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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1954-04-14, Page 2The Winghani Advance-Times* Wednesday, April 14» 1954 t TTr^T TT TZ~^T THTOHIGHLIGH Io from the HIGH SCHOOL j ■Examinations are on, and in place | of news we have | *A WISH REGRETTED” I A Short Short Story I By Shirley Eoxton I When Paul noticed the pleasant! looking man and. woman get out of] their car be began to tremble. Soon ] he heard the door of the Home open I. and the visitors entered the. recrea-1 toon room. j _2 I to one." tought ——a-S =° ™ one dreaded guesetion. Even Mrs. Jones who now came to talk to him. asked, "How old are you Paul?” “Ten/' he answered hesitantly. There was silence and then 'the couple smiled and turned to speak io the ■other children. Paul felt numb. It had happened again. He watched Mr. and Mrs. Jones speak to the other children and. then stop and look interestedly at Billie, a blue-eyed boy of three who had t been at the Home for only & week. -X W’sn X w miu ~ vnou-nr WhfiX ,TO'ldd happen next,oe we one. dropped the book he had, been ” j reading and ran out of the ‘room. ( Daring his six years in the Home j Although he heard the matron calling I the thin, awkward boy had had many)he kept going until he reached the! disappointments. Other children came | dormitory. He sat on hxs bed panting J and went but Paul remamed and now | from his flight. i the visits of prospective parents were I wish Billie was dead,” he thought .j becoming'almost unbearable. | revengefully. Thi^ thought shocked ‘ It seemed that everyone asked that ’ him but he couldn’t get it off bis i mind. If Billie hadn’t been there he F>btp.v;iU Qrhnnl I might have been chosen instead. L>1 uc Vale .OvUvvX ! Haul sat thinking for a long time Drp>c^rjr «♦ until he realised that it was nearly A UP11S rTCScnl Si time tor sppper. After suppel he J nr* r. * helped clean up the recreation room? 1 UrnDerrV COUHCll and then finally relumed to the dor-' mitery. Bdlie was already in bed but he was awake and crying. *Tm hot.*' Eiilie whimpered. "Go to sleep.'* shouted Paul. the boy cried louder -and began $ng for his mother whom Paul knew • had been killed in -an accident the week before. The matron entered, felt Billie's, head sand wrist, then hurried from the room A few minutes later she returned with the doctor ar.d Paul watched them take Billie 'to the in- ifirmary. He held his breath. All he J could think of was the wish he .had made that afternoon. i 4<I didn’t mean what I said—If Bil- ' lie will get U'ell Til do without a fa- Ither and mother,” gasped PauL i He put his hands over his face and i closed his eyes. He had realized, when I he heard Billie crying, that he wasn't ’ I the -only one who was lonely. Paul ’hadn’t heard the matron enter but -I when he opened his eyes she was j standing in front of him. ij T overheard what you said, Paul,” ‘she said softly. “But several weeks iago a lawyer came to us from a Mr. I Brown who claims to be your father's i .brother. He was in Europe at the [time of your parents' death -and only learned the news a while ago. This was to be a surprise but I couldn’t wait to tell you. They are now on their way here w adopt you.” ’“Will Billie get better?” asked Paul.. wasn’t anj’thing But ask- Mri and Mxa Douglas Campbell vL- ited on Sunday with Mrs, Annie Wal- ] per of Auburn. j The Mission Band members met on Sunday afternoon fft the church * school room with a good attendance The meeting was led by Betty Blair The Scripture lesson was read fronL St Duke, 24 chapter by John McDowB eh. Mrs. Hugh Blair gave the Easter story. Beading? were given by Dor­ othy Howatt and Valdeane Noble, a story was told by Mrs. Howard Camp- the week-end with Mr. and Mrs, Bari Wightman. Mr, Cecil Campbell of Exeter, spent Sunday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Campbell* - Mr. and Mrs- Earl Wightman visited meeting of Turnberry i ’5tw -u>epn ox nugmvays, (on Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. FharlS- •cil was held on Mor*- j Steel Products, S134.S6; Mathers. ; Freeman and-J I j Campbell. They vzere accompanied by | Mrs. A. E. Jphnston, who will spend t some time with her daughter, Mrs., Campbell. j{3eI1* The meeting closed with prayer. I Fair for Achievement Day. Carried. J Willi ts-Foxton — That the following .general and road accounts -be paid: 3 Bond Accounts 1 J. D. Adams, -$7174; .Superteat Pet- •I roleum Corp., $144.70; British Ameri- meeting of Turnberry ’ Dept. Of Highways,;The' regula; Township K',.u.u +«ww. -,w. ■ ■■■ ■ ■ -day of last veek with ail members W;1/3, 3^re, ?’er''ic^ present and the reeve in -the chair.