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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1944-06-22, Page 2PA. TWO WINGIIAM ADVANCE TIME .rsclay, 'June g?!..xut. 1944 Wingham Advance-Tines Published at WINGliAlY4 . ONTARIO SOlaSCriPtion, Rate — One Year $2.00 SIX mOnths, $1.60 in advance TO U. S. A r $2.50 per year POreign rate. $360 per year AdvertiSing rates on application, H. C. MaeLEAN, Wingfiarn A. W. KEIL, Gorrie Representing— PILOT INSURANCE COMPANY * * c GIVE THE BAND A HAND Wingham Citizens' Band deserves the support of the people of the town and the surrounding community. Under circumstances that would dis- courage almost anyone, the band- master and some of the older members have carried on and the programs pre- sented each Sunday evening have prov- en their efforts were not in vain. The band has bolstered its membership by the addition of young boys and girls who are receiving valuable training. During the long winter months the band practiced faithfully. There is no money in this job for the members of the band. They carry on. because of their love of music. The band is rendering a splendid service and the citizens should show their appreciation by attending the concerts. We are not intimating that the concerts are nat largely attended, they are, but many more should be present, * e POSTWAR PLANNING There are some people who feel that we should put all our efforts into winning the war, and that postwar planning should be put in the back- ground for the time being. The wail effort should come first, there is no doubt about that, and nothing should be allowed to interfere with it. We must not however, brush aside the fact that we must prepare for the days after the war, prepare for the boys and girls who will come marching home. We at home have two tasks that should have priority over all others. Backing the attack and pre- paring for the days that will follow the war. The first must be a success in order to carry on the second. But if we fail in the second phase of our job we would be not true to our prom- ises to those who are carrying on so ' bravely on the battlefronts at this time. INTERESTING CLIPS I FNEWS Child Injured Melvin NicCetcheort, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs, Harry McCutcheon, 13tuesels, was taken to Wingham Hospital where six stitches were re- emired to close a wound received when the door of a discarded safe at the MeCutcheort garage fell on the child's leg. truce Warders, Honored Williartt Shewfelt, reeve of Kin- cardine township and warden of the county of 13ruce was honored by the people of the township and district and his fellow toutsty council Mem- berg on Wednesday at a largely at- tended picnic at Lansdowne park, hi Itirreardirie. Kincardine News. Hatched Chicks In Warming Closet When a clucking hen deserted her nest during the third week, Mrs. Ed- Win Rehberg of Rostock, near Mil- 'Vectors, placed the 14 eggs in the warmirig closet of the kitchen range, att •experitnertt. TO her great sur- F. F. HOER Optometrist Phone 118 ' Hariston prise, there were 11 healthy chicks in the improvised incubator a few morn- ings later, And .411 are doing fine. 'Most chinkens end their earthly career at the kitchen stove, but few can claim to have got their start in life there. Exeter Flier Killed Mr, and Mrs. E. Lindenfield re- ceived word, from Ottawa Sunday morning that their son, Flying Officer Alvin E, Lindenfield, had been killed in action overseas on Thursday, June 7th, the day following D Day: Alvin was born at Hensel] and after the family moved to Exeter he Attended the public and High School here, — Exeter Times-Advocate. Barking Dog Saves Farmer's Life Barking of a dog was credited with saving the life of 'Wallace Hill, Minto Township farmer, who lay in a field with his leg badly mangled for more than two hours before" the animal's howls attracted the attention of -a. snail courier. The courier summoned help and Hill was taken to Bruce County Hospital at Walkerton where the in- jured leg was aMputated. ' Hill was testing a newly-purchased hay mower, when the team, of horses became frightened and ran away. His leg became caught in a wheel and he was dragged for some distance, He man- aged to crawl to a roadside fence and his dog remained with him, barking constantly in a effort to attract at- tention, Boys Pinned Under Tractor Pinned under an overturned farm tractor, Billy Ross, '10-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred. Ross, of Stan- ley