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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1954-04-14, Page 1With which is amalgamated the Gorrie Vidette and Wrnxeter News Subscriptions $2.50 per year, 6c per copy WINGHAM, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14, 1954 —kiikM— ALONG THE MON DRAG By The Pedestrian . NET PROPHETS—Smelt fisher­ men are straining at the leash these days waiting for the word that the little fish are running in the streams that flow down to Lake Huron. It’s pretty hard to>tell when the psycho­ logical moment arrives for catching the- little tidbits, 'but being psychic helps. Failing that the best plan is to have a friend handy to the lake Who will let you know when they are running. ♦ • ♦ • EASY PAYMENTS—Robin Camp­ bell, who is trying to build up a cash business in his Canadian Tire Store, was shaken last week when, opening a copy of this paper, he read his ad and saw a $7.95 battery advertised under the heading “18 months to pay”; It works out to 44c a month, without carrying charges. Ad should have read 18 months guarantee. ♦ ♦ * .FORE!—Last week Jack Lloyd got In some early golfing practice, when paying a visit to the local golf course, he teed off on a groundhog which happened to be sunning on one of the fairways. It was not learned whether he used a wood or an iron for this master stroke. On Sunday, despite the locked gate, about a dozen golfers answered the call of spring and ap­ peared on the fairways for a pre­ season tune.-up. * * * CASH WITH DELIVERY—Murray Taylor was a pretty worried man last week when after making a delivery to Percy Clark, he noticed that his money bag, with a substantial sum in it, was missing. After a frantic search around town the missing wal­ let turned up in the back of Mr. Clark’s truck, where Murray had ap­ parently thrown it, along with the parcel he was delivering. * .♦ * SJVELL^IMfcAlt etor of the Lyceum theatre, who has never had the 'mumps, has had a busy time lately, moving his office back and forth from the house to the theatre. Seems one of his children got the mumps and, fearing quaran­ tine, Alton moved his office effects into the house. By the time he had moved back the second child had' contracted it, now the third child has the swellings, and Alton is once again working from the house. He says next time the mumps strike he’ll be able to take a rest. z * * * "boating SEASON OPENS—Carl Bondi opened the boating season in Wingham this year, by taking a trial spin across the prairie on< the Mait­ land last Sunday. We trust there was no repetition of last year’s aquatic display clown there, when the tiller handle broke off and nobody could stop the thing. * * * SHOPPING AROUND—The. little four-year-old girl who wandered away from home on Monday and into Callan’s Shoe Store, wasn’t’ really lost. It appears that her mother had promised her a pair of shoes, and she had merely gone to collect. * * * WHOSE GOT THE MEDAL—Any­ one who knows of the whereabouts of the once famous Jubilee Medal would be welcome at The Advance- Times office right now. The medal Was won by the local curling club in 1888, at a bonspiel in Listowel in com­ memoration of Queen Victoria’s Jubi­ lee, and for" years was used as a trophy for curling events. However, it disappeared for a time, was return­ ed to the club and since that time has again dropped out of sight. Informa­ tion about the present resting place of this historic piece will be appreciated. TRAIL RANGER PAPER DRIVE APRIL 22nd .9 o’clock Thursday morning of next week the United Church boyst Will start on tfieir paper drive. Household­ ers are asked to bundle their news­ papers only for collection* .Proceeds are for church furnishings. F14* EASTER DANCE The Wingham Oddfellows are spon­ soring a dance to |>e held in the Blue­ vale Hall, on Thursday, April 15th. Don Robertson and the Ranch Boys will provide the music and there will be a lunch booth in the hall. Admis­ sion at popular prices* Proceeds are for the Cancer, Polio and Tuberculosis Fund* 7:14b International Past President Addresses Lions Nearly 150 Lions and their ladies were present at the annual Ladies’ Night, held in the Armories on Friday. Guest speaker was Walter C. Fisher, Past President of the Lions International, who gave an inspiring address that kept his audience in wrapt attention throughout. At the head table, above, are Bruce Mal­ colm, district secretary, Toronto; Mr. Fisher, and Stewart Beattie, president of the Wingham Lions Club. —Staff Photo. - • / ■ Edith Walker Named Kinette President The Kinette Club held their regular meeting on Monday night at the home of Audrey Reid, with the presi­ dent, Velma Scott in charge of the meeting. A financial report of the play was given by the treasurer, Jane Burke. All those who helped in any way with the project were thanked by Presi­ dent Velma. A letter from the Huron and Perth Canadian Cancer Society was read by the secretary Jean Ellacott. It was agreed that a donation of ten dollars be sent to’ the society. The election of officers then follow­ ed with the following