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Wulkertonur'requently when people not out on a 1001’s errand or embark on Walkertonâ€"Mr. R. E. Truax. ex-M.P.. Walkerton’s veteran manufacturer and parliamentarian, was surprised by his stafl at the quitting hour recently when they called their revered employer into the oflice and in recognition or his having reached the 84th milestone on the journey of life that day presented him with a pipe and pouch of tobacco accompanied by a complimentary ad- dress. which was read by Mr. Barney Scherrer. Mr. 'l‘ruax who enjoys the distinction of being the longest con- tinuously in business of any man in Walkerton. he having been head of the industry which bears his name, for the past 54 years, spoke in appreciative terns of this kind remembrance by his Shallow Lakeâ€"Hencelorth anybody wishing to board C.N.R. trains at Shal- Dlow Lake will have to flag the train. The Canadian National Railways have finally decided that the forthcoming revenue does not warrant the employ- ment of a resident agent here and on Wednesday of last week Shallow Lake started under the new regime with a caretaker agent. See us before you invest in Casualty Insur- ance. We do not sell the cheapest insurance, but we DO sell you insurance that is 100 per cent. pro- tection against loss from accidentâ€"the only kind of insurance that is of any use to you when you need it. The Durham ladies were in charge of the opening and closing excercises while the degree work was performed by the Hanover team in a very complimentary manner with eight ladies from Dur- ham forming the guard of honor. Gifts to Sister Disney were presented by Sister Hargreave 0! Durham and Sisier A. Scholte of Hanover. Dancing and chat over the delicious luncheon ended a happy evening. I There were seventy-five present and the honored speaker Mrs. Mabel Dis- ney, District President of Ontario. came up irom Toronto for the occasion, a sister, Sylvia Thedorf. District presi- dent, introduced the speaker. who gave “enlightening address on Rebekah Work. the Durham- Lady Greys joined to- gether ln a delightful way Tuesday evening of last week in the local lodge Do you buy your Motor Car Insurance on the “How much is it going to cost me” plan? Motor Car Insurance is like any other com- . modityâ€"you get what you pay for. A cheap com- pany gives you cheap protection. to extend felicitations to them at their plane where the day was spent quietly with their son. James, of Preston. came day tor a well-known and hhhly respected Walkerton couple. Omancillor and Mrs. John Clancy. It was their golden wedding anniversary. One of Word’s oldest and highly W residents passed away on 'Wcllnesday of last week, at the home or ht Ion-in-law, Clinton Freestone, in u Vincent Township in the person of Thomas Rowe. He was in his Blst year. W): the timely work or nearby mhhbors that the flock was saved.’ The Rebekah Evergreen Lodge The motoring season is here, and you should protect yourself against accidents. How Much Are You Paying For Your Insurance? FRANK IRWIN, Durham FIRE and CASUALTY INSURAN CE ' Dundalkâ€"One of the difficult probâ€" lems which faced the paving contrac- tors on Highway No. 10 between Dun- dalk and Corbetton was changing the course of a stream running along the road for about 10 rods. A ditch was dug close to the fence. the material being moved by steam shovel and placed in the former bed of the stream to form part of the road shoulder. This work was done in front of the farm of Messrs. Harold and Robert Oldfield. Shoulder- ing and ditching is still being contin- ued. Wiartonâ€"Mrs. Gordon Galloway, had the misfortune to lose his store at Mar by fire on Tuesday night of last week. Mr. Galloway was in Lion’s Head at the time of the fire. The store was a small one, erected last spring, at the Red Bay corner and served the Red Bay and Mar sections. Some loss will l Meafordâ€"Miss Mary Silverthorne, an elderly lady living on Cook street, was lalmost overcome with gas fumes from ‘a coal fire last week. It seems that the neighbors missed Miss Silverthorne a- round the home and began investigat- _ing. The doors of the house were lock- ed and the town constable, R. H. Day, was notified, as it was feared something might be wrong. It seemed that the. electric lights were burning at the time. i Before the constable arrived the neigh- bors. after pounding on the outer door, for a time, succeeded in arousing Miss Silverthorne who had been lying tuny' dressed on the bed in a sem-conscious condition. Upon gaining admittance to the house it was stated the air wasI full of gas fumes which had apparentb escaped from the coal stove. Storm' windows on the outside also helped to' keep the fumes in the house. ’ Clarksburgâ€"F'oliowing a preliminary meeting of those interested in music, 'held a week ago in Thornbury to con- sider the advisibility of forming a Emusical organization for the whole 'county of Grey, another meeting was held in the community hall on Wed- nesday night of last week which brought representations from Owen Sound, Meaford. Thornbury, Clarks- burg and surrounding