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m-ood. James All i 0 MC- n. Dorothy nott, Harry iifl'ord Lind« V'lea Mo. he subject. of 'er son. Ittentive and "VII. 31!. Charlie mod. tson. IOI'UOD 1‘10- DOPIS Pratt, l BIOWL) 10!, Teacher. nelg Clara Jack, mks. net, Elvie ving now? said the your father m: not. keep Ltain fine] oors ALL and )a"9}° Allan, m Collinson. Lawrence. , Hat-grave. ce. Clarence :dvertise in r d- 2.25 vood- ture, crat- . 65¢. >Iete 1ges 13.7 5 :ng :elg lOn Lruce Clark. 1'. Two her. “OI‘S An C8 0d ‘., 9" Miss Bina )1. West. founder and supreme president of the Women's Benefit Association of North Am- erica. 15 coming this summer to Canada. She will inspect various branches. The Dominion insur- ance department in 1921 granted the Women’s Benefit Association a permanent license to transact bus- iness of fraternal benefit insur- ance in the provinces of the Do- minion. Miss West was a young Michigan school teacher when .she began her work. To-day her .somety is the largest of its kind in the world. with over 250,000 members, with 3,000 in Canada. In the evening. the service in the Queen Street church was can- oelleci that, both congrgations of the l.’nitec‘i church here might join together in worship. The sermon on this occasion was mostly a re- view of church union. the speak- er going back as far as 11885 and giving a history of the movement until its consummation in 1925. Rev. Smith of Knox and Rev. Fid- des of the Queen Street congrega- tions took part in the. evening service, and both services were enhanced by special music by the choir. Anniversary Services Sunday Were Well Attended, and Excellent Sermons by Rev. Dr. Chown Warn Features of Day. The anniversary services of Knox l.’nited church on Sunday last. were very well attended, a crowded auditorium being present both morning and evenin". The preacher of the day was the Rev. Dr. Chown. Toronto, former Gen- eral Superintendent of the former Methodist Church. and one of the outstanding pulpiteers of the Do- minion. Though Dr. Chown is getting up in years, his sermons Sunday were most vigorously de- livered and the congregations at both services were delighted with his messages. way to .Durham on foot after a visit with hlS daughter, Mrs. J. Vessie. He was walking on the right hand side of the road, and started to cross over to the east side, appar- ently to be facmg all the cars going north. When. he was part 'way across he noticed a car approach- ing from the south and turned back to let it through, not noticing that in the meantime a machine coming from Owen Sound was ap- proaching .from his rear going south. It IS not generally known what happened. except the story given. by William K. Hunton of Owen Sound, who says that Mr. Gray apparently became confused, and after starting back to get out of the road of the northbound car, changed his mind and started to run back to the west‘ side of the rum]. Mr. Hunton swerved his car to the left of the roadway to miss him, but Mr. Gray stepped in the road of the car, was struck by the right fender. thrown up on to it and on to the hood, where his head came in contact with‘ the parking light. which was torn off. Examination by the Coroner’s jury and Coroner Dr. D. B. Jamieson mowed that the unfortunate man had sustained a depressed fracture of the skull on the right side at the how. and this was the cause of death. There were other bruises .m the face and body, but the frac- lure of the skull alone was suffic- ient to cause death. KNOX SERVICES The can 111 nen by Mr, Hutton 111~ occupied by himself 'and his binther. Ja1visyHunton.while this month bound car, which had not yet 11111111111 the spotwhere theaccident (Continued on Page 8) An almost. lifelong resident of this community was the victim in a sad and fatal accident two miles north of here last Saturday about noon when Mr. John G. Gray of Lambton street was run down by an automobile and so r‘dly injured thathe died on the way to the Mr. J: G. Gray Died Shortly After Accldent on Provincial Bighyay m ___ “:1-.. II-_A'L . VOL. 61.