The Wingham Advance-Times, 1944-01-20, Page 7convenor thanked the ladies -for their
interest and help throughout the year
and expressed the hope that before
the end of the year would see .peace
again. Mrs. Harris and Maxine serv-
ed a dainty dunch and a social hour •
was spent.
Mr. and Mrs, Howes have receive&
word that their son, Gnr. James How-
es, has arrived safely in Italy and is
serving with the Central Mediterran-
ean forces. Jim went overseas with
the 100th Battery R.C.A., in April of
1941, arid was later transferred in.
England, to another unit. This make4
3 boys from our locality in Italy. Pte.,
Mac Steurnol went overseas early in
1943 and has been in Italy for several
weeks according to word recevied by
his parents. Cpl. Geo. A. Dane of 1st
Can. Army Tank Brigade, has been in
the Mediterranean area since the in-
vasion of Sicily, July 3rd, serving in
the 8th Army under Gen. Mont-
gomery,
Great credit is due Mrs. Appleby
and' pupils of S.S. No. 1 for the splen-
did concert which they .presented after
the holiday, January, 3rd. Owing to
ban in effect in Howick, the. concert
planned for December 21, had to be,
postponed.
Mr. 0. Dustow of the Canadian
West, is visiting his brother, Mr. Al-
bert Dustow. It is 37 years since lie
last visited Ontario, and has 4 sons
serving in the Can. Army.
Miss Margaret White, RN., of
Stratford, is visiting at her home here.
Miss Irma Harris is spending a few
weeks at Clifford. Miss Catherine
Howes has returried to 'Stratford to.
resume her studies at the Business
College,
Tempus Fugit
Two farm hands in Scotland wanted
a holiday, and one of them approach-
ed their "dour" employer.
"Hoots," said the farmer, "a holi-
day! Why, it's no many weeks since
y e had the two meenits silence."
'MONUMENTS at 'first cost
Having our factory equipped with the
most modern machinery for the exe-
cution of Met-class work, we ask you
to see the largest display of monu-
ments of any retail factory in Ontario..
All finished by sand blast machines.
We import our granites from the
Old Country quarries direct, in the
rough. You can, save all local deal-
ers' agents' and middleman profits by
geeing us.
E. J. Skelton & Son
at West End Bridge-WALKERTON:
A WEEKLY EDITOR
LOOKS ATi
Ottawa
Written specially
for M. weekly newspapers of Canada
`Article No. 29
By Jim Greenhlat
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VVINGI-IAM ADVANCE -4110$ 'rimisci.*yt 0:0010. .2(1, 1944.
CANADIANS FROM ALL PARTS QF DOMINION RXTURN HOW ON HOSPITAL SHIP
, Two soldiers from Western Canada, one a tank trooper and the
Mier an infantryman, both of whom were wounded in Sicily. Left to
right, they are, Trooper G. Anderson'of Winnipeg, whose tank caught
Dn fire after it, had been hit by an anti-tank shell near Leonforte,
rely 28, and Pte. K. D. Spence of Saskatoon who was wounded at
Assoro. He is a member of the Saskatchewan Lirbt Infsesis.v.
:6'0..b - Two casualties from the Sicilian campaign, both wounded by mortal
fire while serving with the First Canadian Division in tIkefilth Army,
They are, left to right, Private W. P. Bia of Toronto, 'Hastings and
Prince Edward regiment, and Bombardier G. Squires of St. Johns"
Newfotindland, who served with a Royal Canadian Artillery unit.
WELLINGTOR_FIRE
Insurance Company
• , Est. .1840
An 'all, Canadian .Centpany which"
has faithfully served its policy
holders for over, a century . •
Head Office - Toronto
H. C. MacLean Insurance Agency
Wingham
DR. R. L,STEWART
PHYSICIAN
Telephone 29
nary, February and March . „
Governor-General's levee on New
Year's Day brought out about a
thousand persons, the, uniforms out-
numbering civilians 'nine to one . „
Oddity-a small Christmas card came
for the clog of the Polish minister 'to
Canada from the pet cat of a V.S.
official in Washington, doggone . . .
