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TREATED IT HOSPITAL
New 50-Bed Chronic Patients’TIMES CHANGE—Forty years ago,
according to Reminiscing, the high
school kids were picking apples and
the ladies of town were complaining
that their gardens were being pilfer
ed. This year we’ve already had about
three inches of snow. Who says the
winters are getting warmer?
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EARLY THIS YEAR—Snow rab
bits are early this year. The week
end’s snow, while it may not be much
by Wingham standards, was enough
for some enterprising kids in Lower
Hillcrest, to bufia a snow rabbit,
much to the surprise of the local in
habitants, who , are still waiting for
Indian summer; which by the way
what happend to it?
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WINDOW DISPLAYS—Most of the
shop windows on the main drag got a
lavish application of soap before,
•during or after Hallowe’en. We won
der if the kids ply the soap with as
much alacrity at home as they do on
the main .street. Some of the merch
ants-seem to be waiting for a while
before repairing the damage, prob
ably figuring that Hallowe’en will
last at least a week. Might as well
clean it .all off at once.
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BOO, YOURSELF—A couple of
kids 'got a Hallowe’en scare them
selves, according to reports, up in the
Western extremities of town. Seems
that while they were up to some of
the usual tricks, a quick-.in-the-trig-
ger householder caught them in the
act, held them in custody, arid report
ed to the police.
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FIRST SNOWPLOW—According 'to
reports from Whitechurch, the snow
plow was out on highway 86 for the
first time during the week-end. Must
he something of a record for this
time of year. If the season keeps as
well advanced as it is now, first thing
you know we’ll he hearing about re
turning of robins soon. C_ they
left yet.?
Or have they
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main drag
they took in
With which is amalgamated the Gorrie Vidette and Wroxeter News
WINGHAM, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 3rd, 1954
FLOOD VICTIM FUND
TOPS ELEVEN HUNDRED
AFTER TOWN CANVASS
About 50 volunteers from the Lions,
Kinsmen and Legion organizations in
town braved the elements on Friday
night to collect a total of $1,104,65 for
the Ontario Hurrican Relief Fund., >
Gathering at the Legion Home at
about 7 o’clock, canvassers found that
the town had been divided into sec
tions, and each two-man team was
dispatched to an assigned block to be
canvassed. Details of the canvass
were looked after by Frank Madill,
Jack Gorbutt and Jack Walker. K
By nine o’clock most of the can
vassers were back with their contri
butions, which will go to flood victims
in the Central Ontario area. The
men who did the collecting reported
that the people of Wingham were
most generous in their offerings and
were high in their praise of the co-op
eration received.
Jack Walker was in charge*-of or
ganizing the canvass and Floyd
Blakely acted as secretary.
NO FLOWERS—The
looks .a lot barer since
the celebrated flowerpots for the
winter, even though there wasn’t
.much in the- way of bloom left on
them. By the time they appear again
.•we’ll .kno.w it really is spring.
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POPPIES ON SATURDAY—How-
•ever, there’ll be poppies on the main
street on Saturday, which is Poppy
‘Day. Buy one and help the cause.
HOME BAKING SALE
The Wingham Kinette Club will hold
A home baking sale In • the council
chambers on Saturday, November 6th
at 3 pun. The draw will be made for
the picnic hams at the baking sale.
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RECEPTION AT BELGRAVE
A reception will be held in the For
esters’ Hall, Belgrave, on Friday eve
ning, November 5, in honor of Mr. and
Mrs. Mac Scott. Henderson's, Orch
estra. Ladies please bring lunch, Ev
eryone welcome. f27:3*
RECEPTION AT ROYAL T.
A reception will be held at Royal
'T., Wingham, on Friday, November
,12th, in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Jim
Johnston, the former Della Hinz. Tif-
ifin’s orchestra. Everybody
Ladies please bring lunch.
JUDGE T. M. COSTELLO
KILLED IN CRASH
Judge T. M. Costello, 71, of Gode
rich, and County Judge for Huron,
died enroute to the hospital on Fri
day, following a car-truck crash near
Bothwell at the Junction of highways
2 and 79.
