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The Wingham Advance Times, 1927-11-03, Page 3eve t GORRIE ,A serious aceid,ent occurred about two miles out of Palmerston when a coupe driven by W. Stevens, of Gor- rie, turned turtle in a deep ditch. A. Bennet. a passenger, had his legs badly cut and was rushed to the Palmerston Hospital by al passing motorist, Mr. Stevens .claims that .the glare of a passing car blinded him, and, not knowing when he was going drO>e into the ditch.. Herbert Williams of Detroit and his daughter, Mayones, spend Satur- day and Sunday with Mr. Williams mother, Mrs, W, Williams of Gorrie who is seriously ill with little prosp ects, of escoverirg. Vernon . Clegg, of Pontiac;. Mich, is at present visiting with liis parents, Mr. and .Mrs. Richard Clegg, Mr. and Mrs. C. Reese, Mrs. S. Holtzman, Mrs. H. Eswald, MissMae Shei'a, Mrs. Wendt, Mr.: G. Lambert and daughter Beulal,were . visitors with Mr. .and Mrs. Jas Shore on Sunday. Your Telephone Patrol —a PERSONAL ,, Servic Your service depends mei more than just the way your own in- strument and line are working. Any moment • you may call for connection with a telephone two, ten, a hundred or a thousand miles away. Tour call may -follow one of the great' long distance highways, or head off along some winding .pole line into the next county. But,, whichever it may be your service is constantly patrolled, in trucks and ears and afoot, along two million miles.of wire in Onta- rio and Quebec — to see that storm and sleet, wind and flood are outtmanoeuvred—to see that the track is quickly cleared for -lour call :when the elements get the upper hand. These risen tare serving you 1pex-. sonally, With them it's not just a daiy's work, btit .a job in Your interest. NOTICE ; Lot owners in the Wroxeter Ceme- tery who have not, paid, the Perpetual Upkeep,arerequested for their fee of $i,00 per lot. Pay to the clerk, Fred Davey, before December '1,' 1927. By order of the Council, IMI I III I I/UIMiII INI II®I I llgll Ivi i l®I IIUU IUI Il/II IKLI_I Ready For Colder Weather I m Our Fall and Winter OVER a 11q COATS are now in. These ■• Coats are made up in the lat- est popular styles and colors; s w all hand tailored, and finished B' 111— with the best of material, and :"'• are.priced to compete with any. We have our Fall samples for MADE -TO -MEASURE SUITS - and OVERCOATS. We can k take your order, make delivery ' in ten days, and guarantee a fit. qg Le Overalls, Smocks, Work Shirts, P' i! Pants and Vests -you will find p1 id what you want here—Peabody's, Kitchen or Haugh's are the pop- talar brands, BOOTS and SHOES -With . $. Pi leather prices advancing, Shoes a will be much higher i>it pricer - We have them still at the low N 1 price. g China and Crockery - Dinner * 1! Sets, Tea Sets, or Clover Leaf Ai or plain white in 'open stock. ea till- Weay the highest' prices for cis A roduce. You save money both Y ways, bee g dealing here, ee DAVEY'S STORE WROXETER. Ire '' 1111�iIlIAl111111111MM1Ii'�11lMllllMllflf�I11Mp1ilAMlliMtlll�ll�l. Dr, W, Ross of I>,itelrener spent the seer n 1 e d 't his w1 -with ala t t mother, ei A1rs. a 1, E. Ross, in Corrie; Dr, told Mrs, • L. 'L3, Whilley reg cently spent a few days with relatives' at Chesley. Come to the. Gorrie United Church Thanksgiving Fowl Supper .letinday elov, 7t11. Hear the Maple Quartette, Solos on piano, cornet' and Saxophone by Morgan Agnew. Readings by Miss L. Graham and other. talent, Attend the special services at the united Church- next Sabbath, Rev, F, W. Craik will have charge. 1I a.m. Thankseiving as a means of grace. 7 p; m, . Armistice Pageant "Nation Building".'under auspices :of Progress- ive'Mission Circle, with (45) persons taking part. Offering for Mission Circle,' Services you will enjoy. Mr. Thos Bradnock was in Toronto on business a couple of days this week. Mr, and. Mrs. D, W. Dane were in Toronto recently on account of the serious illness of Mrs, Geo. Dane, Mr, Harry Grainger is able to be round again after his rather. serious illness. Mr_ Knowlson Hueston was a Toronto visitor last week, Dr, .and Mrs. Whitely visited in Londesboro part of last week Mr. H. ;Williams of Detroit spent Sunday with his parents. Mrs. R. E. James and miss Evelyn Stephens are visiting in Toronto at