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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1941-03-27, Page 1With Which Is Amalgamated The Gorrie Vidette and Wroxeter News, jingle Copies Five Cents WINGHAM, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MARCH 27th, 1941 Subscriptions $2.00 Per Year COMMUNITY CONCERT largelyattended Wingham Goes Over The Top Again. Jim Hunter Gets Cheque for $1200.00 for British War Victims Fund That the people of Wingham .are British War Victim conscious .was proven beyond a dpubt by the wonder­ ful congregation that filled the United Church Saturday evening for the Com­ munity Concert in aid of the British War Victims Fund. The amount of money raised by the sale of tickets •and donations was the magnificent sum of $1205.00, truly splendid con­ tribution. The special speaker of the evening was Jim Hunter, popular Telegram Talking Reporter. He was introduced by .Mayor J. Harley Crawford. Jim started out by declaring that.we are going to win this war. This war has united Canada as never before. This was the 31st meeting that Jim had at­ tended this week in the interests of the British War Victims Fund, all to­ gether he has spoken at over 600 such meetings. The contributions to this fund will reach the great total of half a million dollars in the near future, he said. We have a very important part to play, Jim said, in bringing home to the people of the United States what •it means to fight for the preservation of the right to live as free people. Be­ fore this war is ended we are going to give and give and give. We have to learn to obtain happiness from service. All thought of making private fortun­ es has gone by the board. From now on we will be paying taxes and your children after, you, so the only way you can obtain happiness is from ser­ vice. Everyone has to get in the front line of this war in the endeavour to help. Mr. W. H. French, president of the Wingham Patriotic Association, was chairman 'for the evening. Mr. E. S. ‘Copeland made a stirring appeal for donations to swell the fund. Rev. K. MacLean and • Rev. E. O. Gallagher spoke briefly. The following musical program de­ lighted the vast audience, “O Canada” and Rule Britannia” by the Wingham Male Chorus under the direction of Mr. Harold V. Pym, who also was re­ sponsible for the selection of the pro­ gram; duet, organ and piano, "The Bells of St. Marys” by H. V. Pym and Jack Herd; vocal solo, "Three For Jack” by Richard Roberts; violin sol­ os “Frasquita Serenade” and "London­ derry Air” by Miss Mary King; "Come to the Fair” a duet by Mrs. W. B. Mc­ Cool and Mrs. Arno Kelly; male chor­ us, "Carry Me Back To Old Virginny” and "Old Black Joe”; vocal solo "The Veteran’s Song” by Alastair M. Forb­ es; organ solo "Poet and Peasant” ,by Miss Tena Reid; vocal solo" There Is A Land” by By Rev. WT. A. Beecroft; male chorus-"Were You There?” and "Steal Away”, "Carry On” "Land of Hope and Glory”, "There’ll Always Be An England.” For Wet Weather and Slush See our Goloshes, Rubbers and Rub­ ber Boots. Styles to suit everyone, at just the price you want to pay—Willis Shoe Store. Injured Head and Leg On Friday at Donald Rae & Son’s weigh scales, Mr, Tindall Ritchie trip­ ped and in the resulting fall, received a gash on his forehead that required three stitches to close." He also bruis­ ed his leg considerably. Moved To Stratford Mr. and Mrs. George Dalgleish moved to Stratford* on Friday, Their daughter, Joyce, is with her grandmo­ ther here until the school- term closes. On behalf of their friends here we wish them every success. Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Stuckey will move shortly to the Dalgleish home, LONDON OFFICERS INSPECT BATTERY CoL W. Gt Hagerty, of London, Was Inspecting Officer Ati' official inspection of Wingham 99th Battery, R.C.A., was held on Tuesday evening. The inspecting of­ ficer was Lleut.-Col. W. G. Hagerty, A.A. and Q.M.G. of the headquarters of Military Division No. 1, London. He was accompanied by Staff Officer Major Anderson. The Battery carried on the various activities in connection with battery training and the inspecting officer was highly pleased with their splendid de­ monstration, SCHOOL CLUB HAD SPLENDID MEETING Medical Examination of Pupils Being Considered by Lower Wingham School Group The Lower Wingham Home and School Club held their March meeting in the school house with the President, Mrs. McArthur, in the chair, The meeting began with the singing of the Ode and the Lord’s Prayer, The Roll Call was answered with an Irish joke or saying, It was agreed to order a case of paper-towelling for the