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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1945-02-22, Page 1Single Copies Five Cents With Which Is Ainalgarnatecl The G4vrie Vidett,e and Wroxeter News, W1NGHAM, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, FEERUARY 22nd, 1945 Subscriptions ;2.,09 Pee Year • - NEW ALLIED WEAPON--- THE PUSHER PLANE HOWICK MUTUAL DAD A SUCCESSFUL YEAR HURON PRESBYTERY MEETING AT CLINTON Missionary and Maintenance Fund Raises Objective by $2,500 0--,••••••••••••, The Presbytery of Huron met in Wesley-Willis *United Church, Clinton, on Tuesday with Rev, G. G, Burton in the chair, Owing to the absence of the secretary; Rev. H. W. Work- man acted as secretary pro' tern, Twenty-four ministers and 12 laymen were present, Rev. R, A. Brook reported for the pastoral relations committee that ear- old F, Currie, of the Nile-Benmiller charge, had accepted a call to St. Andrew's United Church, Watford, and had been transferred there, also, that Rev. R. H. Turnbull had been RED CROSS RIVE TO START EARLY IN MARCH. OVERSEAS LETTERS. Of LOCAL INTEREST Oak),In Policies 105 And In Insurance In Force $1,000,000m This letter is from Roy Bennett to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Ben- nett who reside on Victoria Street. As you will note it was written from hos- pital, Roy being confined there .from, wounds received while in action in Italy. Hospital Somewhere in Itat: A115909 Pte. Bennett, R. E. (B) Comp, Perth Regt, (CA.) C.M.F. Dear Mother and Everybody:-- Hello again everybody. Here I am again the second letter to you today, so I am doing O.K., eh! I guess there was a long spell without any though so I am trying to make up for it. Here it is Christmas afternoon about 3 o'clock so you will all be up now and getting things squared around for the big meal, eh! Yep, I can smell it all now. Boy it sure smells good. Let's sample the pudding, some "smell". just right—well so much for that, now let's see what Carmon is doing. Oh, Oh, you better not until after dinner Carmon, I know it's for you. but you will get it as soon as you eat that leg of goose of mine. 'Well hurry up and get dinner ready" says • he, Doesn't that sound like him though. I guess you didn't..know I was there, did you. Well not in per- son, but in thought I am, Don't worry" was there and hollered "Xmas Box on You" before you were even up. I can remember Grandma yet. That used to be the first thing she would, say before you could, even open the door, wasn't it fun. • Well, here I am in bed and looking out the window at the same old hill. Our dinner is over and it was very good. First off I'll tell you what the Red Cross and Y.M.CA, brought us and we even had a real Santa Claus and kids, "Yes Se the red suit, white whiskers and all. Boy that guy sure gets around. Using a jeep over here I believe, because of the mud. How- ever, the Red Cross gave everyone a pair of lovely stockings with a bag of candy, pack. cigarettes, face cloth, shaving soap, hanky, razor blades, gum and, a nice card, The Y, had 3 oranges, candy, two bars, 4 pack of cigarettes, then the Reg't, sent a bottle of beer around. Then for our dinner, turkey, potatoes, cauliflower, jello, dressing, coffee and plum pudding, a pack. of ' dates, an orange and an apple. They were swell. It sure was very nice, They sang Christmas carols again this (Continued on page four) Wingham District Objective Ie Same As Last Year $6500,00 The reports presented at the annual meeting of the Howick Farmers' Mutual Fire Insurance Company, at Gorrie on Friday, showed that the year 1944 had been of great achieve- ment for the company. While losses for the year were almost similar to those in the year previous the surplus account stands at $165,562.53 an in- crease of $10,978.50 over 1943. The amount of insurance in force is $19,870,611.00 which is a gain of over $1,000.000. The increase in the number of policies is 165. The above figures were most encouraging and the directors are lciOking forward to an- other banner year in 1945. There will be no change in the management of the company this year as the retiring directors J, A. Bryans and Norman D, Harding were re-elect- ed. At a meeting of the directors held later William L. Speir of Brussels was again named president and Ewart Mc- Kercher of Wroxeter was appointed vice-president. The other directors are John A. Bryans of Harriston; W, Robert Graham of Gorrie; Norman D. Harding of ,Gorrie; James T. Wylie of Wingham; J, Howard Wylie „is secretary-treasurer, and • the auditors are Ewart Whitfield, Gorrie, and Gordon A. Gibson, Wroxeter. Plans locally