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-,LITTLE ONES PARTY—
,' .49bildren of Canadiaa legion me.m-
Will he having, a big time at
the town hell 'in Whagham' tonight
'When the annual Chriatinas ,par. tY
'will be held, ...Ths year, With the
'inereased Wingham. branch Mein-
rship,. and, we are , told, an in^
ase in members'. children of
party age, it should be about the
• biggest party of the Year, for the
' little ones. •
Special Christniae services are,
to be held in NYinghana's. ,churches.
during. tile Christmas season, •
A Christmas Eve service of earui
singing, and choral communion' is
to be held in St, Paul's Anglican.
Church,. The carol service, will be-
gin at 11 .pan, and this will be fol-
lowed: by the choral communion at
,11.60. Holy Communion will be
cejehrated in: the- -church. at '9,30 on',
Christmas naarning,
Midnight Mass at: the ,Sacied•
Heart Church -will feature achild,'
ree's choir and a _special choir
under the--direction :of Margaret.
Brophy. The .children's choir will •
:give a :selection of carols shortly
before the Midnight Mach.
St, Andrew's • Presiorterli,
Chinch will hold Chrjetm4H,A,tre
vices Sunday at Al sm.;.1> n
annual candlelight choral .aerviW'
will take place in the ,evening st••
7 o'clock with musk senior and,
junior choirs, ,
'On Sunday morning the Salvation!
Army will held a family service
at '11 a,m, and a candlelight ger- •••
vice with carol singing :and, music
for Christmas at 7 in the• evening,
Services at the United Church
include a Christmas Eve service of
ilieagiesubnyclita,bye acia ,iGr,ifattindfoorn Christ-
service at 11 o'clock at which ail
the 'Sunday School children , will
present gifts to be placed.: in a
Manger. Several ehildren are to be
baptised at this serVice,
In the evening st 7 q'cloek,
"White Gift" service is, to be held.
Gifts will be brought' wrapped' in
white to be sent to needy •chlictren
in Europe. .
A Cluistinai play by members of
the United Sunday School end itaf
is also belpg presented; The • cast
of the play include's: Wendel Alton,
as the innkeeper; Merle Gowdy, as'
the innkeeper's wife; John Mark-
ley, ,as Joseph; 'Fern Vanstone, as
Mary. Others in the cast' are Bill,
Crawford, Kees Jouwsma,:Murray
Kerr, CharleS Campbell, Peter •
Carmichael, John Midfat, Doug
ESparmy.iiTtcrle• tji9t1henrofStkengpleaynclis,1:.17Wilge-
Room In The Inn".
Spec
place
ial
in ChrlAthtelitiaap
Christmas
setilsvti take "Church
at 11 a.rn, and 7 p.m. on • Sunday
rn
Following
vgreee t otn116 will,
evening
hold'ng a
service.
eiodthoef.
care' singing, Offerings from both
will go to, assist the work
of Miss Laura Cllar; missionary.
,
in Nigeria. On Sunday, December
30 the special speaker at the Bap-
tist Church: be Key. William
Cairns, returned,missionary. The
ordinanee of, baptism will also be
observed.
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The regular meeting of the
Wingham District High ' School
Board was hold on Tuesday even-
ing, of last week, with chairman Of
the board, Ernest. Casemore, pre-
siding, The hoard heard the in-
spector's report, which was given
in private,
W, S. Hall, Principal of. the
school, in his report,said that the
attendance figure for NeVemher
w"46 'aPeheicaltYZ4S Wlil. geof 95.2, Christmas begin en
December 21st. He also told the
board that one of the schpol teach-
ere, Miss Jean Thomson, Was being
married that day.
Mr,. Hall said that the school has
fotir typewriterp which could be
sold, and he • asked the hoard • if
school pupils conk' be allowed to
make offers on the maehines. It
was agreed by the, board that the
'pupils should have the first Chance
of -buying the typewriters.
