The Russell Leader RUSSELL, ONTARIO SERVING THE COUNTIES OF RUSSELL AND PRESCOTT PRESCOTT, THURSDAY, MAY 5th, 1938. NO. 18 d Personal ; 3 STORE N * Musical Festival Local and Personal |: SANLIA" SALE 3 3 W 3 3 3 Tabor © & E oy £1 Es This is the proper season of the year to purchase Dahlia Tubers, 4 $ 5 e t lisse Myr. Harold Snell, of Ottawa, spent |& and once again we are specializing on $ $ % Sunday at his home here. 4 3 8 > H 6 1 E | Miss Edith Pillar, of Ottawa, spent | % OUR ANNUAL DAHLIA SALE ® 3 SEEDS --= SEEDS w-- SEEDS % as ntrants the week-end the guest of her parents | 4 These are Tubers which we have paid anywhere from 25¢ to $1 & 3 : i 1 Mr. and Mrs. C. Pillar. & each for; but we are offering them, unnamed, AT ONLY-- & 4 We have in stock Timothy, Red Clover, Alsike, Alfalfa, White Boats = : Mr. andrMrs. Ted LeMaistre spent] $1.00 Per Dozen oo & and Yellow Blossom Sweet Clover as well as all the smaller seeds 38 A acting £31 Snirapis fom is Sunday the guests of friends in Ot- |} Do not plant before May 24th to avoid frost. Telephone, write & ¢ needed at this time of year. Get our prices. BS unang. Snes x: arg af" tawa 2 or call at the store for your supply. There are not many available 2 Qe | three-day Russell county musi- 'Tr. and Mrs. M. Warner and|% Th RDER NOW! & 3 | cal competition festival, 'which was family spent Sunday in Newington, % so do not delay. O ! % & SEED CORN 4 | held in the Church of St. Andrew's/y, of Mr. and Mrs. Gladstone | i o 3 2 | a Si. Paul's United, Ru 1 s . KX J L STEELE Ph B R Hi On x 3 | and i o q i & We have the following varieties of Seed Corn on hand--All Sd Jor onl 27 late Wedne Anna Loucks, Ottawa, spent | . o 5] mn. g usse 9 > % : Government Tested, Grade No. 1, Improved Laming, Early Bailey, | 15s April 27 = ex fens Sn the guest of Miss Ella Ha-|® ha] & Pride of Nisha, Golden Glow, Wisconsin No. 7, White Cap, Bloody | 3 7 . qn & Butcher, Southern Sweet, Eureka, Rennies XXX Special, Canadian ni ghts ar fis nn x 2S Sweepstakes, Longfellow and Comptons Early. PR eele BELOW FIND A FEW OF OUR PRICES FOR SATURDAY and MONDAY -- MAY 7-9 %e 6% i % 6% EXT "a soedeefeesddeaodfontyledd Ye e"00% 0% 0% + ose 0 eas" eos' ov COCXTDERDE REDE XIX TR TEX ; years; Mrs. Garland Hall, ART SILK BED SPREADS COCOA--2 lbs. for ___.____ 22c 4 4 72 x 90, each __ _ $1.00 EX KS KETA SALMON, lg. ti 4 & Good Heavy Reversible RUGS, - din see 3 18536 cach. $149 5 Ibs. BUCKWHEAT FLOUR, Ek or reg. 25¢ for Ear 4: LE § 11b. BLACK TEA and 1 Cup Bo ond Sesesc¥or Lr 1 qt. AWES FLOOR GLOSS, % Vx reg. 98c and 1 Polishing Mop & ¢ SUGAR--1014bs. 59c FREE. o % COARSE OATMEAL, 4 lbs. 15¢ 5 lbs. FLAKED WHEAT 4 © = = % UNGRADED POTATOES, 3 % Jer baz =. 39¢ P. and G. SOAP--3 cakes 10c 1 ¥ DUTCH SET ONIONS, 2 cans Comfort LYE 22¢ hf ed perib. 9c = A 3 3 Ibs. of CALIFORNIA Ee $ PITTED DATES-- PRUNES for fais, 23¢c 2 & 2lbs. for ................ 22¢ > & WATCH THIS ADVT. 1 $ Canned PEAS--3 tins ._______ 25c¢ FOR SPECIAL SHIRT SALE 2 $ SEE OUR MEN'S WORK BOOTS_ EX * _ wgggpoisman's, Palmer, McLellan, Bauer, etc. $1.98 up ¥ 4 McArth 1 cartaur - warner : | < : 3 | $ General Merchants and Funeral Directors 2 3 24-HOUR AMBULANCE SERVICE 3 % RUSSELL, ONT. 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If you want to see as you should see you will see BEATTIE'S EYE SERVICE Scientific Eye Examinations Specialists on all Visual and Muscular Eye Defects. KATHLEEN M. ROLLINS, Professional Optometrist T. T. BEATTIE, Professional Optometrist LJ ------ RRR RR) EX EX XE a a i Sa i a om Xa XE Saad k 4 © FOR SALE - - PRICED RIGHT 3 A Small Quantity of -- % No. 1, No.2 and No. 3 TIMOTHY & A QUANTITY OF SWEET CLOVER 3 - AND RED ALFALFA MIXED ES so" TX xs WALKER'S CLEANING STATION RUSSELL, ONT. esos oe®%eo% >, 0.6% 6% ¢% s%0 ccs Da a a a a a a IED > se" 4% XIXINE ) PICT AR *, XIX] *, "s*. 