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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1942-11-27, Page 1Ingle copies Five Cents With Which Is Amalgamated The Gorrie Vidette and Wroxeter historic occasion, territory, It was hewn out of the wilderness by 10,000 soldiers and 2,000 civilian workmen. Brig.-?Gen. 3, A, O'Connor, LEFT, is officer com- manding the U.S. army's Northwest Service Command and builder of the Aican highway, Dr. Charles Camsell, commissioner of the Northwest` Ter- ritories, RIGHT represented the Can- adian government at the opening cere, monies. E. L. Bartlett, secretary of state for Alaska also officiated at the ceremonies. Presenting an ceremonies dediCating the new Can- ada-Alaska highway, were held Nov, 20 'near the Alaska-Yukon boundary line. A feat of almost unsurpassed engineering skill, the road is consul , erect one of the world's. wonders, Started on March 12 of this year it was completed long ahead of its sched- ule, The highway extends 1,671 miles from. Dawson Creek to Fairbanks, Al- aska, and has opened up a whole n'ew FIFTY-NINE- DONATED BLOOD AT -CLINIC First Red .!dross Society )31094 DC;111pr Clinic Here Was Most Successful ...•'r•T`•••••,••••• Donors And All 'I'alting Part In Clinic Volunteered Their Services Free The Council Chambers at the Town Hall was a very busy place on Tues.:, day morning when the first, Blood Donor Clinic to be held here went off :like clock work, Fifty-nine donated. blood and it was all accomplished in • a matter of about three hours, The council chambers was divided into two parts, the north half contain- ed six beds and the other part was daintly fixed up to serve breakfast of toast, marmalade and coffee, When donors entered the hall they .registered in the ladies rest room., They then waited their turn in the clerk's office. On entering the coun- cil chambers they underwent the giv- ing of blood and then were served , breakfast. Then back to work, Those in charge of the organization and those carrying on the clinic are to be congratulated on the efficient manner with which it was carried out. The 'donors are also to be congratu- lated not only on voluntary donating blood but for their attending at the given time. Many more than these which don- ated blood on Tuesday have volunteer- ed for this wonderful service and they will get their opportunity at a later date as another clinic will be held in about four weeks and if the weather is not too sereve another will be -held late in January or early February. Any who have not as yet volun- teered for this service may leave their names at the Red Cross room or with Mr. W. G. Hamilton at the Bell Tele- phone Company. Donors from the. surrounding community are especial- ly asked to volunteer, Doctor's Connell, asstg with the d clnic re , Redmond, iwe: Stewart of town, and Drt ,191-111:510P, 9t Lu elm ow. The receptionists were M rs. J. W. McKibbon, president of the local Red Cross; I'1iss N. Dinsley and- Mrs. W. J .Adams. In charge of the records were Miss K. Pringle, Mrs. W. J. Greer and Mrs. W. A. Gal-, braid'. The following nurses took part, Mrs. W, A, McKibbon, convrts: or; Mrs. J. H. Crawford, Mm's, W. T. Booth, Mrs. R, H, Lloyd, Mrs.' Harry. Fryfogle, Mrs. Mac Graham, Mrs. Russ Hoffman, Mrs. (Dr.) Connell, Miss Isabel Fox and Mrs, I. Morreyt, superintendent of Wingham Hospital. Mrs. A. Peebles was convenor of the breakfast committee and working with her were Mrs. C. B. Armitage, Mrs. 11A,vr., nMwfcoko, I A, iNr r, sH. eHn yGnr eoestis,, Miss Elizabeth Sturdy. 1"'"71ts, MISSION BAND HAD " OPEN MEETING Awards Were Presented The Happy Gleaners Mission Band of St. Andrew's Church held an open. meeting on. Tuesday evening for it- - Autumn Thant.-offering. The president, 'George Calvert, was in the chair and the members gave an interesting program of musi c and reci- tations. The scripture reading was giveil by Jim Currie. Recitations were given by Lorna Martin, Donna Chittick, Gwen Blatehford, Mary Ann Cleland and .jimmy Henderson. The musical numbers were: a chorus by, senior girls; °lie by five little girls, Mary Buckman, Yvonne Gardiner, Phyllis MacLeod, Betty Gorbutt and Isabel Henderson; a quartette by jack and Donald Henderson, Ken MacLean and Jim Chittick; duet by Gwen and Kenneth MacLean and a mouth organ and guitar duet by 'Iona and jack Henderson. After the offering Ruth Gannett gave the dedicatory prayer, Rev. Mr. MacLean presented the awards for attendance—a silver seal to Ruth Gannett, completing three years of perfect attendance; blue seals to Iona Henderson, Gwen and Ken- neth MacLean, for two . years; .and certificate and pin • to Lorna Martin for one year. Mrs, K. MacLean then presented prizes for essays on rormosts, written