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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1947-09-25, Page 1'Western Section Maitland Presbyterial W.M.S. Met At South Kinloss The Sectional Meeting of the Wes- .tern Division of Maitland Presbyterial .Society of the W,IVI.S. of the Presby- terian Church in-Canada was held in South Kinloss Church on Thursday afternoon September, 18th, Mrs. Rus- sell, Lucknow and Mrs. A. McAuley, Ripley, Vice-Presidents, presided. The devotional period was in charge -of Miss. Carr of Dungannon Auxiliary, 'who gave an inspiring message on 'How Jesus Prayed," stating that the Bible records fifteen times that our Master engaged in prayer and giving 'the 'reason for and the results gained by -each of these memorable prayers. Mrs. D. McKinnon, President of the South Kinloss Auxiliary welcomed .the delegates and visitors to South Kinloss Church, This Sectional. Meeting was honour- cd having as guest speakers three highly esteemed _ personages of the Presbyterian Church, the Very Rev. H. MacDonald, Moderator of the General Assembly, also Miss Irene :Stringer and Miss Marion Williamson, Missionaries on furlough from India. Miss Irene Stringer, teacher in the Mission School in Jhansi, spoke of the • present crisis in India and stated that Aberd is greater opportunity for miss- ionary work in India than there ever -has been, Letters coming from India bring the good news that the people of In- (Continued on page four) EOFORTH EVENING AUXILIARY MET The Goforth Evening Auxiliary of .St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, met at the home of Mrs. Marvin Small- 'man, Tuesday evening, September 16. After the Invocation by the President, Mrs. W. W. Gurney' and the opening 'hymn, the scripture was given by Mrs, 'George Scott, Mrs, J. Carr then led in 'prayer. The topic for the evening, "Christian Education in India" was 'taken by Mrs. W. A. ,McKibbon and Miss Edna Carr, Miss Dorothy Deans -offered tire dedicatory prayer. After the closing hymn and benediction, a social hour was enjoyed. "Former Resident Passes Word was received here last week of the death of Charles McCool, of Dev- lin, Ont., in Winnipeg Hospital on Fri- -day, September 12th. He was a form- ,erNresident of this district many years ago. By Popular Request St. Andrew's Ladies present a return -engagement of The DAVIES, Canada's celebrated .Concert Ensemble, lit a completely new concert, Friday even- ing, October 17th, at eight o'clock in the Town Hall. !Car Accident At Whitechurch An accident occurred about noon op "Tuesday at Whitechurch that resulted In three people being brought to Wing- ham General Hospital for treatment .and 'X-Rays, Mr. and Mrs. Thurston and young daughter, of Stratford, were driving through Whitethurch and for !some unaccountable reason, the car got out of control and crashed into a county truck, Rev. W. S. Sutherland adrove the injured people to the local hospital, MIDGETS' 'WIN- .. • SOFTBALL CROWN "I'll do the best I cart" was the ans- wer Harry Gerrie gave when asked to coach the Wingham Midgets Softball 'Team. It must have been plenty good .enough because last Wednesday our 2 Midget team brought home the W.O. Championship, when they defeat- .ed Monkton in the-fourth game in a best of five series, No less than seven home runs were collected by Wifi'- .hatres batters as they downed the rival club 24-13 in a free 'fatting contest. The Midgets won the second W.O.A. A. Championship to tome to Winghant this year as the juvenile Hardball Team succeeded in winning the crown 'in their division. Now everyone pulls Tor the Wingham Hurons to make it three. This has been a great sporting year for Wingham and it is to be hop- .ed it' will continue. The line-up: Wingliata-aMacIntyre cf, Foxton lf, Lockridge ss, Rielil p, Brophy 2b, Ganattage c, Hilbert lb, Wells rf, Cur- rie Simmons 3b, Monktott-Seillor -c, Pattridge et, Mundt ss, A. Scholl If, P. Francis p, ;8b, Stacey lb; aileXttitie tr, Sand& tb, C, Scholl p Wingham .„.., .............. 1 8 1259x 24 orik ton ..... 