school. Med­ ical examination for the school child­ ren was discussed and met with favor. Mr. McLeod offered to make inquiries about this matter. Plans were also laid for some patriotic parties in the hear future, After community singing, Mrs, J. G. Simmons' presented the story of St. Patrick. Readings were .given by Miss Verna Casemore and Mrs. Brooks, and Mrs. J. Walpole played an Irish mel­ ody. Mrs. Ce:il Walpole conducted an Irish contest which was won by Mrs. Brooks and the meeting closed with the National Anthem. HURON TO HOLD FARM MEETINGS Meetings Under The Auspices of the County Agricultural Committee A series of meetings for the farmers of Huron County, to be held under the sponsorship of the Agricultural Com­ mittee of the Huron County Council have been arranged. The meeting will be concluded on April 14th, in Gorrie. The purpose of this series of meet­ ings is to discuss the need of and me­ thods of creating a strong, vigorous and non-political farm organization, embracing all types of farming. Reeve J. W. Gamble, of Howiclc, chairman of the committee is in charg'e. The meeting for Stephen township was held on Monday and for Usbor.n Township on Tuesday. To-day (Wed­ nesday) a meeting is being held in Hay Township. The balance of the meet­ ings will be held as follows: Tuckersmith, Walker’s Hall, Bruce- field, March 27; Stanley, Township Hall, Varna, March 28; Goderich, Township Hall, Holmesville, March 31; Colborne, Township Hall, Carlow, April 1; Ashfield, S.S. No. 9, Ashfield, April 2; West Wawanosh, Community Hall, St. Helens, April 3; East Wawa­ nosh, Foresters’ Hall, Belgrave, April 4; Hullett, Community Hall, Londes- boro, April 7;; MicKillop, Winthrop Hall, April 8; Morris, Township Flail, Morris, April 9; Grey, Township Hall, Ethel, April 10; Turnberry, Town Hall, Wingham, April 11; Ho.wick, Township Hall, Gorrie, April 14. Commissioned in Battery J- K. M. Spittai, who has been a* sergeant in the 99th Battery, has been commissioned a second lieuten­ ant. He was in London over the week­ end attending examinations. Public School Hockey The final league game in the Public School Hockey League was played on Friday. It was between the Reds and the Whites, who were tied for second place. The 5-4 win for the Reds decid­ ed the final league standing of Blues with 8 wins, Reds 4, Whites 3. The first game of the play-offs between Reds and Whites resulted in a score ■of Reds 3, Whites 2. The Reds now go into the finals with the Blues for the league championship. LEARNING TO SHOOT HUNS An instructor in the Royal Canad­ ian Air Force, Trenton Air Base, Ont., explains the different parts of. a mach- ALL SET FOR WAR SERVICES DRIVE Wards Organized for House to House Canvass At a meeting in the council chamb­ ers Monday night the final touches were made to the organization for conducting the War Services Fund drive in Wingham. The local campaign chairman is Fred W. Spry and the chairmen of the wards are: Ward 1, R. HJ. Lloyd; Ward 2, Murray Roberts; Ward 3, Charles Roberts; Ward 4, W. A. Gal- J, D. Thomas General Chairman of Huron County War Services Campaign. braith; Ward 5, Wellington Wilson. Each chairman has selected a group of workers who will make a system­ atic canvass of all the people of the* town. County Chairman J. D. Thomas and County Treasurer, J. Douglas Brown, of Goderich, were present. Mr. Thom­ as explained to the meeting various points about the campaign and gave words of encouragement and express­ ed his confidence that Wingham would go over the top as they had done on previous occasions. Mr. 'Brown gave helpful suggestions regarding the forms to be used and the method of caring for the donations from the time they are collected from the donor un­ til they reach the headquartens. . Many of the workers were present and conferences were held by the ward chairmen and their groups in final pre­ paration for the drive. You will be visited, Be prepared to assist in this very important work. HORTICULTURAL PREMIUMS — 1941 8 Giant Pacific Hybrid Delphiniums or 3 H. T. Roses, Climbers or Poly­ anthus, Assorted Colors. 4 Spirea, Van Houttei. 