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With final training completed the "Patrielas" in Korea received a
few days' holiday before taking up duties with the British Common-
wealth forces. Many of them, mostly for the first time, visited the near-
by town of Miryang where they picked up souvenirs to send home, Pte.
Gordon Haycock, St. Thomas, Ont., also picked up a few pointers on
shoe repairing from a South Korean cobbler whose stock in trade in-
cludes cast-off tires, which make acceptable footwear in Korea.
Dancing at the Royal T
You are welcome at the Royal T
on Saturday night for your dancing
pleasure from 9.30 to 12. Music by
Jack Heitdcrson's Oreliestra.
SHE "THE FAMILY WASH"
The Bluevale Library Board has
been fortunate in securing oile of the
season's top plays. It will be present-
ed by the Brutefield Young People, in
the Bluevale Community Hall, on
Wednesday, Mardi 7th., at 8.30 .pent.
Help the Library by helping yourself
to a real treat. Admission 50c and 25e.
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ININNAM RINKS
WIN BELGRAVE, SPIEL
Keen interest was .sittpsvit at the Bel-
grave ,Curling BonspC41 held in the
local curling rink Tltureday. Four
Wingham rinks took first and, second
in both the 9 o'clocln and 11 4,111.
draws, Winners were '9- a.m., Ronald
Rae and "Tiny" EdWards, 11 a,m,
draw, A. M. CrawfordA'S Larry Hiseler,
The consolation prize was won by
Harold Walsh's rink of Belgrave.
Following were the results in the
two draws 9 a.m. draw, W. H. Ed-
wards 13, J. Bowman 3, F. McCor-
mick 15, A. Smith 7,SIt. Rae 11, G.
Johnston 4, IMeCorm14 6, Edwards 5,
R. Rae 10, Bowman,; G, Johnston 8,
Smith 7, Edwards .0, Johnston 3,
Bowman 10; Smith 3,j2.. Rae 12, Mc-
Cormick 3; 11 o'clock draw, A, M.
Crawford 10, L. Taylor 7, L. Hiseler
13, H. Walsh 8, IL. 'Carmichael 13,
H, Cook 11, A. Corrigan 7, J, Coultes
4, Crawford 10, HiSeler 4, Taylor 10,
Cook 8, Coultes 15, -Walsti 6, Car-
michael 14, Corrigan e6, Crawford 7,
Cannichael 6, 'Corrigan 6, Taylor 5,
Walsh6 14, Cook 7, HiSeler 13, Coul-
tes 7.
KINETTES DISCUSS
FASHION SHOW
The members of ' the Wingham
Kinette Club met at the.-home of Kin-
ette Edith Walker on . Monday even-
ing.
This was strictly a business meeting
and plans for the forthcoming Fashion
Show was discussed in:;.great detail.
A letter was received` rom Capt. I-I,
deVries or the SalvatiOnArmy, thank-
ing the Club for their donation of
$25.00 towards the Christmas Basket
Fund. ...,
Sewing consisting o a babies' night-
ies, from the Willem. Hospital was
dstributed among the,suembers.
The raffle of the eOning a novelty
condiment set was isjb n byKinette ... Marion Scott. io • •
Afterwards a veryece dainty lunch
was served by the IsokteSs..
The next meeting '4 -the Wingham
Kinet Ife -Club' will' b-c•,1...2l-.1- at"-Itti. home
of Kinette Shirley Cunningham, on
Monday, March 12th, at 8.15 p.m.
bta reffefill
With which is amalgamated the Gorrie Vidette and Wroxeter News
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NOTICE
• Nitt arkin
EAST WAWANOSH BOY
T AIMED BY BUZZ-SAW
s Jimmie Carter, eight-year-old son
of William Carter, con. 3, East Wa-
wanosh, and the late Mrs. Carter, had
his left hand badly injured Saturday
afternoon when it came in contact
with a circular saw, which was being
used to cut wood on his father's farm.
