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3th. Talent. for ill PARTY F Pails. $1.49 eatre Scouts" Durham, Ont. D $1.50 . . .230 rt Id 9th G E . Manager 1m m tht Ira ocuswus SHARP 1.23 “*O-O‘OW 1c Tax lw 86?.- Aim“!!! h.- ring nth thb It“ '1” 'I‘hnm- ll “of- -n, J89. \lr.\'a|- 9’ llh‘nCE I'Il'lnt l I "“0“ USP has l‘he this 50TH WEDDING DAY QUIET“ OBSERVED VOL. 59.â€"N0. 3096. Last Saturday, the 9th of OctObm' was it day of more thai) ordinary important-:- in the lives of Mr. and Mrs. John Backus, of this; town, for on that data 50 years ago they were man-rim! at the home of the bride’s pan-ms: in Bontinck. Such anni- Vo-rszn'ic-s al'v svldom nnjoyeil in the c-uum- 02' human life and in passing tlu- til'tio-lll milvstmw in their mar- l'iml lil‘v we: ran assure:- Mr. and Mrs. liai'klls', \vlw haul lived all tlmir IiVo-s in this vicinity and are» most highly I's‘garclml, that they have" tho congratulatinus of thi- whnlv 0mm- ti'y siolu on having alluinwl that. “hirh is «lo-niml Hw gx'o-alvx' nnmhvr of Mir citizo'ns. Ir. and Ira. John Backus of Town Ware larriod Fifty Years Ago the Mr. and Mrs. Bat-km. nwinx tn “w ahsmwn nf tho'ir family in Um \V'o'st and nlsmvhvrv. t'vlvbmtml tho auniwrszu'v nl‘ Hwir Ilalf-Pmmlry annuwrsury or tlwir halt hf "lfll‘l'iml life may (luivtly hum" nu Olmmtvss strN‘l. t is man. than possible that (’Q'lo'hPiIHHII will take III hf "lal‘l'iml lift! \‘o-ry quivtly in tlwir lmlnv nn finnntoss strwt. though it is mm-o- than possible that thu I'Pal m-lo-hmtiovn will takn plzwo next smnmn-r wlmn tlw family gathm‘s llmlm' Hm pare-null PM“ on a \‘iSit tn Hm somnm nf tlwir childlmnd lu llw scan»: of thnir (‘hihlhOOd hm'v. While not. prmmn on the oc- casiun nl' tlw anniwrsary. thoir ('hilulro-n and frimuls \wrv not un- mindful nf thv occasion. howvwr. and “In \‘vnvrahlv c'quplo‘ l'l‘t'l‘lVl‘l' cungmlulations and tvlwgrams from tho-iv family and nlhvrs vxpro-ssiw‘ of tho- how that they might. vnn- linuo- tn o-njuy lht'ir past. guml lwalth and lb» long animal to tlw NEARLY READY N Work on New heshytorian Church Going Ahead in Satisfactory Man- ner and Will Likely be Ready For Occupanncy at End of Year. Lamht H Ill slam ha HAD NO LUCK IN CANADA The world was thrilled in the a!!! stages of the (moat Wu by the story of mane: O'Leary. who won the Victor“ Cto. I“ “tacking 3nd wiping out 1|”me s nest of Senna snipe; He had been in Canad; relate the w and returned after it w out. but u not prospered. AM_ In!!!“ 8}. Ireland. than I vâ€"â€"‘â€" its wife a?! {tinâ€"r children. 150 a of nunmon In M to In. l'l .\l mm and AD?” strwts is ‘ -onwlvtinn and this \ka ommoncomont of Opol‘atiOl putting on the roof. Wit in Marv. it will not he ‘ hrickwnl‘cl on NI ian vhurch at th M wrath. and (I 010mm!“ ll 1t hm tmva It mtract. for ttn .t by tho Ritchie the mo! has h r, H. Harding 0! material is spec xt \“t‘t‘ atisfact ntract l by UN ”It! Put is comm that the ”N BPl)‘ in 1927 \V 0 CHRONICLE THE DURHAM mm! W I PXpECtt slates ‘ than the W FOR THE ROOF ll I'll mums-mu rilv 0H ill he [midix \\ 3‘, _\' the" m-w lZ thn cornnr tittiln that I Q “V n H “HIV \V K“ th the unar- U ‘1‘“? 