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OPERETTA WAS
WELL RECEIVED
“‘O Hara San” Presented by Listowel
\ Talent
Wingham music lovers Were thrill
ed on Thursday evening with the ex-
'■cellent production of the operetta, “O
Tiara San,” staged by the choir of Lis-
•towel -United Church assisted by
■•members of that town, and presented
iihere under the auspices of the Young
•People’s Union of the United Church.
Those taking the leading roles had
outstanding voices and the choral
"work was most effectively done. The
new blue back drop on the stage was
-a lovely back .ground for the wisteria
(blossoms, .Japanese lanterns, ever
greens and lilacs that formed the
scenery and was a perfect setting for
the Japanese kimonas worn by the
cast,
O Kashi Kintara, a young student
of noble lineage, falls in love with O
Hara San, the only child of a Sam
urai, Kanaya. Finding that his love is
.returned, he seeks her hand in mar
riage. Reluctantly Kanaya consents
to the marriage on condition that it
take place in a year’s time. O Kashi
Kintara leaves Japan to study in Am
erica. In the meantime Prince Nash-
amoto Fushimi seeks O Hara San’s
hand, and Kanaya agrees to his suit
5f O Kashi Kintara does not return
within the year's time. Just as O Hara
-Gan has. made tearful preparations to
marry the’ old prince, her lover re
turns at the last moment, and all ends
’happily.
. At intermission Miss Olive McDon
ald sang “The Beautiful Blue Danube”
and the “Italian Street Song, Mr. Cal-
-vin Rodgers sang “Can’t Yo-u Hear
Me Calling, Caroline?” and “On the
Road to Mandalay.”
Mr. DeWitt Miller, on behalf of the
Young People’s Union, thanked those
.■present for their attendance and the
•cast for coming to Wingham.
Cast of characters were: O Hara
Gan, Muriel E. Willits; O Kashi ICin-
lara, Ronald Cox; Kanaya, Jack Kib
ler; O Toya San, Phyllis Hewitt;
Prince Nashimoto Fishimi, Rae
Thompson; O Tok'u San, Della Lav-
cry; Tokiaki, Colin Pratt, and 26
members of chorus; musical director,
Lorne Willits.
Engagement Announcement
The ' engagement is announced of
Alice Elizabeth Williamson, A.T.C.M.,
of Kitchener, daughter of Mrs. Wil
liamson and the late Wm. Williamson
-of town, to Mr. Edward F. Ziegler,
son of the late Mr. and Mrs. G. Zieg
ler, of Kitchener, the marriage to take
place quietly at the end of June.
Thief Gets $14.00 in Silver
During the early hours of Sunday
‘ morning the home of Mr. W. Stanley
Hall was entered and $14 in silver tak
en from a tin box, Coppers which
were also in the box were not remov
ed. The robbery took place after Sat
urday midnight as Mr. and Mrs. Hall
had not retired at that time and it
was a half hour later that the maid'
came home.
NOTICE TO
WATER CONSUMERS
The hours for lawn, garden and
street watering are from 6 a.m. to 8
a.m. and 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., on all days
of the week. .
This service costs $2.00 per annum
for one sprinkler and in proportion if
more are used.
Wingham Utilities Commission.
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June 6th, 1939
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WOMEN’S GROUP
INSPECT WORK
United Church W.M.S. Meeting
The* regular meeting of the Wo
men’s Missionary Society was held in
the Sunday school room on Tuesday
afternoon last week. Mrs. Gowans
and her group had charge of the de
votional period. In opening the hymn
“Fountain of Good to own Thy love”
was used, Mrs. Gowans read a prayer
poem and Mrs, H. T. Thomson the
Scripture lesson taken from Matt., 10,
Miss Bolt led in prayer* after which
the hymn “O Master, let me walk
with Thee,” was sung.
