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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1942-07-09, Page 2PAGE TWO TFIE SEAFORTR-1 NEWS Economize make tea correctly "SAL 11. TEA Vice Pres. of Ford Co, Passes Suddenly— News 'Of uddenlyNews'of the death of John Earl Porter of. Windsor was a great shock to tate people of the 'Whtgham. dis- trict. Mr, .Porter, vine -president and general superintendent of the Ford Motor Company of Canada, died sud- denly on 'Sanday, June 28, of a heart attack while showing 'visitors through the Ford plant, He was 50 years of age. He was born in Turnberry, at- tended Holme's School and after graduating from Wingham High School attended University of Toron- to graduating in 1915 with the degree of Bachelor of Applied Science. In 1922 he joined the Ford Motor Com- pany after starting his engineering career in Windsor. His progress with the Ford Company was rapid and by 1935 he was in full charge of the company's engineering department, In 1941 he assumed the duties of general superintendent of plant ope- rations and was elected vice-presid- ent of the company in April this year, He is survived by his widow, the former Anna MacKenzie Odlum of Woodstock; his another, Mrs, .John Porter of Wingham; a son, Jolin of Windsor; a brother, Roy of Turn - berry; a sister, Mrs. W. A. Kirk - nal Pica. of Maidstone, Sask. Mr. Porter had apparently been in the best of health when he collapsed and died without regaining consciousness. Catherine Hall Weir Passes At Wingham— Following an illness of four months Catherine Hall Weir passed on early Sunday morning at the residence, John Street, in , her 74th year. Four months ago she suffered a stroke aad during her illness had been very happy and cheerful, She was of a very kindly disposition, her thoughts were usually of others. Her unselfish- 'less was ono of her admirable quail - ties. A great lover of flower's the magnificent display of blooms about the house at present are due to her care and foresight. She was born in Turnberry the daughter at the late Robert and Jane Weir but for the past 33 years has resided in Wing - ham. She is survived by two broth- ers and two sisters, 'John of Turn - berry; David of Kinistino, Sask., Mrs. R. J. Huestoni el Corrie and Miss Jean at .home. One brother, the Hon. Robert Weir, a former Dominion Minister of Agriculture, passed on three years ago. The funeral was held from the residence on Tuesday afternoon. Rev. E. 0. Gallagher, rec. tor of St. Paul's Anglican church, of. which she was a member, conducted the services at the home and grave- side. Burial took place in Wingham Cemetery. The pallbearers were J. W. Bushfteld, John Hanna, W. H. Gurney, Gordon Gannett, Arthur Wilson, E, R. 'Harrison.—Wingham Ativance•Times, Four Cattle Killed by Lightning Mr, Alex Moussean of the Second Concession, Hay, had the misfortune recently to have four fine head of cattle killed by lightning on his farm. The cattle were very close together when the bolt of lightning struck in the midst of the four, Reported Missing— Word has been received that Sgt. John Hntersoir;Meyer, a. bomber pilot In the Royal Canadian Air Force, was reported missing following air opera- tions on June ,25, The young pian was the only son of the Rey. F. 13. Meyer, of North Easthope and for- merly of Sebringville. He was born in Zur'iclt on October 9, 1919, and received his early education at the Dashwood public school, Later when the 'family moved to the Stratford district lie attended the Collegiate htstitute there. Following Itis gradua- tion he was employed for a time at a funeral home in London before ent- ering the armed forces in August 1940. He went overseas In October, 1941, Sgt. Meyer was married to Margaret Pletch, daughter of Mr and Mrs. L. H. Fletch, of Sebringville on July 5, 1941.