The Wingham Advance-Times, 1938-11-10, Page 7JT'" |j|H
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•sights, stopped to
Canadian Dragoons paraded grandly
down tlie “main stem”. Already Can
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Stare as the Royal can's but a new treat is in store for streaming; from their" shining helmets,
New Yorkers when they watch the they will charge through Madison
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Dragoons in their famed military
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Thurs., November 10, 1938
period, bringing a short report from
Sectional meeting. Mrs. Watt, sec'y
of Christian Stewardship, read a
short paper, also Mrs. Samson, Sec'y
for Temperance.
Herald, read an
China Comes to
was answered t<?
Peace. The members then took part
in a beautiful closing exercise led bju
Mrs. Watt in alternate singing and"
reading.
JAPANESE TANK PROWLS THROUGH FALLEN SINYAN
GORRIE RESIDENT
HAS 87th BIRTHDAY
Dr. Janies Armstrong Going Strong
As He Starts His' 88th. Year
'Congratulations' are extended to
DlDr. James Armstrong, who on Sun
day, Slov. 6th, celebrated his 87th
birthday. He is one of Corrie’s “old
young” men, walking with a spring
to his step that would put many a
younger man to shame. Yes, indeed,
Dr. Armstrong is active, and if lie
lives until April 14th next, he will
have seen 60 years of continuous vet
erinary service here in Gorrie. He is
still going strong, makes a number
■of trips each tiay, and drives himself,
• of course' he prefers the daylight for
such. But short trips mean nothing
-—only a week ago he, with Mrs.
Armstrong, made a trip to Bayfield
and Mitchell.
When Dr. Armstrong left Bayfield
60 years ago to come to Gorrie, he
came driving his newly purchased
horse hitched to a “buckboard.” He
was one of a family of 12, the son of
Mr. and Mrs. James Armstrong, and
was born in Stanley Township.
There are stiil seven living, Archie
i D., on the home farm at Bayfield,
Andrew of Seaforth; Mrs. (Dr.) Mc-(
Ash, of Tara; Mrs. Scott, Blyth; Mrs.
Houghton and Miss Minnie, of Lon
don. The Gorrie veterinary has two
sons living, J. Garnet of Toronto and
Leonard C., of Cleveland, both drug
gists; a third son, Vernon, died in
1921 after a lengthy service overseas,
‘ .and one son died in infancy.
He is a staunch Presbyterian, and'
just as staunch-a Conservative being
an Honorary President of the North
Huron Liberal-Conservative Associa
tion.
He has received the Masonic Jewel
for 50 continuous years ■ in the Mas
onic Order, and attended the lodge
on Monday night when the lodge
were honoured by the official visit
of the District Deputy Grand Master
of Huron District, Rt. Wor. Bro. R.
W. N. Wade, of Gorrie.
Along with Mrs. Armstrong, he’s
everybody’s friend. Happy Birthday
to you, Dr. Armstrong.
family, were week-end guests of
friends at Mitchell.
Mr, and Mrs. David, Dane and son,
Mr. and Mrs. Whitney Dane, Tor
onto, were week-end guests of Mrs,
Isaac Wade and other relatives.
GORRIE
A.Y.P.A. Held' Hallowe’en Social
The regular meeting of the A.Y.P.
A, of St. Stephen’s Church took the
form of a Hallowe’en Social at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. James Mus
grove on Wednesday evening of last
week with a good number present.
A.Y.P.A. hymn “Oh Father, * we be
seech Thee, bless our A.Y.P.A.” was
sung, after which prayer was led by
Rev. O’Neil and Scripture lesson,
Psalm 19, was read by Harold King.
Myrtle Short gave a paper on Hal
lowe’en and Mrs. Geo. King read a
Hallowe’en poem “Old Friends.”
Miss Nellie Dinsmore, delegate to the
A.Y.P.A. Convention at Peterboro,
then gave a splendid report on same.
Games and contests owere then enjoy
ed and hymn “The day Thou gav'st
Lord is ended” followed by closing
prayers by Rev. O’Neil and Good-
Night vesper song of A.Y.P.A., -a
lovely l-unch was then served by the
committee in charge.
Trail Ranger Club Formed
A community Trail Ranger Club
for boys up to 15 years of age, was
formed in Gorrie United Church S.
S. Room recently. A number of gam
es were played and then Rev, H. M.
Watt explained the four-fold program
as taken from Luke 2: 52 “And Jesus
increased in wisdom and stature and
in favor with God and man.” The
club is being sponsored by Rev. Mr.
Watt and Rev. Mr. O’Neil with Gor
don Underwood and E. J. Farrish as
Mentors. Election of officers result
ed as follows: Chief Ranger, Eaui
Harrison1; Sub Chief Ranger, George
Heinmiller; Tally, Jasper Farrish;
Cache, George Galloway. It was de
cided to hold meetings each Friday
evening. On Nov. 4th the first reg
ular meeting of the club was held in
the S.S. room of the"' United Church
with 18 boys in attendance. The
meeting opened with games followed
by Scripture reading by Genoge Hein
miller, prayer by Jack Underwood.
