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Subscriptions $2.50 per year, 6c per copy WINGHAM, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, MAY 19th, 1954
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All day Friday
Auxiliary were busy
cels as they came in
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ALONG THE MAIN DRAG
By The Pedestrian
WHICH WAY PLEASE?—Mr. Thos.
Fells, of Patrick Street, reports
an unusual phenomena. Working in
his garden on Friday evening, he
glaced up to see a flock of seven geese
flying from south to west. Perhaps
the weather we’ve been having lately
confused them.
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YOU NAME IT—Principal W. S.
Hall turned up at the high school
board meeting last week with a list
of names suggested by the students
for the new high school. Some of the
names showed a certain originality
of thought. Wingham Town and Coun-
High School struck our fancy,
Mr. Hall laughed as loud as any-
when the name Hall Memorial
read out. One student’s opinion
try
and
one
was
of the' place was summed up in two
words, Sing Sing.
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FISH STORIES—Glancing through
the exchange weeklies that come into
our office, we notice that many of
them are carrying stories and pictures
of the big fish being caught in their
neighborhood. We wish we could do
likewise, but so far nobody has re
ported any big fish. We’ll be glad to
write a fish story if they do.
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DEADLINE TROUBLE—This paper
has been having deadline trouble
again. Advertisers have been bringing
ads in as late as Saturday and Mon
day and some of the news has been
coming in up to a week late. Have a
heart, fellows! Our deadlines for ad
vertising are Friday afternoon and
for news, Tuesday noon. The co-opera
tion of advertisers and correspondents
in this regard will be very much ap
preciated. •
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NO MARKS, NO PACK DRILL—
High School board members voted to
publish school reports in the paper
again as was the custom in the past.
However standing of the students will
be left out, and those who fail will
just not be mentioned. Somebody on
the board remarked, it’s bad enough
to fail without having your name in
the paper. Might be a good deterrent,
though.
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TELEVISION—As is. DOUBLE
often the case. Lloyd Smith, lucky
winner of a TV set at the bingo in
Clinton last week, already has a set.
at home. Perhaps two TV sets in one
bouse aren’t as practical as two cars
in a garage. Anyway, Lloyd is
ed to be ready to part with
them.
report-
one of
Henry,
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ENGAGEMENT
Mr. and Mrs. James Ansley
of Wingham, Ontario, wish
nounce the engagement of
younger daughter, Audrey Jean, to
James Arnold Currie, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Robert A. Currie, of Wingham.
The marriage will take place on Sat
urday, June 12th, 1954, at 3 o'clock in
the Wingham United Church.
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engagement .
Mr. and Mrs. J. Kazienko, of
Smithville, Ontario, wish to announce
the engagement of their eldest
daughter, Albina, to Gordon Wilfred
Wilkinson, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs.
Howard Wilkinson, of Brussels, ,On
tario. The wedding will take place on
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BARGAIN COUNTER
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OLD THIES WANTED!
The 75th Anniversary Parade
Committee is looking for old tires!
Not just any old tires—but ones
which are no longer in common use.
They require two or more tires of
the 32x4 classification or conven
tional tires to fit a 1923 Buick.
The boys have rounded up a few
ancient autos for the big parade
on Civic Holiday and have them in
lovely running condition, except for
proper footwear.
If you know where such tires can
be had, please contact Johnny
Brent at once.
COUNCIL DISCUSSES
SUMMER PROGRAM
One of the most popular bargain counters at the rum
mage sale on Saturday was the shoe department, which
did a thriving trade as long as the supply lasted. Of a
total of over $800 netted by the Hospital Auxiliary from
the sale, almost $100 was realized at the shoe counter.
Auxiliary officials were highly, pleased by the results
of the sale.—Staff Photo. ,
GODERICH FIRM TO
A and
held
District Past Masters
Wardens Meeting will be
in the Masonic Hall Wednes
day evening, May 26th, at 8.00 o’clock.
All Masonic Brethren are
invited to attend.
FINISH BOILER ROOM
AT WINGHAM HOSPITAL
Contract for the completion of the
boilei- room and laundry at the Wing
ham General Hospital was awarded
to the David Ross Construction Com
pany, Goderich, at a meeting of the
hospital board last week. Work on
the boiler room and laundry had orig
inally been started by Duncan Mc
Dougal, of Wingham, but was halted
over two months ago due to the death
of the contractor. About’ two-thirds'
of the work is still to be done.
