Major I. N. RALSTON Killed in Action
A private cable from France on Wednesday 14th gave the sad news that Major IVAN N. RALSTON was killed while leading a company of his battalion.

The late Major RALSTON is a brother of Col. J. L. RALSTON and has recently been second in command of the Battalion of which his brother is the commanding officer.

Major RALSTON was a graduate of Dalhousie College and received his degree of Bachelor of Laws. He was in partnership with his brother for some years in the legal firm of RALSTON, HANWAY and RALSTON at Amherst but in 1913 he moved to Montreal and accepted the position of Secretary of the Montreal Trust Company. Shortly after the outbreak of war he enlisted in a Montreal Battalion and went overseas in 1915, not being long at the front when he was awarded the Military Cross for gallantry in Action. After the death of the commanding officer of the Montreal Battalion the late Major RALSTON continued in command of that Battalion for several months as acting Colonel and when his brother was appointed in command of the Nova Scotia Battalion permission was granted for Major IVAN RALSTON to go with his brother as second in command in the Nova Scotia Battalion. The death of IVAN RALSTON cast a gloom over Amherst when the sad news was announced. The sympathy of the town and indeed of the whole province will be extended to his father and mother in their sad bereavement.

His father is Mr. B. W. RALSTON, Postmaster of Amherst. General sympathy will also be extended to his brothers who were very deeply attached to each other.

Sad News for Oxford people
Another Oxford boy has heroically given his life in the defence of human liberty in the person of Corporal SHIRLEY LOWTHER.
Mrs. CHARLES LOWTHER received the following official telegram on Wednesday, notifying her of the death of her son at the front:
Sincerely regret to inform you 22544 Corporal NELSON SHIRLEY LOWTHER, Infantry, officially reported killed in action, August 10th.

At the same time, AVARD CHASE received the following telegram in reference to his son, Corporal HARRY CHASE.
Sincerely regret to inform you 901,768 Corporal HARRY WYLIE CHASE officially reported admitted 9th General hospital, Aug. 10th, gunshot wound abdomen.

Director of Records.

Fox Harbor
Mr. STEWART McIVOR, who has been in Vancouver for the past 12 years is spending a few weeks at his home in North Wallace.

BORN
At North Wallace, Aug. 4th to Mr. & Mrs. TREMAIN DOTTON, a son.

At Little River, Aug 7th to Mr. & Mrs. WILLIAM BAIRD, a daughter, MARION VIOLET.

At Amherst, Aug 6th, to Mr. & Mrs. T.R. ANGUS, Church St, a daughter, GWENDOLYN JEAN.

MARRIED
At the Baptist parsonage, Oxford on Wednesday, Aug. 14th, by Rev. P. R. HAYDEN, WILLIAM E. RIPLEY, son of Mr. & Mrs. CHARLES RIPLEY of Rosendale, to Miss IRENE F. HUNTER of Oxford.

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