things next year, Mrs. Wilford says they give goad service to the missionaries out here. THURSDAY, DEC. 18, 1930. Shop Early For Special Gifts RADIO for the llorne for Christmas Come 'in and ;::see and hear this We have the ,Store full of Beautiful Things for '6ifts for. Everyone at very Reason= • able Prices Furniture Store Sole Agents THE NEW FADA RADIO Store Open Evenings till Christmas a day's journey from there .and can always get a boat; s I am glad thdre is some recompense for. • being set among stnangers. They speak well of the people in the Mission there and say we will soon feel "one of the family." I am going, to be that much nearer- you, anyway, and our mail won't take so long to come and go. • - The men have gone on shore to see about the boat for the rest of the trip. They think it goes in the morning. 1By the way I forgot to tell you that Mrs. Thompson's people come from Lucknow-her home was there. You can send our mail to Fowchow 11 OW and tell anyone that wants to write us to send it there. Well. if I don't stop I will have to pay overweight. 1 am sending this down to Shanghai with the nice Scotch engineer. He's had us all in spasms -he is a typical Harry Lander and is sure lots cff fun. I never heard anyone talk such broad Scotch be- fore and it's natural talk all the time. Love to friends and loads for your- self and Tappy dog. Yours. Annie B. Fowchow, Szechwan, West China, co United Church of Can, Mission. Again PS.-This.is the recipe of a cake we were veryfond of on this boat and the Captain gave us the re- cipe: 14 lb. butter, 1.4 lb. 'sugar, beat- en up good and melted into 1 doz. eggs, beaten up again with 1 Ib. flour, currants, raisins, dried orange peel, sweet pumpkin and a little baking powder. It would be rather expen- sive at home but here where eggs are so cheap it's ;ale, The butter is the big problem. It's a Scotch recipe and is delicious -would make a good light Christmas cake. Try half of it. He al- so makes it in little drop cakes the same. He makes the big cake in a deep round dish. The scenery is quite pretty around here. mountains on one side of river and city on the other. Wed, a.m., Nov. Sth, Dear Mother, --We got definite word here that we are to be stationed at Fov,,choW.. We got such nice, friendly, welcotning letters from Mr. and Mrs. licArnmond there, giving us all the details. We ere to live in with Mr. and Mrs. 'Morgan for • a few months, They have the house all ready for us -we will have four rooms and get our meals with them Until we. get a bit of the language and able to do for ourselves. That will givens a chance to get our furniture, tao. I will be able to tell you all about it 1 about four days now. We are sorry to leave the friends we have been travelling with for so long. They say they will be continu- ally looking' around for us thinking we have got mislaid somewhere. They were always so afraid we would get lost from them and not be able to talk the language. However we stuck like leeches. The' think it is wonderful for us to be at Fowchow and are quite glad. It saves us ten days overland travel in a chair and then we are right on the river and it there ever should be any trouble we can always make our exit, in a hurry for there are 'Bri- tish gunboats stationed at Chung- king all the time and we are just about China Navigation Co. S.S. Wanliu. Nov. 8, 130. Dear Mother, -We are moving on again ttp through the rapids 'and gorges and really the scenery is lovely -much the same as coming through the inountairts-only we are on a nice little boat, tWe left Ichang this morning (Sat.) at 6 a.m. and it is now 2 p.m. and we have had beautiful mountain scenery all the way. This part of the trip is supposed to be one of the beauty spots of the world. Of course I do'nt think it can equal the Canadian scen- ery at all. We were in Ichang front Tuesday night until this morn. We stayed on the boat Changsha until Thursday ev- ening and then came over . to this boat. On Wednesday afternoon we were all over to Dr. Botherick's at Ichang for afternoon tea. He is in charge of the men's hospital.. Re and his wife are Scotch and we had the loveliest scones and jam for tea, Ott • .Wednesday afternoon Mrs. Wilford and Mrs. Thompson anti I went over to the Scotch Mission to see some of the fancy work the Chin- ese women do. Miss Moore is head of the Industrial School there and reallyit is beautiful. It is hard to imagine such fine work done by hand. I would have loved to have had a lunch set but the one I especially ad- mired was $23. Mrs. Thompson looks after that sort of work in Chingtu and said she could get me one made any time and with better linen so 111 wait until the next "pay day,"1 • .My vaccination was a huge suc- cess and now 1 sport a lovely big scab about the size of a 25c •piece. I had a couple of miserable days but escaped very lucky to what a great number of people do. Now, the long delayed job is done and I'll -have no worry of small pox! This is a lovely little steamer, nicer than the Changsha very cosy and good eats. There is a lovely observa- tion deck with all sorts of easy chairs and tables. Jack and Dr.