The- Goderich firm will start work
on the project next week, and expects
to have the job done .by September.
Six feet of water was pumped out of
the foundation this week to enable the
job to get underway.
With the question of completing the
boiler room settled, the attention of
the board is now directed towards the
building of the new wing. The archi
tect, Mr. Roundthwaite, was in town
on Monday, and informed board mem
bers that corrected plans had been
completed and would be taken to the
Department again for approval. When
approval is given, final working draw
ings will be made, and tenders will be,
let.
In the meantime there are financial
arrangements to be straightened up
in regard to the new wing. West Wa-
wanosh, which held a referendum of
the taxpayers and approved the new
construction last fall, has not yet con
firmed their financial support of the
new wing, and seems reluctant to do
so. The County of Huron made a grant
of $15,000 to the building of a new
wing, contingent on no surcharge be
ing levied. Since the time the grant
was made a surcharge has been im
posed, and the bo^rd would like to
confirm its position with County
Council.
A delegation from the board will
visit Toronto this week for an inter
esting view with the Department of
Municipal Affairs, in.an effort to get
these matters straightened out.
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TICKETS AVAILABLE
FOR HOCKEY BANQUET
Members of the public who wish
to attend the banquet and presen-
tation’honoring the Wingham Lions
Midgets may secure tickets at the
Brunswick coffee shop, Carmich
ael’s store or Sherbondy’s coffee
shop.
Date of the banquet will be Fri
day evening, June 11 and since ac
commodation is limited, it is sug
gested that tickets be purchased
soon.
of
ap-
has
the
cordially
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BARN DANCE
Plan to attend the Barn
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 Don Robertson and Ranch
Boys. Everybody welcome. F5,12,19b
Dance to
LEGION BINGO, MAY 22
The Canadian Legion, Branch 180,
will start Saturday night bingos on
May 22nd in the council chambers at
8.30 p.m. Good prizes, Come and en
joy a game of bingo with your friends.
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FIELD MEET
The High School Track and Field
Meet is to be held on Friday, May
21st. Track events in the morning at
the town park ahd field events in the
afternoon in the school grounds. Ev
eryone is welcome, F19b
Lady Golfers Plan
Annual Meeting
The ladies’ section of the Wingham
Golf Club held an executive meeting
in the town hall on Monday evening
with the president, Mrs. R. E. Mc
Kinney conducting the business.
Mrs. Vin Dittmer and Mrs. Al Wil
liams were nominated to bring in a
slate of officers for 1954.
The annual meeting will be held
in- the club, house on Monday after
noon, May 24th.
The 1954 season will officially open
on Monday, May 24th when a mixed
tournament will be played in the af
ternoon, followed by a picnic supper.
All those planning to attend are ask
ed to take theiV own lunch and coffee
will be served.
An eighteen hole
men will be held In
Monday, May 24th.
tournament for
the morning of
Degrees! Conferred
At Eastern Star
Mrs. Mary Snell, of Ceylon, Ontario,
D.D.G.M., of district TJo. 8, paid her
official visit to Huron Chapter No. 89,
Wingham, on Tuesday, May 11. De
grees of the order were conferred on
candidates by the “officers of the
chapter with Mrs. W. M. Davis, W.M.,
and Mr. Jas. Walpole, W.P., presiding.
Visitors were present from chapters
of the district.
Judging of Cattle
Discussed by Club
Turnberry 4-H Calf Club meeting
was held at the farm of George Un
derwood. Don Fortune explained
points in judging cattle and four
Shorthorn heifers were judged by all.
Walter Woods gave points on feeding
a dairy calf.
Meeting was adjourned, after which
lunch was served by Mrs. Underwood
and Mrs. J. Fischer.
A tentative summer recreational
program was drawn up at the meeting
of the Wingham Recreational Council
last Tuesday at the town hall.
Under,,the direction of recreational
director, Vic Loughlean, plans call for
juvenile and midget softball teams
and bantam and peewee hardball
teams, as well as a squirt league for
for the younger boys. Girls’ softball
team will also be formed, if enough
girls are available.
It is hoped that a swimming pro
gram will be held in the pool at Tees-
water similar to the one which was
so successful last year.
