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& =e | ‘Watch Your Feet ~~ ; pare ante Ps. Leal “5 ; ye oe Me Pb, © a Cg te - a ou! ft = P| of “. . : ss i « a oa ‘ : - De ° ’ - t 5: Ge eo WS STANDARD SCRANTON ~ ANTHRACITE HAMILTON © ‘Sole Agent for Coal «= PDD APDPDADDDDZLSDLHLODSDOCP EOC ST SC Ceereeeree” PORTLAND CEMENT 8ST. MARYS LIME =. + * * 5 SR aE pple ee OR, 5 rr See ee ew owe erwewe eS ewe Se eS Twrwew — Consult-- C. W. HOBBS Graduate of American School of Practipedics Footwear and Foot Comfort MONKTON, ONT. Fal t HAVE THE AGENCY FOR | FARM MACHINER % Ke Made by the following fixrms:-— ' COCKSHUTT PLOW CO. 3 JOHN DEERE PLOW STANDARD AND MELOTTE CREAM SEPARATORS ADAMS’ WAGONS . T. E. BISSELL CO. FROST & WOOD - ONTARIO WIND ENGINE & PUMP CO. All kinds of Iron Pumps Installed and Repaired 1 also handle repairs for all the above lines co. | |; monia. |for East Calgary, in “ONT., THURSDAY. APRIL 6, 1922 & ieunaiioad ae Da ue si Babs se hs eo Malcolm MacBeth, Editor and Propietor — 28 Items of Local Interest. — | Mr. W. M. Rosamond, of Stratford, spent Friday last in the village. Misses Hildreth Struthers and Dorothy Coxon, of Monkton, spent the week-end in: Milverton. Mr. Alvin Clark, of London, repre- senting the Ford Motor Company, spent a day or two this week in town. _ Mr, Gordon Yundt has secured a job in the mill at Goderich and has entered on his duties as apprentice | millers: = _ April Ist passed without the play- ing of any practical jokes that we are aware of, save among the school children, | Onan inside page will be found | reports of the Logan, Elma and Ellice council meetings which were crowded | out of our last issue. Lloyd George’s plans for the Genoa Conference was endorsed in the Brit- ish House of Commons on Monday by the huge majority of 278. Messrs. Samuel Petrie, of Milver- | ton, and H. B. Kerr, of Mornington, are attending the April session of the county council at Stratford this week. Mr. R. T. Nicklin, we are glad to note, is able to be about again after being confined to the house for a week with a slight attack of pneu- Mr. William Irvine, Labor member attribu- declares pudiates the inhuman speech ted to him at Montreal and i that the jocular retort that he made ‘ito an aged heckler must have been ' misconstrued. Wanted at Listowel on a charge of theft, Thomas Lamont, Cécil street Toronto, was arrested at the corner. | of | Saturday sergeants and Bathurst ‘streets on afternoon by detective- Hazelwood’ and Nichols, Queen | says the Mail and Empire. Mr. Louis Smith spent-’a: day “or: ‘two at Toronto last week-visiting his wife and daughters, Lena and Annie, -at the Western Hospital. | Smith went down on Wednesday, and | ‘returned with her mother on Thurs- ' day evening. who is greatly improved 'in health. ‘were Wildcats, it is said, are working havoc among the deer in Maine woods Evidences of wholesale slaughter found. Deep. snow,~ softened $4.25 at Mohr’s.. For bargains in Victory Bonds ap- ply to Geo. Roe, Milverton. We expect another tar of potatoes goon. Leave your» Five Jewel flour $4.50, J ewel brand | c der at the store. | Engeland & Son? ad No matter whether; the miners or lic will be the loser. | Life Assurance Co | C.P.R. '65¢e a hundred. | | an interview re-| Miss Katie | Rev. T. J. Robinson, of the London mpany, was in ‘Milverton for a day or two last week. | Miss Clara Yundt, daughter of Mr. John Yundt, has been indisposed for several days, threatened with pneu- monia. © Petes There will be a meeting. of the Junior. Auxiliary in the basement of ‘the Anglican Church at 2.80 on Sat- -urday afternoon, April 8th. | Mr. and Mrs. Holmes, Mornington /street, have returned from Florida where they have spent the winter with headquarters in Lakeland. They ‘report a most enjoyable trip.