Loading...
The Wingham Advance-Times, 1942-01-15, Page 14.4 With. Which Is Amalgamated The Oorrie Vidette d Wroxeter News. Subscriptions $2,09 Per Year WINGHAM, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JANUARY'l$th, 1942 MISSIONARY WILL TELL OF CHINA The Speaker Redently Returned From China To Canada RED CROSS SOCIETY HAD SPLENDID YEAR Reports Showed society Had Very . A etive Year ONTARIO GROUP CALL - FOR CONSCRIPTION 'Meeting in Toronto 'Urged embers To Support Move BARKING DOG SAVED FAMILY FROM FLAMES Hall, Store, Garage Destroyed by Fire at Homesville LIONS CLUB TOLD OF AIR TRAVEL S. L, Blowes, Traffic Representative of the C,T,A. at Leudon. gave Address Officers arid Committees Elected Monday When Rev, J. G. Endicott, I.72iited Church missionary. speaks at Wing- ham United Church, Wingham, Ont- ario, on Thursday, January 15th, his words will be beard by similar groups of church people in many other •••••••••••••.,.... HISTORIC SPEECH Prime Minister Winston S. Chur- speech before a joint session of Parlia- chill is. shown as he made his historic Iment during his recent visit to Ottawa. MISSIONARY GROUP JANUARY MEETING The annual meeting of the Wing-ham Red Cross Society was held in the Council Chambers on Monday evening and the reports presented were very complete and gave a splendid account of the work accomplished during the past year. The society enjoyed a most successful •year the various reports showed, Officers for 1942 Hon. Presidents-E. L, Cardiff, M. P„ Mayor J. H. Crawford, Mrs, Mary Griffin, President ---Mrs. j, W. McKibbon. 1st. Vice-President - Mrs. W. T. Greer. 2nd, Vice-President - Mrs. J, ock. Treasurer - Miss N. Dinsley. Secretary - Miss K. Pringle, Press Secretary-Mrs. W.T. Greer. Work Committee: •?*4:: Sewing - '.114rs. S, Mrs. Alton Adains. Inspectors - Mrs, Galfrio North- wood, Mrs. -IV, Heal-ton, Buying - Mrs, R. TI...,Lloyd. Wool - Mrs, W. EL,.French, Mrs.. W. J. (Capt.) Adatns.-f Executive Committee: 'Mrs. W. 3'. Adams, Mrs, A. D. Mac- William, Mrs. T, C. King, Mrs. H. C. MacLean, Mrs John Lockridge,, Mrs. Ga•Gannett, Mrs-. Wm, Connell, Mrs. K. MacLean, Mrs. E. 0. Gal- lagher, Mrs, A. Peebles, Capt. W. J. Chapter Of Study Book ,Reviewed By Miss Marshall, LPonier Missionary Flames that early Sunday morning swept the main business building at Hohnesville;thae miles west of Clin- ton, forced the owner, Mrs. Laura De- Beau ,and her three children, who were sleeping 'in quarters above the store, to flee into zero weather dres- sed only in their night attire. The century-old frame building, the largest structure in Hohnesville, was burned to the ground with an estimat- ed loss of $7,000, partially covered by insurance. The one building housed a public garage, living quarters, a gen- eral store and time Goderich Township municipal hall. The four members of the DeBeau family would likely have died in the blaze had it not been for the family dog, who barked so fiercely from the ground floor that he awakened them in time 'to escape. With no time to dress, they were forced. to leave after throwing' wrappers over their night apparel. As far as is known, an auto- mobile that was housed in the garage was the only thing saved. As the village is not supplied with any fire-fighting equipment, the flames could not be held in check, and it was only with the greatest difficulty that the fire could be prevented from spreading across the street to the home of Daniel Glidden, Sr. The cause of the blaze has not yet been determined, but itc is thought that an overheated furnace pipe may :have started it. The century-old structure was a landmark among district residents, and Adams in former years had been operated as Ways and Means Committee: the Knox Hotel and later as the Herbert Campbell, W. W. Arm- Swartz Hotel. It stood on the main The regular meeting of the LiOns Club took the form of Ladies Night when the Lions entertained their wives and guests at a turkey dimmer served by the Women's Institute, The meet., ing was held in the Council Chambers and about one hundred persons were in attendance. ,President Hal MacLean. welcomed the guests on behalf of the Club and the meeting was opened with the King, salutes to the flag and grace by Lion Otto Gallagher. Minutes of last meeting were pre- sented by Secretary Wilbur Tiffin and during the luncheon Lion Fred Spry acted as Tail Twister and collected fines from members for the slightest infractions of the rules. He used a long handled corn popper for making his collections, Lion George North- wood led in the singing with Lion Harold V. Pyrn at the piano, An