de rai i SOT e “iu * '< Listowel Kiddies Entertained _ By Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm OF igh a b. ~. with all conveniences, in good loca- ANNUAL CELEBRATION | Subsoription Rate $2.00 « Xear in Advance. Otherwise $2.50 KING'S BIRTHDAY CELEBRAT-) ED WEDNESDAY-~-PROGRAM OF The kiddies of of Listowel totay ‘lond in their prai ety Mr. and the school m, 0 en children or aanaiel, J sixth gathering of its kind, when they right royally entertained the | children of the town who all look } intention was to celebrate the King's twelve years of age and under, at their beautiful home on Wednesday evening. - and 4 Mrs. Malcolm have made this an-annual event, this being the forward to it from year to year. The birthday, but Tuesday evening belng wet, the event was postponed until Wednesday ey ere the children = oc EVERYBODY'S Ten cents a line for first in- sertion, with minimum charge of 60c. Subsequent insertions five cents a line with mini- mum charge of 25c. as BOARD WANTED Mr. and. Mrs. R: Snell wish to se- -cure room and board. Apply at ames P| ed to every child present by the Girl i ‘thering at 6.30 o ‘will bea memorable one to them for | many days to me. The Girl Guides and Brownies as- sisted the smaller children a the singing of “Oh Canada." Rev. M. Nicol, pastor of Knox church, "hen, gave the prize of 25c for the best singer or the loudest singer. The win- ners were Georgina Athas and Tony Caruso. After entertaining the child- ren for a short while, Rev. Nicol gave d Mrs. Malcolm an 5 Ice créam and bananas were sery- Guides, even the smaller children WANTED At once, any quantity of 1%. and 1% Inch seasoned Maple or Beech. Blackmore-Hamilton Furniture Co. WANTED To rent, eix or seven room house, tion. Apply The Banner office. STORE 'TO RENT The property now occupied by Mrs. Windsor’s fancy goods store, avalil- able at once. Apply to Mrs. C. A. Lee, ‘phone 129. Listowel. tf. Housekeeper, middle aged, at once, take full charge, good home with modern conveniences, widower with two children. _eracenee exchanged. Box 390 Ban STRAYED ON PREMISES A bay horge, on Sunday, _ lst, Owner ma same by proving ownership and paying - all P caches Apply to Daniel Bartja, Teamster, eListowel. t NURSERY STOCK Orders taken for all kinds. of nursery stock. ase gg ep for Maple Grove Nurseries, Winona. Ap- ply to Fred Schnittker, Lisiewal. “tip Girl Gutaee==16t, Arlyle Bamford, 2nd. Florence McIntyre. oys, who-could stand on their head the dongesi-—ist- Thornton Hay; 2nd. Jack Gee. ; The Listowel Citizens’ band was ‘| in attendance and thelr selections’ were greatly enjoyed by the child- FOR SALE Upright piano in splendid candi tion for $150.00. A snap. Apply Symon4, Plano Tuner, over Bender's grocery store, Wallace street, ‘phone 300. 6-4 NOTICE The party who removed the book- ease‘from the postoffice on Monday is known. To save further trouble, please leave at Banner office immed- jately. + . ‘TED | Live wire salesman to sell in Perth County, self-heating bags, no hot water needed, just shake, stays| Dr. hot twelve La Apply n Box 390, Kincardine, tfnp GARDEN PARTY The annual gardén party of the Methodist church, Mayne. will be held on the church lawn, June 18th. zone ae ce supper served from 6 Program of local... ent. * atica: abe and 20c,. 6-12 DD. ARDEN PARTY The Ladies’ Ald of Trowbridge Methodist church are holding sion 85¢ and 20c. io | Hat. — to page 8-for further par- theul ; FOR SALE Quantity of pce 7000 test ée elm, 1", 1%", 2" and scantling, also elm’ pelts double trees;,same quan- tity a. size of maple; 1000 ft. basswood and elm gravel plank; ‘aiule se Sm for hay fork tracks. Apply to John Ellison, R. R. 3, Listowel. "Phone 614 r21. 