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Two church vasea a lectern, a, Bible and two huadred" psalni :books, were dedicated at the' 95th Anniversa
service held • on Sunday morning in St. Andrew's ptesbyterian Church`, by Rev. C. R, Bell Dia Nroatre
The, objects ;dedicated are in, memory of the: late: Jealia Hanna, son of Mr, and Mrs. John W. Hann a
Stewart A. Niramo, son of Dia and Mrs. A, Nirame, and Mrs. Ross Hamiltow' ,--Advance-Ti es phoOla
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Spiritual MissiOn
To Open at Clinton
Ontarie Street Church,; Ciliriton will
be, the setting for The SpiritUat
Life Miasion, hem October, 27
November 1. The Mission is being
sponsored by the Huron Presbytery
of the ,United Church. Serviefie
Will' be held each evening at,
0'6004,
IViisaioner is Rev, Dr, Ernest
Thomas ot Nashville, Tenn, • an,t1
the song leader will' be Rev. Gordan`
Hiime. • -
DIEL ERNEST THOMAS
TRUCK COLLIDES
Will CATTLE
truck belonging, to Walden
Bros, - Transpott was damaged
' early Thargday morning' at Wrox-
eter, When the driver wassuddeal y,
confronted by a herd `of cattle, on
the feed: He managed to eVade all
'hilt two of the animate, which
Were struck and killed, '
• In thealinpact the heayily7loaded
Car, iieesed oatiaathe; right, of,:
waYrel:Tlar. Cf5?- Itailaasiand-': Caine
to a stop teetering on' the edge. Of
a cattle loading ramp . at. the
Wrexeter' station yard.,, •
Fortunately, the, 'driver of the
truck was not injured ,in the se-
' cidenta but damage to, the vehicle
was fairly exeenaltie.
NEWMAIIINli TIMES
IN FORCE SUNDAY
Postmaster A. M; Peebles an
nounced several ohanges in mail-
ing times for Wingliam, whieh will
come into' 'effect an Sunday,' Opto:
her 27th, The new deadlines ire
tollpire: North
and
BlueVale), flaia a: in This is the
only morning dispatch Made from
the Winghain Post office. One
Other dispatch to the above, des-
tinationswill be ma "at 12.30 Oh.
East, :1.30 'p,m.; Landon,' Windsor'
and ,Western United Statea, '2;45
p.m.; East, With and West, 4.50
p.m. Mail .posted on or before
these times will arrive first deliV-
ery the following ariorning.\
, All mail reaches and departs
from Winghana by track.'
ENGAGEMENT .
The engagement is annouhced of
Mies Elizabeth Louisa Collar,
daughter of',Ma. Herbert. J. Collar,
of Wingharn, and , the late' Mrs.'
Collar, to Rev. Elmore N. Young,
son 'of Mrs. Margaret Young and
the late Mr. J. H. Young, The
wedding will take place, at\ the
Riverdale Baptist Church; Brant-
ford, Notvembet 9th, , F'23*
Nonsau munst•Ax
AowLtits
Lady Thursday afternoon :bowl-
ing starts Thursday October 24th,
at 2 pan. sharp. Neat members Will
be welcome, Fait)
SPECIAL, PRICE ON FURS
4
BAZAAR AND, TEA
The Women's Aseediatitin 'of
• Bittetittle United Church will,hold
a bazars' and tea In the :denim:tatty
,ball On Wednesday, Ootaber 30th
at g para. . F23b
PA‘Iti$ titir,o T6 4
How ttrougv. svprott
The Leditia' GlitIcl of St /Fall's
Church la holding' a- tatrkeY'suppet
on Wednesday, Oetobei• 8 'tram '3
Fa ;23 30b /..30 pan.,
TEA Am) MIKE SAVA ,
kinette Tea wand Bake Sale
be held in the dotlell'Chanibet on
• StitardaY, October 23 at g pan.. The
draw Will • be Made art the bridge
lift of table and thalts, F2:10:23b.
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ALONG TI DRAG
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living' et*It, An bores* of 440 per
month was approved 1)5' the man-
agement eonu e, Tnittehe living
out" increase will, applY to seven
of the hospital's nurses,
14everal of the male orderlies are
"Wingham ' General Hospital staff.
salaries "were recently ''"Plaraed
under the microscope" by the has,
pital board manage-meat committee
Alta at Thursday; evening's meeting;
Of the board it was stated, by R.
