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To Young and Old it's a thrill to receive
' beautiful Jewellery. A lovely watch or a sparkling
diamond is unequaled as a Christmas Gift,
OTHER CHRISTMAS SUGGESTIONS
Novelty Jewellery - Silverware
Cups and Saucers - Brooches
Lockets - Rogers Silverplate.
Ear Rings - Tie Clips Pins
David Crompton
WATCHMAKER JEWELLER
A/ Ingham Phone 59
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been very ill for the past three months
and her sister, Mrs. T. C, King, spent
much of that time in London with her,
Earlier in the year she was a hospital
patient for over a month. Death
brought relief when she passed on in.
Victoria Hospital, Tuesday, Deeernber
5th.
She leaves to mourn her passing be-
sides her husband, two sisters, Mrs,
T, C. King of town, and Mrs. Thomas
Armstrong of London.
Thomas William Small
Word was received here on Wednes-
day last week, by Mr, Edward Small,
that his brother. Thomas William
Small, had passed on in London, The
late Mr, Small was in his 72nd year,
He was born in Oxford Connty; The
family spent a few years in 'Essex
prior to moving to Culross, north of
Teeswater, about 50 years ago, He
lived* in Wingham for a short time
prior to going to Listowel a number
of years ago, In 1905 he was married
to Nellie Henderson and she prede-
ceased him in 1926. For the past five
years lie has lived most of the time
with his sister at Teeswater.
Surviving are three brothers and
one sister, Roland of Windsor; An-
drew of Woodstock; Edward of Wing-
ham; Mrs. Hugh MacDonald of Tees-
water.
The funeral service was conducted
at Fryfogle's Funeral Parlours, Wing-
ham, on Friday afternoon. The serv-
ice was conducted. by the Rey. D, B.
Cram of Teeswatar Presbyterian
Church. Burial took place in Wing-
ham Cemetery. •
The funeral was under the auspices
of Maitland Lodge ,I.0.0,F. as he was
a member of the Listowel Oddfellow's
Lodge. The, pall bearers were, E. S.
Lewis, C. N. Merkley, Ab. Bell, Clark
MacLean, Harry Wells, Maurice
Bader,
WEDDINGS
Renwick - Anderson
A quiet wedding was solemnized at
the United Church parsonage, Tees-
water, Rev. R. N. Stewart officiating,
when,,LAW Gladys Anderson, daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Anderson.
of Chatham, became the bride of LAC
Frank Edward Renwick, son of Mrs.
James Kirby, Teeswater, and the late
Edward Renwick. The bride; who
was attended by her sister, LAW.
Edna Anderson, wore a turquoise blue
dress with brown accessories and a
corsage bouquet of bronze mums. The
bridesmaid, in uniform, wore a corsage
bouquet of red and white mums. The
groom was attended by Sgt. Lloyd
Sillick. Following the ceremony, a
reception was held at the home of the
groom's mother, and Mr. and Mrs.
Renwick left on a short honeymoon,
after which the groom will return to
duty at Dorval and the bride to her
station at Trenton.
BORN
COULTES - At Wingham General
Hospital, on Friday, December 8th,
to Mr.. and Mrs., Norman Coultes,
R, R. No. 5, Wingham, a son.
PEACOCK - At Wingham General
Hospital, on Saturday, December
9th, to Mr. and Mrs. William Pea-
cock, R. R. No. 2, Bluevale, a
daughter.
FINLEY-At Wingham. General Hos-
pital, on Monday, December 11th,
to Mr. and Mrs. Garfield Finley,
R. R. No. 1. Wingham, a son.
Kincardine Boy Rescues Child
Ivan Walden, Kincardine High
School student, is responsible for sav-
ing the life of little Sharon Wallace,
of Kincardine, after she was thrown
into the chill waters of a branch of
the Penctangore River at Kincardine
when ice on which she was playing
gave way. The little _girl managed to
hang onto the unbroken ice and cry
for help. Her calls were heard by the
student,• gOing to school and he
plunged into the water and brought
her to safety.
Wolf Captured Near Listowel
It may seem like a long trip into
the past when we tell of shooting
wolves in Wallace township, but that
is what happened this week. Mr.
Awrey Lambkin, of Wallace, has a
trap line as a hobby. Early Tuesday
morning he visited his traps with a
gun and flashlight and found a large
wolf caught in one of the traps.
Naturally, the animal was in a vicious
mood but Mr. Lambkin killed it with
one shot-Listowel Banner, •
Money Stolen From Milk Bottles
The Advocate has been notified that
during the past week or so money has
been removed from milk bottles in the
Logan Road vicinity. It is a sorry
state of affairs when housewives can-
not leave change in these bottles with-
out having it taken and they would be
well advised to procure tickets to this
temptation wilt be removed.-Mitchell
Advocate.
MtHaughtah. To tun In Grey North,
Owen Sound, - Defence Minister
MeNnughtnn, in a telegram to the
Cosy Slippers for the Children 59c to $1.45
SKI BOOTS
Mens - Ladies
$5.50 - $6.50
HOSIERY
For Him
Fine Socks 59c - $1.00
FOR MOTHER
LoVely Dress
Shoes
SKATING
OUTFITS
Men - Ladies
$6.50 - $10.00
FOR HER
Crepe - Bemberg
full fashioned
$1.00 - $1.15
Dr. Locke
Metcalf
Heel Hugger
Dad would love to get a pair of shoes-Heel Hugger Arch Bracewell.
% For Suriny Boy a pair of the famous Scott McHale's Richmond Shoes.
Dunlop's Shoe Store
"The Home of Good Shoes"
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Grey North Liberal Associatoin, has
accepted an invitation to stand as Lib-
eral candidate in the Grey North fed-
eral riding in a by-election expected to
be called early in the new year. The
seat has been represented since 1935
by William P. Telford, Liberal, who
has .been unable to take his scat in the
House of Commons for more than a
year because of ill health and who re-
cently submitted his resignation to
Prime Minister King.
