HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1942-11-12, Page 1.NAMES ARE ADDED TO
CHURCH HONOR ROLL
••82 Names Are Now On United
Church Soldiers List
Tribute to men who gave their lives
tin the First Great War was paid at
«a Mentorial.Service in Wingham Uni-
-ted Church on Sunday morning. Rev.
W. A. Beecroft cenducted the service
;and said' that these men did not be-
:long to a .lost generation any more
".than Jesus did, who on Hlis life for
;„others. They live on in byes made
.nobler• by their influence, they march
)in a deathless army leading the armies
"of to-day, Two honor rolls were ded-
:icated, -bearing the names of the 39
from the Church who have gone
,into the armed services during the
.:past year. These are in addition to
,43 .wlio had previously enlisted and
'whose names were inscribed a year
ago, a total now of 82, The honor
rolls were unveiled by Mr. Alex Coutts
and Mr. George Carr, who both have
sons overseas. Mr, E. S. Copeland
::read the following names:
Harvey T, Beecroft, Herbert Dar-
-sel Biggs, Percival Frederic Biggs,
Ralph Carr, Robert George Casernore,
"Wm. Herman Casemore, Kenneth
‘'Crawford, Harvey Edgar, Lloyd El-
Wm. john Elston, R. Mac Hab-
4' kirk, John H, Herd, Stewart Hallo-
-way, Edmund Halloway, Douglas
Hoffman, F. Ross Howson, Wm.
James Hamilton, Gordon Chester Ir-
win, Win, Gilbert Irwin, John How-
ard Irwin, Wm. Ialinston, Wm, Kew,
Carl Kenneth McKay, A. D. Mac-
-William, David, Murray, John C. Orvis,
'Clarence Ohm, John W. Pattison,
.Henry Pattison, Muriel E. Redmond,
-Harold Ridley, Harry L. Spry, Vance
'Sanderson, K. J. Simmons, Harold H.
:Sparling, Robt, Charles Scott, Wm.
Joseph Tiffin, Robt. John Wilson,
,Russel. Zurbrigg.
Mr. Beecroft sang, 'There is no
' Death" and the choir closed the serv-
ice with the anthem, "Souls of •the,
Righteous."
S. A. OFFICER GOES
TO DUNNVILLE
Lieut, Reitta Ellis who has been in
charge of .the Salvation Army work
in this community for the past year
and 'a half, is being transferred to
Dunnville and leaved to take over her
new charge on Thursday. During her
stay here Miss Ellis has gained the
-confidence and respect of the people
of this district who wish her every
success in her new field of labor.
Her successor will be Lieut. Will-
iam Bennett who has been stationed
at Fort Erie.
Fish And Game Club Annual
The annual meeting of the Wing-
tam Fish and Game Club will 'be held
t at. the borne of Mr. E. M. Snell,
Thursday evening, November 19th, at
eight o'clock. W, S. Hall, secretary;
!Geo, 11. Orvis, president.
'Howick Federation
Meeting At Gorrie
The Howick Unit of the Federation
, of Agriculture are holding a public
Meeting in the Gorrie Township Hall,
On Friday night off-this week, Novem-
lier 18. Special speaker, R. J, Scott.
There will :be a short program-No
admission; everybody welcome,
BAPTIST Y. W. HELD
MISSIONARY MEETING
Missionaries In India Suffer Hard-
ships, Due To War
A number of Ba•ptist Young Woihen
gathered at the home of Mrs. Kelly
on Thursday evening for their regu-
lar monthly meeting. "Blessed As-
surance" was the opening' hymn, fol-
lowed with prayer by Vivian Mac-
-Lean. Marjorie Falconer read a
Chapter of the study book "Splendor
of God," A few minutes was devoted
to the Watch Tower Session under
the leadership of Mrs. Lucas, "Tis the
Blessed Hour of Prayer" was sung
and the Scripeure Lesson was Psalm
145, the comments of the passage be-
ing given by Louise Collar. A sea-
son of prayer was taken by Shirley
MacLean and Mrs. Lucas, The Topic
for the evening Was taken by Marie
MacLean and was entitled "The Siren
arid the French in India." Rosetta'
Dennis reported from the Link and
'Visitor the article dealing with the
hardships the missionaries endured in
/ndia as a result of Japanese invatiort.
