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Women’s Missionary Society Hold August Meeting The Women’s Missionary Society of Woodbridge United Church held their August meeting with Mrs. Ken. Stev- enson in charge. The program includ Fifty bushels of barley to the acre is the yield reported by Frank Troyer, Lot 5, Concession 9, who threshed a field from the stock on Wednesday of last week. This, of course, is regard- ed as being exceptionally good. The grain stored in the Co-operative Partners elevator is said by J. G. Whitmore, elevator manager, to be of extra good quality and the price of- fered by Mr. Whitmore is 50 cents. per bushel. ed responsive readings from the Misâ€" sionary Monthly, Devotional period was in charge of Mrs. Shannon, Mrs. Sutton and Miss Elliott. “The Coun- try Church” by Nina Moore Jamigson wés read by Miss Burton, a vocal duet by Mrs. Shore and Miss Miller, and a piano selection by Miss Thelma Shore was a feature on the program. The bales for the North West Mission fields were shipped to headquarters at Toronto. A large crowd greeted Woodbridge Citizens Band on Sunday afternoon in Elliston Park when a sacred con- cert was played and thoroughly en- joyed by the assemblage. A few days more and the Canadian; National Exhibition will be the fea-; ture attraction. The C.N.E. is re- garded as being the greatest annual Fair in the world, and are we proud of it? Of course we are. Why shouldn’t We be? Late William Rowntree The funeral of William Rown-tree who died on Thursday, Aug. 9th, took place from his late residence, Clar- ence Street, Woodbridge, on Saturday afternoon of last week with inter- ment in Pine Ridge cemetery, Rev. Campbell of Toronto Officiating. Mr. Rowntree was born at Pine Ridge and lived in the district all his life until about eight years ago when he re- tired and took up residence in Wood- bridge. His parents, the late Mr. and of England and came to Canada early in the nineteenth century settling at in the nineteenth ventury settling at Pine Ridge. His wife who predeceas- ed him three years ago was Miss Adeline Middleton. ‘ Surviving are two sons Thomas and Leonard and one daughter Mrs. William Draper, all of Woodbridge. Eight grand- children and three great grandchil- dren also survive. -The pallbearers were J. G. Whitmore, Charles Plunket Sam Plunket, James Churchill, Walter Armstrong and: Robert Robb. Those from Woodbridge in attendâ€" ance at the Duncan Marshall picnic held at Streetsville on Saturday last were, James; E. Devins, D. C. Long- house and Boyd Kellam. For being the oldest gentleman on the grounds who had always voted Liberal honors Went to Mr. Devins who is hale and hearty and very much of a Liberal at th eage of 85. Furthermore, Mr. Devins is one of the few survivors of the original Liberal group known as the 10th Royal. Old Boys Of Maple Pay Visit To Maple Old BOYS A committee composed of D. C. Longhouse, James Devins, Donald Mc Kenzie and Neil Burton, representing the Old Boys Good Fellowship Club of Woodbridge, made a tour of a sec- tion of the Township on Thursday of last week and called orl a number of Maple Old Boys including- J. B. Mc- Lean, Cleiak of Vaughan Township, Thomas Keys, James McNeil, G. Bailey, Robert Jones and J. T. Saig- eOn formerly Reeve of the Township who has been confined to his home for the past three years through ill- ness. It is planned that the Wood- bridge Old Boys shall make calls on Old Boys in different sections of the Township from time to time. Woodbridge Annual Flower Show That the Woodbridge Horticultural Society is largely responsible for the home beautification with an abun- dance of flowers, shrubs, etc., grown and cared for throughout a ten mile square district in which territory there is scarcely a home either on. farm or in Village where the occu- pants are not deeply interested in flower culture and just think what pleasure there is In watching the pro- gress made by the plants from the time the seed is sown or bulbs and roots are planted until blooming time. And again during the blooming sea- son a real lover of flowers will spend much time in their company, and where could better company be found? On Saturday, August 25th, in the Orange Hall, Woodbridge Horticul- tural Society will hold the annual Flower Show which promises to be bigger and better than ever, as the season has provided better than aver- age for flower production. It is urged that everybody with a taste for beauty in plant life take advantage of The Big Swing again in 1934 WOODBRIDGE DISTRICT NEWS PAGE EIGHT éigto Dodge & DeSotOE this opportunity and help to make this year’s event the best ever. The President, Dr. G. D. McLean, and Sec- vetary A. A. McKenzie will gladly look after your interests. Misses Doris and Audrey Campbell of Fergus are spending their vacation with friends at Nashville and Wood- bridge. Mrs. George Porter, who disposed df her household effects by auction on Saturday last, will spend some time with