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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1942-10-01, Page 1t. DR. CRAWFORD'S BROTHER LOST WHEN DESTROYER OTTAWA SUNK ON ATLANTIC PATROL With Which Is Amalgamated The Gorrie Vidette and Wroxeter News. Single Copies Five Cents WINGHAM, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, OCTOBER i&t,, 1942 Subscriptions $2,00 Pa Yew, 'THIRD vicsroRy LOAN OPENS OCTOBER 19 county Organization Set Up. Com- mittees and Canvassers To Be .Appointed •Shortly The Organization of Huron County for the Third Victory Loan Campaign is well under way. A. J. McMurray, Mayor of Clinton, has accepted the Chairmanship and Frank Fingland, K.C., Clinton and 'Geo. H. Jeferson, Clinton, are the ..Joint Secretaries. Serving with them as Vice-Chairman are, Robert Bow- man, Brussels; Dr, A. R. Campbell, Hensall; Jas. Kinkead, Goderich; J, G. Mullen, Se:Worth; Victor Falconer, Clinton; and H. C. MacLean, Wing- ham. PI. J. Vandewater is back again as Organizer With S. C. Hetherington as Assistant • Organizer. Under such strong leadership it is assured that every effort will be made to maintain Huron County's excellent record of supporting the all-important Victory Loan Campaigns.' Headquarters for" the coming Cam- paign will be located ,in Clinton, Suit-. .able accommodation has been obtain- ed at the main intersection. The services of Miss E. Paterson have 'been secured for duty at these offices, Committees and Canvassers fOr all -district§ will be appointed shortly and it is hoped that the hearty welcome and .co-operation that is their due will 'be accorded them by all Huron Coun- ty residents when called on during the 'Third Victory Loan Campaign which is to open October 19th, 1942, it Was a Dud The fire siren went on a whistling splurge Saturday afternoon but to the relief of all it turned, out to be a false alarm. The siren for some unknown reason sent forth its wailing message .on its own account. 'Transferred To Kingston Cpl. John Berendt, who has been stationed at No. 31 Air Navigation School, Port Albert since the Airport -was opened, has seen transferred to Kingston. John is well-known here as he spent much of his spare time in Wingham and his friends here wish him every success. Engagement Announced The engagement is announced of Ethel Louise, eldest daughter of Cpl. Frank Vanner (overseas) aand Mrs. Tanner, 89 Mamelon St., London, Ontario, to L.A.C. Maurice A. Need- ham, R.A.F., Clinton, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Needham, of Southampton, England. The wedding to take place October 10th, in St. Paul's Anglican Church, Wingham. Agricutlure Minister's Son Missing Pilot Officer Edwin Gardiner, son of Agriculture Minister Gardiner, is missing after air operation overseas, -the Royal Canadian Ar Force report- od Saturday on its 380th casualty list of the war. The operation from which Pilot Officer Gardiner failed to return took place about five weeks .ago, That length of time is allowed to elapse . before men are named as missing in air force lists. preached At Harvest Home Service Rev. E.• 0, Gallagher conducted the Harvest Festival Service at St. Thom- as Church, Walkerton, on Sunday morning, In the evening the choir of St. Paul's, Wingham, attended the Harvest Festival at Trinity Church, Belgrave and was in charge of the praise part of the thanksgiving service. The two anthems were sung "Thou openest Thine hand", and "0 give thanks unto the Lord." Mr. C. A. Roberts read evening prayer and Rev. E, O. Gallagher preached the Festival sermon. R.C.A.F. RECRUITING UNIT TO VISIT HERE Will Interview Both Men and Wo- men on Thursday, October 8th According to information received here from the R.C.A.F. Recruiting Centre, London, young men between the ages of 18 and 82 are urgently re- quired for aircrew, observer and pilots. Wireless operators (ale gunners) be- tween the ages of 18 and 33 with two years successful High School are also needed. Women are required for the following trades: general duties, clerk, teleprinter operator, driver transport, cooks, messwomen, fabric worker. The unit will be here front 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. On Thursday, October 8th and the recruiting Staff 'will gladly furnish arty information that is desk, ed. ELM.C.S. Ottawa, Canadian des- troyer, • pictured ABOVE, has been sunk by enemy action in the Atlantic, according to an announcement by HURON DEANERY MEETS OCTOBER 6 Conference Will Be Held At Bayfield The --- The annual Fall Conference of the Deanery of Huron, Chapter, Laymen's Association and Woman's Auxiliary to the M.S.C.C. will be held on Tues- day, October 6, at Trinity Church, at Bayfield. The Rural' Dean, Rev. E, 0, 'Gallagher will celebrate