subscription Rate $2.00 = Year in Advance. Otherwise $2.50 LISTOWEL, Thursday, July 9th., 1925 Listowel’s Tax Rate — ~ Fixed At Forty Mills & THE RATE WILL CARE FOR ALL D OLD SWIMMING HOLE. The important item of business be- fore the -council. at the regular monthly sitting on Monday night was the striking of the tax rate for the year, an business in which every ratepayer .of the town was deeply interested. to announce that there is to be no increase in the raté this year, which was set at 40 mills. And Finance Minister Sangster says that this will cover all déficits and running expenses town. This rate of 40 mills is apportioned "3: County 4 mills, General Debentures 11% mills. Schools 11 mills, Public Library % mill.'The taxes will be pay able in two seacneeeesneneesettinaasiasirgrnlch : : le a EVERYBODY'S COLUMN Ten cents a line for first in- sertion, with minimum charge of 50c. gig og insertions - five cents a lin mini- mum charge of 2Be. tp etiitecn core a BOY WANTED Boy wanted to assist in store and drive truck. Apply C. F. Vandrick. eeciactciirceceaamemapenea i WANTED borrow on first mort- Wanted to interest. Enquire a gage, $1600, ‘this office. 7% APARTMENTS TO RENT Apartments to rent with all con- veniences. Apply ae Centra Sl niture store FARM FOR SALE 100 acres, abundant water supply, five minutes walk to school. — to C, Jantzi Lot 3, Con. 12, £1! SS hill, R. | LEA ORDER NOW Leave your order at once wit Jom Keeso & Son, for hardwood “which is now 50c less a-cord in truck oad lots..while they are drawing in from the bush. By FOR SALE con Vaterloo Threshing mach- ine with straw carrier, chaff blowe ae self feeder, cheap for quick sale co 400 bushels mixed = grain. to Henry Holtzman, R. R. 38, Als0 Moorefiele BONDS FOR SALE The Town of Listowel has for sale Se800. 00 ss 5% bonds, interest pay- For informati on apply ible year Mr r G; Tay. Mayor, or I Sav- age, Treasurer. tfnp. NOTICE liss Dorothy Symons, teacher of . is forming a summer claés of pupils, for piano lessons. Terms: 8 lessons. four dollars. Studio over Render grocery store, Wallace St. Phone 300. 7-% LAWN SOCIAL garden party will be held on Simon Walter's lawn, 6th. of Wal- ice, on Wed. July 15th. Addresses Music by New Hamburg JY, P. A Football game band and local talent. ' Admis- t 6.30. Supper from 6 to § sion 35e and 20¢ NOTICE Property owners are hereby jnoti- fied that all weeds and long ‘grass yn their property ae be cut down by July 17th. is notice is not heeded, the town will have the work done and charged with the ratepay- er’s taxes MALONEY, Chairman Board of Works. 7-9 ENVELOPES FOR SALE celal grade of envelopes received which we can offer at a specially at- trative price, $1.00 will buy a box of 500 of blue lined envelopes or a plain white envelope. nly a few boxes. Act quickly. The Banner Of- fice. FINE HOME FOR SALE Solid brick re ik -roomed residence of C. V. Blatchford,..on Division stfeet, with electrie lights, town wa- ter, bath, new furnace, new cistern, small barn, poultry house, garage. fruit trees, garden, and extra lot with lawn for tennis; a very desirable. well located home, requiring absol- utely no repairs. Price and terms very reasonable for quick sale. Phone 166 for appointment. 7 ANNOUNCEMENT ~ Rosedale Nursery Company haé de- cided to carry on the florist business/ py. recently purchased from John Piow- ia t. We anticipate opening = a store in| E the business section for the sale of] ty: cut flowers, pleats, pelt and nursery shipment of cnt flowers will] e season and any-| ‘OR ALL. insaliments, * ‘formerly, on Sept. 16th. a ¢. 