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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1940-03-14, Page 5Thursday, March 14th, 1940 IN COMMAND AT CANADA’S FLYING HEADQUARTERS AT LONDON When 500 Canadian volunteers for Finland’s army sail on the next avail­ able boat they will include a squad of 25 Canadian fliers to join the air force of that invaded nation, it was” an­ nounced in Toronto, Interviewing the volunteers are Capt. ,S. C, Johnston (LEFT), Sergt.-Major W. R. Jones and Major N. A, S. Glendinning. Ma- jor Glendinning wears the light beret which, along with a special arm­ band labelled “Canadian Volunteer" and the Finnish flag being supplied all those who join up. blue HOW1CK COUNCIL Wroxeter, March 5th, 1940 The Council met in the Township Hall, according to adjournment, the members were all present, the Reeve, J. W. Gamble, in the chair. The minutes of last regular meet­ ing, also special 'meeting, and on motion of Strong were adopted. Moved by Strong and that the Clerk be hereby were read and Weir, McCallum authorized to advertise for tenders for supplying gasoline, cylinder oil No. 30, hydraul­ ic oil and grease for the Township Gi-ader during the year 1940, said ten­ ders t(j> be in the hands of the Clerk not later than 12 O’clock noon, March 30th, 1940. Tender to include the supplying of container and small .pump and delivery to.be made at Nel­ son Gowdy’s home. Carried. Moved by McCallum and Strong that the Report of the School Attend­ ance Officer for October, December and January, be accepted and placed on filei Carried. Moved by Weir‘and Winter that the Report of the Township Auditors for the year 1939, be adopted. Car­ ried. Moved by. Winter and Strong that the time for the return of the Collec­ tor’s Rolls be extended to the April meeting. Carried. Moved by Gamble and Winter that the road from Fordwich East, on the 6th Concession, be opened to Edgar Byrd’s., on account of the serious con­ dition of Miss Byrd. Carried. Moved by Weir and McCallum that By-law No. 9 for the year 1939, as read the third time, be finally passed. Carried. ' Moved by Strong and McCallum that the following bills be paid. Car­ ried. Isaac Gamble, part salary as Clerk, $35.00; R. Griffith, shovelling snow off roof, Twp. Shed, Wroxeter, $1.40; T. A. Roberts, Printing cards and notices $9.50; Mil ton Leonard, part salary as Assessor 1940 $100.00; Edward Musgrove, Wood for Wrox­ eter Hall $7.50; Fred Edgar, Monies paid for repairing fences Mun. Drain No. 5, $2.00; A. A. Graham, Salary as Auditor 1939, $40,00; E. A. Fallis, sal­ ary as Auditor 1939 $40.00; A. Moffat, supplies' for Wroxeter Hall $4.00; Municipal World, Supplies $4.08; J. F, Schuett, Funeral expenses for Phil­ ip Straus, $60.00; W. E. Whitfield, bulb in Gorrie shed, .60; George Gal­ laway* storm door on Clerk’s Office, $1.50; McBride & McGibbon, fees re County Equalization, $146.75; L. N. Whitley, M.D., medical services re the late Wm. Gummerson $40.00; Munic­ ipal Worlcf, assessment roll and sup­ plies $31.26; Isaac Gamble, preparing By-law and work with Municipal Board U.S.S, No. 14 $20.00; Isaac Gamble, preparing Voters’ List for U. S.S. No, 14. $7.00; E. A, Fallis, post­ age and supplies for Auditors $1.30; Relief, $136.12. Road Expenditures , John Montgomery, salary as Road Supt., $10.85; John Montgomery, pos­ tage .30; Snow Roads: Jack Wilson $1.00, Cecil Wilson $1.00, Harold Fo- erter $8:00, George Heipel $4.00, John Finlay $4.50, Henry Finlay $1.40, Sterling Finlay $1.40, Walter Reddon $5.10, Elmer Downey $2.80; George Galbraith, tongue for disk, $1.25; Jno. Brown, snow roads, $2.50; James Mc­ Leod. snow Toads .50. Moved by Winter and Weir that this Council do now adjourn to meet in the Township Hall, Gorrie, on the 5th day of Agril, or at the call of the Reeve.Carried. Isaac Gamble, Clerk. GORRIE “The Cross" Theme of