Cousins,chairman of the manage-,
meat con-unit-tee, that several in-
creases In staff wagea would have
LO be Made, Mr.. Cousins outlined
the ',suggested aaereasea which hie,
cop' mittee had advised:
A maximum'of $230 per month
far • registered narsei Who :have
been on the lapapitat staff for a
certain perioal of time Will come
Into affect at an early date, since
the board voiced their approval of
a wage hike of some $g0 monthly
for, a number of nuraat In thja
categoty at the hospital, The basic
rate at present for registered
nurses stands at $200. , to receive wage' Ineresseit ranging
For graduate nurses wbo are . from •0 to $1Q,
It was suggeated at the meeting
LOTS OF BARGAINS-70ne local
woman ilia. .abeat eye ,her all fiir
the rumniage sale ,.on. Saturday,
'She set out two parcels of cloth-
ing oil hei step, one for the "sale
and one for the dry cleaners. Whet',
her clothes -failed •to show up at
the. cleaifere •a fraritte, Search 'wee
started' and they Were finally
tracked down at the ateriouutea. It
is, reporteethat • het $195 inink-
illf Dated coat was on • sale ter
,50.
NOTED SPEAKERS REMOVAL OF BRINE
PIES NOT COMPLETED
Lack of Leaders
Dims Hope for
New' Brownies FOR, ANNIVERSARY
Dr, Ernest Thomas, of Nashville,
Tenn., Director a Spiritual Life
of the Methodist '.Church,
and one of the most outstanding
speakers in the United States, will
'bet the preacher at the morning
service, in the Wingham United
Due to, the litek of leaders, no
further admissions will: be nasal*
to the' Wingham 'BroWniea. • Mrs,
George Cameron; who :has been
seeking volunteers for several
•;Durleg tbe past week Moth the
m'embers, Of ,the town council and
The Advance-Times have heard
pretests 'from local • people about
the condition in which they fear
the Canadian Punic Railway Will
leave the remalaa of the istrestle weeks, has stated, that the Browa:
les now on strength have been
divided into two packs. and el;
though there are ma,dy: younger
girls in. the town ,walting to. eater.
Brownie watk, it Will be , imposa
Bible to accept them, snipe there'
are not 'enough leadets to handle
any additional girls.
bridge across the Maitland River.
,The Aava,nce-Tinies has pninfed-
out this need of leadera on several_
occasions recently, in fear that ad-'
missions would be• stopped and
many of the, local children would
be denied the great 'benefits of
Brownie• training.
PEELING DRAGGY —The main
drag to basil-wag and social activi-
ties around town these days seems
'j tqabe „Influenaa. Many well-known
faces are missing on our main
stree.t because of the germ:, If it's
any consolation, the repeat that
there are no known eases of the
Asian flu in town, comes from of.,
fiaial' 'sources. Pardon While we
sneeze!
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SWEET SMELL—Not the smell
pf success but the 'sweet, smell of
burning agaves' permeates the
town these days, 'Along every
street Piles of leaven amould6r, lit=
easily signifying that time is geing
up in smoke: 'We'd guess the smell
of ,butniag leaves to •be the most'
nostalgic of all Canadian seasar.
tiona.
AGNES LANE WILL
hET KINETTE AWARD
REV.• GORDON 'HUME '
The regular meeting of the. Kin-
'ette 'Club was held Thursday, at
the home of Kinette Mrs. Harvey
Fischer. The president, Mrs. Jack
-Bateion, opened the meeting with
the Dinette song, followed by the
Minutes of the previous meeting.
Roll call was answered by17
members,
The annual Kinette Scholar-
ship of $100 is to be awarded to
Miss Agnes Lane, to be presented
at the High -School Cornmencemeat
by the president. The delegate was
appointed to attend the fall council
for Kin at Woodstoek. Final plans
were made for the tea and bake
sale, ,
The neat meeting wilt be held at
the home of Mrs. Freddie'Temple-
man on Oct. 28.
ummage . Sale. r ogs
argest,,CaSh Returns
All roads ;led to the Wingham spring. and , fait -everyone alooks
armouries' on Saturday -afternoon forward to "the rummage sales,
when the 'Ladies' Atixittary to , All day 'Friday; members of the
the Wingharna General Hospital auxiliary were , at the - armouries . "held its fall "rummage eale, which sorting and marking the articles
brought in more money than ever as- they came in, EVerything was
befOrd. The .,total proceeds were there, from a an African violet' to,
a1007,67. These :events are now a a fur coat and everything was
part of the community life; turned into money; ,a Over`' 100 ,! people are needed, to carry an the
sale. , I
BAN VET HELD FOR 0,eWloficekn itthweasdoeosra niropeened,•_ ata two e Q tt at ci 0.1 t
' • . of the 'largest crowds'ever to at-,
' MA EIS:VISIT tend' rushed in to get a, share of
the bargains People .stood feur
deep in front of, some of the coati-,
,tera;',,,Reforea,•faaa, izecloCla: . pi•acti...
