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The Wingham Advance Times, 1928-05-17, Page 111. 410 With: Whivh is Amalgamated The Cowrie Vidette and Wroxeter News. Single Copies, Five Cents. WINGHAM, ONT., THURSDAY, MAY 17th, 1928 Subscriptions $2.00 per year., OBITUARY John McDowell The death occurred in East Waw snosfi on Sunday, May 6th, of an of end : highly respected citizen in th person of /John McDowell in his 85 th year. The deceased man had bee most active and enjoyed, good healt :until about five years ago, since whit tune he had to give up work, He i survived by four sons and six daugh .ters,. hahnely, Dr, Albert S. of Michi :.gap, Will, John and Alva; all :of `.Eas •Wawanosh; ars, B; H. Taylor, God serich; ;Mrs. W. Walden, East Wawa :nosh; .Mrs,: Joseph Killough; Dungan atoll; Mrs. K. 'Cameron, Lucknow; Mr .,A. Vincent, Belgrave, and Ella, •wh "resides in the West. Mabel (Mrs GGeoe.ge '8nei1) passed away abou ..eight years ago:. His wife, who wa formerly, Anna Jane McClinton, pee deceased him by 'a few years, Mr .McDowell was a man whose integrity could not be questioned, It c.ouId.b :truly said of him that his word wa .as good as his bond, and he will b .much missed, in - the neighborhood The funeral took place' on Tuesday to :Westfield cemetery, Donald William Blue D, William Blue, one of Winghani's :, most esteemed' residents passed away at his. home, on Tuesday morning, .May 8th, after many .years: of .poor health. He was 54 `years of age and -vas the son of the late ,Donald; Blue, and concession of Huron, He was united .in 'marriage to Miss)Margaret 'Wilkie •of Amberly, who redeceased .him 2o' years ago. Sixteen years ago he was ;married to Miss Alice Basso of Kinlough, wh,o survives him. "Be- sides his sorrowing wife he leaves to mourn his loss two sisters, Miss Fran- cis Blue of Amberley and Mrs. John Wilkie, 4th concession of Huron, and .two brothers, `James and George" of Amberley. The funeral took place on Thursday, -May Moth from the home of his bro- ther, Janes Blue, the Canadian.Order of Foresters taking part in the •ser vices The remains were taken for in- termentt to Iincardine cemetery. Rev. Mr, Campbell of Pine River, conduct- ed the services. Floral tributes were received from the following, his wife, sisters and brothers, neices and neph- ews, George and William Blue, Des krait; Flora, MacLellan, Mr, and Mrs. Neil Goodhand, Mr: and, Mrs, John Reavie, Detroit, and ._Canadian Order of Foresters, Mrs. Wm, Wraith i" The passed away on Thursdays May xoth, at her home in Kinloss, Mary Eglestone, beloved wife of Mr. Wm. Wraith, at the age of 44 years, De- ceased had been seriously ill for some -weeks past.Besides her' husband, she leaves a family of five children'to mourn her, also her mother, Mrs. Eg- lestone of Whitechurch, three sisters, Mrs. Du,Mont of Chicago, and Mrs, Benry Patterson and Mrs. Bert Reed .of - Whitechurch, and three brothers, Will of Detroit, and George and Jack of Calgary. She was laid to rest in .Tiffin's .cemetery on Saturday, Rev. B. Whitfield of the United, Church, Whitechurch, taking the .services at ''house and grave. This community ex - .tends syinpathy to the family in their sad bereavement.. a- d e 11 h is s t s. 0 t s y` e s e Depreciation WINGHAM LOCALLOCALHYDRO SYSTEM HAS'A NET PROFIT OF $2,174,18 What is known as the thirteenth power bill; or a, balance .sheet from the Ontario .Hydro ElectricSystem, showing in detail the standing of the local plant to the Ontario s stem; iv - Y g es Wingharn some justification for satisfaction: It shows a net profit of $2174,16, after providing for expendi- tures and a depreciation of.$2,oi7,00. Operation and Maintenance ac- counts include: Power purchased18,4 20,62 • $ Sub -station 'operation 1,5.7.36 Distribution 'system •1,731.59 Street Lights,' operation and • maintenance' • 655,o1 Administration1,337.61 Truck operation and ', maim. ,.149.40 .Interest on Debentures .,... 