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_ Under a tree in front of ther farm home, first settled years ago by «Peéennas; mia Dutch pioneer& Mary Martin, h:& andmher lz-cy:nrâ€"old â€"Sitother, Aaron, are amiy..Bible w is printed in German. ) ' ~Payail rprahi m’mfiw;:-?hmmmfiws P eggess® Waterloo ates where they.live. ‘W " wear lace prayer caps mast devotions, at home or in charch."*~~ .‘ _ . _ C # & »lthitigras. . Y.P.U. Meets At Crosshill Where Bible Still Centre of Family Life 4A . U& NEUCUILD u-i d M Alf. Hah d 1 r. and Mrs. . Hahn and famâ€" At Crosshill ily, Mr. and Mrs. W. Voll, Jacob Voll, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. somamemmnmmmmzms Angus Voll and Jean of Linwood atâ€" The Y.P.U. held their August tended the Paff reunion held at the meeting at the home of John L. home of Henry Paff, Ratzburg, on Hammond, Tuesday evening, with a Labor Day. + large attendance. The President,. Miss Fannie Jantzi of Kitchener Firman Ward, presided. The topic, visited at the home of James Birmâ€" "Citizenship", was given by Jean in%:em and Dan Gerber last week. Hammond; solo, Florence Squire; ent visitors with J.’fi?l!“:ln- nudi%, "The Last Hymn" by Herâ€" brecht‘s were Mr. and Mrs. Christian bert "Berg. Rev. Mather‘s address Albrecht, Buffalo, N.Y., Mr. and related to the rich man and the Mrs. Brown Holland and son Paul of beggar, Lazarus. Several contests Canton, Kentucky, Mrs. Bill Clifford were conducted by Mrs. Thos. Birmâ€" and two children of Cincinnati, ingham and Florence Squire. Firâ€" Ohio. â€" man Ward extended an invitation to _ Mr. and Mrs. George Glaister of hold the September meeting at his Waterloo, who recently returned home. Refreshments were served. . home from a trip ‘:h thfi w'estfsg;nt j i Friday evening at the home o rs. Mark Anniversaries. Priar ®° l‘.ngroo thinks there is no Boyd Church will be closed for the next two Sundays owing to Hawkesville and Linwood anniverâ€" sary services at 2.30 p.m., 11 a.m. and 7.30 p.m. _ _ S John A. Campbell and daughter _ Mrs. Noah M Jean of Stratford, Shirley and and Amos, and | Glldg Campbell of St. Paul, Mr. man of Hawkesy and Mrs. Ed. Diebel and daughter visitors with Mr Grace of Jordan spent Sunday with Bowman. Mrs. M. Shantz and family. | _ Attend Nuptials. Ben. Jantzi of Toronto spent SUNâ€" _ Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Martin, Harâ€" dg{(with relatives here. old, Stewart and Douglas, Mrs. iss Marvella Adams and James Enoch Martin Mr. and Mrs. O. F. Richardson of Canton, Obio, &T8 Bauman atteridéd the Martinâ€"Kropf :gcndinz the week at the home O0f wedding at the home of Mr. and eir uncle, George Richardson. Mrs. Oscar Martin near Waterloo on __ Sunday :_isitory at the hflme o_f' Saturday. o Cam THaromninmite ind tsbndbats.An 1 We + to xt Mrs. Sam Hieronimus were Mr. and _ jr/ y awson, the new principal Of Mrs. Frank Kaufman and son, Mr. and Mrs. W. Schmidt, Mr. and Mrs. gghnim Ernst and twins, Reta and ea, of Kitchener, Miss A%nes Hieronimus of Preston, Miss Gerâ€" trude Hieronimus of St. Jacobs. . Mr. and Mrs. Frank Degenfelder of Buffalo spent the weekâ€"end with her sister, Mrs. Firman Ward and Mr. Ward. C o% s _¢ _ Miss Edna Albrecht of Waterloo is h:lidnying at her home for the week. _ â€" emalcâ€" Dr. George Rennie of Port Perry and brother, John Rennie, of Kitchâ€" ener, spent an evening with W. Wilâ€" ford and son. _ o Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Spafford and son of Detroit, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lips and Elaine of Kitchâ€" ener were visitors with Henry Schmidt‘s on Saturday. Mrs. Hullet and two daughters, Mrs. Reta Andrews of Miami, Fla., ard Mrs. Bolter and Miss Edith Coâ€" hoe of Woodstock spent Sunday with John L. Hammond‘s and Thos. Birmingham. _ ___ _ _ _ _ _ _ The W.M.S. held their August meeting at the home of Mrs. R. Foster. _ o _ Jacob Voll of Estevan, Sask., is visiting with Wm. Voll. _ F _ Mr. and Mrs. Henry Schmidt and family attended the 78th bifl\{(!ay MENNONITES IN WATERLOO AREA CLING To OLD CUSTOMS WHILE MODERN METHODS SLOWLY INVADE THEIR SHELTERED LIVES CROSSHILL +o k celebration of her mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Hoffman, held at the home of Ed. Quehl near Bamberg on Sunâ€" Recent visitors with Jacob Alâ€" brecht‘s were Mr. and Mrs. Christian Albrecht, Buffalo, N.Y., Mr. and Mrs. Brown Holland and son Paul of Mr. and Mrs. George Glaister of Waterloo, who recently returned home from a trip to the West spent Friday evening at the !mm‘e of Mrs. R. .i‘;;te-r'.fié;;rié thinks there is no place like Ontario. Mrs. Noah Martin, Lena, Anson and Amos, and Miss Amanda Bowâ€" man of Hawkesville were Thursday RMEMA AMRVMMNg HRCR OE PE CC the local school, and Mrs. Lawson of Alma have taken up residence here. Miss Mabel Dadswell of Stratford is the teacher for the Junior room. