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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1954-03-17, Page 7On Parade! by ‘Windy’1 «s post and congratulate recent pro Bill. with drill, officers training and MT All these courses were in- Officers Elected by Junior Institute At Belgrave for Huron County, was the guest •speaker at the Belgrave Junior In stitute which held its annual meeting on Thursday in the community loom in Belgrave. With the president, Evelyn Leaver, conducting the -meeting, the Opening Ode was sung and the Lord’s Prayer repeated. In a discussion concerning the Junior Farmers’ Association con ference at Guelph' on April 25-27, it was decided to name two delegates to attend. After the other business 0 was completed the election of of- fleers took place. Shirley Bradburn the home economist explained that read the slate of officers suggested by the "miracle fabric”, nylon, is made the naminating committee. When by putting the liquid solution through brought to a vote, it was decided to -a splneret, which forms long threads install the officers as suggested. They or filaments, are as follows: Honorary president, Mrs. C. R. Coultes; past pres., Evelyn Leaver; pres., Dorothy Patterson; first vice- pres., Ruth Irwin; second vice-pres., Nancy Carter; sec., Eileen Nesbitt; district director, Ann Hollinger; dir-; ectors, Mary Lou Hallahan, Florence Dawson, Betty Hallahan; auditors, Nancy Carter, Florence Dawson. The installation ceremony for ‘the new executive was conducted by Miss | Meckle, IIn her talk ,on •"Modern Fabrics”,' teresting and educational. These long filaments tare woven into nylon tricot, and ny- ?lon sheer. These long threads can he cut into short length ;and crimped go be made into nylon pile and nylon 'yarn. She explained that-the reason ” Tor nylons and other miracle fabrics 'being shown only in Whites and pas- '! tels up until recently is that they are difficult to dye because of their char acteristic of low absorption. Miss Steckle explained the characteristics of .nylon, orlon, dacron, rayon, and. acetate. Her talk proved very In-, IE3OE OE30>C3IOJ O o n o OF OUR NEW AUTOMOTIVE PARTS and SPORTING GOODS CTflRlT A COMPLETE LINE OF FREE DRAWOPENING SPECIALS 99c 69c 25c No obligation ! COME IN AND GET ACQUAINTED I AUTO SUPPLY U O n o o o0 o o g I o0 o o D o Monday, March 22 Rear Vision Mirrors ... Champion Spark Plugs Gio-Tape . Per foot .. The Wingham Advance-Times, Wednesday, March 17, 1M4 6 Page .Seva# The 99th Battery and the R.H.Q. of the 21st A/Tk, Regt. RCA., held their regular training night on Monday, March 15, and as usual was in very good attendance including new re cruits, four to be exact. Our motto is "the more the merrier.” 0-0-0 Training was in full swing lour courses being run—gun signals, section. terrupted by a horrible squeeling noise. At first we thought it was the band practicing, but that turned out to be wrong. Next we thought someone let a pig loose in the drill hall and that also was proven incor rect. It turned out to be Bdr. "Mighty” Stapleton rolling signal wire on a rusty old reel; apparently Bdr. Stapleton is still living ' in the dark ages and never heard of the discovery of “oil”. 0-0-0 The gun crews were busy taking layers test” in preparation for the week-end shoot at Meaford range, to be held next month. The exact date has not been definitely stated, but when it is the gunners wiTl be ready, so WO2^eddon stated, and his two assistants, Sgt. Blackwell and Sgt. “Couldn’t matter less” Wells are putting the boys through the hoops. As point of interest we would like to take this opportunity to Sgt. Bill Wells on his promotion. . Nice going, 0-0-0 The officers 'held a command exercise in the officers’ mess next week they will hold a command exercise on the drill hall floor, ’with all taking part. It will be just like the real thing only no ammunition used (we don’t like cross ventilation in the armouries). We call it a "dry shoot”, but the only thing that is dry is the gun position officer’s throat after bellowing fire orders all evening. 0-0-0 The MT Section was in lecture .dll evening. The weather being what it is, it was best for all concerned to leave the vehicles ■"grounded1’. The lecture was on diagnosis of common trouble with army vehicles and the boys seemed to enjoy it. If they 'didn’t, they didn’t waken up to tell 'me. During the course of the lec ture the question Was asked, ■"If: there was a Ford following a Ford,; What time was it in Ireland?” The- after Tin” Oh, What time was it answer was "Tin brother I 0-0 This year the battery has hope of putting a soft-ball team in the local league. As to date we have all the uniforms, equipment and players and now al! we have to do is get allocated to a league where we play only Pee- Wees or ladies over eighty who have to use wheelchairs; then we may take the series. But seriously, we hope to have a very good team if it all materializes we . would to see the folks all cheering for 0-0-0 - 0 and like Uf>. A very successful bonspiel was held in the Wingham Curling Club on Wednesday, March 10th, sponsored by the Wingham Country Club. High winner for the day and winner of the Belgrave Hereford Farms' trophy as well as club prizes and prizes presented by Jas. R. Coultes, donor