present. The young people of the Anglican Church were entertained last Friday evening at the home of. Mr's, Carl Pennington near Teeseratcr. Mr. and. Mrs, Harold Vanstone of Detroit are visiting at the home of the formers father Mr. A. E.' Van- stone. Mrs. Elliott and daughters t�f Toronto visited . with the Misses Earngey on Monday:. BELMORE 'I Those who attended the meeting in. Salem Church Thursday afternoon and evening were. Rev. and ,' Mrs Taylor, Mrs, Herd and Eleanor Jeffrey, Visitors in the village Sunday were, Miss Campbell and brother of River-. dale, ..George Heels friends from Moorefield' at the manse, Miss : Bessie Nylie and George' McKee of Gorris at George Lanes. - 4 Mr. and Mrs. Cecil McNeil moved to Bluevale last week, We wish them health; and prosperity in their new. home. The Elliott ort family of the Brickyard motored to St, Mary last. week Miss Wellwood„returned Missionary was able to attend service in the. United Church, Sabbath afternoon. The Oct. meeting of the W. M. S. met as usual Wednesday afternoon, with an attendance of 16. Meeting opened with' singing, followed by prayers iii Unison. Minutes of last meeting by Sec, Treas. Mrs. Mundell "Topic India"'by Minnie Jeffray, Col- lection $5,20; Prayer by Eleanor Jeffray BLUEVALE Oct, 31St, '27. The regular monthly sleeting of the. Homen's Institute will be Held at the home of Mrs. Archie Messer on Thursday afternoon, November io, at 2.30 o'clock. Two papers will given Ideas for Christinass gifts by Mrs. Robt Ait- chison and cooking of meats, poultry, etc.,, by Mrs. Hetherington. Roll call. A helpful idea for Satur- day Mrs. ,D. S. Errington of Dungan- non spend a few day, last week,iit the; bone of Mr, David, Jewitt. Mr. and Mrs.. Robt McGinnon visited friends at Rockwood and :Toronto, Mr. and Mrs, Kerwin spent the week end at Port ,Dover; ,Mr. and' Mrs. Jas, Scott •and little son Mac, also Mr and Mrs. 'Morley Scott and Margaret spent a few days at the home of Mr. and Mrs..C. H. Garniss, Miss Hazel Brandon and Mr. Gor- don I3uclrannan assisted the choir in the Presbyterian Church on Sunday. Mr. Gilbert Plaston of Rockton is vist.i; ting friends in the community. A number from here attended the fowl supper in the Presbyterian Church' in Brussels on Thursday fight, A Plcasiug given 'duct was gin he Presbyterian Church on Sunday oriling by Miss :Margaret Gerniss nd Mr, Gordon Btichannan, WROXETER The United Church held their nniversary services on Sunday, Rev. Me Tavish of Exeter preached vo exelleet sermons and the choir El n l• nr A I7 t f Thursday, November 3rd' g27" Arnerican Legion Honors Captain - Upper–C. P. •'Montrp al" which ,carried the Legionnaires in war and peace. Lower -Section o: Legionnaires photographed at Quebec before sailing for Paris reecentiy,, Inset—Captain U. Sibbons, R.N.R Asignal:honor has been conferred on Captain H. Sibbons, R.N.R., ''commander of the Canadian Pacific Montroyal, by themembers of the American Legion who sailed 800 strong on his ship from England recently, after the gathering of the Legionnaires in Paris in September: On their voyage across the AtlantictoQuebec, R. 1Byers, adjutant of the American Legion, department of Michigan, decorated Captain Sib. bonswith the American Legion official medal of the Second A.E.F.. Many of the Legionnaires who journeyed both ways on the "Mont• royal” to - attend the convention, were carried' by this ship to France during the Great War and renewed their friendship with the popular commander. The majority of the Legionnaires on the peacetime Jour- ney to France were . from the middle west and west of the United States. 0 In honoring Captain Sibbons with the official medal, Adjutant Byers said: "Captain Sibbons, an historic pilgrimage has been 'successfully, held, and thousands of the best citizens of America, proven to be °such in action, and proven again in their sincere desire tp continue that good citizenship by promoting world peace through this pilgrimage, now have their faces turned homewards. They are conquerors, con. qquerors: of . friendship, You, sir, helped guide the first A.E.F. through danger -infested seas. You, sir, have again helped guide safely the second A.E.F. to a joyous conclusion,` It was the comparatively few ]nen of • your calibre, men who have