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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1940-05-02, Page 7Vidette -■d ?■ tTERUNC TOWER TORONTO GORRIE MORRIS * ’ A legal Investment hr Trust Funds Unconditionally guaranteed On Guaranteed Trust Certificates THK STERLING TRUSTS CORPORATION Mr. and Mrs. Percy Colmef, of Tor­ onto, visited last week-end with rela­ tives here. Mrs. Ernest King, w.ho had spent a week with her daughter, '.returned home with them. Mr. and Mrs. Wm, Jameson and daughter, of Salem, called on the lat­ ter’s aunt, Mrs. Halliday, on Sunday. The May meeting of the Gorrie Women’s Institute will be held Wed., May 8th, at the home of Miss Mag­ uire. Roll Call—Payment of Fees, Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Bolton, Maxine and Clare, visited on Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Bolton, near Fordwich. - Mr. Bertram Ashton, of Stratford, spent the week-end at the home of his parents, Mr, and Mrs. Percy Ashton. Mrs. W. C. King accompanied by her mother, Mrs. Agnes Earls, Wrox- eter, visited on Sunday with friends near Wingham. Mrs. M. Querin, Miss Lyla Querin and Mr. and Mrs. Jpseph Querin spent the week-end with the former’s sister, 'Mrs. S. Munro. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. King are visit­ ing their son, Mr. John King and Mrs. King in Toronto. Mrs. Wm. Spotton, of Toronto, is > visiting relatives in this community. Mrs. Hilton Ashton visited last week with her sister, Mrs. Alex. But- chard and Mr. Butchard, of Guelph. Mrs. M. Ross, who had been ill for some time at the home of her daugh­ ter, Mrs. J. J. Allen, Wroxeter, return­ ed home last week. ' x Mr. Kenneth Hastie spent Sunday with friends in Toronto.- i Thursday, May 2nd, 1940 Mrs. Grant and Miss M. Taylor, of Kitchener, visited for a few days last week with their sister, Mrs. Knowlson and Miss Nora Taylor. Mr. and Mrs. Garnett Armstrong, of Toronto, were Sunday visitors with Dr. and Mrs, Armstrong. i Miss Jean Davidson, of Harriston, spent last week-end with her friend, Miss Ev'elyn Stephens. Mr. Harry Watson, of Monkton, and Mr. Harold Watson, of Alma, vis­ ited on Sunday at their home here. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Cathers, of Lis- towel, spent the week-end with rela­ tives and friends in the community, Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Johnston and Mrs. Tavener, who was guest speaker at a W.M.S. service in the United Church on - Sunday, a|l of Bluevale, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. William Whitfield, for the day. Mrs, J. A. Day received word last week of the death of a niece, Mrs. (Rev.) Poole, of Detroit. Mrs. Day, who has been ill all winter, is able to be out around again. ? Mr. and Mrs, J. T. Shera and dau­ ghter, Shirley, were Sunday visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Fitch near Belmore. . s Rev. H. N. Watt took the Church of the air Air service on., Monday morning, choosing as his subject “Well Diggers." He was assisted by Misses Evelyn Stephens and Bernice Day, who sang a due't and the form­ er also, sang two solos accompanied ■by Miss Day at the piano. ' On Sunday, May 12th, as well as the usual Mother’s Day, service there will be a Baptismal Service in the Un­ ited Church, Gorrie, at 11 a.m. Minstrel Show Was Success The Minstrel Show which was pre­ sented in the Township Hall here on Wednesday evening of last week by the North group of the local Red Cross was"'quite successful. There .was a good crowd at both, the Minstrel Show and the Dance which followedi,' and all present had a very enjoyable evening. The lucky drawn on a blan- ket, which was conducted by the South Group of the Red Cross was held at the close, of the Minstrel Show. Mr. Harold Doig, of Fordwich, was the fortunate winner of the prize. We are sorry to report that Mrs. Farr fell at her home last week when she injured a knee. Her sister, Mrs. Alvin Vollick, of Durham, is with her. Mrs. Pearl Stinson is spending a few days this week in Toronto. WROXETER Mrs. Metcalf, Glenannan, spent part of last week with her daughter, Mrs. J. H. Wylie and Mr. Wylie. Mrs. John Fraser, Ridgetown, was a Saturday guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lovell. Mrs. C. Chi'ttick, Wingham, spent a few days with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Morrison Sarpin. Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Allen, Brussels, visited'friends here Friday and attend­ ed the Minstrel Show. Mr. and Mrs. George Allen return­ ed to town on Saturday .having spent the winter season with their sons, Mac, of Gananoque, and Dr. Frank Allen,, of Boston. Mr. arid Mrs. W. E, Hainstock, of Fordwich, also Mr. and Mrs. Robert Connell, of Palmerston, were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. D. S. Mac- Naughton. Mr. and Mrs, Wm. Wright, Walton, Were week-end guests of Mr. and Mrs. Alex. Wright and other friends. Miss Lois Elliott was a recent Tor­ onto visitor. e Mrs. R. Stocks, Mrs. D. W. Rae and Mrs. J. Gowdy, Salem, attended the Presbyterial in Seaforth last week. Mr. and Mrs. T. Hutchison, Ford­ wich, were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ken Edgar. Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Hetherington, Toronto,-were week-end guests bf the latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. Sel­ lers. Miss Jeanette Adams, of Toronto, spent the week-end with friends in town. Miss. Velma Higgins has been ap-w aays tms wcck in lurumu. t .Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Earngey, Brus- ■Panted L.branon for, our Publ.c seis, visited on Sunday with their aunt, Miss Kate Earngey. Thau, itnifdtfafi Zb^xccg JOST UKIJ OLD CHUM 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, of monu­ ments of any retail factory in Ontario. All 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 * * Library. Women’s Institute Mrs. V. Denny will open her home for 'the first meeting of the W. I., to be held on Thursday of this week, May 2nd, 3 p.m. Mrs. J. J. Allen jwilt give.a talk on “Horticulture” and Mrs. Williams, of Fordwich, will give a de­ monstration on Salad Making. Women’s Missionary Society The W.M.S. will hold .their May meeting ih the church school-room on Thursday, May 9th, 3‘ p.m. Mrs, D. W. Rae will have charge of the meet­ ing and the Roll Call will be answ^t- ed by a 'thought on “New Life.” Minstrel Show'Great Success x , A capacity audience gathered at the Town Hall Friday, night for the Min­ strel Show put on by local talent. The first part bf ’the programme consisted of solos by Andy GibsOn and Mr. Campbell, quartette by Messrs. Cooke, Wearring, Denny and Haines, thorUs Singihg of nCW and old songs, with two sacred numbers which were much enjoyed, and the Usual amusing stor­ ies and jokes with Mr. Robertson as Interlocutor. Every, number on this part of the programme was well tak­ en but perhaps the favorites of the large audience were the old Stephen Foster's songs. Following a short in­ termission, two amusing skits were put on by Mr. Robertson and Mr. Moffat, Mr., Robinson and Mr. Ken. Edgar. .Solo, by Mr. J* J. Allen, duel CANADIAN MUNITION FACTORIES WORKING AT TOP SPEED Working at full speed, Canadian factories is shown, LEFT, using a the shell in this manner. Equipped nients.' Those that do not tally with munition's factories are turning out steel chisel to punch markings into with precise calipers, another work- required measurements are put aside arms and ammunitions for the Allied finished shell casings. Date, calibre of man, RIGHT, is shown testing shell for recasting. forces. A workman in one of these shell and other details are marked on casings against accurate measure- by