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WINGHAM, ONT., THURSDAY, APRIL 29th. 1926
Subscriptions $z.00 per year.
BOY BADLY HURT 'WHEN CRU-
SHED WITH WAGON "
Robbie, the little seven year old
son of Mr, and Mrs, Donald Rae, met
with a verbad
accident on Saturday
y
afternoon when riding on the back of
Mr. Joseph Montgomery's coal .wag
on. The little lad in some, way got
"caught in the back wheel and before
the driver noticed he was caught be-
tween the wheel and the box and was
badly cut, and bruised.: He was rush-
ed to the Winglrarh Hospital, where
Drs. Hambly and Calder attended
'him. The wound on his leg necessi-
tated twenty-four stitches.`
We are pleased to learn that the
"little fellow is doing as well as can
be expected, although he will : be, - a
,pretty sore little boy for some'. time:
onte,Fronl Florida
Sturdy Pioneer of Turnberry
t1
And Wingham Passes Away
One by one the pioneer residents
of Huron County are passing to their
reward, Peter 1VIcLaren died, on Fri-
day, April 23rd. and his remainswere
laid to rest in the Wingham Cemetery
on Monday afternoon. He wasin his
94th .)fear and was' around the streets
of Wingharin only a very few days be-
fore his death. We was bereaved by
Mr. and Mrs. Alex. M. Crawford
ndlittle Kenneth, atrrived home from.
lorida on Tuesday night Ale:. made
h'eyanks from down south sit rep and
ake notice to his bowling during the
inter when he was 'successful in
inning, several of . their coveted pri-
es an.,•tri'hies.
s. Bob Astell Dead
We have been handed a clipping
from a Saskatoon paper announcing
the death of Mrs. Bob' Astell, which
took place at their home in that city.
While they . have lived in Saskatoon
for the past ,few years they operated
a farm at Smithville. She was 65.
years of 'age. Mr. Astell will, be re-
membered by many when he resided
•on the 3rd line of Morris, where his
first wife, formerly Nellie Brydges,
died twelve years ago or •Probably a
.little longer.
+Over zoo New Members,
• The followingitem was, clipped
from the Sarnia paper, and will be of
interest to many of our readers:
`Devine street United Church was
a OIL to capacity again last evening
h.h the reception
•
of new members
'INA held to •link up with "Christ and
-the Church." After six weeks of a•
"Win one campaign, 219 linked up
with the church. Rev Mr. Cragg
spoke on the duties of a Christian to
Christ and the church and the temp-
tation of life. ;In the morning the
'pastor administered' communion to
the largest congregation in thehis-
tory of Devine street church and spe
lce upon "The Last Supper," : ivliss
Brownlee sang in very pleasing style
"The Old Church Choir" and the
choir rendered "Just as I Am:"
To say that Mr. Cragg is retaking a
success of his .ministry in Sarnia• is
putting it mildly. At the last board
meeting he was presented with a put -
'se of $400 and a promise of an increa-
se in stipend.
v.;
BAPTIST CHURCH
Evangelist Stewart, using a
large chart, will give messages
on Christ's -first coming and
His second coming revery night
this week but Saturday, Sunday
he will .
give special mess
ag
es
anal' also sing the gospel. A
welcome awaits you.
THE SALVATION ARMY
Sunday Seiwices:
it a. m., 2,30 and 7 p. tn'
Great Mass. Meeting iteUnited
rida , Apriloth. at
c Clitlrch, F y> 3 ,
8 p, m.' Commandant Hurd's
:.lecture: "The Underworld". Ad-
mission .Free.•
Coming—May 23rd. to 24th..
hlamfiton I I. A. Silver Band.
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Mr. Peter McLaren
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his wife in February 1892 and his on-
ly son died in May :of the same year.
A daughter, Mrs. Duncan Stewart
die r in California last year. One dau-
ghter Miss' Jessie who lived with her
father and cared for him.
Rev. Dr. Perrie conducted the fun-
eral services on Monday and the pall-
bearers were:—Messrs, T. C. King,
Albert Gregory, J. W. McKibbon, H.
B. Elliott, R. A. Hutchison and J. A.
MacLeon.
