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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1944-03-16, Page 1WINGHAM, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MARCH 16th, 1944 Single Copies Five Cents. Sabsoriptions $2,00 Per Yew With Which Is Amalgamated The Carrie Vidette and Wroxeter News, St. Patrick's Tea St. Paul's Ladies' Guild will serve an afternoon. tea in the Parish Room of the, church on Saturday, March 18, from 3.30 to 6 p.m. Eastern Star Euchre Will be held in the Oddfellow's Hall, Friday, April 14th. Proceeds for patriotic purposes. Keep this date in mind. Play at Bluevale March 16th In Bluevale United Church base- ment on Thursday evening, this week, March 16th, at 8.30 p.m., there will be presented 'by the Walton U.F.W.O. a three-act play entitled, "A Ready Made Family." Caine and enjoy this play and help the Y.P.U. Admission 25c. Note date, Thursday evening this,. week. Father Passes In England Mr. jack - Wickstead, 3rd line of Morris, received a cable on Friday informing him that his father, John Wickstead, had passed away -at his home in Newport, Shropshire, Eng- land. Mrs, Wickstead and the late Mr. Wickstead celebrated their 57th wed- ding anniversary on 21st of last month. Jack came to Canada in 1920 and has been home but once since that time, in 1929, Nephew Had Narrow Escape Mrs. Edgar Pattison's nephew, W. 0, Percy M. Brown of Toronto, had a very narrow escape from burning to death when a plane crashed on a small Scottish island. The plane when forc- ed to land hit a stone wall and bounc- ed off into a flock of sheep, killing 20 of them, He was thrown from the plane with his clothes .blazing and a couple of airmen nearby 'rolled him on the ground extinguishing the flames, but not -before he was badly burned about the face and arms. He was re- patriated this inorith. The -pilot and navigator were killed,. GREETINGS FROM PRISON CAMP YMr, and Mrs, Al. Orvis received a card front Pit, Sgt. Charles B, Dau- phin who is a prisoner of war in Ger- many saying he wished to be retnetn, bered to all 'the folks of Whtghani. We surely are pleased to pass this message along. Charlie was a mem. het of the staff of Canada Packers here for some time. 'st The regular monthly meeting of the W, C. T. U. was held at the home of Mrs. A, Cosens, In the absence of Miss Purdy, due to the death" of her brother, Mrs. Lucas, vice-president, presided over the meeting. The open- ing hymn was "On Christethe Solid Rock", Miss Bunyan then led in prayer. The scripture reading was taken by Mrs, E, Wilkinson reading from Galations 6th chapter, 1st 10 verses and Galations 5th chapter 14 verse. .The secretary then read the report of the last-meeting and Mrs. E. Wilkinson gave the treasurer's re- port. Offering was then received. Mrs. Lucas introduced Miss Bunyan of Grace Chapel Mission to the mem- bers, after which they sang a duet en- titled "Follow Me". A hymn "The Ninety and Nine" ,a favorite of [Mrs. Cosens, was sung by all. Mrs. Lucas then read a hymn, very fitting for the W. C. T. U. work, after which all sang two verses of "Take Time to be Holy". The guest speaker of the afternoon was Rev. E. O. Gallagher, rector of St. Paul's Anglican Church, The topic of his speech was "The- Darkness that fell upon the Nation." He stated that liquor was such a stumbling block. It was a social evil. How it affects the welfare of the whole community life. Mrs. Lucas thanked Mr. Gallagher on behalf of the members for his splendid and helpful remarks. Mrs. Lucas asked for a short season of Prayer with Mrs. Edwards and Mrs. Jno. Falconer taking part after which Mrs. Cosens read a very helpful poem to the Christian life entitled— "Back to the Fold." The closing hymn was sung, "Toiling on" and Rev. Gallagher closed in prayer. Passed Music Examinations The following pupils of A. 0.W. And- erton were successful in their mid- winter examination, Toronto Conserv- atory of Music: J. Hall, honors, grade 8 piano; A. L. Thompson, 1st class honors and M. L. Porteous, honors, grade 2, Theory. Congratulations.A Bluevale Couple To Celebrate Golden Wedding Mr. and Mrs. James B. Kerney of Bluevale, will. celebrate their 50th Wedding Anniversary on Tuesday, March 21st. They