*«,« *.-* ***** *« ** ***. * rr. ^'6p' Kathleen, of Brantford, spent the The minutes of the last meeting, * r^;Aenac» Teeswater w;th Mr. and Mrs. Howard were read .and adopted on motion of | tA. D. .Smith and W, H. Mulvey. ’! ^6-00: Andy’s Garage, ^4.00;! Willits - .Smith —That Council pass i F* w- ^ers, §63.9o; Beaver Dumber, By-law No. 5, in compliance -with pe- j ^^npheh’s Garage, $25,69; Gor- , -titions received under the Brucellosis f J$on, $54^0; Don Hopper, F15.O0; i Control Art 1953. Carried* ' ' IJack Harcourt, $13.50; JAUow’s Gar- Smith-Foxtan — That the following j SF6’ State Farm Mutual, $47.69; ? he members of -the committee for ; t^eorS® Giousher, $35.00; Chas. Davud-; Brucellosis control, Leslie FortumJ ®h^insu^ce’ «feWe± > Harold Elliott and Leslie Douglas. I ’2",’ Stewart, Carried Coupland, $148.91; W. A Hogg,; Grade Seven and Eight pupils from f^4; George Galloway $9610; Wm. Bluevale School were present, obser\’- $239,00..; Fred Schieste), | ing council procedure. v j ?w»D9. Fuston-Mulvey — That the reports | General Accounts j of the Elliott and Underwood drains \ 'Municipal World, $14*56; Canadian ; be read at the next meeting on May i Industries, warble powder, $238.00; ‘ — - 'r''-------1 M W— . J •I i I I & Carried. Foxton-Mulrey — That council fin­ ally pass .By-laws No. 3 and No. 4 on the Messer and Mundell drains. Car­ ried, Mulvey-Foxtan — That council pro­ visionally adopt the engineer’s report on the Black drain, and hold court of revision on May 3 at 3.30 pci. and in­ struct the clerk to prepare and -serve the by-laws.. Carried. Foxton-Mu’vey — That council give COLOGNES Mimosa $1.75 White Lilac , $1.75 Nosegay................$1.65 Woodsy ., $1.25 - $2.25 Tailored ,, $1,25 - $2.25 Lotus $1.75 Golden Chance .. $1,50 Counts1 of Huron, hospitalization, $42.09; Monteith & Monteith, $300.00; Ross Willits, comp., $47.25;' E, Web­ ster, $2.09; Geo. Thomson, part sal­ ary, $40.00; Wenger Bros., $1.12; Re­ lief, $40.00; Western Assurance Co., treasurer’s bond, Canadian Na­ tional Railways, $3*49; John V* Fis­ cher, convention, $30.00; X D. Smith, convention, $30.09; Bluevale Library >’ grant, $50.00* | Payments on Messer Drain Jas. A, Howes, $50.00; Geo. T. Thom­ son, fees, by-laws, survey, $52.00; John Fischer, survey, $2.00; Geo. Greenaway, survey, $2.00* Payments on Mundell Drain Jas. A. Howes, balance of account, $75.00; Geo. Thomson, fees, by-laws, survey, $83.00; Geo. Greenaway, sur­ vey, $8.00; Gordon Mundell, survey, $8,00; Harvey Timm, survey, $8.00. Payment on Black Drain Jas. X Howes, part nayment, $150.00. Mulvey-Foxton — That council do adjourn to meet again on May 3. I j Eoxton-MuiVey — That council give I j a grant of $50.-00 tn the Binevale Inb-1 -I vary Board. Carried* j I Mulvey-Willits — That we accept ____ _ ______________ _____J the auditor’s report as received. Car- The doctor assured us that there | ried. _ seriously wrong with ? WiHits-Eorton — That council sup-' him?’ replied the matron* | port the. proposal made by McKillop Paul closed his eyes to keen from | Township Federation, to remove Maj’ crying. The world now seemed like]and September from daylight sav- a wonderful place. He had never been j so happy before. m 1 a delightful gift by Dorothy Gray€ 2.00 • V ... $1.00TALCUM ■;■<• i PERFUME $1.25 - $2.00 i QUALITY SOAPS By j EASTER CANDY I 5 i1 t! 4 ■i j SACHET............... $1.50 0 A lasting fragrance that blends the modem and urbane with the mystery and magnetism of the efernaldeserf.Sophisticafed hand carved glass and plastic pack* aging to adorn the smart dress­ ing table. cays with her e-msin, Kathleen Free- rtUEh, fit! Err..ntf:;rd. Mr.. mad Mrs Best Vincent of Bel* grave, t® Wednesday with Mrs. X L. McDowell. 'MsisJE Mathers, ©f LutkabW* -^nt w Phone 378 f F airyland INFANT’S to 6x Famous ~Llrten~Girt®r'" rcztA with floating brash gets dirt more quickly. essHy, without scrubbing back sand farSa. Hooves’s exclusive "Dirt-Ey&a»or” frees yon fa®- evsr from massy dirt removal Just a “click*’ and the Hoover is emptied* Hoover mode! 40S sold. cump’iete with leaning tosfe 'in handy kit. And look nt this sale price! Were $16.6.75 NOW NOW ONLY Hanover Kinsmen Club members -have completed another feature of their safety program with the erection, of four metal policemen, with safety pone signs in the area of Hanover Schools. Hanover Kinsmen sponsor "Elmer the Elephant” safety campaign and the school boys safety patrol, supply­ ing equipment foor each. I Smith-Foxron—That the Town- , j ship of Turnberry recognize the ..All-1 ■ Ontario Championship won by the ‘ j Wingham Lions Midgets and that a' ’personal .gift from the township be ) given to the Turnberry members of 1 the team. Carried. j Boston-Mulvey —■ That we accept! j .the petition, for the Willits drain and I 1 instruct the engineer to make -a sur-j jvey and report. Carried* ji WUhts-Mulrey —- That we call fori I tenders for the construction of the j j Messer, Mundell and Black drains. 