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OriT 'r1-1URSDAY NOVE1VIBEr 6th, 1924
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-CEASE FIRING!" Sb years ago next Tuesday at eleven o clock, those momentous words resounded over the.
almost unending battlefronts of that aay. Almost instantly,' the battlefields reverbrated, the thundering hurrahs
of the fighting men who had conquered in their struggle to preserve the peace of the Universe.
The four winds caught the unfettered 'spirit of rejoicing and carried it to the
corners of the earth. And the whole world joined in a tumultuous expression of
• joy and gratitude for from the War's Caldron of Sorrow. The Day
was aflarne with the thrill of Victory'—theVictory of Peace!
On this Armistice Day of 194, let us—Citizens of Vingham—commernor-
ate that glorious Day by observing next Tuesday in •a fitting manner. Letus
play the Flag at our homes and places of business—in honor ofthose valiant liv-
ing and dead who fought for the honor of their Country and for the protection of
our homes and loved ones.
,And, let us pay added respect to those sleeping boy who so unselfishly
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made the Supreme Sacrifice—by giving them one minute of reverent silence at el-
even o'clock. Let us show the world that—
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• The monument corner is now look-
ed on with pride by all the citizens
of Wingliam and not a few strangers
pass complimentary remarks about
the splendid monument and, the won-
derful site at the intersection of five
-main streets., Last week the shrubs
were'planted as a background and no
tBoubt will greatly a'dcl to the appear-,
aance of 'the already neat grounds. •
• The memb-ert of the Women's Pat-
• riotic Society have perchased a couple
of very -neat electric light clusters,
which are mounted on attractive .pil-
lars set on cement bases a few yards
in front of the nidnurnent and about
ten yards apart. A suitably= engraved
bronze memorial plate will be placed
on eath. pillar. The.inseriptions read:
"In proud memory 1914-1918, erect-
ed by Women's Patriotic Society, of
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the town of Wingharn.'
These pillars and lights will cost
the Women's Patriotic Societyin the
neighborhood. of $300. The
put aside this inoney which, they earn-
ed while actively engaged in patriotic •
work while the war was on. They
had always .intended it for to be used.
in some such manner, and they are to
be commended for their splendid tri-
bute which Will so assist in beautify-
ing the war memorial.
The lights will be turned on for the
first time ow Armistice Day, Tuesday,
Nov., Itth.
The ladies of the Wingham Patriot-
ic Society did a noble work while the
war was on and it is only right and
fitting that they shotild have this
splendid part to play it the brighten-
ing up and beautifying of the memor-
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ial to out,. brave who are now peace:,
fully sleeping. •• '
Broke His Arm „ , • •
Mr. Joe Austin, Son -of Mr. and Mrs.
William Austin, Turnberry, met with .
an unfortunate accident. His' team
ran away and he was thrown off the
• tank on which he was sitting, break'-
ing Ms arm,
Thank Offering Meting
• The W. M. S. of St Andrew's PreS-
byterian Church will hold' their an-
nual Thank Offering meeting on Wed-
• nesday, Nov. t2th, at 2.3o p. in, Mrs.
Morrison of Point Aux Tremble will
speak to the ladies. The regular
tneeting on Nov. /9, will be included
with the Thank Offering meeting It
is hoped that all our own, ladles will
attend. • •
Store Front Remodelled
'Messrs. R. Isard St Co. hate
greatly remodelled their gent's furn-
iahlrig store. ' Mr. W, H, Rintotil and.
staff lmve ptit in a new front, taking
• out the old centre window and the
two doors at 'each side; and replac-
lug them by, two large deep plate
glass windows and a doorway in the
centre, Isard's stores • have now a
,most up-to-date appearance.
Mr, L. Groliotsky has moved to
ti Is rd house on the Diagonal Road.
Minting .Party Away
Wingham men who -are in New On-
tario hunting deer at present are,
• Messrs. Mex, Crawford, Geo. McEw-
en., Geo, McKay, Donald Rae, David
Fortune, W. 3. Boyce and Dr. Iiarrib-
ly,
' Use Everybodys Column
Readers of The Advance -Times will
find the Everybodys Column on page
4 each week. This little "for sale"
column has become a most interest-
• ing one and each week selis many ar-
ticles which have been in the way itt
some hone and are much in demand
• elsevvhere. Farms change • hands
through this column, lost articles are
returned to their owners and crowds
are directed to concerts, auction sales, •
etc. The price of miblication o/ ad-
vertisements in this °column is so re-
asonable that it is a wonder that more
people •clo not make use of it. The .
• charge is ag cents per issue for any
advertisement of five linea and under.
• The average advertisement in Every-
bodys .costs 25 cents. If you live in
the country and have a small article
for sale we will make arrangements'
to store it until sold, while the adver-
tisement is running. These little ads
will be read just as readily on page
4 as they were on page a
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Prairie Roacii Completed ••
The road out of Winghain to the
south over the prairie bridges has
been greatly improved and widened:
The work was . in charge of Mr. Gib.