6-12p MONSTER GARDEN PARTY who came with thelr parents later in the evening were remembered. Games were playd, races run and at nine o'clock a splendid display of fireworks completed the program. e events and prize winners were as follows: 2nd. Bernard Deburges. from 10 to 12 years—lst Florence Schnetyer, 2nd. Helen ren all, of the Bell Tel- ephone Company, “-'ighted the kid- dies with his acro stunts. Later lL. the eve g¢ many adults gathered on the street and adjoin- ng lawns, some waiting to take the anatiae children home, while many others were just as anxious. va the kiddies to take in the fun ® ga- thering dispersed after the asia of God Save the King. Court of Revision The Court of Revision on the As- sessment Roll for 1924 of the town of Listowel was held in the Council Chamber Wednesday evening, Jine 4th. Mr. Jas. Donaldson was appoint- ed chairman and Messrs. J W. Sang- er, J.-O: MeDonald and-A. G.-Alex- ander were the members, There were only two appeals against assessments. R. F. Taylor’s assessment on his residence, ee street, was reduc- from 700. to $2500. and the oe assessment of the Queen's Hotel reduced from $700. to $500. The business assessment of the Can- adian National Express ‘Company was struck off the roll. The Want Ad that describes best stils quickest. Make ‘em clear. Diana Sweets Ice Cream Parlor for Service and Quality Fifty cents for your Old Straw me yee seer the tattoo at Listo- med on July 1 BASEBALL CENTRAL LEAGUE SCHEDULE The following schedule for the 4—Drew at Harrist 4—Palmerston a Sidtowit. t Drew Harriaton at Drayton i arriston at Palmerston. three cheers for the King and Mra Boys, under 6 years—Il1st. Jack Waketora, 2nd. Stanley Fritz. Gir's. under 6 vears—ist. Carmen oe 2nd. Marjor‘e Scott. under 7 eet. Claud! cnisite, znd Lloyd Bea Boys, under 8 vente iis Billie Lavery; znd Gibson Ducklow Girls, der 7 years—ist. Beryl Allan; ond. "Florence Ronald. Boys, from § t 10—Ist. Jack Rosas, 2nd. ip Allan Girls from &§ t 10—ist. Gertrude Marshall, ond. Nellie Clark. B rom 10 to 12 years—t1st. Mrs. Marks Passes ~ Away on Monday YOUNG LIFE CUT OFF SUDDEN- CHILDREN LY—TWO SMALL LEFT. A young and promising cut off on Monday, June 2nd., when Sarah Ejzabeth Wilson, beloved wite of John A way o nas Boma: on Raglan attoat, in her t Mrs.. Marks was born at Glenal- lan, Peel township, on July 20, 1900. With her parents Mr, and Mrs. Wm. Wilson, she later moved to Lebanon, Besides her husband, an infant son nifred Irene, survive. Her mother, Mrs. Wm, Wilson, of Parry two sisters ang five - brothers pet Gertrude Wileon, of Edmon- ton, . . Wm. H. w, of El- frog, Gai; Robert of Lake Valley, Sask,; Edwa rd E. of Sintaluta, Sask; Charies H. of Elfros, Sask.; Wi ; n The funeral takes place this (Thursday) afternoon from hep late residence at 2.30 p.m. intermtént in Fairview cemetery life was and a three-year-old daughter, Win-| }, also | stitute. WILLIAM A. ‘PHILLIPS PASSES A- WAY IN. TORONTO—TAUGHT IN LISTOWEL SEVERAL YEARS AGO. © death occurred in Toronto on Sun June 1, aga Ps ithe Aleaan Ger Phillips onelf| de arena: after an oe Reh ofr, pie uate of the University of Torast, where he was winter of the Fr ick Wyld Prize, He ane beén head of where she resided until her mar- , -the English and Moder partment} of the Rt: Hon. Arthur Meighen and eee a8 ag hth 1919 to Johm/'in “st ‘Thomas Collegiate Institute. | Hon. @. Howard Ferguson and their Alexander Mar Several years ago he was a much] advisers. A Saal text of the resolution citizen 6 was principal of the local High School. Unfil recently he was on the staff of the Parkdale Collegate In- He 1s survived ,by his widow, formerly..Miss Hay of Maryborough| t° township, and three gy Mrs. Cc. Millar, of Drayton, Ki f Brownsville: and Mrs. or Culloden. The funeral was held on Tuesday i. Fewster from his late residence to Park Lawn cemetery Items of Local Interest Leaves for Cottage— - Mrs. Donnelly left Wednesday ren her summer cottage atrOliphant. Taking Nurses’ Training Course— Mise Wellington, of Titisonbure. = taking a nurses’ training course the Listowel Memorial hospital, — e Master Hired— ? R. C. Brogden, j of Stratford: has been engaged as math- ematical master for the Listowe! High School. Accepts Position— Mr. Harrison Seaman left Monday for Port Stanley, where he has ac- cepted a position during the summer months. Appointed Superintendent— Dr. F. A. Large, formerly of Lis- towel, has been appointed superin- tendent of the Central Methodist Sunday school at Windsor. Operation at Stratford— Mre. Wm. Donegan underwent an operation