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1VIis Charles effdllington and sons,
Kenneth and Allen pR Fkl lowton,, are
vis,i ting_, her fath ed T Ho_ Bolger._ 111.
MSrais ands *sten Zdre.,:.,X+3ari Watson,
in Hullett.
Lew Heitman,' of Guelph Junction,
•called on friends Isere on Monday.
Mr. and 1VXrs. Bert Dennison and
niece and Mr: and Mrs. James .Hgrris
and Mrs. J. W..Dennist}n, of Preston,
were recent visitors with Mr. and
Mrs. Georgie Dundas, in 'McKillop.
Mrs. W. C. Bennett spent Tuesday
in London. ,
Shortreed Ritchie '
Duff's Church Manse, . Walton, was
the scene of 'a quiet wedding on Sat-
urday, August 3rd, when. Miss Jean
Isabel Ritchie, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. John Ritchie, was , married to
Mr. Walter Raymond Shortreed, son
of Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Shortreed. The
ceremony was performed by Rev. F.
A. Gilbert. The bride wore a gown
or powder blue sheer with: white ac-
cessories and a corsage of Tal'ismau
BUS TIME TABLE
Leaves Seaforth for Stratford:
Daily 6.25 a.m. and 5.15 p.m.
Leaves Seaforth for Goderlch:
Daily except Sunday and hod., 1.05
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Sun... and hod., 1.05 p.m. and. 9.20 p.m.
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Hamilton, Bufra5o, London, Detroit.
Tavistock, Woodstock, Brantford.
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roses and barb' bre .').44efi tae
Shortr'eed, 'Sister of the' groom•, Was
•'!br-ldesmaiA,. the• woe 'blue' sheen and
a . coranget of War fte rooee a ru
baby breathy Mr. Olifford Ritchie.•
Was gubamman, r ilnwing. the ter -e-.
noxi' la wedding dinner was served
at, the home of the bride to imlmedj
ate melatives. Later, Mr. • and Mrs.
,Shortreed left by motor for Barrie
and Toranton The bride travelled in
a navy crepe jacket duress with navy
felt hat. They will 'live in Morris
Township, ,
Bethel Woman's Association will
hold a lawn social oh the lawn 6f
Leonard Leeming on Friday, Local
talent will entertain and lunch will
be served. ,
'HAYFIELD
.- Mrs, Malcolm. Toms returned on
Saturday from a two weeks' visit
with friends in, Toronto.
Master William Johnston, of Wind-
sor, is visiting friends in the vil-
lage.
Ms. and Mrs. Supnick, of Detroit,
are visiting her„ mother, Mrs. Holley,
here this week.
Mrs. Al. Jones, 'of California, called
on friends in the village last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Little and two chil-
dren, of .Port Dover, are guests of
Mr.• and Mrs. Charles Toms- at pres-
ent.
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The eengregati'oa of St. Andrew's
United Church are holding their an-
niversary on Sunday next. Rev. Eric
Anderson, Of Lambeth, will be the
preacher, morning and evening, with
special music by • the choir, also the
Dashwood quartette,
The union prayer service was held
Regarding far Parking
TOWN OF SEAFORTH
Victoria Park will be lighted and available for
parking on, Saturday nights for the balance of the
Summer.. Shoppers and visitors -are welcome to use
these. parking 'facilities and avoid congestion on
Main Street.
- Police will supervise as far as possible, but
motorists are requested to lock their cars, as the
municdpality will not be responsible for any misting
articles.
?ROFERTY COMMITTEE
F. S. Sills, Chairman.
Thi,5 175
OUR WAR toe 0
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ds possible for any one of us until this evil
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forever from the face' of the earth. Not every-
one is privileged to wear the King's uniform,
but we can a'11 make some.. contribution to our
common cause, We can all buy WAR SAVINGS
CERTIFICATES this month . . . next month .
every month, as long as the, war lasts.
IT'S THE LEAST WE CAN DO!
