HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1937-04-29, Page 7Thursday, April 29th, 1937
HOWICK COUNCIL PREPARATIONS RUSHED AS CORONATION TIME DRAWS NEAR
Gorrie, April 21st, 1937
Council met us per adjournment,
members were all. present,' the Reeve
in the chair.
Minutes of last regular, also spec
ial meeting, were read and on motion
of Weir and Lovell were adopted. >
Moved by Toner and Baker that the
insurance on Township Roads with
Lloyds of London, be renewed for
the year 1937. Carried.
Moved by Lovell and Toner that
by-law No, 6 for the year 1937 as
read the third time be finally passed.
Carried.
Moved by Lovell and Baker that
the following bills be paid. Carried.
Thomas Ellis, Expenses re trip to
Kitchener $10.00; Isaac Gamble, Part
salary as Clerk $35.00; A. W. Keil,
Insurance on King property in Ford-
wich $2.00; Flarry Adams, Wood for
Township Hall, Gorrie $28.00; San
ford Zimmerman, Sheep killed by
dogs $12.00; Marie McKenzie, nurs
ing Harold Cook $28.00; Oliver Gal
laway, Painting signs re transients
$1.50; Milford Nash, Attending dance
as constable, Gorrie Twp. Hall $1.00;
Treas. Huron County, Hospital ex
penses for' Bruce Rutherford $10.50;
M, D. Irvin, Funeral expenses for
Reidt child, $22.00; Treas. of Huron
County, Hospital expenses for Law
rence Bastedo $23.60; Norman Wade,
Insurance on Township Roads for
1937 $285.00; Com. Stationery and
Printing Co., Binder and loose leaves
for Treasurer .$20,10; Phyllis Har
grave, R.N., Attendance on Mrs. C.
Seivert $22.50;' Isaac Gamble, Ex
penses attending extension course, at
Toronto, $20.00; Norman Clegg,
Grant $10.00; J. A. Bryans, mileage
in taking Mrs. H. Douglas to Clinton
$4.30; Relief $90,12.
Road Expenditures
. iWalter Reddon, Dragging $10.00;
John Wright, Dragging $11.00; E,
W. Bolton, Oil and grease 22.75; Har-
very Wright, Dragging $19.75; Wil
liam Wilson, Dragging $18.00; Con
rod Plahtz, Dragging $1.00; Burton
Hubbard, Snow, gravelling, etc. $3.-
-60; Roy Vogan, Crushing and haul
ing gravel $507.80; E. G. Denny,
Dragging and filling hole $8.40; Mil
ton Kress, culvert tile $19.00; Nor
man Bast, Weeds .40; John Topham,
Gravelling $1.75; Earl Moore, Grav
elling $4-90; James Brears, Gravel
ling $1.75; John Gile, Shovelling $1.-
00'; .Stan Forster, Gravelling $3.15;
Roy Simmons, Gravelling $3.15; Car
man Bride, Dragging and Grading
413.50; Carman Bride, Gravel $5.55;
Harold Foerter, Dragging $24.75;
John Finlay, Dragging and snow $9.-
15; T. Douglas, Dragging and snow
47,10; Henry Finlay, Snow fence .90;
Allan Griffith, Gravelling $3.8'0; Sam
uel Griffith, Dragging and gravelling
$10.50; John Brown, Dragging $6.80;
Clifford Brown, Dragging $3.90; Ross
Bayliss, Dragging and snow $5.70; R.
F. Edgar, Salary and expenses to
.London $37.90; Manfred Irwin,
Dragging $17.50; George Townsend,
Dragging $18.90; Oscar Weiler,
Ditching and underbrushing $28.00;
Harold Doig, Dragging $2.00; Wm.
Boehler, Weeds $1.80; George Wake
ford,- Weeds $1.40; Cecil Cooper,
Weeds, $1.00; R. Watters, Repair to
road and dragging $18.90; Wesley
Underwood, Dragging $7.85; E. G.
Denny, Postage and Excise $6.00; R.
J. Hueston, Bridge plank $23.00;
George Baker, Ditching and dragging
$8.10; Earl Baker, Gravelling and
ditching $2.10; John Craig, Gravelling
50.
Moved by. Toner and Baker that
Council- do now adjourn to meet in
the United Church Hall, Fordwich,
on the third Wednesday in May. Car
ried.
Isaac Gamble, Clerk.
GORRIE
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Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Irwin and
■daughter, Miss Lucille, of Long
Branch, spent Sunday at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Irwin.
Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Carson return
ed Oil Wednesday last from spending
the last three months at Lakeland,
Florida. His many friends , will be
glad to know Mr. Carson is much
improved in health.
