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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1946-09-05, Page 3ss•-t•tssisr7ris'seirs"'"4"tis . -1/4 Thursday, September St 1946 THE WINGITAM ADVANCE-TIMES missiotter's office, • Trans-Canada Air Lines will oper- ate on the route for Canada. Date of .the first Canadian flight has not been set, but it may be some time this fall, Announcement of the completion of an air agreement between Canada and Australia was made by the External Affairs Department and by Reconstru- ction Minister Howe in the Commons, KINGSION Doifilmon 01111CHILLII BORCHERS Lifun .oNTARKI THE INTERNATIONAL PLOWING MATCH. AND FARM' MACHINERY DEMONSTRATION OCTOBER 15 - 16 17 - 18 — 1946 PORT ALBERT AIRPORT • HURON COUNTY 121/4 Miles North of GODERICH nighway No. 21 THE WORLD'S LARGEST PLOWING MATCH SEE THE LATEST IN FARM EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES TAKE OFF A DAY . . . BUT MAKE IT PAY For •Full Particulars, apply to J, A. CARROLL', Manager, Parliament Buildings, Toronto, Ontario Alt Dominion Troops To Be . • Home By the Year-End Ottawar-;-Repatriation of all C4144- Ian servicemen still overseas approxi- • mately 6,000, is "expected to be com- pleted by the end of the year," a De-. fensc Headquarters statement said. The statement followed a report by a columnist of the London Daily Gra- phic", who said 'some of the 6,000 Canadians still in England would re- main there as long as five years or five years or more, FWORLD MOE NEWS IN CONDENSED FORM A Dominion Pedigreed South American Chinchilla week there, Bob is starting this term at Wingham High School, Mr. and Mrs, Archie Cobbins of `Toronto, and her father, Mr. Arthur Craig of Harrisburg, Penn., spent the week-end at the home of the latter's brother, Mr, J. S. Mr. and Mrs. Robt, Hall of Wingham, also visited there over the week-end, Miss Bertha MacKay of Toronto, spent the week-end with her sister, Miss Agnes MacKay. Mr. and Mrs, Gregg Shiell and Sid- ney Thompson spent Saturday in Lon- don and. St. Thomas with relatives, Born—On Sunday, 'September 1st,, in Wingham General Hospital, to Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Zinn, (Olive Por- tion), a son. " AmOng the teachers returning to their schools after the holidays are, Miss Winnifred Farrier to Toronto, Mr. Carman Farrier to New Toronto, Miss Ada Dow to No. 3, Colborne, Miss May Maori-ley to Gorrie, and Mr. Adam McBurney to, Kingston. Miss Eileen Snell, of London, spent the week-end with her parents, Mr. and -Mrs. Stanley Snell, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Irwin and Miss Gwendolyn Irwin , of Toronto, spent the week-end with their mother, Mrs. Herson Irwin. Richard is tak- ing a special four monthS course for returned men to get some of his upper school subjects. Mr. Robert Laidlaw of Preston, spent the week-end with his wife and family in Kinloss. Mrs. John Falconer, who had been visiting with relatives • at Thamesford and London, for the past two weeks, spent a few days here with her sons and their families before returning to her home at Caledon on Saturday. The Womens Institute held a dance in the Hall here on Friday evening, and The Dramatic Society of Port Albert will present their play, 'My' Gracious Grandma in the Hall here on Friday, September 13th. The ladies sent a delegation to consult with the Kinloss Council at Holyrood on Tuesday last, and the Council gave them a further grant of $250, for the Community Hall. Mrs...I-louse of Meaford, is spend- ing two weeks with .her daughter, Mrs. Hector Purdon, and little Miss June, who spent. the past two weeks with her aunt, Mrs. Cecil Falconer, return- ed home on Sunday. Little Miss Myrna Stockill of Po- wasson, who is well known in this community as she has spent many years when little, and attended S. S. No. 10, Kinloss, from the home of Miss C. Laidlaw, had a 'strange experience up north last week. She and her young brother and a cousin, Jean Purdon were sent for the cows,-and were chas- ed by a bear. The little folks got in among the cows for safety and return- ed home uninjured. Mrs. Jackson and. Miss Margaret visited with the former's sister, Miss C. Laidlaw at the home of Mr. and Mrs. James Falconer on Saturday, be- fore leaving for their home in Toronto. Mrs. Donald Cameron, who has been visiting with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Morrison, left on Thursday to visit with Mr. and Mrs. Cameron of Dearborn, Mich. Borns—In Wingham General Hos- pital on Friday, August 30, to Mr. and Mrs. William Parker of London (nee Eileen McClenaghan) a son. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Coultes and family spent Sunday with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Kerr of Paisley. Mr. and Mrs, John Johnston attend- ed the wedding of their granddaughter, Miss Aerie]. Johnston and Mr, Wood of. Seaford', at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Graham Johns- ton on Saturday, Mr. Clifford Heifer spent a few days last week in Wingham General Hospital. Mr, and Mrs. William Windsor of Detroit are visiting at the home of her father, Mr. • Robert Carrick. Their sons, Fred and Harold spent last week here, Mr. and Mrs. Kroskorth of have been visiting at the home of their' son, Mr. E. H. Groskorth during the past week, Mr. and Mrs. Lorne Johnston and Mr. and Mrs. Jack Gillespie spent the week-end at Niagara Falls, Mr. and Mrs. Robert McClenaghan left on Saturday for a trip to Moose Jaw, Saslt. Mr, and Mrs. Robert Toomey and baby, Robert Creighton, of Detroit, spent the week-end at the home of Mr, and Mrs. 3, Beecroft, Mr. and Mrs, Francis Creighton arid Mr. and Mrs, Prank Connelly of Detroit visited there on Sunday. • Misses Marjorie and Isabel Elliott commenced sehOol at S. S. No. 10, Kinloss, on Monday, as S. S. No. 14 W. Wawatiosh, has been closed, Their father is tinder contract with the trus.% tees of W. Wawanosh to drive them school. Miss Beatrice Graham and Mr. Malcolm. Graharn of Wingham spent a few days last week with Mr, and Mrs. Elliott. Miss Lucille St. Marie of Toronto spent the weekend here with her broth. ers, Their parents, Mr. and Mrs. St, Marie arc visiting with their son, trother Jude of Rhode Island Monastty. Mr. and Mrs. Join t Masoli and Mr, and Mrs, Kenneth Mason spent the. Week-end with the former's sister, Miss Mary Mason of Hamilton, Miss Florence teecroft returned to Toronto, on Monday after spending two weeks at her home here. tittle Leroy Rintoul, son of Ur. and Mrs, Gordon kintottl of W. Waw, anoth had his right hand broken while getting off a load of wood with his his artai, causing the injury. upon a kind old lady tame woad Miss Nettie Sharpe of 'Hatallthito a little fairy sitting beside the road South American Chinchillas are bearers of the world's most luxurious fur, They are hardy, clean and interesting animals, easily and inexpen- sively raised and ranched. They provide respon- sible persons a fine opportunity for full time bus- iness with a minimum investment risk. Dominion Chinchillas are proven breeders, guaranteed to live and reproduce, Bevin Leaves Peace Conference London,—The Daily Herald said that Foreign Secretary Bevin, head of the British delegation, has returned to London, and "will not return to the Paris Peate Conference unless his pre- sence there becomes absolutely im- perative." The paper said the reason for Mr. Bevin's return was that he regarded the coining. conference on the Pales- tine question as taking "priority over everything else." Bigger and Better Atomic Bombs Seen New York,—The New York Times, in a .front page story said the United States had "warned" the United Nat- ions atomic energy commission that if peace cannot be achieved the United States "will have no alternative but to continue making bigger and better at- omic bombs to intimidate any would- he agresssor nation from starting an- other war". We provide practical assistance in becoming estab- Soap Production Up, Hoarding Continues Torolito,—Soap production increased 15 per cent in August and if house- wives would stop panic buying and hoarding there would he enough for everybody, the manager of a large soap manufacturing firm said. He was commenting on the shortage of laundry soap and soap chips and flakes. "If householders would stop grabbing every package they see, mer- chants 'could keep a satisfactory supply on their store shelves, " he said. Exterior and interior views of our Kingston Ranch. L. D. Woolsey, D.V.M., ranch manager. lished in this industry, Our Chinchillas