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OBITUARY.
MR. ELLIS LINFORD NORMAN.
The death occurred on December 5
of an old and respected pioneer resi-
dent of Yahl, in the person of Mr.
Ellis Linford Norman. Mr. Norman
had been in failing health for about
eight months, but it was only during
the last fortnight that he was confined
to his bed.
Mr. Norman was born in Lockport,
New York State, America, in June,
1853 ; he was thus in his 81st year.
He was a son of the late Mr. and
Mrs. David Norman Sen., and he left
America in the sailing ship "Burling-
ton" for Australia as a lad of 12
years. After a voyage of four months
the family landed at Port Adelaide in
1865. They left Adelaide for Mount
Gambier in December, 1866, and on
their arrival in this district they
settled at Yahl, and there he lived
until his death.
He was a devoted member of the
Methodist Church, and occupied vari-
ous offices in connection with the Yahl
church. He was also a member of
the Rechabite Lodge. He was twice
married. His first wife was Miss
Mary MacArthur, of O.B. Flat, whom
he married in 1876, and his second
wife, who survives him, was Miss
Christina Henningsen, of Yahl, whom
he married in 1897. He had a family
of ten, seven by his first wife and
three by his second. They are Mes-
dames Murton, Kingscote; M. G.
Morris, Adelaide; R. Nicholson, Mt.
Gambier; A. Whitehead, Yahl; E.
Jacquelin, Mount Gambier; and Miss
Madge Norman, Yahl; Messrs. S. H.,
D. D., Mount Gambier; L. E., Gipps-
land; and R. H., Yahl. Mr. S. L.
Norman, Glenelg, and Mr. H. A. Nor-
man, Glenhuntly, Victoria, are bro-
thers; and Mrs. I. Pasfield, Mount
Gambier, and Mrs. J. Lean, Adelaide,
are sisters. The late Mrs. Marcus
Collins, Geelong, was a sister. One
daughter, Ruth, predeceased him. He
leaves 58 grandchildren and 11 great-
grandchildren. The funeral, which
was conducted on Wednesday last, was
largely attended. The Rev. J. H.
Davies conducted the funeral service,
and Mr. W. Pearce carried out the
mortuary arrangements.
MR. H. W. ALTSCHWAGER.
Millicent, December 11.
By the death on Friday morning last
of Mr. Henrich Wilhelm Altschwager,
Millicent lost a pioneer of 60 years
standing and a popular and useful
citizen. He was born at Lyndoch
Valley 77 years ago, being a member
of a large family which came to the
South-East early in the 'seventies,
settling in the Millicent and Tanta-
noola districts. As a youth, Henry
entered the employ of Mr. Schinckel,
who maintained a general store at
Rendelsham at that time. Work on
the drains was in progress, and it was
patt of young Altschwager's duty to
visit the camps and keep the supplies
up. He proved himself a valuable
employe, demonstrating tlrift and in-
dustry with the fixed intent of going
on the land. He first took up an agri-
cultural property at Tantanoola, and
he was still the owner at the time of
his death. Living at Tantanoola for
a time, he afterwards aequired land
for the purpose of gracing and cultiva-
tion at Mount McIntyre. He was about
30 years of age when he was married
to Miss J. M. P. Moore, one of the first
school teachers associated with the
Millicent district, and the original
instructress at both the Hatherleigh
and Rendelsham schools. For 20
years after her marriage Mrs. Altsch-
wager continued teaching, and prefer-
ring Millicent to Tantanoola as a home,
devoted her savings to acquiring a
property known as Glenmore, four
miles from Millicent. Here a modern
home was built, and Mr. and Mrs.
Altschwager lived there up till about
10 years ago. Then they moved to
the place in Emily street, where Mr.
Altschwager died. Having no children,
both Mr. and Mrs, Altsehwager de-
voted all ot their spare time to public
movements. Mrs. Altschwager was a
prominent figure among the founders
of the Thyne Memorial Hospital, and
she assisted in the management of
that institution until recent years.
Husband and wife were both intensely
interested in political affairs and
movements. Mr. Altschwager was the
originator of the idea of acquiring
the Millicent "Times," a concern own-
ed up to 1906 by Mr. Donald Campbell,
and he was a prominent figure in a
company which acquired that weekly
paper which subsequently became the
"South-Eastern Times," published
twice weekly. The company controlled
it between 1906 and 1921, when the
business was taken over by Mr. R. C.
Mowbray. The deceased gentleman
was a successful grazier, and while at
Glenmore farmed the Tantanoola pro-
perty on shares. Glenmore was main-
tained practically as a hobbv, and the
owner took a very great pride in its
beautiful flowers, vegetables, and fruit
gardens. War against the rabbits was
also waged with success.
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