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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1945-08-16, Page 1With Which Is. Amalgamated The Gerrie Vidette and VVroxeter News. fr. 'LOCAL RINK WON MIXED TOURNEY .Fifteen Rinks Took Part in Tourna- ment Monday Night Only three outside rinks took part ln the mixed rink tournament held on Monday evening at the bowling greens. The entry was 15 rinks, Teeswater 1, Seaforth 1, Lucknow 1, local 12. Three ten-end games were ,played and between the second and third games the ladies served sand- wiches and coffee. The winners were: 1st, Miss P. Johns, Mr. Huffman, Mrs. Joe Kerr, Omar Haselgrove, skip, Wingham, 'three wins and a plus of 22; 2nd, Mrs. C. Deans, Harry Green, Mrs. Bert Porter, Wally Miller, skip, Wingham, three wins and a plus of 14; 3rd, Mr. and Mrs. Archie Blair, Mr. and Mrs. Mel Donahue, Teeswater, two wins and a plus of 20; 4th, W. Smith, Margaret Solomon, Mr. and Mrs. A. Soloman, Lucknow, two wins and a plus of 16. 'WAR BRIDE IS ON THE DROTTI'NGHOLM Mrs. Betty Cassidy and her son Raymond, war bride of Pte. F. J. Cas- sidy, will arrive to-day (Wednesday) .at Halifax aboard the S.S. Drotting- holm. Word was received to this ef- fect by Pte. Cassidy's mother, Mrs. • D. Cassidy, R.R. No. 1, Bluevale. 'Will Arrive On The Comeronia The following in this district are listed to arrive on the Cameronia at Halifax on Thursday of ,this week: L/Cpl, J. MacGibbon of Wingham; 'Tpr. .J. C. Pritchard, R.R. No. 1, \Wroxeter; Pte. Norman R. Young, RR, No. 4; Brussels; Sgt. R. E. 'Charles, R.R.. No. 2, Gorrie; Pte. E, 'E. Felker, of Seaforth. .Former Resident Back 'From Overseas Sgt. W. Frank Armour of New- market, recently returned to Canada :from overseas on the hospital ship Letitia. Frank was listed as a stretch. ter case. He will be remembered here by many as he resided here for some 'time. He is the son of Mr. Wm. Arm- our. Frank served overseas with the 55th battery. LOCAL MAN GROWING POTATOES FROM SEED 'Mr. Jos. Scott Will This Year Reap Benefit of a Five-Year gxperiment In our last two issues we reported potato plants on which seed pods were developing. Since that time we have Chad several people inform us that they have or had potato plants on which there were seed pods. Mr. Jos. Scott of Pleasant Valley 'has gone a step further than that, About five years years ago lie had a potato plant in his garden which grew ,a number of seed sacks. He allow 'ed them to develop and three of the voda ripened, He collected these pods and the next pring planted them and 'saved the small tubers the next fall and planted them the next spring and so on until this year he has three rows of his own variety of potato in his garden. So far none of these pota- toes have been 'used so Mr; Scott is looking forward to •trying 'them out one of these days, The seed potato which grow' the . Oda was purchased from Mr. Wnt. Field of 'town and waS an early *ar- Iety, :Single Copies Five Cents WINGHAM, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, AUGUST 16th, 1945 Subscriptions :$2,00 Per Yom, ,AnsumploOMPRIMMor 'SUNDAY WILL BE DAY OF PRAYER -Parade Will Be Held To The United "Church For Sunday Morning Service The Sunday following V-J Day will ;be held across, Canada as a National ,Day of Prayer and Thanksgiving. This day will "be celebrated in a -special way here by a parade to the -Sunday morning service at the United Church. The parade will be headed 'by the Wingham Citizens' Band and :included in the parade will be the Civic Officials, Legion, Veterans of :both wars, The 99th Battery, Boy :Scouts. An invitation is extended to .any other organization who so desire 'to join the parade, The ,parade will :form up at the armouries at 10.30 a.m. LIONS FROLIC TO BE THE BEST IN HISTORY Midnight Dance — Afternoon and Evening Events The Lions Club are planning for the best Frolic 'yet and the committee in charge have left nothing undone to make Labour Day this year a day which will long be remembered. The ever popular midnight dance will again be held this year and this will be great news for, the younger folk, in fact for many of the older ones also. The new floor at the arena should make this an outstanding part of the Labour Day celebrations.. The afternoon program will start with a soap box derby and the race will be held down John Street from the High School corner. Then comes the pet parade at 2 o'clock and this parade will be headed ,by two bands, The Kitchener-Waterloo Boys' Band, and Wingham Citizens' Band, After the parade two outstanding teams will play a softball game and the fans should get a real kick out of this game. A progr'am that should please every- one has been planned for the evening in the arena. The amateur contest at 8.30 will be a feature attraction as will the Bern Conway Troupe of London, Canada's ``Biggest Little Show", which make their presentation at 11 o'clock, There will also be games and danc- ing. The new floor will be ready for this dance and also for the midnight dance Sunday 12.05. You will enjoy yourself at the Lions Frolic here on Labour Day. NAME REMOVED FROM THE PASTEUR LISTS Wife Not Notified of Change to Meet Husband Mrs. Charlie Krohn received a card last week informing her that her hus- band, 'Sgt. `C.