are insur- ed against fire anti theft. If desired we will ranch your animals, for one year free of charge, and will arrange exchange of young chinchillas to introduce new blood into your herd, You are invited to see a Chinchilla ranch in opera- tion. Mr. Harry Wells, Huron and Bruce Chin- chilla Ranch, Wingham, an affiliate of Dominion Chinchilla Ranchers, Limited will welcome you at any time, preferably evenings. when Deputy Speaker Ross MacDon- ald put the estimate to a vote, but they were outshouted by Liberal and C.C.F. members. U. S. Industry Producing At Wartime Rate Washington,—Industry in the Unit- ed States is pouring out civilian goods and services at a rate approaching tot- al production at the climax of the war effort, John D, Small, civilian produc- tion administrator, reported. .. Free for the ' present from the "Stop-and-Go" of labour discord, pro- duCers their virtual capacity, Mr. Small's monthly production report stated. Factories' now are "within sight of full produCtion •of finished goods," • Canada-Australia Flights Under Way In Mid-September Ottawa,---Tirst flights on a new Canada-Australia air route will he made by British Commonwealth Paci- fic Air Lines next month:It was an- nounced by the Australian High Corn- I would like to have details about Dominion Chinchillas, 1 MACK ST. KINGSTON, ONT. Fill in this coupon and mail to us if you cannot visit the ranch. full information about Dominion Chinchillas and profitable chin- chilla ranching will be forwarded NAME ADDRESS (print plainly) .11.••••••••Y• /louse Approves CBC Estimates Ottawa,—The Commons on a vocal vote, gave approval to a $2,000,000 es- timate that will allow the CBC to carry out' an expension program which includes the taking over of frequencies now occupied by three private stations in Toronto, Winnipeg and Calgary. The vocal division on the estimate came after the Progressive Conserva- tive and Social Credit members ,Pad renewed their opposition to CBC ex- pension plans. They shouted "nay" spent a few days last week with Mrs. A. Fox, The regular meeting of the W. M. S. of the United Church was held on Wednesday last with the president, Mrs. J. G. Gillespie in charge, After the opening exercises and business meeting Mrs. Thos. Moore, Supt. of the Mission Band, was in the chair for the program presented by the Mission Band, Mrs. Victor Emerson was in charge of the games in the recreation period. Lunch was served and all en- joyed the social time. iately started to blow upon it. The music was of a kind never before heard by man or animal "nor fairy for that matter. The old woman told the fairy that it was his and he could wear his leg during the daytime but on warm, summer nights when he felt lonesome his leg would turn into a wonderful flute. Since that time the same thing has happened to every one- legged fairy in the world." I forgot to ask him if there were any one-legged fairies in the world but it didn't seem important anyhow. Right now as I sit on the back stoop the years haven't dimmed the charm of grandfathers story a bit. The one legged fairies are certainly playing their flutes tonight and it's a wonder- ful sound. WHITECHURCH Mrs. Fred Leaver df Toronto, spent the week-end with her son, Bob, at the home of Mr. Chas, Leaver. Mrs. Fox of Toronto also spent a few days last • trying. He wanted to be musical, and he didn't have any instrument to -play and his voice was too. old for singing." Grandfather stopped then to listen to the sound of the crickets. Finally he continued and said, "This fairy was quite old and in his younger days he had been quite a lad shipping to sea when he was no more than a boy. During a terrible storm in the South Pacific he lost his deg and the ship's carpenter fitted him up with a wooden one. That immediately set him apart from all the other fairies and he was quite unhappy." I can still remember the night and the way he would pause every so often moon in the sky and I crouched closer to listen. There was a bright harvest to grandfather as he continued with his story. "The good old woman was very much touched by the whole thing. It was just such a night as this. To give the old fairy an instrument wouldn't be enough. He would have to have something' that would set him com- pletely apart from the others. She thought for awhile and then reached down and tapped his wooden leg. She asked him to take it 'off. He unscrew- ed it very carefully and handed it to her. She rubbed it with her cloak and lo and behold there in front of his eyes was the strangest kind of a flute any creature had ever seen. The fairy was delighted and immed- General Accountancy ei R 4.00•••000 tre for the SMALL BUSINESS MAN, PROFESSIONAL MAN, and THE FARMER. 