The Wingham Advance-Times, 1941-09-25, Page 1With Which Is Amalgamated The Gorrie Vidette and Wroxeter News,
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evening auxiliary
OPENING MEETING
Plan For Future Activities
The opening Fall meeting of the
Evening Auxiliary -was an enjoyable
one for all present. It wis held 'at the
Parsonage, last week, The first por
tion was devoted to the Worship of
the group, led by Miss M, Barber,
she was assisted by Mrs. W. A. Gal
braith and Mrs. J, Reavie, who led
in prayers, Miss Bennett contributed
by telling a story .of China. The topic
followed. It was the life and work of
Mrs. Stull, a Missionary in Peru. Mrs/
E. We'bster was responsible for this,
and should indeed be congratulated
on the interesting handling of the
theme. Miss V. Lennox very gracious
ly contributed to the music of the
•evening.
The business meeting followed with
a discussion of plans for raising
money. Christmas cards were discus
sed, one lot having arrived to be sold
by members. A work meeting was
planned also, at the Home of Mrs. W.
S. Hall, on the evening of September
30. Also to be noted is that the Tea
Table at the forthcoming W. M. S.
Tea . will be looked after by members
of the Evening Auxiliary Group. A
social hour followed the business of
the day.
MAILING LIST
CORRECTED
Please look at ’your label. The
•mailing list has been corrected up to
and including Saturday, September
’20th. If you find there are any errors
please notify this office ’at once. If
your label reads in arrears a early
settlement would be greatly appreciat
ed. '
GOFORTHAUXILIARY
.The September meeting of the Go
forth Auxiliary was held last week at
the home of Miss Kathleen Pringle
with an attendance of twenty-four.
’The meeting opened with a hymn
followed by offering and prayer by
Miss V. McLaughlin. The scripture
reading was taken by Mrs. J, P. Me-
Kibbon with Mrs. Horace Aitcheson
offering prayer. Mrs. W, McKibbon
led the study book with different
members responding, Misses Lorraine
Garter and Dorothy Phippen sang two
duets which were very much enjoyed
and the meeting closed with- a hymn
and prayer by Mrs. Rev. McLean
after which sewing was carried on.
Lunch was served.
St. Paul’s Harvest Festival
Sunday Next
St. Paul’s Church will commemorate
the annual Festival of the Harvest on
Sunday, September 28. At the evening
service, Squadron Leader, Rev. A.
Hooper, M.A., R.A.F., Chaplain at the
Port Albert Air Trailing School, will
preach. The rector wil conducted all
services and will preach at 11 -.o’clock.
MEMBERS NEEDED BY
RED CROSS SOCIETY
Urgent Appeal For Citizens To Re
new Their Membership
A letter has been received from the
President of the Ontario Division of
Red Cross, that it will be necessary
for members of the Society in Wing
ham to renew their membership be
fore the end of this year in order to
carry on the business of the local
Society in a legal manner and elect
officers for next year. Accordingly we
are asking that as many aS possible
in Wingham pay one dollar each to
Miss N. Dudley, the secretary the first
.Week in October, this will renew your
membership and provide some funds
for the Red Cross work. No canvass
for large funds will be made this year
but early in 1942 a general canvass
will be/made in support of the Red
Cross and the six oth$r war services-
in a union campaign, when Canada
will be asked for 17 or 18 million
dollars. The ladies of Wingham are
doing excellent wotk and doing it con
tinually, week after week the year
round. Tile fund of last years’ cam
paign are being used to splendid ad
vantage but are running low. If one
hundred or mote members come fore-
ward with one dollar each it will help
to carry on. If you are asked by a
member of the committee one of these
days for a membership fee, we expect-
you to respond cheerfully.
Yours Truly,
R. C. Redmond
Chairman of Committee.
