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1,g11.:School::-.Qadets Francis LewisHin4
Otef'Great :Achievement Passe Away
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•• The Cedet Corps of Wingham 1-ligh
School have onee More received dis
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• netion for which our readers wiilbe
pleased to. hear and.will hasten to ex• -
tend congratulations. ,
The folibreing letters speak for
themselves:
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adet Services, M. D. No. x
London, Ont., 2ist., Feb,, 1925
IIVIr. G. L. Brackenbury,
The High. School,
• Wingham, Ont.
Dear Sir: •
I beg to enclose herewith copy of
letter received from National De7
fence Headquarters, coriveying to the
• authorities • of the Wingliam High
• Sehool Cadet Corps the heartiest con-
gratttlations of the Honourable the
Minister and of the Staff it Defence
Headquarters, ori :the achievemerit of
, your Cadet • Corps hi winning third
ielace in the Senior Series of the Im-
perial Challenge Shield. Competitioes
• I am directed also to extend to you
• the heartiest congratulations of the A.
• District, Officer Corrmianding
Mili-
tary District No, 1, and of the Staff
-rof this Milita.ry Distriet, on •the re-
• markable performance made, and to
x13ress the hope that this showing
will be not only equalled, but greatly
-surpassed, during the coming c.loinpe-
titions.•
ain also enclosing an official co -
py of the results .F91. your ipsormatiou. A moat highlY exteeined old gentle -
Yours einCerelY,
Geo,, H. Gillespie, ,
Dietriet Cadet Office
Afilitary Distriet No, 1. '
Departinent of National Defence
Ottawa, Canada.
teth. February, 1925
The District Officer Commanding
Military District No. I,
London, Ontario. •
Imperial Challenge Shield Compe-
titions, Senior • and Junior, 1924.
x, With further, reference to H. Q.
331-31 dated, the xth instant, Cadets
No. 7; I am directed to request that
the heartiest congratulations of the
Honourable the Minster and of the
Staff at National Defence Headquar-
ters may be conveyed to the authori-
ties of No. 543 Wingharn High
School Cadet •Corps, Wingham, On-
tario, whieli.Unit -was third in the
Senior Series of the marginally noted
competitions.
2. Despite the difficulties arising
throttgh clinia.tie conditions in this
country the success of Winghani High
School • Cadet •Corpe in so closely
equalling the score of New Zealand's
winning team, is considered a remark-
able performance and it is hoped with
further practice this Unit will • make
an even better showing next year.
• (Sgcl.) S. H. Hill, Colonel.
Director of Physical Training and
Cadet Services, for Chief of Staff.
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Purchased Wilinery Shop, • ' Old Prophesy I.Tntrue
• .Miss Anna Brewer has purchased • The old prophesy that the bear, l'f
ReYnold's Store and he saw his shadow on Ca.ndlentasDay
as already in possession. Miss Rey- would go back for six weeks more
nolds has been in the Millinery busi- winter, has not proveniitself. The
zess in WInghainor a long time and weathei... is very d and •almost
• leas made a host Of friends. •springlike. The sleighing is almost
7.4ondon ,» Wingharn gone. , •
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• Another -fast game of hockey was The First Licenses
Sold
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'witnessed in the new Wingham AT-
The first automobile licenses to be
aerie on Friday night when the C. N.
sold at Wingham this year wen. ,,,old
R. team fromLondon played with
on Monday. Two went to, Crediton,
the 'Wingham team. A fast clean
one to Toronto and another to Mr.
'game was ' played which ended up 3
W. C. Lenard, Wingham. The Tor-
tO 2: in favor of London, The Lon -
onto license was purchased here be.
edon team are one of the best teams
cause the owner of the car felt his
•,out of professionaF hockey and
auto was freer'to stand. on the street
• Wingham boys deserve great credit
and in other ways he felt that the city
• in holding them down to a one goal
cops overlook mistakes of auto:: with
'lead: In fact the game was a tie and
outside license plates on. This view.