—Strat- \ford Beacon. yeah Mrs. Wm, Dorland accompanied by ‘her daughter, Mrs. A: T. Long, and ‘daughter Betty, left on Thursday last ‘for Jersey City, N. ¥., where the ‘former will reside for ‘some time and ‘the latter visit for a week or so. | Salt! We will unload a car of -salt on Monday, April 10th, at the station. Coarse salt, bulk, Bring your bags. salt. in bags 90c, 100 pounds of fine Get your supply. | ¢ash or coin at car. | Eneeland & Son. “s | There will be a choir practice in 'eonnection with the Haster music after the lantern servi¢e on Wednes- day. If our anthem and other EKast- ‘er musie is to be worthy of the occas- ion all members of the choir must -attend the remaining practices regu- | larly. oth 7 One of the most. beautifull trib- utes which could be paid a merchant was noticed when the huge depart- ‘mental house, for years: the late Sir ‘John. Eaton’s rival in :trade, devoted its advertising space in the Toronto dailies Friday to mourning the: pass- » of its competitor. | ing | “BABY CHICKS—It and more satisfactory to buy ready | straw,’ “hatched chicks. _We guarantee safe delivery of vigorous, pure-bred, husky chicks. of all breeds.» ,Write for free hooklet and prices. THE CANAD- +he operators win the strike, the pub- | | } is cheaper | “Well. I. can’t | trustee or manager of a church pay-| , , a Patent medicines at Mohr’s. | Victory bonds for sale at the Sun office, Milverton. % Order your counter check books at The Sun Office. ; se Provincial and municipal bonds for “The following is the report of the pupils for March. Names are in order of merit, but those marked with an we. asked. sale at. the Sun office, Milverton. Try Mohr’s for a good, fine quality broom. Prices reduced 25 per cent. Unloading at Millbank on Friday and Saturday of this week a car of 2 C.W. oats. .John Fewings, ... _We want heavy fat hens. Price. till Wednesday, April 12th, 25c a lb. liveweight. Engeland & Son. What make of car is that coming? “Dodge,” said he. And it’s lucky for us that we did. | Mohr’s special prices on brooms : $1.35 brooms for $1.10, $1.25 brooms for $1.00,$ 1.00 brooms for 75c.. Our prices are low, and the quality the best in Men’s and Boys’ Ready- to-Wear Suits. J. M. Fleischhauer. - The Elmira. Co-Operative Creamery Limited paid 40c per lb. fat net to the shipper for. the last half of March. Seed oats for sale at the Newton elevator. A carload of screening’s on hand. Clover and Timothy seed for sale. R. Jack in charge. We are optimistic. We believe that the world is growing better. We be- lieve it in spite of the fact that all of the experts said that it is. The Mayor of Mitchell has organ- ized a drive with ten. teams of can- vassers to raise $1,000 for the ‘“‘Save the Russian Children Famine Fund.” | Mr. Clifford Redman, who has been | employed with Mr. W. Whitney for) some months back, left on Thursday last for Belleville where he will find’ employment during the coming sum- | me | \ salt veins, which gives.1t, with the | new. well sunk last year, two new! wells. ‘Darling,’ said the wife, “I shall | want a little more money for house- | keeping this week, as I made all those | cakes for Easter.’’ The pursebearer | lost his amiable look for a moment. | make bricks without | explained the wife. | If you are a school trustee or the: by ing a teacher or minister a salary of $1,000 or more it is your duty to) apply to the inspector of taxation | Yr. 3 The Goderich Salt. Company has|— *s pea ‘recently. extended the depth ef its| Appel, “Mabel Campbell, *Jessie Sage | original well about 70. feet into new | asterisk were absent from one or more examinations. Still many are absent on account of mumps and chicken-pox. . , en ec ee 2 Room 1 — a Entrance Class — Honors — Carl Schmidt, Nellie MacBeth, Arthur Schneider, Margaret Struthers. Pass —Catharine McDowell, ‘Austin Car- bert, Flora Berkner, Myrtle Tucker, Ole Zimmerman, Below the pass— Anna Krajaefski, Hillis Paddon, Louise Tucker, Ross Clemens, *Flor-. ence