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The Wingham Advance Times, 1932-02-18, Page 1Single Copies Five Cents. With Which is Amalgamated The Gorrie Vidette and Wroxeter News, WINGHAM, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18th, 1932 BIT BY LIGHTNING, BARN BURNS An electrical storm in this section of the country, during the, month of February is in itself an unusual inti dent; but when the storm develops such intensity othat the lightning strikes a barn, resulting in its des- truction by fire, it might well qualify for historical records: During the storm on Thursda.. y morning a barn belonging to Richard Johnston on the Laughlin Fraser place, first .concession of Morris Township, was struck by lightning and destroyed by the fire that fol- lowed. The Ioss is quite heavy. .New Spring Coats and Dresses Fust received at Isard's.. See them ';for style, value and quality. Celebrate July 12th at Harriston 'The 12th of July will be celebrated in Harriston this year. The Harris - ton Orange Lodge has only been in existence a short time and the cele- bration will, no doubt, prove an add- ed stimulus to them. C.G,I.T. Group Entertain An enjoyable evening was spent last Thursday evening in the parlors of the United,Church, when the Wo - He -Lo Group of C.G.I.T. held a Val- entine Social. Each girl invited a girl friend, and a very merry group of over forty enjoyed games, con- tests, a short programme, and a very .dainty luncheon. Everything was in:. :keeping with St. Valentine's, and af- ter the evening's fun the girls declar- ed they "never had such a tune." `To Continue Week -End Fares In response to public demand, low week -end round trip fares, which Have been offered by the Canadian National, Canadian Pacific and other railway lines in the Dominion since last summer, will remain in force af- ter February 29,• the date ;originally .set for their discontinuance. Round trip tickets between . any Canadian :station for any week -end are offered Eby the railways at the rate of one .and one quarter times the regular .single fart. These tickets are good going from Friday noon 'until Sunday •noon and ..am:r ng •uetil• Monday relight. LOCAL AND PERSONAL Fancy Quality Pink Salmon, 10c tall tin, Dominion Stores Ltd. • Pepper—The new shade in Ladies' Hosiery -See it at Greer's Shoe Store. tt `' Capt. W. J. Adams is spending a few days this week with relatives at reiville. A Real Special, Chocolate Mallow Biscuits, 2 ib for 25c, at Dominion Stores, Ltd. Mrs. Robt. Beattie' and son, Geo., and. Mr. Jack Mason, motored to To- ronto on Monday. Miss Grace Richardson, of Tees - water, visited with Miss Fairy Fells over the week -enol. e Pepper -adds a dash' of spice 'td the hosiery colors—now on sale at 3 eer's Shoe Store. Miss Norma Coutts, who is attend- ing the Stratford Normal, spent the week -end at her home Here, Miss Florence Pokrandt,' cif Han - .over, spent the week -end at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Robt, Hopper. Specials for Week -End, Pure Gold Bread Flour, Manitoba hard wheat; '98 ib.=bag, $2,29, at Dominion Stores, Ltd. Mr. `Chas, Isard, of . London, visit- ed at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Isard, one tray this week. Mr. and 'Mrs. Norman Bucher, qf London visiteda fewdays fst v.. p f. at the 'home of the fortner's mother, Mrs. Botcher, Victoria St. Another 'Big Special,Red Pasha ge, Tea, 29c 1b., at Dominion Stores, Ltd. Miss ;Bertha. McKay, of Stratford, 'who is on 'the, see ff of the' Bell Tele- phone, is speneliegea couple of days at the local brapch. •thie,week, Mrs. Frank 'Sturdy underwent art Operation for appendicitis and is te- ported oling nicely, Ir, Gattdter of Clinton performed the operation, Grapdfrtiit "5 