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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1940-07-25, Page 5Thursday, July 25th, 1940 WINGHAM advance-times PYJAMAS l GOWNS Batiste and Cotton Crepe Frilly nightgowns that are so cool,, so lovely, so feminine! Plain and Printed with con­ trasting trim. Ideal for hot summer nights, $1.00 Each Broadcloth Pyjamas, a classic for cool comfort in the sum­ mer! Two-piece Pyjamas in plain or printed.. Button top, trousers with elastic at waist. $1.19 Each APRONS WASH GOODS Nature’s colors in dainty Or­ gandy or Print. A boon to the busy housewife - an apron that can be slipped on quickly over dainty dresses. Values to 35c. Special Table. 25c Each Summer Clearance of Wash Goods, all at greatly reduced prices that you should take ad­ vantage of now. Flock Dot Voiles, Muslin, Spot or Printed Dimity, Stripe or Printed Pique. Values up to 49c. 29c Yard SHEETS A favorite economy in service­ able Sheets, made from good • quality cotton, also hemstitch­ ed and will stand up through many washings. At to-day’s prices would be good value at $1.19. 98c Each PILLOW CASES Moderately priced Pillow Cas­ es for general use; .medium weight cotton, fully bleached and hemstitched. A good sup­ ply of these should be found an economy as they will wear and launder well. 25c Each • Terry Hand Towels Here’s economy! and at a mon­ ey saving price. Knjoy the sat­ isfaction of having lots of fresh clean towels for your kitchen. Firmly woven with dainty col­ ored stripes and fringed ends. Size 16x32. 12V2C Each Terry Bath Towels Although men are supposed to be the ones to enjoy a big bath towel, you will find the women of the family appreciate them just as much. Every towel is extra large and come in Checks and Jacquard designs and ev­ eryone a regular 69c and 59c value. While they last, 49c Each ALL-WHITE BLANKETS What a low price — for such a high quality Flannelette Blanket, in these times particularly! You’ll want a pair at least at this price. Whipped Singy. Size 70 x 90. $2.29 Pair 5 Lay-A-Way Blanket Club You can still have one of these beautiful Kenwood Famous Blankets for only a few cents weekly. “Join Now” . . 50c down . . 50c weekly. A complete stock of colors on hand. WALKER STORES, LIMITED -------- WINGHAM — “The Store Where Lower Prices Prevail’*Telephone 36 Josephine Street. 123 LOCAL AND PERSONAL Miss Anu Barber is home from Toronto for the summer vacation. Miss Letitia Robinson, of Milver­ ton, is spending a month’s vacation at her home here. Mrs. Geo. Lott and daughter, Edith, left on Monday for a visit with friends at Alameda, Sask. Mrs. Harry Town and Mrs. Roy Smith attended the Towne - Calver wedding in Chatham on Thursday. Mrs, Thomas Kew has returned from a two'-weeks’ Visit with her dau­ ghter, Mrs, Whittaker,. Flesluirtbii. ;Mft and Mrs. Chas. F. Effting, of Chicago, are visiting with Mrs. Snell for a couple of weeks. k MrS, .(Dr.) John McDonald and Mrs. M, M, Evans, of Toronto, were visitors iii'tto^hjast week.' - MiSS Lillian Hopper, of London, is spending a few days with her .parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hopper. Mis Mae Purdue, Miss Irene Ella- cott and Miss Ann Forgic are spend­ ing a week’s vacation in Muskoka. Mr. and Mrs, Ed. Forgie and child­ ren, of Toronto, were week-end visit­ ors with his mother, Mrs. W. Forgie, Mr. James Lundy, of Mrs. R, J. Roberts, of visiting with Mr. and Roberts, Patrick St.. Rev. F. C. Watts, of Rev. F, W. Davies, of Atwood, were tfie guests of Rev. E. O, and Mrs,. Gallagher last week. Mrs. E. H. Bird and son, Hubert, also Mr. and (Mrs. Jack C. Wright, of Toronto, were week-end visitors with Mr, and Mrs. James Hattgli.; Visitors with Mif. And MS^George Carr at preseji^^i’^atner, Mr, F. A. McQuiggan, of London, and her Toronto, and Toronto, are Mrs* Charles Brussels and cousin, Mrs. E. A. Fraser, of Winni­ peg. Mr. and Mrs. Fred L. Davidson, Mrs. E. McLaughlin and Miss Verna McLaughlin, left Monday for a motor trip to Northern Ontario, Ottawa and Montreal. Mrs. George Mason Jr., leader of the C.G.I.T., and three of the mem- bens, Olive Casemore, Ileen Dark' and Grace Hingston, spent last week at Bruce Beach. Mr, and Mrs, T. K. Bibb left Sun­ day for their home in Detroit, having spent a three weeks* vacation, with Mrs, Bibb’is parents, Mr. and Mrs. John T. Currie. Mr, and Mrs. H. L. Sherbondy were week-end , visitors' at Wellington, i'Pfihc'e Edward County. Mrs, Erskine, : of Winnipeg, Mrs. Sherbondy’s moth­ er, who has been visiting there, re­ turned here with them. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Murchison, accompanied by their daughter, Miss Doris, and son, Wayne, spent the week in Wingham as guests of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Godkin and Mrs. Andrew Hardie. During their stay, Mr. and Mrs. Murchison renewed ac­ quaintances with a large number of old friends in the town and district, They returned to Ottawa by motor on Saturday where Mr. Murchison has j been Director of Soldier Settlement for some years, During their visit to Wingham, the Church Army Crusaders were the < guests of Mr, and Mrs, Morris Swan­ son, Mrs, L, Lamb, Dr. and Mrs, W. Connell, Mr, and Mrs, W. T. Booth, Mr. and Mrs. Murray Johnson, and Rev, E. Q, and Mrs. Gallagher. Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Murchison and Duncan, of Norwich, spent the week-end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs, Richard Gilkinson, of Turnberry, and with Mr, and Mrs, Gordon God- / kin, of town. Miss Elaine, who has been spending the past two weeks with her grandparents, returned home with them, DONNYBROOK Mr. W. H. Campbell is visiting son. Colin, and family, at Ottawa. Mrs. Elizabeth Naylor is spending this week with friends in Lucknow. Mr. Wm. Bush, of Toronto, is spending .his vacation with friends in this vicinity. Miss Mary Armstrong is spending this week at Bruce Beach, the .guest of her uncle, Mr. Tom Armstrong and family. ■ The ladies of this vicinity are busily engaged in making some quilts for the Red Cross. WESTFIELD his Mr. Wm. Bush, of Toronto, is visit­ ing at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Taylor and other friends. Mrs. A. McClennan, of Chicago, is a guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Marvin McDowell. Master Jimmy Kelly, of Walton, is visiting his cousin, Master Murray McDowell. Mrs. Stanley .Sibthorpe visited on Wednesday with Mrs. W. McDowell. Miss Yvonne Annstay, of Goderich, is holidaying with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Govier. Mr. A. Challenger, of Kitchener, vis­ ited recently! with Mr. J. L. Stone­ house. Mr. and Mrs. R. Stonehouse and Mr. Donald Stonehouse, of Goderich, visited with Mr. and Mrs. Bert Tay­ lor. I Mr. and Mrs. George Brown, of Rus’comb, were week-end guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Campbell. They were accompanied home by their cousin, Miss Winnifred Campbell. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Churchill, Ver­ non and Loreen, visited with Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Hamilton, at Exeter, Miss Loreen remaining for a week. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Churchill visited [ this week with Mr. and Mrs. John Miller, Clifford. Miss Ru,th Wilson and Master John Wilson, of Auburn, spent a few days last week at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Wightman. Mr. and Mrs. Pat. O’Malley, Tor­ onto, were week-end visitors with Reeve Raymond Redmond, also Miss Annie May Bell, R. N., of Claresholm, Alta. Master Harvey Wightman and Mas­ ter Bill McClinchey are attending Jun­ ior Boys’ Camp this week at Goder­ ich. The Y.P.U. of Auburn held their meeting last week at the river on Mr. Earl Wightman’s farm, also an en­ joyable time was spent in a way. social JUNIOR FARM BOYS AND GIRLS RAISING AMBULANCE FUND Have already subscribed $575 of $1,- 750 needed for ambulance to be pre­ sented to Red Cross. Junior Farmers and Junior Farm Women are not only doing an excel­ lent job On the farms of Ontario, but they have already subscribed $575 to­ ward the $1,750 needed to provide an ambulance for the Red Cross Society, states A. H. Martin, Assistant Direc­ tor of Agricultural Representatives, Ont. Dept, of Agriculture, who is in charge of the fund. The suggestion that Junior Farmers and Junior Farm Women purchase an ambulance for the Red Cross was first made in the June issue of the “Junior Farmer News” which goes to all Jun­ ior farm organizations each month from the Agricultural Representative Branch, and was enthusiastically re­ ceived by tho Juniors. All cheques