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Tomorrow, Thursday, June 20,
malice opening day for the new
I,G,A, feed store.
The store, owned and 'operated
bY the Remington brothers,,Dave,
,iihn and Harald, in Partnership
-with Laurie Slade, Will open with
a fanfare of .values for Wingham
''shoppers and the geed Wishes Of,
the business community,
The modern, well-lit etbre—the
most up-to-date of its kind in tele
area— has 2,700' square feet of
whopping and display space and
features a very large selection of
_foods ranging in price from a one-
cent package of chewing gum to
a five dollar can of caviar,
Along with the great range of
merchandise goes the same excel-
lent service which I.G;A. has been
giving Wingham shoppers since•
4994, when they first started in
;business here.
Car parking is to, be. available
at the side and back of the, new'
store, which is situated, in the
building formerly 'occupied by the
Walker Store on. Josephine St.
ton and further on the Villagee of
LortdeSherellgh, PlYth and Bel,
grave. The entire -distance through
.thee.epunty, was 50 miles,
The London, Huron and Bruce
Railroad, was, Yn proportion to its
length' and cost of the const rue
tion, 'the beet paying plede et rail-:
road property in the Dominion of
Canada.. It was fairly 'claimed that
no 'county ,of the preVinee had
more ample railway facilities than
the London, Hinron and Bruce, and
it is proven by the iarge *bonuses
'and •grants to the differentf lines by
the 'several municipalities interest-
: dd an each and all of them,
Bonuses: London, Heron., and
Bruce, $5,000; Wellington, Grey
and Blame, 528;000, -now Canadian,
National; Toronto, Grey and
,Bilices $5,000, ,now Canadian Pa-
1957 Transportation
These yclung ert; pietured,at the Grand Trunk station in Blue-.
vale .in 1905, when W...1, Masters' was the' station agent. Mr. Masters
now lives at Parkhill., ' • '
Mrs, Harold Crump and• Miss Lenore St. Merle, me mhers of the Staff •of the Remington IG A. store fill
the shelves in readiness for. the grand Opening, of the store in its new location on Thursday of th4 Week
Free Gifts 'for
700 Shoppers
As a'gesture of appreciation to
patrons of the new IGA store on
he first three open. days, Reining-
en Bros. are distributing a total
f 700 free gifts. ;
The first 100 customers on open-
ing morning. Thursday; will re-
eeive half pound ,packages of IGA'
.RoYel Guest coffee, After two
o'clock in the afternoon IGA •pea-
Inut• butter will be given to the
,first 100 customers.
r? ;paper
On Friday, morning IGA waxed
;Paper is the gift for 100 early cus-
totners and Friday afternoon after
'two o'clock. the fortunate 100 will
.receive IGA, evaporated milk. Fri-
',,clay evening after seven o'clock
jam will be distributed 'to 100.cus-
tomers.
On Saturday morning the bonus
for shoppers after nine o'clock will
be 'Monarch sponge pudding mix
and in the afternoon the- first 100
'after two o'clock will receive fro-
een turkey pies.
y.ecr!ii thiih p sit" of 'Thiren peutttk. ' Yoting was' ordained and indticted : Ss& No. 5 Turnberry
The history of Pregbyterianisin a minister and in conjunction With
in Bluevale dates back, to the 'early' Morrisbank, Wroxeter and AinieF-,
50's when Rev. Mr, Barber intiners Ville (noW Brussels), Rev. W. ;C.'
In 1854 four townships'.' including in the fall of ethat year, The kirst
-Owing , to the motor transporta-
tith system and •the thotor car the
railways are not• used as they once
were. They played a major part
in developing our , country and
municipalities, The cOmpanies' are
closing stations and there le some
talk• of, abandoning the rural sys;
terns. It ,seeins to us that the' heads
of great railways had • little vision
or tbeyswould have begun to use
syttem of motor transport them-
selves before ,it was taken over
by "others and 'on the other hand
the, townships : pave a ,grleyance
against, the 'railways as 'they rear-
ize thelarge sums they invested or-
iginally for theVcOnstrection.
The „London, Huron and Bruce
,faiiroad 'was disbanded some time
before the beginning 'of the second
'World War and new Bluevalo
Station of the Wellington, Grey
and Bruce is closed. What next, we
wonder? Are Many a us who do
not) ciriVe to be ' deprived 'all
means of transportation' in the
near lutute?
