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Home My WebLink AboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1947-09-04, Page 3It's Your Life -But you have no business risking the lives of others If you are driving a car with faulty mechanism in any respect you are needlessly risking your own life, the lives of your passengers, and the lives of those in other cars. DRIVE IN FOR A CHECK-UP ON THESE VITAL MECHANICAL PARTS. Brakes Steering Muffler Tailpipe Lights Horn Wingham Motors Telephone 139 Wheel Alignment Front Spindles Tie Rod Ends Windshield Wipers Tires Chevrolet, Oldsmobile Cars -.... ii G.M.C. Trucks. LESS MOTOR $181.9.5 GQ Cycle motor,$1./.05 (extia) engine drive, $226.50 With gas Ready to Use Nothing more to, buy Headquarters for ShotN Polishes and Cleaners, Brushes, Laces, etc BROWNE'S Shoe Repair ti 1 11 11 1 1 1 11 1 1 61 1 M 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 1 I MI E R I I I I M E M E M E 11111111M111111111111111111111I111111111 IIIIIIIIIIM1111111111111 II 11111111111111111111M1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111I11111111111111111111111H111111111111111111111111B111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111M1111111111111111 4,.•..,46,- ,.,. "r' C Trili irr- 1°'44 .4,': :7:7,1,, 2. yt,''' Ivr::::_:,:iir.IM I. . j,t,-1( V: lib ...' ...,,,r `°NI'rnt , t.....-. - -1 1`.•.'3'' Frl -IP x. Reaches "All Eyes" You may have a car you'd like to sell! or, it may be a house ... or furniture or any of innumerable other possessions. Merely passing the word to friends won't find you a buyer, let alone get you the RIGHT PRICE. BUT . ADVERTISE IT IN THE Classified Want Ad. Columns of The Advance-Times and your "Sales Talk" reaches all eyes throughout the district. THEN — WATCH THE RESULTS. Place That Ad. NOW! Phone 34. 4 • 11.1. • Wr4e for illstrated folder or see the. 1111 i PROMPT DELIVERY National ,Milker at, your local C.T,C. a EXPENSIVE INSTALLATION • Completely portable—ready for, im." mediate use. Just plug the National , !I Milker into any convenient outlet. it Milks 2 cows at the same time . . ji instantly adjustable vacuum for easy or hard milkers. Self-adjustable • Pulsator has only one moving part. U Clear glass pails let you see how ▪ each cow is milking. The self-clean- • ing National Milker is supplied with t s erilizer rack, 3 milking pails (2 on the unit and an extra for quick • • change) . .also "rubber boots" WI which fit snugly over the bottom of milk containers and give added pro- = teetion against rough handling. i 10 SERVICE- WINGHAM, ONT. Robi GORRIE, ONT. U NO TIME WASTING Asirt M Alq- r 1 m 1 ; /0 jutil le 01,/010 SsW a I ! VA i, 11- MI ..1.---,,,_ I -, i ii _ Phone 184 n E. Campbell =-▪ = U Phone 38 -1. R. H. Carson & Son • unnitini!niamiumonsumonntiumnannownnumtinininummicutlis • t S ssocia e tore. = Madeline, became the bride of Mr. Gar- 1111111111Mill1111111111111111.111111111MI\ 01O PRICE Wednesday last to Miss Geargia.Cara- ban of Owen Sound, Rev. G, Wood- side officiated. Elliott-Carson---At the early hour pi sin a.m, on Wednesday, Thos. .Edward Elliott (better known as "Teddy"), son of 'Mr, and Mee, x ii Elliott of Turn- berry, and Miss Greta, only daughter of Mrs. Carson of town, presented themselves at the altar of St, Paul's church, and•Rev. T, S, Boyle spoke the. mystic words that joined them in mat- rimonial bonds, Whiteelinreh — Last Wednesday evening, there was. a serious case of kidnapping successfully carried %Ivan the public street, directly opposite the, Post Office, only it was a young lady, and not a kid who was carried off, There were three or four rigs stand- ing on the street and the lady in ques- tion came out of one of the shops and went to one of the buggies to get into P it, thinking it was her owii. When she I had her foot on the step, she discovered her mistake, but at that moment ,she was seized from 'behind