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Et.T. 1NE, 0,11 •ETEE .roz t•-•EilE PEIE .E•E•Eli EIE!.1 EE•11, :EEE,j,EE lEiEE'•• ,E•E•ri.E' EE11,,,y IEEEA''E E,EEEJ.,•• E4E'EEEE !JET, EE.EEIE EEEEEE. 111E:•; "PEA 'En EE,!EN EgE",1 '1E1E1E' •,E •, 1:4 •: EEO Single•Cop• ies, Five Cettts. 4,4 • , 41 Sala, rrieStS, OriT 'r1-1URSDAY NOVE1VIBEr 6th, 1924 Silb.SOrjktiolla $0'050 P#3" yr* • -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 , made the Supreme Sacrifice—by giving them one minute of reverent silence at el- even o'clock. Let us show the world that— Wingham 1 Ionors Its Defenders of 71ag and Country up-msomilmilsol t llll I HI lllll llllll lllllll lllll /I lllllllllll ingh.a.m's New War IVIe-f.rioria.1 Will Be Lighted Arrnistice -Day za $1111.UM.WII 11/I.III/SIIIIIIIIIII10/14/1./II2.411. 111;111it;lintilmno ittetttitt lllll Inilirtti lllllll oi . - 1111 • 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 a • 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- • 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 tad E 1 , 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- .114 llllllllll llllll llllll I ll I , 111,1 IlIlIltIlIlIll IIlllII7llIIllIIlllIl11l111''• „ 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, Fitlt$111.10.111,VINKI1111511011.111t1141111.1111M4111tWillett111111.1.1411110111111111100. 1 111111111111ln 11111111111111111I 11111111 lllll moIntuktem4.111 71111111111 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. alw 'PA • •,,EE .`% ,4Fa 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.