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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1951-10-31, Page 1Vol. 78 No. 9 teteeiee. Falls on Sidewalk KINNETTES PURCHASE ener with Mutual Life Insurance Co. LIONS' PARTY FOR KIDS • AT TOWN HALL TONIGHT Hey kids, don't forget the Lions' big Hallowe'en party to-night. Be at the town park at 7 p.m., where the parade leaves at 7 p.m. led by the 21st Anti-Tank Regiment Band. Enter- tainment will be supplied at the town 11311 .1?„72WVin',*;0.iY':11 VicYST:- tomes, inCluding best 'dressed girl and boy; national costume bey and girl, comic costume boy and girl and most original costume. Mrs. Lucy Marsales Marks 94th Birthday On October 25th, Mrs. Lucy Rey- nolds Marsales of Leopold St., in Wingham celebrated her 94th birth- day amid the congratulations of her two sisters, Miss Bernice Reynolds and Miss Mabel Reynolds (Pansy) as well as her two sons Harry H. Mar- sales and wife of Buffalo; B. R. Mar- sales of West Flambro, Ont. There were many calls also from old friends and neighbors. Mrs. Marsales was born in Chatham, Ont., on October 25, 1857, lived at Morpeth, in Kent Co , till 1876, when she removed to Wingham with her father and mother, the late Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Reynolds. She spent most of her life in and around Wingham. She has three sons And one daugh- ter, all living: Harry H., of Buffalo, N, Y., James A., of Greenich, Conn.; Barney it, of Hamilton, Ont., Mrs. A. W. Murdison, Newmarket, Ont, There are also eight grandchildren and six- teen great grandchildren The Reynolds family are of English ancestry and came to this district as pioneers, when the Grand Trunk Railway had just been built and Wingham was a small village. Mrs. Marsales is enjoying fair health for her advanced age. Her mind is clear and sharp, her Mem- ory excellent and she very much en- joys the church services on the rade io. May she have several more anni- versaviee. CHRISTMAS SAM AND TEA Women's Association of the Wing- ham lb-Libel (Mittel) will hold a Christmas sale and tea in the Sunday school room on Wednesday at 2 p.m., Nov, 14th. 31b The Wingham Kinettes let Mon- day evening of last week at the home of Kinette Velma Scott, Queen's Ho- tel, The tea and baking sale to be held Nov. 7th in the armouries was discussed. • The Kinettes have purchased a stretcher with rubber mattress, to he donated to the Wingham General Hospital. The equipment is valued at 6200.00. Kinette Joyce Heal gave a very in- teresting report on the recent trip to Chatham to the Kinsmen Zone meet- ing and the tour through the Dom- inion Sugar Co. faetOry ,thete Sififie,V*aerterterMItaleeeletiiee ese be awarded to the girl with the high,' est marks in eight papers tried in one year in Grade XIII. The scholarship is $100.00 annually. Kinette Katherine Crewson was the winner of a wool blanket. The rest of the evening was spent playing court whist with Kinette Joyce Lang- ridge holding high points. The next meeting will be held at the home of Joyce Langridge on No- vember 12th. Gorrie Woman Has 91st Birthday Mrs. William Angdv of (Ionic will celebrate her ninety-first birthday on November 1st. She is at pr.,.i.,nt Heine' at the Fairview Nursing Home, and enjoys excellent health. Born in Howiek Tevp., she is still interested in events iceurring around her old home. Mrs. Anger has been a widow for ! about twenty-five etirs. Of her fam- ily of six sons, four are now living ; James of Listow'.'l. ,'teorge, Gorri John of Palmerston and Matthew sf ()riffle. She has fifteen grandchildren and eighteen groat-grandchildren. IL S. COMMENCEMENT TUESDAY NEXT WEEK The Wingham District High School is holding the annual commencement exercises on Tuesday. November 6th., at 8.15 in the Wingham town hall. All parents, former students and adults interested in our District School and