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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance Times, 1933-11-09, Page 1Fr Single Copies Five Cents With Which is 'Amalgamated The Goxrie Vidette and: Wroxeter .News. WINGHAM, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9th, 1933 Subscriptions $2.00 Per Teat: DOLLAR DAYS VERY SUCCESSFUL Many Carne Long Distance to Take Advantage of Sale. Twin Dollar Days, that big selling event put on by the merchants last Friday. and Saturday, teas most sue- •cessful. People of this district were present in 'large numbersto partici- pate in this big selling event: It was thoroughly demonstrated on these -days that Wingham -with its stores lap -to -date with large stocks of mer- chandise, is the logical shopping cen- etre. There were $35:00 in prizes given .away as well as many special prizes. 'The winners were as follows: 1st, $5.00 -Mrs. R. Deyell, Wing hart. 2nd, $4,00 -Miss Barber, White- -church. 3rd; $3.00—Mrs, F. Wright, Wrox- -eter. 4th, $2.50—Mrs. D. Rae, Wingham'. ;5th, $2.50-A. J. Ferguson, Auburn. 6th, $2,00 -Mrs, Wilds, Wingham. 7th, $2.00 -Miss Evelyn Edgar, Wingh'ana. 8th, $2.00 -Mrs. H. Carrick, Wing - ham. 9th; $2.00—Mrs: Wm, H. Mundell, Gleno n.. nna 10th $1,50—Mrs, Jas, Adams, Wing - ham. lith $1.50—Mrs. Bondi, Wingham, 12th $1.00—Mrs. W. Greer, Wing - ham. 13th $1.00—Miss Peggy .McDonald, Lucknow. 14th $1.00—Mrs. A. Wilson, Wing - 'ham., 16th $1.00 -Miss Wingham. 17th $1.00—Mr. Fred Webb, Luck- . -now. 18th $1.00—Mrs John Homuth, Wingham. The above prizes niay be collected from Mr. H. E. Isard, Treasurer of .the Retail. Merchants' Association. Winners of Special Store Prizes: -Walker Stores, Limited, Congoleum Rug 9x9, won by Jessie Holmes, of Bluevale. Burk's. Ladies' Wear, $3.95 Dress, won by Mrs. Wm. McGill, Lucknow. Gibson's Bakery, '30 Bread Tickets, won. by A^ R DuVal, Wingham, King Bros., Pair of White Lambs Wool Blankets, won by Jas. McTav- ish, Bluevale. H. E. Isard & Co., Satin Bound All "Wool Blanket, won by Miss Johns, Wingham; Fancy Rayon Bedspread,. won by Mrs. G. O. Thornton, Blue- vale; A Table or Sideboard Drape, -won by Mrs. Fred McPherson, Tees- -water. McKibbou's Drug Store, Beautiful "Gardenia" Toilet Set, won by Geo: .T3. Fowler. Louise Breen, River Frozen Over The cold snap of ,Sunday was so severe that it formed a thin coating -of ice over the river. ..Hospital 'Donation Day Every fall the citizens of Wingham -and vicinity are asked to contribute scanned fruit and pickles, raw fruit and vegetables for the Wingham Hospital This •d'ollection will be made by the 'Women's Auxiliary to the Hospital on Tuesday and Wednesday, Nov. 14 •.and 15, Your donations will be call- ed for and it is hoped the contribt- -tions will be • as liberal as possible. "The Hospital is also in great need of a sewing machine, if any person has a second-hand machine that could be given, it would' be ,most gratefully ac- cepted. -'YOUN MEN APPEAR BEFORE MAGISTRATE As an aftermath of a charivari held ,near Bluevale eat'ly Tuesday horning, • October 31st, twelve young men ap- peared before Magistrate Reid, of 'Goderich, in Police Court here; Tues- -day morning. It appearsithat a num- ber of young men of Bluevale dis- h to " `trict on the above .date set out to charivari Mr, and Mrs, Fred Churchill of near Bluevale, and during the de- monstration the doors were forced, two crack- ed, the glass inw windows c ck ed, On being ordered off the prem- ,ises a mix-up occurred and Mr, Chur- chill received a cut on the head. Four of these young men were let off . by the Magistrate and the other eight were remanded attd will appear before him here on We 1 iesclay nioro- Ing, Nov, 15th at '10 o'clock, Al eightchar ed with doing All are g t ;damage to property, onwith t It assault doing bodily harm, and one tv it t 1 corn- on assault; FELL AND WAS .. BADLY HURT On Tuesday afternoon last week, about 5.30, Kenneth Johnson, eleven - year -old son of Mr. and Mrs. Murray Johnson, went down town on a mes- sage for his mother. He tripped and. fell on the