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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1942-11-19, Page 5Thursday,. Nov; 19th,, 1942 November Clearing Specials New Fail DresseS Special Racks Crepes, Spuns, Eft. $2.98 Values for $2.49 $3.94 Values for $3.49 $4.95 Values for $3.95 New Fall Millinery Special Tables $2.50 Values for $1.39 $2.98 Values for $1.79 $3.98 Values for $2.59 Children's Coats 4 Only, Usually $10.95 for . $6.95 2 Only, Usually $16.95 for . . . 10.95 SPECIAL TABLE When in the • store be sure and see our Clearing Table of many discontinued and broken lines from regular stock All at prices that we cannot duplicate. WALKER STORES, LIMITED Telephone 36. Wingham, Ont. LOCAL AND PERSONAL Cpl. Harold Sparling of Jarvis is spending a furlough at his home here. Sgt. and Mrs. Malcolm McCammon, spent a furlough with her father, Mr. Alf. Lockridge. ,Sgnm.. Frank Collar of Vimy Bar- racks, Kingston, spent the week-end at his home here. A.C. Carl MacKay, is spending a furlough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. MacKay. A.C.2 Darrell Biggs of Exeter, spent the week-end with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Percy Biggs. Mrs. A. R. DuVal and Mrs. Fred- erick Massey are in Toronto to attend the Book Week lectures. Sgt. Ken, ,Rintoul of Ipperwash, was a week-end visitor with his par- ents, Mr, and Mrs. Alex Rintoul,. Cpl. Ralph Baird of Jarvis, is spend- ing this week at his home here. Ralph is after one of those elusive deer. Miss Edith Campbell of Long Branch, spent the week-end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Campbell. Mr. and Mrs. Ted Isard and baby of London, spent the week-end at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs, James Isard. Mrs. Ken Sinnamon, who has been visiting with her husband, Gnr. Ken. Sinnatrien at Terrace, B.C., arrived home last week. Miss Helen Bateson, Reg. N., of the Victoria Hospital staff, London, spent a few days with het patents, Mr. and Mrs. Stafford BatesotP. Sgt. W. C, Rogers of 'Technical Training School, St, Thomas, is spending his furlough with Mr. and. Mrs. Otnar Haselgrove.. Mr, George W. Boyle of New York City, is visiting with his,parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Boyle of Winghatn, prior to his 'entry into the II, S. Marines, Miss Dorothy Boyle Of To- ronto, spent the week-end with her parents, 1111111111111111111111111MMINIMEW11111111111111111111111111111111111111111=1.4 Sale of the former illis Shoe Store There Are Still BARGAINS GALORE For All The Family All This Large Stock Is Being Sacrificed Buy Now And Save Money ITIME IS . GETTING SHORT' Sale Conducted by ei WINGHAM ADVANCE-TIMES Mrs. Hamilton is in Brussels, the guest of Dr, and Mrs. Hamilton, Mr. Alfred Phair and daughter, Mrs, La Rue of Blenheim, are guests with Mr. C, Taylor and Mr. and ;Its, R. H. Carson. Mr, and Mrs, Mervin Stephens of Thorndale,s pent the week-end with his mother, Mrs. R. H. Stephens, who returned with them and expects to sp'end the mitt few months, Ete, Kenneth Gallaway, Hamilton, spent the week-end with his wife and twin sons, Mr. and. Mrs. Carl Smiling of Lis- towel, spent the week-end with 'her parents, Mr, and Mrs. Stuart-Finley, Mrs. Clara 'Ritchie and Miss Mary were in HarriSton on Saturday attend- ing the wedding of Miss Helen Ritchie, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Whitfield and Mr. W. E. Whitfield, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. John Speir ,at Brussels. Rev. Taylor, Cranbrook, Moderator for Molesworth and Gorrie Presbyter- ian Churches, had charge of Com- munion Services here on Sunday. On Sunday evening Ate service in the United Church was given as a special meeting of the Young Peoples Union. These meetings will in the immediate futnre be held each month, with open disbussion on the different subjects. The pastor, Rev. R. C. Copeland had charge on Sunday night.' to observe the same and to attmd 'the Service to be held at the .Cenotal)-11 in Fordwich at 10.