The Wingham Advance Times, 1931-11-05, Page 8•
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WHITECHURCH
-Ir, Robert Ross was in Walkerton
!last week on the jury.
Mr: and Mrs. Lance Grain motored
strias Fergus on Sunday last and spent
nese day with relatives there.
Miss Luella Laidlaw, who has been
aid up again, is now on the mend.
Miss Merle Gaunt spent a few days
'last week with Miss Grace Blake in
Ashfield.
Don'tg forget the fowl dinner to ,be
,given by the people of the United
Church on Wednesday, November 11.
L.zicknow talent are providing a god
:program. •
Mr. and Mrs. John Gillespie and
l'Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Gillespie and
children: motored to . Blenheim on
;Sunday and spent the day with Mr.
sand Mrs. Frank.Gillespie there.
Quite a number in this district are
*laid up with bad attacks of the flu.
Mrs. John Falconer is visiting with
-rs'tends: in .Wingham and Bluevale. -
.Mr. Robert and Mr. Isaac Clug-
<;onn of Freelton, spent a few days
-T;.itth tthreir cousin, Mr. W. R. Far-
-r.ier. 'Mrs. Sheriff of Wingham, also
-visited at the home of her brother,
Mr. Farrier.
Mr. Harry McClenagban and fam-
'ib- of Belgrave, visited at the home
trar7: Air. and Mrs. Wm. 'Barbour on
: nnday. The ladies of the W. M. S.
t:of :the United Church are holding a
avvising bee in the basement of the
s'•rich an Wednesday to finish up
gi'zetr-•bale for ,Christmas cheer.
The Hallowe'en Social held in the
United • Church on Friday• evening
was quire a success. A food program
was giy'en by home talent and after-
ward, all repaired to 'the basement,
where games were very,much,enjoy-
ed by all.. Lunch; of'.sandwiches and
pumpkin ,pie was .then served and a
social hal holier enjoyed.
By the looks of .things and vehicles
out of .their accustomed places, the
young, people of .Whitechurch rust
have been playing pranks. on Hallow-
ing, when Mr, J, G. Murdock, Luck -
now, was the special speaker. •
Mr. and Mrs, Roy Patton of Lucair
spent Sunday with her another, M.
!oars: Jos: Charnney'!a4i11 family and
Mr. and Mrs, David Chantney and
family and Miss Euphentia Cliamney
motored to the horne of Mr. and Mrs.
Raymond Finnigan of Crewe, 'Thurs-
day and enjoyed the family re-uniop.
We are sorry to report that ten-
year -old Billie Johnston, son of Mr,
and. Mrs. Gershon Johnston, of E.
Wawanosh is very ill with typhoid
fever in Wingham Hospital. We hope
to hear more favorable reports of his
condition.
Ivir. Robt. Laidlaw made a business
trip to London on Tuesday.
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MORRIS -
Mr, and Mrs, Archie McMichael of
Wroxeter were visitors at the home
of Chas. G. Campbell on Sunday.
Mrs. Peter Basal of Toronto visit-
ed her aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Warwick last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Chris. Hetherington
were guests at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Hetherington. •
Mr, and Mrs. Sweet of Exeter have
been visiting at the home of their
friends. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Hastings
for the past week or more.
Mrs, John Hunter visited her dau-
ghter, Mrs. Lesley Cunningham,' last
week.
i'Irs. Archie Campbell visited at the
home of her son, Mr, Oliver Camp-
bell, on Sunday.
Mr. Albert Bell and Mrs. Laugheed
of Wingham, called on their friends,
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Burke, Thurs-
day last.
Mrs. Robert Warwick has been on
Mr. and Mrs.; Gordon Cane of Tor -
onto, spent'the week -end with her sis- cold, but it better again.
• Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Gilmour call-
ed at the home of their friends, Mr.
and Mrs, Elmer Hastings, last week.
Master Clarence Golley visited his
and Mrs. Charles Campbell, of Bel- uncle, Mr. John Abram last Sunday.
grave. I Mr. Wm. Findlater, also Miss 'An -
Mr. and • Mrs: Jas..Cornelius and nie Findlater, were Sunday guest's at
Mr. and Mrs. Amos Cornelius spent'' the home of Mr. and Mrs.' Duncan
Sunday -with Mrs: Bradt of Brussels.. Campbell.
