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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1944-10-05, Page 1, '4 • fi 131411#0904.144 OAT 14:01414Y, QOTGDZIC, 901 A Public Holiday ItiliETY-SIOVIONTH IrE411. • en competition at G C. 1. Spo , Senior- Champions AteGord•Pli ' Sutcliffe, aald Pauirne .Pattextor, There was ,no . lack of „en'tlausiasin in the ranka of the f3tri4enta of the ederien C011egiate Institute 'an *Wed- nesday afternoon,. when the antrtaal field day was ,heid. The girls bed:. , 17$ entries and the bOya 172. When ths disparity waa I:canted out to the vbt,',318 by the Signial-Star reporter, eine O the boysY•explained that' the girls en,rolled at the school outnumber the boys by three to pee. Some a the Senior students ,have been am,Ong those •-,;. Called 1.4 ier Military serviee:. 'The weather .wau ideal aad the .competition spletadid, Gordon Sutcliffe at the end of the , afternoon was 'declared...senior bag; champi,on, with 25 oat, of 2r points. champion,• Pauline Pattersoui with 21 points, The. runners-up were Jerry ,-,Ginn-,with-18i. and -Victeriai with 15. . • - In the intermediate everitS .xfariOn. -Freeth won the girls' champioaship With. 23 points and Gertrude Beattie placed:Seeond with 19. The intermediate boys' •champion- ship went to Donald Scott, with 23 points, Jun Bisset being ruiner up with 21. ' Mary Laitlfwaite ." is junior 'girl „sEliza- ' ICONTAlt1140, MEETING. NORTX13T. The thanivefferit% Meetini, the' ef North.Stet triaited„ church was held on 1V/OndaY afternoon, in church parfor, with.a large attenda0e., The president,. Airs. 0. go nouerteOn4 coAcloot4 the opeaing, "exercieeS` and preeided, over the buSiniSs ,part of , the meeting, • A letter trona the secretary of the E.vening Atixiliary. was „read ineting the meraberS of the W.M.S. to be Pre- sent with theni at their meeting on the evening of October 16th, when Padre Scat Morton, at' Pert Albert, a farmer )rilsalenary to*Manehuria,,is to be their guest speaker, . • , The visiting Committee reported seventeen calls made'. The president, Mrs. O.' M. Robertson; WaS - pleasantly surprised whea, the secretary, Mrs. Howard, handed her a afe-raembership certificate--ra gift from her husband;-- Mr. -C. M. Robertson., Mrs. Durniu took charge of the .de- votional period: Mrs. (Rev.) Joseph Janes of the Baptist,church_pang_ a beaTaW-solo, .‘„`I walk Alone with, God,". accompanied on the piario by. Mrs. M...Iletheringten. This was foto laWed.'-by. genre lutroductery rerimrkS by Mrs, Durnin regarding the new study book, "West - of the "Dare- Line The guest speaker was MIS, (Rev.) Wardlaw Taylor, frpjai. the Presby--- teriat church, Who gave an earnest and inspiring address on the thank -offering gifts -that. are more precaus in God's sight than money. ,She listed these. as: Our interest, our time, our prayers,. our voices in speaking a word in season S GODERICII„ usY industry n Maitland Road I AT THE IATATZAIPROZIT, NUM% THURSDAY, OCTO ,Ad * aition, Bang Odell Dominion's Road MachineryMachineryerY Factory The Plant of the Dominion Road AlachitterY Conbany on Maitland road is -a veritable hive of industry, ,with UriMber 'fa 'year • eontraets, from. various sourceS, keeping, Over hundred men (exelusive of thelr4ietOria• street' foundrY staff) working at top speed. (The word "men", in this CaSti* ineludes a few girl workers in over- , One of the contracts is for hundreds of winchea fpr the • storage of cable and heavy VOPO: "These are in.varions, sizes and are for British' war vessels. of all kinds' and will doubtless find their , Way to All parts of/ the. world, Already ,eight • earloada. •of, these winchea have• beett shipped, :with an- other twenty carloads to go, • .Artother order 1ST& the,;_treade of military trucks. :It will require seVer-. _ al months to fill this Order, and there are *others. ' • . -.-The Urge -factory_ _building -take over on removal from East street is -already proving too' small for the conwany's operations, and a fifty -foot addition At being, erected at the rear. • . Workeson twenty-two hours of the twenty:four, and the Staff headed by Mr. W. C, Attridge, president and general manager- of the company, is contributing in no small measure. to the all-nriP6Ftaiit war effort.. cbanip,ton, with21 point, and beth Chisholm was run -up -Up -.-With 18: for God, and in tithiug-for all-the-joYs- arul, blessings -that' come to us through. Jim- Donnelly ;and flaroid Warren tied for ,the limier boys' championship. . with 23•pointI • T'his. year. the. seridents were the officials,' and .ithey perfornied their - duties rahnir* ably.. There • were no lengthy waits between_ events,. In fact, --there was "something -.doing" all 'the time, .. •PEI Qieyton, ,Edward,. and _Miss Helen Bisset supervised the girls' 'events and Mesers. A., it. Scott P. Welke:Land 0 Payne,,the,boys'. • The officialswere; , Girls—Chief elerk,•Liuian I1 win, . assistant, Beryl Sanderson.; • j.anior clerks, Willa • James, Norine McOabei.