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228;
Ladies' Thursday League
Mrs, R. E. McKinney, 1799; Mrs. G.
Cameron, 1593; Mrs. D. Nasmith, 1460;
Mrs. J. Kerr, 1369; Mrs. Wilf. Henry,
1198; Mrs. J. MacIntyre, 1187.
Single high score for the day, Mrs.
Geo, Cameron, 279; prize to Mrs. H.
Carmichael, 254.
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Ladies’ Wednesday Night League
Queens 24, Spades 24, Clubs 19,
Aces 14, Hearts 13, Diamonds 11.
High single, Mrs. Carl Lott,
triple, 671.
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Commercial League
The last game of the first series was
played on Tuesday. The Cardinals
moved into first place and the Wrens
moved from fourth position to place
second.
Final standing was as follows:
Cardinals, 26; Wrens, 22: Bluejays, 21;
Bluebirds, 19; Canaries, 13;
High scores for the week:
Ladies' high single, Mrs.
296; men’s high single, W.
283; ladies’ high triple, Mrs. K, Baker,
798; men’s high triple, W. Johnston,
653.
High team score, Cardinals, 2910.
High score for the series: Ladies’
high single, Mrs. K. Baker, 296; men’s
high single, L. Crawford, 309; ladies'
high triple^ Mrs, K. Baker, 798; men’s
high triple, E. Edighoffer, 712,
High team score, Cardinals, 2910.
Orioles, 4.
K. Baker,
Johnston,
With the Community PJayers
By Lillian Overend
There is a great sound of hammer
ing and sawing going on at the town
hall these days. The stage crew is
now swinging into action, and the set
is being constructed in readiness for
December 7 and 8 when the play
“Alice-Sit-by-the-Fire” will be pro
duced. Those who are working on
the set are Jim Currie, Stafford Bate
son, Mel Keating, Bill Cruiksdank,
Roger Sehwass and Dennis Langridge.
The wardrobe, in charge of Jean
Lunn, has been sewn, begged or bor
rowed and as the play has a modern
setting, Jean has assured us that it
wasn’t too big a project this time.
The business manager, Mary Louise
Flach, is in charge of distribution of
the tickets. They have been given to
all members of the cast and drama
club and will also be on sale at The
Advance-Times and CKNX, Exchange
of tickets for reserve seats will open
at McKibbons Drug Store on Satur
day, December 3.
Following is a brief resume of the
story of the play:
The ever-delightful classic with the
star-studded history which was pro
duced by Charles Frohman at the
Criterion Theatre, New York, has al
ways been a triumphant play for the
talents of the greatest ladies of the
theatre,- from Ethel Barrymore down
to Helen Hayes. Alice is the central
figure who returns from India to
England with her husband, and has
the problem of readapting herself to
the home and children she had left
behind. Her highly imaginative daugh
ter, Amy, misunderstands her coquet
tish remark to a dear family friend,
and believes her mother is to have a
rendezvous with him. In a grand
gesture, Amy decides to sacrifice her
self and meet the “lover” first. When
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Owners of the Mont Gabriel club, some 40
miles from Montreal, were wondering how to
make its grass and weed roof streamlined untij
a local farmer suggested that they try a couple
of goats to keep the grass nicely trimmed. They
glove in
is horri-
daughter
the poor
Alice finds her daughter’s
the friend’s apartment, she
fied; and now mother and
fear for each other, while
friend is completely at sea. So, too, is
Alice’s husband. But they finally un
ravel the mistaken affair without of
fending the sensitive imagination of
Amy.
CURLING BRIEFS
By Willie Broom
i
Newspaper?
It’s a public service
It’s a manufacturing plant
It’s a business
It’s a service establishment
It’s a 100% home institution
It’s the voice of the people
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WINGHAM
ADVANCE-TIMES
This question has many answers.
It serves this community with news, advertising, editorial
comment, and intertainment It promotes projects which
it believes will make this a better place in which to live.