- Thompson are sitting here playing chess and I K,;..wt.int..47,,; Massey -Harris No. 6A Tractor Plow 440,50\ A_ THE STRONGEST PLOW IN ITS CLASS. • ;New patented Cushion Hitch, can be set Ifor tractor or horses. It does away with the Old 'Style Wooden Break Pin, The Patented Power Lift is simple and strong. It raises the plow full height, while advancing only two feet. JO -IN GALLOP AGENT FOR FROST FENCE SUPERTEST GAS and OILS All Repairs and Labor Cash. Open Evenings. and trying to write and making an awful mess of it. In the first place I am trying to write on my knee and - then the boat engines make it hard to do good writing even if I could. There is the cutest, sweetest little pup on the steamer. It belongs to the engineer and it is the cutest thing, It is only 3 months old and is black and white Japanese Spaniel. It struts around as if it owned the boat and every one makes such a fuss over it. In a couple more days well be at Fowchow I guess. I'll write as soon as we get to Fowchow. I do hope there is mail at Chunking for us. I don't know what I'll do if there isn't. Love, yours, Annie and jack. BLYTH. • Hydro power on the Belgrave rural line will be turned on in a few days, Wednesday or Thursday. Mr. Wm. Thuell, local hydro man, is now wir- ing the • Potter farm on the highway. the last farm to he wired. The line to the Oster farm is completed. The 1930 council held its final and statutory meeting Monday evening. Times may be hard, but an enviable record of tax paying is established, there being only $14 unpaid taxes re- ported by the treasurer. Christmas services will be 'observed in the United Churches on Sunday next, In St, Andrew's Church at ,both services, Christmas sermons will be preached by the pastor, Rev. Geo, Weir, with special music by the choir, and Monday evening the usual Sunday school tree will be held. In pirate of the customary program, an entertainer and reader, Mr. W. B. Crow. of Lucknow, has been secured. On Sunday morning in Queen street Church there will be a Christmas ser- mon by the pastor, Rev. E. L. And- erson, and Christmas music by the choir under the leadership of Mr. Ir- vine Wallace, and rece,pti.on of new members. In the evening will be held that beautiful annual event, the 'White Gitt service, benefits of which go to those in need; and on Tuesday, Dec. 23rd the Christmas tree. The Mission Band of Queen street United Church of which Mrs. Bender was appointed stmerintednent by the W.M.S. last week, elected their offi- cers on Thursday: President, Pauline Robinson; vice president, Gore n Ly- on; correspOnding secretary, Ial Leslie; treasurer, Winona Heslc; picaYns- ist, Dorothy." Hollyman; music com- mittee, Edwin Bender; mite box sec- retary, Ruth Hilborn; birthday treas- urer, Howard , Leslie. Lunch was served and a peanut hunt played by the boys after which Rev. Mr, And- erson spoke to •the Band. • Mr. and Mrs, C. Bin -ling visited their son in Strafford on Friday. Members of the band have coin, mantel practising a ,play for another benefit concert to be presented in the ne'airfuttlilreM Mr adrs. Earl McKnight hive returned to their home in Aubura. Mr. McKnight has been ill here with, quinsy since he came to help his bro-, ther-in-law, Mr. Snell, during Octo- ber. Mr, .Russell Armstrong of Londosa was a visitor at his ,horne. His father, Mr. Martin Armstrong, was able to be out again after his recent illness. Mrs. Robert Nesbitt, who has been quite ill, is improving nicely. I Mr, Courtney and three small chil- dren, moved from Kincardine into the house lately occupied by Howard, Brunsdon and will carry on the imp- lement business. Mr. and Mrs. Herb McElroy, Bar- rie, and jack, visited friends in Strat- ford on Saturday. Mr, Jack Tasker has returned ,to Aldershot after visiting his ,motherc in• Blyth for a couple of weeks. The Men's Quartette of Queen St, Church sang a beautiful anthem on Sunday evening last, entitled, "'Unto the Hills Do I Lift Up Mine Eyes." MANLEY. The ',Merry "Makers started their series of games and 'dancing for the winter last week at the home of lir. and Mrs. Harry Bennewies where all enjoyed themselves to their .hearts content, all leaving wishing their host and hostess many hippy returns of such occasions, Mrs. \V: Manley and her daughter Bernice, spent the week end at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. Eckatt, in Seaforth, A number from here left for a cfiallenge game af 'cards in the vic- inity of Seaforth which came out vic- torious for ,the home boys. 'On Tuesday morning our burg was aroused when fire broke out and des- . troyed the home of Mr. Thomas Ryan. L'very one reached the scene but before help arrived the house .nns beyond redemption. •Mr. and Mrs, Ryan were fighting the fire which had caught the • children's clothes and could not pay attention to the burn- ing house while one boy received ser- ious burns, and two girls and Mr. and Mrs. Ryan also. No contents were saved as the bucket brigade worked hard to save the barm, as the straw stack caught fire several times. The sympathy of the community goes out to Mr. and Mrs.,.•Ryan in the•loss they sustained which was only covered by small insurance. Oti • . • Quality Sells It. -The fact that so many thousands of intelligent people continue to tise Dr. Thomas' Eclectric ,Oil .speaks volunies .for its healing efficiency. Ever .since it was first introduced it has grown steadily in public favor, awing entirely to it manifold usefulness in relieving and healing sickness. As a specific for cuts, 'burns, scalds, and various in- flammatory pains its record in beyond reproach,