the end of last week at ay Stratford General hospital, and is doing favourably Takes Position at Climic's— Miss Cora Ruppel has taken position In the grocery store of Mr. R. A. Climle, and commenced her duties this week New Mr. B. Parker, of the Domin- fon store, St. Marys, is the new man- ager at t local Dominion store, succeeding Mr. Clinton Dippel. Attending County Co Reeve Aaron Ringler of Listo- wel, and Reeve J. Moody Kincade of Wallace, are in Stratford this week, attending the county eounen meet- E: Attending Funeral— Mr. D. L. Chapman, of Chapman Bros, & Gray, went to Fergus Tues- day to attend the funeral of the Inte William. Seip, merchant of Fergus, with whom_he was employed for nine years. Mr. Chapman went on to Tor- onto and returned home Wednesday. a! ing remained for a few Supplying in Bank— Miss Ruth Rennie Is capitis: the Bank of Commerce during the grag 4 ag toe Mr. Clinton Kennedy Is tw eeks' vacation, and is visiting in "Hamilton Complete Rural Extension Lines— The gang of telephone men who have been In Listowel during the past two weeks in connection with e rural extension lines, have com- pleted their job and left’ for Guelph Not Observed Gencrally— While Tuesday, June the anniversary of the birth of King George, was’ bank holiday through-| out the Dominion, and also a school holiday, it Wag not celebrated as a general public holiday. Move to vie ‘Street— Mr. and M James. Leppard and family, moved | Monday from Reserve street, to the cottage on Wallace street of Mr. A. Wenzel. The house they vacated is being occupied by r. and Mrs. Bert Loree. $rd. Returning from Hospital— Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Fleming were) in Stratford on Monday. Mrs. F days, and will return om Friday with their son, Douglas, who has been fl] with ecars let fever at the Isolation hospital. Brother Dies in Wiarton— Mr. Henry Adams recelved word this week of the death of his broth-. er, Mr. Samuel Adama, who died on Monday, at his home in Wiarton. Mr. Adams left Tuesday afternoon for Wiarton to attend the funeral, which took place to-day. Motor Hike, Jone 18— Plans are going forward and rangements being completed for the Chamber of Commerce motor hike to London on Wednesday, June 18th. The cpmmittee are evtog over the route to be taken schedule will be eave up giving the time of arrival at the various points to be visited. In the meantime, { you expect to take this event in, leave your name With the secretary at the Bagner office. ,, - a onths, The jate Mr. Phillips was a grad-|a fa eder-| th of Listowel when was a8 follo a Serie The size of the egg was 6%" | ston is supplying. jer in_the res hs ‘General pospital. RESOLUTION "ADOPTED avin: ““VERTON APPROVING LEADER- -SHIP OF MEIGHEN AND FERG- USON. baggie rh une 4 aD ‘A. Demp- of lected presi- Ment of fe Norn F Perth Liberal-Con- servative PP ERY at the pannalt perry Oe here b was air Rouahates: all but one € the municipalities being represented, and mee went of record as thoroughly-in accord with the work Moved b by HL. B: Mo rphy, K.C., of Listowel, seconded by Richard Cham- ney,.of Wallace, that this represen tive meeting of the North Perth Lib- relict rein Association desires 8 its fullest confidence ta- the Rt. Hon. Arthur Meihgen, leader of our 4 in the federad arena, and the H G. Howard Ferguson, ee pinto of Ontario. In the Ss of these gentlemen and the members of our party who summon- ed them in Ottawa and Toronto, the great interests of Canada and On- tario conserved by them through the medium of o safe, sane and prudent Canadian national cy will, as in former times, bring t badly needed, prosperity are n0W 50 to agricul- ture, profit to industry and employ- to labor. We also wish to ex- press our Warm approval of the clean, active and progressive course of our able representative in the paneer of Ontario, Dr. J. D it The full slate of officers rea were as follows: President, D. aaa Ellice; first vice sail cant Mrs. r.) James Moore, Listowel; second vice-president, B. Westman, Mornington; secretary-treasurer, Stevenson, Stratford. The executive various municipal organizations. The names Tepes