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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1941-11-13, Page 1Single Copies Five Cents MISSIONARY GROUP . HAD FINE MEETING United Church W. M. S. Officers Continue In Office At the Woman’s Missionary Society ■meeting in Wingham United Church, the theme was, “We live by Jesus Christ through our lives,” and was led by Mrs. M. Griffin, who presided. The devotions were conducted by Mrs, Geo. Cruikshank and Mrs. J. H. Christie, after which Mrs. Heisler and Mrs. Lewis sang an appropriate duet. Mrs. Griffin continued the study book on China, giving a very interest­ ing review of the second chapter which treats of the establishment ot ■the Canadian Missions in China. Ow­ ing to rebellions, the missionaries had to be evacuated twice, but the Chinese Christians carried on. Christian mis­ sions have supplieid China with Christ­ ian leaders in all walks of life, part­ icularly Dr. San Gat-Sen, father of the new republic of China, and Chiang Kai-Shek, present leader of the Gov­ ernment. These two men stand for democracy and have been a great force in the struggle against Japan. Mrs. J. J. Moffatt offered prayer for ■our workers in China. Reports from the Sectional meeting were given by Miss B. Reynolds and Mrs. Field. It was decided to dispense with the election of officers, the term of each •officer being extended for another year. The meeting was closed by the ■president, Mrs. Wm. Field. ORANGEMEN HELD ANNUAL MEETING Officers For Ensuing Year Elected The annual meeting and election of officers of L. O. L. No. 794 was held in the Orange Hall, on Friday evening •last week. The following were elected: W.. M,—Rev. E. O. Gallagher. D. M.—Wm. Magee. Marshall—John McDonald. 1 Chaplain—W. J. Scott. Fin. sec’y.—Robert iGolley. .Rec.-sec’y.—B. Isard. Treas.—Robert Spotton. 1st Lecturer—Wm, J. Campbell. 2nd. Lecturer—Chester Higgins. Committee—Dr. R. L. Stewart, Al­ bert Sanderson, Fred Hogg, Wm. La- stronica. vettes of the Royal Canadian Navy, the stout little craft of the Fisher­ man's Reserve fleet play an important role in the defence of Canada’s coast. Acting as a sea-going “intelligence service” they keep constant watch over the mass of bays and inlets their skippers know so well. Photograph shows one of these little vessels buck­ ing a Pacific gale. AIRGRAPH MESSAGE FORMSAVAILABLE Post Office Now Has These Special Forms With Which Is Amalgamated The Gorrie Vidette and Wroxeter News. WINGHAM, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13th, 1941 VETERANS ATTEND DIVINE SERVICE Legion Paraded To St. Andrew’s Church Sunday Morning COUNCIL SESSION HELD WEDNESDAY Drain From Septic Tank To River Being Considered NEW INTERNATIONAL SPAN OPENED Subscriptions $2.00 Per Year NOTICE The District Annual meeting of the United Farmer’s ■ Clubs of North Huron and South Bruce will be held at Clinton with the South Huron Clubs in the Agricultural Board Hall, •on Friday, Ncvemger 14th, at 1,30 p.m. Leonard Harman will address the meeting on Radio Forum and the Federation of Agriculture will be dis­ cussed. Other speakers will be pres­ ent. A cordial invitation is extended to all. Mrs. R. G. Martin - Sec.-Treas. for North Huron and S. Bruce. ' Attended Service at Teeswater A number of the members of the Legion attended the annual Teeswater ■and Culross' Veteran’s Church Parade on Sunday evening. The service was held in the United Church with the pastor, Rev. R. N. Stewart in charge and preaching the sermon. He was as­ sisted by Rev. J. D. Wilkie of the Presbyterian Church, The two Tees­ water congregations met united for this service, A short time ago we announced that the post office department would inaugurate an airgraph message sys­ tem to "facilitate correspondence to forces in the United Kingdom. These forms are available at the post office and the service will be effective Nov­ ember 15 th. Each Airgraph message form will be prepaid at the specially reduced fee of only 10 cents—just one third of ordinary Trans-Atlantic Air Mail postage. Prepayment will be made by postage stamps,, affixed to the space provided on the reverse .side of the form, which will be handed in un­ folded by the sender at the postal wicket. Envelopes must not be used. These Airgraph messages will be photographed on micro-film and re­ duced in size to occupy 1-250 of the area of materials required by the originals. The film will be despatched to Britain, where an enlargement of the film will be made of each message and the prints