Here are a few:
It serves this district first, last and always. Its weekly pay
roll remains almost entirely in the area. Its taxes help
support local schools and local government. It buys all
possible suppies and services locally,
It enjoys full status as both a wholesaler (of newspapers)
and a retailer. It plays its full part in the commercial life
of the community.
It tries to give information and guidance both through its
columns and personally through its staff, Its classified
section is the local market place. It is the 20th century
town crier and community counsellor.
Its printed reports, comment and pictures mirror this com-
munnity in such a way that we may understand both its
problems and its opportunities. It is a vital factor in the
operation both of free, responsible government and in the
life of free, democratic individuals.
It converts ink, paper, metal, and power into a finished
product. It gives employment, year round, to heads of
families.
Just What Is
The Ladies’ Bonspiel is now history.
Mrs. Fair’s strong Owen Sound rink
took top honors. Wilma’s rink was
second. She received strong support
from Edna, Eva and Chris. Walker
ton won third and the consolation
went to another Owen Sound rink.
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Helen’s rink reached the final but
a big end by Owen Sound proved too
much of a handicap to overcome.
Belle, Louise and Betty gave Helen
good rocks but the Owen Sound skip
per was just not to be defeated.
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Our boys didn’t fare too well at
Kitchener and London. However, they
did succeed in defeating Elmer and
Wilma’s cousin, Jim Johnston from
Brampton.
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This is “B” week and the bon
spiel is ready to go on Wednesday.
. Sixteen rinks will play on Wednesday
and Thursday and the winners com
pete on Friday. Entries have been re
ceived from Walkerton, Kincardine,
Owen Sound, Mount Forest, Bramp
ton, London, Stratford, Belmore, Clif
ford, Seaforth and, of course, numer
ous strong Wingham rinks, headed
by Irwin’s Davidson Trophy Holders.
Ted Gardhouse will be back to de
fend the Western Foundry Trophy
which he won last year and Monty
Munroe is returning to try and retain
the Alex Crawford Trophy.
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Round Robin games are proceeding
as per schedule. Art Wilson won a
Squeaker from Grant Wilton with a
fine shot with his last rock.
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The public is invited to watch the
games during the bonspiel. Finals
should commence on Friday about
7.00 p.m. No cheering until after each
player completes his shot.
See next week’s edition for full re
port of bonspiel results.
LADIES’ BONSPIEL
By Wilma Kerr
The Wingham Ladies’ Curling Club
held a successful bonspiel on Friday
With rinks from London, Guelph,
Walkerton, Palmerston and Owen
Sound participating in the pl^y.
First prize was won by an Owen
Sound entry with Ann Fair, skip;
Lillian Dunbar, vice; Helen Morrison,
second and Mary Wilkinson, lead.
They had three Wins plus 17.
The second prize was won by a
Wingham rink skipped by Wilma
Kerr, Eva Bain was vice; Edna Har
rison, second and Chris. Currie, lead,
with two Wirts plus 10.
A Walkerton entry skipped by
Dorothy Pearson won third prize.
Kao Naftel was vice; Hazel Tolton,
second and Jean Hossfeldt, lead With
two Wins plus seven.
The consolation prize was won by
Owen Sound; Clare Hipwell, skip;
Edythe Matron, vice; Gladys McLeod,
sedond and Marjorie Alien, lead.
—Central Press Canadian
. started out with a mama and daddy goat and
before long there was an addition to the family.
Next year they’ll have a little more help — be
cause mama's expecting again.
INSURANCE MAN SPEAKS
AT LIONS MEETING
■An interesting time with the best
turnout of the season featured the
regular meeting of the Wingham
Lions Club, at the Brunswick Hotel
on Friday evening.
The usual good singing and fun
was had, with Lion Harold Victor
Pym at the piano. President Hugh
Carmichael welcomed as guests
Lieut. Don Goodridge, of the local
Salvation Army, Orville Struthers,
manager of the local branch of the
Bank of Commerce, and the speaker
of the evening, R. W, Harris, of
Toronto. Mr. Harris, who is a public
relations man for insurance firms
that do business under fire, casualty
and automobile coverage, was intro
duced by Lion Art Irwin.
