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The Seaforth News, 1932-04-28, Page 2PAGE TWO. Death of Mother Aloysia Pioneer SisterCalled to Her Reward (f ram The Catholic Record). !Au exceptionally 'long 'and active career in +reli!gtious life 'came to a close on 'Tuesday, 'April 12, With the death of Mother Mary Aloysia of the Com- munity of Cie Sister's' of St. Joseph tire IDioc'ese of 'London, Mother IAlloysia, 'formerly Rebecca Nigh, was born in the parish of St, Columbian, not far front !Seaforth, about eighltyafivo years ago. She join- ed 'the Community of St, Joseph about three years after it was established in Loudon by ,the Sisters who name here from Toronto. 'The ceremony Of re- ception, 'presided over thy 'Bishop Walsh, was held on •October 21,'15711. .After; a 'Pe'w years 'spent in (London aril' IGoderich, !Mother A,loysie was named to the important post of Mis- tress of N!ovi!ees at the Mother .House ,then located at the present House of Provrdende, Her superior organizing an'd'administrative ab ility won f or 'he•r the difficult task of founding St, Joseph's Hospital, London, in 1888, :in the Judge 'Street residence on the :site of the !present hospital. Two Years later, she was called on to un- dertake ,a similar work in 'Ch'a'tham vehere, in a former 'Salvation - Army barracks, she opened St, • Joseph's Hospital, of 'which she was the first Superior. During the following de icade, she served a terns as Assistant 'Superior at the 'hfobher House and was 'actively !engaged in the care of the 'aged and the 'orp'thans, as well as in the work of the hospitals 'which she 'had'}founded. She also s'pen't a number of years on the missions of the Community in the diocese. 'When the Sisters of St.lJoseph 'took over the former' H'dllmuth'College, .Mother Aloysia directed the work of arrang- ing the building for the reception of the Community into " the new Mother House. an '1912, when !St, 'Peter's Semin- ary was opened by the late 'Bishop 'Flagon, Mother Aloysia was named THE'SEAFORTH NEWS. Lowest Price, in 15 Years TEA "Fresh from the Gardens" 262 and Martha love of the aged,! the sick and ,the orphan, Justice :demands a Judgment ' Day and an, infini'tely just Judge. Thrroughsix decades. the zeal of Mother Aloysie in building up relig- ious 'institutions in the. Diocese ofLondon won the praise of ,five lBlsh- ops: her :personal interest in. the wel- fare of the parishes, in whose 'con- vents she laboured, made her admired of all the Priests of the diocese: the wisdom of her counsel and •her kindly sympathy made her an understanding Mother to 'the novices under her eliarge : her organizing ability andw• capacity for work .were the •ond'er •of appreciative doctors in the ,hospitals of which she trade beginnings in a private residence and an .abandoned barrack t her practical 'knowledge and keen foresight claimed the ad-- tviration of ,architects .and builders with 'whom she planned religious houses, and her 'kindly 'sm'ile and gentle manner broughther the grate fur blessing .of thousands upon whom her c'h'arity was lavished . in the hos- pitals, 'the. House of 'Providence and 1 Mount St. Joseph OOrplbanage. 1Bttt praise and -admiration deft her unchanged. llf she had gifts, vision, zeal, capacity for leadership, 'the ab- ility to inspire affectionate devotion and loyalty in ;her helpers, no mock humility prompted her to deny them. Conscious that they came from 'God, Superior of the ISes'ters whto took s'he knew that they-tiertc to be used change of maintenance. !Called away ror God and His poor or sick and for a tine to direct the work of re - her 1 that kao.wledge inspired her to face ( her :tasks .with a 'fids conlfidenee that ancdelling, the Sacred Heart Conv'en't which !became the headquarters of the Community 'in 1914, she returned to her work at the ,Seminary, where rungs.bank failures. are creating great hard - she remained until illness 'forced her tat is the secret of the sup'erna-. ships on''the people. There was not rctfrement about three years 'ago. Her turalized life work of Mother Mary the activity in bowling this year as long .experience in 'practical affairs y conu'dclted ,with the [building bf insti-1 Aloysia. valiant ,woman and model Canadians were not: present in such Religious. God would see them (through to 'suc- cess, no natter what difficulties and hardships might attend their 'begin No Mitchell (Races.