will be placed in en­ velopes and delivered to the units or formations of the addressees by the Canadian Postal Corps. The Wingham Branch, No. 180 of the Canadian Legion, B.E.S.L., held their annual church parade on Sunday morning to St. Andrew’s Presbyterian church, The members of. the Ladies Auxiliary to the Legion were also in attendance. Rev. Kenneth MacLean, the min­ ister, preached on the text “Thy Sons O Zion Against Thy Sons O Greece”, a part of the 13th verse of the 9th chapter of Zechariah. He chose for the Scripture reading verses 9-17 of the 9th chapter of Zechariah. Mr. MacLean impressed upon his congre­ gation the necessity of .spiritual things in our war effort. We cannot expect God to aid us if we do not put our trust in Him. Mrs. W. Bf McCool sang very effectively “Dear Land of Home” and the choir rendered the anthem “God of Our Fathers” with Mr. Harold Victor Pym, organist and choir direc­ tor, taking the solo part. The service closed with the singing of the National Anthem, the Last Post, Two minutes silence, Reveille and the Benediction. The trumpet was sound­ ed by Craig Armstrong. WEATHERMAN PUTS ON WINTRY ACT The first snowfall of the season was Eriday night and the ground was very beautiful Saturday morning with its blanket of snow which varies in depth from 2 to 4 inches in this community. All day Saturday, Sunday and Mon­ day a wet snow fell that pretty much melted as it hit the ground but it did not all disappear. This is just a forerunner of what we will experience later on as many are of the opinion that we will still have indian summer. However, this cold snowy wet spell reminds one to prepare for winter if this has not al­ ready been done. TEESWATER BEER VOTE DECEMBER 19 The Village of Teeswater, which has been under local option since 1910, will vote on the question of the sale of beer and wine on December 19. Recently those favouring the oper­ ation of beverage rooms in the village have been conducting a very definite campaign to secure a vote of the citizens on this question. It now' ap­ pears that their efforts have met with some success and at the last meeting of the Village Council, a by-law was passed providing for the taking of the vote on the date mentioned. E. R. Chaffe heads the petition for those favoring beverage rooms, while E. C. ^Thompson is the chairman of the local temperance group. The regular November meeting of .the Town Council was held on Wed­ nesday evening last week. The ses­ sion was a short one as there was not much business to receive the attention of members. The meeting commenced at 7 o’clock and adjourned in time for the council members to attend the service of intercession which was held in St. Paul’s Church. One of the most important items of business was the consideration of a drain from the septic tank to river. Council were in favour of this work but before proceeding will have the county engineer give a report. Reeve Evans drew the attention of the council to conditions at the tank and on his motion, and that of Councillor Johnson, it was decided to have the engineer inspect the overflow of the septic tank with the object of having more effective means of disposal. Letters were read by the clerk from DeWitt Miller, Sapper W. W. Broome, Lome Zulauf, thanking council for the pen and pencil set sent them on their enlistment. \ The manner with which the cem­ etery. is kept was most favourably commented upon by Thos. W. Keslie of New York, a former Wingham resi­ dent. He congratulated the town on the splendid way the cemetery was cared for. HUNTERS INVADED BRUCE COUNTY Deer Hunters Have Varied Luck With open season for deer in Bruce County this week and for tw<^ days next week hunters flocked to try their luck and Some were very successful and some were not. There certainly were plenty of hunters if in spots the deer were scarce,A local party shot two, Neil Carr and Hal Peterson ’ each got one. A party from .near Belgrave bagged one but the feature story goes to those ■that shot five deer on the farm of Jack Caslick. It is said they encounter­ ed bine deer and with, five shots downed five. The others had time to make oft in the swamp. This morning (Wednesday) those that so far have not had luck are out in force to show they too know a trick or two about hunting. . ’ There were many front the soutit Monday and Tuesday shooting hot far into Bruce and some of these were lucky. An Exeter gang picked off ‘three and some Londoners two. NAMES OF OVERSEAS MEN WANTED NOW Several organizations