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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1944-06-29, Page 1Subscriptions $g,99 Per "Ircec With Which la Amalgamated The G4rrie Videtto and Wroxeter News. WINGHAM, 'ONTARIO, TliI1R SPAY, JUNE 29th,' 1,944 Single Copies Five Cents ti ifi0FORTH AUXILIARY HELD QUILTING ;Deports of Presbyterial And Hamilton ' Conference Were Given , On Tuesday afternoon last week -the -Goforth Auxiliary of St, Andrew's Presbyterian -Church met at the home of Mrs. W, W. Gurney. After 'the .:completion of several quilts for the Inissionary bale,' a delicious pot-luck supper was served, followed by the regular meeting, with Mrs, J. P. Mc- Kibbon presiding, After the opening hymn, Mrs. S. Hare led- in prayer. The scripture reading, was given by- :Mrs. G. Hastie, and Mrs. R. H. Lloyd dedicated the offering. An inspiring ;paper ."The faith by. which the church lives", was read by Mrs. Dave Murray, Mrs. Horace Aitcheson brought to the meeting a very interesting report •-of the morning session of the Diamond ;Jubilee of Maitland Presbyterial, held. May 16th, The theme was "Ministry inspired by the Holy Spirit", 'Mrs. J. P. lvtcKibbon and Mrs. Ste- 'wart Scott gave excellent, reports on • the Young Women's Auxiliary -con- ference which they recently attended •in,l-lamilton. The theme of this con- 'rference was "Living in the . World Church"; Another interesting feature of the -.evening was a shower of Christmas ;gifts for Indian missions. The, meet- ing closed with a hymn followed by ',the Benediction. SATURDAY, JULY 1st IS A HOLIDAY Stores Will Be Open Friday Night Dominion Day, Saturday this week, July 1st, will be celebrated as a holi- -day. The places of business here will be closed all day but will be open the -evening previous, Friday evening. NATIVE OF WINGHAM KILLED BY TRAIN Arthur Ansley, 73-year-old -farmer -of Sherwood, Ont,, about two miles North of, Thessalon, was killed Sunday alight when he was struck by a C.P.R. freight train. Ansley, who was deaf, apparently, did not hear the train's warning whistle as be walked on the right-of-way. Born in Wingham, and a farmer in that district for the past '60 year, he is survived by (his widow and two daughters, Irene, of Toronto, and Mrs. Dan Papineau, of Sherwood, No Bingo Saturday Night As July 1st is a holiday, the Legion Bingo will not be held Saturday night this week. The next, game will be Saturday 'next week, July 8th, Celebrated Fourtieth Wedding Anniversary ' Mr. and Mrs. Harry Browne on Tueiday'celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary. They were married in Norwich, England, but have lived in Wingham for the past 321Years. Mr. Browne served with the 71st battalion in the Great War. They have three sons and a daughter, Harry, overseas; Barney with the Ordinance, Toronto; Lance, with the Signals at Sdyney, N.S., and Mrs, John (Ruby) McGib- bon of town, On behalf of the people of this cornmunity we extend congrattt- lotions. E. WAWANOSH ADOPTS 4SC11001, AREA PLAN Township- Will Have 'Five Man School Board East Wawanosh at, a special meet- ing of, the Council on Wednesday .evening last week, following a public meeting held in Forester's Hall, Bel- grave, endorsed the Township School Area Plane The vote was unanimous. The ,plan will' embrace all the schools in' the township and they will be administered by a board of five who will be nominated and elected in a similar manner as the council and, at the same time. The plan comes Into effect the 1st of 1945. The adoption of this plan in East Wawanosh follows closely a similar move made by the TowttshiPs of`Turn,. berry and Howlett Howlett is divided Into two osectiorts. to order that the various schools in the township would, receive about $2,660 this year it wad necessary that the by-law approving the Tovvnihip Area Plan be passed prior to /ttly 1st. .GAR MAKING TURN WENT CO DITCH — George Fell Driver Of' The Car Was • Cut On Forehead ;.,,,,,When making ,the turn at ,the end of the Diagonal • Road Sunday after- noon, George Fell failed to negotiate the turn and drove his car into Iend- erson's field. The car when it left the pavement headed for the, ditch and took with it the guide •that held the last post of the fence at the turn. It, went over the bank, but did riot -upset keeping an upright position. The car was not badly damaged as it, was driven to Bluevale later under its own power. George was given a shaking up and also received a cut on hts fore- head, which was