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VOL. 66â€"N0. 3366 Last week we stated in our editorial column that from all indications Old Man 1931 was leaving us like a gentle- man. 'We were right. It is lucky for our prOpheaying abilities that we stop- ped there and said nothing about the incoming of 1932. Had we known it. we would never have had ,the heart to predict what 'really did happen, for shortly after the midnight hour the knows not, be t who knows not and :not,hels v- ' "mall 516 buy“ . who knows not and knows not he is a. foolâ€"shun him; knows he knows simpleâ€"teach mm; '_ mfio blows and knows not he vâ€"v- tario had passed through the worst sleet storm in a good many years. Usually we are lucky, as we appear too far north for this sort of thing, but on New Year’s we were “Just right” for a visitation. As a result, the hydro was of! in Durham from about 5 o’clock in the morning, local trouble causing the switch to throw; about 6.45 fifteen poles on the hydro line at Corktown hill south of town toppled over, and as a result Holstein and Mount For-l est were thrown in darkness. While the 3 Durham line was cut south of town and ' made possible for renewing the service from the Eugenia system, town trouble; prevented and it was well after dinner before the power came on. Since then! it has been quite steady, only a couple i of interruptions while the high tension! lines were being cut in. To accomplishi this the power was of! Sunday after-1 noon and for a time during the noon hour on Tuesday, but everything is. back to normal and the damage repair- 5 ed with the exception of a few odds and f ends that can be looked after by the‘» local patrolman. Gangs of men from the outside as well as several local men, soon made the repairs, working all New Year’s day in the cold and damp. Telephone Service Out 'The telephone service was also badly damaged by the storm and {or a time it was impossible to get anywhere by long distance. This is being gradually repaired and two or three days will see the lines working again. Just north of town eight poles fell, there were 15 out between here and the Rocky, three miles north. and 32 out in the vicinity - â€"--- A-.. --_ V'- vâ€"â€"-â€"â€"â€"v “on in the 0! New Year's and Sleet-Stomâ€"Buk to r While the damage in this section was widespread, we are informed it was worse in the Stratlord-Mitchell area and every available man on the system ., _-.--_ M n... is at work to facilitate return service. It was a bad storm (or the hydro and the telephone and telegraph service. although little damage was done elsewhere. It may be a few days before all local lines are working as activities are being centred along the main lines, m of the manners 3‘“ w” an that coul be 6881 way 0‘ “sum, fellow the church WY .each C bated a number to the prog Junior B. Y. P- U- ve 3‘ i321: Night _ page out in and very the Esremont 21's and adherents be desired. in the I Idlowship. After each class contri- ng exercise. was to bacon. Miss Thelma investing!“ ‘ memory .the moat mm wh rewarded ‘ which they amt: Claus. ‘ mm retire County Council Meets January 26, When Election of Warden Will Be One of Important Item of Badmanâ€"Reeve Bell of Durham a Candidate. FIVE IN FIELD FOR GREY WARDENSHIP 9 V" OOOOO J â€"v, â€"â€" _ 1 WW“; ___ for the first meeting of the Grey Coun- ty Council in 1932, and if the cm}: of candidates for the wardenship increases, and it is said it will, the election of a member of the council to fill this im- portant position will not be the least of the many things that are to come before the body. ‘ ‘ A l-.. .a:.. a." To date the candidates for office are Reeve Bell of Durham, Reeve McDonald oi Bentinck, Reeve Brodie of Glenelg, Reeve Taylor of Osprey and Reeve Thompson of Euphrasia. That others will be in the field when the time comes 1 is almost certain, but these are the ones . most prominently mentioned so far. Reeve Taylor of Osprey would have been a candidate last year had he been returned, but he missed a year, and while it is not sure he will be in the ifield, the odds are that he will allow 1 his name to stand when the time comes. All the candidates have been prominent in county matters, have served on the important committees, and the selec- Ition of a warden for 1932 is not going to be an easy matter. _ Now Occupy Premises in Hunter Block, Recently Fitted Up For Their Use.â€" Modern Equipment Makes For the Convenience of Staff and Public. ROYAL BANK NOW IN NEW QUARTERS The Royal Bank branch in Durham moved. with the waning of the old year into their newly-fitted quarters in the Hunter Block, after an occupancy of the building north of the post office, of approximame 25 years, where they will probably remain for some years to come. The moving was done without undue display and many on the front street busy with troubles of their own ;did not know the old premises were va- ;cated until they came up town and saw business going on as usual Satur- day morning in the new premises. Mr. I--- “Agog-w 1Ann 0991'.