The council announced that Shirley
Moffatt, of Blyth, had been hired as
senior assistant director for the sum
mer program and that a junior dir
ector for the summer program would
be named at a later date. The two as
sistants will help with the summer
program in much the same manner as
last year.
Another meeting has been scheduled
for, next month, at .which it is expect-
ed plans for the summer program will
be finalized. The recreational coun
cil's annual meeting will be held in
the fall, when the election of officers
will be held.
Present at last week’s meeting was
R. E. Secord, of the Department of
Education, who complimented the
council on its fine work and efficient
handling of recreation in Wingham
during the past yean
Once again the Wingham Armouries was the scene of great activity
when, on Saturday afternoon large crowds flocked in to secure their sh^f!®
of the bargains at the spring rummage sale. The buying was so brisk that
nearly 100 sales people were required in the different departments to serve
the customers. These sales are sponsored by the Ladies’ Auxiliary to Wing
ham General Hospital and have become regular community events. Several
outside towns sent in contributions, and so great is the interest, it was esti
mated there were more articles than ever received for this sale, Many
Wingham business people send new
ceived and quickly sold.
Program and times for Wingham’s
75th Anniversary Celebration were an
nounced this week by Johnny Brent,
general chairman of the anniversary
celebrations committee.
Details in connection with some of
the events have yet to be finalized,
but the general outline of the pro
gram will be as follows:
Friday, July 30th
8 p.m.—The Play, “Our Town” will be
presented by the Wingham Commun
ity Players.
Saturday, July 31st
9 a.m.—Registration; 9.30, Back to
School; 10.30, Soap-box Derby; 12 noon
Re-enactment of Council Meeting;
12.45, Registration; 1.15, Children's
Parade; 2.00, Official Opening; 2.30,
Old-time Fiddlers’ Contest; 3.15,
Square Dance and Step Dance Con
test; 4.00, Sports Program; 8.00, CKNX
Barn Dance Broadcast in the Arena.
Sunday, August 1st’
Morning Church Services (check
with your own church); 10.00, Neigh
bourly News, CBC; 10.30, Registration;
1.30, Conducted Bus Tour for Visitors;
2.30, Drumhead Service; 8.00, Band
Parade on Main Street; 8.45, Band
Concert; 12.05, Midnight Dance.
Monday, August 2nd
11.00, Registration, Judging o f
Homes and Gardens; 1.15, Calathum-
pian Parade; 2.30, Baby Contest; 3.00,
Amateur Contest; 4.00, Beauty Con
test; 4.30, Log-sawing Contest; 4.45,
Tug-of-War; 5.00, Sports Program;
8.00, the play, “Our Town”; 10.30, An
niversary Ball, Beauty Contest prize
awards; “Shirt Tail Parade”.
•Further details about individual ev
ents on the program will be released
at a later date.
members of the
sorting the par-
and marking the
articles. In the adult clothing depart
ment alone more than 600 garments
were put on hangers, tagged andL
priced, while at the shoe counter wo
men spent hours tying dozens of pairs
of shoes together and marking them.
Amongst the furniture was noticed:
an organ, around which some of the
women held sing-songs until it was
sold and taken away. By four o’clock
practically everything had gone, ex
cept for some heavy winter coats.
These were packed away’ and
find a ready sale in the fall.
A very profitable addition to
rummage sale was the selling of
in Wingham and the surrounding
towns of Brussels, Lucknow, Teeswa-
ter, Whitechurch, Bluevale, Belgrave,
Gorrie and Wroxeter, which realized
$456.70. Wingham taggers received
$230.00 and $226.70 came from the
other towns.
The proceeds by departments were
adult clothing, $275.50; children’s clo
thing, $83.37; hats, $33.78; shoes, $92.70;
groceries, $55.20; miscellaneous articles
$129.80; novelties and dishes, $87.90;
furniture, $67.20; lunch counter, $16.05;
total, $841.50. Added to the tags, re
ceipts totalled $1298.20 for the day.
These rummage sales are the 'chief
projects by which the Auxiliary secur
es fundk to maintain their work for
the hospital. All proceeds are used
to purchase bedding, curtains, nursery
supplies, etc. The Auxiliary wishes to
thank everyone who helped, in any
way, to make this sale such a success.
