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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1940-01-04, Page 7fl Wroxeter News and Gorrie Vidette INAUGUARATE WELFARE PLAN FOR TROOPS Attending a recent meeting in Lon­ don to inaugurate the new welfare plan for the troops in the Eastern command and London (,LEFT to RIGHT) are: Lord Nuffield, British industrialist and philanthropist; Les­ lie Hore-Belisha, British war minist­ er; the Lord Mayor of London, Sir Thursday, January 4th, 1940 cipal was in arrears for a longer per­ iod than six months. Notwithstanding the difficult’con­ ditions that farmers have experienced in the last few years, the repayment record of borrowers indicates that Canadian farmers, with few excep­ tions, respect' their mortgage obliga­ tions to the extent that economic con­ ditions will permit. The Board operates in all Provinces of Canada as a self-sustaining agency of the Dominion Government and witout expense to the taxpayers. Its funds for loaning purposes are obtain­ ed from the sale ,of its bonds, and the cost of administration and reserves for losses are provided for in the spread between the cost of funds bor­ rowed for loaning purposes and the rate of interest paid by its borrowers. During the period under review the Board has always paid its interest and other obligations on the due date. The Head Office of the Board is at Ottawa and there is one Branch Of­ fice of the organization in each' Pro­ vince of Canada. The Chairman of the Board is Dr. J. D. MacLean of Ottawa, and assoc­ iated with him in directing the<affairs of the Board is R. McKenzie, Vice- Chairman. The other members of the board are Dr. W. C. Clark, Deputy Minister of Finance and Notary Bou­ cher of Pierreville, P.Q. WROXETER Mrs. George Faulkner, Toronto, is * visiting her father, Mrs. Jno. Henne- berg, also Mr. and Mrs. Clarence White. Mr. and Mrs. A, B. Wearring and family, also Miss Lillian Ajkenhead, all of London, were visitors at the home of. Mr. and Mrs. D. S. Mac- Naughton during Christmas' week. Miss Evelyn Gamble of Bowman- ville called on friends in town one day last week. Mf. and Mrs. W. T. MacLean and Jack were guests of Mr. and Mrs. T. Brown for New Year’s Day. Mr. Harvey Bryans, Walton, was a week-end guest of Mr. and Mrs. J. Sangster. ’ ■United Church Entertainment United Church school room was'the scene of a happy gathering on- Dec. 27th when the teachers, officers and classes of the Sunday School put on their annual entertainment. • The Sup­ erintendent, Mr. Robert Stocks, pre­ sided over a splendid programme, to which each class contributed several numbers. Christmas Carol singing was a feature and a short play in two acts was, put on by a group from the 2nd of Turnberry. Refreshments were served by the ladies and following this treats distributed to all the children present. Altogether it was a* very pleasant and profitable evening and the superintendent, teachers and of­ ficers ate to be congratulated on their success. | sion Band took place in the Church school room the week* previous to • Christmas. The. leader, Mrs. A, J, Sanderson^ "presided over the Candle Light Service, and opened with the hymn “O' Come All Ye Faithful.” Special parts were taken by Thelma Denny, Alice Howes and Mary- Mei- ghen. The opening hymn was follow­ ed by the call to worship. Thelma Denny sang '“O Little Star of Beth­ lehem’’ and each of the members re­ ceived a star or a candle which was lighted from the large candle of the ■ Leaden An antherii was sung. “There’s A Song in the Air,” by all the members, The story of The Little Shepherd who could not go, was. told and the offering was received, and the words “Light of life that shineth ere the world began, Draw thou near and lighten every heart of man” was re­ peated. The closing hymn and the Mizpah /benediction closed an inter? esting meeting. «■ . 1 Women’s Institute Mrs. H. Waller will open her home bn Thursday of this week for, the Jan­ uary meeting of the W. I. Current Events will be taken by Mrs. Pope. Roll Call, Why is the Women’s Insti­ tute Worthwhile? Topic, The New APublic School Course of Study, musical number will be given. William Coxen; General Sir Walter Kirke, • commander-in-chief of Home forces, and Lieut.-Gen. Sir Guy Wil­ liams, commander-in-chief of. the Eas­ tern comand. Wednesday next. Roll Call “A Citiz­ en’s Duty in the Community.” Meet­ ing to begin at 2.30 p.m. Visitors wel­ come. ■ Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Foster visited for a few days last week with theiri daughter, Mrs. ‘Gordon Jefferson and Mr. Jefferson at Owen Sound. