The Wingham Advance-Times, 1939-08-10, Page 5Thursday, August 10th, 1939
Dresses
WINGHAM ADVANCE-TIMES
No foolin’, folks, you don’t want .to miss this sale. It starts Thursday, August 10th, and the joke is on
.1 < . . 1 1 1 .1 .... 11 . . i . . j r a 1 1 ius. We thought these dresses would sell at regular prices — but we were fooled. And now we’re ready to
take our losses, .Come early for best choice,
All Better Quality Dresses
All of these dresses are Spring and Sum
mer purchases. Everyone an outstanding bar
gain. First class workmanship and styling. In
two price groups.
Group 1 —
$8.95 Values, % Price . .
Group 2 —
$6.95 Values, x/2 Price................$3.48
.. $4.48
Medium Priced Dresses
You should be able to find something in
this group of dresses in regular and half sizes,
in Chiffon with matching slips, Tennis Spuns,
Thick and Thins, etc. In two price groups.
Group 1 —
$3.95 Values, % Price .. .
Group 2 -T-
$2.98 Values, % Price ,..
$1.98
. $1.49
80c
.. $2.39. $1.28
I
$1.59
CLEARANCE OF LINGERIE
PANTIES - SUPS GOWNS - PAJAMAS
We have a few numbers in thiese lines .that are slightly soiled, some discontinued but otherwise *
are up-to-date in styling and manufacture, in Satin, Crepe and Cellasuede, and they are all Less 20% of
their regular selling.
Panties —
Regular $1.00 Values, On Sale
Slips —
Regular $1.59 Values, On Sale
Gowns and Pyjamas —
Regular $1.98 Value, On Sale
Gowns and Pyjamas —
Regular $2.98 Valuej On Sale . .
Special Values In Tufted Chenille Bed Spreads
You can be enthusiastic about modern decoration when it brings such a charming adaption of an old-
fashioned idea! Your grandmother may have used tufted coverings — but not in such designs! They are
Creamy Cotton, with tufted bars and allover patterns of White and Peach, White and’ Rose, White and
Green, etc. Decidedly up-to-date and just as serviceable as they are smart. Priced at .
.75 —95 — $7.95
KENWOOD BLANKET CLUB
Why not join our- Kenwood Blanket Club? 50c down and 50c per week and your blankets are
paid for in jig-time! Fresh clean stock just arrived and we store them for you until paid.
See Window Display.
WALKER STORES, LIMITED
JOSEPHINE STREET MAKE THIS YOUR FAVORITE SHOPPING CENTRE PHONE 36
LOCAL AND PERSONAL
Mrs. H. F. McGee,is a visitor this
week with friends at Bruce Beach.
Miss Alice Burke, of Listowel, is
visiting with her grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. R. H. Saint.
Mr. and Mrs. George E. Pocock
and sons, Williston and Jack, spent
Sunday with his mother, Mrs. G. Po
cock', Diagonal Road.
Mr. and Mrs. Reg. Sutton and dau
ghter, of Orangeville, returned home
after spending a week at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. C. Sutton.
Dr. A. J. and Mrs. Fox are leaving
on Friday to spend the week-end at
Revannc, Mich., where they will at
tend a family re-union.
Mrs, Morrison and her granddaugh
ter, of London, were visitors for the
past two weeks with her sister, Mrs.
Wm, Vanstone, Turnberry.
Mr. and Mrs A. D. MacWilliam,
Mr. and Mrs- R. S. Hetherington, Mr.
and Mrs. J. H. Crawford, were Grand
Bend visitors oyer the week-end.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Hamilton and son,
John, of Toronto, also <Mr. and Mrs.
S.‘H. Simmons were week-end Visit-
ors with Mr.,and Mrs. W. G. Hamil
ton.
.Mr. Russell T. Kelley, of Hamilton,
Hon. President of Teeswater Old
Boys’ Re-Union^ spent the week-end
at the home of his cousin, Mr. J. A.
Kelly. *•. '
Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Kingston and
family were' wegk-end visitors with
Mr. and/Mrs. GeOrgc, Haller. Mrs.
Haler returned,-with them for a week’s
vacation. • ''
Guests with ’ Mrs? W. S. Mitchell
over the week-end were: Rev. J. L.
and Mrs. Burgess and son, of Morril
ton, also Dr. C. H. and Mrs. Wilson,
of Bolton. • . '
Mrs. Allan McLean, of Arthur,, and
Miss Jean Morley, nurse-in-training at
Kitchener-Waterlo’o Hospital, were
week-end guests at the home of Mrs.
Thos. J. McLean.
Week-end visitors with Mrs. L. C.
Young were: , Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Young, of Ingersoll; Mr. and Mrs.
