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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1954-01-06, Page 1With which is amalgamated the Goirie Vidette and Wroxeter News .......-r—r- ............. „ . .. Inscriptions $2.50 per year, 6c per copy WINGHAM, ONTARIO. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6tli, 1954 T 7 I <•■ on BIB AND TUCKER—Sympathy is •extended to the local resident who, Woman Injured as Car Hits Bridge Mrs., Oscar Keiffer, 32, of R. an afternoon nap. Friends along the (\yjngham, was admitted to the ;main drag were amused when the harn General Hospital, .gqnlteman sallied forth without re-1 membering to remove the kleenex. At least it was comfortable. 0-0-0 JINGLE BELLS—Snowy streets have been a boon for sleighing parties ■the past week, at least until the afreets got sanded. One of the par- tles was observed on Friday night rounding the corner ’ of Victoria and j Catherine Streets with an action re- ’ aembling the old crack-the-whip, and I two of the less experienced members: catapulted into a snow bank. For-J tunately the snow bank wasn't as hard as those on Josephine Street. 0-0-0 BOB SLED CHAMPS—Ace Bate- ;8On, who is a bob-sledder from ’way back, tuuiuu V — .after warning the kids of the dangers strong. Meetings are held each Wed- of sleighing on the glassy surface of’nesday night in the town hall council 'Casing Terrace. He and Elmer Dey-1 chambers, and as many as 35 mem- eyy started right from the top, and ^ers have been present. A small by the time they got to the highway collection is taken at each meeting, were clipping off an estimated 35 which is used to buy prizes for the m.p.h. Only trouble was there was a bare spot on the highway which they! didn’t notice until too late. The boys tar.e nursing a variety of abrasions, contusions and general aches and pains. •suffering a chafed neck from his collar, inserted a piece of Kleenex underneath the collar before having . R. 1, Wing- on Friday morning suffering laverations to the knee, contusions and shock, as the result of an automobile accident. A passenger in the car driven by her husband, she was injured when the car ran off the road on the sixth line of Turnberry and crashed into a bridge. Mr. Keiffer escaped with a shaking up, SECOND MILE CLUB •ACTIVE THESE DAYS The Second Mile Club, which start- _________ ____ __ ed early last summer, has held 27 couldn’t " resist*"the impulse, • meetings to date, and is still going euchres which are held there. Over the holiday season the club sent a carton of cigarettes to veter­ ans in the Byron Sanatorium at Lon­ don, for which they received a very nice letter of thanks. During the Christmas week the club held a Christmas party at which over thirty members were present. Mrs. Horace Aitchison sang a solo and Mrs. William Kennedy sang a solo and gave a piano solo. Readings were given by Mrs. Mowbray and Wingham.’s needs in pyrotechnic dis-' Mrs. Campbell, and all the members plays for the year 1954. It’s not as ‘ joined in singing Christmas carols, crazy as you think. We could pro-.’Euchre was played, after which a bably do with some on this 75th anni- j lunch was served. versary of Wingham’s incorporation! as a town. j 0-0-0 I TOWN CRUISERS—One of the'. j I 0-0-0 FERE WORKS AT COUNCIL—The enterprising firm of T. W. Hand and Company, who manufactures fire­ works is right up on the bit. At the first meeting of council a letter was read from them inquiring about advantages of stop lights at the John and Victoria corners, as mentioned at the council this week, was the fact that they would discourage people from riding up and down Josephine Street with no intents or purposes. Seems there are a number of people i who have nothing better to do Sat-1 urday night than to forth from Crossets Packers Mill. 0 - o - ARE YOU looking Boston Bull lady dog wearing har­ ness? Call 193 or 34. . Any of the older men and women of town who enjoy a social evening ar^tttvited to _drop in any .Wednes­ day evening and join in. Club ac­ tivities usually get under way by eight o’clock. There is no charge for’ membership, other than the small collection for euchre prizes. STUDENT