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following iBcIJppudfrpni Mount Albert excellent eer- morning and last Sabbath delighting the ration mew tomtit The tioliool will hold enter it In the Church on Now night A good program has been prepared of readings dialogues AH come and spend an en joyable evening v I CHRISTMAS SERVICE On account of Hie Methodist Church the ununl evening will not be hold in the in Mount Albert The morning ser vice will bo the regujar Special Christinas music will be rendered by the Choir All are nvltcd Loyal Orange Lodge No bold a well attended meeting on Friday Dee 11 Hi The princi pal business was the election and installation of officers for lh ensuing year as follows Win M M John Rise- borough Chaplain Chas Hayes Hayes Hayes Trims John Johnson Lecturer Jluln of Win A Dike and Bert -Plum- John Moon and John Auditors Our were allowed lo close on Friday for the Christ mas holidays and will reopen on Monday Jan Several In this vicinity are sending the Era to absent friends as a New Years gift This is a good idea as it costs but a trifle and is a pleasant re minder the year round A collection in aid of the Fond was taken up in the Methodist Sunday School last Sunday Mr John of London Out has been appointed Prin cipal of the Continuation School Mr has bad considerable experience in High School and Continuation School work and comes highly recommended QUO DETERS CROSSING The Free Methodists of this community expect to start reviv al services beginning on Pec Sunday services both morning and evening also week- night services Rev A Sims of Toronto and other invited help along with the resi dent pastor Rev Stevenson will be present during these ser vices the Word of Life A cordial invitation is extended lo all to attend Iheie services There was a good rally last Sabbath morning at the service Good sermon by the Pastor Mr Tlios Welburn and Mr Herb Nelson are bustlers They have heir next seasons wood and nearly hauled Messrs Isaac and have been visiting friends near Oxbridge Mr Hayes has returned from the West to spend the win- ler with bis parents Glad to see Mr Poy Pollock around again Mr Chas has moved in to the bouse lately vacated by- Mr George Thompson Mr Leslie Nelson and or Port Perry were he guests of I is brother Mr Herb Nelson- one last week Will now close wish ing you all a Merry Christinas and a Happy New Year also Editor an The League wish to thank those who contributed to their consign ment of goods sent lo Toronto last Tuesday morning for the relief of the poor in and around the King St Methodist Church The shipment was estimated to value something like They also wish to thank the Toronto A York Radial Roil- way for their kindness in carry ing those goods free of charge was provided Solos and with Dalian man liferent parts wore well rendered Miss dcfjervos great credit for lit her pupils made hail was packed to the doors J A Merry to ftlllV J The which was ErcsbylcrJap Church last evening attended and a grcatsucctBs proceeds amounted to fortyilvo dollars The program an address of welcome Miss Jhifl was followed by lionsBongs dialogues and orchestra The Orchestra in da the was much appreciated by all The Wand Drill by twelve was well done and evidence of much practice girls certainly deserve Jhe dialogue entitled Tooth- ache was well rendered and seemed very real to some of be have good cause to remember similar recent experi ences of their own We wish I offer our sympathy to the suffer and to suggest that next time be is afflicted he should go to lr Smith thats where of our girls go and they say he does nt hurl a mite Congratulations Jeremiah Wasnt it rather sudden Of course was no shock to community for people have been expecting this event for time What did surprise us though was change of girls Miss Bessie Ramsay who at tends Normal School in Toronto is homo for holidays Miss Katie Kay spent with her grandparents at law Johnny JumpUp f i CM Mr Frank Tate spent Sunday with bis sister Mrs wiu of Holland Landing Miss Maud is home or the Mrs Terry and Mr Ben West are still under the doctors Ml Frank Ramsay was city last Friday Mrs Sim Horner and four eliildren are here from the West visiting her sister Mrs Watson wit albert Announces that at all Root Cutters Straw Cut ters sit sices makes at all prices ford aud bo beUev made For a good Cook Stove the beat made littler all shs and Just me and talk over MOUNT ROACHS POINT We are sorry to hear that Mr Sherman is not improving as we would like to see him Mr and Mrs R Hamilton left for the city today A great many of the Point people took in the Methodist Concert at Kes wick which good success considering the poor order Roches Point Public School held their annual Christmas Con cert on Tuesday pec which consisted of dialogues recita tions songs etc It was a great success showing he great in terest of the teacher toward the school The addresses which were given Hamilton Mr Woods and Mr Sherman are worth mentioning The tree was loaded with presents for the children which gave them much joy and laughter At the close of the program a present which was a Ladies