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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1945-03-08, Page 2.14.1,010M CHINA CZECUOSLbVAKIA DENMARK FRANCE ,...;,,,,osi,.,0:3;i-gr ,,,I.,,3.:,,,,.::::,,,•,,,;,,,,,,..."%, P.•:•.gi VOgigpail,;:,Mi:Ii?",'Z :.•::•,.•::::::.;:;,,z,,,,,,,,;;;:ww,10.•:::::•:::.,,,,,.;,q GREECE LUXEMBOURG '• '‘. %Il'W0c...S.M.:0 NORWAY 14. ETHERIANDS POLAND RUSSIA YUGOSLAVIA to send food and clothing and medical supplies to the sick and hungry in these ravaged lands . Listen to the cries' of thousands of home- less children and old folks suffering while we are safe. Listen to your heart—and respond. Out of our security—out of our plenty, we must Ore freely. By contributing to the Red Cross you will send help through the kindly hands of men and women trained, ire personal service to those -In direct -need. *In collaboration with the. Red Cross, which is under taking the task of distribu. fon through its world-wide organizatiOn, we are up- pealing for4unds to send urgently needed supplies to the homeless and destitute' In our home lands. eased bone.—Walkertop Herald Times. 'Brussels Boy Missing. Mr. and Mrs. john J. Riley received word that their eldest son, Private Clifford Riley, was missing' in action in, Italy. Clifford enlisted in London on August 15th, 1942, and went overseas with the 8th Army on December 27th, 1942.—Brussels Post. IMPORTANT NEWS RE ARMED FORCES (This is the ninth ip a Series of ten Weekly articles especially written for The Advance-Times by Richard Hale, chief pensions officer of the Canadian •Legion, Ottawa head- quarters.) By Richard Hale . While children tof disabled veterans Who are receiving pensions are auto- matically -awarded pensions until the children reach a certain age, it is not generally known that an extension of additional pension, beyond the statu- tory age limit for children, may be obtained by disability pensioners of both wars • in certain circumstances: In the case of First Great War pen- sioners, additional pension is only pay- able for children born before May 1st, 1944, The extension of pension for chil- dren, is,onty granted when the pension- er is considered to he without adequate financial means and applies after a boy has reached the age of 16 years or after a girls has reached the age of 17 years.. In practice, this has come to Mean that the pensioner May obtain the extension if his total income is not greater than a total disability, pen- sion would ,be, Rowever, if the pen- Sioner's income is very much in excess Of a total disability pension the Pen- sion Commission does not generally allow an extension. The additional pension, of course, must be used in some way that is beneficial to the child atni•it is general- ly recognized as something that will allOW the continuance of education. In -eases where the child is unable to maintain itself because of physital 'or mental drsability, it Is also possible to have the pension extended. The procedure in applying for such a pension begins with the principal of the school, where the, child is attend- ing, who must set out the progress of the child and whether or not the child's scholastic standing is f'avourable. This form is then submitted .to the COM- Inission along with statethents from the parats as to their financial, position and the extension of pension is ruled upon, In cases of invalidism, medical evidence is required as to the health of the child. Many pensioned :widows have found this benefit exceedingly helpful in having invalid •children pro, vided for', and securing educational advantages for especially bright chil- dren. FAMILY ALLOWANCES Question:—How and when will pay- ment be made •Answerr—Payment will be made -by cheque every month from the ,Dotrtin: ion Treasury. The first cheque will be issued. in July. Question:,—To whom will the cheques be payable? Answer:--It is expected, that pay- ;tient will be, made in most cases to the mother. Qttestiont—Will there be a cheque for each' child? Answer;--No, There will be one cheque for the entire family. Question:—What if the cheque is not received? Answert—The provincial Director of Family Allowances should be noti- fied immediately. • Predicts Cheap Rural Power Toronto,— Hon. George Challied, chairman of the Ontario Rydro