Meeting The regular meeting of the W. A. of the Angfican Church was held on Thursday of last week at the home of Mrs. F. C. Taylor with the president, Mrs. Holmes, presiding. The theme of the meeting was “The Cross” and the members responded to the Roll Call with a thought on that subject. Instead of the usual .Scripture lesson the hymn “Take ttp thy cross" was read. Mrs. Ritchie gave a very fine paper carrying out the theme of the day and concluded her talk by read­ ing the hymn “Must Jesus bear the cross alone?" The work of the after­ noon was quilting a quilt and com­ pleting the hooking of a mat. president closed the meeting with prayer and the hostess then served a tasty lunch. last. 1 Mr, Lloyd Hockridge spent last week at his home in Guelph. Watch for a series of “Variety” Pat­ riotic Parties" sponsore by the Red Cross Programme Committee of Gor­ rie. Red Cross supplies will be obtain­ able at the Gorrie Public Library .ev­ ery Saturday from 3 to 5 and 8 to 10, when a committee will look after the distribution of same. Saturday, March 16th, St. Stehpen’s Church W. A. will hold their St. Pat­ rick Sale in the Orange Hall, Gorrie, commencing at 2 o’clock. This will be followed by the usual Hot Supper. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Toner spent Sunday with the latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Woods, of Lakelet, Miss Edith Ritchie who had spent some time in Toronto, returned home last week. Dr. W. J. Ross and daughter, Mar­ ilyn, of Kitchener, visited on Sunday with the former’s mother and aunt, Mrs. M. Ross and Miss E. Ross. Mr. and iMrs. Ewart Whitfield and Mr. Jas. Douglas visited friends in Harriston on Saturday. We are sorry to report that Messrs. Melvin Nay and John Baiers are ill and confined to'their homes. . Mrs. C. Cooke and daughter, Fern, visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wright, of Lakelet, on Sunday the latter is remaining with grandparents for a time. Rev. H. N. Watt is continuing series of sermons on “God's Eternal Plan” and the subject on Sunday morning, March 17th, will be “The Cross in God’s Plan.” On Good Fri­ day morning at 11 o’clock there will be a celebration of the Holy Com­ munion. At the mid-week Lenten service at the Rectory on Wednesday evening, March .13th, J. L. Ball will speak on “The' Reformation” and on Sunday, March 17th, the subject will be “Av­ arice” the last of “The Seven Deadly Sins." and her the The 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 Girls’ Group Did Bazaar Work On Thursday afternoon of last week the Girls* Branch of the W.A. of St. Stephen’s Church met at the home of Mrs. W. C. King. The president, Miss Blythe Underwood,. was in charge. The meeting opened with prayer and the Scripture lesson was read by Mrs. Bolton. During the af­ ternoon the members worked at ar­ ticles for the bazaar. Mrs. Ball and Mrs. McIntyre read several chapters from the book ffMary Slessor of Cal-' aba.” Mrs. Ball closed the meeting with prayer after which a delicious lunch was served by the hostess. MONUMENTS' at first cost Having our factory equipped with the most modem machinery for the exe­ cution of high-class work, We ask you to see the largest display, ofimotai* meats of any retail factory in Ontario. All finished by sand blast machines. We import all our granites from' thi Old Country quarries direct, in the rough. Yon can save all local deal­ ers’* agents* and middleman profits by seeing us. 6. X Skelton & Son West End Bridge—WALKERTON Mr. W. C. King, Mr, K. Hastie and son, Bobby, spent a cbuple of days this week with friends in Toronto. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Jefferson and son, George, of Owen Sound, visited last week-end at the home of Mr. and MrSr George Foster, Mr. and Mrs, Victor Shera visited on 'Tuesday of last week with Mr, and Mrs. Mac Abram of Listowel. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Wright of Wal­ ton, were Sunday visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Black. Bombardier John Neilson, of I.is- tbwel, spent the week-end with his mother here, Mr. and Mrs. E, W. Bolton and family, also Mr. and Mrs. George King attended a hockey game in Lis­ towel last Thursday evening. Mr. and Mrs, Archie Miller’ visited with friends in Listowel on Saturday Former Gorrie Man Passes On March 7th there died in Nets’ Orleans W. P. Young. Born in Gor­ rie in 1874, he attended school at that place until he was 13 years of age, he then went to Chatham Business Col- leg, and after completing his course took a position in that city.for a time, then moved to New York by same firm. From there he went to New Or­ leans going into the stone and lumber business. For 39 years he has con­ ducted that line of work up to the time of his death, from the effects of a stroke. There remains to mourn his loss, his wife and three brothers, Frank, Herbert and Harry, of Roch­ ester. Mrs. W, D. Williams, now de­ ceased, was a sister.Miss (Margaret Foster, R.N., has been in attendance from the time he took sick four months ago. Ladies Aid Held Meeting The Ladies’ Aid of the Presbyter­ ian Church, Gorrie, met at the home of Mrs. Wm. Irwin last week. The president opened the meeting with prayer which was followed by a hymn. Discussions on business matters, mis­ sion^ and Red Cross Projects, along with interesting readings by some of the members, provided an enjoyable program which closed with a hymn and prayer by Miss Acheson. A dain­ ty lunch was served by the hostess. African Work Displayed The Marell meeting of the W.M.S. of the United Chufch was held *Thurs- day, March 7th, at Mrs. Robt. Dane's home, with a good attendance, The meeting opened with the hymn “Come lqt us sing of a wonderful Jove" and prayer by Mrs. Scott, who presided at the business session. It was decided that all the society act as a commit­ tee for Community Friendship work, A committee was appointed to ar­ range for the Easter Thank-Offering meeting. The programme was in charge of Mrs. H. Ashton and Mrs. W. Strong, Mrs. Ashton conducting the worship service. Mrs. Strong took the Scripture reading and commented thereon. Mrs. Whitfield dedicated the offering. Mrs. (Dr.) Whitley led in prayer for World Peace. The hymn, “O God of love," was sung. Mrs. Strong introduced the chapted “The Ministry of Healing” in the study book and told a tragic story of the suffering! of the people of India, who have one doctor for every 12,000 per­ sons. We were favored with two de­ lightful solos, Mrs. Neilson, of the Presbyterian Church, singing “Have You Any Room for Jesus?" arid Mrs. Jennings, of the Anglican Church, sang “Abide with Me”, accompanied by Mrs. (Dr.) Whitley. Meeting clos­ ed by singing “Tell me the old, old story" and prayer. Afterwards Mrs. Ashton displayed some handiwork sent by her cousin, Rev. Ferguson, that was done at the Girls’ Mission at Chasamba, Angola, Africa, which was very interesting. Club Had Fine Meeting On Wednesday evening of last week, the Young Married People's Club met in the school rooms of the United Church with the North Group in charge of the program, Mrs, E. W. Whitfield acting as leader, con­ ducted a beautiful devotional period, with the theme “Living." Miss Len­ nox contributed as a solo “Evening Prayer," and Mrs. F. W. Hyndman read a poem entitled “Revelations." Mr. Robert Harrison also read a poem “It Shows In Your Face” with Mrs. Harrison giving the prayer, Mrs. Whitfield gave the devotional talk, which was entitled “Busy at Life.” At this point in the program, the pastor, Rev. H. N. Watt conducted a True, Doubtful and False questionnaire on “Why many people do not go to Church" with an- open discussion that brought forth many view-points. Lunch was served