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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1938-11-10, Page 1Subscriptions $2,00 Per YearWINGHAM, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10th, 1938Single Copies Five Cents Mrs.Ruby Magee Charged With Drowning Her Child Huron-Bruce To Have 14 Votes at Ontario Conservative Convention Dec. 8 - 9 at Toronto Mr. Benneltt Collapsed as he Went to Serve a Customer at the Ser vice Station. Station about 6.40 p.m. Tues- he was seized with a heart at- and had passed on when picked Dr, W. .A. McKibbon apd Bert VETERANS ATTEND DIVINE SERVICE Rev. A, L. Budge, Hamilton, Preach ed to Veterans at St. Andrew’s Church T. R. BENNETT DIED OF HEART FAILURE The Wingham Legion had their annual church parade to St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church on Sunday ynorning. The parade, headed by the Boy 'Scouts and the Wingham Citiz ens’ Band, formed at the Armouries and marched to the church. Veterans were present from Teeswater and Lucknow. Following the service the veterans paraded past the monument saluting as they passed. •' Rev. Austin L. Budge, of Hamil ton, a former Huron boy, was the preacher, and chose for his Scripture reading the 103rd Psalm. Flis text was taken from the 12th chapter of Daniel, the third verse, "And they that be wise shall shine, as »the brightest of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever,” This Teally means, they that teachr shall ■shine, they that make the world a ‘better place shall be the stars that •shall never fail. Daniel lived in the hardest kind of a world. Israel was in captivity und- •er cruel rulers. Daniel served his Clod in spite of their decrees and his star shall rulers or ten God’s greed for stars will have recently come through a ■crisis, he continued. The world is di vided into a war party and a peace party. There is no victor When ev- ■erybody quarrels. Everyone wins when there is peace. Peace belongs , * -to God and He will help us to main tain it. . • , The minister urged the comrades of the Legion to put Peace across just as they put war across in France. The speaker concluded by urging all to pray for peace, for in war all lose but in peace all-gain. The service closed with the sound ing of “The Last Post”, '“Reveille”, the Prayer of Remembrance and the Benediction. The choir sang a well-rendered an them and Mrs. Wm. Kennedy sang “Jesus Will Give Us .Rest.” Following the church service the parade marched past the Cenotaph ■giving the salute in honour of their ■fallen comrades. shine for ever while those X dictators who had forgot- Word and were filled with power, are forgotten, their fall. As Mr. Thomas R. Bennett rushed to serve a customer at the Royal Ser vice day, tack UP« . ....... Armstrong drove up to the' service station and Mr. Bennett came out the door giving them a cheery greet ing. Hd started toward the pumps to service another car and when half way to the pump collapsed. Mr, Bennett was in his 63rd ye'ar and had been a life long resident of this district. He was born in Grey Township and lived there until he moved to Wingham in 1914, For the past eight years he, to-gether with Mr. John Homuth, has operated the Royal Service Station. Mr. Bennett has for years been one of the out standing auctioneers of the district. He was a member of St. Paul’s An glican Church and for several years served on the Council of the Town of Wingham. Besides his wife, formerly Jane Sa vage of Grey, to who he was married at Wroxeter* in 1900, he leaves to mourn tfieir loss 5 daughters and one son, Mrs. Joseph (Maria) Thompson, Listowel; Mrs. . Thomas (Myrtle) Metcalfe, Glenannan; Mrs. Cecil (Ethelda) Walpole, Espanola; Mrs. Royal (Frances) McArthur, Wing ham; Mrs. Percy (Estella) Gray, of Toronto, and Leonard of Chatham. He is also survived by one sister, Mrs John Finley, Gorrie. One son, Wil liam, died in infancy. The sympathy of all in this com munity goes out to the bereaved fam ily. At time of going to press the funeral arrangements had not been completed. Men’s Oxfords — New fall styles in, Black or Brown $2.98 to $5.00.