Work on the historical edition
The Advance-Times, which will
pear on July 28th, just prior to the
75th Anniversary Celebration,
been progressing rapidly during
past few weeks. From the amount of.
material on hand, and the work and
research that has gone into it, the
issue should be one of the most in
teresting publications in Wingham's
history, as well as one of the largest.
The special edition will contain his
torical sketches of many of the or
ganizations and businesses in Wing
ham, interesting anecdotes of many
of Wingham’s formerly well-known
citizens and old-time photographs of
the town as it used to be. A great
deal of the material in the issue has
never been published in historical
form before, and should be of inter
est to the younger citizens as well as
the old-timers. .
Four thousand copies of the special
edition will be printed, or about twice
the paper’s usual press run. Extra
copies 'will be available at The Ad
vance-Times office and at dealers
throughout town. Undoubtedly many
of the people of Wingham, as well as
the anniversary visitors, will wish to
keep copies of the edition as souven
irs, and to send them to friends away
from home.
Because of the pressure of other
work, the historical edition will be
printed early in June, although it will
not be distributed until July 28th. For
this reason copy for advertising to ap
pear in the special edition must be in
the hands of the printers within the
next two weeks.
Advertisers who have not yet been1
contacted are asked to consider their
requirements now, as advertising
space is likely to be at'a premium.
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OPENING OF BLUEVALE
PUBLIC LIBRARY
Bluevale Piiblic Library Board
nounces the opening of the new
rary on Friday, May 21st, when open
house will be held from 3 p.m. to 8
p.m. At 8.15 p.m. a public meeting
will be held in the ’community hall
with Reeve John Fischer, chairman.
Dr. Louis Blake Duff, of Welland,
will be guest 'speaker. Rev. R. ’A.
Brook will dedicate the library. There
will be other speakers and a musical
program. The' public is invited. A col
lection in aid of the library will bo
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Streets and Sewers Discussed
flsjjCouncil, H.S. Board Meet
were
After attending the service of Holy
Communion, a large group of the men
of St. Paul's Anglican Church gath
ered in the parish room for breakfast
presided over by the rector’s warden,
Don Nasmith.
The guest speaker was Fred M.
Halls, of London, an outstanding
Christian business man'. President of
three companies and director of sev
eral others, Mr. Halls has carried the
teachings of Christ into a busy busi
ness life. He was the first person in
Western Ontario to read the book
"Alcoholics Anonymous” and to ac
cept its program for contented living.
Mr. Halls explained how, when his
doctors had given him up to an early
death or at best life in an institution,
the power of God enabled him to em
bark on a new pattern of living an
enjoyable life. He then went on to
explain to the men present how the
power of God was in evidence at the
annual conference of the Brother
hood of Anglican Churchmen held last
month in Windsor. Laymen from all
walks of life in business and labour
were not hesitant in proclaiming by
word and deed how the power of God
had influenced their lives. "A great
power, the power of God, is at work
amongst the men of the Brotherhood
of Anglican Churchmen,” the speaker
said. Mr. Halls was introduced by
Barry Wenger and thanked by the
people’s warden, Alvin Higgins, Willis
Hall thanked the ladies who had pre
pared and served the breakfast.
At the conclusion of the breakfast
the men voted to gather again next
month for Communion and breakfast.
GOVERNOR VISITS
LOCAL LIONS CLUB
Deputy District Governor Rev. Gor
don Hazelwood, of Mount Forest, was
the guest speaker at the Lions Club
of Wingham on the occasion of his
official visit here on ~'riday evening.
Meeting at the Hotel Brunswick, Pre
sident Stewart Beattie was in charge
of the gathering.
Speaking of the expanding activi
ties of Lions Clubs throughout the
world, he asked why Lions Interna
tional is the largest organization of its
kind, he answered with his opinion
that its success is due to the fact
that the service club is dedicated to
the cause of serving others. Lionism
has seen the needs of mankind and-
is attempting to do something to al
leviate those needs. The movement
has satisfied the need in its individ
ual members to serve others. Con
cluding, he said, "Lionism is Christian-
in action.”
The speaker was introduced by Sec-,
retary Bill Conron and the apprecia
tion of the club was expressed by Lion
Don MacRae.
Music for the evening was capably
handled by Harold Victor Pym at the
piano, assisted by Jack Reavie as
Lion Tamer. Lion Omar Haselgrove
twisted tails to good effect. A guest
at the meeting was George Hall, in
troduced by his father, Lion Stan
Hall.