will be at home to their friends and neighbours from 3 to 5 in the afternoon and from 7 to 9 in the evening. Coco-Cola Donated To Clinic ,''The Stratford Bottling Company in co-operation with the Coco-Cola Com- pany are supplying a bottle of coco- cola to each blood donor at the next clinic which is being held here on March 22nd, They will also supply a cooler so that the drink will b e of the proper temperature. Large Egg y Archie Jones, who resides Oil the B ,Line, Turnberry, has a hen that is making a great effort to increase pro- duction. On Saturday it laid an egg that measured 9 inches around one way and 7 24 inches the other. Its length was 3% inches, and the weight was 6 ounces. The egg as will be noted from the measurements was of a rounded shape. Now With Selective Service Ai'Mr. Harold Garlick., who was man- ager of the Walker Store here for a number of years and who went to Kin- cardine about five years ago, has re- signed his position as manager of the Stedman Store in the Lakeshore town to assurne the position of assistant manager of the Walkerton office of the Unemployment Insurance and Selective Service Commission4 Har- old's friends here will wish him every success. According to the Kincardine News Mrs. Garlick, Doreen and David Will continue ,to reside in Kincardine for the time 'being, LEGION MEETING HERE ON SUNDAY Zane Meeting Will Be Feld In The Council Chambers 'Mardi 19th The annual Legion Zone meeting for this district will be held in the Council Chambers here at 2,80 a'cloek, Sunday afternoon next, March 19th, /t is endeted 'that all branches of the zones will be represented, forty delegates in all. McGee closed the meeting with prayer. :Church to do relief inspection work under the American Advisory Con-t mittee. Mr. Mitchell emphasized the fact that in war-torn China, Christ's work is still being carried on by native Christian pastors and leaders. He told of the Church of Christ in China formed for all Christian groups and working among the refugees in one Christian fellowship. The' Japanese have occupied many Christian mission stations which are now left with ' no support. In spite of this, at one place refugees from Canton and Hong Kong established a mission and finally, with some outside asaistance, built a church and purchased a piano. The service is conducted by th e refugees them- selves, partly in Chinese and partly in English. Thus, Christ is the bond of contact, holding all together and in the darkness of China, many bright lights are shining. At the evening a green strip running from the tip service Mr. Mitchell showed a series of,the petal down into the throat. of pictures taken in China 'before and Othel• lilies of this variety have be-' (hiring the war. fore had two stalks but as a rule when St ANDREW'S MARCH MEETING Interesting Passage From Study Book Reviewed The March meeting of the Women's -Missionary Society of St, Andrew's. Presbyterian Church, was held at the home of the' Misses Graham, The president, Mrs. W. A. Russel, :presided and offered the invocation. After singing a hymn, Mrs. Godkin led in prayer from the Glad Tidings. Mrs. D. Rae read a chapter from the devotional study book, "Why only half -the Job". Mrs, H. V. Pym read the scripture lessons, Matthew, chapter 16: .142 and Luke, chapter 12: 5449. The Welcome and Welfare secretary 'reported making 20 visits to sick and shut-ins. Mrs. P. D. King gave a paper "The Grave in' the Garden", The offering was received and dedi- cated in prayer by Miss B. Graham. Mrs. W. J. Henderson gave a paper 'from the. Missionary Study Book, "As British Guiana looks to-day, planting the church." This dealt with the ap- pointment of the first missionary to British Guiana. After singing of a hymn Mrs. H. F. fiRAHAM HOUSEHOLD HAS FINE LILY Beautiful Amaryllis Has Eight Blooms An Amaryllis of exceptional beauty is on display at the Graham home on John street. This type of lily is, when in 'bloom, a beautiful plant but the plant we are writing about is except- 1 ional in other ways than that. From the bulb has grown two stalks and each of them is crowned with four flowers. One stalk is about six inches longer than the other. The, flowers are of a peach shade deepening in colour