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ot - for which many grateful letters of -- eR ---- Vol. XVNo. 4 RUSSELL, ONT. S---- THURSC AY, Jan, €th 1916 -- ... PERSONALS ... Mrs. J. A. Sully of Cereal Alberta |" was the guest of her sisterin law} po. 1 2 3 4 5 6 z 8 9 Total . R. §. Kyle last zk. Mss Rod. Nylehust us EMARD 39 30 70 21 zs 50 116 40 -- 428 Mr. and Mrs. O. S. S. Simpson MENARD 19 28 % 07 2 5 MS ot ia HX 313 of Colemain Alberta accompanied o Ee 25d by the formers two sisters Mrs. Dr.| HUME 44 63 104 47 8 8 19 52 Morrow and Mrs. S. S. Latimer of] ROCHON in 3 7 2 30 31 "69 139 29 -- 322 Metcalfe were holiday visitors "ii geqpr 10 2 87 oi fe a the home of Mr. J. E. Kyle : 67 108 50 10 1 2 R b fhe Bank LOIN 15 5 6 2 45 38 sg 120 30 - -- (388 . i S: i t ' Mr. Remi Sabourin of the Ban EMARD i i " / Ee - _ : 5 of Hochelaga staff Russell received. notice ftom tha head office on Tues- day stating that he was appointed Monager of the Casselman branch; and wilt leave today to take up the | the new appointment. Remi's maay fiiende in Russell extend their congratulations on his promotion Miss Dorothy. Kyle has returned after spending ber. holidays with Winchester and Metcalfe friends Reeve--Duncan McDiarm Deputy--S. J. Loney. Councillors-- John J. McEvoy Wm O'Brien George Acres TOWNSHIP OF OSGOODE ELECTION RESULTS TCWNSH!P OF RUSSELL TOWNS id. Reeve--Martin Shaw Deputy--Jas. Cotton Councillors-- HIP OF CUMBERLAND Henry Kenny Wilfrid Gratton Chas. Walsh Mrs Wm. Robinson and Miss Mary of Kenmore were holiday visitors in Ottawa. the convener of the Work Commit- tee. LOST Lost a muskrat Fur stole in the Russell Arena or on the road to W. C. Boyd's. Finder please leave at Leader Office. tt EI oe re. HOCKEY The Hockey Match held in Hull] on Friday resulted in a win for the' "of the Russell Red Cross Society Consia Following is one of the replies: -- Somewhere in Belgium, Dec. 17, 1915 Mrs. C. E. McCaffrey, Russell, Ont. ° Just a note to thank you most 'heartily for the kind remembrance Hull by are score of 3--1. and your Xmas. Greetings. ring that the Russell Team had ne practice they eavdea good ire. ! ; G. Howes, Thos. Fitzsimmons and Sessitate going into the tsenches, G. Braithwaite were the star play ers. "we patrol our divisional area well on the Russell team, the line up 2g "within r ange of the heavy artillery follpwsi--- or ERITH Hall: aol G. Goderie, point' beeriin S. Goderre, cover Church, centre rover Ladoucer, right wing Friel, left wing Kelly. Russell :--goal G. Howes, point ter and welcome parcel awaiting Although my work does not ne- oF ot ouiar the trenches for a week, | for the experience, and on coming out yesterday found your kind let- Thes. Fitzimmons, cover A. Braith-' me. waite, rover. Sabourin, sight wing! Young, leit wing Fiv-patrick. Subs, Halpenny, O'Grady, ner and Watson. I can assure you that should the other boys receive as sensibly | packed parcels, they will be lucky Cark- indeed. Everything in it it is use- Timekeeper Gus ful and also things not easily pro- Mullen, Referee E. Lowery Ottawa, Siren) wea decd ray | proud to be considered as one of Russell Red Cross the 54 boys from Russell who have Articles shipped by Red Cross enlisted Society Russell Jan. 5 1916 { have or are coming from home, for the Empire. here, 1 am and also that so many | te do their bit, They and more. I 12 suits pyjamas 12 mightingales Iwill all be needed 6 dressing gowns 'dont think one can begin to ima- 18 kit bags 48 prs. day socks 102 triangular bandages gine the immensity of the operation the grimness of the fighting or the awful fate that awoits us and those 24 formentation wringers at home, should we lose, unless 60 huckatback towels 36 pillow cases 72 turkish washcloths 12 knitted washcloths 6 cotton binders 12 hospitaihandkerchiefs 12 hammed handkerchiefs 12 persanal rroperty bags 12 4 