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21ST REGIMENT
'Life Underwriters
Present ;Award,s
Tile .regular n'ronthly dinner
meeting of the S:atigeen Life un
derWriters ASsoci.at1Qn was held.
Friday, May afst, at the Hanover
#Inn, Hanover, Underwriters' were
present ;Froin .Arthur, Mt., Forest,
Durham, Wingham, Kincardine,
Walkerton and Hanover.
Highlight of the meeting was
the presentation, of ",National;
Quality Awards" to five members
of the local association, The
award is .conferred by ,the three
major associations within the life
insurance industry, the Life Un-
derwriters Arasociati.on, the Cana-
dian Life Insurance Officers As-
sociation, and the Life Insurance
Agency Management Association,
The award recognizes life insur-
ance representatives who place
consistent emphasis on quality
service to the insuring public. Per-
marianco of life insurance "in
force" is the basis of the award,
pot sales volume, To qualify, life
underwriters must show by their
records that they have maintained
a high standard of competence,
placing the interests of their
clients above their own. Persist-
ency and permanence!, of business
in force indicates that the public
has been professionally counselled
on the basis of individual needs
and has acknowledged confidence
in their life insurance advisors.
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"Providing Life Insurairce and
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:eVailable from age 0 to age 55,
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Mervyn Knapp, Canada Life,
Hanover, presented the awards on
behalf of the association to the
following life underwriters: First
year award, Donald J. Buchan,
Prudential of America, Hanover,
and William J. Renwick, Confed-
eration Life, -Durham; third year
awards, Harry Bruegeman, Mutual
Life, Hanover and C. Wilford Cas-
lick, Imperial Life, Wingham; ten
year plaque representing ten years
of quality underwriting to Clarence
Thompson, Sun Life, Walkerton.'
The present officers of the Sau-
geen Association were re-elected
for the 1957-58 term, namely, pre-
sident, Mr. Harry Breugeman;
vice-president, Mervyn Knapp;
sec: treas,, Wilford Caslick,
It was noted that membership
in the local association has more
than doubled in the last year, and
continued growth appears immi-
nent. -
A parfel discussion on "prospect-
ing" was conducted with M. S.
Patterson, . Manufacturers Life,
Arthur, acting 'as moderator. Also
included on the panel were Perce
Pentland, Metropolitan Life, Han-
over, and Howard. J3e11, Manufac-
turers .Life, Hanover.Other mem-
bers present also participated in
the discussion son ,this ever-present
problem.
Plans were laid for the next.
panel to be on "Estate Planning''
and to be conducted by three Kin-
cardine underwriters, Morris, Ma-
hood, London Life, J. Douglas
Mackay, Excelsior Life, and Gor-
don Currie, Confederation Life.
Clarence Thompson was the win-
ner of the mystery draw.
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WENS .,SHOOT
Finishes can be lust as txt lt-
ing In shooting. competitions' ;as
In .ether major spotta, This: was
proved by Gunner Wayne Houston
Moorefield,, when lie blasted .a :,tandem 'tor .a school were o cued,
target fivith Bren On at Long P
Branch to scoff• 20 points and give
the 21st Regiment team :a one
Point .roar8'in over the Royal High-
land Light Infantry squad .krom.
Hilton and .the Central 'Coinniand
trophy,
Militia units from all Ontario
west of Brockville' competed .in,
this shoot at Long Branch,Some
69 competitors made the finals.
Coached by Capt, J,- G, Kirk, the
21st regimental team reached the
finals when they Won the pre-
liminaries through • defaylt by
militia units from Sarnia, London
and Kitchener,
First hb1ic SChoot, Built at
�lin�6a�m Ii!nttion in.1897.
A, inel^tin6' .ot Ow trustees of :$.S I anacersful box socials. were held
No. 8 Trtrnberry and 'Morris; was. one In -January 1916 and the oche
,held on February 16, 1`$97 and In 1916, to raise money for th
Red ,Cross. u Seventy dollars wa
realized at each of these. socials
The chairman for one ` was Mr
George Spetton and 'the other Mr
A, II. Musgrove, both of Wing
ham. Mr, Win, Henderson, Pea
Wingham, gave us a great .dealo.
help, bringing out .a planQ from
13011 s Music ;store in Wingham,
bringing a sleigh load our from
town, and helping take in the
money at the door. A number :Of
people front Wingham were op the
programmes. One was Mr, G, #t.
Smith. of Wingham High School
who spoke .on "Nothing" and bad
the audience in stitches with his
humorous talk, Iyer, Willis, who
owned a shoe store in Wnghatn,
contributed several musical num-
bers, Boxes were auctioned off
for as much as. $5 each,
Mr, Lennox, the caretaker saw
that the horses were all stabled,
which meant a great deal: He
cheerfully .cleaned up all the Mess
the next day left from the boxes,
etc, In fact,, everyone in the cam-
munity was anxious to help, Little
.wonder the socials were a success
and every,, one had' a good time,.