3,500.48 Debenture principal and sink- ing fund _ 3,4''2,24 MILITARY CAMP IN JULY. Word has been received by the of freers that the Huron Regiment ,is to go into camp at. London the first two 'weeks in July. The Regiment will 'train at :a strength of about x6o, all franks, STANDING FIELD CROP AND SEED GRAIN COMPETITION Turnberry Agricultural Society are accepting entries intwo classes, that is, Oats and Turnips. Entries should be made with the secretary as early vas possible, New Truck Service—Parties want- ing proving done or trucking of any kind, call Robertson's Garage, Mr. Robert MeKague, Toronto, vis- ited over the week -end with his part' ,eats here, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Rose and fani- i1y of Detroit, spent the week -end with the fortner's parents, Mi and Mrs. A. jr. Ross, New stock of Poor Mops, wall dtts- tern, several styles on hand from $1,5o up, Rent our Johnston Electric Poi- isher, it saves time and labor, Bueh- inan's Hardware, Total ,,:.... 30,948.63 2,0I 7.00 32,965.63 ,Revenue; Domestic Light Commercial Light Commercial Power Municipal Power Street light Merchandise Miscellaneous $1o,15x.62 6,791.14 11,964.96 269.29 4,045.00 1,1556.76 861.64 $35,139,81 Domestic light consumers _ 495 Commercial light consumers .16o 94 street lights loo cape ann. rate -,.$25 25 street lights 250 c.p. ann. rate437 Multiple No. 22, 20o watts annual rate .'$35.00 The.local plant, including, land, buil- dings, pole line, distribution system, meters, cash on hand, debentures, in-.. vestments,. etc., + is $123,177,84; against this is a balance of debenture debt, and reserve amount total $73,289.24. leaving a total surplus of $49,888.6o, included in which. is $39,636.46deben-' tures paid. GRANDMOTHERS HONOURED 'Grandmothers and great-grandmothers of the Wingham Women s Institute, who were honored by the presentation of gifts at the recent meeting of the Institute. The great-grandmothers in the picture are the three at the right side of the front row, Mrs. Andrew Mitchell, Mrs, I. Cole and Mrs. B. Holmes. In the back TOW, left to right, the grandmothers are Mrs. S. Young, Mrs. W. McGill, Mrs. H. Adair, Mrs, J. Moffatt and Mrs, R. Tyndall. • MEETING AT BLYTH OF ODD FELLOWS The annual district meeting of the I. O. O. F., consisting of lodges from Teeswater, Wingham, Wroxeter, Bru- ssels and Blyth, was held in Blyth on Tuesday evening of last week with a good representation. Officers were elected as follows: District 'deputy grand master, Walter Williamson, Brussels; district warden, David For- tune, Wroxeter;• district secretary and treasurer, John Dodds, Wingham, Mr. Dodds' election starts him on his 25th year as a district, officer of the or- ganization. W. J. McKechnie, retiring D. D. G. M., of Blyth, presided, The Wroxeter lodge, with the assistance of some others of the visiting brethren, conferred the third degree. NURSES GRADUATION The graduation exercises in connec- tion with the Wingham General Hos- pital will be. held in the town hall on Friday evening, May 25th at 8 o'clock, when three graduating nurses will re- ceive their diplomas. A good pro- gramme has been prepared and the public is cordially invited to attend and show their appreciation of the splendid work done by the Hospital. A silver collection will be taken at the door, 1Ir, John McGowan, who recently 'sold his hardware business in Tees - water, to ,Mr, J. G. Armstrong, has secured a hardware business in Ayl- finer,' and took possession the first of the month, GRAND MASTER ADDRESSES GATHERING OF NORTH HURON -DISTRICT LODGES Hon. J. S. Martin addressed a gath- ering of over 300 Masons from the different lodges of North Huron dis- trict, in the Listowel Armouries, Fri•. day night The occasion was his ,off- icial visit as Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Canada in the pro- vince of Ontario. He stated that when the Grand Lodge had appointed hire to this