in. bz wages 40 bandag 5 (assortment sizes) 2 Quilts ET 180 mouth wipes 4 large' pillows 30 sheets Quantity old linen ; Quantity fomentation flanr 11 The Werlt Cammittes 3 know- ledge with sincere thanks, a dona- tion of twenty pairs of socks from the Methodist Sunday Schaol. Fiftyfour Christmas parcels were forwarded by the Society to soldiers enlisted from Russell now 'in Bel- gium; France, England, Bermuda and Canadian training camps, and they actually come and see it. Here we are in the same trenches which were held in October, 1914. Yet the men are working all the time--thousands of them -- work which they know will likely be destroyed and done over again, before it is half done. To stand the strain and the seemingly use- lessness of it all, they must know that those behind them are think- ing of them and sending help wien before the Hun can be driven A from his almost impregnahle posi- tions, I met Capt. Herb. Cumming the other day. = isin the 5th Field Abulance which is quite close, but I did not know he was in this division. He was looking fine. Again thanking you for your kindness and that of the Society and wishing you, the Compliments ot the Season, ; ar ST. Fitzpatrick, MM. P. - Headquarters 2nd Cin, Div.. adpreciation have been recieved, time 1 nad which must yet come in millions of 4 each soldier on active service, by Kenmore Continuation Mrs. Adam 'Young School FORM I-- Baylie Hali 75.78 Gordon Losey 71.5 James Watson 70.75 Irene McLuchlan 69.39 Margaret McDiarmid 66.92 John Good 63.26 Nettie Boothe 62.6 Evelyn Whitslaw 60 Hilton McKeown 60 E. Kinkade 58 Jean Park 56.91 Mary Dalgliesh 55.13 ROTES (IVEET Ar 1204 Possible Marks, 1590. average Marks of Class, 967. Average 7. of Class, 63.2 Perfect attendance, B. Hall, FORM II.-- Alice Telford 75.2 Katie Brunton 74.07 Alta Robinson 74.07 Jennie Watson 72.44 Willie Loney 69.6 Laura McLachlan 68.10 Myrtle Hall 66.10 Agnes Brunton 65 84 Mary McNabb 64.95 Laurence Brunton 62 33 Cecil Whitelaw 61.89 Peter Robinson 61.81 Edna Hill 61.69 Jennie Dewar 58.8 Harald Hume 57.87 D. McLaren 44.53 Possible Marks, 1655. Average Marks, 1054. Average 7, made' 64.91. Perfect attendance, H. Hume. FORM Illi-- Kathleen Kearns 84.34 Lyla E. Hell 83.5 Alex. Robinson 75.6 Glen McLachlan 72.2 Grace McRuer 68.7 FE P. J. Kearns 68.5 > - Edna Donalson 68.5 Io Helen Hawkshaw 68.4 Wallace Kinkade 66.48 Annie L. McLaren 56.3 Duncan McLachlan 43.6 Possible Marks, 1310. Average Marks, 834. Average J, made, 68.1. Teachers-- "RUBY C. KILG et ada "*1Junta, Colo. where he met and The death of Mrs. Adam Young took place on Monday, Dec. at her home near Ormond. 'lhe "| breathe. 27th' SA $1.00 a yaar in Advance held for four years. He was also €& member of many of the leading societies of that place, and held a prominent position among the offi- cers of the order of Hoights of Columbus." Finding that hishealth was im- J paired he returned to Canada, to the old homestead, one year ago and remained here with his brother Peter for some time. Feeling that the chang had done him good he again returned to his hcme in La- Junta. On Friday morning, Dec. 24th word was received by his brothes here, that Dr. Kearns was the vic tim ofipneumonia. Furthur info, 'mation implied that he had been ii apparently good health untill thre-- days previous, when one _ returned home from attend; tim of ghe same trouble, and plained | e found it very difficult t Being a physician, he understood his own case perfectly, and this fact naturally seemed to bear upon him, so much so that it was found Setessary to remove him to the cit4 hospital. deceased had only been ill for a few weeks. About two weeks previous to her death it was decided to take her to a Montreal hospital for treatment where everything that! science and skill could suggest was tried but the doctors could hold' out no hope of recov ery. She ire-! The