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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1954-06-16, Page 8hie Eight Th© Wingham Advance-Times, Wednesday, June 16, 1954 NEWS OF WROXETER Sharon Grubbe Wins First At Howick Lions Contest Sharon Ann Grubbe, Bluevale, won first place at the Howick Lions Club contest held in Town Hall on Friday Might. Sharon danced the sword dance with her teacher, Mrs. VanWyck, of Wingham, accompanist. In second place was Michael McClennan, of Gorrie North, and a pupil at Lane’s School, Michael sang “Forever and Ever" with Mrs. Carl Douglas accom­ panying. Brenda Gathers won third place with her tap dance, her aunt, Mrs. Bill Hogg, Wingham, accompan­ ied her. Others in the class twelve and under were Sandra MacLennan, Wingham; Coreen Rhame, Gorrie, violinist; Jane Day, five-year-old, who danced the highland fling. In the second group Marlene Feigel, Gorrie, was placed first with her solo. Mrs. Pamela Sadler, Clinton, was second and also won the prize of ten dollars to the contestant coming the farthest. Marian Sacks, Listowel, ac- compahied by her mother, won thvd prize, Prizes were $15; $10 and $5. Others taking part were Mrs, D, M, Pepper, Clinton, comic song and the Square dance set from Wroxeter Pub­ lic School, consisting of Marjorie Moffat, Elaine Statia, Nancy Newton, Catherine MacDonald, Carol Millward, Fay Smith, Bernice Grainger, Gwen- neth Gibson. Jean Thompson was call­ er and Gilbert Howes and Art Gibson supplied the music. John Brent of CKNX, was the gen­ ial master of ceremonies. An applause meter was used but there were also three judges, Stanley Chilleau, Cecil Wheeler and Bill Watson, all of Blyth. President, Gordon Gibson, welcomed the audience and introduced the mas­ ter of ceremonies. Ken Edgar present­ ed the prizes. A fairly large audience attended. Celebrates 88th Birthday Neighbours and friends enjoyed a Business and Professional CRAWFORD 8 HETHERINGTON Directory * H. raw BARRISTER, SOLICITOR and NOTARY PUBLIC TEESWATER - ONTARIO Telephone 23 Teeswater WROXETER—Every Wednesday afternoon, 2—4 p.m., or by appointment. Barristers, Solicitors, Ett. Wingham, Phone 48 J, BL CRAWFORD, Q.C. R. S. HETHERINGTON, QXX Barrister, Solicitor, Notary, Etc. Money to Loan Office — Meyer Block, Wingham Frederick F. Homuth Phm.B., R.O. Carol E. HomuthR.O. Mrs. Viola H. Homuth R.O. OPTOMETRISTS Phone 118 Harriston, Ont WELLINGTON FIRE Insurance Company Est 1840 An ah Canadian Company which has faithfully served its policy holders for over a century. Head Office — Toronto H. C. MacLean Insurance Agency Wingham happy birthday party at the home of Mrs, Thomas Jacklin, on the occasion of her 88th birthday. Two pieces, Mrs, Harry Adams, Wroxeter South and Mrs. Alex; McCracken, Bluevale, were responsible for the lovely cake which was shared with th© callers. Flower© and gifts added to the happiness of the affair. Mrs, Jacklin has been ill but we are pleased to say is recovering nicely. She was born In Cranbrook and “ lived there until with her husband, j the late Thomas Jacklin, she retired \ to Wroxeter 30 years ago. Neighbors , and friends join with her relatives in wishing for Mrs. Jacklin good health and many more happy birthday an- ' niversaries. St James' Guild Mrs. Vern Clarke presided for the June meeting of St. James Guild, Anglican Church, held on Wednesday afternoon, in the schoolroom of the church. She was assisted in the wor­ ship service by Mrs. Alex Petrie, who read from the Forward “God Coming Down". Mrs. Petrie was made respon­ sible for the subscriptions to the Forward. The afternoon was spent in quilting. Mrs. Bennett and Mrs. Petrie served refreshments at the close. W. M. S. Meeting The Women’s Missionary Society, United Church, will hold their June meeting on Friday evening of this week, June 18th, at 8.30 o’clock, at the home of Mrs. J. H. Wylie. Mrs. Merwyn Grainger and Mrs. Gilbert Howes are arranging the programme. Personals Wroxeter’s new public school is away to a good start with the base­ ment completed. The new structure will be completed for the fall term. Mr. Harry Montrose of the Canad­ ian Bank of Commerce staff is away on holidays. Week-end visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Montgomery were Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Boland and sons, Gerald and Wendell, all of Walkerton. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Montgomery will attend the wedding of their grand­ daughter, Lois Bowles, whose mar­ riage to Mr. Jack King, of Burling­ ton, will take place in Hanover United Church on June 26th. The bride is one of the twin daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Amos Bowles (nee Margaret Mont­ gomery) . Mr. Eldred Nichol spent part of : last week in Victoria Hospital, Lon- . don, where he went for consultation : with a specialist. Mrs. Nichol spent the week-end with him. i Mrs. James Kirton, Bluevale, spent ; last week with her friend, Mrs. El- I d,red Nichol, 4th line Turnberry. I Mr. and Mrs. Thoma§ Burke and i Mrs. John Gibson, were Sunday vis- i itors with Mr. and Mrs. John Colwill, ] at Barrie. Mr. and Mrs. John Reid, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Reid, also John Howes, a|l of Toronto, spent the week-end With Gilbert and Mrs, Howes, Miss Margaret Jardine left on Wed­ nesday for a two months' holiday with relatives in the West, She was accom- panined by her niece, Miss Thelma Jardine of the library board in Guelph, whose home is in Saskatchewan. Mr. and Mrs, Scott Hunter and daughter, Susan Jane, Strathroy, are spending thpir summer vacation with their families hgre. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Smith,- Embro, spent a day last week with Mr®. Gil­ bert Howes, Mrs. Smith and Mrs, Howes are school friends and had not met for 16 years. Miss Hazel Sparling had for a vis­ itor last week her cousin, Mrs. Ellen Kahler, of Redondo Beach, California, Mr. John Hupfer, Miss Sparling and their guest visited friends at Listowel, Egmondville and Seaforth. Mr. and Mrs. Will Rae and son, Douglas, of Hanover, were Sunday visitors with the former’s mother, Mrs. D, W. Rae. Mr. Rae has just re­ turned from Albgrta where he attend­ ed a convention of public school in­ spectors. In August Fordwich will celebrate its 100th anniversary. Invitations will be extended to all former residents and a good programme is being plan­ ned for their entertainment. Origin­ ally it was called the Town Plot. Mrs. William Adams left for the West last week where she will spend a few weeks with relatives. Mrs. D. S. MacNaughton was in Port Elgin and Mar last week attending district annual meetings of the Wo­ men’s Institute. Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Wightman, Bel­ grave, visited Mrs. |D. W. Rae one day last week. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Mac­ Donald, Fordwich, visited on Saturday with Mrs. Rae. It was the occasion of their 42nd. wedding anniversary. Mr. and Mrs. Wendell Stamper and baby son, spent Sunday with Mrs. David Anger. Mr, Frank Green, Wingham, was a Sunday visitor with Mr. and George Harris. Mr. and Mrs. Glenn McMichael in Gorrie on Saturday, where attended the Edgar Ford wedding. Mrs. Ethel Carmichael, Mr. and Mrs. James Robertson and Jimmie, Goder­ ich, spent the week-end with Mr. John Hupfer. Mr. and Mrs. Blair Sharpe and baby, John, were also guests of Mrs. Blair’s father. Mr. and Mrs. George Funstin, Tor­ onto, spent the past week with Mr. and Mrs. George Griffith, Wroxeter South. Mr. and Mrs. Leo Duggin, of Stayner were week-end visitors at the same home. On Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. Griffith, Mrs. Funstin, Mr. and Mrs. Leo Duggin and little Ann McKercher, visited with Mr. and Mrs. Nixon, of- Centralia, Mrs. Bert Martin, Dr. and Martin, and children, spent the week-end at home here. < Sunday visitors with Naughton and John were Mr. and Mrs. Robert Connell and daughter, Marjorie, also Mrs. W. E. Hainstock, Fordwich. Mrs. were they Wallace Mrs. Bill Drayton, I CRUMBS By Omega In the Toronto Globe & iMail J, V, McAree, writing about how the mean­ ings of words are changed or distort­ ed, cites the word “temperance” as a good example. The word actually means “moderation”, but the way it is used by some people it means noth­ ing but total abstinence from alcohol­ ic beverages. This is by no'means an original ob­ servation. But it suggests how the usage of a word can change its mean­ ing. Another word in the same class is “tolerance”. When we speak today of racial or religious tolerance, we think we mean a kindly, broad-mind­ ed acceptance of others. But the word (as defined in Blackie’s diction­ ary) actually means “the capacity or the act of enduring", and suggests a patronizing or martyr-like acceptance of things that are not pleasant but that must be endured- There’ are other words whose mean­ ings are changing or will change be­ cause of continued usage. “Infer”, which actually means to conclude from what someone else has said, is often used as a synonym for “imply”, which means to