to salmon and each flower has this happens one stalk does not de- velope properly and thus withers. This plant has these two healthy flowering stocks. It is over ten years "old and this is the first time that it has put on such a show. 91st Birthday On Thursday Mr. John Nichol will have his 91st birthday on Thursday this week, March 16th. Mr. Nichol is not enjoy- ing very good health so no celebration is being held. Friends wish for him much better health during the next year, Three Cubs Invested Three new members were received into the Wingham Cub Pack March 13, having passed their preliminary tests: Jim Seddon,' Donald Meehan and Bervie Skinn: The investiture was ' conducted by„ Rev, E. 0. Gallagher, and the three new cubs were' given three cheers and the Grand Howl by the Pack. NOTICE REGARDING THE MAILING LIST Corrections Made On List Up To Saturday Night The Advance-Times mailing list has been corrected up to an including Sat-‘ urday last Week, March 11th. A great many labels have been changed and we request that -you examine your label to see that it is dated properly. If it is not please notify this office aS soon as possible. If you find that your label reads in arrears an early settlement will be greatly appreciated. Rationing of newsprint will n6t al- low us to increase the number of papers we print so it is of Increasing importance that all subscriptions are paid in advance. We ask your do- operation in this regard. If your label reads March '44 your subscription is due; if your label is dated prior to that time you are in arrears, There are still a number of subscribers who are in arrears and we ask that arott give this matter your immediate attention, Papers that are addressed to sol- diers overseas must be paid hi advance Recording to regulations, /telatives and friends who are sending the Ad., vance.Tintes overseas will please note this over which we have no COMA. •11' MORE BLOOD DONORS ARE REQUIRED NOW 11.th Blood Donor Clinic Will Be Held On Wednesday, Marsh 22nd Another Red Cress Blood Donor Clinic will be held in the 'Council Chambers here, on Wednesday morn- ing, March 22nd. This will be the 11th such clinic held here. Th e committee in charge of this very important work are again request- ing all those not registered 'for blood donations to do so at once as more donors are urgently required, The importance of blood plasma in the saving of the lives of our wounded soldiers cannot be stressed too great- ly. If you have ,not yet registered leave your name at McKibbon's or at the Red Cross rooms. Youc donation may be the means of saving the life of one of our soldiers, airmen or sailors. Do not delay, reg- ister to-day. SMALL'S RINK ARE CURLING CHAMPS Won On Extra End From Gibson's Rink In the finals of the round robin play-offs at the Curling rink Monday evening Ed. Small's rink won from Harry Gibson's rink on an extra end, Harry was one up going home but Ed. tied it up and won out on an extra end. In the semi-final series Small's rink put Donald Rae's rink out in two games making the third game unnec- essary. Gibson's rink put 0. Hasel- grove's crew out by winning two out of three. Omar won th e first game but Harry came through winning the other two. The rinks in the finals were: Jack Fryfogle, Bill Henderson, C. Blatch- ford, Ed. Small, skip; Miller Davis, Percy Stainton, Ronald Rae, Harry 'Gibson, skip. MASQUERADE DANCE AT ROYAL T MAR. 17 A St. 'Patrick's Masquerade Dance will -be held at Royal T on Friday evening, March 17th, to the music of Sangster's orchestra. New and old time dancing from 10 to 2. Admission 35c each. Tea Friday at Parsonage The Woman's Missionary Society of Wingham United Church will hold a St. Patrick's Tea in the Parsonage on Friday afternoon, March 17, from 3 until 6 o'clock. All women are cordially invited. INTERESTING ADDRESS GIVEN TO LIONS CLUB Capt. T. L. Torrance Told Of The Invasion Of Sicily A regular Lions luncheon was held at the Queens Coffee Shop on Friday evening last. Guests of the Club were Capt. Thomas Torrance„ Mr; Clifford Machan, Mr. Stafford Bateson and Mr. Hobdcn, manager of the Bank of Commerce. All were welcomed by president Harley' Crawford. Lion Harold Pym led in singing with Lion Bill