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WINGHAM, ONTARIO, WEDNINDAY, AUGUST 27th, 1852 Vol; 76 No.
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ALONG THE MAIN DRAG
By The Pedestrian
(PROF, WEIR GOES
TO MANITOBA Addition to Public School
Open Later in September
Shower for Bride
A miscellaneous shower was held
at the home of Mrs. William Tiffin
on the evening of August 22nd., in
honour of Miss Kathleen Forster,
whose marriage takes place in Sep-
tember. The bride-to-be received many
lovely and useful gifts, after which
a dainty lunch was served by the
gaostess and other friends.
HOLIDAY IN WEST
Mr. and Mrs. Norman Keating and
Catherine have returned from a
holiday trip to the west coast and
Banff, They travelled through all the
western provinces and six of the
saorthern states visiting friends and
relatives in Melita, Manitoba; Moose
.Jaw, Tuxford, Maple Creek and Pon-
fteix, Saskatchewan and in Vancouver,
Victoria and Lake Cowiehan, British
'Columbia.
NOTICE
Regular meeting of the Majestic
Rebekah Lodge will be held on Sept,
2nd at 8.00 in Oddfellows Hall,
Margaret Bennett, N.G.
Jean Trigger, R.S,
Walkerton Greeri
It's supposed to be the men who
bring home the bacon but Wingham's
lady bowlers have reversed that cus-
tom. Five local rinks, made up of the
fair sex, journeyed over to Walker
ton on Monday afternoon, August 25,
and, brought home five prizes. The
men will have to look to their laurels.
The winning rinks in the Walker-
ton trebles were: First prize, Mrs.
Murray, skip, Mrs. G. MacKay and
Mrs. Edwards, 3 wins plus 17; second,
Mrs. Geo. Williams, skip, Mrs. Joe
Kerr and Mrs. Sturdy, 3 wins plus 16;
third, Mrs. H. C. MacLean, skip, Mrs.
W. H. Haney and Mrs, R, E. Mc-
Kinney, 3 wins plus 1.0; fourth, Mrs.
A, R. DuVal, skip, Mrs. E. Webster
and Mrs. C. Armitage, 2 wins; fifth,
Mrs. H. Campbell, skip, Mrs. H.
Browne and Mrs. G. Godkin, 2 wins.
WINS TOURNEY
J. A. Wilson, of Wingham, and W.
A, Miller, of Grand Bend, teamed up
to win the Bulova Watch Men's
Doubles tournament at Blyth, held
Wednesday, August 13th.
TWO LOCAL RINKS
WIN AT SEAFORTH
Two rinks from the Wingham La-
dies' Bowling Club were successful at
the Seaforth Bowling Tournament,
one taking first honors and the other
third.
First prize winners were: Mrs. W.
Murraj', skip; Mrs. G. McKay and
Mrs. Edwards with three wins plus 19.
Mrs. Geo. Williams, skip; Mrs. Sturdy
and Mrs. H. MacLean won third po-
sition with two wins plus 18.
The • Wingham lady bowlers have
done well this year and it is expected
there will be more wins before the
season is over.
Rink Third
At London
Two local rinks took part in play
for the Victory Trophy at London on
Thursday. A rink composed of Mrs.
H. Edwards, Mrs. H. Browne and Mrs.
J. Kerr, skip, was successful in win-
ning third prize.
Women's Institute
Considers Flowers
The Women's Institute held its Au-
gust meeting in the council chamber
on August 21st with a large attend-
ance. The president, Mrs, Aitchison,
presided for the opening and business.
Mrs. Keating was appointed the dele-
gate to attend the convention in Lon-
don in October,
Arrangements will be completed
at the September meeting for the
Tag Day for the Blind. A cooking
school will be held' in the council
chamber on Sept. 24th, 25th and 26th
at 1.30 p.m. each day. The course
will be "Let's Cook It Right",and is
open to all ladies, W.I. memers and
others. The fee will be 50 cents.
Mrs. Cecil Walpole took charge of
the following program .and spoke of
the display of flowers, especially a
collection of glads of 20 Varieties and
gorgeous colors from Mrs. Bowers'
garden of 600 blooms. These lent a
setting for the motto, "Flowers only
flourish rightly in the garden of some-
one who loves them", by Miss Bow-
ers,
Miss Verlie Metcalfe sang two solos'
accompanied by Mrs.E rnest. A very
interesting talk was given by Mrs. E.
