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"Mr.â€" Robert Winlker spout Sunday aftm'noon with Mr. T. l). MCMUIAIAPD. 'lMl". ljlrwinV Krellcr Spent Sunday With hlS parents._ We tonolrr hearty congratulaâ€" tions to Mr. and Mrs. Fred Karstmlt on the arrival of a baby girl on April 27. at, Toronto hospital. ' dSundag; scheol reopened on Sun- dm wit quitea nxce attendance and flu doubt wnll be a great. suc- With the changeable weather we have been having, a great many have severe colds, but are hoping when the sun gets warmer and the air milder, that the colds will dis- appear. Mr. Bradley spent Sunday at Thomas Nichol's. Mrs. Toyer and daughter of Torâ€" onto 31‘» visiting with Mrs. Thomas Chase. Calderwood (Our Own Correspondent) Mr. Gordan llo-m'y visited on this lino, on Tuesday.” " Mrs; Jasper Smith and .Migxs Mar attnnclml the Presbyterlal In Dur mm on Tuesday, ‘ _ Mr.“ mm- Baotz "visited recently at John Leibold’s. The wealhvr is gotting some warmor, which is mom pleasant and the farmers are making g00d use or their tlmv. They will hardly take time to look around. Miss Millie Leeson, teacher and her sister, Mrs. Hooper.'of Mount Forest, went through Varney one day last week, turned. at Blyth’s store and were speeding on their way, no doubt to their brother’s, Dr. G. Leeson, who lives out that Eugenia (Our Own Correspondent) The people here were shocked to hear of the untlmply death of Mr. Robert. John Pedl'ar at the age of Mr. George Bradley, son, and children, from below Mount Forest viflted at Mr. Wm. Long’s on Sugday last. There must be a great demand for Durant cars as Mr. McCabe said he could get only half the number of cars this trip that he would have lilged to__b_1_‘j_ng _home. o A'Ilo I ‘J'.'\.,-'.’ -v-.- . DIIU . _- U._ _ a fine address on “The League of Nations". Missvs Ramage and Fen-is gaw. two instrumental duets. Hot sugar was then served and meeting closed by Singing "God Save the King.” The procveds 0f the ownning wvre $133.00. aala". Miss Stewart ofJCé'ylon was tlwn called and favored the audience with a vocal solo anal encore». Miss ll. Ramago and Mr. R. Hamage also favored the audionco with a coume of duvlsr S_I_Id_os worn then shown _ If- Mr. A. McCabe and son, and Mr. McAulill‘e. motored to Toronto on Monday for new Durant cars. Mr. Kenneth Kerr went along as far as Elora to spent a day with his sister, Mrs. Nichol, Mrs. B. Lewis also went to Toronto to visit her aunt, Mrs. Joe Robertson. The sewing circle met on Tues,â€" day at the home of Mrs. Elmer Fee with quite a good attendance fogthe b_u_sy t.im_epf_ year. Mrs. John Mctlalmon arrived home lately to spend the summer months at her home here. after Spending the winter months with her daughter, Mrs. Art Sewell, at Hamilton. U] 'J‘l' [-7. ttttt 0n "Littlv N9" and her (nrafidfa- tho-1 from The Old Cuxiosity Shgp”. Mr. F. Oliver, MHPP. gave LL'“L 7 I _-~-.n Mr. A. Mcfiabo is making quite an improvement to his place by setting out a number of young fruit trees. Mr; Julius Keller is re-shingling his house. Varney doesn’t intend to take a back seat. A very successful sugar social was held in the basement of the church on Tuesday evening. The meetingppened by singing :1) Can- . Priceville (Our Own Correspondent) Mr. Innis Maclman nf urangeâ€" ville, Spent. tho» \vm-k-nml WIHI Ins paygnts __h_P_ro‘. , I ‘.... ‘|--.\I' \‘nn- yulbllta Il' 1v. Miss Estlu-r and Mr. Alroy Mac- Lean spout tlw weokovnd at their home horn. ‘ Mr. Frml Karsledt spent the week-end in Toronto, . Mr. Low of 131'!