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WINGHAM, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, MAY 5th, 1954
MONG THE M4INDBAG
By The Pedestrian
TALKING TURKEY—An invitation
to atendt the annual meeting of the
.Huron County Municipal Officers’
Association, addressed to the town
council, contained this reminder:
"Paid-up members will be served tur-
key. No provision has been made W for others”, and along with the in
vitation was a bill for $15 covering
the year’s membership. Council paid
without a murmur.♦ ♦ •
CHICKEN FEED—What a differ
ence a 6 makes. Members of the A-T
staff were horrified when Norm Keat
ing pointed out an error in a front
page heading in the early hours of
Wednesday morning. Heading read
$25,000 when the correct amount was
’■$625,000. Fortunately not too many
papers were printed before the mis
take was discovered. At that price a
new high school would be pretty
reasonable.♦ * *
FURNACE TROUBLES—A Hillcrest
sawdust burner reports that it took
four days, during the heat of last
week, for his sawdust to burn out.
By the time the
smouldered into
struck Wingham
it again.
last few grains had
dust the cold wave
and he had to light
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WINTER j^FTERMATH — Town
foreman Jim Angus reports' that he
took 57 loads of sand off the town
streets this spring; which would seem
to indicate that a certain amount of
the stuff was spread around during
the winter.
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WRONG PEW—Mayor DeWitt Mil
ler, who was supposed to attend a
meeting in Exeter last week, pulled
into town from® London, saw a meet
ing was in progress, entered and sat
down. After ten or fifteen minutes
of trying to get the drift, he investi
gated a little and found that he was
at a meeting of the TB Association
in Clinton instead oL an Industrial
mx Commission meeting in Exeter.# • * ♦
YOU NAME IT!—Principal W. S.
Hall reports that the contest to find
a new name for the Wingham District
High School was an unqualified suc
cess, with 100% participation,
.stead of calling for volunteers,
school teachers merely presented each
student with a piece of paper and
asked them to write their. choice of
The new
at
of
CRIPPLED CHILDREN
BENEFIT BY THRIFT
OF GRADE 8 CHILDREN
Avery nice donation qame to the
headquarters
Easter Seal Fund 1 Children. This was fiv(
the pupils of Grade ? VIII, Wing
ham Public School, |rirough their
treasurer, Mary Ann McKibbon.
These boys and girls have a
special gift box into- which they
often drop money instead of spend
ing it on themselves] -And so, at
this time, the crippled children
benefit. j
Possible High Cost of Watering Puts
Damper on Council’s Flowerpot Idea
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I
In-
high
names for the new school,
name will be chosen by the board
a later date, with the originator
.the winning entry receiving $10.
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GONE FISHING—Local Izaak Wal
tons reported fair success on the
trout streams during the opening day
week-end. - Reports from the Alps in
dicate that a second stream has been
tramped down alongside of the first
by the horde of fishermen who invad
ed the place the first couple of days.
«DANCE AT BLUEVALE
Don Robertson and the Ranch Boys
jfll'1 -will be playing for the big dance to
be held in the Bluevale Hall on Thurs
day, May 13th, starting at 9.30. p.m.
The dance is sponsored by the Wing
ham Oddfellows and is in aid of their
Cancer, Polio and Tuberculosis Fund.
Admission at popular prices. Lunch
booth in the hall. F5:12b
PLAY IN BLUEVALE
COMMUNITY HALL
“Look Out Lucy”, a comedy play,
presented by the Dungannon Y.P.U.,
will be sponsored by the Bluevale Un
ited Church Y.P.U. on Friday, May
14th, at 9 p.m. in Bluevale Commun
ity Hall. Adults 50c, children 25c.
F5,12b
CLOSED THIS MONTH
Ruth Lott’s Beauty Salon will be
closed during the month of May,
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WOMAN’S ASSOCIATION
TULIP TEA
A Tulip Tea and sale of baking and
.candy sponsored by the Woman’s
Association of the Wingham United
Church, will be held on Wednesday,
May 19th, at 3 o’clock. There will be
a party for the young children in the
gymnasium. • F5:12b
HOSPITAL AUXILIARY MEETING
The monthly meeting of the Ladies’
Auxiliary to Wingham General. Hos
pital will be held in the Council Cham
ber on Friday .afternoon, May 7, at
three o’clock. Final plans will be made
.-for the rummage sale which will be
•Jn the Armouries on Saturday, May
15. F5b
BARN DANCE
Plan to attend the Barn Dance to
be held on Friday night, May 21st, at
Tommy Pletch’s new barn on the 4th
concession, Morris Township, a mile
and a quarter north of Brussels.