in teen-age education are invited to attend. There will be a short programme Of musical selections by individual students, and the presentation of cer- tificates, diplomas and athletic and proficiency awards. There will be a valedictory address by the student ranking highest in proficiency at the Grade XIII examinations last June, In addition, the school has been fortunate in securing Dr. George E. Hall. president and vice-chancellor of the University of Western Ontario as guest speaker. Everyone is urged to come to hear his interesting and In. Structive address. There is no reserve seating. anti n admission charge. During the win- ter term, the school will present an entertainment similar to the pro- g,rraramo formerly ,ornhined with the' commencement exercises. Mrs, Mark Gardner fell on the sidewalk in Kitchener and fractured her right wrist in 2 places. She had HOSPITAL STRETCHER been visiting with her daughter Yvonne who has a position in Kitch- • er btenr.t.4414ne With which is anialgarnatedthe4nrrie iVidette and Wroxeter News •Subscription $2.50 per year; 6c per copy WINGHAM, ONTARIO, VVP NESDAY, OCTOBER 31st, 1951 FRONTIER COLLEGE HEAD Good Tut SUBJECT OF ARTICLE At Brid All Serene — Until They Openedi.The Doors In the picture upper left all is quiet and serene as over tlidjmndred ladies of the Hospital Auxiliary and their helpers prepare for theie!rummage sale. On the right is the same scene just after the doors were opened. The besieged Mies are endeavouring to cope with the onslaught Og 'CUStomers who are looking for bargains. We are happy to report that they10.nts1 plenty of them and the Hospital Auxiliary is moo than $850.00 richer The funds will he used to purchase supplies for the WinghaM General 11 pita- Staff photo, A native of Wingham, Dr, Edmund Bradwin, principal of Frontier Col- lege, is the subject of an illustrated article in last week's issue of the Saturday Evening Post, date of Oct- ober 27th. Mr. Bradwin, who was born in Winghani, also 'married a Wingham girl, the former Minnie Fessant. The story deals with the founding of the College and its growth under Dr. Bradwin who joined the faculty In 1904. Now 73, he states, "Sign up as a Laborer-Teacher with Frontier College, andel promise you your fill Mrs . to- published iadt Week, the name Of H. flies." He claims, "College men of day have no way of testing their abil- L. Sherbondy, vice-president, was in- ities to be leaders of to-morrow. With advertently omitted. October 25th bridge club had seven most of them, the one thought is to tables in play, playing for Master snaffle a fast summer jjob so they Points. can return to school and graduate North and South-1st., Mrs. J. H. and live fatly the rest of their lives." Crawford, Miss M. Johnson; 2nd., Mrs. "The frontier always has been and C. G. Gammage, Mr Stevens; 3rd., Mr. always will be a part of our precious and Mrs. W. H. French; 4th., Omar ANNUAL BAZAAR St. Paul's Ladies' Guild will hold their annual Bazaar in the Parish room of the church on Wednesday afternoon, November 2bth. been arranged, Sessions will be held' N H. Mills, St. John Evangelist, Lon- I.O.O.F. MEETING morning, afternoon and evening. don, second vice-president and Mrs. Accident on Main Street The ear on the left, driven by Mrs. Dorothy 'Brodie of Port kV-, ;:; being hauled away by a wrecker after being In collision with a ea'. ite:v Hugh A. Bell, of-Wingham. The accident occurred in front of ih , town a few minutes before the opening of the rummage sale, Slerif ALONG THE MAIN DRAG By The Pedestrian An item in the Teeswater News acknowledges a donation from Joe Kerr of Wingham, to the amount of $300, for the swimming pool fund, We would still like to hear Mar- garet Brophy, CKNX's sweetest voice, pronounce Kapuskasing. Congratulations to Mrs. Lucy Rey- nolds Marsales on her ninety-fourth birthday, - 0 - 0 - 