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The Wingham Advance Times, 1932-10-13, Page 6tual. e Co. rd.d 1840 all class rat incur- ti lei rate, ice, Gotelph,Ont. NS, Agent, Winghann W. BUS,Y7t;C' JFLD Solicitor, Notary, Etc. ey to Loan Bleck;VI/Ingham sot to Dudley Holmes 1VA R, S. HETHERINGTOI' BARRISTER And SOLICITOR Office: Morton Block. Telephone No. 613. J. H. CRAW FORD Barrister, Solicitor, Notary, Etc. Su+xessor to R. V.anstone inaham Ontario DR. G. H. ROSS DENTIST Office Over Isard's Store H. W. COLBORNE, M.D. physician and Surgeon Medical Representative D. S. C. R Successor to Dr. W. R. Hambly Phone 54 Wingham DR. ROBT. C. REDMOND l.R.C.S. (ENG.) L.R.C.P. (Lond.) PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON DR. G. W. HOWSON DENTIST ,office over John Galbraith's Store. F. A. PARKER OSTEOPATH Ail Diseases Treated Vffice adjoining residence neat¢ Yo tlhglican Church on Centre Street. Sundays by appointment. Osteopathy Electricity Phone 272. Hours, 9 a.m. to 8 n.m. A. R. & F. E. DUVAL 'Licensed Drugless, Practitioners thiropractic and .Electro Therapy. Graduates of Canadian Chiropractic -College, Toronto, and National Col - liege, Chicago. Out of town and night calls res- ponded to. All business confidential. Phone 300. Licensed Drugless Practitioner CHIROPRACTIC - DRUGLESS THERAPY - RADIONIC EQUIPMENT Hours by Appointment. Phone 191. J. ALVIN FOX Wingham. J. D. McEWEN LICENSED AUCTIONEER Phone 602r14, Sales of Farm Stock and Imple- ments, Real Estate, etc., conducted "With satisfaction and at moderate charges. :. e-+ ,, . E„„,1,,,,... , 1...„..,,,„...ThQMAS FELLS C.,-” AUCTIONEER h REAL ESTATE SOLD A thorough knowledge of Farm StoCk Phone 231, Wingham It Will Pay You To Have An EXPERT AUCTIONEER to conduct your sale. -- See d T. R. BENNE` lC At The Royal Service Station. Phone 1.74W. .. C. ARMSTRONG LIVE STOCK And GENERAL AUCTIONEER Ability with special atrainuig tilt-. rubles me to give you satipfacti tx. Ar- angements made with W. 3. eakt .Wirngham; or direct to Teeswater. Phone 45r2-2. , THOMAS E. SMALL LICENSED A.UCTIONEER� 20 Years' Experience . in Farm Stock and Implements. Moderate Prices. Phone 381. 1 R. A. •Y . IRWIN Id "DENTIST --- X-RAY Office, McDonald Block, Wingham. A..I. iIV ALKEEt MIME AND MINERAL SERVICE CE 1 s J AY ,lE WAL ER ' Lfcetisad Funeral Director etar! Embalmer. Office ] home 11i�, Res. T'lrrYri0 224. Latest ittlotistne Funeral ttat;li, SYNOPSIS Johnny preen, :IG years old, who had spent all of his life. aboard a tug boat, plying around New York Cite", was made mothcrlees when an exploo. stun same the boat ou which. he, his mother and the titan he called fath- er, were laving. 1• le is the only sur- vivo e, strua:gling through the dark- ness to shore . . At dawn, amid. surroundings entirely unknown, his "What can I do?" "Marry Josephine, John, an tell her afterward." As Judge Marvin Kelly rod town he shook his head, his frosted with wisdom and fille doubt, What a mixture life is John slept fitfully that night next day he would insist on Josephine, he was eager to se Three days had passed since h hie in New York begins. Unable to 'turn. The papers, were still f read, knowing nothing of life, he is i the disaster. Perhaps she was taken c in by a Jewish family, living � isle enough to want to look- he and doing a second-hand clothing when meeting him. Woman queer. He slept dreaming of . they, a poignant •clutching a heart, He dreamed of the si ship, of Van Horn, a hero, a and of Josephine. They would talk about his dad in after years John stepped oast of his sh 13•reakfast had been sent •up, the mail carne. He would be -a shaft at nine, the privilege of times and of his step. "A letter, Mr. Breen. Special, reg- istered." He signed the receipt. It. was a heavy envelope. Johan laughed, ��e was feeling better, soanet us all—this lighting of a brand?" d we'll John hesitated in his reply. Colfax I seemed unnerved; the night was in - down e down !sufferably hot, and he, too, came to head the office with the din of war added d with to another.clamor