â€"NO. 3182 Two Miles North of Townâ€"Gor- oner’s Inquest Takes Place To- morrow Afternoon. _ WELL ATTENDED THE ‘ DURHAM CHRONICLE Sound the Calliope In London recently a man was knocked down by a perambulator and injured. A newspaper suggests that if no horn is provided nurse- maids should give the baby a sharp pinch at crossings. Tuin out and help! should 'be the motto of everybody on the days set apart The holding of these annual bees is a good thing, and 11 The Chronicle \\ ere consulted we would say to all to turn out and show by our pre- sence and labors that we are beâ€" hind the trustee board in their ef- forts to improve the-difierentm- eteries, the condition of which re- flects more on those of us who are living than those who havenassed. The annual bee for the Maplewood cemetery will be held next Tuesday, the 12th, and the trustees are hOping for a larger turnout than ever. Here they plan an all dav job and lunch will be serxed at 12J oclock. There is little doubt that if the plotholders take as much inerest in the cemetery as the trustees, a great deal of work will be done here next Tuesday. i For the past few years Durham- ,ites have been proud of the1r ceme- ltery. It has been developed into one of the prettiest and best kept in the province, and as the gully thiough the centre is the only “eyesore’ remaining, the trustees are appealing to the plotholders to turn out for a few hours on June 14, level part of it up and make it ready tor the planting of flowers; Definite plans have been made for imprOViig 0' this portion of the cemetery}-9 and as the plans call for tonsideiable filling, there will be VV 01k tm smeral teams, with shovâ€" ellers to till the VV’agons. Luncheon at Noon The ladies of the town and vicin- ity are also invited to come out and do their hit. To them will fall the duty of supplying luncheon at noon as in former years, and in order to assist them it has been arranged that thei1 contributions in the culinary line may be left at the undertaking parlors ol‘ Reeve Bell. who is the chairman of the lunch committee and mill be able to give them any further informaâ€" tion they maV desire Trinity Church, Too Thursday, the 14th, is also the day set by the trustees of Trinity church cemetery for their annual bee. and an urgent call has been sent out to all interested to turn out as in former Vears and help beautify this spot where many of the old pioneers lie in their last long sleep. Though not in as good condition as the Durham cemetery. the work done here during the past 1'er years has greatly improved its appearance, and it is felt that if sufficient numbers turn ' out this year very material progress can be made. The particulai object of the an- nual bee this yeai is to clean up the gullV 01 1~aVine that runs thiough the centie. This, with a little VV01k, it is felt can be made into a real beauty spot. Horses and sm‘va'y‘ngi-s, wagons, etc, are needed to take care of the heavier work, and there is also plenty for the man with the rake and the hoe to keep him busy for the full ten hours. At the Durham cemeteiy ’ the bee VVill be held all day, and it is iequested that plotholders from the countrv will be on hand with horses and wagons, and the townsâ€" people with shov,els rakes and other parapheinalia, to renovate the cemeterV grounds and get them into thei1 usual good summer ap- pearance after the long winter and spring. Thursday next is to be clean-up day in two of Durham’s cemeteries and it is to be hoped that those interested in these cities of the dead will take enough interest to attend. Both Durham and Trinity Church Cemetery Trustees Request Co- Operation of Plotholders in An- nual Clean-up. Mrs. John A. Stewart of Perth, (ht, was eleéted national preSId- ent of the Imperial Order Daugh- ters of the Empire at the annual meeting in Toronto. She succeeds Miss R. M. Church of Toronto, a sister of T. L. Church, M.P., who is retiring from that office after three years of work in the order. CEMETERY BEES CALLED . FOR NEXT THURSDAY Big Bee at Maplewood “Mg‘ m 11"le h ' '- DURHAM, ONTARIO, CANADA, THURSDAY, The parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Wright will be remembered here by the older residents, as the former. with his father, the late S. W‘right, conducted a brickyard here for some years, while the younger Mr. Wright owned and op- erated the brickya‘rd at Proton Station for several years before removing to Hirmlton where he purchased a large brickmaking plant there. We tender our sympathy to the stricken parents in their sudden bereavement. The funeral of the unfortunate