Lewis, with helpful hints on house
plants and different flowers and rea-
sons for failure in their cultivation
and growth in the home and garden.
From the flowers on display Mrs.
Lewis arranged a table bouquet and
showed a number of corsages, brace-
lets and wedding bouquets; She also
made bows and trimming from a new
product called lacelon.
After the program, which was thor-
oughly, enjoyed by the members, Mrs.
Walpole conducted a contest. The
meeting closed with singing and lunch
was served. Anyone wishing to take
the forthcoming course may contact
Mrs, W. Henry.
BENRAVE MINISTER
FETED AT TAVISTOCK
Rev. Charles D. Cox and Mrs. Cox,
formerly of Tavistock and now of
Knox United Church, Belgrave, Were
honored by the Tavistock Memorial
branch of . the Canadian Legion, when
they were presented with a painting
by Reginald Selfe. ee
The presentation was made during
the second annual open air service
held at the park. The address to Mr.
and Mrs. Cox was made by K. Hart
Brown and the presentation on behalf
of the branch was made by Harold
;Vogt, president, Mr, Cox was padre
to the branch while in Tavistock.
COMING TO BAkTIST CHURCH —
Pastor Doug Lambie of Toronto, on
Sunday next, An added feature \vill
be the Four Scots Mile Quarette; 11
are, hi the Church; 7 p.m; in the park.
All dordittlly welcoMe.
WROXETER RALLIES
FOR TWO WINS
After losing the first three games
in the "best of seven" series with
Belgrave, Wroxeter came back to win
on Thursday night 6-3. and then again
on Monday night 13-3. The sixth game
is slated for Thursday night here in
the town park.
These games have attracted large
and enthusiastic crowds to date and
they promise to be even more inter-
esting, with the possibility that Wrox-
eter might tie-up the series.
Thursday night's line up was:
WROXETER—T. Edgar 2b; Glen
McMichael cf; D. Neilson lb; D. Vog-
an ss; R. McMichael c; Campbell
Brown 3b; Bob Brown If; Ken Char-
les rf.
BELGRAVE—K. Anderson, p; Bell
3b; Irwin rf; George McGee If; Buch-
anan 2b; Tom Wade lb; Johnston cf;
Reavie c; Nethery sub rf; Welwood
alt. p; Irwin alt. c.
Barbara Gaunt
Wins Scholarship
The 'University of Western Ontario
proficiency scholarship valued at
$250 has been awarded to Barbara
Gaunt, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Edgar Gaunt, of East Wawanosh, This
scholarship is awarded for the high-
est standing in the continuation
schools, high schools, collegiate in-
stitutes in the 14 counties designated.
The minimum qualifying standard is
an average of 75% on eight papers in
Grade VIII.
Barbara will take an arts course at
Western specializing in languages.
She was active In school activities at
WDHS. One of her interests was the
Glee Club with which she was the
pianist. Seven firsts and feur sec-
onds was the amazing standing
achieved by Barbara in winning the
UWO scholarship, It is awarded on
the basis of $125 a year for two
years,
Receives Promotion
Charlie Currie, son of Mr, and Mrs..
George Currie, RR5, Wingham, has
been appointed assistant-superintend-
ent of the Roselawn Dairy in Toron-
to. Charlie has just recently com-
pleted a pasteurization course at the
CAC;
Traffic Accidents
Down 80 Per Cent
Traffic accidents in Wingham for
the 12 months ended June 30th were
down 80 per cent as compared with
the previous year, according to a re-
port received from Chief J. W. Irwin.
He also reports that practically all of
the cars in dangerous driving condi-
tion have been removed from the
road.
Huron Achievement
Day at Clinton
The Huron County Girls' Home
Gardening Club Achievement Day for
1952 was held at the town hall in Clin-
ton on Friday, August 22. It was a
successful event, with 72 girls complet-
ing their projects.
Miss Jean Steackley,, newly-appoint-
ed home economist for the county, was
in charge with Miss Jean Scott, pro-
vincial field supervisor, as well as
Miss Leslie Mae Wall, home economist
for Oxford and Norfolk counties, as-
sisting. Miss Wall is formerly of
Wingham.
Doreen Lamb., of Goderich, leader
of the Colwanosh Club, was presented
with the provincial honors certificate
for having completed 12 projects.