office it was the .first time in its history that it had conferred this honor on a farmer,' He had heard, much, he said of the division between those who lived in the`'country and those who lived in the town, but in his experience he had found this more imaginary than real, the welfare of the province demanded, the suppres- sion of all such divisions of class dis- tinctions. In speaking of the problem of itntnigration, he stated that those who lived in this country; should have the privilege of choosing the limn - ;grants that should be allowed, to come here,; But he stated, people of alt nat- ions are sooner or later going to find their way to Canada in spite of all that can be done, At present there is a great influx of people from the Britishers. He suggested that the members of the Masonic frater•inity !night do well to exercise a big brother's interest in the boys that arc coming in such large numbers to find work on the farms in the province. In speaking of Masonic affairs he suggested that representatives to the Grand, Lodge, this year make 1928. a year in;. which` a tribute to be paid to the pioneers of the order, who had rendered it such valiant service in the past. 'Che meeting was opened by an ad- dress of welcome to the visitors by Mayor A. E. Malcolm, The toast to the Grand Master and the Grand. Lodge was protosed by H, B. Mor- plhy,' That to the craft was proposed by E. Bruce of Kincardine and was. responded to by the grand secretary, Rt, Wor, Mas. Logan of Hamilton, Fred. Porterfield and J. Myers, of Mitchell, spokeon behalf of the vis- itors, During the ovenieg solos were given by B. Hitchcocks, of Teeswater and Dr. Taylor of, Listowel, accom- panied by Miss Thelma Rennie, The Northern' part of Europe•-WSwedes, meeting was presided over by B. L. H. Norwegians, Fines Belgians, who are Bamford, district deputy of North of the sante stock, a little removed, as Huron, PERSONAL' AND LOCAL Next week,, is _pineapple. week at Habkirk's Restagirant, Mr. W. E. Jackson, Toronto, spent the week -end with•` his brother, Mr, Ernest Jackson'' Mr, and Mrs,'T.'W: Ansley of Tor- onto, spent; the' week -end' with the former's mother: '"` Miss Alice Beckwith of Toronto, perit tlte wee end with her mother, Mrs, M., B`eckwith, Mrs, John Stevenson has returned home after s6endin :a month with her friend§ near', Sarnia, Robertson's Garage has a new truck for moving ;and general service that will give satisfaction, Mr: anti. Mrs, A, A. Fleming and son, Vi alker, of Chatham, spent the week -end with friends in Wingham. Mr. and Mrs. F, Galbraith and of , Toronto, spent the week -end with the .former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Galbraith. and Mrs, Bert McElroy and,. daughter, Audrey, of Royal Oak, Mich., spent over the week -end with the` fornter's parents, Mr. and Mrs, T. C. McElroy. - Lowe Bros. Neptunite Varnish does- n't discolor white pattern in Linoleum dries quickly with rich gloss, will not scratch white under 'hard usage, sold by Buchanan Hardware. Official announcement came o n Tuesday that three bye -elections in Ontario, East Hamilton, South Bruce and North Renfrew, will be held on. Wednesday, June 27th. - X Mr, and Mrs. Robert Y. Carrick of Whitechurch, announce the engage- ment of their second, daughter, La- vina Jean, to Mr. Alfred James: Clarke of Ahnherstburg, Ont,, the marriage to take place early ineJune./ l"Ir. and Mrs, 5, E. Curtis announce the engagement of their second, dau- ghter, Grace Jeanette, to Mr, "Harold Procter, second son of Mr, and Mrs. A.. Procter of Beigrayfe, ,the marriage to take place the latter part of May.. / Mr. and Mrs., W. E. Chapman of Seaforth, spent Mother's Day at the home of their daughter, Mrs. A. J. Walker, where a pleasant family re- union was held_ Those there for the day were Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Chap- man and family of Goderich, Mr. and. Mrs. A, Chapman of Bridgeburg, also