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SEASON'S CROP AND
BARN WAS BURNED
Fire Started In Stack Near Barn
While Threshing Operation Were
In Progress
A fire completely destroyed the
barn and the season's crop of hay and
grain at the farm of Gordon Wray on
the 6th. concession of Turnberry, on
Tuesday afternoon. A few pigs and
some chickens and hens were in the
barn when the fire started, Mr. Wray
got the pigs out but some of the hens
and chickens were burned. The .drive
shed also was destroyed„there were na
implements in it only 12 cord of
wood. The only piece of machinery
that was destroyed was the pressure
pump which was close to the barn.
Threshing operations were in oper-
ation when the fire started. The sep-
arator was in the barn and the tractor
near a stack outside the barn. The
fire started in the stack and spread
to the barn in an instant after the
fire was first noticed. The separator
and tractor were saved.
Some insurance was carried on the
barn, drive shed and crop, but the loss
will be heavy.
The fire truck from here went to
the fire but it was a raging inferno
when they arrived. 'They turned the
water on the stack of oats hoping to
save some of the grain, Crowds
quickly gathered but little could be
clone except stop the fences from burn-
ing up. The wind was away from the
house and was not very strong so no
difficulty was experienced with the
house or the farm further up the
road,
It was in August 1930 that the
house on this farm was destroyed by
fire.
Back From Japan
It is believed that Max Stewart, who
has been assistant trade commissioner
in Japan, is one of the passengers
which were abroad the Grisholm,
which docked at New York on Tues-
day evening.
Another Winghamite Overseas
Mr. and Mrs. J. D, Lediet have re-
ceived word that their son Preston,
arrived in Britain last week, Preston
and his brother William were in the
same unite but Bill has not as yet
gone overseas.
Bowled At Oshawa
On Wednesday of last week a rink
from here attended the General Mot-
ors tournament at Oshawa, They
won all their game placing 7th, The
rink comprised, Art, Wilson, Ornar
Haselgrove, Mel, Donahue, Alex.
Crawford, skip,
Editors Now In England
A group of Canadian newspapermen
visiting Britain under the sponsorship
of the Canadian Government had ar-
rived in that country, They went In
two parties and the last group of five
arrived on Friday, Included in this last
group were Walter Legge, Grandby,
Que., Leader Mail and C. V. Charters,
Brampton, Ont,, Conservator, who will
represent the Weekly Newspaper AS-
Satiation.
Public School Opens Sept. 8th.
The regular opening date of Sept. 8,
for public schools will be adhered to
this year, it was announced by the
Ontario Department of Education. As
a measure to assist farmers in getting
in their harvests, secondary schools
will remain closed until Sept. 22nd.
Received Cable From Husband
Mrs. George Stewart of town, (Ber-
detea Coutts) received a cable from her
husband of the Essex-Scottish stating
he was safe and not to worry. The
Essex-Scottish was the spearhead on
Dieppe raid.
Prize Winner At Goderich
In the trebles tournament at God-
erich Monday evening, Art. Wilson,
Mr.' Combs and Alex. Crawford won
fourth prize, They won all their
games and were tied in plus with three
other rinks but their aggregate placed
them fourth.
Spectacle Frames Wanted
Have you a pair of good eye glass
frames that you are not using? They
are needed for the civilians in the
bombed areas, and the Red Cross has
undertaken to pack and forward them,
There are many frames lying , around
not in use. Everyone is asked to hunt
them up' and leave them at the Red
Cross rooms as soon as possible. •
Engagement Announced
Mr. and Mrs. Walter M. Brown of
Amberley; wish to announce the en-
gagement of their elder daughter, Dor-
is Electa, to De, Kenneth Murray Mac-
Lennan, of Wingliarn, youngest son of
the late. Mr. and 'Mrs. Alex. MacLen-
nan, of Ripley. The marriage to take
place Sept, 5th., in Pine River United
Church.
FOURTH 'IN FAMILY
TO JOIN FORCES
Miss Nora ell, daughter of Mr. I
and Mrs, Matt Bell of town, who• has
been on the staff of the Walkerton
hospital, as Superintendent, has,enlist-
ed as nurse in the It, C. A, F.
