Bai ee “The Atwood Bee Subscription Rate $2.00 » Year in Advance. Otherwise $2.50 © see : r LJ * Provision Has Been Mad SORE Ae: , ity | gvenrsopr's coumms || Provision Has ade A Message From Perth County Ten cents a line for first-in- F ha EI cti s Bete: sertion, with minimum charge or te | e ons : : of 50c. Subsequent insertions , Cary a ee hte Santa Claus five cents 9 line “with mint: | | couNdn) “APPOINTS: orFioNRa > 2 PBs HON. G, S| HENRY NOT | FOR ELECTION — TOBOGGAN dhihibdhinihinthchisiesthiainecadaiadiiniad av: SLIDE AOCEPTED -GO) + > ——— ER MITCHELL-T EV I OTDALE Baled Hay ERY SOLD TO 4 THANKS ELECTORS z ‘ RO. ; TO Timothy, alfalfa. or mixed, ato PUBLIC UTILITIES. + John Savage, member elect + North Pole, Dec, 8, 1925. COUNTY 48 EXAMPLE. vor less. Ground ey ae meal. J. Complete arrangements were made|* {for North Perth for the 5th. + The = Sangster, Phone Rial t the einber - meetin pe e| +. Ontario oys" arliament, + | The Ghamber of Commerce, ing aeet tekes ae nee opal z Tors Council .on Monday night for|* esires to thank all boys who ; Listowel $75,000 t last year will not get — PAINTING ‘ e holding of the municipal elec- Z axnoriee Pe ie Se. Pip eve - » Ont, Sen sayatine: Get your car painted Plow-; tions on the first Monday of Janu- campaign a No more additions highwa: -right’s, rae of Public Bettoot, a ary, by agar ar on Monda;, = sible his election. : Will be in Listowel on Saturday, A will bs 9pm rt get a real job. 2-10| Dec. 28th. The clerk, B. . Bam- pide petbhp-ty | Dec. 12th, 2.30 A expect lan is completed. After next year .!ford was appointed Returning Of- PEE at = e- the situation would be met and then wiviins acekaein ficer and. the deputies and poli clerks ————_—__——_———_ to meet all the boys and giris of Lis- new roads would be : Bu eb Eg ‘ are as follows: Sudden Death of Listowel towel and for miles around. Pll have the requ for highway, e have @ large list of homes to! Bismark—George Melroee, Stew- the desired in North Perth was oose from ranging from $1200 to! art McDona: Lady at Gowanstown |« gift for them, hie ‘of the mos $5700; alao a number of farms. Gladstone—Jonn McKenzie, Nor- -_ = Hon. Geo. 8S. Hen nry, Minister of Phone 222, Wm. Duckering. tf. ; man Bam Death came suddenly on Sunday SANTA CLAUS. é Highways, told the audience in Mc- ‘Lansdowne--Goorse Raines, Frank] evening, Dec. 6, 1925, to Mrs. W 7 wpits Donald's Hall on’ Tuesday evening TAXES DUR Greenwood, who for the past year That's the telegram reeived yesterday. Is'’nt it great that Senta can just what the majority of those pres- The second instalment of taxes} Dutterin—. D. Philp, Frank nephew in" Gowanstow home with her| find time at this buey season to pay a visit to our town, and bring alent expected would, not will be due and payable on or before Monday, December 14th. at the sec- retary's office, Miss “A SALE Good range, with reservoir, for L. Tabberner. | °° 12 lly. ‘Victoria—Geo. Brown, David Sav- A letter was read from the Public Utilities Commission offering to pur- chase an-air compressor and motor in the old Wheel factory for the sum of $1400, for the purpose of in- ot ten dollars, also Bell Organ, splendid {creasing the efficiency power condition for aye dollars. wk. oD. Sy- | Plant. An old account ctaimed by the mons, piano t Over Bender's a ges owning from the tore, Ww: lac +4 12-10 p.|town is to be deducted from that a- Grqcery Stor all adel » mount. Mayor J. C. Hay and Coun- cillor Ronald voted “nay” on this BAKING SALE Lady Home League members| will hold a on Saturday, Dec. 12th. two o’- lock in their hall. CONCERT CHRISTMAS A Christmas concert will be held|* in the basement of the Molesworth plays, drills, pantomine. Admission 25c and lid FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE 100 acres of land in Maryboro tp., good clay loam; brick residence and ‘bank barn. Would exchange for pro- perty in Listowel. Spring possession. Apply at this office 1 proposition, as they eg that an utstanding account of t n's a- porate the Commiesion anak be considered in the deal, and the whole matter cleared up, a8 a proper busi- ness transaction. The offer was ac cepted. A communication was read from ir. J. A. Chapman regarding a mot- or accident at the corner*of Main and Wallace when his car was dam- aged in a collision with Mr. Ed. Mas- on, complaining that the town had no Stop-Street By-Law. The commun- ication was