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is tho privilege of all Canadians . the privilege of
helping to win the war.
War Savings•Ceetificates are sold as follows:
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a ;c 10 Certificate you pay $ 8
a $ 25 Certificate you pay $20
a $ 50 Certificate you pay $40
a, $100 Certificate you pay 880
Apply at any Bank, Post Office or other Authorized
Dealer.
Wer Savings Stamps cost '25c each and are sold every-
rhere. IS 2iamps entitle you 'to one $5 Certificate.
Every dollar you invest in War Savings Certificates
is an investment in security . . . for you . . . for
yeas children.
Buy them regularly every month. It is youth continuing
responsibility.
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in the United Church on Wednesday
evening of this week,
Mr. and Mrs,. Robert Middleton, of
Hensal'1, Spent the week -end with her
mother, Mrs. -Margaret Weeds.
Mr. and Mrs, Alf. Westlake and
Mr, R'ob'ert Penhale attended the fun-
eral of the late Mr. Dobson at St.
Thomas opt Monday:
Mr, and' Mr•s. Joe Carson . and fam-
ily, ,of London, ;were guests of Mr.
and Mrs. George' Elilott on Sunday.
Mr. Laurie Fowlie, of Louden,
spent the Week -end with his sisters,
Frances• and Ethel here, '
Miss Doi'is Featherston, of London,
spent Sunday with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Ernie Featherston:
Master William Balkwell, of Lon-
don, spent the week -end with Miss
Nora Fergusbn.
VARNA
Miss Jean Mossop, of Detroit; Mr.
Fendt Mrs. J. T. Reid and Mrs'. Annie
McNaughton, of • London, called on
relatives,
Mr. John Seeley and Mr. and Mes.
Warden, of London; Mr, and • lVYs.
Fr'a'nk Seeley, of Denfield; Mrs. Geo.
Colbeck; of New York;' Mr. and Mrs.
A. Seeley, of Clinton, and Mr, Wm.
Austin, of S.eaforth, visited on Sun-
day at the home of 'Mrs. A. Austin
and family.
Mrs: Rutherford and little son John
spent a few days with her sister, Mrs,
G. H. Beatty, They were joined by
Mr. Rutherford M'oeday when they
returned to theirhome in Hamilton,
Mr. George Beatty, Sr.. Mrs. M. G.
Beatty and Miss E. Mossop spent Sat -
=clay with relatives in Wroxeter -and
Brussels.
MANLEY
Mr. Henry Bauerruann, a fernier
member of the McKillop council, died i
last Friday. in his 83rd year, after a
short illness resulting from a heart
,attack. He was of a genial disposi;
Men, and his funeral took place last
Monday to 'St. Peter's' Lutheran
Church, Br•cdhagen, where the funeral
service was conducted by the pastor
and burial was , made in the adjoin-
ing ce'inetery. He is, survived by five
sons: Henry- and Manuel. of Brodhag-
en; Ed. of Moffat, Ont,; Dan and. Les-
lie, of McKillop, and Norman on the
homestead, and one daughter, Mrs,
-Kahle, of M'ltchell, and one sister,
Mrs. Henry . Wessenburg, of Grey
Township, who have the sympathy of
the community in this their hour of
affliction.
The late rain and riot weather has
caused, some of the grain to rust and
th.e yield' will not come up, to what
was expected,
DASHWOOD
Charles Guenther passed away at
bis home in Dashwood on Saturday
in his 73rd year. Ile had , been en-
gaged in threshing in this community
for many years and was a former
horseman, He was born in Phelam
and also resided in Stephen Town-
ship, before moving to Dashwood. He
is survived by his widow, formerly
Laura Hooper' four daughters, Mrs,
(Dr.) R. H. Taylor, Rose and Mrs.
Sid Baiter, all of Dashwood, and Mrs.
