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ORONO WEEKLY TIMES Vol. 1. No. 36. ORONO, ONT., THURSDAY, SEPT. 29 1937. Subscription, $1.25 Per Year. W. E. Armstrong Fills Position On School Board Seven Nominations Received For Vacancy On Orono School Board a - W, E. Armstrong and E. E, H Patterson Are Submitted To Ballot Over ninety citizens turned out to the .special! school board meeting bdld in the Assembly Ball of the school last night to elect a school trustee to fill the vacancy caused: by the resignation resignation of Mrs, O. W. Ralph, who was on the board for the past nine months. Mr. R. R. Wadldel called the meeting to order and asked, for the nomination of a chairman and secretary secretary to act. for the evening. Mr. A. J. Tamlblyn moved that Mr. Charles Awde he chairman for the evening. Then on motion of Messrs. C. T. Miller and R H. Armstrong, Mrs. Cooper was elected to act as -secretary. - Mr. Awde then took the chair and said he was pleased to see so many present, and that this meeting was called for the express purpose of electing electing a school trustee to complete out the term of Mrs. O. W. Roliph, and that no other business was to be transacted. He then called for nominations1, nominations 1 , which were, as follows : W, E. Armstrong -- Proposed by Thos. Cowan, seconded! by 0. T. Miller. Miller. E. Patterson --■ Proposed by Win. Stiu ;. seconded by G. Jones. Mrs. A. A. Drummond Proposed Proposed by Mr. L. A. Dent. Mrs. Cooper --- Proposed by Mrs. South. Jiames -Stark -- Proposed by W, E. Armstrong. 0. T. Miller -- Proposed by Percy Lunn and seconded by George Butters. Butters. 0. M. Awde -- Proposed by Ge;o. butters, seconded by Percy Lunn. Mrs. A. A. Drummond, Mrs. Cfooper, Lames Stark, C. T. Miller and: Chas. Awde withdrew their names. Mr. J. J. Gilfjllan then moved that the nominations be closed. Mr. W. E. Armstrong then took the floor and told the meeting that he did not want to stand as he had enough work to look after at the store to occupy hist time and! that he could also get into enough trouble without being on the school board, stating again that he did not care to stand. Mrs. Honeywell asked, him if he: ever did anything he didn't want to do, Mr. Chas- Miller thought that it was a public duty for Mr. Armstrong Armstrong to let Ms name . stand as he had children nearing the school age. It was moved by Mr. L. A. Dent and seconded' by Mr. George Cooper that Mr. Armstrong and Mr. Patterson Patterson be voted on by ballot. Thos. Cowan moved that Messrs. Geo. Ooo-per, J. J. G Milan and S. Alllin be scrutineers. Slips of paper were passed around FIGHTS WITH LOYALISTS Tn Wednesday's Daily Star appeared appeared an account of Mr, Walter Dent's experience while fighting with the Loyalists in Spain. He was injured by a kick from a mule while on an attack attack and is now in Toronto, and to be ready again soon to return to the fray and take up the fight for democracy until truth and right conquers conquers over falsehood and might. He said 800 Canadians were fighting fighting on the Loyalist forces, and are noted, for their valor in battle. "They and the Americans were decorated with the highest honors for the capture capture of Quin to." He fought against Moors, Italians, and Germans more often than he fought against the Spaniards. On the Brunette, front he fought Moots ".nd Italians'; at -Santander he faced Germans, and forever from the sky it was German aeroplanes rocketing down death. Walter Dent, who is twenty years of age, is a nephew of Mr. L. A. Dent of Orono. The Dent's all come from a fighting stock, Mr. L. A. Dent served in the Northwest Rebellion. SEES BEAR CUB While journeying to Ms cottage near Tan et; ville on Monday evening of this week. Mr. Madison Hall, ac- enmpitted by Mr. Frank Ardron, saw a bear cub .while passing along the big swamp on the Lindsay road. The cub ran along the ditch beside the car and was whining, probably lost from its mother. They turned a flashlight on the little fellow- and when they came back they got out and saw its tracks in the ditch, Madison Madison was wishing he had bis gun with him to shot, the cub, but not having one, he did not bother it as the mother bear