HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1954-12-08, Page 1WINGHAM, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER StJi, 1954
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ALONGTHE MAIN DRAG
By The Pedestrian
SEEING IS BELIEVING—The
whole town council repaired to Mayor
DeWitt Miller’s house .after
meeting on Monday night, to
.election results on television,
hear Mayor-elect McKinney’s
speech. "Nice plug for the
said the new mayor.
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WATCH YOUR DRIVING—Police
Chief Bert Platt reports that there
have been half si dozen or more acci
dents in town during the past week,
due mostly to slippery streets. Dam
age ranges up to several hundred dol
lars. Better be sure .you can stop be
fore you start these days,
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GAS COMING—A letter was read in
•council on Monday night ffom a nat
ural gas company, informing anyone
• who is interested that natural gas
may be available in Wingham in the
•future, if enough people are interested
in having it. The gas will come from
down around Zurich, if it comes.
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CHRISTMAS PRESENTA-Rumors
that Jim Angus was down there tell
ing Santa Claus that he wanted a new
truck for Christmas, may have borne
fruit. On Monday council took steps
to get prices on a new job for the
streets department, and although
nothing’s definite, it looks as if things
are moving.
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SMALL COST—It looks as if this
week’s election • is going to cost the
town somewhere in the neighborhood
of $150 to find out who’s going to be
mayor. Seems like a small price to
pay for the privilege of exercising
one’s vote.
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ALSO PRESENT—Saturday night’s
Intermediate hockey game seemed to
draw as many people from Teeswater
as from Wingham, judging from the
applause. Patrons seemed to be pleas
ed with the brand of hockey
were getting and the crowd was
as pretty fair for a first night.
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TAGGERS OUT—Motorists
park overnight on the streets of
town have been 'getting warning tags
during the last'few nights. Overnight
parkers make it difficult for the
snowplow, and police are asking the
co-operation of car owners in this
respect,
' they
rated
who
this
Santa Will Visit
Children in Gorrie .
Saturday Afternoon .
Santa Claus is scheduled to arrive
in Gorrie this Saturday afternoon,
and children' in the district are look
ing forward to his visit with some
anticipation.
He will arrive on the afternoon
train around 2.30 p.m. and will be
met' by the Listowel Girls’ Pipe Band
lor a parade to the town hall.
Entertainment will be provided for
the children there, and . Santa will
’ distribute gifts to the kiddies.
AU the children of Gorrie and the
neighbourhood are invited to attend.
CHRISTMAS DANCE ,
AND DRAW
The North Huron Junior Farmers
are holding,their Christmas dance and
draw for a chrome kitchen set, on
Thursday, Dec. 16, in Forester’s Hall,
■ Belgrave. Music by Wilbee’s Orches-
prices.
F8b
tra. Admission at popular
Lunch counter in the hall.
ANNUAL CHRISTMAS CONCERT
Belgrave school pupils will be hold
ing their annual Christmas concert in
Foresters’ Hall Friday, !
December 10th, at 8.15 p.m.
sion adults 35c.
evening,
Admis-
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HEY KIDS!
Santa Claus is coming to Wroxeter
on Saturday, December 18th. Bring
your parents and meet him at the
town hall 1.45 sharp. There will be
pictures and treats,...through kindness
of the business men of the village.
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DO ADVANCE-TIMES WANT
ADS PAY?—ASK
MERRILL CANTELON
Advertising a good used baby
buggy in the Advance-Times want
ads brought surprising results for
Merrill CahtelOn, Diagonal Road,
last week.
Before he had’ even got his copy
of the paper on Thursday morning,
Mr. UantelOn had an answer to his
act Within twenty-four hours after
[ the ad - appeared ho loss than
twelve people had called about the
buggy, add four people had called
about a crib, which Was also offer
ed for sale.
Many of the calls were from
rjiral pe^pl?,; one,^as^frhi^i'
away as Dungannon, ’ and *iwd
others from Wroxeter.