—The Mjtch!ell', Sportdti'g'Assiociat:ion has di!s!batt!cled and has decided to leave the holding of races on the 24th to younger •nienr Sports rhave been held ,lit Mitchell on the ?4th for seventy years. Buys Blyth "Business,—Mr. Thomas Elliott, Scott street, has. purchased ehe grocery and boot and shoe bus'i tress, inclutmg :residential property from Geo. A. Machan of Blytli, Mr. Ellio'tt's ifarnt of 160 acres in Culross township, 'was exchanged for the pro- perty, Chicken. Stealing.—Harry Bowden aged 24, Stephen' township youth, stole thirty hens 'from 'the coop of. his neighbor, Norman Kleinfeldt, while the latter was' attending a funeral. Bo•wden sold the hens for :$25. Last' Thursday he .pleaded guilty and on Monday itfagistrate Reid gave him six months suspended sentence in the presence of his parents and other rel- atives. He had been 'in jail for 'some days. Horse'sJaw Fractured by 'Kick. On Tuesday' afternoon last while Mr. Frank Wild'fong of Exeter was leading a horse. home the animal turned and kicked him (full is'the face. He suf- fered a ,fractured jaw and wounds that required several stitches to close. He also suffered a slight concussion The andm'al' was one that had just been .purchased and was being taken home. Me-. Wildfo'ng will be laid' up for some time. Returns from Florida -Mr. and .Mrs A. M. Crawford and K•enn:ie returned from Florida last 'week. Mr. Craw- ford report's conditions iina businessway. are [bad. The great number of Miss the Policeman, -.Crediton resi- dents are wondering if .the police vil- lage trustees were wise in not appoint- ing a policem'an. this year, because the noise and !disturbances after dark 'have been annoying. Former Clinton Resident.—Cha'rle.s Carter, an old' resident of Clinton, died at 'Hamilton on April'1,5'th, at his 'res- ideuce, 264 Wexford ave., after an ill- ness of six weeks. Hie leaves to mourn his loss}a wife, two sons acid a (laugh- ter, all augli_ter,;all of Brantford. Mr. Carter, who had worked mostly for the city of Hamilton, was over 72 years old and Was quite active until this. last illness. He was 'buried' in IHantillton cemetery. Enjoyed Outing to Seaforth.-The' management n oE. the Junior League of the t tical Ohurch on Saturday a eated'their Leaguers to a ice outing via Clinton,nwith an auto ride to Sea - forth the clay being ideal,' hence the kiddies enjoyed themselves 'Following the'trip re res'htnunts f were ,served in the base- nrent of the church which were indeed enjoyed by all.—Zurich Herald, tutions, 'en'aib'led her to give much val- e- cable assistance in drawing the plants for 1St. Peter's !Seminary. lin 'addition to her work in the Loudon institu- tions, she established several of the mission houses of the Community throughout the diocese and ,was Su- perior in a number .of them. ;She was also a member ,of the General Coun- cil Ear ,many years. Until the end .Of her, life she maintained 'a high ,inter- est in the religious and social work of her 'Community and the welfare of the sick, thle aged poor and the orphans was her [chief concern, '0f her !immediate family ,there sur vire three sisters, Sister Marcella of the St, J,oseep'h 'Community, Mrs. C. .A:ticinson !and Mrs. P. McCann of Seaforth :and three (brothers, ILuke •and Jloseph of Seaforth and 'William .of 'St. Oolum'ban. [Father William Nigh, CISJB., of Houston, T.exlas, Brother [Francis :of 'Laciea'wana, !N.Y., -and Brother ;Baptist, of 'Montreal, are nephews. Two nieces, Sister Febronia and 'Sister Claudia, are Religious of 'Community of St. 