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COUPLE MARK THEIR
60th'. ANNIVERSARY
Parents of Local Man Celebrated
Wedding Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. William Armstrong,
on. Thursday observed the 60th anni-
versary of their wedding at the home
of their daughter, Mrs. A. C. Barrett,
548 Elizabeth street ,' London.,
Mr. and Mrs: ArrOstr-ong- were born
in Birmingham, England. Mrs. Arm-
strong in June, 1859 and Mr. Arm-
strong in August, 1860, They were
married in the same city in 1883, coin-
ing to Canada early in their married
life.
For more than 50 years they have
resided in Lucknow and vicinity,
where they were esteemed as exemp-
lary citizens, quiet and unassuming.
Roth are bright and fairly active in
spite of their advanced years.
Two years ago they left Lucknow
and went to London to live with their
daughter, Mrs. A. C. Barrett, Eliza-
beth street.
Their family consisted of two sons
and five daughters: Mrs. 'Wilson,
Lucknow; Mrs, Barrett, Miss Beat-
rice Armstrong, Mrs. Andrew P. Buck,
and Mrs. Matthews, London, Alfred.
also of London, and William of Wing-
ham.
They have 18 grandchildren, four of
whom arc on active serilee, There
are five great-grandchildren,
Back To College
Mr. Bill Burgman, son of Mr. and
Mrs. W. F. Burgman, left the first of
the week to continue his studies at the
Royal Dental College, Toronto.
Enlisted In Armoured Corp
Alvin Seli, son of Mr, and Mrs. Jas.
Seli, has enlisted with the Armoured
Corps, London, and will report fur
duty on Monday.
Capt. Torrance In Sicily
Mrs. Ada Torrance received a letter
front her husband, Capt. (Dr.) T. L.
Torrance, last week informing her that
he is with the Canadian troops in Sic-
ily. He mentioned the wonderful fruit
Ott that island which was doubly ap-
preciated by the soldiers as they have
had very little fruit during their train-.
ing in England,
Serving In Sicily
Mrs. Roy Adair received an air
mail letter front her brother, Cpl. Art.
Haase, He said in part, I arrived in
Sicily on the 12th of July. I am in
the best of health and spirits there in
the mountains of Sicily, We are really
living a soldiers life in the olive grov-
es on .the hillsides and the valley, It
is a good life. The food is very plain
but of course we get plenty of fresh
fruits which is a real treat. We have
had very few -casualties in our unit al-
though we were under shell fire yester-
day for sonic time, Art is well known
here as he spent some years in Wing-
-ham. He enlisted when war broke out
and is now -over three years overseas.
He is with the Ontario -tanks.
RATION COUPON
INFORMATION
Butter coupons, Nos. 20, 21, 22, 23,
24, 25 are now valid. Butter coupons
Nos. 20, 21, 22, and 23 expire the end
of this month.
Meat coupons pairs Nos. 8, 9, 10, 11,
12, 13, are now valid and pair no. 14,
becomes valid'to-morrow, August 26th,
Meat coupons, No. 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12
expire the end of this month,
Sugar coupons up to and including
number 13 are valid and remain valid
until declared invalid.
Tea-Coffee coupons up to and, in-
eluding No, 13, are valid and remain
valid until declared invalid, Effective
September 2nd, Canada's tea and
coffee rations will be increas-
ed by one third, Present rations are
one ounce of tea or four ounces of cof-
fee weekly per person, An increase
of one-third would mean 1 1/8 ounces
of tea and -5 1/8 ounces of coffee per
person after Sept. 2nd,
Honey, Jam, Marmalade, Jellies, will
be rationed after Sept. 2nd, and their
retail sale from now until then is stop-
1)-)o. not forget to get your New Ra-
tion Book this week,
Single Copies Five Cents
With Which. Is Amalgamated The G of ie Vidette and Wroxeter News,
WINGHAM, ONTARIO, TI-IURSDAY, AUGUST 26th, 1943 :Subscriptions $2,00 For Year
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LARGE CONGREGATION
. ATTENDED. SERVICES
Union Church Services In St. Pauls
Church Next Sunday Again
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Brothers Meet Overseas
Recently Ken Sinnamon arrived
overseas and a week after his arrival
his brother, Glenn, who has been over-
seas for a year, called to see him,
They expect to get a leave to-gather.
