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DOING GOOD WORK
The Woman’s Auxiliary to the
Wingham General Hospital held their
annual meeting last week which was
.a reminder to the writer of this col
umn that this organization of women
is another women’s group which is
•doing a splendid service in our com
munity,
Our Hospital is a necessary insti
tution. The service it renders to the
.citizens of the district cannot be fig
ured in dollars and cents, it can only
be judged by the valuable service it
affords. Like all such institutions it
is not self-supporting. Money and
other assistance has to be received
from other sources than the fees paid
by the patients,
The Woman’s Auxiliary is fully
aware of this fact and they make it
their business to supply the Hospital
with necessary articles, bed clothes,
linens, dishes, etc., in order that the
patients will be the more comfortable
and thL very necessary part of hos
pital equipment is thus kept in repair
and renewed. An organization such
as the Hospital Auxiliary deserves
the full support and co-operation of
the citizens so that they may continue
to render their splendid service. Each
year a collection of fruits, pickles, etc.
as made by this group. Shortly the
•collection for this year will be made.
Be as generous as you can.
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OVER FOR ANOTHER 5 YEARS
The Hepburn Administration was
given a handsome majority by the
people of Ontario. The Premier and
party will now carry, on for the next
five years. The Government during
its three years in’ office did some
foolish things as well as passing
some very useful legislation. The ex
perience of the past three years
should be of great assistance to them
in giving good government during the
coming years of their 5-year term.
Premier Hepburn will have to re-or-
ganize his Cabinet as he was short
on Ministers at election time and two
failed to be elected. From the mem
bers who were elected he should be
able to pick a satisfactory Cabinet.
It is expected that he will find a seat
for Mr. Campbell, who was defeated
in Addington, as he was slated for
the Cabinet before the election.
It was rather too bad that Hon,
Earl Rowe, leader of the Conserva
tives, went down to defeat, as a
strong opposition is essential to good
administration just as it is necessary
to have good men on the Government
benches. *
The decks are cleared for another
five years and the people will expect
results after giving the government
such a strong endorsation. The elec
tors said “Carry on, Mitch” with
vengeance. Now it is up to him.
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The ducks are heading south!
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Thanksgiving Day is now past. It
will not be long till Christmas.
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It is sort of an in-between season
for sports in this locality. We were
just wondering if we will have a hoc
key team this winter.
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The next
be the race
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election ekeitement will
for municipal honors,
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Premier Hepburn says if a seat is
opened for Hon. Earl Rowe he will
not oppose him. That’s an offer that
should be accepted.
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A farmer’s wife near Calgary was
shot by a gun. The gun, as so often
happens, was believed to be empty.
Beware of- this during the coming
hunting season,
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It was news when Mussolini ap
peared in public in civilian clothes.
Dictators wear military outfits either
to keep their own spirits
press the populace.
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The stocks have gone
last week. Experts cannot understand
this drop. Who is there than can cor
rectly read the marjeet scores anyway.
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310,000 Chinese are opposing 190,-
000 Japs at Shanghai in an undeclar
ed war.. These surely are peculiar
times.
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Wingham Utilities Commission
Phone 156.
Cream, Eggs
and Poultry
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PAPERS!
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Short-sighted Lady (in grocery):
Is that the''head cheese over there?
Salesman: No, ma’am, that’s one of
his assistants.
Tapeworms In Eggs
“J- W. Wilson,” reports the Dun
dalk Herald, “made an unusual dis-
the town in darkness.—Goderich Sig
nal.
A blizzard blanketed many areas
of southern Ontario on Oct. 8, with
snow Up to five inches in depth. At
Barrie children donned caps and
mitts and woollies.
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THE WINGHAM ADVANCE-TIMES Thursday, October 14, 1937
Italy, it is reported, is sending
more troops to Spain. This Spanish
war pot Will boil over one of these
days for sure.
