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2OX Y 1 T omorrow Comes‘ KYÂ¥ NICHT ~Ktâ€"Tl â€"digce..............w., er T hin Man M 1 FEBRUARY 8TH $ OnNLY *+URS, FEB. 14. 15 Myrna Loy RE 571 hrough it can M w he arles Boyer be taken Agriculture e W. G. Ni ‘Or)l rom the amber of imers TDR L na th M th #4 Durham _ tied the round early in first period and led %â€"O0 at its close. It was Durham‘s period by a clear margin. In second the visitors scorâ€" od the only counter, making it %â€"1. Early in third, Froctor scored again Wingham to tie up the round again. trurham however kept up a strong attack which resulted in 3 more zoals, 6â€"2 score on game. In closâ€" ing minutes Watt blocked Bateson‘s shot from blue line, but it bounced into the nets over his shoulder to make finar count &â€"3. After lesing 4 to 5 in Wingham, Characterizing her repeated indo I?Â¥irham eliminatel the third place Pevnsent candiqature as "an experiâ€" Winsham _ team here Wednesday ment in democracy‘ and her par. in night defeating them 6 goals to 3 or Lresent election campaign as an efâ€" 10 to % on the round. Wingham put fort "to save democracy at least in up a valiant fight, but Durham boys this riding," Miss Agnes C. Macâ€" earned their two goal margin on the Phail received her sixth unanimous series . nomination from the U.F.O.â€"Labor On Friday night here and in Owen Organization of the present constituâ€" Sound Monday, Durham _ will now ®©NCÂ¥ of Greyâ€"â€"Bruce at a meeting play Owen Sound to decide the dis Saturday afternoon at the town hall, trict title. Games will count in this Hanover. Most of the game saw speedy hocâ€" key, with Durham having a slight edge except for part of second frame. 1st period 1 Durham: . MeDonald (Cassidy) 2 Durham: Lawrence (Cassidy) 3 Durham: Dean 2nd period 1 Wingham: English (Proctor) 3rd period On Friday night here and in Owen Round Monday, Durham _ will now play Owen Sound to decide the disâ€" trict title. Games will count in this round. and should each team win one, a deciding game on neutral ice will be necessary. In the first playâ€"off game between second and third place teams in Winsham _ Monday, the bome team took a 1 goal lead over Durham, 5 to 4. Winsham held a 5 to 1 lead 15 seconds after 3rd period opened but Durham finished strong to alâ€" most tie it up. Police were called to ave!ll a fight among the spectators. Ist period | Winsham, Proctor (Bateson) 12.55 Penaltiesâ€"Rae, Moses, Gard. 2nd period * Wingham, Bateson (Proctor ..2.50 3 Wingham, Proctor ...... .... 5.15 & Winzham. Bateson (Proctor) 10.58 Girr) / Durham: Dean (G. MceDonald) < Durham: G. MeGirr 9 Winzham: Bateson ‘The bigzgest crowd of the season some 800, saw the game. . "Honey‘ Kuntz of Kitchener refereed. Won First Playâ€"off _ Miss Macphail again Round from Winsham U.F.0.â€"Lapor cansidate tor Durham Finished Schedule in Second Place it was a lively, fast and freeâ€" scoring game here last Friday night when Durham trimmed Wingham 10 to 6 in the last game of the schedâ€" uie. The win gave Durham a decisâ€" ive lead for second place in the group . Had Wingham won, they would have tied Durham for second, and a playoff of the previous tie rame â€"here would then have been necessary, unless the teams agreed otherwise .. C@arting about $.40, it was 11.35 when full time came and the fans bad an exciting time of it with some tiresome waits. Durham started off on the right foot when â€" Dean took R. McGirt‘s pass and tilged the nets with a wing shot. When first period was over, Durham â€" led Winsham:* Proctor Durham: G. Mc Lost in Wingham, 45 Wingham, Bateson Wingham, Proctor . Wingham, Bateson Durham, G. MeGirr Penaltyâ€"Proctor Wingham, Proctor ........... Durham, G. McGirr ( G. Mc DORIEEY ...... k..c.klckrkrk. Durham, . MeDonald (G Mc CALCY .. iveuscccarrsrnt «suwes i1 Durham, H. McGirr (Cassidy) ] Penalties â€"Gard, H. MeGirr, | e G. MeGirr. VOL. LXII, NO. 7 id it looked reasonaDl) (Continued on Page 8.) 