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Durham Chronicle (1867), 30 Mar 1922, p. 3

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Mr. W'es. Armstrong and sister, Mrs. DeCudmore visited over the week-end with their sister at West- on and other relatives in Toronto. This Week’s News. At the annual election of officers ‘in the W .M.S. of the Methodist Church .the folloiving were elected: President, Mrs. W. H. Thurston; ist Vice President, Mrs. Joseph Clinton; 2nd. Vice President,’ Mrs. Henry Down; R. S, Mrs. George Mitchell; '0. 8., Mrs. P. H. W. Hickling; Stran- . gers’ Secretary., Mrs. R. G. Holland; Treasurer, Mrs.'James Cargoe; Sup- erintendent Christian Stewardship, Mrs. W. A. Armstrong; Mission Band ‘Superinténdent, M29. (Din) Murray; . Delegate to Branch loom, Mia. w:. At a hockey match here on Miss Hattie Cole returned to Tor- onto on Monday after visiting a few days with her sister, Mrs. Charles Stewart. and father. - A death sudden and extremely sad was that of Mr. walter Thoi’npson, only son of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Thomp- son of this place, who died on Wed- nesday, March 16. after only two days’ illness from a severe apdplec- tic seizure. ‘ His sudden demise was a great, shock to. his family and ‘friends. Mr. Thompson had. been for a-numberof years inthe employ of the Hydro Commission, but-last fall decided to return tofarming, and with his father 'bought the ,well- known old William Patterson.home-‘ stead on Stone’s. Line, to which he had moved from this village only the week before his death. During the fall a large amount of plowing had been done and preparation was being made for an early start at seeding this spring. The deceased, 3 who was only 98 years of age. wasi born in Mulmur, but when a lad of four came to Flesherton with his parents, who settled on a farm nearâ€" by. He was married four years ago to Miss Mary Schmidt of HOpeville, who is left with two young child- ren. - Besides his parents. two sis- ters. Mrs. Edgar Betts. near Rock Mills. and Mrs. Lawson \Vhitehead of this place. also survive him. 'The grief-stricken young widow and all have the deep sympathy of‘the com-, munity in their loss. The funeral took place to Fleshertcm cemetery on Friday afternoon. service at the house and gr‘ave being condueted by the family pastor. Rev. F. G. Fowler. The pan-bearers were: Thomas' Bowers, Robert Vail. L. Schmidt. G. Braekeubury. George, Me'l‘avish. Ern. Proctor. Beautiful floral tributes were given by the family. the Dow- er House staff. and Mrs. Callenrlar. Shelhurne. Relatives from a distâ€" anee were :Mr. and Mrs. R. \V. Thisâ€" tle. ‘lrs. Albert, Callendar. Mrs. H. ”Vail and son. Robert. and Mr. T. A. Bowers. Shelhurne: George Themeâ€"i son and son Joseph. Maxwell. and; Mr. L. Schmidt. Hopeville. t Thu Young: Peoplp’s Sociotv of We Mothndist. Church arm giving a St. Patrick’s Dav social this Monday «waning. The program and mnnu follmving will all have an Irish (MV- nr and a very enjoyable time is an- licipatod. Rev. Mr. Oke. who was ill for iwo works was able to take his work on Sundav and his people \v are ploase to see him in \his pulpit main. ' Mr. Fred Brown. Toronto Line, will improve his property With a new residence to be erected this summer. Mr. N. H. Durrant. of Mitchell made a short visit at Editor Thurston‘s last. week and was accompanied home by his wife and children. - Principal Holland of the Public School was Seized with an attack-hf hiccmmhs. which compelled him to lay off duty Thursday and Friday last, but the trouble subsided and he is-again at his post. The Presbyterian \V. M. S. and Ladies’ Aid held their last meeting at the home of Mrs. Charles Stew- art. near the village. and at. the close were entertained by her. The Lad- ies’ Aid held a sale of home-made cooking on Saturday afternoon and realized $14.00. Mr. Wilfrid Fawcett has rented his small farm near Ceylon and has moved to Meaford. Mr. Gordon long of Honevwood visited Over the week-end with his sister. Mrs. W. Miller. and mother. Mr. C. Jennet. of the Standard Bank. and Mr. Fraser of the High School stafl’, spent the week-end with friends in Toronto. Mrs. (D12) Turnbull visited with friends in Toronto last week. Miss May Carrington left last. week to take a position at Wroxeter. Mr. John 'l‘histlethwaite is spend- ing a short time in Toronto brick- iaying before commencing on his own contracts in- this vicinity. (Our own correspondent.) Editor’s Note .â€"Owing to the Do!â€" iar Day advertising in_ our last issue necessitating publishing on Wednes- day instead of Thursday, the follow- ing correspondence was unavoidably crowded out. ' Thursday, larch 30, 1922. Mr. Alfred Down. younger son of Mr. and Mrs. H. Down, was taken ill the beginning of last week with an obscure internal trouble Which at times caused excruciating pain. 0n the advice of his physician he was taken to 0“ en Sound Hospital, but the examination there did not dis- close the trouble. He returned home and on Saturday, accompanied by his father, he went to Toronto, and we learn is in the Western Hospital, but at the time of writing on Monday word has not been received of the diagnosis here. Alf’s friends sympa- Mr. H. Tums of tho Standanl Bank visited his home at Newcastle last week. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Quigg, who haw I‘m-on for somo’timo Living in Harriston, are moving to Chesley, whom» Mr. Quigg has socm'od a good position. Miss Millie \VI‘ight has 'I‘eturned from spending a few weeks in, "Dar- onto. and Miss Eva Inksiter f Pom vis- iting friends at Markdale. Mrs. Georrrn Mitchell is spending a week with her daughter and other rolatix es in Toronto. Mr. Sam. Sample moved on Mon- day to Mr. H. C. LeGard‘s house in the suburbs. MP. and Mrs. LoGard are leaving this Week to again 1'0- side in Toronto. Miss Etta LeGard went to the city last weak. Rev. and Mrs. George Lowndes of :Newmarket are visiting their daugh- Eter, Mrs. (Dr.) Murray. Mr. Lown- dos preached in the Methodist Church on Sunday eVening and gave a very interesting sermon on the conduct of the angry son VV ho would not go in as related .in the parable of the Prodigal Son. .There was a .large congregation; The pastor, who preached in the morning, assisted in the service. y..- Dv--v-- a-“vv-wo Mr. Nol'rhby _and family moved last week from Osprey {Q the' vacant house on Mr. Fred Stuart’s stock .farm on the East Back Line. Next Sunday the churches here in common with all- others will respond to the appeal for relief for famine stricken Russia.- Wednesday and Thursday Mr. Ed. Best has been troubled for several months with a lame knee, which under X-ray examination re.- cently in Toronto showed ruptured ligaments. Some days ago the in- jured limb was put in a plaster cast at his home here, where he will be compelled to nurse it. for a few weeks. tween Markdale and Flesherton' Players, the latter won by 4 to 3. Mr .Herb. Betta, Collingwood Road, is preparing to move to his farm, the old Stafford homestead" 4th Line, on which he will erect a new brick residence this summer. I Mr, W. Miller and Mr. W. Inkster are planning to enlarge and other- wise improve their residences here this summer. Mr. W. J. Caswell has already commenced improving his residence. don't {cl'l a sole! I of the c3031 3;: 9m: tom ’ W’MCZ c2253)... . ..,.___ :- gICW-IN.‘ .. Q‘s-firs -â€": DID-’P D41..D\..4..-flr. V'vvvâ€" “CIAL ATTQ4 Iw‘I '“I Q April 5 'and 6 Veteran Star THEATRE Showing at He considorml that the worst posâ€" sible thing for the trade would be for tl'm'Canadian Government to ad- upt- an official 8318mm of grading bacon for export. ' “English buyers demand,” 130 add- ed, “the rightlto hbld sellers res- ponsible for the standard of the sol- ection and the cure. This is the genius and spirit of business.” “Canadian packers select and cure their bacon excellently, I find,” he said, “and it generally arrives in fine condition. The handicap is that the sides lack uniformity compared with the quality and weight possess- ed by the Danish. This is due to a lack of uniformity in the typeof hOgs produced in ,Oanada? -When Canadian farmers breed hogs, which make long sides more like the Dan- ish the only differential in price beâ€" tween the Danish and Canadian ba- con will be due to the {act that the Canadian must be boraxed to travel the long distance. Otherwise they could sell on a parity.” Mr. Siggs‘ emphatically stated that this idea was inaccurate. -Mr. George $iggs, a leading Eng- lish bacon merchant, handling large quantities yearly of Danish, \Irish and Canadian product, pays “a busi- ness inan’s high tributeto the pre- paration .Of Canadian bacon for the British market. It was in the course Of a comment to a news correspond- ent on the paragraph in an Ontario newspaper attributed to an un-l named English merchant that the lower price paid for Canadian com; pared with “the Danish bacon was‘ due to poor selection and curing and? not to the wrong type of hog.- - Mr Thomas White of Sangeen. Junction, who has been suffering With thehmatism and under treat- menfifor seine time, was taken very ill la'st Week with other compiica- Lions and we learn will be taken to Toronto this week for expert exam- ination and treatment. Mrs. A. McAuley has returned home from an extended visit to Tor- onto.and other points. thiie ‘véith‘ him. and» hope for his - speedy'recovery. . . . } TRADE TRIBUTE TO CANADIAN _ BACON A ‘ We can“. quote you a price on any Farm Machinery that W111 interest you.