14th. Maaay: complimentary remarks were made'’by the members of the council about the efficient way Councilllor Sangster has handled the finances during the year, all his reports~being clear and minute as, to detail. Town Treasurer Savage was Oo given great praisé and & vote of apprecia+ tion was made him, moved and sec- Sr by J. Ww. Sangster and F. yon- Zube Mr. Fp W. Hay addressed the co cil following up tter to tha Hay’s letter aveeeree in these col- umns a few weeks ago Mr. John Wateon and Mr. Percy Davidson were present repesenting the Agricultural Society. Mr. Wat- son in addressing the council; asked them to guarantee bonde up to ap- proximately $3000, so that the So- wee: could erect a suitable grand- nd on the fair grounds. It is well favorable, tation to get nmiore particulars as. to construction and cost and then come before the council again. Messrs. M. R. Hay, E. F. Finkbein- er and H. P. Wanzer were present on asking the town to spend $100 in leaning. up and deepening the old swimming hole above the dam, 60 as to provide a suitable place for i a of the town ‘to learn wim and enjoy themselves during | the eummer. Again the council was} favorably disposed and a otion | garnting $200 for this purpose was passed. Mayor Hay, while in sympa- thy with the scheme, opposed the mo- tion, because he was not in favor of granting the tone twice the a- mount asked. neillor Ronalds re- fused to vote on the question The committee appointed “re the sale of the Wheel Works to the In- ternational Piano Co. reported. Mr.} H. Morphy was present and read a letter he had just been handed that ety to a letter he had head office. It was decided to call a special meeting in a few days af- ter the matter had been gone into further. Beautiful Bosto n Fores on sale ad Plowright's. Official Boards of | United Church Elected | CONGREGATIONAL HELD TUESDAY EVEN —RE- | CEPTION FOR NEW pense | AND FAMILY, The school room of the United! Church was crowded last Tuesday} evening on the occasion of the con- gregational meeting and reception of the new pastor, Rev. E. F. Arm- strong and his good wife and fam- ily. It was the most successful con- gregational meeting ever held in the} church, all three bodies being well represented. The first part of the evening was | devoted to the business of electing| the members of the —s and the Board of Stewards. Mr. J. C. Hay was appointed chairman and fie w. J Dowd secretary of the meeting. At a previous meeting of the Quarterly Board a j was appointed to dratt the slate for botb the new boards. This report was ac- cepted and adopted by the meeting and the fersonne!l of the new boards fre as follows: Session— W. Raynor, Rev. Geach, John Grainger, J. W. Fair. A. Seaman Abel A. Gr , Geo. Melrose. J. W. Scott, Wm. Vines, C. Coghlin, . & ¥ . C. McDonald, A. Smith, D. Sanderson, Wm. Squires 8. J. « WC main, John Torrance, Wm. R. 2 chards, Ben Bartley, Heo Kar Board of nlp M. Sm J. C.* Hay, B.* Roe, J. P. Walte Ww OE. Binning, Hugh Hamilton, J. M. Scbinbeln, J. C. McDonald, ds . Z Ss W. A. Kibler, W. W. Kar- r. Jas. Moore, Jas. Bayne, W. 5 * Bartley, SP ee W. T-. Hei- bein, Jas. W. A. Britton, Bes Koch, E. "D. Bennett, A. W. rigg. The presidente of the pyariots or- ganizations of the ticlo members tue of their tion. A social the. 1 baat gt — vege fos eee wee tenses "sition ted ong. Mr. eran cit Sutton Bend 7 "community a violin solo and Me. sh ge apt a vocal Tag was served by the Ladies’ ‘Aid. oe REMARKABLE GROUP PICTURE OF FORMER CITIZENS WHO HAVE MADE GOOD. With the exception of R. E. the M ERTING | To "rs 3 amare co si pPeorsanr's. Another Listowel Boy Makes Good In Business World |*“""" “** MR. R, E. HEMPHILL AND FAMILY OF WINNIPEG VISIT OLD SCENES—PRESIDENT OF HEMP- HILL TRADE SCHOOLS. Listowel welcomes home on a Visit this week a former towneman, R. E. Hemphill, President and General Manager Hemphill Trade Schools Limited, and residing at Winnipeg. R. E. Hemphill and his family are making the trip from Winnipeg to } Montreal in their maroon cqlo Sport model McLaughlin car. in Listowel, they are staying r uncle, Mr. Robert Hawke, While on phill. as he As more familiarly ape in Listowel in 1882, . E. Hemphill Sr., a Listowe! con- tractor. This remarkable family, | whose picture is here reproduced, are all still living, the father and mother having retired some few yeare ago jand are residing at Vancouver. @\of Practical Training anc with | Ed can relate many humorous in { cidents of. his early life in Listowel. |For a number of years he sang in the Listowel Methodist Church Choh, junder Nute Large, also playing cor- inet in the ‘band under Fred Howe.! He learned the barber trade in Lis- towel with Fred Howe and Bruce! Ronalds, later moving