Rev. Mr: - Hawtir from Gwalior ! Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Burke and
Mission, India,- will • be- the special son, Calvin, visited friends in Amber-
speaket at the Thank -Offering meet- ley on Sunday.
'ing to be held in Chalmer's Church Mr. and Mrs. George Hawthorne
on Thursday night. ivir. and •Nirs, visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs,
Hawtin are stationed' at the mission Robert Golley, on Sunday last.
where Mr: Angus Mackay is station- I A number of the usual Hallowe'en
ed. and, while here Mr. and Mrs. pranks were played on people in this
Hawtin Will visit with Mr. and Mrs. neighborhood on Hallowe'en night.
Hector Mackay..• . I Miss June and Master Frank'Burke
Mrs. John Mowbray,: Mrs. -Peter- visited their grandparents, Mr. and
son and- Mr. ahcl Mrs. Robert Mow- Mrs. Chas. Cooke, on Sunday last.
bray and children motored to Grand ' Browntown school children and S.
Valley on Monday to attend the op- S. No. 7 celebrated Hallowe'en to -
ening of -the new cement bridge con- gether last Friday afternoon at the
the sick list lately, with a very bad
tc-r, Mrs., Herson Irwin and her mo-
ther, Mrs. S. Thompson.
Mr. and -Mrs: •:Henry McGee and
Gordon -visited, on. Sunday with Mr.
strutted 'by .Messrs. Percy Finnigan Stone School when S. S. No. 7 enter
of Dungannon and Robert Mowbray. tained the Browntown pupils with a
This is a county bridge, 120 feet long Hallowe'en Social consisting of reci-
with a single arch of `cement and is tations, games and stunts. An enjoy
a great ;credit to.' the contractors,
Miss Ida' McQuoid spent the week-
end aCKinlough at the home of lir.
M, ,Scott: - -
Miss Barbara Weir 'of Betmore
spent the week -end at her home here.
Mr. and kirs:'Sam:Leggatt return-
ed to Collingwood on, Wednesday af-
ter spending a few days at the home
of his cousin, Mr: Wesley. Leggatt.
Miss Lela Leggatt and Miss Dor-
othy' Pollock spent the, week -end at
Tceswater. with Miss Hazel Wocks.
Miss T3,eatrice. Johnston of Strat-
ford, is visiting with her aunt, Mrs.
Thos. McCreight.
Miss Isabel MacLaughlin, R.N,,* of
, Scaforth,spent. a few days last week
with Miss Laura Robinson, Miss L.
Schrum of'f Walkerton• also spent last
week -end with Misst'Robinson.
GEO. WILLIAMS
Jeweller.
EACH MONTH WE REPAIR
ONE WATCH :FREE.
Winner for October -
Miss G. Macdonald,Teeswater.
DIAMONDS WATCHES,
SILVERWARE, JEWELL-
,ERY, CHINA AND DINNER-
WARE
HIGH CLASS GOODS AT
POPULAR PRICES
Wingham Phone 5.
VIOLIN LESSONS
Apply ifor Particulars
3, fro ALLEN
Box 74 Wroxeter Ph. 29
Boren-ln Detroit, on ;Wednesday,.
October 21st, to Mr,, and Mrs. Elgin
Puedon, a slaughter, Shirley Alberta.
Mrs. Gordon Mackay who has been
visiting Orth ']hei'' prents'at Belleville;
returned:ihe-tie dfi ' uitda .:.
Miss •BeetheeAlagkay,:of Stratford,.
spent the week end with her parents,
Mr. and Tete Lector Mackay. Mrs.
Macka `• bas ;krptibekea'ias well as us-
ual for the past week.
A Hallowe'eni'Social was held in
Chalmer's Church on Thursday even -
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Warm Shoes for colli Weather 1
Warm Felt'or'Cloth Shoes can noir lies rpitrchafseci so cheap-
t ly that it is folly' to suffer from COLD FEET. i1
We have a good variety of Winter '$`hoes'€oda both Wotnen
t3ilt and'IVIen-Shoes that' can be worn not only for HOUSE WEAR •_
p, but also lender Robbers or Galloshes and prices (as far as this. ■
alae Shoe ,:Store is „concerned) are DECIDEDLY LOWER.
