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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1941-09-04, Page 1tj* Single Copies Five Cents WINGHAM, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4th, 1941 Subscriptions $2,00 Per Year The Gorrie Vidette and Wroxeter News. COUNTY COMMITTEE PLAN FOR 1942 PLOWING MATCH '•County Has Purchased Equipment Used in 1940 Match, LUNCH HOUR IN HURRICANE PLANT A meeting of the general committee in charge of the International Plowing Match to be held in Huron County in 1942 was held in the agricultural board room. Chairman of the general com­ mittee, J. D, Thomas of Goderich, pre­ sided. Hugh Hill, Colborne, vice-chairman of the general committee, was appoin- , ted to assume the additional duties of chairman of finance. Ross Scott, of Brucefield, and Merton Reid, Seaforth, were added to Mr. Ross McGregor’s billeting • committee. Thomas, Pryde, Exeter, coordinator' of five important ■committees* resigned. His successor will be named by the executive. Mr. Pryde, an Air Force mechanician in the Great War, has enlisted for service with the R.C.A.F. Equipment Purchased J. M. Eckert, chairman of mainten­ ance committee, reported tjiat the Hu­ ron county council has purchased the •salvaged material and equipment from the 1940 match at St, Thomas and that •it is safely stored, in Hullett and ade­ quacy insured. It was decided to ’write a letter of thanks to the council. • Three members of the executive will be appointed to attend the 1941 Inter­ national at' Peterborough as the official delegation from Huron, Wilmot Haacke, chairman of the grounds com­ mittee, was instructed to have a blue print of the match site prepared. The condition of the township roads was .an important subject of discussion. George Feagan, chairman of the traf­ fic committee, has the matter well in 'hand and splendid progress by the township councils of McKillop and .Hullett is reported. Jack Wilson, secretary of the Milk ■Control Board of Ontario, who was secretary for the local committee in' 1931 when the big match was. last held an Peterborough, was present and gave the committee the benefit of an.outline of their organization at that match. He also offered many valuable sugges­ tions. “Kitty Hawker”, the plant mascot, comes in for her share of the eats, as aircraft workers of the Hurricane manufacturing plant, in Fort William, ments of her “co-workers,” BOWLERS WON ELORA TROPHY Local Rink Captures* First Prize In 86-Rink Tourney. One of the most coveted awards in Western Ontario bowling is the Mun­ dell Trophy which is awarded to the winner of the Elora Furniture tourna­ ment each Labor Day. This year 86 rinks took part in the play and the local rink of W". R. Hamilton, Omar Haselgrove, Wally Miller and Alex. Crawford, skip4 were the winners with 4 wins and a plus of 34. They each received a. handsome chair. A Seaforth rink won second prize, Teeswater fourth, and Owen Sound sixth, showing that this district knows their bowling. HANOVER TOPS BRUCE LEAGUE LIONS FROLIC WAS A GREAT SUCCESS Large Crowds Were Present at the Park and the Arena, AT CITY MISSION Enlisted In R.C.A.F. Allert Rintoul has enlisted in, the R. ■C.A.F. and is at present at Manning \ Pool, Toronto. Hospital Auxiliary Meets Monday The Ladies’ Auxiliary to Wingham General Hospital, will meet in the ■council chambers at 3.45 o’clock,, on Monday afternoon, Sept. 8th. Called By Whitechurch Charge At a well attended meeting of the congregations of Whitechurch, Lang-, side and Calvin held on Monday even­ ing, an unanimous call was extended to the Rev. A. H. Wil/on, Eden Mills, Guelph lUesbytery.jjrThe Presbytery •oF Maitland meets^n Tuesday, Sept. S4& and will consider the call to Mr. Wilson at that time./ Until recently Rev. John Pollock was minister to these congregations, when he resigned due to ill health. When they set the Meaford boys back by the score of 5-3 at Meaford on Monday the Hanover cluib won for themselves the Bruce League champ­ ionship. Bob Groves our husky cat­ cher has done duty with