sidewalk in front of . St. Andrew's Church and bit his tongue, severing 'an artery. . He bled profusely and it took two stitches to close the wound and stop the flow of blood. For some time after the ac- cident Kenneth was very weak from loss of blood and it was feared a transfusion would be necessary. This was not : necessary, however, and he gotalongas well as could be expect- ed after such a terrible loss of blood, BADMINTON LADIES ELECT COMMITTEES A meetingof the ladies of the Bad- minton Club was held in the Armour- ies on Thursday evening, November 2nd, to . select members to represent them on the Committees of the Club. The men of the club had< previously elected their members to the commit- tees. ommittees. The following were elected: Executive Committee—Mrs. J: H. Crawford, Miss Agnes s MacLean and Mrs, F. A. Parker. . . ar Social Committee—Mrs. A. M. Bi- shop, Mrs. George Smith, Mrs. G. L. Bracknebury, Mrs. O: Thompson, Miss Doris Fells and Miss Sara Mac- Lean. It was decided to hold an afternoon tea each Monday afternoon at four o'clock. The first of these teas will be held November 20th. Away to Florida Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Crawford and Kenneth, left by motor last Thurs- day for Florida and as has been their custom, will spend the winter there. Save On. Winter Coats at Isard's A few of Women's veld Girls' Coats left over from Dollar Day to be clear- ed at :$1,95; $2,95, $3.95, $4,95. All are Fur trimmed. To see them is to buy them, • Special Cash Prices for Nov, 11th Pork Sausages, -2 lbs, 25c; `Fresh Side Pork in piece 12c ib.; Shoulder Roast of Fresh Pork 12c ib.; Good. Rolled Roast of Beef 14c lb:; Should- er Roast of Beef 10c and 12c alb.—. Thos. Field & Co. • Operated on: in Saskatoon Hospital Word was, received Thursday by Mr. and Mrs, W. J. Pringle, 9th of Turnberry, that their daughter, Jean, (Mrs. Wm. • Fretwell) of Saskatoon, underwent a, serious operation in the Saskatoon City _Hospital,' We, are pleased to report that word has since been received that she is showing im- provement. ra Militia Dance Very Successful The dance in the Armouries last Friday night, sponsored .by B. Com- pany of, the Huron Regiment, was a most successful i and enjoyable one, The crowd exceeded the expectations of those in charge who appreciated this patronage, The music, which was supplied by Hammond's Orchestra, made a decided hit, and many were of the opinion that a similar dance should be held again soon, Goforth Mission Band The regular Meeting of the Goforth Mission Band 'of St, Andrewas Pres- byterian Church, was held on Thurs- day evening, at the home of Mrs. A,' E. Lloyd, ; There was a splendid at- tendance. . Following the usual busi- ness period, Mrs, Thos. Drake and Miss Agnes _ Williamson gave papers on the Indian Schools of Western Canada. After the devotional exer- cises the meeting vi*as brought to a close and lunch was served. Then members then spent an hour ie. sew- ing. ARMISTICE SILENCE Suspension of all velticttlar traffic for two minutes at 11 a,m. on Arm- istice Day was requested iii a mess- age sent out by Hon. C. H. Cable, The Secretaryof State. e fol- lows: g lows: "His Majesty the King has ap- proved of arrangements whereby two minutes' silence will be observed throughout the British Common- wealth at 11 o'clock in the forenoon of Remembrance Day, Nov. 11, and, aecot•dingly, Dominion, Provincial 'and Municipal authorities' are asked to arrange for the suspension of all ve- hicular traffic 'during those two min- utes, utcs, but railway and rvate • t transport will not be .suspended." 3 5 5 3 a 5 ' 9movl:I!11•L�-4'.l!Amit4�!gA!/ !lill�/ryl•�l �•/J l• �! •.lV.94,AmJtiv/@,sm,%k"Ap;lsl.m a , Vim/ Vim/ lArtmovv,,9/1 VETT/ A• v Honor Their courage Honor Their Memory Again the hands of Time draw nigh that fateful hour of 15 years ago when a war-torn world ceased its hostilities. In conEunenlor ation of which sacred event it is your dutyand my duty at 11 a.m., on Remembrance Day, Saturday, Nov. llth, to face the East in solemn silence. And from the depths of our hearts send up a prayer of undying- gratitude to those heroes who gave their all for human- ity's sake. . . . . . . . . . 