Roe, Pe ads Se) | Junior Fourth—-Pass—Billie Coxon Below the pass—Billie Hocking, Chas. West, Lester Haynes, Elizabeth Hoff- man, Walter Mohr, Mabel Weir. Mild- red Gatcke, Jack Siegner, Evelyn Kerr, *Roy Crawford, *Alvin Hopf, Vera Maddess, *Lorne Cook, *Almer pel, | . Enrolment 80; average attendance 29 W. R. Burnett, Principal + + & & Room Il Senior Third — Excellent—Pear] Schneider, Enos Boshart, Jean Smith, Milkired Smith, Jack Bundscho Bertha Weir, (Emerson Kerr and Gordon Guenther equal), Oscar Schneuker, Reggie Paddon. Good—Ira Hamil- ton. Mary Neumeister, Earl Bundscho *Charles Hanna, “Jas. Inglis, *Billie Junior Third — Excellent.— Eva: Yundt, Melville Coxon..Erma Heugh- an. . Good —Viola Attridge, Bobby i McMane, Lorne Zulauf, Bessie Hanna Clendon McDowell, Flossie Berger, Arthur Duench Hazel Gatcke, Clar- ence Stewart, Arnold Baird, Margaret Bundscho, Shirley Ford. . Fair — “Teddy Hocking, Rose Blair, Gordon Schweitzer. Poor Alfred Ratz. pheent at examinations, Ella Camp- bell. Enrolment 41; average attendance o3 R. E. Schmidt, Teacher. ———= "Milverton School Report. (— omrtuary the bereaved parent, inches off ‘the a i eee ——e : a 462 ry J - pate = al = — a oy aig ry aaa “Ss Tena ‘a Stratford Beacon >= - Numerous Stratford citizens wil oS learn with regret of the death in 2 | Byron Sanatorium, London, on Tues-— day, March 28th of Harold E Steinhoff, son of me HAROLD STEINHOFF rs ~~ ¥ Mr, and Mrs. Té WS. Steinhoff,” of Toronto, former resi- dents of Stratford. The deceased, who — at his demise had reached his twenty- fourth year, suffered from injuries re- _ ceived when attached to the Canad-— editionary. Force overseas, from which he never recovered. ian FE a WILLIAM A, GRIEVE Word was received last week of the death of the only son of Mr. and M a ¥ Fy PR ae R. G. Grieve, of Vancouver, formerly = of Millbank, where Mr, Grieve was at one time manager of the Farmers’ = Bank. The little chap, William Allan ap oa ia Grieve, died on his 8th birthday at. the General Hospital in Vancouver. | “ No further details have been received by relatives and it is not known yet” whether interment will be made in | Vancouver or Stratford.. Me, De Bee Grieve, of 218 Hibernia street, Strat- ford, is the father of Mr, R.G. Grieve 3 eh & acs DIES AFTER LONG- ILLNESS After being confined to bed for eight years and.so weak from heart th trouble that to raise her head a few . — See! caused fainting, == Mrs, -Edward Wood;: formerly Jose- icholas Baker, of near Rev. G: F. N. Atkinson, minister of N. Mornington Presbyterian. Church, had charge of the funeral, which took place Monday afternoon, March 27th, to Fairview cemetery, Listowel, with eervate at the house at one-thirty .o’- clock, ) eae a. ‘ -Mrs. Wood was @wice married and besides her husband, is survived by = eS 4 meh, é Pa ‘ phine Bakets daughter of the late Mr. > and Mrs. N a Se, Formosa, died Friday, March 34th,” in her forty-seventh year, at the fami- ly residence, lot 4, concession. 13, Mornington. _ Sti : but not melted by the sun, cause the 'TAN CHICK HATCHERY, Ltd.. Dept. | deer to flounder helplessly, while their; © C.N., Hamilton, Ontario. ) Master -Billie Coxon entertained ‘about thirty of his schoolmates te a ‘birthday. party on Friday evening last | |The girls presented him with an Ever- b bob & ‘eleven children, four girls through | Room Ill her first marriage, and three boysand—- | m Savit girls panes ter secon. a Sur- sne of Mitchell’s|. Junior Third —- Excellent — Inez) ViVine memvere the first family are died at his ee 'Salvadge, Odell Zimmerman. Good | Jessie, who is at home keeping house; at the ad.