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PAGE 4. tising columns one of the aspirants ror May Ontario municipality was appealing to the electorate on his ability to say “No". especially when the expenditure 4 m-.. knlnrn thp Council. Advcfllflmcnw W W ...... ” and those sent. vim- “until forbidden instructions. will appear out written until written orders are received xor ‘I A-“‘n“.n" the electorate uu mu ..____-, “No". especially when the expenditure of city money was before the Council. This man claimed that while it was easy to line up say “yes", it took real gumption to’ say “no”. There is little doubt that this man will receive a good many votes from those to whom all civic there can be too much of this as or the other. No one likes a professional “yesser”. but neither does anyone care particularly for the roiessional gainst_ the expenditure of any money for this. that or the other thing, and “‘ â€"â€".- ACOA.‘ _ This man Claimeu un easy to line up with “y " it took re: say “no". There is 11 this man will receive votes from those to expenditures are squ: and taxes a necessary D “‘-‘ Anna run. The man wno says man as not less, out more times'over. Saving a cow because we won’t go to the doctor with a bad The Ontario Government will have amerrytimeilittriestosatisiyboth motorists and farmers. especially dur- m the winter months. and this is possibly the reason no move is noticed when any particular agitation is start- for this that or the and if you elect me thing of this nature. IUI LILAC. Ulla-v v- v--- and if you elect me i’ll oppose every- thing of this nature. The worst of it is. there are many people who will vote for a candidate for no other reason than that he says he is going to save them money. “A --â€"- bA-ucnfi ed for sbnie new innovation For some years now there has been an agitation on in this port of the province to have the Provincial high- ways kept open for motor traflic dur- ing the winter. Frankly, we would not mind seeing this done, but neither conweseethattheexpensewouldbe Durhsmdoqyméamoimt of mo- Wham: winter? Most ’ cold vegan: comestoputtheold mthemmdspendthewm- {be but ter the are. the newgpsper. m; digging-be pity) the tumors en - AL . “AAA- -1 __.L mouth but to leave this winter. for the use of phone who_ the Gov'erfiment not to 'â€" “r the them 6W Whosoever is repaired _ u "all, vv oacv-c --v '“U w thing at all. He has tried to make waffles and other things take the place of the bun, but has not been success- ful and will visit European kitchens to see what can be done. While he is at it we would suggest he looks up something that won’t let mustard out We have specialists who guarantee to grow hair, and others who guaran- tee to remove it. Now, what’s the matter with someone specializing in removing the hair from places we don’t want it and transplanting it to all over you} Castas Nitaikades, a New York “hot dog” purveyor, has gone to Europe in an endeavor to find a new “cover” for this article of food more suitable than a bun. whigh 139 says is .not the right where We need it? In all those United States, no sit- uation like that in Bruce County could arise. Imagine any considerable num- ber of United States citizens getting out and working against a State- owned institution like the Hydro, and furthering the interests of a Cana- dian-owned » corporation} A ifiu'ébetn out of the garage picknickmg in Fault”?