Music by E>on Robertson and Ranch
.Boys. Everybody welcome, F5,12,19b
Work on the new $625,000 Wingham District High School started last week
when the firm of Olmsted and Parker started levelling operations in the
big field (behind the present school. Expected to be finished in nine months,
the new school will hjive two classrooms ready for occupancy next Septem
ber. —Hammerton Photo.
ihich died
port truck on
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|ver eating, a
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unseasonable
in a
Joins Army as
Nursing Sister
Miss Alice K. Buckman, Reg. N.,
eldest daughter of Sgt. and Mrs. L. E.
Buckman, of Montreal, former resi
dents of Wingham, has joined the
army as a nursing sister, and is post
ed to'Military Hospital, Kingston, Ont.
Miss Buckman is a 1953 graduate of
Stratford General Hospital.
The?'Buckman’s are truly and army
family.
Sgt. and Mrs, Buckman have one
son, Cpl. Ernest Buckman in Mont
real, who returned from Japan last
fall, a son-in-law, Pte. Garnet Eld
ridge who retnred from Korea a week
ago, and a son Edward, with the Re
serve R.C. A. S. C., in London, Ont.’
INVITATION COMMITTEE
STARTS WORK ON LIST
OF EX-WINCHAMITES
HOSPITAL AUTHORITIES
MEET AT WINGHAM
Representatives from five hospitals
in the area convened in Wingham last
week to discuss the centralized train
ing of nursing assistants to be carried
out' this fall in Wingham General
Hospital.
Al! those attending favoured the
idea and will report back to their
boards. The recommendation of train
ing nurses at Wingham will now be
submitted to the department of health
in Toronto. ‘
The program of training assistants
from area hospitals would be held in
conjunction with the government
training .program which will be set
up this fall in Wingham General Hos
pital.-Each hospital in the area will
be able to sponsor one gtudent every
six months.
Also discussed at the meeting was
the .problem of staffing hospitals
with properly trained nurses.
• Hospitals represented, were Goder
ich, Clinton, Exeter, Seaforth and
Wingham.
WON’T CUT TREES
UNTIL NEXT WINTER
The street' committee has announc
ed that, due to the start of spring and
summer work, no more town trees
will be cut down until next December.
• The committee has a number of re
quests for- cutting trees, but due to
the pressure of other work is unable
to undertake this work until next
winter.
ENGAGEMENT
Mr. Charles ’ Frederick Stokes of
Goderich, wishes to announce the en
gagement of his only daughter, Ruth
Agnqs, to Gerald Frederick Smith,
only son of Mrs. A. J. H. MacDonald,
of Wingham and the late Charles
Frederick Smith. The wedding to take
place the latter .part of May.
ENGAGEMENT
. Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred H. French, of
Wingham, Ontario, announce the en
gagement of their daughter, Marjorie
May, to William David Houston, of
Kingston, son of Mr. and Mrs. David
Houston, of Kingston. The marriage
will take place on Saturday, May 29th,
1954 at 3 o’clock, in the Wingham
United Church; Wingham, Ontario.* 4 . F5b
The Invitation committee for Wing
ham’s 75th anniversary got into high
gear this week, when an organization
al meeting was held on Sunday under
the chairmanship of Norman Keating.
It was decided to appoint a member
from each church in town to look
through the old records of the church
es and obtain^names of persons who
have moved away from Wingham
during the past few years. These lists
will be published in the Advance-
Times, and readers will be asked to
provide addresses of the absent ones
wherever possible. Old voters’ lists
will be scrutinized for the same pur
pose and out-of-town subscribers to
this paper will be added to the list
of former Winghamites to be contact
ed in connection with the coming
celebrations'.
Mr. Keating said he was unable to
estimate how many Winghamites
would-be turned up by this method,
but thought there must be a goodly
number of former residents who Would
be interested in coming back home
for the celebration.
