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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1942-10-08, Page 2MONEY.... to make Cash Paynzenti WHILE you are waiting for the-cash proceeds.- of your crops to come in, you may need ready money for the payment of wages.. for: mortgage interest, irrilkement- instalm.ents, school, fees, additions to,Oack and equipment„ or other needed improvements, or. purZhases. This Bank will gladly lend you-the moneyfor such legitimate expenditures. Call ands discus.* your needs on your next trip to town.. , THE: DOMIqI0E. BANK ..• rAor,,, TWO WINGNAM ADVANCE-TI MS . Thursday, Oqtaber 8, 1942. Wingham Advanice-Times Publiohed At VINORAM - ONTARIO goibseription. Rate One Year $0.0.0- Six months, $2.00 in advance To- V. S. A., $2.50 per year -.Foreign rate, $8.00. per year. #4.rivertising rates on application., VhiV110".401,M11$1111,11.11111111 llllll 111141,4monVgarlfiffill1101A NEWS. • of the . DISTRICT 'Si:c of Family on Active Service When (honors are being handed out, Wm. V. Webster of Kincardine should teceive her share, for of her family of „nine, six are on active service. -.Three sons Elliott, George and Jas. are overseas with the 97th battery, R.c..A, and have been there some gaze. The Highland Light Infantry -of Canada at present stationed at Lis- -towel, has in its ranks another son, lialcolin, while Fred answered the call of the navy and is now stationed at Halifax returning there recently :from leave at his home here. A daughter, Mary, is with ,C,W.A.C. and is training at St. Ann de Bellevue, Quebec. This is a family record which should be difficult .to surpass,—Kin,, cardine News, Bear At Large Near Tara A big black bear, which in all prob- ability has strayed from the, Bruce Peninsula, is at large in the neighbor- hood of Speace's swamp, between Tara and Allenford. Mr. Thos. Duke, of Wiarton, was motoring through the swamp, when directly in front of him loomed bruin, slowly making his way across the road, — Tara Leader. Awarded $7,500 For Loss of Eye Alvin Kinne of Durham was award- ed $7,500 and costs in his action against Herbert Stonehouse of the some town by a judgement that Mr. justice Plaxton delivered at Osgoode Hall, Toronto. Kinne claimed dam- ages for injuries that he asserted, had been inflicted by Stonehouse. The plaintiff said that these injuries in- cluded the loss of the sight of one of his eyes and that, as a result of this and a previous defect of viison, he had been permanently incapacitated for any kind of work. The defendent pleaded that he had been assaulted by Kinne and had had to defend himself. —Hanover Post, - Postman Ends Long Service Wednesday last week, Paul Hin- sperger retired as postmaster and rural mail courier at Carlsruhe after 28 years of faithful performance in the postal service. He is succeeded as postmaster by Walter Bucholtz, in whose store the post office is now lo- cated. Mr. Bucholtz will also serve as mail courier until this position is filled,—Hanover Post. • Vevatious Thefts The scarcity of sugar haas brought about another grievous evil an this locality. Recently, when a family on the Elora Road were absent from home, some person entered their cel- lar and carried away from 40 to 50 Shot ,At Street Lights Much annoyance has been caused by village Youths, armed with un- licensed BM, rifles, who persist. in pe'ppering street light bulbs, and wind- ow panes. Street lighting service has been interrupted seriously and parents are .asked to use their influence to have this nuisance discontinued before a bill for damages is presented, ilfdldmaymay Gazette, Mailed 30 Years Ago Thirty years- ago Arthur V. Gilles, 1023 King street west, Hamilton, was holidaying in Walkerton. He sent a postcard to the -mother of his chum. Last week the postcard reached Ham- ilton-20 years later—and .roarked. "two cents due." Post Office officials State it was possible that the card had become lodged under the base of a cancelling machine ,or had become caught in a mail chute. It could not have been delayed 30 years in the Hamilton post office, they said, be- cause the building had been Up only since 1937. — Walkerton Herald Times. Ripley Man Prisoner-of-War John McLean of Ripley has been • officially advised that his son, Private. Kenneth McLean of the Essex- Scott- ish_ Regiment and a. former insurance agent in Ripley. and Stratford, is alive as a prisoner of war in Germany-. Private McLean participated in. the- Dieppe raid last August 10; He was Officially reported missing a few weeks 'ago. Girls Work in Lucknow Factory Fourteen local young ladies have been added to the growing payrool at the Maple Leaf Aircraft plant. These girls returned from Toronto the lat- ter part of the week upon completing a special course of training, and on Monday commenced the new job and are typical women war workers with their slacks, and kerchief attire. The plant is now operating-on an 8-hour, three-shift basis.