im- promptu quartette was called 'to the front composed of Lions Jack Mc- Kibbon, Hoivard Sherbondy, Dr. Geo. Ross and Wilbur Tiffin and their of- ferings were well received. After the Lions had introduced their guests,. President MacLean drew attention to- four guests of the Club who represent- ed their husbands, all on active serv- ice and all Lions; .Mrs. Robt. Spittal, Mrs. R. S. Hetherington, Mrs. Win. Booth and Mrs, Dr. MeKibbon.These ladies were accorded hearty applause. Solos were given by Mrs. Jean Mc- Cool and Mr. Stan. Sibthorpe, and Miss Mary King 'presented a violin solo. After a short intermission during which all tables were removed, 1st. Vice President, Lion Stan. Hall intro- duced the speaker of the..evening, Mr. S. L. Blowes of London. Mr, Blowes is the traffic representative of Trans- Canada Air Lines. Souvenirs and lit- erature of Trans Canada Air Lines was distributed about the tables, eMr. Blowes gave a fine address and quoted statistics to prove that Air travel is becoming safer all the time. He quot- ed fares for various distances from London which compared very favor- ably with railroad travel; The great saving in time was very noticeable.. He explained many items of interest which are not usually known to the public. He then gave a showing of the colored movie "Skyways Across Can- ada" which extended over 30 minutes. In this picture a typical Canadian family journeyed5cross Canada by Trans Canada Air Lines. The pictures over Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Win- nipeg, Regina and Vancouver were ex- ceptionally fine and prominent build- ings could be readily observed. After the pictures, Mr. Blowes spoke briefly and stated that custom- ers from three months to 96 years of age were easily accomodated and that generally the older travellers were the most enthusiastic over air travel, Lions Harley Crawford and Wilfs French moved and,,seconded a hearty vote of thanks to Mr. 13lowes for coming to Wingham during such stormy weather and the meeting clos- ed with Auld Lang Syne. To' Meet at Seaforth The Huron Deanery A. I.T. P. A. Local Council meets at Seaforth on Wednesday evening. Delegates from St. Paul's, Wingham, will be in at- tendance, To Preach at St.'Pauls At the monthly Men's Service in. St. Paul's .Church on Sunday, Rev. Canon J, W. McDonald, Field Secretary of Wycliffe College, Toronto, will give the address, Canon McDonald will also speak to the morning congrega- tion. ' Rev. J. G. Endicott centres in the district. Station CKNX will broadcast his talk from 8.3Q p,m, to 9.00 p.m, Standard Time. Recently returned to Canada from China where he has been serving on the staff of the New Life Movement under the personal direction of Mad- ame. Chiang Kai Shek, Mr. Endicott has been speaking to large gatherings of church groups end service clubs. He is the son of the Very Rev. James Endicott, D. D., former mis- sionary and former Moderator of The United Church of Canada, "jini" Jr., as he is known, was born in China and educated in Canada. He returned to China in 1925 as a missionary, He is on his second furlough. corner of Holmesville, a large, two- storey frame building. As a result of the fire burning down a high tension hydro sidle that' car- ried 22,000 volts to Goderich from Niagara Falls, service was interrupted in Goderich for four hours. HOWICK FEDERATION NAME OFFICERS strong, Rev, W. A. Beecroft, 1 Geo. E. NorthWood. Mrs, J. W. McK.ibbon, the president, was in the chair for the reports of the committees and she expressed her appreciation to the executive and the members and workers for their co- operation. There are two affiliate groups with the local society, Blue- vale and Whitechurch and she said these groups are doing a very splendid work. Several organizations had been of great help , the Women's Institute, 9th of Turn:berry group, Legion Aux- iliary, Anglican Guild, Junior Red Cross and others. Treasurer's Report The following report was presented by the treasurer, Miss N. Dinsley. • Receipts Bel, in bank dec. 31, 1940 $2333.89 Donation and Campaign Fund Subscriptions 659.05 Grant from Huron County 487.75 Memberships for 1942 255,00 Special Funds and Money Making Activities Blanket Fund 221.02 Russian. Tea Relief 49.40 Social Teas , , •••••I 32.40 Dances 66.33 'rickets on Fur Scarf 126.75 Tickets on Table Cloth 51.20 Sale of Materials to units 41.20 Children's parties 3.70 HORTICULTURAL SOC. TO HOLD ANNUAL COUNTY FEDERATION ANNUAL MEETING Meeting . Favoured Survey Similar to the • One Held in Hullett Township The Huron County Federation of Agriculture annual