to Winnipeg. Starting with one small Frassieal)” }School in Winnipeg in 1905, he has lived to see his Practical Schools, grow to a great National Institution Free Em- ployment Service; Lager up the principal cities from coast to coast! and extending Pyckmg into the United! . States. Associated with Mr. Hemphill in! his various business enterprises is! R. owle, a former Lucknow-Lis-| towel boy, who has also made good.! Mr: Towle is this fall returning to, make his residence in "Toronto and: taking over the management of all the Eastern Canadian Hemphili | Schools L. Trophy on Exhibition— The Stuart-Fleming trophy, by the Listowel Tennis Club, exhibition in the window of won is on J. Mz Condition Improved— Friends of Mr. Daniel Schell will be glad to learn that he is improving slowly, after heing seriously ill for the past week. . Taking Summer Course— The Misses Violet and Blanche | Dierlam left Monday morning to take . ha immer course at Toronto Univer- ' Customs ae Visits Loca! a © Mr. T. Clarke, of Toronto, Exel Hemphill Jr., the third son and the fourth in the group at the lower right hand of picture, all the family are residing at the Pacific Coast, the father and mother living retired at Vancouver. hed a pleasing or Sieappotitiag news \Results of Entrance take : In Listowel Listowel And NV SEVEN WRITING IN LISTOWEL | tion_Ka OBTAIN . HON ORS— VERLA) SLIGHT OF LISTOWEL SECURES: SCHOLARSHIP—NAMES | NOT IN ORDER OF MERIT. To the delight of many a boy and girl in this district, the Entrance re- f the results the list was pega placed in the window and ma ain- in t The Hntrance Class of wel school again did exceptionally well, passing over 91 those trying. Thirty-four pupils wrote and thirty-one were succeasful. Three pal McDonald-for the splendid sults ‘he obtains year after year. Campbell Henderson who heads the list of those writing in Listowel is & pupil of Union 8S. 8.2, and Mise Nellie Sanderson is the teacher. Con- gratulations are extended to Camp- bell for his splendid achievement and to Miss Sanderson for her able in- m by Rev. J. to the Listowel pupil who comes igheat in this examination each year. Third place was secured No. 6, teacher Patricfa Hamilton, another Listowel pupll made a splendi — only 6 marks below the high m There were 125 candidates and 97 were admitted by the Entrance Board. Total marks 450. 750,-honore 562, pass The following were successful, but the names are not according to mer- y, | Featherstone, Wilfrid R ; Munford, Cecil. Hammond and Win- nifred Lennox (equal), Howard Bal — the Listo-}do cent, of | ¥ tion—Kate Smith. Ey Honors—Morris Hattatt, Beisel, Beile weee Mick, raat Retta Small, Ethel bell, Lenofe Wildfang. : Camp son, Margare tr, Harol Dougall, xGaiee Mitchell, Rhame; / Glenallan. Pass—Florence McGuffin, Lyla Kells. Mary Aylestock, Jean Boyd, Ethel Scarlett, Doreen McKee, Bessie Wilson, Edgar Beatty, Roy Goodw: Carson Kelis, Howard Riddoils, Shel- Holt, Jean McLsod, ernetta Neuert, Gordon Bérlett: -|Sunday Band Conceits Grow In Interest SUNDAY—SPECIAL FEATURES WILL BE ARRANGED EACH WEEK. Sunday sacred concerts put on by the Listowel Band each Sunday evening ¢ontinue to grow in popular- ity as improvements are made in the service. Last Sunday evening a temporary platform was erected in front of the Library and the lighting of the ,sTounds was improved. The: street was blocked in order that the der- traffic. There were one or two noisy cars, however, and their racket spoiled the music for several. If the drivers do not wish to stay out the service, which only lasts one ho rene My should not -park within » that Couric nae H. Maloney again acted it, but are pits Be alphabetically. Honours——-Robert Amos, Hamilton, ‘Campbell Henderson, Kinkead. ohn Schinbein, Slight, Jean Weber. 