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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1961-08-30, Page 12'Wt1tE#taMm *Wanes-TIMIS 4.40 TWelvo Wed., Aug, 30,. 1.901„ LYCEUM Theatre Wingharn, Ontario qrwo Shows Each. Night Commencing at 7.13 p" APIMSSION-650 - 45e - 300 gl'hura.-Fri.-Sott. Aug. 31-Sept, 1-2 "GORGO" Science fiction thriller In England starring Bill Travers and William Sylvester - also "TARZAN'S FIGHT FOR LIFE" starring •Gordon Scott - Eve Brent Materials have been n 1111 selected for Durability and • • • Good Looks OUR SALE PRICE !3.98 THIS WEEK-END INTRODUCTION GIFT FOR STUDENTS 40,404.40V404/404/..40404!4/4/, VISIT OUR King , SUPPLY' COUNTER' MAKE A• SELECTION OF YOUR.' SCHOOL NEEDS ' GET A FREE PENCIL POUCH ire 4 SPRAYING BACK FORMER BEAUTY Give. your ante a new lease-on- looks with our expert paint job. What a fabulous difference it makes! The cost? Less than you'd think. Very fast service, too. MARKS BROS. AUTO BODY McKee Harvester Bldg. Josephine Street PHONE 19 - WINGIIAM Robt. Henry Burgess Passes in- 82nd Year Robert Henry Burgess, who had suffqed a long illness, passed away in the Wingham General Hos- pital on Sunday, Aug. Gth. The funeral was held the following Wednesday from the R. A. Currie & Sons funeral home with Rev, C. F. Johnson of St. Paul's Angli- can Church officiating. Interment was in Wingham cemetery and the pallbearers were Harvey Aitcheson, Dr, G. W. How- son, Gordon Gannett, Roy Manuel, Harold White and Len Bok. The flower bearers were Charles Jones and Eldred Nichol. Deceased ,was born, in Brussels 31 years ago. His parents were the !ate Francis and John Burgess. In 1909 he married Margaret llenn of Walkerton. The core- nony Was in London. Mrs. Bur- gess survives, with a daughter, Helen (Mrs. Lorne Cornish) of London, and two sons, Harvey of Toronto and Walter of Wingham. There are three grandchildren and two sisters, Mrs. William Case and Mrs, Roy Finch, both of Toronto. Mr. Burgess was a machinist and woodworker by trade and had lived retired since 1949. Receives Word of Cousin's Death .0;41.144,ic 4.19;ft there. fr, and Mrs. ioy Forsyth of Elizabeth, New Jersey, visited vvitn1 his sister, Mrs, Andrew Casemore I and Irima, and other relatives and friends last week, -Visitors recently with Mrs. Jean Grump have been her sister, 1 Mrs. Lillian Mutrie and brother, i Mr. William, Towle, of Toronto. Mrs, Jack Siebert and children to Her brother, Mr. Gordon. Towle and their home in Montreal and, spent Mrs. Towle of Vancouver, and her sister, Mrs. Harvey Muir and Mr. Muir of Montreal, --Miss Margaret Cunningham of County Down, Ireland, who has with Mr, and Mrs, Frank Gibbons been visiting at the home of her in London. Vicky Anne returned sister, Mrs. Stanley Newell of Ni- BOOKS We have a large assortment of BEST VALUES n • • • Save Here! n EXERCISE • • • Smooth Paper for • Fine Writing • IM EXTRA PAGES • 1111 • LOWER PRICES -Dr. and -Mrs. T. 0, 'Wilson of Venus, Florida, visited their sis-' ters, Misses Francis and Hanna Wilson and Mrs. J. W. Scott last week. -Mr. and Mrs. Art Edgar, Mr. and MrS, James Halliday and Mr. and. Mrs. Ross King have returned home after a motor trip through the western provinces, -Miss Brenda Bennett, daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs, Clifford Ben- nett of Ingersoll, and Mrs, James Sell have returned home after vis- iting a few days in Toronto, -Mr. and Mrs, Joe Kerr spent a week-end recently at Bala visiting with Mr. and Mrs, William Thomp- son at their cottage, ---Mr. and Mrs. Frank Thompson, John St., accompanied Mr, and a few days there. --Mr. and Mrs. James Gibbons, town, and Mr. and Mrs. Warren Weber, Listowel, spent Sunday with them to visit for a couple of weeks with her grandparents. -Week-end visitors at the home of Mrs. D. S. MacNaughton were Mrs. Ralph Markewitz and son David, of Buffalo, Mrs, B. P. Hain- stock and daughter Helen of To- ronto, Mr. and Mrs. J, H. Mowatt of Milton and Miss Jean Harris of Brownsville, ----Visiting at the home of