The Wingham Advance-Times, 1936-07-30, Page 1With Which Is Amalgamated The Gorrie Vidette and Wroxeter News.
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OLD TIMER PAYS
SHORT VISIT HERE
H. A. Kaake, of Buffalo, Lived) Here
in the 80’s.
We have a very pleasant chat one
cday last week with a former Wing-
hamite, H. A, Kaake, of Buffalo. It
was in the 80’s that Mr. Kaake re
sided in Wingham. His father kept
■a Singer sewing machine shop just
the south side of where Fry’s furni
ture store , is • now located; ■ His par
ents were Edwin and Elizabeth Kaake
and he was born near Black Horse
but after residing in Goderich Town
ship came to Wingham about 1882
and after living here for' seven years
moved to Blyth. In 1890 Mr. Kaake
went to the States and was engaged
by the Western Union Telegraph Co,
which firm he has been continuously
with for 46 years,,
He wandered around town looking
for somebody to talk to but as he
has not been here since 1890 he had
little success in meeting up with for
mer acquaintances.
He informed us that Wingham was
the first town to. have electric lights
in Ontario. In was in 1882 that Leg-
go Ireland came here from Detroit
and he brought a generator outfit
with him that was installed in a pump
works and blacksmith shop on Vic
toria Street and that the power was
used to light the hardware store that
was then located on the southeast
corner of Josephine and Victoria
Streets opposite the Exchange Hotel,
that was torn down a few years ago.
Later six or seven lights were install-
*ed on Josephine Street and one night
during a fog in late October, geese
by the hundreds were attracted by
the lights and settled on the road.
The honking and noise this flock
made drew many people from their
peaceful -slumbers and Mr. Kaake
.succeeded in capturing one in a door
way next to his father’s shop. He
also recalled that several other people
were also successful in like attempts.
He recalled the days of 1885 when
:the boys of the old 33rd were drilling
tq go West. He says “I was just a
bare-foot kid and I was nosing around
and got too close and the wad from
a dummy cartridge just about burned
the calf off my right leg.”
Fie was a newsboy in those days
and delivered the Advance and later
the Times. «
He remarked on the fine appear
ance of our Main Street and express
ed the hope that he could soon make
another call here so that he could
chat with some of the old-timers. He
was accompanied by his sister, Mrs.
Lillian Soil, also of Buffalo.
United Church Picnic,
A large number of the United
'Church and the Sunday School had
a most enjoyable outing on Wednes
day afternoon last week when they
held their annual picnic at Bogie’s
Beach. The water in the lake was
so cold, that few ducked and those
who did were not in for long. Races
and games formed the program and
.the usual picnic supper.
OBITUARY
< Mrs. Thomas Jackson
The death of Elizabeth Burchill,
^widow of the late Thomas Jackson,
occurred in Cainsville, near Brant
ford, early Friday morning, July 24,
in her 76th year. Mrs. Jackson, who
resided on Catherine Street here, was
.ill for about a month prior to her
death . On the Sunday previous to her
death she was taken to Cainsville.
The same evening she went into a
state of coma and did not rally before
she passed away. •
• Born in Hibbard Township, near
Mitchell, she moved with her parents
to Turnberry and attended school at
Zetland. After her marriage she and
her husband moved, about 45 years,
ago, to Amabel Township, three miles
from Hepworth, where they farmed
until the death of her husband 16
years ago. Selling the farm, Mrs.
Jackson moved to Tara, coming to
Wingham to reside seven years ago.
*She was a faithful member of the
United Church.
Surviving is one.adopted daughter,
Mrs. Clarence D. Chittenden of Cains
ville, two nephews and one neice,
Wm. Burchill, of East Wawanosh;
John Burchill of Culross and Mrs,
'Groves, of Michigan.
The funeral service was held at the
homo of Mrs. Clarence D. Chittenden,
Cainsville, on Sunday morning. She
was buried by the side of her late
husband in Allcnford Cemetery,
BOY SCOUTS
RECEIVE BADGES
Capt. A. C. F. Winslow, District Com
missioner, Made Presentation.