3 3 2 0 2 0 0 2 1 13 The Wingham High School elected officerS of the Literary Society for the coming year, this week. The results were as follows: President, Jim Hob- den; Vice President, Gloria Swanson; 2nd Vice President, Stanley Hiseler; Treasurer, Trevor Moores; Secretary, Mary Ross; Press Reporters, Jean A- dair, Alan 'MacKay; Prophet, Grant Ernest; Marshal, Tom Lockridge. Form Representatives: IX A Lois Cruickshank, .lohn Hanna; IX B Shir- ley Lockridge, Willard Platt; X A Pan- zie Champion, John MacKenzie; X 13 Maxine Cowan, Wally Haselgrove; XI Muriel Brydges, Jim Irwin; XII Grace Holmes, Harold Pennington; XIII Leslie May Wall, Jim Allan; Comm, Norma Bruce, Norman Dickinson. The first meeting of the Literary Society will be held in the near future. FOUR SCOUT TROOPS TWO CUB PACKS MARCH About one hundred and thirty Boy Scouts and Wolf Cubs from four towns in Huron District assembled at the Wingham Armouries last Sunday, September 21. The occasion was a district church parade to the Wingham United Church. This starts off anoth- er year of Scouting following the sum- mer lull. Scoutmaster G. R. Harris of Blyth, was present with his troop, while ",Cubmaster" Miss Jean Brock was in charge of the Exeter Pack and also the 1st Exeter troop owing to the non- attendance of Scoutmaster Ted Bus- well. From Goderich came Scoutmas- ter Leslie Riley bringing with him a fine showing from that lakeside troop and of course the local boys were in full attendance. After a few remarks from Field Sec- retary Harry Firth of time Boy Scouts Association of Canada, at a get-to- gether in the Armouries immediately following the church service, time boys waded into boxes of sandwiches and chocolate milk provided by the Wing- ham Lions Club. When the eats were consumed, a task at which no time was wasted, the visiting troops- board- ed their various conveyances and journeyed homeward, Saturday Night Business Hours With time return to Standard Time this week-end in Wingham the local merchants will, commencing Saturday, October 4th, close their stores one hour earlier-10 p.m. instead of 11 p.m. Wingham Merchants Assn. DAYLIGHT SAVING ENDS SATURDAY Only three more days of Daylight Saving Time remains this year. At midnight Saturday, September 27th, citizens of Wingliant and district will turn back their clocks an hour to Eastern Standard Time, regaining the 60 minutes of sleep they lost, when Daylight Saving went into effect in the Spring. The return to Eastern Standard Time here coincides with similar tiloV- es elseWhere in Ontario. Daylight ,Saving Ends In accordance with a By-Law passed by Council in April, the period of Daylight saving in Wingham ENDS AT MIDNIGHT SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17 Citizens will please note change of time and act accordingly, DUNCAN KENNEDY, Mayor. HOLD FALL STYLE SHOW NEXT WEEK. Will. Be Held In Town Hall Friday, October 3rd •••••••••••••••11 After the style show of last spring everyone agreed -that another such showing should take place again as soon as possible, Therefore the local clothing merchants of the town have planned a showing of fall and 'winter wear to take place on Friday, October 3rd in the town hall. Tickets will go on sale at any local clothing merchant store and at McKibbons Drug Store, Tuesday, September 30th, priced at 30c each. Seats may be reserved for 10c at McKibbons Drug Store. Dealers Finance Show To clear up a mistaken idea it was deemed advisable to point out to the public that all the costs incidental to the Style Show are borne by the storekeepers thus making the erifire ad- mission receipts available to time Wing- ham Recreation- Council for use in sponsoring children's sport. In addition to the showing of a wide variety of fall and winter wear many new features are planded to round out the show. Only five hundred tickets will go on sale, any one of which may be reserved, so it will be a case of first come, first served. "IN AS MUCH" Once again the Canadian Institute for the Blind are soliciting funds in order to carry on the very humane work and once again it is through the Women's Institute that these