Missing Soldier Now Safe
Relief will be felt throughout the
whole community when it is known
that Gnr. Walter Eckenswiller, son of
Mr. - and Mrs. John ' Eckenswiller,
Carlsruhe. who was reported missing
a short time ago has now been reported
safe. His wife, Mrs. Peggy Eckens-
willer, an English war bride who ar-
rived here with her two children sev-
eral weeks ago, received a telegram
with this information.-Mildmay Gaz-
ette.
BELGRAVE
The S. S. No. 8, East Wawanosh
Farm Forum met ,at the home of Al-
bert Vincent this 'Week with an at-
tendance of 29, Art Scott conducted
the discussion. The meeting decided
by a small margin that "rural people
will not go to the trouble of making
their communities more attractive if
they are in danger of losing their
farms for any reason", but agreed on
certain improvements that would help
the appearance of their own commun-
ity and decided against the erection of
A community centre as not practical,
The meeting accepted an invitation
from the 6th line Forum to attend
their meeting at Orval Taylor's next
Monday.
The Jan, 8, 1945 Pollum will be held
at John Mcturney's with the host con-
ducting the discussion period.
Blyth To Have Cheese Factory
A special meeting of the Municipal
Council was held to discuss with a
delegation front the committee of the
proposed Fortner Co-operative Cheese
Factory. Mr. Simon, chairman, ad-
dressed the council on the proposition
of the starting a cheese factory to be
located in 'Myth, and requested a liked
assessment for their plant and Property
of 82,000 for a period of ten years,
and a grant of $600. to help in drilling
of a well, and assist in the starting of I granted concessions. Permit granted
the cheese factory. The council 1 and assurance of license was given.
ROBES
HERE'S A THOUGHTFUL GIFT
Flannel and Silk Robes $8.75 to $14.50
Specially boxed
GLOVES-
. Dent's English Gloves in capeskin, chamois.
Colors-black, grey and brown.
; $1.95 to $4.95
SCARFS MADE BY FORSYTH-
Pure silks, white wools, khaki and airforce
blue.
$1.19 to $6.50
BOXED TIES-
Choice Never Better-Newest designs.
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re.-Christmas Clearance
Reajk I.: To Wear
HIGH GRADE WINTER COATS
Less 33%.% • -Les*
Dress Clearance
. SPECIAL, RACKS
$3.98 values for . $3.49
2.98 values for . 2.49
These are all this season dresses.
Millinery Clearance
.. 2 Tables .. 1
Values to 4.95 for $2.98
Values to 3.50:for $1.98
Think of the savings when you still have a whole
winter ahead to. wear them.
WALKER STORES, LIMITED
Telephone 36
Wingham, Ont.
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LOCAL AND PERSONAL
Sgt. Harold Sparling of Malton,
spent a furlough at his home here.
Mrs. A. Nic'hol of Toronto, is with
Mrs. John McCool for the winter.
Mrs. J. Crawford of Brampton, is
visiting with her son, J. Harley and
Mrs. Crawford.
FO. Jack (Ace) Bateson, .is spend-
ing a leave with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Stafford Bateson.
Mrs. Hedley Davidson and her
children are visiting with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Spry.
Mr. W. J. Campbell, Culross, left
on Thursday for a month's vacation
at Emmerson, Manitoba.
Mrs. J. 0. Hablcirk. who has been
in Kincardine for some time, is with
her daughter, Mrs. Ross Howson.
Mayor Fred and Mrs. Davidson and
son William, also Mr. H. C. MacLean,
attended the funeral of their aunt, the
late Mrs. Margaret Irwin, in Toronto.
on Saturday.
Mrs. T. C. King, Mrs. Borden
Spears, Miss B. Reynolds, Miss Nell
Murray and Mrs. Robert McKay of
Blyth, attended the funeral of the
former's sister, Mrs. Albert Bull, in
London, Friday afternoon.
OBITUARY
Wm. Jamieson .
Word was received on Monday
afternoon of the sudden death follow-
ing an attack of acute indigestion, of
William Jamieson of Elora, formerly
of Fordwich and Salem. Mr. Jam-
ieson is survived by' his wife Agnes
Brown Jamieson and daughter, Heath-
er Jean and was a brother of Mrs.
Peter King of Wingham. Formerly
in the milling business, he has been
living retired for a number of years.
1/.. • Mrs, Albert Bull
The funeral of a former Wingham
resident, Mrs. Albert Bull, the former
Eva Gracey, was held from the Evans
Funeral Home, Richmond Street, Lon-
don. on Friday afternoon, December
8th, The service was conducted by
the Rev, Dr, Bruce McKinnon, mini-
ster of St. Andrew's 'United Church,
of which she was a member. The
pallbearers were George Bull, James
Bull, Peter Gardiner, Stewart Garner,
Pierde Baker, Thomas Manning.
Burial took place ht Mount Pleasant.
Cemetery, London,
Mrs, Bull, who was in her 69nd
year, was a native of Wingham,
daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs.
Samuel Gratty, in 1915 she was
married and went to London to reside.
Prior to gollg to London the was for
eight years organist of St. Andrew's
Presbyterian church, Mrs. Bull had
Coat Clearance
SPECIAL RACK
$49:50 values for $33.00
39.50 values for 26.33
29.50 values for 19.67
24.95 values for 16.63
19.95 values for 13.30
Children's Felt Hats
To' Clear
Table 1 - 11.9 Table 2-79c
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The Favorite Christmas . Gift.
Slippers
For
HER
65c
to
$3.00
Slippers
For
HIM
98c
to
$3.25