She is the fourth member of this
family to enlist. Her brothers, Matt.
and Andrew are in t rigland and Hugh
is with the array At Cornwall,
LISTOWEL ALL STAR
BEAT LOCAL TEAM
Home Runs Feature Game
Three home runs and a sixth-inning
onslaught, enabled Listowel All-Stars
to trounce Wingham in an exhibition
softball game at Waterloo Park, Lis-
towel, Thursday evening. The locals
enjoyed a five-run lead at the end of
the first game, but the visitors tied it
up by counting four in the second and
another in the third. The final score
was 19-11,
Both teams kept on an even keel un-
til the fifth inning, when consecutive
home runs rolled off the bats of Wit,
sob, Logan and Moorehead.
Lloyd, Wingham's starting twirler,
tired in the sixth and was replaced,
However, Benson's boys continued
their batting attack and sent six run,,
tiers scampering across the plate.
Cougherty, star twirler of Bennett.
Barracks, local softball champions,
started on the mound and was reltev4
ed by Weber,
Line-ups: Listowel: Logan, 8 b,4
Moorehead, 2 b.; Cougherty, p.; Poly
lock, 1 b.; W. McDonald, e,; Jones, s.
s,; Weber, 1. 1,; A, McDonald, e.
Wilson, r. f.
Winghatt: Welsh, 1, f; McClelland,
f.; Elliott, 1, b.; Aitcheson, b,;
Gates, s, •§.; Cantelon, f.; Ernest, s,
s,; Templeman, p.
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OUTSTANDING. FLOOR
SHOW ARRANGED FOR
THE LIONS FROLIC
BATTERY OFF• FOR
TWO WEEKS. CAMP
Large Crowd See 99th Entrain For
Thames Valley Camp Arena Will Be The 'Scene ,Of Great,
Entertainment LOOK Day .
Evening
CLERKS WINNERS OF
ADVANCE-TIMES CUP
Clerks Took Final Softball Series In
Three Straight Gaines
After finishing third in the regular
softball schedule the Clerks came to
life and won the semi-final series from
Lloyds, who up to that fime had not
dropped a game. They then went on
and to take the final series from Gur-
neys in three straight games.
In the final series the first two gam-
es went to the Clerks by quite a mar-
gin, The first one on Monday of last
week 2241, the second on Wednesday,
194. The final game had a score of
15-8 but the Glovemakers started out
as though they had the Clerks number
as they were leading 5-1 at the end o'f
the third innings but the Clerks went
to town and won going away.
In the last game Claire Neirgarth,
who was home on leave played for
Gurneys ancl it was good to see hint in
action. He was a valued member of
the ball club,
Line-ups—
Clerks—Bell, 2nd.; Machan, 3rd.;
Simms, cf.; McLennan, If.; Groves, c;
Elliott, 1st.; Seli, s.s.; Chittick, p.;
Gardner, r.f.
Gurneys—Ernest, 2nd; Cantelon, cf.;
Niergarth, s.s.; Foster, p.; Hoffman,lf.;
'rempleman, c.; Bader, 1st, Lockridge,
nf.; Tucker, 3rd.
MILDMAY MUSICIANS
ASSIST BAND
Four ladies of the Mildmay band as-
sisted Wingham Citizen's band at the
concert held in the park on Suhday
evening. They added greatly to the
success of the concert. Three played
clarenettes and the other a double bass
horn. The program for Sunday even-
ing next will be: march, Sound Off,
Holmes, selection, Inspiration, Fill-
more; Waltz, True Eyes, Beyer;
march, Banner of Democracy, Hayes;
overture, Star of Hope, Beyer; march,
The Thunder, Sousia; overture, Niobe,
Machie; selection, Maritana; march,
The Color Guard, Schuman; God Save
the King.
BICYCLE HERE FROM
TORONTO IN A DAY
Mr. and Mrs, David Cuthbertson and
Two children Peddled Bikes 121.
Miles
Shortly after seven o'clock Sunday
morning the 2nd., 99th., Battery, R, C.
