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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1938-12-08, Page 7G0RR1E News and Gorrie Vidette Mrs. Ernest King and son, Mr. Harry King spent the week-end with relatives at Owen Sound. Dr. and Mrs. Ross and children, of Kitchener, were Sunday visitors of the former’s mother, Mrs. iMary Ross. Mr. and Mrs, Jas. Barton, Drayton, were guests of Mr, and Mrs. William Edwards and other friends in the community, < Mrs. Percy Ashton returned home on Wednesday after spending a few days with Mr. and Mrs.5 L. F, Ash­ ton at Dundalk. Mrs. Cloyne Michael was in Mil­ verton on Wednesday attending the funeral of her uncle, Mr. William Uimmermath. Mr. Robert Campbell, of London, spent the week-end with Mr, Henry Campbell. Miss Alma Hastie, of spent the week-end with Mr. Jamesi Hastie, Mrs. Thomas MacDonald, Moles- worth, spent last week with her sis­ ter, Mrs. Kenneth Hastie. Mrs. Ag­ nes Earls, of near Wroxeter, also vis­ ited at the same home on Friday. Mrs. R. F. Edgar is spending a week with her daughter, iMrs. Wm. Wright and. Mr. Wright in Walton, pi Mr. and. Mrs. Charles Wood and child, of Cliesley, were Sunday guests of the former’s aunt, Miss Mary Ma­ guire, Born—On Saturday, Dec. 4th, to Mr. and Mrs. Lome Walker, a dau­ ghter. his father, Kitchener, her father, Thurs,, December 8th, 1938 NORTH AND SOUTHBOUND TRANS CANADA AIRPLANE S PAUSE AT NORTH BAY Letters bound .for Vancouver can Canada airmail service. Following reach their- destination from Toronto months of preliminary tests and ex- five times faster than formerly with perimental flights, a fleet of Trans- thc inauguration of regular Trans- Canada airplanes began a schedule of. .. . W. M. S. ELECT OFFICERS FOR 1939 cross-country trips on Dec. 1. Post- North and ‘southbound ships al authorities met incoming mail shown here as they rested on the run­ planes at each of the Canadian air- ways of North Bay’s new civic air­ ports as service was inaugurated. ' port. One of the huge mail carriers otheris bound for Winnipeg, the south to Toronto. Officials hope the newservice will expediate Christmas mail this year. ♦ Institute to Meet Dec. 14th The December meeting of the Wo­ men’s Institute, will be held on Dec. 14th at 2.30 p.m. at the home of Mrs. S. G. Kaine. Roll Call will be an­ swered by a Xmas Verse or Thought. The usual Fish Pond will be a feat­ ure of the meeting. The local leaders in Buymanship will lead in a discus­ sion on ready made and home-made clothing. Visitors welcome. The Sports Committee here have received word that Santa Claus is coming to our town on Saturday, the 17th. Lucky Tickets Drawn at Dance The Institute Dance held here on Friday night was a decided success. A very large crowd were present and enjoyed a full night of dancing to the splendid musi,c supplied by the Leechville Mountaineers. Constable Westlake, of Wroxeter, made the draws for both the Xmas Cake for which Mrs. Jas. Musgrove held the lucky tidlcet No. 402, and for the door prize which went to Mr. James Vit- tie. Mr. Kenneth Watson is at Elora spending a few weeks with his bro­ ther, ,Mr. Harold Watson. Rev. and Mrs. G. W. Butt, Elmer, ^Margaret and Katherine, all of Har­ grow, were Sunday visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Bradnock. Mr. and Mrs. Jermyn of Brussels were Monday visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Marshall The regular meeting'of the Gor­ rie Women’s Missionary Society was held on Dec. 1st at the Parsonage with an attendance of thirteen. Mrs. Wm. Gamble was in charge of the devotional period and Mrs. William Whitfield, Vice Pres., was in charge of business. After the singing of a hymn the Leader read the Script-ure lesson and Mrs. Scott offered prayer. A reading “With This I Give Myself” was given by Mrs. Geo. Dane. Mrs. John Cathers took the study book, second chapter, “Weaving a New Web.” The Roll Call was answered by a Christmas Thought. Rev. Mr. Watt conducted the nomination of