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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1937-05-13, Page 7Thursday, May 13th, 1937 49 2.29 artunity ^Walker Stores, Limited To replenish your bedding require ments at decided saving. Sale of Wabasso Sheets Note sizes of these better quality sheets, close woven coltton, for de­ pendable wear and complete satis­ faction, Size 81 inches by 100, Reg. $2.65 Sale Price *1 QOEach.............. 1 >Ot? Size 81 inch by 108, Reg. $2.95, Sale Price O 1 Q Each......................*..............* X m Size 81 inches by 108, Reg. $3.15, Sale Price - - - Each....... Last mentioned have hand-drawn hemstitched1 hem. All Wool Blankets The blankets weigh approximately 6 lbs., measure 64 by 84 inches, suitable size for double bed, show new rainbow border; guaranteed pure wool, Q OEPair .................... „...Oei/O Wabasso Pillow Cases Excellent quality cottqn, and show deep hem of color, green, rose, blue and gold in pastel shades. Size 42 by 33 /f Q finished. Each...............T'cJC Hand Embroidered Madeira Cases Neat designs on fine quality cotton, various designs showing ' seed and eyelet work, deep, scalloped hems. 1 7EPair........................ 1 • f O LOCAL AND PERSONAL Dr. and Mrs. Hardy Geddes of Lon­ don were week-end visitors in town. Miss' A. Williamson, of Kitchener, spent the week-end at her home here. Mrs, G. I. Campbell, of Ottawa, is visiting with her mofher, Mrs. Chas. ’ Barber. Miss Leila Wild has returned home after spending the last four weeks in London. * Mrs. Olive Beattie is visiting with her daughter, Mrs. Ollie Moffatt at Ingersoll. Mr. Scott Mitchell, of Sudbury, visited at his home here over the week-end. Mrs. W. G. Patterson, of London, was a Sunday visitor with. Mr. and Mrs. Haugh. Mrs. Robert Mason of Lucknow, spent Sunday with her mother, Mrs. Chas. Barbour. William Powell and Myrna Loy in "After the Thin Man” next week at Lyceum Theatre. Mr. Currie Wilson, of Kitchener, was a week-end visitor with his moth­ er, Mrs. J. Currie. Mr. and Mrs. Garnet Baker of Galt, were week-end guests with Mr, and Mrs. W. H. French. ^■’Mrs. Charles Birney of Exeter, ( Ypent the week-end with het sister, Mrs. Harry Hopper. Mrs. C. B. Armitage left on Sun­ day for an extended trip to visit with relatives in California. Mr. and Mrs. V. Wilson of Toronto were week-end visitors with Mr. and ’ Mrs. George T. Robertson. Mr. and Mrs. George McKay and daughter were week-end visitors with Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Adams. Mr. and Mrs. R. E. McKinney, of Toronto, were week-end visitors with Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Gurney. Miss Florence L. Barber, of Tor­ onto, visited Over the week-end with INTERIORS EXTERIOR PAINT ELMER WILKINSON $4.50 THE WINGHAM ADVANCE-TIMES W. B, McCOOL WAS ELECTED D.D.G.M. The Annual District meeting of I. O.O.F. District No, 9, was held in Blyth off Monday evening when the following district officers were'•elect­ ed: D.D.G.M.—W, B. McCool, Wing­ ham. Warden—N. Chapman, Brussels. Sec’y—W. H. Haney, Wingham, The district comprises the lodges of Brussels, Blyth, Teeswater, Wing­ ham and Wroxeter and representa­ tives were present from every lodge in the district. WEDDINGS McKim - Wilson The Marriage of Agnes Evelyn Wil­ son, daughter of Mr, and Mrs, C. H, Wilson of Vancouver, to Mr, T, Ar­ thur McKim, son of Mr., and Mrs. Thomas McKim of Vancouver, took place in Knox Church, Vancouver, April 30th, The young couple will re­ side in Vancouver. Machan - Pattersop The United Church manse at Wal­ ton was the scene of a pretty wedding when Rev, Chas. Cummings united in marriage Laura Jeanetta Patterson, ’’daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Wm, Pat­ terson of Atwood, and Clifford Lorne Machan, son of Andrew Machan and the late Mrs, Machan, Grey Twp. The bride was gowned in navy blue georgette with accessories to match and carried a bouquet of pink roses. Miss Alma Patterson, sister of the bride, was bridesmaid and William Dennis of Walton was best man. Af- ter the wedding dinner was served at the home of the bride’s parents. Later Mr. and Mrs. Machan left on a motor trip to Brantford, Niagara Falls and other points. On their return they will reside in Dresden. Mr. Machan is a brother of Messrs. Gordon and Howard Machan of town /and is well known here. A >■ Bargain Fares MAY 14 ■ 15 to WINDSOR I DETROIT f CHICAGO $10*00 Going May (14 * Returning from Detroit-Last Tram leaves 3.00 a.m. May 17 Prom. Chicago—Last train, leaved 1L30 iLm, May 18 Consult Agents—Ask Handbill Canadian Pacific her mother, Mrs. Chas. Barber. Mrs. Stanley