---:Lucknow Sentinel.. W. Wawariosli Council Sets Rate The West Wawanosh Council held the regular meeting with all members present. 'The following are tax rates for 1942: For County purposes, five and two-tenths mills; for township purposes, one and five-tenths mills; 031=0=0 gestion at the sister 'training ceittre irx Broekville, Incidentally both can- tres, are undergoing a big .expansion program to take .care of the constant- ly-inereasing- influx of .officer candi- dates, Located in a picturesque set: ling not far from Victoria, Gordon Head, has beets in operation since the spring of 1941 and has already grad- uated hundreds of virile, intensively- trained young men for posts of leader- ship and responsibility in the Caud- jan '\.t mi-It'llig y'our four weeks at' Gordon Head, the sun shone 'almost uninter- ruptedly and the nights were delight- fully cool. Training was' carried out under ideal conditions, Having had the opportunity of visiting a majority of training- centres and army schools in Eastern Canada, we are free to say that we have not :ken a more orderly. and ,efficiently-conducted camp than Gordon Head, Discipline is strict and not a waking moment is wasted, The candidates are thoroughly imbued with the seriousness of the task which they are -undertaking and with their respon- sibility to show an example to the men whom -they will ocinmand, Cer- tainly 'Acta, Colonel A, D. Wilson, D, 8.0., V. D,, and his staff deserve the highest praise for Making Gordon Head a model military training -centre. Actually it is 'going back tti. school' for the O. T. - A substan- tial part of each day is given over to. classroom lectures on map reading, military Taw, army organization, anti- gas protection; field engineering and' allied mareh„ how to slope- and' present. arms: how to- handle a bayonet,. to .fire a Bren gull, to don a gas mask in eight seconds, to dig trenches, to ride a motorcycle,. to handle an' anti-tank •gun, to marciA 'by compass' at night and td fire a pistol, . In mutual instru- ction he becomes' accustomed' to hand- Bng:a squad of men and' to intelligent- ly present 'a. military Icturette to his • comrades, The practical' work is done under the-watch:fit!' eye of a Staff' Sergeant, whose tongue can still carry a sharp sting. The classes are divided into -platoons, with three of the stud- ents each '''ckty acting as platoon com- mander, platoon sergeant and platoon corporal. An 0. T.. C. staff officer lectures and supervises. the welfare of each platoon. • _ Training-sat Gordon Head' i's divid- ed into three Parts, based' on'the latiOn three Months' training -givn to alt candidates Who are going into in- fantry,. artillery, armoured' corps, army service ;corps and.' other branches of the fighting forces. The first month is, `common to all' arms", the second features • tactics and the final month sees the boys going -to their -own -par- tictilar branch fin- training 'special to the• arm.' It is an' intensive course that takes all' the mental' and' physical concentration that the candidate' can summon. "A small proportion are Un- We to make the, grade• and go back to their units, • : At- the end' of three months the fled- gling officer receives his rewavt, and' a well'-deserved' one it is, at a. gractua- t•ion cerethorry Which forms a fitting' climax to the course. We had the pri- vilege of witnessing,. in fact participat- ing in one of these events. It was an inspiring spectacle as 'Weil over one hundred young Canadians, keen and fit, paraded before Major-General A, E: Potts, Officer 'Commanding the 6th Division, to receive their parchments as Second Lieutenants, while admiring relatives and 'friends applauded and: several hundred undergraduates form- ed -an imposing background for the ceremony, Two types of 'candidates go to Gor- don Head, One comprises those who already have been commissioned and .now seek qualification, They wear white arm -bands, Time remainder are- officer cadets, lads selected from the ranks by their commanding officers as prospective officer material - They have not yet been commissioned, a fact. Which. is signified by the wearing of uthitt shoulder and cap bands. All are on par •diaiing their stay at Gor- 599, WAR. RISK PREMIUMS. ARE ANNOUNCED) Premium rates under the War. Risk insurance Act, will :be, 15 cents- for $100 on. private dwellings,. outbuilde- ings, garages and, their contents„ in eluding private passeuger, automobiles,. under au. order-incouncit made public' last, week. • Fire. insurance. ,companies act as agents of, the, government in the, collection of, premiums under the scheme, which is. effectiye as.. of. Sep- te,mber..15,, and. by- the order - cornpan- le,s. are authorized, to execute. 