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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1944-11-09, Page 1The regular meeting of the" ,a idles' -.A.11.NHIPTry io the Canadian Legion wais- held in the Armouries last week,with a large number present, Mrs. H. Towne reported that boxes of chocolate had been sent to the boys in England and France and fruit takes to boys in Italy. A letter was read LI the Mine- sweepers Auxiliary thanking the So- ciety for the continued support an& two more quilts were brought in for this work. The ladies volunteered to 11610 with. the "Poppy Day Campaign" arid were;:. organized for the canvass. It was decided to hold a social att` the, conclusion of the next meeting. Departing Minister Presented Following the church service at l'adie's Presbyterian Church on Sun-' day, Rev, and Mrs. F. G. Fowler, who left Tuesday this week. for Bolton, were honoured by the congregation_ Miss Jean Wilton read the address and. Mr. Leslie Fortune made the present- ation of a purse of money, NAVY LEAH TAG DAY SETS RECORD Collection Amounted To Over $176.00 With Which Is An The collie Vidette and Wroxeter News, WINGHAM, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9th, 1944 Boys of The 99th My. Overseas' .Fight and Invest For Victory 1C RD ROBERTS COUNCIL TO LEASE THE WINN ARENA • WOUNDED IN ACTION 'nigh= HOrse Show Was An Outstanding success Again DONALD. MURRAY 1S REPORTED MISSING Read This Letter. From Capt, E, D. Bell and Then' Consider ,Your Responsibility In Victory HIGH SCHOOL OPEN LIT. NOVEMBER 23-24 The annual commencement exer- cises of the Wingham High School will be held in the Town Hall on the evenings, of Thursday and Friday, November 28rd 'and 24th. 'Further particulars will 'be given at a later date, in the mean time mark these dates on your calendar, ADDRESSED LADIES' CLUB AT HANOVER Miss O'Connor of CICNX staff was the guest speaker at a dinner meeting of the Business and Professional Wo- men's Club in Hanover on Monday, She told of her experience in the launching of Victory Loans prior to her taking up 'broadcasting. She was accompanied by local womenrepr- senting various women's organizations here, Mrs, Mary Griffin, who was the first president of the Winghain Red Cross Society; Mrs, W. J, Henderson, district president of the Women's In- stitute; Mrs. A. R, DuVal, president of the Women's Institute, and Mrs. Herbert Campbell, secretary of the Ladies' Auxiliary to the Legion. Mrs. Mitchell of the Hanover Post moved a vote of thanks to Miss O'Connor, The ladies were later entertained by the. Hanover Reading Club at the home of Mrs. Schneider. MM. Charier A, Roberts RCeeived Word Monday Evening Captain Richard 5. Roberts has been Slightly wounded, Word to this effect was received by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles. A. Roberts, Monday evening this week, The telegram said that he Was slightly wounded on No- vember 1st and was in hospital. -Friends here extend the hope that 'Richard will have a quick 'recovery, Richard was a member of the 99th Battery prior to his unit going active early in September 1941. When ,the -battery wes called for service he was at Broekville attending the Officers' Training School. He enlisted then for :active service and joined his comrades :at Petawawa on the completion of his course. He has since been with the '99th training at Camp Borden, Shilo and Terrace, B.C., and' Petawawa prior to going overseas in August last year. Richard went to France on "D" Day and in August was •given his Captain- cy On the field of battle. He fought `with the battery in Normandy, through -France and Belgium into Holland. Large IsrMnber Were Unable To. See The Show' As .Arena Was Unable To Accommodate Them Lights On Diagonal Road Beyond, • Houses To Be Moved Mayer P 414 4 MI Will Again Seek- Office Is A Brother Of David 'Murray Of Town And 'Ken Murray Serving In India After little more than one year", service in the Royal • Hamilton Light Infantry, Pte. Donald M, MurraN, Woodstock, was November 2nd, re•-, ported missing