spent; a lifetime on the great Atlantic, who o made possible that first glorious victory of our Allied countries. You, sir, are carrying on in peace-tiate, just as we are carrying on -the soldiers, sailors and marines -whom you have se safely carried across and back—first to war and then to peace. You are one of us one of our trusted leaders; one on -whom we depended, and who took care of us. Sir„ I pin the American Legion Official Medal of the Second American Expeditionary Force on your breast. Only men of proven worth are permitted to have it. In due time, when we shall have completed our journey, a suitable accompanying citation will be forwarded to you. This is the service medal to be worn with your uniform on proper occasions." of Bruce on the east the County 0 Perth, and on the west the Township of Turnberry, and on the south-wes corner the Township of Grey. Th rendered . appropriate music. Th offerings reached the objective $200.00 Mrs. •Dr. Smith of Detroit is a present visiting her father Mr. Geo Lourse. Mrs. Dobbs of Guelph is spending a few days visiting under the parenta roof. Mrs. Jack Towne of Detroit is visiting his father Mr, Geo. Towne, Mr. J. J. Gibson and his Brother, Thomas W, Gibson,Deputy Minister of Mine, Toronto, attended the fune- ral' of their Sister the late Mrs. Van Dickson. The Yours People meeting in the - United Church basement 'Monday night was in the nature of a Hal- loween party. When quire a number came in costumes representing' diffe- rent characters, Game and contests: followed by lunch were the evenings entertainments. Dr, McCleod was in Toronto Sa- turday and Monday on business. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sanderson of Toronto are ' visiting at Thomas Ritchies. Mrs. John •Gibson was taken:sudd- enly ill Sunday morning,, She was taken to'Palmerston Hospital for treatinent, Mr. Coombes of Bluevale met the Village Council and some of the rate payers Monday night to arrange to have the old Woolen Mill property converted into a Creamery. Mr. Coombs :was willing to put in the equipment if the Village would pro- vide the building, ,, The death. of Mrs. F.Van Dickson on Saturday morning last removed one b1 Wroxe'ters highly respected citizens. Mrs, Dickson whoes inaitl.en A name ryas nnie"Newton: Gibson be- longed to Wr-oxeters oldest farnilics. and was born dere some 63 years age, and MS resided. in the Village; cost..;of that time.. Mrs. Dickson was one . of the persons -who was instrumental in starting the Wroxeter Public Library, member of the United Church and a regular attendcnt when health, per nutted, She had not :enjoyed good healthfor sortie time and lately suffered a great deal, and death must have been a happy release. f - ,She leaves'to mourn her husband, two sons and two daughters, John of t l New York', Mrs. Frank Morfatt e Altn I11., Noel of Toronto and Miss e Janet who has been• at home during her mothers late illness. t The funeral which was private, took . place to the Wroxeter °Cemetery on Monday afternoon. Alkin Rann returned on Saturday 1 after spending a week with. Mr. and Mrs. Dr. Spence in Toronto. Dr. and Mrs. Spence of Toronto, spent the°week-end with Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Rand. Miss Edith Moffatt and Stewart Sanderson were married, in Wingham on Saturday by the Rev. Mr. Perrie. The bride and bridegroom will reside in London Mr, and Mrs,Gavin Muir spent the week -end,: with friends in Stratford. Mr. and Mrs. C. White and 'family cif Wingham, were the guests of John Henniburg on Sunday. Mrs. Brandon, of Toronto, is. 'spending a few days with her parents here, Mr. and Mrs. Robert. Stocks. Rev, D. A, Armstrong conducted the services in the United Church in 1 Exter on Sunday. Visitors over the week -end for the Christening of Dr. and Mrs. Smith daughter, Jane Agnes; were Mr, and Mrs. G. W. Clark and daughter of Guelph and Mr, K. ,McLan of St. Cathetines Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Miller and Miss Helen of Wingham, Mr. and Mrs, Harry Town and daughter and Miss Luella Hopper all of Wingham, llNt1:tw. PRIZE WINNING ESSAY TELLS OF EARLY DAYS Mildred Baker WineSpe_ c i al Prize Given at Howick Pair in Essay Competition The the prize 1 best• essay on,• Howick Township and maps of Howlck