'Joseph. At the ,funeral services, held on Thursday morning in the chapel of the Sacred kleart Convent, London, His Excellency !Bishop Kidd sang the Requiem -Heigh 'Mass, assisted 'by Rev. E. Goetz, P.P., Seaforth, as High Priest, (Rev. M. A, ,Brisson and Rev. J. '13. Ffouikes, J!CDD.,:as Deacons of (Honour, and Rev, E. Chevalier and Rev. L. •Marchand as deacon and sub - deacon. Stridents of St. Peter's Seip- .inary served as 'inferior (ministers. !Rt. Rev. L. M. Forristal, D.1P., :Spir 'itual'D'irecter of St. Peter's Seminary, -preached the funeral sermon, iHe re- viewed the extensive labours of Mo- ther Aloysia during the six decades of h'er religious life and paid an elo- quent tri'bute to the self-sacrifice and deviotion 'by ,which she approached: so closely to 'the ideal life of a Religious. He expressed ,the gratitude of the Bishop an'd of the staff .and students of 'St, !Peters iSetminary for the great services rendered to that institution by Mother.tAlo'ysia and th'e .Ooinn-tun ity of St. "Josep'h, ",Editorially, The Catholic Record -makes this reference :to Mother Aloysia: A Valiant Woman.—*, few months prior to October 115,,!1'871, the date' of' • her reception, !R!dhecca Nigh sought admittance to the small 'Community of the !Sisters of 1St, Jose!p;h,London. On April 112, .19132,.Mdther Mary Al- ,.oysia' died at the Community'Mother };House, London, ' ✓ No human appraisal can give a just estimate of the value of those sixty- oite years spent in al.:4y lov'e of God HURON NEWS. great auunhers as .in former years. The weather was warmer than usual, the. 'temperature ranging from '7,,i to 80 ' most of the time, For 436 successive No June Excursion. — Word has days the sun shore, which is a record. been received ,front Mr. IN. F. McLean —Wingham Advance -Times.' of Detroit, intimating that it has been decided not to run the June steamer Died in Manitoba.—There died at excursion this year. Crystal City, Manitoba,' ,on Tuesday, April 12t'h, Mr. !Aaron Cudmore, 'at Returns from Visit.—Mrs. 'W. H. Willis has returned to Wingham after the age of 86. years. Mr. Cudutore left spending some time in Port William.Exeter community 52 years ago for Her sister, Miss Theresa (Garry, city the Crystal Chloro. trict where he had nurse. of. Fort 'Will'iam, returned with resided ever since. The deceased was her and will spend some time in born[ in England and was one of a Winghamfamily of eleven children. In 1.8717 sev- iEvaeige fterttoon tr immensely., w u k re 9 ch s f to Na are �f Huron Canadian �dia, 1a!tosit Ise h 5th n Hun'garian, ince ' at e and to a specializing Wingham Girl Dead in B.C.—On April 10th, after a fingering illness there passed sway at the ,home of her sister, Mrs. L. R.Darling, Chil'li:wack, B.C.,a 'former W'iinghantite, in the person of Miss 'Florence Green, third daughter Of the lake Mr. • and Mrs. J Green. ,Born in iWingham in' 11895, she had •resided there until bhe' death of her mother in 191'*. Since then she had resided ,in Toronto and Winni- peg; 'later on account of ill. health she went to the .west where she rerna!ined until her death. She was. a member of the United, Church. Survit>!ing are three sisters and three brothers, Mrs. L. IR. Darling,' Chill'i:wack; Frances and Elizabeth, of Winnipeg, IW. H. Marquette, Milch, R. J.. of Lindfsay, and E." A., of Wingham. Interment took place at Chiilliw'ack. Erring Hubbies Face Cadi—Sever- al allegedly erring htibb'ies have'' been before the Cadi in recent days;' having been .'brought there by their wives on charges of non-support. It appears, however, that in some cases there is not much that can be done about it. A Seaforth matt, appearing 'Monday for a second time, showed the mag- istrate 'ag- istrate,a list o'f. places at which he. had called and asked for work, but with- out success. The list was as long as the proverbial arm. It appears=that this erring hubby ,made an honest ef- fort to secure employrncnt. At p,res est he is, working for his board. His wife and family are not faring so well. 'Ile magistrate had naught to do 'but to advise the man to keep on the hunt. -.Meanwhile the matter ,tancls in abeyance. 