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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1945-01-11, Page 704, WELLINGTON FIRE Insurance Company Est. 1840 An all Canadian Company which has faithfully served its policy holders for over a century. Head Office - Toronto IL C. McLean Insurance Agency Wingham MIIIMIrM11111111, A. CRAWFORD, M.D. PIYSICIAN AND SURGEON 150. Wingham HARRY FRYFORE Licensed Embalmer and Funeral Director Furniture and Funeral Service Ambulance Service Phones: Day 109W. Night 109J. FREDERICK A. PARKER OSTEOPATH Offices: Centre St., Wingham Osteopathic and Electric Treat- ments, Foot Technique. Phone 272. Wingham. _A. FOX , Chiropractor and Drugless Therapist. RADIONIC EQUIPMENT COMPLETE HEALTH SERVICE Phone 191. By WALLY 51S1101-' Floweetort t, S. 0•141!4 DIRO WELL, MAYBE SHE'S ISN'T, Rio-t. YOU I-ONOW VERY WELL THAT SISTER IS NOT ILL ... . .BLIT SHE WILL BE WHEN 'SHE SEES 11-II5 REPORT CARD I'M GONNA AGi< PER TO SIGN6 YOU BETTER GO ALONE, MUGGS, AND TELL TEACHER HAD TO STAY HOME ANC) EISTER • 'CAUSE SHE'S ILLH 41. Kind of roll (van) 41 Perish rye 9. Space 10. Chair ire 12. Walked " .restlessly 14. Covered with trees 16. Woody perennial 17. Boy's nickname 18. A black. smith's shop 20. RelatiVe 22. Rim bled type 23, I'oe 26, Supports 30. goy's name 32, Outfit 33. E.:lurgleal knives 39. Tellurium (syrn0 39. Jewish month 40. Australian rearctizAal 42. RemoVed, as the Center 44, Broths 45. Hindu gn.rn14:11 46, e!),rit laMp 47. Otherwise 48. iDiceatehed t OWN A wool tot lioon'a shit) 3.Ovuleo CROSSWORD PUZZLE ACROSS 4. Seraglio 25. Bark 1. Thrash 5. Viper 27 All correct 5. Beard. of 6. State of (abbr.) atmosphere 28. Move with 7 Mother-of. light. quick pearl steps 8. Guide 29 Printer's 11. arouse from term (pl./ sleep 31. Recent 13. Ruler of 33. Dry, as wine Tunis 34. Shut 15. Slope 35. Per. to the ', 19. Top ear 21. Neon (sym.1 36. Fails to gain 24, Pale moths 37. Struck IA/INGHAM ADVANCU-TINMS ICIAN AND SURGEON' M. CO it NDI Phone 19 \S try and get caught up with it today. They are sure having quite a tithe back there with the Zombies eh, they really 'need them over here as rein- forcements. I think it opened Ralston's eyes when he was out here. Well I guess Jim will be home by now or at least I hope so, it will be easier for you then, Well this is all for now. God bless you all. Well here is just a little note, I have not got much to do so thought I would drop a line. I received your letter of 12th Oct. the other day and was glad to know you are all fine, but sorry to hear you. are so busy. So you got rid of some pullets eh, boy you sure must have had good ones to get that price and you still have a nice few left. I didn't buy a bond for I thought I just might need the money sometime, so left in my book. Yes mom, I forgot about your anniversary, but many happy returns and I hope I Will be there to spend your 25th with you all. Well I am not working very hard -juSt got my suit cleaned up at a station house, and was out and got it this afternoon. They are pretty good at sewing and pressing, but they do everything old fashion, They have no stoves in this country only fire places, so they use coals in, the iron to keep it hot, Gee I laugh at the way they do some things. always the same I guess for generations, They have been held down for so long now they have got used to the, way of doing one thing and I don't _think they will ever A. II, McTAVISH, B.A. Teeswater, Ontario Banister, Solicitor, Notary Public and Conveyancer Office: Gofton House, Wroxeter every Thursday afternoon 1.30 to 4.30 and by appointment Phone - Teeswater 120J. , J. W. BUSIIFIELD Banister, Solicitor, Notary, Etc Money To Loan Office -- Meyer Block, Wingham J. H. CRAWFORD Barrister, 'Solicitor, Notary, Etc. Bonds, Investments & Mortgages Wingham' Ontario • change. Well I got a Christmas card today, the first one, from a nice little girl in Wingham. Well I will close so the best and don't work too hard, God bless you all. Love Trill The following letter was received by Miss Agnes Williamson from Lloyd