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The Wingham Advance Times, 1925-06-25, Page 3Change of Name Announcement is made that our application to Parlia- rent for change of name has been granted and the LONDON MUTUAL FIRE r 1SURANCE COMPANY OF CANADA (Founded in 1859) will hereafter be known aa LADDIMDON-C1,INI: I itfr AT 419 COMP® Head Office -33 Scott Street, Toronto This is one .of Canada's oldest and best known Insurance Companies, now in its 66th year, In the course of its long and honorable career it has paid over twelve mil- lions of dollars in losses to Canadian policy -holders: The Company confines its business to the Dominion of Canada and, in addition to FIRE insurance, transacts AUTO- MOBILE insurance of all kinds, HAIL, WINDSTORM and SPRINKLER LEAKAGE insurance. Announcement will be made later of the extension of its activities to other classes of insurance. Branches are rnaintained at Montreal, Winnipeg, Calgary. and Vancouver, and there are nearly 800 local agencies throughout the country. PETER A. McCALLUM, President. Represented by A If 11 COSENS Agent at WINGHAM WINGIIAM ADVANCE -TIMES Morton was elected representative to Grand Encampment. Rev, Mr, and Mrs, D. Rogers cele brated the 25th anniversary of their marriage on Saturday last, Relatives were present from Belmore, Wing - ham and Erin, A very pleasant time lwas spent reviewingthe past and Mr. tourist fares will be in effect to Oe- tober 3ist. Complete information, pamphlets and reservations may be secured from any Canadian National Railways Agent. WROXETER COUNCII and Mrs, Rogers received many con- j Council met in ;regular: meeting Jgratulations on having attained the in Council Chamber on Friday, Mem 25th anniversary of their wedding day, bers present, Alex. Wright, Gavin The Record joins their many friends : Davidson, E. Dobbs, Reeve Henne- in these parts in these feliciations and berg in the chair. Minutes of last re-. l hopes they be ' spared to celebrate 'gular meeting and special meeting of i their Golden Wedding .Day.—Ford June 'nth, were read and adopted on wich Record, Three, rinks of Wingham bowlers, skipped by Dudley Holmes, Dr, Hol- loway and D. T, Hepburn, went to Brussels on Monday afternoon and won by 12 shots. Piper A, E. McDonald and Miss Mabel McDonald assisted in the pro- gram at the Catholic picnic in Kenil- worth on Thursday of last week. \ Mr. J. E, Swarts' horse, Darkey is cuit races. He won first money in doing good work in the Canadian cir- the free-for-all at Listowel on Thurs- day, making one heat in 2,12, Piper D. E. McDonald, . and Miss Mabel McDonald, Highland dancer, tame been engaged to furnish enter- tainment on July 1st. at Wroxeter. i The Wingham salt works has.been running to its full capacity for some weeks past and it is hard work to keep up with the orders. ` Four car loads of salt have been shipped dur- ing the past few weeks, The brick work on the Walker & Clegg factory is now completed. The engine and boiler room was complet- ed this week. A large brick chimney is now in course of erection and work- men are also busy laying floors. New machinery is expected in a few days. Mr. Chas. J. Johnston, of Midland has taken a situation as salesman in Messrs. Jno. and Jas. H. Kerr's store. Mr. Abner Cosens is in Toronto this week; where he went to meet an Accordingly the Council passed the old friend, Mr, David Alexander, of resolution on motion of Gavin David Bowman's Forest, Victoria, Australia, son, seconded by E. Dobbs and the Mr. Alexander is making a trip Clerk instructed to forward same to around the world and will spend some the Commission with other informa- days in Wingham. These twoentle- tion asked for,. man have not seen each other since! Meeting adjourned to meet at regu- Mr. Cosens come home from Austral- ia a number of years ago. I Fred Davey, Clerk. A Fine Team, Raised in Huron County This is the fine team owned by Mr, J. A. McLean and used in his Coal Business. They were raised in Hallett Township. motion of Alex Wright and E. Dobbs: Motion by Gavin Davidson and Alex, Wright, that we affirm the, as- sessment roll as revised on May 2gth as the roll for 1925, Carried. Accounts -Hydro Electric Power Commission for wire $26.91; Fred Kitchen assessing• and postage $35.5o; Wroxeter News, printing $3.50; H. Patterson, running plant to June 18th, $28.00; T. G. Hemphill, - power for month of May $40•0o; G, H. Stewart, tuneing