•looked for a time as though it would
is taken by several city people while a
end that way. Wingham boys are a
few Wingham people are inclined to
last lot and should have been easy
think exactly opposite to this. Per-
• -winners of their group, but they did
sonally we don't think it matters a
not appear to find themselves until
whit for each year our second lot of
• they commenced playing in the New
Arena.
•,Gasoline Tax 3 Cents
That there will be a gasoline tax
of three cents per gallon was com-
municated to Ontario motorists yes-
• ierday by Premier Ferguson and
Hon. G. S. Henry, Minister of High-
ways, when they were visited at the
Parliament Buildings by a deputation
• from the Ontario Motor Leagete.'
• The object of the deputation iyas to
•approve the gasoline tax in principle,
'but to also urge that it should be ac-
oornpanied by a reduction in license
fees, so that it would mean an
• post upon the tourist alone and not
-upon the , resident of the province.
Such amelioration, however, Premier
Ferguson declared the Government
• unable to grant at present.
It is expected that a 3o mile speed
limit will be allowed in Ontario.
Hon G, S. Henry has assured the
Ontario Motor League that all reven-
ze,derived from motorists will be ex-
• pended on highways.
Don.'t be Misled
• Local retail merchants have been
tomplaining recently of the methods
• being adopted by business concerns
jit Toronto and other places in order
to get their' goods into the hands of
the' people. Recently, since the holi-
days, a number of people have receiv-
• ed parcels through the post office
containing goods, and the sender asks
that if they are satisfactory to remit
the 'amount to pay for the goods and
if they do not want thein, to send
them back,. and postage and all in-
structions are given in the package.
One of these•pareels, containing four
• knitted neckties, was received a day
or two ago by a local‘merchant. He
Immediately went out to a store
where the same class of goods are
carried and purehasedpfour ties Of the
same quality, and instead of paying
Sz.oti for them, as the ToVonto
charged, which was go cents each, he
• could got thetn 48 and 35 cents
taeb,—Owen Sound Sun-Tirnes.
Man was Francis Lewis who, Masse
peacefully, away at his home :on Ed-
ward St., Wingham, on Suudayhiorn
Deceased was horn in Purton vill-
age, Wiltshire, England, ad when
sixteen years of age crossed the ocean
to Canada. The -voyage took over
six. weeks. He lived in North Dor-
chester, about ten utiles from • Lon-
don, for a feW years and there is at
present a school called Lewis' school
in that township ' in his memory'.
When 'living in the London vicinity
he recalled that there were eonly two
stores on DundasSt. He drew the
first load •of gravel to the London
market, when it was being built, and
also had the honor of turning the first
furrow with his plow in Westminster.
When •still a young man he married
Olive Hill and they carne • to Turn -
berry township where they i:esided for
about forty-five years and endured
the hardships of pioneer life, They
dea.red< a farm hi the bush and that
farm is now owned by his son, F. J.
Lewis on ,the 8tb con. For several
years, Mr, Lewis was an elder in Ea -
dies Presbyterian Church. About
airteen years ago. Mrs. Lewis passed
a -Way and shortly, afterwards the fa-
ridlir moved to their present home in
Witighani.
Of a family of •nine, children, 'four
survive viz: •Edwarailhe nightwatch-
man in Wingham, Ruth and Frank at
home and Fred on the homestead.
Few old men were as bright and ac-
tive as was Mr. Lewis who had rea-
ched the ripe •old. age of 96 years.
Until a few_years ago he took a great
interest in his. garden and it was a
pleasure to converse with him. :He
was up and about the hOusei until the
last and only complained of a smoth-
ering feeling ,a few days before he
passed away. While a very old gen-
tleman, yet, his passing away so sud-
denly came as a shock to his family.
A mostt highly respected old gentle-
man was Francis Lewis,
He was a member of St. Andrews
Presbyterian Church and his minister
Rev. Dr. Perrie conducted the funer-
al services on Tuesday afternoon. In-
terment was made in Wingham Ceme-
tery.