coming to a surge I within him, Colfax, thin but of fiery , The energy, -seemed to radiate a restless, seeing gnawing sorrow. e, her. "What I have said about the. city er re -. bears out the rottenness abroad. .Ev- ull of erytlting is wrong, It will drag us fool- back in the wash of war. The re - r best formers willfail, the people le i ' will it p p fail, I are h business on the Bowery... From the hour lie sets foot in the city he had to fight his way through against bul- lies and toughs .. , and soon became so proficient that he attracted the at- tention of a would-be manager of fighters who enters him in many boxing tournaments, ... It was here that Pug Malone came into young Breen's life -- an old fighter who. was square and honest ... He took Breen under his wing—sent him. to night school and eventually took him to a health faun he had acquired . The scene shifts and the family of Van Horns of Fifth Avenue is in- troduced ... Gilbert Van Horn, last of the old family, is a man about - town, who meets Malone and Breen at one of the boxing shows . . Van Horn has a hidden chapter. in his Ile . . . which has to do with his nother's maid, years ago, who left he family employ when about to be- mire a mother. It was reported that he married an old captain of a river raft ... Van Horn has a ward, Jo ephine, about Breen's age . - . Van horn, now interested in John . . pre - ails upon him to let him finance a ourse in Civil Engineering at Col- umbia University, . . John and Jo- ephine meet—become attached to ach other, love grows and they be- ome engaged shortly after Breen, raduates from college . . Josephine ecomes restless as John gives full ttention to his job and sails for aris to select her trousseau ... At +� e last moment Rantoul sails on the me boat. . . .At sea the great oc- n liner crashes into an iceberg and1 nks—all passengers taking to the eboats. Breen learns that Gilbert Van Orn was his father. 1 c s C $ c s e c g b a P th sa ea si lif H is fa- t, his raking hero, often ower, Then t the Caster and the grab and gouge and hell of blood and hate will swing around the world, killing everything we do. This stuff," and Colfax brought his fist down with a bang on bundles of re- ports, "this might as well be burned, for the good it will do while I am here, or you too. "I have worked years, 'given all that is in me, to set a standard, I seek a city to set tip as an ideal habi- tation of men. You know my theor- ies about the heating and feeding and sanitation of groups, you know the Colfax formula for the reganera- ping tion of waste materials and the re - "He opened the little packet — it was the engagement r - Josephine's ring." from Josephine. He was awkwar he tore the thing open, a heavy nu fell out, wraiped in tissue paper. H opened the little packet—it was th NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY engagement ring ---Josephine's ring "I kept after Gilbert for years to John gasped. In his hand was tell you he was your father, He kept sheet of her blue note paper. putting it off, kept stalling, torturing Dear John, himself. At heart, John, he was I am marrying Gerrit Rantoul. sound, but impractical, I don't seem owe my life to him. Don't blame me to startle you with this news." John. It's best for us both now tha "Judge, I've been aware of it for poor dear, brave Gilbert is gone some time." John turned„ He was Forgive. me. Josephine crying. He dashed away the tears, * * * "I enjoyed going around with my Years of slavish toil followed for dad. But --well. I said something John. He sunk himself in his work. once I would have given my right Occasionally he heard of Josephine hand to recall. I knew the thing was and Rantoul, married and in the vor- working out. Now it's too late." tex of young and gay America just "01 course you have rights, le the before the war, estate, - ; * ; y• Finally, the `acqueduct was ed.finish- Talking it over with Harboard d, turn of nitrogen to the soil in an b endless cycle. We must strive, Mr. e Breen, to the time when the terrible e waste