in a Presbyterial contest. Prizes donated by the Presbyterial. and its Mission Band secretary went to Ruth Gannett, Jean Adair, Gwen MacLean, Ruth Maclean and Mary Arnie Cle- land, The prize given by the Wing- ham Band. was won by Mary Anne Cleland. Mrs, MacLean showed lantern views of mission work in Indian 8C110018 and homes, Dm CHARLES iCAMSELL FISH AND GAME CLUB ANNUAL WINGHAM, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, NOV!MI3ER 27th, 1942 Subscriptions $2,00 Per Year HISTORIC NEW ALLAN HIGHWAY OPENED IN RECORD TIME -EVENING AUXILIARY HAD FINE MEETING Nominating Committee Named The regular monthly meeting of the .Evening Auxiliary took plaki last 'week at the home of Mrs. Jack Reavie. Miss Velma Lennox was in charge of the worship service and .used as her theme: "Economic .Secur- ity for All," This was developed by Miss J. Murray in the Scripture Read- ing, Mrs, Wm. Currie .and Mrs, ,Geo. ...Howson in poems and .by Miss Lens vox, in-readings at various stages in the worship period. She stated that the world was in its present condition due to the fact that so many were as •godd as we are ,but no better and also that if the terrifying issues of to-day are to be solved, we must have faith. Following this latter passage, Mrs. Ken, -Pennington gave a solo, "My Faith looks up to Thee" this carrying on the theine, Miss Howell had prepared the topic for the group which was most inter- estingly delivered. It was mostly con- cerned with Canadian workers to-day and what the church could do for them, Because of various factors such as, lack of perManent work due to 'no ,demand, unhappiness in work due to -fear of losing jobs, there is much lack -of security and poverty in Canada to- 'day. And'here the church 'is at fault because' it does not work along with workers, It has been found that to the average man and woman the church means two things—a place of marriage and burial and possibly of baptism. In a factory . for example; it is , often found that although the bead men are identified with the church 'yet the conditions at the fac- tory are deplorable. The group as- sisted in suggesting what one - would like to see the fellow person enjoy in - „a truly co-operative society and the following list was compiled, medical treatment, adequate shelter, adequate money for food and clothing, educa- tion to the limit of capacity in prep- aration for life work, freedom from fear of unemployment and father at work, mother at home if the family contained .,children, Miss Howell stated in conclusion that the church should•See that very labour man is a' church man, that services are carried out in industrial areas, that there should be bodies in the church to study conditions - and that the church should not make counter-attacks. Due to the absence of the president, - Mrs. A, Irwin took charge of the bus- iness meeting. Except for the regu- lar routine of roll call etc., there was little to discuss, although a 'nominating committee was selected to draw rip. the -new slate of officers. The following arranged to act: Mrs. -Chas. Lloyd, Mrs. Win. Currie and Miss K. Wal- lace. Four Babies Baptized At a batismal service in Wingham "United Church on. Sunday morning, Rev, W. A. Beecroft chirstened fottr children; Mary Louise, daughter of Mr, and Mrs, Cedril Moffatt; Robert John Harold, son of Mr. and is. Barold. Moffatt; Lawrence. Derek, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Stuckey and William Frederick, son' of Sgt. and Mrs. Fred Howson. SCRAP METAL DRIVE WELL UNDER WAY Turn In •Your Scrap Metal And Rubber Before December 15th The urgent need of scrap metal had been brought before the people of Ontario and Huron County in particu- lar by the fine organization set up by 'Warden Armstrong. Each municipal- ity has been organized under its reeve and councillors and other citizens. They are informing the people of the urgent need for scrap metal also rub- ber and arranging for the collection of same, It is, drawn to the attention of all that it is ,against the law to keep hi ,one's posSession more than 600 pounds of strap metal, This metal must be moved by December '15 or the owner will be fined unless a permit to hold it is secured. All others are urged to gather all the scrap Metal possible and add it to the At that are being col- lected. It is a Vert, easy way of taking Part hi. our War effort. Those who wish a permit to hold itachinery or other Strap metal art- icles that are not'now in use can apply for a permit to Charles La. Pole, Director of National Salvage, Ottawa, .or to Y. C. Gray, PtOVincial Salvage Director,- 2010 Royal Bank bldg, To real tp. NOMINATIONS SET FOR THIS WEEK Wingham Nominations Will Be Held Monday Evehing Next Several municipalities