MINISTERS drive back and to the Canada 0 for one elderly The Presbytery of Huron of the A decline in crime in Wingham was seen in the yearly report of the Police Department presented by Chief of Hospital workers were busy .New Year’s day when a record num­ ber of New Year’s babies arrived on January 1st, Of the four babies that were born on the holiday, three ofPolice T. W. Platt to the council meet-1were born within 50 minutes ing on Monday. Chief Platt reported that although crime has been a major problem throughout the province dur- ing^the pa^t year, offenses under the Criminal Code were less during 1953 than for the year previously. The Chief attributed this to “the very ex­ cellent type of citizens of the Town, and the excellent work done by our constables on night duty, who are very alert and faithfully patrol the business district during their; tour of duty.” Police invesigated 483 complaints during the year, many of these of a very minor nature, as compared with 806 complaints during 1952. Of the 39 .people summoned to police court dur­ ing the year, 33 were convicted and 3 cases were adjourned until 1954. Eighteen persons were convicted of speeding durihg 1953, as compared with 5 in the year 1952. The increase was attributed to the crack-down on speeders which was instituted last spring. Parking violations were down from 53 in 1952 to 7 in 1953. The following figures were given in the statistics which accompanied the report: The first figure is for 1952 and the second for 1953. Criminal Code: common assault 1, 1 (convicted); attempted suicide, 0, 1 (dismissed); break and enter, 8, 1; disorderly conduct, 1, 5 (convicted); deserted wives, 1, 2; impaired driving, 2, 2 (convicted); fraud, 4, 2; theft 9, 4. Highway ^Traffic Act: careless driv­ ing" 5, 6; speeding, 5, 18 (convicted); stop sign 3, 1 (convicted); parking violations, 53, 7. General accidents (minor) 30, 31; accidents (major) 27, 13; accidents (injured) 3, 2; accidents (fatal) 0, 0; mental patients, 1, 3> fatal accidents, (industrial) 0, 1; sudden deaths 1, 2; missing persons 10, 7; missing per­ sons located 10, 7; property found in­ secure, 122, 132; breach town by-laws, 59, 9.’ Stolen property: automobiles (stol­ en) 8, 1; automobiles (recovered) 8, 1; value of property stolen, $11,450.56, $1,883.00;. value of property not recov­ ered, $460.56; $383.00; total number of complaints, 806,483. In his recommendations the Chief suggested that consideration be giv­ en to cutting back the boulevard be­ tween street and sidewalk on piagonal Road between Josephine Street and Victoria Streep and the boulevards onvictona screeCj ana me oouievaras on United Church of Canada met on; Victoria and John streets for one block bawling NEWS M La CKNX League A total of 30 bowlers visited the Al­ leys, to try their luck after a two week lay-off for Christmas. No re­ cords were broken. (Naturally.) Ladies, high single, June Roxbor- ough, 226; high triple, June Roxbor- OUgh, 564. Most strikes, June Rox- borough, 9. Grand average to date, Audrey Swatridge, 161, June Roxbor- ough 155, Molly Brent, 153. Men, high single, Elmer Purdon, 2M; high triple, Johnny Brent, 710; moat strikes Elmer Purdon, 13. Grand overage to date. Johnny Brent, 188; Hap Swatridge, 170; Gord Symons, Jt0; Harry Foster, 157. Teams, based on this week’s scores only. Gord Symons, 2410, Team of five, IM; John Strong, 2304, team of five JUM; Bob Carbert, 2296, team of five, 1M; John Cruickshank, 2285, team of ft?© 152; Jack Gorbutt, 2156, team of five, 144. Teains, standing to date, based On points system: Jack Gorbutt, 30; John Strong, 28; John Cruickshank, 27; Bob Carbert, 25; Gord Symons, 25. Creamery League Creamery, 5 points, 2247, 49; Office, < 2073, 28; Trucks, 2, 2017, 26. Ladies high single, Florence Cook, 1S1; Jadles high triple Florence Cook, men’s high single, Gordon Per- rott, 276,; men’s high triple, Gordon >feffott, 668. Tuesday, December 29, at Blyth Un­ ited Church. Mr. Nelson Trewartha, of Clinton, presided over the meeting. The partic­ ular feature of interest was the pre­ sence of the five candidates for the ministry, belonging to Huron Pres­ bytery, who were the