Mr. and. Mrs. John Moir at the week- end, were her sister, Mrs. Dora James and daughter, rs. Lamont, of Guelph, Mr. and Mrs, Albert Bates, of Guelph, Mr, Edwin King and Miss Winnie Moir 'of London and Mr, and Mrs, Ray Moir of Santa Monica, Cal. -Mr, and Mrs. Clayton Roszell and• son Keith of Hensel'. and Mr, Robert Dixon of Clifford spent Sunday with Mr, and ' Mrs. Joe Greenaway and family. -George Kerr and Barry Thomp- son spent a couple of days last week in' Toronto visiting, the Ex- hibition. -Mrs. Peter Anderson ha$ re- turned home after spending the past few weeks at Port Huron.. Her sister returned home with her "for an extended visit. -At a special meeting of the Vestry of St, Paul's Anglican Church Elmer B. Walker was el- R. F. Rawsell,' ' r !) 416ider are spending- this week ,at Mapir itichelieu,'Murray Bay, QUebee, at- tending a sales- convention--of,-:the Canada Life. Insurance. Co. --Holiday :visitors with , Miss Anne Geddes have been Mi. and Mrs. N. M. Geddes of Toronto, Mr. James Ferguson and Mr. W. C. Geddes of Chatham and Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Little of Seaferth. -Mr. and Mrs. Roy Dewberry and Edythe of London were visit- ors for several days With her par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. Vance Sander- son. -Miss Heather Henderson of Owen Sound, spent a couple of weeks with her aunt, Mrs, Carl agara Falls, with Mr. and Mrs. Newell and Kathy, visited on Wed- nesday last at the home of their uncle, Mr. Hugh Sinnamon, Min- nie St., and with Whitechurch and Lucknow and Wingham relatives. -MrS, Gordon Elliott spent the week-end at the home of Mrs. Wm. Drinkwater of London. -Mr. Mitchell Elliott of .Ailsa Craig has been busy for the past two weeks taking down the house on Minnie St. south of the United Church and moving it to Aliso, Craig, where he will use it in build- ing a home. -Mr, J. B. MacKinlay, of Win- nipeg, is visiting his sister, Mrs. Jean Carr, -Mr, and Mrs. W. E. Fielding have returned from their holidays spent in motoring around the Gaspe and through New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and the New England States. --Following the Don Messer show on Friday evening, members of the Messer. troupe were invite.d to the home of Lio.n Bill and Mrs, Walden, where they were entertained, -Mr, and Mrs. Norman McPhail, of Toronto, spent the week-end with her sister, Mrs. Roy Morgan, and Mr, Morgan. -Mr. and Mrs, Bruce Edgar and Dehhie, of Oshawa, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Chris Newman. Jim 'N'ew.rrian,' 'Of Mount' Albert, is visiting at his home here, following an'appendix operation in the Wing- ham General Hospital. -Recent visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Henry were Mr. and Mrs.. James Taylor, Robert Taylor, Glen Miles, Vic Draper, of Milliken, Ont., Miss .Helen Pringle, of Peter- borough and Mrs. A. Rogers and Miss Anita Rogers, of Mount For- est, -Mr. and Mrs. Harold Mitchell, of Hamilton, holidayed at Lake Huron and on the way home visited with Mr, Bert Mitchell in Paisley and with 'his mother, Mrs. Herb. Mitchell, Wingham. They spent Fri- day evening with Mr, and Mrs. BIRTHS NICHOLS-To Dr. and Mrs, W. R. Nichols (Marion Irwin) at. Pitts- burgh, Pa,, on August 12, 1961, a daughter, Elizabeth Louise, a sis- ter for Bobby and Bruce, REID-At the Wingham General Hospital, on Tuesday, Aug. 8, 1961, to Mr. and Mrs, Donald Reid, R.R. 3, Lucknow, a son. HAND-At the Wingham General Hospital, on Wednesday, Aug. 9, 1961, to Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Hand, Listowel, a son (stillborn). ARBTJCKLE-At the Wingham General Hospital, on Wednesday, Aug. 9, 1961, to Mr. and Mrs. Ro- bert Arbuckle, R.R, 5, Wingham, a son. CUNNINGHAM-At the Wiligham General Hospital, on Thursday, Aug. 10, 1961, to Mr. and Mrs. Ford Cunningham, R,R. 6, Luck- now, a son. LOWRY-At the Wingham Gen- eral Hospital, on Friday, Aug. 11, 1961, to Mr. and Mrs. Perrin Lowry, R.R. 1, Kincardine, a son. HICKS-At the Wingham General Hospital, on Monday, Aug. 14, 1961, to