her daughter Mrs‘. Brown at St. Louis and her son George at Cleveâ€" land previous to taking up residence in Toronto. The Junior Women’s Institute was entertained at a picnic when the mem- bers were guests of Mrs. W. O. Dun- can at her home, Woodbridge-Weston Road, on Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. Watson Farr returned to St. Michael‘s Hospital on Thursday of last week where she underwent a minor operation and is making favor- able improvement. Mrs. George Middleton and son John of Claremont, Mrs. Ham and family of Oshawa, spent the week- end with Mrs. Fairgreaves and Mrs. Amelia Carroll, 8th Avenue. Mrs. Richard Wilson of Greenwood and Mr. J. Blakley of Toronto visited Mr. William Barnes, 8th Avenue, who has been an invalid for many months. THE GAME OF GOLF “I’ve been wonderin’ what this game of golf is,” said Lem Dunbar in course of general conversation with his friend Zeke Pellingill as they met in Hirfam Pepper’s‘ Store at Pumpkin Hollow. “I’ve been readin‘ a lot about it and what it is like, and as you are a good deal of a sport I thought you might tell me something about it.” ‘ “Well,” said Mr. Pellingill, “I usedl to roll a hoop, play marbles and spin a top once upon a time, but I’m out (f practice now.” “It isn’t like baseball, it isn’t like! shinny on your own side, nor like lawn tennis,” said Mr. Bunbar. “No, and it isn’t like canvas back duck or any other kind of game you know of,” remarked Mr. Pepper. “Well, what is it like?” asked Mr. Dunbar. “I see by the paper that Norman What’sâ€"His-Name is one of the best at it. The other day he made a score of one hundred and sixty- eight, but whether it was miles or yards I couldn’t make out from the reports.” “It’s little you know," said Mr. Pettingill. “The game of golf is as old as the hills. My father had golf links all over the farm when I was! a boy, and it was the greatest sport of my life after I’d finished carryin’ in the wod fro oth-e night’s fire to go out on the links and putt.” . “Put what?” queried Mr. Dunbar. “Putt my ma‘shie. I was known from one end of the country to the other as the champion putter. I putted two men off the links in one day and they had to be taken home on a door.” “Its a Scotch game,” said Mr. Pep- per. And you need a good Scotch dialect to play it.” “Well, anyway its a good game to play in a hammock after you’ve fin- ished your social duties, and you’re all tired out,” said Mr. Pettingill. And the discussion ended there. THE BUNK A pathetic case was revealed reâ€" cently when two young unmarried men applying for relief objected to going on a farm under the $5.00 a month and board plan, on the ground that they did not know anything about farming. They requested that instead they be given the $5.00 a month and be allowed to remain in town. If world conditions were not so serious, this incident would ’indeed be most humorous. Just imagine two able-bodied young men admitting they are so dumb, so dense, so abso- lutely devoid of initiative, resource- fulness or learning, that they have not sense enough to know how to. throw straw to a cow, clean out a stable, carry swill to the pigs, throw grain to the hens, mend a fence or do any one of the dozen of other such chores done around the farm at this time of the year. Ye gods! What are we coming to?â€"Expositor. The four foremost professional scullers in the world will race at the Canadian National Exhibition this year. Bob Pearce of Australia will defend his title against W. G. (“Bill”) Miller of Philadelphia and Bert Barry and Eric Phelps of England. Pearce barely managed to beat Miller at the Olympic games, the margin being half a boat length. Pearce beat Ted Phelps, brother of Eric, at Toronto last year. The first step in' teaching people to respect the qourts and the laWS is to make the things respectable. and A ug rink ; u... Mr. Hugh McDonald left‘last week for Noranda, where he will spend some time with Mr. Craig McDonald. Miss Elizabeth Wilson and Mr. Wilson left on Monday for a cruise on the Northern Lakes and to spend a holiday on Manitoulin Island. Miss Jean Clubine of Bradford is visiting- this week with the Misses Miss Jean visiting this! Clubine. “fins-.filfid‘th Lue'sby spent the weekâ€" end in Flesherton. Mr. and Mrs. J. Wells are spending a few weeks in Palmyra, New York, visiting with Mr. Wells sister, Mrs. Clark. Isabel Ball $pent a few days last week in Kitchener; MyMrt-éfidrfiMrs. E. Bryan Sharples and Joan of Toronto visited over the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. N. J. Smellie. JOAN CRA‘VFORD MAKES MOST OF EXCITING ROLE The many fans of Joan Crawford who look forward with anticipation to her every film appearance, will not be d"sappo'inted in the star’s new Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer picture “Sadie McKee,” currently playing at the Capitol Theatre, Toronto, Aug. 20, 21, 22. For the new vehicle based on a story by Vina Delmar, is ideally suited to the Crawford talents, and