The reading of.the minutes were fol
lowed by a story by E. J. Farrish.
The meeting was -closed with prayer.
There will be no meeting next week
owing to the fowl supper,, on Friday
evening.
Mr. and Mrs- George Parson, of
Waterdown, are at* present visiting
Mr. and Mrs. W." R. Gallaher 'nad
other friends in and around town.
Miss Kate Hazlewood and sister,
Mrs. Edwards of. B.C., are visiting
friends in Oshawa and Toronto.
Mrs. R. C, Berkinshaw of Toronto
spent a few days last week with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Kitchen.
Mrs. Sandy McDougall has return
ed after spending a week with friends
in Turnberry.
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Martin %nd son,
Bill, who has been living in Toronto
for the past dew months, are guests
of Mrs, . James Harris of Howick.
An In Memoriam gift of twenty-
five dollars was given to the W. M.
S. of the Wroxeter United Church at
their Autumn Thank-Offering meet
ing by the children of Mrs, Thomas
Gibson, a former president and life
member of that society.
Mr. and * Mrs, D. D,. Sanderson
spent a few days recently
friends at Markdale,
Rev. A. M. and Mrs. Grant,
and Macmillan, were Toronto
ors one day last week.
Mrs. I. Durst returned home on
Sunday after spending a few days in
Toronto where Mr. Durst is still a
patient ' in General Hospital and
where he underwent another opera
tion recently.
Miss Isobel Milligan is visiting
with friends at Clifford.
“Rast.us, your dog seems to be in
pain,”
“No, suh—he ain’t in pain; he’s jes’
lazy.”
“But lie must be suffering or he
wouldn’t howl like that.”
“Jos’ darn laziness; he’s girtin' on
thistle.”a
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Miss Doris Sample, of Glenannan,
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Mr. and Mrs. Zimmerman and son,
Jack, of Milverton, were Sunday
guests of Mr, and Mrs. Cloyne Mich
el. Qther guests at the same home
recently were: Mr. and Mrs. Bert
Vodden, of Ethel, and Mr. Michael,
of Goderich, ?
Mr. and .Mrs. Gordon Vittie, Well
and, spent last week visiting relatives
in this community.
Mr. and Mi*s. Leslie Earl, of Ethel,
were Friday visitors at the home of
Mrs. Jennie Edgar and son, Tom.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Black and
son, Robert, and Mrs. R. F. Edgar
accompanied Mr. and Mrs. William
Wright, of Walton, on a visit to
friends in Guelph on Sunday.
Mrs’ Agnes Earls and son, Mr.
Frank" Earls, near Wroxeter, were
Sunday visitors at the home of iMr.
and Mrs. Archie Miller.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest King and
children, Marilyn and Edward, of De
troit, were week-end guests of the
former’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ern
est King. Other guests at the same
home on Sunday were: Mr. and Mrs.
George McCalip Mr. and Mrs. W.
Summers and son, George, all of
Brussels.
Mrs, Geo, Foster spent last week
with her daughter and family, Mr.
and Mrs. G. Jefferson at Owen
Sound.
Mr, Jack Newton spent a day the
first of this Week with relatives in
Toronto,
Mr. arfd, Mrs. John H. King and
daughter, Miss Jean, of Toronto,
were week-end guests with the for*
tfiet’s patents and other relatives.
Miss j, Pearl. Stinson, spent a few
days in Toronto last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Clove Stafford and
Recent guests of Mrs. S.
were: Rev. and Mrs. C. C.
Seaforth; Mr. J. (M. Kaine,
Mr. Harry Thoms, of Hamilton.
Mr. and Mrs. Lawson of Toronto,
and Miss Marjorie Hockridge, of
Guelph, were Sunday visitors of their
aunt, Mrs. Russel Grainger and Mr.
Grainger.
Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. M.
Nay were: Mr., and Mrs. N. Cooke
and Miss Florence, of Clifford; Mr.
and Mrs. Peter Merklinger, Miss
Lydia Merklinger, Mr. and Mrs. Carl
Cooke and daughter, Diana, also Miss
Elizabeth Hertzberger, all of Kitch
ener.
Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Farrish, Mildred
and Johnstone, visited with relatives
in Holstein on Sunday. Mrs. Whyte
returned with, her daughter and will
spend a few weeks here. ‘
G. Kaine
Kaine of
Grimsby,
Visitor: “What' brought you to
prison?”
Convict: "Competition brought me
here.”
Visitor: “Competition?”
Convict: “Yes, I made the same
sort of banknotes as the Govern
ment."
Shortly after leaving the starting-
post on an Australian race-course,
two horses suddenly bolted across
country. The resolute mien of back
ers of other animals in the race pre
vented the stampede from spreadin
to the bookmakers.
