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L %1 > + »$ Mackâ€"Robb : ‘That the Report of Seymour Woods to the am‘t of $149. the Road Sup‘t, re McArthur‘s bridge 40, being payment in full re McArthâ€" be adopted. Carried. . Also. that the | ur bridge. . Carried.. . .. ; / ) .. â€" kflg be Inunet’e}{fi, sigm . the pay | ;Wlhol‘:â€";fipc‘g: .In. ‘tefeg-d <to sheets for work perfformed lipan the the‘account,of Mr Chas. Mclnnes for roads for the period frortm Oct. 18th, road to.gravel pit 1925, ‘Which was to Dec. 15th, amounting to $479.90 : | referred to the pathmaster in that «_‘ Superintendent‘sâ€" services $16.80. Car.| Division,. that, the sum of $2 be paid . «. . Reeve Calder and_Dep. Reeve Fey.| Mr. Melnnes, .. Carried.> . . ~ . «#usom reported as ro‘ifls:'wfl, your! â€" Rey. . W..Johnston addressed the § committee, appointed to meet with | Council on behalf of the Gadd famâ€"« the Bd. of Trustees of the Mt. ro.--gflj!v'é:."ewns the. need, of aid ‘being est cemetery . in reference>to . the imâ€"| #‘Y! o ol Bc ce Toh vicah proving ®f the rogd*in ‘front of a,.l Wilsonâ€"Mack; .That the, Bfire be cemetery,*"met O# July 28th and a-‘f instructed to. look after‘, the immedâ€" greed that the. Township would ‘pay| !2t@needs.0f tke Gadd â€"family, until cue third of the cost_of the improve. .89M¢ .‘mzmements «are made ment «on complétion flb\e work. â€"* hA'b;:"‘:h‘ e . Carried, » Mackâ€"Wi s »} . was. presented to. the. ®‘". tho Reeve a::bev'."l:;eg. rje 'p;)ert_h:f Counzil, . requesting the Council to *"â€" provemént of the Boad in'flront orf#ke action in â€"reference : to Awo resiâ€" the Mt. Forest cemetery,; be adopted | ents of. theâ€" village=who. are not ab and they regeive $%®each for their| 1« t?‘ mupport . themselves, services. Cla Fitbeut | _ Wilsonâ€"Ferguson‘: Inâ€"reference to services. Carried. The Reexe, .Counciliors Mack and Wilson reported that they had atâ€" tended _ the> meeting of arbitrators, held â€" in ville on Nov. 26th, in nm“;fl:tb the request of P. 3. Inspectorâ€" Huff, to consider certain chmgu; in. the boundaries of Unfon 8. 8. No. 14 Artemesia and Glenelg. > Rbbiâ€"Ferguson: That the report Mr McArthur, Road Sup‘t., reportâ€" ed as follows in reference to the conâ€" struction of the McArthur bridge, Lot 27, con 7 and 8. This bridge and approaches thereto are com?leted, the total cost for construction work amounting to the sum of $1625.15 ; engineer‘s services $87.%%, .adv‘t for, tenders $12.32" The cost of the apâ€" proaches was $92.92, making @ total cost for bridge and approaches of $1818.65. peill: _ . Council met Dec.. 15th members all present, minutes adopted. The clerk reported that notice had been given to the parties assessed in Egremont Tp., re municipal Drains No‘s 1 ana 22, Proton, to appear at thiscouncil meeting for a consideration of the Engineer‘s amended report which was read to those present, further action in the matter*"being held over until the beginning of the year. De Forest:Crosiey â€" _A RADIO = ®~ _ _ _\ _/ | The fAhancial statement was reâ€" ertaln | ceived and adopted / and 200 copies UnIQ@| ordered to be printed. . ‘nel& i Ferguson â€". Wilson / ThHat thel report |.Treasurer receive $12 for his servic le to support -tb;m.el;es: that the Reeve take the necessary steps in the matter. _ Carried. * Â¥a 8 A petittOn . was. presented to. the Counril, . requesting the Council to take action®inâ€"reference: to two resiâ€" MNents of. the villageswho. are not abâ€" le to support themselves. Wilsonâ€"Ferguson : Inâ€"reference to the petition« reeeived, re two reaiâ€" dents of