FINE ADDRESS
GIVEN INSTITUTE
Belgrave Branch Were Guests of
Local Institute.
MEMORIAL SERVICE
IN ST. PAUL’S CHURCH
Large Congregation Attended This
Beautiful Service,
At a meeting of the Boy Scouts
held in the Armouries on Tuesday ev
ening proficiency and other badges
earned by the boys during- the .last
six months were presented to them
by Capt. A. C. F. Winslow of Mount
Forest, district commissioner for the
Boy Scouts’ Association.
■Scout Master Bucknan, of Mount
Forest, was also present and discuss
ed with the boys the arrangements
for the Scout Camp which will be hel’d
at Mount Forest, Aug, 1st to Aug.
Sth. Twenty-five members of the
Wingham Troop will * attend this
camp at which it is expected there
will be about 80 to 100 Scouts. Vis
itors’ day at the Camp will be Thurs
day, Aug. 6th.
The following received badges:
Cyclist Badge—John Preston, Wil
liam Burgman, Benson Hamilton, C.
McKay.
Swimmer’s Badge—C. McKay, P.
Biggs, ,D. Biggs, M. Habkirk.
Musician’s Badge—K. Johnson, W.
Pickell, C. McKay, B. Hamilton.
Camper’s Badge—C. McKay, B.
Hamilton.
Marksman’s Badge—C. McKay, B.
Hamilton.
Boat Builder’s Badge—C. McKay.
Athlete’s Badge—D. Waram.
First Class Badge—C. McKay, B.
Hamilton.
All Round Cords, Grade A.—C. Mc
Kay, B. Hamilton.
Knotter Badge—P. Biggs.
BASEBALL GAME
TO-DAY (WED.)
Game Called at 4.30.
The Hurons will play their last
Bruce League scheduled game at the
Town Park this afternoon (Wednes
day) when they will have Walkerton
as their opposition. This should be
an interesting game as Walkerton
play a, good brand of ball and the
local gang are out to add another
win to their credit. -The .game is call
ed for 4.30 sharp.
MRS. JOHN CAMPBELL
HAS 90th BIRTHDAY
Came Form Ireland As xa Girl to
Bush Farm
On Sunday at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. George Hawthorne at
Lower Wingham, Mrs. John Campbell
celebrated her 90th birthday.
Her maiden name was Sydney
Montgomery, the daughter of the late
Andrew and Jane Montgomery. She
was born in the County of Fermanah,
Ireland, and when about 13 years of
age the family moved to New York.
The crossing was made in a sailing
vessel, and took nearly 9 weeks. She
lived in New York 'for a couple of
years and then came on a visit to
relatives in this part. It "was on this
visit in 1862 that she met John Camp
bell and they were married, and took
up farming on.the Boundary between
Culross and Turnberry. They built
a log shack and the result of the
labors of these early days is the fine
farm, on which her son William now
lives. A. little later her parents with
the remainder of the family, came
and settled between heat and Tees
water. < Mr. Campbell passed on in
1911 but Mrs. Campbell remained on
the farm until seven years ago, when
she moved to Lower Wingham to
live with her daughter.
Despite her advanced years, Mrs.
Campbell is of a cheerful, bright dis
position and has a fine sense of hum
our. She reads with the aid of a glass,
enjoying good health, sleeps and cats
well. She is a member of the Angli
can church, and when we went to
call on her, she was having, a chat
with Rev. E. L. Roberts,, her sister,
Miss Mary Montgomery and Mr.
Hawthorne. She still remembers the
district where she was born and often
tells many interesting things that oc
curred in her girlhood days in Ire
land. In her early days on the farm
oil the Boundary, she said that wild
animals were ever present, foxes,
wolves, bears and Lynx.