-, Elaite Allen; ,senior, Margaret Rundle; Evelyn Breckow, Norine Willis; inter. mediate, Madeleine Smith, Faeanor-- miss Luella Snyder of London has Donalddon, Avite' Warrener. Boys—Chief clerk, Bryan". Ainslie`; --assistants--Ronald Patterson, Cayley Hill and Douglas :JMassey;.,.. starter, Don Ainslie ; timekeeper,.Jhn, Beynolds. allOtTLD BE MORE 131'00)1 ; DONORS IN, GODNR4011 (Contributed) , •I have “jut , listened to the most •surprising .conversation - among *blood donors Those donors who. are attend mg every clinic as they are notified. Wish to know • what *has b.appened_to other' citizens of Goderich.. For the last clinic 212 notices'vvere sent out to persons who had - voluntarily signed to donate their blood.- Of the• 212 only seventY-lour donors attended ithe'elinie and of these only fifty-three WerefrOnt the 'town of . Goderich. -This iial'rikeSt , disappointing „and,---4-4.0fiectionupon - the loyal spirit ef thia teWn. Do the citizens. of _Ooderigh. know ..how many doderieli boys have sand - Deed their„ lives, for us and who • alight be all„Ve today . had there been sufficient blood serum.? The medical • corps in the armed' forees do all` in their power to Save a 'life. They ean iot do tlie impossible; they 'depend upon an adequate simply of serum. , - 'OW Groderich • shetrkl---allo any personal, feeling to stop him Item attending- the ,clipics. •„•,. It; does- 'not - matter to those beys-and-girla"oversitis how you were dressed,•when •Yell'Alen:'- ,ated your -blood, or who sponSors. the clinics. • • Some men, ,we are told; Maintain that their employers will notallow them time off to attend the clinics, -1-Thiscturnotbei-tr5eg—Evert-Wit-Wor Mg in our industrial. plants Who will donate his. blood will.be:alloWed time of to attend the clinie and will prob-. ablY be told by his einpioYer to repert for work after lunch. - • This ts a serious matter. Some men and women evidently do not realize thie-,2-they-just den't want to "bother" .If they courd'irealize how lives are saved . and recovery Imetened by the bile a blood platema surely they WoUld* not hesitate to. incur the slight incoz- venlence of attending 2the clinics. Ail honor to those who have made 'clonal .tione five, six, eight. er, even ten. .or more thnes. They cannot go to the battlefront, but they are fighting".with their blood. • • , : The, next clinic hi clederieli Will be on October 13th, and it is to be honed; ' that for the honor Of our town and 'for the sake of- oar --noble i!boys 'fti the battle areas there will be a ranch larger attendance than at any previous life. . • Votes, of thanks were tendered the guests who had assisted in the meeting. After the 'singing of a hymri and "God. ave the‘King," .the 'meeting, was dis: missed with pra-yer,by Mrs. Durnin. • • SO '• MENTION. "MrS. le -a. kaest with her -cousins, and, -Mrs, -W; , - - -Miss:Rese: Aitken has -returned: in a' visit ef • SeVeral weeksin.'WeStern -.Canada and Oregon. . . I Peter, Steele, - Of "Toronto, -is is1ting his niece,. Mrs. Thos. 11, Car- rick, and, Mr. Carrick." taken a position on the nursing staff of Alexandra Hospital. , Mr. Jas. :Stewart has returned to Allentown, • Va., after ..1spending the summer at the Bertmiller Nurseries. Mr.' John' D: -Murdoch, of Saskritoon., ,Sask., is visiting relatives and friends in Goderich and., at oth,e;, points in the camitY. Miss Ilaiel Steele,. of •Brand.on, Man., is •visitink her aunt Mrs.* Thos. H. Carrick, andXr. Carrick and other friends of town. • . •Mrs.•F, Salkeld has returned- to -Lon- don ..to • spendthe winter months and Miss N.' L. Salkeld, of Blue Water Beach, haS left for Toronto. Mrs. E.. W. Carrie is in London this week attending the annual .convention of the Dominion W.A. of, the Anglian Church. • Mrs. "Carrie isa life' member of the Dominion Beard. " GODERICI1 ..TOWNSHIP GODBRICIf TOWNSUIP;• Oct. Mrs, J. A. White and 'ado George A., of Chagonesa, Sas1;.,.arrived On Thurs., day for a visit With her mother, Mrs. Ilobt. McIlwain, sr.' 0, • Mrs. Dave Elliott and Lily, of Gode- rich, spent the week -end with Mrs. 0. Harwood. , - • Ur, and Airs. Geo. Anderson of De- troit; Mich.,- visited on ,SundaY With 'Mr. and Mrs. Percy Speiran. Mr. Ed. :Speiran visited ' in Kin- eardine this week with Mr. and Mrs, Irwin Speiran, , Next Sunday will he. anniversary Sunday at,„ ctinion church. At the - Morning service, 11 