for the Red Cross Campaign for 1945 are now under way. Mr. Charles A, Roberts, who was campaign chairman last year, Will again head the drive, The need for: money is as great if not greater than ever, The Dominion objective is $10,- 000.000 and Wingham District has a quota of $6500 which is a similar amount to that of last year. Ward chairman and canvassers will be appointed at once and the rural section it is hoped, will be organized on a similar basis as last year. If all pull together the campaign here should be a success in every way. Ontario collects more than 50 per cent of Canadian Red. Cross funds raised in the Dominion. Over half of all Red Cross work accomplished in Canada is done within this province, Cost of the helpful service which Red Cross is rendering servicemen on hos- pital and troop trains in Canada; a similar conducting service for the British wives of Canadian soldiers, as well as the erection of Red Cross lodges at military hospitals in Canada, bulk large in this year's budget. Out- post hospital service, biggest peace- time project of Red Cross, is an im- portant item, with plans under way for additions to existing hospitals and er- ection of new buildings, Appointed interim, moderator of the l~lile-Bemniller charge. Rev, W. A. l3eecroft reported for the missionary and maintenance fund -that Huron Presbytery had reached its allocation, and many of the charges had made a fine increase, The object- ive for 1946 is $23,700, an increase of 42,500. Mr. Beecroft also reported that the Moderator, Dr. Arnup, would speak :from CKNX, Wingham, on Sunday, April 8, at 11 a.m., and all the con- gregations of Huron Presbytery were urged to have a radio in the church for that service. One hour and a half was given to the committee of evangelism and social service. Rev., G. G. Burton pre- sented a paper, "The Approach to Evangelism." The paper was appropri- ate and forcefully given. It' was a splendid contribution to the period of "Preparation" in the Church Outline for a new crusade for Christ and the Kingdom. Revs. H. J. Vickerson, Campbell Tavener, R. C./Copeland. W. J. Patton and R. A. Brook took part in the discussion which followed. Presbytery adopted the program. of the moderator's committee regarding post-war religious advance, and pledg- ed themselves to the period of six menths of prayer, private, group and congregational. Rev. R. H. Turnbull, reporting for •the pension fund committee, requested that all ministers make arrangements 'with the treasurers of their congrega- tions to have their personal assessment deducted from the source, and that the amount withheld be forwarded quarter- ly to the Department of Pensions. He also urged that in each congregation, the treasurer he authorized to send to the Department of Pensions, quarterly the amount of assessment upon the charge. The assessment is based upon the salary of the minister. A Motion of sympathy was expres- sed to Rev. H. V. Workman in the loss of his brother, who passed away in Minnedosa, Manitoba. The next meeting of Presbytery will be held in Goderich, on the first Thursday of May. Arrangements will be made with the members of the Wo- •men's Missionary Society, who will hold their Presbyterial meeting that day. This experimental pusher plane, a new fighter developed by Curtiss- Wright may be used against Hitler plant and wing surfaces are mounted before the war is over. The power behind the pilot and elevator controls. BLOOD DONOR CLINIC AGAIN NEXT WEEK Committee *Urges All Who Have Not Volunteered To Do So At Once The importance of the Red Cross Blood Donor service cannot be stres- sed too greatly. The foresight in organizing these mobile clinics by the Red Cross has not only given people in smaller communities an opportunity to take part in this great work but it has been the means of saving countless lives. If you have not yet donated enlist today. Leave your name at Mc- Kibbons or the Red Cross rooms, Another clinic is being held here on Wednesday morning next week. The Ontario Mobile Division Blood Donor Service organized a little over two years ago to "bring the clinics to the donors in December, went over the 200,000 mark. These clinics in Ontario, already responsible for a large portion of donations taken at Red Cross clinics in the province have more than doubled donations taken during the first year, It was in November 1942 they commenced operations. In 1944, 135,000 donations were collected. The objective fo'r 1945 is 50,000 new donors. How about you. TED ELLIOTT IS WINfillAM CUBS Wednesday evening twenty-one Cubs assembled in the gymnasium for the regular Cub