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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1951-06-20, Page 1Salvation Army Capt. Going to Timmins Friends in this community were sorry to learn this week that Captain and Mrs. Henry DeVrica and family will leave on Tuesday of next week for Timmins, Captian DeVries has been in charge of the local corps of the Salvation Army for two and a half years, and his cheerful, human way of meeting the people of the town, has made him extremely 'pop- ular throughout the town and dis- trict, Capt. DeVries will be succeeded by First Licut, 'and Mrs. Kirby- FIFTIETH WE0011% AT WilITECHURCH MUTTS ON STAGE FOR SHOW TONIGHT This is the big night (Wednes- day, that is). Boys and girls from both town and country are putting the final curl in the the pet pooch's tail in preparation for the Mutt Show at the Wingham Town Park, The show is beipg staged in connection Vielth the Lions Summer Carnival and there should ht plenty of fun for both old and young before the night is over. Prizes are offered for the largest dog and the smallest dog, the beet dressed dog and the dog with the !Longest tail, for the dog with the shortest tail, the dog which can do the most tricks and the dog which eats a dish of Dr. Ballard's "Health 'eod" in the shortest time. It is ev- en rumored that a few of the more determined 'owners have been starv- ing their entries since Sunday eve- nieg, Don't miss the fun, folks. The youngsters and the dogs will have a grand time and the older citizens, who have no entries for the show ring will have a good old-fashioned night out! Bruce Man Named To National Body James Powers, of Chepstow, see- retary-fieldmari for the Bruce Coun- ty Federation of Agriculture, has been accorded a signal honor in his appointment to the executive of the :National Farm Radio Forum. He is • the only representative of the thous- ands of Farm Forum members in the Deminion, and this is the first time that such a member has been ap- pointed. Up to the present the per- sonnel of the national executive has lateen made up of representatives from the Canadian Federation of Agricul- ture, the Canadian Association for Adult Education and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Last year Mr. Powers was chair- anan of the Ontario Farm Radio For-. a; name :.Cominiettee, -)Ha is.notv.. at :A* herst, N.S,, attending • a meeting 'of the national body. Lloyd Trebles at Bowling Club Tonight Tonight (Wednesday) is a big oc- casion at the Winghant Bowling Club. The annual Lloyd Trebles will be held and a large entry is expected for this howling event which has become well known to bowlers in Western Ontario. HOSPITAL AUXILIARY GUESTS AT LISTOWEL On Thursday, June 14th the ladies of the Wingham Hospital Auxiliary were guests of the Listowel Auxiliary at a garden tea and to see theovgh the Hospital, More than thirty members of Wingharn Auxiliary availed them- selves of this invitation and the op- portunity to see the work of a sister organization. In groups of ten, eachaccompanied by a nurse who acted as guide and cheerfully answered questions, the visitors were shown through the Hospital and were impressed be the bright, cheerful rooms and ple.nant surroundings, Tea was served on the Hospital lawn and a social hour spent. The Ladies' ,Auxiliaries to our hos- pitals are taking an increasing part in the work of maintaining and caring for the hospital supplies and trees° of the nurses' residences. The Wingham Auxiliary has, dur- ing the past two months received a donation of linens from Blyth and cash donations from the Women's Institutes of Belgrave, Wroxeter, Teeswater, Lucknow and Wingham, which have made a fine addition to its funds and for which the Auxiliary is very grateful. The large number of Hospital pa- tients accommodated daily creates a constantly increasing need for sup- plies and the help of surrounding communities is greatly appreciated. btartreo . With w hich is amalgamated the G9trie Vidette and Wroxeter News ill1.0111!•••••01,11111,001111111=11.110.1•01.111..