^Highly pleased With the results
from one insertion df a 50c Want
ail, Mr, Cantelon said, /‘It certainly
proves that Advance-Times Want
ads get te-sWts”*
With which is amalgamated |h$ Gome Vidette and Wroxeter News
HIGH COST OF THIEVING
Losing a hub cap used to be a
minor matter in the old days, and
used to be able to replace*'it for
a dollar or two. But not any more.
Police Chief Bert Platt, in re
porting the theft of four hub caps
from a new car on the lot of
Crossett Motors on Sunday, noted
that hub paps are becoming valu
able pieces of property these days.
At $7 each, the total haul amount
ed to $28. The Chief is still in
vestigating the theft.
Rebekah’s Plan
Christmas Party
Majestic Rebekah Lodge No. 352, of
Wingham, held their regular meeting
on Monday, December 6th. Sistei*
Ethel Gerry,’"NG, presided.
Donations were made to the War
Memorial Children’s Hospital, Wes
tern Ontario and the Canadian Leg
ion of the British Empire Service
League.
Christmas gifts are being sent to
42 residents of the home in Barrie
for Oddfellows and Rebekahs and
to shut-ins of the local community.
Plans are being made for a Christ
mas party.
Former Pastor Here
Marks 80th Birthday
Rev, Egerton F, Armstrong, of Lon
don, a former minister at the Wing
ham United Church, celebrated his
80th birthday in London on Monday.
He is still active as ministei- of Pil
grim United Church.
. Mr, Armstrong accepted the call to
Pilgrim United Church in 1940, He
had retired as pastor at Blenheim in
1939, after 42 years in the ministry.
Born at Goderich, December 6, 1874,
Mr. Armstrong attended Victoria Uni
versity, Toronto, from where he gradu
ated in 1898. He was a probationer
in the Clinton area with the Metho
dist Church for two years, before
being ordained in 1901, Since then he
has had churches in Tupperville,
Chatham, Essex, Wingham, Wallace
burg, Listowel, Bowmanville and Blen
heim.
During his career he witnessed the
union of the Methodist, Presbyterian
and Congregational churches, and he
feels that union- of the Anglican and
United Church must be achieved in
the future.
A son, Carman E. Armstrong, fol
lowed his father into the ministry,
and is presently at Kimbourne Park
United Church, Toronto. A second
son, Douglas E,, is a druggist in
Barrie. A daughter, Margaret M.
Armstrong, lives with her father. Mrs.
Armstrong died about 12 years ago.
HARRY liOWIl Y IS
RETURNED IN HOWICK
V In Howick Township Reeve Harry
Gowdy held l)is seat against candi
date E. H. Strong; defeating him by a
vote of 567 to 453, in Monday’s elec-
.tion, /.
Elected to council In Howick were
Melvin Allan, 601; Harvey McMich
ael, 559; Ivan Haskins, 547. A fourth
contestant, Elmer Kaufman, received
401 votes.
Other councils in the district were
elected by acclamation.
pisses Many Items
As Year Draws toward Close
Council
Minor matters took up most of the with the company, said that the lease
evening at the year’s last regular ' contained clauses of which he had not
meeting of the town council, but in been aware when talking. to the
spite of a lot of, details to be discuss- . company representative, and agreed
- •’ ---- ithat it would not be good business to
’ sign the lease. Council decided to re
turn the lease to the company.
Holiday Boxing Day?
; The question of whether to
_______ ____________„ claim Boxing Day a holiday was dis- tcTbe ere’cteTat the "south’, end of the | cussed by council. Some of the coun-
town'park, was received by Town ” ' ’ ' ”
Clerk W. A. Galbraith, together with
a cheque for $12.00 covering rental of
the site for one year.
Reeve R* E. McKinney said that he
was not in favor of having a sign at
the town park, and that it would be
a. mistake to sign the company’s lease.
At’ $12 per year it wouldn’t be worth
it,'he said. ............................... w
Councillor Wilkinson, of the pro
perty committee, who had negotiated
ed, the council was still able to ad
journ by eleven o’clock, in time to see
the election results on television at
the home of Mayor DeWitt Miller.