meeting was held in the agricultural office board room, Clinton, Wednesday afternoon with upwards of '75 present, including/two ladies, Mrs. D. A. Smith, of Goderich Township, and Mrs, Lloyd Taylor, of Stephen •Township. President Fred Watson, Bayfield called the meeting to order and pre- sided for the routine business period which included secretary-treasurer and auditors' reports, all .of which were adopted as presented. For the 'election of officers, J. C. Shearer, agriculture representative, presided. The offiCers elected are: Honorary president, Fred Watson, Bayfield; president, A. W. Morgan, Hensall; vice-president, W. L. Whyte, Seaforth; the secretary-treasurer will be appointed by the libard of directors at their first meeting. Speakers were J. C. Shearer, Collin Lawson and W. L. Whyte. Colin Lawson announced that his school section has signed up with the federation 100 per cent. One minute of silence was observed as Mr. Lawson finished speaking, in honor of his brother, Brigadier Law- son, who was killed in action at Hong Kong. The meeting was 100 per cent in favor of a farm survey similar to that conducted in Hitllett being carried out in every township in Huron Coun- ty, Meeting Will Be Held At 8 p.m. January 27.th Wingham Horticultural Society will hold the annual meeting in the Council Chambers at 8 p.m, on, Tuesday even- ing, january.27th for the receiving of reports and the election of officers for 1942. Approximately 200 men and women iroin various parts of Ontario met at Toronto Saturday 'and approved with two dissenting votes 'a province-wide campaign to urge inehrbers of parlia- anent to:support conscription when the House of Commons meets January 22, The me'ethag also approved - with the same two dissenters - a plan to insert an advertisment entitled "Total War Now" la all Ontario newspapers, daily or, weekly, this week. s Invitations were by telegrams sign- aed by Charles L. Burton, genea-al manager of the Robert Simpson Company; James Y. Kurdocle, presi- dent of Norauda Mines Limited, and F. K. Morrow, Toronto financier. Mr, 'Murdock was chairman. The two pearsons present who re- fused to allow their names to be sign- ed to the advertisement were Miss Agnes Macphail of Ceylon, Ont., form- U.F.Q,-Labor member of parliament for Grey-Bruee, and W, F. Nickle, _former Conservative member of paid- esiment and former Ontario attorney- general, No vote was taken on the proposal, 'but Mr. Nickle and Miss Macphail -were the only dissenters when it was proposed that the names \of those at the meeting be signed to the advertis- -Ment. Mr. Nickle said he objected to the plan because when a candidate or government seeks election on the 'basis of his or its stand on any princ- iple, he or it has no right to change -that stand without the concurrence of the electorate, He recalled that both -Conservative and Liberal parties were .aligned akainst conscription in the general election of 1940. , Miss Macphail said: "I don't want my name on that advertisment before I know who is paying for that adverts isement." Mr. Murdock said the advertisment 'would be paid for by a small group -of patriotic citizens, whom he did not name. Personsdattending the meeting said it was non-political, with many shades 'of political opinion represented. They were given small Canadian flags to •wear and memorandums were distrib- uted outlining a plan for a telephone canvass of the electorate to urge vet leers to send letters or messages to their representatives in parliament asking 'support for conscription legislation.' Mr, Murdock said in his, opening address that although Canada had made a fine contribution to the Allied, -cause in this war, the government had given no leadership in one phase - removal of "the restrictions at present placed . . on the allocation of this nation's man power, whether it be on the farms, in.the forces or in the fac- stories." HOSPITAL ANNUAL FRIDAY, JANUARY 23 The annual meeting of the Wing- lam General Hospital will be held in the Council Chambers,, Wingham, at .8 put. on Friday, January 23rd, 1942. All members are •urged to be pres- tilt as the directors for the year will be elected and reports for the year -received, , The Woman's Missionary Society of Wingham United Church held their January meeting, Mrs, S. Campbell in charge of the program. The devotion- al theme for 1942 is, "The Faith by Which We Live" and the devotions were conducted by Mrs. Geo. Ross and Mrs. Heisler, The third chapter of the study book on China was re- viewed by Miss Marshall, a new mem- ber of the Auxiliary and a -former