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The Seaforth News, 1931-03-12, Page 1There's a dear tittle plant that grows •" in our isle,/ 'Twas St. Patrick himself stere that set it; ' And the stun on his ,labor with, •pleas -e ere did smile, he Seforth And with dew from his eye often wet' i it, The sweet little shamrock, the dear little shamrock, ' The sweet little, green little shamrock of Treland. Curran, WHOLE SERIES, VOL. 53, No. 11. DINNERS and SUPPERS - Reg.ulaa ly HOT LUNCHES at all hours OUR HOME (ADE SPECIALTIES Prices Reasonable' ,, The 1 Confectionery Iymia nd Restaurant Oranges This season the quality is unusually HHTGiH; prices unusually LOW. SUNKIST SEEDLESS NAVEL ORANGES, 3 doz. '.....50c Larger Oranges at 25c to 60c per doz. 'Same sizes last year were. double the price. LEMONS, largest size 30c doz. • GREEN GIANT PEAS, large tender juicy, per can , .s.,.: 25c Every year so far the demand for this brand of !peas . has been greater than the supply. OTHER PEAS at 20q i5c, 13c, lOc and Sc per can. TO'M'ATOES, large 'cans at lOc to 13c per 'can, TOMATOES, small can...:....... 5c DOMESTIC ONIONS, first'quality, 2.25 per 90 Ib. bag. These will keep .till green•onions are ready. Why not stock_ up at this low price ? FINE HALLOWI.D.ATES 6 lbs, 25c ELECTRIC LIGHT BULBS, 25, 40, 60 watt, guaranteed 1000 hours for 25c FINEST RED SALMON TROUT 15c Ib. or 12%c ib. for whole fish LIQUID VENEER regular 25e for 15c GEM LYE, 100% pure and.2 oz. heavier than. (Gillett's at 2 for 25c CLASSIC CLEANSER, one of the best, 3 for 25c QUICK NAPHTHA'WHITE SOAP FLAKES—Regular 2Oc' for 1'S SUPER SUDS,. regular 2 for 25c, at .3 for 25c Butter, Eggs, Dried Apples, Feathers, etc. taken in exchange for groc- eries, F. D. HUTCHiSON Phone Phor Phood 166 COAL QUALITY -SERVICE PHONE ,'. MANLEY. The many friends of Miss Eileen Eckert are glad to know she is im- proving after an attack of a felon on her finger. Our burg was in the grip of a real old fashioned .winter of late. Mr, John A. Eckert is the busiest man in our burg attending to his baby chicks, and rebuilding second hand iteries of delco plants and all kinds of car batteries.John is a hustler and is naturally a machinist. WEST BRODHAGEN, Mr. Henry Dietz who has not been well of late, is slowly improving, and fe able to be around as usual, Last Saturday afternoon and night we had a terrible storm although -no damage reportedas yet. There are some very big snow drifts in places so that some farmers have to shovel snow to get out to the road. Mr, Charles Eggert got a hired man from Kitchener last week for a reasonable salary. •CHURCH CARD. North Side United Church.—Pastor, Rev. W. P. Lane. B.A. Sunday, March 15th. 11 a.m.-Public Worship. Subject, "Faithfulness as a Basis of Reward." 2.30 p.m. -Sunday School and Bible Classes. 7 p.m.—Public Worship. Subject, "'Ioamortalizing the Common.' 6th in series Life and Times of Moses. HURON OLD' BOYS AS- SOCIATION OP TORON rO. Donit forget April 1st and don't get 'fooled:: Come to our big Euchre andBridgeat Hygeia Hall, Wednes- day evening, April lst, at 8 o'clock. Splendid prizes will be awarded. Dainty Huron refre'sh'ments will be served. New and old time dancing. Tickets 47c and 3c tax. C. G. Van stone. Pres.; E. Floody, Sec., 58 Close avenue. Phone Lake 32716. LEGION : MASQUERADE DANCE TICKETS. Tickets for the above dance are on sale at the following places—J. E. Keating, druggist; Geo. Ferguson, hardware; W. A. Wright, garage;, Fred Barlow; eshoe repair • shop; C. P. Sills, Postelfice; J. A. Westcott, jeweller, or from any of the Legion Members. Secure your tickets early. Costumes can be secured from T. Beattie, postoffice. DIVISION COURT. An unusually large court sitting before Acting Jnxlge Dedley Hol'mes was 'held 'March' ;6th. The following cases were disposed of: J. iRegier vs. `Estate of Carlin—ad- ourined to 'April court. D. Gardiner vs. Seaforth Agricul- tural Society—adjourned. James Carlin vs. Lynch—adjourned to 'March'llth. George Bell vs. 