at the Howick Fall Fair Was won by Mildred Baker, daughter .of Mt. and Mrs. George .:Baker. The prize amounted to $2 and was donated by 'Councilor Fred Taylor, of Gorrie, The •:folowing is .the :prize winning essay: Howick is the north-easterly towb. ship of Huron. It is rather rough and rolling. To the north is the County', to tease. We went next to see the was only temporarily taking the place. first man to live in Howick waselohn Carter; the settled on lot xr, conces- sion 8, in August yi35i. The sccoi'.l settlor was Jacob Cook, who settl,d on lot 13, coneessiuu 8. Mr, Cook 'lied at Fordvvich in 1876, Sonne: of the early settlers were, l .eery Smith, who settled' on lot 6, concession 4; John Donley, on lot 4, concession 5; Allen Ireland, on lot a8, concession 13; Greer Bros, on late. where Gorrie now ,stands; Joel Rogers, W. G. Walker and, Arthur Mitchell, where the town plot or E ordwich now stands. Hugh Hollingshead, who set- tled on lot 3, concession3, built the first frame house in 'H.owick, The first store in. 1Iowick was at Orange. Hill. Mr. 'Mitchell kept the second Store in ',Howick. in the town plot; he also had the first post office and was postmaster himself, and walked 18 miles once a week to meet the mail carrier, through swamps and beaver meadows --.Now our mail is delivered to our gate by a mail carrier driving an automobile: In 18g4 a great many settlers came to Howick, Among these were: George Dane, the first clerk of Howick; Strong Bros.; William Spence, for whom Spencetown was named( now Newbridge). Church wasfirst held in Mrs. Greer's house- The first quarterly meeting was held at the home of Henry Smith: Afterwards he be - carne the first reeve of Howick. The, first Sunday,' school was held in the Leech Bros. shanty where Gorrie now stands. • . Theimplementsof then and to -day are very much different; they cradled the grain and bound it by hand,: Later they used a reaper and still bound it by hand, but now we have binders which cut and bind it and leave it in bundles, ready to be Stook - ed, They for used a top of a tree f r har- rows; now we have steel harrows and some have a cart behind it to rid on. The only'way of,conveyanc they had was a wagon, drawn beg oxen. Later they got horses. The roads were corduroy, quite different from the pavements oflto-day on wwhich we drive the automobiles. In the early days, in case f ill- ness, they had to walk for the d ctor; now we telephone, and .he is w th us in a short time in his automob le In those days they used the allow a e w 0 0 i i t candles, which only lighted one cor- ner of the room; next we had the. coal oil lamp, and . now some have hydro to light their beautiful homes of brick, stone and concrete. If the people of to -day had to go back to old-fashioned ways they would be very unhappy, but the'"pio neers never dreamed of such modern improvements and were even happier. than the 'people of to day. MISS WILIAMSbN'S NOTES ABOUT HER TRIP • City of Exeter at Sea, Sept. 22, 1927' Dear Mother: I wrote you a card, I believe, just after our arrival in London. We spent the entire week instead of going up to Scotland as there was so much to see and so many places were 'open , only at certain hours. Then English weather prevailed. I say I now under- stand why English people have such good complexions — the sun never shines on them to ruin them. The English country looked very beautiful as we saw it from the cars. Everything is green and the fields -are separated' by beautiful hedges. There seems to be many trees for such a small country. The trains are small, ,consideredbeside ours, but they go much :faster. There are no curves .in, their tracks and they are mostly level, at least we did not en- counter any grades from Liverpool to London. The distance is about 200 miles and we did it in 4 hours and 15 minutes.. Tuesday, Sept. to—We spent most of Tuesday visitin• the 'stores, neck- ing at topees (sun hats), goggles, etc. t In the evening we took a bus out through the East End --the Jewish, 1 Chinese and poorer district, Wednesday—We spent the morning, at the Zoological Gardens. We visited 35 houses or pens and did not see nearly' all the animals. .011e could spend a couple of days at, it. Itt the afternoon we took a taxi and started out to do things up ]smartly, We just got in the main' hall of the House of Parliament as they are only s open to the general public on Satur- I day, unless accompanied by a n1011- E ber. We went nest to Westminister a Abbey and visited the Poets' Corner it Town Bridge and the Tower of Lon- don, a booklet of which I sent home 1 (It peered rain all afternoon). 