missionary in China, The period for study coincided with eight years of her service in the same area starting with the establishment of the new re- public in China. It was interesting to hear her relate many personal exper- iences as well as telling of the 'ex- pansion of 'the mission work. Reports of the work of the auxiliary for 1941 were received from the dif- ferent departments and showed that great interest had been taken. The allocations was more than reached and the envelope givings increased. Visits to new comer and others numbered 114. Mrs. Geo. Howson gave an en- couraging report of the Mission Band, shOwing 24 members and the alloca- tion reached. Mrs. Beecroft .was ap- pointed assistant leader of the Mission Band. Aefine report was presented of the Baby Band which is under the leadership of Mrs. -W, F. - Burgman, showing 54 members and 50 calls made by the leader. The meetings of the Auxiliary are held in the School Room, on the first Tuesday of each month and all women of the congregation are invited to at- tend and share in these interesting and instructive gatherings. Small Fire at Brunswick Hotel Tuesday evening at the supper hour oVerlieated pipes at the Bruns- wick Hotel singed the joist causing smoke to permeate from the ground floor, The firemen were quickly on the lob, No damage resulted. LEGION AUXILIARY NAME OFFICERS Studying Surgery in London Hospital • Capt. (Dr.) Thomas L. Torrance, who is serving overseas as a medical officer, is at present taking a course In surgery in one of London's leading hospitals. Captain Torrance was grant- ed -a month's furlough° and used this time to study surgery. Sentenced on Fifth Charge 'George C. Patterson, who gave his address as .Arthin- at a former court, and who was convicted recently on four, fraud charges and sentenced to four months in jaial, pleaded guilty at Godcrich to a fifth charge, and re- ceived a similar sentence, to run con- currently with the others. 'Patterson was using cheap spectacles as prem- nuns and took money from farmers in Wingham district for subscriptions to magazines which he was not author- ized to represent. .He was placed under arrest by County Contsable 'Wm. Gard- ner of Wingham. Mrs. A. M. Forbes Re-Elected President• Total $4325.69 " Expenditures Remitted to Ont. Division $ 693.71 Ont. Div. for wool and material 1866.44 Local wool and material 1150.59 Shipping and work-room ex- penses also thread, buttons, patterns, care of machines 60.84 Insurance and Petty Cash 45.00 Blanket Fund 221,02 Russian Relief Fund • 50.00 Bal. in bank Dec. 81, 1941 238.59 Band Infected Mr. T. H. Gibson has been 'suffer- ink with blood poisoning in his hand -for over a week. The hand is healing nicely now we are glad to report. Shook Hands With Duke An interesting event in the life of A.C.1, Roy Dark, stationed at Halifax, tame to light when he was, home on leave for the holidays.• Last stuntrier when the Duke of Kent was in Hall fax, lie visited the canteen, Roy was present and the Duke shook hands with him and asked about his home 'town, Wingham. -Roy says it; gave him 1. real thrill. Federation Approved Motion That No • Construction Work Be Done On County Roads The annual meeting of the Feder- ation of Agriculture for the Township of Howick was held in the Township Hall Gorrie last week, with Norman Wade presiding. Satisfying reports were given by the different officers. Officers for 1942 were elected as follows: President - Clark Renwick. Vice-Pres. -- Harvey Sparling. Sec.-Treas. - Harry Gowdy, Directors S. S. No. 1-Eldon Renwick. S. S. No. 2-Wm, Kreller. S. S. No. 3-Win. Johnston. S. S. No, 4-Wes. Strong S. S. No. 5--Anson Ruttan. S. S. No. 6-Warren Zurbrigg. S. S. No. 7-Carl Gregg. S. S. No. 8-Roy Strong. - S. S. No. 0-John Winter. U. S. S. No. 10--Glact Edgar. S. S. No. 11-Lloyd Fauster. S. S , No. 12-John Gamble, U. .SS . No, 13-Charles Cathers, U. S. 'S. No. 14-Ken Hastie. U. S. S. No. 15-Ivan Raskin, U. S. S. No. 1G Wes. Chambers. S. S. No, 17-Sam Robinson. S. S. No. 18-John Cathers. Delmore S. S.