The Wingham Advance-Times, 1945-12-06, Page 1EXCELLENT PROGRAM /
AT COMMENCEMENT
Town Hall Filled To Capacity For
Two Presentations
'The annual Commencement Exercis-
es of the Wingham High, School were
held in the Town Hall, on November
29th and 30th, where, a capacity crowd
thoroughly enjoyed the excellent pres-
entation both nights.
After the chairman's address by Mr,
W. H. French, the following secondary
:school diplomas were presented by Mr.
'G. C. Gammage: M, Elizabeth Abrah-
am, Milton Brown, M. Grace Bryce,
Grace M.' Coulter, A, Irene Curie, John
:A. Currie, Joyce E, Darling, Mabelle
D. Dunkin, Maitland Edgar, Edwin A,
Elston, Grace E. Golley, Dorothy E,
Hamilton, Shirley E. Nethery, Margar-
et E. Nimmo, Ross S, Procter, M. Pat-
-ricia Shaw,
Mr. W. J. Henderson Presented
Scholarships to the following students:
Patricia Shaw and IMalselle Dunkin,
Provincial Scrolarship; Milton Brown,
Jack Currie, Joyce Darling, winners of
the Marion I. White Scholarship in
French; Edna Higgins, High School
Entrance SCholarship, donated by the
"Laidlaw Fur Farm.
The Field Day Athletic Awards
were given by Mr. R. R. Hobden to
-the following: Senior Girls, Irene
Curie;' Intermediate Girls, Margaret
McDonald;, Junior Girls, Eleanor Dey-
ell; Senior Boys, Harold Henry; In-
termediate Boys, Wilfred Self.'; Junior
Boys, Jack Brophy.
Mr. W. H. French presented the
cash prizes as follows: Grade XIII,
Mary Meahen, donated by T. C. King,
Proficiency; Grade XIII, Evan Keith,
"by J, Harley Crawford, Math. &
(Continued on page five)
Held Successful Tea
The Ladies Guild of St. Paul's
Anglican Church held a very successful
-aftern000n tea and sale in the Parish
Ball on Saturday afternoon.
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DISTRICT ELECTIONS
Culross
School Board (first five lected) —
Alex. Donaldson, Graham Moffatt, Ray
Dobson, George Marshall, Walter Ri-
chardson and George King and T. P.
O'Malley.
Blyth
Reeve—Frank Bainton 249. W, H.
Morritt 133.
Ashfield
Reeve — Cecil Johnston 537; Fred
Anderson 315.
Council—(first four elected) Eimer
(Graham 528, R. A. Grant 500, Melvin
Dickson 479, Ray Dalton 430; defeated
'Frank Hamilton 297, Earl McDonald
-241.
School Trustees—Roy McKay 398,
Walter Alton 387, William Hunter 383,
T. Marvin Durnin 376, Walter Tigert
267; defeated, Lloyd Robb 295, Glen
Campbell 263.
Colborne
Reeve — Alex. Watson 238, Harry
McCres.th 121, William Clark 51.
School trustees—Homer Brooks 215,
Tait Clark 212; defeated, Fordyee
Clark 199.
Goderich
Mayor—D, D. Mooney 1,060, Ray
Burton Robinson 211.
Reeve—R, E. Turner 659, W.3. Ba-
ker 618,
Council—George Matheson 787, R.
G. Sanderson 679, Arthur Kaitting 658,
Thomas Taylor 651, Joseph Moody
686, Albert l3rereton 608; defeated, J.
E. Ktickins 08, Richard H. Cornish
857.
Public School trustee—St. David's
Ward-4', Roy Patterson 08, Mrs. iS,
Argyle 126.
Brant
Deputy Reeve—Leonard tong 288,
GliffOrd Ma5ttry 176, Alfred Sa6IcsA.88.
TWO BLOCK JINX
ON SHUTER STREET
Troubles Are Plenty On This Street
It is a good thing we are not super-
stitious for there would appear to be a
jinx on the residents of Shuter St„
this autumn.
In September. Mrs. VanNorman fell
and broke her hip and a few days later,
Mr. Claire Adanis, who resided next
door, passed.away. Since then Mr. W.
Leggatt in the next house has had the
end of his thumb cut off by a machine
in Browns' Factory.
