‘4 hom nt vicinity. The Atwood Bee? Subscription Rate $2.00 a Year in Advance, Otherwise $2.50 LISTOWEL, Thursday, November 8th. 1923 Reeve Thinks Plot Owners Should Keep Up Old Listowel Cemetery 4 i }-in ¥ onable price. W. New iq * soa 5 p Steeda and 20 4 :-—_—-_-—-- OBJECTS TO PRINCIPLE, BUT SUPPORTS MOTION FOR $100 GRANT TOWARDS COST OF NEW FENCE. rs. Thompson and Mrs. Bowman, representing the West Branch Wo- men's Institute, appeared at the council meeting Monday night and a grant of $100, toward the expense of erecting a new fence a- round the er Listowel cemetery, boundary w This cemnters, which for years has been in a sadly neglected state, was recently turned over to the + EVERYBODY'S COLUMN Ten cents a line for first in- perens with minimum charge of 60c. Subsequent insertions ~ five cents a line with mini- mum charge 25c. _i= Women’s Institute, and Mayor Kemp and members of the council com- mended them strongly for the great improvement they have effected. The Sean ak was let to Mr. George Den- tedt of Listowel, and = work has cin very creditably don There was criticism of work done to the back portion.of the cemetery, which didn’t belong to the town, and the council regretted that the in- stitute didn’t also have control of this portion The jadies stated that Mr. stedt’s work cost Den- $200.00, other costs, including that erection of a small building favor of the nt, Reeve Ringler objected to the principle. The old Listowel cemetery, he ~—thought, should have been kept up by t plot owners, the same as Fairview cemetery. “It isn’t fair,” he stated, “that people paying for lots at Fair- WANTED Boarders. Apply Miss Agnes rf derson, Elma street. Twenty-four little pigs, five weeks old. O. Richards, Listowel. 1t FOR SALE ‘Famous’ Parlor stove, with oven, good condition, for sale at reas- Raynor, Listowel. T 7 FO ae on ~— street, now occu pied E. M. Creighton, the Seeaets: aon Mrs. C. A. Lee. tfnp LOST In Listowel this week, two keys for safety deposit vault. Finder please leave at this office and re- ceive reward. l1tpp NOTICE Trowbridge Cider - will be open Tuesday and Friday each yeek, commencing Sense A 6th Chapman, _ e 2tp. e FOR SALE ‘ Five drawer Raymond drophead Sewing Machine, in good condition. Apply D. L. Chapman, at store, Wal- lace street. tfinp FOR SALE New frame cottage, corner Queen and York streets, Listowel, by late John Riehm; all pg gga Apply M. F. Zurbrigg r J. C. Hamilton, executors. 8tnp. McMILLAN'S GARAGE Street, Listowel General repair work, by first-class mechanics, on all makes of cars; al- s0 new tops and upholstering. Elec- tric work a specialty STRAYED Onto premises | of strong, con Elma, November 3rd Holstein heifer calf about three years old. Owner can secure same by prov- ing property and paying costs. "Phone r 3. tnp FOR SALE One of the choicest homes in Lis- towel, situated on Main street, west, comprising about 3 acres: brick house, hen house, stable and good ia Apply A. C. Champ, _ NOTICE A. D mons, piano and organ tuber, ts now located over Bender's Brocery store, Wallace street, and all orders for tuning will be much ap- preciated; also agent for pianos, or- pans and Singer Sewing machine. Red 2. Box 489. "Phone 300. ~ ROR SALE OR TO RENT One hundred acre farm in Mary- borough township, close to store and eharch. Good buildings, orchard of forty trees, about forty acres seeded wn, plenty good water; straw and driving shed. Apply to C Van- Wrick, acaarsinal tfnp 1923 VICTORY BONDS + Owners of 1923 Victory Bonds, due November Iist., may obthin pay- - Ment for same or deposit the amount to the credit of their accounts, with- yt charge, by presenting the bonds to the bank of Hamilton for rede tion. up BONDS FOR SALE issue of Dominion of Canada years, &%, de- r. Also bo: satu gy late 1923, taken.in exchange! this issue and interest allowed until Novem . W. Scott & a ‘5 Hamilton ttnp. view cemetery, should. be compelled, through taxation, to help keep up the old cemeter: Mayor Kemp said lots had_ been sold and the money put into the town treasury, but Reeve Ringler didn’t think this amounted to much. There were many old people— trx—buried ‘out there, and with no friends or relatives living to-day to care for their plots, the mayor re- 8 2 There were others, the reeve re- plied, buried out there, some of them with