daily everything' had' gone and
another rummage; sale had passed
into history ,.. ,
Articles wiiloa conie in ,and ar'e'
suitable fot rise at .the hospital,
each 'as blankets, dressing gowns,
curtains,,ete. a.re sent :direct to the
hodPital.,,Titia'tirtio, a sewing maah-
Me,•an ',ironing board and an 'iron , s .
Were •sent up to the sewing room,
Some heavy coate;,:whieh were, left,
were packed ar4' Will :be sent, to'
', The,, proceeds by : departments
werev•Furaitare,'1$71.90;..men's and
women's elothing,,....a2174.40; : child-
ren's clothing; WO; . . Mispellana
eouse $137,25; • 'novelties.; $160.31;
groceries, . $63,30:k '. :hats, $43.75;
shoes, $97,29r donations, $36.00;
tickets-sold on - draw, $72.05; value
of goods seat , to: hospital, $56.25:
Total $1007.27. ..'a, 1
Tickets were •sold on 'an electric
frying pana and a hamper of
apples. The hieky, winners were
Mrs." Robt, Moffatt' "and Mrs.: Mor-
tis,Rwttadon: The,,Ladies'' Auxiliary
wishes to thank everyone who had
any part iii making this sale such e success. a ,
ontreal Cleric Speaker
PivAytettall SOrvices
Church on 'Sunday _morning. 'The
,apecasioa is the anniversary of the
church. Dr, Thomas is In Canada to con-
duct. a" Spiritual Life Mission,
which opens in Ontario Street Un-
ited Church, in, Clinton, en Sunday'
1
'el/ening a and'cantina-ea :Wail Vela
veMbet 1st. Dra Thoinas is also a.
noted 'author, the United Church
having published a special edition
pf his ,book, "The Holy Habits of
Spiritual Life"._ s .
,• The speaker at the evening aer-
vice in the Winghare. Church will
be Rev. Harold Snell, of Exeter,
preaident 'of the London Coffer-
enee.of the United Church.
Guest soloists for the anniversary
services will be Tamei Stewart of
Seaforth aa'd Mr. and Mrs. J. Os.•
troth' of Wingham.
Tracks within the town limits
have been removed'since the new
CPR station near the B line was
put /Ott) operation and for several
days past wrecking crews have
been dismantling the bridge. The
horizontal pieces which formed the
floot for tracks have all been re-
moved, but so far the vertical piles
which supported the structure are
still standing, Apparently some
fear is felt that the railway intends
to leave the remains of the bridge
in this condition.
• Mayor R. g, ,McKlariey has al-,
ready been in •touch witha railroad
officials on 'this matter and every-
thing possible is being, done' to
have the piling removed corn-
,pletely. However, the railway
points out that the piles were
driven down to bedrock when the
bridge was built and it • is ampas-
sible to lift them intact, One sug-
gested plan' was that of waiting
until Ice' forma on, the river and
flteti; cutting Off the piles at that
:level. The 'town however, is ask-
n'g-that. they. aw2eutadaaatkaalovirer.
ea-al, so that no obstruction will
remain' in the watercourse. ,
that in future contracts! detailing
the -eonclitions of employment
should be issued to all amPloyees
and prospective employee* The
contractsa it was painted' out,
would' be issued Ail an .effort to
avoid ally misunderstanding ibout
46Oaking.conditions at the hospital.
,Administratinc -of the • hospital,
MTS., Iris E, Money, _submitted the
statistical tepott for September,
whicha bowed that the total admix-
aims at the 'hospital .diiring the
month to he 172, There had been
four deaths and 12 blood transfue-
lona awing the month. Fifty-eight
patients 'lied attended the cancer'
clinic: One hundred aperations bad
been performed..'
Chairman la, C. MacLean, told
the board that,'an auditor's reprirt
on the'various departments at the
hospital would have to be made at
an early date, possibly before the
next board meeting. Mr. MacLean
said this after he had heard A. D.
MaeWilliara, finande committee
chairman state in hill teport that
the hospital is "in, the red" to the
tune of more than $5000. •
"In view of an increase in Sal-
aries at the hospital k feel we
must know 'exactly how our fin-
antes stand," Mr. MacLean said.