John Graham, 16-year-old son of
Dr. and Mrs. M. J. Graham, of Gode
rich, a passenger, was admitted to
Chatham Public General Hospital
with a- fractured leg and shock. His
condition was described as fair.
Police said the judge died of a
crushed chest- and internal
Both he and Graham were
in the wreckage.
The two were returning
hunting trip to Pelee Island, about
50 miles west of the scene. A bag of
about 30 pheasants and the judge’s
hunting dog were found near the car.
The dog was still alive.
Police said the judge’s car collided
with a Stan Brown auto transport
driven by James T. Borthwick, of
Windsor*,
Judge Costello was borh in Brude-
-nell, Renfrew County in 1883. He at
tended „the University of Toronto,
where he received his Bachelor of
Arts degree. After graduation he re
turned to Renfrew and became a
partner of the late Hon; Thomas Mc
Garry. He was elected to the. legis
lature as a Conservative member for
Renfrew and served two terms.
In 1931 he came to Goderich
was appointed judge. He was an
standing athlete and travelled all
the country playing baseball. Because
of his sports. ability he was sought
after as an after-dinner speaker. He
was a member of St. Peter’s Church.
He is survived by his... wife, one
son, Craig, at the University of Wes
tern Ontario, and* a daughter, • (Nora)
Mrs. Alex Rankin, Toronto.
P.C.’s ELECT EXECUTIVE
The Huron-Bruce Progressive Conservative Association elected a new execu
tive at their meeting last week in the council chambers^ Left to right are:
David Carruthers, Kinloss, 2nd vice-president; Lloyd Jasper, Mildmay, first
vice-president; J. W. Hanna, member for Huron-Bruce;/ Knowlson Hueston,
Gorrie, president and J. H. Crawford, Wingham, secretary.—Staff photo.
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Gorrie Man Named President
During Huron-Bruce PC's Meet
The Huron-Bruce Progressive Con- named chairman of the meeting. He
servative Association held a meeting called for a minute’s silence in defer-
last Tuesday in the council chambers j ence to the late > R. J. Bowman, of
to choose an executive, for the forth- Brussels, former president, who died
coming elections, which are expected during his term ipf office,
next spring. Representatives of 19
municipalities in the provi^w ia‘
ing, numbering over 50, were®present
for the occasion.
judge died of
injuries,
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from a
and
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welcome.
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..BAZAAR, TEA,and
BAKE SALE
Bazaar, Tea and Bake Sale
be held in the basement of the
grave United Church, on Wednesday,
November 10th, at 3 p.m. under the
auspices of Trinity Church Women’s
C4uild. F3b
will
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EUCHRE, DANCE AT,BLUEVALE
Euchre and dance, Bluevale Com
munity Hall, Friday,. November, 5th,
sponsored by C. P. T. Committee,
Wingham Rebekah Lodge. Free lunch,
good orchestra. Admission 50c. Pro
ceeds for wheel, chair.
HOT TURKEY DINNER AT
GORRIE UNITED CHURCH
Hot Turkey Dinner will be held in
the Gorrie United Church, Wednesday,
Nov. 10th, dinner served from 5.30 to
8 p.m. Followed by a good program
and variety program. Adults 9S‘
children 60c.
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$1.25;
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JDANQE IN. WROXETERIn aid of the Hurricane Relief Fund-
the Howick Lions Club plan to hold
a dance in Wroxeter Town Hall on
Wednesday, Noveniber 10th with Ford-
■Wich Orchestra. F3*
REGULAR MEETING
HOSPITAL AUXILIARY
The regular meeting of the Ladies*
Auxiliary to Wingham General Hospi
tal will be held in the Council
Chamber on Friday afternoon, Nov
ember 5, at three o’clock. FT.,F3b
UNITED CHURCH. BAZAAR
The annual Christmas Tea ahd Sale
Js io be held in the United Church
school room on Wednesday afternoon,
November 17th. This event featuring,
aprons, it Christmas table, a Bake
table and tea party for small children
■will be opened at 3 o’clock. F3.10b
J. H. Crawford, secretary of the
Association, opened the meeting and
explained briefly its purpose. He ex
plained that in view of the fact that
an election was almost a certainty
next year, it behoved the association
to choose a strong executive for the
occasion. He said that the meeting
would also elect representatives
attend the provincial convention
the Conservative Party, to be held
Toronto this week.
