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W111014;41 ''',ONTAIP,If WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1957
LIONS ENTERTAIN 'MRS. ARTHUR SHAW
ON HALLOWE'EN NINETY-FIVE ON' SAT.
ALONG THE MAIN, DRAG
By The Pedestrian
LIONHEARTED---The W i n g-
ham Lions deserve the commun-
ity's congratulations for the work
they are doing to make tomorrow,
evening's Hallowe'en party for the,
children, of the town go with a
swing, Thia week all hands have
been working late preparing the
treats which will be distributed to
the children ,during 'the, party.
Prizes will be awarded for a wide
range of costumes. s'
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KIND COPSMembers of the
Ontario. Provincial Police from
Wingham, Exeter, Seaforth and
Goderich were In town recently
^,on business which gave them- con-
aiderable pleasure., They handed
over $50 to the Salvation Army
here in town to, go towards the
'Citadel's Christmaa hamper fund.
The money came from the reaeipts
of a hockey game played in Gode-
rich by the policemen last season.
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WRONG COUNTRY—A little
girl explained to a man on. the
main drag last week' that fhiags
had been a bit rough at her home.
Several members of the family had
been suffering from "Adriatic". flu.
• TINT, iFOR SPECTACLES-7.1n-
tent on the TV program ,Last of
the Mohicans", were heard a
couple of six-year,olds . talk-
ing in awed tones about;theirliero.
`They ' left his reputatiOn• slightly
tarnished however •by referring to
.him as ' "Cockeye" rather than
Ilawkeye.
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LONG WAY HOME- -Mr. and
Mrs, A. F. Walker have been drip:
ving.,,six extra, miles to get to their
home during the past' week be--
cause their house is 'just the other
side of the Lower Town bridge,
which is under repair. Since Sat-
urday the Walkers have . been' leav-
ir., their car on• the Wingharn
side of • the bridge • and walking
over. "But," says Mrs. Walker,
"when there is rain and the bridge
path is; islppe =410; fin,,,ceqp-°
grocerihomees,"
It -will .4e another two weeks at least before
the• family can take the shortest
Way ;home Again,
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TRAINED EYE OF THE HUN-
• erER—Prize for' brilliance goes to,
the trigger-happy man of the wide
open spaces who shot a big; black
Aberdeen -Angus bull plumb
through the head, Presumably in
mistake for a deer, If it had been
a Jersey there might have been
some excuse. West Wawatiosh
fernier 'Tom Inglis would sure
like to find the; .huntsman.
--GIANT CABBAGE A flat
Dutch scabbage weighing 11
pounds was the garden surprise
this week for Mr. and Mrs. John
Donaldson, of town, Said Mrs.
Donaldson, "It's the biggest cab-.
bage I've ever seen and the big-
gest we've ever grown." Mr, and
Mrs, Donaldson have had cab-
bages in their garden for the past•
14 years, Think of all the corn-
beef they're going to need!
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EARLY START—Whitney Grose
has Commenced operations on the
site of his new motel, south of the•
Maitland River bridges on No. 4
.Highway, Work was done last
week on the construCtion of a
garage. The main building will be
started in the spring.
TeRKEY SUPPER
• Tile Ladies' Aid of Knox Presby-
terian Church, Teeswater is hold-
ing its annual turkey • supper in
the dhurch basetnent on, Wednes-
day, November Sth ftom 5.30 ,to
8 p.m. Adults, $1.50, children, 75c.
Everyone welcome. F30*
ANCE AT WROXETER ', •
'A dance, sponsored by the Com-
munity Club, will be held in Wrox-,
eter Cominunity Hall, on Friday,
November 1st, with. Sangster's Or-
/ ehestra, Booth, in hall. Admission
50 'cents. Come and support the
Community Club.
MEMORIAL PROGRAM
IN MORRIS TWP; BALL
A Memorial Program will \be
held In Morris Township Hall on
Monday, Novoniber 11th, at three
o'clock, There will' be presenta,
tion 'of palques, "flags and pictures.
