HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1954-02-24, Page 8Tiie Wingham Advance-Times, Wednesday, February 24, 19M
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WX Annual Family Night
Held Wednesday Evening
Wroxeter Women’s Institute held
their annual family night in the Un
ited church school room on Wednes
day evening, with about seventy-five
in attendance. Special guests of the
W. I, were members of the cast of
“Raggedy Nan” the popular play pre
sented under the auspices of the W.
I, with great success. President, Mrs.
John Lane presided and welcomed
the audience with gracious words.
Ann Douglas favoured with two
piano solos and also accompanied a
girls' quartette, consisting of Elaine
Statia, Marjorie Moffat, Nancy New
ton and Shirley Reidt. Marilyn and
Marjorie Timm sang two numbers, ac
companied by Mrs. MacNaughton.
A debate "Resolved that a tractor is
of more value to a farmer than a
wife” provided amusement with the
negative side winning the judges’ de
cision. Harvey Timm and John Mac-
Naughton upheld the tractors while
Gilbert Howes and Roy Hunter put
up a good argument for the wives.
Judges were Rev. E. W. Todd, Ken
Edgar and Mrs. Wm. Wright.
A skit, "Second Class Citizens” was
put on by eight members of the W
I. The two-act 45-minute skit depict
ed life in Canada with little attention
paid to race prejudice and the threat
of communism, and the second act
takes place some years later when
communism becomes a reality. Those
taking part were Mrs. Charles Cath-
ers, Mrs. Frank Earls, Mrs. Harvey
Timm, Mrs. Herb Patterson.
Mrs. John Lane, Mrs. J, H. Wylie,
Mrs. D. S. MacNaughton, Mrs, Les,
Douglas and Mrs. John MacLean -took
charge of the contests. Refreshments
were served with Mrs. Alvin Moffat,
Mrs. Tom Burke, Mrs. Harry Adams
and Mrs. H. Reidt in charge. Mrs.
William -Wright expressed apprecia
tion on behalf of the cast of the play.
Harvey Timm spoke on behalf of the
families.
Women’s Association
Mrs. William Hart, vice-president,
presided for the February meeting
of the Women’s Association, United
church, in the absence of the presi
dent, Mrs. Wm. MacLean, on Tuesday
afternoon. The meeting opened with
the singing of the hymn "Come Ye
Disconsolate” with Mrs. Harvey Mc
Michael at the piano. All joined in re
peating the Lord’s Prayer. Mrs. Lloyd
Magee read the Scripture lesson.
A letter of appreciation was read
from the Douglas family for flowers
sent at the time of their bereavement,
also from Miss Gerty Bush for a box
of fruit sent when she was ill.
By unanimous decision the group
decided to cater for a banquet for the
cast of "Raggedy Nan” and the com
mittee named were Mrs. George Gib
son, Mrs. John Snell and Mrs. Har
vey McMichael. Eleven answered the
roll call by repeating the first four
lines of a favourite hymn. The hymn
"All Things Bright and Beautiful,”
and prayer by Mr. Todd brought the
meeting to a close. The remainder of
thp afternoon was spent quilting and
supper was served with Mrs. Wm.
Hart and Mrs. W. E< Weir in charge,
AclcnowJedge Gilt
Mrs. Thomas Burke, chairman of
The For-Rest ladies' club received a
letter from J, H. Wylie, secretary of
Forest Lodge A.F&A.M. thanking the
ladies for their recent gift of cutlery
to the lodge members, The set of silver
flatware was suitably engraved.
Arrange Day of Prayer
The following ladies met at the
home of Mrs. Vern Clarke on Tuesday
afternoon to arrange for the World
Day of Prayer which will this year be
held in St, James Anglican Church,
Those on the committee were Mrs.
Vern Clarke and Mrs, George Grif
fith representing the Anglican ch ’.rch,
Mrs. J. H. Wylie, Mrs, Jim Doig and
Mrs. D, S. MacNaughton representing
the United Church,
Euchre Held Friday
tables were in play on Friday
when the Howick Lions Club
a progressive euchre party.
VEW'S OF BELMORE
Successful Carnival Held
In Arena Wednesday Night
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Remember the old crank-up
models? New cars can be
“cranks”, when they fail to
start quickly due to faulty
batteries. Be sure your
battery is “up” at all times.