and 'forced into • - the rig, while another took the seat 1?e• side her, and a third pushed up the top ▪ and the rig was xjriven rapidly away a toward the north pole.. As nothing has been heard from them since, in the way of ransom or otherwise, we preserne IA they have reached the pole in safety. ii• House To Rent—On Josephine St., nine rooms in good repair. Apply to a, Miss K. M. Fisher, Victoria St. (Ed, El Note—Too bad this was 40 years ago). Wedded In Missouri—The Advance, le published in Higginsville, Layfayette County, Missouri, gives a lengthy ac- "count of the marriage of Jas. Franklin "--/ Forester, formerly of Wingham, to - I Miss Emma Higgins, * net -Leslie Baker, son of Win. S. and • the late Mrs. Baker of Iroquois, QM.. Rev. C. E. Cragg officiated. I Personals — Messrs. Basil Mundy, = Dick Stone, Harcourt 'Mundy and Ted 1.1" Manners motored to Niagara Falls on • Saturday night. \Misses Margaret and ji Mary Robertson of Toronto, spent the - holiday with their parents, Mr, and — • Mrs. Geo. T. Robertson. Mr. and Mrs.' • E. R. Harrison and son, Ross, and Mr. • Walter Paterson are visiting with rel- b- atives in Toronto, I Baxter-McGee—Married in Toronto, on Thursday, August 31st., Miss Mae Pe McGee, daughter of Mrs. Jas, McGee • of Wingham, to Mr, Donald McMillen Baxter of Toronto. ▪ Bluevale Mr. and Mrs. J. Musgrove TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO Baker-Walker—A very pretty wed- ▪ ding took place at the home of Mr. and Mrs. James Walker, Scott St., at noon on Wednesday, September 6th, when their youngest daughter, Flornee * * ' FIFTEEN YEARS AGO Contract FWHighway'Work. Is An- i notineed—The contract for grading the road from Wingham to Londesboro has been awarded to the Wingham Construction Company. Persodals — Mr. and Mrs, W. W. Armstrong and Craig visited in Guelph last week, Misses Ann and Florence Barber returned to Toronto on Mon- day. Mrs. Albert Jacobs returned borne last week from Brantford, Mr. • and Mrs. G. Hawthorn spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs, G. Day, Morris. Gorrie---Mr, and Mrs. Milton Pries,. also Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon Bricker and I Jack, were guests of Mr. and Mrs.. W. Simson,• on, Sunday. Mr. Knowlson Hueston and bride returned home from their honeymoon last week. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Miles and. daughters, Man.' garet and Audrey and• son, Ronald, spent the holiday with Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Wade. • Wroxeter—Messrs. Alfred Morgan and aid Davidson spent a couple, of days at Toronto E. last week. Mr, and Mrs. Sitn Breckenridge and Mr. Jim Chandler Were Mhyt Visitors-on Sunday Wt.. Messrs.. Clarence White; Bill' Parks of town, also Ed, Rann, of London, motored to ,Tarcito.ort Tues- day.- , Ilelgrave—Mr, and Mrs. A. Yule and Bonk hoe. left, on theinracitimf. and Mrs. Jas,McGill visited with Mr. and Mrs, A. lIethery in HaMilton 'oft Saturday, Mr 13asil Ceultt of }:31.tf~ filo, spent Sunday with. C. R. 0:mites and family,_and alSo visited with his brother, Conitet and Mrs, Conti. Goderieli oaf 1 rlday night laid in At, ,TJI wiNonAm ADVANCI tes. On The 'Program At Gorrie--Miss Afihc VanWyck helped entertain at the'Gorrie Labor Day celebration with Scotch and Irish dances. Piper D. MacDonald, her grandfather, accom- panied her oil the bagpipes. • Win At Teeswater —On Tuesday evening of last week two local rinks of bowlers attended the twilight trebles in Teetwater, and W, VanWyck, D. Rae and 13, Porter were Successful in winning first prize receiving blankets, Take First And Fourth At Goder ich—Four local rinks of bowlers took part in the twilight Irish Trebles in JUST ARRIVED enq.a n rinks took first and fourth prizes.''' The rink composed of A. Wit- son, }. C. MacLean and D. Rae were first And received blankets.i J. 0, 1 Hab- kirk, W. A. Miller and A. M. Craw- ford