by the group charge. in MARRIED Mays - Watson At the parsonage, Gorrie, at 3 p,m. on Wednesday, March 6th, Rev. H. M. Watt, united in marriage neatrice Watson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Milton Watson, of Gorrie, and Mr. Robert Hays, son of Mr. Wm. Hays and the late Mrs. Hays, of Howiclc. They will reside on the groom's farm in Howiclc. WROXETER Mrs. Earle Aitcheson. of London, was a guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Gallagher last week. Mrs, Russel Rae spent a few days at Belgrave recently the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Ed. ■ Wightman. Mr. Carl Harris, from Saskatch­ ewan, and Mrs. Ivan Harris, Ford­ wich, called on Mr. and Mrs. D. S. MacNaughton and other friends last week. It is 20 years since Mr. Harris has visited the East. Born—In Wroxeter on Saturday, March 2nd, 1940, to Mr. and Mrs. Ross Pope, a son. Mrs. F. Kithcen who has spent the winter season with her daughter, in Toronto, returned home last week. Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Mercer and sons, of .Markdale, were week-end vis­ itors with Mr. and Mrs. D. D. Sand­ erson. Mr. and >Mrs. D. S. MacNaughton and John were Sunday visitors with Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Hainstock, Ford­ wich. Mr. and Mrs. J, Hembley and fam­ ily visited Palmerston friends Sunday. Miss Mae Davidson, who has spent several weeks with Mr. and Mrs. W. Davidson in Bluevale, returned home last week, v Mr. Albert Gallagher has purchas- SIS Kh » B|* lBl'’ » |k» S »w y. Montreal-loronto HOCH E ST ER - B{IFrAl d FRIT INTERVIEW 500 CANADIAN VOLUNTEERS FOR FINNISH ARMY I and transferred to the Royal Flying Corps. With him in London will be” Squadron Leader B. M, Aranson, LEFT, Polish by birth, and Flying Officer W. E. Schroeder, CENTRE. , command the overseas division is Group Captain George Victor Walsh of Ottawa, RIGHT. Born in Eng­ land, he came to Canada when 11, then went back as a Canadian soldier During the last war there was no such thing as the Royal Canadian Air Force, but now it has its own head­ quarters in London. Appointed to ed the 50-acre farm of Mrs. H. Merk-| people of the community will have the privilege of seeing the sewing and knitting already completed by Red Cross workers and tea will be served. Members were urged to make from .the discarded pieces in the Red Cross work, quilts and clothing, for refugee children of Poland and Finland. Mrs. Cook and Mrs. Wylie were appoint­ ed nominating committee. ’Mrs. Saw­ tell and Mrs. Knight consented to plan the 1940-41 programme. Miss Keith brought four -of her pupils who de­ lighted those present with two 2-part songs. Following the singing of the National Anthem tea .was served by the hostess assisted by Mrs, Cook and Miss Ellen MacEwen and a pleasant social hour was enjoyed. ley and will move there in the near future. Wroxeter Bonspeil Rinks from Wingham, Listowel, Fordwich, Belmore, Gorrie and Ford­ wich were. Jiere, for the annual bon­ speil put on by the local curling club. Gordon Gibson, of the local club ,with his team, succeeded in carrying away first honours, George Inglis, of Bel­ more, second, and Earl Denny and his rink, of Fordwich, were third, and Jim Douglas. Gorrie, won 4th place. Mr, Game Was Guest Speaker The Literary meeting .of Lane’s School on Friday night was of spec­ ial interest when Mr. Game, School Inspector, was present and gave an adrress. Following a splendid pro­ gram, dancing was enjoyed. Mr, Moffat Purchases Home The home of Miss Mae Davidson” has been purchased by Mf. Alvin Moffat,' local hardware merchant. Easter Thank-Offering Meeting , The Easter Thank-Offering meet­ ing of the W.M.S. United Church will be held in the church school room on Thursday, March 14, at 8 p.m. Mrs, Tavener of Bluevale, will be guest speaker and a cordial invitation is-ex­ tended to