In the next house along the street,
Mrs, j. Wade has had the misfortune.
to have had two major operations
within the last six months, Across the
street from her Mrs. George Spotton
suffered a very severe stroke for
which she is still confined to the Wing-
ham General Hospital. Next door to
Mrs. Spotton's residence Mr. Alva
Walker is •spending three •months;) in
bed recuperating from a very severe
heart attack, Mr. and Mrs. Oke seem
to have escaped the jinx but in the
next house Capt. W. J. Adams has
been in bed suffering from bronchitis
for the past week.
Coming again to the West side of
Shuter St., Mrs. Maude Dodds was
very ill for several weeks but we are
glad to say has recovered and is
around again. Two doors from her
place we find Mr. H. Johnson not as
well as usual, he has long suffered
from heart trouble.
Coming to our own duplex, Mrs. F.
W. French, who resided in the upper
apartment passed away a month ago,
after a long illness.
This reads like along tale of woe,
and indeed it is, but we think it is a
record for two short blocks on one
street in any town.
ANOTHER ROAM
BOY HAS RETURNED
Frank Kelly Spent the Week-end Here
Pte Frank Kelly, who returned from
overseas last week, spent the week-end
intown the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Har-
vey`Groves. Prior to enlisting in a L.
A. A. battery in the summer of 1942,
he was employed at the' Gurney Fac-
tory. Frank appeared to be in good
health and he was very happy to 'be
back, He went to France a month
after D-Day and continued with his
unit throughout the fighting in Bel-
gium, Holland and Germany. He is
spending his 30 day leave with his pat
ents in Acton,
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WINNAM ELECTS TWO _
NEW COUNCILLORS
John P. McKibbon Headed the Poll,
George Scott Elected Trustee
In. Ward Two
In the election for council here on
Monday two new members were elect-
ed, John McKibbon, who headed the
poll, and Ronald Rae,who was third on
the list. The others elected who were
members of last years council were
Duncan Kennedy, R, H. Lloyd, Mur-
ray Johnson and Jack Reavie.
There was' an election for Public
School Trustee in only one ward, Ward
2, and George R. Spott was re-elected
over his opponent Frank Johnson 118
to 34,
At the nomination held last week,
Mayor Fred L. Davidson, Reeve J. J.
Evans and Commissioner A. J. Walk-
er received acclamations as did the fol-
lowing for school trustee: Ward 1, W.
T. Cruickshank; Ward 3, C. W, Lloyd;
Ward 4, Herbert Fuller.
The Vote for Council
1 2 3 4 5 Tot.
McKibbon ... 77 84 119 112 52 444
Kennedy 64 98 102 118 38 420
Rae 69 75 88 112 38 382
Lloyd 60 82 108 103 28 381
Johnson 61 62 85 86 42 326
Reavie 57 74 84 90 19 324
Defeated
Campbell 50 60 80 87 42 319
Aimstrong 37 46 100 65 46 294
Wilkinson ...32 57 77 89 15 270
Spry 35 47 50 39 18 189
SOLDIER'S WIFE
*TO ARRIVE SOON
Among Canadian Amy and Navy
wives who will arrive in Canada short-
ly from overseas abroad the S. S.
Cavina, is Mrs. Beatrice M. Finley,
wife of Pte. Edward A. Finley of town,
Mrs. Finley will proceed to the home
of her mother-in-law, Mrs. Laura Fin-
ley, upon her arrival.
Edward and Beatrice Mary Dickson,
of Nelson, Lancashire, were married
MarCh 5th., this year in St, Mark's
Anglican Church, London. Edward's
brother Warnold was also married
overseas, and his wife and 2% year
old daughter, Pauline Laura, are still
in England.
Engagement Announcement
Mr. and Mrs. Philip Wrigley, 1lalk-
land Road, Victoria, B. C., wish to an-
nounce the engagement of their only
daughter, Greta Olive, to Fit. Lt.
Richard Irwin, R.C.A.F., son of Mr.
and Mrs. J. H. Irwin, Wingham, Ont.
The wedding will take place, Decem-
ber 22nd., at Oak Bay United Church,
Euchre, Dance, Belgrave, Dec. 12th •
A euchre and dance will be held in
the Forester's Hall, Belgrave, on Wed-
nesday, December 12th. Euchre start-
ing at 8.30. Lunch counter in the hall,
A draw will be made for a chicken.
Admission 35 cents. Proceeds for the
Belgrave Skating Rink. Everybody
welcome.
Won County Oratorical Contest
- Herbert Jobb, Listowel, eighth grade
pupil won the Perth County oratorical
contest and will represent that district
at the provincial oratory contest at To-
ronto next spring. He is the 13-year-
old son of .Mrs. H. J, Jobb of Listow-
el, the former Bessie Abel and ,a form-
er Wingham resident. His father the
late H. J. Jobb was also well known
here as he was also a former resident.