the village who are not abâ€" | Mackâ€"Robb : That an .order be 'dnwn on the Treasurer in favor of Seymour Woods to the am‘t of $149. â€" 40, being payment in full re MeArthâ€" ur bridge. . Carried.. . ., ; / , of the Reeve and councillors Mack and Wilson, re the meeting of arbiâ€" trators be adopted and they receive *$3 each for their services. Carried Fergusonâ€"Wilson : That an order be drawn om the Treasurer in favor Of J. B,. Moon, to the am‘t of $28.50, Twp‘s ‘sHare of the cost of road imâ€" provement® opposite® Mt Forest : cemeâ€" tery. _ Carried. s Byâ€"law No. 500 defining the limits of $.S. No. 8, as they now exist since the award of the arbitrators, re the formation jof U.S$.S. No. 9, Proton and Egremont, was passed. Wilson®=Méck": That the Sémoo! Attend‘cé Officers &reports be adoptk ed and "they â€" recbive « $7: each | for their sefvices. « N year. School Attend‘ce (Officers J. Mcâ€" Phee and H. Lamont reported on the work they had done during the uary,»1927, the Qrange Sentinel wili appear â€" in ,m,uune form. instead,; of & ne‘w-m_per as at present. * ard*® »attended â€" Inited _ ‘ep; D°Y and for a year .at Orchardville {thé'i?!- es a 4+ C"“"fii] mills; coming" to Holste®h in<1920, / Interment thok mlace Saturdaylast.| _ in 1913 . he marricd MIW* Jennic _Rev. M:a;gy-.bt Holstein, her pastor, Barher. To them ~were ‘born four conducted appropriate services, and dren : Eva, Frank, Esther and many ‘bNf: fimand Mnds‘.hn“gy Besides these and his wifg, he 1b* m«;fig;,’; "Join in the symâ€" ‘léeaves his parents arfd three broth _Plt" h &éwed to husbandâ€"and ers and six sisters, who will mourn s "‘7 t moga: Mrs Kellar was a daughter of Mr and Mrs: Jacob Braunâ€" of ‘Normanby, and‘was. born in the township. One son George . of Mt. Forest and two daughters ~were . born ~to (the first marriage, the daughters being , Mrs. N. Ruitle, Torontoâ€" and Annie E. Stewart, who has been â€"a faithful daughter at home. A brother and two sisters _ areâ€" also ~‘among«~ the «chief mourners. She was Presbyterian in religion and â€"since coming &o Orchâ€" lar was previously ;Mrs Wmm Biewart, and her first husband passed away about 8 years ago. Later sh& married Mr. Kellar. T6A Wednesday:. of :last._week thevtâ€" bove dady:passed ~away at her.â€"Rome at Orczdvme. after a brief illness, though for a couple of yearsshe bas: been in indifferent health, with heart trouble and complications..~Mrs Kel ana in ‘CABF © AfMfina Cara aftsn‘ va,..| . It was. rather manusual for twotur one in your office are often very E arduous, but you bave always maniâ€" f;:l;:’wu:;:e p'l;:;; o:lcu?rtdv;lcl‘;fi- fested a willingness toâ€"bear your full ur(iny last \z'l.wn Mr: Colin. McMillan share..jn all the official work of, the, 1, q. 4»,. funcrals â€"of the late R. J iuaid.: <~ Truetihe | you mby. Be J0OE | couud _anc._Mts ~Adkth KoHRF, â€"both 6 spared to ;pend your\ usefulness br?'flapl‘m cemetery. His son Alex tho o elido, o EO AOSICRONE .0 â€"arho K‘ capatte® undertaker, . and Mf Calder made a, suitable reply.,_; 'fnfi‘!fifi.c‘c the time, officilated and other gntmbeil_bf.gquixcll. Mug,:'i?