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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1944-06-22, Page 1Clifton S. Walsh, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Walsh, of Beigrave, was a member of the crew of the Prince Rupert, the frigate that recently sank a submarine somewhere in the Atlantic. Clifforthhas been.,sailing, the high seas since last Christmas. * * * * Sgt. Fred Howson has been con- fined to a hospital in England with a very badly infected foot. We are pleased to report that he is now Well on the road to recovery. It is 'report- ed that the g.anerous infection was checked by the use of the new drug, penicillin, Arnold Halliday, 13, Line, Howick, Made a surprise visit on them Monday evening. The reason for the surprise was that it was Mr. and Mrs. Halli- day's 25th wedding anniversary. The bride and groom of 25 years ago were presented with numerous beautiful gifts of silver and the guests also serv- ed grand refreshments. During the evening games were enjoyed and the evening was concluded with all ex- tending best wishes to the happy couple. gINGO ! BINGO! SATURDAY NIGHT The Legion every Saturday night will hold a Bingo in the Council Chamber, Town Hall. The proceeds are for Overseas Smokes and Post- War work. Good prizes, By your presence you will aid this important phase of Legion work. LOOK AT THE YELLOW LABELON YOUR. PAPER. Mailing List Was Corrected Up To Thursday Last Week The yellow label on your paper tells you the date on which your paper en- Aires, Please examine it as the Mailing list has been corrected up to and in- cluding Thursday last week, If you find an error has been made please notify this offipe. If you find that your' label reads in arrears 'an early settlement would'be greatly appreciat- ed, It has been our• objective to bAng our mailing list up-to-date, aild your co-operation irrequested if 'YOU' ate in Mean. MISSION CIRCLE HELD JUNE SESSION Baptist Young Women Given Convention Report The June meeting of the ' Young Women's Mission Circle was held on Thursday evening at the home of Mrs. John Kelly, with sixteen ladies present., The opening hymn "There's a cell comes ringing o'er the restless wave's was sung and was followed by prayer- by Mrs. Alvin Procter. The main feature of the evening wan a report given by Mrs, (Rev) It of the animal convention of the Wo, men's Home and Foreign Missionary Societies which was held recently lit Park Road Baptist Church, Toronto, The program of the convention, centred around the theme "The Kieg, ship of Christ," The main speakers were: Prof, R, j, McCracken, Dr. H, P. Whiddete Chancellor G. P. Gil. Mour. A. number of the missionaries who 'are on furlough also took part, Large crowds attended and 'the meet, ingS were said to be very successfut and'uplifting. Miss Laura and Mrs', Prank Collar led in a season of prayer, followed by the closing hymn 'Anywhere vvith Semis" and prayer by Miss %lett MacLean: Refreshments were served. Program Was Held Over When Rain Came There was a large audience at the Band concert Sunday evening, but the concert was cut short due to the rain storm. The band has played about three quarters of an hour when the balance of the program was cancelled.. The program for Sunday night next is: Hymn, Abide with Me; Maple Leaf Forever; March, Off to Camp, Beyer; Overture, Granctiso, De Lama- ler; Overture, Mignonnette; Selected, Pack up your Troubles; Red, White :and Blue, Taylor; God Save the King, LOCAL LADIES HAVE PAINTINGS HUNG 1Canvases 'shown at 'the Western •Ontario Art Ekhibition at the Earns Memorial Art Museum, London, include five paintings by Wingham ladies. Mrs. Ada Torrance has two pictures on display, one an Atlantic Covist scene and the other a beautiful fall study at the "Forks of the Credit." Mrs. W. B. McCool's picture is of Spring Flowers, and by Mrs. W. W. Armstrong two, a scene on Stoney Lake and an arrangement of peonies, Engagement Announcement Mrs. Anna MoNevin. of Wingham, announces the engagement of her daughter, Winnifred Georgena, to Mr. 