treated by Dr.o Craw- ford, BAND CONCERTS ARE PROVING POPULAR ' The largest crowdof the season was on hand for the band concert Sunday evening. These concerts are proving very. popular, The :program for Sun- day 'evening next will be: 'Abide with Me; Maple. Leaf Forever; March, Soldiers of the King, J. Hume; Over- ture, Masterbuilt,- Alford; Cornet Solo by Bandmaster Wright, A Perfect Day, Carrie Jacob Bond; March, Rehabilitation, Rosenkans; Fox Trot, Down by the Ohio, Yellen; -March, Governor Gothals March, Rosenkans; 'Polka, Oh Johnnie, Oh Johnnie, Rose; March, Old Soldiers Neyer Die, Hume; Hymns, See the conquering hero come, Alma Redemtoris; Nearer My God to Thee; God Save the King. `Night Train to be Broadcast Here Something new and different in dramatic radio Programs starts June 26th over all English stations in Can- ada. This program will be heard over CKNX Monday through Friday. The story "Night Train" tells of the men and women of Canada's Army. Presentation To Mrs. Porterfield *Mrs. 'Aleic"POrTellielifTWIM 'recently moved to Wingham, was kindly re- membered by the members of Knox Presbyterian Church,, Belgrave, when on Friday last, Mrs. J. C. 'McBurney and Mr. J. D. Anderson called on her and on behalf of the congregation, the W.M,S. and Sunday School, presented her with a crystal table lamp and re- flector accompanied by a' nicely word- ed address expressing appreciation of her faithful, work for many years in the different departments of the church. BY NAVY ,LEAGUE Leave Your Magazines At The Loc'al Depots • An advertisement in the press the other day quoted a verse from Ten- nyson as follows: "We sailed wherever ships could sail; We founded a mighty state; Pray God our greatness may not fail Through craven fears of being great." At the head of the advertisement were the words "Canada's. Merchant Adventures" and a reference' to our men of the seas. That reminded us of the Merchant Venturers" of Bristol, England, who first sent Their ships from that port some four hundred years ago estab- lishing British trade in the western hemisphere. The Merchant Venturers of Bristol, through wars, and years of peace have gone on sending out their ships' man- ned by hardy trews who took their lives in their hands and still do, keep- ing Britain's lifelines of commerce free for the benefit of the whole Empire. The reminiscence is interesting but really served to remind us of the gal- lant nterehant seamen adventurers of Canada who, for the first three years of this, war went their way, working their food and atnintinition' ships through all kinds of hazards that our men tight be armed arid. fed' to fight , our battles for us. Even with the il-boat menace great, ly reduced; their life is still truly a dangerous venture, .Magazines for those merchant sea, Men adventurers, can• Help ease their discomfort and let them know that we admire them as true adventurers in our. behalf, Leave 'them at Me V), bon's, Haselgrove's, Hydro Shop, Mai lit sons or cAvoy's. Editor's, Note:—The following are a few letters received here from local boys who were with the invasion troops, No doubt many -other let- ters were received and we' would be very happy to. publish them, The spirit portrayed in the following let- ters is •truly wonderful, just what we could expect from these gallant -fellows. However, we had better ha the letters speak' for themselves as they tell the story much better, than we possibly could, * ' * Sgt. Frank Hopper's letter to his wife: Hello, "not' worrying too much I hope. Sorry for the delay in mail but it just couldn't be helped. hope your letters -soon start coming again, I sure miss them plenty. Well we are in the land of cham- pagne but so ,far I have not seen any. It has been rather a exciting experi- ence but the Wingham boys are all O.K. I expect (Porky) Mitchell -and (Ted) Elliott •will 'be writing. to-day too.. France is much different from England as its Co Much larger, the towhs are much farther apart. It sort of reminds one -of Ontario when you see a half decent farm again. When we get a little better, acquainted I' will be able to give a -better picture of the place. I'm just: fine and please don't worry-as it 'isn't*lialf as bad after all since it has really..got started. It will be over that much sooner and I .don't think it will take so' very long once they get at them' from all sides. Here it is' Sunday • again and my first 'One in- this part of the world.' It -has been a pretty nice day although the wind was pretty