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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1943-02-04, Page 1ANOTHER SHIPMENT . BY THE RED CROSS The following is a list of the goods shipped from the Wingham Red Cross Society to headquarters at Toronto in January. Hospitak-.105 triangular bandages; 32 gauze h'dkfs; 5 cony. jackets; 8 sheets; 8 surgeons' g•owns; 230 wipes; 1180 compresses, Airforce-4 aero caps; 15 pr. socks, Navy-4 pr. long boot stockings; 32 pr. 18" stockings. Army-15 pr. socks; 20 ribbed hel- mets; 2 sleeveless sweaters, Civilian-7 boys bionics; 9 girls dresses; 11 girls panties; 11 boys sweaters; 1 boys knitted suit, Infants Knitted Garments-5 sweat- ers; 5 bonnets; 3 pr. hootees; 6 quilts. • Suffered Stroke We regret to report that Mrs. I.% W, French suffered a stroke ,Monday night, Soiree News Missing Due to. weather conditions difficulty has been experienced by the railways in handling of mail. The C.P.R, came in on Monday with no mail amid on Tuesday it was a closed mail so that we did of get our mail- from Gerrie or Wroxeter, hence no news from some of these points. AID TO RUSSIA TEA ON FRIDAY A tea will be held at the home of Mrs. 5, Harley Crawford on Friday afternoon this week to raise funds for the Canadian Aid to Russia Fund. All ladies of the district are cordial- ly invited to attend. Tea will be serval ell front '8 to 6, With Which Is Amalgamated The Gorrie Vidette and WrOXOter Nowa. ItSingle,CopieS Wive Cents WINGHAM, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4th., 1943 Subscriptions $2.00 Per Year RUSSIAN AID FUND CLOSES SATURDAY THIS W,E,EK GUNS ON WAY TO RUSSIA Mrs. F. L. McKenzie 20,00 Mrs, Chas. Campbell 1.00 W. W. Currie 2,00 Nelson Higgins 5,00 Fred L. Davidson 1,00 Mr. and Mrs, Leslie Bolt 2.00 Mrs. James Stokes Harry Bateman ' 3.00 Miss E. Holloway 5,00 Mrs. H. F. Buchanan 4,00 Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Orvis 2:0000 .A,Firs'N. Fr ench R. liv H offman 5 1.00 Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Madill 2,00 Miss K. Wallace 5,00 Miss E, Gordon Richard Gilkinson 5,00 Benson Cruickshank 2.00 Hockey Pool 'Winner 1.00 Wingham Public School staff Wingbam Pub. School pupils S,S. No. 6, Turnberry, Holmes School (dance) 25.00 Matt Bell t, G. N. Underwood Mrs. C. H. Magee 2.00 Mrs. J. C. Taylor Currie Burchill 2.00 C. Lloyd & Son Employees 25.00 G. W. Tiffin Wingham Women's Institute 10.00 W. R. Farrier 3.00 Rev. W. A. Beecroft 1.00 Miss A. Forgie 1.00 T. Mundy ................. C. H. MeAvoy .50 Webster Willits 2.00 Miss Beatrice Graham 25.00 Sgt. Allen Williams ..... 50.00 $ 1455.25 I3ABY BORN HERE IS THE FIRST OF THE FIFTH GENERATION, .COUNCIL. APPOINTED - DELEGATES TO GOOD ROADS CONVENTION x,oessiyo show Is Costing Town„ A ,Lot Of Money There .were three absentees at the cotincii meeting' held on Monday, Mayor Crawford was snowbound at . -Xiteheneri Councillors .Wilkinson and ,Johnson were unable to be present, .Reeve Evans presided. On motion of Councillor Davidson and Lloyd it was decided ..to join the Good. Roads Association, the fee being 410.00, It was also decided on motion of Councillor Lloyd and VanWyck, -that the Mayor and Reeve be dele- - gates to the convention of the associa- tion which will be held• on February. ' '24 and 25. January Plowing cost $400 .That the street committee are hay- .ing a busy and, expensive time with 'keeping the roads of town plowed was voiced by Councillor Davidson, chair- man of 'the Streets Committee.' He 'said short streets could not be plowed by the power plow and a horse plow was *being, used in these places, He ,said` snow plowing for January had cost $400 plus The cost of work clone "by the team. Councillor Davidson expressed the opinion that after the war a truck for plowing and other town work •would ..be necessary. The clerk reported the Arena ac- count had a surplus of $150 at the end of January. Skating. was raising considerable money but town league .1-lackey not doing so well in this re- .gard. 