-W,-Krohn, would ar- rive in Canada aboard the Pasteur. She went to meet him at London, but he tiras not on the train which arrived at 10 p.m. Sunday night. Lloyd Case- more who came home on this boat in- formed us that Charlie was listed for the Pasteur but that he was taken off the .list at the last minute. The lists had apparently been sent on to Carf ada and the usual notification was thus sent to Mrs. Krohn, Charlie has been overseas for a long time having gone overseas with the Perth Regiment. Horticultural Premiums The Horticultural Society has a number of Regal Lily bulbs for sale at 4 for $1.00 or these will be given with a new membership in the society. Later the society will have a quantity of Tulip bulbs for sale. Arrived Back From Overseas District men who arrived in Canada over the 'week-end and who were not mentioned in other items were: S'gt. J. H. Harman, Brussels; Trp. W. J. Coutts of Walton; Pte. W. S. Lowe, of 13russels; L/Cpl. S. D. Ball of Au- burn; W,O. K. Bridges, of Lucknow; Bdr. D. A. Stinson, of Lucknow; Pte. 3, A, Sleightholm, of Ethel. These came on the Pasteur. Arriving last week on the Alcantara were Flt, Lt. H, Hyslop, of Teeswater and FO. J. D. McDonald, of Teeswater. Two came back on the hospital ship Letitia, they were, Pte. A. F. Lynn, of Gorrie, listed as a walking case, and Pte, C. L. Seip, of Clifford, a stretcher case. WRESTLING MATCH HERE ON FRIDAY Something new in the way of sports entertainment is billed' for the arena here on Friday, evening this week. It is a card of wrestling and this sport had been very popular with, fans in the larger centres for Scene time. A number of years ago there was such a match here in the arena and it met with general_ approval. The arena for Friday night has three bouts, listed, one light heavyweight and two heavy- weight matches. The feature attrac- tion is a heavyweight bout of 1 hour, 2 out of 8 falls 'between the Black Mask and Abe 2vonkin of New York. A prive, of $200 Is offered if the mask is removed. The Other :heavyweight bout is between Al geld of Hamilton and Jim Benidetti of Chicago. The light heavyweight match is by Mali:: Hutzler and Pat Murphy. The day that the Allied Nations had been waiting for V-J Day came with dramatic suddenness at' '7 o'clock Tuesday evening when President Tru- man and Prime Minister Rt, Hon. Clement R. Attlee, announced to the world that Japan had accepted the Allied terms of surrender without reservations, Although this news was expected and all were awaiting for the flash one had that feeling up until then that it may not come off and thus the announcement had a bomb- like effect. Celebrations were held all over the MEMORIAL SERVICE AT S. A. CITADEL Table Presented in Memory of M A. Finlay The Salvation Army Citadel was beautifully decorated with flowers from relatives and friends of the late Mr. Alonza Finlay when a memorial service was held in his honour. His widow placed a table in the Citadel to his memory which was accepted and dedicated by Captain A. Touzeau. Attending the service was Warnold, son of the deceased, and Arthur Fur- ness, son-in-law. Both these men have just recently returned from overseas, Had Tonsils Removed Alice Hayden had her tonsils re- moved in the Wingham General Hos- pital last Thursday, and is progressing favourably. world and the larger centres appar- ently going the limit with their joyous actions. Here following the announcement, the siren screamed and the bells peal- ed forth and it was only a matter of minutes until crowds had collected and the street was packed with cars. There was much noise and merry- making, but little or no damage was done. Some cars were decorated with flowers, hollyhocks were used mostly, and others had streamers. Hand bells and horns added to the noise of the celebration, It was a. lot of fun and WILL YOU OWE US YOUR ASSISTANCE We Desire Names of Those Returning Soldiers Who Do Not Arrive In London We are making every effort to wel- come through our columns the boys who are returning from overseas. The names of those in the arin,y who will arrive in London are received here at the armouries and we can keep track of them. But the men of the air force come by way of Lachine and no lists are received here. We would welcome news" regarding these iairmen and ask that next of kin kindly inform us of their arrival in Canada., This also ap- plies to any who are F the army and who enlisted in another military dis- trict than"the London'; district. If you have any other