young man was held Monday af- ternoon from thex family home 63 Ottawa street South. Mr. J. Bryon, Owen Sound, and his mother, Mrs. Bryon of this place were in attendance at the funeral, which was largel}: attended. Opportunity knocksâ€"and unfor- tunately she has a large number of imitators. Following the accident the young men were taken to Hamilton Where Mr. Wright was pronoun‘ced dead and the other two had their in- juries attended. When the car went in the ditch Wright was thrown through the Windshield, and it is thought. he died instantly, hi_s__nec_k having been broken._ A dispatch from Hamilton to the Toronto papers states that the car was travelling from Hamilton to the Brant Inn at Burlington, but‘ in- formation received at The Chron- icle office says that Ml. Wright VVas walk 11g along the roadway returning to his home when he was overtaken apparently by two young men whom he knew and given a lift It was while in their car and proceeding to Hamilton that the accident occmred. The other memhe1s of the party, William Drake and Alex. Aitcheson, both of Hamilton, VVer also injured, the former critically. Whatever may be said of the Council. they must be given credit for having made a fairly good job with the oil at their disposal and distributed it over as wide an area as it could be expected to cover. No doubt in their programme of street oiling the Council was guided by economy, but‘ if the citizens would make it plain that all the streets of Durham should be thoroughly oiled. then there would be nothing for the Council to do but, acquiesce. order 'a double sup- ply of oil. and make a one hundred per cent job of it. YOUNG MAN KILLED 0N HAMILTON HIGHWAY Son of Former Resident Here Met Death Last Friday When Car Collided With Another and Went Into Ditch. On Friday morning Past week about )i o‘clock. George Wright, agod" .3, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Wright. of Hamilton, a former ros- idont of this town, and a nephew of Mis. John Brx on of Durham, \1 as instantl) killed when a car in “hioh ho was riding ran into an- other car and, swerving from the highway, ran into the ditch and upset..- Street oiling is expensive, the cost of last Friday’s programme running around $1,100.00, but is an expense that must be met. There is some dissatisfaction, we believe, with the manner in which some of the streets have been oiled, but the only remedy is to buy more oil, and this costs money. Perhaps it would be well another year for the residents of the town to approach the (Council in deputations and. ex- press their views, It makes little difference to the Council, and if they but had the opinions of the citizens of the difi‘ernt streets in town and the general concensus of Opinion approved the thorough oil- ing of all the streets, then there would be but one thing to doâ€"pur- chase more oil. - Whatever may be said of the With the elimination of the county link from the town pro- gramme this year, considerable more area was covered. In pre- vious years the town paid for the 011mg of Lambton street from the Hahn House corner to a short dis- tance west of the overhead bridge, but this year as this is now under the jurisdiction of the county, the town had really nothing to do Wlth it, though .at the solicitation of Reeve Bell, Lambton street was oiled from the main corner east to the Registry ofi‘ice. Whether or not the County Council will allow anything for this we do not know, b11_t_t_hey_-should, _ 7_ - f With the use of the proper oil- ing machine the past two years considerably more roadway can be gone over than when the old water wart was improvised and as a result the greater number of the streets in the town. have at least received some attention. Durham’s streets received their annual application of dust-laying 011 last‘ Friday, the work being done by the same firm that had the contract last year. The oil this year cost one-half a cent less than in 1927, due no doubt to the fact that the Council let the full con- tract to the Municipal Spraying Company for the completed. job 1n- stead of purchasing the 011 inde- pendently- and having the com- pany’s machine spread it. ' Streets Received Annual Coat of Dust Layer and This Nuisance Is Again Taken Care of for Time.