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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1945-07-12, Page 7• • Your best investment for increased production .Jr THERE IS NO OTHER TOBACCO itt414M6' OLD um 11 0101PB DR ROLLINo YOUR 'OWN J. IL CRAWFORD Barrister, Solicitor, Notary, Etc. Bondi, Investments & Mortgages Wingham Ontario imesassosaffsiew DONALD B. BLUE 'Experienced Auctioneer Licensed for Counties of HURON & BRUCE All Salta Capably Handled Ripley, Ontario Phone 49. Macha Bros. rau.A.LiTy\- 1E BRAss•Gung , • EMPIRE BIRASS'411.FG2:,; CO., LIMI ServiCe4rom arlyAmganch , London- Hamilton Toronto "Sudbury, Winnipeg Va'oCodye Thurql/Yt July 12th, 1945 WINGNAU ADVANCE-TIMES PAGU WEN 11 Grow Better Pullets • The ShuroGain Way SHUR-GAIN 16% GROWING MASH PROPHET'S ADDRESS The following is the Prophet's ad- dress which was written by Craig Armstrong and read by him at a recent Wingham High School Literary Meet- ing. Wingham High School Re-union 1965 The crowds were cheering; the bands were playing; everybody was yelling at each other; and all exclaim- ed, "What a reunion!" Why it did not seem like twenty years since we were all together at dear Old Wingham High! As we go off the flier that brought us here, I saw on a gayly bedecked platform a familiar face below a head of thinning hair. "Who is that?" I asked someone, why George W. Cope- land, the Member of Parliament. I pushed thruogh the crowd and yelled, "Hello".."Well?" he replied, "How are you " "Quite well thank you and how are you?" "Wonderful, wonderful," and then he started to expound on his recent success in his last campaign when he promised free chesterfields to all. After that we made a date to explore the city, (for Wingham was a city by then) and George went on shaking hands and handing out cigars. I went down the street to some of the old haunts and there I saw a tall sunburned man, Ed. Brophy. We had quite a chat and I learned that Ed. was the head of a large Agricultural! WELLINGTON FIRE Insurance Company Est. 1840 An all Canadian. Company which has faithfully served its policy holders for over a century. Head Office — Toronto C. McLean Insura nce Agency Witigharn DR, R. L STEWART PHYSICIAN Telephone 29 W. A. CRNFORD M. Di PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Phone 150 Wingham DR. It 11. CONNELL PINIIHMAN AND SURGEON Phone College which he had founded, I in- vited him to accompany George and me on our tour of the city that night. At the hotel where I had my reser- vations I bumped into Pat- Shaw. Re- member that "ideal" of hers and how she was going to settle down after teaching? Well she did just that and now that handsome marine whose pic- ture she used to carry in her wallet is now an ex-marine trying to keep up with Pat. Meeting all the old school pals and rehashing old times was exciting to us old timers. ), Walking down the street I saw Liz Hare and Ross Procter. After glanc- ing at Lizz's left hand I extended my heartiest congratulations for I had not seen them for years. Ross confided to me that he!had quite a battle but rejoiced that the best man won. He expressed regret for the other half dozen or so disappointed fellows. They are now living in Morris and are doing quite well farming- on a large scale, For supper I went into an attractive restuarant and to eny surprise there at the cash register was Mabel Dunkin. She and Joyce Darting have been in the business for quite a few years. I went out to the kitchen where Joyce was supervising but since they were quite busy I promised that I would come back and see them when. they were net so rushed. That evening George, Ed. and I started out and George suggested that we visit the "Creamy Way Night A. H. licTAVISII, B.A. Teeswater, Ontario Barrister, Solicitor, Notary Public and Conveyancer Office: Gofton House, Wroxeter every Thursday afternoon 1.30 to 4.30 and by appointment. Phone — Teeswater 120J. J. Ws ENFIELD Barrister, Solicitor, Notary, Etc Money To Loan Office — Meyer Block, Wingham Club." MuCh to my surprise Mait. Ed- gar, the proprietor met us and gave us a hearty welcome. He sat down with us and in the course of conversation he hinted, 'Didn't the orchestra leader look familiar?" Here resplendent, in black and white, stood jay Walker accompanied by his' orchestra and his saxaphone, After greeting Jay we sat down to enjoy some of his symphonic arrangements. Then the ever blushing Jay announced the feature attraction of the night, the famed torch singer, lovely Dorothy Hamilton. Well you could have knocked us over with a fea- ther but after we heard her sing we knew she needed no 'buildup.' Doro- thy, we learned had been in Holly- wood but turned her back on movie