“ £ th uid * e, ce the clerk and ‘treasturer, spoke briel«, "! °"° Of themi®}| â€" _ _ ly. Council then arose. _ i% r _ Ennies o The following address was read to the Reeve : ,_"We, <the members ot Council, inchiding the clerk and treasurer, @esire at this final meetâ€" ing of the:year, to convey to you our appreciation © of your services© as Reeve during the year. We believe you have made an earnest endeayor to discharge the various duties deâ€" volving upon you in an ~efficient manner. , _ The duties Which falls to one in your office are often very arduous, but you bhave always maniâ€" fested a willingness toâ€"bear your ful} share.j@n all the official work of. the. Buard. > Trusting / you may be Jong spared to gpend your\ usefulness for, the _welfare of the iqunicipality." ... . accounts ‘be pflld: D. McQueen ‘1.19: nie jelt TOP their respecUye NOmes. , Mr Allan Renueuy welk MV AMMIAMEAT Geo. "Wright, $1.54 ;=~ Rbbt MWright,! Mrs John Brown, Sr>received word recently to spend the winter. },s‘mo for servicesâ€" as arbitrators. tée last week from her only brother, Mt Soue of the farmers around here, U.S.S. No. 9; Proton & ~Eg‘t WK&ts Oswald, of Hillman, Mich., on Dec. who have had radios recently instalâ€" }ihflm)l R. Irvin, sheepikilled and> 15th,. â€" He was pleasantly surprised led are Thos. Tueker, J. M. Allan and WWjured $98.50 ; R. Aitken, Sheep when a number of relatives and W. H. Hunter. ‘valuator "$1: Municipal: Worldâ€"for friends gathered at his home to celeâ€" S. S. No. 13 held their concert and supplies, +$13.42; Jho ~McBacher®, brate his 73rd birthday anmvemnv.mstmu Tree in Rusgell Hall, Droâ€" rép to grader 1925®@ac‘ct, $1; M. Mat: A huge birthday cake graced the cenâ€" , â€"Tuesday night last. _ As the thews, repairs to gradér 1925 ac‘ct, tre ofâ€"the table, while at the close of night was fine and roads good, 60c : W. A. Reeve, part salftry as the occasion Mr Oswald was presentâ€" large crowd was present.. . Mr John Assessor, $125 ; Jno Schutz‘ for tlle.‘ed with a number of beautiful gifts. Eccles was chairman and called off a $36.45; Fleming Pub. Co., O. Sound,| Miss Swanston is visiting for a few 1°DEthy program, .. which showed that P m mt m atetmees ns ts wl mo and wee Sote m ns d enchen t Li tt $1232; R. C. cng,servc‘esasl. A mpt: » : engineer McArthur biridge $8126:) G.uaws jor a few days _ _ _ _‘ faken aâ€"deep interest in training the Réeve services re McArthur bridge,| " _ scholare as all did their part well $5 ; do, sefvices Provincial Engineer' The Community Circle â€"met in the ‘ppe Hooper orchestra rendered splenâ€" Haas $3 : do, pst‘g and telephonlrig.l-b“emem of the Presbyterian church> gid music as did â€" Clifford Harrison, $3.15 ; Treasurer, "balance of sahu”y,* on Monday evening, with a goodâ€"at Walter and Bob.Renwick on mouth $75; do, pst‘s and stampg=$15.39; tendance. â€" The scripture reading organs .and guitar. .Miss Mildred Clefk, balari¢e ~of kalary> $175; do,| Wa8 taken by.Earl Dingwall, the top geott‘contributed. aâ€"solo ‘and Mr. A. pst‘g and telephoning and envelopes !¢s PY M.: Holliday . and E. Alles on Cjark aâ€"recitation.. Mr F .R. Oliver, for tax notices $19.70 ; Members of the interesting subjectof‘Christmas.‘ ‘y, p.pP., was present and spoke a council, att‘ce at meeting todate $15;| They were much enjoyed by all press few words of greeting â€" which was R. Christie, use of room $2.â€" Car. | °Dt A good:time was spent 4n COMâ€" much appreciated. Santa Claus was * Mackâ€"Wilson: That the Reeve vaâ€" cate the chair and Dep. Reéve Ferâ€" guson occupy same. . Carrfed. Death of Mrs A. Kedar wFigrctt . â€"» David Allan, Clerk The funeral took ~place Saturday from the . Présbyterfan éburch, Ho:â€" stein.â€" After a short seivice in‘ the home, "Rev.