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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1940-04-11, Page 7and Gorrie Vidette / ALLIED COMMANDERS VISIT CANADA’S FORCES f KINGDOM’S DEFENDERS SHOW THEIR PACESRESURRECTION THEME! OF MEETING The regular meeting of the W. A. ■of the Anglican Church, Gorrie, was held on Thursday afternoon at the Rectory,.'with the president, 'Mrs. Holmes, presiding. The meeting open- . ed with prayers and the Scripture les­ son read by (Mrs. I.awrence. The theme was “The Resurrection’’ and each member responded to the roll ■call with a thought on that subject. The ladies spent the afternoon sew­ ing at a quilt, The business included the appointment of a delegate to the Annual Woman’s Auxiliary Conven­ tion at Cronyn Hall, London, the lat­ ter part of April. Mrs. Armstrong is to be the delegate and Mrs. George King was named as a substitute. Mrs., Lawrence read a.beautiful poem on' “The Crucifixion and Resurrection”, ■written by Clara Burnhardt who lives near Preston. Mrs. Norman Wade gave a very fine paper on the Resur- •rection, which was much enjoyed. Mrs. W. C. King read a tribute to the o ’late Lord Tweedsmuir, taken from “The Living Message.” The meeting , closed with prayer and Mrs. Ball then served a very tasty lunch. GORRIE PUBLIC SCHOOL REPORT The following is the spring report <of the Senior Room of the Gorrie Public School. A indicates a stand­ ing of 75 to 100%, B indicates 65 to ■74%, C "indicates 55 to 64%, and D -indicates below 55%. Grade VIIiL — Earle King B, Reg. "Taylor B, Jack Cnderwood B, Dick Carson B, Wilma Heibein C, Doreen Harrison C. Grade VII — Betty Heinmiller C, Lucille Underwood C, Hugh Hutchi­ son C, Mjic Hutchison C, Bill Hei- "bein C, Emily Heinmiller C, Bob Nay D. Grade VI — Mary Ritchie A, Nor­ man Carson B, Greta Hyndman B, •Clare Bolton C, Lome King C. Grade V — Maxine Bolton A, Clara / Mundell. Harper C, Leslie Miller D. Teacher—J. Gordon Junior Room A indicates 75 to 100%, '74%, C 55 to 64%, D 45 to <54%/E 1 to 44%. Grade IV — Betty Foster A, Erland "Gregg A, Pauline Heinmiller A, Hat­ tie Miller C, Grace Harper (absent). Grade III — George Gregg A, Bet­ ty Harper A, Stanley Hobbs A, Max­ ine Farrish B, Helen Strong B, Tom "Newton C, Bobby Harrison D. Grade II — Patricia Strong A,sJes- sie Miller A, Donald Burrows A. Mild­ red Farrish A, Hilda Neill A, Flor­ ence Anger A, Bill Nay B, Jim Mill- ,er B, Dorothy Watson C. _ Grade I — Bobby Edgar A, Bobby 'Stephens A, Jim Walker A, Dorothy 'Downey A, Shirley Newton B, Mar­ ion Downey B, Bruce Anger B, Nelson Harper B, Norman Anger D, Betty '- ‘Zimmerman (absent). v Beginners — Jean Burrows, Gladys Harper, Edith Hastie, Donald Hues- ton, Norma Neill. V. M. Lennox, Teacher. B 65 to GORRIE Girls’ W. A. Worked on Quilt The April meeting of the Girls’ Branch of St. Stephen’s W. A. was held last week at the home of Mrs. McIntyre with the president, Miss Blythe Underwood, in charge. The meeting opened with prayer and the Scripture lesson was read by Mrs. Mc­ Intyre. The work of the afternoon was tying a quilt. After the business part of the meeting, Mrs. Ball closed MONUMENTS at first cost Having our factory equipped with the most modern machinery for the exe­ cution of high-class work, we ask you . .to see the largest display of monu­ ments of any retail factory in Ontario. Al! finished by sand blast machines. We import all our granites from the Old Country quarries direct, in the rough, You can save all local deal­ ers*, agents’, and middleman profits by seeing us. E. J. Skelton & Son at West End Bridge—WALKERTON 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 NAZIS DON’T LIKE THIS SMILE Radiating confidence as usual; Win- latest picture of Mr. * Churchill, who ston Churchill smiles as he attend a recent meeting of the supremb Allied war council in London. . This is the last week was,made director of all Britain’s forces oh sea,- land and air in a cabinet shake-up. Thursday, April 11th, 1940 * *. with prayer. An'enjoyable lunch was then served by the hostess. * A.Y.P.A. Had Good Meeting The A.Y.P,A. of St. Stephen’s Ang­ lican Church met on Wednesday ev­ ening last week at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W, C. King. The president,, Miss Nellie Dinsmore, was in charge and the meeting opened in the usual manner, with a hymn and prayers. At the close of the business jjart of the meeting Miss Nellie Dinsmore gave a reading on “The Empire’^followed by a reading oh “The Navy” by Mrs. W. C. King. An interesting contest “Who Am I?” was conducted by Miss Blythe Underwood. A very fine account of the life of Rudyard Kipling by J. L. Ball brought the meeting close. An enjoyable lunch was served by the