contracts to go on Aer own, and was quite a success in night clubs all over the continent. Later, that night when I was going into the hotel I heard, "Why you good for-nothing!" Without looking around I knew Don Hoffman. We had' a rare old time talking about the old clays well into the night. I learned that Don is now an electrical engineer and is working on electric cars. It was quite interesting to hear about his exper- iences cleaning up Germany as well as in the field .1)1 electricity. Now the name McLaughlin is associated with Hoffman in this work for Professor McLaughlin (you remember Moor) did much as head of the Physics De- partment to further this work. To- gether thesolave made Wingham the HARRY FRYFORE Licensed Embalmer and Funeral Director Furniture and Funeral Service Ambulance Servici • Phones: Day 109W. Night 109J. FREDERICK A. PARKER OSTEOPATH Offices: Centre St., Wingham Osteopathic and Electric Treat- ments, Foot Technique. Phone 272. Wingham. I A. FOX Chiropractor and Drugless Therapist. RADIONIC EQUIPMENT COMPLETE HEALTH SERVICE Phone 191. N. M. MatENNAN Veterinary Surgeon Office Victoria St, West Formerly the Hayden Residence PHONE 1911 WIngham, Ontario centre of the .electrical world. The next morning I bumped into Mary Mealien. Mary, I learned, is now a High School teacher and is a Latin Specialist, Suprisingly, she is teaching here a Winghat Vocational Collegiate Institute. (Long ago the school graduated from a High School), Mary confided that the pupils compare fairly well with The students of our day, keeping up the high standards which we and our predecessors set, I strolled Pp -to the school and was amazed at the glamourous establish- ment. It is five times as large as it used to be and has a large swimming pool, a gym and craft rooms, While looking over the new building I met three old pals. Edna Brophy, Frances Wylie and Betty Abraham. We en- joyed ourselves discussing old times which seemed to be the main topic of conversation, However,..I learned that Betty had long ago given up the teech- Mg profession and had taken on the more serious matter of domestic life with a certain former infantry man.' Edna is now a nurse and after grad- uating had taken a course in Public Health and was now on the Public Health Department of the city of Wingham, Frances, much to my sur- prise was 'still single and is now the first lady president of a leading fire Insurance Company. In the spacious library of the new school I found Grace Galley, Irene Curie and Irene Robinson. They were discussing how in the old clays they used to get their heads together to work out their geometry. Irene Curie is now a private secretary to the pre- sident of a • bank and had very good prospects for the future. Grace Golley is another member of the old gang to take up teaching. ,After strenuous ef- forts she finally conquered trig, and is now a mathematics teacher. Irene Robinson is' the only member of the trio who has not managed to stay single. She now resides in the vicin- ity of Auburn. (Remember where she left her glasses.) Remember how Don Darling spent English periods scribbling mathemat- ics formulae on a scrap of paper? All that did not happen to no avail for he has developed a new theory (which few of us would understand) which rivals Einstein's theory of Relativity. His name is mentioned as president of a university with which he is assoc- iated. While taking a walk around the city I met Don Lloyd looking very busi- ness-like with a brief case and a pine- nez. Don informed me that the time he spent in his youth slugging doors gave him ,valuable experience for now he is general manager of the firm which was supplying doors for Hoff- man's electric cars. A large' poster startled me very much, for on it I saw a smiling face with curly hair which was very famil- iar. "Why it was Bob. Kerr." Cred- ibly enough Bob is today what Sinatra was to the "Bobby Soxers" of. twenty -years ago. I guess a smiling face, wavy hair and padded shoulders still get them. Human -nature doesn't change much, does it. I realized this more fully 'when I went to the movies that night and had to pick .up three of the girls who fainted when they glimpsed Bob on the 'screen. A sign in the financial part of town intrigued me, It read. "Phippen and Yeoman, Efficiency Experts," "Why, I exclaimed this could not be. Pete and Muscles," but it was. I visited them in their elegant offices tre next day and much to my surprise I found Grace 'Bryce as chief assistant, After graduating the trio were working in a large office. Upon seeing the ineffic- iency they rectified it. This started them on their famed career. Later that clay I had occasion to write some urgent