2, " Xai aXaXe) 040% 2 CN) Xa Soot 'e**e* * , 20 "s 0 ® "s 4, * "s LW ER) Joagesss age efenteates; eX petition. | festival management, i and management of | Ro atley, inspector of Prescott = | and IHussell public schools. Mr. | Routley won higlx praise for the! manner in which he guided the fes- to a successful conclusion. He was assisted by a committee which consisted of the following: Queenie Glover, of Ottawa, tival Miss | official | accompanist; Miss Jennie Carkner, of Kenmore, Rev. and Mrs. K. Da- niels, Rev. Wooten, Mrs. F. McRae, Miss Metcalfe. Navan; Mrs. Leonard [ci.iwen, who had charge of the nces of the festival; R. J. Me- t, in c.large of ushers and Naught seating of the largest attendance in who, with'| her stair, had charge of feeding the 300 youngsters and their guardians during the children's afternoon com- Capacity Crowds The large church and its annex were taxed to capacity for cach performance. One of the main features of the festival was the nightly appearance of Rev. Keith Dani els as guest soloist. The ad- dicator for the entire festival was : popular G. R. Fenwick, Mus. | Bach. of the department of educa- | tion, Toronto. At the conclusion of the festival, Mr. Fenwick paid high praise to all the contestants. On behalf of the county and the] the { contegt- arts aYd the patrons, wizs presented with a suitable gift A highlight of the festival w as | the presentation of the beautiful C. | F. McArthur trophy and miniature cup to George Doherty, juvenile singer who contributed the out- standing performance, scoring the .ighest marks of any single com- petitor or group. Last season the cup was held by Rev. Keith Daniels ana Grant Mills as a result of their work in a duet. The diplomas were presented by C. F. McArthur. According to the secretarial re- port, this year's festival was a sue- cess fiancially, artistically and "u- merically and some idea of the growth and popularity can be seen in that there were 200 entries in Io as compared to 681 entries in List of Winners The following list of results with points give an idea of the program presented: Piano. 16 years' and under--Doris Carkner, 75; Helen MacDonald, 74; K. McCormick, 73. Elocution, 13 years and under-- Margaret Irwin, 78, Metcalfe, Ont. Boy's solo--Geo. Doherty, 52, Russell, Ont.; Ken. Barber, 76, Na- van, ont. Carl Hume, 75, Marvel- ville. Ont.; Erskine Morrice, 70, Russel, Ont. Male quartet -- Kenmore Baptist church, 78, (W. Carkner, K. Daniels, G. Mills, A. Carkner; Marvelville United church, 75, Geo. Hay, H. Ros binson, O. Stearns, L. Brunton. High school choir--Russell HS. 80. The H. was particularly commended by Mr. Fenwick on the quality. Bass solo--John Russell, Ont. Elocution. 18 years and under-- Miss Aynslee MacEwen, 80, Russall, Ont. Girl's solo, 18 years and under-- Kay Armslrong, 30, Vars, Ont. Tenor rand baritone duet-- Frank Casselman and Arthur Cassel 'man, 80, Chesterville, Ont. Contralto solo Murs. Young, 75, Russell, Ont. Piano duet, 14 years and lor Lizzie King and Neta Smith. $2, Navan, Ont. Girls' duet -- Thyra Warner and Q De. Twiname, 30, Phyllis Frances 'Warner, 80, Russell; Jean 355 miton and H. Waddell 29, Rus- se Ladies' chorus -- Navan Ladies' Choir, 80. Elocution (open)--Joseph Rowan, 77, Metcalfe. (Girls' chorus--Russell C.G.I. a 77 Church choir--Navan. Ont., Ladies' trio -- Kenmore td eth sell Baptist, 85. Tenor solo--Campbell Wilson, 79. Soprano and alto duet -- Frances Warner and¢ Thyra Warner, 80; He- len Waddell and Jean Hamilton, 80. ISeprano solo -- Margaret Leahy, §3. Metcalfe, Ont. Ladies' quartet -- Jean Hamilton, Muriel Hamilton, Helen Waddell. Lola Waddell, 807 Russell. Mixed quartet--Kenmore, 75. Piano, 13 years and under--Au- 28d drey MacEwen. Russell, 80. { lawn and border. {the funeral of the latter's uncle, MEF enwick] gs. Robert Stanley- Srith, . Lorne Harrington, of Bordens b Co., Toronto, spent Sunday at iome here. s Mabel Tweed, R.N., of Ot- t spent a few holidays with her paresis Mr. and Mrs. H. Tweed. i . W. J. Smiley, of Huntingdon, | Uh recently purchased a team of | young horses from Mr. H. Cochrane. | Tr. Adelore LaPlante has been given charge of the Horticultural | plot and has started work for the | Miss Anna Loucks and Miss Loucks, of Ottawa, visited with Mrs. Edwin Hamilton over the week-end. Mr. and Mrs. Fx and Mrs. Wm. Booth attended | rnarior on Sunday afternoon. Miss Doris Moore and Miss Mar- | jorie Scott, of Ottawa, were week- end guests of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Scott. Miss Pauline McMillan and Miss | Phyllis McMillan, of Wales, Ont. and Cornwall, Ont. spent a few holidays with Mr, and Mrs. Lorne Browne. