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tire hone i. D. hie I Ind Conn- l rttie. sew-10‘s Mullen! Milton a d "a. 00 nd res Wit K) N) 05 '"r In: a" the " >1) um "I VOL. XLI, NO. 52 Fore Sua.-- cows, 4 and 5 yea" "Id. due to calve. ply to Wm, Edge. One barrel of tres Columbia No. 6 batteries nun arrived. a .Semth & Sons. When your daily paper Minn ea-l Wes. renew it through the Review ',1'ttl and take advantaged our clubbing rates Thehnnirersary Service and Enter.) toznment expected to be held at Swinton iark, are again postponed on account of Spanish 1nthsenat, The members St Paul's Ladies' Aid Society wish to ,rt,lii., Greenside Lodge. MI. L. O L. for t ir kindly donation of $14.00 to their wor ' Miss Marion Morton. daughter'of Mr. '1 hos Morton. 2nd con, Bentinck, who Has been teaching at Acton was operated l 4 n Saturday in Fergus for appendicitiw '/ inch was successful. Rev. Peter Nichol has received a call ‘mm Niscouri, Stratford Presbytery. the vipend being 31400. a manse and four F eeks'holidays. Th ere are two congre- L etions oi 6.5 and 2.5 famiiies respectively. Ratepayers o Township of Bentingk r re requested to ttend the Municipal Nomination at lash Dec. 30 at one 1 dock and also exp your views and ' in: as to the most isiactory method , i commemorating the 5 who have de- 1 nded our count.ry. - __ _ _ --- A B" J. H ittick, Clerk. Mr N Eastwood was pr ted by the 'mployees of the Rob Roy Mills on Christmas eve with a handsome purse of we; £_;.590PICS nmey as a testimony ot appreciation. we he leaves for the firm's westetn tranch at Yorklon. Sask. Mr Thou. Ame, foreman. made the presentation, . :ter whch Mr Eastwood neatly respond- " l. Mr and Mrs Eastwood will leave _ _ 'l Saturday tor their new Western home, il (mly six hours apart, death claimed“ David Warmington of Guelph and hisii we last Friday. They had been ill with ' i he influenza, followed by pneumon'u. _ 9.2km lately bee-severe a1ttatxitrel Javid was about iorty years ducal!!! Bay the son of Mrs James Warmincton ot 4 Durham. Two sisters Mrs Wm. Wiggins 'Leila) in town and Mrs N. Boles (De- l , may in Fergus and two brothers Joseph I "'. France and Wm. in Durham, will also', mourn his departure. The saddest teat-l are of the double bereavement is that) their six little children. the oldest twelve l oears, have been left orphans and taken' in the isolation hospital. I “You can't keep a good man down.", T his old aphorism is suggested to us ti seeingina Minneapolis paper that Jas. A. Hunter of that city ha. been elected', feddent of the Golf Club, of which hel gas been champion player for me years. l Moreover hr can use his voice as well as his arms and is President also of the Apollo Club a male chorus ol loo voices, which gives three concerts during the year mung an auditorium seated for 2400- " is good to see his old smile in a tine picture of him in the mp". only legs ‘guod' than to see it in the flesh in his nat ve town and be able to hail him as .. hm.“ .M..- jiukHAM BRANCH, John Kenn - a U£________! "73': F #335»; 3451 I Nt', '5?“th I311) can CHRISTMAS 13133 THE ROYAL BANK OF CANADA desire to offer to ties Customers and Friends of the Ban Best Wishes for a Happy Christmas ad a Prosperous New Year. DURHAM BRANCH: il. lliistele, Mgr The President, Dir#tottr Your surplus earnings in our Savings Department earn inter- est at current rate. 236 OF CANADA .4on ornca - TORONTO Maple and cedar wood sale. Apply to A. J. Cree ood, R. R. No, l, ham. If you wish to buy Victory ds, last Year's or this. or sell those you now have at bixhcst market price ior cash, call at write or phone the Review office about them. Mr. Thos. Burt oi Cleveland, brother of Mr Jas Burt of town, was held up in that city. struck on the head and robbed of his money. He later died ‘and was buried in Cleveland. A Christmas wedding was solemnized at the home of Mr Dougall McCannel. Boothville, when his daughter, Miss Jen- nie. was united in matrimony to Mr Geo. Love of Egremont. 1hiLAYEDPaptiR.