In his address Mr. Harris stated
that a large part of the claims paid
by insurance companies were made
necessary by human carelessness and
errors. Insurance is a flexible, sound
and efficient plan whereby financial
distress is alleviated for many. Over
300 companies in * Canada compete
actively for this business, and this
system of free enterprise provides the
surest way to obtain coverage at a
reasonable cost, the speaker said.
Insurance companies function under
10 provincial sets of laws as well as
a federal law.
The speaker went on to say that
he was disturbed to note the trend
of public thinking by which every
body wishes to assign their problems
to the lap of the government. He
asserted that this trend can be
dangerous, it being much better to
have security by freedom of choice.
Lion Stewart Beattie thanked the
speaker for his interesting address,
and President Hugh Carmichael also
expressed his personal thanks.
During the business part of the
meeting it was decided that the club
will furnish a ward at the Wingham
General Hospital, and that it will
sponsor midget hockey in Wingham.
The
also
Lions Girls’ and Boys’ Band is
to receive assistance.
The difference between persever
ance and obstinacy is that one comes
from a strong will and the other from
a strong won’t.
The Wingham Atlyance-Tlmes, Wednesday, November 30, 1955 Page Severn
DRAW SCHEDULE FOR
INTERMEDIATE TEAMS
The following intermediate hockey
schedule was drawn up in Kincardine
last week for the group of which
Wingham Mohawks are a part:
November
30—Kincardine at Paisley
December
2—Wingham at Kincardine
Paisley at Port Elgin
6— Wingham at Paisley
7— Port Elgin at Kincardine
9—Kincardine at Wingham
Paisley at Mildmay
Hanover at Port Elgin
13— Mildmay at Wingham
Port Elgin at Paisley
14— Hanover "at Kincardine
16—Kincardine at Mildmay
Wingham at Port Elgin
20— ‘Hanover at Paisley
Port Elgin at Wingham
21— Mildmay at Kincardine
23—Hanover at Wingham
Kincardine at Port Elgin
27—Wingham at Mildmay
29— Paisley at Wingham
30— Hanover at Mildmay
(Complete round.)
Brussels Lodge
To Repay Visit
On Thursday night of last week the
Wingham Oddfellows travelled to
Brussels, where they conferred the
first degree for the Brussels Lodge.
Afterwards a social hour with lunch
was enjoyed by all.
This week on Thursday night the
Brussels Lodge will repay the visit
by conferring the second
the Wingham Lodge, All
are urged to attend.
degree for
Oddfellows
BOX 473
Toronto, Ont.
Nov. 26, 1955
Editor, Advance-Times,
Wingham, Ontario.
Dear Sir:
I am enclosing cheque to renew my
subscription for the paper for a year.
I think you have a very fine paper,
which is a credit to the town (my
dear old home town!). But alas, I
know so few of the people mentioned
now.
Sincerely,
Irene Davis'
LIGHTNING —THE JOKER
OF THE SKIES
Frightened of lightning? If you are,
consider yourself lucky that you do
not live in a tropical climate where,
at certain times of the year, hardly a
day passes without at least one severe
thunderstorm.
Lightning is certainly the joker of
the skies. One of its strangest pranks
happened when the thigh of a man
truck by lightning was branded with
the letters D.D. The doctor treating
the man for shock recognized the
initials as being identical with those
on a wallet which had been stolen
from him some time previously. When
the victim recovered, he confessed to
having picked the doctor’s pocket, the
wallet having been in his possession
when the lightning struck.
Occasionally lightning appears as a
ball of fire. One such ball entered a
woman’s bedroom through the open
window, wheeling slowly around the
bed. After scorching the woman’s
nightdress, the ball struck the bed
post and exploded, leaving the woman
unharmed, though shaken by her ex
perience.
Striking a blacksmith shop in Sur
rey, lightning fused a heavy chain in
to a solid rod.
Though lightning can kill and maim
it sometimes acts as a cure. A blind
man, felled by lightning, rose to find
that his sight was restored. At least
one case is known of an insane wo
man becoming normal after being hit
by lightning.