Wilson, who made his home with his aunt, the late Miss Bella Wilson of Turnbe'rry. Lloyd was with the forces at the beginning of the Italian cam- paign where he was in action until August of last year when he suffered severe chest wounds. B-132816 Cpl. Wilson L. M. "C" Coy., I. R. of C. 98 (Br.) General Hospital ' (C.A.), C.M.F. Dear Agnes: I'm afraid that: it is quite some time since I received your welcome letter'. Somehow I never seem to have time to write when -we are in the lines, so I'm catching up on my correspondence now that I have plenty of time on my hands. I hope you and your mother are keeping in the best of health. Also Neil and his family, I was sorry to hear that Neil was hurt at Petawawa. I know that he would like to be over with the rest of the lads but perhaps it is all for the best. As you say, we are learning our geography first hand, to a certain ex:- tent at least, The climatic conditions, rivers, mountains ands plains, names and locations of cities, yes we are learning those but what interests Me much more are the people themselves, the conditions wider which they Jive, their work and their pleasures, their- homes and their government and these have changed considerably from pre- war days. I often tried to picture pre- war England as I gazed at her cities at night completely blacked out and in the daytime, the people hurrying to and from work with apparently little time for pleasure, the ruined buildings,, the long convoys of army trucks leav- ing little room (and no petrol) for passenger cars. It was only after talking with many English folk and visiting them in their homes that I got what I think is a fairly accurate pic- ture of what England was like and will be again. It won't take. England long to recover from the effects' of war as the English have "what it takes", With Italy it is a different story. The poor class in Italy (and it seems to me that at least 70% of the population of southern Italy are in that class) are very poor and I don't think they ever had anything more than the bare nec- essities of life, so the war hasn't affec-. ted them very much. They seem to be very ignorant, haying had very little education, and are content to live from day to day. During the last few years prior to the war, Mussolini had,hun- dreds of schools built throughout the country and most of the children got a few years of schooling. but the chief subject taught in these schools seems to have been 'fascism. By the time Italy was invaded most of the schools were closed. Many have been re- opened lately by the Allied Military Control who have also had a new set of school books printed and hired non- fascist teachers, so let's hope that the majority of the children get an edu- cation yet-without the fascist teach- ings. The richer- class of Italians who had a good education seem to be in- telligent enough though apparently not intelligent enough to see that fasc- ism was to be the downfall of Italy rather than the source of a vast col- onial empire. In some sections of the country every farmhouse and building even to villages and towns are reduced to piles of rubble. Unless they have leaders who will drive the Italians re- lentlessly in the task of rebuilding, it will be generations before the scars of this war are removed. I received the box of chocblates from the church and we enjoyed them very much. It was a bit delayed ar- riving in February, but you may be sure they were enjoyed none the less for that. I was sure that I had sent a note of thanks to the church, but perhaps not as you would very likely have known about it if I had. Well, Agnes, I see that dinner is being brought in so I shall close now. Kindest Regards, Lloyd Wilson. DONALD B. BLUE Experienced 'Auctioneer Licensed for Counties of HURON & BRUCE All Sales Capably Handled Ripley, Ontario Phone 49. A, vivid descr;iption of Vatican City and the Holy Father is contained i the accompanying letter. The letter,was written by Corporal John I?. Monahan to his parents,. Mr, and Mrs, Edward V, Monahan, of 895 Eastlawn Ave., Detroit. No is a