being elected to take office next September: Past president, Velma Scott; presi­ dent, Edith Walker; vice-president, Jean Loughlean; secretary, Evelyn Crawford; treasurer, {Dorothy Temple­ man; registrar, Ruth Currie; histor­ ian, Mabel Templeman; bulletin edi­ tor, Peg Bateson. The Wingham Kinettes are cele­ brating their fourth anniversary this j month and it was decided to have entertainment with husbands and friends invited. An inter-club meeting of the Kin­ ette Clubs in this district will be held in Walkerton on June ,7th. Tentative plans were made for the Winghan} club to attend. The next meeting will be held bn April 26th at the home of Kinette Jane Burke. SPECIAL EASTER SERVICES “The Seminaires” male quartette of Central Baptist Seminary and Evang­ elist Don Holliday in Wingham Bap­ tist Church, Saturday, April 17, at 8 p.m. and Sunday, April 18, at three services 10 to 10. Bible School Open Session, come and help us reach a record attendance of 100. The morn­ ing service will be broadcast over CKNX at 11. Our great Gospel meet­ ing at 7 will feature “The Seminaires” quartette and' their consecrated music, and the challenging preaching of Evangelist Don Holliday. Also at this service the beautiful Ordinance of Be­ lievers Bible Baptism, recent converts will be immersed in obedience to Christ’s command.” . . . Buried with Him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so We also should walk in newness of life.” Romans 6.4. F14b International President Speaker At Lions Club Ladies' Night Walter C. Fisher, of St. Catharines,- a past president of Lions Internation­ al, was/the guest speaker at the an­ nual ladies’ night of the Wingham Lions Club held in the Armouries on Friday evening. About 150 Lions and their ladies were on hand for the gathering over which President Stew­ art Beattie presided- as the capable DRAMA ORGANIZATION TO BE FORMED AT MEETING TONIGHT Tonight at 8 o’clock in the town hall auditorium a meeting will be held of all those interested in form­ ing a dramatic society or Lttle Theatre. Anyone interested in any aspect of dramatics—directing, act­ ing, lighting, costuming, make-up, etc., is invited to attend. The purpose of tonight’s meeting is to decide upon what sort of organiz­ ation will be formed and to elect officers and arrange for committees. There has been talk of presenting a play in conjunction with the town’s 75th anniversary. The feasibility of such a performance will be discussed. After elections and organization there will be a general discussion of plans and suggestions. Swallows Steel Ball .. . X=Rays Locate It Richard Gardner, three-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Gardner, was taken to the hospital on Sunday, after swallowing a small steel ball from one of his toys. At first his parents thought he had swallowed a penny, after he had been seen playing with one shortly before the mishap* X-rays taken at the hospital, how­ ever showed the object to be a small, steel ball, about the size of a marble, which had become lodged in his stomach. It is believed that an operation will not be necessary to remove the ball. After X-rays had been taken at the hospital, the boy was allowed to go home. PUBLIC SCHOOL MUSIC FESTIVAL DRAWS MANY ASPIRING SINGERS Wingham Public School’s second annual music festival was held in the town hall on Wednesday, with, com­ petition^ going on throughout the day and a final wind up program in the evening. Winners of last week’s events will compete at the Huron County music festival, to be held in Goderich. Ajudlcator ,Dr; G. Roy Fenwick,) director of music for Ontario, was pleased with the results shown and the co-operation displayed by the teachers, the music supervisor and school inspector J. H. Kinkead, and complimented all on a fine perform­ ance. The evening Concert featured top winners in the solo classes as well as choirs and rhythm bands, and drew a large crowd to the town hall auditor­ ium. Twenty-nine contestants competed in the girls’ solos class for eight years and under, representing the heaviest entries in any one class. Twenty-six contestants entered the class for 11 years and under. In the boys’ solo classes, 20 com­ peted in the eight years and under group, and 16 in the eleven years and under classification. Seventeen cou­ ples entered the duet division, and there were eight entries in the double trio class. Winners Following are the first three win­ ners in each class: Girls’ solo, eight years and under, Kathleen Hodgins, Brenda Conron, Alma Elliott; girls’ solo, 11 years and under, Ruth Hodgins, Joan Angus, Sharon Lewis; girls’ solo, 14 years and under, Dorothy Cham- ney, Mary Skinn, Sharon Thomp­ son; boys’ solo, eight years and under, Bob Crewson, Tommy Fal­ coner, Bob Lunn; boys’ solo, 11 years and Under, PatiL Hutton; Bruce Mac- han, Walton McKibbon; boys’ solo, 14 years and under, Bob Rintoul, Billy Henderson* Raymond Walker; duet class, Raymond Walker and Robert Rintoul, Judith Lunn and Margaret Brooks, Bill Henderson and Emerson Hickey; double trio, Merle Gowdy, Mary K. Newman, Gwen Brown, Claudia