McManus and Teddy, of Toronto and
Mr. A. j. Helm, of London.
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Greer attended
the marriage of his nephew, Robert
John Greer, of Toronto, to Miss Kate-
leen Stewart, of Fort William, which
took place in Newmarket on Friday.
Recent visitors at the home of Mrs
George Lott were Mrs. Fred Wilkin
son and Miss Jean Wilkinson, Strat
ford; Mr, and Mrs. Albert Lott, Tor
onto, and Mr. Bruce Cameron, Osh-
awa.
Mr. George Smith, of London, was
a visitor on the holiday with Mr. and
Mrs. C. B. Armitage. His daughter,
Winnifred, who has been visiting- at
the Armitage home, returned /-with
him. , ' <
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Raby and Mrs.
Stanley Hare, Jack -.and Elizabeth,
spent the week-end ’ in Forest with
Mrs. Albert Hare, Elizabeth remain-'
ing for a week’s visit 'with her grand
mother.
Mrs. John Berner, of Lansing,
Mich., spent a few days last week with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. Camp
bell, Patrick St. Mr. Berner was a
week-end visitor with Mr, and
Campbell.
WEDDINGS
Mrs.
Round Trip Travel Bargains
From WINGHAM
AUGUST 18 -19 To CHICAGO $12.59
AUGUST 19 To WINDSOR I <4 IK
To DETROIT f qr*. IO
BflWlly low fates from all adjacent C. N. R. Stations. For Train Set-'
'Vice .'goiitg and fetutuifig sec handbills or consult Ageni&i lzdiij
CANADIAN NATIONAL
Falconer « Irvine
Estevan, Sask,—One of the season’s
prettiest weddings was solemnized at
three o’clock Monday afternoon, July
31st, at the home of Mr. and Mrs, D.
L. Irvine, Second street, when their
younger daughter, Margaret Ruth, be
came the bride of George Edward
Falconer, youngest soli of Mr. George
and the late Mrs. Falconer, of Tecs-
watef, Ontario,
; Baskets of delphinium, larkspur,
gladioli, statice and ferh made ah at
tractive setting in the living room,be*
fore which the marriage vows i werfs
exchanged. A profusion of othet
Jepson and Jean Iienneberg and Mrs.
Allan Trout. Miss Grace McNeil re
ceived the guests at the door. The
toast to the bride was proposed by
Mr. A. E. McKay.
For her daughter’s wedding, Mrs.
Irvine chose a floor-length fro'c^ of
Queen’s blue sheer. The short-sleeved
bodice was shirred to the waist and
tlie nckline formed a “V” in front. A
sash of the material finished the waist
line. Her corsage was pellow gladioli
tips, snapdragons and fem.
Mr, and Mrs. Falconer left by.mot
or for Yellowstone Park and points
in British Columbia, They will reside
at Lumby, B.C., where the groom is
principal of the high school, For tra
velling the bride donned a two-piece
tailored frock of silk crepe in light
turquoise shade, A silk scarf of mar
oon was knotted at the neck, and at
the waist was a narrow leather belt
of the same shade. Her brimmed felt
hat, which matched the dress, featured
a high, square crown and was trim
med by maroon horded ribbon with a
stiff loop at oneside. She wore a cor
sage of roses.
Out-of-town guests included, Mr.
and Mrs, E. Welwood, Caledon, Ont.;
Mr. and Mrs. John Falconer, Wing
ham, Ont.; Mr. and Mrs. C. A.
Brown, Miss Hazel Henderson, Miss
Marion Henderson and Miss Cather
ine Colquhoun of Gainsboro; Miss
Mary Mitchell, Moose Jaw; Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas Craig, Taylorton; Miss
Margaret McKkay, Swift Current, and
Mr. and Mrs. C. Blencowe, Bienfait.
ONE MILE AND
A QUARTER
By R. J. Deachman, M.P.
endure. The hedge I
neatly trimmed—now
branches in calloused
the original design,
tended in their youth
to make
sureof
Better
Pullets A complete balanced growing
mash that will maintain even
steady growth, It keeps pullets
in active, growthy condition
with no excess fat, It builds
bone, flesh and feathers. We make and supply Shur-Gain
16% Growing MasM right here in Wingham. It is fresh
when you get it—in its most palatable form. *1 Aft
Compare this price ..........
O SHUR GAIN 34/
Developing Concentrate
If you have your own grains to feed—balance them with
Shur-Gain 34% Developing Concentrate. We are well
equipped to do your grinding and mixing here at the mill.