ordered fil A letter was read fro om F. A. Dal of the Dept. of Heualth regarding the visit of Inspector erry, who inspected the sanitary conditions of he town, and made certain recom- mendations, This report = be re- Greenwood, who. was just 83 years Yold on the day of her deafs was born in Cambric, England, and came with her parents when a young girl to Wallace township? For over thirty years she eae in Listowel, but fora year has been living with a rr William Bailey, at Gow- ansto cae. cistern. Mrs, Cookman, of Glen- allen and one brother, Abraham Bail- ey, of Listowel, survive. Her husband day afternoon at one o'clock and the eervices were conducted by Rev. J M. Nicol, assiste by. Rev Howard. sgprsinenttshaSheaiemintinasisiahiegie 1000 Lailes' Handkerchiefs reg. 25c, value on sale 15c cach, or 2 for. 25c, at Schinbein's. All forms of hair dressing done by Miss Bailey, erotante of Toronto Hairdressing Acaden: litt’s. Pay our - Beauty Parlor a visit. ny | School nited Church, Tues, Entertainment— |} Dec, 22nd. treat for all the children of this dis only the boys and girls of Listowel will be complete. Then, too, rival. 's another thing tee ckgevee in Listowel who wen't Saturday on account of illness. If -|dent or Secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, Santa will visit their homes, so that chey too may. see him and receive a gift from him. Funds Will A canvase for funds for the Ch ‘| would like to help, they may leave t other years as a larger number are Chis- able. ‘FRose in charge will be gratified ships. He expects to see.about 1590 children. The tree ig up on the square and before Saturday the decorations the Listowel Brass Band wij! be out, and the High School cadets, all ready fo receive and welcome Santa on his ar to remember. Santa wante the mames of al) Claus was made by members or the executive of the Chamber of Commerce this week and the generous response was gratifying. It is impossible to see everyone, and if there ere any. who were not, canvassed 8. Hudson, at The Banner office. More funds will be needed this year than trict. He wants to . meet all,* not but all from the neighboring town- be able to attend his Christmas, tres those names are left with the Presi. Be Needed ristmas tree and the visit of Santa and who helf donation with the Sécretary, E. expected, if the weather is favor for donations of any size. Simms’ Overcoat Sale is a good place to buy that Overcoat at the right price. feleedebedebeleetetitdetebebebeh etn coat 8: L- Men's English Broadcloth Shirts on ferred to the incoming co cil. Dr. D. D. Ellis, Medical Health , Officer, é6ubmitted his report to the LL BUY POULTRY WL her. Alvin Goldner announces that ‘he will buy live and dressed poultry on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, of Week at C.P.R each freight sheds. Highest prices paid. "Phone 116 r 12. tinp. council and it will be found at the end of this article. A vote of thanks {o Dr. Ellis was moved by Council- lor Sangster and seconded by Coun- cillor Maloney. careful is expenditures was given by the gg ge AS ENTERTAINMENT 8. eee ‘entertainment on Friday, Dec. 18th. Good program of music, of oer drills, recitations, etc. 25¢ and 1 CHRISTMAS ENTERTAINMENT A Chris held in the Salvation Army Citadel | on Monday, Dec. 21st. Good program of diaogues, drills, recitations, etc. Admission 25c and lbc 12-17 np STOCK FOR SALE Three light colts, , two and three years old; 2 heifers, two year old; seven yearlings. Apply to Joseph Qa. Rendall, Lot. €on, 10, Morn- ington. Phone 54 r 12 vam HOUSES FOR SALE brick. residence, 1% acres of ae “building lots; aleo brick house on eet, all conveniences. Apply Mrs. eros F. Wenzel tf CHRIS S ENTERTAINMENT The Christmas Entertainment of the Wallaceville Sunday. Schoo! will be held on Thursday, Dec. 17th. Goo program of drills, pantomimes, plays, pagent, etc. Admission 35¢ and 1Lbc. OI-eT Lot 3, Gon. Conven- jent to church, school store. Must be sold’ to settle estate. Apply to Thos. Johnson, R. R. 4, Atw woe, FARM FOR SALE Qne hundred acres, being CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL The Christmas Festival of the Evangelical Church, tee wil) M held Monday, Dee. 21. od pro- gram - ca rad gheree ome ae tomim ite. male quartett, Mess Finkbeiners, gurbtise and Black: more of Listowel. 