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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1954-03-24, Page 5NEWS OF BELGRAVE F.W.I. Provincial Bd. Member Addresses Women’s Institute ing of West Huron W.I, will be held in Belgrave on May 19. Lunch was served by Mrs. Proc­ ter, Mrs. G. Higgins and Mrs, Jas. R. Coultes. The Belgrave Women’s Institute >,£ met in the community centre on Tuesday last week. The president, Mrs. Walter Scott, presided. The min­ utes of the last meeting and the fin­ ancial report were read by Mrs. Cliff Logan, the secretary-treasurer. The report showed a net profit of $258.21 from the presentation of the musical comedy “Happiness Ahead” at seven performances. The following sums were voted; $10.00 to the Cancer Fund; $10.00 for school fair prizes and $20,00 for officers’ transportation to the Conference at Guelph O.A.C. in May. The president reminded the mem­ bers that the spring rummage sale in $id of the Wingham Hospital Will be (held in the near future and that donations would be gratefully re­ ceived. a The donation of a stage curtajn “ for the Forester’s Hall is under con­ sideration by the Institute and the following members were chosen to form a committee to interview the of­ ficials of the Foresters’ Lodge con­ cerning this matter: Mrs. Walter Scott, Mrs. Stewart Procter and Mrs. Stanley Cook. The address was given by Mrs. Richard Procter who chose the topic, “The Oil Industry", in keeping with the theme of the meeting, which was on Canadian Industries. The speak­ er traced the hisfpry of oil from the time when it oozed out pf thp soil in anciept Egypt, where it was used in preserving mummies and in prepara­ tion of medicines, down to the pre?- sent time of the booming oil indus­ try in Alberta. The first producing oil well in Canada was drilled in Lambton County in 1858, At one tirpe Canada imported 90 per cent of oil used, but now looks forward to ex­ porting surplus oil in the future. Mrs. Norman Keating, member of the provincial board of F.W.I, of On­ tario, was present and .gave the high­ lights of the 1953-54 board meeting. She stressed the need for members to read the Home and Country maga­ zine and the Institute Handbook, so that they would be familiar with the aims and activities of the Institute.Mrs. Keating presided for the elec­ tion of officers, which resulted as fol­ lows: Past pres., Mrs. Stanley Cook; pres., Mrs. Walter Scott/ first vice-pres, Mrs. C. Wade; second vice-pres., Miss E. Procter; sec.-treas., Mrs, Cliff Lo­ gan; asst, sec.-treas., Mrs. K. H. Wheeler; press reporter, Mrs. C. Wade; district director, Mrs. Stan­ ley Cook; branch directors, Mrs. G. Higgins, Mrs. M. Taylor, Mrs. C. Wade; pianist, Mrs. J. M. Coultes; asst, pianist, Mrs. L. Vannan; audi­ tors, Mrs. J. G. Anderson and Mrs. L. Hopper. The district annual meet- Present Life Membership The March meeting of the W.M.S. of Knox Presbyterian Church was held in the churph and was presided over by the vice-president, Mrs. Gard­ ner Nicholson. The meeting was opened by repeat­ ing the Creed in unison. Dunbar and Miss Agnes in .the devotional service, don gave the secretary's the roll call was answered with an item of news concerning any one of the missionaries. Plans were made for a special Eas­ ter meeting in April and the Synodi­ cal meeting to be held in Owen Sound in April was announced. Mrs. Bruce gave an interesting ac­ count of the life and work of Miss E. M. Magee,, B.A., who is in Can­ ada on -furlough from India. Mrs, J, C. McBurney had charge of the s.eqond chapter in the study book and Mrs. Dunbar, Mrs. Purdon and Mrs. Bruce assisted in the discussion of hospital visiting. A pleasing feature of the meeting was the presentation of a life mem­ bership to Miss Agnes Mason. Mrs. Anderson read a short address, and Mrs. J. Dunbar made the presentation. Miss Mason expressed her deep ap­ preciation. It is a real gratification to the Auxiliary to be able in this way to re­ cognize Miss Mason’s faithful and ef­ ficient participation in W.M.S. work. The meeting was closed by repeat- Mrs. Alan Mason led Mrs. Pur­ report and Ing the Lord’s Prayerin unison. i Films Shown The annual meeting pf the library board was held in the < centre on Thursday evening C. R. Coultes in charge. The program consisted of an ad­ dress on Canadian authors, prepared by Alex McBurney and read by Mrs. George Michie. In addition pictures of Canadian authors were shown by Mrs. Walter Scott. Eleanor and Mar- ( lene Walsh played a piano duet and William Brydges gave vocal duet was sung and Anne Wightman, .principal pf Wingham School, showed films and Northern Ontario landscapes. Mr, Hall