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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1940-02-15, Page 2PAGE TWO -A *WINGHAM ADVANCE^TIMES W! (fotnpkie tiu& teniettce In 25 wvuU <M> leU. rtaot bu* a" mY baking because •■■••••................. ■■■■■■■ □.n l,f***» ... cond J OR ONE OF TWELVE OTHER -CASH PRIZES:& a 2nd Prize - $15 3rd Prize - $5 Ten Prizes - $1 Each cense did not hold good in Learning­ ton where a transient traders” by-law is in effect, and that if /he 'persisted in doing business he would bp charged in police court, After visiting the clerk’s office and perusing the by-law, the salesman saw where he was wrong and immediately called his fellow­ workers together and left town, 4 A$ the Post and News has pointed but before, it is not fair’to allow these lffly*by-night salesmen’’ to come into Leamington and offer their products for sale in opposition to local merch­ ants apd business men without paying for the privilege, The merchants and business men' all have to pay rent or taxes and it is pot fair that they should be given opposition by outsid*- ers who have no more interest in the town than .to make quick sale of their products and then move on where the picking is Just as easy as it was in the place they just left. These outside peddlers are a men­ ace to any iown, and as‘ Leamington had a transient traders’ by-law that provides ;for their elimination, it is up to every housewife in. town to notify the police when they visit their liomes, If the .housewives will do their part’in notifying the police,; the mayor and chairman of. the police committee, W, H. Henderson, will see that their com­ plaints are attended to promptly, , 1. Complete the sentence: “I like Purity Flour for all my baking because:; in 25 words or less. S. Send in as many entries to this contest as you wish, but each entry must be accompanied by the Purity Seal cut from a bag of Purity Flour (or reasonable facsimile) or a receipted sales slip from your dealer showing you have purchased a bag of Purity Flour. 3. All entries must be postmarked not later than March 14. 4. Entries will be judged for originality and sincerity of expres­ sion. Simply write each entry on one side of a. sheet of paper. Print ydur name and address, and also the name of your Purity Flour dealer, clearly. 5« The judges’ decision will be final. 6,This contest'starts Wednesday," February 14th. Mail your entries, not later than March 14, to Purity Flour Contest Department, Western , Canada Flour Mills Co,, Limited ' 293 MacPherson Avenue, Toronto’ CLIP THIS ADVERTISEMENT AND KEEP IT FOR REFERENCE. This is a local contest restricted to the counties of Huron,- Bruce, Grey, Perth, Wellington and Water­ loo. You are not competing against * the whole country. So you have a real good chance of winning one of these valuable cash prizes/ Get a free Purity Flour recipe book­ let from your dealer—-it is full of suggestions which will help you' ,to complete the winning sentence. Send in your entry early—don’t forget to attach the Purity Seal or receipted sales slip. Listen to , - ^CAVALCADE OF DRAMA" Every Monday, Wednesday, Friday / CJCS STRATFORD, (1210 kc) 10.30 A.M. ” CKNX WINGHAM, (1200 kc) 11.15 A.M. NEWS of the . DISTRICT’ V a** Z Wingham Advance-Times Published at WINGHAM - ONTARIO Subscription Rate — One Year $2.00 Six months, $1.00 in advance To U. S. A„ $2.50 per year. Foreign rate, $3.00 per year. Advertising rates on application. WHEN DOES “STOP” MEAN “STOP”? We have come to the conclusion that the majority of motorists have poor eye-sight. The reason .that we have edme to this conclusion is that so many of them pass stop signs. One day last week we were standing at the corner of Josephine and John Streets 7/iMue. i6 na tobacco LIKE J OLD CHUM for a few minutes and in that short space of time three cars failed to ob­ serve the traffic sign. A short time ago, on the recommen­ dation of the Lions Club, the Chief was instructed to do duty at this cor­ ner as the children went home #t the noon hour. This has been done and makes