Appointed to scrutinize the church
rolls were Margaret .Brophy, Merrill
Cantelon, W.. B. McCool and G. \v.
Tiffin, Mrs. Norman Fry, Mrs. Fred
Fuller, Lieuts. M. Belanger and Shirley
Clark. It is expected that a list of
these former residents will be publish
ed nexfweek in the Advance-Times.
Asked to Send Names
Meantime people ,of Wingham
asked to send names of friends
relatives who were one-time residents
of Wingham to the Advance-Times
office. The names will be checked
, against the lists of the invitation com
mittee, and invitations to the celebra
tions will be Sent out to them. d
In their mailings to ex-Wingriamites
the invitation committee will point
out that accommodation will be avail
able, and those expecting to attend
will be asked to register for accommo
dation, if needed. '
A further meeting of the invitation
committee will be held this Sunday,
at which it is expected the lists will
be at least partially completed.
The committee will start mailing out
invitations as soon as they are avail
able.
Five head/of cattle, VI
Walden Brothers trana
Walkerton’s main stred
were suffering from 4
post mortem revealed.!
was thought the cattle I
focation in last week's heat wave. I
The Walden truck Had called for
the cattle east of Walkerton, and
were transporting them to Bervie,
when the truck developed fuel pump trouble while passing ^through Wal
kerton. |
When the driver alighted he noticed
that two of the cattle wpre dead, after
the eight-mile drive. Hfe immediately
went off to get another truck and found three more dead], upon his re
turn. A sixth cow had. tbf be butchered..
The truck, which wasJ carrying 24
head of cattle, had a normal capacity
of 26, and did not appear to be over
loaded. >
A ' post-mortem conducted by Dr.
Murray MacLennan, Wingham, estab
lished that the cattle: had been fed
shortly before being loaded into the
truck, and that the trip had been too
much for their full stomachs.
—Mrs. J. D. Murdock, of Toronto,
spent the week-end at the home of
her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Edgar.
ANNOUNCE PROGRAM
FOR- FIRST DAY OF
75TH CELEBRATION
Wingham’s 75th Anniversary Cele
brations will get off to a flying start
on Saturday morning, July 31st, at 9.30
when His Worship Mayor DeWitt Mil
ler, along .with other dignitaries, will
start the opening "Back to School"
ceremonies at the town hall, according
to information received this week
from the executive committee. A play
produced by the local drama group
will steal a march on the show by op
ening on the evening preceding.
At 10.30 Saturday morning a soap
box derby is scheduled, sponsored by
the Wingham Kinsmen Club. The
derby will be run off on John Street,
above the public school, and will be
on a scale similar to the one put on
by the Kinsmen some two years ago.
At 12 noon there will be an enact
ment of an old-time council meeting,
with several of the former council
members taking part. There is a
strong possibility that old councillors
will be dressed in old-time costume
for the occasion.
The program for Saturday after
noon will include a giant pet, bicycle
and doll buggy parade with band,
to the town park, where a midway will
be in operation. Square dance con
test, old-time fiddlers’ contest and a
step-dancing contest as well as a
sports program will fill out the after
noon,. Winners of the various con
tests will be featured entertainers on
the CKNX Barn Dance program which
will be broadcast from the Wingham
arena on Saturday evening.
Other events for the day are still
in the planning stage and will be an
nounced as they are finalized.
4 ■Hydro Rales in Wingham Are
Reduced by Nine per cent
are
and
Lt. M. Belanger
Posted to Wingham
Lieut. M. Belanger is the Salvation
Army officer posted here to succeed
Lieut. Nellie Oates, who was recently
married at Hamilton.
Lieut. Belanger, a French-Canad
ian, has. been an officer for almost
six years and received her training at
the Salvation Army Training College,
Toronto. Her home is in Montreal,
but'since graduating as an officer she
has served in several centres from
Sault Ste. Marie to the Maritimes, her
previous appointment being at Pres
cott.
the
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DANCE IN BRUSSELS
Thursday, May 6th, to the music of
Don Robertson and the Ranch Boys.