Township, and 17-year-old John Aubin, were saved from possible death or serious injury by the swift action of Pat Austin, Varna rural mail courier, who summoned help to re- lease the boys. Ross and Aubin, who- is employed on the Ross farm, were travelling along a little-used sideroad south of Bannockburn Hill, when a dog riding with them attempted to to jump from the tractor. While try- ing to hold the dog, they lost control of the tractor which overturned in a ditch. The boys were found by Aus- tin, who, unable to release them him- self, quickly summoned aid. AccepteAubum-Clinton Call Rev. C. C. Anderson of Drurabo, Ontario, has accepted a unanimous call from the - Clinton and. Auburn years ago with the ;Iferchants Bank Lucknow Sentinel. CONDENSED COUNTY COUNCIL REPORT Wingham 06eral Hospital Received Grant of $25,000 Toward Addition The June session o Huron County Council opened on Tuesday morning last week with all the members pres- ent, Warden Fred Watson, in a brief address, expressed his pleasure in the full attendance, notwithstanding the change to the.. early morning opening made necessary by the attendance of the council at Seaforth 'Wednesday, when the Governor General, the Earl of Athlone and. Princess Alice were present at the County of Huron Fed- eration of Agriculture Field Day. 'Warden Watson was pleased with the result of the Sixth Victory Loan campaign results. '"A. week ago last night the invasion of Europe took place, and we are glad that the war is progressing satisfactor- ily for the Allies, and our prayers are ever with our boys," the warden con- eluded, after asking the earnest con- sideration of important business. Correspondence read after the war- den's address and referred to the vari- cnts committees was as follows: A communication from Most Rev. C, A. Seeger, Archbishop of Huron, expressed appreciation of the trust fund of $10,000 to be paid to Huron College Bading Fund as authorized at the January session of the council, and advised that definite steps were taken at the last meeting of the Col- lege Council toward the erection of the new buildings. Rev. A. H. O'Neill, Principal of Huron College, also acknowledged the gift and advised -"that five rooms will be erected in the new residence which will be marked as Huron County rooms, donated by Huron County Council." G. Sherwood Fox, President of the University of Western Ontario, also acknowledged the gift to Huron Col- lege; and of the $200 scholarship which the Council voted at the January session, and asked for particulars governing the award. In reply to a resolution from Huron County, Hon. T. L. Kennedy, Minister of Agriculture, stated that no official price had been fixed for the sale of alsike and red clover seed by the farmers at that time. In another let- ter, the minister of agriculture extend- ed his thanks for a resolution express- ing appreciation of his efforts to improve farm conditions. A statement was read showing the expenditures for patriotic purposes by the various counties in the province in 1943. The highest amount was by Perth County, %$52,933.74. Huron's was $27,130. Nelson Hill, sheriff of Huron Coun- ty, submitted the report of the jail in- spector in which it was shown that during the year there were 56 prison- ers, the cost of rations per day being account, county highways, county home, The County Home committee re- ported having met three times', that a bay hoes& had been sold and, another purchased; that a high school boys, 17 years old, has been employed around the home and farm; new laundry equipment has been purchased at a cost of $2,800 and a Mixmaster mach- ine for $357, The report advised against purchasing adjacent property from Walter Swinbank; and eecoms mended that the entire committee, with Mrs, Jacobs and herson, and the clerk and treasurer, be delegates to the con- vention of the Association of Managers and Matrons of the Homes for the Aged V Wasaga Beach the last week of this month. The committee's recom- mendation that Dick Jacob's salary be increased to $75 per month was en- dorsed. Reeve R. J. Bowman, who repre- sents the council on the County Li- brary Association, spoke enthusiastic- ally of its successful work, and the great advantage the circulating library is to the communities. He deplored the lack of enthusiasm in some librar- ies in not joining the association. Reeve J. T. Evans of Wingham gave a brief report of the O.E.A. which he attended as a delegate. t25,000 To Wingham. Hospital After bearing a deputation