She has three children living, An
drew of Turnberry, William of Cul
ross and Mrs. George (Margaret)
Hawthorne, Lower Wingham. She
also has otic brother and one sister
living of a fa,mily of four girls and
two boys, William Montgomery of
Emmerson, Mam, and Miss Mary
Montgomery of Lower Wingham.
There was .a splendid attendance
at the regular monthly meeting of the
Women’s Institute held in the Coun
cil Chamber on Monday afternoon, 66
being present. Mrs. W. J. Hender
son presided and the ladies of the
Belgrave Institute were guests,
.The meeting opened with the sing
ing of the Institute Ode with Mrs.
James Robinson at the piano, follow
ed by the Lord’s Prayer in unison. A
short business session was held and
the roll call Household Hints, Sing,
Say or Penny Pay, An interesting-
program was given, tap dancing by
Jean Garton of Leamington; a piano
solo “Meet the Mongolians” by Chas.
Scott of East Wawanosh. Mrs. W,
C. Scott of East Wawanosh gave a
reading “The Etiquette Book” and as
an encore “Getting Up in the Morn
ing.”
A very interesting speech on can
ning, storing and budgeting of fruits
and vegetables, was given by Mrs.
Joan Hamilton Shearer of the De
partment. She advocated everyone
having a large vegetable and fruit
garden and stressed the use of plen
ty of fresh vegetables and fruits to
build healthy bodies.
“Londonderry Air” was a piano
solo by Charles Scott and Miss Doris
Scott of Belgrave rendered a vocal
solo.
The District President, Mrs. Oster,
of Blyth, 'gave a talk in the interests
of the wards of the Children’s Shelter,
after which Mrs. W. C. Scott gave
another reading “It Can Be Done.”
Mrs. W. J. Henderson thanked all
who contributed to the program and
the Belgrave ladies moved a vote of
thanks to the Wingham Branch for
sharing with them such a profitable
program.
The meeting closed with the sing
ing of “God Save the King” after
which lunch was served and a social
half hour enjoyed. The hostess for
the meeting was Mrs. J. E. Fells, as
sisted by Mrs. George Wilson, Miss
Beatrice Graham and Miss Margaret
Anderson.
Wqn Gold Medal
G. L. Martin of Lucknow won the
gold medal for judging in the class
under 21 years of age at the annual
field day held at the Ontario Agri
cultural College on Wednesday of last
week.
Sets Golf Course Record
Recently while playing a round on
the Alps Golf Course, Dr. W. A. Mc-
Kibbon made a new record for the
course when he made the nine holes
in 31 strokes.- That will give the boys
something to shoot at.
Presentation to Bride-Elect
On Thursday evening last a num
ber of friends of the bride-elect, Miss
Ena Currie, were entertained at sup
per by Mrs. W. Currie, assisted by
Mrs. Cecil Forster, of Palmerston.
During the evening the girls present
ed Miss Currie with a modernistic
living room mirror.
Betty Taylor Elected Captain
A former Wingham girl, Betty
Taylor, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas Taylor, of Hamilton, was
chosen Captain of the Canadian Wo
men’s Olympic track team. Betty has
become famous for hurdle racing and
we together with her many friends
here wish her the best of luck at the
Olympic Games which are being held
in Germany.
Former Resident Passes
The funeral of George Kargus, of
Preston, a former resident of Wing
ham, was held from the residence of
his mother in Preston on Friday af
ternoon. Mr. Kargus has been ill for
three years. He was born in Listowel
but for some years lived here before
moving to Preston 15 years ago
where he was employed by Clare
Brothers, He was in his 45th year.
Burial took place in Mount View
Cemetery, Gait.
St. Paul’s Sunday School Picnic
The members of St, Patil’s Angli
can Church held their annual picnic
at the 10th bridge on Wednesday af
ternoon last week. Despite the threat
ening weather, a large number were
present, Races and games for young
and old were held, The kiddies were
treated to a candy scramble and ice
cream. Following the sports a picnic
supper was enjoyed. All arrived back
homo in time to miss the heavy rain
that fell during the evening.