to-day were as fol- dows: Stratf H. W. Strudley; |: Listowel, Hugh * Hamilton; igh sonra Richard Losec meg Elma, A. Swee on; Boreas estman; Bl. lice, R. worth cee J. Bradley; ‘Milverton, * >. * : Add were Dr. J. Moore; Listowel; Dr. > ey Ellis, Lis- towel; J..G. Hamilton, Milverton; Dr, J: D. Monteith, M. L. A., Strat- ‘ford; H. B,. Morphy, Listowel, an EB. R. Dennis, of London, president of the Western Ontario Conservative Association, Mr. Dennis spoke about the picnic Planned for Stratford some time ti in the “ium The date is to be fixed as s00n as arrangements can be made with Rt. Hon. Arthur Meighen and Hon. Howard Fergu- son, both of whom are expected to be Tulip Show— There will be a tulip and other bloom show in Vandrick's furniture store window on Friday and Satur- day. Flowers are to be ‘left at store by ten o'clock on: Friday. the Can you Beat -This One?— A barred rock hen, belonging to Mr. Alex Fleming, of Hesson, laid an egg last week that takes the rec- ord of a we have heard of in this x 10%", and weighed four ounces. Who's next? Seriously T— We are sorry to report the serious illness of Miss nie Nur Urquhart is in attendance. On ac- count of the illness of her sister, Miss Loretta Long, clerk in R. A. Climie's store, is home, and Miss Edna Roul- Spent Social’ Evening— and Mrs.. Milton Linden- schmidt and two daughters, and Mr. and Mrs. H ids, M K ges, Effie 4 Harold, Mr, and Mrs. Gordon Bender of Listowel, Mr. and Mrs. Mahlon Good and Margaret, and ts. Karges, Sr., Gowanstown, mot- ored to Fordwich Thursday evening of last week, and spent a’soclal time at the home of Mr..and Mrs. James trant..° °- Du Mrs. Dies in Clinton— The death of Mrs. A. 8. Inkley, ‘ormer resident of Listowel, occur- red in Clinton on Monday, June 2nd. Mrs.- Inkley in poor ane the past two zante. and for sometime was a Listowel Meniorial hospital, “ad lat- employee of ie expres in j.| the political ability and integrity of peta sutmioanty 2i6ne8 is made up of the presidents of the E PTS, meeting y ison railroad. The second, signed by 12 citizens, was a similar request on Alma street from the east side of Reserve. Both these petitions were referred to the Clerk to see if they en Reeve. Ringler gave the re- port of the Board of Works, Coun- cillor Sangster thought it was not full enotgh and wanted to know what was being done. He stated that many of the back streets were badly i e Bo Works should fulfil some of their promises, and attend to some repairs Lol should be -remedied at once. Reeve Ringler explained that it was difficult to get teams at present, as the yah were busy seeding. A by-law was introduced and read the second and third times, which provided for the taking over of the property, factory and machinery of the Kemp Metal eae anne Com- pany, releasing the ny of the mortgage. Three o ther by-laws, Nos. §80, 881 and 882, provided for the construct- lex of the pavement on dd and Argyle streets, One provided for the appointment of a qualified engineer | for the construction of the work. Mr. . D. n was given the appoint- ment. Another provided for the con- struction of the work, plans. esti- /@ates, etc. and the third provided for the ment by the corporation of the proportion of the cost of the local improvement which would oth- érwise be charge ® property abutting \Ye_w + er on was also te to the Public Utilities Commission to remove the'1%%"" water pipe on Ar- be street and replace it with a 4" counellio Maloney, who intends going on a trip to England this month, was areas leave of absence ai’ three months. special meeting of the _oom wilt be called as soon as t and specifiations are prepared for the pavement on Dod street, and then tenders will be advertised for. We are sorry to report the death this morning of Mr. James Nicholls, Raglan street, who passed ousy be- tween eight and nine o'clock, follow- ing a paralytic stroke. Mr. Nicholls hus been troubled with heart. fall-| ure for sometime, and was stricken with a stroke on Monday morring, which rendered him unable to speak ot swallow. He..was in his 59th. year. Funeral arrangements have not yet been made. An account of his