The boy was rushed to Clinton hos-
pital, where it was found necessary
to amputate the first three fingers
at the second joint.)s
WINNERS SATURDAY FIRE DAMAGE AT NIGHT JITNEY
There was a full house for the mix-
ed curling here Saturday evening.
Winners were: First, with two wins
plus eight, Miss S. MacLean, Frank
McCormick, Mrs, C. Armitage, W. H.
French, skip. Second, with two wins
and a plus of seven, Mrs. W. B. Mc-
Cool, H. Thomas, Mrs, \V, Bain
and 'W. Bain, skip.
MAYORS AND REEVES
Dfiff PROTESTS
There passed away in the Wingham
General Hospital on Tuesday morning
last week, Robert Whitney Stewart,
in his 54th year.
He was born in Bluevale, where he
spent all his life until 16 years ago,
moving at that time to Wingham. He
had been employed at time Maitland
Creamery for the past 22 years.
On March 14th., 1923, he was un-
ited in marriage to Ethel Jewitt, who
survives, with one daughter, Mrs.
Daniel (Jean) Tiffin. There -are four
sisters • and two brothers: Mrs. Mar-
sal st Johnston, Bluevale; Mrs, Jet,
S. (Nerine) Watson, Gorrie; Mrs,
tunes E. (Annie) Watson, Gladstone,
Maus Mrs. W. T. (Mary) Wray,
\Visolrow, Sask.: Wm. H. Stewart,
Grand Valley. and 11i-sward Stewart,
Wingham.
Funeral services Nvere held on
, Friday from the Walker funeral
home with Dr. W. A. Beecroft offic-
iatine. llusiel was in Wingham cent's.- i
ters; pallbearers beim; A, Macintosh, I F ollowin e ste erai weeks' illness,
Roger Ukt,, John Clegliorn, Percy Charles I„ wke, prominent .lo,t1
Harris, Clarence Ritchie and Jame;; manufactueur passed away Tuesday,
Aimee, "I he flowers woe. carried In in thy" Winghant t lemral Hospital, in MOTHER PASSES four nephews, Borden Stewart., Harry ids Slat. veer, e of th e Wilfe.-
ham Manufacturing Company for the
Fire which broke out in the offices
of Drs. Connell and Gorda on Sun-
day evening, created considerable
damage before it was controlled.)---
'1,Dr. Connell, Ivho had been in the
office only a few minutes previously,
noticed smoke from an unlighted
fireplace in his apartment above the
office, When he reached the ground
floor he found the lower part of the
building filled . with smoke and , por-
filamit'"'orthe ,office
,The fire department arrived on the
scene scarcely two minutes after the
alarm was turned in. The fire was
quenched without delay, but not be-
fore smoke, flames and water tied
damaged the premises to the extent
of more than $500.00. al,.
The cause of the blaze has not been
determined. The fire travelled up the
centre partition, which was badly
damaged, and the dense smoke which
filled the rooms will necessitate a re-
decorating job.
WHITNEY STEWART
BURIED ON FRIDAY
OCTORS' OFFICE
the Legion members. The campaign day, March 6th. Films, program anti
opens March 1st. and continues until refreshments. Public invited.
the end of the month. Since it is pos-
sible that some families may be miss- Progressive Euchre At Wroxeter
ed in the canvass, contributions may Come and bring your friends to a.
be left at McKiblion's Drug ,Store or Progressive Euchre and Crokinole
at either of the local banks. party on Friday evening, March 2nd
at S pan. The party sponsored by Feb. 22nd., 1951
Wingham and the surrounding , , •,
he For-Rest Ladies' Club will lea- We have asked you to come for- country is now under the jurisdiction sure novelty prizes, Admission 25 ward so that We Could congratulate of the London office of the Iced Cross, cents. Lattice please bring lunch, 980
and much of the moues, collected will
be channelled to the section which
looks after comforts for the veterans ,
HENRY JOHNSON in Westminster Hospital. It is for this
reason that the Wingh Legion has
a particular interest in t
i
mee outcome of DIES AT HOSPITAL
the drive.
