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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1942-02-26, Page 1BLITZ-BUSTERS ssos-.:S0 SHOW PROCEEDS FOR THE RED CROSS Capt. Adams Donates Tuesday even- ing Shows Next Week to Red Crass The public generosity of Capt. W, J. Adams, owner of the Lyceum Theatre, is again made manifest. On Tuesday evening, March 3, he is ing the whole proceeds to the Wing- ham Red Cross. There will be two shows, the first one commencing promptly at 7.30 p.m. and it is hoped that as many as possible will attend this early show, sd that seats may be available to others for the later show. Tickets are being sold by members of the Red Cross and may also be pur- chased at the box office. The picture, "H. M. Fulham, Esq." featuring Rob- ert Young and Hedy Lamarr, is out- standing and everyone will,want to see it, You can have an enjoyable evening and at the same time help the Red Cross, so be sure and buy a, ticket. COME ON WINGHAM BUY VICTORY BONDS Greater Effort Required to Put Wing- ham Over the Top Have yott done your share toward reaching the objective in the Second Victory Loan Campaign. The results which have been tabulated up to Sat- urday. night, the first Week of the campaign, are much 'below expecta- tions and much below what was sub- scribed in the Victory Loan drive of lost June. in the last Loan Wingham citizens bought $159,450 of the bonds, our ob- jective for this loan is $144,950 and on the returns up to Saturday night, a- bout $40,000 we are running away be- hind what is necessary to do our share. There should be' no need for people to be urged to loan their money and future income in such a cause as we are now engaged. The need is not only apparent but is one of urgent necessity. The only desire we have, there is no doubt of this, is to win the war. But words will not do that, it takes men, material and money. The job of those who are on the home front at present is to supply the funds to carry on the war to a successful con- clusion. Have you done your part, If not call one of the canvassers and make arrangements to purchase bonds to 'the limit of your ability. ALEX CRAWFORD WON SINGLES TOURNEY Alex Was Tops in the Mercer Singles at St. Petersburg Aflex Crawford of- town who is wintering in Florida, St. Petersburg, is up to Ids old tricks on the bowling green, Recently Alex *on the Mer- cer singles oSurnament turning aside all opposition with ease until he went into the finals. Here is what Frank Curran has to say about the final game in the St. Petersburg paper. "The Mercer singles tournament came to an end when Alex Crawford de- feated Arthur Hartley, 109-81 ,in an- other game in which the winner show- ed complete mastery of his set of bowls, The score see-sawed back and forth for nine ends, and was 'a tie at that point, but the rest of the way CraWford had the better of it and kept_ increasing his lead on each end. One surprising feature of the game was the 10-point end that Hartley scored on the fifth' end, only to have CrOwford duplicate it two ends later." Enlisted In Radio Work Mr. George Henderson, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Joseph Henderson, Blue- vale Road, has enlisted in the R.C,A. F. and will take up radio- work, Firemen Had Early Call Shortly before" 7 a.m. Tuesday morning the firemen had a call to the home of Jack Templemah on account of overheated pipes, N damage was done. Auxiliary Meets Monday The regular meeting of the Wo- men's Auxiliary to the General Hos- pital wjll be held in the Council Chambers on Monday afternoon, march 2nd, at 3.45 Sister Passes The" sympathy of this community is extended to Mr, F, 'W. French in the death of his sister, Mrs. Robert Row- land of Mount Albert, who passed away Thursday last week. DAY OF PRAYER WAS OBSERVED Ladies of Different Churches Took Part Prayer tinder war clouds was offer- ed up. on Friday by thousands of women throughout the world at the Women's World Day of Prayer. The women of Winghant met in the United church and members from the differ- ent churches took part in the pro- gram, Mrs, Donald Roe and Mrs, Geo, Scott for the Presbyterian, Mrs. Con- nell and Mrs. Spittal for the Anglican, Mrs, Frank Collar and Mrs. A, PrYcc for the Baptist, Mrs, W. j .Greer and Mrs, Alton Adams for the United church, Miss Bunyan and Mis8 L, Carter for the City Mission and 'Capt. Thompson for the Salvation Army. The prepared theme was, "I am the way", prayers firid hymns centred around "The way of Love", "The way of Service and Sacrifice" and "The way, of Hope.' Mrs. W. A, neecroft rendered an