IAL and PERSONAL hell J. A. Miss Edna $c! apes Sunday with friends in Kitchener Mr. = i WwW. Scott w was in Stratford ; Monday on - jaeniesnoss ta’ Mrs. Schinbein was in Tor- ‘onto a few days last week. Mr. in Tors mus wee Mrs wa “he week with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. visiting in Toronto this wee rae — Christmas Decorations se or “ | Sécure your supply now an the best. Livingstone’s DRUG STORE Complete stocks of tin- l, bells, crepe pdper dec- ations. d be sure of receiving — Mr. and Mrs. L, in Toronto this week for a few days. Mr, and Mr: ily anent nee in Mount Forest. spent the week end visiting at the home of Mr. Whitfield McCormick. as Miss Verna Fisher spent the week efid visiting her sister, Miss. Valeria Fisher in Kitchen ee Lawrence e Kanfman; Sth con. i Wa lite, spent Sunday with friends in .Kitchener. —p— - Mr. and Mrs. Tem McClement of Fordwich epent Thursday with Mrs, Campbell, Wallace street. I Mr. Tom MeClement of Fordwich visited over the week end with Mr. Campbell ica Mr. Oswald “Scott of spent the week end with his Trainee, Mr. J. W. Scott. Mr..and Mrs, Gordon Bender and family, Misses Stella Bradley and Olive Pickering of Toronto spent the week end visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Bender. Give a PORTRAIT For Christmas When town for Santa Claus have your photograph taken. ° ‘*The only gift that only you can give.” Hb asp eo je saicas bd h Fai | ' Cy Perfectly Charming Some Suggestions From LISTOWEL'S GIFT SHOP Gold Cuff Links, 50c-$8.50 $3-$7.50 Gold Signet Rings $1.50-$9 Fancy Mesh Bags $3 to $10 Pearl Beads, boxed, $2-$15 Fountain Pen Sets,~$2-$10 ‘Ladies’ Wrist Watches at to $35 $1.30-$10 _ Military Brushes, Leather Purses, en and ad A ola and § Silver Compacts . 750 to mn “insite You To Make An ia’ foal ek To GIFT SHOP “We An. JOHNSTONE ee . Mr. of the cot for Bay the Clocks Nia 50 to 56.00 $8.50 W. Fair spent a ray days Posie Ww. Hay fay i visiting im Ot- ied : R. A. Ciimie are Me. A. Payne visited s HB Hoover and fam- Dr. Wesley MeCormick of Toronto i mines with the music at the Bap-| P BR tist Anniversary services on Sunday jw) wos a aay tah at oe home of Mr. and Mrs. family and Mr. Nickel of Hanover spent Sunday vie: ag at oe home of Mr. and Mrs. week end visiting at the home of wel, and with the former's mother, Mrs. J. Boyd, 12th con. Bima. —0O— The marriage of Ronald Clemmer rice McGrath of Waterloo was quietly solemnized at St. ort og on Friday morning, Nov. aot aa Mr. Victor F Toronto were visitora at | guests of Rev. and Mra. charge in Toronto and came to towel for the ordination. service on Monday evening of Mr, Guscott. Mr. A Wednesday, Noy, 28th at the pareon- age of the Chureh, Stamford, when Dora Eve- lyn, second daughter of John Wi marr‘age to Gordon Heury: Good Mra. W. H. Good of Listowel, J “Sh ‘Ont ~ Mrs. | George Moore ee ss 2 gies Falr in afew days last week. . few days this week with arry Seehaver a Miss Ada Shearer of Normal spent the were end with parents in yi sree Miss Annie ipatanacs spent week end with Mr. and Mrs, Ha Chamney, 3rd con. Wallace, a Miss Helen Bender spent a days the fore part of relatives In Kitchener. — and Mra. W. A. the wake end visiting friends Woodatock. from Toronto where she te visited on Sunday at the home of and Mrs. W. G. E> Spence. office on Toe last. Mrs. ford. spent Tuesday visiting at the 9 of his father, Mr. B. F. Kni Miss ‘Pansy “Walkngton h her parents near Tillsonburg. Saturday with friends in Listowel. == o— Miss Clara Pirie of home of her mother in town, — et Mrs. L. H. Wagner ~ visiting hom of he Kitchener at the daughter, Mrs. Laverié i Knechtel. ——h}— - John Hyde of Shakespeare tie in Listowel this week at the home of Mr. and