Turnberry's Reeve Weds
A pretty wedding took place at the
home of the bride's parents, Wroxeter
of Annie Ethel Stutt, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs, James Stutt, to John L.
McEwen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter
license plates have been the remaind- McEwen, and reeve of Turnberry
er of city numbers.
Win Electric Prizes
The meter reading contest conduct-
ed by the Hydro Shop and for which
liberal prizes were offered, ended on
Saturday evening. Ten people guess-
ed the correct answer for the amount
of power used by a meter to which
several lights were attached and
placed on display in the Hydro Shop
window. The answer was 384 kilo-
watts, and the winners were: Miss
Evelyn McKay, 1st prize,, Boudoir
lamp; Rev. H. W. Snell, znd prize,
electric toaster; Harold Ackert, 3rd
prize, Desk Lamp; Will Taylor, 4th.,
prize, Boudoir lamp; W. H. French,
Leonard Bennett, W. Sturdy, Elmer
Wilkinson, Mrs, H. Deans and Fred
Davidson. The winners were chosen
by the rotation in which their guess
was entered.
Result of Field Crop
Following is the narnes of the win-
ners in the Standinc, Field Crop and'
threshed Grain Competition conduct-
ed under the auspices of the Turn -
berry Agricultural Society. The oats
used were 0. A. C. No, 72. •
& W. McKaguet Route t,
Teeswater, (Registered).
2—David. Fortune, R. 1, Winghain,
(Ex, No. 1).
3—Geo. Pocock, R. Winghatn,
(Ex. No. i).
4—Chas. Carter, R. Wirigham,
(Ex, No. 1).
5-1, J. Wright, R. Wingham,
(No. r),
6—R. Wilton, R. Wingham,
(No. I).
Hogg, R.
3,
5,
1,
1,
41
Wingliam,
(No. I).
We cannot see why the score is
not given in each case, as we believe
all the competitors wottld like to
know what score they took. Mr.
Wilton has carried off first prize in
this competition several times, and
continues among the prize winners
only further down.
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The many Wingliarre, 'friends of sliiP for genera eXCelleece 4x1itring ter' 6Pcat Mondal
"Della" Haugh will, join with us lo
extending congia u ions o ter OP
her winning • a Colnitibia College
Scholarship for 'eneral ex.cellenee
duiTrig eotirSe of trainieg • the
United "Hospital, New York, Miss
Haugh is the eldest daughter of ,Mr.
and Mr. Jas. I-Iatigh of Wing,hatn.
, The 'following frOin the New 'York
Daily Item is Very' complimentary and
speaks for itself:
"V+That it lacked in number, the
Class of x925, 'Training School for
Nurses, United Hospital, evidently
inad.e up in ‚quality, for rio hospital
ever turned' out a • finer body of
young women to' represent it the
nursing field. They received. their di-
plomas from the hands of 'William J.
Knapp, President of the Hospital
Board of Trustees, after taking the
Nightingale' Pledge, administered by
Mary L. Mosher, R. N. hospital Sup
of Icurses. • There were
five nttrses in number: Lydia Palmer,
Adele Haugh, Mary Hickey, Alettia
Warren and; Antoinette 1VIusante.
One of these, Adele Haugh, was
awaided a. Columbia College scholar- the exerdses."
netii7•
ae of •training, :The award, a Fig Te'ronto< ,
Minute eeeret, EI,V1,0 as a great sur- ' tate:Pe':
prise • to: the •.'Yeting iturse-,4116 was -A,:Pat. has $ever'slh6illes
immediately :verevhelmed :with con, sale. ',• ' ,
grattiiations front; bet' associates. The mf. and Mrs. Franl Casetnor'o.
•iva gift' 0 Geo, Davidson; Saalcc2 ar'0 Visiting friends tt,:
Barron, chair:matt of the Training Howialc,' '
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School C;ornmittee, uroina,n noted: Don't forget the St. Patrick's eocial
for her warm and, mate 'al t in St Andrew'e Chureh 011 '1'%esday
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in the United Hospital and its work. March 17th.