'Ano'thet. erring husband •'vas ordered. ••o pay his es- tranged wife $10 a wee.: plus $6 court costs.—.Goderich Star., Exeter Woman Loses. Estate,—A despatch 'froth Fargo, N.D., says.— Judge P.- M. !Paulsen has ordered .the will of the late William J. Carlisle of Flargo. set aside and declared intestate. Carlisle died on February ,20. In his, will he left the bulk of his estate, es- timated at $12,500, largely in cash, to a. sister, ,Mrs. !Sarah Emelline 'Green, of Exeter, Ontario, 'who resided with hint for several months ,prior to . leis death, and who was itt the 'rooim'at the, time the will was drawn. Mrs. Green' petitioned to hav'e'•the will ad- mitted ito prohate, Alfred •Ca•rl'is'le, of Golva,; N.D.,' brother of the deceased, contested on the 'grqund Carlisle was incompetent because of his age. and physical cond'i'tion, Carlisle drew iris will the clay of his death. The First National Bank aitcl Trust Company, of Fargo.,' MID., n'ame'd .in the will as administrator: The estate will be il!iv- ided equally according to stattite among .the heirs, Other heirs, besides Alfred 'Cerl'isie and Mrs, Green, are Mrs, Elson, of Moose Jaw..Sask;; sis- ter, and IBenljanvut Wilson Carlisle of Het!sall, Ontario, a'b.ro't'her, anti: Mrs, H. Daytime, Kennedy, Sask, 'There are also two stepdatighiter's, Blanche E. Buroh, of M!inneapo!lis; aril Elisa Ibeth (Harden of Fargo. Zurich Property Sold,—The 'd ell utg and b sin'ess combined property. in Zurich' town as the E. Oiesch es- tate, and recently occupied by Mr. Milton Oe ch; has been sold to Mr. E. A. Ke 'n'ie, of Kitchener, who gets possession. Mr. 'Ke'chnie' will move his family up from Kitchener as soon as possible and when settled will. operate a barber business, using the other part of the block as a dwell- ing. Ask Naturalization.—At present there our appl'ications pending from t county residents seeking' Canad' naturalization papers. Jbhu• Osiana Hungarian, of Centralia, is the to file his application and it will heard by Judge Costello on July ext, as twill that' of Steve. Doibo'•s also .of Centralia. Thes'e came to Canada iu 1927 and s that date have worked at farming.'building 'bridges, in auto- mobile tire factories, while once helpedbuild a golf !course. At pres- ent theyare employed by farmers specie in sugar beets. cral members of the'family:.came to Blaze at Crediton. What might Canada in the spding of the year and: have proved a d'isastrous fire was in the fall of the year the. mother and checked the other morning when Geo. five 'children joined them, the father Mawhinney, ,Crediton, discovered .,a having previously passed away. Mr. fire in Ed, Fahner's shed. In a few Cudmote was married before corning minutes the flames were extinguished' to Canada 'and 'four `years ;after arriv- with water. It appears someone had ittg here he returned to England for been' sntakin,g' cigarettes in .the shed his wife, .who predeceased 'hien -severs) at the rear of the stable and set fire years ago. He is survived lbs seven to the cushion of the cutter which children, two sons 'and five daughters. smoldered.Mrs. John Johns of 'Exeter is the only Judge Buys Residence.—The sale survivling member of the family. Re - of the 'fine residence of the estate of fore going to Manitoba 3lir. Cudinore Alexander Saunders on Nelson street, at one, time lived on the 'farm now Goclerich, to Judge T. M. Costello owned by Mr. Chas. Kerslake. was reported last week. The property Brussels Post Editor Passes.—John is assessed for $4;500, but cost prab- ably four times that to build, The L. Kerr, proprietor of the Brussels sale price is ,not disclosed. The pro- Post, and one of the .best known perty is one of the - show plates 04 weekly newspaper.publishers in the Godlerich. Province, passed "away at his (torn about '4 o'cloek an Thursday morning Making New Crusher.