300 ORANGEMEN
PARADED AT
TEESWATER
Service Held in Presbyterian Church
One of the largest Orange Church
Parades ever held in this district took
place on Sunday evening at Teeswat-
er, Three hundred were in the par
ade which gathered at the Agricultur
al Park and headed by the Teeswater
Band, paraded to the Presbyterian
Church where they were addressed by
Rev, Allen, the minister. Mr. Allen
chose for his text “Am i my brother’s
keeper?”
Following the service the Orange
men paraded back to the Agricultural
Park where several short addresses
were given.
LOCAL AND PERSONAL
Miss Ann Forgie is spending a va
cation in Detroit.
Boys’ White Oxfords, Black Trim.
Sale Price $1.65 at Greer’s.
.Mr. Donald Adams is visiting with
friends in Oakville and Toron tiV^
Miss Margaret Fraser is visiting
this week with friends in London,
Mr. Harvey Nivins, of Toronto,
spent the week-end at his home here.
Mr. Lance Brown, of Kitchener,
spent the week-end at his home here.
Mr. Jack Gregory is visiting in Tor
onto with his uncle, W. A. Campbell.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Ellacott, of
Toronto, are visiting relatives in
town.
Feet comfortable for the “Civic
Holiday”. Buy your White Shoes at
Greer’s Shoe Sale.
Miss Mary Stokes is visiting in
Galt the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Cyril
Wright.
Miss Blanche Irwin, of Toronto, is
visiting with her sister, Mr.% Ernie
Jackson.
Miss Margaret MacLean^is visiting
with her cousins, Joan anfl Dorothy
Bayliss, of London.
Mrs. David Falconer has returned
home after spending the past month
with friends in Indiana.
Mr. and Mrs. .Stan. Harrison, of
London, were week-end guests of his
mother over the week-end.
Dr. Locke Shoes for men $8.50 per
pair in A and C widths. Willis Shoe
Store. Phone 129, Wingham.
Miss Margaret Henderson, of Tor
onto, spent the week-end at the home
of her mother, Mrs. Lsabell Hender
son.
Mr. and Mrs. Leigh Jphpston, of
Orangeville, are visitors at the home
of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. C.
Lepard.
Mr. and Mrs. J. McGibbon and son
of Kitchener,, are visiting this week
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Browne.
Mr. and Mrs. McKenzie Beattie and
son, Ronald, of Alliston, spent the
week-end with the former’s aunt, Mrs.
R. Beattie.
Visitors at W. H. Phaif’? on Sunday
were: Mr. and Mrs. G'eo. Murray and
family and Mr. and Mr^Alec Murray
of Clifford.
Miss Mary E. MacGregor, of Tor
onto, is spending her vacation at the
home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Alex. MacGregor.
Miss Margaret Dempsey, of Winni
peg, and Miss Hazel Murray, Brant
ford, are spending a few weeks’ holi
days with Miss Cora Phair.
Mrs. Wm. Sutton, Mr. and Mrs.
Ernest Sutton and family, of Galt,
spent a day last week at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Chas^Sutton.
Mrs. H. Andcrso'ft, ,pf Caledonia,
and Miss Dorothy Min, of Hamil
ton, were week-end guests of the for
mer’s sister, Mrs. J. H. Crawford.
White Shoes — August is the
month White Shoes—Prices at Greer’s
Mid-Summer Sale will please you.
Mr. Clare Moore of Detroit visited
over the week-end at the home of his
father, Mr. Wm. Moore. Mr, Frank
Moore returned to Detroit with him
for a few days.
We do Shoe Repairing on Saturday
Nights from 7 to 10.30 for the con
venience of those from the country
districts. Willis Shoe Store, Wing
ham, Phone 129.