5 Azalaeniums, assorted colors. Please have your new or renewal membership paid to your canvasser now so you may receive your valuable premium. Canvassers: Mrs. (Dr.) Ross, Mrs. Kew, Mrs. Snell, Mrs, T. Fells, Mrs. O. Habkirk, Mr. W. A. Galbraith, Mr. Hall, Mrs. H. Angus, Mrs. E. J. Nash, Secretary. Moved to North End / ^»Mr. and Mrs. A. D. MacWilliam have taken up residence in the Mac- Lean house on the corner of Minnie and Alfred Streets. Mr. and Mrs. M. Ball are in the Boyle apartment va­ cated by Mr. and Mrs. MacWilliam. Mr. Ball is with C. Lloyd & Son./ inc gun and their function during a class period, to a group of Canada’s future aviators, », M'he nine week artillery course con­ ducted by the officers of the Wing­ ham 99tlt Battery, R.C.A., was com­ pleted recently, Major George How- son, Officer Commanding the Battery, reported that the following were suc­ cessful in passing the examinations: Bdr. J. Campbell, Gnr. Gordon Leg- gatt, Gnr, Murray Roberts, Gnr. D. Miller, Gnr, Fred Howson, Gnr, Neil Williamson, Gnr. G. Fitzpatrick, Gnr, G.‘Greer, Gnr. S. Jeffray, Gnr. J, A, MacTavish, Gnr. J. K. MacTavish, Gnr, J, Coultcs, Gnr. S. Gerofsky, Gttr. E. Shera. LOST IN STORM— WASBADLY FROZEN Jack Brooks, of Perth Regiment, Had Experience He Will Not Soon Forget In the storm last week many were inconvenienced and were forced to hold up until the storm abated. There is one Wingham man, however, who had a very tough time of it. Jack Brooks, of the Perth Regiment, had his face, hands, feet and ears froz­ en. Jack was here for that week-end visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clar­ ence Brooks. Sunday morning he went to Hamilton to join three of his com­ rades who were detailed to proceed to Camp Borden. When lie arrived in Hamilton they had left and he set out to hitch-hike to the camp. While on his way the storm struck and in an ef­ fort to shorten his trip he cut across country and became lost in the bush. With his ears, face, hands and feet frozen, he came upon a school house where he found shelter until the storm had passed. He then returned to Ham­ ilton. On Saturday his parents received word of his bad luck but were pleased to know that he was then able to con­ tinue his duty with his battalion. Red Cross Knitters Note Special Instructions from Red Cross Headquarters: 1. Follow Red Cross directions, no others will be accepted. 2. Splice wool (no knots). 3. Either Kitchener or alternative toe in socks, according to Red Cross directions. _ J 4. All socks must be washed before being returned.. Attending Training Camp V Carl Bondi is attending the 4-month military training course at Chatham. For First Class Repairing At reasonable prices — bring your shoes and rubbers to Willis Shoe Store. War Savings Over $300 Total Sales of War Savings Stamps to pupils in the public school, on the regular Thursday stamp day, reached $300.-50 dast Thursd^*. Sap’s Running This is the time when all are anxious to get a try at the new season maple syrup. Many had tapped their trees, in fact, some have had a boiling down. Got Wings At Kingston Among those who received their wings at the Flying Training School near Kingston last week were two district men, J. M. Elliott, of Teeswat- er, and G. E. Douglas, Atwood. Table Tennis Champs At the recent matches of table ten­ nis held at the public school, the fol­ lowing won the girls’ championships: Senior,,Mary Forbes; runner-up, Hel­ en Lockridge; Junior, Rose Ohm; run­ ner-up, Lois Lockridge. Cai; Somersaults Sid Whitby and four passengers, George Hassal, William Dahmer, Wil­ liam Ferguson and Tom MacDonald, escaped injuries when the former’s car somersaulted north of Holyrood. The car was only slightly damaged on the top. Eastern Star Held Euchre Twenty-four tables took part in the euchre held by the Huron Chapter Or­ der of the Eastern Star, Monday ev­ ening, Flay was held up for quite some time when a fuse blew, it taking some time to make repairs. The win­ ners were: 1st, Mrs. M, Fitzpatrick; 2, Mrs, H. C. MacLean; Gentlemen, 1st, Mr. Will Gray; 2nd, Mr. W. A. Miller; lucky draw prize, Mrs. T. Cruickshank. SOLDIERS PASSED EXAMINATIONS Nine-Weeks’ Course Was .Conducted In The Armouries Here LEGION, BATTERY ATTENDED SERVICE Legion Auxiliary Also In Attendance At the special service of prayer in St. Paul's Anglican Church, Sunday morning, a special feature was the pre­ sence of the 99th Battery, the Legion and the Ladies’ Auxiliary to the Leg­ ion. Comrade A. B. Hutson assisted the rector, Rev, E. O. Gallagher. The Psalms were the 20th and the 46th. The Scripture readings were the Sth chapter of II Kings and the 51h chap­ ter of St. Peter. Rev. Gallagher said it was very fit­ ting that the King and our Prime Minister had named this Sunday for •special prayers as it was Mothering Sunday. Fie welcomed the visiting or­ ganizations and Battery. He express­ ed appreciation for the effort those of the Legion had already given and said the young men in uniform were taking up the torch. It would be foolish, he said, for us to put all the emphasis on the work of our hands and neglect prayer and it would be just as foolish for us