0 - The Wingham fire brigade ans- wered a call Friday evening at Blue- vale where an oil stove had been afire, There was no damage done. We're very anxious to hear those' chimes that have been installed on .the Presbyterian church roof. - 0 - 0 - 0 - Don't forget your costumes for the big Kinsmen Hallowe'en dance to be held in ,the Armouries to-night, The question of the night is "What will ' Bob Clark wear?" - 0 - 0 - 0 - "The New Huron College buildings at London will be officially opened on Friday, November 9th., at 8 p.m., in conjunction with a special convoca- tion of the University of Western! Ontario. The buildings will be offic- ially opened by the Most Reverend John Lyons, MA, DD., Archbishop; of Ontario, 1 -0 - 0 - 0 - Lions are entertaining the kids to- I night, Hallowe'en, with a parade from the town park at 7 p.m. to the town hall, where prizes will be awarded. - 0 - 0 - 0 Cantelon, our local and dis- trit. Free Press representative, was the guest on a CFPL program, last week-end, when he was interviewed regarding the Paisley dam-break story. -0-0-D- oeebalenthe... . and teY area easily 'Obtained. :6;44 contact a member of eee-Wingham General Hospital Auxiliary and they will supply you with any number at a reasonable price. RURAL LIFE CONFERENCE HAS NOTED SPEAKERS The Board of Home Missions is sponsoring a Rural Life Conference. The fundamental purpose of these conferences is to make a special study ,of the work and influence of the Rural Church in its constituency. A .very carefully planned program has and Sociology Dr. Smith is a gifted speaker and a resourceful and ex- perienced leader. At each of the Con- ferences he will give an address at the afternoon session and lead in a general discussion on Rural Church 'problems, At the evening session in each centre he will give an address. At each morning session an address 'will be given by Mr. J. Coke RSA., XS., Principal Economist, Depart- ment of Agriculture, Ottawa. Mr. 'Coke will deal with the trends in rural population in Canada, He comes to these Conferences as one who can speak with auuthority be- cause he knows rural Canada as feW people do and is conversant with the opportunities as well as the problems of the Rural Church. In addition to these two leaders a 'number of others will contribute to the success of the Conferences. Such fields as Women's Work In the Rural , Church, the importance of Federa- tions of Agriculture, Farm Forums, Institutes, the Layman's responsibil- ity in the organization and financing of the Rural Church and kindred subjects will be dealt with, These Conferences promise to be of great value andl help to rural min- isters and all workers in the Rural Church. For the Wingham district the Conference will take place in the United Church on Wed., Nov. 7th. The morning session begins at 10 o'clock, Music for the evening session will be furnished by the Auburn United Church choir, LODGE No. 286 A F. & A.M, BURLINGTON MAN IS LIONS' SPEAKER The members of the Wingham Lions Club, meeting in the Hotel Brunswick on Friday evening, were privileged to listen to a most out- standing speaker, He was Bill Gil- bert, of Burlington, who was intro- duced to the gathering by Lion Wilf French. In his introduction Mr, French said that the speaker was an unusual and interesting personality. Born in Grey Comity, he had served five years with a hank and had then gone into the lumber business. He is at present manager of the retail division of the Nicholson Lumber Co. at Burlington. Mr. Gilbert's entire talk pointed up the importance of the individual citi- zen's responsibilities as a Cenedian. He emphasized the greatness of our country, pointing out that we have the most extensive fisheries in the world; the world's largest naval port; the greatest system of inland water- ways in the world; the largest iron ore resources in the