meeting. In the absence of Senior Sixer John Hanna, who was in Toronto, Sixer John Craw- ford led the Cnbs in the Grand Howl and Salute. BACK IN CANADA Arriving in London Thursday Morning This Week Listed as a stretcher case, Sgt. E. A, (Ted) Elliott, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alex Elliott of town, will arrive in London, Ont., at noon. Thursday this week, Friends hope that now he is back in Canada that his injuries will heal quickly. Ted was a member of the 99th bat- tery prior to the days it was on active service, When the battery was called for service in September 1941 Ted also went active anti he remained with the Battery until ,October 30th last when he happened with an accident. After coming through D Day and fighting with the battery through France, Bel- gium into Holland Ted was thrown off a motorcycle and a jeep coming from behind ran over him. He was taken to Antwerp and then flown to England. Since that time he has been confined to a hospital lb. England, A brother, Lloyd, is also a member of the 99th battery and when last heard from was in Holland. LIBRARIAN HAD A BAD ACCIDENT Miss Emily Hollaway Fractured Her Hip and Collar Bone . aturday afternoon as she was pro- ce ding to her duties as librarian at the town hall, Miss Emily Hollaway fell and fractured her hip and also her collar bone. She was taken to Wing- ham General Hospital where she is resting as comfortably as .poSsible under the circumstances. The accident took place on the walk in front" of the town hall. The sun had melted some snow which flowed onto - the walk and froze, Miss Holla- way slipped on this spot falling heavily to the Pavement, Friends wish for her a speedy recovery, Attending Hardware Convention Pere. Stainton is in Toronto for a few days this week attending the Hardware convention. Won Afghan Mrs, Donald Rae was the lucky winner of the afghan on which the Eastern Star members sold tickets. The draw was made at the meeting of the chapter last week, Attending Toronto Spell Wingham is represented by one rink at the Toronto bonspeil this week, The rink is Jim Gurney, C. H. Mc- Avoy, Jim Murray, Donald Rae, skip., Donald will likely attend the Hard— ware convention also. EAST WAWA= OF AGRICULTURE y. Post Office Money Orders from • Dance 'In Armouries MarCh 1st The N.C.O's. of the 99th (R) Bat- - •tery, R.C.A,, will hold a dance in Wingham Armouries on Thursday evening, March 1st. This dance is be- ing held by special request. Carruthers orchestra. Proceeds for Patriotic pur- poses. SUGAR RATION CUT TWO POUNDS YEAR Tea And Baking Sale March 17 The ' Ladies' Aid Society of St, Andrew's Presbyterian Church are holding a tea and sale of baking in the basement of the church, Saturday afternoon, ,March 17th. All are in- vited. Midget Playoffs Next Week In the Midget series for this. group Blyth and Brussels are playing off this week, the winner to play Wingham next week for the group champion- ship, The winner of this group will meet the winner of the Seaforth, Ex- eter, Clinton, Goderich group. Five tables 'took part in the play at the Wingham Bridge Club Thursday evening when a Howell movement was played, The results were: 1st., Dave Robb and J. Reynolds; 2nd., Mrs. Herbert Campbell and Mrs. Art Wil- son; 3rd., Miss Margaret MacLean and Mrs. George Ross; 4th., Mrs. Bert Porter and, A. R. •DuVal; 5th. Mrs., 0. Colborne and George Williams; BRIDGE CLUB Is This A Sign Of An Early Spring • 3.'he groundhog on February 2nd saw his shadow and according to the legend this means six weeks more of cold weather. Last week we had brought into our office a butterfly, im- agine a butterfly in February in this country. It was found by Mr. Fraser Haugh of Howick, It was as lively as could be and is still going strong as we write this article. It was found in the straw in the horse stable, The movement of the butterfly attracted the attention of the dog and thus it was found by Mr. Haugh. The finding of this beautiful summer specimen at this time of year may give the lie to the groundhog, At least we hope so for it bas been a very steady winter. Lady Bowlers. Played Bridge. The first in the winter series of Lady. Bowlers' .bridge parties was held last week at the. home of Mrs. Eh M. Snell. There were thirty present. The winners were, Mrs. H. Green and Mrs. Gordon MacKay. Post Office Money Orders Stolen av-Merchants are warned by the Post Office Department against cashing or iGrapefruit—large size, 112's Texas accepting in payment for merchandise white, each 5c. Red Front Grocer The following passed the test on tying knots: La Verne Newman; Jack Hob den; Floyd