The Wingham Advance-Times, 1947-07-24, Page 3REMINISCINfi
FORTY YEARS AGO '
• Personals-Miss B. IT. Reynolds and
her sister from St. Thomas, are on a
pleasant. outing to points in Quebec.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hill left on Sat-
urday for a few • weeks' visit at Bay
VieW, Michigan. "Robert Galbraith of
Chatham is spending the • holidays at
his honk in town. Misses Viola and
Greta Davidson are holidaying at Ex-
eter.
Local Items-Water-mains are to be
laid on Main street from Patrick to
John streetr'a sufficient number have
agreed to use the water, W. H. Green
has completed the cement work on his
five residences,: and the brickwork has .
been commenced (Leopold street sea-
idences now occupied by the Edgar,
Skim, Haney, .Stainton and Cantelon
families), The children of the town
Sunday :Scholars, and many of larger.
growth also, are anticipating an enjoy-
able day at Kincardine oil August 1st,
An Assistant Gardner-An agricul-
tUrAl paper ,says;- "By 'actual inspcc
lion of a big, fat toad's stomach, it was
found to contain not less than 50 large
grapevine worms, 5$ potato bugs, 60
sowbugs, 40 angle worms and 30 cab-
bage worms, with, by way of season-,
ing, numerous flies and mosquitoes,
Now multiply this; and 1 think you will
appreciate the value of an army of
tOadsten your premise's.
Belgrave-John Wilford, and wife of.
Blyth visited at Wm. Wray's last Fri-
day. Mrs, McClelland, Miss Janetta.
Black ofArrOxeter and Mrs, Buchanan
of Walton are the guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Sproat. Mr, and Mrs, John Mc
Cool and children of Wingham spent a
few days with Mrs, Mccool's parents,
Mr. and Mrs, Hopper, last week.
Why Not Try 'Ti's -The Examin-
er reports that William Miles of Peter-
boro harvested. his first crop of pota-
toes on June 17th, In doing this Mr.
Miles did not"throw away the tops; in-
stead he merely stripped the market-
able potatoes, re-planted the vines, and
fertilized the ground: On July 6th he
harvested a second crop from the same
lines. Last year, the Examiner says,
Mr. Miles gathered three pickings from
the same roots, and he hopes to repeat
the performance this year.
East Wawanosh Thos. Bell, 5th
line, raised his new barn this week.
Gordon Snell is engaged with J, E.
Noble, 6th line, for the harvest months,
Geo. Wallace of Donneybrook purchas-
ed a fine new Duplex - gramaphone re-
cently. Peter W. Scott, 6th line, return-
ed home last Friday, after spending a
week at Ottawa, *
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
Playing Good Ball-Win Morden,
One of the Wingham old home 'brew,
got his name re-decorated in the base-
ball hall of fame on Thursday, July 20,
when he pitched a no-hit, no-run game
for Wingham in Kincardine, and de-
feated the boys from the Lakeside
town 5 to 0, The Wingham boys are
now the winners of Group No. 3 in the
Northern League.
Personals - Mr. and Mrs. Claude
Gregory and little babe motored from
Toronto on Saturday and returned on
Sunday accompanied' by Mr. G. W
Hotchkiss & Angus
'Phone FOOD MARKET 'Phone
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FLUFFS 25c 39c
We carry a large stock of 'CERT°, ZINC RINGS,
JAR RUBBERS, PAROWAX, SMALL and
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Chateau Cream Old Dutch salad
CHEESE, 8 oz. pkg. 23c DRESSING, 16 oz. 45c
Toilet Strike Anywhere
TISSUE . .3 rolls 25c MATCHES, 3' boxes 2k
Heinz All varieties Aylmer VEGETABLE
Infants Foods, 3 for'25c SOUP 2 tins 19c
Dr. Ballard'i PARD
Dog Food, 20. oz. tin 16-c DOG FOOD, 16 oz. 15c
General-Electric 25, 40, 60 watt
LIGHT BULBS 15c
Club House Pure Raspberry Flavour
JELLY POWDER 4 oz. 15c
AMMONIA ...:2 for 11c CLEANSER, tin :5c
Snow Flake Classic
JAVEX, bottle . 14c CHAMP, pkg. 10c
FRUIT and VEGETABLES
Juicy Juicy Size 220
LEMONS.... 6 for 25c I ORANGES, doz. 45c
GRAPEFRUIT
5 for 25c
Large Firm Cabbage, Lettuce, Tomatoes, Carrots,
Cucumbers, Canteloupes, Bananas, Potatoes
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Gallons $3.95 •-• treats 80-150 peals;
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That 100-horsepower, V-type, 8-cylinder Mercury
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Beauty too, outside and in. Long, low lines.
A gleaming front with real style. Luxurious
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Handsome two-spoke steering wheel, -
And with all these features, Mercury 114 is
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Rim and wheel studs, bolts and nuts for most cars and trucks
50 to 18c
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LOCK-ON
OAS TANK
„ CAPS, 1.79
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'CAPS
ANTOMOTIVA .
WIRE
Lighting and gen-
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foot .... 2 va c
Heavy duty horn & lighting cable,
foot
Hi-Tension Igni-tion wire, D. 642
STOPLIGHT
SWITCHES
For most manual braking systems.
. 34c
F o r hydraulic brake • systems-
Standard 34o.
