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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1945-01-25, Page 1CURLERS HELD A LOCAL VEIL Donald Rae's Rink Winners On Wednesday last week a local bonspeil was held with six rinks taking ,part in the play. The winners were, Donald Rae, skip, C. E. Richey, W. Brownlee, Gordon Deyell, with three "wins plus 8; 2nd., Charlie Elliott, skip, Frank McCormick, Dr. Geo. Ross, M. Bader, with two wins and an aggre- gate of 33; 3rd, H. Gibson, skip, Bill Henderson, R, Hobden, C. Bondi, with two wins and an aggregate of 30. Engagement Announcement Mr. and Mrs. Norman Shiell, of Wingham, Ontario, announce the en- gagement of their elder daughter, Anne Elizabeth, to Major R. J. Elliott, of Ottawa. The marriage to take place an February. -fiEW SCHOOL AREA OF EAST WAWANOSII Area Is Composed of Eleven, Schools For the general information of those interested in the School Area of East Wawanosh the following article may be of some value. This school area is comprised of eleven schools and under this new set up they will be administered by the Board of Trustees, five members, who were elected last December at the regular nomination Meeting. Mr. Frank Thompson was named chairman and the board appointed Mr. C. H. Wade, of Belgrave, as secretary-treas. Last week the board called in all cash balances of the old school sec- tions which will total over ten thous- and dollars. This money will be car- ded in a central bank account.' All accounts in connection with the operation of the school area must be presented to. the secretary who will submit them at the monthly meeting of the board for approval. All ac- counts will be paid by cheque and these cheques will be signed by the chairman and the secretary-treasurer, The secretary-treasurer must supply a surety bond as a protection to the ratepayers for the monies with which he Is entrusted. The board recently authorized the 'ptirchase of all the supplies for the schools, such as scribblers did pencils. - It is the intention to have the teachers order their supplies monthly beginning about March 1st. The supplies will be purchased wholesale as is the privilege of an organized school board. The .grants received on the coat of these supplies will bring the cost of School equipment to a low level for the township ratepayers, This will also insure athequal supply of material to each pupil, The books at the end of the year will 'be audited 'by a government approved examiner the sane as is required of all municipal receipts and expenditures. The school area board is' in favor of COntititting the Belgrave School Fair and is prepared to assist With the prises uStally Offered as these are re- eOvered by the agricultural grant, The Monthly Meeting of the board *III be held at Belgrave 'on the same data 40 Township Connell Meethiga, BAPTIST MISSION CIRCLE MEETING Topic Dealt With Christian Coloured Churches The monthly meeting of the Baptist Young Women's Mission' Circle was held Thursday evening at the home of ,Miss Vivian MacLean with the vice- president, Miss Betty Collar in charge. "Anywhere with Jesus" was sung to open the meeting and Miss Betty Col- lar led in prayer. 'After the singing of several choruses, the scripture les- son taken from Acts, chapter 16, was read by Miss Laura Collar. Following several' items of business Miss Vivian MacLean read a poem en- titled "He Goeth Before". The hymn "Encamped along the Hills of Light" was followed by the topic on "One Hundreds Years with Chatham Col- oured Churches", and a poem entitled "Gifted to Give", "Must I go and empty handed" was the 'closing hymn, and Mrs. Norton dismissed the meeting with prayer. Refreshments were served. McKibbons present the greatest Valentine display ever. One for every member of the family. TURNBERRY COUPLE MARK ANNIVERSARY Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Bryce Had 30th. Wedding Anniversary Saturday evening last about 60 guests including neighbours and... friends gathered at the home of Mr,, and Mrs, Leslie Bryce of Turnberry.";- in their honour it being their 30th.; wedding anniversary. The first part: of the evening was spent at euchre, the prizes being won as follows: Mrs. Fred Porter, Frank Ross; low, Mrs. Clifford Jenkins, Donald McCormick. Following the serving. of lunch pres- entations were made to Mr, and Hrs. Bryce and the following address. was read by 'Mrs. Alex Corrigan: Dear Friends:—. We your neighbors and friends have. gathered here tonight to spend a little social time together. We have always found you good neighbors, willing to. help in time of need and always ready, for good fun, We have come to eon g„ratulate you on your 30th wedding . anniversary and ask you to help cele-s brate the occasion, As a token of our -esteem we ask you to accept these gifts and as you use them from day . to