in action. He wad serving in Holland, A message stating that he is ntiss. ing was received by his wife, 50 nett St. Pte, Murray enlisted in ()eta,. her, 1943, and received his training' at Chatham, Ipperwash, Woodstock and. London, arriving overseas in July of this year. One month later he landed, in 'Belguitn. Prior to enflstment he was employed by Standard Tube Co., Woodstock. Born and educated in Wilton, Ont., he moved to Woodstock four years ago. He is a brother of Mr, David' A Murray of town. He also has another' brother Ken, who is serving. In the, R.A.R. at Ceylon, India. The second annual Wingham Horse' Show was an outstanding success. It was a success in every way,. at- tendance, number and quality of en- tries. The only fly in the ointment was the arena ,could not accommodate the vast throng. There were about 2300 in the arena, including those who crowded about the north ddork, no one knows how many were turned away but they were many. The show went off in good style both afternoon and evening. The children were admitted free in the afternoon and they had a great time. They paraded to the arena headed by the Kincardine Kiltie band which band played during the afternoon and even- ing. The afternoon performance was well . attended also. Tory Gregg of Kincardine was master of ceremonies. The show was officially opened at the evening performance by Mr. J; A. Carroll, Director of Fairs for the Prov- ince of Ontario. He was high in his praiSe of the show. and. said • it was worthy of being named the Wingham Royal Horse Show. He was intro- duced by Mr. John W. Hanna, M.P.P, who also extended congratulations to the directors of the show. The judges were: heavy horses, Mr. Hugh Stew- art, Peterborough; light horses, Mr. Howard Dickey, Detroit. A feature of the show was a trick horse awned and trained by Neil Mc- Adam of Glenannan. It put on a good entertainment -both 'afternoon and ev- ening. The lucky door prizes, five dollar War Savings Certificates were won 'by Mrs. Harry Green of town, and Mrs. Robert Breen, Jr., of Turnberry. PRIZE WINNERS Afternoon Events Agriculture Teams — Mitchell F, Hepburn, St. Thomas; grant. Summers & Son, Aylmer; Fred Roney, Mitchell; Sam Tiinm, Gorrie. Township Teams (local) Ewart (Continued on page four) A letter was read at the council meeting on Monday Mgnt from W, T. Cruickshank accepting the proposition he received from the council to lease the arena to him for a term of five years with an option of a second five year period. The Mayor and property committee will meet with.him to make the final arrangements, On motion of Counc:Ilora Wilkin- son and Johnson, the clerk was in- structed to have the town solicitor draw up a proper lease for the renting o/ the arena to W, T. Cruickshank. The Mayor brotight up the matter of having two lights on. Diagonal Road which are of little or no use as they are beyond the homes on that street. It was moved by Councillors Johnson and Wilkinson that these two lights be removed and placed within the corporation in locations where they will give better service. , It was decided ,that council would not meet again this month, As notn- ination will be held on November V, (Continued on page four) 26 Oct, 44 CIVIC REMEMBRANCE SERVICE ON SUNDAY On Tuesday morning the editor, W. W. Armstrong, received the following letter from Capt. Elmer D. Bell of the 09th Battery, R,C,A. overseas, This interesting letter packs a punch that should lift many of us out of our com- placency. We at' borne cannot fight for Victory but we can follow their example in part and "Invest in Vic, to :erY'rh. a Wally: I thought it was time I wrote you a letter and gave you some of the latest from over here, We have been very fortunate for a long time. We had a rough time for a while in the Normandy show but strange to say had about the fewest casualties of any of the field regiments. We sure did put out a lot of ammo and I think put on two of the lafgest barrages the world has ever seen, The break- through at Falaise was a treat and down at Trun we sat on a hill and