Connell at the piano. Some of the latest songs were tried out with success. President Harley Crawford introduced Capt. Torrance as the guest speaker of the evetting, Capt. Torrance spoke on the subject of Medical Services in Sicily and Italy. He stressed the importance of the preparatory training in Britain. Beauti- ful clear weather prevailed during the trip' to' Sicily, Once ashore the' troops, met with very little opposition for a time and he told of many amusing incidents. At one stage a battalion of Italian troops approached their unit and wished to surrender. They were advised to go on until they found a fighting unit when they could sur- render, Many of the Sicilian towns were found to be in a filthy condition, In many cases hospital work was tarried on in olive groves in preference to buildings in towns. I-1e commented upon the great number of children in 'evidence. He described the medical ambulance Set tip and told of the great value' of blood plasma in treating the Wetttidett; Sulfa drugs were used hi (Continued on page seven) MAITLAND PRESBYTERY HELD MEETING HERE Maitland and Huron Presbyteries To Amalgamate A meeting of the Maitland Presby- tery was held in St. Andrew's Church here last week with Rev. Dr. W. 0. Rhoad of Ashfield presiding, The Presbyter/ of Maitland looks forward to union with the Presbytery of Huron which will be consummated in St. Andrew's Church, Wingham, the second Tuesday of May. It was decided to ask the Presby- tery of Bruce to supply Bervie from Glamis. The 60th Anniversary of Maitland Presbyterial is being held in south Kinloss Church on MI. 16th. The Presbytery decided to ask Rev. C. H. MacDonald of Lucknow, to bring greetings to the Presbyterial from Maitland Presbytery, This honour was given to Mr. MacDonald as he was born at Teeswater which is with- in the confines of the Presbytery and the Presbyterial and as he is the only minister serving in the Presbytery with this distinction. The Presbytery nominated Dr. Nor- man McEachren of the Presbyterian Publications as moderator of the Gen, eral Assembly. The Assembly will convene in- June at Toronto. The Presbytery also nominated Rev. Dr. H. H. Turner as moderator of the Synod. It was decided by the Presbytery to oppose the idea of a divinity school in connection with McGill University, Montreal. The following were appointed com- missioners to the General Assembly, Rev. John Pollock, Rev. S. M. Scott of Kincardine as ministers, and an elder from Kincardine and South Kin- loss. The Presbytery 'nominated the fol- lowing, Rev. S. M. Scott, of Kincar- dine, Rev, Kenneth MacLean of Wing- ham, Rev. C., H. MacDonald of Luck- now, also Mr. Pickering, elder at Lucknow, as a committee to make nominations for the assembly standing committees. Rev. H. F. Dann of South Kinross reported that the Presbytery are $300 ahead in its givings to the budget as compared with the same time last year. Rev. C, EL MacDonald reported on Church Life and Evangelism stating especially that the booklet "Every Day" has been well received by the churches of the Presbytery. • Rev. C. M. Scott reported regarding remits especially the remit which has to do with co-ordinating the various educational services of the church. Dr. Rhoad was invited to preach at South Kinloss and Kinlough. next Sun- day in the interest of Missionary work. It was reported to the meeting that the Synod will meet in Alexandra Church, Brantford, ,commencing the last Monday in April. MISSIONARY SPOKE TO THE MINISTERS The Wingham and District Minis- terial Association held its March meet- ing, on Monday afternoon, being the guests of Rev. W .A. and Mrs. Bee- croft. Rev. William Mitchell, recently returned missionary from China, gave a splendidly informative address on the ,political and social and religious background of the Chieese situation. The appfociatiort of the members was presented -by Rev. E. 0. -Gallagher. Following the meeting Mrs. Beecroft served a delightful lunch. Th e next meeting is set for April 3, at St, Paul's Rectory, 0 TOWN WIDE fiARBAfiE COLLECTION SOON • Council To Institute Garbage Collec- tion Starting: March 27 For some time now Wingham Town Council has had under advisement the instituting of a town wide system