Mrs.' Gowans reviewed the study
book “Making Canada Christian,”
which we have used in our study per
iods of the last six months. Inter
spersed as was her talk, with little
experiences gleaned in her own so
journ with peoples of other nations in
the West, Mrs, Gowans made this re
view very interesting and her talk
was enjoyed by all present. Mrs. W,
Field led in prayer.
Mrs. Geo. Williams and Miss Jessie
Pierson sang very sweetly the hymn
“I’m never alone,” Miss Caroline
Wellwood accompanied at the piano.
Mrs. Greer took charge of the busi
ness of the day and called for a dis
cussion of the refugee problem which
is confronting our nation at this time.
Shall we or shall we not admit these
people? Several of our ladies entered
into the discussion. but no decision
was made. Mrs. Greer advis’ed every
one to give the subject serious thought
and be able to decide the matter at
some future time.
The National Anthem, in honour of
our Royal Visitors, was sung, the
Mizpah benediction recited in unison
and the meeting closed.
A beautiful display of quilts, dress
ed dolls, etc., the work done in the
groups during the past six months,
was much admired by those present.
These will be sent in the bale which
is now being packed for the West.
DETROIT TEAM
TO PLAY HERE
The Silver Plating Company’s
baseball team that play in the Detroit
Federation Baseball League will play
our Bruce League team in the To'wn
Park here at 3 o’clock Saturday after
noon,. June 17th.
Culross Ball Game
A baseball game was played on the
2nd Concession of Culross between
the West and the East. West won by
the score of 49 to 15. The East are
determined to even the count next
game.
Bluevale Presbyterian Church
Anniversary
Anniversary Services will be held in
Knox Presbyterian Church, Bluevale,
on Sunday, June 18th. Services at 11
o’clock in the forenoon and at 7.30 iri
the evening, conducted by the Rev.
John Elder, of Milverton.
Will Represent County
The Huron County girls’ team for
the C.N.E. will consist of, May Fris
by, Belgrave; Muriel Hadwell, Ethel;
Velma Naylor, Blyth, and Dorothy
Bone, Brussels. They were selected at
the Achievement Day held Saturday
at Clinton. Certificates of Achieve
ment for those having completed two
united of work, were awarded to May
Frisby, Anna McDowell, Eleanor
Taylor, Eileen McCallum, all of Bel
grave.
SCHOOL CHILDREN
MISSED SEEING
KING AND QUEEN
Many Went to London on Wednes
day.
It was'great sight to see the 1,150
school children entrain here Tuesday
morning for Stratford. The Wingham
children were very smart in red ber
ets, carrying flags. There was a great
crowd present to see them off and the
children were in great spirits. The or
ganization here was perfect. The
children were well cared for and they
arrived at their positions at Stratford
in perfect order. The whole arrange
ment was wonderful except they did
not see the King and Queen. Some
body blundered — some person should
be censored.
The arrangement was that the train
at Stratford would proceed past the
children at a very slow rate with Their
Majesties on the rear platform. This
was not the case, however. The train
sped past the children and the King
and Queen were not on the rear plat
form. 17,000 school children were
there and only a small fraction of the
number, .those very near the station,
saw Their Majesties. Some of the
high schodl children from here ran
after the train and did get a glimpse
of the Royal couple but the number
was indeed small. At Windsor 30,000
school children were assembled and
the train sped by and Their Majesties
did not appear. This ’looks like very
poor organization.
To say the children, teachers and
Lions Club were disappointed is to
put it mildly, they were heart broken;
Premier King has wired Stratford
that the matter will receive attention.
It surely-should. To see the children
arrive home crestfallen was indeed a
sad sight.
It Was.Different at London
At London, on Wednesday, we be
lieve all in the vast throng had an op
portunity to see Their Majesties. The
school children had the best position
in front of the fence that the crowd
were behind. All night long cars pass
ed through here on their way to Lon
don and the traffic was quite heavy at
5 a.m. The vast throngs were very
orderly. The 99th Battery from here
and the Legion took their places on
the line of march and the Women’s
Auxiliary to the Legion had a fine lo
cation at the station.