to put all the emphasis on pray­ er and neglect the work of our hands. We are Christian militants, he said, and must return to God. Those who give over to pleasure do not support as they should those who are carrying on this great effort. We are the trus­ tees of the generations to come and we must do our best to combat the prevent evil. The real God of our Fa­ thers must hate this thing. It may be difficult to pray about war but surely he said, I must pray that the slave­ owner be stopped and that those who arc enslaved be freed. So let us to prayer. Prayer 'for a speedy peace, prayer for our enemies that they could repent the doctrine of their leaders. We must resist to the death and call on God to assist us combat this ter­ rible doctrine that would enslave the world. Let us pray for a victory of rights, for our King and Queen, and those who have great tasks assigned to them. The choir rendered a beautiful an­ them with Mrs. Elwood Armitage tak­ ing the solo part. The service closed with the singing of "God Save The King” and the recessional hymn "God of our-fathers." ■ *- — • INSTITUTE TO MEET MARCH 28th ------6 The March meeting of the Women’s Institute will be held on Friday, Mar. 28th, in the Council Chamber, at 2.30 o’clock. The roll call is to be answer­ ed by an Irish verse, and the program will be in charge of Mrs. Arthur Wil­ son, Convenor of Historical Research and Current Events. The hostesses for the day are Mrs. E. Webster, Mrs. A. Coutts, Mrs, J. Raby, Mrs. Geo. Scott, Mrs. C. Everick. Please note the change of day—that the meeting will be held on Friday in­ stead of Thursday, in order not to in- tcrefere with the work of the Red Cross Society. Whitechurch Man Wounded Mr. and Mrs. T. Il, Morrison receiv-! ecl word from their son, Tom Morris- { on, who left as a mechanic for Eng- [ land some months ago, that he was in I hospital there, suffering from a wound in his leg. ■ , Early Turnberry Tomatoes i Mrs. J. MacBurney, 6th line Turtl- berry, has something unusual in the way of a tomato plant. Late in the fall Mrs. MacBurney transplanted a plant 2 inches high. It is now 2 feet high and a small tomato is developing quite normally. NO TOYS, THESE . . . Not playthings arc these model air­ craft being turned out in technical schools of Canada. Built to scale in minute detail, with gun emplacements, COUNTY COUNCIL TO HOLD CELEBRATION Centennial Celebration Will Be Held June 25th The Centennial celebration of Hur­ on County council will be held Wed­ nesday, June 25. This was decided .at a meeting of the centennial committee. Robert E. Turner, Reeve of Goderich, presided. There were twenty present. Tree-planting will be a part of the celebration, the arrangements of which were left in charge of a com­ mittee with E. C. Beacom, inspector of public schools for South Huron, as chairman, Chairmen of committees were ap­ pointed as follows: Publicity, A. Y. McLean, Seaforth; parade, FI. T. Ed­ wards; entertainment, Nelson Hill; historical, G. L. Parsons; decoration and reception, George Schaefer; ban-, quet, A. H. Erskine. The centennial committee is com­ posed of the following: Reeve R. E. Turner, chairman; A. H. Erskine, county treasurer; Norman Miller, county clerk; Reeve Gilbert- Frayne, deputy reeve, W. J. Baker and George Schaefer, president of the Goderich Board of Trade. $1225.20 RAISED FOR WAR VICTIMS Wingham Did Herself Proud The amount raised here for the Bri­ tish War Victims Fund reached the wonderful amount of $1225.20. This includes the sale of tickets and all oth­ er donations and breakdown of this amount will be given next week when Mr, George Northwood, chairman of the committee, returns to town. Fie was called home due to the serious ill­ ness of his father who passed away on Sunday. Jim Hunter in his broadcast Mon­ day .night, gave Wingham a great hand for the magnificent donation. Jim was handed a check for $1200 by the com­ mittee, the balance of the fund will be remitted to him. Jim spoke in glowing terms of the Hospitality he re­ ceived here. He and Mrs. Hunter were the guests of Mayor and Mrs, Harley Crawford. ' ‘ Prior to his return to Toronto on Sunday Jim made several calls on shut- in veterans and received a cheque from Tom Smith for $4.00 for the fund. This is not included in the above total. Wingham did a wonderful job in raising this amount for the distressed people of Britain and all who contrib­ uted in any manner whatsoever can be truly proud .of their accomplish­ ment. $1000 was the objective. Again the citizens of Wingham went over the top. New Spring Footwear The very newest styles in shoes for Men, Women and Children, at