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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1944-08-03, Page 1t. 11010 LIONS CLUB PLAN ANNUAL FROLIC CARS BUMPED AT. MAIN CORNER OVERSEASLETTERS ... FROIROC41.,BOY$ Local Rinks Placed First, Second and Third The Ladies Bowling Club held an afternoon and evening trebles tourna- ment on. Thursday. Ten rinks took part in the play, two games in the af- ternoon and two games in the evening. A rink was present from Teeswater and three from Lucknow the balance were local rinks, The winners were as follows: 1st., Mrs. S. Hare, Mrs. Murray Johnson, Mrs. Art. Wilson, skip, four wins and -a plus of 24; 2nd. Mrs. 0. Haselgrove, Mrs. Bert Porter, Mrs. J. Kerr, skip, three wins and a plus of 23; 3rd., Mrs. -C. Deank Mrs. W. H. Gurney, Mrs. Donald Rae, skip, three wins and a -plus of 16; 4th., Mrs. S. Campbell, Mrs. H. McBurney, Mrs. E. Cox, skip, Teeswater, two wins and a plus of 15. BINGO! 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. Third At Goderich ACA Wingham pair Lorne Webb and Wally Miller placed third in the Hunt Trophy Tournament at Goderich on Wednesday last week. Band Concert Called Off Owing to the fact that next Monday, August 7th„ is Civic holiday and sev- - eral of the members of the town band will be away for the week-end the reg- - tiler Sunday evening band concert will not be held this week. HURON-PERTH TORIES NAME CANDIDATE ••••••••.••••••• : Flt. Lt. Thomas Pride, Veteran Of Two Wars, Is Chosen Fit. Lt, Thomas. Pryde of Exeter, Veteran of, two wars and father of four Soils on active service, at Herisall, Fri- , •day was nominated Progressive Con- servative candidate for Huron-Perth riding in the next federal electinn. Defeated nominee was George Wil- liam Armstrong, present reeve of Hay `Township and Huron County warden 1942.lri The ballot was secret and the result "extremely close," said offieials, Lt. Pryde retired it the age of 66 from,; the R, C. A. V,, three months ago after two years and Seven Months service, a year of which was at the re- cruiting station itt London, In the •Great War he served lit the infantry and later in the A. 0, Club Is Carrying On An Important Work Apparently No Harm Done As Cars iroceeded On Their Way LOCAL CAR STOLEN AT GRAND BEND Was Recovered Several Hours Later In A Ditch '.VSTliile holidaying at Grand Bend last week, Miss Ann VanWyck had the misfortune to have her father's car stolen, Apparently the theft happened in the early hours of Friday morning. A search was instituted as soon as it was known to be missing and it was found upside down in a ditch near Ipperwash in the afternoon. There was some damage done to the car but it was not so extensive that it cannot be made as good as before. The acid from the battery did most of the-dam- age. SUMMER TIME UNION SERVICES Services For the Next Two Sundays At United Church For six Sundays during the summer season three congregations of town, St. Andrew's Church, United Church and St. Paul's Church, are holding union services. For the past two weeks the services have been held in St. Andrew's Church with the minister, Rev. Kenneth MacLean in charge. For the next two Sundays, August 6th and 13th., these services will be held in the United Church and the preacher will be Rev. E. F. Armstrong of London, a former pastor of this con- gregation. The last two of this series of ser- vices will be held August 20th and 27th. in St. Paul's Church with the rec- tor, Rev. E. 0. Gallagher, in charge. The services are at 11 a. m. and 7 p. m. CIVIC HOLIDAY' - • 'MONDAY NEXT .AnnuaLlieliday ,Proclairned-By Mayor Fred L. Davidson Folks of this community are warned to prepare for a long week-end, the end of this week, as Monday , next, August 7th., had been proclaimed as Civic holiday by Mayor Fred L. Dav- idson. The stores will be open Saturday night as usual and will be closed all day Monday. Please note also that the regular Wednesday half holiday will be obser- ved as usual. Tall Corn e were having a conversationre- garding corn Monday and we were in- formed that the corn crop has pros- pects of being very good 'this year. One field that will take some beating is on Henry Mather's farm it has many stocks that measure ten feet in height. How is that for corn on the 31st. of July. BATTERY BACK FROM TWO WEEKS CAMP 21st, (R.) Field Regiment Made• Good Showing At Petawawa The 21st. (R) Field Regiment which is composed of the 98th. Bat- tery, Kincardine, the 99th. Battery, Wingham, and the 100th, Battery, Lis- towel, returned home Saturday after training for two weeks at Petawawa, For the first week training was Car- ried on in preparation for the actual firing of the guns. In all the regiment held four shoots, and received great praise for the good showing they made, One shoot making a camp re- /cord for the firing of 125 rounds with the 18 pounders, The training was interesting and POLICE LOCATE varied. There were courses for drivers, limber gunners, asks, surveyors and signals as well as the usual gun drill. A particularly interesting feature Was an exhibition put in by the en- gineers, showing the various booby traps and how they worked, land and tank mines and demolition charges, also bridge building. The camp this year had an excellent situation, the tents being pitched on a hill among the evergreens affording shade at all tinter., The meals were abundant and of excellent quality, lay all reports everyone , ttrl.