Milton Webb, 'of Grand Bend; four
sons, Harry and Melvin, of Wind-
sor; Jack, of the R.C.M.P., of"Hali-
fax, and Ervin. of Dashwood; two
sisters, ;Mrs, Elizabeth Martin, of
Hay Township, and Mrs. Caroline
Hoffman, of London. A private fun-
eral brook place at the residence in
Dashwood en Tuesday at 2 p.m. In-
terment was' in Exeter'cemetery, Rev.
A. E. Pletch, of Crediton, officiated.
ST. COLUMBAN
Malone - Morris
,The marriage of Carmel Morris,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Mor-
ris, .of Hibbert, to Ernrtnett Malone,
son of Mrs. John Malone and the ,bate
John Malone, of McKillop, took place
at nine o'clock on Saturday morning,
August 3ed, in St. Colu'mban. Church
with Father F. J. O'Drawski officiat-
ing. The bride, given in marriage by
her father, leaked charming in a
floorlength gown of white sheer with
beaded bolero, white hat, and carried
sweetheart' roses and fern.. The
lirideamaid, Mary Morris, cotisin of
the briid.e, ,wore a long gown of sheer
torquoise blue, with hat to' match
with blue streamers, a.nd Carried yel-
low roses and fern. The groom was
as'bisted by hist, brother, Joseph Ma-
lone, and the ushers were Clarence
The songs :iof Stephen Foster, Am-
erieste most famous 'caonwposer, are
ziiaw enshrined as inlrortal inspirer
tions. But in his own day 'they were
treated with patronizing hauteur by
the highbrows. "His Wales,' one mus-
ic journal saixl, "are 'whistled for lacic
of thought, and they persecute the
nerves of deeply musical persons."
'Of a concert artist w'l o did one of
Foster's numbers as an encore, a
New York critic wrote: "Shame to
say, she stooped to eing 'Old Folks
At Honius.' One. would as soon think
of picking up an apple 'core in the
.street."
Stephen Foster was merely a pop-
ular tunesrnath in the Tin Pan Alley
of his day'. He was. born July 4th,
1826, a °°natural musician-" At the
tender age of two, he picked out
chords on a guitar. At seven he sur-
prised a Pittsburgh music .dealer by
exrperinsenting briefly with a flageo-
let and almost immediately playing
"Hail, Columbia." Later he became an
adequate performer on -the flute, pian
and violin. But though he could har-
monize his melodies, he never at-
tempted elaborate instrumentation.
In this and other respects he resem-
bled ,our can ent hitwriters, few of
whom, are able to make a practical
orchestration but must leave even
the sinipl'est piano arrangements to
workers in the cubby-holes of, the.
publishers. '
The Foster family, respectable bus
iness people of Pittsburgh, were
hardly more impressed by -his .early
musical efforte than the critics were
by later ones. At ninehe was allow-
ed to sing Negro ditties in an infor-
mal stock company, w'ith an actual
cash return of a few cents a week.
itis first Composition,' written at 13,
was a saccharine waltz for four flutes.
At ,16; he wrote his first song. But,
-Strengthen
The Church
In an Ontario town, a contest in
public speaking was held for school
pupils of the high school entrance
class, on' the subject, "An Ideal
Town." The judges of the contest
criticized one pupil because his ideal
town 'had no church in it, The error
might have been attributed to school-,
boy thoughtlessness, but nevertheless
it was a •revelation of a lack of
church -consciousness due to a lack of
religion in the boy's home.
There is i tendency today to crush
Christianity out of our land and'out
of theconsciousness of its citizen-
ship. When a Canadian comprehends
th'e Nazi 'threat to the national and
political structure of a democratic so-
ciety, he finds that the last bulwark
against ens'ladement is found within
the spirit of, Christian faith. It is not
difficult to conceive of alien forces
and ideoligies supplanting or destroy-
ing religious freedom, 'but it is also
passible to destroy the Christian mor-
ale by neglect of Christian opportun-,
ity as offered in . each community:
The rising generation should not be-
come a threat to -the future of the
church through an absence of church
mnindedness
In answer to the question, should
the church halt or retreat, the. poet:
Charles Sumner Hoyt, replies:
"No! Rather, strengthen stakes and
lengthen cords,
Enlarge thy plans and gifts, 0 thou
elect,
.And to thy kingdom come' for such a
• time!