Wail Blown Down •
On November 28, 1919, a: high
wind at 60 miles per hour blew in
the front want of the school. ;and
the teacher and; pupils enjoyed a
short holiday, I mean short, be-
cause the trustees rented a house
near the section .house for seven
months and :the teacher and pupils
Moved in until the school was re
paired during 1920. This .house,
oWned by Robert McKenzie, had
beep rented previously to two
farmers for grain storage.. One
room was the class room' and an
adjacent room was used for • a
playroom when ,the 'weather was
inclement, , When the children
Played for some time we were all
enveloped in dust no doubt
frpm , grain stored there at one
time. When it got too bad we got
out a sauce pan, sugar, etc,,.. made
taffy and cooled it in the snow.
Some times the stove :smoked . So
badly we locked the, door and
went home. One ^.verstormy af-
ternoon the noon train was late
and when it arrived in front' of
in,. the little 'red caboose on the the school both the teacher and
freight, train every morning :to, the pupils went home. It was the
Section house .and then walked first time I ever got a free ride on
down the sideroad to school and the passenger train, since I had
Walked 'home at night. The • exer- no money with me. The conductor
vise seemed to:agree with all .the was very .nice and. :said it was all
teachers., right under the circumstances. In -
`During` World War I two 'very cidentally, the conductor was M.
Leaky who lives in Kincardine.
The house we were in was torn.
doydn some time later. Pare of it
is Wm. McKenzie's drive shed and
the ether' part is Ken Stapleton's
garage. You can see these. as you
drive along Highway 86 from
Wingham to Bluevale.
We moved back into the school
in ..:September of, 1920' and •found'.
we, had two cloak rooms instead
of the .two porcheswhich had
been built in 1912. We also had a
very good furnace, which helped
to dry•our snow covered garments,
and a library.
Even the clock on the wall be-
came a real member of the school
and when the inspector made his
rounds it ceased to function until
his,. departure, The teacher men-
tioned this to the inspector Dr.
Field. He said he :had heard of. `.
people being so homely they would
stop .a clock, but he didn't know
he ;was 'that homely. However, in
1942 a new clock was bought for
the school and 'the old one sold by
auction to Murray Jenkins for 50e.
',These are a few experiences of
ruralschool life,
0-0 0'
1. would like to thank all those
who helped me. in any Way, espec-
ially .:by donating . ,pictures, with
special mention of Mrs Joe Schnei-
der. ,
The late. Russel. Henderson,
whose .death occurred on Friday
evening when the family home
way completely destroyed by fire,
also contributed a great deal of
time and 'effort, to this history.
The tragedyhas shocked the entire
community andour sincere sym-
pathy is extended to the family in
their bereavement. -
Mrs. George Thomson,
formerly ..Jeanette Brock,
Personnel df the 21st squad are
all members of the 100th Battery
R,C,A, (M) Listowel, Resides
Capt. Kirk, who is `medical health
officer of the battery, the team in-
cludes Major E, C. Milliken, officer
commanding, Sgt. -Major Bill
Skelding, Sgt. Keith Farrish and
Gunners Houston and Robt.
Harkness.
•
Houston's performance .equalled
a home run with the,' bases ,loaded
in baseball. Going into the last
round of the event, 21st Regiment
trailed the R,H,L,i; by • 19 points.
Houston was opposed by Cpl. V. G.
Kay. They each would fire 25.
shots at the target 100'yards away`
A perfect score would give 25'
points, '
Cpl. Kay already had wdn in-
dividual honors in the rifle •shoot..
He fired with Bren first and fail-
ed to nick the target. once, Gnr
Houston followed and poured.20 of
his 25 rounds . into the Indium
image -like target. .This gage the
local regiment a total ' for both
rifle and Bren ' ompeti.tion ..of .524
points compared to the R.H.L,I.'s
523,
Capt. Kirk finished second with
156 points in the individual rifle.
shoot. This event is fired at three
different distances' and the local,
crack shot was the only contestant
to register a perfect 50-50 score
in the deliberate. ;phase of the
shoot from. 300 yards
Sgt. Farrish was third in' this
part of the •event ,with 152 points;
Major Milliken: tied, for; ninth,
position with 144 and: Gnr. Hark-
ness shared eleventh .place with a
'score of 139. • k
Cpl. Kay, who won the event
with 170 points, is a, son`, of bon
Kay, for many years :one ,of Can-
ada's top shots on the Bisley team;
PERSONAL.