news items phone the Advance-Times — 34. March this year he went overseas and he was awarded the Air Force Cross in the King's Birthday list this year. Prior to enlistment Don was with C. Lloyd & Son. His wife and two chil- dren are taking up residence in the Lloyd duplex and Don will be home on thirty days leave. Tpr. George G. Edgar Tpr. George G. Edgar came back from overseas probably the fastest of any of our local lads who have so far returned. George was one of seven- teen volunteers for the Pacific who came back via bomber plane. It was just fourteen hours from the time they left the old land until they landed at Montreal. This was on Monday last week, but George did not come to Wingham until Friday as he had been visiting with his mother, Mrs. George Edgar, and his sister, Mrs. Jack Schultz, at Kitchener. They are all now out their farm on the second con- cession of Morris, where they will spend a two weeks vacation, George is nineteen years of age. He enlisted in February last year and proceeded overseas in February this year., He was not sent to the contin- ent until after V-E Day in Xay but has been in France, Belgium, Holland and Germany since that time. LAC. C. Maitland Johnston At one in the afternoon on Tues- day LAC., Charles Maitland Johnston, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Johnston of 3eigrave, arrived in London from oversees.. Maitland had returned on the Pasteur which docked at Quebec on Saturday, He enlisted in January 1942: and went overseas in May 1943. He saw service in France,. Belgium, Holland' and Germany: He is a brother of Clark Johnston;. CIZNX singing• Irishman, HOSPITAL .BUILDING. MAKIN 'PROWESS, Work on the Second Storey Now Being Carried On The fine weather of this past few weeks has been of great assistance in speeding the work on the new hospital building, The new addition is now taking shape and those who have been watching the progress made so far can see a great change this past two weeks. The brick work for the second storey is now being laid and if fine weather continues and building materi- als continue to be available as requir- ed, the work will proceed with great rapidity. About $24,000 is still required to complete the financing of this project. The committee in charge of this branch of the work are now making plans to complete the local subscrip- tion list. If you have not yet sub- scribed you will be given this oppor- tunity very soon. Some who sub- scribed early in the campaign have increased their contribution and the committee would welcome such fur- ther contributions. If we all pull together the building will he paid for on its completion, BLOOD DONOR CLINIC HERE NEXT WED. It Is Hoped That Many Will Be Present Another Red Cross Blood Donor Clinic will be held here on Wednes- day morning next week, August 22nd, Under exsisting circumstances many are of the opinion that the need for blood plasma is not urgent at present. This is a -mistaken idea as there is still a great need for Plasma. Wing- ham and district has answered the call by the Red Cross ,for dOnors exceed- ingly well, b nOw is not the time to slow ',I'll on this service. When blood plasma is not required the .clinics here will be (limn:tint:ed. DANCE AT ROYAL T Wednesday (to-night) to Elliott Ocortcwheensiternef.ce C aFr rour t 1 your 50 cents. AthdemRisosyioanl T Service Station is open all day Sun- day and every evening. Visit the new booth for hot dogs, hamburgers, chick- en sandwiches, soft drinks, etc. STORES HAVING V-41 HOLIDAY Wingham stores will be closed all day Thursday. They were open until 11 a.m. this morning (Wednesday), to give people an opportunity to do necessary shopping. This holiday affords all a chance to celebrate the great victory. •,„; .„„,„ Honoured Returned Servicemen The congregation of Brick United Church and community, gathered at the church Friday evening 'to honour three of their returned service men, Privates Roy Robinson and Howard Irwin, and Gunner William Irwin, An address was read by Miss Louise Coultes and the presentation of club brushes to each of the boys was made by Billy Irwin, Sidney Thompson and Donald Dow. In thanking the members of their church for the honour and kindness conferred upon them, the boys voiced their grateful appreciation of boxes sent them while overseas. All three have volunteered for duty in the Pacific. The evening waS spent iii games and music, after which lunch was served, BOATS TO ARRIVE FROM OVERSEAS The folowing are due to dock at Halifax: Drottinghohn, Aug, 15th, with 296 army and 284 dependents; Ca.merotda, August 16th with 8488; 'Hospital Ship Lady Nelson, August 21st with 500; Amsterdam, August 23rd or 25th with a unknown number. Scheduled to dock at Oohed: Duchess of Richmond, August 19th with 3,930; Pasteur, September '3rd with 4,450, The following will dock at Montreal with dependents but riO service