'for'25; Head' Lett use 2 for '25c; Choice 'ripe 'Tomatoes 10c 'Te 'Choice Lentems,'°.'21c „doe. , `13an- .artnas, Celery, Orstftget, at lowest line res, et Dominion :Stores, Ltd. WATER REACHES SPRING TIME FRESHET LEVEL The, heavy .rane of last week were responsible for a gradual rise of the Maitland ,river until'? the water . had reached the height of a spring time flood. On the Belgrave road, just south of the town, the water was so. deep on the road . on Thursday even- ing and Friday morning that all traf- fic had .to be detoured through the Township of East Wawanosh. Fortunately the . weather turned colder and, the water receded before any great damage was done., Considerable damage was done around the plant of the Brown Bros. Manufacturing Co. .There was such a volume of watef feeding the drains that they were linable to handle the water with', the result, that the 'base- nrent of the factory was flooded, al- so the fire room, the water rising up to the grates in the fire box, The kilns were filled with lumber, about three feet of which was under water for some time. FIVE CHURCHES RAISE ALLOCATION Huron Presbytery of the United Church met last week in Ontario St. United Church, Clinton. Rev. W. P. Lane, of Stratford, the Presbytery chairman, presided. A devotional period was observed after which the business of the day was proceeded with. Five churches only in the Presbytery were able to raise the full amount of their allocation for the M. and M. Funds. They' are; 'Clinton, Wesley Willis, Exeter Main St., God- erich North 'Street, Seaforth North Side, and Wingham' United. There was a normal attendance of . minist- ers and laymen present and much in- terest and enthusiasm was manifest. Dinner was served by the ladies of Ontario Street Church. Special this week -end, Calla Lily Pastry Flour, 24.1b, bag 53c, at Dom- inion Stores, Ltd. Monthly Meeting of Institute The February meeting of the Wo- men's Institute will be held in the Council Chamber on Thursday, Feb. 25th at 2.30 o'clock. • The hostesses ask each lady to bring one or more of her first photographs for the con- test. Dr. Redmond will be the guest speaker. There will also be a paper given on St. Valentine and music. Wingham-Grown Lemon " In our window we have on display a' large lemon grown by Mr. H. E. Isard. This lemon tieeighs 9 ounces and is one of several on his tree, and. has taken about' a year to grow: It is well shaped and of perfect color. with a good strong lepton smell. This proves that • practically everything; can be grown in old Huron if proper, care is taken added with patience,.' No Delay in Wilson Case Sheriff Middleton states that the reportsent from Goderich and pub- lished in the daily press, to the ef- fect that the Wilson forgery case would not be tried until the June. sessions, was entirely unwarranted. It is the intention, unless unforseen circumsl-zoces arise, to proceed with the case" at the assize court to be held here Feb. 29th.---Goderich Sig - Canadian' Club Meeting A electing of :the Canadian Club will be held in the 'Council Chamber (Me Friday evening, Feb. 19th, at 8 o'clock, Mr. A. N. Wiseman, His Majesty's Trade Commissioner in Canada will `address the meeting on "Canada's Trade Relationships with the Mother Country." The members of the Chamber of Commerce have becn invited to be the guests of the Club on this occasion. Xtn roved' Service Cerate late P nip d Tate following changes itt the C. N. h, tithe -table are contemplated ef- fective on Feb. 28th, The passenger teala in the morning will leave for 'remonto at 0:d0 and will return i , n n the .evening tit 10.05. The noon train from Toronto and the afternoon to Toronto will be ltnted trains and Will arrive at 1,15 and 1.511 respectively, This