"I've Fottral a Friend" was the eon-
elnding hymn after which Louise Col
lar closed with prayer, Lunch was
'Served and a Octal time Was enjoyed.
With Which la Amalgamated The Gorrie Vidette'and Vihregmter News,
Single Copies 'Five Cents
J. C. CURRIE WILL IS
VALID JUDGE RULES
W, A. Galbraith, Wingham Town
Clerk, Executor, To Distribute /
Large Sum To Charity At. His
' Discretion
Next Of Kin Failed. In Their Attempt
To Upset The Will
Justice McFarland Thursday morn-
ing ruled after a two-day hearing in
the Supreme cQuet at Gederich that
the will of the late John C, Currie,
of Wingham, to be valid: This will
named W. A. Galbraith, town clerk
of Wingham, as executor, and left a
residue, after certain bequests, of
$90,000 which is to be distributed to
charity as the sole discretion of the
executor. The will bequeathed about
$25,000 to next of kin,
The judge held that the late. Mr.
Currie was mentally sound when he
made will in dispute on October
14, 1939. .He also considered that he
had sanely and carefully conducted his
own business after making that will.
All costs are to come out of the estate.
The evidence of much of the next
of kin was considered vague by the
Judge and he 'commented adversely_ on
a bill for $5,700 which Mrs. Mary Jane
Deyell, sister of the testator, had filed
with the executor for services render-
ed for special care of her brother.
At the first day 'of the hearing the
plaintiff in the action, Mr. W. A,. Gal-
braid' sought to prove the' will was
valid, He was questioned at length
and outlined how deceased had come
to him with a -draft of his will asking
him to act as executor and asking that
the will be changed on four places,
typed, signed and witnessed. This
was done and the deceased had thor-
ough knowledge of it as it was read to
him several times and he had expres-
sed complete satisfaction with it. The
extent of the estate was not known
to Mr. Galbraith, he stated, until after
the death of Mr. Currie.
Chief of Police George Allen, who
witnessed the will; George E. North-
wood, bank manager; Leslie Black-
woodr-bank manager; Conrad Goll;
Gord,pn Hastie; John P. McKibbon;
Capt. (Dr.) W. A. McKibbon whose
evidence was taken in England; Capt.
J: R. M. Spittal and Alex, Rintoul
were other plaintiff witnesses.
Their evidence tended to show that
Mr: Currie was of sound mind and
(Continued on page four)
Attended Funeral At Clarksburg
On Saturday Capt. and Mrs. W. J.
Adams left for Clarksburg to attend
the funeral of their brother-in-law, the
late W. C. Haines. '
Chimney Fire
The firemen had a call to Mr. Larry
Benniger's home on Patrick street
early Monday evening. The fire
which was of the chimney variety
burned with much fireworks, with a
high wind blowing. However, no
damage resulted,
Fowl Supper, Belgrave, Nov. 18
A hot Fowl Supper will be held in
Belgrave United Church, Wednesday
evening, November 18. Supper served
from 5.30 to 8,30, A good musical
programme will be given after the
supper. Admission: adults 60 cents;
Children. 25 cents,
Reported For Duty •
Lieut. E. A. Corbett of Fordwich
who recently enlisted, reported for
duty at London on Monday. It is ex-
pected ' that he will be stationed in
Eastern Canada, He is well known
here as he was in charge of the comp-
any of the Huron Regiment prior to
it becoming a part of the Middlesex-
Hurim regiment. He is a veteran of
the Great War,
,9th Line Quilting'
The Red Cross Group of the 9th
line of Turnberry, met last week in
Gilmour's School, Two quilts we're
quilted after which there was a bus-
iness meeting. It was decided to send
Christmas boxes to the six young men
of the line who are serving in His
Majesty's POreeS, The next meeting
will be in the school on November
10th, and it is hoped that all ladies
will be present,
Attended Service In Teeawater
A number hf the Members of the
Legion attended the annual Remem-
brance Day Service in the Voeswater
Presbyterian church,- Sunday evening,
The Veterans and the Rothe Guard
partied to the church. Flight Lieuten-
ant Rev, tY, 3. Lane of Goderich was
the special speaker for the oecasion.
