HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1940-10-17, Page 15Thursday, October 24, 1940
WINNER OF GEORGE CROSSWAR'S BLIGHT COULD NOT TOUCH HIM
GORRIE
GLENANNAN
that
The
Choice Spv Apples
Attehtion-^Thomas Burke’s Garage,
Wroxeter, has received a shipment of
.choice Spy Apples from the Joy nt Or
chard, Lucknow. Prices are $1,25
bushel hamper,
Mr. and Mrs/ R, FL Carson visited
with friends in Parkhill over the
week-end,
Mr. and Mrs. Percy Colmer, Tor
onto, were week-end guests of Mr.
. and Mrs. W. C. King.
Mrs. Thomas MacDonald, Moles
worth was the guest of Mr, and Mrs.
Archie Miller on Saturday.
Mr. R. G. Newton was called to re
port in Kitchener as cook with the
Scottish Fusiliers and left on Tuesday
• of last-week.
Miss Louise White, of Bornholm,
has been the guest of Mrs. Cleve
Stafford for the past few days.
Mrs. Grainger and nephew, Mr. L.
Hockridge, spent Friday in Guelph.
Mrs. John Metcalf, of Paisley, is
• visiting her sisters, the Misses Potter.
Mr. Ed, Taylor and son. Vincent,
-also Mrs. Robt. Cottingham, of Jack-
son, Mich., were week-end guests of
,Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Day and other
relatives in that community.
Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Short and Miss
Myrtle were Sunday guests of Mr. and
.Mrs. Vanstone; near Wingham. ' (
Mr. and Mrs. Hardy, Mrs. Worboys
.and Mr. Smith, of Weston, were re
cent guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. M.
Hutchison.
Mrs. Bill Barton' and baby son, of
Drayton, spent the week-end with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. N. Plant.
Rev. G. W. Butt and son, Bill, of
Harrow, were guests of Mr. and Mrs.
'Thos. Bradnock last week.
Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Mundell spent
■Sunday with the former’s brother, Mr.
Wm. Mundell and Mrs. Mundell, at
Bluevale.
Mrs. F. C. Taylor has returned
home for a week’s vacation visiting
'her niece, Mrs. Bassell and nephew,
Dr. Spence Jackson, in Toronto.
Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Baiers and
•family, of Millbank, also Mr. and Mrs.
.Norman Baiers, of Belmore, spent
Sunday with their father, Mr. John
Baiers at the hotel.
Mr. Gordon Brown, newly-appoint
ed Postmaster here, underwent a seri
ous operation in Wingham Hospital
•on Monday night. His many friends
'will wish him a speedy recovery.
Outside his ruined home, this young Londoner plays with his tiny
trains and dog dolls, blissfully ignorant of the tragedy that is all about
him. The empire may be fighting for its life, London may be battered,
and death may be raining from the skies, but he is happy, his toyi
escaped the bombs.
Gregg and Mrs. Lawrence, it was de- Misses Arlene Galbraith, Edith Ritch-
cided to send Lennie King a present and Blythe Underwood. The table and
of cigarettes. The meeting closed with diningroom were prettily decorated in
the National Anthem, and the host- : white and pink, with white bell,
esses. Mrs. Cathers, Mrs. Strong, Mrs.!
E. Sparling, served a delicious supper.1
CHURCH HONORS
BRIDE AND GROOM
GORRIE WOMEN’S
INSTITUTE MET
At the regular meeting of the Gor-
He Women's Institute, held at the
home of Mrs. J. Cathers, Oct. 16th,
•the members were granted the priv
ilege of being shown through the
Fordwich Creamery as part of the
programme which had as its theme
the study of Canadian Industries. A
good representation of the members
showed the keen interest of the soc
iety..
We were first shown the making of
powdered milk and the process and
the general uses of it were fully ex
plained. Then the ladies were shown
casein being made ready for shipment.
It was hard to picture this substance
being finally found in'buttons, gloss
■on paper, door handles, knife blades,
. etc.