- southofuslftheyaretobeuaedror pleasure motoring generally, and would sooner see some of this money spent during the summer in road improve- ments that are permanent. No doubt, we are not so up-to-date as some of our conireres who advocate all-the-year-round roads, but this thing of bucking Nature for the fie of letting a few, and a very few. 5 through. does not meet with our ap- proval at all. Horse-drawn vehicles get little consideration in the summer time, and if there are any farmers v-Uâ€"uu wrvâ€" whether the ogwrhihg motorist is go- ing to turn out sufficiently far for safety. Leave this matter of clearing the -‘vw v' v' vv â€"___ during the {tote-r months, we 'would advocate that they be allowed to pur- _ A... ‘-_ Fergus School Board installed a $2,100 boiler and hired three additional teachers. and as this expenditure was not provided for in the estimates the Board is “broke" and the Council re- fuses to hand over the money. As all these things must be paid for there are merry things happening at Fergus besides Christmas and everything has “blowed up” except the new boiler. The Annual Meeting of the Knox Young Women’s Au'xiliary was held in the schoolroom of the Church on Mon- day evening, December 3rd. The pres- ident, Mrs. Catton, was in the chair. was read by Miss Barbara Ritchie. The devotional leaflet, “My Possessions", was read by Miss Winnie Blyth. Hymn 554, “0 Jesus I have Promised”, was The meeting opened by singing hymn 170, “It Came Upon a Midnight Clear” after which Miss Mary Mather led in prayer. The Roll Call was answered by a verse of scripture on “Joy”. The Scripture Lesson, Isa. 9:6, Luke 2:10-15 the Darkness, “Rolling Back the Map” was given by Miss Margaret Lennox. It was unanimously decided by the Auxiliary to send to the Presbyterial treasurer a total of $185.00 for the year 1928, thus exceeding their alloca- tion by $10.00. éhhg. An excellent paper on the third chapter of the _stg<_:ly b_ook, Drums in During the election of oflicers, Mrs. Smith, Honorary President, occupied the chair. The following are the o!- flcers for the ensuing year: Honorary Presidents, Mrs. R. MacFarlane, Mrs. (Rev) Smith; President, Mrs. Ralph Catton; lst Vice President, Miss Mary Mather; 2nd Vice President, Miss Mar- 'i‘réaéurer Birthday Box: Miss Mary c. Social Committee: Convener, Miss Barbara Ritchie; Misses Margaret Lennox, Mary Morton, Mary C. Mc- Kechnie, Marjorie Ritchie, lslay Mc- Kechnie. Refreshment Committee: Convenor, Mrs. Sparling; Mrs. Duflield, Misses Jean Hepburn, E. Ball, Myrtle Koch. Floral Committee: Convenor. Miss Daisy Mather; Mrs. Maciarlane, Mrs. MacCallum. Mrs. Dalgarno. Program: Miss Winnie Blyth. Miss Mary Morton led in prayer for the newly elected oflioers. The re- elected president on again taking the chair. thanked the girls for their faith- ful co-operation during the past year. D Hymn 172, “Holy Night, Peaceful ’Night,” was then sung. The meeting closed in the usual way by repeating the class text and the Lord’s Prayer in United church held their regular monthly meeting in the church base- ment last Thursday evening, Mrs. Plddestakinscharge. ItwastheClass Missonary night, and the room was decorated to represent cherry blossom time in Japan. The meeting opened Plddes, at the close of which Mr: Plddes gave a devotional talk in keep- in: ii the subject of the evening. The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. A very suitable trio was sung by Gertrude Glass, Genevieve Saunders and Abie Mc- Lean. They were dressed as Japanese girls and sang “Beautiful Japan". Miss Fraser read several selections written NOTES AND COWTS .. O. '1‘. 8. Class of Queen St. KNOX Y. W. A. v“ v-â€" ercise, “Who’s Who'” was given by Janet Robb, Marjorie Middleton, Betty Henderson, Mary Town and Betty McIntyre. Mrs. Stoneouse, who is a fascinating reader. read a story, “Why the Chimes Rang”. A play entitled “When the Christmas Star Shane” was given by the members of the Band, assisted by Mrs. R. Sparling as reader, and Miss Alma Kress as The Spirit of Christmas. “Catherine Row- _ -DA'_L___- ~r___- -_ land, Jessie Grant, Shirley McIntyre and Bobbie Milne were the children listening to the story. They wondered why the star did not shine and ap- pealing to the Spirit of Christmas, she said the children were not all there. So when the children representing all lands were brought in. the Christmas Smith. The main feature of the even- ing was an address given by P. Ramage