The Wingham Advance-Times, 1954-03-03, Page 9DLUtVALt
World Day of Prayer
The World’s Pay of Prayer will be
ohoervcd in the United Church on
IMday afternoon, March 5th, mem-
bars of the W,M.S. of both Presbyter
ian and United Church taking part in
service. AH the women of the com
munity are invited.
W. I. March Meeting
The March meeting of the Bluevale
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home of Miss M. Puff on Thursday,
March 11th, Mrs. Stanley Darling <»e-
jng convener of the«program. The
roll call Will be answered by ‘telling
how we can improve our community.
Mrs. Jos. Horton will give the motto- -
“Everyone should prepare to take the
helm—in a Community,’’ Rev. R. A,
Brook will be guest speaker, taking as
his subject “Responsibility of the in
dividual in the home, the community
and the nation.”
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J. J, Elliott, Mrs. G. Mundell, Mrs. p.
Wadel.
Personals
Donald Darling, of Toronto, spent
the week-end at his home here. Harry
Darling has returned to Mount Forest
after recovering from ah injury to his
hand.
Mrs. Harold Harris, of Barrie, and Bruce, of Lambeth, visited the form
er’s parents, Mr, and Mrs. Edward
Johnston, at the week-end,.
and Julie, were Sunday visitors with
Mrs. M. L. Aitken, when Linda’s
fourth birthday was celebrated.
Rev, M« Bailie was In Toronto on
Thursday, completing the year's
course in theology which he has been
studying,
The many friends Of Mrs. Carman
Richards (formerly Bern Eckmier) re
gret that, after (several weeks, she
has not regained consciousness, fol
lowing a serious accident on Hamil-
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YOUR HYDRO
the hired hand
never tires
The Ontario farmer has at his command some
400 "hired hands”. Electricity provided by your
Hydro operates not only the farm machinery, but
also the lights that illuminate the farmhouse and
barn, the scores of labor-saving appliances in the
farm home and the radio and television sets that
supply entertainment.
Through electricity, Ontario farm families, like
urban families, enjoy greater leisure, more comforts
and a truly high standard of living. Yet.this power
supplied by Ontario Hydro, which does so much,
costs' so little. For benefits per dollar it is your<
best buy in better living.
ON.TAR1O HYDRO AT WORK
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band died. MM Richards Is in Hamil
ton General Hospital.
Visiting London on Friday were;
Mary >and Ruby Duff, Mrs. Colin
Flngland of Wingham and Mr, C. B.
Hoffman.
Mrs. R. F, Garniss visited her
cousin, Mrs. Joe Miller, of Belgrave,
op Friday.
We heard of a robin at Listowel, on
Sunday, though he has net arrived
here yet. The cardinal pays an oc
casional visit, but he is often a winter
bird.
The Maitland is piling rough slabs
of ice op its way up the river, but
ice still remains on the pond.
Mr. and Mrs, Raymond Elliott, Mrs,
R, F. Garniss and Mac Scott were
visiting friends in Seaforth on Sun
day.
Carl Johnston is in Wingham Hos
pital receiving treatment for an in
jury tp his back, suffered in a fall.
His nephew, Kenneth Johnston, had
his knee hurt while playing hockey
in Wingham arena and is wearing a
cast.
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Henning are
in London this week, the former be
ing a patient in Victoria Hospital,
following an eye operation.
Shopping
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Information concerning Ontario Hydro can be obtained by writing to your Hydro Chairman, 620 University Avenue, Toronto.
WDHS Annual School
Concert Plays to
Capacity Audiences
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Bolt at the piano, who appeared next
to entertain an appreciative audience
with a piano accordian solo “Bimbo”
and “Quicksilver” as an encore. La
Vonne Ballagh and Hilary Bruder pre
sented a duet “Baby, It's Cold Out
side!” and an encore “No Two
People.” Both were • accompanied by
Winona Wright at the piano and
were well received.
A major item on the evening’s pro
gram was a one-act play "Search Me”
presented by Miss McGregor’s senior
drama club. Clifford Coultes’ admir
able performance as a timid but jolly
book-keeper, Marvin Sanford, won
the approval of the audience. Cather
ine Keating starred as his wife Caro
line. Others in the cast were Wendell
Alton, the commentator, and Donalda
MacDonald as his wife; Larry Hut
ton as John W. Prescott, the domin
eering and grouchy office manager,
whose unfortunate employee is Mar
vin Stanford; Sally Slosser as a fear
ful secretary; Ken Wood as Pete Has
kins, notorious pickpocket who com
plicated the action and reveals his
surprisingly human character by his
unexpected conduct which foils a traf
fic officer, McNulty (Mack Cameron)
and makes the day end right for our
hero and heroine, Marvin and Caro
line Stanford. Joan Wightman and
Louise Jefferson appeared as two
hitch-hikers. *
The play was followed by a Scot
tish dance by Madeline MacKinnon
with Elaine Bolt at the piano, and on
the completiori of the dance, a boys’
gymnastic display amused and de
lighted the spectators.