The queation of a key ' to' the
school barn for the caretaker was-
raised. The board decided that
the caretaker should be given a
key in ease he •needed te•'enter the
building at any time.' A key will
office,
available at the school
The board, after discussing an
insurance Policy, covering acci-
dents to penile, agreed to take out
a policy for three years with a new
insurance company. This Will be
done in January, when the present
policy
quest for an increase e
n read sa a ray
for
te -
scx eeths.erinR
the school caretaker. The question
of an increase was discussed at
some length and it was decided
bat the request should be grant
Ad, The increase will begin in the
;dew Year.
A new member to the' board,
.oy Cousin's of Brussels, was wel-
comed by the chairman,
Mr. Cousins will take the place
g W. F. who gave up his
position on the board' because he
Was moving from the district.
CHRISTMAS fiREETINO
MUE'NEXT.WEEK-.:
STILL GOING STRONG---Week,
end magazine last week featured
an article on an el-yeareald Mon':
treeler who has been 'curling for
60 years and. still manages a game.
We can't help wondering if "Week-
end" should be told about Alex
Crawford.
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BUSY:MAN—Santa visits Wrox-
eter on Saturday afternoon to
meet' the children there and to
hand out gifts, Immediately after,
we nave it on good authority, he
takes off on a round-the-world trip
to, give gifts to children of every
country, except one.—U,S,S.R. In
• Russia, 'Santa visits at the New
Year.
This group of happy children were pictured during an interval in an Wingham. The Christmas party was held 'in the armouries on Mon-
evening ofiun for the children of the men of the 99th Battery in day evening and more than 50 youngsters were present. • v
FUNERAL OF FORMER AutumnExamination Results FRACTURE VICTIMS
RECEIVE TREATMENT& ASSESSOR SATURDAY w Irt• I ".
School
At Wingham uist High ,. . . LIONOW tIONS ARE
OUESTS AT Y0011AM .
Ray Watson, HarveY 'Webster,
Bill., Porteous,'' Bob; Fandlavarrid.
H. Agnew, members of the newly;
formed Lucknow Lions oluk'were .
guests at the Chrlitmlia.,Meeting
of the Wingham Club on Friday.
evening at Hotel Brunswick: Oth-
er guests at the meeting included.:
Reed MontroY of the Berry •Door
Co., Ltd., Bill. Montgomery, IaM-
dpn, representative Of 'C, Lltsid &
Son Ltd., and Mr. and Mrs. Roes
Hamilton pf town.. The latter con-
tributed two, beautiful ^ solo's 'and
added much .to the enjoy,merit , all present. •
This is a busy week at The Ad-
vance-Times office, The regular
issue for thei week was placed, in
the mail Wednesday morning and
the staff made an immediate start'
on the production of next week's
paper, which will reach subscrib-
ers on Monday morning.
Due to the fact that the paper
has to be in the mail by eight
o'clock Monday, actual production
of the issue will be completed on
Friday afternoon. It will contain
the Christmas greetings from busi-
nesses in the community which
have become traditional here, The
balance of the edition will be, fill-
ed out with Christmas stories, as-
sembled as a special treat at this
season for the younger members of
the families reached' by The Ad-
vance-Times.
Those who have notices of meet
ings or other "must go" advertie.,
ing matter are notified that copy
must' be in: the office before six
o'clock Thursday evening of this
week, The publisher realizes that
some nardship may he created for
those who are accustomed to a
later deadline, but the fact of the
matter is that Christmas falling
on Tuesday makes publication of
the greeting edition a major hurdle.
Correspondents are asked to.send
in ,their contributions as usual and
the news which arrives too late for
the December .24th edition will be
carried the week following..
A similar -schedule will be ne-
cessary in order to publish before
the New Year's holiday se adver-
tisers are asked to bear in mind
the early deadline for two Weeks.
After that we should be back to
normal.