â€" Cost Less This Year. DUST-LAYING 01L APPLIED FRIDAY .While playing with some of his little chums near his home on Garafraxa street last Thursday af- ternoon. a little threeâ€"year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Aljoe ran out into the roadway in the pathâ€" way of a car driven by Mrs. Seth Trafl‘ord, and as a result was knocked down and somewhat hruised, though not seriously in- Jured._ __ Luckily Mrs. Trafiord was proâ€" ceeding slowly along the street, and when she saw the little fellow rush out on the roadway did all in her power to prevent the accident. Had she been driving faster or had lost her presence of mind when the moment for action came there is little doubt that the child would have been much more seriously injured. The softball game between the Clerks and the Stone Plant Tuesday evening resulted in a he, 20â€"20. Young Son of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Alice Ram in Front. of Car, But Was .Not Seriously Injure‘d. CHILD ESCAPED INJURY WHEN STRUCK BY CAR In the destruction of the barn me understand Mr. Murdock lost a pig in the flames but this was the only Lasualty Mr. Dan McCallum had part of the barn rented for a gar- age and had his car stored inside, but this was run out by some of the neighbors and saved. The fire is supposed to have been caused by children playing with matches. We have not been told the amount of the loss but understand it was partly covered by_insurancc. The residence of Mr. and Mrs. Herb. Murdock Had a narrow es- cape f1 0111 destruction by fire on 'l‘hursd'ay last caused by sparks lrom the burning barn igniting the 1001' in sexe1al places, but the pre- sence of the local brigade with the chemical engine precvented the. flames spreading and saved the building. The fire was discovered «about 2 o’clock in the afternoon when a small barn on the premises was seen to be' on fire. An alaim was tinned in and the fire ingade made a good run with th‘e motor f'ne t1‘11c11.b11t the blaze had ap- parently been extinguished before thei1 131m a1 and they went back to the fne hall. About five o’clock the barn was again discovered to be on fire and another alarm turned in, but when the. firemen arrived on the scene this time the building was doomed and attention was directed to saving the house. The roof of the dwelling was on fire in several places. but. made no headway with the fire brigade on the scene, though the barn was totally des- troyed. Early Afternoon Fire Thursday Broke Out‘ Again About Five o’Glock and Firemen Had Two Runs to One Fire. Mr. and Mrs. Morton lived in Guelph for two years after their marriage and in 1879 came to Dur- ham, where they have resided al- most continuously ever since with the exception of two years spent in North Dakota over 40 years ago. The funeral was held from the (Continued on Page 8) BARN WAS BURNED; RESIDENCE ESCAPED The late Mrs. Morton, whose maiden name was Susan Smith, was in her 76th year, having been born in Eramosa Township in 1853. Here she grew to womanhood, and on the 14th of September, 1877, was married to her now sorrowing hus- band, the fiftieth anniversary of their wedding’ day having been celebrated last September. The marriage was performed in the Paisley street Methodist church. The late Mrs. Morton was one of our best known citizens and her passing is a matter of regret. Of a sociable and kindly dISpos1tion, she was perhaps better known in the homes of the town where trouble or sickness was prevalent, and es- pecially in her. own neighborhood none of her neighbors needed as- sistance in time_ or sickness that was not forthcoming. A woman of great VlgOI‘, she was on her feet, it might be said, until the last, and during the day on which she was taken ill had attended to her own housework in anticipation of the visit of her aunt, Mrs. Nelson, of Owen Sound, who was with her in the car when selzed With her last illness. Last week we reported the ser- ious illness of Mrs. Thomas G. Morton, an esteemed resident of this vicinity for the past half cen- tury, who was seized with a para- lytic stroke while returning from Owen Sound the. pervious Saturday. From the first little hope was held by the family that she could re- cover and on Thursday evening the last summons came and she passed away Without regaimg conscious- HESS. Late Mrs. Thomas G. Morton Had Been Resident of Durham for Past 49 Years and was Most