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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1942-04-02, Page 2,.I T'S just surprising, how many poultry raisers say that to us! On second thought, maybe not so surprising., either. It just stands to reason • . It stand's to reason that when a hatchery organization like Bray's really bears down, year after year, on the one job of producing the best chicks it knows how .. studies that job the year round . . . keeps on plugging away at breed- ing, selecting, blood-testing, check- and-double-check — well, it ought to turn .out mighty good chicks. Read What These People Say; Day-Old Chicks Sexed. and Non-Sexed —0— Started Chicks Sexed and Non-Sexed Started Capons Turkey Poults Ask Us ! BLAYEVALE Gave Palm Sunday Message At the Sunday morning service in the United Church, Rev, C. Tavener delieered a "Palm Sunday" message from St. John 12 chapter, 13 verse. Next Sunday Communion service will be observed. Will Present Easter Pageant At Knox Presbyterian Church Rev. F. G. Fowler spoke on the significance of the Cross from the text' "Where sin abounded grace did much more abound." Before offering a special prayer .he spoke briefly on the value of prayer and the great need of prayer at the present time especially. Next Sunday the Sunday School will re- open at 10:30 and a special Easter service will commence at 11:15. In the -evening members of the Y.P.S. will conduct the service and present an. Easter Pageant. Arrange Salvage Drive Twenty ladies gathered at the home- of Miss Duff on Thursday afternoon for the meeting of"the War Work Committee. The convener, Mrs. W. J. Johnston presided. Rev. C. Tavener opened the meeting with prayer. A committee was appointed with Will Johnston, convener, to make plans and appoint men to collect sal- vage such as scrap metal, rags, pap- ers, magazines, feathers and car mark- ers, All are asked to keep their sal- vage for the workers here. A guest at the -meeting, Mrs. Will- iam Kerney, of Walton, was elected to draw the lucky ticket on the hook- ed rug donated by Mrs. Joim Hock- eridge. The lucky ticket number 68 was headed by Mrs. Edward Johnston. The ariimount realized was $17.35. During the afternoon the ladies quilted. Held Bible Contest Miss Jean. Elliott presided at the regular meeting -of the Y.P.S: at Knox Presbyterian Church. The scripture lesses, "The Parable of the Rich Man" was read by Billy Adams and was ex- plained by Mr. Fowler who also led in prayer. A Bible contest will be a feature of the next meeting. The meeting of the V. P. S. of the f.! tee • r Thursday, April 2nd., 1942 W-0 WIN-GRAM ADVANM-TIMES Westrninister Military Hospital, Lon- ' don, tiliere he had been a patient for the past ten months. He was gassed tiadsziie serving in France. The deceased was in his 47th year and was born in Ceirose Township, ,sera of the late Mr. and Mrs. Richard `Cronin. In 1922 he married Latina !Diernert. After discharge from the' tarmy he resided in Dtroit for a few Mears, returned te Canada and farmed. in Saskatchewan for awhile, then came lt), Milne:ay lf; years ago. He was a :member of the Ifni eof Columbus, also Walkerton Post Cwtadiat Legion. Surviving are his wife and our sons, William, John, Robert and Lezitard, at home. Ply Record Set At Sky 'Harbor Sin:dents at No. 12 R.C.A.F. ntelstary Flyire; Training School stole eLe t' utter v3 Xo. 3 Scheel at Create • 'St Ere it was repettel a new tine- 'day elvaentary •scio.4 bad been The 1E7- hot. set tnarre, o 21S%-.1 whereas the Crier-din teal was 216. Just t-s make it a stire. thing, Sky Hat bur reworded X17 hours, again better than the Cremlin record. Mr. Deng- ilas, manager of the sezz..,,g, " t iaitat a Dominion reeerd for the Sky tlarlor school, but in topping the Crutnlin mark (claimed the best ye I the Piers apparently chalked up t Sugar .check At Goderich Reports that two inspectors of the Wartime Prices and Trade Board were 4! in Goderich for the purpose of investia gating complaints of sugar hoarding caused a mild flurry. It was establish- ed that they checked retail stores and visited some homes, later conferring with authorities, but no announcement was made. Their visit is an extrem- ely lively topic of gossip. Fergus Bank Clerk Missing Previecial police, under the direc- tion of Constable P. P. Seibert, are seeking the whereabouts of Norman G. Rushton, 25-yearsold Fergus bank clerk, who has been missing from