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Dryden Observer, 6 Mar 1931, page 1

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+ ¥ Te wins VOL. IX DRYDEN, ONTARIO, MARCH 6th, 1931 es: ses Announcements ges The annual Whist Drive and Dance, under the auspices of the Rebekah Lodge in aid of the Red Cross Hospital wili be held Monday, April 6th in the Pulp Mill Hall. Russell's Ramblers will play. Admission Tbe. List of Novelty Dances 1-- Lucky Draw--Lucky num- ber on ticket gets a sack of flokur. 2--Honeymoon--I1 prize. 3 --Spot--1 prize. 4 -- Lucky Egg prizes. There are six prizes for whist. First, second and consolation for beth ladies and gentlemen. 5% 2 & Dance -- The United Church Choir will hold a concert on Friday, April 24th. Further details will be published later. * I) The Junior C.G.IT. Group is = busy arranging an Haster Tea: to be held during Easter Week. * 5 The regular monthly, meeting of the Ladies' Auxiliary to the Canadian T.egion, BES... will be held at the Central Hotel pu" Monday evening, March 9th, at 8 p.m. The Canadian Legion, Dryden, Branch. Meeting will be held in { Central Hotel on Sunday, March i 15th at 8:15 pm. J. Winter- bottom, Pres., S. ii The Junior Ladies' Aid of Dryden United Church will hold a Tea and Sale of Homecooking in the church basement on Sat- wwrday, March Tth from 3 to 6 p.m. wren 3 Hurrah! Hurrah! The Dyment Dramatic Club wish to announce the wonder play of the season "Oak Farm" which is being staged in the Town Hall at Dyment, March 17th. The play will be followed by a dance. Peppy music by the Dyment The Cuild of St. Lukes will hold a St. Patrick's Silver Tea in the Parish Hall on the after- noon of Tuesday, March 17th. There will also be a sale of homecooking. Ganadian GRAHRT FLEMIN x= EET G CANCER The cure of cancer is possible in many cases when the dispase is recognized carly and proper treatment sccured witheut any delay. In its early stages, cancer is a local condition and, if it is comi- pletely removed or destroyed while it is still a local condition, a cure is effected and the cancer If an carly diag-" 'does not recur. nosis is not made, then the cancer wpreads to other parts, and after it has begun to spread, it is in- creasingly difficult to deal with "suceessiully. The most practical way to have i cancer or other diseases discover- "ed early is for cach person to go to his family doctor, once a year, for a Health Examination. Such an examination affords the op-; i : Ne ---- ei portunity for the discovery ol disease in its early stages, and go treatment may be started at the time when it offers the best chance of cure. This is one of the reasons why we advise every per son to have a Health Hxamma- tion once a year by his family physician. 3 There are conditions which, if they occur, should be considered ot} ASHES cant be insured Rotect your propetly NOW while it has a definite value INSURE WITH J. E. GIBSON, Agent Fealfls OF THE Meviral Agmocidion Idited by ECRETARY M.D. ~» ASSOCIATE S as danger signals. They do not | niecessarily mean cancer, but they are sufficiently suspicious to send persons in whom they occur to their doctor without delay. The doctor will be able, because of the knowledge and skill which he possesses, to decide whether or not cancer is present. do not wish {to alarm people, but it is necessary that _everyone be informed with re- gard to these suspicious condi- tions in order that when they (Continued on Page 4) LOCAL NEWS Mrs. R. J. Pronger and Mrs. O. H. Pronger spent this week vigiting in Winnipeg. Ne [Err SR ean a i i ed Mrs. A. J. Gardicer, Eagle River, visited Dryden Wednes- day. Miss Maybelle McDonald, Ver- milion Bay, spent the weekend in Dryden. P. J. Schoonenberg, Waldhof, was a visitor to Dryden Monday. Ww = Alfred Pitt and L. F. Charter, | were visitors to Kenora Wednes- day. A *% sk * Mrs. Abbey of town Monday. 3 Ed % Ignace was in Arthur Clark was in town from Quibell this week. Clark- ie's many {friends were pleased "io see him for the first time since he sustained injuries in a shooting accident last fall. He 'is now convalescing favourably. * Mrs Barker of the Mother's Allowance Board, Toronto, paid a visit of Inspection to Dryden this week. Everyone is glad #5 hear that Barney Evans who has been now out of danger and improv- Bartlett, Treas. ES rn J Council Decide to purchase new Elect- rical Equipment. vam Orchestra which always makes the old feel young and the ing Teel younger. Come One! Come All! Come Dryden! (ood Motoring. f * * ® fas the necessary debentures are ors Wright and Pronger and on At a special meeting of the' council held last week at which Mr. Lang, representing the Nor- thern Electric Co. was present it was decided to proceed with improvements to the eleetric light system by the installation of transformers and other equip- nent necessary to bring the electric power to an