3 V- 1m HE 0- IN‘ Horrible Monster Captured in To- hermory Lake Last Week Visited by Many over the Week End 12-FO0T SNAKE WAS “SYNTHETIC” ONE \thHlo'l' 01' nut thv sxvallox'vml whulv. : in snake stories. tlu m'vnts had fai was: the rumc mmv In low 'l'uhm'mur)‘ L: north of tow Lachiv Mch: fowl, Inn}: and hm BAPT. MISSION CIRCLE MET LAST WEEK The animal tliankntl'ering meeting u: the Baptist. )lissii'vn Circle was helcl in the school room «If the church on \Vedncsda)‘ ilfttLPI‘nOOfl, Octulwr 6th. The president. Mrs. C. Brown. was in the chair, and an interesting programme was lis- leneol tn. Mrs. »_Rev. Armstrong gave a very instructiw and inspir- ing talk on her work in China. which was very much appreciated The Scripture lesson was read by Mrs. T. Mchmhe. Solos were. rend- ered by Mrs. A. W. B. Lander. Mrs. Wilrfed 'l‘lmnn-s‘nn. and firs. Crick- ington of Mulnck. which were very much enjoyed. as was also a short tall-t by Rev. Mr. Crickington. after which the ladies served lunch. HEADS NEW IRISH PARTY A new movement in Irish political life. basod on the former Irish Nationalist Party. was launched at \V’uterford rr‘ccmly. Captain “’il- liam Redmond. the leader of the new party, is shown addressing the crowd. Held Annual Thankofiering Service in Church Building. where Good Programme was Presented. 'l‘hn progress“? mchre party last Thursday ight in the A. Y. P. A. rooms was '9" attended and in the BRIDGE CLUB EUCHRE WAS WELL ATTENDED neighborhnmt of tweny-five tables were filled. The euchre was put on for the benefit. of the local Red Cross Hospital and was under the auspices of the Durham Bridge Club. Miss Jean Morlock was the winner of the ladies‘ prize and Mr. Thomas Turn- bull of the men‘s. _ 11110: play coatinued until shortly after 11 o'clock when lunch was served. ll‘nh \V NH ~0pm h ml with tlw two local :3 Jim McLachlan (M11 as a bmlyguard. v m )ntim mans "H.“ an by the reptilp. thv row had born a. as is the custom the narrator 0f the d to state, but any- had rearhvd alarm- latn Saturday night. -url\' Sunday artw- . Saturday nightisumi: iliv i'l'illli‘ ai'mmil 50 that “in .\ Sunday ai'tvr-Fiuiii'm'iii t‘wii. hut Mr. Huwns iiuiivm! mu 1. cu? snukvi that ihv rmnv was maxim: just in .h-l.;u-lilaii and timn in zilluw him in gi'aih hnhl «if lygum'd. \w hii'iléa Muii-i'iin: plant whuiu- hv hung .\Ii-. )lclmam minim: his Insistant. who was iii-'idn \Vhwii \w i'i'IH'll-Hllo‘ mill i-zmio- h» his assistam'r‘. ii page“ 8} hi unis-1' in M ni’ II§<iétmlP0 the ""â€" iimii hml in an in) {wt in th«- cihm‘ ‘CIRCLE t‘ihl ut’ tho- mill. dawn two flights ’ 'HI' Sim!" and hack 10" {PM in ”AP LAST WEEKii'i-uiio- and swing it ai'uimal SH that :.\|i'. Huwns cniihi secure :1 hold on hollering Service, H!" mm m‘ th.» i‘l‘allt‘. which had to ng. where GOOd'l'" swung liat‘k iiplvi‘isitfl a “'jncli’nv Presented. f‘V'h'l‘i' 110‘ grit into tho: hiiiliiing ixx'iih safety. It was a ppm-among â€"-..- .â€" -‘wâ€"Oa DURHAM, ONTARIO, CANADA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1926. ANNUAL SERVICES HELD LAST SUNDAY Anniversary Services at Zion Church Glenelg Were Well Attended. Social Evening Spent. Monday. The annual anniversary services of the Zion Congregation held last. Sun- day were most successful. At the morning service an excellent discourse was given by the Rev. F. N. Bowes of Markdale, and at the evening service Rev. J. F. Peters the pastor, occupied the pulpit in his usual efficient manner. Un Monday evening a social ga- lili'l'illg was held at which was an exeellent program, with lunch at the close. The chairman was the Rev. J. 1'1. Peters. The prOgramme opened with a selection by the elmir. There were also instrumen- tals hy Messrs. James Pearl and liryson Morlm'k on violin and guitar while. the. latter contributml a cor- net solo as well. lleailings were give by Miss Katy May Firth, Messrs. (i. ll. l’ailiit'lil and Victor Williams. while Miss 'l‘eeter and Mr. llerh llollis each cuntrihutml solos. [mets were. given by Mrs. Ntihle and Miss Hazel Beaten. 