Messrs'. Denny and Robinson, a quartette, Jim Hembley, Art. Gibson, Laurie VanVelsor, Wm. Wade; mono­ logue by George Paulin. The third part of the concert was the typical camp, fire scene With the boys grouped around the fire, perhaps the outstanding number was the sing­ ing of “Old Man River” with G. A. Wearring taking the solo. Altogether this local talent Minstrel Show was thoroughly enjoyed and the men of our village are to be congrat­ ulated on their effort. Proceeds will be donated to Red Cross and Com­ munity Welfare^ work. A 7-year-old school boy, son of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Edgar,, suffered pain­ ful injuries On Friday. The little chap was given a ride home from ‘school and when leaving the car stepped into the path of ’an oncoming truck driven by Mr. Wm. Hart, of'the village. The child who was struck by the head light received painful injuries and was rush­ ed to Lisfowel Hospital with Miss L. Hyslop, R.N., in attendance. Mr. Hart stopped the truck in two lengths of itself but could not avoid the accident. We are glad to k'now the injuries were not serious and the, child has been brought home. HURON PRESBYTERIAL ANNUAL MEETING I - ■ ■ ^Continued from Page One) The various secretaries presented their, reports. Mrs. W. J. Thomson reported that there are 1566 members in our afternoon auxiliaries. She call- ed attention to the crusade for mem­ bers, the aim of which is, one new member for every-five old ones. Nine new or re-organized organizations have been formed during the year, namely, three re-organized Mission Bands at Bluevale, Goshen and Wes- ley Willis, Clinton; a Baby Band at Westfield; four C.G.I.T. Groups at Fordwich, Gorrie,* Victoria St., God­ erich, and Seaforth; and a Mission Circle at Blyth. Miss Clare McGowan, Mission Cir­ cle Secretary, highly recommended the summer school for leaders at Alma College. Miss Caroline Wellwood explained that the missionary funds from the af­ filiated C.G.I.T. groups will go this year to a girls’ school at Neemuch, India, and to a Doctor in Central In­ dia. An increase in the membership of the Mission Bands was reported by Mrs. TV. Pick’ard who also presented certificates and stars to the seven Mis­ sion Bands who qualified for the standard of recognition, namely: Gor- rie, Londesboro, Winthrop, Blyth, Ex­ eter James Street, Brucefield and Walton. In reporting for the Baby Bands, Mrs. J. M. Southcott referred to two splendid posters, the one showing the Baby Band as the roots of all our mis­ sionary work. The story of the year continued with Mrs. A. Colclough, Supply Sec­ retary, telling that bales valued at $3,000 were sent last year, 269 quilts were included in this. The hospital supplies now go to Teulon, Man. A substantial increase in the num­ ber of World Friends was reported by Mrs. W. Wellwood, Wingham. Mrs. Aiken had an encouraging report in that not only was there an increase in the number of associate helpers, but also in the number of helpers who be­ came active members. , Mrs. Peck, Community Friendship Secretary, urged that we extend the friendly hand. She told of many calls bcjth in homes and hospitals during the past year. The need of temper­ ance education was stressed by Miss Sterling who said that $21 per capita is spent in liquor yearly in Ontario. Miss Winnie Savage introduced the new literature from that table. The Christian Stewardship secre­ tary, Miss Young, told of encouraging features in the work, but said that our best efforts are needed more than ev­ er now. We should try to keep the missionary work as near normal as possible. l>- The Treasurer’s report showed that $13,476.59 had bten raised. At this point, Mrs. W. Proctor, of Brussels, led in prayer, after which Mrs. Beckley, Seaforth, rendered a pleasing solo. Prayer, led by Mrs. K. McLean, of Moncrieff, closed the morning session. Following