Large, numbers from Wingham
were at London, many of them, school
children who were disappointed the
day previously at Stratford. Their
Majesties received a great welcome
from the throngs in London. It is too
bad. our school children had not been
there to take part. ’ i ■
Dance in Belgrave
..Friday, June 9th, Arthur’s Orches
tra. Admission 25 cents.
Heads Education Committee
At the annual meeting of the Lon
don Conference of the United Church
held in London last week, Rev. J. F.
Anderson was elected as chairman of
the Christian Education committee.
No Cattle Test This Year
It appears now that the test of cat
tle in Huron County for T.B. restrict
ed area purpose may not be made in
1939. A letter received by J. C. Shear
er, agricultural representative, from
W. H. Golding, M.P.‘, reporting on a
conference he recently had with Hon.
J. C. Gardiner, would seem to indi
cate that the jvork cannot be taken up
this year as nine other counties have
not had the initial test conducted al
though they had been established re
stricted areas previous to Huron.
GROUP HELD WORK
MEET AND SUPPER
Goforth Auxiliary Had Afternoon arid
Evening Sessions.
On Thursday afternoon the mem
bers of the Goforth Auxiliary of St.
Andrew's Presbyterian Church met in
the Sunday School room and quilted,
later having a waffle supper.
In the evening the regular devo
tional meeting was held. After the
Scripture reading Miss Mary King led
in prayer, and Mrs. D. Kennedy gave
the dedicatory prayer.
A vocal duet by iMisses Irlma Har
rison and Betty Rae, also a piano duet
by Mrs. W. W. Gurney and Mrs, Pic-
kell, were greatly appreciated.
Mrs. Wm, Kennedy took the topic
from the study book “Moving Mil
lions” and gave an interesting account
of Medical Missions, in India.
SCHOOL OPEN NIGHT
WAS GREAT SUCCESS
Interesting Display at Public School
Viewed by Large Numbers
■u,vj' jf
The second annual if Public School
Open Night held Friday was a great
success in a two-fold •\Vay. The num
ber that attended this year was double
that of last year anil the displays
throughout the school were excep
tionally well done and .excellently dis
played. '
The boys and girjs’of Grade VIII
acted as * directors of the exhibition,
and guided the people from room to
room and made explanations where
necessary. . The teachers were on
hand in their own rooms greeting the
visitors and explaining the course of
study.
As older people viewed the work in
the various rooms they were greatly
impressed as to the changes in the
method of teaching to that of even
a few years ago. The children are
taught a variety of subjects to-day.
That they master them is shown by
the wonderful displays.
The system of viewing the work
was to start at the lowest grade and
pass along until grade VIII was rea
ched. This gave one a very definite
idea of the work accomplished from
a child’s qntry at school until they
were prepared for High School entry.
Thej exhibition of work, art, manual
training, social study, literature, dom
estic science, was a revelation, to
many. An added feature this year was
a school orchestra composed of Don
na Buchanan and Jojjce Walker, pian
ists; Elizabeth Hare .and Isabell Mac-
Lean, violinists; Jack Ludwig, drum
and traps; Craig Armstrong, trumpet.
The teachers and the pupils deserve
much credit for the fine display and
the work accomplished.
Sale of Dresses ~~
Clearing out a range of Women’s
Print Dresses, 55c each or 2 for $1.00.
H. E. Isard & Co.
West Huron Institute to Meet
The District Annual Meeting of
West Huron Women’s Institute will
be held in McKay Hall, Goderich, on
Friday, June 9th. 'there will be two
sessions, morning and afternoon. Wo
men’s Institute Superintendent, (Miss
M. Clarke, will give an address and
Miss F. Durnin a talk and display of
Junior work, ,
Turned Tables on Robber
Burns Fleuty, nephew of |Mrs. M.
