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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1937-06-24, Page 1With Which !• Amalgamated The Gorrie Vidette and Wroxeter Newt. Single Copies Five Cents WINGHAM, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JUNE 24th, 1937 Subscriptions $2,00 Per Year COMMERCIAL CLASS RESULTS-ANNOUNCED Nine Will Receive High School Com* mercial Diplomas. The following students of the Com­ mercial Course in the Wingham High ■School qualified to receive diplomas toy successfully completing their stud­ ies in the following subjects, Book­ keeping, Shorthand, Typing, Business 'Correspondence, Penmanship, Spell­ ing, Rapid Calculation, Business Law, Office Practice, English and Canad­ ian History. Zora Cameron, Anna Chittick, Edna Elliott, Lorene Haller, Eva Homuth, ’Ida Kelly, Luella Kerr, Eleanore Mc­ Lean, Olive Shiell. The ,following students may qual­ ify by writing supplementary exam­ inations in September: George Carr, Beryl .Cunningham, Catherine Nor- ■trop, Caroline Wellwood. Ladies* Bowling Tournament On Thursday The members of the Ladies’ Bowl­ ing Club are holding a rinks tourna­ ment on Thursday afternoon and ev- -ening this week It is expected that there will be a large entry. .June Institute Meeting The regular monthly meeting of the Women’s- Institute will be held in the Council Chambers on Thurs­ day afternoon, June 24th, commenc­ ing at 2.30. A good programme will ,be given including a demonstration of First Aid. Roll Call to be answered with a Jelly or Jam recipe. Lunch will be served and Mrs. Alexander Coutts will be the hostess. Every­ body welcome. OBITUARY Mrs. Ridhard A. Wilton The death of Margaret Jessie For­ tune, beloved wife of Richard A. Wil­ ton, occurred at the family residence, Lot' 8, concession 8, Turnberry, Sat­ urday morning, June 19th. Mrs’. Wil­ ton had been an invalid from rheuma­ tism for the past fourteen years and Jfor the last four years had been con­ fined to her bed. . During this long period of suffering she remained bright and cheerful and bore her af-' fliction with great patience and forti­ tude. The deceased, who was in her 65th year, was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Fortune. She was born on the 9th of Turnberry and .spent practically her whole life on this line. Thirty-three years ago she was married to her now bereaved hus­ band. She leaves to mourn her passing be­ side her husband, one daughter Jean .and one son Grant both at home. She, is also survived by four sisters and two brothers, Mrs. D. (Clara) McCal­ lum of Woodbridge, Isabel of Cal­ gary, Catherine, Agnes, David and Thomas, all of Turnberry. The funeral, which was very largely attended was held from the family re­ sidence on Monday afternoon. The service was conducted by Rev. J. R. Greig, minister of Eadie’§ Presbyter­ ian church of which she was a mem­ ber. The 'pallbearers were, W. A. Mc­ Gill, Hugh Gilmour, Fraser Haugh, West Haugh, Ivan Haugh and James E. Currie. Interment took place in Wingham cemetery. “She suffered all in silence Physicians were in wain, ’Till God above, in His great Love, Released her from all pain.” ■ ■ Mrs. James B. Lowrie Mrs. James B. Lowrie, who died in Millbank, Perth County, recently, was born near Belmore 70 years ago, the daughter of Gustavus Barton, pioneer resident Of North Fluron. Funeral services were held from the United Church and interment in Millbank Cemetery. Mary A. Barton was mar­ ried to James Lowrie, son of David and Eliza Lowrie, of Howick Town­ ship, and who was killed in a run­ away accident ten years ago. She leaves a brother, Robt. J. Barton, of Fergus, formerly and for many years a druggist in Harriston; a sister, Mrs. Adeline Gilmore, Woodstock, and six sons, Doctors Howard A., Frank, David W.» grocer; Wm. J., teacher, all- of Toronto; Dr. Robert j., New York City and Milton, Veterinary In­ spector, Montreal; five daughters, Mrs. Bert Smith and Miss Bertha, of Isolation Hospital, Toronto; Mrs. C. Hershy and Miss, Harriet, Guelph, and ‘Miss Addie E., missionary, in Honan, China. DONKEY BASEBALL RIDE ’EM COWBOY! See This Great Novel Entertainment at the Town Park, Monday Evening, June 28th. There will be merriment at the Town Park on Monday evening next, June 28th, when 18 or more local men will engage in a novel entertainment — Donkey Baseball, Reports from other places tell of large and hilarious