' We swish to again mention LOW PRICES' IN RUBBER'' __
tIOOOTWEAR of all, kinds. There is a very decided diff
Y erent d e in
+our prices compared to those of a year ago. We invite compari-
'tons, Moreover WE DO NOT HANDLE SECONDS in rubber
footwear and y tt may therefore'DEPEND ON THE
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• able afternoon was spent by all, clos-
ing with the National Anthem and
1 Mr. Garniss, teacher of Browntown
invited Miss MacLeod's pupils dip to
Browntown school for an afternoon
sometime.
I. Taking up turnips. is the order of
I the day among the farmers in this
'community.
Mrs. Alex. Campbell who has been
visiting her sister, Mrs. Alex. Coutts
for the past two months has returned
home,
BLUEVALE
A goodly number of friends met at
the home of Mrs. George McDonald
foe- the first time since moving to
Plnevale. Miss Mary Collie received
with Mts. McDonald, Mrs. Roger
Oke invited the ladies to the (lining-
s oom
iningrr,om where a daintily arranged table
was centred with a Basket of French
Marigolds. Mrs. Wm. Spier poured
tea. Many .kindly wishes were ex-
pressed that Mr. and Mrs. McDonald
may enjoy their future years in Blue-
,vale.
lue•vale.
Rev, James Haggan, of Toronto,
occupied the pultpit in Knox Presby-
terian Church on Sunday and preach-
ed from Exodus 28:33, Next Sunday
-Nov. 8th, Rev, D. C, Hill, 1Z.A., B.D.,
of Port Elgin, will preach, and the
following Tuesday evening a fowl
supper will be served in the basement
of the church.
The Ha.11owe;,en Social at the Unit-
ed Church on Friday evening under
the auspices of the Young People's
Society was well attended, quite a
goodly number being in costume. The
programconsisted of Hallowe'en
games, music and singing, and th-e
Customary refreshments.
Visitors in .town: Mr. and Mrs:A.
Smith and Mr; 'Somerville of Goder-
ieh, with. Mr. and Mrs, George Mc-
Donald.; William Maxwell of Kings-
ville,with friends in the. community
C',nrles Messer with his patents: Mi•,
and 1frq,. John Messer; J. Wesley
l,<;attic and Mies Florence; Mr•s.;:'flar-
r Scott and srrn, Jimmie, of Seaforth
11+11, their uncle. F I3. Scott; Olive
Garniss of Monrut Forest, with her
parents, Mr. and Mts. R, F. Garniss
lit Lerv.iwl.,a:a�u9w e.
RAPID CITY
Me, .Albert Carter, has beeu suffer-
ing with a very serious attack -Of
pleurisy and is still tender' tate clot -i
•tor's care,
Mrs. rs.
,las. Burns visited her broth-
er, Mr. Pratt, of Blyth, who had the
misfortune` to fall and break his
shoulder blade.
Ivlr.. and Mrs, Mark Gardner at-
tended the Silver Wedding anniver-
sary of Mr. and Mrs, Will Gardner
at Zion on Monday last,
A large number from South Kin-
loss congregation attended the anni-
versary services at Kinlough on Sun-
day and those who attended the fowl
supper and concert on Monday even-
ing were well pleased with the Duff
Entertainers' from the Blind Institute
who presented the concert,
Rev. Mie Burgess, pastor of South
Kinloss is at ,present taking his va-
cation with friends near Toronto,
ASHFIELD at
IvIr. and Mrs. Will McDonald, Mr,
and Mrs. Charlie Twamley and fam-
ily, called on Mr. and Mrs. Adam
Johnstone, Sunday evening.
Mr. Earl Sherwood, near St. Hel-
ens, spent Sunday afternoon with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Sherwood.
Mr. and 'Mrs, Wm: H. Johnston, of
Exeter, visited with his brother, Mr,
Richard Johnston and Mrs. Johnston,
near Mafeking.
Quite a few from Ashfield attended
the funeral of the late Mr. Haines, of
East Wawanosh' -on Thursday after-
noon, from the United Church, Luck-'
now, to Greenhill Cemetery: Rev. S.
Davison of Wingham, and Rev, Mr.
Craw of Lucknow, officiated, We ex-
tend our sincere sympathy to the be-
reaved.
