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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1940-11-21, Page 1Subscriptions $2.00 Per Year Plans Made For An Active Season Chest at "the W. C. T. U.2nd Art on lUdtiiriilia]iMlilWirfliSithii. MlMil and dance held of the Sacred held Baby Band, story, This Made on Hope Other Prizes fowl. Mrs. MrS. Miss in the Heart Young Ladies get your new wedge heel motor boots at Dunlop’s Shoe The hostesses for X H. Crawford, Mrs. G, C. Hanna. Mrs. Sara MacLcan. of C. V. C. the im- Mother’s — to be sure of perfect fitting shoes for the little ones, get thorn at Dunlop’s Shoe Store. We hgve all different widths in children’s shoes. King, Cush- Ethel, Lucky Draw and Turnberry, East and West Wawanosh Will Nominate Friday War Service Auxiliary Report Year Of Duty Showing of Colored Pictures Very In teresting treas- marshal. Lewis Ruddy; 1st lecturer, W. Riehl; lecturer, Id. Hunkings. more men are called out for ed info the arms industry of Canada, chats with a woman worker in military training and service, large Honourable J. L. Ralston, Minister of Bren gun plant. Women are an numbers of women are being absorb- National Defence, is shown here as he portant cog in cur war effort. and Mrs. Lewis was TRACTS DISTRIBUTED TO LOCAL HOMES Look’s1 Like The Work Of Jehovah’s Witnesses STATUTORY SESSION HELD BY COUNCIL Final Meeting Field Friday Prior to Nominations "Single Copies Five Cents \ PUBLIC SPEAKING CONTEST HELD NOMINATIONS HERE ON MONDAY NEXT jiSiir/ With Which Is Amalgamated The G ome Vidette and Wroxeter News WINGHAM, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21st, 1940 WOMEN IN INDUSTRY CURLING CLUB NAME OFFICERS . Marguerite Young, of Belgrave, Won Junior Honours a|nd Grace Golley, of Morris, Third of Senior Grades Nine bright young contestants, all ■ champions in their respective School Fairs, participated in the annual pub lic speaking contest, conducted under . the supervision of J. C. Shearer, Agri- • cultural Representative, before Huron County Council on Thursday after noon. Reeve Raymond Redmond, of West Wawanosh, chairman of the Ed- • ucation committee, presided. The judges were inspectors E. C, Beacom, • South Huron; J, H, Kinkead. North Huron and J- M. Game, Huron-Brucef All school fairs were represented. The highest honors were accorded in the .senior competition to Lenore Mornington, Hensall, daughter of Ed- ■ward Mornington, whose teacher is Edward Blowes. Her subject was “The British Empire,” The winner of first place in the jun ior contest was Marguerite Young, of Belgrave, daughter of Alex. Young, 'Union No. 17, East Wawanosh, on the subject “Lord Tweedsmuir,” Her 'teacher is Miss Nima Bryans. The other prizes were awarded as follows: Senior Grades: second, Ruth Law- son, S.S. No. 3 Holmesville, daughter ■ of Mr. and Mrs. E. V. Lawson, whose subject was “The Man of the Hour, Winston Churchill.” Third—Grace Golley, Morris, tea cher, George Cowan, S.S. No. 7, Mor- •ris. She also chose "Winston Church- dll” as her subject. The judges’ decision in the senior .grades was given by Inspector E. C. Beacom; and for the junior, by Inspec tor J. H. Kinkead. -J. M. Game, In spector of Huron-Bruce, also eulogiz ed the winners ami showed a medal . won by his inspectorate in the Canad ian National Exhibition. Warden Feagan announced that the first prize of $5.00 had been donated by Mr. Redmond, the bachelor reeve ■of West Wawanosh, who .presented it to Lenore Mornington. The other prizes were presented by .Reeve Wilson, acting chairman, of the Agricultural Committee. Reeves McNall and J. H. Scott sponsored a motion that next year, the contestants be entertained at din ner. SCHOOL CONCERT THIS WEEK The annual Public School Concert will be held in the Town Hall Thurs day and Friday evenings this week. A splendid program has been prepared, so make it a point to be. present. Each grade in the school has a part in the entertainment. A two-aot play "Days O’ Kerry Dancing” will be presented. Tile November meeting of the W. C. T. U. was held on November Sth at the home of Mrs. E. Loney with twen ty-five Jadies present and Mrs. R. jtyndal presiding. "Count your many blessings” was .used as the opening hymn, and prayer .by Mrs. Gowans. Mrs. K. MacLean gave a splendid Bible reading from .the Sth chapter of Luke. A duet by Mrs. Heisler .much enjoyed. The County President, Mrs. Chris tie, \>f Exeter, addressed the meeting and gave a very fine report of the Temperance Convention held in Tor onto October 1st to 4th. Each of the 29 counties was represented by the at tendance of its County President. 250 ■delegates partook of the banquet. The theme of the Convention was — “Prayer, Faith and Victory.”