• ':subscription $2.50 Per year; 6c per copy WINGHAIVI, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20th, 1951 Vol. 70 - No. 43, Ex-Chief Honoured at Banquet Monday Night Walkerton nine, when yotC were absent on duty with John, Kinloss, and James of Windsor; a purse of money. Their many friends in this community extend best wishes for many more years of happy mar- ried life, Music Pupils Present Recital A large and appreciative audience was in attendance at the annual recit- al by the piano and vocal pupils of Harold Victor Pym, in St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Wednesday evening, June 13th. John McKibbon was the capable lalaster of Ceremonies, as he introduc- ed the 43 pupils who took part, from Grade I to Grade VIII. In each grade everyone gave a . fine performance. Many thanks to Garnet Farrier for the excellent Mason & Riseh piano. A silver collection amounting to $80.18, with proceeds for Woodeden gospital for Crippeld Children. At the conclusion of the recital a delicious lunch was Served by the chair of St. Andrew's Church, to the pupils, parents and friends. Meeting at Goderich last week, the Council of the County of Huron voted to forward a resolution to Ottawa"that the County Council of Huron does protest the continuing in force of the Canada Temperance Act, and respect- fully requests the Parliament of Can- ada to bring about the repeal of the said act," The resolution which was Sponsor- ed by F. Sills, of Seaforth and W. G. Cochrane, of Exeter, was introduced on the contention that the C.P.A. has beet in force for several years and is a most ineffective arid Unsatisfac- tory method of controlling the sale, distribution and consumption of al- eoholio beverages. The preamble to the resolution con- tinned, "anti, whereas the enforce- meet of the provisions of the act has become virtually inapestible, in spite of repeated and persiStent efforts on the part of both police and the courts, charged with the enforcement of the Anonymous Writers Are just Pests. This week we received a letter from a reader of this paper who takes the publisher to task for his many short- comings, Though we readily admit our imperfections, we do appreciate being told about them in a hit more courag- eous manner than our correspondent selected. He was one of those cow- ardly creatures who resort to an- onymous letters. His remarks were signed "A Red-Hot Ball Fan." This particular person went to great lengths to tell us just how rotten- the nearspaper really is--and all be- cause the account of a ball game was not included in last week's issue. It so happened that the ball game he had in mind was played some hours after this newspaper had gone to press last week, so we aren't really feeling too guilty about the matter. To this wizard of the pen, this ex- pert in the journalistic field we say— if you've got anything on your mind come in and say it, If you can't de that, at least pluck up the intestinal fortitude to sign your letters, act; and the act has become anti- quated and no longer serves the pur- pose for which it was passed." A vote of non-concurrence was in- troduced but was defeated, 11 voting for non-concurrence and 19 voting for the resolution Offices Combined A. 11, Erskine, who has been treas., urcr of the county for some years, wee, named clerk-treasurer, succeed- ing the late N. W. Miller hi the of., flee of clerk. Mr. Miller was killed in a car Accident this year, while en- gaged on county business. Assistant to the dew clerk-treasurer will be John a Berry. The revised estimates of the court cil set the mill rate at 0 mills. The rate is made up as follows: 5,5 mills for general account, 3.5 mills for high- ways, plus the Cost of secondary schools to those townships or parts of townships not included In high school areas. DR. BEECROFT HEADS LONDON CONFERENCE I)r, W. A, Beecroft, pastor of the Winghain United Church, was elected last Tuesday to the post of president of the London Conference of his church. He was chosen on the third ballot over five other candidates by the 300 delegates meeting at St. Thomas for the annual conference Dr. Beeeroft succeeds Rev. Edgar J. Roulston, of Central United Church, St. Thomas, Rev. R. B. Cumming, Brigden, was re-elected secretary; Rev. A, E. Duf- field, Lambeth, assistant secretary and Rev. N. J. Woods, Thedford, was re-elected treasurer, Rev. R. B, Cumming, of Brigden, Rev. J. A, Walker, Harrow, Rev; Chas, Daniel, Ingersoll, Rev. J. F. Ander- son, Sarnia and Rev. Dr, Henry Mick, of Windsor, were the other candi- dates for the presidency. Dr. Beecroft is the present chair- man of the radio committee of the general council of the United Church and is a member of the C130;c Na- tional Religious