—The Dom- following a brief illness of heart inion (Road Machinery Co., Ltd„ of trouble, The deceased man was taken Goderic'h has startedon the manufac- ill about two weeks ago. but there :ire of a new rack -crushing machine, was no thought of death, alar the a co'm'bined unit, a much more cora- news conies as a great shock to - a pact machine, 'tih'ich, in place of the wide circle of friends and business as - crusher 'being a separate piece of lma- soc.iates. The, late Mr. 'Kerr was (born chinery from the screen and bin, in Brussels =418, y'eatis ago, a sou of consists of only the on,e machine. The Mrs. W. ,H. Kerr, and tier late Mr, material passes up the elevator and Kerr. 'He received his education there into the .screen and any particles al- and in Stratford where he atte!uded ready !fine enough pass 'through the business college and at an early, age screen into the bin, while the ranger entered !the newspaper business. pieces pieces arc conveyed back to the Learning the business' in his father's crusher and again conveyed to the el- office the deceased man later operalbed evator,, which 1'ifts 'them a second papers in Blyth and Clinton. Aib,oat time to the screen, and if by any seven years ago, clue to illness 'of his chance there are still pieces not father, !Mr. Kerr returned to Brus's'els crushed fine enough these automatic- .an.d tool: change of the Post, and ally !travel back to the crusher again. 'came into possession of the 'business A conveyor belt raises the, crushed following .his 'father's death, Mr, Kerr material to the top of the wagon was a member of ,the United Church which is driven: alongside. Three and and of ,Clinton Masonic lodge. .file was a 'half yard's of crushed material 'can of a socialble, genial nature and made beloaded 'in.2% minutes.an'd the ma- a 'host of friends throughout the dts- chfine'[('the CU., No. 8) has a capac- trict. His wife ,predeceased him by ,i.ty of 1150 ,to 200 yards a day, operat- two years. ;Surviving are his' mother, iiug, with a drag line. A 10-20 tractor Mrs, W. H, Kerr, Brussels, and one both moves, the.machiere and 'furnishes daughter Mary (Helen. The funeral the power, for •operation, When in took piece on Sunday, .from the Unit transit!,projeoting parts are folded u,ii ed Churoh, interment in Brussels :loose to'the 'Machine. cemetery, THURSDAY, APRIL 28. 1932. The local dealer had offered Jim Ross a price for his fat steers, but Jim was canny. He thought he ought to get a better price. So he telephoned in to the stockyards and found that beef had gone up two cents. He Took his steers in- • that day and, made $40 extra profit. The tele- phone call cost him 35 cents.. No wonder Jim said to his wife that night when he got home for a late sup- per: "It's lucky we've kept our tele. - phone."' Erecting New Dwelling. --,Mr. Facob Halberer Is 'building a new dwelling. out the lot in Zurich recently purchas- ed from Mr. M. Geiger. 'Rigid Economy.—.The other day the House, of Conlmo.ns was given a .new delfititi,on of "rigid economy" by Mr, G. G. Coate, member for :MacLeod: "The •,best example. I know of digid econony—and I should like to apolo- gize to any Scotch imentbers in the house—'is a dead 'Scotchman " Gets 'Credit for Discovery—.Last week the 'Toronto Mail and 'Empire contained an article from . H'a'milton with . an interview of the superinten- dent Of the Mountain 'Sanitarium, Dr. J. tH,-IHoi!broolc, in which the speaks. of a former Exeter boy, .graduate of Seaforth Collegiate Institute, Dr. W. Stuart Stansbury, 'patltologist in that institution. Dr, lSitanbury has been en- gaged in research work in connection. withdiabetes and tuberculosis and has made the discovery that the use of insulin is most bene'fieial in the treatment 'o'f tuber,,cular patients. Dr. Holbrook regards the new line o'fex peniment most 'hopeful'ly and says that Dr. Stanbttry ,will be given .:every fa- cility of the sanitarium to develop and expand the new discovery. Several pa- pers have 'heed published by Dr. Stan bury giving the results of ' his re- search along other Pitres and these: have been read at medical conven bions at Toronto ,and Hamilton and at the end of this month he will attend the American.. Medicari ssociation at Philadelphia as representative of the Hamilton ho!spita:l. Funeral of County Registrar Held• --The ' funeral :of 'County Rgistrar William Coats took place Thursday afternoon from the family residence. on .North Street, ,Godericlh, where: in ad'di,tion to many Godetii,ch people were gathe're'd a large number of Clin- ton ;friends of the deceased, with natty others from all ,,parts of the county. •The funeral servi'c'es were conducted by Rev. Geo, T. Watts, pastor of the North street United Church, and the "pallbearers were Dr. J, W. Shaw, Col.111. T. Rance and Geo. D, itcT'aggart of 'Clinton, E. R. Wigle,' R. C. 