everyone in the community to attend. Red Cross Supplies New supplies of yarn, pyamas, etc. have''been received by the local Red Cross Society and are at Mrs. Wall­ er’s. Any who wish to make quilts or children’s (garments for refugees, can have materials and patterns for same. A showing of finished articles will be made before shipment when everyone will be given opportunity to see the work done so far by the local society. Laurence Lovell Passes Word was received last week of the death of one who was well known here by the older generation in the person of Laurence Lovell, Onion Lake, Sask., son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Laurence Lovell, and brother of Messrs. Joe and Tom Lovell and Mrs. William McKercher. Deceased, who had been in failing health for some weeks, was in his 80th year. He went west in the early 80’s and with a.bro­ ther, William, took part in the North- West Rebellion. His wife, four sons and three daughters ’survive. Young People’s Union Maxine White presided over the Y. P. U. on Wednesday night and open­ ed with the hymn “Unto the hills”, followed by prayer by Alice Howes. The Scripture lesson was read from Matt. 5: 3-12, “I am Thine, O Lord" was the second hymn. Mima Dodds gave a topic on “Why Russia Can’t Fight.” Gerry Gibson, vice pres., took charge of the business period, when plans were made for the young people to take charge of evening service on. Easter Sunday, March 24th. Plans were also made to hold a St. Patrick’s social on the evening of March 18th, each member to bring a friend. “Birds are singing, woods are ringing” was the closing hymn, followed by .the Mizpah benediction. A period of’gam­ es was enjoyed at the close. Mission Band The March meeting of the Mission Band was held at 4 p.m. Thursday, March 7th, in the church school room. The president, Frances Wylie, presid­ ed and opened the meeting with' the hymn “When mother of Salem” fol­ lowed by the Lord’s Prayer in unison. The Scripture lesson was read by* Audrey Wade and taken from Matt. 26: 1-13. The hymn “The wise may bring their learning” was sung and following the business period prayer by the leader, Mrs. Sanderson. A solo by Helen Sawtell “Around the Throne of God in Heaven” was much enjoyed. Then short talks by the Heralds: China, Gilberta Howes; India, Rhea Durnin; Africa, June Waller; Canada, Lois Hambly; Trinidad, Barbara Grant. “Tell me the story of Jesus" was the closing hymn, with prayer by' Barbara Grant, followed by the Lord’s Prayer in unison. Address on Health Mrs. J. Adams opened her home for the March meeting of the W. I. In the absence of the president, Mrs, D. S. MacNaughton, vice pres., presided, opening the meeting with the singing of the Ode followed by the Lord’s Prayer in unison. Very interesting current events were given by Miss Fox who told of the honor bestowed on, Miss Clayton, Listowel, who re­ cently Was awarded a life medal by the Red Cross Society for having or­ ganized the first Junior Red Cross Group in the world. Miss Clayton has been guest speaker , in Wroxeter on two different occasions. Mrs. Camp­ bell spoke of the landing of the Queen Elizabeth in New York, also read sev­ eral fine tributes to the late Lord Tweedsmuir, The roll call, a Health Mint, brought an interesting and pro­ fitable response. Dr. I. Campbell was guest speaker and gave a. Very fine ad­ dress oti the subject “vitamins’’ which was much appreciated by those pres­ ent. During the business session plans were made to sponsor a Red Cross Display in the near future when the SAFE AFTER DARK? Is Your House jWW'r -I • Lighted windows warn prowlers away. Always leave a few lamps burning when you leave your home for the evening. Remem* her, a bright light for sixteen hours costs only 1^ at Hydro rates. JPut lOQrWtttt ioihps in tfitchen, Ijvjpg^Rooth^ Bttse]^ HYDRO SHOP Phone 156 Wingham r