'R. 'Cooper—ad- journed to March '111th. Fryfogle vs. 'Seaforth ,Agricultural Society—adjourned to April court. J. T. Storey vs. 'White -judgment for plaintiff. John `Regier vs. Walker — action dismissed without costs. J. M. Cardio vs. . Thamer—judg- merit for plaintiff. Dominion Sank vs. 'Silverberg— judgment for plaintiff. EGMONDVILLE. Y.P.S.—"Shooting Butterflies with Rifles," which was interpreted to mean "Making Tragedies of Trifles,". was the subject of a very interesting talk given by Mrs. Malcolm Tuesday night. Thiis is the first time Mrs. Malcolm has addressed the Y.E. and they are looking forward to hearing her again soon. The devotional period opened with quiet music followed by singing c"O God of 'Bethel,"; , Helen Thompson led in prayer. The Scripture lesson was read by Vivian Townsend and Gladys ,Coleman spoke on the subject. "God's 'Leading." ' "He 'Leadeth Me" was then sung. The mission study was taken by May Wallace who gave an account ofh t e work among Jap- anese women. This was followed by the )Hymn "Jesus Bids us 'Shine:" During the social half ,hour charades were played. The meeting closed by singing 'The Church's !One "Founda- tion" and repeating the 'Mizpah ben- ediction, Card Party AND DANCE ST. PATRICK'S HALL, DUBLIN. 'urs©tMar. 17 SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 1931. TOWN COUNCIL. The regular .monthly meeting of ;he town council was held in the council chamber on :Monday evening. Report of the finance committee was adopted as read: W. G.' Fee, sal- ary $70; Jno. A. 'Wilson, $75; Thos• Storey $70; C.N:R., crossing protec- tion and rent, $19,91; Geo. D. Fergu- son, account, $6.80; Geo. A. Sills Sons, $3,45; J. F. Daly, 58c, Bell Tel. Co $3,50; La France F, E. & foam- ite, $91.50;" Thos, Dickson $2.30; W. R. Smith, account charity, F. Reeves, $2.35, 3, Beacom $8.55, G.- Stead $15.- 83-426,73; Jos. G'rummett, acct. charity G. Stead, $2:80; S, Allen, acct., $2,50; Harry W. Hart, acct., $7.00; C.N. Express Co., $1.13; Jas. V, Ry- a wages $70.00; F. Reeves, wages, credit, $1.25; N. Dupee, credit. $3.75; Wm. Venus, credit, $7.50; G, Stead, credit, $3.50.; J. 13eauont, credit, $4.00; Ross Sproat, account charity—W. 7 a 'Venus, $_�._ 7 9'S N. Dupee 77; J. M. Cardno, acct, charity—F. Reeves, $111.44, N. Dupee $9.38, J. Beacon $15,67—$36,49; Purity Pur- veyors, acc . charity—G. Stead $5.25, F. Knight $1.75, J. Beacons $5:75, W. Venus $5, N. Dupee $5—$22.75; E. J, Barnett, acct charity J. Beacom— $1.45: Tho . Broome, acct., $6.91;. Wilson Hawkihs, acct., $34; Jas. E. Reynolds, acct charity --W. Venus— $2.65; Mrs, R. L. Clark, acct. charity —F. Knight—$8.09; John Rankin Agency, insurance, $10.50. IBeattie!:StephensL,That the Town subscribe to the Ontario Motor Lea- gue eague for an eighth page in their road book and that the mayor and clerk prepare an advertisement. IBeattie-Smith—That the auditors' report he accepted and the auditors paid. THE OLD AND THE NEW. (By "/Bride Bruder" in the Mail and Empire.). Several lively dis- cussions have grown out of the in- tensely interesting talk given by Mr. G. A. Reid before the Heliconian Club the other day. Ilis address was largely reminiscent. telling of the early 'Five—who worked about the same perio'd—Paul Kane, Kreighoff, Jacobi, Berthon and Fowler, men w'ho took the Canadian country as their theme; and of the early art so- cieties that antedated the Ontario Society of Artists—the Royal Canad- ian Academy, which was formed lat- er still, and of the student body of that time. The thought which stir- red in the minds of many ,who heard the talk was of the difference in the attitude to art of the world of that day in Canada, and the attitude which greets the aspiring artist of to -day. When these older men began, the art of painting pictures if it were considered at all, was thought to be something in which no real man would engage. There was