No Bingo This Saturday
Bingo -fans please note that the Leg-
ion Bingo will not be held on Saturday
night this week as the council cham-
bers will be used for issuing ration
books. These Saturday night Bingos
will be resumed on Saturday evening
next week, September 4th., in she
Council Chambers.
At the noon hour on Saturday there
was an accident at the corner of John
and Josephine streets. Don. Newman,
son of Sgt, and Mrs. Fred Newman,
Shuter St., was knocked off his Wheel
and thrown to the payeemnt. He was
taken to Dr. Connell's office and exam-
ined. No bones were broken but the
lad got quite a whack on the hip.
The car involved in the mishap was
driven by Mrs John Gibbons of town.
He was driving south on Main street
and turned to go tip John street when
Don rode in front of him on his wheel.
The young lad was going north on
Main street and apparently failed to
notice the car make the turn. The
bicycle was damaged but fortunately
the boy was not much injured. It is
reported that Mr. Gibbons was pro-
ceeding slowly or the accident may
have proved much more serious.
Hon, G. Challies, Morrisburg bus-
iness executive, Minister without port-
folio and vice-chairman of the Ontario
Hydro Commission; Hon, G. H, Dun-
bar, Ottawa Business College head,
Provincial secretary and Minister of
Municipal Affairs; Hon. W. G. Thomp-
son, Blenheim soy-bean grower, Mini-
Don Newman Was Fortunate To Es-
cape Serious Injury
BOY 'KNOCKED OFF
BICYCLE BY CAR
WOMEN EXCEED MEN
AT BLOOD CLINIC
91 Donors At 6th. Red Cross Blood
Clinic Held Here Last Week
of Which 48 Were Women
Arrived Overseas
Mr. and Mrs. George Carr of town
received an Airgraph last week from
their son, Cpl. George Carr stating
drat he had ai'rived safely overseas.
WROXETER MINISTER
TRAPPED LARGE OWL
Has Wing Spread Of Four and One-
Half Feet
On returning from his vacation 'on
Saturday, Rev, J. S. Foster, Wroxeter,
discovered his chictens had been
molested' by some marauder. During
the early hours on Sunday, on hearing
a disturbance among his thickens, he
saw a large Brown owl perched above
the pen which disappeared at once.
Setting a trap on top of the post Mr,
Foster availed results and at 8 a, m.
Monday Mr, Owl landed into the trap
and was soon killed by Mr, Poster,
The owl was a large specimen, meal-
tiring -between four-and-one-half feet
from wing-tip to vvitig-tip and was of
the Horned owl speqmen. It was
Very fortunate for the chicken owners
around the village that Mr, Foster
Was able do away with the thief,
Splendid attendance marked the Un-
-ion church services held in St. Paul's
church, Sunday, The .morning ser-
mon topic was "Invitation to Advenl:
ttire,'! • The Speaker, Rev, II. 0. Gal-
lagher, pointed out that Jesus thought
of life primarily as an adventure and
He invited people to follow Him into
it. He discussed the fact that before
accepting' the adyenturc, the individual
must • come to .terms with some very
fundamental things, He must disre-
gard 'himself, must not endeavour to
take care of himself. .He must, come
to .terms with the risks, the question
marks, We are to bear -down as well
as bear up under our problems, for
the Cross is the symbol of victory, as
well as of suffering. Then we must
come to terms with the Person, Christ
with Whom we are going to adven-
ture. The greatest adventure a man
can have is the one in which he finds
God.