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Loucks, and Mrs. Wm. Loucks, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Booth, motored to Pakenham on Sunday to attend the funeral of Mr. Hunt. Co., was in town nected with his firm. Contrary to last season, bridge business on the Cas: wv this season seems to be a bit = To dames Rombough fad the mis- fortune to have a splinter of steel fly off a splitting wedge and enter his leg causing a painful injury. He was attended by Dr. C. E. L. Morrow, of Metcalfe. James is now doing the crutch crawl on crutches that are about three inches too short. Gardening now seems to be the order of the day and those enthusi- asts are busy planning, planting, dig- ging and sowing. The local Society is nlanning a busy season and de- tails of some of the Societies activi- ties will appear in an early issue. With deep regret we learn of the death of Violet K. Graham, formerly of Gloucester, Ont., on April 21st, at the home of her brother, Robt. Gra- ham, Des Moines, Wash. Surviv- ing are three brothers, Thomas Gra- ham, of Ottawa; Robert, of Des Moines, and Christopher, of New Westminster, B.C. and one sister, of Portland, well Mrs. John Townsend, Oregon. Miss Graham was known in Russell and vicinity. The Y.P.U. of the United Church, ! Russell, met on Monday evening. The vice-president, Donald McKera- cher, presided for the business ses- sion and Miss Gwen Gaukrodger, citi- zenship convener, had charge of the topic. After playing selections from several of Schubert's best known compositions, Miss Gaukrodger gave a very interesting biography of Schu- bert. Rev. T. McNaught assisted in the worship period. BOYS' CALF CLUB All boys between ages of 12 and 20 who wish to join the Boys' Calf Club and who have not received an enroll- ment form are requested to send in their names as early as possible. H. W. HAMILTON, Club Leader. - With a pair of skates slung over her arm a young woman entered a crowded street car. A man rose to give her his seat. "Thank you," she said, "but I have been skating all afternoon." Children's duet. age 8 years and under--Kathleen and Eldon Hay, | 76, Marvelville. Elocution, 18 -years and under-- Audrey Smith, Navan. Piano, 16 years and under--Phyl- lis Armstrong, 78, Vars, Ont.; Thel- ma MacRae, 78, Navan, Ont. Boy's solo -- Evan Gardiner, TT Navan, Ont. Girl's solo, 12 years and under-- Helen Carkner, 82, Kenmore, 'Ont.; Jean MacCallum. 82, Kenmore, Ont. Piano, 10 years and uncer--Joan Savage, T8. Ungraded ozheol, Ont. 75. Graded schools schoel, Cumberland, Ont., 77; Rus- sell school, Russell, Ont., 77 Piano duet--Phyllis Carkner Palvh MacDonald, 82. {Elocution, 8 years y Savage, Navan Beckett's Ont. schools 75; Marvelville, Cumberland and under-- Lydia Me- and {92 ) O4Lj B. | i | Charles Booth visit- |i ed with Mr. and Mrs. Arthur 'Morrow | i on zunday. |# in & THAT TRIP, whether it be Fishing Vacationing Business DEMANDS THE BEST IN AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING CHEVROLET AND OLDSMOBILE Meet That Demand visit our showroom - inspect that new car ride in the perfect automobile WE WILL GLADLY DEMONSTRATE THEIR SUPERIORITY Mr. |i Mr. Button, of the Ontario Bridge |i on business con- MOTOR SALES TELEPHONE 44° McARTHU RUSSELL, ONT. 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Baritone solo -- Arthur Carkncr, Elocution, 18 years and under,| Kenmore. winner of two sections--Margaret Rural choral society--Chesterville, Irwin, Metcalfe; Audrey Smith, Na-| Ont., 84; Carsonby, Ont., 83. : van. Mixed octet -- Chesterville, oa Boy's solo, 'winner of two sec- Russell, 82. tions--Geo. Doherty. : 'Open vocal, 20 emtries--1st Plate, Open piano--iLizzie King, Navan, Arthur Carkner, Kenmore; 2nd 80; Jean MacLaren, Kenmore, 78; place, Frances Warner, Russell.