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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1945-06-28, Page 7GOODYEAR SINGERS a old eete GOODYEAR ORCHESTRA- .444. the de.:tea-,;77. STAN LEY STJOHN wtilt. GORDON SINCLAIR and - MICHAEL FITZGERALD CKNX 920 On Your Dial LIONS TOLD OF WORK OF . THE NAVY LEAGUE (Continued from page one) Lion Harley Crawford reported that the Civic Improvement Committee had arranged the celebration of V-Day. An industrial survey had been made for the 'Government, The swimming pool was the chief objective of this Com- mittee and inspection of nearby pools would be made shortly. Lion Harley complimented _president Wilf. on his handling of the Club during the year and a hearty Lions roar was given in honour of Lion Wilf. Lion Stan. Hall reported for his Sight Saving Corn- OR R. L. STEWART PHYSICIAN Telephone 29 J. A. CRAWFORD M. D. PXYSICIAN AND SURGEON Phone 160 Wingham WELLINGTON FIRE Insurance Company Est. 1840 An all Canadian Company which has faithfully served its policy holders for over a century. Head Office - Toronto H. C. McLean Insurance Agency Wingham A. H. EAVISH 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 1203. Licensed Embalmer and Funeral Director Furniture and Funeral Service Ambulance Service Phones: Day 109W. Night 1093. 13usiness and Professional Directory HARRY FRYFOR SCOTT'S SCRAP BOOK By R. J. SCOTT k 11- 11 i• f. NN.tk. REMMNIN4 6,000,000 MELTING0! SWAPS SQUARE. MILES o ICE. oN ERE Rol-AR GAP WILL RAISE l'RE OCEAN LEVELS ABoLer ISO VELI 111ERE ARE A36141132,000 oNE.-P,OOM 5c1400LlidtiStS Rt.t4Anti4ct IN 411E IntrfEn 5-104$ Cqd 1,041,1<ingt folufii Walt, Inc, 1Vot14 :On WtIM' ISLAND PIP 1E s PAN ARDS cALL NISPANIOLA AM tome-, DRIPS WA114 VAANRY Wawa J. W. BUSIFIELD Barrister, Solicitor, Notary, Etc Money To Loan Office - Meyer Block, Wingham. J. II. CRAWFORD Barrister, Solicitor, Notary, Etc. Bonds, Investments & Mortgages Wingham Ontario DONALD B. BLUE Experienced Auctioneer Licensed for Counties of HURON & BRUCE AU Sales Capably Handled Ripley, Ontario Phone 49. C 22. Beak 23. Medieval stories 24. Prattle ZO. Muscular 19. contraction 20. 21, Corrode „ 02. To lie in ', warmth 23. Begone! (Slang)I 16. Sounds, as Of the wind 21. Exclamation 28. Churn 29. Wanda° • about idly 30. Per. to Ir billows 34. Close to' 35. Project 86. Narrow 'Inlet 117. To go' stealthily' 39, Fascinate 41. Wicked 42.1Detest 43. TrUst 44. March date t' DOWN 1. trerrnagent 2, City (Okla.) . . ACROSS • L Asterisk 5. Tab 9. Big LO. Roadway U.. Ship's low- est deck 1.2. Snake 1.4. Foot-like orgnn Pfk pen LG. State (abbr.) BandageS 38. First . woman A meat potato 39. Greek letter Child's game 35. Prison 40. Owned 4. Twilled fabric 5. Shoals 6. Title of baroness 25. Color 7. Particle of 26. Salt addition ( (chem.) 8. Irritable 28. Abyss 11. Goddess of 30. Canned harvests beef 13. Frame- 31. Harangue works 32. Slender 15. Clique metal cords 18. Gang 33. Sweet a 7 3 4 A 2 24' 21 a--is VA 13 16 20 18 19 27 29' 39, 37^ ae/ 11 14 17 41 .AND PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHEN iTiS THREE O'CLOCK" t WANT TO TUNE IN ON THE SASE. EALUGANELI "Muni:lay, June 28th, 1945 WINGHA,M ADVANC4-TIMES PAGE snvas mittee that solTle cases had been in-.- vestigatecl but no actual expenditure for glasses had been found necessary. Surveys had been carried out on the school children by Drs, Ross and Howson as to teetb, and Drs, Connell and Crawford' as to general, health, Lion Jack McKibbon reported for the War Services .Com.rmittee that the Blood Donors' _Clinic had been assisted in every way. The 3000th donation had recently been passed, Parcels had been set to Lions in the services.; Lion Ed. Gibson for the Membership Com- mittee reported more application than could be accommodated, but four new members had been taken in during the year. Lion Ron Rae for the Frolic Committee drew attention to the Fall Frolic and led in discussion. Treasur- er Clayton Gammage reported on the finances which were in good condition. Balances were shown by all Commit- tees. Lion Hugh Carmichael outlined the Program for the Baby Frolic Wed- nesday evening. Several songs of the sea were sung in honour of Sailor ',Bill Hobden, Past President Hal. Mac- lean installed the officers for the com- ing year, outlining the various duties, President Wilf. Fiench introduced the guest speaker of the evening, Mr. Cannon of the Navy League. Mr, Cannon proceeded to outline the ob- jects of the Navy League in a most interesting manner telling many strik- ing events in connections with their work. Since 1916 over 30,000 Sea Cadets had been trained in ways of the navy and without exception they had been turned out as fine young men, Hostels had been built to handle ship- wrecked and torpedoed sailors. He stressed the need for Ditty bags. Over 100,000 had been turned in by the people of Canada. Thousands of Navy men were cheered at Christmas with the gift of a Ditty bag. He felt that the training of Sea Cadets reduced juvenile deliquency. The