Drive in today I Let us
check your battery, add
water, check cables—make
sure it's going to start !
r KE'EP YOUR CAR IN GOOD REPAIR i
LET’S PUT OUR
SPARE TIME
Scott, Wesley You.’lg, Dave Moffat,
Wesley Tiffin, Charles Tiffin and Gor
don Wall. At a director’s meeting
Dave Moffat was elected as chairman,
James G. Moffat as secretary-treas
urer, and Graham Mpffat as care
taker,
75th
This Year We Will
STARTLED BY STACK
I
A Palmerston resident, enjoying an
after-breakfast cup of coffee, was
startled last week, when glancing out
the window he took a second look and
called his wife.
Both agreed that the stack of the
CNR roundhouse had a bad list to
the south. Glancing out the window
later, he noticed that the stack was
vertical again,
Investigation revealed that the guy
cable had snapped, allowing the stack
to lean. It had been repaired as a run-
of-the-mill job before many people
had noticed the trouble.
Miss Jean West, Messrs. Michael
and Peter West, of Owen Sound,
spent the week-end with their par
ents, Rev, Harold and Mrs. West,
Mrs, Fred Johann has returned
home after visiting her daughter,
Mrs. Wilfred Walker, Mr. Walker
and family, of Belgrave,
Messrs. Harry Gowdy, Ivan Has
kins and Harry Mulvey are among
those attending the Good Roads Con
vention at the Royal York Hotel in
Toronto this week.
Things have been rather quiet at
the Arena this past week, due to
mild weather.
The variety show scheduled
Thursday has been cancelled.
TO KEEP LANGSIDE HALL
It was decided to keep the Forester’s
Hall as a Langside community centre,
at a public meeting held recently.
The Foresters had decided to dispose
of the hall when they found they
could no longer maintain it.
Directors of the community centre
were appointed as follows: Elmer
Ten
night
held
Thomas McGlynn won first prize for
high score for men and Charles Gath
ers second. Mrs. Charles Cathers and
Mrs. Wm. Taylor were equal, Mrs.
Cathers winning the draw to take
first place and Mrs. Taylor second. J.
H. Wylie won the special lone hand
prize. In the bingo games which fol
lowed, Mrs. Robert Gibson and Mrs.
Wm. MacLean won the special. Mrs.
MacLean was lucky in the draw. Re
freshments were served by the com
mittee, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wylie, Mr.
and Mrs. Allen Munro, Ken1 Edgar and
Gordon Gibson.
Personals
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Newton and sons,
George and Jack, of Chatham, were
week-end guests of Mrs. Reg. Newton.
Their son, Ronald and Mrs. Newton,
also of Chatham, accompanied them
and visited with the latter’s parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Hastings, Wingham.
Mr. Walter Sawtell, of Waterloo, a
former bank manager of this village,
will open a gents’ furnishings store
in Beamsville, on April
tell's many friends here
every success.
Mr. and Mrs. George
Mrs. Fred Bowker, all
spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs.
J. H. Wylie.
Week-end visitors with Mrs. Reg.
Newton were Mr. and Mrs. Bill New
ton, and daughter, Marsha, of Brus
sels, also Mr. and Mrs. Bert Abel and
Janie, Listowel.
Wroxeter has one case of scarlet
fever among its children, the child
of Ken and Mrs. Wright. The family is
quarantined.
Mr. and Mrs. George Gibson and
Murray, spent Thursday in Paisley
with Mr. and Mrs. J. D. McGillvray,
the former Mary Gibson, has return
ed from the hospital following an
operation and that she is making pro
gress.
Among the guests who attended the
family dinner for Mr. and Mrs. John
F. McLean lgst week, thg name of
their small grandson, Jimmy Gibson,
of Alienburg, was omitted. Jim is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Waldo Gibson
and grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Mc
Lean.
Friends here learned with regret
of the death of Miss Agnes Ferguson
late on Thursday. Miss Ferguson lived
at Clifford and Lakelet but had been
in the hospital for some months. She
was a cousin of Tom and Miss Beat
rice Shearer and a niece of Mr. Wm.
Montgomery of the village.
Mis? Evelyn Doig, Kitchener,«spent
the week-end at her home here. Her
mother, Mrs. Jim Doig, spent several
days last week in Kitchener.
Shirley, Betty and Nancy Newton,
Catharine MacDonald and Lyle Hart,
visited the girls’ father, Reg. Newton,
London, on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. John F. MacLean,
who celebrated their golden wedding
last week received congratulations
from the Province of Ontario. The
bride and groom of 50 years ago held
open house on Wednesday, when many
called to express good wishes and
congratulations.