the Hanover club all season and, has made 'a won­ derful job of it. Bill Groves also, has given the Hanover gang good service in the pitching department. The play­ off series went five games,, Meaford won the first two 4-3 and 5-4, then Hanover took the last three 8-7, 6-5 and 5-3. It was a very even series and Hanover had to be on their toes to cop off the trophy after a bad start ’ -- LOCAL BATTERY NOW BEING MOBILIZED Officers Appointed, Other Ranks Now Being Recruited. Definite orders were received at Mil­ itary Headquarters No. 1, London, on Friday for the mobilization of the Wingham 99th Battery. The battery will form part of an artillery regiment composed M the 99th of town, the 63rd of Guelph, and the 55th of London. Thp 99th now in training at London, will return to Wingham at 4.40 p.m. today (Wednesday) and recruiting will take place to luring tile battery up to strength, It is rumored that the Bat­ tery will take on further training al­ most at once, about the middle of Sep­ tember. Major R, S. Hetherington is hopeful that most, all the members of the battery will sign on for active ser­ vice. Most of the men have been Waiting for the battery to be called. Already over 50 have enlisfer in other Units for active service, The ofifeers will be as follows! Major R?S^ Hetherington K.C. Capt, Capt, • Lieut, Lieut. Lieut the Ideut Lieut. Lieut Lieut. W. L. Kress. Klmer D, Sell. J, R. M. Spittai. James McKague. Richard Roberts, above arer all of Wingham. Norman Allen, Listowel, George Malcolm, Kincardine, George Patterson, Hanover, Willis Htmsten, Walkerton. Patriotic Dance This Week In Lower Wingham School, Friday tin's week, Sept. 5. Ladies bring lunch. Dancing 9 to 2. Fruit Stolen From Cellar On Saturay Mrs. Dr, Crawford dis­ covered that some one had helped themselves to about 70 jars of fruit from the cellar shelves. Although they were not missed until Saturday it is thought that the thieves operated eith­ er Wednesday or Thursday night, The entry Was made through a cellar door that had been left unlocked to facili­ tate the use of the hose. 'One Case of Paralysis Here— So/ar only one case of infantile par­ alysis has developed here. Mrs. Ron­ ald Rae has suffered a mild attack which affected her arm, but we are pleased to state that she is making a very splendid recovery and is now able to be up. Kincardine district has sev­ en cases of polio and the schools there did not open on Tuesday. It is ex­ pected they will open Sept. 15th, Over the week end Kincardine had two new cases and Huron Township one. Only Two Grades of Gas An order directing that Canadian motorists may purchase only two grad­ es of gasoline after October 1 was is­ sued Saturday by G, R, Cottrclle, fed­ eral oil controller. Mr. Cottrelle an- ounced that a committee of seven Ca­ nadian oil company presidents has been appointed to aid in solving pro­ blems arisihg from the present gasoline shortage. At present gas is rationed to dealers, they receiving 75 per cent of their previous selling. Over the week end we understand this did not cause any inconvenience to motorists here, but is some bcalities had no gas to sell as early as Satur­ day noon. setvice stations 1 ELECTRIC SYSTEM NAMES OFFICERS TO MARK THE BEGINNING OF 3rd WAR YEARGrand Valley Man Is Named President.Sept. 10th * 17th To Be Week of Reconsecration.The Lions Club put on a great show here at their Labor Day Frolic. Things started to -happen Sunday night when the Wingham Citizens Band staged a concert at 11 p.m, After midnight dancing was hbld at the Arena. Russ Creighton and his entertainers were very popular at this performance as they were for their presentations at the arena in the evening. The afternoon was a lot of fun. A parade was held to the park with the Stratliroy Boys’ and Girls’ Band, the Lucknow Pipe Band and the Wingham Citizens’ Band taking part. Prior to the Ladies’ softball game a bathing beauty contest was held. The ball game was between Simpsons and Tip Tops of Toronto. They play in the Olympic Sunnyside Leagup in Toron­ to, Simpsons