'l'lie Douglas family. cnnsistixig of fatl'm' and thee sc'ms. were present. and gave a couple nt‘ exeellent quartettes. Addresses were given by Revs. J. E. Peters and J. H. Wheaten, the latter l't‘CtHI‘ of the Angliean Church in Durham. An interesting part of the pro- gramme was a history of the church by Mr. R. T. Edwards, shnwing that is was nlwned in t86t. and telling of the. times when there were two Mvthmlist Churches in that vicinity tlw \\'oslnyun and the New Conner- tinn. The Rev. Mr. Hill was the tirst minister in that section. enm- ing tlwre in 18.37. The present rhnrrh building: was erected about the year 1887. This and many more facts were. given which were of much interest. tn the memlwrs 9f the mngt‘egatinn. CHATSWORTH SAGE HAD NARROW ESCAPE Mr. .I. B. Bum-s. Hm wt-li- known Ilhatswnrth prophet, had a narrow vsralm from Son-ions injury on Thursday lust. Ho was operating 3 Chin» at his chopping and saw mill in Hwen Smnnl! wvsi. when Atho mishap m-cni'i'wl. tho crano living mm! in handh- logs for nnv of tho supports of a platfurm sumo thirty {nut high. A sudden gust nf wind Mr. J. B. Bowes of Chatsworth Showed Wonderful Coolness feet high. mvuug tlu putfm'm fl that ”IN 1 The most. successful mvet ever held in Han-wr 1. ok place when the annual Track and Athletic meet. hf the Grey and Bruce Inter- scholastic .-\.~'soeiatmn was staged in Hm Exhihitun grounds on Thursday. uven one thousand persons were present. there were over who hun- dred entries and twenty-five events. 'The weather was bitterly cold. which naturalry lessened the num- ber of spectators, but in no wise dimmed the enthusiasm, as each event took piece. Five schools were represented, Chesley. Durban. Han- over. Teemter and Walkerton. whm'n he got into the building with safety. It was a prvcarious pmitiun in which he was placvd. but Mr. Bowos appeared to he the coolr‘st. man on the jnh. It is re- markable how he managpd to hold of stairs and back MI) fm?‘ crmw and swing it around Mr. Bmws could secure a the arm of the crane. whicl b0 swung back apposite a un. as he wears one of his cole- brated steel bands, which has a wonderful grip. DURHAM won ATHLETIC mm M HANOVER Were Close Pressed by Chesley and Hanover High Schools in Meet! The results for the schools were as follows: Durham 6% points. Ghesley £056 points. (Continued on page t, Anntlwr lino 0ch Christian lady 113550ch to hvr rvwm-«l on Ffiday 01' last wovk \vlwn Mrs. Andrew Dm'by, fur the past. 7-1 wars :1 rosidnnt of H10 Hammlvu alistrivt in Nurmanhy Township, passm‘l away ffvllnwing :1 \‘01'_\' Mint illnvsqe. DIED LAST FRIDAY IN HER 92ND YEAR Mrs. Dm'hy \Vae um- Hf lw piizmecrs of “w township. le'W the hardships of pimwm- Mr, and the history of hpr life is Hm strsi-y of a strugglv against almost insurnmnntahle uhstaolos that would haw lwatvn must of the pre- svnt gvnvralion. but which svomod instead to {mail hm- tn higher things and gaw lu-r a sh‘mmth 0f charactor that was i'vmai'kahlo. Tho- latv Mrs. ”why was born in Mrs. Andrew Derby Was One of Pioneers of Normanby Township, and Bad Lived There for Past 74 Years.â€"Funeral Took Place Tues- day to Hampden Cemetery. Mvtfl'at. Dumfrio-s. Scutland. in 1835, and was a daughh-r of the lat:â€"- Mr. and Mrs. Ehmwzm' Gmldvs. T he fa- mily o-migratml to Canada in 1852 and svttlwl in Normanby. at. Hamp- «k-n. whmw Mrs. I’M'n‘hy erainml I'W‘l‘ sint'n. Throw" yours after com- ingtnthis cmmtx'y she was mar- l'iml t" Hm latr' ’.