upon the Laymen’s Conven- tion, which he had attended. held in Massey Hall on the 5th, 6th and 7th of October. Mr. Ramage gave a most interesting account of the speeches given at this Convention by some of the greatest men of our church. A hearty vote of thanks was extended to Mr. Ramage for his splendid address. Before closing, a mixed quartette, con- sisting of Mrs. Knechtel, Mrs. Wilson, Mr. McCrae and Mr. Glass, sang “Calling Away”. Mr. F'iddes closed the meeting with the Benediction. Helpers’ Mission Band concert in the schoolroom of Knox church. Rev. W. H. Smith was chairman and gave a Star sfiéh'e. _- At'various times in the play the; _Q_11_ristr_nas”<:arols were sung. _m___1--_ ___-_ §parltné @595 a. very pleasing piano 3010. Jean Town and Jean Atkinson each gave a reoigatgon. A li_ttle ex- 5""0 - The_â€"(_Bhildren’s thankoffering was taken up which amounted to nearly five dollars and the receipts _at the KNOX MISSION BAND A splendid crowd was present on Saturday afternoon at the Little deer {Vere $14.00. Miss M. Hunter was accompanist. The leaders, Misses M. Mather and M. McGirr were much gratified in the interest taken by the ladies of the congregation. Held their annual business meeting in the church basement Tuesday at- ternoon M“ th 3 large attendance for the general business and election of officers for 1929. The first part of the afternoon was spent in quilting two red cross quilts and the hemmng of a web of tea towelling for the Ladies’ Aid. Rev. Mr. Fiddes presided and op- ened the business meeting with prayer. The minutes of the November meeting were read and adopted. Reports were given from all the standing commit- tees. The treasurer’s report shwed a balance on hand of $132.81. Officers for the coming year were then elected. President, Mrs. P. Gagnon; Vice- President, Mrs. W. A. Glass; Secretary, Mrs. George Yiirs; Treasurer, Mrs. C. Moore. MSacramental Commttee: Mrs. Aljoe, Sparling. MChurch Draping Committee: Mrs. D. Flower Committee; Mrs. McLeah and Mrs. D. M. Saunders. Parsonsgs Committee: Mrs. Mc- Clocklin, Mrs. Hopkins anc} Mrs_._Wolfe. Visitors for East. Ward: Mrs. C. Moore and Mrs. A. C. Kinnee. West. Ward: Mrs. R. Campbell and Mrs. R. Whtmore; North Ward: Mrs. R. Smith and Mrs. D. M. Saunders. This brought a. successful afternoon to a close. The ladies enjoyed an ex- cellen’; supper. The Ladies’ Aid of Knox church held a pleasant tea last Thursday after- noon in the basement of the church. Amongst the interesting part of the business was the deciding of the winner in the “copper” contest which has been running for the past year. Mrs. John McGirr and Mrs. Albert Living- stone were the captains of the teams and the object was the collecting of copper coins of the eralm. Mrs. Liv- ingstone’s team, which won, were to collect 1916 coppers, while that of Mrs. McGirr confined its operations to the 1917 variety. ApproximMely $50 were realized from the contest which will be used in church work. A musical programme followed and a very plea- sant time was spent. COPPER CONTEST CLOSED QUEEN ST. LADIES’ THE DURHAM CHRONICLE The annual meeting of the Jewel Mission Band of Queen Street church was held in the basement on Monday. December 3. The meeting was largely attended and officers for the coming year were elected which are as follows: Superintendent, Mrs. Wiggins; Assoc- iate Superintendent, Mrs. Glass; Pres- ident, Inez Twamley; Secretary, Elsie Goodchild; Treasurer, Gertrude Glass; Press Reporter, Isabel Fiddes; Birth- day Box Treasurer, Olivene Yiirs. The Mission Band has had a splendid year under capable leadership and were successful in meeting their objec- tivc. tion simply disappear. As Mrs. E. White of West Toronto, Ont., states: “I sufl'ered from Indigestion for months and could not eat a square meal. Since taking ‘Fruit-aetives' every trace of Stomach Trouble has disa red. I now eat anything and feel ' e a new person.” “Fruit-a-tives" will quickly relieve Indigestion and Dyspepsia. 