widespread indifference, there was hostility. If a boy showed signs of working with paint and brushes and canvas he was quickly told that such waste of time was not to be thought of—there was no money in painting a picture, and. besides, what could anyone see in the country that was worth" painting ? This last was, perhaps, the most un- fortunate attitude of all, Yet there were those in whom the divine fire had been kindled and they refused to allow it to be quenched by those avho were dull of vision, who saw. only the material side of life. Worth The Struggle. Many fascinating tales of the early days were embroidered. upon Mr. Reidts talk—tales of going to Paris and there meeting Paul Peel for the first time and of haw the two Canad- ians exhibited in the Salon together, and so on. But standing out from them all was the story of how the young Reid, from a Wingham farm, hearing that there was a "real" artist in 'Seaforth, a Mr, 'Cresswell, persuaded another boy who had been fired with a desire to paint, to walk with hint the 20 miles between them and their heart's desire. The distance hi those days, over anything but good roads, was a different distance from what it is • to -day. It was a long pil- grimage and a hard one but the boys. found at the end the first original painting they had ever seen, and saw and talked with the man who had done it with his own hands. There are. thrills in plenty for an artist of to- day, but we doubt if ever again in the history of the country, the same kind of thrill that swept through those tired and foot -sore dads, when they sat in the same room with a picture and its painter, will sweep through any budding artist of the future. The, artists of to -day and of the days ahead, with a receptive public all ready to his hand, with a tradition on which to •build, may be forgiven if he - find it in his heart to: envy the pion- eers of the world of art in Canada. Y. P. S. Miss R. Fennell, convenor of the Missionary `Department of the Young People's Society of ,Northside United Church had charge of the meeting on Tuesday evening, Marchl th and'op- ened with hymn 98, after which the Lord's prayer was repeated in unison. Mrs. 1-I. Snell read Ps'alnt 121 and Rev. W. P. Lane' led in 'prayer. The minutes of the previol:s meeting were read by the Secretary and ad- opted. Miss Ethel Storey favoured ,with a piano solo and Miss Thomp- son with a vocal solo," accompanied by Miss Govenlock on the piano. The topic from the study bo k, "Japan and Her People;'t was to en by Mrs. Close. After singing by nn 81, the meeting closed with the ; izpah ben- ediction. •Under the direct on of Miss Wood games were then eilj.oyed for a short time, HILLSGREE The \V.M.S. are holdini their reg- ular monthly meeting at t home of Mrs. Robert Stephenson Wednes- day afternoon. Mr, John Farquhar of ensall is spending a few days with his grand- parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. •ochrane. Mrs. Robt. ' Parson ep at a few days with her daughter, 34rs, j. Fer- guson of Tuckersmith. Mr. Alf 'Westgate is engaged with Mr. Cleve Cochrane of near Bruce - field for a few weeks. The Y.P.S. are holding. a St. Pat- rick's box social in the b,asement of the church on Tuesday evening, Mar. 17th. Contests and games and sing- ing of real Irish style will be on the programme for the evening's enter- tainment. Everyone come; and bring a box. Everyone welcome, STANLEY. Mrs. Orval McClinchey was taken suddenly ill last week and on Satur- day she was taken to the hospital at London. Her many friends hope she may have a speedy recovery. Mr, Stewart Keys of Toronto Uni- versity spent the week end at his home on the Babylon line. Our assessor, Mr. Joseph Hood, is making his annual rounds. Miss Margaret McKinley spent the week end at her home on Goshen. Mr. Lloyd Scotohmer made a trip to Toronto last week with a truck- load of cattle, He was accompanied by Mr. Lorne Armstrong. After spending the