HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1954-08-04, Page 2The Wingliam Advance-Times, Wednesday, Aug1. 4th, 1964
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JFUN, WASN’T IT?
Wingham’s 75th anniversary celebration is over,
now that the tumult and shouting has finally died away,
people are really beginning to appreciate what a success it
was, Even the most critical of the town’s critics must be
forced to admit that the thing was a success. Ten thousand
people can’t be very wrong.
Without trying to analyse too deeply the reasons for
the success of the anniversary celebrations, we’d be inclin
ed to put it down to several things. There is, of course,
the fact that the general chairman worked himself to the
bone. Apart from that there are several other reasons
why the celebration went over with such a bang.
Right from the start the council was behind the whole
effort They had enough foresight to see that you can’t
work without capital, and they grubstaked the venture to
the tune of $2,500. As it now turns out they may make a
little profit on the deal, in spite of the fact that they had
originally not even expected to get their money back.
Another reason for the celebration’s success was the
enthusiasm which was generated in the townspeople.
Starting from small beginnings this enthusiasm spread and
accumulated until .almost everybody was engaged in some
kind of work for the celebration. Enthusiasm is catching
and this is one time it really caught.
And finally, in our opinion, one of the biggest contri
buting factors to the success of the anniversary was the
fact that it was conceived on a large scale—large enough
to loom as a major attraction in a day of so many counter
attractions.
Wingham’s celebrations were certainly a success. And
the main reason they were was that so many people be
lieved they could be, and went out and did something
about it.
and
HELENS
Mr. and Mrs, Gordon Cameron,
Misses Marjory and Helen and Master
Jackie Cameron of Blackie, Alberta,
are visitors with his brother, John
and Mrs. Cameron, It is 21 years since
Gordon visited his old home.
Telephone service was disrupted at
Harvey Webb’s and Allan Miller’s and
several trees including the big spruce
beside the Miller store were splintered
during the severe electrical storm on
Saturday morning but the most dairi-
age was done at Mr, Will Webster’s
home. Here the chimney was knocked
off, the bolt coming down into the
bedroom of Mr. and Mrs. George Web
ster, knocking down the stove pipes
and plaster and splintering the floor.
The baby, asleep in her crib, narrowly
escaped the falling plaster.
Mr. Donald Murray has been a pat
ient in the Wingham General Hospi
tal where he has been receiving treat
ment for an infected finger,
Miss Isabelle MacPherson spent the
week-end, the guest of Miss Jo-Anne
Easom, Auburn.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Berndt Jr., of
Detroit, Corporal Gordon Berndt of
Fort Knox, Kentucky and Mr. Keith
Black of Centralia, were recent visi
tors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Gor
don MacPherson.
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SHOWS WHAT YOU CAN DO
The success of the anniversary celebrations would
seem to be an indication of what, can be done in the way of
community co-operation when the community really sets
its mind to it. Probably never before have the people of
Wingham dug so deeply into their time and energies to
put on a celebration which, as it turned out, did full justice
to their efforts.
Particularly worthy of mention are the efforts of
Johnny Brent, as chairman of the celebration committee,
the decoration committee, under Clare Cantelon, who did
such ,a wonderful job of decorating the town, the invita
tions committee, which spent many hours in compiling a
list of names and mailing out invitations,, the properties
• committee which worked so hard erecting benches and
seats, and all the other committees, merchants and citi
zens who contributed their time and energy to make the
event ,a success. A lot of credit, too, goes to the folk of
The district who contributed articfes of historical interest
-for the many store window displays.
The anniversary celebration is an indication of what
■can be done when everyone in the community pitches in
.and helps.
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how About a museum
The great amount of interest shown in the store win
dow displays of pioneer objects, many of which were
brought into town from the surrounding district, again
brings dp the subjects of whether a district museum would
be a good idea in Wingham. From the amount of histor
ical objects on display during the celebration, one would
.think that at .least there must be sufficient material.
All too often such objects become lost or damaged,
through too long a stay in the attic, and their numbers
must be decreasing year by year with the passing of time.