“ occupied the gulp“, in the MarKinnon Hall on unday. ‘ _ . Mr. and Mrs. Lohn MacLoan vis- itwl Sunday afternoon at Donald Marbonalcl‘s. ‘ Miss Victoria MarMillan spent the “Who-ml at her [name here. PAGE 8. Vamey (Our Own Correspondent) Bornâ€"T0 Mr. and Mrs. Henry Tudor, on May 4th. 1928, a daugh- t.o1_'1â€"4_10ngt‘a_t}llatiqns. _ I." Vt.“ The remains came up on the noon train Wednesday and were ta- ken to the home of his Sister, Mrs. W. McKee. Flesherton. where a very comforting sermon was preached. Interment took placeat the Meat‘ord Road cemetery beSIde the remains of his Wife who pre- dceased him 26 years ago. .1118 wife's maiden name was Ida Wil- son, daughter of the late Thomp- son and Mrs, Wilson. The flowers from the friends were very pretty. The pan-bearers were Eugenia neighbors. He leaves to mourn his loss two daughters. Mrs. Harry Tate (Leone) of Hillshurg; Mrs. Dan. Fawcett (Grisehlal ot‘ ()akwood and 10 grandchildren. Two brothers and one sister also survive. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Genoa and family visited with Mr. and Mrs. Fnank Shortt near Fm'm-sham on Sunday. Théir Uaughter, Miss Rata. romaimyd tn visit with her aunt. fun a few days, A int-imbm' from {his vicinity at- tvndod the funeral of the late R. J. l{’edlar on Wednesday of last my". The children had a fine time at school Arbour Day. Some of them did not think so when they return- ed to school Monday. The boys took a hike off by themselves on Friday afternoon and were treated to a taste of black strap on Monday. NOt all, though. the boys who cried when they saw the “black strap" were let olT._ was this quite fair? 7 Wu am sorry to hear that Mrs. va-y .Wililams has suddenly taken ill again. We hope it. is not ser- nous. Mr. Enhpiam chwbothatfi _0f T0- rontp. VISItM wnth his Wife and {apply 139m oyer Ugo, wegk-end,_ W0 extend our sympathy to the bm'naved ones. Mr. Charlvs Williams is home frgm Tgronto {01:3 f‘ew_days. __. . Mis's Man Garmthers is visiting in St. Thomas. We are pleased to report that Miss Muriel Camrron. only daugh- Lm‘ of Emma and Mrs. ()ampbell. has recovered from her recent attack 01' _ap1wndicits A- ____ Tli'l*.F.W.0. club met at the home of Mrs. Lewis Genoa on Thursday 01' last week. ‘W last fall. ,hé With his daughter and family moved to Oa‘kwood to 19si1l9. F01 a number of ,xears p19- \iom to this he was a steady em- 1110\00 at the Durham Fuxnituro F'dltOl) mill at Rock Mills. He “as a great arti$n in renovating cais. mntorcycles, clocks. 811118. 919., and got much employment alqng that line, Mr. and Mrs. George E. Haw of Swinton Park announce the en- gagement of then second den ghter Ruby Mae, to Garfield Anthony of Toronto, son of Mr. and Mrs. Laxu'ente Anthony of Sy,dney N. 8., the marriage to take place early in May. 52 years. Mr. Pedlar was suddenly seized by pneumonia on Wednes- day. April 25, and was taken .to Lindsay Hospital, where he receiv- ed good treatment, but efforts were in vain to save his life from the fatal disease and death claimed llly] on_M_ond_ay night, There seems. to be a lot of sick- ness here at present but under the care uf I)r. Sneath the patients are getting better. The little children of Mr. and Mrs. Andy Dane are much improved. Mrs. A. Ferguson filt‘nuch improved and also Mrs. J. 1 . Too Late Willie: “What will happen if the baby ‘was to Pat a goldfish?’ Father: “I’m afraid it would kill him." “Well, it didn’t." Swinton Park (Our Own Correspondent) Seeding operations are well un- der way and with a few weeks of fine weather the grain will be in the ground. Already the grass is making wonderful headway for this tithe of the year, Mr. Wm. Watson of Detroit is home for a short time on business. load dragging is the order of the day and the roads are rough yet. If good weather continues they will soon smooth down. Mr. J. R. Wilson is the owner of a Durant coach. 