Mr, and Mrs. Wilson Colwell and
Jimmy and Miss Urid Colwell, of
Toronto, also Miss Ilene Arnold of
Newmarket, spent the past week with
Mr. and c,Mrs, W. G. M. Reid.
White Shoe Sale —- Greer’s Mid
Summer Sale of White Shoes in Ties,
■Straps and Tumps, Women’s regular
$2.50 and $3.95 Shoes, sale price $1.69
and $1.98; Misses’ and Children’s, 75c
to $1.35. Come early and secure your
size. Greer’s Shoe Store.
St! Paul’s Anglican Church was fill
ed to capacity on Sunday morning for
the Vimy Memorial service, which
was held under the auspices of the
Wingham Post No. 180 B.E.S.L.
Headed by the Wingham Citizens’
Band, about 75 veterans, the Fire Bri
gade and Civic Officials paraded from
the Armouries to the Church and oc
cupied the front seats of the Church.
They entered the church to the or
gan prelude “Land of Hope and
Glory”, The processional hymn was
“Lord of Heaven and Earth and
Ocean”. The Psalm for the special
occasion was the 91st Psalm. The
lessons from the Scripture were read
from 4th chapter of Joshua, verses
1 to 9, and the 7th chapter of Revel
ations, from the 9th verse to the end
of the chapter. The hymns “O King
of Kings” and “God of Our Fathers"
were sung.
Rev. E. L. Roberts, the Rector,
chose for his text “These stones shall
be for a memorial forever”, the 7th
verse of the 4th chapter of Joshua.
In a very sincere address he told of
the significance of the beautiful mem-
I orial that earlier in the day had been
unveiled by His Majesty King Ed
ward VIII on Vimy Ridge. He spoke
of the 60,000 Canadian who gave up
their lives during the years of the
Great War for Peace and urged upon
the congregation to pray and work
for the peace of the world.
Following the singing of the Na
tional Anthem, Mr. Chris. Templeman
sang as a solo “In Flanders Fields.”
The Last Post was sounded, two min
utes’ silence was observed and then
Reveille. The Last Post and Reveille
were sounded by Comrade Dick Stone
on. a German bugle that was picked
up on Vimy Ridge. An organ solo
“The Dead March in Saul” was fol
lowed by the Recessional Hymn “For
All the Saints who from their Labors
Rest.” The organ postlude was “O
Canada.”
LIBRARYCLOSED
The Public Library will be closed
for two weeks and will be re-opened
Thursday, August 13th.
Takjng Post Graduate Course
Dr. W. M. Connell is taking a three
weeks’ post graduate course at Chi
cago, Ill. *
Transferred to Hanover
Mr. Don McFadzean, who has been
on the Dominion Store Staff here for
the past several months, has been
transferred to the Hanover branch.
Mr. Earl Gray, a local boy, who has
been with the Stratford branch, is at
present on the staff here.
Stole Three Honey Combs
Some person with a sweet tooth,
made a raid on one of Art. Fother
gill’s bee hives on Friday evening, and
took 3 combs of honey containing
about 25 lb's, of honey. Last year Mr.
Fothergill also had some honey stol
en from his hives.
Won Bowling at Lucknow
Two rinks of lady bowlers took in
the tournament in Lucknow Thurs
day and both rinks won prizes. Two
games were played in the afternoon
and two in the evening, but the heavy
down pour made it necessary to
cancel the evening game. Mrs. W. B.
McCool, Mrs. A. Wilson, Mrs. E.
Armitage, Mrs. C. B. Armitage skip,
won second prize with 2 wins plus
9 and Mrs. S. Hare, Mrs. M. John
son, Mrs. F. Sturdy, Mrs. George
Williams, skip, won 3rd prize with 2
wins plus 6.
Mrs. (Dr.) W. Co^nelth and family
are spending a holid^y.s.rft Thessalon.
Mrs. Joe Kerr visited with friends
in Grand Valley for a few days last
week.
Dr. Locke Shoes for men $8.50 per
pair in A and C widths, Willis Shoe
Store. Phone 129, Wingham.