winter at the home of her parents, Mr, and Mrs. H. D. Steckle, Miss Solina'Steckle re- turned to Waterloo on Monday. The young people of the neighbor- hood gave a surprise party to Mr. and Mrs. Valentine Gerber and family on Thursday evening _last. Mr. and Mrs. Gerber are leaving shortly for Nebraska, U. S. A., where they intend .to make their home. The' recent snow storm is holding up car traffic at present and the mer- ry jingle of sleigh bells is heard once more. Mr. and Mrs. Pete Gingerich and family visited Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Steckle Saturday last. Mr. and Mrs. Lorne Manson spent Thursday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Carnie. Report of S. S. No. 14, Stanley, for February. • Sr. TV.—Margaret McKenzie 70, Mabel Talbot 69. Jr. IV. — Andrew McKenzie 78. Wilmer Jones 63, Wesley Jones 63, Elmer Hayter 62, Margaret Jones 59, Alex. MoBeath 58, Mary Aldrich 58. Sr. ItIII.—Audrey Cochrane 76, Har- vey Hayter 73, Aubrey Farquhar 60, Harold Jones 56. Sr. 1.1L•—George Clifton 59, Kath- leen Jones 57, Mary Farquhar, absent. Jr. II. -=Eric Switzer 40. Primer. — Mervin Hayter, Ernie Talbot, •Donald Switzer, Kenneth McKenzie. No, on roll, 21. Average attendance 19.7 Philippa C. Penfold, Teacher. The following is the report of S.S. No. 7, Stanley, for the month. of Feb- ruary: Canadian Legion SECOND ANNUAL MASQUERADE Tuesda yYt March 17th CARDNO''S -HALL, SEAFORTH Olin Brown's Winter Garden Orchestra Dancing Refreshments Prizes Ladies' Character; Ladies' Comic Ladies' National Gents' Character; Gents' Comic Gents' National Lucky Ticket Prize Further Details Announced' Neat Week. Jr. IV.—Jeanette McAllister `69%, Doreen Riechert 52%, Wilmer Turn- er, 47%. Sr. III.—Allan Love 79%, Billie Reid 71%. Jr. ITI.—John McClinchey 71%, Julene Stephenson 69%, Stewart Tur- ner 51%, Sr: II.-2largaret Reichert 84%. Jr. IL—Margaret Love 98%, El- more McClinchey 96%, Ruth McAl- lister 92%, Emma McAllister 82%. I: -George McClinchey 60%, Clif- for McClinchey, 32%. Pr. --Cordon Johnston, Ivan Steph- en son. T. S. Beattie, Teacher. TUCKERSMITH. Mr. James Finlayson is laid up with an attack of quinsy. Messrs. Alec and Mac Chesney est Sundawith -y their aunt, Mrs. James Thompson, near Brucefield. Mr. Dan. Ross had a sale last Tues- day and intends leaving very soon for the West. The recent snow storms have filled the roads up again. Mr, Kenneth Jackson 'has returned to resume his duties in Guelph. Mrs. Jas. Allan of Egmondville re- turned home Saturday after spending the week with 'Mr. and Mrs. David McLean, Mr. and Mrs. Percy Cole visited last Friday with Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Te'bbutt. The Ladies' Club of West End held their monthly meeting at the home of "Mrs.:Herman Crich. The roll call was answered by a showing of your choice apron, after which a debate was held on which is the best—a clean tidy, ill-natured wife. or a slov- enly and dirty, good-natured one. The judges called it a tie, as each side seemed to have the same num- ber of points. Miss Margaret Fear and Miss 'Hazel Pepper were on the ill-natured side and Miss Sadie Ball and Miss Pearl Pepper on the op- posite side. Then the ladies, num- bering about 40, spent the afternoon in piecing quilts for Jhe poor. Lunch was served and the next month the meeting wil'1 be held at the home of Mrs. Giff. Crich. The many friends of Mr. David McLean will be pleased to know he is able to be around again after being confined to his roost with jaundice. Mr. William Pullman has rented his farm on the 9th concession to his son, for a term of years, and intends moving to town shortly. Mr. Cecil Murray hfas a prolific ,sow which gave birth to 19 pigs and is raising 16. School Report for S. S. No. 9, Tuckersmith, for February. Pass 60%, Honours 75%. Sr,. IV.: Anna Love 78, Irene Mac- kay 77.4, Mac Chesney 74, J'ean Irvine 68:4, Jack Consitt 64:4. Rus- sell Hodgert 62.2, Lorne Hay 59.6. Jr. I'V.