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The Huron Expositor, 1924-08-01, Page 4.444 544, 444 ii 774447.4774?" "SL mini of Seaafori --, . sA who r eeetved'the appoint, Portmaeteranap of Sea- Civil -Service epraanisr ;lard last, remitted ward. oaa 4, y from the postal authorities " ,Wa, that bib -new duties would aenee on September 1st. The ap- nt of Mr. Sills was made in aecord'a. nee with the Civil Ser- i w, which gives . preference, Ve all others, to returned soldiers g, the necessary qualifications, espeetive of personality or politics. is a graduate of the Seaforth pub- iic.school and Collegiate Institute and an honor graduate of the University of Toronto, holding the degree B. A. See,' (honors), 1912. For the past ten years he has been associated with his, father and brother in the hard- wape business in Seaforth, giving him a wide knowledge of the district. He has .also been prominently identified with the sports of the town, being a member of the old Huron Football team for many seasons as a playing member and executive officer, and won the much coveted "colors" at To- ronto University as playing manager of its Association team. Mr. Sills en- listed as a gunner in the 43rd Bat- tery, Guelph, early in the war and served twenty-two months in France with this unit, and was granted a Commission in the Canadian Field Artillery in June, 1918, and acted as an instructing officer until the Armis- tice was signed;"finally mustering out after three years' service. Since coming home from the war he has been largely responsible for the main- tenance of the G. W. V. A. before the public and the keeping up of the pres- ent fine club rooms. Mr. Sills is eminently qualified to fulfil the im- portant duties of his new office. e 4Rt abest. Bell .Aub: demon will a iia for oto .. s. We artpaJa h> stems re"nrerat roam at Wa040and Detroit, hue. returned to her hOravon GedMtl&a. Strut, East. -4k MIA Mrs. Fred Beattie and son, of 'Iaaaneaeter, are guests at the house t Mr, Beat - tie's mother, Mrs. James Beattie.— Miss Claire noble, of Lethbridge, is a guest at the home of hes' slater, Mrs. W. D. Bright.—Miss Lynne Holmes, of Boston, is spending the holidays at the home of her father, Mr. S. T. Holmes. --Mrs. E. Uni act, of Toron- to, and Miss Erie Stewart, of Water- loo, are guests at the home of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Stewart. —Mrs. M_ J. O'Neil, of Sudbury, is the guest of Mrs. D. Shanahan.—The Misses Olive and Madelon Glew, of Tuckersmith, are visiting their aunt, Mrs. George Brownlee, Sr.—Mass Ed- na M. Jamieson, of the Huron Road, West, visited last week with her friend, Mrs. Wilfred Gamble, of near Orangeville.—Capt. Rowland, of Exe- ter, will conduct special services in the Salvation Army Hall on Sunday next at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m.—Wednes- day next is Seaforth's Civic Holiday. —Miss Helen Dickson, • of Toronto, is spending the holidays with her mother here.—Mrs. Orval Weston, of Detroit, is visiting at the home of her mother, Mrs. James Graves..—Mr. Ballantyne and daughter, of Calgary, are guests at the home of Mr. William Ballan- tyne in Harpurhey.—Mr. and Mrs. E. McFaul, of St. Thomas, and former well known Seafort'hites are guests at the home of Mr. John Mactavish.— Mrs. D. C. Sampson, of Saskatoon, is a guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs. G. T. Turnbull.—Mrs. Mullen and Mrs. H. Ellison, of Toronto, are the guests of Mrs. J. G. Mullen.—Mrs. J. R. Miller and baby are guests at the parental home of Mr. and MTs. W. Gillespie.—Mr. Patterson, of Wood- stock, is visiting at the home of his daughter, Mrs, A. F. Cluff.—Mr. and Mrs. Glendenning and family, of Orion, Michigan, were recent (guests at the home of Mrs. S. Wallace, Gode- rich Street, East.—Mr. C. Holmes and family have moved into their new home on North Main Street.—Mrs. George Letter, of Ypsilanti, Michigan, is a guest at the home of her brother, Mr. W. Anent.—Mr. Ivan Smillie, of Toronto, gave an excellent solo in the Egmondville Presbyterian church on Sunday evening last_ Mr. and Mrs. A. McKenzie, of Orillia, are guests at the home of Mr. McKenzie's mother, Mrs, D. McKenzie.—Mr. and Mrs. Neil Bethune, of Toledo, are guests at the home of Miss Bethune.—Mrs. John McKinley and son, of Winnipeg, are guests at the home of Mrs. Mc- Kinley's parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Scott, Thornton Hall. --Mrs. Smith and daughter, of Peterboro, are guests at the home of Mrs. Smith's mother, Mrs. James Beattie.—Mrs. J. H. Hicks and son, of Syracuse, are - guests at the home of Mrs. C. Golding.