Res- pected Citizenâ€"Many Attended Funeral Last Saturday Afternoon. DIED THURSDAY FROM PARALY'I'IC STROKE Played Tle Game ', 1928 The thirt3 1-fourth graduation ex- ercises of St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, were held Monday last in Columbus Hall, when 36 nurses re- ceix ed diplomas, medals and schol- arships. The nurses, in uniform, made a pleasing picture against a background of flowers, according to the Toronto Telegram. ArchbishOp gicNeil delivered the opening ad- ress. Amongst those noticed in the ex- ercises of interest to readers of The Chronicle, was Miss Catherine (Katie) McAulifi‘e, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. McAulifl‘e of Durham, who won the prize given by Dr. George Wilson for neatness and proficiency in recorg “keeping.“ ‘ 'We eotfgratulate .Miss Mcfiulifle, who enteredfit. Mlchael’s Hospital eighteen months ago. Dr. Reynolds, who is a native of Durham, and taught school in that county, first joined the O.A.C. staff in 1893. remalning until 1915, when he accepted the presidency of Man- itoba'College. In 1920 he succeeded Dr. George C. Creeiman "as presid- ent at Guelph. A , ,,, ___ The Government has been urged during the last few months by the ().A.C. Alumni and other interested bodies, to create a Board of Gover- nors, which would nave charge of general administration at the col- lege, and if the proposal is to be approved, it is assumed that in- auguration of the plan will be co- incident with the change in the presidency. _ _ , _ ,. . The South Bruce Liberal Associa- tion elected the following officers President, George S. Schwindt, of \Valkerton; vice-president, Thomas H. Wilson. of Walkerton; secretary, J. A, Johnston, Mildmay; treasurer Kenneth McKenzie, Teeswater. A rumor that. President Reynolds intended to retire soon has been current at Guelph for some days, but without confirmation or denial from himself, The decision of the Liberals not to place a candidate in the field has prevented a triangular contest. The fight is now between F. G. Mofâ€" fatt;~-Conservative, and M. A. Mc- Callum, Progressive, both farmers. McCallum, the successful candidate in the provincial campaign of De- cember 1926, was unseated by judg- ment of an election court arising from the payment by the Progres- sives and Prohibitionists of the $1,250 election expenses of J. G. Anderson, Liberal, as an induce- ment to have Anderson. withdraw from the campaign in order to avoid a three-cornered contest on the prohibition issue. Resignation of Agricultural College Head “Tentatively Accepted.”â€" Retention in Advisory Capacity Hoped for by Hon. J. S. Martin. Prof. J. B. Reynolds, M..A,p1esid- ent of the Ontario Agricultural College. Guelph, f01 the past eight y,ears has sent his resignation to Hon. John S. Martin, Minister of Agriculture. His successor has not been named but the 1esign1ation has been‘ ‘tentativcly accepted” the Minister said, “hen communicated with at. his home in Port Dover. “Our desire is to retain him, in an advisory capacity,” Hon. Mr. Martin explained, but declined to comment further on the matter. PROF. J. B. REYNOLDS RELINOUISHES POST G. S. Schwindt, of Walkerton, presided. The chief speaker was Hon. Nelson Parliament, Liberal organizer for Ontario. Decide to Leave Contest to Farmers and Conservatives. Liberals of South Bruce, at a con- vention held at Riversdaleh Satur- day, decided not to nominate a candidate for the provincial by- election in this riding on June 27. Many deleoates opposed the entry of a Liberal candidate in view of the fact that there is likely to be but one more session of the Legis- lature before the next provincial election. Hon. Geor iana Curzon, only daughter 0 Viscount and Vis- countess Curzon and a granddaugh- ter of Earl Howe, was one of the most beautiful glrls presented at the recent royal court in Bucking- ham palace. LIBERAIS STAY 00'! 0F FIGHT IN BRUCE WON PROFICIENCY PRIZE $2.00 a Year in Canada; $2.50 in U. S. Thursday . Friady .. . Saturday . Sunday Monday . . Tuesday .. Wednesday Monday ......... 53 65 38 Tuesday ......... 54 64 46 Wednesday ..... 