The IX B Glee Club now came forth
with its presentation .of a German
choral, "Ndw Thank We All Our God.’’
Catherine Keating acconyjanied on
the piano. Donald Thompson then
gave a unicycle demonstration,
which was followed by three musicals
by the choral group made up of grade
X girls. Three musicals included "The
Bluebells of Scotland,” an old Scottish
air; "Drink To Me Only With Thine
Eyes,” an old English air; and “Love
Walked In.” The presentation of the
choruses was arranged by Mrs. Win
ona McDougall.
The latter part of the concert was
of a decidedly deep southern charac
ter. The Wingham * District High
School Minstrels, all of whom posed
as darkies, made an enjoyable and
amusing picture as they sat in a dark
semicircle, distinguished only by their
phosphorescent collars, trouser fring
es and comical make-up. Their a per
formance included jokes by the end
men, Snowball, Bones, Rastus and
Sambo, who were portrayed in order
by George Hall, Ivan McKague, Jim
Gaunt and Bev. Brooks. A trumpet
solo was presented by Ivan McKague.
A quartette composed of Terry Mc
Ardle, Donald Edgar, Ken Holmes and
Bill Connell sang "Lindy Lou," pre
pared under the supervision of Mrs.
McDougall. A solo, “Old Black Joe,”
by Ken Holmes was accompanied by
Bill Connell on the banjo. John Con
gram displayed his talents on the
trombone and responded to an encore.
The script was arranged by Ken
Woods, lighting and costumes by Lar
ry Hutton. In keeping with the South
ern style of the minstrel show, a Ne
gro number, "Swanee River Shuffle”,
was next on the program. It drew loud
applause from the audience. Darkic
belles and beaux in order of appear
ance were Patricia Carmichael, Mur
iel Haskins, Frances Merkley, Joan
Armitage, Lois Walker and Agnes
Lane. Elaine Bolt played the accom
paniment to the number.
' Minstrel songs by the senior Glee
club under the direction of Mrs. Mac
Dougall brought to a close the even
ing's performance. The chorus com
posed of both girls and boys is to be
credited for its presentation of "In
The Evening By the Moonlight,” "My
Old Kentucky Home,” “Carry Me Back
To Ole Virginny,” and "I Got Shoes,”
W* Negro Spiritual arranged by Don
Wright. The soloist was Terry Mc
Ardle; the pianist, Roger West.
The concert closed with God Save
the Queen.
Talking about slips showing, which
we weren’t, Manager Clarence Richey
of the Walker Stores, has some very
nice slips showing on the sale coun
ter of his store. And there’s a big
selection to choose from,
One of the items Mr. Richey is most
proud of is the Mary Barron Dress
maker sjip, featuring such things as
tailored and lace-trimmed styles, all
a bias flex back, perfect fit design,
in multifiliment rayon crepe. As a
March sale offering, these are cur
rently advertised at a special price.
The same store is also featuring
nylon, rayon crepe, cambric and
suede taffeta slips, in a wide variety
of styles for every occasion. Some of
these have permanent pleated nylon
hems or full flounce helplines and
some have the lace hemline.
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John Pattison, of Pattison Radio
and Electric, has fixed up the cellar
of his new store on Josephine Street
and installed a second showroom
downstairs for his used appliances.
The new showroom has been taste
fully decorated and provides plenty of
room for the washing machines,
radios, ranges and whatnot which will
be displayed there. John has been
kept busy the last few weeks reno
vating and refurbishing appliances he
has taken as trade-ins, before mov
ing them into the new showroom.
The downstairs room will provide)
much-needed space for this store’*
used appliance department, which was
formerly housed in the storage build
ing at the rear of the store.
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Talk of the shopping district this
week has been the gigantic sale being
put on by Welwood’s Variety Store.
Opening day is Thursday, but signs
announcing the sale have been up ip
the store for the past couple of days,
and a lot of customers were in the
store on Saturday, to see how things
were shaping up.
The store will be closed on Wednes-t
day morning to enable the staff to
put things in order for the great
opening on Thursday morning. Bet
ter be there early for the bargains!
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Speaking of bargains, thrifty shop
pers would do well to look over the
genuine Frigidaire appliances, selling
at special prices at the Thomson Ap
pliances store. Savings of up to $150
are offered on the Frigidaire line.
Special prices will apply on several
models of refrigerators, ranges and
home freezers.
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