of­ ficers for 1939 and the following were elected: Hon. Pres., Mrs. W. Simson; President, Mrs. Scott; 1st Vice Pres., Mrs. Whitley; 2nd Vice Pres., Mrs. L .Ruttan; Rec. Sec. and Press Reporter, Mrs. A. Hamilton’; Cor. Sec., Mrs. A. Edgar; Treas., Mrs. W. Gallaher; Sec. of Christian Stewardship and: Temperance, Mrs. (Rev.) Watt; Envelope Sec., Mrs. R. H. Stephens; Associate Helpers, Lit­ erature and Strangers Sec., Mrs. Wy­ lie and Mrs. Gamble; Supply Sec., Mrs. Geo. Dane; Supt. Mission Band, Mrs. E. Whitfield; Sec*. Mis­ sionary Monthly, Mrs. E. Anger; Pianist, Mrs. Whitley; Leader Baby Band, Mrs. Rcbt. Dane arid Mrs. J. Cathers; Auditors 1939, Mrs. field and Mrs. Wylie. Feillowship — Margaret Missions—Eleanore Car- Citizenship—Jack New- Culture—Lyle Fitch. President—Alma Galbraith. Vice Pres.—Russell Ruttan. Secretary—Janet Watson. Treasurer—Jack Thornton. Convenors— Christian Dane. Christian son. Christian ton, Christian Recreation—Agnes Darling. Publicity—Betty Edwards. Pianist—Bernice Day. Assist. Pianist—Arlene Galbraith. Games were enjoyed by dainty lunch was served by bers. The meeting closed Mizpah Benediction. all and a the mem- with the A. Y. P. A. HELD SPLENDID MEETING Wliit- YOUNG PEOPLE ELECT OFFICERS PICOBAC PIPE TOBACCO FOR A M|LD,COOL SMOKE I F The regular meeting of the Gorrie Y.P.U. was held Friday, Dec. 2nd in the basement of the United Church with 25 members present, with Agnes Darling, Jean Gowdy and John Neil­ son in charge. The theme of the ser- was “Love.” The pianist, Ber- Day opened' the worship service quiet music. The call to wor- .... t followed with a. hymn “How sweet the name of Jesus sound.” Jean Gowdy led in prayer. was read by Agnes Darling', found Psalm 8: 4-12. Eleanore Carson fav­ oured with a Piano Instrumental. Jean Gowdy read a poem '“Sitting by My Window.” A hymn “Jesus, the very thought- of Thee”. A very inter­ esting topic was taken by John Neil­ son, iour utes the thought on “Love.” was in charge of the business and the election of officers. vice nice with ship The regular meeting of A.Y.P.A. of St. 'Stephen’s Church, Gorrie, was held on Wednesday evening last at th& home of (Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Bol­ ton, with the President, Miss Nellie Dinsmore, in charge. Hymn “Faith of our fathers” was sung, followed by prayers after which Scriptural Psalm was read by Jack Musgrove. Rev. O’Neil then read a very interesting letter, which Rev. H. L. Jennings, of Fort Norman wrote the society, tell­ ing of the progress of his work there, as well as an interesting account of their garden, house, etc. Following­ business discussions, a “Literary” program was given. Mrs. Wilford King gave a paper on the life and history of Lt.-Col. John McCrae, au­ thor of “In Flander’s Fields.” Mrs. Lawrence gave a varied paper on “Friends and Friendliness” in which was found pathos and humor as well as much sound philosophy. “If w<? want friends we must show ourselves friendly.” A musical contest given by Mrs. Lawrence, followed, and A.Y.P. A. songs were sung. Mrs. O’Neil read a humorous poem on “Pumpkin Pie” and Leonard Sanderson told a few “Thoughts Given by Lady Tweeds- on “History and Fiction” was then conducted by Har­ ry King, and closing prayers were led by Rev. O’Neil, after which lunch was served by the committee charge, assisted by the hostess. The Scripture , muin” A contest A hymn “All the way my Sav- leads me” was sung. The min- were read by the Secretary and Roll Call was answered by a Rev. Mr. Watt WROXETER in and this Week at 3 p.m. in the church schoolroom. Mrs. Geo. Allen is in charge and the Roll Call is to be an­ swered by a Christmas Thought. Lad­ ies of the congregation are invited and members urged to be present for the election of officers for the com­ ing year. Mr. and Mrs. M. Sellers visited with Mr. and Mrs. Roy Sellers on Sunday. We regret the serious illness of Mrs. Wm. there will better. Adams in town. We trust soon be a change for the For Premium List