Some 6,207 members of the armed
forces discharged from service were
placed in employment by Selective
Service-in November, the total since
April 1942 being 78,936, the Pensions'
departinent reports. In the same per-
',fod 62,960 veterans of the first Great
`War got the same service. These
Were no.t all permanent job's, of course,
but included occasional and seasonal
jobs. Another interesting angle about
the .same subject , is that unemploy
ment 'assistance to pensioned vets. of
th9 First Great War hit an all-time
low in November, 119 getting $2,880,
as compared with say, August 1939,
when 5,636 received $122,954.
* * *
The 1941 census figures now reveal
sortie ,Significant trends. In that year
tanada shad 174,767,599 acres of oc-
cupied 'farm land an increase of over
DR. W. M. CONNELL
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Phone 19
W. A. CRAWFORD, IVI.D.'
Physician and Surgeon
Located at the office of the late
Dr. J. P. Kennedy.
Phone 150 Wingham
proved farm land under crop was over,
56 million acres, a reduction of two
million; pasturage increased a little;
summer fallow up about a third to
23,649,852. Nearly four million acres
was the reduction in. woodland from
1931 to 1941 while marsh or waste
land was clown over a million acres.
It * *
The war over in 1944? That would
mean feeding Europe and quick. Given
adequate ocean tonnage Europe need
not go short of bread. The Dominion
Bureau of Statistics says we would
have 1,000,000,000 ,bushels, half of it
in Canada, available for shipment. The
agricultural conference in Ottawa in
December recommended no wheat
acreage increase for Canada in 1944,
regarding coarse grains, oil bearing
seeds, peas, beans and corn as more
urgent; also suggested a high propor-
tion O\f, land. in Western Canada be
summer fallcrwed which would, be an
asset if circumstances warranted in-
crease in. wheat acreage in 1945.
Canada's peak wheat acreage was in
1940.with 28,726,000 acres, but in 1943
it dropped to 17,448,000 acres, the
objective set for this year.
*
Astronomic, we call it, the figures
of cost of this war to Canadians.
J. W. BUSHFIELD
'Barrister, Solicitor, Notary, Etc.,
ltmey To Loan
Office - Meyer Block, Wingham
J. H. 'CRAWFORD
Barrister, Solicitor, Notary, Etc.
Bonds, Investments & Mortgages
Wingham Ontari
World War 1, including two years of
lemobilization, cost us $1,670 million,
Compare . that, with the figures, up to
the end of this fiscal year, estimated
for the present war It $10,824. Total
tax revenue for the 1914-18 fracas,
including the demobilization years,
was $1,121 million. For this war $7,-
300 million. In 1916 our population
was aorund 8,140,000, today, or rather
1941, it was put at 11,506,000.
*
Do you know that the new explosive
to you and me only known as RDr,
(Research Department Explosive) was
developed by five Canadian scientists,
and that it may increase ,greatly the
striking power of the 'United Nations?
* * * *
About two thousand of the 100,000
odd men discharged. from our armed
forces since the beginning of the war
have enrolled for government spon-
sored university and vocational train-
ing courses. Of 850 who Completed
training, 780 found employment in in-
dustries for which they were trained.
Men. with honorable discharges 'have
a choice of sixty courses.
* *
Odds and ends of interest: Good
news for ladies, a Prices Board ruling
allows a little increased Supply of hair-
pins and bobby pins; also for farmers
more production of barbed wire. . . .
restrictions have been removed from
facto'rie,s in Quebec and Ontario so
that more Canadian Chedder cheese
will be available for the home market,
DONALD B. BLUE
Experienced Auctioneer
Licensed for Counties of
HURON; & BRUCE
AU Sales Capably Handled.
R. R. 1, Kincardine
Phone: Ripley 30-24.
In the six air observer schools
operated by the Canadian Pacific on
a non-profit basis for the 11ritish Corn.'
monweaith Air Training Plan, air-
craft :has floWn, more than 41 millions
miles... From Jan. 1 to Oct,. 1, 1943, •
417,805 blood donations were contribu-
ted to the, Red Cross blood..denor
clinics across 'Canada; ,th.e record week
was in October with. 10,297, - it is
estimated 400,000 men, and at least.