- Nu,kind reader' we have not overdone ourselv es with Christmas cheer : but our paper sup- l ply went astray on the railway and I has given us much annoyance and you the irritation consequent on de- k lay. / At 6.15 Friday morning, Dec. 27th, Mr i Colin McDougall passed away at his) home here after several weeks illness, ; aged " years. The funeral service will be _ held in the Baptist Church at 2p. ttt., Sunday. - - _-.--- _ you the Ttauon consequent on de- i It looks like an acclamation for Reevell ay. . - ‘Metcalfe in Bentinck. Councillor Shew- 1 _ . tell is retiring and Wm Hudson is said to. Death ot Colin McDougall le an aspirant for a seat at the board. At 6.15 Friday morning, Dec. 27th, Mr l In Egremont it is reported Reeve Mc- Colin McDougall passed away at his" Arthur and all the old Council are re- home here after several weeks illness. tiring, With over 1000 names on the aged 82 years. The funeral service will be list, Egremont next year will have a Dep- held in the Baptist Church at 2 p. m. uty Reeve as well as a Reeve to represent Sunday. I it at the County Council. Who the new -T.ir."T"-T"'" I candidates will be we cannot yet say' Obituary. 1 though Councillor McDougall is mention- THOS. W. MCDONALD ed as an aspirant for the Reeves chair. "One more gone for treedom's sake " i Alter. two. years' servrce per Mc- for last week Mr. A. C. McDonald Gio i Quarg IS again in the arena mblenelg. and has been in Goderich for sometime re- ‘lf-a tight develops exfreeve Thos Nifty? cewed the sad telegram that his son I will probably be his opponent, Mud“ Thomas had died on 9th December in a 1 would cause another close "fr. Mr. London Military Hospital IChas Mortiey of Latona. a distric.t un- l "Tom , was a well known and popular l represented for Pl" time, is mentioned Durham boy, though horn on the "iii/as aCouncilcandidate. . con. Glenelg about 35 years ago. He got i In Normanby the Voters" List has this primary education in Durham iii/dropped, so that the township next year was a good student as the writer remem- I 1ees Is deputy reeve and adds , court- bers him Re qualified for a teacher leillor instead. Reeve echenk is retir- took his Normal training and had a perm: l, mg and a race for his chair is Pf"""' we [lament 2nd class certificate. He taught 1eir,ce1,i'it1ieiiii'r'is'it; 'iarii',',v,,e,.l'iiri'lz, r av: 'tcftss.!y1lr m 1Pterto: at P1teryli,ll: . have not heard oi the council aspirate, bers him Re qualified fora teacher,i took his Normal training and had a perm- I ament 2nd class certificate. He taught‘ successfully in Waterloo, at Hutton Hill, I and in Berlin. On. We wont west and after teaching for a term, entered the service of the Union Bank and took a course of practical bookkeeping in Win- nipeg. Later he got a responsible posi- tion with the Canadian Northern and it was while in their employ he enlisted in L 19C5, entering .the medical services for 'clerical work. l In recent letters home he was buoyed _ ', up by the hope of getting to Canada be" i fore Christmas but these hopes to him" i led! and his friends here were doomed to _ T disappointment. l After some time in England he went to France and as a result of gassing and nerve shock he was sent to hospital again taking up clerical work on partial recovery. Besides his father he willbe mourned by his three brothers Jehn in Durham. formerly of the 147th batt., Norman now m France or Germany. Allister at Sault Ste Marie. Many others; old compan- ions, will join us in sympathy for the mourners and in regrets that a young life of greatpromise has been sacrificed in the cause of freedom. THE and Officers of lit The Outlook in the l i The nominations in town and surround- ing townships next Monday promise to lbringa number of new faces into the (Municipal field with more contests than a for several years past. In Durham fol- (lowing Mayor Laidlaw's announced re- , tirement, Dr Grant and Geo McKechnie, "each with several years of council jxperience are looked upon as logical 'successors for the mayoralty. Either would make a capable municipal head, though at-present we are hot acsured 'thal either will b: in the field. We have learned of mothing definite as yet regarding the Reeveship, but a num' ber ot