EWARD
- lead'
information: that will ) For , .,�.r
the re ) ,er: of the 'goods
to 3t
width werestole, i froth our
r .
store on the night of April 14th
Or the moaning of April rsth.,
1926,
King Pr , Winghaif
Below we reprint an account of
Mr:McLaren's life which was publish-
ed in the Wingham Times on. April
18th., 1go7.
Mr. Peter McLaren,' whose photo
appears above was born in Perth-
shire, Scotland, and came to this
country in 1847. That was the year
of the fever epidemic in the oldland
and Mr. McLaren's parents died from
the disease on shipboard. The seven
children of the family the eldest only
16 years of age, were left to work
their way in :the new country. The
children were taken in charge by an
uncle, Mr. Peter McTavish, who set-
tled in the 'township of Wellesley,.
Waterloo county. Here the subject
of this sketch ,attended school and la-
ter went to school at Berlin, where he
took out a second class certificate and
fitted himself for the teaching profes-
sion. :He then taught school for: five
years in Wellesley. He then attended
school in Stratford and secured a first
class certificate alter which lie taught
school at'Brocic's Den, hear Stratford
for eight years, "resigning, at the end
of that time,
At the time of the Fenian Raid in.
1866, Mr. 'IvieLaren joined the .Volun-
teers and was trade Lieutenant of the
company at Brock's Den, but the
company was never brought intoe ac-
tive e service.
In 1867 Mr. McLaren married Miss
Campbell, a sister of Messrs Peter
and Alex. Campbell of this town and
the nextspring they moved to Turn-
berry, purchasing the 200 acre farm'at
the Junction, where he resided until a
few years ago when lie retired and
moved into. town.
Mr. McLaren has seen a great
many changes 'in; the : forty years he
has spent in this section. We had no
railway in this section when he first.
located in Turnberry and the W. G.
& B. line running through' the front
of his farm. Mr. McLaren was com-
pelled to shift both his house and
barn. Not much of the farm was
then cleared, but by hard work the
farm was made one of the very best
in the township.
iVlr. McLaren has for ` over twenty-
five years been the Treasurer . of the
Township of Turnberry, having been
appointed to the position by Mr.
Henning, who was for a number of
years Reeve of the Township. He.
has made an excellent officer and
looks well 'after the finances of the
Township. The new system of book-
keeping ' for Town and Township Tr-
easurers introduced by the; Ontario
Government some years ago did not
interfere with Mr. McLaren's work as
he had adopted. the very same system•
when he first took the office.
Mr. McLaren is .a Presbyterian in
religion and has always been promin-
ent as a Liberal.
Baseball Meeting
Will; all those interested in the or-
ganization of a baseball' team at
Wingham kindly attend a meeting in
the Council Chamber on Friday even-
ing, April 3oth. at 7.30 o'clock,
Report Of Hog Shipments
For week ending April 22, 1926:
Wingham •total hogs, 47 select bacon
Is; thick smooth 29; shop hogs 3.
Belgrave, total hogs 40; select bacon
20; thick smooth 18; heavies 1; lights
and feeders i, Huron County, total,
hogs 1219; :select baso 349; thick
smooth 696; heavies 69; extra heavies
2; shop hogs 41; lights and feeders 28.
BEVERLY NASH PASSES AWAY
AT GORRIE
It was with profound regret that
the people of Gorrieand vicinty learn-
ed of the death of Edward Beverly
Nash eldest son of Mr. and Mrs.
Thos. Nash .of the 6th concession of
Howick, which took place •early on
Wednesday morning, ' April ; 21st.
About two Months ago •he was stric-
ken with pleurisy, which later devel-
oped into complications and despite
all that medical skill and loving hands'
could do he passed peacefully away.
He was born in the township of Ho -
wick 39 years ago and resided here
all his life, except when overseas. He
with his - two younger brothers went
overseas with the ' Huron Battalion
and served in France. He is surviv-
ed by his parents, two brothers, Wil
ford at hone and Roland of Toronto
TeachingStaff, and three sisters, Mrs.
W. A. Ritchie of Rothsay, Mrs. Robt.
Patterson of Howick and Miss Alma
of Toronto, who have' the sincere to thisweek attending the Ontario
Local and General News of
Interest to The Community
R. A, Spotton is busily engaged
this .week unloading a car load of MO$T INTERESTING ADDRESS
granite.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Jackson were
in Toronto last week • attending' the
Jackson -Skilling wedding.