of garbage collection. At a recent meet- ing the Street committeti were instruc- ted to make the necessary arrange- ments, At a meeting (held on Monday morning the final details were aim- pleted and Ott Monday, March 27th, garbage collection will be started for all citizens of the town, Onpage 5 is an advertisement which ekplaitts the days of collection for the various areas and gives other instructions, Clip this' advertisement for reference, RED CROSS DRIVE IS WELL OVER THE TOP Objective Exceeded By Over $1000 With a Few Returns Not In, Total Now is $7508.00 Wingham. District has once again 'demonstrated that they not only meet their obligations but that they go over the top in a big way, Jn the Red Cross drive that is almost completed the objective has been -beaten by over $1,000 and there are a few returns still to be made, The amount sub- scribed to date is $7508.00 which is $1,008 more than the quota of $6500. The final returns it is hoped will be seedy for publication next week and those who have not completed their canvass are urged by the commitee to do so at once so that the books may be closed as soon as possible. The final returns for the campaign last year amounted to $7203.18, thus the district this year did' even better than the record set last year. FLUE RICHARD IRWIN BACK FROM OVERSEAS Word Received That He Has Arrived In Ottawa Mr. and Mrs. J. 'Herson Irwin, 10th Concession of East Wawanosh, receiv- ed a wire on Saturday from their son, Flight Lieutenant Richard Irwin, that he has arrived back from overseas and was in Ottawa, On Sunday they re- ceived a telephon e message that he wOuld arrive home soon. \ • Dick arrived in England last June and then was sent to Iceland where he was on coastal patrol duty until December when he went back to Eng- land. His arrival back in Canada was a pleasant surprise for his relatives and.friends7k- He was a student at Wingham High School prior to enlistment and since his enlistment in the R,C.A.F. had made rapid progress as his present rank signifies. RED CROSS LIST IS TO BE PUBLISHED As soon as possible after the close of the Red Cross campaign the 'lists of those who have subscribed will be published in full. The task of making up the list after the drive is over will take a while but as soon as completed will be published. Any canvassers who have not completed their coverage of their disrtict will kindly do so as speedily as possible. If anyone has been missed you may leave your don- ation with Mr. Gammage at the Dom- inion Bank or at the Advance-Times office. BLYTH COUPLE HAD GOLDEN WEDDING Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Noble 50 Years Married March 14th Mr, and Mrs, Thomas Noble of Blyth celebrated their golden wedding at the home of their son-in-law, Mr. Clarence Rath, 6th Concession of East Wawanosh, on Saturday last. Their wedding anniversary date is March 14th btit the celebration was held on the 11th so' that all the family could be present. Mr. and Mrs. Noble were -both born in Hullett and after their marriage March 14th, 1894, they resided on the 5th of East Wawanosh until 9 years ago when they retired to Blyth, At present they are enjoying fairly good health. Present at the celebration were their two daughters and their only son, Mrs, Bert (Hazel) Wiggins of Brantford; Mrs. Clarence (Birdetta) Rath, at whose home the party was held; Roy, who resides on the home- stead, In attendance also were their ' five grandshildretf and a number of neighbours and friends. The celebration took the forth of a chicken dinner at the noon hour with about 20 present. The table was dec- orated in gold and white and centred with a three-storey wedding cake with gold and white Following the dinner Mr. and Mrs. Nebie were presented with numerous gifts and their grandchildren staged short program. Cards were enjoyed and their was much conversation about the old times spent in the neighbor- hood, NEW RATION BOOKS TO BE DISTRIBUTED Volunieers For. This . Work Needed., Books. Will Be Given Out Week Of March 26th The secretary, W. A. Galbraith, of the Local Ration Board informs us that volunteers to assist with the issu- ing of the New Ration Books are needed. Anyone who can assist with this activity