new and. younger men, with-some former members, will he nominated for the Council, which will doubtless develop into a contest . Commencing Sunday, January 5thl next, a change of time takes place for G. T.it. trains. The morning train will leave Durham 40 minutes later, at 7.45 instead of 7.05, reaching Toronto at 1230. This change will be appreciated by the public. especially in winter months. The alternoon train leaves Durham to min. earler, at 15.40 instead of 3.50. There will be no change in time of incom- mg trains. , Ptes. J. C Nichol, Jack Bryon and Wm l F Knisley all enlisted in the old 147th batt. l I gomg overseas in October WN. Pte l I Nichol did not get over to Fronce, being! found very useful in England in his trade .as tailor in the army. Pte.' Bryon was l detained in England until February nus bung under age, and was in France but six months when on Aug. tith, the first fday of the great Canadian drive, he was l wounded in the groin. and was seven Meek-3 after in an English hospital,0us 1 escaping .the severe fighting. The tio latter were sent C. P. R. to Ceylon, and there being no night train on this branch, i had to hire a car there late Saturday l night to reach home. Last week end saw the homecomingiof four more of our soldier boys--Ptes Giles, J. C Niche}, Jack Bryon and W. Knisley of Bentinck, and they were just as pleased to see Durham again as home friends were to welcome them. Pte Giles came C. P. R. to Mt. Forest last Thursday nighCand the G. T. R. having left, he drove to town that night. He enlisted in the Math in winter of 1917 and was overseas nearly " months. Morning 0. T. R. Train Later , mg undur age, aid was in France out 1 f" . - Six months when on Aug. Stir, the first m 18M, (Messrs T. Allan. C.Ramage)1 I day of the great Canadian drive, he was l South African veterans (S. McArthur, P, i wounded in the groin. and was seven l Ramage) and right on to the present warl l weeks after in an English 'ioi;iTaGhusl1,tt?,"a" (F. y.cllrai.th, J. Allan, F.. Mc-r 1 escaping .the severe fighting. The two l Donald, R. Giles) who did some military) 1 latter uere sect c. P. R. to Ceylon, and i, stunts to uproariousapplause Britannia', l there being, no Light train on this branch, '; after hearing the story from all these had to hire a car there late Saturday lheroes. fully realizes the Important part; night to teach horce. Ithey have played in aiding the Mother- , m _------- i land and asks that the 'Canadian ensign ', . l be pinned on. This is done by twolittle' Met hodisl S. S. Concert igirls a. Harding, H. Knight) and the' -------- . l tableau closes by all pointing to and sal-1 Christmas is par excellence, the child-toting the flag and God Save the King] len's anniversary. The innocence of the followed. Masters Martin Lander nnd‘i Christ-child, (eveloping into the humility l Stewart McIlraith were dignified pages; of the Master dominates the Christian who announced-and conducted the his-" world at this season, and never 2,'1"CC-"i'e characters in. This solos in me than in this PeaG Christmas followingitaLleau were 'Rule Britannia" and "For; four yea" of strile never before equalled. the Clary of the Grand Old Flag" sungi The joy-spirit was very evident" on Mon- by Miss W. Blyth ; "The Call of the) i day night when the Town Hall was crowd- Motherland” by Miss V. Caldwell ; ' Her-i ' ed to the door to listen to and Gior a oes and Gentlemen" by Mr P. Ramage. i lprogram of great excellence prepared by Tr Mrs (Rev) Whaley and Miss Betle) ithe Methodist Sunday school scholars and McGirr the great work of -training the' i), Mrs Cole children betel and if bonnet: count' for 1 Pastor Cole was in the chair and admits anything in line of appreciation they . tttrdt'gphiit; te,'hrei2tlltl,'dh' should feel entirely satisfied. _ was Alice i “3303‘ of the Curtain made a nice "t.ili,ii) Ram.age was accompanist for the entire Wan“: an...” In: 0h. rhilll. "aunt . Pastor Cole was in the chair and 1f'12 . . The ha I was ably performed us duties . _ ' ' rch of It stars Ioyirlls Acj1ettt.i...et!Pe,5,] " m5: Mfere loyauy u; mun“. ...._ _. _. "__" - - in front of the curtain made a nice effect.. There were masred choruses by the child- ren, sing with the' usual enthusiasm and showing carelul training in advancing to . . r - A -1...t~m Tharp up". Shown-5 .... -.