Attending Convention in London
Mr. and Mrs. H. V. Holmes, ac
companied by Mrs. Hill and Mrs,
Kenneth Montgomery, of Fordwich,
pnd Mrs. Wilford King motored to
/London on Monday, Where the ladies
Sre delegates to the Women’s Auxil
iary Convention held in Cronyn Me
morial Hall, Monday, tuejday, Wed
nesday and Thursday evenings of this
week. Mrs, O’Neil and Miss Nellie
Dinsmore also attended, representing
the Girls’ Branch of the WA here.
Mr. Harry Ardell visited his cous
in, Mrs. Munroe, for the week-end.
Mr. and Mrs. Percy Roseborough
of Owen Sound motored down Sun
day and accompanied Mr. Delbert
Clegg to London, hwere they visited
Mrs. Roseborough’s sister, Mrs. D.
Clegg. They were guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Ernest King while here.
Miss Jean Grieves, ,of Hamilton,
was the guest of her friend, Mrs. Ew
art Whitfield, last week.
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Hyndman, Al
lan and Greta, of Wingham, moved
into their new home on main street
on Thursday of last week.
Mr. Walter King and Mr. George
Ellis, of Owen Sound, visited ,,Mr.
Thos. Ellis in Listowel Memorial
Hospital on Sunday.
Mrs. John Hyndman accompanied
Mr. A. E. Toner to Toronto where
they spent the week-end with rela
tives.
Mr. and Mrs. W. Shand of Plum
ber Bay, Miss Inez Finlay and Mr.
Charles Finlay of Wingham, were
Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Stuart
Finlay.
Mr. George Ellis, of Owen Sound,
spent the week-end with Mr. James
King.
Miss Laura Hicks and Mr. Russel
Ireland, of Teeswater, were Sunday
guests of 'Mr. and Mrs. C. Day.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Smith, Donald
and Helen, of Seaforth, were Sunday
guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. Michael.
Miss Doris Sample has returned to
the home • of her aunt, Mrs. Arm
strong, after spending two weeks with
friends in Blyth.
Mr. and Mrs. David A. Ritchie of
Teeswater were Sunday guests of the
former’s aunt and uncle, Dr. and Mrs.
J. Armstrong.
Mrs. A, E. Toner who has been
visiting her son, Jack, in Toronto for
the past few weeks, returned home
on Monday.
Miss Marion Campbell has opened
a beauty parlor in the barber shop of
Mr. M. D. Irvine.
Wind Did Damage
Considerable damage was left in
the wake of the high wind which pre
vailed all Wednesday afternoon and
evening, and the driving rain added
to the extreme unpleasantness of the
weather. Shingles were torn from
roofs and in the cases of John White,
con. 17, John .Wright, con. 17, John
Brown, boundary, Ross Earl, Gorrie
sideroad (south.), tihe former’s house
and the barns of the other farmers
were mintts great corners of their
roofs. In town a fairly large corner
of the roof of the blacksmith shop is
also missing. When one learns that
R, J« Hueston has sold four carload
of Shingles and R. H. Cat-son a like
amount ot roofing, we begin to real
ize the damage that has been done in
this community.
Mb-r i ••i .u.tfiT.r.ri v
Mrs. McGregor, of Schreiber, has
been visiting with her sister, Mrs. A.
McLaaghiin the past week. With the
former’s son, Dr. McGregor, of Bttft-
alo, the two ladies left oft Suh day to
visit a sister in Ohio for a few days.
With members from the local Unit
ed Church W.M.S. and Evening Aux
iliary present, the Huron I’resbyterial
of the W.M.S. met in Goderich on
Tuesday. Recent I’resbyterial ap
pointment are, Mrs. R. Nay of Ford
wich, as Vice President, and Mrs. C.
C. Ramage as Corresponding Secre
tary.
Mr. Frank Chapman, barber, has
purchased from Mrs. Wm. Earngey
the premises in which he has rented
and carried on business the past four
years.
Increased cattle prices are making
some of the local farmers a little hap
pier. Wilfred King, local buyer,
shipped two carload of fine stock Ho
Buffalo last week-end and the prev
ious week saw Mr. Young of Orange-
Hill dispose of eight head of as fine
cattle as were ever shipped from the
local depot.
Mrs. William Hastie received" the
sad news on Sunday that a close
friend, Mrs. Hill, had passed away in
Toronto? Deceased had been a vis
itor here on various occasions.
The United Church congregation
recently enjoyed hearing Rev. Mr.
Annis, a missionary for 31 years in
the British Kenya colony in Africa.
Mr. Annis was a co-worker with the
late Miss Bessie Lovell and while
here visited her two brothers, Joseph
and Thomas Lovell.