an excellent dinner serv­ ed by the Seaforth ladies noon Con­ ferences were held in each depart­ ment. The worship' period of the after­ noon session was conducted by Mrs. R. Nay, Gorrie, and .Mrs. H. C. Wil­ son, Auburn. In her talk Mrs. Wil­ son dwelt on a Christian attitude to­ ward our enemies, speaking especial­ ly of the quality “Love.” Miss Carroll, who is Secretary of Younger Groups of the Dominion Board, then brought a challenging message. Our responsibility in the missionary education of Young Peo­ ple and children was her theme. She pointed out we must start with the baby and continue upward to our young people, inspiring and training them to be real Christians in every relationship of life effectively sharing their lives not only with others in their own group but in the whole world. These Young People of to-day are our Society of to-morrow- She called attention too, to the fact that a primary task at present is educating fdr world peace especially among our young people and children. This re- RECEIVES AWARD FOR BEST ALL-ROUND WEEKLY NE WSPAPER % The J. T. Clark memorial trophy was presented by J. W. G. Clark, Left, of Toronto, son of J. T< Clark, to L. C Thompson, RIGHT, of Lucknow, at the 12th annual convention banquet of weekly ^newspaper editors of On­ tario and Quebec. The cup is in mem­ ory of the late editor of The Toronto Star and is presented each year for the best all-round newspaper in towns of 1,500 or under, It was received by Mr. Thompson for Hugh Ferguson, publisher of the Port Elgin Times, winner of* the competition. More than 200 editors and publishers, their wives and >guests attended The convention in Windsor. quires the co-operation of home, school and church. World peace can­ not come until nations are united, working together for the bringing of the Kingdom of God on earth. Men­ tioning the aim to Christianize the world she challenged the meeting not to forget to christianize Canada, and as Christian Canadian women to go forward as co-work'ers with God in bringing the, Kingdom of Justice and 'Right upon earth. A very impressive In Memoriam service was conducted by MfS. A. W. Gardiner, Egmondville. As the names of those members who passed to their reward last year, were read,'beautiful red carnations were placed in their memory, in a silver basket by the four vice-presidents. Rev. A. W. Gardiner in a very pleas­ ant way brought greetings from the Presbytery. A solo by Mrs. Menzies, of Londes­ boro, was much enjoyed. An inspiring message oh Christian Stewardship was brought by Mrs. W. J. Greer who is Conference Branch Secretary of this department. Mrs. Greer explained that 1940 has been . set aside by all Protestant churches in America as Stewardship year. She briefly traced the growth of the idea of Stewardship. Its chief object now is the- development of Christian character. Not only do we give a portion of our worldly goods but also a portion of everything we have, such as our time and ability, as an act of worship. The greatest thing we can give is ourselves. Rev. 'H. V. Workman installed the following officers: Past President—Mrs. A. W. Gard­ iner, Seaforth. President—Mrs. R. E. MacKenzie, Seaforth. 1st Vice Pres.—Mrs. *H. V. Work­ man, Seaforth. 2nd Vice Pres.—Mrs. Herman Powe of Centralia, R. 2. 3rd Vice Pres.—Mrs. Robt Nay, of Gorrie, R. 3. 4th Vice Pres.—Mrs. Jas. McGill, of Blyth, R. 3. 5th Vice Pres.—Mrs. W. J. Greer, of Wingham. Rec. Sec.—Mrs. W. P. Lane, God­ erich. Cor. Sec.—Mrs. W. J. Thomson, of Centralia. Treasurer—Miss Mary Milne, of Blyth. Christian Stewardship and Finance Sec.—Miss L. Young, Londesboro. Mission Circle Sec.—Miss Clare McGowan, Blyth. Affiliated C.G.I.T. Groups’ Sec. — Miss Caroline WellwOod, Wingham. Mission Band Sec.—Mrs. W. Pick­ ard, Clinton. Baby Band Sec.—Mrs. j. M. South­ cott, Exeter. Supply Sec.