100,000 women, have left farms since
1989, but to help overcome the farm
labor shortage some thousands of older
people who had retired came back to
help,
HOWICK COUNCIL
Gerrie, January 10th, 1944
The Council elect for the year 1944
met in the Township Hall to hold their
first meeting. The members were all
present and subscribed to the neces-
sary Declaration (yf Office Viz:- D,
L. Weir, Reeve; James Inglis, Deputy-
Reeve; John Winter; Edward Mc-
Callum and and Elmer Parrish, Council-
The minutes of last regular meeting
were read and on motion of Inglis
and Winter, Were adapted.
Moved by Parrish and McCallum
that the School Attendance Officer's
Report for the month of November,
as read, be accepted and placed on
file. Carried.
Moved by Inglis and McCallum that
this Council do now go into Commit
tee of the whole to adjust salaries and
make appointments. Carried.
Moved by Winter and Parrish that
this Committee do now revert to` open
Council. Carried
The Committee reported to the
Council as follows:
Clerk's salary, $550.00 and. $50.00
for postage and stationery allowance;
Treasurer's salary, $330:00; Assessor's
salary, $200.00; Collector E. Division,
$126.00; ,,,Collector, W. Division, $160.-
00; Medical Officer of Health, $150.00;
Sanitary Inspector, $1.65 per trip;
Auditor, $150,00; Road Superintendent
45c per hour, he to furnish his own
means of conveyance; School Attend-
ance Officer, $80.00 plus $5.00 for
postage; Members of Board of Health,
$6.00 each; Secretary of Board of
Health, $15.00; Live Stock Valuator,
$1.60 per• trip; Caretaker of Twp.
Hall, Gorrie, $60.00; Caretaker of
Twp. Hall, Wroxeter, $35.00; Weed
Inspector, 40c per hour; and the Re-
lief Officer, $1.00 per family per
family per month and 5c per mile for
travelling.
Collector E. Div., James L. VVal-
horn; Collector W.. Div., Wilfred C.
King; Auditor, Griffith MacDonald;
School Attendance Officer, Mrs. M,
C. Knight; Members . of Board of
Health, Norman ,Clegg and the Reeve;
Secretary of Board of Health, the,
Clerk; Weed Inspector, Joseph Sand-
erson; Live Stock Valuator, James
Douglas; Caretaker Twp, Hall, Gorrie,
Elmer Downey; Caretaker Twp. Hall,
Wroxeter, Fred Han-11)1y; Sanitary
Inspector, Gordon Underwood,
, ;Moved by Winter and McCallum
that By-law Number One for the year
1944, as read, be finally passed.
Carried.
Moved by. Inglis and Parrish that
By-law Number Two for the year
1944, as' read, be finally passed.
Carried.'
Moved 'by McCallum and Winter
that the Road Accounts, as approved,
be paid. Carried.
Moved Earrish and Winter that
the following accounts bo paid. Car.
tied,
H. .R.ogers, salary as treasurer,'
1943,. $340.0Q; Isaac Gamble,. Postage'
and stationery allowance 19404 $.50.',00;
Isaac Gamble,, part salary 44 Clerk,
05.001. R..1-1, Carson 43.; Sop, repair to
pipes in Gorrie .I-1411, etc., $506; Ern-
est Dinsmore, sheep killed by dogs,
$99:00; Delbert nClegg, wood for Twp.
Hall, Wroxeter, .$18.00; Delbert Clegg,'
Cedar for Tw,p. Wroxeter 82.50;
County Treas., hospital expenses for
B. Walker, $78.75; County Treasurer,
hospital expenses for 13, Weiler, 0,75;
J. T. Rogers, servicing street lights,
Fordwich, $78.00; A. H, Erskine,
lecting arrears of taxes, 1943, $76.50;
How. Mun, Tel, System, telephone in
Clerk's Office & tolls, $22,78.; Relief,
$79.15.
Is/toyed by McCallum and Parrish
that ;the time for the return of the
Collector's. Rolls be extended to the
February meeting of Council. Carried,-
Moved by McCallum and Parrish,
that this Council do now adjourn to-
meet on the 5th day a ;February or
at the call of the Reeve. Carried.
Isaac Gamble, Cleric,
TORY CORNERS
The Red ,Cross group, concession
1,5, Howiak, met at the home of Mrs,
Bert Harris for their first meeting of
the new year, 13 ladies were present.
