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nted out by a [ding is Safer Olht‘l‘ import- gm 0n a rail- [um ho woulfi l home 01‘ at- nck 26, 1928 an: I lost it.” mum Sunday ‘ that nly the sting: her for- nnly 27% re de ions. M‘s IUCk cer- 1 prop- : after de Many. large y . '21? \Ylthout “rs 0f travel xclusnvely to di me in the .ished VOL. 61.â€"NO. 3179 DURHAM HIGH SCHOOL OFFICIALLY OPENED Honnr Fell to Charles Ramage, Oldest Member of School Board, at Public Meeting Last Thursday Nightâ€"Large Crowd in Attend- ~g,.»-.- “as a good attendance at. hing: cmemony 1n connec- with Hm Durham High school Tilli'fliay night, held in the 1 building “ghen the new ad- was dedicated to the pur- m;- which it was erected and .. t uhlit I'm the first time given w. .mpmillnlt‘ for inspection. I who-ting “as exerything that . .i 1.. dashed and the inspection '3... school after the ceremony .g M’HLI‘I'Zlnlnlf? was of much in- 11;; John Morrison, chairman of 311.1 High school Board, was the .'?::1il'lliilll ol' the evenin", and at ,1-11- l1111.:11mi11;.r introduced Mr. C §;:1::1:1:1~. 111 whom. as the oldest 1,.-1111..-1- or the Board. had been 1411.1; 1'11.- hnnor of officially open- 3:]; HIV [HWY addition. In his I‘B- 111.1116 \lr liamagc vs ent back OVeI‘ unis since he has been in 111;: 1121111 and his various education- 11l :11lix1li11s. He 1"'cleired t0 the 111111211- school, after which came the .;.1 \11111111 or Continuation school. 71,1111 111:1 1H1 0111 High school. He had 1 _111 inlmiham 1n the early mne- :1»; :1111lh:11l been 1-0nnecte1l with 9 ;::~~ tum-hing statl‘ or school boardl Ln some way ever since he had 94“.. ti. Durham. He had been on trustee horn-«l of some Durham ~‘i’iii01 for the past. 31 years con- iuumisly. 0n Mr. Bamage declar- ”‘1: the new i'uiilding open for the 3“;an for which it had been con- _~':'i:«-tml. the button was pressed :mi the building flooded with iiu-ht, The new part. pmctically thumps the school‘s capacity. pro; \.;.im_«_- the extra class rooms necesâ€" sary as well as other rooms for the nacho-rs. a lunch room, and a fully equipped science room. The Chairman’s Address Mr. J. Morrison is chairman of fine lligh schmjil Board. as well as lellf.’ chairman of the meeting. In his i'emurks he told of the causes which lml up to the ei'ectii‘m of the m-w addition to the Durham school, went quite extensively into the (Continued on page 5) ance. LIQUOR mamas; Cancellations Follow Abuses of the Purchase of Liquor and Convic- tions. 511‘ ory of troops who fell during the iiscige of August and September, 4. The record of many famoqs ARE CANCELLED C. F. Tliiele. \Videlv known as the conductor of the \\ aterloo, Ont, hand, has purchased Musical Can- ada the domininns solitary mus- ical magazinn. 'lliis magazine is a Tomnto publication and the xendor \/“_J-- â€"â€"_ is A. L. Robertson. who was form- erly connectmil with the R. S. Wil- liams Co. Ltd. The magazine will continue to be published as heretoâ€" fore except that. it will be enlarged and new features will be introdu- ced; A number of the dominion's prominent writers on musical mat- .ters will contribute to this publi- 'ation and A. L Robertson. the former owner will continue to act in an advisory capacity. VISITING HERE FROM PENNSYLVANIA Mr. Robert Dippery of Lewiston, Is Spending Two Weeks in Durâ€" ham and Is Very Much Taken With Country_â€"Fresh Air and Beautiful Country Seems Won- derful to Him. We hall a brief call from Mr. Robert Dippery ol’ Lewistown. Penna. nn Tuesday, and spent. a very pleasant couple ol‘ hours with him in COIlVPI'SiIlg about his native State of Pennsylvania and listenâ€" ing to his praise of this part of Canada, which he already thinks “the greatest country in the world" excepting. of course. his own native state which has been home to him all his life. .