crowds which turn out to witness the unique pastime, and the antics of the players and their bizarre mounts. The game will be an all-star affair between the All Stars and the Cham­ ber of Commerce, and you will roar as the players play this exciting game aboard donkeys, This donkey baseball game has nev­ er before been seen here, but several places in this district have laughed at this Hilarious Sport. Can the players stay on the don­ keys? Who will be’ home-run hero? Your guess is as good as anybody’s. “Mae West” will be on hand, not the “Mae West” of movie fame but a don­ key -that creates no end of fun. Laugh with the crowd at the Don­ key Baseball Game Monday evening, June 28th. The game will be played under flood .lights. In case of rain the game will be played in the Arena. Forfmer Resident Passes Mrs. R. W. Adams received word that James Ritchie, of Geneva, N.Y., a former Winghamite, died on June 3rd, from a’heart ailment. Girls’ Softball Game A game of softball between the loc­ al girls’'team and the Brussels girls’ team will be played at the Town Park Wednesday (to-day) at 6.30 o’clock. Won Second Prize At the Scotch Doubles Bowling Tournament at Lucknow on Wednes­ day last week, Jack Mason and Art Wilson were runners-up in the trophy event. Garden Party Dominion Day At Bluevale United Church on Thursday, July ist. Supper served from 6 to 8 o’clock, followed by a 3- act play “Mother Mine” presente d by the Whitechurch Young People. Mus­ ic between acts. Admission, Adults 35c, children 20c, program only 25c. Miss MacDonald’s Room Won Prize In the set of examinations conduct­ ed by Mr: Anderton in Wingham Pub­ lic School as a test of ability in music theory, Miss Myra MacDonald’s Jr. Ill Class obtained the highest aver­ age, and won the prize donated by Mr. Anderton. • Ladies Bowled' at Lucknow Two local lady bowlers rinks took part in a rinks tournament held In Lucknow on Tuesday afternoon and evening, Mrs. F. Sturdy, Mrs. G. Wil­ liams, Mrs. F. O. Preston, Mrs. T* A. Currie, skip; Mrs. Joe Kerr, Mrs. A. Taylor, Mrs. A. Wilson, Mrs. W. B. McCool, skip^ The latter rink was successful in capturing second prize. Band Concert Friday Night The Wingham Citizens’ Band will present a concert on Friday night at the Town Park. The following is the program, March, Friendship, W. Tal­ bott; Overture, Determination, A. Hayes; Waltz, The Spring, E. Wald- tenfel; March, Pilgrims’ Triumphal, Talbott;- selection, Martha, Flotow; One Step, Melody Maid, Talbott; Ov­ erture, Grand Knight, Anon; A Tone Picture, Southern Breezes, F. P. Ath­ erton; March, Music Maker, Talbott; God Save the King. COUNTY BOYS’ WORK BOARD CAMP DATES All arrangements for the Huron County Boys’ Work Board camps are now completed and it is hoped that the attendance this year will be large. There ‘ are two camp dates. Camp Hiawatha, June 28 to July Sth for all boys 12 year of age and over; Camp Keemosahbce, July 19 - 24, for boys 9,,10 and 11 years of age. The cost of attending these camps is cut to a minimum so that as many as possible may attend. The Camp Administrator is Rev. J. F. Anderson, get in touch with him for full information, Any person who wishes to give financial assistance to help a boy or boys go to camp should get in touch with Rev. Mr. Anderson. Help of this kind will be greatful appreciated and will be of a great benefit to some lad who other­ wise would miss this healthy instruc­ tive outing, ' ASHFIELD MAN KILLED BY TRUCK Accident Happened on Goderich Street In Goderich for a few hours to transact some business at the bank, John Courtney, 65-year-oM Ashfield Township farmer was struck by a motor car and killed as he was cross­ ing the street in the main business section. Death was due. to a severe skull fracture. •The accident, happened at 4 p.m. Monday, near the intersection of Hamilton Street and the circle which encompasses Court House Park'. Leav­ ing the park after a short rest, Mr. Courtney was walking to the opposite side when struck down and killed. Norval Precious of Goderich was the driver of the light truck that was involved in the accident. BLYTH PLAY HERE FRIDAY A schedule Central League game will be played here on Friday of this week when Blyth will take on the local Central nine. These two teams played a real close game at Blyth re­ cently and the local gang were on the short end of the 7-5 score. They are out to revenge this