Dr. G. K. Chapman of Bridgeburg. i MOTHER'S DAY AT BAPTIST CHURCH A unique and enjoyable service was held in the Baptist Sunday. School at Their usual thour last Sunday morning in recognition of Mother's Day. There was a good attendance,' and a number of mothers were present. The moth- ers took part in the service, and: the children contributed in recitation and song appropriate to the occasion. The gervice opened with the sing- ing of a hymn, and after prayer 'by Mrs. Collar, Mrs, Anderson read the scripture lesson. The offering was taken by Mrs. H. Mundy and Mrs. C. Blackhall, A recitation was given by Bernice Mundy, entitled "When the boy sets out;'; a song by the Primary, "Jesus loves me"; a recitation by Bet- tie Collar entitled "Mother Watching" followed by another recitation by Vi- vian Cantelon entitled "My Mother", Merrill Cantelon and Frank Collar sang a duet "Meet Mother in the Skies"; a recitation by Beryl Mundy, "When another gets a letter". A num- ber of bright, gospel choruses were sung by the Junior Choir. After a brief address by the pastor, a message in song appropriate to the address was rendered by the Junior Choir, en- titled, "My Mother's Bible". Then followed an interesting feature of the service in the presenting of three ba- guets of carnations; one the the mo- ther with:theyoungestchild present, presented to Mrs. Theodore Mundy. One to the oldest mother present, pre- sented, to 'Mrs. John Anderson, And one to the mother of the largest, fam- ily, presented to Mrs, C. Blackhall; Presentations were made by Mr. A, Cosens. The occasion, was also fittingly re- cognized in the church services of the day, The message of the, morning, was "What Christianity has done for Mothers, and the evening subject, "Three Characteristics of True Moth- er Love ars illustrating the Love of God"Messages in song were retie rered at both services by Mrs. Smith, "Till I See My Mother's Face", and "My .Mother's Prayer," CANADIAN CLUB CLOSES SEASON WITH BANQUET -- MRS, GROVES AS SPEAKER Wingham Canadian Club closed its initial season, and a'Inost delightful also, with a banquet on Friday even- ing last, at which Mrs. Edith L. Grov- es, a member of Toronto Board of Education for ten years, gave an in- tensely interesting address, _ Seventy- five members were present and en- joying the good things provided by the local Women's Institute, and the excellent service. Dr. Redmond, president, occupied the chair during the following : pro program:—Luncheon; toast, "To the King', all responded by singing God Save the King; solo, Miss Jean Chris- tie; toast, "Our Country, the Domin- ion of Canada" by Mr. C. A. Robert- son, M.L,A,, responded to by Mr, W: H. Willis, ex -Mayor; solo, Mrs, A. H. Wilford of Windsor; ae,dress, Mrs. Edith L. Groves, on the :Kingdom of Childhood. The chief speaker of the evening was Mrs. Edith L. Groves, a member of the Board of Education of Toron- to for to years, and president of the council for the education of excep- tional children. Mrs. Groves has a delightful personality and soon ,capti- vated her audience' by her native hu- mour, her. mastery' of her subject and her platform ability. Her address was entitled, "The Kingdom of Childhood" quoting freely from a book of original verse, in which she sought to convey to her heares an interpretation of the. make-believe of child life. • Her quo- tations were impressively rendered, Then she gave a description of the work that is being done in Toronto, particularly in an effort to fit the Educational system to the needs of the exceptional children, particularly the backward and crippled, child, and showed how that hundreds of boys and girls had been rescued from crim- inal worthless lives to useful self- supporting citizens by vocational training, when these children were complete misfits in the ordinary school classes. There are now in To- ronto, 350 boys and 350 girls taking this special form of