1 .... ............... ..p.,,,,.,,L.,gnn.,,,,,,,,,N,,,,,,UI,n.,.. n,l„u,,,,.,,,.1,",,.,,,,,np . IUI„l,.,U,l"i nui„lunU • Attend the Memorial Service at Cenotaph, Saturday, Nov. 11th Buy and Wear a Poppy Friday and Saturday, November 10th - llth y nesse t rnareear•oraleteitri •efee.rani•tiivesiY•ARIiYRralQr•YAr•atioa tnair'\Utrio• era r treeeiwo 4 le REV. HAYES SPEAKS ,. LOCAL STUDENT TO BRUCE DEANERY WINS SCHOLARSHIP Sugests More Training in Worship Scoring A. Y. P. A. programs pre- pared at conventions as being suitable only for large city churches, Rev. Er- nest Hayes, Wingham, suggested to. over 200 young people representing the deanery of Bruce at its autumn meeting in the parish hall of the Church of the Messiah, Kincardine, on Thursday, that a program with a definite aim; based along lines fol- lowed by the Boy Scout movement would be much more suitable to their needs. With young people the cream. of church ' life, Mr. Hayes . claimed that there was too little worship in their meetings, and urged training in worship for A. Y. P. A. members. The rally was the largest in ' the history of, the deanery, with Pine River, Kincardine, Kinlough, Walk- erton, Tara, Port Elgin, Southamp- ton, Ripley, Paisley, Lucknow, Allan Park, Hanover and Chesley repre- sented. Successful Masquerade iCCts el' was A verysticcessful masquerade adc q held in St. Augustine last Friday. Costume prizes were won by Miss' Angela Gibbons, J. P. Gibbons and A. Plunkett. `re n in gg Play at Eluevale P se t Ethel nitecChurch Young ;People are presenting the play "Closed Lips” in Ebenezer Church on Friday even- ing,Nov, 10th, at 8 .ni. Admission � p AdultS 25c; Children 15e. Rev. A. V. Robby Pastor, • Principal G. L. Brackenbury of the High School received word Wednes- day morning that Miss E. Jean Web- ster, who passed her Upper School examinations this summer had won the Carter 'Scholarship. This scholarship is open to Upper school pupils who attend High school in Huron County and the pupils must write 10 subjects, one of which is En- glish, also two Mathematics.. Alexander G. McVicar of Goder- ich, came second and Mary I. Hous- ton of Goderich, third. The prizes for this scholarship are each, 1st, $100 2nd, $60; 3rd $40. REMEMBRANCE DAY OBSERVANCE. NOV. 11 A Memorial Service willbe held again this year at the Cenotaph un- der the auspices of the Wingham Post No. 180 of the Canadian Legion, The Wingham Citizens' Band, ,Civic Offic- ials, Veterans, Members of Fraternal Organizations, Societies, etc,, also B. Regiment, of the Huron Re will Company g . assemble at the 'Arntouries at 10.15 a,tn, "Falb In" will be called at 10,30 sharp and march off,at 10.45 to the Cenotaph. BARN ON LUCKNOW ROAD BURNED Large Barn Containing Implements, Hay and Grain, All Lost The large barn 40x50' feet, and a straw shed 85x40 feet on John Webb's farm, four miles from town on the Lucknow road, were completely des- troyed by fire Monday evening. It was between 830 and 9' o'clock that Mr. Webb went to the barn to do the chores as he had been to Wingham after supper to get a plow point. He hung the lantern on a nail that had been used for this purpose for twenty years, and in somet accouhtable way, the lantern fell, hi ting a projection, and fell into soma, straw. The fire', spread instantaneo xsly and he was un- able to stop it. Neighbors were soon on the scene but could do nothing. As the wind was blowing away from the house it was not damaged. In the barn were two horses and two calves the' were removed, but the followin 'PPnthe barn were des- troyed.: � ', seed ed: ha � �. mower, drill, troy y , ,, ,, fel sin; hay rake,,I heottielow, cement mixer; hay y f. or }arJQ } m ill, 1500 500 bushels ushels of tr rlsor riatf hay, 30 hens and pn't r� Riem�ttislesra.tiTceh.eloss is ,tcdent '�� ,y ,raises ai rie Major• H. C. MacLean, M.C.; Pres 1 .