his boarding house, Rushton, Aril° is a native of Brantford, has been in Ferg- us for more than a year and was a teller in the Imperial Bank, He left his boarding house to go to work and apparently has noebeen seen since He was later found dead by the river I bank with a discharged gun close by. 1Big Haul Of Perch Twenty-five hundred pounds of perch and herring were caught at Bay- field Friday by Tom Brothers and Lewis McLeod. This is the first cone mercial catch of the season. Owing to the scarcity of fresh fish, the catch was quickly snapped up, most of it going to London. after his ship was sunk,. according to. a Message received 'Wednesday by his parents. Alva Strang was a wireless operator with the Marconi Cemeery. The name of the ship op. which he sailed .as operator was not revealed, • nor any details -of its loss, Seaforth • Expositor. Marsh Chicken? The muskrat season is on, and doWn Amherstburg way it means more than the revenue from the pelts, Muskrat dinners are very popular down there and folks are licking their lips as "marsh chicken" once again graces the dinner tables of many. "If you hav- en't tried it you don't know what you- 're missing" says John Marsh of the Amherstburg Echo. Grader Injured Boy David, five-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Tatthew Fidler, of the west end of Walkerton, is in the Bruce -County Hospital suffering from a fractured pelvis and bruises, the result of an accident on the west end of Main street. The front wheel of a large road grader being towed by a Bruce County tractor ran over the lad as he playfully ran alongside the machine while in company with two other playmates. The driver of the tractor, Mac Rome of Walkerton, feeling some bump of the machine at the :time, while moving along at a speed of about three miles, immediately stop- ped, just in time to avoid running over the boy with the back wheel and heavy part of the grader. Picked up, the injured boy was hurriedly taken to Bruce -County Hospital. •••••••••••••..... Miss Mary McIntyre, of Toronto, arid Mr. Graham Pinkney, of Dungan.- non visited recently at the home of her brother, Mr. Jack McIntyre_ Mr. and Mrs. Sam Reid and Mildred and Lorna, of Ashfield and Mr. and Mrs. Russel Farrier and baby Marion, of-Galt, spent Sunday with Mr, and Mrs. W. R Farrier. Mr. and Mrs, Harry Moss, of Glen- coe, Miss Doris McClenaghate. Kin- cardine, and Miss Eileen, of Turnberry and Corp. Melvin McCienaghen, of" Woodstock, spent the week-end at the home of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ben McClenagioan. Mrs. F. N. Points and her brother, Mr. Malcohn Ross, both from Tor- onto, spent the week-end with their parents, Mr. and Mrs.. Malcolm Ross. word was received acre on Sunday of the safe arrival at Toronto of Me a nd Mrs. Angus Mackay and their children •frorn Martel, India. Mr. Charlie Moore toak a position in the Kiecanditie knitting factory on. on day. The regular weekly meeting of the Y.P.U. -of the United Cliarcit was held -en Wednesday 'last with Mr. Carman Farrier in the chair and opening the meeting with a sing-song -of hyalite. s. Garnet Farrit,e, Miss Agnes Mar- a and James Falconer were its chart the worship period. The tepid., "a retissitariaty one.," from the Study Book, FORMER ONTARIO . MINISTER DIES Hon. F. C. Biggs, Member of Drury Cabinet, Dies- In California The death in Redlands, Cal., of Hon. Frank Campbell Biggs, 59, forme er Ontario highways minister, was re- ported Sunday at Dundas in a message received -by his family. In ill health for wale time, Mr. Biggs arrived in California March 20 to recuperale, but last Friday underwent an emergency operation and failed to recover. A prominent agriculturist and farm- er in that district, Mr, Biggs was, also president of the Kitchen Shirt and Overall Company at Brantford. He was past president of the Canadian Atirshire Breeders' Association and past chairman of the Canadian Live- stack Records at Ottwa. At the time of his death he was chairman of the joint dairy breeders committee and formerly served on the executive com- mittee of the Equitable Life Insurance Company of Canada at Waterloo. He WaS a member of the Drury Cabinet from 1919 to 1923. top figure for the 26 elementary schools throughout Canada. as low as 1 $150' no higher than £. per person FOR MAP MON. wt.," f(310140TEISCO. 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I e.+4% so,gs gRogq +(Asti tssa.y eta.