\nch'o'\\' Dnrby, and {Olluwing tlmir marriage the young I'Hl Sketch livml up tn (IPaHI. So‘vontoon yo agr. Mrs. Durhy was doah of her husban to facn tho trials t doah 10 fat with SCHUTZ [EFT FOR MONTREAL EAST WEEK ID}: “I” Hanwdo l,:..~t spring, it will he rememberâ€" mL he was sent fwr and went to Montreal and. With other members of NJ:- banking institution. played in a couple of exhibition games. It was knnwn even then that the bank man- agement was looking for hockey ma- terial for the 1926â€"7 season. Judging by subsequent results, Erben must have made good. as a few duys ago he was notified to report for duty in Montreal and left Monday of last week for the Quebec city. 'This on the sin-ram: does nut mean much to the outsider. but to those in tho know of tho situation it lacks as if the bank managvment had taken the). Durham buy to ihn Canadian me- tropolis to play on the Royal Bank team in the .“Oflti'tfal City League this winter. Schulz was a valuable man oh the Durham team and the loss of his ser- vices will he keenly felt by the local organization in the men this win- tar. Durham Defense Man Transferred to Head Oflice of Royal Bank and Will Likely Play Hockey For That In- stitution in City League This Year Erhcn Schutz. the stellar defense man of tho Durham Hockey Club will not be seen in a local uniform this winter, he being recently trans- {erred from the Durham branch of tho- Royal Bank to the Head Office at Montreal. acn tho trials 0! h tlm care of rais xt. chilc_'h'ml. the e (Continued on ht H 'by was lu-rea\'pd husband and let trials of pionee '0 of raising :1 f3! m. the eldest of inued on page 5) HE’S ALWAYS UP TO TRICKS x farming, 'Sitl.‘ UH“ v the whim 81's H mmg, occupy- thn rlnn'ch at subject 01‘ this n time or her ‘3' after marri- '*Pea\'pd by the and left alone pioneer life, mg a family of «lest of whom EGREMONT PLOUGHMEN HAD BIG DAY shining must of the afternoon, then- was a cool wind blowing down out of the north-wast. and it was any- thing but comtm'table. Notwithstand- ing all this, hnwevor. the crowd was thvru from shortly after to o‘clock in the morning until 5 p.m.. the ma- jority awaiting anxiously the result of the judge's finding. Competition in Most Classes Keen at Annual Match of Egremont Plough- men’s Association. There were fully one. thousand spectators present at the Egremont Ploughmen's Association ploughing match on Friday afternoon. held on the farm of Mr. W. J. Philp on the 16th Concession. $01110 estimators place the number present at. anyâ€" where from twelve to fifteen hund- red. but. there is one thing sure, in saying there were a thousand pres- ent. there is certainly no chance of anyone saying that we were away M‘m' tlm mark. Though bright, and .with the sun shining must of the afternoon, then- was a con! wind blowing dawn out. The judge. Mr. \V. Ii. Dickioson of Rockwoul, had no easy job in award- ing the prizes. as there was little to clmoso from in he various classes. Following are his awards: Two weeks as!“ .\l 1'. and Mrs. A. \\'. Nicholson remmed to (men Sunnd. where Mr. Sichnlsnn's headquarters nuw are. Last week Mr. R. Moor- head, who for a time was on the C..