will be overcome and men may 1 live for something other than their a, appeties and greed. When plemty will be common and the poor will only be the poor in spirit, or in mind. You I know this, you have seen the plans , and the fitting of them to meet the t transition from industrial truce to in- dustrial peace and ilreedom. Colfax suddenly stood upright and walked to.the window "looking out over dark roof tops, A strange feel- ing of prediction filled the small, white painted office, John had step- ped to the window beside his chief and also looked out, as if seeking an. answer. "1 have become convinced that my work is done," Colfax continued without looking at John. "It is no use continuing, at least for rue. I have written Alinon Strauss, a great man, Mr. Breen, not afraid to remain in Paris. For the next month I will set things to rights, turn over the re- at'ds, ani ' �'�u can go on, or not, as you see fit;,' ` +"° ' :;.• "But=" Jo#zt1 stainmered. It seem- ed ;sd ittnnatural, "I€ is better so- ." It was dark when the two men left the Bureau. Colfax, who roomed al- one, north of Fourteenth Street, in shabby fashion, turned on his heel at tete corner. "Good -night, Breen -- John." He half hesitated, and then did an unusual thing. "Here, shake." He wrung the hand of the younger man with a strong cold grip ---"Good- night—„ John Breen got home late that night, The ride uptown in the sub- way had been sticky, tiresome. Bits of paper and dust and dirt cluttered the 'trains. He felt tired, discourag- ed, The business of ,the Bureau, be- ing financed by the mysterious Al -,mon Strauss, a man he had never seen,' appeared futile, worthless, im- possible. Then he was only half asleep, A deep rumble tumble and, heavy crash of sound roared up the river, What had happened? After a while it was silent, Apparently some colossal ..ex- plosion. He waited and went to sleep': ;Slack Tom, freighted with T. N.'1'':, had gone off and the lower sec - dolls of the eity were in. disorder, glass littered r d the streets, The crita.�• can aurora of the ficzy detonation T have not thought of rights, T Ik 1 Judge." and Pug Malone Judge Kelly went "But you haven't a leg to stand to a littered desk. He searched for on, John. Gilbert never changed his a moment, then found a card. "My t 'ill: I'm one of the trustees. There's friend, Almon Strauss, has started hot a scrap, not an atone of legal §Amething interesting, The Bureau vidence, to support you, The best of City Plan, Ali engineer ?tamed evidence you have, SoIrri, is yoair .ap- t CoIt'ax is in charge. 1: thunk there. pcarance. My good boy, you are the a place for John if I say the word. mage of Gilbert Van Horn as a -A place for an enthusiast 'endowed young man. The portrait in the lib- with a modicum of brains. My sad racy, the one on the east wall, is past, gentlemen, leads me to the be- ou. But you have nothing tangible , lief that'the wiser a, mer' is the less k support your claim." � �, , • • i enfTh siastie he gets. Solomon was an 'claim?" Jo1;,0 bcnsiderecl a 'Wiz e. utter pessimist." "lJhet a new one nn Me. I'nt not claimirrg anything: Great Good, sir, 'az down far'enough as it is. The act that he will never be here again I all. the trouble 'I can stand. What a hero-" John stood and looked through the window; the park'was blurred before his eyes. "The estate's left to Josephine." "Well, I'll marry it then." John. oohed at Judge' Kelly, a smile flick- ering on his face, "She's difficult, John, I'd have beery better pleased if the, thing had been divided," "Forget that, Judge. I appreciate your feeling, Who else 'knows about his—this—relationship?" "Not a soul, so' far as I know, Ma - one has a theory -- only Harboard night know, Gilbert confided in tree, as his father did. God, what a cityl The old name, the old ' tradition,. one," "Conte, Judge, you take things too ertously, I'ii change `my name, some day, perhaps." "Then you won't clb" stra tlxiitsr?"' "Enthusiasm starts wars, and -wis- dom ends them." Harboard had lit his pipe. Malone, also smoking,. thought