of town are preparing to send parcels or gifts of some kind to men on overseas serv­ ice. It is felt that the list of names which is now being used is not com­ plete. As it is the wish of these organizations that no overseas name is omitted they are requesting the aid of the general public, Will the’ next of kin of all overseas men from Wingham please write the name and address on a piece of paper and hand into the Advance-Times Office or with A. M, Forbes, sec’y of the Legion,, this week for sure. This mattef is urgent so please give your full co-operation, Had Relapse From Flu „ John "Currie, son of Mr. and Mrs.x R. A. Currie, had a relapse from the flu over the week-end and was quite ill. We are pleased to note that lie is now miich improved. Induction Service To Be Held On Thursday, November 13th, at 8 0.m;, the Ven. Archdeacon Doherty, of London -will visit Trinity Church, Blytli to induct the Rev.. P. H. Streeter as Rector of the Parish of Blyth, Au­ burn and Belgrave. The Clergy of the Deanery are invited and will assist in the service. The sermon will be de­ livered by the Rev. E. O. Gallagher of Wingham. Everyone welcome. Held Baking Sale And Tea The Ladies’ Aid Society of St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church Held a very successful sale of home baking i and afternoon tea in the Sunday School room of the church on Satur­ day. To Dedicate Honor Roll . On Sunday morning, November 17, a special service will be held in Wing­ ham United Church, when the honor rolls of the last war Will be re-dedi­ cated and an honor roll of the men serving IrP the present wat Will be unveiled, The minister, Rev. W. A, Beecroft, will have charge of the service. / BAPTIST Y. WOMEN’S . MISSION CIRCLE The regular monthly meeting of the Baptist Young Women’s Mission Cir­ cle was held on Thursday evening at the home of Mr§. J. A. Kelly. The meeting opened with the sing­ ing of “There is Sunshine in My Soul Today” and prayer by Miss Ida Kelly, Proverbs 10 was read by Miss Shirley MacLean. Mrs. F. Collar read a letter from Rev. add Mrs. E. E. Gar­ land which vthey wrote just before returning as missionaries to India, Mrs. E. Loney had charge of the Inspirational Reading, a chapter of the book “The Splendour of God.” The topic, taken by Miss Marie Kelly, told of the origin of the In­ dians, The meeting closed with the hymn “The Gospels Bells Are Ringing,” and prayer by Mrs, J. Falconer. Lunch was served and a social time spent, The accounts as presented by the finance committee were ordered paid on motion of Councillors Lloyd and VanWyck. Reeve Evans suggested that a stop sign be erected on Minnie Street at the corner of Patrick. Arrange For Snowplowing Only one tender was received for the plowing of the streets during the winter season. This was from Wm. Bain at a price of $2,50 per hour. This tender was accepted on motion of councillor VanWyck and Lloyd. The council were of the opinion, that the method used last year, .plowing the streets, was very satisfactory. The rink is now in' shape for the winter activities Councillor VanWyck | reported. Considerable work has been done, he said. The furnace will be installed at once, a proper chimney- has been built and the roof patched. Increased seating accomodation is be­ ing made available to the fans this year as seats are being erected at the north end of the rink. Councillor VanWyck also brought up the matter of repairs to the Town Hall and said he expected that he would have a quotation for this work shortly from a firm working with the Stainton Fiardware. Tenders had pre­ viously been called but none were re­ ceived. Councillor Lloyd reported that the work at the cemetery was about com­ plete for this year, the leaves had been raked and other summer work com­ pleted, such as grading, etc. One man had been laid off the staff. Councillor VanWyck reported tlie fire brigade had answered a call to Wroxeter when Mr. Geo. Allen’s house took fire, but the fire was un­ der control when they arrived. The matter of the use of Fry’s barn for the winter months was brought up by Mayor Crawford. Last year* the Council assisted in having this barn at the ’free disposal of the farmers. On motion of Reeve Evans and Coun­ cillor Wilkinson, a sum of $50.00 will be paid C. Fryfogle as a contribution by the Town toward the upkeep of the stable which may be used as a Com­ munity barn. It was decided that the Council meet with C. Cook, president of the band, the secretary of the band and bandmaster, Schatte, at