training. The members of the club were highly pleased with Mrs. Groves' inspiring and stimulating address. The Canadian; Club has concluded its meetings for this season, everyone feeling that it has been a splendid. season. Mr, A. L. Posliff and Mrs. E. E. Barr expressed, to Mrs. Groves the appreciation of the Club for her ad- dress and the message she so charm- ingly left. ODD FELLOWS PAR- A REFINED AND ADE TO CHURCH HUMOROUS PLAY On Sunday afternoon last, a large namber of the members of the Inde- pendent Order of Odd Fellows parad- ed from their lodge rooms on Jose- phine street to the United. Church, wfi'ere divine service was held: Rev. Bro. Davison speaking from x Sam. 20, delivered a :forcible discourse on the cardinal virtue of brotherhood, outlining,in a practical manner man's duty to God and man. 'Upon their return to their hall a hearty vote of thanks was tendered Rev. 'Davison,. his choir and all who strove to make the service .so instructive and pleas- ing. Also the gratitude of the order to the Board for so hospitably plac- ing their church at the disposal of the brethren for the occasion. ANNIVERSARY SERVICES Brick Church, East Wawanosh, An- niversary Services will be held on July 15th. Rev. G. M. Gt,est of Eth- el, will conduct the services both morning and evening: Dr, Eimer Aitken, Toronto, spent the week -end with friends here. Entitled "Aunt Susan's Visit" will be presented by the Young People of.. Knox Presbyterian Church in the Foresters' Hall, Bluevale, on Wednes- day evening, May 23rd, and at Eadies Church, Turnberry, Friday evening, May 25th, 1928. Play to commence at 8.13. Cast of characters. Aunt Susan, elderly lady, rich but eccentric, Mrs. A. H. Coobs; John' Thos. Tibbs, (ne- A. H. Coombs; John Thos, Tibbs, (ne- Tibbs, (wife), ambitious, Elizabeth Ro- bertsori;`Miss Rebecca "I'iblis and Miss Alice Tibbs, daughters in the home, Miss. Elva .Ramsay and Miss Olive Garniss; the Honorable Samuel Smith an old friend of the Tibbs, Cloine Higgins; Mr, Guy De Marchmont Coggs, Rebecca's friend, Alvin D. Smith; visitors, Mrs. Highborn, Olive Scott; Mrs, Tuggs, Haze•) Mundell; Miss Pauline Wizer, Mrs. C. Higgins; Mrs. Weakly, Mrs. E, Nichol; Mrs. Sadden, Mrs. R. Elliott; Miss Redlip, Mrs. W. Orr. Admission 25c and 15c. Palmerston Board of Health and Town Council are trying to devise a system of by -weekly garbage collec- tion at a moderate cost. MAITLAND PRESBYTERY W. M. S. OVER ALLOCATION — NEW OFFICERS ELECTED That the Maitland Presbyterial Wo- men's Missionary Society, of the Pres- byterian Church in Canada, `has over- subscribed its allocation by $354, and that $4, 975.84 has been collected, $4, 397 of which has been forwarded to the provincial treasurer, was announ- ced at the )4th annual meeting held last week in Knox Church, Teeswater. The gathering was attended, by rep- resentatives from. 19 auxiliaries and was one of the most successful ses- sions in its history. The morning session was devoted to receiving the reports from secretar- ies of the various departments, which were most encouraging and showed advancement all along the line. A special and pleasing feature of the afternoon session was a resume of 5o: "years' work of the W. M, S. of Teeswater, which celebrates its golden jubilee of missionary work this year. Two charter members, Mrs. Gillies and Mrs. McDonald, each accompan- ied by a little granddaughter, were called to the platform and presented with pins in honor of the occasion. Mrs. D, Strachan of Toronto, a re- cent commissioner to the Orient from the General Assembly, gave inspiring addresses bout afternoon and evening in which she presented the magnitttde of the work and made' a stirring ap- peal for candidates for mission work- ers. Miss Dorothy Douglas of Lucknow, who is to sail) for Formosa the first, wecic of September, was present and` received a warm tribute for the step, she was taking,' Greetings of the presbytery which )net