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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1939-01-05, Page 55SSSSSBSS2S8' rz^iii^irTr u- "j JFIbtF o © w 4 ;r>' • Canadian Firm Buys Oil Comps0 Montreal — Controlling inter* the $10,000,000 Canadian Oil patties, Lid., has been obtain, Nesbitt, Thompson & Co,, Mont‘S Erm of bond and investment securit­ ies dealers, from the National Refin­ ing Co., of Cleveland, it was report­ ed reliably here. Dunning Foretells a Good 1939 Ottawa — Canadians should face the New Year with “cautious optim­ ism,” Finance Minister Dunning said in a New Year statement made pub­ lic here. Reviewing conditions influ­ encing the economic picture in 1938 the minister better than pression, forecast 1939 would be any year since the de­ Submarine Parity London political obser- Nazis Want London — !?ers saw Germany’s announcement liat she intends to build up to sub­ marine parity with Gfeat Britain, as 9 new blow to Prime Minister Cham­ berlain’s hopes for European appease­ ment. Although there was no pres­ ent evidence that the 1935 Anglo- German naval treaty is to be de­ nounced or even threatened, observ­ ers felt the German demand was cer­ tain to be interpreted by sections of the British public as an abrogation of the spirit of the pact in defiance of Mr. Chamberlain's peace efforts. C.B.C. Shows Surplus Ottawa — The annual report of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, released by Gladstone Murray, gen­ eral manager, shows an operating surplus for the fiscal year ended Mar. 31 last of $88,624. Revenue of the corporation from radio license fees, advertising and interest on bank de­ posits totaled $2,253,735. Expendit­ ures, totaling $2,165,110 including programs; $1,088,419; station network $536396;, operation of stations and studios, $303,968, and general and ad­ ministration $146,686. Nazis Want Dispute Settled Rome — An anxious desire on the part of Germany that France and It­ aly settle their Mediterranean dispute before it grows into another Europ­ ean war crisis was reported in Fas­ cist quarters. The newspaper II La- yoro Fascista reported from Berlin that -Germany, like Britain, was try- irig to guard against another Czecho- ■ Slovakia, and.that the Nazis want the dispute settled along the lines of the nfcw “balance .of interested forces.” Western Ontario Dairymen Convene * With an excellent program, includ­ ing a dairy exhibition, the 72nd an- . iwial convention of the Dairymen’s Association of Western Ontario will be held in the Masonic Temple, Lon­ don, January 11 and 12. ■« New Seaway Treaty to be Considered Washington — State department sources indicated the Senate of‘ the approaching 76th United States Con­ gress would be given a new Great Lakes-St. Lawrence seaway treaty for consideration if the tentative draft AXj;E$|S ...BOBB COUNTER PRINTED GUM^G^APf- Iq.; IWAp£„iBY;'.,^V.’^' b «Vlq.<. _ for. . , VOFiUr: i’jirT db\irm. 'P'r'icoS wiBioof abljlttilkm/ *In6. Advance-Times Hum* M In Brief Form wn.iRi >proyed by the Canadian Cover Miss Roda Rcfierttfon spent a few; days with Miss Dorothy Golley an< Miss Edgar, 2nd lines. Miss Flora Coulter returned to her school at Browntown after spending her holidays at her home at Zetland. Mr. and Mrs, Mbiklejohn left on Wednesday for their home in King­ ston after spendjng Xmas with her parents, Mr, and Mrs. Allan Ramsay, jst line, Mr. Carman Hetherington spent his holidays with his parents on the boundary and returned an Monday to Guelph Callage, Miss Dorothy Aitken left on Mon­ day to take her school at Moore­ field. Miss Ruby Duff, of Toronto, spent New Year’s with her sisters, Miss Mary Duff and Mrs. Aitken and Dor­ othy. Stewart Finlay, of Corrie, to Mr, Carroll Alexander Snelling, of Lis- towel, sop of Mr, and Mrs. Allan .Snelling of Listowel, The attend­ ants were; Miss Inca Finlay, sis­ ter of the bride, and Mr. Carlyle Chapman, of Listowel. DONNYBROOK Happy and Prosperous New A BORN ;r Says 1938 Great Year tfchtesgaden, Germany — Cha | Hitler termed 1938 the “yea li richest harvest in, our history ■New Year's message to the pa ’ At the same time the Fuehre celld of til in al tion. of expanded Germany set as. task for the nation during '1939 the con tinuance of Nazi education of th German people, the strengthening o the, army and the execution of th four-year plan for economic self suf ficiency. " 7 Retiring Bell Officers ^fpnored, Two veterans of the telephone in dustry who have served a total of 8 years with the Bell Telephone Com pany, retired from active -service th end of the year. They are ‘Charles H Beard, former district manager ant now special agent at London, and J J. Griffin, public office manager ai London. They were honored by fel low officers and executives of tli< district at a dinner at Hotel London CARTER—In Wingham General Hospital on Tuesday, Dec, 27th, to Mr. and Mrs. George Carter, R.R. No. 5, Wingham, a