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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1955-02-23, Page 6Page Six Th© Wingham Advance-Times, Wednesday, February 1955 NEWS OFFORDWICH Listowel Florist Is Speaker At February Institute Meeting The February meeting of the Ford­ wich W. I. was held at the home of Mrs. Ross Doig. Mrs. Howard Harris, president, opened in the usual man­ner; Mrs. Royden Devitt had devot­ ions, which were based on Friend­ship.” The motto, “What we make of our home, is more important than on what our home is made,” was given by Mrs, Wm. Campbell. The ideal home must first have a government with lave as dictator. , ,Roll call was answered by 33 mem­bers and five visitors. 25c was collect­ ed from each member for the A.C.W. W, at Ceylon. A letter was read irom the Salada Tea Co., to again compete in their rug competition and was ac­cepted, Mrs. Anson Demerling, Mrs. Robert Gibson and Mrs, Wm. Camp­bell were named a committee to look after same. Mrs. Fred Demerling and Mrs. Cros. Sothern are the nominat­ ing committee. Plans were made for the annual spring concert to be held two nights in March. Due to the con­cert a. letter from the rink board to sponsor a carnival was decided against. Mrs. Howard Harris intro­ duced the guest speaker, J. Tompkins, florist, from Listowel, who spoke on “Flowers are Alive”, which was most interesting. He stressed the fact that they cheer the sick, also how much they mean to the bereaved, when a loved one is taken. He gave some methods of taking care of house plants. He had beautiful bouquets of daffodils and stocks, also potted plants with him, which he gave away to the presi­ dent. secretary and hostess, also old­ est lady, lucky number on a pad, and lucky number of pins in flower block.Mrs. Richard Aldrich thanked Mr. Tompkins and presented him with a gift. ‘Mrs. Sam Johnston favored with a reading and four ladies served a de­ licious lunch. Legion Auxiliary The Ladies’ Auxiliary to Howick Legion met in the legion rooms for their monthly gathering with Mrs. Earl Moore, president, in the chair, Mrs. William McCann, as secretary and Mrs. William Sothern as treasur­ er. The meeting opened in the usual manner. A mystery box donated by Mrs. Jack Clarke was won by Mrs. E. Williamson, also a special, donated by Mrs. William Sothern, was won by Mrs. Wm. McCann. The apron was returned and the patches were removed and it was decided to send the apron around again beginning in Fordwich. The legion members join­ ed the ladies in a social half hour. ’ Euchre Party Nine tables of progressive euchre were played Tuesday evening in the community hall: Winners were: High gent, Isiah Simmermaker; 2nd. high gent, Allan Freis; high lady, Mrs. R. Nichol; 2nd high lady, Mrs. George Pittendreigh; lucky cup, Bert Win­ ston; consolation for the lady, Mrs. Nellie Gamble; consolation for the gent, Wray Cooper. Busy Bees Meet On Saturday, Feb. 19th, the second .meeting of the Fordwich Busy Bees was held at the home of Mrs. Anson Demerling with the president Marilyn Cooper, and secretary, Donna Wray presiding. Mrs. C. Sothern discussed pasteurizing milk with the girls. A quiz on the previous meeting was held. Marilyn Cooper and Jean Mc­ Cann demonstrated on how to make milk drinks. Mrs. C. Sothern dis­ cussed with the girls the cleanliness HERE, THERE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME PHONE 65 DOUG AITCHISON TAXI of milk. Roll call for next meeting will be “Do’s for Home Dairy.” Personals Mr. Al Freis is spending the week­ end in Toronto. Mrs. Tessie Zimmerman and Harry of Gorrie visited Friday with Mr, William Sothern and Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Sothern. Mr. and Mrs. Mel Allan and family visited Sunday with Mr. and Mr©. Henry Allan at Conn. Mr. and Mrs. Art Wells and Mrs. Myrtle Wells of London visited over the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. George Ashton. Mr. and Mrs. Ken Graham visited Sunday with friends in Tara. Messrs. Warren Zubrigg, Robt. Gib­ son and William Campbell left Mon­ day for Ottawa, where they will spend the next three days attending the annual concentrated milk Producers’ convention. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Wray visited one day last week with Mr. and Mrs. Harold Parsons at Belmont. Mr. and Mrs. E. Hargrave visited Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Orth in Listowel. Mr. and Mrs. John Ettinger and Myra of Gowanstown visited. Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Earny Darcey. ; Miss Florence Forester of Harriston spent a couple of days last week with her parents. Week-end visitors . with Mr. and Mrs. Everitt Allan were Mr. and Mrs. Bob Holland and Teddy and Misses Margaret and Jean Allan of Kitch­ ener. Mr. and Mrs. W. Hargrave and Douglas visited one day last week with Mr. and Mrs. Ken Reid, near Palmerston. Mr. and Mrs. Stan Forester visited Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Carl Ben­ der at Gowanstown. Mrs. George Bolanaer returned home Saturday from London where she had visited with relatives the past week. Mr. and Mrs. Irwin Nelson and little son of Mount Forest visited Monday with Mr. and Mrs. Mel Allan. Mrs. W. Craig is spending two weeks in Toronto with her daughter, Mrs. Allan Castle, and Mr. Castle, the former having recently undergone a major operation. Mrs. Tom McClemet and Mrs. William Sothern spent Tuesday in Kitchener. Mrs. Roy Askin visited Friday at the Toronto General Hospital with her husband who underwent an oper­ ation on Wednesday. His many friends hope that his health will now improve. Mr. aud Mrs. Bob Campbell and family visited in Galt on Friday. Mr. and Mrs. George Moss returned with them and the latter will remain for a week’s visit. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Simmons visited Sunday with the former's mother, Mrs. C. Simmons, near Wroxeter. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Doig, Penny and Peter of St. Catharines, visited over the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. Ross Doig. Mr. Bruce Williamson of London spent the week-end with his mother, Mrs. Emma Williamson. Mr. Neil Johnson underwent a major operation last week at Victoria Hospital, London and at the time of writing was as well as could be ex- pcctcd* Miss Helen Hoffman of Harriston spent the week-end with her parents. A rink from here comprised of Harry Lohr, Ear Id Patterson' M. G. Woolcox and skipped by William Mc­ Elwain won third prize in- the first event of the bonspiel held at Mild- may last week, each man receiving,a dresser lamp. Mr. Sam Robinson was in Toronto for two days recently attending the fair board convention. Mr. Earl Ridley of London Is spend:- ing a few days at his home here. FIRE ALARM BAN URGED Alderman A. C, McKenzie of Strat­ ford proposed to city council com­ mittees that no further street fire alarm boxes be installed. He said more people are using tele­ phones to call firemen. He referred to the fir© chief’s annual report show­ ing 114 telephoned still alarms and 43 general telephoned alarms of a total of 179 last year. There were only 21 street box alarms. WALKERTON BACKS GAS STATION PLEA The Cities Service Gas Co. who have a warehouse in Walkerton were given permission to erect a service station on Durham street north of the R. Truax Co. and immediately west of the Saugeen River. Walkerton at present has a by-law limiting the number of service sta­ tions within the town. ♦ FAIRIANE CROWN VICTORIA fl Z RCAF “Desk Fliers” In Dramatic Rescue A dramatic rescue, on February 12, of two USAF jet pilots from the wild­ erness of Northern Saskatchewan, where their B-47 Stratojet bomber ex­ ploded and crashed recently featured six Ottawa-based fliers. The Ottawans, who “fly” desks dur­ ing the week at Air Force Headquar­ ters and on Saturdays and Sundays take to the downed American aircraft while filing a flight plan in the opera­ tions room at RCAF Station, Winni­ peg. They were on one of the rout­ ine practice flights ^designed to keep aircrew officers in condition for fut­ ure flying duties while employed in administrative capacities in Ottawa. Less than one hour after word reached* Winnipeg of the downed B-47 tlie Dakota from Rockcliffe’s practice flight was airborne and headed for the reported crash area, approximate­ ly 11 miles west of The Pas, Man. DRIVE IT... • COMPARE IT... Completely NEW body... totally NEW styling NEW over head-valve V-8... 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This entirely new suspension gives you: the smoothest ride and easiest steering you’ve ever enjoyed! Aboard the RCAF aircraft were S]L Mel Bryan, captain; S|L Bill Shearer, co-captain; FjL Leslie Mock, pilot; F|O Cliff Kilburn, navigator; S|L H. G. Smiley, radio operator; and S|L R. M. McDonald, ©o-radio opera­ tor, all of AFHQ and Air Materiel Command. The burning wreckage was spotted by the crew just five minutes after they entered the area of probability. A USAF Constellation rescue aircraft joined them after they had orbited the crash area for an hour and a half. While attempting to establish radio contact with the Constellation, the Dakota picked up two strange voices on their frequency. Questioning by S|L Shearer and S|L Bryan establish- cd-that two survivors of the crash Were using their portable transmitters to contact the rescue pjanes. • The two Americans had landed ap­ proximately two miles apart, and were able to direct the RCAF aircraft to them by ground to air voice contact. The Ottawa aircraft then flashed each survivor’s position to air rescue head­ quarters in Winnipeg. Two para-res- cu© teams were despatched to the downed jet pilots, and were later evacuated by RCMP and RCAF air­ craft. ’ Th© week-end flying task was well worth the effort. CROCUSES BLOOM, SPRING ON WAY? In spite of the th©rometer, spring is just around the corner. Mrs. Richard Irving in the Pins Crest Survey, Simcoe, reported that she' had crocuses in bloom on the south side of her home since Tuesday. The National Automobile League of Canada requires an Agents for Wingham and district. ^Applications invited. * Experienced commission salesman with car preferred. 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