Communications 1864-,'65 '
In the early days the only means
of .communication was the, personal
delivery of oral ,nleaSsi eel; and in
most eases the travelling done on
ifoots,-UrebYehefsetla.04Y-s-E.,i-fc4u6or
and sometimes.'the. message was
passer) front person tOperson until
it 'reached its destination,, •
We,know that the post office
was established in Bluevale in 1859
,(Septembe,r 29th) end very prob-
ably others in the townships and
localities were established about
tlyd sane time, and we also 'know
that the Montreal Telegraph Co.
operated on this section 'long be- _
fore the; railroads were built..After-
Wards the railways 'took charge of
telegraph meesages and the sta-
tion agents were either telegraph-
thenaselves or - had to employ
someone who was.
,
'' TAtrnItentyseanfielreoft40,,,,as*estsiseiss, communion- of- tlie.ehureh wapsheld aA',11,s.Comm ittees
ed fOr ' seetleigent. r• when many . " hie:Worne r of Mi Robert Duiteari
44 late. as 1850 theri Waseceroe
Alhundred ..11111C11 pf railway 010' whole country, the next de
Offie however, the 1Grand Trunk
Oreat Western; Northern Midland
and a large' number, of,others were
completed end put into ,runni ng
Order, Since then the development
Was eapici and Mr. Bridget, the
late ,general superintendent of
GoVeriirnent Railways rePOrts as
now owned, (1870 and operated in
canada, 5,7.4Y4 miles ,of s mart of
which 4,862 miles are of the sten-
dard Width of 4' 81/2 inches gauge,
539% miles the ''broad" Or 5',6
inch width, and 6721/2 miles of
"narrow" or 3' 6 inch , gauge. Tile
toltal cost of these railways ,was
$76.18,
e Grand Trunk System was
as 'amalgancatien of a 'imilliber of
lines each important in itself, It
was at this date one of the most
powerful ,railway eYsterns in' the,
World, the Buffalo and Lake Hur-
on line, 'in 1869 becanae part of the
Grand Trunk system.,
'The road entered keuron ,Ctinty
at the town line. of Hibbert and
Tuekersmith and ran through the,
entire length 'of 'the letter towns
,shiP and •the township Of Gederith
to the town' of Goderich where the
`oempany had splendid terminal
faCilities including .docks and ele,
vators, The -distance then• traversed,
was between 27 artel 28 miles.
The next railway • in • point of
time which was Millt in the'countf
was called, the Western Divipion Of
the Toronto, Grey Bruce line, a
narrow gauge , road Organized hi
1867 to run, from Totonter to "Owee
SOund with a branch from Orange-
ViUe -to Teeswater. It entered ;the
county -at the Kastern boundary of
the: township of Howiek and ran.
through Pordwech, Gorrie and
VV.resteter, 'and, bore .away north-
west through the township of
TUrnberry in which there' was ;a
:station' called "'Wingham, 'Road''
about five miles film this -town.
)(About the same time as this di-
vision was hullt the "South Exten-
Sion''' of the Wellington, Grey:and
Bruce keilway" Was also, construct-'
ed, ,This was reallY but an, eStin
Lion,of the ,Guelph 'Branch .of the
Great Western ,entering the .ectim-
,0 the eastern limit 'Of • 'the
tewnship of Grey, it `traversed that
Atownship
,
koirii and TiirriberrY taking.
BliteVale and Whighaiii.
'its course. '
The LOridon, Buren and 'Bruce
Division, of the Great Western
was at, that time the Most ii-isport-
ant -from a county point -ef - view
of all the RallWays located within
itsslimits, It traversed the tosvrishiPit
of Hay, Stephen, Stanley, a Corner
of Goderich, :Hullett,• :Morris and
part ;of ,,Turnberry; joining:: the
soiith extension of the•Weilingtori,
,dtey and*Bruce Dividions it Wings
likin;;and passing en route the vii=
!ages, of ,C;entralia, Kiteter, Hensall
Arid .1Brucefield, the town, of ,Clins
--Submitted' by R. Duff and in 1858 leased Was asked to. call
• s.,
The people of 's,R No, 5 (Gil-
mour's School); are looking forward
to entertaining and visiting with
their guests at the Centennial pic-
nic the afternoon of June 29th, 'at
the school.
The' following are the commit-
tees that were chosen to look after
the arrangements: Welcoming, H.
Gilmeur,• Miss C. Gilkinson; pro-'
gram, Mrs. C. Coultes, Mrs. L.
Palmer;, registration, C. Gilkinson,
L: kortune;,,hivitation, Mrs. H. Gil-
monr, Mrs. G. Day, Mrs. D. For-
tune; lunch, Miss J. Wilton, Mrs.
3. Fitch, Mrs, H. Niergarth, Mrs.
J. Hardie, Mrs, J. Deans, Mrs. L.
Fortune; grounds, G, Underwood,
0. ;Kieffer; sports, C. Niergarth, D.
Fortune; decorating inside, Mrs. C.