Conte to the Armouries on Thurs-
day night and enjoy the evening dan-
cing to good music. A good time for
all.
A 'meeting of the Ladies Bowling
Club will be held in the Council
Chamber on Tuesday evening, May
4th at 8.151
The regular Monthly meeting of the
Women's Auxiliary to the General
Hospital will be held in the Council
Chamber on Monday afternoon, May
3rd, at 3.45,
Mrs. Harry F. McGee is in Toron-
ON LIFE IN SOUTHERN`
INDIA
Schaffter is the newly appoint-
ed rector of St. Pauls Anglican chin. -
ch, Wingham: He and his estimable
family are alread making many
frends in Wingham On Friday ev-
sympathy of the entire community. Provincial Board of the Women's
The funeral took place on Friday Missionary Society of .the Presbyter -
'afternoon to the Gorrie Cemetery and ian Church in Canada.
was very largely :attended. The ser- Miss Luella ;Campbell of Windsor
vice at the home was `conducted by. and Mr. 'Victor Campbell' of Detroit,
Rev, Mr, Craik, assisted by Rev. Mr, Mich,, have returned after attending
James. Among the floral . tributes the funeral of their brother-in-law,
were "Gates Ajar"• from the citizens My R. H. Johnson of Blyth.
of Gorrie, wreath from Mrs. Geo. P. Mr, Thos. McLean and soil,
Nash and Family of Echo Bay and arnotored to Brampton and Caledon
sheaf of roses from the staff of Shes last week Theirs was the first car
ley Street School, 'Toronto. through most,of the road, but they
experienced verylittle difficulty.
Evangelist Stewart in Baptist Church
Sunday evening he gave his first
messages from the text in Rev. 1; 1,
"The Things .that Must Shortly Come
to Pass. He spoke of the great ga-
thering in Heaven of whom it is said,
And they sung a new song saying
Thou art worthy to take the book,
and to open •the seals thereof; for
thou was slain, and hast redeemed us
to God by thy blood out; of every kin-
dred. and tongue; and people and na-
tion." He then took us to Chapter
seven where' another great company
came out of the Great Tribulation and
had made their robes white in the
blood of the Lamb. In closing he
told of the solemn picture of Rev, 20,
the judgment of the Great White
Throne, which ends by saying, "And
Whosoeverwas not found written in
the book of life was cast into the La-
ke of Fire." He mentioned the fact
that so many did not believe in the
Lake of Fire, but it is in God's Book
urged all to
be true, He ur g
it mustt
and
learn the New Song of the Blood of
the Lainb so they could join the chor-
us in Heaven:
Died Iii Toronto
' The many friends of Etta Mae, eld
est daughter of IVIr. and Mrs. Joh
Johnson, will be shocked to hear th
she passed away at her home in Tot
onto on Sunday, night. Besides' he
parents, two sisters and one brother;
she is survived by her husband Mr.
Harold Johnston andtwo small chil-
dren. Mrs. Johnson and Miss Mabel
were present at her death bed and
Mr. Johnson and son, Percy, went to
the city on Tuesday morning to .at-
tend the funeral.
Elson Art Exhibit 'Under Auspices
Of Wingham H. S 1 Lit. Society
Throughout the country people are
awakening to the value. of good Art,
as creative of a refining influence and
an inspiring atmosphere, Few - of us
have had, •ilr• ever will have the op-
portunity to travel and see ?the, Mas-
terpieces of Art; but we are going. to
be given the opportunity of seeing hi-
gh class copies "'of many of the Wor-
ld's fariious paintings' in the Elson Art
Exhibit -which, will be on display in
the Wingham hang High School an May 5,
6 and 7 from.,4 p: m. to 6,30 p. ni. and
MaY Sth from to a, ni;, to I2 and from
2- 1p, in. to 8,30 1p; 111.
