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Durham Review (1897), 17 Dec 1931, p. 5

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pecial rham #)&315353% assware i LH 17. 1931 a PC hq wl Ete uD 98 MAS uf CUSTOM CHOPPING done every day and we turn it out while you tarn around. Will those requiring Fertilizer kindly leave their orders as early as possible. Get our prices before purchasing else where. . It will pay you. JOHN McGoWAN DURHAM. ONT. Local Agent F. W. Moon Pur‘a=®. On!. Sven Tube, full size Cabinet, latest model, Reg. Price $99.50 Christmas Sale Price $75.50. You can‘t afford to miss this special price. Enjoy the Christ mas music at less cost. 87 per cent more program with cleares tones. Call and see the S‘lverâ€"Marshall. Arrange for demonstration at your home. Prices are right. For twoweeks only. Special â€"for cash :â€" Gunn‘s Fertilizer Silverâ€"Marshall Radios " Royal Household Flour Bri *0O Canada‘ * C Pilot P SCREEN CHOP $18 PER TON BULK The Northern Business College ite for full inf 9. a. Premmg ormagy . * Owen Sound °THE PEOPLE‘S MILLS Keep in Stock for Sale DECEMBER 17 DURHAM MACHINE SHOP young people, in times of depression improve their education to be .eady to take advantage of good times that are sure to follow. This winter is the time for you to prepare and the best place to get a practical Business Training is at FLOUR SsUPERHETERODYNE BY SILVER. MARSHALL wESsTERN FEED BARLEY CHOP, $17 PER TON, BULK CALL AT OR PHONE . 1931 Uss the phone if yoi orders carefully atfended The biggest Holiday Season of the year is here. Friends from a distance will be visiting you. You will reâ€" quire appetizing Christmas baking and dainties for this occasion. We have anticipated your â€" requirments and have prepared many dainty and original confections, CHRISTMAS TABLE DAINTIES Henderson‘s Bakery the following Goods : Bran Shorts Oat Chop Crimpled Oats FEED in stock Training is at Shorts PHONE 140 wish.â€"All t Lo , _ On Monday last in Swinton Park there was a general delivery. John Seoit came into the store, took h.s place behind the counter and was in general command. Each farmer as he came in quietly walked up and | delivered the summer‘s earnings of ‘himself, wife and family. There was | very little said as a man just at lChristmas time hates to disappoint stranger here and will"always be welcomed back as everyone apprecâ€" iates his ability. Sorry he stuck in the srow with his car but nothing daunted, he called on a good Samarâ€" itan, Charlie Ferguson, who furnishâ€" ed him with horse and rig He got here just a little bit late. We are sorry to say that Johil L. Ferguson came home from the hosâ€" pital last week, no improvement beâ€" L.O.L. 1192 held their annual meeting on Tuesday evening for the election of officers and are as folâ€" we were very pleased to meet at church ca Sunday, our old _ friend, Mrs Kinsman, Sr. who last week celâ€" ebrated her 91st birthday at the old home here, with her son William and family. Mrs Kinsman would put to shame many ladies of half her years, being smart both intellectualâ€" ly and physicallyâ€"just a little dimâ€" ness of the eyes, she says. On Sunday, our munister was a Mr Johnston of Knox College, an Irish man by birth. He is not an entire on 215 million more wfil so cheer up. wife and children and turn it all ovâ€" er to the tax collector. In many cases it takes the lambs, the wool. thehogsandacowortwot.o pay the taxes. But while we spend we must pay and next year the interest gosd health, good appetites and aâ€" bundance of good things for everyâ€" one. Surely we in Ontario should be thankful. A change is as good as a rest. Last week we had a few days of beautiful sle‘ghing, but on Friday the snow quickly disappeared and aâ€" gain wheels are in use. The cars are going through in places. Roads are not the best. However there is prospects of sleighing for Christmas