°itiap:,:oakecrl,taoirfmGa � i ho� tth Paving idem of Win&iatti Poser CanadiatiIl� t tatilwiemb a acee Bion, willbe'incharge+ thepar ' witeni'l an tic- .. � .The Veterans wi11 wear ;).tufo,• odegive alt an lie cs o� . tee of �I7ttffel. . decorations, 4 eor o G to service at tate r t of a late r a o' p r 1 tri.. Every individual taking pa trs / n open n ri �h �e �a of<l Macatt'i parade or attending the ce/ c'�s Xtr p f.ternoon arts to o�c Highways rrf'� requested to rvear;a Poppy.afro, confirming :d last week that ;t r Afternoon DR. O. C. J. W ITHRO W TO SPEAK HERE Dr, O,C. J. Withrow who comes to Wingham Town Hall on Nov, 23rd, 1933, is a Canadian, e. product of our rural and city schools and the Uni- versity of Toronto with Post Gradu- ate studies in London, Eng. He is a Physician and Surgeon, having paid special -attention to Sociology and Psychiatry. He served with the Can- adian Army. Medical Corps during the Great World War and lectured to the Canadian troops across Canada. He was the author of the Manhood Ser- ies of Booklets of which nearly a million copies were printed and dis- tributed. His incarceration in Kings- ton Penitentiary for ings-ton,Penitentiaryfor thirty months out of a seven year sentence gave him an opportunity to view from the inside conditions in the prison which made himdetermine to tell the Canadian public, the whole story when the pro- per: time arrived. His articles in the daily press have been gathered into book form under the totle "SHACK- LING THE TRANSGRESSOR." TOWN LEAGUE • OFFICERS ELECTED At a meeting of hockey fans held Thursday the Council Chamber T lx y ev- ening 'officers of the Town League were elected as follows: Chairman—Ed. Williams. Sec.-Treas.—H. Garlick. Exec. Committee—M. Johnson, E. Webster, Mr. Bigelow, J. McMichael. Each team entered will have a member on the Executive. This lea- gue should create a lot of excitement and there is a possibility that a cup will be donated to the league. Fur Coat Display You are invited 'to Isard's store, on Friday and Saturday of this week, where a large range of Women's Fur coats will be shown by a reliable firm. Buy your Fur Coat now at a .Big Saving. _ Car Shipped to West On Saturday a car load of provis- ions was shipped from the C.P.R. sta- tion to Webb, Sask. The car contain- ed about 15 tons of food stuffs and, no doubt, will be most welcome when it reaches its destination. 'Apples from . Auburn and Clinton districts were included in this shipment. Whirlwind Nine -Day Grocery Sale. Read our advertisement. Red Front Grocery. WEDDINGS Dixon - McLeod On Friday, October 28th,a quiet wedding was solemnized at 752 Log- an Avenue, Toronto, when Mrs. Mary MacLeod, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ezekiel Hodgkinson, of 4th conces- sion, ,Huron, was united in marriage to Mr. Carl Vanstone Dixon, only son of Mr. and 14;,;s, Thomas Dixon,: of Wingham• .The ceremony was per- formed by Rev. F. E. Powell, of To- ronto, The bride was becomingly at- tired in blue crepe trimmed with sil- ver beads. She carried a bouquet of roses. The bride's travelling costume included a wine colored crepe dress, trimmed with chiffon velvet, a blue diagonal cloth coat with grey wolf fur collar, gunmetal shoes and hose and grey hat and gloves, • The newly-weds .left immediately on a honeymoon trip to Detroit and other points, On their return they will reside on the groom's farm, north of Wiingham. COUNTY VETERANS' CHURCH PARADE The War Veterans. of Huron Coun- ty will hold their annual Church Par- ade here next Sunday afternoon at 2,30 o'clock, The parade will fall in at the Town Park at 2 o'clock and will march to St. Andrew's Presby- terian Church ,where the .service will be held. The speaker for this serv- ice will be Colonel the Rev. William D,D. C,M.G V I� ....of Lon- don, e, , don whose war time services earned hint two promotions in the field. He was also mentioned in. Sir Douglas Haig's despatches and was invested at Buckingham Palace by the King as Corttpan o ti i of the Order of. St. Mi- chael and St. George, cordially public are invited to, attend this service but are asked to kindly refrain