—Miss Agnes Sylvester, of Stratford, is the guest of Miss Evelyn Adams. — Mr. Joe Eckert has the services of Mr. Bruce Phillips and Mr. John Murray in overhauling his engine and separ- ator, and will have his threshing out- fit in first class condition wlien the season opens. Local Briefs.—Mr. A. G. Smillie, of Toronto, was calling on Seaforth friends on Saturday. Mr. Smillie is a former well known resident of Sea - forth and Tuckersmith, and came up to visit friends in this vicinity and at- tend the Old Boys' Reunion. He was accomi a.nied by his youngest son, now a student at the Torento Medical College.—Miss Nignan Petrie, of Mil- verton, is a guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Laing.—Mr. and Mrs. R. T. McIntosh, of Forest, are visit- ing with Seaforth friends.—Mr. W. Hays, of Welland, is spending his holidays at the home of his parents in Egmondville.—Mr. Arthur Forbes, of Toronto, has been here this week making final preparations for the To- ronto Contingent for Old Boys' Week. —Mr. Cecil Smith, of Toronto, is spending his holidays with his par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Smith.—Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Ross and two children, of Guelph, are spending a week or two in town.—Miss Belle Cummings, of Ottawa, private secretary for Hon. W. R. Motherwell, is a guest at the home of her brother, Mr. John Cum- inings.—Mr. William Grieve, of Nanaimo, B. C., is visiting at the home of his brother, Mr. T. M. Grieve, in Egmondville. Mr. Grieve came east to attend the Old Boys Reunion.—Mrs. J. N. Grose, nee Miss Katie Duncan, of Toronto, is visiting in town after an absence of more than twenty years. She is the guest of Miss Fleurcheubz in Egmondville.—Miss Erma Freeman of Toronto, is spending her holidays at the home of her father, Mr. Wm. Freeman -Mr. Howard Hays, of Walkerville, spent the week end at his home in Egmondville.—Mr. and Mrs. George Lilley returned last week from a very pleasant visit with rela- tives in Toronto and Montreal.—Mrs. R. Twitchell and two sons, of Bran- don. are guests at the home of Mrs. Twitchell's mother, Mrs. Golding.— Miss Gladys Cousins, of Toronto, is visiting at the home, of her uncle, Mr. William Wilson—Mr. Robert Haw- thorne, of New York, is visiting his mother, Mrs. R. Hawthorne.—Mrs. P. Mulcahy, of California, and a well known former resident is here on a visit to relatives and to attend the Old Boys' Reunion.—Mrs. Fred Mont- gomery, of Brantford, is a guest at the home of her brother, Mr. D. H. Stewart.—Capt. and Mrs. Whitfield, of Welsh, West Virginia, are guests at the home of Mrs. S. Neely. — Mr. and Mrs. David Mole and two sons, of Rochester, are guests at the home of Mr. Ed. Mole. Mr. Mole learned the printing business with the late A. M. Todd in Clinton, and is one of .the many Huron boys who have made good in their adopted country. He is now connected with the Rochester Herald Printing Company. — Mrs. Burl Brewer, of Cleveland, is visit- ing at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Campbell, in McKil- lop.—Mr. and Mrs. Jack Moore and Mrs. and Miss Kusick motored from California to attend the Old Boys' Reunion, and are registered at the Queen's.—Mr. and Mrs. W. Grassie, of Vancouver, are registered at the Queen's and will be here for the Re- union.—Rev. John Crawford, of Lon- don, occupied the pulpit in First Pres- byterian church very acceptably on Sunday last, during the absence of Dr. Larkin, through illness. — Miss Davina Johnston, of Buffalo, is a guest at the home of Mr. and Mr;. A. Barton—At a meeting of the Public School Board held on Monday even- ing Iast Miss Gladys McPhee was ap- pointed teacher of the primary de- partment to succeed Mrs. Dudley, who resigned. Miss McPhee is a graduate of the Seaforth Collegiate, and a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Mc- Pliee, of this town. --Mr. James Dodds and daughter, of Swift Current; are visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Dodds in Harpurhey, and with other relatives in this vicinity.—Mr. Jaynes Scott, of Edmonton, and form- erly a member of the firm of Scott Eros., Seafort'h, and far many years one' of the best known business men of this town, is here for the Reunion. M'#ott hooks as if the West agreed With /him perfectly, add many old filen& are pleased to see his fam- ilitpff figtae op• our streets again.— Mel Mx . ,Bert Kling, of Dayton, gists at the horcde of Mrs. ' , 1$r. and Mrs, W. Ad- 0 coo* Vahan ObePlaiar", of S. 4iaa za, total of 601 }s.eg>a8tdi ^'dioholarshi a, value, 16.li0, won 'Geraldine SUrerLas, of havinga total of t t i If,h rs ,value ✓a82 man�...