appropriate solo, "There's a voice in the wildnerness crying" and the the hymns were led by a choir of Woman's' Missionary Society mem- bers, With Professor Andertdo. thc organ. commumrir SERVICE SUNDAY EVENING All Citizens Urged TO Attend A great Community Service of Re- consecration to the Christian way of life and a reconsecration to the defeat of all the evils that -strive to over- throw this way of. living will be held in St. Andrew's Presbyterian church Sunday evening next, Maich 1st, at 7.30 o'clock. - Rev. Kenneth MacLean will have charge of the service and the ministers of the other churches are co-operating in the service. Services in the other churches will be withdrawn so that a concentrated community effort may be put forth. " The music will be under the direc- tion of H. V. Pym who will conduct a men's choir composed of members of the various church choirs. A parade of the members of the var- ious organizations of the town will be held to the church, It will form up at the armouries and march from there to the church. Won Euchre Prizes Twenpr-one tables took part in the euchre held by the Women's Institute last week. The winners were: Mrs. C. Allin and Duncan Kennedy. The mys; tery prize was won by Mrs. John Wal- ker, Fractured Hip Mrs. Fenn of Parkhill, Mother of Mrs. W. F. L'urgman of town, frac- tured her hip last week. She is a patient in a London hospital. Mrs. Fenn is well known here visiting the Burgmaulome on many occasions.. Honoured At a Dinner Party The staff of the Canadian Bank of Commerce recently held a dinner party at the Brunswick Hotel in honour of Copt, and Mrs. W. L. !Cress. Capt. Kress recently .enlisted 'and the staff took this opportunity of presenting him with a fitted case. GOFORTH AUXILIARY FEBRUARY MEETING 'The:regular moethly meeting of the Goforth Auxiliary of St. Andrew's Presbyterian church was held at the home of Mrs. !Geo. R, Scott* with au attendance of twenty-five. The meet- ing opened with a hymn followed by God Save the King and the Lord's prayer in unison, Mrs. C. G. Gammage and Miss Mary King gave interesting papers on mission schools and work among the Indians, Mrs, John P. McKibbon took the study book subject of Miss Lucy M. Baker, Following the singing of a hymn the scripture reading was taken by Mrs, G, Machan and prayer wO's offered by Miss Edna Carr, Miss Agnes Williamson, aed Mrs, W, Kennedy sang a duet 1,vhieh was very much enjoyed, Mrs, Smallman read chapter ten of Goforth in China and the offdatory prayer was taken by Mrs. Walton McKibbon. A letter was read from the Young Women's Auxiliary leaders asking that delegates be Sent to the fourth provincial con- ference whieh will be held in jute at Knox College,'Toronto. Following the close af the meeting setoing WAS engaged ifi foe a time and a lunch and social hour was enjoyed, COLLECTION MONDAY OF FATS AND BONES Public Asked For Co-Operation On. Monday next, March 2nd, a col- lection of fats and bones will be made in the Town of Winghams A man will call at your door sometime on Mon- day and you will facilitate collection by being ready. Please have fats in tin containers. This worthwhile war work is being sponsored by the Town Council and the, Mayor is making an appeal for the co-operation ,sf all citizens in this ef- fort. OLD CAR MARKERS Wingham Red Cross Society is making a drive to collect old car markers. They would greatly apprec- iate if motorists in Wingham and ad- joining townships would bring in their old markers and leave them at any of the garages in town. Captain Elmer D. Bell of Camp Bor- den, was a week-end visitor at his home here. W. C. T. U. The monthly meeting of the W. C. T. U. was held in the City Mission rooms with the president, Miss W. Barfoot in the chair. For the opening :hymns "Jesus Saviour Pilot Me" and 'I Need Thee Every Hour" were sung, followed by prayer by Mrs,6 Gemtnill, 'Nearer My God to Thee" was sung and Mrs, (Rev.) K. MacLean gave the Bible Reading and' talk. Her scripthre lesson was the 1st chapter of Acts. The subject of her talk was "The Christian Witness." Christ's last words to his disciples as a whole were "Ye shall be witnesses unto Me." There are many ways we can wit- ness for Christ as Christians. (1) By prayer—we ought as Christians, to begiri,the day with Christ and end.the day with Him. If we fail to practice the prayer life, we cannot Witness for 1-Tim as we ought, (2) Through de- votional reading of God's word. God can speak to our hearts through His Word. A little girl picked up a moth- eaten old Bible in her Daddy's lib- rary one day and said'to her mother, "Let's