\lr. Diptwry‘s introduction to“ Durham was unique. Some time 1 last winter Mr. Dippery, who is pressman on the staff of the Lewis town Daily Gazette, decided that the time had arrived for him to take a holiday, Where to go, however, he could not decide. so, placing a large map of North America on a counter behind him, he said he would place his finger on a certain portion blindfolded and wherever his finger rested iwould be the place where his va- cation would be spent. When he turned around his finger rested on Durham. He had never heard of the place before, had never been. in Canada. but when one of his fel- low workers asked him what he was going to do about it, he said, “Why I am going to spend my va- cation in Durham." Wrote Postmaster Smith Some time last March Mr Dip- pery wrote Postmaster Smith for information as to where he could secure a private boarding place for a couple of weeks. He kn rw nobody here. but felt that at least we would have a postmaster. Mrs Smith made the necessary arrange- ments and as a result Mr. Dippery arrived in town SatUrday noon and is stepping with Mr. and Mrs. W? J. Lawson on Countess street. A Mutual Surprise When Mr. Dippery called at The Chronicle office Tuesday afternoon and introduced himself, neither thought of the mutual surprise that was awaiting both himself and the editor. We had quite an animated conversation for a half hour and then, taking the editor’s car, we proceeded to do up a bit of the country.__ W _e visited the Stone and CANADIAN GAME ANIMALS SHIPPED TO NEW ZEALAND Beaver and Rocky Mountain Sheep Donated to City of Auckland Zoological Gardens One of the happy results of the wild life conservation policy car- ried out in our national parks by the Department of the Interior is that Canada is now in a position to assist conservationists of other lands. At various times in recent years donations of wild animals have been shipped to points in the‘ United States and other countries. ‘ Recently one pair of beaver and one pair of Rocky Mountain sheep The beaver were taken in Jasper national park, while the sheep are from the rapidly increasing wild herd in Rocky Mountains national park. _ Every precaution was taken to see that the animals reached their destination in good condition, and on arrival at Auckland they wero placed in the Zoological Gardens 01' that city. KIM“ ‘- (Continued on page 5) DURHAM, ONTARIO, CANADA, THURSDAY, MAY 17, 1928 CONTRACT LET FOR STREET OILING Council Dealt With This Important Problem at. Last Monday Night’s Meeting.â€"May Do Work Next Week. The regular meeting of the Town Council was held last Monday night as at the regular night a week previous an insufficient number turned ' out to form a quorum. Routine business was the general business done. the only important matter on the slate being the let- ting of the contract for oiling the streets this year This went to the same firm as last yeai. the Muni- cipal Road Spiaving and Oiling CompanV, the company this year to f1unish the oil and put t on. The price is 12% cents a gallon a half cent cheape1 than last Vear. The oiling programme this year, so far as the Town Council is concerned is quite a lot different than previously. This Vear the county link extending trom tho Hahn House corner to the eastern1 boundarV of the town has been taken 0V er by the countV. who will look alte1 it. but. how is not Vet knoVV'.11 There is nothing definito to go bV but there seems a comic- 1tion that the (ountV Council will not do verV much VV Ork in this sec-- tion this Vea1~,VVitl1 the possibilitV that men the oiling niaV not he 1i1‘1no.-\11VVVaV.tho 11m 11 has 110th- ing further to 1111 VVith this stiip of load and VVill deVote tho oilin" that iorn111ilV VV1111t on this loan- wan to othci paits of the town. Tho amount or oil to be used this year is 5.200 gallons, and it is to be put on by spraying,r machino the samo as last, year. To make up for the county link that was formerly lookoll after hy the town. tho oil- i g programmo this year includes Mill street as far as tho High school, with practically the samo oiling for the balance as was dono lasl. year. The oiling is expected to be. comâ€" pletecl some time liietweeim May 24 and June. '1, according to word re- ceived Tuesday from the company by Mayor Murdock. . Minor Matters Before Council The usual routine