$a xd sc� alae 'keiia; e $11, won. by Pltarenoe Thomson.,; of S. S. No, 14, '.ay, with .a total of 653 marks, Mr. 3, Elgin Tom, School In- spector of West Huron, in his letter remarks as follows: "The Hay Cottn- ciB acted 'wisely in establishing these perpetual Scholarships in honor of her brave soldiers, and also as a4, in- centive to her successive classes of pupils to imitate the faithfulness dis- played in Flanders Fields by their faithful work in, the schools." CHISELHURST Notes.—Mr. Ross McLean, accom- panied by his father and mother, mo- tored to Detroit on Saturday. They also intend visiting friends in other parts of Michigan.—Miss Francis Eyre, of London, has returned to her home after spending several days at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Eyre.—Haying is about completed. It is rather later this year and has been prolonged somewhat owing to the occasional wet spells. Some good crops are reported; one farmer took forty loads off 10 acres.—Fall wheat cutting has started and will be general by the week end. ZURICH Notes.—The farmers of this section are busy cutting fall wheat and the crop is an excellent one. Oats and barley and other summer crops have been greatly benefitted by the recent rains and promise to give a good yield—A meeting in the interest., of the bean growers was held here last Wednesday evening and was largely attended. Mr, S.13: Stothers and Mr. Reid were the principal speakers. It is reported that over seventy per cent. of the farmers growing- beans have joined the association.—Monday, Aug. 4th has been proclaimed as Civic Hol- iday for Zurich.—Another of the large buildings in St. Joseph is being torn down. Wreckers are busy tearing down the building known as the wine factory and when this is laid low only a few hooses will he left of the vil- lage.—On July 19th a pretty wedding took place at the home of Dr. and Mrs. J. Routledge of this village, when their daughter, Maida E., was united in marriage to Merner Eilber, of Columbus, 0., son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Eilber, Crediton. Rev. J. G. Litt, pastor of the local Evangelical church, performed bhe ceremony. Mr. and Mrs. Eilber will reside in Colum- bus, 0.—The ratepayers of S. S. No. 3, Hay, have made a great improve- ment to their school house by having it put on a cement foundation and covering the outside with asbestos shingles. The school house now pre- sents a very neat and attractive ap- pearance —Satisfactory progress is being made with the new buildings being erected in Zurich, The brick- work on the Deitz Biosis is finished and the workmen are busy laying floors, etc. The brickwork of the new Molsons Bank premises is nearly com- pleted and bhe building presents a very pleasing appearance. The mas- ons have started on the brickwork on the new Thiel Block and carpenters have erected the framework of the new 'office and dw'ellirr}�g of Dr. A. J. MacKinnon. Mr. P. Ktopf is now oc- cupying his new dwelling.on Edwa Fd Street, whldh adds to the appearance of that streets -A. number of local' bowlers tookart in a tournament at Hensall on Motrday a rening and re- ,e. KIPPEN Notes.—Mr. Wesley French, who has been attending the Old oys' Re- union in Port Elgin, has returned home.—Mr. and Mrs. Werder, of Windsor, are visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Workman, and' al- so visiting with Mrs. Wender's mother, Mrs: John Anderson. — Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Geosho, accompanied by their son, Eddie and Miss Marjorie and Mrs. Peter Gravelle, all of Zurich, visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. William Anderson, during the past week.—Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Hub- bard, of Detroit, accompanied by Mr. George La Tuelle and Mr. Melville McClymont, of Detroit, visited at the home of Mr. James McClymont, of our village, during the past week.— Mr. and Mrs. William Ivison; of our village, who have been visiting friends in Peterboro, for a few days, have re- turned home.—Mr. and Mrs. David Ryckman and children, of Palmerston visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Parsons, of the town line, Stanley, during the past week.—A bad accident happened to Miss Pearl Thompson, daughter of Mr. Robert Thompson, of the London Road, dur- ing the past week. Miss Thompson was just returning from the village when the horse which she was driving, became scared and ran away, throw- ing her out with considerable force. She was rendered unconscious and was taken to her home immediately, where medical aid was summoned. It was found, however, that no bones were broken, but she received a nasty blow on the side of the head from the effects of the fall. It was some little time before she gained consciousness and it is to be hoped that with good care she will be soon around again in her usual good health.