Admission 75c, lunch booth. F28:5*
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REPRESENTATIVE for
AVON PRODUCTS
Avon Products announces the ap
pointment Of Mrs. Earl Heywood as
their new representative in Wingham
for Avon Cosmetics. Mrs. Heywood
fills the position formerly occupied
by Mrs. E. Colvin. All orders will re
ceive prompt attention. Phone 497J.
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MUSIC SHOP OPEN
Low-Note Music Shop will be
open mornings, 4 to 6 afternoons and
7.30 to 8.30 evenings, Saturday, 1.30 to
9.30 p.m.. F5b
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for
HIGH SCHOOL BONDS
NET TOWN 100.51
Seven companies turned in bids
$625,000 worth of Wingham debentures
last week, at a special meeting of the
town council Tuesday night. The
bid accepted was a quotation from
the syndicate of R. A, Daley, Wood,
Gundy and Company and the Cana
dian Bank of Commerce for 100.51
at 4% for 20 years, dated June 1st,
1954.
The bid was slightly better than an
advance bid made to the council the
previous night by a syndicate of bond
houses composed of Nesbitt and
Thompson, Bankers Bond and J. L
Graham. It mekns that the town will
actually borrow money for approxi
mately 3.94 per cent interest.
The tender was reported to be the
best ever received by a town in On
tario, and reflects the fine credit rat
ing Of Wingham, which “has one of
the best records for tax collections
in tills area”, according' to one of the
bond house representatives.
Other tenders received were fairly
Close to the one accepted.
•The motiop of acceptance was made
by Reeve McKinney and seconded by
(Deputy-Reeve Joe Kerr.
Kinettes Hear About
Bracebridge Group
A talk on the activities of
Bracebridge Kinette Club was given at
the regular meeting of the Kinette
Club'last week. Mrs. Harry Scott,
formerly of Wingham, now of Brace-1
bridge, addressed the meeting. Mrs.
Andy Scott, president, presided at the
meeting, and hostess of the evening
was Mrs. Calvin Burke. Court whist
was played following the business part
of the meeting.
Mrs. Scott Reid presented Mrs. Miles
Overend with a lovely platter in ap
preciation of^her work in directing the Kinette Club^play in the recent drama
festival held in Wingham.
Fifteen members of the club volun
teered to attend the Inter-Club meet
ing in Walkerton in June.
Hydro users in Wingham will be in
for a pleasant surprise when their
next hydro bill comes through the
the mail.
The Wingham Public Utilities has
announced that a lowering of hydro
rates in Wingham has been approved
by the Hydro-Electric Power Com
mission of Ontario, and that a reduc
tion of approximately 9% will go into
effect immediately.. This month’s
accounts, on which the new rate will
show, are now being prepared, and
will be sent out in the near future.
P.U.C. authorities say that the re
duction is due largely to the fact that
hydro lines in Wingham are in very
good condition, and that no major
expenditures are anticipated on cap
ital equipment in the near future.
A very satisfactory surplus, which has
been built up over the past few years,
reflects the good financial standing
of the P.U.C., and is also responsible
for the reduction in rates.
The 9% reduction is the first change
in rates in Wingham since 1939. Dur
ing the past
been an over
mately 15% to most of the hydro
consumers in
two years there has
all increase of approxi-
Ontario.
APPOINT DOG CATCHER,
STARTS IMMEDIATELY
Defeat Goderich in
Bridge Tourney
The Wingham Bridge Club defeated
a team j from Goderich and Stratford
at the Wingham Fire Hall recreation
room last Wednesday. Fourteen tables
played at the event which is held
twice each season at both Wingham
and Goderich. The Wingham Club’s
margin of victory was 1938 to 1839
points.
The. winning pairs were!
North and South: 1st., Mrs. D. Na
smith and W. H. French, Wingham;
2nd., Mr. and Mrs. Ken Hunter, Gode
rich; 3rd., Mr, and Mrs. Frank Currie,
Goderich.
East and West: 1st., Mr. and Mrs.
Gordon MacKay, Wingham; 2nd., J.
H. Crawford and V. Dittmer, Wing
ham; 3rd., Mrs. R. S. Hetherington
and Mrs. J. A. Wilson, Wingham.
A return match is being arranged to
be played in Goderich with the date
set tentatively for May 20th..
George Carter, of Lower Wingham,
was appointed dog catcher and pound
keeper for the town of Wii^gham at
the town council meeting on Monday.