presided for the election of directors. Those elected were: Alex McBurney, Mrs. George Michie, Mrs, Walter Scott, Mrs: Richard Proc­ ter, Mrs, Rosa Anderson, Albert Coul­ tes and Stewart Procter. At a subsequent meeting of the dir­ ectors Alex McBurney was elected chairman of the board for the next year. Mrs. Walter Scott moved a vote of thanks to Mr, Hall. Lunch was served by the, library board. Euchre Club The Belgrave euchre club met in the community centre on Wednes­ day of last week. High prizes went tp Mrs. Jesse Wheeler and Bill Black and low prizes went to Miss Edith Procter and Robert, Yuill. Mrs. How­ ard Wilkinson won the novelty prize for having the birthdate nearest to St. Patrick’s Day. Club 20 Mr. and Mrs. George Johnston en­ tertained Club 20 at their home on Tuesday evening. The evening was spent playing progressive euchre and the prize winners were Mrs. George Michie and Kenneth Wheeler, Mrs. Albert Bieman and1 George Michie. Crokinole Party The Sunday School of Knox United Church held a crokinole party in the basement of the church on Friday eve­ ning. There were ten tables in play ; and high prizes were won by Mrs. J ; Anderson and Don Pengelly and low ; prizes went to Marie Adams and Douglas Johnston. - , L.O.L. Ladies’ Night The members of the Belgrave Loy­ al Orange Lodge entertained their wives at a social evening in the L.O.L. hall on Friday evening. Progressive . euchre was played at eight tables. Mrs. Robert Higgins and Clarence Hanna won high prizes and consola­ tion prizes went to Mrs. Clarence Hanna and Alex Nethery. A special prize for the player having the most lone hands was won by Douglas Bruce. ■..... I community I ming with a reading, A by Margaret Stanley Hail, District High of Scotland Personals Mr. and Mrs. Charles Johnston and family of Woodstock, were recent vis­ itors with Mr. and^^Irs. , George Johnston. Dan Hallahan, Roy Robinson, C. R. Coultes and Martin Grasby attend­ ed the zone meeting of the managers and employees of the Co-operatives which was held at Seaforth on Tues­ day of last week. Miss Irene Logan, of London, spent the week-end with relatives in the village. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Wilkinson, Clayton and Charlie, Miss Annie Ba­ ker and Mrs. Cora McGill visited on ■Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. John Stew­ art at London. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Walsh and Carol Anne and Mrs. B. Blair spent Sunday with Mrs. Norman Walsh at Blyth. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Grasby, Donna Jean and Mary Elizabeth and Mr. David Armstrong visited on Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Dave Redpath at Harriston. Miss Mildred Cook, of London, spent the week-end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Cook. Mr. and Mrs. James Marks and family of Brussels were Sunday visi­ tors with Mr. and Mrs. Roland Marks. Miss Lorna Buchanan,, of London, visited over the week-end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Buchanan. Mrs. C. R. Logan spent the week­ end with Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Vin­ cent, at London. Rev. Chas. D. Cox has been a pa­ tient in Wingham General Hospital since Saturday and is improving slowly. In his absence the service in the United Church on Sunday was in charge of Rev. W. J. Watt of White­ church. } FOR FIRE, LIFE & AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE Call Stewart A. Scott PImmm >M Wlngtam BEAL ESTATE SALESMAN Bepnoenting t Dadley E. Hnlnm LtotewH, £ 3 £ j t =8 i MHHtHHIHIUIIinMIHIlHHinHHIHnHIIIIIIffllltlllHIintllHV r . . YOU CAN’T BEAT t GEORGE CAMERON Authorized Ronson Repair Depot All kinds of Lighters and Pipes Repaired Cameron’s Billiards WINGHAM -t- ONTARIO % The Wingham Advance-Times, Wednesday, March 1954 Page Fhaa 4/ the Library By Omega VEWS OF BLUEVALE GOLF As winter ends and spring begins, the golfers in our midst wait impat­ iently for the opening of their favor­ ite season. The husbands take to indoor prac­ tising; the living room, rug is their putting green, drinking glasses or ash trays their targets, The wives take to silent cursing of the disarranged furniture, the dug-up carpet, and the bits broken glass; the spoken curs­ ings will come later when they find themselves golf widows for another season—-unless like an incpeasing num­ ber of women, they take up the game in self-defense. Another pre-season preparation that more golfers might make is the read-i ing of a few books on the game. And there are plenty of them. Almost every golfer who has ever won anything, from the PGA championship to the Podunk Corners Open, has been rush­ ing