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to 506 LY &ano ghiy ore #3 y$ maks i tith for come 1@rZt 1J 64 T $2 99 HAPPY NEW YEAR Hound Lost Black and tan, mostly tan, from the premises of Isaac Smith, Flesherton, Informaticn leading to recovery will be snuitably rewarded. Isaac Smith, Flesherton Telephone 63, Flesherton and I will pay charge. Just Arrived: A Car of Drumheller (Alberta) coal. Favorite deepâ€"seamed coal. _ Order now. J. N. Murdeck The January moeeting of Durham Branch Women‘s Institute will be held on Thursday, Jan. 2nd, 1930, in Knox Urited Church basement at 230 p. m. A musical program will be rendered. The Winter Term at the Northern Business College, Owen Sound, beâ€" gins on Thursday, January 2vd. â€" The #nd to the 6th are registration days for new students, If you cannot be cn hanknnd in your name in adâ€" vance, so that a desk may be reservâ€" ed for you. Will Debate on Stratford Team . Misses Florence MacDonald and Dorothy Ritchie are home from Stratâ€" ford Nermal for the vacation. Florâ€" ence bac the hcnor of being selected as one of six to represent Stratford Normal in interâ€"school debating conâ€" tests with other Normals. _ She will be one of the te«m to oppose Hamilâ€" tcn Normal in Hamilton at end of February taking affirmative side of the debate "Resolved that the extra vear at Normal School should be aâ€" Sad Death of Kenneth Matheson in Detroit ter «ame strenuous competitien, Reg. McFadden won the prize and George Mexechnie fell heir to the booby prize. Mr and Mrs Kent‘s hospitality was warmly appreciated. VYOL. LIL No 52 idence Hospital, Detroit, on Dec. 18, of Kenneth Bertram Matheson, only surviving son of Rev. J, A. and Mrs. Matheson of Gould, Quebec, formerly ol Priceville. f and surprise to the Rev. Mr Matheson‘s Grey and elsewhere. Daceased who â€" V months and 13 days of age,, was DOTH in the Priceville Manse, and attended Public School there as & little boy. Later he attended Mone Mills and Orageville High School and Lindsay Collegiate, attaining Senior Matricuâ€" lation sianding with distincton in 1926. For three years and two months he held a position in the head ofiice of the Manufacturer‘s Life Assurance Company in . Toronto, going to Do troit about three months ago to acâ€" cevt a better position with the Sun Life of Canada. _ His future outlook ‘was bright but the fatal illiness came and though his mother and the best of medical science was at his bedâ€" side. the hand of ‘death could not be denied . The funeral was held to Priceville cemetery last Friday amid most tryâ€" ing conditions in a wintry blizzard. Accompanying the remains were an uncle of deceased, Mr E. E. Grant of Now Trâ€"onto a brotherâ€"inlaw and a boy friend. A few friends met the train at Ceylon station, thence to the Urited Church in Priceville, where a comforting sermon was preached by Rov ®«Snllivan. . Mr D. Mcinnis of Toronto, also came from Toronto to attend the funeral. ~ In school, Kenneth was esteemed by his teachers as a faithful and sucâ€" cessful student and to his employers he gave every satisfaction owing to his proved integrity and . capability. He had the highest ideals regarding the life that now isâ€"and that which is to come. The young man made friends naturally and was esteemed and loved by all who knew him and his sterling character. €EC o o ie MnR T , EVERY READER ille ; than two weeks ill with ap stis. the death occurreu in Provâ€" came as a great shock to the many friends of heson‘s family in South ‘OPIG "~â€"dThe Purhim RCi¢W. was 21 years, o ; of age,, was born inse, and attended eâ€" as a little boy. . After a four year holiday from Comâ€" mencement Exercises, ‘ the High Schâ€" col staged â€" a ‘comeback‘ on Friday night last in the Town Hall, and as e POWwR. AAdhte EDT LC Held‘under bad weather Conaitions, but surprisingly good turn: out.