a.m., Itev. A. S. Colwell', of Bayfield, wIhl,Oecupy the pulpit. In the evening, 17.30 pan., the pastor, Bev. L. IL Turner, will.pretteh, There will be special Musie • by the ehoirt , • • . „, BAYFIELD Death of Chas. D. FalcontE--,-The death occurred in Goderich on Sunday; October 1, at- the .home of. his siker., Mrs. Margaret Green, of Charles Edgar Falconer of, Bayfteld,• afteran illness a several months.' The deceased, who was othe--• son of John Falconer' and Mary 1VlacK1d, was burn in California, April 5, 11373. At an' early age he came to BaYfield. When the family re - tinned -her -Carel -lied reeidedliere ever since. -Early in the summer *he was *-sfacken..with a heait attack •at his MORT, H HITRO RAL IBE .00NVEWrION• OCTOBER 12, IsTortia Huron Liberals will Meet at Winglaam on ° Thursday ,afternoon; October_12th,. to nominate a eandklate for the coming Federal election. Tlae speakerQtlie_a_fterneon George."-Wcsed,'M.P. for 'Brant county., -Gedericii-Liberale-svilljneet at Mac- appeint delegate,s ,ta- the convention., iXO. -AV; A:MT:COI/It • r-. .-A special mitsical' prpgram-will be rendered in Knox church on Sunday next in eortnectipn with, the ,,Thanks- giVing- 'Services of the day. Soloists will be Miss -Josephine Weir of.Apburn, LAC .• W.. Elliott, 'Mrs, E. Cranston; Mrs. G.•Kaitting and, .Migs I3etty Smith, and at the evening service LAC.. and Mrs. W. F. Saunders sing a duet. heme here •and was removed to •Gode- lick.- 'He: le.- survived -by• two sisters , - Mrs, -Margaret Green and Mie. j., Barton, both of Goderich. His par- ents,' a brother, Harry, and a sister, 'IlliZabeth (Mrs. %Wm. WeStort); pre, deeeased )aim,, The funeral .was held firm the" lioffie---of'hie-nephew,LAQ Pred Weston,',Bayfield, on Wednesday 'afternoen. Rev. Riblitird Stewart- of Knox PresbYterian, church,. Goderich end:acted the service, Interment Was made in the family plot ,imBayfield cemetery: The pallbearers were Hugh Gilmour, IX. McGregor, E. Sturgeon, . George Baird, and George Lindsay'. . • AWBUIPT. Honesty is one part ef eloquetieet. peisiiade others by being in earnest eurseive8.-41azlitt. ,• .• , Only twO grain eargOeS arrived° this week: 'Fort Wilt100, .Uonda' 130,000 bus, barleY and wheat for the Goderieh Elevator CO, and 130,000 btiS. "wheat for the :Western Canada Flour Mills; Superior, Tae3 SdaY, ..6,000. bus. :ioats and wheat for the elevator. The Laketoa.is expected late tOniglit at the elevator and the V. V. "AlasseY is 'on the War. ' • . The tug Icina Rosa' with a derricir scow, on her Way to 'Sarnia from Wiarton, was in on ,Saturday..for• fuel. The tug and eeoW are part Of the McNtimara. Construction 004,8 outfit. Bert MacDonald' on Saturday re- covered the second laf the "str; Sephie's anchors.. brought in also -three shots of chain and left one shot to be ieked up later • ; Peter are biting' well, 'but 'there .are 'complaints of scarcity Of bait. - RS- GRAY APPOINTED: , JU,STIOR TIIN.,PBACE* Ct • Mr. 'Thomas Gray, ,clerk in the Police Court here for over foiar years, has been,. apPointect,,a: justice, Of- the peace for 1111.ron county.. She takes over. routhie 'duties which since the deathof the late Thomas Gundry have been perfernied Norman Kernightin. 'The latter, -however, re- mains a justice of the -peace. • Airs. Gray °received ••• the „official notification on Saturday, and on ,l/fon day rethanded a prisoner to jail,. On a , minor Charge., Several informations • have been laid •before her already. -SfiFirt•Feffirgf J.r. in flu -reit' county.' ' I • to cugari •ON . CAR LIGHTS ." ProVinciaf Traflic%Officer Janaei Cell) hue received instructions from, head.: quarters to: make a.:elieck on 'defective' lighting of trucks and also of Passenger -cars; %particularly "witirlespeerto:beapi ljassing,,Juld to •iss,ue smiurtonses_with--. alkt :warning.The' 00,3,_Tbflament lhe-stand "that,-defeetive41ghtt•%tire- the cause, of...a great meny highway ac. /dents, and now. that•---the-nighls-.-the -getting longer•.and-thererris-moremigh driving a thorough survey by its officers Is timely. Mr. Culp states that six Of the first eight 'truck S ;he examined had***defeetive lights. • - DEATH OF AIRS. GEO. MaeDONALD ,Mrs, -George MacDonald, formerly of Goderich,, died at the home of laer daughter; Mrs. H. 0. Lawson ; pinto this (Thursday):morning, after a long illness. , The funeral will take place from her .borne at Clinton on Saturday afternoon at 1.30 o'clock. Interment will be at Brussels. • • , RECEPTION FOR RETIJRNED MEN • There will be a reeeption at the Town. Hall on Sunday night next, at, 8.30 o'clock, •for returned service men, either discharged or on leave. Death of 'Willinna Anderson. ---This ebmmunity mouras the