in this dis- trict will ha'*e early nominations all will be held on Friday afternoon ex- cept Wingham which will hold the nomination meeting on Monday even- ing next week. On Friday the following will hold nominations: Turnberry, East and West Wawanosh, Kinloss, Ashfield, Carriek, Hallett, Goderich Town and Township, Colborne and Stanley. The election in all cases will be held if necessary on Monday, Decent- ber 7th. . Here there is considerable talk that some members of the council will not seek re-election but nothing has been decided so far as we have been able to acertain. If some do drop out it may mean several will stand for elec- tion that are not now members, East Wawanosh does not appear to be headed for an election on present reports. It now—looks as if the old council will stand pat on its record. However one can never be sure and the unexpected may crop up: Turnberry . is also an unknown quantity. Some time ago it looked like there would be an election for sure there, but things seemed to have cooled ,off and unless some come for- ward to offer their services there may be little doing on nomination day. • Kinloss council was returned by ac- clamation last year so there may be little doing there, Kinloss has in the last few years had some hot meetings so the 'unpredictable may happen. MANY DEER. WERE SHOT NEAR HERE Hunters Had Great Luck In This District So many were shooting from distant points in this district last week that it would be impossible to state exactly how many deer met their fate. It is Certain however that there were many shot. As far as we can acertain there were 30 • deer shot by Wingham hunters. Many farmers in the dis-• trict had good luck and the shooting on the final clay, Saturday appeared to be just about as good as on opet- ing clay. One deer was seen walking along Edward street one evening last week in a very unconcerned manner: It no doubt felt it was safer in town than in the bush. SOLDIER HONOURED AY FRIENDS A surprise party and presentation was held on Friday for Pte. Wilbur Hogg at the home of Mr. Robert Hogg of the 1p Line. Wilbur has en- listed in the Armoured Division ,and is now stationed at Camp Ipperwash, A large crowd consisting of the neighbours and a great many friends gathered to present him with a lovely address and a purse of money. After which he thanked everyone for their kindness and to the arrangers of the party who had so freely partaken of the time, trouble and expense he ex- tended sincere appreciation. The re- mainder of the evening was spent in playing cards and dancing and a most. enjoyable time was had by all, Tea Arid Baking. Sale The Ladies' Guild of St. Pant's Church will hold an afternoon tea and sale of aprons, cookies and home made buns in the Parish Hall, Friday, December 4th. Confined To Home Mr, George Williams, local jeweller, is confined to home on account of sickness. We are pleased to report that he is progressing splendidly and will be back to his store soon. Mrs. Williams has been carrying on at time store for hint. Has New Position Mr, liruce Vogatt, who has been employed by the Ontario Hydro El- ectric Commission for the past several years, has accepted a position with an electrical company at Shawinigan Falls; Otte, Mrs. Vogan is the form- er Miss A. MacDonald of town, North Huron L Ot L. TO Meet The North Huron County Loyal Orange !Lodge is holding its annual meeting on Tuesday evening, at 7.00 o'clock, December 1st, County Master, Rcibert Wallace of Biyth, will preside, The meeting will be held hi the hall of Wingham, O. L. No. 704, • BRIG.-GEN. O'CONNOR E. WAWANOSH PLAN MORE RADIO FORUMS Three Are Now Operating The executive and board of direc- tors of the East Wawanosh unit of the Federation of Agriculture, met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Buch- anan on Friday 'evening with 12 of the 15 school sections represented. The president, Harry Sturdy, was in the chair, Minutes of the last meeting were_ read by the secretary, Douglas Campbell. Three radio farm forums have been organized in the township, one near Blyth, another in the Westfield dis- trict and one on the 6th concession. Orville - McGowan was appointed as organizer ,with a view to having sev- eral more groups formed, A report of the Huron County Fed- eration. annual meeting held in Clinton was given by the delegates Harry sturdy and Orville Taylor. The next meeting will be held early in January at the home of Mr. anti Mrs. Arthur Scott. 