piano in hall $3.50. Motion of Dobbs and Davidson that the above accounts be paid and orders drawn on the treasurer for same. Motion of Dobbs and Gavin David- son avidson that electric light committee in- terview T. G. Hemphill as to a stea= dy supply of power : for the lights. Motion of Dobbs and 'Davidson, we adjourn to meet at regular meeting or call of the Reeve. Fred Davey, Clerk. June nth, Ipz5-Special meeting of the Council in the Clerk's Office on above date. The Reeve and Clerk having interviewed Mr. James and Mr. Planner Hydro Engineers at a meeting in Wingham as to getting power into Wroxeter. They stated if the Council would pass a resolution asking for an estimate they would go over the situation againand forward a re -estimate. WESTERN TOURS THIS SUM- MER REMARKABLY LOW IN COST "We have travelled through the most glorious scenery it has ever been my privilege., to witness," were the words used by the Duke of"Dev- onshire while Governor General of Canada, in expressing his admiration for the scenery of the Pacific Coast. The opinion he formed of our magni- TWENTY ONE YEARS AGO f Clegg returned home this week after a every successful three months' business News items which appeared in The trip through Manitoba and the West. Advance and The Times of twenty- eears a"o. on y g Rev. Wm. Lowe, rector of St. Paul's Church, spoke to the Orange Fyfe of this town, has been promoted ficent west is confirmed by the many brethren on Sunday evening.. to manager of the branch of Bank of people who tour this wonderful coun- Hamilton at Miami, Man. try every year. At the London races on Friday last,' If you are planning a tour of the Darkey, owned by Mr.. J. E. Swarts, Canadian Rockies and the •Pacific won in the free-for-all. The track re- Coastthis summer, you can't do bet- Wingham lacrosse team which played cord of 2.m i, made by the late Ace, ter than take one of ' the low cost where he had been in the interest of several furniture factories. Mr. W. T. Fyfe, ''son of Lawrence Wingham is making big prepara- tions for a t2th of July . celebration here: ' The following is the line up of the a tie game with Kincardine on June was reduced by Darkey to 2.13. I trips arranged by the Canadian Na - 24th., 1904:—Elmer Moore, Barlow, Mr. Geo, C. Manners spent Sunday tional Railways. M. W. Telfer, Garf Vanstone, Ivan with friends at Dungannon, Mrs.' These tours start from Toronto Johnston Jim McGillivray Doc Dins- Manners who has been visiting with with stop -overs at all interesting 1ey,' Alvie Fleming, Ted Elliott`, Cody, Dungannon friends for two weeks al- points en route. At Jasper National l Wightman and; Kruise, so returned hone. ,Park--wherethe famous Trian g e Chief Vannorman received a nasty The managers of the Wingham Tour commences—is thelargest park kick from. allo"rse on Tuesday even- Presbyterian Church held a meeting ing, and now wears a black eye in last week and decided to proceed with consequence. several improvements to the church Messrs, J. Cunningham and J. S. property, The front fence will be re - Borden, of the Western Foundry Co., moved and a new granolithic walk are this week putting in a large range will be builtin the centre of the at the reformatory at Penetanguish- lot from street. sidewalk to the chur- ene and a hotel range at Turnberry. ch steps and new granolithic steps will Mr. Chas. Barber . of_ this- town, be built. The exterior of the church has just received notice from H. P. Chapman, the inspecting trustee of the Police village of Ripley, that his tender for 6,000 feet of concrete side- walk has been accepted. Mr. Barber was awarded this contract at a higher rate than some tenders, because of the stability of former walks laid by him some years ago in Ripley. . Mr. John H. Young, of . London, was in town for a few days of the past week, visiting his parents.. John now has a lucrative position as traveller for the. Hobbs Manufacturing Co., with Western Ontario as the territory Mr. C. M. Walker of Walker & and the largest sanctmary of wild life in the world -4400 square miles of mountains, rivers, lakes, glaciers, canyons and waterfalls of almost ov- erwhelming beauty. Leaving Jasper, you pass Mount Robson, the,, highest peak in the Ca- nadian Rockies; then conies the quaint Indian Village of ' Kitwanga with its will be re -painted and the interior will grotesque Totem poles and Indian re- lics. At Prince Rupert' you may choose an interesting side trip to. I1- aska, or you may board the steamer for the three-day trip through the fa- mous Scenic Seas of the; Pacific Coast to Vancouver, Cictoria, Portland and Seattle. • Returning, the train follows the beautiful winding Fraser and 'Thompson Rivers . with their brilliant colored cliffs of red,grey and yellow, returning again to Jasper National Park—and in due time, to Toronto. The outstanding .beauty and com- pleteness of these tours should appeal to every one, These low summer be re -decorated. 