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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1944-12-14, Page 1"Single Copies Five Cents WING,FIA11/1„. ONTARIO, THURSDAY, DECEMBER I4th, 1944 With Which Is Amalgamated The Gerrie Vidette and Wroxeter News, Subscription $2.99 Per Year ;United Church, W, M. S. Held Annual Meeting A lighted Christmas tree, candles, flowers and other decorations made an appropriate setting for the Christmas meeting of the. Woman's Missionary Society in Wingham United Church, The program was arranged and con- ,ducted by Mrs. W. A. Beecroft and took the form of a Canadian Friend- ship Service:—He who would have a friend,'must first be one. This theme was further expressed iby the singing 'of carols of different nations. dine of the most majestic carols of all times is of French origin, "0 Come All- Ye Faithful." This was sung in the French cathedrals as early as 1760. 'Then followed a Polish carol, "Infant :Holy, Infant Lowly"; and the lovely °German carol, which is called Luther's °Cradle Song, "Away in a Manger." The beautiful English carol, "The r4ipt, Nowell" which expresses our love for, the Christ-child and a Cana- .dian carol, "Gentle Mary Laid Her Babe," the music of this having been 'composed by Sir Ernest McMillan. 'The singing was led by Mrs. Beecroft -with Miss Reynolds at the piano. Candles were then lighted expressing Christian friendship for the people -from all countries who have made their homes in Canada. The Bible lesson, "The story of Jesus", was given 'by Mrs. Wm., Hamilton. , The study. 'of Christian Missions in the South Pacific, particularly, the Netherlands missions in the Dutch East Indies, was arranged by Mrs. Robt. Laidlaw.' A large map showing all these islands made the talk most interesting and in- structive. The meeting was closed with prayer by Mrs. Field. The following officers were elected :for 1945: Past Pres.—Mrs, Wm. Field. President—Mrs. Hiseler. " 1st Vice-Pres.—Mrs. M. Griffin, 2nd: Vice-Pres.—Mrs. Alvin. Orvis. .3rd Vice-Pres.—Mrs. E. S, Lewis. Rec. Sec'y.—Mrs. W. J. Adams. °Corr, Sec'y.—Mrs. Wm. Heughan, Treasurer—Mrs. W. VanWyck, Stewardship Sec.—Mrs, Wm. Field; Systematic Giving Sec.—Mrs. Chas. Hopper, ,Mrs. George Ross; Supply Sec.—Mrs. A. Cosens; Literature Sec. —Mrs. S. Campbell; Community Friendship Sec.—Miss Reynolds; Temperance Sec.—Mrs. J. H. Christie; Press Sec.—Mrs. W. J. Greer; Con- vener of Social Com.—Mrs, W. A. Beecroft; Convener of Communion— Mrs. R. L. Stewart, Mrs. Robt. Spot- ton; Mission Band' Supt.—Mrs, Jack Reavie, Mrs. Athol Purdon; Baby Band Supt. — ;Mrs. W. F. Burgman Leader of Junior C.G.LT. -- Miss Louise Thompson; Leader of Senior C.G.I.T.—Miss Audrey Boe; Pianist— Mrs. W. A. Beecroft. EXECUTIVE OF RED CROSS PLEASE NOTE A meeting of the Wingham District Red Cross Executive will be held at the Town Hall on Thursday afternoon this week. All members are urged to be present as this will be the last .nmeting of the executive for this year. To Our Farm Friends We are contributors to our corn- *nullity shed on Diagonal Road and you are invited to accept this con- Nenience. A. 5. Walker. Euchre, Armouries, Dec. 14th The Ladies' Auxiliarylo the Legion will hold a euchre in the armouries Thursday evening, December 14th. Play at 8.30 sharp. Admission 25c. .Proceeds for patriotic purposes. CAR ACCIDENT AT THE FIRST BRIDGE Cars Were Badly Damaged, No One Was Injured The first bridge south of town was the scene of another accident. This time it was Saturday evening and the cars involved were driven by Walt. Mason, No. 4 Highway, and Gus Healy of town. Walt Mason was pro- ceeding north into Wingham and Gus Healy was on his way to his parents home in Morris, The roads were in very slippery condition and it is thought this may have caused the ac- cident. Apparently the Mason car slipped on the ice and the rear of the car hit the Healy coupe, The result was both cars were removed by the wreck- ing car. No one was injured. The accident took place on the bridge. No charges were laid. County Constable Gordon Deyell and