Even the modest beginnings of a district museum
would preserve many of these historical objects for future
generations, and provide a stopping point of interest for
visitors to the town.
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BRAIN AND BRAWN
Perhaps one of the most potent reasons why Canada
Is a bit backwards culturally, is the fact that the people of
this country have always had a healthy disregard for book
learning. Large sections of the population have come to
regard book reading as a sort of mild secret vice, in which
no healthy, red-blooded Canadian boy would indulge.
Perhaps all new countries have the same trouble. Per
haps you have to be old and decadent before mental ac
complishments become more important than physical
prowess. Perhaps Canadians are used to being too busy
with the ordinary, workaday chore of earning a living,, to
bother about reading, culture, intellectual pursuits and all
that.
Whatever the reason, we hope it’s not too permanent.
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Frances
Mr. and
the fun-
The following are from a few of
the letters received at the Advance-
Times from former residents of the
town regarding the 75th anniversary
and the Advance-Times Historical Ed
ition ;
Archdeacon Win. H, Hartely, of Dur
ham, who taught in Lower Town
School 1891-93, has pleasant memories
of Wingham and believes that there
are some of his pupils still residing
here. Mr. Hartely is now living retired
and sends his best wishes for the cele
bration and his personal regards to
Will Fleuty and all other old friends,
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Mrs. E. Cuthbertson of Toronto, re
grets being unable to attend but is not
in the best of health.
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Mrs. Herb Govier of Auburn, was
looking forward to attending service
in St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church
on Sunday, with Rev. David Perrie in
charge. Mrs. Govier nursed him in
the cradle. Norman Blatchford, Mrs.
Govier’s son, played the' mouthorgan
and guitar over 10 BP when he was
in his teens.
have a copy of the historical edition.
Mrs. Lutton intended being here for
the celebrations,♦ * ♦
And from Miss Cora R. L. Fisher, of
Paisley a request for a copy for her
sister, Mrs. Margaret Wingham Fisher,
the first baby girl born in Wingham,
Mrs. Fisher was of course very inter
ested in the plans for the celebration,
and hoped, with her sister, Miss Cora
Fisher, to visit in Wingham with their
cousin, Mrs. Geo. Hanna over the holi
day.
Mr. Robert Graham, Mrs.
Strong, Mr. Roy Strong and
Mrs. E. H, Strong attended
eral in Tara on Monday afternoon of !
Mrs. Clifford Strong of Tara. '
Miss Beryl Bennett, Miss Thelma
Stafford, Kitchener, Mac Hutchison,
Newtonbrook and Jim Walker, of .
London, spent the week-end and holi
day at their respective homes. j
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Hyndman, j
Gwen, Jim and Jerry, are spending ;
two weeks at Port Elgin.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Jardine and Mr.
Glen Jardine left Saturday on a motor
trip to Moosejaw, Sask.
Miss Jean Campbell and Mrs. Walsh, 1
Listowel, Miss Annie Bramhill, Palm- ■
erston and Miss Jean Sparling have
returned from a trip to Ottawa, Hull, '
Montreal and Lake Placid, New York.
Mrs. Effie Elliott, Harvey, Illinois;
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Wolland, Toronto,
visited Mrs. Ethel Bradnock last week.
Miss Jean Lohr, Thelma and Shirley
Bennett, Marie Hastie and Margaret
Brown are holidaying at Pt. Elgin,
Mr. and Mrs. Lorne Laird, of Tor
onto, were guests last week of Mrs.
Tessie Zimmerman.
Mr. and Mrs. Carter McKee, of Galt,
and the Rev. Geo. and Mrs. Wylie and
John, of Otterville, are visiting with
Mrs. John Wylie. Mr. and Mrs. Tom
Baird of Brucefield, were Sunday
guests at the same home.
Guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Hilton Ashton on Tuesday, July 27th,
were Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Radford,
Clinton; Mr. and Mrs. C. Hobbs,
Monkton; Robert and Barry Ashton,
Hamilton; and Mr. and Mrs. Leland
Ashton, Susan and Catharine, Toronto.