Corn- mission, in an address to the Ontario Association of Municipalities, predicted that Ontario rural municipalities, with perhaps 10 or 12 exceptions, will re- ceive either reductions in hydro rate; or rebates. A group of soldiers were discussing the many things they would do when they were discharged front the army, "First thing I'm going to do when get out of This army," said one dis- gruntled indiVidual, "is bust that Sem, cant right on the nose l" "Oh, yeah?" retorted a nearby' comrade, "That's what you thinkt• Yen're going to wait right in tine and take your turn, lust like The test of us," Tuesday driving on the 'highways ,was, very dangerous and several accidents occurred. On highway 23 the milk truck driven ,by Mr. Wm. Knechtel And a passenger car driven by Mr. Gordon Jackson niet in a head on col- lision near the Twamley bridge. With' 11,1r, JaCkson, was Mr. A. oPorteous. The car Was the property of Mr. Guy McDonald, Mr. Jackson and Mr, Porteous suffered injuries and were taken to the Listowel Memorial Hos- pital for treatment. Both the truck and the car were so badly damaged that :it will be impossible to repair them,—Listowel Banner, Listowel Welcomes Four Soldiers Listowel citizens had the pleaStire on Saturday of welcoming home four soldier sons from overseas, Pte James, Wray, Pte. Fred Smith, Tpr. 'Frank Bradford and. Pte. Wan. George, Gnr, William Bartja was welcomed home Tuesday night.—Listowel Banner. Promoted To Captain Among the recent promotions in the Canadian Army is that of Lieut Lois Robinson to the rank of Captain. Lois is stationed at the cWAC Basic Train- ing Centre at Kitchener where she is 0. C. of one of 'the '"Trairting Com- panies," Captain Lois Robinson is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs, R, H. Robin- son of Blyth—Blyth Standard. • Teeswater Poultry In France • - Thompson Bros, some time ago sold five carloads of poultry to the Ameri- can Artrty, and it is rather a oinci- dence that a taste of the fowl from Teeswater should be enjoyed by a local, boy. Mrs, A. Hanshaw has received a letter from her brother, Lieut. W. Mel:Thnahl, who is overseas in France with the United States. Army, stating that he had the pleasure of helping to devour one of the choice chickens bought from Thompson Bros. by the 'U,S. authorities. It's a small world after all.—Teetwater sews. Had root Amputated Miss Dorothy Ward, younger daughter of Mr. Albert Ward, local express agent, and Mrs. Ward, underwent a critical operation at the Toronto General hospital -last week, in which she had her left foot anon. wed five Indies below the knee. The operation was performed in an effort to 'combat 1r long-standing condition in the ankle, said to have been a di's- PAGE TWO WINGHAM ADVANM,TIM S Thursday, March 8th, 1945 YOUR EYES NEED ATTENTION Our 25 Point Scientific Sxamin- ation -enables us to give you Clear,, .Comfortable Vision F. fo 110MUTH. Optometrist Phone 118 .Flariston, Wingham ,Advance-Times Published at WINGHAM - ONTARIO Subscription Rate -- One Year $2,00 Six months, $1.00 in advance To IL S. A., $2,50 per. year Foreign rate, $3.00 per year Advertising rates on application. RED CROSS RESPONSIBILITIES GREAT AS EVER Although the war in Europe is drawing to a successful conclusion, the work of the Canadian Red Cross will not decrease with the surrender. Rather the responsibilities of the Society will become heavier because considerable help must be given to the .peoples of the liberated countries who have suffered so much during the period of occupation. Relief authori- ties estimate that there arc over 17,, 000,000 persons clestitn,e and homeless in the freed areas, Many of them arc suffering from disease and their chil- dren are victims of malnutrition, 'The Canadian Red. Cross, along with other relief agencies, have shipped clothing and food to these people, but more and =pre must be sent if the real victims of war, the civilians, are, to be saved to help build better world' In raising the money for -the relief in the liberated countries, the Cana- dian United Allied Relief Fund is col- laborating with the Red Cross so that the' maximum amount for this work can be obtained as quickly as possible. And by adopting this system,. one less national appeal will be made to the Canadian people this year. In