“ some time. Although the work on changing the premises to suit the requirements of finished in a few days. until a few days ago. Shortly after be- ing allowed out by his physician, be commenced attending his stock, and one evening this week visited his stable about 9 o’clock in the evening and found everything in apparently good shape. He received quite a ock the next morning when he discove ed his best horse dead in the stall. The loss. coupled with his period of illness and loss of business, is a serious one. in Trade, the great adventure of today,‘ once was considered a degrading oc- cupation, unmfor “gentlefo The ambition of the mercantile class of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth centuries was to become landed proprietors. Thus invcstmnt of their surplus funds al- mout My ran to landed estates to Which they or their heirs eventully t mire and. as one historian puts “shake the slime of trade from their MISFORTU‘NES NEVER SINGLE RED CROSS DANCE IOWS .3351 knows not. he " he ‘8 asleepâ€"wake him; the 1‘: giant DURHAM, ONTMANADA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 1932 Hunter, Philp Win In Egremonl Elections Big Majorities Piled Up by Last Year’s Representatin at Grey County Council.â€"S. M. Patterson, Newcomer to Municipal Politics, Headed the Egremont had a battle royal on Mon- day for the distribution of municipal honors, and when the ballots were summed up it was found that W. H. Hunter, reeve for the past four years, and W. J. Philp, deputy reeve, and also with a good deal of municipal exper- ience, had been returned by the elect- ors as their representatives in the county council for 1932. Despite rumors that both were slated for defeat, their majorities were among the largest ever given aspirants for office in this town- ship, where close contests are the rule. Previous to the election it was moot- ed in some quarters that the “Old Guard” was to be deposed and that it was to be a veritable township civil war, the north against the south. A perusal of the votes shows this to not have been the case, although. naturally all candidates polled heavy votes in their own and adjacent sub-divisions, with those in the “neutral” zone fairly evenly divided. This is as it should be. as there is nothing that will work more harm in any municiplity than sectional combats for municipal honors. In the contest for the council Mr. S.‘ M. Patterson headed the poll, with William Aldcorn second, but 105 votes behind him. Hugh McEachern, a member of last year’s council came third, and was 145 votes behind the leader. The loser in the contest, Mr. George Seaman, was 288 votes behind the lowest man to be elected. Normanby Township , In Normanby township there was a hot contest for the positions of reeve and deputy reeve. with Charles Holm, head man in the township for some last year’s deputy. John Aitken, a member of council, crossed sticks with Henry Miller for deputy reeveship. The voters decided two ways in this vote, Mr. Holm defeating his opponent by 213 votes, while Mr. Aitken was success- ful in defeating Mr. Miller by 25 votes 0 ___211 1.- Lu} 5‘8 “Haywvu-cu _-._-_ ___ -. The tabulated vote by polls will be found in another column. SOME SIMILARITY OF SURNAMES IN OLD ENGLISH VILLAGE Northamptonshire can boast of a vil- lage in which one-third of the inhabi- tants possess the same surname. This is Bozeat, which has a popultion of just over 1,000. Nerly 300 of them have the surname of Drage. U “- u-â€" Many villages and small towns can show surprising numbers of a few sur- names amongst their inhabitants, but nowhere else is such a large percentage of peOple with the same name to be found. _ It is dicicult to discover how it all happened. Surnames are a compara- tively modern institution, for in the old days there were none. To distinguish between two Williams, one might be referred to as William, Robert’s son, and the other William from Handley: wrestler, cleaned up over a million dollars in _the worst yegr this coun- - n ‘_ ‘__ “VI-“I” Ill _'uv iv ' try has ever no}; And Schmel- ing and Micky Walker are haggling with promoters over a $200,000 purse for a fight that would not have been tolerated half a dozen years ago. Londos is a good show- manâ€"hardly as good as Barnumâ€" and Walker is a fading boxer who __I__j "C.