business was about all else that was before the Council. The tax roll was extended for «another month. and the vote to place a telephone in Constable Allen’s house was lost. Bills amounting to $1,370.46 were passed by the Finance Committee, $969 of which was to the Canadian ()Il’ice 6:. School Furniture 00. for the new itown hall seats. Reeve Bell refused to include another bill of 8161 in his report, in payment for labor on the streets and other small a- mounts. but this was passed by resolution. OLD-TIME BLACKSMITH TELLS OF EXPERIENCE James Allen of Toronto Learned Trade in Durham in 1863, and Still Thinks He Can Hold His Own With the Best of Them. A recent issue of the Toronto Mail and Empire had a interesting news item that will be of much inâ€" terest to many Chronicle readers in that it concerns an old resident here. Mr. James Allen. The Mail and (Empireusays: ' 1!,__4' -1 in “11k. uLAJlJAa. v aw.) v - “James Allen, now residing at 49 Dunvegan Road, Toronto, told a reporter of The Mail and Empire, that he had been much interested, in the reports concerninv the length of time which Mr. I-fooper, 01' Charles Street, Toronto, and An- gus Bell, of Shelburne. Onba‘rio, had been in the blacksmithing business. Mr. Allen, however, was quite an old hand at. the business before either of these men had started, haviig commenced his ap- prenticeship with W. A, Anderson in Durham, in 1863. He says that after watching Mr. {\nderspn‘ put on eight shoes, he himself, drove his first shoe. “Mr. Allen started business on his own account in Alliston, in 1871, and fitted his last pair of shoes in 1925. He. is in robust health, says he could still shoe a horse, and thinks nothing of a walk of four or five miles. just for the exercise. He says that when he started, the blacksmith had not only to make the shoes himself, but also the nails for certain unusual size shoes. Mr. Allen claims that he could make a shoe in three heats with toe caulk and heel corks, and feels that he could still do this. ". n‘l “He fishes from a canoe up North every summer and has done so for several years. and only a few years ago accompanied six young and middle-aged chaps on a two-weeks’ canoe trip in the;‘No§thern wilds.” -1‘l-.. Mr. Allen left Durham after] learning his trade, and afterwards» worked in Meaford and Eugenia before removing to Alliston. He is now 85 years of age, but one would not think it to see him, and lives with his daughter, Mrs (Dr.) Grieves in Toronto. Hamilton A1- len of this town is a brother, and learned his trade.with his elder brother at Alliston; David Allen of town is another brother and Mrs. M. J. Davis and MrsaW J. McFar- $'1. . qu AU “LL“ .‘--~' lane of Glenelg are sisters. . He riseth up early in the mornâ€" ing and disturbeth the whole household. Mighty are his preparations. Ho goeth forth‘ full of hope. When the day is far spent .he returneth smelling of strong drink and the truth is not in him. The Fisherman LACROSSE IS DEAD , ‘ THIS YEAR IN HANOVER There are still plenty of good! lacrosse players left in town but it costs money to put a team on the field these days and the business men who in days gone by used to back the team are now storing their dollars in the banks and spending their spare time rolling balls across a green Oh! sad day for Hanover lacrosse when Downng was introduced. no! Town Not Likely. to Have Even Junior Team This Year, and Likelihood Players Will Turn Out With Walkerton. Prospecté for lacrosse in Hanover this year are not very bright. Hanover, once a hot bed of la-. crosse whose teams were always found near the top and who al- ways had to be reckoned with in the semiâ€"finals or finals, has sadly degenerated. 'V utJ LLLULVuuvku In the old days every young fel- low owned a lacrosse stick and now it is even hard to find one in any of the stores, there is so little demand for them. The young lads prefer to play tennis with the ladies than the lie-man game of lacrosse. IUUL ‘JKJ \r Last year Hanover entered three teams in the O. A, L. A and two of them reached the semi-finals. The Intermediate players ran their team themselves, while the citiâ€" zens who backed the juniors and midgets lost money on their ven- ture. This year there is not enough en- thusiasm shown to even have a meeting to see what can be done, and by latest reports several of the intermediate stars will lineup with Walkerten this year which ought to give that town a fast team. u-v-.