Lions Honored
Mr. H. V. McKenney, C.P.R. agent
at Orillia, has been appointed zone
chairman of zone 8 of Lions Inter-
national covering the following clubs
located at: Midland, Port McNichol,
Washago, Beaverton, Cannington,
Coldwater and Orillia. Lion "Mac" is
a member of the Orillia Lions Club
and a former Charter member of the
Howick Lions Club. He is also Past
President and Past Deputy District
Governor of zone 16, of Western
Ontario,
—Miss Cora Rowan, of Toronto, is
visiting with her cousin, Mrs. W. J.
Adams, and Capt. Adams.
—Miss Irene Davis, of Toronto, was
a visitor last week with her sister,
Mrs. W. R. Birtch, Centre St.
—Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Gannett
spent last week with Mr. and Mrs.
H. M. Justason, Kitchener.
. —Mr. A. Ducklow of Atwood and
Mrs. T. J. Baker' spent Sunday at
Goderich.
—Mr. and Mrs. E, Greenwood of
Toronto, are visiting Mrs. Ethel
Stewart.
—Bob McPhail is visiting • Kenny
Gilkinson, R. R. 3, TUrnberry, for a
few days.
—Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Bildfell and
family of Muncey, are visiting with
Dr. and Mrs. W. Davis, Wingham.
—Mrs. Bertha Lott spent the past
week visiting friends at Niagara Falls,
N. Y.
—Mrs. .Reg Parker of London, is
visiting at the home of Mr, Robt.
Hogg, B. Line, Turnberry,
—Miss Grace Golley has been
spending a few weeks in Manitoulin
Island.
,—Mrs. Jean Crump is spending this
week in Toronto visiting her sister
and taking in the C.N.E.
—Mr. and Mrs. Mel Lavigne and
family, spent Sunday with Mr.
Lavigne's brother, in Seaforth.
- and Mrs. Jack Smith and
family, spent the week-end with
relatives in Hensall.
—Mr. Alf Gies of Waterloo, visited
with Mr. and Mrs. John Brent,
Patrick Street, over the week-end.
—Mr. and Mrs, W. T. Cruickshank
and Lois, spent the week-end with
relatives in Detroit.
—Mr. and Mrs. Bob Carbert and
family visited with Mr. and Mrs.
Bert Goodyer of Listowel over the
week-end.
—Mr. and Mrs. John Winechuck
of London, are visiting with Mr, and
Mrs. Harry Angus.
—Miss Isabel McCall of Wingham,
spent the week-end with friends in
Detroit.
—Mr. "Tory" Gregg has returned
to Wingham, after a three-day visit
to Woodstock.
—Miss Joyce Herron of Bogoner,
is visiting at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. E. S, Lewis and Sharon.
—Mr. Gordon Imlay of Detroit, is
spending two oweeks with his sisters,
Mrs. Stuart Proctor and Mrs. Chas.
Hopper.
—Mr. and Mrs. Henry Montagnes
of North Bay visited with Mr. and
Mrs. Toni Rafferty over the week-
end.
—Master Elmer McFarlane has
returned home to Kinlough, after
spending three weeks at the farm
of Mr. Archie Jones of the "B" line,
—Mr. and Mrs. "Bud" Richardson
a.nd family, of Carling Terrace,
spent the week-end with relatives in
Toronto,
—Mr. and Mrs. James McGee and
daughter, Velma, from Cortland, N.
Y., visited over the week-end with
Mr. and Mrs: Alfred McCreight.
—Mr. and Mrs. Jim Curtis of Old-
castle, spent a few days with Mr,
and Mrs. Robt, Golley over the week-
end.
—Mr. and Mrs. Al. .McLean and
LUCKNOW RINK MS
LLOYD DOUBLES
Thirty-three entries from Paisley,
Walkerton, Mt. Forest, Palmerston,
Seaforth, Clinton, Goderich, Lucknow,
Kincaidine and Wingham were on
hand Monday evening for the C.
Lloyd and Son men's doubles. The
winning rinks were:
Trophy winners—Gordon Fisher and
Isaac Miller, Lucknow, 3 wins plus 16;
2nd, Harold Wesley and Frank Eidt,
Walkerton, 3 wins plus 13; 3rd, How-
ard McNee and Roy Sparling, God-
erich, 3 wins plus 12; 4th, Chas. Lloyd
and Henry Jensen, Wingham, 3 wins
plus 11; 5th Geo. McLay and Walter
Newcombe, Clinton, 3 wins plus 3;
6th Herb Barnett and Wally Gregg,
Paisley, 2 wins plus 18; 7th, Roy
Bennett and Elwell Webster, Wing-
ham, 2 wins plus 17.
