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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1948-11-24, Page 6N 5/ YOUR EYES NEED ATTENTION Our 25 point Scientific Examin- tion enables us to give you Clear, Comfortable Vision. F F.1101E11 bOptometrist Phone 118 Harriston TAX I DAY or NIGHT Phone 65 JIM CAMERON All Passengers Insured interment in the Fordwich cemetery, Mr, and Mrs. Percy Calmer and Gary, of Toronto, were week-end visi- tors with relatives, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Grant and fa- mily,• from near Bluevale, were visit- ors with Mr. and Mrs. Archie Miller on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Earl King spent the week-end in' Toronto, Miss Myrtle Short spent several days of last week in Toronto, Mr. and Mrs. Sandy Hastie, of Tor- onto, and Mr. W. E. Stewart of Stoney Creek, were week-end visitors at the 41111.111•11111111111•1111I The Most Popular Thoroughfare in Town Your Weekly Newspaper The Most Effective Medium Through Which Advertisers Sell. Their Goods—Take Advantage of it! It's a street of faets—your newspaper—and you, the readers, travel along its familiar path weekly. It is the thoroughfare which carries the news of your community into your home. It renders indispensable service to the home-maker, the worker, the businessman. It is the crossroads where customer meets merchant, learns his story, buys his goods. It is a leader in your home-town, a champion of democracy, the voice of the people. The Wingham Advance-Times No. 34 AT THE ROYAL WINTER FAIR --denting Pratt OtyroUllkia Varrne"°.*rs throughout Canada exhibittd at the Royal Winter Fair in Toronto, Ont. during the past week. Agriculturists exhibited the finest products of their toil at the fair. The above entrant was Basil's Tillie, a prize Jersey shown with Jean Authorized bottlers of Ccita-Cola under contract with Coca-Cola Ltd, STRATFORD BOTTLING, COMPANY 700 E/2/E ST '131-10/1E S STRATVOItTh • mg WINGI-IAM ADVANCE-TIMES Weilnesday, November , 24; IOW If your nose some- thnes fills uP with stuffy transient pen- gestien—put a few drops of Vaatro-nol in each nostril. at quickly reduces con. gestion and makes breathing easier in a hum . . . gives grand relief from sneezy, stuffy distress of head colds.Follow directions in the package. VICES VA-T10.110L GORRIE Visitors in Toronto and attending the. Winter Fair were Mr. and Mrs. Don. Campbell, Mr. Harry King, Mr. and Mrs.* Glenn Johnston, Mr. and Mrs. Norman Wade, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Robinson and Mr. and Mrs, Gerald Galbraith. Mr. and Mrs. John Metcalfe, of Glands, spent Friday with the Misses Potter. Week-end guests at the home of Mrs. Robt. Ashton were Mrs. Wm. Jacques, Lakelet, and Mrs. Ernest Sad ford, Palmerston. Mrs. G. G. Howse was a week-end visitor with her daughters in Brant- ford. • Mrs, Etta Pyke, Mr. and Mrs. Cliff. Pyke and family spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Carl Fitch, Belmore. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Brown and John, also Mrs. Wilfred Hoy of Ethel, spent the week-end in Rogersville. Billie Keil, the elder son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Keil, was operated on for appendicitis in the Listowel Hospi- tal on Wednesday. His, condition is good and it is expected he will be home On Tuesday, Mr. and Mrs. C. CYKrarka visited friends in Owen Sound on Sunday. Miss Emma Irwin Was purchased the. residence of the late Geo. McKee and will move in this week. 111r. and Mrs. Bower Parrish and Kenneth will also be moving to the same home. The Molesworth Connnunity Hall was destroyed by fire believed to be caused by defective wiring on Tues- day afternoon, Nov, 16th. Deputy Reeve Hartwell Strong was in Goderich last week attending Hur- on County Council, Mrs, W, C, King visited relatives in Toronto for several days last week. Mrs. Reg, Wilson of Ailsa Craig, Mrs. Alex. Reid of Parkhill, were guests of Mr. and Mrs, Harry Fergu- son over the week-end. I1Ir. and Mrs. ,Tack Ferguson and Lynn of the 16th con., Mr. and Mrs. Don Ireland and family of Tegswater, spent Sunday at the same home. Mrs. 3. Hamilton and Miss Etta Burns visited Mrs. Len Schmidt and other friends in Clifford last week. Mr, and Mrs. Win. Martin, Guelph, spent the week-end with the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Anson Gal- braith. We extend sympathy to Mr. Mel. Gilkinson who recently suffered a dou- ble bereavement. On Monday, Nov. 15th, his brother, Mr. John Gilkinson, who died on Friday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Stewart Gordon, of Harriston, was buried in Fordwich, and the same day his sister, Mrs. Charlotte Catharine Wieler, 72, wid- ow of th7 late Thos. Wieler, Howick, passed away at the home of her dough ter, Mrs. R. Nickel, con. 17, Howick. Funeral was held on Thursday from the M. D. Irvin ,,Funeral Home, with boo* of Mr. and Mrs. Ken. Hastie. Mr. and Mrs, Carl jacklin and, fam- ily of Brussels, spent Sunday with Mr, and Mrs. Chas. Kitchen, Mr. Ernest King, jr., of Detroit, was a week-end visitor with his par- ents, Mr. Ernest King, sr., and Mrs. King, Howiek Township will hold nomin- ations for Reeve, Deputy Reeve, Coun- cillors and School Trustees on Friday, Nov, 20, at 1 p.m., in the township hall, Mr, Herb, Neill spent Wednesday in Goderich, Nelson Gowdy The community was saddened to learn on 'Saturday morning that Mr, Nelson Gowdy had passed away at the Wingham General Hospital at 1 a.m. Although he had not been in good health his condition was not thought serious until the last few days. Fun- eral service was held on Monday