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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1945-03-08, Page 1With Which. Is Amalgamated The Gorrie Vdette and Wroxeter News. VINGHAM, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MARCH 8th, 1945 SubSeriptiOnS $2.00 Per Year DR, J. R.1VEIR IN OVER TWO HUNDRED THE D.A.C. REVIEW AT BLOOD CLINIC Eastern Star Bridge and Euchre Twenty-nine tables took part in the play at the Eastern Star Bridge and Euchre held on Wednesday afternoon last week. Prizes ft:3' bridge were won by Miss M. McCallum and Mrs. D. B. Porter and Mrs. Frank. Edgar won the prize for euchre. Several ladies dropped in for tea at 5.30 o'clock. JAMES A. HAUGH QUITS BUSINESS Has Been In Business In Same Location for Over Fifty Years On Thursday last week Mr. James A. Haugh, who, has carried on a shoe repair in the same location here for over fifty yearseturned the key at his place of business on main street. His place of business was two doors south of the Advance-Times Office, He is 86 years of age and a native of North Eaethope. He learned his trade as shoemaker with the late Fred Rodents, at the corner of Patrick and Main street. Mr. Haugh has seen many changes on Main street, hi fact there is riot one person in business here now' that was in business when he opened his shop, MS Wife is the former Caroline 1-)aslant of Belgrave. They were mar- ried 41 year ago and have lived in the same house on Diagonal road since that tine. To 'help pegs the tithe away 'Mr. Hatigh will do some work at his home, Fine Program Of Motion Pictures Enjoyed Following Meeting At the monthly meeting of the Wingham Branch of the Canadian Legion held last week, four men who have recently returned from overseas were given a rousing reception. They were FO, Jim Hamilton, Sgt. Ted, Elliott, Pte, Willis Hall, and LAC. Jack Wain. Addresses of welcome were given by Dr. George Ross and Rev. W, A, Beecroft. A member Was received and the ceremony of installation held, Two other applications were received and these two veterans will be installed at the next regular meeting, Following the meeting the ladies of the Auxiliary joined with men at a presentation of motion pictures, Mr. W. A. Galbraith officiated at' this presentation and the projector used was the one he presented to the Wing- ham Public School on behalf of the Currie Estate. One of the pictures was a color sound production of a trip through South America by the Walt Disney group of artists. It was a very beautiful picture, the colors being out- standing. It was also highly educa- tional, Three other pictures were shown, a band number of -Mexican flavour, the invasion of Sicily and a demonstration of the game Hurling. NAVY LEAH WANTS READING MATERIAL Magazines. Games, Books For Those In The Services Wanted Now What do you do with your mag- azines and books? Here is a suggestion that will gladden the hearts of the lads who go down to the gea in ships. De- posit your magazines at any of the following places:. McKibbons, Hasel- groves, Hydro Shop,. Masons, Mc- Avoys. The Navy League will collect them and Send them to the sailors who -need reading material so badly. If you ,can spare games or cards drop theM in the depot also. These are in great demand. Books—leave them at the post of- fice, Postmaster Archie Peebles will forward them so that they will reach those who need them. CELEBRATING HIS 65th BIRTHDAY Mr. S. S. Campbell Has Been 41 Years With The C.P.R. To-day "(Wednesday) Mr. S. S. Camp;bell, local C.P.R. agent, is cele- brating his 65th birthday and also 41 years of service with the Canadian Pacific Railway Company. Employees ,of the railway. are retired when they 'each the age of 65 and normally Mr. 'Campbell 'would be giving up his position at the end of this month. But these are not normal times and there- fore Mr, Campbell has consented to carry on for another six months. 