In addition to the hospital service,
eats fuel families, care of fire and
ein\e':;toll'Sc"nr
we lfare work ittli011g transient Mai\ id-
eanvaeser front the Legion will In movc4 ith pict!tt at tin A te e ept ke, „,
of course, the money collected for the
equal' t importen t projects, such as
flood tir'til]ts, etc,
Red Cro.,s sews ins, ninny other
tt t•)11 of 'AC
.
amireeiattal stir[ your dolma- ;of h a lm
ti nt will mueli m.dleviaae liumamm whict , tatti,„ t
irom tilv Ile b.\ 1.101.11' I Lin .1:1 FiV y tact. lrwin. -
t: Is..., rt. Mr. and Nie s,
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thchestr...
hip,
Feb. 23, NIS. r,1.. 11:ezighlers, . . .•4 • •
past twenty-five yvare, .-Mr. Cook had Mr, :old Mrs. R. R. Ileybdsn were HOSPITAL AUXILIARY
Sit one time wom•k-ed in the woodwork- in Be.MISI ii t week attending the I i t.,
in ;.; tradt in Isteknon and Wingefthl, fUllerd tutillet"S 111(Ailvr, 1.d V%
;u1,1 !hive. .1:ee•..uters
before opening up a Misfiles, of his james liolelen, who paused WV AY last I 6.4.‘"pit a l•
mectin- Gladob-• own. A. native of Eneland he cane isf Wednesday. Mrs, Hohden, who was w, p,t.ogus, butTi t ,i • -:• - •
Canzula .as a small le ss and tot !heirs known to in my in Winglutin, had not m yrtic john,,,,, on e'resity :Av.., at
was newsboy on the •C,N.R, train be. been ill such her passing ri nse n.s a at the l'arnily ''dorm.
tween Wingliant anti London, He was shock to the members of her •family, To m. an, clot en grandchildren an.1 - • - • DANCE AT BLUEVALE a member of the Goepel Hall here. She. was in her eightieth year,
Besides his wife, two sons amid two IN1r, Hobden Sr. died in 1.929,
daughters survive, John at home, Cecal Three sons and two daughtera samo
of Orangeville, Mrs. William •(Aliaa) wive,
Casemore, and Mrs. Thomas (Ella) .funeral was held at Beamsville
Rorke of Wingliam, on Saturday, with interment there.
The funeral service was conducted
on Friday at 2;30 p.m. from, the Cos- CEILIDH
pet Hall Church. Burial was made The CEILIDH met to sew at the
in Wingham cemetery- Pallbearers Wingham General Hospital on Mon-
were, Jack Graham, Gordon MacIn- clay evening. The hostesses were Miss
lies, Samuel Martin, Jini Stevenson, 1...A01(21111e McGregor tend Miss Laura.
Richard Carter, A les .NtacT)boald. llehrns,
September,
*The building, a new one, is modern
in design, of cement block construct-
ion, which will be stuccoed. The south
portion is taken up by the show room
and parts department. The repair de-
partment in the north end of the build-
ing contains the latest of automoti% e
equipment, )(
Crawford Motors twill handle Dodge
and DeSoto cars, Blue. Sunoco gaso-
line and lubricants, Universal ignition
az Battery parts and accessories and
Goodyear tires.
Crawford Motors, situated on the
corner of Patrick and 'Josephine Sts,,
will he officially opened on Saturday
of this week The business is owned
by Len Crawford, who with Ins wife
and family of three sons and one dsu-
rotn Goderich last ghter, moved here
CRAWFORD MOTORS
OPENS THIS. WEEK
Legion Sponsors Drive
For Red Cross Funds
IFLU RAMPANT.
IN THIS AREA
Influenza, which has been so pre-
valent in other nearby communities,
has stricken many in our own die-
trick, At closing time Friday evening
there' were 29 pupils in one grade at
the High School. When classes op-
ened Monday morning, the attend-
ance in the same grade was only six,
On Tuesday there were 95 absent from
the school, The hockey game slated
for Tuesday evening was postponed
because several of the team mem-
bers were down with the flu.