need for magazines was as great as ever. Bundles were placed on every ship, and they were greatly appreciated by the men, President Wilf. thanked Mr. Can- non for his interesting remarks and suggestions were presented for the local organization to carry on the work in Town for the coming year. The meeting closed with the usual Lions', Song. WESTFIELD 'Messrs Ronald Taylor and Donald Campbell spent a few days holidaying at Algonquin Park and vicinity. Messrs Ernest Snell, Gordon Snell and Donald Snell were Preston visitors last week. The Y. P, met on Wednesday aye- ning with a good attendance. The program. was in charge of Eileen Tay- lor. The topic was given by J. Hill, Prayer, Eileen Toylor. Scripture was read by Eddie Taylor, Social activ- ities 'were enjoyed. Mr, and Mrs. Norman ,Carter and Miss Joyce of Clinton, were week-end guests at the home of Mr, and Mrs. W. F, Oampbeli. Pte, Hamm Rosman of London, spent last week with his. parents, Mr, and Mrs, Maurice Rosman. Mr, and Mrs, Walter Davis, Mrs. Ernest Davis and babe of Stratford, Mrs, J. Harrison of Goderich, were guests on Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs, W. A. Campbell. Mr, and Mrs, Douglas Campbell and John, Miss Janett Snell, visited with Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Horne of Windsor, Mrs. P. Taylor, Mrs. S, Taylor of Blyth, Miss. Tenn McKenzie of Camp- bellville, visited on Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. A. E, Walsh. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Deans and Eliza- beth of Wingham, visited on Sunday with .Mr. and Mrs. Norman McDowell, Mrs, Brooks of Teeswater, is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Maurice Bosman. IlOWICK CHILDREN Heavy Rain Upset Some of the Plans The second annual ;Children's Frolic, sponsored by the Howick Lions Club, was held in Fordwich Park on Thurs- day, June 14th, and but for the fickleness of the weather would have been a howling success, Almost every school section in the township was represented in the cali- thumpian parade, which formed at the post office corner and proceeded to the park, headed by 5, H. Neill's sound equip.mant from Gorrie. Here the judges made their selection of prize winners in the,parade as follows: 1st., S. 8'. 17 (Fordwich) $5.00; 2nd., S. S. 4, north of Gorrie $3.00; 3rd., S.. S. 8, (Gough's school) $2.00;. There were many decorated bicycles, etc., which added much to tie parade, which for a start was very good. It is hoped that next year even more in- terest will be shown in this feature. President 'Cloyne Michel, in a .brief address) welcomed the children and the parents. Inspector J. M. Game and his assistant, Mr. Gilroy, also made brief remarks, commending the Lions Club for the enterprise shown in child welfare and entertainment. Tailtwister Ken. Edgar, as master of ceremonies, then announced the yari- FREDERICK A. PARKER OSTEOPATH Offices: Centre St., Wingham Osteopathic and Electric Treat- ments, Foot Technique. Phone 272. Wingham. J, A. FOX • Chiropractor and Drugless Therapist. RADIONIC EQUIPMENT COMPLETE HEALTH SERVICE Phone 191. ous events over the loudspeaker sys- tem. Races for all age groups up to 17 year were run off, including a wheelbarrow race, relays, etc,, also high and broad jumps for Confirm- atipn School pupils. Then came the tug-of-war between Lions and non- Lions, the latter taking the decision, The first of two softball games, be- tween Gorrie and Wroxeter girls, was by this time under way and had ad- vanced to the second inning when the rain, which had been threatening for some time, drove everyone to shelter, And did it rain! Of course, that dampened spirits as well as the ground but the program was proceeded with in the rink, under some difficulty, Each child had been provided with tickets for three free treats at the re- freshment, booth, In the confusion of transferring supplies into the rink when the storm broke, a box of re- deemed tickets was upset on the ground. Many children were seen to be salvaging these, necessitating the booth committee refusing to accept further tickets for free treats, It was thought that by this time most chil- dren would have used their tickets, but if any child was refused on a legimate ticket the club is sincerely sorry. The orchestral selections provided by a group of pupils under direction of iMr. Arnold Earl, was much appreciat- ed, as was the quizz contest conducted by Ken Edgar, At about six o'clock lunch was serv- ed, the parents having co-operated splendidly in providing more than enough for everyone. The weather having cleared, though the ground was still wet, it was at- tetripted to proceed with the softball games. Some of the players from Wroxeter had gone home, however, so an exhibition game was played, Ford- wich girls substituting in the line-ups. It is intended, we understand, to play this series at some future time, Wrox- eter and Gorrie in the opening game and Fordwich playing the winner, The dance in the rink at night was also