W. OA. A. DISBANDS •
At a special meeting of the former
W. 0. H, A, members of this district
a motion was passed to disband this
organization. Sport fans will remem-
ber this league which operated prior to
1938 a junior and intermediate series
Under the leadership of J, McDon-
ald, of Chesley as president, and Har-
vey Lucas, Hanover, as secretary-
treasurer. Ed °. Williams, a former
Wnigham resident, was a_ member of
the exetutive. As a result of this dec-
ision the W.O.A,A, will benefit finan-
cially as their funds were donated to
the W.O.A.A, as well as the trophies,
Group winners in the Midget Ban-
tarn and juvenile series of the W.0.
A,A will .na* be able to enter the 0,
M,H.A, finals, as a result of a recent
affiliation discussed in Toronto,
The W.O.A,A, will have this winter
a league for every class in hockey in.'
eluding a ladies league:
MEN TEACHERS OF
DISTRICT MET HERE
Officers Elected For Ensuing Year
On Thursday evening at the Public
School here the annual meeting of the
Men Teachers' Federation for District
No. 15, was held when the following
officers were elected.
'Vice
—Mrs. Jolly of Mitchell
'Vice-Pres.—T. Stewart Beattie of
Wingham
Seey-Treas.=-G. Kroph,of Stratford
District Repr es en t a tiv e—E. R,
Crawford of Stratford
The annual meeting of the Men
Teachers' Federation of Ontario will
be held during the Christmas holidays
in Torontto, and a number of resolut-
ions which will be presented at this
meeting were discussed.
BAD LUCK FOLLOWS
WAWANOSH YOUTH
Bobbie Currie Had Chapter Of Acci-
dents and Sickness
Early Thursday morning, Bobbie„
Currie, 12-year-old son of Cpl. and
Mrs. George Currie, 12th cos cession of
East Wawanosh, underwent an emer-
gency appendectomy, in the Winghim
General Hospital. This is just one in
a series of misfortunes which he has
had this year. In February he fractur-
ed his nose while skiing, while haying
in July he fell from the load and
sprained his ankle, and Hallowe'en he
fractured the same ankle and he was
out of the cast just one week when he
was rushed to the hospital for the
emergency operation.
FARMERS ATTENTION!
At a meeting to be reld in the Ag-
ricultural Board Room, Department of
Agriculture, Clinton, at 1.30 p. m., on
Friday this week, December 7th, a
Crop Improvement Association will be
organized. The speakers will be J. D.
McLeod, Toronto, secretary treasurer
of the Ontario Crop' Improvement
Association and Alex M. Stewart of
Ailsa Craig, past president of the As-
sociation., All are invited.
Curling Company Annual Monday
The annual meeting' of the share-
holders of the Wingham Curling Club
Company, will be held on Monday ev-
ening, December 10th., at 7.30 o'clock,
at the rink.
Fractured Leg In Fall
Mrs. Nettie Radford had the mis-
fortune last week to fall and fracture
her leg at the knee. This is the same
leg that- she had injured previously.
The accident happened at the home of
her, son-in-law, Jack Colvin. She is
at present in Wingham General Hospi-
tal and friends wish her a speedy re-.
covery,
FIVE VETERANS JOIN
THE LOCAL LEGION
Plans Made For Bingo Dec. 18th., and
For Social On the Eevening Of
Boxing Day
Each meeting of Wingham Legion
the membership is increased as veter-
ans of the Second World War join. At
the meeting last week five were, ad-
mitted into membership. It is hoped
that all veterans of the district will be-
come members,
It was decided to hold a Bingo on
the evening of Tuesday, Deceriaber
18th., when the draw for ten turkeys
on which the members are selling tic-
kets, will be made.
The annual meeting will be held on
the evening of Boxing Day and fol-
lowing this meeting a social time will
be held by the Legion and the Auxil-
iary.
The report of the Poppy sale was
given by W, G. Hamilton, who report-
ed on this activity was very successful.
Richard I3urbidge gave a report of
the Bingos held during the Summer, by
which mans a substantial sum was
raised for the building fund, Archie
Peebles gave a report of the Welfare
committee which showed that this coins
mittee had been active during the past
month.
Following the Meeting, Mr, W, A.
Galbraith showed two very irilpreSSIVe
reefs of picture which showed the pre.
patations prior to D-Day, the invasion
and the events leading in) 'to V-E Day.