— Greer’s Shoe Store. Attended! Fur Farmers’ Meeting A, R. DuVal attended the Ontario Fur Farmers’ Field Day at Shallow Lake on Wednesday. Mr. Myers of the Lampson Fur 'Sales of New York was the guest speaker. Efforts Appreciated The Chamber of Commerce takes this opportunity of expressing to the members of the Women’s Institute their sincere appreciation for the fine ■meal and splendid service given at the banquet held recently in the Council Chambers. SI■Thanks A Lot The Wingham Branch No. 180, Canadian Legion, B.E.S.L. sincerely thank the ladies and girls who so willingly and successfully sold pop pies. They also wish to thank Capt. Adams for the trailer he ran at the theatre. The collection this year a- mounted to $205.50, a record. All of which Will be spent for needy return ed soldiers in this district. The co operation given the branch by the taggers and public in general is deep ly appreciated. MINISTERS HELD MEETING MONDAY The November meeting of the Wingham ahd District Ministerial Association was held at St. Paul’s Rectory on Monday. The president, Rev. E. O. Gallagher, conducted the . sesssion and also the opening devo tions. After a brief business session, Rev. Mr. McGillvray, of Lucknow, gave an address on the Ten Com mandments and Modern Life, which proved very interesting and drew forth considerable discussion from the members, which was Very help ful. Following the meeting which was closed by the Moderator, Rev. C. H. McDonald, lunch was served. New ttiembers introduced were; Rev. R« ,M. Weekes and Rev. Boyle of Blyth> Rev. Mr, Lee and Rev. Mr. Stewart, of Teeswater, and Rev. J. Watton of Pbtt Albert The next meeting is at Whiteehurch Dec. 5th, Breaks Neck in Fall Thomas O’Connell, 58, eifiployed as a farm hand by John Cottrill, of Greenock Township, died of a brok en neck when he fell from a load of hay. He was driving a team with the hay from the barn preparatory to tak ing ife to another farm. It was believ ed he was jolted from the load. Clouds Blot Out Eclipse Many who’ were anxious to see the moon in eclipse on Monday after noon were disappointed as the sky became quite cloudy about 5 o’clock and spoiled the show. Some reported a peculiar colouring to the clouds about 7.30 p.m. which they thought had something to do with the unus ual lunar spectacle that was ruined by the' clouds. Fire at Town Park It may be that a new band stand will be erected at the Town Park. On Saturday the leaves at the park were being burned and the fire caught onto the band stand. Although it was not completely demolished, the under portion was badly scorched. The Council this • year repaired the stand rather than go to the expense of building a new one. It may be that it will now be necessary to erect a new one. . 22 Tables at Euchre The Euchre held under the auspic es of the Turn&erry Agricultural So ciety in the Council Chamber Mon day night was very successfull Twen-. oty-two tables were present. The win ners were: Ladies, Mrs. Wm. Stew art and Mrs. Donald Rae; Gents, D. Fortune and Duncan Kennedy. The two men are directors of the society and they gave their prizes to the soc iety which were auctioned. All prizes Were dressed chickens. Following the play lunch was served. To Dedicate. Memorial Tablet A Brass Memorial Tablet in mem ory of the late Reginald Douglas, has been placed in St. Paul’s Church, and will be formally dedicated by the rector, Rev. E. O. Gallagher, on Sun day morning, Nov. 13XfThe memorial is of mural' engraved f$ll-toned bra§s, twenty-two by ten inches in* size. It was executed in Exeter, Lng., and is the gift of Lieutenant-Commander Robt. Douglas, and Mrs. Douglas, parents of Reginald Douglas who died January 28th, of this year, Mr, and Mrs. Dotiglas are at present re siding in Devon, England. AMATEUR NIGHT WENT OVER BIG REMEMBRANCE DAY IS A HOLIDAY LUCKNOW GROUP GUESTS OF GUILD Pleasing Program by 27 Entries Bert Cullimore Won Grand Prize \ _____ Amateur Night held in the Hall on Wednesday night last Mayor John W. Hanna has pro claimed Remembrance Day, Friday of this week, November 11th, a public holiday. All stores in Wingham will close all day Remembrance Day. Please note, however, that stores will be open on Thursday ening preceeding this holiday. Westminster Guild Entertained the Lucknow Y. P. S. Bert Cullimore won the of $5.00, as best of-all in the various classes The Town week under the auspices of the Wing ham Athletic Association, was a two fold success. It was well attended by an appreciative audience and there were 27 entries. The entries were divided into five classes and grand prize selections. Winners were: Instrumental, 1st, Gordon Dav idson; 2nd, Ivena Urch, Brandon. Dancing, 1st, Ken. Crawford; 2nd, McCallum Sisters. Vocal, 1st, Bert Cullimore; 2rtd, Ila and. Betty Craig, Auburn. Comic, 1st, L. Edwards and Herb. Hartford; 2nd, C. Workman, Brussels. Children under McCall, Londesboro; Jack The door prize of $5.00 by Earl Lough. 