Following the church service a com-
munity. service of remembrance was
held at the monument.
FIRST COLLECTION
OF CIGARETTE FUND
-Legion Very Appreciative Of Support
Being Given
Two weeks ago collection bottles
for the Legion Cigarette Fund were
placed about town in various locations.
The first collection from these bottles
was made on. Tuesday' and the sum
collected was $38.42.
The Legion are very pleased- with
the result of this method of collecting
funds for smokes for,.the boys over-
seas' and wish to express their apprec-
iation to the public. Keep them
smoking by dropping your spare
change in, the Legion Overseas smoke
bottles.
NO GASOLINE AFTER
7 P.M. SATURDAYS
.During the summer months the
garages of town remained open- until
9 p.m, on Saturday nights. This
priviledge is now withdrawn and serv-
ice stations and garages will not be
allowed to. dispense gasoline after the
hour of 7 p.m. any week day or Sun-
days,
Last Saturday night was the first
night of the fall 7 o'clock closing and
some were disappointed by not ar-
riving at a station early enough to re-
ceive gas.
Saturday night opening till 9 p.m.
during the summer was a great con-
venience and it is helped it will be re-
sumed next year.
Former Wingham Boy Overseas
Word was received here that Jack
Herd had landed in England. Jack
is with the R.C.A.F. and attended
high school here and for a number of
years was a resident of town. His
friends here will be glad to know of
his safe arrival.
Now A Pilot Offiler
Fred Bates, a former manager of
the Chainway Store here, recently
graduated from the Radio School at
Clinton and was promoted to the rank
of Pilot Officer on his graduation. He
visited in town on Monday and is on
leave prior to 'being posted.
D.D.G.M. Visited Masonic Lodge
At the regular meeting of Wing-
ham Lodge A.F, & A.M. last week
Rt. Wor. Bro. J. R. McKay of Kin-
cardine, District Deputy Grand Mas-
ter for this district, made his official
visit. The third degree was exempli-
fied and following the work in the
lodge room a social time was spent
in the banquet 1;a11.
Airforce Group Arrived Overseas
A class of boys from England who
recently took a four months course in
Navigation at Port Albert and wito
spent most of their time off in Wing-
ham where they made many friends,
have arrived safely in England. There
were seventeen in the group and their
friends will be very happy to know of
their safe journey. On Tuesday Mrs.
A. D. MacWilliam received a cable
from Donald Richards stating all had
arrived safely,
Deer Shooting Next Week
All next week the crack of rifles
will be' heard in this district as an
open season for deer has been set
for the period November 16 to 21 in-
clusive. For the first time in many
years North Huron will have open
season for deer hunting. Hunters dur-
ing last week stt oiled about the Hur-
on and Bruce counties trying to get
a line on a spot where they could
quickly bag one, It is said that when
shooting was held in Bruce the deer
would head into Huron. This year
if they try that they will be running
into another barrage of fire,
'DONATIONS TO RED
CROSS IN OCTOBER
The Wingham Branch of the Can-
adian Red Cross Society wishes to
acknowledge the following donations
during the month of October, and to
thank ,the donors for their gifts:
Austin, 1 baby jacket; Mrs, Cleland,
i pair hose; Auxiliary to Legion, 2
child's sweaters; Oth, • Turnberry, 5
quilts; Women's Institute, 8 quilts,
Cash Donations:
Miss McCallum, $1,00; Whitechurch
Unit (Blanket En:1d), $2.00; Firemen,
Salvage (per 1. Cart), $800.00; White-
church, Campaign Pledges $5,00;
Other pledges paid $28.50,
N. 14, A list of contributions for
Comfort Bags for sailors has been
previously given,
THIRD VICTORY LOAN
VERY SUCCESSFUL
Canada's Minimum Objective Was
Exceeded By $200,000,000
Huron Again Went Over The Top In
Big Way
Canada's Third Victory Loan drive
has again been a marked success,
Subscriptions amounted to $950,246,-
150 and for a country of eleven million
people to subscribe this vast amount
of money in three weeks is a feat of
which the whole county should take
pride, The total was more than $200,-
000,000 in excess of tho minimum ob-
jective and this figure Will no doubt
be increased when the final ' tabula-
tions are ,made,
Huron County again icame through
and exceeded their objective by nearly
$368,150. Once again t4 `county sub-
scribed over $2,000,000, :the minimum
objective was $1,900,6 Wingham
again did' more than as -asked as
total subscriptions aino ted to $129,-
950 exceeding the obje, tive by $10,-
250.