Mr. and Mrs. Dave Robinson and
daughter, of Toronto, visited with his
sister, for a few days last week,
week.
Rev. and Mrs. C. Pentland, of As
sumption, Ill., are visiting with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Henry
Christie.
Mrs. (Dr.) George Ross, Barbara
and Mary, were Toronto visitors last
week. Mrs, Wilson Turner and
Phyllis returned with them for a
visit.
BOARD PREPARES FOR
BUSINESS COURSE
Commercial Course Opens at High
School Sept. 1st.
As previously announced in our
columns a Commercial Course will be
inaugurated, -at the High School at
the beginning of the Fall term. At
a recent meeting of the High School
Board the necessary equipment was
ordered and will arrive toward the
end of August so that all will be
ready and every facility on hand for
the student of the business course.
W. Stahley Hall, B.A., the Prin
cipal, is at present taking a summer
course at Toronto but will shortly
after the 1st of August be home and
all who wish information may get in
touch with him for further informa
tion.
Mr. L. E. Stuckey, M.A., has been
engaged as Commercial Specialist tea
cher and the Board feel that they
were very fortunate in securing his
services.
CIVIC HOLIDAY
NEXT MONDAY
Next Monday, August 3rd, has
been proclaimed Civic Holiday by
His Worship Mayor Hanna. All plac
es business will be closed on that day
but please note that the shops will
be open on Wednesday afternoon as
is the custom when a public holiday
occurs other than on Wednesday.
Trebles Called Off
The Irish Trebles which were bill
ed for Wednesday evening last week
on the local greens, had to be can
celled after the first game due to the
heavy downpour of rain.
KINCARDINE SCRIBE
HAS SHORT MEMORY
Caustic Comment in Kincardine News
The Kincardine News waxed sar
castic in their issue last week in their
report of the game in which the Hur
ons took the Pentangs into camp in
their own back yard. The following
is the part of the report to which we
refer:
“The victory was a tainted one for
the Wingham gang who showed thin
skinned sportsmanship late in the
game. Mel Riggin was playing hte
outfield and sprained his ankle mak
ing it impossible for him to run and
as Russ Anderson had previously
been taken out of the game, Manager
Gordon Thompson had no alternate
players to put in. the line-up when
Frank Cassidy split his finger open
Gord. Thompson sought permission
to insert Russ Anderson into the line-
i up again and was only permitted to
do so when he agreed to play the
game under protest with the team
which represents more points in On
tario than there are countries in the
league of nations. At the time Wing
ham only had a lead of six runs and
had about as much chance of being
defeated as Haile Selassie has of re
gaining Ethiopia. The “contented”
boys just couldn’t take it.”
It has long been our habit to let
by-goncs be by-gones but when we
read the above caustic paragraph we
could not suppress a smile as our
memory took us back to the last year
the Lakeside league operated. Flay
ing against Kincardine, Bob Groves
sprained his ankle and at the next
game which was also against Kin
cardine at Teeswater, Bob’s injured
member was still about the size of a
balloon, necessitating his wearing a
slipper in place of .the usual baseball
shoe. This however, did not stop the
big catcher. He went to bat and
banged a lusty single. The request
was made that he have another play
er run for him but the boys from the
Lakeshore town could not see it that
way and Bob had to stay on the base
lines.
It is rather a peculiar thing that
the score at that game was 9-3 for
Kincardine, exactly the score by
which they lost in the game the News
is so het up about.
At the time this happened at Tees
water wc made no mention of it in
our paper although we thought it was
rather a shady trick but Kincardine
were within their rights according to
the letter of the law or something.
Anybody who knows anything about
baseball knows that a man once tak
en out of a game cannot return. The
Hurons had a perfect right to allow
him to do so under protest, No doubt
the News would have had different
ideas if the shoe had been on the
other foot.
KING UNVEILED
VIM YMEMORIAL.
