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Dunsmone. and of Mrs. Archie Mc- Kechnie o! the Rocky. who is now the only surviving member of the family. He was 66 years of age. was born and grew up in this vi- cinity, but has been a resident of Hamilton for the past 23 years. He leaves a widow. one son andrtwo daughter-o. Mr. Thomas Greenwood was in Hamilton over Sunday attending the funeral of his brother-in-law, Mr. James N. Dunamore, who died on Thursday after a brief illness from pneumonia. The deceased was a brother of the late John A naval engagement occurred on Monday off the Belgian coast be- tween {our British and three Ger- man destroyers. Two of the Ger- n‘m vessels were hit. Four men m‘ the British boats were wound- ed. The German destrOyers at once turned and ran for Zeebrugge. chased by the British destroyers. Shots were exchanged and during the short running fight two enemy boats were observed to hfive been hit. bnxgge is 12 miles north-east of Oatend. and since German occupa- tion has become of considerable importance as a submarine base. being one of the principal points from which submarine operations on the North Sea are directed. On Monday last it is reported that 65 aeroplanes attacked Zep- brugge. on the Belgian coast. and did considerable damage. Zee- - ' “H ""rruits who have not yet been recognized, and perhaps some of whom have not yet enlist- ed. Come and bring your pocket hooks. Don’t forget the pie and hnx social in the town hall on Thurs- day evening of next week. The nroeeeds will be used by the Re- cruiting League to provide pres- The Epworth League of the Methodist church will hold an Anti] Fool Social on Friday even- ing March 315th A very interest- ing program is being prenared and all will be welcomp to come and enjoy the amnapments and ox- orclsea o! the evening. Admission 15 cents two (or 25 cents. Shaw’s Business Schools. Toronto are recruiting young women in Dnrticnlar to train for the ranks in business life. The demand for stenoq‘raphers and office assistants was never so keen. These schools do not close during the summer months. k I “ ‘:' w t" 3 I! IRHAM CHRONICLE TIME-TABLE. and 3.45 p.m. Monster sham battle. Best war picture ever shown in Canada. Harry Lauder in Hamilton. 10.000 troops reviewed by the Duke of Connaught. An animated cartoon. Ford film of current events. At Happy Hour Theatre. Friday and Saturday nights. Mar. 24 and 25. The Red Cross Society will hold a sale 0! home-made baking in Calder’s hall on Saturday. March 25. Ice cream and light refresh- ments will be served. Donations of baking, cream, butter and eggs are requelted. 2 Forty recruits for the Canadian ‘éGneye were received last week and Rho total strength Ion Saturday night was 990 men. The sun crossed the equator am Monday. March 20, .the spring term being ushered in a day oar- lier than usual on the valendar on account of February this year having 29 days. The usual date for the vernal equinox is March 21. All interested in Red Cross work are requested to save rags, rub- bers. papers, and magazines until called for by Red Cross workers. These are to be sold to raise funds. 2 Persons in need 0! monuments will make no mistake if they call on W. J'. McFadden to get descrip- tions and prices before buying. 3t Thins arrive at. Durham at. 11.33am). 2.30 p.m.. and 8.45 pan. EVERY DAY EXCEPT SUNDAY Ptea. G. Lloyd, A. M. Bell and B. McGin', now in training at Bar- tie. were home over Sunday. The horse (air was a success. We are told that 30 horses were dinpmd ol. Mr. Geo. Shier was in St. Marys the fore part of the week, to at- tend his mother’s funeral. Ba" NEWS AROUND TOWN C. E. Homing. .._ â€" v-â€". on Thursday evening, March 30 when the boxes will be d'sposed of by auction. The cause *3 a worthy one and if more be paid than the article is worth it will be a satisfaction to know the money will be devoted to patriotic purposes. ( A meeting of the ladies is called for to-morrow, Friday, evening. at 8 o’clock in the public library. The Recruiting League is getting short of funds, and they want to get up a pie. and box social to raise money to replenish the treasury. Of late a large number of re- cruits have been presented with watches, and there are still others to be remembered, with a likeli- hood of more to follow. About 35500 has been spent in this way and the treasury is drained dry. The League wants more money and. have decided to hold a box social ‘ of a deep snow was consiaered a favorable condition in the early 3 éood bush of healthy maple trees. In what is known as the Eastern Townships in Quebec, The sugar making time will be here shortly, and bids [air to be good. if we only nad the material to work with. The melting away Of a deen snow nun “Annulmma .. The Burks Falls Arrow is up against it, as well as some other newspapers. Its editor, Mr. J. H. Fawoett, has enlisted for overseas service, having been given acom- mission in the 192nd' Battalion and has gone to Toronto to qualify. Brer. Fawcett the elder, who is in Thornbury, finds himself compell- ed to either close down or sell one of his papers. The Parry Sound Star suggests that he get an air- ship and travel between the two places in turn. The Owen Sound Times says: Sergeant Lenahan is going to Toronto to act as sergeant in- strLctOr at the divisional bombing school being held there. At the recent course in Toronto. Sergeant Lenahan passed an excellent ex- amination and so impressed the officers of the school that the G. S. O. asked that he be loaned the staff for work in the division- :31 school. The St. Patrick’s social held in the basement of the Presbyterian church on Friday evening was not only interesting and amusing, but a financial chcess as well. Every- thing was Irish, and of the best quality. The proceeds amounted to about $35 and the net receipts will be ixevoted to patriotic purposes. Gunner J. H. Crutchley. 