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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1945-02-08, Page 737011.1rOda February 8, 1945 WINGHAM ADVANCE-VMS on Guaranteed Trust Certificates "SST/BD for Any Amount , tern; of Ave years " ..., guaranteed both AO to principal and interest , interest cheques mailed to reach hOlders on. duo date, or., at holdet'a• option, may be Allowed to .Accumulate. at compound interest. An ideal investment for individuals, vorn, panies;.adthorized by law for cemetery boards,- executors mid other trustees, - • THE STERLING TRUSTS . CORPORATION Sterling Tower, Toronto 33 years In Business OLD CHUM FOR PIPE OR ROLLING YOUR OWN Unless farmers place their orders for fertilizers at once and take immedi- ate delivery, there is grave danger that • •• hey may not be able to get any later n, says the Fertilizer Administrator. While it is considered that the avaikble 'supply of fertilizers is suffici- cut to meet all requirements the diffi- ctilty, hoWever, is in connection with 4lelivery. There has been a tendency an the part of farmers in Eastern Can- ada particuarly, to delay ordering the ifestilizers they need for the spring and orry, madam. The crystal gazer 1 't here. He's gone to the palmist to have his hand read!" WELLINGTON FIRE Insurance Company Est. 1840 Art all Canadian Company which Alas faithfully served its policy holders for over a century. Head. Office - Toronto H. C. McLean Insurance Agency Wingham DR. R. L STEWART PHYSICIAN Telephone 29 A, H. MeTAVISII Teeswater, Ontario Barrister, Solicitor, Notary Public and Conveyancer Office: Gofton Mime, Wroxeter every Thursday afternoon 1.30 to 4.30 and iby appointment. Phone - Teeswater 1203. J. W. BUSHFIF1D Barrister, Solicitor, Notary, Etc Money To Loan Office Meyer Block, Wingham PSYSICIAN AND SURGEON J. H. CRAWFORD BarriSter, Solicitor, Notary, Etc. Bonds, Investments & Mortgages Wingham ..:- Ontario THOMAS FELLS AUCTIONEER REAL ESTATE SOLD A Thorough Knowledge of Farm Stock, Phone 231, Wingham twillAinopliotAit Ems.34.4 TBy R. J. StA.iii Sibu.o('„,, BECAME: SO 4RCAISQUE, 1 " A,SOLI•f 4112.4ital. or quest . "A„v".°1 ILIZABEA JR ER4LARD 'clikr RI.rPa ii ,s,etb,,.' iffilLY WERE, F9RESIODE.11 80114 By -1"' "W" PU '(NE cituaor A tiON Scams ,SCRAP BOA;. LAv4 Ato NAS laLLE4 kr q(VES follActo 11'6 AROMA? t GALORO4EN ACM 4E. ot. LIK HAS ORE OF ' 'rtlE, 1.0114t1 TAILS IN "r'HE. MAMMAL WORLD. -.144.Kr..13:7=.15teAtalltYreetMsVire MUGGS AND SKEETER KNoW WOW WE CAN PRISE FoR -rwe MOVIES. T0N161-1T. PuLt_lt4 OLD 61:2crri.tEl* ACT C*1 SISTES NEW E=VENING, CAPTAIN( IALIGGS AND I G0166; LOAF APOUND 71-1E PARLOF? -TONIGN-r-Mg DAVE t.fl GOT l'145 PPIc5 CAF A MOvis/ Poietii bine. G55., WE WAT5 -TO t4AHG 'Pomo -1-gE PARLOR MO IL8 YOU'PE Vist-rtwe p:"•• vis'QE ekOKE! By WALL,? 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Imp /"." %.1) a 27 1 a 14 17 24 29 2 7 1 .4., gUgletiglEAGI, 1111112101;10MINIAME 1111M1Olti. 'Anima UMW ORM.tut©© INI,Er ZINff1111211111iirl 'E I30 @NU 1110111EXIMIEl ClEl 01;11:4 ,141911ffi 'MOCI Clang IZIRICI11111L1 iglillaliNgl IiilOWL2R1 k.ININCIRI ,211g1A1] onus Imo 43. Varying weight (lad.) GERM. ANY GETS TASTE OP WAR ON HER HOME FRONT Mrs. H, V, McKenney left for To- ronto on Monday where she will visit her sister, Mrs. Thompson and other friends for a few days, Congratulations to Bill /Vfartin of the R,C,N, and his bride, the former Arleen Galbraith of Gorrie, who were married in Gorrie United Church, on Saturday last, and are returning Wed- nesday, Everyone in the community join • in wishing this popular young couple a very happy married life. Mr, John Adams has' returned from a visit to ' Pontiac, Mich, • and Galt, Red Cross Annual Meeting The annual -meeting of the Wroxeter Red Cross Society was held in the Red Cross rooms on JanuarY 24th with the president, Mrs, V. Denny in the chair, Philip Durst acting as secre- tary, read the minutes of the last an- nual meeting and the executive meet- ings held during the year. The treas- ures