the Holy Communion to the delegates at 10 o'clock. Group conferences will fol- low with the W. A. commemorating the twenty-fifth year of its Deanery of Huron organization. At a joint meeting in the afternoon, Rev. C. Cooper Robinson of Algoma will give the conference address. Archdeacon W. J. Doherty will pre- sant some of the high-lights of the recent meeting of the Boards of the General Synod held at Port Arthur. The 'diocese of Huron has met all its apportionments for Missionary and Religious Education and Social Serv- ice work for the first three quarters of the year, with the deanery of Huron well up in the list. To Address Orangemen. Rev. E. M. Caldwell of Gorrie, will address the regular meeting of Wing- ham L. 0. L. No. 794, on Friday evening at 8.30 o'clock. Attended Grand Lodge Mrs. D. B. Porter, Worthy Matron of Huron Chapter No. 89, O.E.S., at- tended the grand lodge of the Eastern Star held in the Royal York Hotel, Toronto. Hospital Auxiliary Meets Monday The regular meeting of the Wo- men's Auxiliary to Wingham General Hospital, will be held in the Council Chamber on Monday afternoon, °e- tc:6er 5 at 3,45. Injured Wrist Proved Serious Sgt. George Fitzpatrick who had his wrist injured.in a motorcycle accident at Petawawa some weeks ago, is home on leave. He will report to London this week and he expects to be board- ed out of the army due to this injury. Engagement Announced Mr. and Mrs. P. D. Ferrier of Fer- gus, wish to announce the engage- ment of their only daughter, Marg- aretta Jean, to George Keith, son of Mr, and Mrs. M. S. Watson, Gorrie, Ontario, The marriage will take plate quietly about the middle of October. Sunday School Held Rally Day There was a splendid atendance at the Rally Day, Service held by St, Andrew's Sunday School, Sunday af- ternoon, The superintendent, Mr. R. H. Lloyd, was in charge, The scrip- titre lesson was read by Jessie Clel- land and Iona Henderson sang a solo. The, special speaker was the Rev. T. J. Robinson of Stratford. Holidays Cut To Six By order-in-council the Federal Government declared that only six statutory holidays should be observed by employers and employees for the duration of the war, apart from Sun- days or weekly days of rest apart from Sunday. The Government order set forth the following as statutory holidays: New Year's Day, Good Fri- day, the first Monday in.July (in lieu of July 1)', Libor Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day, This means two holidays are taken from the list of those customarily . marked in Ont- ario—the 24th of May and Civic Holi- day. Hon,' Angus L. Macdonald, minister of naval services, Four officers and 108 ratings are missing, believed killed. The• casualties include Petty Officer TIMETABLE OF TRAINS CHANGED Evening C.N.R. Train Arrives 25 Minutes Later New timetables were put into effect on Sunday, September 27, on both the C.N.R. and C.P.R., bi.lt on the latter as far as Wingham is concerned there were no changes. On the C.N.R. two changes were made. The afternoon train to Toron- to leaves Wing-ham at the same hour as formerly, but arrives in Toronto ten .minutes later. The evening train from Toronto leaves there twenty-five minutes later 5,55 p.m. instead of 5.30 and arrives here at 10.44 instead of 10.19. The mot ning trains to and from Toronto remain unchanged. Preached at St. Paul's Mr. K. Kiddel, of Huron College, preached in St. Paul's Church on Sun- day morning. Attended Meetings In London rev.. J. Lucas, Mr. and Mrs. J. Fal- coner, Mrs. O. Pryce, Miss R. Lewis and Mrs. F. Collar attended the meetings of the Middlesex-Lambton Association of the Baptist Church which were held in London last week. Col. Drew To Open Teeswater Fair It has been announced by the Tees- water Fall Fair Board that Col. George A. Drew, Conservative leader for Ont- ario, will officially open the Teeswater Fair this year. The • fair dates are October 6 and 7. The official open- ing will be held at 1 p.m., on October 7th, Now Prisoner-Of-War Ken Pennington, manager of the Dominion Store here, received word Tuesday morning that his brother, Ross of . Goderich, is a prisoner-of- war. He was reported as missing following the Dieppe raid, Lieut. R. S, Stewart of Toronto, son of the late William Stewart of Bluevale, who was reported as missing after the same raid, is now reported officially as a prisoner-of-war, Honoured At A Shower Mrs, Robt. Laidlaw, asisted by Miss Mary Cruickshank, was the hostess of a shower on Wednesday evening last week in honour of Miss Hazel Wilson whose marriage took place on Satur- day. The bride received many gifts of kitchen utensils in white and blue enamel. About fifteen neighbors and friends were present. The gifts ar- rived at the Laidlaw home in the ex- press