gives the lovely Joan every oppor- tunity for a display of dramatic and emotional fTreworks. Playing the part of a girl who might be living right next door to the average" filmgoer, so natural and typical is she, Joan is seen as Sadie McKee, daughter of a cook in a wealthy household but ambitious to improve her status in life and mak- ing a valiant effort to claim the hapâ€" piness which she firmly believes is every ‘girl‘s due. Her resolution takes her to New York where she finds that the life of a pretty girl trying to get ahead, is not exactly a “bed of roses.” Fran- chot Tone, Gene Raymond and Edward Arnold are three men who play a prominent part in her subsequent career. Miss Crawford has never been better and the entire cast in- cluding Esther Ralston, Jean Dixon and Leo Carroll aquits itself admir- ably under the brilliant direction of Clarence Brown. “Sadie McKee” is grand entertainment! “WOTS TAXES” By R. L. Calder, K.C. In his address entitled “Wots Taxes," to the Kiwanis in Montreal, R. L. Calder protested against com- missions formed by governments in Canada, at such a heavy expense to the country. He said:â€" .1 hc “You can run the governments without the cost 01 these commis~ sions, which are formed on the slightest pretext, they are formed only to provide the governments with an excuse for not doing something- about a certain matter, or on the other hand, for doing- something ex- cessive; because commissions are not responsible to the people, and the governments are.” He also expresséd the opinion that such bodies should be done away with because, being amendable to no courts. their existence was not in consonance with the interests of British democ- racy. Moreover, he believed, both Federal and Provincial Governments should be stripped “to their fighting essentials,” to ease the present heavy burden of taxation. ' He referred in particular to the Federal Government’s engagement in the railway business, whereby he claimed, it had committed a double economic crime, by getting public money to ruin a competitor that had the foresight to establish a wonderful business. In the great business too, he claimed, the Government had taken a long chance, with odds of 100 to one against winning in such an enter- pn’s-e. Officialdom, he declared, absorbed too large a proportion of the State revenues, and centralization of activ- ities in the State through commis- sions and in other ways resulted in high-level taxes. What was needed in his opinion was “to back the governments into their own proper stalls and leave individ- uals free for the pursuit of happiness” National defence, administration of justice, protection of coast line and inland waters, building and 'upkeep of roads, maintenance of communica- tions, education, public health and care of the poor, should be their chief concerns, he added. much for electricity, the other half will get no 'dividends on watered CAPITOL THEATRE ‘ower stock. You see, if half of us don’t pay too Horticultural Show Thornhill Horticultural Society .d its 19th annual Flower, Fruit Vegetable Show on Saturday, 18th, from 3 to 9:30 p.m. in the THORN HILL I‘HE LIBERAL. RICHMOND HILL. ONTARIO The marriage took place at Oak Ridges of Alice Marion, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wilkins, to Her- bert N. Rooney, the Rev. Garnet Lynd officiating. The bride’s cousin, Miss Marguerite Blyth, played the wedding music. The bride, given in marriage by her father, wore a gown of white satin and lace and wore a wreath of orange blossoms in her hair. She carried Talisman roses. Miss Emily Wilkins attended her sis- ter in yellow chiffon with a yellow bandeau in. her hair and carried a muff of matching chiffon trimmed with flowers. Mr. Frank Wilkins, Jr. was best man. A reception was held at the home of the bride’s parents, Mrs. Wilkins receiving in a gown» of pink crepe. The groom’s sister, Mrs. A. Emburg, of North Bay, was in rose crepe. Later the bride and groom left on a trip to western points, the bride travelling in a pink crepe suit with white crepe hat and white acces- sories. They will reside at Atikakan. money enough to get itself gobbled up by New York bankers. MISS 2424 Yonge Street --Home Comers AUGUST Food Sale-- Success: Any business that makes Sugar 5 lbs 25c] Coffee 11b.36 Tomatoes, Peas, Corn Aylmer 3 for 250. TOilet Soap 3 for 14C IMuffets cereal pkg- 80 Lux or Palmolive Roman MealJagfigon327c I Large LUX 2 for 3_7c BICYCLES JOYCYCLES Corn Flakes Kellogg’s 3 for 190 SUPER SUDS 2 pkgs. (with‘one regular size FREE) 17C. THE WORLD’S FINEST FOODS Pork and Beans 3 for 22¢ and Repairs SPRING .antst. we v ' “v Loins lb. 18C LAMBâ€"-- Stewing lb. 6C Eflsfs FF‘V‘T 57c. ART WATSON Apples N0. 1 Duchess 6 quart basket 15c MODEL BOATS FOOTBALL SUPPLIES Come in and see us on your way to the Ex. Our prices are as low as any place in Toronto MODEL AIRPLANES and ALICE WILKINS WEDS H. ROONEY The C.C.M. 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