might be close by, or he would have grappled with it and brought it home with him. They also saw two deer in the vicinity. to the voters and after the counting of the "ballots, Mr. Awde informed the mec' that Mr. W. E.. Armstrong xv! ted to act as sehoot trustee for No, 12. Mr. Armstrong then took the floor and told the gathering that they had elected a poor trustee, that lie still didn't Want the position. He had been asked for years to run for trustee trustee and did not' know why he had let Thos. Cowan talk him into it. He said that Mrs. Ralph had made a good trustee and was- very energetic while on the! board and! did things for the school He told the meeting that he was not going to thank them for: electing him, Mr. W. Riddell then moved a hearty vote of thanks to Mrs. Rolph for the work and: energy she had expended expended while on the board, and this was seconded by W. E. Armstrong. Splendid Talent Shown , At Amateur Concert Miss Enid Cobbledlick and Jim Powers were the first winners at, Monday Monday evening's amateur contest held in. the basement of Park Street United Church in connection with the 75-th anniversary of the building of the present church. Jack Cobbjedick won second prize and Pearl Cowan third prize. The judges for the evening's entertainment entertainment were, Mr. J. J. MeJor, Miss M. Archer and Miss T. Allin. A large crowd attended and heard the following programme : Elsie Rowe, imitation of Punch and Judy; Doris White, a -selection on the accordion ; Pearl Go wan, recitation; recitation; Mrs. Shackle ton and Stella Best, .a, duet, accompanied by Mrs. Smith ; Lois and Mercedes Mantle, a duet, accompanied by Mrs, Smith; a duet by Mrs. Fhasey and Mrs. Can- trill. accompanied by Mis» Eileen Riddell; Gwendolyn Tennant, pantomine pantomine to "Lead Kindly Light," with Ruth Goode playing the piano; Jack Gobbi edick, a number on the violin, accompanied on the pian-o by Jim Powers; Jim Powers and Enid Cob- blediok, a. piano duet; Mary Baldwin, recitation ; Arthur Bell, a - solo, accompanied accompanied by Enid Cobbledick; John and Jaimes Lowery, a, flute duet, accompanied accompanied on the piano by Mrs, Lowery Lowery ; Evening Prayer s-amg by Matt. Harrison, Enid O'obblediick played the piano. Mr. Neil Porter acted as Major Bowes during the, evening. Former Orono Resident Meets Tragic Death In Toronto Home FALL FAIR PRIZE WINNERS HORSES Heavy Draughts.. Mare and foal, Arthur Welsh, W. S. Moffatt and Sons ; foal of 1937, Arthur W dish, W. S. Mo flat t and Sons ; filly or gelding, 1 year, Roy Brown, Arthur McKay ; filly or gelding, 2 years, Roy Brown ; filly or gelding, 3 years,, Heber Down ; span of horses in harness, Heber Down, Arthur Welsh. Agricultural--Mare and foal, Gordon Gordon Brent, Arthur McKay ; foal of 1937, Gordon Brent, Arthur McKay, E. Stacey ; filly or gelding, 1 year, Arthur Welsh, Gordon Brent, R. Andrews Andrews ; filly or gelding, 2 years, R. G. Math et: filly or, gelding, 3 years, James Stark, Arthur McKay, H. -Skinner ; span in harness, T. R. Hall. Including Get Belgian, Percheron and Punch Horses--Mare and foal, Luther Pàscoe, S. -S. Lockhart, Merlin Merlin Hepburn ; foal of 1937, S. S. Lockhart, Merlin Hepburn, Luther Pascoë; filly or gelding, 2 years, Norman Norman Scott, Hector Brown, Norman Scott ; filly or gelding, 3 years, Hector Hector Bowen, span in harness, F. B, Giaspell and -Son, Merlin Hepburn. General Purposè .. Single horse in harness with vehicle, Cecil Wilson Wilson ; span horses in harness with vehicle, vehicle, Hector Bowen ; best horse, any age, on rein from Classes 1. 2. 3 and 4, T. R. Hall, F. B. Glaspell & Son, Arthur Welsh. William Robinson Special -- Best foal from Isonzo, 1937, R. G. Mo flu ft; best foal from Monarch, 1937, S. S. Lockhart.. D-ownham Nursery Special --- Best boy driver, 16 years and under, team hitched to wagon, Durham County only, F. B. Glaspell & Son ; 2nd prize donated by A. S. Bigelow, Manor Pride Farm, Merlin, Hepburn. Carriage Horses -- Mare and foal, R. G. Moffa tt, O. K. Bottam, H. Farrow; foal of 1937, C. K. Bottam, H. Farrow, E. 