|—-Htoyle Bundscho, Olive Strohkirch, | Maggie, now Mrs. James Holmes, 2nd ‘for forms and report this fact. Fail-; ure to do so leaves you liable to a) fine. Mr. M. Judge, oldest residents, HUGH H. WADDELL, Newton . TELEPHONE No. 3-5 | pursuers can travel on the crust and ‘overtake their quarry. ‘ - SS GS CLs Messrs. George Stewart, Jharles PES TE 5 RP Rel Mba oe een aed Fie Eno the he est iim §=6©96 Stewart and William Parkinson at- yc. SE ORRIN ID IN SON BION SAMO IE = HOUSEWIVES - : During House-gleaning Time Buy Your Baking at Eedy’s--Our Prices Please will kindly leave word at the store ss : Farmers who want Eedy’s wagon to call ee tl hay t ¥ sf ted ' _ Oh Mla, : sh a Ae yer t F " r . i) a Fz a . ‘ ety Sey, i 2 See i ‘ -" mA os a s _ e } , ye Pe is Cd } x Fj ! er . » 2-2 # ie. a , canal fcr i 3 ; . ea. F i” % oes ~ f, ie es ts Heber d .L. Eedy, Baker & Confectioner MILVERTON, ONTARIO : one oC Se OS eS esa ee Leal t . * ’ » @ ' A New Pair of Shoes To Match That Easter Suit Hed RG OU will want a nifty pair of Shoes to match that new Has- ter Suit, We handle the famous “EMPRESS” ‘Shoe for Women and Slater’s “INVICTUS” for men. Either of these ig unsurpassed im quality and workmanship, and you will be surprised fo find how’comfortable they fit without “breaking in’, Call in and see our range of Slippers and Oxfords. ‘ ——— os “A SHOE TO FIT EVERY FOOT” ORR’S SHOE STORE The Home of Good Shoes’’ MILVERTON, ONT. , J L & 4 ppg ie ae ee ee ee a i ee ee ee FOOTIE SPRING BONNETS FOR : EASTER TIME. In the Springtime every woman’s fancy turns seriously to thoughts of new hats, new trimmings, etc. Our hats embrace the best and newest designs—made with the greatest care—of the best materials to be had—and they are offered to you at prices extraordinary low, their quality ' considered. , Roa us EASTER HATS FOR THE JUVENILES Veils in all the newest celors and designs, ‘ Remember we carry a nice range of silk gloves, hosiery, crochet cottons, silk yarns, wool yarns, white and tan linen, . stamped articles, Artysl rope, handkerchiefs, etc. Ld . - Butterick Patterns for sale here F Pai Miss L. Zimmerman Mi LLE R. BLOCK Re Scere MILVERTON aCe ao vate bh Le he -4 2 ‘ Pe rs ee b> pas a gt at ps3 se ye & : OOOO OOT itended the funeral of the late Miss: Sadie Connolly at Stratford on Mon- | | day. | but a month. : | ‘to Avondale cemetery from the home | Miss Connolly had been ‘sick The funeral took place |of Mr. J.:Stewart’s, 80 Milton street. _ There will be a celebration of Holy Communion at 11 a.m. at Christ | Church, Milverton, and at 3 p.m. at | Trinity Church, Elma, on Palm Sun- | day, April 9th. Church. of England-are urged to take | their “Easter communion on this: oc- | casion as there will be no communion |on Easter Sunday. (ed A elass for beginners. will be open- at the Milverton Public School | after Easter holidays, April 24th. | Parents are reminded that five years | 'of age. the date children are admit- ited to kindergarten, is too young to | begin public school. i six or seven years old. vill be opened in September for be- i ginners. Mr. Fred Wong, who runs the Mil- i'verton laundry, is one of the most |intelligent Chinamen that has ever 'resided in Milverton. | able in all his dealings and is striving | He is a church member | ! | lively as they can. He is honor- to get along. and seems to be trying to live up to his religious principles. public will patronize him as extens- All members of the | They should be : Also no class | We hope the} This section of country was visited. by another sleet and ice storm on) 'Friday evening of last week which put 'a few telephones and the hydro out of commission. 