We are sorry to hear that Mr. D,
Little, 10 con, had some ribs frac-
tured when !ticked by a, colt, Friday
evening. Mr: Little was potting salt
out for the •liorses when the colt be-
gan to play around,
BELGRAVE.
The Ydttng People°s. Society of the
Knox United"Church 'held its annual
Hollowe'en social in -the basement of
the church. There was a good at-
tendance and: many were in costume
suitable for•'the occasion. The en-
tertainment Was in the form of a pro-
gram which consisted of community
singing; instumental numbers, read-
ings, vocal dtets,solos. Bob Coultes
acted as eh -ail -man. The prize given
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for the pest'iitimber given by person
in costume Was won by Beryl Cun-
ningham and'Eillean McCallum, who
played 'a piano duet. -A.t the conclus-
ion of the program lunch was served
and a social time enjoyed.
Mr. and Mrs. Rowntree of London,
and Mrs. W. T. Wray and little dau-
ghter of Woodrow, Sosk., visited with
Mr, and Mrs. J". A. :Brandon,
Mrs.r Jas. Sirttnis of Blyth, and a
sister of Harry Campbell south of the
village is in Wingham Hospital.
A number of the members of the
Belgrave Women's Institute attended
the meeting of 'tate Women's Institute
in Wingham on Thursday evening
and spent an enjoyable time,
Mr. and Mrs. W. Pocock and sons
Harold and Norman were recent vis-
itors
isitors with friends in Waterford, Dres-
den, `.iilsonburg and Aylmer. '
Dr. and Mrs: Stackhouse of Ridge-
way visited with their cousin, Mrs. C.
R Coultes and family.
Mrs. J. T. Coultes who spent the
past week with her brother, James
VanCamp returned home.
Master Raymond Kermath of 4th
line Morris underwent an operation
in Wingham Hospital for appendicit-
is and is, making a good recovery,
Mrs, John McGuire has returned
home after visiting with her daughter
Mrs. Cecil Mines and family in Nia-
gara Falls.
Mr, W, Maxwell of Kingsville, and
Mr. H. Diment of Wingham, spent a
clay with J, A. Brandon.
Mrs, Railings and Mrs. Simpson of
Detroit, were 'guests of Mr. and, Mrs.
J. A. Brandon,
Sunday visitors at C. He Wade's:
Mrs. Armstrong, London, Mr, and
Mrs, A. Anderson, London, Mr and
Mrs. Wade, Fordwich, and Mr. and
Mrs. Boller, Seaforth.
Mrs. Sandy , Young was laid up
with the flu last week,
Mrs. Hawkins of Wingham, is visit
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leg with Mrs. 'Jno. Cole for the win
tee months:
10th Con. E. WAWANOSH
Mr. and Mrs. Kane of Toronto'
visited with Mr. and Mrs. Herson it
win over the week -end,
Mr. and. Mrs, .Finlayson of Kippcn,
visited with Mr, and Mrs, Chas, Shiell
on Sunday.
Miss Agatha Coultes spent a few
days with her parents,- Mt. and Mrs.
Robert Cottites.. •
Mr. and Mrs. Clark and Mr. and
Mr's, Page of Mitchell spent Sunday
al James IoWIs,';
A very pleasant evening was spent
at the Tlallowe'en social at Robert
T'h i4day, November 5, 1931''
Coultes'. The old witches met ti,e
guests at the door arid- then they wetei
escorted in by the hosts:' Mrs. Les-
lie Wightuian and' Miss Beatrice Bee -
et Oft conducted: games and Miss liin-
1 's'on hail' thelia perform different
stunts in her "Charm Room", The
ones in costume paraded and prizes
for comic dress were given to Mr,
Ross Robinson and Miss Louise Coul-
tes, and for fancy dress, Mrs, Chas.
Shiell and Miss PIelei Thompson,
The old witch told fortunes in front
of the fireplace. Later sandwiches,
pumpkin pie, doughnuts, ginger snaps
and coffee were served,
Preparatory services will be held in
Brick United Church, Thursday ev-
ening, November 5th, at eight oclock.
Sacrament of the Lord's Supper will
be observed on Sunday, Nov. 8th, at.
2.30 p,n1.
The following is the report of S.
