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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1944-08-17, Page 1New Station Master Is Mr. M, W. Kerr •••••,.., • *kw. ,+^ With Which Is Amalgamated The Gorie yidette and Wroxeter News. W1NGHAM, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, AUGUST 17th, 1944 Single Copies Five Cents Subscriptions $2,00 Per YrniV FROLIC AT WROXETER HOME ON FURLOUGH WAS MARKED SUCCESS NEW STORE FRONTS IMPROVE MAIN STREET -Main Street Here Taking Qri Modern Appearance During the past few years there have been party new store fronts here which have added greatly to the ap- pearance of our town. Recently two have been installed and another is at present being built. The Foxton Dairy and Lunch has new front which is very attractive. It is a combination of cream and black vitrolite with the name Foxton in big green letters over the door. W, H. Gurney and Son have a new 'front on the building which is now occupied by the Rural Hydro. It is essentially an office front of the latest design. It also is a vitrolite with the color scheme sun tan and black, The -window is built on a slant to stop the glare. Work is now in progress at Mc- Avoy's store and the front there will be of modern design with the use of 'black vitrolite with red trim. BY-LAW TO UOVERN PUBLIC HAUS TO BE INVESTMATED Cpmrnittee Formed To Welcome Soldiers Home. Local Organizations To Be Asked To Co-Operate With This Committee Town Has 250 Cords Of Soft Wood For Sale At a meeting of the Town Council held last week a communication was received from the Department of Municipal Affairs with respect to the licensing of Public Halls. The pro- vincial fee for the licensing of such halls was refunded throwing this mat- ter into the lap of Municipal Coun- cils. The department also forwarded a model by-law and requested certain information concerning local by-laws with regard to this and the condition of public halls, be forwarded to the Royal Commission which has been ap- pointed under the 1?nb1ic Inquiries Act, to examine and report on the safety of premises in this province. It was agreed that- the Property Committee examine this model by-law and express their finding and views on the matter at next meeting of council. Town Wood Lot The Mayor reported fpr the Execu- tive Committee that 65 cords of hard- wood had been sold from the park and that the 20 remaining cords would‘ be reserved for the Town Hall. There are still 250 cords of soft wood to be sold at a price of $3.25 per cord. T. Field & Co. was the only tender received for the town scale at the C.P.R. yards. It was for $50 and it was accepted on motion of Councillors Spry and Johnson, T. Field & Co. to be responsible for site rental. Evangelistic Services The Council granted permission to the Ministerial Association to hold evangelistic services in the Town Hall; Sept. 13th to Sept. 25th, at a rental of $50.00. Rev. John Lucas presented this matter to the council on behalf of the association. Mr. Lucas also 'brought- up the matter of flood conditions at the Bap- tist church property. The street Com- mittee will investigate this matter. A certificate from the Department of Health was presented by the Town Clerk showing the town water to test Grade A of August 1st. A letter was received from Ken Johnson, son of Councillor Murray and Mrs. Johnson, thanking the (Continued on page six) Bowled At Seaforth The Brussels Bowling Chit) held open doubles on the Seaforth greens on Wednesday last week. The local club were represented by Ed. Nash and Donald Rae, J. H. Crawford and Howard Sherbondy, L. Webb and Omar Haselgrove. Attended Zone Meeting &<The Ladies' Auxiliary to Wingham Legion were represented at the Ladies' Auxiliary Zone meeting in Stratford on Monday by Mrs. W. W. Armstrong, Mrs. W. G. Hamilton, Mrs. Herbert Campbell and Mrs. Harry 'Towne. Mrs. Ferguson of London was named Zone Commander. INSTITUTE .TO MEET FRIDAY NEXT WEEK Mr. J. Bruce Matheson, Huron County Agricultural Representative, will be the guest speaker at the meet- ing of the Women's Institute, on August g5th. This is the Agriculture and Canadian Industry