passing of a highly esteemed resident -in the person of William Anderson,, whose death oc- curred at his hoine 011- Tuesday morn- irigrifter an illness of two weeks, " Mr. Anderson was the, 13011 -of the late ThomasAnderson ' and . Eleanor Straughtin-:and was hem IiieVenty-eight yeareago on the farm 'where his son .Oliver Anderson resides. Forty-three stears'ago he married Florence Patter- son; They lived on the. Anderson -onieitead for . thirty -,four years and for eight years' -••on the lames. Woods farm. 107East Wawanosh. Lase Janu- ary they retired to Auburn, Mr. Anderson was a member of Knox Ilnited church and was a great worker inthe chnrch and*a regular_ attendant Orily three weeks ago he took Up the offering. Ile was the last of a family of eight. Besides „his . Widow *he is, survived' by two daughters. , Mrs. Worthy Fowler -(Dorothy),,, of *ode= rich; .Mrs. Gordon McCilliehey Haft); of Auburn; two Sons*,-. Tho.;02 Sorel, Quebec, and Oliver, on the home- stead, and ten grandchtldren. The funeral will be held from, Knox 'Milted, church on Thursday afternoon 811(1the service$' will be conducted by nee, II, 'Snell. Viten:tent wilt be in Ball's eemeterY. OBITUARY - 'JOHN 0. wIGGINS '.-John C. Wiggins, member of a well- known GOderich 'fainily and for over forty years .a valued employee of the Western Canada Rota Mills, diel at his home on Sunday morning • in .his sixty-third year, aftei. a long and painful.. illness; A son of the late James' B. and Henrietta *McLeod Wig- gins, lie was born and had resided in Goderich all his life.- After leaving school he saild the' lakes for „time before , entering, 'op. employ.,pf the .Western' Canada Flour Mills, where he was in charge of the packing room and Won a high place(in_the regard of. his , fellow -employees. Possesse of a 'nub phYsicitio; lre was -1,seenly-MtereSted in. -sport and:w; st hoekeY player .in the player- !re . this century, playing with the Goderieh Sailors when they were refiners -up for thk championehip the winter of 1900: 1-16-TiVaria clever baseball player. He was a lifelong Presbyterian, and a member -,of Ledge, NO. 62, I.O. "•-• Survivittg, besides. his Wife, formerly Edith • Young, are a s,on, Leading Writer Donald Wiggins, RAI N.V.R., who 'returned two weeks age from • service overseas, `three bro-:. titers, Dan, of Goderich, lames, of London; and Albert, of the. American Merchant Marine; and •tour sisters, Miss Edith Wiggins, Mrs. L. E. Dances,. and Mrs. James Curwen, all of Gode- rich; and "Mrs,* Pd: Craig'of Detroit. The Western 'Canada Fleur • Mille 'COMpany paid a 'fitting tribete to the devoted servfee given. by Mr.' Wiggins by closing the plant on Tuesday after: moon-when--the--ftineral- service was held at his late residence, Wellingtdn Street. The -, large. attendanceof citizena, at the .serviee; the. wealth -of flowers, 'and the -tine tribate paid by Rev., Richard Stewart, were expressive ,of tlfe regard , felt in the *,comnatialty for the deceased and of the sympathy for the 1)0:eater], family. Among the floral tributes -Were, those front the Western Canada Flour Millis Huron Lodge, I.0.0;P.* employees- of the packing department of the W.O. PAL, and the ernployees of the milt Pellow-emplOYees ef. the AV.6.P.M; were the flower -bearers. .The. honor- ary Pallbearers were Percy - Jame, Harold Newcombe, William Brownlee, U. E. Turner, /ohtt Henderson and Clifford Webb. The Active pallbearers were 'Ulm B. Milne, Girvin Young, Robert Daer, Sohn Newcotabe,, Lorne YOting• ttild JOSdpil Interment took place 'in the family pat In Mait- land. cemetery. Those attending the funeral included' Mr. and.Mrs.. 'Wiggins, London; Mr. and Mrs. • Bd. Craig , Mid Sort' , Detroit; VIM. Pero Cornellv Miss Rena Sutherland And Mrs. }Tally' Smith, Toronto; Mr. and Mrs. Donald 111eIver and son, Port $tanleY; Mr. and Mrs. Norman Smith itod Ues,. Iva Brokenshire),Londail, ER. 5th, ,1944 Goderieh Salt Co Sold to .Standard Chemical Co., Ltd Operations to Be Coutinuee, as at Present :Orith R 1 Wuttele 7--as,Presi,dent ,.' Important and ft/gni/leant nevi's for the people of"Goileriell cane this Week in the announcement that the Gederich, Salt Co, Lthriited, had beewsold, to the Standard ,Oheinica,P0o., Liritited. The Signet -Star secured -confirfnatiOnof this news, so Vital to the industrial OW community lite of the town, but. also was assured, that the new Owner* are not 4 salt. "nionopole ' andthat the business here will be carried; on SS 11$141 and that possibly it would he expanded to 'inelude the manufacture of 'by -prod -figs ' of Salt,'- . Little is is as yet known locallyofthe', Standard Chemical Coxrpauy Limited, except that' it is neree ly formed -and that. -it iltifi; been enagei in.,,the_,,ma131•17, facture. of weed derivatives.