A. (Reserve Force) entrained at the
C, N. R, station with their destination
Thames Valley Camp, near London.
The battery will -t.rain there until Sun-
day, Sept„ 6th., when they arrive back
home.
Despite the early hour their was a
large number out to see the boys
march from the armouries to the stat-
ion, The Wingham Citizens' Band
headed the parade. In all over fifty
members of the battery are at camp
and this number would have been
larger but for these who could not at-
lend due to work in the harvest fields.
The 99th is a part of the 21st, Field
Brigade, R. C. A., with Lt. Col. ,Geo.
Howson as officer commanding. Maj-
or W, VanWyck is commander of the
local battery. The other batteries in
the brigade are Kincardine, Walker-
Listowel. The brigade collected
at Listowel proceeding to camp as a
Personal At Camp
Brigade Staff—Lt. Col. Geo. ' W.
Howson; Capt. W. A. Beecroft, Chap-
lain; *Lieut, W. S. Hall, Adjutant;
Lieut, A. Voices, Medical Officer;
Sergt., Allan Williams.
Battery Personal
Officers—Major, Walter VanWyck;
In this .intimate family picture, the relaxing in their home at Buckingham her mother, while Princess Elizabeth
King and Queen are shown during one Palace with their two children, Prin- stands before the fireplace knitting.
of their infrequent moments of leisure cess Margaret Rose is seated beside
Are the days of long distance bicyc-
ling here again. They ate for Mr, and
Mrs. David Cuthbertson and their son,
Geore and daughter, Louise, On
Sunday they started out on their bicy-
cles to visit here with their cousin,
Harry Calvert, his wife and family,
They left Toronto at 4.30 in the morn-
ing and arrived in Wingham at 10.30
in the evening. Mrs, Cuthbertson is no
stranger here as she formerly 11 -ed in
Wingham and attended Lower Wing-
ham school. Her name then was Alice
Kendall.
We had a long talk with them on
Monday and outside of being a little
tired Mr. and Mrs. Cuthbertson were
feeling fine. George and sister, Louise
felt just great. They are 16 and 14
respectively.
Had it not been for the high wind
and rain storms they would have been
here by supper time but pumping
against the wind and stopping to save
getting drenched took up a great deal
of time. They arrived in Orangeville,
about 11.30 and were in Harriston
about 6. They admitted that the trip
from Harriston was quite an effort as
they were tired and this made the go-
ing on the gravel road difficult and on
top of that it became dark.
Mrs. Cuthbertson last year fractured
her leg and despite the fact that she
only learned ro ride a short time be-
fore went back at it again this spring.
She said the fracture must have mend-
ed well as it did not bother her at all,
In any man's language 121 miles on a
windy wet day is a real feat especially
over the hills and dells between here
and Toronto.
BEL-MORE YOUTH
UNDER ARREST
Charged With Stealing Car-And Other
Thefts
Lieut., Jack McNabb; Lieut., W. B.
McCdol; Lieut., Cecil McAlpine;
Lieut., Howard Wylie.
Other ranks—B. S. M., W. Seddon;
B. Q. M. S., :D. Keinnedy.,
A. Troop—Sgt. C. C. Brown, Sgt.
IN. Beecroft, Sgt. G. Lloyd, Sgt. D.
Ewing, Bdr. P. Durst, L/Bdr. J. H.
Day, L/Bdr, C. MacLean, 'Gnrs. K. G.
-Underwood, J. T. Stokes, J. J. Walt-
ers, A. Seli, R. Ostrander, S. Finlay,
W. Webster, C. Ohm, *G. Elliott, *J.
Pym, H. Ferris, W. Kennedy, W. Mar-
tin, W. Elston.
B. Tropp—Sgt. G. P. Kiel, Sgt. E.
Lewis, Sgt. G. Rathwell, Bdr, H.
Brooks, Bdr. C. C. Proctor, Bdr, A.
IN. MacLean, L./Bdr. W. Hogg, Gnrs,
C. Casemore, C. Burke, C. Simmons,
L. Gardner, M. Corbett, *H. Fuller, J.
Orvis, *H. Casemore, K. Baker, K.