addi- tion to helping the liberated nations, the- Red Cross must continue to pro- vide comforts for our forces, both in , the' field and in hospitals. It will be some time after the surrender before our prisoners of war can be repatriated, so the flow of food parcels must go on. And it will be some time before our prisoners in the Far East will be free. The Red Cross Blood Donor Serv- ice must be continued, for as long as 'Mere are Canadian triaons. in action there will be a need for life-saving blood serail, Here again, the Pacific theatre of war cannot 'be overlooked,. All in all, there is no sittiatioii that can wise lids year that will lessen the responsibilities of the Canadian Red Cross. Rather the responsibilities arc more likely to he greater than ever, * * It Was said bY the Hydro minister last week that rural hydro rates will be reduced. That is good news. Hy- tiro rates should be equalised through- out the province, * The Americans took but fourteen days to win back Corregidor once they started invasion of the rock, The Japs took a much longer time which should cause them to reflect; Dr' * * We were talking to a man who said, he, felt he had really saved a life over- seas. He had just given his ninth blood donation. It takes nine dona- tions to make one transfusion, * The next Victory Loan will have a quota of $1,500,000,000 Premier King said in his broadcast, This, is the largest quota yet to set but the govern- ment has every confidence that this amount will be raised. * 0 The Yalta plan was supported by the British Hotte of Commons by 413-0. If our leaders are to succeed bringing- the v:rorrd through. the times which will follow the war they need the full support of all. They are ap- parently given that in Britain with the exception of the 30 whom did not vote. 1 • tttttttt At tttttt INTERESTING CLIPS OF DISTRICT NEWS Paratrooper LoSes Left Foot' Mr. and Mrs. James Darling, 'form- erly of Clifford and Mildmay, who now reside at Drew, received 'a tele- gram from Defence Headquarters in Ottawa on Tuesday morning stating that their son, Paratrooper Harvey Darling, had his left foot amputated on February 18, after receiving injuries, in battle on the same day. Harvey, has been serving in Holland for some time and further particulars are not available as yet.—Mildmay Gazette. Lily Has Six Blooms Mrs. George Bundcho has a lily which is in full bloom. The, plant which stands over a foot in height is growing from a. year-old bulb. And is ft6Wefing for the first time, There are two sturdy stems each with three light orange blossoms centred with green on the top of each, This is very unique for this type of plant as only one stem usually grows from the bulb with two blooms on each. The plant has Sey,, Vral leaves which as long, smooth and medium green in color. — Milverton Sun. Severely Punted Mr, Jack Ritchie, truck driver for ji 5, Pritchard $c Son, was burned about the body when his clothing might. fire in the Coronation Hotel about one o'clock Tuesday morning. Ritchie thought he had extinguish- ed a partly burped cigarette which he thrust into his trousers' pocket, where evidently there was some live nAtelies, These quickly caught fire and in no time his, clothing was on fire. The frightened man then rushed out of the hotel with the idea no doubt of ex- tinguishing the fire with snow. His clothing was quickly pulled off but by this time his leg, abdomen and back were quite badly burned. — Harriston ReView. Teeswater Motorist Assessed Damages A. D. McCartney, Clinton, was al- lowed *damages amounting to $53.70 against Alvin Rettinger, Teeswater, in a judgement given' by Judge T, M. Costello in division court, held at ,,Goderish, The action arose out of a. motor collision on Cambria road; Goderich, February 12, 194'4. The amount was claimed for damages to the plaintiff's car, A counter-claim for damages of $100 by Rettinger was not contested. Portion of Paisley Rink Collapsed A severe blow to the community's recreational facilities was struck by the elements early on Thursday morn- ing, when the eastern section of the roof gave way and crashed on the ice surface below. The collapse is at- tributed to the weight of the heavy layer, of snow which had accumulated on both sides of the steep-angled roof during the past few weeks, and, the heavy rainfall of Wednesday—Paisley Advocate. 