Meeting. Mrs, Durst of Wroxeter, will give a paper on the 'Honey Bee". The Roll Call will be answered by naming a Cana-, ,diati Product and where it is produe. ed. The hostesses are Mrs, Foxton, Mrs. Wilkinson, Mrs, Snell and Mrs. Cadwallader. WARNING - RIFLE RANGE At position of the old London Bridge, Wingham Junction, the 99th '(R) Battery will tarty out firing prac- tice commencing at 0 a.m, and extend- ing to 5 p.m., Sunday, August 20th. The danger area will extend ap- proximately 800 yards 1NI'Ort1i, south and West and 8000 yards east up the river. The public arc 'warned to keep away from this area during these hours.. Major W Vanwyek 0, t 99th (It)' Battery, A. BLUE VALE STATION °PERRINO AGAIN \i'or some time Bluevale station, C.N.R., has been operated from Wing- ham, but this condition is no more as the station has been put in shape and the new station master, Mr, M, W; Kerr, arrived on the noon train on Monday,,, ..Business has been on the increase there and the railway author- ities have on request ,of the shippers and businessmen of that area, put the station beck to its former status.. Mr. Kerr has just completed a term in the army. His brother is the sta- tion agent at Brussels. He started his railroad career at Milverton about 24 years ago. He was stationed at Pres- ton and did relieving, but prior to en- listment was stationed at New Ham- burg. It will be a great convenience for the folk of the Bluevale district to have this service again. UNION SERVICES AT ST, PAUL'S CHURCH Final SumMer Time Union Services At St. Paul's Next Two Sundays For the next two Sundays the Summer Time Union Services of St. Andrew's, United Church and St. Paul's Church, will be held in the lat- ter church with the rector, Rev. E. 0. Gallagher, in charge. These services commenced on July 23rd in St. Andrew's Church, then" the United Church and now at St. Paul's Church, two services being held in each church. For the past two Sun- days at the United Church the preach- er has been the Rev. E. F: Armstrong, of London, a former minister. He was weloorried by large congregations who were pleased to have this opportunity og again hearing his messages of in- spiration. BUGLESS POTATOES r\--Mr. Edwin Palmer, Coneession C, Turnberry, has a patch of potatoes that have not been treated this season and yet so far he has found only about a dozen bugs on the plants. The patch is twelve rows by 50 rods long and in all his -fifty years of farming experi- ence he has never had another patch that did not require treatment for bugs. It was plarited on ,June 17th and the plants now in bloom, are very healthy showing no signs of blight. The few bugs that did show up he killed as he hoed the patch. *. BANK STAFFS HELD PICNIC On Wednesday afternoon and even- ing last week, the staffs of the local banks also of the Blyth bank, held a picnic at the 10th bridge. Following work they gathered and enjoyed a picnic supper remaining for a part of the evening enjoying the cool breeze off the river, which was most welcome on such a hot day. IAN ENTRY FOR . MIXED DOUBLES Clifford Pair Won The First Prize A record entry for several years in a mixed pair tournament were on hand Thursday night, Forty-six pairs took part in the play and as the greens would only 'accommodate 36 pairs play was started as soon as the vari- ous entries arrived. Despite this large entry the .play was finished in very good time, each green as it became empty was at ,once put in use. The entry was Brussels 2, Hanover 1, Teeswater 8, Clifford 1, Goderich 1, Lucknow 6, Walkerton 7, Seaforth 2, Wingham 20. The winters were: 1st, Mr, and Mrs. Ed. Mathieson of Clifford, with three Wins and a plus of 27; 2nd, Mr. and Mrs. Archie Blair of Teeswater, with three wins and a plus of 194 3rd, Mrs, 'Cramp and Wm, Kerr of Walk- erton, with three wins plus 15; 4th; Mr. and Mrs. Wes. Httestott of Luck-. now; 5th, Mr, and Mrs. J., Alliston of Goderich, with three wins and a plus of 12; 6th, Mrs, L. McConnell and Ted Brant Of Walkerton, with two wins and a plus of 19; 7th, Mr, and Mrs. W. Price of Coital* with two wins and a plus of la.