daughter. FOXTON—In Wingham 1 General Hospital, on Friday, December 30, to Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Foxton, R. R. No. 2, Wingham, a son. WIGHTMAN—In Wingham General Hospital, on Monday, January 2nd, 1939, to Mr. and Mrs.. W. L. .Wight- an, East Wawanosh, a sqn, iam Vipond, MARRIED Will- A Year to everyone, The W.M.S, will meet on Thursday Jan, 12th, at the home of Mrs. Nor­ man Thompson, ‘ Miss Jean Robinson has returned from a visit with relatives at Wai* laceburg and Pt. Lambton. Mr; Graham Chamney was a week­ end visitor with his sister, Mrs, Ernie Doerr, Blyth. Other holiday visitors included; Miss Olive Jefferson, R.N., and Miss Gladys Jefferson, ILN., Woodstock, with their mother, Mrs. C. Jefferson; Messrs, Warren Bamford, Will and Melvin Craig, London, with their par­ ents; Mr. and Mrs. Joe Thompson and family, Listowel, with Mr, and Mrs. Norman Thompson; Mr, and Mrs. Elwyn Chamney, Mr. and Mrs. Ernie Doerr and Joan, of Blyth, and Miss Virginia Chamney, of Windsor, with Mr. and'Mrs. R. Chamney, Mrs. J. H, Mills with friends in Goderich and Miss Viola Thompson, Kingston, with friend on the ninth line. ST, HELENS If you have any reason to think your vision is not what it should - consult r man who KNOWS about eyes. Latest equipment methods of eye examination are at your service ■— and if you glasses—the price is always reasonable. For complete eyesight set* vice see R.A.REID R.O.......... Eyesight Specialist Stratford’s Leading Optofnet- rist for over 20 years. WINGHAM OFFICE IN WILLIAMS’ jewelry store Every Wednesday Morrnk 9 to Noon, Phone 5W for Appointment Frontenac, one of the most com­ fortable large hotels in -Canada is |the social centre of this typical French Canadian city and pro­ vides an ideal headquarters for [visitors whether they wish to ski, Yto explore the interesting city and ‘surrounding country or just spend •a different sort of holiday during Uhe gay winter season. H* The picture lay-out shows the ‘famous tower of the Chateau ► /Frontenac against a typical ski \ The skiers shown in the ’W"- | lower part of the picture are ij® previousf^bout to take off on a jaunt Tbnro ics h.lnnff onn of fho ma: SNELLING-FINLAY—At the ed Church Manse, Wingham, a.m. Saturday, December 31, by Rev. J. F. Anderson, Alta Fin­ lay, daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Unit- at 11 1938, the' and Miss Helen* Thom, graduate of Nicholls Hospital, Peterboro, Miss Florence McQuillin, graduate of the Stratford General Hospital, have been successful in passing the recent examinations for registration of nurse in Ontario. Miss McQuillin has se.- cured the position of night nurse in the Wingham General Hospital and left last week to assume her duties there. * ■ Miss Iona Swan was a week-end visitor in Toronto. Mrs. England, of Lucknow, spent last week the guest of her daughter, Mrs. John Swan and Mr. Swan. The annual meeting of School Sec­ tion No. 4 was held last Wednesday with a good attendance, Mr. Frank Todd was appointed chairman ami Mr. Ewart McPherson, secretary for the meeting. Mr, Ewart McPherson was elected trustee. He with Mr. Colin McDonald and Mr. Archie Ait- cheson, will compose the School Board for 1939, with Mr. Dick Wea- therhead as Sec.-Treas, The Secre­ tary was authorized to send a note of appreciation to* the teachers, Miss MacCharles • and Miss McQmlfe,_.Jt their successful work during tM, Mr.- Frank Weather head was gaged, as caretaker, the. daring young man who had sto|^h» a* kiss. “Gladys; *T shudder when I tliisjk'* of my thirtieth birthday/’. Pamela;-“Why, dear, what, ha; ed?” ' ,. ■ ■ — “Last night I spoke to over people at the local auditorium/’ “What did you- say to them?’ “Peanuts, popcorn and clwwlng. gum!” “You don’t like my pastry? Why, I was making pastry before yob were born/’ - ' * “Maybe, but why serve it trow?” Babson Says 1939 to be Better Babson Park — I ,ain convinced , that Canadian business j.n~J93V wjl( average higher than an; year in her entire history There iMlong one of the many beautiful - - - - •- 1terrific momentum behind fhe growtij thrilling trails., of Dominion business and 193ftjir’*" should see genera! activity Mse 15^aR > ra over 1938. Workers, farmers, sales-Ec men, merchants and manufaqturersMs and investors should all share in this^; new .march to prosperity.Hr ' W Mt Hep-git Park^f .................... ..fueding with Hon. C. D. Howe, fed4at eral minister of transport and Hon.ft Norman Rogers,- labor ministek’S. *To^ the two ministers he addressed a let-F^ ter demanding that they substantiate^" or retract their charges that he had^= entered a conspiracy with Premier} Duplessis of Quebec to remove Pre-I mier King. .», ■ ,■ | Hepburn Says Prove Charges Toronto — Premier Mitchell burn returned to his Queen’s office^ and his return was marked byl a visit from two national Liberal .par-|i ty emissaries and a renewal.,^ bis] ■toFrance Will Give Concessions —Not Land ■ „ Paris—A person close to the. Gov­ ernment said France is .willing to grant some colonial concessions to Italy to keep the peace of Europe but^ without actually yielding any land. '!