'Lite- person wishing to protect household. and. personal effects in. vain personal. use,, wherever they. are, limited, can also. obtain: insurance at 'the rate., of. 15, cents. per - $.1.60::. A-, similar rate will' apply' on- farm properties andl theft• contents,, priVate- garages;, barns„, outhuild- ings;, .farm implementm, ant?mobilei, live- stock and produce: . hospitals. odocationa4 cliaritable andi religions; instictatiOns. libraries, :museums and' public .ings will receive - tho'rate of 15 cents fur $100, but 90' per cent oorinsurarite will be obligatory - On all: other property- insured un- crlaetre tile tamst ijie-n-k ;2n5d, caopriptisicattoiron' $ IF-70,0rrn;wtiltli: 90 per cent co-insurance obligatory. Under the order, Finance Minister lisley is, authorized to require as a condition of any_ insurance `policy is- sued that at least 90 per cent of all. the insurable property of. the insured be covered in the application. Forms and instructions have been issued to fire insurance companies to prepare them for the taking of appli- cations, Moscow radio has -broadcast a story told among German prisoners. Hitler was inspecting troops, He asked a soldier; "What would he your lasti r •ish if a Russian bomb 1611 near you ot The .soldier replied; "I would wish that ii(ic,,, a,tinybel7o Vuhrer could be at 'WV iiiii ,li, A Remarkable Doctor. Over in St. Jacobs' lives Dr. T. A. Robinson, who at the age • of 83- is still' busily engaged, in his medical' „practice; He nits assisted at the birth 12if 8..,318 children, among them over fifty sets of twins anti six sets of itriPlets. Once he attended seven con- . finment cases- within twenty-four ifrours. — Arthur Enterprise News. Jituys 305 Feeder Cattle Mr. Sheldon Bricker arrived home ,eint Saturday after a brief trip to the West, during winch he purchased 305 Irro2d of feeder cattle. Three carloads -arrived here on Monday, one on Tues- dny and the balance are expected by •-the end of this Week. — Fordwich Record, Teeswater Church Extends Call - ....G*.r.ox. Presbyterian Church emigre- has extended a call to Rev. Lyall Detlor, of Toronto. Rev: Tretiot- assistant of Knox Church, To- =tit*, preached at both morning and :.vening services in the Teeswater Church last Sunday, — Teeswater ticws Centralia, 2- L.A.C. John Jacob Birky, a student Pilot from Valparaiso, Indiana, died at the hospital of the R.C.A.F, training school here from in-, puries received when his plane crash ed 'On the farm of Murray Dixon, 1% miles south of the airport. Charged With Reckless Driving Charged with reckless driving fol- lowing an accident on highway 21 at the town limits early Thurs. morning, E. Stacey,. Kincardin,,, was released, on $1,000 bail 'after being taken into custody by Chief of Police R. C. Mackenzie. One of the passengers, in the car; Miss M. McDonald, received serious facial lacerations and was re- moved to Kincardine General Hosp- ital. Fire At Goderich . A disastrous fire, causing damage estimated at thousands 'of dollars, broke out at 2 o'clock Wednesday- af- ternoon in the A. Cornfield men's and women's wear store in the business section of Goderich. The interior of the store was gutted and the large stock badly damaged, as the fire caught on to the shelving, breaking lit" down in places. 11 O I I O O 0. 11 p. 6. O I 0 4 4 bel6hIllfiga Which totted oat at 004 total, at ford, a suburb of tha city, less thin le hotiti lhohet of Mit 604 • ''**1 •4-• ',44,YlatliiiLlikakAILe • 111110101 ". By Capt. Bruce M. Pearce --Public Relations Officer, MI 1 You don't become an: officer in the Canadian Army today simply by being granted a commission and donning- a smart new uniform. Eight Public Relations Officers, in- cluding the writer, from military dik. riets across Canada found that out recently when they were numbered in a class of 30 day candidates at the Officers' Training. Centre, -Gordon Head, 13. C. It was an ekperience 0 that we will not soon forget, giving us an insight into the many phasq of training that go to fit an officer for the gruelling struggle that hes ahead. We