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cloth `dipped in linseed oil over the surface once a month afterward. No other attention will -be needed. Page Fiftoon It cleansu rt-E:-;c:uth after eating-givea 3 clean taste and aweet breath. The cool, comforting avor of WRIGLEY S Spearmint lo a lasting pleasute. U- _I--._-__ AL- ..-__.L _;._ wig! Thursday, November 1, 1928, Let us demonstrate. L RRF.NNA.N 3 Apply H -rinsc . -dry--a B e a u t i f u I lustre which lasts! Less work to clean --less work to keep clean. I O2 -i`_4Ii:?`s VTUBE AND SPEAKE $300 LUC LHUJC, HUI |Jl`ULllCl' IDGIIIUCI, VVLLU is 82 years of age at her left and .\Irs. VV111. Shepherd and Mrs. D. Mc- Waters on either side. The others were served in buffet style. After all had partaken of the good things provided, speeches were given by S. Houghton, R. G. .Houghton, S. N. Hurst, Fred |Cox and Gordon Mac- kie, Mrs. Hurst presenting Mrs. Bain with a purse or money from her relatives to the north while suitable gifts were given by Toronto ` people. Mrs. Bain. responding, thank- ing all for their kindness. A very, pleasant evening was brought to a close by singing.B1est Be the Tie That Binds." rniversary of the birthday of Mrs. SURPRISE BIRTHDAY PARTY The residence of Fred |Cox,_at Richmond Hill, was the scene of a. pleasant occasion on the evening of Oct. '17, 1928, it being the 70th an- C0}-t s mother, Mrs. Alice Baiin, who resides with them. Mrs. Bain is a daughter of the late Samuel and Mrs. I-Iou_& hton who came from England with their family of twelve in 1871. Other surviving mem'bers of the family are Samuel I-Ioughton of Al- liston. Mrs. \Vm Shepherd, Brock Sr. Barrie, and Mrs D. McVVaters. of Holly, all of whom were present. Others present from this 'vic;ri?.V were Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Houghton. Mr. and Mrs. `S. N. Hurst and son Charlie. ;\Ir. and Mrs. John Be1es- key and Miss Grace Hdwcroft. Bar. rie; Mr. and Mrs. Geo. -Howe and son Gersham, Hillsdale; Mr. and Mrs. :\Vm. Gardner and family. Steele's (Corners: Mr. and Mrs. Vi . .\I. \Vest, Bond Head; `Mr. and Mrs. Elgar Houghton, Bradford, and a goodly number from `Toronto. It had been pre-arranged` that Mrs. iBain should -be out for a. car ride while the people were gat-her- ing. On her return she surely got the surprise of her life finding the house filled with relatives, the din- ing room table spread and holding a 3-storey birthday `cake decorated with 70 candles. als-o two beautiful bouquets. A short time was spent in games and social intercourse then Mrs. B:-tin was seated at the head of the table, her brother ISamuel, who in 9:`) worn-u nf on-- of ham 1nP+ and A LITTLE IRISH -MOTHER A little `Irish mother, ' `In a cottage `far away, Since I kissed her there in sorrow - -I've had many a weary day. ' In my dreams I hear"her ica.l1in', Icallin o'er the weary sea; Come ye back to Ballyborhreen, Mary dear, come back to me, Come ye back to`Bal1y'bor:hreen,- Ballyborhreen by the sea. She is standing `by the doorway, Sure I still can see her face; There's a shawl crossed on her bo- som, An herfcap is frilled with lace. And she smiles like Muirneen Deer .1is'h, ' .At the Child upon her arm, And her prayers` are all about me, _ And they keep me safe `from harm. {:1--I-`-I--I--In-lulu-I-3-I--Ivi--I-vluu--I--H--I-A-I--I-=! an .-_i I\Y'II!4\nnnnn un-unun-- 9 I ! lN WOMAN S REALM Ti fjf$$i&ijjmmmmqammna$ The Examiner for ne printing. ith nds whichthey bel$ve~ra_nk with those of King Tut's tomb in antiquity if not in splendor, nine members of the Stoll-McCracken Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History reached Montreal over the lines of the Canadian National Railways from Prince Rupert, B.C. where they left the Schooner Eie M. Morrisey w ich had carried _them through the Arctic waters. The party consist- ing of Charles Stoll of New York, backer and Direc- tor of the Expedition and his wife, a noted big game huntress; Harold McCracken, Associate Editor of Field and Stream and leader of the expedition; Dr H_; E. Anthony, Curator of Mammals of the American Museum and other Museum experts, left the port of Prince Rupert on May 1st for northern A waters, and were at one time 225 miles north of Point Barrow. Their search was for ancient mummies? believed to be of Stone Age men, whose presence on the barren islands of the Aleutians group had been reported. 