defeat. Game call­ ed at 5.15. Among Winners at Walkerton Two local pairs of bowlers were in the prize money at the Walkerton Doubles on Wednesday last week. D. B. Porter and H. McKay were second in the trophy event, A. M. Crawford and W. A. Miller were runners-up in the association. Suggestion for Parents Principal G. S. Kidd of the Public School, suggests to the parents of children who will commence school at the fall term that they have their children examined during the two holiday months so that they will not be forced to miss classes during this important first year, due to medical or dental ailments. LOCAL AND PERSONAL Mr. and Mrs, W. Brawley were week end guests of Dr. J. A: and Mrs. Fox. Miss Helen Willoughby of Coborne is visiting with her friend, Miss Ella Rae. Mr. and Mrs. R. H. King of Mont­ real were visitors in town for a couple of days last week. Mrs. Pete Robinson, Windsor visit­ ed on Saturday with Mr. Jas, Robin­ son, Catherine St. Miss Kate King who has been at­ tending College of Educatoin at Tor­ onto is visiting at her home here. Mr. and Mrs. Ezra Merkley of Lon­ don, were guests over the week' end with Mr. and Mrs. C. N. Merkley. , Mr. and Mrs. Earl Johns and fam­ ily of Toronto, were week end visitors with his mother, Mrs. W. A. Johns. Mrs. Sophia Rowland and her dau­ ghter, Miss Ella Rowland.of Toronto are visitors at Mr. and Mrs. W. H. French. Miss Isabel Simpson, who has been visiting in Vancouver and Victoria for the past six months returned home last week. Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Alderson, also Misses A. and L. Kerr of Toronto • were visitors over the week end with Mr. and Mrs. George Wilson. Mr. and Mrs. James Elliott of .Sault Ste Marie, who have been visiting Miss Nellie Cruickshanks and other relatives -returned to their home on Tuesday Recent visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Wilfrid Reid were, Dr, R. Code of Winnipeg and Mr. and Mrs. Howard Shiell and daughter Ruth of Scovie, Montana. Dr. Reg. DuVal attended the short course at the Veternary College at Guelph last week and also attended the annual meeting of the Fur Far­ mer’s association. Capt. W. J. and Mrs. Adams are leaving on Saturday for a six Week trip to the Canadian West. They will travel by boat from Sarnia to Port Arthur and by railway from there. Dr. J. J. and MiS. Brown of Wood- stock were week end visitors with Mr. and Mrs. J, H, Crawford. Little Mary Crawford went with her grandparents to Woodstock for a two week’s visit. Mrs, Henry Allen, accompanied Mrs. Lewis to Montreal last week, when Mrs. Lewis embarked for a trip to the Old Land on the Auranla. Mrs, Alien remained for a few days visit in tk^'Qucbcc metropolis, CONSERVATIVES OF HURON « BRUCE ANNUAL MEETING Hon. J. Eari Lawson, M.P. and Mr. A, R. Douglas, of London, Gave Addresses Reeve Robert Bowman, of Brussels, Was Named|president. The Huron-Bruce, Conservative As­ sociation held its annual meeting in the Town Hall .on Friday night with Dr. R. C. Redmond, the Vice-Pres­ ident, in the chair, He said that after three years in office Premier Hep­ burn would soon have to give an ac­ count of his stewardship and the el­ ectors must consider his record and decide if they would send him back for another four years or send some­ body better fitted for the position. He regretted the absence of the Pres­ ident, Mr. Moorehouse Mitchell, of Lucknow, who, he was sorry to say, was in poor health. Officers Elected The following were elected officers of the Association: Hon. Presidents — Dr. R, C. Red­ mond, Wingham; John Joynt, Luck­ now, Dr. Armstrong, Gorrie, Foster Moffatt, Culross. f President—Robert Bowman, Brus­ sels. 1st Vice-Pres.—Russell C. Robert­ son, Lucknow. 2nd Vice-Pres.—W. H. Logan, Teeswater. 3rd Vice-Pres.—J. W. McKibbon, Wingham. Secretary—J. H. Crawford, Wing­ ham. Treasurer—Cleve Baker, Brussels. Representative to the Western On­ tario Conservative Assoc.