This collection consisting b
of
(tar
-
bon photographs, photegravutes photogravuresand
prints in full eolours, is made directly
from the original rnasterpieces, is se-
lected by Art `ex.lpertS; and includes
about 200 copies, the''purpose of this
exhibition is two-fbld;-W1?list, To give,
people aa opportunity
to see a collec-
tionof the World's fatuous paintings,
sculptttre and architecture. Second,
To make t possible for our local Hi
gh School to own some of them, The
Bison Art Company loan us tiiesc pic-
tures for four days free of charge oth-
ther than the express on 1:ondition
that we expend any money received
above expenses in purchasing pictures
for class rooms decoration.
The admission charge to the exhibit
will be 25c for adults and toe for chil-
dren under 14 years of age. You w11
be canvassed to buy tickets and any
out of town visitors may secure tick-
ets at King Bros. or at McKibbon's
Drug Store. - :Do not miss this oppor-
tunity of double merit. First of see -
Mg a wonderful •collection of pictures
second to assist in decorating your
school, Catalogues explaining the
pictures ° t
• : e c 1 -will be on a
die
Pla Y
the school at tett cents each; and there
will always be sotneotie on hand who
will, be ,tlelighted to show you about.
Everyone should take advantage of
this wonderful opportunity. After
you have seen this beautiful display if
you should desire to donate si' picture
to the: School they are: valued et .
each. All 'donated pic,,urs will be
hang in the :school with an attached
card bearing the Donor's name,
AN ARTIST OF NO MEAN
ABILITY
It is said that a prophet never be-
comes famous iri his own country and
it is quite true that several of the wor-
ld's famous artists and poets were ne-
ver heard of until years after they had
passed out of this life. We have in
Wingham an artist who has painted
many wonderful pictures viz Provin-
cial Constable,G. H, Phippen. It was
the privilege of the writer to visit Mr.
Phippen's art gallery at his home re-
cently and we were astounded at the
numerous paintings which we were
shown, Many • of these were painted
thirty and forty years ago and a num-
ber: 'have just been completed.
Mr. Phippen uses nothing but ord-
1VIrs. . reen; sr., has -returned to
her home after spending .the winter
with her sons in Grand Rapids, Mich.
She was accompanied home by .her
son, T. A, Breen. We are sorry to
report that Mrs. Breen is at present
very poorly nom,
We will remain open on Saturday
nights, during the • summer months
from 7 to 9.30. We would like to ha-
ve cream not later than 9 o'clock •as
we, have to pasteurize and cool
down before 12 o'clock. United ,Far-
mers Co. -Operative 'Co.
Sewing Machine Needles, 3o cents
a dgzen. New Honie, Ideal and New
Raymond Shuttles $s.so. Bobbins 6
for 3oc. Bands 35c. New Home and
Ideal Machines 'for sale. Old Mach-
ines adjusted by A. W. Webster, The
Tailor up stairs over The Advance-
Tiines�Office.
i. and 1VIrs. John Coulter of Tor-
, lo are renewingmb acquaintanceses in
' , ham. They are going from here
n with in Ro-
chester, N.' Y. and like many others
of the old residents they are not go-
ing away without having the Wing -
ham Advance -Tittles follow thein. ev-
ery week. -
Among those from a distance who
attended the funeral of the late Peter
Campbell at Wingham last week
Mary house paints and he mixes the were: Dr. Silcox, principal of Strat
colors himself. His landscape scenes tford Normal School, Inspector Greer
are wonderful and we might snake lof Toronto, Mr. James Campbell and
three sons of Listowel, Mr. Shantz of
Cross Hill, Mrs. Reynolds, Mr. John
McMillan, Mr. Fleming Chalmers and
Mr. John McTagish all of Stratford.
Mr, Chas.' MacLean, Salesman of
the . Heintztnan Piano Co. at Sarnia,
spent Sunday at the home of his par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs, John A. MacLean,
was peso
m paniecl to
1 •r St.H e
Alfred i
Wingham by Mr.,' nim, 3. Scott, a for-
mer Wingham' baker, who has trade
well itt Sarnia and has been a mem-
ber of the city council for some years,'
They motored' up and found the roads
in fairly good condition.