• This`ia the company's 'drat venture into salt. . The Signal -Star . also. learns ' that Charles Nurtele, fOunder of _the' Gode- richL Salt Company,Liraitedil and its president_ and .general Manager, _has, completely withdrawn from the busi- ness, selling all his interests. His sent R. -K, Wurtele, who fortsome years has been the* active head of the business, succeeds his - father as President and Manager. Both father and son are now in Toronter, but are expected home at the week -end. •'• Q' • 'Twenty-six years ago next month Mi. VViirtele, sr., took over the Present ..thri*ing--..:salt-business.-:herp','..-2-,It2..;was. then bankrupt: Since then, year 'after year he has built up the business to the statue of one of the main pro- ducers of salt in Canada, natinufactur. ing nearly twenty-five per cent. of the saltproduced- inthis country. - Mr. Wtartele; • who had' proved- hlinSelf ' a clever, capab1e4dustri al_ Promoter -be!' fore -coming to Goderich; aiwttys re- ferred -to his .salt business 'here as "my :babe .,: Ile,.--riursed: it.--;to-tr-thriving,. strong, argon" and' a.'chiev,ed Et, life's: - ambition after, he „'had reached middle rife. - - 'TRAINING BOMBER GRAMSi IAA= Crew ,FIVe Warned itttfe Several HoursRubher BPAts trainiug bomber from . the :Part Albert air ,navigation statiefaehed in the 'lake about 11 .0!eloelr TuesdaY, Morning about ten Pilenorth et God rieh harbor and, .the -saine distance Oft shore, The erew, a fflght lieutenant and four Crewmen*to* to, ato,' rubber dinghies. carried .in tlae plane, and well on hi ,the afternoon they were spotted, fronn.' another plane ' and the alarm Was given; The R.A.F. crash boat stationed inthe harbor went to ,the rescue and brought in the .•men after they had been,* their '44:Jilted liye houre. or- more. •EaKeePt-• for the Soaking they get when their plane crashed, and lei' few cuts' and bruises, the men were in good shape, The ,plane _continued afloat and the Captaixi john and the Annanatte,• with scow, all in charge of Bert Mac- Pona414, /)..14 brother Maleolia .,And. nephew Norman, went to the scene' -rind,-, brought- it --to shallow -writer- eff-:. -that ye might --have,:t-, more -abundant.. • • Au= iolliLer at litto)c rvioet on Sunday Mtondc&by Large. Ooligregatious '''On this. yctur LO9tbAnniversary, X DA y it may be 4 rich. one, And that yen' nay. have life, and have. more aininditritly,' Bev. .11. Alf Coulter; Tb 13, of St, Cann:tines, .said zn cludillig, his _Sermon at the ..anOrAilig diet of worship hi .Knox. Presbyterian church on..„Sunday, When, he was th�. anniversary, griest preaeher.;. There was a large pongregatiOn. „Xusie (4 A, high order under the direction of, V.irea. Vrank Saunders, with Miss Eileen. Bogie Presiding..at the Organ, 'was a,' feature ofi both serviceS of the day. At .the Merlin; service Rev. 'Mr. Coulter's theme was "The Purpose of Christ% _Cfaning:' bag4".. on, the 044 1.4.1 come' that, ye might, have life and, BROOKS—MURNEY A pretty wedding of interest • in Goderich took place . in Woodstock; owing to the illness of the groom's Mother, on Saturday afternoon,. When Sorg; Ruth iDlive.J.:1Y_Iurney, Rockcliffe, youngest • daughter T. of Mr. and -Mrs. PredMurney, Britannia road, Was united in Marriage • to .LAC. Whorl:ale .0. Brooke-, 7Soilf-Tof- Mr. and. Mrs.. James 'Brooks, 'of Woodstock. The double -ring _ceremony was per- formed by Rev. D. Gaynor, of: Wood- stock at. the home 92 Mr. and Mrs. Ray Harrington, the latter a sister of the groom. Thehonse was decorated with Air Force blue. The bride, given in, marriage by her father, .was smart in her uniform, with a sprig of heather on the lapel, of *her 'coat.- She carried a nosegay of white.chrysanthe- mums - with long stiigtmert of red, White and ,blue.„ Miss-MariZThurney, of Toronto, was her sister's bridesmaid, wearing a two-piece dress iablack and red, Virlt black hat and black access- ories. Her fioWers were red roses. Mr. Victor • .Brooks, -the groonl's. bro- ther, was best man.. Only immediate relatives were•present at the wedding dinner. Mrs. 'Murney was becomingly goWned. • in •a turquoise two-piece s•tiit with black accessories and corsage of kph* roses. Mrs. Brooks: wore 'flavY and white crepe with ,corsage of white and pink' roses. 'After. the wedding cake was cut by the bride, the •Misses -11. and IL Harrington„ nieces of the groom, sang "0 Promise Me." Later the happy'. ample' left by, train . for Toronto. They •will reside in Ottawa. ' The- bilde; home .onleave for a few hours, was given a happy ssurPrise when t4nty-two a her friends gath- ere(1 at her home .