1. Know the places of interest and beauty spots in your district and tell people about then, 2. When you write your friends in. the States tell them about some of the places they would enjoy visiting. 3 Try to make any, visitor glad he came. 4. Take time to give requested in- formation fully and graciously. 6. In business dealings, remember our reputation for courtesy and fairness depends on you. 6. To sum it up, follow the "Golden Rule." S. J. Pyrnin P. 0. Box 40 RIPLEY ONT. BELMORE Although we miss Mrs. Hewitt very much, a splendid meeting of the W.M. S. was held on Wednesday afternoon at Mrs. Roy Gowdy's. There were 15 in attendance. Mrs. Wesley 'Trem- ble as leader, Miss ,Mae Halliday as organist. The opening hyinn, "The church is one foundation" was followed by prayer., Scripture reading, Mrs. Wesley Tremble, music Miss Tremble, Minutes, Mrs. Roy Rutherford, Study Book, Currie of Chissamba, Mrs. Fred Doubledee, reading, Mrs. Harry Gowdy, Roll call, What can I do to help my church. Prayer in conclusion Mrs. Roy Rutherford, There was no service in the United Church on Sunday, some attended the Presbyterian while others went visit- ing. Mrs. Curie is holidaying with- her daughter at Stratford. Mrs. Adam Simpson of Wingham, vis- ited her sister, Mrs. Hakney over the week-end. Mr. Ed. Harris of Mildmay, called on friends in the village recently, Mrs. Scott is visiting•with her dau- ghter, Mrs. Robt. Breen at Wingham. Mr. Breen is not enjoying good health, Mr. Nelson Hunkin had men at work Friday raising his storeroom, This old building was Pearson Rosso's wagon shop, later a blacksmith shop, now a storeroom, .and getting better looking all the time. Mrs. Wm. Abram had a call from Mr. and Mrs. Sam Henry of Jocelyn, St. Joseph's Island. Mr. Henry farm- ed 'near to Mr. Jack Marshall on the Island, We read an interesting article from Father Deemert in the quake zone, he reports he never saw so many in the church. "Oh for a few more quakes". We extend our sympathy to Mrs. Wm. Mundell in the death of her' sis- ter, Mrs. Wm, Haugh. Miss Ferne Jeffray of Clifford, visit- ed her parents on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. McIntosh and little son at Harry Press'. We are glad Phil Oi.sifer got his mortgage paid, We wouldn't mind holding a mortgage if we could get a bag of potatoes, a side of pork and a glass of cream thrown in, The Ballagh family are on, a trip to the West.. Elmer must keep the home fire's burning, milk the cows and feed the thickens. Our, friends from the States have always enjoyed fishbig the'waters of Ontario . . . 73,000 angling permits were bought by them in one year.. When they return, let's give them a great welcome! WHAT CAN I DO? The answer is pksty! Here are some of the things anyone can do. The suggestions come from a well-known Ontirio hotehnan; PHIL OSIFER Of LAZY MEADOWS By Harry J. Boyle There's something comforting about the sound of crickets, I can rement. ebr my first impression of the sound of crickets so very well. I can't rem- ember 'how old I was, ,but I wasn't very big and my grandfather was sit- ting with me on the back stoop. "Grandfather," I said, "What's that sotlitti?" 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Actually, the Province of Ontario, in pre-war years, profited to almost the same , extent from tourist business as it did from the much publicized gold mining industry. It is up to each of us individually to see that this business goes on growing. 1/4 This thogrcon, based on figures .. sup- plied by the hotel Assodiatson, shows how everyone benefits from the Ontario tourist income. Rotel tourist dollar is shared this way . 1. Iletels; 2, Retail stores; R. Res- 4. Taxes, etc; 5'. AMMO- Jaienta; 6. Garages. *"Let's make them wc_rat, to come backlit" tHE BY JOHN LABATT LIMITED