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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1956-02-22, Page 6IgQ l311,1 Tit's 18 Ingham Advance-Times, IkVetinestet3 Joel), Front Grocery Phone: Our Prices. Are Lower Free 500 We Keep Down the Upkeep Delivery All varieties Baby Foods 3 for 27c St. William Orange & Grapefruit 24 oz. Marmalade 25c All Flavors JAG Powders 3 - 27c Royal Instant • Sc OFF Puddings 2 for 19c WS. Mill n ft; (2 cup size) Tea Bags 100 for 79c Nescafe (15e OFF) G oz, Instant Coffee . $1,59 5 Robinhood Oats . 47c 8 oz. Cheez Whiz 33c Carnation Tall Tins Milk 3 for 40c David's Water Ice Wafers 32 biscuits .. 39c -- FROZEN FISH -- Cod Fillet , lb. 33c Perch Fillet , , lb. 37c Sole Fillet , .. lb. 49c Salmon Fillet lb. 65c In ,all his years of railroading, Engineer Phillip Fraser has seen some big changes. "Rolling along in this smooth diesel locomotive," says Mr. Fraser, "14• a real thrill —a far cry from driving the old steam jobs. Its extra power gives it quicker pick-up and more speed on the grades. Besides, it can run from coast to coast without a change. That's what I call progress!" Philhas seen progress in the life insurance business too. As a family man, he knows that this business offers better service today than ever. before. Take life underwriters, for instance. Modem training makes these men better qualified to guide people through the complex problems of, planning for future security, Today, too, life insurance is more flexible. There's a wider range of plans—allowing people to meet their own individual needs. Moreover, people with certain physical handicaps, can now enjoy the protection of life insurance. .1n, these and other ways, the life insurance companies in Canada htive progressed with the times to meet the changing needs of ptOle in all walks of life! THE,-,LIRANS.D.RANCE-CCIMPANIES. IN CANADA Better days are here for Phil Fraser! 1 OPEN TO TRAFFIC OORRIE The now bridge on the county road. four miles south of Gorrie has -been opened for truffle. The estimated cost of the bridge is .$35.000. The bridge was started late in the autumn and the men have worked during the coldest weather under huge sections of heavy tarpaulin. The new bridge replaces the narrow span which was the scene of minor accidents and of the tragedy when two Gorrie girls were Women Must Share Privileges with Poorer Nations GORRIE The theme for the World Day of Prayer service, which was held in the Presbyterian Chureh on Friday afternoon was "One Flock, One Shepherd" and included a paraphrase of the Shop- herd Psalm translated from the Indian sign language by Miss Isobel 'Crawford a Canadian mis- sionary to the Indians in the West- era 'United States. Leaders were presidents of the missionary societies of the three churches: Presbyterian, Mrs. Sam. Robinson; United Church, Mrs. Gladstone Edgar; Anglican, Mrs. Harry King. Prayers were taken by Mrs. John Dinsmore and Mrs. Jenny Edgar, Mrs. W. E. Whitfield gave the address on the theme. She spoke of our oneness in -Christ and of Christ's wish ima,John 17-21 "That they all may be One." Women have a responsibility in sharing with the poorer nations of the world the privileges, both physical and spirittuil, that we in Canada enjoy. Because we pray and give, Christian literature is provided in many lands and the sheep in the Shepherd's fold arc ministered to. She spoke, too, of the work of the Bible Society which places Bibles in their own language, in the ban& of these who are learning to read. Mrs. R. Seaman Passes in West GORRIE --Word was received here on Wednesday of the sudden death in Vancouver, I3.C. of Edith Montgomery, widow of the late Reginald Seaman of Vancouver. She was born in Howick Town- ship, a daughter of the late Alex. Montgomery and Joanna Warren. She was a member of the Orange Hill Church. When a young wo- man she moved with her parents to Owen Sound, later to Edmonton and Vancouver. Deceased is survived by two daughters in Vancouver and a sister, Mrs. Sadie Button, River- side, California. Wes. and John Strong, Mrs. F. C. Taylor and John Montgomery are cousins. Mrs. Seaman visited here in the summer of 1053. Put your EXTRA DOLLARS to work Regular quarterly dividwids have been paid by Investors Mutual since „ the Company's inception in 1950, For full details contact your Investors Syndicate representative; i'4 CTT.CE•YNN.Flu CITIES MANAGLD ANO QI.GrfirtiUTCD By 1-1,07ESTO tS SYNIJICATr. OF CANAOA ,.31,41 CD - THOS. A JARDIN Box :194 Phone 147 WINGSIA11, ONT. CEO. D. ANDR1E,WS • District Miditag4 OW EN Sal I ND 111.0.1.11 Yaraiiftie61.61.14.141.106.611•0.10.1% .... .. .. , . Ready cash is a wonderful help When a bargain pops up, you don't have to hesitate. Suddenly you're the proud owner of something you never thought you could afford. Maybe yoU have something in mind right now, that you'd like to buy, but haven't the price. Don't give up hope. instead, open a Savings Account at The Canadian Bank of Commerce and put away as much as you can from every pay. By the time there's another big sale or some item you've always wanted, you'll likely have enough ready cash to buy it outright. • Try it. Call in at your nearest branch of The Canadian Bank of Commerce and start a Savings Account today. Any of our personu91 will be glad to help you. 