12, Jean Agar, was won Peculiar Winter Radish We have on display in our window four winter radish grown by E. Pet erman, large but in colour. Attended Among These radish are not peculiar in shape and only light Ball at Listowel those from here who at tended the Military Ball at Listowel on Friday evening were: Misses Bet ty Rae and Doris Armitage, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Crawford, Mayor J. W. and Mrs. Hanha, Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Spry, Mr. and Mrs. R. >S. Hethering ton,. Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Kress, Messrs. Robt. Murray, Neil Carr and Alvin Hammond. BARN SAVED BY BUCKET BRIGADE Only the prompt response and hard work on- the part of the men of the neighborhood who were summoned by telephone saved the barn of John Cameron, two and a half miles south of 'St. Helens, from distruction by fire on ^Saturday njprning. The very high* wind had caused the chimney 6f the nearby house* to go on fire and sparks from it ignited a straw stack directly cast of the barn. Mr. Cam eron was away at the time, but Mrs. Cameron who noticed the fire called the neighbors by telephone and help was soon on hand althought not be fore fire had spread into the barn. By means of a. bucket brigade this Was extinguished and the barn saved. The stack was destroyed but other loss1 was comparatively small. the ev- HOSPITAL BOARD NAME OFFICERS Mr. R. H. Lloyd Was ident. Chosen Pres- x At the first meeting of Wingham General Hospital for the year 1938-39, held on Friday evening the following officers were elected: President—R. H. Lloyd. Vice Pres.—R. S. Hetherington. Sec.-Treas.—A. Cosens. Auditor—W. A. Galbraith. Management Committee—W. Van- Wyck, chairman; Dr. R. L. Stewart, W. W. Armstrong. Property and Finance Committee— H. Campbell, chairman; J. W. Mc Kibbon, A. Lockridge, F. L. David son. of the Board Do Not Miss Seeing y “Lord Jeff” at the Lyceum Theatre Thursday, Friday and Saturday this week. Your favorites, Freddie Bar tholomew and Mickey Rooney are the stars in this picture. Will Build Tara Post Office Mr. W. H. Rintoul has awarded’ the contract for the struction of a new Post Office at Tara. Just recently Mr. Rintoul was awarded the contract for building the addition to Clinton Post Office and Customs’ House. A- been con- Returned from Hospital Little Audrey Gilmour, 9-month- old infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Gilmour, has returned home from the Sick Children’s Hospital, Where she spent ten ’days taking treatments for acute acidosis. We are pleased to report that she is much improved and is now doing nicely. Won Gold Medal-for Singing On behalf of the citizenS^ofIthis community we extend congratula tions to Mr. Jack E. Reavie on win ning gold medal honors in the solo ist tenor class at the Canadian Mus ical Festival held in H. B. Beal Tech nical School, under the sponsorship of the University of Western On tario at its affiliated Conservatory of Music/ The testing pieee was Schub ert’s ed 80 points. r?- - “ -. ■ - * 'Serenade” and Jack was^award- < na!Wg.