‘Subscription Rate £2.00 a Year in Advance. Otherwise $2:50 Public ‘Support Asked. For Board of Health o iS eae The Prov. Board of Health has re- Ba. LET FEVER CONDITIONS. cently passed a reguilation—wisely I Bese tS HT think -tist allows the bread win- Bits J ‘Everyone Is anxious to see the ep- ner to go out, but at the’ discretion Bie idemic of scarlet fever, now ere, of the ak oath Officer. That Bes under control as quickly as possible. s if a man honestly and conscien- in’ “To control an epidemic bata ne Honaly carries out fnatieHone and , closest co-operation the © local) yeally tries to preveatespresding the public I find that quarkatnig ‘of he doctors nosis or treatment. PRI ach ab ta Ja 4 the family are very averse weeks quarantine, when may 5s the J. J. FRASER, DISTRICT OFFICER OF HEALTH WRITES ON SCAR- Board of Health, the oectora and the all ‘cases " reported 3 Retina enforced : by 7 othe ens. fam * : are- all cases shat call, thea in for diag- I belie ve the weak spot ig in the public, because mild cases were being found at first that have never called a doctor. People who have a mild case in to five child may be only moderately ill for two or three days. But these mild cases read the infection to others. Besides the mild cases are often the ones that later develop -scarletinal, cost the ctty of Windsor thousands. . of dollars this year and it has not ___.s.| fully recovered yet mepleitis or bright'’s ‘disease, eas: tsease. disease, he may wed to carry on, his duties. But it, he does not he } can As put as inte ae and “kep ther t blame you | [Health Dept ir THeae people do nor exercise common sense stwhere thé bread-winner is hand- Ying food stuffs or mingling with children outside-his home. In these cases jhe must stay in or change his residence “ee opie costs a town @ aoe eal-in loss of business, to aatatae of the sooner the grief gtr severe illness and death. Any- mer- chant will tell you. this. Small-pox & | ! | | | mum charge of 2 ? i os . EVERYBODY'S COLUMN Ten cents a line for first in- !'+ sertion, with minimum charge of 50c. Subsequent insertions f five cents a line = mini- oe < o if you wish te bring scarlet fever to an end, report and isolate every case however mild and it will be very soon under control. Quarantine is not enforced as a hardship but to protect your child- ember if you this winter, your neighbor may conceal! mild diphtheria or small-pox next wYnter. ‘ ' FOR RENT Comfortable apartment_fo family, Apply J. W. 8 r Brick residence on Main HOUSE FOR SALE street east, with all conveniences. Apply 3tn small tf_np Methods of control of the com- municable diseases have been pretty well worked out though they are changing from time to time as new facts in science are brought out. The local Board of Health knows these regulations and are trying “4 enforce then but they must ave public opinion and public sacar behind ae 0. Hube. them. -_ i FOR RENT | District Ottiear pt Health. Residence in good location; also!. for sale, second _ pasior, its OF Interest To ood A yL enze tn . "Salih ial alsa 3s Flower Lovers iad HENS FOR SALE ' . . i About twenty thoroughbred white The following revised list of prizes . in the Cut Flower Department of the Leghorns, good layers. Apply to MISS \ fo) Pair list will be of great in- Bradley, Wallace street. 4-10np terest to the flower lovers of Listo- a . wel and district. Lost CUT FLOWE “In Listowel on Tues’ day A pyte- Class 24 * bred hound. Finder einayy notify) gee, Ist. 2nd Mr: John Wright, at nald’s|} Asters, 6 bloom, 2 ‘ . bakery. shades of pink 50. 25 2 Asters, 6 bloom, ‘light GET YOUR CAR LICENSE ore vo . on Fair Day, Friday, April 4th., at| 2 Asters, 6 bloom, dark ~ the Ford garage. For your conven- colored 5025. jence a vendor will be here on that! 3 Asters, 12 bloom, 6 ate. : varieties 5 2 4 Balsams 50 25 6 Cockscombs 50 25 ee WANTED TO RENT 6 Carnations pinks 50 2 a By good reliable tenant, six room-; 7 Cosmos 50 25 ; ed. house, conveniences, in Ligtowel.| § Dahlias, 5 bloom, Possession May Ist. Write — light colored 26 lars Box 159, Palmerston. 