Provincial Officer Frank Taylor investigated. W. C. T. HELD ITS MONTHLY MEETING Temperance And W.C.T.U. Work Explained The W.C.T.TJ. December meeting was held at the home of Mri. A. Rin- toul on Friday afternoon with Mrs. John Lucas, vice-president, in charge. The opening hymn was "Stnilight in my Soul today" and Mrs, Rintoul of- fered prayer. The secretary's report was read and the roll call was answered with a verse of scripture. After the business of the meeting was discussed, Mrs. R. H. Llody gave the scripture reading from Daniel 8: 1-12 and also gave some splendid remarks on W.C.T.U. work. -A. duet "Home Sweet Home" was rendered beautifully by Miss Hoover and Mrs. Rintoul. Miss R. Lewis read a very interesting article on "Temper- ance" entitled "V Day or Spree Day'!.. The closing hymn was "Come Thou Font of Every Blessing." Miss Bolt closed the meeting with prayer. BRIDGE CLUB Six and a half tables took part in the play at the Wingham Bridge Club at their Weekly game Thursday evening. The winners were: North and South —1st,, Jack Mason and J. H: Craw- ford; 2nd., Omar Haselgrove and Dave Robb; 3rd., Mrs. George Ross and Gordon MacKay; 4th., Miss M. Mc- Callum and Miss C. Isbister. East and West-1st., W. H. French and Bert Porter; 2nd., Mrs. F. A. Parker and Mrs. Art Wilson; 3rd,, Dunc, Kennedy and W. W. Armstrong; 4thn. Miss Margaret MacLean and Mrs. R. S. Hetherington. Lyceum Theatre Ri-Opens Monday It will be good news for movie fans that the Lyceum Theatre will ,reopen Monday next week after 'being closed for a few weeks while being redecor- ated. Attending Son-in-Law's Funeral Mr. George Wright left for Dayton, Ohio, to attend the funeral of his son- in-law, the late Mr. H. Carrol, who was killed instantly when operating his truck, Bluevale School Christmas Concert Flight Lieutenant H. G. Martin Of Centralia Was The Speaker An interesting an impressive'r service was held at the Baptist Church on Sunday when the Service Honour Roll was dedicated at the evening service. The ceremony was performed by Fit,- Lt. IL G. Martin of Centralia. A choir of 25 voices from this camp also took part in the service. The names on the roll are: prank Burke, Calvin Burke, Frank Collar, Reg. Collar, James Cameron, Archie MacDonald, Bruce MacLean, Kenneth Stapleton, Alfred Pryce. Herbert Fal- coner, Joseph Falconer, James Owens, Marvin Smith, Lorne Gardiner, Nor- man Mundy, Wilfred. Picket, Franklin Pickel, Kenneth Rintoul, Albert Rin- toul, Graham Chamney, Norman Wel- wood, Earl Welt; John Pelan. At the morning service Rev. John N. H. Norton, the pastor, preached. The Peterborough plan is now used at the morning service. The regular. Sunday school is not held, All meet at the morning service at 11' o'clock, The young children retire to the baie- ment following the children's hymn where they, are kept employed, Bab- ies are also cared for so that all adults may attend the service. At twelve o'clock the regular morning service is concluded and the entire congregation is divided into groups for Bible study which lasts for half an hour. CHRISTMAS SHOPPING DAYS GETTING FEWER Only Nine More Shopping Days Until Christmas How times flies—nine more shop- ping days until Christmas. One can hardly realize it, yet it is only too true. It is almost too late to do your Christ- mas shopping early but there is still time before those, last few days be- fore Christmas. We had made a tour of the Wing- ham stores and were very surprised at the large stocks that our merchants have been able to gather for your ap- proval. Had Operation Sunday Jacqueline Currie, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Currie, underwent an emergency operation for appendicitis in Wingham General Hospital on Sun- day. Store Staff Had Dinner Party The staff of the Walker Stores Limited, held a dinner party at the Brunswick Hotel on Monday evening in honour of three former members of their staff, LAC. DeWitt Miller, who has just returned from Ceylon; Sgt. Orville Allen, wino recently gradu- ated as a bombadier; and Mrs. Frank Hopper. WE DID NOT GET THE WORST OF THE STORM It Now Looks As If We Will Have A White Christmas Toronto, Hamilton, Si. Catherines, are digging out of one of the worst snow storms they have ever experi- enced. 