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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1954-02-24, Page 4The Wingham Advance-Times, Wednesday, February 24, 1951 HIGHLIGHTS from the HIGH SCHOOL Around the School Elven though spring isn't exactly here yet, this is a very wonderful time of year for the students of the Wingham District High School. Our concert is coming up to-night, Thursday night and Friday night, and for the past month or so we’ve been living high. What better excuse could you find for missing a period of hard work than play practice or some such thing? Instead of slaving away with our noses in a text book and our fing­ ers smeared with ink, we’ve been prancing around the town hall re­ hearsing for the three big productions which come off this week. It's really been great! ■ Of course, it’s been rather hectic for the teachers. All the disrupted timetables, missing music and scripts, sleepy stagehands make for quite a few headaches among the teachers, but they really get a kick out of the whole thing, too. If what we have seen of this con­ cert is a worthy sample of the whole production, it promises to be worth seeing. There are boys’ and girls’ gym- nasic displays, mixed chorus work, girls' Glee Club, a play (comedy), a minstrel show, dances, instrumentals, musical numbers and other acts. The annual W.D.H.S. concert always brings out the brighter side of school life. Last year our concert ran for only two nights and» there were so many people turned away at the door that this year it’s a three night fling so we can accommodate many parents and friends. If you’ve been wondering if harried frowns on teachers’ faces were anew style, come out and see what is caus­ ing the whole thing. We think you’ll consider it was really worth the effort. Catherine Keating Girls’ Basketball On Tuesday afternoon of last week, the Wingham girls’ basketball team returned the visit of the Clinton girls. You will remember a short time ago the Clinton girls came to Wing­ ham bearing the record of no defeats, but the Wingham girls changed that record. On the return visit the Clinton girls were ready to fight tooth and^ nail to prove they could beat the Wingham girls, and their passing and shooting was good throughout the game, The Wingham girls have been ne­ glecting the all-important passing in basketball practice. The Wingham lassies could have taken the game quite readily if they could have hit the basket when they had the chance. A lot of passes were made by the Wingham girls with no destination in view. The game played at Wingham on WHITECHURCH (Top late fpr last week) Farm Forum Meets Farm Forum met on Monday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. St. Marie with fifteen present. The night Mylis ... Two gi’oups studied the problems for discussion which concerned farm pol­ icy in relation to production of food for a hungry world, and decided the ideal way would be to have a food bank, financed by richer nations, who could move surpluses to the lands where it was needed. Lois Falconer and Mylis St,'Marie held high points in euchre and Mrs. J. D. Beecroft and John Purdon held low points. The next meeting, review night, will be held at the home of Rev. and Mrs. R. D. A. Currie. Thos. Inglis received word last week that his son, Roddy, of Forest, had been taken to London Hospital, when A S<****V? •February 9th was very close (Wing-*1*1© broke a bone in his leg, A cast SA VE MONEY by PREP A YING WING HAM INCORPORATED /.* Taxpayers may make payments on account of 1954 taxes up to 80 per cent of 1953 taxes. Interest at the rate of Four per cent, per annum will be allowed on such prepayments. Prepayments of taxes must be made at the Town Treasurer’s Office, Town Hall. W. A. GALBRAITH, Treasurer, Town of Wingham ham 18 - Clinton 17). The game at Clinton showed that Clinton had im­ proved, or else it was Wingham's poor day. The score at full time read Clinton 24, yVingham 9. CLINTON—Nancy Webster 10, Ma­ vis Steepe 8, Marlene Walsh 2, Betty Pastill 2, Kaye Sharpe 2, Betty Du­ charme, Marge Webster, Jayne Mary Snell, Donna McVittie, Ina Taylor, Marip _Xiga-L«To Hodgins. WINGHAM—Ferne Cooke 3, Mar­ guerite Ford, Mary F. Currie, Lois Thompson 2, Donalda Macponald Donna Coupland 2, Sandra Smith 2, Doris Doubledee, Grace Thelma Bennet, Marlene Berva Gallaher. Donalda 0-0-0 has been put on and he was allowed to return home, James Gordon, of Broderick, Sask., who has been visiting and relatives here and is now visiting friends Robert Soloman had perience on Monday when working with the highway