—Zurich Herald, THURSDAY, J Ji_Y 9, 1942: am( this blow spade a sorryloolcing mess of the family bus.—Goderich Signal -Stat'. Arrives Overseas.. Worcs ]las been received in Exeter that Capt. D. C. am, chaplain with the Canadian Army, has just arrived safely overseas. Capt. Hill was the former minister at Cavan Presbyter- ian church at Exeter,' . Mrs. George H. Elliott of Clinton itas received a cable from her son, Leading Fireman Edward ..Elliott, of the Canadian Fire Fighter's for Great Britain, telling of his safe arrival overseas. , Will Report July 18th- M, J. Schoenitals, who. for the past few years has been customs and nat. conal revenue officer here has applied and been accepted in the service branch of the Royal Canadian Naval Volttnteet• Reserve and is ordered to report for duty on .July 13th. ' Mr, Schoenhals is a First Great War vet- eran. His son, R. J. (Bud) Schoen - hats 1$ already in the R.C.N.V.R. at London.—Clinton News -Record. Car Plunges Down Hill At Goderich- The next time William Burford, of Anderson ave., London, parks his oar on theedge 00 a bank, he will probably apply Itis emergency brake, He has had his lesson. Mr. Burford came to Goderich with his wife and fancily for a picnic, They chose the space off Cobourg street, overlooking the C.P,R, depot and yards, some seventy or eighty feet below, The car was brought to a halt only a few feet from the edge of the bank. Some driiters have a habit df doing that. All hands got .out and the women folk went about the business of spreading the picnic. There was a brisk wind blowing at the time. "Is that oar moving or just swaying?" William Campbell, a local painter standing nearby, asked himself. "By Jove, it's moving," he shouted, as the front wheels dropped over the edge. Burford, the owner, fairly jumped to- ward the car and did manage to get hold of a rear wheel, but he might Just as well have tried to dam Niag- ara Fulls. It was too late. Down the hill went the 1941 Dodge sedan. It ricocheted down the steep incline off boulders, stumps and clumps of trees, but never turned over. Its fenders and running boards were badly crumpled before it hit a tree head-on ten feet from the bottom, Prone a report of an early Commando raid in Libya led by Jbe son of Admiral Sir Roger Keyes. Keyes was killed in the action. MEN'S lives depend on the speed of Canadian plants MEN'S putting grenades in their hands. These plants in turn depend on the managers and engineers and sub -contractors who direct production of the teas of thousands of hand and rifle grenades which Canada stakes each month. To keep in touch with each other ... with suppliers ... with officials ... these men turn to the telephone a hundred times a day. Your unselfish use of the telephone will help them to get things done in a hurry. By observing "Wartime Telephone Tactics" and by, reducing the number and length of social i "eoa,F but unessential personal calls, you Civtarglavys clear other interlocking lines for Se.ae e e ,a;tl °, tolf/olds these messages that must get , itns0" through. raxa°e P. D, WILSOf WARTIME TELEPHONE TACTICS • BE SURE you have • BE BRIEF. Clear your the right number, con- line for the next call. cult the directory. • SPEAK distinctly, di- • USE OFF-PEAK hours rcctly into tine mouth, for' Long Distance calls: piece. before 9.30 a.m., 1-2 • ANSWER promptly pan, 5-7 pan., after 9 when the bell rings. Mete !Mugs may look trifling, bat on 6,500,000 daily telephone calls, they are eery tmportadh Hetherington -Jenkins— A marriage of much interested was solemnized