__ __ 7 ,_ and retiring from platform. Thi rahation1Oy little gets. cantainim if brief quips, affording much mu Continued on page 8 itirtirtiittiiiit _ f _ thtiritittt _ "-, . Soldier Boys Home "G'iiiiiijrii, THURSDAY. DEC. Ilvlll I-‘-'-._ w iiiiEi'iiriiieiety.Llte.tt Ihmiialfield ._---" With which Is incorporated the Holstein Leader There ikere proved. winter.» Presbyterian S. S. Concert It wan essentially “Children's Night" 1 on Friday evening last, in the Town Hall when the Presbyterian Sunday School gave their annual concert. Nothing at- tracts and is so pleasing to an audieuce as the happy and beaming faces ot the chil- dren and when this particular audience is largely composed of parents, relatives and interested lriends of the children, it only serves to make it more so. I The program which Rev. Mr. Whaleyl had charge of, was a lengthy and varied I one, and the members participating rang- ed from a child of four to men of mature minds and counsel. An applauded num- 1 ber was the trio given by Marjory Mono) gomery and Beatrice and Adeline Vessie, and the short and pithy recitations were also well received The Stocking Drill by nine juvenile boys and the Doll drill by 12 little girls were extremely amusing and even if lacking precision, lost nothing by it. The tableau entitled "Star of Bethlehem“ was’also a merited number land numerous other little numbers were 1 the work of the smaller children. Coming to the larger clasMy.tp the wand l drill and the scarf drill showed great pat- I ience and training. tV The latter drill (red 3 white and blue scarfs) was a lengthy 1 number and comprised several intracate' moves and as awind up formed lettersi which spelled "Xmas." A pantomime) which, to many, was the feature of the), evening was "The Gates Ajar" and com- [ iposed of fourteen girls in white, posing i silver crescents, went through the move- , ments as set forth by the words of "The ‘Holy City" and sung so effectively by Miss v. Caldwell. These gir's at a stated interval in the song. retired lrom the centre to side, revealing two angels (Dor- othy Pickering, Jean Harding) in kneeling l posture. It was admirably done and won many favorable comments. The patriotic tableau which closed thel evening was an original Canadian tpr".,',-,) iduction and roused the patriotic fervor in lall those present Britannia (Mrs. B. l Stonehouse) starts out by sounding forth I hthe praises of het "ttag when Miss Canada 1 I (Miss V. Caldwell) comes in and requests: l a place tor her ensign on Britannia's i, flag. Britannia first desires to know Ewhat she has done to be Worthy ofa (place in the flag and from this on Miss iCanada calls on representatives of the itime of U. E, L. stock, (Miss E. McKen- Izie) Laura Secdrd for 1812, (Miss A. Mc- lGirr) the men who repulsed the Fenians - 874 was taken in which will go mote good works tor the Sunday The S. S‘childrdl at the close were given a treat of home made candy, contributed by ladies of the congregation. Mrs Stinson will remain for the It, iriih"'cii in which will go to pro- I M, 1918 Mr Will 1:tuderiryf.'lt is visiting his parents, Mr and Mrs Thos Lauder, over the Christmas tide. Mr Jas Isaac, Faculty of Education Toronto. is holidaying at home. Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Whaley are spend] ing Xmas with the latter s people in Zorra Mr. and Mrs S. D. Croft and son are holidaying at Acton. Mrs. J. Sutherland and children of Stratford are visiting at Mr. T. Banks' over the holiday. gmmgsl . Mr and Mrs G R. Pearce were at her tathet"s, Mr. E. Limin's for a short visit previous to leaving for their new home at Timmins. Mr. Will Hutton of Toronto is holiday- ing at home. Misses Lowe and Halliday of Lucan, and Chesley respectively. teachers here, are holidaying at their homes. Mr Will Watson, of Detroit, .is visiting his father and brother at his home in N. E. Normanby. He recently was a grad- uate in