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THE DISTRICT AROUND M erton M atters HORNBY C IR C U IT CH U RCH ES Annual M eetings Select O ffice r s A f ter H earing Reports A su ccessfu l year has been con Snider's Corners Several residents m otored to the T h e people o f this and n eigh bor in g com m unities are apparently en Presbyterian church at Streetsville th u sia stic tow ards the preservation on Sunday m orn in g to hear the m in ® f w ild gam e, ju d g in g b y the num ber ister f o r the day, the Rev. W allace 'who attended the fou rth annual so- M cL ean, o f K n ox college, T oronto, « ia l ev en in g in Palerm o h a ll. A b ou t lately o f Ireland. A m em ber o f the M rs . J . M acSparran, th r e e hundred w ere present and tw o party was h o u r s w ere g iven to progressive fo rm e rly o f Ireland, who had been a ® uchre, M rs. M cF eeters w in nin g the playm ate o f M r. M cL ean ' s in child ^ d i e s ' prize and W . Pell the gentle- hood days. O ur y ou th fu l skaters oh local »e n 's . A ft e r cards luncheon was erv ed fo llo w e d b y dancing. C liff ponds are com binin g pleasure with study of astronom y. W ho Ipeers and his grou p provid in g ex the j know s but in the fu tu re one m ay b e cellent m u sic. M rs. H. In glehart spent the com e a second " P rofessor Chant." The ladies of W esley church week-end in Stayner w ith h er parsponsored a crok in ole pa rty on W ed ·ents. T h e Palerm o W . I . m eetin g was nesday evenin g at S nider' s sch ool. w ere presen t. The h e ld a t the hom e o f M rs. L . H ager A b ou t f if t y the prizes w ere Miss (in ste a d o f S. W ood as w as an w inners o f and N orm an Fish. n o u n c e d ) o n /'T h u r s d a y aftern oon V era D ryland a n d w as w ell attended. A num ber A rra n gem en ts f o r the social w ere out b y three o f the ladies spent the aftern oon in su ccessfu lly carried y ou n g ladies, Misses G race Fish, se w in g f o r r e lie f. A paper on " P e r fe ctio n " w as g iv A u drey B entley and V iola Lunau. e n b y M rs. Ira Cowan. " A frien d -- The ladies o f Omagh P resby in n eed is a frien d indeed" b y Mrs. terian church held a social a fte r C h a s . H en n essey; R ob ert Burns by noon at the residence o f M rs. A . A . M r s . R . L aw rence, fo llo w e d b y all G albraith and Mrs. Tu rn er, P aler sin g in g a S cotch son g . R efresh mo. The ladies made a quilt. A f m en ts w ere served b y the hostess tern oon tea was serv ed . th en a d jou rn ed to m eet again on F e b . 22n d at the hom e o f Mrs. S. W ood. M r s . A lb e rt F airb roth er is con fin e d to h er room having sustained in ju ries through a fa ll on the ice n e a r h er h om e. The M erton H om e and School clu b execu tive held a m eeting and a rra n g ed f o r the annual banqu et to b e held in the school on F riday e v en ing, F eb. 9 t h . This w ill be in h o n o r o f F ou n d er's d a y . The late M rs . A . ' C . C ou rtice, o f T oron to, j co n ceiv ed the idea o f hom e and i s c h o o l clu b s. 'There w ill be a spe- | c ia l speaker and a g ood p r o g r a m . j cluded in the three U nited churches o f H ornby circu it, accordin g to the R ev. B. E yre, pastor. Y ou n g Increases P eop le' s in m em bership have been noted in the W om en ' s and departments. The elders o f H ornby church are Jam es M cD ow ell, Thom as D ouglas, Fred W rigglesw orth , W . S ibbald; the stewards, M . J . Brow ne, E dgar M ay, F red H offm a n , Stanley Learm ont, Ernest Lindsay, R . E . M ay. A shgrove U nited com bined their annual m eeting w ifh a banqu et when the fo llo w in g o ffic e rs w ere e lected ; Elders, R . J. Graham, Thomas B row nridge, D . W right, E rnest W il so n ; stewards, Norman W riggles w orth, A rth u r Ruddell, Clayton W il son, W ard Ruddell, Thom as G iffe n , M elvin W a tr u s. Bethel U nited also com bined a I banquet w ith their annual m e e tin g . j A bettered fin an cial condition was shown. The elders are V ictor Hall, i John F. F ord, C . H . T urner, John ; A . H a ll; the stewards, John Pickett, j P ercy M erry, John F. Ford, V ictor Hall, Em erson F ord . advantages the y o u n g farm ers start with to d a y . E lliott M oses, president and J. A. C arroll, secretary, o f the P low m en ' s association w ere presen t and spoke Presented W itli M edals by the C ou n b r ie fly . D elightful and E ducative Event ty C ouncil Prom inent Men In praisin g agricu ltural life the Present T oron to G lobe editorially thus re fe rs to the plow m en ' s b a n q u et:-- H alton cou n ty ' s cham pion b o y s' " Take the plow m en 's banqu et held plow team, H arold Picket, L loy d at M ilton in h on or o f three cham A ll E sterbrook and W illard Feather- pions o f the straight fu rro w . are prou d o f stone, w ere ten dered a com plim ent H alton cou n ty fo lk these men, w ho at O w en Sound last ary banquet and presented with i fa ll vanquished the representatives medals b y the cou n ty cou n cil at the o f oth er cou n ties. The n eigh bors M ilton In n . W arden H arris presid turned out in fo r c e , and th ey heard ed . P rom inent m en fro m all parts speakers discuss su bjects w ith w hich all w ere fam ilia r-- the farm , the o f the cou n ty w ere presen t. H on . T h os. L . K ennedy, m inister crops, silos-- and esp ecially plow ing. It is in teresting to n ote that the of agricu lture, congratu lated the president o f the O ntario P low m en 's boys, poin tin g out that the coun ty association, w ho spoke, is a fu llw as g oin g in f o r y ou n g men, H al blooded Indian, w hich w eakens the of su perciliou s w hites, ton cou n ty having ju st elected the contention you n gest w arden in O n tario. He that the red man w ill n ever su cceed i in the agricu ltural activities o f the spoke on the progress that has been |p a lefa ce. The president greeted m ade in agriculture in O ntario dur j O ntario' s m inister o f agricu lture as ing the past fe w years, O ntario be an h on orary m em ber o f his tribe, w ere tw o Indian ing one o f the fir st provin ces to j and thus th ere sponsor w ork am ong the y ou n g I ch iefs at the head table. H ow m any j city gatherings could "Boast o f that farm ers, and now the best w ork in distin ction ? A ltog eth er, the plow his departm ent was am ong the ju n ] m en 's banqu et was a deligh tfu l and ior fa rm ers. He pointed out the educative ev en t." Champion Boy P low m en's Team GOOD NEWS FOR YOU / Let Our c Represen tative A explain these / m \ I */ two New · Services r, Bright, Busy Bronte A social tim e w as had at M rs. "W ilbur B ra y ' s hom e on M onday evening when the ch oir and A . Y . P . A . o f the A n glican church gathered j "to h on or Miss M ildred C ow ley on her ;approaching m arriage, w hich takes f.bis w pelt. T h e ear\y pa rt o f the evenin g w as spent b y playing con tests and gam es. L ater on Mrs. | A. Patterson, president of the ch oir, m ade an in trodu ctory address f o r the occasion and then ushered in M rs. B ra y 's tw o small daughters w ho w ere prettily dressed as flow er girls, carry in g the basket o f pres en ts. Miss C ow ley and T h os. H ar rison , w ho are botb m em bers o f the ch oir w ere the recipients o f many fin e and useful g ifts and Mr. Harri so n , m aking a short speech, thanked th e frien d s fo r their kindness. A large num ber fro m here attend e d the Game and Fish association p a rty at Palerm o on F riday evening a n d reported a v ery splendid t im e . M any are con fin ed to th eir h om ei w ith the g rip pe these days. M isses G . O sborne and D orothea M cD on a ld attended the skating car nival at M ilton rink on M onday night. The cold w eath er pu t lots o f snap in the h ock ey gam e played h ere on T u e sd a y a fte rn o o n on the school rin k betw een M ilton pu blic school a n d ou r ow n sch ool b o y s . Som e brilliant h ockey was displayed. Our fr o n t line proved to Be fa st skaters a n d g ood puck carriers. Bronte w as the w in ner 3 - 2 . T h e B ronte p la yers w ere H arold L ow e, g o a l; L eo M cL ea n and T h os. E lliott, d e fe n c e ; M ark P ollock, F red O sborne, Charlie V e r n o n ; Ed. D arlin gton, C larence, E d . D ejean , subs. A rth u r Jones was r e fe re e . The w eather o f the past w eek has tie d up the fish in g fle e t, m aking m u ch unpleasant w ork break in g ice in the h arbor. E N G L IS H A N D F R E N C H M A Y E Q U A L IN A D E C A D E T h e census reveals m any things o th e r than the num ber o f p eople re sid in g w ithin the con fin es o f this d om in io n w ho total 1 0 ,376 ,7 86 souls. O f these 5,381,071 w ere o f British d escen t and 2,9 29,99 0 o f F ren ch or ig in . T h e British increased du ring the d e ca d e b y 512,333 or 10.52 per c e n t ; the French increased 475,247 ©r 29.91 p e r cen t. S h ou ld th ere be no British im mi g ra tio n w ithin the n ext decade the n u m b er o f people o f French origin will a b ou t equal those o f British * t# «k . v --' O ur representatives are calF""ving on all hom es where gas is available. 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