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Town of Wingham
1942 Taxis
Taxpayers may make payments on account
of 1942 taxes up to 90 per cent, of 190 taxes.
Interest at the rate of ire per cent, per an-
num will be, allowed on such prepayments,
Prepayments of takes nuqt be made at the
Town Treasurer's Office, Town liall.
• W. A. GALBRAITH, Treasurer,
Town of Wingham.
Values 'to $3.50 Values to $2.50
$1.19 79c
SPECIAL VALUES IN EVERYDAY NEEDS
Popular Quilt Batts, 72, x 9.0 39c ea.
Flannelette Blankets 70 x .9.0 $2.49 pr.
Hemmed Sheets, 8/4 size $1.49 ea.
Wabasso Pillow Cases, 42 x 33 43c ea.
Broadcloth, all colors, 36 ins. 22c yard
Fancy Print, 36 inch 19c yard
White Flannelette, 35 inch 25c yard
White Flannelette, 27 inch 18c yard
Diadem Wool, . 2 balls for 25c
Unbleached Cotton, 36 inch 18c yard
Unbleached Sheeting, 72 inch 49c yard
Bleached Sheeting, 81. inch 59c yard
&rim Curtains with Valance, 2% yards long, while
they last 2 pairs 79c
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$29.95 Values For $19.97
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' Red Cross Name Officers
Despite stormy weather and heavy
roads the attendance at the• annual
meeting of Gorrie and district Red
Cross Society ,was very good. The
treasurer's report showed $213.00 on
hand, $487.75 had- been received from
County Council. The work committee's
report showed many more workeraand
Much more work done.;
Officers for 1942 are as follows:
President-Mr. H. Sparling.
Vice-President---Mr. H. Strong.
Treasurer-Mr. E. Whitfield,
Secretary-Miss B. McLaughlin.
Convener of campaign and fund
raising committee-Mr. N. Wade.
Convener of work committee-Mrs.
Holmes.
The following is a summary of the
shipments to headquarters made by
the Gorrie and District Branch of the
Red Cross during 1941:
British Civilian War Victims-(bal-
ance of quota for 1940): 11 dressing'
gowns, 5 girls' pullovers, 10 girls'
skirts and 10 prs. children's stockings.
Knitted Articles-78 sweaters (38 of
them turtle-necks), 53 prs. seaman's
stockings, 40 helmets, 134 scarfs, 41
prs. two-way mitts, 85 prs, whole-
mitts, 16 aero caps, 3 prs. half-mitts,
17 prs. kloves, 1 pr. kneecaps, 1 pr.
wristlets, 3 prs, rifle mitts, 29 prs.
flying mitts, 20 alternative caps and
423 prs. socks. Total 944,
Hospital Supplies-110 face cloths,
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,WARTIME
WAGE -CONTROL.
Instructions to Canadian Employers and
Employees concerning the Wartime Wages
and Cost of Living Bonus Order, px% 8253.
T" thTler of the Dominion Government-.
which under the War Measures Act stabilizes
wage rates and requires employers to pay a cost
of living bonus -- provided for the establishment
of National and Regional War Labour Boards
to administer the Government's policy,
National Employers
communications from employers and employees
in the following employments should be address-
ed to the Secretary, National War. Labour Board,
Ottawa :
(1) the operation of lines of steam or other ships, railways,
canals or telegraphs, including all services ancillary
thereto, connecting any province with any other or
others of the provinces or extending beyond the limits
of the province;
(2) the operation of any system of air, bus or truck trans-
portation connecting any province with any other or
others of the provinces or extending beyond the limits
of the province;
(3) the operation of any electrical power pr transmission
works connecting any province with any other or others
of the provinces or extending beyond the limits of any
province, or serving two or more provinces;
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4) mining;
5) the operation of any shipyard;
6) all undertakings located in the Yukon or Northwest
Territories. ..,
Regional Employers
Employers and employees in employments other
than those above designated should address their '
communications to the. Regional War Labour
Board in care of their respective provincial
governments.
The Order provides that no increase or
decrease in a basic scale of wage rates may
be made by any employer. Violations of
this Order are subject to penalties.
Extracts from the Order and the Board's
Interpretative. Rulings are given in the
National War Labour Board's Bulletin No. 1,
which may be obtained on application to any
Regional War Labour Board.
HLTMPHREY MITCHELL
Minister of Labour and Chairman
The National War Labour Board
Ottawa, Canada, January 12, 1942
Red Cross Annual Meeting
The annual meeting of the Red
Cross Society was held Thursday eve-
ning, Rev. J. L. Foster acting as chair-
man and H. Knight as secretary.
The financial statement, read by W.