A letter from the C. E. Marley Sign
Company, enclosing a lease for a sign
pro-
LOCAL STUDENT WINS
CARTER SCHOLARSHIP
XA student at -Wingham District
High School, Lois M. Thompson, was
awarded first prize in the Carter
Scholarship for the County of Hur
on, it was announced by G. Westwood,
assistant registrar, Department of
Education, last week, y,
William D. Reid, of Goderich Dis
trict Collegiate Institute, and Kath
ryn J. HUnter, of Exeter High School,
Were awarded second and third prize
respectively.
The awards are made on the basis
of the highest aggregate on 9 papers,^
and are valued at $100, $60 and $40
for first, second and third respective
ly.
"Bless
Norma
also in
A large congregation attended the
Youth Service held Sunday evening,
December 5th, conducted by the
Wingham United Church Y.P.U. The
worship service was in charge of
Mary Haines. The Scripture lesson
was read by Lois Walker and Jack
Johnston led in prayer.
The sermon was taken by Jim
Shynkar, a former member of the
Wingham Y.P.U., and now a candi
date for the ministry at Victoria Col
lege, Toronto.
Jim gave an interesting talk on his
first experiences at college.
During the service a solo
This House” was sung by
SherWoOd, A youth choir was
attendance for the Service. The ush
ers for the evening were, Loreen
Cherry, Mary Alice Armstrong, Ken
Crawford arid Keh MacKcn^ie. Rev.
MacRae gave the benediction.
Young People from Belgrave, BlUe-
vale, Wroxeter, Gorrie and St, Helena
were also present for this service.
Fallowing the church service all the
members gathered in the Sunday
School room for a "Fireside Service”
in charge of Helen Haines, Norma
Sherwood led in a lively sing-song.
Following this a filmYouth..ph the March’)■ sponsored, by .tee-'‘‘Y<5htH for
^riiH’ Was introduced fevRev;&Siae-
Rae, and shown by Mi’, Beattie*
A get-acquainted period followed;
after Which a delicious luneh was
served by the capable lunch commit
tee* On behalf of the Wingham Y.P.U.
president Frances Walker thanked
the other unions for coming and the
} cil seemed to feel that with Christmas
falling on a Saturday this year, it-
would not be necessary to have a
holiday on. Monday. Others thought it
would be better to wait and see what
other towns in the district are going
to do about it.
The matter -was left with the
ecutive committee for decision.
Ask for Grant
’i-AtKdT-Furdon, a member of the
Lions Club, asked on behalf of the
club if the council would make pay
ment of a $1,275 grant promised to the
Lions Club for use with their boys’
and girls’ band. He said that the club
was now ready to go ahead with the
project, and was in need of the money
to get started.
After some discussion on the mat
ter, it was decided that the council
would make payment of the grant
when the first concert of the band
had been held, as per the oribinal
agreement with Mr. Robinson, who is
organizing the band.
In the meantime council' agreed to
pay a deposit of $15 on each of the
larger instruments, on the same basis
as private individuals in the band.
Other Mattery
Council also:
Took action to draft a by-law for
the paying of $50,000 as Wingham’s
share of the cost of the new hospital
wing.
Decided to bill the Canadian Pacific
Railway for one-half the cost of fill
across CPR tracks during the* recent
flood, as per a letter from the railway.
Deferred action on the payment of
recreation money until a meeting to
be held on Wednesday night. • -
Decided to banquet the juvenile
hockey team on Wednesday, Decem
ber 22nd,
Reappointed R.’ S. Hetherington as
town representative on the Wingham
District High School Board.
Set the date of the first meeting of’
the New Year for January 3rd.
Left with the streets committee the
question of getting tenders on a new
town truck’.
Took steps to change the composi
tion of the arena commission, so that
representatives from the recreation
council and the Business Association
would have a seat on it.
Announced the purchase of 100
chairs for the council chambers in
stead of 50, because of the better
price on hundred lots.
Wingham Intermediates w.on their
9-6, in a free-scoring affair against
Teeswater at the Wingham Arena, on
first game of the' season by a score of.