and we hope every reader of the Review may be able to enjoy this universal holidayâ€"the greatest day of all the year, that all may have y j;,1 _ °" ‘CAINE A month‘s restful holidays at her daughter‘s here, Mrs J. S. McDermid and progressing favyâ€" orably . This busy week, all agog with the coming Christmas Tree on Friday, the 18th. What with practicing of plays, amusing acts, choir practices, there is something doing all the time. Rev W. H. Bartiett took the servicâ€" es on Sunday, being so far recovered from his nervous breakdown. Latest word from Mrs _ MeLeod, (nee Ruby Muir is that she is proâ€" gressing favorably from her recent cperation in Toronto. uho 44A 22°° I2CH â€" annual Thanksgiving services on Wednesday evening last, when Mrs (Rev.) Scott of Flesherton addressed the meeting, setting forth the many great obâ€" jects, of accomplishments, and still further funds and solicited on the Society‘s behalf, donations as the Lord provided them. Mrs H. B. Mcâ€" Lean contributed a fine solo, "The Home Land." An appetizing lunch was provided at close. Mrs wW. p. Watson, of North Egreâ€" moant Ge 4ars. Vsm mont, is taking hol@ays at her "Mrs Peck was the widow of Geo. Peck, and resided at 2121 McGraw Ave. She was a native of Toronto but has lived in Detroit for some years. She was active in fraternal circles in this city and was a member of the White Shrine of Jerusalem No 20, the Fraternal Home Association and the True Kindred, in addition to her O.E.S. affiliations. Burial was made in Grand Lawn cemetery," She was 77 years of age. The W.M.S. held their annual mu._ + ui. Cl iye ol 9 P _AE â€" ~SCAOOL, when the scholars and their teacher Miss Jessie Nichol and others, will put on a good program. Miss Effie McCannel, of Proton, Spent a few days with her sister, Mrs Andrew Hincks. Mr and Mrs Wilfrid Watson spent last week with Toronto friends. Mr and Mrs Lachie McKinnon visâ€" ited Friday with Mr and Mrs H. R. McLean. + Mr â€" Elmer Watson spent a few days in Toronto last week. ere are many in this neigh borâ€" _ who will remember in her girlâ€" , Mary Watson, cousin of the Mrs G w Tryon, whose obituary 116 CnP Mucrmgc is d 1 GREEN GROVE SWINTON PARK 1 3 _ _,"C e 5.S. entertainâ€" to be given in St Columba Unâ€" hurch on Friday, Dec 18, when 1 program is being prepared. Henry Tucker has installed a mus‘sr . PRICEVILLE 5. bein, bsudfoucsdicii ind C the pleasure of his family Peck, is as ;z;. a few spent visâ€" Than being Dad on Christmas eve ? With all their pomp, great monarchs The happiness of scene like this. Rich halls tonight are still and sad, Because no little girl or lad Shall wake upon the morn to find The joys that love has left behind. Oh, I have had my share‘ of woe, Known what it is to bear a blowâ€" Shed sorrow‘s tears and stood to care When life seemed desolate and bare, Yet here toâ€"night I smile and say Worth while was all that came my play And dolls to love. For it‘s my task To get for them the joys they ask. What greater charm can fortune * weave For this one joy, all else I‘d leave: To be their Dad on Christmas eve. The stockings on the mantle piece I‘ll buige with sweets till every crease That marks them now is stretched away. There will be drums and horns to Is being Dad on Christmas eve. Socn I shall toil with tinsel bright : Place here and there a colored light. Aud wheresoc‘er my fingers lie Toâ€"morrow shall a youngster spy Some wonder gift or magic toy, To fill his little soul with joy. still, f t 3 That now are wagging with a will Above me as I sit and rest, And I am in my old arm chair, And Mother‘s busy dragging out The parcels hidden all about. Within a corner, gaunt to see, There stands a barren Christmas tree But soon upon its branches green A burst of splendor will be seen. And when the busy tongues grow I shall be at my happiest. t The greatest joy man can conceive They‘ve bung their stockings up with