When a French picture gallery was
struck during a violent thunderstorm,
lightning stripped the gilt from the
frame of a painting without doing
any damage to either the painting or
the frame.
January
3— Mildmay at Port Elgin
Hanover at Wingham
4— Paisley at Kincardine
6—Port Elgin at Mildmay
Wingham at Hanover
Kincardine at Paisley
9—Paisley at Port Elgin
10—Kincardine at Hanover
Mildmay at Wingham
13—Hanover at Kincardine
Port Elgin at Paisley
Wingham at Mildmay
16— Kincardine at Mildmay
17— Wingham at Paisley
Port Elgin at Hanover
20—Mildmay at Kincardine
Hanover at Port Elgin
Paisley at Wingham
23— Hanover at Mildmay
24— Kincardine at Wingham
25— Mildmay at Paisley
Kincardine at Port Elgin
IN EVERY COUNTRY,
restaurants gain fame for having the
widest variety of foods and the length
iest menus. One such place, in Lon
don’s Soho district, boasted there was
no dish of any country it was not
prepared to serve.
According to the story, one patron
decided to test the claim and tol<J
the waiter, “I'll have elephant steak,
medium rare.”
The waiter asked, “African or In
dian elephant, sir?”
Concealing his surprise at this, the
customer said nonchalantly, “African.”
In a few minutes the waiter re
turned and said politely, “There has
been a great demand for African
elephant today, sir. The chef has
none ready for preparation. He wishes
to know if you would mind taking
Indian elephant. He really doesn’t
want to start on a new elephant so
late in the day,”—E. V. Durling, King
Features.
one or twp
Educate a boy and you educate an
individual; educate a girl and you
educate a family.—John Crumpton
Hardy.
27—Wingham at Kincardine
Mildmay at Hanover
31—Paisley at Hanover
Port Elgin at Wingham
February
1—Port Elgin at Kincardine
3—Hanover at Paisley
Wingham at Port Elgin
You can always spot a well-inform
ed man. His views are the same as
yours.
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Recreational Council Yearly Statement
The following statement of receipts and expenditures was issued by
the Wingham Recreation Council at their annual meeting last week:
RECEIPTS
$ 308.88
1.57
....................$1,181.85
.................... 1,500.00
BE SURE TO SEE
Balance: Jan. 1, 1955 .....
Petty Cash .......
Grants from Municipality
Receipts from Activities:
Hockey ............................
OASA travelling expense
OHMA 15% Gate ............
Midget Softball ................
Voluntary Contributions:
T. A. Griffith ..................
Organizations:
Canadian Legion ................
Public School ....................
Skating Club .....................
Kinsmen Club .....................
Provinpial
Town ....
$ 145.00
, 100.00
. 654.00
. 553,79
EXPENDITURES
Leadership:
Summer Programme: M. McKenzie ...
Figure Skating: A. Johnstone .............
Recreational Director: V. LoUghlean ...
OLife Guard: F. Houghton ..................
Operation and Maintenance
Liability Insurance .........................
Interest on Overdraft ..............
Audit ..............................................
Buildings and Facilities
Wading PoOl (Fence) ....................
Playground (Swings, teeter-toters)
Program
Hockey - Ice ......
Ball - Equipment
Soccer (1954) .....
Figure Skating - Ice Time
Summer Programme .......
Zone Membership Fee .....
4
.$
600.00
770.67
310.45
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Total Expenditures:
Balance: Bank .......
Petty Cash
482.63
69.60
32.03
4.05
10.00
1,452.79 1.462.79
$5,043,40
Doors open at
THURSDAY
8 p.m.
175.00
504.00
1,000.00 1,679.00
50.00
72.00
4.39
15.00 01.39
sharp
This intriguing story of the Grey Family
is presented by the
506.63
124.00
506.63
124.00
243.35
42^5
160.00
261.05
5.00 1,972.22
$4,423.24
.$ 618.59
157 620.16
$5,043.40
PliYERS
Curtain 8.30
WINGHAM COMMUNITY
By arrangement with Samuel French
Reserved Tickets go on sale at
McKIBBONS
Saturday, December 3rd