-a,.r.u>.ui:. DELEGATES NAMED FOR CONVENTION At a meeting of the executive of the . Huron-Bruce Conservative As sociation and the representatives of the various polling sub-divisions the following xvere named delegates to the Ontario Conservative Convention which will be held at Toronto, Dec. 8th and 9th. This riding will have fourteen votes. The four permanent delegates are R. J. Bowman, Brussels; Foster Mof fat, Culross; R. C. Robertson, Luck- now; J. H. Crawford, Wingham. These delegates represent the riding at all Ontario meetings as well as the forthcoming convention. The altern ates are: W. J. Greer, Wingham; W. Vroman, Port Albert; Ben Logan, Ripley; J. W. McKibbon, Wingham. The ten appointed as delegates for the convention Dec. 8, 9, are: Oliver Steigler, Mildmay; Mrs. Albert Ton er, Gorrie; Elston Cardiff, Morris; Cleve Baker, Brussels; Wm. Mole, Auburn; Geo. McNall, Blyth; James Brown, Teesxvater; Mrs. Wm. Johns ton, Bluevale; Joseph McGinnis, Cul ross; Lewis Ruddy, "Auburn. Altern ates: L. Johnston, Port Albert; Wm. Schwalm, Mildmay; Albert Golde- thorpe, Colborne; J. A. Bryans, How- ick; Leslie Earl, Grey; J. B. Morris on, Kinloss; J. J. McCutcheon, Grey; E. D. Bell, Brussels; J. W. Hanna, Wingham, ■ Work Boots for Men and Boys — Real values at Greer’s.,, Rubbers and Rubber Boots for Men, Women , Boys and Girls, new low prices at Grer’s Shoe Store. PLEADS NOT GUILTY IN MURDER CASE A plea of “not guilty” was entered by Mrs. Ruby Magee, 37-year-old Morris Township farm wife, when she faced a charge of drowning her baby, before Mr. Justice Charles P. McTague and assize jury at Goderich Tuesday afternoon. “Mrs. Reynolds, I did it,” the pris oner started to say, but after'a whis pered conversation with her counsel, Campbell Grant, Walkerton, she said in a firm voice, “Not guilty.” Mrs. Reynolds is acting court clerk owing to the illness of Robert Johns ton, Supreme Court Clerk. Mrs. Sarah Magee, mother-in-law of the accused, was the only witness during the afternoon. She told of’ partitioning the house to make two homes, one for herself and bachelor son, George, and the other half for her son, William and his wife, the ac cused. She admitted family relations had been strained for a year before the drowning of the baby in a water ing trough, but denied, time and again fomenting trouble between her son and his wife, or between herself and her daughter-in-law. After testifying that the prisoner had, on July 27, with the dead baby in her arms, said: “I have drowned Ruth—I tried to drown myself but choked.” Mrs. Sarah Magee, under cross examination, admitted that she once had taken the baby to her part of the house and locked the mother out. It was early indicated that the de fense would be temporary insanity. OPENING MEETING OF LITERARY HELD The Westminster Guild of St. And- rexv’s Presbyterian Church entertain ed the Lucknow Presbyterian Young People’s Society on Monday evening. Earl Lough, President of the Guild, conducted the opening exercises and welcomed the visitors. The presi dent of the Lucknow society then took the chair and the program was given by Lucknow members. Read ing, Glayds MacDonald; duet, Helen and Peggy MacDonald; topic, “‘Stew ardship is Partnership”, taken by Marion McDougall; solo, Frank Mc Kenzie; violin solo, Dr. Little. Following the program a social hour of games was enjoyed, Lunch was served by the Guild members. Will Observe Silence The Bell Telephone Company em ployees will observe the Two Minute Silence at 11 a.m. on Remembrance Day. The co-operation of the public is’ requested. Triplet Calves for Royal Fair One of the features at the Royal Winter Fair this year will be the trip let calves which are owned by Mr. Wm. Brydges. The calves will be shipped on Monday to Toronto and will be on exhibition throughout the Fair. Attended Service at Lucknow A number of the members of the local Legion attended a veterans’ ser vice held in Lucknow on Sunday ev ening. Euchre and Dance In the Armouries Thursday, Nov. 10th. Cards at 8 o’clock. Draw made for prizes. Lunch. Ernest’s Orches tra for dancing. Admission 25 cents. Under auspices of the Ladies of Sac red Heart Church. Spring In November The mild weather this fall has been noted many times but when one sees the trees budding at this time of year it should be mentioned. Lilac and many other trees are in bud and many who have berry patches are daily up to Tuesday picking ripe ber ries from their patches. One man Who lives near Blyth, picked seven boxes of raspberries in his patch. Many gardens are producing flowers that ordinarily would not bloom this time of year. Read Greer’s Ad—Best quality rub bers at Greer's Shoe Store. DEER SEASON FOR GREY AND BRUCE Dates are Nov. 14 to Nov. 19, Both Days Inclusive A special deer-shooting season for the counties of Grey and Bruce was announced by Hon, Harry C. Nixon, Minister of Game