country. The as- sociation is known as the Grey County Musical Festival Society. Meafordâ€"Dr. E. J. Dyce, of the On- tario Agricultural College, Guelph, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Dyce, of Mea- lord, sailed on Friday, November 25th, :from London, England, on the 8.8. -“R.M.S.” Ansonia. Dr. Dyce was re- quested by the Provincial government to spend a month or so in England, giving talks and advice of prQessing of honey, in order to try and create a further market in England for the Ontario Beekeepers’ Association. alarm, his momentum of speed carried him within the flock as they ran on theground ioraahortwayspriorto ,the hop of! for the flight. Concentrat- ing his charts on a well-thighed beauty, he caught it before it could effect a get- away. The captive proved to be a matured goose and is conceded to be‘ the first. of its species ever captured by‘ hand in a trial or speed in the open. party unannounced. Getting within close range before his presence was ob- served by the sentry. who sounded the large flock of morning wild geese was home on the 16th Concession, immun- discovered feasting on a delicious crop by, a highly respected citizen in the of green wheat on the farm. This alert person of Mrs. August Eckstein. De- about “going on a wild coon whichwereoompletelydutroyéd,‘ chase”. but this term can be aptly 94)- only partly covered by insurance. ‘ killed when as exploded in No. 4 col- liery, two miles from this town. The explosion was caused by a spilt from a motor. according to an unconfirmed Unity Le‘ague, a Communistlc organi- tax sale. Arbors is a settlement about 60 miles north of Winnipeg, with the majority of the farmers of Ukrainian and Polish nationality. Many of them participated in .the recent “hunger from the reeve’s back and his face slapped. Irate demonstrators jumped on his toes. Then he was forced to 'sign a letter of resignation and call of! a Ottawaâ€"From Premiers of the sever- al provinces, replies are being received by Prime Minister R. B. Bennett of his suggestion that Tuesday, January 17, might be an opportune date for opening the Dominion-Provincial'conference on unemployment and allied problems. 4 ,wires have been received by Premier Bennett intimating that the tentative date would be satisfactory. But Prem- ier L. A. Taschereau 'of Quebec has telegraphed that the date would be in- convenient to his Government as the Quebec Legislature would then be as- sembled. Telegrams from the Premiers lof the four other provinces are expect- led in the course of the day As soon as these further answers are received, ef- forts will be made to name a date suit- able fOr all the Premiers. Contributory! social insurance will be included in the agenda for discussion at the parley.j Winnipegâ€"Municipal offices in the town of Arborg, Manitoba, were storm- ed. clothes torn from the reeve, who was later forced to resign, and many files of records including assessment sheets, scattered by a force of 500 far- mers protesting against the sale of terms for taxes. Clothes were stripped Chathamâ€"Miss Sarah J. Huff, who was found in a state of collapse in a room adjoining that in which the life- less body of her 78-year-old sister, E1- eanor, was found by the neighbors on Monday died, in the general hospital. She had ben in poor health for some time. The two sisters lived alone and it is thought that Eleanor had got out of bed to go to the assistance of her sister when she too collapsed. A double funeral was held December 1. l Stratfordâ€"A H0lstein cow, Margar-l let Sylvia Dewdrop, owned by Roberta Low of Stratford and bred by Nelsonl Oliver of St. Marys’, has set a new re- cord for Holstein cows in the vicinity of Stratford. Having just completed an official test for one year 'the cow showed a record of 12624 lbs. of milk which contained 585 lbs. of butter, and; showing an average percentage of 3.71' butter- fat. The cow was milked twice daily. are: train No. 16, Toronto to Montreal, “will leave at 11.59 instead of 11.15 p.m.; train No. 21, Toronto to London, can- celled; new traln No. 77, Toronto to Hamilton, with Allandale connection at Burlington; new train No. 76, Hamil- ton to Toronto; train No. 81, Toronto to Stratford cancelled; train No. 29, Toronto to Stratford, leaves 7.55 in- stead of 7.50 a.m., and makes addition- al stOps and connecieons. Torontoâ€"A saving estimated at 170 miles of train operation a day is en- visaged in the schedule changes and train withdrawals announced by the Canadian National Railways, operative from December 4, as part of a plan of operation economy. Among the changes is expected. Apparently one of the children wanting the cereal box, had emptied the contents into the one con- taining the poison. Napanee, Ont.