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Eix of Detroit were recent visitors with Mrs. M. Glebe. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Samson, Albert and Bob, of Windsor, spent the weekâ€"end with Mr. and Mrs. Anson Martin. Among those who attended the family reunion at the home of Mt. and Mrs. Edward Snyder were Mr. land m Irvine Mohr and family, Miss ie Otto, Mr. and Mrs, Clayâ€" |ton Mohr and family, Howard Snyâ€" der of North Easthope, Mr. and Mrs. ‘Orville Shantz and Sanford of St. \George, Mr. and Mrs. Amos Shoeâ€" \maker, Grace and Bruce, and Myrtle 1Snyder of Kitchener, Mr. and Mrs. jGeorge Snyder of Montreal, Walter sSnyder of Bloomingdale, Mr. and Mr.s Lloyd Snyder, Lorne, Murray, 'Betty. olyF!ondn_l_e. 8. Miss Wilma Frey of Guelph is spending a week‘s holiday at her home here. Miss Valina Martin of Kitchener was a weekâ€"end visitor with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Seranus Marâ€" tin. ""l"lorm;n Schmidt of Lindsay spent the holiday weekâ€"end with his mother, Mrs. Katherine Schmidt. _ _ Albert Daum of Kitchener spent a few days at Menno Frey‘s. ' Mr. and Mrs. Emanuel Bauman, Gladys and Carol, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Levi Horst of Elmira ipeknt the holiday at Keswick, Musâ€" oka. _ Solomon, Amanda and Mary Ann gol‘lnnnn spent Sunday at Niagara alls. _ Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Bowman spent a few days at Port Dover and Vineâ€" Mr. and Mrs. Albert Reuter of g‘ Preston, Mr. and Mrs. Norman King, " Jean, Betty, Joan, Neil and Wayne ©! of Kitchener, visited with Mr. and sl Mrs. J. B. Snyder, Labor Day. |h" _ Mr. and Mrs. Paul Bowman and Coleman spent the weekâ€"end with relatives at Huntsville. _ Mrs. Mary Glebe and Milton Glebe visited Mr. and Mrs. Emanuel Israel at Kitchener on Sunday, _ land panied ‘ by Ervine Musselman of near Elmira visited Mr. and Mrs. Ezra Frey at Longwood, Sunday. with Mr. and Mrs. Martin FLORADALE | ___(Continued from Page 1) _ _ | a . 41 oA in war demands the adoption of the| law of national service. Canada can | esse never discharge its duty to itself and to the Empire unless the law _â€"__._â€"_â€"â€"_â€"â€" of national service become the law| â€" KITCHENER.â€"‘"It‘s a good sport of the land. . so you won‘t object to paying the "National service means full fine," commented Magistrate John direction and control by the governâ€" R. Blake, assessing Orval Knechtel, ment of the national resources in Petersburg, $10 for reckless driving. manâ€"power, industry and finance. Knechtel admitted playing ‘"cross |Thls is universal conscription. It tag" on the Kitchenerâ€"Petersburg alone ensures the maximum service highway with another car driven by both of manâ€"power and of material, Mrs. Gertrude Leiskau, New Dunâ€" resources. It alone ensures lglinst‘dee, "just for the fun of it". |inefl\ciengy, discrimination, injustice' Mrs. Leiskau told the court she and terrible waste of human and was driving west toward Petersburg material resources. |when the accused‘s car passed her. ‘"The exâ€"soldiers of Canada furâ€" ther urge upon the Government the {creation of a War Council with suâ€" ‘preme authority, composed of men iwhose training and experience speâ€" cially equip them for effective serâ€" ‘vice at this time. In this struggle for civilization and Christianity the lexâ€"soldiers of Canada mean to play Demand Conscription ‘‘National service ensures equ-lit.yluue cut in sharply and slowed of service and of sacrifice. There down, forcing me right out onto the must not be unjust distinction beâ€"‘shoulder," she related. ‘"He drove tween youth and middle: age, beâ€"‘so slowly that I passed him, then he tween rich and poor, between the passed me and I passed him and he civilian