‘ W. Johnston Cnduéted the services at the honie, hurch and graveside. _ Thé | pall bearers were Messrs Geo. Bye, Geo. Brown, J%». Leith, Wm Allan and Cecil and Harâ€" old Barber. asi 0. Sn ie leaves his parents ard three brothâ€" ers and six sisters, who will mourn his loss. The deceased was born in. Normanâ€" by, near Varney in 1887 and was the son of Mrâ€"arnd â€"Mrs Chas. Gadd, now of Northerh Ontarid. ~At about the age of 16 years, he learned the trade of blacksmithing with Wm MeCalmon Of Varney, after which he went West and worked at his trade in Northern United Stateés and © New "Ontario, where he took up fand. Returning, he engaged in ‘blacksmithing in Var ney and for a year .at Orchardville mills; coming to Holstéeth in©1920, : 1. The schocls closed Wednesday for «the Christmas holidays and Mr Koch and the Misses Floyd and McKecehâ€" â€"nie left for their respective homes. . _ The floral committee will â€"hold a | progressive â€"crokinole social in a \*Watch Night service‘ in the United ‘Church, New Year‘s eve, Dec. 31. >*Miss CWarlotte Winter of Toronto, is the guest of her ~sister at the Manse. p on . the 14th . September ‘last while i‘;ting in an official capagity at the Federal election and has béen confinâ€" ed to his room most", of the time since, _ He gseemied, to gain some strength ,nt.tilxes' ogd was able to walk .out‘ but he t a rélapse and passed away on Thursday, 16th inst. | The Community Circle â€"met in the l.basement of the Presbyterian church ‘on Monday evening, with a good:atâ€" | tendance. The scripture reading j was taken by.Earl Dingwall, the top» |ics by M. Holliday â€" and E. Alles on | the interesting subject of ‘Christmas.‘ \ They were much enjoyed by. all presâ€" | ent. A good:time was spent 4n comâ€" \ munity singing and games and the |\ meeting was closed by the singing of the. National Anthem. " This wéek "_we"iie â€"calfed upon to report thedeath of one of our citiâ€" zens Tn the person of Robert J. Gadd, at the age of 39 years. He took ill Passing of Robert J. ‘Gadd Miss Irene ‘West wf Laurel, is spending a few days in the village and vicinity. Fiy > 4 8 $ LOCAL AND PERSONAL® Mrs Jas. Eccles is visiting hber daughters Mrs Gillies and Mrs Frank Adams of Fairbairn. . * _ Mrs Petrie left last week for Philâ€" adelphia, where she will spend the remainder of the winter with her niece, Mrs Olson. Miss Swanston is visiting for a few days with Mr and Mrs John Rice. . ~Mr â€" Clinton Rice is home from Qshawa for a few days 4 HOLSTEIN LEADER ONTARIO ARCHIVES TORONTO FHE DURKHAM KEVIEW M. Turnbull â€" and pupils enmnali:;gi parents and friends. 6 An enjoyable evening was spentin No. 10 school last night, when Miss Clarence Ross was in Toronto last week attending the U.F. O. Convenâ€" Miss Mae Byers having resigned No, 9 school, her . successor, ‘Miss Pauline Rolufs, is the fortunate ont of 160 applicants. Miss R‘s homleds just north of Mt Forest, in Normanâ€" by. 9 ‘ Mr T. Miller, Avonlea, Sask., ar rived at W. H. Rogers‘ yesterday to join in their family reunion holiday festivities. > I Mrs W. J. McEachern who bas been ‘visiting the parental home, exâ€"| pectsyto return to Toronto to morrow." Mrâ€"M. Byers and little daughter| Augrey came down on Sundayâ€"the: %j‘;’remlning with her sister." ~ Migs Jessie Hooper is staying with | Rer sister, Mrs Milford Bilton, who.| we.hope, will soon be quite strong | A Christm@s iTree, purely for the *children of the school is being held on Wednesday, 22nd Dec. when a new method known as the "Gift Exâ€" change" will be cargied out. â€" A few days ago each pupil drew aâ€"slip of paper out«+0f a hat and on each slip was the name.of a pupil. The pupil who draws> the slip makes a small gift teoâ€"the person whose name is on this slip. By this method all receive a small token. R BOOTHVILLE SCHOOL Boothville school was en fete on ‘Tuesday evening, Dec. 14th, when Miss .H. Christie and her pupils arâ€" ranged a real enjoyable concert, and which was attended by a number of the.parents and ratepayers of the section. _ The children‘ were on their best behavior and splendid order preâ€" vailed. Mr Noble Wilson was a fine chairman and had in his bhand a list of c?w,by children, recitations, songs,. etc. and which were carried out : without a hitch,.. . Boothville orâ€" chestra comprising ‘Messrs John Hill and>Chas McDonald on violin, Miss Christie on the autoharp and Miss M McLeod on the organ rendered splenâ€" did musie. There was also a diaâ€" Jlogyegiven by the young people o the.section and a recitation by Arch Clark.. Around $30â€"was taken in at night was fine and roads £ood, 2 large crowd was present. . Mr John Eccles was chairman and called off a lengthy program, . which showed that Miss Oliver, teacher, in her fArst atâ€" ‘tempt in a school concert, must bhave taken a,deefb interest in training the scholare as all did their part'wg[L The Hooper orchestra rendered splenâ€" did music as did â€" Clifford Harrisop, Walter and Bob.Renwick on mouth organs .and guitar. .Miss Mildred Scott‘*contributed. aâ€"solo and Mr A. Clark acrecitation.. Mr F .R. Oliver, M. P.P., was present and spoke a few words of greeting â€" which was much appreciated. Santa Claus was also present, but as he came in his aeroplane, had many places yet to visit and* was consequently in.a hwâ€" ry to be off. The "Gift Exchange" method from pupil to pupil was_also carried out here and Miss Oliver reâ€" membered all her pupils with e gift and lots of candy. & Best wishes Tor a merry@Christmas to Editor and staff and all readers. | Mr and Mrs Isaac Hooper and litâ€"! tle daughter of Alberta,; are visiting around these parts at present. \| On Sunday last, Miss Pearl Daly had an attack of appendcitis and was operated upon in Mt Forest hospital, Monday last. We are glad to know she is doing fine. Messrs Alex Henderson and *Stanâ€" ley Harrison are home from Detroit on a two weeks‘ holiday. Mr Allan Kennedy went to Durham recently to spend the winter. NORTH EGREMONT YEOVIL >e _ The Christmas tree and box social held in the school here on Friday evening was a huge success as far as the program was concerned and |all those who stayed home will reâ€" | gret ‘that they missed the pleasure o{ \a merry time. . The children‘s part with the usual choruses and recitaâ€" tions over, the young people acted A | dialogue in the most enjoyable manâ€" | ner. We judged Hampden had not | lost any of its old time talent. Then . _with the jazz band at the close, the | Christmas , tree, decorations were disâ€" 1 posed of to the school children ana some 11 boxes beautifully deeuued,‘ brought prompt bidders with Mr J. Aitkens as auctioneer. The evening | past few years, she has proven herâ€" ‘self an able@=teacher and a yery en | timable citizen. p & \ Mr John Snell, Durham, pheod‘: new . piano (Sherlock Manning) , the home of J. C. Queen recently. The â€" community in general was present at the funeral of the late R. J. Gadd of Holstein, which was held Saturday last in the Presbyterian church, Deep sympathy is extended to the bereaved. Master Ross Rife, Holstein, gpent We areâ€" still having . the most changeable weather possible and like the Frenchman, would say ‘De win‘ she blow and biow some more,‘ Mayâ€" be we witnessed the small end of the blizzard â€" that raged over Western States last week. . However we are thankful we live in old Ontario, it the weather man doésu‘t dope us any worse, â€" The ‘thermometer reachâ€" ed 9 deg. below last Friday in places, A merry Christmas to Editor and Review readers. "l‘he friends and neighbors of this ection assembled at the home of Mr and Mrs Thos. Wilson on Tuesday evening, to do honor to our teacher, Miss McBride, before her departure, from our midst. At an appropriate . time in the evening, Miss McBride was called to the front and an adâ€" dress read to her by Miss Isabel Davâ€"| is, and a dozen silver knives, forks‘ and spoons was presented to her on behalf of the section by Mrs Ed.