3rd period was ovér. Durham â€" led looked reasonably safe. McDonald (G. Mc Joe Crutchley. mes the best . _ Everyone uie on ut i uWe be ie me .A Adict Neus mne uy on ie agy 12.00 14.50 15 .20 0.15 2 .00 political eareer and his party before the unity of Canada." She also claimed serious loss _ of liberties through the Defence of _ Canada Resulations, some sections of which she described as "Padlock Law made national." Dealing with war conâ€" tracts awarded and recently made prblic, she challenged that the busiâ€" ness man and his profit was bein« looked after and qot the farmer er laborer and urged that these two realize anew their interdependence ind nreanize themselves into stron« Miss Macphail‘s nomination took place almost immeCiately upon the opening of the meeting and was followed by an address by the candiâ€" date in which she made an impasâ€" sioned protest of the action of the Prime Minister in dissolving parâ€" liameent a few hours after its openâ€" ing, charging that he had put "his The nomination _ meeting drew a very large and â€" representative | asâ€" semblv of electors of Grevâ€"Bruce, particularly residents of rural seeâ€" tions The nresident of the T F.O.â€" Labor Association, Joseph Crntchley was the chairman. ‘The secretary. William C. Beirworth, gave a brief report. showing a treasurvy halance of ©240.00. Miss Macpbail‘s nominâ€" ation was effected on a motion by Harry ‘Tanner, seconded by W. F. Allbricht . Miss Marphail thanked the meetâ€" in« for her nomination and _ reâ€" stated _ her jndenendence of â€" narty afMlistien "I helieve in a demoeâ€" raev‘" she sald iater, "In which the peonle send their unfettered repreâ€" sentative« to narliament." groups "Is rule by a prime minister a democracy " ‘ she asked,. sketchin=~ the events leadinz up to the dissoâ€" lution of Parliament. She drew a picture of Prime Minister Mackenrie King enjovinz a huge majority and the confidence of the whole House of Commons since war was declared in Coptember. The opposition declared a party truce _ and _ the _ entire House coâ€"oporated as a unit with the Prime â€" Minister, she claimed. They voted _ him _ two _ hundred million dollars and gave him blanâ€" ket power to raise it as he wished. "What more does a prime minisâ€" ter want " she asked bitterlyv. From the beginning of the war Mackenzie _ King _ silenced _ legitiâ€" mate questions and criticism, Miss Macphail claimed. with the answer that criticism was "ammunition to the enemy." But such criticism is allowed and welcomed in the Britâ€" ish House of Commons, she said. thouch â€" England, in centrast _ to Canada.. stands at the doorstep of war The Prime Minister assvred Conâ€" servative Leader R. J. Manion, that a session woull be «alled Fofore an election and â€" opportunity siven for anestion and criticism, Miss Macâ€" phail continued _ expressinz . the | opinion that Mackenzie King seiz ed on Premier Hepburn‘s vote of censure on the government‘s proseâ€" cution of the war like the proverâ€" bial straw to afford an excuse to go to the country. Not even the Liberal members were aware that there was to be an election, Miss Macphail _ asserted, hazarding the opinion that only the inner cabiâ€" net knew. "We had taken him as a leader of the country and he treated us like s cheap politician," she said. Touching upon the war, Miss Macphail stated her loyalty . to Canada. "A Canadian 1 was born and a Canadian 1. will die," she said. "We are at war now and there is nothingz to do but go through with it as efficiently and. auickly as possible. We want equalâ€" ity of sacrifice. We don‘t want millionaires out of munitions or _ other war contracts. We want alâ€" , lowances for selSiers‘ _ dependents ‘and we want > ~~nstructive policy ‘at home to build a better democraâ€" Ehe Burhom Reviex. do but go fhiciently and, e want equalâ€"| e don‘t want munitions . or We want alâ€" ‘ _ dependents "Canada can‘t develop into a naâ€" tion with a war every 20 years," she said. "But the time to talk about that is past." She rezinded her ' ar in which the vicâ€" tims were unarmed. "The basic cause of war is lack of distribution of wealth to those who need / and when people khave opportunitty to develop their Godâ€"given _ gifts there will be no war. We are passâ€" ing from the competitive age to one based on gocdâ€"will _ and _ coâ€"operâ€" ation and there are bound to be upheavals in the transition ..