funds are being collected, And once again it is Mrs. W. S. Hall who has graciously accepted this responsibility. It is ab- solutely impossible to conceive the bareness of a world in which a blind child lives and it is similarly impossible to conceive the tragedy of the life of a child who has gone blind. The Institute for the Blind has sent us many stories every one of which is absolutely true, telling how their funds are used to brighten these lives. We are impressed with how little means so much to these people and how much happier their lives are ,made by public funds. And so once again we appeal to you to give just as generously as you pos- sibly can when you are asked to give to this cause on Saturday, September 27th, Dance at Currie's School Friday night, September 20th, in honor of ,Mr. and Mrs. Angus Falconer. Ladies please bring lunch. The Davies Canada's celebrated Concert En- semble will play a return engagement in 'Wingham Town Hall, Friday, Oct- ober 17th, sponsored by St. Andrew's Ladies, Engagement Announced Mr. and Mrs. Clarence H. Wade of Belgrave wish to announce the engage- ment of their (laughter, Dorothy Ellen, to Gerald William Cruickshank, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wilford 1'. Cruickshank. of Wingham. The marriage to take place in Trinity Anglican Church, grave on October 11th at 12 o'clock. Tea and Baking Sale The Ladies' Auxiliary to the Legion will hold a Tea and Sale of Home- made Baking at time Legion Hall, Wed- nesday, September 24, front 3.30 to 5.50. SOCIAL EVENING FOR NEWLYWEDS A very pleasant time was spent on Monday evening at time home of Mr. and Mrs. Alex Rintoul when members and friends of the Baptist Church gath- ed to honour Mr. and Mrs. Bunking (nee Dorothy Pltippen), on their re- cent marriage. The evening opened with the singing Of a shower of thoruses, under time cap- able leadership of Mr. Glen Schiefele, after which Mr, Falconer opened with :prayer, A radio quizz then got under way everyone taking part. When the radio programme was tompleted Mrs. Frank Collar read an address to Mr. and Mrs. Itunking expressing the high es- teem in which they were held. Dorothy being a girl front their midst with a fine Christian character and a life dedi- cated to tire Lord's service. Mrs. Glen Schiefele and Marjory Falconer made the presentation of two end tables. Mr. and Mts. Hunking taken by sur- prise thanked the friends lit a few well-chosen words. The evening elm- ed With Rev, Mr. Coupland asking God's blessing wen the lunch which was served and everybody enjoyed a time of -fellowship one with another. With Which is Amalgarnat4d The Carrie News and Vidette' Single Copies-Five Cents WINGHAM, ONTARIO, THURSDAY', SEPTEMBER 25, 1947 Subscription, $2.00 a Year in Advance.• Win Bruce Dean Memorial Trophy The Wingham juveniles defeated Listowel at Walkerton last Wednesday in the fifth and final game of a hard- fought series to win the W.O.A.A. championship, We had the talent in Wingham, all we needed was a good coach to whip it into shape. Vic. Loughlean was that coach. The boys said' they would do anything for Vic- even sit on the benCh when necessary- and so a championship team came into being. It takes harmony as well as talent and it takes hard work on the partcll....such men as Carl Bennett to produce a winning team. Faithful fans who "follow the team-win or lose" are a big help too. And we must not forget the car drivers and those people who have been behind the team from the very beginning. Now it looks easy but we should remember that the team was developed under handicaps, Our one and only ball park has been ex- ceptionally busy this year so the boys often had to go without practise. Vic Lciughlean only recently moved into Wingham proper, Before moving he often had to skip supper to get to ball practise. At any rate, Wingham is proud of every member of the juven- ile team for bringing home the first hardball 'championship since 1920 when Wingham won the Clarke .Trophy, symbol of the • championship of the North Wellington League. Dr. Geor- ge Howson and Howard Sherbondy' will