'Frederick Walter Lott, son of Mr. and Mrs Walter Lott of Whitechurch. The marriage to take place the latter part of June. LIONS CLUB HELD AN INTERESTING MEETING Representatives Of The Navy League Gave Interesting Chalk Talk And Informative Address \ A regular Lions luncheons was held at the Queens Coffee Shop on Friday evening last, Lion Stan, Hall report- ed on behalf of a Committee of Past Presidents that the following slate of officers be considered by the Club for the coming year: Immediate Past Pres.—j, Id, Craw- ford. President—Wilf, French, 1St Vice-Pres,—Win G, Hamilton. 2nd Vice-Pres.—jade McKibbon. 8rd Vice:Pres.—Frank Madill, Secretary—Wilbur Tiffin. Treasurer—Clayton Gamrnage. Lion Tamer—Rev. E. O. Gallagher. Tailtwister--cord. Buchanan. Asst. TailtWister-,--ChaS. Roberts,' Directors—Emery Stuckey, j. Crawford, Dr. Wrn, Connell, This slate met with the approval of the Club and installation will be ar- ranged at the next Meeting, Stmt. tary Wilbur Tiffin reported numerous replica from soldiers overseas asknow- ledging gifts of cigarettes front the tions, It was, atmottneed that the llowick Lions Club had carried off the trophy for' new members in the tone. Attention was drawn to the International Convention in Chicago In August. A letter was read respect- ing the formation of a rain COM- '‘tontintted on page three) Nagle Copies Five Cents With Which h Amalgamated The G orrie Vidette and Wroxeter News. WINGHAM, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JUNE 22nd, 1944 SUbiseriPtiOn0 $2,90 Per Te011" FUN GALORE HERE ON WEDNESDAY EVE NEXT GRANT MADE BY HURON COUNTY COUNCIL . TOWARD THE HOSPITAL ADDITION HERE MU, HENDERSON MAIN 'ELECTED. PRESIDENT OF VEST HURON INSTITUTES 'BADGES PRESENTED TO LOCAL LADIES .fornier Presidents Of The Local Red ' Pross Society Were Honoured At the last meeting of the executive • of the Witigharn Red Cross Society, the two former presidents were „pre- sented honorary rrtembersbipS in the Canadian Red Cross Society and re- . served also honorary membership badges. Iltrs. Mary Griffin, who was the first president of the local society, :-and who got it off to a fine start, and Mrs. ,T, W. McKibbon, ,who was for three years the executive head, were ,the recipients. \,17 The address was made by Mrs. W. B. MeCool, president of the local 'branch, and the presentation by Miss • Norma Linsley, who has been treasur- er of the society since its formation .early in the war. It had been arranged that these presentations would take place in To- ronto, but it was fiot possible at that time so the• ceremony was held here. Refreshments were served at the close of the meeting, 'PAIN STOPPED THE . BAND CONCERT The activities of the Women's Insti- tutes of West Huron District were re- viewed for the past, year when the annual meeting was held in Dungan- non United Church on Thursday. Mrs, W. J, Henderson, Wingharn, president, conducted the meeting. Devotional exercises were conduc-. ted by Mrs. J, M. Reed, Dungannon, who, read the scripture and offered prayer. The minutes were read by the secretary for the district, Mrs. Norman Keating, Belgrave, and were approved. Roll call of the branches was re- sponded to by the branch secretaries giving some interesting thing about the meetings, in addition to the finan- cial statement of the branch, The West Huron District is composed of Auburn, Belgrave, Blyth, Clinton, Dungannon, Goderich, Kintail, St. Helens, and Wingham, all of which were represented, and all had 'had one of the busiest years in the history of the organization. The report of the auditors, Mrs. E. Anderson and Mrs, R. Procter, show- ed the books of the district treasurer, Mrs, Norman Keating, to be accurately kept. Mrs. Allan Reed, Dungannon favor- ed with a pleasing piano solo. The reports of standing committees were presented as follows: "Agricul- ture and Canadian Industries .," Mrs. M. Batkin, Clinton; "Citizenship," pre- pared by Mrs. R. Davidson, Dungan- non, and read by Mrs. F. Oster, Blyth (owing to Mrs. Davidson's illness), "Historical Research," Miss Gillespie, Blyth; "Home Economics," Mrs. J: C. Procter, Belgrave; "Social Welfare," Mrs. Lorne Ivers, Dungannon; "Pub- licity," Mrs. R. J. Phillips, Auburn; "War Work," Mrs. fames Little, Lucknow, R,R. 3. The same conven- ers of standing