winning by a score’ of 8-0. Miss Sally Borthwich of Kincardine was named Miss Huron-Bruce in the beauty contest, and was awarded the Elston Cardiff Cup, Mr. Cardiff mak­ ing the presentation. Miss Borthwich on Saturday w'on a similar contest in Goderich, Second in this event was Miss Betty Brandon of Clinton, and third was a Wingham girl, Miss Ev­ elyn Cantelon, Winners in the parade were: doll carriage, Shirley Templeman, Margar­ et Sanderson, Barbara MacKay; dec­ orated bicycle, Wilma Dark, Donald Schatte, Neil Stainton; original vehicle Jack and Donald Henderson, Charles and Jim Greenaway, Lionel Gallagher ’and Allen MacKay; pet parade, Ralph Seddon, Mary Ann Clelland, tied Con­ nie Fry and Stewart Everick; comic girl, Alice Laidlaw, Betty Perry, Ron­ nie Browne; comic boy, Joseph Brown Johnny Armitage, Jim Colborne; floats Saint’s Wagon with goats, Lloyd Cook of Belgrave, .C. Llyod & Son. Master of ceremonies for the after­ noon was Tory Gregg of Kincardine, and Hal MacLean, president. The af­ ternoon was a great.,■success, and the crowd was thoroughly pleased with the. entertainment. At one stage in the afternoonzplanes zoomed overhead in a very thrilling manner. *■- Evening at the Arefia A holiday spirit prevailed at the ar­ ena throughout the evening. The lar­ ge crowd got a great kiGk, out of the contests, the games, the dance and the fine floor show. It was a larger crowd than a year ago and there was some­ thing doing every minute. Winners of the Draw Contest 1st prize, $75 War Savings Certifi­ cate, Harvey Cook, Belgrave; second prize, $50 War Savings Certificate, Mrs. W. G. Hamilton, Wingham; 3rd prize $25 War Savings Certificate, W. S. Hall. Winners of Contests Pie eating contest, 1st Bill Kress, 2nd, Fred Ohm, 3rd, Bob Currie; slip­ per kicking, Mrs- J:tCk Rcavie, Mrs. W. Henderson, Mrs. A. Holmes; Step dance, Adults, Ken Crawford; child, Shirley Lockridge of Palmerston, and special mention for Clara Pelly and Gwen Robb of the floor show who gave assistance, t Program Winner There was only one lucky program Winner, and this $5 War Savings Ccr- tiifeate went to Miss I rima Harrison. The two other numbers called were not claimed. It was remarked by many that the floor show was the best seen here in some time and each act received great applause. The program consisted of Child stars, ventriloquist, acrobatic and other dancing, Lynch Dennis the Can­ adian George Frornby and Jimmy Fax ■the 85 year old comedian. At present it .is impossible to state what the net proceeds will be, but a statement will be published at a later date, The proceeds will be for Child Welfare and War Services Work. l stop for lunch. This plant is now turn­ ing out fifteen fighting planes a week and “Kitty” Is proud of the achieye- ALUMINUM DRIVE HERE SEPTEMBER 5-6 Old Aluminum, Pots, Pans etc. Needed For Our Fighting Planes The women of Canada are being afforded an opportunity to emulate their cousins in Great Britain,t the United Slates, Australia and New Zea­ land, by giving worn out and broken utensils and otherwise useless alum­ inum ..articles to help the Red Cross Society. The local Red Cross in con­ junction with the Fire 'Brigade are sponsoring this drive in Wingham. The National War Services Depart­ ment is launching""!this drive through­ out Canada for this material, needed in the manufacture of airplanes and other war equipment. How To Take Part Gather up any old aluminum, pots, pans, parts of electrical equipment, in­ fact all the scrap aluminum you can find, then take it to the aluminum de­ pot in front of the town hall on Fri­ day and Saturday next week, depot is a part of the lawn in of .the hall fenced off. Fill it to flowing. This front over­ I Listowel Won Softball Games At the park Monday morning in a benefit softball game Listowel won from the local All Stars 17-14. Last Wednesday at Listowel they wer,e also on top with a 6-5' score. They seem to have the jinx on the local gand as they have won three games in a row. . Bowled In Globe Doubles Mrs.