-here to honor her with it miscellaneous shower. - - - - - - - - - - - - - -the .beach: .The next gay it Was brought .,to land. and is still on...the beach. , . , The .tilers - are 'Olci. Countrymen "Theirriatrie-07.,:. -4*(11-V,Vige WI'. GEORGE, 'S A..Y.P..A: • ,ELECTS OPPICERIS -- • St George's A.Y.PA. held a reorgan-' ization meeting on Tuesdaeyening ift the rectory. Rev. W. H. Dunbar • opened the meeting with prayer and was in,the chair while the officers for :the 194445, season were „•elected. Mr, Haro1dShore was elected prest, cleat and other,officers are: Mrs, Tracy, vice-president; Mrs. H. Taylor; .secre- tary; Mr:W. IP. Riley, treasurer; Miss TreloThdeark, convener ` of the program committee ;- Miss _Betty Campbell, con- vener of .the sotial committee,.. and •Miss :Hazel Wilmot, convener of the extension committee..• ' The drst and third Wednesdays -were chosen as th'e meetipg -nights. • During the sdiscussion on the raising* of finances several worthyyhile sugges- tions were. made which will be dis- cussed itt. more detail rit the executive ja:tttillgings- 0c._tober. llth 'and- at. later m COI% or KNOX ' •CHURCH Rp?ItGANitE, A reorganization supper meeting was • held by the a Knox Presbyterian church on Tuesday even - ng at which. Marilyn -Butler presided. The , meethat • WAS opened with the singing of "0 Canada!' and .the-repeti- -tietr-r-ef----thet. election of officers resulted as. 'resident; ,Marion •vice-presi- dent, Mollie Bisset; ..secretary, Christine Bogie; treasurer, Marilyn Butler; pianist, - Catharine •Cutt; leaders, Mrs. Richard Stewart mrs. Gordon, Henderson, •Mrs: Joseph Mc- eljn-and Mrs: -William It was • decided to hold --a 'wiener roast on October 17th,,,,, and to present the ..•operetta".•11"ITnder-;• the Greenwood Tree," to be directed .1Ay Mrs. R. Stewart and iri.jLJt1. S.aunders,. eisted *.by the leaders, -The-4neeting closed with "Taps?' There was -, a large turn -out of' girls at the meeting. and ,ri_.-busy, season is expected. .. , ST.-GE(IRGO'S GUM117 _ r St. George's Church Women's Guild held theirOctolaer Meeting at the rectory, with a large attendance.- After the business session, arrangements wee made to hold a supper in Noyeth.- •ber in the:newly decorated parish hall. The Guild, is paying for the new light- ing system, as Well as for the d'ecor- ating- of the hall. Mrs. Brown intro- duced the guest speaker,- 'Mr. W. 'Sutherland, who gave an instructive talk on laws and will -making. The hostess, assisted by Mrs, Mundy, served refrehments.i- ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED Mr. and •Mre..Edwara Brown Of pgmondville ,wish to' -announce the:en- gagenient of their eldest daughter, -Wilma Bernice, • to • Kenneth Allat _Chambers, son of Mr. and Mrs; Roy, Chambers of Goderich., The. wedding will take -131ace shortly in London'. 4.00 . • . A irian's or woman's ,Purpose in life,. he said, is.-Inclieative -of *hiS or her.. character....? Willem Carey cleclared*his PiirPo-de- Wye& firthe-*(6.1.s;-'oram u -- 'C'EriAstian7f 1 cobble- •dhoes'.lo ge-t-a- living." John Knox expressed his ;purpose in the prayer, c"Lord, give me Scotland or I die," and telni *."141gisvedeallel.irIedk.1-lis eepnoptiihinippgse*forSeitlt'ek. 3. , words at the text. c:* * "Jesus knew the need 'of our litres," continued , the preacher. . "When we fashion thein in our ,own.'Vvay we fail • taigrasp His leve. A set* ,of security can be giveii only by -GO& '',7ifo -have. - seen the failure:TO:jell. rests * -in the supposed, Security • of 'arras, :Germany, thought -she could get by by the sheer strength -of her arms. We have looked .to diplomacy.. as a way out. We have forgotten- Chamberlain, who cern-, . .promised • and failed, Democracy -efunableS from within andliandshaking'' is not enough,"- The speaker referred . to.the Nazi andppscist salutes; and then t� -the-hands 02 Jesus raised in'- gfving the Raging and asking foreve-, security- for-'11Ving. 'the- abinidatit• lif riint,Ife.S.a;spunkhofin:sediG:esociefoit •imssee70.11vireswe.hlelrita,sla.to:vc4:nnot'sr: force can Wrest it froni" us. The al) - pointed life is. progressing,'. going itt, And out, ,as Christ ' typified the', shepherd, amongst the, sheep and caring for them., 41t is seen in holiness ° • and righteousness. We Must have, our lived_ routed 'and grounded- in .Christ. ' It is the highest conception- i of. the Christian life; in .which ixisiairation and experience 'can only she found. John canght the 'beauty .of the Ohridt °nature. R le .discovered that God, Was. love. God' IS love and offers you the - gift Of abundant life." 6 The MUSieincluded a solo, "The Holy City,'- sprig ill splendid voice by Dan • Walter: .quartette; • '1161Y - Ghost,. with .Light Divine," by Mes-, •I 1 1 Beautifully decorated • with" white baby 'mums, candles and -ferns; S. Georges-churell was the setting for tal interesting, wedding at 1- o'clock., on Saturday afternoon, when Dorothy Lorraine Nelson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin G, Nelson, Elgin avenue, was,married to IP/O. Frederic Tweedie, R.A.F., Port Albert, sqn cif 'Mrs. Tweedie and the late T. H. .Tweedie of Barking, Essex, England. The ceremony_ was performed by .Rev.' :VV. II. Dunbar, rector of the church, and the Wedding Music was played by C. P.S. Carman. During the signing of tlth register Miss Eleatior Riggk, Of Stratford, sartg,"1.Love 'Thee." Grac'e- illy slipper fashioned With long todice with sweet- heart neckline and hill skirt failing in .slighttrain, the bride WAS giien-. in marriage by her father. Iler floor- tength veil fell froin a inatching halo and she carried a cascade bouquet of -white Starlight roses, .-bouverdia and larkspur. 'The bridesmaid, Miss Enema, Robinson, of Blyth, wore white taffeta Itt princess lines and sweetheart neck line with .matehing halo. lier flowerswere red roses. Plying Officer Roy Tomlinson, of Port Albert wag 1:64 man. and the ushers were Brent Nelson„ of Goderielt„, and 'Bernard Double, of Stratford; Cousin , and brother-in-law respectively of the bride. " After the eereniony a reception was held at the Park 'House, where MTS. Nelson, mother., of the bride, yetelvq.Cir wearing a' gold ,wool suit- with. brown ,accessoriell and, a corsage of Tails- mareroses; Guests were present from Goderich, Stratford,"-Kitehener, Acton and Chatham: • -- Later Plying. Oftleer mad -Mrs. Tweedie left for a"trip to Toronto And Niagara Palls, the bride travelling hi a 11'14m:ta1i eoral basket -weave wool dress with brown top Coat. sand brown accessories. On their return they will reside in Goderich. .OBITUARY. KNOX ORURO! W.M.S. wAHmt:s.anof exencouxtivcal-iumrceh,etinpigans.of--iitete dames G. Kaitting, K. Revell and W. F. Saunders and 13liss Aileen Stowe; i d t f th na e or he jointo seivatee o e sixtieth anniversary of the' auxiliary, and the holding of the annual thank - Offering meeting on Wednesda*y, ,Octo- ber 11, at 8 p.m. The guest speaker -will be . Rev. R. H. illiams , ducted Minister at Seaforth, formerly. of. R,egina. Special music and tea will feature the meeting. RENJAMIls!T -ALLEN '. A prothineut•ditizen of. Goderich,and: widely -known -businees'man,:i3enjainin.' Kelly. Allen, died at his' home, Victoria street, oia Monday evening, after it long illness. Hewas in his eighty-second Year. Mr.. Allen had been highly' suer.° cesSful as an extensive dealer hi horses in pre -motorized days. He made many trips to Great Britain as an importer of thoroughbred horses and . owned extensive sales stables in North Bay, IIaiebui,Jau1t Ste. Marie and in Western • Canada. ;Later he becanie connected with the lumber and real estate business in British ',pi:A- =41a. He was widely travelled and was well known in Northern Ontario, 'the Western 'Provinces and at the Coast. For the last. few years he had lived retired in Goderieh. Mr., Allen was a descendant of Poe of the oldest families in Huron county, Hewas born at Dunlop, the. second son of the late. Anthony and Margaret 'Gardner Allen. Ile received his °duc&'. tion in a Colborne township school, the Goderich High School.; and .later. in a ,London school: He *tts a Presbyterian, a member of Maitland Lodge, No; 33, A„P., •-84 and a Conservative -1Ie :married,- Miss:- -Olive Walters, and three years ago they observed their golden wedding annt; ;VerSitry. •Staitivifig, besides 'his wife; are two daughters, MM. R. l‘t Trow' (Ila); of Stratford, and Mrs. C.. D. McCormick ,(011.Ve),.'of Muncie, Ind., and eight grandchildren; also it 'bro- ther, 'Frank, of Goderich, and two sisters, Mrs. Harry Shield; 'of Col- borne township,and-Mrs. Ethvin,Morris, of AtiStin; Man. A soli, Bari, re - deceased him thirty years; • The two daughters spent most of. tile summer here with their Parents. ".• - The funeral took place frorn 6 family residence on Wediiesd noon and was largely Attended. er- vices at the house and at Maitland cemetery were • conducted by Rev: rtichard.Stewart of ICtiox church, and at the ceittetery the Masonic •buriali. rites were conducted under the diree- tiOn of P.M. Robert Bisset of -Maitland Lodge. The pallbearers were 11. X. A. Maawan, Dr. L. M. Mabee, Lt..eol. A. 11. Sturdy,.'Nittn. Gardner, -David Green and, P. R. Darrow. Among those present were, C01. It M. Trow and Mts. Trow, of Stratford, Mr. and Mrs. C. to. McCormick, of MunclepInd, and all the grandchildren: . I ".