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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1946-03-21, Page 3THE WINGHAIVI ADVANCE: TIMES • riwmlaY, March 21, 1946 1r PAGE TT-m: ELVIR GOVERNOR HABITANT ELDER • • • • BORDULAC ELVIR DASTUR • • • The New Line of Strike NORTHWEST QUEBEC ELV1R IS YOUR LAST CHANCE TO GET IN ON THE GROUND FLOOR Shares Now Selling over Unlisted Markets Only 18.000 Shares left at 20c. Next option of 100,000 Shares is 25c TWO PROPERTYS FOR ONE WRITE — PHONE — WIRE Elvir Gold Mines Ltd. 2255 YONGE STREET TORONTO • ONTARIO TRANSFER AGENTS Capitol Trust Co, Thou Ektin Toronto, Oa 3834 by Mrs. W. I, Miller, who investigated on Thursday afternoon after learning that Mrs. Ball had not responded to a knock on the door on Wednesday afternoon or Thursday morning. The funeral was held from. the Lnchnow Presb3,tter4an- Church on, Saturday af- ternoon with interment in the St, Hel- en's Cemetery, Mrs. E, J, Thom and Mrs, Campbell, and Patricia, of Lucknow, are spend- ing a few days with Mr. and Mrs, Al. Martin, Toronto, WESTFIELD The annual meeting of the Westfield Congregation was held on Friday aft- ternoon, A pot lucic dinner was ser- ved at noon after which the meeting was held. Rev. H. Spell presided, The meeting opened with a devotional per- iod. The minutes of the last annual meeting were read and approved, The reports were accepted. The Stewards report showed, $943,09 raised during the year.' The W. A, raised $150.68, the Mission Band $17,00, Y. P. Union, $43,40; Baby Band, $22.00; W.M.S. $181.79; Missionary and Maintenance, $266.81; Sunday School, $148.61; Boys' Box Fund, $70.75; making a total of $1844.13 raised by the church and Church Organizations. Mr. Wm. Walden was re-elected as member of the Session to retire in 1951. The other members are Mr. W. J. Phrkes Mr. Marvin McDowell, Mr. William McDowell, Mr. W. F. Campbell, Mr. Douglas Campbell and Walt& Cook were re-elected on the Board of Stew- ards to retire in 1949. Norman Rad- ford, John Buchanan, Fred Cook, Loenard Cook also being members of the Board. Treasurer, Roland Vin- cent; Trustees, Fred J. Cook, Howard Campbell, Melvin Taylor, Alva Mc- Dowell, Albert Walsh, Charles Smith; Ushers, Leonard Cook, Alvin Snell, Graeme McDowell, Murray McDow- ell, Ernest Snell; Auditors, Albert Walsh, Norman Radford. The meeting closed with the bene- diction by Rev. H. Snell. The members of the W. M. S. met on Friday afternoon in the basement of the church for the World Day of Prayer, Rev, H, Snell presided over the meeting. The Scripture lesson was read by Mrs. Jack Buchanan, Reading, Mrs. R, Vincent, Acidreis Mrs. Marvin McDowell, Prayers were offered by Mrs. J. Buchanan, Mrs. Douglas Campbell, Mrs. Fred Cook,, Mrs. J. L. McWowell, Mrs. A. Walsh, Rev. H, Spell. At the close of the prayer ser- vice a short business session was held in charge of the president. It was de- cided to have a quilting at the April meeting. Thel-oll was called which was answered by 16 members. The meeting closed with prayer ..by Mrs. McVittie, Miss Elaine Bamford is spending a weeks with' Preston friends. The Westfield Y.P.U. met on Fri- day evening at Auburn with the Knox United Church Y.P.U. when Mr. Ben- son Slitter of Clinton was in charge., Misses Dorothy and Roberta McVit. tie of ;GOderich, spent Sunday under the parental roof. Mr. Raymond Redmond is visiting 'with Mr, and Mrs. Pat O'Malley of Toronto. Mrs. Emerson Rodger is visiting with Toronto friends. Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Campbell at- tended the Good-Boyce wedding at Goderich on Saturday. Pte. Eldon Youngblut of Auburn, visited on Friday with his cousin, Mr. Ernest Snell. The Farm Forum met on. Monday evening at the home of. Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Campbell. After the radio broadcast the groups spent some time discussing the question of "Who will export our farm products." The soc- ial activities were in charge of Miss Winnifred Campbell. In the coming summer we may expect hundreds of visitors from the States. For many of them a good time means lots of leisure for hikes—visits to historic sites, scenic beauty spots. Let's give them a really friendly welcome and help to make their stay as memorable as it can be! WHAT CAN I DO? The answer is plenty! Here are some of the things anyone can do. The suggestions come from a well-known Ontario hotelman: 1. Know the places of interest and beauty spots in your district and tell people about them. 2. When you* write your friends in the States tell them about the places they would enjoy visiting. 3. Try to make any visitor glad he came to Canada. 4. Take time to give requested infor- mation fully and graciously. 5., In business dealings, remember our reputation for courtesy and fairness depends on you. 6. To sum it all up . ; follow the "Golden Rule." • }:i•X•:,..x.;.!.