The floral tributes were beautiful and apart from a pillow of roses by the fam‘ly came from Mr and Mrs Alex Hay and son George: Masonic Louge, Staff of Public Highways, Mr. and Mrs P. Gagnon, Mr Graham and 4th Class, Officers and Directors of Durham Furniture Co.: Employees of Durham Furniture Co.: Choir ot Queen St. Church, Col. and Mrs. Smith, Winona ; Misses Nellie Marr Effie Forerster, Mr Hamilton, Winâ€" ona ; Mr and Mrs Thos Henderson : Knox Church : Garage boys of E. D. Smith & Son, Winona. BEING DAD ON CHRISTMAS EVE The remains were conveyed to Knox Church, where on the pulpit were Rev W. H. Smith, his pastor ; Revy â€"W. C. Almack of Queen St. Church; Rev. E. Hayes of Trinity Church. _ Rev B. D. Armstrong was prevented through illness from being present. Suitable hymns were sung, and the choir, by request of the famâ€" ily, rendered feelitgly, "I am â€"far frae ma‘ Hame." _ Rev Mr Hayes read the scripture lesson and Rev Mr Almack offered prayer. In the course of his remarks, Rev W. H. Smith stated that as long as Knox Church stood, Mr Milne would live, for the many evidences of his workmanship therein. It would always stand as a monumert to him. In his closing prayer, he sought Divine guidance for his family, for whom he worked and labored so faithfully and unselâ€" fishly. f last New Year. Masonic work was also dear to him and under ausp.â€" ces of Durham lodge, the funerâ€" al on Monday, was largely attended. About 40 of the lodge brethren folâ€" lowed the remains to the burial plot where their ritual over the grave was performed. The pall bearers were six brother Masons, Messrs Chas. Moffat, R. E. Richardson, Walâ€" ter Thompson, Peter Ramage, John Morrison, J. J. Smith: Robert Milne Passes Away Peacefully his loss. He was devoted to his home and family and their interests were ever his. For 18 years he serâ€" ved Knox Church well as janitor. But he magnified the office for toâ€"day the church bears many evidences of his workmanship. He retired only Wm Matthews, O. Sound, visited early in the week with his sister, Mrs John Lawrence. Mr and Mrs Boyd, who spent a couple of weeks with Mr and Mrs W Patterson, left to visit with Mr and Mrs Joe Young at the Lake. Mrs McPherson returned home afâ€" ter spending a few weeks in Toronto. Mrs Robt McFadden is in town this week, assisting in looking after Mrs Thos, McFadden, who we are sorry to say is very ill. Mr and Mrs Wm Jacques spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Wm Bogle, of Varney. McClocklin. At the close lunch was served and a social time held. Mr and Mrs Howard Ritchie, Edge Hill, spent Friday evening with Mr. and Mrs John Newell. Mr Jas Brown and son Cecil spent Monday in Toronto. Sec‘y, Daulphia Lawrerce: ‘Treasurâ€" er, John llcglrrA: Marshal, George Whitmore: 1st Lecturer, Geo. Hopâ€" kins (2) Robt. McFadden. Com., Thos Whitmore, Norman Watâ€" son, C. Hargrave, Robt Jackson, W. THE DURHKHAM REview (Continued from Page 1.) VICINITY [2, 07 °C tfown. It is beautifully sitâ€" uated on Lake of the Woods. It had at the time of my visit, just enough fresh white snow to make it look like an animated Christmas card. My ho;:eu tl;ere was Mrs Bob Mitchel! â€"before her marriage Dora Davidson of Durham. we had a delightful walk through the woods, following well-pa.dded lnd‘«lll trails. Camine Aulaa . The most interesting plece of chinery is the shearer. _ A pow engine drives, revolving short, ; knives into the face of the | | surface. . The depth of the cut ft and it is made down the cent | the exposed surface of the coal | then along the bottom., After | the coal is blasted out. Every | possible is dore to keep the p ‘large. Westerners Hika in.il â€"_ * Ing.