°, • scHooL BOARD - _The Monthly meeting .of the phblic Scheol Board, on TueSd.ay evening, was• a brief -One. Reutine 'business was traasacted' and theprincipals' reports. for September Were recetted.' •'t ictoria Schoolhad 362 PuPils, on the' rolk and •an average attendance of 343., War savings stamps to the value of $118- were sold- -during.- -the--niOntla, bringing the total to $747280. • •-Central' School reported an • enrol- ment of •240, and an average attendance of 224. War 'savings, stdmes-- sold, $113.46.; total to date,.$5,260.55. r • • ST. GEORGE'S CHURCH ' Annual harvest and general :Thanks- giving Iervices will be • held ,in St. r • e' chiireh nextSunday at 11 a.m. and V' pan.., -,We are in.-61‘..-iffor-ed-t litive-lis our guest neacher• st the morningservice the R•ev. Canon Warner; B.A., B.D, of Cronyri Memor- ial church; London. The- rector will preach in the evening. Make Sundu next areal. ,ThanksgiVing,Day by turn- ing out to both services. • " THE WEATHER Temperatures ofthe past week in Goderich, with those of the correspoad- ing yirepk a year ago, as ofdcially re- corded, werei as follows: • 1944 ' 1943 Max: Min. Max. Min. Thurs., Sept. 28 ...WI- 51 • (37 55 Fri., Sept. 2) .:'107 '. 40 ,09 • 56 at, ept 0,....67 43 08'7' 50 Sun.,' Oct. 1, ..„,..68 47 , • 68, • 46, Mon., Oct. 2 59 ' 46.," • 62 . 49 Tues.,• Oct. 3 63* 43 'GT 38 Wed., Oct. 4 39 ' 57,4 . 36 Ind the' anthem "Oreat. and Marvel- lous" by the choir. . " • , The Evening Service:- . "A Legacy of Peace'*.was .the sabject of. Rev. Mr. Coulter's sernion at even - leg warship, and it was ;heard with great interest , and keen appreciation: A male quartette . composed- (A Messrs. W. MacLaren, ,LAC„.EUiott Dan Walter and LAC. Russell sang "An Evening Prayer." , The choir -rendered the anthein, "Holy :Art with Miss .13ettyl.Sreith, as. soloist, and .1 LAC; Elliott gave a bea•utifid rendering of `-'The ,,Lord's. Prayer:" ' • AT EMPIRE SERVICE CLI:JB • The .girls all thought- the danee at the Empire Service Club on September, , 26th was one Of the -nicest' dances they . had attended. It was a special dance given, for the boys from the Air avi gatiqp. _ School, Pert Albert, There were more boys .than• giOS and; the . bo3,-s all wanted • to dance. •Those winning prizes for ,the.special, dances were LAC. Jones .and Hazel Wilmot In the card dance, ,LAC,.. Godon •and Madeline Smith in the spot dance. The ys_froaa_4theLRICTLA..11. Radio Sehool----- a at Clinton -aro -coming to •Goderichn- , _ the dance this Friday night so it is.... hoped the girls will have no ether .., e.egiigentents for that evening. „.• " -•••• •T. SOCIAL EVENING The choir of Victoria Street `United .clinrch enjoyed a secittl evening and choir rehearsal at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Breck.ow, Pahnerston street,,in a refent evening. A happy feathre 'of the evening was, the present -N: ation of' a purse of money to Mrs. James. B. Adam, who has been a.raem- ber of the choir " for nineteen Years; and • who had beeu absent because Of. illness. • The address, was' read .by Mts. Clarence Miller, and the PreSenta' tioir-waS /wade- by -William, Westlake. MN. Adam gracionslyTapressed her thanks for tbe gift and dainty -refresh- ments were served by the laostesa. (1.400 Rum Faimed C Goderich and artootnist, Visits Fulfills al() Ambition .Interesting visitorsift„Goderie.li last week -end were I..00 Skrice.;internatien- ally-kndwn cartoonist and artist, and Mrs. Skuce. Toronto -born,' Mr. ,Skuce _ began hid career as an artistwith The Toronto Sunday World, for 'w,hicit he drew the cover ,page ofteh week for many years. He also originated ,the. politieal ettitoons for ,The Toronto Daily World,02Which-the, late "Billy" McLean, at that time a forceful figure itt Carte.diari newspaperdom, was the proprietor. Sinee the:t he has Wen cin promotional work 'on the vaudeville stage and latterly with' the Pell synili- elite, his eartOons appearing aitur ',IMO Canadian and Abated 'States publieations, Many of the Victory loan advertisements of theferthcoming and past eampaigns were from` his rent as is- a. great deal of the cartoon ad- vertising of Maple. T.,ettf. Gardens,. Tor- . • MAO • Mr. Slower asked why 1m had'eorae to Goderich,,saitI that sine 1i wati boy/ he had heard of 'the "circle" ',in -Goderich, "where you meet Yourself coming haelt," and that he had alwttya 'Wanted, to make a few "ringers." This ambition had, now been satisfied, MrS. Skice' laughingly ,attid she always had ILeard tliat Ett*` Cala time of the year bite dolga have a good, undisttirbed Stunlay sleep in ,Goderich and in this respect she too had, not 'Wen 411%0; pointedf4er1ous1y, both thought Ike town with 'both unigtte autl*Prett•y. • ,