- 'We also carry a stock of ADAMS WAGONS , BRAN'ljFoRD BUGGIES We handle the only self-oiling. Separator on the market. ' .Our advice to Farmers is to be prepared for the work that is to come. .A littl‘e forethought now , may save them money later. See our stock of Renfrew Cream Separator Turns easy. ‘ Guaranteed to do the work. We carry a full line of repairs for‘~Frost Woow and Cockshutt Farm Machinery. - {Look yours. over, ,and if you TQQWQ; any; " :n_ow is the timei'to put' your mactrinery- in Cockshutt Plows Harrows, Cultivators, Etc. now, and probably in some instances their grandchildren are-some of the presentday teachers. In reflectingon‘ the past and the many changes that, intervened since three score ' years ago, it will bring to the memory of those» yet liVing the days of their youth,‘ when they tramped up and down the big hills east of the Old haunted. sChool house. But without more preliminary remarks, the'fol-f‘ lowing were the teachers. We Can-3 not give them in' rotation, as a whole but will commence; ?' The'firstelady‘g-fifis a Miss Wilson of Durham,‘daugfiiter of Tailor Wil- sogzagw- Upper TOWIL The next was r» MN???" . ~ ’g’Jon'es, daughter of Shoemaker ; "- " 'D k 13;, s of Upper Town. The next was :54sz Glendinning, niece o the late Rev. Mr., Park of Durham. Next, Mrs. Black, and later, Mrs. Finlay McRea, all of Durham, but passed away long ago. Next, Miss Camp- bell, sister of the late Inspector Campbell. She was killed at Owen Sound by a runawayteam 0f horses. Miss Gun taught for four years later on. Miss Wright, but late-r Mrs. Patton, taught for one year, and was one of the fairest of her 'sex, but is carefully nursed by her dutiful sisâ€" ters in Priceville. Next, a Miss Mc- Millan. daughter of the late Charles McMillan of Priceville, then _ Miss Hamilton who became a Mrs. Fer- guson later. Then came Miss Me- Kenzie, deceased many years ago. Miss Selina Coleridge taught for a short time. She was a sister of M rs.’ Charleébltamage ofThe Review. Miss MCPhall, now Mrs. McGill of Hamilton; Miss Maggie McCannel, new Mrs. Neil McMillan-of Swinton Park. taught for several years. She- was the author-ass. 01‘ christening the school Top Cliil“. Miss Maria \Wiit- more, later Mrs. Charles McArthur, merchant. Durham. was the first teacher in the new school in 1894, and was a favorite with her pupils. Miss Annie McKechnie of Collingâ€" weed. and Miss McCosh of Owen Sound, Miss Binnie, daughter of Mr. George Binnie. were also teachers. Miss 'Leeson, sister of our M.P.P., South Grey; Miss McDonald, of the County of Halton; Miss Lang, of St. Marys; Miss Jessie Black, .now teacher (31 the Old Durham Road, Artemesia; Miss Porter, Miss Floyd Tpp cur: Humans Snicn 1863 ! o'r Chesley, f and now Miss Patei‘so , . (By J. A; McDonald.) ‘of Concession 4,1Glenelg. ‘ This week far a changé we pur- :I'heseeare nllgthe ladies, and if we page to 'give the names of teachers missed. any 1t was not intentional. m. s. s: No. 10, Glenelg and ; Em, The gentlemen teachers-were: Mr. first, tea‘cher hévepaSsed to“ the Campbellwas another first-class Other side, and those that. are yet on “acne“ 91d board. Inspector this-side of life will be old women 93ml???" ““3119“? a While 3'50- He is now laid aside from the ef- fects of defective sight. The late W. L. Dixon taught for seven and a half years,: and that noble boy who fell an battle in the trenches in France, Donald McKmngg, son of the late Neil McKinnon of“ Toronto but formerly of Priceville, taught for half a year. The TruStees who served during sthe Past years were. Neil McCannel, Sr., who was also secretary- treas- urer for 19 vears; Finley McCuaig, Sr., Edwin Bone JOhn McPhail, Hec- tor McKinnon, Hugh McDonald, Neil McDonald, Hugh McKinnon, John McKinnon, Alex. McEachern, Joseph HOOper William McLeod, Sr., and William McLeod Jr., Amos Chislett. Abram Hooper, Thomas Tucker, John ~Eckhardt, Sr. Robert Shortreed, Jas. lHemstock, James Thompson, Don- iald McDougall, Archie McCuaig, 1 Christian Konold. The present Trus- {non and Hugh McPhail. Theseiare all-the ladies, and if we missed. any it ‘was not intentional. The gentlemen teachers were: Mr. Ferguson Wright, who taught a While fer his daughter. Mr. Wright was firStâ€"class old style. Mr. Wm. Campbell was another first-class teacher, old board. ' Inspector Campbell taught for a While also. Donald McDonald taught five years. are recorded in the old records of the many years passed and gone and will be a reminder to the youth- iul generation of the occupations some of their forefathers held as dutiful servants of the past. But the memory of the faithful is not for- gotten. We read Miss Edges letter and it is an honor to the now aged father that she is held in high pos: lion in the great city of London, and saw the Royal marriage. We were often entertained by her good, departed mother and her father while living John A. McDonald was secretary- treasurer'for 40 years. His succes- sor is Archie McC‘uaig, Reeve of Glenelg. ‘ fMa'Cfarlane’s Drug . ;‘ The “Kenn-”- Stbre. FACE. Powder 1n its handiest, most economical form. Dainty cakes of Face Powder Jonteel 1n charming little boxes;Ex that .slip into your handbag: No spilling- no waste. Exiuisite shades-to match all complexion. 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