- ttl-f4E V1E,EK, 3ti' wites1 You Pul l RAIStttS 1)t 11-4.419 SERVE if XS toice PIE 05 SINDAY, I ARAM -At, ird5 It 5A111-5 .ALLIES Serving with the Sons of Slane, telling E the fight Christianity had agates to government there, and the diseases and. the handicaps and ignorance of the people. •Carnian Farrier saug,My Anchor Holds, and was in charge of It i e recreation period that followed -the rneetil A group of girl frie▪ nds of Mis. -Catharine Mowbray met at her home on Thursday night last and presente her with a miscalaneous shower, This community extends cengratu- ; latione to Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Wilson I whose marriage was solemnized -at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs, Robt. Mowbray, on Saturday afternoon at 3.30 with Rev. Mr. Wilson officia ing, They will make the' home iii the village where the groom is th owner of the sawenill, Mr. and Mrs. George Hunter, of Astifield announce the engagement of their daughter Elleda Isobel, to Mr. William Kenneth Laidlaw, elder son of Me and Mrs. Jas. W. Laidlaw, of W. Wawanosb. The marriage to take place early in April. Miss .Hunter has' been the efficient teacher of S. S. No. 14, for. the past few years, and many in these parts will extend congratu- lations to them. Dr. and Mrs. Wilfred Robinson and daughter Margaret Ann, of Dryden, spent last week with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Win. Robinson, and on Sun- day Dr. Harold Robinson, of Walk- erton, and Mr. end. Mrs. John Kil- patrick and children of Lucknow and Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Wheeler, of Mor- ris were visitors there also. A Red Cross meeting was held last "Friday at the home of Mrs. Jas, St. Marie, when two quilts were quilted. Rev. Graydon 0. Cox„ minister of St. Andrew's United Church, Conis- ton, is now a chaplain in the Canadian Active Army. Mr. Cox has been granted leave of absence from his charge for the duration of -the war. He- was recommended by the United Church of Canada last November for a chaplaincy. His wife is the former Kathleen „Terriff of Itihitechurch. They have two children Donde. Marie and Ruth Anne. He is a native of Palmerton and a graduate of Toronto University, 1930. He preached in the West for four years after graduation, returning in 1934 to Englehart and then to Matheson . until lie went to Consiton. Back Fiern England Private Harry 'Tunney, 5th line of Morris, arrived safely in Brussels from England on board a convoy. Private Tunney was injureda few weeks ago while on route march, and after spend- ing a few days with his wife and :fam- ily will go to London fur treatment. Miss Minnie Russell, 5th ime, Mor- es, who has spent the winter with her lichee, Mrs, Seeder, of Huniberstone, arrived home. Miss Russell suffer- ed a stroke ten days ago arid is con- fined to bed. Mr. and Mrs. Robert McGonile, of Seafortle ,visited Sunday with Mrs. NtcGotiiitin:t aunt, Mrs. James Ander- , 5th line Morris. Veekend visitors with Mr. and Mr& it Wheeler weret Mr. and Mrs. Rohinsen, 9th line Wawanosis, - Dr. and Mrs. \S Alf: Roblison and. little datenater Margaret, kn. Dzydere Federation Held Meeting The Morris township unit of the Federation of Agriculture held a special meeting in the township hall with a fairly good -attendance. Excel- lent addresses on farm problems were given by Mr. Hill of Clinton and R. J. Scott, who is now a member of the Provincial Federation executive. Held Red Cross Bingo Dance Another in the series of Red Cross bingos and dances was held in the Foresters' Hall, with a large crowd attending. Good prizes Were awarded. Ladies of the Society sold refresh- ments, Arthur's Orchestra supplied music for dancing. BELGRAVE War Time Prices Officer Mr. Wilfred J. Weiler, second son . of Mr. and Mrs. John Weiler of Mild-' may, has received an important pies-. anon as War Prices Officer at Fort and his many friends here, wish him success in his war-time post. • --Mildmay Gazette. Had Narrow Escape Falling from a wagon as he reached his mailbox, Alexander Broadfoot, widely known •Tuckersmith farmer coffered a dislocated. neck. He is in ott Memorial Hospital and a cast ragas been put in place. Mr, Broadfoot was returning home from a neighbotr- ing farm with a load of grain Friday afternoon, and on coming opposite his mailbox, reached down to get out the Quintuplet Lambs Boat mail. In some manner he slipped and One two-weeks old lamb with long fell to the ground, striking his head.