Howick Agricultural Society has
decided to hold an amateur night
concert in Gorrie on June 9th. This
popular form of entertainment draws
a good house. The Gorrie concert
raised $74 and Fordwich $91.
A copy of the Peterborough Ex
aminer to hand, contains a glowing
write-up and large picture of Rev.
F. W. Craik’s production “The Chal
lenge of the Cross” in his Peterbor
ough Church. This sacred cantata
was popular when staged in Gorrie.
To Sing at Walkerton
A chorus of twenty children from
Gorrie school, under the direction of
Miss Lennox, will sing at the musical
festival in Walkerton on Friday. Sev
eral other budding singers from rur
al schools, trained by Miss Evelyn
Stephens will also perform. Great in
terest is being taken in this event
which covers Inspector Game’s in
spectorate and he is protesting the
185 entries on the program as being
too lengthy. (We agree with him).
Hence he has requested the teachers
to do a weeding out and retain the
selects only. Roy Fenwick, provincial
Supervisor of Music, will judge the
classes which are violin, piano, har
monica and vocal solos; choruses and
picked choir of solo voices.
A. Y. P. A. HELD
FINAL MEETING
Miss Ivy Lawrence ^Presented with
Autographed Quilt
Nearly fifty attended the Una!
meeting for this season of the AnglU
With the coronation but a few
weeks off, preparations in London,
England, are being rushed to com
pletion and the city is taking on a
gala appearance as decorations are
arranged in the streets of the city,
while regiments drill and other par
can Young People’s Association, Gor
rie, which was held on Friday even
ing, z\pril 23rd, at the residence of
Mr. and Mrs. James Musgrove.
The meeting opened with the hymn
“Shall we gather at the river?” and
prayer by the president. Psalm 128
was read by Marian Woodcock. Af
ter business matters were arranged,
a very unique and enjoyable program
was given, with most of the members
taking part.
Mrs. McIntyre arranged the pro
gram of sports, which was in the
form of a Field Day. There, were
four captains representing four uni
versities, and each one competed in
the different events, which were thir
teen in all. The Saskatchewan Uni
versity, under the captain, Rev. A.
H. O’Neil, won the cup, which was
presented at the close of the program.
Rev. O’Neil also read a very inter
esting letter from Rev. H. L. Jenn
ings of Fort Norman (a synopsis of
which will be given in this issue).
Nearing the close of the meeting an
address was read by the Vice Pres
ident, Harold King, and presentation
of an autograph quilt made, to Miss
Ivy Lawrence, who leaves the last of
May to be married to Rev. H. L.
Jennings, missionary at Fort Norm
an. The following is the address:
"Dear Ivy—
The St. Stephen’s A.Y.P.A. wish
to convey to your their appreciation
for your faithful service, and many
kindnesses you have rendered to this
society in the past few years.
We have indeed very mixed feel
ings of joy and sadness to-night, as
wq think of your departure being so
close. We will miss you, and in that
is the sadness. However, we are hap
py to know you ate entering a new
and greater type of workr in which
we Wish you every blessing.
May it be that kind providence will
long favor you with health and
strength to be a worthy helpmate and
comfranioft in ydttr new home.
ticipants rehearse their parts in the
ceremonies. The pictures here show:
(1) The royal coat-of-arms being af
fixed to the Westminster Abbey an
nex built for the coronation. (2) The
Duke of Kent greets Leslie Pollard,
pit boy in a coal mine, who will re-
As a small token of our esteem,
please accept this quilt. May the
warmth you derive from it, serve to
remind you of the warmth of affec
tion of your old A.Y.P.A.
So loth to part with those we love
From all the links that bind us,
And may you turn your heart as on
you rove,
To those you’ve left behind.
Signed on behalf,
St. Stephen’s A.Y.P.A,
Vice-President, Harold King.
Secretary, Nellie Dinsmore.
Treasurer, Robert Wade.
A suitable reply was given in which
she thanked the members of the A.
Y. P. A. for the quilt and also for
the loyal support give her in her
three years as president.
The meeting then closed by sing
ing “God Save the King” after which
a bountiful lunch was given by mem
bers of the losing side for the season.
A. Y. P. A. RECEIVED
INTERESTING LETTER
Rev. H. L., Jennings Tells of His
Work as Missionary at Fort Norman
We are of the opinion that many
of our readers would be interested
in a synopsis of the letter which Rev.
H. L. Jennings, missionary at Fort
Norman, sent to Gorrie A.Y.P.A. lir
as much as one of our Gorrie girls,
Miss Ivy Lawrence leaves the last of
May to join him in his work there.