SHOOTING ACCIDENT
IN LOWER WINGHAM
Clarence Brooks Lost His Life Wheat
He Walked Into Path Of Bullet
In one of the saddest accidents that
this district ever experienced, Clar
ence Matthew Brooks of Lower Wing
ham lost his life. His sons were
practicing with a 22 automatic rifle
at tlie rear of the house, Saturday
morning. The traget was a can on a
stake in the corn field neai- the barn.
George, 13 years of age, took his
turn at the rifle and as he pulled the
trigger his father walked in the path
of the bullet, which hit him at the
top of the forehead. Mr. Brooks had
just come out of the cellar by an
outside entrance and was approaching
the rear door of the house from which
the boys were shooting. Some clothes
on the line obstructed both the boys
and their father’s view and he was
only a yard or two from the gun when
he was hit. The accident happened
about 11.15 in the morning and Mr.
Brooks passed on in Wingham Gen
eral Hospital about an hour and a
half later. Dr. W. M. Connel was call
ed and had the injured man rushed
to’1 the hospital.
After an investigation by Provincial
Constables Rutherford and Fox and
County Constable William Gardiner of
town, corner Dr. R. C. Redmond de
cided that an inquest was not nec
essary as \ the accident was entirely
accidental.
Mr. Brooks was in his 43rd year.
He was 'born at Blyth, the son of
Mr. and Mrs. John Brooks, who now
reside on the 4th concession of Mor
ris. Since 1899 he has lived in Wing
ham and was well-known throughout
the district. Surviving are his parents,
his wife the former Agnes Gray,
three sons, Jack, a member of the
Perth Regiment (A.F.) at present
stationed at Camp Borden and who
was home at the time of the accident,
Robert and George at home, also two
daughters, Gertrude and Joyce also
at home. One brother also survives,
Walter of Kitchener. One sister, Mrs.
Wm. Chapman of Windsor predeceas
ed him two years ago.
The funeral was held from his late
desidence on Monday afternoon, the
service was conducted by Rev, W. A.
Beecroft, pastor of Wingham United
Church of which he was a member.
Burial took place in Wingham Cem
etery.
The pallbearers were, Robt. Laid
law, Benson Cruickshank, George
Finlay, James Stapleton, Wally Sim
mons, George Orvis.
TAG DAY FOR BLIND
GREAT SUCCESS
Taggers Collected Grand Sum of $95
The Wingham Branch of the Wo
men’s Institute was deligheed with the
response given to the. Tag Day for
the Blind which it sponsored on Sat
urday. A total of $95 was realized.
'Great credit is due to the girls of
the local schools who were Untiring
in their efforts. Credit also goes to
Mr. S. Hall, ’principal o fthe High
School, who was responsible for sel
ecting the excellent group of girls to
assist the 'Institute in their work,
Store Staff At Toronto
Mr. C. E. Richey and the staff of
the Walker Store are to-day (Wed
nesday) attending an Open night at
the warehouse of the firm in- Toronto.
Institute Meets’ September 26
The - regular meeting of the Worn-,
en’s Institute will be held in the
Council Chambers at 2.30 o’clock on
Friday afternoon, September 26. The
convenor of "Canadianization”, Mrs.
W. Stanley Hall, will be in charge of
the program. The members of the
Whitechurch branch will be guests at
this meeting. The hostesses will be
Mrs. Peter King, Mrs. Hanna, Mrs.
Stewart, Mrs. Fraser, Mrs. Tsard and
Mrs. R. E. Laidlaw.
