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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1944-02-24, Page 1With Which Is Amalgamated The G9rrie Vidette ansl Wroxeter News. Subscriptions $2.00 Per Year WINGHAM, ONTARIO, THUR4:0 AY, FEBRUARY 24th, 1944 Single Copies. Five Cents SENDING CIGARETTES TO BOYS OVERSEAS 108 Parcels Of Cigarettes Sent By Legion The Cigarette Committee of Wing- Legion have this week sent in an order for 20$: parcels of cigarettes, 300 cigar- -ettes to a parcel, to be sent to the boys overseas from this district. 206 of these parcels will go to the boys on service •in the United Kingdom, North Africa, Italy and India. The other two parcels are for 1000 cigarettes to -each of two prisoners-of-war in Ger- many. , The funds for this activity.are raised through the Saturday night bingos held during the past summer and the -collection bottles which are in various places of business about town, In the list that was' sent away there ire about 126 from Wingham and the balance are from the surrounding dis- trict Put your change once in a while in the Legion Smoke Bottles. Our over- seas list is now very large as you will see from the above figures, so your assistance is urgently ,requested. TO HOLD SPECIAL SERVICES SUNDAY On Sunday next, February 27th, special services of Dedication and Intercession will be held by St. An- drew's Presbyterian church congrega- tion, These services will be held both morning and evening and special in- vitations have been sent to all mem- bers and adherents to be present. A portion of the letter from the minister says, "You are invited to join with your fellow-worshippers in the House of Gdd, your own church, on Sunday, Februaiy 27th, so that all to- gether we may create such an at- mosphere of worship and devotion to Almighty God' .as we may 'trust may make us worthy in His sight to be victorious." ' Institute Meets March 3rd The meeting of the Wingham Wo- anen,'s Institute will be held in the Council Chambers on Friday .next week, March 3rd. Members please ..note change 'of date. SEAMEN AND SAILORS DESERVE OUR CARE Give Your MagazinesnTo The Navy League Men of Canada's Merchant Navy. -"the fourth arm of the fighting serv- ices" and men of a score of United Nations' merchant navies, as well as men of our :Rayal Navies, are volun- tarily made a first charge on their practical interest and sympathy by members and supporters of the Navy League of Canada. Eight clubs for the exclusive use of merchant seamen are operated by the Navy League mill addition to 14 Other clubs and depots operated by the .League for sailors„ merchant ships officers, naval ratings and junior naval officers. Iri these 22 clubs, as many as 16,- 000 men of the seas have been 'serv- iced' in one day, while at the Halifax Merchant Seamen's Club atlone one million Visits by seamen have been Made. He estimates roughly that some 500,000 visits are made to the 22 clubs each month! So it can easily be seen that our seamen and sailors are being cared for, and will be cared for ONLY if we people of Ontario and the rest of Caii ada continue to support the Navy I.,eague in its wonderful work. We should support it, for it is really doing a job for 'us in a compact and wholesale manner — the job of ex- pressing our practical thanks to the mot who keep the life-lines open be- - tween our country arid our own and United Nations fighters the world over. Magazines Needed What do you do with your magaz- ines when you finish reading them? Here IS a suggestion from the local btatteh Of the Navy League. Leave them nt McKibbon, Haseigroves, Hydro Shop, Masons or McAvoys and .they will be sent to Navy League headquarters, at Toronto and will finally reach some of our brave lads that .go to sea. Will you help? Books, gatteS and playing earns ate also iteeded, FOOD PARCELS SAVE PRISONERS' LIVES Thousands of Boxes packed by Volunteers by Red Cross for Prisoners of War "Real life savers in the very of es- sence of the word" is the way one prisoner of war c'in Germany recently described the weekly Red Cross food. parcel:- And .aceordingto reports, this man speaks for all repatriated prison- ersand letters from hundreds of others, bear this out.. • "What's in the parcels?" you ask. Each parcel contains whole milk powder, butter, jam or marmalade, pilot biscuits, cheese, corned beef, salmon, raisins, sardines, sugar, tea or coffee, chocolate, salt, pepper,' soap. These foods were selected by a com- mittee of experts and represent a per diem alloWance of 2,000 calories to supplement the ration issued to the prisoners. Up to the present time 7,000,000 parcels have been packed and shipped to the International Red Cross