—Billy Dalrymple 54.25. Sr. .MIL—Robert McLachlan 75.7. Jr. IIIA.—Stewart Love 78.7, AId- imer Gemmell 76.9, Glen Houston 72.6, Kate Dalrymple 65.2. Class IL—Jack Mackay, Billy Po- well, Willie Hodgert. Class I.—+Helen Houston. Primer Olass.--Frances E'Igie, Do- ris Mackay, Bruce Hodgert, Number on roll, 20. Average at- tendance 19.7. Margaret. E. Grieve. Teacher. WINTHROP. . Mrs. Geo. Eaton and son, Kenneth spent a few days last week with Mr. and Mrs, Foster Bennett, Huron road West, . Don't forget the euchre and old- time dance to be held in ,,the hall this Friday night. Come with 'the crowd. Mr. Ferg. Smalldon of Walton call- ed on friends in the village one day last week. Mr, and Mrs. John Campbell en- tertained the Merrymakers in the hall last Friday evening. A real good time was reported 'by all The Young People are hold a St. Patrick's social on Monday evening, March 16th. Lunch will be served. The W 11':.S. and ,Ladies' Aid met in the church basement for their reg- ular monthly meeting and the Wo- men's Day of Prayer. The prayers of the' program stn +were taken byth P g e ladies' and the President, •Mrs. R. 'Mc- Clure. led the meeting. The regular meeting ;was then opened with Mrs. R. ':17dFarlane in the chair. The scripture reading was given by 'Mrs. F. Bullard and 'Mrs. S. 'Shannon- .led in prayer. Two of the ladies led in sentence prayers. A short review of the topic on 'Japan was given by Mrs. J. Simpson after which th:e meeting was open to business. It was decided to organise a Mission Band and Mrs. Wm, T.'Dodds was appointed leaden with Miss M. Cuthill as her assist- ant. The allocation `for this year is quilts and second hand clothing to be shipped before June 15th. So please remember when spring cleaning is the order: The meeting closed with a hymn and the benediction` repeated in unison. Phone 84 $1 A YEAR. -every day in the year Youn wATcx must be more than an accurate timepiece. It must be a correct accessory of dress. One watch can not properly serve all purposes. Fashion decrees the pocket watch for formal or semi -formal wear—the strap watch for sports and business. We're showing right now a wide selection of both types made by the world's most famous makers. Pocket watches in many artistic designs—wrist watches for both men and women. Many authentic styles in cases by Wadsworth—recognized leader in mak- ing watches beautiful. The prices, too, will please you no matter. bow much or how little you want to spend. Drop in some day soon. You're always wel- come just to look around. Fred S. Savauge THE GIFT SHOP Watches, Jewelry, Diamonds, China Optometrists Opposite Post Office Phone 194 Res. 10. -CONSTANCE. Mr. Orval Steep of Goderich visit- ed over the week -end with Mrs. Annie Colclough and son. The following was written by Vern DeGeer. in the 'Border Cities Star: "Manager Roy Brothers and his London Tecumsehs may be pleased to know that they've got a dyed-in- the-wool booster who dug his car out of a garage almost hidden beneath a bank of snow; shoved it aboard of a flab'rack sleigh; hired a neighbor's team; hauled the car three and a half miles to navigable ground; and then motored 180 -odd miles to Windsor to see "his Tees" defeat the Bulldogs here on Tuesday night. In writing this we have to admit there's a bit of "treason" connected with the story. For this dyed-in-the-wool fan hap- pens to be an uncle of your humble servant. But despite the fact he's boosting for the Tecumsehs to land the International League champion- ship, we've got to hand him the palm for team loyalty. The "Unk" in question answers to the name of Ar- nold Colclough and hails from Kin - burn, six miles out of Seaforth. Been a booster for London pro and ama- teur clubs for years. Never saw a pro- fessional game, however, until he dropped in to visit us a few days hack. 