—Mrs. Geo. Hill, of Egmondville, paid a visit at the home of Mr. William Anderson during the past week.—Mrs. Russel Geoghegan and child, of London, are spending a few days at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Mc Clymont, of our village.—Mrs. James Bowey, of our village, is spending a visit with friends in Toronto.-1Mr. Alex. McKenzie and Mr. Wilfred Mel - lis, of our village, visited friends in Goderich and Port Albert during the past week.—Quite a number in this vicinity have their fall wheat cut and all report a fine crop.—Miss Marg- aret Mellis, who has been spending a few holidays with Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Lundy, of Port Albert, has returned home.—Rev. Mr. Whitfield, of' Gode- rich, preached in St. Andrew's Church on Sabbath morning last. fdai�ah� sea alallo yep lk� Alae ailzt Il nd? aanY$rdlgaaP{ �� ail'; outer .faa d mad] acaaelt� ReTaart Ste e r., has, teen' albite eez l f'�1 -we a o p na at �:;x le:�ed. to Y �:t learn u3, dat ikaWriting is leell ing and feeling tnudh $Peer, although yet not in good F' heap age d (=tinned . � an ill health. tell on what have been fine constitutions. -,Mrs, Allis HOS, of Detroit, is visiting her cousins; Mr, and Mrs. George A. Glenn, of the London Road,.,.,.'Mr. Gordon McCon- nell, of ,Detroit, spent the week end here with his patents, Rev.,J, A. Mc- Connell and Mrs, McConnell. -a. Miss Jessie A. Bell 1.§ visiting in Toronto. —Mrs. Hughes, of London, is the guest of Mrs. John M. Glenn, of the boundary.—Miss Nellie Russell is. a guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs. S. McQueen.—Osier school trustees 'hav- ingarranged with the Toronto Board of Education as to the requirements and plan for':the required addition to our school, have had a start made on the said addition in the way of ex- cavating and. are going to give the work as far as possible to local build- ers, workmen and laborers which is a very good plan.—Miss Irma Diehl, of Hamilton, is visiting her friend, Miss Irene Douglas.—.Mr. and Mrs. Bur- gess and children, of Tavistock, were here recently visiting Mrs. T. Dick and daughter, Mrs. Bertha Bell.—Mr. George C. Petty has greatly improv- ed what has been known as the Pen - gaily dwelling, west of the railway track, and has made it quite attrac- tive in appearance. -=Miss Emma Thompson, of Toronto, accompanied by her two younger sisters, were in the village on Monday afternoon, vis- iting their aunt, Mrs. Sparks. They were formerly of our village and their many friends were pleased to meet them again.—Mrs. P. H. Me - Ewen and little daughter, of Toronto, are visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Simp- son, their relatives.—Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Petty are being visited by their daughters living at a distance and a pleasant family reunion is being held. —Miss Margaret Johnston during the past week or so, visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs, John Johnston.—Picnic parties to the different points along the lake shore continue the order of the day and on Monday afternoon last the choir of Carmel Presbyterian church enjoyed a pleasant picnic at Grand Rend. There was a good at- tendance.—On Wednesday a large number attended the Ford picnic held at Grand Bend and on Thursday last a large number of the members of Hensall and Brucefield lodges of Odd - fellows picnicked at Bayfield. — Rev. J. A. McConnell and family left here HENSALL Serious Fire.—On Wednesday morn- ing last our villagers were startled between the early hours of three and four o'clock by the cries of "Fire, Fire," and the ringing of our Town Hall bell, when it was found the dwel- ling of Mr. John McD. Wilson, at the extreme south side of our village was in flames. At the same time the calls of Mr. and Mrs. Wilson were heard for help, for so quickly did the flames close in around them that they could not get out of the burning house, and had to be rescued by ladders from the upstairs windows and so close were the flames to Mr. Wilson that his face and hands were quite badly scorched, requiring prompt medical attention. His hair also suffered from the blaze. How the fire start- ed is unknown, as there was no wood or coal fire used, only a coal oil stove with which Mrs. Wilson had been put- ting down fruit all afternoon, but had got through about six o'clock in the evening and had, she felt, put the lamp out, so if the fire did not start from the electric wiring, Mrs. Wilson cannot account for it and it certainly was a great shock to Mr. and Mrs. Wilson, the sole occupants of their dwelling, which was a well built brick