1tp| 9 Dahlias, 5 dark color- ed 50 26 FOR SALE 10 Everlastings 25 Set of single harness, all folded,| 11 Gla ieee 6 pets 25 . gobdd as new; also rubber tire buggy| ,, é light colore ’ for sale or exchange for steel tire;|12 Gladioli, 6 -bloom, > one sow due April 25th. Garfield dark colored 50 & ‘Johnston, boundary west. 4-10p| 13 GladioH, 12 spikes 50 26 i , 14 Marigolds, Calendulas 50 25 15 . Nasturtiums, ith a NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR foliage’ <> - 50 25 DIVO 16 Petunias, single 502 7 Petunias, double 50 25 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN/18 Philo Drummondi THAT Lunetta Elmina Hay, of the with foliage, 24 town of Listowel, in the County of spikes 25 Perth, in the Province of Ontario,/1$ Phlox,. perennial, 10 APPLY to the Parliament of 5 95 Canada at the ensuing session there-| 29 Salpiglossis- 50 25 of, for a Bill of ee from her} 21 60 25 husband, GEORGE HAY, on the} 23 Sweet Peas 50. 25 i Sround of adultery, desertion and 23 Verbenas with foliage 50 25. biga 4 Scabio fous 50°26 AND the Petitioner claims the! 25 Zinnias 50 25 right to marry again 6 Collection of cut . DATED at Listowel, in the Pro- owers, each var- i Ee vince of et _ 19th. day of iety in separate \ P yea March, A. D., container 1.00, 50 k Lanetia. Elmina Hay. 5tnp.! 27.. Dinner decoration 75>) 60 | 28 Funeral design, am- 5 i J ¥ forbes. * + EJ teur 1.00 0 Bes _ eenee eerrss °F; No prize will a- - fee - & - VANDRICK'S SALE ‘REGIS. oa warded if flowers un- . had . oa TER ei: worthy or not in suf- & + : t¢ ficient variety. \ bs PEE Eee Return from EH bea Friday, A ee —~Mortgage, sale} Mr, D. McKinnon, game warden, Fs of farm at Vandrick’s auction! returned ‘Tuesday evening from Vic- @ : . aa erin ioe eb to | J. Wednesday, Apri 9th—Fo nay B empresa Rast gta lati “ety FE % : eae lot 5, concession 14, Morn-| ° Peturm to London within s month. ae F m.farm stock, implements, ze _ hay and grain, without reserve as arpa. Ber cag ef re: “farm is sold. M. W. and baby Bx. daughter, Olive Joyce, returned : . April 26th—Town proper-) Friday from Toronto. The child, who Be ty on corner of- Elma ne Resereyv} ‘ = the Sick Chil ‘s ie - ‘or . For private sale;‘a pemmber: - farms in adjo . @ number of good ‘uses di al ee iit also one per fuse tuned a few weeks: ¢. F. VANDRICK Office at Grand Central a : ‘street, for administrator of ta ot good fn Liste t piano. and sewing mathine,) Furniture, fren arene -weeks, is mtich a hi gained . several Two Men Page iN In Runaway Accident! ri This regulation pha two exceptions}. Leg ‘in weight. Mrs. Lavery pur- E turning sgein MR. AB. CHAPMAN AND MAN THROWN FROM Be ie : VEMENT. ONTO PA Mr. Ab. Chapman, well known farmer of the second concession, El- ma, and hired ,.. Mr. Jack Alfred, narrowly escaped serious in- jury in a runaway ent n Main street, Listowel, this afternoon.} They’ were driving east thr mah the business section, with a and lumber w pn. when the a Groped out ot clevis, causing the «to e : teers resulting in ‘the wa ing up: ‘against the horses": h % To prevent fie team irom getting away, both men :pulied h on the lines, but this drew the cadson on- to the horses, and made them frantic with the result that both men were thrown heavily to the pavement, Mr. Chapman landing on his-back and) receiving a severe bump on-the He was taken into soknaton’ 8 area shop and remained dazed for a time, but recovered shortly after. Dr. L iingstone was called, and reported his injuries not serious. The hired man escaped practically unhurt, and ‘the team was caught shortly after the men were thrown out Bicycle repairing—Fletcher & Nel- son, A complete yr9 of ac ies and parts carried i m stoc k. New Cases Reported— New cases of scarlet fever report ed this week are Mrs. Chas Zilliax, Lioyd Hallman, Frances Cartlidge, Helen Ducklow, Clarence -Coghlin, Garfield Bender and the little son of Mrs. Armstrong, Main street east. Leased Garage-—- Messrs. Fletcher & Nelson hare leased the garage te a vacated Messrs. & Son, from Mr. Hugh Halliday. Porsesaton was given April lst. Mrs. C. S. Thompson Dies At Peterboro RESIDENT OF MOLESWORTH. DAUGHTER OF THE LATE ED- WIN McKEE. ‘The death of Roxie Lay McKee, be= loved wife of C. a Peterboro, passed a in that vity on Sanday, Mires 20th, Mrs. Thompson was a daughter of the late Edwin McKee, a former res- ident of Molesworth, an on the death of her father, about thirteen years ago, the family removed to Peterboro, where they had previous- ly resided. About four years ago, she was married to -_ ag One small’ son survives. rs, Will McDonald (Pearl) of Tugaski, Sask., is a sister The deneeal was held from her late residence, 31 Dennistaune Ave.; on April