50th Battery C. F. A., Kingston, spent a (.ew days with his uncle, Mr. John (Trutchley, and other friends in Toronto. He expects this will be his last leave for at least two months, he being chosen from his company to take special training. Those interested in Red Cross work are requested to save their rags, rubbers, papers and ma ga- zines till called for by persons presenting Red Cross cards as an evidence of authority to receive the same. The Arthur H. Jackson has been ap- pointed agent (or the Canadian Northern Railway. Parties going west should see him before buy- ing tickets. tm30 Mr. Thos. Greenwood has pur- chased the Allan McKinnon pr0p~ erty, adjoining upper town, on the Durham Road. The 160th Bruce Battalion has passes the Low-mark and expects to have the full complem'ent shortly. Don’t forget the date of the Spring Millinery Openings, March flat, 22nd and 23rd.-â€"Mrs. T. H. McClocklin. of Mrs. Marsh, wit Marsh 0! Holstein. Miss Audrey Livingston left on Monday to take a course in the Stratford Business College. We regret to learn of the death .' Mrs. Marsh, wife of Rev. Dr. ! Mr. John Ayearst, one of the .fmembers of the Ontario License .‘Commission, fell on a piece of ice recently and is now nursing a ‘jbroken rib. Mr. J. D. Flavelle. an- jother of the same board, had a Fsimilar experience a few days ipreviously, "and now the vice- ;chairman, Mr. W. S. Dingman, is i‘said to have taken out an accident iinsurance policy. If some of us ipoor.b.eggars fell, there would be fa suspicion of some sort. ! We are glad to see that Bro. A. ,‘ R. Fawcett of the Thornbury Re- .Viewâ€"Herald is at last getting his {eyes open to the horrors of hom e- fmade obituary poetry. In the last gissue of his paper.he comes down ‘flat-footed on the awful doggerel that some people grind out of Itheir unimaginative noddles, ar- Irange in four-line chunks, and}3 honor with the name of poetry. Hei says he does not wonder that some g1 of his contemporaries charge teni cents a line for inserting it, and} that a dollar a line would be lit-i ing seen the most aggravating" sample of obituary stuff in a? paper then owned and publishedgl b7: the same Mr. Fafcett. We are glad to think he will soon .be i clothed and in his right mind. f There’s hope for him now. “While . the lamp holds out to burn the 1 vilest sinner may return.” Our 1 charge is ten cents a line, but as l a revenue producer it is a sad ( lailure. - ‘ Of the 250,000 Canadians who have donned the khaki. 118,000 are from Ontario, 55,000 from Manitoba and Saskatchewan combined. 30,000 from QLebec and 25,000 each from British Columbia. Alberta and the Maritime provi ces. From this it will be seen th t Quebec is the slowest to take on the recruiting spirit, and Ontario has contributed over 40 per cent. of the whole force so far. Prohibition in Ontario is now asâ€" sured, and will come into effect by an Act of the Legislature about the first of September. The ques- tion of compensation of license holders and manufacturers will not be entertained, and the ques- tion as to Whether prohibition should be continued or not is to be decided by a referendum after the war closes. The Finance Minister at Ottawa announced in the House of Com- mons a few nights ago that the. war is costing Canada from eleven to twelve million dollars a month or $350,000 a day. This is an en- ormous outlay and the payment of the debt incurred will be a legacy on future generations for years to come. We learn that Mr. Wm. Ritchie has purchased the George Whit- more property on Mill street. op- posite the new high school. As Mr. Ritchie has seemed the position of caretaker for that balding, his new purchase will be quite convo- nient to his work. Mr. Piercie Cornish of Orchard sold his 220-acre farm this week to Mr. George Schenk of Ayton. He intends to have a sale about the middle of April. He is giving up farming on account of ill health. See that your coal stoves are in perfect condition and that no gas escapes. Mr. and Mrs. Govier of Clinton had a narrow escape from asphyxiation on Sunday night bv Has escaping from a defective* stove. We ordered some ink last week that formerly cost us $3 a pound, but now it’s up to $6. How can we do work at old prices and pay double, and in some cases more than double for the material we use? Trent Creek, Ont, with apopu- lation of 500, has enlisted fifty- one recruits for the war. and we hope to see it come. Pte. Joe Warmington of. the 110th