Fraser Ashton and Kenneth Jones, of
Lucknow, are holidaying at the same
home.
Miss Phyllis Wilson, Fordwich, is
holidaying with relatives here.
Captain John Neilson and Mrs. Neil
son and family, of Shiloh, Man., are
spending a few weeks ip, the village.
Mrs. L. Neilson, who has been a pat
ient at Mrs. Effie McCrackin's Nurs
ing home for the past several months
is at her home for a few days.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Heibein, Miss
Margaret Heibein, and Mr. and Mrs.
Lyle Watson were in Milverton on
Saturday attending the wedding of the
former’s son, Mr. Wm. Heibein arid
Miss Margaret Orr, London. We ex
tend hearty good wishes to the bride
and groom'.
Mr. and Mrs. Mel Gilkinsoh were
in Fergus on Tuesday, for the funeral
of Mr. Gilkinson’s little nephew, Ter
rance Gilkinson, who was accident
ally killed by a car.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray McIntyre, of
Owen Sound, were renewing old ac
quaintances here on Sunday and
Monday and were guests of Mr. and
; Mrs. Norman Wade and Mr. and Mrs.
Wes. Strong.
Mr. Lawrence Short, of Fergus,
spent a couple of days last week with
his parents and sister.
Mr. and Mrs. • Percy Colmer, Gary
and Donna, of Toronto, are spending
their holidays with relatives here.
Miss Patricia Harris, of Fordwich,
spent last week with her cousin, Miss
Sandra Edgar.
Miss Mabel Irwin was home from
Wingham for a few days last week.
Mr. Jack Gibson and daughter, Miss
Margaret, of Durham, visited on Sun
day with Mr. and Mrs. Mel Gilkinson.
Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Russell, Donald
and’ Jimmie Patterson, have returned
to Sarnia for the month of August.
Mr. and Mrs. Ross Plant, of Lon
don, spent the week-end with the for
mer's mother, Mrs. Bertha Plant.
Mr. and Mrs. Manfred Irwin ahd
Mr, and Mrs. Don Irwin returned on
Sunday night from a ten day trip to
Brandon, Manitoba. They went by
way of the U.S.A, and returned by
the Northern Ontario route.
Mrs. Jean Macdonald, of London,
spent the week-end With Mr. and Mrs.
W. G. King.
Guests of Mr. ahd Mrs, Hector
Hamilton on Sunday Were; Mr. and
Mrs. Melville Beecroft and family, of
Otterville, Mr, and Mrs, Gilbert Bee
croft and Mrs.
nosh.
Friends will be sorry to learn that
Mrs. W. C. King has been confined
to bed for the past Week and all are
hoping for a speedy recovery.
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A letter from Mrs. R. J. Munshaw
of London, stated that she was sorry
she would not be here for the occasion.
Mr. Munshaw operated a jewellery
store here from 1894-1905, and Wing
ham was remembered as a thriving
town. He has since passed away and
Mrs. Munshaw is now over 90 but still
active.
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Mrs. R. B. Jones (Lou Ferguson) of 1
Long Beach, Calif., left town with her J
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Ferguson I
in 1910. Her father had been clerk and I
treasurer for 25 years. Sirs. Jones has i
not been in Wingham for some years.
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A letter from John C. Maxwell, of !
Orillia, sends regrets to John Hanna, ’
all the McLean family, the VanNor- ’
mans, McKibbons, Swarts, Sherbondys, ’
Hannas, Youngs, Walkers, Bill Mc
Cool, Tom Currie and many others.
Mr. Maxwell left Wingham in 1921. ;
He well remembers the special edition :
issued some 25 years ago, edited by
the late Tom McLean as a masterpiece ;
of nostalgia.
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From Norwich, Conn., John Bullard :
writes that he remembers the erection i
of the town hall. He is a son of Joseph .
Bullard, a former police chief here, :
who died in 1898 following an accident
at Button & Fessant’s chair factory;
Mr. Bullard is now 73 years of age.
He remembers many of the old-timers
quite vividly.