Master Charles VVilding, of the • Mrs. Geo, .-hurehili of artne3r;
choir of Christ's Episcopal Church, Mart., spent the week -end. with Mrs,
Rye,• sang "Wee Little Iienne That I E. Peternian. '
Love" and "Mother Machree." Miss Dorothy Piper a Wingham„
Class pins were presented to the spent the week -end with Mrs W
graduateS by Mrs. George D. Barron. Martin, Lticknow.
The Barron Medal of Honor, given Mr. Amos Tipling has been. quite
by the Phi La.mbda Eigrna Nursing seriously in during the past weelc
Fraternity to the nurse in the Inter- with pneumonia. •
mediate Class having the highest Mr, Ralph Elliott of Ripley,' spent
number of points, was presented to the week -end at the home o.f and
lyliss Mabel Chewning, by.Miss Adele Mrs, J. Moffat, Turnberry.
Haugh, President of the Fraternity,
Class Paper Ilanaing Wall
and herself the winner of the Barron High'
Paper supplied. Estimates gladly
Scholarship. Miss Marguerite Grebe, ven
Elmer Wilkinson at 28. , •
a close secgi-
ond of "Miss Cbewning *
points, received honorable mention. Services in the United (Methodist)
Refreshments and dancing followed Church next Sunday will' be conduct-
ed by the pastor, Rev. C. E. Cragg
Auto. License Applications
All garages have received parcels
of blank 'auto license application
forms. Owners of cars should ask
foran application forrn at their gar-
age, fill it out, and ,brilig it to A. G.
Smith, issuer of permits when • they
wish to have their license plates.
Motoring to Florida
Mr, and Mrs. W. J. Greer left on
Wednesday afternoon for- Toronto,
where they will join ,a couple of
friends on a motor trip to Florida.
Miss Letitia Robinson, whohas been
in the West for the past few yeare,
will be in her foriner place in Mr.
Greer's Shoe Store, • during his ab-
sence.
Look at Your Label
The Advance -Times mailing list has
been corrected up till Monday, Feb.
2,5rd If you have renewed your sub-
scription prior to that date, see that
your label. is rnarked correctly. • If
your label reads Dec. 24 or Jan. 25
your subscription should be paid for.
To the numerous subscribers who
have recently renewed their subscrip-
tions we wish to heartily extend our
thanks.
Purchased Bottling Works
The Wellington Produce Co. Ltd.,
have taken over the'Harriston Bott-
ling Works previously owned and
managed by Mr. M. 0. Kettles. They
are setting up the machinery now and
will be manufacturing all kinds of
soft drinks next week. Mr. Whitmore
advises us that it is the intention to
push the bottling business the same
as they have done with their ice
cream and butter business.—Review.
High School Literary
The following was the program giv-
en at the High School Literary So-
ciety on Friday afternoon.
Opening Chorus—"Roaming in the
Gloaming."
Minutes of the last meeting.
• Speech—Lawrence Cragg.
Violin Solo—Mae Vanstone.
Journal—P. S, Mackeezie.
• Instrumental Duet—Nora Beatty,
Marjorie Gibson.
Address—Mary Robertson.
Orchestra.
Play, Trial Scene "Merchant' of
Venice:"
Critics Remarks—Mr. Anderson.
National Anthem,
Township, Huron County. Rev. D.