29 inches of snow fell in the Hamilton district and 22 in Toronto, Traffic was tied up, buses did not operate and street ears were miles off schedule, Private cars were not al- lowed out by order of the traffic con- troller. The Globe and Mail did not' publish this morning, Wednesday, for the first time in its history. The morning train from Wingharn did not reach Toronto until nearly six p.m. Train service generally in the districts mentioned were off schedule, badly so. The train from Stratford to Clinton was four hours late and the Palmer- ston train did not reach Wingham until about 6 o'clock in place of noon hour. We here did not get the full blast of the storm. We had quite a snow fall about 7 inches with a fair wind. The highways were open all the time as were many side roads. The going was tough on many roads and plows were in operation, About 10 or eleven days ago there was a storm that swept across the London area and we did not get much of it and now we have missed the storm which to a great extent that tied oup Southern and Pastern 'Ontario, OVERSEAS .LETTFRS OF LOCAL INTEREST:. Recently Mrs. Arthur Edgar Teceiv- ed a pair of wooden shoes from her son. in Holland. This letter is from him also, He was in contact with, the 90th Battery as you will note in his letter. Somewhere In Holland October 23., Dear Folks: Just a few lines this morning hoping this finds everyone in the best of health as it leaves me fine, I have had blood poison in my first finger on my right band so I have not been able to write for a while. I went, to the M.O.. and he told me to keep bathing it in warm salty water, so in a few days I went back and he lanced it and boy what a relief, Tell Dad I received the cigarettes fine, they were sent in Aug- ust so they took quite a while. They were the first that I had received since I left. England 'in July. Jack has been getting his people to try Buckingham and they seem to come better. I wonder if it would be worth a try, got Helen's parcel and was real glad to get it, everything kept fine, We have had some good old feeds in the evening. Thank Harry for the choco- lates and peanuts they were a ,real treat, Did I tell you I met Phil Sam- uel last week, he is getting along fine, lie is in the tank corps. We were quite surprised to run into each other. His brother was wounded in Italy but is getting along O.K. This is Wed- nesday morning' and it quite foggy around but as long as it don't rain it is not so bad. We are in Holland now and getting along O.K. ,It is not a bad place what we have seen of it, hut I would rather have Belgium. They are real nice people much like the Canadians. I had a real home there while I was back for a few days. The people could speak good English and were well off. The average per- son is pretty well educated. They speak French, Flemish, German and English. They learn it all at school and with the English people spending their holidays there in peace time they used it quite a lot. Uncle Joe's sister and her son spent a few days with them. They were glad to get away from London for a few days. What used to be the 99th from home is right 'beside us. ' I have just met three that I know but the most of them come from Blyth, Listowel and Lucknow and other places around, They were broke up so the fellows have been separated, It was too bad about Cliff Taman. He was killed in the same place as I saw him. It was quite bad there. I saw the other fellow that used to work for Swanson but I can't think of his name. (Editor: Hugh Cummings). I will close now hoping to hear from you soon. Love Harvey A-59596 Cpl'. Edgar T. J. H. 11th Field Coy. R.C.E. C,A. 0/S. (Continued on page eight) RED CROSS WORKERS TO HAVE A HOLIDAY;` The Red Cross work rooms wilt • close after Thursday this week and will remain closed over the holidays. The rooms will reopen on January 4th and it is hoped that all ladies will