â€". a question. though a report irom another 8011100 prophesies m0 teams SPRING WANDERERS HERE LAST WEEK \â€"“-.. \er'letllel' anovei' VVill have any junior 1301050 this Year or not is â€"‘..A“L ‘g-sAM First Visit of Gips‘y Band Last Thursday Sure Sign that Spring Ono swallow may not make a spring. but when the itinerant gipsy bands commence calling one may safely conjecture that warmer weather is ’at hand and summer close by. h UkuLLJAAIL/L lvv‘r .4“ . Last Thursday about noon Dur-f ham was visited by a band of; wandering gipsys who stayed around town for possibly half an hour and during that time made their presence felt. They had lost none of their usual custom of swooping down on the stores in gangs and while the clerk was waiting on one of them the rest would be here, there and every- where purloining all they could get their hands on. Luckily for some of the merchants, it was Thursday and the majority of the stores were closed up, but some of those who were open had a run for their money. - ‘ I‘ll {JAIL/AL -AJVL- Four or five of them went in a body. They would rush into a store, and in one place while one of the women kept a clerk occupied others consumed two or three bottles of pOp, and another lifted two dollars out of a purse that lay in a private part of the store. A-..â€" ‘AAu‘ I w t’--"‘-" L_' “One of our embry 0 business men had a rather unfortunate exper- ience, too. Going into the place when) he is employed, one gipsy woman wanted to bless his money, ‘V Ulllull V' Luv“ vv :1 game as old as the hills, but which seems to be worked regu- larly. He first was persuaded to place a‘number of the dollar bills _- 1L-..“ ‘A‘Anfint‘l 'Jlub'l; u LLuu-auv- v- __ . v __ _ in his hand to have them blessed. This was so successful that he did the same with others of ten ten- dollar denomination. He was re- quested to “look into her eyes” while his money was blessed and had disappeared the young bustâ€" ness men found himself short $85. '11, ll . IAIULL Avu .“ -â€" The band was traced to Leith. near Owen Sound, where the monâ€" ey was returned by a man of the party and the woman was subse-a quently traced to Collingwood, arâ€" rested, and brought back to Owen Sound, where she was fined $50 and costs. Next Thursday, May 24, is a pub- lic holiday. and as The Chronicle observes all legal holidays the next issue of this publication will be printed on Wednesday evening, To do this we ask all our advertisers to have their copy ready not later than Monday noon in order that all work on these advertisements may be. finished up by Tuesday night. We cannot guarantee to change any advertisements the copy for which has not been received by 12 ,o’clock Monday noon. Graydon Moorhead of town holds the local record for big fish caught this year almost any way you want to figure it. On Wednesday of this week he went up the big river, and though he got but three fish all day, the three tipped the scales at only an ounce and a half less than six pounds. The largest was 19 inches long and weighed two lbs. 10% ouncs; the two others were both 16 inches in length and weigh- ed 1% and 1% pounds. HOLDS RECORD FOR BIG FISH EARLY COPY NEXT WEEK Right Hon. Sir William Mulock, chief justice of Ontario, chairman at the Canada oratorical champion- ship in Toronto. May 16. CAR RAN IN DITCH THREE ARE INJURED Mrs. C. P. Kinnee in Hospital As Result of Accident Sunday Morn- ingâ€"Hydro Pole Broken by Im- While motoring on the County road between hero. and Flosherton last Sunday morning, and when a mile. and a half west of Pricgvillg, LLILLL' “LL ha“.