day you will be reminded of this happy evening we spent together. We trust you will have many more years of wedded life together, and When your golden wedding day rolls around we hope to be back to ,cele. brate it with you, Again we extend our best wishes, Signed on behalf 'of your neighbors and friends, Mr. and Mrs, Alex Camp- bell, Mrs, Fret* McCormick, Harold MeCormiek, Mr, Bryce expressed the appreel. Won of his wife and himself for The. kindness 'Weeded to them, Presented Him .With A Travelling Bag At a recent meeting of Maitland Lodge, LO.O.F., a presentation was made to Cpl, John Preston, who, re- cently returned front overseas. Fol- lowing the work in the lodge room a social hour was enjoyed and the Noble Grand, M. Bader, on behalf of the members of the lodge, presented. John with a travelling bag. John expressed his appreciation of the gift, He is the first member of the local lodge to re- turn from overseas, During the meeting Cpl, Preston gave a very interesting account of his work and experiences overseas, He said that he had received gifts of cig- arettes from the Oddfellows and other organizations in town and said that they were much appreciated. " BRIDGE CLUB Six and a half tables took part in the play at the Wingham Bridge Club last week. The results of the play was' as follows: North and South--: 1st., Mrs. G. Godkin and Mrs, Parker;' 2nd., Mrs. • R. S. Hetherington and J. HI Crawford; 3rd.,-D. Robb and Dune, Kennedy; 4th., Miss Mary Johnston and Bert Porter. East 'and West=-- 1st., Mrs. George Ross and, George Williams; tied 2nd. and 3rd., Mr. and Mrs. Art Wilson, Mrs. W. L. Kress and W. H. French; 4th., Mrs, J. H. Crawford and Mrs. H. C. MacLean. Engagement Announcement Mr. and Mrs. James Norman, Wing- ham, announce the engagement of' their younger daughter, Jean Elizabeth, to Kaye C. Press, only' son of Mr. and Mrs. H. , G. Press, Belmore. The marriage to take place in January. Popular Picture To Be Shown Here Movie fans are in for a rare treat on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of next week, January 29, 30, 31, when the Lyceuin Theatre will present "Going My Way". To accommodate the large numbers who will wish to see this picture, two shows will be held each evening, 7.00 and 9.30 o'clock, and on Wednesday afternoon, there will be a matinee at 2.30 p,m. NEED FOR BOOKS IS MOST URGENT If You Have Not Books To Donate Donations of Cash May Be Left at The Advance-Times ,W1NGHAM CHESS CLUB PROPOSED So far seven Chess players have been located in town, and there seems to the a desire to arrange a club and a few games. If those interested will leave their names with Fred Massey at the Dominion Bank within the mext day or so they will be included when the games are arranged, Any who would like to learn might also leave their names and a beginners group may, be started. The game of chess is over 3,000 years old and no one who took the trouble to learn to play ever regretted it. It has been known for centuries as the "Royal Game". In Czecho-Slovakia and several highly cultured European countries the game of chess is taught in the schools, and children of six and seven may be seen carrying their boards to and from school. Mr. Massey would also like to lo- cate as many sets of chessmen as possible even if the owners are not players. Leave Your Name With Fred Massey If You Are Interested School Was So Cold Thursday Morn- ing That Children Were Sent Horne Early Thursday morning the ther- mometer registered 12 to 14 below zero according to reports and our own recording. This is cold in any man's country, The 'children of thepublic school ,did not think it was so bad however, as they were given a half holiday on account of this low temper- ature. The school heating system ap- parently could not do the job on such cold day, and when the children as- sembled the rooms were much too told to carry on studies. As they left 'the school it was still very cold, about 1° below, but they did not seem to mind as they were having extra time 'off. According to reports the system at 'the public school is not only antiquated but deposits of lime interfere greatly with the efficiency of the system. 