Entertained Brigade Officers
Honorary Col. E. Bennett of List-
owel entertained the officers of the
21st Brigade Field Artillery, R.C.A.
on Wednesday i last week. Golf was
enjoyed during the afternoon after
which a dinner was held at the Royal
Hotel. In the evening the cot invited
the officers to his home where games
were played. A revolver shoot was
held and the winner was Capt Rev,
W. A. Beecroft with 29 points out
of SO. Attending from here were, Lt
Cot George W. Howson, Capt. R. S,
Hetherington, Capt. Elmer D. Bell,
'Capt W, A. Beecroft, Lieut. J", R,-M,
Spittat
MIXED DOUBLES
TOURNEY HELD
Thirty-Four Pairs Took Part In The
Play
There was great activity at -the
bowling greens Monday evening when
thirty-four pairs particitated in a
mixed doubles twilight. The entries
were Goderich 6, Lucknow 6, Tees-
water 1, ‘ Brussels 2, Walkerton 2,
Wingham 17.
Dr, and Mrs. Hinds of Walkerton
we.re the winners With three wins plus
18; 2nd. a local pair, Mrs, E. Web
ster and George Williams with three
Wins plus 17; 3rd, Mr, and Mrs. A,
Solmon of Lucknow with three' wins
plus 12; 4th, Miss M. Rae 'and Robt.
Rae of Lucknow with three wins plus
5> 5th, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Mason,
town, with two wins plus 20; Sth,
Mr. and Mrs. Alex Crawford, town,
two wins plus 19.
NORTHERN LIGHTS
WERE VERY FINE
Heavens Were Beautiful As Aurora
Borealis Put On Show
The most spectacular showing of
the aurora borealis (northern lights)
seen in many years was visible here
on Thursday night and was witnessed
by very many. This wonderful mag
netic disturbance of the heavens is
said to have the finest display of the
kind seen in over a life time. At times
the whole sky was illuminated as the
big bands of colored lights faced
across the sky. it is said that the
lights could be traced directly to a
great army of sun spots stretching
across the face of the sun.
Blyth Fair Dates
Blyth Fall Fair dates are October
7 and 8. The fair was postponed from
an earlier date.
Won Prizes At, Walker ton
In a doubles tournament held in
Walkerton on Thursday, Wally Miller
and Bert Porter won second prize and
another local pair Alex Crawford and
Ed. Nash came fourth.
To Train As Nurse
Miss Grace Hogg, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Hogg, B Line, leaves
on Wednesday this week to enter
Toronto General Hospital as a nurse
in-training.
On Active Service
Mr. A, D. Smith of Bluevale, who
has been assistant chief storekeepers
at No. 12 E.F.T.S, Sky Harbour for
the past year, has received a call from
the R.C.A.F. and reported at London
on Tuesday of this week.
Jim Hunter’s Wife Passes
Mrs. James Hunter, wife of “Jim"
Hunter, well-known Toronto news
commentator, died in hospital at Tor
onto, Sunday night after a brief illness.
Mrs. Hunter was the daughtetr of the
late W. Johnson, of Clinton.
Ladies Third At London
A ladies rink took part in a tourn
ament in London on Thursday and
were successful in winning third
prize. The rink was composed of Mrs.
F. Sturdy, Mrs. A. Wilson, Mrs. Joe
Kerr, Mrs. Ed. Harrison, skip.
Heads Petrol Company
Appointment of Capt. J. H. Ziegler
to command the 4th Divisional Petrol
Company, R.C.A.S.C. with the rank of
Major, is announced in the latest
Ottawa appointments. Major Ziegler
is the husband of the former Miss
Billy Gibson of town;
Engagement Announced
Mr. and Mrs. Gibson Gillespie,
Whitechurch, announce the engage
ment of their only daughter, Agnes
Lorraine, to Mr. Garnet Edwin Far
rier, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. R.
Farrier, of West Wawanosh, the
marriage to take place early in
October.
DON NASMITH NOW
A PILOT OFFICER
Congratulations are inorder for
Donald Carl Nasmith who was last
week commissioned as a Pilot Officer
in the Royal Canadian Air Force. Don
will report to Trenton on October 2nd
to take a four month instructor’s
course, After that he will cary on in
instructional work. Bon has done ex
ceptionally well in his classes while
receiving instruction, At the Elemen
tary Flying School at Goderich, he
was top of his class and he recently
graduated at Camp Borden as a Sgt.