special mention of the, Garden of Ed-
en, and a winter scene which he has
just completed, Mr. Phippen tells
Provincial Constable
G. H. Phippen
us that it takes thirteen or `fourtten
i -
' lure about r8 r
tn
hours to paint ,a plc
dies square. Another of Mr. etipaintings Irhip-
p
l's ntin s is on display in Tho
1 g
Advance -Tinges window
ehasbe
Abrother of Mr, Pl rlippn
conte quite faurOtis ,Phippen
artist and
woodcsarver and a few of his master -
Pieces are on exhibition in the Art Persian Lamb Coat, Sable Collar
Galleries of Detroit.' Mr. ''Phippen and 'Cuffs, Gold, and Brown brocade
did considerable painting some years Lining. :Extra longcoat 50 itches.
ago but laid' his brush aside for a
long Persian Lap!) Coat,
Sable
Collar r
time awl onlyduring the hast winter long,
Itage at ,curl, quite •tt evcr
.
cernmeticed his lolls 'lost list. "1"be gl ty coat, size q.;x..
wonderful0ndwonderfull east of Tile w0riz is the filet Navy Cloth Coat, run Metal But.t• C
• •' `trimming ou sides. neat' waist -
but 01dinary house paints, line,
Rev. F. W. Sehaffter
ning he gave an' interesting account
f life in Southern India as he had
ound it, at the Lions Club luncheon
hich was held in the Queens Cafe.
fr. G. L. Brackenbury, B. A., Princi-.
al of Wingham High School, was
the Goodfellowship chairman and Mr.
Percy D. 1Vlarshall was the luncheon.
chairman.
Soft Ball Organized
The goodly number of Soft Ball
enthusiasts met in the Council Cham-
ber on Friday evening last; and or-
ganized, 'electing the following offic-
ers for the year: •
Pres.—W. B. McCool.
Vice Pres.—Frank Preston.
Sec.-Treas.—Lloyd Hiugston.
Executive Member—Dr. McIii.nes.-
It was decided to enter only six
teams this season. At the next meet-
ing next Friday evening the entries
will be received and the draw made.
The Advance -Times Trophy which
was won last season by the Western
Foundry team will again be competed
for and it appears that the competi-
tion will be even keener this year
than it was last;
Died Very Suddenly
It has been truly said that in the
midst of life we are in death. On
Monday evening, Mr. William Ella-
cott was in his usual health on Mon-
day night and enjoyed supper with
his family, but soon afterward suffer-
ed
uffered a stroke of paralysis and passed
to his Heavenly Home on Tuesday
morning. Mr. Ellacott was in his
66th year. He is survived by his wi-
fe, a daughter of Mrs. James McGee
and three slaughters and two sons
viz: Laura, Lillian., Irene, Wilfred and
Joseph. ph, To the bereaved family
is
extended the heartfelt sympathy of a
large circle of friends in their time
of sudden bereavement.
The 'funeral will be held to the
Wingham Cemetery on Thursday af-
ternoon. '
NEWS FROM THE DIFFERENT
CHURCHES
The, morning service in the United
Church, Wingham, was taken by Rev.
Mr, Bennett who read the Book of
Jude as the lesson and tools' as his
teat the latter part of verse 3, "Ye
Should Earnestly Contend for the fai-
the which was once delivered unto the
Saints." This is the New Testament
clarion call to battle, we must always
have a cause for battle and the cause
here is the upholding of the faith
against all onslaughts. In the early
Christian Church, the enemies of the
faith were extreme ceremonialism and,
sensualism and down through the ag-
es there have continued varied enem-
ies. We have many helps in our con:
tention for the faith, we have our per-
sonal. trust in Christ, the experience
of grace in the individual soul and the
fellowship of those who have the fai-
th. Mr. Bennett concluded with an
appeal to stand fast to the faith even
as Paul did,
The address to the children was
Particularly interesting, the,subject
tl
being "Thou God Seest Me". The;
speaker illustrated with a $tory and
by the use of a pair of field glasses
that God secs us when weare good.
and when we are bad,
Rev. Mr. McIntosh conducted the
evening service. The lesson read was
part of the eleventh chapter of Gen- -
ses andpart of the fifteenth chapter
of John, the test being, "Therefore is
the name of it called Babel," because
the Lord did there confound the lan
guage of all the earth.." The speaker
presented a vivid picture of the plans
for building the city and tower, but
-
before they were conipleted, God was
displeased and confused their speech.