special guests. This meeting, coming between Christ­ mas and New Year, permitted all the students to be present. The committee on students and colleges assisted the Presbytery executive in arranging the meeting. Much credit is due Rev. W. C. Parrott, B.D., of Crediton, for the success of the meeting. The candidates were introduced by Rev. N. D. McLeod, B. A.; B D., of Kippen The Presbytery was also in­ troduced to the candidates by the Rev. A. G. Eagle, B. A, B. D., of Clinton. The five candidates then addressed the court in the following order: Clifford A. Kelly, of Belgrave; ponald A. McKenzie, of Blyth; Leslie Mc- Spadden, of Seaforth; H. Brock Vod- den, of Blyth; and Harvey Sparling, of London. All the candidates are tak­ ing the course in Arts at Western and Victoria Universities. Several prospec­ tive candidates for the ministry also were present at the meeting. Mr. Cecil Wilson, of Exeter High School, gave an address during the dinner hour* on the theme: “What we expect from our minister.” During the afternoon session another address was given by Rev, R. A. Brook, of Blue­ vale, clerk of Presbytery, on “The ex­ pedience of a minister on the field.” The occasion Was an inspiring and moving one and in a few well-choSen words of N, W. Trewartha commended the meh for their splendid addrdsseh and wished them success ih their stud­ io and work as Chiitch, on each side of Josephine Street. He also suggested • that consideration be given to the installation of traffic lights at the interesections of John and Josephine Streets and Victoria and Josephine Streets. ■ Mr. James Wallbridge Unusual Coincidence In Personalities On the day that Queen Elizabeth was holidaying in Hamilton, New Zealand, a native of that city down under was spending a few hours in Wingham. and Mr. R. Byrnes Fleuty are fellow •students at the Palmer School of Chiropractics at Davenport, Iowa. It was too far for the former to go home for the Christmas holiday so that latter tbok him to his home at Cooks­ ville, Ontario. The two of them came to Wingham on a brief visit to the latter’s grand­ father, Mr. W. J. Fleuty, Mrs. David Hamilton and Mrs. John W. Dodd. happiness in their future ministers of the United euchre Auxiliary to the Canadian uegion ladles Legion are holding a buchre party ih the; Legion Home, Monday, January lllli, at 8.15 p.m. Good prizes. Lunch will be served. Admission 35c. F6b of each other. All of the babies were girls, . Nev/ Year's babies were born to : Mr. and Mrs. Alex Nethery, RR4, Brussels, at 12.40 a.m., Constance Jean, six pounds, two ounces. Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Lippert, Luck­ now, at 1.15 a.m., a six pound three- ounce baby as yet unnamed. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Simpson, White­ church, at 1.30 a.m., Anne Darleen, eight pounds, three ounces. Mr, and Mrs. James Scott, RR 5, Goderich, at 10.43 a.m., Donna Jay„ eight pounds three ounces. Members of the Ladies’ Auxiliary of the hospital customarily each New Year’s baby with spoon. present a silver <3 of SERVICES HELD FOR JOHN FESSANT John Fessant, a former resident Culross Township, died in Springfield, Mass., in his 87th year. , Born in Culross in 1867, Mr. Fes­ sant moved with his parents to Teeswater, where his boyhood was spent and his early education ob­ tained. In young manhood he pre­ pared for the study of pharmacy, and more than sixty year- ago he gradu­ ated from the College of Pharmacy in Toronto, receiving honors and a gold medal for prescription work. After graduation he practiced in Canada for two years, but later went to Springfield, Mass., where for more than sixty years he worked as a druggist, largely in the capacity of a clerk in the dispensing of medicine. He was esteemed and honored be­ cause of his integrity and dependa­ bility as a dispenser. His father, WiPacy-V^Fessant, was a man of deep spiritual life. He was educated at the Rockwood Academy near Guelph, conducted by the Friends. A classmate for three years was J. J. Hill, later a foremost rail­ roader in the United States. William. Fessant was a partner in the firm of Button and Fessant, which operat­ ed a chair factory