The Wingham Advance Times, 1931-08-20, Page 1With Which is Amalgamated The Corrie Viciette and Wroxeter News.
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HOSPITAL BENFIT
PLAN PROCEEDS
Street Carnival, Sept. 17th
X -Ray is the Goal
The local Chamber of Commerce
is actively pursuing its plans to raise
,funds for an X -Ray machine for our
.local Hospital which will be second
to none in the : district,
The first effort of the season to
this end be the organization of
a Monster Street Carnival to be held
,Sept. 17th or in case of . rain on the
18th, commencing early in the even-
.ing. Jack McICay is the • Chairman -
.in -chief and a strong organization is
4n the courseof building which will
.insure the success of the event.
This will be another major effort
,of the Chamber of Commerce to pro
ride a maximum of entertainment for
.the minimum charge of twenty-five.
,cents. During the past year this live
.organization has actively functioned
evith one endin view -that of mak-
ingWingham and district more de-
sirable to the largest number of peo-
ple. An enviablereputation has been Service Charge - A charge of 33 however, does not apply to the muni -
built up forsuccessful functions and cents per month per service when the cipal services such as Street Light-
en every case the proceeds have been permanently installed appliance load ing and Waterworks, whichare sup -
for a worthy cause. Entertainment is under 2000 watts, plied on a cost basis,
.of a most 'enjoyable nature has been A charge of 66 cents per month The Power Commission' Act pro -
:supplied at small cost and because Per service when the permanently in- vides that surplus ` resulting from
,the work has been shouldered by will- stalled appliance load is 2000 watts_ power supplied for municipal services
ing hands the expenses have been or more, such as Street Lighting, Waterworks,
,kept low. As a result there has al -Co Consumption on
Charge ge 4c per kilo- etc., may be returned to the Muni-
ttvays been a splendid profit from each watt-hour for the first 45 kilowatt- cipality as the Commission may lir
...occasion which has gone in support hours per month,
.,of some worthy community enter- Plus 2c per kilowatt-hour for all
iprise. Detailed statements have been additional consumption during the
:supplied to the press .after each ev- month.
tent and the confidence and support
Minimum Monthly Bill, $1.11 gross.
of the public have been forthcoming Prompt Payment Discount -10%.
in a generous degree, Commercial
The Chairman -in -chief has already Service Charge_ 5c gross per 100
done some of his preliminary organ- watts of installed capacity,
izing and he is meeting with splendid Minimum gross service charge per
response from all those who have month --50c,
;been approached to share some of the Consumption Charge - 4c per kilo-
responsibility. watt-hour for. the first 100.hours' use
The Street Carnival will take the of the installed capacity.
form of a monster .gathering, feature
Plus lc per kilowatt-hour for all
'ing a novelty programme from 8 to additional monthly consumption.
Minimum Monthly.Bill $ .
,9 pen,' and, an Olde-Tyme and Popu $111 gross,
',lar Dance programme commencing at Prompt Payment Discount -l0%.
'9 p.m. Music will be supplied by a Power
birsteclass Popular Orchestra and an Service Charge - $1,00 per H.P.
Olde Tyme-Orchestra second" to none per month of connected load or max -
with the Wingham Citizen's Band for itnum demand.
those who love Ban`il music. Consumption Charge - 4c per kilo -
There will be midway attractions ---.•...-._-
-with the evening filled with • fun and Grocery Special at King's
frolic for everybody. A- feature of Pure Lard 10c
the evening will be a surprise dance per lb.; Choice
Black Tea 39c per lb.; Pink Salmon
which will be staged at 11 p.m. De- 2 tins 29c; Fancy Cookies 25c per Ib,;
tailed arrangements are being made glue. Rose 'Rice, 3 lbs. 25c; 5 -string
for this to be one of the hits of the
Corn Broom. 39c; Shelled Almonds
season, The committee in charge of
49c per ib,; 10 14. pail Corn Syrup
the Surprise Dance say "Mum's the
64;.; Pure Clover Honey 5 lb, pail
word,' but boy! it's going to be good!"39c; McLaren's Jelly Powders, 4 for
So, folks, just ,turn up the, old ealeti-
dar right now and mark it for Sept,
23c; Shell Macaroni, 3 lbs. 25c,
17th at Wingham's Greatest Street
Carnival, If ever a quarter bought Automobile Takes Fire
you a lot of fun it will that night, Immediate action on the part of
andd the Hospital Benefit Fund'will James Waine, employed by the Su-
anby your attendance. pertest' Oil Company, prevented the
destruction of D. Lediett's car on
WINGHAM, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, AUGUST 20th, 1931
HYDRO -ELECTRIC COMMISSION ADJUST
RATES -.POWER IS SLIGHTLY. LOWER
The following letter was received
by the Wingham Utiltities Commis-
sion in regards to rates for electric
power for the year.