committees were re- elected for the ensuing year. (Continued .on•liage six) JULY 1st WILL BE A HOLIDAY Saturday, next week, July 1st, will be observed as a holiday. Many calendars have July 3rd marked as the holiday, but this does not mean a thing as the official• date is July 1st. Wingham stores will be open the Friday night proceeding the holiday, so that shoppers may prepre for the long holiday week-end. HOSPITAL BOARD ARE. PLANNING, CAMPAIGN HIGHWAYS MINISTER VISITED WINfillAill Some Work To Be 'Done In This Community $20,000 • To Be Paid When Work Starts On Building. $5,000 At A Later Date Every Effort To Be, Made To Raise Necessary Funds For The Addition To The Hospital D. F. C. AWARDED ' TO NED THOMPSON Edward C. Thompson, of To- ronto (nee Doris McLennan of Blue- vale, Ont.), received word from Ot- tawa early in June to the effect that her husband, Pilot Officer Thompson, formerly of Myth, Ontario, received the Distinguished Flying Cross. The citation on which the award was made reads as follows: "This airman has, completed many successful operations against the enemy in which he has displayed high skill, fortitude and de- votion to duty". Ned received his commission the end of March and has been instructing air gunner's since the beginning of the year, when he finish- ed his first tour of operations, Bride And Groom Honoured At the dance held at Holree's school Monday evening, Mn and Mrs. Joe Austin, who were recently married, were presented by their neighbors and friends with a purse of money. The address was read by Alex Sproal and the presentation was 'made by Bert Holmes. Lions Club Are, Ready For Their Great Street Carnival And Dance On Wednesday evening next week the Lions Club are giving the people of this district an evening of fun to forget their cares and troubles, Yes indeed, there will be fun galore at the Lions Street Carnival and Dance to be held here. There 'will be fun for all--old and young, , The Centralia R.C.A,F. Pipe Band will make its first appearance for the evening at 7,30 p.m. It is worth com- ing miles -to see and hear this out- standing musical group. There will be games and booths, dancing. The town will be in carnival mood that evening, so join the throng and treat yourself to a heap pf fun, As is always the case, the proceeds will be for worthy ,causes. The club does ,not use one cent for their own use. FLORAL SERVICE HELD AT ST. PAUL'S St. Paul's Annual Flower Service was held on Sunday morning, The Altar Guild had arranged Chancel and Sanctuary with flowers which present- ed a beautiful setting for the servie. Following the second hymn, George Porter and John Hall presented the gifts of the Sunday School which were then dedicated and the choir sang the anthem "Into the heart of the Wildwoocl." The Rector's talk to the children was about Clock Gardens, Puzzle Gardens and Prayer Gardens. During the Offertory, Mrs. G. Taylor sang, "The 'Garden of Flowers." Presentation ‘,•:On Monday, the staff of the Wing- barn Public School presented Miss Verne Walker, with a silver rose bowl, an old English reproduction. Regret was expressed that Miss Walker has resigned and the best wishes of the staff go with her for future success, Attended District Convention The following from here attended the annual district meeting of the West Huron Women's Institute which was held at Dungannon, Thursday of last week: Mrs. W. J. Henderson, Mrs. W. H. Fraser, Mrs. Chas. R. Hopper, Mrs. A. R, DuVal, Mrs. R. G. Gannett, Mrs. Gordon Robinson. • • Annual Gathering Was Held At Dungannon With' All Branches Well Represented ROUND _ROBIN . SERIES PLANNED BY Thirteen Rinks Of Trehels • To Tak4, Part - The bowling Club have. planned' for a very active season and there should, be something doing at the,greens - al- most all the time, • A -round :robin series will be .14470 thirteenwith rinks of trebles taking part in- the play,. Each rink is billed to play a game each week and Tuesday even, ings will be round robin night. If team cannot play on that evening how, ever, they will have until Saturday of the same week to. get the game off. Interest in this schedule is already great and no doubt will increase