____,, ~~CC0l Of & prank and the lnformallty of it made the group of women friends, Edmonton is very much a capital city. _ The Women‘s Canadian Club tea was honored by havtngasg'ueats the wife of the Lieutenant Governor and the wife of the Prime Minister of the Province, as well as a distingâ€" uished woman magistrate and writer, Judge Emily Murphy, While the de lightful informality â€" of Drumheller was lacking, Edmonton had a charm a.ll' its own. A second maarl. ‘""*" hneld in COllvde;t'i;;m campus of Alberta Un Dr Wallace, the Pre University hocored by Keewatmn was an ‘different‘ town I+ iâ€" Whatnon /n lces SR 4) l sert. The result was the most a tic and wholly delightful meal of trip, And such fun as we had. party had all the excitement « prank and tha ;5@.___2,) CAe°Bt the mi,, ,, __"UL once they go into the mine they stay there until the summer unless unable to work, A spirit of informal hospltality perâ€" vaded Drumheller, The women of the executive of the Canadian Club entertained me at luncheon. 1t was a coâ€"operative luncheon., Each womâ€" & contributed her best. _ One was famed for salads, another for roastâ€" ing turkey to a turn, another for table decoration, another far a._. ust cce uo mmE . Coge .. ©1GCC§ large, Westerners like their coal that way. The mine is ventilated by cur rents of air drawn from the _ surâ€" face and directed to the particular place wanted by curtains or walls. The horse stable is below ground. The horses run in the pasture part of the summer but once they go into the mine they stay there until the summer unless unable tm wa.i ho ue eudein o on en mt the waist, or rather the heavy batâ€" tery carried on a belt, leaving our hands free for the light. The miner carries his fastened to his cap. We went down the 100 ft shaft and walkâ€" ed about a mile in the underground roadway before we came to the place where the actual mining operaâ€" tions were going on. There was a main road and then many roads branching off, A narrow guage track was laid along each one. . Going in we were contiually meeting the horâ€" ses or ponles drawing several cars of coal along the tracks. _ The driver sits on the front car and directs the horse by conversation since no reins are used. When the mine is extendâ€" ed back a great distance from the shaft, motor engines are used instead of horses. Dr and Mrs Alex Fettes entertain-l }ed at tea on Sunday night when I CH gain had the opportunity of meetâ€" }.‘ng the Dixons, McClungs, and Mcâ€" Kinron‘s, as well as Dr and Mrs Wilâ€" liams from Owen Sound: Senator and | Mrs Mitchener and several members | of the Donald Campbell family ot; Swinton Park. I was glad to havea talk with Mr McClung. We do not hear so much about him but he is worth hearing a good deal about. He does not look in the least like Dame‘ Rumour would have us think the| husband of a renowned woman | would look. He is a man of sut»{ stance, financially, mentally and phyâ€"| sically. _ He is unique in that he is very proud of his wife‘s achieveâ€" | ment. | No Member of the Commens could} fail to know that Drumheller is a! coal mining town, so on being asked . what I wanted to see in that vlclnlty; of that interesting town, I answered | "a coal mine." In company with the | owner and Mrs Henderson,~ wife of | the President of the Canadian Club, we visited the A.B.C. mine. We were rigged out in heavy coats with a coal | miner‘s safety lamp buckled around! the ‘Waist â€" Or rathas q3 200,0° . SPOUIH of the Club, Mrs W. v. Dixon, was formerly _ Minnie McLaughlan â€" of Priceville. The Gaughters of Rev. Mr McLeod, who for so many years, was pastor of Priceville Presbyterian Church : Mrs McArthur, mother â€"of to the really very stormy and cold day, by saying she was sorry Calgary was treating me to such unusual weather, but she supposed in travelâ€" ling about from place to place I enâ€" countered a good deal of "unusual weather, That tickled my funny bone because I had met so much‘ unusual weather‘. The Calgary meeting was distinguished by the number of Priceâ€" ville people there. The able President Dr John McArthur