2ass—Arthur Alexander. Ivan Ait-| chison. Ruby Bailey, a Ben a der, Sileen Blackwe Kenneth Blair, Lillian Bradford. wittos Bur-| Irene Leverrie Cosens, George Celand, John Cowan, Annie| Crawford, Elva Curtis, Jean David- i Bernard Deburges, Ruth Dier-| Verla } Se | ‘and Mes. Inspector, made his of- | — visit to the local office th’, wee | Baptist Sunday School Picnic Members of the Baptist Sunday Se ~_ held their annual picnic oates’ bush elma, on | Wieduesday afte ernoon. jolly time was spent by all in sports, etc. Lavatory Complet ted— The ladies’ lavatory and wash room j erec ted by the town at the rear of the ' Public Library is completed, | Results of Music , Exams Held in Listowel | The following pupils of Miss Edna! K, — have been successful in the onto Conservatory mid summer! examinations, namely nging—Miss Clara Weber, Inter- | mediate singing, pass. Miss Margaret Inglis, Atwood, Junior singing, pass. Piano—Miss Ethel _ kwell, At-| wood, junior piano ,pass. Miss Beat- rice McDonald, hishameorth, junior piano, pass. Miss Margaret Rogers, junior piano, pass. Miss Clara Weber, imary pia ass. Jean Weber, primary piano, pass. Blythe Debur- ges, primary piano, honors. Bil-. ly MecNeelands, Elementary piano, pass. Grace Cader, introductory pi- ano. pass Theory_—Miss Winnifred Ander-; on, Junior History, honors. Miss Winnifred Anderson. primary theory, pase. Miss — McDonald, prim- M.} 8ry theary, The following pupils: of Miss Suth- erland were succéssful assing their examinations in connection with the Toronto Conservatory of Music, held in Listowel, on June 80. Junior—Gladys on. Primary, honoure—Norman Womb- well. Primary, onan Patricia Hamilton, Mr. Frangis-Suttoh, reports all his pupils successful, two obtaining first class hono Miss Alice Livingstone, Junior singing, -honors; pri theory, ss. Miss Dorothy Sproule, prima fate History, let. class honors; jun-| for pir snr mer honors. Melvin D, mentary violin, pass. Miss ~— Nicol, junior counterpoint, fon- Former Editor Buys Fruit and Poultry Farm Mr. C. V. Blatchford, former editor of this paper, has and poultry the town of i< is no tl ag Pleurisy— James Frank has been ill with | piunsier during the-past week. | Buys Chevrolet Car— Mr. Elgin Simpson has purchased | © la Che ts ag touring from the local) |, joer Welsh and Fawm, Attended Circus in Kitchener— Upwards of fifteen cars from Lis-! ; towel motored to. Kitchener on Satur-| day last, dnd attended the circus. | 3 u Buys Essex Coach— Mr. Fred Gumph, of Wallace, has! ™ purchased an Essex Coach from the| j toca dealers. : Leaving for Cottage— | | Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Seaman are | leaving Saturday to spend a holiday | at their cottage at Bala, Muskoka. —— and Adenoids Removed— aster Jack Finkbeiner had his tonsils and adenoids removed Friday at the Listowel Memorial Hospital. Choir Picnicked at Elora— | Members of Knox church choir, } forty in number, motored to Elora Wednesday afternoon, and énjoyed an outing. L. T. L. Picnic— ‘The Loyal Temperance Legion will hold a pienic in MceDowell’s bush on ple July 10th. Everyone is wel- ome and all are asked to megt at the lou rooms on Wallace street at 2 o'clock. Fee Boston Ferns on sale at pe near fo pat Berney the jieeeh Rd some fruit owright’s. ay dll Hata to clear trom $1 to $5. at Mrs. Chislitt's: SPR SEATS RSS The Big Tattoo at Waterloo, July 24th. Waterloo County's Greatest An-| at nual event. | Receives School at Fordw Mr. Griff jan nd M E. gaged as teacher of the continua- tion ‘selipal at Fordwich, and wi ommence his duties on Sept. Ist. Golfers Play at Kincardine— Twenty-seven golf enthusiasts of Listowel motored to Kincardine on | Wednesday afternoon to enjoy a fame on the links in that town. Af- agg ig they were the guests irs. A. E. Malcolm, of Listowel, her cottage there. at tm = banger f Hospital— nds of Mr. T. G. Tilley, ac- Bin = at the Bank of Montreal, and who is on vacation at his home in Lidduas, sorry to learn Lig he has taken seriously ill, and is Fa oe a at, Ross Memorial Hospital, Lindsay Dairymen's Exchange “Mecting— The regular meeting of the Listo- wel Dairymen’s Exchange was held July 3rd. Fourteen factories boarded 3,722 cheese, and six buy- ers were present. Bidding on the board started at 20c and was raised to 21c for large and 21 %c for stilt- ons. 855 boxes were sold for 2ic Five ee Fined— equel of the case held last week farmers Thursday d a tholgh the trials were at different times the offences were committed on the same occasion. Special deg on 12th.