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cathers, Mr. and Mrs. Harr^ Hastie and daughter, Audrey, spent Monday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Jardine, Brus­ sels. OBITUARY John Gamble Grainger’ Deep sympathy is extended to Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Grainger in the sudden death of their 4-year-old sgu. John Gamble, who passed on Sunday, Dec. 31st, from an attack of croup. He is survived by his parents and one bro­ ther, Alvin, aged 6. The funeral ser­ vice was held from the home of his parents, 9th Con. of Howick, on Tues­ day afternoon, Jan. 2nd. Rev. ’ Mr. Johnston, of'Fordwich, conducted the service. Burial took place in Gorrie Cemetery. FARM LOAN BOARD REVIEWS ACTIVITIES Women’s Missionary Society The W.M.S. of United Church will hold their January meeting in the church school room on Thursday, Jan. 11th, 3 p.m. Mrs. Stocks will have charge of the meeting. All the ladies Annual S. S. Meeting , The United Church S. S. will hold their annual meeting in the church school room on Wednesday of this week. All teachers, officers and those interested in Sunday School work are asked to attend. Collects $470,000 more from borrow­ ers than in previous fiscale year —- total repayment $2,970,000. GORRIE, - of the congregation are invited to at­ tend this first meeting of the New Year. . J?. Candle Light Service The December meeting of the MiS- YOUR EYES NEED ATTENTION Our 25 Point Scientific Examin­ ation enables us to give you Clear, Comfortable Vision F F. HOMUTH Optometrist Phone 118 Harriston MONUMENTS at first cost Having our factdry equipped with the most modern machinery for the Exe­ cution of high-class work, we ask you to see the largest displayt of monu­ ments of any retail factory m Ontario. All finished by sand blast machines, We import all our granites from the Old Country quarries direct, m the rough, You can save all local deal­ ers’; agents’ and middleman profits by seeing Us. , E. J. Skelton ft Son' »t West End Bridge-WALKERTON Lois Ellesley, of near Molesworth, spent a few days last week’ with her friend, .Maxine Bolton. Private Thomas Ritchie spent the holiday week-end with his sisters, Misses Alice, Edith and "Ida Ritchie, of Toronto. Mrs. Woodcock and daughter, Miss Marion, of Toronto, are visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W, A. Ir­ win. ' ■ ' \ Mr. and Mrs. Ira MacLean' and daughters, Marilyn and Donna spent a few days last week at'the. home of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Hastie. Mr. Emerson Shera, of Wingham, spent the week-end at the home of his brother, Mr. Victor- Sheta and Mrs. Shera. Messrs. W. Kiitg, Kenneth Hastie, Thomas Bradnock, Sheldon Bricker, Jack Bricker, are spending a few days this week in Toronto. Mr, and Mrs, Charles Black and son, Fobert, .were New Year’s Day visitors with relatives in Bluevale. , Mr. and 'Mrs. Henry Bolton ahd daughter, Miss .Verdie, visited Mon­ day at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ed, Bolton. Ken. Arscott, of Toronto, spent d‘ few days last week with Earle King, Miss Madeline Ritchie spent the holiday with friends in Arthur. The regular meeting of .the Gorrie Women’s institute will be held at the home of Mrs. Arthur Stephens on ONTARIO IS PLEASED WITH BACON SCHEME British agreement satisfactory taking into consideration present prices of grain, says Hon. P. M. Dewan, Ont, Minister of Agriculture. 1 BRITAIN’S AIR CHIEFS COUNT THE DAYS Wwi As the war grows older, Allied air fleets gradually are assuming the up­ per hand over Germany’s .vaunted force. American factories add their- output to increased production of Al- lied airplane plants. Already Britain has taken the offensive in the air with patrols over German bases. The men who direct these activities and who wait for the day when supremacy in the air is unchallenged, are Britain’s air minister, Sir Kingsley Wood (seated) and Air Chief Marshal , Sir Cyril Newall, chief of the air staff. “Ontario is pleased with the defin­ ite agreement with Great Britain re­ garding hog marketing. Nine dollars a hundredweight is a satisfactory price to-day, taking grain prices at the moment into consideration,” says Hon. P. M. Dewan, Ont. Minister of Agriculture, in commenting on the scheme whereby Canada is to supply Great Britain with 4,480,000 pounds of bacon and ham weekly until Oct. 31, 1940, with Britain paying a fixed price of $20.18 an English hundred weight of 112 lbs. This would amount to about 9 cents a pound live weight for hogs, it was stated. Mr. Dewan said Ontario can pro- ' duce just as much bacon by maintain­ ing quality .as by disregarding stand­ ards. It doesn’t cost any more to pro­ duce a good article than an inferior article. “Our good breeding foundation should be conserved,” he said. “The young, high-class commercial gilts shoud not be sent to markets but pur­ chased in the neighborhood. In other words, the local supply of breeding stock should be taken* up at home.” PHIL OSIFER OF LAZY MEADOWS By Harry J. Boyle “PERFECT DAY” The annual report of the Canadian Farm Loan Board for the fiscal year ended March 31, 1939, contains a re­ view of the activities of the Board covering its initial ten years of' oper­ ation. “ In 1929 the Board was appointed by the Federal Government to administ­ er the Canadian Farm Loan Act which provided for the establishment of a scheme of long term loans to the farmers of Canada. Loaning opera-1 ed, there comes the time" to make use tions were begun in the spring of ’29 , of the frigid jaiiudry temperatures and since that time there had been and kilI a hog for the winter dayS ;n I still like .butchering day on the farm, in spite of the fact that it does not mean much now to what it used to. Where a sleighload of hogs would be dressed back a few years ago, they now k'ili one for