HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1954-07-28, Page 48Page IForty-ei&kt Wingham Advance-Times, Wednesday, July 28, 1954
SAVING SPOT FOR
HOSPITAL PATIENTS
A place on Josephine Street
frpm Spotton’s to the Park corner
has been reserved for hospital pat
ients and older folk who are not
able to leave their cars. Persons
wishing to be granted these special
privileges are asked to contact
Johnny Brent to make arrange
ments.
The public is requested to keep
this spot clear so that the people
less fortunate than themselves
may have a chance to see the par
ade.
TICKETS FOR “SALUTE
STILL AVAILABLE
Committee Chairman's Job Took
Drive, Patience, Shoe Leather
Oldtimers Invited
To Bowling Jitney
Oldtimers around town, or visitors,
either, for that matter, who have not
bowled for some time are invited to
come up to the bowling green for a
friendly jitney on Thursday evening,
at 8 p.m. A light lunch will be served
.following the game.
Bowling amongst the visitors for
the 75th anniversary celebrations are
invited to make use of the bowling
club’s facilities on Monday.
A few tickets are still available for
the “Salute to Wingham” and “Neigh
borly News” programs to be broadcast
from the town hall on Sunday, morn
ing at 945. Tickets may be procured
at the Advance-Times office, station
CKNX or McKibbons drug store, and
are free of charge.
It is emphasized that ticket holders
must be in their seats for the broad
cast by 9.30 in order to see the show,
A number of local people will par
ticipate in the program, which will
be conducted by Harry J. Boyle and
Reid Forsee, of the Canadian Broad
casting Corporation. The program will
be broadcast from coast to coast on a
CBC network.
WHITECHURCH
Mr. and Mrs. George Taylor and
family, of Ancaster, and Mr. and Mrs.
Wilmer Taylor and family, of Hamil
ton, spent the week-end at the home
of their brother, Mr. Lawrence Tay
lor and other relatives. Taylor families
gathered at the 10th bridge for a get-
together on Saturday.
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GIRLSFOR BOYS AND
AUGUST 13
Bright singing, stories, contests and handicraft.
THE GOSPEL HALL
AUGUST 3'through to
9 to 11.80 a.ni.
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Elizabeth Taylor
Charlton Heston
If there’^ anybody who should enjoy
the celebration this ‘ week-end, it’s
Johnny Brent. But he probably won’t.
He’ll be too busy wondering whether
everybody else is enjoying it.
Johnny’s story, and a rather sad
saga it is, too, goes back to the days
last spring when somebody or other
suggested we have an anniversary
celebration. The town fathers thought
it was a good idea, and voted $2,500
to the project without expecting too
much in return, upon the request of
the Businessmen of Wingham.
The idea got kicked around quite a
bit. Everybody had thoughts as to
what should be done, but there seemed
to be a notable lack of people to do it.
For a little while it looked as if the
anniversary celebrations had $2,500
and not much else.
Then the Businessmen got hold of
Johnny Brent. They asked him if he’d
take on the job of running the whole
show, as general chairman of the
celebrations. In a moment of weak
ness, as Johnny now admits, he agreed
to take on the job.
Since that time the celebration has
mushroomed like the cloud over Bi
kini. Starting off with a Calathump-
ian parade with an expected 25 floats,
Johnny started canvassing the town.
He wore out-so much shoe leather
that he now says he can tell whether
a dime is heads or tails by stepping
on it. He pounded the main street un
til he got 70 floats for the parade, and
he’s been pounding it ever since to
make sure that nobody promising a
float would back out. He persuaded,
cajoled, threatened and flattered
people into making floats, and now,
three days before the celebration, he’s
still doing it.
Organizing such a parade, suggest
ing ideas for floats, planning the traf
fic control and all the other multifar
ious details, is a big enough job in
itself, Besides that there’s the contests
which had to be organized. Beauty
queens, amateurs, step dancers, square
dancers, log-sawyers had to be inter
viewed. Pretty girls who had entered
the contest and then changed their
minds had to be talked into staying.
Johnny found that his whole waking]
(anniversary week-end and Johnny is
expecting to be in at least several
places at the same time. His own per
sonal program for the three days of
the celebration sounds like the detail
ed tasks of a committee of twenty
eight.
It’s been a hectic couple of months
for Johnny Brent, and this week-end
will probably make the preliminaries
look like a rest cure. Johnny is taking
vitamin tablets in the hopes that he
will be able to stand the strain.
So when you're enjoying .yourself at
the celebration this week, give a
thought to Johnny Brent. For it was
his ideas, hard work and pavement
pounding which were mainly respon
sible for the fact that we’re having
celebration at all.
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Friday and Saturday
“SAADIA
Dana Andrews
Robt. Young
July 30 and 31
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Matinee Saturday 2 p.m.
Cornel Wilde Mel Ferrer
Monday and Tuesday
Alec Guinness
July 2 and 3
“THE CAPTAINS’ PARADISE
Yvonne De Carlo
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Wednesday and Thursday August 4 and 5
STILL A FEW TICKETS
FOR PLAY “OUR TOWN”
A few reserved seat tickets for the
Friday night performance of the play
“Our Town” are still available. Tickets
may be purchased at the Advance-
Times office, station CKNX, or from
members of the cast. Reserved seats
are on sale ai McKibbons drug store.
A good selection of reserved seats
is available for Monday night’s per
formance, although it is not expected
that they will last until the week-end.
