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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1943-04-22, Page 7r• • "Thursday, April .?2r4(1., 1943 „ 'IA/INGHAM .ADVANCT4.4TIOS 11••••• ners at euchre, 14tnch was served' and a social time enjoyed by all, Mrs. Murray, Mr. and Mrs, John.: .ston 'Conn and Ruby, spent Sunday With Mr, and Mrs, RObt, Scott of the 8th Concession Of Culross. Mr, and Mrs. Clarence Cox spent Sunday with his parents, Mr, •anct. Mrs, Sam COX of 00044. Mrs, Noble of Moorefield, is spend- lug a few weeks at the home of her •niece;-Mrs. J, F, McLean, Mr. and Mrs. Dean Brennan of Collingwood„ spent last wee-end with her parents, Mr, and Mrs. Jas, St. Marie, Mrs, Harry Tiobbourne of Gode- rich has visited recently with her mother, Mrs. D, Kennedy and Mr, and Mrs, Lorne •Durnin and sons of St. Helens, gpent Sunday -there, However, closer .study shows that op- erations are probably more 'broken down and scattered than on this side' of the Atlantic, There .is ,a good rea- son for this. In using 5Q many work., ors with little experience in their par- ticular work, it was easier to teach' them one simple operation than it: would have been to teach them to handle' a. complicated machine which would do several operations at once.: The system is also more flexible,. If some part is knocked .out by enemy action or otherwise, the entire ?rouge- tion will not be stopped. Those factories are unexcelled for precision of craftsmanship, and their production targets are continually be- ing exceeded, This is going to be a big factor in overcoming the Hun. Latest reports are that the 'Germans are worried over the superiority of the English in precision and quantity of production. Most of these employees work fifty- Six hours a week. When we had a conference witih Britain's Minister of Labour, Mr. Ernest I3evin, he told us that there is no gain in working more , than fifty-six hours a week, and that be was trying to get it down to a fifty- three or fifty-two ihours' week. He said, "We are in the fourth year of the war. Most of the virile people have been taken, for the forces. Age groups in industry are higher. Forty-seven is the average age of the Liverpool dockworkers, and in the building trades, the average age is from forty- five to forty-six." We asked two different Cabinet Ministers if England had reached the saturation point in manpower.. One answered that there was no such thing as a saturation point in labour, and the other replied, "We are a long way past the saturation. point." We came away from these factories deeply impressed with the fact that the civilian workers. are 'just as hard. at work, just as serious in, their tasks, and just as anxious to do their utmost to hasten victory as the, members of the Navy; Army and Air Force. The floor has. been cemented and the walls and pillars painted a. light colour, This underground factory is brilliantly illuminated by fluorescent lighis. The ventilation is wonderful. Air is taken in from above ground, cleaned and heated, and distributed by tiaducts' under the floor, while the US- ,ed air is carried off at the roof. An example of modern scientific methods is found in the disposal of sewage. It is pumped to the surface and chemically treated to extract gas- es which are used to propel the fac- tory service cars. The factory is surprisingly clean and bright,' It is hard to believe that it is ninety feet under the ground, There is a large restaurant under- ground as well as another on top of the ground.. Each of them is capable of feeding several thousand employees in a scientific and efficient manner. One of the problems in Connection with this factory was the supply of labour. The number of Workers at hand was limited. This has been over- come by bringing workers there in large numbers of busses and by build- ing dormitories and houses, The dor- mitories are made up of single and double rooms, compact, but well furn- ished and comfortable, The buildings are of stone or brick and appeared -to be fireproof and substantial. If we an cut out only one nong•essential call a day BANK by MAIL and Save Your Tires for Victory •DAT/ONING of gasoline and the fact that XL your tires must last for the duration need not inconvenience you in so far as your banking The following donations have been contributed to the local Red Cross Society during the past few weeks: Mrs. Russel !Gaunt's group, 2 quilts and one from Mrs, Miles McMillan, and Miss catharine Ross; 1 top and two linings from Mrs, Roland /Grain; 1 quilt land one lining from Mrs. Jas. Norman; tops of quilts by Mrs. John Purdon, Mrs, Robt. Purdon, Mrs. Jas. Falconer, Mrs, -Cecil Falconer, Mrs. Amos •Cornelitis, Mrs, J. D. Beecroft; t 2 quilts from Annie and Mary Laid- law, and two from Mrs. St. Marie's group and one from Mrs. W. R. Far- rier's group, Miss Reta Purdon, who has been in Lneknow for the past two weeks, spent Sunday at her home here, • Mrs. Duffy has been on the sick list during the past week. The regular monthly meeting of the Women's Institute was held on Tues- day last in the .Hall with the Presi- dent, Mrs. Grain, in the chair. After the opening exercises the roll call was answered by "If you were a Prime ,Minister, what laws -would you make". A paper on "Talks on China", prepar- ed by Mrs. George Fisher, was read 1)y Mrs. Cecil and Mrs. Jas. Falconer. Mrs, D. Craig and Mrs. G.