August 1, 1931,
Wingham Pub. Utiltities Commission
Wingham, Ontario.
Dear Sirs:
I am instructed to advise you that
after investigating the operating con-
ditions" of your System during the
year, the Commission` has determin-
ed en. interim rate of $60.00 per H.P.
per year, for power supplied to your
Municipality during the year com-
mencing January 1, 1931.
Based on an analysis of the cost
of operation of the various services
in your Municipality, which has been
made by the Commission, it is recom-
mended that the following schedule.
of rates for power and lighting sery
ices be adopted, same to be made ef-
fective at the next billing period:
Domestic
watt-hour for the first 50 hours' use
per month of connected load or maxi=
norm demand.
Plus 2,6c per kilowatt-hour for the
second 50. hours' use per month of
connected load. or maximum demand.
Plus 0.33e per kiloivatt=hour for
all additional monthly consumption,
Prompt Payment. Discount -10%..
Street Lighting
The following shall be the net rates
for Street Lighting to take effect
from January 1., 1937:
$33,00 per 200 Watt -series lamp.`
$20.00 per 100 Watt -series lamp.
$33,00 per 200 Watt-mutilple lamp
In view of the surplus that has
accumulated as a result of past years'
operation on your system, the Corn -
mission has further recommended and
approved of a refund to each con-
sumer in the Municipality' now sup-
plied, equivalent to one -twelfth of the
amount collected fromthe consumers
during the year 1930. This refund,
Thursday evening, when there was a
WINGHAM AT C N. E. short circuit on the battery cable,
which set the machine on fire. For-
tunately the car was out cin the street
at the time, when Mr. Wake got the
battery disconnected, before the fire
got any start, the floor boards were
slightly burned and one of the battery
posts burned off.
The Furniture Building at the C.
'N, E. which is the second building
.on the right, inside the'Dufferin St
'entrance, will house an interesting
variety of the latest in house furnish-
ings this year.
Here will be found a fine display
.of X -Rayed Chesterfield and .Chester -
Bed Suites invented and manufactur-
ed in our own town by .Fry & Black-
:hall Ltd. The display will occupy
fifteen hundred square feet of space
.and three members of the staff of
Fry & 131ackhall Ltd, will be in at-
''tendance during the entire exhibition.
, In connection with this Exhibition
unique n-
iqu a o
• of X -Rayed Furniture a u ,
test is being operated. Six represen-
tative dealers of Fry & Blackhall
merchandise have furnished living
rooms size 12 ft. x 15 ft, as part of
the exhibit and these dealers are com-
peting with the public as judges for
the prize being given by the makers
for the most popular furnished rooms
in which Wingham Chesterfields, will
of course• be featured. The dealers
are sparing ito effort to wie the ap-
proval
praval of the public who will vote
by ballot at the Contest Booth, in
the display.
From among thi;` ballots cast for
the dealer winning the largest num-
ber of votes a 'lucky draw will be
made and the person whose name ap-
pears oft this ballot will receive a
Chesterfield Suite entirely free of
charger All others who bane 'voted
for the winning display will receive
a discount coupon good on'the pur-
chase' of an X -Rayed Chesterfield
Suite,
LOCAL BOWLERS.