"Dear Friends of Gorrie A.Y.P.A.:
I know you arc all interested in
my work, especially since one of your
number will shortly join me, I hope,
in this interesting work for God and
His Church in this far north land,
Fort Norman js not a very large
place, It is made up of the follow
ing, two missions, Church of Eng
land and Roman Catholic, three trad
ing stores, Royal Canadian Mounted
Police barracks and a radio station.
This summer we shall have an Ind-
present British miners at the coron
ation. (3) the Duke of Beautfort,
master of the King’s horse, who will
superintend the royal processions.
(4) Yeomen of the Guard, historic
i guardians of the King, who will sur-
' round the royal coach on coronation
day.
ian Agent, who is also a Doctor, res
ident here. The rest is made up of
30 log shacks of half-breeds and Ind
ians. There are only about 20-odd / *white people in the Fort, and in the
winter practically all the white trap
pers and half-breeds leave the fort
for their trap lines. So it is quiet
around here then.
I have a small church seating about
thirty or more people comfortably.
The church is made of logs with the
chinks filled with mud. Your church
in Gorrie is a cathedral compared
with mine. We have service on Sun
day at 3 o'clock in the afternoon.
When the Indians come in at Christ
mas and Easter, and in .the summer,
we have their service at 11.00 in the
morning in the Indian language. At
present I figure my Indian congre
gation is somewhere between 30 and
40, They arc called the Slavi Indians.
They are on the trail, hunting and
living in tents most of the time. I
Consider my main problem here learn
ing the Indian language, so that I
may talk it. I can read it for serv
ices but I find it hard to remember
it for everyday use.
I am alone here so I perform the
following, minister, teacher, organist,
janitor, housekeeper, gardener, car
penter—in fact, jack of all trades. I
have two children for my day school
—the children of the H-udson Bay Co.
factor. There are more children in
the. summer, but most of them leave
for the winter, which lasts almost 8
months. You can imagine coming
right out of college into this sort of
job. I plastered mud on the outside
of my log house, I cut up my own
wood from 8 foot longs, 15 cords of
it. I combine my Sunday school with
my day school by teaching religions
as one of the subjects. A church ser
vice might start with three people
and ehd with thirteen.
Can you imagine a Short winter
day of two hours. It didn’t give one
much of a chance to get chores done.
Then again in summer our longest
day is 22 hours, and we hardly get
night at all. It is because of these
long days in summer we are able to
have gardens, though the actual num
ber of days of summer is shorter than
in Ontario.
I met many of the Indians for the
first time at Christmas, as they had
left the fort when I went in July, and
while they were here they were in'
and out and quite interested in my
radio. I entertained them Christmas
Eve. I gave out the missionary bale,
candies and toys. About forty of the
Indians packed into my living room.
I had all the boxes I could find for
them to -sit on and some sat on the
floor. It gave me pleasure to see
them enjoy themselves. It was the
first time they had this sort of thing
for 14 years. I entertained them also
on New Year’s. Out of the three ser
vices while they were here they filled,
the church twice. The Chief of the
tribe and his family are very stuanch
supporters of our church. They call
me their “Yati” which means “min
ister” in Indian. They certainly do
appreciate the fact that a missionary
has come to stay.
One Sunday an Indian lady had a
baby on her lap and wanted to come
up to communion. There was -no one
to give the baby to, so she laid it
on the floor and it didn’t cry. It was
awake too. This same woman walk
ed five miles to church with the baby-
on her back, and walked back again
the same day. 1 found the same trail
hard enough walking without any
thing on my back. The Indian child
ren always seem to be smiling and
happy, despite their lonely life and,
poor fare. They live on fish and
moose and what foodstuffs they can
trade for their furs. If game is scarce
they almost starve.
I have a toboggan and there is also
good skating here in early winter and
spring.
We get mail on average every three
weeks. It comes in by airplane. They
land on the water on pontoons in the
summer and on skis in the winter. At
times we get intervals of six weeks
or possibly two months without mail.
I figure that when this last mail goes
out, I will have sent almost 200 let
ters in 8 months.
We like to get letters and, of
course, can’t expect to get them if
you don't write.
I am the farthest noYth church in
the diocese of Athabasca, the second
largest diocese in Canada. Around 90
miles south of the Arctic Circle. If I
wanted to visit my bishop I would
have, to go 1,300 miles. My nearest
missionary neighbor is 300 miles, at
Fort Simpson. I am supposed to be
in charge of the people living around
Bear Lake. One community over
there is about 200 miles from here.
I hope you will find these rambling"
remarks interesting. Flease pray for
us and our work. It is not an easy
task in this part of the world.
Yours sincerely,
H. L. Jennings,
An outboard motor has been given
Mr. Jennings for travel on the rivet
on Which he is situated.
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