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Reports Showed a Year of Progress
showing a very successful
o’clock,77. During the year $850 was paid on I duced the guests of the evening.
Conference
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OBITUARY
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Officers for 1938 Elected
TRIPLET CALVES *
LOCAL AND PERSONAL
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A Patient in Toronto Hospital
.Mr. W. H. Willis, who entered
Michael’s Hospital, Toronto,
week, is responding to treatment. His
many friends will wish for him a
speedy recovery.
Officers Elected and Reports
Received
convention of the
B.E.S.L.
Services Are Being Conducted in
Baptist Church.
information of parents, the
get out about 4.30
125 Present for Banquet Held Thurs-
day. Evening
Guest Speaker Was James Laughland
of the Q, A, C.
Synod of Hamilton and London Will
Meet Here in April. 1
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Will Be Presented Two Nights
Thursday arid Friday,
FREE SHOW FOR
CHILDRENSATURDAY
At Th? Lyceum Theatre at 2.30 p.m.
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ST. PAU’LS CHURCH
ANNUAL MEETING
The annual meeting and congrega
tional meeting of St, Paul’s'Anglican
Ghurch convened in the parish room
on Monday evening, January 31.
•Prayers were read by the rector, Rev.
E. O, Gallagher, following which the
minutes were read by Mr. A. B. Hut
son.
Reports of the years work were re
ceived from the Alter Guild by Mrs,
A. B. Hutson; from the Women’s
Auxiliary by Mrs, E. Nash; from the
Women’s Guild by Mrs. F? Fuller;
from the A. Y. P. A. by the vestry
clerk and also from the Sunday
School. The financial statement of the
parish was submitted by the Secre
tary- treasurer, A. B. Hutson.
The election of officers resulted as
follows:
Chairman and 'President of the
corporation — Rev. E. O, Gallagher.
Rector’s Warden — W. Phair,
People’s Warden —• E. Armitage.
Vestry Clerk and Sec’y-Treas — A.
B. Hutson.
Delegates.to Synod — Roy Manuel
and A. M. Bishop,
Substitutes — J. R, M. Spittai and
G-. Kidd.
Auditors
Simpson.
Select ‘Vestry — Messrs E. Nash,
G, Kidd, T. Simpson, R. Manuel, A.
M. Bishop, R. Johnson, I. Wright.
Mesdanies E. Armitage, E.
Nash, A. B. Hutson, E. Lewis, F. Ful
ler.
Finance Committee — L. R. Black
wood, J. R. M. Spittai, E. Barnes, H.
Towne, F. Sturdy, J. Scott.
Sidesmen — W. T. Booth, A. M.
Bishop, E. Nash, H. Fuller, B. Mit
chell, E. Johnston, J. Crandall, E.
Barnes, J. Scott, G. Kidd, A. Forbes,
G. McKay, C. Armitage.
0 The business session which follow
ed was devoted to the discussion of.
. policy and plans for the ensuing
.year. The meeting adjourned at 10.45.
J?enriy Bank Deposits Up ,, ;
The Penny Bank report for Nov
ember and December shows that the
deposits of the local Public School
children are $1516.83. compared with
$1413.03 of the year before. 56 per
cent, of the children deposited during
this period. The total deposits
Ontario 'are $1,308,824.78, while
comparative figures of a year ago
$1,272,209.07.
ST. PAUL’S GUILD
ANNUAL MEETING
. The Ladies’ Guild of St. I’aul’s
Church held their annual meeting in
the Parish Room of the Church last
■week- with a large attendance of
members present.
The meeting was opened in regular
form by the President and after the
routine business had been dealt with
the Secretary read her report of the
year’s activities and the Treasurer
gave the financial statement for 1937
both of which shower a very success
ful years’s work had been accomplish
ed. .
The Rector, Rev. E. O. Gallagher,
then' conducted the election of offic
ers for 1988, which resulted as fol*
lows:
Presidentr-;Mrs. F. C. Fuller.
l$t Vice Pres.—“Mrs. H. Mitchell.