54 62 51 The Weather The past week has been some- what variable, ranging from quite war-in the first of the month, and getting cooler for the first two days of the week. This Wednesday the weather is warming up again. The rain for the week fell on Friday, Tuesday and Wednesday. On Fri- day the fall was fairly heavy, being .20 or one-fifth of an inch. Tues- day the fall was .09 and yesterda there was a fairly .steadfy drizzle a 1 day and precipitation o .15 inches. Following are the temperatures of the past week, with the highest and lowest registered every day during the preceeding 24 hours --"--v v v- After the marriage the happy couple made their heme on a farm a mile and a quarter north of Allan Park, where they resided for four- teen years, later moving to Pleasant View Farm on the Durham road, The marriage took place at North \ickers in the Veai'1893. the bride being Miss Marv Ann Bailey. The solemn V"0VVs VVer'c administered in the Rev. ”MI. Goldberg 0f_ HanOVei'. (â€"7 "'"C run into me!” Mr. Davis is said to be the oldest man who ever made an air flight in Toronto. We tender our congratulations to Mr. Ward Koch 01' this town who, according to the announcement of the recent. examination results at Toronto I'niversity, was successful in securing his M. A. degree. The announcement was made in Tues- day’s dailies. Mr. Koch is a bril- liant. student, and is at present with the. Dominion laboratory of Plant Pathology at St. Catharincs. Mr. and Mrs. David Adlam cele- brated the thirty-fifth anniversary of their wedding day on the 3lst of May, and in honor of the event the family and eleven grandchildren and near relatives assembled at the home to wish them much happiness and give expression to their kindly feelings. TEMPERATURES OP PAST WEEK “Scared!” he replied, “Not much, and I have just about, made up my mind to buy one of the things. I‘m getting too old to jump out of the way of automobiles down here, and I think if I had One of those air machines I could enjoy a trip with- out wondering who was going to After this was written, and just before we closed our forms, Mr. Davis walked into our sanctum and sat down. Speaking to him about his trip. we asked, “And were you not scared when you were up so high?” “annnA',, ‘1- “A-n‘:-..] ‘L‘YAI n__ I DURHAM COUPLE 35 YEARS MARRIED Mr. and Mrs. David Adlam of Countess Street Enjoyed Company of Family and Friends Last. Thursday Evening. Mr. and Mrs. Davis returned to town last week and are at present visiting with their daughter. Mrs. C. H. Moffat. They expect shortly to take up housekeeping in town, but are at present unsettled, hav- ing disposed of their farm in Glen- elg “a conple 0f yeaxjsago. “ .â€"_â€".- ‘l--Vw.- IV. We have in our office a photo taken immediately after the flight, picturing Mr. Davis standing in front of the machine, with Capt. Exfans at the controls. Mr. and Mrs. _ Davxs spent the winter With. their _Qa.t_1_ghter,b Mrs. ‘If (V n _-__ --_-__ -“v-- uwuaqu, LVllDo W. G. Gaines at Parkhill, and it was while returning to Durham and v151ting their other daughters in‘ Toronto that Mr. Davis made his flight. The incident created no little interest around Dufl‘erin street airdrome when it was known that his young fellow of 82 was about to “go up in the air”, but it created more when the flight was over, when this octogenarian step- ped gaily out of the machine and without a quiver announced rather positively that he liked the trip and felt a great deal safer in an air- plane 3,000 feet up than motoring about on the city streets below. Describing the flight to The Chronicle, Mr. H..Gardiner. who made the flight in the same ma- chine, said that Mr. Davis showed extreme coolness when flying, and never for a moment lost interest in what was going on around (or be- low) him. The plane used was the property of the Toronto Airways Company, piloted by Capt. C. Evans, and took 011' from the Duiferin street airdrome and the party spent over half an hour in the air. flying at an altitude of about 3,000 feet over Toronto and Lake Ontario. Durham has many notables scat- tered all over the world. but the latest addition to our list is Mr. Thomas Davis, formerly of Glenelg Township, who, though 82 years of age, last 24th of May took a flight over Toronto and Lake Ontario in an airplane. And what’s more, he really emoyed it. Mr. Thomas Davis of Town Wont Sky Writing Last May 2‘. and Enjoyed Every Minute of Flight. 82 YEARS OLD; TAKES ' TRIP IN AIRPLANE WON HIS M. A. DEGREE (Continuedjon Page 5;- 83m. Max. Min. 46 7O 38 -7 74 7 61 65 64 62