Mr. Carter, who will operate on a part
time basis, will start in his new duties
immediately.
Council agreed to pay Mr. Carter
the sum of $15 for pound equipment,
plus $1.00 per dog caught. Dogs must
be kept in pound for 48 hours before
being destroyed, and during that time
it will be Mr. Carter’s duty to feed
and care for them. The new dog cat
cher will Work under supervision of
the police department.
Owners of dogs caught running at
large will be fined $2 before being al
lowed to recover their pets, and a fur
ther charge of $1 will be made to
cover the services of the dog catcher^
If the dbg has no tag, the owner must
buy one as well as paying the fine,
before the dog will be released.
Mr. Carter has built a small cart in
which to put the dogs that are cap
tured, and has built Several wire pens
in Which to keep them pending des
truction or their owners’ arrival.
Plans for beautifying the town's main street by hanging flower pots on.
the lamp posts hit a snag at the council meeting on Monday night when
tired town fathers, in a session that lasted well past one o’clock in the
morning, began to figure put the cost. From a rough run-down of some of
the figures given, it would appear that the town will have to issue debentures
to cover the cost, not of the flowers and pots, but of the watering and care
thereof.
Councillor Norman Keating, who brought up the subject of flower pots
originally, again asked council to consider the project. He said that if the
idea is to be undertaken, w.ork should start on it immediately, since it will
require some time for the posts and brackets to be manufactured. At last
month’s meeting, council deferred action on the matter for time to consider
it, and at the previous month’s meet-
I ing the question was laid over until
(prices on the pots were obtained.
Mr. Keating said that he had spoken
to a number of people and had found
them all to be receptive to the idea of
having flowerpots on the lamp pests.
He suggested that flower pots be
placed on every second lamp post on
Josephine Street at an estimated cost
of approximately $200, and that town
employees be asked to care for and
water them.
Watering Expensive
The question of watering the flowers
set off a long discussion of how it
should be done and how much it
would cost. Councillor Elmer Wilkin
son expressed the opinion that it
would be more expensive to water the
flowers than to buy them.
Mr. Keating thought that the town
truck with a barrel of water on it
and a hose and nozzle could do the
job quickly and cheaply. Councillors
started doing mental arithmetic, and
came to
cost the
$65 per
watered.
They decided that it would take at
least 1% hours per day for the job.
At first they thought two men would
be needed, one to drive while the
other watered, but this was later in
creased to three, with one man driv
ing, one man watering and one man
manning the pump. With the town
truck costing $4 per hour, or $6 per
day and three men’s wages at about
$1.50 each, this would amount to a
total of $10.50 per day, or $63 per week
on a six-day week, with the flowers
going dry on Sunday. The figure
does not include the cost of water.
The idea of letting out tenders for
the job was
decided that
quire around
job could be
was made.
Bill for Plans Reduced
Reeve R. E. McKinney, who had
visited Toronto with W. W. Gurney,
reported on an interview with Mr.
Kilborn, of Kilborn Engineering, re
garding a bill received from the com
pany for $5,000 covering plans for a
sewage disposal plant.
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Gunpowder Blast
Burnft 10=Ye ar-Old
Barry Grainger, 10-year-old son
Mr. and Mrs. Mervyn Grainger was
badly burned about the face and right
hand last week in an accident involv
ing his brother. He was taken to the
Wingham General Hospital for treat
ment.
Barry and his brother were playing
with a can of gunpowder which had
been hidden by their father. The two
youngsters lighted a match to the can
and it exploded, burning Barry about
the face and eyes.
After being treated at the hospital
for severe burns, the boy’s condition
was described as satisfactory.
RE ELECT OFFICERS
AT EllillHE SMTM
ANNUAL MEETING
The annual meeting of the Wingham
Figure Skating Club began with a
pot luck supper in the Legion Hall,
on April 28th, at 6.15 p.m. 120 mem
bers and visitors were present.