at the home of the bride's uncle when Mar'gar'et Edith, only dau ghter of Mr, and Mrs, William T Jenkins, Blyth, was united in marri age to Mr. Geo, F. Hetherington, am of Mr, and Mrs. Chris Hetherington of Wingham, The ceremony was per formed by Rev. Arthur Sinclair. The t bride was given in Marriage by he. father. The matron of honor wa Mrs. Myrtle Murray, R.N., of Wing ham hospital staff. The groom was supported by Mr. Charles Mathers of Bluevale. Mr. A. E. Cook presided the piano. .A. reception was held nt the home of the bride's uncle. Assist ing at the table were Mrs, Leslie ' Hetherington, Miss Violet Thuell and Miss Olive Thompson. Following the reception the couple left for Toronto and St. Catharines, They will reside on the groom's farm in Morris Town- ship. Mrs. Hetherington was a mem ber of the 1939 graduating class of the Clinton Public Hospital. • ' s O]WA 1 VARY MRS. j' .,C. REINKE The funeral of the late. Mrs. Joint C. Reinke, who died • in Hamilton General Hospital on Tuesday, June 000h, took place at Seaforth on Fri- day, Rev, HughJack of ;First' Pres- byterian Church conducted the serv- ice with interment in Maitlandbank cemetery. The pallbearers were Ed- win Chesney, Hugh Chesney, W. .7, Finnigan, W. E. Hogg, James L. Grieve and Robert Grieve. Formerly Jean Bell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh J, Grieve, of Tuckerstnith, she was born in Mc- Killop sixty-five years ago. In 1904 she was married to John C. Reinke, who predeceased her nine years ago. Mrs. Reinke was a former resident. of Seaforth, prior to going to live with her daughter, ,Miss Dorothy Reinke. A member of First Presby- terian Church and the W.M.S. and Ladies' Aid, she was a faithful att- endant of all church organizations. Surviving is - one son, Ronald Reinke, Toronto, and onq daughter, Miss Dorothy Reinke, Hamilton, also two brothers,' Joseph Grieve, Grosse Isle, Michigan, and James Grieve, of Hannah, North Dakota. WILLIAM CHAPMAN William Chapman, Egmondville, died Wednesday, July 1.st, in his 74th year. Mr. Chapman was born in Tuckerstnith, the son of Mr, and Mrs. William Chapman, and lived there all his life until Itis retirement to Egmondville two years ago. He was of a quiet disposition and a high- ly respected citizen. In September, 1903, he was married to Miss Mary Wilson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Wilson of Tuckerstnith, who sur- wives, with two daughters, Mrs. Robs. McGregor and Mrs. Harold Jackson; one sister, Mrs. Arthur Caldwell, of Brucefield, and one brother; Thomas Chapman, Kipper. A private funer- al took place on Friday afternoon to I Maitlandbank cemetery at 2 p.m., Rev. A. W. Gardiner officiating. Harold N. Benneweis— Brodhagen community was sadden- ed on Saturday night when it was learned that seven-year-old Harold Norman Bennewies, son of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Benneweis (Adeline Messerschmidt) had passed away. He had been ill for the past five months. He was born on October 29, 1934, living one mile west of Brod- hagen village. He attended school for a few months but was unable to con- tinue. Surviving are his parents, a sister Jean, and three brothers, Wil- lard, Earl and Raymond. Following a private service in the home a public service was largely attended in St. Peter's Lutheran Church, Brodhagen, by relatives and friends from Ros- tock, Mitchell, Walton, Detroit, Dub- lin and Galt. The choir led in singing "What a friend we have in Jesus" and "Sae in the Arms of Jesus" with Mrs. George Mogk at the organ and the junior members of the Sunday School attending in a body sang the little lad's favorite hymn "I am Jesus' little lamb." Rev. Wrn. Schultz was 1n•charge. Beautiful Bowers were carried by Joyce and Dolores Mikel, Ruby, Bernice and Laurene Doerr, Hilda Eicknteyer, Gladys and Wilma Eicicnteyer and Mildred Benneweis and the pallbearers were Harold Eickneyer, Edward Benneweis, Nor- man Eggert, Edward Scherbarth, all cousins. Interment tools place in the adjoining cemetery.