grandson of the late Daniel O'Cal- laghan and Mrs, O'Callaghan of De- troit, formerly of East Wawanosh, his mother, the former Nellie O'Callaghan being a 'native of that Township. corporal Monahan has visited with ielatives in Wingliam, and district on various occasions, His interesting letter follows: THE ETERNAL CITY My Dear Family: ' Well, folks, here I am, about to at- tempt the impossible-a description of my visit to the Eternal City. Al- though it was quite a short visit, it was the best day I've had since leaving Fresno, My first glimpse of Rome was from the air, with the Tiber River curling and twining off into the distance-even at 8,000 feet, St. Peter's Cathedral stood 'out majestically, It was a beautiful, sight indeed, Upon landing we snapped several pictures around the ship, old number 60, and then hop- ped on a truck for Rome. 'The full mile of twisted, blasted hangars, at- tested to the accuracy of Allied bomb- ing - not a beam was left unbent -or unblackened. This,. however, except for the rail yards was the only indi- cation that Rome had been bombed, We drove on into the city along a wide road completely blanketed with large trees-the road, I dare say was every bit as pretty as our Lake Shore Drive. On leaving the truck, Dick, "Buck" and myself headed for the Vatican. It was quite a distance so we hailed' a carriage complete with white horse and silk-hatted driver, and rode in style. We walked through the high gate and into Vatican City. St. Peter's was facing us and it was really an awe-inspiring sight. We walked across the huge square before the cathedral and up the many marble steps into the church. I must say, it is really beautiful-and huge, The ceiling must be a hundred :and fifty feet high, with the original mosaics made by Michael Angelo still as beautiful as ever-there were also sev- eral large and beautiful paintings done by Raphael many years ago. Tombs of Popes The tombs of several Popes, line the walls below the great marble statutes of these Popes. There must be about eighteen altars in the church, with gold and jewels adorning each one. Above the main altar, is a large statute of St. Peter and his original wooden chair still preserved. Directly in the centre of the large marble floor is a solid- gold tomb in which rests the body of St. Peter himself. Off to one side is a beautiful gold altar before which the Pope's body lies for three days after his death. Next to this altar is the marble column on which Jesus stood after His resurrection, and spoke to the women who had come to His tomb, After spending about two hours in the church itself, we visited the treas- ury. This contained a piece of the original cross and one of the thorns which had been put into Jesus' head, also about twenty different chalices of former Pontiffs-one with 240 dia- monds and many rubies and other jewels in it. There were many gold SC9APS Wi(A4 BoLsNLVITI LEADER WAS DRIVEN oil' of RUSSIA BY SIAL04 ? LEON 1ito12 KY .1 11S nRIP- NOf BELLS, ow: V •••6LE ;AlliartiL-fo CIALIROI SEo.VICEs i8E.H4o U4ANDA, ArkicA • spun vestments, including the one which the Pope wears only once a year, at Christmas. This Treasury it- self, was worth coming to Rome to see. Visit Holy Father We then went to, see the Holy Father. He has an audience each day at noon for the Allied troops and any one else who may wish to come. We were ushered into the huge chamber by an Irish priest who spoke more like Father Sullivan that he does him- self. We lined up along a low wooden fence-there were two of these run- ning parallel and forming an aisle about five feet wide, down which the Pope is carried. The procession was led by six Swiss guards, and the, Pope was carried in a red velvet chair by four husky guards. As he passed, we all held up rosaries, etc., and he slow- ly passed and touched the upraised hands (I've got several rosaries I'm sending, so you folks will know that they have been touched by the Pope himself, and also blessed by Him). When he reached the front of the chamber, he went up and sat in his chair. He then spoke to us