1â€"wâ€"Jv Preceding the concert the Ayton junior football team will oppose the local juniors in the opening game of the season. The juniors are practising faithfully and have pros- pects of a fast team. Come out and help them along. Probable line- up. goal. Harry l’inder; backs, Sam Fidler and James Calder; half- hacks. Alex. Sim, James Christie, Elmer Troupe; forwards, Brown Irvin. Earl Ross, John Calder, Ar- thur Haas, John Irvin, _ (Our Own Correspondent) Remember the play “Too Many Husbands” to be presented by the Mount Forest Dramatic Club in the Agricultural Hall on Friday night, May 11th under the auspices of the L 1hrary.__ The softball team held their first practise Tuesday evening. We un- derstand they have entered a team in the Durham Softball League. Mr. John Marsh 01' Hamilton, son of Dr. Marsh, former Presbyterian Minister here, renewed acquain- tances here this week. This hospital is made of cake icing. not stone. It is a model in cake and icing of the new Wo- men's College hospital in Toronto, and is the work of one of the chefs of the King Edward hotel, Louis Ricciardelli, whose talents in the culinary line lie in sculp- ture with icing. The model is four feet high and five feet in length. The following cilizons have treat- m‘l themselvas to now can: Mr. W. 'Nvlson. Durant four; Mr. R. J. Ar- nill, Durant six; Mr. Koch, a Chev- rolet coach. ‘ Mr. E. Geddes of London and Miss Farrish of Blyth were recent vis- itors with Mr. and Mrs. Brown. ‘Miss Faye Watson, prineipal of Public School, visited With her pageants at Tam over the week- en . _ Mr. A. Wolfe of Kitchener, is at present, visiting with the Fenton family. _- - _-----' v Mrs. E. Johnston, who spent the winter months with her daughter, Mrs. William Freeman 01' Tees- water. returned to the village last week. Her daughters, Mrs. Free- man and Mrs. Lennox spent a few days with her. Mrs. Rife made a business trip to Toronto last week. Mr. .Russell. Crawford visited wnth Ins cousm, Mr. Clarence Fen- ton last week. Mrs. Wm. Aitken, Mrs. Tuck, Mrs. Hastie, Mrs. Christie and Miss Chris-tic, attended the I’rcsbyterial held it; Durham Tuesday. To Charlie Buller, age 10, goes the credit for catching the longest trout since the opening of the season. the length of the fish be- ing 16 inches. To Mr. John Pinker- ton, section foreman. goes the credit of catching the biggest trout. the length being 15 inches. The exact weight notknown. Bornâ€"To Rev. and Mrs. 0. Jay on PATHFINDERS A. S. Hunter Co. Phone 62 Durham For service aka. buy at home Here’s. where you get a real BARGAIN! Holstein THE DURHAM CHRONICLE Balloons, too. Big, ton tread. 039“. of. mileage. A 4.__-- SUPERl’inlGMmH. IALK about tire values! Here’s a big, good-looking, pvegoizg cor_d at a 191' lyrics: Another pair of twins have been added to the list in this neighbor- hood, which is so noted for its numerous pairs of twins. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Webber are the proud possessors of a pair that were born to them the middle of last week. "Mr. Wm. Jacques has treated himself to a new Ford car. He had one of the early makes of the Ford and has now one of the latest. Monday, May 7th, a son. Donald Ross. " ”V... .Mr. Mgclntosh ' of Flesherton “sited this week with t1}!r.K_elly. I.“ -_.I ‘l..