â€"Presâ€" entations of Medals to High Standing Pupils. highest standing Durkam pupil at the Entrance examination . Dr. J. F. Grant was called upoun to address the graduating class of studâ€" ents. He referred to their educationâ€" al milestones such asâ€" the 1. First day of School 2. Public School entrance to H. School %$. Graduation from High Schaol The cpportunities pupils now re ceived were such as their forefathers never dreamed and he urged the class to take full advantage of them. True success means leaving the world better than you find it. _There was a humorsus recitation by Miss Mabel Sharp; solos by Misâ€" ses Norma Gagnon and Elizabath ses Norma Gagnon and LLHZMDSIA Harding, who responded to encores. There was a "shadowgraph" presen: tation of a surgical operation, perâ€" formed by Moore MeFadden and Norâ€" man Mciniyre, Alex Taylor being the patient or rather victim in this case. The cperation was wonderful (?) in revealing the "innards" of the paâ€" tient and when at last one of his limbs had to be amputated, the same dexterity in the handling. of tools was ncted, tho‘ the feat broke severâ€" al of the meshes of the saw used in operation! The patient bore the opâ€" eration remarkably well considering the condition ho was found to be in, and doubtless will congratulate himâ€" gelf that in real life he is saved from such operations and such surgeons. A "Buffalo Bill" dance by eight of the Junior girls in the western cowâ€" bov costume was well executed. _. _ Another pleasing number was the} "pn Rverything by Prayer" I Indian Danee by the Senior Girls, Friday, Jan 10â€" in Baptist Church % who went through evolutions P&CUIâ€" aqggress by Rev. W. H: Smith ‘cn ; iar to the Indian. _ This dance cCO# "gxtending the Kingdom". 3 prised Evelyn Baird, Gertrude Glass,] The services will begin each evenâ€" Margaret Leith, Eola _ LittlejOhns, jng at $ o‘clock and it is desired Sarah McLean, Violet McLean, IN@ 1pa; all our church people should Milne, Clara Traynor, Inez Twamley, yeep this aweek free of other meetâ€" Anna Ritchie. . * ings and attend ‘in .such numbers as The latter half of the program w@a$ ;o glt all the churches. given over to the oneâ€"act play, "Theé _ phe offerings, as in former . years, Loveliest Thing" byâ€"Roland PeértWwe®, w be sent to the Bible Society. and directed by Miss M. McNama@ra. _ mpme ministers bave also arranged one of the staff. It was a delightfU! pop an â€" exchange of pulpits for the Christmas phantasy and went to SHBOW morning service on the Sunday sucâ€" that the loveliest thing was the SDirit ceeging the Week of Prayer>Jan. 12, of peace and good will which the 1930 : & Christmas séason generated. It Wa$s pey p. D. Armstrong in the Anglican well directed and the characters in Church _ f each case appeared to be suited. t0 rey w, H. Smith in the Baptist Ch. their respective part. The‘ students pey g. g .@Fiddos in the Presbyterâ€" as characters in this play were Misâ€" fan Churck" â€" = , ses D(,-rothy Plckeflns. Thelma Bell, Rev. J. T, Pfl* in‘ the Qucen' t.l Ruby Lawrence, Mary Moffat, Isabel. _ Gpurch. Jamieson, Rita Willis, Donald Smith, poy . Hayes in Knox Church Jim Henderson, Gordon MceCrae. «> â€" * _ lt Amecyc« . ~. MacARTHURâ€"STEWART :â€" On. Dec. 23, at the Presbyterian â€" Manse, Windsor, by Rev. H. M. Paulin, Margaret Ruth Stewart, formerly of Swinton Park, to Robert James MacArthur, formerlyâ€"of Egremont. bad weather Conditions, MARRIED Both teams used subs. freely and they weakened the teams little, if any Snell is faster than last year, while ;Ken. Wilson and Norman Mcliraith, the two Junjors who have moved.up, showed their ability for higher cca pany. As Murphy of Mount Forest, the referee selected, failed to appear, Alb. Kress, home for holidays â€" rrom London, was preéssed into