'He also reported that 88 sea- son tickets were sold, 10 of which were adults. Fire Siren On The Blink Councillor VanWyck reported that -the fire siren did not operate as it was (Continued on page' four) BINGO! BINGO! Under the auspices of the N.C.O's of the Battery, a bingo will be held in the Armouries, Friday evening, Feb. .5th. 25 games for 25 cents. Chickens for' specials. Proceeds for War Charities. Good variety of, prizes. Underwent Operatign Miss Beth Bridges unclerWent an operation for appendicitis in Wingham -General Hospital on Wednesday last :-week. She is making .a splendid re- covery. Valentine Tea, Sale of Baking A Valentine Tea and Sale of Bak- ing will be held from 3 to 8 o'clock on Saturday afternoon, February 13th at 'St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, All invited. Lady Bowlers Held Bridge The Ladies Bowling Club held their first winter bridge game on Tuesday vetiing at the home of Mrs. G. R. Scott, The club donated . $10 to the Canadian Aid to Russia Fund. Goes To Parkhill Mr. M, W. Telfer, a former mem- ber of the Commerce Bank staff here also of Blyth, who has. been manager at the. Crediton branch which has been closed, will go to Parkhill branoh• of the bank. Grandson Member Of Ville *De Quebec Crew Mrs. E. Hayles of town is mighty proud of her grandson, Seaman Gun- ner Bunn. Howard. is well known here and lived for a, time with his grand- Mother, Mrs. Hayles and attended public sehool. He also was employed by Mitchell's Meat Market. i I-Ie was one of the crew of the Canadian cor, vette Ville de Quebec which rammed and sunk alt enemy submarine in the Mediterranean. Seaman Gunner Bunn enlisted in the R.C.14, in October 1940, and has seen action aboard the Canadian destroyer 'Columbia, His home address is 121 Harding Street, North York, BRIDGE CLUB Six and a half tables took part hi the weekly game at the Wingham tridge Club on Thursday evening. The whiners were: North and South- 1st., Mrs. Herbert Campbell and Mrs. A. E. VartStone; 2nd., Mrs., Art Wil- son and W. H. French; 3rd,, Jack Mason and W. W. Arnistrong; Mrs. C. 14. Magee and Bert Porter. East and West-4st,, Miss Mary John- ston and Darman Kennedy; 2nd., Reg, DuVal and Harley Crawford; 8rd,, Mrs. it, A. Parker and George Wil- liatns; 4th,, ;Miss M. McCallum and C. E. Rielley, FARM COURSES HERE WELL ATTENDED Interesting Lectures On, Machinery Were Given The Earth Mechanics courses held on Thursday and Friday of last week were well . attended. On Thursklay well over a hundred were present and the attendance on •FridaY while not that large was close to the 100 mark, This was considered very good indeed considering the state of ,the side roads. In Bruce these meetings averaged an attendance of 70. The course was, in charge of Mr, 5. C. Shearer, Huron County Agricultur- al representative: Thursday morning, Mower and Binder Adjustments was the subject and was taken by Mervyn Stelek, of Zurich, In the afternoon 'Mr. Stelck took op Tractor and Com- bine Adjustments. An interesting feature of the ' first afternoon was a talk on the Agricultural program for 1.943. by M J. C, Shearer. • On Friday morning, Mr. Shearer gave a demonstration and lecture on rope splicing which was very instruc- tive, The 'afternoon session proved very interesting, Mr. Gordon 1VIeGavin of Walton giving a talk and demon- stration on labor saving devices and plows. Mr. W. L. Whyte gave a talk on 'the Huron County Federation' of Agriculture and made an appeal for greater membership. HEIFER NEAR GORRIE HAS QUADRUPLETS All