!Everyone is welcome, Morris Ceti;
tennial Comniittee, 'F30:6b
Parents are reminded that the
Lions Club .of Wingham, will act
as hosts for their youngsters ) at
the town hall on Thursday even-
ing of this week, the occasion of
the annual HolloWe'en party. The
children are asked to assemble; in
costume, at the town park at' seven
o'clock, from where they will par-
ade to the town hall for the judg-,
ing of costumes and distribution
of HalloWe'en treats; '
i4iZeS will be awarded for a
wide range of costumes, details of
which may be found in an adVer,
tisement on Page Five of this
issue of The Advance-Times.
in the U.S., and who, this week, is
Conducting a preaching mission in
Clinton:
Dr; Thomas spoke from the sub-
ject, "A Faith which •We Can
Hold”, based on' four foundation
stones of faith: which-are fthind in
the Bible: '"The Lord is• .my, Shep-
herd"; man is led, as by a shepherd,
not -iltiven.n Byr-f al th die -;i8 • led-. Or
God's' hand to ,life eternal,
"MC:in hest made Man a, little
,BLUEVALE—Mrs. Arthur, Shaw
celebrated her 95th birthday on
October 26th,' and :was rememhered
by many friends. Her only scin;
Arthur Sha* and Mrs, .Shaw Of .
Toronto visited her thiring the
week, e •
Mrs, 'Shaw Was born, on the firSt
line of Morris, the .,daughter of
James Fraser and Anne' Keine:
She has lived all ,her life in Morris
and Bluevale. Her husband died. ire
1942. She survives two orothers end
one sister, ,
Mrs. Shaw, is energetic for ner
years and is keenly interested in
the United Church and in the,
people and events of the commu-
nity.
The Kinsmen Club of Wingham
has made an antionncenient• this
week which will be welcomed by
residents .ancl_ business men of this
community, The Kinsmen are corn•
pleting plans , for a trade fair, to
be held in Wingham in May or
June of next year.
The, club has been 'working for
_several weeks on the primary
plans for the event and has inves-
tigated in detail the feasibility of
the .Scheme. A similar event is
lel& annually in „Goderich during
'the fell months and has been•pror.
ing: • Moat attractive to. OlChiNtclrS
end the genprill public,, The Wing-
heinzfair will be scheduled for, the
spring, so ,that there will be no
conflict' betvireern .the fairS in the
two towns; '` •
Fula line .0f-"Exhibits
The,Intain, feat-are of the trade
fair .will be :a complete ,-range of
exhibits, tO.be placed•bY industrial-
inannfacturers and retail
firms, to demonstrateto the public
the; Mean attractive featured > of
their':Wares, These exhibits will be
sincere regret of -the passing of
Riith Catherine Meehan, at Via
toria •Hosintel, London, on Sunday,
She had undergone an operation
and collapsed very :suddenly,
Both' in Wingharti,. she was the
daughter of Mrs.' Gordon Machan
and ',the late Mr. ,Mtichan. She re-
denied her education: at' the Wing-
harrl schools and after graduating
as a registered nurse:from, Victoria.
Hospital', London, had been em-
Ployed at her pinfession'in London.
Her ''other: Wingharn
to Sarnia 'talent ivi'rO years ago.
Sni•Viving besides her', mother,
are twin brothera Donald and
Rbintld Meehan and a sister, Doris.
The Athena' service will be held
at the R. A. Currie..& Sons funeral
home this (Wednesday) afternoon
Brownies to Sell
Cookies This Week
The, Wingham Kinettes are
sponSOring a "Cookie Day" this
Saturday in aid of the Wingham
Brownie Fund. The Brownies will
make a door-to-door sale of the
cookies and the money araised will
go to assist tile girls in their•
Brownie work during the coming
season.
The Kinettes will be' using the
town hall aa their headquarters
and will be making hot chocolate
for the junior salesgirls after
their tour of 'the town. Folks iii
town are asked to be generous
when the Brownies come to call. ,
Lion President Jack Reavie pre-
'sided" et-the
the Wingham Lions Club held at
the 'Hotel Brunswick 'on Monday
evening, Lion Floyd Blakely was
at the piano, songs were led by
Lion Bill Conron and Lion Don
Nesmith extracted, the fines from
all and sundry. Guest at the meet-
ing was Bill Buntsma of Morris.
Lion. Jack McKibben spoke on
the matter of sponsorship for the
local unit of the Canadian Cancer
Society, which is urgently in need
of the backing of more local people
if its valuable work is to becon-
tinued in this area. He pointed
out that Wingham has become a
majer centre for those who require
post-treatment check-ups. A can-
cer clinic is operated at the Wing-
ham, general Hospital, with people
from a wide area coming here re-
gularly, for examination.