fired at German armies trying to break through on both sides of us. It was tough work on our gunners as they had to reverse their guns for every other target. • However we could actually see our targets, part' of the time which made it rather interesting. Since that time we have been in a pursuit which has not been very dangerous,.. In fact all the shells which have fallen near us in two months you amid count on your two hands. En- emy resistence has now stiffened and we now are beginning to know we are in the war again. We have had con- stant firing throughout however, but have just now caught up with Jerry's artillery which he was trying desper- ately to extricate. Unlike you fel- lows in the last war we have received a great reception from the Belgians and are now living at a farm house Where there are about 25refiagee'cliii dren besides us so the_ poor inhabi- tants must be nearly crazy, but they take it in good part although you would think the locusts had gone through when we leave. We have to take their straw for sleeping purposes and use their houses and buildings so that they are really knocked about more by us than by the Germans. How is your Victory Loan going. Our boys over here are really hitting it oahuartredoc.ofre10,ir olai ur battery has subscribed $15,000 out of pay and I think this is WVectrievea.b7 hadt t 2 charge69PerCCenft the sales and it was very gratifying the way the boys really bought, They (Continued on page four) Service Will Be Held Sunday Morning Next At St, Andrew's Presbyterian Church The annual Civic Remembrance Day service will be held at St, Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Sunday morning next, November 12th, at 11 a.m. Rev. Kenneth MacLeap will conduct the service and preach on the subject "Remembrance". RAYMOND ST. MARIE SLIMILY WOUNDED Word Received By His Parents, Mr. and Mrs. James St. Marie, East Wawanosh On Tuesday evening last week, Me. and Mrs. James St. Marie, East Wa- wanosh, received word that their son, Tpr. Raymond St. Marie was. slightly wounded while fighting in Holland. No further word has been received since the official message came last week. Friends will hope for good news soon. Raymond, who is 25 years of age, enlisted two and a half years ago after training at Hamilton and Camp Bor- den proceeded overseas in August last year. . Mr. and .Mrs. St. Marie have three sons in the services, the others are Raphael with the R.C.V.N.R., and Joseph, serving as a trooper overseas. FAMES, CARDS ARE fi WANTED AT ONCE Town Council and- officials, mem- bers of the Legion and Veterans, the 99th .(R) Battery, R.C.A., will parade from the armouries to the church head- ed by the Wingham Citizens' Band, Veterans of the present war are in- vited to take part in this parade and service. Fall in at 10:45 sharp. Follbwing the churca service the parade will form up at the Cenotaph when placing of wreaths and floral tributes will . take place. The general public are urged to attend. MY AND WEAR A POPPY SATURDAY Navy League Makes Special Appeal. For The Lads Who Sail Our Ships The magazine and games con9Tra-, tees of the Navy League branches throughout Ontario are asking that householders turn in their used gante now to them so that they may be for' warded to sailors and merchant sea- men at sea, ashore, and in hospital, iit time for Christmas. Take a good look about the house for dart-boards and. darts and all kinds of sit-down games, such as dominoes, checkers, chess, ct okinole, cribbage boards and used packs of playing cards. .• Thousands of such games are re- quired if all ships are to be• serviced in this respect.. Leave your donation 'of games at the. local Navy League magazine depots, cKibbon's, Haselgro Hydro Shop, Masons or McAvoys, 3 LEGION AUXILIARY TO HELP POPPY DAY • Overseas Boxes Have Been Forwarded-. RFT BEECROFT HEADS MINISTERIAL GROUP Presentations By Ministerial Associ- ation To Rev. K. MacLean And Rev. E. 0. Gallagher .Annual Poppy Day Will 'Be Held. On • Saturday This Week, November 11 • The, public are again being asked to :generously support the Legion Annual . Poppy sale'which will be held on Sat- urday this week. House to house sale maybe held ae day.,or two earlier. The folk- of this ; district have supported this appeal well during the past years. 