2nd Vice Pres.—Mrs. F. Johnson.
3rd Vice Pres.—Mrs. (Dr.) Corinell.
Secretary—Mrs. F. Preston.
Treasurer—Mrs. J. W. Dodd.
Collectors—Mrs. Lamb, Mrs.
Armitage, Mrs. H. Mitchell, Miss
McCurdy*
Rev. Gallagher then gave a short
address in regard to the work of the
Ladies’ Guild, pointing out how ne
cessary this organization was to the
Church and requesting the co-opera
tion of officers arid members in this,
his new sphere of labor. He then
asked all present to rise and asked
a special blessing be bestowed On the
-newly elected officers to carry on
their work.
Mrs. Fuller in a few words thank
ed the ladies for tile support given
her and hoped for a continuafiee of
the same. Several suggestions were
given to raise funds and it was decid
ed to hold a St. Patrick’s Day Supper.
The Rector then pronounced the Ben
ediction, after which all sat down to
a delicious luiriOh land eh joyed a social
half hour. '•
With Which Is Amalgamated The Gorrie Vidette and Wroxtier New*.
WINGHAM, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3rd, 1938
UNITED CHURCH
annual MEETING
Officers Elected and Fine Reports
Presented by Various Societies
A successful and progressive year
was reported at the annual meeting
of the congregation of Wingham Un
ited Church, helri last in the
school room with the splendid attend*
ance of over 200.
Rev, J. F. Anderson, the Pastor,
was chairman and Dr, A. W. Irwin,
secretary. The pieeting opened wifh
a song service and Scripture reading
and prayer by the pastor.
That the Church enjoyed a pros
perous year was evidenced by the re
port of the Board oft Stewards given
by the Treasurer, Elmer Wilkinson.
The receipts totalled $7385,56^ balan
ce from 1936 $41.86, Weekly Offering
’$3611.81, Dr. Thomas Offering $72,-
56, Anniversary $1831,05, M. & M.
Fund $18.28,28. After meeting all ob
ligations there was a balance of $231,-
the Buildin Fgund, reducing this ac
count from $4500 to’$3650.
The report of .the Session was giv
en by Dr. R. C. Redmond, The
Church membership increased by 11
during the year and now stands at
783. 20 joined by transfer and 17 by
.profession of faith. There were 14
deaths during the.year and 12 trans
ferred. . '
Retiring members of the Session,
Board of Stewards and Auditors were
all re-elected as follows: Session, Pet
er Gowans, Dr. R. L. Stewart, H.
Hopper, Elmer Wilkinson, H. E. Is
ard, Dr. 'R, C. Redmond; Board of
Stewards: Benson Cruikshank, IT. Bu
chanan, T. Field, W. H. French, W.
Galbraith, W. J. Greer; Auditors, D.
Geddes, W. A. Galbraith. The Board
of Trustees were re-organized as fol*
lows: 1 year term, Dr. Redmond, Dh
Stewart, M. Procter; 2 year term, F.
R. Howson, H. E. isard, J. J. Mof
fatt; 3 year term, B. Cruikshank, R.
Cruikshank, W. J. Greer; 4 year term,
‘ ’ (Continued on/Page Four)
Resigns,from Hospital Staff
8Uss N.ellie Walters, Reg. N.4 who
M;he past twelve years has been
a^^tant -superintendent of Wingham
General Hospital, has resigned, her
position to take effect March 1. Miss
Walters has been an efficient and
popular member of the Hospital staff
and the public in general will regret
that she has resigned her position.
On Trip to Florida
Messrs. R.'H. Lloyd, John W.
na, Capt. W. J. Adams and A. J.
Walker left Monday morning by mot
or for Florida. They went south by
the east route and will call at South
ern Pines in Caroline where Mr. and
Mrs. A. E. Lloyd and Miss Dorothy
are spending the winter. It is expect
ed they will return by way of the
Virginia Mountains, Kentucky and
Ohio, They will be away about a
month.