return to work with renewed vigour. Won, Tea Cloth Mrs. Walter VanWyck was the lucky winner of a tea cloth at a draw , made at the Legion Auxiliary bingo last week. The cloth had been donat- ed to the auxiliary by Mrs, Milford, Foxton, MINISTERIAL GROUP MET AT TEESWATER, Rev. J N. H. Nortonace Was The The Wingham and District Minister- ial Association held its December meeting at the Presbyterian manse, Teeswater, with members present from Belgrave, Lttcknow, Wingham, more and Teeswater. Rev, W. A. Beecroft presided, A paper was given by Rev. T. H. Norton, of Wingharn. Arrangements were made for the tinuanct of the church of the air pro., grams. The next meeting will be held at Belgrave with the paper to be priew seated by Rev. Samuel Item of BM!. sels. WINGHAM STORE HOURS Monday and Tuesday, December 18th, 19th—open until 9 p,m. Wednesday, December 20th close 12 nocin. Thursday and Friday, December 21st, 22nd—open until 9 p.m. Saturday, December 23rd—open until 10 p.m. Grocery Stores will not open Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday evenings. Monday, December 25th, Christ- mas Day; Tuesday, December 26th, Boxing Day, stores closed all day both these days, Wednesday, December 27th — Stores will open all day, unless ad- vertised otherwise by stores so effeeted. Notice individual advertisements for any changes to above schedule. Wingham Merchants' Assoc. ANN WINNER FOR CREAMERY WORK Clifford Machan. Tops In Six Months Competition Mr, Clifford. Machan of the Lambton Kept Creamery, Wallaceburg, was again the winner of the six months competition for creamery work. This competition is open to all- creameries from London to Windsor. The annual banquet was held at the Masonic Temple in Chatham. with over 200 present. Mr. 5. L. Baker, bead direc- tor of Dairying from Toronto, made the presentation and congratulated him on winning this same competition five times in eight years. This is the 20th trophy Clifford has won for creamery work. In addition to this he alSo won the general proficiency prize in a class of 43 at the O.A,C. in 1931. Mr. Machan made many friends while in Wingham who will be greatly pleased at his success. MASONIC LODGE ELECTS OFFICERS Installation Will Be Held At January Meeting , The annual meeting and election of officers for Wingham Lodge A.F. & A. M., No. 286, was held last week with the following officers elected: W.M.—W. S. Hall. S.W.—H. A. Fuller, J.W.—Howard Machan. Chaplain—Alton Adams. Treas.—W. A. Galbraith.. Sec'y.—H, L. Sherbondy. S.D.—W. A. Crawford. J.D.—Percy Stainton, I.G.—H. P. Marmichael. S.S.—G, C. Gammage. J.S.—James Walpole. Tyler—R. A. Coutts. The installation ceremony will take place at the January meeting of the lodge. TWO RINKS AT LONDON SPEIL Wingham is being represented •to- day (Wednesday) at the London bon- speil by two rinks: J. H. Crawford, 0. Haselgrove, Jim Carr, Jr., Harry Gibson; and C. H. MacAvoy, Fred Davidson, Jim Murray, Donald Rae. Underwent Operation Miss Grace Small underwent an op- eration for the removal of her appendix in Wingham General Hospital on Sat- urday. Engagement Announcement Mr. and Mrs. W. G. IMacCrostie, Lucknow, wish to announce the en- gagement of their eldest daughter, Marie Anita, to Aubrey E. Toll, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Toll, Blyth. The marriage to take place the end of December, 15 Months In Reformatory Ross Morrell, 21, of Guelph, was given 15 months in reformatory at Goderich on Friday for attempting to have carnal knowledge with a nine- year-old girl near Wingham on Octo- ber 31st, of this year. Record showed that Morrell has served three terms for theft in the last four years. Sale of Novelties, Baking A sale of Novelties and Home-made Baking will .be held in the Salvation Army Citadel commencing at 2,30 o'clock, Saturday afternoon, Decem- ber 16th.' There will be a Red Shield display of rehabilitation and other articles. This work will be explained by Mrs. Capt. Rawiens of Niagara-on- the Lake. All ladies cordially invited. Engagement Announcement Mr. and Mrs. Robert Arnold