MILVERTON, ONT., THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 1919 -- Malcolm MacBeth, Editor and Proprietor ~ | -MONKTON'S POPULAR STORE That Feel Cool and co. 300K Well Ne A Beautiful Line of White Voiles just to hand ~ embroidered in white and colors, some of them with scalloped edge--these are extremely handsome and offer them at a low price to sell quickly, 44 inches ' Summer Millinery - Only one more week for Summer Millinery-- beginning Friday, June 20th we will offer all trimmed hats and shapes at Half Price. Get in on these seas- _ onable goods at two hats for the price of one. Z 'Remember the Goal Bin The Fuel Controller is asking everybody to take their coal supply early. We have coal coming right along and we would ask you-te place your order EARLY, THE PAINTING SEASON IS HERE We have Sherwin Williams and Martin Senour brands, These are the best that money can buy. We also have a full supply of Builders' Supplies on hand, in- cluding-- ST. MARYS GEMENT and LIME Our rices are RIGHT--call and see. M. E. BET Monkton, & CO. Ontario TGER ie 1 Great Reductions on 4 -- all Millinery A nice range 'of Black, White and Colored Hats to be sold at LESS Bee aah THAN COST PRICE. « $1.95 All other Hats at a Great Reduction, One Table--regular™ from $38.00 to $9.50 Hats, to clear at ........ 4 "We carry a nice line of BLACK and COLORED SILK HOSE - "NIAGARA MAID" GLOVES, STAMPED LINENS, COLLARS, || CAMISOLES, : Etc. : : "MISS ZIMMERMANN - Next Door to Mohr's Grocery MILVERTON, ONT. : 3 ESTABLISHED 1872 HAT kind ofa start did _ We you have in life? If you had a good one, you were fortunate. If not, you know how much it would have meant to you to have had something to start on. You may, by opening trust Z accounts for your children --- in The Bank of Hamilton, - _ provide for their future. /BANK OF HAMILTG "MILVERTON BRANCH--N. G Schafer, Manager | rains, ispouts, but. the crops of Milverton land the district surounding are suffer- | land 15 cents. _ ~ Ttems of Local Interest. Subscribe for the Sun--$1.50 per year, Single copies 5 cents. Miss Bessie Bell attended the Gra- ham-Russell wedding at Avonton on Tuesday. Don't forget the garden party_on Monday night on the lawn of Mr. Gordon McCloy. aoric Miss Clara Riddell, of Kitchener, spent the week-end with her mother, Mrs. Jas. Riddell. : Misses Ida and Annie Pepke, of Detroit, are visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs, Weir this week. Miss Vida' Doering, of Dephayres, Pa., is spending her vacation with her cousin, Miss Vera Doering, Elma. Mr, and Mrs. Hugh Baird and fam- ily spent Sunday at Chesterfield, hore they attended anniversary ser- vices there. € Mrs. Chris. Witt returned home on Saturday after spending a couple of weeks with friends in New Hamburg and Kitchener, The long dry spell in Milverton and vicinity was broken by a splendid rain on Wednesday. It will be of inestim- able value to hte crops. All places of business will be closed on Tuesday, July 1 (Dominion Day). Stores will be open all day Wednes- day and also in the evening. Miss Ida Hartmier, who underwent an operation for the removal of-her tonsils on Friday last is making splen- did progress towards recovery. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Grosch are at Akron, Ohio, this week, where Mr. Grosch is starting a couple of his horses in the races being held there. Mr. David Nolte returned to his home at Rosthern, Sask., on Saturday after spending several weeks with friends in Milverton and Sebringville. Mr. John and Miss Gladys Fawcett Mr. Ollie and Miss Pearl McKenzie, visited with Miss Pearl B. Winslow at the home of Mr. A. H, Curtis on Sun- day afternoon. Miss Tena Petrie, secretary of the Milverton Women's Institute, at the summer meeting on Friday last was presented with a purse of $25.00 in recognition of her faithful services as secretary. c Rev. C. N. Paddon addressed For- ward Movement meetings at Carling- ford, North Easthope and Avonbank last week and he also addressed a meeting at Listowel on Wednesday evening of this week, On Sunday, June 29th, the mem- bers of Milverton Lodge No. 478, A. F. & A. M., will attend Divine Ser- vice in Christ Church, Milverton, at 7.30 p.m., at which the Most Wor- shipful, the Grand Chaplain, Rev. J. W. Andrew, of St: Thomas, will preach. Pte, James Connell, who has just returned from. overseas, after having been in the army for over three years two of which were spent in France, spent a