A. Sawtell, showed' a balance on hand.
About $600 was raised during. 1941;
from euchres, draws on a chair, quilt
and Christmas cake, a performance by,
the public school, and progressive
Chinese checkers party by the senior
room. One hundred dollars was sent
to headquarters for blankets, $2.00
from- the 6th line -of Turnberry and
$50 for medical supplies for Russia.
Articles made during 1941 were: 35
dressing.gowns; 68 suits of pyjamas
and 80 gauze handkerchiefs, 85 large
quilts, fiye small quilts, 10 suits boys'
pyjamas, Lice boys' dressing gowns,
four complete outfits for boys, and 14
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Table 1 Table 2
Gard Ferrend of British Columbia.
Jan S. Kemp
A. former Wroxeter resident, John
5, Kemp, a resident of Glen Cove, New
York for over 50 years, died recently.
He was -born in County Cavan, Ire-
land, 76 years ago. He has been rg"
tired for the past 10, years and lived,
at Sea Cliff with his wife, Margaret
who died about five weeks ago. He
was a member of the- Masonic Order
and the T .0. 0, F. He was married
at Wrox.eter, Ont. He is survived by
his daughter, Mrs, Robert Schell of
East Williston and two sons, William
of Valley Stream and Edward of Lo-
cust Valley. He is also survived by
three sisters and a brother, Mrs. Geo,
Finley, Wingham; Mrs. M, K. Gog-
gins, West Point, Conn.; Mrs. Virgil
Downs, Dartmouth, Mass; and Henry,
New York City,
Masonic services also funeral serv-
ices were held prior to burial in the
family plot in East Hill side Ceme-
tery, New York.
LOCAL AND PERSONAL
;Miss J. Murray is a visitor at the
Graham household, John St.
Capt. Elmer D. Bell, 99th Wingham
Battery, R, C. A., Camp Borden, was
home for the week-end, • -
Mr. Eugene McDonald was called to
Toronto owing to the illness of his
brother, J, T. McDonald.
L.A.C. Jim Russell, son of Mr. and
Mrs. W. A. Russell of town, who
spent a recent leave here has been
transferred from Toronto to Winni-
peg.
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Sharrow of Port
Huron, Michigan, are visiting her
mother and father, Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Smith, also sister and husband and
family, Mr. and Mrs. E. Wild of
Wingham.
RED CROSS SOCIETY
HAD SPLENDID YEAR
(Continued from page one).
Sewing Committee Report
The report of the sewing' committee
was given by Mrs. John P. McKib-
bon as follows: girl's dresses 119;
boys' pants 23 pr; boys' blouses 74;
women's and children's nightgowns
and pyjamas 149; flannel caps 7; pil-
lows 18; boys' dressing- gowns 13;
wool rugs 1; women's house dresses
44; complete outfits for 4-year-old
children, Boys.: flannel suits (coats,
pants, blouse, 25; caps 15; wool knee
socks 10 pr; sweaters 10, Girls: dres-
socksses, 15 wool, 15 cotton, 30; wol-
len socks 30 pr; coats 30; berets 30;
infafits' layettes (complete) 5; quilts
154; ,Miscellaneous articles( infants
bibs, bootees, bonnets, cot-covers,
night gowns, stockings, rubber sheet-
ing, rubber panties and diapers) 447.
Hospital supplies: pyjamas 75; extra
pyjama pants 20; gauze and khaki
hdkfs 1270; sheets, large 75; T-bind-
ers, 4; surgical towels, 24; bed socks
34; pneumonia jackets 18; men's dres-
sing gowns 6; convalescent shirts 16;
pillow cases 7; hampton pads 4; hot
water bottle covers 6; Surgical caps
4; surgeons gowns 5; T-slings 12;
hospital bed gowns 3; convalescent
afghans 7.
Knitting Department
Mrs. French reported for this de-
partment. The following articles were
'made for the army, navy and air
force, some of these were given to
our local boys and the balance sent
to Red Cross Headquarters. Wool
1,51514 lbs, at a cost of $1880.20,
Work included 391 scarfs; 151 turtle-
neck sweaters; 231, sleeveless sweat-
ers; 656 prs. mitts and,, gloves; 172
helmets; 215 pr. seaman's'ong stock-
ings;
s
1,757 -pr. of socks 60 f which
were sent to the Dutch soldiers at
Stratford. Knitted also were the fol-
lowing articles for women in auxiliary
services: 12 sweaters; 46 pr. gloves;
20 pr. of socks also the following for
bombed victims, 34 afghans; 67 pair
children's knee socks; 35 sweaters.
The stock of wool on hand is 182 lbs.
Soldiers Given Socks, Sweater
Mrs. W. J. (Capt.)) Adams report-
ed that during the year that the so-
ciety have sent or given a sweater and
two pairs of socks to twenty men in
the 99th battery also to 57 others who
have enlisted.