-A. R. DuVal and Mrs. E. Web­ ster represented the local Ladies Bow­ ling Club in the Globe doubles in To­ ronto last week. They won their first game from a Rusholme pair 17-12 but dropped their second to North Toron­ to 17-20. It was rather a coincidence that the skip of the pair that put hem out was Mrs. Fred Beatty, a cousin of Mrs. DuVal’s. SCHOOLS OPENED TUESDAY MORNING Four New Teachers On the Public School Staff. “ _____ i . When the pupils of the'public school gathered oh Tuesday morning they found a considerable change in the staff. Four new teachers have been engaged, The new principal replacing Mr. Gordon Kidd, who is now at Is­ lington, is Mr. Colin Crozier who taught last year at Parkhill. Miss Do­ rothy Howell, of Branchton will teach Grade 7, The other two new teachers are well known here, both being local girls, they are Miss Norma Coutts and Miss Verti Walker. The former will teach Grade 6 and the latter Grade 5. The other members of Miss Agues Williamson, Phyllis Johns, Grade 2; Laughlin, Grade 4. The academic staff school remains unchanged, the being Mr. W, S,- Hall, the principal; Messrs. E. L. Stuckey and K E, Ma­ dill, Miss K. McGregor, Miss Elsie Gordon and Miss Kay Wallace, Mr. Anderton, who took over the duties as organist at the United Church, and who has, been music teacher at the public school for some years will teach music, replacing Miss Teha Reid, who was married this summer. the staff are Grade 1; Miss V. at the Miss Mc« high staff Engagement Annoujnced Mr. and Mrs, Charles Swanson an­ nounce the engagement of their daugh­ ter, Mary Agnes to Mr. Lloyd Freder­ ick Steward, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Steward, Lucknow. Brussels Woman Marks 93rd Birthday One of “Brussel's oldest and most esteened residents, Mrs. George Back­ er, celebrated her 91st birthday on Thursday. Many friends and neigh­ bors called to wish her many happy returns , of the day. The rooms were beautiful with flowers her friends had brought to her. Afternoon tea was . erved and a social time was enjoyed. Rev. C. A. Berry Who is conducting special services at the City Mission, and which will continue to -Sept. 14th. The meetings have been largely attended. HORSES BOLTED MAN INJURED •Lome McCracken Rendered Uncon­ scious — Head Cut Lome McCracken, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alex. McCracken, met with a painful accident on Thursday, while working on the farm of Allan Ram­ say, concession 1, Morris Township. Fie walked out on the tongue of the wagon tp adjust a part of the harness, and the horses became frightened and ran away. Lome was thrown to the ground and rendered unconscious. He received a nasty head cut which re­ quired several stitches and was badly br-uised. He was taken to the Wingham General Hospital and is making a fav­ orable recovery. RED CROSS NEWS If the local Red Cross Society is fulfill its duties its is absolutely nec- essarj'- that a greated number of ladies enlist their services at the Red Cross rooms. Each and every woman should feel duty bound to help in this necess­ ary and worthy work. No such an ap­ peal as this should.be necessary, but unfortunately it is, and the Red Cross executive are most sincere in appeal­ ing for workers. Every woman who tan sew or knit can be work should not be left few. Ladies do your part, days and Thursday every week to the Red Cross Rooms. to of use. This to the faithful Come Tues- Thanksgiving Day, Monday, Oct. 13 Monday, October ,13th has been proclaimed Thanksgiving Day. The date of proclamation was the middle of August, but we have had so many ■inquiries as to the date of this holiday we repeat the information. Wisgliam Man Sentenced at Walkerton An aftermath of a day spent in Wal­ kerton brought a Wingham man a sentence of seven days for being drunk in charge of a car, and his com­ panion was fined ten dollars and costs for being under the influence. OFFICERS NAMED BY HOCKEY CLUB Officials Already Making Plans for the Coming Season. of Port T. Jef- Electric With Canada at war the responsibil­ ity of Hydro Municipality