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Culross Residents 50 Years Married
Mr. and Mrs, George Steel, Culross
Township, were at home to their
friends on the occasion of their 50th
anniversary of their marriage, On
October 5, 1887, George Steel was
married to Catherine MacKay, at
Walkerton, by Rev, John Scott. Mrs.
Steel has lived bn the same farm all
her life. Mr. Steel came to Culross
from Quebec at the age of nine.
Cheap License Brings Out 1917 Car
That $5 reduition in car license
fees, led S, Hodgins, of Tiverton, to
get a nice, new, shiny set of markers
for his touring'car which has done
him service since it was purchased
way back in 1917. An early model,
it still is used by Mr. Hodgins, al
though for a few years he did not
drive it. z
GREET FIRST SNOW
Picked Strawberries as Snow Fell
A light flurry of snow fell at noon
on Friday, the first of the season,
and the temperature hovered over the
40 ’mark, but Herbert Cranston, God
erich, had for dessert luscious ‘ripe
strawberries’ from his garden. The
berries, an inch or more in diameter,
were not as tasty as the summer crop.
Had Limb Amputated
The result of a badly splintered leg
fracture received five weeks ago in
a highway accident north of Luck
now, Mr. Wm. MacPherson, Con. 10,
Kinloss, underwent a‘n operation in
Wingham Hospital, when the limb
was amputated above the knee.
Now Assistant Manager
Mr. Melvin Reed of Toronto, was
recently appointed assistant manager
of the Ontario branch of the Massey-
Harris Co. The Ontario branch in
cludes Kall of the province and part
of Quebec. This important appoint
ment follows a series of promotions
that Mr,, Reed has received since
joining the company as their \Luck-
now agent some fourteen years ago.—
Lucknow Sentinel.
Perth Member’s Barn Burned.
The large barn near’Atwood on the
farm of Angus Dickson, M.L.A.-elect
for Perth, was destroyed by fire of
undetermined origin on Friday night.
The loss was considerable, but an
exact estimate could not be obtained.
Mr. Dickson, Liberal member in
the last House and re-elected in Wed
nesday’s general election, was in
Stratford at the time of the fire.
The blaze was noticed shortly after
7 o’clock, but the flames had gained
such headway it was impossible to
check' their spread.,
Members of the family were in the
house when the fire was first noticed.
Two calves and several pigs were
lost, but remaining stock was saved.
Bets Horse Against $15
And Wins
A horse against $15 that the Hep
burn Government would be returned
was the wager, made by a Kincardine
man with the butcher with whom he
deals. The wager was accepted.
It was paid, the merchant handing
out 15 to his customer, whose first
action was to spend the money for
oats for the horse which he had wag
ered. Prior to the election he had de
cided to dispose of the animal.
A Big Freak Potato
Mr. Alvin MqLellart, of Elma, left
at The Sun office on Saturday a po
tato that tips the scale at 2 pounds 5
ozs. This particular potato is not only
one of the largest ever displayed in
oUr window, but it is quite a freak
as well—-it resembles the head of a
bulldog, being replete with eyes,
mouth, lips and nose.—Milverton Sun,
Walkertori Doctor Has
Dislocated Keck
Dr. W. A, Hall, former Liberal
member of the House of Commons,
Ottawa, for the old riding of South,
Bruce, is confined to his home here
with a dislocation of the neck, sus*-
tained In a motor accident, when his
car ran off the road after striking a
loose stone on the pavement near
Dundalk the other day, The severe
jolt received by the local Physician,
as the machine plunged into the ditch,
badly dislocated his neck near the
top of his sp*M»e,“*Walkerton Herald-
Times.
Electric Shock
Ciair Euffell, young son of Mr, and
Mrs, Charles Ruffcll, was knocked
unconscious and painfully burned,
when, while at play, he threw a wire
over a main Hydro line on Bridge
street. The boy received the force of
a heavy shock when the trailing end
of the wire wrapped around his leg,
He was unconscious ten minutes. The
short ‘circuit resulting from the con
tact left the northeastern section of
Pupils Take Milk
The distribution of milk and choc
olate milk to pupils in Palmerston
schools was started Monday. The
practice was introduced last year and
pupils found that when they secured
milk at the morning recess they had
more energy for the rest of the morn
ing.-—Palmerston Observer.