Gordon Litt Dies
At Teeswater
water, died at his home in that vil-
lage last week. He had been in ill
health for some time.
Besides his sorrowing wife, the for-
mer Nellie Meyers; he is survived by
four sons, Harold of Formosa, Norman
of Hanover; Borden and James of
Teeswater; and three daughters,
Dorothy of Mount Hope, Rita (Mrs,
Leonard Ruetz) of Carrick Township
and Elinor at home,
The funeral services were held on
Wednesday at 2.30 p.m. at the Luther-
an Church, Walkerton, with burial in
the Walkerton Cemetery.
Mr. Litt lived in Formosa until a
few years ago when his sawmill in
that village burned and he transferred
his operations to the Teeswater loca-
tion.
PAPER TO BE DAY
LATE NEXT WEEK
The Advance-Times will be a
day late this coming week due to
the Labour Day holiday. The pa-
per will appear on Thursday ra-
ther than on Wednesday. Adver-
tisers are asked to have their
copy In by Friday as usual to fa-
cilitate our staff taking the holi-
day. We would appreciate re-
ceiving the regular news budgets
from our correspondents not later
than Tuesday.
WINN MERCURYS
It was a very cold night at the
Wingham ball park on Friday night
and the game left the local fans
colder still, as their last chance to
stay in the WOAA fastball race
dissolved before a furious onslaught
by Charlie Justice and his Lucknow,
Goderich and Kincardine team.
It was fortunate that the Wing-
ham squad picked that night for a
succession of errors that practically
handed the game to their opponents
on a platter, with all the trimmings.
The issue was in doubt until the
fourth innings, when the Sepoyites
took the game in hand and had very
little trouble afterwards.
The more than capacity crowd, al-
though the officials claim there
weren't over a thousand on hand,
found it hard to warm up to the
game, which had its exciting mo-
ments but on the whole was a
cautious affair. Charlie Justice lived
up to his reputation as a hard man
to beat in a corner. The following
games with Seaforth and Walkerton
should be exciting affairs.
Manager Charlie Crossett decided
to go to bat with the older, more
experienced members of his team.
Johnny Crewson was back on first
after playing second base for a
dozen games. Doug Aitchison was
back at his old spot on second and
Sharpy Seli, who had missed the last
couple of games, roamed at short
stop. In the field were Boney Foster,
Templeman and -Westlake. Hanna,
Lott and Fry sat out the game on
the bench.
Wingham, two games down, started
off with a bang, scoring one run,
Templeman coming in on Sparrow's
single. Lucknow tied it all up in
the third when Riggin scored on an
error in centre field. Lucknow took
the upper hand in the fourth, when
two runs crossed the plate and to
add insult to injury, three more in
the seventh.
With ten hits to six, the Mores
were still unable to earn any more
than that first run. Justice fanned
ten batters and Sparrow five, includ-
ing Charlie Justice himself. Morley
Chinn earned three hits for four
trips to the plate. Crewson, Temple-
man and Sparrow had two hits
apiece. Foster, Gardiner, Seli and
Gault accounted for the others.
The big difference was in the
four errors chalked up to Wingham
and one to Lucknow.
R H E
Lucknow . 0 01 2 0 0 3 0 0 6 6 1
Wingham 100 000 000 1 10 4
LUCKNOW—Miley c; Riggin cf;
Justice p; G. Chinn ss; M. Chinn rf;
Evans lb; Beacom 2b; Bell If;
Bissett 3b.
WINGHAM—Templeman cf; Crewson
lb Gaull c; Sparrow p; Westlake rf;
Sell ss; Aitchison 2b; Gardiner 3b;
Foster If.
Former Resident
Hugh Berry Dies
Hugh F. Berry, 52, general store
owner at Brucefield for 30 years and
a former Wingham resident, died sud-
denly in Scott Memorial Hospital, 'at
Seaforth.
He was born at Brucefield, a son of
the late Mr. and Mrs. William Berry.
When in Wingham he was associated
with his uncle the late A. J. Ross, in
district deputy of the IOOF lodge.