report was given by Mr. W. A. Sawtell as follows: Receipts Cash on hand Jan., 1944 $ 289.59 Campaign 987,00 Fund raising events 493,43 Grants 600.00 Donations designated for local branch work 23,55 $ 2403.57 Expenditures To Division for war work $ 1414.00 Prisoners of war boxes 200.00 Jam Fund 25.00 Blood Donors Fund 100.00 Expended out of local ,. HARRY FRYFORE `Licensed Embalmer and Funeral Director Furniture and Funeral Service Ambulance Service Phones: Day 109W. Night 1091 FREDERICK A. PARKER OSTEOPATH Offices: Centre St., Wingham Osteopathic and Electric. Treat- ments, Foot Technique. Phone 272. Wingham. designated fluids,, 22.17 Wool and materials Intr. chased from, division 294.54 Purchased locally ......... - 169,88 Cash Balance on hand Dec. 31, 1944 ... ..... 170.98 $ man Mrs, Wm. Hart reported for the shipping committee showing the fol- lowing articles had been sent to head- quarters; 74 quilts, 16 pr. men's. pyjamas, 69 pr. children's pyjamas, 46 pinafore dresses and 48 blouses, 36 night gowns, 5 pr, girls panties, men's dressing gowns, 1 boys waist, 1 com- plete layette donated by C. G, I, T, girls, '71 diapers, 200 gatize handker- chiefs, 100 surgical towels, 30 thimbles and 1, package needles, 20 turtle-neck sweaters, 10 high neck sweaters, 4$, pr. gloves, 19 pr. seaman's stockings, 17 pair mitts (men's), 8 pr, child's mitts, 202 prs, service socks, 1 baby sweater, 2 pair soakers. Of these articles Wroxeter North group con- tributed -16 girls night gowns, 20 pr, pyjamas, 12 pr. socks, 2 pr. mitts, 6 diapers, and 12 quilts. The Willing War Workers of 4th line of Turn- berry contributed 12 quilts, and the 6th line of Turnberry group 4 quilts, 2 pr., mitts, 1 pair socks. This roport showed an increase in sewing, 'knitting and finished quilts over the previous year. Mr. Hector Knight reported for the 1944 campaign and stated our society had been able to raise a considerable sum over the previous camiaign, Mrs. Denny read a telegram which stated the campaign for 1945 would be held 'in the month of March:" Mr. Hector Knight was named chairman of this committee. with Mr. W. A, Sawtell, Mr.' G. A. Wearring and Mr, Allen Munroe. Mrs. G. A. Wearring extended a vote of thanks to the Senior Red Cross from the Junior group, for their help during the year. H. Knight and A. Munroe were appointed auditors for 1945 and the nominating committee, Mrs. Frank Sanderson, 'Mrs. Wm. Hart and Mr. Vern Denney. Rev. J. L. Foster and Mr. lector Knight were appointed Liason officers and Mr. A. Moffat, Mr. A. Munroe and Mr. J. H.' Wylie to be reception committee. A hearty vote of thanks was tender- ered members of Forest Lodge A.F. & A.M. for the use of their rooms. Mr. James Douglass for lighting fires, and the late John Cathpbell for his help. It was decided to have the Honor Roll of Blood Donors framed and placed in an appropriate place. The president thanked all those who had contributed in anyway to the suc- cess of 1944 and expressed her pleas- ure in' seeing the work of the society advancing and asked for continued support in the ensuing year. A hearty vote of thanks was tender- ed the president, Mrs. V. Denny, for her work during 1944. The following officers were appoint, ed for the coming year; ' President,, Mrs. V. Denny; 1st Vice- I'res., Mrs. A, Green; 2nd Vice-Pres., Mrs. T. Burke; Trea.S., Mr, W. ,A,• Sawtell; Sec'y., Mr. A, Moffat; 'Fin, RtIce Com., Mrs. H, Waller, Mrs, H. McMichael,, Thelma Denny, Margaret Moffat, Alice Howes, Harley Mc, . Michael, Anderson Gibson; Convenor• of war work, Mrs. T, Burke; Quilting Cora., Mrs. j. Douglass, Mrs, Wray- ish, Mrs. Percy Copeland, Mrs, G. Muir, Miss , Gertie Bush, Mrs. G. Newton, Mrs, Robert McMichael, Mrs, H. Waller; Packing Cont., V. MacDonald, Mrs. 0, Edwards, 'Mrs. J, N. Allen, Miss M. Jardine; Reporter, Mrs. Win, liart; Buying Corn., Mrs. J. Sangster,. Mrs. F. Sanderson; •Cut- ting Com., Mrs. M. Sellers, Mrs, W. T. Macleap, Mrs. G. MaeDonald, Mrs. F, Davey. Rev. J, L. Foster closed the Meet- ing with