- Large Crowd Gathered Early And Had An Enjoyable Time The second annual 'Howick Lions' Club Frolic held Friday evening, was a most successful event. The Club will have net proceed k of about $1,000 to carry on their useful community activities frern this event, There were two special attractions, the Centralia Pipe Band and the Dun- bar players with an added feature, Dorothy Durst, a former Wroxeter girl, tap dancing. These were enjoyed by the large gathering. The frolic last year was held at Gorrie, this year Wroxeter had the honours. Besides the games, refreshment booths and the other entertainment, there were two dances, old time in the hall, and modern dancing on the street platform. The weatherman supplied wonderful weather for the event which added greatly to the success of the evening. Prize Winners Winners in the liteky draw were: 1st., $100.00 Victory Bond, Dorothy Walker, Wroxeter; 2nd., Cedar Chest, James Carr, Wingliam;, 3rd., Easy Chair, A. Edgar, Gorrie; 4th., Floor Lamp, Ken. Ashton,I. Brussels; 5th., Occasional Chair, 'Mns. H. McCleary, Harriston; 6th., Occasional Chair, Jean Watson, Fergus,; 7th., $10 War Savings Certificate, 1VIrs. S. E. Wade, Wroxeter; 8th., $10.00 War Savings Certificate, A. Gibson, Gorrie; 9th., Electric Iron, Lloyd Townsend, Wrox- eter; 10th., Pen and Pencil Set, Patsy Connor, Alma, Club Expresses Thanks Mr. Cloyne Michel,' the president of the Club, on behalf of' the officers and members of the Club, extends grateful appreciation of the generous patronage and goodwill with which the frolic was favoured, .To" the ladies and other non members of the Club whose assistance helped make the evening so successful, the Club extends sincere thanks. )'‘Are are very happy to report that Major W. 'A. (Dr.) McKibbon has made wonderful progress following his sickness overseas, He is carrying on a 12 hour duty in a hospital at present. Friends here will be pleased that he made such a fine recovery. * * * * 'Z-Alek Corrigan vvas some time ago promoted to be Regimental Sergeant Major of the 19th Cdn. Field Regi- ment, R.C.A. Alex first enlisted in the Provost Corps but when the 99th went active he transferred to this unit as he was a member of it prior to his enlistment. He held the rank of B.S. M. with the 99th. Alex's friends are very proud of him and pleased on his splendid promotion, * * * * A former Blyth man FO. Kenneth Lyon, is listed as missing. His par- ents, ,Mr. and Mrs. Wm, Lyon of Thorndale, received the word that he was missing following air operations on July 22 in Italy. He "was born in Londesboro but moved to Blyth when his father was appointed station agent there, 20 years ago. When the sta- tion closed Mr. Lyon was transferred to Thorndale. He was posted overseas In April 1943, Although he attended Clinton Collegiate Kenneth was well- known here. He was a member of the Canadian Bank of Commerce staff at Forest when he enlisted. * * * * Word has been received that Gnr. Robert John Coates, aged 21 years, was wounded in action, July 26th. He is a native of Wingharn, the son of Mr, and Mit. William Coates of near Listowel, and resided in Wallace ToWnShip nearly all his life. He en- listed with the 99th battery,PI.C.A., in September 1941 and went Overseas with the 'Unit in August 1943. * * • ;Word has been received by Mr. and rs. Wm. keid that their son Flying Officer Scott Reid, Who recently re- covered from a threat operation, is back at his work. Scott has been do- ing radio work with the B.B.C. for the past couple of tnOntlit. He sent hiS beat regards to all 1118 friends and his fellow staff members of Clant. FO. F. John Bateson iAs reported in our issue of last week FO, Frederick John (Ace) Bate- son is home from overseas on fur- lough, visiting with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Stafford Bateson. Jack spent most of his nearly three years overseas in the Mediterranean theatre of operations and the above picture was taken in Cairo when he was on leave last December. CARRICK WAS Iii YEN REFORMATORY TERM Was Convicted On Three Separate Counts Magistrate Makins of Stratford, in police court here on Friday, sentenced Robert Carrick to a, year in the