no doubt recall this event as they are the only two members of the team remaining in Wingham. The Red Sox, as the juveniles are called, are the first team to win the "Bruce Dean Memorial Trophy", pre- sented by the father of Bruce Dean who met his death in a tragic accident this summer. The uniforms worn by the boys were donated to the team by the following local merchants, Omar Haselgrove, Hanna Men's Wear, McKibbons Drugs, King Dept. Store, Lyceum Theatre, Wingham Motors, Johnson Garage,McAvoy Drugs, Walker Stores Ltd, hys Pollock, Foxton Dairy, Rae HarClware, Carmichael Grocery, Rea- vie Garage and Campbell Garage. The following is a record of Wing- 'taints fifth and final game against Lis- towel: (Continued on page six) RUMMAGE SALE Everyone is asked to have donations ready for the Fall Rummage Sale, sponsored by the Ladies' Auxiliary to Winghank Hospital, which will be held on Saturday afternoon, October 25th, in the Armouries. Further particulars later. Preached At St. Andrews . Rev. Wm. Sutherland of near Dutton occupied the pulpit of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, on Sunday, while Rev. A. Nimmo conducted anniversary at his church. Tall Sunflowers Mr, John Brooks, Lower Wittgbant, has a row of sunflowers of which he is justly proud, all of them have grown to quite a height. Two stalks in partic- ular are worthy of note, they are both. 18 feet tall, on one there are 24 flowers and on the other an extremely large one. Engagement Atunatticed The engagement is announced of Ivy Elizabeth Pleuty, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Plenty, of Bush Hill Park, Enfield, Middlesex, England, to Mr. John Drake Preston, soil of Mr. and Mrs, Prank Preston, Wingham, The marriage to take place in St, Paul's Dance At Whiteetkuret At Community Memorial Hall, under the auspices of the Women's Institute, on Friday, September 26tli. Untie by Huron Raniblers."Gents 50 cents, Lad- ies, 25 Lunch Counter,. EXHIBITS ,DRAW HIM PRAISE AT BENRAVE FAIR Children Are Urged To ,Consider Claims Of Farming In Plans For Their Life Work Beautiful weather favored the 27th Belgrave school fair at Delgrave Wed- nesday of last week, Although all the exhibits were in place and judged dur- ing the forenoon, the Fair really open- ed with the parade of school children at 1:30 p.m. Headed by a piper and drummer of the Lucknow pipe band, the pupils of the 21 schools presented a colorful picture as they paraded to the fair ground. Among the schools represented were Nos. 8, 9, 11, 13, East Wawanosh; 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, !Morris; U.S.S. 6, ir, 16, East Wawanosh; U.S.S. 3, 17, East Wawanosh and Morris; U.S.S. 11, East Wawanosh and Morris. Robert Coultes, president, welcomed the children and parents to the fair. Gerald Nelson, Clinton, of the Depart- ment of Agriculture, referred to the high standard of the exhibits, and call- ed on M. A. Garland; assistant direc- tor of adult education, to address time children and open the fair. Mr. Gar- land said it was the best school fair he had ever attended and congratulated all the ,directors, teachers, and pupils for the excellent work. Great Responsibility 'He went on to say that on the rural areas has 'been placed the greatest re- sponsibility in the world today, name- ly that of producing time food that would keep the peace. "Farming" Mr. Garland continued, "is one of the fin- est callings in the world." He urged the children to think seriously of farm- ing as they planned, their life work. Mr, Garland then recalled the labors of the pioneers in clearing the forests, building schools and , churches, and planning for posterity. He exhorted the children to look upon farming in the light of what they can do for others. "Are we worthy in Huron county of the people who have gone before us?" Mr. Garland then de- clared the fair opm Mr. Copites thanked Mr. Garland on behalf of time directors. LeRoy Brown, agricultural represen- tative spoke of the high standard of the exhibits and congratulated the exhibi- tors, J. H. Kinkead,. inspector of schools paid tribute