The Offertory anthem was "Great
is the Lord" (Lacey) with duet by
Mrs. Morris Swanson and W. G, Tuc-
ker. In the evening, the rector spoke
of "Four Men Who met their crises,"
All our life he said, is determined -by
what we do in a crisis, we act in a
crisis as we have previously determin-
ed we shall, by what use we have
made of our sense of God. - He illus-
trated this by the record of Abram,
who had trained himself to listen to
and respond to !God, and by Peter who
did not organize His life fully around
God, and by Judas who refused to
commit himself. On the other hand,
Jesus definitely committed Himself
to' God, He was sure love was sur-
preme and that love would have the
last word. If we make a complete
commitment of ourselves. we possess
the very strength of the Rock of Ages,
and nothing can defeat us: The even-
ing anthem was "At Sunset," (Gabriel)
with tenor solo by W. G. Tucker,
Next Sunday the services -continue
in St. Paul's morning and evening with
a celebration of the Holy Communion
at 8.30 a. in. •
FRACTURED LEG IN
OVERSEAS ACCIDENT
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Adair received
an airgraph letter from Ken on Mon-
day informing them that he had suf-
fered a fractured leg and is now in
the Canadian General Hospital. Ken
was a dispatch rider with the 12th
Manitoba Dragoons -and the accident
happened August 3rd., when they were
on convoy. Just howthe accident oc-
curred was not stated but it is thought
that Ken was thrown off the motor-
cycle. He is progressing very favour-
ably and spends his time doing stencil
work for the Red Cross. Ken's friends
here will be sorry to learn of his mis-
fortune and hope that he will have a
speedy recovery.
Ken enlisted last January and went
overseas the latter part of May.
Minister of Health and Public Wel-
fare; Hon. Charles Daley, St, Cathar-
ines, ,Mayor and retail grocer, Minister
of Labor; Hon. Leslie E. Blackwell,
Toronto lawyer, Attorney-General;
Hon, G. H. Doucett, Carleton Place,
insurance executive ancl farmer, -Mini-
ster of Highwayi" and Public Works;
FORMER BLUEVALE
Boy IS MISSING
Sgt. James Robert Dobie, Attended
School At Wingham
Word has Veen received by Mr. and
Mrs. James Dobie, Clifford, that their
only son, Sergeant James Robert Dob-
ie, is officially reported missing on
August 18th. S&geant Dobie. who
was a navigator on a Halifax bomber
was attached to the Ferry Command
of the-Royal Air Force in Montreal
shortly before going overseas in Sept-
ember, 19b. He took part in the
Dusseldorf raid and had been on the
;bombing raids for the past six months,
He was born in Acton, March 3, 1923.
and attended public school there. Lat-
er lie attended high ,,achools at Wing-
ham and Listowel, receiving his mat-
riculation at the latter Collegiate and
immediately enlisted in the Royal Can-
adian Air Force at Hamilton on Aug.
4, 1941. He trained at Valcartier,
Victoriaville and Ancienne Lorette in
Quebec, -Moncton, N. Bs; Mont Joli,
Quebec, Bombing and Gunnery school
and completed his training at the
School of Navigation at Rivers, Man,
Early in August he was Posted fora
promotion as a warrant officer. He is
the only child of Mr. and Mrs. James
Dobie, his father being Canadian Nat-
ional railways agent at Clifford and
previously held a similar position at
llluevale.
Dr. McLean Leaving Blyth
Dr. Kenneth McLean, M„ D., who
has been practising in Blyth for three
years, since the enlistment of Dr. C, D,
Kilpatrick, is moving to Toronto,
To Train As Nurses
During the next few weeks three local
girls will leave to enter as nurses-in-
training, Jean Moir will enter St.
Joseph's Hospital, London, next week.
Ileen Dark will go to Victoria Hos-
pital, London, after Labor Day and
Frances Brophy will shortly start her
ditties at St, Joseph's Hospital, at
+Guelph,
PUBLIC SCHOOL
OPEN SEPT. 7th.
High School May Open Same Day
But Definite Announcement Will
Be Made Next Week
The school bell will ring once again
at the Ptiblie school, on. September
7th„ and the children will once again
trudge up the hill, a crew experience
in life for the begieners.
Whether the High School will open
on that day or not cannot be stated at
this time, as the Chairman of the
Board and the Principal are both out
of town at present, Last year the
High School did not open until later
in September, 'about the 21st, An ans
nouncetnent will be Made in next
Week's paper as to the exact date on
which the High School will open.