A. Armstrong, B. D., performed the
ceremony, Pink and white carnations
adorned the rooms, Mrs, Ross Stutt,
of Bowmanville, Ont., played the wed-
ding enarch, and during the signing of
the register sang beautifully, "0 Love
Divine." The bride, who was given in
marriage by her father, was unattend-
ed. She was smartly gowned in
brown crepe satin,' with pearl neck-
lace, and carried a' bouquet of Sunset
roses. Following the ceremony a
Wedding dinner was served. The fol-
lowing guests were present: Mr. and
Mrs. Peter McEwen, Miss ,Ellen Mc-
Ewen, George • McEwen, Mr. and
Mrs. Ross Stutt, Mrs. Munro and
Rev. and Mrs. Armstrong. The
bride and bridegroom are deservedly
popular in this district, belonging to
highly respected families of long
standing in Huron County. They were
the recipients of many beautiful and
costly presents. After their honey-
moon in 'Toronto they will reside on
the groom's farrn. in Turnberry,
Snowmobile From Wroxeter
On Tuesday of last week the Ed-
gar Bros., Wroxeter, • motored to
Wingham in their snowmobile, mak-
ing the trip in 35 minutes. .We are
pleased to see their constrtiction a
success.
Appointed Chauffeur Examiner
Mr. W. A. 'Currie has again been
appointed chauffeur examiner in this
vicinity. Drivers of cars and trucks
would. do well to get their permits
renewed early. Law enforcement in
this line as well as in the use of last
season's markers will be more strick-
ly enforced this year.
Appointed To Hospital Staff
Friends of Miss Victoria Paterson,
of the Winnipeg General Hospital,
1925 graduation class, who has re-
cently completed training, will be
pleased to learn that she has been ap-
pointed on the staff of the hospital.
Miss Paterson is a daughter of Mr.
Archie Paterson of Wingham.
Union Prayer Meeting
The day of prayer for missions,
Mrs. Goy Died Very Sudd.enly-
'On Sunday Evening, Feb. 22nd.
On Sunday evening, February 22pd, near Kitchener.
the community was shocked to hear
that Mrs. Goy had suddenly passed
away while on a visit to the home of
.a neighbor. The old lady had not
been in the best of health for some
time but she continued at her work
and was apparently in her usual heal-
th.when she sat down in the chair in
which she died, Mrs. Goy was well
liked by everyone and many eyes
were moist when Rev. C. E. Craggy
coin:hided the impressive funeral, ser -
ices at her late hafrie on Tuesday af-
ternoon. The late Mrs. Goy was' in
her 67th year and, had been a rest'.
dent of Wingham for almOst fifty
years and was born at 'Hollywood,
When quite a young woman she
married William Moir, a shoemaker,
and they came to live in Wingham,
where he had accepted.a po'sition with
Mr, F. Rodents, Many years ago
Mr, Moir died and their son, Geo.
Moir is the only surviving meMber of
the family. Mrs. Moir married Mr.
William Goy some years afterward,
• The pallbearers at the funeral on
Tuesday afternoon were; Messrs. T,
C. King, Robt. Allen, W. J. Greer, J.
A. MacLean, W. 11. Rintoul and 15,
B. Elliott. Interment was made in
Wingham Cemetery.
it can truly be said of Mrs. Goy,
she was liked by all.
Ladies' Aidof St. Andrew's Presbye'
terian Church will hold their annual .)
St. Patrick's social on Tuesday, Mar,.•
x7th,.
Ship via Dominion Express. Prompt:, '•
Telegraph Service, Canadian Pa.cifie
Railway' Tickets; Phone 47- G L.' •
Baker, Agent. . .; •
• Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Telfer
Blyth, • visited at the' home of her
parents, Mr. and Airrs. A. Rintout
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over the weelc-end.•
•
COme to the St Patrick's Soeial,in
Methodist Church, on March x7t5.
Proceeds in aid of Missions. Ade
mission 25c and x5c. • •
Mrs. Mel. VanWyck and • little.,
daughter of St. Thornast are visiting •
at the home of her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. D. E. MacDonald.
Dance will be held in the Memorial •
Hall, Blyth, Friday evening, Febru-
ary 28th. Dancing from 9 to 2,,
Perdue's Orchestra. 9
Come to the S. Patrick's 'Social in
Methodist Church, on Ilarck
Proceeds in aid of Missiorts.t A4.,
rnission 25c and 15c.
which is now observed by the women Mr. Jas. Gilmour is the tiyitly elec-
of all denominations, both in United ted secretary -treasurer of the %Turn-
,
States and Canada, falls- on Friday, iberry Agricultural Sociey, suceeed-
, .