suggest by what the speaker himself says, “Disinterested" really means “free from self-interest”, but is used in place of “uninterested". Such lack ,of linguistic discrimina­ tion could lead to a widespread prac­ tice of misusing or interchanging all sorts of words. Will the day come when there is no distinction made be­ tween “then” and “than”, or between “there and their” or between "its” and "it’s”? If it does will there be fewer prematurely-grey English teachers? Or, indeed, will there be any Eng­ lish teachers? And if there are, how will they justify their existence? =1= * Last week we dropped in on a re­ hearsal of Thornton Wilder’s "Our Town", the play being performed by the Wingham Community Players in conjunction with Wingham’s 75th An­ niversary Celebration. “Our Town" is a particularly appropriate play for this occasion, as it is a dramatized record of life in a town about the size of Wingham. Wingham, ac­ cording to one highway sign, has a . population of 2712. “Our Town”, of the play has 2642. The play takes place in the town of Grover’s Corners, New Hamp­ shire, in the early part of this century j and gives, through the words of the narrator and the actions of the char­ acters, a picture of the life of ordin­ ary people in a typical small town. In order to give some semblance of plot, the playwright has introduced the love story of Emily Webb, daughter of the local newspaper editor, and George Gibbs, son of a local doctor. The three acts of the play might be entitled Life, Marriage, Death. It is a play full of humor and pathos of everyday life and it should be espec­ ially enjoyed by former residents of Wingham returning for the anniver­ sary Celebrations. Vin Dittmer is directing the produc­ tion and is being assisted by Mary Louise Flach and I41Man Overend, Parts have been assigned to Molly Brent, Joyce Langridge, Marie Philips, Mrs, Fred Saint, Dr. Art Irwin, CJIf- fprd Coultes, Jim Currie, Jack Gorbutt, Bill Connell, Dennis Intyre—and we may few. Smith, Bill Mc- have omitted a * * Last week our town of Wingham suffered a heavy loss in the death of Dr. William Connell. As. a doctor he was both a highly skilled surgeon and a family physician with the common touch. As a man h© was that rare combination of dignity and humility that marks the true Christian gentle­ man, A clever, kindly, congenial, sin­ cere man, Dr. Connell will be greatly missed in this community, ; Vines—Reichard Vows Said in Palmerston Ferns, snowballs, peonies and spirea formed the setting in the United Missionary Church, Palmerston, on Saturday, when Phyllis Marie Reich­ ard, Reg.N., daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Reichard, of Fordwich, be­ came the bride of Wray Ear? Vines, son of Mrs. Ethel Vines and the late Mr. Vines, of Gowanstown. Rev. W. E. Presser officiated at the double ring ceremony and soloist was Miss Hazel Dingen, Reg.N., of Kitchener, who sang to the accompaniment of Mrs. George Jutz, Reg.N., of Kitch­ ener, who played the traditional wed­ ding music. The bride wore a white satin 'gown with net overskirt and lace redin- gote falling into a short train. Her finger-tip veil was held in a coronet of sequins and pearls and she carried a shower bouquet of red sweetheart roses and stephanotis. Miss Kathleen Eby, Reg.N., of Kit­ chener, was maid of honor and Mrs. Everitt Zurbrigg, sister of the bride, was bridesmaid. The former wore a ballerina-length gown- of green taf­ feta with a net overskirt and lace bol? ero, a stand-up collor and elbow­ length sleeves She carried' a bouquet of yellow mums. Mrs. Zurbrigg wore a similar gown of yellow taffeta, and carried a bouquet of pink mums. Miss Iva Reichard was flower girl, wearing a mauve floor-length gown of nylon taffeta with net overskirt trimmed with pleated lace. Her head­ dress was of pleated lace and lily of the valley and she carried a small .basket of yellow mums. Master Paul Reichard-was the ring bearer. He wore white trousers and a navy blazer and carried a white sa­ tin cushion, Mr. Eldon Vines was best man and ushers were Mr, Ear? Reichard and Mr. Everett Zurbrigg. Following the wedding ceremony a lawn reception was held at the bride’s home, The. wedding cake was decor­ ated with pink and. white candles with' a foreground of ferns and baskets of flowers. The bride’s mother received in a gown of off white with grey figured and grey accessories, She wore a corsage of pink sweetheart roses. The groom's mother chose a powder, blue dress with white accessories, For a wedding trip to Niagara Falls and Northern Ontario, the bride wore a mauve dress with white accessories and a natural colored shortie coat. She wore a corsage of yellow roses. Out of town guests were present from Kitchener, Toronto, Brussels, Niagara Falls, Palmerston, Listowel, Owen Sound and Fordwich. Upon their return the couple will live in Kurtzville, Most of the pulpwood harvest comes from provincial lands, ' Sunbeam ELECTRIC RAZOR now $29.75 HASELGROVE’S !i & FOR FIRE, LIFE AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE Call Stewart A. Scott Phone 293 Wingham REAL ESTATE SALESMAN Representing: Dudley E. 