Pilot where he was also head of the
class.
$10 EXTRA IN THE
BANK NITE DRAW
FOR THIS WEEK
$35 In Cash Prizes For This Week.
TWO $10 Prizes
Interest has not slackened in the
least in the cash prizes given each
week by the Wingham Bank Nite
Stores, Each Saturday night a very
large number are looking over their
tickets to find out if they are among
the lucky winners, You too can be
a cash prize winner by doing your
purchasing at Wingham Bank Nite
Stores. Shop at the stores that display
Wingham Bank Nite banners. The
more you buy the greater the chance
that you will be a winner, With every
25 cents you spend at Wingham Bank
Nite stores you receive a lucky ticket.
This ticket is double numbered, Tear
your ticket in two and place one half
your ticket in the box wher'e you make
your purchase or in the drum at the
Town Hall prior to the draw Sat
urday night.
$10 Extra This Week
This week Wingham Bank Nite
merchants are giving an extra $10 in
cash prizes. The usual draw of $25
op Saturday this week will be $35,
two $10 prizes, a* $5 prize and tten
$1 dollar prizes. Who will be the lucky
winner this week.
Winners Saturday Night Last
1st, $10.00, William G. Gray; 2nd,
$5.00, Miss Veleta Chamney; Winners
of one dollar prizes: Miss Ruth Mc
Guire, Belgrave; Miss Jean Wellwood,
Whitechurch; Percy Biggs; Mrs. W.
A, Heughan; Mrs. Sell; Miss A.
Stokes, R. R. No. 1, Wroxeter; Panzi
Champion; Mrs. Chas. Bosman, R. R.
No. 4, Wingham. a
H. S. GLEE CLUB
NAME OFFICERS
Club Now Ready For Their Activities
The High S.chool Glee Club has
organized for the coming season and
the ’ club this year is expected to be
one of the best the school has had
in years. Mr. A. W. Anderson is the
leader and the following were elected
officers:
President — Allan Williams.
. Vice-pres., — William Beecroft.
Secretary — Dorothy Hamilton.
Treas., — Isabel Zinn.
Marshal — Craig Armstrong;
Ass’t Marshal — Don Copeland.
Librarian — Jean Stewart,
‘ Pianist — Elaine Walsh.
NOTICE
'I
On Thursday, October 2nd, Toxoid
will be administered in the Wingham
Town Hall at 1.30 p.m., to all child
ren under 10 years of age, who desire
the treatment.
R. L. Stewart, M.O.H.
Hospital Marathon Bridge
The bridge and euchre marathon
which has proved so popular the last
two years will be resumed in October
by the Wowan’s Auxiliary to the
Wingham General Hospital. Every
lady is invited to take part and the
names should be left at McKibbon’s
Dfug Store before October 1st, in or
der that time may be given to pre
pare the schedule. This event has been
a success both socially and financially
and it is hoped that even more players
will enter this year.,
RED CROSS NEWS
Please Return Work Promptly
Distribution of supplies sent over
seas by Canadian is now handle’d from
twelve regions in England. This means
that large stocks of Clothing and sup
plies are available at a centre near to
any part of the country Mich may be
in need of quick assistance. Accord*
ingly these centres must be kept con
stantly supplied with necessary artic
les and our women must wotk to see
that those articles are on hand when
needed, Call at the Local Red Cross
Room on Tuesday and Thursday for
your shard of the work.
The book committee of the Wing
ham Red Cross have been going over
the books, and find that a considerable
quantity- of work both sewing and
knitting, has been out for some time
and not returned. In fact, a goodly
number of people hafe had work out
for over six months. In view of the
great need overseas, this work must
be returned. If you are not able to
’complete the articles, bring them any
way and they will be finished, but
bring them at once, please.