WIN AT ,PARIS
The premier event of the Lawn
Bowling Season is the Paris Diamond
Jubilee Tournament. Sixty-four of Greer, Mrs,' J. M,' McKay and W. A.
the best i•i.nks from Toronto to •Wind- Miller, and they received salad bowls
sor take part in this event, The six -
Between
handle cake plates,
Between the second
teen good greens are situated high
up, overlooking the Grand River, and games the ladies served.
making e lovely settling for bowling tarts and coffee.
The rink composed of W, A. Miller,
0, Thompson, son 3. Mason and A, M. BOYS GET 3 YEARS
Crawford had 3 wins, plus 24, win'- FOR BURNING CAT
ning seventh prize, four beautiful
wool.blaztkets, The three Goderich youths who
`Following are the winners: were taken into custody recently,
P. C. Wilson, London, 4 plus 25. charged with having, poured (gasoline
3, H. Hall, Waterloo, 4 plus 20, over a cat and setting fire to it, ap
W. R., Hall, 'West Toronto, 4 phis peered before Magistrate C. A. Reid
18. in juvenile court on Monday. The
E. W. Miller, Toronto, 4 plus 16, magistrate sentenced the two 16 -year -
11, B. Beckell, Brantford, 3 plus 34, old boys to serve three years defin-
Percy Black, Toronto, 3 tilos 26, ite in the reformatory, while the third
A. M. Crawford, Wingham, 3 plus boy of 14 years was handed over to
24. the Children's Aid Society. The
W. S. McDonald, Tillsonburg, 3 young lads have.appeared in 'uven-
W , g Y gpp J
plus 22. ile court on several occasions, and
Most rinks prize -Eaton Meteor- the magistrate felt it was his duty
ial, Toronto and London Thistles. to do something with thein' this time.
Long: distance prize to Windsor. The case aroused interest over the
Long
Finks from over 100 mites -prizes entire province and many letters have
to ;Altandale, Creefnore, Stayner and been received by Magistrate Reid
Windsor, stiggesting punishment"
ec t.
In the analysis of operation of your
System' each year, the Commission
has determined, and recorded the sur-
plus, or deficit, on power supplied for
muncipal services in your Municipal-
ity and these records show an accum-
ulated surplus of $176.11 on Water-
works Service and "an accumulated The Shell Gas nine won the Ad -
surplus of'$253.65 on Street Lighting vance=Tinges Trophy and the champ -
Service. It is, therefore, recommend ionship for 1931, when, after defeat-
ed that your Commission refund an ing the Whiz -Bangs in the semi -fin -
amount of $176,11 to the Waterworks als by G-4,. and 6-5, they won two
Department and $253.65 to the Street straight from the Foundry, last year's
Lighting Department of your Muni- champions.
cipality in connection with municipal The first game of the finals was
services, played Friday evening and was stop -
Yours truly, ped. in the eighth inning on account
Secretary. of rain, the score being 17-7 in favor
The •above rates show a reduction of .the Shell Gas. One high light of,
in the Power class of from 4.3c for the game was C. Mason's • home run
first 50 hours to 4c and from 2.8e with three men on bases.
for second 50 hours to 2.6c, The last game was played Monday
evening when a large crowd was pre -
Publle I,ibr'ar;
1
Subscriptions $2.00 Per ?er.
Captain and Mrs. F. W. Wright,
of Plymouth, ,Mich.
Captain Wright is a brother of
Captain Geo. Wright, C.O. of the lo-
cal Corps, and will conduct the ser-
vices in Winghatn, this Sunday.
Captain Wright served in the War,
enlisting with the famous 33rd Batt-
alion and serving overseas with the
4th ' Canadians. After the War he
moved` to the U,S.A. where he went
through the Salvation Army College
in Chicago. He is a fiery evangelist
and is doing splendid work in Ply-
mouth, Mich., where he also conducts.
services in the Wayne County House
of Correction every week, speaking
to some 300 women and 500 men,
prisoners.
Anyone desiring to hear the old-
time Gospel in the old-time way are
assured of it if they attend the Arrny
next Sunday.
SHELL GAS
WIN ADVANCE -
TIMES TROPHY
LADIES HOLD but
The game was close at first
but home -runs by H. Groves and C.