Miss Eleanore Carson, of Gorrie,
has been the guest of Misses Elsie and
Marian Gibson of Winnipeg, for
past week.
1st. Mr. Saw
wish for him
Bradley, also
of Toronto,
When one of the family calls you to the
phone and whispers, “I think it’s busi
ness,” it reminds you how important
calls of that kind are, even at home.
You don’t have to upset your eve
ning’s plans, because your telephone gets
things done quickly, nearby or far away.
Whether it’s a matter of sales, or serv
ice, whether it’s early evening or late at
. night, you can depend on your telephone.
Just give it a thought next time one of
the family says, “It’s for you, Dad!”
wish to thank
way helped to
success and a
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COMPANY OF CANADA
What Do You Think?
A very successful Ice carnival was
held in the Arena on Wednesday even
ing, February 17th.
The following is a list of the prize
winners: youngest child on skates,
Ruby Haskins; pre school age child,
best costume: June Baker, Wanda
Sparling, Janie Day; tricycle race,
Russell Press, Gwelda Haskins, Gary
Steinback; girls, 10 years and under:
Irene Doubledee, Mary J. Cronin;
girls, 15 years and under. Bonnie
Sparling, Sandra Wright; boy’s cos
tume, 10 years and under, Russel
Press, Don Whitfield; Boy’s costume,
15 years and under: Wayne ,Woods,
Keith Woods.
Ladies’ costume, other than comic,
Mrs. Eldred Cathers, Mrs. Carl Doug
las; men’s costume other than comic:
Orville Dustow, Murray Mulvey; Nat
ional costume, boys and girls, 12 years
and under, Mae Doubledee, June
Wright; old fashioned costume, man
and woman: 1st, Murray Mulvey and
Mrs. Ken Jackson, 2nd., Charlie Darl
ing and Jean Dickson: best comic
couple, men or women: 1st., Jack Mc-
Kague and Bert Freeman; 2nd., Donna
Wilkinson and Muriel Harknesjs; 3rd.,
Bill McGlynn and George Merkley;
best clown act: Jake Cornish, Mrs. R.
D. Sadler,
Figure skating: Vera Sharpe, B. Mc-
Tavish; oldest couple on skates, Row
land Ballagh and Mrs. W. King;
couple skaters, Mr. and Mrs. Archie
Blair; girl’s race, 10 years and under,
Dianne Fitch; girl’s race, 14 years and
under, Wilma Haskins; boy’s race,
Peter Newans; ladies’ race, Donna
Wilkinson; men’s race, Peter Newans.
Couple’s race, Harry McKenzie and
Donna Wilkinson; bicycle race, Peter
Newans; musical chairs, Choppie Mil
ler; relay race, Peter Newans, C. Mil
ler and Murray Mulvey; oldest lady on
skates, Mrs. W. King.
The rink committee
all those, who in any
make the carnival a
special thanks to the judges, Mrs. J.
Kirby and Mrs. L. Chittick, of Tees-
water, and Mr. and Mrs. E. Whitfield,
of Gorrie.
Celebrate Birthdays
Two of our most respected ladies
celebrated their birthdays this past
week, namely Mrs. Peter Hakney, who
was 86 and Mrs. Arthur Lincoln, who
is at present staying with her daugh
ter, Mrs. Harry Brown of Milton. Mrs.
Lincoln was 83. To both these ladies
theii- many friends extend their best
wishes and congratulations. I
Weekly Card Party j
The regular weekly card party was |
held in the hall last Monday night and I
although the night was foggy, fourteen |
tables were in play. Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Fitch, Mrs. G. Merkley, Miss Kay Mc
Lennan- and Norman Newans were in |
charge. |
The euchre prizes went to Mrs. W. I
Newton, Mrs. Harry Mulvey, Chas. I
Cathers and Ernie Merkley. Mike |
Summers won the solo prize and
Justin Will the lucky chair prize.
- Presbyterian W.M.S.
The Presbyterian Women’s Mis
sionary Society met in the school
room of the , church on Thursday
afternoon, February 18. The presi
dent, Mrs. Elmer Jeffray, opened the
meeting with the Psalm “I waited for
the Lord my God”. The roll call was
answered by payment of fees and
Mrs. Wm. Darling read a letter from
Mrs. Jas. Dickson, Formosa, telling
of the use of Christmas cards sent to
her.