Wesley Joynt, of Lucknow, was
The contract for building the nevr
50-bed chronic patients’ wing of the
Wingham General Hospital was
awarded to the contracting firm of
Ellis-Don Construction Company, of
London, at a special meeting of the
hospital board on Friday. •Cost of the
construction alone in the new build
ing will be $217,846. '
The London firm’s tender was the
lowest of seven tenders, received by
the board up until Friday’s deadline.
Total cost of the new wing will be
$289,47.9,50, exclusive of furnishings,
which, in addition to the cost of the
new boiler room in the course of erec
tion for the past year, will bring the
total cost of new construction at the
hospital to near the $500,000 mark.
The electrical contract for the new
wing, amounting to $23,633.50, was
awarded to the J. V. McDonnell Com
pany, of London. Spiers Bros, of Sar
nia, was awarded the plumbing,
heating and ventilating contract at a
price of $48,000. Both tenders were
the lowest in their respective class.
Construction on the new wing will
start immediately. Chairman H. C.
MacLean said that contracts will like
ly be signed this week, possibly today.
Present at Friday’s meeting, in ad
dition to the board, were Mayor De
Witt Miller and William Elston,
members of the hospital publicity
committee, apd Robert Fairfield, of
Toronto architects. Roundthwaite and
Fairfield, who drew up plans for
the new wing and the boiler
laundry room.
Climax of Long Struggle
Friday night’s awarding of
tracts was the climax of a i
SATURDAY IS POPPY
DAY IN WINGHAM
Saturday is Poppy Day in Wing
ham. Friday evening members of
the Legion Auxiliary will make a
door-to-door canvass through town,
and on Saturday morning school
children will sell poppies in the
streets.
Veterans and members of the
Canadian Legion Branch 180 will
sell the poppies in the evening.
All citizens are urged to support
this cause and contribute gener
ously to the Poppy Fund.
Mrs. Annie Annett, 47, R.R. 1, Holly-
roo, was admitted to Wingham Gener
al Hospital over the week-end, suffer
ing from a fractured right arm and
contusions to the head, incurred when
she fell down a flight of steps, appar
ently landing on her head.
Richard McPherson, two-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Douglas McPher
son, R.R. 1, Glenannan, was admitted
to hospital on Saturday, after the child
swallowed a closed safety pin. X-rays
revealed that the pin had lodged in
his stomach. He was held for obser
vation.
Spence Irwin, 49, of Lucknow, was
admitted to the hospital with injuries
suffered when his truck ran off the
road and rolled over in a ditch. He
was suffering from internal injuries,
shock and possible fracture of the
skull.
He was injured when his half-ton
pick-up . truck left the county road
four miles south of Lucknow and
landed upside down in a field after
rolling several times. He was alone
at the time, on his way to work, and
was thrown clear of the vehicle. The
truck apparently skidded in the heavy
slush.
Many Kiddies at
Hallowe’en Party
About 250 children of all ages were
on hand for the annual Lions Hallow
e’en party at the town hall on Sat
urday night. •
Forming up at the town park at 7
o’clock, the children were led by the
Brussels Legion Pipe Band to the
town hall, where Bob Carbert, master
of ceremonies, conducted the judging
of costumes.
Judges were Mrs. R. E. McKinney,
Mrs. W. B. McCool and Mrs. R. R.
Hobden. Prizes were awarded for the
best national costumes, best comic
costumes, best fancy dress and most
original couple.
A selection was played by the pipe
band on the platform.
Following the judging, each child
was given a bag of candy and pop
corn. The party was sponsored by the
Wingham Lions Club.