Management -committee chair-
Man, Ra B, Cousins, said that his
committee; which met 'the night
before, had decided to• hire a man
to take care of the office Work at
the hospital. It was 'arranged; that
Morrey would interview n the ati-
Members of the board and Mrs.
keeper aa soon as posaible
[1ljg:ea/a 4iit Ittea.popitiOn.a.Of :hooka
Board' members, spent consider-
able time reviewing 'the • require-
ments for the new position and
coming to a wage Seale, agteeriient.
R. H. Llayd subMitted R.: E.
Armitage's property committee 're
port,' in, which it ,was stated that
an emergency light was to befitted
in the stand-by generator plant.
This light, it was „explained, would
come on in the event of a power
White and would enable the ciper-'
ator to work on' the Stand-ty-
equiament The installation of the
light would cost more than $100 it
was noted. The property report
also'mentioned that 24 windows lit
the hospital, • which have ;been
broken will be replaced,
Mrs. Morrey read an item, aon-
cerning the l preparation for the
Ontario hospital insuratice plan in
which it was stated that haspitals
across the province will be requir-
to Operate a "test' run" hudget•nexa
year. This is the budget •on which
Government payments will be bas-
ed when the insurance goes into'
effect in OW
This budget 'test run during 1955
wilt be a compulsOry measure,
which it is 'hoped will bring all
hospitala in the province into line,
so that the insurance arraagement
and 'valuations can be handled,
without difficulty. It was 'explain-
ed in, the report that at , present
some hospitala,draw an annual
budget, while others do not. "
Six regional accounting inatittita
es are to be held during NoveMbet
to make familiar the type of bud=
gatiag required of hciapital offia-
ials, The 'course is to be held in.
London. The report, • stated that.
this new accounting setup Would
probably mean an increase iii Staff
to handle the bookWork, The, ae-
"counting institutes plalined tot
next month will be sponsored• 'by
the °aerie Hospital Servites Oota-
Mission and the Ontario Hospital
Asseciation.
Scouts and Cubs
ConductAppleDay
The Winghania Boy Scouts and
Wolf Cuba realized $315 from their
.annual Apple Day sale held last
Saturday. The sunsla about the
tame as' that,-raised last year. Fifty
boys'
of
part an the door-to-door
sale of apples which' began late
Friday night and continued all day
Saturday. Members of tae Ladies
Auxiitary, to 'the groups served hot
chocolate to r the boys engaged in
the ,sale,
R. .
4- •i the
heictaa baniatierr. in ig-
her/I District High School: on.
Thuraday ,evening in honor of "the
Grand Master of the Grand LOcige
of .Ontario,' -
More than. 100 ,meii and. women
of the.dodge and kindred asSee-
lattonsiatteaded the hanquet, which
Was under, the chatimanshiP
Elmer B. Walker, of.Wingliarti, the
Diskrict Deputy Grand Master'.
Guests from TeesWater, • Btuasels,
Blyth and Wingham were present.
• Guest of holier, J., G. Chambers,
of Ottawa, vino was accompanied
by his wife, avas.introdneed at the
-banqueepy A. H. King 'of Tees-
water,
his address, Mr. Chainbers
traced' the movement of. the In-
,dependent, of pdcifellows from its
early beginning ta its present aims
and ideals.. He showed that the
history of thea great organization
had at ,times teen turbulent and
at times almost calm but that ail.,
ways the progress of the Order' had.
never 'been eerioasly disturbed,
The The Grand Master, who has
visited branches all over the pro-
vifice of Ontario, said that the
Wirighani District aflgh School'
would long be remembered ,by him
as one 'of the most ‘pleaaing and
interesting buildings in which he
inicaspokeitaHe also paid tribute to
the excellence of the banquet,
Which'hed been catered for by the
ladies, of the' Rebekah. Lodge.
The spea'ket was thanked for his
•intereating and informative' re-
marks. by Alvin D, Smith, "of Blue;
vale.
During the' -banquet greetings .
were received froth all 'the district
brat-JO-Ma of, the LO.O.F.
A vote of thanks to the women
of the, Rebekah Lodge fel' the' ex-
tellent banquet arrangements was
made by E. E. Walker, Of Wing-
bath,.
B.A,, B.D., ID.D., of the Presbyter-
ian College, in Montreal, was the
guest preacher for anniversary
services In St. Andiew's Presbyter-
ian Church on Sunday, as the
congregation marked the .05th an-
niversary of its foUnding, At the
morning service Dr. Bell spoke on
"The Church and Puzzled People".