per- sonnel; Manchester Skipper, August 19th, with 11 dependents; Jamaica Producer, August 20th, with 14 do- pendents. SERVICES TO BE IELO IN THE UNITED .C11114G0 Concluding Two Services of Summer, time Services For the next two Sundays, August 19 and 26, the joint services of tho Presbyterian, Anglican and United Churches will be held in the 'United Church and Rev. W. A. Beecroft, the pastor, will preach. The hours of the services will 'be at 11 a.m.; and 7 p.m.. These services will be the last in the Summertime series of joint ',services. For the past two weeks these serv- ices were held in St. Paul's Anglican. Church with the rector, Rev. Jack James in charge. CHOSEN GRAND EXALTED RULER Former Bluevale Man Honoured At National Convention Fred N. Haney of Calgary was chosen Grand Exalted, Ruler of the B.P.O,E, at the close of the National convention in Kamloops, B.C. He succeeds H. H. Greaves of Swift Current. He has. been active in the Elks in the province of British Colum- bia for a number of years, and is a, past president of the Alberta Elks and of the Calgary local association. Fred was raised in Bluevale and attended Public School there and took a commercial course at the Spottort Business College here, He is man- ager of Silks Limited of Calgary and. Edmonton. Mr. W. H. Haney of town is a brother. BINGO! BINGO! Good prizes at the Legion Bingo which is held every Saturday night in she Town Hall. These games are be- coming more popular each week, so come along and join in the fun. The Legion needs and deserves your sup- port. All proceeds are for Legion purposes. Help the Legion get ready for the boys when they return home. n saebreteonn sdtoer ineg duties, but on Tuest,laY been a store as well as'' • Since returning from': To Manage Walkerton Store Gray has been relieving manager at the Dominion Store here, It was a liar assignment for Earl as he had During the past two weeks Mr. Earl pr,,-ious manager of this4, being a local '01:), took ove`..".th .„, as relieving nal.yeerr.seaFsrieEnadrsl Inanager here wish him every sacccess. Accident Victim Very III *\ 1' We regret to report that Mr. Thomas Forunte who is confined in Palmerston Hospital following a car accident a week ago Thursday, is still' very ill. His lung was punctured by one of his nibs that was brbken and, both his knee caps were fractured and they are now in a cast, Mrs. Lewis who was also injured in the accident left the hospital last week. Mr, Fortune's friends hope for his speedy:, recovery. JAPAN QUITS THE WAR IS OVER, CAPITULATION OFFER ACCEPTED Again We Welcome A Number Home From Service Overseas IT IS A WONDERFUL THING TO HAVE THE BOYS COMING BASIS MARINO LIST IS CORRECTED Examine The Yellow Label on Your • Paper The mailing list has been corrected up to and including Monday, August 13th. Please examine the yellow label on your paper which will tell you if you are paid up or in arrears. If you are in arrears an early settle- ment would be greatly appreciated and if you find that there has been an error please notify this office at your earli- est convenience. Bowled At Mitchell Two rinks from here attended the trebles tournament at Mitchell on Friday night. They were, Harley Crawford, Mel Donahue, Alex. Craw- ford, R. R. Hobden, Ed. Nash, Bert Porter. Each week we now have the privilege of extending a welcome back from overseas to some of our men in the forces, This week we are happy again to say "glad you are back" to, another group. Flt. Lt. Harry A. Posliff Last week we named a number who had come home on the Ile de France but we missed one member of the R.C.A.F., Flight Lieutenant Harry A. Posliff, Harry did not arrive in Wingham until Wednesday night. He was met in Toronto by his mother, Mrs. W. H. Gurney and Mr. Gurney on the arrival of the train there, and then they motored home. Harry en- listed in the R.C.A.F. four years this coming October. He did all his train- ing in Western Canada and graduated at Brandon as a bombadier with the rank of Sergeant. He was quickly made. a pilot officer and later received his two promotions. He went over- seas in October 1944 and when the war with Germany was over had com- pleted 27 operational flights, After that he made four other trips to Ger- many. Pte, L. G. Casemore Sunday evening Pte. Lloyd G. Case- more arrived in London from overseas. He had been a passenger on the Pasteur which docked at Quebec Saturday evening. Lloyd is the son of Mrs, Annie Casemore of Lower Wingham who has two other sons in the service, Tel, Harry Casentorer who is at present at Quebec with the A.G. N.V.R. after a spell on the North At- lantic, altd. Pte, Herman. Casernore at present with the Highland Light In- fantry in Germany. Lloyd enlisted in- Jnne 1940' in' the' Perth Regiment. and in October of the same yeat proceeded overseas with his• unit'. battle ek- perience included Sicily, Italy until early