100 Years Old The Advocate. joins with well- wishers throughout this community in extending • congratulations to !Mrs. William Burton, who, on Sunday, March 4th, marked her one hundredth birthday.—Mitchell Advocate. • A joint organization of the Belgian War Relief Fund,, Canada-France Relations Committee, Canadian Aid to Russia, Canadian Friends of Luxembourg, Chinese War Relief Fund, Czechoslovakia War Charities Fund, Danish Relief Fund, Greek War Relief Fund, Netherlands Relief Fund, Norwegian Relief Fund, United Polish Relief Fund, Yugoslav Relief Fund. THE CANADIAN UNITED ALLIED RELIEF FUND HEADQUARTERS 130 QUEEN STREET, OTTAWA William M. Birks, LLD., Chairman Hon. Thomas Vien, Vice-Chainneas Lawrence J. litmus°, Esq., Secretary-Treasurer Registered under the War Charities Act Department of National War Services Where's My SHUR-GAIN? Just hatched, and hasn't had his first feed yet! He's looking around now for a meal, and if hoe's fortunate, he'll find a plentiful supply of fresh, palatable, at- tractive SHUR-GAIN Chick Starter awaiting him. Maybe you can fool some of the people some of the time, but you can't fool baby chicks, nor can you fool experienced farmers with low-grade Chick feeds. They know that only a well-balanced highly-fortified feed will suit the needs of baby chicks. Baby chicks must have a feed that tastes good, that looks good, and that contains a very low fibre content. That's why SHUR-GAIN Chick Starter is so valuable a feed foi, chicks. It tastes good because of its absolute freshness and its variety of ingredients. It looks good to chicks because of its fine colour and attractive texture. It's most digestible because of the choice of ingredients incorporated, that can be properly digested akd [01'14 into sturdy growth by healthy chicks. Don't delay—order your supply to-day. You should 'have a bag or two on hand for the early first arrivals. Remember — a, good, growthy start now means earlier production from your pullets in the Fall, when egg prices are highest, and profits come easier! SHUR-GAIN Chick Starter - Made and Sold by CANADA PACKERS — WINMIAM ALEX MANNING OMAR *KINNEY EROS. ELM JOHN 'NOEL - WOK -Ripley Man Wounded Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Pollock receiv- ed a telegram informing them that their son, Lorne had been wounded in action in Holland on February 19. No details were given but it is the sincere wish of his many friends that favor'- able news will be received in the 'near future.—Ripley Expres's. Holds Perfect Bridge Hand The first perfect bridge hand to come to °Ur notice was reported at an Institute tournament game on Tuesday evening last! Mrs, John H. Maxwell and Mrs. J. J. McKinnon were play- ing a game with Mrs. E. J, Cobean and Miss Belle Elliot, when Mrs. Maxwell, in picking up the cards,' saw nothing blit spades appear. It seemed too good to be true, but every card right down to the 13th was a spade, and she lost little time in bidding a grand, slant in spades.—Cliesley. Enterprise, Coal Gas Caused Death Mr. James Robb, 83-year-old Sea- forth resident, and his sister, Miss Jahe Robb, 87, were taken to Scott Memorial Hospital at noon on Tues- day last week, suffering from the ef- fects of coal gas by which they were overcome Monday night, Mrs. Ritch- ie, a neighbor of The elderly couple, had her suspicions aroused at noon on Tuesday when she observed the window blinds were still down in the Robb home. She called Mr, Neil Gillespie, who lives across the, street, who gained entrance to the house and found the place full of coal gas, and the brother aid sister unconscious in their beds. They were immediately re- moved 'to the hospital, where Miss Robb soon showed signs of recovery, but Mr, Robb never completely re- gained *conselottsriesso and passed away early Wednesday morning, — Seaforth Huron. Ekpositor. Heads Ontario Rural IVfunicipalities At the annual Meeting of the Ontario Association of Uttnicipalities held in Toronto, Reeve N. Corry, of thna Township, was elected president. Vice presidents elected were 3. Mather, Xeene and O. Poster, Staples, and the secretary-treasurer chosen was W. S. Milmine, Stoney Creek. tistowel Banner. Injured rti AtitO Ateident 'Owing to- the poor visibility on is