marred by the resumption of the rain, but a very good crowd turned out nevertheless. The Lions Club, is most grateful for the wonderful co-operation displayed by the public in general, both during the afternoon and in the evening. OVERSEAS LETTERS OF LOCAL INTEREST The following letter from L/Cpl. A. G. Furness to his -wife, tells of a Dutch family with whom he ,became acquainted. A3755 ,L/Cpl. Furness A. G. No. 1 F. D. S. Cdn, Army Overseas. May 29th, 1945. Dearest Flo:- Just a few lines to explain this gift, it is from Mr. and Mrs. Van Empelen. They and their family are •very good friends of mine and very nice people. Their home has been open to me dear, ever since I came here, and they have done a lot for me, So last night when I went there Mrs. Van Empelen said she had something for me to send to my wife from her and her family, of course they could not get anything very expensive as there is very little to get, so she got the silver spoon made from Dutch money, then she heard me say I would like you to see the Tulip .fields so she went up to her room and got me this small oil paint- ing of the .fields. It is very real too and on the back of the picture you will see what they have written, think it is very nice and I hope you like it. That picture has hung in their room for loony yeors and is rather old so it makes a good souviner. Then they wanted me to have a picture of the family so they gave me the other 2 snaps to send also. Now a little about the Van Empelen family. They were very well-to-do people before the war and are not too bad off now, they hold a high place in the town society.. Mr, Van Empelen was the head horticulturalist for Hol- land before the war and has travelled a lot with flower exhibits, Now lie owns Nlarge flower shop here in town. The children are all very nice and all the youngsters speak English as they had an English teacher. I will type their address on the bot- tom of this letter and'it would be very nice if you would write a few lines to them and thank them for the presents. Oh, yes, they would like a picture of us together, do you think you could get one from some of the ones we have at home and send them one, Maybe a copy of our wedding picture. There is no other news from here, so I will close for now. Your ever loving husband, Art. * * * The following letter was received by the Ladies' Auxiliary to the Legion from Jack Herd. We are sure our readers will find it very interesting. Germany, April 11th, 1945 Ladies' Auxiliary, Canadian Legion, Wingham, Ontario. Dear Ladies:- Just a few lines which should have been written quite sometime ago, have had very good intentions, but that doesn't get the letters written. I went to England in January on leave, and since that time haven't been able to get caught up on my mail, When I returned from leave ^ the box of chocolates you sent had arrived, and must say they were appreciated very much. I always did like chocolate, but they seem to taste so much better over here than they did at home. About two weeks later I received the box that your Auxiliary had sent to De Miller. When De was repatriated he was good enough to have his parc- els transferred to me, I don't know just how to say Double Thanks but that is what it should be as I sure received double enjoyment out of the chocolates. We are 'very fortunate on our station have always had a branch of the Canadian Legion with us. They do a grand job in providing entertainment etc., for the fellows. Quite often they have to work under conditions that are not the best. When we go to one of the many shows that they put on, we don't have a comfortable place like the Lyceum, but a large tent or our mess hall and a few petrol (that is English for gaso- line) cans and we get just as much fun out of it. They have reading and writing rooms and provide us with plenty of stationery, so we have no excuse for not writing. Right now with the nice weather, they are un- packing boxes of sports equipment of all, kinds and the fellows are making good use of it.' Now that we are in Germany we are going to have to en- tertain ,ourselves so you can easily understand why the Legion is so popu- lar. It is always interesting to read in the papers from home, about the dif- ferent activities of the Legion, You feel that before you get home there is a sound organization working for you to ensure that we get a square deal, I am quite sure that the membership will grow by leaps and bounds when the fellows from here get back, Over a month ago I had an oppor- tunity of going well into Germany. I found it most interesting, The Father- land is well kept, clean and looks very prosperous. Many of the highways that we were on, were just like our Queen Elizabeth Way from Toronto, The towns and villages are modern and homes very up-to-date, Of course our bombers have adjusted the scenery slightly in some of the towns, and believe the Army has done any that was left undone. Last August I came through parts of France that had been absolutely