Beautiful Ceremony Took Place on*
Canadian Soil, the Gift
of France.
The beautiful Vimy Memorial, that
stands on Vimy Ridge, France, on.
Canadian soil, a gift from France, was.
unveiled Sunday morning by His Ma
jesty King Edward. VIII in the pres
ence of 6000 of the Canadian Pilgrim
age. High dignitaries were there re
presentatives of the British and Can
adian Governments, the President and.
Ministers of France and also thous
ands and thousands of the french cit
izens who held the Canadian soldiers
in such high regard during the Great
War. Throughout the whole of Can
ada those who could not be there sat
at their radios listeneing to the cere
mony with deep respect for those
60,000 Canadians who gave their all
in' the Great War.
Addresses were given by Rev. Cecil
C. Owen, of Vancouver, Rev. G. O.
Fallis of Toronto, and Monsignor
Deschamp of Montreal. A message
from Prime Minister Mackenzie King-
was read by Hun. C^G. Power, Min
ister of Pensions and National Health,
and Hon. Ian Mackenzie, minister o£
National Defense, spoke of the mon
ument’s symbolism.
The King then unveiled the mem
orial.
His Majesty, after thanking Pres
ident Albert .Lebrun for his presence,,
remarked that nine years ago he had.
dedicated the altar in Ottawa where
Canada’s book of remembrance re
cords the 60,000 of her war dead.
“Above the door is graven ‘All’s well*
for over there a happy warrior sleeps.’
It was “over there’ that Canadian ar
mies fought and died. It is ‘over
there’ that their final monument must
stand.”
“To-day, 3,000 miles from the shor
es of Canada, wc arc assembled ar
ound that monument—yet not on al
ien soil,” the Sovereign said. The
memorial marked the scene of feats
of arms which history will long re
member. “And the ground it covers
is the gift of France to Canada.”
“In dedicating this memorial to our
fallen comrades our thoughts turn ra
ther to the splendor of their sacrifice,
and to the consecration of our love
for them than to the cannonade which
beat upon this ridge a score of years
ago,” said the King. “In that spirit,
in a spirit of thankfulness for their
example, of reverence for their devo
tion and of pride in their comradeship,
I unveil this memorial to Canada’s
dead.”
“The Last Post” rang out as His
Majesty finished speaking, signalling'
a two minutes’ silence that ended with
the re-kindling blaze of Reveille.
President Lebrun then voiced the
gratitude of France for Canada’s war
time sacrifice. The monument would
recall to the people of France “that
here several thousand men, come from
a faraway land, spilled blood to de
fend their hearth.”
We do Shoe, Repairing on Saturday
Nights from 7 to 10.30 for the con
venience of those from the country
districts. Willis Shoe Store, Wing
ham, Phone 129.
Premier Hepburn to Open C.N.E.
The Lord Mayor of London, Eng,,
Sir Percy Vincent, together with his
mace bearer, sword bearer and other
dignitaries, will accompany Hon. Mit
chell F. Hepburn, Premier of the Pro
vince of Ontario, when Mr. Hepburn
formally opens the Canadian National
Exhibition on the afternoon of Fri
day, Aug. 28th. »
PROCTER^RE-UNION
The descendants of the late. Charles
and Abraham Procter, pioneer sett
lers of the 4th line of Morris Town
ship, held their fifth annual re-union
at the fine home of Mr, and Mrs*,
Miller Procter, Bluevalc Road, with
65 present.
Supper was served at 6 p.m. on the
spacious lawn, after which ball games
and other games were played. A pro
gram including one number from
each family consisted of instrumental
quartettes, duets, readings and
was much enjoyed by all. The elec
tion of officers was then held,
A hearty invitation from Mr. and
Mrs. Joseph Yuill to meet at their
home the coming year, was accepted,
Mr. Carl Procter, President for the
coming year, thanked Mr. and Mrs*
Procter and family for their kind hos
pitality, This brought the gathering
to a close.