late Mrs. Young's maiden panre was Miss Emma Wilson. She was born near Ormond about fifty-five years! ago, being the second danehter of tile aie jonni and Mrs, Wilson. She leayes to mourn her ioss her: hunsband, four brothers and two sisters: James, of Kenmore; John! C., of Ottawa; Daniel and Peter of. DBanpivin, Man. ; Miss Margaret and frs. Samue: Park, Kenmore. The which was very largely attended, was held to the Ormond Cemetery on Thursday of last week. The deased will be missed ceding her death. funeral, quaintances for her personal kind- ness and hospitality. She and her husband had just turned home about two days pre- by a large circle of friends and ac-| The came Friday. night; when i Death, teking no bribe, claimed its v _tim in the quiet of the night, Besides his sorrowing wife, ha {leaves to mourn his loss two chilc 'ren William and Elizabeth; on brother Peter of Kenmore, and tw sisters, Mrs O Callaghan of Cori wall, and Mrs. Ryan of Toronto, His Jeath was preceeded son aut iience by those of his sistc Mary and of his his three brothe, William who was a lawyer and" crown attoraey ot Chicago; Doctor =A 8 nfo fo contractor of Skagway Aska. 'All the many friends leaving | Yearn to meet you far above, When thy Maker will reward thee With the home you learned to love." you're - Miss Mary Dewar The death of Miss Mary Dew. occurred on Sunday at the home Mr and Mrs. Alex McGregor Ken more. The funeral service which was held in the Baptist Church of which the deceased was a member removed into their new home erect- | ed during the past summer which | is one of the finest in the country | when she was taken ill. "-Dr. James Kearns At the solemn hour of midnight, on the eve of Christmas, when the Christmas spirit was at its height the last spark of life which illumined the earthly form of the late Dr. James Francis Kearns, expired in Lajunta, Colorado. The late Dr. Kearns was borh in Osgoode~in the year 1862, cn the old homestead, now the prope: ty' "of his only surviving brether, Pet¢r of Kenmore. Deprivedof the Bless- ig of mo¥h3EFnd father witile' ¢ FJoung, he was left to fight his wa throughg the world as he might, His early years were spent at carpentry, by which he prospered, and during which tinj€'he decided that his future Career lay in the medical lize As a student in the McGill Uni- versity he grakuated in 1893, and being of a rather frail nature, unfit to grapple with the hardships of Canabian climate he went to La- : 3 \Actor closely the fir and then went by irom thence to Ormond cemetery where interment took place. Kemptville Horse id Shows Class Mr. Hutch Patterson has return ed from Toronto, where his horse Fred Hall won the 2 :16 pace at the Toronto Driving Club ice races held at Hillcrest park. The Mail and Empire has the iollowing to say regarding therace and the mer- its of this gamey little horse. " Fred Hall annexed the 2 16 pace after Hal Actor, t had won the first heat. ner drew tenth position the fir: heat and finished sixgt which I. lowed him to trail th& pole hoo the seeond heat. gfollowed } fis Ithree quarfe.. $ Buffalo horse to withstands ~ enge. He had -~ 8 the next two 5 <E but had to be driv. Brown Hal's chy litle trouble wing heats : "Fred Hal | Bice like a mighty good green pager and one that will have to be regkoned with next sum- mer on the turf. He was not elig- ible for the 2:30 class here, owing to having obtained an ice record of 2:21 1-2 at Smith's Falls last year, but 'will he "eligible for the 2:30 class at Montreal and Ottawa. At. Montr 1 they recognise only tiinfs , | married Inva Hoffman. The- fate | De. WILFRID Bi WALTER EN. A Chyistmas letter wrs also sent' principal. a 3 mayor of this town, a-'position h AA Kearns was soon appointed Ti pecordsy , while at Ottawa they gnify ze their, owii'ice-records:" :21 3-4, 221 34 2:23 1-2 Soul ShBCRIga aad TiLeSasY LER