this year when the unit went to the• other titrOpean front and' took part in the battles in Belgium; Holland and Germany. Sqdri, Lead'er. D. 0: Nesmith; A.V:e.: Aboard' the Pasteur also was Squad- ron Leader Donahr.C. Don enlisted four and h half yeara ago after training at Victoriavilie, and Sky Harbour, graduated' first in his class, at Camp Border: as -a pilot, receiving' his commission as a' pilot' officer. He then 'was sent to Trenton and was on the instrUctional staff there for some- time before -he was transferred' to Camp Borden as chief instructor. In Pte, J. E. txley Tlie Ile' de France brought a &I- grave boy back to Canada. He WO Pte, j. E. (Ted) Oxley, who served overseas with the 48th Highlanders, •Ted enlisted at the outbreak of war and: went to England with the first contingent' of Canadian soldiets. After a period of service in England he took part' in' the Sicilian and Italian cam- paigns. When the Canadians were taken from Italy to Prance in March this year lie went along and saw Serv., ice in Belgiurn and Holland, Ted came to Canada• when he was 15 years of age from England and for most of LOCAL SOLDIER RECEIVED AWARD Capt. T. W. (Bert) Platt Mentioned In Dispatches In a list of 16 officers and other ranks who received Military award& last week was the name of a local, soldier, Captain 1', W. Platt. We take this opportunity of extending to Bert heartiest congratulations on behalf of the folk of this community, So far it has not been ascertained what the cita- tion in connection with this award is, but as Bert was doing very special duty on the continent for some time it might well be for his devotion to this special police duty. Bert was the first officer here to en- list for active service, He was a mem- ber of the 99th battery, R.C.A. as a Lieutenant and when the Oth 'went active at Listowel in September 1080 lie joined this unit, A number of local boys joined this unit also especially after Bert enlisted. Bert went over- seas with this unit and remained with it until shortly before the invasion of Prance When he was given an appoint,' Ment at' the reinforcement depot. Later he was assigned to special police and intelligence duty. r:1111111.110NOMPION the large number milling about were truly enjoying themselves. The members of the Fire Brigade staged a free dance at Al's floor and it was crowded from early evening until well after midnight. This morning (Wednesday) at 3 o'clock a service was held in the Sacred Heart Church, also at 11 o'clock in the United Church under the auspices of the Ministerial Association. The stores were open Wednesday morning until 11 o'clock and then they closed and they will remain closed until Friday morning. the time since then until lie enlisted he worked in the vicinity of Belgrave. When he enlisted he was working at Cooper Nethery's farm. While over- seas he saw his mother several times. Sgt. Elmer Walker Sgt. Elmer Walker, son of R.M.Q.S. Ed. E. and Mrs. Walker of Zetland, was one of the R.C.A.F. members who came home on the Pasteur. He was a member of the second class at the Galt Air School, and he has served as a mechanic since that time. He was stationed at British Columbia and the Aleutians prior to going overseas in the spring of 1942. He was stationed in England during his stay overseas. He had three brothers in the services, Allan was discharged about two weeks ago; Lieut. George, came hack from overseas on the Ile de France, and Gnr. Roy is at present in Germany. Pte. E. Cr. Young A Morris boy Gnr. E, G. Young, son of Mrs, E. Young, 5th Concession of Morels, came home on the Pasteur Saturday and arrived in London Sun- day night. Earnest enlisted with the 99th battery and he went overseas with his unit in August 1944, The battery went to France on "D h Day and were in the thick of things front then until the cease fire took place, They fought in France, Belgium, Holland and Ger- many. Mrs. Young has three boys in the, service, Eimer I., with the 99th tn.d Norman R,, with the R.C.0,C., also overseas. Mrs. Young was on the Legion broadcast and spoke to her boys overseas. The recording was made in October 1943 at London, and was given over the B.B.C. just prior to Christmas, Pit, Lt. L G. Henderson The Britannic also 'brought a num- ber back to Canada but so far as we can learn there was only one Wing- ham boy in the' lot, Flight Lieutenant Ll'oytt O. Henderson, son of Mr, Wil- liani Joseph Henderson, Wingliam Junction. Lloyd enlisted in Decem- ber 1041i and! after' spending six, months' at'University of Toronto, he attended ClintonC Radio School, on graduation was commissioned as a Pilot Officer and then to Flight Lieut- enant, He went overseas in Detember 1942, carrying on his work there as a radio technician, Lloyd is a gradu- ate of the Llniversity of Toronto in Air Navigation and ptiot to enlistment' was a meteorologist at Suffield', Alta,