It was finally decided ,that Mr,
'MeKibbon would request the Can-
cer Society to supply:to the Lions
Club full information on the type
of assistance which would be of
greatest value to the Meal` unit,
' Lion Bill Conron ()alined the de-
tails of the community- hockey pro-
gram .for boys and girls, which is
being planned by the Zone Recre-
ation council, The plan is to pro-
vide minor hockey for ,practically
every youngster in town who wish-
es to play. Later in. the winter an
4all-stat team will be selected to
`represent the community in an in-
ter-town play-off schedule;
The Lions Club agreed to provide
$150 for the support of a midget
team when the' intertown sched-
ule is set,•
° The next' meeting of the Lions
Club will be a joint gathering with
the Blyth Club' in that town on
Thursday, November 14, when the
district governor makes his of-
ficial visit.
BAZAAR AND TEA
The. W.A, of Wroxeter United
'Church will hold a bazaar and tea
in the' Church hall 'on, Saturday,
November 9th, at 3 p.m. F30b
Cattle Killed as,
Truck Is Ditche d
Walden Brothers, Transport,. pi;,
Ripley. and Wingliarn 'suffered -a
$5,000.00 ; loss on-, Mgnday, morning'
when. one Of their trncks,,Icieded
with 24 bead of cattle, struck the
ditch a Mire west of Harrieton 'oil
7 -7- -
Nine of the cattle were killed:
and,' the truck was badly' damaged.
The driver, James McirriSoti, of
Arthili; was not hurt. It is believ-
ed that the wheels of the truck
ran into a soft spot on the shonlder
of the highway and plunged over
into the ditch`, Whete 'it snapped'
off a pole and rolled over.
Police Chief Ted Zlinmer, of
Harriston investigated the :acci-
dent. •
DR. NIMMO NAMED
TO NEW MMITTE
The Rev, Alexander Niramo:DD.,
of • St. Andrew's Presbyterian'
Church, ha's been appeintedja; an,
initial four-man committee winch:,
will in turn, appoint an eightariali:
man committee, to form plans for
the incorporation of the London
and Hamilton Synod.
Others on the initial committee,
which was formed on Tuesday at
a Special meeting held in the New
St. James' Church, London, are
Rev. James Fleming, Wallaceburg;
Rev. J. K West, St. Thomas; and
Rev. J. R, Waldie, London.
The incorporation is designed to'
simplify raising money for church
extension Work, By ineorporatirig,
the synod can issue debentures
like a business or municipality,
being legally responsible for its
indebtednesa.
Incorporation would reduce the
number of special appeals the
church must make each year. At•
present it is never certain that the
appeals will reach their objective,
it Was eXplained, Incorporation is a
new idea for the Presbyterian
Church in this country, but haS
already been done by, some other
denominations.
The 4'resbyterian synods of Al-
berta and British Columbia recent-
ly incorporated, and it is under
stood that the Toronto synod k
also giving the question donsidera•
lion.
The ninety-fourth anniversary lower than the angels';; ,man was
-services:- of Wingham .United made for that which .ityloble and
Church were held 'on Sunday with bright, if his faith can;keeiFhim
large congregations at both ser- in that perfection.
A turkey dinnerwas held in hon-
or of Mr. and Mrs. Percy Coup-
land of Wroxeter, who celebrated
their 50th wedding anniversary on
Saturday, October,26, at the , home
'of their daughter and son-in-law,
Mr. 'and Mrs. William Meriden
near. Belmore.
,The evening was spent playing
progressive euchre. At the dinner
Mr, and Mrs. Coupland were pre-
sented with a large mirror from
the family and grandchildren.