and the soldier. Nation@l passed me and I passed him and he service means an end to profiteering passed me!" and rightful discipline of those who| _ By the time they reached Petersâ€" will not serve. _ \ _ _ |burg, Mrs. Leiskau tired of the "‘National service means that the‘ present ineffective and inequitable , system of voluntary enlistment of manpower will be discontinued, both | for home and foreign service. There | is no distinction between home and foreign service. We must go where duty calls us. In the last war the gntriot went to France. The proâ€" teer stayed in Canada. The meaâ€" sure of patrfotism of the individual shall not again be the measure of his sacrifice. _ 2 s their part." Good Used Tires 14â€"18 Young St. â€" Kitehemer _ rejoicing and hilarious hurrahing Buggies and Bonnets Seen on Swiftâ€"Travelled Highways TD _ _2 4)4 stvnmaslac hatween old and valued customs and the inevitable progress of moder CC The ageâ€"old struggles between old and valued customs and the inevitable progress of modern ideas threatens a rift among Ontario Mennonites. The possible breakâ€" concerns such things as bobbed hair and buggy tops, buttons and motor carsâ€"modernism against the ways of the fathers, The division is spreading rapidly as Mennonite farmers, holders of much prosperous lands in this county, are gradually shelving their orthodox doctrines to embrace modernism and thus compete with "busiâ€" ness" farmers. Farming, the new order of progressive Mennonites contend, must be a "business" rather than a religion. Through recent years, more and more Mennonites are seen on highspeed highways in fast motor cars, and now, even some Mennonite girls drive cars. The girl in the centre of lt‘ine picâ€" ture (LOWER LEFT) is almost gay in her contradiction of former Mennonite ways, and would probâ€" ably seem more at home in a motor car with her bright print dress, with utraâ€"modernâ€"zipper front, and her smartly bobbed hair, than she does in the buggy in which she is seated. In the picture (LOWER RIGHT) is Rev. Roy S. Koch, pastor of St. Jacobs Mennonite Church, typical of men in his position. . rrfi 4 "',mj 7 G (# uP Tagâ€"Playing Driver Assessed $10 tag" on the Kitchenerâ€"Petersburg| After the tables were cleared A cup and savcer shower was he‘d highway with another car driven by and the dishes washed, they all joinâ€" for Mrs. George Schrumm, formerly Mrs. Gertrude Leiskau, New Dunâ€"|ed in on games and races after Miss Veronica Church, at the home dee, "just for the fun of it". which followed a softball game. An of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mrs. Leiskau told the court she enjoyable afternoon was spent by Church, Thursday evening. . Those was driving west toward Petersburg all. &rcaent were: Mrs. George Ayres, when the accused‘s car passed her.|__Among the visitors were: Mr. and Mrs. John Sapsworth, _ Mrs. Paul "He cut in sharply and slowed Mrs. Wm. Benton, Mr. and Mrs. KrOfmnn, Mrs. Grover Stuart, Mrs. down, forcing me right out onto the Robert Oliver and Mr. Roland Byâ€" Paul Worden, Mrs, Middleton shoulder," she related. "He drove waters of Woodstock, all former Fisher, Mrs. Gilbert Wilfong, and so slowly that I passed him, then he members of the Sunday School, and Misses Ethel Wilfong, Doris Wilâ€" passed me and I passed him and he Miss Ida Elverson of the tenth line. Fong, Ethel Hatt and Marguerite pmng me“a‘nd I passed him and he Personals. Wijlfong. Adnuml‘)ifl; of glume: were pi me! M enjoyed and a dainty lunch was _ By the time they reached Peters-llinr':;z’lld't%v‘e‘“g';‘ of thf‘ ;0“‘ served. burg. Mrs Leiskau tired of the DC ®n9 Janet Deli of here called On Seq the "Quints" fame and called the provincial poâ€" ice and reported Knechtel‘s conâ€" duct. "I wouldn‘t have passed him, but every time he passed me he drove so slowly, I had to," she said. "Just a nice game of car crossâ€" tag," commented the cadi, passing sentence. Reâ€"Plow Field, Locate Wallet On his way to the village of Bright from his home on the 14th concession of Blandford, James Henderson decided to call on his brotherâ€"inâ€"law, William Bell, and see how* the new tractorâ€"plough was working. After one round of the field, fir. Henderson proceeded to Bright and then made the discovery of the loss of his wallet, containing papers of