HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1942-12-24, Page 5THE STAFF OF YOUR
DOMINION STORE
Takes Pleasure In Wishing You and Yours
A VERY 'MERRY
CHRISTMAS
and
'A HAPPY AND VICTORIOUS
NEW, YEAR
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May the spirit of the day
Make more bright and glad your way,
And may its joys linger on
When Christmas has come and gone.
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Butter Holdings Exceeding More Than One Pound per Person
Must Be Reported and Coupons Surrendered
Consumers or non-registered boarding houses
having in their possession the equivalent of
more than one pound of butter for each
person in the household, must before January
3, 1943, report their holdings to the nearest
office of this Board. They must forward with
their reports the number of butter coupons
representing their butter holdings. If the quan
lily of butter in possession of such persons
represents more than the eleven brown
coupons in. Ration Book No. 1, which will be
good for butter, they must in their reports
undertake to detach from future ration
books, additional butter coupons equal to the
remainder of the surplus.
Ottawa, December 21, 1942
EFFECTIVE NOW
UTTE
IS RATIONED BY COUPON
The ration is one-Ilan pound of
butter per person, per week.
On and after December 21st it is unlawful to sell
or buy butter at retail without the surrender of the
proper coupons.
Brown coupons, Nos. 1 to 11, "Spare 'C' " from
Ration Book Number 1 now in the hands of the
public, are to be used for this purpose.
Each .Brown coupon, Nos. 1 to 11, "Spare 'C' "
entitles the holder to buy one week's supply. Only
Brown coupons, Nos. 1 to 11 "Spare 'C' " can be
used for the purchase of butter.
Each coupon becomes good on a definite date and
expire's on a definite date . . . and can be ttged only
within its prescribed period, as given below.
The system for butter is different from that apply-
ing to Sugar, Coffee and Tea, where coupons have
no specified expiry date.
Dates When Butter Coupons Become
Useable — and 'Expire
Coupon
Number
1
December 21
2
December 28
'3 and 4
January 4
5 and 6
January 18
7 and 8
February 1
9 .and 10
February 15
11
March 1
NOTE: Brown Coupon No. 2, "Spare 'C' " will be good for use only
during a 7-day period—December 28 to January 3. Brown Coupons
Nos. 1, and 3 to 11, "Spare `C'', can be used within 2-week periods.
Coupons for butter, like those for Sugar, Coffee and butter coupon sheets with their retailers, so that
Tea (the red and green coupons) must be detached the latter may detach the required coupons when
by, or in the presence of any seller of butter or his delivering.
employee. If desired, consumers may lodge their
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Temporary Ration Cards
All Brown Coupons on Temporary Ration Cards issued to members of the
armed forces on leave, visitors to Canada, etc., are good after December 21.
.10 Special Notice to Retailers
On and after December 28, retailers must establish their right to purchase new supplies
of butter from their suppliers by turning over to the supplier currently valid ration
coupons equivalent to the poundage of butter ordered from the suppliers.
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THE .WARTIME PRICES AND.TRADE BOAR D
THERE ARE HEAVY PENALTIES FOR BREAKING THESE BEGUL A T 0 N S
Not Good for
Purchase After
January 3
January 3
January 17
January 31
February 14
February 28
March 14
Good for Purchase
beginning on
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His duty was to fight,
The child, with all things yet to prove,
Still thinks the world is fair,
While trusting in a mother's love,
And in a father's care.
WINGHAM. ADVANCE-TIMES
The following is the schedule for
the Town Hockey League. The first
game will be played Tuesday evening
next.
The schedule is to be completed
not later than February 15th and the
playoffs will be 1st and 3rd teams
compete in a 2 out of .3 series, the
winner to play the 2nd team in a series
of 3 .out of 5 games for the champ-
ionship, -
No team will be allowed a new play-
er after the regular schedule is com-
pleted,
W. Tyler, a former member of the
bank staff here, it is understood, will
be attached temporarily to the Enter
branch. Mr, Teller has been manager
at Creditor-1. for 17 years,
TOWN LEAGUE GETS
UNDER WAY DEC. 29
Canadians and Leafs Play Opener
The Schedule
29—Canadiens vs Leafs.
5 —Rangers vs Leafs.
7 —Canadiens vs Rangers.
12—Leafs vs Canadiens.
14—Rangers vs Canadiens.
19---Canadiens vs Leafs,
22—Leafs vs Rangers.
26—Canadiens vs Rangers.
29—Rangers vs Canadiens.
2 —Rangers vs Leafs.
4 —Leafs vs Canadiens.
9 —Leafs vs Rangers.
ALVA J. WALKER
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Porter and Ed. Harrison; 3rd., Mrs.
C. H. Magee and Miss M. McCallum;
4th„ Mrs. M. Johnson and Mrs, H. C.
MacLean. East and West-1st., Jack
Mason and W. H. French; 2nd., Mrs.
Reg, DuVal and Duncan Kennedy;
3rd., Mrs. R. S, Hetherington and
David Robb; 4th., Mrs. W. H. French
and Miss N. Dinsley.