to the work of the teachers in preparing their pupils for the competitions. Cecil Wheeler addressed the children and remarked on their good fortune in having such excellent weather for their annual fair. The sports aroused keen interest and enthusiasm among time children and adults alike. The calf race proved -a very amusing part of the program. Stewart Proctor, secretary, expressed great satisfaction with the number of entries and said he believed there was a definite increase over -the 1946 en- tries. e. (Continued on page seven) • Avon Beauty Products may be ob- tained from Mrs. Ii. Wells by tele- phoning 46, mornings only. Dance At Royal T Saturday Night To the music of 1,Vilbee's Orchestra. Moderate admission. Dancing, 9 to 12, AWARDED HURON CO. SCHOLARSHIP Time Huron County Federation of Agriculture Scholarship, which is awar- ded each year to a strident from Huron County, entering the Ontario Agricul- tural College, has been awarded, this year, to George Underwood, only son of Mr. and Mrs, G. N. Underwood, of R. R. No, 1, Wingham. George attended S. S. No. 5, Turn- berry Township, and graduated from Wingham High School last June. He played on the Basketball Team and participated in Softball, as well. For the past four years George has taken farm leave so as to assist his father in the operation of his three hundred acre farm, and so goes to Col- lege with the practical knowledge of farming, having lived and worked up- on his father's farm while growing up. The best wishes of his County go with George. MAILING LISTS CORRECTED Our mailing lists were corrected up to and including 10 a.m. Monday, Sept. 22nd. Any subscriptions paid up to that time, or mailed to us in time to be reached Monday morning should be shown in your label. Please look at it and see that you have been given prop- er credit. Several hundred subscription ac- counts have already been mailed, and the remainder will be in the mails this week. A large number upon receiving their bills have promptly made settle- ment. To you we say thanks. To the others we would ask that you please make remittance as early as possible, To the Business Men On Main Street Saturday afternoon and night park- ing in Wingham its becoming a real problem. Please see that YOUR car is not keeping a farm customer of YOURS from parking his car on Main St. Business Men's Ex. Bride Showered Mrs. Bruce Simplon was hostess re- cently at a miscellaneous shower in honour of Mrs. Lorne Gardiner, (tree Helen Tomlinson). On Tuesday evenitig, September 16, a group of friends gathered at the home of ' the bride where they presented Helen with a trilight lamp and a purse of money. Lunch was served by the hostesses, Mrs. Earl Wild and daugh- ter, Pat. ST. PAUL'S CHURCH HARVEST SERVICES WOMEN'S INSTITUTE HEARS FINE ADDRESS f••••••••••••••••••• Dr. Redmond Speaks On Historical Research The September meeting of the local W. I. Branch was held last Thursday in the Council Chamber with the Pres- ident, Mrs. Wm. Field in the chair. The only item of public interest was the arranging of "Tag Day" for time Blind. The theine for the meeting was "Historical Research" with Mrs. A. R, DuVal as convener, in keeping of which the members sang "0 .Can- ada" Mrs. J. Ernest sang very sweetly "When Song Is Sweet". The theme was still further adhered to by Dr. R. C. Redmond who delighted everyone as he spoke of places of interest across Canada. We recently listened to an ad- dress by Mrs. H. Campbell dealing with the social life and the beauty spotS\of Canada. Dr. Redmond's ad- dress dealt with places of military sig- nificance-foundation stones in the building of our nation. We heard stor- ies take on an entirely new signific- ance, stories which had only been folk legends became stories with an almost sacred meaning. In our present day of national security we forget what might have been if Louis Riel had been suc- cessful, if Laura Secord had not tramp- ed through many miles of lonely bush, if a wily Scotch Soldier had not ans- wered La France to a French soldier, if hundreds of reunited Empire Loy- alists had not given