12 aka levante passed. A motio 2 Wallace will hold their}that Assessor Dowd be paid $150. tor N a ———e | tmas entertainment will be } BPs | scce pted. The eorner of! nance Committee, and icing = on was his fall assessment. Councillor vonZuben gave the re- port of tHe Fire Brigade for the year.| The alarm was sounded eight i fires and one accident at the railroad —— The total fire loss of the ence was $4620. with ineurance of $2 $2 Committee recom generous offer The Property | dended that the slide, at present is on the property of the Club, and will le moved to Water Tower Park for the free uee of the children of the tow Ma ryor Hay, dustrial Committee, laid the, cor- respondence between himself and the International Piano which re- sulted from the re turn of the unpaid cheque for which had been iven by the Company to the town as the initial payment on the Wheel actory. No action was’taken by {the council in the matter. { . Report wel, Nov. 15th., 1926 The a Council of Listowel, — —. — Dee. 1924 and Jan. 1925, Public Health Nurses made a survey of school children of the town an Wallace Man Made Speaker of Sask. Government Mr. W. G. Robinson, a former Wal- lace township boy and a pupil of the Listowel High School, can now write Honourable before his name..He has | been elected Speaker of the Saskat- chewan Liberal Government unde? Premier Dunning. Mr. Robins has been ‘a member of the last four Parliamente, being elected last June for the fou d represents the riding of e is a brother of frie and Wallace will be glad to learn of cg honor ro has been conferred report of the receipts of toboggan slide from the Golf Club saite 5 chdliresas of the In- 7 CHRISTMAS TREE AND ENTER- TAINMENT . The Baptist Sunday School are holding their annual Christmas tree and ment on Prides, Dec. h. “8 oni Lantern splides, be rere Story;"" Silver tollection Twenty volumes, “The Book of Knowledge,” -only slightly used. Good bargain. Appy at this office. reported over eighty undernourish- Fy ed. This condition we believed not ACCEPTABLE CHRISTMAS + due_to lack of food, .but to lack of GIFT > knowledge on the part of many in pa + the proper preparation of foods and " — paper methods of fooning children a ne See + A child's clinic, conducted by Dr. the rink would be one of the + Bell of the Provincial Board of | . Health was arranged for and much | informatidh as to the care and feed- ing of children was given to the mothers attending. The success of this clinic was made possible by the excellent work of the Public Health urses and to the co- Fg ig of the local medical men. I hope to be able to arrange for further hestriie- at W tion along this line in the near fut- u Tre. In accordance with the provisions of the Public Health Act, I attended the meeting of the Association of Provincial Health officers in Toron- to in May was a large at- tendance and three days were spent the discussion of Health problems. During the past year the town has been, on the whole, gone dats from diseases of/i serious natu After thie Easter tanatuie last in from infected houses neighboring town- ships. Twenty-four families were af- fected and the outbreak was over by the middle of May. Again after the mid summer vacation new =e ap- peared, from the same source. The ases were mild and the anaes BOOD checked. At present the town js free from disease~of-a contagious or in- fectioue nature, Sanitary conditions have required a great deal of attention during the recent summer, but are at presen fairly satisfactory. Drainage into the creek at the southside of the town asin a very bad condition and a nuisance to the householders tary Engineer te bmitted for the consideration o connell. een-in-part ‘carried out when the snd a arr Th 5 th the creek, although greatly haprered through the centre of the town, 3 not yet all that could ~ esired. m Main St. south to he R. R, bridge the channel should be Papceor and cl would mifiend that the cement walls should be extended up stream ple This. plan should” "fecinds a vie at the upper end iy order to ide for FARM FOR RENT Fifty-five acre farm to .rent. two miles from Listowel. and in good state of cultivation. Ap- Moree, R. R. No. 2, eles Tied See ona t of the channel dur- phe antes, dairies, etc gd beén inspect- ed and necessary. to caring for mail On the A E iecer pair better onl is recommendations} Bt.,, ab: ; ported tr her co Weekly Le Og Harry Rogers 87, Helen Johnston +186, Vera Kitzer 84, Edna Routledge be on sal