world; we have one fresh water port, Montreal, which handles more shipping in seven months of each year than New York does in twelve months; at. Winnipeg we have the world's greatest freight. marshalling yards; there is more oil waiting for us in Alberta than has already been taken from all the fields in the world combined up to this time. The speaker's query was "Can we hold all thiS? With trouble, hunger and poverty rampant in Europe and Asia, is it not reasonable that the people of those lands should view us (Please turn to page twelve) LADIES OF DIOCESE GATHER AT ST. PAUL'S Over 250 delegates attended the semi-annual Anglican W.A. meeting of the Huron diocese,- held here in Wingham last Wednesday. Mrs. Paul Turnbull, Bishop's Ias- i senger, of London formerly of Pelly, Saskatchewan, was the principal Mission -Weilvand aliowed" 9RfAgxwnJ(9ar, tetifer speakers were Mrs. W. Cooper of Stratford, and Mrs. L. E. Smith of Rodney who reported on the Domin- ion Annual Conference. Mrs. J. Johnston presented a resume of the Study Book. The ladies sat down to a hot dinner in St.. Paul's church basement, pre- pared by the local guild, and after dinner adjourned to St. Andrew's Presbyterian church where the main portion of the meeting was held. Some of the executive present were, Mrs. A. C. Calder, of Lucan, president of the Huron diocese W.A., Mrs. M. H. H. Farr of St. Luke's London, first vice-president, Mrs. J. ON PARADE On Monday evening at 1955 hours, the 99th Battery was fallen in at the local Armouries for the weekly par- ade, Sgt, Major Bill Harris doing the honors, There was no inspection, so the troops Went straight to classes. "G" troop had a period of mutual in- struction and drill with Lt. John Jack- son "H" Troop explored the mech- anisms of the Sten Gun tinder the guidance of Bdr. Sack Blackwell, The second period for all troops was the first round of range firing with the .22 calibre rifle. Bdr. Borden Jenkins was in charge. Some of the best scores turned in were, Gnr.. Hisee ler, 100; Bdr. Jenkins 100; Gnr, Crompton 99. Plans were completed for the Sports night at Listowel, the results of which we will have for you next week. When all the prize money for the Ipperwash Shoot was divided up, the 99th Ilatttery came out with the larg- est sum, $21,00, Listowel, $18.30, Wal- Icertien, $17.50 and Goderich, $0.00, A 17-pdr. shoot at Meaford Ranges Is in the near future, November 11th,. ..elo be exact. All Bty. members should plan to attend, For more Inforrna- low i tree, watch this column, and attend n"xt week's parade. RURAL FIRES QUESTION AT DEPT. MEETING The Wingham Fire Department held their regular monthly meeting on Monday evening, October 29th., with nineteen members present. A lengthy discussion on rural fires ,re maps or some means of pin-pointing the fire call. All night, unless fire is visible, landmarks are not too clear unless someone could direct truck at the proper lane to buildings concerned. Chairman of the Fire Committee, Town Council, H. P. Carmichael in- formed the firemen on use of the two trucks in town and also that 50 M. P.H. maximum speed off the pave- ment for the rural truck. eee rire'eitit4 7 ',-tIbeeel!At'.hi''i'ii0t,Xef•WPle • men will hold social evenings, the sec- and Wednesday of every month if possible. Fire practice on Monday, November 12th., at 7 o'clock sharp, evening. All members are urged to be present. Mr. Stewart Cowan was given a vote of thanks for a job well done, beig chairman for the firemen's meetings and was asked to continue in that capacity for the next year, Chief James Carr drew up a plan of duties for each fireman in case of town fires, also plans for winter training of firemen. Fire Practice November 12th. LAYMEN'S SERVICE AT ST. PAUL'S CHURCH At morning service on Sunday in St. Paul's Church, Laymen's Sunday was observed and was well attended. The