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We Salute Wing'ha 's
100th--Birihday
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Front, left to right — Tim Henderson, Bryan Greenaway, Barry Underwood, Ron Beecroft;
Back — Jack Simpson, John Marks, Jim Marks, Jerry Marks.
With our very best wishes to a great town for
another hundred years of growth and prosperity.
Marks Bros. Auto Body Ltd.
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Serving Wingham and area in the automotive
Business for 18 years.
652 Josephine St., Wingham Phone 357-2280
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SALVATION ARMY BAND—This photograph was taken in
the mid-1960s. Leff to right are Bill Rawn Jr., Capt. New-
man, Mary Lee Hollenbeck, Andrew Rodger, Bill Rawn Sr.,
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CAPT. A. W. MARTIN', and Lt. P. D. Powe were the
Wingham officers of the Salvation Army Corps from July,
1917 to July, 1918.
Stewart Henry, Joe Clark, Janette Henderson, Bill Hollen-
beck, Bandmaster Bill Henderson and Seth Rawn. Seated
are Sandra Rawn and Beverly Rawn.
Geo. King founded
a thriving. business,
George E. King, tartber of the
which his daughter Mary (Mrs.
King Brothers, was in business
Borden Spears) oontinved the
with T. A. Mills for a number of
management until it was sold to
years in the building which Is now
Mr. Weinburg of Chatham. The
The Advance -Times office. In
firm was later owned and
1891 the partnership was dis. .
managed by Edward ',
solved and Mr. King, opened a
who came bare from Paisley. The
general store where Vance's
present owners are Gord and
Drug Store stands -today. In 1892 '
Mary Walter' who came here .
he moved his establishment to
from Goderkit.
the centre store in the Beaver
block, on which site the business
altt
remained. Following Mr. King's
death his sons, Thomas and
Robert became owners.
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On February 12,. 1912, the
Beaver block was destroyed by
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fire for the second time. King
Bros. rebuilt on the site in the
same year and this time only one
Vis:
large store was erected.
About the year 1924, Robert
took a position with the Simpson
Company, and in 1933 was, made
general manager in
Four years later he was
pointed vice-president and direc-
tor, retiring about 1950.
Thomas King carried on the
business until- his death, after
WINGHAM SALVATION ARMY CORPS OF CADETS, 1913 — Captain Charles Milton
was Corps officer. Back row, from left, one of the McTavish sisters, Ripley, Major Archie
McTavish, Harry Barker, who was killed in World War I, Major Margaret Wheeler,
second McTavish sister; middle row, Sgt. Major Mrs. Simmons, Brig. Bolton of Brant-
ford, Capt. Milton, Mrs. Ernie Simmons; front,.,twin sister of Archie McTavish, Mrs. Brig.
W. Martin.
THE SALVATION ARMY has a long record of service in Wingham, reaching back to the
very early days of the community. Above is the old corps headquarters In which services
were hold until It was demolished to make way for the modern building now to be seen on
Edward Street. This building was erected In 1891.
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THOS. C. KING
Brides
wanted
The front page of the Jan. 2,
1885, issue of The Times carried a
news item it suggested would be
of interest to girls:
"Some 30 young farmers and
businessmen of Arizona have
sent one of their number east to
find wives for them. The agent
says, 'I have photographs of the
members and I also have letters
of recommendation from the
township officers. All I want now
is to secure the yoW* ladies.
Their expenses to Arizona will
bepaid by the association or, if
they prefer, they will be given the
addresses of the members whom
they prefer and
can be opened ' "1
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Mother item on the front page
of The Times dealt with the
athletic exploits of a former
Brussels lad working in Califor-
nia. It quotes from the Livermore
Herald of Caliifornia as follows.,
W. F. Scott, a compositor
employed in this office, is
something of an athlete and sadly
astonished the boys in Oakland
on Thanksgiving Day. He went
down that morning to take part in
the Olymbia Games. He did so
with a vengeance as the following
from the San Francisco Alta
clearly demonstrates.
"The handicap running high
jump was highly interesting,
made especially so by the
peculiar jumping of an im-
mensely tall fellow, W. F. Scott
from Livermore. He was marked
as a conceited granger by the
crowd and by his opponents from
the peculiar lazy manner he had
of starting and launching himself
into the air, but it was always
noticeable that he never failed to
easily raise himself over the pole
when his last opportunity came.
Nearly every time the bar was
raised he would miss the first two
trials, only to go over with ease at
the third.
"The contest was won by Scott,
5 feet t inch. Giersch was
second."
This chap Scott, The Times
commented, is the tall, slim
young fellow who did such good
jumping at (',oderich on the first
of July for three years past.
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