00 behalf of the many friends he `has made since coming to Wingham -seven years ago, we extend hearty congratulations. Red Cross Executive Meets Thursday The monthly meeting of the Wings :ham District Red Cross Executive will be held at the Town Hall at 3 p,m., -on Thursday this week. All members are urged to attend. Back At Grace Chapel Miss Leah Purdy has returned to her, duties at Grace Chapel after an .absence of three months at her home in Sarnia, due to the illness of her mother. We are *aged to report that Miss Ptirdy's mother is making a sat, isfactory recovery. Miss Hoover, who relieved. Miss Purdy here, returned to ' her work at Listowel. HOSPITAL TO START WARD AID CLASS Class Will Commence May 1st A new Ward Aid .class will 'eorn- mehte at Wingham General Hospital on May 1st, Any girls desirous of regittering for this course should get in touch with Mrs, Iris Morrey, super- intendent of the hoepital. This is a Splendid training sand on completion of the course members of the class will have acquired much use- far knowledge mid training and s. ,.standing as a practical nurse. • Wingham and District Quota Is $6,500. An Must Give At Least As Much As Last Ypar To Reach The Objective Our men on the battlefront are fighting down that last bitter mile that leads to. Victory. It is a costly mile „ hard fought .. . every inch of the way. They need to know, beyond all doubt, that we are right in there "pitching'” with them . , and we 4.E It has been our privilege since the beginning of ware to ease their lot, through the Canadian Red Cross, We have given the money—Red Cross has dispensed it and placed the supplies and comforts in the waiting hands of those whose need was—and still is— great! We are again in Wingham Red Cross District asked for $6,500, We did it before and we can do it again! As our men advance to liberate countries long crushed by the Nazis, they find women and children destitute --old people homeless — terribly in need of the help we CAN and WILL GIVE! And, as they free these coun- tries, they are often cruelly wounded themselves and 'in immediate need of blood serum to save their very lives. Some are taken prisoner . . , Then their need is for food. Food packed by faithful volunteers in our six hum- ming Red Cross 'plants. Since the be- ginning of the war some 13,460,000 such food parcels have gone out to prisoners in enemy territory. The re- patriated tell us that they are alive because of this vital 'lifeline!" Medi- cines, clothing, bedding, sporting goods and musical instruments have all gone out to our prisoners of war. We must not fail these men now! Thirty-nine million articles of hos- pital and medical supplies, field com- forts and relief clothing have already been shipped overseas. And in this year of 1945 we know beyond the shadow of a doubt that Millions more MUST be made ready, for on this merciful relief hinge many lives. The peacetime requirements of Red Cross must be continued. There are Lodges to be built at our military hospitals, Junior Red Cross work for health and good citizenship, Nutrition, Nursing and First Aid . . . these are services long familiar to Canadians. It 'is for all these vital needs that Canadian Red Cross must ask the people of Canada for ten million dol- lars NOW. Ten million dollars to feed the hungry, to bind up the wounds of our fighting men, to clothe the homeless and destitute, who have become so vast a suffering legion under enemy domination, Last year our appeal was over-subscribed. The need is greater, now. Let's go "over the top" — and THEN SOME! oil Single Copies The Cents Splendid Write-up of Former Wing- ham Boy Under Heading College Personalities The Ladies' Auxiliary to the Legion held their regular meeting last week with a good number present. Two new members were initiated and plans were made to hold a Bingo in April, The members were urge& to raise some money during the month for the Minesweeper Sweater ieund, for which a collection will be taken ,at the next meeting, At the conclusion of the meeting the Auxiliary members enjoyed a pro- grant of motion sound pictures, .BONSPEIL WON BY LOCAL RINK Howard SherbornlY's Rink Were The Winners •••••••••••••1 The Curling rink and the Arena were busy places on Wednesday last week when the Curling Club held their an- nual bonspeil. Twenty-two rinks took part in the play, Belrnore 2, one each from Whitechurch, Ripley, Tiverton, Fordwich, .Gorrie; Palmerston, Lis- towel, Seaford] and 12 local rinks, The winners were: • First — Wingham: H. Sherbondy, skip, Dr. Geo. Ross, R. Henderson, Jno, McCormick, with three wins and a plus of 14. Second--Wingham: Jim Carr, skip, Bill