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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1941-08-07, Page 1With Which Is Amalgamated The Gorrie Vidette and Wroxeter News. Single Copies Five Cents “ WINGHAM, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, AUGUST 7th, 1941 ’ Subscriptions $2.00 Per Year HOSPITAL WINNER AT BANK NITE DRAW I' Much Excitement As Large Crowd Present at Draw Saturday Night The Weekly Bank Nite Draw Satur­ day night was witnessed by a large, enthusiastic crowd. Will you be one of the winners this Saturday night? For every 25c you spend in any of the Wingham Bank Nite Store you will receive a ticket. Shop at Wingham Bank Nite Stores and be a winner. De­ posit one half of the ticket at any of the Bank Nite stores or in the box in front of the,Town Ha'll the night of the draw. Be a cash winner. Always $25.00 in cash at this weekly event. Last Week’s Winners; The $10.00 first prize went to the Wingham General Hospital; the $5.00 prize to Miss Connie Fry. The $1.00 prize-winners were, Mrs, Alf, Robin­ son, Mrs. Harry Towne, Miss Olive ■Casemore, Joseph Moir, R.R. 2, Wing­ ham; Wingham General Hospital, Miss Mary Weir, Mrs. G. N. Under­ wood, R.R. 1, Wingham, Mrs. Harry Towne, David Drake, Windsor. BATTERY GOES TO CAMP THIS MONTH The 21sti Field Brigade, Royal Can­ adian Artillery, under the command of Lt.-Col, George Howson, composed of batteries from Wingham, Listowel, Kincardine and Walkerton, will take camp training at London from Aug. 17th to Sept. 3rd. The 99th Wingham Battery will be in charge of Major R. S. Hetherington. Capt. (Rev.) W. A, Beecroft, Chaplain of the Brigade, will attend the camp. Wearing the beret of. the Royal Tank Corps instead of his traditional bowler, Prime Minister Winston Churchill is shown giving orders as he LOCAL ANDJPERSONAL Miss Agnes Williamson spent last week with relatives in Toronto. Mr. and Mrs. Hilliard, of Toronto, visited in town over the holiday. Miss Mary Pattison is visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Leakie, Kincardine. Mrs. Rogers, of Toronto, is visiting with her sister, Mrs. D. Watters. Mr. Jerry Lutton, of Long Branchy spent the week-end at his home here. Miss Mabel Fothergill is visiting with Miss Myrtle Ballagh at Belmore. Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Jackson spent the week-end holiday at Sauible Beach. Miss Kay Fitzpatrick has returned home from a visit to the Pacific coast. Rev. and Mrs. Kenneth MacLean are spending their holidays at Bruce Beach. • ■ ........ Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Evans are home for this week from their cottage at T emagami. Mr. and Mrs. Alton B. Adams re­ turned on Monday from a vacation at Balsam ’Lak.e. iMr. Ralph Carr, Toronto, spent the week-end with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Carr. Mr. Clarence Wilson, of Birtch, is visiting a few days with his mother, Mrs. J. Wilson. Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Armstrong re­ turned on Monday from a motor trip to the Maritimes. Mr. and Mrs. E. Hammond, of South Bend, Ind., are visiting with her mo­ ther, Mrs. John Kerr. Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Forgie and fam­ ily, of Toronto, are visiting with his mother, Mrs. W. Forgie. Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Williamson and family, of Toronto, spent the week­ end with Mrs. W. Williamson, ' L.A.C. Chester Stewart, R.C.A.F., . who has been stationed in Manitoba, has been transferred to Trenton, Mrs. Howard Gray and Miss Judith Fitzgibbons, of Niagara Falls, N.\z., are visitors with Mrs. W. H. Waram. Mr. and Mrs. James Holloway, of Long Island, N.Y., are visiting with her sister, Mrs. James Robertson, of Lower Wingham. Mr. G. L. Dunlop was a week-end visitor at Chatham. Mrs. Dunlop and Mary Lu returned with him, having spent three weeks there. Mr. and Mrs. M. H. VanWyck, Donna and Grant, of Montreal, were visitors with Mr. and Mrs. -Walter VanWyck for the past week. Mr. Norman Davis, -of the Royal Medical Corps, Toronto, and Mrs. Davis, were visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Taylor and dtfier East Wa- wanosh friends. Mrs. N. Galbraith, R.N., left Tues­ day for Detroit, where she will meet her sister, Mrs. Bibb, and from there go to the latter’s cottage at Coldchest- er, on Lake Erie. Mr. J. H, Hopper returned on Sat­ urday from a two weeks’ visit in Al­ goma. He was accompanied on his re­ turn by Mrs. John Hopper, of Thess- alon, who is spending a week at his home. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Seddon have returned after spending a pleasant week’s holiday with their son and dau­ ghter-in-law, Mr, and Mrs. Ernie Sed- don, of Brussels, and thanks to the Brussels bowlers, Mr. Seddon greatly enjoyed a few gamtts of bowls. Summer Sport Shoes Campacs, Sisman’s Scampers, Sun- togs, and other lines. You’ll need a pair of these shoes for your vacation. See them now at Willis Shoe Store. ■“Britannia” Pageant at C.N.E. The greatest threats to British sov­ ereignty have always come from Ger­ manic tribes. This peculiar historic fact is cleverly linked with the present war in this year’s Canadian National Exhibition pageant “Britannia,” Ro­ man Britain being compared with the Empire today. Huron Motors to Change Location Mr. A, D. MacWilliam, proprietor of the Huron Motors, will take over the property on John Street in the rear of the Queen’s Hotel on Sept. 1st. This building is now being renovated into a modern garage and .service sta­ tion./It is rumoured that .Stedman’s will occupy the present Ford Garage location. Peculiar Carrot Mr. Win. Krauter grew a carroFde- serving of special mention, in his gar­ den near the tannery. The carrot ap­ parently started to grow in the ordin­ ary way but 'on coming into contact with another carrot, split into four quarters entwining about the interfer­ ing carrot. George Calvert, Mr. Krauter’s nephew, brought it to our office where it has created consider­ able interest. FERGUS EDITOR MAY VISIT ENGLAND Invited to Write About Preparations • For Invasion ’ Congratulations to Hugh Templin, editor of the Fergus News-Record, who has been chosen as One of a party Of ten Canadian newspaper men to go to Great Britain as guests of the Bri­ tish Council in London. The invitation was extended by Sir Malcolm Robertson, President of the British Council, It is planned to let the Canadian journalists see first hand the preparations for the Battle of Bri­ tain. The group will spend three Weeks in Great Britain and will cross the Atlantic by plane, Details of the trip have not been made public yet, but it is said that the Fergus editor has been chosen aS the representative of the Canadian Weekly Newspapers. The invitation was ex­ tended through W. Rupert Davies of Kingston, President of the Canadian Press and Chairman of the Canadian Section of the Empire Press Union. The Fergus editor has been spending one day or more each week visiting the various training schools of the Commonwealth Air Training plan in Canada and is writing a series of ar­ ticles about them. These articles are appearing weekly in The Advance- Times. CHURCHILL RIDES HIS NEW TANK I made a test run in Britain’s newest land battleship—-the Churchill tank. The new juggernaut is said to be the toughest thing yet devised in the way of tanks. BOWLING PLAY-OFFS WERE HELD HERE Lucknow and Wingham Clubs Met In the first of the play-offs in the Southern Section of Group 9 in the Ontario Lawn Bowling Association held here -Tuesday evening Lucknow and Wingham competed. In the doubles, W. McCoy and Rob­ ert Rae, of Lucknow, defeated Donald Rae and Bert Porter 26 to 17. It was a very close game being .15-15 at the 14th end. * Score by ends: ‘Lucknow— 0402011 0501001 2021420—26 Wingham— 2010300 2040120 0100001—17 Wingham won the rinks by 25 to 14. The rinks were Wingham, W. B. Mc­ Cool, Geo. Williams, Art Wilson, Jack Mason, s'kip; Lucknow, Wes. Heuston, Jack McQuaig, John McKenzie, Roy Finlayson, skip. Score by ends: Wingham— 1311013 1016102 0001102—25 Lucknow— 0000100 0100010 1310060—14 In the Singles Alex Crawford won by default as Lucknow were short a player. The play-offs for the group will take place in Hanover next week and the Provincial play-offs in Hamilton on Labor Day . Summer Sale of White Shoes All lines of White Shoes for Men, Women and Children, now reduced in price. Willis Shoe Store. Patriotic Dance Will be held in Lower Wingham School House, Friday, Aug. 8th. Col­ lection. Ladies bring lunch. At U.S. Military Camp Capt. W. A. McKibbon, of Camp Borden, is representing the Royal Canadian Medical Corps at Fort Knox, Military Camps., Kentucky. Received Cablegram Mrs. John Finlay, of Wroxeter, has received a cablegram from her son, L.A.C. Henry B. Finlay, of’the R.C. A.F., stating that he had arrived safely in Britain. Conducting Barber Shop Until such time as the Habkirk bar­ ber shop is sold, Carman Morriet, of Blyth, is operating the business for Mrs. Habkirk. Carman is no stranger here, having relieved in this Shop sev­ eral times. Two Pheasant Hqnts This Fall D, J. Taylor, deputy minister