'This condition is one that the school board are very familiar with and one 'that will cost the taxpayers something :i.to have fixed, CURLING CLUB HAS A RECORD MEMBERSHIP 18 Rinks Taking Part In The Round Robin The Army, Navy, and Air Force are in need of reading material. This fact has been emphasized 'by the Minister of National Services, 'General LaFleche, His department has en- dorsed a national campaign by the LO,D.E, to raise $300,000 for the pin-- chase of books for the Armed Forces. In a letter to Mrs. Roland New, of Toronto, National President of the General LaFleche, said that representatives of the three services Navy, Army and Air Force, have made it known to him the great need for books for their 'personnel. We realize that we have not a branch of the in our town or community, but as the need is so urgent we are making it possible for any who desire to contribute to this worthy caush. We will accept at this office cash donations and the money so subscribed will be forwarded to the headquarters of the LO,D.E, If you have books that could be do- hated for this purpose just leave them at your local post 'office and they will reach their proper destination as all books are distributed by the to the various services. There should be no need for any great ballyhoo in this connection, The need 18 great, Need we say more. WINWIAM HOSPITAL HAD BANNER YEAR Reports Given At Annual Meeting Showed Hospital Surpassed Record Set In 1943 That Wingliam General Hospital is giving increased service to the folk of the community was shown by the re- ports that were presented at the annual meeting of °the Wingham General Hospital Association which was held on Monday evening, 1948 set a record up to that- time for the number of patients and number of hospital days but these record figures were far be- low those of 1944, Mr. R. H. Lolyd, chairman of the board of directors, presided. He ex- pressed his appreciation to those who had assisted during the past year in making it such a successful one, es- pecially Mrs, I. Morrey, the superin- tendent, and the staff at the hospital. He spoke of the splendid co-operation among the medical staff which holds monthly meetings. He, told of the splendid work being carried on by the Ladies' Auxiliary to the Hospital, and on behalf of the board expressed sin- cere thanks. He also thanked Mr. W. A. Galbraith, executor of the J. C. Currie Estate, for the various gifts of most Juseful and scientific equipment. He thanked those who were not mem- bers of the board who had given in- valuable assistance in the raising of money for the new wing. Mr. F. R, Howson and his committee who are in charge of local subscriptions and Mr. E. S. Copeland and his committee for work in connection with the by-law. Directors Re-elected The directors for 1944 were re- elected as follows: Capt. W. J. Adams, W. G. Hamilton, R. H. Lloyd, H. C. MacLean, A. J, Walker, W. W. Armstrong. The board consists of nine directors, • the' others are: Mayor Fred L. Davidson, Huron County representative; Walter VanWyck, Wingliam Council representative, and Dr, W. M, Connell, for the Medical Association. Mr. H. L. Sherboncly was re-ap- pointed auditor. The report of the 'last annual meet- ing Was read by Mrs. Alberta Morgan, the secretary-treasurer, who also read the- financial statement for 1944. Financial Statement Receipts Bal. on hand Jan. 1, 1944 $ 1319.46 Maintenance: Private 8462.03 Semi-Private 3254.71 Self Pay Ward 4021.76 County 194.25 (Continued on page Ave) Preached' At St. Andrew's Church Rev. P. Ferguson of Wiarton, con- ducted the services at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church on Sunday. Short Courses to be Resumed The following dates have been set for the Short Courses in Agriculture. Wingham, Jan. 30 and 31; Brussels, Jan. 31 and Feb. 1; ,Gorrie, Feb. 1 and' 2. Courses commence each day at 10 a.m. and concluded at 4.30 in the afternoon. Be sure to see the Valentine display at McKiibbons. GOFORTH AUXILIARY JANUARY MEETING Several. Interesting Papers Were Presented 'The Goforth Auxiliary of St. An- drew's Presbyterian Church, held'their first meeting of the new year, at the home of Mrs. J. P. McKiibbon, Tues- day evening, January 16th, with the president, Mrs. D. Murray) in the chair. After the invocation and open- ing hymn the scripture reading was given by Mrs. S. Hare, followed by a reading on unison. of three verses Of a well known hymn, as a prayer. Mrs, J. Carr gave the dedicatory prayer. The program' included several in- teresting papers: "Power in prayer", and "The hope for a broken world", by Hrs. J. P. MeKibbort; "The graded church", by Miss A, Geddes"; and, "Susan Doe goes to ithe W.M.S.", by Mrs. Aitcheson. The Misses Gwendo, 10'1 MacLean and Hilda Pletch were 'present as guests, and favored the gathering with a duet, Mrs. Murray closed the meeting with prayer, and a pleasant social hour fol. lowed, REEVE OF GREY HURON WARDEN Alex A. Alexander For the first time in 29 years a Grey Township 'reeve is warden of Huron County. At the January session of the council last 'week Alex A. Alexander, Reeve of Grey Township, was elected warden. The youngest member of the council; he is -in his 37th year. His municipal experience . covers eight years, four -a councillor of the town- ship, and four as deputy-reeve. He was elected reeve in January Otis year. Mr. Alexander is a progressive farmer, president of .the North Huron Liberal Association and a Presbyterian in re- ligion. He is married and has one son, Albert. INSTITUTE