0 \ i n.. _ 1______, 9 I, -n 1-`_,, p ,_,, A1. _ ______;_1-____.;_n -A ovrvo uvuu u On a barren island, far from _the present haunts of men, a burial was discovered in which were four bodies in a rude sarcophagus, constructed of dl'lft- wood, cleverly mortised together and held by nails made of walrus bone. The mummies were those of a chieftain; his hunter who was sent on the long Journey with him to provide game for his food; a seamstress who had her sewing equipment for re- pairing the chief's garments, and a child believed to showthe chief's love of children. Beside the body of the hunter, were the stone hatchetsand .l~.m-1.wor.~-s= oi Ancient Mummie}. Fund _in Far North 3.11. vi. " Mme. Irene Nicholas of Amiens, France, sold .her three children to a troupe of traveling actors but police fo1'cec1 her to take them back. auppxy` ux Luuu. And there are other signs of a severe winter. It `is Claimed the corn uhusks are exceptionally thick,` foliage on the north side of trees, and plants dense, plant rootnear the surface within easy reach of `the deer and other fur-bearing animals exceptionally heavy. -'l`.`|-Hana rnnxr 11- ann-not-hind in Q11 2L'b'[JL1U1l'cI.-My ueuvy. I `There may be something in all` these signs. And there may be little or nothing in them. T:here s many a' slip twixt the forecast and :the storm. *Last autumn they a-dvanced other reasons Why the winter would be long, cold and d`-eep With snow, but it wasn't a severe winrter. Amateur weather prophets are a pessimistic ivot. Too pessimistic for the comfort of a. winter-dreading people, 1111`L'21L1UH. `An-other finds his sign in a rich harvest of nuts, acorns, etc. Moth- er Nature is providing for her wild; children, -he explains. He forgets! those years when wild life suffer-I ed through a severe winter preceded by an improvident growing season. And the approaching winter may be another with an unnecessarily large I supply of food. ` An` fhcn-A am: nf-`ha:n~ =-1'a'ne (T? A .I.I.ll`.` U111) LR1\V U1 lll l'!`.`dU1H'5 DU Lab [ is the lack of documentary proof] that the geese are early in their migration. ` ' -Amnfhcm fhnric his: uicrn in `Q rinh The Oshawa Daily l`i'rn:es7`has busily gathered up a considerable Icollection of prophesies about the coming winter, which according to all accounts, is likely to be a hard one. It is, however, very sceptical about the whole thing and thinks that said signs do not mean `much. in which we agree since we have memories of other winters which weren t just what they had been | prophesied to be. `The `Times says: 71-711.-I _...___ _._- __:_.-...A.x.... ......_LI.. `.-..x. . . . ~ -v--. -- --~.. ._..g ._---_-_ ..,V_,-. Wild gees-e are migrating south- ward earlier than usual this fall. it is said, so an amateur forecaster. announces as a certainty that win-I ter will come early and remain 1ong..` The only flaw in his reading so .far| `I: {dun 1-anlr nP r1r\n'nn1An1-arvu nv-nnf"| Mrs. Rbbt. Bell of Glasgdw gave 0. party for her dog Billie on its 22nd birthday. T?nur.\ T4`vVOLvnn 1{\ n0 1 ... ..... ....'.- u-u--- um`.----xv -.-w-- , The Guthrie" VVomAen s- {Ins-titv.1te' W121 celebrate its fifteenth anniver-I i sary on Wed'n'es`day afternoon, Nov. 7, at the home of Mrs. Chas.`Hasc- ings, the meeting` to commence at -2 o'clock. Mrs. Vvalker, Eady. Dis- trict President, will be present and address -the ladies. , . A a..x.+.-...~.. no .44.. (1.-.+-1n.1.3,rrn=H+-.\+a' A history of `the Gut`hrie-llnstitgef will be given by Mrs. Ernest Lovef and there will *be various musical.; numbers. l A no-is-Ala! In-\'1yH>al-Inn Ia Avfnn-at` A mahogany highboy cabinet of! silver, containing over 400 pieces inl Marie Antoinette design. made from` Ontario silver, has been presen~ted| to Hon. Harry Cockshutt, former Lieutenant-Governor, and Mrs. Cockshutt, by the dntario Citizens , Committee, under the chairmanship of Geo. 1V1-I-s-on of Toronto, `qhich banquetted Mr. *Co*ckshutt in the Coliseum some months ago. l'l.LlIIl`Dl'S. ' "A cordial invitation is extended L to all ex-members and ladies of the. 1 community. ' `GIVEN CABINET OF SILVER GUTHRIE WOMEN'S INST. HARD WINTER POSSIBLY his craft.