re- formatory on seven charges each of forgery and uttering in connection with beer ration permits. He was also fined $100 for having beer other than on his own permit. The magistrate also sentenced him to one month each on three charges of being in possession of stolen goods. The sentences to run concurrently. He was taken to the County jail following the trial by County Con- stable W. Salter, but will serve his term in 'Guelph reformatory. NEXT BLOOD DONOR CLINIC DATE SET September 5th Is Date Of The Next Clinic The 15th Red Cross Mobile Blood Donor Clinic will be held here on Wednesday, September 5th. The fast clinic set a new record here, 242 donors. The need of blood 'for our troops is greater than ever and the local committee have set an objective of 250 donors for the next clinic. To do this many new donors are required. If you have not as yet registered as a blood donor now would be a very ap- propriate time. Leave your name at the Red Cross rooms, Tuesday or Thursday afternoon or at McKibbon's. THE KIND STORE HAS BEEN SOLD This Business Has Been In King Family For 55 Years For the past fifty-five years the name of King has been connected with merchandizing here. It was 55 years ago that Mr. G. E. King commenced business and he carried on until his death in 1907. TheKing family came from 13luevale to Wingham. For two years Mr. King was employed by the late T. A. Mills, then he entered busi- ness for himself. After the founder of this business passed, it was con- ducted by his two sons, Thomas and Robert. Twenty-four years ago Mr, Robert King joined the Robert Situp- sort Company at Toronto and Mr. Thomas King carried on until 1936 when he passed away. His son George King, conducted the business from that time until Ile enlisted in February 1941. Shorty after going overseas George was listed as missing. When'George joined the R,C,A,F, his sister Mary, took coinplete charge. We understand that the staff of the store Will remain as at present. The sale of the business and build, ing was made on Thursday laSt week, to Mr, Alexander Weinberg of Chat- ham. Mr. Weinberg at present has stores in Chatham and Napanee and for many years ha S been a successful merchant, CIITIZENS. DAV 'ME HOSPITAL ADDITION Property Owners, Organizations, Fac- tories and Merchants Voice Support of the Hospital By-law , The vote on the Hospital By-law will be held on Monday next week, The polls will be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The polling places are: Ward 1—Haugh's Shoe Repair Shop; Ward 2—Bushfiel4's Implement Shop; Ward 3—Town Hall; Ward 4—The former McLeod Restaurant; Ward 5 --Carmichael's Grocery Store. Every property owner has a vote and in case of married persons both husband and wife have a vote. A property owner may vote in each ward where he or she owns property. The committee in charge of this phase of the hospital addition are look- ing for a very large majority in favour of the By-law to authorize the town to make a grant of $15,000 toward this project. In fact their object is .100 per cent YES VOTES. A large number of citizens have ex- pressed their intention of supporting the By-law, but ii is impossible to pub- lish this list at this time. The follow- ing organizations have pledged their support, Women's Institute, The Cath- olic Women's League, The Oddfel- low's, The Red Cross Society, Ladies' Auxiliary to Wingham General Hos- pital, Wingham Fire Department, Ladies' Auxiliary to the Legion, Wing- ham Branch of the Canadian Legion, Lions Club, Wingham Lodge A.F. & A.,M. A few organizations which do not meet during the summer months could not be contacted, but many of their members are connected with some of the above named organiz- ations. The following is the list of the manufacturers and businessmen who endorsed the Hospital By-law and pledges their support and influence: The Western Foundry Co. Ltd.; C. A. Roberts; Howson and Howson; The United Farmers' Co.