The Delmore rink composed of W.
Elliott, Ivan Haskins, Clark Renwick
and George Inglis, skip, won top
award in the first draw at the London
Bonspiel last Wednesday, They are
town of Wingham. He has been a members of the Wingham Club,
splendid worker in our Lion's activi-
ties.
Lon Henry de \Tries was the speak-
er of the evening. He gave an excel-
lent account of the founding of the
Red Shield Drive and the work done
by the Salvation Army with the pro-
ceeds, His work in Wingham and
community- was also reviewed. The
Salvation Army carries on its work
in ninety-four countries amid eighty-
three tongues and dialects,
Lion President Charlie Roberts re-
ported the next meeting would have
a "Mutt Show" sponsored by the
manufacturers of Ballard's Dog
Foods.
The Wiugham Branch of the Can-
adian Legion has undertaken to look
after the annual campaign of the Red
Cross in this community. A house-to-
house canvass will be conducted by
The Lions held their regular meet-
ing on Friday evening last. Mrs. W.
. Currie was guest pianist and with
Lion Tamer Jack Reavie led the Lions
in their singing, In appreciation of her
playing, ',VHS. Currie was presented
with flowers by the Club.
Lion Omar I-laselgrove entertained
the Club with a well-read account of RELmoRE RINK
his curling activities in Toronto. Lion U
Bob Hetherington on behalf of the WINS IN LONDON Club, made a presentation to Lion
Jack Goodine, and congratulated Lion
Jack upon his promotion in the army.
Capt. Goodine becomes G.S.O. III at
Cents al Command, Oakville, The
Lions wish Lion Jack every success
and hope he returns frequently to the
The-Easter Seal Campaign is being pianist.
well advertised and a good response It is hoped that many of those who
from "the public is expected in this have not attended concerts. this.. year.
effort to raise funds for the Crippled will make an effort to come out to this
Children. last concert, The concerts are plan-
ned on a loop principle by the
Department of Education so that it is
not always possible to hese them on
the most suitable night. Ilowever
they feature such extremely talented
artists that you are assured of superb
entertainment.
CAPTAIN DEVRIES
IS LIONS SPEAKER
you on the fortieth anniversary of your
wedding,
We all join in extending to you our
best wishes and to express the hope
that both of you may have many more
years of happy life together.
Th e re passed away in \\ Ingham
As a slight expression of our regard
we ask you, to, accept this gift.
General Hospital, on Friday, Febru-
ary 28, Henry Johnson, in his 92nd. On behalf the Euchre Club,
year, He had :wen eonfint 1 Mark Armstrona,
hospital for about five treeks, previous Gordon Naylor
to xvidell luel asfinded.
death occurred 38 years to tilt• tiav
iiECEPTIO_NChAtr:cre Chanme;..
daughter, Miss Myrtle Johnsomm, Iii,
idol' that oi his welt.
IIv WaS born and WHITECHURCH
•
The last concert of the 1950-51
Concert Series will be 'mkt on Thurs-
day, March 8. Artists for this concert
include James Milligan, baritone
from Huntsville, who was baritone
soloist in the London Kiwanis Club's
Presentation of the Messiah last week.
Others on the programme are Vir-
ginia Lippert, soprano, Walter Prys-
tawski, violinist and Eva Sylvester,
nmc 6reat grandson,
lit Was a member of the Auglican
Church and .one of time early pioneers
of time Belgrave church.
TN, funeral was hell at 2.30 o'clock
on Motelsy, February 26, at Currie's
funeral home, with interement in
Brandon cemetery. Rev. E. 0, Lan-
caster of St, Paul's Anglican church gagement of their daughter, Lola
officiated. The pallbearers cm: Jas. Christena, to Alan Leslie Barnard.
Michie, Stewart. Cloakey, Willard son of Mrs, Barnard a nd the l im i t. Ed.