of game and fisheries, announced last week that there will be two two-day pheasant shoots on Pelee Island this' year. The dates arc October 30 and 31, and November 7 and 3. ' “Are you going shopping today?” asked a nightwatchman of his “Yes, do you want anything?” she asked. “I want an alarm clock.” “An alarm clock? Whatever for?” “Well, Ive been late coming home from work these last three mornings,” said the watchman. LOCAL MAN IN CAR ACCIDENT Lucknow Man Died As Result of In­ juries Wilfred Mintz, of Lucknow, passed on in Scott Memorial Hospital, Sea­ forth, Monday. When the car he was driving jumped the road near midnight on Friday on No. 8 highway six miles cast of Clinton, Mintz suffered a frac­ tured skull and Lois Farquhar, of Clin­ ton, a passenger, received head wounds, limb and body bruises. She was taken to Seaforth Hospital also. The b-urial of Mintz took place at Lucknow Wednesday. William Fitzpatrick, of Wingham, and Doris Tyndall, of Clinton, also passengers in the Mintz car, escaped injury when in swinging to the left to J pass a car driven by Harvey Weaver, of Ridgetown, also proceeding west, he ran on to the shoulder and in pull­ ing to the right again to regain the pavement, shot across to the right shoulder and rolled over twice, snap­ ped a steel fence post and came to rest a mass of wreckage tangled with the'fence wire. iMintz was thrown clear and landed on his head in a field 45 feet from the car. Doris Tyndall riding beside him in the front seat, escaped injury. Lois Farquhar was thrown against the car body with great force. Fitzpatrick was uninjured. PLAY-OFF GAME ENDS IN A DISAGREEMENT Argument Ends First Play-Off Game Between Clerks and Gurneys All went well in the first of the town league softball playoffs with the Clerks and Gurneys as opponents, un­ til the game was in the first of the seventh. Then things happened. Cas­ sidy, for Gurneys, hit the ball and he made second. The ball was thrown home to catch a runner and when Cas­ sidy over-ran second, Groves drilled the ball toward second and it hit Al. Small on the side of the head, the ball going to the field. Cassidy went home and this put Gurneys one up. The um­ pires called Cassidy back to second and then the argument started, and it continued with such enthusiasm that the game was called. Now the catch is, who wins the game? If the game reverts to the previous completed inn­ ing, the Clerks are victors, and if it re­ verts to the fifth Gurneys were in the lead. The Clerks were entitled to a bat in the seventh, so what? Cassidy was ordered by the umpire back to second base and he refused to go. If he had gone, Gurneys, if they lost, would have had a right for protest. The ruling in the 1941 Ontario Am­ ateur Softball Association rule book reads as follows: Rule 46, sec 7, “If a thrown or pitched ball strike the person or clothing of an umpire the ball/ shall be considered in play and the base-runner or runners shall be entitled to all the bases they can make.” Gurneys........................-120 300 1—7 Clerks .............. 000 106 x—7 To-night, Wednesday, the second- place Lloyds and the fourth place W. Foundry team will start their play-off series. Games will be played every evening until the championship is settled ex­ cept Saturday and Sunday. * » * Lloyds 14 - Foundry 9 Oh Wednesday night1 of last week Lloyds won the last scheduled game of the Town League when they de­ feated the Foundry 14-9. As the score would indicate, there was lots of heavy hitting and not a little loose fielding on .both sides. The Foundry went battling, having the bases full in their last inning but couldn’t score. Jim Lee hurled for the losers, while Stan Vanstone was on the mound for Lloyds. The win put Lloyds in a first-place tie with the Clerks, and the Foundry took fourth place. * « * Clerks. Finished hi First Flace ' When Lloyds won their last game Wednesday night, it pttt ihcfti in a tie with the Clerks for first place, and a sudden-death ^was ordered for Friday night, The Clerks were the vic­ tors by the narrow margin of 16-14, i.tl what was a free-hitting if not too- Well-played game. A Scott pitched for the Clerks, his first effort of the year, and deserved the win. He also con- netted for some rousing wallops with the willow. Vanstone was on the hill for Lloyds. INSPECTING GUN TURRET The governor-general and the Prin­ cess Alice made a personal investiga­ tion of a gun turret of a Catalina long- range flying boat of the R.C.A.F. on a recent visit to the east coast. Air BOWLERS ATTENDED MANY TOURNEYS Ladies Wih First