n' S Glta tge is no doubt •being made as a result of the insistent demand' that 'this district be served with t ..t-�, W tt an evening; ttaint We understand that no elan ee.re ', '-' c' g y 1 � b ai`<g made on, the London line. WINGHAM HIGH SCHOOL LITERARY HURON COUNTY DE- FEATS STRATFORD IN BADMINTON A meeting of the Wingham High School' Literary Society was held' in the "Assembly Hall on Friday, Feb 12th. The meeting opened with the singing of the Maple Leaf. After the minutes were read and adoptedthe following programme was rendered: a selection by the. Girls' Glee Club "By the Mississippi; a vocal solo by George . Henderson "Somewhere .a Voice -is Calling"; a talk on the Man- churian question by Chrissie Little; who stated that Manchuria had great natural resources, and the population was made up of some twenty-eight million Chinese; two hundred and eighty thousand Japanese, few Rus- sians and Koreans. Manchuria right- fully belonged to Japan by conquest, following the war between Russia and Japan. Japan then had a lease on Manchuria and opened up hernat- ural resources, leading up to the pre- sent trouble, when China put a boy- cott on Japanese goods. It now look- ed as though Japan planned to con- quer Manchuria, China and Eastern Asia. Following which the program continued with a quartette (Jean Mit- chell, Reta Hastie, Jack McKibbon and Bruce Fox), "Juanita"; the Jour- nal by Kenneth Lott; a selection by the Orchestra. The meeting was brought to a close by the critic's remarks by Gor- don Munn, and "God Save the King" GOLF PRO. SECURED Wingham golfers will be pleased to learn that the Alps Golf and Country Club were fortunate in securing the services of Breeker Meyers, assistant pro. of the Thames Valley Golf Club, London. Mr. Meyers is one of the leading golfers of the Province, and a capable instructor. Mr. John In- nes, : pro. at Highland Golf Club, London, and Mr. Meyers have ex- tended the. Alps Golf Course to over 3000 yards, rnaking same the longest 9 -hole course in the Province. Mr. Meyers will assume his duties in Ap- ril, and will be a decided benefit to Club members who are beginning golf and. improving the game of the more experienced golfers. Spring Showing Of Men's and Boys' New Spring' Suits, Hats and Caps, at Isard's Men's' Wear Store. Sixtieth Wedding Anniversary . Mr. and Mrs. William Isbister, on the occasion of the sixtieth anniver- sary of their marriage, will be at home to their friends, on Monday af- ternooti, February 22nd, from three to six o'clock. Local Curlers at Toronto Two local rinks of curlers skipped by D. Rae and, J. Murray are taking in the bonspeil at Toronto this'week. Those who are playing are: H. Di- anent, J. Carr, Jr„ 14. Walker, J. Mur- ray, H. C. MacLean, J. Carr, 3, Cur- rie and D. Rae, Heel Hugger Contest See how many words you can' make • out of the two'words "Heel Hugger." Proper names, abbrevia- tions tend slang words are barred. To. the persons sending to Gr•eer's Shoe Store the most words we wilt give two prizes. Let, One pair of Heel Hugger Shoes, price $8.00; 2nd, one pair of Cel.pro Shoes, price, $6.50. Contest closes Feb. 29th. FEDERAL GRANTS CUT TEN PER CENT. A 10 per cent, decrease in Domin- ion grants to many public institu- tion is contained in the estimates,, in - eluding the National Institute for the Blind, Child Welfare Association, Tuberculosis Association, Victorian Order of Nurses, St, John Ainbulan- A Hurcin County sBadminton 'team composed of four from Bayfield from Clinton " and ten from Wi ham, scored a decisive victory o the Stratford clubin the Armour at Stratford on Thursday even last. The Huron team.won 16 out 24 matches played. The Huron players won eight the twelve matches itt mixed doub and in ladies' doubles