'Hays jr,, and J. B. Reynolds of .Glocler'i'ch. 'The interment, was in Maitland cemetery. ,B'es'iil'es the brother and sisters, ` there were present two nephew's, Mr. Eldred Archibald and M,r. -Randal K. Robert- son, 'both of M!ontneal, :a brother-in- law, Mr..C. (H. M'aopiherson. of (Tor- onto, and Mr. J. A, Stitherlan,d, sot - in -law, of 'Toronto. IGodedieh mourns thedeath of M'r. Willi'am . Coats, County.registrar, who.,passecl away at his home, North street, earlyMbndlhy morning in ' his 740th year, Mr Coats :had ,been in fdi'I!i'ng ,health .for a year or more and for the past month had 'been serious. He recovered from 1 an attack o'f,ptteumonia, but succumb- ed to heart weakness, In his passing • the town loses a highly respected' rlitizen and the county anable and faithful pttbl!i'c .servant, William 'Coats was ,born in the year 1056 at Amboy, New York. State, where his parents the late Mr, and Mrs. Robert Coats, lived tor a short time after coming from Scotland. In the following year the family moved to Clinton, where Mr. Coats spent the gneater part of his life. As a young than he was en- gaged for some tlime with a HamuItbn. wlhcIeeale drygoods house, and they for matey years he was in 'partnership with his father in the drygoods busi- tve'ss •cottdncted in Clinton :by''R'obt.':. Coats & Son, Hewas also town clerk of Clinton for fifteen years or more. He was an active !Liberal, 'for some years •was 'secretary of the West Hai rota 'Liberal lAs'sbcite!tion, and took a prominent pant in the. .keen election contests of that ,period. Itt 1902 he bee oante a tleshient'of Goderich. having been. appointed Iby : the Ross. Govern- m'ent to the office of iregi;stbrar of deeds for the county of Huron, a 'po'si'tion Which he held until his death, dis- charging its duties .in such manner that ,the Huron registry office was re- garded 'almost as a :model of .effi'ci'ency. Mr. Coats load a 'fondness for garden- ing and his ' delight was in growing -. Bowers. , He converted the ground's of the registry office into a rose garden which with its 380 different varieties of noses became one olf the show places: of the town. At his home on North street .he had another garden of generous size; but not content ev- eti with these Iwo places he aequieed a longe lot on Sit, Vincent::s+treet evihere lee raised great bell's of ' tulips,' ir,i's, peonies, da'hlia's and, other flowers, creating masses' of bloom that re- ve'ale'd this skill as .a florist and de- lighted tate eyes of lavers of floral beauty. Hs "loved ' to give pleasure with h'is flowers, attd it was no un- co'anmota sight to sec him with a great butec'h of bloom on his 'way to some home where he knew the flowers? would be ,ap,predia!ted, A't other hobby., •:� of 'Mr. Coats was .fishing, though this was not 'p'ursuedso ardently of late years as iia his .earlier years. Mr. Coats was a Presbyterian,, but in 1925, he went into the United Church and thenc'eforth was connected w!itit the North Street Church of tthat denom- ination. :Mr. en'ominilaltion.:M'r, Coati' wife died in 1924. neer only chil'd Marion ,(Mrs. J,:Su- therland), died seventeen years ago, leaving two young sons, y'mds •alai William, who have since spent taaost .of their time with their grandfather, who was devoted. to. •t•Itetn.:Su,rvivitvg also are a brother and twio sisters: Robert H. Coats of 1Ottawa, D'ottai,u- jott staciau; 'Mss. A. Archibaldand Mrs, G. E. Ro'berts'on, both of M1onibreal,tisibi • 1 1