wagon of their son Billy, who wore the uniform of an expressman, During the evening games were play- ed and lunch was served. The shower room was decorated in a color scheme of pink and white and the table cent- red with a miniature wedding cake, , HAS ROCK DRILLING JOB AT SYDNEY A contract for drilling rock near Sydney, Cape Breton, has been receiv- ed by Mr, Fred Davidson of town. This contract will last for the duration of the war, Mr, Davidson is sending one of his machines to Cape Breton, the other will carry on with work in this district. The rock will be used as a flux by the .steel mills of that district. Mr, Davidson, his soil William, Ed. Thompson and john Haines will leave Toronto Thursday for the scene of operations, but Mr. Davidson expects to return in a few weeks. TO HOLD DISTRICT BLOOD CLINIC Bluevale and Whitechurch Included in ;opal Clinic One of ' the most important war services that the Red Cross Society carries on is the preparation of blood which will later be given by transfus- sion to wounded soldiers, sailors or airmen. Blood Donors Clinics have been established in all the large centres throughout the Dominion. These clines of course due to their lo- cation were not available to the large numbers living in other parts so mo- bile clines: have been established 'so that most all can take part in this im- portant service. One of these mobile clines will visit here in the near future and all males from the ages of 18 to 55 are eligible to donate blood. At least 130 donors are required for the district cline that is being held here which includes Bluevale and Whitechurch. Leave your name either at McKibbon's Drug Store or Dr. Connell's Office. BINGO • A Ladies Bingo will be held in the Armouries on Friday, OctOber 2nd at 85 sharp, under auspices of Ladies Auxiliary to the Canadian Legion. 25 games for 25c. Specials 5c or 6 for 25c. Proceeds used for buying and making clothing for refugee children. Moved To Oshawa Mrs. Ross Anderson and daughter moved to Oshai:va today (Wednesday) where Mr. Anderson is employed by General Motors. Mr. and Mrs. Ken Pennington will occupy the home the Anderson's vacated, Preached At Milverton Rev. Kenneth MacLean preached Anniversary Services in the Presby- terian Church at Milverton on Sun- day. Rev. T. J. Robinson of Strat- ford conducted the services in St. Andrew's Church here. Celebrating 25th Wedding Anniversary Mr, and Mrs. Alex Dark will be at home to their friends and neighbors on Saturday afternoon and evening as they will on that day celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary. Killed In Motor Accident Mrs. E. G. Code was instantly kill- ed in an automobile accident near Oshawa, Mrs. Code was a sister-in- law of Mrs. Dr. R. L. Stewart and was well-known here having visited in Wingham on many occasions, Back To One Year The two-Year term experiment for municipal councils is dead, At the recent session of the Ontario Legis- lature the so-styled "local government decision" of 1940 was neither re-en- acted nor amended, hence is now null and void, In ,conseqttence municipal elections will now be held yearly -in all municipalities as of yore. This information comes from Hon, T, B. McQuesten in a summary of munici- pal and school legislation passed at the 1942 Sesion of the Legislature. Mr. and Mrs. joint P. McKibbon and baby, Mr, and Mrs. Alton Adams, spent a few days in Toronto. Major IL S, Hetherington, Officer Commanding the 99th Battery, Ter- race, 13.C., who is attending a senior officers course in Xingstoh, was home' for the weekend, RED CROSS NOW $300 BETTER OFF Firemen Donate $300 They Raised On Salvage Collection The Wingham Fire Brigade have for some time now being looking after the salvage collection here. Every so often they turn the proceeds from their work over to the local Red Cross Society. Their latest donation is $300—no mean figure. The firemen are to be congratulated on this effort which takes up a great deal of time and entails a great amount of work. The public are co- operating splendidly also. The collec- tions are made the last Monday 'of each month. Received Appointment As Officer Mr, Archie M. Peebles, lccal' post- master, has been appointed a 2nd. Lieut. in the 99th Field Battery, R, C.A. (Reserve Force), Taking Course At Woodstock Seli and Leslie -Buckman of' the 99th Field Battery, R.C.A., (Re- serve Force) are attending a Driver, Maintainance and Truck Course at Woodstock. Arrived In England Mrs. Honry Ross 'has received word that her son Harold, has arrived over- seas. He is the third of this family to be serving in England as his father and brother Henry, are there also. Purchased Residence Mr. William Austin of Teeswater, has purchased the residence of Pte. William