Sept. 7th or a later date,
ALL GOES WELL AT
PE.TAWAWA CAMP
Training With Good EclipMent I.s
Thrill
A new .and •thrilling experience for
many and for a few the reealling of
memories of the -days of a .quarter -of
century ago ibegon on Sunday, Aug:
15th., 1943; when the 21st..(12,) Field
Regiment, R. C. A. under command of
Lt, Col. G. W.. Howson, arrived in
Petawawa Camp for two weeks -train-
ing under actual filing. conditions.
Petawawa. Camp has a superb set-
ting overlooking the Ottawa river,.
which has for a background. the Laur-
entian range of hills, presenting a view
long to be remembered,
For the training of the Reseive
Units no detail of even minor impor-
tance has been overlooked, Equip-
ment is in abundance, some -of which
is the very latest design. •
Specialists courses are provided for
those interested in any particular
branch such as Driving and Mainten-
ance, Signals, Acks, etc. These cours-
es are ful time .and when camp breaks-
they should be proficient in theirs dif-
ferent duties.
The gun detachments when first
chosen were crude but under exper-
ienced instructors quickly improved'
and by the end of the week 'all. will
have had actual firing experience.
Everything is being done by those
in charge to make these two weeks.
pleasant and profitable. 'rite instruc
tors are of the best and their time is
our time, whether it is during train-
ing hours or after.
Camp Mascot and X
erb. camp mascot is a friendly goat
who quickly made himself aczniainte,
his chief enjoyment seems to be chew-
ing of tobacco and cigarettes. We also
have the unknown quantity, a family
of cats of the'white stripe variety have,
made their home under Fire Station,
No, 5, along side of the Orderly Of-
fice. To date they have conducted
themselves in an orderly manner, pro-
bably due to the efficient manner in
which Orderly Officer Harley Craw-
ford is carrying out his duties.
No Noah Here
The day of arrival gave promise of
beautiful weather but during our first
night in camp we experienced one of
the fiercest electrical storms of the
year. This was followed at noon Mon-
day by a hail storm, worse than any
we had ever experienced. Adj.- Stan.
Hall and our M. 0. Lieut. H. Vokes,
who are strict on detail and allow no
exaggeration, measured one which
covered one and three-quarter inches
'on the ruler. So great was the fall of
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Brussels Man A Pilot
Among the graduates as pilots at
No, 16 Service Flying Training Sohool
Hagersville, on Friday last
week was W. F. Scott of Brussels.
Sent To The -East Coast
Clifton S. Walsh, K. C, N, V. R.,
has left for Cornwallis, Naval Train-
ing school, Nova Scotia. His many
friends called to wish him the best of
luck, Clare, Jack and Glen VanCamp
presented him with a lovely Water-
man's Fountain Pen.
Third Prize At Lucknow
On Thursday four rinks of trebles
front here took part in an afternoon
and evening tournament at Lucknow,
for Joynt Trophy, One of the rinks,
Ed. .Nash, Howard Shethondy, W. A.
Miller, skip, came third with three
wins and a plus of 19, They tied for
second place with Mel Donahue of
Teeswater but Mel had a slightly larg,
er aggregate.
Dog Drives Off Mad Bull
Alfred Nesbitt, farmer of East Wa-
wanosh, was attacked by a mad bull
at his farm. His young son, Frank,
came to his rescue and the animal
turned on the boy, The family dog
.came to the rescue of the father and
son by biting the beast's heels, Both
received many bruises and are both
confined to bed. Farmers of the dis-
trict are helping with the crop at the
Nesbitt farm, •
RED CROSS ROOMS
RE-OPEN SEPT 2
After a summer recess the Red.
Cross rooms will open on Thursday,
next week, September 2nd. All the
ladies that previously assisted with
this work are urged to attend and a
special invitation is extended to those
who have not contributed in this man•
net to our war effort to join hi this
very itliportant activity as there is
much work to be done,
biter of Lands and Forests, and Mini-
ster of Game and Fisheries, Flanking
Premier Drew are, at left, Hon. T. L.