7 'did not compare with that of Feb. hydro system out of business from about seven o’clock on Friday even- ing until four o’clock on Sunday after noon. last, the city has been without hydro power: or telephone connection .ever since. All lines are in a mass of tangled ruins. The street car lines are out of commission. The London and Port Stanley line has resorted to steam. Housés are lit by lamps, and shade trees have been shattered and broken by thousands. had. Churches and other religious in- stitutions are not exempted from making returns to the Dominion in- come taxation officials on salaries paid to ministers and other employees George Tambling stated that they were, as a class, neglecting to com- plete the forms. ing more than a $1,000 (or its equiva- | lent in subsistence) are required to make a return, or in default pay $10 a day penalty. T. with a rather serious accident on Monday morning whereby he lost a finger. ~He was placing the tongs on a log at the Ratz mill when by some manner or other he got his finger fast between the tongs and the log and when the team startedeup he was trailed along by the finger. When the tongs unhooked his finger was found | to be crushed go badly that Drs. Tye | and Nicklin found amputation neces- | He has been. suffering -con- | sary. siderably since. ; | The Milverton Hydro Commission has#received from the Provincial Hydro-Electrie Commission a_state- ment of the affairs of the Milverton plant’s business for the year 1921. The receipts for the year amounted to $13,002.77, made up as follows: Domestic. $2,085.42; commercial light | $1,688.69; commercial power, $8,- 687.03; municipal, $89.55; street lighting, $1,020.84. The total ex- penses for the year was $10,656.39, ‘making the gross surplus $2,346.38. ‘charges the net surplus stands at $1,- 718.38. is $16,242.12 as compared with $13,- 167.15 at the close of 1920. — The total reserve fund is $2,991.18. Total assets amount to $21,514.82, while the total liabilities are $10,013.83. The statement is one that is very gratifying to all user's of hydro in the village. In emphasizing this fatt, Inspector. The weight of ice’ | 22nd, but it was sufficient to put the | As a result of the sleet and ice storm that visited London on Friday | visitation of the kind the city ever’ All employers pay: | ‘A. Diemert, of Millbank, met | ‘sharp lead pencil and the boys a fountain pen. The evening was spent in progressive Carter. 3 At Kitchener last week the organization went on record as beihg unanimously opposed to the purchase by the On- tario Government of ja one hundred 'and ninety-acre tract pf Jand in Kent -eounty for the raising of tobacco. Tt was stated at this meeting that about “half the girls in Kitchener are smok- ers, and that some of them confess to 'smokinge a box of “‘fags’” a day. Rosa and Josefa Blazek. commonly 'ealled Siamese twins, 43 years of age, ‘died at Chicago on Thursday last. | Their deaths were only a few minutes ‘anart. Rosa was the mother of a i twelve-year-old son, Her husband iwho was an Austrian, was killed while ifichtine for Germany in the Great ‘war. Rosa opposed an operation to ‘separate her from her sister claiming ‘she wanted to die with her as she had lived. The regular meéting of the Mil- verton Women’s Institute will be held on Saturday, April 8th, at 2.30 p.m., at the home of Mrs: S. H. Pugh. Subiect, “The Moral Influences and | Uplift of our Young People” by Miss B. MeDonald. Mrs. T. will deliver an address. Demonstra- ition on dressmaking by Mrs. Hooey. Note that this meeting is being held| States have been added to the army a week earlier than the regular date.! of unemployed. _ All ladies welcome. ‘fective wiring, the majestic cathedral known as the shrine of St. Anne at ' St. Anne de Beaupre, was destroyed iby fire on Wednesday morning of 'last week. Pilgrims have worshipped at this shrine for over three centuries and this is the fourth time that it has been visited by fire in that time. The monetarv loss is estimated at $1.200.