Saturday night. .A crowd of about 400
were on hand for'the opener.
The locals started off strong in the
first period with three tallies in the
first three minutes of play, adding
another to their . list towards the end
of the period. Teegwater chalked up
three in the first, with Ken Batte
getting two of them. »
In the second frame things were
pretty quiet until the middle of the
•period, when a hassle broke out at the.
Teeswater end of the rink, with both
teams joining' the fray at full
strength. When the smoke had clear
ed and things got sorted
men landed in the- cooler,
Litt with majors; and’ Crewson and
K. Cerson with minors. Shortly after
this Murray Stainton racked up two
goals in rapid .succession and Roy
Wilson got one., J. Litt scored for
Teeswater before; the period closed.
Teeswater opened the third stanza
with a score by Borden. Litt, followed
by another by Pettiplace. Neil Stain
ton and Wilson notched one a piece
to wind-up the period.
Top marksmen for the locals were
Murray Staintdn ■ and Wilson, with
three each. Crewson, Ffy and
Stainton accounted fpr one
Hazardous walking conditions,
brought on by the advent of winter,
caused several minor accidents in
the district last week.
Roy Simmons, 24, of Wroxeter, slip
ped on the floor after coming inside®
with snow on his boots and suffered
a fractured left wrist. After treatment
at the hospital the fracture was re
duced and a cast applied and he was
allowed to go home, x (
On Saturday, Mrs. Annie Ruttie, |
aged 63, of Wingham, fell on the ice ’
fracturing her right upper arm. She is
in the hospital where her condition
is described as satisfactory.
Stewart Sanderson, 46, of Wroxeter,
fell on an icy step on Sunday, dis
locating and fracturing his left ankle.
Hospital authorities say his condi
tion is satisfactory. i
Ross Smith, 36, of 449 Jarvis St.,s
Toronto, received severe lacerations
to his right hand and severed the
tendon of his right forefinger, while
opening a bottle at a home he was
visiting here. He was released after
treatment.
Reeve R. E. McKinney will ^be
Wingham’s new mayor for 1055.
He was elected by a majority <oi
125, polling 510 votes, as compared
with 385 for Murray Johnson, his
only opponent.
A breakdown of the voting in ths
town's five wards shows that M«.
McKinney gained a majority in all
but ward 5, where Mr. Johnson polled
60 votes tn
on the votes
McKinney’s 41. Figures:
by wards are as follows:
12 3 4
89 148 110 122
62 73 97 93
5 Total
41—510
60—385
a turn-
Ward
McKINNEY
JOHNSON
Total vote of 895 represents
out of about 60% of the voters, which
is regarded as above normal for local
elections, particularly since only two
candidates were running.
ex-
r. e. mckinney
1 out, four
r, Kry and
Hospital A uxiliary '
Plans Annual Meeting
The regular meeting of the Ladies’
Auxiliary to Wingham General Hos
pital was held on Friday, December 3.
The president, Mrs. R. E. McKinney,
conducted the business of the meeting.
Mrs. Murray Johnson, convenor of
the sewing committee reported that
i
Neil
Stainton accounted fpi’ . one apiece.
Ken Batte was best foiqthe losers.
eWINGHAM—Goal, .Sangster; .. ' de
fence, Fry, Lock.ri^ggp’bqn^re; Grew*
sori; ’ wingX Gerrie,'Wffsbri;' alternates;
Murray Stainton, Neil Stainton, Mor
ris Stainton, Taylor, Lloyd, Simms.
TEESWATER—Goal, Johnston; de
fence, Lindsay, J. Litt; centre, K.
Gerson; wings, B. Litt, Pettiplace;
alternates, Louther, Kennedy, Yahbee,
Chard, Wolfe, : Batte, G. Cerson,
Franks; sub goal, Ron Kennedy.
First Period
1—Wingham, Wilson, Crewson,
2. —Wingham, Murray Stainton, 1.34
3. —Teeswater, Kennedy, Yahbee,
1.50.