February 27th. It will be observed ing Mr. W. T. Booth.
in Belgrave by a United Prayer meet-
ing held in the Presbyterian Church
at 2.30 p. m. All ladies are cordially
invited to attend.
An'bld Auto License.
An auto , license purchased about
twenty years ago by Mr. Will Lepard
is 'attracting considerable attentiomin
The Advance -Times window. The
number is painted in large white fi-
gures on a heavy piece of black rub-
ber. The license cost him $2.00, The
number is 5596 and the numbers sell-
ing now run up as high as 300,000.
Pansies. in. February
While Listowel, Elmira and other
places are boasting of citizens pick-
ing flowers from under the snow,
Wingham is not going to be left be-
hind, One morning last week a love-
ly bunch of pansies were picked at
the home of Mrs. 5, Campbell, Cul-
ross boundary. The pansies were
beauties and apparently thrived welt
under the winter's snow.
Died in Vancouver
The death, occurred February 5, at'
the family residence, 4133 Welwyn, of
Mary Ross Lee, widow of the late J.
3. Lee. Deceased was born at Bruce -
field, Ont., a resident of Vancouver,
Mrs. Wm. Holmes, Centre St.,
ceived the sad news that her liper, '
William Reid, had died suddetiliaii-
barber shop in Toronto on SattryclIY,
Mr. Chas. Hawke, returned 'Uri'.
Parkland, Alberta, 'on Monday morn-
ing after spending several weeks' at„
the home of his grandmother, Mrs.
Mitchell, John St. m
The regular' meeting of the Wo-
man's Auxiliary to the Wingha
General Hospital will be held in the
Council Chamber on Monday after'- •
noon, March 2nd., at 3.45. • •
Young men desirious of learning to
blow instruments with the object of
playing in Wingham Citizen 13and,.
should attend the band room on Mon-
day night, March 2, at 8 o'clock.
The Canadian National Hockey
'ream of Stratford, have written to
Wingham with a view to bringing up
their hockey team for an exhibition
gaine Wingham boys in the "big
new rink.” The weatherman may •
give the decision whether or not the •
game•can be arranged.
Mr, Richard Stone was down from.'
Kincardine for over the week -end.,
His :Father, Mr. John Stone received
a very nasty cut on his head while
for the past 11 years. She leaves one at his work at R. A. Spotton's Mar- .”
son, Ross, of Portland, Oregon, and
one daughter, Jennie, at home, to
mourn her loss. Funeral services
ivere held Saturday, February 7, at 3
ble Works. He was pushing hea-
vy sheigh when his feet slipped atiitt...„.,
he struck his head on a stone.
Mr. John F. McCracken writing
o'clock, from the family residence., from Kingsville and sending his re- •
The Rev, J. R. Robertson, assisted by renewal subscription to the Advance -
Rev. S, Cook, officiating. Interment Times and the Globe says in his let -
in the family Plot, Mountain View ter. "The autos here are as thick as
Cemetery.
'Deceased was a sister of our es-
teemed citizen, Mrs. Jas. Maxwell,
who is now spending the winter in
Oberlin, Ohio.
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BORN
Brandon—In Hyde Park to Mr. and
Mrs. Mell Brandon, a daughter,
(Margaret Ruth.)
Horseburgh—In Howjpk, on Friday,
Feb, 6th., 19-25, to Mr. and Mrs.
Walter J. Horseburg,h, a daughter,
bees. All last week the dust was fly-
ing, but it has rained for the past
couple of days. It is just like
spriln:s.
l\srs, Hill, Hammond, Robinson. . •
and Rich. Stone contributed a well
rendered quartette at the evening ser-
vice in the Presbyterian Church on
Sunday. The congregation in the
United Church (Methodist) were
iav-
ored with a solo by Mrs, Fred Ste-.
plimsoll. She has a rich contralti* •
.1••
voice.
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