What had they done wrong? They •
had. left God out of their plans. Phis
world is filled with confuson from the
same cause, plans fail oftenin politi-
cal life and in business life because
God is Ieft out. Nations have fallen
when they have forgotten God, right-
eousness is the only sure foundation-
for national greatness. This is also
greatly true in • the individual life, .lea-
ving God out spells failure for the. in-
dividual.
Three anthems by the choir were
much appreciated.
Wednesday Half Holdays
Commencing the first week in May -
Wingham places of business will clo-
se on Wednesday afternoons .until the
end of October. The Advance -Times
staff wil] also take this holiday and
we would like to draw• to the atten-
tion oI our advertisers the fact that
advertisements will have to be in our
office' by 3 o'clock on Monday after-
,noon each week to insure publication
in that week's" issue.
Presbyterial to Meet at Brussels
The twelfth annual meeting• of
Maitland Presbyterial Society of the
W. M. S. of the Presbyterian Church
in Canada, will be held in the Pres-
byterian Church, Brussels, Ont., on
Tuesday, May 11th., 1926. , Opening
session Io a rex., • afternoon session
r.3o p. m., evening session 7 p. m,
Special speakers during sessions in-.
elude Rev. 1. D. and Mrs. Armstrong
Durham, late of Kong Moon, South
China, Rev. Dr. Forbes, Teeswater.
Died In Turnberry
A. most kindly and 'highly esteem-
ed lady was Miss Isabella McPher-
son who passed away in Turnberry
From on Sunday, April 25th., at the age of
List of The Goods' Stolen From 63 years. She was a daughter of the
late William, McPherson; a former
'sin herrn Dr Goods Store reeve of Turob erry township and she
-% land ,her brother, Alexander have re- ,.
sided on the homestead, I.ot it, Con.
'Turnberry for many years. Anoth-
er sister, Mrs. Neil -Anderson lives itt
Manitoba, The funeral was held to
Wingham Cemetery on .Wednesday
afternoon, Rev. Dr. Perrie conduct-
ed the services.
Wingham Broadcasting Station
e rep heard it said,
We have 1 eatedly ,
probably, with a, certain remount of
jest, that "Wingliam 0 gcttirig more
like: New York every . day,', but is
there o a c i
. net ertairrttrntsunt of truth t
hin
a
rt. Wrnglrarn tan now.boast of 1li-
tensed radio broadcasting station.
The call letters will be rofP, this sta-
tion was .'foY
rmerl knownn as j.0 -K -E.
Broadcasting will be .done every
Thursday evening commencing it
o'clock from the studio at the lBrtrns-
wiele llt,teh nowt fstil to tune in fox'
The following goods were stolen
from King . Bros. Store on the night
of the recent burgulary. We have
heard a great many guesses as to
what; was taken and for the informa-
tion of our readers we are publishing
the .list of goods and description:
Large Sable Scarf,' 72 inches long
by about 12 inches wide, two pockets,
tails, dark brown silk crepe lining
With a little gold silk cross stitching.
Persian Lamb Coat, Iolinslcy Coll-
ar ar and Cuffs, 'plain bright Orange
Pussy 'Willow Sell. Lining .with flow-
ered Border, length 45 inches.
Navy Cloth Coat, Black Silk Braid
and black buttons as trim at sides, sli-
ghtlf lire.
Bright 'Gieen Georgette Dress, col-
ored Seat:hi Bead Trim, overskirt on
side fronts.
Sand -Georgette Dress, Diamond
pointes at bottom. of skirt, sleeves
finished in same manner es skirt.
,Flat Crepe Dress, Two Tonc. Sugar
Cane Shade, Six Brilliants as triter
one brilliant on each of two ties. Y
Satin Canton Dress
Black S ,• Red
Georgettectte Barrei Sleeve from Elbow,
,
Black Panel .in front lined with/Red
Georgette,Two tome Buttons, Red
and Black.
R se Crepe Dress,Gilt thread ens
Rose t
broidety at waist.
Light Sand Crepe Satin Dress
Shirred at sides al: waistline,
s re offering
Ding Pros, . a b $200 re
ward for information that will lead to
the discovery ,of the gods.
- lolly on '.Thursday at o o`clocb when
? i i c.otncCrt tic ill ho nut ore.
a. loon? 1< t gal, t t
the aur. ';l."lee wavelers;irtlu is 250.