Our price, per 100 lb. bag Developing Concen- Q 1 A
trate........................... Ualu
Follow the leaders and get the best. Shur-Gain formulas and Shur-
Gain Quality are guaranteed. Pulletts grown on Shur-Gain 16%
Growing Mash or 34% Developing Concentrate become big-boned,
big- bodied layers which are capable of steady, high egg produc
tion. Make sure of better pullets at less cost the Shur-Gain Way.
A’FUE'D Turkey Grower —
Vf A aTMaUa* Pig Starter............
Pig Starter ............
Hog Grower ....... .
Hog Fattener .......
Lay Mash —......
feed
PRICES
CanadaPackersLimited
Phone 142
“Shur Gain” Feed Service
Wingham
have offered the chances of more im
mediate profits, but this period had
in it an atmosphere of stability. The
year 1924 showed much the same pic
ture as we see today. The price of
manufactured products was high —
farm products low. Within a year
farm prices had moved up 15% and
manufactured products 3%. The bal
ance between the two was restored,
industry and agriculture became alike
prosperous — unemployment was neg
ligible.
Look for a moment at relative price
levels. The figures, taking the year
1926 as normal, mark the changes by
percentage
year:
deviation from
blooms added further colour to the ar
rangement. Rev. H. A. Mutchmor of
St. Paul’s United Church officiated.
To the strains of Mendelssohn’s
wedding march played by F. W. Hen-
neberg, the bride entered with her fa
ther, who gave her in marriage. She
was preceded by little Miss Helen
Marie Brown of Gainsboro, cousin of
the bride, who was flowergirl.
The bride looked charming in a
■floor length gown of white sheer. The
full skirt was trimmed with a wide
band of. taffeta at the bottom and taf
feta formed the Peter Pan collar and
covered the row of tiny buttons to the
Waist. The bodice was gathered and
•the sleeves were short and puffed.
Her finger-tip net veil cascaded from
a fluted halo trimmed with pearls, and
her bouquet was of pink roses, del
phiniums and cream snapdragons tied
with tulle. She wore an engraved cold
bracelet, the gift of the groom.
The flower girl was dressed
Kate Greenaway frock of sky
point d’esprit, the bodice of which
was shirred all around, and the sleev
es were puffed. Two pale pink satin
ribbons tied at the shoulders cascaded
to the floor. She carried a nosegay
of sweet peas.
A wedding breakfast was served to
sixty guests, The lace-covered tea
table was centred with a three-tier
wedding cake surrounded in pink
tulle, and three.white candles ih silver
candelabra were at either side, A sil
ver bowl of delphiniums andasters off
set by white tapers wa^1 placed on the
buffet behind the table, Mrs. S. Kin
ney and Mrs, A, E, McKay pourc3
and Mrs. M. L. Clendenan and Mrs,
F. W, Mcnnebefg cut the ices,’, Assist-
Jng w^re# Misses' Jessje ^itchelh X.it:
in a
blue
I I went home yesterday. Within the
| mind of every man there is a real
I home—the place where he was born.
I He gravitates to it time and again
I through the growing shadows of the
I years. If chance and fate makes that
I impossible, he holds the picture close
I to memory’s eye while he wonders if
I time will give reality to the things he
I sees.
This spot to me is a small farm,
I 50 acres, on the 10th concession of
I the Township of Howick in the coun-
I ty of Huron. It is not a perfect farm
—it is hilly. It was stoney, too, in
I the old days—I know—I picked stones
when I wanted to go fishing. A
stream runs through it—I always call-
I cd it a river. That stream has never
I loomed large on the page of history.
I It bounds no conflicts of mutual liat-
I es. It carries no ships of commerce,
I but in it I learned to swim the old
• frog stroke, outmoded now in these
I more modern days. I sailed toy ships
| across its bays and shallows when
I ships meant much to me, and in the
I noise of cities I have seen its waters
sparkling, as of old they glittered in
the moonlight when bare trees made
vision possible from my bedroom
window.
Some things
planted—once
flings wide its
| disregard of
j Spruce trees I
look down at me from crowning
heights of fine and lofty dignity.
Streams like nations change their
courses. The deeper holes in the river
are filled, the log jams have disap
peared, but the stepping stones are
there, nine of them. I crossed them
proudly, they were mine. I put them
in when I was a boy. In the lane were
cedar rails I split. What a life of use
fulness—they present 40 years of
faithful devotion to the task of keep
ing the cows out of the corn.
But this mile and a quarter tells the
story of the last half century of rural
Ontario. In my boyhood days, school
attendance was approximately 75—
now it is 19. Once there were 13 fam
ilies on that short stretch—now there
are seven. One hesitates to estimate
the average age, but it is distinctly
higher than 'it was. Youth leaves —
age lingers and youth is the period of
daring — agriculture in Ontario needs
courageous minds. Few farmers now
sell their farms and retire to the towns
to live-land values have fallen too
far to permit them to do so. The de
parture of youth checks social activ
ities. It hardens the arteries of pro
gress and tends to restrict the accept
ance of change and the development
of new metthods.