—Elmer Bell of Brussels. The selection of the chairmen for the various municipalities will be held at municipality meetings to be held as soon as possible, (Continued on page 2.) Maitland Lodge No. 119 will hold its annual Decoration Service in the Wingham Cemetery on Sunday after­ noon, June 27th, at 3 o’clock. Breth­ ren .will meet in the lodge room at 2.30 o’clock. Russian. Fliers Land at Vancouver Three Russian aviators who braved the North Polar wastes in a daring attempt to fly 6,000 miles from Mos­ cow to Oakland, Cal., landed at Van­ couver Sunday, grounded by bad weather, approximately 580 miles short of their goal. They landed at Vancouver .64 hours and 17 minutes after leaving Moscow. Joe Louis New Heavyweight Champ , In the heavyweight boxing match for the world’s championship, held at Chicago on Tuesday evening, Joe Louis, Detroit, defeated Jim Braddock, the titleholder, by a knockout in the 8th round. Braddock took a great deal of punishment very gamely be­ fore the final knockout blow 1 min­ ute and 10 seconds after the opening of the eighth round. The twenty-four year-old colored Louis*, was too much for his 34-year-old opponent who had not engaged in a fight fo,r two years. Dog Thwarts Would-Be Thieves Two attempts have been made to steal a tent Mr. G. A. Schatte has er­ ected at his home. A couple of weeks ago the would-be thieves were fright­ ened away after they had removed some of the pegs. On Sunday night about 11 o’clock 'the ‘Schatte family were in the house when-- their dog, scenting trouble, made an attempt to barge through the screen door. The ,dog was let out’ and made a bee line for the tent and Mr. Schatte saw two men make a hasty retreat to a car which was parked close by. The cul­ prits drove off but that they intended to take the tent with them is sure as they had it down and folded up. .„ ...... DOMINION DAY THURSDAY NEXT Stores Open Afternoon and Evening Before Dominion Day. Thursday next week will be Domin­ ion Day, a public holiday, The busi­ ness places of town will be closed that day. The usual Wednesday half holiday will not be observed next week due to the Thursday holiday and the stores will be open for busi­ ness oti the Wednesday night preced­ ing the holiday. CAR CRASHED TELEPHONE POLE Allen Pattison Had Face Cut ST. HELENS GROUP WON TEAM PRIZE County Achievement Day Held at Clinton. Linklater’s Corner, Lucknow road, just outside of town was a scene of a car accident on Sunday morning. Al­ len Pattison, 12 con, of East Wawan- osh, and his family were motoring in­ to church, when the car, driven by his son Henry, left the road and crashed a telephone pole. Mr. Pattison was cut about the face and it required seven stitches in his chin and lip to close the wound. Dorothy was injur­ ed across the bridge of her nose and Mrs, .Pattison received bruises and a few scratches, Henry was not injur­ ed, Following the accident Mr. Bur- chill drove them to town where Mr. Pattison received medical treatment. Probably the fact that the windshield was shatter-proof glass was the means of saving the occupants of the car more serious injury. The car radiator was badly smashed but the telephone pole withstood the impact. FOAL CLUB TO MEET MONDAY An organization meeting of the Boys’ Foal Club will be held in the Council Chambers on Monday night, next, June 28th. Mr. Ian MacLeod, Agricultural Representative of the County, will be present. Miss C. Isbister left this week for a trip through the Canadian West to Vancouver. Dance in Belgrave Friday, June 25th, Jack Ernest’s Orchestra. Admission 25 cents. Play Two Games Away The Bruce League Club have no game at home this week. They play in Alienford to-day (Wednesday) and on Tuesday next they play at Tees­ water. A Popular Sport Wednesday is becoming a very pop­ ular day at the Alps Golf Course. On Wednesday last week a large number enjoyed the play and over fifty were present for supper. Strawberry Festival June 28 A Strawberry Festival will be held at the Women's Institute, White­ church. Supper served from 6 to 8, followed by a three-act play “Mother Mine” by Whitechurch U. Church Y. P. /Admission, adults 30c, children un­ der 14, 20c. Lucky number of Insti­ tute Quilt will be drawn. Trade Commissioner Visited Sister Mr. Max. T. Stewart, brother of Mrs. Harold Walker, who has been Canadian Trade Commissioner at Melbourne, Australia, for the past five and one-half years, was a visitor with his sister on Sunday. Mr. Stewart, who was educated at the High School here and Toronto University, will sail from Vancouver on August 7th to take up his new duties as Trade Commissioner at Shanghai, China. Seaforth Celebration July 1st Seaforth is sparing no effort to make Dominion Day one of the out­ standing days in its history. Arrange­ ments for the celebration of Domin­ ion Day are almost complete and the program drawn up by the Seaforth