$0 .school 4thil• tiro) specially invited. Carried, Moved .by Winter and Strom; that the eolvoeaddCt.ry:17S(14; rnetns,g n d McCallum as approved, be i. that the following accounts be paid. Carried, Tjnited Church; Vordwieb, rent of hail, $1,00; Isaac Gamble, part salary as clerk, $30,09; D, L. Weir, selecting jurors 400; Milton Leonard, selecting jurors $4.00; Isaac. Gamble, „ielelting jurors $4,00; Thos. H. Abraham, We-od for Wroxeter Red Cross .p.0.60; H. j, Hueston & Son, :cement for Wroxeter shed $7,80; R, J. Sanderson, sheep killed or injured ,by dogs $15.00; Lind- say Brown, sheep killed or injured by dogs $25.00; Arthur Forster, sheep killed or injured by dogs $25.00; jas. H. Warrel, sheep killed or injured by dogs $25.00; David Robinson, servic- ing street lights, Wroxeter $78,00; W. H, Brown, sheep killed or injured by. $dlo1g;5:14,00; County Treas., hospital expenses re Bill Nay $8.75; Relief, Moved by McCallum and Winter that this Council do now adjourn, to meet in the Township Hall, Wroxeter, on the fifth day of December, or at the call of the Reeve, Carried, Isaac Gamble, Clerk. WEDDINGS Taylor - geld The Manse, Wtoxetet, was the Scene of a quiet wedding on Satur, 'day, November 14Th, 7 p.m., when Fedora. Delight Reid of Witighatrt, .be- came the bride of Lloyd William Tay- ,lor, of Tornberry„ The bride Word becoming costume of rose crepe With matching accessories and wore a cor- sage of pink roses and valley lillies. rev. L Poster was the Officiating minister and Mr. and Mrs. End Hambly were the attendants, Hutchison - Radford An informal wedding took place at St. James Anglican Church, Ingersoll, when Melba Oneida, younger. .daughter of Mrs. N. Radford was united in marriage to Donald Frank Hutchison, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Hitchison, of Ingersoll. Rev. Merrifield officia- ted. The young couple were attended by Miss Marion Bedwell and Mr. Bertram Cole., Mr. and Mrs. Hutch- ison will reside in Hamilton. OBITUARY Mrs. W. C. Fyfe Word has reached here of the death in Victoria, B. C., on Thursday, Nov- ember 12th, of Mrs. W. C. Fyfe, wife of the late W. C. Fyfe. Mrs. Fyfe was the former MiSS Lilla B. Isbister, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. William Isbister of Wingham. She was born in Morris Township, A graduate of ,MacDonald Institute, of Guelph) she taught at the Stone school in Morris and in Saskatoon. Prior to her marriage seven years ago she was on the staff of the Normal School at Victoria, B. C., as teacher in Domestic Science. Her husband passed on five years ago. She` is survived by five sisters and three brothers, Mrs, C. Garniss of Brussels; Mrs, Joseph Miller, of Bel- grave; Mrs. J. Caldwell, of Winnipeg; Mrs, Ed. Jenkins, of Wingham and Miss Christina,- ol'town, who has been with her since June; John, of Onaway, Mich.; William and Adam, of Toron- to, Mrs. Thomas Taylor The funeral of the late Mrs. Thoma`t Taylor was held from the family resi- dence, Lot 39, concession 12, East Wawanosh on Friday afternoon, The services at the home and graveside were conducted by the Rev. G, H. Dunlop of Pelgrave. Burial took 'place. in Wingham Cemetery. The pallbear- ers, all nephews, were: George, How- ard and John Currie,- Verdun, Ken- neth and Jack Mowbray, Mrs. Taylor, the former Teresa Ann Morrison ,passed on in Wingham Gen- eral Hospital on Wednesday, Novem- ber 11th, She had been ailing for some time. Born at Langside 08 years ago she continued to reside there until two years after her marriage, which , took pine at Langside 47 years ago., Since that time she has resided In past Witwanos14 ;Her husband passed A regular luncheon of the Lions Club was held at the Queen's Coffee 'Shop on Friday evening last, with a good attendance. Lion Harley Craw- ford, first Vice-President occupied the President's chair in the absence of President Stan. Hall, Gtiests were Mr. A. cK. Newcombe, Mr. Hedley Davidson, Toronto, Lions Andy And- rews of Windsor, A.C2 Al. Elliott, R, C.A.F. of Edinonton, and Mr, Ewen of Waterloo. Secretary Wilbur Tiffin read a let- ter from Capt. Bob Spittal thanking the Lions for the regular shipments of magazines, to the 99th Battery and asked that no more shipments be made for the present stating that for mili- tary reasons no explanation could be made. Lion George Northwood stated that the War Services Committee had met' great success from the public in turning in their reading matter for the Battery and he thanked Lion Bill Gal- braith for attending to the packing of the magazines and • C. Lloyd & Son for' 'securely baling them before ship- ment, The President called upon Lion Fred Davidson to tell about his recent trip to Nova Scotia, who responded and told of placing one of his drilling outfits on the train. at Toronto and of them motoring to Nova Scotia. He said the roads were fine and they were on pavement all the way except the last five miles. 