Kennedy, Dixie farmer, Minister ,of
Agriculture, and, right, Hon. Leslie
M. Frost, Lindsay lawyer, Provincial
Treasurer and Minister of Mines,
Premier George Drew is shown
above surrounded by his nine cabinet
ministers at their first cabinet meeting
last Wednesday in the Cabinet Coun-
cil room in the Parliament Buildings,
at Queen's Park, Toronto, Standing,
from left to right are Hon. Dr. R. P.
Vivian, Port Hope physician, who is
BOWLERS PLAYED
IN PLAY-OFFS
Took On Walkerton In Southern
Half of District Play-offs
At Teeswater on Monday night
night Wing-ham Bowling Club played
the Walkerton-club-in singles, doubles
and rinks in the semi-finals of the dis-
trict play-offs. The finals will be held
at Hanover on Friday night,
The rink is the only local entry that
will go to Hanover, they won their
game 30-11 and the last end was not
played. he rink was Omar Hasel-
grove, Howard Sherbondy, Bert Por-
ter, Jack Mason, skip. The Walkerton
rink was R. Good, W. Nesbit, A, Nel-
son, Ted. McConnell, .skip.
The doubles entry was Gordon Mac-
Kay and Ed. Nash and'they lost out
to Mel. Pearson and Ted Brant, 30-18
in 21 ends. Alex Crawford played
Frank Eidt in the singles the latter
winning 21-7.
Engagement Announcement
The engagement is announced 'of
Margaret Mary, youngest daughter of
Mrs. Homuth and the late John E.
Homuth, to Mr, John Thomas Backer,
Phm. B., only son of Mr. and Mrs. J.
C. Backer, of Brussels. The marriage
to take place September 4th.
NEW RATION BOOKS
BEING DISTRIBUTED
Distribution In This District Starts
To-day (Wednesday) In Some
Localities
Ration Books No, 3, will be issued
this week and arrangements for the
distriibution- in this district, which is
under the jurisdiction of Local Ration
Board No. .31, with headquarters in the
town clerk's office here, were complet-
ed last week. You must calf for your
new book, they must not be, mailed to
the various places where the books are
being issued.
Distribution points and times for
this area are as follows:
in. Fordwich7-Aug, 27 & 27, 1 to 5 p.,
Gorrie-Aug. 27 & 28, 1 to 5 p, m.
Wroxeter-Aug. 28th., 1 to and 7
to 10 15, in.
Brussels-Aug. 25 & 27 6 to 10.30
p. m.
Attg, 28th,, 6 to 10,30 p. m.
Ethel-Aug. 25 & 28 1 to 6 p,
Wingham Town Hall-Aug. 26 & 27
9,80 a. in, to 12 a. m, 1.30 to 5 p. it.
August 28th,, 9.8010 12 a, 'tiL,
to 5 p, tn s 1,30 to 10 P. in-
131yth Memorial Hall-Aug. 25 & 28
to 10 p. in. each day.
Lakelet-Aug, 25, 1 to 8 and 7 to 6
P. m.
Whitechurch-McLean's store, Aug-
ust 27th, 1 to 6 p,
BeIgrave-,-Red Cross Rooms, Aug-
ust 25, and 27,- 1 to 5 p, 8 to 10
P. nt.
Pihevate--TerveY's store.
Another successful Red Cross Blood
Donor Clinic was held here on Wed-
nesday morning fast week, This is the
6th, such clinic'-which has been held
here and the 7th, will be held in about
5 weeks. There were 91 donors at this
clinic and the women beat the men in
numbers, 48 women and 43 men.
Fourteeen donors gave their 3rd,
.donations.
Doctors present were, Jamieson, of
BrusSels; Johnston, of Lucknow; Mc-
Callum, of Teeswater; Redmond of.
Wing-ham. Local nurses gave their
services as they have done on all prev-
ious clinics.
A. large number of the donors came
from the surrounding community and
the local Red Cross Society extended
thanks as they do also to all who at-
tended.
Donated 'Third Time
Those who have given three volun-
tary donations and are now entitled to
the Red Cross button of recognition.