-- The Convention pledged to stand 100% for Temperance. Mrs. Christie made the remark that beverage rooms tyoutd destroy the church if (they could but the church could destroy the bever age rooms If they would. The seller of intoxicating liquors should, be pun ished as well as the buyers, Mrs. Lloyd moved a vote of thanks to Mrs. Christie, A delightful 1 was served by Mrs, Loney and «£, Tyndat, after which the meeting ■ tinned with the reading of the Sheet and matters of business, meetig closed with prayer by Mason and the singing of the Nation^ al Anthem. Municipal elections are getting very close, especially those that have early nominations, that is, this week. Turn berry, East and West Wawanosh, also Blyth, hold nominating meetings on Friday this week while Wingham will hold theirs on Monday next, Novem ber 25 th. There appears to be very little elec tion 'talk here but in Turnberry there is some talk of new men in the field. East Wawanosh may have a contest as it is expected that Councillor Lew is Ruddy' will make a try for the reeveship while the present Reeve, Raymond Redmond, has already seat ed he is again in the field. If this takes place there would in all prob ability be a contest for membership on the Council, At present. East Wa wanosh'appears to be the place in this district most likely to have an elec tion. Reeve McNall, of Blyth, will not be a candidate this year, but just what will happen there under these circum stances will not be known until nom ination day at least. However, there is some election ’talk going on in that village. MISSION BANDS’ Annual party The United- Church was the scene of an interesting event on Saturday, Nov. 16th, when the feaby Band and Mission Band held their annual party. Mrs. Burgman, Supt. of the Baby Band, was in charge. She welcomed the mothers and babies and then a short worship service was held. Scrip ture verses were given by five Mission Band girls and Alice Laidlaw led in prayer. Jean and Joan Irwin sang a duet and George Hall gave a recitation. Mrs. Wm, Field brought greetings' from the W.M.S. and the Mission Band sang a “Welcome” song. Graduation Exercises were when eight members of the Band .graduated to the Mission Mrs. Geo. Howson told the "The Seven Little Travellers.” was illustrated -by coloured lantern slides. . — Tea was served from a table, daint ily decorated with pink ' and blue streamers and pink mums. Mrs\Field and Mrs. Greer assisted at the tea table. Betty Rae In Training Miss Betty Rae left on Tuesday fo,r Toronto, where she will enter Toron to General Hospital as a nurse-in- training. To Preach at St. Andrew’s Rev. Dr. Kenneth H. Palmer, of Palmerston, will preach at the even ing service at St. Andrew’s Presbyter ian Church, Sunday next. His subject will be “How I Love The Germans.” In the afternon he will address the St. Andrew’s Men’s Bible Class. lunch Mrs. f con* i Clip The Mrs; i* 1911 U. F. O. Convention The annual convention of the Unit ed Farmers of Ontario' is being held in Toronto on November 26, 27, 28. Special sessions are being ate being held for men, women and young people. The meetings will be held in the King Edward Hotel. On Thurs day, the shareholders of the United Farmers Co-Operative will meet. Lloyd Dark .Home Friends of Lloyd Dark will be very pleased to know 'that he returned home from the General Hospital, Tor onto, on Friday. Lloyd is making splendid' progress although it will be some time yet before the cast is re moved. It was on Sept. 27th that he fell while painting at St. Andrew’s Church, fracturing his back. He was in Wingham General Hospital for a week and was then transferred to the Toronto General, Former Deputy Minister Passes Suffering a sudden heart attack. James B. Fait-bairn, Deputy Minister of Agriculture for Ontario from 1930 to 1937, died ait Jus home, Vineland, Thursday. ■ Mr. Fairbairn was well- known here as he was a brother-in- law of Mr. H. B. Elliott and visited here on many occasions. He one year officially opened the Whigham Fair. An outstanding figure in provincial agricultural circles, Mr, Fairbairn was appointed deputy-minister In May, i960. Previously he had served as sec retary and registrar of the Ontario Agricultural College from 1905 to EUCHRE AND DANCE WELL ATTENDED FINE PROGRAM . , MUCH ENJOYED The euchre Parish., Hall Church on Monday was attended by a very Large number. The winners at cards were: Ladies, 1st, Mrs, B, Ben- inger; 2nd, Mrs. H. V, Pym; Gentle men, 1st, Andy Anstett; 2nd, Wm. Gray. Following the play at cards Ar thur’s Orchestra supplied the music for dancing. .The draw for prizes for which the ladies of the church had been selling tickets for some time was