(Continued from page one)
A native of Huron County, he was
borh April 2nd, 1861, in the Township
of Tuckersmith. He lived on the
farm until lie was 26 years old when
he went to Australia as a book agent.
He travelled to Australia by way of
the West and the Pacific and three
years later, 1890, he returned home
the opposite way by England and the
Atlantic, thus having travelled com-
pletely around the world.
After returning from Australia he
attended a business course and in
1890 was appointed an agent for the
Mutual Life Assurance Company; He
has been a Citizen of Wingham for
44 years having come here from Eg-
mondville in 1898 as a Mutual Life
and Real Estate agent. a 1907 he
formed a partnership with John Ritch-
ie which lasted until Mr. Ritchie's
death in 1919. He carried on the
business 'himself until 1935 when he
formed a partnership with Flying Of-
ficer W, T. Booth, who several years
before this had taken over the Life
Insurance end of the business., •
He was twice married, first in 1891
to Emily Cosens who died in 1918.
His second wife, whom he married in
1920, and who survives as his widow,
was the former Sarah F. Turner, of
Clinton, He is also survived by a
daughter, Dr. Mary Cosens of the
Provincial Department of Health.
The funeral service was held in
Wingham Baptist Church on Friday
afternoon and was attended by a large
congregation, The service was Con-
ducted by Rev. „John Lucas, pastor of
the church, and assisting with the
service were Rev. W. A, Beecroft of
the United Church and Rev, Kenneth
MacLean, of St, Andrew's Presbyter-
ian Church, Burial, 'took place in the
Wingham Cemetery.
The pallbearers were R, H. Lloyd,
W. H. French, P. R, Howson, B. S.
Copeland, W. A. Galbraith, John
The following is one of Mr, Cosens
poems.
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LOCAL: AND PERSONAL
Lieut. A. D. MacWilliam is spend-
ing this week at his home ,here.
Mrs. Carmen Courts, of Ottawa, is
visiting with Mr. and 'Mrs. R. A.
Coutts.
Mrs. Robert Rae has gone.to,,Van-
' couver to spend the winter with her
ARENA
Activities
1943
SKATING SEASON
Skating Monday,
Wednesday & Saturday'
Band Wednes. Nights
— Season Tickets —
Adults: $2.50
Student or Child: $1.50
Now Available At Town Clerk's
Office,
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"An Ideal Xmas Gift"
husband.
:Mrs. J. H. Christie left for Toronto
on Monday to visit with her son, J.
Morris and Mrs. Christie.
Mr. Jack Haines, North Sydney,
N.S., is spending the Xmas holidays
at his home, 1st line Morris
Mr, Ed. Thompson, North Sydney,
N.S., is spending the Xmas holidays
at hiS home, near St, Helens.,
Mr. and Mrs.' Fred Stewart of
Montreal are visiting this week with
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Swanson,
Mr. Win, H. Davidson, of North
Sydney, N.S., is spending the Christ-
mas holidays at his home here.
Miss 'Pearl Sparling of Alma Col-
lege, St. Thomas, is spending the
.Christmas vacation with her aunt,
Mrs. Griffin.
Raphael St. Marie, formerly of the
Dominion Bank staff 'here, has been
transferred by the R.C.S.R..to a coast-
al port for further training.
Misses Ann Whittaker and Moira
Haywood of England, who are attend-
ing Alma College, are , visiting with
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. French.
OBITUARY
John G. Sturdy
The death of a' former Wingham.
resident, John G. Sturdy, occurred at
his late residence, Kirkland Lake, on
Tuesday, December 15th. He was the
son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Wm
Sturdy'who at one time lived on ,Min=
nie• Street. He was born at Auburn
and was 51 years of age, He was an
employee of the Western Foundry
when he lived here. Mr. Frank
Sturdy of town, at present with the
Small Arms Factory at Long Branch,
is a brother, He is also survived by
his wife and three daughters. Burial
took place in Windsor on Saturday.
WINGHAM LOOSES A
LEADING CITIZEN
The patient 'math the surgeons knife
'Unconscious is, and still,
The only hope to save his life
Ts in the doctor's skill,
The .farmer sews in faith his seed,
And trusts the sun and rain,
Meanwhile he fight* the choking weed
That grows among the grain.,
The planets in their orbits roll,
The seasons come and go,
The angry seas own God's control,
His care the sparrows know,
But we, by pride made over bold,
Face 'Providence tmawed,
And like the patriach of old.
• Presume to question God. .
Ten thousand prayers in discord rise
From church and cloister dim,
When will we tease our feeble cries,
And trust the world to Him?
'T is His the broken heart to bind,
To heal the serpent's bite,
The judge is He of all mankind,
And shall He not do right?
Crediton Bank To. Close
The Canadian Bank of Commerce
will cols$ its Crediton branch the end
of the year. The manager, Mr. M.
Dec.
Jan.
Feb.
BRIDGE CLUB
Seven and a half tables were on
hand for the weekly game at the
Wingham Bridge Club on. Thursday
evening. The results were: North
and South—lst, Mrs. Harley Craw-
ford and George Williams; 2nd., Bert
Christmas bells ringPout with happy tidings
of the season, carrying with them our wish for your
very Merry Christmas.
.Christmas
Greetings