hostess. Rev. tor a then ‘'Easter” Theme of Meeting The regular meeting of, the Wo­ men’s Missionary Society was held on Thursday afternoon, April 4th, in the school room of the church. The theme was “Easter" and was in charge pf Mrs. Gallaher. Meeting opened with “When I survey the wondrous cross”, and prayer by Mrs. Hamilton. The Scripture lesson was the Easter story, taken by Mrs. Edgar, Mrs. White and Mrs. Hamilton. Mrs. Neilson 'favour­ ed with a solo “Glad Easter Bells.” Mrs. Gallaher gave a very interesting paper on “Thoughts on the Cross”,, followed by prayer by Mrs. Whitley. A number of Easter hymns were sung. After the regular business the meet­ ing closed with the-- Mizpah .benedic­ tion. 0 %Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Wright and >children, of Wroxeter, visited Sunday at' the home pf the farmer’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Wright Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Bolton, Max­ ine and Clare, were Sunday visitors with the former’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bolton, near Fordwich. We are looking forward to the'visit' of Archdeacon .Marsh on Wednesday. April 17th, who will be showing a col­ ored film of the Arctic. This will .be held at Fordwich and we hope that as many as possible from Gprrie will make an effort to. attend. Private and Mrs. Knott,- of Owen Sound, spent last week at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Harrison. Priv- ate’,Knott is in training at Listowel. The friends of Mr. Earl Underwood will be. sorry to learn that he is con­ fined to bed with pneumonia. We hope he will make a speedy recovery. Mrs. A. L. Stephens with her dau­ ghter, Eleanore, is spending some time with her sister, Mt;s. Ward Fawcett, of Harriston, who is ill. . WROXETER Purdie, of 'Detroit, is at pres- tew blH ”4 « Youthful King Farouk of Egypt gets a close-up of the British army in action as the artillery put on an im-s pressive show.-near the Suez canal. Here he is ..getting an explanation of the manoeuvres from Major-General Henry Maitland, commanding the Bri­ tish forces in Egypt. It is the gener­ al's job to guard the vital canal. over mutual problems of thd war are General Sir Edmund Iron­ side (LEFT), chief of the imperial general staff, and, General Maurice Gamelin, commander-in-chief of the Allied forces in France. The picture was taken when the French general, visited Canadian troop headquarters at Aidershot. , Master Keith Lawless, of Brussels, is visiting with his sister, Mrs. "Law- son Doig and Mr. Doig. Miss Isabel Watson, of Hamilton, is spending some time with her par­ ents, Mr. and Mrs. M. Watson. ‘ , Mr, and Mrs. George .Edwards," of Wroxeter^ visited on Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. James Ed­ wards. Mrs, Archie Miller spent Sunday with her mother, Mrs. Ague? Earls, at Wroxeter, ■Mr. and Mrs. Ernest King visited with Belmore friends one day last week. The’ members of the C.G.LT. are presenting a play entitled “It’s A Ming'” in the Township Hall, Gorrie, on Thursday .evening, April 11th. Mr, A. Livingstone, of Toronto, vis­ ited lats week-end at the home of Mr. and Mrs,. Thos. Short. Over 200 books have been donated by the Gorrie Public Library to the soldiers’ reading room at Listowel. , The sympathy of the community is extended to Mr. Hemingway, who at­ tended the funeral of his mother at Scotland Village last week. Mr. and Mrs. Ira MacLean and daughters, Donna and Marilyn, BftiSr seis, visited on Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Hastie. I Mr. Gordon Griffith, of Toronto, is visiting his brother, Mr, Lloyd Gri'f- <*»' fit'll. A * Mr. Purdie, of 'Detroit, is at pres­ ent the guest of his aunt, Mrs. Neil White. Mk. Alvin Moffatt moved last week, into the house lately purchased from Miss Mae Davidson, on Howick St.. Mr. and Mrs. H. Knight spent Sat­ urday afternoon with the former’s par­ ents at Cranbrook. tMr. and Mrs. W. A. Wearring and family spent Sunday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. Alex. Gibson, of Ford­ wich. Mr. Hugh Harris, of Saskatchewan, visited last week, with his siste-r, Mrs. Archie McMichael. Mr. W. Gallaher, Gorrie, called on friends in town one day recently. PHIL OSIFER OF LAZY MEADOWS By Harry J. Boyle “SUBJECTS” Of all the letters received here at Lazy Meadows from reads, the most common question is, “How do you find subjects to write about?”