The earth with all fullness is' the
Lord's.
Great things attempt for Him, great
things -expect,
Whose love imperial is, whose power
subline-"
—(Contributed by H. V. W-)
Grey Township
(Continued from Page 1)
the reeveship are Thomas C. Wilson,
Leslie McKay and John McNabb, Mr,
Wilson is the former deputy reeve,"
while Mr. McNabb is an ex -reeve, Two
former members of the council are
candidates for the deputy reeveshipe
They are Alen Alexander and Thos.
Dougherty.
Candidates for council, four of
whom are to be elected, are George
McDonald, Walter• Ilroadfoot, Ken-
neth. McFarlane, Stanley Machan,
Percy Ward, and John Huether, •
Fear Outbreak
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• Mr. Shearer said thr're is no cause
firr tractile alarm as the insects have
not tdeveloped to the stage whey -e
they :cannot -be controlled. They will
feed on green oats and barley. corn,
millet and other crops of like nature.
The formula for poison bait for the
control of the army worms is twenty-
five pounds of bran, 1 pound of parrs
green, 1 quart of molasses and 21/
gallons of water. ,' Farmers were di-
rected'to mix the penis green and
dry bran, dissolve tite, mollasses in
water and add gradually to 'urge mix-
ture. The bait should be moisten-
ough .to spread without falling , into
lumps. The bait is then sown btoad-
cast so as to reach the ground where
the worms spend the day, moving up
the stems in the late evening and af-
ter dark.
Farmerswere urged not to lose any
time, but to distribute the bait as
soon as .Possible. •
Malone and Alfred Reis, of Detroit,
nephew of the bride" Following the
ceremony the sledding dinner was
served' at the ( uenn'c Hotel, Sea-
fo•rth, to tbie wedding party and a
numbset'' of relatives. Mr. and Mrs.
Malone lefton a honeymoon, trip to
Detroit and other points, and on their
return will reside in Stratford.
(Oop,denaed filen; The Otitic
- Read'er's Digest).
like the families of most rltusitheps
past and present,' the Fostern prefer-
red that he try something "Useful."
To be useful, he acted as a bnoir;ketp-
er for his brother in Cincinnati •
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His interest in music would not
down.,, however, and when he was 21,
he gave a •c'opy of his "Ob! Susanne
to George N. Christy, "Professor of
the Bone Castanets," hoping thus' to
gain a,. reputation by ,having someone
sing his songs. But Christy calmly
turned Oh! Susanna" over to a New
York publisher, with his own name
on the cover and no mention of the
real commeer. *
A Louisville •publisher named' Pet-
ers bought out both "Oh! Susanna"
and "Old Uncle Ned" as a favor to
Foster, who never got a cent front
these popular hits" though they made
over $10,0000 for Peters and set him
up permanently in the music busi-
ness. Similarly Firth, Pond and Com-
parlY, who . became Foster's regular
publishers in time, acquired "Nelly
Was a Lady" and, ''My Brudder Guth"
by merely giving the composer fifty
copies of each song.
For the miserable sum of $15 Fos-
ter later permitted E. P. Christy to
publish' his own name as the com-
poser of "Old Folks at Home." The
falsehood was corrected as soon as
Foster found what an enormous hit
he had produced, but as late as ten
years after the real, composer's death
the name of Christy still appealed
unchallenged on some editions.
Foster, with the naivete that marks
most of our, popular composers, some-
times permitted himself the artificial
nostalgia • which has, produced so
many songs about places their cre-
ators have never seen. "Swanee Riv-
er" is an example. Foster's original
.manuscript shows the name of , the
Pee De'e River,' which obviously in-
vited ridicule. His brother suggest:,
ed Yazoo, which was even worse.