will they please get in touch with Mr. Galbraith at the town; hall. The distribution of the hooks will take place the week of March 26th to April 1st. The dates and places of distribution for the various centres of this district will" be published next week. About 12,000 books will be issued in this area. The fact that the new books do not contain a card to be filled in by the consumer before he obtains further books by mail does not mean that the No. 4 ration book will be the last to be, issued: It is pointed out by the authorities that this page was omitted as means of conserving paper. THESE HENS WENT ON -PRODUCTION SPREE Flock of Hens Laying Large Size Eggs Mr. and Mrs. Allen Ramsay, 1st line of Morris, have a flock of hybrid rock-leghorns that are doing their very best to produce to the limit and thus, help the war situation. These hens go in for large eggs and we have eight of them in our office that weigh 26 ounces, and they aver- age 314 inches in length and six inches around the largest part. the eggs produced by this flock are not as large' as this but many are. They are so, big- that they will not go into 'the sections in a crate. They make won- derful eating also, we tried them out and they have a fine flavour. "It CURLERS WON THIRD PRIZE AT SARNIA The local rink that took .part in the Sarnia bonspeil on Monday, won all their games to take third prize. Their three wins did not carry a high enough plus to knock off first place. The rink was Ed. Nash, Omar Haselgrove, Jim Carr, Jr., Donald Rae, skip. To Observe Mothering Sunday Mothering Sunday (mid-lent) will be observed in St, Paul's church on Sunday. An appeal has been sent out to all members to be present in Mother Church on Mothering Sunday. , Fol- lowing the evening service a Fireside Hour will be held in the Parish Room, and a programme contributed by Mr. and Mrs, Donald Robertson and Mr.. Fred Templemen. DETROIT FLYING ACE WELL KNOWN HERE Sergt. George E. Moffat in Plane That Led Raid on Berlin The following .is a portion of an article which appeared in the Detroit News and which will be of interest to our local readers as it is written about Sergi:, Moffat who is a grandson of Mrs. R. J. Tindall and a nephew of John J. Moffat. Staff Sergt. George E. Moffat, whose home is at 551 Neff road, Grosse Pointe, was the ball turret gunner on the plan that led Saturday's daylight raid on Berlin. That makes Moffat the first man from Detroit area to fly over the German capital in a bomber. While the destination was new to Sergt. Moffat and the rest of the American bombers, raids over Europe are an old story to him, He has com- pleted more than a Seel% of such mis- sions, winning in the process the Air Medal with three( Oak Leaf clusters. and the Distinguished Flying Cross. The DFC was awarded to him for his feat in knocking down two German fighters in a single engagement. Sergt. Moffat is 20 years old and the son 'of Mr, and Mrs. George W. Mof- fat. He was graduated front Grosse Pointe .High School itt 1942, and in October he entered the Army. 11e trained in the Air Gunnery School at Las Vegas, Nev., and went to Eng. land last. September:,. REV, GALLAHER SPOKE. TO THE 141 , C. T. U. Interesting Meeting Was Held At The Home of Mrs, A, Cosens MISSIONARY SPOKE AT UNITED CHURCH Rev. W. H. Mitchell Recently Return- ed From China, Preached At Both Services Sunday • Rev. W. H. ;Mitchell, missionary from China, spoke at both services in Wingham United Church on Sunday and told many of his experiences in China during the wart years. Mr. Mitchell and his family (his wife be- ing Dr. Helen Craw, daughter of Rev. R, W. Craw, formerly of Lucknow United Church) arrived recently in Canada after a most adventurous journey from China by air, sea and land. At one time the ship upon which they were sailing took fire at sea and the passengers had to be taken Off in small boats. Mr. Mitchell Ives connected with the United Chfirch mission in North Honan, where he had 5000 members of the Christian church, but was driven out by the Japanese invasion, He then went to Free. China and worked with the Red Cross securing and transporting [drugs and medical supplies for the bombed areas. While there, he was loaned by the. United