Vice-President of, New Company
Mr. Thos. A. Gear,, former Wing-
hamite, has been made Vice-President
and Sales Manager of the Sanitary
Butter Dispenser Co., Ltd., which has
just been incorporated in Windsor
with a Dominion charter. The com
pany has an extensive franchise .for
the entire Dominion and British' pos
sessions on a patented sanitary butter
dispenser for cutting butter for Serv
in hotels, restaurants, etc., being the
only one of its kind in the /world.
They have several other non-edmpet-
Itive patented articles that are in de
mand and anticipate doing an excep
tionally large volume of business in
the Dominion and throughout the
British Empire. The company occup
ies offices at 408-9 Bartlet Building,
Windsor. John A. Gear, who attends
Wingham High School, is a son.
OPEN LITERARY
THIS WEEK
preparations are now complete for
the High School Commencement Ex
ercises which are being held Thurs
day and Friday nights this week ift
the Town Hall. The students have
been practising faithfully and it is ex
pected that the presentation this year
will exceed expectations. This annual
presentation is one of the outstand
ing events of the year here and
hall should be filled to capacity path
nights. ■ ,
SHORT COURSE
ENDED FRIDAY
The'Short Course in Home Econ
omics and Agriculture held in the
Town Hall under the auspices of the
Ontario Department of Agriculture,
Huron County Branch, under the dir
ection of Ian MacLeod, was brought
to a close Friday noon.
The. course was a very successful
One, with 49 girls enrolled in the
Home Economics section and 24 boys
in Agriculture.
On Thursday evening a banquet
was held in the Council Chambers for
which the local Women’s Institute
catered in a very efficient manner.
There were 125 present. Mr. Ian
MacLeod, County Agricultural Repre
sentative, was Toastmaster and intro-
Mayor John W. Hanna proposed
the toast to the classes. He said our
citizens were very happy to have had
the opportunity of offering facilities
for the. carrying on of the courses
here. He expressed „the hope that the
department would continue this ex
tension work in this community. Miss
Margaret Turvey and Carl Johnston
responded.
The toast to “Ou.r Guests” was giv
en by George Hetherington and was
replied to by Warden Wilmot Haacke
Who stated that the extension work
of the Department has the whole
heart support of the County Council
■and he stated that Hon. F. AV. Dew-1
an, Minister of Agriculture, was very
greatly in favor of short courses such
as this one and other extension work.
Mrs. J. Kerr proposed' the toast to
the Staff. Miss Winnifred Mayhard,
Miss M. E. CJarke^Mr. W. L.-Bishop
and Mr. Ian MacLeod, who gave the
lectures throughout the course, re
plied.
The guest speaker of the. evening
was James Laughland, B.S.A., of the
Ontario College of Agriculture, at
Guelph. He stated that almost 3,00’0
1 men and women attended the various
courses at the Ontario Agricultural.
College during the past year. There
are three main divisions of the work
at the college, teaching, research and
extension. New problems are con
stantly demanding attention. One of
these has to do with the .nenietode
Azhich has caused so much damage to
oats throughout the province. The
college is conducting special investi
gational work on an eight-acre field
to find a remedy for‘this pest. Soil
problems ^e receiving much atten
tion in an attempt to discover the
best methods of handling land to get
the greatest yields. Special work is.
(Continued on Page Four)
014 Boys’ Service
The Annual Church Service of the
Huron Old Boys’ Association, Toron
to, will be held at St. Paul’s Presby
terian Church, Bathurst St., on Sun
day evening, February 6th. R.e^v. R.
C. McDermid, Chaplain of the As
sociation, will officiate.
Underwent Operation
Mr. Thos. ' Stewart underwent an
operation in Western Hospital, Tor
onto, on Monday morning. We are
pleased to state that he came through
the operation very satiSfastorily. Dr.
R. L. Stewart accompanied his bro
ther to Toronto returning Monday
evening.