deeply, "John Breen was thrown into this city with nothing but enthusiasm; he may find wisdom, and perhaps some happiness, within its walls." .,. * * *- For a year he had been at wont with Colfax, as assistant .engineer of the Bureau of City Plan. The city enfolded hint, enthralled him. Ile seemed to be playing with a set of magic blocks, scheming, planning, and soonthey would build: One day, John had checked over reports of a field survey accounting for many acres of land safely under water and purchased by a commis- sion spending otherpeople's money, Colfax smoked interminably, cigar after cigar, his teeth Champing at the roils of weed, tossing the butts when burned to the middle. "Do you sense this thing?" he 'ask - el ask- ed, waving his hand in a general sweep. "1 mean the thing that has Thursd October 1 , 19$2 ad, fora few uaking' town, mutes, lit yip the ckness descended ern titi alt Street and Broadway. Off- ices were de erte:d. ()ray on .Park Row was there :acticxn; men seer int; irks news and the clang of patr wagons and ambulances rushing sp dial officers and doctors to t streets. But the 'larger part of tl prostrate city was'asleep. A smaller detonation took pia north of Fourteenth Street. St trembling with'the shock of the plosion; a beaten man placed a Hist at his temple and pulled` the triggc Colfax, Director of the Bureau City flan, crashed over on the ere of noise, He thought the city ha been blown up by the' Huns, The morning papers quite fora, the suicide, "Colfax is dead." John Breen plioi ed Judge Kelly. "Too bad, John. Too bad. Bette go up and look over his papers. H has no relatives, That day John gathered the le belongings gangs of the strange man. H lived alone. His name had bee changed, by due process of law Thumbing his nose at fact, he wh was Vladimir Kalilfuss, became Vic tor Colfax, It explained much t John. The man had been swamped by his own sincerity, a victim of the times; of all time. As John rode home in the subway that night, in the crush, he saw ev- erything on end. Car after- ear, crowded to suffocation, slipped by him, the uplifted hands of passeng- ers seemed a symbol of the complete surrender of the masses, white impo- tent hands held up, thousands of hands, white hands, (Continued Next Week.) ry- ryl E: - las. 10 ce i11 e r�l r. of St d rpt r-, r e w c n 0 o. BELGRAVE SCHOOL FAIR SUCCESS (Continued from last week) Biscuits -- Frances Edgar, Lamina Scott, Mae Frisby, Wilma Grigg, An- na McDowell, Fern McCallum. Drop Fruit Cookies —Hilda Black, Donelda McLean, Winnifred Edgar, Frances Edgar, Mae Frisby, Helen Edgar. Quilt 'Block -- Dorothy Pattison, Lois McQuire, Norman Higgins, Jane Arrnstrong, Irene McCallum, Jas. Coulter. • Hemmed Dish Towel — Mabel Cook, Jean McCallum, Mabel Coul- tes, June Irwin, Evelyn Scott, Mar- jorie Nowell. Cover for hot water bottle —Willa Reid, Fern McDowell, Ruth. Wheel- er, Dick Irwin, Edith McCienaghan, Verna Bell. 7 kinds of stitches Mary Scott, Margaret Coulter, Ferne McCallum, Frances Edgar, Edna Vincent, Mary Nicol. - Kitchen Apron - Fern McCallum, Mildred, Mason, Mae Frisby,Fran- ces Edgar, Nora Wheeler, Margaret Coulter. • Plasticine model of an egg --Shir- ley Chamney, Bernice Anderson, Nora Scott, Dorothy Pattison, Dor- othy McBurney, Eileen Snell. Cardboard model Pen Tray --Dor- othy Jameison, Harold Mason, Lois McQuire, -Billie Henry, Ruth Robin- son, Harry Stewart, Bird House'— Floyd Thompson, Chas. Procter, Calvin Burk. Roller Towel Holder- Harvey Edgar, Harold. AfcCallum, Dick' Ir- win, Floyd Mason, Flat Hay - Mack — Dwight Reid, Creighton Reid, Charlie Higgins, Collection 5 knots — Henry Patti- son, Alfred Nicol, Bernard Thomas, Dwight Reid, Kenneth Wheeler, Jas. R, Coultes, Scrap Book, Fruit, Flowers, Vege- tables - Nornza VanCamp, Clare VanCamp, Mary Mason, Alice Nicol, Phyllis Corbett, Mary Yttill, Scrap Book, Farm Stock and Field Crops- Helen Yuill, .Melee. Thomp- son, Edith McClenaghan, Harvey Ed- gar, Wilma Watson, Scrap Boot.,' News Print Cuts Donelda McLean,' Mae Frisby, Dwight Reid, Creighton