won five w Stratford was. victorious. in one. Men's doubles, Stratford and Hur won three matches each. • The results of the games were. follows: Mixed Doubles Miss B. Theodore and: Dr. R. Nic ole, Stratford, defeated *Mrs. J. M Kay and *W, H. French, Huron, 15, 15-8 and 15-12, Miss Mary Hovey and Stewa Cook, Huron, defeated Mr. and M L. Nethercott, 15-11; 15-10. Mrs. McEwen and Dr. Newto Brady, Huron,.defeated Mrs, L. Salter and J. M. Williamson; Stra 14-17; 17-14; 15-6. *Mrs. J. McMichael and *5, Maso Huron, defeated Miss Mary Mill and L. Marsh, Stratford, 15-8; 12-1 17-15.. ' Miss Bernice Easson and R. Thistle, Stratford, . defeated *Mi Brandon and.5. McKay, Huron, 1 8; 8-15; 15-7. Miss Davidson and E. Patchel Huron, defeated Mrs, F. Mason an Dr. F. J. R. Forster, Stratford, 15-3 15-11. . Miss H. Gandier and *G. Smith Huron, defeated Mrs. (Dr.) H. 13 Kenner and Dr. L. Macklin, Strat ord, 15-7; '15-12. Miss Dorothy Mason and C. A Bryan, Stratford, defeated Miss Cath rine McTaggart and *W. Tiffin Huron, 15-5; .15-12. *Mrs. C. W. Lloyd and *A. Adams Huron, defeated.' Mr. and Mrs. Chas Siliphant, Stratford, 5-15; 15-9; 15-4 Miss Agnes Coombe and C. Coop er, .Huron, defeated Mr. and Mrs. H . Manning, Stratford, 15-7; 15-11. Miss Ethel Ogden and H. E oyles, Stratford, defeated Mis ileen Rumball and Robert Gandier uron, 15-12; 15-11. Miss Norma Cook, and Dr. Gan- dier, Huron, defeated Miss M.' Me'- Callun and Dr. J. Hiscox, Stratford, 15-10; 15-4. Ladies' Doubles Miss Hovey and Miss Rumball, Huron, defeated Miss Miller and Miss Theodore, Stratford, 15-8; 18- 17. Mrs. L, J. Salter and Miss Hilda Kastner, Stratford, defeated *Mrs.. McKay and *Mrs. McMichael, Hur- on, 15-3; 15-5. *Mrs, Lloyd and *Miss Wilson, uron, defeated Miss B. •Easson and riss M. Morphy, Stratford, 15-6; -9. Mrs. McEwen and Miss Davidson, mon, defeated Mrs. Nethercott and rs. (Dr.) Nichols, 15-5; 15-5. Miss Coombe and Miss N. Tr•e- aven, Huron, defeated Miss H. tea and Miss C. Katsnee; Stratford, -7;17-14. Miss Gandier and Miss N. Cook, uron, defeated Miss C. Griffith and iss C Brothers Stratford 8-15; 15- 15-5 ten ng - ver ies ing of of les bile In. on as h- 8- rt rs. J. at- e, e.r 5; 5. ss 5-. 1, d • • f e G B A H • • s 15 H M le 51 15 I1 M 13 Men's Doubles Dr, Newton -Brady and E. Patchel•t, Huron, defeated R J. Thistle and. J. E.• Chowan, Stratford, 18-17; 13-15; 1541. Dr., Nichols and L. Nethercott, ratford, defeated S. Cook and Dr, ndier, Huron, 15-12; 15-12. J. Binning and H. Mason, Strat- ford, defeated, *J. McKay and *J. Mason, Huron; 15-6; 15-9. *W. H. French and *G, Smith, des ted J. lvf. Williamson and Dr. For- te Stratford, 15-8; 154' ' 'W. Tiffin and *A. Adams Huron, eated C. A. Bryan and L� Marsh atford, 17-14, 17-14. Dr. W. H. K, Crehan and Dr, R. Murray, Stratford, defeated C. oper and R. Gaudier, Huron, 15-8; 2, hose marked with °* are_ the 'local yers who took part in the 'tourna- nt. Following the acnes sandwiches, , cake •d,' U,ffee,weee served the i ,ni. � , by `ttatford •Clttb,.• Dia Gaudier, 1.... • t, C tit ton, 'tthd W. H, :French Witttt*ltatn + b expressed., 1 the" . 1 c tr .a � t°ecr"atcin• ,of ,•the• pp lass pitalit f the Stratford 1 Y, o , St a ford 'Citric and alt ittvitatiott :was extended to them• for a return thatch in Wingham at 1 some future date. St Ga fee ste clef Sir ce, Red Cross and similar organiza- tions, The Boy Scouts vote is cut' S. 83 1-3 per cent, A quarter of a mil- Co 151 'T pia me lion is provided for the expenses of the Imperial Conference. The Canadian air mail service, ex- cept to the remote rcgioes, is hence - ed to have been wiped out in the present '.estimates. The vote is Litt from $1,300 00 last peat'"''o' ; 225,00b tot tate eoininn$yeat°'"The O T r a bno- Wittdsor'retife