S. No, 11, East Wawanosh, for the
months of September and October':
The pass being 60%, honours 75%:
Sr, IV -Dwight Reid 92:9; Creigh-
ton Reid 81,5; Stanley' Irwin 66; Ho-
ward Irwin 52,
Jr. IV -Henry Pattison 70.2.
Jr: III Dick Irwin 73.4; Helen
Thompson 68.9; Willa Reid 63.8.
II -June Irwin 74.5,
Printer -Dorothy Pattison, good.
Number on roll 10, average atten-
dance 9,75, ,
• Jessie E. Finlayson, teacher.
BLY.TH
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Mr. George Powell, elder son of
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Powell, left on
'Saturday for Chicago, where he will
take a course in Radiology.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Baker of To-
ronto, spent Sunday at the home of
Mrs .E. Bender.
Mr. and Mrs. 'Thomas Taylor spent
the week -end with friends at Aylmer.
The members of the Orange Order
will attend service Sunday afternoon
in Trinity .Church. The rector, Rev.
L. V. Pocock, will give the address.
Mrs. Hick is visiting her sister,
Mrs. John Ferguson,
The annual fowl supper and enter,
tainmeet will be held. in Memorial
Hall' on Remembrance Day, under
the auspices of the Women's Institute
Judge Jackson of Lethbridge, was
calling on friends in this vicinity
during the week.
Miss Bessie Hillen of Walton spent
the week -end with Miss Godkin of
town.
The installation of officers of the
local I.O.O.F. took place in the lodge t
rooms on Thursday evening, when
D, D. G. M. Dignum and staff of Ex- f
eter, exemplified the work in a very
efficient manner. Visitors were pre- 8
sent from Wingham, Brussels, Sea -
forth and Exeter Lodges. The fol-
lowing officers were installed: N. G.
-W, H, Lyons; V. G. -A. Somers;
R. Sec. -A. W. Robinson; Fin. Sec.
-W. J. Petts; Treasurer -J. H. R.
Elliott;; Warden -D. Floody; Con- •t
ductor-N. Johnston; C. G. -S. A. .t
Popplestone; J. G. -S. McVittie; R,
S. N. G. -J. S. Chellow; L. S. N. G.
-A. Sanderson; R. S. V. G. -Wan.
Thuell; L. S. V. G. -D. Kirkconnell;
R. S. S. -H. Weymouth; L. S. S.-
3 B, 'Watson; ;Chaplain -W. Kechn.ie.
list of winners ree)getheits dt
score i5 as follovre:Ce "
Frank Archibald, Seaforlli'" " 50
Alfred Patterson; Luck roiv
Delmer Skinner,' Centralia ,. 544
Jas Turnbull,
Brussels r4
2
Thos. Horn, Jr., Woodham 538
Jaelw Ferguson, Clifford 5132
John. Broadfoot, Brecefiel'd 5}Z5
George .Hetherington, Wingh Cir .521.
Tom Anderson, Lucknow, .Club wuek
Lloyd Picot, Bayfield, Club lvox•k
Mr, Picot and Mi. Anderson won
thetrip -by being the Winners 3 ri.'t lie
Goderich Township and Assbfidd
Township Hoinc Garden Clubs,,,,,
The shield donatSd ley,,the Canad-
ian • National Exhibition to the :high
novice was won ley Frank Archibald'
of Seaforth
The Jtidges were: Messrs. .F.":Boi•-
syth ,and H. Goble, Dept. of Agricul-
tiire, Walkerton; A, G Ireton, Do-
minion Live Stock Branch, Paris; Q.
D. Graham, Dept. . of Agrictf€tir+E,
.Stratford,. and V. Langton,. Dept,-, df
;Agriculture, Markdale.
HEAVY DOCKET FOR
COUNTY FAi rr , ASSIZES
Although there ie -'but •dare' cr'imiti'a
case, that of the Mc11?eilebrotlters, ac
cused Brussels bank robbers, on 4th
-docket of the fall` assizes; the-
list,
he - .c`ivi
list, with three jud:y.an•clefiug..nonjrur.
actions, and a divorce action, is fah:
ly
The court, Which opens on Tues
day afternoon'this -W ek trefeete• :Ji's-"
tice Logic, may '1.:est ar v ele r ia:
Lordship is scheduled t,pll,Sie,P4
Belleville assizes M'bn the week fol-
lowing and it may be -that eoa eece5.err
On the civil list wil'1'"li'e�'sb` t"'tl�o dn. '°�'''i'''
The first trial of •'the 'Me Te lrhev
titers, Harry and Gilford,,••one year
ago, lasted five clays, The second, •in
June of this year, occupied four days.