PHIL OSIFER
OF LAZY MEADOWS
By Harry J. Boyle
“LETTER FROM HOME”
PEACE WAS THEME
OF W.M.S. MEETING
The regular meeting, of the Wo
men’s Missionary Society of Gorrie
United Church was held on Nov. 3rd
at the home of Mrs. R. H. Carson
with an attendance of sixteen. Mrs.
C. Hamilton, assisted, by Mrs. (Rev.)
Watt, was in charge of a beautiful
service on World Peace, Following
the singing of a hymn, prayer was
offered by Mrs. Hamilton. Mrs. Watt
read the Scripture lesson from 2nd
chapter Of Eph. ’13-18, where Paul
writes that “God came and preached
Peace to you which were afar off,
and to-them that were nigh?’ After
singing the Missionary hymn “In
Christ there is no East or West”, a
questionnaire was conducted by the
leader and members, the subject be
ing World Peace and the part taken
by Christian Missions in making for
World Peace. Prayer was offered* by
Mrs.' Sfcott. A very interesting pap
er on “Peace” and how God is work
ing out His purpose, was given by
Mrs. Hamilton. Miss Bernice Day
sang the hymn “Sweet Peace, the gift
of God’s Dove’* and Miss Evelyn
Dane read a poem entitled “My
Country?* Vice Pres., Mrs* L. Pfit-
tan, was in charge of the business
The Japanese strategy for taking
Hankow first called for attacks along
the important communication and
supply channel of the peiping-Han-
kow railway. Sinyang, a city on the
line, fell before the ever-progressing
island forces. The town was shelled,
as seen from sattered walls, and then
the Japanese troops marched in,
flanking columns of lumbering tanks.
Mechanized tactics have featured
much of Japan's success in the year-
and-a-half long war,
tub, and sits up for a few minutes as
straight as a ramrod. Then down
will go the head again, and the first-
thing you know his chin will be
cradled in the top folds of his vest.
Pretty soon, the snoring will start
and his wife, interested in her relig
ion as she is, won’t notice it. Then
at last she pokes him in the midriff,
he sits up and starts all over again
to shake his ‘head and blinki
The kids around the village still
steal the Levine sisters’ front gate
and hock it down to the barber shop.
I was in town the morning after
Hallowe’en and the spinster sisters
were suppressing fire and brimstone
and carrying it home.
Cyrus Jenks is still night watch
man and he still sleeps in the front
of the fire-hall. I believe you could
steal everything in the village and he
would* still sleep on. But nobody
bothers him because they figure it’s
been there so long that nobody will
ever steal anything anyhow.
Deacon Edwards still pastures his
cow on the street. It1 may be the di
vine right of Deacons to do that, but
as long as I can remember, the vill
age people have been going to do,
something about it, and never quite
got around to telling him. He’s still
reputed to be as wealthy as Midas,
and he still goes around with that
same black “turned bottle-green” suit
with’the brown patches on it.
About the only event of real im
portance so far this year, was when
Abe Lemmen decided to go to work.
You remember how he was called the
laziest man in the County and how
he once said he hadn’t worked for
twenty years. About the time of this
European crisis, there was a rumor
in the village to the effect that
unemployed men were going to
conscripted. Abe waited as long
he could, and so he went down
Tim Murphy’s store and got a job de
livering around town. He ambled in.
part of a day, and then heard that
Chamberlain had fixed things up with
Hitler, He quit right then, and went,
back to his roost on the hotel steps.
What made him feel cheated was the
fact that Dr. Brown told him after
that he wouldn’t have been conscript
ed anyhow because he had flat feet.,
Abe was mighty put out about that,
and said it all came about because
he acted before he had time to think
out all the angles of the case.
So you see the village is quite slow
and well, and hoping you are the
same. Your old friend, Phil Osifer.
Dear Joe:
I was glad to hear from you this
week, and according to your wishes
I am going to try and describe for
you just what is going on down at
the vilage. Of course, it’s much the
same as usual, except that .Si Abrams
has a gas pump at his blacksmith
shop, and he’s changing flats now in
place of crooked horseshoes. Like all
the other fellows in garages, in ser
vice stations, he declared lie isn’t
making any money, but lie continues,
to do business.
Tim Murphy’s store has been re
decorated. It’s mighty swell looking,
but in spite of all that there’s some
thing lacking . . . that old barrel rock
er we used to have behind the Stove
and the cracker barrel has gone. Tim
says it ain’t Sanitary to have soda
biscuits in barrels any more, and they
have to be wrapped in cellophane.
About the only place left in town
for loitering is the grist mill. They
still have a room set “aside for farm
ers who like to swap yarns, but the
old-timers don’t hang around like
they used to whett you and I were
drawing grist from the mill regular-*
ly. Nowadays, it’s handier to have a
fellow pull his chopper in to your
place and chop-the grain right there
in the barn.
Paddy Whelan still snores in
church. About half-way through the
service his bead nods a little, and fit
blinks his eyes and shakes his head
like a walrus coming out of a bath-
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