• Farrier sang, "Farewell to Thee", and Mrs. Jas. Falconer gave an interesting read- ing on "Learning a Chinese Lang- uage". The ladies decided to hold a bridge, euchre and 'dance in the Hall on Tuesday, April 27, Mrs. Grain tendered her resignation as president, and Mrs. jack McIntyre tendered her resignation as secretary. A nominat- ing committee, Mrs. G. E. Farrier, Mrs. Thos.. Morrison and Mrs. George McClenaghan was appointed to bring in a slate of officers at the annual meeting in May. The meeting was closed with the National Anthem, The Red Cross meeting which follow- ed was in charge of the president, Mrs. Jas. Falconer and the ladies decided to hold the postponed Red Cross pro- gram this Thursday evening. Th e regular monthly meeting of the W. M. S. of the Presbyterian Church was held on Thursday last in the church, with the president, Mrs. Al- bert Walters in the chair. The scrip- ture lesson was read responsively and Miss Annie Laidlaw led in the Glad 'Tidings Prayer. The meditation per- iod, with an Easter message, was tak- en by Mrs. W. J. Coulter. Mrs. Wel- wood had charge of the topic, "New Canadian Loyalists", Mrs. J. S. Craig led in prayer for the missionaries, Mrs. Murray gave an interesting talk on the Chinese in Canada, and Mrs. Walters gave a reading "The Alibaster Box". Miss Annie Kennedy was appointed as Glad Tiding Secretary for the rest of • is concerned. War calls mist come first. . . Every day more of our customers, in the cities cis well as the country, are using the mails to do their banking, to make their deposits or to withdraw cash needed for any purpose. which means that we should reduce our non- essential use of the telephone to the minimum. Present facilities cannot be increased; your co- operation is needed if war calls are to go through promptly. (,;, Please remember that the wasteful use of telephone time can hold up war business -anfl that every second you save counts, Deposits are acknowledged by return Mail. Our nearest Branch is as close as your mail -box. Why not let the mail man be your bank messenger and conserve time, rubber, and gasoline. If you value your time DO YOUR BANKING BY MAIL. The houses, some of which we were shown through, are small, but bright and .comfortable, and planned to ,ntake the most of every bit of space. They are certainly a big improvement on the average .workman's home, We also visited aircraft factories, aircraft engine factories and other munition factories. One morning we arrived at one of these factories. The entrance Was not very impressive. In fact it looked like some residential flats than a factory, Yet we spent most of the day going from building to building to see various operations in progress.' A fine lunch was served to us in the excilt- tive offices. The exact number of employees .cannot be given but it was in the tens of thousands. A very large proportion of the workers are women, many of them do- ing jobs that it was once thought could only be done by men, Before the war these women were hairdres- sers, barmaids, waitresses, - school teachers, shop assistants, domestics and workers in smaller industrial plants. Others had netier worked be- fore. Some of the machinery in this fac- tory was made in the United States, but much of it bore naineplates of British firms. The general appearance and opera- tion of this and other factories is about the same as in similar factories in Canada and the United States. HE• DOMINIOI BANK EMINIMMINNINIMMINEMEN It .09C&Ve Sedtece ESTILEiLISHED 1871 01•04.1.7 la.ffs 00-1,ais Wingham Branch - G. C. Gammage, Manager • the year. The meeting closed with praeyr by the president. Pte. Alfred Mason of Camp Borden is spending a two-week furlough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Mason, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Cameron and Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Cameron of Ash. field, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Mason Robinson, and Mr. and Mrs, Sam Campbell of Wingham, also vis- ited there, on Sunday. Mr. Glenn Cameron of Toronto visited with Mr. and Mrs. Robinson recently also.. Mrs. Thos. Moore, Mrs. Ben Mc- Clenaghan and J. D. Beecroft, were in Brussels on Tuesday attending the Presbytery meeting there. Rev. Mrs. Ward of St. Helens, will address the ladies of the W. M. S. of the United Church at the Easter Thank-offering meeting in the church here on Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Conn and little daughter, spent Sunday with her parents, Mr. and MTS. E. Caslick of Culross. Quite a number from here attended the Red Cross bingo and dance at on Tuesday in Brussels Cemetery. The final spring meeting of the Forum in East Wawanosh, was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Elliott, when the coining Vic- tory Loan was the main topic for dis- cussion. Lunch was served and a social time enjoyed by all. Mrs. John Craig spent a. few days this week at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Robert Hall, Wingham. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Underwood of Toronto, spent the week-end at the was served and all enjoyed the social time. The next meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. J. G. Gillespie On April 30. Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Falconer receiv- ed word over the week-end that Pte. Relisson Falconer was in the Military Hospital at Camp Borden with a bad attack of flu. Trooper Raymond St. Marie of Hamilton, spent the week-end with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jas. St. Marie. This week-end saw the finish of the maple syrup season in these parts. Mrs. Ernest Casemore held a Red Cross, quilting at her home on Wed- nesday last / ' 'THE BOMBER PRESS IN GREAT BRITAIN •Another. in a series 'of articles written by W. R. Legge and C. V. Charters, who represented the Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association in a recent tour overseas. BRITISH INDUSTRIES IN WARTIME (Article No. 23) the war. Probably the most interesting Of -the plants, we visited was an immense underground factory...which was just going into production. These under- ground factories are not dug out es- pecially for the purpose: There are many large caverns, some natural and others the result of .years of mining, which can easily be converted into good factories. ' A large elevator took us ninety feet below the surface of the ground to where this factory is .located: The factory itself covers a vast area and only uses a small part of the , cavern. One of our guides fold us that he had kone down into the cavern before any work on it had been started, and he would have been lost if he had not been with a local guide who knew it well. WHITECHURCH - AC. Clifford Purdon and Mrs. Pur- don of Centralia, spent a few days last week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Archie Aitcheson of St. Helens and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. john Purdon here. Red Cross meetings were held last week on Wednesday at the home of Mrs. Cecil Falconer and Mrs. Walter Lott. Mrs. Donald Cameron who has been visiting with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. j. 13. Morrison, returned on Friday to her home in New York City. Mrs. J. G. Gillespie left on Monday to visit at the home of her son, Mr. Jack Gillespie of, Sarnia. Mr. -and Mrs. Gershom Johnston and children of East . Wawanosh, - spent Sunday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Johnston. Mr. and Mrs. Harold' Johnston and sons of Lucknow, spent Sunday with her mother, Mrs. Will Corm ,and Mrs, C01111 returned home with them to spend this week at Lucknow. Neighbours of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Purdon gathered at their home on I Thursday evening last to celebrate with them the twenty-fifth anniversary of their marriage. Mrs. Jas. Falconer and Mr. Aldin Purdon were the win- By Walter R. Legge To report on British Industries was mot one of the main objects of our trip to Britain, and we did not make the intense study of them that we did of the fighting forces and services. However, we were given an opportun- ity to visit some plants and to see what 'British workers are doing to help win Mr. Charlie Leaver received word on .Sunday of ,the death of his aunt, Mrs. Fred Champion of Brussels, formerly Martha Milner. She was well-known in East Wawanosh, being the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Milner of Fordyce, She leaves a grown-up family of five daughters and five sons, her husband predeceased her some years ago. She was buried Business and Professional Directory Langside Hall on Friday night. The Y, P. U. of the United Church met in the -basement on Friday even- ing and enjoyed progressive crokinole, with Roberta Mowbray and Carman Farrier winners for the games. Mr. C. Farrier was in charge of the sing- song that followed, Mr. Clarence Mc- Clenaghan was in charge of the wor- ship service. Milian Moore read an Easter message in the scripture lesson. Mildred Moore gave the call to wor- WELLINGTON FIRE Insurance Company Est. 1840 , An all Canadian Company which has faithfully served its policy holders for over a century . Head Office - Toronto H. C. MacLean Insurance Agency • Wingham -J. W. BUSHFIELD Barrister, Solicitor, Notary, Etc. DR. W. M. 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