Living And Real Frisky They call them' the' dynamite quad- duplets and nothing like them has been seen around these parts in a century. They arrived two weeks ago at the height of the worst storm in history and they've been raising such "Cain" ever since that their mother's on the verge of a nervous breakdown. Nothing unusual seemed in the wind when the black-faced . heifer on the farm of*Fred Hill, six miles from Gor- rie, got -ready to deliver her first calf. It was a 'trifle' small and was black all over. - 'Mr. Hill was pretty surprised when a second calf, ,larger .and livelier than most calves, arrived too. And he thought he was ,seeing double when two more came a moment later-big- ger than the first two, and -brown and white this time. What with talk of beef shortage and things 'it seemed a pretty big stroke of luck to have .five head of cattle instead of one, said Mr. Hill. Of course we didn't expect they'd all live. But that's where everybody got fooled. They're the friskiest, healthiest set of calves you'd want to see. - At first the young mother was over- joyed and licked, them .repeatedly, said Mrs. Hill. But they soon became too much for her. It takes more than her to handle them. So we Milk her daily, .put the milk in a pail and let the calves fight for it there. Meanwhile we 'have to keep her in her stall and feed her special rations.. Wild animals have nothing an these calves. Nobody has tackled the job of trying to weigh them yet. We're waiting with interest to see what happens next time she calves, said Mr. Hill. She's made- a pretty good, start for one who's never had any previous experience. After all the Dionne quintuplets didn't arrive the first time. Moved Here Friday Mrs. George. Hotchkiss, two sons a daughter moved bete front Aylmer on 'Friday, Mr. Hotchkiss is manager of 'the Dominion Store. They are re Siding in the Clark Apartment On Maple Street. Lives Near Tillamook Lighthouse In renewing his subscription recent-. ly, Jack Madigan, a former Winghain- ite, who now lives at Oceandale, Ore- gon, informs us that he lives only 84 miles front Tillamook Lighthouse, a picture of which was in Scott's Scrap Book in "our paper recently. He says it was a very beautiful spot, Fractured Hip Mrs. George Allen bad at unfortun- ate accident Saturday evening when She fell near Murray Johnson's Garage on Main Street fracturing her left hip. Tlie break is a severe one and Mrs. Allen was removed from Wirighatet General Hospital to a London hospital mi. Tuesday, Her husband, Chief Allen has been on the sick list and it was on her -return front the doctor's office to secure medicine for hint that she suf- fered the accident. ABOVE PICTURE Russian .needs our assistance in many ways. Above we see Canadian tanks at a debarkation point and they will soon be on their way fo Russia as will the Canadian ,guns that arc being loaded onto a merchant ship. The Canadian Navy escorts 45 per cent of all convoys from this side of the Atlantic and the Canadian Navy boasts the proud record of only one per cent loss of ships. We are helping our brave Russian allies in theirs suc- cessful fight gainst Germany'. We must also help. our brave Rus- sian allies behind the lines, Those that sweat with toil in war prodUction factories, those who have lost -their homes, those who have lost their lov- ed ones, those who need clothing and medical supplies. The Canadian Aid to Russia 'Fund will help relieve the suffering of these stricken people. Leave your donation at the Advance-Times Office, Contributors Previously Acknowledged 864.50 Mrs: W. A. Russell 2.00 Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Mc- . Roberts 5.00 Mrs. E. S. Copeland , 10.00 S.S. No. 9, E. Wawanosh 5,00 John Tervit 2,00 Miller. Proctor 5.00 Mrs. George Olver ..... 