. They go on to say that they can’t Under­ stand why the pen hand just doesn’t bog down and stop altogether from lack of something to describe. This world is filled with subjects to write about. With so many worth­ while things to explain and build tales' around, I’ve often wondered why so niany writers have to tell their stories 'about the side of life that would be better off ticker told. They declare that man deserves >to be told about the “seamy side,” but I’ve yet to see anyone improve Just because you told him his shortcomings, * Jogging out of the village ott a load of chop, these thoughts kept milling around in my mind, Take the case of Miller Williams, who lives in the lit­ tle white house at the junction. He lives on a tidy little pension but in ■ i place of sitting around in the after­ noon of life whiling away the time un­ til evening draws or*, he believes in making himself useful. There are two churches in the village, and Miller has been .tending their lawns for five years now. He never takes pay for it, but just smiles and says he’s glad of the chance for something to do. He nev­ er thinks of the churches as being dif­ ferent from each other . ; . to Miller they’re both places of worship. If there’s a grown-up sick in the village and it’s summer-time, he’s always on ha’nd with a bouquet of flowers . . , and in the winter-time he’ll bring one of his potted plants. If it’s a child, he’ll always’’manage/ a toy or some cheerful little object constructed with his own hands. Cheerful and happy, lie’ll wave to you lor pass a bright •time of ..day with you whenever you meet. If you’re going away he’ll chore for y$>u obligingly and accept a sealer of pickles or preserves as pay­ ment. “You know, .Phil,” he said one day to me, riding out from the village, “I’ve never thought much about it, but if heaven is so much better than this earth, as they say it is, it must certainly be a humdinger.” Rounding the bend, I came upon the cemetery and that white marble shaft standing in the centre loomed up to bring a thought home. Veronica Smith is burjed there. Stricken with the dread tubercular infection in- her lungs, Veronica was never able to enjoy life as other child­ ren did. At fifteen she was confined to a sleeping porch of the Smith home. With the father struggling to keep a large family, there were never many luxuries for^ Veronica, and there she would sit on an old couch watch­ ing the train sifting by on tile main I line. A train broke down one day and a sympathetic conductor and .fireman, while waiting for a relief train, heard her story. Next time they came up the line they tooted the whistle .twice as a saluate for Veronica. She was so happy she cried herself to sleep that night, and wrote .them a big letter next day to thank them for remember­ ing her. Soon the story spread and every engineer on the run would sal­ ute Veronica, A bundle of paper's would be slung off every day for her, and a section, on his own time, erected one of those arms like they have at flag stations for catching the mail, so that a bundle of anything that would break could be hung there for one of her brothers to get for her. A curve in the track made it necessary for the train to slow down so that the task of placing the bundle was easy. Divisional headquarters overlooked a great many technicalities. A list of subscriptions was made-up and a tent with a wooden floor was purchased by a train man. Veronica, whose sleep­ ing hours were few, had a signal light on the ridge pole and she used to sig­ nal the passing engineers . . . but one night the light didn’t flash. Poor Ver­ onica’s lingering death had overtaken her. I never will forget that funeral as long as 1 live, with six husky railroad men shouldering the white casket . . flowers and wreaths in profusion . . . and every railroad man who could be spared from duty present at the fun­ eral. They arranged everything . . and nothing was forgotten, even to the white marble shaft that marks her last resting place. As long as there are men like these in the world . , . there will be worthy subjects to write about . . . would that tny pen were able enough to tell their stories and tell them well. No. 15, Pasture Improvement for Cheaper Production; No. 20, The Use of Annual Forages; No. 21, Coarse Grains for Eastern Canada; No. 22, Hybrid Corn; No. 23, Field Corn— Varieties and Hybrids for Eastern Canada; No. 29. Good Seed and Its Significance. Crop Protection No. 24, Diseases of Swede Turnips; No. 28, Weed Control in the Prairie Provinces. Live Stock No. 7, Production of Pure Milk; No. 11, The Hexagonal Pig Brooder House; No. 16, Control of Horse Bots and Cattle Warbles; No. 17, Care of! the Fleece; No. 18, Canadian Fleece I to be true views.—Abraham Lincoln. Wool, Bees No. 2, Bees, Spring Managements No. 3, Package Bees. Food Conservation No. 14, Control of Insects in Stor­ ed Grains. Farm .Management No. 26, The Effective Use of Farm Machinery in Eastern Canada. 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