Henderson, Perc, Stainton, Tom `Weir, with three wins plus 12, Third,--Seaforth: Ross Sproat, skip, Dr. Beechley, Ed. Keating, Ned Bos- well, with three wins plus 9. Fourth — Palmerston: Dick 'Law- rence, skip, Lorne Hudson, Floyd Wis- mer, Grant McArthur, with two wins plus 16. Fifth—Wingham: Dr, W. A. Craw- ford, skip, C. E. Richey, H. Car- michael, Geo. Fell, with two wins plus 15. Sixth — Tiverton: Jack McFadzen, skip; Cliff Cotrell, Archie McKinnon,' Bert Begg, with two wins plus 14. Chininey Fire The fire brigade had a call to a chimney fire on Tuesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Isabel Henderson, Water Street, Attending Course At London B.S.M. Wilfred Seddon and Sgt. Neil Williamson are in London at- tending a three-day course on the rights under rehabilitation legislation for the benefit of service men and dis- charged service men. Dates For Kintail Camp The schedule for the coming sum- mer's camps ,at Camp Kintail, under the auspices of the Presbyterian Church, gives the following dates: July 3 to 11—boys' camp (ages nine to fifteen). July 12 to 20—girls' camp (ages nine to sixteen.) July 21 to 30—young people's camp (ages sixteen and over), September 4, 5, 6, 7--for all ministers within the Synod of Hamilton and London. Registrations are limited to seventy- five, and ReV. Richard Stewart, Goa- deli, is the registrar for all camps, BEAUTIFUL PANSIES PICKED FROM GARDEN They Were In Full Bloom As the spring approaches we are ever on the lookout for signs of the finer weather that is to come. Wd have reported early birds and various Other so called signs of spring, Last week we had reported geese heading for the'north land. ~Mrs. James Robertson of Lower W j tn must think that spring can- not be far away as site on Sunday pleked a beautiful bouquet of pansies front her garden, They were fine epecimetie and were admired by many who saw them at our office. To Call For Tenders' For Snow Removal Equipment The Town Council had a busy ses- sion Monday evening and a great deal of business was transacted, The matters of keeping pigs within the corporation limits was again a lively subject, A ,deputation consisting of Mr. Morley Somers, Miss K. Pringle, Mrs, Laidlaw, Mr. and Mrs, Charles Lloyd, and Mr, R, Hamilton complained to council of the stench from pigs that were kept in their 'neighbourhood, This complaint has been .before the council on several other occasions. Last year council had a by-law prepared to prohibit the keeping of swine within the corpora- tion limits. After receiving its first reading it was dropped, Monday night this by-law was passed on motion of councillors Spry and Lloyd and will become effective April 15th this year, Council took a very 'progressive step in connection with the removal of snow from our main street and the efficient plowing of the streets during the snow season. Mr. Geo. Armstrong and ex-warden of Huron County, and Mr; H. Hyde of Hensall addressed 'council on snow plowing equipment. They represent the Sheridan Equip- ment Company who are distributors for Allis Chalmers equipment. Mr. Willis of the Caterpillar Tractor Company was, also present and told of the equipment his company had for such work. Council have discusied the matter of, purchasing snow removal equipment on several occasions and it was decided at this 'meeting to call for tenders on motion of Councillor Johnson and Kennedy. The equipment that tenders are being called for is a 44 horsepower caterpillar type snow plowing. outfit, deisel engine or gasoline, plow to be equipped with an angle blade, nose plow, gravel bucket, snow bucket, cab, proper lights. Tenders will close March 26th and it is expected that a special meeting of the council will be held to consider the matter on the evening of that day. Mr. W. G. Hamilton and W. W. Armstrong were a deputation from Wingham Legion, The Legion has purchased the Stevenson property to be used as a Legion Hall and they re- quested a grant of $500 toward this expenditure. After discussion a. grant of $600 to the building fund of the Wingham Legion was passed on motion of Councillors Spry and Kennedy. The clerk reported that the Muni- cipal Board had approved the Hos- pital by-law and that debentures could be issued any time within the next