A part of this change, strange as
it appears, is an evidence of progress.
Farms have been abandoned of* given
Over to grazing because cultivation
no longer provided the new standard
of living developed in the towns and
impossible to secure on farms where
a part of the la,nd was submarginal.
These.are not likely to return to cul
tivation except as part of a larger
unit. The depression cut so deep into
farm earnings that the struggle seem
ed hopeless. It developed an inertia
which, coupled with the difficulty of
securing capital, made the application
of new methods impossible, or at least-
extremely difficult.
The golden age of agriculture in
Canada was the period from 1925 to
1929, inclusive, The war years may
J.l.
Manufactured
Products
101.9
103.8
100.
96.5
95.
93.
Farm
Products
88.1
101,0
100.
102.1
100.7
100.8
to 1935 depreciation
provided on Canadian
were not made, fences
necessary charges
ment, but have not yet concluled they
were wrong. Magnanimity of view is
a plant of slow growth but generosity
of mind is the world’s greatest need.
Another factor is at work. Farm
land values in Ontario are extremely
low. I have known good 100-acre
farms to be sold for $1,500. It is us
ual for farms to be sold at prices
which represent only a part of the re
placement cost of the buildings. The
new owners start with low capital
costs, the risk even for speculative
purchasers is slight. Land ownership
is a hedge against inflation, new im
plements tend to lower the cost of op-
oration and overcome, to some extent,
the difficult problem of efficient farm
labor. Artificial fertilizers fieTp to
maintain farm fertility and feeding
methods on farms represents improve
ment over past days—results are bet
ter. Economic forces fight to restore
the balance but there are periods in
winch it would almost seem that per
versity of man is greater than the
power of natural tendencies working
in his favor. But the old river back
there on the farm still flows onward.
It must have laughed full often at the
prophets of evil. When I turned my
back it sang a merry tune as it rip
pled over the stones where it crossed
the boundary line on to the old farm.
Perhaps it felt as I did—the immedi
ate picture is not too bright but
long range view is better—carry
carry on!
the
on,
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928
1929
Only once since, in 1937, did prices
flash back, but the change reflected
short crops more than growing de
mand, and in 1938 the old disparities
were renewed. Can good times come
again in Canada without the resora-
tion of conditions which brought them
back in 1925?
From, 1930
could not be
farms, repairs
sagged. These
could be met only by reducing the
living standards, The barns of On
tario were built so long ago they too
are a dwindling asset.
Yet all this is not surprising. Long
ago. we accepted as a definite policy
the idea that the nation could be en
riched by carrying the secondary in
dustries on the backs of the basic pro
ducers — there follows now the dang
er that in the end everybody will have
to be bontised. Speculation is perhaps
fruitless but it is interesting to con
template what would have happened
if the process had been reversed —
that is, if our economy had been fash
ioned for tile country rather than for
the cities—perhaps more interesting
still to contemplate a nation offering
absolutely equal opportunities to all.
If the picture seems despondent
and gloomy — it is nevertheless true,
but in darkest night hope Sees a star.
It is not beyond the bounds of pos- '
sibility that those who create the pol-I
itical thought of the nation^may be
gin to realize that the restoration ofI
agriculture is the first step in nation
al recovery. The present condition is
costly. A bonus system is economic
ally unsound—it is unsound regardless
of the occupation of the beneficiaries.
A definite movement towards a bal
anced economy would be a blessing
to agriculture, but of equal benefit to
our hard-pressed cities. They now are
paying the price for mistaken" judg-
All Figured Out
The village fire brigade stood
watching the top storey of a building
blazing merrily. When questioned by
an onlooker, about their inactivity, the
captain replied, blandly:
“Our hoses ain’t any too powerful,
mister. We’ll ’ave a better chance
when the fire gets down to the second
floor!”
by
In the Middle Ages the humble tur
nip was embroidered on banners and
graven on coats-of-arms. In those
days the turnip was held to be the
friend of all mankind. Those who car
ried it received it as a mark of honor
in recognition of the general goodness
of their dispositions.
Itching
Burning Feet
Go to any good reliable druggist today
and get an original bottle of Mbone’s
Emerald oil, Don't worry—this powerful
penetrating oil brings Such ease and edm-
fort that you'll be able to go abbut your
Work again, happy ahd without that almost
unbearable Jachlngf and soreness.
Rub on Emerald Oil tonight—freely; It
does hbt stain—Is economical. Money back
If not satisfied. Get it at good druggists
evefywno’res
WHBBON’S DRUG STORE