At both trials the jury; disagreedas
,t {x; W�itV'itno h 1 bwnship, for alleg-
4 jt: s, i ctlpra'rof his (jolurston's)` dau-
gaiter An adjournment of this ease
rias'' been agreeil to by the plaintiff,,
who consents -to- paying the coats of
!de-
fendant
defendant's witnesses. Thti de-
fendant denies all knowledge and 'res-
ponsibility of plaintitf,'s• claim, '. E.
Dancey is acting for the pia ntiff,
This case iwFas,, carried, over; fr•ot `the
last assize"cod-t.
Douglas D. 'Wetherell, garage pecan,
Wingham, . is asking $15,000 from
Charles Bondi, .wholesale fruit mer-
chant, also of Wingham, and Gordon
Aide, Bondi's truck driver. It is set
out iii the statement of claim'that
Arde, driving the Bondi truck a :tN; of
the garage, pinned. Wetherell against
the wall,' breaking his pelvis bone:and
inflicting permanent.injury. Reek-
lessness is' alleged, McPherson &
Makins for plaintiff, O. E. Klein, 'of
Walkerton, for defendants.
Mae V. Klumpp, a married woman,
residing at Chicago, is seeking to ire -
cover. $2,598,15 from William -.H'.
Maunders, Morris Township farmer,
the balance alleged due on the 'sale
of an 'apartment in Detroit. W.'. M.
Sinclair, Brussels, for plaintiff; Mc-
Pherson & Makins for the defense.
1 Mary Taylor, of Auburn, is claiin-
- $1,050,47, principal and interest
e on a note from Vere Cunningham,'
l Colborne Township farmer. The note
y- is made in favor of the' late Hester
- Cunningham and is dated. May 31,
t, the guilt or innocence of.accused;"
who are charged with robbery, while
armed, of the Bank of Nova,. Scotia
branch at Brussels on..September•-26,
1930. The robbers , obtained ,about•
$6,000. Preparations for the., third
trial ,have proceeded quietly. If ,new
evidence is to be p>;oduced by the
crown, there has been' no intimation
given as yet. G. L. T. l?ru11,.I.C., of
Toronto, who prosecuted. et the, last
trial, will again appear .for the
crown,
Blow Torch Caused Fire .
One of the interesting nonjttry ac -
ions is that of Fred. Tyndall, 14.ulle1t
Township farmer, who asks $4,340.
roan the West Wawanosh. Mutual
Fire Insurance Company. Orr; April
1931, the barn and contents of Mr.
Tyndall, insured with the defendant
company, were burned. The defense
is that plaintiff erred in;. making a
change material to • leis risk in that
while installing a hydro, service he
permitted a workman to etse a blow
neck, contrary to statutory ,regufa
ions, and that he did.. not disclose.
the facts to the company, which asks
for a dismissal of the claim. McPher-
son & Makins, of Stratford,, are act
ing for the plaintiff, and J. W. Bush
field, of Wingham, for the defendant.
Jury ,Actions •
James Durnin, of Goderich, , is
claiming $2,000 from •Benson Johns-
SCHOOL REPORT
S. S. No. 8,
The following pupils were examin-
ed in Arithmetic, Literature, Spelling
and Composition. Honors 75%, pasts
60%.
Jr. IV -Kenneth Sinnarnon 68,
Laurain Benninger 55.
Sr. III -Jeannette Benninger 70,
Margaret McMichael 66.
Jr. III -Billie Elliott 68, 'Mary Sin-
narnon 66, Gien. Sinnarnon 41.
Sr. II -Lloyd Elliott 55.
Jr. II -Grace Hogg 83,, Ratha Sin-
nambn 78, Melba Radford 69, .Helen.
Walker 53, Alma Benninger 49, Dot-
othy Elliott 47, Pearl Walker 37.
Primer; in order of merit Joseph
Walker, . • Helen McMichael, Leona
Benninger,Marjorie Sinnarnon,
Gladys A. Ireland, Teacher.
S. S. No. 9
For the months of September and
October.
