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apr Eastern Ontario FOUR CARS DESTROYED Four cars were destroyed yester- day morning in a fire in the garage of Harold Dunford, taxi owner, Peterboro. The total loss was about $8,000, practically confined to the cars, WHITE MARTIN NOT POPULAR A white martin has been spending the summer at Corbyville, where a colony of purple martinsg is usually found, The ablino is subject to merciless treatment from the color- ed martins but the white martin has succeeded in making its living like other marting, catching flies along the river banks, SERIOUSLY INJURED Donald RK, Mallett, aged 28, was seriously injured while at work at the pulpwood terminal. He was as- sisting In unloading steamer 'Stor- mont when a stick dropped out of a swing and hig him on top of the head. He was rendered unconscious but is expected to recover, FIRE THREATENS CHURCH The Anglican church at Stella had a narrow escape from being burnad on Friday afternoon, The church bell was rung and many people ga- thered to fight the blaze, Flying embers threatened church and rec- tory, hut hard work of fire fight- ers confined the flames td the gar- age. NEW BEER DISPENSARY The Government beer dispensary situated at George and Water streets, Prescott, opened Saturday with Charles Plumb in charge, ,P'er- mits are heing issued by lee Me- Knight. The government Liquor Store will he opened. in another lo- cation on Water street within a few days, PRUGGINT IN KILLED Edward W, Whittemore, aged 69, proprietor of a Brockville drug store and a native of Brockville, was kill- ed almost instantly near there Sun- day night at 7 o'clock at East Mnr- ket Square and King street when struck by a truck loaded with milk en route to the local condensery. The vietim was near-sighted and | partially deaf. The driver, Ray ' Conklin, Brockville, stopped the | truck in three feet after approach- ing the crossing cautiously and giv- | ing the usual warning, Mr. Whitte- | more was unmarried, and is surviv- ed hy one sister, Mrs, C, Day Clark, Toronto, DESTROYED BY FIRE For the third time this season, Cornwall section suffered the loss of a cheese Jfactory when Charles Hutt's factory at Glen Falloch near Cornwall, was burned to the ground Sunday night from a fire of un- known origin. The factory -was an up-to-date one, equipped only Just | winter with a separating and p..s- teurizing plant at a cost of over $2, 000. This is a total loss, as well as about forty boxes of cheese. Mr. and Mrs. Hutt and their five chil- | dren resided in an apartment over the factory. They were absent at the time of the fire. They lost all their household effects, the loss is quite heavy with insurance that will by no means cover it. VETERAN KILLED i When falling rain and the lights of an approaching auto partially ob- scured the vision of Thomas John- ston, chauffeur for a Pembroke taxi firm, Friday evening, his car crash- ed into a pedestrian, Joseph Pug, on the paved highway, some two and a half miles east of Pembroke about eleven o'clock, and caused injuries | to Pugh from which he died in the Cottage Hospital some two hours | later. Pugh, who was a veteran of the Great War, and about 50 years | of age, was walking along the high- | way returning to the headquarters | of the road comstruction camp of | McDonald and Mcleod, where the | accident happened. CENTENARIAN PASSES AWAY Robert Baverstock passed away al his home at Salmon Point, Picton in his 100th year. Mr. Baverstock was perhaps the oldest resident of the county, where he has lived all his life on the Lake Shore at his late residence. He was active and helped his soms with fishing until recently. Only last fall he accom- panied members of his family on a motor trip, and enjoyed the trip as well as any member of the party. He had lived during the reign of four sovereigms. In his early days he was employed clearing the woods from what today are the most Pros- perous farms in the county. | CELEBRATES 100TH BIRTHDAY John Fair yesterday celebrated his 100th birthday in the large | county Refuge Home of Hastings. | on the Kingston Road at the east end of Belleville. He is a mative of | Marmora, where he was born July | 24, 1827. He has been an inmate of the Home since March 13, 1917. His wife had come with him, but she died im the year 1920, John Fair has a family scattered over the continent, and just recently from Oregon came a letter from a 70- year-old daughter offering him con- gratulations on attaining his 100th | birthday, and remarking that she. was still able to work. Fair is an ideal inmate, and never misses a | meal, according to Superintendent | Leigh. He enjoys good health but on account of his great age, there was mo public celebration of the event. He was a son of Johm Fair and his wife Elizabeth Morgan. Fair rises at six o'clock every morning and takes his place at the breakfast table at 7 o'clock with the rest of the inmates. Fair is. of course, not | expected to do any work about the ! County Home, and he spends his | time walking about and resting. oc- | casionally taking a short nap during, the day. i i | I a --.. Sor Early Shoppers THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES. 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