fromfromententeringthe churchchurchuntil the parade has taken their seats. COUNCIL HELD SHORT SESSION Norrunation Day Monday, Nov, 27th, Election Day, December 4th The regular meeting of the Town Council was held in the Council Chamber on Monday evening at 8 o'clocic. All members were present except Coun, Gilmour, His Worship Mayor Willis occup- ied the chair. • The minutes of the last regluar meeting and special meeting were read and approved. A. communication was received from the Seaforth, Branch of the Can- adian Legion asking thai • November 11th" (Remembrance Day) be observ- ed all day. As the Retail Merchants' Associa- tion had already decided to close up - to ,1 p.m., Nov. 11th, and open the balance of the day, nothing was done re this matter. A letter was read from the Wing - ham Construction Co., offering to fill and level the east side of Josephine St. from: the town limit to the black smith shop to conform with the road. work done on Highway No. 4, at a cost of 34c a yard. There is about 275 feet thatq euir. r s this work. � r Moved by Reeve 1flcTi.tbban,: sec- onded by Coun. Wilkinson, that the Council accept the proposition' of the Wingham Contruction Co., to supply earth and fill in the east side of Jo- sephine St., north of Highway No. 4, about 275 feet, if satisfactory terms can be arranged. Same to be left in the hands of the Street Committee. A letter was read from Mr. John Gibbons requesting that Council pay bill of $18.00 for blocking of sewer on Kehoe property on Patrick St, Following' discussirrn this matter was referred to the Street Commit tee. "' The Finance Committee reported a number of accounts properly certified and recommended payment.' Moved by Coun. Elliott and Wil- kinson that .report of the 'Finance: Committe be adopted. Carried. 'Coun. Davidson reported that the Street Committee had used about five barrels of tar on the cracks of the pavement and other routine work carried out. He also reported that cellar drain on Victoria Street was plugged and that sand hadbeen plac- ed in the cellar of the hall for winter use on the icy sidewalks. Coun. Baker reported that he hac order the loose tin on the fire hall tower to be nailed down and this would be done immediately. By-law no. 1050, authorizing nom- inations for the election of Mayor, Reeve, Municipal Councillors, mem- bers of the School Board and a mem- ber of the Utilities Commission, was read and adopted on motion of Coun. Wilkinson and Hanna. Nominations will be held on Monday, November 27th ,and an election, if necessary, on Monday, December 4th. The polls will be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Reeve McKibbon brought up the matter of relief work, but nothing was done in this regard at present. Mayor Willis extended to the Council on behalf of the Wingham Post of the Canadian Legion, an in- vitation to attend the service at the Cenotaph on Remembrance Day, No- vember llth. Council decided to join this parade as usual, and also to pur- chase a wreath to be placed on the Cenotaph. . The natter of outstanding taxes was taken up, the arrears are as fol- lows: 1931 $327.83; 1932 $3262;99, toe tal $3600.82. The Mayor reported that a large number of transients are using the ac- commodations at the Town Hall. These men are supplied with slipper,' bed and breakfast, and if they arrive in the morning are given dinner. Af- ter being so supplied, they must move on to another town. Local l relief also. carte up for dis- elusion, but no definite plan was ad- opted at this tweeting. Council then adjourned and will meet again on November 15th, for. a statutory meeting. BUY A POPPY made been b t have Arrangenten s y. the local Post of. the Canadian 1...eg- ion to have the ]soy Scouts sell pop- pies for them this year. On Thurs- day and Friday' after four part, the Semite will canvas the homes in town. and on Saturday they will continue the sale of poppies. Asthe proeeeds of the stile of poppies are titled for charitable lt,ttrposes for local vc.trratts .: 1 generous the ptiblir, are asltccl to,bc as as possible.