Coultes; outside, i -Mr. and Mrs.
;Haugh,Iv;Haugh,dr.. and Mrs, Allan
McGill; floats, W. 'Haugh, Wayne
Woods, Douglas Hardie, Stewart
McGill; booth, J, Fitch, W. Woods,
J. Willits, G, Wilton.
Many thanks are extended to
Mrs, G. 'Day, the general convener
of -committees for .her unceasing
efforts towards making the Cen-
tennial celebration a success.
BEIRAYE
Laurie Slade, Ted Foxton and Harold Remington Adis cuss the "opening of the new IAA, store, which will
occupy the fistmhr Walker Store building immediately. south of the town hall on Josephine Street.
Mr. Slade and Mrs Remington are partners in' the business, while Mr. Foxton has charge of meat eection,
Mrs. Richard Chamney 'held a
very successful sale of her house-
hold articles on Saturday, Mrs,
Chamney and Mrs. Elizabeth
Campbell are moving to an apart-
ment on Scott Street in Wingham
this Week.
Mr. and Mrs, Melvin Taylor, Mr.
and Mrs. Ross Taylor, and Mrs.
Lewis Cook were in St, Catharinee
last week attending the funeral of
I G A IS LOCALLY EXPAND FACILITIES
OWNED AND °MATED 'IN MEAT DEPARTMENT
their uncle the late W. H. Boles:
Mt, and Nil's. 'avid" .Mihsfrong
and Xlida Annie McNichol and
Martin Grasby visited on Sunday
with , M r. , and Xi's:4 gegii., A vnl s troll g
and family at Thorndele.
Mrs. Josie Cameron is a patient
in the Wingham General Hospital,
staunch , Presbyterians from Scot- when thirteen persons partook' of
land-and Ireland made tbeir 'homes! the sacrernent,' of the Lord's,
in and around Bluevale 'Among per. Services were conducted .for: a
them.Were William Daneare, Rich-time in the schoolhouse but the
and Miller, ,Robert Moffatt e and I Year 1866 a new frame church was
Christepher 1-Iamilion, These all dedicated by the Rev. Matthew
united in. one PiesbYterian, body, Barr ;of Harpurhey. Rev; W. C.
and, asked -for services to be held Young was 'pastor ,from 185$ .to
in Bluevale.ni 1865, Rev. James Hastie frb 1866-
71, Rev. Jetmea „Pritchard from Early in 1856 Rev., John Rennie 1872-78, Rev, A. Y. Hartley; M.A., ewe and, conducted• services, in the - frOM" 188'2-1896, Hey. W. J. West logshomes for a few Sabbaths and from 18974912. the' 'f011owing - summer' 'services In ,1901 a' larger"barn was built were heldsin the Ininie of Chris- for the accommodation of horses,
topher Hamilton, Niorriebank. ;An Irf 1907 a• new. brick church. was appliCatio4 was made fors a supply built costing in the neighborhood
of $8,000, Rev. Ciawfbrd Tait Was
,pastor from 1913425, .
In, 1925 the union of „Cengrega-
tional, Methodist and Presbyterian
churches took place. Tho Metho-
dist Church, in BlueVale was closed
and both congregetiops Worshipped
in the 'Presbyterian Chutch, which
since has been known ,as Knox
United Church of Canada,' ' Since
union the' following clergymen
have ministered to 'the pongrega-
tion: Rev, A, V. Walden, Rev, A. E.
Martin Rev. A. V. Robb, Rev. C.
Tavener, Rev. 'J; W. Johnson, Rev,
S. J. l3ridgette, Rev, A. G. Hewitt,
Rev, J. A. Burden, Rey; R. A,
Brook, .
The .non-conforming Presby-
terians not in favor of union built
their own church ih 1926-27.
the first five years they had stu-
dent ministers b,ut in 1932 a call
was given to ,Rev, Wm, Patter-
son, D.p, He was followed by Rev.
John R, Greig in 193$, Rev. Fred
Fowler, Rev. Leland C. ,Jorgenson,
Rev. C, H. Ma,eDontild, 1).D., in
1950, Rot/. Matthew Benne from
'Ireland in 1951 and Rev, Maurice
McNabb in 1954.
—Submitted by Miss R, Duff
/ 0
1 One of the features of shopping
at IGA In Wingham has been the
meat department, which has gain-
ed an enviable reputation.
Under the Mantigetnent of Ted
Foxton, the meat department in
the new store Will offer expanded
and improved facilities, larger
stock, and of Course, top quality
meats.
The idea of ,a group, comprised
of independent merchants, working
Co-operatively to meet chain store
competition successfully, was born
in the Mind of 3, Frank Grimes,
31 years ago, Today IGA is di-
rected by his son, Don.