4. —Wingham, Fry, Morris Stainton,
2.25
5. —Teeswater, Batte, Pettiplace,
4.55
6. —Teeswater, Batte, Wolfe, 7.50
7. —Wingham, Crewson, 15.33
Penalties: Simms (Inter), 1.14; J.
Litt (High stick) 8.11; G. Cerson
(high stick) 9.30; Gerrie (high stick)
19.59.
1.08
Second Period
Murray Stainton,
OWEN SOUND RINK
WINS FOUNDRY TROPHY
Thirty-two entries were listed in
Wingham's sixth annual bonspiel,
which opened last Wednesday. Rinks
competed from Mount Forest, Walk
erton, London, Kincardine, Strat
ford, Goderich, Woodstock, Brussels,
Tiverton^ Galt, Brampton, Owen
HURON COUNTY JUDGE
✓A Clinton man, Frank Fingland, QC,
has been appointed as Huron County
Court judge, by Justice Minister Hon.
Stuart Garson, last week. He succeeds
the late Judge T. M. Costello, of
Goderich, who died in a car accident
in October. K
Mr. Fingland, who is 59, graduated
from the University of Toronto iri
1922, with a BA degree, and as LLB
in 1925. He practiced law for five
years in Toronto before moving to
Clinton, where he was appointed town
solicitor. In 1925 he was named coun
sel for the Crown.
Active in the Liberal movement,
Mr. Fingland was unsuccessful candi
date for Huron riding in the provin
cial elections following World War IL
At present he is president of the
Huron Liberal Association.
During World War I he served
overseas with the Huron .Battalion
No. 161, later serving in France with
the 18th battalion.
He is a member of the Clinton
Public Hospital Board and was one
of several persons instrumental in
forming.the Huron County Tuberculosis'’ ’Association.
Mr. Fingland is a native of Hullett
Township, northeast of Clinton, and
is married with two children.
188 articles had been made during the ; Sound) Chatham, Port Elgin, Luck-
1 now> Mildmay and Wingham, | A rink skipped by Jack Gardhouse,
j of Owen Sound, won the Western I Foundry Trophy, defeating Jim Mur-
Ivy” to be sold by the members and jrays r^n^> °* wingham.
all nroceeds to so tn thn Auxiliary. Jim Carr’s rink, -of Wingham, de- 1 feated Dr. W. A. Crawford’s rink 12-7,
tq capture the F. L. Davidson silver-
■ waye and the A. M-./Cfcawfosd .Trophy
was taken by Dave Park, of Walkerton, who defeated JohA McFadyen, of
Tiverton 14-10.
Consolation prize was won by Jim
Bridle’s rink of Mount Forest, win
ning over G. Campbell, of Kincardine.
done ready for the sewing groups. (
Mr. Alton Adams of the Lyceum I
Theatre very generously gave 100 i tickets to the show "Holly Ind the ^na"y
Ivv” to be sold by the memhers end )iay s rinh, of Wingham.
all proceeds to go to the Auxiliary.
The annual meeting of the Auxil
iary is to be held in the Council
'Chambers ;at, 3-p.m, -on. Friday, Janu
ary 7th7'1955 and it is hoped many
local ladies and members of the
neighboring Women’s Institutes will
be able to attend to hear of the work
of the Auxiliary and to spend a social
hour following the meeting.
J
8. —Wingham,
Crewson,’ 14.50
9. —Wingham,
Morris Stainton,
10.—Wingham, Wilson, 16.20
Penalties: Fry (holding) 1.10; Fry
(fighting) major 11.59; Crewson,
(roughing) 11.29; K. Cerson (rough
ing) 11.29; B. Litt (fighting) major,
11.29; G. Cerson (hooking), 12.58; K.
Cerson (high stick) 18.50;
(high stick) 19.43-; Murray
(charging) 19.43,
Third Period.
B. Litt, K.
Murray
15.05
Stainton,
Zone Recreation Conference
Held in Wingham Last Week
Recreation delegates from four
Counties in the Lake Huron Zone met
in Wingham last Wednesday for the
second annual conference of the Lake
Huron Zone Recreation Council. The
council is a co-operative body compos
ed of members of municipal recreation
committees in the counties of Bruce,
ANNUAL MEETING OF
Wolfe
Stainton
the
the
11. —Teeswater,
1.40
12. —Teeswater,
son, 10.20
13. —Wingham,
ridge, 12.05
14. —Wingham,
14.37.