‘o attended camp thoroughly -enjoyed themselves. MISSING TIRES .:•••••••••••, Three Tires Believed To Have Been Stolen, Recovered Through the efforts of local police three tires believed to have been stolen from local cars have seen located. We understand that to date no charges have been made but that action will soon follow,1 During the past few weeks five tires have been removed from local tars, two off one and one off another three, ..*SCZaarea. With,Which I* Amalgamated The Gerrie Vidette and Wroxeter News. .Subseriptiona .400, Per IOW' WINGHAM, ,ONTARIO, THURSDAY, AUGUST Srd, 1944 fink Copies Five Dente lOCAL SOLDIER WAS • BLINDED IN ACTION 4)4. Stuart Henry Wounded By A Bornb Fragment On Wednesday of last week Mrs, Stuart C. Henry received Word' that ter husband, Pte, Stuart Charles Ilehry, had been wounded in action, July 21st. by a bomb fragment to the -eye. On Friday another message con- Seined the sad news that he had rost 'the sight of both eyes, Private Henry enlisted in the Kent regiment in 1940 and after being stat- ioned at both the East and West Coasts, also Chatham and London pro- ceeded overseas in May, 1943, with a reinforcement group: He was then at- tached to the Essex-Scottish, which :regiment is now serving in France, The Tuesday previous to the first Ines- -sage Mrs, Henry had received two let- ters from her husband dated July 8 and 9. Mrs. Henry has resided in Wing- ham since her husband enlisted and he spent many leaves here prior to going overseas.' She is,the former Florence Coll of Morris and his parents are Mr. .and Mrs, Arthur Henry of Ethel. After their marriage they resided in Listowel -for a short time. Mrs. Henry and two -children live in the Johnston house on Minnie Sreet, The sympathy of the community -goes to Pte, Henry and his fife and it is hoped that she will receive more -favo.rable news shortly, FRONT PAGE EDITORIAL We who live in the smaller com- munities have. many advantages over the folk of the larger. centres, These advantages are mostly of a -personal nature. We get to know our people as friends, not as aequaintahces. We are close'to our friends and'we can see them often and we can share their hap- piness and their sorrows, . But one other side of the ledger are some things that to some extent fav- our those in the larger communities. They can afford much better educat- ional facilities, colleges, normal schools and better equipped public and second- ary schools. When we wish to edu- cate our children beyond the High school stage they of necessity must leave home. We do not intend to sug- gest that we in a community such as ours should have college facilities. But we do suggest that there are many things we should have that we have not to-date. Another service that we have that can -be extended to the benefit of the folk in this community is hospital ser- vice. Wingham and district has -had the benefit of a hospital since 1907. Many changes have taken place during the years since a hospital 'was instituted here. Of the original board there is only one, Dr. R. C. Redmond, who has not .crossed the great divide. We hope in next week's paper to tell you more of the history of the hospital. During the 37 years that the hospital has been in operation many improve- ments have been made to the building and equipment. Nurses quarters were added, elevator was installed, much equipment has been procured. The progress has been steady• over the years.,. Durrag the past number of years the number of patients using the hos- pital has increased until it had been found necessary to build an addition. This is not the only reason that an ad- dition is necessary. The third floor of the hospital has been condemned for' patients and to house We necessary scientific "equipment more room is re- quited. Other facilities• must also be expanded and of course to do this more floor space is required. With the new wing and the installa- tion,of more modern devices our hos- pital will be in a position to give as fine a service as any hospital its size in Ontario, in fact equal or better than many hospitals in larger communities. This extension of hospital service will be of untold benefit to our com- munity. ttending Officers' Training School adet Officer Bill Burgman, son of Mr, and Mrs. W. F. Burgman, is at- tending the Officers' Training School at Brockville. Bill had received word that he was successful in passing his fourth year examinations at the Dental College, Toronto. Notice Re Bread Delivery Gibson's Bakery for next week only, as the driver is on holidays, will make deliveries as follows: East side of Main street, Tuesday, ,Thursday and Saturday. West side of Main