Through a policy of co-operative
purchasing and supplying dealers
Who own and operate their own
stores it has been possible to ex-
pand the number of Canadian out-
lets to 700 IGA. stores,
'There will be but one type of
beef offered, Hod 13ralicl. The car.,
sasses are selected from govern-
ment inspected stock, which must
pass high standard to qualify for
the red brand,
The same is true of ell other
Meat& They Will .be eat and pack-
aged leesellY to give ettstomers the
best meat at the peak of quality,
A refrigerated ethriterWill Wake
shopping simple,. since 'each pan-kw
'age, in addition to being entirely
Visible Will be marked clearly as
to ,contenta and Price.
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Anne Peacock.
Presides at Meeting
BIAMVALB--The Mission Bhnd
met in the -United Chitreh on June
)(nth, the president; Anne Peacock,
presiding, The toll Call Was ans-
wered by naming an nrunial,
Patsy 'Craig gave the prayer for
missionaries. Shirley 'Johnston
read the minutes a the last meet-
ing. The dollectith was .received by
Bobby Corrigan, followed by, pray-
er by'Susan Clark.
It Was decided to purchase
flathelgreph. -Birthday greetings
Were giVento Mies Margaret Cur-
&is- and Rae Mathere,
Jim Johnston 'gave the Comments
on the previous chapter of the
study
.
bookk
Miss Margaret Curtis told the
story Of Chapter seven of the
Andy •book, M00% Js Johnston
Was in Charge of the 'Worship ser-
vice,
.Lease year these stores did $149
Million in sales and the objective
this year, as IGA meets greater
customer acceptance, is $176 tinis
By 1900 It, is expected there
wilt be 100 IGA stores in Canticla,1
In -Western Ontario IGA Is di-;
reeted by 'r 13. IiiSeett Company of
Lendon, who provide etilplate .
Merchandising and advettising ser-
vice arid supply, all merchants at
thilepetitive prices,
ReMIngtOn'S MA store is the'.
newest modern ,store to be open-
ed.,
• One feature whIeh will Appeal
to ,customers is the. fact 'that sit
hamburg will he f'round, and kept
Under refrigeration
Known since thurch Orden as Knox United Chnrch, this building was
erdcted in 1907 as a Presbyterian Church and replaced the triune
house of worshlip,
-AlthoUgh Salem Church was not.
in Turnberry it . Piet 'across,
the road and Was large( Y attended
bY- Turnberry" residents,. '
lOn the opposite sides Of the road
from Salem was Congregational
church, but it was removed. many
yeart.ago, due no doubt to the de-
.'crease in attendance,
'The New Connexion Methodist
:Church in Howick cornmenced 'in
'1861 of which Salem or Gallagher's
was one of the appeintnietits', Rdil;
Themes Jackson ,WaS the ' first.
Minister, In 1873 or '74 Salem
.Church was erected and was 'open-
ed by the Rev. Wnis Williams "
p thing the opening sermon. Iii
tither 1874 the union rit thie
eh With the Ho k' •Methodist -
phnrch took place, and. Went into The .wiikte, frame church was erected bY the Presbyteriana in 1866 and
effect. June 1875, with'Rev. Edward Was' dedicated by Rev, Matthew Batt of Hatpurhey, was removed
Kershaw 'as, senior minister. and' , Rev; 'W.!. West, seen standing at the ,door,
,Francis' Swan as junior minister.
In 1879 Salem, Belmore and
Wroxeter were made a separate
(Arena with the first minister Row,
. 'David Auld, The haute' oft ap7
pointment was Changed' to Salem,
:during the paStOrate of HeV. E.
VeSeitht; 1877.18; just prior to the
formation of the new
Sale* Wroxeter and :Hehnore,
remained as Methodist Oit'enit Until
church union Union in 1926,r When Salem
sente,WtOitetee.Methodist.'Chu'rehea
United With Wroxeter PreabYtetien
Chlirth to form the Wi*etet and
&nein 'United Church .of Canada,'
$elitiote Methodist Church 'at the;
sable Hine became part of the pei.
Mere, Mildniay 'and Mcintosh tin+
ited Church. '
talent United Church' continued
at part of the Wroxeter .charge
;Until JOY ist, `1955., When Wrox-
eter anialgaMated with Gorrie and
the 861ein. Mittel*. was. olOSed and
11,60.„ J. Hutnankri.
Ootrie ethiairied at minister Cat 'the
newly foruied. dortle. Wroxeter
Charge," , The Biumiale•Preabyterlan Church was built by the iheintbets of that
s't4Ubinitted ,by butt body who were opposed tO -OhUroh union, and it erected In 1920-2T,
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