—Mitchell Advo- cate. Engagement— Mr. and Mrs. H. D, Davis, Mitchell, announce the engagement of their daughter, Aileen Allison, to Mr. Lockwood Merriman, of • Kitchfleld, ' Conn., son of Mrs. Poole Merriman, of Cambridge, Mass., the wedding to ' take place early in July at Ottawa. 1 Appointed Principal at Harrow • C. A. MacAlpine, teacher of math.' emetics and physical training for the past six and e half years at the Mitchell High School Inas resigned, having accepted a posilion as nitre'. pal of the Harrow High School In Essex County. Mr. MacAlpine is a graduate of Queen's University, Kingston, and had previous teaching experience at Stayeer and Blenheim -before moving to Mitchell where he has taken an active interest In the affairs of the community, also his wife, who with their little son !Jimmy will he missed there, Mr. and Mrs. MacAlpine Were members of Main St. United Church, Mitchell. Mistook Turkey for An Owl Although it is neither Christmas NOV Thanksgiving one family in the St. Helens district is living high this week. It happened this way, The young matt of the Mouse in company 1Gith a neighbor lad returned home one evening recently to find a large "owl" perched on top of a building nearby the chicken coop. Rushing to the house for his rifle he made a good shot and the bird toppled to the ground. Very cautiously he approach- ed, still expecting some stiff resist- ance from the bird only to find that the "owl" was his own innocent turkey hen:—Lucknow Sentinel. Stoker For Registry Office— An automatic stoker is to be in- stalled in the Registry Office at God- erich and"certain minor alterations are to be made to the heating sys- tem of the Court House. These de- cisions were made on Monday when Reeve T. C. Wilson, of Gray Town- ship, chairman of the property com- mittee of the County Council, visited Goderich and . met with a sub -com- mittee, to which the metiers had been referred with power to act. DUBLIN Mr. and Mrs. Lewis F. Williams and Mr. C. Bores, Wheeling, West Virginia, with Mr. and Mrs. Dan Williams, Rev. William Nigh, C.S.B., Hous- ton, Texas, with Mr. and Mrs. John Walsh. Miss Mary Ryan and Miss Jean Jordan have secured employment for the summer months in London. Miss Irene Donnelly, Goderich, is spending her vacation with her par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Donnelly. Miss M. O'Reilly, Detroit, with Mr and Mrs. Thomas J. Molyneaux. The War Services Association quilted a quilt at the club rooms on Thursday. Word was received here of the death of Michael Dyer, a former res- ident of this district, in Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. William Devereaux, Rev. W. J. Devereaux, Misses Virg- inia and Mary I{atherine Devereaux, of Chicago, with Mr. and Mrs. D. McConnell and Mr. and Mrs, Joseph Carpenter. Miss Irene O'Rourke and Mr, El- win Young, Toronto. with Mr. and PJ:rs. Joseph O'Rourke. Mrs. William Durst, Wroxeter, with her parents, Mr, and Mrs, A. Forster. Miss Florence Smith, Kippen, is spending her vacation at her hone. Mrs. William Sniith underwent a tonsil operation at Seaforth clinic on Monday. Mrs, A. Forster spent the week at Markdale. Mr, •and Mrs, Gene Giroux, Thor- old, with Mr, and Mrs, Dan Costello and other relatives. Miss Marie ICrauskopf, London, With her parents, Mi'.'and Mrs, Louis Krauskopf, Miss Ursula Itrauakopf