Finally they took out a map of Flor-
ida, and a roving finger eventually
stopped at the name of Suwannee, an
insignificant and by no means glam-
orous stream. "That's it;" cried
Steve„ "that's it exactly!" And' so
the "Swanee River" became immor-
tal.
But the many feminine names that
adorn the Foster songs all have a
bilographical significance, !beaded by
th.e one • which, appears as Jeannie
or Jennie, and is unquestionably Jane
:McDowell, daughter of a Pittsburgh
physician. whom Stephen married in
July, 1$50- The marriage cannot be
called a happy one. The ,following
April they had 'a daughter and then
drifted more and -more apart. They
tried living in' '-view York, unsuccess-
fully, then boarded with the Foster
family back at home, borrowing mon-
ey from various members. Unsuited
they may have been to each other,
but it was during one •of their tem-
porary estrangements that Foster;,
wrote his charming "Jeannie With
the Light Brown Hair."
By 1849, when Foster was 23, Firth,
Pond & Company agreed to pay him
two cents a cep' on all his songs,
and for' the next ten years or •more.
his income averaged $1,500 annually.
'Unfortunately, flnanciah security made
him lazy- His publishers were good-
natured, and Foster constantly drew
royalties in advance. When he fell
loo far behind, he would, sell, out'all
fub:ui'e rights in a group of songs for.
a flat sum.
"Old Black Joe," the last of his
really successful ' songs, • was copy-
eighted two days after Lincoln's elec-
tion in 18.60. From then on, most of
Foster's musical attempts were piti-
ful. - Wracked by malaria, he found
his only comfort in drink.
Yet. in his last three years he turn-
ed out nearly a hundred composi-
tions. His once fine and straight-fo:-
wat. d sentinreht, however, turned in-
tci mawkish sentimentality. He no
lenger trusted his old power to 'w'eld
w a: cis and music together, but al-
lowed others to write hie texts for
him.
George Cooper, who collaborated
with Foster in some of these declin-
ing r ffurts, tells of the time.they had
,hist finished "Willie Has Gone To
the War." Stephen "rolled it up and
tucking it ender' his- arm, said, 'Well,
what shall- we do with this ane?'
I: was a cold winter day, with snow
falling and the streets covered with
slush; Stephen's shoes had holes in
them. They walked 'up Broadway to-
gether, and as they passed Wood's
?ilusic. Hall the proprietor hailed
nem from the lobby, "What have
you ',got there, Steve?" The sang was
immediately scald for $25-$10 in
cash and $15 more at the • box 'office
that night.
It was in a.ree-down grocery store
near the Bower.= That Foster passed
n>',)st of his last days. The back
room was fitied up as a saloon, and
diens' he spent what money be had
on liquor. Visitors who saw him
there remember his face "mightrhave
been that of a man of 50 instead of
one in .his middle 30's."
Froin a 'cheap lodning house, Oonp-
er received a message on January 12,
1864, that his friend had met with
an accident, Foster Was ill. and un-
dernourished and had fallen over the
wash basin in a sudden fit of dizzi-
ness. "I found Steve lying on the
floor in the hall" says Cooper, "with
a cut in his throat and a bade bruise
on his forehead. We took him to the
hospita}. When I went back again
the next day they said, 'Your friend
is dead-' He bad been sent down to
the morgue, among -the nameless
dead • . . I went, around peering
at corpses until I found Steve's
body."
The newspapers seem' to ha.v'e car-
ried 'no notice of the composer's
death. In his pocketbook they found
38 cents and a slip of paper bearing
the words, "Dear Friends and, Gentle
Hearts," Was it.. perhaps the germ
of a, song that would have brought
him the aye/apathy and support he so
greatly needed?
unlike most of Tin Pan Alley's out -
mit, the p:aisle of Stephen. Foster lives
long after him. it is as alive today,
as though fir. 'siaYli5le spirit had not
been einuft`ed out at the age of 31.
Through the !test •'ef time, his songs•
are established today as unsgbe itiofled
classics of their kind. '
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