Pettiplace,
Cerson,
K. Cer-
Neil Stainton, Lock-
Wilson, Crewson,
Belgrave Community Arena
A meeting of the Belgrave Commun
ity Arena trustee board was held in
the home of O. W. Hanna Thursday
evening last. Those present were C.
W. Hanna, chairman;’L. Vannati, sec.-
ti’Oas., C. R. Coultes, Stewart Procter
'and Ross Anderson*
The minutes of the last meeting
were read rind adopted on motion of
C. R. Coultes and Ross Anderson.
The secretary-treasurer gave’ the
gross receipts $1,214.73; expenditures,
$655.09; balance on November 30,
$559.64.
* G, W. Harina, chairman of the dance
committee, reported that the barn
darice ghhg had been engaged for the
annual barn dance to be held iri Bel
grave July 2nd, 1955, and that the
—------ ------------ ----- . Ranch Boys had been engaged forevening was brought to a close wltli: December 28th and New Year’s Eve
tftjps* ’ and Tiffin’s orchestra for New Year’s
night. On the motion of C, R. Coul
tes and Ross Anderson, the secretary-
treasurer was instructed to let out
tenders for the position of combined
caretaker and ticket seller of the ar
ena. .
The secretary-treasurer took the
chair for the follcwihg motion by O.
R. Coultes and ,O. W* Hanna that
Stewart Procter and Ross Anderson
be named a committee to seek coaches
to train public school boys in playing
hockey each boy to furnish his own
equipment, except for goal tending.
On the motion of Ross Anderson and
C. R. Coultes, the following were nam
ed a committee th organise a juvenile
hockey bush league; Ross Robinson,
Bill Coultes.
The meeting adjourned On the mo
tion of Stewart Procter until Decem
ber 17 at $.30 p.m.
LUC-TEE-WIN CLUB
HELD IN LUCKNOW
On the evening of Dec. $2nd
Luc-Tee-Win club held its annual
banquet and also business meeting at
the community centre in Lucknow.
Eighty-six members, wives and
friends sat down to a bounteous turkey
dinner sponsored by the Ladies of the
Legion Auxiliary. >
After dinner, Mr. Cecil Mei’kley of |
Wingham, delighted the audience with
a showing of his own movie films."''*
Another highlight of the evening
was a draw for lucky tickets. First
prize, a .22 automatic rifle was won
by Mr. Garner Nicholson, of Belgrave;
Second prize, a flash camera set was
won by Mr. Albert Warrell of Tees
water. K
The balance of the evening was
taken up by a business session with
the following- executive being elected
for the coming year: President Alex
Hamilton, Lucknow; assist, president,
Jack Bannister, Listowel; 1st vice,
Geo. Orvis; 2nd vice, Frank Caskan-
ettel 3rd vice, Hector King; 4th Vice,
Carmen Thompson; 5th vice, Russ.
Farrier: 6th vice, Jim Tufvoy; 7th
vice, Albert Warrell; 8th vice, Ray-
nard Ackert; 9th vice, Joe Clark;
secrotary-treas., Ab. Nethery; publicity
and" advertising, Ron Kerr; auditors,
Bill Henderson and Ken Kerr.
The club has been assured by the
department of a quota of Hungarian
Cartridge which Will be delivered in
the near future, and, in view of this
fact and the prevalence of foxes in
the district, the Luc-Tee-Win club is
sponsoring a fox drive oh Boxing day
details of which will bo announced
next week.
Grey, Huron and Perth, and
annual conference provides an oppor*
tunity for all those interested in com
munity programs of recreation to dis
cuss activities of common interest in
the development of the community.