service was broadcast and was in charge of the rector, Rev. E. 0. Lancaster, R.D. Taking part in the service were Miller Davis, the People's Warden, who read the first lesson, the second lesson being read by Brian Metcalfe. The message from Col. W. G. White of London, president of the newly- formed Brotherhood of Anglican Churchmen, enumerating the aims and objects of the Brotherhood, was read by L. M. Wedd, the Rector's Warden, who in addition stressed the need for men to take their full share of the responsibilities, not only of the church work in the parish, but in the broader work of the diocese as a whole. During the offertory a duet was sung by Mrs. M. Swanson and Miss Pauline Swanson. ST. HELEN'S RECEPTION There will he a reception in the St. Helen's Community Hall, Monday, November 5th in honour of Mr, and Mrs, Lloyd Humphrey (nee Florence 'Willoughby), Tiffin's orchestra, Ladies please bring lunch. Everybody wel- HOSPITAL AUXILIARY The monthly meetin gor the Ladies' Auxiliary to Wingham Hospital will be held in the Council Chamber on Friday afternoon, November 2nd at three o'clock. COMING EVENT Dance In the Community Memorial Hull, Whiteehurch, on Friday, Nov. Nov. 2nd. to the miusie of the Western Five orchestra; admission, gents 500, ladies 50c, lunch counter ,everybody welcome. Sib North American Heritage," he says. COMING EVENT The Ladies' Aid of the Presbyterian Church, Whitechureh are holding a bazaar and home baking sale in the school room of the church on Friday, Nov. 2 at 3 o'clock, 31b meeting on Thursday evening, Nov- ember 15th., for the purpose of dis- cussing bylaws. 31-7-14b The regular meeting of Winghain Lodge No. 286 A.F.&A,M., will be held Tuesday evening, November 6 at 8 p.m. sharp. First degree. Visiting ..e. Brethren welcome. A, B, ADAMS, I, L .Sherbondy, Seey,. 31b -S.T.B., Ph.D., of Garrett Biblical In- dent of the Huron Deanery. Many stitute, Evanston, Illinois. He is a district members and executive were man who is an outstanding authority' present as well as more distant mem- in the field of Rural administration i bers Rev. E. 0. Lancaster, rector of St. Paul's and Rural Dean was in charge and thanked the speakers at the conclusion of the meeting. COMING EVENT The Women's Institute, Wroxeter, will hold a euchre in Masonic Club Rooms, on Friday evening, Novem- ber 2nd., at 8.30 o'clock, Novelty priz- es will be a feature. All are welcome. Admission 25 cents, Ladies, please bring lunch, 31x t Iub The Bridge sCh.i.,?Seg'ot away to a flying start \VD:Sits-a .good representa- tion on hand 't eoremence the sea- son. October 18th:;eti nieg night, six and a half tablesew4 in play. North ancl,.• ittl1---1st., W. H. French, lVfrs.•Be ?Oi4er; 2nd., Miss Y. McPherson, Mitt:,I-1,,Crawford; 3rd., Mrs. G. Godl,i41},:•H:'s,Sherbondy; 4th., Mrs. F, A. Peietr R., S. .Hethering- ton. East and est, Mrs. A. R. DuVal, . .R.cess• 2nd., J. H. Crawford, Gorid n lt:IacKay; 3rd., Miss Mary Johaso ae.:-He se Ig ro v e ; 4th, '.Porter. e'eee'4%{( The special speakers for the pro- W. N. Swanson of Whigham, presi- All members of Oticifellows' Lodge grams are Rev. Rockwell C. Smith, are asked to be present at the regular Haselgrove, Jack Mason. East and West-1st., Mrs. F. A. Par- ker, Bert Porter; 2nd., Mrs. H. Campbell, Its. G. MacKay; 3rd., Mrs. D. Nasmith, J. H. Crawford; 4th., Gordon 11,facEay, Vin Dittmer. KINSMEN HALLOWE'EN MASQUERADE TONIGHT The entertainment event you won't want to miss will be' held at the Ar- mouries to-night at e,30 p.m. There will be costume prizes and dancing from 9.30 to 11.30. Refreshments will be served and costumes are optional. EUCHRE AND DANCE Corrie. L.O.L. No, 767, are sponsor- ing' a euchre and dance in the Gorrie Community Hall, on Friday evening, Nov. 9th. Bruce's Orchestra will fur- nish music for dancing. Lunch coun- ter in Hall, Euchre at 8.30. 31-70