---Elmer Zinn. The discussion of the meeting cen- tered around the following motion which was carried. Moved by Warren Zurbrigg, seconded by Roy Strong, that we strongly urge the county counell, in view of the critical state of our Empire at the present time, to continue maintenance work only on our roads and discontinue all road eonstruction except to our air ports if rteecessary and thus release thousands of dollars so absolutely necessary to support our men who have offered their lives for our safety. LEGION REQUIRES OVERSEAS ADDRESSES During the Christmas season the Legion sent Cigarettes to soldiers overseas. Some of those who at that time or since 'have arrived in Eng- land were not forwarded theirs as their addresses were not available. Will you please give to the Advance- Times or A. M. Forbes, secretary of the Legion, the addresses' of any ar- rivals since December 1st from Wing- ham or district in England or other overseas points-, 'The Legion recently- purchased glasses for a child, they also at Christ- mas titue sent out baskets and at New Years other lifts to some veterans and a kw families of soldiers in the C. A., S. P. Enlisted With R. C. A, F. Lloyd Henderson, son of Mr. W. James Henderson, Illuevale Road, has enlisted with the R, C, A. F. and is at present stationed at Manning Pool, To ronto. SALVAGE WILL HELP BRING THE VICTORY The Elimination Of Waste Is Of National Importance Never before in the history of our country and the empire has the im- portance of salvage be as great or nearly as great as it is today. This is a war effort ie. which all can take part witN very little effort yet the task to be effective must have the hearty co-operation of all. Metals, rags, fats, bones, paper are urgently required for our war effort. Ain the ranks of salvage collectors today if you have not already done so. Car owners save your license plates. Hand them into any service station or garage and they will be sent to a central place for disposal. The mon- ey goo to time Red Cross and the metal to make gnus or tanks, to help defeat Hitler, To Hold Annual Meeting me annual congregational meeting for receiving reports and election of ofikers for 1042, of St. Paul's church, will be held, Monday evening, San. nary 19th, Total $4825,69 Membership Less Miss Pringle in her report said at the first of 1941 there were 518 mein. bets while at the present time there are 255 paid up members, During the year Mrs. L. Grain of Whitechurch and Miss Olive Scott were added to the executive. For the first three and a half months of the year the work room had been open Tuesday, Wed- nesday and Thursday, after that two clays, Tuesdays and Thursdays, Dis- plays of the work had been held. The appeals to the public had been respond- ed to very generously. On behalf of the executive Miss Pringle expressed appreciation to the commit • for the use of the council chambers and the Rev. W ,A. Peecroft. and the junior. Red Cross for the work 'they' did se- curing memberships, (Continued on page five) At the January meeting of the Ladies' Auxiliary to the Legion held in the Armouries, Monday evening, the following officers and committees were elected. President-Mrs. A. M. Forbes, 1st. Vice-PI-es.--Mrs, W. Kennedy., 2nd. VicesPres,--sMrs, Geo, Ross, Secretary-Mrs, Herbert Campbell. Treasurer-Mrs, Harry Towne: Relief Officer-Mrs, Archie Peebles. Stand Bearer-Mrs. Harry Browne. Auditors-Mrs, W. MeKibbon and Miss Margaret MacLean. Pianist-Mrs. George Ross. Visiting Committee Mrs, G, E. Northwood, Mrs. A. Hiogston, Mrs. Bert McLean, Mrs. George Howson, Investigation Committee - Mrs, Bailey,"Mrs, H. Browne, Social Committee-Mrs. V, Edgar, Mrs, H. Howard, Mrs, H., Sinnamoit, Mrs, Bert McLean, Mrs. T. Y. Smith. Passed Exams at Galt School We are glad to report that A,C,2 Jack Carter has successfully passed his tests at Galt 'Aircraft School and is now at No. 1 Manning Depot, Tor- onto, Bridge .Club Results • Five tables took part hi the play at the Wingham Bridge Club on Thurs- day evening. Twenty-seven boards were played in a Howell movement. The winners were: 1st--Mrs, Geo. Ross and W. W. Armstong; 2nd- Mrs, R, S. Hetherington and A. M. Forbes; 3rd,-Gordon MacKay and Jack Mason; tied 4th and 5th-Mrs A. E. VanStone and C, E. Richey, Art Wilson and W. Ii. French Entertained Sunday School officers On Tuesday evening Mr. Frank Howson, superintendent of Wingham United Church Sunday School, enter- tained the officers and teachers of the school to a supper. Following- the sup- per the officers were re-elected as of last year with the exception that Mt Colin Crozier was named steretary, Mr, Gordon Buchanan who has been secretary was appointed assistant. Games and contests were enjoyed, .HANOVER HERE MONDAY NEXT ......401.1•••••1‘ The last home game of the grOuP -schedule will be on Monday evening when "Hanover Transports will .take on the Indiana, The Indains came through with a great win at Hanover 'but the Transports feel they can make- a' much better' Showing, The arena ahould be packed tot this game as we will not have another league game here until the group play offs start in Feb- tuary,