of Wm. Rogers & Son Silverplate wriW to Thos. J. Lipton Ltd., 43 Front E., Toronto. MS FREE! Tumberry S.S. No. 2 Euchre A very pleasant evening was spent on Friday of last week when a Pro­ gressive Euchre was held, in S.S. No. 2 school-house. Fourteen tables play­ ed, the prizes going to Miss Jean Wilton and Mr. Jack McTavish, the consolation prizes to Mrs. McBurney and Mr. John Ward. Following lunch, served by the ladies the ticket was drawn on the quilt by Miss Mary Wright. The quilt, in CoIonian Lady pattern, was won by Mr. Alan Gar- niss, London. Mr. Raymond Elliott expressed the appreciation of the sec­ tion to the ladies who had made the quilt. The committee are to be con­ gratulated on the success of the ev­ ening. % Young People’s Union Stewart Musgrove presided over the Y.P.S. on Monday evening last and opened with the hymn “I’ve wandered far away from God.” Miss Yvonne White led in prayer followed by the Lord’s Prayer in unison. The Scripture lesson chosen by Crawford Gibson was Psalm 12-: 1-8. Miss G. Weir favored with a reading entitled “Preparing the Way to the Lord’s House.” “Hills of the north rejoice” was the second hymn. Clifford Den­ ny and Stewart Musgrove sang a duet “Lift Up Thine Eyes.” Rev. A. A. Grant had charge of the discussion period and his subject was the per­ sonal Christmas Philosophy of Life. The closing hymn “I love to tell the stor” and the Mizpah Benediction closed an interesting meeting. A per­ iod of games was enjoyed following the meeting. Forest Lodge A.F. & A.M., held their monthly meeting on Dec. Sth. Mr. Robert Stocks received word of the death of his sister-in-law at Beeton and on Monday morning ac­ companied by Mr. Sellers, left for that place to attend thy funeral. Mr, and Mrs. H. H. Mercer sons, Markdale, spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. D. D. Sanderson. Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Wells, Toron­ to, were week-end guests of Mr, and Mrs. G. A. Wearring. Mr, and Mrs. A. B. Wearring and Colin were Saturday visitors in and around town, Mrs. D. S. MacNaughton and John spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade, Fordwich. Mr. a few cently. Mr, end with Brussels friends, Mr. D. S. MacNaughton made a business trip to Toronto on Monday. Mrs. Clarence White spent a few days in London recently. y.f and Mrs. Eldred Nichol spent days with Toronto friends re­ Geo. Fischer spent the week' Women’s Missionary Society The December meeting of the W, M, S. will be fields on Thursday of YOUR EYES NEED ATTENTION Our 25 Point Scientific Examin. ation enables us to give you Clear-, Comfortable Vision F. F. HOMUTH Optometrist Phone 118. Harriston MONUMENTS at first cosl Having our factory equipped with the most modern machinery for the exe­ cution of high-class work, we ask you to see the largest display, of monu­ ments of any retail factory in Ontario AH finished by sand blast machines We import all our granites from the Old Country quarries direct, in the rough. You can Save all local deal­ ers’, agents* and middleman profits bj seeing us. E. J. Skelton & Son at West find Bridge—WALKERTON mas time, every place you stop there is always a piece of Christmas cake produced, and you munch at ft and look pleased and say: “My that’s good Christmas cake!” And the wo­ man of the house beams. And with rare exception it is good, No matter how poorly a woman may be at cook’-' ing, she always seems to mix a good batter for a Christmas cake. There’s a friendly sort of atmos­ phere where a Christmas cake is concerned. It’s more or less of a har­ binger of the season to come, and with a spot of apple jack, there’s no­ thing more hospitable in my opinion. It’s wrapped in a damp dishcloth (a clean one) and a woman is mighty glad when the opportunity comes along to hand it out. In fact, down at the grist mill you’ll often hear the men remark of how many pieces of Christmas cake they’ve had. It’s a poor year when you get below ten. z; is reverently placed