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Reports showing the mark In Grade C—Mary Lou Dunlop
each :subject have been given to
students for their parents.
Grade A-75% or over; B-66-
74%; C-60-65%; Pass 50-59%.
SCARES APLENTY-l% u ,in o r
were flying thick and fast, during
the past week, One stated that gun-
fire had been heard catty 'one
Morning: lest week. Another indi-
cated that a manhunt Was On for
stranger who .was •offering free
candy - and car rides to Weal young-
sters,' Police discovered that the
sounds Of shooting were created by
a truck Which was back-firing and
they failed to turn up eny concrete
evidence of the meleeter of child-
ren. They did, however; manage to
diacourage a feW itinerant maga!:
;zinc salesmen 'Who were .taking.ad-
ntage fof the. Christmas season
make'a honee-te-houee canvass.
DOUBLE. DOSE—Business places
in Teeswater • suffered the atten-
tions of thieves twice within a
Week. Last week one of the service
stations was robbed of 'a tire and
cash. When M. A, MacDonald open-
ed his imp shop an Monday
Morning •he found n 'chain saw
and cash had disappeared. •
Joyce Moffat; James, Inglis, Fayc
Jack equal; Betty Devereaux, Lois.
Gall, equal; Beverley McDonald,
Stevvart McGill, Doreen Burden,
Currie, Gail Shaw, Join
Lamontlarclin; William ;Keri-
reedy;
.0,Rpp
r. rad A—John Honve
Grade B—Helen Haines, Agnes
Lane; Margaret ,Perrie, George
Webster.
Grade C—Gordon Smith, Gloria
Stobo.
Pass—Shirley Bennett, Bruce
Robertson, Douglas Murray, Danny
Stuckey, Helen Ford, Bruce 'Lott,
Isobel McDonald,
Below the line—Margaret King,
John Duffy, William Martin, David
Slosser, Lois Crawford, James
Campbell, Glenn Diekison, Telford
Struthers, Ian Gibbons, Paul Gros-
korth,
Absent from examinations
through illness—Alan Scott.
VETERAN CURLER'S
RINKWINNERS.
IN FOUNDRY SPIEL
Pass—Shirley McNeil, Bruce
McTavish, Donald Jefferson, Hil-
ara Bruder, William Clark, Isa-
bella Willie Elaine Worrell, John
King, John Wild,' Murray Hoover,
Alison Webb equal;* Fred Lewis,
Bonnie Edgar, Douglas Lo'gan.
Below - the line—Wayne Woods,
James Foxton, Marie. Hastie, John
Grewar, Isabel Scott, Erwin Ste
Marie, Vernon Inglis, Ray Murray,
Absent' through illness—Barry
McQuillin, Guelda Stapleton.
GRADE XII
SPECIAL COMMERCIAL
William H. Heney, 77, former
assessor of• Wingham, died at his
home oh•Leopold Street, 'last Wed-
nesday' after several months; ill-
ness. He ,had -resided in,' Wingham
for the past ,39: years:
Born in Morris Township;, he be-
gan employment: at the 'Bennett
'Planning '• Mill; :and:' em=
ployed 'at the MacLean Company.
He was town assessor in Wingham
for 20 years, a •.pi ember ^ the
IOOP and St. Aridrewis•Prestyter-
ian Church; where ,he served as
treasurer for 20,- years. _,
Surviving• besideC'bis wife, the
former Clara E. Steeernol, of Got-
rie, are a daughter,,Urs. John Mc-
Gee, of Blyth, tvvre inpthers, Fred,
'of Calgary 'and Mrs} of Brant-
fard; one sister, Mrsi„john Higgins,
of Pilot Mound,' Maw' •
Services were- lield,-On Saturday
at the S. J. Welker, funeral home.