Heavy duty 590
OIL FILTERS
Complete replace-
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Replacement cartridges OSe
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7.00/15 22.40
6.00/16 17.25
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5.25.5.50/17 15.50
5.25-5.50/18 14.10'
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PISTON RINGS
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SPRING SHACKLE SETS
HYDRAULIC BRAKE PARTS
CLUTCH FACINGS AND PLATES
GASKETS SPEEDOMETER CABtJIS mugs LININGS MUFFLER REPAIR SLEEVES
Ample Stooks
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For Coro and
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PISTONS AND PISTON PINS
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Thursday, July 24,1947 TH1 WINGHAM ADVANCE-TIIOS AGZ '111
Buchanan and Miss Margaret Piper.
Mr. , and Mrs. Peter Gowans left on
Tuesday for a visit with relatives in
Sault Ste. Marie. .Misses Louise Han-
14. !tt
Telephone 459
Crossett Motor Sales
MERCURY. - LINCOLN
al es es es Wingham, Ontario
;la, Elsie Blackball and Mary Coscia'
ore spending a couple of weeks at the
Canadian Girls In Training .Camp at
Kincardine beach.
Chautauqua Will :Return-This sea-
son's Ciiinauqua was 14Ought to a close
on ..Yriday evening by the finest pro-
gram of the series, consisting •of
lent vocal numbers by the Embers
Male Quartette and a masterly addresS
on "The Task of a Nation" by Dr, Gco.
W. Kerby, president of Mount Royal
College, Calgary, The musical part of
the week's entertainment, provided by
the Ferguson Operatic Quintette,
Herbert McEarren and his• instrumen-
tal quartette, Miss Hazel, Huntington,
New York Prima Donna Soprano, Mr.
Gabriel Hines,the noted composer,
pianist and lecturer, the Crernena Or-
chestra and Embers Male Quartette,
was of the usual high order provided
by Chautauqua, and gave much pleas-
ure and. inspiration,
An Appreciation - Wingham, Ont.,
July 21st, 1922, Mr, A, G, Smith,
Wingham, Ontario. Dear Sir:- We
the undersigned officers and guaran-
tors for Chautauqua wish to express
our appreciation of the manner in
Which you conducted the advertising
campaign for this year's Chatauqua al-
so for the large amount of free readers
you gave in your _paper, The Wingham
Advance:' (Signed) W. J, Greer, H. B.
Elliott, F. J, Hill, J, R. Peters, J. W.
Hanna, 1', Fells, J. A. Wright, supt.;
Frank R, Howson, J, M. Graham, W.
F. VanStone, A. Tipling, S. Bennett,
Thos. Kew, Dr. R, C. Redmond, W. H,
'Willis, H. E. Lsard, Reg, S. Williams,
J, A. Mills, Peter W. Scott, W. H.
Gurney, Dr. R. L. Stewart, W. H. Rio-
toul, Arthur J. Nortrop, E. J. Mitchell,
H. C. MacLean. (Ed note; each of the
guarantors was called upon to pay
$12.75 to make up the deficit for the
week's Chautauqua.
Edwards-Casemore Nuptials -The
home of Mrs. J. Casemore, 131 Nile
St„ Stratford, was the beautiful setting
for the marriage of her only daughter,
Lillian, to Mr. Clayton Edwards;•-son
of Mr. and Mrs. George Edwards, of
Stratford, on Wednesday afternoon,,
Rev.°H. Campbell Plant, of the Me-
morial Baptist Church, officiated,
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FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
ir---eannierenscesnignsinsistiorns vv
Inscriptions Repairing
Sandblasting Memorials
25 years experience
The latest in Portable Sandblast
Equipment
All Work Personally Zxectittd
Wm. Brownlie
Personals - Misses Harriet Sutton
and Luella Hopper arc at present visit-
lug in Detroit. Mr. and Mrs. W, A.
Campbell and Mrs. T. Gregory are in
town for the summer, Mr. ,and Mrs.
W. J. Spence, of Palmerston, were
week-end visitors with Mr. and Mrs:It.
A. Spotton.
Gorrie-Mr. and Mrs. R. 5. Iineston,
also Knowlson Hueston, Mrs, Carol
Gregg and family, spent the week-end
at Bruce Beach. Mr. and Mrs. G. S.
King and son Harold, Mr. and Mrs. C.
King, Mr. and Mrs. Musgrove and
Jackie, also Miss Irene King, spent
Sunday at Kincardine and Bruce Beach.
Mr. and Mi;s. C. Black, also Miss Ag-
nes Edgar were guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Cameron Edgar on Sunday.
Wroxeter-,Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Wen-
dt and N. Hall were in Clinton on Sun-
day. ,Mr, and Mrs. Gordon Gallaher,
of Brussels, called on Mr. and Mrs. W.
Gallaher. on Wednesday. Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Kitchen are visiting in Tor-
onto. Mr, and Mrs. J. N. Allen, Mr.
and Mrs. J. J. Allen, of town, MiSs
Muriel Elliott, olso Mr. Harry Allen,
of Brussels, spent Sunday at London.
Whitechurch-Mr. and Mrs. Stuart
Scott, of Cttlross, spent Sunday at the
home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.
Conn, Mr. and Mrs, Albert Cameron
and family of Ashfield, spent Sunday
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Par-
don, Mr. and Mrs. Amos Cornelius
and Carl Vanner visited on Saturday
with Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Smith, of
Lucknow.
Wingham Again Defeats Lucknow-
As expected, the baseball game at
Lucknow last Friday was close with
Wingham winning 3 to 2. ,Cottrill for
Wingham and Irwin for Lucknow
once more staged a pitcher's battle,
Lucknow getting only one hit and
Wingham three. Line-ups: 'Wingham-
Howson, 1b; Somers, Zb; Groves, c;
Lediet, 3b; W. Tiffin, ss; J. Tiffin, rf;
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Box 373 'Phone 450
Alfred St. Wingham