'l'hursday' We spent the niornin 1 in the ritish Museum. There were about 45 rooms t f treasureee arranged in periods and accordin, to nations. We. spent the morningmorningthere from 10 till one, but, like the zeo, ti was just la glimpse, Each•collection merited as much time as we could speed. on all 1 Thursday afternoon we were hi the I shops again and"at: Cook's to see 'about our ticket,s, Friday -We went to I ucicinghan j Palace to see the changing of the guard. Front there to Whitehall, passing St. Janes Palace <'ind \tirl- borough House on' the way. We a h rivet],- at Whitehall just in time tb see the finish of the changing of the King's guard there. They were a mounted guard. 1 In front of Buckingham Palace is a beautiful monument to Queen Vic- toria, i Near Whitehall is the' Cenotaph=-• ;the meniorial'to the soldiers who fell ,in the Great War. Our own in To- . ronto is siinilar in style, if my mem- ory serves.nee faithfully. Next we went to Downing street to see the very : plain exterior of the. Prime Minister's residence, but we were assured that -only the exterior is plain. Near by we saw the colonial offices.` We went back in the afternoon to Westminister Abbey.: This time we saw the tombs of the kings and queens.' Queen Elizabeth and Mary Queen of Scots lie side by side. We saw. the coronation chair with the famous stone of scone beneath the seat. On coronation occasions it. is taken out and placed facing the altar in the Abbey. The only time it ever left the building was in Crom well's time. He was crowned "Pro- tector" in Westminister. (The House of Parliament). We saw a room of wax figures. Some I remember were Elizabeth, Charles II, Nelson, William III and , Mary; They were dressed as they did during their lives. Next we visited- the National Gal- lery in Trafalgar Square. Here again it was a rush to try to see; a lot in a short space -of .time. - There, were 129 rooms of Italian, Dutch, Flemish, Spanish, German, French and British paintings. We•next went to St. Paul's Cathe- dral, but were too late to visit the whispering gallery' or tombs :of the kings,, but we • did see Kitchener's memorial. Two famous paintings are in St. Paul's. One is "The Light of the World," and the other is "Time, Death and Judgment." n of the regular pastor, ho wa 6 ill. All the churches we visited, limp: tilt, Anglican, Presbyterian, City :,Y Temple and Church of Scotland, 1 4ST more or less, ritual., I suppose it is a relic of the ChurchChurch=of Rome. 'Monday — .We returned' to Laver- Iiool, 11r. el ticI)onald insi,tcd 011 my getting a top , so now I ain ready for thetu sff. Pridiry, Sept. 23—We net Miss Me - Connell in Liverpool just before our boat sailed. ;She waited at boric as long as she could. We sailed on Mon. day at seven and by seven on 'Tues- day were near Land's End, where the English ;rot their first 6101 pse of ttheArmada, Wednesday five were (.1 oeinz," the Bay of Biscay and it is proverbially rough. Many' were absent from the table, including both Miss .1'IcC, aiid: I, The men managed to keep up, but Angus admitted feeling a bit sq-ucam ish; once. Thursday morning we sighted Capp. .Finis Lure, off the N. W. coast of Spain, and the Atlantic Was much, more calm and the sun bright, and the dining room reflected, the change in our surroundings. . This 11101 ning was are still travelling south, not.far off the coast of Portu- gal.. We were close to a couple of capes this morningean�.L soon we shall be near the Mediterranean. One thing I notice already is the early sunset and no twilight. The sun set last night just about 6' p. m,, and soon it was dark. Now for something about life on this boat. Meals are always so inter- esting and"the cooks must work with- out any interrtiption. t ` 6-7 at m,—Chh'oti Hazari, or Little Breakfast -- tea, sandwich, banana. (served 111 cabin), 8 a. m.—Children's breakfast. 9 a. m.—Adult breakfast. z> a, m,—Bovril (on deck). 12 m.