from the Wingham hospital board Thursday morning, Huron county council by a standing vote, authorized a .grant of $25,000 to assist in enlarging the hos- pital, $20,000 to be paid when the con- tract is signed and the balance in one year from that date. On motion of Reeve Cecil Wheeler on Friday, it was decided that the $20,000 be paid when the work of buildings had begun not when the contract was signed. ',The money is to he taken from a new fund for the nutintenauee of hos- pitals and health in the county, to be provided for by adding hall a Mill to the tax rate. The Wingham delegation explained that the grant of $25,000 was to go toward the erection of, a $65,000 wing to the hospital there, Council were told of the inadequate accommodation, improper housing for the nursing staff and the need for extra room for new X-ray equipment and enlarged kitchen and dining room space. ' C. .J. Teller, Inspector of Hospitals,. of the department of health, lending support to the request, said there is a shortage of 117 beds in Huron county hospitals, He stressed that voluntary assistance should be given by municipalities. Many Reeves Spoke In, Favour Of The Grant After a lengthy discussion the coun- cil carried unanimously by a standing vote a motion by Reeves Tuckey and C, Wheeler that half a mill be set aside for the maintenance of hospitals and health and that the tax rate be in- creased to provide for it, Another motion by Reeves Frayne and G, Armstrong was endorsed by which a county health committee will be named to govern the fund raised for hospitals and health. Dr. J. Hobbs Taylor, M.L,A. for South Huron, addressed the council for more than an hour during which ,he reviewed legislation- passed at the last session of the Legislature. On Thursday afternoon, the Huron county council in a body visited the county home at Clinton for -thee pur- pose of inspecting the buildings and GoodOwerescarce...Prices ,and wages sky rocketted to unnatural heights. AVA,K4# (Am" factories closed and unemployment followed 0111•0....1•1•11.••••••••• farm. Tea was served during the afternoon by Mrs. Jacobs, matron of the home. Adopt Health Nurse System Huron county council on Friday afternoon unanimously voted to set up a public health nursing system in Bor- on county to be administered by a health ,committee and financed by the half-mill authorized to be added to the rate to raise $27,130 for the mainten- ance and improvement of health and hospitals in Huron. It is proposed to start with three nurses, this number to be increased to five as public health nurses are avail- able. The total cost will be $12,000. The province pays one-third of all costs. Goderich town is already pro- vided with health services. When a standing vote was called for, every .member of the council' rose to his feet. Health Committee' Named The folldwing were appointed a health committee to administer the $21,130 health fund: D. D. Mooney, chairman; ,Hugh Berry) J. F. Daly, R. W, Tuckey, and R. J. Bowman. The' rate for 1944 was set at 4% mills, made up as follows: general account, 2.95 mills; county highways, 1.55 mills; total 4,50 mills plus the cost of secondary schools for town- ships. The revised , general account esti- mates submitted by treasurer A. H. Erskine, were adopted, as follows: (Continued on page three) , COUNTY COUNCIL TAKES PROGRESS STEP Thursday morning Huron County Council voted unanimously to have eene half a mill set aside for health schemes, They also voted to set up a HeeIth,. Committee which will admin- ister the fund and advise the members on health matters. This is a truly progressive step that should receive the endorsation of the residents of the county, No doubt as time goes on better health measures will be insti- tuted due to the action taken at this time and county hospitals will be able in the future to serve the sick, in a better and more efficient way, Wing- ham 'General Hospital and the folk of this district will be the first to re- ceive benefit by this forward step of the county council as a grant of $25,000 was made toward the new wing that will be built to the hospital here. YOUR EYES NEED ATTENTION Our 25 Point Scientific Examine ation enables us to give you, Clear, Comfortable Vision of Canada, long since amalgamated /ruuiieweiunrurnureueruunuuirrurruuiurmInYmuurn with the Bank of meentem e___Iseeet iew Listowel, Kincardine Sentinel. Officers Wounded Major John F. (Jack) Kibler, well loaown young Listowel man, has been mounded in action, according