MIXED TOURNEY Mason seemed to make the result cer-
tain and the Shell Team continued
The lady bowlers held a Mixed tc,
Twilight Tournament on Mondayev- pileiup the runs.with It the first of
g the sixth inning the Shell Gas
ening, when thirty 'rinks took part, batting, Umpire Forbes called the
Owing to the large entry quite a
game on accountof darknesswhen
number of rinks who were late in en -en scored
three runs had beand there
tering were disappointed. Rinks were were none out. The score_ reversed
present from Walkerton, Elmira, to the fifth inning..13-7.
Lucknow, Harriston, Atwood and The Shell Gas team deserved the
Palmerston. Mr. Scott's rink from cup this year as they have played a
Elmira won first prize with 3 wins twinning game all season. They were
plus 18, and received bed sets for the tied for first place in a tournament at
ladies and mantle clacks for the men.
A local rink composed of Miss J. won all their games and received ten
Christie, W. B. McCool, Mrs. J. W. sweat shirts. Out of a total of twen-
Hanna and J. W. Mason, skip won se- ty-eight games played, they have won
Gond with 3 wins plus 16, receiving twenty-five, tied one and lost two,
cushions and shadow lamps, Anoth- After the game Monday night, the
er local rink composed of Mrs. Rich- manager of the Shell Gas team, Mr.
and Clegg, W. J. Adams, Mrs. A. M. Cecil Merkley, showed his apprecia-
Crawford and J. 0. ' Habkirk skip, tion by treating the boys to a chicken
won third with 3 wins plus 15 receiv- supper at the Peacock Cafe.
ing lamps and end tables. Mr. Hues -
eon's rink of Luck now won fourth Foundry: --H. Wild c, W. Lediet
diet
with 3 wins plus 12.p, P, Lediet ib, Herb, Mitchell 2b;
Three •local rinks with 2 wins plus W. Tiffin ss, F. Seddon 3b, 0, Welsh
16, tied for the fifth prize and the if, B. Mitchell cf, J. Jones rf,
play-offs were won by the rink. coin- ' Shell Gas: H. Groves c, A. Scott
posed of Mrs, Geo. Williams,W, 3, p C, Mason lb, L. Browne 2b, H.
Mitchell ss, C. Garton 3b,. N. William-
son- If, F` 'Elliott cf, E. Gray rf.
Umpires: A. Forbes, 3. H. Craw -
and thirdford, E. Small.
sandwiches I
MIDDLE SCHOOL RESULTS FOR MIDSUMMER
EXAMS AT THE WINGHAM HIGH SCHOOL
School will re -open for Fall term J V. Tiffin, J. Woods.
on "Tuesday, September 1st, Any stu- Fail - J. Fortune, I, Fowler, J.
dent wishing to appeal may do so by King; K. Lott, E. Metcalfe.
writing to The Registrar, Eudcation Ancient History
Dept., Toronto, stating the centre at Class I -A. Louttit, I. Nortrop, J.
which he or she wrote and enclosing Webster:
$1.00 for each paper to be re -read,' Class 11-B, Walker,
Upper School will probably be a Class III -3, Brackenbury, L. Gil -
week or ten days later. Certificates kinson, R Hastie, J. Mitchell,
have been mailed to those who fur- Pass -J, Copeland, C. Coulter, N,
nished self-addressed envelopes, oth- Dow, W. Dow, M. Proctor, A. Shiell.
ers may obtain them at Mr. 'Bracken-• Fail -M, Aitken, M. Currie, I. Fow-
burg s, after August 18th: ler, B. Gibbons, R. Harrison, V. Sher -
Class 1, 75% or over, Class II 67% iff, E. Zurbrigg..
to 74%, Class III, 60% to 66%, Cred-
it, 50 to 60%a. Fail, below 50%,(74% Coulter
Class I -C.. Coulter, h Fowler, A.
of all papers in Form III were pass- Louttit, J. Mitchell, J:ohnston•
ed, 83% of all papers in Form IV J
Class II -J. Braekenbury, J. Cope-
were passed. land, N. Dow, D. MacDonald, I. Nor
English Composition trop; M. Proctor,
Class I -Alberta MacLean. Class I11-13, Walker.