British to Try for Air Record
Recurring reports that projected
British plans to tackle the World’s
long-distance non-stop flying 'record
might be abandoned have been effect
ively silenced by the Air Ministry,
London, with appointment of the per
sonnel for the test*/ The British will
try a flight from Lincolnshire to
Singapore, a distance of 7309 miles.
The present record is 6300 miles,
Moscow to California set last July by
Russian airmen.
C.G.I.T. Elected Officers X'
The weekly meeting of the C.G.LT.
was held Friday last week. The fol
lowing officers were elected: Past
President Louise Thompson; Pres*
ident, Louise Dore; Vice Pres., Lois
BatesOh; Secretary, Bertha Case-
niore; Treasurer, Alice Dore; Herald,
Evelyn Carter; Convenors Cherish
He^tbi ^eorgina EJvans; Seek Truth,
j|tq.|tha jStteMshlp,
Marion Tampiej^an; j-Social Service,
Helen Hammond,
ACCIDENT VICTIM
LAID TO REST
Large Congregation Paid Last Res
pects to the Lafe Reginald Douglas.
The voice of Reginald Douglas will
no more be heard over the local
broadcasting station . CI^NX, Last
Thursday he was fatally injured when
he fell two floors down the elevator
shaft at the Gurney , Glove Works,
where he was employed. He was
rushed to Wingham General Hospit-
al but passed on a short time after
his admittance. Hp suffered a com
pound fracture of the skull and a
broken back. It is believed that he
stepped into the shaft not knowing
that the elevator was at the floor
above.
“Reg.” took an active interest in
sports, especially hockey and baseball
and for a number of years he has been
an announcer in the evenings over
CKNX when he gave sport reviews
and conducted other programs..
He was in his 31st, year. Born in
Edinburgh, Scotland^ he attended
Edinburgh University? While a very
young man he,.came to Canada as a
clerk in the Dominion Bank. He was
transferred here and a short time af
ter resigned from the bank and for
the past seven or eight years has been
employed in the glove factory.
He leaves to mourn his sudden
passing, his wife, Beth Holloway, to
whom he was married 18 months ago,
and hi’s father and mother,'who re
side m.Ex'teftcr Devon, England. His
fathet\is a retired officer of the Royal
. Navy. '
Thursday night a jury was sum
moned by Coroner. Dr. R. C. Red
mond and they viewed the remains.
The inquest will be held on February
8th. Thfe jury is composed of G. T.
Robertson, Foreman; A. Lockridge, J.
Mason, J. Isard, Edgar Pattison, T.
Fells, H. Garlick, O. -Haselgrove, C.
Kingan. Drs. Connell and McKibbon
performed the post-portem.
- -Stf Paul’s Anglican Church was fill
ed beyond capacity for the funeral
service which was held on Sunday af
ternoon. The Sunday School room
of the church was used *to accommo
date those who could not gain ent
rance to the church and they listen
ed to the service via a radio which
was installed. Rev. E. O. Gallagher,
the rector, conducted the service an4
spoke from the words of St. Paul,
“For me to Live is Christ and to Die
is gain.”
The Fire Brigade, of which the de
ceased had been a member for a num
ber of years, attended the funeral in
a body and fellow employees acted as
flower bearers.
The pallbearers were: Wallace
Gurney, W. T. Cruickshanks, Grant
McLean, Roland Anedrson, Jack
Templeman, Elgin Johnston.
Burial was made in Wingham Cem
etery.
. The first triplet calves to be born
In the County of Huron and live, were
born of a Durham cow belonging to
Wm. Bridges, Belgrave Road, Thurs
day last week. The calves are all ful
ly developed, good size and. are doing
well. The calves have created a great
deal of interest in this district and
many have been to see these three
fine specimens.
Instantly Killed ,
C. W. (Shorty) Robb, of Stratford,
an employee of the Bell Telephone
Co. for over 20 years' was instantly
killed at Harriston, Ont., Tuesday af-
ternoori while working in that town.