year. Councillor Johnson reported that he and the Mayor had attended the Good Roads Association Convention which was held in Toronto last week. He said the meetings were very interesting and an address had been given on the (Continued on page four) No Deserters From Huron The Provincial police have been furnished with a list of men absent without leave from the army, in a wide- spread effort to gather up the draft dodgers. There is not a single name from this county in the list, however; Huron has a clean sheet in this respect. Warrant Officer Norman Welwood, son of Mr, and Mrs. Ezra Welwood of Whitechurch, leas spent three birth- days in a German prison camp. Norman's birthday was on Saturday last. Prior to enlistment Norman was employed by Huron Motors.' * * * * "Sgt, W. Harvey Bryatts 'has been in- valided home after serving in Italy for 12 months, He is now being held for treatment for his health, in Mon- treal, and it was from that city that he telephoned his wife, to acquaint her with the fact of his safe arrival of which she had been notified some weeks ago to expect. HO enlisted, al- most three years ago end trained at ipperwash and Listowel. His Wife, the former Miss Corabelle Diekeon, of Dungannon, has been the ecifieei teacher at Sheppardton since Septenl. bet last, Graduated At Wellesley Hospital A', Congratulations to Miss Mary Eliza- beth McKibbon, who last week gradu- ated as a nurse at Wellesley Hospital, Toronto, Miss McKibbon is spending this week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. McKibbon, after which she will report for duty- at Western Hospital, Toronto, where she has ac- cepted a position. The graduation ex.- ercises will be held for the Wellesley Hospital in June. LOCAL BATTERY IN SHOOT-OFF First In This Series Of Two Matches Friday Night During the winter a series of seven matches were held by the M,D,1 In- door Rifle League. The 99th (H) Battery, R.C.A., had two teams enter- ed, one in Group, A and the other in Group C. The team in group A finish- ed fourth with 3,929 of total score and will take part in the shoot-off of two matches, the first four teams compet- ing. The other teams will be No. Dis- trict Depot who finished first with a score of 4,023; 100 (R) Battery of Listowel, their score Was 3,9751 0.A, C., C.O.T.C., lattelph with a score of 3,969. The 99th team in Group C finished fourth in that group with a score of 3,721. Capt. W. 13. MeCooi tied fifth andseethe with Lint, Daintier of Dis trio Depot in the individual scores. They had a score of 667. First was Major Ikea of Dished Depot with 682; Second, Capt. Kirk, Listowel, 678% third. Sgt.'Cottle, 0.A,C., 600; foutile Cape Oke, Listowel, 66e, REV, JACK H. JAMES PREACHED SUNDAY Has Been Appointed Rector Of St. Paul's Church Sunday morning Rev. Jack IL Jam- es, newly appointed rector of St. Paul's Anglican Church, conducted, morning worship and communion,, ttevte reser ve,hjanies has ofj the just been .A transferred, He ferred enlisted in 1941 and served as a, Sergeant Link instructor for two years. He then remustered to the chaplain service and now holds the rank of Flight Lieutenant. He was with the R.C.A.F, at Toronto, Fingal, Centralia, and his last station was Patricia Bay, B. C. He is a native of Buckinghamshire, England, son of Mrs. James of Walkerton and the late Major F. B. James. He attended public and high schools in Walkerton and graduated. from Western University and Huron College, London, in 1931. After gradu- ation he spent one and a half years as curate at St. Marks, Middleton Square, London, England. Returning to. Canada he was stationed at Lions Head for a year. He then went to Thamesville where he laboured for six years prior to his enlistment. The newly appointed- rector, his wife and family expect to move into the rectory here this week. On behalf of the people of this community we extend a hearty 'welcome. Mrs. James is the former. Thelma Hummel of Lions Head and their family consists of three boys, Frederick 8, Howard 5, Edward 3. RED WING BLACKBIRDS HERALD THE SPRIT% Red Wing, Beauties Arrived Early This Year Many and varied have been the signs of spring this year, none more pronounced than the mild weather and. the fast disappearing snow, However, another sign has been reported to us by Mrs. A. R. DuVal. Monday she saw red Wing blackbirds in a tree on the lawn and she called her uncle, Mr. Henry Allen, to witness the early- arrival of these birds. In connection with the Fox Ranch they keep a log of the weather, the arrival of the birds etc., and March the fifth is the earliest' that they have red wings registered. It may be these feathered beauties have advance information and we are due for an early spring this year. BRIDGE CLUB Five and a half tables took part in the play at the Wingham Bridge Club on Thlirsday evening, with the follow.