The ReCr. Alexander •Nimmo, of
St. Andrew'e Presbyterian Church
conducted the services; with burial
in Wingham' CeineterY. The pall-
bearers were Fred MacLean, Wal-
lace Agar, E. R, Harrison, Cecil
Merkley, Stafford •Beteson and
Robt. Mowbray, 'The floral tributes
were carried by Archie and. Mac
Steuernol, Ronald -;:and Howard
VanCamp. •
GRADE XIIAB COURSE
Grade A—Gwen Walsh, Beverley
Mrs, Mary •Hyndman, of Gerrie,
fell last Tuesday and received
painful injuries to her left wrist.
She was :treated at the Wingham
General Hospital and allowed
home after .being -Xerayed.
Mrs. Jack MacIiityre;' Wingham
fractured her left wrist when she
fell ::on-.Tuesday: The: fractlire•waa
reduced under anaesthetic and a
-cast was 'applied, Mrs. IVIacIntyre
was detained in hospital.
One" other Wingham woman
fractured her left, wrist when she
fell this week, Mrs. Estella Cowan,
fell oh' her kitchen floi14. on Satur-
day and had' to be taken to 'the
Wingharn General 'Hospital for
treatment, A cast Was applied and
Mes. Cowan was allowed to return
to her heme. •
On Sunday, 2%-year-old Michael
Hogan, son of Mr. 'and Mrs. Den-
nis Hogan, R.R. 3, Lucknow, suf-
fered a skull fracture when he fell
in the barn. The child ,was taken
to the Wingham General Hospital,
John Wall, age 2, son of Mr. and
Mrd. Lorne Wall, R.R, 1, Lucknow,
fell pa 'Sunday at his home and
fractured a bone in the upper part
of his left leg. The boy Was taken
to the Wingham General Hospital
for treatment. 'He In hospi-
tal and his condition is described
as satisfactory.
VIDSON
RESIGNS FROM
HOSPITAL BOARD
Stewart. .
Grade 33—Deanne Allan; Ken-
neth Crawford, Vera Sharpe, Tom
Brydges, Velma Stapleton.
. A Toast To ThOlictor
Curlers - from Brampton, Mount
Forest; Wroxeter, Belgrave, Be]-
more, Owen Sound, London, Wal-
kerton, Teeswater, Listowel and
Wingham, competed for the Wes-
tern Foundry Trophy at the Wing-
ham rink on Wednesday last, but
none were good enough to beat 82-
year-old Alex Crawford, of Wing-
-ham, who led his team to victory
.in the "wee small hours" of the
following morning. The competi-
tion lasted all day Wednesday and
ended about 2 a.m. Thursday.
The trophy was presented 'by
Tom Currie, manager of the Wes-
tern Foundry, to Alex Crawford,
who was winning the trophy for
the first time although he has com-
peted for it before. The other mem-
bers of the winning team were:
George and John Inglis and. W.
Renwick,
Other prize-winners were: Len
Schmidt, Walkerton; Omar Hasel-
grove, Wingham, and Wilf French,
Wingharn.
OVER FOUR HUNDRED
iATHER FOR RALLY
Wingharn restrict -High School
was the scene of an interesting as-
sembly this past week-end. Dele-
gates troill-13'llaferent congrega-
tions of Jehovah's Witnesses as-
sembled for religious instruction..
'On Friday evening thd theme,
"Happy People Serving the Happy
God", was developed and adhered
to throughout the various discours-
cs and demonstrations, giving en-
ceuragement to all, aiding them to-
appreciate the value of Bible
counsel in daily living.
"Rearing Children in Divine Fa-
vour" was one of the subjects dis-
cussed. The 256 in attendance ap-
preciated this counsel as juvenile
ielinquency is a growing problem.
Saturday evehing the film "The
Happiness of the New World So-
ciety" was shower.
Of interest was the immersion
Service held Saturday afternoon
when seven candidates symbolized
their dedication by water immer-
sion. This is the ordination cere-
mony of Jehovah's Witnesses and,
is practised in the same manner
as Christ and the apostles,
The speaker for the public Bible
discourse on Sunday, Mr. Yacos, in
speaking of what Armageddon
means, related what many persons
consider it to mean, to mankind.