Reid, Mary Nicol, Mildred Mason. Map of Huron - Alice Nicol, June Irwin, .Gordon Workman, Alvin' Hig- gins, Mary Yuill. Map of Canada •-- Alfred Nicol, Ross Anderson, Wilma Watson, Roy Bennett, Helen Yuill. Map of Europe Helen Edgar, Dwight Reid, Mary Scott, Jas. R. Coultes, Carson Watson. Map of the `World—Loretta Nicol. Decorated Book Cover -- Lloyd Taylor-, Lois McQuire, Dorothy Jam- eison, Clifford Bennett,.Bernioe An- derson, Vase with bouquet of. flowers Jean McCallum, Alvin Higgins, Alice Nicol, Mary Yttill, Evelyn Scott; Cream Jug and Sugar Bowl—Ruth Wheeler, Velma Cook, Elaine Walsh, Alfred Nicol, Helen Yuill, All over pattern Wallpaper—Win- nifred Edgar, Mary Nicol, Harry Pattison, Donna Armstrong, King Hastings. Scene in water colors, --- Loretta Nicol. Its In several of the advertisements in the pap- er you will find letters in brackets. These letters when properly assembled, will spell. a word that is -used in connection with our business. Find these Letters, place them in. theirr • the per order to spell the word and ire o �'Merch- ants' names in whose ads. you found the differ ent letters. Owing to the fact that several may send, in correct answer, we have decided to put all 'those correct in a basket, from which, We will draw three. These will each receive a free ticket to the Lyceum Theatre. Answer to be in by Monday evening. GET -YOUR ANSWER IN EARLY. Address all envelopes to Letter Contest, el() The Advance -Times, Wingham, Ontario. Writing The Little Raindrops —Ruth Brad- burn, Bcrna Yule, Harold Mason, Ruth Robinson, Eleanor Taylor. Cherries — Lois McQuire, Lloyd Taylor, No Name, Norma Taylor,,. Lloyd Shoebottom. Abide With Me - Mabel Cook, June Irwin, Evelyn Scott, Ferne Pat- tison, Jean McCallum. A Canadian Boat Song — Ferne McDowell, Verna Bell, Harold Mc- Callum, Elaine Walsh, Ruth Wheel- er. The Daffodils' — Helen Edgar, Anna McDowell, Margaret Coulter, Hilda Black, John Gear. The Downfall of Wolsey —Loretta. Nicol Essay, "My Favorite Farm Ani- mal" -- nimal"— MaryYuill, Alice Nicol,'Clar- ence Gulley, Mabel Cook, Jean Breen. A letter telling about a trip—Willa Reid, Fern McDowell, Helen Thome) son, Bob Henry, Ross Taylor. Essay beginning "1 never was so frightened in my Iife" Margaret Coulter; Carson Watson, Donelda McLean, Stewart Cloalcey, Laura Hopper. School Fair — Loretta Nicol. Public Speaking - Edna Vincent, Dick Irwin, Fern McCallum, Alice dersonCook, , Margaret Coulter, Merle An- a No. 7, E. Wawanosh; S.S. No. 5,.. Morris; S.S, No. 9, East Wawanosh; S.S. No. 8, East Wawanosh; S.S. No.. 3, Morris; S.S. No. 11, E. Wawanosh'. Special Prize, Entrance Pupils; by C. R. Coultes -- Dwight Reid, John A. Gear. Special Prizes, Best Apple Pie, by girl under 12 years, Dr, Kirkby, won, by Helen Yuill. Special Prizes by Eaton's: Fent McCallum, Cup; Anna .McDowell and. Lois McQuire, books. GEMS FROM LIFE'S SCRAP -BOOK "Music is well said to be the speech of angels."—Carlyle, • * * "The hidden soul of harmony." --- Milton, * "There is music in 211 things, if - Fmen had ears." --Byron. "Music is the child of prayer, the companion of religion." --Chateau briand. Story Telling Jim' Coulter, Lloyd Armstrong, Alice Nicol, Charlie Procter.. Spelling Match, Laving McBurney, Hilda Black, John Gear, Fern Mc- Callum, Weed Naming Coznpetition—Anna McDowell, Mildred Mason, Mae Frisby, Dwight Reid. . Live Stock Judging—Jas, R. Caul,. tes, Bobby • Henry, Stanley Irwin, John Gear. Strathcona Exercises - S.S. No. 13, E. W.,'U.S.S. No• 17, Wawanosh. and Morris; S.S. No. 7, Morris; S.S. * * * "Music washes away from the souls the dust of everyday life—Auer- bach. ife,"Auer-bach. * * "Music is the rhythm of head and; heart." -Mary Baker Eddy, *. * * Remember:—Beethoven, the great' composer, never heard- some of his. greatest works. His music was of the soul. Builder's Foreman: "Are you fit. for hard work? Applicant: "Well, several judges have thought so." * * . * * "If ignorance is bliss," said Black To White, "why, then, old boy. 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