Battalion, StratIOrd. spent the Week-end at his home here. Live hogs are $10.20; eggs are 220. and butter 26c. DURHAM. ONT. THURSDAY. MARCH 23. l0l6 President, W. Calder; Vice-Prim- ident, W. Laidlaw; Secretary, J. P. Telford: Treasurer, A. H. Jackson; Auditor. T. Allan; Finance Com- mittee, Messrs. Kelly, Mistele and Ramage: Relief Committee, Messrs. W. Irwin, A. Bell, ‘J. Smith. J. Burt, C. Elvidge, A. .A. Catton. F. Lena- han, J. Lloyd. On Friday night of last week a meeting was held in the public li- brary to reorganize the Durham 'branch of the Patriotic Society, when the following officers were elected: PATRIOTIC SOCIETY at that time he was not in the? trenches, but was eXpecting a call; soon. We have no desire to deny? our young friend any honor to; which he may be entitled. hut: from the evidence. at hand We don’t think the Jack Weir men-i tinned is the John Weir from" Glenelg. s in Private Lang, in a letter to his mother, in the same issue of The Sun, has this to say near the close of his remarks: “I saw where a fellow by the name of Jack Weir who drilled in Owen Sound with as. in the spring and Went with reinforcements from Niagara, has I won the Distinguished Conduct :Medal in France. He carried a ' Wounded officer out of the fight _and was wounded himself. He came from Durham.” . i It seems from the above as if the Jack Weir referred to is our John Weir, .son of Mr. Wm. Weir of (Henelg. but when it is known“ that Pte. Lang writes from Bram-g shott Camp, England, there is an1 element of doubt as to the identity . of the brave young private. Pte.i Lang’s letter is dated February; 18, and our John Weir wrote a? letter to his father on the 16th and : The Owen Sound Sun says: "In .1 recent announcement of soldicrs winning the Distinguished Conduct Medal appears the name of Privati‘ John Weir. He Won his recognition by carrying a wounded officer out of the thick of a fight. In do- ing so. he was wounded himself.” The deceased, who was a son of the late James Eetor, was born in Glenelg 53 years ago, and was: highly esteemed by all who knew him. He was a Presbyterian. Liberal, and a member of Independent Order of Foresters. We understand he was buried in Arcola on Saturday last. all the members of his family being pres-, out at his deathbed and funeral. . B? m“ â€"â€"--.. .â€"..--â€"â€"â€"â€"-â€"._.. 9 m «1- +++++++++++++++ â€"â€".-. He leaves two brothers, James at Portage La Prairie, and William in Welland, Ont. His sisters are Mrs. Robert Edge of Edge Hill. Mrs. Alexander Firth of Orange- ville, Mrs. John Allen of Los and Kate, who is also married and living in Alberta. 9 Mr. Ector was a visitor amongst 5his many friends and relatives in this town and vicinity from Christmas until aboutthe first of March, when he left for his home 'in the west, this being his first ! visit since he went to Arcola abOLt eleven years ago. When here, he was the picture of health, and it seems almost appalling to think he shole be cut off so soon. CUNNINGHAM EC‘TOR. On Monday night Mr. Wm. Law- rence received the sad news of the death of his son-in-law, Mr. 'Cunningham Ector, at his home at ’Arcola, Sash. I OBITUARY f 2 Besides his sorrowing widow, he leaves one son and three daugh- ters, all married in the west, and all in comfortable circumstances. James, his only son, is deputy- clerk of the lcounty court in Ar- cola. Ella, Mrs. Shaver, is married to the deputy-sheriff of Saska- toon; Bella, Mrs. Trout. to areal estate agent in Arcola and Annie. Mrs. Ripley, to a wholesale and retail butcher in Arcola. He left here about the first of March, and very shortly after his arrival home he was taken down with pneumonia and died after four days’ illness, on the 16th inst. He was 53 years of age and died the day before the 30th anniver- sary of his marriage. IS THIS OUR JOHN WEIR? ELECTS OFFICERS ++++++++++£++4§t§ v++.v+++++++++++++++§zi .9E:>E:>>:>>>>>>>bbb :DEDEFEIDK:DDDDO DU 799.??? OUR 1916 Spring Styles of “Pro- gress Brand" Clothes have just arrived and are a delight to the eye. Drop in the next time you are passing and look them over. There is a variety of patterns and fabrics, one or more of which will surely appeal to your fancy. We have just received a beautiful range of Ladies Skirts, in blues blacks and browns, tailored to order. A look at the skirts will convince you that they are unsurpassed as to style, fit and quality. -+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++¢4 THE STORE OF HONEST VALUE $1.00 PER YEAR ’- R. Town ()0 Miss Jane Kit 1 few weeks ‘ Mrs. Geo. Firm O. a load h from DOI‘IIOC ham. a {0m Mr. Noel Ni been employed f If. John G. Fir! for Owen Scum 147th. On Sunday en Sidney Firth of ship passed awa of 21 years. Tl man was born a an early age mq “3' t0 Mt'l'lm'tm up to young ma weeks ago hr v Wnl not serial: when other ( and he sank the end came The remains Durham 0!] “'0 interred in Rev. Mr. “'hal ill serviw at H The woncm-t Tue-day (WM cont success. in very gnud day’s sturm. well filled. Q from Durham points, um .~ ndlvd i('C( 14 15 12 13 ll 10 Mrs MI H tions cure get i: can I Dru‘ mom quail da rd ifully Id (11 Hilda Mrs Doro Miss Miss EDG m l Lira Mrs Miss Gladv Glad n PIN!