'for which the Legion extends sincere ,appreciation, The 'need for Poppy funds is ever, growing with the second -World War and wilt increase as time, goes by and more are returned to civilian.. life. e: . The funds., collected by the sale of Poppies is kept in a Separate account • ried is not used for the general wel- fare of the Legion, they are used only in very special cases of returned men .or their dependents. Buy and Wear a PoppY. CHECK THIS LIST OF OVERSEAS. NAMES The Wingham. and District Mini- sterial Association meeting at the home of Rev. W. J. Stewart, Lucknow, nomnated Rev. W. A. Beecroft as ptesident to fill the vacancy caused by the withdrawal of Rev, K. Mac- Lean-,who is...moving to Exeter. Rev., E O. Gallagher Jatesented an address. on the "Church and the Radio," fol- lowed by considerable discussiOn. On behalf of the Association Rev. C. H. McDonald spoke with reference to the departure of Rev. K. MacLean arid Rev. E. 0. Gallagher, 'both of whom had been former presidents and secre- taries and were now leaving for new parishes. Both members were recipi- ents of gifts from the Association, and also Mrs, Gallagher and Mrs. Mac- Lean who were called to the meeting by the Chairman, and presented with a remembrance. The next Meeting will be held at the home bf Rev. D. B. Cram. We have on display in our window a list of names of those serving over- seas to._ whom. the Wingham Branch of the Women's Institute have sent parcels. As they are most anxious not to have missed anyone serving overseas would you please check the list and make any necessary corrections.' PRESENTATION "MONSTER BINGO A Bingo, bigger and better than ever, will be held in the Odclfellow's rooms, 'Monday evening, November 20th. Play at 8.30 sharp. 20 games for 50 cents. Good prizes, Overseas Quilt Recently we reported that a quilt made at I3elmore was seen overseas. Last week we stated that it was made by Mrs," Fleming 13allagh. This was in error. It was made by Mrs. (Rev.) Hewitt of Belmore but was turned into the. Red Shield Woman's Auxiliary' by Mrs. Ballagh for the Belmore group. BINGO BRIDGE CLUB Five tables took part in a Howell movement at the Wingham Bridge Club on Friday evening. The result of the play was: 1st., C. H. McAvoy .and Art Wilson; 2nd., Bert Porter and Afrs. Hetherington; tied 3rd and 4th., .Mrs. Bert Porter and • J. H. Crawford, .IsIrs, C. B. Armitage arid Gordon Mac- Kay; 5th, Mrs. A. R, DuVal and Mrs. A. Parker. The games will be held on Thursday •evenings for the balance of the sea- :son. Islay In Belgrave Fri., Nov. 17 Come to-'the play "One in a Mil- lion" in the Forester's Hall, Belgrave, Fri., Nov; 17th at 8,30 sharp. Present-. tied by the Young People of Walton. Following the play there will be a 'dance with music furnished by Mc- Dowell's orchestra. This is your .chance to support a, worthy cause, The .entire proceeds go to the cigarette fund for the boys overseas. Admis- sion 35c for the entire evening. " Will be held in Lower Wingham School Friday, November 10th, by the Ladies Sewing Circle. Good prizes. Proceeds for British War Work. Draw for the comforter will be made. BLOOD DONORS ARE URGENTLY NEEDED Mr. and Mrs. George Taylor were honoured guests at a party held for them at Currie's School on Friday evening by their neighbors and friends. They were presented with an occasion- al chair and an end table. Mr. and Mrs. Taylor and their children Tom and Sandra left on Tuesday for Cale- donia where they will reside, Attending Course At Petawawa' Capt. T. B. Stewart, R.Q.M.S, Ed- die Walker, B.S.M. Wilfred Seddon, and Sgt. Neil'Williamson left for Peta- wawa on Friday to attend a refresher course in artillery at Camp Petawawa. Express Appreciation Of Donations The hacal branch of the Navy League takes this opportunity of expressing their sincere appreciation to