These buttons will be forwarded as
soon as they are received from head-
quarters:-T. A. Currie, John McKib-
bon, Clayton Gammage, James R. Cou-
ltes, George Hetherington, Jas. John-
ston, Henry Rintoul, Chris: Tofting,
Joseph Dunbar, Howard Wylie, Ross
Anderson, Graerne Anderson, Leslie
-Greenaway, Bert Isard,
LIST OF DONORS
Belgrave-James R. Coultes, Joe
?IvIcGill, Joe Dunbar, Joe Kermath,
Norman Keating, Mrs. Dave Arm-
strong, Mrs. Gordon Walsh.
Bluevale-James Johnston, William
Peacock, -Fleming Johnston, Fred Seil-
ing, Leslie Greenaway, Mrs. Alvin
Blyth-Richard Dale, George Char-
-ter, W. J, Hallahan, Robert Fear, Mrs.
Barry Browne, Mrs, Peter Brown.
,Gorrie-Frank Chapman, Eward
Carson. Arthur Stevens.
Wroxeter-Edward Newton, James
Wright, Leslie Douglas, Howard Wy-
lie, Mrs, Thos.' Townsend, Miss Mur-
iel Henning, Mrs. George Harris, Miss
/ Margaret Harris, Mrs. Leslie Douglas,
Mrs. H. V. McKenny, Mrs. A. Ham.
Whitechurch-Miss Annie Kennedy.
Wingham-Rdbin Campbell, T. A.
Currie, Fraser Forgie, C. G. Gammage,
Robt. McMurray, Chris. Ttofting, A.
D. McWilliam, John McKibbonr Fred
Ohm, Ronald Coultes, Thos. Burke,
George Baird, Henry Rintoul, Chester
Gilkinson, Jas. W. Coulter, Ross And-
erson, Graeme Anderson, Hartley
Smith, Bert Isard, George Williams,
George Hetherington, Wilfred Wal-
ters.
Mrs. L. Buckman, Margaret Mac-
Lean, Mrs. Jas. Seli, Mildred Fitzpat-
rick, Mrs. H. Sherbondy, Mrs. Earl
Wyld, Mrs, Horace Aitcheson, Bernice
Anderson, Mae Coulter, Mrs. Bert
'Holmes, Mrs. Roy Hastings, Doris
Fells, Mrs. M. Cameron, Mrs. Chas.
Hopper, Mrs. Elmer Ireland, Mrs. W,
Beecroft, Mrs. Chas. Lloyd, Mrs.
Ed. Harrison, Cora Gannett, Mrs. Geo.
Williams, Verne Walker, Mary Cruick-
shank, Mary Brophy, Mrs. Harold
Brooks, Mrs. Leslie Brooks, Earns-
cliffe Musgrove, Mrs, Robt. Spittal,
Mrs, Lena Bowman, Mabel 'Coultes,
Mrs. Robert Rae, Elizabeth Sturdy,
Meta McLaughlin, Bertha Casemore,
Louise Thompson, Dorothy Phippen.
STORE TO CLOSE
ALL NEXT WEEK
Please note that George William's
Jewellery Store will be closed next
week, August 30th., to September 4th,,
inclusive.
Engagement Announcement
Mr, James Wild, Wingham, announ-
ces the engagement of his youngest
daughter, Leila, to John Gaskell of
London. The marriage to take place
in Egerton Street Baptist church,
London, at 2 p, m,, on Saturday, Sept.
11th.
Local Couple 55 Years Married
Mr. and Mrs, R. 3, Breen, Shuter
St, quietly celebrated their 55th
wedding anniversary on Tuesday, Aug-
ust 24th. A dinner party was held in
their honour at the home of their
,ilaughter, Mrs. Gordon Gannett. Many
called to extend congratulations , and
on behalf of- the community we wish
them many more years of happy wed-
ded life,
Presentation By Fellow Employees
On Saturday evening Mr. E. Peter-
matt was mut& surprised when four of
his fellow workers front Central Air
craft, Limited, London, called and pre-
sented him with a purse of money and
good wishes from his room mates and
lead hand-, Only two days before leav-
ing- London lie had received the double
promotion to specialist and group lead-
er.
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