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Charles MacKay of Dunnville, was
born here in 1887 and hoped to be here
for the festivities. Mr. MacKay stated
that he would especially like to see
the hatchet that must have been bur
ied when the Times and the Advance
amalgamated.
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C. W. Wood, of Toronto, son of Wm.
Beese Wood, and Pearl Lockridge
writes that his parents were both born
and raised here and is sure they will
enjoy the anniversary edition. His
mother has a copy of the T. McLean
edition which she thoroughly enjoyed
and still treasures.
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Mrs. W. A. Brackley of Gravenhurst
formerly (Anne Blackhall) a daughter
of Mrs. C. S. Blackhall, of town, who
is 88 years old and .has resided here
55 years, and the late C. S. Blackball,
one of the founders of Fry- & Black
hall, has enjoyed in times past the
writings of the late Peter S. Fisher.
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Regret at not being able to attend
celebration expressed by Mrs. H. A.
'House (Florence M. Constable) of
Toronto, (pelighted to know there is
the "dear old home town’s" 75th anni
versary.
Her father, Wm. H. Constable is
now 87 years old and would like to
take part in the cele/brations but is
unable to be here because of ill health
Mr. Constable was with his uncle, the
late Thos. Bell in the furniture manu-
ufacturing business from 1890 until
about 1909.
Emily (Mrs. Edward Doherty), Fred
. W., Walter R. and Florence (Mrs. H.
A. House), all live in Toronto and a
son of the late Harry F. Constable, is
’ with the Royal Canadian Mounted
Police at Red Deer, Alta.
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Mrs. J. Lutton, of Toronto, a grand-
‘ daughter of the late Anne Cornyn
Currie, the first white woman in the
town of Wingham, felt she really must
Eccles Dow, of Wawa-
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Lillian Anderson, of Hamilton, was
looking forward to the anniversary.
She moved from Wingham 86 years
ago but is usually a summer visitor
here and has kept in touch with acti
vities in Wingham.
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From Ralston, Alta., Victor A. Jerm
yn, states that if he were in Ontario'
he would not pass up the opportunity
of attending the 75th, but he program
there conflicts.
He attended school in Wingham,
starting 65 years ago. Miss Catley was
his first teacher and A. H. "Mossey"
Musgrove, principal.
Mr. Jermyn is the writer of "True
to Life Stories", "The last of’the Hall-
ahans", "A Ring Around the Bath
tub", "The Old Red Rooster" and
"Meet Me in Dreamland" and several
other songs. He sends his regards to
Leon Cantelon and his mother.
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Miss Irene Davis of Toronto, daugh
ter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Davis (Collector of Customs) likes
the way the A-T boosts the home
town. She is interested in Wingham
and likes to see it prosper.
Due to ill health Miss Davis will not
be able to attend the anniversary, but
she hopes it will be a huge success,
and her best wishes go to all those
who have put so much time and effort
in the preparation.
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Tom Kelly of Banff, Alta., was un
able to get to Wingham this year but
is interested in the "goings on" and
the success of the activities. It is 29
years since he has been here.
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A resident of Arcola, Sask., and
former Winghamite, Mrs. Margaret
Riddell, wonders if we believe in
mental telepathy. She was wondering
if a special issue of the A.-T. would,
be prepared in commemoration of the
celebration, went to the post office,,
and found notice of same. Mrs. Rid
dell visited Wingham last year, but
had she known of the celebration
coming up this year would have wait
ed to attend the festivities.
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D. Guest of Wadena, Sask., a form
er Winghamite left here in 1907 and
moved to Saskatchewan where he has
resided since that time. Mr. Guest still
has relatives here and considers
Wingham his home town.
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A 24-hour visit to Wingham last
year brought back memories to W.R..
Smythe of Nelson, B. C. He stated
that he took a,walk past the school
and his hands and wrists seemed to,
sting and smart all over
not too fond memories
“Lickin’’ out in the hall,
says that looking back
BEIMORE
Aitken Reunion
The Aitken families held a reunion'
last Saturday afternoon and evening
at the home of Robert S. Aitken on
the 4th concession of Culross. Rela
tives were present from Moosejaw,
Darmody and Saskatoon, Saskatche
wan and JIamilton, Guelph, Kitchener,
Kincardine, Ripley, Belgrave, Blue
vale, Wingham, Walkerton, Clifford,
Elmwood and Teeswater, Mrs. Fred
Johann . and Wilfred .attended from
Belmore, Mr. Wm. Mundell of Wing
ham was the oldest person present and
Heather Alane little daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Stewart Johann of Tees
water was the youngest.