those wile contributed $200 for the ditty bags. Bingo Well Attended The Legion Bingo held night in the armouries was tended, The proceeds are Wingham General Hospital Fund. Coats Exchanged At Dance At a dance at Holme's School Mon- day evening, two coats were taken in mistake and others left in' their place. They belonged to Billy Jenkins and E. Erriri•gton who hope whoever took their coats will return them, Chin Brothers Go To Port Colborne The three Chin brothers, Bill, Al- bert and George of Lucknow, who at- tended the Toronto Maple Leaf hockey school at Owen Sound this fall, will play at Port Colborne this season with the Ontario Hockey Association junior A series. REV. MacLEAN SPOKE AT ORANGE LODGE Rev. E. 0, Gallagher Presented With Gift And Past Master's Jewel Injured Hip iMr. Henry Diamond, who is visiting at Kingsville, fell in the house there and injured his hip. Fortunately it was not broken but he was unable to return to Wingham as planned. Purchased Fine Mink Mr. and Mrs. A. R. DuVal were on a trip to the Manitoulin Island last week and they brought back with them two platinum mink, This week they received a shipment of two silver blue mink. Benson Hamilton Now At Whitby A social evening was given at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Benson. Hamil- ton, Seaforth, when a group of friends presented Mrs. Hamilton with an at- 'tractive gift. Mrs, Hamilton is leav- ing this week fot Whitby, to join her husband, who has been transferred to the Dominion Bank there. An ad- dress was read by Mrs. C. Sins, fol- lowed by the presentation by Mrs, Gordon Reynolds and Mr:,, Clarence Trott, Before his departure, Mr. Hamilton was presented with a gift by the local bank staff. Benson Coin- =need his banking career here. Monday well at- for the Buildng MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR JIM HAGUE Service Was Held In Teeswater Presbyterian Chureli _FIRST HIGH SCHOOL LITERARY MEETING Program Presented By Grade KM ORNATE° AS A MOT AT SOURIS ORVILLE ALLEN IS NOW A BOMBADIER On Friday afternoon the opening High School literary program -was presented by the students of grade XIII, This is the first of a series of Such programs which will be presented 'by the various forms. The meeting opened with the sing- ing of "0 Canada" fellowed by the President's inaugural address by the president, Edward Brophy, A duet 4`0fic. Movie" Was sung by Miss E. Hare and Craig Arrostrortg. The Balcony seen from Rotted and Juliet by Shakespeare,. was presented with Edna Brophy as Juliet and George 'Copeland 'as Romeo, They were as., ed, bY a chorus iron grade Xilt nil Was read by George 'Cope. Graduated At Rivers, Manitoba • ' Ira 0 neat.' a. '"ill'ate'ssertiteres. , pat; S2aae. taitai4ita aafp 010 tieaa e rah; L. 0. L. No. 794 held it regular meeting Friday evening. Being the nearest date to Guy Fawkes Night, the committee had arranged a special pro- gtamme with Rev. K. MacLean' as guest speaker. Mr. MacLean spoke ott some of the Objects of the Orange Association worth fighting for. He was introduced by the Rev, E. 0. Gallagher, D, G. C. of Ontario West. There was a splendid attendance both of local and visiting members, At the close of the meeting the Worshipful Master, Bro, W. M. McGee, called Bro. E. 0. Gallagher before the Altar and read an address of appreciation of his services to the Lodge, He was then presented with a gift of remetn- brance and •a Past Master's Jewel, and oh behalf of Mrs. Gallagher he accept- ed for her, a bouquet of Chrysanthe- mums. Dr. R. C. Redmond and Dr, R. L. Stewart spoke with reference to Bro. Gallagher's departure from Wing- ham, and of his serviw to the Lodge. Pc:Mowing the closing of the Lodge, a pleasant soolal period was enjoyed. Officers Pot Ensuing Year Officers were elected as followst Wm, McGee; D.M., Bert Itard; Ret, R. A. Spotton; chaplain, M. Gardner; Vitt. seey., R. Galley; E"r eas. O. Hayden; Ist Lea, j, ,Scotty e. Pettat Committee Stewart, Abut Orville Allen, son of Nits, George Allot of ..town, has reached another milestone in his life in