At 8 p.m. the members met for busi
ness while the others viewed films of
Barbara Ann Scott and Teniey Al
bright, of U.S.A., shown by Mr. Stew
art Beattie. z
A. J. Lockridge, president, began
his remarks by reviewing the begin
ning of figure skating lessons three
years ago under Ross Smith, sponsor
ed by Rod. Macintosh and himself,
and soon assisted by the Kinettes. The
latter assisted until a club was form
ed two years ago. He stated that this
year’s record of 59 tests passed with
58 registered members, was possibly a
record
calibre
Smith,
in any
Mrs. MacLennan, treasurer, report
ed a profit of $87.87 for the carnival
which was reduced to a balance of
$30.06, on the year’s activities.. This
added to the previous year’s balance
makes a total on hand of $270.87.
The secretary read a letter from the
C. F. S. A. Ottawa, warning all figure
skaters to avoid participating in car
nivals, for cash or prizes, lest they lose
their amateur standing.
Mr. Gerrie gave the nominating
committee’s report stating that all
members were willing to stand for re
election. There were no further nomi
nations and they were elected. They
are: president, A. Lockridge; vice-
president, Rod Macintosh; treasurer,
Mrs. K. MacLennan; secretary, Mrs.
H. Burrell; directors, Mrs. H. Wild,
Mrs. H. Crawford, Mrs. H. Fryfogle,
Miss A. Williamson, H. Gerrie and H.
Brooks.
Mrs. MacLennan presented silver
skate spins and theatre tickets to win
ner of the ticket selling contest; Miss
es Judy Lunn, Ruth Fryfogle and Mar
garet Machan.
Mr. Macintosh thanked David Scott
and Tom Burrell for providing music
at the lessons, practices and carnival
performances. Each received a gift
from the club.
The club received the news that
Ross Smith was unable to be present
or to be our instructor next season,
with deep regret. A small token of our
appreciation is being sent to him.
The president stated that, if suffic
ient adults register for figure skating
lessons, a special class will be set up
for them. If intereted, do it how, for
the fall.
The executive would appreciate in
formation regarding possible instruc
tors for next season.
the conclusion that it would
town anywhere from $40 to
week to keep trie flowers
discussed, and it was
Mr. Keating should in
to see how cheaply the
done, before a decision
for Canada and praised
of instruction given by
All who assisted the
capacity, were thanked.
the
Mr.
club
MAJESTIC REBEKAH
LODGE MEETING
The members of the Majestic Re
bekah Lodge met in their new lodge
rooms on Alfred Street, on Monday
evening with a good attendance being
present. Noble Grand Eva Brownlie
in the chair conducted the meeting.
After the business was concluded,
lovely lunch was served by some
the sisters.
a
of
—Sgt. Bill Grover was a patient in
London Station Hospital last week
with a slight touch of pleurisy.
SAVE YOUR ARTICLES
FOR RUMMAGE SALE
Twice a year the people of Wing
ham and vicinity are asked to go
through their attics and cupboards
and hunt articles for the hospital
rummage sale. This time has come
again and the spring sale will be
held in the Armouries on Saturday
afternoon, May 15.
All sorts of articles are asked for—
anything you do not need can be sold.
Parcels should be at the Armouries
on Friday, May 14, in order that the
articles can be sorted anti marked.
If you wish your donation called for,
phone Mrs. George Scott, 118 or Mrs.
R. E. McKinney, 799. Folks around
Whitechurch, please leave their par
cels at the community hall.
In connection with the rummage
sale, tags will be sold; in the sur
rounding centres on Saturday, May
8, and in Wingham on Saturday, May
15.
These events are sponsored by the
Ladies’ Auxiliary to the Wingham
Hospital and all proceeds are used to
purchase bedding, curtains, nursery
supplies, etc., for the hospital.
Farm Home Damaged
By Chimney Fire
Wingham firemen were called to the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Thompson,
on the 9th concession of East Wawa-
nosh on Monday evening. The fam
ily had been away in the afternoon
and after lighting the fire on their
return, went to the barn. Coming
back to the house they found that
fire had made quite a start between
the kitchen ceiling and the Upstair
floor.
The fire brigade was summoned,
but Mr. and Mrs. Thompson and the
nearby neighbours had the fire under
control with water by the time the
fire truck arrived. It was necessary,
however, to chop a sizeable hole in
the upstair floor. They believed that
the chimney must have been on fire in
the afternoon. A considerable area
in the wooden partition had been bad-
1 ly burned.
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