sell this book, we never use it." (3) FellowShlp one with another, through different Christian organiz- ationS. (4) Attendance at public wor- ship. Going to church especially on Sunday is one of the important wit- nesses for Christ, (5) Giving—time, talents, witness. God hag imposed a trust on us and we are accountable to Him for our tithe, talents and material substance. We should give freely (6) Live such a life that God is pleased, and those who do not know Him as our Saviour will se Christ in the Christiart. Mrs. Anderson led in prayer. A reading "As a liquorite regards his business" was given by Miss H. Bun- yan. Miss L. ,Carter gave two read- hugs, "The call of the canyon" and "How the Skeptic was answered", The Clip Sheet readings were led by the president. The meeting closed with prayer by Mrs. X. MacLean and the National Anthem. RIFLE CLUB HELD ANNUAL MEETING Club To Meet Tuesday Evenings An enthusiastic meeting of the Wingham Rifle Club was held on Wednesday evening last week with a goodly number of members present. It was decided that the official meet- ing be Tuesday evenings and that the fee be the same 50 cents, per. person. It was also decided to make a mem- bership drive and the objective is two new members for each present mem- ber. The officers were elected as follows: President—Norman Rintoul. 1st Vice-Pres.—Wm. Young. Sec'y-Treas.—E. Webster. TournaMent Convenor — George Mason, Official Scorer,—E. Shera:- CURLERS PLAYING IN"LONDON TODAY The local Curling Club is being represented in the City of London bon- speil by two rinks at the bonspeil be- ing held today (Wednesday), They are Ed. Nash, Bert Porter, Jim Mur- ray, Donald Rae, skip; 'J. H. Craw- ford, .b.,I-Iaselgrove, Ed. Smell, Art Wilson, skip. Father Passed Away • Mr. Edmond Arbic, Dominion Bank staff, received word on Sunday that his father had passed away at Sud- bury, He and Mrs. Arbic left at once for Sudbury. On behalf of his friends here we extend sincere sympathy. Pictures of War Prisoners In the Globe and Mail on Monday was a picture of a group of Canadians who are war prisoners at Stalag, Germany. In this group was M. Jar- rell of Kincardine and just `few weeks ago we. published a message. he sent to Mr. Colin Crozier, principal of the Public School here. He looks' well in the picture and is wearing a beard. Inspector to Address Institute , The regtilaP meeting of the ,Wing- ham branch of the W. I. will be held in the Council Chambers on Friday, February 27th, at 2,30 p.m. The motto for the meeting will be, "He Who Knows, How Little He Knows Is On His Way to knowledge," Roll Call will be answered by Sing, Say or Pay. Program will be taken by Mrs. E. Webster, convenor of Education, this will include a spelling match. Hostes- ses are to be, Mrs. W. 5, Henderson, Mrs. Hastie, Mrs, Williamson, Mrs. George Williams, Mrs. liatesoit, Any collection of leather, kid and fur glov- es, purses, etc, to be used for jerkins for minesweepers, are to be brought to the Institute. , Mr. a Kinkead, public school itespettor for North Huron, will be the guest speaker giving an address on Education, Home On Leave Don Rich, Bill Forsyth and Glen Sinnanum of the Petrol ComPany, Delbert, N. S., are home on 14 days furlough. EVENING AUXILIARY MONTHLY MEETING The February meeting of the Even- ing Auxiliary was held at the home of Mrs. E, Wilkinson on Tuesday last. Miss Phyllis Johns was in charge of the worship period and was assisted by various members of the group. Of these, Miss Y. MacPherson gave the scripture and a reading by Rev. Wm. Allan on Good Investments. Mrs, Jack Reavie read from the Missionary Monthly an article on, There'll always be an England. ' Miss V. Lennox 'contributed via musical way by singing the lovely hymn, If I have wounded any soul today. Mrs. George Howson gave the topic which was chapter IV of, Serv- ing with the Sons of Shult, and ens titled, Work of Missions in West China from 1922-27. Due to the absence of the president, Mrs. A, Irwin took charge of the bus- iness, Various reports, were read, the treasurers report showing a balaece of $25.75. A work meeting was sehedul- ed for Tuesday, February 24 at tha home of Mrs. A, Fields. In view of the oncoming Worlds Day of Prayer six of the members were chosen as ushers since the meeting was to be in 'the Chnrch. Miss johns closed the meeting with a hymn aed prayer, LEND TO LIVE .1. *Subscriptione $2.00 Per YeS,r Single Copies Five Cents WINGHANI, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26th, 194R With Which Is Amalgamated The Q orrie Vidette and Wroxeter News, HURON COUNTY