the Topographical Section of Valparaiso University, Indiana. Mrs. Dairid Jackson is spending over Christmas with her sister, Mrs Smith in Hamilton. Miss Chrissie McGirr ie a holiday visi tor from o. Sound Collegiate. The marriage took place on Snurday, Dec. 21st, in Manitou, Manitoba, at the residence of the bride's sister Mrs Alex. Scott, of Miss Mary McIntosh formerly of Durham and Bentinck to Mr John H. Morris of that place. Good wishes are extended to the bride who is well and favorably known in this part. Miss Myrtle Koch of Kitchener Colleg- iate is home for the holiday time. 3 A quiet wedding took place at the Baptist Parsonage, Durham, on Christmas Day, when Miss Jennie, eldest daughter of Mr Jas. Marshall, was united in mar- riage to Mr Christopher Wh :eler of Swim ton Park. Rev. E, J. MeEwen. tied the nuptial knot. The Review extends its good wishes to the happy couple. Mr's (Lieum II. McElroy went to Ot. tawa on Friday on announcement that her husband was arriving at his home i there from overseas. Mr Arthur A. Backus ot Toronto Den- tal College i, spending Christmas vaca- tion at his home at Poplar Hill. Mass Laura McKenzie and niece Edith are spending over the Christmastide with the latter's isters in Buffalo. Misses Irene, Isabelle and Georgina Lawson of Toronto, spent the holiday at their father's. Mr Robb Lawson, Mr. Arch. Davidson of I spent over Christmas at home. Miss Reta Torry, Kitchener, is ona holiday visit with her lather. ---e Mr Fred Laidlaw, Toronto, is visiting at her home here. ", Mr Norman Lenahan, f Coilege,Toronto, is home I tion. 'tu----------------"-"-"-'"'-"--'-'-'"---" V, .. ”flunuwwoooouuoooowoo.‘ of Port McNicnll at the parental St Michael's DVS-or-r-ln Durham on Friday, Dec for the vaca- 27th. to Mr and Mrs Herb Dunummr a son “ONTARIO JuteHivti TORONTO Mrs Bradley of Allan Park, Mr. Thos. Turnbull, one of leelg's touyi.hu.t.P contracted the "tiu" at Guelph, like so many others and it has developed into pneumonia. He has been tquite Ill during the week. We hopehe i willsaon be restored to normal health. Mr. and Mrs. Wes. N spent over the holiday here Mr and Mrs of Stralfmd at G. Lauder's ‘ Pte. Alfred Schillemore, who recently returned from overseas and Miss Louise Troup of Stratford, spent Christmas with Mrs Bradley of Allan Park, A Happy New We wish to thank our many friends and customers for their liberal patzouge dminpthc year now c'osing, and uish me and all a very Happy and Prosperous New Year. . See our grand display of Ladies' & Handkerchiefs Gent's handkerchiefs in Iinen.llwn silk and excelda. Mostly Swiss and English ttotHsofrhar- acteristic quality and dependability. Special line of La- dies' Handkerchiefs hemstitched with fancy embroidered corners. Prices ranging from 150 to 30c. Gloves. Fancy Collars, Knitted Smurfs, Sweater Coats Handkerchiefs. Drers Goods, Silks, Siik Poplirw, Furs and Hosiery. “AI. n n MIIIPI) Fine Shirts, Neckwear. Gloves Frarfs, Sweater Coats, Hats & Caps, Fur Collars, Woollen and Cashmere Hose. FOR SISTER scarfs, Scarf Sets, Hair Ribbons. Handkerchiefs. Mitts Gloves, Toques, Sweater Coats and Hosiery. FOR BROTHER Sweater Coats, Mocha and Woollen Gloves, Hats and Caps. Hort, Neckwear including Ties and Sunk. Cuff Litikk and Toques Newport Chocolates, reg. 00c Ib., Xmas trade . . .50 cts Store where Quality Reigns Supreme S. F. MORLOCK rs Jno. Towner and son C H il ate Xmas dinner at Mr T SPECIAL DURING XMAS TRADE BORN McNally of London y with his parents FOR MO I‘ll ER FOR F.\THEB Publiuhod Weekly at " 50.100. 0. mun t 8081'“.- Mr Gilbert Miller, the In year old w of Mrs P. Hepburn, upper town, wa' taken to Fergus hospital Saturday after noon tobe operated on for an abscess He is in a mum condition at time u writing. i Goods cheerfully demonstrated ry walling at Parlml. l, MRS. J. c. NICHOL. Not Sold ---Bre boned with the indeotructiNe Spire“: qtav--the most pliable and res- ilent court Maine in thr world-- guar- anteed not to break or rust in one you of corset we" Spirella ins Corsets V ear Bos Its, Durham: in Stores W " .~ ', . 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