TO MEET FRIDAY AFTERNOON An exceptionally fine program has been arranged for 'the Women's In- stitute meeting to be held Friday afternoon this week, January 26th, Roll call will be answered with a beauty spot I have visited. Mrs. F. A. Parker is giving a book review on the new book "The Green Years" by Dr. Cronin. A demonstration will be given that will add interest to the pro- gram, also Scotch songs in honour of Robert Burns birthday. It is hoped that all members will he present and visitors are welcome. Hostesses, Mrs. Hutcheson'', Mrs. Wellwood, Mrs, Robinson, Mrs. Wilson. Valentines for everyone on display at McKibbons. Mrs. W. L. Kress received word on Saturday morning that her brother, Pilot Officer William Detinis, was missing following operation overseas. He enlisted about two years ago and graduated at Crumlin proceeding over- Seas about six months ago. It is hoped Mrs, Kress will receive favorable news very soon. His mother, Mrs. George Dennis, of Brantford, is well known here having visited with her daughter on many occasions, • * „ * Pte, J. A, Keith of Teeswater was among those on 'the hospital ship, Lady Nelson, which docked at Halifax on Monday. * * * * Recent enlistments in the Canadian Active Army at London Military De- pot included Donald B. Hastie, son of Mr, and Mrs. Gordon Hastie; David IC, Dunbar of Belgrave; Leslie E. Fogal, R, R, No. 3, Wingham; Wil- liam C. ,Heibeitt of Gorrie; Lloyd J. Hall and Kenneth L. Jardine, of Luck- now, * * * Stories telling of the Canadian Army trapping Nazi troops as they crossed over the Reno which were reported in the Toronto Star and Telegram, are of special interest to Wingham folk. The papers said in part, Canadian In- fantry who co-operated with the tanks to produce this result were under Cap- tains Peter F, Fisher of Toronto and D. Cook of London. Captain Fisher is with the Perth Regiment and there are quite a number front here in that unit, He is the son 'of Mr, Peter S. Fisher of Toronto, a former Wingham native who visits here very often with his sisters, Miss M. H. Fisher and Mrs. G. C. ITarina of town. ARTIST GEORGE REID HONORED AT QUERY He Is A Native Of East Wawanosh And Is Donating Three Of His Pictures To .Each Of The Local $cluaole Church Annual Friday The congregation of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church will hold their annual meeting on Friday evening this week. The same evening a prepara- tory service will be held and the calling of a minister will be under consider- ation. Donation to Hospital Auxiliary The treasury of the, Ladies' Auxil- iary to Wingham 'General Hospital is richer by $23.70 which was donated to this organization 'by the Ministerial Association. The donation was the net proceeds of the collection from the Week of Prayer. Heavy Snow Fall In December we were making fun Of Toronto and London when they were in throes of snow storms that tied things up. We are making up for missing those storms. ,Monday night ten inches of snow fell here and during Tuesday nearly another four inches had fallen, as we write this article, and it was still snowing. EVENING AUXILIARY MET LAST WEEK Missionary WorkTolpnicEast Indies Was The January meeting of the Evening Auxiliary of Wingham United Church, was held Tuesday last week at the home of Mrs, W. W. Currie, with a splendid attendance. Mrs. Elwell Webster was in charge of the meeting and was assisted by Mrs. H. Merkley, Mrs. H. Wilkinson, Mrs. H. Wild, Mrs, Geo. Howson and Miss J. Murray in the Devotional service, Another chapter of the study book "West of the Date Line" was presented by Mrs. W. 'S. Hall. This dealt with an outline of missionary work in the East tidies and war- made very ittter, esting by the aid of pictures and maps, Miss X. McGregor conducted the. business after which a social time was enjoyed, GREAT HELP. TO' THE VETERAN$:. Legion Is Carrying On An Important Work ---„. Canadian veterans, or their depend- ents, were enriched by more than Pr,- OM during the three month period; Oct. 1 Dee. 31, as a result of the efforts of the Legion dominion head- quarters service bureau, R. Hale, ionreveal- revehief pensions officer of the Leg ed here in his quarterly report. Claims successfully adjusted, includ- ing veterans of both the present and the last war or their dependents, total- led 273, with 102 of the adjustments going to present war veterans. The successful adjustments were brought about as the result of 815 interviews between Legion adjustment officers and government officials. At the end of the year, Mr. Hale's report said, 5,254 active claims were being investigated and adjustments sought. Of this number, 1,785 were claims for dependents' allowance, His report, Mr. Hale pointed out, did not include claims adjusted by Legion provincial commands. MISSION BAND ELECTED OFFICERS Willing Workers Mission