Turf Club and Seaforth Athletic As­ sociation, the two organizations spon­ soring the celebration, will be one of the most extensive ever presented. The fun will commence at 9.30 in the morning. Two of the leading girls’ softball teams in Ontario, Kitchener Arrowettes and Waterloo Seagrams, wlil play a league game at 10.45. In the afternoon the Turf Club is hold­ ing races, offering $750.00 in purses. Evening Auxiliary The Evening Auxiliary of the Unit­ ed Church held their June meeting on Tuesday' evening last week, at the home of Mrs. Geo. W. Howson. The programme part of the meeting was in charge of Mrs. J. O. Habkirk and was opened by a hymn followed by the Lord’s Prayer. Miss Phyllis Johns read the Scripture and another hymn was sung, Mrs. R. S. Hetherington continued with the study book, and read some very interesting and amus­ ing stories and experiences of some of the missionaries who are stationed in Arabia, India, Persia and Africa. The business of the meeting was con­ ducted by Miss Blanche Bennett, sec­ ond Vice President The meeting was closed by a hymn and the Mizpah benediction. Refreshments were serv­ ed and a very pleasant social time was enjoyed. ’ ' ” The annual Huron-Qounty achieve­ ment and program planning day, held Saturday in the offices of the depart­ ment of agriculture, Clinton, proved successful, Forty-six girls from all sections of the county, together with ten group leaders, exhibited their work and participated in the judging competitions, The projects chosen for this year were supper clubs for members of the nutrition class and clothes closets to date for the housing project members. Miss Flora M, Drunin, pf Dungan­ non, county home economics coach, was in general charge of the day’s activities. She was assisted by Miss Helen Passmore and Miss Florence Eadie, of the Institute branch, Tor- oronto. Members of the housing project judged garment bags and clothes hangers while the nutrition class members exhibited record books and judged supper menu and tea cakes and also planned supper menus for each season of the year. A number of clubs gave team demonstrations relative to their projects and team prizes were awarded to Auburn, Ethel and St. Helens. Miss Marjorie Cole, of Auburn; Miss Mary McIntosh, of Ethel, and Miss Minnie McIlwain, Fordwich, with Mrs. M. Templeman, Wingham, as alternate, wer.e chosen to repre­ sent Huron County in the home ec­ onomics competitions at the Canadian National Exhibition. Certificates of achievement were awarded to Pearl Baker, Brussels; Muriel Hackwell, Brussels; Dorothy Dilworth, pf Brussels; Mary McIn­ tosh, of Brussels; Mrs. E. Pudner, of Seaforth; Mrs. M. Templeman, of Wingham; Florence Douglas, of Ford­ wich; Minnie McIlwain, of„Fordwich; Dorothy Hastie, 'of Fordwich; Beat­ rice Treleaven, of Dungannon; Aud­ rey Congram, of Dungannon; Con­ stance Morris, of Dungannon. ■' •""" ' —————— • ■ < Blum Resigned The Popular' Front Government of Premier Leon Blum, formed a year and fifteen days ago and called France’s “New Deal,” resigned Mon­ day in the midst of a national financ­ ial crisis. ■ Hospital Bridge Held The Hospital Bridge on Thursday afternoon last was held in the Council Chambers. It was originally planned to have it on the lawn at Mrs. (Dr.) Connell’s but the weatherman had other ideas. The winners were: 1st, Mrs. Herbert Campbell, 2nd, Mrs. J. R. M. Spittai. To Bowl Against South Africans Thirty bowlers from South Africa are making a tour of Canada. To-day (Wednesday) A. M. Crawford will bowl at Toronto with the Provincial Executive of the Lawn Bowliiig As­ sociation against these crack players from over the seas.- The South Afri­ cans will play in this district, at Ow­ en Sound, on July 6th and a local rink will take part. Truck Lands in Ditch Mr. R. A. Spotton’s truck landed in the ditch near Orangeville Thurs­ day morning last. Bud Wakeford, who is employed by Mr. Spotton, his wife and his brother, were on their way to Toronto for a load of marble. Bud apparently did not see a train coming at a crossing near Orangeville until he was very close and, to avoid a crash, drove the car in to the ditch. Bud was taken to Orangeville Hos-. pital where his injured foot was X- rayed. No bones were broken and he was able to come home. The oth­ ers escaped with a shaking up and the truck was not badly damaged. LUCKNOW RINK WON TOURNEY The first mixed bowling tourna­ ment of the season was held Friday night with an entry of 15 rinks, 3 Lucknow, 1 Teeswater and 11 local. The greens were in spelndid shape and all enjoyed the evening of this ancient pastime. The winners were: 1st, Mr. and Mrs.. Solomon, Mrs. Henderson, W. McCoy, of Lucknow; local rinks captured the other prizes: 2nd, Mrs, VanWyck, Henry Jensen, Mrs. W. J. Greer, Alex. Crawford; 3rd, Mrs. Johnson, H. McKay, Mrs. A. M. Crawford, O. Habkirk; 3rd, «Mrs. A. W. Irwin, W. Haney, Mrs.1 G. Williams, Donald Rae. MASONS ATTENDED * PIVINE SERVICE Large Number Paraded to the Upitedt Church, The members of Wingham Lodge A.F. & A.M. No, 286, with several visiting brethren present, paraded! from the Masonic Temple on Bunday morning to the United Church. Rev. J. F. Anderson, the pastor, chose for his text, 1 Kings 7:21 “And he set up the pillars in the porch of the temple; and lie set up the right pil- lar, and called the name thereof Jackin; and he set up the left pillar, and called the name thereof Boaz.’* The worship story for the children, was “The House by the Side of thet Road.” The Choir rendered two anthems, “The Lord is my Strenght” Darnton„ and “Let There Be Light,” Adams. Miss M. Partushek and Mrs. W. B. McCool sang as a duet “I Shall Not Pass Again This Way.” To Acecpt Curacy in London, Eng. Rev. J. A. Allen, of Bishop’s Col­ lege School, Lennonxville, Que., who is visiting with his parents Chief and Mrs. G. Allen, has been granted leave of absence from the school and in­ tends to accept a curacy in London, Eng., for a year. He will sail for England in September. Kit Minks On Display The young kit minks that will be on display in Elmer Wilkinson’s window the latter part of this week, are from the DuVal Fur Farm. The DuVal Fur, Farm have sold 30 k’it minks to stock a mink section at the Hiller Fur Farm, Waterloo. Marked success has been made by the DuVal Fur Farm with the kit minks this their first season. They have had one litter of nine, which is most unusual, and two litters of seven. It is seldom that a litter of seven occurs. WEDDINGS McTavish _ Hammond A lovely June wedding had its set­ ting in the home of Mr, an<L Mrs^ William E. Hammond here on Satur-" day, when their elder daughter, Dor­ othy Margaret, became the bride of G. Howard McTavish, elder son of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. McTavish, of Princess avenue, London. Rev. Ken­ neth MacLean, of Wingham, officiat­ ed. . f Given in marriage by her father, the bride jvas charming in her floor­ length empire frock of Wallis blue organza, with touches of maroon. A wide leghorn hat was worn with matching gloves and blue doeskin sandals. The bride’s bouquet was a beautiful shower of talisman roses and lily of the valley with white taffeta, streamers. Mrs. Graham Gould, of Owen Sound, sister of the groom, was ma­ tron of honour, in shell pink chiffon, printed in blue, with matching short jacket, large leghorn hat and linen accessories. Her flowers were Pernet roses with larkspur. Melville O. Element, London, at­ tended the bridgegroom. The wedding music was played by Miss Tena Reid, of Wingham, and during the signing of the register Jack Reavie Sang in splendid voice “Because.” Following the ceremony a buffet luncheon was served. The bride’s table was centred with the wedding cake. Tall pink and white tapers in silver candelabra were used, and tlie house was decorated with lovely pink and white peonies in tall baskets, roses and orange blossoms. The bride’s mother wore an attrac­ tive chiffon frock in powder blue, and shoulderette of yellow rose buds and the mother of the groom chose a smart jacket model, of blue and white figured chiffon with corsage of white carnations. Immediately following the recep­ tion the young couple left on a motor trip through Quebec and the Gaspe, the bride travelling in a chic going away dress of navy blue jersey crepe, with military cape and matching blue accessories. Her hat was a smart model in navy baku with white cord­ ed ribbon trim. On their return Mr. and Mrs, Mc­ Tavish will reside in London, Out of town guests were: Mr. and Mrs. James P. Gordon, Listowel; Mr, and Mrs. G. Jackson, Listowel; Mr, A. Stauffer, Miss Isabel Walker, MisS Lila Gummerson, all of Walk'ertont Mr. and .Mrs. A. J. McTavish, Lon* don; Mt. and Mrs. A. D. McTavishk Detroit; Mr. and Mrs. G. Gould, of Owen Sound, and Mr. Melville Flein* ent, London.