We saw butter in the big churn and
were shown how the milk is received,
weighed and separated. Most of the
ladies from the farm were glad their
separators were no bigger when they
watched the men washing disks the
size of dinner plates. We were shown
the can washer and’then we watched
the butter being expertly cut, weigh
ed and deftly wrapped. The men at
this task never seemed to waste one
motion.
The ladies all agreed that the after
noon which was arranged by the pro
gramme convenor, Mrs. E, W. Bolton,
was most interesting and instructive.
On returning to the home of Mrs.
Cathers, Mrs. E. Sparling conducted
the business at which time the min
utes of .the last meeting were read and
several items of correspondence. A
, committee was appointed to make ar-
.rahgements for the Family Night to
be held soon. On motion of Mrs. Carl
On Thursday evening last, mem
bers of the various organizations of
St. Stephen’s Anglican Church met in
the Orange Hall here and presented
Miss Nellie Dinsmore and Mr. Har
ry King with a lovely occasional chair
in rose wine with Queen Anne legs,
in honour of, their marriage which
took-place here on Saturday. Games
were enjoyed and lunch was served.
Following the address Harry'gave a
very appropriate response, Nellie also
very fittingly responded. The address,'
read by Mrs. Ball, was as follows:
To Nellie and Harry:
"We, who are members of the church
organizations in which you have tak
en active interest, have deep pleasure
in taking this opportunity of showing
our appreciation.
. The A.Y.F.A. motto observes that
there is no greater way of using the
days and hours of youth than in ser
vice for Christ and His Church, and
we are all aware how you have ent
ered with spirit into this ideal.
Your service has been unstinting-
and voluntary and we as fellow-mem
bers are glad to recognize it at this
time with a tangible gift. We will be
glad if you will accept this occasional
chair for your home. We are happy
to think that is symbolizes comfort,
fellowship and home.
It is our sincere wish that your life
together will be long, prosperous and
happy.
Rector J. L. Ball, Sara L. Wade,
Blythe Underwood, Monto Short,
Margaret .Bolton, On behalf of the
various organizations of St, Stephen’s
Church, Gorrie.
The happy couple left for a wed
ding trip to Toronto, Niagara Falls
and other points, the bride travelling
in a costume of frosty rose crepe with
black hat, black boucle, mink trimmed
coat and matching accessories,
their return they will reside on
groom’s farm, Con. 18, Howick.
BELMORE
WEDDINGS
On
the
(Too Late For Last Week)
The day being fine, large congre
gations greeted Rev. Copeland, Gor-r,
rie, in .the United Church Sunday
morning and evening. The Wroxeter
Choir furnished music for the even
ing service. • We find it our duty at
this time to thank all those who came
out and made our anniversary a huge
success, also to Mr. Wm. Curie, of
the Presbyterian congregation for
donation of flowers.
Those who spent Thanksgiving with
friends: Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Mundell,
of Wingham, at George Mundell's;
Mr. and Mrs. Ray McIntyre, Dell and
Patsy, of Gorrie, at Eldon Renwick’s;
Mr. and Mrs. Carter McKee and dau
ghter, of Galt, at Roland" Ballagh’s;
Elmer Jef fray with his parents; Stew
art Mulvey and friends with his moth
er; Mrs. Pike, of Gorrie, at Carl Fit
ches’; Blanche Irwin, Toronto, with
her,.parents; Mr. and Mrs. Mervin and
daughter, of Durham, at McNeil’s;
Miss Johann, of Toronto, also Mr.
and Mrs. George Harkness with
friends. •
Our Red Cross ladies are to.be con
gratulated on the success of their
Bazaar Friday afternoon. Over $70
was realized from baking, clothing and
tea.
Mrs. Norman Newans and Peter
are taking a vacation in Gorrie.
Mrs. Fanny Applebee visited with
Hannah.and Mary Stokes.
Visitors at R. J. Douglas’ on Sun
day: Mr. and Hrs. Eldon Purdon and
daughter, Yvonne, of Windsor, Geo,
McKee, of Gorrie, Jack Holland, Mrs.
Fred Tuck and Nancy,
Miss Mae Johann was appointed
delegate for the Y.P.U, of the Pres
byterian Convention to be held at
Hamilton Oct. 11 - 14th,
. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Mulvey, Mrs.