to word received Wednesday by his mother; Mrs. W. A. Kibler. Date and nature .of the wounds are not yet available. A former Listowel man, Lieut. George Maleolm, son. of ,Mrs, Andrew Mal- colm, Kincardine, has been reported as suffering a slight injury to the thigh. He was born in Listowel and attended high school before moving to .Kincardine eight or nine years ago. Baptist Churches, and will become 16-,7 cents. their new pastor Idly 1st. Hospitals Request Assistance A delegation from the hospital New Bank Manager for Lucknow boards of Goderich, Seaforth and Clin- John A. Thompson, manager of the ton waited on the Huron County Coun- Yarker branch of the Bank of Mon- cif at the afternoon session Tuesday, treat since 1940, has been appointed to ask for larger grants. to cover the manager at Lucknosv, to succeed the increased costs in ' administration, late Vincent N. Press. The new man- which have created deficits, one-half ager is a native of Meaford, and start- of which they asked the council to ed his banking career there some 80 underwrite. Frank Fingland, K.C., Clinton head- ad the delegation. Associated with him were G. L. Parsons, C. K. Saun- ders and I. W. Craigie, of Goderich, and Dr. J. W. Shaw, of Clinton, The Lucknow Teacher Honoured town council of 'Goderich agreed to. A reunion of a number of ex- assist the local hospital up' to $3,300,, students and students of Lucknow providing the board asked assistance High School, as well as many other from the county, interested friends, resulted in a most Goderich hospital, it-was explained, pleasant social gathering in the I.O. faces a deficit of $3,194; Seafottla $2,- 0.F. Hall, when honour was paid to 000; and Clinton, $1,666, a total of Miss F. E. MacLean in recognition of $6,860. This matter was referred to her long arid valued service as a mem- the executive committee oh motion of , ber of the Lucknow teaching- staff. Reeve Bowman and Deputy Reeve, 0, During.the evening Dr. Wm. Connell D, Mooney. presented Miss MacLean with a purse Deputation From Grey of money and a signature album con-. A delegation from the township of taming the flames of upwards to six Grey was heard in suppott of a petie hundred graduates and pupils of Luck- then in respect to the boundary line now Continuation and High School 7,-- between school sections '7 and 8. Lynn Evans was the spokesman for S.S. 7. On the advice of the warden, a motion • sponsored by Reeves Bowmen and A. Received D. P. C. Word has been received here that McCann was passed referring the mat- "Ned" Thompson ,son of Mr,' Robert ter to the education comtnittee to ap- 'Thompson, and the late Mrs. Thomp-' point arbitrators. son, former residents of this tommun- Clerk N. W. Miller, county rote- ity, has been decorated by the Xing, sen.tative on the senate of the I5nivers- and awarded the Distinguished Flying ity of Western Ontario, gave a report Cross, His wife, who lives in Toronto, of the recent meeting. Be had dis- received a cable to this effect. -- Blyth cussed the, scholarship o'f $206 with Standard. Dr. FOX and Dr. Neville, who had tecommended that two scholarships of Failed To Deport, Jailed $100 each be established, one to ,be Anton Harrier, 24, Austrian-born given a male student and the other naturalized Canadian, a member of the to a female regardless of the year but Jehovah Witnesses, was sentenced to based on the highest standing obtained six months in jail by Magistrate A. by a Rnron county student in any Makins when he appeared its Goderich years The name suggested was ql,uron police court, At the expiry of the six Scholarship," anti it is to torturten& 'as Months Hafner is to be turned over to of September, 1943. the R.C.M.P. for delivdry to the near- County Treasurer, A, I-1, Ershirte, est military- headouarters. Prosecution gave a complete financial statement for on ground or failing to report was the period January let to &fay 3rd this conducted by the lt,C,If.P. year, His report included the general merchandise dropped in value—retailers went bankrupt Past wars have always brought some degree of Inflation. That la, why in this war prices are con. trolled-- s+ that they' wilt not tuba btiyets In a rise or sellers In a slump. • You mfghtite the mixt victim of :ftro,-,fire, that cop quickly destroy your home, • your business, your proven', your whole life's work jet insurance accept the risk--ready 044 quick to Par any just claim, The ;act is very We write luturancit. 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