as , the series progress, Bowling has been enjoyed for the past two weeks and it .appears that - both the men and ladies clubs are in for a fine season of play. COUNTY FEDERATION PICNIC WAS SUCCESS The Earl of Athlone, Governor-General of Canada, and Princess Alice Were Honoured Guests The second annual Field Day and Picnic under the auspices of the Hur- on County Federation of Agriculture was an outstanding success. It is esti- mated that 12,000 people attended and they were treated to a program that- was not only interesting but highly in- structive, The Governor-General, the Earl Of Athlone, honoured to county with his• presence. He was accompanied by Princess Alice. He addressed the huge crowd in the afternoon and ex- pressed his confidence that the war (Continued on page four) INTERESTING FILMS SHOWN TO BATTERY Battery Goes To Camp July 16th. Call Goes Out For Recruits At a meeting of the Wingham Hos- pital Board on , Monday evening plans were set in motion to raise the $65,000 necessary for the erection of the pro- posed addition at the hospital. The Town of Wingham and sur- rounding townships will be asked' for a grant and a campaign will be put in motion as soon as possible to raise funds from private sources, organiz- ations and former residents. The $25,000' grant from Huron County Council is a very fine start for the campaign but the board fully realized that it will take the combined efforts and co-operation of all this district to raise the balance, $40,000. Further information will be issued from time to time in order that the public may be kept informed of de- velopments. SPECIAL SERVICES CONDUCTED HERE Mission Held At Sacred Heart Church Also At Brussels At the Thursday morning session of Huron County Couneil at • Goderich, a' grant of $25,000 was made to assist in the erection of an addition to Wing- ham General Hospital, The motion was made by Reeve Evans of Wing- ham and was seconded by Reeve Robert J. Bowman of Brussels. The motion was that $25,000 be granted to Wingham General Hospital toward the erection of an addition, $20,000 to be paid when the contract was signed and $5,009 to be paid the following year. This motion passed with only four dissenting votes. Friday evening this matter was again before the council and a slight change was made to the wording. On motion of Reeve Cecil Wheeler of Morris, a change in the time of pay- ment was made as follows: $20,000 to be paid when the work of building the addition to the hospital commences and the balance, $5,000, at a later date. Previous to the passing of the grant a motion by Reeve Cecil Wheeler of Morris and Reeve Benson Tuckey of Exeter was passed that % mill be ad- ded to the tax rate for health and hospitalization purposes. This motion received the unanintous endorsation of the council, ,There was a flare-up over the grant at the Friday evening session. One reeve accused the Wingharn Hospital Board of not putting their cards on the table and made the further accu- sation that the board had a fund of $40,000. Reeve Evans vigorously denied this and after heated remarks were passed, the council proceeded with the° business at hand. The delegation from here was com- posed of R. H. Lloyd,' chairman of the Board; Land the following directors,' Mayor Fred L. Davidson, H. C. Mac- Lean, Dr. W. A. Crawford, Capt. W. j. Adams, Win. G. Hamilton, and Wally Armstrong, who read the re- quest for the gi•ant. Mr, C. J. Telfer, inspector of hos- pitals from the Department of Health, Toronto, was present and told of the need. for more hospital accommodation in Huron County. A recent survey made by the department showed Hur- on County to require 114 more hos- pital beds. This could be accomplish- ed by adding to present hospitals or the building of new ones. Reeve Benson Tuckey of Exeter, -spoke of the Line service the hospitals in the county were giving to the public and explained that the south of the county had no such institutions. The people requiring hospitalization went to hospitalS outside the district. He hoped sometime in the future that Exeter would have a hospital. All the reeves in this district backed the project and the following, spoke