Advisory Council. Mrs. J. Raby Dies At Wingham Home • A. Me long and.. highly respbeted resident of town passed away on Saturday evening at her home on Francis Street, in the person of Eliza- beth Ann Small, beloved wife of Mr. John Raby, aged 73 years. She was the only daughter of the late Robert and Margaret Small and was born in Wingham, on August 24th., 1877, i phe was married in Gorrie, in the year 1896. She leaves to mourn her loss, be- sides her husband, one daughter, Mrs. Stanley(Mabel) Hare, at home, and one granddaughter, Mrs. Howard (Elizabeth) Waller, Waterloo, Ont„ one great grandson, Ralph Waller; She was predeeeased by one grandson, Provincial Officer Jack Hare, two years ago, and by her six brothers. She was the last surviving member of her family. Mrs. Raby was a member of the Presbyterian Church and a life mem- ber of the W.M.S. A private service was held at her late residence followed by a public service at Currie's funeral home, with Rev. A. Nirnmo officiating on Tuesday afternoon at 2.30 p.m. Interment took place in Wingham cemetery. Pallbear- ers were her six nephews: Bert Small, Herb Small, Frank Small, Oscar Rowe, Frank Rowe and Lester Small. FREE PRESS CARRIER BOYS The delivery boys for the London Free Press are invited to' the' Mary Hastiegs picnic in the Wingham Town Park, on WednO'sday, June 20th, 'Mrs. Robin Campbell, President 201, SPEC/AL LODGE MEETING A special meeting of Rebekah Lodge will be held on June 25th., at eight part, for the purpose of arid the Grand Assembly report, I, Rutherford, Noble Grand J, Trigger, Roc, Sec'y. 20b KINDERGARTEN REGISTRATION 11IIIRSDAY Or THIS WEEK Parents who have childtene to enter Kindergarten in September are in- vited to register them at the Kinder- garten, in the MaSenie Hall, Regis- tration will take place on Thursday afternoon of this week from 3,30 to 5.06 o'clock. All ehildtea who. are five years of age before January 1st, 1052, are eligible to register, SHOWER FOR BRIRE ELECT On Wednesday, Jong 13th, a mis- cellaneous shower was: held at the home of Mrs, Kenneth Baker, Diag- onal Road, for the heide-to-be, Miss Jean Adair, who received many lovely gifts. BLUEVALE CHI CII FILLED FOR NERAE \ Funeral services n.fyr Rev. Charles H, MacDonald, p, D., were held on Wednesday, Jupe lathe at 1.30 o'clock when Knox Presbyterian Church, Bluevale, was capacity with relatives, -friends anetaretnisters of all denominations frotn, neighbouring churches. Rev, R. G. MacMillan, Goderich, moderator of Huedne/Maitland Pres- bytery, had charge .Oft:the service, as- sisted by Rev. R. A: A: Carrie, White- church; Rep. A, J,aSimpson, Tees- water and Rev. G. bete- Baulch, South Kinloss. The pallbetapirs were Henry Jo,hana, William Daeliag, Elmer Zinn, Delmore; J, C, 1-liggi4 Eldred Moiled, Fe J. McMurray, .131efevale. Following the serVi4e- the body was taken to the: Ducknear Presbyterian Church, were he ha:d:e ministered for 25 years and again .Rev. R, G, Mac- Millan had charge of; the service. The scripture passage Ne4•read by Rev, C. A. Winn, Luektiove. Rev. Richard Stewart, New St. Jaria'es' Church, Lon- don, personal repre.entative of the moderator of the Preabyterian Church in Canada, offered Pf.ayer and deliver- ed a message front tie_ moderator, He paid beautiful tributes to the life and work of Dr. MacDOnald, A message! of comfort , to the ,e'hereaved family, members of the ' cOgregations and ' the church at largefitaeas delivered by Rev, P. A, Ferguson, Henson., Throughout the. teereeces favorite hymns of the clecel4c1 were read. At the grave' ifeee:South Kinloss cemetery 'Rev. R. GA :MacMillan, Rev. D. J. Lane, Clinten,Vid Rev. Richard Stewart officiated.,..',1fie pallbearers Gardiner, Dr. JameLittle, V. Mow- bray, John D. Ross gaid James Wilson, Personal representAves from the Stratford, Paris ataaBarrie Presby- teries attended the ;cervices, LE4ION BINGO THIS WEEK Don't forget the monster cash bingo under the sponsorship of the Wingham Branch Canadian Legion in the town park, Friday evening, June 22nd. The Legion is offering $750.00 in prizes. There will be 15 regular games for $10 prizes; two specials for $50; one special for $500 and a $25.00 door prize. The bingo starts at 9 o'clock. RECEPTION AT ROYAL T Reception and Dance at Royal T, Wingham, on Wednesday, June 20th., in honor of Mr. and Mrs, Glen Apple- by (nee Leona Pickell). Music by Tif- fin's Orchestra. Lunch will be served. Everybody welcome. 