\'. R. passenger tom here to Guelph. and later engineer on the Durham- Guelph freight. secured another run out of Kincardine nod is at present working on that branch. Whether or not It. Moon-head contemplate. moving to Kincardine we have not hard. but it is hardly likely that he willrenninintownithereuimhis present run. Smail, Thomas Henc'lnrson, Kcllar Henderson. Prizes. 88, 86, 84. 8:2. Men's Sodâ€"George Law. John Mc- Gillivray, James Bunston.‘ Harry Watts. Prizvs, 88, 86, $4. 82. Bnys' Sodâ€"“'m. F erguson was the only entry. The prim.- in this class for first placo was $.00. Best Crown in Sod, Mnn-xWillium erguson. Best Finish in Sod, Monâ€"fieorge Men's Stubbleâ€"Roy Williams, J uhn Eccles, John McKenzip, Murray Al- lan. The prizes in this class were $8.00, $6.00. 85.00 and 82.00. Boys’ Stubbleâ€"Melvin Lane, James Smail. Thomas Hendvrson. Kellal' Durinc the past couple 0! weeks the town has lost at least one family through railroad men scouring other runs, and at th» present it looks as if another might leavo the place in tho near future. In the open competition, opnn U any ploughman in the province 0‘ (Continued _on page 8} Best Crown in Stubble, Menâ€"Roy Williams. Best Finish in Stubble, Menâ€"Jmm McKenzie. RAILWAYHEI LEAVE TOWN $2.00 a Year in Canada; $2.50 in U. 8. Whole Riding Wu Well Represent- ed at the forty-ninth tunnel Con- vention of South Grey Teachers' Institute. â€"-D. lcCormick, Ben- tinck, Elected Preeident for Gom- ing Year. -â€"Meet Next Yeer At Durham. ‘ SOUTH GREY TEACHERS MET AT MARKDALE The ft‘u‘ly-ninlh annual conwn- tion of the South Grvy melm-s' Instituh- hold on Thursday and Friday of last work at. Markdule was notml. amnm: ntlwr things, for the oxcngmonally lurgu nth-nuance. the whole riding lwing rvprosvnted. with W'ry {ow :ilmenhws. ’l‘he 'l‘hursday svssiun mvmmonred with the drvMional vxvroisos, those being ‘cnnducted by llu» liov. Mr. Mills, who read an :amn-«noriaw scripturv lvsson from Hm hunk of Proverbs. Prayer was nfl'vrc-«l hy the 1m. 1". N. “mu-s. Thv minuh's 01' “w km uwvling worn mad, and tho Ammm's' R0- purl. prosvnled, both of “hirh \wro passml by lhv l‘l]¢*¢‘li!l:.‘. Rev. Mr. Liehold, a Lutheran clergyman of Ayton, was present and gave an introductory address dealing with the teachers' work in the school. Conditions are so dif- ferent in some sehmls that teachers can only do the host they ran with environment as they find it. Teachers must cultivate patio-nee and exercise much furl-thought in order to develop the character of their young charges. Miss Charlotte Weinert, Milo Jean Floyd and Messrs. J. A. Gra- ham. ll. Mellorinirk and l). A. Mr- lnlosh Were nominated a~' a stand- im: commitee lo brim: in their re- port. on Friday. Inspector Wright arrange-cl roll call by itHVlls‘ililiS. 'l'lu-rv was a wry large attendanrv of High. Public and Separate. School tum-hers. and wry few absentevs. The.- annuunovmvnt HI idem, Mr. \V. J. Meg-swim dale, regarding the ha lvcture for the munin last business of tho m! sion, the meeting being until 1.30. MAROONED IN RIG IN SAUGEEN RIVER Seven-year-old Boy Alarmed, Jump- ed Out and Was Drowned. llw add: Ronald S and Mrs. L: 10th conm dmwned it: back hf miles nor! U body “V0 U1 an ISL and Um it. [.011 fellow [)4 which» around by an jumped mm c immediately. fm watvx river, t Um UH SUPPO The aftm'nmm messiah n Smilin‘ Charlie Sayt‘ wat m The President's Address Inded by Irm'v through the aching the oppmsitt thn horse hmko 104 onvession nf Brant. was d in Um Saugvon Rim-1° just bf his fnlhnr's farm. thrm north of Gargill, about five Saturday Pwnimg. 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