children still living in town, who wouldn't spend a five cent piece on their graves. Referring to the mayor’s comment about graves of persons with friends living to care for the plots, Councillor Maloney remarked that it was very unfortunate that Fairview cemetery was privately owned. Per- haps, not in my time, but nut before long said Mr. Malonéy, you'll be up against the same thing, and the grass and weeds on some plots will be left uncut, because friends and relatives _ passéd on without provision be- not owned by Referring to-this suggestion, Reeve Ringler pointed to the fact that the corporation owned the old Listowel cemetery, which was in such a_ de- plorable state. ‘“W didn’t they the corporation: Heved the council of responsibility, the corporation would have been li- able for the cost of a néw one. All members agreed that the transfer of the property was a good idea and there were words of hearty commen- dation for the good work accomplish- ed by the ladie -|Mrs. (Dr.) Ruddell Dies At Kitchener WAS FORMERLY J JESSIE HAY, DAUGHTER OF LATE E. HAY, LISTOWEL. - A despatch from Kitchener in the daily press of Tuesday; gee - death of Jessie Hay, E. Ruddell, of that city, which oe curred at the Kitchener-Waterloo hospital the evening previous, fol- is reported as the cause of death. Mrs. Ruddell was born in Listo- wel, being a daughter of the late Thomas E. Hay. She was highy re- spected and prominently identified with the many-sided soclal activities of the twin-cities. ides her husband and aged mother, a family of five children, two sons and three daughters sur- vive. also a sister; Mrs. George eo of Guelph, and a brother, Dr. H. Hay, of Wiarton. The popularity of Mrs. Ruddell di G. Rasa nen Mr. W. ‘Climie ne Mr. R.A Patent leather Oxf. , On $4.00, Men's Bown Calf Blucher, or Bal. Shoes, all sizes, on sale at 98. WALTER'S. rg org ins Dr. Levi Wesley of Harriston will be at ne office in Listowel, over Koch’s shoe store, from 9 a.m. ’till 3 P-m. on Monday, Nov. 12th.,- and every two weeks from that date. tfnp pioneers who helped make this coun- thought, that Fairview cemetery was Listowel High School Defeats ats Woodstock RETURN GAME ¥ WILL DECIDE WHICH IS THE eu OF |. TWO CHAMPION TEAMS. In tatéreating # football match at the 4 athletic park Thursday after- noon of this week, op Listowel high school Hough c¢c “win- ners of the Northern oy re dl defeated the Hough cup team of the Woodstock — college, by a score of 2-0, The visiting team were winners of he Southern championship, having aes defeated Stratford by a one goal margin the two games. Though the Listowel team had the margin in goals, the game was close- ly contested and at times rather ex- citing. Two players were in. a little mix up and Referee Bamford of Lis- towel put both off. Jim McConaghy scored the first goal for Listowel in a scramble and Elston Mo6re notched the second in a splendid rush The return game will be played at ‘Woodstock Suturday of next week. Following is the local line-up: Goal, sel Grant,-~Gordon Dierlam; right half, Douglas Davidson; centre half, . V. Smith; left half, Grenville Vogan; centre, Jim McConaghy; out- side left, Everett Wilson; inside left, Wiil Jack; outside right, Elston Moore; inside right, Robert Woods. Mrs. Martha Johnston Dies In 82nd. Year WAS PIONEER OF MORNINGTON AND FOR SIXTY YEARS RE- SIDED IN THAT TOWNSHIP. Mrs. Martha Jehnston, pioneer of Mornington township, who for the past four years has been residing in Listowel with her daughter, Mrs. Sarah L. McLaughlin, Wallace street, passed away Sunday evening, in her eighty-second year. Until recently’ she had enjoyed good health and only two weeks pre- vious to her death was able to attend the anniversary tea meeting at Knox church. Her husband, the late Wil- liam Johnston, died here three years £0. Mr. and Mrs. Johnston were mar- 1850,.and in-161 celebrated their diamond wedding. . Johnston was seventeen years lly sixty years, Mr. and Mrs. Johnston lived in Morning- ton township, at Carthage, where they were held in the high esteem of I. Rev. Capt. Edwards, pastor of the Methodist church, had charge of the uneral, which was held Wednesday afternoon from the residence, Wal- lace street, to Fairview cemetery. Despite the inclement weather, there were a large number present, and the floral tributes