Dodds, of town, who lives at Embro,
turned the tables on a would-be rob
ber who made an attempt to hold up
a garage. Mr, Fleuty held the robber
at the point of a gun while another
man phoned the police. The police ar
rived and placed the alleged thief un
der'arrest. * 1 i
Graduated from Western
Among those who graduated front
Western University this year, receiv
ing their diplomas at the Convocation
June 7th, are, Miss June Buchanan, of
town, Miss Jean Lane, of Wroxeter,
James McGill of East Wawanosh and
Miss Marian Snell of.Londesboro. All
received their B.A. degree. Miss Snell
received the gold medal in Latin.
Play at Whitechurch
The Young People’s Union of the
Whitechurch United Church will pre
sent a three-act Comedy-Drama “Pay
ing the Fiddler” in the Institute Hall,
Whitechurch, on Tuesday, June 20th,
at 8,15 p.m. Admission 25c and 15c.
For any further presentations com
municate with Harold Pollock, phone
612r4.
Had Charge of Service
On Sunday evening the Young Peo
ple’s Union of the Wingham United
Church led' in the evening service of
worship. Wilbur Tiffin took charge
of the opening part of the service and
DeWitt Miller, president of the Un
ion, gave an address on the highlights
of London Conference held in Cen
tennial Church, London, last week, He
gave a brief outline of how the Con
ference was conducted and also told
of the resolutions which were brought
before Conference by the various
committees. Rev. J. F. Anderson, of
Wingham, who is chairman of the
Christian Education Department, was
very prominent in the forming and
passing of many of the resolutions in
that branch of the church. Brief out
lines were given of some of the out
standing addresses of the Conference
and in the closing remarks he stated
that the church may have no fear of
the future with such fine Christian
men as its leaders.
BRIDGE CLUB HELD
CLOSING SESSION
Championship Trophies Were Pre
sented,
The final meeting of the Wingham
Bridge Club for this season was held
in the Masonic Hall on Wednesday
evening last week with eight tables
present. Following the play a supper
was served, at which Miss Jean Fra-
lick catered, and the' awards on the
year’s play were presented as .follows:
Ladies
Championship Trophy, won by
Mrs. R, S. Hetherington and present
ed by Mr. Harry Hodgins, donor of
■the cup*.
Second prize, an umbrella, won, by
Mrs. A. Wilson and presented by W.
W. Armstrong. •
Third Prize, two double decks of
cards, won by Mrs. J. H. Crawford
and presented by Mr. A. Wilson.4
Gentlemen
Championship Trophy won by J. H.
Crawford, presented by Mr. W. H.
French, donor of the cu^.
Second prize, dress shirt and tie,
won by Dr. Geo. Ross, presented by
R. S. Hetherington.
Third prize, moving picture films,
won by F. E. Madill, presented by L.
R. Blackwood.
Winners of Weekly Game
North and South: 1st, Mr. and Mrs.
R. S. Hetherington; 2nd, Mrs. W. H.
French and J. Mason; 3rd and 4th,
tied, Miss Y. McPherson and A. Wil
son, Mrs. W. A. Campbell and W. W.
Armstrong.
East and West: 1st, Mrs. D. B. Por
ter and George Williams; 2nd, Mrs.
L. R. Blackwood and J. H. Crawford;
3rd, Mrs. W. H. Waram and Murray
Roberts; 4th, Mrs. O. Colborne and
W. H. French.
CONSERVATIVES TO
HOLD CONVENTION
At a meeting of the North Huron
National Conservative Association,
held in. the Council Chamber here, on
Wednesday evening last week, it was
decided to hold a nominating conven
tion in the Town Hall here on June
27th. Chairmen of the various polling'
sub-divisions were chosen.
Masonic Church Service Sunday
The annual Church Service of
Wingham Lodge, No. 286, A.F. & A.