will' be shut off an a the route` across "'tile Prairie's. Only the eMacketizie River arid the shorter routes tit' the eastern hinterland will survive, Sub riptions $2.00 Per Year. LANTERN EXPLODES ---BARN DESTROYED David Denholrn who resides aboutY, three miles west of Blyth, had the tnisfortune to have his barn burned on Saturday night about 9 o'clock. He was in the barn hitching up the horse, preparatory to drivingto town, and had the lantern in the back of the cutter, when some straw fell. clown from above- and scared the. 1'icrse. The lantern fell down, and in the plunging of the horse it was knocked down a' feedhole into the basement where it exploded. The hay and straw took fire, and although they telephoned' into Blyth, and the fire bell was rung, nothing could be done to save the barn. Several of the citizens motored out but all they could do was save the stock, with the exception of a valu- able' bull and calf, which were burn- ed. While Mr. Denholm carried insur- ance to the amount of $3,000, his loss will be heavy, as he had a large stock of hay, grain and implements. HOUSE BURNED IN HOWICK Early Sunday morning a neighbor noticed flame bursting from Mr. Bert Longley's house and rushed over just in time to warn Mr. Longley, his two sisters and Mrs. Simmons, a neigh- bor, who had barely time to get out of the house in night clothes. Miss Fanny Longley who had been sick for some time with pleursey was wrapped in bed quilts and car- ried to the stable, until she was tak- en 'to a neighbor's. Only very little of the furniture was saved; the fire was supposed to have been , caused by a defective chimney. Sale of Winter Coats at Isard's Women's and Misses' fur -trimmed Coats to clear at $1.95, $2.95, $3.95 and $4.95. Buy and Save. Brussels Talent to Broadcast The program on Sunday afternoon over 10B.P. will be given by talent from 'Brussels. Mr. Archie, Ballan- tyne, we understand, has arranged for the broadcast and a good pro- gram will be presented. Dandelions in February Mr, Arthur Moore, of rural route, 5, Lucicnow, brought to our office on Tuesday, adandelion which he had picked in his yard on February 15th. This is rather early for growth, es- pecially this week when the ground was frozen, Basketball Games Next Week Clinton Collegiate Institute have been invited to play basketball in the Armouries next week. The date as yet has not been set, but, it will be either Tuesday everting or Thursday evening. The boys' team will meet a picked team from the Garrison Club, and the girls' team will play the High School girls' team. Married at New York Colonel and Mrs. Ernest Pettigrew of Wingham, announce the marriage of their daughter, Margaret, to ttfr. Winton Reynold Wilkin of Bogota, Colombia, South America, son. of Mr, James Grant Wilkin and the late Mrs. Wilkin, of Seattle, Washington. The marriage was performed by the Rev. Dr. A. H. Evans, Park Presby- terian Church, on Tuesday, February 9t.h, 1932, New York City. BANDED DUCK SHOT IN ILLINOIS Mr. l'. Dawson of route 2, Wing - ham, received a letter recently from Mr. Geo. Malehow of Collinsville, Ill, informing him that he hadshot a black duck in Madison County, Ill.; just across the river from St, Louis, Mo: The duck had a band on its leg which Mr. Dawson had put on it in April rrl of last year. Ivir. Malehow states le his letter that thousands of ducks are still win- tering in his locality, as they have had ,,no snow' or ice ;s,o far... H, also,. t,te e 1,. a s e clo He tl s,.tT a clipping, from the St, 1'.ottis" , Gl re- ferring. err` obe-Democrat;, to the MigratoryBir - d Sari c tarry of Illinois, and while it was only started about a year ago there rave been tithes when over 50,000 birds were there, EXECUTIVE SELECTS