Mr, and Mrs. Coupland, have one
son, Harvey, of Wroxeter,. and one
daughter, Mrs. William Merkley,
ten granochildren and fiVe great-
grandchildren They were married
in 1907 by Rev, Marshall at the
bride's home on the 9th concession Mr. MacRae welcomed visitors
of Turnberry. from other churches and thanked
Guests were. present at Saturday St. • Andrew's Presbyterian, St.
evening's function from-'Cornwall, Paul's Anglican and the Salvation
Toronto, Wingham, Walton, Bel- Army for their courtesy in cancel-
grave, Gorrie and Wroxeter, ling their evening services.
f oil
eo , placed in the areari end it is hOped
ar e Lon regations or , , adjacent, to the , arena . may be *4 91e: section 6f hEkg"a 'acl g
roped off an us d,folr.,,the outdoor
gaged. ,
vices, which was conducted by the "Of His kingdom there shall, be . The entire 'event promiSee to promises to
minister, Rev. D. J. MacRae, no 'end". God will not lose ,, the provide i sotnet mg, Ivor w 1 e h• th h'I for
.Iii the morning the church was battle with the' forces of "evil be- :the 'community; ' ,particularly 4 in
pleased to welcome Dr. Ernest cause he can alwaY's count on 'view of the fact that.. Wingham
1'10- not had a fell fair Or a horse Thomaa director of Spiritual Life faithful men and women. show for several `years, 'General Mission of the Methodist Church "Today thou shalt be with me opinion about town has been that in Paradise"; this is the culmina- the community needs some• sort, of
tion of our faith, a few may dis, exhibition..each-yeer. Trade •fairs
believe, but the mightiest 'minds held in other tovvns is this .area
have always • depended upon these have 'generally proven .:qiiite :sue-words.. Dr. Thomas, gave.' several eessful and at the present time
arresting' illustrations to ,eMphaS-: the ; field: is not., overcrowded."
ize his sermon, . . 1 _ . ; - At the evening service,. Rev, . • • • . Ruth, achanDies4. Harold Snell, of Exeter,. president
of •lhe —E'oridiiii—,Contgrerice •Orrthr , ; . .
United Church, was the special In,,London Hospital ... speaker, He lased'his sermon On
Acts 4, 13, "The Boldness of Peter . Friends here have learned with and John" who were glad follow-
ers of Jesus and proclaimed' the
Gospel of aesus to a changing
world, Mr. Snell -exhorted the
Christians of to-day to also pro-
claim Christ With bbldness in our
frustrated world; .' ..
• 1 III 1 • displays. • •
nit ed Lhurch Servic three days and, a full midway will
The fair 1" expected to run'. for
p,„, ,,tip to. • pr vide a clitional
entertainment:; ',I ' . A,rveriety'shOw Will+ be presented
each 'evening in the arena, for
Which top-riotah totalent will be en-
The music-was under'the leader-
ship of W, B. Conron with Mrs.
W. W. Currie, ,at the organ.:13oth
services opened with the anthem;
"Praise" by the chbir. They also
sang the anthem; "My Faith Looks'
up to Thee", solo parts being taken
by Mrs. George Guest, Mrs, War-,
ren Callan and Mr. 1 OStrem. In
the morning, James 'Stewart,of
Seaforth sang two 'soli* "The
Voice in the Wilderness" and,; "For•
Tomorrow and Its Needs", In the
evening the specialmusic was. 'sup
plied by Mr. and Mrs. J. Ostrom at two o'clock *ith Rev. A. Nimmo,
of Wingham, Who sang a duet, DD., officiating, assisted by Rev.
"Blessed Saviour, Thee I Love", Leslie Renault, Interment will be
and Mrs. Ostrom rendered the solo, in the Wingham Cemetery, the
"The Holy. City", pallbearers being. Bob Young,
Jack McDonald, Hugh McDon-
ald, Bob McDonald, Bob Meehan
and Lloyd Meehan, The flower
bears will be Frank, Douglas and.
Lester McDonald, Douglas Macha,n
arid Orton Williams,
These young ladies were presented with Segondary School Graduatiah .Friday ,evening. The girls lie, from left to right, front, Lois Craw-
Diplomas by Wingham Diftrict High School Board member James ford,. joyce Moffat, Mary 'Lou Dunlop; centre row, Vera Sharpe,
Armstrong at the Commencement Exercises held at the school' on : - Deanne Allan; back, Joan Lamont,„Betty Devereaux and Faye Jack,
DardsLlisting the blood type of
loeaCblooa 'donors are being is-
sued ;thia 'week to some 100 ,rrien
and women who were typed at, the
,Wingham General Hospital a few
1"Iths The-blood-typing project was in-
stituted 'by the Wingham branch
:of:the Canadian Legion in an ef-
fort to bring the hospital's list of
blood- donors up to date,
DeWitt Miller, who headed the
Legion's blood drive, was in charge
of the 'distribution of the cards.