Plans were made for the World
Day of Prayer service to be held in
the church on March 5th at 2.30 p.m.
Ladies from McIntosh and Belmore,
United Churches are invited and Rev.
Matthew Bailie will be the special
.speaker.
Scripture readings by Mrs. Jas.
Dickson gave Biblical authority for
hospital visitation. Mrs. Lane read
the Bible study on Delilah and hymn,
"Fountain of Good”, was sung. Mrs.
Wm. Darling reviewed the historical
and scientific as well as spiritual
reasons for the Church’s concern in
the care of the sick.
Mrs. E. Jeffray ably summarized
the current events from the February
"Glad Tidings”. After singing the
hymn, "O God of Mercy, God of
Night,” Mrs. Fraser Haugh closed the
meeting with prayer.
Honor Guests
Jack and Miss Nellie Doig, had as
their guests one day last week, Mr.
and Mrs. Walter Woods and Janie,
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Smith of Brussels,
Mr. and Mrs. Chas Scott, Mrs. John
Inglis, Alen and Gordon Inglis. The
gathering was held in honor of
Messrs. George and Gerald Doig-who
are visiting at the Doig home.
Receives Prizes
According to custom, the Session
of Knox Presbyterian Church gave
prizes to all the children of the con-
-gregation who attended church ser-
, vices 40 Sundays or,more during the
, past year. The ‘presentation was
made by ReV, M. Bailie. Ian Inglis
was given a Bible. Marjorie, Joe,
and Sally Jeffray, Donald and Mar
jorie Nickel were all given certifi
cates, they had all received Bibles in
former years,
. Personals
1 Visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Fitch Sf., on Sunday were Mr. and
1 Mrs. Clark Renwick, Mr. and Mrs.
Harvey McDermid and faniily and
Mr, Jfm Fitch,
Mrs. Neil McNeil Visited at Strat
ford and Brussels, the tifSt bi the
week.
A constructive, healthy and
profitable way of using
your spare time is to join
the Reserve Force. You serve
Canada and yourself by
using some of your spare
time to train with the
Reserve Force.FOR
the
JAMESTOWN
• Plans are already under way for a suitable celebration to
mark the 75th anniversary of Wingham’s incorporation as
a town. Saturday, Sunday and Monday, July 31, August 1
and 2 have been selected as the dates of the event.
Many fine suggestions have already been offered about the
program for the three days—but we want more ideas. You
may, have a suggestion which will be really worthwhile . . .
one that will assist us to put on the best event in Wingham’s
history. If you have, we would sure like to know about it.
Report
Monday Nights
ARMORIES
WINGHAM
We are pleased to see television has
been installd in the Breckenridge and
Bradshaw homes recently.
The people of this community were
deeply shocked and saddened to learn
of the sudden death of Duncan Mc
Dougal, who grew up in this district.
A large number of his friends from
here attended his funeral at Curries
Funeral Home, Wingham, on Satur
day.
Mrs. Oliver Riley and infant daugh
ter are spending a few weeks at the
home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Charles McCutcheon.
Mrs. Milton Parr visited at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. Harry Wright a
few days last week. w
Glenn McKercher and Fred Mont
gomery attended the Good Roads
Convention at Toronto the beginning
of the week.
Congratulations to Mr, and Mrs.
Wm. Adams (nee Viola Bradshaw)
upon the arrival of their baby girl at
Dr, Myers’ Nursing Home last Wed
nesday,
Mr. and Mr?, Wallace Nixon and
family, Centralia, were Sunday visit
ors, at the honie of Mt. and Mrs. Glenn
McKercher,
Pulp and paper accounts foie a quar
ter of all Canadian exports.
• HERE’S WHAT WE ASK—Think the thing over for a few
days—and as sion as you have some ideas on the matter, jot
them down (so you won’t lose or forget them) and mail or
leave them at the Advance-Times office.
You may be able to dream up an entire three-day program,
or you may think of only one or two features which you feel
should be included in the program. Either will be very wel
come. But PLEASE—do something about it. Make sure
that your suggestions reach us not later than March 15—and
before that if at all possible.
The Business Association is most anxious to make this birth
day event a memorable one: We want it to be successfill and
enjoyable in every way. WITH YOUR HELP WE CAN
DO IT