Class %II -J, Fortune, Dorothy Pol- Pass- L. Deans, R. Harrison, R.
lock, L. Robertson, Hastie, E. Homuth, D. Aitken.
Class III -A, Adams, B. Blake, M. Fail - W, Dow, B. Gibbons, L. Gil -
Dobie, I. Telly, J. King, M. Moore, kinson,
J. Pattison, A. Phippen, J. Woods, Geometry
Pass -W, Cruikshank, E. Jenkins,Class I --B 3
E. Johnston, A. MacGillivray, E. Met- W . Blake, ;J. Pattison, E.
eir.
calfe, W. Moir, M, Rae, J. Schaffter,; Class . I -
R. Thompson, V. Tiffin, D. Walker KellII-A. Adams, L. Fitch, I.
Kelly, M. Rae.
E Weir. Class III - A. MacGillivray, R.
Fail- H. Boyle, M. Cantelon, J. Thompson,
Coulter, B. Gibbons, R. Harrison, T. Pass -D. Aitken, J. Coulter, J. For
Henderson Herd, C.
,JJohnston,.
J ,
tune,
E.
Jenkins, ns
, E.
Johnston
W.
Lott, S. Mitchell, M. Nicholson, Moir, M. Moore, M. Nicholson, A.
English Literature Phippen; E. Rae, L. Robertson, O.
Class II -A. Adams, B. Blake, A. Tiffin, V. Tiffin, D. Walker, J.
MacLean, A. MacGillivray, W. Moir, Woods.
J. Pattison, J. Woods. Fail -M. Dobie, J. Herd, J. King,
Class. 1I1 -J. King, M. Moore, A. A. MacLean, S. Mitchell, D. Pollock,
Phippen, J. Schaffter, D. Walker, E. J, Schaffter. Weir. Physics
Fail -H, Boyle, L. Deans, B. Gib- Class I -J. Pattison, M. Rae.
bons, T. Henderson, J. Herd, C. Class II -A, Adams, B. Blake, W.
Johnston, E. Johnston, I. Kelly, S. Cruickshank, L. Fitch, J. Fortune, I,
Mitchell, D. Pollock, O. Tiffin. Kelly, M. Moore, J. Schaffter, A.
Canadian History Shiell.
Class I -Alberta MacLean. Class III -5. Herd, E. Jenkins, E.
Class II 13. Blake, L. Fitch, J. Johnston, K. Lott, S. Mitchell, R.
Pattison, J. Schaffter, D. Walker. Thompson, E. Zurbrigg,
Class III W. Cruickshank, S, Pass, - J. Coulter; -M..-Currie, A.
Mitchell, D. Pollock, R. Thompson, MacGillivray, 1n Nicholson, A. Phip-
Pass - A. Adams, H. Boyle, M. pen, E. Rae, V. Sheriff, 0. Tiffin, V.
Cantelon, J. Coulter, L. Deans, M. Tiffin, D. Wacker, E. Weir, J. Woods.
Dobie, C. Fry, J. Herd, E. Homuth, Fail -M, Cantelon, C. Fry, J. King,
C Johnston, E. Johnston, I. Kelly, A. MacLean, D. Pollock, L. Robert -
A. MacGillivray, W. Moir, 112,. Moore, son.
Rf. Nicholson, M. Rae, L. Robertson, (Continued on page four)
Passes Summer Exams
Miss Marjorie Gibson has been suc-
cessful in passing her exams in Kin-
dergarten Primary at the Summer
School held at Stratford Normal.
Ribs Broken in Accident
Miss Alva Dodd, accompanied by
Mr. and Mrs. A. Reid and daughter,
Tena, and their neice, Adeline Van-
sickle, were motoring to Kincardine
on Sunday when they were struck by
another car at Salem corner, near
Teesuater. The other car failed to
Hanover, at another in. Cltesley' they stop
HYDRO INTERRUPTION
Weather permitting, there will be
a Hydro interruption ori the Wing -
ham Municipal and on the Wroxeter
Rural, on Sunday, August 22nd, from
2,00 to 8.00 a.m. and front 2.00 to
5,00 p.m. H. Campbell, Manager.