â€"Mrs. George Wheeler of Napanee, and her family of eight were taken ill as a result of eating a breakfast cereal which contained ar- senate of lead. Mrs. Wheeler, and her eldest daughter, Martha, were the most seriously affected, but their recovery sed away here early Saturday morning. spend the winters in Tara. He had come back to spend the winter a week ago. His death was due to pneumonia. He was in his 85th year. manufacturing wagon shop here, pas- ceasedhadreached theageoffizoyem and 10 months. She had been in 111 Neustadtâ€"Oh Thursday afternoon, December 1. there passed away at her home on the 16th Concession, Norman- Canada THE DURHAM CHRONICLE 111 [118 i Ottawaâ€"EA. Weir, Montreal direc- )arley. tor of radio for the Canadian National Railways, has been named manager 1 the . for the new Canadian Radio Broad- .torm- casting commission and E. C. Buch- . who a anan, president of the Parliamentary man)", press gallery, and Ottawa correspon- Sydney, NB.â€"James Pucci moved to a new house recently, but the safe in which he kept his valuables was so cumbersome that he left it in the old one. Dally he visited the Iron box to deposit money or extract what he need- ed. All was in order until last Thurs- day when he found the safe door open and papers scattered over the floor.‘lnd . Woodstockâ€"Roy Wilson, of Hamil- ton, who escaped from the Oxford County jail here last July, while work- ing out doors, who was. rrested a few days ago in Hamilton, was sentenced to two years imprisonment in Portsmouth Penitentiary by Magistrate Johnston in city police court. dent of the Toronto Saturday Night has been named publicity chief Ior the commission. Bathurst. N.B.â€"â€"With the throat cut from ear to ear, the body of Joseph M. Machey was found in a shipyard here. Blo-odstains led to the yard of a lumber company 300 feet away, where a razor and a cap were discovered. Police de- cided the body had been dragged into the shipyard and an effort made to conceal it. I 3 L! Halifaxâ€"Eight aliens, ordered to be ' deported 'as Communists, will not be "sent out of the country without a final ' appeal to the Privy Council, according ' to L. A. Ryan, Halifax barrister, who 'ldefended the men in four court actions ‘ during the last six months. Mr. Ryan said he had received instructions from .the Canadian Labor Defence League to [carry on the fight. He had telegraphed lhis agents in Ottawa to ask for a stay {in the deportation proceedings and was prepared to appeal the decision to the Supreme Court of Canada, The prison- ers were arrested in several Canadian cities last May and brought to Hall- fax by Royal Canadian Mounted Police. iAn immigration tribunal here, issued, 'orders for deportation. Mr. Ryan de- fended them in that court and sub- sequently endeavoured to secure their freedonm under the liberty of the Sub- ject Act. The Immigration Board was upheld by Mr. Justice W. F. Carroll and ’later by the full bench of the Supreme Court of Novia Scotia. An appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada was dismis- .sed on November 28. in the nine months totalled in value 336,802,765 compared with 440,486,665 in the same period of 1931. The larger items totalling two-thirds of the whole, having increased in vol- ume about 60 per cent, says a report of the Dominion Bureau of Statistics. British imports from foreign countries Ottawaâ€"British imports from Can- ada during the nine months ending September totalling in value 28,762,646 compared with 22,002,820 in the same period last year, and 28,046,690 in the same period of 1930. On a volume basis this is a very large increase over 1930. Nelson. B.C.â€"Eluding police officers who were escorting him to the coast to serve a prison term of one year for breaking jail here, Robert Cress, ex- convict, jumped through a window of a passenger coach attached to the train for Vancouver. He escaped into the Calgaryâ€"The unemployed married men’s association voted at a meeting here to ask the ‘Alberta government to allow the proposed “hunger march" on Edmonton, to be made without police interference. A woman delegate at a recent meeting addressed the meeting urging it to support the proposed march of jobless from all parts of the province to the capital, starting in Calgary, De- cember 6. Calgary and Red Deer would be points of gathering for the march-1 ers Calgary being 200 miles south of] Edmonton and Red Deer midway be- tween the two points. The executive of the association will consider partici- pation in the march to be held within the next few days. Police have an- nounced determination to prevent the march taking place, claiming it is spon- sored by Communists from the Crow’s Nest and Drumheller mining areas. Vancouver, B .0 ..