‘ "We all know that in war time there are many things that cannot be allowed," said Miss Macphail, ‘but some basic liberties shouldn‘t be taken from us at any time," as example presenting excerpts from the Defence of Canada Resulations and charging that they should have been submitted to Parliament as was the British act. People have been interned under these regulaâ€" tions, _ without _ explanation, . she contendcd,. #iving Section 21 as an example of the abolition of the anâ€" cient right of Habeas Corpus. cy for those who are going overseas to fight." that is past." She rezinded her hearers that war existed before the Empire and Canada entered intc as we get out of a given situation the best for the common peovle of Canada,‘* concluded Miss Macphail following a reference to the war contracts already awarded and the profits allowed the business man. while 700.000 farmers in â€" Cahada receive less than ten per cent of the national income and the laborâ€" er fares little better. "We can only have prosperity when the farmer has good prices and the laborer has wares to hy the produrts of the farm." said Miss Macnhail in closâ€" in@=, snmming un he: joint cause. "I stand for the great mass of the working people and don‘t care which party is in power as long Mr. A. M. Gibson, District Diree tor of Postal Services, announces that starting Februrary 15 th, mail coming off the Canadian Pacific afâ€" ternoon passenger train from Durâ€" ham will catch the Western Transâ€" Can~@q mail leaving that night. The ‘Transâ€"Canada Air Mail schedâ€" ule has been changed to 10.30 P.M. so that this mail could be put aâ€" board the plane that night. This means that a letter posted on the train leaving Durbham at 3.50 p. m. will arrive in Winnipeg, Regina or Calsgary for delivery first thing in the mornin« following, and it will be delivered in Vancouver at lunch time. Many people in this district will take advantage of this service. ‘The death of Gladys Reba Vessie, vyoungest daughter of Mrs John Vesâ€" sie of Rocky Saugeen, occurred on Tuesday, Feb. 13th, after a ten days illness. She has not been in good health for some time, but was a patiâ€" ent sufferer, and of a _ cheerful nature Surviving are eight brothers and sisters of a family of ten: John of St. Marys, Mrs James Buchan (Marâ€" garet) of Clifton Spririgs, N. Y.; Mrs John Watson (Annie) of Tre herne, Man; Mrs J. McKechnie (Jean) Glenroadin; Mrs. D. A. Clark (Agnes) Durbam; Mrs Walter Clark (Minnie) North Bentinck; Mrs Schildroth (Mabel) of Chesley; Earl at home. act ‘1 'r ,' «4 d Servi ryice ta Y e<t The funcral was held on Thursday afternoon from the home of her sister Mrs Clark in Durham, copâ€" ducted by Misses Vickerson and Milâ€" ler of the Foursquare Church. Interâ€" ment was made in Durham cemetery. holding a progressive euchre party CICEnOnne @0 _ AO00W o SRWART . COOTC in their hall at 8 o‘clock, Thursday holme visited with Mr and Mrs Feb. 22nd. Admission 25 cents. Frank Thomas in Toronto on Saturâ€" Proceeds to go to local Red Cross day, and attended the Toronto and Society. Everybody welcome. imnger hockey game. WITH WHICH ISs INCORPORATED THE HOLSTEIN LEADER Grey Lodge No. 169 1.0.0.F. are GLADYS REBA VESSIE OBIT!IIARY .Â¥ ONT., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15 , 1940 Boys‘ Premier at ‘Father & «on‘ Bangquet An unique event was sponsored in Queen St. Church reception rooms last Thursday evening by the Tuxis and Trail Ranger boys, when fifty of these lads accompanied by their fathers cr ‘adopted fathers" enjoyed a "Father and Son banquet". _ The tables were crowded, both arouni and on top. and the gathering did full justice to the abundant repast tastefully served by the Women‘s Association of the United Church. Bob Braithwaite local representaâ€" tive to the Boys‘ Parliament held in Tcronto â€" after Chr}atnsas, was the toastmaster. In response to the first toast "The King", the National Anâ€" them was heartily sung. The toast to "the Church" was proposed by Ralph Wilson and responded to by Harold McKechne. In proposing the toast to "the dads," Ronald M Queen outlined 'tjle work of the locâ€" al Tuxis and Trail Ranger groups and Wm. A. Glass replied. P. S. Principal Geo. A. Noble proposed the toast to "the lads" which was responded to by the guest of the evening, Alvin Corliss. of Clinton, in the speech of the evening. He spoke for half an hour, relatin«= the history of the Boys‘ Parliament