came fourth, getting bridge sets. IThievale Decoration Draws. Large Crowd—The second annual Church Service and Decoration under the aus- pices of Bluevale L, O. L, 700 was successfully carried. out on Sunday last, with a record attendance of between four and five hundred people, includ- ing over ninety members of the order, The procession, headed by the Listowel Salvation Army Band, =relied to the United Church, where Rev, Bra, J. 1-1, Geoghegan, of Lucknow, preached an excellent sermon. Gorrie—Mr, and Mrs. George Fos- ter,' also Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Baker, spent the week-end in Gall. Mr. and Mrs. W. Pyke and family spent Sun- day with Mr. and Mrs, Laurence Gal- braith. Mr, and - Mrs. Chas, Black visited on Thursday with Mr. and Mrs. Cameron Edgar, at Walkerton, - Whiteehurch—Mr. and Mrs, Geo. Walker and family spent Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs, Robt, Fur- don. Mr. and Mrs, Elmer Alton and family, of Ashfield, .spent Sunday- at the homes of Messrs. Wesley'and Geo, Tiffin, of Kinloss. .Mr. and Mrs. Roy Patton of Lucan, spent Sunday with her mother, Mrs. Fox. Local and Personals—Misses I3er- nice Blake, Leah Robertson, Vivian Tiffin, Elizabeth Weir, Marion Simp- son and Mary Robertson have returned home after spending an'enjoyable week at Port Albert, Mr. Geo. Allen, of Cincinatti, Ohio, is visiting with his fa- ther, Mr. Robt, Allen. Mr. and Mrs. J. M, R. Spittal returned to town after spending two weeks' vacation in Mount Forest. Heavy Feed Movement Figures indicate that an unusually large quantity of western feed grains and millfeeds were shipped east dur- ing the 11-month period ended June 30, 1947. The movement of western feed wheat was down compared with the corresponding period of the pre- NiOUS year, but this was more than offset by increased shipments of oats, barley, screenings and millfeeds. The, feeds was 16,414 tons for Ontario, 113,- net increases over 1946 for all these 420 ton for Quebec, 18,435 tons for Nova Scotia and 1,974 tons for Prince Edward .Island, making a total of 173,- 728 tons. Wheat shipments decreased by 5 million bushels, but oats increased by nearly ten million'bushels and bar- ley by 3.5 million bushels. Hotchkiss & A ngus 'Phone FOOD MARKET 'Phone 116 We Deliver , 116 Newport FLUFFS, „ .$ qt, 25c Old Duth CLEANSER, 2 for 21c Heinz - Infant FOODS, 3 - 25c SHREDDED WHEAT . CREAM CHEESE—Chateau, 1/2 lb. pkg. . , ....23c For Your Pickling Needs we carry a full stock of Celery Seed, Cassia Buds, Mustard Seed, Whole Allspice and all other Spices We carry both CIDER and SPIRIT VINEGAR in Gallon Jugs 20 oz, tin 20 oz. tin Grapefruit Juice, 2 29c Tangerine Juice • . .19c York Brand - 20 oz. tin BOLOGNA, tin , . . . 27c SPAGHETTI, 2 tins 25c MATCHES, 3 pkgs. 29c KAM, tin 37c FRUIT and VEGETABLES JUICY GRAPEFRUIT 5 for 25c ORANGES—Size 220s, doz. 49c LEMONS 6 for 25c — ARRIVING DAILY Tomatoes, Cucumbers, Fresh Beans, Celery, Potatoes,Head Lettuce, Cantaloupe,' Peaches, Peaches, Pears, Carrots, and Bananas ....•••••••••mosaad. Mrs. Batting, her eon, Mr. Ernie Campbell and daughters Joan and Bev- erley . of \Vallaceburg visited the for- mer's neitee Mrs. Carroll Gregg and other relatives last week. Mr. George Gregg accompanied them on a visit to Massey, Ont. Mrs, Jas. Edwards returned on Sun- day from a visit with friends in Owen Sound. Mr. Stanley Dane of Toronto is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Dane.• Mr. Dane has just re- turned from a motor trip to Mexico. Thutoolay, September 4, 1947 REMINISCING FORTY YEARS AGO Personals—Rev. D. Perrie and fam- ily returned last week from their vaca- tion. Thos, and Robt, Groves left on Friday for Spokane. Mr, J. G. Work- man has returned to town to resume his duties on. the teaching staff of the High School. Dr. W, J. and Mts. Price and young son spent Labor Day in Orangeville. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Smith have returfied to' town, after spending their vacation at Kingston. Railway Accident—A serious acci- dent occurred on Tuesday on the Harold Victor Pym —TEACHER— PIANO, ORGAN, VOICE, THEORY Studio—Centre Street, Wingham Pupils prepared for Examinations Royal Conservatory of Music, Toronto, Canada Classes now forming for fall term to commence September 7th R. An excursion train left Markdale for Toronto in the morning, and when it passed. Orangeville there were seven carloads of passengers. When the train was rounding. the Horseshoe cur- ve on the Caledon. mountain-the engine and five cars left the track, The latest report obtainable is that six were killed and over fifty injured, but reports are conflicting. Wedded On Wednesday—At 12.30 on Wednesday, a marriage ceremony graced the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Walker, when their second daughter, Miss Jennie, became•the bride of Alvie Fleming. Rev, W. G. Howson, assist- ed by Rev. T. S. Boyle, officiated. , Married in Owen Sound—Mr. Harry Carr, son of Mr. and Mrs. Free Carr, formerly of Wingham, was married on spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs, Wm. Thornton, Mi. and. Mrs. L. W. Ruttan I visited friends _at Wroxeter last week. Misses Jessie and Louie Patton are ' spending a couple of weeks in Toronto !Mr. and' MTS. John Anger and son of Gorrie, spent Sunday with Mr. and I Mrs. Alex Mc Gee. Glenannan Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Stoke's spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Wm. J: Ballagh of 'reeswatee. Mrs, John Metcalfe spent a few clays last week with her sister, Mrs. Thos, Haugh. Misses Mary Haugh and Alba Johnston returned last week from visit- ing in Toronto. Whiteehurch — Mrs, Wes. Leggett and children' of Bluevale, spent laSt Thursday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Mowbray. Our teacher, Mr. P. Gowans is going to teach continua- tion work in S. S. No. 10, Kinloss this year, The following left on Saturday to visit friends in Toronto and attend the Exhibition: Miss Jean Gillies, Messrs. Frank Paterson, Wesley Lott, , Chas. Gillespie, James Paterson nad I. Elgin Purdon, Wroxeter Mr. and Mrs. Robt. 'Black spent a few days last week at 'Pike Lake. Mr. and Mrs. D. Is/I. Mac- 'Tavish are visiting in Toronto this 'week. Mr. and Mrs. Graham Ballan- tyne, of Toronto, are at present visiting ' the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jas. ''Ballailtyne, minw 50c 45c 50c 43c TEAS LYONS 1/21b. 43c, 45c, LIPTONS 1/41b. 43c, RED ROSE 1/21b. 43c, SALADA Black 1/21b. BLUE RIBBON Orange Pekoe V21b. 40c Jiffy Pie Crust .... 27c Australian RAISINS lb. 18c DATES ,. . lb. 24c Shredded Wheat 2 pkgs. 23c Margaret Kellys Salad Dressing - 8 oz. jar 25c Grapefruit Juice 20 oz. tin 12c RUBBER JAR RINGS 7c ZINC RINGS doz. 29c CROWN 'FRUIT JARS' 1 doz pts. 95e —1 doz, qts. $1,10 Jack Wilson BELGRAVE, ONT. Large shipment of English Dinnerware Juit a few of the BETTER VALUES GRAPE 97 pieces - $69.50 SEAFORTH 66 pieces - $34.25 SOVEREIGN 63 pieces - $23.95 BANCROFT 53 pieces - $33.60 Breakfast Sets, 32 pcs. $12.95 up Tea Sets, 21 pieces $12.50• up THE WALLPAPER SHOP ELMER WILKINSON CLUE HUES L,R.S.M. Orgatfist Wingham United Church is fully qualified to give First Class LESSONS IN Piano, Organ, Voice and Theory of Music Interviews at'nbove Church on Fridays and Saturdays 13qt. 39c Roll WAX PAPER , . , . .30c r Pat-A-Pan 25 lb. bag PASTRY FLOUR 99c r .2 pkgs. 23c GORRIE (Intended for last week) Mrs. Hugh 'Edgar, Wroxeter, and her son, Mr, Jack Edgar of Fort Fran- ces, visited at the home of Mr, and Mrs. W. H. Marshall on Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Metcalfe of Bel- more called on friends in town one day last week. Mr. and Mrs. Alex. Marshall and Jimmie have returned to their home in Stratford after holidaying with rela- tives here,