a wide range of prices. See these now—-Willis Shoe Store, Fractured Hip Mr. H. B. Elliott fell in his apart­ ment on Saturday and fractured his hip. He was removed to Wingham General Hospital on Monday. Presented with Wrist Watch On Saturday night, following the community concert, the staff of the Public School gathered at the home of Miss B. Reynolds and spent a soc­ ial hour with Miss Beatrice Joynt, of Listowel, who was Miss Reynolds' guest over the w.eek-end. As a token of their esteem they presented Miss Joynt, a former member of the staff, with a beautiful wrist watch. fuel tanks, etc,, marked, they are used to teach student pilots and gunners of the R.C.A.F, and Empire to identify allied and enemy planes at a glance. WAR SERVICES FUND DRIVE UNDER WAY This Important Work Is Deserving of Your Greatest Support On Monday the great campaign of the War Services got under way and all will be given an opportunity to sup- ' port this very important part of our War Effort, Canada is a country in which free institutions play a major part in the national life. Many of these institu­ tions are maintained by the free-will contributions of public-minded and public-spirited citizens. A large num­ ber of charities, hospitals, and other institutions and societies are playing a notable part in Canada’s life because of the support which has been so free­ ly given them. In the Canadian War Services Fund six great national organizations have merged for the purpose of raising money, at the request of the Canadian. Government. There are in Canada ov­ er eight hundred voluntary organiza- ' tions doing war work, but only seven or eight of these are national volunt­ ary organizations working on a nation­ wide scale. It is the considered policy of the Canadian Government that these national organizations shall be used in a major way in connection with the present crisis and shall be> strengthened for what they may be able to do at the close of the war. Is it not. clear to the people of Can­ ada just how these funds are being us­ ed? First of all we should remind our­ selves that they are to serve Canadian youth in the Active Army, the Royal Canadian Air Force, the Canadian Re­ serve Army, the Royal Air Force, the ratings of the Canadian Navy, the rat­ ings of the Royal Navy, and the men of the Mercantile .Marine. These men are scattered across the length and breadth of the Dominion, throughout Newfoundland, Iceland, Jamaica, Great Britain, and may be called to other theatres of war. The work of these voluntary organizations must be extended to them all. Vitally important to the welfare of our men in uniform is the provision of large and small huts, of centries in the cities and the towns where these lads go on leave, the operation of mobile tea cars —a new invention of this war—the or­ ganization of athletic sports, education, entertainments, dances, movies, and the providing of writing paper and reading materials serve a very great need. The objectives of the campaign are vitally important. They relate them­ selves not merely to the raising of $5,- 500,000, but to the spiritual and moral defence of Canada. Wingham is asked to do her part. Let us once again go “over the top” in a big way. The County objective is $20,000, and Wingham’s share is at least $2,000. Auctiom Sale This Friday Last week, due to the stormy wea­ ther, the sale billed at the farm of Kenneth Weaver, Whitechurch road, was postponed until Friday of this week. Injured at Port Albert Stoker George T. Currie fell and sprained his neck at the Port Albert Airport. He is now resting comfort­ ably in Wingham General Hospital* His many friends wish him a speedy recovery. GOFORTH AUXILIARY HEAR FROM INDIA Topic Was "The Way of Fellowship” The regular meeting of the Goforth Auxiliary of St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, was held last week at the home of Mrs. George Dalgleish, with an attendance of twenty-four. The meeting opened, with a hymn and the Lord's Prayer repeated in unison. The clip sheet from the Glad Tidings was prepared by .Mrs. S. Bateson and res­ ponds were given by various mem­ bers. A letter was read from Miss Marion Williamson, the church’s own mission­ ary in India, which was most interest­ ing. The* dedicatory prayer was taken by Mr-. Kenneth MacLean, and the Scripture reading by Miss Edna Carr. The topic "The Way of Fellowship” was taken by Mrs. James Carr and wa.- answered by members. A hymn and the Benediction by Mrs. G. Scott brought the meeting to a close, After the close of the meeting sew­ ing on the layette was carried on and a social time was enjoyed over the tea cups.