Jenkins; Raymond Merkley and Ronald Murray, A number of Cubs are practising skipping back ward and to pass the test must skip backward thirty times. A Pack is one of the sections of a Scout group and is in charge of a Cubmaster withsassistant Cubmaster. A Pack is divided into Sixes, each consisting of six Cubs., A Sixer leads a Six of Cubs, A BUTTERFLY IN FEBRUARY The February meeting of the Wo- men's Institute will be held in the council chambers at 3 p.m., on Friday this week, All members are urged to be present. A paper on Historical Research will be given by Mrs. J. H, Crawford. The programme committee is Mrs. Cruicksharik and Mrs. Laidlaw. The. roll call will be answered by bringing a valentine. The hostesses are, Mrs. Gannett. Mrs. Art Wilson, Mrs, John Kerr. INSTITUTE MEETS FRIDAY AFTERNOON Truck Fire Quickly Extinguished truck which took fire here Thurs- day noon had the blaze quickly ex- tinguished when a pyrene extinguisher was used by the firemen. Vodden's truck from Myth was parked in front of the Muncly store when it started to smoke and it shortly broke into a blaze which was soon exteinguished as. noted above, DAY OF PRAYER OBSERVED HERE Mrs. Shera Received A Cable To This Effect Sunday this is proven by the cable which Mrs. Emmerson Shera (Velma Lennox) re- ceived on Sunday from her husband, Sigmn. Emmersort Shera, to the effect that he had arrived safely in Australia. EM111 ers on enlisted in September 1942, and was stationed at Halifax, St. John, N,B,, and Vancouver, B.C., prior to going overseas. Prior to his en- listment he was on the staff of the Wingham Utilities Commission and it was rather a natural step for him to join the Royal Canadian Corp of Signals. 'He was however, before join- ing the active army, a member of the 99th (R) Battery, R.C.A. EMERSON SIIERA IS NOW IN AUSTRALIA HURON COUNTY G.A.S. ELECTED OFFICERS strangers, as a number of these. have been stolen and it is expected that efforts will be made to cash them. CURLERS BROUGHT HOME THE BACON Placed Third At London, Winning Their Three Games 111fill SCHOOL HELD SUCCESSFUL 1111 Splendid Programme Presented By Grades 9 and 10 To Arrange For Special Speakers ,., The regular monthly meeting of the East Wavvanosh unit of the Federation of Agriculture, was held in the Co- operative club rooms at Belgrave with 9 members of the executive and direc- torate present, The minutes of the January meeting were read and ap- proved. Moved by, J. Buchanan and seconded by Aldin Purdon. that min-, utes be adopted as read., Carried. a.loved by Lawrence Taylor, seconded by 7. Buchanan, that we forward a petition to the County Federation of Agriculture, requesting that action be taken by the County Federation to. cheek indiscriminate slaughter of our bush lands. Carried. Moved by j. Buchanan, seconded by R, Coultes that we procure if possible, someone to speak on the warble fly menace, at an intermission period (Wring the Nation.. al Film show at Illyth, February 16th, also that we procure if possible some- one to 'speak on the permanent pass tures during an interthisalan period its a show to be presented at Auburn sometime in Marelu Carried. Moved by L, Taylor, seconded by Mason Robinson, that we adjourn to meet again ,March 16th. A, 1), Campbell, see,etreas; \Vinnifred Campbell, press, secretary, Large. Number Of Ladies Attended Service Held In The Baptist Church The annual World Day of Prayer service was observed here when a large number of ladies from all denomin- ations gathered in the Baptist Church, on Friday afternoon. The order of service was ararnged by the Inter-Board Committee of the Women's Missionary Societies of Can- ada and ladies from the various societ- ies. The Call to Worship was taken by Miss E. Walsh of the Baptist Church and the scripture reading, 1st Peter 1:3-9, was given by Mrs. George How- son of the 'United Church. A respon- sive prayer was led by Mrs, W, Stan- ley Hall of the Vetted Church, Mrs. L. Hiselea sang "I come to Thee" with Mrs, W. W. Currie as accompartist and who played the piano throughout the service. The portion of the service dealing with "Thanksgiving" was taken by Mrs. W. A. Russell and Mrs. David Murray' of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Prayers were taken by Mrs. H. Mitchell of the Anglican Church and the Confession by Mrs. E, R. Armitage also of the Anglican congre- gation. The Intercession for the Cherches was led by Adjutant A. Trowel of the Salvation Army and a period of prayers by Miss Hoover l of Grace Chapel. The closing cure cites were falcon by Mrs. Bruce Mat- Lean of the Baptist 'Church. 