~ The mummies were splendidly preserved and showed every indication that the people of the Asiatic races, from which these Stone Age men. were believed to have come used methods of preser- vation similar to those of the Ancient Egyptians in preserving the bodies of their Pharaohs. The four mummies, including the trunkless head of the hunter which is shown here in the hands of Harold Mc- `Cracken, leader of the , Expedition, travelled to ` Montreal with the party on the Continental Limited of `the Canadian National Railways and will be placed in the. American Museum together with the impor- tant groups of mammals and birds of the Arctic `waters which the party" secured during their expedi- ion. 1 'D'l...J.-.........1... ..L.'_- .|.I_- ....._.1_._.. ..E 1.1.. __...J._- -.. I11Ul.l.o V Photographs show the members of the party on their arrival at Bonaventure Station, Montreal; the mummied head of the hunter brought back by Mr. McCracken, and Tough a member of the Earty and the only English bulldog which is known to ave ever sailed Arctic waters, enjoying a lookout from the cab of the Canadian `National Railways locomotive which hauled their train into Montreal. ...-.r*~~. " * ""47-'Vr,z':r_ uhotograpii- ,;...uu Utlhlluuly. ' lose Fraser. 10, of Inverness, st-otland. saved her three younger sisters at the risk of her life when the family home was destroyed by fire. " \/[nan Trwnn- \';r:`v\I'\`nn:~ Is` A...2-._.. ' I-JLLII Q1111. ILIUUC) BUCLI UC- So I say All honour to the mem- cry of the old pioneers who have made Oro township thriving farms and happy homes. Miss Grtchen Vordien of Johan- nesburg, who slept 18 years in a. cataleptic `trance, is learning to speak again. _ ..-.. ..,-... -.... .--v .,_-....-. . Cooperation, although so much talked` of today, was just as well practised at that time as much as it is now when the neighbors work- ,ed together at logging-bees, spin- I ning-bees, etc. when work was plen- tfu1 and` money scarce. Qn T can A11 'Innv-anus 4-n O-Inn vnnvn AVV 21.3` 'd.lU SCLLLCU. The first settlers received their religious training in the old Anglican church, Shanty Bay. A `few years . later Knox `Presbyterian church was Ibuilt. The sermons were preached `in Gaelic, and although there was |no musical instrument the singing was lusty and led by the precentor, who occupied a position at the front of the church. `Many of the people walked miles to church and some of the more fortunate ones rode in jumpers drawn 'by oxen. CH1: cf-nnlzinora. an:-I a-nnr-crnfl-A nvnvn r`--~"- ~a "- The hay was mowed by'hand and the grain was cradled and bound by hand`. Sometimes it was thresh- ed -with a flail, the grain being Hhrown up by shovels so that the } wind would bl-ow out the chaff. /~4_,.__.._Ls-,, ,1.v,_,, ,1. -ll U11 urcu. At first timber was valueless. It was chopped in Winter, thrown into Iwindrows and burnt in piles in the I spring with the purpose of clearing ;the land. However, when the rail- ` road went through `wood was need- I ed for the huge engines and the settlers delivered it for a dollar and Rslxty cents per cord. "Finn hneuf vnar-f n-P fhn f3.rn'knr- nraev BJALJ `UCLILB HUI UUJ. Us `The best part of the timber Was converted into lumber by three ;mills in the township, by the old ;up-and-down saw, sometimes call- ied up to day and down tomorrow. Previous to this lumber `was manu- Ifactured entirely by a pit or Whip `saw operated by man-power. rnI__1__, __.__.___-,__,-:1,-u,,,-u __.:| I wow.-[U Let our memories drift back for a few` minutes to our forefathers. thehpioneers of the township of Oro, who braved the hardships and made "possible the luxuries and comforts 3 we enjoy today. A'hnn+ fhn vnnr 1930 flan fhvuf GAP- l we eu_|u.y Luua._v'. ' About the year 1830, the first set- tlement was formed at Shanty Bay. Settlers coming in demanded -land along the lakeshore on account of the delightful scenery and accord- ,vlngly-~t'his lake shore property was 3 settled as far as Hawkestone. How- i ever, someof this soil was stony and uproductive so some of the settlers : began to -push north and gradually new trails and roads we` e built until the `northern part of the township `was also settled. "'I'VI-an ~-In-5+ an`AvIa v-nnniun-HI I-1-unlv JUUIIJCID uxavvu U) UJLl'.`l.lo Silk stockings and georgette were unknown but the -people felt just as happy in their homespun garments, the men_ in their shirt sleeves. 