• • • IT'S EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS... 0W/wee' Aideeefooki. It *works both ways! They treat us royally when we visit them , we can't do less than re. turn the compliment. Remember that it costs money to take a holiday sti let's See they get a good return for every penny they spend. Worth his weight in goldi The Province of Ontario profits to almost the same extent from tourist business as it does from the gold inining industry. It is up to each of tie to sae that it goes on growing. This diagram shows bow Ontario's tourist income benefits everyone. Every dollar is shared this way... 1. Hotels; 2. Storest 3. Restaurants; 4. Taxes, etc,;. 5. Amusements; 6. Garages, ak7e4rompaeweedwaggero~ AAre''`.. Munn our Kalb **Rot NH WATT UMW, tfriison %ft CKNX 6.30 p.m. //MIA Gregory'Clark Can't Wait For The Trout Season Gregory Clark. commentator on "Parade of. Song", popular Tuesday' evening radio show, may be a back- fence philospher but he's no armchair shootin' fishin' man. Greg is Canada, has fished in many other parts of the world too and has a library of Over six hundred books on the subject. He's so anxious for the trout season to open that he spends all his -spare time one of the really famous anglers of these days -polighing up his equipment. r WORLD WIDE NEWS IN CONDENSED FORM Royal Family To Visit South Africa London,—The Royal Family will visit the Union of South Africa early next year, it was announced at Buck- ingham Palace. It will be, the first time a reigning sovereign has vis,ted South Africa since the Union -was formed in 1909. The heiress'-presumptive, Princess Elizabeth, and her sister, Princess Margaret, will accompany the King and Queen, 'It will be the Royal Family's first trip abroad since the King and Queen v:6ited Canada and the United States in the spring of 1939. M. P.'s Told Task Of Redistribution Ottawa,—A short sentence in the Throne Spe,ech gave Parliament not- ice of 'a difficult task — the redistribu- tion of, membership in the House of Commons. The formal speech said merely that GRASS SEED FERTILIZER NOW IS THE TIME TO ORDER YOUR GRASS SEED AND. FERTILIZER FOR IMMEDIATE DELIVERY while our stock is plentiful. Belgrave Com0p, Association TELEPHONE 634 - 33, Wingham \Exchange VtalMOM. BUY THEM AT YOUR HYDRO WWI .4,4•6 turned to Britain from the United States. Conservative party spokesman commented that the report "m:&ht be true, but there has been no announce) ment." Long-Standing Strikes Settled At G.E. and G.M. New York,—Settlement of long standing strikes against General Mot- ors and General Electric was announ- ced, opening the -way for the return of 275,000 workers to the task of re- conversion. The expected return would slice the United States Strike-idle total to 475,000. Accused M. P. to Resume Seat Montreal,—Ered Rose, charged with conspiracy and with unlawfully corn- municatiing information to Soviet Rus- sia, said he intends going to Ottawa to resume his seat in the House of Commons as Labor-Progressive mem- ber for Montreal-Cartier. r Mr. Rose arrested in Ottawa after attending the opening of Parliament, was brought here for arraignment. "I assume, until tried, I should be able to s't in the House", he said. "Meanwhile, I would rather say noth- ing further until I can make a public declaration in the House." Sterilization Operation. On Public-Minded Woman Brantford,—The Brant County Board of Health said it had approved the action of Dr. W. L. Hutton in seeking permission of the Brantford General Hospital to perform a steriliz- ation operation there, Dr. Hutton, district medical health officer, said the patient was "a mentally deficient young woman who has had two illegitimate children and is now in hospital with a third offspring." He said the woman and her relatives had agreed to the operatioin and that if the hospital rejected his request, he will arrange for an operation to be per- formed elsewhere, Rt. Hon. Vincent Massey To Return To Canada OttaWa,—Rt, Hon. Vincent. Massey, 59, Canadian High Commissioner in London, for 11 "momentous years" will retire from the post in May,. Prime Minister MacKenzie King announced. He made no reference to Mr. Massey's future or hiS successor. Parliament would be asked to make provision for redilstribtltion, butt behind that notice was the .likelihood of long . and possibly bitterly contested - corn, mitteesessions. Under the British North America Act redistribution 'was scheduled for. 1942, or at the latest 1043, but it was postponed because of the war, The redistribution wall be based. on the 1941 .census and it will result in Man- itoba's representation being cut from 17 to 14 seats and Saskatchewan frOm 21 to 17. Convict Clergyman Over Bingo Games Harnilton,—Rev. Michael Podolsky was convicted of two charges related to bingo games