returned from Toronto to accept the position of night operator at the telephone Office. ..,air-conditioned comfort train TO THE WEST DIRECT SERVICE WINNIPEG SASKATOON: EDMONTON JASPER VANCOUVER VICTORIA Gig en route. . JASPER PARK LODGE JUNE t; AUGUST NI MINAKJ LODGE JUNE Is — AUGUST 1, °t. ill CANADIAN NATIONAL High School Entrance Results '" GODERICH CENTRE First-class Honors (75%or ntore)— Pati'ioi'a 'Church, James Donnelly, John Erskine, Paul Gillespie, Barbara Henry, Sheila Hill, Dorothy Holmes, Kathleen Holmes, Christine Leish- man, Alan Mcliaye, Eleanor Martin, William Newcombe, Murray Oliver, Peter Patterson, James Reynolds, John Schanz, Donald 'Scott, Patricia Slnhe't; • 'Fred' ' 'S,tolies,' • Mary , Joyce Strachnt, Elizabeth Taylor, Second-class' Honors' (70 'to T4%)— William Baechler, Ronald 'Beattie, Virginia Chase, Doris Culbert, Ruth Fisher, Jnue Garrick; Jas. P. Graham, Mary Graham, Harold Harvey, Marie Hawkins, Leonard McGee, Christina c1Vlillan, William Vickers, Earl 'yoMung. Pass (60 to 69%)—Helen Aileen head, Joyce Astles, Donald Baxter, Thelma Bennett, Marjorie Black, El- gin Boyce, Madeline Chisholm, Marg- aret Crich, Marilyn Culp, James Do- herty, Joint Doherty, Noreen Dren- nan, Wanda Duckworth, Noreen, Fisher, June Fritzley, Audrey Ginn, John Graf, Dorothy Hardy, Katherine Hill, George Holland, Romona Jen- kin, Winona Jenkin, Isabel Kernighan, Eaine Lamb, John MacDonald, Nancy McArthur, Villa McCreight, James McPhee, Maitland Montgomery, Mary Murphy, John Needham, Brent Nel- son, John Schaefer, Francis Schram. Passed under the provisions of Re- gulation 10 (5) of the High School Entrance Regulations—Winston Astle, Harold Sheardown, Phyllis Steels, Howard 'White. The Robert Park memorial medals I were won by Sheila Hill, Central School, and Donald Scott, Victoria School. BAYFIELD CENTRE .First-class Honors (75eS or more) —Annabelle Leitch, Marion Peck, Mary Reid, Mary Talbot, Beverley York. Second-class Honors (70 to 74%)— Doris Penhale, Jean Rau. Pass (60 to 09%)—John Elliott, Patrick Graham, Doris Reid, Reta Young, 'Vincent Young. CLINTON CENTRE First-class Honors (755 or more)— Doreen Armstrong, Betty Brunsdon, Hazel Coleman, Margaret Colquhoun, Carman Dale, George Durham, Jean; Elliott, Elinor Glew, Audrey Graelis, Donald Haddy,, William Hanly, Will- iam Hearn, : Ardyss Inkley, Robert Irwin, James Jackson, Eleanor Johns, Douglas MacDonald, Ross MacDonald, Lois Middleton, Robert Miller, GUI! - lord Snyder. Second-class Honors (70 to 74%a)— Lois Fowler, Marie Holland, Joseph Potter, Fred TLtorndike, Geraldine 'White. Pass (60 to 69°4) — Rose Arnold, Annie Ball, Jean Paul Denotntne, Roger Garen, Eldon Gliddon, Melvin Graham, Wesley Holland, Walter Jervis, Ena Johnston, Grace Lawson, John MacDonald, Donald McNeil, Donald Middleton, Gordon Mustard, Nadia Pocock, Maty Ellen Prost, William Riehl, .Tames Snell, Grace Steep, Kenneth Vodden, Ray 'Wise, Passed under the provisions of Re- gulation 10 •(5)—Clifford Cooper, BLYTH CENTRE Firetrclass Honors (75% or more)— Leonard Archambault, Roy Buchanan, Donald Morritt, Robert Vokes. Second-class Honors' (70 to 74%)— Kenneth Brigham, Donald Cowan, Verne Pollard, Joyce Rath, Pass (60 to 60e4)- Gordon Beadle, Velma Hesk, Milton McCool, Roberta MGVittie, Keith Merritt, Alexander Netltery, Jeanette Snell, Kenneth. Staples, Lloyd Walsh, Harvey Wiglit- nian, Roy Young, The straightforward young woman believed in telling the truth, She married a very sentimental young. man. "My darling", he said, "surely I cannot be worthy of you." "Olt, of course not," she answered, "but when a girl's been twenty-three for six years, she Would be silly to be too particular, wouldn't she?"