gang near Amber­ ley. When he stepped out on the snow, on the side of the road, his foot went through and down into running wa­ ter that filled his boot. He pulled it off and as he turned it up to empty with friends in Teeswater, at St, Marys, a unique ex- Thompson, McKenzie, MacDonald Boys’ Basketball The the boys’ games Clinton won out ’also. The Wingham Juniors lost 49-6, with Doug Murray scoring all our points and the senior boys lost by a score of 60-7. Bill Laidlaw with 4 and Bev. Brooks with 3 were the mD.H.S. point-getters. - Hugh Sinnamon The Fanning Mill by Bob Carbert SEED CLEANING TIME s NEW FORMULA CHICK STARTER GREATER GROWTH There are 2 important considerations when buying s g £a Chick Starter PERFORMANCE and ECONOMY You get both these SHUR-GAIN in “New Formula” Chick Starter. PERFORMANCE in 25% greater growths ECONOMY in local manufacture 4 WINGHAM it out it fell from his hand and slipped into the running water and was seen no more. The result—a borrowed boot for the rest of the day. United Church WAI S. The regular meeting of the W.M.S. of the United Church was held on Wednesday at the home of the presi­ dent, Mrs. James Falconer, with 171 present. Mrs. Falconer presided for. the meeting and led in the devotional period. Mrs. Albert Coultes led in the Scripture lesson and Mrs. Garnet Far­ rier sang, “The Christ of the Cross”. Mrs. W. J. Watt led in the chapter from the study book, “It Happened Before”, telling how many times a start has been made down through the years, to Christianize China, and how many times the seeds of Chris­ tianity had been lost, with the thought that it may again be lost through Communism. The meeting closed with the benediction. Mrs. J. D. Beecroft presided for the W.A. meeting. The ladies made plans to quilt several quilts in the next few weeks and made plans for their share of the World Day of Prayer service to be held in the Presbyterian Church on March Sth. They also made plans for their evening meeting to be held in the Memorial Hall when Mr, W. S. 1 Hall of the Wingham District High School will have charge of the picture, “A Queen Is Crowned". The meeting .< closed with prayer by Mrs. peccroft. Old-Fashioned Winter ■ Many folks in E. Wawanosh and ' other townships found out last Tues- ’ day that we could still have a taste of an old-fashioned winter, even with these days of plowed out roads. Men with teams and tractors were out in ' the late afternoon ptflling out cars, loaded with homeward bound school ' children. A pot of coffee sent by a neighbor, tasted pretty good to one 1 car-load of kiddies waiting to be rescued and taken home, and many found out what it meant to trail home walking through the deep, soft, wet drifts just like old times. Euchre Sixteen tables of euchre were played in the Memorial HalLon Friday even­ ing, Mrs. Wallace Conn received the prize for high points and Mrs. Ernest Casemore, for secohd high. Herson Irwin received the prize for high points for men and James Falconer the one for second high. Mrs. Albert Walters won the prize for lone hands, The ladies served lunch and all en­ joyed a social evening. Congratulations Many from this district were pleas­ ed to note that Mr. and Mrs. John F. McLean celebrated the fiftieth an­ niversary of their marriage last week at their home at Wroxeter. Mr. and Mrs. McLean lived at Whitechurch for fourteen years before retiring and made many friends in this community which extends best wishes for many more happy years together. Presbyterian W.M.S. The regular meeting of the W.M.S. of the Presbyterian Church was held last Wednesday at the home of Mrs. James Wilson, with twelve members present and with Mrs. Dawson Craig in the chair and leading in the Scrip­ ture lesson. The roll call and devotional period were centred around Simon Peter. Mrs. Lott led in prayer for the mis­ sionaries and the success of their work. Little Betty Ann Conn sang, “Jesus Bids Us Shine” and Mrs. J. Conn had charge of the' chapter from the study book, “Where’er the Sun”, telling how the sun shone on all races and all creeds and all people are one through Christ. The ladies enjoyed a short skit, pre­ sented by Mrs. Wilson, Mrs. R. D. A. Currie, Mrs. McQuillin and Mrs. Daw­ son Craig on “Who Is My Neighbor?” Mrs. Currie led in a short discussion of this subject. Mrs. Robert Ross led in the Glad Tidings prayer. The ladies made arrangements for the World Day of Prayer service to be held In the church on March 6th< The nieetiug was closed with prayer. The regular meeting of the W.M.S. of Brick United Church was held on Wednesday