Mrs, R. A. Thomp- 870. —feoe Mr. and Mra. Dave ‘Park Hugh Dar —o— Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Cochrane o ra. W. left this week for = Mrs. Robert Lennox of Palmerston spent the week end visiting at the home of Mr..and Mrs. David Le She also visited with Mr. an z Stewart Sfone at Palmerston. Mrs. _— 8. E. Miller of Simcoe, who . A. Flem Be, . and Mrs. Norman Litt and Mrs, oe . Nick and Mrs. John H. Keeso, Listo- Listawel to Miss Florence Baat- Pauls Lutheran Bahia! Mrs. D. J. Jones of Stratford spent Mrs. Stratford arvey this week with Holmes spent =e Mrs. D. A. Campbell has returned been visiting friends. for the past week. Mr. J,-0O. Spence of Palmerston ie Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Feil of Hes- peler spent Sunday at the home of Mrs. Feil's mother, Mrs. C. Zilliax. Mrs. Moyer of Toronto is visiting in Listowel at fhe home of Mr. anti Mrs, G. Stricke Mr. Elliott of S eitgieane Bell Telephone office, visited the local WwW. Cc. Clarke and Miss 5. McCormick spent Tuesday in Strat- _— Mr. Emerson Knipe of Kincardine as turned to Listowel after a visit with Flesherton spent the week end visiting at the — Mrs. Reuben Shewfelt of Tiverton spent a few days this week visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. D. -A. Campbell. and Joyce of Ripley spent the wesk end a at the home of Mrs. BH, Pur- ell ——j— Rev. H. L. Wagner was in Moronto last Friday hearing the address of r. Jones, missionary from China, who spoke in Massey Hall. noe Mrs. §. A. McDonald has returned home from London where sh¢ has been visiting net parents, Mr. and Mrs. och. Mr. A. M. Howson, who have been visiting in Listowel at the home of Dr. and Mrs. Spence, their home In Artho re at) her the Dr. and Mabe) Liebold of Alsfeldt spent ad mm idney Wrightson, having Bet earnest PS) CE ee ee eT te cee te eo”, with such success that this ay SS eee macnn! cer eee Ree to in 1927 by the National Rail- Ee ee eae Ge com farm of J sat placed Sider |Tent vlas'ts tale 600 bors to the Royal Wintes Rev. H. H. Liebold, Misses Clara Tanigration and ane ny pre Aly N FPair—Canadian National ys photograph. ss Successful “At Home"'— The annual “At. Home” towel High School on Friday even ing Was a delightful social function. “Happy and ‘His Gang” is| Petizing lunch was served: Vandrick to Donald Amos, the win- ner in gll classes, the cup being do- nated by Mr. Vandrick. Good Time To Subscribe— We are offering The Banner until the end of 1929 for the price of a year's subscription to new subscril- ers—one month free. The price of ate Banner is less than four cents be a wel- rom Christmas gift to a friend or telative and a <special- Christmas card will be sent advising them of your gift. The paper would be epg every week for a year and so many district readers de- t eng ae like a letter from home. Drew spent Sunday In Listowel with Santa Here Saturda Miss Emily Ogram at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Nickel. y— ‘The Chamber of Commerce fs hap- ing for favorable weather on Satur- day next when Santa will pay a visit to Listowe] and bring a treat for all the boys and girle,- If the weather is staged by the teachers and piplls ‘of the Lis- furn‘shed the music for the evening and an ap- A pleas- ing feature bf. the evening was the presentation of the cup by Mra. J.F. Barkeley, Cal., ane son, Mr. Lioyd McDonald, 2nd vice president of the Mts of Italy, Loa Angeles, survive. R. MacKenzie of Listowel, bs a tr thar a aa deceased Jady and Mra. John Riggs ‘3s a sister-in-law. The Aen will tbe held on Friday and interhient will be made In Ber- keley, Cal., cemetery. nei] Must Pix Road— otk County Council muet either improve the approaches to rural mail boxes on R. R. No. 