- ing results: North and South-1st., Mrs. W. L. Kress and Dave Robb; 2nd., George Williams and J. H. Craw- ford; tied 3rd. and 4th., Art Wilson. and Bert Porter, Mrs. H. Campbell and Duncan Kennedy. East and,' West-1st., Mrs, J. H. Crawford and.. Mrs. A. R. DuVal; 2nd,, Jack Masons. and W. H. French; 3rd., Mrs. R. S,. Hetherington and Mrs. Bert Porter: 4th., Miss Margaret MacLean amt Mrs. A, E. VanStone. Presentation to Mrs. Geo. Coulter A pleasant time was 'held on Wed- nesday afternoon at Mrs Art Edgar's when the members of the Victory Group met for their weekly quilting. At a suitable hour an address was read to Mrs. Geo. Coultter and She was presented with a sewing cabinet from the members, Mrs. Edgar served a delicious supper. The next meeting will be held at Mrs. R. J. Marttrray's. on March 14. LEGION PURCHASES STEVENSON HOUSE Hall Witigham Branch No, 180, Cana- dian Legion, 13.E.S.L., have purchased the. Stevenson house, corner of Centre and 'John Streets, and will make the necessary interior changes to adapt foe• use as Legion quarters. The membership of the Legion and the Ladies' Auxiliary to e the Legion have increased greatly with so many in the armed knees and new moms were necessary for them to tarry nit their service to veterans' of the toWti and district, The following is a portion of an article regarding Dr, J. R. Weir, son -of Mr, and Mrs. John Weir of Turn- berry, which appeared in the February issue of the 0,A.C. Review. We will not elaborate on the article as it gives a very good account of this man of science, COLLEG PERSONALITIES (O.A.C. Review) Dr. J. R. Weir was 'born in Wing- ham, Ontario, just' about as long ago as it takes a man to fashion a Ph,D, degree out of a pair of safety pins. He completed his !high school educa- tion at, Wingham High School and en- rolled in the Stratford Normal School in 1931. The following year .he gradu- ated from that institution in possession of a Teacher's Certificate. The same year Bob Weir started as a Freshman at O.A.C., entering the class of '36. During his four years, his academic interests were devoted to the study of field crops. He specialized in Field Husbandry and, spent his summers as Student Assistant at the Cereal Divis- ion, Central Experimental Farm, Ot- tawa, Bob was an active member of the Agronomy Club. His fellow stu- dents recognized his interests and ability by electing him President of this club, in his graduating year. Not content with a B.S.A„ he de- cided to continue his studies and so accepted a position as graduate assist- ant at the University of Alberta, Ed- monton, in the Department of Field Crops in Agronomy and Plant Gen- etics, graduating in 1938 with a M.Sc. degree. Being a man of science, Mr. Weir was not content with his achievements. In September, 1938, he began work to- wards a degree, of Doctor of Philos- ophy at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. He elected a major in Plant Breeding' and a minor in Plant Physiology. During his stay at the University he worked as a research assistant in the Department of Agron- om'y and Plant Genetics on a special project "Cylogenetics, of Polyploidy in Wheat." During a part of the summer of 1940, Bob worked in the Dominion Rust Research Laboratories in Win- nipeg. However, he left in the fall to accept a 'position as lecturer in the Department of Field Husbandry at our, college. Dr. Weir is now Assistant Professor in that department, in charge of forage crop breeding and produc- tion, and genetics. Bob has not confined his great en- ergy to academics--he is fond of ten- nis and' golfing in the summer and curling in the winter, being a member of the Guelph Curling Club as well as the WaverelY Masonic Lodge. He is past President of the Guelph local of the Canadian Society of 'Technical Agriculturalists. N. C. Oes Held Dance The-attendance at the dance held in the armouries by the N.C.O's of the 99th battery on Friday night was not very largely attended. A very enjoy- able time was had by these present. Carruthers orchestra furnished the music. Midgets Play To-Night The Midget Lions 'play to-night (Wednesday) in the Arena here against Seaforth in the first round out- side their groups. The return game will be Friday night, The Lions took the group series from BruSsels and Seaforth nosed out Goderich in their group. 