'A 'tennis tournament will be played by the ladies of Wingham, on the local court in the park on Friday, July 8th. For the first prize, Mr. Chas. Knech- tel has very geuero,,us]y donated • a handsome travelling .suit case. At the regular meeting of Minerva Encampment, Independent Oddfel- lows on Monday evening, the follow- ing officers were electedforthe en- suing term: -C. '.,' H. B. Elliott; S. W., D. Louglteed; H. P., T. J. Elliott; J. W. W. W. Walker; Scribe, A. J.. Alderson; Treas., J. W. Dodd, J. A. Government Grants to Schools The Minister of Education has de- cided to retain for another yearthe present mode of apportioning the Legistlative grants for rural schools That is to say, on an excess of salary above $5oo for a Principal and $40o for an Assistant, beginning at $700 but less than $800, 5 per cent will be paid; beginning at $800 but less than $goo, to per cent. will be paid; beginn- ing. at $900 but less than $i000, so per cent. will be paid; on salaries of $t000 and over 40 per cent. will be paid. Permanent First and Second Class Certificates when the experience of the teacher is five years or over re- ceive grants of $too and $6o respect- ively; when the experience is less. than that Permanent or Interim First and Second Class Certificates will draw grants of $8o and $5o respect- ively. t ThUrn Charlie S-alS "Nature sever snakes any 'Hun- aers--when she makes a fool raea ;.s it s.-; OUR OWN DEFINITIONS KNICKERBOCKERS: A stout woman's idea of the height of achievement in wearing apparel. TUXEDO: Open -face suit a man tnay wear when- ever he has a clean white shirt. MASSAGE:, A professional name for something that can be done just as well with plain soap and water, PERMANENT WAVE: Good for six months. FISHING: An excuse for trying to outclass the' oth- er "liar." GOLF: Game invented for teaching amiable business men the fine art of cussing. TENNIS: Pastime that gives you the right to wear a handkerchief around your head: Sixty-five per cent of the students at, an eastern univer- sity drink—it is reported. The other thirty-five per cent probably bathe in it or use it for hair tonic. • —o,— Don't Touch This Jolie. It's Sticky! "There are more than 300 uses' for glue" ay the glue nl TATli I'e c 011//....-. c..1.4:,1, sty !c. makers. They're wrong. How about the bird who "pas- tes his enemy on the nose?". —o— A noted French actress wears two large diamonds wov- en into her :hosiery at conspicuous points. Probably fi- gures most men will stoop to steal—a look? —0— S-h-h=h! Scandal! New York husband, was sentenced to give his wife three smiles a day. Not so easy as it sounds. Unless -his wife knows some good jokes. —0— Woman in Philadelphia quit her husband because he wouldn't buy a cow. S'pose he was "bull=headed" about it. -0- Chicago man held out on his pay enevlope and his wife mopped the floor with him. If he hadn't turned over any pay at all—he probably would be shaking hands with St. Peter now. —o— "NOT GUILTY" In ancient Egypt, the women did all the courting. They do it here, too. Before a tearful jury and a chicken-heart- ed, judge. Chiffon Hose is their lawyer. —0— "Long legs area sign of superior intelligence" asserts a well known university professor. He's right. Especially if you happen into a yard without reading the sign^on the gate—"Beware of the dogl" In that case, lengthy propell- ors are not only a sign of superior intelligence over the dog when they warn you to reverse but they are also 'an asset in helping you to get over the fence. —o— FAMOUS LAST LINES "I'll call You up SOME time." (But it never happens.) • Illllu ll,l lllllllll mum,ulll llllu""ulllpgqu,titbit ,p,,,,,,,,,,,u,,,,p %VIII MITI,*IIlIlT,"Illlllllllllllililillll„ MAY SE 't0 CM (HELP ME W4114 1%,11tfNTY - %KAT S A TlitraEE ►.E.ITIRED Wo47D ME tri `504+4E''t A G . 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