'THE CANADIAN. BANK OF COMMERCE More t1,dit 700 breindo.q derosA Calm& Wingharn traneh, W. O. Struthers, Manager flw 2ta6A • (4011*N' Two Motorists Are Killed Every Day in Rural Qntario One In Four Of These Accidents Happens On The Farmer's Doorstep Last year nearly 800 persons were killed in motor mishaps outside urban areas. One in every four such accidents in rural Ontario occurred at a rural intersection,- or farm lane con- nection, with a major highway. In many cases farmers were in no way involved; in more Cases farm drivers probably were innocent victims of careless highway motorists, But farmers and their families died in some of these smash:ups. Farm vehicles were destroyed. And -directly or indirectly Ontario's farm population pays a share -of the tremendous cost that motor accidents annually inflict in this province. Safety is everybody's business, everybody's responsibility. The farmer has a major stake in the safety of rural roads whether they are familiar township routes, regularly travelled county roads, or our provincial super highways. Death and injury lurk at every intersection. The Ontario Federation of Agriculture is marking Rural Saie Driving Week on February 20 to 25th, May I urge every a farmer and farm faintly in this province to give their attention and active support to the occasion. During this week—and every week—drive so an accident won't be yours. Hon, F. S. Thomas, MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE,-. Province of Ontario. a 1111111 111 11 11111 1111 1[1111111111111111111111111111111111111111 iiI111111111111111111111111 I 1111101111111111111M I II 111111 IMMO 11111 U 111 in feed 4, ess IS MIGHTY IMPORTANT TO BAB N In has been proved at the SHUR-GAIN Demon- stration Farm that fresh feeds make an im- portant difference in a chick's growth rate. And you're assured of freshness with SHUR-GAIN Chick, Starter — it's made right here in -our mill. Chicks grow 25 percent /aster on high eitieidncy SHUR-GAIN . leather out earlier „ mature sooner, This year, get faster growth and earlier maturity at economical feed cost with the feed you know is fresh SHUR-GAIN Chick Starter, CANADA, PACKERS LTD WINGHAM 92nd thrth4lay on St. Valentine's. Day GORRIE—Mrs. James Armstrong, who celebrated her 02nd birthday on St, Valentine's Day was happy receiving callers and many remem- brances from old friends. She was the recipient of beautiful flowers, gifts, a plant, candy and cards. Mrs. Id. McCracken, at whose home she lives, served dainty refresh- ments including a beautifully- dee- ()rated birthday cake. Born in Grey Township, Mrs. Armstrong lived for many years in Rossindale and in Winnipeg, Man. She came to Gorrie in 1926. Her husband, Dr. James Armstrong died in 1947. The last member of a family of six, her only son and two grandsons have also passed on. While her eyesight permitted she was a great reader and still has a remarkable memory and can quote many passages of Scripture and poems. — This Week's Events At United Church GORRIE- The W.A. of the United Church met at the home of Mrs. Gordon Edgar Thursday even- ing, The Northern Helpers had charge of the program with Mrs. A. Taylor as leader. The theme of the meeting was "Lent". Mrs. Cecil Grainger gave a reading and the Scripture was taken from Matt. 4:1-11. Mrs. Fred Hyndman offered prayer. Mrs. Gordon Edgar, president, cc:inducted the business. The par- sonage committee reported the dining room papered and drapes purchased. The hostess, assisted by the lunch committee,- served refresh- ments. 0 - 0 - 0 Friendly Fours The Friendly Fours will meet at the parsonage on Thursday at 8.15 p.m. sharp. The program com- mittee is Mrs. P. Irwin,. Mrs. H. Ferguson and Mrs. S. Wood 0 - 0 - 0 • - The Church Membership' Class will start next Sunday in WrOX- etor United Church at 2 -p.m. for young people of Gorrie and Wrox- eter churches. • by R. W. N. Wade (continued from last letter) We mentioned in our last letter that we would say something about the famine of 1858-50. The spring of 1858 arrived very late and wet with heavy rains. In the latter part of July a killing frost froze every- thing which was widespread throughout most of the American continent. On February 22, 1850, a special meeting of the council was called which resulted in the motion by, Robert McDonald, seconded by Matthew Hunter, that Robert Mc- Laughlin and Thomas Gibson be appointed to go to Toronto and lay before the Governer-in-Council the alarming deficiency in grain, with regard to seed, flour and provis- ions, and pray for assistance to the amount of $2500, out of the Im- provement Fund or otherwise; the Municipal Council to give security to the Government that the above amount would be laid out on roads and other public improveinento. At the same time .the ',Bank of upper Canada - began to.