Currie, Wingham, Ontario, announce the en- gagement of their elder daughter, Frances 5. Currie, New York City, to Doctor Henrique mcndi, third son of Senora Margarita Arismendi de liedderith of Caracus, Venezuela, South America, The Mar- riage will take place in Toronto in January, AGAIN HEAD OF U.F.O. CO-OPERATIVE Mr. R. 5, Scott of Belgrave, was again named to the directorate of 'the United Partners Co-Operative Com- pany at the annual meeting in To- ronto last week, At a meeting of the directors later he was again named president of the company. MISSIONARY GROUP I TELEPHONE IS AT ELECTED OFFICERS WAR LIONS TOLD DeWitt Miller Told Of His Experiences In Ceylon The Regular Lions Luncheon held last Friday evening at the Queen's Hotel took the forth, of a Ladies Night. In addition to the ladies, guests of the Club were LAC. DeWitt Miller, Mr. Spencer and Mr. Baker of the Bell Telephone. Co, Tailtwister Gord. Buchanan declar- ed it to be "Telephone" night. As names of Lions were read out they were obliged to respond, with their telephone numbers and 'in each case fines were imposed for "advertising". President Wilf. French introduced De- Witt' Miller and welcomed him back to Town. DeWitt said he was glad to be back home and 'was sorry that he didn't have an opportunity of meeting more of the Wingham boys in Eng- land. He mentioned being in contact with George Lloyd, and Harry Pos- liff in England. He, left England in March of 1942 and lived in Ceylon until his return home recently. The first year 'was interesting but the routine became monotonous after that. He had enjoyed several leaves and on one occasion had the pleasure of spending a leave at a tea plantation. The owner was an Englishman. He had about 300 acres of tea and some rubber. Many workers were employ- ed. The natives earned about 18c per day. Golf and tennis were enjoyed at this plantation. (Continued on page six) BATTERY OFFICERS ARE HOLDING DANCE URGENT CALL MADE FOR BLOOD DONORS Give A Pint Qf Blood As 4. Christmas Gift To The Wounded Another Red Cross mobile blood donor clinic will be held here, Wed- nesday morning, December 20th. Throughout Canada 'there has been a slackening in the number of donations. This has not been the case, here, but to keep up with the objective set for this district many new donors are re- quired at each clinic, What better Christmas gift could be made than a pint of blood for one of our wounded men . J. V. McAree, noted Canadian columnist, has declared, that in the present war blood is as necessary as food. He points out that in the North African, campaign only three out of every 100 wounded men in evacuation hospitals died, compared with 18 in the last war. In the last war about 80 per cent of the wounds were the result of bayonet or bullet. In the present war between 80 and 85 ,per cent are the result of shell or bomb fragments. They are in consequence much more severe and require greater quantities of blood and transfusions. Many thousands of lives of Allied sol- diers have been saved by blood trans- fusions and there are thousands 'of Canadians who owe their lives to the blood which civilians in Canada have provided for- them. The need for blood is greater than ever. Mr. McAree says "failure to provide all that is needed would be a military disaster of the first magni- tude." 50,000 new donors are needed at Canadian Red Cross clinics in Ontario if 'the needed maximum objective is to be achieved and maintained. BAPTIST HONOUR ROLL DEDICATED MASS MEETING HELD IN UNITED CHURCH Flight Lieut. H. G. Martin Gave Address At 8,80 Sunday evening a mass meeting was held in the United Church With folk froin all congregations in town in attendattee. The meeting took the form of an evangelistic service with Flt.