Group discussions were held under
the direction- of the following: Minor
sports, Vic Loughlean, Wingham;
senior citizens, Douglas Smith, Exeter;
drama, Vin Dittmer, Wingham; teen
age programs, Bill Pillsworth, assis
tant director of recreation, London;
summer program, Douglas Smith;
community hobby clubs, Mrs. Clifford
Dungeon, Paisley.
Robert Secord, of the community
programs branch, Hanover, and Garth
Kaye, of Walkerton, vice-president of
the Ontario Associoation were chair
men for the afternoon meeting,
Appoint Standing Committee
Vin Dittmer of Wingham and Elda
Cadogan, of Durham, were appointed
chaiman and vice-chairman, and Mar
garet Oehm of Hanover, secretary, of
the standing drama committee. Other
district representatives are Doug
Leith, of Port Elgin, Bill Bannerman,
Of Milverton, Rev. Mr. Tomkinson, of
Paisley, and Betty Ann Geisler, of
Walkerton.
First an outline was given of the
past years activities including Mr.
Michael Michaeljohn’s course in di
recting last December, the drama
festivals held in Wingham and Han
over last spring, a make-up demon
stration at Hanover, Eric Christmas’
course in acting and a course in stage
craft conducted by Don Sinclair in
Walkerton. Future plans include
courses in play production and child
ren’s theatre, both under Mr. Sin
clair’s leadership. It is also planned
to gathei* together a group of people
interested in taking a bus trip to
Toronto to see Twelvth Night” on
January 22,
It was decided to hold a zone drama
festival, proposed ;■ dates ” to bp April,: 14 and 15, tlje .'^hti’ifes td be. Made of;
winners in local dtama festivals,
invitation has been received from Fort
Elgin to hold the zone festival in that
town.
Receive Wingham’s
Flood Donations
With Thanks
A total of $1,288.97 has been contri
buted by people in the Wingham area
to the Ontario Hurricane Relief Fund,
and a cheque for that amount has
been sent to the fund in Toronto.
F. D. Blakely, treasurer of the fund,
received the following letter in ack
nowledgement
bution:
of Wingham’s contri*
November 26, 1954
Esq.,
Bank,
F. D. Blakely,
The Dominion____,
Wingham, Ontario.
Dear Mr. Blakely:
I have for acknowlegmenteyour
November 15th letter, enclosing the
generous contribution made by the
citizens of Wingham to the Ontario
Hurricane Relief Fund.
We are most grateful for this
splendid support, and I should be
very much obliged if you could find
some way to convey our thanks to
the Service Clubs and others who
were responsible for the organization
of the canvass.
Yours sincerely,
H. J, McKinnon,
Honorary Treasurer.
TEA AND BAKE SALE
The Salvation Army are holding
their annual tea and bake sale in the
Council Chambers on Saturday, Dec
ember 11th., at 3 p.m. Aprons and
miscellaneous articles for sale. F8b
THIS WEEK AT THE ARENA
annual fowl bingo
Oddfellows’ 4th annual Fowl Bingo
will be held tonight, Wednesday, in
the Armouries at 8.30 p.m.
Lucky tickets to be drawn on the
Dressed Hog and Steam Irori. Fro*
ceeds in aid of C.F. & T, Fund. F8b
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 8th—
2.00-4.00—Public Skating
4.00-6.00—Public School Hockey
6.00-7.00—Batafatn Practice
7,00-8.00—-Intermediate Practice
8.00-9.00—Teeswater Practice
9.00-10.00—Midget Practice
10.00-11.00—Juvenile Practice
THURSDAY, DEC. 9th—
3.00-5.00—Figure Skating
6.00-7.00—Figure Skating
7.00-7.45—Intermediate Practice'
8.00-10.00—Public Skating -
FRIDAY, DEO. lOtli— . ' \
,. 3.00-6.06—Public-Skating
7.00-7.45-*-•intertnbdiate Practice
8.00-19.00—Public Skating
SATURDAY, DEO. 11th—
7.00-.12.oo a.m.—Figure Skating
12.80-1*30—Bains Vs Campbell
1.30-2.30—Lotts vs Fosters
3.00-6.00—Public Skating
Intermediate Hockey
9.00—Arthur vs Wingham