`fail, ruin- ing many, The bottom fell out of fiORR1E There will be a service of Holy Communion in St. Stephen's Church on Sunday, at 2.30 p.m, .when the Rev, F. H. Paull' of Listowel will he the celebrant. Rev. F. E. Rus- sell will -preach in -Listowel. Mrs. Alex Miller suffered a severe stroke last Thursday morn- ing and is in Wingham General I-Tospital. Her daughter, Mrs. Geo, Arscott of Toronto spent the week- end here, with Mr. and Mrs. Archie Miller. Mr. Geo. Dane Sr. has been seriously ill, also Mrs. Ernest King and many others .are suffer- ing from flu. We hope. for all a speedy recovery, Reeve Harry Gowdy and Anson Galbraith,- road supervisbr, are at- tending the Good Roads' convention at the Royal York in Toronto, Mrs. Harry Ferguson is visiting relatives at Ailsa Craig. • Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Finlay and Mrs. Jennie\ Edgar wefe supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Gowdy on Sunday. • Mr. Milton Watson fo% a patient at the Wingham General' Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. W. C. King, ac- companied by Mr. and Mrs. Ira McLean, Wroxeter, visited Mrs. Jean acDonald in London on Sunday. Miss Donna McLean, who had been home from London for the week-end, returned with them. Mr. and Mrs. Cloyne Michel and Karen visited Mrs. Zimmerman and Mr. and Mrs. Willot Kelterborn of Milverton, on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Blyth and Kenneth and Mr, and Mrs. Ken Hastie spent., the week-end at Weston and Stouffville. Mrs. Gordon Underwood is spend- ing some time at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Verne Clark, Wrox- eter. Mr. and Mrs, Campbell Brown; Wroxeter, spent Sunday.. with Mr. and Mrs, Robt. Graham.' Mrs. Lottie Thornton is visiting her daughter, Mr's. Tom Stokes and Mr. Stokes, near Belmore: Mrs. Tessie Zimmerman was a recent visitor with her daughter, Mrs. J. Shield' and Mr.' Shiell at Belgrave. Mrs. Goodfellow, of Teeswater, was a visitor with, Mrs. - J. Arm- strong on Tuesday' of • last week, 2500 2500 Invitations Have Been Sent GORRIE--A meeting was held on Wednesday in the community hall when reports were. heard from the various committees ar- ranging Howick's Centennial cele- bration being held June 29, 30 and July 1st, 1956. Reeve Harry Gowdy, president, was in the chair. Harold Pollock was secretary. Herb Collins reported on ar- rangements- for school picnics to be held in each section on Friday, June 29. Each section is to appoint a committee to make the arrangements, Many having 'al` ready done so. The section will provide' basket lunch, a sports'. program, reception committee and registering committee. Each school is to finance its own:Manic. It was sagge-Sted that each school have a float and that old pictures rind registers be on display. The program committee conven- er, Wardle Schaefer, reported that arrangements for ,the pageant were proceeding nicely. Four or five from each church choir will be asked to form a choir for the pag- eant under the director, Mrs. Carl Douglas. This will be presented Friday and Saturday evenings, fol- lowed by a dance. Warren Zurbrigg, cairn commit. tee -chairman, said the type of cairn had been selected and will be erected on land given by the Zini- merman family. A dedication ser- vice will be arranged by the local. clergy. Tom Edgar, invitation chairman, 'said 2,500 invitations have been sent out with more to follow and many replies coming in. Each church will look after its own congregation for Sunday dinner' after church service at 11 Labelling Aids The Housewife What's in a name? Much more these days than when Shakespeare first penned the line, With the housewife being greeted by more and more different trade naintS it's natural for her to look for products with labels that tell what the article is Made of. Because of this, inanufactmera are becoming more label-Conscious and the latest material to be tagged is the fleXible pittOtie, polythene. tiroduets that contain polythene will carry an attraetive red and White label in the form of a circle. The name Will stand out in red letters ds will the adjeetities "fin r-. Pile" and "unbreakable", rhino product is now being used for such holiselibicl items as calla.. tot sets', mixing bowls, juice eon tatters and bread bOXOS as well as the wide variety of thildrerea toys now of the Market, LLN A ,1,•M k11., viten subnierget1 grain of sand holds a film of wa- ter about itself by capillary at, traction, and even the blows heavy surf cannot cause one .01111" grain to rub against