service and handled a good game. Itâ€"was clean ‘throughout, without a penaity. What looked at first to be a WAik: cver fromâ€"Owen Sound, turneu Out a thriiiing overtume . batue, when . the vpening Int. O.H.A. hockey game Monday night resulted in a 6â€"6 ti¢, after Durham and Owen Sound‘s hew aggregation had struggled for: 30 min. cverume to break the deadiock. Ernest McDonald, Durham‘g old reâ€" liable net guardian, had a lame knee and Ian McDonald a 14 year oid lau, went in the nets to replace him. Ian showed plenty of courage but lacked experieuce against a team of sharp shooters like, Owen Sound, and â€" five shots beat him in the first perisJâ€"beâ€" fore Durham first scered. The local team could not get working and the visitors had the better of the play the whole period. It was iâ€"1 for O. Sound, Durham‘s only counter, being & clever lone effort by W. Wilson, who sifted through almost to the neis to beat Pointon. who sifted through almost to tiie Ne:S concert given by the Baptist people to beat Pointon. : for the Sunday ‘School schclars was In the intermissiof®, F..McDon@aid a pjeasant affair. Everything smacked donned the pads and for the rest Cf c¢ io Chiistmag spirit and the. gay the game held the visitors to OnelCD€kpearts of the children were of equal goal in third period. _ Meanwhilé warmth. The word ‘Others‘ was Durham showed a marked reversai Of played up strongly and the giving of form and clearly outplayed the,visitâ€" gifts, rather than the receiving, °x: ors in 2nd and 3rd periods. In 2nd emplified, for the scholars brotught Durham scored 3 to 0, Elvidge, Snell pifts t» be sent to the Moral Institute and K. Wilson counting, while in 3r4 jn Toronto, These were shipped next Elvidge tied it up, 5â€"5, but 0. Scund gay,. The occasion was also brightâ€" again forged‘ ahead when Cameron ened by the presentation to Mrs (Rev) notthed a side sHot which just slipâ€" Priest, from the Ladies‘ Aid of â€" the ped‘over the line. McGirr get a preiâ€" ‘church of a handsomely decorated 4â€" ty goal to tie it, 6â€"6, when he eluceg story Christmas cake and a quilt. Mrs the whole team and with only the Priest acknowledged her thanks in a goalie to beat, the latter fell to block few words. the shot, but McGirr lifted the disc * * * * over him into nets. Play was even _ (Canadian Greys‘ Chapter, LO.D.E. and strenucus in three 10 minute over were again active in conducting their time periods, but no decision could be (phristmas campaign.. This they have reached. The game will have to be gone for many years and the reward replayed later if it affects the StandinZ yecejved is the joy expressed by the Durham‘s next game is in O. Sound Friday night; and a victory there is quite,pcssible., The crowd. Monday was smaller than last season‘s, owing to interest, not yet being warmed up and the public‘s aversion to a 50c adw‘ssicn fee. f Durham: ‘Goalâ€"E. McDonald and I. MeDczald; defenceâ€"W, Wilson, K Wilson; centreâ€"McGirr; â€" wingsâ€"EL vi‘*~~ Buschlen; subs.â€"Snell, Kress Melraith . * Owen Sound: ~Goalâ€"Pointon; deâ€" fenceâ€"Whinfield, Beattie; centreâ€"J. Coture; wingsâ€"Cameron, C. Coture; subs.â€"Kreutzwiser,© Oretsky . Annual ‘Week of Prayer‘ in Diwham Churchss January 6th to 10th, 1930 The ministers of the town have made arrangements for the services as follows : aw Mon., Jan. 6th, in Presby‘n Church Address by Rev. E. Haves, â€" on "What is our aim?" Tuesday, Jan. 7th, in Knox Church Address by Rev B D Armstrong on "The Good Fight." 3 wed‘y, Jan $8th in Queen St. Chutch Address by a representative of the Upper Canada Bible Society! _ . Thursday, Jan. 9th in Anglican Ch. Adoréss by Rev, H. S. Fiddes on . Mrs Wm Scarf. Toronto, and brothâ€"â€" er, Wm Edge. atternded th» funeral of Gra a cousin. Miss Harper, in Mt Forest, 4th on Tuesday. | cha Hon. N. W. Rowell, not long homafi‘: from Japan, confessed. himself a conâ€" vert to the Liberal Gov‘ts <plan of sending envoys abroad. ‘A wise and far sighted policy‘ he describes it. DURHAM. THURSDAY DECEMBER 26. 