prayer. Valentine Party The local Red Cross will hold a Valentine dance in town hall on Feb, 13th for which Willoughby's orchestra has been engaged. The first Red Cross euchre „and ibingb will be held in Red Cross rooms on Wednesday, Feb, 7th, 8.30 o'clock. Ladies are asked to bring lunch, These euchres were very popular last winter season serving as a fine community get-to- gether. Committee in charge: Mrs. H. Waller, Mrs. H. McMichael, Thel- ma Denny, Margaret Moffat, Mice Howes, Mr. Harvey McMichael, Mr. Anderson Gibson. Quilts Donated The quilt committee of the local Red Cross Society acknowledge with grateful thanks the following dona- tions: 4 finished quilts, 4th line of Turnberry; quilt tops, Mrs. H, Reidt, Mrs. Thos, McMichael, Mrs. J. H. Wylie, Mrs, Thos. Brown, Mrs. A. Munroe, Mrs. W. A. Sawtell, Women's Institute, Mrs. Vern MacDonald, Mrs. Vern Denny. Awarded Permanent Certificate Congratulation to Miss Viola Thack- er, teacher for the past six years at Turnberry S.S. No, 2, who last week was awarded a permanent first class certificate, Miss Thacker has been a very successful teacher and is held in high regard by 'both pupils and people of the section, who will be glad to learn of her success. Lost His Life At. Antwerp Mrs, W. Sharpin received word re- cently from Sprague, Manitoba, from the parents of Gunner Andy Listtnayer who told that their son was killed in action at Antwerp on October 9th. Andy was known to many in this neighborhood, having been employed by Miss A. Hooper for some time, later returning to his home in Mani- toba from where he enlisted. Plenty of Snow Are you tired of wading snow drifts this winter? If so, listen to this. On February 4th New York City reported by radio that so far this year, 12 inches of snow has been enjoyed by its resi- dents, This is the greatest depth of snow which has fallen in that city since way back in the 18th century. Bride and Groom Showered- On Friday evening the town hall attracted a large number of friends and neighbors from the village and com- munity, who gathered in honour of Allen Adams and his bride (nee Miss Blake) of Teeswater, and tendered them a miscellaneous shower of gifts. Music for the dancing was supplied by Messrs Wm. Dettman, Harold Grant, Lloyd Felker, Allen Griffith. Allen expressed appreciation from his wife and himself for the gifts and kind wishes. Mr, and Mrs, Adams will re- side on the grooms farm south of the village. ..,••••••••••••••! Women's Missionary Society The W.M.S. of Wroxeter United Church will hold their February meet- ing on Thursday of this week, 8th, at 3 p.m., in the church parlors. Mrs. Gilbert Howes will have charge of the study book "West 'of the Date Line". All the ladies are cordially invited to attend this meeting, . World Day of Prayer The service for World Day of Pray- er on February 16th, will this year be held in St. James Anglican church, at the hour of 3 p.m. Leaders from the three congregations will take part in the printed programme. The guest speaker will be Mrs. John Gowdy of Salem; whose subject will be "Neigh- borliness", Mrs. C. McCutcheon and Mrs. D. S. MacNaughton will sing a duet. Miss K. Hazelwood will be organist for the service. Women in the community are cordially invited to' be present. Gift of Hymn Book At morning service in the United Church, the pastor, Rev. J. L, Foster spoke words of gratitude for the new hymnary for the pulpit, a gift of Miss Joy Wray of Toronto, in memory of her mother, the late Mrs. Wray, who was a valued member of the local church, SALEM Gowdy one day last week, ' The annual meeting which was held: in the class room of the church on Monday afternoon of last week, was well attended. The meeting opened: with the singing of the hymn "0 Mast- er Let Me Walk With Thee", Re- ports were read by the different organ- izations which as .a -whole were very satisfactory, After the business was. completed the ladies served a dainty lunch which was enjoyed by all, and the meeting was brought to a very satisfactory