Mrs. W. 5. Greer in charge of pub-
licity reported splendid co-opetation
from the Advance-Times and Station
CKNX,
A motion was endorsed unanimous-
ly thanking the ()Mars and the ex-
ecutive also all workers for the wond-
erful amount of work completed dur-
ing the year.
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1942 BRUCE
COUNTY COUNCIL
Arriabel, Thomas Evans.
Elderslie, Robert Sloan.
Lindsay, Dan 'McDonald,
Albemarle, William A. Weir
Arran, Thomas N. Duff.
trent, Walter Chisholm; Oliver
rittrrell, deputy reeve.
Oretotock, Alex, McTavish,
CUIross, jeseph McInnis.
Huron, Rerbert Parrett.
•trute,Ketitie l'oster.
Lion's Head, Gordon White,
Tara, V. R. VanDusen.
Tiverton, Russel McKellar.
Mildmay, P. D, Leismer,
Lucknow, Nelson Bushell,
Chesley, J. C, McDonald,
„Kincardine„ W. V. Pollock.
Walkerton, S. H, Cross,
Carrick, Alex,. Fischer,
Kinloss, Richard Elliott.
Kincardine, William Sliewfelt,
Saugeen, Donald Christie.
Hepwortha.E, J, Downs,
Paisley, 5, A. Logic,
Port Elign, W, 5, Fenton,
Teeswater, James W, Ross.
Ripley, Duncan Munn, •
Southampton, E. E. Shortt.
Wiarton, Clyton Taylor,
WROXETER
Mrs. Vern MacDonald spent Sunday
with her daughter, Miss Jean Mac-
Donald in London,
Meetings Were Cancelled
Owing to unfavorable weather con-
ditions several meetings last week
were . cancelled, St. James Church
Social evening on Tuesday, W, M. S.
United Church, on Thursday. and
Women's Institute to have been held
at the home of Mrs, B. Martin on
Thursday.
Master Kenneth Felker, Listowel,
was a recent Visitor with his grand-
parents, Mr, and Mrs, Henry Timm,
4th
Martin is spending some
6niei
Mr.
line."3
Hamilton.. •
Mr. George Allen who with Mrs.
Allen has been in Toronto for a few
weeks, returned during last week ow-
ing to the illness of her sister, Mrs.
J. Stutt,
Mr. Jim Pritchard of the second line
-has been spending a few days holidays
with his uncle, Mr. Vittie.
-A number from here attended the
Owen Sound - Wingham Hockey
game in Wingham last week.
The fouth line Willing Workers met
at the home of Mrs. J. J. Elliott on
Wednesday of last week. The after-
noon was spent slanting.
Young Peoples Union
The members of the Y. P. U. join-
ed with the Special Prayer Service
on Monday evening last taking
charge of the Devotional period. Rev.
J. E. Foster presided and opened with
the hymn, Fight the Good Fight. A
prayer of Thanks was given by Mary
Meahen. Come Thou Fount of Every
Blessing was the second hymn chos-
en. Kay Nicklin read the scripture
lesson taken from Isiah, chapter 61,
verses 1-13, also Hebrews, chapter4,
verses 14-16. Lead on 0 King Eternal
was sung, The prayer of Confession
was given by Alice Howes Rev. J.
L. Ball of St. James Anglican church
was the speaker, and took as his sub-
ject "The Sower" as told in St. Matt.
13th chapter. Evening Prayer was
sung and the meeting was closed with
prayer -by Rev. J. L. Ball.
Rev. J. E. Foster took charge of the
Prayer Service on Tuesday, Wednes-
day and Thursday and Friday nights.
There was quite a good attendance in
spite of unfavourable weather condi-
tions.
United Church Annual
The Annual Meeting of the United
ChUrch will be held in the church
School room on the evening of Jan-
uary 29th. It will commence with a
Pot Luck Supper to be followed by
the reading of reports and appointing
of officers for 1942.
boys' suits, 21 girls' nk.islitgoi,vne, 32
pairs mitts, 5-5 boys' shirts, one boys'
sweater, pair sucks, four complete lay-
ettes, three knitted afghans, 139 pairs
army socks, 02 pairs seaman's socks,
29 pair seaboot stockings,, 97 scarfs,
77 helmets, 65 turtle-neck sweaters,
12 v-neck sweaters, 46 pairs flying.
mitts, 34 pairs. two-way mitts, -41 pre.
navy mitts, 16 pairs rifle 'mitts, two
pairs observer's mitts, seven pairs.
gloves, 11 aero caps, pair wristlets,
Officers • _elected for 1942 were:
Honorary president, Mrs. J, Gowdy;
president, Mrs. W: A. Sawtell; vice-
president, Rev. J. L, Foster; secre-
tary, Alvin Moffatt; treasurer, W. A.
Sawtell; packing committee, Mrs. V.