held in the Hall of St. Nicholas Serbian Church and told-the court that during h:'s 21, years in Can- ada he must have obtained a wrong interpretation of "British fair play". Sentence was suspended on the charges—keeping a common gaming house and breach of the Lottery Act —after the, minister testified a permit to hOId raffles at the church every Friday ha'd been granted by Mayor Sam Lawrence, Try New War Gas On Cancer, Leukemia Atlantic City,—A new war gas, nit- rogen, mustard, that acts much like X- rays, irbeing tried on more than 150 human cases of cancer,Hodgins dis- ease and leukemia. This gas penetrat- es deep into the body. It attacks in- dividual tissue cells and destroys them as effectively as X-rays, The medical angles were reported to the Federation of American Societies for Experilpen- tal Biology. Churchill Strong; Cigars Are Proof New York,—Lee Warren James, president of the Metropolitan Club, presented Winston Churchill with a box of 100 of his favorite cigars, com- menting: "If there remains any doubt about his (Churchill) being a strong man, I suggest somebody try to smoke one of them." All Rail Travel Restrictions Removed, Chevrier Announces Ottawa,—Transport Minister Chev- rier announced immediate removal of all restrictions on railway travel, With his announcement the minister coupled. a -warning that a shortage of special types of equipment might continue for an indefinite period. Regulations put into effect during the war limited sleeping and parlor car service and the operation of special trains. Army Training Compulsory At "U" First and second year studentS of the University of Western Ontario will be forced to tare military training next year. The two-year compulsory training Scheme was approved by the board of governors. Follow:,ng recommendation of the Joint Services University Training Committee vothich met on March 1st., the board of governors authorized military training for the academic year 1946-47 for first and second' year male students unless they calm show a pre-. vious active force service or other training in the service of a satisfactory nature. Jap Deportation Awaits Ruling Ottawa,—Government plans to send between 10,000 and 15,000 of the 24,000 Japanese in Canada to Japan have been suspended a Privy Council ruling on the Dominion's deportation powers, PrimeMinister King announ- ced, Mr. King said that' while no one would be forcibly removed to Japan, the Government would go ahead with plans to assist any Verson of Japanese origin to go to Japan voluntarily, New Department To Handle Reformation Of Offenders Toronto,—Creation of a Reform In- stittitions Department is planned by the Ontario. Government in a bill in. traduced in the Legislature by Premier George A, Drew, who .explained the department would .deal with changes 1:11 the whale method of treatment of offenders in the province. "This bill when it becomes legis- lation, will deal with 'measures of re. form father than punishment," said Premier Drew, i.oiramamo••••iri India Has night To Quit Empire, Attlee Declares London,--Prime Minister Attlee de- dared that India "has the /Iglu", to choose full independence and that if she elects to remain within the British Commonwealth "it must be by her own free wilt" He expressed` hope that India would not 'withdraw froni the Empire, but said " the British Commonwealth and Empire is not. bound together by chains of exter nal compulsion." 'Deport 0hurchlu Plans To Resign tohdou,—The Conservative Evert- ing News declares that Winston Chur- chill would relinquish leadership of the Conservative party soon after he re- ST. HELENS The ladies of the section were guests at a delightful St. Patrick's party „given by the Junior Red Cross Society in the St. Helen's School, under Sthe leadership of the teachers, Mr. James Coulter add Miss Batrice on Friday afternoon. The guests were welcomed by the president, Lois Webb, who also announced the follow- ing program, which was provided by the pupils of the Senior Room. A wel- come recitation by Murray Gaunt, Irish choruses by the pupils, a reading "The, Story of St. PatrlIck" by' Kath- leen Foster; dialogues, "St. Patrick's Day" and "The Party Line"; solos, "Wh en Irish Eyes are Smiling", by Lorne Forster, and "Dear Emerald Isle" by Lois Webb. A dance, "The Irish Li1t by the girls,'Miss Mc- Quillin conducted a "Bird Contest" which was won by Mrs. MeVarlane and Mrs. McPherson. At the conclus- ion the girls of the junior rooms, wear- ing white aprons, decorated with shamrock served cookies and maple sugar. The community was shocked and saddened on Priday when it was learned that Mrs. Eli2abeth s Ruther- ford Ball, a life-long resident of this community passed 'away in the Wing- ham Hospital early that morning. Mrs, tall, who lived alone was found On,- Conscious on the floor of her home