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'J harlie .c C- A largely atnel reprmaentative 1 Conventjin of ov"er 800 di ate fdmil parts of the Count7 Dr- ham-n on Tiiesday lest una'ýnirlOuSîf, seecedC.E. Stephienson as Cmndi-1 C e to represent the Progressive-11 Con'yservaltive Party of Du-.rhaIm inS MheFederalèeeto n on June 27tA. Wîth the hall crowded with de] e- gates themeeng opened wth Aom-f %mnnity singing ably led by Mr, amsDyer of Newcastie, with M1 eetJ, o'n t the piano. SThe 'bUsineý,s, part of thle lmeeting ýwaý,s Speedily disposed 0-f when BRil lames mnoved that the Eleetion of '3fficerS be posýtponedî until a lateri at nd the ~meting c.nnlnmous1y npproved. President Irý'in ColwlllMAISd fo noinations for Canldidate, ad w;,ithrout delay C. ER Stephenson w"a s nomninrated by lvWsjor REari Truli and' Percy Stitoïn,, ~bysceended by Blfain Ellitt representing the You-eng Pro-)grles sive Consevaivs. NO fur- ther nimes were offered. and ,'Chaie Stephenson was declared theuai mous choike of the Convention meith e ,,thusiastie applause. The Canldidate ma-de a cebracter-. isti.,c speecfh, tak the Conveni- on- and outining his activities hi the lest Parhiamentt on behef of, nat only tePorssive Cnevtv peopie ïnu our RKdng, but elso i.th ie n ver api ha ixpi îrk rt ~.idteA U s inePss meeting of the Beo*. ______i____ mViliele Bnanehof the Canai 'i ha -ieLegion wus lheld in thie Legion HalI ,va onbhIf of the ,st Thursday evening. A-rrane menssacre made to sed two ao- W. Foote, V.C., credfited delegates to a Distviei y humoroucs address Cne tiontobe lheld inOsa Ô"~ preciation of the c?-Ma2nd , ha'd from ,Chrlie ýA fine m)-usical treat is promnised Ifl things affecting the public in the coming of the EL ressed bis confidience .A .Bn ro rno nJn togthr wul goqt. Thecarena management hmi he cmingelet granted thie use of thearn for, thi occason, the pioposed siver coUlec- tion beinýg turned over to the local Legion. Floigthe recent Winn!ipeg jConivention, aLnew edition of the Canedian Legion Con.ýstituitin waiv broughit into use, and a num-ber of copies vçe-e voted at lest Thursday' meceting for the asýý ofloa Bran<il officiais. Another frank and broad discus- sion was entered intoc with regard to the Legion building projeet herxi in Bowmanville. President We. C. H. Mitchell pointed ont the vast f6ni cial svn wihvolupteer lheu could effect, and feit thiat organizeý groupF could ho respnibefor tb various phases of thie -workc, if pr7o STEPIENSONMrs. George Forbes Thiere passcd aa in Bo.wmian. vihteadded ~ville iHospibalon Monday aytt 'ol aeas a- 1v af ter a lenigthy illness, Mrs. Maxr sr atOtaa garet Forbes, *ut the age of 69 ycars n then intnoduced Thie late Mrs. Forbess boru i M. P.,COutling the Aberdeen, Scot1and, on Septemnbei -k the Member for 2G)Cth, i8i a daughter of thle, latt y done for Canada Mm ,and Mrs. Jamnes DUeffs, Shi SIeria Ul ventioi The T ý Wai Crop re- speak- r~ud. ~ don'i in