made by Mr. Archie Peebles. The following were winners: 1st, Mrs. Lance Grain, Hope Chest; 2nd, Janet Deitner, Eth el, Smoker’s Set; 3rd, M. Swansan, Table Lamp; 4th, Mrs. Peter End Table; Sth, Edith Willits, ion; 6th, Mrs. Jas. Deitner, Mirror. PRESENTED WITH LINEN SHOWER A very pleasant party was held at the home of Mrs. Ernest Greenwood on Thnrday evening when she was hostess at a shower in honour of her sister, Mary Jane Lepard, who is be ing married this week. The house was very prettily decorated in a colour scheme of pink and white. There were about fifty present and Mary was the recipient of many beautiful gifts of linen. The hostess served lunch at the conclusion' of this very happy event. Ill At His Home Mr. Hugh Carmichael is ill at his home with inflammatory rheumatism. “Mike” has to leave his work with the Bell Telephone Company at Blenheim on account of the ailment. His many friends wish him a speedy recovery. He Flies Through The Ait- Airman Pilot James Thompson, of the R.C.A.F., was a visitor with his mother, Mrs. Ollie Thompson, of Lis- towel. Jim also spent a day here with his sister, Mrs. R. S. Hetherington. Jim recently received his wings at Up lands, near Ottawa, and recently has been flying planes from Fort Erie to Montreal and Three Rivers, He will report at Rockcliffe at Ottawa completion of his leave. BOY BELIEVED LOST WAS WITH FRIENDS Ross Radford, of Blyth district, 15' year-old boy reported missing, was located staying with* friends. A report spread throughout the dis trict over the week-end that the boy had disappeared from his home in W. Wawanosh on Friday nigthtwhilc rid ing horse-back, Blyth telephone cent ral was swamped with calls until word was finally received 'from the boy’s father, Norman Radford, that he was safe and sound and staying with some friends down country. Police were notified to this effect and a search which was being made in the Woodstock and Stratford dis tricts was, abandoned. On Friday night the annual meet ing of the Huron Curling Club was held at their club rooms and by the enthusiasm shown the club will have a most successful season if the wea therman provides the ice. Officers elected were: President—J. J, Evans. Vice Pres.—W. G. Gray, Sec.-Treas,—Art. Wlison. Bonspeil Committee—Jim Carr, Ed. Snell, Ed, Small, George Orvis. Don ald Rae. Special Jitney Committee—T. H, Gibson, Ed, Small, Donald Rae. Jitney Committee—Ed. Small, Jim Carr, Jim Murray, O. Haselgrove. Membership Committee—J. J, Ev ans, W. G. Gray, Art. Wilson. The club will do its part in raising funds for the Red Cross, on certain games 5 cents per player will be col lected for this purpose. Doctors W. A. McKi.bbon, T. L. Torrance, A. W. Irwin, who are serv ing in the Royal Canadian Medical Corps, and the Royal Canadian Dent al Corps, were made honorary mem bers of the club. The club will again take member ship' in the Ontario Curling Associa tion. Under the cover of darkness and a snow storm Saturday night, a tract delivery campaign was carried on here, in fact, in many place in Cana- ada, according to reports. The tracts were 32-page pamphlets entitled "The End of Nazism”. As people left their homes Sunday morning these book lets were found on the steps or porch. It was evidently a well-organized ef fort as it was done over .such a great area and in the night so that they could not be detected. Almost every house in town received one. In Tor onto some arrests were made but so far here no trace of those who car- riod on the distribution here has come to light. The material in the booklets is very similar to that which was issued by the Jehovah’s Witnesses prior to that organization being declared illegal un der the Defence of Canada Regula tions. Attacks on Roman Catholicism, flag saluting and the American Legion were contained in the tract. No mark or,-print is on the booklet to show where it was printed or by what soc iety or organization. Every effort should be made by the authorities to locate those who car ried on this bouse tn house distrib ution of such trash. In this district members of the Jehovah’s Witness held meetings earlier this year and if any of these are found to be tied with this organization at the present time they ought to receive the full penalty that the law allows. These are. serious times. Times when we are fighting for our very existance. Times when the authorities should make every ef fort to stamp out such things which tend to divide our war effort. Battery To Attend Services The 99th Wingham Battery, R.C.A., will attend services on the next three Sundays. Next Sunday, November 24, they go to Bluevale Presbyterian Church, December 1st, they will at tend service in Lucknow, and