HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1954-07-28, Page 4•«
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j! Th# yrewit jwt office wa« ewtM
'an what had tormerfy been toe pro*
5 petty of Henjamin Willson. Mi® res'a
fdefieo ®tm>d tat (tetilre fdtreet, the
’ khijifft naw owupied by Mutiny .tahr^
'‘Matt, and faeed </o®ephific with the
fv j t ranf %Hio tN nlutn In fWQ ha pawn® beauUfuily terraced. Thi® /awn
rr'brfi tram Hila hmilncfis and with \v/as a favorite spot tor young pez/ple
n hro»tor if H Willsmi, operated j!
,t narrtfb bnnh and imiUmied In this?
f.i'itt'b unm lip’,y whi n ho was z/fferad j
<■ rnnmigf ftship nt Um Hank hf Hilta h
i d to* *<p«i/Jng of a hthivit 'hare
Well Known Local Banker
Was Towns First Mayor
Thomas A. Mills Donated ft Aerial View of Main Street
llOt Wltkra It^a h
# woohoo1 zmh n? Dr J r/ -
tfWf tolto ami opzrm'4 0/ n, i h.G,'r. I:
fl'R/WPlf WJRmj. form h-P'tf' ne ^a>' ..
at rklltauiln atvl we; pvQmo/'d
lit iffll fh‘tt nafl hi-- h'S-.e"fwr j
tl> rA '*<10 n«d n laiitifh nffhe, and Iwzz years
urr-« tA ‘'>t' ihr j| / hi t ntn/ hoipi eiitt and eventually
?<•
„y..' t, f
Mr Willem tmunUit fl lit the employ ;
me flunk of Hamilton and to
mow4 h? Winnipeg whnra hatod tittiw/i
pddnntMitp
id days ^atia Vy, as Mr. Willson had
ti tennis, <autt that was; rmiMdcrcd to
bn Mtn at lha lifirtil in !Uwn
at the Tmwrmhip at Turn*
hurry in to72i '/g, before the irtcarpar"
Ali/m at Wlttkhtita m n vlltoga, he
was ffonfcktod to the pmdfton, making
him the first reeve at Um village in
W'/4»W. Mr V/ibson waa again reeve
hn and 7g When Wiagham was
iricnrpnrated as a town ha waa elech
cd Ural rzmyor by mularnuikm.
Han Willsan wm a wry prominent
figure at the tov/n and imd'a. kindly
dlapuMthm which gained him the <<m*
Udadcc of ev'eryom’. He was married
| to a daughter at Mexfua Kent and
Ulere ware two ffons, (kav/ell and lto°
bort Mr. Willson died in Vancouver
In 11124, •whan he v/a« to yeura of age,
He wa« a past master of I he Masonic,
/bodge, ami n past Z of the Chapter.
Parish Hall To Church
fmc of the mrM pmgrcsaiive and
rmm Wjftgham has
ever km/wn was Thomas A Milfo He
v/a» born in Lanark fkmnty Ontario
and spent hi» early years in the east
ern part of the jtwvime latter he
I'Mfie la Western Ontario find im'atczl
at Htorn, where
Dele, one of the
to that dtetrlcL
ha married a Miss
fk/M known families
new St I'gaJ’s ehrsreh became a ho-
fe®sity„ he attended a meeting of the
members- In toe old ehurch. located
west of I-eopoM Street and or, the
north side nt John Street. The rec
tor, Rev. L. 0. Wood, as chairman,
called tor promised aswtarm* in the
erection of
at worship
came from
and father of Benjamin
replied, "I'll give $500".
Mr. Milla, 'TH donate
that will be required
church", and this he did,
in he came to Wtogham and i
entered' upon a stiecesMul business’*
career as a grnmtol merchant. The
two-storey brick building now or-cu**
pied by The Advance-Times was erect-1
cd by him and In which he carried on
business for <14 years.
the prapor.f-d nrrw houtxi
and the first response
Crowell WilLson, ex-MFP
Willson, who
Than tfpoke
the brick
build the
1
all
to
I
Dr. and Mrs. J. E. Tamlyn
Contributed Much to Community
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the
this
the
ih
lid
A Liberal Jn pollltos, he was an
hHJvo member nt hits putty In early
years to» had been a XTesbyferlan, but
utter intirrlti&tt became an Anglican.
