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Viola Gan-(Ed 0E erick Alexander ton. J. D. Chaplin, the _ date won over Capt. I election campaign by R?! in Lincoln" Cow of spring waiter for th Robert Borden has premier of the Union C A six-inch main is being laid to the aerodrome. The Council will also try to secure permission from the Gilr. son Estate to establish a new source A: ,» _ A train wreck at rupted rail service The engineer and press . which crash were both killed, sA. J. Trevelyan it Lodge. H. Robinson is retiring from his) confectionery business. A railroad siding is. being put into the aviation grounds. V Beamsville has given 620 to the Halifax Disaster Fund. Mrs. Alex Earle oi Creemom v'isit. 1n order to save ind, Methodist ed her father, T. J. Corcoran, \astISuuday Services are being held in wtelrr . _ the basement of the church. ““2"“ uu|uull has lo e . premier of the Union 'd'/,e/Lee1,rted ‘Wun. Robinson of Colliugwood has WEDNESDAY, DEC. 26, 1917 'ytie/trlcthll: prir1cipalship of we The resignation of R . . ev. J. A. O. S. Teit who has opened a fish Shigimmhgrv 13:33:02cgé :th Irtt,yfre in the Amiss Block has moved will Preach his 'llrhQ?"sel1c,'lf, or? to the store formerly occupied by Sunday. Jas. Culp. Maddy}: Fyyyell had the misfortune Harry Robinson expects to open the ZA'I‘H'LC- 'hiR/1e1i.idi/,1e on Christmas Day..thealre in about two week's time. owl” let' leg. ', There is a great shortage of school ' ' r-,aed.Mr.s: D. Y. ‘Huggins cele- teachers in the province. Mr. and Mrs. D. H Huggins cele- brated their thirty-iiith wedding an- niversary on December 25. Prior to her resignation, Miss Houser, Campden. was presented with a large library chair at the School's Christmas concert. 1sikiiRifiii, Coal is scarce. Jas. Hobden divided a 33-ton car up among 120 families. Will Wisiuer js the 1918 president of the Baptist Young People's Union. Reeve Garlett and his council of J3eamyvillS wane returned by acclama.. tion for 1918. Prior to her resignation Miss V V . ' Houser, Campden. was presentéd with The day for the council mxnngs a lar e libr , hai . ' has been changed from the first _ g ary C an M the School's Christmas Concert, Thursday to the Monday after the A week of special prayer services first Friday. " will be helditt the differeym, churches The rates set for fruit pickers for of Beanvsvilie beginning Monday,this year were: strawberries, black- Dcccxnhcr 31. berries L: per box'; raspberries, 3c Rabies has broken out in Thoroldpcr box; black currants, 2c per 1b.; Iamld Ill, dog:I runnlng at large are to cherries, 20c per 11 qt. n: ’fstrnye . V A. Ball has disposed oi his farm _Mjss E. W.e.rntr, Bearpswilre,spey and moved to Toronto. 's, Mr. and Mrs. Rufus P. Moore are spending the winter months with their daughter, Mrs. Silverthorne, in Ha.. milton. Twenty-tyo below .zero was report- ed on Funday max-mug back of the Mounlam. Excerpts from "Express" Files ut Rom G. Hagar died suddenly, In“ WEDNESDAY, DEC. 19. 1917 7, 1918. S1 1:11:18 in., R. C. Cray and Freure Bros. brought home many prizes from the poultry show held in St. Catharines,, Gray received a cup for best collectJ ion in one class and a special prize for best hen in show. I An entire new council headed Chas. T. Farrell were elected Grimsby. In South Grimsby A, Middaugh was elected reeve, municipal election was held in Beau ville. Reeve’Chas. E. Garletr u. elected by acclamation. WEDNESDAY, JAN. 2, 1918 service here on Tuesday. " and fireman of an ex- 1 crashed into a freight .-.. . :oIn County. r--t)n December 12, Lulu l oi, Beamsville to Fred- der Mitchell of Hamil- r for the airport. len has been elected Union Government. is now _Stoney Creek dir. Unionist candi- Lovelace in the ' a majority of aid in Beams, Garlett was the Gibl. W. G. Panter has 2,000 yards of W sourceTlauelette for sale at 25 cents per of Ivy No: by! a chopping mill in Grimsbyl held at; auction sale Friday at his farm, 2% miles south-west of Beamsville. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16, 1918 Dr. Davey of Hamilton, a former resident of Beamsvillc, has been de- ,corated with the D.S.O. It is re- [ported that he will have charge of yard. Died-George Dawson, aged 14 years, 7 months, eldest son oi W. C. Dawson, Queen Street. N bi, Cull) has opened a shoe pair business in connection with harness making, in Vineland. the Couvalesceru Hospital at Bur- lington. There are several cases oi diphth- eria in the Vineland district. Pte W. McFarlane has validcd home to Canada. H. A. brand oleomargarlne is sell- ing at E. Burton's for 37c per lb. t Hog raising is very profitable at $17.50 per 100. A Chinese restaurant will be open- ed in the Wismer Block. The weather is cold and the coal supply is_ 19w: WEDNESDAY, JANUARY M, 1918' yfr and Mrs. Fred Stevens have moved to their new home in Crims- Lincoln County has prom'sed to raise 5:50 more tons of pork in 1918, Extra hotel accommodation is need- ed in Beamsville. “It is not many months since Grimsby was making fun' of the t'nme 'Busy Beamsville.' had the town died if not bur'cd, and crowds of men coming from Beamsville to work In the factories of Grimsby. Now the tables; areAurned and Grimsby men are coming here to work." "me office of the St. Catharines juurnal was gutted by fire. Passenger rates on the railroads have advanced 15%. _ Married-1n England, Mabel Cart- er of Bristol to George Frederick 'Nrurner. r Iykd-ln Beamsville, January 18, (Mrs. George 'Hitehman, aged 58. , Robert Lister is the new president of the Clinton and Louth Agricultural Society. s. H. Rittenhouse is the 1918 presi- dent of the Uncoln County Fruit Growers' Association. Leslie Wilco?, who has purchased been in- his