'Took in his first pro engage- ment. Chicago versus Falcons at Ol- ympia, But it was Tecumsehs he wanted to see, and see them he did, Seems they get a heap of snow up around Seaforth, and the country boys tuck their cars away in the win ter. Anyway 'fink"decides he must see a pro hockey game. Doesn't like riding trains, so he and a younger 1 brother spend half a day shovelling! snow so they can get the gas wagon out of storage. Next comes the job of i putting car on sleigh, hiring a neigh- bor's team to do the hauling because own horses are too wild to fraternize with petrol burners, Hauls car afore- said three and half miles to highway and away he sails for Windsor. Now he's back in Kinburn, and probably gathered around the old cracker bar- rel at Leo Stephenson's store, telling the "Hot Stovers" how% he saw Lon- don Tecumsehs take the Bulldogs down the line. Perhaps we should add he brought', another hockey fan along With him in the person of `Jin'" Hays, father of Howard Hays. senior customs officer at the Walkerville ferry clock." now occupied by Mr. Frank 'Cole- man and remembers distinctly whea two log ,shanties were .all the build- ings that stood upon the site' 'the present tow of Seaforth now stands. He also remembers of a post planted i where F. ID. Hutchison's store is with 1 finger board attached, pointing to the villages of Harpurhey and Egmond- ville and he can tell you of how peo- ple in curiosity went to the station house to see the arrival of Seaforth'e first locomotive. Mr. Adams spent his youth living close to town and 1 went with his team and wagon to Go- derich to bring the boiler of the first engine installed in John H. Broad - foot's furniture factory. which was the towns original 'industrial estab- lishment. He purchased a farm one 1 and a half miles west of Constance and was a successful farmer until he !retired ,some years ago to reside in Blyth. About 8 years ago he lost his , life companion and since then has lived among his children. He is hale and hearty, bright in faculties and can 1 read without glasses, and goes every !day to the barn to oversee the chores. His many friends join in extending congratulations and „ wishing him 'many more birthday anniversaries. 1 Mr. Joseph Hogg and his son, Mr, 'Joseph Hogg. spent the week end at ' the home of the latter's aunt, Mrs. i James Storey, of Leadbury. Mr, John Robinson of Leadbury vi- sited at the home of Mr. S. Storey Sr,. ' on Monday. up, Tillie Storey spent the week l end at the home of her •erasdmother, Mrs. William 'Storey, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Storey Jr. and Elean.r and Billy spent Sunday at the home of Mr. Samuel Storey Sr, Mr. Earl. Dickson has finished drawing wood from the bush. Mrs, William McClure and Nelson spent Sunday at the home of Mr, S. Storey Sr. His many friends are pleased to know that Mr. George Dickson is able to be around again after his 111- nese. Mr, and Mrs. John M:cI'iroy and Mr, and Mrs. Albert Sperling ng seen# Tnesday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Anderson. We are sorry to report that Mra, Percy McMichael is ill at present.. Mr, Jim i3furray and Mr, George Wagon spent Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Percy McMichael. School Report Inc S. S, No. 13, Mc- Killop, during the months of January and February: Sr. IV.—Pearl Coleman 84. Eliza- beth Howes 64. Sr, ITI.—Francis Coleman 87, Ro- bert Ritchie 76. Jr. ISII.—Walter McMillan 88. 1st—Gladys Broome 74*. Pr.—'Rosamond Appleby 84, Mild- red Aitcheson 81, Spencer Broome 71*. Thee marked with an asterisk have been absent for one or more examinations. 5. M. Richmond-, Teacher. McICILLOP. 'Celebrates 87th Anniversary. —'Mr. Noble T. Adams celebrated his eigh- t} -seventh birthday on Tuesday. Mar. 10th at the home of his son Miller, in McKillop, Mr. Adams is one Of the oldest pioneers in this district and can, say what few others can, that he has seen his town grow front its in- fancy. He was born in 1844 within one half mile of Seaforth in a log house now on the hack of the farm