on Dec. bth, at 11 a.m., St. Andrew’s Presby terian Church here. Moved To Toronto Mr. and Mrs. W. J, Hutton shipped their furniture to Toronto on Mon day and left on Tuesday ito take up residence in that city. They have liv ed in Wingham for thirty-one years and their friends are exceedingly sor ry that they have moved away but wish them every happiness in their new home, Institute Meets Nov. 28th The regular meeting of the Wing ham Branch of the Womens Institute will be held in the Council Chamber at 2.30 p.m. Thursday, Nov, 28th, The roll call will be answered by a house hold hint. Mrs. M, Bell, the Convenor of Household Economics, wilt have charge of the programme. Mrs. J. EL Crawford will give a demonstration of dressing a the day are, A. Wilson, A, Cosens, Under the auspices of the Evening Auxiliary of the United Church, a large’’number gathered at the church on Monday evening to view a show ing of colored photographic slides and colored motion pictures. Mr. Gordon Buchanan showed pictures of Gaspe, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island. The World’s Fair at New York and many interesting local pictures, Ms. Frank E. Madill show ed his movies of the King and Queen's visit to Stratford and London. The audience were highly pleased with the presentation. The program also consisted of a piano solo by Miss Tens Reid, a solo by Rev. W. A. Beecroft with his wife as accompanist, and community sing ing with Mr. Frank Howson as lead er and Mrs. W. W. Currie piano. Patriotic Society Membership 745 The membership of the Wingham Patriotic Society is now 745. The fol lowing names did not ,,appear prev iously: Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Crawford and Kenneth Crawford, DISTRICT L.O.L. NAME OFFICERS Morris District Orange Lodge held their annual meeting and election of officers in the Orange Hall, Blyth, on Tuesday evening. After the election the following officers were duly in stalled by Past District Master Lewis Ruddy; District Master Herbert Dex ter; Deputy District Master Thomas Grasby; Chaplain, C. D. Barrett; fin ancial secretary, W. Haggitt; Urer, E. Patterson; Curled at Galt « . The local rink of Jim Carr, Wilson and Alex. Crawford, skip, curled ait Galt on Monday. They won one and lost one. On Thursday O. Haselgrove, Ed. Nash, Jim Carr and Donald Rae will take part in this ’speil. W. M. S. GROUP HELD MEETING St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church Women’s Missionary Society held its regular November meeting on Wed nesday afternoon last week in the lec ture room of the church. The Pres ident, Mrs. Donald Rae. was in the chair and opened the meeting with pi'ciycr. hyititt Oocl otity licjlp in ages past” was sung. Mrs. Rae spoke with regret of the death of the valued member of the society, Mrs. John E. Fells, who served the society for years as treasurer. Mrs, Geo. Di ver was elected to fill this office for the balance of the year. The Bible reading, the 5th chapter of Mark, was taken by Mrs. Peter D. King and the Glad Tidings prayer by .Mrs, Wm. Barbour, The dedicatory prayer was given by Mrs. J, Currie. The topic, “The Chrlsitian Church in India”, taken by Mrs. W« S. Mitchell, was most interesting and instructive. The meeting closed With prayer by Mrs. John Raby, and the Lord’s Pray er in unison. To Celebrate Golden Wedding Mr, and Mrs. John Linklater, of Teeswater, will celebrate their Golden Wedding on Tuesday, November 26, and will be at home to their friends afternoon and evening. Clinton Exhibitors To Be Honoured The Clinton Spring Show to doing honour to Ephdiam Snell and Son for breeding prize winning sheep and to Robert Murdock of Brucefield for his pair of Clydesdale stallions at a din ner in Clinton, Thursday this week. Cars Bumped A car driven by Russ Baird when leaving the curb in front of Fryfogle’s store on Saturday afternoon had a collision with a car driven by Mr. Little of Thos. Weir, of Glenannan. damage resulted. A back fender Mr. Weir’s car was damaged. Engagement Announcement The engagement is announced Dorothy Helen, daughter of Mrs. Byer and the late Dr. R, A. Byer, S., of Woodstock, to Norman W. Hall, son of Mrs. Clara Underwood, Bluevale Ont., and the late W. J. Hall, the marriage to take place quietly Nov. 30th, at Trenton, Ont. Attended Meeting in’Walkerton Mr. Frank Howson, chairinan of the War Savings Certificate and War Stamp committee, and Mr. W. H. French, President of the Patriotic As sociation, attended a meeting in Wal kerton on Thursday evening which was addressed by Mr. R. V. LeSeur, Vice President of the Imperial Oil Company, who is Provincial Chair man of the War Savings Committee. Lucknow Missionary to Return Due to