few days last week visiting friends at Poole. Jimmy is looking! quite fit. His many friends were glad to see him, j Mr. John Brown, missionary of the Shantymen's Christian Association, addressed a meeting in Zimmerman's | hall on Sunday evening and gave a detailed account of the work being done by the Association. During the day Mr. Brown occupied the pulpits of the Methodist circuit. Chief Hartmier received word the| other day from Ancaster that Baker | the man who had stoeln the buggy from BE. Abraham on May 24th, had been given a sentence of twenty-three months at Burwash prison for steal- ing a horse and buggy a few days previous from Mr. Bevan, of Ancas- | ter, The Gouin government of Quebec, in the elections held on Monday, was returned by a very large miajority. | The Conservatives, however, will have three more representatives in this house than in the last, where they had only six members. They will have nine in the present legisla- ture. A change will take place in the G, T. R. time table on June 29th. The morning train will leave Milverton (going north) at 8.15 instead of at 8,25, as formerly, and will make con- nection with all the other northbound trains as well as the Toronto train} enabling passengers to arrive at that | city at 12.30. | The debate on the budget in the House of Commons concluded on Thursday morning last. ter amendment was defeated by a majority of 50, the vote standing, 120--70. Fifteen Unionists voted} against the Government, while two} Liberals, Euler, of North Waterloo, and McRae, of Sherbrooke, voted with it. i On Friday last the friends of Pte. | Robert Stone, who has just recently | returned from overseas, assembled at | the home of Mr, Jacob Hoffman and | presented him with an address and| purse containing a substantial sum of | money. The address was read by| Miss Ada Coulter and the presenta- tion. made. by Mr. Jacob Hoffman. | The evening was then spent in a soc- ial way. . ; The Massie Chapter 1.0.D.E. Brun- | ner, are holding a garden party on; Mr. Joseph Taylor's lawn on Wednes- } day, July 2nd. Lunch served from | 6 to 8 o'clock. Good programme. Everybody welcome. Admission 25 | and 10c. The chapter will hold aj special meeting at the home of Mrs. | Wm. Lindsay on Thursday evening, June 26th, to make arrangements for the gardén party. All members please, attend, | Milverton is in the dry belt. From} around come reports of heavy | thunder storms"and water- | all ing for want of a refreshing shower. | Several times during the past week} there were indications of rain, in fact, | enotigh fell on Friday to lay the dust, | but that was all. It is some weeks} since we had a shower that would | more than wash the dust off the | trees. May a good rainfall come soon. | The annual garden party of Burns | Presbyterian church will be held on} the beautiful grounds of Mr. Gordon | McCloy, 3rd line Mornington, on Mon- | 'day, June 80th. A splendid program | consisting of songs, choruses, instru- | jmental music,ete., will be provided; | }features of which will be the Avonic | Quartette of Stratford, choruses by a} massed. choir, instrumental music by | Smith Bros. and the Milverton brass | band.. A good car service will be run | between the village and the grounds. | Supper 6 to 8 p.m. Admission 25, wy i will be held at To The- McMas-} 4 Girl wanted. Guenther's. Do you need Sugar? land's ad. on last page. Remember the next visit to Holle- freund's studio will be on Saturday, July 12th, | The party who got the! loan of a bag truck from Mr, Geo. J. Coxon is requested to return it. i Last chance to get your twine at 26%c per lb. Prices advance 4c per lb. on July 1st.--N. A. Zimmerman. Fresh Fish at Kelterborn's on Wed- nesday and Thursday of each week. All phone orders should be in by 9.30 a.m. ; The Newton Store will be open for business every night except Monday and. Thursday of each week.--F. A, Elligson. 