and Second at Luck­ now Five pairs of Wingham Bowlers at­ tended the Hunt Trophy Tournament at Goderich on Wednesday. J. H. Crawford and Wr R. Hamilton won the trophy, and J. A. Wilson and E. R. Harrison were also in the money, winning fifth prize. E. J. Nash and A. M. Crawford played in the Krupp Doubles at Woodstock on Wednesday. Wingham ladies took first and sec­ ond at the Irish Trebles in Lucknow on Thursday afternoon and evening. Mrs. J. Kerr, Mrs. J. A. Wilson and Mrs. E. R. Harrison won first prize, and Mrs. W. B. McCool, Mrs. D. B. Porter and Mrs. A. R. Du Vai were se­ cond. Two other local rinks also at­ tended the tournament. At Hanover on Monday, four pairs from Wingham took part in their an­ nual doubles. J. H. Crawford and W. R. Hamilton were the only local entry to get in the prize money, winning se­ cond prize, V------------------ WEDDINGS Moss - McClenaghan A very pretty wedding was solemn­ ized at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ben McClenaghan, 2nd Con. Kinloss, on Thursday, July 31, at four p.m., when their eldest daughter, Lorna Isabel, be­ came. the bride of Charles Harry Moss, fourth son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Moss of W. Wawanosh. Mr. Clarence McClenaghan played the wedding music, and Rev. W. J. Watt, assisted by Rev. G. A. Barnard, offic­ iated, with her sister, Doris McClen­ aghan as her bridesmaid, and his bro­ ther, Bert Moss, attending the groom. The bride wore a floor length frock of white sheer, with corsage of pink ros­ es, while her sister chose blue sheer, with red roses. About forty guests sat down to the wedding dinner, served on the lawn, and in the evening, about one hundred and fifty guests gatherer for the reception. The young couple spent their honey­ moon in Collingwood, and return this week to their position at Glencoe. The best wishes of a host of friends from this community follow them to their new home, Among those who attended the wed­ ding from a distance, besides the im­ mediate relatives, were, Mrs. Loose- More, Glencoe, and her son, Elwyn Moss, of Windsor; Mt. and Mrs. War­ ren Jernes and Mt. and Mrs. Charles Mills, Goderich; Miss Eilfeeh Wilcox of Glencoe, and friends from Ripley, Clinton and Goderich were present for the reception. During the evening, Corp, Melvin McClenaghan was called to the platform, and after a few ex­ planatory remarks by Mr, J, H. Pol­ lock, he was presented with rememb­ rances from the Red Cross, Patriotic Society and Women's Institute, by Mr, Clarence Cox, Mrs, Mowbray and Mrs. Grain. In a lew well-chosen words, Melvin thanked them for their kind­ ness and voiced bis appreciation. Commodore A. E. Godfrey, air officer commanding, eastern air command, explained the operation of the gun tur­ ret to the commander-in-chief and the Princess Alice. LOCAL AND PERSONAL A.C.2 George Robertson, of 'St. Thomas, spent the week-end at his home here, ; . - • - • ■ < Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Shetboncly spent a few days this week at Belleville and Wellington. Flight-Sergt. Christopher- VaUghan, of Port Arthur, was a visitor with Mrs. T. C. King. Mr. and Mrs. Bert Humble, of Cale­ donia, are visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Jack Mason, L.A.C. DeWitt Miller, R.C.A.F, Rockwood, Ottawa, is home for a few days this week. Mary Louise and Jean Towne are visiting with their aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Connelly, Stratford. - Mrs. Geo. Marsden and Carl, also Betty June Jennings, of Brampton, are visiting Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Lewis. iMr. and Mrs. Davis Jerome also Mr. and Mrs. Glen Black and son, Jimmie, of Hamilton, are visiting with Miss R. Dey. Master Harold Williamson, Toron­ to, is spending his holidays at the home of his grandmother, Mrs. Wm. Williamson. Mr. and Mrs. Norman A. Muffitt and son, Teddy, of Tyrnaite, Ont, are visiting with her parents, Mr. and Mrs, A. J. Walker. Mrs. Harry Towne has gone to Sus­ sex, N.B., where her husband, Lieut. Harry Towne, is stationed with the Elgin Regiment. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Elliott and Mrs. Stewart Cowan and family were holi­ day visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Len Elliott, New Hamburg. Mr. Leonard Henrikson, who has been holidaying with Mr. and Mrs. Alex. Robertson, Patrick St, has re­ turned to his home in Alienwater, Tonsils Removed John Hanna Jr., underwent an op­ eration for the removal of his tonsils in Wingham General Hospital on Sat­ urday. Band Played at Kincardine Wingham Citizens’ Band were in Kincardine on Sunday where they pre­ sented two concerts, one in the after­ noon and one in the evening. To Preach at United Church During the absence of the pastor, Rev. W. A. Beecroft, the morning ser­ vice of the United Church Will be in charge of Dr, Graham, of London. There will be no evening service dur­ ing the month of August. To Attend Convention Mr, Duncan Kennedy, President of Wingham Post of the Canadian Leg­ ion, will attend the Provincial Conven­ tion of the Legion which is being held in St. Catharines, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday next week. Mr. and Mrs. Kennedy are at present holiday­ ing at Kincardine. Enlists With R.C.A.F. * Stewart Elliott, 18-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Len Elliott, formerly of Bluevale, now of New Hamburg, has enlisted with the R.C.A.F, and will re­ port at Brandon, Man,, this week, He attended high school here and went from here to take a mechanic’s course at Fort William. FIRE DESTROYED ST, HELENS BARN Building Was The property of Mr. J. W. Joynt, of Lucknow Fire completely destroyed the barn owned by Mr. J. W. Joynt on what is- known as the McPherson farm, at St Helens, on Monday morning. There was no one on the place at the time ana it is thought that the blaze was; caused from the burning of some weeds a few days previous. Evidently the fire had smouldered in the ground until it reached a straw stack and then spread quickly to the barn. Besides the grain recently threshed from 20 acres of wheat, ladders, hampers and other apple-picking supplies were lost. Three years ago, on August 10, 1938, Mr, Joynt’s barn on the Red Brick place was burned when struck by lightning and since that his barn in Lucknow' was destroyed from the same cause. MISS C. SCHULTZ HAS RESIGNED Has Been Superintendent of Hospital For Two Years ' Miss C. Schultz, who has been sup­ erintendent of Wingham General Hos­ pital for over two years, has sent her resignation to the hospital board to take effect Sept. 1st. Miss Schultz has been an efficient and popular head of the institution and the general public will be very sorry that she now finds it necessary to take a rest. The hospital board meets this Friday night when, no doubt, her resignation will be consid- Injured Elbow A, R, DuVal severely injured his elbow when he fell at the mink ranch on Saturday. The injured mem­ ber which was cut and bruised, has been very painful . Treasurer of Funeral Directors At the 58th annual convention of the Ontario Funeral Directors' Association held in Toronto last week, Mr. A. J. Walker, of town, was elected treas­ urer of this organization, During their session $1600 was voted to the British War Victims Fund. Gladiolus Society Show Lovers of “glads” will be interested to learn that the Canadian Gladiolus Society for the first time are holding their annual show in the Horticultural Building at the Canadian National Ex­ hibition on Aug. 22 and 23. There will be no admission charge except the reg­ ular admission to the park. Children Do Their Part Six local children raised $2.05 by means of a concert on Tuesday this week and have handed the money into this office to.be forwarded to the Tele­ gram British War Victims’ Fund. They held the concert in the barn at the rear of the Advance-Times and charged 1 and 2 cents for admission. The concert party was composed of Lois Hayden, Jack Henderson, Bud Wild, Alan Wild, Ernest Buckman, Roland Martin. DURHAM PAPERS AMALGAMATED Frank Irwin of the Chronicle, Pur­ chases The Review The Durham Review with Peter Ramage, editor, sold last week to The Durham Chronicle with J. F. Irwin, Editor, and took over its management on Friday, August 1st. The Review was first known as “The Grey Review” and changed to “Durham Review” when Charles Ram­ age purchased it from Charles McAr­ thur in 1894. It was founded by Jos­ eph Townsend in 1878, who subse­ quently disposed of it to his brother, Benjamin Townsend, and he sold to Charles McArthur. Mr, Hamage’s family all took an active interest in the paper. Two other sons besides Peter followed their father’s,footsteps, Ar­ thur, editor of the Thortibury paper, and Harold, editor of Petrolia paper, Miss Alice was a member of the staff until health failed a few years ago. The Durham Chronicle was first known as “The Durham Standard” and changed to the present name in 1366. It was founded in 1857 and its first editor was S. L. M, Luke. Other editors were White and Johnston, A* H, N. Jenkins, W. J, Mitchell and William Invin, father of the present editor.