inside, oven door closed. All that is to wait. You may notice I become absorbed in this Field Crop Production Total grain production. in Ontario is estimated at 168,795,000 bushels as compared with 153,118,000 bushels in 1937, and an average annual produc­ tion of 169,066j000 bushels during the ten year period 1925 to 1934. The production of turnips and mangolds is now estimated at 41,605,000 bush­ els as compared with 39,050,000 bush­ els in 1937, while the total of hay and clover crops and corn for husk­ ing, amounted to 9,794,000 tons as against 9^,406,000 tons in 1937. It is quite evident that field crop produc­ tion this year in Ontario was on the whole very satisfactory from the fact that total grain production is the highest of any year since 1930; the mangolds and turnips the largest crop since 1928; and total fodder crops greater than in any year since 1928, with the single exception of the year 1935. PHIL OSIFER OF LAZY MEADOWS By Harry J. Boyle THE CHRISTMAS CAKE Mrs. Phil baked her Christmas cake yesterday! Usually, it’s baked sooner in the year, but other matters took up her time, and the event was postponed. The other morning when I came in from doing the chores, and she had the old scribbled down — the one with the recipes in it — I knew that the annual baking of ’the Christmas cake was at hand. She had the stub of a pencil in her hand and she was writing on the back of an envelope and jotting down figures and notations and sort of mumbling to herself . . “Peel . , cit­ ron . . orange and lemon . . hmm . . Raisins . . the big ones with the seeds . . and currants . . and unsweetened chocolate . . and what about the mo­ lasses. (She was occupied for a mo­ ment with that, and then wrote some­ thing more down). Sugar. Icing sug­ ar too . .” Then at last she was fin­ ished, and I was delegated to go down and do the buying at Tim Mur­ phy’s store. Of course, I had to cau­ tion him that every bit of it be fresh, I made an excuse to stay in the house. Soon the kitchen table was littered with paper bags and flour . . and such baking things. The batter was stirred to just the proper propor­ tions, and the various ingredients were accumulated from time to time. There was an occasional pause, as she sampled the batter . . . stood arms akimbo . . . and then, nodding as­ sent,. battered it harder than ever with the big wooden spoon. The tins were greased, and ready. A shining round milk pan was greased well on the inside with a bright baking pow­ der can filled with shingle nails sit­ ting in the very middle of it. The batter is poured' in and smoothed out, and after a glance to see that the ov­ en is just hot enough, with a slow- burning stick in the firebox, the holy mixture and the remains that as subject my tense slips from past to present, but it’s a subject dear to my heart. Wild horses couldn’t keep me away when it’s time to take that cake out of the oven. It’s gingerly brought forth and turned over a waiting sheet of brown paper. The tin is removed and then she carefully taps it with her fingers, evidently to see whether there’s a hollow spot in it or not. After this cursory examination, which I pretend to be not watching she looks up triumphantly and I know that it’s a good one when she says: “Dear me, I wish that my Christmas cakes would turn out as good as they used to.’’ Then it’s my turn to say: “Well, if you had taken my advice and p-ut the rum in it, then you would have had a cake.’’ “Go along with you Phil,’’ she de­ clares emphatically, “I'did put a wee spot of brandy in it, but there’s no rum going in my Christmas cakes. I don’t want that young one to be get­ ting the taste of it, and maybe having^ a liking for the vile stuff.” And I just smile and wonder inside me, whether there would be a differ­ ence between rum and brandy. The Christmas cake is a family in­ stitution down here on the Ninth Concession. From now until Christ- Good Advice About Constipation! 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