Plans for the banquet for the Lions
Midget hockey team, the all-Ontario
champions, were discussed by Lion
Hugh Carmichael and it was decided
to hold the presentation dinner in the
Armouries on Friday, June 11th. In
order to permit the public to share in
Members of the town council
present at the regular meeting of the
Wingham District High School Board
on Tuesday, to discuss matters per
taining to the sewers, water and roads
at the new high school.
Mayor DeWitt Miller, speaking for
the town council, outlined to board
members what he considered to be a
fair offer from the town. The mayor
said that the feeling of the council
was that the town would receive no
grant from the government on any
work done for the high school, and
therefore that the high school should
bear most of the expense on these
items.
In regard to sewage and water, Mr.
Miller said that a total cost of $2,500
would be incurred for changing 4” tile
to 6” tile, installing the sewer and
hydrants. The town P.U.C. has agreed
to assume $800 of this expense, and
it was suggested that the high school
bear the remaining portion. The high
school board agreed tentatively to this
arrangement.
Streets Must Be Paved
Regarding the question of streets,
a representative of the high school
board pointed out that the portions of
John and Victoria Streets east of Carl- i the pleasure of honoring these young-
ing Terrace would have to be surfaced | sters, tickets to the dinner will be
to stand up to the heavy traffic of i available at the Brunswick coffee
shop, Carmichael’s store and Sherbon
dy’s coffee shop. Those who wish to
attend are advised to secure
tickets as soon as possible.
Invitation Committee
Asks for Assistance
There must be many in this com
munity, and elsewhere within reach
of this newspaper who could assist the
invitation committee of Wingham's
75th Anniversary Celebration.
Chairman Norman Keating and his
helpers have a terrific job on their
hands right now, attempting to com
pile a mailing list of those who should
receive detailed information about
the celebration. As soon as a compre
hensive list can be secured an invita
tion letter and a copy of the program
for this summer’s big three-day event
will be mailed out.
The committee is interested in se
curing names and addresses of former
residents who might want to come
back to Wingham. Since the Anni
versary is only a little more than two
months away, there is great need
fpr prompt action. The dates, you
will recall, are July 31st and August
1st and 2nd.
Don’t worry about duplicating names
and addresses which may (or may
not) be sent in by others. The com
mittee has set up a card index sys
tem to eliminate overlapping. Please
help things along by sending your list
to Norman Keating, Chairman of the
invitation committee, Wingham, as
soon as possible. May 31st has been
set as the deadline for the complete
list, so there is no time to waste,
school buses going in and out of the
school.'The high school has already
made plans to pave the semi-circular
driveway within the school property,
but the town council were asked if
they were prepared to surface that
portion of the two streets between
Carling ’terrace and the high school
roadway proper. A matter of some
three hundred feet on each street, at
present unpaved, is involved.
Reeve R. E. McKinney said that he
did not think that it would be fair to
the town to expect it to surface these
portions. He pointed out that norm
ally they would not be paved, since
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PUBLISH ON THURSDAY
OF NEXT WEEK
Due to the holiday on Monday next,
The Advance-Times will be published
on Thursday morning, rather than
Wednesday.
Correspondents and advertisers are
requested ot have their copy into our
office at the usual time so that there
will be no unnecessary delays.
CASTING REHEARSAL
FOR‘OUR TOWN’HELD
d
The first casting rehearsal for the
play "Our Town” was held Monday
night by members of the Wingham
Community Players. A casting com
mittee composed of Bob Ferguson,
Miss K. McGregor and director Vin
Dittmer heard prospective actors and
actresses read for some twenty parts
in the play, which concerns life in a
small town around the turn of the
century.
On hand for the reading were Aud
rey Henry, Jim Currie, Barbara Ed
wards, Dr. A. W. Irwin, Mary Louise
Flach, Hilda Paulitzki, Dennis Smith,
Clifford Coultes, Mrs. Vin pittmer,
Mrs, John Brent and Mrs. Miles Over
end.
No parts were assigned at Mon
day’s casting. A further casting re
hearsal will be held on Thursday of
this Week, at which it is hoped other
interested people will read for parts.
Several more men will be needed for
male roles, and any who are interested
are asked to come out and read,
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