were numerous and beautiful. Surviving members of the family are Mrs. hag of Listowel; Mrs. J. Gray, Stratford; William James pind of Listowel, recent- ly of California; Benjamin gv Johnston, of Carthage; J. G. Hamilton, Milverton, and Albert the old homestead at Carthage. Two sisters are Mrs. J. G, Fa —— Mrs. Joseph Faulkner, Listow There are also sixteen ecasac child- ren and six great grandchildren. Columbia Failure Has Local Effect FIRM ARE WORKING MALCOLM ON BIG ORDER FOR CAB- INETS« The Columbia firm, large manu- facturers of gramophones, recently went into liquidation. Re-organiza- tion of the company is now reported to be in progress. The failure of this big concern is particular significance locally since the Malcolm firm are now work- ng on a large order for Columbia cabinets, wo hundred and fifty or . more completed cabinets have been stored in spare room at the plant of the Morris Piano Company, and work on he order is being continued. Columbia cabinets are also being turned out at the tinea plant of the Malcolm fir During recent Satin the local fac- tory has handled contracts for Colum- bia cabinets, amounting to. quite few thousand Why be cold? Get a heater at Ad- olph's. The Bauner is strictly $2.00 a year | t in — Otherwise $2.50, Please FARMS FOR SALE OR RENT North half lot 5, 8th. co Mornington, 100 acres, ges and brick h » With kitchen NOTICE TO PUBLISHERS @ Eric Edwards; defence, Rus-, Presentation To Mr. David Orr POPULAR MEMBER. OF ere an AS PARTING GIFT. Mrs: Da David Orr and raaugiter Miss Lillian, left Listowel on Thursday for Buffalo, enroute to their aw home at Long Beach, Cal- iforni They take withthem the best wish- es of many friends made during the ‘our years of ‘2 nce here, previously recorded, Mrs. Orr and Miss Lillian Orr were guests of honour at different functions and on der. On behalf of the lodge, he was presented, by . The urnett, with a Masonic rimg, and the ac- companying address Was read by Mr. rpc Ther an enjoyable social time, with, chore addresses, cards and a light lunch. Since toutig to Listowel, Mr. Orr has been active not only in Masonic circles, but ‘also as president of the Lawn Bowling Club, and on the ex- ecutive of the Chamber of Commerce. He is being succeeded here by Mr. Albert Hartley, of Salamanse, N. Following is t copy of the ad- dress which. accompanied the presen- tation Listowel, Ontario, ne i mad Tth., 1923 Dear —— David It i ith a feeling of “deepest re- gret that we learn of your early de- parture from our midst. From your first association with o Lodge you have been one of the most valued members, always ready to do your bit to further the interests of Free Masonry. Always a “square man,” not only amongst the brethren, but also amongst the citizens. We feel that our lodge is greatly the looser, as well as the town at large, through the severance o relationship. Not only shall we miss you in the , but a friend your place will be hard to fill. As a slight token of our apprecia- tion of your noble qualities, we beg you to accept this ring, and we couple with it a wish that happiness and prosperity may attend you and yours in your new home, and that your new frien@s may soon learn to appreciate you as we do: In the near future we trust you may find it con- venient to pay us a visit and renew the friendships already made of ve met here “on the and from whom you parted “on the square.” President of Q. A. C. To Be In Listowel WILL BE ONE OF TWO STRONG SPEAKERS AT CHAMBER. _OF COMMERCE BANQUET. The Listowel Chamber .of Com- merce will hold a banquet at Mc- Donald’s hall, on Thursday evening, November 22nd., at which the speak- ers will be Professor Reynolds, pres- ident of the Ontario Agricultural College, and Mf. George 8. Hougham special representative of the Retail Merchants Association of Canada - Henry, minister of pub- * works, expe ects to us -7 of Commerce that evening. The sec- retary was instructed to commun- fcate with him. and extend an invi- tation rg the addresses Bore likely to ap- peal to town and country people alike it was decided advisable to hold the banquet in the Aall, so as to provide greater accommodation r. Lloyd Bender, Stopsiater of the Arlington, will be cat oe 7 ees will hortiy be placed on sale and a meeting of the executive wi possibly be held to complete