Corn- mittee in Geneva for distribution. The burden of expense has been shared by Great Britain, Australia, New Zealand,' and 'Canada, althoqgh the packing of these food parcels has been undertaken by the Dominion. It is estimated that the cost of each parcel including food' and shipping is about $2.75. Much of the work connected with these parcels is not paid for at all. The women volunteers who pack the thousands of parcels every day, who count, sort and file the acknowledgment cards and search for names for enquiring friends; all of these work without remuner- ation. Their voluntary service reduces' the, overhead cost of these Red Cross services enormously. Canada has five packing centres or depots, — Toronto, Winnipeg, Wind- sor, Hamilton and Montreal. ;In most of the centres the packing room has the atmospher e of a busy factory. Empty boxes start down the line on a conveyor Veit. Each worker has her own supply of one food article to Pacc.• When, the hox.reaches...the end of the belt it is' sealed, stamped and ready to be crated. Between 85 and 130 women work for about two hours each morning in each depot. The afternoon is spent in replenishing the stocks .of food for workers to pack th e following morning. Besides the regular weekly parcels the Canadian Red Cross sends bulk quantities of vitamin capsules, cigaret- tes and tobacco. "Capture parcels" are also sent containing razor, soap, tooth brush and toothpaste, warm underwear, etc. Books, sports equip- ment, and articles of clothing are sent directly by the next of kin of prison- ers. Drugs, medicines and so on are looked after by the British Red Cross. Owing to the refusal of the Jap- anese government to allow regular distribution of individual food parcels to prisoners and internees in their territories, it has not been possible to carry out this system in the Far East. But wherever possible, shipments of both food parcels and bulk supplies have been made to s representatives of the International Red Cress Commit- tee in the Far •East. Attending Good' Roads Convention Mayor Fred L. Davidson; Reeve J. J, Evans and Councillor Murray John- son are attending- the Ontario Con- vention of the Good Roads Associ- ation, which is being held in Toronto on Wednesday and Thursday of this week. District Roads on Post-War Plans This spring and,. sunimer may see some activity in road surfacing in this district. It is on the slate for the road over the flats south of town to be hard surfaced at least and it is fully'expected that the highway from Wingham to the Durham road will receive a similar treatment after the war, This is a 15 mile section, In conversation with Mr. john Hanna, M.P,P,,Aast week, he said that other highways in this section were on the. post-war plans of the highway depart- ment. REPORTS AS WREN THURSDAY MAR. 2 Miss Mary Cruikshank, daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Benson Pritikshank, who enlisted in the Women's Royal Naval Service Some time ago, will report at Galt on Thursday next week, March 2nd, fot her basic training,. After that she will go to St. Ilyaeintli, One, ,to attend a course in Wireless telegraphy, A carpenter is hard at work nailing , up full .,crates containing individual prisoner of war packages, After the individual packages go through the packing line, they ar e placed in the crates as pictured above all ready to be shipped to the International Red EVENING AUXILIARY PLAN WORK MEFTIN6 The Evening_ Auxiliary .. of the Wingham United Church held .their February meeting Tuesday evening of last week, at the home of Mrs. W. S. Hall with a good attendance. Miss Blanche Bennett was in charge of the 'meeting, The scripture reading with comments was given by Mrs, R. S. Hetherington and Mrs. E. Wilkinson led in prayer. Mrs. Sheri. sang very sweetly "The Beautiful Garden of Prayer". The topic was presented by Miss Yvonne McPherson in her usual capable manner, from the study book "For All of Life", An interesting feature of the meeting Was the pres- entation by Mrs. Hall, of the certifi- cates for life membership to Miss B. Bennett and Miss M. Barber, The president, ,Miss K. McGregor, conducted the business. It was decid- ed to hold a work meeting to prepare for the bale, the first Monday evening in March, at the home of Mrs, G. W.' Howson. The meeting closed with a hymn and the benediction, followed by the usual pleasant social hour, Carruthers At Royal T Every Friday and Saturday night. Friday night 10 to 2, modern and old time, George Jordan calling, admission 35 cents, Saturday, modern dancing 9 to 12, admission 40 cents. RENWICK HEARING WAS ADJOURNED Case Will Come Up Again On March 16 The hearing of two charges, danger- ous driving and leaving the scene of an accident after the car lie was driv- ing allegedly struck two people, against Flt.