Commiss­ ioners had bec'bme far greater so far as electrical development was concern­ ed, and in the municipalities power must be forthcoming for the success ful prosecution of the war, Dr. W. E. Chapman, St. Catharines, president of the Ontario Municipal Electrical As­ sociation told over 150 delegates of the Georgian Bay Municipal Electric As­ sociation at the annual convention a- board the S.S. Keewatin out McNicoll. The speakers included W. freys, of the Ontario Hydro Power Commission, who warned that the position of the Georgian Bay sys­ tem might be serious if the drought continued. Mr. Jeffreys announced the expendi­ ture of half a million dollars this fall to change over main transmission lines in Georgian Bay system from 22,000 to 38,000 volts. $275,000 of the cost will be paid for from system reserves, but the balance, Mr. Jeffreys said, would have to be borne by an increase of 5 cents per horsepower. Officers for the coming year, all of whom were re-elected, are: Honorary president, John Kalte, Hanover; presi­ dent, Alfred Menary, Grand. Valley; first and second vice presidents, Dr. R. Boys, Alliston; Robert Beauliel, Pene- tang; secretary-treasurer, Herman De- nef, Hanover, executive committee, Dr. J. Marcus, Kincardine; C. J. Halliday, Chesley; C. Hutchinson, Huntsville; P. E. Byrne, Beaverton; W. Dixon, Ar­ thur; J. McQuaker, Owen Sound, and W. Brown, Meaford. LOCAL HORSES DO WELL AT C. N. E. Local horses are. making a fine showing at the Canadian National Ex­ hibition. So far they have won in the following classes and entered in other events. In the three year filly class Clayton Fryfogle won third with Isa Grattan. In the pacing .class, C. Fryfogle was first with Isa Grattan and Currie and Tervit were fourth with Greelaws. In the yield mare class Currie and Ter­ vit placed second and third. In the 15.2 and over class C. Fryfogle was third with David Guy and Guy Lee and Currie and Tervit were fourth with Lady Lee Acworthy and June McKil- lop. Treated Sunday School Class K'Mr, R. H. Lloyd treated his Sunday School class to a trip to the Canadian National Exhibition,^’’ ’ New Hospital Superintendent Here ..*{*Miss Winnifred Douglas, Reg. N. ■ who was recently appointed superin­ tendent reported for duty on Monday The Wingham Hockey Club is going to be caught flat footed year, as they are now getting ready for the coming season. At a meeting of the club on Thursday evening offi­ cers were re-elected and a great deal of discussion took place regarding the operation of the club, are: Hon. Pres.—J. J. Ev^ns/ , President—Murray Johnson, 1st Vice—W, T. Cruickshanks. 2nd Vice Pres.—J. W. Bushfield. Sec.-Treas.—E, Williams, Coach and Manager—Alf Lockridge. Executive Committee—-Officers and Coach, Vfc. Haines, George Fowler, Joe Kerr, Percy Stainton, Last year was a very successful one and it is fitting that the same officers and coach carry on this season, Two new players already here are Bruce Small, a high class defence man and Bill Hislop, who carries a reputtation as a goalie, They hail Sound. The former is Lloyds and .the latter at Foundry. not this The officers born Owen employed at the Western Engagement Announced ^Mr. Charles Nixon Stainton, Clif­ ford, announces the engagement of his daughter, Hilda Pearl to Mr. Herbert Alfred Fuller, son of Mr. and Mrs, Fred Fuller, Wingham. The marriage will take place in September,^ Won. 0. N. E. Prizes < In the grain and seed in sacks at the! C. N. E. the Teeswater Society won third prize; in the sheaf groups the Mildmay Society won the prize. Nor­ man Schmidt of Milday, was awarded fourth prize for swede turnips. Charged With Disorderly Conduct As there was only case to come ,be- for the magistrate at Goderich, no po­ lice court was held there on Thursday afternoon. The case, that of Philip Gillian, charged with disorderly con­ duct at the county home, was set over for a week. Local Rinks Made Fipe Showing At the Stratford Bowling Club an­ nual . merchants and manufacturers tournament held last week two local rinks did excellently, One