1929 \ Pitk which is cncorporated the Christmas Cheer given in Durham by many Church Societies and other Orâ€" ganizatons. Canadian Greys‘ Chapter, LO.D.E. were again active in conducting their Christmas campaign.â€" This they have done for many years and the reward received is the joy expressed by the recipionts. This year they are thankâ€" ful too, that the sick and needy are not as many as former years and the cheer was confined chiefly to the disâ€" tribution _ of _ blooming plants, . of which 50 were ordered. We hope Jack Frost does not get a look in at these tender plants for he has been especâ€" ally busy since the advent of Decemâ€" The Ladies‘ Aid Society of Queen §treet United Church extended their bounds of, usefulness at this festive time of year and remombered many cf their church friends with Christâ€" mas cheer‘. 14 baskets contaiging all delectables of the season and homeâ€" made baking were contained therein. Three flowers were also sent out. The Womens Institute was another crganization who played Santa Claus with all their good wishes expressed behind the hampers. The committee of this body, gathered in the baseâ€" ment of Queen St. Church Saturday last and decorated 17 grape size baskets, whch were Jater to contain such deloctables as homemade baking, freshly laid eges, marmalade or jam, and the season‘s fruits. ‘The writer saw one of these baskets packed and for a moment one would wish to be one of those unfortunate fortunate persons. to receive such a Christmas greeting. t The Furniture Company and Stone Plant also displayed at this time, Christmas ° feeling â€" prevalent in pre senting to their employees geese or turkey. There will never beâ€" Soviet rule hereas.long as this spirit. exists between empoyer and employee, . To the single workmen at the Furniture plant, neckwear was handed cut and to the ladies employed silk hosiery. Not only, in club and society forâ€" mation did" Santa Claus work, but alâ€" so through family groups, making the hearts cg many parents glad on Wednesday . One of these groups were the McQueen brothersâ€"Alex, Donald and Edwin, who presented their parents with a radio. ers were> also well remembered by Coun. W. J. McFadden would oppose their respectiveâ€"pupils and Mr J, A. him, we learn is incorrect. c Graham was the :ecz:,ent from his Of the present Council, Messrs B. 4th Classes of a handsomegold watch Stoneouse, W. S. Hunter, Howell and chain, as well as & sheaf of flowers Noble will likely remain in the field, fir Mrs. Graham. â€" Miss Kathleen Messrs Whitmore and McLean reâ€" "Firth as teacher of the 3rd classes, tiring. New aspirants are mention»d, received from her pupils, an electric but nothing definite will be knowh table lamp, and so on down the line. until the Nomination next Monday ~All the staff werd very appreciative night. Durham Hcgpital nursing staff was remembered by the Durham Furniâ€" ture Co. wilt(‘pa goose, while the Y. W. A. of Knox Clgurch presented thém with a turkey. The Christmas Supper, Tree Durham Pifblic School was en fete last Thursday, _ when.