at.thee same time, were extended by the model:ator, Rev. Charles II. l'AcDionaiu, or Lucknow and Dungan- non, who feelingly made reference, to his association for many years with Knox Church, Teeswater, it being his home church. In addition to many other resolu- tions adopted, the following was sent to Rev. John Pollock of Whitechurch: "That we as a presbyterial desire to express our profound sorrow at the loss by death on March 13th of Mrs. John Pollock, Whitechurch, Her 'ear- nestness and kindly spirit will long be remembered by the presbyterial, and we extend our heartfelt sympathy to her husband, her family and the, congregation where she labored so zealously. • The election of officers:resultcd as follows: President, Mrs. Perrie, 1•s ing- harp; first vice-president, Mrs, R. Mc- Whinney; Dungannon; second vice- president, Mrs, A. Strachan, Brussels;. third vice-president, Mrs. A ke11, Teeswater; fourth vice-president, Mrs. vtcICay, Kincardine; fifth vice -press !lent, Mrs. Simpson, Pintail; treasur- er, Miss Norma Nieholson, South Kinloss; corresponding secretary, Mrs' Carr, Wingham; recording secretary, Mrs. W. J, Morrison, Kincardine; sup- ply secretary, Mrs. G. Douglas, Luck now; inissien band secretary, Mts. I.,inklater, Teeswater; library and lit-. erature secretary, Mrs: J, J: Elliott,. Wingham; ionic helpers' secretary, Mrs. Simpson, Molesworth; Glad Tid- ings secretary, Mrs, Porterfield, .13e1 - grave; welcome and welfare secretary, Mrs. H. MsCee, Wingltatne press sec- retary, Mrs. R. Davidson, Dungann- on; young woltten's seciketary, . Miss Carrick,! Lucknove; life members sec- ret ry,. Mrs, 3, 5, Elliott, Wingham. GEORGE SPOTTON HERO OF THE DAY His Booming Voice anal Speed Get Niagara Falls Bridge Bill Through (Montreal Daily Star, May Toth) One feud which has tied up business of the session on many occasions passed away when George Pettit, (Welland), got his bill to build a neer bridge over the Niagara River at Nit. gara Falls 'through third reading. In its final success he was beholden to: George Spotton, (North Huron) who is the biggest man with •the biggest voicein all Parliament. Opponents of the bill were ready with five a- mendments the moment Mr. Speaker placed the motion before the House, Mr. Si5otton, whose speed belies his weight was up as fast as Hon. J. D. Chaplin. As he rose his voice boom- ed out like a broadside from a battle- ship. Not only Mr. Speaker, but ev- ery one in the House immediately "saw" Mr. Spotton, which act on the part of Mr, Speaker is what gives a member, the floor. Even Mr. Chaplin was transfixed and speechlessuntil he found out what the explosion was about. By that time Mr. Spotton was well on his way in "moving that the question be now put." Such a mo- tion precludes further debate until it has been i*oted and if it carries the question must be put at once. That is what happened, The Spotton mo- tion carried, 109 to 23, and then the bill carried on division. The block- aders, thanks to the arresting volume of Mr. Spotton's voice, were left with five perfectly good and =unused am- endments on their desks. We will have lots of large pineap- ples nest week at Habkirk's Restaur- ant. Order early. 1 Mrs. C. Young Who passed her 9znd Birthday last week SALVATION ARMY LOn Sunday, May .loth, special services will be conducted by Adjt. and Mrs. Archie McTav- ish, returned missionaries from India, On Monday, May 2tst at 8 o'clock he will give -a lecture on "The Work of the Salvation Ar- nty among the Criminal Tribes", the United Church. Corne and hear hint, ,he hailed from Wingham. Everyone in- vited. t...u<..nw.0 u•1•MOM.,m.a,.coasw.am.aanna oma ;C. WINGHAM UNITED CHURCH Rev. Sion "°" " ey Davison,DaPastor Tel.—Chureh sip, Parsonage 188 Sunday, May 20th xo a,.in,-.-Prayer and Praise, Morning Service:--" "A Springtime Meditation" Evening - "Worry and Its Cure" WI E1 -NXGi T SERVICES Wed., 8 pan, --Prayer Service. WELCOIVMg •