of the trophy, was Harold Walsh’s rink of Belgrave with 3 wins plus 23. The winning rink was com prised of Cecil Chamney lead, Gordon Nethery, second, Lloyd Montgomery, vice, and Harold Walsh, skip. Second prize on the 11 o’clock draw was won by Mason Robinson's rink, also pf Belgrave. The consolation winner was the rink of Allan Adams, of Wroxe'ter, last year’s trophy winners. The 9 o’clock draw was won by Bill McElwain, of Fordwi ch, with 3 wins plus 9. Second prize was taken by Bill Peacock and his rink, of Blue vale, 2 wins plus 16. Consolation win ner was Harry Miller, of Belmore. Tickets were sold on a lucky draw, winner being Frank Field, of Tees- water. Visited Paisley Two Wingham rinks visited Paisley on Thursday for the bonspiel there, meeting with varied success. A rink skipped by Frank McCor mick won two and lost .a third on an extra end. Members of the rink were Bob Deyell, Bud Burgess, Jack Hob- den and Frank McCormick, skip. A second rink skipped by Jim Carr won second prize with 2 wins plus 16. Members were Tom MacDonald, H. Thomas, Wm. Tiffin and Jim Carr, skip. Visited Kincardine A Wingham rink skipped by Jim Murray won the consolation prize at the Kincardine bonspiel, held March 8th. Members of the rink were Bob Hobden, Tom MacDonald, Gord God kin and Jim Murray, skip. Mixed Bonspiel A mixed bonspiel was held at the Wingham Curling Club on Saturday. Three games were played -and supper was served at the clubhouse. First prize winner was a rink skip ped by W. H. French and -composed <of Mrs. R. R. Hobden, Frank McCor mick and Mrs. H. Crawford. : Second prize was taken by Jim | (.Coultes’ rink, • composed of Mrs. A. W. 'Irwin, William Elliott and Mrs. T. .A. Currie. Don Nasmith’s rink won third prize. Members were Mrs. E. Harrison, H. Thomas, Mrs. T. MacDonald and D. Nasmith, skip. Winner of the consolation award was a rink skipped by Bob Hethering ton and -composed of Mrs. I. Porter G. Godkin, Mrs. W. H. Edwards anc Rob Hetherington, skip. Mrs, Robert Day Passes in Stratford Mrs, Robert J. Day, the "former Elizabeth Anne Coles, passed away in the Stratford General Hospital, on Wednesday, March 10th, at the age of 87 years, following a short illness. She was a resident of that cjty, Deceased was born at Whitby, Ont ario, but later moved to the Gorrie district and was educated in Howick Township, In 1885 she was united in marriage to Mr. Robert J. Day, at Gorrie. He predeceased her in 1934. Surviving are three daughters, Eva (Mrs. W. R. Towle), of Stratford; Etta (Mrs. Jerry Cousens) Wood- stock; Irene (Mrs. James Musgrove) of Stratford, and one son, George Day, of Wingham, A gon, Harry R,t who resided at Vancouver, B. C., pre deceased her in 1952. Mrs. George Day, of Gorrie, is a sister, and ten grand- children and sixteen grandchildren, survive. She was also predeceased by a sister, Mrs. James Gibson, Wing ham, and two brothers, Frank Coles, Gorrie and George Coles, Saskatchew an, The funeral was held on Friday nt* ternoon, March 12th, at two o’clock from Currie’s funeral home with Rev, H, L. Parker officiating, Interment was in Wingham cemetery and the pallbearers were: Percy Gibson, Milo Casemore, Wm. 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A check of resolutions received from contributing municipalities re vealed that there were no riders on any of the resolutions on file at the hospital, andThis is about all for this week members is sport hand keep in mind you Battery that this Thursday night night so be sure and be <on an evening of good fun. Robert J. Douglas Passes in 77th Year for There passed away in the Wing ham General Hospital on Monday, Mar. 8, a well-beloved and good neigh bor in the person of Robert James Douglas, in his 77th year. Mr. Doug las had been in failing health, for some time and had been a patient in hospital for almost a year. He had farmed in Howick Town ship all his life and was a stone ma son by trade. His wife, the formef Margaret Buttery, predeceased him as did one daughter (Pearl) Mrs. Ew art McKeroher, Surviving are one son, Carl, of Howick; two daughters,. (Hazel) Mrs. Fred Tuck of Glenannan; (Flor ence) Mrs. Elmer Purdon, of Wing ham; also seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren and one brother, Tom Douglas, of Gorrie. The funeral, which was largely at tended, was held from Currie’s fun eral home in Wingham on Wednes day afternoon with Rev. Harold West officiating. The pallbearers were' four nephews, Harvey, Orville, John' and Stewart Douglas, Bill Allin and Harry Mulvey. Flower bearers were ’ andArthur Fitch, Fleming Ballagh Nelson Hunkin. Hospital Board to Cail for Tenders (Continued from Page One) ward will now be allowed to visit only one hour in the afternoon, from 3 to 4 p.m., instead of between 2 and 4 p.m. aS previously. The usual hours from 7 to 9 p.m. in the evening will remain in force. The new afternoon hours were set because of difficulties when visitors came during the in fants’ feeding hour. Visiting hours in other wards will remain the same. The board approved the purchase of a stamp vending machine, which r PERSONAL PENSION POLICIES ASSURE COMFORTABLE RETIREMENT Consult— , FRANK C. HOPPER —Representative— Canada Life WINGHAM PHONE 462 i.______________________ SEE THE GRADS WRIST WATCH