Mr, and Mrs. Charles Hicks, Wingham, twin sons, CORRIN-At the Wingham Gener- al Hospital, on Saturday, Aug. 19, 1961, to Dr. and Mrs. B. N. Cor- rin, Wingham, a daughter, BOHNERT-At the Wingham Gen- eral Hospital, on Sunday, Aug. 20, 1961, to Mr. and Mrs. Clem- ents Bohnert, R.R. 1, Teeswater, a son. COOK-At the Wingham General Hospital, on Sunday, Aug. 20, 1961, to Mr. and Mrs, Norman Cook, Belgrave, a son. , MOORE-At the Wingham Gener- al Hospital, on. Wednesday, Aug. 23, 1961, to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Moore, Wroxeter, a son. BOLT-At the Wingham General Hospital, on Monday, Aug, 28 1961, to Mr. and Mrs. William Bolt, Lucknow, a son. McINTYRE-In Sarnia General Hospital, on Friday, August 18, 1961, to Mr, and Mrs. Arnold Mc- Intyre, a daughter, Wendy Lee. BAKER-Ken and Alma Baker are happy to announce the birth of their daughter, Kathy Jean in Strathroy General Hospital on Monday, August 21, 1961, a sister for Jayne, Jacqui, Kendra and Kevan. SEWERS-In Bruce County Hos- pital, Walkerton, on Thursday, August 17, 1961, to Mr, and Mrs. Russell Sewers, R.R. 1, Clifford, a daughter. WEBB-In Victoria Hospital, Lon. don, on Tuesday, August 22, 1961 to Mr. and Mrs, Lloyd Webl (Doreen Burden), the gift of a daughter, Valerie Lynn. HILL - Mr .and Mrs. Robert C Hill (Marjorie MacKenzie) wish to announce the safe arrival of their first child, 'a baby daughter, Robin Kimberlee, on August 9 1961, at St. Joseph's Hospital London, This is the first grand- child for Robert J. MacKenzie, of Ailsa Craig, formerly of Wing- ham, Local uncles and aunts in- chide 'Dr. and Mrs. Stewart Leed- ham, Wingham, and Mr. and Mrs, Kenneth MacKenzie, Toronto. DIED JOHNSON, Sydney A.--On Wed- nesday, Aug. 16, 1951, at the To- ronto Western Hospital, Sydney A. Johnson, of 22 Belvedere Blvd Kingsway, beloved husband of Margaret Robertson, dear father of Edwin (Ted) of Peterborough grandfather of Kimberley, bro. ther of Mrs. H. Beoker (Flor- ence), Uxbridge, England. Inter. ment Aug, 18, was in Park Lawn cemetery. Mr, Johnson was a son-in-law of the late Mr. and Mrs. George T. Robertson of Wingharii. DOBSON, Quest D„ 59, in Listowel Memorial Hospital. Survived by his Wife, the former Blanche McKee, two sons, William of Ethel and George (Pete), Wrox- eter; sister, Mrs. Roy Hall, of Ethel and several grandchildren, Funeral from J. A. Peebles Sons funeral home, Atwood, to Ethel 'United Church, on Satur- day, Aguust 10. RYAN, Edwin James Suddenly, on Saturday afternoon. 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'SCHOOL SUPPLIES AT S CHOOL SUPPLIES I BETTER VALUE at BENNETT S Shop Here and Save • • • Inennett's Sc to .$1.00 Store LinfillookomisomotimiliosommiummulimOluilimiummloolownj Lott and Mr. Lott. 1Herb Fuller. Mrs. Mitchell return- -Mr. and Mrs. G. 0. Casemore ' ed, to Hamilton with them for a were recent visitors in Kitchener short holiday. and Stratford and attended the -Mrs. Byrd returned to her homlfi in Regina on Saturday after a couple of weeks' vacation with her daughter, Mrs. Jim Deneau, Mr. Deneau, and family. -Mr. and Mrs. Jurgen Krull, of Birmingham, Mich., were recent callers at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Alton Adams and Mr. and Shakespearean Festival, -Mr. .and Mrs. Joe Kerr spent last week-end with Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Lloyd at their cottage at Bruce Beach. -Mr. and Mrs. Harold Edwards visited with her nephew, Mr. and Mrs, Doug Cowan in Hamilton last Sunday. Her sister, Mrs, Gordon Mrs. Herb Fuller. They are spend- Cowan, Janice and Heather, of ing two weeks' vacation at Em- Winnipeg, Man., also Were visiting merton's Beach. . It's. More for Your Money Here! TWO HUNDRED SHEET REFILL 77c Reg. price much higher 88c Bright Plaid Rubberized for rough weather SCV:00L. BAG for Junior at This Low Price A n n n n n n n n n n n n n alnI I n n n n n III n im n n M I M n n man n n alm 1 n n n n n n AP1NETTE'S HAIR STYLING F11.21"ZVING711 v. NANCY SELI, left in the picture, was third prize winner in