value and a considerable sum of money. Returning to Bell‘s, careful search was made over the ground he had covered, with no avail. Early in the morning he brought hisâ€"team and plow and both families and other relatives and neighbors aided him all forencon on August,30th as the earth in the field was turned back. There was great CHESTERFIELD CBRONICLE | The people gathered at the park carrying lunch prepared for a picnic zdinner about 11.30 o‘clock. The tables were set and the Sunday School scholars, parents, teachers and visitors, numbering about 70, sat around the park tables. _ _ 1 5 just before noon when the lost Ls(k:e, both :lmV.Vt:zd ?n ‘t::i, dm:. wallet was f°“_“d' : have been: favorite spots for picâ€" Church Activities. nickers during the past summer. All The Sunday School of Chesterâ€" records have been shattered at these field congregation held their picnic resorts. at South Side park in Woodstock Conducts Service. on Thursday of last week. i Mr. D. J. Dilson, M.A., of G‘lt' Mr. John Bond of Michigan is visiting Mr. and Mrs. B. Waldie and family. . c . _ _ Misses Ida Elverson of the 10th line and Janet Bell of here called on Miss Agnes Bond of Woodstock on Thursday morning of last week. _ Mr. and Mrs. Waliter McDonald accompanied by Miss Janet Bell atâ€" téended Toronto Exhibition on Saturâ€" ay. The teachers of this community, Misses Isabel Baird, Isabel Davidson, Jean Waldie and Mr. Orvill Henderâ€" son are all preparing for their duties for the next term of school. Miss Baird goes to Rosebank, Miss Waldie goes to Roseville; Miss Davidson goes to Givens‘ school house, and Mr. Henderson is the teacher of Blink Bonnie school in this community. « Miss Agnes Baird spent Thursday _ Myr. and Mrs. John St. Clair and evening in Kitchener, skating. son Thomas spent a few days with Misses Anna and Jean Waldie friends in Toronto and also attended spent Thursday last in Kitchener. _ the C.N.E. Miss Janet Bell spent a few days this week with her friend, Miss Agnes Bond, Woodstock. 0 _ The Pentecostal Church that was McQarvey. . â€"started in a former store about four . Mr. and Mrs. N. Seiling and weeks ago proved to be too small.. daughter Valeria of Elmira spent This week carpenters were engaged Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. tearing out partitions to enlarge the Norman Hass. church quarters. At the last meetâ€" Mrs. 0. Goddard, George Goddard ing over 60 turned out with 42 Doon a&nd Miss Louise Goddard spent Sunâ€" people present. Thomas Martin of day at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Waterloo is in charge of the work. Wm. Cassell of New Hamburg. Honour Brideâ€"Elect. Wilbert ‘Sgydg.r of En{hfl; saue; Provide Their Own Simple Amusements In the area around Waterloo live some 8,000 Mennonites. The Amish Mennonites near Baden are the more orthdox, yet all keep to themselves, their lives centring on the work of their farms and the activities of their communities. Children find fun in simple games like these three playing "scissors and stones" in their own y:rd. Bfuusel C Pe Ne aaln d TLmL Levcbs |10.0 0 9 2 LA c th 00 Abas Mn Amoctaish ieb ipeii y ht vopet °* + ~ietupberiainint t " PVR Em infants "do not know they are alive" children are not baptized until 15 or 20 years of age. . Doon School Good As New Sept. 5 o inCw sNf/ke *J Mr. and Mrs. Jos. Meyers and ________â€"â€" daughters Ruth and Joan of Gnelfih The Doon public school has again spent Sunday at the home of the been cleaned and repaired for the former‘s mother, Mrs. A. Meyers. opening on Tuesday. Damage done Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Green of due to the recent breakâ€"in has also Kitchener were recent visitors at been repaired. New wiring and speâ€" the home of Mrs. J. W. Green. cial blackboard lighting are added _ Otto Boll spent the weekâ€"end and improvements. Edwin Mitchell and holiday on a fishing trip at Cape Miss Marguerite Wilfong are again Croker. engaged to instruct the scholars _ Mrs. Wm. Kelly spent Monday duzing the term. with her mother in Kitchener. lscd is uate: end and holiday at Port Rowan on a Improvised Church fnae en * O * r. an rs. L. Wintermeyer an Found TOO Sma]-l son Ronald of Kitchener spent Monâ€" sommrmurenraaddolinsiselscacras day at the home of Mr. and Mrs. B. â€" The Pentecostal Church that was McGarvey. wl started in a former store about four . Mr. and Mrs. N. Seiling and weeks ago proved to be too small.. daughter Valeria of Elmira spent This week carpenters were engaged Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A miscellaneous shower was held at the home of Mrs. Nelson Wilfong in honor of her granddaughter, Miss Gwenith Wilfong, on Wednesday evening, who is to be married in September. ‘The evening was spent in games and lunch was served at the close. Picnickers Numerous.