“ ..V v v-â€"'_ In course of time this was shortened to ~ William Robertson, and William Handley. Or again, a man might be known by his trade, John the smith be- coming John Smith. ' Where the Drages came from is a mystery, for there is no mention of them in the old recordsâ€"London Tit- ‘ Bits. of really good boxers and wrestlers has reduced these once great sports into more farces. Sports seem to thrive on rackets. If_ it real mtler The giant redwoods of California are famous as the oldest living things in the world. The age of their senior member is estimated to be between 4,000 ' and 5,000 years. Their natural span of ll! e is actually unknown, for authorities agree that none of the big trees dies a natural death. They do not die of disease or old age, says a writer in the Journal of the New York Botanical Garden. They are immune from the attacks of fungus and insect pests which destroy many ordinary forest trees. Barring accid- I'llll'v vu uwv-â€"--â€"- __ -- or boxer should suddenly arrive it is doubtful if he could secure re- cognitionâ€"Chicago Referee. TRUTH ABOUT “RACKETS” BIG TREES NEVER DIE five, and mahy have PUBLIC UTILITIES day at the election, when those electors who did turn out registered an over- whelming majority of 101 for the by- law. This, however, is not so large as it appears, as only 119 voted, and of. these 9 cast their ballots against the bylaw. Had the vote been heavier, however, it is more than likely the; majority would have been prOportion- ately larger as we have heard no one express their opinion against the mea- sure. Possibly the knowledge that it would carry with a big majority was one of the reasons for the lack of inter- est, and as only about twelve per cent of the eligible voters availed them- selves of their opportunity. Another reason might have been that there was no election for council, and minus this many of the voters thought there was ALI. -“- ‘Amnn‘ 131‘ no élection at all. Other: about it. The result by wards was: North Ward East, Ward .. West Ward Durham Churches Hold Annual Week of Prayer Voted The annual week of prayer in Dur- ham churches is being held this week, and commenced on Monday, when the service was in the Anglican church, the ‘ -â€" _-_..-‘. ¢-1- Rev. W. H. Smith of Knox church tak- ing the meeting. On Tuesday the meet- ing was in the Queen Street church, the preacher being the Rev. B. D. Armstrong of the Presbyterian church. Wednesday the service was held in the Baptist church, when a lantern lecture was given by a representative of the Bible Society. Tonight the Presbyterian church will be host to the gathering, and Rev. J. T. L‘- A _A-Mt\n W 5avwv vv -â€"_- v -7 Priest, Baptist, will preach the sermon The series closes Friday night with a service in Knox church, when Rev. B. Hayes, Anglican, will preach. --WJ vâ€"r' â€"â€" v This year the sermons consisted of four addresses on “Some Supreme Things.” The first was on “The Supreme Need,” the second on “The Supreme Experience,” the third, tonight, on “The Supreme Person: Christ,” and to- morrow night, “The Supreme Force: Christianity. 9’ are predicted in the “Old Moore Al- manac” for 1932. just issued in London. The famous almanac, which correctly forecast the formation of a British coalition government in its 1931 edition, predicted the following eventsâ€"- “More settled conditions in India and‘ British exports. SMILE, SYDIBO L THAT HAS NEVER CHANGED MEANING changed. And a widely traveled m- ‘glisnman, writing in 1617, noted that “five Italian miles, or three French, or .two and a halfe -\__L-L _¢1n and 9'.th me mm mm The “renewal of world prosperity" --Aâ€"‘ “A“ 3: mm.-- and mo am BYLAW CARRIED at all. bthérs forgot all a steady, 63991993“ in Monday‘s 2 Only Nine Utilities An esteemed resident of Riversdale, in the person of Mr. George Chatreau, passed to the Great Beyond on Wed- nesday night, December 16. Deceased, who was 61 years and 9 months old, had suffered from a weak- 1 ened heart condition for three years. Being of a cheerful disposition few of his friends realized how serious his condition was, until learning of his demise. Mr. Chatreau came with his parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Chatreau, to this locality when a child six years .old and continued to reside here until his death. In the home, which has been so suddenly bereaved, remain his wife, formerly Miss Mary McKinnon, who, with their son Alex mourn the loss of a loving husband and father. Gnome Gasman ‘ I I There also survive two sisters and one brother. The late Mr. Chatreau was a devoted member of the Presby- terian church since early manhood, filling the office of secretary-treasurer of the Riversdale church for seventeen years. He also was a member of the Public School board and secretary- treasurer for many years. The funeral services, held in the home on Saturday, were conducted by the Rev. Dr. Forbes of Knox Presbyter- ian church, Teeswater, assisted by Rev. Mr. Taylor , of Riversdale United church. There wers relatives present from Toronto, Woodstock, St. Marys, Thorndale, Molesworth and Durham as well as a large gathering of friends and neighbors, showing sympathy for the .bereaved family. Interment was made in the Baptist cemetery.