the judging for the Frontier Girl on Sat- urday.. Susan and Beverly Hastings, centre and right, Word was - received here by Walter Pocock that his cousin, ';',Iarence William Pocock, passed away in Toronto East General Hos- lite) on August 16th, Mr. Pocock, who was about 63, Itarted to work in the Canadiar hank of Commerce in Wingham vhen he was seventeen. Ile is survived by his wife, the ;Ironer Queena Wilson; his mother. Mrs. Elizabeth Cuthbertson; two irothers; George and Charlie, and we sisters, Margaret (Mrs. F. G. vox) and' Florence (Mrs. Wm, Mc- '<ante). Funeral service was held. on Fri- lay, Aug* 18, with interment in Mt. Pleasant Cenactery:-- - • Mrs. Lorne Fisher Dies in Listowel Funeral 'service for Mrs. Lorne Fisher ,33, was held from 'the Moir funeral home at Gorrie on Satur- day, Aug, lfith. The fernier Thelnia. Catherihe Renwick, daughter of Mr. and Mis. Clark Renwick of Carrick Town- ship, she died in Memorial beloved husband of Dorothy El- liett, forMerly .of Wingham; fa".• ther of Catherine Anne and Gre- gory Allan; son of Mrs, Mary Ry. an and the late Stephen Ryan.; brother of Joseph and jack Ryan Funeral Tuesday at 8.30 a.M, to St, Anthony's Chirreli for requiem Maas -at 9 o'clock, Xnterment in -Holy Cross, cemetery, were tied for second place in the same event.-A-T Photo. tai, Listowel, on Wednesday. Born in Howick Township, she attended the Wingham District High School and subsequently for several years was a member of the Bell Telephone- Co. staff in Wing- ham. Her marriage to Mr. Fisher took place in October, 1958. He survives along with one son, Malcolm, her parents, two sisters, Mrs, Leslie (Isabelle) Edwards of London; Mrs. Kenneth (Evelyn) Dettman of Howick; one brother, James 'Renwick of Howick and a grand- I parent, John Fitch of Wroxeter. Burial was in McIntosh ceme- tery, Pallbearers were Jack Inglis, Walter Renwick ard' Frank-nen- wick, cousins of the deceased; Bruce Harkness, Clinton Baker and Don McDowell. Friends attended the funeral from Winnipeg, Gadshill, Listowel, Kurtzville, Kitchener, Wingham, London and Toronto. FREESTONE PEACHES Arriving DAILY NOW AT THEIR BEST FOR CANNING Klear LIQUID WAX, 32-oz. $1.09 Raid INSECT BOMB, 12-oz. $1.19 . (QUICK BAG) „ Blue Bonnet MARGARINE 2 lbs. 69C SCHNEIDER'S Crispy Flake SHORTENING, lb. ' 25c Maple Leaf CHEESE SLICES, 8-oz. 27c Nescafe INSTANT COFFEE, 10-oz: ....$1.29 Stokely's Fancy KERNEL CORN, 14-oz-5/85c Kam LUNCHEON MEAT, 12-oz. 39c Maple Leaf TINNED HAM, 11/2-lb. $1.59 12c OFF GIANT Tide POWDERED DETERGENT 69Z• Phone: 590 Our Renovations are Nearly Completed WE HOPE TO BE OPEN TO SERVE YOU AGAIN BY SEPTEMBER 7th Ontario Large HEAD LETTUCE, 18's ..2/25c No. 1 Ontario POTATOES 10 lbs. 29c YOU WILL BE PLEASANTLY SURPRISED WHEN YOU VISIT OUR COMPLETELY RENOVATED AND RE-DECORATED STORE ' NEW Ontairio CARROTS, 20-oz. cello ........2/'19c EDIGHOFFERS (Wingham) Limited „[HE tratENDIS STOMP ed Front Grocery Our Prices Are Lower • Free We Keep Down the Upkeep Delivery PAINT SHOP ((: W. W. FEATHERSTONE DIES AT BRUCE BEACH Word has been received of the death of Arthur Wright Feather- stone, -husband of. Jean Mitchell, on Tuesday morning, August 15th, as the result of a heart attack while taking a morning dip at South Bruce Beach, Kincardine, Mr, Featherstone had been in ap- parent -good health prior to this time, The body was found within an hour by Mrs. Featherstone and brought- almost to shore, where neighbors •assisted. and applied ar- tificial...respiration. .A..ealf was -made'-to Constable Boyce,',Ontario Provincial' Police, Kincardine, and, accompanied by Dr. N, R, Helli- well, Kincardine, sped to the scene. Dr. Helliwell pronounced Mr. Featherstone dead and ruled out the necessity of an inquest. Remains were taken to the Mac- Lennan funeral home at Kincar- dine and later to the Jerrett fun- eral home in Willowdale. The ser- vice was taken by Dr. Beecroft, formerly of Wingham, on Thurs- day evening, August 17 at 8 o'clock, followed by cremation with inter- ment in Highland Memory Gar- dens.