JUNIOR ASSOCIATION QiAS RATION BOOKS NOW AVAILABLE• First Issue to he in Ontario, Starts Today (Wednesday) BEACON FIRE WAS STARTED HERE Second Victory Loan Flag Was Also Raised .The Beacon Fire Ceremony was held in front of the town hall here on Friday afternoon, This ceremony was held on Friday throughout Ontario in connection with the .Second Victory Loan. On Monday last week a similar fire was started by Winston Churchill in England and each province in the Dominion from then on on successive days played their part by holding these services. Mayor J, H, Crawford was chair- man and explained the reason for the ceremony being held across the Dom- inion. "0 Canada" was sung to the ac- companiment of the band and Rev. W, A. Beecroft gave a .short address on the Beacon Fire. He said that the fire so lighted would die out but that it was just symbolic and that we must keep our ofaith and work and pray and give all that we possibility can that the Second Victory Loan be a success and that we have our share in the Vic- tory that is to come if we all do our part. The Beacon Fire was ignited by Mrs. W, E. Hammond who has two boys On Active Service in England. The Second Victory ,Loan Flag was then raised by J, W. McKibbon, chair- man of the Local Victory Loan com- mittee. The singing of God Save the King closed this short but impressive ceremony. The weather Was most inclement but a large number were present in- cluding the students of the high and public schools. THUMBS UP WAS MUCH. ENJOYED Joarge Audience Despite The Stormy Weather • Annual Party of Toronto 'Association on March lith The Huron CoUnty Junior Associa- tion of Toronto plans to hold its An- nual Winter Frolie Malloney's -Art Gallery, 66 Grenville Street, Toronto, em Friday evening, March 6th. The en- tire net proceeds of the Party will be turned over to the Red Cross British Bomb Victims' Fund and it is expected that quite a substantial sum will be realized for the Bombed folk of Brit- ain, The Committee in eharge of enter- tainment is planning numerous novel- ties and surprises for the enjoyment of the many Hurenites and their friends who are expected to attend. Music for the dancing will be provided by the Round Towners' Orchestra. This year's Floor Show under the direction of Gordon Fowler and put on by a cast made up entirely of members of the Association, is expected to sur- pass anything attempted in previous years, There will be Bridge and Eu- chre for those who do not desire to dance, A Buffet Supper will be served. Interesting novelties and prizes will be features of the evening, Tickets can now be obtained from the various Town lepresentatives on the Committee or from Mr, Ernest W. Hunter, the President of the Associa- tion, or Mrs. Fred Elliott, the Secre- tary, Ontario motorists will be the first. in Canada to "be aecornodated with gasoline ration books which are now available Wednesday (today) for 'Pub, lie dietribution through Ontario post offices, Munitions Minister Howe nounced in a statement, Application forms will be available in other prov, inces shortly. The ration coupon books will be necessary when rationing becomes ef- fective on April 1, and the minister added: "No special r.: onsideration will he given to those who axe late in apply- ing, They will simply have to do with- out gasoline until they get' their ra- tion bo6ks," To date it has been indicated each coupon will be good for the purchase of five gallons of gasoline but the minister has said there is no guaran- tee this amount will continue as a standard ration. The amount of gas- oline which May be obtained will de- pend on the supplies available. Procedure The rninistees statement outlined this procedure for getting coupon books. The owner of a private passenger vehicle will fill out an application for category "A" and toke it, along with $1 and his motor vehicle permit, to the nearest issuer of provincial motor ve- hicle license plates. The provincial license plate issuer will return the motor vehicle permit and provide the applicant with a gasoline ration cou- pon book bearing the license number of the car. A car owner who believes his oc- cupation entitles. him to apply for in, elusion in a special category will ob- tain an application forth at the nearest post office, fill it out, and mail it to the nearest regional office of the oiI controller (George Cottrelle, of Tor- onto). The same form of application is us- ed for all categories. If the special. category application is approved, it approved, it will be sent back to the vehicle owner, -who will- then--take ,it, along with his