2-out of Palmers- nor Tural mail delivery will be discontinued, was the ultimatum de- livered to the county council on Wednesday by the district superin- tendent of Postal Service in a com- munication to the council at the council at the cpening of the Dec- ember meeting yesterday afternoon, Approaches to the boxes, it held, have been impassable since the county road was recently repaired, and the superintendent. pointed out thet-this constitutes a breach of the regulations governing. rural deliver‘es, The matter was turned over to the County Road Committee nly 15 mote shopping days be- dite Christmas favorable it is expected that the erowd will break all records, Car Crashes Into Buggy— While driving © he a ‘horse and buggy into ay on Saturday evening, Russe hate, Sraae hy by a lady ends were struck b ear driven by Mr Selling of mitiet near the railway crossing at the west end of Main street. The im- pact damaged the buggy to such an extent that the driver could not re- é6train the frightened anima! and as {t neared th th oceu- pant were thrown out on the cem- when ¢he horse swerved on to the sidewalk on the right hand side of the street. Mr. Lohr fortunately esca with a gevere shaking but the Jady received several bruises. ee Former Resident Pasees Away— Mr. Harry Boyd and Mr. Mac}, Briggs of. Flint, Mich., spent ’ the hsp bee Bh abi ge cg rh thts week of the death of a former resident of ratine oR in = 4 person of Mre. Alex McDonald passed away on Wednesday, December 15, in her 80th yea 25 years since are ‘McDonald - left here. She was bor { Scotland. One daughter, Miss Viola McDonald of dain Bd PE ol BM So oll clic! Choose Your Christmas Cards Now . It is not too early to buy. The Province of Ontario has a sur- plus of $237,000 for the fiscal year énding October Sist, 1928. Announcement Mr. F. W. Kemp has opened a brokerage office for Stobie, Forlong & Co., and is prepared fo give the ablic first class service on Stecks, Bonds and Grains, This Well ke Christmas Store is not now on Main Street but on the corner of Wal- lace and Inkerman streets, opposite the Queen's Hotel, SANTA CLAUS holds court in Totland in come all the sSddtens on Sat- urday for fifty miles a- round. If you spend nickel you get 5 marbles— if you spend a dollar you get 100 marbles. ~When a tire of the Christmas tree come See Santa At THE BAZAAR! USE OUR REST ROOM and supplied from New York, Montreal and Toronto. The office is equipped with a Board and Ticker. Love's Truest Messenger ‘On Christmas Day, You can take time to sel- Greeting Cards _ VAN'S DRUG STORE h by the pastor, Rev. R. B. Geel- -—- oO and Mra. Walter Savage and Baptist parsonage i. Monday, H: W. woh tf Mr. and Mrs... Sav, mer members of Mr, « Guiteott's Lis- vage occupied one of the ae on erdination counell, | —_— I WEBR GoopD— quist wedding. took place on United Presbyterian Mr. and Mrs. ebb, Stamford, was united in gara Falls, Ont., non of Mr. and Rev. Whether it is dies or - Gentlemen - - bdo pc poak pe a standard—not down to a to spend thatt vTeturn will take their residdnee in Nisgara Falls, price. . Gibson’s _ Barber Shop ; and Miss Reta. — | HOLTZMAN. || C hristmas Cc akes -- Our bakery is well quipped to do all your Christmas Baking. Phone your order and let us' bake e your Christmas cake. Ba Special lines of Chtist-.]/ Gy mas baking at our store on : Saturday, Dec. 8th. ° & THOMPSON. ~ and ect the very ones that ex~« 9/35 press your individuality as 9) © to both design and wording. §| & Scatter Sunshine With y po 3 Bee Ba Be 3 eer & PER LB. 200 _ W hat Is Christmas Without HARD CANDY. A hard-candy-less Christmas would be a sad event indeed. But there is no danger. 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