rink, D. Kennedy, O, Haselgrove, W. A. Miller and A. M. Crawford, skip, won second prize with four wins plus 33, just one point 'behind ’.he winners. The other rink won tenth prize with three and 12. They lost their first game by an extra end. This rink was J, H. Craw­ ford, D. B, Porter, E. J. Nash and W. R, Hamilton, Sixty-four rinks took part in the play*1, The buying power of the dollar is never as highly developed as it good* byoing powir. •.... Setting aside of the week Sept. JO 17 as a “week of reconsecration of the Canadian people to the democratic cause against Nazi tyranny,” was an- ounced by War Services Minister Thorson. Reconsecration week will mark the beginning of the tl ird year o-f Canada's participation in the war. Mr. Thorson said the Government had proclaimed reconsecration week “in national honor for those who on land, on the sea, and in the air, are the defenders of our country, and in proud memory for those valiant hearts who- have gone out from among us in the most precious of all sacrifices for our common freedon.” TAG DAY FOR GREEK RELIEF SEPT. 13th A tag day to raise, money for the Greek War Relief Fund will be held lu Wingham a week from this coming Saturday, Sept. 13th. These allies of ours proved themselves a very worthy people deserving of any support that we are able to pass on to them. It is not necessary to state here the sad plight -of these wonderful people, all know that they stood up under the most trying of circumstances. They need your help now. Be as generous as possible. R. C. A. F. OFFICER KILLED AT CLINTON. - FO. D. Parker, of the R.C.A.F., was instantly killed early Sunday morning when his' car crashed into tree at the easterly entrance of Clinton. There was no apparent cause for the car leaving the highway. The driver was the only occupant. The R.C.A.F. of­ ficer had only recently arrived at the school from Edmontton. While the accident was being inves­ tigated at the scene by Traffic Offi­ cers Colp and Lever, a car driven by Martin Ward, of 238 Crescent avenue, Buffalo, crashed through the flares which had been set up on the Jdg'hway and smashed into Officer Lever’s mot­ orcycle, demolishing it. The car, out of control, careened into another park­ ed vehicle and -came to a stop. Two More Airports for Huron Two large new airports for this area became assured over the- week-end. Some weeks ago tenders were called for construction of a large airdrome at Centralia for the R.C.A.F. Now it is learned that Towland Construction Co. of London has been awarded a con­ tract to build a 600-acr^ port for the Department of Transport at Grand Bend. Amberly and St. Jacobs are being considered as sites for airports it is reported, LARGE CROWD AT BANK NITE DRAW Despite Rain Large Number In Town For Saturday Night*. • *■ ’**■••• Keen interest was evidenced in the Bank Nite draw on Saturday night a large number being present for the draw aijd the barrel had the largest number of tickets so far this year. Thirty-five dollars was drawn for and the special $10.00 prize went to Mrs. J. A. Fox. The regular $10.00 first prize, was wone by Isabel Darling, R. R. No, 2, Mildmay, and the $5.00 prize by Mrs. T. Webster, Lucknow. Winn­ ers of the $1.00 prizes were,. Mrs H. Scott, Mrs. Dr. Crawford, Mi. ness Gillespie, Whitechurch, Mr: rie Taylor, Elizabeth Hare, Mrs ry Browne,- Mrs. Fred Ohm, Daisy Holmes, Bluevale. Be A Cash Winner. , Each Saturday night the Wingham Bank Nite Club draw for $25.00 in cash prizes, $10.00 for the first prize; $5,00 for second prize, and ten one dollar prizes, To win one of these cash prizes shop at Wingham Bank Nite St et for spend, in the make your purchase or at the town hall prior to the draw. The winning numbers are posted at convenient plac* cs about town ami the winners must claim their prize by 12 midnight the day of the draw. Be a lucky cash win­ ner — Shop at Wingham Bank Nite Stores, Geo. 5 Ag- Car- Har- Miss wes where you received a tick* every twenty*five cents you Depusit one half your ticket box at the store where you j,.