2.00 D. Beecroft 5.00 Mrs. C. E. Smith 3,00 Mr. and Mrs. Milian Moore R.R. 5, Lucknow,... 2.00 Sam S. Campbell 5.00 LEAFS BREAK INTO WINNING COLUMN Jack Henderson Injured When Hit By Puck Two games were played in the Town Hockey league during the past week. On Thursday night the Canadians continued their winning ways when they trounced the Rangers' to the tune of 9-3. In the other game on Tues- day evening the Leafs won their first game ok the season when they nosed out the, Rangers by, the close score of 5-4, The last ten minutes of the game was not played as the Ranger goalie was hit, in the face by a puck and it re quired five stitches to close the wound on his lip. He also has his teeth injured. The schedule is drawing to a close, the Leafs play Canadians Thursday a n d the Leafs' and Rangers tan gle next Tuesday,`. One other game is to be played and that is a Postponed game between the Canadians Ind the Leafs. 'TOWN LEAGUE STANDING T. Pts. Canadians ....... Rangers Leafs 2 4' 1 5 1 4 0 2 5 0 1 11 Arrived Overseas Word has been received front Wil- liam Groves, by his brother, Harvey (Bob.), that he is now overseas. telOw lln Saskatchewan In renewing his paper last week, Mr, Albert Steen of Craik, Sask,, had a note in the Litter of Cris letter telling ea that it was 54 below acro the clay he wrote the letter, BARN ROOF FELL IN ON SATURDAY Weight of Snow on The C. R. Coultes Barn (Ford Barn) Caused Roof to Collapse The heavy weight of snow on the roofs of this district had clone very little damage up to Saturday. Early Saturday afternoon was another. clay however and the roof of the Charles R. Coultes barn, on Val:rick Street, the former Dr. Ford Barn, collapsed from the weight of the snow that had collected, The barn was badly wrecked, The west wall was pushed out of place and was later put nit the ground, The roof is very badly wrecked, Seven horses were in the barn at the time hut. they were successfully removed through the side door. The roof over the stable part at the back of the barn. did not go down, A cutter belonging to, Arnold Craig, St. Augustine, was s mashed and he had to get another one in order to drive home, Mr. Mr. Coultes had his car stored in the barn but it was not damaged very ex- tensively. The rear window was broken and a few dints put in rear of the car, There was tuna shovelling off Of roofs about town after this roof went down. Red Cross Group 9th Turnberry The Red Cross Group of the 9th line of Turnberry, held two meetings itt January in Gilmour's School. Pour quilts were quilted, •and knitted articles were given itt, During business dis- cussion, it was decided to donate $10 to the Canadian Aid to Russia rand. The next meeting will be February 4th. INSTITUTE HAD FINE MEETING Public School. Girts Gave Dernoustra- .6(0, Donations Made T9 Mobile Canteen Fund And The Russian Relief Fund Mrs. W. Stanley Hall, the vice- president, presided at the January meeting of the Women's Institute which was held in the Council Chambers on Friday afternoon. The meeting opened with the Institute Ode and .the Lord's Prayer, An invitation was extended to the ladies to attend a tea at the home of Mrs. Harley Crawford on Friday afernoon this week. The proceeds are for the Canadian Aid to Russia Fund. Plans were made to hold a Valen- tine Euchre in the Council Chambers and the executive 'were empowered to set the date and make the necessary arrangments. More funds are requir- ed for the boxes 'that are being dis- patched overseas by the Institute. Two donations were voted, one of $10.00' to the Institute Mobile Canteen Fund and $12.00 to the Canadian Aid to Russia. Fund. The usual bill in connection with the expense of the ladies Rest Room 'at the town ball, was ordered paid. A feature of the