to the motion. Reeve Evans of Wing- ham; Reeve Harold Moffatt, of Turn- berry; Reeve D. L. Weir, of Howick; Reeve Brown Smith of West Wawa- nosh; Reeve Cecil Wheeler, of (Morris; Reeve T. C. Wilson, of Grey; Reeve Robert Bowman, of Brussels; Deputy Reeve James Inglis of Howick. The council endorsed a motion 3f Reeves Frayne and Armstrong, that a health committee be instituted. HEAVY STORM HERE SUNDAY NIGH Lightning Hit C, P, k, Station t.o.,•• The members of the 99th (Res.) Battery had an interesting time Friday evening when they were shown motion pictures of the deployment of a field regiment of artillery. There was a panarama view of the vehicles used by a regiment, 170 vehicles in all. The pictures also showed how the artillery supports the infantry in the taking of an objective, how a barrage is laid, down and how it is lifted to another location as the infantry advances. It also ‘o Nclepicted the use of the brew. carrier in action, • • V The battery requires. more recruits to bring It tip to strength and all boys over 17 and not yet subject to mili- tary call will tied the experience they gain in the reserve very useful when they enlist for active service, Men above the age for active call will en- joy this interesting experience also. The battery goes to camp at Pete-- wawa on July 16th and all recrUita; will be allowed to go to camp. Passed Normal School Examinations The following from this distr'ict were successful at the Normal School examinations for Stratford centre: Elva Louise Coultes, R. R, No. 5, Wingham; Helen Howatt, R. R. No. 1, Auburn; Helen Elizabeth McCutche- son, R. R. No. 4, Brussels; Isabel Jean McDonald, Brussels; Luella Jean Mitchell, Brussels; Marion O'Dwyer, Fordwich; Helen Margaret Orr, Luck- now; Gwendolyn A. Robb, R. R. No. 3, Lucknow; Gibson Campbell Willis, err 25 Years Married A number of friends of Mr. and Mrs, On an inspection tour of the high- ways of this district last week, Hon. George Doucett was here for a short time. He was accompanied through- out the district by Mr. John Hanna, -County Engineer-.Roy Patter- son, the district engineer and a couple of men from the department. Mr. Hanna infopued us after the trip that the work of hard surfacing the road over the prairie, south of town, would soon begin. Work will also be done on a four-mile section of the Bluevale Road. Several miles of hard surfacing will also be done in the Bayfield and Forest district, Mr. Doucett said the department was planning for the future and that millions will be spent to carry out these plans following the war. It is planned to eliminate 3,700 miles of Brussels, dust roads. The plan is to improve the shorter arteries rather than the ex- tention of long .distance highways. tell In Her Home • •'Mrs, John McCool had a nasty fall in her kitchen on Saturday morning, She slipped on the linoleum and injur- ed her hip. No bones were, broken but she was shaken up and bruised. Her daughter, Mrs. George Schaefer and son Bill, of Goclerich, are with her at present. MONDAY NEXT WEEK IS SALVE DAY Paper Xe Urgently Needed Just a reminder that Monday next is the day that the Salvage is collided, Make sure that you put out all the paper that you possibly can as it is urgently required for the war effort, The firemen, who look after this int- pertant job, ask that newpapers be tied in bundles separate from maga- zines and paper board, If all salvage is properly boxed or tied the work of collecting will be greatly facilitated. All funds front the sale of the sal- vage is given for patriotic purposes by the firettten, so give thetri a• lift and be salvage sottselotts. On Thursday ° evening last week, Rev, Fr. Conway, Redemptorist Priest of St. Patrick's Church, London, who has .been conduCting a mission at Sacred Heart Church here, closed the five days' devotion with his excellent sermon on Reverence to the Blessed Mother, after which he bestowed the 'Papal Blessing on all the congregation. The mission began Thursday morn- ing, June 8, in St. Ambrose Church, Brussels, conducted by Redemptorist Fr, Fitzgerald. On Sunday rn6rning, as Pr Fitz-- gerald had been called to Edmonton, Alberta, Er, Conway opened the