Election of. officers followed, with
sial rid- (the following- persons being named
to the executive:'/Honorary president,
J. W. Hanna, ’ M.P.P.; president,
Knowlson Hueston, Gorrie; 1st. vice-
president, ployd, Jasper, Mildmay;
2nd. vice-president, David Carruthers,
Kinloss; secretary J. H. Crawford,
Wingham. . ' /
The four members of the executive
were named as delegates to the con
vention at Toronto, and four alterna
tives were also chosen: Frank Fedy,
Mildmay; W. B-. McCool, Wingham;
R. E. McKinney, Wingham; Rudy
Seigner, Mildmay.
John Brent, of the Young Conser-
I vative Association, outlined the en
tertainment'planned for’the conven
tion, .and. issued; an invitation to all
to attend.
John W. Hanna, member for Hur
on-Bruce, congratulated the meeting
on their choice of an executive, and
thanked the association for the honor
of serving the people of this riding.
He spoke of the coming election and
voiced his confidence in the present
government and its leader, Hon.
Leslie Frost.
Other speakers were Knowlson
Hueston, Lloyd Jasper, David Car
ruthers, J. H. Crawford^. Gideon Rut
tie, Foster Moffat, W. B. McCool and
W, R. Graham. ,
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ATTENTION VETERANS
Church parade to St. Paul's Angli
can Church on Sunday, November 7th.
Fall in at 10.15 a.m. at the Armories.
All veterans, legion members1 and
members of the women’s auxiliary
welcome. Service at Cenotaph follow
ing church service. Dress berets and
medals.
Second Death in
Turnberry Accident
Mrs., Harold Wright, 30, of Graven-
hurst, died in Wingham General Hos
pital on Tuesday of last week, as the
result of an accident on the 9th con
cession of Turnberry on October 22nd.
She was the mother of two-year-old
Jacqueline Wright, who was killed in
the crash. Mrs. Wright was a form
er resident of Kitchener.
Her husband, Harold fright, who
was seriously injured in ’the crash,
is reported to be in fair condition. Two
other passengers in the car, Mr. and
Mrs. Gordon Wright, of R.R. 1, Clif
ford, are showing improvement, as
are the passengers in the other car,
George Hoy, of Ethel and Cornelius
de Haan, of R.R. 3,-Bly th.
FORMER WINGHAM
PRIEST PASSES
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Present Slate of Officers
At Canadian Legion Meeting
President Donald Adams was in
charge of the October meeting of
Wingham’s branch 180 of the Can
adian Legion, when the report of the
nominating committee was heard.
The committee, consisting of presi
dent Adams, and past president Jack
Bateson and DeWitt Miller, presented
the following slate of officers: pre
sident, Robert Scott; first vice-presi
dent, Clarence Ohm; second vice-
president, John Pattison; recording
secretary, John Strong; financial
secretaries, Lloyd Hingston and Lloyd
Carter; sergeant-at-arms, Willis
Hall; adjustment officer, George Wil
liams. Thefe were several other
nominations from the floor for the
election, which will take place at the
November meeting. Two men have
been nominated for the treasurer's
office', .Bob Casemore and V. Du
charme.
Morris Township
Council Meets
Owing to. the fact that the funeral
of Judge T. M. Costello was to be
held on Monday, November 1, the
Morris Council met in the Township
Hall on the above date with all the
members presbnt except Stewart Proc
ter.
The minutes of the Vast meeting
were read and adopted on motion of
Walter Shortreed and Ross Duriean.
« In was agreed to pay to the Wing
ham: General Hospital the amount
collected on the 1953 taxes for, the.
building fund of the hospital,
Elston-Shortreed-—That f the road
bills Us presented by the road super
intendent be paid, Carried.,
Elstoh-Duncan—That the meeting
adjourn to, meet again on December
15 at 10 a.m. Carried,
The following accounts were paid:
Glenh Golley, livestock killed by dogs,
$160.00; County of Huron, indigent
fees, $87.00; Bailie Farrott, selecting
jurors, $4.00; Addison Fraser, selecting
jurors, $4.00; Geo. Martin, selecting
jurors, $4.00; County of Huron, indi
gent fees, $60.75; Wingham General
Hospital/building fund, $4,992.91; Jim
Johnston, Peacock “
Bailie Parrott,
Reeve
Drain, $3.87,
Goo, C. Martin,
Clerk.