SOLDIERS TO ARRIVE
ON QUEEN ELIZABETH
Several From This District Will Arrive
In New York Thursday
When the Queen Elizabeth docks at
New York on Thursday this week, a
number of Wingham and district sol-
diers will be that much nearer home
on their journey from overseas, It is
great to have our overseas boys arriv-
ing back and we extend to them a hear-
ty welcome, From Wingham on this
boat are Cpl. Wru. R. Harris, C. B. S.
H. A. (Bert) Mitchell, Pte. W. A. For-
syth, Pte. D. G. 'Rieh, Pte. G, Sinna-
mon. Last week Pte. Frank Kelly ar-
rived in Canada, Others from the dis-
trict are:, Pte. R. E. Willits of Turn-
berry; from Brussels, Cpl. M. C,
Thompson, Pte. L. F. Lamont, L. Sgt.
C. L. Workman, Tpr.":S, J. Hood, L.
Sgt. W. R. Elliott; L. Cpl. W. E. Dick-
ison, R. R. No. 3, Teeswater; • Pte. P.
Harrington, Pte. R. H. Govier, L. Cpl.
I. J. Matern, all of Blyth; Pte, E. W.
Schultz, Pte. A. H. Govier, both of
Auburn; Pte. W. E. Ritchie of Gorrie;
Cfn, J. W. Shannon, R. R. No. 4,
Walton; Pte. W. R. Inglis and Pte.
S. J. Lockwood of Atwood; L. Cpl. L.
L. Taylor, Lucknow; Cpl, A. J. Huidt,
Mildmay; L. Cpl. C. L. McIntosh,
Clifford; Pte. S. J. Weathersby of
Greenock, Sgt. S. Georfsky, a former
Wingham resident and now of Strat-
ford.
Cpl. Wm. R. Harris
Bill is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Percy
Harris, and his father is a veteran of
the last war. He enlisted in April,
1942, and proceeded overseas in Nov-
ember of the same year. He was a
signaller and went to the European
front D-Day plus 2 and saw service
through France, Belgium, Holland into
Germany. In March last year he was
married to Joan Bell of Norwich, His
wife came to Canada in June and has
been at the home of his parents await-
ing Bill's return. s '
C.S.M., H. A. (Bert) Mitchell
When the 99th battery went active
in Sept. 1941, Bert joined up with
them. He had been a member of this
unit for some time previous to that.
He went overseas with them in Aug-
ust, 1943, and was with them when
they went to France in the Invasion.
In AugUst at .Falaise he had his hip
injured in a motorcycle accident and
was in the hospital for some time. He
went back to Europe after V-E Day
but was with the C.A.O.F., not with his
old unit. When Bert gets home Ile will
be greeted by a son he has never seen.
Pte. W. A. Forsyth
Bill enlisted with the R.C.A.S.C., in
August 1941; and a year later went
overseas. Shortly after D-Day he was
in Normandy and carried on in action
through France, Belgium, Holland and
into Germany. When in England he
had the tough luck to be in a truck
accident and spent a couple of months
in the hospital. His brother, Stewart
was in Italy and is now with the Pro-
vost Corp in Belgium. They are sons
of Mrs. Alex Forsyth.
Pte. Glen Sinnanton
Glen enlisted in. August 1941 with
the R.C,A.S.C. and went overseas in
September, 1942. He went to France
shortly after D-Day and was with his
unit in Belgium, Holland and into Ger-
many. He is the son of Cpl, and Mrs.
Hugh Sinnarnon and his father is stat-
ioned. at Halifax with the R,C.A.F.
Hisibrother, Ken, is with the 99th bat:
tery, overseas, and his sister, Rheatha
was recently discharged from the C.
W.A.C.
Pte D. G. Rich
Don enlisted about 4% years ago
and has been overseas for 3% years.
After service in England he went to
France and saw service in Belgium,
Holland and Germany. He is the son
Of Mr, and Mrs. Ben Rich and they
have four boys in the service. Ed. came
home from overseas last May, Alf. is
with the army of occupation and Jack
is with the R.C.A.F, at Ottawa.
Sale Of Fancy Work and Tea
The 'Salvation Army Ladies' Home
League will hold a sale of fancy work
and serve afternoon tea on Saturday,
December 8th., at 3 p.m., in the S, A.
Hall, Edward St.
FILMS TO BE SHOWN
IN EAST WAWANOSH
National Film Board Pictures for the
Township of East Wawanosh will be
shown at S. S. No. 11 school at 2 p.m.,
on December rttlt, and in S. S. No. 9
school at 8 o'clock, the same evening,
The evening showing is for adults only.