into print; or perhaps we should say has been rushed into print by some enterprising publisher who knows, first, that golf is fast becom­ ing North America’s most popular nonrspectator sport, and second, that the public is a sucker for the Ten Easy Lessons routine. This is not to say that these books are worthless. We are too much of a novice at the game to be much of a judge. (We used to call ourselves a "duffer” instead of a 'novice” ntil we read somewhere that a duffer'is one who plays eigh­ teen holes in more than ninety, but less than a hundred strokes; for the over-hundreds, like us, the proper name is “dub”. But we reject "dub” on the ground that there is something much more promising and dignified in the word “novice.”) But it is to say —if you’re still with us—that there are too many, of them for the average golfer. A list of golfer-authors would include such names as Byron Nelson, Ben Hogan, Ernest Jones, Innis Brown, Sam Snead, Patty Berg, Dick Metz, Julius Boros Jim Turnesa, Por- ley Oliver, R. A. Whiteombe. Most of them are probably ghost-written, many of them taking the “as told to” or “in co-operation with” approach. The books we like best are the ones that insist that golf is a natural game and that the easy, relaxed approach is the best. Such a book is SWING­ ING INTO GOLF by Ernest Jones and Innis Brown. Jones is a disting­ uished British golfer who, despite the loss of a leg in the First World War, managed to score in the low seventies by following his theory'of “swing the club head.” He is one golfer who seems a bit reluctant to write a book. He thinks that there has been too much detailed analysis of the golfing style of famous players. Each person is different, and if he grips the .club Correctly, stands correctly, and swings naturally he will develop his own style. The swing’s the thing, ac­ cording to Mr. Jones. And he uses a simple illustration to show the proper swinging action. He attaches a jack­ knife (or any similar weight) to one corner of a handkerchief, takes the opposite corner between his thmb and index finger, and swings the whole thing back and forth like a pendulum. Since the handkerchief is flexible, this pendulum swinging action is only pos­ sible if the hand swings, in a free and natural way; it would not be possible if he tried to transmit power to the jackknife through leverage. He applies this idea to the swinging of a golf club. And he says that if the club is swung correctly, all the other things (the head down, the left arm straight, the hips swinging) will follow natural­ ly, Raising the head, for example, is not the cause of a bad stroke, but the result of an incorrect swing. other books that take the natural approach to golf are GOLF’S NO MYSTERY by R. A. Whiteombe, NATURAL GOLF by Sam Snead, and a Plater book by Ernest Jones called SWING THE CLUB HEAD. The best example of another of book on learning golf is Hogan’s POWER GOLF. In it, Hogan analyses in great detail his grip, his stance, his swing, his use of the dif­ ferent clubs and so on. It is all very complete, and would make good reading on a rainy summer day when you want, to spend a few hours in the Never Never Land of Golf. It’s avail­ able in one of the pocket ions. type Ben book edit- golf is the instructive Community Assists W.I. With St. Patrick’s Concert St. Patrick woujd have been plead­ ed .centuries agp, we think, had. he known of the fine concert to be given in his honor, in Bluevale Community Hall, on March 19th. The Bluevale Women's Institute sponsored the epp- cert, the whole community assisting. Some lovely old Irish pongs were sung by a group of the school child­ ren, by a men’s chorus and by a ladies’ quartette while Irish airs were played by Mrs. Oliver Moffatt on the piano, Mrs, Donald Robertson and Bruce Robertson with piano accordion and guitar, and an orchestra—Messrs. Ed. Wade], Wildon Robertson, Elmer Sellers and Mrs. Donald Robertson, making such rhythm that feet would not keep still.. A group pf Bluevale school pupils danced the Irish jig in fetching costumes of green and white. Readings were given by Mrs. Gordon Grpig, Mrs. M. Bailie and Miss Mary Duff. Rev. Matthew Bailie sang hum­ orous songs, with an Irish flavour. Two amusing short plays were giv­ en—“A Letter from the Front,” by Mrs. M. Bailie and Mr. Don MacLean and “The Widow’s Wiles” by Mrs. Alex McCrackin and Mr. Bob Fraser. Members of the ladies' quartette in green aprons and hats were: Mrs. Chas. Bosman, Mrs. Wm. Peacock, Mrs. Glenn Sellers and Mrs. C. B, Hoffman. Members of the men’s chorus were: Messrs. C. B. Hoffman, Arnold Lillow, Rev. R. A. Brook, Gor­ don Messer, Cloyne Higgins, Ross