l1st., interment in Little Lake Cemetery. a? Leap Year Skate— Possibly the _ Re night at the head. ! Y-| green path, level, | and Mrs. James Rogers are in sont 3 of the following letter from Mr. F. W. Hay, who paid a visit to their sons’ graves in-the Arras sec- on. : Dear Mr. Rogérs,— With Mrs. Hay and Mr. and Chambers, we ey eats days in the Arras section, the district where our Canadian boys did such noble ser- vice for the Empire, and where too}. pe casualty list was heavy. We vis- ited the cemeteries where your two .sons rest and placed on each grave a bouquet of cut a and .felt this a great privilege. — ht o them and also of ers. af the Lagat , Clear, we-wi same you lat- | er. The Bri ish -C meteries are all standard and of a high type, in good location, well kept, uniform and clear and distinctly marked. A wide, then the head stone and in front of the stone -a small bed of flowers. A month or so later these cemeteries will Took just rs. The ce & u Yann rs, Rog- taken show up soldiers, who are muth interested in their work, and; =o’ to visitors. Leonard is at a cemetery, hardly yet cuitenea, within 100 yards of Villers An Bois; Station, and from here you may seé “Vimy Ridg Gordon, in an extention of the town cemetery, of “Bally pene . Railway station of the me. er two places are about is "mille PWith kind regards and best wishes. Yours faithfully, i a W. Hay NOTICE! In view of the change ~ ownership of The Betiner, amounts owing for savextis: ing, job printing and arrear- ages of subscription, should. be paid as pramptly as possi- ble. e*eeeeepeaneeaeaene eeee eee eeanne * * * Miss Violet! ‘Position \ Vith Coal Firm} ° Miss Violet "Brodkc book-keeper and office manager for the coal and lumber firm of Robert Oliver Ltd., for the past ten years, severed her connection on Saturday and has left for near Hamilton, ‘where she will assist her brother, Mr. James Brock, who has ‘secured a fifty-acre farm in that” prosperous district Miss Brock’s Pints il from. Lis- towel has occasioned much Paria’ and she will be greatly missed, only by many friends, but sepaciaite by the firm, which she has faithfully and efficiently served, whose head appreciated the competency and good judgment which she acquired through long business experience. She is a daughter of Mrs, William Brock, Main street, east. - ‘ Attended County Council— Reeve Aaron Ringler of Listowel, and Reeve J. cade, of Wallace, were in Stratford on Wed- arena was held o ednesday even-| nesday, attending county council. ing, when . bea bs ~~ was + * enjoyed by a large crowd. Skaters re-| Has Purch: port the Yee in excellent condition} for the lateness of the season. U. F. W. 0; Meet— The regular monthly meeting of the Listowel U. W. O. was held in the rest room, Wallace Street, on — Mr. an . McLean have purchased the residence on Nichol street, next to the high school, of Mr. and Mrs. A. BE. Pelton, and get pos- session on May Mr,-and Mrs. Pelton purpose re-moving to Toronto. ased Residen d Mrs. J, F t. f} snap and Resigns .| - BOTH NIGHTS. . "The Girl in Red,”’ a three-act musical comedy, errs under direc- tion of Theodor . Bird,.. and in which 135 Eintowel people took part, was rpdthove at day and Tuesday nights to packed houses, in McDon- .| ald’s hall, and also to a good crowd met with an enthusiastic reception. From the opening chorus, by a gay TRATE OF TOWN AND FOR UP- WARDS “OF “ YEARS RECORDING SEOCRE-| ; TARY OF ODDFELLOWS LODGE. “ For several weeks back The Ban~ e wel, h a short sketch ot their career. This list would not be +. * re Sa | Hess factory was going stro the population reached as high twenty-eight yet ine Mr. Terhun ice married; in 1866, at vittetie, te to Bliss An Williams, and in isso t to his rab ig wife, then Mary Jane Mc daughter of the late Robert and mis. ‘Mcliroy of the mag: concession, Wal- dace. Children e first union are Gilliam, of Deltolt: teats: Mrs. ‘Alfred, Sa ry; (Gert-: . Binning of “bevy of youngsters, to the well ar- ratiged and attractive ere finals, go in Red’' was well taken by Mr. Bird and Miss Thelma Rennie was i- capable accompan There were some “especially pretty settings and the acting and singing throughout refletced credit on all taking part, as weil as Mr, Bird, who proved himself an pee capable and thorough direc He was particularly "efficient in “his at-i- tention to the advertising and in ad+ dition to generous use of the local press, secured the co-operation several local merchants, who loaned e use of their rig ‘windows to advertise “The Girl in Red.” Praise for the cplendidt quality of _the production is certainly deserving, “when it is realized that practically only a week’s time was allowed for practice. The manager was particu- larly pleased with the talent in Lis- towel and named certain of those ta’ leadings parts, who showed outstanding ability. Speaking of one man c aking far more money on the stage than working on pepnie’ s teeth.’ he ladies of the Memerial Com- mittee were pléased with the excel- lence of the entertainment and also with the reauita, which wfll net them approximately $200. From Listowel Mr. Bird left the next orning for Charlottetown, Prinde Edward Island, where he has engagements covering a three months’ perio (Continued on. Atwood page) rehased Business— Mr. Gordon Johnston has purchas- sie te ar neki a resident of town I. E. Bic Set go Though in the practice of law fifty-five years, Mr. Terhune is at active in business and is gula at his office on WaHace dirent, over the bank of Montr When mention is made of Mr. ai hune, most citizeng.naturally asso jate his name with the office of ponies magistrate, for he resigned that pe sition only three>or. four after-having presided for the tin is ‘able period of thirty years. During-that time Mr, Terhune cal- culates that he gave hearing to ap- proximately fifteen hundred cases. ~ J. E, TenHUNE 3 second rT and for a little more than ‘halfa Sontury. : Fre Toronto; and Albert R., of Toronto, who served with the rank of Heut- enant, and lost his right leg in ac- “tion overseas; also Graham deceased. donlesteceoteteceebntete TO OUR ADVERTISERS * In order that The Banner may be published on Thurs- day afternoon instead of late Thursday night or early Fri- day morning as has been th custom, we Pigeon sane our ad- all il f ofe S$ of anak ai *, ae *, 5 oye te ee *, * vertisers change of oes is i in the office not later than Tuesday noon. This change is being made for the sake of the staff and out-of-town subscribers, Please do not ask us to _ Using copy and give the ser- vice demanded. PETE EEE Hee eee LTPP EE EE eS t ooffntotetecbnBbeoerdentetecfnfntentetecoctetetete Board of Education The regular monthly meeting of the Listowel Board of Education was held on Tuesday evening, April 1st., at which Messrs. Bamford, Steven- son, Anderson, an Bennett and Smith were prese The report of the pubile school in- spector William Irwin, was read, and showed an attendance of about nin- ee percent for the winter months. The order was reported good, but the standing of the classes the. ezoceny and nil.b: usiness shane A. McDonald and takes immediate possession . McDon- has been in business in vistenal fer the past five years. His present iliness forces him to sell the busi- R — = London for Treatment— r. onald; has -... et the Castowal. noel for the past week, wen on on-=Wed- nesday evening for foathee treat- ment. Numerous reports of an oper- ation are unfounded at present, Mr. McDonald going simply for further treatmenf. . . . a 6 t ° . * .. SAVE THE LAWNS This is the time of. the y wheb a little thought can diate considerably ‘in sav- ing labor. Children and grown-ups have the habit of walking on the boulevards instead of the sidewalk, and the grass on these is killed. Delivery boys cut the corners wns; almost everyone takes a short cut, and as a consequence lawns are spoil- ed-threugh the lack of a lit- tle thought. Save the lawns. Tian ecanulsvatewsee Poet ee eeneanthenenrtenenrt Tuesday afternoon, April ts. James Shearer; vice-president, occu- pied the chair, and after the read- ing Of the minutes of the last meet- ing, some interesting correspondence in connection with the work of the U. F. W. O. was read. The roll call was responded to by “Current E- vents,’ all of Which were very in- ease. The next mesting will be netd Tuesday, May 6th. All members and ex-members are urg to be ‘present as a very os program is being prepa . Fred Holt, Nearly Electrocuted, And With Three Limbs Amputated, Talks of Getting Old Job Back On July 2ist..1928, Fred Holt of Listowel, an employee of the Public | Utilities Commission, was nting the power house ba a wire-bound ladder, which he con and - escape now Tine, a death by a very os as Easter. Dance On rete ob nad aight, Sas War. Vete cae "he ane a » tes, in aid “of the’ Soldiers Memorial.” é es Ben Hok eth, canes fot Tofonto, will ae the Tmusie: He was on the) ground, changing the position of, the adden when ‘happen "poses re on Friday. of this ;| Elma, announce Singeeemeras By: Mr. and Mra: arthur - K. Howitt of Soldiers’ ee Re-establishment, rT ‘oronto, had been at the home ahd made aicataneeat for the securing of artificial limbs..To think that af- ter being ges to sit in a chair for th oonetbal { being e ty o eing ion to ons. 4 Set sand as be replaced. It: was the ees also to sec aie t it was 5 honk itmbs, is great mis- + gprs p+ ds Ree ot venation al and hope- ‘fal throughout eae of his at- Instead of but the mies The exact number. he cannot state, for his records were destroyed in the big fire of January, 1918, which wip- ed out a large portion of the busi- ness section on the south side of Main street. When retiring from the office of magistrate after thirty,years of ser- vice, Mr. Terhune didn’t find himself rich. ‘I did well,’’ he said,.“‘if I got $1.25 a case. For taking the informa- tion and issuing the summons, = Yee-aHowed was fifty cents, and for the subpoena never more than ten cents, no matter how many copies might be desired. For hearing the case, only fifty cents was allowed, regardless of whether it lasted a whole day or was adjourned three or four times. Outstanding also is the record of Mr. Terhune in connection with the local lodge of the.Independent Order of Oddfellows, with which he became ridentified as a charter member March of 1875, just ear following his arrival in town ffom Ingersoll, where he joined two years previous. ‘During the long years that have fol- lowe he has been almost gr™tin- uously in office, being ae sth the position of record retary for upwards of thirty-five vents. This office he has held continuously for the past twenty-five years, and there has r more faithful than he in the. performance of his duties. : Mr. Terhune was the son of a farmer and second eldest of a fam- ily of six, five of whom are still liv- ng. He was rn near Simco in the township of Charlottville, Nor- folk county, and received his early education at Vittoria. For five years was a student at ae with a firm in Simcoe and to qualify as . “iggen ter, took lectures in Toronto. started practice in Listowel in 1874 nil has remained in business here ever bince. His pee ag to the Magistracy was { 1890 and his resigaation "will tender- ed tin 1920. The year following So Wcnpheks. of Mr. Terhune, Listowel rated aS a town, and hf lt only three or four years later that the nN} was increased it aecing of the Tel in November and December. This standing will no doubt be made up by June, as the teachers are working energetically. The inspector recommen that bur- lap strips were needed ~in some of the rooms on which to display writ- ing and drawing specimens, and also that supplementary readers be pro-. cured for the primary department. statement for . Smith... and Binwing were appointed to at- tend the convention in Toronto on April 23rd. and 24th. The management committee was appointed to wait on the council in connection with extending the water ‘main to the high school corner. Arrangments have been made to Start a junior-elass after Easter and the management goes pera was authorized to procure a tea The insurance on the high Sohool to $35,000 on the et and to $5000 on the con- tents. On the public school, it was increased to $30,000 and to $2000 on the contents. : A MUCH FAVORED STOCK Of the 78,804 shares of its capital stock sold by the Bell Telephone Company in 1923, so the Company's Annual Report says, 61,553. shares were bought by the shareholders. 4,751 by Bell employees, and 12,500 shares were en in one block for a Britisher inves The wide distribution of Bell Com- pany stock amongst some 12 {000 shareholders, who are c tomers of the Company, and amongst employees, can hardly fail to create better relationships and strengthen the Company's positfon*in the eyes of the public, Complete AsDanaesadate Banquet The executive of the Chanbes of €ommerce Met Monday afternoon at i ffice and read, ar- rangements for the banq nd. an- nual meeting, to be held ay ev- ening-of this week at the Queen’s hotel. Sheriff A. J. Johnston of Sar- nia, is to be the speaker. There will be_sccammodation for only eighty. (Men Are Selfish, Wife Asking Divorce Says t Free