HURON COUNTY A
FLYING CENTRE
Six Fields Or Schols In The County
When Sky Harbour was first started
near Goderich, there were few at that
time even dreamed that Huron would
by now be an outstanding part of the
training in this field for the Empire.
Speaking, at Ottawa, Air Vice
Marshal G, O. Johnson, deputy chief
of air staff, forecast large increases
in the air training schools in Canada
and in the output of existing schools.
Sky Harbour as an elementary
flying school has made an name for
the efficient manner with which it has
been operated. Port Albert is now
having more buildings erected to ac
comodate an increase in numbers so
as to take care of the bombing and
gunnery training that will take place
at, Amberley and which will be ad
ministered from Port Albert. Clinton
Radio School is* in full swing and three
other fields are being built at the south
end of the County, one at Centralia
which will be a service flying school
and the others are auxiliary landing
schools at- Grand Bend and St.
Jacobs.V • ____________
99th N. C. O’s ARE
AT MEGANTIC, OUE.
Will Take Three Months Course
The Non Commissioned Officers
who enlisted with the 99th, Wingham
Battery, R.C.A. (A.F.) will undergo
three months training prior to return
ing to their unit. The first part of the
course, three weeks, will be at Me
gantic, Quebec Province, and the bal
ance of the instruction will be at
Pettawawa. Megantic is a town of
3500 of a population situated about
183 miles East of (Montreal near the
Maine border. It is chiefly a lumber
ing centre but is also a noted place
for summer tourists. They left Lon
don on Friday for Megantic and had
six hours in Montreal on their way.
Fowl Bingo
Will be held in the Sacred Heart
Parish Hall on Thursday this week.
Fowl as prizes.
Spoke At Gorrie
Mrs. ,E. O. (Rev.) Gallagher ad
dressed the W. A. of St. Stetphen’s
Church, Gorrie, at the opening of the
autumn season on Tuesday last.
Attended London Meeting
Rev. E, O. Gallagher attended the
quarterly meeting of the Executive
Committee of the Synod of Huron,
in London, on Friday dast.
Came First At Teeswater
In a trebles tourney at Teeswater,
a rink of local ladies did themselves
proud by winning first place. The
rink was Mrs. A. Crawford, Mrs. F.
Sturdy, Mrs. Joe Kerr, skip.
Omar Haselgrove Golf Champion
In the finals of the handicap golf
tournament held by the Alps Golf
Club, Omar Haselgrove won from W.
H. French who was winner of the
cup on two previous occasions.
Bingo— Bingo—
A ladies Bingo 'to be held by the
Women’s Auxiliary to Canadian
Legion on Friday, September 26th,
8.00 p.m, sharp at the Armouries.
(20 games for 25c). A few specials,
extra. All ladies welcome. Proceeds
for Patriotic and Charitable purposes.
Bride-to-be Showered
About thirty-five friends of Miss
Louise Kelly attended a shower at the
home of Miss Shirley MacLean on
Thursday and honored her with a kit
chen shower in white and black en
amel. The home was beautifully dec
orated with a color scheme of pink
and white with autumn flowers adding
greatly to the beauty of the occasion.
During the evening bingo, Chinese
checkers and other games were enjoy
ed and a dainty lunch was served.
NEWSPAPERMEN ARE
NOW IN ENGLAND
A group of newspapermen from
Canada ate now in England to observe
war-time conditions at the invitation
of the British council. They left New
York last week in two parties by
Clipper, flying by way of Bermuda,
the Azotes and Lisbon. Mr* Hugh
Templin of Fergus is representing the
Canadian Newspaper Association and
an account of his trip will appear in
this paper when he returns. At present
we ate publishing articles which Mr.
Templin wrote on the Air Training
Plan, the last one appearing in this
issue.
BELGRAVE SCHOOL
FAIR WAS SUCCESS
Nine Schools Took Part In This
Great Annual Event
Monday, September 22, the day for
the Belgrave School Fair dawned
bright and fair, and early in the fore
noon, the pupils of the following
schools Nos. 3, 5, 7, Morris; Nos. 8,
9, 11, 13 East Wawanosh; U. S, S.