the R.C.A.V. He graduated at Rivers, Manitoba, as a bomhadier, with* the rank of Ser- geant. On behalf of the people of this community we extend congratulations, Prior to his enlistment in February last year, Orville was on the staff at Sky Harbor, Goderich, Mt received his training at Brandon, Saskatoon, Lethbridge and Rivers, He is at pres- leave, Sunday evening the Teeswater Pres- byterian Church was filled 'to capacity in honour of the late Capt. James Mc- Kague who was killed August 17th in France, Jim as he was known to all, enlisted here with the 90th Battery, R.C.A., trained with his unit in Can- ada and proceeded overseas with them and went to Prance with them on "D" Day, He was transferred-to another unit and made a Captain a day or two prior to death. He was a member of Knox Presbyterian Church, Teesavater, and sang in their choir until he started his veterinary practice here. He eon- tinned his service to the church here as a manbet of the choir. Many from here attended the serv- ice and the choir was assisted 'by members of the St. Andrew's choir from here. The address was given by Rev, Kenneth MacLean,..minister of St. Andrew's Church, The service Was conducted by 'Rev. D. B. Cram, minister of the church, who Was as- sisted by by., Stewart of Teeswater United .Church, The 'theme of the soviet was "Greater Love has no man than this, that a. roan lay dawn his life for his friends." Another Blood Donor Clinic Will Be Held Here Wednesday Morning Next Week The need for blood plasma was never as urgent as it is at present. Premier George Drew recently said when addressing the Canadian' Red Cross national council "The lives of many of our soldiers bang upon the number of blood donors who volun- teer within .the next few weeks; it is as close as that. Thousands of our yoting men are alive today only be- cause of the supply of blood plasma that was immediately available, Due to mistaken confidence in an early termination of the war, the number of blood donors in September was the lowest during the year while our cas- ualties overseas were the highest." Keep Blood Flowing The following was written by a chaplain to the United Church Ob- server: Dear Sir:--In this Field Dressing Station one sees in actuality the blood given , by our people at home gives life to the lads who are badly wound- ed. Very often the boy 18 brought in, in a very ethical condition, lie has lost much blood, he is suffering pain, his whole body and mind are numb from shock, His face is grey, He is laid on the stretcher, covehed with blankets, and above him is hung the bottle of blood or.blood plasma. Drop by drop you watch it as it pas- se§ into :iris Then you scp the change begin in the lad. `the g4" Otter the eyes, gives way to brightnes. The Mind akftikes again and the llby begins to fight to pull through. Hotiour to the blood donors, literally give life, Chaplain in It Dottglas 0, Fry. Received Commission As Pilot °Meer On Completion Of Pilot's Course We extend congrattlations to Pilot ()Meet Douglas 0, Fry, son of Mrs. N. L. Pry of town, who graduated at Souris, Manitoba., as a pilot and who was given the rank of Pilot Officer on completion of his cOnt§d. Doug. enlisted ht December 1042 while attending High Scheel, Eie re- ported for duty four months later and received training at Lachine, Montreal, Virden and Souris, He is now at home, and has not as yet been posted, The Navy League Tag Day sets a. new record. Over one hundred and seventy-six dollars was ollected. The following girls of the Wingham High and Public School assisted in selling tags: Mary Meahan anti Frances, Wylie of Wroxeter; Eileen MeV:Innen Bluevale; Norma Brydges, Ilelgravee and in Wingham, Joao Edgar, Bar- bara Ross, Violet Bowman, Ruth Bergman, 1.3arbara Newman, Shirley Yeoman, Dohs Culliton, Lorraine Hall, Helen Jarvis, Gwen Blatchford, Ma*, old Copeland, Helen Sturdy, Jessie Currie, Jean Deyell, Doris "Glein, Fay Angus, Audrey Ridley, Dorothy Din kite„ Ruth 'Gantieft,, Vibrance Writer- son, Mary Rose, Edith Cook, Jean Adair and Lois Locitridge.