1 j Tenders to close at noon on Monday, j May 3, Carried, * Wiliits-Mulvey — That we 'give a j grant of $53.09 to the Howick Ball Luxury series- in-scent— Cologne, perfume, Dusting Powder —whichever you choose, the perfect gift remembrance. Yardley, Hubbard Ayer, Shulton, Clifton, Evening in Paris, Dubarry* Light, easy to use, will not 'boiince or wander. Built low to get under furniture. Headlight, non- marrin bumper, easy to store. Compare fids Hoover, feahme-for-fenture, with 'any other polisher. and youTl agree Hoover gives yon the greatest value. At this price you esn’t truss! $59*50 Hoover Triple-Action Cleaner saves the nap S136.08 NOW . $147.00 NOW Economy Mod-' Reg. 592.75 Past International President is Speaker (Continued from Page One! Don Nasmith, who also presented the dub's gift to him as a memento of the occasion. As a. further reminder of his visit to Wingham. Lion Hugh Car­ michael presented a photo of the Lions ; Midgets, Ontario OMHA Champions Busy Evening Harold Victor Pym at the piano and Jack McKibbon and Jack Reavie as song leaders filled all the intervals and the CKNX Bari Dance Boys with Johnny Brent as MC provided their ever-welcome entertainment. Tc get things away to a flying start Lions Bill Conron, Norm Wellwood and Barry Wenger of the Wingham Club and Frank Field of Teeswater, were roped in for a quartet selection because of missing lapel badges. Lions Tom Currie and Omar Hasel- grove twisted tails throughout the evening and 'their repertoire was in­ deed complete. At one stage they had Lions Hal MaeLean, WHf Crawford, 1 Harley Crawford and George Howson j slightly purple in the face because of ■| a balloon blowing contest. Dr. Craw- j ford won*the prize for that event and | was presented with a cake. Fun start-. ‘i ed all over again when he tried to ; split the confection with the other. t contestants. The thing proved a little | tough and the doctor ended up with a chisel and hammer in his hand to ] complete rhe task* Lion Verne Dun- pop vras forced to fit himself with a- ■ shoe while standing hp, and- Omar ■i Haselgrove and his side-kick dim, " proved the impossible could be done when they took Mel I>onahue’s shirt off his back without first removing his coat. To complete the capers Tail Twister Currie auctioned off four pairs of nylons, the “lucky” bidder being Lion Art Irwin, who got so enthusiastic about the whole affair that he parted with something over $15.09. Opening his parcel he found that no two of the stocking matched and that sev­ eral had holes in them* After Art's protests reached the -critical stage the Tail Twister -examined the mones* he .ad received for the purchase and found the bills were made of rubber. Case was dismissed. President Stewart Beattie gracious­ ly welcomed the ladies and the .guests, - Who included Ifiayor DeWitt Miller and Mrs. Miller, Bone Chairman Harry’ Bridle and Mrs. Bridle. Two -other guests were honored when Lion Frank J<Xadill presented Mrs. Greet -and Mrs. Hinde with gifts .as tokens -of the club's appreciation of their -assistance in Christmas and Easter .Seal work. The president -also voiced the club’s thanks io Lion Whit Grose and Mrs. Grass, who had handled 'the -catering for the event Secretary Bill -Conron presented a gift to Mrs. Pym as a token -of the Lions’ appreciation, of her husband's ermfaribation to the welfare of club anti vxures* In his brief remarks Maj'or Miller expressed appreciation for the invi- tafian to -attend the meeting and spoke of 'the continuing fine Work which has been forthcoming from the lions drib -over a period of years, and how much these efforts mean to the town -of Wingham. ■ TRACTORS 44 SPECIAL—Gas or Diesel Great New Engines, New high performance, New economy, New roominess, New handling ease, New comfort 33 TRACTOR—9 styles and models Here is 2 - 3 Plow Power for the average farm. DISCS One way Discs, Wide level Disc Harrows Goble Offset Disc Harrows, Tractor Tandem Disc Hairows, Wheel Disc Harrows—-All Sizes. 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