86 Pound Squash
Adam Hossfeld of the Walkerton
road, appears to have put all the rest
of the world in the shade in '’squash
growing. He produced one that meas
ured 6 feet 11 inches by 5 feet 5%
inches in circumference, and weighed
86 pounds,-—Mildmay Gazette.
All Cheese Sold
At the regular meeting of the Lis-
towel Cheese Board, all cheese was
sold, There were 1,291 September
sold at 14c, and 626 October sold at
13%c,—Listowel Banner.
Hanover To Have •
Swimming Pool
Interviewed at their meeting by a
delegation which included Messrs.
Wm. Fischer and Alex. Brownlee of
the Labor Union; Dr. John H. Pilkey
and President Norman E. Wideman
of the Kinsmen Club, in regard to
having a swimming pool erected in
Hanover and ready for operation
next year, the town council named
Mayor Metzger and Councillors Scar
borough and Machesney as a commit
tee to join with the others in formu
lating plans for such' a pooi.—Han
over Post.
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: covery last week when he found a
tapeworm in an. egg which had been
brought into his store. Ed Baker, egg
grader in the local creamery, nnd
Doug. Wilson brought the strange
‘animule’ to this office and to prove
that they weren’t ‘seeing things,’ Ed.
says this is the second tapeworm he
has seen inside an egg.”
Sentenced For Sheep Theft
'“Years ago sheep stealing and hor
se thieving were so serious an offense
that offender’s were punished with
death and while the law has been am
ended many times since, the crime is
still considered a most serious one,
and the maximum penalty at present
is 14 years.”
These remarks were made by Mag
istrate F. W, Walker in police court
here, as he sentenced Gordon McLay,
of Lion's Head, and Kenneth McLay,
of Wiarton, brothers, to six months
in the reformatory.—Walkerton Her
ald-Times,
Arthur Editor Receives Medal
The editor of this journal was very
pleasantly surprised on Tuesday
when he received by registered mail
one of the handsome Coronation
medals issued in commemoration of
the Coronation of Their Majesties,
King George and Queen Elizabeth.
Why we have received this recogni
tion we are at a loss to know or to
whom we are indebted for it, but cer
tain we are that no receipients of this
decoration among the loyal subjects
of. Their Majesties appreciates it
more or accepts.it more gratefully.—
Arthur Enterprize News.
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A woman was very ilj. Her doctor
brought a specialist to see her. She
had warned her sister to hide behind
a screen in the drawing-room, in or
der that she might overhear their op
inion when in consultation after ex
amination.
When the doctors came into the
drawing-room the specialist said:
“Well, of all the ugly-looking women
I ever saw, that one’s the worst.”
“Ah," said the local doctor, “but
wait ’till you see the sister.'
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Will your name appear in Monday’s newspapers? If it does, will you
be writhing with pain m the emergency ward of a hospital, will vtmr
mangled remains be resting m a funeral 'parlor-^- will you, be held hv
• the Police on a charge of manslaughter?
K you are a motorist and value life and property, help to stem +«»
daughter of innocent people. The death toU from car accidental
Ontario must go down! menis m
We are justly proud of the Police of this Province-but they cannot
be everywhere. Most accidents occur when a policeman is not Traffic violator kriow better than to speed, cut in ottecS
with a policeman in sight. cars
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Ontario Motorists wiW Co-operate
When you see a motorist driving in a manner dangerous to
the public, take his number, make ft careful noto of the actual
time arid place arid when you reach your destination write to
the Motor Vehicles Branch, Department of Highways,
Toronto, giving full details* We do not invite reports of minor
. infringements of the traffic laws; you are requested io use
SOund judgment. We will dealadequately with offenders.
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DEPARTMENT of highways
Mbfor Vehicles Branch