-Lt. lionwick of Teeswater was adjourned until March 16. Plt- Lt, Renwick was home on furlough from coastal patrol duty lit "Nova Scotia, when the alleged accident took place on North Josephine St., here. Miss Hilda Brown, one of the vie- thus of the accident, which took place two weeks ago, was down stairs at her home on Sunday for the first time. It will be a while yet before she is about. Wni. ]'riar of Port Hope, a member of a survey group stationed here, was still in hospital on the week- end but is expected after a few days out of hosPital to be able to proceed to his 'home. Cross for distribution: To carry on this and other vital work, the Cana- dian Red Cross urgently needs a minimum of ten million dollars. Wingham district quota is $6,500. All will have to do their best as this is $500 more than last year's quota. BLOOD DONOR CLINIC SETS A NEW RECORD 158 ,Attended The Clinic And Over 1000 Donations. Have Been Received In. The Clinics Held Here The 10th Red Cross Blood Clinic held here on Wednesday last week, was the largest attended clinic to date. 162 donors were called, 158 respond- ed, .103 men and 55 women. The donations by. districts were: Belgrave 17; Bluevale 13; Blyth 17; Gorrie 7; Wroxeter 14; Whitechurch 2; Glen- annan 1; Wingham and vicinity 87.. Horace .Aitcheson of town, who has two sons overseas, gave at this clinic the 1000th Wingham District donation of blood, Frank Johnston of Wing- ham gave his 9th donation, A half hour radio broadcast .directly from the clinic was carried by radio station CKNX of Wingham. The set, up and working of the clinic was ex- plained while several of the, workers and -donors were interviewed, as well as the giver of the 1000th donation, Silver 'buttons, awards for sixth don- ors, were presented to Harold Hutton and Walter Woods both of .Wingham. An appeal was made for more donors to maintain the quota required from .Wingham, also for jam and marma- lade for the lunch table. Doctors who assisted were, JohInston of Lucknow; Vokes of Blyth; Connell and Crawford of Wingham. Mrs. Cooper of Toronto, nurse technician, was in charge of the mobile unit while Mrs. W. B. MeCool, president, and Mrs. J. W. McKibbon, past presi- dent, of the Red Cross, received the donors. The office work was .done by Mrs.W, J, Greer, secretary of the clinic assisted by Miss K, Pringle, K. McLennan, Mrs, John Hanna, Mrs. Chas. Hinde, Mrs, W. J. Adams, (Continued on page four) Will Preach Sunday Lieut, Marion Smith of Hamilton, will speak at the services hi the. Sal- vation Army Citadel at 11 a,M, and 7 p,tn. Sunday next. TRANSFERRED TO SARNIA BRANCH iyfr. J, Frank Gillespie, manager of the Goderich branch of the Canadian Bank of Commerce, is being transfer- red to a similar position at Sarnia, Frank is well known here As he spent his boyhood days in Wingham and commenced his banking career here. The present manager of the Sarnia, branch is Mr. L. R. Blackwood, who went from Wingham to Sarnia. Prank's friends' here will be very pleased that he is progressing so favourably in his banking career.i,„ RED CROSS DRIVE OPENS MOM Canada Must Raise $10,000,000. Wingham Quota Is $6,500 From the beginning of this global war, the Canadian Red Cross has, through the support of its loyal volun- teers, 'shouldered the responsibility of caring for the wounded and needy; bringing comforts and supplies to the Armed Forces; seeing to it that dried blood serum is available on all battle- fronts, and turning out clothing and surgical supplies in astronomical quantities7 Now with the most critical phase of war looming up, there is a call upon the energeries and resources of Cana- dian Red Cross workers, unique in his- tory. Not one item of supply turned out by Canadian women volunteers in Canadian Red Cross work rooms shall go to waste if though the war were to stop to-morrow. There is,. when this war is finished, that big job to do for the devastated peoples of Europe, The Canadian Red Cross will next week ask for ten million dollars, Wingham Red Cross District has a quota of $6,5011 which is $500 more than last year. The Red'Cross needs your help. Give generously, Plans for the canvass for the district are fast reaching conclusion. Mr, C. A. Roberts, campaign chairman, will have associated with him as captains, Mr, Lance Grain for the Whitechurch unit; Mr. W. J. Johnston of the Blue- vale unit; Reeve Harold Moffatt of Turnberry; and in Wingham, R. 11.. Lloyd, W. H. Gurney, W. H. French, F, R. Howson, Josh. Scott. There will be also that faithful band of canvas- sers. The Campaign gets under way Mon- day next, February 28th. Be ready with your donations. MAC ,HABKIRK NOW FLYING OFFICER ?4‘riends. here of R..M.. (Mac.)