death will, Png given in next week's issue. Listowel Tattoo, July ist. Take home some Diana ice cream in brick or in bulk. For a real bargain in Shots go to WALTER'S. Toronto ‘town ‘council was held © hree- i Caerrtpaged more ot one ; oad oe aoe "i with the exception o unciilor and has been crow aiean ier being poe gs eg the ove 4 Two petitions were presented. The ot H: Robbins, at 31 Stracha first, hizwed by eleven citizens, ask- Stree spastic te - ed a igen rag of the cor “ia the neighborhood. — on Livingston street, from serial ner of Livingston and Elma to the The little rip ay that. cis heay SssvorinssocnoottE Rass le +] financial obligation aan discharging tH Ts, 7. L. Hamilton, Mrs. = urd, I Ross, - necessary. local and ane announcement will be made the Boar Tuesday eve ‘s The Bhd crane of Mr. sta Public school staff have also pataee recelved at The Banner office week go to prove the value vertising in these columns Swetts |... week as ay ssnaatnis tend to or supply—all The ad has brought A despatch from Stratford bb B young offspring, t small to tell the difference between a bug and a handful of bread crumbs, took over, with the authority of an ad- ult, the arduous duties of looking atior the family. eins Ea ie E : Home Nursing Classes To Be Formed On Tuesday afternoon a meeting of the ladies of the town was held in the Council Chamber to consider the ons in the town were asked to he presen Mrs. Purcell presided at the meet- iny. Nurse Castle of the Provincial ‘Board of Health addressed the gath- ering. She also read a letter from the Provincial Board at Toronto of- fering to send a nurse, to Listowel for two weeks to give a course of lectures on home nursing. Th® nurse will be sent free of charge, the Gor ernment bearing the entire expense. A com mmittee was appointed as fol« : Miss Edith Binning, convenor;| ye w- A. Sea- Mrs. Car epiiger ore arrangemen ts Board Of Education - Hold Regular Meeting The ef ular monthly meeting of Hol ae was held on R. rogden of Stratford as Mathemat- Migs Foll ical Master was confirm Die ing Beatrice Tatham, of Dendee was ap- a SOn0w : pointed as teacher of Moderns, to Paralytic Stroke| fil! the vacancy caused by the resig- ss ‘nation of Miss Boyd. Miss Tatham ber of the High School staff, {ss Morton of the High gees , ahd Miss Della ‘Hall of and new teachers will be adver- tised for. Advertisérs In “Banner” Satisfied With Results The two following communications this of ad- he first communication reads: ‘Please omit our advertisement next we have all the orders we old up to end of hatching > seers lots of Lively Music in Postoffice— T= Operations at Hospital— The following underwent a| tions for tonsils and adenoids at the ter, sixth concession, Wallace, and Oscar Thompson, of Atwood. The operations were perfo rmed by Dr. W. C. Pratt of Listowel, and Mra. (Dr.) Toronto. Weekly specials at Simms’ adver- Used in this issue, See ad on page 8. Sell your live stock oa by placing:an ad in Every Col- umn. The Listowe] postoffice was aie with music for several hours neeney morning made by about threes undred day old chicks in transit, pee the Neubauser Chick Hatcher- les, Ware Ohio, addressed to Ts . Waddell, R. R. No. 8, Listowel soeras Memorial hospital on kage “Mrs. Robert Armstrong,-Norma H ol Lyle Brothers, ~~ Listowel; Idona | Walters, daughter of Mr. Simon Wal- proule-Manson, Miscellaneous Shower— K t a Quite a number of friends from} _— & ‘ae Congregational ee met at the home of Mr. and customers and we are well siessed. mt he other advertisement appear- ed in Everybody's Column and pro- duced excellent results as the adver- tiser states: “Please omit my adv't. for 10 plge for sale as I save sold em. I sold them the next day and had 4 bay tb in 3 days for them.” Try it out and convince yourself that id pays: tb advertise, Perwood ind Atwood Brothers ‘Visi sit Oddfellows Monday night ¥ was, of interest to the Listowel Lodge, oO OO. when they entertained as their guests, several brothers from Lin- and Atwood lodges.» he Linwood lodge brokght two e degree work. A light lunch was prods: Su taternel t visits are of great benefit to the