He was welbknown here, his wife is
a former Wingham girl, Mildred Mus
grove. Surviving besides his wife are
two sons and one daughter.
Mrs. Adam Johnston is visiting
with her daughter in Toronto. .
Miss Marjorie Smith, of Saskatoon,
is the guest df her aunt, Mrs. \^-H.
Waram.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Haney, of Cal
gary, are visiting with, his brother,
W. H. and Mrs. Haney.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Dcyell arid son,
of the West, have returned East and
intend taking tip farmmg'in this: dis
trict.
Mr, A, <£r.< Smith, "T'orofito; former
Editor and proprietor of the Advance-
Times, at the annual meeting of the
Toronto Board of Trade, was appoint
ed a member of the Publicity Exten
sion Committee.
ST* ANDREW’S CHURCH
ANNUAL MEETING
The annual meeting of the congre
gation of St. Andrew's Presbyterian
Church was held on Wednesday even
ing last week. After devotional exer
cises conducted by the Minister, Rev.
Kenneth MacLean, |Mr. W. A. Miller
was appointed chairman and reports
of the various organizations were pre
sented
year.
Rev.
Session
Kenneth MacLean gave the
report. The membership in
creased during the year by 10, there
being 419 on the roll. 13 members
were added by certificate and 8 by
profession oFfaith. One member was
removed by certificate and 10 passed
on during the year. On behalf of the
Session, Mr. MacLean thanked all
those who had labored so faithfully
in the interests of the Church. He
said the World's Day of Prayer ser
vices were well attended and will be
continued this year;
Synod to Meet Here
Mr. MacLean brought to the atten
tion of the meeting that the Synod
of Hamilton and London will meet in
the Church here the last week of Ap
ril. To make arrangements for the
billeting, etc., a committee will be
formed, comprising three from each
of the following: Session, Board of
Managers, W.M.S., Ladies’,Aid Soc
iety, Goforth Auxiliary and the West
minster Guild. Mr. MacLean will be
the chairman.
The matter of bringing the history 1
of the church up-to-date was also dis
cussed and this matter was referred
to the Historical Committee.
The following were re-elected to
the Board of Managers: W. A. Miller,
J. W. McKibbon, John Raby, Gordon
Machan. Mr. R. Rae was elected for
a similar term. Other members of the
Board are: H. C. MacLean, J., W.
Hanna, David Currie, Geo. Wilson,
Donald .Rae, D. Kennedy, T- Y.,
Smith, N. Pickell, Geo. Olver, W. H.
Haney. Auditors elected were, Mrs.
G. R. Scott and Mrs. G. Godkin.
Reporting for the Board of Manag
ers, Mr. W. H’. Haney stated that the
total amount of moneys raised by the
congregation and the various societies
was $6,435.97, made up as follows:
General Account $4078.70; Budget by
envelope $1027.95; Sunday School
$229.62; Women’s Missionary Society
$510.65; Marion Williamson Auxiliary
(Continued on Page Four)
Flare-Up In Mexico
Matamoros, Mexico—Armed bands
identified as members of General Ni
colas Rodriguez’s Fascist “Golden
Shirts” fought Federal troops and
police in four cities of Tamaulipas
State along the Mexico-Texas border.
British Steamer Torpedoed
Barcelona, Spain — A “pirate” sub
marine torpedoed and , Sank the Brit
ish sfeamer Endymion off the Spanish
qast coast early Monday, with a loss
of eleven lives, including the vessel’s
British captain and his wife, the loy
alist Defense Ministry1 announced.
Training As Nurse /
Miss Frances Currie, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs, R. A. Currie, left on
Monday morning for St. Michael's
Hospital, Toronto, which institution
she is entering as a nurse-in-training.
Prior to her departure a number of
her friends gathered at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Stewart, Diagonal
Road, and held a surprise party in
her honour. Miss Currie was present
ed with a beautiful signet ring and
compact.