Stapleton, *H. Wells, D. McLeod, J.
(Bud) Lockridge, K. A. Pollard, R.
Brooks, G. Irwin.
*Advance Party.
LT. COL. McTAVISH
KILLED AT DIEPPE
Was Husband Of Dorothy Hammond,
Daughter Of Mr. And Mrs. W: E.
Hammond Of Town
On Thursday evening Mr. and Mts.
W. E. Hammond, received a phone call
from their daughter, Dorothy inform-
ing them that her husbaad, Lt. Col.
G. Howard McTavish, has been killed
in action. It was the first word of a
casuality in the Dieppe raid that was
received here.
Lt. Col, McTavish
commanding ate 4th.
KEN. PENNINGTON'S
BROTHER MISSING.
On Monday morning Ken. Penning-
ton, Manager of the Dominion Store
here, received the sad word that his
brother, Ross is missing following the
Dieppe-raid, Ross was a member of
the Essex Scottish Regiment. He is in
his 23rd. year and his parents Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Pennington reside in
Goderich. They have another boy in
the forces, Ronald, who is with the R.
C. A., F. at Mount Hope, Ont. When
Ross enlisted a chum Bill Duckworth,
also of Goderich went with him and he
too is listed, as missing.
Kenneth Hamilton, a young man of
the Belmore section, who has a police
court record and served time, was ar-
rested in Stratford, Wednesday on a
charge of car theft and also of steal-
ing money and goods from his foster
parents who operate a farm near the
Culross village.
Hamilton, it is alleged, recently re-
moved three tires from his father's car
and after they had,been replaced with
considerable difficulty, returned to his
foster home and made off with the car,
a recent model. Besides purloining the'
family chariot, he also is accused of
stealing $25.00 in cash and a valuable
blanket from his former home as well
as taking two geese from the farm
flock..
The thefts were perpetrated on Sat-
urday, Aug. 15, after a province-wide
search by police Hamilton was arrest-
ed in Stratford on Wednesday morn-
ing.
Season's First Frost
Jack Frost made his first appear-
ance of the season here during Mon-
day night. The ground had quite a
coating of white in some sections but
reports indicate that little' damage re-
sulted.
Progressing Following Heart Attack
We are pleased to report that Joe
Kerr is progressing favourably follow-
ing the severe heart attack which he
suffered on Tuesday evening of last
week. Joe's friends will be pulling for
his speedy recovery.
Transferred To Stratford
Mr. Geo. Mason, who has been
agent for the Canada Life Assurance
Co., here for sometime, has been trans-
ferred to Stratford. He and Mrs. Mas-
on and daughter will take up residence
there the end of the month. Friends
here will wish them every success.
Former Wingham Girl Married
Miss Elizabeth (Betty) 'Leslie
Blackwood, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
L. R. Blackwood, former Wingham
residents, was recently married in the
church of the Holy Trinity, Toronto,
to Sergeant Harold j, Burridge, R. A,
F., son of Mr. John Burridge, Dorset,
England.
Joined Foundry Office Staff
On Monday, Lloyd Mundy joined
the office staff of the Western Found-
ry Company.
Cousin Missing
Ronald Reeves of Hamilton, was
listed as missing believed drowned in
the raid, on Dieppe. He is a cousin
of Harvey (Bob) Groves of the Ad-
vance-Times staff.
was the officer
Battalion, R. C.
E. He went overseas as a Major and
was promoted to his present rank a
few months ago. Two local men were
in his company when he went over-
seas• two years ago, William Broome
and James Bowman.
For several years prior to the war,
Lt, Col. McTavish was in command of
the district engineers at London.
He was 39 years of age and was a
native of Galt, but had lived in Lon-
don where he received his education.
He was prominent in sports especially
rugby, At one time he coached the
Seaforth hockey team. Before enlist-
ing he represented the Canadian In-
dustries Ltd,, for this section of Ont-
tario.