flattened. It was a sick- ening sight to see the people coming , back with their little carts carrying their few belongings, to their homes which now were nothing but a pile of rubble, This time I had an entirely different feeling as I looked at the same type of rubble lying in German towns. Perhaps now they will realize just what this little game'is like that they thought would be a good idea to start. We were in one group of Apartment houses, and from the looks of it they certainly haven't been going without anything there. Quite a few of things there had "Made in Holland, France or Bel- gium". They had modern kitchens, lovely rugs, and plenty of good furni- ture. Most of the people seemed very sullen, and sure don't give you any "V" for Victory signs as you pass along. I think it must be rather be- wildering to them after being told how this would never happen to them. I must end this line of chatter or you will have grown weary listening to it. Thanks again for the chocolates, and hope to see you all before this year is out. Kind regards, Jack Herd. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Gorrie, Ont., June 8th, 1945, Dear Editor:- With a warm appreciation of your generosity in publishing a brief com- mentary on current events when last I visited your beloved country in June 1939. Embolden thereby I am here for- warding another brief review of econ- omic aspects and other matters which I have felt and observed since leaving my adopted home in Saskatchewan. The last time I visited my natal county and meandered over my boy- hood stamping grounds the dark clouds of a 'bloody war hung menac- ingly over our nation's head. A few brief months after my return to my home in the West those clouds burst with threatening fury and since then for more than five years our people have lived in a vale of suspense, pain and anguish and in the befitting phrase of our great nation's leader Winston Churchill, were asked to fight that war to a victorious peace "through ,sweat, blood and tears". This your courageous people did in this fair province and so did your corn- THERE is NO OTHER /We Ide TOBACCO OLD UM patriots on those far western prairies stretching toward the setting sun, I made a brief stop-aver in thnt great bustling metropolis and gateway to things Western, With the old trite in my analytic mind "as Rome goes so goes the em- pire" I wanted to take the spiritual,, commercial and economic measure of this thrifty cosmopolitan centre which. I deemed would reflect the whole im- mediate pattern of the West, Here are some of the more signifi- cant things which impressed me. The spotlessly clean spacious thor- oughfare surging with well dressed and finely groomed citizenry with that look of "go and get it" confidence upon their faces which bespeaks thrift and prosperity. Perhaps the phase which impressed me most because it reflects in a more true measure the real status of any community and "the things which are to be" was the continuous surge of the working man to and from work dressed snugly in blue jeans and well filled dinner pails tucked under their arms and a look of confidenec upon their faces. They crowded the street cars and pavements in hundred at 8 a,m, each morning on their way to work at factory, mill, car shops and cordite plants. As I viewed that heartening picture my vivid memory reverted backward, in a voluntary contrastral review of those years between 1929-1939 when our land languished in the slough of despond and helpless defeatism. When. nearly half a million of these same, men and their sons trudged those same city pavements with weary feet and empty stomachs in search of a job. but finding it not. Riding the bump- ers from city to city, from town to town only to find the "not wanted" sign at every juncture. What of the post war down the trail. Must our ingenious young and virile nation with her sparce population of highly educated 12 millions iiving in, a land. of so mlich potential wealth of' resources like a dumb animal bow it's head to the approaching storm. Must Canadians, accept as inevitable each approaching cycle of depression, are such depressions to be destiny's retribute to our mastery of art, science and industry? .These are some of the questions which require an immediate answer. These are some of the freedoms in- volved for which our sons have been fighting. They will be returning in a few brief months and shall demand an answer. Are our leaders in our Legislative halls fitted with that broad internation- al vision, the courage and fortitude to bring "that better day?" Sincerely yours, D. 5. McLeod. Visitor: "To what do you attribute such good health at your advanced age?" Oldest Inhabitant: "Well, I reckon I got off to a good start before people invented them vitamins." LIONS ENTERTAIN fog pipg OR ROLLING YOUR OWN ./ years just K. M. MatENNAN Veterinary Surgeon Office - Victoria St., West. Formerly the Hayden Residence PHONE 196 Wingham, Ontario DR. W. M. CONNELL PKYSICIAN AND SURGEON ' Phone 1