in Eng- lish, saying he hoped we would soon be home*with our dear ones, etc, He is a very kindly looking man, not like his pictures. We then left the Vatican, after see- ing most of it, and began looking the city over. The people are not at, all like the Southern Italians-they look' like an American in any of our cities. Incidentally, these Roman girls are very,very pretty. The Coliseum, with its lion pits, etc. is very interesting, as are the cata- combs with the endless miles of tun- nels. lined with small altars and tombs. We could spend a full week there, and not see all of Rome, but we caught the highlights, and I hope we can visit the city ' again. Incidentally, I remembered you all, as well as every- cne I knew, when I knelt at St. Peter's. • Well, folks, this is the best I can: do till' I can give you a description personally. Love to all, Jack. TURNDERRY COUNCIL The minutes of Council meeting held. in Bluevale, December 15th, 1944. Members all present. Moved by Fischer and King that the minutes of special meeting October 30th, regular meeting, special meeting' November 11th and November 21st. and nomination meeting and results of election. Carried. The following letters were received and read: Twp. of Morris, Brussels; Can, Nat. Rly., Montreal; N, W. Miller, Gode- rich; Dept. of Highways, Toronto; H. Irwin, Bluevale; Thos. Gilmour, Wing- ham; J. M. Game, Walkerton. Moved by Porter and Breckenridge. that we send a letter of appreciation to Mayor and Council of Town of Wingham for the use of their hall dur- ing the year. .Carried. The following accounts were paid: Election $38.00; Drains $15.00; Brussels Telephone -124.72; Sundries $954.76. W. R. Cruil<shank, H. Moffatt, Clerk, Reeve. We infer the spirit of the nation in great measure from the language, which is a sort of monument to which each forcible individual- in a course of many hundred years has contributed a. stone, -Emerson. Sufferers of bleeding and protruding piles should know Bunkers Herbal Pills treat the cause at its source. Money back if the! first bottle does not satisfy. At McKibbon's or McAvoy's. OVERSEAS LETTERS OF LOCAL INTEREST In the following letter Bill Elston tells his parents, Mr, and Mrs. Wm, Elston of Morris, of a leave in Rome. A104482 Gnr. Elston 2 L,A.A, Regt., R.C,A. R,H,Q. C.A.O.S. C.M.F. Dear Mom and all: Well here I am again back off 'Leave from Rome. -I had a wonderful time and saw a lot of nice places. I Was there for 7 days. I had a nice place to stay and everything, I was up and saw St. Peter's, St. Paul's, St. Mary's churches. St. Peter's is really wonderful, it is the most beautiful thing I have ever seen. I was at the Vatican and saw all the old paintings of centurys ago, also sculptures of people. A person sure can see where the money in Italy is if he goes to Rome. Ord Mussolini sure put a lot of money in Rome. I also saw a Uni- versity he built in 1938, it is a huge place and is really wonderful mostly done in marble. I gaw the King's residents, also Mussolini's home. Well I sent you a little parcel mom, it is not much for everything is so expensive. The beads I sent I got em in ,the lVatican and they are bles- se by the Pope which I saw and he 'ouched my hand also the beads. ell when I got back off leave I quite a bit of mail so am going to THEIR MoitilESTIE$ A mortar crew of the American Seventh Army is shown firing :shells at the German city of Kehl, across the Rhine river, from their hastily erected sandbagged position in the Strasbourg railroad yards. The Germans had destroyed the three bridges spanning the Rhine between the two cities. The Yanks blasted the German city with every tame of ir.4illerv. THOMAS FELLS AUCTIONEER REAL ESTATE SOLD A Thorough Knowledge of Farm Stock. Phone 231, Wingham MUGGS AND SKEETER 14 5Y, SWEETER, VA Bet-rEp HURRY !: YOU'LL BE LATE F'OR SCHOOL I! King George and Queen Elizabeth chat with an officer of the Canadian Armed Forces during a visit to the Dominion Officers' club in London. HAMS and Professional Directory K. M. 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