average of 2300 volts if satisfactory ar- rangements could be made for financing. At the regular meeting held on Tuesday evening with all members of the council present and Mayor Wood presiding it was definately settled to pur- chase equipment for the electrie- al extension from the Norhern lulectric Co. whose tender was { submitted, providing the comp- any would make an allowance of $1000 for the old transfor-' mers now in use. It was de-" cided to finance same out ol the general fund until such time issued. Accounts to the amount of $4 207.45 were passed for pay- ment on the motion of Councill- the motion of the same couneill- ors the Dryden Public Library was granted the sum of $400.00. A change in the staff of the telephone office was arranged convenience of one of the the operators on the motion of Councillors Bailey and Miles, Miss Ella Holm was appointed as regular operator and Miss Fleming was given the position of relief operator. On the motion of Councillors Pronger and Miles, the clerk ior the Town to be responsible for io their Queen and stood in a 4 " . - . "4 this until the Northern Relict was instructed to write the Can- adian National Railways re- (in first class shape for travel the Municipal assessment on 1n- come and thus do away with incume Tax wevenue to sluniel- paLicies. Meeting questing that passenger trains stop at Richan with the advent of spring. This would allow connections to be made with the Canadian National, with only an eighteen mile drive from Dry- den, instead of the forty mile trip it now takes to make con- nections at Quibell. The road to Richan, which has been new- ly gravelled is expected to be this spring. wm ES he Mayer and Clerk were authorized to sign the agree- ment between the Bell Tele- phone Co. of Canada and the corporation of the Town of Dry- wel, The clerk was instructed to The Ice Carnival QUEEN IS CROWNED "I now proclaim thee Queen of the Carnival," Thus spake Mr. L: F. Charter, who crowned the queen at the Ice Carnival on Friday, February 27th. Amid much pomp and cere- mony, Miss Winkie Edgar was made Queen by virtue of a maj- ority of 3400 votes in the recent contest. Auburn haired queens: seem to be the popular demand. . Last year, : popular titian haired high-school : wirl reigned supreme on the Ice, } Miss Effie Taylor, and Miss Edgar, too is the oroud possessor of auburn locks. Previous to the Coronation, 'he Queen-to-he, in her Royal Ch was proudly conveyed advertise in the Observer for tenders for the position eof sca- .nany courtiers, clowns, sailors, venger, Un tae motion of Councillors Wright and krouger, it was de- anders, Avaitrix, Sirens, Spark br. Self of the Plug and Negro Mammies, com- Mr, prised the world and assorted cided to advise Dryden Hotet Butterfield for at the rate of to keep a while longer $8.00 per week, Comunission is heard frou. A communication: was read from Marle Hutchinson, BM.F.L. advising the Council oi a bill now before the House, being an act to ammend the Assess- ment Act, which will abolish This however, will not effect Dryden, as this Munici- pality has never collected in- come tax. i A communication was also read from Miss Wandie Weeks asking for the Town Hall for her class to hold an open Junior Red Cross meeting the last Sat- urday in March, This was grant- ad. Kenora Lady Curlers Visit Dryden Four rinks of curlers from the women's Curling Club at Ken- ora made the trip to Dryden, Saturday, to play the local' ladies tnat evening. The games created much interest and were witnessed by many spectators. A rink skipped by Mrs. Ericson, of Kenora, defeated Mrs. Mec- Raes four in an interesting game, while Mrs. Wigle's team won a victory over Mrs. Davie's rink from Kenora. Mrs. Durance also skipped her rink to victory over Mrs. Ferguson's rink from iKenora, while a game between the rinks of Mrs. Colbert, Ken- ora and Mrs. Winterbottom, Dryden, ended in a tie. Before the games the Kenora ladies were entertained by the local club at a banquet at the Central Hotel. A delightful repast was provided by the Central and the dinner was a most enjoyable one. After the games at the rink the erowd again went to the central where refreshments were provided and following this the ladies were entertained by Mrs. J. B. Harris at her home until train time. The Kenora visitors expressed much pleasure with their visit to Dryden and are eagerly anticipating another game with the local ladies. Thet following is a list of the visiting curlers, Mesdames A. D. Ferguson, Doherty, Locker, Colfer, J. Colbert, Farbrother, Foster, Parrot, Erieson, Robin- son, F. Doherty, W. Myles, Davis, Bradley, Romenack and Stover. Born at Dryden Red Cross Hospital on February 26th, 1931, to Mr. and Mrs W. F. MeDon- en ill with pneumonia is { § ing daily. ald, of Hagle River, a son. RT Flies to Dryden peg. Mr. Clark's visit was plan-; these costumes all told