TURNOERRY ELECTS
SCHOOL TRUSTEES
I. J. 'Wright and A. D. Smith Elected
For Two Year Term
Voters in Turnberry voted on Mon-
day for two school trustees for a term
of two years. I, j, Wright and A, D.
Smith were elected with David Eadie
a close runner up. Other members of
the school board are Elgin Johnston,
J. N. Walpole, J. Willits
At the nomination meeting recently
Walter Woods was given an acclama-
tion as reeve as was the council, Percy
King, j. Fischer, R. Powell and L. G.
Bryce.
The vote:
1 2 3 4 Tot.
I. J. Wright 64 45 42 22 173
A. D. Smith 17 101 29 9 156
D. Eadie 52 23 32 38 145
LEGION AUXILIARY TO
SEND CIGARETTES
Social Evening Was Planned
A social evening on boxing day was
planned at the regular meeting of the
Ladies Auxiliary to the Canadian
Legion when they met on Tuesday ev-
ening last in the Armouries. It was
decided to hold the next meeting on
the evening of Boxing Day previous to
the social gathering,
Mrs. M. Foxton volunteered to act
as a nominating committee to present
a slate of officers at the next meeting.
Arrangements were made to send cig-
arettes to servicemen who would not
be home for Christmas.
After the business was concluded,
Motion pictures showing the action-up
to V E Day were shown.
DO YOUR XMAS
MAILING EARLY
To insure delivery of Christmas let-
ters and Parcels the following dates for
mailing as supplied by the department
should be observed. United' States be-
fore Dec. 9th; British Columbia before
Dec. 14th.; Alberta and Saskatchewan,
before Dec. 15th.; Manitoba and the
Maritime Provinces, before Dec. 16th;
Ontario and Quebec, before Dec. 17th.
Local deliveries should be posted be-
fore December 18th.
Under Arrest
After an investigation by provincial
and county police, Francis Fryburger
was placed under arrest on Saturday.
He was taken off the bus between
Mitchell and Stratford when he was on
his way to Kitchener, to visit his par-
ents. It is alleged that a serious
charge has been made against him.
Must Pay For Pigs
In Huron County criminal court and
general sessions at Goderich, Monday,
with Judge H. D. Lang presiding,
judgment was given in favour of And-
rew Mitchell, drover, of Wingham,
against Garfield Finlay, Tttrnberry
Township, for $849.00, the value of
71 pigs for the theft of which Finlay
is serving a reformatory term. Judg-
ment by consent was given also against
John McKay out of court for the
same offence.
HURON FEDERATION
ANNUAL MEETING
W. Bolton of Dublin, Named President
W. Bolton, of Dublin, was elected
the new president of Huron Federation
of Agriculture at a banquet held in the
parish hall of St. Paul's church, Clin-
ton, on Thursday night. Between 200
and 250 persons were present.
Bert Lobb of Clinton, was elected
vice-president and W. V, Roy of Lon-
desboro, secretary.
The retiring president, Harry Sturdy
of Auburn, presided and guests were
welcomed by Reeve V. D. Falconer,
The program opened with a sing-song
led by Miss Cole and Percy Morgan
at the piano, metnebers of an array
troupe from Torontto which presented
the program,
Hugh Hill spoke on the Plowing
Match and Mr. Sturdy introduced Mr.
Milborn, Toronto, secretary of the pro-
vincial federation, who also addressed
the gathering, Principal speaker was
Rev, W. 3. Johnston, D, D., of Wing-
ton 'United Church, Toronto, who
chose as his subject, "The Bluebird of
Happiness."
Back At Canada Packers
We welcome back to this community
Pilot Officer Charles Dauphin, who
on Monday returned to town to take a
position with the Canada Packers.
Previous to enlisting in the R.C.A.F.,
Charles was employed by Canada Pac-
kers but was on the staff here for
some time prior to that time. Charles
has had many interesting and difficult
experiences since he left here. He was
a prisoner of war for some time.