Creighton'’s ¢ Drug store on Saturday of + this week + et tee + ee ee ep afevleofor leon ]er tos] Special for Saturday and Monday, 20% off all fleece lined underwear ALTER'S Do your Christmas Aiouink at Schinbelin's. Nifty Shirts, Pyjamas and Neck- wear on sale at Schinbein's. Bank Inspector | Here— Mr. J. McLennan of Toronto, was in Listowel from Thursday 'till) Monday inspecting the books at the local branch of the Imperial Bank. Simms is selling all Men's Over- coats at after Christmas prices. Val- ues to $30. for $19. Breaks Arm Cranking Car— needay, Mr. Fred McMillan, of Brit- ton, had the misfortune of having his right arm broken Change H of Work— The P. kK. "Mills have changed their hours and are starting to work the mornings at seven-thirty o'clock, | instead of seve work up to twelve-thirty o'clock. Shop where Christmas shopping is made easy—at Schinbein Takes Position at City Dai Mr. A. Stewartson, o Sroven, has taken a pgsition at the plant of the City Dairy, is in — of the new condenser. ‘The condénser is nearly completed, and it ‘is expected will be in operation on Monday next. Men are buying Overcoats ay Simms' these days at after Christmas ler Seriously 1l— Seanelkae; of Carthage ,ia a Memorial k stroke o: mn the day of the Little ieepeeventent is Te- ndition. whole the Pablic Health of | j B. L. H. Bamford While cranking his car on Wed-/! n residence rule to Januarf 1, 1925 an Buy Overcosts at Simms’ Over- ale. sale at $2.50. WALTE Highest, prices paid for all i of dressed poultry at Schinbein’ Overcoat Buy yourself at an Simms' Overcoat . Heads N. H. L. NORTHERN HOCKEY LEAGUE MEETING AT PALMERSTON RE- ELECTS OFFICERS—EACH EN- TRY MUST COME FROM TOWNS LESS THAN FIVE THOUSAND. Listowel was again honored this year by the re-election of Mr. L. . Bamford, editor of The Standard, as president of the Northern Hockey League at the qnnual meeting in Palmerston on Tuesday. Other mem- \bers of the executive returned simil- vai A were i of Wing- m, as secretary; Reube Horning, of Palmerston, treasurer, and Charles in of Mildmay, on the executive mittee. Eugene Murphy, ir., wows Forest, was elected to the ice of vice-president, while aiiton Qo P< tivities of the N. not more than 5, 000 population was adopted, while that to change the d feat- if conditions such as touristing were not improved by the May 1 residence rule, that the early date be adopted in 1926-1927 eeries. endment readin players e am eligible to play in the junior series! .om may also play in the senior intedmed- fate series of carried, as did ‘the one to change the date of the annual meeting of the Northern Hockey League fro the second Tuesday in December to th Tuesday in December, while an hil other ruling that no player shall be cligible to play unless mn a bona fide and continuous resident of the town or district that th resents since the 15th. preceding the date of the first Studenta alone excepted received the vote. . ident Bamford, of Listowel, was tendered a unanimous ‘vote o1 thanks for the services rendered N. Seni tae “For these reasons, eco! — ‘any promise of taking over the i z provincial highway, as his ment had decided. not to rd Say poaiuees until the present program had been completed. Credit for getting the Minister to visit Listowel is vag rand due to soirite Aaron Ringler. When the date as 6 hamber of Commerce baie Council jointly artanged for the reception of Hon. 8. ‘Wear and the meeting. Mayor J. C. Hay acted as chairman. Dr. J. D. Monteith, M. L. A. of ptrkttora’ was as were also representatives from .Pal- merston, Milverton and the neigh- — townslipe. n. Mr. Henry stated that this had pm his Proce invitation to Lis- towel, but he had er unable to come x motored through here last Tonk. but “aid not make his presence known. Both at that time and on Tuesday afternoon he had found no difficulty in trav- elling over the road at a reasonable spee Mr, Henry outlined conditions throughout the Province from the beginning of the highway problem. At first only 20% of the cost was borne by the department. In 1924 and 1925 the Government has been paying 30% on township roads, 50% on county — and 80% on pro- vincial highw 1924, a os request, an advis- ory drmettine had been appointea which made a study or conditions. As a result, all counties have had a revision.of their syatems,.one — hitching with ancittier, and there is a nétwork of county