4 friends in Wingham were shock-
ed to learn on Monday evening of
the death of Harry Faegan, who,
with,his wife and two small daugh-
ters, has been a resident of the
town- for about four years.
Mr. -Faegan has •been employed
for 'several months with an elec-
trical firm operating in the titan-
'
.country ,au •
'and Elliot • Lake,:•Ontari9.•• ' • /
His death occurred. on MOnday
When ,• 'the. light, lioat-,equiPped
plane in which he WU• a passenger,
crashed immediately after take,
off from, the Blind River, at .the
town of the same name.. He Was
leaving for a job some distance
away. The pilot' and °Wrier of
the aircraft, Peter Roche,. of To,
ronto, also died in the crash.
Before moving to Wingharif.Mr,
and Mrs, Paegan operated a .,res-
taurant in Teeswater. lie was^ in-
terested in harness racing, and was
familiar to many as an expert
race driver. ,
Mr, Faegan, who was 31 years of
age and a son of Mt, and Mrs.
George 'Faegan, Colborne Town-
ship, is survived by his, wife, the
former Betty Smith, of Goderich,
and two small daughters, Barbara
6 and Bonnie three and a half
years of age,
Friends in this community ex-
tend •their deepest sympathy to
the family in their tragic loss.
Ninety-Fifth Birthday
Mr,.and Mrs, Pero Coupland, of Witoketer, cut their anniversary take,
The couple celebrated their 50th wedding at. a dinner on Saturitay,
held at the home Of then &tighter and. Con-il4aW, Mr, toa Mrs,
wimpon Xerkicy, lipar DolMOrt, --AdVanee-Times phop,
At/CILIARY 14}.1E 'TING " •
The Ladies' Auxiliary to Wing-
ham Ceneral Hospital. Will hold
its regular meeting in the Conn-
ell Chamber on Friday afternodn,
November 1, at three &block,. A
geed attendance is expected as
'Mrs, Morrey, Su*, of Winghani
Ocispital will speak on the abis
aster 'Programme", and what steps
ean be taken to Meet it. F30b
$1'. motto. to.
ItillirthEit
The, Ladies' Gantt of St,
ehuroli is holdipg a ttirkeY suppe r
bit Wed Getoller ..30 frein
to 1.M1
"Mass education arid. hard work
are responsible for. Russia's present
scieritifie athieiMment and sue.
cess. Today Russia Is producing
more• skilled workers and techni-
cians than any other country in
the World," E.' R. MeCielktrn in-
spector Of, secondary schools, told
Wingham District High School
pupils and their parents at the
sohods eonirrientontent exercises,
heldin the school auditorium On
PridaY evening, .
In hid address to the puptis,mt,
McClellan urged there to study for
all they are worth and to get as
'Much out of their education' as
possible: "At no time in the history.
Of 'Canada have We needed More
high school graduates ' than we
'need at the present time", he said,
as he outlined the history of edu,
cation In this country during the
Peat century,
As the guest speaker at the
commencement exercise Mr. Mc.
Clellari Was introduced by the
/Chi lilVirStl S tie pr he pa „ tato , Hall,
More than 100 parents filled the
auditorium to •see the 'presentation
Of 'graduation diplomas, profic-
iency 'awards, Scholarships and
certifidatos, Which were banded,
over to tile successful pupils by
Members of the Wingham District
High 'Sebtitil Board,
Dr. W.. A. McKibben, Chairmen
of the aehOol's board of direetots,
opened the programme with an ad-
dress, in Which he spoke highly of
the •work done by the pupils and
the teaching staff and urged par;
,ents to continue to see that their
children appreciate, the Value of
their sehool years, At present'
there are fiStl pupils enrolled at the
Wiltizliaiir Distriet High.;School,
Asitatki 'Turn to tqwe. INve)
't
Mrs. lelftabeth Shaw', tiltievale•, who-mas 4)orn. 95 Years ago cat •;the
1st line of Morris, celebrated her Oth birthday on Satutd(ny. Her 0011.,
Dr Arthur Shaw, of Toronto, and Melly friends Were with her to).
happy occasion;