cold. I was real lucky to-day as I got three letters from you so the mail service, is just about as good as in England. Its entirely different 'from what I expect- ed and just like a big scheme, but as we are not infantry 'we don't get up where there is much scrapping. Boy we had . k nice piece of 'roast beef to-.day, A i'rench farmer brought us out a nice roast and it really tasted good. HOpe he -firings out a chicken pr tweto-rn.c41.6W.as,cookhouse-hasnt- really got started going yet, I'm just fine and sort of enjoying things. * * Lieut. Richard Roberts to his parents: Your younger son is very, very safe and sound and his morale is wonder- fully high on this the fifth day of, action. The first day was fairly brisk and getting across the open beach under fire was a thrilling experience. George Malcolm- was right beside me and while we were crouched down be- hind a bit of a cliff where we figured Jerry couldn't get at us, after having successfully negotiated the tough part from the assault craft, our German friends started lobbing mortar shells over at us and a fragment went through George's (Malcolm) fatted calf. The only wound I've sustained, so far was a nick in the knuckle I gave myself while cutting George's pant-leg off for him. This has sub- sequently -closed over and I am as right as rain. Haven't seen George since I left him and pushed on to my rendezvous and he'S probably back in England by now. We miss him be- Cause he's capable at his job. Will you phone everyone you know and tell them their people are' safe in case some of their letters don't arrive; including Jim's (MdXague)' people in Teeswater and Mrs. Patterson in Han- over. Everyone you know is• fine and this is rather remarkable... We're not getting all the sleep or all the food we can handle, but aside from this• noth- ing could be better. I got word that my equipment was lost when• a barge blew up, but when the battery' caught up with me it was O.K. I Will try and write a letter once • or twice a week, to let you know how I am. Love to both of you, Richard. * * * * - Captain Bob Spittal to his wife: The Great "D" Day came along last Tuesday or Wednesday, I forget which so much has happened. We landed on the beach in the face of rifle, machine arid mortar and shell fire. One had so much to do that there hardly eeemed'tini.e to get nerv- ous. It was tough', fellows falling right and left and we had to carry on and leave theme They would 'be pick- ed up later. The infantry company was attched to had a tough job to do and suffered a lot. We, have been at it 6 days now and I ant still alive, A piece of shrapnel hit the radio I was carrying when / landed on the beach, I ant back with my own lads to-day for a bit of a rest as I've only had about 4 hours sleep since landing, One of the worst things that we have had to contend with has been snipers, some turned out to young French During the d.,y we have, had wonderful air cover but 'Jerry never misses a couple of lours a night ,to drop his eggs on us. Porky Mitchell and I were standing On a field and a shell bust about 20 feet from as, A couple of small pieces got in Porkie's leg and another brulied my ehest on the way past. I got: two letters from you to-day dated Isqy 25 and 29, Here I am once.; agaiu after 14 hours sleep. Where.: did I sleep? In a trench about four,Ifeet wide where you are safe from iverything, but a direct hit, Night biifore last my ob- servation post was .only 5110 yards from. German lines. v, Rather a hectic night, but we came through O.K. We have been here in France a week now. The inhabitants havd: given us quite a welcome. Going through a village with the infantry wlio were capturing it street by street came across a little -girl who had been shot through the chest. We goe the medical of- ficer for her and tlien had to leave. You should hear theMoise around here right now, but your get used to it. Well I must close, r'emember t am al- ways with •yoU and the children in my thoughts. Hope yott are all well, I do not know whenI go up the line again, in the next few hours likely. God bless. and keep'4,,you all. * Capt`Elmer Bell his wife: Well by this tinie you will know where I am. It is ...;quite a story to tell. Our battery has a lot of history now and I must say.; that to date it is very pleasant rea.din,g. Unfortunately there is yet much I:can't tell yOu, but I can say that our, boys have done very well in action., To date I have not seen much close work but expect to get in there anytiine. The