—Children's luncheon. x p. m.—Adult luncheon. 4 P. m,—Afternoon tea (in dining room): 5 p- 'm.—Children's :dinner, 7 p. m,—Adult dinner. Then the.crew lave to eat some time. Their meal hours are not men- tioned. There are quite a number of chil- dren on board, and a goodly number of infants. They keep things lively. The stewards, dining room stew ards, and in fact most of the crew, are Indian, so we are getting' a fore- taste of what we are coming" to. Some people with children have their lig- dian nurses or "Ayah"along. Vie satire' many •Indians in London. This is a slow boat, in fact we: came to the conclusion it is one, of the 'creeping things" mentioitedi int. C*eiieeis, , * Wne pass many other ships in the course of a day now. Sometimes as many as five are in sight on one side atatime. Saturday, Sept 24—We are now in the 'Mediterranean Sea. It is much warmer and we feel it already, We passed Gibraltar during the night, so did not see its beauty or rather its majesty. .Ail we see to -day is the mountainous south coast of Spain, and water. It is impossible for me to try to. tell you how beautiful the sea and, sky look to -day. It is very calm and person who receives the messa we are making good time, shall send it .to our various relatives. We are contemplating sending a wireless from Naples—a community message to be relayed to our individ- ual relatives: I'II tell you how it is done. Our radio operator will get in touch with a boat a few days off the: N. A. coast and will give the message t0 them and they will post it in N.Y. whatever hatevcr port they land at and the. • e. g' " Everybody, of course, gets the' same Lnessage, There is practice going on for a concert to be given on Wednesday evening next, so please excuse any errors as.they are bound to creep in with a jazz orchestra playing "Bye, Bye 13lackbird," etc. Monday, Sept. 26—We are just now south of Sardinia and hope to be in Naples to -morrow morning, Our boat is not very fast. The sea is very calm tend everybt�tly is feeling fit and happy I will write you more later. We have to get our letters in to -night •ht to' have them posted at Naples. Don't forget to ?; write. It will take a. letter a month to collie. Best of love to all.' Yours sincerely, May., Saturday—We went back to ' the House • of Parliament and this time saw through them; Many beautiful paintings are hung in the various cor- ridors and rooms.' Next we visited a museum of war relics' 'of all ages and from various lands. 'There were models of variout events:' (1) Grand, fleet at the Battle of Jutland: (2) Model of the trenches. (3) Model of the Battle of Waterloo, (4) Model o fthe Battle of Trafalgar, There were many personal articles belonging to Lord Nelson, Welling- ton and other famous sailors and sol- diers. One relic was the bones of Napoleon's famous horse, I meant to say favorite. At 2.3o we started off for Windsor Castle. Here we visited the Queen's Doll's House, which is a model of Buckingham Palace made for the Wembley Exhibition, 'We visited the State Apartments of the Castle, which are open to the public when royalty are not in resi- dence at the Castle. We did not have time to go upon the round tower. 'Windsor Castle is built on a hill and commands an excellent view of. the surrounding country. Quite an amusing incident occurred at Windsor, One Englishman (a visit- or) asked another: "Is this the way o the Great Wall?" .It sounded like Waw and the second one thought 1c was talking about the Great War (he also 'said waw) and No, 2 said: "Yes I know who started it," and they were going to it, both meaning, something entirely different; No. e. getting quite excited, Sunday -We went •' to the ' City Temple in the morning to 11,ear Dr. Norwood, :Itt the afternoon, we visited Hyde Park, where: you can hear every ect and political party holding forth. t is called yule safety valve, o fthe rnpire, They are allowed to get up yid speak their minds and so get otlt of their systems arid bother no - and Statesmen's. Corner. We saw the body grave of the unknown soldier and Sunday evening we attended a of David Livingstone. A service was Church of Scotland: The minister just commencing so sight seeing had was fornretly of Brooklyn N. 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