In addition to the reserved seats, a
number of rush seas will be available
on a first-come-first-served basis
both evenings.
THEY’RE COMING BACK
Messages continue to come in from
former residents of the town "who in
tend to be here for the 75th Anniver
sary Celebrations, as well as frpm
those who cannpt come but send their
best wishes:
“I received recently, indirectly,
through my sister, Mrs. W. J. Kelly,
of Edmonton, a copy of the invitation
to the Anniversary Celebration.
“This brought to my mind recollec
tions of many happy boyhood days
spent in- the town near which I was
born, and where I spent fifteen or
sixteen years of my early life, and
where my father, Alexander Ross, was
in business many years.
“I particularly renjember the rug
ged winters with the heavy falls of
snow, the skating in the old rink* and
on the river' and the bob-sledding
down the old school hill on Main St.,
causing interruptions to heavy horse-
drawn sleighs transporting a contin
uous stream of logs to the furniture
factories and the saw mill, whose op
erations constituted the main busi
ness activities of the then humming
little community.
“My later life, until recently, involv
ed almost fifty years ixi the steel
business in Chicago, from which I
recently retired to this more salubr
rious climate, a few miles, south of
San Francisco. I shall never forget,
however, my happy Wingham days,
including the excellence of my
schooling under that grand old prin
cipal, Mr. Musgrove, and Miss
nolds.
“I regret exceedingly my inability
to attend this interesting event and
extend my best wishes for its grand
success and to any of the “Old Tim
ers” who may, after all these years,
remember me. V
Sincerely, 4
Robert C. Ross”
Woodside, California.
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“Our family were delighted to re
ceive your kind invitation to visit our
dear old town of Wingham. We hard
ly think we can attend as we have
our frail, 87-year-old Dad, Mr. Con
stable, with us at the lake and can
only plan from day to day.
“Ifxit should be possible to run up
even for a day, we shall love to be
with you all. Mr. and
Lloyd have given us a
come to their home,
thanks.”
Mr. and Mrs. House
• Mrs. Doherty, Toronto, Ont.
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Among those who will be here:
and Mrs. Arthur Bieman, London
Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Copeland, London
Mrs. E. C. Bell, Tobermory; William
Raby, Calgary; Dr. and Mrs. O. M.
McConkey, Guelph; Mr. and Mrs. H. O.
Stevens, Montreal; Durward F. Pres
ton, Waterloo; J. Frank Galbraith,
Toronto; Irene Paton, Toronto; Jim
Ferguson, Chatham.
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Council Plans for
Annual Convention
The executive of the North Huron
Council of Christian Education held
a meeting at the home of the presi
dent, Earl Hamilton, Wingham. This
Council was formerly known as th'e
Sunday School Institute and works
under the Ontario Council of Christian
Education, an interdenominational
organization. The denominations co
operating in this Ontario Council are
Anglican, Convention Baptist, Dis
ciples, Evangelical United Brethren,
Presbyterian, Society of Friends, Sal
vation Army and United Church.
Preliminary plans were made for the
annual convention to be held this
year on October 13, in the Baptist
Church, Goderich. The Council feels
very fortunate in securing as the guest
speaker for this occasion Rev. Horace
Burkholder, of Toronto, who is the
new general secretary of the O.C.C.E.
It is the hope of the executive that
all Sunday Schools served by this
North Huron Council will plan
participate in this convention.
Rey-
Mrs. R. H.
hearty wel-
Our many
and Mr.and
Mr.
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Canadian Legion Grounds, Kirk Street
Clinton
One of the great plays of our day.
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LAST CALLI
A FEW TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE
FOR THE PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING
PLAY
Produced by the Wingham Community Players
“A play of tremendous power.
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“OUR TOWN”
“It is the life of any town, of
grave. It’s really very fine.”
“In all my days as a theatregoer no play ever moved me so deeply.”
Alexander Woollcott
MONDAY EVENING, AUG. 2nd
BIG PARADE AT 7 p.m.
Best Decorated, Float •— Best Decorated. Bicycle or Tricycle
BINGO — GAMES — DRAW — DANCING
Car Draw at 11.59 p.m.
Proceeds, for Building. Fund
Tickets obtainable at the Advance-Times, CKNX or
from members of the cast.
life was taken up by details of the
celebration, and when he finally man
aged to get to sleep he dreamed about
it.
People phoned up at the oddest
hours, asking him what sort of a
float they should put in the parade,
what sort of an act they should do in
the amateur contest, did he have any
invitations for the celebration, where
is the best place to see .the parade,
would he make arrangements to
handle the money, who’s going to lay
the cornerstone, are there any tickets
left for the play. If there ever
man with 16 jobs at one time,
Johnny Brent.
And the worst is not over.
was a
it was
Come
Baptists Honor
Bride Elect
Members and adherents of Wing
ham Baptist Church gathered Thurs
day night, July 15th, at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. John Falconer, Joseph
ine Street, Wingham, for a surprise
presentation party in honour of Miss
Vivian MacLean, bride-elect. Outdoor
games were enjoyed by young and old.
The evening was topped off with a
delicious lunch and, the' presentation
to Miss MacLean of a silver tea ser
vice. The address was read by Miss
Mildred Jones with Merrill Cantelon
presenting the gift on behalf of Wing
ham Baptist Church in appreciation
of her faithful service. A fitting reply
was made by Miss MacLean.
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