2t. At Trinity Church, Elma, at 3 p.m. n Sunday next, a memorial tablet will be unveiled in memory of Walter J, Roe, who died while on service overseas, fee ue aanie ney Messrs, Ernie and Bert Robinson and Misses Florence and Marion Win- slow, of Mitchell, motored over and spent Sunday afternoon at the home of Mr. A. H, Curtis. ~ 4 Mr. Hollefreund will be in the Mil- verton Photo Studio "personally on July 12th. This will be the next vis- it 'to the studio, as the regular visit will be omitted in view of the cele- bration. Mrs. GC. Yost and Mises Irene and Elizabeth Hoffman were at Kitchener for several days last week attending the golden wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Jaco bSchmidt. Mrs. Yost is a sister of Mrs. Schmidt's. A new time card on the G. T. R. will go into effect on Sunday, June 29th. The morning train from Owen Sound is scheduled to arrive 40 min- utes earlier than at preseht. There is an extra train put on between Strat- ford and Toronto, ; ~The second annual Community picnic of the Township of North East- hope was held in McCallum's grove near the Clachan School on Wednes- day of last week. A splendid pro- gramme of sports was run off. About 1,200 people were present. The committee in charge of the soldiers' reception on. July 3rd, have asked all women of Milverton, Morn- ington and vicinity to be present at a meeting this (Thursday) afternon at 3 o'clock in Burns church to make arrangements for the soldiers' ban- quet. All fertilizer accounts are due and must be paid on or before July ist, either by cash or note. By leaving your order now for fertilizer for fall you will save $2 per ton, as we are taking orders for a carload. It costs $2 per ton more to have it shipped in small lots later on.--J. Kelterborn. The admiral in charge of the Ger- man fleet, which was to have been surrendered to the Allies when the armistice was signed, sunk the most of the vessels the other "day by teav- ine the sea-cocks open. This was a breach of their agreement and it is not known yet what action the Allies may take. Apply at George Mr. Andrew Kuhry, of Stratford, | who was bereaved by the death of his wife about a month ago, spent the past week here the guest of his sister, Mrs. John Huck. tention of Mr. Kuhry to dispose of his farm near Stratford and take up residence in Walkerton. Herald-Times. By a vote 38 to 26 The Senate on Thursday last confirmed its vote of} the day before that nz hibition shall. not remain in effect after peace is proclaimed. Anyone can import his liquor from the Unit- ion-wide pro- led States or any of the other provin- ces and doctor's precriptions will be- | come a drug on the market. No Que- bec member. of the Senate voted in favor of prohibition. The Grand Lodge of Ontario 1.0.0. F., which was in session at Toronto last week has been able to report pro- | gress during the past year. The mem- bership stands at 5 2.000 during the year. There 899 lodges. A Centennial ment Fund was inaugurated effort to raise $250,000 for th fellow's Home Toronto. fellows were killed in the war while 91 died of sickness or wounds." The Provincial Liberal Convention to on Wednes- day and Thursday of this week, when a permanent leader will be chosen and decided upon. Dele- the sitting mem- are Endow- in e Odd- 1 party policy gates will compri bers and candidates duly elected from | ~ ituencies, Each con- |* the various con : stituency may send two men and two lwomen, but in the case of no repre- i sentatives having been chosen for any} particular constituency these will be} named by the convention. Grand Orange ° Demonstration _ -- at -- Milverton, Saturday, July 12th Under the auspices of the County Lodge of North Perth. The London Juvenile Pipe B will be present. € Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Britis North America, will be present. : Ex-MAYOR THOS. ESSERY, of Lon- 'don, is expected to be present, Revd.'s Dunhar, of Listowel; Knight, Nicholson-and: Paddon, and Mr, G. Hamilton, of Milverton, will be present and will deliver addresses in the park. eee _ W. O. GILMORE, Co, Master. - GEO. RAINES, Co. Secretary. et See Enge-| \week after spending a week with his It is the in- | Walkerton | 5,000, a gain of} an } 385. Odd-| and | i: MR. H. B. MORPHY, M.P., Deputy | J. } s preciates. Potatoes for sale.--Engeland & | Ss on. Coal Oil, best grade, 25¢ per gal. 'at Mohr's. : Read Engeland's ad. on last page-- it's full of bargains. Strawberries--This will be Straw- berry week. Leave your order.--W. K, Loth. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Fleming and family spent Sunday with friends at Nithburg. t Mr. and Mrs. John Moench, of New | Hamburg, spent the week-end with friends 'at Britton. a Mr. John Dobson returned last daughter, Mrs. T. McBride, of Toron- to. Miss Pearl Miller returned from Toronto on Saturday where she has been attending the Conservatory of Music. ; i Mr. and Mrs, John M. Carson, Mr. and Mrs, Jacob R. Schweitzer and | family spent Sunday in Waterloo and Kitchener. Mrs. John Dobson and sister, Mrs. A. Verner, of Stratford, are visiting their brother, Mr. David Langford, of London, this week. The Lutheran church ladies' sew- ing circle will meet on Thursday af- ternoon at Mrs. Henry Gropp's, in- stead of on Wednesday. The eight-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs, David Harrow is troubled with an abscess in his head and may yet have to undergo an operation. Mr. Harvey McGee, the cofnic and character singer, will take part on the programme at the garden party at Mr. Gordon McCloy's. on June 30th. Rev. J. H. Grenzebach goes to Wal- lace next Wednesday to perform the wedding ceremony of his niece, Miss Irene Bender to Mr. William Heibein a returned soldier.--Walkerton Tel- escope. Hon, Arthur Meighen, Acting Min- ister of Justice, said the responsibili- ty of deciding on the fate of McCul- lough was one of the most anxious that he had ever been compelled to undertake. The Methodist church garden party will be held on the church lawn on the evening of Friday, July 4th. A good program will be given. 'The Stratford quartette, also the Milver- ton band will be present. With our "boom" burst and our baseball team defeated by Belfast, all in one week, we can hardly expect to escape the jibes of our envious neigh- bors at Kincardine and other villages in the district. Rub it in, boys!-- Goderich Signal. If an engaged man in the Argen- tine Republic dallies beyond reason- able time in leading his fiancee to the altar he i$ heavily fined, and if a resi- dent of the Republic should fail to marry he is taxed until he reaches the age of 20 years. The wool is coming into the Guelph Winter Fair buildings by the carload these days, and the graders are kept very busy. Over 600,000 pounds of wool has already been graded and large quantities are still to come. No sales have been made yet. The series of meetings of the For- ; ward Movement of the Presbyterian |echurch in conjunction with all the churches, is going on at the present time in Burns church and are being o 5 Potatoes $1.80 per bag, cas Loth's. Mrs. R, E. Beggs spent a day or two this week at her home in Lin- wood. Mr, and Mrs. George Dobson and family spent Sunday with friends in Atwood. Try Loth's Men's Store for new Straw Hats this week--Sailors and Panamas. Wanted.--Men, experienced and inexperienced. Apply H.E. Furni- ture Co., Milverton. _Mr. E. H. Gropp recently disposed of a Ford sedan car to Dr, P. L. Tye and of a coupe to Mr. R. Miller, The promotion examinations throughout the country schools com- menced on Wednesday morning, Mrs. Marshall, of Durham, return- ed home on Monday evening after spendine *-Zay or uwo Visiting hér uaughter, Mrs. Heughan, There is no place in Canada where church union is more badly needed than in Elmwood where it seems to take about five churches to accommo- date about 400 people. Myr. T. P. Roe, on Wednesday, dis- posed of his fine residence on Mill Street to Mr. Frederick Zimmerman for $4,000. Mr. Zimmerman will get possession on August 1st. See Engeland's ad. on last page, ; at ------------------S Clover Honey at Mohr's Grocery. Get your Strawberries at Enge- land's. ; y Strawberries 20c per box on Sat- urday at Mohr's. severe electrical storm passed over Wartburg on Friday last. , Misses Hannah and Ethel Westman visited' last week with friends at Granton. Some men are like silver-plated knives. They look bright, but are us- ually dull. The pupils of Miss Vera Gray pre- sented her on Tuesday afternoon with an ivory clock before her departure from Milverton, 4 The Milverton public library will be open during July and August on Saturday afternoon and evening.-- Miss McCourt, Librarian, Judge Barron, County Judge of Perth, has been appointed chairman of the Conciliation Doara vo ace! with the Toronto street car strike, Mr. James A. Riddell, Miss Jermina Riddell, Miss Pearl E. Winslow and Miss Nettie Curtis motored to Strat- ford on Saturday on spent the after- noon there, ¥ William Dow, of Hibbert, near Cromarty, was found dead in the field one evening last week where he had gone after supper, apparently in the best of health, to fix a fence. wy an nn | PROGRAM of _~ Soldiers' Reception Exhibition Park, MILVERTON 'THURSDAY, JULY SRD AT 8.00 P. M. The King. BANQUET COMMENCING AT 6.30 P. M. TOAST LIST: ...