street, Wednesday and Friday. After next week delivery as usual, Aged Lady Is Visiting Here ers. Mary Thompson of Gore Bay, Manitoulin, is,visitingd with her nephew Mr. C. E. Smith. She is accompanied by her daughter, Mrs. M. Charleton, also from the Island. Mrs. Thompson is 96 years of age but she is enjoying her trip to the full. Since leaving borne on July 22nd she has visited To- ronto, Cooksville, Erindale, Alliston, and attended a family picnic at Guelph. She is bright and cheerful and takes a keen interest in -what is going on in the world. Sunday evening she atten- ded church which she does always when at home. She is truly a wonder- ful lady and is looking forward to vis- iting Kincardine township where she spent her youth. LLOYD ELLACOTT WAS WOUNDED IN ACTION Word Was Received Here Monday Noon Mrs, Lloyd B. Ellacott (nee Jean Cruickshank) received a cable on Monday informing her that her hus- band has been wounded in action, July 22nd, On Tuesday she received a cable from Lloyd from Great Britain stating that he' was getting along splendidly. It is hoped that word will soon be received that he completely recovered. Lloyd was with an anti-tank regi- ment which was on duty in France. A native of Wingham, Lloyd spent most of his life here. He attended local schools and for a time was employed by the Huron Motors but prior to his enlistment three years ago he was with Beatty Bros. at Fergus. He enlisted at London and after training at Peta- wawa and Debert, N, S., proceeded overseas in August last year. He was married just prior to his going over- seas. His wife is on the staff of the Wingham General Hospital. Lloyd has a brother Joe who is also serving in France,with an anti-aircraft unit, His mother resides on Frances street with two daughters, Lillian and Irene, Mrs. Frank Hopper, whose hus- band is also in France. Mrs. Wilfred McKague of Turnberry is a sister, and another brother Wilfred resides in Toronto. MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR KING HASTINGS Large Congregations Paid Tribute To Fallen Hero Ebenezer United Church was filled to capacity on Sunday afternoon with Sympathetic relatives and friends for the memorial service in honour of the late Lieut. Donald King Hastings, son of Mr, and Mrs. Elmer Hastings, of 2nd. concession of Morris Township, who made the supreme sacrifice for his country, on July 11th., in Normandy. The service was conducted by the Rev. J. W. Johnson, minister of Blue- vale and Ebenezer United church. He based his message of Comfort on the text Romans 8:28, "All things work together for good to -those who love God, to them who are the called ac- cording to his purpose." During the service Mrs. J. W. Wick- stead sang "God's Tomorrow." Beauti- ful floral - tributes were arranged with the flag as a back ground. Buys Fells House .1,sn akr. Merrill Cantelon has purchased. ehe Fells house on Diagonal Road and will get possession shortly. Mrs. Robert Wightman of Blyth re- ceived word on Sunday that her son, Harold Wightman, was wounded in action in Italy. * * Mrs. Jack Gorbutt has received word from her husband on Saturday that he had been injured. Jack sent the word himself and it is not known what type' of injury lie received. He has been a cook lie a hospital in Eng- land. * * * * $ Mr, and Mrs. Robert Ross near hitechurch, have received a letter from their son, Trp, D, 3, Ross, that he expects to visit some of the district boys in other camps Overseas when he is given a leave of sufficient time, * * * * 4, Mr. and Mrs. Roy. Hastings receiv- td word front their son, William, stat- ing that he is enjoying the English weather and is feeling fine. • * * * race MacLean and Frank Collar, baSther-10.4laWs, recently spent a., day together overseas, They are both well and enjoyed the opportunity of Meet- ing each other,. Bruce's wife was the former Marie Kelly and Prank is mar- ried to Louise 'Kelly, • * * * In a letter to Mt'. and Mrs. Ito- Adair last week Harry Praat said he waS enjoying his work overseas. Harry prior to enlistment was with the Adair TrattSport, Possibly the only service club ever formed incorporating members from three small villages, Wroxeter, Gorrie and Fordwich, (combined population about 1200) and some from adjacent rural areas, Howick Lions Club is con- sidered unique. The initial meeting was held in June, 1943, and before Charter night Sept, 1,4th, 1943, The Club had over $900,00 in the Bank the net proceeds of a Street Frolic and Draw held in Gorrie, Friday, August 13th. Gross receipts of this Frolic was nearly $1600.00. In October 1943 the First Commun- ity Service was launched. A township wide program of sight saving among school age children, to date more than fifty children have had their eyes ex- amined by a well-known Optrometrist the majority having been supplied with glasses, where the parents are financ- ially able they Are expected to reim- burse the Club in all other cases the Club foots the bill. 