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Somebody made the remark at the Wingham Lions banquet the other night in reference to Dennis Riggin of Kincardine, who was a guest, that it’s a long way up to the parent Detroit Red Wings for any aspiring goal-tender. Eighteen-year-old Riggin is the number one puck stopper in Detroit’s minor ranks, and is undoubtedly being groomed to take over the goal duties at Olympia at some future date. Dennis still has two years to go with the Hamilton Cubs of the OHA Junior “A", arid with Terry Sawchuk still as spry as a colt, it must make a youngster wonder if he isn’t in the wrong profession. But, Riggin proved himself as astute a hockey student as a player, be­ cause he drew an interesting parallel between his situation and that of Saw­ chuk a few years ago. Arid the Detroit brass must feel that a kid who was voted the best goalie in Junior hockey this year, and was awarded the Pinkney Trophy, a “junior Vezina” can’t be kept down indefinitely. The Red Wings have no worries for the next two semesters, but Rig? gin’s parallel might be worth repeat­ ing. Harry Lumley, who won the Vezina this year with the Leafs, was the first-string goal tender for the Wings, when Sawchuk came knocking at the door. Lumley was far from a has-been, and could have done an ex­ cellent job for the big Detroit club. Just the season before he missed the coveted goalie's award by only one goal. But, what did Detroit do? They sent him to Chicago, just to keep it in the Norris family, I suppose. But, more important, they gave the like­ able Owen Sounder the heave-ho from a potential Stanley Cup team to a cellar-dweller. They made room for Terry Sawchuk, and the test is his­ tory. The Red Wings have had mor© than usual good fortune with goalies, and When the time comes for Riggins to move up, Sawchuk will have too. Sawchuk better keep a eye on this Kincardine boy. being a top net-minder, he’s plenty of savvy. SPORTRAITS With the shuffle of pitching staffs in th© WOAA Major Fastball, a form- et Wingham hurler is back in the area. GUY SPARROW, the elongat­ ed Detroiter who also tosses a mean basketball game, found hi© way to the MEAFORD KNIGHTS with the re­ lease a week ago of ace moundsman RUSS JOHNSTON. Talking/to Guy, he seems to be happy in hi© new­ found surfbuftdirigSr He- should, be, ARMITAGE’S I 100% All Wool Suits made to your measure, [ I any style. | I PHONE 172 WINGHAM ! s s .......illinium............ to move weather Besides also got because there’s no other pitcher in the loop who has the solid backing in the field and at the plate. . . . . Softball fans in WROXETER might have had the impression that Wingham folds up early in the evening, and now they’re sure of it. The Wroxeter In­ termediates came into town to meet the WINGHAM BATTERY softball- ers last Wednesday night, to find that they turn the lights off pretty early at the park. In fact, they Were never turned on. It was a misunderstand­ ing all the way round, but the lights are on again, and everybody is rea­ sonably happy. SECOND HURON FAIR OPENED The second Huron County three-day Trade Fair opened last week at the Liohs Club Areha with close to 60 ex­ hibits on display. All available space in the arena and surrounding the exterior of the build­ ing Was filled with .exhibits ranging from farm machinery and cars, to hoxisehold appliances, building sup- plies “and sporting goods. The fair, sponsored by the Clinton Lions Club, whs officially opened by Clinton’s Reeve John W. Nediger, Who brought greetings from the country in the absence of the warden, W. J. Dale. YOUR FUTURE depends on them Don’t be hindered in your work by the “nerves", headaches and gastric disturbances resulting from defective vision. The' only safe plan is to have your eyes examined at least once a year. It’s the smallest invest­ ment you can make—and the soundest, it now. ' W. R. 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