Smith, Carl Johnston, Donald Mac- Lean, Rev. M. Bailie at the piano. Mrs. Donald Robertson, Mrs. Carl Johnston and Mrs. Oliver Moffatt were accompanists. Mrs. John Wickstead was the cap­ able chairwoman and, following a new version of the Institute Ode, sung by members in program hall was casion. speaker, • Blue vale society conducted a recrea­ tional period and refreshments were served by members of the Wroxeter and Bluevale Y.P.U, The meeting was well attended and very enjoyable. I.O.O.F. Sponsors Dance The dance in the Community Hall on Wednesday night, sponsored by the Wingham Lodge I.O.O.F., brought a large crowd. Music was furnished by Don Robertson and the Ranch Boys, A substantial sum was realized for the Cancer, Tuberculosis and Polio Fund. Rev. Skelly Speaker The Young People’s group of the -Presbyterian Church met on Sunday evening. Rev, M. Bailie introduced the Rev, William Skelly, of Drayton, who gave a most interesting talk on the composition of the Bible, followed by a quiz on the books of the Bible, Arrangements were made for a social meeting on Easter Tuesday with Molesworth and Belmore groups. Knox Ladies’ Aid The Morris group of the Aid of Knox Presbyterian Bluevale, met at the home Frank Shaw on Wednesday week with eight members and three visitors present. The president, Mrs. R. J. McMurray, opened the meeting with prayer. The Scripture, with comments, was read by Mrs. Wm. Elston. The minutes of the last meeting and the financial re­ port were presented by the secretary­ treasurer, Mrs. Harvey Robertson and prayer was given by Mrs. R. Tur- vey. Plans were completed for the pre­ sentation of the play, “Mammie’s Baby Boy” in April. The remainder of the afternoon was spent quilting. The hostess served ft dainty lunch and a social half hour was enjoyed. Ladies' Church, of Mrs. of last Jr chorus, introduced the with appropriate words. The nicely decorated for the ec- Y. P. U. Bally The Northern Area Rally, Y.P.U., of Huron Presbytery, was held in the school room of Bluevale United Church, on Wednesday evening, mem­ bers of societies of Belgrave, Brussels, Wingham, Wroxeter and Bluevale all taking part. Belgrave Society led in devotional exercises and Wingham group con­ ducted a sing song. Mr. Ross Vogan, shop teacher, of Wingham, described his work and the qualifications neces­ sary for it. Mr. Lloyd Hutton, of Wingham, spoke on farming and the training needed. Miss Gail Manning, of Clin­ ton, secretary of the Area Rally, gave an account of business life and secre­ tarial work. Rev. C. D. Cox, of Bel­ grave, outlined the work of the mini­ stry and the preparation required. Mr. George Procter, of Belgrave, made' an interesting story of the life of ants, the subject on which he won the speaking contest at the Belgrave Y.P.U., recently. Mr. Clare Vincent, of Londesboro, president of the Area, was also a Personals first day of spring, March sweet voice of the phoebe heard though how he got On the 21st., the could be his breakfast we couldn’t tell, with snow covering the landscape .and a sharp wind blowing. Mr. Lloyd Robertson attended the funeral of his cousin, the late Mr. Harper Robertson, of St, Thomas, last week. Mr. and Mrs. Roy King, of Toronto, are visiting relatives in the commuB- ity. Mrs. Russel Bone, of Morris, visited Mrs. W. J. Johnston on Sunday. The average Canadian of 70 years of age has spent 20 years of that time asleep. In the clock-watching fratern­ ity the sleep time Undoubtedly would be higher. A third kind of book on one that is full of good action pictures and has a minimum of text. One of these is THE SECRET TO PAR GOLF by Dick Metz. It has a total of 308 pictures, including many excellent close-ups and a number shbwlhg the same shot from four dif­ ferent angles. For the women there is GOLF ILLUSTRATEp by Patty Berg. Of the books mentioned today, the following are available in the local GOLF’S NO MYSTERY, and SECRET TO PAR GOLF. SWINGING INTO GOLF, THE 0-0-0 FOOTNOTES: Next week we hope to have a hew,title for,, this column. Something leSs restrictive in meaning than “At the Library”. Something that Will M Us tfritb about'anything With­ out making an excuse. Something thst Will demand less required reading. Something, anyway. iDid you know that the small area that is the United Kingdom produced in 1953 nearly 50 per cent more wheat than Canada? HOUSE OF Order EARL’S MEN’S &BOYS’ WEAR ALL NEW SPRING SAMPLES! Made=to=measure Suits COiPPlED CHILOflEN by the STONE OUR COMPLETE GARAGE SERVICE Have Those Brakes Checked J A regular brake check and adjustment may save yottr life ? Bring your car in today and let us make sure you can stop when you want to !