-operative; Mc- Kibbons Drug Store; R. A. Spotton; Armitage Dry Cleaners; R. L. Stew- art; R. A. Currie; Mundys Grocery; D. Somers; Hamilton Optical .Co.; Lyceum Theatre; J. -W. Bushfield; Robert Hopper; A. C. Adams; Walk- er Stores Limited; Hanna and Co.; H. C. MacLean Insurance Agency; Queen's Coffee Shop; Queens Hotel; Geo. W. Howson; J. H. Crawford; King Bros.; Dominion Bank; J. Iva- son; J. S. Isard; H. E. Isard; Mrs. H. Buchanan; Percy Stainton; C. Lloyd & Son Limited; Stedman Stores; Brunswick Hotel; Thos. Field & Co.; Fryfogle; W. A. lieughan; Frank Caskanette; Wm. J. Clark; C. W, Bushfield; CKNX; Bell Telephone Company; T. Eaton & Co.; C. H. Mc- Avoy; Tervit's Dairy; Brown Bros. & Co.; G. H. Ross; ,Geo. R. Scott; Fry & Blackhall; E. S. Copeland; W. Van- Wyck; W. H. Gurney & Son; H. Nier- garth; Reavie's Service Station; Holm- dale Creamery; MacLean Lumber & Coal Co.; Beaver Lumber Co. Ltd.; Hugh Carmichael; Bert Armstrong; Campbell's Garage; Murray Johnson; W. A. Miller 8z Co.; A. M. Crawford; E. S. Graham; Foxton Dairy; T. H. Gibson; Omar Haselgrore; George Olver; The Wallpaper Shop; Bader's Store; Ma.chan Bros.; Donald Rae & Son; Red Front Grocery; Adair Trans- port; A. Anstett; Advance-Times; H. F. McGee; Fred Carter; Chainway Store; Canada Packer's Merkley's Garage, Canadian Bank of Commerce, Dunlop's Shoe Store. Mn, Harry Hinscliffe of Toronto, is visiting with Mr. Albert Bell. • LIONS FROLIC WILL BE HELD LABOR DAY Plans For This Gala Evening Are Practleally Complete At a meeting of the Lions' Club Frolic committee held last week, most of the final arrangements for the Monster Frolic in the Arena, Labor Day evening, were completed. A program will be presented by the McGregor players, details of this con- cert will be given fully later. There will also be bingo, games and dancing. The booth that has been so popular will be well stocked With drinks and hot dogs. It will be an evening of fun and frolic for all and the proceeds are for Worthy community activities: Meet your friends at the Wingham Lions Club,Frolle, Labor Day evening. OVERSEAS .LETTFRS OF IOUAL INTEREST. The following letters are from Lt Nora Bell, nursing sister, and Matt. Bell. They are the daughter and son of Mr, and Mrs. Matt. Bell of the Brunswick Hotel. They are both in France, They have another son,' Andy, who is also overseas, ,The first two letters are from Nora, who is with the 1,0th Canadian Gen- eral Hospital. British Liberation Forces Somewhere in France July 24/44 My Dearest All; I hope you have been receiving mail from me and not worrying. It will be so much easier to write noW, for as you can see we have arrived in France. Our trip across was wonderful, and. I wonder if it is our prayers or yours that have helped us so on our way, I' know. some have not been so fortunate but a pleasure cruise couldn't have been more enjoyable. Am now sitting on French soil and truly I could imagine it was back home. Our lands look much the same except the people. Coming through the villages some looked very lonely but as they were going to church that likely had some- thing to do with it. Some places the ferries have gone so quickly to re- inforce their lines that very little damage has been done, so we can be. thankful for that. This is the agricul- tural part of the country, and by all reports the Germans have been very good to the people and buying all they had to sell. I think they were most resentful of us coming, that is wreck- ing and destroying their land. This is all hearsay and there may be just a few of the ignorant ones feeling that way for there was plenty of waving as we were coming through the vil- lages. Now I am wondering if Mad is over for it has been two weeks since hearing from him. Maybe you will hear as quickly as I do. By the paper I believe our troops are back at it again. 