— As I train connection has been ; Hamilton, George Hamilton, Mervin | cross the street, | Hamilton, He | Howson, in | Jackson, lam, Marjorie Faulkner, Vera Flet- chér, Alma pt ing Evelyn Fore- man, James Gray, ce Gray, Mar-} ion Gordon, Lloyd "Hallman Ella | nrietta Heinmiller, Ir-| Wilfred Hollinger, Gladys} Mildred Hunt, Georgina’ Oliver Johnstone, Clayton! ene Henry, | Karges, Mervin Karges, Vera Koch, } and this: Melrose, w open to the ee) ces, Clifford Moore, Inez yg veo. Lander —— Ruby Lennox, lard _Maceacet Leonard. | glas Lowry, fil! views Mason Soset| Elverne McClory, Lloyd Me- | Cluskie, Dorothy McDonald, Veronica} McDonald, Jessie McLellan, Myrtle | Norman Melville, Bruce | ging, Harvey Peppler, Eva Per Jessie Preston, Adam Park, Brena. line. Querrin, Lr nell Richards, Ev- elyn Riehm, Lloyd Ronalds, marty Smith, Eva Jean Smith, Maudie Smith, Gordon ape = Elsie Sweeny, Stanley Thompson, Thompkins, Leon Traviss, Ralph Tra viss, Edna Vines, Maxwell Margaret Vollmershausen, Soom alter, Rowan Walter, Carl Weber, | Esther Wells, Stanley Willis, Mar- fon Hemswor Following have been granted cer- tifieates on account of illness: Roy Bender, Reid Kennedy, Ruby Sander- son, Llewellyn Williams. The following are admitted on Principal’s recommendation: George Fritz, Wilson Irwin, Marjorie Robin- son, Milton Ronald, Frank Thomp- son, Milverton Centre Number of candidates 93. bee admitted by Entrance a mney Langford, ‘third, rydon Duowes=—Ieteaie Becke . Robina Brydone, } Telville Cox- on, Carl Fleischhauer, Erma Heugh- Ada Henry, Ida Kollman, Mary Langford, Annis McMane, Robt. Mc- Mane, Lenore Miller, Dorothy Mof- fat, Roy Mulcahy, Gladys Richardson, Inez Salvadge, Eva Yu 6 Pass—Viola Atttidge. Alice Bail- lie, Bella»Baird, Flossie Berger, Vera Rube Stephen Patrick Girodat, John Gray, Roy Gropp, Jeremiah Hanley, Barl Hartung, Robert Henry, Gertrude Hohner, Reuben Hyde, Ellwood Illman, John! Kelly, Claude Knoblauch, Pi Kreuter, Mildred Long, Elsie Malcho, tharine McCo Mabel Graul, y Patricia} Max; -| Hanover jas chairman and announced the dif- ferent naniere. Mr. F. W. Hay ad- dressed the gathering asking for a | libera 1 contribution for the band to 'help pfiy their expenses to Toronto this fall. About $15 was realizec The various choirs were invited ton lead ‘in the singing of the These gathered on the ste] he Library for the first hymn and then scattered among the crowd, endeav- orifig to encourage all to join in the singing. Two special numbere were put on, A cornet solo, “A Perfect Day"’ by Mr. Sidney Dempsey, was given from the third floor of the Post Office a- the band playing the accompaniment. That popular sacred number “The Wayside Cross” was given by a male thorus from the United Church. Mr. E. S. Hudson took the verse as a solo, the chorus being sung as an answer ly the rest at th men who were stationed Bo of the some distance from me soloist. these number, prov ctiv and were greatly anored by the and- lence Othe special features are being aesemant &r next Sunday evening. Don't miss the Big Tattoo at Wa- torloo, July 24th. It will be worth ; going miles to ste a -/Seriously Injured In Motor Accident. a | MR. AND MRS. ELDON HALLMAN, LISTOWEL AND HERB HALL- MAN, OF HANOVER FIGURE IN BAD MOTOR CRASH NEAR HAR- BRISTON, Shortly after six o'clock last Sun- day evening Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Hall- man of Listowel, and a brother, Mr. Herb Hallman of Hanover, met with a bad motor pecident and two of them were seriously injured. They were on their way home from in their Ford sedan and when about two miles the other side of Harriston they were struck by an- other car, reported to be driven by Mayor Fawcett, of Harriston. Mr. Hallman says he heard the other car coming behind them and heard the horn, and then the bumper = struck, the rear of the car. It is car caught on their wheel or hub and dragged them about ten - feet, judging from the marks on ‘the road, before upsetting them in the ditch. ne r % most torn off and it is feared that his hearing is injured. Mrs. Eldon Hall- Tona Patter-— vice would not be disturbed by the’ ef = st LARGE CROWDS PRESENT LAST” *