meeting was a dem- onstration in Home Economics by the girls of grade 7 and 8 of the Public School. They gave a splendid dem- onstration of setting and serving a table. At the close 'of the demonstra- tion they served tea and sandwiches which they had prepared• themselves. A display of needlecraft that the girls had carried on during the year at the school created much favourable com- ment as it was excellently done. A vote of appreciation to Miss How- ell, the teahcer, and the girls, was passed on motion of Mrs. W. J. Hend- erson and Mrs. M. Bell. The singing of God Save The King brought the meeting to a close. JANUARY DONATIONS TO THE RED CROSS Firemen Turn Over Another Donation Of $275.00 The Wingham Branch of the Can- adian Red Cross Society wishes to acknowledge the following donations during the month of January, and to thank the donors for their gifts: Miss M. Fraser, Bluevale, 4 pairs socks; Mrs. Wm. Lett, 1 quilt top and lining; Mrs. George Phippen, 1 quilt top and 1 crib quilt; Mrs. A. Homuth, 3 quilt tops; Mrs. A. N. Musgrove, 1 quilt top; Miss Cora Gan- nett, 1 quilt; Bluevale, 1 quilt; White 3 church (per Mrs. Gillespie), 2 .quilts,' Women's Institute, 9 quilts; Group on 9th Turnberry, 10 quilts and 2 af'. ghans; Wingbam junior' Red Cross, 10 pairs socks, 2 suits boys' pyjamas, 1 scarf (Art Class), 3 dresses, 4 bonnets, 2 pairs boottees, 11/2 dozen hankies, I. wool dress, 2 baby's wool suits, •2 baby's sweaters, Cash Donations: Miss AI, McCal- lum 81,00; Mrs. J. T. Lennox $1,00; Miss J, Warwick $1.00; Mrs. 5, A. Wilson $2.00; Whitechurch Unit (per Mrs. Mowbray) $4.00; Willing Work- ers Group, 4th Turnberry (per Mrs. Eldred Nichol) $7.00; Firemen (sal- vage) $275.00. Campaign Pledges paid during January $49,50. The contribution of the local Fire- men, 8275,00 is, we think, deserving of special mention. Collecting and sort- ing of salvage is heavy, hard work, and the men who undertake it are sec- rificing evenings of leisure to do it, In the past three years they have rais- ed inn this way and donated to the Wingham Branch of the Red Cross a total of $915.00, Held Skating Party The United Church held a skating party at the Arena on Friday evening, There was a splendid attendance and all appeared to have a most enjoyable evening, Hot dogs were served. Presented With Navy Ring A most enjoyable party was held at the Incline of Mrs. W. L, Kress on Wednesday evening last week in hon- our of Miss Doris Fells. Miss Fells 15 leaving on the 18th of this month to report for duty in the Wrens, Wo- men's Royal Naval Service. Games were played and Miss Fells was pre- sented on behalf of those present with a beautiful gold ring with a navy crest. The presentation was made by three of the girls, rave: dressed AS aft admiral and the, other two as sailors and they sang "The Navys Here". About 80 were present. Mr. And Mrs. Alton B. Adams' Baby Born On Saturday Is A Great, Great Grandchild The baby born in Wingham 'General. Hospital on 'Saturday. night to Mr, and Mrs, Alton B. Adams of town is the first of the fifth generation, all living.. Alton's mother is Mrs, • (Capt.) W. 5. Adams of town, the funnier' Stella, Rowan, and her mother, 1vIrs. Andrew Rowan lives at Clarksburg,• The great, great grandmother of the infant is Mrs. D. McKinnon, of Toronto and she is in •her 98th year. It is hoped when better weather prevails in the spring- time that .a picture of this group can be secured. This baby is :not the first of this . family" line to be in a fifth generation group as there hangs on the wall of the Adams home on Sbuter Stieet, •a Picture .of five generations of which. Mrs. (Capt,) W, 5. Adams is the youngest. The others are her mother, Mrs. Rowan; her grandmother, Mrs. McKinnon; her great grandmother, Mrs. McGill of the