WINGHAM FALL ;FAIR
Winghatn Fal] Pair will be held
this year on Friday and Saturday, Oc-
tober 9th and 10th. Dr. Christie,
Principal of Ontario Agricultural
College, Guelph, will open the. Fair
with an address. Prize lists, which,
are now in preparation, show an
in
-
creast, in prizes, also an interesting
Special Prize List. ist. The Directors
-
Fair,
' e.a• • for .the
and Officers of the ask
'hearty co-operation of the citizens of
Wingham and surrounding country,
to make 1981 Fair the best yet.
before crossing the highway,
and both cars were unable to prevent
the collision. Mrs. Reid who was sit-
ting in the front seat with Miss Dodd
was the only one who was seriously
hurt. She is confined to her bed, and
suffering from a couple of broken
ribs. Her neice is suffering from
shock. Dr. Calder of Wingham, was
called to the scene of the accident
and brought Mrs. Reid home.
Governmeeit to Pay Half
The federal Government will as-
sume 50 per cent. of the cost of con-
structing the trans -Canada highway
through Ontario, Hon, George S.
Henry, premier of Ontario, announc-
ed on Monday. Although the route
for the proposed Canada highway has
not been made public as yet, Prem-
ier Henry intimated it would prob-
ably be announced later in the week.
HELD RE -UNION
AT FORMOSA
A very pleasing event took place
on Sunday, August 16th, when Mr.
and Mrs. Robt, Casemore, of Shallow
Lake, held a re -union at Formosa.
Over forty relatives were present at
dinner together. Four generations of
Casemores were present. The eldest
was an uncle, Mr. J. J. Casemore, of
Wingham.
Those present were: Mr. and Mrs_
Robt, Casemore and family, Gordon,
William and Earl of Shallow Lake,
Emily, of Toronto; Mr. and Mrs. W.
Henry and family, Mr. and. Mrs. H.
Casemore of Shallow Lake; lelr. and
Mrs. Alex. Robertson and family, Mr.
and Mrs. Theodore. Robertson, Mrs,
Wen. Reid, Mr. J. J. Casemore, Mr.
and Mrs. Wm. Jenkins, Mr. and Mrs,
Wesley Walters, Mr. and Ivirs. Wm. London seniors defeated Teeswatet•
Casemore and son, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. by the score of 9 to 6 in an exhibi-.
Casemore and family, Mr. and Mrs. tion floodlight baseball game staged
Clifford Jenkins and family, Mr. and at Tecumseh Park, London, Monday
Mrs. Harry Wheeler, all of Wing-. night. Ross Miles, catcher for the
ham. London 0.B.A,A, Club, was respoe-.'
sible for the victory over the Bruce
LATE EDWARD R. County League representatives, sec-,
TALI3®T RESIDEDurine a ]tomer and two triples anti;
driving in a total of .five runs:
HERE 25 YEARS Gordon Irwin, Teeswater hurler,
struck out'. 11 the of Landon batters,
but weakened badly in the fifth and
sixth when the London team bunch-
ed hits to score eight runs in the
two frames. It was a free -hitting af-
fair, with the visitors securing 13 hits
and the Londoners an even dozen;.
Lefty :Adair hurled seven of thr
nitie innings, being relieved by Geo.
Mahon in the fifth and sixth, when
Mahon held his opponents scoreless
and allowed bttt one hit. It was the
first appearance '' of the Tecswater•
club under floodlights and they turn-
ed in a good performance.
Alf: White and Lefty 13rewe Figur•
ed in a smart double play itt the sixth
frame, Somers, left fielder for the
visitors, was the leading hitter with
three singles out of an tonal number
of chances. Cassidy and Irwin telt
triples, while Alf White also cornett-.
cd for tht'ee bases,
,
Irwin made a .good catch of .Males'
r
high fiy.and Somers made long tort
to take I3rewe's liner in .the seventh,
LOCAL ANDPERSONAL.
Miss Vern Walker is visiting with
relatives in Toronto,
Miss Lilian Grier attended the xnil.
linery opening in Toronto.
Mr, Robert Allen motored to North
Bay last week to visit his son.