APPOINT RECTOR COMMITTEES A meeting of the Chamber of Com- merce Executive was held on Thurs- day evening, February llth, and the following .committees were selected. The first pained in each committee is the chairman of the committee and a member of the Council. Finance Committee: C. P. Smith, E. S. Copeland, T. J. McLean, G. L, Baker, W. T. Booth. Membership Committee: J. Mc- Michael, T. 11. Gibson, J. R. M. Spit- tal, Geo. Smith, A. J. Nortrop. Educational " Committee: R: H. Lloyd, G. L. Braekenbury. Welfare Committee: W. J. Adams, Dr. G. H. Ross, W, VanWyck. Citizen's Band: Herb. Campbell, F. Fuller; Alf. L ockridge. Railway, Representatives: W. F. Burgman, Wm. Brawley. Entertainment: A. J. • Walker, Chairman •in Chief; 1st vice, T. A. Currie, first luncheon 2nd vice, H. Garlick, second luncheon; 3rd vice, Dr. A. W. Irwin, third luncheon; 4th vice, J.' M. McKay, fourth luncheon.. Publicity: E. S, Copeland, G. L. Baker, W. B. McCool, W. Cruik shanks. Rural and Interurban: W. T. Both, I. Wright; W. J. Henderson. Legal: J. W. Bushfield, J. H. Craw- ford, R. S. Hetherington. Reception: Mayor W. H. Willis, Dr. R. C. Redmond, T. C. King. Industrial: A. M. Bishop, W. H. Gurney, H. C. MacLean, In each case those following the first named in each committee are Vice -Chairmen in the order oftheir names, and will act not only as mem- bers of their committees, but in the capacity of chairman as well, when those preceding their name are un- able to take charge. DAY OF PRAYER IS OBSERVED The World's Day of Prayer was observed in the Wingham United church on Friday afternoon, when the members' from all the churches in town assembled to offer prayer. Mrs, W. H. Willis was in charge, and Miss B. Reynolds officiated at the or- gan. Mrs. J. M. McKay sang a solo. Prayers were offered for the troubled nations of the world, China, Japan, Korea and Russia. While the offer- ing was being taken, a duet was ren- dered by Mrs. McKay and Miss Jean Christie. Prayers were offered for the leader, His Majesty the King, the Empire, Canada, the Peace and Disarmament Conference, after which there was the closing hymn and pray- er. A special program which had been prepared for the Inter. Board Committee of the Women's Mission- ary Societies of Canada was. followed. The Belgrave Women's Institute Will hold their February meeting as a social evening in the Foresters Hall on Friday evening, Feb, 19, at eight o'clock. A good program has been prepared. A silver collection will be taken. Ladies kindly bring lunch. Everybody ivciconte. Breaks Ankle In Fall Mr, Dean Scott while horse -back riding on Sunday, suffered a painful accident that will keep him from his work at the Dominion Bank for a while. His horse slipped and fell, and in the spill Dean suffered a bro- kett ankle, which will remain in cast. for six weeks. Formosa Boy in Trouble Over the radio last week cants the trnwelcome news of a sentence of 20 3 -ears and lashes imposed by a De- troit judge on a former Formosa ycNttth, charged with shooting and' killing a woman of that city. The ac- cused went VC to Detroit t Cil a couple of years ago, , b inot y go, ?, t had taken out,' S. Citizenship papers. Prior to leav- ing eaveing here he was prosecuted twice for theft.