20b L,O.L, CHURCH SERVICE The L.O.L. Church Service will be held on Sunday, June 24th„ at 7.30 p.m. in the Salvation Army Hall. Members are asked to meet at the Lodge Room at seven' o'clock. All county and local Orangemen are wel- come. 20x. OFFICE CLOSED The office of Dr. A. W. ist, will be closed from June 30, inclusive, Irwin, dent- June 28 to 20x MERU OUT WALKERTON IN TIGHT ENCOUNTER One little error cost the Walker- ton softball squad the game here on Monday night, when they were edged 2-1 by the Wingham Crossett Mereurys in one of the tightest games a fan could wish. The count , stood at one-all at the end of the regula- tion nine innings and it took three more stanzas to get a, decision, It finally came with Westlake sweating it out on third. Catcher MacDonald of Walkerton failed to hang onto the pitch, struck the rolling, ball as he at- tempted to scoop it up at the plate and sent it rolling out of reach to give the Wingham runner all the break he needed for the winning counter. The match was a pitcher's duel from the outset, with Zuk of Walk- erton and Sparrow of the Merits .de- monstrating the ability for which' they are famous. Both were more than a little weary when the 12-round bout closed out. It was good softball all the way, Sparrow allowing seven hits and Zuk two. Wingham was debited with two errors and Walkerton with three. Westlake did the scoring on both oc- casions for the Mercurys, his first run coming in the second frame. Both were on walks, and Walkertons lone run was similarly unearned. Sparrow chalked up eleven strikeouts to Zuk's sixteen. Templeman raised Wingham hopes when he doubled in the fifth, but he didn't get a chance to complete his run. George Loughlean, of the Walk- erton squad, and son of Wingham's Coach Vic Loughlean, led his team with two singles. All in all, the encounter was the kind the fans like to watch, with tension maintained from start to fin- Wingham 010 000 000 001 2 2 2 Walkerton .. 000 010 000 0,00 1 7 3 Walkerton—Dentiriger, 2b.; N. Den- tinger, c.f. Creig, sae Zuk, .p.; H. *Dentbfger, • 3b,;: Dentinger, .b,-; Bradley, 1.f.; Loughlean, r.f.; Mac- Donald, c, (More Softball on page six) Truck Damaged Near Blyth A truck driven by Cecil Froome, of Wingham was extensively damaged in an accident which occurred half a mile south of Blyth early Sunday morning. The truck, which was 'proceeding north, turned out to pass a car own- ed by D. A. Rann, of Brussels anti driven by Kenneth Wood, of the same place, In passing the truck caught the left rear fender of the car and then went out of control into the west ditch, The Rann car was very slightly damaged, None of the Occupants of the two vehicles required medical at- tention. Provincial Constable Charles Sal- ter, of Wingham, investigated, Dancing at the Royal T You are welcome at the Royal T on Saturday night for your dancing pleasure from 9,30 to 12. Music by Jack Henderson's Orchestra. T, W, "Bert" Platt who recently resigned his position as chief of police in Wingham, with Mrs, Platt and their daughter, Shirley, were the hon- ored guests at a presentation banquet in the Hotel Brunswick on Monday evening. The hotel dining room was comfortably filled by representatives of the town and its various organiza- tions, all guests of His Worship Mayor W. W. Gurney, who sponsored the dinner. Following the delicious meal Mayor ' Gurney expressed his welcome to the guests and particularly to Mr. and Mrs. Platt and their daughter. Hand- ing back Bert's police badge a,-; keepsake, he commented on the tact that the officer had contributed in no small measure to the progrc,is ,end well-being of this community, and said that the entire family would be missed from life in Wingham. His Worship read the following letter adeleeeeeci to Mr. Platt: 'Dear Bert: We are happy to have you with us this evening, and also Mrs. Platt and Shirley. The Town Council and your friends regret very much that you finally were determined to take up the study of Agriculture. Of course, we know that you will make a success of it, but we still must express our disappoint- ment that you have seen fit to leave our Ton and go so far away. We trust that you may have a very sue- cessful career in your project, and that you will have some leisure time to devote to your favorite hobby of shooting. During your stay in our Town enar His Majesty's