Haselgrove, Charlene Deyell and Muriel Gowdy; rhythm bands, grade one and two combined bands; ■singing game, group one of grade three. Contractor’s Death Halts Construction Of Boiler Room » Complications arising from the death of Duncan McDougall, contrac- i tor for the boiler room and laundry at the Wingham General Hospital, have temporarily halted work on the structure, it was^ announced at the meeting, of the hospital board last Thursday. Mr. McDougall died almost two months ago, and since that time the Thomas Construction Company, of Brussels, has done some of the work on the boiler room and laundry, bringing it to the point where the building can be left until further ar­ rangements are made. Immediately following Mr. McDou­ gall’s death, Roundthwaite and Fair- field, architects for the project, ad­ vised the McDougall estate that back­ fill must be put in around the foun­ dation, and that the concrete slab which constitutes the roof of the boil­ er room and the floor of the laundry must be laid immediately, in order that the building be preserved from the elements. Mr, McDougall’s estate arranged with the Thomas company to complete this work, which was finished about three weeks ago. Meantime negotiations are under way between the hospital board and the estate of Mr. McDougall, in an effort to straighten out the picture j and to arrange for the finishing of I the job. About-.one quarter of the total contract price of $60,000 has been paid out to date. chairman. Guests were present from the Lions Clubs of Bly th, Teeswater and Brussels. Walter Fisher’s address bore ample evidence of the enthusiasm and inter­ est in constructive thinking- which made the speaker such an outstanding International president a few years ago. Basing his talk on the need for a positive outlook by mankind in general, Mr. Fisher said that we fail I so often to appreciate the good points in our fellow humans. Right here, in Canada, he declared, we have un­ paralleled opportunity to demonstrate the tremendous values of optimism and constructiveness. Looking • for a moment at the gloomy side of today’s world picture, the speaker stated his belief that we are on the verge of what could be history’s greatest catastrophe. The science of destruction has finally at­ tained the point of perfection at which it would require only the slightest miscalculation to thrust mankind in­ to oblivion. No Need to Fight Communism Turning to the subject which lies in the back of every Western mind, Mr. Fisher said that we think too much about how we are going to fight. Communism. The great require­ ment is to fight with all our heart and soul for the faith which is ours— Christian Democracy. If we give that ideal the backing it deserves we will have no need to fear the dark threats of Communism. The final test in the matter he voiced in these words— "Do you believe in Christian Democ­ racy as implicitly aS' a Communist believes in what has now become his faith?” Mr. Fisher roundly condoned the crepe-hangers and the criticizers along with those who are ready for petty squabbles. Putting it tritely he said, “A chip on your shoulder is an in­ dication of wood higher up.” Concluding his address the speaker spoke plainly of his belief in the utter necessity of an awareness of the realities of Christianity, and the need to instil its principles in the hearts and minds of our children, who will be “the only worthwhile monuments we can erect.” Mr. Fisher was introduced by Dis­ trict Secretary Bruce Malcolm, of To­ ronto, who, with Mrs. Malcolm, was a guest at the gathering. During his re­ marks Mr. Malcolm not only present­ ed the guest speaker, but reminisced briefly about earlier days in the Wing- hath Lions Club. Appreciation was ably extended to the speaker by Lion (Continued on page two) Surcharge on Nou-Contributors Reimposed by Hospital Board Patients from municipalities in the. hard feeling had resulted amongst Wingham General Hospital area ] the rural municipalities from the lift- which have not contributed to the cost of the proposed new wing will be surcharged a minimum of $1.50 per day, it was decided at a meeting of the hospital board last Thursday. The action came after three mem­ bers of the hospital’s publicity com­ mittee appeared before the board to ask that the surcharge be reimposed. The surcharge was first levied in October of last year, and then re­ moved by the board in February after Huron County Council made a grant of $15,000 contingent on there being no surcharge. “Liable to Lose What We Have” The delegation from the publicity committee, comprised Chairman De­ Witt Miller, Tj. R. Coultes, Belgrave, and William Elston, of Morris. Mr. Miller told the board that a lot of Mrs. R. Mowbray Named Vice-Pres., At Synodical Meet Mrs. Robert Mowbray, of Wing­ ham, was elected first vice-president of the Hamilton-London Synodical of the W.M.S. of the Presbyterian Church at the closing session of the synodical meeting in Owen Sound on Thursday. Next year’s meeting of the synodical will be held in St. Thomas. Officers elected were: Honorary