and the work of the sesâ€" sion recently concluded. He paid tribute to Bob Braithwaite, the local member whom he had met in ‘Toâ€" ronto and concluded with the fine thought the Boys‘ Work Board, with the cooperation â€" of the _ fathers through the church, could _ make a real contribution to _ permanent peace after the present conflict. Mr Archie E. Douglas of the locâ€" al Royal Bank staff, was tendered a hearty vote of appreciation by the fathers and boys, for his untiring ing leadership of the local Boys‘ Grouns to which he responded. Mrs en‘s Association replied to a vote of thanks tondered them for serving the bananet. Community singing led by G. R. Padficld, with Helen Renwick as nianist, _ was enicyved for a _ few minutes after the supper. On Tuesday of this week the walls and roof of the former powerhouse at Havwards Falls, property of the late Orr_ Minnis, of Markdale, and from which the electric current for Markdale was generated until ore placed by the Hydro Electric power, now n«ed as a chopning mill, collapsâ€" cd under the weight of ice and snow which had accumulated on the roof. A Former Powerhouse Collapses. of the Womâ€" All Court Cases arose from one Accident Two or three sharges arising from ene accident were tried before Magâ€" istrate Spereman _ in police court here on Friday, but only one conâ€" viction recorded. Robt. Adams of Walkerton _ was _ driving _ Howard Damm‘s car, also of that town, and returning to â€" Durham with lady friends early in morning of Jan. 27th. In turning the corner from Durham Road onto Bruce St. west of upper town, the can ran off highâ€" way into deep snow at side, three wheels being fast. Damm was digâ€" ing it out, when Bob Hunter oi Egremont, also returning to town, followed the previous car‘s path in turning same corner and bumped into Damm‘s bus, causing _ about $150 damage. Hunter pleaded not guilty, stating he was not travellng more than 15 to 20 miles per hour. The charge against Adams, who alâ€" so pleaded _ not guilty, was dismisâ€" sed, that against Damm was withâ€" drawn by the Crown, but the Magisâ€" trate found Hunter had not giyen proper care and attention to driving his car, and imposed a fine of $10 and costs amounting to $16.25 or 10 days in jail. The fine is being paid. Charged with failing to produce his driver‘s permit, Adams was fined $3 and costs, amounting to $5.75. Geo. McLean of near Priceville was tried at last court here on charze of dangerous driving on Dec. 22nd last, when under overhead bridge on Lambton St., his car struck a car driven by Araold Noble of town. Judgment was reserved. On Friday the Magistrate stated he had found McLean guilty of the offence charged, and that accident was caused by the reckless and negligent driving of the accused. He accepted Noble‘s evidence, corâ€" robated by Chief Scott that accident had occurred right under bridge, and believed that McLean had come tco fast to pass Noble‘s car on turn there without striking it. He imposâ€" ed fine of $15 and costs or 15 days in jail, and prohibited McLean from driving a car in Canada for a periâ€" od of two months. BoRrN MacDONALDâ€"In Sudbury, Saturday, Feb, 10, to Rev. and Mrs. W. J. MacDonald (nee Joy Priest), a daughter. ANDERSONâ€"In Durbam hospital in Tuesday, February 13, to Mr. and MORTON â€"In Durham hospital, on Saturday, February 10, to Mr. and Mrs. Harold Morton, a son. OO sJCeâ€"SDcS=>p1G===33 Mrs Melville Anderson, of Glenelz IN DOURNMNAM HIGH SCKOCL The Public Utilitios Commission of Durham, in coâ€"operation with the High School Board, will hold an Qpen Night in Durham High Schs ol Miss Ruth Crawford of the Hydroâ€"Elecetric Power Commi: sion, Torcnto, will give a demonâ€" stration of Home Câ€"oking zm%will also d »moiâ€" strate Blectrical Cooking A ppNances. EVERYBODY WELCOME. Friday, Feb. 23, ‘40 A 5â€"cent Bingo AND OLDâ€"TIME OANCING in Town Hail, Burham Wednesday, Feb. 21st :" Lucky Draw will take plege for prize of $5 Under auspices of Can. Greys [ Class Periods in Heme Economi s and Shop Work OPEeN NicHT Published Weekly at $2.00 a year in advance. To United States, $2.50 a year in advance. Peter Ramage, Publisher commencing at 8 o‘clock ONTARIO â€" _ CURRIPâ€"On, Tharsday. 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