Surviving besides his wife, the for-
mer Lavina M. Smith are two bro-
thers, Bruce of Clinton, and Wilson
of Victoria, B. C. J, E. Smith of
Turnberry and A. D. Smith of Blue-
vale, are brothers-in-law Of the de-
ceased, Hartley Smith of Wingham, is
a nephew,
Services Were conducted on Tues-
day, at 2.30 p.m., by the Rev. W.
Mathes, in Brucefield United Church,
The services were under the auspic-
es Of Brucefield IOOF Lodge, No.
210, and interment Was in Baird's
cemetery.
The new public school addition
will likely he finished sometime
around the end of September, accord-
ing to reports received. Although
it won't he open to welcome the new
classes on the 2nd of September,
there will ,be little delay in complet-
ing the attractive new addition.
The four new classes will do much
to alleviate the present crowded con-
ditions at the Public School. To date
there have been around 60 registra-
tions for the kindergarten class this
year, Although it isn't official yet,
it is likely that there will have to be
two Grade I's, a mixed class of
Grades II and III and a mixed class
of Grades IV and V.
Progress on the building Is going
ahead rapidly with the terrazzo floors
laid in the halls, At present work-
men are working on acoustical tile
ceilings for the classrooms, and the
plastering on one side of the hall is'
nearing completion. Lighting 'fixtur-
es are yet to be installed with special
lights to shine on the blackboards.
It seems that the days of blackboards
are gone too as green boards will be
installed. Work on the interior will
he rushed and exterior jobs left until
the last. Even at its present stage
of completion the building presents a
fine appearance from John St. Mow-
bray Construction Co, the contract-
ors, have done a fine job in Wing-
ham's newest education building.
Mrs. Geo. Skinn
Passes Sunday
Sarah McKinnon, wife of the late
George Skinn, passed away in her
76th year, on Sunday, August 24th.
Born in Culross she had lived all
her life in Culross and Wingham.
She was a member of Sacred Heart
Church and was a member of the
Catholic Women's League and the
Altar Society.
Surviving are: one caugnter, Mrs.
Jack Waine, Wingham; three -eau,
John, George and Alex, all of Wing-
ham; also four sisters, Annie McKin-
non of Turnberry; Mrs. Jerry O'Con-
nor and Mrs. Mary Austin, both of
Kingsbridge; and Mrs. Margaret Kil-
gallin of St. Marys; three brothers,
John, Angus and Hugh, all of Turn-
berry. There are 27 grandchildren.
Requiem High' Mass will be su
at Sacred Heart Church, Wingham,
at 9,30 a.m., on Wednesday, August
27th. Interment is in the Wingharn.
Ft, C, Cemetery.
MR. U. BENNETT
AWARDED TROPHY
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Bennett, London,
formerly of Wingham, received word
that their son, Gnr, Bennett G. 0., was
awarded a trophy by Lieut.-Col. A.
Perron, It was donated by the Vic-
toria Automobile dealers for the best
army driver in the Esquimalt garrison
area at Macaulay point. His total was
277 points. He will represent the gar-
rison in area finals atriVancouver.
Requiring skill, good judgment and
neatness, the tests consisted of var-
ious obstacle courses driven in a
regulation 60 cwt. army truck. They
also received a large photo of hint
with his truck and the trophy.
Elizabeth McInnes
Wed at Fenelon Falls
Rev. M. V, Putnam officiated at
the marriage in St. Andrew's Presby-
terian Church, Fenelon Falls, of
Mary Elizabeth, daughter of Mr, and
Mrs. Charles R. McInnes of Fenelon
Falls and a former teacher at Wing-
ham District High School to Mr.
William Litman, son of Mr. and
Mrs. William Litman of St. Cath-
arines,
The bride, given in marriage by
her father, wore a period gown of
ivory satin with a Queen Anne collar,
its skirt over a crinoline in pannier
effect. A close fitting cap with seed
pearls held her finger-tip veil, and
she carried rubrum lilies and myrtle,
She was attended by her sister
Miss Ann McInnes, wearing a gown
of nylon tulle over a crinoline, In
two delicate shades of green, and
carrying yellow gladioli, Mr. Alan
Grant of London was best man and
the ushers were Mr. Donald Northey
of Oshawa and Mr. Bart Meek of St.
Catharines.