-Mrs. R. H. Miller, Detroit,
visited with her sister, Mrs, R. G.
Gannett, M. Gannett and family.
NEWLY ORDAINED
BELGRAVE w RECTOR
BORN :IN' NOLCAND
BEI.GRAVE-Among.the seven
priests ordained at St. Eau1's• Cc,th-
edral, London, on Thursday, May
30, was Rev Brea de Vries, mini
ester at Belgrave„Blytit'and ,Auburn
Anglican churches, '
• Rev. de Vries • web .born in :The
Hague, Holland in 1920 'and receiv-
ed his public and high sehogl edu-
cation there. He then attended an
It was moved by Mr, W. Hentlar-
son and Seconded by Robert Hogg
that the tender* of W,m. Nicholson
be accepted. The brick for the
school, was bought, frorri Ben J"en-
kins, at that time for $7 per M,
On r compleition of the school,
Miss Mary Findiater was hired on,
August 9, 097. to teach the 'bal-
ance of 'the year, She was then
hired (Or .the teaching year of 1,698
at a salary of $275, .She taught.
i ntil. January of 1901, and later be-
came a doctor. ' -
Mr, W. J. Henderson was sec-
retary -treasurer from 1897-1944,
when, a' school area was fanned,
I wonder if any other secretary -
treasurers in the province have
held. a similar office for forty-
seven . years, His death was a
great loss to the community' be-
eause he- took such a keep inter-
est in all school activities,
The auditors were Mac Elliott,
E, B, Jenkins, Duncan Anderson
Fred. Hogg, John Fowler, Alex
Elliott and Miller Proctor from
1930.1944, •
Mr. John ,Lennox was caretaker
from. 1912-1921, when he` moved to-
Wingham. His salary .was $25 for
the first year and by 1921 was $35,
I wonder how many men nowa-
days would : wade through deep'
snow fire days a week, put on
fires, sweep, dust and scrub floors
three times a, year for such small
remuneration; I don't'' see aany
hands up.
The children at that time had
no busservice - Shank's mane
was their. only -way of travel and
many the drifts they struggled
through in order to get an eduea.,
tion, They were 'certainly strong,
sturdy.children.
•
Rode Caboose-
A number of teachers were from
Wingham and went home from
school each day. They got plerty
of exercise no need to go on 'a'
reducing diet
• Miss Ethel Musgrove (now Mrs.
Greer) snow -shoed. The farmers
were kind enoughto letthe fences
downs far the winter- and. she ter-
tainly could travel"at a fast pace.
The writer of ' this article rode
'Sportsmen Will
Work on. Property
A . meeting . of the Wingham
Sportsmen's Association was held
in : the Legion home Monday night
with ' a good . attendance: It was
decided that revery 'Wednesday
evening at '7 o'41oek• will be 'work
night at the Sportsnien's property.
All, members are ;urged to appear
and bring shovels and axes.
-A_ monthly : draw will comrnence
at `once,. for a •$50.00 cash prize.
Tickets ,Will be sold at 50p, which
can be 'obtained •from Abner Neth-
cry; Wingham, or Ernie King,
:Bluevale:' , All members Ore urged
,tol'sell as many as .possible.
Afishing trip' was planned for
early. July at Honey Harbour Bass
fishing grounds; Tombs 'Rock. Slim.
Boucher and Ernie "King • are
arranging the trip. The shot gun
draw was made and the winner
was David Purdman, of John St.,
agricultural college, graduating i Wingham, =
just when the war started in .Hol-
land.
Rev. de Vries fought with the
underground during -the. war. In
•
August 1945 he was married in
Amsterdam and „Worked, as an in
Spector for att. ,insurant:e firm
until March 1948, When he and his
wife and• , two childrefl 'emigrated
to t;anatta. lie' worked the `first
two' years on a farm and in Lod-
don, becoming an" agent tor the
London Life Insurance`Company in
London In 1900, transferred to
Erantford in 1952.
in 1984 'he• entero ''i uron
'lege and esnte to Btytii. iri Seti1em
bee, 1954, as a student 'Minister in•
charge of the three' churdhes, was
ordained deacon in All • =Saints
Ghurchi "Windsor, ldtivernber i,
1955 and. was ordaltied' priest at
St. 1%au1'e, Cathedral, London, frit
May 30:
Rev, and 'Mfrs: de Vries .have six
Now,. 1eh►il4eln, lour 130_441,d',two .girls
Next meeting *ill he Monday;
July 1st. Everyone was reminded
to support the dance at Dungan-
non this
ungan-nonthis Friday night, The presi-
dent reminded all the members' to
obey the signs that have been
erected on farmers' property.