of Markdale and her daughter, Mrs Dr Dixon: Mrs Dr Alex Fettes and Mrs McKinnon, were all present to support me. The McClung humour flashed out, vhe}} in introducing me she alluded We have all read Nellie McClung‘s books. We have heard much of her wit, her warm heartedness, her fine human qualities. Often when some one has been greatly praised all our expectaticns are not fulfilled on meeting. But Nellie McClung was just what I wanted her to be. Her presence in the sun room of the Palâ€" laise Hotel made speaking easier. Her warm sympathy could not but help. I liked her immensely and oddâ€" ly enough I felt I had known her alâ€" ways. She is a very understanding person. Meeting Grey Co. People in Western Canada Miss Macphail hobâ€"nobs with noted Westerners. â€"Delightful Experiences Â¥ that Drumheller is a town, so on being asked ted to see in that vicinity resting town, I answered e." In company with the Mrs Henderson,~ wife of it of the Canadian Club, he AB.C. mine. We were It is d out. Everyth?n"g‘ to keep t_he pieces ‘heon. Each womâ€" * best. One was another for roastâ€" turn, another for another for desâ€" vas the most artisâ€" etcas l "° _ Hi@ll on the University, which President â€" of the betged the surâ€" the particular ins or walls. below ground. pasture part of meeting was After t_h;t the black centre of powerful of my The I hereby certify that the above is & correct statement of the question submitted for the vote of the elecâ€" tors and in the event of it being carâ€" ried in the affirmative, the proposed byâ€"law will be finally passed by the Municipal Council after one month from the first publication, the date of which was December 3rd. It is proposed by the Municipal Council of the Town of Durham, to pass a byâ€"law authorizing the election and appointment of a Public Utility Commission, to which shall be enâ€" trusted the control and management of all the public utility works owned bf the Corporation of the Town of Durham. At the annual election to be held on the 4th day of January, 1932, the eâ€" lectors shall be asked to vote on the following question: "Are you in fayâ€" or of entrusting the control and manâ€" agement of all public utility works owned by the Corporation, to a Comâ€" mission, to be known as the Public Utility Commission of the Town of In the Matter of the Estate of Donald ‘ McMillan, late of the Township of _ Glenelg, in the County of Grey, _ Farmer, deceased. ‘ NOTICE is hereby given that all persons having claims against the Esâ€" tate of Donald McMillan, late of the Township of Glenelg, Farmer, who died on or about the Tenth day of July A. D. 1931, at the Township of Glenelg, in the County of Grey, are hereby requested to send or deliver to the under mentioned Solicitor for the Executors, full particulars of their claims duly proved on or before: the First day of January, 1932. { AFTER such date the Executors will proceed to distribute the assets of the Estate, having regard only to the claims of which they shall then have notice and will not be liable for said assets to any persons of whose claim notice shall not have been re-‘ ceived at the time of such distribu-l tion. McMEEKINâ€"In â€" loving memory _ df our dear husband and father, John McMeekin, who died vyery suddenly, | Dec 17, 1930. | We travelled life‘s road together Amid hope and faith and love, ‘And conquered life‘s battles together | With strength and comfort from God. He often said we‘d miss him, His words have proven too true ; We lost the best and dearest friend, Dear Dad, when we lost you. __â€"Ever remembered by wife and I family. HONEY FOR SALE Choice clover Honey, 7¢ a pound in your own container. Light amber, 10 lb paill for 60c. W. A. Macdonald, Durham 949 SECOND AVENUE EAST OwWEN sOUND, ONTARIO Specializing in Appointments Diseases of Eyes Preferred and fitting of Telephone ‘7G|nses 178 EDWARD LAUDER M.D.,C.M.,F.A.C.S