Armstrong, Wilbert Procter, Claire ward Barnard, of Illnevale, the. Mal"-
VtutCnop and Richard Proctor, ria.,:e to take place. in Nlarch.
SOCIAL EVENING
AT BELGRAVE
A social evening under the auspices
of the Belgrave Library Board will be
held in the Belgrave Arena. on Toes-
LAST OF CONCERT
SERIES NEXT WEEK
BOgrave Centre Turned.
Over To Municipality
ry.
FINAL GAMES WITH
LISTOWEL THIS WEEK
With two games completed in
the championship series between
Wingham Stainton Spitfires and
the Listowel Beavers, two more
games are slated for this week.
On Thursday night _the-local boys
will travel to the Milverton arena
to meet the Beavers, The return
match will be played in the
Wingham arena on Saturday
evening of this week.
If four games fail to decide the
winners of the best of seven series
the remaining games will be play-
ed at Milverton next Tuesday,
Wingham Thursday and back to
the Listowel ice Saturday, follow-
ing the schedule as far as neces-
sary.
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Thompson of
East Wawanosh who were married.
Feb. 22nd,, 1911, celebrated their 40th
wedding anniversary at their home on
Thursday evening.
Mrs. Thompson, the former Ida
May Martin and Bert Thompson were
married at the farmer's home on the
12th concession of E. Wawanosh by
Rev. Ferguson, Belgrave, forty years
.ago .anti later moved'. to 'theo9tha cohe
cession where they have resided' ever
since.
On Thursday last about thirty-five
of the 9th line euchre club met at their
home and spent the evening playing
cards.
After lunch Mr, Albert Biemart
called the meeting to order and read
an appropriate address to Mr, and
Mrs. Thompson and Mrs. John Mc-
Burney presented them with a lovely
wool blanket and a handsome lace
tablecloth as a gift from the club.
Mr. and Mrs. Thompson, although
taken completely by surprise, made
replies and thanked the club for their
beautiful gifts and kind wishes..
All joined and sane for "They are
Jolly Good Fellows".
The I-au-win:4 i, the address,
liatfte at illuevala Community Halt
un Friday, March 2nd., Wilbee's Or-
chestra. Lunch counter in the Hall,
Proceeds fur Athletic Fund. 281
Entigagement
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Willis,
Jamestown, wish to tomounce the en-
.)4.A. public meeting of the Belgrave
Comunity Centre presided over by
Abner Nethery, chairman of the Bel-
grave Community Athletic Associa-
tion, was held Friday afternoon in
the recreation room of the Belgrave
COMinunity Centre. At the meeting the
building and park were officially turn-
ed over to the community and the
Building Conunittee disbanded, -i.e.,
The Building Committee chairman,
George Cook, gave an outline of the
history of this undertaking, which was
started during the summer of -1948
and completed Dec, 1950. He congrat-
ulated the people or the community
and thanked them for their splendid
support.
The treasurer, Vannan, gave the
financial report, in which he stated
that the cost of the building was
$20,770.00. He also offered his con-
gratulations oil a marvelous achieve-
ment of building and paying for such
a splendid structure in less than three
years.
Dustan Beccrolt, the reeve of East
Wawanoeli Township, upon' receiving
the records of the Building 'Committee
for safekeeping, extended his con-
gratulations to the community as a
whole, with the hopethat coining gen-
erations would carry on the good
work of those responsible for such a
splendid center where the young folk
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MR. - MRS, THOMPSON
FORTY YEARS MARRIED
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Vol, 76 - No, 27
OR. CRAWFORD SPEAKS
AT KIN MEETING
ham Kinsmen Club was held last •
.Frank Hopper was sergeant-atlirms,
guest and when he found him, half-
Friday at the Queen's Hotel with
km Jack Cooke thought be brought a
I'resident Scott Reid in the chair, Kin.
The regal it meeting of the Wing-
way through the, dinner introduced
him as "Dodge" Crawford.