de- Meet To Commemorate Armistice Day ss PUBLIC GATHERING OF CITI- ZENS TO BE HELD MONDAS AT THE ARENA. On the suggestion of Mayor Kemp, t was arranged at Monday night’s council meeting to recognize the an- a| Biversary of Armistice day by hold- ing a public meeting on Monday morning, November 12th., at the Lis- towel arena, opening with observ- ance of two minutes of silent prayer agg ee roll oe thes o'clock. made it is . intended e direction of Mr. — There will also be com- Singing. pg = platform for the pur- pose w 1 be built at the rink and enbers of the council haye volun- take charge of wor’ tumber 1 for the oyienes of i the L Listowel band ang} earned his ident In Car Accident SERIOUSLY INJURED SUNDAY NIGHT AT MITCHELL BY RECKLESS DRIVER, » Mr. Wililam Johnston, second con- cession E day evening in a car accident itchell. 3 With = wife, father and moth- er, Mr. Mrs. T. W. Johnston be taurhtee Margaret, also of the e a cond concession, he was returning rom Stratford Sunday evening an the accident happened Main street, Mitchell, while they were stopping to examine one of the front lights which had gone out. Their car was parked on the right side of the road and while the fath- er and-son were investigating the bulb, another car, driven by John Roger, jr., of Mitchell, on the wrong = i— a @ standing car and pinned = William Johnston between the two. He was pongeeig injured, resiivtun a nasty ut on the head, and gash on the right leg, requiring six stitches r. Roger was driving away after the accident, but Mr. Johnston, sr., who very fortunately escaped injury, jumped onto the running board of the car as it was turning the corner and insisted on the driver returning. oger, it is said, was under the influence of liquor, and has offered to make settlement. The Listowel party received the kind attention of fayor Cameron and others in Mitchell, and were a- ble to return home the same even- Mr. Will Johnston home in a sedan. Mr. Johnston’s car was somewhat damaged by the collision, but a Mit- chell garageman tock charge of the wheel, and brought the others of the party Mr. John R. Grant WAS GENTLEMAN ¢ OF THE “OLD HOOL"® AND PROMINENT 8c CITIZEN. Mr. John R. Grant, a Se citizen of .Listowel,- died. Tuesday, Nevember 6th., his seventy-first year, at the family residence on = ee next to the Carnegie lib He hed suffered a slight stroke on Wednesday of the week previous an had been in poor health sab ipa an accident at Windsor abou ear ago, when he received a injur- jes as the result of a fall. Mr. Grant was a gentleman typical of the “old school’’—always affable and polite, and noted for his out- standing social qualities. He has been a resident of Listowel for thir- ty-two years and for a goodly portion of that period was in the mercantile business. He was also town assessor for a number of years and prominent as = appraiser for insurance com- panie: Be fore coming here he was also in business at Georgetown, Lucan and Elora. He was born in Halton county. Mr. Grant was a member of Christ church, a Mason and active Liberal. His surviving wife was formerly Miss Campbell, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Campbell. Mrs. Samuel Bricker and Mrs. Magahy of Listowel, are her sisters. e surviving family consists of two sons and two deatghters: Mr. Reginald Grant of Willow Bunch, pst of See rother can siste Tha funeral on Friday, will i un- der Masonic auspices. on oe under direction of be held. in Christ ‘veuseh Pa two o'clock, and interment will fol- low at Fairview cemetery Mr. Raines Knocked Down By Automobile WAS SOMEWHAT SHAKEN UP AND WILL BE CONFINED FOR FEW DAYS. While on his way to attend a men’s meeting. at the rectory Wednesday evening, and crossing Main street, towards the postoffice, Mr. George Raines, job printer of Listowel, was knocked to the pavement by a pas- sing car and suffered will berg a his confinement for a few Pig araae of the car did not stop, Or does anyone appear to have ea & dated condition, hi-| ed, Dies On Tuesday |: The. injury that}: Grey township, created = eceaget sensation in Listowel en they arrived back from the wilde 6 of the Bruce peninsula, with two black bears and other game in their car, It’s no fake story. They had the bears alright, and for lasting proof, phrsigget eo Russel snapped the o with the goods