200 ATTENDED THE BINGO FRIDAY Held Under The Auspices Of The Ladies Auxiliary To The Legion The funds of the Ladies Auxiliary to the Legion were swelled consider- ably on• Friday night as 200 attended the bingo in the armouries which was held under their auspices. The money will be used by the Auxiliary in their war work. Special Picture At Lyceum The Lyceum Theatre presents this Thursday, • Friday, and Saturday, the special picture. "Sergeant 'York”, star- ring Gary Cooper. Owing to the length of this picture the Saturday 9n3( p.n igi)lts ilws will be at 7.00 p.m, and Morris Federation To Hold Annual The annual meeting of the Morris Township . Federation of Agriculture, will be held in the Township Hall at 2 o'clock in the afternoon of Monday next, November 30th. Mr. Harry Sturdy ;president of the East Wawan- osh Federation, will be the guest speaker, At St. Paul's Church St. Andrew's-Title ill St. Paul's Church, will be marked by a corporate communion for the members of the Woman's Auxiliary at 8,30, on Sunday morning next. The evening service is dedicated to the men of the church. St, Andrew's Day falling this year on Monday, will be observed on the pre- vious Advent Sunday. A.A. RATION BOOKS FOR ALL MOTORISTS So Says Organizer For Ontario League All motor ear owners will be issued AA gasoline ration books in 1043, A, T. Goay, organizer of the Ontario Motor League, Toronto, declared at the annual meeting of the Kent Motor Club held at the Chatham. Golf and Country Club, "There will be no other ration books, but those who have claims for ad- ditional gasoline will have theit cases reviewed by the oil -controller and ad- ditional gasoline will be issued at, cOrditigly.° Mr, Guay said, Next year's gasoline allowance for each tar owner will not be based on this year's consumption, the oil controller is Very definite about that. .s, R.C.A.F. OFFICER. TO BE HERE MONDAY Mobile Recruting Officer Will Inter- view Men and Women Applicants to the R.C.A.F. On Monday next, November 30th, a Mobile Recruiting Officer from the R.C.A.F. Recruiting Centre, London, will visit Wingham for the purpose of interviewing men and women ap- plicants to the R.C.A.F. Young men between the ages of 171/2 and 32 arc urgently required for Aircrew. Men between the ages of 80 and '50 in good physical condition are required for Service Police Women are wanted for the follow- ing trades, general duties, clerks, laboratory assistant, telephone oper- ators, wireless operator (ground), equipment assistant. Another Wingham Enlistment Among the recent enlistments at the Windsor Depot was J. E, Canr, of town. - This is the third. enlistment in this family, REMEMBER THE LADS WHO GO DOWN TO, THE SEA IN SHIPS This Week Is Navy Week, If You Wish to Donate To The • Navy League We Will Look After Your Subscription From Victoria, B. C., to Halifax, N. S., the thoughts of patriotic Can- adians are turning this week to the hundred thousand sailors who make Up the personnel of the Royal Canadian Navy and His Majesty's Canadian Merchant Navy, and also to the record of accomplishment of both those navies, Upon the arms ,food and gasoline our defenders received, through our merchant seamen's work, depended the safety of Canada, for if England's defenders had been unable to defend England at her coasts and in the air, through lack of these important com- modities, England would have fallen, the Battle of Britain would have been lost and Canada' would have been dirs ettly attacked. The men and ships of the Royal Canadian Navy are bearing a full third share in the convoying of all merchant vessels of the United Na- tions and let it be remembered that hot one life of the hundreds of thou-. sands of Canadian and Allied troops who have been transpotted to Eng,' land has 'been lost through enemy action at seal Throughout 'Canada tribute will be paid to the men who go clown to the sea in ships, and to the wonderful'. work of the Navy Leagne of Canada . in doing everything possible, through material benefits such as Allied Mer- chant Seamen's Clubs, comforts, woollens,. magazines, to make the lives bf our sailors and those of Allied navies, 'happier and more comfortable whether they're ashore or afloat, Lot us All join in paying tribute to our sailors and to the Navy Ltaguel KINLOSS INFANT WAS STRANGLED Teething Ring Cord Caught On Baby Buggy Caushig Death • David Lloyd George, five-month-old son of Mr, and Mrs. Lloyd Moffatt, of Kinloss Township, strangled himself when his teething ring caught in his carriage,' The baby had been placed in the carriage while the mother pre- pared the evening meal and in some way it had slipped clown and the teething ring, which was suspended from a cord about the baby's neck, caught and chocked the child. When lie was discovered a few minutes later by his mother, life was extinct. The funeral was held Sunday after- noon from the family residence, con- cession 7 Kinloss Township, and was conducted by Rev. Mr. Wilson, of Whitechurch, minister of Langside