mis- sion in Wingham with the Holy Satri.. flee of the Mass. Each morning two masses' were' of- fired and on Wednesday four were' offered, beginning at 5.30 in the morn- ing. Every evening Pr. Conway preached On the doctrine of the' Universal Church, recalling to mind' its :distin- guishable marks or signs—"One, Holy Universal and Apostolical," Priests visiting from other parishes were reevs, Pr. McMahon of' St, Augustine; Pr, Hawkins, of Tees- Water; Irr, Quigley of Xingsbridgel Pr, Beninger, of Basilian Order of Amherstburg; Fr. Beninger of Restir- rectionist Summer School, kings- bridge; Redemptorist Fr, Dales of St, Patrick's, London, FY, Conway's two radio broadcast's concerning the Four Freedoms are Most certainly the only foundation of a lasting peace,' and now that the nits, sign is over and because there was almost petted attendance the mission souvenirs along with these broadcasts will enable all to recall the good relo-• lotions and to persevere In the good dispositions Welt existed during the visitation with the Lord, The one and a half inches of fain that fell here during. Sunday night did not do very much damage, The heavy fall of water was too much for some drains with the result that cel- lars were flooded, but little or no damage was reported, Many cellars will be in a damp condition for some time and some were covered with dirt which made things a bit inconvenient. However, for such a storm things passed off here very well. Very little damage to crops was reported. Lightning Hit Station Shortly after mid-night the siren called the firemen to duty as lightning had followed the telegraph wires into the C,P.R., station. Records that were filed in a draw were set afire and the blaze started up the wall. Mr, Camp- bell, station master, was upstairs and' when the odour of the smoke sent him into action, Ile called the firemen and' proceeded to extinguish the fire. The bolt of lightning blew out the tele- graph wires and telephone. A small amount of damage was also done to the desk which at the front window of the Station, Preah NetiOn At Lake' There was a filienothenen along the Lake Attron shore. Prior to the storm the water receded a tonaiderable distance off Shore and then it came back with a rush similar to that' of a tidal wave. Boat houses that Were near the beach and some other build- inge were damaged by the surge of Water. * * * * Mrs. Wilson Ransom, Boisevain, Manitoba, received a telegram from Italy, June 1st, informing her that her son, Alan Hughes Ransom, had been killed in action, May 24th. He went overseas in January 1940. His mother, Edna Hughes, prior to her marriage, was born ,near Bluevale and is well- know around Wingham. and Bluevale. She is a sister of Mrs, Kenneth Weaver, Paris, Ontario. * * * * A former Witighani boy, Trooper Clarence E. Horituth of Mitchell, lost 'his life overseas: Word to this effect was received by his Mother; Mrs. Bertha Homuth, Clarence Was born in Wingham and lived hi Teeswafer prior to going to Strafford: His father, Albert Homuth, lost his life in an aceidefit in the miff at Teeswater some years ago. His mother survives with one sister, Mrs. Ross Wright, of Mitchell:, and four ibrothers, all of whom are' serving their country, They are Ate; Albert Homuth, Postal Corps, Ottawa ;. Carl Homuth, Wood- stock; P'te, kohert Hormith, Canadian Army Service Corps? Ottawa., and Pilot Officer Herbert Hotnuth, overseas: Word has been received that Major John F. Kibler of Listowel and Lieut. George Malcolm of Kincardine, have been wounded. Both these officer's were well.knoWn hero: * * * * ''k r. and Mrs, George Boyle received word froth their son, Irving BOyle, that he has been enjoying things overseas, Irving Spent some time at Easter in Brooklyn while his ship Was being repaired. It Was hit by a sub some time last winter, He has spent' gd days in Egypt and while there visited many wonderful and in- teresting places including Cairo, Port' Said, King and Queens tomb, the Pyramids, the Sphinx. He was not able to. come home at Easter due to stekness of his officer, but he is look- ing forward to a visit to his parents as soon as he can get the necessary furlough.