Using Zeph, 3:8 it was pointed out
what God's Wetd' says it really
means. The speaker described the
need of entering the ark pf safety
through gaining an accurate know-
ledge of 'the Bible.
Outstanding at this assembly was
the efficient manner in which all
22 departmente operated. All work
was done by volunteers, including
the preparing and serving of food
which amounted to approximately
1000 meals for the entire assembly,
NOTICE
There will be no milk delivery
on Christmas day,---Foxton Dairy.
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NOTICE
Garbage colleetion for Dee, 25th
and Jan. 1st will be Made Dee, 24th
arid Dee, 31st, i+ 1.9b
Turkey and all, the traditional
fixinge of a ChristMas dither were
provided by Mr: and Mrs. Grose hi
the new_ dining room, Whith Was
suitably decorated fot
eion. President Whit Grose peel:
sided, Harold, Victor Pain: and' Bill,
Conron took charge'.of'llie initaic
and Jim Carr acted as tail.'
ter,
Percy • Clark, chairmen of the ,
peanut drive, reported on Sales and
the club treasurer„ Norman Wel-.
wood, dealt with the financial as-
pect of the etimpaign.
The new Lions from Lucknow
were' accorded a chats roar and Ray
Watson replied for the group. The
Wingham Lions will conduct a
meeting in Lucknow'' the. second
Monday in January and the new
club will 'be chartered• on Januaty'
28, The Lucknow club' is co-span-.
cored by the Liens Clubs of Goder,
'jell and Whighann •
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Barry Wenger presented the
club's gift to Mrs. Grose in appreci.,
ation of the fine hospitality which
all have enjoyed throughout the
year and she fittingly ,expreased
her thanks. Harold Victor Pyre
also expressed the thanks of the
club and presented a gift, to Mrs.
Hamiltbn, the soloist,
F. L. Davidson, a member of the
Wingham Hospital. Board -for 20
years, resigned his position at the
meeting On Friday night.
, • r. Davidson said he was ro-
iling because he felt he had
done his- part and that it was time
someone younger ' took over. He
• said he had enjoyed the, years he
had been :a member of the board
and that he had always taken a
great , interest In • the wort[ and, al-
ways Would.
Chairman H. C. MacLean said
that if Mr. Davidson wished to re-
sign the board would' have -to ac-
'eept his resignation, , although
they would 'do so with regret. He
expressed the hope that the, board
would be able to -call on Mr.• Da-
vidson for assistance at any time
. A. D. MacWilliam asked how
satiny honorary members were al-
lowed and• moved that Mr. David-
son be, made an honorary member.
The. beard was unanimous.'in ac-
cepting this motion. A new mein-,
her of the board will be chosen Sin
January.
• The monthly report by Mrs, L' E.
Morrey, superintendent Of, the liqa-;
pital, showed that during 'Novem-
ber there were 174 admiselens, 20
. births, 76 operations and 252
rays. •
A. 6. MacWilliam, . presenting;
' the financial statement, told the
beard 'that there was a deficit of
tp 4060', and that at pre-
Cent there Were no funds in the
building account,
The management committee pre-
sented salary inereases for "the'
hospital staff. arid 'these, increases
Were ApptoVed by the board. It Was
11100 decided to Pay Chtistnias bon-, lbw to members' of the'Staft,
to the 'bonuses paid ittet ydat.
PROCLAMATION
tusue Noticit.
The 'Canadian Legion,: Christmas
lairtY for hiembeta ',Ohildreo, will
be held in the TOwn .,Hall', Wing-
hani, ;tonight (Wednesday), at 7.30.
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At the roiliest of a number of citizens I hereby
—PROCLAIM .