conditions in the Far East, Canadian missionaries in Formosa are returning home. Miss Dorothy C. Douglas, daughter of . George H. Douglas, of Lucknow, is a missionary in that field and is expected home next' month. She is well known here. She has served in the Far East as a mis sionary of the Presbyterian Church in Canada since 1928, and was home on furlough five years ago. Splendid Poppy Day Collection The annual Poppy Day collection under the auspices, of the Wingham Legion totalled $198.00, a slight in crease over that of last year, This fund is set aside by the Legion and is used only for deserving cases, the ordinary expenses of the Legion, be ing paid by the members. Mr. W. G, Hamilton in charge of this activity is very pleased with it he response and co-operation of the public and take this opportunity to extend his ap preciation, To the ladies and Etigh School girls who conducted the can vass, the committee are very grate ful. The Town Council held their last meeting, prior to nomination on Mon day next, on Friday night with all members present except Councillors Wilkinson and, VanWyck. The clerk reported receiving a check for $50 from Howick Mutual Fire Insurance Company for services of the fire brigade and truck at a fire at Mr, H. Gowdy’s farm in Howick. He also reported the receipt of $239,- 62 from the Department of Highways as their share of snow removal off the Main Street last winter. They pay half the cost. A request from the Ontario Assoc iation of Rural Municipalities for Council to become members of the association, was filed on motion of Councillors Sturdy and Johnson. On motion of Reeve Hetherington and Coun. Johnson, a number of ac counts presented by the finance com mittee were ordered paid. Councillor Evans reported that some party had dumped brush near a hydrant close to the mill and that the firemen, in case of a call, wound have to remove same before the hydrant could be used. This is a dangerous practice and offenders will be prose cuted. The windstorm did. some damage to town property last week, Reeve Heth erington reported. A portion of the machine shed roof was blown away and tin on the hpsq toyyer and town, hall tower was loosened. Repairs will be made at once. A car-load of coal jwill be ordered from.MacLean Lum ber & Coal Co., their tender being- ac cepted on motion of Coun. Lloyd and Reeve Hetherington. , The work at the cemetery is pro ceeding satisfactorily, Coun. Lloyd, stated. The section of new fence has been painted. Reporting on the meeting of the County Council, Reeve Hethdririgton said Warden Feagan had been ap pointed inspector for the County • Home. He said that it is expected that all subsidies and road grants will be discontinued by the government, these being used for war effort. The County is free of debt and will next year hold a centennial celebration. The fund set aside by the county for patriotic purposes has a balance of $3,000, he said. This fund was raised, by a half mill assessment on each • municipality. • Clerk W. A. Galbraith will attend a municipal school at Seaforth on Wed nesday this week on motion of Coun. Sturdy and Johnson. Married in Detroit The marriage took place recently in Detroit of Miss Edna Salle, daught er of Mr. and Mrs. H. Salle of De troit and Mr. Kenneth William Carter of Detroit, bun of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Carter of Whigham. Mr. and Mrs, Carter will reside in Detroit. SALVATION ARMY - DOING GOOD WORK The statistician has been busy now that the war has passed its first year mark. In the Territory and overseas there are 56 Officers engaged exclus ively on Salvation Army War Service * Work; 47 others are doing part-time work; andt here are 117 employees. The number of men who have used Red Shield Huts totals 1,987,615, while 29,831 were cared for while waiting for enlistment acceptance. Stationery distributed free amounts to 3,500,000 letterheads, 3,250,000 envel opes, and 291,000 picture post cards. Many socks, sweaters, scarves, mitts, helmets and cuffs have been distribute *ed among the troops, so far 94 cases having been shipped to England, and 31 cases sent to Iceland. With the Director of Salvation Army War Service overseas there are now 12 supervisors serving the First and Second Divisions. One supervis* or is stationed in Iceland. There are how eight Mobile Canteens in opera tion. There have served 1,134 units, and 267,421 men. A total of 398 pro grams were attended by 141,428, Ser vices, numbering 153, attracted 70,* 710. Interviews, totalling 804, and 131 visits to military hospitals were also accomplished. Since the opening of the Red Shield Hotel in London, in June, 5,592 men have been accoittmodated*