25c. and 50c. a boxâ€"at dealers everywhere. tivea." In" ion, Gas and Pain after Egting, -_ bee and Constipa- It looks almost like 'câ€"the fly 3 wealth of health floods she bod under the healing influence of “ 't-a- PLAYS A PRETTY KNIFE AND FORK QUEEN STREET MISSION BAND We cannot begin to mention all the suitable and inexpensive gifts we have} so we are going to mention a few of the specials: Ladies Gloves, up from; ...... s .50 Ladies’ Crepe Scarves, reg- ‘ And Now For Your Christmas Shopping R. L. Saunders, Prop. mom: 4 ovum Wait for our Birgains in TOYS, DOLLS. GAMES ETC. Lots of them will be sold at run Prloe! The Variety Store Since “Fruit-a-tives” Brought Relief From Indigestion NOVELTIES OI ,9, than the gift of a park or libnry they-eipre appreciate having m. and_ _show ydur appreciatiod by .t.’ Service every Sabbath afternoon at. 2:30. “Them that honor God; He will College. Our church rejoins st the prospect of young men of the type of Mr. Young coming into the ministry and with such, the future is hopeful. Rev. J. Corry occupied the pulpit last Sabbath at Shelburne and Horn- ing's Mills end reports fine concrete- tions at both pieces. Santa Claus' headquarters is at the Variety Store, For new fancy novelties. see the (113- i Growing boys hnve but one (ear end play at The Variety Store. that is they'll starve to death. The‘phurp}; is {nore to_a comgunity mom ”SEW Rev. J. Corry. M Services next Sebbeth at the usual SWIN'I‘ON rm top of a pole breath away. INDING THE BREAK in the line is not as bad as it used to be. It used to mean that men had to trudge along through the storm, perhaps for miles, until the bad spot was found. Today there are delicate instruments . . 0“ o__ _ (A... rle‘ IUUIIU. ‘ uuu v --. - _ _ __ which can locate the spot within a few rods from an office many miles away. They are so accurate that if there is a break in the 180 miles of line between Toronto and Sarnia, a man can sit in a building in Toronto and locate the spot Within a pole’s length or 50. Or a man can sit in a building in Montreal and find a break anywhere between there and Quebec. He can tell the trouble-shooter almost the very pole to go to because every pole now is num- bered. UT THE TROUBLE-SHOOTER has to do the actual job and it means more than losing sleep or braving bad weather. It calls for very high technical skill. Big cables are simply lead containers holding hundreds of tightly packed wires. each fine a a hair. When the cable is burnt out for a stretch, or is opened, there is a fine looking mess. It looks like the stuffing of a hair nut- STORMS COST MONEY as well as dis- comfort. The telephone system has over 675,00) miles of wire strung on poles stretch- ing across 23KB miles of ommtry and every storm hits some part of the system. A bk The money is ready because the telephone 90192;” has fol19W“! A.‘ N“? 0! m5" definite-Wan fat such Wdes. And the job is done because the telephone business has men and women, like the trouble- shooter, alive to the meming of service and eager to keep the t_eleph90e_,in the fmnt rank of connected again to its mate in the other half of the cable. If you can imagine yousclf finger- ing those wires at two o'clock of a stormy wintry morning you will realize .how good the .e-shootcr has to be at his job. I"? 6We clean V ”I5 buuv w â€"' storm. It isn't muc ‘ -h fun_to cl_ipg to the DURHA)‘ PRESBYTEBIAN am Sunday Bcboql 911mm cumulu- KNOX UNITED cm meat hm be heldon My evening.- AUBPICEB N0. £ 00.. am ml- Minna-MAW. m Dec. 7; old-timeundmodemdnndnc. Admmtonm. Lute-Wind} THURSDAY. DECEMBER 1). IN m Town 80.11. Print for Step moans. tad Old-time waning. nude turn- fished by Haw Bros! s-m Old-Time Orchegtn. Outside Judges. mm pices 1m Cfub. Ityouu'elookmctortoysnnddons ct but-um prices,cometo'lheVaflety I‘ll-II”. Dace-her 6. ”I COMING EVENTS MILITARY DANCE OLD-m DANCE tt 8 o'clock. Aus- 126394