Sr. IV -Ronald Coultes 77, Edith
Arbuckle 68, Luella Kerr 67, George
Carter 65.
Sr. II -Lenore Wellings 69, Ariel.
Johnston 64, Billy Johnston, absent.
I Class -Howard Walker 70, Ken-
neth Johnston 68.
Primer -Louise Coultes.
No. on roll 10. Av. att. 8:8,
Elsie Doubledee, Teacher,
BOYS CHOSEN FOR
TRIP TO "ROYAL"
The fifth annual Royal
Judging
Competition to select ten boys to take
advantage of the free trip to the Roy-
al, Winter Fair was held in Clinton,
me''Thursday, October 29th. The 42
contestants were required to judge
three classes of livestock; two classes
of grain, one class of poultry and to
answer ten questions relating to ag-
riculture,
The possible score was 650 and the
1931., Plaintiff is the beneficiary of
the residue under the will of Miss
Cunningham and claims to be entit-
led to the proceeds of the note. De
fendant sets out that he paid the :in
terest regularly and on May 11, 1929,y
in his home, paid the principal; in
cash inthe 'presence of his wife to
Miss Gunn ngham, and received a 're-
ceipt, the understanding being that
Miss Cunningham was to•tear up the
note when she reached home. Hays
& Hays for plaintiff, F. R. Darrow
for defendant.
Eleven farmers residing near Kin-
cardine
seek to recover the sum of
$2,800 from the directors of the Kin
cardine Packing Company, 'the am
ount, it is alleged, representing divi-
dends illegally paid out by defend-
ants.
Alex Souter, a nightwatchman, of
Highland Park, Mich,, is defendant
in an action brought by Isabella Cam-
eron, married woman, of Seaforth.
The action is to recover $1,000 with.
interest, alleged to have begin loaned
by plaintiff to defendant in 1919. The
latter denies the loan and says tier
claim is barred by the statute of li; nil
itations. R. S. Hays, Seaforth, for
plaintiff; Gladman & Stanbury, Ex-
eter, for defendant.
Eva Rapson, Clinton, nurse, asks
$3,384 from Barbara Sharp,admin-
istratrix of the estate of. Mary
Eliza Searle. The claim is: an actin
for 1,128 days' nursing at $3 a day.
The• defense claims there was an un-
derstanding or agreement that the
rate of pay was to be $1 a day. L.
E. Dancey for plaintiff, F. Fengland
for defendant. -
Carl -"Do you believe in the old
adage about . marrying in haste and
repenting at leisure?"
Jake -No, I don't. After a man
marries he hasno, leisure."
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PHONE 76 ` . • PROMPT DELIVERY
The great ? of the day is making that dollar
go further; don't be deceived' into- thinking that'`
you must buy from a chain • store to do this,your
independent merchant has equal values to offer
you. , • r
A few of this week -end's Specials:
Corn Syrup, 5 11,. pail ...............34c
Honey, 5 ' ib. pail 42e
Libby's Med. Tin Pork &
Beans, 3 for „ 25c
Sugar Crisp Corn •Flakes 3 25c
Robin Hood Rolled Oats,
Special, pkg. ' 22e
Aylmer Tomato Soup, 3 for 25c
Peas, 3 tins 25c
Corn, 3 tins 25c
5 String Brooms, `.special 29c
Choice Dates, 3 lbs. , 25c,
Sultana Raisins, Seedless
2 lbs. 25c
Large U'nseed'ed Raisins,
2 lbs. for 23c
Choice New Figs, 2 lbs. •25c
Choice New Prunes, 2 lbs. 25c
Big Five Cleanser, 6 for ,.,..-..25c
Tea, Black or Mixed, lb. .,.... 39c
With each package of Princess
Soap. Flakes at 23c, we give one
package Super Suds FREE. ,
Scotch Oatmeal Cakes, pkg. 21c
Fresh Ginger Snaps, 2 lbs, 25c
Fancy Mixed Cakes, lb. 25c
Comfort Soap, 6 bars 25c
P. & G. Soap, 7 bar .,25c
Have you tried our special
Orange Pekoe Tea, World's'
Blend, 'half pound 25c
Celery, Cabbage and : Fresh
Caulifldwer. '
We are agents for Ethel Bread;.
Fresh every Day.
Give Us a Trial, You Will be
Satisfied. .
14,
GGS