had the opportunity to, rub shoulders with boys who had just ar- rived back from England after t*o years overseas, lads of the first and second Canadian divisions who ,had earned , the right to qualify for com- missions from the ranks. Marching side by side were boys front office, a factory, farm and university, front Ot- tawa, Toronto, Winnipeg, Regina, Ed- monton and intervening points, French-Canadian lads from MOntreal and Quebec, young men fresh from qualifying from the Pay Corps, Army Service Corps or Ordinance. Every officer of the Canadian Atmy, today, must take a three-month qualifying course at an Officers' Training Cen- tre, Those in The Dental Corps- a-nd Public Relations take a 30-day course, For many of us the first week or two waS'a rather trying experience. We took considerable pitnishment, ni Six-mile route marches in full battle order . and a half hour of strenuous bayonet practice do ,not come easily to the :novitiate, fresh front a sedent- ary occupation, When you go -at a steady pace from dawn to dusk, you arc dog-tired when - 'lights out' is sounded, .probably 'long before, Once the kinks are out of the .imuscles and you become accustomed 'to the daily routine, however, CtimP life agAttltieS a new attractiveness, Gordon Head is the °Metre Train- Trig -Centre for Western Canada, but 'here from the east to relieve the Cal- don Tread, Candidates are taught to look after them-selves in every way. 'Spit and polish' is a byword, as the boys shine their 'buttons, clean their web equip- ment sweep the floors of their huts, fold: blanket neatly, line tip their mat- tresses,. polish. shoes, and otherwise learn neatness -and cleanliness.. A pennant is awarded each week for the best-kept but and there- is keen com- petition. for the honour. Selfereliance, initiative .and self-confidence are eared 'in , every phrase Of: 0. T.. C. training. 'When the. new' officer leaves- Gordbn Head, he is competent not only -to , look after himself., but to train his men: It is true that they must take. 'advanced training: at Borden; • Shilo;, Debert or Petawawa,, but three months at 'Gordbm Head has, .giVeir them, a. fine rudinientary training that will - endere, for the, period of their army. life and probably long' alter.. ward's. The Gordon, Head graduate• must be' able' to do everything that he' will ask his, men: to do and .do, it Joist a little :better, .•• . • Apart from. the excellent fob, being, done- by officers,, staff sergeants- and', all other staff personnel at Gordon Head, our chief impression was of a, fine calibre of young Canadian man- hood an its way to take connuand; of units, of the 'Canadian army. Their ranks are replete with keen and cap- able boys, whose morale is of the most inspiring character. It -was a rare privilege to be associated for thirty days with these youngsters who will soon be going onto the field of battle at the head of their platoons or com- panies. We venture the opinion that our army is absolutely safe in their hands: They area far cry from the regimented goose-stepping officers of the Nati army. They are free, deter- mined young- Canadians who have sac- rificed the comforts and promise of their civilian careers and have volun- teered to fight -for the .freedom of their country. We would not choose to be on the opposing 'side when the zero. -hour comes and these Canadian offi- cers from Gordon Head go into action, It is the function of good printed matter to enhance your sale and stimulate interest so that your pro- spects *ill want more merchandise just like it. No piece of .printe'd matter is too small to create a good impression, and this organization is prepared with facilities and knowledge to help you in creating printed mater- ial that commands attention I The. Wingham Advance-Times Telephone 34 Roller Skating Potato, The roller skating potato that the' News-Record has in 'its window this week was found by Mn James Taylor, in his garden on Mill Street. The po- tato, a freak of nature, has grown• around' the iron axle -of an old rower skate, which Mr. Taylor estimates to be about fifty years old. — Clinton News. Record. Command attention general school rate, three mills; police village rate,' seyen and trio-tenths mills; Dungannon street lights, one and, seven-tenths mills; also sufficient rates for the several school sections. Centralia slyer Killed The sale actually commences after the order is closed and the product has left your premises. 11ALIFAA 15 ISOLATED BY A TWEi4DAY FLOOD' 'Wingham Branch — G. C. 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