this corner safe during this per­ iod. Much of the time the police can not be in this vicinity or where other stop signs have been erected, «o it is up to the motorist to do his part by. observing the traffic'regulations. In the meantime it might be a good idea to have some of these delinquents appear before the magistrate as an ex­ ample and to let people know that the rules will be enforced. * * * * ' SNOW REMOVAL We h^ve heard some complaints of late in regard to the removing-of th’e snow banks from the main street. This work has been done twice during this winter and has not only improved .the appearance of the street but has kept the road in condition for parking. We cannot overlook the fact that we must make provision for, cats, in this day >U guaranteed HYDRO LAMPS TheLon$ LifeLampt^ *— Wingham Utilities Commission Winghdtn I and age. Another advantage of .re- I moving the snow is that' it mak'es con­ ditions better in the spring. Our main street will not have the same flood conditions when warmer weather ar­ rives now that most of the snow has already been carted away. . ‘The plowing ofc .the roads about town so that cars may be of use shows that our council is up-to-date. It was suggested by-Councillor Sturdy at the last meeting of the council that next winter roads be ploughed and kept in good condition and that no snow re­ moval work be done' on the sidewalks by the town. This’ has worked out splendidly in some' other towns about the size of ours, and we believe it would be a good system here, hope it is tried out * * * * THE ELECTION! CAMPAIGN Now that both parties have named their choice in Nortli1 Huron, interest in the election in this riding- will, no doubt, increase rapidly and before long' things will be in full swing. It is hoped that the campaign here will be conducted along lines' far removed from the mud-slinging that so 'often has been used at election time. If ev­ er there was a period in our history when' calm, careful’ consideration should be given to the1 policies advo­ cated by the major parties it is now. We are at what appears to be the start of a long war, a war that may tax our national strength in many ways. Many decisions will have to be made that in peace times- would hot. Surely in a' time such as .this, We,' the voters, should take sorrie of 'this res­ ponsibility bf giving earhest consid­ eration to the platforms that are pre­ sented and .theii on election day exer­ cising our franchise in the manner we consider the miost intelligent. • Honey From An Old Chimney Samson4 propounded a riddle “Out of the eater came forth meat an‘d out* of the strong sweetness’.' and the peo­ ple.’ couldn’t guess it, until his wife Wormed the answer out of Him and told. ■ Well, we might "give^you a rid­ dle something like “Instead of smoke* came forth insects rjand instead -pf soot came sweetness” for;/honey in the comb from an unused chimney at Harvey Martin’s home was the unus­ ual find o>f Frank Atkey last week. Mr, Atkey said that he had.seen the bees going in and out- of two small holes in the chimney, which is covered dur­ ing the .summer months, and when he went up to. investigate last week, he took two pails of honey out of the hive. We received ^a nice little dish full and enjoyed it immensely.*—Wiar- ton^Echo. Freak Lily Mr. S. G. Castle has something ,ofr a novqlty in the way of a double Calla lily. This* lily has two blooms on One rstalk, one midway down the stem. The bloom'at the top of the stalk is rather unusual. While it us plainly a well- formed lily it is streaked with green as if part of the stalk had been used to form the flower. “ Clinton News- Record. • . We SOAP SALESMEN LEAVE TOWN 0 (Leamington Post and News) Acting tinder instructions from Mayor Phil, Fader# Chief Jack Irwin cut short the visit of a crew of soap salesmen in Leamington last Friday after he received complaints that the men were soliciting motorists on the main streets as they drew up their cars -to stop signs and others through- but the town. In bringing the matter to the attorn lion of the