letters, so I called the public stenographer of the hotel. Much to my surprise it was Verna Thompson, Verna seemed to be very busy and had to rush so we 'did not have much chance to have a chat. In the heat of the afternoon I drop- ped into a service station for the in- evitable "coke and who do you think .served me? Mildred Ballagh or should I say the former Mildred Ballagh for now her name is Keith. This service station is operated by Evan who man- ages the station while Mildred wel- comes those who need refreshment. Milton Brown now operates a fash- ionable Men's store in the main busi- ness section of town, Milton, after graduating from Wingham High be- came a professional hock4 player and lead the "Old Leafs" to a Stanley Cup Victory. After he became too old for the game he'clecided to settle down in Witighatn and spend the rest of his life resting on his laurels, and incidentally running the store for a past time. 'At one of the many banquets and Meetings Miss Betty Collar was the. vest speaker, Betty had just arrived from the interior of ,China and gave a most interesting address oil "Teaching of A;eittit History to Chinese Peas- ants Eileen MeKinne y, rn o w Eileen Campbell lives on the first line of Morris. She and Jack are raising chickens and are marketing them under their own: trade name "Slick Chicks." While driving through the country I was amazed to see "John Currie, Horse Dealer," painted on his huge red barn. I went in to see Jack who had not changed one bit, He told me that now he concentrates all his ef- forts on prize winning horses and jud- ging by the number of his tropheys he had done well. Near 13elgrave (that , suburb of Wingham) I saw Grace Coulter get- ting the cows for it was near supper time. Now doubt you will recall 'how Grace gave up the farm years ago. I found that it was not long until she was back on the farm again with Jack and was 'cooking with gas.' At the theatre where the girls fainted at the sight of Bob Kerr, the nurse who attended them was Janice Strong, !Movies new have nurses on duty all the time and Janice tells me that she is quite busy whenever Bob Kerr's pictures are shown, Of course you remember that hand- some air-force officer who used to visit Helen Carr. Now Gordon is the commandant of Wingham's air-station for which Helen acts as Hostess. Another of the old timers to seek satisfaction from agriculture is Edwin Elston. Ed. tells me that after a short trial working in an office he came back to the farm. Mushrooms are his main crop and autographed mushrooms by Elston have made Ed. famous, While passing a fashionable dress shop I saw Shirley Nethery dressing the window, Upon entering I saw Rita Boyle, Rita and Shirley after working in the same office for a few years came back to Wingham and ever since they have operated their "Fashion Shoppe." While 'George W. was showing me through his chesterfield plant I met Ruth McGuire. "Why Ruth," I said, "What are you doing here." Immed- iately George explained that now for many years Ruth had been his private secretary. He could not get along without her. Together they have de- veloped a new process for testing chesterfields which has proven very successful. The closing celebrations of this suc- cessful reunion were ones of mixed emotions. All felt that perhaps never again would we be together, tp renew that kindred spirit which was in all our hearts. From under the surface of this pleasant reunion seeped the realization that the carefree years we spent at Wingham High School were also the most fruitful years in our lives. BELGRAVE Mr. and Mrs. Alan Thompson of Kitchener, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Richard Procter. Decoration Services Held On Sunday, July 8th., was held the memorial and decoration service at the Old Sunshine Cemetery on the fifth line of Morris. The old church which was erected fifty two years ago has disappeared but the cemetery which surrounded it is still occasionally used by some of the pioneer families' in that district. The service was in charge of the pastor, Rev. G. H. Dunlop of Belgrave. Rev. Hugh Wilson of Brussels gave a fine message. Mrs, Jas. Michie and Earl Anderson sang a duet, Mrs, Dun- lop presided at the organ. Newlyweds Honoured About seventy friends and neigh- bours of Morris, gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs, Joseph Yuill and pre- sented the newlyweds Mr. and Mrs. James Warwick, with a miscellaneous shower. The first. part of the evening was spent playing progressive euchre, Mrs. Jas. Smith and Mr. Ed. McBur- ney won the high scores, Crokinole was also enjoyed by the children. At eleven-thirty Mr. Cecil Wheeler called Mr, and Mrs. Warwick to the dining- room