Gillespie and 'reflects credit on both
him and the gang of men. The old
broken fences have been: replaced bY
• strong cables strung through strong
white posts. This piece of road has
• been not only an eye sore but a de-
trimmit 7,0 the people of Winghain be-
cause of its being so rough and nar‘•
row. Reeve Mcaibbon.•.did a good
work whet he get: the county.council
ntojetgo ahead with .the work this sum-
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An All Horne. Print
• Readers of The Advance -Times will
notice a difference in the size and
make upof their paper this week.
While the `paper at first glimpse ap-
pears to be smaller; yet we trust our
• readers will appreciate our efforts to
give then a better and more readable
paper. We have discontinued the pa-
tent inside pages, which were of lit-
tle or no value as news, and in future
we will publish the entire paper in our
- office. It will be our endeavor to
make every page worth while. Read-
ing matter of local interest will be
found oa every page an we will print
eight and often ten pages, as our
news and advertising matter warrants.
• Do not stop reading when you look
at the front page but look on through
the paper. The newiest and most up-
to-date weekly papers received at our
desk are six column, all home print
We take pleasure in presenting to
our readers our first all home print
paper and would respectfully reqttest
everyone to call us up, telephone 34,
and tell tis of any visitors you may
have or if you have been away visit-
ing acqttaintances.
We avotild like to secure country
correspondents from every direction
within a radius of twenty miles.
A. newspaper is the mirror which. re -
fleets the prosperity of any community
and it is by the newspaper that most
s places are judged by strangers,
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The Fires In Greenock Swamp
Drive Bears and Deer Out
Forest fires in the Greenock.swamp,
the ta,000 acre tract in Bruce Catin-
ty, spread rapidly with the high wind
Saturday and already acres of fine
timber have been destrw.e4; with a
loss estimated, approximately at $500-
000. The location of the worst blaze,
is on the 8th concession of Greenock,
miles west of Cargill. There a:e
Soo volunteer workers engaged in
fighting through heat and. smoke the
worst forest fire in the history of
Bruce County, while many others are
protecting the farm buildings:. ib the
vicinity of the fire: Rain s urgentiy
needed to help the situation.
Fandlies in the fire region spent an
. anxious night. Women: andi children
remained up all night. ready to leave
their homes in case of: danger. Mind-
ful of the predictiOnoften made by
many old residents, of the locality,
• if a bad fire broke.outiiii. the Greenock
swampit,wouldi sweep' the entire dis-
trict within 24 hours, residbnts of Cala
gill were also greatly alarmed.
Following ,the destruction of one of
the big lumber camps on Fridaynight,
farmers commenced. plowing around.
their farms on Saturday in aneffort
to check the fire. This did not do
much good, as it only checked the
glass fire,
The fire fig -liters' were greatly hamp-
ered yesterday. by the dense smoke,
which, driven b,y the wind, almost suf-
focated thena
Fanned:by the wind, the flames il-
luminated the sky so much. last night
that it could be seen at a distance of
40 miles, Many thousands of people
visited the scene of the fire; on Sim -
day. The road's leading to: ,the 8th
concession were blocked with motor '
tiaffic all day.. •
Mr. and. Mrs. Caslick and others liv-
ing in, the -vicinity of . the ata.lps, just
north of Whighard, have seen a big
black bear sauntering 'around. Deer
are common, sights around the vicini-
ty these days. • ]it s supposed that
the animals are driven from the
swanip by the fires. ,.
Thanksgiving; And' Armistice
Armistice Day throughout Canada
will be observed next Monday simul-
taneously with Thanksgiving Day,
There will not be two holidays.
The celebrations will be joint, except
that on the actual anniversary of the
Armistice—this year,. next Tuesday --
there will be two minutes of suspend-
ed activity and silence at eleven
' o' dock:
Former Wingham Tailor
The dailies of Oct, 3oth., contain an
account of the inquest at Waterfotd
into thedeath of W. H. Morris, a
journeyman tailor,' whose body was
covered with grass and loaves behitid
the freight shed at Waterford on the
morning of October Lath. The jury
found that death was due to acute al-
coholism, „brought on by drinking
catior supplied by Gustavus Silverthorn
who has since fled to parts unknown.
Morris was, about forty years ago,
a merchant tailor in Winghate and he
afterwards went to live in Lucknow.
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The Late James Wightman
There passed away in East Wawa -
nosh on Monday, Nv. 3rd., James C. aa
R. Wightman, aged 79 years and 8
months. Deceased'came t� East Wa-
wanosh in 1867 from Addington. In.
1875 he went west to Fort Garry, be-
fore it was Winnipeg, &and there he
taught school for abotft‘twenty-eight
years: He later purchased an Orange
Grove in California, where he lived
for about seventeen years, and returti-,,
ed to Wawanosh about six years ago.
About twelve years ago Mr. Wight -
man passed away, They had no fami-
ly and the late Mr. Wightman has
made his home with his brother John.
When quite ,a young man he met
with an, unfortunate accident when he
lost his right hand in a threshing ma-
chine, which he tripped on when walk-
ing around it to oil a squeek.
Besides his brother John he is sur-
vived by his brother William of East
Wawaeosh and sister, Mrs. Thos.
Dougall of Elgin, Man. In religion
he was a Presbyterian and the fun-
eral 'Was 1101d, to Brandon cemetery cm
Wednesday afternoon.