— , ae kward legs, tight-curled wool and Seaforth Huron Expositor. wide staring eyes is just about the prettiest sight you.can see on the farm Chaplain Of The Fusiliers at any time of the year.• Multiply this by five and you have a small idea of the general impression given by the new quintuplet lambs on the W. Col- bert farm R.R. No. 1, Ildertond As ford he has reported for duty_ He far as can be determined it is the first will replete Capt. W. E. Kelly minis- time in Western Ontario that five ter 3/4;'f the local Presbyterian Church,e lambs were born of the same ewe. wile held the appointment temporarily. it War Veteran Buried Reported Missing ; A veteran of the First Great War ilex Strand, son of Mr. and Mrs.' and a resident of Mildmay for many Henry Strang,. prominent Exeter resi-i years, Timothy Cronin, was laid to dents. and formerly of Itsbetee town-, rest in the Mildmay Roman Catholic ein id'. near Htiltail. riiissuig Cemetery: His death occurred at ill4SQUERAD4 ,gND.ED Cilmaxieg her two-year masquerade as a man, Antoinette Arsenault Mit married Mine Ouetette, RIGHT, Police are holding her on 'barges of forgery and making a false entry in a register of civil status setter guards at the munitions plant in which she was employed reported titeir ettspieloes that . the "male" worker was a women. In t flitantreal mud Miss. Arsenault oleaded Rentz Wingham Advance-Times Published at WINGHAM e ONTARIO Subscriptioe Rate — One Year $2.00 Six months, $1.00 in advance To U, S. A., $2.50 per year Foreign rate, $3.00 per year. Advertising rates on application. $$ $$$ 01,1,01, ttttt tttttttttt NEWS of the DISTRICT • ttt t ttttt Ming. ttttttt ....11.1,01111104 ttttt Montreal Closes Listowel Branch • Listowel citizens were surprised to learn Tuesday morning last week, that. the Bank of Montreal was closing the branch in Listowel, and after March. 81st the two remaining banks, Imperial and Commerce will look after the banking needs a the town and dis- trict, Letters in tiz•e mail that morning from both the Bank of Montreal and Bank of Commerce gave the informa- tion that the bank would be closed and that the accounts would be transferred to the Commerce at the end of the month. — Listowel Banner. Donated Faze to Red Cross Mr. Cassels Thomson, Minto Town- ship and Mr. Peter Boyer, Marybor- otigh Township, each won shoats for being the two high men in the Town- ships in North Wellington in connec- tion with the Second Victory Loan sale of bonds in the townships. Mr. Thomson bas donated the young pork- er he won to the Minto Red Cross and tickets are being issued for a drawi —11a•rriston Review. Triplet Girls Born Not for many years has Normaebte tnitriship's population been boosted as it was on Tuesday, when triplet daureht ters were bora to .Mr. and Mrs. Ezra Wettlaufer, who reside six miles east of Neustadt. "Mother and babies are doing went' Dr. i. J. Herrgott of Ay- ton, their physician, told The Post. The three tiny girls, who tipped th•e' scales at fram merle and one-half to two pounds on their premature entry into the werlit, have eleven brothers and, siste-----Flacover Post. -Met With Painful Accident Mr. J. del. Arratia, manaeer of the "Bar..k ane.t with a painful accident when he toppled over the stair bannister In his !trine. Although t-- iG eneral )1c1Naughton, Soldier and Scientist, -Enjoys Tour of Chrysler Plants In Windsor A'S Nutther One Sohiict, .Lieutcuartt-General MeNaughton is shone examining highly-finished parts of secret military clueing the course, Of a recent tour of the Chrysler Corporation Windsor- The 'General showed a keellii lively' interest in 41• plirkYlt maul+ and varied, 'war operations and particularly: the sninnfactstrattg eatimmeti, Left totjight about are—Mr. Kenneth Crittenden, •Viee-:Piesident and theMan 'ager of the Chrysler CorbOtAtiON Mr. R. S. kridge„ Vice tnt tad General Works Manager, grad Lituttotiat.Gto '"I'LL BE BACK FOR MORE Mrs. Wes Campbell, Nestleton, in years. Bray's for me from Onte-nitest chicks I have had so thought I would take an ex- you last year, and made money, tra 150 this year." now on!" Bert McIntyre, Wardsville, Ont, Clare Hasten; Emerald, .-"Best chicks I ever had, En- "For 6 years I have been rais- close order for 400," ing Bray Xtra-Profit Chicks. Have always found them the J, P. Derkson, Plum Coulee, best obtainable," Man.