-â€"‘ TelesCOpe. John Calvert. a former resident of twenty years residing in Toronto, died at his home in that city on the 2nd inst. after an illness of some seven years from failing health, and the funeral was held yesterday morning at 10 o'- clock. He was about 70 years of age and was well known to many Durham- The late Mr. Calvert was born at Orchardville, a son of the late Thomas Calvert, and spent a great many years in this neighborhood, where he con- ducted an extensive drover business and at one time owned a number of race Vbbawuv‘. " _-__ Sofimxssion stock deiiers, and remain- ed with them up to seven years ago horses. Hartférd, burham, and 3 her in Detroit. W. A. McGowan of this town, died Sunday at his home at Arthur after a long illness. Mr. Harvey was in his Blst year, was well known here a few years ago when he visited with his daughter, and old friends will regret to iéi‘i-‘H'Ef . ߣ"déi’tn. The funeral was held from the United church at Arthur on Tuesday. with interment in Green- field cemetery in that village. MRS. WILLIAM IRVINE After a brief illness Mrs. William Ir- vine passed away at her home on the sixth concession last Saturday night. She was about. 84 lyeers of age. De- nL-an‘mn ‘- garet, residing with her. Later a son. Mr. Duncan Irvine. came home and since his arrival has been taming the homestead. The late Mrs. _Irvine was a woman of _-L-.. Ln‘“fl an 9.0- b‘lv J v. _._ fine Christian character, being an ac- tive worker for many years in the Presbyterian church. and since union, ;£;;;'pm" " :or many years- over UVUI “Itsvo “He ain’t close-mouthed. He’s watt- engaged _ wifih _ Rice OBITUARY JOHN CALVERT JOHN T. HARVEY m '1‘. Harvey, father of 16 $2.60 a Year in Canada; i250 in U. 8. 16 Injured by Gan That Wasn’t Loaded Another of those “didn't know it w loaded" accidents happened in town yesterday morning and as a result Mr. William Nicholls of Garafran street is temporarily out of commission with a bullet wound through the muscles of one of his lower limbs. The gun, a m-wibre rifle. had been used Tuesday by Mr. Nicholls when out hunting and, while thought emptied of all ammunition, contained one; cart- ridge. Yesterday morning Mr. Nicholll was handling the gun. pulled the tric- ger, and received a bullet wound in the leg. The wound was not a serious one and alter being dressed by a physicinn, the patient will suffer no more inconveni- ence than an enforced idleness for e few days, and the pain which of neces- lslty accompanies these kind of accid- Former Crown Attorney Died at Owen Sound Carbon Monoxide .Pobonlng Blamed For Death of Colin 8. Cum K. C.. Ex-M.P.P., Lat My Morning. Colin S. Cameron, K.C., ex-M.P.P., a former County Crown Attorney for the County of Grey, was found dead in his garage at Owen Bound shortly after l0 o'clock last Monday morning. Carbon monoxide poisoning is thought to have been the cause of death. Immediately on finding the body the tire brigade was sent for, but their ser- vices were of no avail. Mr. Cameron ihaving been dead for some time. The late Hr. Cameron was one of the best known members of the legal fra- ternityintheoountyandhadbeen a resident of Owen Sound for many years. He is survived by his widow and two daughters, Misses Katherine and Mar- MAYBE GARDEN OF EDEN WAS IN ALBERTA PetrifiedApplescndBonesoanhb- torlcuousteul’ointmmm mumacm. Petrified apples on a petrified brunch broken and plucked from their age-long niche have roused students of ancient history. for perhaps. after 1.11. the garden of Eden stretched within the confines of modern Alberta. The petrified apples and branch of the ancient tree just uncovered are not the only grounds for the supposition about the garden of Eden. Pigs and fig leaves as well as palm leaves of the trepical variety have been found in deep formations, and in the bad lands of the Red Deer River evidence abounds of the one-time swamp lands and torrid lcllmate where roamed mighty dinosaurs around 70 million years ago. Even as far south as Cardstonâ€" where a lad with a shotgun recently dislodged a dinosaur boneâ€"and in the east end district of southwestern Bask- atchewan can be found myriad traces of prehistoric reptiles and vegetation. On the high taps of the m Mountains have been found shell ash and other sea creatures of an ancient period. and deep in the mines at Can- more have been taken fossilized ferns and petrified fishâ€"all to give their testimony of the great sea of 100 mil- lion years ago. But the apples ans the apple tree branch. discovered as a well was be- ing dug by a farmer near Olds. Alberta. 0 A. A_“‘-‘ ulb ““0 w; â€" -..___.__ ____, , are the first of the fruit of ancient species to be found in the province. Communication has been made with the museum omcnls at Galaxy end the well has been refilled with dirt and the place muted to unit emu- tion work. BISHOP’S POSSESSIONS ARE BURNED IN TRUCK The treasured possessions of e bish- op’s lifetime were destroyed by are Pri- doy night when the transport tank end trailer moving the eflects of Bishop the driver noticed