When the question (ft the erection nt a
An he abut up his
the lid of his high
them. Then he turn-
in the intruders, with
itdH
t l<
III tl
csp<
''Star
yvnv
birth
K
wt
nt
:io
w
h
Ic
t
VlK
tfll
or
foe
of
di-
tn
ver sought municipal
some years served as
made
social
know,
,0 to
the P
o row
featuring
The next
drunken
weeping
‘ eokl
college,
practise
aso
’ll WO I‘|
lilevou
ollorf li
dlh Hi
kind and considerate g
Ui’titi,
slorloa th'
Whigham
lomiod 111
not
worst.
Mills m
rs but for
town auditor,
o V
'etc
d quiet
purchased an unused
ig across the street from
il donated it to ho the
Dr that church. It was
>V
Tamlyn
exempli-
onc case
who was
and
horn
was
,rglcnl i
cldcnl
nmp of
ho.
I what
icorpoi'iilloii
look a, k<-
pci'lalnliig
is of I he n
lien Willson Flrsl Mayor
Carmichael's
Mills had suffered a bro-
mi accident, he turned
jinosB to it nephew, Allan
notor accidenti only n few
Mr. mid Mrs, Mills were
A view of part of Main Street, the Diagonal Road, and the Fry & Blackhall
Factory in the distance,
THE FAMILY PRY HOOPS OF W1NGHAM
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rlWHWUtlWMlWHiCiriiiHWilifliiw
We We/come You!
I
Ghildrcn% Liulics’ and Men’s Wear *
extend greetings to old and youn^ alike
on this the 75th Anniversary of onr TovT.
ITT I rust you toill Inwe a happy
thne and l/hit il mill be our
tnHxtleye In serve you
tvhile in iomm
Yours
Welcome Visitors
to WINGHAM'S ANNIVERSARY!
A EVER
By W../, Ftouty
An all-round family physician mid
surgcmi, a shining light in his pro*
P'fidifm, was Dr. Jarnos ICdgm1 Tmn-
lyu, who arrived in Whigham hi
IHdli, and was the third of Ida calling
to fiotlh' In lltla oormnimlty, Ito wait
an Phigllalnmiu by birth
short time became
practitioners,
village In IH74. ilo
lorosl In ovorylhlng
welfare mid progro
pnlily, Homo jwo.pl
gruff In Ills nuinm
know him host wor
Fenian Scare Had
To w n s peo;p le W o cried
louring Um latter part of nuu on
the "F'otilau Hear
ftprontl by ignorant mid
portmliM that ,11m Rmniui
Ontario Were Joltiiiig for
i^iiinna to inaMMiioco tin
on Clirltitums lCv
limy had plkcH and guan tilddon In
Uwh’ chm'olma and wore bokltog am
orct maoUngii.
With Htieh.p'lid
(ants In Upper
ftiat'nied, They
bought alidt and powder
and prepared ’for the
The 'exoltomont can
one midnight when
Lower Whigham woe
the nown (hat the bVn
(ho village. Tho Outho
Ing women and chili
much
Wild tali
mbit
t'ull)
'CM V
.VrotcHtnnta
It wns said Unit
Tim
where
take place
They then
ham to find that all the lights w
mu and everything serene, '
day it was dUawered that a
man Had been turulng his
wife and family out into the
Ftomemie'ii ihmginntlon hud
and it was later (Qurnl that the Catho
lics had been Just as frightened of
the V'Qniaua as the Vtotvstants, No
doubt many mlsuuderstandlngs haw
had as Utile camax
ig add ,‘iwonr.l
‘hers gathered
attack was
t but all reumh'
cheeked with Upper Wing
Th In trail; of diameter
fled to a marked degre
in particular, A young man
employed with a arlaua that wan vhilt*
big town
hap. Tlii
town ab
cd out i
knowing
train wi
iilepped
Ing Bonn
tactlng i
about h
found u
early htr
wiih give
wail con
hclmigln,
iiqmiro. I
lilclnn ni
Wlnghm
HHllcil 0)
Umtlom
Wiifi Ince
HtlUUlOH I
to a
cnl
the
stre
gugl
UM uuYbi
tontton was
not know ox
whli
WllH
of a
the I
mon
lor,
Bible
coni'
town
own
i lyn
SV
hi
st
; to
nt
i, had met with «sei'IdiiH mis*
io clriiiin was pi lling out of
iouI midnight an d had b lek-
on the rallv/iiy 1 )l'idge.(Not
< In tliu ibirkiu SB, that the
uts not on tern fl rm a,ho
frohi a cm.' mid wont piling-
o fifty feet to Hie ground,'OH-
a heavy piece of irldgc Lin ibor
itilf way down.Ho was not
mill about fi a.i il., when
rd came across hl n. The al arm
on mid the unfor umite vl<41m
ivoyod to mi on pty building
ig tp the town 01 (he mn rkot
Dr. Peter Mncdoi aid, Ilio .ihy-
nd surgeon for li io (LT.R.for
m mid district, i nlui'iilly was
Ji to give tlu» yo
Thin lie did, bul
'hrted at Ibi’v.p,
and at ifnuv lui'd hlu
Limit room adjoining
ee in u building he
nor of Victoria a
alii. Here »h<4 .provide
•d a man to care for
tirin', llivcry surgical
provided. Dr
an the young
ng
Dr
vnlilni? circum-
i removed
his motll-
owned ut
Josephine
cl a bod,
him mid
euro mid
Tamlyn did
man's niur
*BC Of sevorill
Albert Nix, a
'torn Ontario.