John Mulvey motored to Lucan Sun
day to see Mr. McLean who U seri
ously ill.
Mr. and Mrs, Rintoul and children,
of Wingham, were visitors Monday at
Gordon Mulvey’s.
(Too Late For Last Week)
Mr. and Mrs, Earl Johnston and
two sons, Lyle and Irwin, of Lin
wood, were week-end guests with
their cousins, Mr. and Mrs. Oliver
Stokes.
Mr. and Mrs. Dave Eadie, Mac and
Neil, also Mrs. John Mulvey visited
on Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. McLean
at Lucan.
Mr. John Campbell, of London, was
a holiday guest at his .home here.
Mrs. Reuben Stokes is spending a
week visiting her daughter, Mrs. Selah
Breckenridge at Jamestown.
Sunday guests with Mr. and Mrs.
John Metcalfe were, Mr. and Mrs. Al
bert Toner, Mr. Arno Metcalfe, Tor
onto, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Wylie
and family, of Wroxeter. Mr. and
Mrs, Thos, Metcalfe and sons, also
Mr. Herman Metcalfe.
Miss Isabel Fortune, of Calgary,
Alta.-, is visiting her brother and sis
ters on the ninth.
Messrs. Bill Tiffin and Alvin Mun
dell have gone to Woodstock where
they are at camp training,
Mr. Walter Woods spent a couple
of days recently at Timmins where
he attended the funeral of the late Al
lan Inglis. Much sympathy is extend
ed to Mrs. Woods who is a sister.
Miss Eileen Underwood, of St.
Thomas, was a week-end guest with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. N. Un
derwood.
SALEM
I 1
Mrs. Edwin Palmer spent a couple
of days with her mother,'Mrs. John
Bush, of Wroxeter.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm, Bolt spent Sun
day afternoon ’with the former’s par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Eli Bolt. Mr. Bolt
is at present under the .doctor's care.
We hope to see him all right soon.
A number from this locality attend
ed the International Plowing Match at
St. Thomas last week.
Mrs. Brooks and Mrs, Lester Fal
coner, of Teeswaler locality, called on
Mr. and Mrs.' John Gowdy on day last
week. Mrs. Brooks remained for a
few days, Mrs. James Doig, of Dray
ton, and Mrs. Fred Hyndman, of Gor
rie, also spent a day last week with
their parents, Mr. and Mrs. John
Gowdy.
Mr. David Vogan and sons, Lang
ford and Gibson, of Molesworth, visit
ed with Mr. and Mrs. John Gowdy.
(Too Late For Last Week)
Holiday visitors: Mr. and Mrs. Har
old Weir and family and Miss Hazel
Weir, of Toronto, with Mr. and Mrs.
D. L. Weir; Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Staf
ford, of Port Burwell, with Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas McMichael; Mrs. Rob
ert Morrison, of Toronto, with Mr.
and Mrs. Edwin Palmer; Mrs. Percy
Bridgman and Miss Edythe Weir, of
Bracebridge, with Mr. and Mrs. W.
E. Weir; Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Wray,
of Toronto, with Mr. and Mrs. Gor-
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of Agriculture, Toronto. It is unfor
tunate that nature endows weeds with;
more ability to maintain and perpetu-.
ate themselves than it does cultivated
crops,
Here are .a fgw figures as quoted
in the “Seed World” showing the 're
producing qualities of weeds and the
number of years they will maintain,
their germination:
Seeds per plant
Dock,
Pig weed
Mustard
Peppergrass
Buckthorn
Dodder
Smartweed
Sorrell
Thistle
In England
weeds lived in the soil 58 years,
United States Dept, of Agriculture
planted 107 varieties of weeds and 51
grew after 21 years, proving that
weeds once in the soil have an excel
lent chance to produce at some per*
8,000
12,000
20,000
14,000
2,000
5,000
2,000
8,000
9,000
it was
40
40
40
40
40
20
25
20
20
Life
years,
years,
years,
years,
years,
years,
years
years
years
discovered
plus
plus
plus
plus
plus
plus
Pictured at her “spotting post” where she watches for the first sign
of German air-raiders, is 19-year-old Sonia Vera Carlyle Straw, young
heroine who was recently awarded the newly-created George Cross
for risking her life to save others during a raid. The George Cross
ranks next to the Victoria Cross and is awarded for deeds of conspicuous
gallantry.