Parkhill, on
Rev. Father
long illness.
The death occurred in
Sunday, October 31st., of '
Jos. F. Paquette, after a
He was in his 67th year.
Born at Sarnia, he was one of a
family of nine, a son of the late Ed
ward Paquette and Mary Kinnan. He
was graduated from Assumption Col
lege, Windsor, and St, Peter’s Semi
nary, London and was ordained in
1925 at St. Peter’s Cathedral, London.
Prior to coming to Sacred Heart
Church, Wingham, where he was
Applications for membership were
accepted by the meeting from Frank
E. Renwick, of Teeswater and Sgt.
William B. Grover, of the Canadian
Army, a presently stationed at Wing
ham. The -transfer of Legionaire Ed.
Palmer from the Caledonia branch
No. 154 to Wingham was also ac
cepted.
The meeting unahimously decided,
following a motion by V. Ducharme
and Ernest Lewis, to join with the
Lions and Kinsmen Clubs of Wing
ham, in conducting a "blitz” canvass
for funds for the Ontario Hurricane
Relief Fund.✓
After considerable discussion
Cernlng the declaration of November
11th, Remembrance Day, a legal holi
day, a motion by Ed. Edighoffer and
Ernie Lewis appointihg a three-man
committee to interview the Wingham
Town Council in this regard was dp-
proved unanimously. The Committee
will consist of president Adams, vice-
president R. Scott arid secretary John
Strong.
Robert Scott, chairman of the bingo
that the Legion branch realized a ,
net profit of $325.18 on the bltt£o jhhi^bFt^^^
games played at the towri hall each B(shop of London. Btlrial was in
Saturday night during the summed. Bornish Cemetery, near Pafkhilt I
parish priest for over 12 years, Father
Paquette served St. Augustine Roman
Catholic Church for 8 years. In 1946
he was transferred to Sacred Heart
Church Parkhill. Ho served in the
Canadian Army in World War I and
in World War II served as an army
chaplain at Listowel. Possessed of a
i quiet, but kindly and generous dis
position, Father Paquette Will be re
membered by all who knew him.
I Fohtificial High Mass was celebrat-
Autumn gilded flowers, tall tapers and a festive table centred with
three-tiered anniversary cake, was the setting of the 50th anniversary cele
bration of the Wingham Women’s Institute held in the council chamber
Wednesday evening. Members, past members, past presidents, speakers and
invited guests filled the hall to capacity. The president, Mrs. N. T. McLaugh
lin assisted by sec.-treas., Mrs. Wilfred Henry took charge of the proceedings.
The entire company sang the Institute Ode and repeated the Mary Stewart
Collect, after which Mrs. McLaughlin gave a splendid address of welcome and
outlined the fine record and phenomenal growth of the Women’s Institute
throughout the countries of the world. It’s motto “For Home and, Country"
was prominently displayed as well as
a portrait of its founder, Adelaide
Hoodless, who organized the first
little group of women at Stoney
Creek, 59 years ago. From that small
beginning has grown a world wide
organization, which has a voice in our
present government.
The president introduced Mrs. Jane
Linklater of Kincardine, the only
•charter member .present at the meet
ing and presented her with a cor
sage. Other charter members are
Mrs. J. J. Moffatt and Mrs. John Thr-
vit who is a patient in Wingham
Hospital and was unable to attend.
The district president, Mrs. Durnin
Phillips, of Dungannon, was introduc-
|ed ahd presented with a corsage. She
. brought greetings and congratulations to the Wingham branch. Mrs.
Thomas Bower, a life member, then
i gave the history of Wingham branch
'and was also presented with a cor
sage.
I In honour of their long and faithful
attendance and service, Mrs. Jennie
Currie and Mrs. Gordon Gannett
were presented with life membership
! pins by Mrs. R. A. Coutts,
i Two old-time favorite duets were
’sung by Mrs. Wilfred Henry and Mrs.
Horace Aitchison, with Mrs. Wm.
Ford at the piano. Mrs. M. Bell then
'presented corsages to past presidents,
Mrs. W. J. Henderson, Mrs. J. H.
Crawford, Mrs. F. A. Parker, Mrs.
Wm. Field, Mrs. A. R. DuVal, Mrs.
James Walpole, Mrs. D. J. Hutchison
and Mrs. Horace Aitchison, who
thanked her and spoke briefly of
their service and interest in the W. I.
Greetings frOm the provincial
board and a splendid address on the
motto, “We treasure the past and we
face the future” were given by Mrs.
Norman Keating, board director of
the F.W.I.O.
After some lively community sing
ing, Mrs. Henry read several letters
of congratulations from members
who were unable to attend, and Mrs.
D. S. MacNaughton of Bluevale, board
director F.W.I.O. favored with two
recitations suitable to the occasion.
Miss Margaret Brophy of the
CKNX staff and a valued member of
HURON MEDICAL CO-OP
Harvey' C. Johnston, Blyth; presi
dent of the Huron County Co-op.erative
Medical Services at the seventh an
nual meeting in Clinton reported that
the Co-operative Surgical Plan, which'
was first put into effect in May has
proven satisfactory with close to 600
persons covered.
He said that there are 3,867 medical
contracts, an increase of 62 over that
of last year, all covering a total of 10,
267 persons in 81 various groups.
There were 1,206 claims, according
to the secretary-treasurer, Bert Ir
win, Clinton, who said that they to
taled $63,052—an average of $53 each.
The increase in claims over the pre
vious year was $6,843. However the
services finished the year with a
small profit.
Re^electgd to the directorate were
Mrs. O. G? Anderson, Wingham; For
dyce Clark, Goderich; Walter J.
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con-
long
struggle extending over a period of
more than a year, to get the new
hospital wing out of the planning
stage.
During the early summer of 1953
plans were first considered for the
building of a new wing, and at that
time the primarily concern was where
the money was coming from.
A plan to raise the money on a pro-
rata-basis, with each of
pating municipalities
share was devised, and
committee was formed
the hospital’s needs and
the. surrounding municipal councils
with an appeal for funds under the
pro-rate system.
Dring the summer months of last
year the various councils were con
tacted, and by last fall, in spite of
some setbacks, almost $200,000 was
raised in this matter. Work on the
new boilei- room was started shortly
afterwards, as the first step towards
building the news wing.
Then difficulties began to plague
the board. Duncan McDougall, con
tractor for the boiler room, died and.
it was some time before another con
tractor was found to complete the job
which he had started. A ruling from
the Department of Health made it
necessary to revise the plans drawn
up by the architects, and when the
plans were re-drawn it was found
necessary to buy more land adjacent
to hospital property in order to ac
commodate the new building. At one
time there was doubt as to whether
there would be enough financial sup
port behind the new wing.
The addition of the new chronic
wing is expected to alleviate the
crowded situation which has prevail
ed at the hospital for the past two or
three years.
the partici
bearing its
a publicity
to publicize
to approach
Former Resident Dies
In Grand Rapids
A former resident of Wingham,
Percy E. Joynt, died suddenly in
Grand Rapids, last week. Mr. Joynt
lived in Wingham most of his life
and attended both the public and high
schools here.
Mrs. A. Joynt, Miss Beatrice Joynt,
and Mr. and Mrs. Jack McMichael,
of Listowel, formerly of Wingham,
were in Grand Rapids last week to
attend the funeral. Mr. Joynt was a
son of Mrs. A. Joynt.
AT W.I. ANNIVERSARY
Present at the anniversary celebrations of the Wihgham branch of the
Women’s Institute, held last Wednesday in the town hall were Mrs, D. S.
MacNaughton, Wroxeter, boafd director, F.W.I.O.; Mrs. X F. Lirklater, of
Kincardine, a charter member of the Institute; Mrs. N. T. McLaughlin, pre
sident ahd Mrs. Durnin Phillips, Dungannon, district president. 1-Staff photo.
committee, repotted to the meeting I ^s Z riih? (wXsdS) W. t gave a Very instructive ahd
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j^af.jonai anthem brought the
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