after- noon at the United Church. The sym- pathy of the community goes out to Mrs. Gowdy and the family, W. I. Concert and Dance On Tuesday evening, Nov, 16th, the township hall was filled to capacity for the Inter-Institute concert contest sponsored this year by the Fordwich Women's Institute at which a half hour's program was presented by the Wroxeter, 'Gorrie and Fordwich In- stitutes. The large attendance at this third annual concert shows the popu- larity and enjoyment of home talent. Rev, J. C. Coley acted as chairman. First prize went to the Wroxeter In- stitute in a variety program of musical selections, readings, etc. Second prize went to the Gorrie W. L, who present- ed a minstrel show, and third to the Fordwich W. I., in an. Institute meet- ing of fifty years ago, with members wearing old time costume. Dancing followed with music by Mr. and Mrs. Sam. Tinim. p.m, in the Orange Hall on Thursday .ev- ening with. a fair attendance. The fol- lowing officers were elected for the coming year. President, Mr, Warren Zurbrigg; Vice-Pres., Mr, Harold Robinson; Sec,-Treas., M. Roy Strong, County Director, Mr, Roy Strong, • Delegates to attend the Huron County Annual meeting at Clinton on Thurs- day, Messrs, Roy Strong, and Warren Zurbrigg, Women's Association The November meeting of the Wtp men's .Association was held at the home of Mrs, Jack Toner, on Thurs- day last. The meeting opened with the hymn "We plough the fields and scatter the good seed 'oat the land," then all repeated the Lord's Prayer, Mrs. Howse read the 24th psalm. which refers to God's Lordship over the world. Take time to be Holy was sung. Mrs. M. Irwin gave a splendid report of the Fowl Supper. Mrs, E. Whitfield reviewed a former chapter of the book," "Zonga" and read more Of it. The meeting (dosed with the Mizpah Benediction. Lunch was serv- ed and a social time spent. "The King of Kings" On Monday evening, November 15, Capt. Alex Turnbull of Listowel, pre- sented the splendid moving picture "The King of Kings," in the township hall to a large audience. The life of !Christ was beautifully portrayed, the healing of the sick; the cleansing of the Temple and His death'. on the Cross, It was a picture that will be long remembered by those who had the privilege of seeing it. NATIONAL BARLEY CONTEST WINNERS Harry G. Strang, of R. R. 1, Hen- son, won first prize in Region 7, comprising malting barley grower's it-I Huron and Perth Counties, in the Ontario Sections of the $15,000 Nat- ional Barley Contest at the Royal Winter Fair. Mr. Strang's entry of Montcalm Registered Barley won him $60.00 and placed him among the best grain growers of the more than 175 entrants in the Contest. This was the third annual National Barley Contest of the Barley Im- provement Institute, sponsored by the brewing and malting industries of Canada and conducted by the federal and prOvincial departments of agri- Its 4%. ,WE ARE . AGENTS or COUNTER CHECK BOOKS PRINTED GUMMED TAPE MADE BY appt4y4L pAPE:R j213,CIDUCT5 Styles for every; business. Various colors and designs SampIes> .suggirstioris and' orickia-:vithour "obligations. The Advance-Times Phone 34. • Itnot E041 to- Wie culture and the agricultural colleges. • Other prize winners in Region 7, were: Second Prize, $40., W., J. Alex- ander, Henson; Third prize, $20. Alex E. Anderson, R, R. 4, Stratford; fourth prize, $15„ George R. Menzies, R. R. 3, Brussels; fifth prize, $10. Russell T, Bolton, R. R. 1, Dublin, For the past three years the 'Nat- ional Barley Contest has been a feat- ure of the Grain Show at the RoyaV Winter Pair. Total prize money for the Contest this year was $15,000 for - the five competing provinces. The Contest, to be continued again in 1949,.. was started by the brewing and malt- ing industries to encourage produc- tion of high-quality malting 'barley for use hi commerce, and to stimulate the• use of pure varieties of seed. Young People's Union The Gorrie Y. P. U, met, at the home of Edith Hastie with 24 present. The meeting opened with the hymn, "Blest be the tie that binds", business was under the direction of the presi- dent, the meeting was then in charge of the fellowship convener, Kay La- thers. Scripture was read and follow- ed by a poem and the topic. Bible study was under the direction of Rev. Howse, The hymn "We give Thee but Thine own" followed and the ben- ediction by Rev. Howse brought the meeting to a close. A delicious lunch 'was served by the hostess, The next ,meeting is at the home of Audley ,Hastie, on Sunday, Nov, 28th, at 8,30 St. Stephens W. A. The W. A. of the Anglican Church held their regular meeting on Friday, Nov. 19th, at the home of Mrs. J. G. Underwood with .12 members and 5 visitors in attendance, The president, Mrs. H. V. Holmes, took charge of the meeting which opened with prh- ers followed by minutes of previous meeting and roll call. Mrs. F. King read the scripture lesson, Psalm 28: 1-10. The next meeting will be the annual, when the theme will be Christ- i mas, Mrs. P. C.. Taylor gave a very interesting and inspiring address tak- l ing for her subecjt "Strength", which was the theme for the clay. ,She said I in part, we find the word strength fifty times in God's word. We think I d the power of the holy spirit when we think of strength. Rev. Caley clos- ed the meeting with the benediction.— 1 A lovely lunch served by the hostess, 'completed the afternoon. Federation Annual The annual meeting of the Howick Federation of Agriculture was held GEORGE DREW will speak on the subject HYDRO-ELECTRIC Development in ONTARIO over a CKNX 920 8:30 p.m. Tues., Nov.. 30 Progressive-Conservative Party •