Dressing Case was presented to the teacher Miss The address read as follows Dear Teacher It is with pleas ure we come before you today thanking you for all your patience and kindness in the past year and as it is drawing near lo an other Christmas we ask you to please accept this small present as a token of love from the school wishing you all the joys of a Merry Christmas and a Bright and Happy New Year Signed in behalf school Miss replied by thanking the school for their thoughtfulness and also spoke of her work with the children as not being a task but a pleasure after which Miss treat ed her scholars and friends lo Maple Cream and Taffy They sang the National Anthem giv ing throe cheers for Mr R Til- the chairman and departed homes in KESWICK Dee Citizenship ReaderRoss A is being arranged the oldest members of League lak part Mr Joseph Painter wishes his friends and patrons a Merry also a Happy New Year The Ladies Aid of the Meth odist Church will hold their an nual Tea on Thurs day Deo in the Town Hall A program will be given by the Epworlh League Special Violin Music will be by Miss Terry Jhe members to be present at for business meeting Tea served from six eight Everybody wel come Although the night was stormy and snowhanks deep the Methodist Church was full on Monday night and the entertain ment was success in every way Miss limit our popular teach er and the pupils of Keswick school entertained their friends parents on Tuesday after noon piece- op the pro gram was well rendered The Temperance Meet ing will be held the Christian next Sun day evening Mr Scott M A will glvothe address promises to be full of fun for our people Re sides regular meetings lite Ladies Aid of the Methodit Church intend holding their of Christian a tea and entertainment We both well as In wo to bo very A- report of the boy Work Conference will bo In the Hall oh- Tuesday night 29th- by young vyho thoCoi1- ferehcol people invited to bo and tho Sunday School prdif- lem BALDWIN The united of Egypt and gave a tn the Church on Friday even ing Baldwin was present on talent tlo program and for amateurs wore good Pro ceeds slaughter of innocents turkeys takes place- this week A is erecting or Is about to erect ah poultry house missus is de sirous of making a great record in the turkey line She takes the lead here Homo for John and wife of are at the Al lan CrydcrmauV Mrs llngton Portal North Dakota is visiting her parents Mr and Mrs Lou Draper Riverdale Ave We are pleased lo welcome her home Ernie Riddel and Edmund Chapman are oh deck there Esquimault nature enough about you to make these dreadfully long nights appear en joyable It is delightful and re freshing to know that the days begin to lengthen on Day How it happens and the cause therefore involves a nice point In astronomy which without the necessary apparatus and para phernalia it would be difficult lo explore The obliquity of the earth on its axis shares in the problem The general lack of knowledge of its technical terms makes a knotty problem to ex plain the beauties and wonders of astronomy Entertainments are entertain ing They must be so else why are our folks running to them every day for the past fortnight and still more to follow A good lecture on a live topic would The Owl nod dle There seems lo be a general readiness and wailing for Christ mas Are you ready Let er go Id like to drop in and see some old friends around Tory Hill There is a spot so dear to inc My thoughts go ever And sweetest memories round it cling That dealh alone can sever Major ton who taking frebrink has to knows how Mr who had been to- Newmarket on was returning ville when his J beodriie frightened at something in tho bushes Mr a bad al9o it turned out to be goat Nothing 16 be afraid of being a member of the King Council such dahgerous as goals off the road Mr had the a valuable calf one day V florry to hear that Miss Rose is very ill Mr Frank Robinson and Mr attended Bradford Show on Friday last Mr of the Second Concession is preparing to put a SawMill in his bush this winter Messrs Evans have job Mr who has purchased a new chopping out fit is a good business Dont forget lo attend School Meeting on- Dec Whats the mallei with the Club Nothing doing lately Possibly it will start up after the New Year We expect to see things lively tinkle of Literary Society will be held In the schoolhouse on Wed nesday Deb 30 Every one welcome who will help with Li j A mass meeting was held on Tuesday of- last week In aidf lied Cross and Belgian Reliif Fund Addresses were delivered Davidson of To Mrs Hamilton To ronto A Bruce and others aims of this is to raise hud an effort willbe made to canvass ev erybody both in the corporation and adjoining municipalities A to supcr- operations consisting of Miller W Sanders and Dr otot LEMON 0 A Manager If You Live At A Dilance A from Oils The Bank Cake advantage of our of By Mali It vou many trips to town at the same time give you all of the advantages Savings Account MOUNT ALBERT BRANCH TERRY SUTTON Thai spot is Home- aye Home sweet Home I Yes tis dear Lonely Dell lingers such delightful scenes With joy my bosom