The reception was held at The
Hearthstone. Mr. and Mrs. Litman
will live in Galt,
Mrs. IV, J. Greer and Mrs. C. H.
Mimic were guests at the wedding.
SHOWERS REUNION
The Showers Reunion was held on
Sunday in Springbank Park, London.
Friends from Battle Creek, Mich.,
Toronto, Detroit, Stratford and the
Showers families from Wingham were
present.
Amommilmv
We have received here a very inter-
esting article on Fordwich, Kent,
England, by Margaret G. Aldied, who
says that many years ago her family
knew our Fordwich very well. This is
a story well worth reading and ac-
companying it are three photographs
of the town's namesake in England.
This story will appear in the near
:future.
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During the past week we have nod
,on display in our window an unusual
• cob of corn grown in the garden af
Wm, M. Reid of Wingham. It resem-
bled two cobs in one, more than a
single cob.
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Following close on the heels of the
'winning of the $1,000 Teeswater Bingo
by Mrs. Joyce Gardner, Mrs. IN.• ance
Sanderson duplicated the win at
Teeswater last Wednesday and walked
off with $1000. Mr. Wm. "dither.: won
.4100.
.Bob Clark is looking desperately
for a skunk for the Barn Dance show.
Bob would appreciate anyone, who has
.a stray skunk kicking around, hang-
ing on to it until he arrives. He pro-
poses rushing it to the vet for an
emergency operation that will make
.it acceptable in social circles.
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There will be a Midget softball game
played at ball park with Sarnia
an Saturday night, under the lights.
The Kinsmen-sponsored team lost
their first game in Sarnia last Sal-
. urda.y but they hope to turn the tables
here.
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Late sports flash! If you have any
extra energy and you don't know
what to use it on, try a run over to
Teeswater. It's only ten miles. Jim
-Gebhart and Lenny St. Marie covered
the distance in one hour and ten
minutes without stopping on Monday
-,evening. Anyone feel like beating it?
Union Service
'Concluding six weeks of union ser-
vices the congregations of St. An-
drew's Presbyterian Church and the
Wingham United Church worshipped
in the United Church on Sunday. The
.services were conducted by Rev. Dr.
W. A. Beecroft, The soloist was Mrs.
Carl Bondi with Mrs. W. W. Currie at
the organ. At the morning service a
welcome was extended to Rev. and
Mrs. Jack Thompson, who are home
on furlough from Trinidad.
Next Sunday each congregation will
.have its own service.
TRESENVATION
On Friday afternoon of last week
the staff of the Canadian Bank of
Commerce made a presentation to
Miss Shirley Edgar, who has resigned
from the Bank. The gift was a rhine-
stone necklace and earrings.
NHS. W. MARLOW PASSES
' -Mrs, Bertha Lott received the sad
'news of the passing of her aunt, Mrs.
'W. W. Marlow, in Swift Current,
Sask. She was a daughter of the
late James Elliott and was born and
raised just on the edge of Wingham.
She lived all her married life in Swift ,
Current, Sask, Her only daughter was
the first white child born in Swift
• Current. She leaves a family of one
daughter and three sons. There are
several nieces and nephews in this
district.
In Canada's prairies new types of
rust are attacking cereal crops which
up to now have been resistant. The
need for research grows. The Uni-
versity of Manitoba has responded by
naming a research specialist dean of
its faculty of agriculture and home
economics. He is 40-year-old .1. Ft.
Weir, who has been-a professor at the
Ontario Agricultural College.
He is a son of Mrs. John Weir and
the late Mr. Weir and a nephew of
Miss Jean Weir, of. Wingham. Hey
takes over the post made vacant when
Dean Grant MacEwan resigned 15
months ago to accept the Liberal
nomination in the Brandon by-elec-
tion.
The new dean is an acknowledged.
specialist in plant breeding and gene-
tics. When he was, a student at the
O.A.C. at Guelph he specialized in
field husbandry, He graduated in
1936 and went to the University of
Alberta as a graduate assistant, and
continued his studies in plant breed-
ing. A few years later in 1940 he re-
ceived his Ph.D., from the University
of Minnesota. Soon after he returned
to Guelph.
At the time of his Manitoba ap-
pointment, Mr. Weir was professor
and assistant head of the 0.A.C.'s fac-
ulty. He lectured on plant breeding,
genetics and forage crops. Partly as
a result of his work, nine improved
forage grass varieties and four
forage legumes were accepted for reg-
istration by the Canadian Seed
Growers' Association.