another, says Rachel Carson in the current Reader's Digest, In this miniscule world,. inconceivably minute beings swim through the liquid film about a, grain of sand as fish swim through the ocean. PRODUCERS NAME SLATE OF OFFICERS One of the largest meetings of any farm commodity group in Hum County was held in Clinton last Wednesday by the Huron Hog Producers' Association. Re-elected presiden6 at the annual meeting was Bert Lob)), of Clinton; vice presidents, Albert Bacon of Morris Township • and Alvin Rau, of Zurich, Alfred Werner, of Day- field, was appointed secretary- treasurer. Producers elected a director and an talternate delegate from each of Huron's 16 townships as follows; Howick, E, Harding, Gordon Angst; Aobfield, R. Finnigan, William Hunter; Tneltersmith, Donald Day- man, Alex MacGregor; Morris, Albert Bacon, R, H, Coultes; East Wawanosh, Orville McGowan, Si- mon Hallaban; West Wawanosh, William Good, William K. Hone- han; Turnberry, Les Fortune, Harry Mulvey; Colborne J. Fisher, Ross Fisher; Goderich, A, Warner, William Longinire; Hay, R, Love, Jack Faber; McKillop, G. Smith, R. M. Scott; Hullett, L. Stewart, Lloyd Medd; Stanley, Elmer Web- ster, Alvin Porter; Stephen, Ed. Hendrick, Bruce Shapton; Grey, Cliff Dunbar, N. Dennis; Usborne, Harry Hern, Theron McCreary, Four - directors-at-large named were: Bert Lobb, Harry Sturdy of Auburn, Orval Taylor, of Belgrave, and Alvin Rau. Clayton Frey, of Sarnia, chair- man of the board of directors of the Ontario Hog Producers' Co- Operative and director for zone seven of the Ontario Hog Prod uc- ers' Association was speaker. A lengthy question period showed little criticism of the ppresent. pro- vincial marketing 801-up, 4g,11111.71111[411111111Thilaillifillii111121lX1111111111111111111111111111111E1111E1111111111E11111111111111E11111111111ill: TA HAMILTON OPTOMETRIST Thoroughness — Ability — Time tested Phone 37 for appointment 111 Drayton. The first game' is being for a birthday celebration, Gorrie Intermediates Were first in the final standings with 28 points. They now play in the Inter-county group hockey with Alli!IZI1111111151114a111111118111E111111111111111111111111112111111111N11111111E1111111111111111111111111111311111111110 with Drayton en Monday. night, • III played in- the ..Harr.istdn Arena Howick Township Noneers. Faced Famine and- Hardship the market for wheat which was the mainstay of the country, In looking this up we found that many families were destitute. As has been stated, settlers were slow in coming in until 1953.4, es- pecially 1654 which was the year of the land, sale at Goderich, Many of these came from across the wa- ter, destitute of this world's goods, into a vast wilderness inhabited by a few Indians and in a few years' placed themselves in circum- stances of comfort and indepen- dence, which seems to be one of the marvels of the century, If the first settler of Howicie Township, John Carter, could return today, he would he struck with as- tonishment at the change one hun- dred years has ,brought. Bordering the farm is a paved' highway, No, 87 from Harriston to Wingham; mod- ern machines are used to cultivate and .sow the land, where Carter had first to chop wild log the bush, sowing seed between the stumps, covering it with a hoe or perhaps with a branch of a tree or a V- shaped harrow pulled by an ox. When it was harvested there were no grist mills to manufacture it into flour, but had to be done by hand between two stones, or he would have to carry it on his back to Walkerton or Seaforth - to be ground. It would he hard for him to realize just what tremendous de- velopments have taken place in the past one hundred years in every phase of farming from the wooden plough to the tractor plow; from the cradle to the combine; from the candle to electric lights; from his mode of travel by foot, to automobile and air and many more. An inexperienced settler without oxen or 'outside help could not hope to clear many acres of heavy hard- wood bush. Usually he had'to work out to support himself or help his neighbor in order to get the help of his oxen. When he had 15 or 20 acres cleared he was on his way to provide for all his needs and have a surplus to trade for com- forts. Soon he would have a few cows, sheep and pigs. Usually the first cash received by . him was from potash, derived from the burning of logs and the clearing of the bush. As the district opened up the market for farm products improved and gristmills were a great help. When the Leech mill in Gorrie was opened, and to quote from the Huron Atlas; "you could sec as many as 60 teams waiting their turn." Difficulties were never jar re- moved from the Pioneers. From small and discouraging bbginnings they gained, developed and pros- pered, Their success is attested by the fine township of today, which is a challenge to us and those who follow to emulate. (to be continued)