Mr, Clare Crawford of .Detroit, is
visiting at the home of his p,:r tints.
Mr. and Mrs, Elliott Fleming, of
Fergus are visiting relatives in town„
Women's and Children's Summer
Shoes at big Cut ,Prices. Greer's Shoe
Store.
Mr, and Mrs, T. Y. Smith, and Miss
Dorothy Deans of Galt, are visiting
in town.
Miss Mary Coultes of Toronto, is
visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs,
Thos, Deans.
Have you secured your share of`
the Footwear values at Greer's Sum-
mer Shoe Sale.
Rev, Jas. Allan of Ottawa, is visit-
ing at the home of his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Geo Allen.
Nr, and Mrs: Jas. A. Patterson left
on Monday morning last for their
home in Boissevain, Manitoba, mot-
oring all the way'.
Men's Farm Shoes, Solid Leather,,,:
$2,49; Misses and Children's Canvas
Shoes 69 cents a pair. Greer's Shoe
Store.
MRS. TOM MARKS DIES
Mrs. Tom Marks, wife of one of
the four Marks brothers, well known
to the theatrical world of Canada,
died in the hospital in Perth on Tues-
day night of last week after a long
illness,
Tom Marks retired from the stage
10 years ago, to the peace of farm
life on the old homestead on Christie
Lake. In his 45 years he played many -
parts, in drama, in comedy, as an
acrobat and singer of Irish ballads.
Marks Brothers' productions filled
the theatres in the smaller places ac-
ross the Dominion and in parts af�
the United States;'
Mrs. Marks was formerly •Miss Ella
Brockenshire of Wingham, and will
be remembered by many of the old.
residents.
Annual Orange, Decoration
Wingham L. O. L. N. 794 will
hold its annual decoration service at
the Winghatn cemetery on Sunday,
August 23rd at 2,30 in the afternoon,
Wins Twilight at Lucknow
Five local rinks took part in the
twilight tournament at Lucknow. on
Friday evening and the rink compos,
ed of W. R. Hamilton, W. A. Miller„
J. Mason and A. M. Crawford, skip,
won first prize and received two plate
electric stoves.
Car Burns. Near Arthur
The Wii]ys-Knight car driven by
Wm. McMichael and W. 5. Brown
took fire while they were returning
from Elora last week. A truck driie
er with a fire extinguisher put out thct
blaze but not before the car was a;.
wreck.
TEESWATER LOSES
TO LONDON 94
Edward Richard. Tilbot, a resident
of London for the past 25 years, dur-
ing a part of which tune he was en -
1U
JUNIOR FARMERS gage in the real estate 'business, died
at his residence, 69 Wharncliffe road,.
TO HOLD PICNIC north, on Wednesday, in his 92nd
-- year. He was born in London Town -
The Huron CountyJunior Farmers ship. He was engaged in business
J Purin
and Junior Girls purpose holding the Wingham for szveial years being in
Annual Field Day and Picnic at Bay- partnership with Donald McInnes in
field Park on Wednesdayafternoon a general store, He was a`resideitt
i is resideitt
26t1t, 1931, games and sports of ;Popular Point, Manitoba, for ten
to commence at 1.80 o'clock, standard years.
time, The program will include in- Surviving are his 'widow, Harriet"
ter -club competition in the various Jones Talbot; two sans, Thomas E.
sport event, andw
p Sac aures for the os- and William 'Talbot of Toronto,
games,P J r
session of the Association's Silver and three ,
dau hters Mrs. 1). H. Ten -
g
Cop for this coining yearBoys and nent, Mrs, 3" .l
Blackwell and Mrs.
girls soft -ball, races, novelty races W. 5,
Btglow
, all of 7:.otdon.
arid horse, shoe pitching are among Archdeacon
Sage will conduct the
the meet important iteon he pro -funeral service e at the George Logan
grans, The junloi Girls have very funeral home at 3 oclock this after-
kindly
fte t
-
ciudCy consented to bring a basket noon. In erntent will be ,made in
lunch with theta to provide refresh- Woodland, Cattetery, l
ondor Ads
melts for the picnic supper at 6 p.n1. vertiser,