Only three municipalities did not
reach their objectives,' they were:
Morris, Grey, Blyth. PThe . county
total now stands at $2,08,15"0, This
total was made as follors:
District Safes Qquota
Wingham $126;050 $119,650
Turnberry 49,650 47,800
Wawanosh E, 43,200 41,400
Howick 141,500 110,700
Morris ;55,950 58,200
Grey 68,600 81,100
Brussels 68,300 37,650
Blyth .............. 24,050 26,650
Ashfield 73,350 .68,300
Wawanosh W - 62,650 46,500
Colborne 62,400 48,100
Goderich 362,900 315,450
Tuckersmith 79,800 59,100
McKillop 61,650 59,400
Hullett 93,750 59,000
Seaforth 136,750 106,250
Clinton 142,550 117,650
Stanley 78,550 66,300
Goderich Twp. 70,050 49,400
Hensall r Hay E 88,740 68,250
Zurich & Hay W 59,650 54,600
72,750 64,800 UExsbetoerrne
120,150 99,450
Stephen 115,000 94,300
Port 41bert A.P.
Sky I/arbour 251,031550
R.A.F. Clinton 30,450
No. 9 S.F.T.S.
Exeter ' 43,500
BRIDGE CLUB
Ten and one half tables took part
in the game at the weekly meeting of
the Wingham Bridge Club on Thnrs•
day evening. The results of the play
was as follows: North and South-
1st., Jack Mason, Art Wilson; 2nd,,
Mrs. R. S, Hetherington, Mrs. W. L.
Kress; 3rd., Miss M. MacLean, Mrs.
0. Colborne; 4th., Mrs. H. C. Mac-
Lean and Mrs. C. G. Gammage; 5th.,
Mrs, W. H. French and Duncan Ken-
nedy. East and West-lst., J. H.
Crawford and C. E. Richey; 2nd,,
Mrs. A. R. DuVal and C. G. Gam-
mage; 3rd., Mrs. H. Green and Geo,
Williams; 4th., Mrs. G. Godkin and
Mrs. Bert Porter; 5th., Mrs. C. H.
Magee and Harry Green,
County Council Meets Next Week
The final meeting of Huron County
Council for this year will be held in
Goderich commencing at 2 p.m. on
Tuesday next, November 17.
Form Radio Forum Group
The Radio Farm Forum met at the
home of Mr. Orville -Tailor, East
Wawanosh, on Monday evening, Nov-
ember 9th and organized a group, The
next meeting will be held at the home
of Mr: Sitrion Hallahan on Monday,
November 16th,
courerY FEDERATION
OF AGRICULTURE
TO HOLD ANNUAL
Meeting Will Be 'Held In Clinton
On Wednesday, November 18
00,111•1.
squadron, Bud has visited here often
and fits friends here wish him luck.
Jerry or the Japs will have to keep
their heads down when he starts pep-
pering at them, •
Institute Euchre Well Attended
The Overseas Box Fund of the
Women's Institute was swelled in
splendid fashion on Friday night by
the splendid attendance at the euchre,
About 160 took part in the play. The
prizes were well as follows; Ladies-
1st,, Mrs, J. Schneider; 2nd., Mrs. H.
C. MacLean, Genitemen-1st,, James
Gibbons; 2nd,, Duncan Kennedy.