Cars Collided
Monday noon the C.N.R. express
truck and Chevrolet coach came to
gether in front of the U.F.O. plant
on Josephine Street. It appears that
Mr. Smith was driving the truck
north and as he turned into the U.
F. 0. driveway the Chev., driven by
a Canadian Oil traveller, tried to pass
him and was dragged along the curb,
turning the truck around. No one
was injtttt'di' The truck Was nb't dam
aged but the car had its Ifdrit hashed
NOTED EVANGELIST
SPEAKING HERE
Speaking an the subject, “God’s
Alarm Clock?/' Evangelist David F.
Nygren, internationally noted evang
elist and author, opened A series of
gospel services in the local Baptist
Church Tuesday night. Rev. Elmer M.
Loney, pastor, introduced the speak
er and urged his people to co-oper
ate with Mr. Nygren.
Mr, Nygren closed a series of meet
ings in the First Baptist Church,.
Buffalo, N.Y., last Sunday night.
From here the evangelist will go to
Pittsburg, Pa. The present campaign
chalks down his twenty-eighth Can
adian revival.
The evangelist was at one time a
newspaper editor at Manhattan, Kan
sas, where he had charge of a daily
and a weekly paper. At the present
time he is the editor of a religious
magazine, “Revival Dynamite/’ One
of his recent books “The Eternal
Quest," (Zondervau Pub. House,
Grand Rapids, Mich.), a Christian
novel, is having a big sale. Fie has
also compiled three hymn books
which have gone out in various edit
ions with a total sale of 20,000 copies.
Aside from the above, he has publish
ed a number of booklets, sermons and
poetry.
The people of Wingham and sur
rounding territory will receive a spir
itual uplift by attending these serv
ices. Mr. Nygren challenges anyone
to sleep while he preaches. The meet
ings are for the good of the entire
community.
iMr. Harry W. Bundy, soloist, will
not be here. He was called to Los
Angeles to the bedside of his mother-
in-law, Mrs. Gates. The musical end
of the campaign will be cared for,
but as the paper goes to press
rangements have not been made.
Legion Opposed to Re-Union v
Dominion Council of the Canadian
Legion at Fort William decided the
organization, would^not -partieipate .in
an ex-service men’s reunion in Tor
onto this year. The Canadian Corps
Association are sponsors of the re
union this year and say they will go
ahead regardless of whether the Leg
ion co-operate or not.
Would Bar Japs
A motion which would bar all Jap
anese immigration to Canada will be
presented to the House of Commons
shortly by A. W. Neill (Ind. Com-
mox-Alberni).' Another anti-Japan-
ese motion will also be tabled, which
would immediately reduce by 40 per
cent the number of fishing licenses
issued to Japanese on the Pacific
Coast and which would in the next
few years entirely eliminate the Jap
anese from Canadian waters.
Netherland Princess Bom
Amsterdam — Princess Juliana of
the Netherlands Monday gave her
land of tulips, thrift arid windmills a
baby princess who may be its third
consecutive woman ruler. The whole
nation joined in rejoieflig before the
last echoes of the royal salute an
nounced the long wait at the little
white Socstdijk Palace ended with
the birth of a girl. A salue of 51 guns
instead of the 101 scheduled in the
event of a boy; was fired* at Amster
dam.
Appointed K.C.
Among the newly appointed King’s
Counsellors, we see the name of Mr.
R. Irwin Ferguson, Toronto, son of
W. H. Ferguson and the late Mrs.
Ferguson, formerly of Belgrave. iMr.
Ferguson is a graduate of Wingham
High School. He was the solicitor
for Mr. Solway of the famous Solway
Mills, Stock Brokers, in his trial that
took the front page for the past two
months, and in this connection Mr.
Ferguson had to twice appear before
the Privy Council. He is also .the rul-
master of Huron & Bruce Masonic
Lodge, Toronto, and WC join with his
host of friends in extending congratu
lations to Mr. Ferguson.