Here are a few disadvantages of
weeds:
1. Rob soil of fertility.
2. Make harvesting difficult.
3. Cut down yields.
4. Reduce quality of crop.
g. Reduce value of land.
6. Take needed moisture from the
soil.
don Wray.
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Palmer, Mr.
and Mrs, W. E. Weir and Mr. Walter
Bush spent one day last week at the
airport at Port Albert and also visit
ed friends in Goderich.
This community was saddened once
again by the death' of the late Clevc
Stafford on Eriday of last week. The
funeral, on Sunday, was largely at
tended. Interment was made in the
Gorrie Cemetery. He leaves to mourn
his loss, a sorrowing widow and three
small children. The sorrowing friends
have the sympathy of the community
at large.
S. S. and Church were withdrawn
here last Sunday owing to .the funeral
of the late Mr, Cleve Stafford,
PHIL OSIFER OF
LAZY MEADOWS
By Harry J. Boyle
“STOVES”
seasonWe’re back in the stove
again. Already the parlor stove is
called upon on certain occasions to
dispense a little warmth for the bene
fit of visitors. Soon it will be operat
ing regularly along with the kitchen
range. As usual, the head of the
household is called upon to be the of
ficial morning starter for the stoves.
It was always one of the pet griev
ances of my father, that no matter
how he tried, he was always called p-u-
on to light the fires. Now and again,
from his bed, he would announce, in
a casual voice that could be heard at
least a mile away, that he wasn’t feel
ing very well. This would come al
about five o’clock in the morning . .
accompanied by a very loud and pro
longed series of groans. There would
be a dead silence then for some time,
during which everyone pretended
sleep. Exasperated at last, lie would
say, "I could die in an ice box' of a
house and nobody would venture to
light a fire.” Still no sound until my
mother would say, “I’ll light the fire.”
“No,” he would roar. “Phil, you get
Up and light that kitchen fire right
now!” There was no fooling about
that tone, and so with my overalls
half on and half off and my shirt trail
ing, I would hippety-hop on the cold
floor down the stairs and into the
kitchen.
First of all there was the vain hope
that someone had put a maple or
beech block in the stove before retir
ing. A bed of coals left from such a"
block would be an excellent started
f-or a good fire, JNo such luck! Then
there would come the painful time of
remembering of being told on the
previous night to get kindling . . and
of how it had been neglected. Papers
and ashes and wood ... by the .time
that fire was going there would be a
trail from the back kitchen door io
the stove. Once I remember of being
particularly hard up for something to
start the fire with and I tried several
handfuls of straw. When Father came
down and opened the stove lid ... a
gust of fine white ashes flew up into
his face. Mother was “death” on coal
oil. When I lit the fire, the first thing
she would do upon entering the kit
chen door would be to sniff suspic
iously. If there was the least taint of
coal oil in the air she would glare at
me and say. “If I catch you using coal
oil to start that fire again, I’ll tan
you.”
The question of who was to light
the fire developed by times into a
regular duel. If any of the boys were
constrained into doing it, they would
manage to upset the stovepipes or else
smoke up the house so badly that
Mother would say, “If I have to light
the fires myself in order to see that
it’s done right, it seems a mighty fun
ny thing to me.”
The parlor stove was in the room
directly below our bedroom. Fatlie”
used to retaliate at our shenanigans
in avoiding the ordeal of lighting the
fire by keeping up a continual din as
he worked around the fire. Shortly
after the kitchen fire could be heard
roaring up the chimney he would
shake down the parlor stove. “Clank-
ety-Clank-Bang.” Then the stove
door would slam several times. The
ornamental top and the lid on the top
of the upright stove would be remov
ed and slammed into place several
times. The pipes would be tapped to
knock the soot down out of them . ,
the damper would scrape and turn and
squeal and growl into place . . . the
ash bucket would clang into place . .
and as a final touch all the doors on
the stove would be given a resound
ing clank, Then the flames would
start and the pipes would begin to
tick with the heat. We would feel
guilty-like as we huddled around them
dressing to go downstairs.