No. 7 E, and W. Wawanosh; U. S.
S. No, 17 E. Wawanosh and Morris,
began to arrive with their numerous
entrjes. The livestock was housed in
the United Church shed, the school
work, baking, knitting, flowers and
fruit in the Forester’s Hall and the
grain, vegetables, poultry, roots in the
Presbyterian shed. At one o’clock the
parade of the various schools was
formed and marched through the
streets with music furnished by a band
from Wingham which led the proces
sion with the president, J. S. Procter,
Public School Inspector Kinkaid and
J, S, Shearer, district agricultural
representative following.
In the evening the Foresters Hall
was filled to capacity for the evenings
program, when J. S. Procter, the
president, was in charge of the pro
gram. The recitation competition was
the first and'- had eleven entries. The
results were: Marjorie MacKenzie,
Margaret Procter, Eileen Holmes,
Lloyd McDowell, Barbara Irwin and
Colleen Rath tied for 5th place. Vera
Montgomery delighted all with her
tap dancing. Mr. L, Eckmier of Brus
sels sang a solo and responded with
an encore. The next was the vocal
solo competition .which had twelve
contestants and showed the ability of
the pupils in this part of their work.
The dinners were: Ross Procter,
Kathern Clark, ’ Bernard Cummings,
Frank Alcock. The school choruses
followed some competing in the un
ison and others in the two part songs.
These also showed the advance made
by the pupils in the past year. The
awards were: Unison unaccompanied,
S. S. No. 13, E. Wawanosh; S. S. No.
7, Morris; S. S. No. 8, Morris S. S.
No. 11, E. Wawanosh; Two parts,
S, S. No. 3, (Morris; S. S. No, 5
Morris; U. S. S, No; 17, Morris and
E. Wawanosh; S. S. No. 9, E.
Wawanosh, This was followed by
songs by the massed choirs under
the direction of Mr. L. Eckmeir.
They sang Land of our Birth,
Men of Harlech and Carry On.
This was enjoyed by both audience
and pupils. The Junior Public Speak
ing brought forth five girls who spoke
on various subjects, Winners were:
Donna VanCamp, Bernard Cummings,
Muriel Anderson, Marguerite Young.
Ross Procter was the one contestant
in the public speaking for senior
pupils. Clifton Walsh favoured with
a solo. Mr. Pym of Wingham acted
as judge of the music with Miss Len
nox of Wingham and Mr. Eckmeir,
gave the results in the music contests.
He spoke of the improvement made
d-uring the year and of places where
it could still be made but pointed out
how worth while the study was.
L. E. Cardiff, M. P., spoke and
pointed out the part agriculture is
playing and will take in future, and
encouraged the pupils to carry on.
Rev. Watf of Brussels acted with
Rev. Lewis of Brussels and Rev. Dun
lop of Belgrave as judge of Public
Speaking and Recitations and gave the
decision for these. Miss Emma Mc
Gill had made and donated a cushion
to the Belgrave Junior Red Cross and
tickets had been sold by the children
and the lucky ticket was now drawn
by Marjorie MacKenzie and was in
favor of Shirley Nethery, Belgrave.
Mr. Kinkaid, public school inspector,
spoke and thanked all who had helped
in any way to make the day such a
success and said he expected there
would be another Fair next year. He
expresesd his pleasure at the advance
of music in the schools. The evening
program came to a close with the
singing of the National Anthem,
The full list of winners will be pub
lished in next week’s paper.
Golfed At Grand Bend
Mr, C, H. McAvoy attended the
golf tournament at Grand Bend of
Exeter old boys. He was the winner
of the prize for the low gross on the
second nine.