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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 26; 1956
'BOXING DAY
AS A •
PUBLIC CIVIC HOLIDAY
for the town of Wi6gloon
via I hereby c01 upon An good Citizens to observe the Willi.
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DANCE; AT Witioltiilltit,
' The Wroxeter community Club
Will hold a dance on the evening
of Friday, December Olith in, Van,
tillitlitY !hall, San ettietil ateheattin
Booth in hall, Proceeds Of tkil*l"
inanity Hell Punn, , . 'F'10,24b,
Mt." CltiliWk
TO Wie,OXEtElt,
All children': in the community
are invited to meet Santa Claus at
the WrtOtetet COamunity Hall on
December 22hd at' 2.30' p.m,.. for
treats 'arid pictures; .Sponsored by
•inislileasitien hf Wiyintifet, The
a
will liti ntiiii, elMitilielf, Dec.
e OhriiitIrfss,.b, tt Jrgiot bod; 2f1,
•Proxitl. t?)ii..y, • ,, 01.247h ph4rers frOm all CVO Western Ontario cOMPettal to r the trophy,, .. .
R, E McKinney, Mokyor Gott Save the Queen
Grade A—Nora Grant, Donald
Thompson; Ruth Sharpe, Joyce
Hoffman, equal; Gail Colvin.
Grade B—Madeline MacKinnon,
Nancy Hutcheson.
Grade C—Muriel. Whytock, Doro-
thy Sullivan, Dennis Smith,, Lillian
Smyth, equal; Joy Conley, Bever-
ley Nethery, Patricia Bender.
Pass—Marilyn Morrison, Mari-
lyn Widdis, Ethel Breen, Jean
Smith.
Below the line—James Bain.
GRADE XIABC
Grade A—Claudia Haselgrove,
Marianne McKibbon, ' Marilyn
Rome, Ronald Parker, Richard
King, Marjorie Moffat, Ian Mun-
dell, Peter Nasniith, Linda Todd.
Grade B-13etty Anne Stobo,
Ivan Walsh; Eleanor Walsh, Bren-,
da Breckenridge, Elizabeth Mc-
Kinney, Dorothy Chamney, Mar-
garet Meehan, Lester, lVfachan,
Barbara Coultes.
Grade C--Jamie Sanderson, Ruth
Fryfogle, Barbara Linton, Merle
Gowdy, Verne Vanstone, equal;
Helen Bllacott, Marian HeoVer;
Kenneth Dawson, Ian Howes,
eqUal; Rae, Hetherington, George
Searson, George Arnietrong, Doro-
thy Toner; Peter Hemingway,
Evelyn Mathors, equal,
Pass—Loreen Wray, John Met-
fat, Dale Cardiff, Wilma Haskins,
Robed Higgins, David Kennedy,
Murray Davison, Muriel Gowdy,
Lois Noble, Arnold. Davison, Mar-
ion Robinson, Earl Jenkins, David
Scott, Glenn Coultes, Murray
Johnston Marykae Newmart,
equal; TOM Burrell, Mary Skinn,
Douglas Carr,. I it Nermintoit,
eqUal; Kenneth Coultcs, Mail, El.
Hatt, 'Murray Met,'arlanc,. Elaine
Statia, John Devereaux, Michael
Hallahan, genneth Ilecigkineen,
Lynn O'Malley, Robe Ste Marie,
Ronald Late, Mary Harman, Ace,.
ther Osborne, equal,
BeleW the iihe—Clisito Chtianney,
• Willialia ktteaVio, 1Kerineth Ste
Marle; Larry Snell„ Gordon Scott,
()Twit Ttai4eigrove (left) congratulates Alex dravego rd, one of, the oldest...can:Wks in, the DeitiniOti, on his equal; 'Catherine Leach, Marlette
Oetorar lag week, when he Wart the Western FOund.i`VAtron/iY at. the Wingham Curling rink, 814Y.'fatie Mahood, Mary Seharbach, John
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