After a spirited fine session and di-
$pirited sing-song a few reports were
made. Kin Jack Lloyd revealed that
the Kinsmen Bantams, a team that
was improving all the time, were now
in the play-offs against Clinton. Kin
Jack Benison reported that some of
his broom-ball players bed broken
training and would be cut from the
stmad if they did so again.
There was a brief discussion of a
proposed ice carnival with the broom-
hall team supplying the comedy, and
Xin Russ Hamilton reported for the
Ways and Means Committee that the
arena had been booked for the night
roe Friday, March 30th. Details would
:ht arranged before the next meeting,
Secretary Bob Carbert then intro-
,rinced guest speaker Dr. W. A. Craw-
ford who thanked Kin Bob for calling'
him a "family doctor", and noted that
So-day most young doctors hoped to
'become specialists (one 'definition of a
specialist being "a man who knows
more and more about less and less-
-email eventually he knows everything •
.about nothing"). Dr. Crawford spoke
-.el the origin and importance of Na-
tional Health Week and quoted some
interesting statistics to show both the
progress made by medical science in
the last fifty years and the challenges
that still faced the medical profession.
The Tuberculosis death rate had been
lowered from 79 per 100,000 popula-
tion in Canada in 1930 to 37 per
100,000 in 1948: Ontario's rate was
west with 17 per 100,000. Main
reasons for the decrease were the
Tuberculosis tests, the mass chest X-
rays, the free treatment in modern
sanatoria; but still 13 people a day in
Canada clic from it, Deaths fissile
poliomyelitis have been reduced to 73
a year, but from diphtheria, a disease
supposedly controlled, 'deaths 'aro .-85.
ter'-le.gdiiTgecatiSirebti'datItfis!
Stilrhart -diseaSe" which accounts for
.2.9% of deaths, as opposed to 12% for
Twenty-fia7e representatives from
the much-publicized cancer. .Chronic the municipalities along the Palmers-diseases were another great concern ton-Southampton and Palmerston-Kin-
to medical men, especially as the cardine lines of the Canadian Na-
population is getting older all the tional Railway !net in Wingham on
time,
The mental hospitals with Thursday evening to draft letters of .800,000 patients per year were over-
protest over the proposed removal of crowded and understaffed and were
mail, passenger. and express trains oh costing Canadians 500 million dollars the two lines, Mayor W. W. Gur-
a year; at present one out of every ney, of Wingham, chairman of the
twenty-two Canadians was a patient committee of mayors and reeves,
a mental hospital.•
presided over the gathering, Dr, Crawford then spoke of the ad-
Copies of the letters will be sent to -visibility of family and personal health
the railway, to the members of par- :insurance, though like the great ma-
liament and to others in authority. jority of medical men he opposed
socialized medicine. He said that
under socialized medical schemes like
Great Britain's the doctors spent too
much time in trivial things and didn't
harve enough time for really serious
cases.
In his closing remarks he stated
-that Wingham was fortunate in having
one of the finest small town hospitals
in Ontario.
Dr. Crawford was ably thanked by
Kin Ross Vogan and the meeting
ended on a note of surprise when Kin
„Ross Hamilton said there would be
no raffle.
CHARLES L COOKE
DIED ON TUESDAY
01111*.MIIMOIM611
The Street Committe of the Town Council
have approved the following area for over night
parking of motor vehicles. Simpson, Glen Simpson, Grand Val-
ley; Howard Clark, Brussels and Parking lot at, ,corner of Josephine and
Harold Proctor awl \\ tiliam H. Male
Victoria streets which is 7.1.1 rear of Merkley Garage ut SVinghain,
ALSO
West Side of Edward Street between Victoria
and Patrick streets.
This is for the convenience of travellers and
other persons who cannot get their vehicles off
the streets and wish to park over night in Wing-
ham. The police have been instructed to rigidly
enforce the parking by-law on all streets except
this designated area,
W, W, Gurney, Mayor
Town of Wingham,