motor vehicle permit , and $1. to an issuer of motor vehicle license plates. Applicants for inclus- ion in special categories should not mail either their motor -vehicle per- mits or the $1 registradon fee to the regional office of the oil controller, They should mail to such office only the completed application for inch's- ion in a special category, The Ontario regional offices of the oil controller and their managers are„ David Currie, 253 Spadina avenue, Toronto; Alexander 11I. Miller, 655 London street west, -Windsor, and F. G. Spry, 792 Bank street, Ottawa. Under the present plan, the ainount of gasoline which may be purchased varies from 300 to 380 gallons a year —60 to 76 units—for non-essential cars to as much as is needed; sub- icet to supervision, for all types of commercial vehicles. These two-pounder anti-tank etnns ities from a Canadian factory. This being built in Canada. are being _turned out in large quant- gun is only one of the ten types now Photo—Public Information. The attendance at the revue "'Thumbs Up" on Thursday was very good indeed, the town hall being very 'close to being full, The show was staged under the arrangements of the Victory Loan committee and was un- der the auspices of the Lions Club. This entertainment has played before 150,000 troops for,,their entertainment. The show is produced by the Vi-Tone Company of Hamilton and is under, the direction of Gordon Anderson. The show `vas not only, entertaining bat was run off in quick time. There -was not a dull moment, The program 'consisted of Tommy Moore and Eddie Duncan, accordion team; Edna Lane, comedienne; Joyce Mathewson, acro- batic dancer; Dixie Hayden, Yodelling -Cow Girl; Stanley and Muriel, Jump Jive; Art Wright, songs; Marguerite Evoy, in gems from musical comedy and light opera; Bud Hendershot, one man band; The Hayden sisters, songs ,of yesterday; Dan Arnold, comedy; and a chorus 'of young girls that gave a most pleasing performance. A Victory Loan' address was given by Squadron Leader Hooper, of Port Albert which is reported in another article, SEND THE OVERSEAS EASTER MAIL NOW Easter comes early this year and the local postmaster, Archie Peebles, advises that all Easter messages, greetings and parcels to our Armed Forces in the United Kingdom should be mailed without delay. Easter Mail should be mailed this week if at all possible, The Canadian Postal Corps at the Base Post Office, Ottawa, despatches approximately 30q,000 letters, 47,000 pounds of parcels and 30,000 pounds of newspapers, etc., in normal weeks thus it will be seen that ample time should be allowed for„the sending of Easter mail as added to this is the war time problem of providing space — Trans-Atlantic crossings etc. HIGH SCHOOL LIT MAKES DONATION $50. Given To The Red Cross The High School Literary 'Society donated $50.00 to the Red Cross So- ciety. The funds are a portion of the proceeds of the recently held Com- mencement exercises. The Red Cross Society appreciate this splendid ges- ture on the )art of the students. Visited Chesley Lodge Three cars of the members of Mait- land Lodge visited with the Chesley Lodge on Tuesday evening when one of their members was given the sec- ond degree, Bridge Club Results Five tables took part in the play at the Wingham Bridge Club on Friday evening. The game this week will be held on Thursday as usual. The re- sults were: tied for 1st and 2nd, Miss M. McCallum and C. E. Richey, Mrs. A. R, DuVal and W. W. Armstrong; 3rd, Gordon MacKay and .1. H. Craw- ford; 4th, Mrs. Art Wilson and Geo. Williams; 5th,, Mrs. A. E. VanStone and Capt. E. D. Bell; 6th, Mrs. Her- bert Campbell and Mrs. F. A. Parker. California Coast Shelled. As Roosevelt Spoke President Roosevelt admonished the American people Monday night to pre- pare themselves for further reverses on the war fronts, and even as he spoke an enemy submarine was rak- ing a spot on the California coast with gunfire. By the grimmest coincidence the bombardment opened up just before Mr. Roosevelt reached that 'portion of his speech in which he declared the United States also could expect to suf- fer continuing losses at the hands of Axis underseas raiders jn both At- lantic and Pacific "before the turn of the tide," To speed the turn of that tide, Mr. Roosevelt called for "uninterrupted production" to build up an overwhelm- ing superiority of war supplies for the ultimate grand offeesives of the Unit- ed Nations. Mr, and Mrs. Jack Hare, of Xitch- oiler. spent the week-end with his mother, Mrs, S. X, Hare. BUY THE NEW 'VICTORY BONDS .GET BEHIND- THE BOYS WHO ARE BEHIND THE GUNS