At the evening service the sermon
Rev. Professor C. Ritchie Bell, title was "Re-opening the Wells".
Large congregations at both ser-
viaes'heard the speaker's very Out-
standing and thoughtful addresses,
Rev, Alexander Nimmo, D.D.,
minister of the church, was in
'charge. of the services. At the
morning service two vases and a
lectern were dedicated to the glory
of God and in memory of John
Hanna and Stewart Nimmo, New
psalm books were dedicated in
memory of Mrs, Ross Hamiltot, •
Harold Victor Pam, organist and
choir leader of the church, was in
enarge of the special music for,'
the day, which included, at the
morning service the anthem "Ye
Snail well in the Larid", the solos
being taken. 'by Mrs. J. Alexander-
and John P. Mettibbon, The an-
them in the evening was "'rum
Thee Again, 0 Lord".
A male quartet from. Listewel
also sang at both, services, The
morning selection was "Dwelling
in 'Beulah; Land" and in the even.
tag "Softly and Tenderly" and
"Lord; Ian Coating Home",
'CONCRETE, POURED'
,
TOR NEW POOL
Work on the 'near. ,Turnherry
Townehip sarimming pbot, at'
the bridge on the ninth concession
fo TurnberrY; got uriderveay Mon-
daY with the pouring of 'the foot-,
inga andatencrete hoot.
The Pobl, which is. 100 by 85 by
52 feet, is being apOnsored by
Turriberry, parks boatd with the
weak' being done :by ',the 'Hilton
County Highways department.
:The pool is located pa the ninth
concession of Tarnlittry on the
west Side of the- newly :constructed
aluroti County bridge;
. the , project is beingapaid for
Partly by a grant* frOm the..pnt;
arlo Gavetninent and.partlY by the
Tarnberry parks board, with the
,']tacking of the tcavaship cannbil,
Deve/opmentof the. area between,
the river and the sidetoad as ;if,
park hag already been undertaken
With, more than 2;300 yards of fill
"put in' to 'raise ' the:: park beyond
flood
in''
• Cost of the work is
ring heane by the patks board.,
'Re'cently the toile:Wing Officera
iiiiti'.aorarnittees we appointed:
Waltet Woods, PieilderitI: George
Urideavaood, viee-preeldeat; Donald,
Fortune, secretary; Ross King,
a George, pay, Norauta Roes, finance
• „ Committee; Ed Walker Eldred
Catheis;, DOuglaa Maeplerion,
parks 60iiirnittee; 'Alan
Vaal Woltz; Willfain Mundell; pool
ebninlitted,
CELE13RATI*t6
GOLDEN .0a4wirtitSkilttY
Mr. and Mrs. Perey Couplarat of
Wroxetet Will be at home to then
friends m.,ct. 'neighbors an, 'the' oc-
tasted of their 58th atinaVetsaiy,
,on October' 30th, from 2 'to '5 .in
the aftetnoori and 7 to' hi the
eVeniagt
Children Treated
For Facial Cuts.
Eiliergeney treatiaent was given
to two small children at the Wing-
ham' General Hospital this w(
Both children had fallen and , out
their faces, The Wounds in both
'eases required .sutures,
Lynne Hill, ago 16 Menthe, the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Ronald
Hill, of Teesavitter, ;req.:aired • five
stitches td elOae, a gash in her fae.e.
Shea' was allowed to taut% to her
home afteta attention at 'the. boa,
Poilt-Yeitiaold Seaeph Stoat, hie
'son of Mt, and wits, prank Steck
IV, Fleet "Sited, Landon, 'Who
Were Visiting In this district, was
ads pitted' With a falai Wound
Which needed 51st ' Stitehea, After
"the 'boy ''had been attended at the
hospital he Was' allowed to leave.
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h l ed -for'orid Kennett;;
Whites 1,:kee .D.6,Wirk Moffat, 'newly-:
Weds, on. Pride*, betobet,25, at the,
Royal LaclieS please
bring hrn ii.14tuSic by t angster'S
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Ali set, to go at the Hospital rinairilage sale, the ladles loop oven, aethe of their Stack in
trade, *Weftdisappiiiired, Into the hands of eager bitatts In about two hours' thine, Steil above are ivrte,
W. 3,4reet, Mra ,Nortilari CarnerOri, Mrs. 0,• 14., tin derWOOd, Vita' GOMM),Gadhlia, Mrs. A. M. Peebles , and Mrs, Clordart 1,4 ,-AdVance,Tlines photo.