Besides his wife, who. resides on
Vaughan ,Road, Toronto, he is survived
by his mother, Royal Oak, Mich.; one
sister, Mrs. J. G. Gould of Toronto,
and a brother, also of Royal Oak,
Michigan.
2nd At Hanover
On Tuesday evening a local trio,
Jack Hanna, Harley Crawford, Bert
Porter, won 2nd prize at a bawling
tournament in Goderich, Mel. Dona-
hue's rink from Teeswater 'won the
trophy.
Enlisted With R. C. A. F.
Recent enlistments in the R, C. A.F.,
include Marvin Haldane Smallman,
who is with the R. C. A. F. band at
Ottawa and Joseph Ross McKague,
R. R. No. 1, Teeswater.
Arrived Overseas -
On Wednesday last Mr. and Mrs.
W. A. Russell, received a cable from
their son, Sgt, Observer James Rus-
sell, that he had arrived safely in Brit-
ain. Mrs. (Dr.) W. A. McKibbon is
a sister.
The program for the Fifth Annual
Lions Frolic which will be held in the
Arena on Labor Day evening is now
completely arranged and this year
should be outstanding in the history of
this annual event.
There will be games including bingo,
also a new game of racing bor(es
which should prove popular. lEn all
eight games will be staged for your
approval and they should be well pat-
ronized as they are the games the
Lions have found the public enjoy the
most, The dancing, always a favor-
ite, will have the music of a six piece
band.
An effort was made this year to ob-
tain an outstanding floor show and the
Lions were fortunate to secure truly
high class entertainment. This show
will be under the personal direction.
of Jessie McGregor and the acts will
include: Percy David, the singing
comedian. He will present comedy in
the best style, character numbers and
popular songs: The sensational team,
the Lowells-Stan and Elsie- are noted
for their spectacular acrobatic stunts,
tumbling, hand balancing. You will
enjoy Tommy and Joey also the singing
dog operated by Will Davies, the Can-
adian Edgar Bergan. The quickness
of the hand deceives the eye. Everett
Mires proves this in a great act of or-
iental and occidental mysteries and his
other magic, What program would
be complete without Seoth and Trish
songs. Agnes Elde r is famous for
these numbers and she will be on
program. Everyone likes snappy ta-P"
dancing and Mabel Holmes always
pleases in her smart costumes, com-
bined with her dancing. The very pop-9
ular violin is not forgotten as Verna
MacGregor will be here. She is con-
sideied tops in her field.. As stated
before Jessie IVfacGregor will direct
and will also act as pianist.
Proceeds from this great show on
Labor Day evening are for child wel-
fare here and in Britain,
Reports October 2nd.
Jack Hare of Kitchener, son of Mrs.
S. N. Hare of town, has joined the R.
C. A. F. and will report for duty, Oct-
tober 2nd, Jack's father has been a
member of the R. C. A. F. for some
time.
Home From Hospital
Miss Grace Hogg who has been a
patient in Queen Alexandria. Hospit-
al, London, for some time returned to
her home last week. Her friends were
very glad that she has improved suf-
ficiently to return home.
Won Fourth Prize At Lucknow
At the Lucknow Trebles tourna-
ament on Thursday, a local rink placed
fourth with three wins plus 22. They
were Art. Wilson, H. L. Sherbondy,,
George Williams. Two games were
played in the afternoon and two in the
evening. They 'lost their last game by
one shot a win would have placed them
first.
Arrived In Britain Last Week
Mr, and Mrs. Alex Forsythe receiv-
ed a cable on Saturday informing
them that their son, William had ar-
rived in Britain. Bill is a member of
the Canadian Army Service Corp. at-'
tached to a Petrol company, Mr. and
Mrs, Forsythe have now two sons
overseas, Stewart having gone over
with the 100th Battery a year ago.
DITTY BAGS NEEDED
FOR THE SAILORS
How Many Bags Will You Fill?
SCRAP RUBBER IS
URGENTLY NEEDED
pave Now On To Collect This Scrap.