MAILING LIST
WAS CORRECTED
Our mailing list has been correct
ed up to-and including Saturday* Jan.
29th. Please examine yotir label and
if there are any errors please advise
this office at once.
■ ’■ ?I£ jtbtf' find that your label reads in
arrears ah early remittance would be
greatly appreciated.
The Chamber of Commerce is stag
ing a Free Matinee for Public School
Children and those younger, at the
Lyceum Theatre at 2.30 o’clock Sat
urday afternoon this week, Np adults
will be admitted as all seating space
will be required for the children. A
hearty invitation is extended to public
school children from the rural schools
to attend.
Mr. Kidd, Principal of the Public
School, will be in charge of the child
ren at_the theatre.
The stars of the picture will be
Freddie Bartholomew and Jackie
Cooper. The presentation will be
“The Devil Is A Sissy,” This- is a
great story of a couple of regular
kids. There will also be the news reel
and Cab Calloway and his orchestra.
For the
show will
Attending
Major Kenneth Weaver,
Zone Representative for this
is in Fort William this week attend
ing the bi-annual
Dominion Legion,
Mr. A. G. Smith’s Mother Passes
Mr. and Mrs. A. "G. Smith, former
ly of the Advance-Times, passed
through Wingham on Friday accom
panying the remains of Mr. Smith’s
mother to Kincardine for interment
in the family plot. The late Mrs.
Smith was in her 82 nd year and re
sided in Toronto for the past
of years.
Mrs. Robert Shiell
Elizabeth McGregor, widow
late Robert Shiell, passed on
residence, Victoria Street, at
o’clock Tuesday morning, February
1st. Mrs. Shiell, who was in her 88th
year, suffered a series of accidents
and sickness in the past year which
she-bore m-her vrsual cheerful--manner.--'
Just a year ago now she suffered
severe scalds on her foot. She was
barely over this affection when in
April she was''taken ill for nine weeks.
She was recuperating nicely from this
illness when on October 6 she fell
and fractured her arm. The arm men
ded splendidly and she was about as
usual when eight weeks ago she fell
at her home and fractured her hip
and the other arm. Since that time
she has gradually become weaker and
passed peacefully away Tuesday.
For 60 years, this grand old lady
had been a resident of this district.
She was born in the Township of
Nassagwega, near Acton and a few
years before her marriage in 1880,
came to East Wawanosh. She and
her husband resided, on the 10th con
cession of East Wawanosh until they
moved into Wingham in 1926. Mr.
Shiell passed on April 15, 1930. Mrs.
Shiell was of a kindly disposition and.
had a wonderful sense of humour.
She leaves to mourn her passing
two sons, Andrew T. at home and
Robert M. on the homestead in East
Wawanosh. She is also survived by
one sister, Miss Jan-c McGregor, who
lived with her arid who is the last
surviving member of a family of ten.
The funeral service will be held at
her late residence, Victoria Street, at
2.30 P. M. on Thursday, Febraury 3rd
and will be conducted by Rev. J. F.
Anderson, pastor of Wingham United,,
Church, of which she was a member.,
Interment in Wingham Cemetery,
INSTITUTE MET WITH
SHORT COURSE CLASS
The Women’s Institute held their
January meeting in the Council
Chambers on Thursday afternoon, the
President, Mrs. W. J. Henderson pre
siding and 38 ladies present.
The, meeting opened with the
Lord’s Prayer in unison followed by
a business session after which the In*
stitute members joined with the Short
Course Class and the Economics In*
structor gave a very interesting de*
monstration on Sandwich Making.
Mrs. Walter VanWyck gave a read
ing entitled “Mine and William’s
Thank-Offering” and Mrs. Donald
Rae sang “Burns and Scotland Yet”
with Mrs. James Robinson as accom
panist The meeting closed with the
National Anthem and a lunclt of sand*
wiches and tea served by the hostess,.
Mrs* Stanley J-Ialb assisted by Mix
C« Athft.