ronda ao of them dead ends. . Henry hg ag that the whole! couais Counel hear what he ha peo- ple of Perth are not spending enough Money on Miwsre. The $75,000 More Class-roones INSPECTOR'S “REPORT BEFORE BOARD OF EDUCATION—AD- VISES BUILDING OF WING— STAFF COMPETENT AND WORK IN SATISFACTORY CONDITION. Thursday evening med there was lit- tle a to tra ain item perore the Board was loupe ctor of ‘}his visit to the High School in Octo- ber last. The report is an excellent one, but it stressed the need of more decided to place the case before the incoming coun * The Inspector's report is as fol- lows: - I am pleased to report that, so far petent and enthusiastic, and a whol e e spirit of work pervades * the studént body. ’ ' The increasing attendance, how- ever, makes It necessary to give con- sideration to the problem of accom- odation. The class-room accommoda- Tet! tion igs now inadequate. As a result of cool two of the senior classes are compelled to occupy the same claass- m, ee not only entails incon- venience, but, wha re to be re- gretted, hinders the efficiency ofthe teaching. Another result is that the Principal cannot invite to the school all the boys and girle of the district who have passed the Entrance exam- ination, even though they might prof- it by attendance, because he has not mm them. Mo over, the. work in Physical Culture cannot be properly done in a school large as this without a gymnasium would again cost of such an addition Ladies! Visit our beauty parlor m at 8. 8, entertain. otdale to ot ane as : to {the problem in its o hands. There was no need to wallgie the the Govern- Needed at High School |: e Board of Education met last ed re-| Orillia, an@ When a young ma +| west. Deceased was P the somal, = tae ‘allding now oncdpied J. geo & So “If the Government took thie gress’ advised the Perth county oan ta visit Waterloo and see what been done, Seung that Perth was just -as capabl Perth» was standing in ite own light mn not favoring a suburban area a- in the Provincial s: e CO! pleted and no more additions wound be made until that was finished. He — that North Perth’s claim was just solve its road_prob oe. We. May, a short snappy speech, hit the nail on the head. He said that Perth had the solving of hands were tied for the. present. It was up to the people to support reeves that would go to Stratford pledged to support county roads in and there are adjoining townships out of debt. Mr. Hay thought it waa up to the people of this section to eioct reeyes that would do some- thing. \ Reeve Ringer ¢! said that the reeves In South Perth were more in number than those of North Perth and outvoted them when they wanted anything: for this = a previous address Reeve Ringler gave figur showing how much North Pert ad paid towards the highways of Perth and not one dollar of that had been spent on | North Perth Saal orphy was sorry that lems minister had not driven over the to Palmerston and Teviotdale, th . lieved that thousands of dollars had been lost to Listowel alone on ac- count of the bad roads in this sec- tion. Dr. Monteith was of the opinion that a good case had been present- to Mr. Henry, and he hoped ‘tha the road in question would provq worthy to be one of the first added to the new highway taken on. He — sirengly support such a step, Other speakers were: M. R. Hay, grekitest Of the Listowel Chamber erce, the president of the Milverton Chamber of Commerce, Reeve Scott of Elma, Reeve Smith of Wallace, Mr. G. pawreect: mayor of i ae Ty Tye, reeve . he eg? Mr, v. Sangster sy . Kemp, leiseds, Mr. clark. of ‘Palmers ton. Mr. Robt.McMillan, Sr. Dies on Tuesday WAS WELL KNOWN IN LISTOWEL AND. VICINITY—OONDUCTED A GENERAL STORE IN LISTOWEL FOR SEVERAL YEARS—FUNER- AL HELD TODAY, py Robert McMillan, Sr., passed y on Tuesday afternoon, Decem- h. 26, t the home of his . Robert McMillan, Lis- Despite. Mr. McMillan's ad- vanced age of eighty-three, he has Pp a around up till a few bing ago. For the past five weeks h e has Deen confined to The ldte Mr. McMillan was born in nm mov- ed with his parents to near Listowei, settling on a farm on the boundary widely known igtri throughout this ict, having by Messrs. 2 late at. Medill well oon ta thse Gad. woe 2 dignity ‘For the it fifteen the Inte . MeMil has roductive dnd the townships oad of funds to purchase road ma-- road He thought that. partment would nein this county to ay