..Hab- kirk, will be very pleased that he has been promoted to the rank of Flying Officer. Mac, prior to his enlistment, was on the local staff of the Canadian Bank of Commerce. He spent his school clays here attending both the public and high schools. He gradu- ated at St. John, Que., as a bornbadier and received his' commission. After a further course at Jarvis he went over- seas in July last year. According to reports Mac is seeing plenty of action He is th e son of Mrs. Habkirk, at present in Kincardine, and the late Orville Habkirk of town. Attending Legislature Session Mr. John Hanna, M.P.P., left on Saturday to attend the session of legislature which was opened at To- ronto on Tuesday. He was accomp- anied by his wife and son John. Mr, and Mrs. J. H. Crawford also attended the opening. Back From Overseas 'A/Among those who returned from Overseas last week was Sgt: Harry Cooper. Mrs. Cooper, the former Dorothy Pollock, is a daughter of the Rev. John Pollock, formerly of White- church, and after her husband left for overseas resided for awhile on Frances Street here. She now resides in Toronto.. h0FORTH AUXILIARY FEBRUARY MEETING "Under The Southern Cross" Was The Topic The regular monthly meeting of the Goforth Auxiliary of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, was held Tues- day evening last week, at the home of the president, Mrs. John iMeKibbon. The meeting opened with the invoca- tion followed by a hymn, and a prayer by Miss C, Ishister, The scripture reading from John 15: was given by' Mrs. T. A. Currie, and Mrs. H. Aitche- son le'd in prayer. The topic from the 1944 study book, "Under the Southern Cross," was given in two parts. the first 'by Miss K. Pringle, and the second by Miss Mary King. Mrs, S. Hate dedicated the offering, and after all business on hand had been fully discussed, the meeting was concluded by a hymn, and a prayer by Mrs. John McKibbon, A pleasant social half hour was then spent, BOY SCOUT WEEK An Open Letter To' Boys: A Boy Scout once said that he divided a year into two •parts—one week of camp life and fifty-one weeks of looking forward to camp, Camp life with its, attractions such as camp fire songs, trailing, boating. swimming, signalling, and physical training, gives • a wonderful appetite and some boys on their return home were found to have put on weight and when measur- ed again up against the kitchen door frame found that they had grown an- other inch. The finest soldiers in our Canadian Army Overseas are those 'who had Scout training a few years ago, In the Scout Movement they learned how to develop 'body, mind and spirit—and they were taught self reliance and acquired a new code of honour. , And you know the old proverb "Once a Scout always a Scout". As every boy grows older it is fitting that he should be Proud of his physical growth—but he should, also take pride in the development of skills with his hands, the power to concen- trate and think things through with his mind, and a strong moral sense for deciding between right and wrong. How every boy should strive id be- come a respected citizen, one whose word need never be questioned, who pays his way as he goes, and whose honesty and integrity are above re- proach. A boy who has these ambi- tions strongly enough entrenched is well on the way to success. Our soldier boys are looking for- ward to the time when they can return home to their friends and begin the old life of building a fairer Canada. It will be interesting to boys who hope for a job when they,, leave school, to know that the Boy Scout movement has received recokriition by 'our king and the leaders of the Empire . and nation. In the world of 'religion, com- merce, and industry, the sterling qualities of Boy Scouts have stood right out, as much as to say, "These boys are the leaders of tomorrow, This is Boy Scout week, and the following employers of Wingham en- dorse the Scout Movement by a note- worthy statement—"All other timings being equal. we would give preference to a Scout in good standing when tak- ing on young men to learn a trade." Fry & Blackball,' Western Foundry, C. Lloyd & Son, Howson & Howson, W. H. Gurney & Set. The Wingham Troop is looking for- ward to 'prove themselves worthy of the high reputation of their movement and to increase in numbers and effici- ency. Now In Italy VMrs. Chamney has received word that her husband, Pte. Graham Chan- tey, is now in Italy, He is with the same unit as Capt. (Dr.) A. W. Irwin, who has been in the forces in that section of the. front since the Cana- dians first went there. Counted Seventeen Deer Last week Ross Gray, who resides two and a half miles east of Bluevale, was drawing wood from th e back field when he sighted a herd of deer coming out of the bush. 