—Mildmay Gazette. One Year Normal Term Second Year Voluntary Attendance at the second year Y 1 -e course se wilt not be compulsory for.. tit,. Normal School year, 1932-3$, Prem- ier Hettry, Minister of Education, an- nounced last week. The change is made in + view of present business 4 conditions. Since the Normal school s ssion of 1927-28 the re ula a e g iron. have required all teachers in q training atning to attend a Normal School for t v to years in order to obtain permanent professional certificates, FOR ST. PAUL'S Earnest arnest Ha es . now •.. Hayes, O of Dtir^- ham, was appointed by Bishop C, A. Seager, of Huron, an Tuesday, to the parish of Wingham, and he is take over his new duties on April 1. The parish .of Wingham has been vacant since the appointment of Rev. F. W. Schaffter, to the parish of St Dudes, Brantford,' Mr, Schaffter sin - ceeding Canon C. ' E. Jeakins;; wIni was eppointed to the parish -'cif St. John the Evangelist, London. Burglar Gets $17 at Kincardine Forcing a way into the office of the Circle Bar Knitting Company by a window in the bond room a thief cpened the stamp drawer and took: $17. The key of the drawer was in the safe. A pipe found near the,;fac- tory gave the police a clue. Second In Penny Bank' Deposit During the months of November and December 55 per cent', of the pupils of the Wingham: Public School made deposits in the Penny Bank, and at the end of the year had on deposit $1,706.75. Clinton was the only school in the County to have a better average, 57 per cent,making. deposits in that school. New Bridge at Clinton' Opened The new bridge spatting the 'lay - field river at Clinton was opened for 'traffic on Saturday, Feb. 5th. For nearly six months the traffic going to London, has been detoured one block over a temporary bridge. The length of the new bridge is 96 feet consisting of two spans of 48 feet each. The driving width is 30 feet, with a four foot walk for pedestrians at one side raised about nine incites above the bridge floor. Renewing Subscriptions .This: is the- season of the year when a large number, of subscriptions fall due. We appreciate the prompti- tude with which many subscribers are sending in their renewals. Nothing cheers an editor's heart more than to have subscriptions sent in prompt- ly. It is the most delicate compli- ment that can be paid; to him. 'Need- less to say promptness in renewing subscription's is equally cheering to the Business Manager, While the in- dividual subscription price may seem a small matter, when it is multiplied by thousands it makes a lot of diff- erence in financing. And every sub- scription sent in promptly reduces the task of bookkeeping. So let us repeat, that prompt renewal of your subscription when it becomes due will be sincerely appreciated. PROVINCE WILL PAY 15 PERCENT, An amendment to the Old Age Pensions Act, reducing the contribu- tion of the municipalities to 10 per cent., and that of the Ontario Gov- ernment to 15 per cent. was given first re.ading on Tuesday itt the Pro- vincial Legislature. It was introduc- ed by lion. W. G. Martin, minister of public welfare. Another section of the amendment changes the existing clause to allow the province to take advantage of the offer to contribute 75 per cent. of the cost .of the pen- sions. OBITUARY Williatn Finlay I,ll for more than three years, Wtn. Finlay, Howick Township, died at the family residence on Tuesday, Feb. 2nd, The deceased was in his eighty-fourth year. He was 'born in Ireland in 1849. At the age of nine r c S lex years, lr~ carne to Canada with his parents- and settled in Howick, on the fourteenth concession, where he resided until his death. In 1871 he married Rachel Montgomery, who.. died fotn•teett years ago. He leaves four sons Alex. of Chesley, William J, of Listowel, Stewart- and Melvin,' of Howiek; also two daughters; M:rs Alex. Higgins, of Wroxeter and Mr's:. Alex. 'Wright of Teri -thee -ter. A sis- ter and two brothers also survive': Mrs. 5. Cather s of. Howick, Alex,. of. Harriston and .Jas, of, Pelee Is'lattc. 1 The ;funeral was held from his late residence on, Fele. 4th. Rev. Me .Putt of Gorrie, conducted the services. The pallbearer's were his foto- sous and two sons-in-law. Interment was' Mitde in Gorrie cemetery.