I could never understand why fath
er objected to lighting the fire so
strenuously! However, as the Fall
mornings grow chillier, each Fall I
begin to understand why he put up
such a stubborn fight to have the boys
light the fires.
THE TWO ROADS
There are two methods of carrying:
on a war — the democratic and the
totalitarian. We have chosen deliber
ately the democratic concept. It leav
es something to the individual. He
still retains, in large measure, his
freedom of action. He seeks the work
for which he is best qualified, he dir
ects his effort towards the things he
feels he is best fitted to do. The state,,
it is true, may exercise certain pow
ers of persuasion, economic forces
direct his steps, but he is drawn to
wards the task in which he is engag
ed by his personal likes or dislikes,
his training, his qualifications for the.
work, and by the reward which he re
ceives fps his effort. . p
lii the totalitarian state it is differ
ent. Direction comes from the cent
ral authority. Men are placed in in
dustry. They remain there until they
are called to some other task. Indus
try takes care of the men engaged.
The pay is limited. The standard of
living is low. Rationing in food, fuel,
clothing, started from the beginning
of the war — even earlier than that.
The work is directed by the state —
the state is everything, the individual
is nothing. r
There are advantages in both lines
of approach. If the conscious effort
of the nation is to be devoted at all
times to the task of war, to the en
slavement of men — if the individual
is always to be of relative insignifi
cance and the state alone is the sole
factor, then it may be admitted that
for a time at least there is greater
striking force and power within the
totalitarian method. But it carries
with it the seeds of destruction. It.
leaves nothing to the play of the hu
man emotions. It does not measure
the desire for freedom which has al
ways been an element in the lives of
men, and always will so long as inert
are free. It assumes that man is a
machine, that he is capable of func
tioning as a machine. The tragedy of
Germany is not that the people have
become enslaved to a mad ideal but
that their no longer care to “cancel
their own captivity.”
We desire to live in freedom, to live
under a democracy.- We must mob
ilize the manpower and womanpower
of the nation. That is the plan back
of national registration, which was
held in August. It is an effort to or
ganize on a larger scale for earlier
victory than might otherwise be
achieved.
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The
blue
cor-
cor-
Weeds are the farmers’ pcreptual
enemy and must be fought continual
ly, says John D. MacLeod, Crops,
Seeds and Weeds Branch, Ont, Dept.
Nature endows weeds with more abil-
ity to perpetuate themselves than it
does cultivated crops, says John D.
MacLeod,
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King - Dinsmore
lovely church wedding was
emnized in St. Stephen’s Church, Gor
rie, at high noon on Saturday, when
Ellen Viola Dinsmore, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. John Dinsmore, of Gor
rie, was united in marriage to Mr.
Harry Edwin King, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Ernest King, of Gorrie. The rec
tor. Rev. J. L. /Ball, officiated,
bride was lovely in Queen’s
transparent velvet with matching
onet and elbow length veil with
Sage of American Beauty rose buds
and sprig of white heather from Scot
land and carried a white leather pray
er book, the gift of the groom, Her.
matron of honor, Mrs. Percy Cole
man, of Toronto, wore a dress of red
wine transparent velvet with match
ing turban and carried bronze pink
baby mums. The groom was support
ed by Mr. Carl Dinsmore, a brother
of the bride. The groom’s gift to the
bride was & white leather prayer book,
to the matron of honor, a vanity pow
der chest, and to?the organist, Mrs,
Frank King,„ gloves, 1
Following the ceremony a reception
was held at thejioffie of the bride’s
patents to the immediate relatives,
where a bountiful wedding dinner was
served by three friends of the bride He says it helps Ins bay-fever.
FARMERS MUST FIGHT
WEEDS CONTINUALLY
The man who does not work for the
love of work but only for money is
not likely to make money nor to find
much fun in life.—Charles M, Schwab.
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