here many years ago. John Fessant had two sisters: Sarah, wife of George Mitford, latter­ ly an engineer in Cuba, who prede­ ceased him many years ago, and Minnie, wife of Dr. E. W. Bradwin of Toronto, who passed away six years ago. Burial took place in Wingham Cemetery on Tuesday afternoon upon arrival of the CNR train from To­ ronto. Services were conducted by Rev. R. D. Reid, of Toronto, assisted by Rev. D. J. MacRae, of Wingham. Pallbearers were F. R. Howson, W. A. Galbraith, R. H. Lloyd, J. J. Reid, R. J. Button and Cecil Button. ANNUAL MEETING OF LADIES’ AUXILIARY TO WINGHAM GENERAL HOSPITAL The annual meeting and election officers of the Ladies’ Auxiliary Wingham General Hospital will At Inaugural Meeting Monday Night The inaugural meeting of the Wing-1 sessing of the town under the Huron i ham town council was held on Monday County manual, the new Wingham night, with the council in full at- | District High School, which is now in tendance. Three new members of the council, Elmer Wilkinson, Earl Ham­ ilton and Howard Machan were pre­ sent for their first ^meeting of 1954. The meeting .opened with a prayer by Rev, D. J. MacRae, after which Mayor DeWitt Miller welcomed new and old councillors alike. “There will be plenty of ‘work to do this year,” the Mayor told council, “and I sure members of the council will joy doing it.” Outlines Problems Mayor Miller outlined some of the questions which had confronted’ the council last year and touched briefly on the work that had been done by the 1953 council to meet these pro­ blems. He said that the big problems of the last year had been the re-as- am en- the planning stages, and the proposed new wing to the Wingham General Hospital. Of these he said the re-assessment had been completed, to the satisfact­ ion he hoped of all. The new district high school had received approval of the majority of municipalities in the area, and the architect was now working on the plans. The proposed new wing to the Wingham General Hospital had received approval from the municipalities in the district, but was at the moment awaiting final approvement of the. Department of Health. The Mayor suggested that fur­ ther work might be called for on the part of the council before the new wing became a reality. /ft*Insurance Man Meets Council A special meeting of the town coun­ cil was held on Wednesday last to meet Mr. Roberts, a representative of the British Empire Insurance Com­ pany, who- had come to Wingham to discuss the town’s liability insurance policy, issued by his company, and* especially, the claim of Mrs. Michael Willie against the town for damages in a fall on the town streets, Mr, Roberts explained that the po­ licy was not an accident insurance policy, but a liability policy which was designed to protect the town in case there was no legal liability on the part of the town, and that because of this the company had refused to pay the claii$. k During the time the policy had been in force, Mr. Roberts said the town had paid a total of $2,373.11 in prem­ iums. A total of $753.75 had been paid out in claims during, that period, he said, as well as $554.29 representing adjustors’ fees. He pointed out that this represented a loss ratio of 55% on the policy, which he considered to be fairly high. Delay “Unfortunate” Mr. Roberts explained that there was no intention on the part of the company to delay settlement with Mrs. Wilde, and the fact that the three (Continued on Page Ten) of to be held in the Council Chamber on Fri­ day, afternoon, January 8, at 2.30 o’clock. Reports of the activities for 1953 'will be presented and every wo­ man interested in the hospital is invit­ ed to attend. Te.a will be served at the close of the meeting. F6b i ) Mr. the Accountant Degree For Culross Boy Russell E. Pennington, son of and Mrs. Perry Pennington, of second concession of Culross, has re­ ceived his degree as a chartered accountant.. He is at present living in London. Russell is a former student of Wingham District High School, and is a brother of Harold Pennington, of town. ■ I On Parade! Mrs. Mary Armstrong Dies in Detroit The death occurred in Detroit on Wednesday, December 