â€"Dr John A. Allen, Edmonton, president of the Canadlan Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, in an address to the western annual meet- ing of the Institute and Mining As- sociation of British Columbia, spoke of the need of extended vision, courage and optimism. some form of action against wineries which did not live up to the agreed Grimsbyâ€"Niagara Peninsula grape growers‘ associations, intend, it is re- ported, to hold meetings of all groups in the peninsula immediately, for the purpose of securing affidavits from all members who sold their recent grape crOps to wineries for prices lower than $40 per ton, which was the price agreed upon between wineries, Liquor Control Board and growers. It is intended when these affidavits are secured to take had a return ticket to Burk's Falls, but nothing to reveal his identity. He is being treated 'at the hospital. Hamiltonâ€"Leaving a Canadian Nat- ional train an elderly man entered a taxi-cab and suffered a seizure which made it impossible for him to speak or convey his wishes. The driver took him to a hospital where it was found he ' Edmontonâ€"Nothing more remains to be done on the Alberta section of the trans-Canada highway, says Hon. 0. L. McPherson, Minister of Public Works, in commenting upon the report of a statement made by J. M. Wardle, chief engineer ‘of the National Parks in a Calgary address. So far as Alberta is concerned, Mr. McPherson declared, thel trans-Canada highway is a finished job from one side of the province to the other. The last work on it was done during the past Summer, and there is now a surfaced road right across; from Saskatchewan to the British 001-; umbia boundary. The section last done was a short distance west of Medicine Hat. Sudburyâ€"The owner of a milkwagon cannot be held responsible for the acts of the driver of the wagon, Magistrate J. S. McKessock decided, dismissing a charge against Joe Boudreau, a Rom- ford dairyman, of pennitting his milk wagon to be driven between dusk and dawn without a light. “The highway Traffic Act is quite clear that the own- er of an automobile is responsible for the acts of the driver, but it is silent on the responsibility of the owner of a horse-drawn vehicle." His Worship said. The charge followed an accident near Coniston. A second detachment of 100 unem- ployed single men, mobilized in the city’s hostels, left Toronto, last week to find employment helping in the con- struction of the trans-Canada high- way through Northern Ontario. They travelled aboard two special coaches attached to the CPR. train to Sud- lbury which left Union Station at 10.40 p. m., attired in warm clothing and heavy boots provided by the Depart- ment of Public Welfare and in charge; of conducting officers of the depart- ment. The men were bound for the highway construction camp near Cal- vin, Ontario, northwest of Sudbury. The first detachment of 100 unemployed left in motor coaches last week to work on the stretch of the highway in the North Bay area. Welfare Commissioner Laver was on hand to bid them farewell. n on business. week, by Provincial constable Earl Penner. The brothers drove off with the truck when Ainslie stopped at Callum Sudburyâ€"Pleading guilty to a theft the wheat crown is eliminated by the of a motor truck from Malcolm Ainslie of Markstay, who gave them a lift along the highway, Thomas and Law- rence Roy of North Bay, were sentenced to one year imprisonment by Magis- trate J. S. McKessock in police court The two were arrested near Hager, last bertans will continue -to sci the ushbookto 1921. Mr. mesflmttedtttlmoflnlebhltb- to a email; entryâ€"lo nevedtohuvebeenauladbyinm- CANADA iii-lac" co. an Excellent Ego: oo. 15:- snowmc Guelphâ€"Firing two shots. the first of which glanced on‘ the bone of his forehead and went through the scalp. “,0 18 that he expects to have the line be- tween Gore Bay and Little Current ready for use by December 15th. and Telegraph Company's line be- tween Gore Bay and Little Current, is going ahead rapidly and it is announc- ed by G. H. Turner of Little Current Gore Bayâ€"The construction of the Manitoulin and North Shore Telephone Tillsonburgâ€"Phiilip Bancroft, a bar- ber in the village of Gourmand, five miles east of Tillsonburg, had some spare time between shaves last week that almost cost him his life. A cartridge had lodged in a .32 calibre revolver, and as he attempted to re- move it with a match. the gun dis- charged, the bullet going through his left shoulder, five inches from his head. Guelphâ€"There was joy in the “bull gang" at the Ontario Reformatory when every member received an extra “deck of weed”. The packet of tobacco presented each prisoner was a gesture on the part of Hon. G. H. Challies. Provincial Secretary, who promised the men a treat for the work they accom- plished in the completion of the new lake at the institution, which was op- ened by the Minister, Thursday of last week. his injuries. St. Pierre, Manitoba, for 30 years be- fore returning here to spend her last years. Mrs. Mironde had vivid mem- ories of the Riel Rébellion and the migration of settlers to the new west. She is survived by 61 grandchildren and 98 great-grandchildren, as well as five sons and six daughters. five years necessary for him to be naturalized, is dismissed from his job on the new Toronto building on Car!- ton Street. Contending that theme is no reason to justify the employment of foreigners when thousands of British-born work- ers are unemployed, Mayor Stewart of Toronto, threatened to take the matter up with the Board or Control unless Phillip Seltzer. a German who has been in Canada within six weeks of the Queen’s Put. Mr. Long will an the vacancy cheated by Mr. Justice Put- rick Kerwin of Guelph on hll retin- ment following his elevation to the bench. Additional Items on . of Tinsonburg. attended PAGE 8 BEEF