mayog, Chief Irwin was instructed to warn the men -that they must cease selling their products at once or. become liable’for the $100 penalty under the provisions of the Transient Traders’ By-Law. One of the men visited the mayor’s office and endeavored to point o’ut that he had a license to peddle soap throughout the eotmty. The Mayor firmly held that ids tl- Sentenced For Theft For the theft of 156 household and other articles — everything from a ton of Coal to ,a mouse trap John Collingwood, Exeter young man, was sentenced *to two months in county jail by Magistrate J. A. Makins. Col­ linwood pleaded guilty to six charges, all told. Many others were not laid, “It just doesn’t make Sense,” J com­ mented Crown Attorney Holmes. “Most of the things this young man stole were not sold because they ha^e no market vahae — secondhand flour siftefs, arch supports, brushes, edmbs, brooms, cakes, of soap, etc. It was found cached in a barn and has been restored to the owners. V W: r;' I Thursday, February 15, 194© Bovine Oddity Bom in Howick Sandford Zimmermann 8th conces­ sion pf Howick, reports that on Sun­ day last’ one of his cows gave birth to a calf that is apparently part deer, The*animal has the white strip run­ ning the length of Its body# and in­ stead ‘of a tail it has the abbreviated tuft which adorns the deer, Unfortun­ ately, the creature has only one eye, 'the other side” of the face being yoid of any suggestion of an optic, but it is otherwise hale and hearty, thbugh it weighs only/about 80 pounds. The mother is a red Durham, the offspring very much the sleek brown color of a deer,—Fordwich Record. Hanover Boys;Had Theft' Ring • T?he arrest by Chief of Folice Mey­ er of four Hanover boys, Cljfford Vanslyke, Lloyd’Dawson, Albert Hei- bein “and” Freddie Brooks ■—< should bring to a halt the activities of a theft ring .which has been in operation here fore some time. During recent weeks, the authorities have had'these lads, whose ages range from 16 to. 19/years, under observation In an attempt to discover the source of their apparent afflueg.ee,- as they were wearing new clothes and spending tooney rather, freely, though none of them were em-. ployed.7—Hanover Post, . ’ Lays Large Egg The farmer’s lot would be consid­ erably improved if all. hens could be relied upon .-to produce eggs like one laid by a Leghorn pullet owned by Mrs. Tom Scales of the 2nd conces­ sion, of‘Brant This eg;g, which, wgs left5 at The Post, measured 9x7^ in­ ches, 'and tipped the scales at 5% 6z. The average weight of hens’ eggs, is about two ounces, or 24 ounces per dozen.—-Han over .'Post. Walkerton Flier to .Finland. •, Salter Owens, 28, and/only son of His Honor Judge W. Q. Owens, of Walkerton, - visited in Walkerton the end of the week. tbx.bid farewell to his family, before .'leaving for Finland with a. quartette of airmen who. hope to serve, with the-Finnish .forces ag­ ainst Sfalm’s'. Red. Hordes.'' ■ Was Real Wolf . * We understand that*-. Mr. ‘ James Buchanan,, of near Donegal, who re­ cently sent ai pelt't®'Toronto to claim wolf bounty on the same ,has received word from .the! Department thatBt is a brush wolf andrhas. received-a, dum­ ber of other’ papers'- and forms to fill in before1 payment is, made. Read’ers of The Sun will remember theMtem which appeared in these (Columns two weeks ago telling of thd shooting of a-wolf in Elma1. Township by'Mr. Bu­ chanan’s l’S-yeai’-olld s©^*. Elgin, who bagged the- wolf with, a single bullet from a '.22 rifle;—-Milycrton Sun., Chesley Weekly- Sold Sale was- completed, this. week of the Chesley Enterprise1 to- Clayton Schaus, who 'has been editor of The- Hanover. Post: since the- death of George Mit­ chell,, its publisher, Mto Schaus ac­ quires the CEesTey weekly from the estate of William McDonald, who pub­ lished and' edited; it. until his- death a year ago. Since that time it has been carried o,n By his; son, J.C. McDon­ ald, Well known in Western Ontario sport circles.