4 It has often been said of a winning team that they brought home the bacon, This is exactly what a rink who curled in London. on Wednesday last week did. The rink was Jim Gurney, Ed. Nash, Fred Davidson, Jim Murray, skip. They won all their games having three wins with a plus of 4. They placed third and each re- ceived a Side of bacon as a. prize, Three rinks took part in the two- day Colts •Spell at Guelph, Wednesday and Thtirsday. They did not have much success as only one win was registered, The rinks were, R. R. Trohden, Hugh Carmichael, P. Mc- Ribbon, Ronald Rae, skip; Murray Johnson, M, Davis, Dune, Xermedy, Frank ,McCormick, skip; G. C. Garet- mage, C. H. MtAvoy, 5, H. Crawford, Omar Haselgrove, skip, Mr, and Mrs. Allan Pattison have received a letter from their son, Sigmn. Henry Pattison, informing them that he is itt hospital in Italy suffering from boils. In the same hospital was another soldier front here, Graeme Chamney, who was laid up with an attack of jaltedice. They would have a great conference there is nO doubt, * * Norman Joseph Weiwood, son of Mr. and Mrs, Ezra C. Welwood of Whitechttrch, who has been a prisoner of war since November 1042, has been recently made a Warrant Officer Class 1. This is the third promotion that Norman has had since he was taken prisoner. Last heard from Norman was in a prison camp which is in the path of the Russian. advance, The word of , his 1511511166:M1 was received last week by his parents front the Depart. molt at Ottawa, Canning Sugar Allowance For 1945 to be Same - The Prices Board announced the canning sugar allowance for Canadians this year will be the same as in 1944 —10 pounds per person, but that be.- cause of the world sugar situation, the regular sugar ration to each coupon. book .holder will be reduced two pounds a year, This will be done by making two sugar coupons, valid on the third Thursday of each month instead of 'every four weeks, as \ formerly. The present ration is half a pound per per- son per week, The sugar quota for industrial users, hotels and restaurants was Ott ht the first of the year from 80 to 70 per cent of 1941 usage. The board said the purchase of canning sugar will be simplified by the use of extra preserves coupons instead of the separate canning sugar coupons used last year. Under this arratige, meet there will be only .two types of coupons for the purchase of sugar—, the regular sugar coupon good for one pound of sugar and the preserves cou- pon good for half a pound of sugar, or the alternative value in preserves, Twenty extra preserves coupons will be used to enable the housewife to pur— chase her canning sugar allowance of 10 pounds. Two Of these ektra con- OAS will become valid March 16 to provide for early preserving, eight more will be valid May VI, and the ether 10 will be.good for the purchase of canning sugar on and after July 19 The coupons can be used to buy pre- serves instead d canting sugar if the consumer wishes, For such an altern- ative purchase last year the "D"' cane sting' sugar emmons had to be exchang- ed for preserves coupons at a local. ration Office, On Friday the Wingham High School students, held their February meeting of the Literary Society with Edward Brophy, the president, in the chair. The meeting opened with the sing- ing of "0 Canada" after which the following programme was presented by grades 0 and 1.0! piano duet, Seim- bert's March Militarie D, by Leslie Mae Wall and jitn Halt; a skit, "The Wartime Mock Wedding"; Selo, "Blue Eyed Xathteen° by Gloria Swanson, The /cereal was read by the assistant editor, Elizabeth Hare, A aecortd skit entitled "The Poison Party" was pre- sented; a double quartette then sang "Flow Gently Sweat Afton", • The Critics remarks ware given by Mr E. Madill. The meeting was doted by the singing of God Save the Xing. Reeve J. J. Evans On The Finance Conitnittee Rev, J. H. Barnett, D,D., was re- .elected president of the Unroll County Children's Aid Society at the annual meeting. Other offiters are vice. president, A, F. Wilkes; secretary, A, M. RobertSon; treasurer, A. 11. Ers- kine; Ilumarie Society convertor, Miss A. N. Wurtele; finance committee, A, H. Erskine, chairman; 7. 7, Evans, Wingham; 'Thomas Love, Stephen; and Warden A. Alexander,• DireetorS are Mrs. 7. C. Stewart, Mrs. C, E. Young, Miss A, Middleton, PAN'', Joseph Jones and C. M. Robertson, IL T, Edwards and Mrs, C. M. Chafer:, seperiedent and social welfare respeetively, were -re-appointed, and the salary of the stenograpitte, Mildred Videan, was in- creased 00 per Month. A successful year waetee.orded. Satisfaction was expressed that the -branch had reeeived "B" grading. ti