Mystery prize, Miss Mary Pattison,
The institute gratefully acknowledge
the donation of prizes from the Wall-
paper Shop, Walker Stores Limited,
Williams jewellery, H. E. Isard
Co., Stedinans,
POPPY SALE WAS
VERY SUCCESSFUL
Poppy Day, last Saturday, was very
successful in this community. The
gross proceeds amounted to $210.00
which is nearly $25 greater than last
year,
Mr. W. G. Hamilton, chairman of
the Poppy Committee, wishes on be-
half of the committee and the Wing'
hart Legion, to express his apprecia-
tion of the gemerotts support given by
the public. Also to express thanks to
the ladies who conducted the carivag§
and all others who acted as taggers.
The taggers were: Grace Parker,
Ma Brophy, Betty Finlay, Dorothy
Hamilton, Shirley Edgar, Shirley
Nethery, Joan Edgar, M. Connell, B.
ilrydges, Mary Forsyth, Hazel Cant-
emit, J. Adair, V. Bowman, L. Lock-
ridge, B. Foxton, R. Gannett, 1,
Walker, A. Shields, Helen IFortes,
Mary Forbes, Bill Pollock, Jack Lloyd,
Xress, Bob.F inlay.
Graduated Prom I.F,T.S.
Cpl. Elgin Coutts has taken his
first step to become one of the air-
crew of• an -aeroplane. He has just
graduated from the LF.T.S. at St.
Eugene, Ont,, and after spending a
leave at his home here will report for
a further course at Uplands, Elgin
has been a member of the R.C,A.F.
for sometime serving on the ground
crew Until he reported at St, Eugene.
Lucknow Car Found At Orillia
When Mayor Crawford's ear was
stolen a week ago 'Saturday evening
it was used as a step for the thieves
to pick off Ray MeNall's car at Luck-
now, No word was received about
this car until Monday when Constable
William Gardner received notice that
it had been abandoned at trillia, It
is not known just when 'it was left at
as it was there for a few days
before it was reported to police. Mr,
MeNall went to Orillia Tuesday to
retrieve his car,
INTERESTING. SERVICE
HELD AT ST, PAULS
Legion, Battery, Soy Scouts' Civi4
Officials and Citizens' Bawl
Paraded to the Church
St. Paul's Church was filled to
capacity, on Sunday morning for the
Civic Remembrance Sunday service.
Attending the service was the Legiop,
Legion Auxiliary, 99th Battery, Boy
Scouts, Civic Officials and Winghant
Citizens' Band. The parade was held .
from the Armouries to the Church.
Rev. E, 0, Gallagher, the rector,
chose for his lesson reading the 11th
chapter of the Epistle of St. Paul.
Prior to his sermon ,Mr, Gallagher
told of the special significance which
Remembrance holds for us as individ-
uals, as a community and as an Etmt
Aire, He said that probably the
Legion members and the members of
the auxiliary had speeial reasons for
the observance of this day, He con-
gratulated the battery on their efforts
to prepare themselves for any event-
uality,
Throughout history he said, the
battle of right against wrong had
been carried on and that the church
had been the leader in .this great ef-
fort for good, He said there was little
difference between the peoples of
other days and the people today in
the struggle for the right, Both have
the will to win regardless of the cost
and the ability to stick together. The
discipline of the troops was like the
discipline of civilians now. The fight
against evil things must be won but .
will only be won by sacrifices and the
Will of God.
The solo in the anthem was taken
by Mr. Wm. Tucker.
Wreaths Placed at Cenotaph
Following the service the parade
formed up at the cenotaph and the.
ceremony of placing the wreaths on
the cenotaph was held. The Last
Post and Reveille were sounded by
bandmaster Geo. Wright and two-
minutes silence was observed. Follow-
ing the National Anthem the parade
matched to the Armouries. Comrade
C. R. Coultes, presi&nt of the Legion,
conducted the proceedings at the
Cenotaph,
LOCAL ARTIST HAS
PICTURE HUNG
Congratulations are in order for
bMelins.g tr-Ise
. Torrance on
oo fn
pa ihangnvti n ing and
sculpture
u llipatrure pictures,
of the Royal
SR'uonyfalolwecra ay.n"
Academy which was opened on Fri-
day evening.at Toronto by His Excel-
lency the Governor-General of Can-
ada and H. R, H.,. the Princess Alice,
Battery To Shoot At Ipperwash
The 99th (Res.) Battery, R. C. A.
carry out manoeuvrs and shootino,
at fppermisl They will
leave here Saturday aittrnOti. The
battery will be in charge of Major
Walter VanWyck. Col, George How-
son, officer commanding the 21st
Field Brigade, will attend the mats-
oeuvrs.