the next meeting of the Council to discuss band activities. Councillor VanWyck reported that the Legion had t ecommended closing on Remembrance Day from 10. a.m, until 1 p.m. This suggestion was en­ dorsed on motion of Councillor Van­ Wyck and Lloyd. Home Following Treatments Mrs. Eugene McDonald has return­ ed from Toronto after taking three weeks of treatment in the General Hospital. Remembrance Day Raspberries It was snowing a wet snow and it was quite cold ott Tuesday, but des­ pite this bad weather, Mr, Ezra, Zur- brigg picked some ripe raspberries in his garden. They were very well formed and had a very good flavour. The new Rainbow bridge, replacing; that famous span wrecked by ice, was opened to traffic at (Niagara Falls re­ cently. While Samuel M. Johnson, Lockport, N.Y,, vice-chairman of the Niagara Falls Bridge commission, raises the U.S. flag, and\ Hon. T. B. McQuestion, chairman, raises the Union Jack, other dignitaries from both sides of the border shake hands over the “boundary.” ’ CURLING CLUB HELD ANNUAL MEETING Officers Elected For Ensuing Year If the weatherman provides the ice the curling rink should be a busy place this winter. An enthusiastic annual meeting held last week was the forerunner of plans for a great season of play, according to the discussion at this meeting. Officers elected were: President—J. J, Evans. Vi„ce-pres.—J. H. Crawford. Sec’y-treas.—Art Wilson. Bonspiel committee—Jim Carr, C. Richey, Ed. Small, D. Rae, Ed. Snell, ' George Orvis. Afternoon Jitney — Harry Gibson, D. Rae, Howard Sherbondy. Jitney committee—Ed. Nash, Jim Murray, J. Mason, O. Haselgrove. Membership committee—J. J. Evans, L. Lott, Wilfred McKague. The club will as usual join the Ont­ ario Curling Association and it is ex­ pected that entries will be made in all the important events. TOXOID CLINIC THIS FRIDAY_AFTERNOON The Toxoid Clinic will be held in the Council Chambers on Friday after­ noon this week. The doctors will com­ mence to administer the toxoid at 2 o’clock. Parents will please see that their children attend as early as possible. This will be the third treat­ ment to be administer here this fall. Home From Hospital Father J. F. Paquette arrived home on Wednesday last week from hos­ pital in Kingston after undergoing an operation. He had a slight relapse after coming home, but we are happy to state that he is now progressing very favourably. COUNTY COUNCIL MEETS NEXT WEEK The fall meeting of Huron County Council will be held next week an Goderich. The sessions will open on Tuesday afternoon at which time a warden will be chosen to fill out the unexpired term of the late Warden Leip er. & On Thursday afternoon, November* 20, the finals of the County public speaking contest will be held. The first and second winners of both sen­ ior and junior public speaking con­ tests at county school fairs will be eligible to compete for the prizes be­ ing offered by the county council through the junior extension grant. Parents, teachers and friends of con­ testants are invited to attend. Wittgham will be represented by a new Reeve, Joe Evans, who was ap­ pointed by the town council for the unexpired term of Capt. R. S, Heth­ erington, R.C., who has enlisted for active service, MISSIONARY GROUP HELD ANNUAL PARTY Baby Band And Mission Band Of The United Church Met Together A meeting of special interest was held in the United Church on Friday afternoon, November 7th, when the Baby Band and Mission Band held their annual party. A large number of mothers and friends gathered with the children for this happy accasion. Mrs, Burgman, Superintendent of the Baby Band, welcomed the guests. After the opening hymn, Mary Craw­ ford led in prayer. The following pro­ gram was given. Recitation, Sheila and Billy Laid­ law; Chorus, by the Mission Band; Recitation, Donna Miller; Greetings from the W. M. S., by Mrs. Wm, Field; Recitation, Mary Rcss; Candle lighting exercise, The Mission Band. Mrs. Geo. Howsoli gave a brief outline of the work of the Baby and Mission Bands. The graduation exercises were then held, when six members of the Babj7 Band graduated to the Mission Band Mrs. W. S. Rail presented a set of lantern slides, “Around the World with Betty and Bob.” The children took an imaginary areoplane trip to the different mission stations round the world. The W. M, S. provided luncheon. The tea table was daintly decorated in pink and blue. Mrs. Beecroft and Mrs. H. Buchanan assisted at the tea table. FINE COLLECTION ON POPPY DAY Proceeds Amounted To $193.00 