and Fisheries. It will be from Nov. 14 to Nov. 19, both days inclusive. Alt regulations apply ing to other sections of the province will apply to these counties, with the exception that running of dogs will not be allowed. i Car Turned Over On Monday Mrs. David Hutcheson had a narrow escape from severe in jury. She was driving her car near Morrisbank when it hit some loose gravel and turned over into the ditch. It was at first feared that she had broken some bones but she escaped with a severe shaking up. Public School Elect , XPM Results of elections for November Students’ Council of Wingham Pub lic School: Grade VIII — Norma Brown, Donald Hastie; Grade VII — Dorothy Hamilton, Donald Camp bell; Grade VI — Cecil 'Yeomen; Grade V — Barbara Ross. The opening meeting of the Wing ham High School Literary Society was held Friday, Nov. 4tli. The pres ident, Richard J.’ Roberts, was in charge. After the meeting opened with a verse of “O Canada” the pres ident gave his inaugaural address and the secretary, Doris Armitage, read the minutes of the closing meeting of last year. Kenneth Crawford, ac companied by Frances Lockridge, gave an exhibition of tap dancing and the orchestra, in charge of Mr. Schatte, gave a selection. Margaret Coulter told the “Legend of Qu’Ap- pelle” and a very humorous skit “A Spanish Tragedy” was given by the following members of Form V, with Dick Irwin as interlocutor: Heroine, Jean liff; The was Mr. and “The King.’ Cruickshank; Hero, Harry Pos- Heroine’s Father, Ralph Baird. Journal “Progressa Tempora" read by the editor, H. Posliff. Hall gave the critic’s remarks the meeting was closed with ft SOME BRIEF NOTES ON THE CANADA TEMPERANCE ACT good satisfaction for years. It has a capacity of New Scale In Operation The new town scale is now com pletely installed and has been in spected. Since Thursday of last week it has been in use and it xvill no doubt give many 49,000 pounds so will be. available to handle any load that is being trans ported in these parts. Rummage Sale Best Yet The Rummage Sale held in the Council Chambers on Saturday under the asupices of the Women’s Auxil iary to the General Hospital, was the most successful that they' have held so far. The receipts were slightly in excess of $150 and the members of the auxiliary were delighted with the results. The auxiliary wish to thank all who made donations or in apy way assisted. Bridge Club The regular meeting of the Wing ham Bridge Club was held on Wed nesday evening last week, with 1016 tables present. The winners were; North and South —- Mrs. W. L. Kross atid A. Wilson; tied 2nd and 3rd, Mrs, W. H. ■S. Hetherington; and Mrs. E. M. Colborne and J. and West —- Mrs. W. H> French; Mrs. L, R, Balckwood and Frank Madill; Mrs. H. Campbell and G. Ross; Miss N, Dlnsley and W. W. Armstrong, Warant and Mrs. R. Mrs. TD. B. Porter Snell; 4th, Mrs. O. H. Crawford; East . J. H. Crawford and No. 8 — The Need of a County Local Option Law During the 1937 provincial‘election Rev. Mr. Bremner, while attending a Hepburn meeting at Kincardine, sent up to the platform a note asking what the" Premier intended to do with the Canada Temperance Act. Mr. Hepburn, speaking from the plat form, replied that he would if re quested by those concerned submit the question of the validity of the Canada Temperance Act to the Sup reme Court of Canada. In accord with this promise, the request that he do so was forwarded to the government from the temper ance Executive of each of the three counties. The ^matter was also brought to his attention by The On tario Temperance Federation and he expressed his willingness to do so. Delay has, however, intervened and the promise lias not yet been imple mented. A note from the Attorney- General’s Department to The Ontario Temperance Federation during the recent summer has advised them that a submission is being prepared and it is expected that it will go forward this fall. Quite apart from the legal intric acies of the jurisdiction of the two governments on this matter, the loss that the destruction of the Canada Temperance Act would involve to de mocratic procedure and progressive social reform would be serious in deed. So long as there is adequate law and vigorous enforcement of the (Continued on Page Four)