Personals
Friends will be interested to know
that Mr. and Mrs. Robert Corrigan,
of Barrie, are the proud parents of a
baby boy and Mr. and * Mrs. Stewart
Aitke.i, of Kincardine, have welcomed
a little baby girl to their family.
Mr, Howard Aitken, of Saskatoon,
and Mrs. R. J. Scott, of Wingham,
spent Friday night with Mrs. J. S.
Inglis and Jean.
Mrs. Thomas Aitken, Mrs. E. Smith
and Irisj of Elmwood, are spending
some time in the community visiting
relatives and friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Carmen Lucas, of Mil
waukee,. called on Miss Nellie and Mr.
John Doig. last Wednesday also visited
his former home where Mr. and Mrs.
.Norman Kamrath. now live.
Mrs. James C. Davidson, of Boston,
Mass., left fpr her home last Wednes
day after spending a month visiting
relatives and friends, here. Mrs. David
son was the former Helen Inglis.
Miss Betty Aitken, of Hamilton,
spent Saturday with- her cousin Mrs.
F; Johann.
Rev. Maurice D. McNab; of Mount
Forest, occupied the pulpit in the
Presbyterian Church Sunday after
noon.
Master Russell Press spent this
past week with his uncle and aunt
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Higgins, of Morris.
Walter and Brian Edwards, of Lon
don, are holidaying with their grand
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clark Renwick.
Mr. and Mrs. Don Schatte and Gary'
visited recently with Mr. and Mrs.
George Merkley and girls.
We wish at this time to extend our
sympathy to Mrs. Carl Douglas, whose
grandmother, Mrs. B. King, of Morris,
passed away last Monday, July 26th.
We are pleased to report that Mrs.
Ken Bennett, who underwent a major
operation in a Toronto Hospital this
past week, is progressing favourably.
Congratulations to Mr. John Fitch
Sr., who Wednesday, July 28th cele
brated his 88th birthday. Mr. Fitch’s
sister Mrs. Elizabeth Smeltzer of Alu-
met, Sask., who is 82 was present for
.the occasion also members of his
family and friends called to offer
congratulations.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Brown, of Toron
to,. spent the week-end with Rev. H.
West, Mrs. West and. Jean.
Mr; George Inglis is this week
attending a Dominion. Legion Confer
ence in Toronto;
Paisley Youths
Enjoy New Pool ”
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Under the supervision of Bill Allum,
recreational director; the children of
Paisley are enjoying their first organ
ized swimming "pool" in Paisley.
Village children of this centre are
quite at home in their “pool," which is
in the Saugeen River fenced off for
the summer months.
The bank above the pool has been
bulldozed giving the bathers plenty
of room to sun themselves.
A near-by building will be used for
dressing rooms and it is expected
swimming instruction will be given
the kiddies this week.
At present some 50 to 60 children
take the daily dip and in the evening
adults follow their example.
The site is located at Riverside
Park. Recently a tag day was held
to secure funds to help fix up the
grounds around the pool,
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Allen S. Reid, one time employee of
of Times and now of (Detroit, Mich.,
wanted a historical edition because
“I can’t miss this opportunity of see
ing for myself what the old girl can
do when she gets the hit in her teeth!"
Mr. Reid asked to be remembered to
Leon Canfeeion and other old Wing
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Mrs. J. E. Lockridge (Maud Sherk),
of Brantford, is another former citi
zen who was at one time connected
with newspaper work here, having
set type
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Many other very interesting letters
were received from people ordering
their historical editions. We are sorry
that space does not permit us to in
clude information received in all these
letters, but we know that our readers
will be interested to’ hear about the
people we have been able to mention.
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