swells Delightful weather now Hie mercury period is past Twenty years ago this the weather was mild aslbough we were in the Sunny South but at midnight a terribly cold wave swept oer On tario probably a period THE OWL a Rev and Mrs Stevenson had a glad surprise Friday even ing last when a couple of llmir many many friends presented them with a purse of fourteen dollars- which was collected for a present and is a slight token of our love for them The markel on Thursday was well attended good crowd at the Bethel Concert We wish lhank all outsiders for their help in the program Sleighing has come at last The snow rather too in some places Win has moved away and bur hew neighbors Mi Thompson and family have moved In Mr Geo has severed his connection with the Bank here and has accepted a situa tion with the Kennedy Hardware Co Mr Win AbbolL of Toronto was home over Sunday He is now running steady from Toronto lo Richmond Hill on T Mrs is away in for over visiting her daughter Mr W came up last week to look after liers Hardware business owing to illness of Maurice He is better now Mr was in Toron to over the weekend Miss Jennie McClclUn is vis iting at Miss Camerons during the Misses Coy McClellan and Yale are away on vaca tion Miss Lena Trelonr who is at tending Normal at Toronto is home for the vacation The pupils of Mrs Morrisons room at the Public School enjoyed a taffy feed on Monday afternoon prior to closing We wish all our many friends a Merry and a Happy New Year 1 J Dent had a shooting match for geese at Sutton on Thursday Mr David Torbett met with a painful accident on Monday He slipped on the sidewalk falling and breaking his arm On Monday Dec at oclock noon there will he nomi nation for Reeve four Councillors and three members of the School Board at the Town Hall Arrangements are all complete for the Ball on New Years Eve and the invitations are now being sent out Store still has number of nice things for gifts Perhaps you have forgotten some one attendance at the Melhbd- isl Church and Sunday School was good fast Sunday afternoon Thopastor Rev Honey occu pied the pulpit preached a very appropriate sermon on tho Birth of Christ The choir fur nished suitable music On Tuesday evening of last week the intermediate class in our Sunday School gave a social in aid of the Belgian Fund which was well attended The proceeds amounted to The Ladies Aid held a hocial a short lime before and realized making total of lo help the needy ones- Mr Stanley Martin of Moose Jaw is visiting his numerous friends here KETTLEBY Methodist School En tertainment and Xmas Tree on Monday night was a decided suc cess in spile of the weather Those taking part in the drill especially deserve great Mrs John Carver of is visiting at Mr Angus Campbells and Mr and Mrs Harvey Carver and daughter are visiting at her home and with other relativeshero Miss Lillian Muat and lady friends spent over Sunday and Monday the guests of the Misses Mary and Jessie Elliott Mrs Lewis Mount of Aurora spent over Sunday with her son Mr LesliG Mount of this place Mrs spent over Christ inas Mr Stevens Have You that Present Yet our Lines of Goods for Men Boys and Ladles As a Suggestion eond Tlo and a Collars or a Box of A Beautiful Lino of SWEATER COATS to Choose from GIVE U8 A CALL Marriage Licenses 8UTTON Undertaking Main St North All Orders Careful and Prompt Attention East Deo 15th The Sunday School Entertain ment was held in III Church here on Thursday event ing was a grand sneeess and great praise is due school leacher Miss for the children so well trained Mr Prank Black and Miss Veda also Mr Cutting and attended Concert at Schoiidierg last week and report a good time The Orchestra furnished the music Miss spent Sunday with friends on the Fifth Line Clad to hear that Mr Luther Miller who has for some lime is improving nicely Mr Murray and Mr Davis of spent Sunday afternoon and evening with the Misses has arrived at his homestead a lol of people are waiting for time lo bis phone They are lo have a chat with him Mr and Mrs aro visiting with Mr Jos Culling Mr and Mrs Edgar and family spent Sunday Mr John marks Anniversary Next Sunday the Methodist Church are having their anniver sary services Rev Madden will preach at am and Rev Madden at pm Special music and special collection Conueil Ladies Aid of the Method ist Church have arranged for their annual concert on New Years night A nice program lias been arranged Miss Muldoon A of Toronto also Miss Vio let have been secured also Ryders Orchestra will look after the musical end The seats are now on sale at Store at and and Mrs Madden visited their daughter Mrs Wilkinson in Newmarket last week Mr and Mrs J A Lake spent a couple of days in Toronto last week Ceo Taylor is husily flooding the rink TOWN LINE ITEMS Mr I a lie spent Geo Hlaekburn Cherry of the Line the weekend in the city Mr John of the Line has relumed homo after a two weeks sojourn in the city Mrs Chopped Fair- view Farm accompanied by Miss Brown were- weekend visitors in the city Mr Dales of the Line Church is the guest of Mr and Mrs Ephriam for a few days furthering preparations