—"From the first day these Mrs. Wesley Nichol, Lennox- birds have done splendidly . , vine, P.9.---"Bought . 100 front envied be all my friends." Isn't that the kind of birds you Want? Better buy Bray, this year, And better see about it right now, to make sure of getting what you want when you want it. Bray Chick Hatchery A. C. ADAMS WINGHAM, or W. T. SILLICK TEESWATER. —Agents. United Church was cancelled on Fri- day night. Miss Edna Procter will have charge of the topic this week. Rev. C. Tavener and Mrs. Tavener spent Friday in London. L.A.C. Russel Barnard, R.C.A.F. of Guelph, spent Sunday at .his home here. Lorne McCracken, of Seaforth, spent Sunday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alex McCracken. Mr. and Mrs. Eldon McKinney and son, Toronto, were week-end visitors with Mr. and. Mrs. W. H, McKinney, Arthur Shaw, M.D. and Mrs. Shaw, Toronto, spent a day recently with the Doctor's mother, Mrs. Arthur Shaw. A. D. Scott and son James F. Scott, of Seaforth, spent . Supday with Mr, and Mrs. George Love. ELECTED DOMINION . STORES MANAGER The Board of Directors of Domin- ion Stores Limited announced the el- ection of Louis D. Squair to the Dir- ectorate of the Company at the annual meeting of the shareholders held in Toronto, March 24. Mr. Squair has been vice-president of Dominion Stor- es since 1939, and has been associated with the grocery business for more than 18 years. Mr. Squair is also well known as executive assistant to the Administrator of Retail Trade of the Wartime Prices and Trade Board. CUPID AND MARS RAID STEWARDESSES' RANKS Cupid and Mars have combined to raid Trans-Canada Air Lines' steward- ess ranks. It seems if they don't join the armed forces they marry them in wartime. The result is Supervisory Stewardess Mararget Dickson resum- es her stewardess training school at the end of this month with 15 students —three from the Maritime provinces, eight from Ontario and Quebec and five front Western Canada, It is the largest class since 1938. Rationing of sugar causes the bee- keepers, to predict that this year will be a honey, * * * * The way all the girls are helping in the war effort, maybe we ought to call 'em war blondes. Ford Makes Mines in •Australia • et e: Anstrelieis loitg seobootd. are used to shape 'Mitt t•!).!1011 the limit in the iminstritti nitwits War \V it ports are manufaetured. Above, •OXpett dientittkere Work of the 'Coete-teeivealth Wittrt tltrae Pleodtxtion is hhltitt speeded to on one of the huge tiles which OR8 that ever, marine Wriest ere iinportititt to the defence staking mittee in volume, cost- *ling teemortetita for howitzers, anti ie supplying machine tools to other industries. photo was taken in the plant of rord of Australia rwhieh, in ad- tracked military vehleks, is dition to producing wheeled and rem het sheets of steel, the WHITECHURCH Red Cross Shipment The Red Cross Society packed and shipped 40 quilts to headquarters, also our seaman's -quota of knitted articles. 5 turtle-neck sweaters, 5 pair seaboot stockings, 5 pair service socks, 10 pair whole-mitts, 5 aero caps, also one army quota-5 turtle-neck sweaters, 5 scarfs, 5 alternative caps, 5 pair gloves and 5 pair service socks. Cameron Geddes of Chatham, spent the week-end with his mother, Mrs. W. J. Geddes. Mrs. Thomas Wilkinson is visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Robert Stonehouse. • Capt. Appleyard has been appointed iftti( time chaplain of the Canadian Fits- , iliers Regiment, stationed at Listowel. Formerly an Anglican rector in Mea- no bones were broken he sprained the blether of his back and teal be co. fined to his bed for at least a week.— Listowel Standard. Si-Year-Old Motorcyclist There is ane man in Goderich who is not brooding over the gasoline and rubber situation. He is Walter R. Henry, Cambria road, who observed his eighttefourth birthday by taking out his gasoline ration book, which entitles him to-120 gallons of gasoline, enough to carry him 10,800 miles on hie beloved one-cylinder English-made eureorcycle, on which he can travel better than ninety miles on one gallon of the now erecions fluid.—Goderich Signal-Star. Forged Cheque Charge. Floyd McCullough, of various ad- dresses, including Howick at times, was arrested recently in London and taken to Guelph by Chief Constable oeds of Harriston, on a 'forged cheque char -:c; , The offence was eimmitted in Harrieton. He was sentenced to ane year in the Ontario Reformatory. — Fordich Record.