themselves and per­ haps one for the neighbours. But it's still a grand day. When the high living days of Christmas and New Year’s have pass- loaned as at March 31, 1939, approxi- store just, ahead. Usually'there’s been mately $38,000,000. During the last a ~ t..... ____; few years the Board has been loaning , delicacies, who suddenly picks up a runt in a lot of picks, pampered at the rate of about $5,000,000 Per|and in1 a sudden. gaining, rush runs yeaC.J-.oans may be granted by thelQver tHe pollndagc s0 essential to be­ ing a select. He’s at once nominated on♦ tile grounds that his meat will be Sweet and the lard won’t go amiss. Of course butcher day always means plenty of hot water. There must be an abundance of it and the i butcher tools must be laid out in the 'little shed beside the driving shed. earnest. There’s meat to be cut up lard to be made . . sausages ground boots fill up with the powdery stuff from the fresh meat and mixed ex- as you hike after the porker. Boiling pertly-with sage and, savoury. But that’s the work. The . enjoy­ ment is to come later .... after the work is done and we have the deli­ cacies for meals. Sweetbreads .... spare-ribs .... boile'd knuckles .... juicy little pats of tenderloin . . fried fresh ham . . . and it’s a delight to know that food was raised by your own hands. There’s always a few parcels to de- liver- in town that night* A savoury roast for the parson, a few spare ribs for that kindly widow where the wife waited that day for the train to come in . . a parcel of sausages for the mill-, keeper's wife who’s always so kind with a spot of tea after you’ve been nearly frozen driving in with a load of chop. It’s a busy hectic day as well. Squealing pigs that sometimes escape •from the pen and manage to wallow through the snow until your rubber munities. It’s an example as well of the way in., which a farmer can be practically self existent on the pro­ ducts of his own farm. There’s many a stormy day to fol­ low when a piece of ham . . or should­ er .. or lean side meat will come in •handy for the lady of the house and there’s no thought of making a trip to town with the meat packed away awaiting the chance to be used. water has a habit of cooling quickly . . . and sometimes*' the barrel slides from the stoneboat and spills over the landscape. But there’s usually time for chatting and the 'companionship of neighbors. There’s* always time for a pleasant smoke when things are in a lull and perhaps a little swapping amongst the neighbours;’ Butcher day always means one of the neighbours getting a quarter of pork or a ham and a shoulder to tide him over until his own butcher day. It’s always a friendly, cheerful way in which arrangements are made ... a rough estimate of how much meat he’s taking and there’s never a doubt but that it will be returned when you may need it. It's iust another, example of the spirit of neighbourliness which can and does exist in most rural com- Board to bona fide farmers upon the ' Security of mortgages taken on farm 1 lands,, owned, operated and occupied by the borrower. Such loans are re? payable over a term of up to twenty- five years on an amortized plan of repayment. The rate of interest charged is 5% per annum. The loaning policy of the Board is , to grunt loans in amounts measured .„». by the ability of the Individual bor­ rower to repay the same from the op­ eration of his farm after making pro­ vision for living and operating expens­ es and for taxes. ---- ------ —------------ : In the last fiscal year, the Board where one by one they re executed collected from borrowers a total of neatly. 1 hen into the barrel of boil- $2,970,000 as repayment of principal in& hot water goes the pig. There s and interest as compared with an am- always one man who knows exactly omit of $2,500,000 collected In the pre- when to incline his head ... and then viMis fiscal year. back out of t,tc batf61 CDhies the In the ten-year period under review, pig * - • glistening and white and at Of the $38,006,600 loaned there was just the right stage for scraping so repaid by borrowers $4,800,000 and, as to bring off the hairs cleanly, at the end of that period, only $837,-’ then up on the block and Jackie 000 of interest and $637,000 of prin- goes the carcass and work begins in / ■ < i neighbours along to help, or perhaps I they go together and butcher several * for the neighbours on the line. I The pigs are run in the empty pen I and then cornered into the stock rack, New 1940 Ford V-8 and Mercury 8 Cars —mm MANY improvements have been incorporated in the Ford V-8, De­ luxe Ford and Mercury 8 cars for 1940. All of the cars have a new finger-tip gearshift, Sealed Beam headlamps, controlled ventilation, improved riding quality and ad- vanced exterior and interior styl­ ing. Pictured above (fop) is the Deluxe Ford V-8 Fordor sedan, an-ideat family car with increased interior,roominess and distinctive­ ly modern exterior design. There ate three Ford V-8 models and five Deluxe Ford body types* The Mei> cury 8 town sedan (bottom) is a four door oar of striking beauty. Both front and rear seats hold throe persons comfortably. Five Mercury 8 body types are avail­ able with a wide choice of colours.