presidents, Mrs. R. C. Campbell; Woodstock; Mrs. H. C. Dunlop, Gode­ rich; Mrs. D. Munro, Hamilton; presi­ dent, Mrs. Arthur Hamilton; first vice-president, Mrs. Robert Mowbray, Wingham; second vice, Mrs. Fred Gallie, Forest; third vice, Mrs. J. A. Elliott, Ailsa Craig; recording secre­ tary, Mrs. S. J. Grosvenor, London; corresponding secretary, Mrs. W. C. Wheaton, Port Stanley; treasurer, Mrs. John Bell, Kincardine. PLAYERS AT “HOCKEY SHOWCASE” Seven young hockey players from Wingham were present at the first “hockey showcase”, held in Walker­ ton last Wednesday, at which over sixty hockey players from all over Western Ontario gathered to show their stuff to NHL scouts. On hand to watch the boys were Bob David­ son, of the Maple Leafs, Howie Meek­ er, Leo Schmaltz and “Farmer” Mc- Fadyen, NHL scouts in the district. The players, picked as outstanding on their respective teams, were divid­ ed into four teams during the after­ noon, and played a double header. In the evening two all-star teams were chosen from the line-ups to play the final game. Red Houghton, playing for the Blues in the evening game, scored a goal, as did Ken Hodgkinson, who got one on an assist from Jim Camp­ bell. Present from Wingham, were Ken Hodgkinson, Jim Campbell, Jim Lockridge, Jim Bain, Frank Hough­ ton, Gary Storey and Keith Lan­ caster. The “hockey showcase”, which won praise from the NHL scouts was or­ ganized by Vic Loughlean of Walker­ ton, and Doug Leith, of Port Elgin. It is hoped, that the event will be an annual affair. George Day Breaks Leg (in Fall George Day, RR 1, Wingham, re- i ceived a badly fractured leg last I Wednesday, when he slipped on a patch of ice while cleaning up around I the farm. He was taken to Wingham General j Hospital, Where his condition is re- ! ported to be good. It is expected that I he will be hospitalized for two or three I months. NOTICE re- Daylight Saving Time Daylight Saving- Time will commence in the Town of Wingham at 12,01 a.m. Sunday, April 25, 1954 Citizens are reminded to turn on their clocks at that time. DEWITT MILLER, Mayor Town of Wingham. ing of the surcharge m February. He said that municipalities who had paid their share of the cost of the new wing regarded it as “unfair” that the other municipalities who have not paid should have their patients treat­ ed at the hospital on the same basis. In some* cases he continued, people on one side of the boundary road were paying their share, while their neighbors on the other side were ob­ taining hospital rights without con­ tributing anything, and the feeling in some municipalities is that if non­ contributors are not penalized in some way, those who have contributed may withdraw their grants. Mr, Miller said that if something is not done about it soon “we are liable to .lose what we have.” He was referring to $100,000 already pledged to the new wing. The delegation asked that instead of a surcharge, the board make arrange­ ments to raise hospital rates and at the same time make a special reduce tion or discount to patients from the municipalities who have contributed to the scheme. Not the Best Way Chairman H. C. MacLean said that he thought that would not be the best way of attacking the problem. He said that while the system men­ tioned by Mr. Miller would get around the letter of the County Council’s rider to their grant, it would in ef­ fect be a surcharge and everybody would know it. He thought that an outright surcharge would be prefer­ able. Other members of the board con­ curred. Further discussion settled around the probable reaction of the County Council to the return of the surcharge. The council, in making their grant of $15,000 to the hospital, had stipulated that the grant was conditional on no surcharge being made. Members of the hospital board who were also members of the County Council seemed to think that the council would either cut off the grant entirely, or reduce it by half if a sur­ charge were made. Others thought that the council might be persuaded to rescind the rider if the matter were presented to them properly. Board members agreed that in view of the dissatisfaction amongst contributing municipalities, they would have to take a chancue on the County Council removing the rider. The motion was made by R. E. Mc­ Kinney and seconded by Roy Cousins that patients admitted to hospital from municipalities in the area who have not agreed to pay their share of the cost of the new wing will be sur­ charged a minimum of $1.50 per day, as of April 15th. The motion was passed unanimous­ ly. Committee Heads to Discuss Program For Anniversary A meeting of committee chairmen of the Wingham Business Association, will be held on Thursday night in the council chambers of the town hall, to discuss the program of the 75th anni­ versary celebrations, to be held (his summer. It is expected that the executive committee, which will have overall control of the celebrations, will be chosen at the meeting. A number of ideas for the program will also be dis­ cussed. —Mr. and Mrs.Chas. Martin marked their 52nd. wedding anniversary on Friday last.