Presbyterian Church, Interment was in Teiswater Cemetery. BRIDGE CLUB Six and a half tables took part in the play at the Wingharu. Bridge Club on Thursday evening, The winners were: North and Stnith—lst., Mrs. 1W. L. Kress and W: H. French 2nd., ' Mrs. R. S. Hetherington and 5. H. Crawford; 8rd., Miss McCallum and Art, Wilson; 4th,, Duncan Kennedy and C. E, Richey. East and West— 1st., C. G. Gammaage and 5, Mason; 2nd., Mrs. Geo. Ross and Mrs. A. J. Walker; 3rd., Mrs. Bert Porter and Mrs, 0. Colborne; 4th,, Mrs. W. H. French and Mrs. Art, Wilson, Some Pumpkin On display iii Art Adams window is a pumpkin that on account of its size is attracting considerable attention. It weighs 78 pounds and is well shaped for such a large pumpkin, It was grown by Sgt. Malcolm MeCammon in his garden at Port Credit. His wife (Frances Lockcridge) gives Malcolm all the credit for producing this mammoth pumpkin but we understand that she too should have a share of the credit. YOUTH ADMITS HE STOLE 13 CARS Local Car Was Among Those He Took A fifteen year old Brampton youth is in Goderich jail and will appear before the -magistrate there on a charge of car theft. He is Arnold Cumming and lie is alleged to have confessed to the theft of 13 cars, He is the youth that abandoned a cat at Einevale and then took Mayor Craw- ford's tar from in front of his home leaving it at Lucitnow as it was short On gasoline. He then went off with R. McCall's car which was found at Orillia. He will also have to fact breaking charges, these offenses are supposed to have taken place in North flay and Windsor. This lad was recently an inmate of 'the reformatory having, been convicted on a charge of arson. Officers Elected. Meeting Suggests There Be No Open Season For Deer In This District Next Year The annual meeting of the Wing- ham Fish and Game Club was held at the home of Mr, E. M. Snell, on Thursday evening. Officers elected were: President—George Orvis. Sec'y-treas.—Percy Stainton, Committees werVformed for stock- ing streams and receiving complaints. It was recommended by the meeting that a permanent game warden be named by the Department for this dis- trict. A recommendation was also endor- sed that there be no open season for deer in this district 'next year. This club had done a very fine work in the stocking of streams in this community and it is expected that old time fishing will be enjoyed if the fishermen play their part and that stock for the streams continues to be available, 24 SHOPPING DAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS Shop In Wingham Where Stores Are Filled With Fine Gift Suggestions Tempest Fugit, There is no fooling about that. Do you realize that there are just 24 more shopping clays until Christmas. During the week we have made the rounds of the stores here and are happy to report that des- pite the difficulty of procuring goods during these war times that the mer- chants are well stocked with goods for Christmas shoppers. Not only that the selection will surprise you and the moderate prices will please you. Wing- ham is the place to do you Christmas shopping this year. Be wise, however, anti do your . shopping early for best selections. Tighten Rules On Army Data Canadians will know less about the movements of the amply in Canada and its workings as a result of instructions just sent to news services anti publi- cations by the press censors. Hospital Staff Honor Miss Miller On Tuesday evening at the hospital the hospital staff enterained one of their tnembers, Miss :famine Miller, at a presentation and shower. Miss Miller was time receipient of a beauti- ful lace table cloth also a number of miscellaneous shower gifts which she received during a treasure bunt. Curled At Kitchener On Monday a rink from here at- tended the Bonspeil at Kitcheeer. The rink was H. Sherbondy, J. H, Craw- ford, 0. Haseigrove, Art, Wilson, skip, They lost their first game but won two games in the second event and return on Friday to compete further. On Tuesday Frank McCormick, Joe Evans, Charlie Elliott, Jim Murray, skip, also attended this spoil, On Thursday another rink, J. Hanna, J. Carr, Sr., Fred Davidson, Donald Rae, skip, will take part, Irittitute To Meet Novmber 27 The regular monthly meeting of the Women's Institute will he held in the Council Chambers at 3 o'clock on Fri- day afternoon, November 27, The roll call. will ,be answered by a suggestion for Lasting Peace, The convenors for Citizenship will be Mrs. W, H. Hall and Mrs. T. Bower, The hostessess are Mrs. Joe Kerr, Mrs. A. R. I)uVal, Mrs, W, VVelliings, Mrs. B. Wellwood,. Mrs, Walpole Sr, Mrs. W. 3, Henderson, district delegate for. West Huron, will giver a report of the area convention which was held in London. ,„•