'Stacey ; filly or geld 1 - ing, 1' year, Cochrane Bros. ; filly or gelding, 2 years, John McMullen ; single single horse in harness, 15 hands and over. Cecil Wilson ; single horse in. harness, 15 hands and under, C. K. Bottam ; pair horses in harness, Lad:y Kennedy.. Roadster Horses--Mare and foal, Elgin Savery ; filly or gelding, 2 yrs„ E. Stacey ; single horse in harness, A. W. Glenny, Lloyd Kennedy, E. Stacey;, single horse in harness, 1st and 2nd. Lloyd Kennedy; best turnout, turnout, C. K. Bottam, A. W, Glenny, Lloyd Kennedy ; best single pany in harness, T, R. Hall, E. 0. Ashton 2nd and 3rd; best shetland pony under saddle, A. Ayre, T. R. flail. E. Ctacey; best lady driver, Lloyd Kennedy. Kennedy. C. K. Bottam; best saddle tarn. Henry Memorial Cup Special, for best team of any class, hitched to suitable vehicle, Hall Bros, open class CATTLE Shorthorns Bull, 2 years old, W. F. Rickard, M.P. & Son ; bull, 1 yr„ W..-S. Bragg ; bull calf, W. S. Bragg; milch cow, W. S. Bragg, W. F. Rickard Rickard & Son; W. S. Bragg ; heifer, 2 years, W. S. Bragg, W. J. S. Rickard; Rickard; hèifer, 1 year, W. S. Bragg, W. J. S. Rickard, W. F. Rickard; heifer calf born before May 1, 1937, W. F. Rickard & Son, W. S. Bragg ; herd, bull and four females, W. F. Rickard Rickard & Son, W. S. Bragg. MISCELLANEOUS SHOWER FOR HAPPY COUPLE A large number of Mr. and Mrs. W. E .Reid's friends gathered in Newtonlville Community Hall on Erl- day evening to present them with many beautiful! gifts as a token of regard. Mr. J. J. Mellor made a delightful chairman for the following program : Duet, Jean Campbell and Noreen Premise with encore; -solo, Hazel Ft crid with encore ; recitation, Med a Hallo well!; solo, Wilma Prouse with encore ; tap dancing, Charlie Prouse with encore; duet (guitar and piano accordion-)", Mr. and Mrs. Roy. Smith with encore. Mr. Mellor then called the bride and groom to the platform and after a few remarks asked Mary Henderson to read the following address ■ Mr. and Mrs. William- E. Reid : Dear Bill! and Myrtle,--We, your friends and neighbors have gathered here this evening to wish you much joy and happiness through your life together. Bill, you have always been- a good friend and neighbor--always willing to lend' a hand. Myrtle, we have known you for some time and we are glad to welcome welcome you among us. You have proven yourself as a friend and worker worker in our community. Always together, living as one, N-o .greater happiness under the sun. There's little to wish you--you have the best, Each has the other--so your life is blest.. ' We ask you to accept these gifts as a. slight token of esteem and respect. respect. Signed on behalf of your friends : Mary Henderson, Sid. Hughes, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Reid and Mr. and Mrs. G. J, Stapleton. The covering was then removed from a huge table displaying a wonderful wonderful array of gifts which had been previously unwrapped. The groom thanked the assembly on behalf of his bride and: himself and ; all sang "For they are Jolly Good Fellows." Lunch was then served and the remainder remainder of the evening spent in dancing with Charlie Cowan's Orchestra Orchestra providing the music. --.--™--o Stores Open Wednesday Next All plaices of business: in Orono ANNOUNCEMENT Orono Women's Institute is entertaining entertaining New tony ill e and Kendal Institutes Institutes ini the Council Chamber on Friday, October 1st, at 2.30 p. m. A Special speaker. Miss Helen Pots- more from the Department, will speak on "The Becoming Costume." Everybody Everybody welcome. O ; Fumes From Water Heater Escapes While Preparing Their Bath On Friday night of last week two women met a tragic death when a gas heater, the efficiency of which had been impaired in a cellar bathroom at 590 Jones avenue, Toronto. The dead are Mrs. Mary Carnegie, 28, in whose home the tragedy occurred, occurred, and Mrs. Margaret Lougheed, 26, who was staying at the Carnegie home with her husband and Id-month-old Id-month-old daughter, Coral. The women had been heating water for their baths in a room in the basement basement buil-t of heaver board. Clois-e to the bathroom wall a- ven t pipe ran from the heater. The coil had been covered' with asbestos paper which according to Ooroneo Dr. W. J. O'Hara, prevented a proper