1-7-..- ,1,-no, ___L -.,, LI_, _,__._1__;.1._.. This "Beautiful New Stmmberg-Carlson -.-V -_--..- _-_ -_---- ___--- -_--.- How different are the marketing cond'itions 'of today from those long ` ago when the farm-wife carried her produce as far as ten miles etnd re- ceived ten cents per pound for but- ter, and six cents per dozen for eggs, n-o cash `being allowed. 4,, .__ n_.;-.._- ,,,_,v_;_._,_-I -c,D.., --.. -_.--- ..--._,;, ..---. Pork rwas fattened, slaughtered, `dollars and seventy-ive cents per hundred. A4. -C...-at Ll.-...'LA.. an-n.. -..-.1uA1A.-..~ 1'6: dressed and sold as low as three- E'(Fir;tv prize essa} a.t-*O ro `and 1 wvitten by Margaret -Bell, Oro Sta.- } ` 4 ?AL ._-__ _--______k__ :..)AA_ L--I_ J-.. PIONEER DAYS m 030 '1":-IE `3A_Ra:a_ EXAMINER fortune :to the wife he married late in life, had one great hobby, to es- cape the inheritance tax. A `few years ago he made his legal resi- dence in Jersey, Channel Islands. where there is no inheritance tax. But the government maintained he was a resident of England. It was, a_Vposthumous stroke of irony, `there- fore, which gave the government 5uLm.u=. Sir Robert, who left his entire` I ..$.7,`500,000. The idea of negotiating: with Hr.` Churchill my own settlement of nth; tax came to me spout neous`,v.; Lady Houston told the United Press. ' Yacht Impounded - It is said in this connection that .the government had impounded the $2,000,000 yacht in which she likes to ride the seven seas. ELUVVII Lu Luna nay. To keep -lid on a boiling pot, drop a Iteaspoonful of butter into the wa- ter when boiling dry beans, or oher starchy vegetables. The butter acts the same as 011 on troubled waters and keeps it calm and manageable. If edges of saucepan are well but- tered, it also helps. T`n n`|nr.n-1 annual?-nnn eof_fn1-um nr Lcluu, LL alnu ucxpa. ' To clean soaps tone set-tubs or sinks, sandpaper the surface, first with coarse, then with fine sand Plant one or .two sprouting onions In a pot of good mold and place on the kitchen w.'ndoW sill; shoots soon` appear, which may be removed for avoring soups, etc., and others soon take their place; the onions continue sprouting a long time. `Chives and parsley can also be grown in this way. Tn lznon Ji nn an hnibinvr nnf r'h~nn VVILLIUI-IL IIILDDI-I15 G. DLIJ. Absolutely, signing `a cheque did not spoil my tea. '9 parted happy, Sir Douglas with his books. Chur- chill with my cheque, and I with his pat on my bxck. AFTERNOON TEA-FOR-3 COSTS LADY $7,500,000 ---- -.-- --- -_. -tg Yiywvvyvvvi After the third cup of tea Lady Houston wrote the chancellor of the exchequer a cheque for.seven and a half million. The chancellor put it in his pocket and ordered another cup of tea around. Shortly there- after the party broke up with Chur- chill giving Lady `Houston 3. pater- nal pat on the back. `Compromise Figure The huge payment represented a compromise figure between the $12,- 000,000 Which the government said Sir ~Robert s $3-5,000,000 estate owed in an inheritance tax and whatever reduction Lady Houston could ne- gotiate. Quin fnhnrf nrhn lat`? hi: anfima I sent a telegram to 311'. Church- 111 saying I wished to present xto the government my share of the tax as: an act of grace. The chancellor invited me to tea at the treasury in VYhiteh-all. Sir Douglas Hogg was there," she add- ed. CCTITA A1 n A . u n (waxy: .--use-1n.-.-....L .` Lkn "F1nav1`1y I b:);'1*<;\_vecdvvSI1:.";&3~hur- ' ch111 s pen and signed a cheque for one and one half million pnounds| ; Without missing a sip. l Ahan111+n'|v aa-hint-r `n r-Manna Rh ? `.`We discussed ssnttlement of the tax between sips of good tea. an-.u.._m__ 1 1 ,\......--..._-1 \r.. .fI`I__.._ London-The most expensive tea- I for-three in history, wi-th Lady Houston, widow of Sir Robt. Hous- ton, multi-millionaire shipbui-lder, Chancellor Winston Churchill and Sir Douglas Hogg, chief legal officer for the crown, discussing high fin- anice over the cups, has enriched the government "by $7,500,000. 11;... LL- ;L1_..1 __ -13 4,, 1--1.-. TIPS T0 HOUSEWWES Has all the famous Stromberg- Carlson tone. Very sensitive, highly selective, operates direct from the house circuit--no bat- teries or liquids. A. C. Tubes. Sin le illuminated tuning dial. 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