of the ned to call on Chas. Nor experiment with a fertilizer, triple superphosphate which is eager ant a product of the Consolidated Smelters. Mr. Norgates tests were arranged by the Manitoba Agricultural College with the object of ascertaining what ef- feet the use of that particular fertilizer would have on clover seed growing and resulted with an increase in yield of about 200 per cent and matured 10 days earlier. Myr. Clark was much impress- ed with the Dryden District and from his aerial view pro- nounced it to be an ideal farm- ing distriet. Board of Health Meeting A meeting of the Board of Health was held in' the Council (Chamber on Tuesday evening, Dr. Morison, M.O.H. presiding. Mayor Wood, Councillor Miles, J. B. (ibson, secretary of the Board and Thos. Cunningham, Sanitary Inspector were present. Gieneral sanitary conditions of the town were discussed and found to be in a most satisfact- ry condition. It was decided to hold the meetings the same night as the council meetings in the months of May, August, November and January. The meeting then adjourned. Born at Dryden Red Cross Hospital, on March 2nd, 1931, to Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Charter, of Bast Orange, N.J. a daughter. Dep't of the Consolidated Smel- Cooper as a Dutch Boy. : "by plane | gate, work and effort put forth in who last year carried out an their manufacture. : } around the Ice Palace, by her chin one nese, pages, the eat, Hula-maidens, Scottish High. Tallw Feu order of courtiers. But they all gave due tribute respectful circle whilst the Coronation was in progress. The Queen wore a gown be- fitting her station and was pre- sented, on behalf of her subjects with an Ermine cape. Judging of the various cos- {umes was next in the order of <hings. After much time and thought, the Judges' decigion was as follows: y Ladies Best to Miss Effie taylor, for her clever costume depicting Aviation. Ladies' Second to Miss Minnie Reid, representing the Spirit of © Winter. Gent's First BE. Baker, a true. to-life Eastern Shiek. (ent's Second Bill Wigle as (icorge Washington. Ladies' Comic Miss Adele Foulis, as a Dusky Savage. Clent's Comic Lloyd Adair. Best Couple Miss Ruby Reid and Yola Sfreddo as 'Spark Plug and Co. Child's Best Costume Tommy ieneral satisfaction was felt Racing come next, and much ation was felt for : this part of the proceedings. | Results were as follows: (fent's 1st Edward Louttit, 2ud 'W. MeMaster. T.adies' 2nd Jeanette Reid, 1st Hillien Wigle. 1 Boy's Race 16 and under, 1st A Peterson, 2nd F. Yarworski. After the racing, all and sun- dry who cared to, skated till about 10:30 p.m. Saturday morning the Dos Derby took place; the race eon - mencing at Pilkey's Corner anc ending at the rink. Three double teams and five single dog teams participated. Double Team 1st. B. Bake: 2nd J. Volkmar. Single Team, 1st Alwyn ner. 2nd Elgin Irvin, Members of the Committee the Carnival wish to thank who in any way whatsoever ¢ i:- Fa &- tributed to the success of e affair. JUNIOR LADIES' AID ANNUAL SLEIGH DR! = The Junior Ladies' Aid * 4d their Annual Sleigh Drive =n Fri., Feb. 20., by crossing lake to the home of Mrs % 'Wright. Upon arrival, the evening 5 spent in playing games, Mrs. Howes rendered a num of solos, and the members j: ed her in a few familiar son We must not forget the insp: ing sermon delivered by Mis: Prichard. It was enjoyed by al Lunch was served, after whic. the ladies adjourned home. The ladies wish to thank Mrs Wright, the hostess, very kind- ly for her generous hospitality. OXDRIFT Mrs. J. S. Corner had a few friends to her home on Friday helping with a quilt. Mrs. H. Latimer is engaged as teacher at the school here for the balance of the term. Mrs J. O'Brien left for her home at Bredenbury, Sask. Mrs. J. Adams visited with her daughters in Dryden ove: the week end. Mrs. M. McTavish has beer appointed agent at Oxdrift fo the Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canada. UNTIL THE DAY DAWNS BALL -- In loving memory of our dear Mother, Mary Bal: who departed this life, Marea 3rd, 1930. "Rest in peace, dear Mother, Tis sweet to breathe your name, In life we loved you dearly In death we do the same To think we could not good bye, Will always bring regre: But the hearts that alw- loved you, Are the hearts that wot forget."' i Inserted by Husband -nd Pang! er. 12) cue O SEED OAD OES (CI () SND () SEED () SED () EES () ERED (GED O Glib () €: > Hair Brushes Reg. $6.00 Trays for PAP pemppe---------- SE SL led hmm Lower Prices on rench Ivory This week all pieces of French Ivory Toilet articles at half price or less Manicure Pieces, Reg. Tbe for . Serviette Rings, Reg. 50¢ for Jewel Cases, Powder boxes for Cmbs, Reg. 75¢ and $1.00 for Dryden Pharmacy Ltd. EE (ED) EE ()- GE (EHD (ED - ) ED (Gl) GED (ED -O E O @ED-O®. and $7.00 for

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