■ After putting up a strong military and, naval front to discourage Fascist . ambitions for territorial expansion at?3 ...................................... .......................J expense* of the Fernch Empire, Pre-F mier Dkladier’s Government was des-r] cribed as “ready to open diplomatic | negotiations to appease the Italian | hunger.”.......................................• '........« Hospital Investigates Report . Toronto—Establishment of a board1 of review for mental hospital patients and amendment of the Ontario Med-' ical Act to permit sterilization in cer-l tain cises are among major recom­ mendations of the Magbrie commis­ sion’s report, released after, a four months’ investigation into Conditions in provincial mental hospitals. The report commends hospital "superin­ tendents, physicians and nurses on their work “under very trying cir­ cumstances” and declares that “in no case does it appears that there lias been a wrongful certification or that a patient'has been detained longer in on institution that was necessary for his proper treatment.” l! ray spent Christmas at Robt. Jeff- ray’s; the Douglas family with Mr. and Mrs. Dick Culliton, Glenannan; Mr. and Mrs. Alex. Marshall of Gor- rie at Will Curie’s. SALEM (Intended for last week) Holiday visitors: Mr. Lloyd Weir, of Toronto, with his parents, Mr, and Mrs, W. E. Weir; Misses Hazel, Minnie and Blanche Weir, of Toronto, with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Weir; Miss Feme Bennett, of Northern On­ tario, with their mother, Mrs. Edwin Bennett; Mr. Wilburn Fralick from near Clinton, with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Allan Fralick; Mrs. Earl Acheson and children of London with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Gal­ laher; Miss Eve McMichael of Port Burwell with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas McMichael. Mr.., David .Vogan and two sons, Messrs. Laing and Gibson, from near Molesworth, spent, .Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. John Gowdy. Mr. Joe Vogan, his daughter, Miss Lillie, and two sons, Messrs. Bruce and Ross, from near Mildmay, spent Thursday of last week with Mr. and Mrs. John Gowdy, A large number from this vicinity attended nomination in Gorrte. Conant to Seek C. T. A. Repeal Declaring the “Liquor Control Act of Ontario has occupied the entire field with satisfaction to most of our people,” Attorney-General Gordon Conant announced the Provincial Government’s intention to submit a resolution at the next Legislature ses­ sion seeking repeal of the Canada Temperance Act as it applies to On­ tario. Three Good Reasons Why The Wingham Advance=Times Should Fill Your Modernly equipped — The Wingham Advance-Times is prepared to fill your printing needs, no matter what the job may be. ...... . The Wingham Advance-Tim­ es prints first-class jobs at economical prices. Printing that will save you time and money. . .•■ ••• '• Service is a feature of True Wingham. Advance - Times Job Printing Dept, Unusual service is given and jobs are completed promptly. Take Stock of Your Printing Now! CHECK UP ON YOUR REQUIREMENTS AND FILL YOUR WANTS NOW. Here Are a Few SUGGESTIONS TELEPHONE 34 And OUR REPRESENTATIVE WILL CALL. I Do You Need Any of These? Canada’s Trade Balance Good Ottawa Canada wilt have a ere* dit balance on its world trade for '38 of approximately $280,000,000, ac­ cording to estimates based on Bur­ eau of Statistics returns for eleven " months and interim reports for De* liccmbeh Last year the excesslof Xi‘e jyahte. of exports over import^ was $316,000,000, Hepburn Supports Conant . ■Rb Sunday Laws ’ Toroftto Premier Mitchell Hep- burn dedardd himself in complete sympathy with Attorney-Genera! Gordon Conant’s suggestions for the broadening of Sunday ’Our blue laws ate in dele overhauling/’ Mt, “blue laws.” need of com- Hepburn said, - ti Off For Australia Premier Mitchell Hepburn has left for Australia, where he and Govern­ ment advisers will investigate econ­ omic conditions in the Common­ wealth, with a view to effecting pos­ sible changes in Ontario, In the par­ ty were Hon, Colin Campbell, min­ ister of public works; Chester Walt­ ers,. provincial controller of finances and deputy treasurer, and Roy hirst, the premier’s secretary. MORRIS Elm- Mrs. George Agar and daughter of • Stratford, spent a couple of days with pliss Ettie Mid Chas, Agar and Mr, land Mrs. Wallace Agar and family ■fluid also attended the funeral of Mr, jWm, Turvey, ; Mrs, Melville Mathers received the ’ sad news that her mint hi Kent had passed away on Sunday. Mr, and Mrs. Lloyd Turvey and son of Lucknow attended a! of his cousin, Mr. Win. 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