As I was going West, wheat was rising in price and the spirits of the pecple were lifting correspondingly, but as I came East wheat was falâ€" ling and the gloom was settling down again. The Canadian situation is too closely bound" up with great probâ€" lems of war debts â€" and reparations, outworn financial systems, broken down distributive systems and â€"burâ€" censome taxation to be separately or hastily relieved. UPPER CANADA BIBLE SOCIETY 1931 Contributions received from â€" the different churches in town during the Week of Prayer in 1931 and donated to the work of the Upper Canada Bible Society, amounted to the sum of $40.00. td much to the West. ‘They seemed to be everywhere. Much to my enâ€" joyment of the West, scarcely a meeting of the forty five but saw sevâ€" eral gathered for a chat at the close. They entertained me. They introâ€" duced me to audiences: they thankâ€" cd me for speeches. If it wasn‘t the Armstrongs of Banff, formerly of O. Sound, who were kind, it was Mrs. Pettigrew, (of Durham) my hostess in Biggar: or Mr Dunn of Mcose Jaw â€"lawyer from Durham, who introâ€" duced me in Moose Jaw : or Mr NM. Miller, son of the late H. H. Miller, who thanked me in Weyburn, or in Mr and Mrs Neil McKinnon who enâ€" tertained so delightfully in same town. It is quite impossible to tell of all the Grey County people I met in Regina, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, the REPORT OF DURHAM BRANCH twin citiesâ€"everywhere Dated at Durham, Ontario, thi First day of December 1931. J. H. McQUARRIE Durham, Ontario Solicitor for the Executors NOTICE TO CREDITORS Clerk qo FOR SALE IN MEMORIAM NOTICE; ONTARIO ARCHIVES TORONTO H. C. ROSE, Clerk . Derby, Treasurer . N. Murdock, Mayor DURIBLAM IEIGEI SCHOOL 2 Entrance to the Normal BSchoote ‘The School is thoroughly equippe@ to take up the following coursas :â€" _ The School has a creditable record@ DRS. C. G. AND BESS!E McGIL_IVRAY To remove the cause of disease, try Chiropractic adjustments, Masâ€" sage and Uiltra Violet Rays See your local Chiropractors vates arranged at Rerald Ofice, De» dalk, also through Durbam Review and Flesherton Advance. Geo. E. Dundaa, Dundalk P. O. Phone 42 r 44 Licensed Auctioneer Sales taken on : Residence: R. R. N Phone 607 : ring 2â€"5 Licensed Auctioneer for Co. Terms, reasonable. Sale dn No Collection No Charge Intending pupils should prepare to ter at the beginning of the fall rm. Information as to courses may Dentistry in all its Branches X RAY GAS EXTRACTiONS Office: Mill Street, DURKHAM, Ont. Honor Graduate Toronto University Graduate Royal Coll. Dental Surgeons of Ontario. Rooms: Over J. & J. Hunter‘s Store Office and Residence: Corner Cour tess and Lambton Streets, Durham Office hours : 9 to 11 a m., 130 tw 4 p.m., 7 to 9 p. m., Bundays excepted Almost daily we receive letters of appreciation from clients for whom _ we‘ve accomplished the "impossible" and â€" got â€" "results." Let us do so for you. 4& Lambton St., Durham, Ont. Office Hours: 1.30 to 4.00 p. m. 7.30 to 9.00 p. m. A CGeneral Financial Business Transacted All legal documents eficiently and carefully prepared. Your patronage solicited Office: 1 door north of Mcâ€" Laughlin‘s Garage . L. SMITH, M.B., M.C. P.S, Notary Public, J. F. GRANT, D.D.S., A REAL SACRIFICE 25 pairs Grewing Girls‘ PATENT OXFORDS, low heels, sizes 21 to 6, regular $4.00 to $5.00, to ENNE L ) ; 4. is sn ade ioi Lo « C. PICKERING, DDs. LoSs P snt lsnt taiss T ts tnstsiss becausca l 1 Realtor, Insurance, etc. P. F. MacARTHUR GEORGE E. DUNCAN J. H. McQUARRIE, REPAIRING A SPEciaLTYy The Money Comes J. 8. McILRAITH THE CASH SHOE sToRe EKELLY & AIKEN See Window for ORANGEVILLE Monthly Statements CHIROPRACTIC John Morrison, Chairman J. A. M. Robb, Principat . H. SNEATH, M. D. JOHN O‘REIL which it hopee to maia an attractive and healâ€" tor Grey County

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