Smith of Guelph was a week-end visitor with her par­ ents, Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Musgrove. Mr. Jack McICibbon, who complet­ ed his course at the Ontario Gollege of Pharmacy, last week, is now home. Mrs. C. Nicholas is visiting with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Drummond, at Picton. Rev. J. F. and Mrs. Anderson and family were Collingwood visitors for a couple of days this week. Mr. J. W. McKibbon attended the annual meeting of the Drug Trading Company which was held last week in Toronto. Dr. Bert and Mrs. Hetherington and daughter Helen, of Brafnpton, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Chris. Hetherington. Mr. and Mrs. J. Beattie of Wood- stock were week-end visitors in town. Mrs. George Mason returned with them for a visit. Mrs. Mary Cross of Toronto and Mrs. A. Beeman of London were week-end visitors with their mother, Mrs. W.' A. Currie. Miss Agnes Walker of Toronto and Mr. and Mrs. A. Fleming of Chatham, were wdek-end visitors with Mr. and Mrs. A. J, Walker. Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Bonner and son, Douglas, of Toronto, were week­ end visitors with Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Haugh, Diagonal Road. Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Davidson and son Bill, attended the funeral of the late Harry Irwin, cousin of Mr, Dav­ idson, in Toronto on Friday last. Rev. Mr. Shantz, Mr. and Mrs. C. Atkinson and Misses Rita and Del- ma Atkinson of Stouffville, spent Sun­ day with Mr. and Mrs. E. Zurbrigg. Mrs. John Kerr, who has been ill in London Hospital for some time, returned on Friday and is Staying with her daughter, Crtiikshank. Mrs. W. L. Craig, of Toronto, ac­ companied by Mrs. M. McIntyre and Mi*. Bett Chapman, visited over the week-end with her daughter, Mrs. W. W. Armstrong. Mr. and Mrs. Stafford Churcher and daughter, Ruth, also Miss L. Moyer and Miss E. Smith, of London, were visitors over the week-end .at the home of Mr. James M. Wild, ' Mr. and Mrs. H. C. MacLean at­ tended the funeral of the late Harry* Irwin, Mr, MacLeart’s cousin, in Tor­ onto on Friday. Mr. Irwin, who was born here, passed away at Kirkland Lake. Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Walker and dau­ ghter Joyce, were in Seaforth on Wednesday attending a birthday gath­ ering in honour of Mrs. Walker’s father, Mr, W. S. Chapman who was celebrating his 80th birthday. tg Mrs. Benson Good Luck and No Luck Since the opening of the trout sea* gon, May 1st, several of the local en­ thusiasts of the rod and line have vis­ ited the streams in this district with varying results. The best catch re­ ported so far was one of six of the speckled beauties. The stories, how­ ever, are bigger and better than ever. BORN COOK—In Belgrave, on Friday, May 7th, 1937, to Mr. and Mrs. George Cook, a daughter. MEETING HELD IN INTERESTS OF C.A.S Rev. J. H. Barnett, of Goderich, presided at a meeting held in St. An­ drew’s Church on Wednesday evening in the interests of the Huron County Children’s Aid Society.. Mr. Barnett told of the work being, carried on by the society, how they cared for the children and how every 'effort was made to keep families together so that the home would not be broken up. Mr. H, A. Edwards, superintend­ ent of the society, also gave an in- terestirig talk on the aims and work of the society. Little Miss Huron, a Wingham. child, ..and her guardians were present.- The placing of child­ ren In foster homes has been carried on very successfully by the society. . Rev. J. F. Anderson led in prayer and Rev. Kenneth MacLean read the Scripture lesson. The meeting was closed with Rev. E. L. Roberts pro­ nouncing the Benediction. United! Church W.M.S. The monthly meeting of the W. M. S. of the United Church was held last week. The President, Mrs. W. Wellwood, was in the chair. Mrs. VanWyck had charge of the chapter from the study book "Men and Wo­ men of Far Horizons." Reports of the 11th Huron Presbyterial were given by the delegates, Mrs. Alex. Co-utts and Mrs. Jas. Gilmour. An interesting letter from Miss Well­ wood was read by Mrs. F> R. How- sort. St. Andrew’s W. M. S. The regular meeting of the W. M. S. of St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church wasUield last week with the president, Mrs. W. J. 