-Lieut, H. G. Martin of the R.C.A, Fr Carnp, Centralia,, as leader and as,. isisted by Rev., J. N. fl, Norton of • 'the 'Baptist Church. A choir of qwenty4ive voices from. Centralia catrip led in the service of praise. There was 'no ptgtilat service' at the vUnitcd Church 'Sunday evening. Event Will Be In 'The Armouries December 20th The officers of the 21st Field Regi= ment, R.C.A., and of the 99th (R) Battery, will hold a .dance in the armouries, Wednesday evening. December 420th. ' Dancing at 9.30 o'clock. The music will be by Bert Worth and his CKNX Ambassadors. Admission; $1,50 per couple, extra lady 75 cerfes. Refreshments will he served. Lane's School Concert Dec. 21st Lane's School is holding their Christmas concert on Thursday, De- cember 21st. Programme to start at 8:30 sharp. Prize' Winner At Institute Party Twenty-five tables took part in the play at the Institute party held Wed- nesday afternoon last week, The win- ners were: Bridge—Mrs, A, J. Walk- er and Mrs. M. Swanson, Euchre— Mrs. Harold Kerr and 'Mrs. W. Leg- gatt. Held Banquet The N.C.O's, of the 99th (R) Bat- tery, R.C.A., held their first annual banquet at the Queens, Dining room on Tuesday evening. They had as their guests the officers of the 21st (R) Field Regt,, R.C.A., and of the 99th (R) Battery R,C.A. Following the dinner cards were enjoyed at the armouries. ROBERT hOLLEY HEADS NORTH HURON L.O.L. Annual Election Of Officers Was Held Here With Past County Master Robert Wallace of Blyth in the chair, North Huron L.O.L. held its annual meeting in the Orange Hall here last week. The meeting was largely attended, Warden Fred Watson of Huron County was' the guest speaker and he extended an invitation to the lodge to celebrate July 12th next year at Bay- field. This invitation was accepted, Bayfield lodge will also celebrate next year its 100th anniversary. The election of officers was held with Past Master R, J. McMurray of- ficiating, The officers are; W.G.M.—Robert Golley, Wingham, D,C.1Vf.—Thos, Grasby ;Myth. Chaplain,--Chas. Stewart, tondos- bora, Rte.-Sec.—Calvert Falconer. 131yth. Finnegan, Dungannon, Sec.--4, Dinsmore, Gorrie. Marshal .n. Adams, Lotidesboro, Plitt Leet, .— Welter Dickenson, Dungannon. Second Lett t kesk, Londesboro, Bluevale School pupils will present their concert of songs, drills, plays, recitations, on Tuesday evening, De- cember 19th, at 8.30 p.m, Proceeds for Junior Red Cross. Tea And Sale Of Baking The Ladies' Aid Society of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church will hold a tea and sale of baking in the basement of the church Saturday afternoon this week, 3 to 6 o'clock. S. S. No, 8 East Wawanosh Concert On Thursday, Deeeniber 21st, S. S. No. 8, East Wawanosh, will hold their annual Christmas concert, Plays, dances, recitations, songs, price draw, One,act play "Swept Off Her Feet," caste is frOm the section. Starts 8:15 p.m. Engagement Announcement The engagement is announced of Beatrice Isena, younger daughter of Mr, John Beecroft and the late Mrs. Beecroft, Belgrave, Ontario, to Cpl. Hector Alexander Hamilton ' R.C.A.P., Brantford, youngest son of the late Mr. A, M. Hamilton and'Mrs. Hamil- ton, lOorrie, Ont, The marriage to take plate in December. BRIDE HONOURED BY HER FRIENDS Shower Held. For Mrs. Ernest Beecroft A miscellaneous shower was held at the home of Mrs. Alonza Finlay on Wednesday evening in honour of Mrs. Ernest Beecroft (nee Mary Sinnamon). About 25 young people joined in wish- ing her joy and happiness. The fol- lowing address was read by Mrs. George H. Scott: Dear Mary and Ern:— We, a few of your friends have gathered here to-night in honour of your recent marriage. To you Mary, we have always found you willing and kind and to you Ern., we welcome you into our friendship circle. We ask you to accept these tokens as a remembrance of the good times we enjoyed together and pray that you will have good health, wealth and pros- perity. The address was signed by Wingham friends. After games and choral singing, the hostess served a very dainty lunch, Preached At United Church Rev. Dr. Mooney, treasurer of the United Church in Canada, preached at Wingham United Church Sunday morning. Preached At St. Andrew's ,Major the Rev. Samuel Farley preached at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church on Sunday. The supply preacher for next Sunday will be the Rev, William Moore formerly of Brus- sels.