- a war 0“ mod and drlx en bv M12. C. P Kinnee 01 this toxxn ran 011 the mad crashed into a hydro pole and \1 (lb so badly wrecked that, 110 at- tempt will be made to repair it. With Mr. Kinnee were Mrs. Kin- nee and Mrs. C. B_ Lawrence and son Bert, the party being on their way to spend the day with rela- tives of Mrs. Lawrence at Sing- hampton. The car had just nosed over the top of a hill and was running about 15 to 20 miles per hour when a fishing,r pole. which Mr. Kinnee always carried under the straps in the top, fell down, and it was when making an attempt to seize the falling rod that the accident occurred. Mr Kinnee took his eyes ofi‘ the road for a few seconds and the car ran otf the road and into the pole. The impact damaged the head- lights and radiator, twisted the frame and otherwise put the car out of commission so that it had to be towed to Durham. Mrs. Kinneo was the most seriously injured in the crash. being thrown partly through the windshield. She sus- tained a broken thumb and severe bruises about her body. For a time it was feared that her hip was broken, but this happily prov- ed false. though she was so badly injured that she had to be taken to :Priceville for treatment and was brought in to Durham hospital later, where she is now convales- cing. ... ‘ Ital -L-1_A_. Mrs. Lawrence was badly shaken up, but no bones were broken. Sitting in the back seat, she was thrown so violently against the back of the front seat that it was bent forward and it is remarkable that she escaped as luckily as she did. Her son Bert was apparently uninjured- ‘n _, '_2__...-.I Mr. Kinnee himself was injured about the chest when thrown against the steering wheel with such force that it was broken from its place, and also received a badly cut thumb which required medical attention. The car was so badly wrecked that he has decided not to spend any money on repairing it_ Victor Blyth Injured . While motoring from Harriston last Friday night with a party of friends, Mr. Victor Blyth of Varney ”local salesman for Essex cars, had his arm badly cut by flying glass when the car was wrecked and has since been under medical care. Mr. Blyth was not driving, but received his injuries when the car ran off the road and was partally wrecked. pact. TRIPLETS ARRIVED IN. DURHAM HOSPITAL Mrs. J. A. Caswell of Bentinck Gave Birth to Two Daughters and One Son Last Saturday.â€"All Doing Well. Twins are quite a common oc- curence, but it is only once in a long time that any particular com- munity can lay claim to the birth of triplets in its midst. This honor fell to Durham and Bentinck last Saturday when triplets, two daugh- ters and one son, were born to Mr. and Mrs. J. A Caswell. All three infants are well and strong and have every chance of living, in- other circumstance that is not often recorded. .- -Vivv-v Mr. and Mrs. Caswell are resid- ents of Bentnck Township, the latâ€" ter being a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. Grierson. Bes1des the latest addition to the family, Mr. and Mrs. Oaswell have three other children. It is upwards of thirty years since triplets were born in town before, and Mr. and Mrs, Caswell are re- ceiving the congratulations of numerous friends over the event. l “555v- VV-w -â€" â€"â€"â€" .Since the Durham Red Cross Hos- pital has been in operation, there have been three births of twins and one of triplets, and it is need- less to say that thenlatestL arrivals -_..IZ_. a}: r‘gcevivx'rdingv'ufifofé thi'afiâ€" the ordin- ary attention and care from Matron Fettes and her efi’lclent staff. $2.00 a Year in Canada; $2.50 in U. S. GREY PRESBYTERIAL MET HERE TUESDAY Between Two and Three Hundred Dedegates Discussed Business Aflairs of United Church W. M. S.