'Must take a lot of arrang- ing and planning their times in and out of the battle and still keep the battle raging. ' 'Otice again just want to let you know how well and happy I am. I am thinking of you all and trust you are all keeping well. Fondest Love Nora July 30th/44 My Dearest All: Yesterday was a red letter day for all of us as our first mail arrived since our arrival, and as you can imagine it was held up a time before we left. I really hit the jack pot for I received I am afraid my oatmeal cake has gone to the bottom of the sea. The first time a list has been posted up in the mess of cigarettes lost by enemy action and it was around the same time. I was at the' blood bank today with seven other girls and we worked hard. all day, but you felt you were doing something worthwhile. On D Day that unit administered '3000 transfus- ions on the beaches alone so you can.. imagine how much blood it takes. I must tell you about my hair wash at the community tap the other day. It is at the back of our , place and all the district use it. I was fairly early When I was there so not too many came for water to do their washing. One lady noticed me and before I :knew it brought a chair and basin, I had my tin hat. I was going to turn it upside down, so I said, "Mete' about all I knew in French. Then the poor dear thought she was hi for a real conversation, when I had to shake my head. I started putting the. soap on, and when I looked down the road here she 'was coming with a mirror ( a man's shaving mirror). All I could do was thank her more pro- fusely again, You would have laughed seeing me wash my hair beside a country road, The people here ate truly peasants and their living very primitive. I aiti going to learn more French for I like to hear it spoken. Betty will know what our tents are like, so tell her if she would like it. we Will ge Out at hon-me for a week or so. I had a good laugh at Hugh's ear (the old Clegg ear). He should have charged all the folks at home for hay, ittg a look at it. The weather is perfect for tenting and we are all enjoying it, Must elote for tonight. Trusting you are all keeping Well. All my love, gora. (COntifttted on page three) On Wednesday, August 30th, Clar- -ence Frieberger is holding an auction 4sale and thereby hangs a tale. This ,story goes back a few years. At that time Clarence by his industry made 'himself a comfortable, attractive home 'at the end of Carling Terrace, He had A nice garden also, He was so upset by being' disturbed by stones thrown .ontO his roof and other pranks that 'be left this place and took up residence •on Arthur Street, on the outskirts of 'the town. His moving however, did not stop the youths, or whoever it was, from continuing their !neat! tactics. At times they went' to great trouble to do things that not only caused him in- convience hut they also did damage. The climax came Ott• Tuesday and Wednesday evening last week when a rail was pushed through the window and Clarence had a couple of ribs cracked. This was the limit of his endurance and he decided to have a sale of Ids effecta. He is art etnploYee ttt the Foundry and is a hard-working industrious employee. IIGNITE AND GYPSUM • SAMPLES ON DISPLAY Mr. John Hanna, ." M.P.P. Brought These From Northern Ontario We have in our window a sample of lignite which was given to us by John Hanna, M.P.P. following his trip with a committee of the Legislature to these fields in Northern Ontario. This cOmmittee went north for the purpose of examining the possibility of developing this product as fuel for use in this province. Lignite accord- ing to the dictionary is a noncaking, usually brownish-black, variety of coal intermediate between peat and bitu- minous coal. He also gave us a piece of gypsum, -which is clear soap stone like sub- stance and which is found in the vicin- ity of James Bay in large quantities. 'This is also on display. Big Event At Bluevale Sept. 8 -.- • Keep the date, Sept. 8th open. The 'Bluevale Women's Institute and the `Men's Club are arranging a big event for Patriotic Purposes for that even- ing. 'Tall Corn There is a smaple of corn at Stain- ton's Hardware which is eleven feet :in height. It is from a field on Mr. .Ed. Jenkin's farm. His corn field this :year ,is an excellent one. Mr. Miller Procter, a neighbor of Mr. Jenkins on -the Bluevale Road, also has a field of -corn that is very tall and of excellent “quality. !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. DISTURBERS FORCE LOCAL MAN TO SELL 'Clarence Frieberger Molested Until He Decided To Give Up House Support the Proposed Hospital Addition by Voting ottiner on Monday. Next, August 2.1st •