'The Howick Lions Club have also looked after several Tonsil and Ade- noid Operations supplying transporta- tioft to and from the Hospital as well as defraying all other expenses and have had a crippled child fitted with, suitable leg supports and shoes. Ap- proximately $500,00 has already been supplied by the Club for Child Wel- fare work and in addition $75.00 dona- ted to the Red Cross„ $25.00 going to each of Wroxeter, Gorrie and Ford- wich branches. Several other projects for the better- ment of the community are under way. The boys' and girls' committee oper- ated a Hockey series during the past winter supplying rinks, transportation and equipment. This committee also staged a picnic in Fordwich Exhibi- tion Grounds for the township children at which each child was supplied with free treats and entertainment. In February the Club sponsored a Masquerade Carnival in Fordwich Arena- replete with Bingo and games right on the Ice, The Red. Cross op- erated the refreshment booths and realized $60.00, The Howick Lions Club are again staging a Monster Frolic this year, on Friday, August 11th., in Wroxeter. The Centralia Air Force Pipe Band is returning by popular requ,est. Open- ing proceedings at 7.30 p. m, with a band concert after which a free concert will be presented by the Alice Dunbar Players of London, for further inform- ation re the Frolic, consult posters or listen in on CKNX next Friday, Aug. 4th., at 12.35 p. m. and daily there- after, Every dollar collected by the Lions Club is returned to the community in Child Welfare work, and Community betterment and other worthy organiza- tions. All money for Club Entertain- ment and Dues are collected from the members. Change. Of Pictures At Lyceum The Lyceum Theatre, Wingliam, re- grets that it has been necessary to can- cel the picture "Lassie Come Home", August 14-1546, as advertised on the program cards. The picture "Two Girls and a Sailor" will appear in its place. Four Rinks Played At Lucknow A rink composed of, 0. Haselgrove, Ed, Nash and Donald Rae, skip, won a second prize at the trebles todrnament at LucknOw on Thursday. Three other rinks took part from here, L. Webb, Ed. Harrison, W. Miller, skip: Wm. Haney, Gordon MacKay, Bert Porter, skip; A, Wilson, Dr, Connell,. Howard Sherbondy, skip. LOCAL MAN FACES FORGERY CHARGES Appeared Last Week And Was Re- manded Until Thursday County Constable C. Salter and Constable "cord, Deyell arrested Robert Carrick of town on a charge of forgery and uttering in connection with the falsification of permits .for securing beer front Government stores. Seven charges have been laid arid it IS intim- ated that more will be forth coming. Carrick was taken to TIuron County jail and on Thursday appeared before bt, Xerighan, j, P., was remanded until 'Thursday -of this week, For some time we have ,been expect- ing a crash of cars at the intersections of Main Street, John Street, and Diag- onal Road, About 1,1.30 p. tn. on Sat- urday night a car proceeding north on Main street and another, going south had a slight brush at this corner, Both drivers went on their way, one out the Diagonal road, Some motorists are careless and this makes it difficult for other drivers, Drive carefully is a good rule to fol- low. Observe traffic signs, they are erected for a purpose. PARCEL WAS LEFT IN THE WRONG CAR Reeve CeCil Wheeler of Morris, Still Has The Parcel During the past few weeks we have heard of people placing thier parcels in other than their own cars. Saturday night, July 15th, Reeve Cecil Wheeler of Morris, found when he and Mrs. Wheeler arrived home that a bag of groceries had been left in their car by mistake. He has made efforts to lo- cate the owner but so far has not been successful. The parcel did not contain anything of a perishable nature and Mr. Wheel- er has it at his home and if the owner would get in touch with him they may have the same. A mistake of this kind is easy to make and as we have stated above has happened on several occasions. INSTITUTE PICNIC WAS HELD FRIDAY Due To Wet Grounds Gathering Was Held In Council Chambers The wet weather on Friday last week, although it drove the Institute members under cover, did not spoil this event. Plans had been made for the holding of this gathering in the Town Park but the rains made it im- possible to use these facilities as the ground was wet, Due to these circumstances the pic- nic was held in the council chambers and a very splendid time was enjoyed despite this handicap. The children had races and were given treats and a picnic supper of weiners, etc., was ser- ved as the'closing function. DANCING RESUMES AT THE ROYAL T After being closed for a short per- iod the Royal T will re-open Friday night this week with McDowell's new and old time orchestra. George Jor- dan, floor manager. Admission 35c. Sunday mid-nite starting at 12.05. Carrother's Orchestra will play until 3 a. m. Admission 50c. ouse On Victoria St. Sold r. Alex Dark has sold his house n Victoria street to Mr. Carl Bennett, who gets possession at once. Mr. and Mrs. Dark leave this week to reside in London. CHILDREN GAVE THE HOSPITAL BUSY DAY Two Swallowed Things Not