M., will be held in St. Andrew’s Pres
byterian Church at 7 p.m., Sunday
next, June 11th. The members will
meet at the Masonic Temple at 6.30
o’clock and parade to the Church in
a body..
Held Decoration Service
The annual decoration service of
Maitland Lodge I.O.O.F No. 119, was
held at Wingham Cemetery on Sun
day afternoon. • A potted plant was
placed on the graves of departed bre
thren. The service was conducted by
John P. McKibbon, Noble Grand of
the lodge, with John Preston acting
as Chaplain. The names of the de
parted brethren were read by the sec
retary, W. H. Haney. .
East Huron Institute to Meet
The annual meeting of the East
Huron District Women’s Institute will
be held in the Church Hall, Fordwich,
on Friday, June 9th. The forenoon
session commencing at 10 o’clock, will
be devoted to reports and the election
of officers. In the afternoon, Miss
Hopkins, of the Institutes Branch,
Toronto, Mrs. J. G. Crozier, Provinc
ial Board Director, Walkerton, and
Miss Flora Durnin, Huron County
Coach, are expected to address the
meeting. The president, Mrs. J. Har
old Spier, will preside.
CHESLEY PLAY
HERE SATURDAY
Central League Team Play Here On
Thursday.
The Hurons take on the fast Ches-
ley Colts here in a Bruce League fix
ture on Saturday afternoon. The Hur
ons have won all three of their games
so far this year. This should be an
incentive for the fans to turn out in
large numbers and encourage the
players. On Wednesday next week
the Indians journey to Hanover to
play their third game away from home
this year,
The Central League team, will play
two games this week on successive
days. At the Town Park here Thurs
day (to-day) Palmerston will be the
opposition, and on Friday the club
will play at Clifford,
Campaign Enters The Second
Lap With Main Contenders
Vieing For The Leadership
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Midnight Saturday saw the close of the first period of The Advance-
Times’ great Good-Will Subscription Campaign, Monday morning's relative
standing revealed several candidates with scarcely a nominal difference be
tween them,
Even if one candidate were an outstanding leader, it would be too early
to predict a winner. But, with the competition keen, and the leaders so close
ly placed, the race is filled with exciting and unpredictable possibilities, Only
one thing is certain and that is that the best candidate will prove to be the one
who bends the most intelligent and persistent effort towards the winning of
the Campaign’s Grand Prize—the new Chevrolet Coach.
This week a special bonus of nine
prizes are being given as follows:
Greatest number of New Subscrip
tions, any one day, 1st prize $5.00;
2nd prize, $2.00; 3rd prize, $1.00;
Greatest Number of New Subscrip
tions for the week: 1st prize $5.00,
2nd prize $2.00; 3rd prize $1,00;
Greatest Amount of Business for the
week, 1st prize $5.00; 2nd prize $2.00;
3rd prize $1.00. This is a good week
Exemplified Third Degree
The Wingham Masonic degree team
exemplified the third degree at the
Masonic District Lodge of Instruction
which was held in Teeswater Masonic
Hall on Friday evening.
Assisted in Scout Service
At the Teeswater Boy Scout Serv
ice held in the United Church, Tees
water, Qn Sunday morning, Craig
Armstrong sang a solo, and Mr. Jack
Herd was at the console of the organ
throughout the service.
Garden Party Friday, June 16th
Knox United Church, Belgrave, will
hold its Annual Garden Party on Fri
day, June 16th. A cold meat supper
will be served, 5.30 to 8 p.m. A var
ied program will be presented by the
Blyth Band. Admission 35c and 20c.1
Passed With Honours
Mr. R. John Currie, son of Mr. and
Mrs. R. A. Currie, returned home on
Sunday, having attended the first year
course in embalming at the Banting
Institute, Toronto. We congratulate
John on passing with first class hon
ours. .