30th, of Mary McIlwain, wife of the late Francis Armstrong, after a short illness; She was in her 78th year. Born in Turhberry Township, Mrs. Armstrong was educated in Wingham, and was married here in 1903 to Fran­ cis Armstrong, of Goderich. Her hus­ band predeceased her in 1944. She was a member of the Baptist Church. Surviving are a sister, Mrs. T. C. Robertson, Kelwood, Manitoba, a niece, Mrs. S. Cowan, of Wingham, and two nephews, Harry and Fred El­ liott, of Bluevale. Funeral services were held in Wing­ ham on January 1st., with Rev. Alex Nimmo officiating. Interment was in Wingham cemtery. Pallbearers Were Harry Elliott, Fred Elliott, Stewart Cowan, Jack Wilson, of Listowel, Herbert Kent, of Brant­ ford and Alex Mackie, of DrUmbo. The R.H.Q. and 99th Bty of the 21st A/Tk. Regiment, held their first par­ ade of the new year on Monday, Jan­ uary 4th. The parade was well attend­ ed considering the boys just got over New Year and some had influenza. Myself, I just opened the window and in-flu-enza. Oh, brother! 0-0-0 There’s big news in the Q.M. "stores as Sgt, “Casey” Casemore was pro­ moted to Staff Sergeant. Nice going, Casey. Line up, boys, he is going to wet his hook (with coffee, of course).. 0-0-0 The Signal Section was "hard at it” during the evening getting the 19th set to operate—and from the sounds they made one would think tpey were s.till celebrating-New Year’s. Maybe it was the operators, Gnrs. “Squeak” Hall and "Mighty” Stapleton. 0-0-0 Gun drill was under" the able in­ struction of W.O.2 “Wilf” Seddon and Sgt, “Jack” Blackwell and you can tell the holiday is over as they are right back at the same routine. You know— “This is the end of the gun Where the projectile comes out, etc., etc.” By ttye look on some of the faces, they didn't care if the round came out side­ ways, but by next week the boys should he wide awake and as keen as mustard, Committees Named A striking committee consisting of Mayor Miller, Reeve McKinney and Councillor Purdon then withdrew to draw up new committees for the com-.„ ing year, as follows: Executive, DeWitt Miller, R. E. Mc­ Kinney, Athql Purdon; finance, R. E. McKinney, Elmer Wilkinson, Joe Kerr; streets, Athql Purdon, Joe Kerr, Elmer Wilkinson; property and new construction Elmer Wilkinson, How­ ard Machan, Athol Purdon; ' fire and band, Norman Keating, Earl Hamilton, W. F. Burgman; cemetery, W. F. Burgman, Norman Keating, Earl Hamilton; welfare, Howard Mac­ han, Norman Keating, W. F. Burg­ man; sanitary, Joe Kerr, Howard Ma­ chan; industrial, Ear] Hamilton, R. E. McKinney, ■ Elmer Wilkinson; police, DeWitt Miller, R, E. McKinney, Athol Purdon; co-ordinator of civil defence, DeWitt Miller. * Withhold Support A letter from the town of Hespeler, asking the town of Wingham’s sup­ port in the matter of Hespeler's, at­ tempt to withdraw from the county, was received *and discussed by the council. The Hespeler council is at­ tempting to withdraw from the county to escape what they consider excessive county road costs. Opinion * of the council seemed to be that its own re­ lations with the Cdunty .of Huron were at present cordial and that any mpve to support^ Hespeler’s plea for withdrawal might be construed as criticism of our own county council.. Council voted that the letter be filed. A letter was received from a Huron County committee on rental houses announcing a meeting in Clinton on January 14th, -The committee is at­ tempting to get government assist­ ance on rental housing for towns with, a population of less than 5,000. Council decided to send representatives to the meeting. Other matters of correspon­ dence were dealt with, including communications from the Good Roads Association, the Canadian Society for Poliomyelitus and the St. John’s Am­ bulance Association. Town Employees Re-appointed A' by-law re-appointing the town employees for the coming year was passed. Those re-appointed n were Town Clerk, W. A. Galbraith**, Chief of Police, T. W, Platt, town assessor, William Haney and town solicitor J. W. Bushfield. Also re-appointed were Reeve R. E. McKinney to the hospi­ tal board, and E. S. Stuckey to the library board for a term of three