for Tree Entertainment full details of which will appear in Town Line Items of next weeks issue while his brother by a gentleman friend were the guests of Mr and Mrs Webster on Sunday last An appropriate Christmas ser mon was preached by Mr Dales last Sunday accompanied by inspiring music by the Choir Master Charlie is home from College to spend the holi days under the parental roof snow fall continuing all accompanied by quite a wind Miss Aleta and Mr Cook have returned home after spend ing a few days with friends in Toronto Miss spenl Saturday with Mrs Dove Miss Cutting spent Tuesday with her parents here Miss Annie of a Sunday visitor here Mr Evans and family mo tored from and spent Sunday with his mother Mrs J Evans Mr and Mrs A visit ed the parental home i the sixth line one day recently Miss of a short visit with friends here Mr Geo Dove spent Sunday with his parents Mr E OBrien has relurnd home after spending Ihe week end with his sister at The Ladies Aid met the home of Mrs J Courtney on Thursday Mr and Mrs Cook entertain ed a number of friends on Tues day evening I 18 Mr Jo cooprato with the Government la doing awav with all social drinking places Is bars and during the war and to submit t a majority vote of electorate at the end of the war the of whether these places will ever or not is exciting more and more interest end it la felt month this will probably one of that when the House meets next the subjects of discussion The Christian Guardian its current Is sue- after mentioning Mr Howells offer of cooperation with the Govern ment says Why should question be settled apart politics There can be no that while the Conservative party In Ontario won the last- provincial election there were not a Conservative voters cast reform vote for the first time in their and there were many others who Voted Conserve live with a reluctance which had never been Celt before We are not politi cians and we may not be political prophets but we venture to say no political party in this or any other province can afford to he look ed as the or ally of the party Most of our men ro to realize Why then should not both parties unite to wire out the traffic which Is universally ts loth ilesirable dangerous i A The Statuary Meeting of Ihe Municipal Council of the Town ship of East was held on the above date all mem bers present Proctor- That the Reeve and Clerk are here by authorized to a deed that portion of the second Con cession lying between the South boundary of the canal and the North boundary of the York Ra dial Hallway Companys land that the Corporate Seal lie hereto attached to this resolu tion Carried ProctorCole That the Clerk he instructed to write the Town ship of King for further particu lars re the account on Ihe West Townline Carried Messrs Hall Bailey he permitted lo cut small timber on tin side Lots 1 1 Con under lions from the Carried Thai the Treasurer be authorized to pay eleven dollars for the burial of Stanley Flood who died in the Western Hospital on production of the receipted account Carried KellyCole That upon the production of the assessment slip for showing that Mr Edwards was assessed for dog only the Treasurer is by instructed to refund to Mr Ed wards Ihe lax on the second Carried KellyCole Resolved thai the issue his order on the Treasurer for payment of follow ing Percy Pollock sheep claim A Smith sheep claim Kellinglon valuing sheep David Stuffles rep bridge Con 200 Goddard Jlros safe Treas Office Harmon Dike shed tract Harmon Dike extra work on 1 Clark sheep claim J Clark bounty killing Frank Trusty refund on a j Jno Tate care of Hall A measuring gravel Thus rep Bridge Ed Andrews refund Statute Labor J Rowland fence wire staples Jas witness fees re Love days work with team Isaac Rose rep to railing Jno rep to Shar on sidewalk Jim Warren work on Lots Con 7 days TL Marvin grading road atone 325 Win grading on ditch TIN A I oil Jr drawing water grading A L Dunn grading Lot Harvey drawing tim ber and reps culverts Frank grading cedar Stokes rent making til Frank rep bridge Watson Hall Win J yds gravel Fred Williams fence view Wm Henry fence viewing Mr Carter refund on dog lax Geo Lcpard refund on Statute Labor J Perry days work services Frank Kelly services 1014 John services Waller ditto John A Cole ditto John A Cole refund on A It Mackenzie contingenl account ByLaw passed providing for the Election of a Municipal Coun cil for the Year Blanks filled in as follows and W Haines as Poll Clerk Municipal Hall Sharon fchaa Haines and Shaw Poll Clerk John Dunhams Shop Milne and Poll Clerk Hon I Jin 5000 Krai A A 1610 I CO LOU 100 213 1 25 Frank and John Hogg Poll Clerk Peggs Shop Ml Albert Eugene Sloan PI1 Clerk J Chirk 1 1 and It L Clerk read and confirmed It Mackenzie Clerk I FOR FLETCHERS From of James Baldwin about middle of November a large White Sow Information to her whereabouts be rewarded MM foe scrubbing For Pots and Pans Is Made in Canada 3t0 And for at Berkshire and Shropshire Rams fifty Barret Rocks and WW Orpington Cowleson Buy EAT Bad Bread and grow Purity Five Hoses Flour raia In exchange Chop for ML Albert ARCHIVES OF ONTARII