up the ease that comes with civilization and accepted unwritten hardships that they might live beneath the British Flag. He spoke of the significance of Pauline Johnson in our National' literature and of Mid- land whose tales of martyrdom will be revered and live forever in the annals of the Jesuit Missions. Besides this Midland is only beginning to have great value as a historical research cen- tre and so Stanley Park, Midland, Queenston Heights, Wolfe's Cove and many others have joined the list of places in "Know Canada". Mrs. DuVal entertained us further by showing us a picture of Pauline Johnson with her last poem- "Fight On" written and authographed by Miss Johnson- herself, 1 A splendid lunch served by a much short handed committee closed the meeting. - BINGO! BINGO!, LEGION Bingo Saturday nights al the Town Hall.- Good Prizes. Meet your friends Saturday nights at the Legion Bingo. Wingham's First Snowfall Monday morning Wingham experi- enced the season's first flurry of snow. We hope that this does not signify an early winter. 29th as usual. Attended Grand. Chapter Mrs. G. L. Dunlop was a delegate to Grand Chapter Older of the Eastern Star, held last week in the Royal York Hotel, Toronto. Mrs. J. A, Fox, Mrs. F. C. Fuller and Mrs. T. A. Cur- rie also attended. Underwent Operation At London Mr, C. H. McAvoy ttuderwent an operation in Victoria Hospital, Lon- don, on Friday, and is we understand improving nicely. Mr. Hart of Tor- onto, is assisting in his. Drug Store riming his absence. Fractured Leg In Fall Miss M. Bengottgli suffered a fall at her home on Friday last -and fractured her* left leg between knee and thigh. She suffered a fracture of this 1pg some twenty years ago./She is a patient in the Wingham General Hospital. Purchased John St. Residence Mr. Hugh P, Carmichael, who re- cently disposed of his grocery business, has purchased the brick residence of Miss Jean Weir, on Joint St., and will get possession in about three weeks. Miss Weir intends remaining in town. Teeswatce Fair Next'Wednesday "Canada's Largest. Rural. Fair," Teeswater Pair will be held next Tues- day and Wednesday, September 30th arid -October lst. A full programme is arranged including a Horse Show, Race Events, Two Bands -and many Novelty numbers. A special train will again run from Toronto to Teeswater, "Nowhere can you see so much for so Dance At Bluevale In the Community Hail on Thurs- day, September 25th Music supplied by Wilbeela Ofeliestra. naming 10 to 1. Popular prices. Lunch Counter. Proceeds for Building Fund. 11 ga • MELD SUCCESSFUL WINGHAM JUVENILES SCHOOL LIT. SECTIONAL MEETING W.O.A.A, CHAMPIONS ELECT OFFICERS Anglican Church, Wingliate, early in October. Presented With Chair The Senior "A" Softball team hon- ored one of their members, Lortit. Gar- diner, prior to his niarriage last week, when they presented hint with an oc- casional chair. At time softball game, last Tuesday evening, Lorne was called before the stand arid Sam Burton read an address and the presentation was made by Vie Loughlean. Bride-Elect Showered A kitchen shower was held Thurs- day evening, September 113th., at the hone of Mrs. Arnold Barrie when about 45 friends gathered to honour Miss Ruby Casemore, 'bride-elect of Wednesday, September 24th. During the evening *Miss Nora VanCamp en- tertained at the piano after which a delicious lunch was served. Those as- sisting the hostess were Mrs. John °Atilt and Mrs. James Casemore. at- dr„u. 4aa-rit, Office Closed J. A. Pox will be in Toronto Thurs- day afternoon, Friday and Saturday of this week, attending Chiropractic Clin- On Sunday, September 28th special'scat Conference, Open Monday the Harvest Thanksgiving services will be held at St, Paul's Anglican Church at eleven a.m. and seven p.m. The church will be decorated for the services and special music will be giv- en by the choir. The newly-appointed Rector, Rev. E. 0. Lancaster will con- duet these services and it is hoped the members and adherents of the church will be present at both services. Visitors are cordially invited to tend these Thanksgiving services.