and money orders Should be forwarded to Mr. Martin, Ont Dept, of Agriculttit'S, Toronto, and made in favour Of the Junior Far­ mer and Junior Farm Wdhieii Ambu- lancedEun& No contribution will, be- too large and none too small, Mr. Martin states. It is expected that ev­ ery Junior Farm Organization in the Province will contribute to the fund. The ambulance, a standard, fully equipped,' four-bed vehicle, will be purchased through the Red Cross and will carry a name plate indicative of the Junior Farmes and Junior Farm Women. Halifax Spurns Peace Offer ■ London — Viscount Halifax blunt­ ly rejected Hitler’s peace offers when he declared “we shall not stop fight­ ing till freedom for ourselves and oth­ ers is secured.” It a broadcast to the world, the foreign secretary declared Britain was unmoved by Hitler’s threats and in the- face of German pre­ parations to invade this country there is “only one spirit, a spirit of indom­ itable resolution.” Rumania Meets Nazi Leaders Bucharest—Rumania’s premier and foreign minister,’ disturbed over a Russian note expressing interest in a “popular Government” for King Car- ool’s monarchy, will confer Friday with the foreign minister of Germany, it was announced. French Fliers Fight With Britain London — French airmen, battling on at the side of Britain, have begun operations with the Royal Air Force tn its incessant operations over Ger­ many and German-subjugated lands. Now Communistic States Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania join­ ed the ranks of swallowed-up small European nations by becoming a part of Soviet Russia in all but name. Al­ ready completely under Moscow’s sway, the parliaments of the three small Baltic states voted to petition the Soviet Union for membership. To Construct 12 Munitions Plants Munitions Minister Howe announc- Whichof these . DA PT? WTlFEfI*wThWhOl J* If Tj FCSTO fl t atRockbottomhictt in every price class to suit every^three other lower priced Firestope tires Firestone Champion tire, we b»v® tbr o* do Firestone's cost no more now selling at rock-bottom prices. Not only they ore by far the than ordinary tires, but tb« Firestone tires on your cer now. cheapest you can own. rut sate, now Drive in today. HURON MOTORS Wingham Phone 99 rocking rhythm almost like a boat deck in choppy weather . . . when you ride on a hay rake. The wheels for some strange reason always seem to shimmy in and out . . , making each trip from fence to fence a some­ what zig-zagging one. Then comes the manual labor! The first luxuriant, green smell of new- mown hay has vanished for a some­ what more tangy one as you plunge the shining tines into the bundles. Then with an expert twist of exper­ ience it .must be'piled into miniature stacks. There’s a trick to it as well, It must be coiled so that the weather can cure it . . . but so that inclem­ ent weather cannot spoil it. From j-ow to row ... bundle to bundle . . fence to fence .... you work on . . your fork moving rhythmically and __ __ ________ _ __________ _ the .flattened bundles, becoming little ed the immediate construction of 12 ’ piles of hay already turning dark with munition plants at a total cost of ap- the effect of the wind and the sun. proximately $19,000,000. This is in ’ The horses trot a little on that first addition to an $11,000,000 plant for trip to the field ... and the empty manufactrue of chemicals for explos- rack jounces and bounces as you. jog ive purposes announced last week. North Ireland Packed with Troops Northern Ireland was jammed with British troops prepared for a German blow against Ulster or Eire to the south. The southern entrance to the Irish Sea was mined to keep invaders from Ireland’s eastern shore, but it was pointed out here that Eire’s de­ fences might be unable to cope with any west coast sea assault or large-scale parachute descent. the load and head for the barn. Your straw hat crunches into the dry, aro- matic hay as you burrow in a little for a (better seat . . , and you sway along . . . knowing your direction only from the landmarks that come along from the blind wall of the load of hay. The horses seem to dig in and exert full strength as they pull and traces buckle and stretch . , . and with’ a reassuring yell from the teamster we bounce up and over that bump at the barn doors . . . with the first load of hay. i PETAIN ORDERS DALADIER HELD any PHIL OSIFER OF LAZY MEADOWS By Harry J. Boyle “JULY JOTTINGS” Hot weather in July. There’s noth­ ing can compare with a glorious hay­ ing day . . . when the sun .beams down squarely on your back ... . and the horses toss their heads in a lathery sort of way to escap’e the flies clustering around their wire, mesh muzzles. This is the haying season! The whining clatter of the mower comes first as the zig-zagging knives snip the fresh, green hay off just above the ground and leave it neatly flattened on the stubble. Now and again a rab­ bit hippety-hops out of a clump of clover and from the safety of the grassy fence bottom watches his play­ land being destroyed. A meadowlark or a ground bird goes sailing along from his nest which he so carefully placed . . in what he or she thought would be a safe place. Then comes the rake! Rolling and teetering . . . slender fingers of steel gathering up the flattened rows and clustering it . . . and then trip . . . up and down again to commence gath­ ering it up again. There’s a rolling i along the not too smooth laneway. I Little puffs of dust come up quickly from ,the horses’ hooves .....Buchan- - such, the collie pup dashes madly back and forth from fence to. fence . . . always on the alert for any ground­ hog who might be an early riser . . and hoping, no doubt, to surprise him while still suffering the effects of a sleep. The bars are down and the horses swing into the hay field and over to the right hand corner. Then it’s down from the wagon rack, hard boots crushing the brittle hay stubble and the early morning sun glistens on the polished fork tines. How simple it is, those first few forkfuls and then gradually it de­ mands more exertion as the level of hay on the rack grows higher and higher. Now and again a frog with long-legged strides hops from the shade of a coil as you top it . . . the crickets sail along like miniature ex­ plosions . . a lazy snake wriggles along for the protection of a grassy clump . . and the loads grows high­ er and higher. By this time a touch on the lines and a spoken word is enough to guide old veterans of draw­ ing in . . “Barney and Bess.” The load is completed and tossing the fork up you hop on the convenient tail board sticking out of the back of Vichy, France — Marshal Petain’s Government, launching an investiga­ tion of Frenchmen allegedly respon­ sible for France’s entry into the war —and her defeat—ordered former Premier Edouard Daladier and others confined to Marseilles. Daladier and several other parliamentarians who left France when former Premier Paul Reynaud’s Government was suc­ ceeded by Petain’s “armistice regime” ‘arrived at Marseillies 'from French Morocco. The French Cabinet ap­ proved a decree for withdrawal of cit­ izenship and the confiscation of pro­ perty of Frenchmen who left France between May 10 and June 30 without valid reasons. Besides Daladier, under whose helm France entered the war, action was expected against Cesar Campinchi, ex-minister of marine; Georges Mandel, ex-colonial minister, and Yvon Delbos, ex-education min­ ister and former minister of foreign affairs. High Finance Two' Georgia darkies were discuss­ ing the financial condition of the country. They didn’t agree. | “You’s all wrong” vociferated. “Dey ain't no money sho’tage. Ah asked mad bankuh is he out o’ mon­ ey and he tuk me in de vault and showed me piles an’ piles o’ money. An’ I says could he let me have jes’ a little. An’ he says sho’ he could. Has Ah any collat’rul? An Ah hasn’t. Now dat’s what’s de mattuh wif dis country. Dey’s plenty o’ money but we’se jes’ runnin’ sho’t on collat’rul.” Round Trip Bargain Fares from Wingham AUG. 1 To C. N. R. Stations in the Maritime Provinc­ es; Province of Quebec, New Brunswick, Prince Ed­ ward Island, Nova Scotia. AUGUST 2-3 To OTTAWA $9.20; MONTREAL $10.55; TROIS RIVIERES $12.75; QUEBEC CITY $14.55; STE. ANNE DE BEAUPRE $15.15. Tickets, Fares, Transit Limits and Information from Agents. T216B CANADIAN NATIONAL CANADIAN NURSES TAKE UP THEIR DUTIES IN ENGLAND i 4 Canadian nurses now in England to | ler’s aggression are now taking up shown here strolling in- tjife grounds play their part in the war against Hit- their postis and some of them are| of (theiF’-h^pItak