* _ _ ___ _ Mr.‘ D. J. Dilson, M.A., of Gailt, was in charge of the service at the Doon United Church on Sunday afternoon. s A large number of people from Doon attended the annual Blair cemetery decoration day, Sunday. Bride Showered. A cup and savcer shower was held for Mrs. George Schrumm, formerly Miss Veronica Church, at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Church, Thursday evening. . Those &rcsent were: Mrs. George Ayres, rs. John Sapsworth, Mrs. Paul KrOfm.n, Mrs. Grover Stuart, Mrs. Paul Worden, _ Mrs. _ Middleton Fisher, Mrs. Gilbert Wilfong, and _ Mrs. Fred Hobbs and daughter Edreld returned to their home here after spending two weeks vacation Mr. and Mrs. Harold Slee visited the Dionne quintuplets at Callander and also attended the Canadian National Exhibition at Toronto last week Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hawett and children Joyce and Robert of Gait spent Thursday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bert McGarvey. â€" Mr. and Mrs. Art Eagle were reâ€" cent visitors in Kitchener. _ _ _ _ Mrs. O. Goddard and _ Verna Goddard visiting in Galt recently. _ _ Mrs. Bert McGarvey and daughâ€" ter Lorraine were recent visitors in Kitchener. â€" Frances and James Hubacheck of Kitchener spent the holiday weekâ€" end at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Wolfe. Miss Beatrice Pfeiffer has returnâ€" ed to her home here after spending the summer vacation at the home of Mr. and Mra. E4. Smith, Toronto. _ Mrs. Bert Gill spent a day with relatives in Galt. William Bewick spent Thursday at the Canadian National Exhibition. Mr.â€"and Mrs. Fred Kisinstauber spent the_'o_ek:gnAd_ at Nin_nr- F,!h. at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ival Heseltine, Elora, They also spent a few days at the Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto. 22 .râ€"i'l-i-s-sv"xfin};-;lca_l{é was a visitor in Kitchener on Monday. __ . _ Wilbert Snyder of English Settleâ€" ment spent Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Drager. The evening sun is again setting behind the "Cadwell Swamp" and, although its cloudâ€"spun canvasses are occasionally splashed . with similar gorgeous hues, there is now markedly missing from the colourful picture the grotesque outlines of the oneâ€"time towing tamaracs and pines so then outstanding silhouetted against their resplendent | skyey backgrounds of some forty or fifty years ago. Birds Are Plentiful. Lovely Setting Of Sun Over Swamp Featherdom representatives noted at the en dof August were the folâ€" lowing: Baltimore orioles, cedar waxwings, blue herons, kingfishers, redâ€"headed woodpeckers, flickers, barn swallows, gold finches, songâ€" sparrows, kildeer plovers, kingbirds, crested flycatchers, bluebirds, nightâ€" hawks, and a few varieties of the shyer denizens of the woodhnd_;. 2 e ut C Hle C _4 B Tridey Beptoniter & 1909 Mr. William MacPherson of the Bank of Nova Scotia staff at Parry Sound was a weekâ€"end and holigay visitor with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Duncan MacPherson. Messrs. Kenneth Farr, Gordon Bach, Harry, Alex and Vernon Musâ€" ser spent Saturday at the C.N.E., Toronto. â€" Dr. and Mrs. A. D. MacPherson of Waterford were Labour Day visitors with relatives in this vicinâ€" ity. 0 _0 _ 0 _ s ; . Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Schnurr, Miss Mellie Schnurr and Mr. Grant Schnurr of Linwood sg;m Sunday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Duncan MacPherson. â€" â€" Mr. W. J. Clive spent Sunday at kis parental home in Hamilton. _ Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Martinson and the Misses Donelda and Faye Marâ€" tinson of Port Colborne were weekâ€" end visitors with Mr. J. F. Martinâ€" son of "Sunset Cottage", South Wallenstein WALLENSTEIN