crossing was alright and when I arrived it was jUst like landing on Bruce Beach. I didn't like the raids-When on boat, but carneout,all right.:.; When J. reached, the vicinity of our battery position (I was detained for certain duties) the first person I met was B'dr. McSwan bringing in some German prisoners and he had a smile you could see a mile. Tapper and Porky had gathered the boys in. Some of the ferries are easy but most fight like demons. We get a .lot of sniping and about every day we have to chase out some of the rascals. The Germans have corrupted some of the civilians and we have to be very careful. My French isn't so good so ,I have to do a lot of shrug- ging of shoulders. I'm learning fast. The people here seem to be living pretty good. I have met a middle- PRESBYTERIAL' REPORT GIVEN AUXILIARY Bale Was Shipped Recently The June meeting of the Evening Auxiliary of Wingham United Church, was held at the home of -Mrs. A. W. Irwin; on Tuesday last week. The meeting was conducted by Mrs. j. Reavie. Mrs. Fred Howson gave the. scripture reading and Mrs. S. Beattie led in prayer. The topic was very ably 'taken by Mrs, V. Shera, Miss' Osborne of Ripley, was a visit- or and• sang a very pleasing solo, "Teach Me to Pray." Mrs, Wm, Crtikshank gave a very interesting re- port on the Presbyterial meeting, Miss Cora Gannett gave a splendid' report for the Stipply Committee and a detailed' account of the .contents of the Mission Bale, shipped recently. Miss K. McGregor, president, con- ducted the business after' which a social time was enjoyed. TWO PAINT JOBS THAT LOOK FINE Two paint jobs in town this year we think are a bit outstanding, The home of Mr, Elmer Wilkinson has been 'newly decorated, The walls and trim are snow white, the steps and window sills are tile red ,the doors of turquoise blue, The shingles have been treated with red shingle stain. Mr. red Spry's house has been given an all white treatment, The walls, trier, and garage are a beatiti= tut white. Situated as' 'it is back front Diagonal ttoati, it stands Out nicely in this setting. aged Frenchman Who supplied Bob, the Doc and I with two kinds of wine and a big slice of ham., The :coil'ntry looks someWhatllike Canada and aP'art frorrethe war Would not be a bad spot, you don't trust anyone thOugh*and" the Germans keep infiltrating back;: So we, have to be on, the watch, Our lads are, accumulating a lot of German lugers and knives. ''Gerinan water bottles are,iregreat'demand..Sprite day I shall tell you how I was in charge of a ship and the fun 7,, hid. I found ,that my men were better sailors'than the navy and I used them when any real knots had to be, tied.' T never saw so many ships. You could put the SPaitish armada in the vest. Pocket of this show. There will be 'a lot of hard fighting yet :but we can*beat them. George Malcolm got a Clip in the 'leg and is off drtty and Walker got a few splinters and is alio out of the racket. The beach was pretty hot where we landed. Porky got a few mortar frag- ments front a mortar bomb that ex- ploded beside hira,,but he is.-too lucky for Words. "He never went off duty. He is tough. Last night I had to round up ,some dikes in a, hunt for snipers. It was quitea show, Women crying, everybody talking at once. They thought I was going to shoot them I think. I sure, had a trying time until we got things straightened out. I think Wimp' (Mrs. Bell's brother) is O.K. that, second hand. * * * Major Bob Hetherington's letter to his wife: • - Well for the first time I've missed one letter but you can see we've been doing things, Regardless of what some people' think the battery went all the way which is more than anything else did in our area, and it is Ai:ling well and staying' in with the best ,of them in, one of the biggest and tough- est operations ever pulled off in the world. It's a show that everyone will be proud of all his life. No matter how much hot air 'they shoot it still won't be too .big. I have not seen Elmer yet as-be;;cante .in on a-slight- ly later time. I'm pretty tired. I went to bed (in a hole without blank- et) for four hours last night which is my first sleep since day before the in- vasion. The excitement must keep one going if your are in good shape. I have no idea what is going on in the world as we get no news yet, see no papers or hear a radio. It keeps me busy keeping track of where Jerry is in my immediate vicinity. I don't knoW wh'at I can tell you of interest as so much has happened. Today I'm holed up in