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-
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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
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