of last week at the home of Mrs. Leslie Wightman with 20 pre­ sent. Mrs. W. Dow had charge of the devotional period and led in the Scrip­ ture lesson, The theme was “The Church of the Open Book” and the ministry of radio and Mrs. Gilbert Beecroft spoke of this in relation to S. America, telling of interesting experiences of a friend who had been in that country and had given her splendid material foi’ this subject, after attending a Baptist conference there, A letter was read from Miss Agatha Coultes, a missionary from the Brick Church which is stationed at Nanai­ mo, B.C., thanking them for their Box of cake, cookies and candy which they had enjoyed thoroughly. Mrs. Lawrence Taylor, president, then called on Mrs. C. H. Cox and read an address and Mrs, George Coultes presented Mrs. Cox with a life membership to the W.M.S. Mrs. Cox thanked the ladies for this much- prized gift and the hostess served lunch. FOR FIRE, LIFE & AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE Call Stewart A. Scott Phone 298 Wingham REAL ESTATE SALESMAN Representing : Dudley E. Holmee Lietowel SEE THE * GRADS WRIST WATCH «7 nr HASELGROVE’S SMOKE SHOP boon to farmers but a headache 2 ■3 One of the most fascinating ma­ chines that was ever developed to lighten the farmer’s work, and one that was destined to improve farming considerably, was the fanning mill. The ingenious character who first thought up this idea did a great ser­ vice to the grain farmer, for he en­ abled that man to plant only the best seed from his previous crop and to eliminate the weed seeds that were sure to turn up. Before the fanning mill came along, seed was cleaned by taking it out in the wind and dropping it onto a blanket, barn door or tar­ paulin. The wind would blow out the chaff and light kernels, and many of the weed seeds, and the heavy grain would remain. However, most of the weed seeds blew all over, and there was no system of grading out the small, but plump kernels. The invention of the fanning mill was a for the farm boys, for many were to be the hours that they would spend turning^ the crank or shovelling the grain into, or away from the mill. On a large farm it could be quite a contract and being done in the win­ ter time, it usually was done in the granary or the barn where it was cold, and some of the doors couldn’t be opened to let in fresh air. If a farmer had dirty grain, it was' al­ most as bad as a threshing. In chose days, you could go into almost any hardware and take your.pick of sev­ eral dozen types of screening for the fanning mills, and many of the gener­ al stores in the rural areas also car­ ried them. Today, only the better hardwares carry a complete stock. It was a bright day on our farm when we first smuggled the electric motor from the washing machine and attached it to the fanning mill. It took a little bit of engineering, but in a short time it worked like a charm and the fanning mill hummed like it never hummed before. As a matter of fact, the whole job was over and the motor back on the washing machine before it was need­ ed, Many farms no longer have a fan­ ning mill or a grader around. They have been left out in the rain and the weather and they have rotted away to uselessness. They have been stored under piles of hay, or they have been wrecked because they are no longer needed. Many of our farm­ ers now take the seed grain to clean­ ing and grading stations where they have it cleaned, graded and treated against smut and other diseases. It’s a lot easier and a lot cleaner, but it lacks some of the independence we used to have. There was something comforting about the hum of the mill, something that gave you a feel­ ing of accomplishment when you saw the clean grain coming out of the end of the mill, the hulls arid the dust out the other and the small seeds dropping into the tray on the bottom of the mill, Perhaps we are better off, technically speaking, without the old fanning mill, but there are still a lot of folks who will stick to it, because it brings back a lot of plea­ sant memories. RESCRIPTION is \ a Are filled in exacl accordance with your Physician's wishes A T Kerr’s Drug Store THE OMINION J BANK 83 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE CANADIAN PEOPLE N. L. Smith, Branch Manager, Wingham G. A. Beattie, Branch Manager, Gorrie You can DEPEND on a DODGE for DEPENDABLE fine car FEATURES If. You’ll find more of them than ever in the 1954 Here are still more DODGE fine car features I You have effortless parking and steer­ ing. 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