—Mrs. A. Colclough, of Blyth. Community Friendship Sec.—Mrs. R. M. Peck, Zurich, R, 1,» Missionary Monthly and World Friends Sec.1—Mrs. W, Wellwood, of Wingham, Temperance and Christian Citizen­ ship Sec.—Miss Maude Sterling, Bay­ field. Literature Sec.—Miss Winnie Sav- age, Seaforth. Press Sbc.—Mrs, W. L. Wightman,- Wingham, R. 5. Associate Helpers’ Sec.*—Mrs. Ed. McQueen, Hensalt Mrs, P. Manning brought m the re­ port of the resolutions and. courtesy committee, The following committees were ap* pointed; > « Nominating—-Mrs, C. Lloyd, Wing* ham; Mrs. McVittie, Westfield; Mrs* Robt. Allen, Brucefield; Mrs. McFalls, Centralia; Mrs. Carey, Exeter. Finance—Mrs, L,, Young; Miss M. Milne; Mrs. Stonehouse, Goderich* Mrs. Chas, Shiell, Wingham; Mrs* Russell, Exeter, Delegates to1 Conference Branch meeting, May 14 and 15—Mrs, J, B. Townend, Belgrave; Mrs. W. Crozier, Crewe; Mrs. J. P, Manning, Londes­ boro; Mrs. C. Christie, Exeter. The annual meeting next year will be held at Thames Road, A very successful meeting was clos­ ed with prayer led by Mrs. Wiltse, of Clinton. (Intended for last week.) We are sorry to report the sudden, illness of Miss Margaret Harmon and hope for a speedy recovery. Mr. Wm. Souch is not enjoying the- best of health which confined him to the house for some time. The 3 act play “Where’s Grandma” which .was to be sponsored by the Browntown Young People on Friday night, had to be postponed until a later date owing to Miss (M. Harmon’s illness. Mr. Glen Bray has leased Walter Forrest’s farm on 2nd concesison and is getting nicely settled. Mr. John Macintosh has leased the Geo. Caldbick farm and Mr. Schol- dice has leased .the old Caldbick homestead. Trusting these newcomers shall receive a royal welcome. Mrs. Robt. Musgrove who has been living with Mrs. Milton Smith, the misfortune to fracture her We hope for a speedy recovery. JAMESTOWN had leg. i i r suf- (Intended for lasf’week.) , Mrs. Arthur Ruttan has been fering fronvan attack of pleurisy. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Sanderson were in Toronto last week. Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Warwick left for Picton'Tast Wednesday. iMr. and Mrs. Milton Parr spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Harry- Wright. Wedding bells are ringing on the second of Grey. . Mrs. Cameron Adams and Joan re­ turned home from Toronto last week. There was a good turn-out to the Sewing Circle in the hall last week despite the bad weather. Two quilts were nearly completed. The Patriotic workers meet every Thursday. You are cordially invited to come and help with the patriotic work. Mr. and Mrs. Payne visited with' their daughter, Mrs. Fowler of Ches- ley on Sunday. t Mr. and Mrs. Mervyn Grainger spent Sunday with Ethel and Atwood friends. Allan and Mrs. McKercher and family called on Seaforth friends on. Friday evening. Globe-Trotting Pipe Arrives Home It’s only a “barnyard meerschaum,’* in other words, a battered corn-cob pipe, but it has seen the world and has labels and newspaper clippings to prove it. The globe-trotting pipe has reached the headquarters office of the Canadian National Railways from England on the last leg of its around- the-world journey. Some years ago a C.N.R. baggage agent at Prince Rup­ ert, B. C., started the pipe on its jour­ ney. A tag attached to the pipe ask­ ed recipients to forward it On a globe­ circling tour. Recipients did and the pipe has finally circled the globe. The morality of an action depends upon the motive from which we act.— Samuel Johnson. ♦ ♦ * * In the works of man as in those of nature it is the intention which is chiefly worth studying.-—Geothe. * * * * It is motive alone that gives char­ acter to the actions of men.-—Bruyere. Our 25 Point Scientific Examin­ ation enables Us to* give you Clear, Comfortable Vision F. F. HOMUTH Optometrist Phone 118 Harriston