'Being only about'40 rods from them he counted them and there were seventeen in the herd. )( Iii Same Prison Camp Word has been received here that Don Richards and Reg. Derham are in the same prison camp in Germany, These fliers were well known here as they were members of that class of navigators 'who studied at Port Albert and made their headquarters with friends in Wingham. DAY OF PRAYER SERVICE FRIDAY The annual World Day of Prayer service will be held in the Salvation Army Citadel at 8 o'clock on Friday afternoon, this week,. 'February 25th, All the ladies organizations of the various churches of the community are co-operating as usual in this great service. All ladies of the community are urged to attend. GRADUATED OVERSEAS AS AN OffICER C. A, Baskerville Received Commis- sion At Sandhurst Military Colleggi England. Broadcast Heard Here Oto receive his c s Overseas,,. drecr;.4,ilwvihosion XThe first saldier, enlisted ltere,'„ was Gentleman Cadet C.A. flasher-' , grandson of Mr. C. R, Wilkin- son of town, For the past few montlis,, he has been attending Sandhurst Mili- tary College in.England and last week graduated with the rank of Lieutenant.. X The, proceeding of graduation and. presentation of diplomas were broad, cast by the BBC and a re-broadcast was made over CBL at 6.30 o'clock, Thursday evening last. Mr. C. R.: Wilkinsonwas listening to CBL at the time and imagine his surprise when he heard his grandsons name called out. Up to that time he was not aware that his grandson had success- fully graduated from the college and had been commissioned. Prior to entering Sandhurst Charlie was a Sergeant with the 97th Battery. He enlisted on September 12th, 1939, one of the first to enlist here, and after a long period of training in Canada with the 97th, which was recruited at Listowel. he arrived with the unit Overseas. He was booked as officer material and last fall entered Sand- hurst to study for his commission. Charlie's friends -here will be very happy that he has done so well. CAPT. TORRANCE TO SPEAK TO LEGION On Tuesday evening next. Capt. Thos. L. Torrance, who only last weelc returned from the battle fields of Italy, will address a combined gather- ing of the members ofc the Legion and. Legion Auxiliary. Meeting will commence at 8 o'clock sharp and Capt, Torrance will com- mence his address at 8.45 o'clock so that all may have the opportunity of attending the picture in aid of the Recl-Cross at she Lyceum Theatre :for. the 9.30 show. Institute Euchre Well Attended Twenty-nine tables took part in the play at the Institute euchre which was held on Friday evening last. About $55.00 was realized for the Institute overseas box' fund. Prizes were won as follows: Ladies — Mrs. Harry Angus; gents — Walter Woods; mys- tery prizes. Mrs. M. Fitzpatrick and Mrs. E. S. Lewis, COMMERCE MANAGER GOES TO DUNNVILLE .11•••••.•••••••••••••• Mr, George Northwood44eaVeSP ;Soon For New Position iX Last week Mr. George E, North wood, who has been manager, of the • Canadian Bank of Commerce branch here since December 1939. received notice of his transfer as manager to. the Dunnville branch of the bank. This is a splendid appointment and. Mr. Northwood is to be congratulated. The new manager here will be Mr. R, R. Hobden, who comes from the Ottawa and Cannon Street, Hamilton,. branch. Mr, Hobden is a married man with five children, one son who is entering the nai,y and four other' chil- dren of school age, >c:. Mr, Northwood took a great inter- est in the work of St. Andrew's church. He was a member of the choir, a teacher in the Sunday School„7 He was also a member of the Lions Club and the Legion. Mrs. North- . wood was very active also in church: work and also a valued helper at the Red Cross rooms. Their son George is a Pilot Officer in the R.C.A.F, at present stationed at Sydney, N.S, Mr. Northwood is spending a few days in Dunnville this week in an ef- fort to secure living quarters, If he is successful Mrs. Northwood will go to Dunnville as soon as possible after the transfer is complete, Prior to coming to Wingham Mr. Northwood was at Brussels for 5. years. A native of Thedford, he corn» neared his 'banking career at Arcona in 1913, He served with the Cana- dian Expeditionary force in France and on his return was appointed ac- countant at Elmvale, where lie met Mrs. Northwood. He was appointed manager at Hillsdale in 1920 his firSt 'Managership. After several moves in Western Ontario he went to Brussels and Then 'Caine here. Two Life Memberships Were Presented