where a table was well laden with gifts. After they bad been un- wrapped, Mr. and Mrs. Warwick both thanked all for the beautiful gifts, Lttnch was then served, bringing an enjoyable evening to a close. W. M. S. July Meeting The July meeting of the W. M. S., was held at the home of Mrs. J. Mic- hie, on WednesdasP afternoon with a good attendance. Mrs. R. Chamney was in the chair and opened the meet- ing with a hymn, followed by prayer Eby Mrs, Chainney, Mrs. J. Anderson and Mrs. J, Michie. Mrs. G. Martin read the minutes of the last meeting and Mrs. H, Campbell gave the finan- cial statement for the last quarter. Visits to the sick and shut-ins were Wife Preservers raisins o Ert4 Add choppedprunes to dry breakfast cereals P.M you will need len altar. taken. Mrs. J. Miller volunteered to prepare the August meeting. Mrs. N. Walsh was in charge of the worship service. Mrs. C. Nethery led in pray- er and Mrs. A. Coultes took the topic based on the subject, "Help the Churches of Europe" now, A duet, "God Will Take Care Of You" was sung by Muriel and Audrey Anderson, Woman's Association Mrs, R. H. Coultes presided for the Woman's Association meeting which was held at the home of Mrs. 3, Michie following the W. M. S. The presi- dent opened the meeting with a hymn followed by prayer being read in un- ison. Mrs. R. Nicholson read the scrip- ture reading from the 23rd. psalm, Mrs. G. Martin gave the secretary's report and Mrs. J. Anderson read the treasurer's report. Sixteen answered the roll call with five visitors. The meeting closed with a 'hymn and the Lord's prayer. A social hour was then enjoyed and lunch served by the hostess, assisted by Mrs. G. Martin, Mrs. R. Grasby and Mrs. E. Anderson. Ladies Guild Meeting The Ladies Guild of the Anglican Church met at the home of Mrs. R. Procter on Thursday, July 5th. Nora VanCamp was in charge of the pro- gramme. The meeting was opened by singing a hymn and with prayer. The Scripture was react by Mrs. M. Shoebottom, Mrs. R. Procter favour- ed with a reading and Ruth Bradburn gave a splendid address. The roll call was answered by naming an Ang- lican Missionary. Letters of thanks for gifts sent by the Guild were read. The President, Mrs, Wade, presided for the business part of the meeting. It was decided to hold an auction sale of miscellaneous articles at the next meeting which is to be held at the Home of Mrs. J. VanCainp. The Rev. Mr. Henderson closed the meeting with prayer. Lunch was served. Mrs. John Hopper of Algoma, called on old friends in the village last week. Mr. and Mrs, Geo. Ferguson and little daughter of Toronto, visited with Mrs. Perdtie and Mrs. Brandon. Mr. and Mrs. Grant Procter of Fort Francis, are visiting with Mr. and Mrs, Carl Procter. Mr. and Mrs. B. Miller of Listowel, spent last Sunday with Mrs. Brandon, Mr, Morris Leitch of Owen Sound, is spending his vacation at his home twee. Kenneth Wheeler of the R,C.A.F., is spending a furlough at this home. Institute Meets July The Historical Research Meeting of the Women's Institute will be held at the home of Mrs. :Harold Procter, on Tuesday, July 17th. The convenor of the prograMtne will be Mrs. N, Walsh, Roll !Call 'Something old and to whom it belonged." The address will be given 'by Mrs. R. Pear, 13lyth. Ilea& and Labour ing, Mrs. H. Wheeler, Music, Old. Songs. Lunch committee, Mrs. H. Wheeler, Mrs. S. Procter and Mrs. E. Anderson. This is the Grandmother's meeting and the Grandmothers of the community are cordially invited to at- tend. SCHOOL REPORTS Results of Final • Examinations at U. S. S. No. 10, Kinloss and Wawa- nosh, E.;— Gr, I—(Primary)—Joann Case- more, 98%; Marilyn Morrison, (abs.) Gr. I—Raymond Adams, 93% ,(ab- sent for other exams.); Beverley Ey- non, 97%; Jimmie Gaunt, (Failed.) Gr. II—Beverley Casemore, 88%; Marjorie Coultes, 88%; Jean Gaunt, 86%; Donna Hutchison, 62%. Gr. IV—Bobbie Eynon, 92%; Carl MacClenaghan, 63%, (absent for other examinations). Gr. V—Shirley Casemore, 77%; Matilda Hutchison, 66%; Ann McIn- nes, 70%. Gr. VII—Roberta Mowbray, 90%; Clayton Schultz, 87%. Gr. VIII—Gordon Wellwood, 85%;- Janie !McInnes, 74%. Gr. IX—Faye MacClenaglian, 79%;* Eileen Yeomans, 84%, The following is the report of the' standing given the pupils of U: S. S. No. 6, East and West Wawanosh. Grade VI—Norman Wightman, 80% James Buchanan, 77%; Bill Rodger, 68%; Cecil Campbell, 62%. Grade V—Lorna Buchanan, 83%; Lawrence Campbell, 71%; Franklin Campbell, 66%. Grade TV—Joy Lutz, 84%; Gerald Govier, F. Grade III—Gerald McDowell, 76%; Betty Rodger, 76%; Lois Campbell, 66%. Grade II—Ruth Cook, 84%; Israel Good, 83%; John Buchanan, 82%. Grade I—Bobby Carter, 80%. 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