GRAND OFFICERS
AT HURON CHAPTER
Huron Chanter, 0.E.S., was indeed
honoured on Tuesday evening, when
they entertained as guests, .7.1Ers.
Florence Eastman of Ottawa, Worthy
Grand ;Matron of Ontario; Rev. 5.
W, Stewart, of Lucknow, Worthy
Grand Patron; Mrs, Violet Day, of
Timmins, Associate Grand Matron;
Mrs. Esther Hammond, of Drayton,
Grand Warden; Mrs, Lulu Waters, of
Toronto, Grand Ruth; Mrs, Theresa
McGee, of Wiarton, District Deputy
Grand Matron; and Mrs. Myrtle Ste-
wart and Mrs.- Viola Fox, P. I), D,
G. M's.
Mrs. May Porter and Mr. R. A.
Coutts, Worthy Matron and Worthy
Patron, of the Chapter, presided with
a full staff of officers.
Interesting and inspiring messages
were brought 'to the Chapter by the
W. G. Matron and W. G. Patron, who
wore presented with gifts by the
Chapter. Also, on behalf of the Chap-
tee Mrs. Hammond was prestutfNi
with a gift by Mrs. H. McKay and
Mrs. Fox presented Mrs. McGee with
a bouquet of Mums,
During the evening the Chapter
was favoured with a duet, "0 God. of
Love, 0 Kin& •of Peace" by Mrs, D.
Rae and Mrs. A. J. Walker and a
piano solo, "Dark Eyes" by Mrs. W.
W. Currie.
At the close of the evening a deiie.
irMAS luncheon was served.
Mrs, Godkin, Sr,, 1 quilt top; Mrs.
August Homath, 1 quilt top; Mrs. The annual meeting of the Huron
Prank Hill 1 quilt top; Miss Jean County Federation of Agriculture will
be held in the Town Hall, Cliton at
1,80 p.m., on Wednesday, November
18th, The Speakers will be br. H.
Barton, Deputy Minister of Agricul-
ture, who will speak on "Wartime
Agriculture in Canada"; W. E, Has-
kins, secretary of the Canadian Fed-
eration of Agriculture; W. Porter,
editor of the Farmer's Advacote; a
member of the National Selective
Service, Ottawa.
'McColl of officers will be held at
10
MEETTNG OF
,HIGH SCHOOL: LIT„
Program Presented Students
The first session. of the High Settee]
Literary Society for the fall, term, was
held in the assembly room of the
school on Friday afternoon. James
Coultes,, the president, was in the
utes.
chair,' 'Tilite meeting . opened with the
singing of "0 Canada. " The secre-
tary, William Galhtaith„ read the min-
The program consisted of a piano
solo by Lois Dateson; solo, Craig
Armstrong; vocal dnet,,,,Grace Hutch-
eson and jean Stewart,;: reading, Mil-
dred Fitzpatrick; skit, "An Operation"
by Don Hastie, Jack Day, Edwin El-
ston, Craig Armstrong.
The principal, Mr. W. Stanley Hall
gave the critics remarks, The meeting
closed with the National Anthem.
LOCAL MERCHANTS
NAME OFFICERS
Wednesday Half Holidays Except In
December
At a meeting of the Wingham Re-
tail Merchants Association held on
Tuesday evening the following were
elected officers of the association:
President-G, L. Dunlop.
Vice-Pres.-Harry Fryfogle,
Treas.-H. E, Isard.
Sec'y.-Ed. Williams.
It was decided to close on Wednes-
day afternoon, regardless of a holiday
in the week, except for the month of
December. A motion passed that
Boxing Day be observed here.
Ladies Bowling Club To Meet
A special meeting of the . Ladies
Bowling .Club will be held in the
Council Chambers at 8 p.m., on Tues-
day evening next, 'November 17. All
members are, requested to be present.