end. A number from this vicinity attended the Martin - Galbraith wedding' which was held in the Gorrie United Church last Saturday afternoon. We take this opportunity of wishing them a bon- voyage through life and many happy years together. Miss Coultes, who teaches the Un- ion school, spent the week-end at her' home near Belgrave, BUFFALO MILK PRODUCERS. For the troops fighting in southeast Asia, the Military Farm Department of the India Command runs a factory at Lahore in the Punjab, producing evaporated milk, butter, -and cheese from buffalo milk. Three thousand cans of evaporated buffalo milk are processed daily, The factory is situated' on a farm of 90,000 acres which sup- ports 10,000 buffaloes. It has also a well-equipped laboratory where re- search of vital importance to Indian dairy farming is carried out under the factory bacteriologist, The camp had been under 'quarantine for some time when the guard caught Mose sneaking out one night. "What's the idea?" asked the guard, "You know you are not allowed to leave camp." Mose was desperate. "Buddy," he said, "I'se got a mean old uncle down below, a grand old mammy up above and a gal in Alabamy and I'se gwine to see one of dens to-night." Our eyes have ached from looking at scenes like this in war-torn countries over which the Germans have rode roughshod. But this one is different., This is Germany. Scene is the city of Saarlautern in Germany's Saar area, American infantrymen are patrolling a street-or what is left of one. ORDER FERTILIZERS TAKE DELIVERY NOW '16ay Not Be Able To Get Delivery Later . - in taking immediate delivery. The situation with respect to railway box cars, due to wartime conditions,- is that there are not enough to meet all the abnormal demands for them. Then the labour shortage is now more crit- ical than ever before. Many plants during the winter are carried' on principally by men from farms. Should there he an early spring many of these farmers will return to their farms and the problem of shipping fertilizers will be much more difficult, • Fertilizers are very important to in- creased production of food products, still urgently needed in the war' effort,' Avoiding delay ' in placing orders and taking immediate delivery of fertil- izers will help. substantially to relieve the present situation. All fertilizer plants have a large supply of mixed fertilizers in stock available for distri- bution now, says the AdMinistrator. WROXETER Mrs. J. J. Allen,-. Marjorie and Jim- my, Miss Lucelle White • and Miss. Edythe Martin, all of Toronto,. visited here over •the week-end and attended the Martin - Galbraith wedding. Mrs. Wilford Travis of London, spent the week-end with her -parents, Rev. 3. L. and Mrs. Foster. Owing to unfavorable weather con- ditions, Howick Lions hockey team had a quiet week. No games being played. • Mrs. F. Sanderson and Mr. Thos. Ritchie had for their guests on Mon- day. last FO. 'HerbertiArkell and Miss Hellen Arkell of Teeswater. Business and yrofessional Directory DONALD B. BLUE Experienced Auctioneer Licensed for Counties of HURON & BRUCE All Sales Capably Handled Ripley, Ontario Phone 49. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Dane and son Edgar, spent Sunday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Allister Green of Wroxeter vicinity. Miss Irene Finlay, who attends the Wroxeter high school, spent the week- end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Finlay. Mr. Tom Martin is not improving as rapidly as his many friends would like to see him. He is still very weak and under the Doctor's care. We hope he will soon take a change for the better. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Gowdy and Mr. and Mrs, Harry Gowdy of the 13 Line, Howick, called on Mr. and Mrs. John J3 A. FOX Chiropractor and Drugless Therapist. RADIONIC EQUIPMENT • COMPLETE HEALTH SERVICE Phone 191. K. M. MacLENNAN Veterinary Surgeon Office -- Victoria St,, West Formerly the Hayden Residence PHONE 196 Wingham, Ontario 161.11.1411.1111.