'by the narrow margin of 1 goal. Goderich won the first game 11-6 but lost out at Seaforth Tuesday eight 10-4. LEGION CORY HAD FINE MEETING Plan Bingo For April •••••••••••••••11...a, MARCH CAME IN LIKE A LAMB If Old Adage Holds True There Are Storms Ahead The month of March came in like a lamb. It 'was a wonderful day that first day of March, and if the old say- Mg is right it will go out like a lion. So do not let these milder days fool you as there are storms ahead--,that is if things go according to that old adage. We have had some milder weather since the .first, of March and after the steady cold of January and February they were welcome indeed. The first clay predicted a cold, blustery exit for the month, - but, now that signs of spring keep turning up daily one longs for' those fine days that cause the grass to turn green and the trees to leaf. Spring is a wonderful season. P urchased House and Barn Mr, Alex Hackitt and Son of Dun- gannon, have purchased the property, house and barn on Victoria Street, from Mr. Levi Lott. Tea And Baking Sale March 17 The Ladies' Aid Society or St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church are holding a tea and sale of baking in the basement of the church, Saturday afternoon, March 17th, All are in- vited. The Whole District Represented At This Clinic. 19th To Be Held Here Wingham Town Hall was a busy place on Wednesday morning last week, when 204 attended the 19th Blood Donor Clinic to be held here. There were 66 women and 138 men in attendance, 24 being first donors. As the saying is they came from the west and they came from the east as donors attended from the following places-- Wingham 73, Belgrave 23, Gorrie, 19, Bluevale 16, Blyth 16, Brussels 16, Wroxeter 13, Clifford 8, Auburn 7, Teeswater 5, Belmore 3, Whitechurch 3, Lucknow 1, Glenannan 1. 26 bronze buttons were given to third donors and 26 received silver buttons for six donations. The doctors in attendance were, Connell and Crawford of Wingham, Dodd of Blyth, Jamieson of Brussels. Thirteen married couple attended this clinic. They 'were: Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Currie, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Sherbondy, Mr. and Mrs. A, J. Lunn, Mr. and Mrs. 'Orville Welsh, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Hastings, Mr. and Mrs, Gershom Johnston, Wingham; Mr. and Mrs. Harold Procter, Mr. and Mrs. John Bowman, Brussels; Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Crump, Belgrave; Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Campbell, Blyth; Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Mundell, Bluevale; Mr. and Mrs. N. J. Hunkin, Belmore; Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hutchison, IGorrie. (Continued on page six) EVENING GUILD MAKING BLANKETS Letter Read From Mrs. E. 0. Gallagher Mrs. Morris Swanson 'was hostess for the monthly meeting of St. Paul's Evening Guild. After a hymn and opening exercises, response to the roll call was given by verses from scrip- ture and Miss Alice Reading read a chapter from the study book on Lent. During the social hour a letter from Mrs. E, 0. Gallagher was read aloud and Miss Gloria Swanson sang a solo, followed by lunch served by the host- ess, assisted by Mrs, 'Hinde. The members have just completed a very attractive quilt top in rose and white, and they have also been active in making blocks from woollen rem-, Hants, stit'ehecl with coloured yarns, for blankets for the minesweepers. Mrs, Murray Johnson offered her home for the next meeting, March 20, COUNCIL PUTS Bilk LEGION WELCOMED MAIN SUPPORT THE , ON KEEPING PIGS OVERSEAS LADS RED CROSS CAMPAIGN