- 000. while the insurance carried will . probably reach $500,000. The many friends of Mr. Willian' ‘Morley and Miss Morley will learn It ig the worst, With deep regret that thev are going Mr. Morley has ; accepted a position in Milverton and |-will take up his residence there. Mr, Morley for many years has been a resident of Listowel and has been one 'of the foremén in the chair factory for the past number of vears. As ‘the factory has been closed down in- definitely he has found a_ position | elsewhere. Mr. Morley and Miss Morley will take with them the best | wishes of their many Listowel friends. Listowel Standard. FRIDAY. and SATURDAY ito leave Listowel. WILL R OGERS “Honest Hutch’ Do you belong to the army of Will Allowing $628.00 for depreciation The total value of the plant Rogers’ fans? Then. you can’t af- ford to miss his latest and best pic- ture, “Honest Hutch.” If you have never seen Will Rogers don’t miss this chance to get acquainted, You may never have the pleasure ‘of finding $50,000, but the joy of |.seeing the inimitable Will Rogers in “Honest Hutch” is within the reach of everybody. sags. ‘Stop wishing for the moon; let Will Rogers give you a slice of the sun.— Step up to the bar of mirth and let Will Rogers. serve you smiles.—Will Rogers’ fans don’t need to worry about monkey glands to keep them young.—A picture with a special ap- peal for persons from 9 to 90. AND THE 2-REEL COMEDY ~ “DYNAMITE” games, the prizewin-4 was for many years a ‘ners being Odell Pfeffer and Eddie | E } 5 . aa | where he carried on a sawmilling and | a W.C.T.U. meeting held at | Where he carried on a sa milling ¢ | J. McDowell, |—Listowel Banner. | i As a result of a fire caused by de- | upon an adequate’ coal supply, will | | Admission - 20c & 10c - there on Saturday last 'to keep his lone watch. ‘laborers, whose employment depends | ril Dunlop. Mr. Judge| Emerson Attridge, Muriel Dahms, resident of | Carl Fleischhauer, *Hazel Crawford, number of | *Hmily Strohkirch, Fair—Joe Schrenk. | - Second it— lumbering business. The funeral took | Yyndt, Russell Maddess, Linnie Hoff- place to St. Patrick’s Roman Catholic ; man. Good—Helen Paddon. Elmer cemetery where burial was made on, Zulauf, Belle Baird, Annis McMane, Tuesday. ‘Charles Hocking, Gordon Touching. testimony of the devotion of a dog is afforded passers-by on the road east of Elmira as they go by the’ little Sate pals ps? ay a} erave, only a month o ma e seen | a lonely collie dag aunt. faithful | Struthers. Poor—Wm. vigil over the burial spotiof his form- | rude Ropp, Stuart Paddon. er mistress. The dog cannot be} —Hazel Sharpe. coaxed or driven from the grave, and, lace Kerr. though he leaves it at intervals for) his meals he does not fail to return | vanced age of 91 years. Silice, although for a years he resided in Northern Ontario | Sage. Blair, Gert- Absent anee 38l. Miss Vera Gray, of Toronto, visit-| ed the latter part of the week with | her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. | Gray. Mr. E. G Matthews, manager of the Sterling Bank at Port Burwell, | ; with Mrs Matthews and two boys, | Honderich, Helen Krajaefski, *Laura are in Listowel on a three weeks’ visit | Crawford, Nelson Duench, Harry Mrs. J. K. Mayburry. of Carthage, | Kelterborn, “Elmer Crawford, *Kiva visited over the week-end with her, Hoffman. Grace Schrenk, Jack Tye, sister, Miss K. Berdux. Mrs. Wm.| *Andrew Schmidt, *Walter Maddess, Grosch, of Stratford;-returned Fri- | *Kingsley Hooey. Good — Lucile day after spending a few days at the. Mneeland, Inez Hoffman, home of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Pfeffer. | Camphell, *TLaura Woolner, “Harold ‘Dobson. Wair—Ella Kressletf. First Class. B-—. Good — Mildred Ratz, Robt + b& & & Primary Room First Class A—Excellent—Betty As a result of the mine strike 600 eI . / +b. 07 ae vy Ford, Goldie 000 miners in Canada and the United Appel, Harry Ford, Gotel Shae , ‘Inglis. Fair-——Clare Schnevker Ed. |ward Strohkirch, George Hopf, *Mer- Class—Excellent — Odell also be added to the numbers without | Fleischhauer, Jane Blair, Kathleen employment. In Pennsylvania alone | Waddell, Dorothy petunia oe Hoa I es ote \ 4 18,000 railroad employees have been | bell, Mary