‘ Lindsay and Margaret Wilson. The‘ remainder of the evening wasâ€"spent in card playing and dancing. A} sumptuous lunch was served during: the evening. _ | Unfortunately Mrâ€" Ben Woods Jr. while cranking his car, had his @arm broken and which has caused him considerable pain. _ At present howâ€" ever it is doing fine. cess. Due to the very cold weather, the attendance was not so large~A8 usual. The program was as follows: Address by chairman Rey Mr Whealâ€" en, songs and recitations by the school, also recitations by Miss Merâ€" vyn and ~Miss Amanda Matthews ; duet by Miss Lennox ; music by the orchestra, viz: Miss A. Matthews on harp, Master Ross Rife on banjo, and Carmen Queen on violin Agood play was> well rendered by talent from Durham. The children at close, were given a treat of nuts, candy and lunch was served. A vote of thanks was tendered Miss McBride; who spent so much time in training the chidren. & Mr Wm Hunter had a pleasant visâ€" it in Toronto in atterdance at the U. F. 0. Convention. the week end with Master LALMAI qQueen., The St Pauls S. S. entertainment, which was held Friday evening last in Allan‘s school was a decided sucâ€" ‘ Mr and Mrs Jas Eden spent a Sunâ€" day recently at the home of their daughter, Mrs Robt. Lewis. a We thank you for your custd year. May we be of service to" ; We solicit New F4iends and Cust A Customer is a Merry Christmas and a Prosperous and Happy New THE PEOPLE‘S MILLS, Mt. Forest week end with Master Carman May all our Friends and Customers enjoy a tife on banjo, violin, A.good ed . by talent dren at close, f nuts, candy â€" A vote of for your custom during the Jn 4 kss us s 1 T°°0i0 gquring the passing to you in "the New Year, i Fingst olfi 4. â€" amount of is, Birch, M and Beech Highest ; The Durham rniture « To\ REwT Brick dwelling\ house, garden. Immediat® poss: Young four\ year old January. Appl to Ro! Mr David Whiteford ar Monday from Detroit, ! weeks‘ holiday. Come with the Crow d for your Xmas Shopping Quite a number of t procured salt thru the U. F and received a car load Park Monday. Everything good for you»? Xmas feastâ€"Nuts, Candy.Oran. ges, Table Raisins, Goose, Dvc} and Chicken. â€" ‘pagsed as tho‘ on wings an: the usual bhour that Han justly noted for, that som« days gone by said, "It w; late until it was early. Co: tions are extended to M: the teacher, on his success « ial evéening. Miss Audrey Byers is visit her sister May at Yeovil thi .@. Bweaters, a nice pair ol Sho. ~~~Ties, Shirts, Silk Scarfs, Mio . »~ andkerchiefs, Underwear, IPa1n _** Woolien . Blankets, | Planneli~«. ~> Blankets, Baby Spreads, Doili~= ;, and at the Jowest possible ; CHEESEâ€"New and Old MEATS & SAUSAGEâ€"Always Freeh Phone your Ordersâ€"Goods ! Gifts for Father, Mother Brother and Sister Seott & Bowne, Toronto, Ont My GROCERIGES are FRESH Children Need Vitamins To Aid Growth and Build Strong Bones Abounds In Codâ€" liver Oil Vitamins SCOTT‘S EMULSION A nice twoâ€"bladed knife for brother or a\jcap, a Com| Heayy Sor or fine wool a: mere Hose for Everybds WM. BRIGH A M FoRr sALuc to busy Year May | &# M VOL. E7