Stray Pidgeon Is Pet '
At the Ford Garage there is a stray
pidgeon which has a metal band on
one leg,’CHU37-7731 and on the other
a rubber band marked D 420. It is a
great pet as it feeds from the hand of
Henry Ross and will perch on his
head or arms.
Engagement Announcement
Mr. and Mrs. William R. Burchill
announce the engagement of their
daughter, Mary Eileen, to Mr. James
A. McGladrey, Guelph, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Richard McGladrey, of Rock
wood. The’ marriage to take place
the latter part of June.
B. Y. P. U.
On Tuesday of last week a very en
joyable evening was had in the Bap
tist Church when the members of the
Listowel B.Y.P.U. were the guests of
the Baptist Young People here. The
visiting union provided a splendid de
votional program after which a num
ber of games were played and an ap
petizing lunch was served.
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GEORGE JOHNSTON
MAINTAINS LEAD
Listed below is the tenth relative standing of the candi
dates in the Wingharri Advance-Times Subscription Campaign.
The next relative standing will be shown in bulletin form Monday
morning on the basis of all business turned in up to midnight Sat
urday.
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GEORGE JOHNSTON, R.R. 2, BLUEVALE
MISS MARY ELLIS, R.R. 3, BLYTH...........
MRS. JACK REAVIE, WtNGHAM ...............
RAY MCINTYRE, GORRIE ..........................
MRS. GEORGE H. SCOTT, WINGHAM .....
MRS. M. FOXTON, WINGHAM ...................
MISS MARGARET MASON, WINGHAM....
Miss may carrick, whitechurch..
DAVID McGILL, WtNGHAM .. ...................
The Vote Schedule printed above shows the Candidates ac
cording to results so far produced, but does not necessarily show
the grand total of each,as votes may be held in reserve«■
“A MAN’S SUCCESS WILL NEVER REACH BEYOND HIS
OWN CONFIDENCE”
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to give support to your .favorite can
didate so that he or she may win one
of these cash prizes.
At the end of the first period of the
campaign George Johnston is still
leading. George took the lead during
the last half of the first period and
has since held that enviable position.
Miss Mary Ellis, charming and pop
ular young lady, is in second place.
She has demonstrated that other can
didates must look, to their laurels.
Mary’s friends are of the opinion she
will be hard to keep out of first posi
tion.
For the first time in the campaign
Mrs. Jack Reavie has gained as high
as third position. During the past
week Mrs. Reavie has made great
gains. She replaced Ray McIntyre in
third position by a small margin,
which shows how keen the race is.
Mrs. Reavie’s spectacular gain last
week has been one of the features o£
the campaign.
For the first time Ray McIntyre is
not in third position, however, he is
only a small margin behind Mrs.
Reavie. Ray has polled well through
out the campaign and many predict he
will regain his lost position before
long.
Mrs. George H. Scott is in fifth
place. She is a real contender to be
reckoned with. It would occasion the '
writer no surprise if Mrs. Scott mov
ed up. in the standing.
In sixth position is Mrs. Milford
Foxton who has made a very credit
able showing and may yet furnish the
leaders with strong competition.
Miss Margaret Mason holds .next
position. Margaret has slipped back a
bit of late in the standing but has,
done Well for the time at her disposal. ‘
She may gain back during the closing
weeks of the. campaign.
A Whitechurch girl, Miss May Car
rick, is eighth. It would not be sur
prising if she moved up in the stand
ing during the balance of the cam- »
pnign.
Mr. David McGill is in last position
but this popular contestant took ill
early in the campaign and was unable
to get in touch with his friends. No
doubt, under different circumstances
he would have made a much better
showing Jo date.
FLOWER SERVICE
NEXT SUNDAY
The United Church Sunday, School.
Anniversary and Flower Sunday will
be held in the auditorium of the
church at 11 a.m. on Sunday morn
ing next, June 11th. This is one of
the most outstanding services the
church enjoys throughout the year,
and no doubt, a very large congrega
tion will be present as is usual for this
service.
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