mixture of gas and air. Further, the vent pipe bad become blocked with soot, and uhconsumed gas flowed back into the cellar rendering rendering the two women uniconscious. The husbands of both women, and a son of Mrs, Carnegie, work at the same place, and they arrived home shortly after .6 p.m., together. When they did not 'find the women ' they started a search. The two victims were discovered on the basement floor. Mrs. Carnegie was in the bathroom, dressed in* a dressing gown, and Mrs. Lougheed fully. clothed:, was just outside. The baby Coral was asleep in its ; crib upstairs. : 'Two inhalators were rushed from the Toronto Fire Department and Detectives- T. White!a-w a-nd- Norman Ma" thews worked for two hours on the worrtoi, who had been carried to the frontt lawn. Two sons M Mrs. Carnegie, James, 10, and Alfred, 8, had been playing around the house during the afternoon, afternoon, and- had looked in at 3 -p.m. Not seeing their mother they assumed assumed that she had gone out. At 4 p.m. Mrs. Lougheed l 's mother-im-kiw, Mrs. Mabel Gerrard, of Harcourt avenue, called, Receiving no response to her knocks, she- also assumed the women were out and: she returned home. Wlbeni Mr. Carnegie and Mr. Longhead Longhead found their wives in the basement, basement, the gas ring was still alight. Mrs. Lougheed was a former resident resident of Orono, being thé daughter of the latê Mr. George War.nan, and Mrs. Wanna it. who kept a store here. They moved to Toronto about ten years ago. WHICH ONE WILL ? The Capitol Theatre at Port Hope has made arrangements with Mr. Cecil Mercer arid Mr. Milton Elliott, that the one who is elected to represent represent Durham County will appear in person at the 9.00 o'clock show at Port Hope on Wednesday evening, the night of the election. Gives Stirring Description Of Conditions In West horse, Helene Waddell,. C. K. Rot-1 will remain open all day Wednesday of next week, election day. -- -- ~fl --.. . Aberdeen Angus--Bull, 3 years and over, Walter A. Neil, Malcolm Bailey; bull calf, Malcolm. Bailey 1st and 2nd ; milch cow, Malcolm Bailey, Waiter A. Neil; heifer, 2 years, Walter Walter A. Neil, Malcolm Baildy ; heifer, 1 year, Walter A. Neil, Malcolm Bailey; heifer calf, Walter A. Neal, 2 and 3, Malcolm Bailey; herd bull and four females,, Walter A. Neil, Malcolm Bailey. Herefords -- Bull, 3 years ad over, J. L. Ashmore ; bull calf, E. A. Rose- wear, J. L. Ashmore 2nd and 3rd ; milch cow, E. A,. Rosewear, J. L. Ashmore; heifer, 2 years, J. L. Ashmore, Ashmore, E. A. Rosewear ; heifer, 1 year, E. A. Rosewear, J. L, Ashmore; heifer heifer calf, born since May, 1937, J.' L. Ash moiré; heifer, calf born before May, 1937, J. L. 'Àshmôrè, E. A. (Continued on centre slip) . The final Sunday in the 75th anniversary anniversary Celebration of the building building of Park Street; United Church wa-s Sept. 37th, when the congregation congregation was privileged to hear as guest (speaker, Rev. Dr. George Dorey of Toronto, Associate Secretary: of Home Missions of the United Church of Canada. Dr. Dorey has handled the relief cars and bales in southern Saskatchewan Saskatchewan for the past five or six years and at the request of the pastor pastor lie spoke on the drought situation in the west, and the necessity of keeping keeping the churches open an-d the ministers ministers at their posts during these drought years- He emphasized that this year in Southern Saskatchewan is the worst of the drought years, their being more land without crops this year -than the whole of the farm lands of Ontario. The congregation will not soon forget the pathetic way and the touching illustrations by which he described the conditions' of this drought area. At the evening -service Dr. Dorey preached a strong sermon on "A new Church Faces a New World," speaking speaking -on the need; of expansion and emphasizing emphasizing the necessity of faith and confidence in God. He said only Jesus Christ can- -solve the problems of this distracted and lost world in which we live. , The choir under the capable leadership leadership of Mrs, Sandercock rendered 'suitable and inspiring music at both .services. Rev. J. H. Osterhout was in charge of both services.