veneered dwelling with kitchen at- tached. So quickly did the flames break out that they were unable to save one article of the contents and had to escape in their night clothes, but were quickly cared for by kind neighbors. Mr, and Mrs. Wilson had a well furnished home and many art- icles of value so that the loss is a great one to them, only escaping as it was with their lives, but there is an old saying, "that nothing is seldom so bad but that it might be worse," and very fortunately Mrs. Wilson had just disposed a very few days before the file, of her nice piano, which bears out the old saying as quoted in some measure, at least, and we hope Mr. Wilson will soon arrange to rebuild his hone. Very fortunately also was it that the wind was very favorable and that the fire did not spread to any neighboring buildings. We be- lieve at date of writing that Mr. Wil- son had little or no insurance and a- mong other lessons to be learned from the fire is the necessity of having what fire protection we have, in the best working order, with made ar- rangements for tanks of water, and besides this it is only fair to those having homes on back streets or those at some distance that the village take steps to procure a chemical engine outfit, that could he procured at a very reasonable price and that could he the means of doing quick, effective work as soon as a fire is discovered and which has been found to be a great asset in other small places as well as larger ones. Where there are as fine properties as we have in Hensall it is nothing short of a crime not to supply all the protection that can be had at a vile small cost, such as a chemical engine "outfit. Illi"Ik aura ,11 0 i l !filA ancl - 4 rila�.. q4• gxenoA 1 tla^T.. ;Win a10ta:l)rl>li. 1tH '~ 0 is nae 00rvtkpi eke 4 ' s ri'�lt � .. as ` �p �. �. Ago '..r �. °.� � y�"s. is 4'' p t?on t gregatioi a the.:' ' l la$0 t® unite in odti tel: tiae nisi a'crn 9 gor tine.orting, esvtoe and fag. aaaaotlae church for tileevening service whiC ,gives a pleasant exchange. ---Our a an. nual civic holiday has been proclaims ed for Monday, August 4th, when all placeAs, of business ,.,;dn • eldasd;d.- C Mr. oli• .eau ®aa ttas 'had his dwela',,g on Queen Street nicely re, psi:"ted during the past Weep, which ttgether with a new roof, snakes it, vary up to date and much improved. —Mr. and Mrs, Case' Troyer and lit- tle child, of Glencoe, motored here to spend the past week with Mr. Troy- er's mother, and Mrs. George Hudson, his sister.—Mr, and. Mrs. John Buch- anan, of London, are spending holi- days with Mr. Buchanan's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alex. Buchanan.—We re- gret to report the illness of Mrs. Thos. Dickson, of this village, who has been confined to her room dgring the past week, but who, at date of writing, we are pleased to learn, is improving nicely.-1VIr. and Mrs. Hunt and mem- bers of family of Bunceton, Missouri, motored here last week to visit Mrs. R. Hunt, of this village, Mr. Hunt's mother, and her sister, Miss M. Bell, and also a number of other relatives and friends ig Hensall and vicinity, and report a very pleasant trip here and fine roads throughout the long trip.—Mr. Arthur Forbes, of Toronto, and formerly of Seaforth, together with his wife and daughters, spent the week end here with his relatives, Mr. and Mrs. John McAllister, and Mr. and Mrs. Peter Moir and family. Mr. Forbes is well and favorably known in this locality and is assisting in his old time town of Seaforth in the way of decorations for the com- ing Old Boys' Reunion.—Miss Mc- Morran, of Lucknow, is the guest of Mrs. T. C. Joynt, of this village.—Mr. and Mrs. Roy White, of London, are here visiting their parents and spend- ing a few days with friends.—Mrs. Charles Jinks is in Windsor visiting her sister, Mrs. W. J. Millar, and members of her family.—Mrs. Hugh J. MacDonald has returned from To- ronto where she spent some five weeks with relatives and friends.—Miss Jes- sie M. Bell, of Windsor, spent the week end here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. James A. Bell, and•; is now in Kincardine spending part of her holidays.—Mrs. T. Murdock has re- turned from Toronto where she spent some weeks with her son-in-law and daughter," Dr. B. A. Campbell and Mrs. Campbell and family.—Mrs. Gil - ti a a.Yl 44,. t T'. °J S t . for this ° Wr t With suchr om.. ,. 1 ,a '� CIl , uc a ��% ��� � p�� ons: b c. . scenes . o� :staid �� oa�l b k �� al h 1 There will be seniles and joys, and once a buoyant gladness of the life that hovers about 'first' home. , It's a grand idea to have the old town gather her boys and gilds back once more. . That it may be a glorious, happy Reunion, wi