l of hhi son's ,p;
comm tin lei
g him to (i
his son's
’ time the
hml his si
’. Needless
r
JC
d with tli
everythin
'Ifure.
hither
removbd to
i add, Dr. T
wool
until
When
rod lea,-
io doc
s’ pos-
Tn
'inn*
hi.
to
impcnscrt for
tl attention. This
ly typical of the
e was well known
If the d
hi men's affairs of the town, so was
Mrs. Tmiilyn n loader In all work to
which wtimon wwc .interested and was
li. shining light In the indies' depart*
moot of the Turnberry Agricultural
Society's fall
tor was keenly interested
| They hud
:i Washington
,ealed in th
' graduated a;
states
course.
I nian>‘
U is predicted that
| llothlehem" will appear
the sixth limo wineo
Christ. This star Is said to appear
toolly north of the north star and
be visible In Us daw.Ung light at neon * eidont, ho \
days* it is a solar orb many times pis father
the magnitude of the sun and
orbit is yet unealenlatod by any as-,
ttonomev. Nows item
• t.\sdar posts haw boon placed on the
I ground to form a crossing from but-
; field's corner to the Hank of Hamil-
News item
dgar
vdti-
andschool.
mi a Vnited
of
one soln Henry 1*
Tamlyn,who ’ was
YVinghatn
n doctor t
1 le could not.
in Canada, but on
if critical illness o
was of untold assistance
m?
It v/a« a habit of Mr. Mills to do
hbi bookkeeping after store hours.
About 12.30 one night he wan made
aware of visitors. He thought it was
only a ripuple of the town men com- j
tog in to have a chat, but as they ■
approached hlrn he turned around and;
faced two hunky looking strangers, i
He said, "Hello, what arc you fellows |
doing at this hour of the night?" j
One of them replied that they had
come to town on the late train and
were going out to blast Wawanosh
on a visit to friends. One of them said
they wanted to buy something that
would have tain
collar. "Walt
desk," he said,
books he lifted
desk to deposit
od briskly to fm
a large revolver In his hand, and de
manded "Now you fellows get out of
here," They did not wait to be served
what they had asked for but this in
cident put rm end to T, A.’s midnight
bookkeeping
WELCOME
Old-Timers!
DURING THE CELEBRATION
WHEN YOUR FEET HURT AND
THE INNER MAN NEEDS SAT
ISFYING, WHY NOT DROP IN
FOR A SNACK OR A CUP OF
COFFEE AT
.Later
(‘hurch bi>
St. Paul'r
parish In
known ill
was
and
AV
After Mr
Icon
over
MUli
year
klllc
The building ou Victoria Street
known as the Lennnex Carrlagv Vae-
lory has Iwn secured by the now;
firm of Kobins and Hutchison and1
next week will be opened as a, steam '
laundry and public bath rooms. Xlews i
item
MKR >1. K. TAMLYN
Jie
ulldli
s an
all f
Mills Memorial Flail and
use of for Sunday School
gatherings. The building is
i as the. Masonic Hall.
Restaurant
Where You Meet All Your Friends
W/NGHA/W
from
SERVING YOU SINCE 1928
EAST, CAREFUL SERVICE
Head Office
WINGHAM
Phone 152
Toronto Office
500 Greenwood
GE3368
Down Through the Years
it’s been
MILK
FOR
STRENGTH
Happy Anniversary!
MODEL
DAIRY