â€"-Five Hundred Present at The second annual meeting of Grey Presbyterial of the Woman’s Missionary Society of the United Church in Canada was held in Knox church here last Tuesday and in the morning, afternoon and even- ing sessions the greatest enthus- iasm prevailed, the general concen- sus of opinion among those pre- sent being that church union had justified itself in the more effi- cient manner in which the various missionary schemes of the church [had been carried out. The reports of the various com- mittecs showed progress and effi- ciency in every «.icpartmcnt and this branch of the Limited Church enters the. third year of its exist- ence with increased optimism. _ The morning session opened at 10 o‘clock, the Lord‘s Prayer being repeated with all standing after the opening hymn had been sung. After the reading of the scripture by Mrs. J. Stevenson of Holstein. and prayer by Mrs. R. Parslow of Prieeville the minutes and report of the executive committee were heard. This was followed by the appointment of committees. The greetings from Presbytery were presented by Rev, J. E. Peters 01‘ Meat‘ord. and from the Auxiliaries by Mrs. H. S. Fiddes of Durham. The reports from the various committees were very encouraging. The Auxiliaries had a better un- derstant‘iing',r of new methods and the results were gratifying. The total amount. raised in the nine months was $9,504.29. The Morning Address Miss lifl'ie Jamieson of Toronto, the General Secretary, was the speaker at the morning session, the subject of her discourse heing, i"(_)i'ganizziti(.iii Questions and In- ! formation. Afternoon Session. MiSs Jamioson in her address based her remarks on the. words “First the blades, then the car, then the full corn in the ear.” In 1883 about thirty women of the former Methodist church met in Hamilton for the first annual meeting of the society. There has been great growth since that small beginning. fl \Valtei' Currie with his bride from Brantt'erd lived in a mud hut in Airica, but his early efforts resulted in the Currie Institute and the strong miss_i0n_ at Chiserpbe: We too can help by laying hold of eternal resources. Intercession is the costliest thing we can do. If we are honest we must follow our prayers. Every Friday remem- ber the sunset hour of the General Board meeting, when their prayers are girdling the world. The afternoon session Opened at 2 o’clock. There Was the scripture reading by Mrs. Morrow of Han- over, the roll call of Auxiliaries by Mrs. W. H. Smith of Durham, the ,roll call of Y.W.A. Circles and C. G. I. T. by Miss Evans of Owen Sound. and of the Missmn Bands by Miss Stevenson. Reports were re- ceived from the corresponding Secretary, Mrs. W. H. Smith of Durham. from the Treasurer, Miss I. Nichol of Owen Sound, and from the Secretary of Christian Steward- ship, Mrs._ _H. Reid of ‘Meaford. _ The address by the president, Mrs. W. D. Staples of Hanover was very interesting, in which she re- ferred to the good work being done by the W.M.S. and Auxiliaries in the various fields. _ Reports from the Vice-Presidents were also received, for which each official was allotted five minutes. An Address on China Mrs. R. S. Longley of West China was the speaker for the afternoon. As a missionary in that country ,she knew her subject well and ldelivered a most illuminating and [informative address. Mrs. Longley is a very clear, con- vincing speaker, making her points very impressive by illustraton. She thought the W.M.S. work so hard, yet see so little of the re- sult. At one ' time Mr. and Mrs. Langley moved to a new district in China where only one out of ten thousand had heard the gospel. In Chengtu there was one woman's Hospital, the only large hospital for the province with seventy millions of people. The Chinese women are grasping the fact that the Mission- 1‘h_u_rsday . Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday . Wednesday Following are the temperatures of the past week, with the highest and lowest registered every day during the preceeding 24 hours TEMPERATURES 0P PAST WEEK The weather this week has been the most springlike so far this sea- son. While the wind has been cool, the weather has been altogether de- lightful. During the whole week no rain fell until about 4 o’clock ysterday afternoon, when a light drizzle commenced that bids fair to continue all night. Farmers are getting a lot of work done these days and a good rain will do more good than harm as the ground is “becoming dry. . (Continued _on Page 4.) The Weather 8 am. Max. Min. 56 67 48 46 58 34 his bride 44 54