a farm where the people all left in such a hurry, their stock is still here, so we feed and water them and in return eat eggs and drink milk. We're liable to de- cide to kill the goose that lays the eggs and have fresh beef and chicken for a change. The country is very nice in thef.area we are in, but is very old and the buildings are solid stone and rough just like the pictures you see, Every plaCe haS a big church With a high steeple: It is certainly hard oft' the country as all these old towns and siillag0 are, just being blown to pleCeS, tit as they are all stone and not wood, thvr.Still stand and seldom catch /ire, The weather is not unpleasant and I'n nos :unduly uncomfortable except fair I dirt, caught up with my spare kit last night and so may get clean -clothes oft if i ever get time to take these off, We certainly see a lot of plane's' around' at night, It was a remark- able thing to see the whole English Channel full of ships. I didn't know there were so many in the world, • * * *. Tapper dray Writes' Ye Edited!: Just a note' to tell' you' that we are well and holding our own or even better holding a bit of Jerry's. line. We are in France and have been since the very first. We landed'. eai•1Y in the morning 'of "D" Day and got ctifite a reception-. from the French and the Boche. Appreciated the French re- ception rather than the toche one, But We came through it 0,1t, and all still here. There just isn't 'much news or at least not much of interest. You have probably heard of most of it.' While in England we had two great 'days, One when we were inspected by Mont; gotnery and the other when we were inspected by the Xing, Itemember me to all the gang, 11,S,—Porky and I had. 'a little 'chase after three yertits. Took them prisoners, 'Collected a few tokens, Shall show them to you at Christmas. MANLY MEETING ,OF • THE t LILEARE ',Co Donate Marmalade To Blood Donor' ••••••••••••`••, The monthly meeting of the Catho- lic Women's League was held at -the home of Mrs. Jos. Brophy, Thursday, last week. The minutes 'of the last meeting were 'read by the secretary and correspondence received, during the past month by the president, was read and filed, The diocesan tax was paid and sub- scriptions received for the •Canadian League magazine. It was decided 'to give'"donationi of marmalade to the AuguSt Blood Clinic and a' donation of thimbles to the Red The next meeting is to be held the second Titesday in July at Mrs. Larry Benninger's hone. • MORE FISH PLACED . . IN LOCAL STREAMS Eight Loads Have Been Receiveci Here This Season On Thursday' last week a load of fish was dumped into the streams of this locality. They were trout and bass. This year, the Wingham Fish and Game ,,Chub, have received' eight shipmenti of fish which have been de- posited in the waters of this communi- ty. Trout and bass made up the ship- Ments. Mr. George Orvis, president of the club, says last weeks shipment is the final one for the year. The club is to be congratulated on their effort to re- stbck the river and streams of this district. Golfed At Kitchener. Wingham was well represented at the Golf , tournament held in. Kitch- ener on Wednesday afternoon last week. The following attended: 3, H. Crawford, C. 41. McAvoy, 'Jack Mc- Kibbon, Dr. Crawford, Ronald Rae, Dr. Geo. Howson. The last four were St. Andrew's W.M.S. Held Tea. The Women's Missionary Society of St. Andrew's Church held a most en- joyable tea at the home of Mrs. W. J. Henderson on Thursday afternoon. Mrs, Cleghorn Savoured with a solo after which all took part in a concert. Mrs. K. MacLean in well chosen words thanked Mrs. Henderson for her hospitality and the lovely lunch served, PLANE PLUNGED INTO SWAMP DURING STORM Pilot Who Was Flying Alone Bailed Out -Successfully The storm here on Friday afternoon about 5 o'clock did not do much crop damage and buildings were not dam- aged as they'were in Middlesex coun- ty where it is estimated that .damage amounted to over $1,000,000. The storin there was of tornado propor- tions and approximately 150 barns and smaller outbuildings were damaged dm' blown to pieces, and about 30 homes were damaged in varying degree, Miwy trees were uprooted and in one case a bush of 25 acres was destroyed. The storm here lasted about 20 min- utes and during that time close to one inch of water fell, The drains could not carry the water away fast en- ough' With the result for the second time in less than a week many cellars were flooded-, Little actual damage Was reported