Gaul. ae thrown out of work as a result and| lone Bundscho, Marie Duench, Well- * ‘ . | > " 1 y « ad ; ¥ 4 ‘ ki the numbers will be added to daily. | ington Attridge. Harold Krajaefst, This Philip Murray, vice-president. of | Herbert Bags. ey ake, mba the United Mine Workers of America. | McDowelt, arry Ulemens, "ae asserted will be ‘only a prelude of | Kelterborn, Harry Fleischhauer, Maur the fay reaching suspension of in-|ice Yost. Jack Cook, Mildred Opper. i j ge me dustry which is bound to follow idle- pai ay oP ness in the mines.” : ames On TO : Hundreds of thousands of dollar, I, B. J. Glenn, Teacher. damage Was caused in London and se a a , Western Ontario last Thursday after- noon. Miles of wires were torn down, in London railway service was crippled. hydro cut off, dozens of streets blocked by the fallen trees and broken poles, many citizens nar- rawly eseaped death from falling trees and live wires early in the even- ing, telephone and telegraphic com- munication was badly crippled through out the district. and the city in gen- crak, Dseeet ie a pera acts * The trouble so far as London hydro is} --\)). ; ; llions of people. concerned is purely local for the) Q's. P, a at power lines feeding the city are prac- | Christian nations, however charit vs ably disposed, will never accomplish tically intact. Cities west of London | th let lief. of ok are without power, however. | the complete. Preller. OF S80: grea With the rapid development fe pager BED che a ; ; : ‘many more must s 1e ¥ s in. rises leony Mie Oy Sona |e eee | ah before the wireless telephone in the le anodant of any of the wesDondt: seg et es Be, ao ante ee bility for the present chaotic condi- ; he 2 ‘ ‘ vi ; stage of perfection already, it being |’ Many Canadians have been. touch- estimated that nearly 50,000 people oq by the events that are transpirin pick up the concerts. broadcasted |jy Russia They have responde every night in the United States and)|+obly to the appeal for aid, Canada. Of this number about 6,-) what in . 000 Toronto people listen in. Sev- Thousands of other Primer RUSSIA FAMINE FAR WORSE THAN WAR War. famine, pestilence and_as- sociate evils which have reduced the people of Russia to ascondition bord- ering on despair. The war, horrible as- it was, accounted for the loss, of ‘two million lives; the aftermath, of ‘famine and pestilence threatens the poner of more than thirty-three | heard the moans of the dying? eral citizens of Milverton, we under- stand, have ordered radiophones for receiving and will have them install- ed before long. are comparatively cheap, but the sending outfits or broadcasting ma- chines are as yet very cachet and few of them so far have .been in- stalled in Canada. | : \ * a A FIRST-CLASS HAND LAUNDRY I have been residing in Milverton for about a year and find that so far I have only enough work to keep me busy 28 hours a week and would be prepared to take in more work. Mr. Kelterborn has very kindlv reduced my rent from $12 per month,to $8 for which I hereby desire to thank All orders promptly attended. him. to. All work called for and delivered The receiving outfits | It is a sad commentary on our boasted civilization that we have corn and grain a-plenty in the bins while 83,000,000: people in Europe are dy- ing for want of something to eat. Is this right? ea et ack A generous donation of money will start some of our idle grain in the form of flour, flowing into the empty bins of Central Europe. Send_your \eontributions to Sir George Burn, Treasurer of the Save the Children Fund, Elgin Building, Ottawa, or if you prefer to do so, send it through your church or other local organiza- tion er bank. . —™ to seventeen daughters among twelve monarchs of England. George and Queen Victoria had each three daughters bearing this name, togeth- er with others. ~ ie hen ode % * 2 Ered Wong. a) a ‘concession, Elma; Lillian, now Mrs. *Geo. Neumeister. | | Lizzie, Jim, | Dahms, | | Mabel Shauber, Jack Gatcke, *Gladys | | Stewart, ola: Bundscho, *Ethel Cook, | "Mary Ford, *Helen Inglis; * Richard | |17 days. Nnmber on roll 37, average attend- | B. H. Osborne, Teacher ark, in the year. 1840. _ Jane, Meredith, Thomas Lucas, 4th concession, Grey, — and Minnie at the home of Mr. J. Cecil Hamilton, Listowel. which is eighteen, are William, Annie Roxie, Tom and. Laura, all at home. | ab ob ob & THOMAS SMITH OY “Another life of a pioneer of Elma- Fair—Walter Aikens, Helen | township came toa close Friday even- Atkin, Marjorie McDowell, *Clarence |ing, March 17th, 1922, when after an illness of several weeks Mr. Thos. : 1 Ww Smith, of the 13th con., passed away > New pupil—Wal- | at the age of 81 years, 9 months and He was born in the town- ship of Packinham, County of Lan- On, January Sth. 18738, he was married to Miss they came to Elma and settled on lot 7,-eon, 18, where he has since lived | Some 19 years — ‘before he came to make Elma’ his and passed away. ‘home he spent a year in,the township | | | | | Other fr ' * Billie | iF ‘at home. But. what of the others, who have not yet. The name “Mary” has been given It ppervices. working with the late John Struthers. To the marriage were born seven children, three sons and four daugh- ters, namely: Mrs. T. 8S. McLeod, of Sintoluta, Sask.; Mrs. F. W. Seelhoff, ondon; Mrs. C. H. Coulter, Newry; John, Wellington and Miss Roxena Two sons died in infancy. the s and one brother, John, of Packenham, and his only sister, Mrs. James Giles, of Cedar Hill, Ont. The deceased was on of Elma’s prosperous farmers stroke of-—-cenaration ver and was widely known throughout » The seven — Class—-Excellent——Minnie ; from the later marriage, the eldest of and 389 years ago. iends left to mourn his loss ~ ‘are a sorrowing wife (who feels the community, having taken an ac- | tive part in municipal affairs, sitting at the council board for several years besides other positions of trust which . he had filled honorably and faith- fully, and in his young days in the times of the much dreaded Fenian invasion He donned the uniform with many others as a volunteer in the de- emergency might arise. helpful, life an and family and kindness. generally will long linger as a fragrant memory in the home which his presence bright- ened and which death has now dark- ened. He was a life-long Conserva- tive. much interested in government affairs. The funeral was held : day afternoon'and. was conducted by aac deceased was a faithful mem- er. Wm. Caldwell, J, M. Smith, F. W. Seelhoff, Chas. Coulter, Percy Smith in Elma Centre cemetery. To the bereaved wife and family and rela- tives is extended ‘the it? sym- pathy in this their hour of sadness. wear, Eee Lae — — A } t . at night, but by keeping awake in the daytime. |... °, SOT oii sk ei": oy ee + be er the . * SPECIAL. fence of home and empire when the . His cheerful devotion to his wifs. Mon- The pallbearers were Messrs. — Rev. Mr. Ingram, : incumbent of St. _ nee Alban’s Angligan Church, Atwood, of = 42 =. oy 2 - ¥ : tie and F, Coulter. . Interment was made Success is not made by lying awake SERVICES _ Will be held in the Methodist and — <aee Presbyterian Churches beginning with Sunday, April (9th, as follows: — ; “Behold the King Cometh.” © Ex. Sunday—Palm Sund change of pulpits Sunday eyening. — 3 Monday in the Presbyterian Church, —_. Subjett—“The Authority of Jesus ~ Questioned.” a Tuesday in the Methodist. Church. < Subject—‘‘Attack and Counter- — attack.” tee Wednesday in Presbyterian Church. Subject—‘Where did Jesus Spend — Wednesday.” ee mi i. ~~ 7 Thursday in the Methodist Church. > a Subject—‘The Valley of the Shad= — ; . j oa terian Church) — he E Ow. : ‘ , ; Friday in the Presb; Lantern lecture— _ Life of Christ.”’ Special ‘Scenes i or music at each of the ‘abot ig.