'Henderson pre­ siding. Mrs. Donald Rae read the Scripture Lesson and short prayer were offered by Mrs, John Currie. Mrs. William liarbotir, Mrs. E.'Ham­ mond, Mrs. John Raby and Miss Margaret Anderson. The report of the 23rd Annual Pro­ vincial Convention held at London was given by Mrs. W. J. Henderson Who recently attended this convention; her remarks proved very interesting to all present. The topic "Our Work in Manitoba" was taken by Mrs. H. C. MacLean, with Mrs. J. J. Elliott closing the meeting with prayer. Ar­ rangements are being made to hold a Jubilee Service at the next.meeting with Invitations being sent to the Bluevale and Eadies Auxiliaries to at­ tend. ST. HELENS third meeting of the "Girls’The Handicraft Club” was held with 11 girls present and with the vice-presi­ dent, Sadie MacCharles, in the chair. The roll call was "One Essential of an Efficient Clothes Closet?’ The girls were then divided into two groups, one working on the orange crate clothes closet ,while Mrs. Sal­ keld showed the other group how to complete their garment covers. At the conclusion lunch was served by the hostesses, Mildred McQuillin and Iona Swan. Miss Irene Woods, of Waterloo, and Mr, Neely Todd, of Stratford, were home for Mothers’ Day, A special coronation service was followed in the United Church on Sunday morning. Next Sunday Mo­ thers' Day” will be observed when the service will be in charge of the Sunday School. The annual meeting of -the Wo­ men’s Institute was held at the home of Mrs. Elwood Barbour on Thurs­ day with an attendance of 29, The roll call was well responded, to by the paying of fees. Mrs. McKenzie Webb presented the report of the nominating committee and the follow­ ing officers were elected: Presidents, Mrs. E, J. Thom, Mrs. Allan Durnin, Mrs, W. A, Miller; Vice-president, Miss Mary Murray; Sec.-Treas., Miss Mildred McQuillin; Assistant, Mrs. J. Cameron; Pianist, Mrs. Chester Tay­ lor; District Representative, Mrs? Mc­ Kenzie Webb; Flower Com., Mrs. J, Cameron, Mrs. Chester. Taylor, Mrs. Lorne Woods, Mrs. W, A. Miller; Program Com., Mesdames E. Mc­ Pherson, D, Phillips, E. Durnin, L. Woods, A, Gaunt, T. J. Salkeld, P. Mathers, J. Cameron, Misses M. Mc­ Quillin, A. Watson, A. Durnin, J. Gaunt. Mrs, E. J. Thom, Mrs,. Mc­ Kenzie Webb, Mrs, Ewart McPher- son and Mrs, D. Todd were the dele­ gates appointed to attend the District Annual meeting to be held in Auburn on June 3rd. Rev, H. M. Wright was the guest speaker, Choosing as his subject "The Survival of the Fittest” Mr. Wright paid tribute to the work that the Women’s Institute is doing throughout the country, and gave many suggestions for extending that work for the betterment of the com­ munity. Mrs, E. Rice favoured with a solo. Miss Laurine Miller gave a demonstration on making a hat stand­ ard. At the conclusion a sqcial hour was enjoyed over the tea cups with Mrs. Pharis Mathers, Mrs. John Cam­ eron and Mrs. George Stuart as hos­ tesses. The meeting of the Y. P. U. was t' iisaar ga I Kg JJg Kg:-J-W •JJJ $ JJJ & •g.j:- ' > •$ w> J $ •kf?: /J .U-U??’ .KJ •WWI SALEM and Mrs. Cecil Mines and fam- I ATA LOW PRICE held on Monday evening with the President, Miss Isohel Miller, in the chain The Scripture lesson was read by Norma Weatherhead and the Bible character by Laurine Miller who chose as the subject "Rebekah?' The topic "The Monies" was taken by Mr. Dick Weatherhead, who also led an interesting discussion. Mr. ily, of Niagara Falls, and Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Reidt, from near Lake- let, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Mines, Mr, and Mrs. Thomas McMichael spent Sunday afternoon with- the lat­ ter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs, Jacob Ca- thers, of the B Line corner, Howick. Mrs, Gathers is at present very sick. Mr. and Mrs, John Gowdy spent a day last week with friends at Mild- may, ' Mr. ■ Nelson Gowdy and children, of near Orangehill, spent Sunday af­ ternoon with the former’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Gowdy. Mrs. John McCreery and son and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Brown, from south-of Wroxeter, spent last Satur­ day afternoon with the former’s par­ ents, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Gathers. Mrs. McCreery remained a couple of days, We’ll getnew tires on your car without delay.W Wait. BLYTH Pauline Robinson has beenMiss engaged to teach in Drumbo public school. The Young People’s Union will meet in Clinton on Monday evening and will take part in the Presbytery Musical Contest. Auburn and Blyth are competing for the honors this year. Dr. Voakes has purchased a lot from Mr. Thomas McElroy on Queen St. south and intends to build a idence and office. Mothers’ Day and Coronation vice was fittingly observed in United Church, at the morning serv­ ice, five children received the rites of baptism. 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