however, The most exciting incident during the storm happened- at the farm of George Carter on Currie's sideroad. An Anson plane was forced down by the storm over that fa.rni, The pilot, Ted Elliott, a youag English lad from London, England, was flying solo when the storm 'foreed him to bail out at about 1000 feet. He landed successfully in a 'field with just a minor scratch on his finger and a slight bump on his forehead, The plane, from Centralia Air Port, 'after the pilot jumped, 'circled about the 'pilot and also above the Carter house and barn before it took 'a .dive into the swamp about 10 rods to the east, As we go to press it still lies in a badly wrecked condition In the SWanIP. soon as the pilot landed he went to the CArter home and ItOtified his port, lie was the guest of Mr, and Mrs, Carter until he 'left for his why, I(ENNETII •ERAWFORO:IS' BACK FROM :WRNS Arrived In' LondonEarly Frida4, Morning Another Wingliam boy has returned . from Overseas, On Saturday Ken.. netli CraiVford, 'son of Mr, and Mrs, Alex Crawford, arrived here. He had reached London in the early hours of. Friday morning, Ken made 'great speed on his trip as he sailed on the 11th,` Ken was returned to Canada. due to his category being lowered, Ken spent nearly two years in the Old Land, He enlisted in March 1942 and by August 'that year was overseas. He was a driver mechanic with a, Vehicle Company, Ills job was driving various types of arrtiy equip Merit from port to depots, He thus. Saw a great deal of England and Scot- land. " Ken had two ,exciting experiences. He was in a building in Portsmouth when it was bombed and also in a shelter. in London when the same thing happened. The latter time he lost most of his equipment. After spending 28 days of leave at his home here, Ken will report to Lon- don and just what comes after that he does not know. Ken did mot run into many Wing- ham boys overseas, but he did menti011 five that he saw, Bill Forsyth, Clar- ence Ohm, Bob Casemore, Ken Baker, Ed. Rich. The last two named are- now back in Canada. INSTITUTE MEETING FRIDAY TINS WEEK The June meeting of the Wingham. Branch of the' Women's Institute, 'will be held in 'the Council Chambers at 3 p.m., on Friday this week, June 30th. The topic will be taken by Mrs. W. J. Henderson "Facts /about Canada". The roll call, will be answered by "What my country means to me". Mrs. Gordon Robinson will give a, report of the district Annual meeting. The Program committee-'—Mrs. S. Campbell, :.afro' atifiet7T77:::esli: are, Mrs. J. H. Crawford, Mrs. S. Bate., son, Mrs. W, Hammond, Mrs, Bowers, More Smoke Replies Received "s, The following during the past week acknowledged cigarettes sent by the Wingham Legion: A. L. McLaughlin, D. M. Fortune, W. L. Hedley, Fenton Barnes, A. Stokes, R. J. Ross, Mr. John Raby's. Brother Passes Mr, John Raby has received ward that his brother George, Victoria, B.C., has passed away. His wife viving are -four sons, Will, Alvin, James and Clarence, all in the West; and a daughter, (Laura) Mrs. George pre- deceased him a few years ago. Sur- Mr, Baby was A a gnew former ke r e eci i r s:idy,enOt ipnti H ad Close Call During the electric gthrin. of Friday last, Mr. and Mrs. Alex Sangster, 10th, concession of Carrick, has a very nar- row escape. They were sitting in their home with their two dogs lying at their feet when a bolt of lightning entered the house and killed both the dogs. Mr. and Mrs. Sangster were both stunned, but apparently suffered no ill effects front the shock. MASONS ATTENDED DIVINE SERVICE. Service Was Held In St. Paul's Church On Sunday evening about 106 Masons, attended the service in St, Paul's Anglican Church. It was the annual church parade of Wingham Lodge, A.F, & A.M., No. 286. Visit- ing brethren were present from Myth, Teeswater, Wroxeter and Lucknow. The sermon was preached by the rector, Rev, E, 0. Gallagher, who took for his scripture reading the 1st chapter of the Eeelesiastes. After ex.-. tending a welcome to the Masons, Said, that post war planning must take into account principal and peoples for if we consider only policy and protf lens we will develop isolationist. lie spoke of the pillars of life, said they were made up of Integrity, Faith, Understanding, the pattern to. be, and World Citizenship, All this tan he gtitiatitd up as brotherly love, The choir rendered a beautiful att. them with Mrs. George Taylor and ices, E. Armitage taking the solo petit. INTERESTING LETTERS FROM INVASION TROOPS RECEIVED LOCALLY