Orangeville dis- trict; her great great grandfather, Mr. Hugh Bell who lived near Erin, Ont. The picture of this group was taken when Mrs. Adams was she years old.. ANNUAL MEETING The 70th Annual Meeting of the Howick Farmers' Mutual Fire Insur- ance Company will be held in the Township Hall, Gorrie, Tuesday, Feb- ruary 9th, 1943 at 1.30 p.m. to receive the annual statement, elect directors, appoint two auditors and such other business as may properly be brought before the meeting. The retiring directors are Messrs. Wm. Speid and J. T. Wylie both of whom are eligible for re-election. W. Robert Graham, j..H. Wylie, President. Sec,-Treas. Much Improved Friends of Mr. Robert Breen who has been very ill will be pleased to know that he is able to about the house again, Six More Weeks Of Winter? Teusday was ground hog day, If the sleeping rodent did come out he went right back for another she weeks if the old legend is right. The old saying is, if he sees his shadow we will have six more weeks of winter, and if he does not milder weather will prevail. Cubs Invested The Wingham Cub Pack held an Investiture Monday, when. Cub Plaster, E. 0, Gallagher invested Cubs. Glen: Foxton, Raymond Merkley, Laverne Newman and John Crawford. The afisrstS[ixweors7iiiittiCe)711i were o 1121107iti.raCilte4tb-4ir groups. Messrs Frank Madill and Ronald Rae, of the Boys' Work Com- mittee were present and spoke to the Pack, Attended Family Re-union Mrs. David H. Finlay has returned home after attending a celebration and familp re-union in honour of her brother, Thomas J. Ford of Wawota., Sask. Mr. Ford had not been East for 34 years. The celebration was held at the home of Mrs. FinlaY's sis- ter, Mrs. Edith Shaw, Ridgetown, Ont. Attending the gathering were, Mr, Thos, H. Ford, Windsor; Mr, and Mrs, John Ford, Windsor; Mrs. Frank Kinniard, Windsor; Mr. and, Mrs, Chester Shaw, Windsor; Mrs. David H. Finlay of . Wingham; Mrs, Eva,, Finlay of London; Mr, Melvin Ford,, London; Mr. and Mrs, Orville Jones and Shirley of Thamestille; Pte, Clar- ence Jones, Ipperwasb; Mr, and Mrs. Charles Willer, .Thamesville; Mr, and Mrs. Hugh Clark, Ridgetown; Sgt. Garnett amid Mrs, Shaw, Ridgetown. A re-union dinner was held and Mr. Ford was presented with a lovely gift. C. G. I. T. NAMED 1943 OFFICERS A meeting of the. C. G. I. T. was held on Thursday evening, January 28th, in the United Chereli. The fol-, lowing officers were elected: President-Betty Lewis. Vice-Pres.-Joan Edgar. Secretary, - 'Pauline 'Cowell. Treasures'--Jean Willoughby. Press 4.gent-Mabelle Dunkin. Social Committee - Barbara Ross and Alum Thompson. Recruiting Officer-hine Everiek, Pianist Dawna Walker. SHOWS CANADIAN T 4IKS AND, Wingham. LTnited Chtirch Congregational meeting .,..„ H, Mundell Mrs. S, •IVIeBurney jPae trtt islosInar( Radio Service 3 Mrs. Jennie Currie'. Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Moore, RR. 5, Lucknow John :Falconer ' Reuben Garniss Mrs. T. R. Bennett Mrs. Gordon Machan Miss N. Linsley Miss B. C. Walsh C. B. Armitage Mr. and Mrs. Albert Walters, R.R.2, Teeswater Wm. Stokes Miss Jean Austin Maitland Lodge, I.O.O.F. (euchre) Wroxeter Red Cross Society, Wroxeter How. Farmers' Mutual Fire Insurance Wroxeter Miss K. Irwin, Wroxeter Miss Mary Macdonald, Wroxeter Howick 'Branch Can. Legion United Church Woman's Association, Wroxeter James N. Allen, Wroxeter Miss K. Nicklin, Wroxeter . Rev. 5. L. Foster, Wroxeter Mrs. Agnes S. Rae, Wrox- eter . • James Austin, Belmore Calvin Pres. Church Chalmers Pres. Church, Whitecharch 100.00 23.00 1,00 1.00 5,00 2.00 10.00 2.00 2.00 3.00 2.00 1,00 2,00 3.00. 2.00 4.00 2.00 2.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 10.00 22,00 18,50 4.00 5.00 2.00 5,00 1.00 24,75 10.00 12,00 5.00 5.00 2.00 5,00 5.00 5.00 4.00 5.00