Johnston on Frances Street. Mr. and Mrs. Austin will move to Wingham shOrtly. Formed Partnership The Wallpaper Shop which has been conducted here for some years by Mr. Elmer Wilkinson is now•being operated under the partnership of Wilkinson and Mathers. Joined U. S. Army Mr. George Allen of Chicago has been visiting with his- father, Mr. Robert Allen for the past week. On his return to the United States George will report 'for army duty having en- listed in Uncle Sam's Army. More Enlistments Several more of the young men of town have enlisted in some branch of the service, jack Orvis, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Orvis, has joiqed the army; Wilbert Hogg, son of Mr. and Mrs. Feed Hogg, is now connec- ted with the mechanical transport; Russel Zurbrigg had joined the R.C. A.V., and will report at Gait, October 7th to take an 18 week's course, One of the young men Ken Pollard, has enlisted in the Royal .Canadian Navy. BIDS FAREWELL AT GRACE CHAPEL Miss Bunyan Leaves This Week, Miss Barfoot Next Week On Sunday Miss H. Bunyan bade farewell to the members of Grace Chapel (City Mission), after serving here for over two years. For the present she is leaving the work to care for her parents in Petrolia. Miss W. I3arfoot, who bids farewell next Sunday leaves 'to take up similar work at Listowel. The two new deaconesses who will have charge here will be, Miss V. Schwass of Listowel and Miss L. Purdy, of Sarnia. MAX STEWART GAVE THRILLING ADDRESS Told of His Interment in Japan and His 'Trip Tome A regular luncheon of Wingham Lions Club was held last Friday ev- ening at the Queen's Coffee Shop with a good attendance. President Stan, Hall called on members for the Roll Call and the following guests were introduced: Mr. Max Stewart, Mr. Ed. Gibson,' LAC. Jack Herd, Mr. Geo. Allen of Chicago and. Mr. Mc- Farlane of Toronto. The report of the Directors' Meet- ing was presented for consideration by the Club. Lions Jack McKibbon and Gordon Buchanan introduced a mot- ion that $200 be taken from the sur- ,plus from 1941 funds and invested in Dominion of Canada bonds and these be held as a fund toward a swimming pool after war, This suggestion nmet with time approval of the members and this addition will bring the funds for this purpose up to $400, Lion Bill Hamilton reported that his Commit- tee had been working on the arrange- ments for holding the Blood Clinic here and a canvas at four of the fac- tories had brought in 80 promises of one pint per man. Blanks were, plac- ed on the tables and were well signed by Lions. Lion Hamilton also expres- sed appreciation to Lions Dr. Bill Connell and Dr. Wilfred Crawford for their addresses over CKNY on this subject. It was felt that the required 130 names would be easily reached. Lion Hal. MacLean reported that the Directors recommended that $25 be given to the Salvation Army Cam- paign and this motion was seconded by Lion Bill Hamilton and carried. President Hall reported that Ladies Night would be held eon the second Friday in October and that a good speaker had been arranged for. Lion Geo. Northwood as Chairman of the Membership Committee reported four new members for approval of the Club. These were accepted and will be presented at the next meeting. A sextette composed of Lions Spry, Tif- fin, McCool, Gibson, Buchanan and Northwood were summoned to the 'froni.-and led the Lions in singing with a solo number featured by Lion Northwood. At the request of the President, Lion Jack Hanna introduced the guest speaker of the evening, Mr. Max Stewart, Acting Commercial Secre- tary, Canadian Legation at, Tokyo, Japan. Mr. Stewart, and old Wing- ham boy, expressed his pleasure at meeting so many of his old friends again and proceeded with his address. Mr. Stewart told of being in Shang- hai in 1937 and spending sonic three years there. Early in 1940 he was moved to Tokyo as a Commercial Attache. The attack on Pearl Har- bour came as a surprise, It was well known that there was considerable tension between Japan and the United States but it was felt that some way would be found to smooth over the difficulties. He described the Japs a hard ruthless people who could live on very little and survive. They met death fearlessly as their Shinto relig- ion taught them that the life of a war- rior after death would be glorious and happy. All Japs killed in action were supposed to have their names 'engrav- ed on the columns around the entrance to the shrines.. When casualties be- came heavy, the authorities selected an occasional name and later after it had been engraved on a column, it had been found that that person was still alive. Under the •cireumstances, he could not come home and his fam- ily refused to recognize him as he was "officially" dead, He was condemned to wander about in China or some foreign country the rest of his clays. (Continued on page three) Engagement Announced Mr. and Mrs. John R. Chick, R.R. No. 2, Teeswater, announce 'the en- gagement of their only daughter, Mary Averil to Mr. Herbert Freder- ick Kelloway, of Toronto. The mar- riage to take place at the bride's home October 10th. On Military Hospital Staff Most of the Personnel of the new military hospital unit, No. 10 General Hospital, has been announced by headquarters at Military District No. 1, The list includes Capt. J. Hardie. Geddes, a former Winghamite, who will be in charge of the medical branch, also Nursing Sister Nora Bell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Matt. Bell of town. Prior to her drilistfeta Miss Bell was superintendent of Walker- ton General Hospital, MEMBER ADDRESSED INSTITUTE MEETING Institute Plan For Grandmother's Meeting The regular 'monthly meeting of the Women's Institute was held on Fri- day afternon with the president, Mrs, I. H. Crawford in the chair, The meeting opened with the National Anthem and the Lord's Prayer in un- ison, The roll call was answered by telling How the Holidays were spent.. An extensive business session was lucid when plans, were made for cater- ing at two- evrits in the near future, A solo by Miss Lorraine Carter was much enjoyed. The special speaker was Mr. L. E. Cardiff, member for Huron-North who gave -a very interesting address on "What relation are we to our corn- munity." He told of the part the farmers are taking in the community and the importance of their task in these times of stress, A vote of thanks was tendered him on motion of Mrs, A. R, DuVal and Mrs, W, J. Hend- erson, The next meeting will be Grand- mother's meeting and all members- are requested to bring something •ap- propriate to this meeting which should prove very interesting. The.rneeting closed with the Insti, tute Ode. MONEY FOR DITTY BAGS NEEDED NOW Shipments To Be Made Early In October , As the Red Cross are asked to have the ditty bags for the sailors pack- ed and shipped early in the month, they request that all donations of money and supplies be handed in this week if possible. As soon as these donations are all received, the articles will be purchased and the bags filled. This all takes time, and, as these bags must reach the boys of the navy for Christmas, please give the Red Cross your co-operation . This is a work in which everyone should share, and any gifts may be left at the Red Cross Room. The Bluevale Branch hasi al- ready sent in $40.00, a very- splendid gift from that small unit. 1‘ To Hold Rally Day - The United Church Sunday School. will hold their annual Rally Day service at 2.30 p.m. on Sunday next in the Sunday School room. The special speaker will be Mr. Fred Beck of Harriston. A program by the pupils will be given. To Hold Shower For Ditty Bags At the regular meeting of the- 9th line of Turnberry Red Cross group held last Thursday at Gilmour's School, two quilts were quilted. They also decided at that meeting to donate $6.00 to the Wingham Red Cross for ditty bags. The ladies are asked to remember the shower for the sailor's ditty bags to be held on Friday, Oc- tober 9th. It was decided to hold a euchre at a later date, Season's First &lbw The falling of snow early Monday morning is a gentle reminder that old man winter is not far around the corner. An old timer made the re- mark; "snow in September •heralds a fine October.' Here's hoping that is the case, The snow was not the var- iety that made a white blanket as it_ disappeared as it fell, but the morn- ing was plenty chilly and when the. sun came out later it was truly wel- come. • HOME FRONT APPEAL MAKING PROGRESS Committee Looks For Objective To Be Reached This Week The Salvation Army Home Front Appeal in this district is progressing favorably according to reports from the committee in charge, Although no definite figures have been released as yet, it is fully expected that the objective twill be reached. The cam- paign officially closed October 3rd, but some parts of this district will carry on after that date as organiz- ation was not completed in time to complete the canvass, during .the regu- lar campaign dates, If you have not as yet subscribed to this worthy cause the committee would appreciate your doing so with- out delay as they are Very anxious not only to have their objective over subscribed but completed as quickly as possible. Gordon Ralph Crawford of Vancou- survive. The Ottawa was one of the ver, brother of Dr, W. A, Crawford, destroyers which escorted the King of town. Five officers and 65 men, and Queen between Vancouver and and six ratings of the Royal navy Victoria, during the 1939 visit,