Band Elects At a recent•meeting of the Willing Workers Mission Band of the United Church the following officers were elected for 1945. President—Jean Irwin. Vice-President--Marilyn Newman. Treasurer—Joan Irwin Secretary—Helen Machan World's Friends Sec'y. — Shirley Foxton, Donna Gerry. Marshals—Douglas Nowman, Willis Walpole. .Leaders—Mrs. J. Reavie and Mrs.. Of Special Interest Here Reeve J. J. Evans informs us that grants of $100 were made to the Wingham Horse Show and $700 to Wingham General Hospital at the meeting last week of Huron County Caupcil. He, also said that Mayor Fred L‘Davidson was re-appointed to the hospital board for a period of,one year and that Mr. R. R. Hobden was appointed to Wingham High School Board for a period of three years, SCHOOL CHILDREN HAD HALF HOLIDAY i mine CPL. JOHN PRESTON During the past few years curling has taken on added enthusiasm here with this year setting a record in mem- bership and in activities. The club has 93 members, six of whom are associate members, A round robin is being played again this year and 18 rinks have been drawn for this event. The games which are played each Monday, Tuesday and Friday nights are creating no end of enjoyment. There are two groups and play-offs will be held at the end of the series which should conclude in a matter of three weeks. Wednesday afternoon and evenings are given over to bonspeil play and Thursday evening is set aside for the use of the colts. If the weatherman continues to dish up cold weather it will be the best season since the rink was built. TWO HOCKEY GAMES DURING NEXT WEEK Midgets Play 'Friday Night And Centralia Fliers And Owen Sound Orphans Clash Tuesday Next Hockey fans will have the opPor- tunity of attending two games here during the next week. The Midgets who have already got two wins under their belts, they defeated Brussels 8 to 2 and Blyth 5 to 1, will again take on the Blyth team, Coach Frank Madill says that Blyth will be the team to beat in this group, so a good game is in store Friday night, Game at 8 sharp. 'An outstanding .hockey event . is billed' for Tuesday night next week, January 30th, when the Centralia Pliers and the Owen Sound Orphans Will stage a game here. The Fliers have been going great guns this year and on their line=up are such stars as FO. Norm McAtee and FO, Wally Wilson, former stars of the Hershey Bears of. the C,A.P.H,C, also FO. Shaw, a former Olympic' games star and goalie S. Voting who was tops in the Maritime League, The Orphans are no cripples as folk about here know. On their line-up is Freddy Smith, Dolly Dolson, Jack Portland, who played for Collingwood last year and who is former N. H. L. player, Kirby, who was with the Ship' Builders last year, and Andy Blair, The game gets under way at 8.30 sharp. Sgt, Breen, a former uebee Ifockey Referee, will officiate, On 'Tuesday evening last week at the Art Gallery of Toronto hundreds of art lovers sat at a festive buffet dinner in the Sculptures Court, honouring artist George. A. Reid. This is of in- terest here as Mr. Reid is a native of East Wawanosh and was born in a log cabin in that township. For a time he was associated with an archi- tect's office in Wingham. He left here many years ago. Mr. Fred Bridgen was the speaker on this occasion and he narrated the steps in the painting career of Mr. Reid, beginning with his going to To- ronto to study at the. Old Ontario School of Art, during which time- he worked as a machinist by day that he might study and work at his painting by night. Later he studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, still later there was the Julien Acad- emy in Paris. Mr. Brigden laid stress upon Mr. Reid's unremitting efforts to encour- age a love and understanding of art in Canada, his part in establishing upon a firm basis the National Gallery of Canada, in instituting the Art Gallery of Toronto and the Ontario College of Art; in the strengthening of the vari- ous societies of artists. (For three years Mr. Reid was' president of the Royal Canadian Academy and for a number of years previous, president of the Ontario Society of Artists.) At personal sacrifice he had served as principal of the Ontario College of Art for a number of years. He referred specifically also to outstanding paint- ings by Mr. Reid. "No other Canadian artist has cov- ered so wide a range in work," said Mr. Brigden—"Murals, historical can- vasses, portraits, landscapes; work in N. Keating. all mediums including etching and Assistants—Marion Irwin and Mary Monotype drawings." Crawford. Painting' To Hang Here Mr. Reid has offered to donate three of his paintings to each of the local schools so it is hoped that in the near future these works of art will adorn the walls at our schools and thus keep the memory green of this great artist whose love of art started in this com- munity.