The afternoon, was spent in quilting
2 quilts, one donated by Mrs. B. Her,
ris, the other top and batt purchased,
lining donated by' Mrs. C. Finlay.
Last years' officers were re-appointed
namely: Mrs, A, A. Taylor, conven-
or; Mrs, W. H. Dane, Rec. Sec.; Mrs.
C. Finlay, Treas. The secretary gave
an interesting report of the years'
work as follows: 17 members with an
average attendance of 12, 22 meetings
were held, and 43 quilts were quilted,
40 of which were donated, The report
of, work turned into Red Cross is as
follows: Knitting-4 sleeveless sweat-
ers, 1 T. N, sweater, 65 prs. socks,
6 prs. seamen's boots, 5 ,prs. gloves,
10 T. N. tuckins, 1 'helmet; Sewing-
27 hot water bottle covers, 8 sheets,
1 pr. pyjama pants, 1 bed jacket, 12
bed pan covers, 6 bed pads, 10 jump-
ers, 10 blouses, 17 slips, 136 handker-
chiefs. Donations-1 afghan made by
pupils and teacher, Mrs. Roy Hastings
of S.S. No. 1, Howick, 40 quilts, 1
dress, 1 suit, size 10, 9 pr. boys' py-
jamas, 3 slips, 2 bloomers,' 1 px. hose.
The treasurer then gave her report
which was adopted as read.
Receipts
Balance from 1942 $ 33.11
Collections 34.58
Sale of Quilts 10.00
Donation to box (Feb.) 2.75
Don. Overseas boxes, (Oct.) 32.96
$ 113.40
Expenditures
Russian Relief $ 5.00
Chinese Relief 10.00
Postage and contents of
boxes (soldiers) 24.12
Flette, thread, batts ...... 46.46
$ 85..68
6 8-lb. boxes were sent overseas to
our soldier boys-Jas. Howes, Dave
Howes, Woodrow Dustow, Kenneth
Wright, Cecil Mahoo.d and Ronald
Buckwell. (Ladies of group donated
the fruit cake, candy, etc.). 3 boys in
Canada, Freddie Mahood, R.C.N.V.R.,
Halifax, Warren Mahood, U.S. Air
force, and Heber Mahood, Camp Bor-
den„ also got boxes at Christmas. A
bale of second-hand clothing was sent
to Salvation Army in October.
After the reports were heard, the
Around,Ottawa: They call it a poor
.snow season here, having had only
191, inches to the end of December;
28 inches behind last year's period .
that's no fooling aboutemoie washing
machines coining on the market for
the J. H. Connor & Son Ltd. Here
started manufacture last week on a
schedule allowing 16 per cent of
normal peacetime production for Jan- I eleven million acres from 1931. Im-
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By WALLY-BISHOP
A. H. IVicTAVISH, B.A.
Teeswater, Ontario
Barrister, Solicitor, Notary Public
and Conveyancer
Office: Gofton House, Wroxeter
every Thursday afternoon 1.30 to
4.30 and by appointment.
Phone -- TeesWater 120J.*
Frederick A. Parker
OSTEOPATH
Offices: Centre st., Vi/itighain
Osteopathic and Electric Treat-
ments, Foot Technique.
Phone 272. • Witighatn.
HARRY FRYFOGLE
Licensed Embalmer and
Funeral Director
Furniture and
, Funeral Service
Ambulance Service
Phones: Day 109W. Night 109J.
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THOMAS FELLS
AUCTIONEER
REAL ESTATE SOLD
A Thorough Knowledge of Fartn
Stock.
Phone 231, Wingham
J. A. FOX
Chiropractor and Drugless
Therapist
RADIONIC EQUIPMENT.
COMPLETE HEALTH
SERVICE.
Phone 191.
K. M. MacLENNAN
Veterinary Surgeon
Office-Victoria St., West.
Formerly the Hayden Residence
PHONE 196
Wingham, Ontario
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17. Exclamation 11. Travel by
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19. Leaping. 13. Part of
marsupial ship's keel
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22, Decigram "
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24. Vase
26. Music note,
28. Designs
made by'
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32. Portion of
curved line
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river
36. Sultan's
decrees
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30. Abounding
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