His life's work has taken him to
leading agricultural research stations
in the United Kingdom, Northern Ire-
land, the Netherlands, Belgium, Den-
mark, Sweden, Norway and France.
In 1949 he was one of the Canadian
representatives at the Fifth Interna-
tional Grassland Conference in the
Netherlands.
In Ontario his name is on the list
of all the main organizations which
require his specialized knowledge. He's
a member of the standing committee
on field crops in Ontario, chairman of
the province's Legume Research
Committee, a member of the Assoc-
iate Committee on Plant Breeding,
I the National Research Council, the
forage division of the Plant Breeding
Committee and the Canadian Seed
Growers' Association.
Prof. Weir is married and has two
sons. The elder boy is four years old,"
He is a nephew of the late Hon.
Robert Weir, former federal minister
of Agriculture in the Bennett govern-
ment.—Finanpial Post.
PLRSONALS
Gordon Litt, 56" well
known opera- IOUT OF FASTBALL RACE tor and owner of the sawmill at Tees-
Donnie, were holiday visitors with
Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Sen. Miss Susan
Seli returned to' London with them.
—Mr. and Mrs. Walter Greeson of
Flint, Michigan, were visitors with
Mr. and Mrs. M. McPhail over the
week-end.
—Mr. and Mrs. Clare Blue of Dut-
ton, and Miss Alice Blue of Toronto,
spent the week-end with Mr. and
Mrs. A. M. Crawford.
—Mr. and Mrs. George Brown, John
and baby Jean, of Gorrie, with Mr.
and Mrs. Webster Jacklin and Maxine
of Wroxeter.
—Mr. and Mrs. George W. Boyle of
Mount Vernon, N. Y., spent a couple
of days in Wingham, last week visit-
ing old friends.
—Mr. and Mrs. Howard Wallar and
son, Ralph, of Waterloo, visited last
week with her mother, Mrs. Stan
Hare.
—Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Hutchison
of St. Thomas, spent the week-end
with Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Haney, Leo-
pold St.
—Mr. and Mrs. George Shaw are
spending Labor Day holiday with Mr.
and Mrs. Ken Johnson, at Birming-
ham, Michigan.
—Mrs. Chris. Nethery, who for the
past two weeks, has been visiting her
family at Belgrave and her sisters in
in Wingham, returned to her home in
Sarnia on Sunday.
—Week-end visitors with Mr. and
Mrs. Norman Keating were Mr, and
Mrs, Harmon Mitchell of Rothsay and
Miss Ruth Mitchell, of Trans-Canada
Airlines, Vancouver.
—Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Burns and
"Bobbie" of Walkerviile, "spent the
week-end at the home of Mrs. Burns'
sister, Mr. and Mrs. George Tervit,
Bluevale Road.
—Mr. and Mrs. Albert Beney,
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Amos, and Mr.
E. E, Uptgrove of Brantford, spent
Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
John Strong, Carling Terrace.
—Mr. and Mrs, George Guest and
Paul, spent the week-end with Mr.
and Mrs. Harry McKee of Windsor,
at their summer home on Lake Cam-
eron in the Bruce Peninsula.
—Mrs. Mary Meek has returned to
Toronto after spending the past three
weeks with her brothers, Mr. Thomas
and Mr. Alfred McCreight.
—Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Christie and
sons, Graeme and Brien, of Toronto,
are visiting this week with Mr.
Christie's sister, Mrs. W. B. McCool the hardware business. Mr. Berry was
and Mr. McCool, an active member of the United
—Mr. and Mrs. Bert Fisher and Church, a Past Master and a paSt
children of London, were Saturday
visitors with Mr. and Mrs, Joe Green-
away and family. Mrs. Margaret Og-
ram of Toronto, is visiting with Mr.
and Mrs. Greenaway at present.
—Mrs; George Boyle Sr., of Tor-
onto, spent a Couple of days with her
aunts, Mrs. James Robertson of Low-
er town, Mrs, James Holloway of
Long Island, N. Y. ay, Mrs, Tenant,
who are Visiting here.
—Mr. and Mrs. Alan Williams, John
St., were guests at the wedding of
Patricia Pearson, daughter of the
Hon. and Mrs. Lester Pearson, in
Ottawa on Saturday. They will re-
turn to Wingham on Wednesday.
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