Throw Your Scrap Rubber In
The Pen At The Post Office
HAVE YOU CHECKED
YOUR ELECTRICAL
APPLIANCES
The Red Cross Branches of Ontario
are planning to supply 12,000 ditty
bags to bring cheer to the Navy and
the Merchant Marine at Christmas.
Wingham branch is anxious to do its
share and is asking the co-operation of
every women's organization in the
town and surrounding country. The
bags will be made by the work com-
mittee and may be secured at the Red
Cross rooms this week. The follow-
ing is a list of the contents; comb,
soap, hard candy, razor and blades,
pipes, tobacco, chewing gum; envelop-
es and paper, pencils, story book,
games or cards, socks, handkerchiefs,
towels and wash cloths of terry towel-
'ling, housewives, tooth brushes and
powder, shaving sticks, comfort bags.
Each organization and group is urg-
ed to fill as many bags as possible.
Everyone loves the sailors and this is
our chance to bring a bit of comfort
and happiness to these courageous
men who through sleet and cold cheer-
fully accept their responsibility of
protecting its, In order that these
bags may reach the men for Christ-
mas, they must be returned to the /Zed
Cross by October 1.0, This means no
lost time in getting to work. Get your
committees together 'and make your
plans at ante,
You can greatly assist the govern-
ment by carefully filling out the ques-
tionairre sent out recently with the hy-
dro accounts, that is if you have nc-
,glectcd to do so,
Owing to lack of materials there
must be no waste of materials or man-
power and by declaring the electric
appliances Used in your home the Gov-
ernment will be able to arrange for
parts for required repairs,
Check your list carefully, for it may
be years before you will be able to buy
new electric appliances and care Mfg
be taken of those now in use,
Lucknow Boy Wins Silver Medal
Allan Chapple, Lucknow, was
awarded the highest marks in Ontario,
for grade 9, piano, Toronto Conserva-
tory of Music. He is a pupil of Prof.
A. W. Anderton,
Enlisted In R. C. A. F.
George Northwood, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Geo. E. Northwood, has enlisted
in the R, C. A, F. He will be in the
radio division and will take a course
along this line at Hamilton,
Dr. Stewart's Nephew Missing
Lieut. R. S. Stewart of the Royal
Regiment of Canada of Toronto, is
reported missing, after the attack on
Dieppe, He is a nephew of Dr. R. L.
Stewart and son of the late W. H.
Stewart, formerly of Bluevale,
Mr,' Green's Father Pasped On
The sympathy of this community is
extended to Mr. Harry Green in the
death of his father, Victor Green, who
passed on at his home Shallow Lake,
on Saturday. On receiving the word
Mr.. and Mrs .Green left for Shallow
Lake. The funeral was held on Mon.
day.
Bride To Be Honored
A very lovely party was held on
'Friday evening at the home of Miss
Verne Walker, when she and three of
her friends, Iletyle Brown, Rilda
Brown, and Peg. Puller entertained a
number of girls in honour of Miss
Marion Pym,. who is being /hanged
this week. Miss ryin was presented
by those present with a beautiful cry-
stal table centre piece.
. The importance of salvage as a
means to assist in the war effort has
been constantly brought to the atten-
tion of the public by various means.
The need of scrap robber is so urgent
that the government has set aside two
weeks, starting last Monday, in order
that the importance of searching out
All waste or unused rubber will be ac-
complished.
Those who are served by the rural
delivery are requested to leave the
scrap rubber they possess at the rural
mail box so that the mail man can
take the same to the post office from
which they operate.
People who have nbt the service of
the rural routes are requested to take
their scrap rubber to the nearest post
office. Here Mr. Pebbles the post
master has erected a pen alongside
the post office for the collection of the
Scrap.
What To Look For
Auto tires and tubes, bicycle tires
and tubes, garden hose, rubberrsoled
footwear, kneeling pads, rubber glov-
es, tennis and golf balls, rubber ap.
rotts, tractor tires and tubes, hot water
bottles, rubbers, galoshes, rubber heels
and soles, rubber sponges, rubber to-
tato pouehes, bathing caps,, syringes,
Floor Show. once. bones Lions Frolic liyingliani, Labor Day Ev diking Monday, p • 7th