LEE VANCE TO HEAD
DIST. PHARMACISTS
The annual meeting of District
12 of the Ontario Retail Pharma-
Gists' Association Was held in
Wingham on Wednesday Mast. The
business meeting was held in the
Wingham Legion home and later
delegates and their wives mot at
the Wingham District High School
to hear' the main Speaker, Dr.
George Walker, a member of the
facility of Pharmacy at the Uni-
versity oc Toronto; speak on the
role of the pharmacist in civil
defence.
One of the highlights of the
session held in the . Higli School
Was the presentation of long stir=
vice' certificate's to five ,Members
of the Association with 50 year
service records, . Thosereceiving
the awards were . Jame9 Alien,
Wroxeter; W: S ]Cole, Hueter;
•S: It: bavey, Chesley; 2'. G,- 14fti t-
ton, Meaford and H. Brownlee, 01`
QWen Sbund,
,The annual meeting Was attend-
ed by about 80 Members of the
Assooiatiori: •
'he newly elected officers ate;.. -
Lee. Vann, president; Ross Do
Long, vice-president; Walter N'ew
Conti9e, • secretary; Rbland tiling.
housen, representative to the Ont- Mil,. W, '.. Henderson whd' was
Arlo 'College of Pharmacy; Jack sec tieas 'a'Wing] am Junction
litdI ibbert, representative t0 theISchooi 'from. 1897.1944 when $6001
Oa , r1a `.Mail ?hatmaeiats, •rA,rea Was famed, •
PICTURES NEY T WEEK
We are sorry but due to leek of
space it was impossible to use all
the Junction . School pictures, this
week. They will appear in next
week's paper.
',junction 'Teachers
Fro •
Mies Mary FInd.iater, ,A gust
1897 -. ;January )1901; Mies. Nina Ts-
hirater,.,'Jatinary 1901 - July 1902;
Mita 'Button; august 1903: 14ril
1903; .Miss 'Edna Manning, April
109.3 - Januar1904; 'Miss Ada
Howson, January 4.904 - July 1906;:
Miss Fear? Z, Baker, Augy it 19194
August *908; Miss Lizzie'Hether-
ington, August 1908 - July. 1191(1.;
lVltas zrenq Davis, .six weeks • in
1910; Miss Ethel Musgrove,' re-
maiiider of 19±4) to July "1911; Miss
J,. Pr..ie, Augst 1 - 92;
Miss -er.Gretta. •u.Ken9X1nedy, .AJuly u1gu1st
1912 July 1914; Miss .Jeanette
)3rociF, August 1914' , January 1921;
Mrs. :Ethel.Buchagab, January 1921 -
July , 1921; Mies Mary gHail li;
,.
August 1::411
921' - . July- 1.9231. Mi3144942'
s E,
Bennett, August 1923 - July 1924;
Miss A, Lie, August. 1924 July
1927; Miss 'Olive Strikes, August
927 .July 1930; Miss G, Ireland,
August *930 - July 1,934; Miss Jean:
Webster, • :,August 1994 r January
1939; Miss Caldwell, January 1939 -
July 1940;, Miss Marie 'King, An -
plat 1940 - July 1943; Miss 'Ila.
Craig, July • 1942 - July • 1944; Miss
Jean Keirt,h,' ;August: 1944 - July
1947; Mrs L; `$, Palmer; August.
047 - July 1948; Mrs. James Henry,
August ,1948 - July 1949,
Iri 1937 the' trustees decided. to.
engage a ,•music teacher. to., visit
the' sehool.:each9 week, and Miss
Mae Johann 'was, chosen, ^ •
Taken about 1918'- Front row,
left to right: Jack: Fowler, • Bill
Henderson, Jim Wright, • Back
row, left to right; Edna Hender-
son, .Mae Moffat! Jack Skinn,
George Skinn.
Miss Alive• Stokes, ntiW "Mrs I:etlie
Bolt of HA. 5, Brussels, a former,
Junction. School teacher, .
, Floor Anders for ripnt
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Gospel Meeting` at 7.39
Each Thureday F 4 .venin t m.
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'prayer MSeting and Bible Study
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Mothers will please bring their children -
to the Kindergarten on • the first floor`, of '
ft ,. r , �y
t _..e Masonic Hall,' for._.
,- registration 'qn Tues.!.
day afternoon, June • 11th between 3.30 x.30 anTd
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5.00. o'clock.-
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Onlychildiett *ho arefive
years of age.,be,
fore January'tst,°'-1958' are eligible to ie is7
ter for'Kindei-garteri in. September, °'
vf not convenient to,Cciine on the above date,
. contact the Kii dek`garteu4 teat er,Mr-s,
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E tt, or the principal, Mr. S.` Beattie ':':
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