McDonald, Mrs, Edwards; -finance
committee, Mrs, J. 5, Allen, Mrs, C.
White, Alfred Wearing, Alvin 'Mof-
fat, H, Knight; nominating commit-
tee, Mrs. 5. N. Allen,. Mrs, C. White,
Allan Munro; auditors, Allan Munro;'
J, H, Robertson,
Mr. Gordon Ridley of the R. C. A,
P., ,Calgary, who has been spending
his furlough at his home in Fordwich,
spent a day with his • uncle and aunt,
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Gibson.
Mr. Reg, Robinson of Toronto is
spending his holidays with his par-
ents here,
120 prs. pyjamas, 15 extra prs. pyjama
pants, 34 prs. pillow cases, 2 personal
property bags, 4 surgeon's gowns, 14
sheets, 42 towels, 896 gauze hdkfs.
Total 2165.
Refugee Clothing-2 berets, 51 prs,
mitts, 1 sweater, 74 prs. panties, 14
girls' bonnets, 6 women's dresses, 24
prs. boys' pants, 19 girls' dresses, 4
prs. rompers, 2 prs. overalls, 1 infant's
dress, 4 boys' suits, 3 girls' pullovers,
2 prs. children's pyjamas, 3 Pr's, socks,
1 baby's comforter, 1 scarf, 2 women's
nightgowns, 3 children's slips, 5 prs.
children's stockings, 1 afghan, 5 wool-
len blankets, 1 miscellaneous package,
4 layettes and 159 quilts. Total 644.
Mrs. S. G. Kaine has returned home
after spending a couple of weeks with
her son, Mr. John Kaine and Mrs.
Kaine at Parry Sound.
Mr. Henry Bushy of Mildmay spent
last week with Mr: and Mrs. Gordon
Underwood.
Mr. Emmerson has returned home
after spending the past month with
his daughter in Detroit.
Owing to weather conditions there
was no church service in St. Stephen's
Anglican church or the Presbyterian
church and only a small congregation
was present at the United Church.
Evening Auxiliary First 1942 Meeting
'Mrs. E. W. Carson held the open-
ing meeting of the Evening Auxiliary
for the 1942 year at her home on Mon-
day evening. After the opening exer-
cises our pastor, Rev, R. C, Copeland,
conducted an impressive Installation
service for the officers. Mrs. R. Grain-
ger was in charge of the devotional
period, ,choosing as he rtheme, "We
Live by Faith in God." Opening with
a New Year's poem, then gave some
meditations for the year just begin-
ing, and which would be of vital in-
terest to the Society to make for it
a successful year. It will necessitate,
each' and every member remembering:
the, value of having God as ouraSav-
iour, • ;:k!1:
Mrs. A. L. Stephens read the topic
which had been prepared by Mrs. A.
A. Taylor in which she reviewed the
first three chapters. Mrs. Taylor's sea
view was most interesting, palntifig
in her own words pictures she found
portrayed as she herself read the
study book, "The Sops of Shuh."
While the missionaries have had to
flee from China four times in the past
fifty years yet it has proved to be of
great value to Christianity to have
missionaries there,
Miss Davison, Christian Steward-
ship Secretary read an article- from
which the president conductecaa dis-
cussion from the questions asked.
During the business, Mrs. W. E.
Whitfield, President, was in the chair,
and plans were laid to hold, an after-
noon tea in the schoolroom of the
church on Saturday afternoon-, Feb,.
ruary 14, Valentine's Day.
Following the closing hymn, Rev;
Copeland closed with prayer. A social
half hour was then spent over the tea-
cups,
OBITUARY
Mrs. John Baird
The funeral service for the late Mrs.
John Baird was held at the family
home in Turnberry on Thursday
afternoon, Rev. W. A. Beecroft, min-
ister of Wingham United Church corm-
ducted the service. Burial took place
in 'Wingham Cemetery. Pallbears
were Leslie Bryce, Elymer Tiffin, W.
M ,Campbell, David Eadie, Herman
Metcalfe, Richard Culliton.
Mrs. Baird who was a highly re-
spected resident of the township pas-
sed away Monday, January 5th,. in
Wingham General Hospital in her
57th year. Her maiden name was
Beatrice May Casemore. Born in Mor-
ris township she moved to Turnberry
following her marriage residing at Lot
17 on the 10th concession. She was a
good neighbor and a kind mother and
was well known for her upright deal-
ing and her generosity in always lend-
ing a willing hand.
She leaves to mourn her loss her
Inisband, Margaret, Noreen and Rus-
sel at home, Mrs. Fred Lewis on the
6th of Turnberry also a sister, Mrs.
Wouo'cled 'German end Italian prisoners are tarried -olrentiVe.W
Iltitisb, lorry to the nearest hotital in the desert. Afildia
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