years. Councillor *.Athol Purdon was appointed as town representative on the arena commission, taking the place of Charles Crossett, who resign­ ed from the council this year. Council­ lor Norman Keating will serve with Mr. Purdon on the qommission. The council moved a vote of confidence in Reeve R. E. McKinney as their representative on the hospital, board. Following the meeting members of the council adjourned to Sherbondy’s restaurant, whore they were guests of the. Mayor for refreshments. Looking Backward as the Old Year Passes in Review Jan. 1—The first baby born in Wing­ ham General Hospital in the new year was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Taylor, of Wingham. Jan. 7—George A, Beattie, account­ ant at the Dominion Bank for the past five years left to assume the managership of the Gorrie branch I , of the same bank. Jan. 14—Cecil dfent of the Chamber of I Jan. 21—First the construction of a $450,000 chron­ ic patient’s wing at the Wingham Genera] Hospital were taken with the forming of a 1<1-man 5 committee to Study- Ways anq means of build­ ing the addition. Merkley named Presi- re-orgrinized Wingham Commerce. positive steps towards / Jani 21—At a meeting of the Ontario Arena Association, held in Wing­ ham, it was decided to form a dis­ trict branch of the association With its own executive, to govern policy of arenas in this area. Jan. 28—Harold Wild Was named chairman of the Wingham Public School Board at the board’s first meeting for the year. Jan. 28—At the January session of Huron County Council in Goderich, a grant of $20,000 Was approved for the proposed addition to the Wing­ ham General Hospital, Feb. 4—The resignation of , Police Chief J, W. Irwin was received at the meeting of the town Council. Constable Lloyd Brant was appdlrit- ed acting chief until a permanent appointment is made* Feb. 4—Friends in this community • were saddened to learn of the pass­ ing of Mrs. A. J. Irwin on Monday. She had been ill about a week. Feb. 11—Announcement Was made that T. W. “Bert” Platt has been re-engaged as chief of police; for the town of Wingham, to succeed J. XV. Irwin. Feb. 18—‘It was decided to approach -the municipal councils seeking ap­ proval of/ the proposed new. district high 4sehool, at the regular meeting of the Wingham District High School Board. (Continued on page four,) 0-0*0 The armouries looks like a—well, armouries, again, after the big Christ­ mas and New Year’s activities, and it is just as well. Now we can get down to training and prepare .feir “summer camp”. That word leaves a nasty taste in some fellows’ mouths, 0-0-0 Well," this is all for this week, but. remember all you Battery members, training is in full swing so come oh down next Monday night. Arid you fellows Who* are thinking of joining the Battery, remember the opportu­ nity is here, it’s yours for the asking! —Miss Lenore Higgins, daughter of Mr, arid Mrs. Chester Higgins, form­ erly of Wingham supervisor of Obstet­ rics- in Victoria Hospital, London, Was bn television oft Friday night With the first New Your paper in London. Wingham Bantams Nip Palmerston 5=4 Wingham Bantams continued their winning streak defeating Palmerston on their home ice 5-4 in a WOAA hockey game. The issue was decided in the closing minutes of the third period when Hetherington scored on a penalty shot after the two teams were! tied 4-4 at the end of the second periods For Wingham, Hetherington led with two goals, and single tallies went to Murray, Hotchkiss and Rintoul. The marksmen for Palmerston were Longhorn, Johnson, Burke and Mason. Barbara Merrick is President of Group The regular monthly meeting of the Marian Williamson Girls’ Group was held on Tuesday1 evening, December J22nd. Meeting at the church, the girls rind their leaders Went carol singing, then returned to the church for a Short ’ meeting arid refreshments. Of­ ficers elected for 1954 are as follows: President, Barbara Merrick; 1st. Vice president, Sandra Smith; secre­ tary, Helen Ford; treasurer, Marion Chittick; press reporter, Joyce Mof­ fat; pianists, Mary Scott and Mary Ross} registrar, Audrey Gilmour; leaders, Mrs. Douglas* Fry* and Jean Campbell,