-Our Country. The Empire. ... Our Guests. FRANK 0 1--Baritone Solo iwell attended. The meetings will terminate on Sunday eveni July 29th. { It announced that 167 special | jtrains have already been booked for the heavyweight contest between } Jack Dempsey and Jess Williard at | |Toledo on the Fourth of July afd) it is expected that 150 more will be jrun to convey boxing enthusiasts to | | the fight. | Mr, Neil Yellowlees, piano tuner, | ts to be in Milverton about July | Parties in the country want- work done should leave their. or- | ider, as Mr. Yellowlees only goes in| ithe country once a year, viz: during July. All orders left at the Sun of-| | fice will receive his prompt attention. | The Toronto Telegram says that |the quickest and surest path to orange | iblossoms appears to be widow's weeds. | But the only sure path to widow's | weeds is through orange blossoms. | Better not pursue the subject any 'further. It's liable to develop into} a problem like the old one about the | : and the hen. | he Milverton publie accepted the applicati Mr. Robt. | 1. Carbert as principal of the con- | tinuation school-at a salary of $1600. | ng, 1S. + expec | 12th. ine hool board | | Mr. Carbert has been for nine years at Alvinston, where he has met with | : success in the work and was| highly recommended by. Mr, | inspector of continuation | ischools. The board~was fortunate, | indeed, in securing the services of | isuch a competent man as principal. | Mr. Donald Robertson, of Nithburg | eight cows killed by: lightning'| inder storm on Thurs- | ernoon. "The animals were all | vine close together when found and | 1 taken 'shelter un an apple ple of. the di say that | never remember nj U splay of electrical 1 1e animals were worth abou on which Mr, Robertson will r ly two-thirds their value, so his loss | will be considerable. The summer meeting of the Milver- | \ton Women's Institute was held at the | ihome of. Mrs. R. H. Schrenk on Fri- | |day.-afternoon last. There was a} | did 'turn out of ladies. The | r of: the afternoon s. Mrs. } L. R. Stephen (nee Miss Laura Rose) | of Huntingdon, Quebec, who took up | i the subject "Kitchen Ways and Wrin- | ikles," and threw out many. valuable} 'household hints. She also delivered | her address "Living a Life is More} i ia Li " A short pro- | ie 1e/was given after which lunch | was. served, : } LT iy W. H. GROSCH'S HORSE WON $1,000 STOCK YARD STAKE. | Union Stock Yard stake in the 2.17 ipace.. The race was won i | straight heats, the time in each being [212%. | class. ; Following the race, Mr. Grosch was | presented with a fine all-wool cooler, 'nicely lettered on behalf of the Un- 'ion Stock Yards, a gift he greatly ap- | --Mr. W. H. Grosch returned' last, , week from Marion, Ohio, where he | 'had the pleastire of seeing. his horse, | | Trampquick (2.07%) win the $1,000 | in three: Trampquick won every heat | ifrom behind against a field of ten, \stake pacers and -here showed his }- 3--Baritone Solo 4----Dame Song "Why do Men 5--Baritone Solo 6---Comice Song 7--Baritone Solo 8--Comic Song PROGRAMME BY LDFIELD, Baritone JOE WILLIAMS, Comedian "Sons of the Sea." 2----Comic Song....... "T was Standing at the Corner of the Street." "The Floral Dance." run After Me?" "Sussex by the Sea." "T Think I'll be Goin' 'ome Now." Frank Oldfield Se ay hc Joe Williams Frank Oldfield Joe Williams Frank Oldfield Joe Williams Frank Oldfield Joe Williams "God Save 1----March 2--Overture:. in popularity. 38--W altz 5--Overture (The Lost I--Nocturne, tor Europe to Yucatan. was the home of a and civilized . country. 7--Sally Trombone' ~ Trombone Gddity. PROGRAMME BY THE WATERLOO BAND and | WATERLOO BOYS' BAND Steady Boys Morn, Noon and Night ..Suppe This Overture, written by the composer of_ the well-known Poet and Peasant and almost rivals it '1 Bacio" (The Kiss). 4---Boys' Band--March G-eNinte ae es Atlantis Ii--A Court Function, 3 IlI--I Love Thee (Prince and Aana), IV--tThe Destruction of Atlantis. Atlantis is a continent mentioned in Plato's His- , and extended across the Atlantic. Ocean from the world. considered ta be the tops of its lofty mountains and are all that remains above water of this great Vatch the Trombone section. S----Mareh = 5 United Empire ...... Hughes the.King." ++ O.F. Thiele ; Arditi Continent). This continent, it is believed great race which conquered The Azore Islands are Fillmore CAR OWNERS--Please do not start cars during the rendition of a number. JAMES TORRANCE (Stratford) Chairman Soldiers and Public | W.H. GROSCH, President. Admission: 50c School Children Free T, P. ROE, Secretary. ke t | i