*—-Kincardine News, Responsible* for Stones on Stre'et An interesting case was RCard in Division* Court when J. W. Joynt Was the plaintiff in an action to recover damages in the amount of sixty dol­ lars from the Village of Lucknow for a plate glass window broken by 'a stpne hurled from, the roadway on Main street by a, motor car. The win­ dow Was- In FzM. Paterson's Drug Store ttt the joynt Block. The claim The best wayj buy Groceries Yqu get good value whenprecious1 time and troii- you shop by telephone * bley.toov There7? no need because the grocer takes to> wait get served—a particular care of his telephone* order gets' ‘‘telephone customers”: immediate* attention, their continued patron*' The; small! cost of a tele­ age depends on his good plrone; pays- for itself —a - i many times over1 im. convenience- , ' and pleasure. service. A tele- Jn the. case ,was« referred by the In­ surance Company; ’carrying the Vil­ lage’s liability insurance and which Company bears the.damages recover­ ed by Mr. Joynt, amounting to sixty dollars without costs.—Lucknow Sen- tinel.\ \ ’ •' A ----■— Walkerton Clerk Faces Theft Charge A charge of misappropriation of about $12,000 from the municipal treasury of the Town of Walkerton was'laid against C. M. McNabb, town clerk, and treasurer. The charge wa,s preferred on complaint of the finance committee of the town council "and al­ leges that, there was a defalcation ito this amount between August, 1937, and December, 1939. Learning that the charge had been laid. Treasurer Mc­ Nabb went to .the provincial police of­ fice and ^surrendered. He was taken before Magistrate Walker in court but was not asked to plead to the charge. He was remanded. The possibility of the town’s .accounts not being in or­ der wa,s fir'sTbrought to’the- attention of officials when the town’auditors 4 were told by the treasurer that the books were not completed for their audit. Investigation was .made and when it was discovered the books were not up to date.- the provincial auditors were brought in. Mr, Mc­ Nabb has been clerk-treasurer of-the corporation for* the "past! 12 years and was regarded' as an efficient officer and well versed in municipal law. Train and Truck Play Tick-Tack Every car of a speeding freight ■train passing by the; Auburn station ticked a truck driven- By Norman Hamilton, Auburn trucker, but did lit­ tle''damage except1 to- the trucker-’s nerves. Hamilton had’ been attempt­ ing to turn-His truck around close to the track when- the wheels lodged’ in icy* ruts: The driver was tryiiig to drive it from its position when fhe train rattled’by. Each car, Hamilton expected; would’be-a1 little wider than the last and’ hurl’ His truck- into wreckage.1. The1 truck; still stood in-the ruts after tlie train^1 last car whizzed’ by. SF ■Western Canada Special Bargain Excursions FROM ALL STATIONS IFT EASTERN CANADA GOING DAILY FEB. IT-MARCH Z Inclusive , Return Limit - 45 Days; ■ ” TICKETS GOOD IN - < • ■ COACHES at fare approximately- T%'c per- mile* TOURIST SLEEPING CAR'S at fares approximately l%c, per • mile • • STANDARD SLEEP CAR’S'at fares;approxm-iaitely l%c per niil'e* - Cost of accommodation in sleeping cars additionah B.aggage- checked. , ASK FOR HANDBTLL. SIMILAR EXCURSIONS from- WESTERN to* EASTERN CAxN- ADA DURING-SAME PERIOD Tickets, Sleeping’Car Reservations.and’A 1’1 Information as to Stopover ■ j " Priyiloges- from*; aiw Agent,. T28! C AN ADI AN N ATIONAL ! POLICE SEIZE $53,220 IN COUNTERFEIT NOTES With the scj'zutc of $53,20(1 lit coun- centring m Ger many iw be uncover* followed the arrest of Michael Saw* forfeit U.& and’Canadian bank-notes, ‘ 4 • - * * 4 ■' ^**"**'-“* - - Toronto and provincial police believe I wf ■al edr -Detectives seized a trunk in a res­ taurant and removed the bogus inon- clrnk (RIGHT), Feb.. 7. He is said to be-the owner at tbs trank. A wo- of Rouyn, who was arrested tt Kifk- M Lake With $225,000 in‘counterfeit money in her possession# is believedan tfikftiaiiotial counterfeiting ring cy from a false bottom. Hie seizure I man giving' her name ns Nancv Hill m mV , $ossessiofy is I < ’ ■ , , ' ; 01 y xin’» t01)6 connected with Sawchuk, Si.