- ll:l1__. Mrs. John Pinkefion speiit the week-end with her mother, Mrs. ,Dgpn, of Durham. Mrs. W. Freeman of Teeswater spent a few days with her sisters, Mesdames Barbour and Lennox. Her mother, Mrs. E. Johnson, Who Spent the winter with her, returned to her home in Holstein. Mr. Wm. Bogle has rented one of Mr. Peter Black’s farms for pas- ture. There seems-to be a lot of land gomg mto pasture of late years. The scarmty of farm help and the high wages are responsible. The Misses Martha and Ethel Lawrence .of Mount Forest spent Sunday w1th their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs._ Richard Morrison. Mr. and Mrs. James. Brown of Mount Forest visited hlS mother, Mrs. Brown, Sr., the first of the week. , Mr. and Mrs. Milton Schenk, Ky- ton and Mr and Mrs. lebett, Goa- erich, spent the week-end With Mg; and _M_rs. {maples Drumm. Sunday school reopened at St. Paul’s last Sunday with a good at- tendance and promises to go strong. The officers will be pleased to see all who can, attend, as it takes the scholars to make a good school. Older ones Will be equally wel- come and much benefited, as Rev. Mr. Hayes, who has charge of the Bible class is an interesting teach- er. Mr.' and ME§IHScott Eccles of Mount Forest, visited her mother, Mrs. John Brown, Sn, on Sunday. Corner Concerns (Our Own Correspondent) Mrs. John Wilson of Pinkerton is spending a few days with her cousin, Mrs. Earl Mead. Sunday next is Mother’s Day and will be duly observed at, St. Paul’s church. Both person and choir ex- pect to give sometlung special and all mothers, and fathers, too, would do well to attend. Arbor day was fittinglypbserved at our school and everythmg made t0__look_ neat and _tidy. Mr. Robert Mighton has leased Mrs. Carrie Aljoe’s farm for this year, purchased an extra; team, and secured the services of Mr. John 'l‘rafferd to help with the work end of the business. If farming pays at all surely doubling the busmess shguld be profitable, Two steemed Egrmont residentS. amongst the first born in pioneer days, Mr. William Chapman and Mr. Robert Moore have recently passed over the great divide. The former was Sunday School superin- tendent here for many years back in the nineties, before going West, and the latter was a highly esteem- ed_citizen in the section east fo us. Since we last wrote, Miss Jessie HOOper has joined heart and hand with Mr. Bert Lewis and gone to live in Normanby. We extend best wishes. Mr. and Mrs. James Tucker have received some nicely gotten up in- vitations to a reunion of the old school section in Morris Tp., where the latter got her education, to be held on July 5th. This leads us to enquire if Durham has their invi- tations printed for, that old home week we have been promised. If so while the town and lour worthy -.° .' U: prelimgiaries “ofY opening the new post 0 we could not those of us who are not engaged he rounding up all the old timers and extending heart invitations to that great so- cial unction to which we haw. been looking forward with pleasant anticipation 1'01 the past ten months. 9 Darkies’ Corners (Our Own Correspondent) . Mr. and Mrs. John McGrr were 1n Mount ForestflSatqrday. mMr. and Mrs Farr Lawrence and Master Ray visited on Sunday with fighting out the opening the new Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Rmilton. Miss M. McLean. who has spent. the winter with her brother at Newmarket. is visiting with her sisters. Mrs. Mctlannel and Mrs. Macphersou. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Jacques and daughter Jean were Visitors the first of the week with Mr and Mrs. Mini-ray Ritchie. .Mr. 'and Mrs. (marge Collinson \‘lSiU‘d reently at Hamilton. Polly: “He léid irt'a'iwtâ€"fi): 'fééi'yes- terday." ‘ Molly: ‘fW'hat makes you insist l11.s‘ lgparng-s |_n.t,_h(}_ right Mace?" Thursday. lay 10. III