Forces, and we vA)re delighted when you were able to re- turn safely. The citizens of Wing- ham have always been proud of you (Continued on page twelve) FRIDAY AT BLUEVALE At the fourth annual, music festival for Turnberry Township held in Bluevale on Friday, June 15, the Challenge Shield awarded by the school board for annual competition was won* by Gilmour's school, Stew- art MacGill, a pupil of that school won the cup for fine musicianship. Frank W. Helton of Brantford, the adjudicator, commended the efforts of all the competitors and pointed out that the purpose of festival is thee all may learn ways in which performance can be improved. Harold Hamilton, teacher of Blue- vale Public School presided at the afternoon session, when seven classes were adjudicated with results as fol- lows: Girl's Solo, 8 years and younger: 1. Patricia Deyell; 2. Jacqueline Kerr; 3. Phyllis Elliott. (Continued on page six) NOTICE The office of C. R. Wilkinson, Opto- metrist, will be closed for the month of July. /10;27X Forest Lodge A.F. & A. M., Wrox- eter, will attend Divine Service in W.nox Presbyterian Church. Bluevale, on Sunday evening, June 24th.. at 7.30 p.m. Rev, J. R Watt of Gerrie, will be the guest speaker. Everyone welcome. Brethren will meet at the Bluevale School. 20* W.I. MEETING The June meeting of the Wingham Branch of the Women's Institute will be held on Thursday afternoon, June 21st. The roll call will be answered by a cookie recipe; program con- vener is Mrs. N, Keating and the theme of the meeting is home econ- omics. Hostesses are Ivtrs. Wm. 1 field, Mrs, J. J. Kerr, Mrs. C. Carter, Mrs. S, MeBitrne3r, Mrs. D. Hutcheson and Mrs. A, Elliott. The new color movie on home decorating entitled New World of Color" will be shown, 1320 TROUSSEAU TEA .On Friday evening, Mrs. Roy Adair, was hostess at a trousseau tea at the home in honour of her daughter, Jean, a bride-to-be. The rooms were decorated with large baskets of pink and white peonies and wigelia. Assisting in displaying the trouss- eau were Mrs, Kenneth Baker, Mrs. Ross Hilbert and Miss Grace Holmes. Mrs. Wm. H. Hilbert poured tea at a table covered with a hand-made lace • cloth centred with pink and white carnations in a silver bowl and white tapers, Assisting in serving were Misses IrInta Harrison, Lois Burchill and Mrs. Norm Johnson. ea GARDEN PARTY At Bluevale United Church, on Wednesday, June 20th., 1951. Supper served front 5.30 to 8.00 o'clock, fol- lowed by a variety concert in the Community Hall. Admission, adults $1,00, Children 50 cents. 13 :20b U.S. COMMITTEE GET CANADIAN VIEW ON ST. LAWRENCE PROJECT' Teri US. Congressmen, members of the works otritriiitee which will vote on the U.S. participation 11 the St. LawrenCe Seaway project, have toured he Welland canal and studied the Canadian ap- 5roach to the project, Within two weeks they will *Central Press Canadian t vote in committee session, and if their vote is fay. oreble the project Will become reality. Here mean. bets of the committee traverse one of the Welland, canal locks. Canada Temperance Act Protested By County Council Resolution ish • • t a b'e f Mr. and Mrs, J. 13. Morrisoaaaelee• brated their golden wedding en Tues- day, June 12th., at the home of their son, Thos, Morrison at Whitechurch. Mr. Morrison has been a life-long resident of Kinloss, and Mrs. Morri- son was formerly Eleanor Hessian of Wingham, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thos, Hessian. Mrs. Reuben Tiffin, of Kinloss, Mr and Mrs. John HaYes of Detroit and Mr. and Mrs John Morrison and son, were guests for the occasion. Neither Mr. nor Mrs. Morrison have been in very good health for some time. Mr, and Mrs. Morrison were married 50 years ago by Rev. William Lowe of St. Paul's Anglican Church, at the home of the bride's parents in Wingleahe were from the Luelelaew and Dungan- The family included six children, services were appreciated by with the lowing for the next game citizen, Out thoughts were with eau non congregations, atehn Bennett, H. three sons, Thomas. Whitechurch; R H E and three daughters, Mrs. Donald (Eva) Cameron, New York City; Mrs, Victor (Edna) Casemore, of Windsor; and Mrs.. Albert Taylor (Norma) of Windsor. Theei also have seven grand chiidrer.' and one' .-geetelageeend.01,1071,e , ter. The family presented them with •.„ MUSIC FESTIVAL 'HELD 09:N5' CARNIVAL AND MM SHOW IN THE WINGHAM TOWN PARK TONIGHT!