Good For Children, One Had Crushed Fingers Two children their stomachs pumped at the hospital here on Sun- day and anothe ri ts fingers at- tended to following accident, Three-year-old Donald Eadie, son of Mr, and Mrs. David Eadie, Glen- annan, ate some patent medicine pills and was taken to the hospital to have his stomach washed out, The child had no i11 effects. Bobbie Mundell, also- three-year-old, crushed his fingers in a tar door and it was necessary to administer an anes- thetic to correct the injury. Stitches were required to close the wound. A year-old child, Sharon Grubb of Greenock., drank some- coal oil. She was at the home of her grandfather, Mr, I), Cassidy at the time, She was brought to the hospital and after hav- ing her stottatit washed was apparent- ly little the worse of the experience. The following letter was received from Ralph Hammond in reply to a b'ox of chocolates sent to him by Andrew's Presbyterian Choir of which he was a member, France, July w y 30th; are Dear Mrs. Sherbondy; No doubt you now in France fighting Xerry, Yeti people at home will probably knew more about the news than we do. Anyway on our part of the front every- thing appears to be going satisfactor- ily. At lira the job was quite a tough one, getting a tbothold and hanging- on but now plenty of supplies of all, kinds have arrived, and everything is more favorable. Jerry is a very clever tough nut to crack and they are excel-.' lent fighters but of -course we aren't too bad ourselves, ahem, casualities so far have been fairly light. We are- all happy, confident and in every way satisfied with our progress so far. Since arriving in France, Alvin (his, brother) and I have met and talked to each other once. On parting we wish- ed each other good hunting, This was almost three weeks ago and we have not seen each other since, Anyway each day I enquire about him and un- derstand he is well and doing okay in every way. We hope to meet again o soFo sometime before we left Eng- landn. we were not allowed to go out For of camp and mail was very poor both. ways. After a few days in France we started receiving letters from Canada and England. Since then letters have continued to arrive regularly. I have heard from home many times now. Canadian letters are reaching us' in about ten days'which is excellent ser- vice. In the past two or three days parcels and cigarettes are beginning to arrive. This morning I received from our choir a lovely box of Smiles and Chuckles chocolates. They were mailed May 15th and arrived in very good condition, You will never real- ize how much they are enjoyed over here, As each gun crew is out on its `Own we' always share eq.-1.0.11Y with each other everything received, chocolates, parcels from home and cigarettes. In this way we all enjoy a treat together, It keeps everyone happy, well supplied. and some of the less fortunate lads who may not receive parcels as often do not feel out in the cold and down- hearted. All the boys along with my- self send many thanks and apprecia- tion for your kind gift. Since arriving in France we have enjoyed fairly good weather. Of course that old saying about "Sunny France" does not always suit the occasion. We've got soaked a couple of times and slept in wet blankets until they dried. This sounds terrible but really once in a while its a lot of fun. At least we have some good laughs aver it, but very little sleep. Sometimes we have to dive into a slit trench sort of suddenly and find the bottom hasn't dried out. Thiq is also fun but some- what muddy. Anyway we are all, brown as niggers so do see sonic sun- shine, We all do our own cooking and boy; oh boy what cooks we make. Anyway we are not loosing weight. The food we receive is really excellent, many varieties and plenty of it. We are eat- ing better now than in England. At least we got away from mutton over there. We also get a daily ration of English cigarettes and chocolate bars and dandies, The bars and candies are not like ours in Canada but are more for vitamins and are bitter in taste, Many other things like books, games, etc., are supplied by the Y. M. C. A. Pretty soon now our Mobile canteens will be giving us service. Really we, are lucky and cannot complain in any way. Then of course our gun crew has enjoyed a few meals of new pota- toes, vegetables, etc, One meal we had two ducks and another we enjoyed a, good chicken, Now don't ask ques- gtieottist,hbeenersvve Ie'mointooti teblullyngfil,ivillkierierownte some farmers handy and many times they have treated us to a glass of 'cider or wine, It is really delicious and French people live on it like we live on tea, Most of the French farms are large, very tidy and clean and very much like our own, French money is all in Francs and very easy to get onto. As most of the French people were evacuated inland many of the towns arid villages are almost desert- ed. Nevertheless itt each village or town a few families are to be found, Almost all the buildings itt the towns. (confirmed Ott page 2) 10 TREBLES TOURNEY HELD BY LADIES a.