Returned To Blyth
Mr. Harold (Bonnie) Foster has.
accepted a position at the Commercial
Hotel, Blyth, commencing his duties
last week, "Bonnie" was a valued
member of the Wingham Hockey
team and has lived here for the past
two years being employed at Fry and
Blackball's. Bonnie goes back among
friends as he was employed at the
Commercial Hotel prior to coming to
Wing-ham, , „
Proud Of Her
Grandson's Shooting
Mrs. R. J. Tindall of town is justly
proud of her 19-year-old grandson,
George E, (Bud) Moffat, who is train-
ing with the United States Air Force
at Sheppard's Yield, Texas, In a re-
cent test in firing with sub-machine
•:114.18SING WOMAN
FOUNT) IN RIVER
The body of Miss Elfxa 'MarshOt Was
Pound 94 Friday Afternoon After
Almost A Week Of Intensive.
Search
The search for Miss Eliza Marshall,.
who, was missing for the greater part
of a week came- to an end- on Friday
afternoon when her body was found'
in the Maitland river about forty feet
from shore northwest of the ,C.P.R.
station,
veEy effort and every clue up to
that time failed' to bring results but
throughout the time she was missing
the police aided by citizens kept up
a continual search.. Friday evening,
October 30th, Miss Marshall disap.
peared from the home of 'her brother-
in-law, Mr, John A, Johnston, Leopold
street. 'On Saturday afternoon efforts
were made to. locate her at friends and
when this failed an organized search
was started. The area around Wing-
ham was covered by groups headed by
County Constable William Gardner
and Constable Gordon Deyell. The
river was searched-on several oc-
casions and clues received from At-
wood, Parkhead proved fruitless ones.
About 2,30 o'clock on Friday after-
noon David Finlay with his son Bob-
bie was onthe river when Bobbie
called his attention to the body which
was in about two feet of water .and
held fast as the clothing was ,aught
on a branch. They called Constable
Gardner and Deyell who were close
by in a boat continuing their efforts.
• Coroner Dr. R. C .Redmond was
notified and after a postmortem by
Drs. W. M. Connell and; W. A.
Crawford •and further investigation it
was decided that Miss Marshall came
to her death by accidental drowning.
No inquest will -be held.
She was in her 69th year and was
born at Parkhead, Bruce. County. She
had lived a full and useful life. After
graduating frOm Owen Sound Colleg-
iate Institute she took a course in
nursing at St. Thomas Hospital, Af-
ter a period of years of, nursing.a..
Buffalo she attended the Methodist
Deaconess Training School in Toronto
and following her passing from this
school she was with the Frederick
Victor Mission at Toronto for two
years. In 1910 she went to China as
a missionary and for eighteen years
s
invas.
ien and
ce
Tziluitsing in Szechuan prov-
-incipal of schools at jeungh-
,
Fifteen years ago 'site returned to
Canada and has since resided with her
brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and
Mrs. John A. Johnston. They moved
here from the Parkhead district a year
ago. Miss Marshall while here made
many friends who respected and ad-
uns Bud scored 977 hits and 23 bull's mired her splendid qualities. She was g
eyes out of 1000 rounds to top his greatly interested in Red Cross work
antihseeldom
leaves
missed
tO' ln 0 liar n h
wort:
tragic
k meeting.
pas-
sing two sisters, Mrs. John A. John-
ston
r
of town and Mrs. Laura E. Jam-
ieson of Vancouver, a member of the
Legislative Assembly for British Col-
umbia, Two brothers also survive her
Edward ,Marshall of Sardis, B. C. and
Gilbert Marshall, Ganges, B.1 C.
A private funeral was held on Sun-
day afternoon from.- R. A. Currie's
Funeral Parlours. The service was
conducted by Rev. W. A, Beecroft of
Wingham United Church. Burial took
place in Wingham Cemetery,
The pallbearers were Ernest Smith,
Wilfred Smith, B. Holland, Bert
Rourke, Alfred Smith, Gordon Gar-
land all-of the Parkhead district. The
flowerbcarers were William Murray,
David Finlay, Roy Mundy and Cecil
Cook,
WINGHAM, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER, 12th, 1942. SubacdPtiona SOO Per Yea;