â€"the annual Christmas comcerts were staged by the various grades. Bright programs, peculiar to the â€"season were given by the schclars and, the crowning event of the afternoon Was the distribution of gifts from the different class trees from scholar to scholar. The teachâ€" and t â€"Miss Sarah Vollet is spending the holiday with her â€"cousins in Toronto. Dr C. C. Ramage and Arthur and Harold Ramage are at the parental home over the holiday. Mrs Bert Smith and two daughâ€" ters, Grace and Edith, Guelph, are in town. over Christmas with the forâ€" mer‘s sistors, Misses J. and A. Weir. A few months spent at the Northâ€" ern Business College, Owen Sound, this winter will mean a great deal to you in after life. Winter term beâ€" gins January 2nd. Mr _ and Mrs J W Crawford left last Monday to spend the remainder of the wifter in Mt. Forost with their daughter, Mrs H. Skales. Mrs. Crawford suffered a fracture in heér arm a short time ago and while she is getting over it, still requires atâ€" tention. ‘â€"Mr Donald Graham, Sault ste Marie made the long trip to the parental home in town, just to say ‘Merry @hristmas‘, for he arrived Christmas Eve aWd returned the next afternoon. His sister Adeline, nurse, Torontc, is also home for over the New Year, Mr and Mrs Herb Love and family of,Egremont.and Charles, Flora and Margaret MceFarlane, Bunessan, ate Christmas goose with Mr and Mrs J. McQueen. Mr and Mrs Harcld Sharp, Toronto spent last week end at the home of his parents. Misses Mary Edge, St Thomas; Al ix Edge, Stt Catharines and Edith, of Sault Ste Maric, are spending their Xmas vacation with their sister, Mra W. J. Ritchie, Edge Hill. v Mr and Mrsâ€" W. Heughan and famâ€" ily, Milverton and Mr and Mrs Ivan Edwards, Shelburne, shared Xmas goose with the ladies‘ parents, Mr. and Mrs John Aldred. . John M _Campbell, Regina, renewâ€" ing his sub. and writing, says : "We had a very dry summer, a nico fall, but it has got down now to the good old winter weather, 38 below zero ! This is when we are feeling good and ‘{<~ Câ€"lMinson., Hamilton is spending a week‘s holidays with her parents, Mr and Mrs Geo. (Clinson. 38 below and Feeling Good Durkhsm will Probably _ Have Munisipal Contest raring to go." There willâ€" be a Mayoralty election in Durham after New Years, probably also forâ€"the Coincil seats, but as yet we have learned of no definite aspirant for the Reeveship. Ex..Coun. Oliver 8. Hunter has announced his intention of contesting the offee ~of Mayor,, and as Mayor Murdock will be again in the field, an election is assured, The Mayor Â¥2s been in closest touch of any of the Council with the street paving work the past summer and fall, and as business in comnection with it will nct be com»leted until 1930, is ready to remain in ofice to attend to: it. The cutlock is that Reeve Allan Bell will again represent Durham at County ‘Council... A rumor that exâ€" Coun. W. J. McFadden would oppose him, we learn is incorrect. â€" _ What betterâ€"Christmas gift could a parent give a son or daughter than a term in the Northern Business College at. Owen Sound? The education canâ€" not be lost or stolen and it lasts a lifetime.. Winter term begins | Januâ€" ary 2nd. _ Pubiishned Weekly atr $2.00 a year in advance. To United States, §2.50 a year in advance C. RAMAGE & BON, Publishert Ca0mâ€"â€"~â€"=~om0ormâ€"â€"=â€"â€"â€"=omo New Year Greetings with which is amaigamated [( tHe sramparp BANK OF CANADA ) U UR business friends and your | with whom we make transac : tions. demand that procision of efi ient execution which is a part of the ? regular . service maintained by any bank in its business affairs. To merit | your confidence we must go further. , | The Bank of Commerce maintains a | policy of personal courtesy in its | dealings, regardless of their respeci | ive/ importance, which should be an | asset in your business as well as in ours. | I McBETH W hile New Year bells are about to r:iog. we take occasion to thank our many patâ€" rons and friends for their support during the passing vear and at the same t‘ime wish all a "Happy New Year." €6 Business is Business" But Courtesy Pays _ | rom the Publishers A largeâ€"black and tan hound, mos ly tan. Lost about 10th Dec. An body knowing the wherabouts pleas nctify Isaac Smith, Flesherton, Phot €3 W. § NEW YEARS GREETINGS D.ugaiet and Stationer Phore 3. DURHAYV LOST 3 ty 4 We O# * NIdO