141a son Bill is oper- ating their machine drilling rock to be used in the inantifaettite of steel for war putposes. He'told of looking through a united. States destroyer and visited the steel mills and coal mines While there. Lion Fred Spry told of some recent developmentse its steel manufacture' right in Ontario, Lion Ijlr Redford introduced the'm atter of having the gun at the Town Park and the Ger- man gun at the Town Hall donated for scrap and a resolution was passed requesting the Council to take suit- able action in this matter A selected sextette, Dr. Ross,. Dr, Connell, Harry Gibson, Jack McKibbon, Andy And- rews and Fred Spry led in Singing severalgood songs under the direetion of Lion George Northwood, Lion Hal. MacLean introduced the new members, Ed, Gibson, Omar Haselgrove, Clayton Gammage, Vern. on Dunlop, Benson Cruikshank and Clarence Armitage and these were in- ducted into the Club. Lion George Northwood assisted giving a brief sketch of each member after which they were presented with a Lions emblem. Lion Harley Crawford wel- comed the new members to the Club, Lion Crawford then introduced Mr. Ewers, representative of the Pitts- burg Coal Co, and asked him to pro- ceed with the showing of the colored sound film, "The History of Coal." This film traced the history of coal from. the earliest times showing at first the dense greeri forests of pre-' historic days and following down to the present time, The mining of "Champion" coal by the Pittsburgh Co.,. was shoWn as it is scientifically carried out by that company today.' Fine views of the interior of the mines were shown with miners at their work. The handling of the coal by labor sav- ing machinery, the washing, removal of impurities, grading -were all clearly shown, The various commercial sizes of coal were demonstrated and the various steps in marketing coal were shown. Some fine river views were shown in the neighborhood of Pitts- burg with coal barges being pushed along by river steamers. The more modern self unloading lake boats and views of storage docks at various Great Lake ports proved interesting, The film took up forty minutes and at the close Lion Harley Crawford conveyed the thanks of the Club, to Mr, Ewen and the Pittsburg Coal Co. for their kindness in showing this film. The meeting closed with the parting' song and the Lions roar. GORRIE Institute To Aid Canteen Fund On Wednesday last the Women's Institute held their November meeting at the home of Mrs. J. W. Hyndman with a fairly good attendance consider- ing the weather. Mrs. Everett Sparl- ing, president presided, and the sec'ys minutes were approved as read follow- ing the opening exercises, Among items of business transacted were the plans to have a collection taken at the December meeting Which will be sent to the Central Fund to aid in the pur- chasing of seeds for Britain and the Kitchener Canteen for Canada. Again this year the Institute will send a bale of used clothing to the Salvation Army. AnyOne in the community hav- ing such and wishing to do so, are asked to leave same with Mrs. V. Shera; also anyone wishing to aid in the 'packing of the boxes for soldiers still in Canada, these gifts will be tak- en to the next regular meeting of the Institute held on December 9th at the home,of Miss Margaret Dane. The program on Child Welfare was in charge of Mrs. R. Hemingway, who gave a splendid paper on the subject under such headings as pre-natal care, training, serums, accident and gave the history of Child Welfare Clinics which have steadily grown since. In closing the speaker said, "No child should be allowed to grow up with a physical handicap." The roll call was.answer- ed by—To Spank or not to Spank, bringing both a variety of opinions on the subject. The meeting closed with the sing- ing of the National Anthem and dur- ing the social half hour the lunch committee served lunch. Mr. and Mrs. George King and Mr. Harold King, spent a couple of days in Toronto this week, Mr. and Mrs. Percy Ashton and Mr. Bertram Ashton, were London visitors on Wednesday. Miss Arlene Galbraith, Fergus, spent the week-end with her parents, Mr, and Mrs, Anson Galbraith, Mr. and Mrs, C, G. Cooke and little daughter, Fern, spent a couple of days in Toronto this week. Mrs. Laurence Short and 'son Ron- nie, Fergus, spent the week-end with her :mother, Mrs. William Earngey. Mr, and Mrs. Zimmerman, Mr. and Mrs, Gordon Mohr and family, also Mr. Bob ICetterborn, all of Milvertm, spent Sunday with the former's daughter, Mrs. Cloyne Michael and Mr, Michael. Mr. Kelterborn remain- ed for the week to hunt. Mr. and Mrs.