Lucknow Child Died Of Polio
The funeral of Merrill, the three-
year-old son of Mr, and Mrs, George’
Gibbons, Lucknow, who died suddenly
of infantile paralysis Thursday even
ing, was held privately Friday after
noon from their residence. Interment
was made in Kinloss cemetery.
99th BATTERY IS
SEEKINGRECRUITS
Captain R. S. Hetherington, Officer
Commanding The Unit, Says .200
Men Needed
A drive to bring the 99th Wingham
Battery, R.C.A., (A.F.) up to strength
is now underway. This battery which
is under the command of Captain R.
S. Hetherington was recently called
for active service and at present the
non commissioned officers are train
ing at Megantic, Que. Captain Heth
erington has 200 more men as the
objective for this drive and all men
of military age are invited to join.
Men interested in serving their
country will find artillery attractive
for active service duty and the recruit
ing is mostly confined to this area,
the appeal for enlistment is being
made in this area in particular. It is
hoped and expected that there will be
.a ready response of men from this
district particularly in view of the
propect they can be kept together in
the formation. The 99th will form a
part of the 6th Division and will be a
part of an artillery brigade, the other
two units being the 55th and 63rd
batteries.
The recruiting campaign is being
carried on by Capt. Hetherington and
Capt. E. D. Bell. The headquarters
are at the Armouries here, but appli
cation may be made to Kincardine,.
Walkerton or Listowel Armouries.
INSTITUTE OFFICERS
TO HOLD MEETING
West Huron Institute Officers To
Meet At Belgrave
The West Huron Women’s Institute
will hold an Officers rally in Bel
grave on Tuesday, October 7th. Mrs.
Clarence Hays of Georgetown who is
on the staff of the Department at
Toronto, will be the speaker.
There will be morning and after
noon sessions.
Huron Plow Matches In October
North Huron Plowing Match will
be held on October 6th and the South.
Huron Match on October 23rd. No
site has b??n arranged as yet for
either match. i. .
Fractured Two Ribs • L j
Mr. Charles Swanson had the mis
fortune on Wednesday afternoon last
to fracture two ribs. The accident
happened at Lucknow. Charlie was
over in the neighboring town assist
ing his daughter, Agnes who was re
cently married, to get settled. He fell
off a platform, the impact of the fall
breaking his ribs.
HOME AND SCHOOL
CLUBS TO CONVENE
Regional Meeting Will Be Held At
Goderich, September ’30
The Regional Home and School
Conference for Huron, Perth and.
North Wellington will be held in Vic
toria street United church, Goderich,
on Tuesday, September 30th, with
meeting at 2 p.m. and 7.30 p.m. Reg
istration begins at 1.30, Mrs, A*
Taylor will be the presiding officer.
The afternoon speakers will be Mrs.
G. . Halfpenny, on “Religous Edu
cation in the Home and the School;”
Mrs. G. B. MacQuarrie, on the value
of the Courtice Memorial Library, and
Dr. Lewis of the Toronto Psychiatric
Hospital will speak on "Health Edu
cation.” Good musical numbers have
also been provided.
Discussion groups will be led by the
various speakers on these three sub
jects, and there will be a special group
for presidents and vice-presidents on
"Program, Problems and Procedure.”
At the close of the afternoon session
there will be a display of articles don
ated for British war victims, and sup
per will be served by the ladies of
Victoria street church at 6 p.m.
At 7.15 there will be fifteen minutes
of community singing, and at 7.30
Mayor E, D. Brown will extend a civic
welcome to the speakers and visiting
members. Mrs. -A. B, Silcox, president
of the Ontario Home and School Fed
eration, and Inspector Robb of the
Department of Education will be the
speakers, and the meeting will be con*
eluded at 9,30 for the benefit of the
out-of-town members.
Special invitation is extended to
the teachers to attend the evening
meeting, and if there are any interest
ed parents or teachers, in communities
where there is no Home and School
organization, they would receive at
warm welcome.