on them Te tine to reports, he hunters had a very interesting time and ound bear hunting more than a lit- tle exciting. It just took ten shots, they state, to finish the larger one of the two bears brought home, and this weighed about three hundred and twenty-five pounds Their headquarters was in the vicinity of Stokes Bay, and the bears were located burrow their way through the under- growth. They had two dogs along, and the first aay of the hunt these were in com a porcupine, which s0 filled thom with quills that it required much labor with a pair of plyers from the car to remove em. e Hanna, a hunter of wide experience, with a eral hunting, trailed the first bear. Two others were encountered short- ly after and the experience “of the hunters was unusually thrilling. The dogs were wary but not afraid to at- tack, and assisted materially. According to one member of the party, it’s a rather peculiar sensation one gets when an angry bear keeps on coming and pays no attention to d, he said, before the first bear was despatched. Shoot a bear on the fore- are the Tight places, but the heart is small and hard to locate, he says. The same hunter advises not pet 4 beg. goon after it is shot. rng low five minutes for it to ie, he says. One of the party didn’t follow these instructions and as a result received a big rent. in. -his sweater coat ogs were as tired as the hunters and at night paid no atten- tion to rats which ran about the shack. Thompson was one of a party who were up the peninsula last year and brought home a large bear. Listowel Public _ School Is Closed FEW MILD CASES OF FEVER HAVE ED. SCARLET BEEN REPORT- Scarlet fever is very prevalent over the -province this fall, 517 cases be- ing reported during October, only eight of which, however have proved fatal. . Numerous cases were reported by Many towns and it was thought Lis- towel might escape, but during the last two weeks several cases have broken out and to prevent a serious epidemic, such as is being experienc- ed in some localities, the health authorities and board of education met a few nights ago, and decided to close the public schdol until after Thanksgiving. n the meantime, Mr. Inglis, the caretaker, is being assisted in hav- ing the entire school thoroughly scrubbed and cieaned. The rooms, and also the books left by the schol- ars, will later be fumigated The cases in town are mostly of a mild nature, but sometimes these develope to be of serious conse- quence, as was the case recently in Wallace township, when a baby con- tracted the disease and die carlet fever has an incubation period of ten days, with rapid on- set, high fever and vomiting, follow- ed by a sore throat. Then in from two to four days, the rash appears. In the event of such symptoms, par- ents are urged to promptly notify their doctor, for delay maybe at- tended by serious results. he quarantine period which used © be six weeks, has been reduced to thirty-five days, and in ve of the skin and other symptoms have disappeared early and no other cases occur in the ho At present there are.five homes in Listowel under quarantine, and rom all appearances, the sease, which = first ‘Appeared serious, has been checked. ‘Car of sugar beet ie jast arriv- W. A. McDonald, 2tup Have you seen those Young Men's Stmms’ is sel- ling at $18.507 Do not fail to hear Mrs. 544d 0005 04s5 040000008 ge afe ake fe « 2 . le fe ole of ofe fe ate of ate te af fe ofp ole oe *, . o re be + > WAS TEAMSTER AND CO} OR AND FOR THIRTY — RESIDED IN LISDUR TS The bre of Mr x who suffe weeks pre November . allace str He was. & and had Meena. = ) cent stroke resulted { non, Ontario, = place of birt and where he also resided a ' daughter of the inte er Wi of Mitchell. He w Anglican church ane in politics. Conservative : Besides aes, bays thére sur six sons and five daughters: J. of Listowel; Albert + of James F. 0 ; E. Baker,-of ‘Hamilton; ‘Oscar of Stratford; Robert B., ent of the Publie Utili sion, Listowe Listowel; tire: J Listowel; Brantford, and Myrtle G Another son, Promises George, ¢ the age o cata lami ated rist ¢ areh, had funeral, which took place residence’ Thursday Fairview cemetery. your own price... ‘Aaotion “ ‘Ton Dolls and oe at Symons’ old street, eight to ten ims ening, comn vember Srd. ap Sir cas’ for nec sary h that hereafter quiring a 8