- Stanley Gowdy and daughter, roan, ,Toronto, spent the week-end with Mr, and Mrs. Matiford Irwin. Mrs. William polg spent a few days last week with her daughter, Mrs. j. G. Mundell and 'Mr, Mundell, Mr, and Mrs, G. E. Foster and Miss Cross left for 'Elmira on Sunday where they will spend the winter with their daughter, Mrs. Milton °pot- thauser, Mr. Opperthauser leaves this week to report for ttutr in the witty, PAGE FIVE spending .the wan er in Hamilton.. Those.out wood when the StOrnit game on ,thought it wouldn't be a bad Idea to get a man with a wooden leg, • The institute meeting was held ,Qa , Wednesday afternoon at the borne a Mrs. Wm. Elliott, The ,day WAS. eOld, and .stormy and the attendance not so' large. The meeting opened with the Ode and prayer. The topic, "To Love One's Own Country does not Mean to Hate Others" was taken by Mrs. for McLean. McLean. "Good Books as. Life • Companions," Mrs. Rev, Hewitt. "The best Scotch Joke I Know" was quite amusing, - Mrs. Elliott treated the ladies to a wry dainty lunch tenned off with confectionary which was much enjoyed, Red Cross quilting this Thursday at James Stokes, Friends from Exeter spent Sunday at Nelson Hunkin's and from Water,- loo at Jack Reids. MORRIS Mr. and Mrs, Robt Shaw returned home on Sunday after spending a month or more with Mr, and Mrs, Lenard Gates and family, and sorry to hear Mrs. Gates is not getting any better. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Johnston and baby, visited on Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Fred McQuillan and her father, near Lucknow. Mr. Elmer Sellers of the airforce at Galt, spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. Jos. Seller and 'Walter, 2nd line. Mr, and Mrs. 'Wilbert Mathers and Helen visited on Sunday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs, Edward Johnston and Mr, Henry Mathers anad sisters and Chas. Mrs. C. Yeo and daughter of Paisley is visiting with Bluevale friends. . Sorry to hear Mr, Russel Bone has been laiad ap with a bad cold and hope he will soon be better. HOWICK COUNCIL Fordwich, November 5th., 1942 The Council met in the United Church Hall, according to adjourn- ment, the members were all present, the Reeve, D. L. Weir, in the chair. The minutes of last regular meeting were read and on motion of McCallum and Strong, were adopted. Moved by Strong and McCallum that Lieut. E. A. Corbett he granted leave of absence, as Auditor, while on Active Service. Carried. Moved by Winter and McCallum that the motion on repairing Municipal Drain No. 4 (Mint° Twp.) be amend- ed to read, to repair and improve said Drain. Carried. Moved by Strong and Winter, We the Council of the Township of How- ick, believing that it is necessary and advisable that the 11th day of Novem- ber should. be observed as Remem- brance Day, do hereby declare the forenoon of November 11th to be a Public Half-holiday, and hereby call upon all citizens of the Municipality BORN BERNER -- In Sparrow Hospital, Lansing, Mich., on Tuesday, Nov- ember 10th, to Mr. and Mrs. John Berner, a daughter, RINTOUL—In Wingham, on Wed- nesday, November 4th, to Mr. and Mrs, Norman Rintoul, a son, POTTER — In Wingham General Hospital, on Monday, November 16, to Mr. and Mrs. Neil Potter, a daughter. BELMORE Remembrance services were held in Belmore and McIntosh Churches on Sunday. The Legion attended in a body at McIntosh, where a most im- pressive service was held. The hunting season for deer brought many hunters to the village. 'Mr, jack Renwick is making him- self quite useful in doing Leroy .Ben- ders chores while he is indisposed. Miss Elva Reid and Minnie Jeffray visited at Albert Haskin's on Sunday they at the Haskins home intended on six years ago. She was a mem- ber of Brick United Church. She is survived by four sons and one daugh- ter, Wilmer of Hamilton; George of East Wawanosh; John and LaWrence at home; and Mrs. Charles (Irene) Showers of Turnberry. She is also survived by a sister and a brother, Mrs. Alex Mowbray of Lucknow and John Morrison of Los Angeles, Cal.; and ten grandchildren. Three children predeceased her. 4111•111111.111 HISTORY ,OF COAL TOLD TO LIONS Six New Members Were Inducted GLENANNAN Lieut. Norman Muir, of Ipperwash, spent the week-end with his sister, Mrs. Thos. Wallace. Misses Lois Appleby and Elizabeth Paisley of Fergus, were week-end guests with their parents here. Mrs. Oliver Stokes, spent a few days with her cousin at Listowel. Mr. Harry Brown, R.C.A.F., Mrs. Brown and Shirley ,who have been at Paulson, Mon., are at present visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Lincoln. Mr. Brown being transferred east, LICHTMAN .,8t, CO. • Ont. Ave.Danforth . 88Toronto,