Despite the very inclement weather the collection on Poppy Day was very good indeed, only slightly less’ than that of last year. The proceeds am­ ounted to $193.00. Mr. W. G. Hamil­ ton, chairman of the Poppy Day committee, was very pleased with the result of the sale of poppies. He and his committee wish to thank the public for their support also those who braved the bad weather to make the collection a success. Moved To Walkerton VrMiss Sara MacLean, Inspector of Old Age Pensions, for this district, has had her office moved from the town hall here to Walkertop/ Addressed Osteopathic Association At a meeting of the Western Ont­ ario Osteopathic Association held in St, Thomas last, week, Dr, F. A, Parker of town, gave an address on Feet. Dislocated Shoulder Mrs. J. A. McDonauld suffered a badly dislocated shoulder and bruises when the line on which she was hang- png clothes broke, pulling her off the clothes stand. REMEMBRANCE DAY OBSERVANCE HELD Large Number Present To Honour Fallen Heroes Qf The Last War • Despite the very inclement weather Tuesday, a large gathering were pres­ ent- at the Town Hall for the annual Remembrance Day Service. This com­ munity event was under the auspices of the Wingham Branch of the Legion, whose members together with the Town Council and officials paraded from the Armouries, headed by Wing-' ham Citizens’ Band, to the hall. Mayor J. Harley Crawford was chairman. The service opened with* the singing of “0 God, Our Help in Ages Past” and a'responsive reading “Souls of the Righteous” with Rev. E. M. Loney leading. At the hour of eleven J o’clock, Two Minutes Silence was observed followed by a Prayer of Remembrance by the Rev. E. O. Gallagher. “O Valiant Hearts" was sung. The address was given by the Rev. Kenneth MacLean, Fie divided his ad­ dress into three parts. The remember­ ing of certain men, those men that gave their all in the fight of 1914-18 that the world would be worthwhile for decent men. The second part was under the heading “What was it they did”. And here the speaker stressed the sacrifice which they gave gladly in that great effort to preserve that which is good for'the world. The third, division of the talk was on “In the light of their accomplishments what is our duty and privilege." Mr. iMac- Lean stressed the need of all giving of what ever service we could render to bring the present conflict to a suc­ cessful conclusion. This portion of the service was con­ cluded with the singing of “O Can­ ada” and the Benediction by Rev. W. A. Beecroft. The balance of the observance was held at the Cenotaph where the Last Post was played’* by Eric Schatte, wreaths were placed on the Cenotaph, Reveille sounded and the National Anthem sung. RENEW YOUR RED CROSS MEMBERSHIP Canvass Will Start For Members. Very Soon A canvass of the Town of Wingham will be made in the next few days for ■membership in the Red Cross Society. A gioup of young ladies have organ­ ized a Junior Red Cross Society and have volunteered to do this work. I hope you will receive them kindly and assist by renewing your member­ ship for another year at one dollar each. R. C. Redmond, Chairman of Finance Committee. RICHARD IRWIN NOW BOMBING PILOT ^Congratulations to Richard Joseph Irwin, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Herson Irwin, on his graduation from No 16 Service Flying Training School, R. C. A. F., at Hagersville. Dick received his wings on Thursday, a member of the first class to graduate from this, school. He also leceived his commis­ sion as Pilot Officer and will leave on Wednesday fur Vancouver Island to continue his trainingj/Rlchard spent the week-end at his home here. PUBLIC SCHOOL HELD CENOTAPH SERVICE Rev, E* O. Gallagher Gave The Address The Annual Public School Remem­ brance Service was held at the Cenotaph on Monday afternoon. Mr. Crozier, the principal, was in charge. The opening song was “O Canada” which was followed with a reading “I vow to thee my country” by Tom Lockridge. The pupils of grade six repeated “In Flanders Fields.” An explanation of Remembrance Day was given by Mr. Crozier and Public School wreath, purchased by the students and teachers, was placed on the Cenotaph by Bill Templeman and Jack Lloyd, Two minutes silence was observed and the Last Post sounded by Eric Schatte, Rev. E. O, Gallagher led In prayer and gave an address. Barbara Ross gave a reading “Our Prayer” and the pupils repeated in unison “the promise of service.” The service dosed with the singing of the National Anthem.