Queen Elizabeth To Dock
'At New York
The decision to have the liner Queen
Elizabeth dock at New York was made
because it would be taking "unnecces-
sary risks" to have her alongside the
only pier suitable at Halifax due to its
exposure to possible southeasterly
gales, the Ministry of Transport said,
The announcement said the North At-
lantic Queen would arrive in New
York, December 6th., with 10,000
Canadian repatriates aboard,. She will
continue to rise the port throughout the
winter,
BRIDGE CLUB
Eight tables took part in the play
at the Wingham Bridge Club at the
regular weekly game which was held
Thursday evening, The results of the
play was as follows; North and South
—1st, Mrs. Art Wilson and George
Williams; 2nd Mrs. E. D. Bell and Mr,
Seip; 3rd. Mrs, A. R. DuVal and Don
Nasmith; 4th, Mrs. H. Campbell and
Mrs. G. Godkin; ‘5th. o, Col-
borne and Art Wilson, East and
West 1st, Mrs, Bert Porter and Miss
Isblater; 2nd. Mrs, 3. j. Brown and
Duncan Itermedy; 3rd, Gordon Mac-
Kay and Harley Crawford; 4th, Mrs.
A. E. VanStone and Mrs. H. C. Mac.
teat; 5th. Miss N. Dinsley and Bert
Porter.
BUSINESSMEN ,CONSIDER.
BARN ACCOMMODATION
Stores Will Be Open Friday, Saturday
and Monday Evenings Oa the DaYs
Preceeding Christmas
At a meeting of the Retail Merch-
ants' Assoeiation which was held on.
Thursday morning, accommodation
for Farmers' horses was a lively topic
and a committee was named to ar-
range said accommodation if at all pos-
sible.
Extra hours for Christmas shopping
was also discussed and it was decided
that stores would remain open on Fri-
day, Saturday and Monday evenings,
on the days preceeding Christmas Day,
This will give two extra evenings of
Christmas shopping, It was also de-
cided to observe the Wednesday half
holiday 'during December,
It was also decided that the stores
would not be open New Years' Eve but
would open for one half day on the
Wednesday following New Years' day.
A motion was passed requesting the
Council to declare Boxing Day a Pub-
lic Holiday.
PRESENTATION
•
The girls of station CKNX, on be-
half of the Staff and Management, met
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Gor-
'butt on Monday evening, to celebrate
Jack's Home-corning from Overseas,
and their recent marriage before Jack
left two years ago. The evening was
spent playing Bingo and Cards, after
which a tasty lunch was served by the
girls. The couple were presented with
an Occasional Arm Chair and Smoker
Stand. Margaret Brophy doing the
honours. Lillian and Jack, both gave
a suitable reply, thanking them for
their lovely gifts and Best Wishes.
Talked To Holland
Rutherford Reavie called his wife by
phone from Holland on Monday, but
by the time the call was through he
had been moved to England and Mrs.
Reavie talked with Rutherford's buddy,
who had been left in Holland.
Fractures Leg
While working at. Murray Johnson's
Garage ,on Wednesday morning last
week Jack Tiffin had the misfortune to
fracture his leg. He .was engaged in
.making repairs to the entrance of the
garage when he fell. His leg caught
in the scaffolding, causing the fracture.
We are glad.to report that he is pro-
gressing favourably.
Attended Progressive
Conservative Rally
Mr, John WI. Hanna, M. P. P.; Mr.
G. Ruttle, Ripley; Mr. Archie Court-
ney of Ripley; K. Hueston, Gorrie;
Robert Bowman, Brussels; and Foster
Moffatt of Teeswater. attended the an-
nual meeting of the Ontario Progres-
sive Conservative Association in Tor-
onto this week.
Miscellaneous Shower
Miss Eileen McLeod was the guest
of honour at a shower on Wednesday
evening last week held at the home of
Mrs, H. V. Pym. Hostesses were
Mrs: Pym, Mrs. 0. Habkirk and Mrs.
Robert Rae. Miss McLeod, who was
married on Saturday, received many
very useful and beautiful miscellaneous
gifts for which she expresses her ap-,
preciation and thanks.
NORMAN WELWOOD
SPOKE TO Y. P. U.
Life In A German Prison Camp Was
Subject Of His Talk
The Young People of Wingham Un-
ited Church held their third meeting of
the season on Sunday night in the
basement of the church.
The friendly limir got under way
with everyone singing the old, familiar
songs, led by De Millier. A brief de-
votional period was under the direction
of Russel Zurbrigg aided by Caroline
Wellwood, Our society is fortunate
indeed to have within its membership
a wide 'variety of outstanding talent,
The piano solo by Miss Jessie Currie,
was in keeping with the high standard
already evidenced, The main feature
of the evening was a talk by Norman
Welwood, who told some very interest-
ing -fads about prison life in GertnanY.
This was all first hand information, as
Norman has spent two and a half
years in a, German prison camp'.
The meeting closed with the Mizpalt
Benediction: