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Home My WebLink AboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1955-01-12, Page 1V •urvjrp.. fl■Hff i ■1 ROY ADAIR NAMED AS With which is amalgamated the Gorrie Vidette and Wroxeter News Subscription $3.00 per year, 7c per copy —— ALONG THE MAIN DRAG By The Pedestrian FALSE ALARM—Several people in town got quite a shock on Monday night, when, inquiring where the fire was, they were told it was at the high school. Visions of $600,000 worth of charred embers must have flashed through, several minds as citizens rushed to the scene of the fire. For tunately for the high school, if not for the owner, it turned out to be a car on fire tag.in front of the new build- ■J 0-0-0 GRITTY—Jack Alexan- c hair man of the streets SOUNDS der, new committee, is really taking life ser iously these days. Seems his depart ment dumped 55 yards of sand on the streets and 13 yards on the sidewalks during last week’s bad weather. The streets could use it, too. A total of 204 yards have been used around town since winter set in, several months ago. 0-0-0 CHEESE WHIZ—The subject of New Zealand cheese, a sore one with milk producers and cheese manufac turers in Canada, is discussed in this week’s Fanning Mill column by Bob Carbert. Now comes news from Ot tawa that Elston Cardiff, M. P. for Huron, had brought up the subject on the floor of the house. Nobody seems :^‘-to have got any satisfaction so far, ^ unless its the fellows who import the cheese. 0-0-0 OCCUPIED—Noting all the uni forms around town in the past few days, ,.we asked Sgt. Bill Grover, our military expert, if Wingham is noW . being regarded by the top brass as having strategic importance in -the present defence set-up^ Bill says no, they’re just inspecting. In the past few days there were four Ordnance men, two Pay Corps m'en, two recruit ing men and one small arms instruc tor—all making Wingham their head quarters. Sounds like either CMHQ or a royal commission. 0-0-0 SMALL AD. BIG RESULTS—Big re sults from a little ad were reported by Bill Aitken, who dropped into the office last week to pay a. small, ac count. Bill put one small want ad in the Advance-Times—and sold house. Total cost—50 cents. his INSTAL NEW OFFICERS AT LEGION MEETING in- theOf held on Adams, for the A new executive for 1955 Was stalled at the first meeting Canadian Legion, Branch 180, .Friday evening. Retiring president, Don spoke words of appreciation co-operation he had received during his term of office for the past tWo years. He urged legion members to spend more time in public works. Past president, DeWitt Miller, con ducted the installation of officers. The new executive consists of: Bob Scott, president; Clarence Ohm, 1st. vice-president; John Pattison, second vice-president; John Cruickshank, Stewart Scott and Bill Harris, execut ive committee; Rev. Alex Nimmo, rfchaplain; Bob. Casemore, treasurer; John Strong, Lloyd Carter, secretar ies; and Verdun Ducharme, sgt.-at- arms. A letter from? the Wingham Com munity Players, inviting the Legion to enter the one-act drama festival, to be held in Wlrigham this spring, was read by the secretary. After some discussion it was decided to appoint a committee to look into the possibil ities of entering a play in the festival. George Williams was named to head the committee. A letter from the Hurricane Relief Fund thanked members of the Legion for their work in collecting money for the fund. Members decided to buy a share in the building owned by the Dominion- Provincial Command in Toronto, at a cost of $10. After the installation of officers, the new executive took over the meet ing. It was decided to put new floor ing In the upstairs of the building, arrangements for doing so to be left to the building committee. WINGHAM, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1955 MEET THE COUNCIL Wingham’s new town council for 1955 have their picture taken after last week's inaugural meeting. Left to right, front row: councillor Bill Conron, Deputy-Reeve Joe Kerr, Reeve Roy Adair, Mayor R. E. McKinney, Town Clerk W. A. Galbraith, Councillor W, F. Burg man. Back row: Councillors John Alexander, Earl Hamilton, Elmer Wilkinson. Jack Gorbutt, Police Chief T. W. Platt, —Staff Photo. T CHURCHES JOIN IN WEEK OF PRAYER FREEDOM OF PRESS TO BE TOPIC ON CDC <1 Oddfellows Report On Charity Work The Oddfellows held : their . inA week of prayer was marked Wingham last week, when congre gations from the Protestant churches gathered at St. Pauls Church for services throughout the week, con ducted by Rev. H. L. Parker. A good attendance was noted at the services, considering the adverse weather con ditions. Preacher for the week was Rev. Alex Nimmo, who preached five ser mons on the theme “Enemies of the SqijI”. Fear, lonliness, doubt, temptat ion and gloom were listed as the. en emies; and a sermon was devoted to one each evening. William Connell, organist and the senior choir of St. Paul’s Church pro vided music at all services. Offerings were given to the Ladies’ Auxiliary to the Wingham . General Hospital. The freedom and responsibility of the press in.Canada will be the topic for Citizens’ Forum discussion on Thursday, January 13, on the CBC Trans-Canada network. Originating in the Toronto studios of the CBC, the discussion will cover various topics, including pressures that might limit the freedom of the press, the implications of fewer news papers, the control of radio and TV by newspaper owners, the modern function of the press in our society and- its “responsibility” role. At the discussion table will be: John Bassett, publisher of the Toronto ■Telegram; Pierre Berton, managing editor of MacLean’s Magazine; Eam- on Park, head of the legislative de partment of the United Steel Workers of America; and Arnold Edinborough, editor of the Kingston Whig-Standard. Chairman will be Arthur Stinson of the CBC. Broadcast time:. 7.45 p.m. E. S. T? first meeting olj the New Year on Thurs day, January 6th. ’ The Cancer, Polio and Tuberculosis committee gave a financial report on what had been done in the past month. The report included donation of $25.00 to be sent to the Hurricane Re lief Fund. The committee was also active in giving donations to families in and around Wingham who were sick or sh.ut-in and in need of help. The committee is considering hold ing euchres and dances.^is a means of raising money for suchtwork. It was instrumental in sending Christmas cards to all brothers and sisters in the Oddfellows Home in Barrie. Bas kets of fruit and groceries were also sent to needy families to help make a merry Christmas for them. r Appoint Scott Reid Chairman At P. S. Board Annual Meeting CO-ORDINATION IS THEME OF FEDERATION ANNUAL The Ontario Federation Agricul ture annual meeting of January 5, 6 and 7, featured principles of market ing farm products, plus the need of co-ordination of all farm organiza tions. The meeting which endorsed 61 resolutions asked the Ontario Pro vincial Government to create a new cabinet portfolio for marketing and co-operation. The time has arrived when it is impossible for one person to do justice to problems of agricul tural production, and marketing. The position of the dairy industry was recently distributed when a major cheese processing concern ordered 2% million pounds of cheese from New Zealand. The product which is now in transit from that country caused alarm at the Ontario Federation Ag riculture Annual, and the dairy groups: Cheese, Cream, Whole milk, and Concentrated, appealed for sup port in controlling such unnecessary imports. The conclusion of the ^dis cussions requested that imported cheese be placed in, the control of Cheese Producers Marketing Board, and not in the hands of the trade. This would offset any further orders being placed by other companies. The four dairy groups and the O. F. A. will go to Ottawa at an early date to protest actions of the Federal Gov ernment. The theme of the convention was “Co-ordination”. Past experience in the marketing of farm products has proven the value of working together. As Jack Broderick, past chairman, stated, “We who are marketing peach es through an agency, benefited a great deal from the experience Of the Hog Produced Selling Aghney.” The principle remains the same whether it is peaches, or hogs. The plan as outlined by panel mem bers, discussing closer Relationship with all commodity groups, would bring together United Co-operators of Ontario, Co-operatdr’si Insurance As- _ _____,, . sociatlon and ’ the federation under 18th at 8.30. Everyone welcome. F12b one management. FELLOWSHIP SUNDAY Rev. Morley R. Hall, field repre sentative of “The Fellowship of Evan gelical Baptist Churches in Canada” will be the special speaker at all {^services in Wingham Baptist Church Sunday, January 16th. F12b reprc- TURNBERRY FEDERATION TO HOLD MEETING The Turnberry Federation of Agri culture will hold a directors’ meeting at Gilmour’s School Thursday, Jan, Year of Progress and Achievement is by Wingham Hosp. Auxiliary X Scott Reid was appointed chairman for a term of two years, at the annual meeting of the Public School Board, held at the public school on Monday night. He succeeds retiring chairman Harold Wild, who has held the post for the past two years. The following committees were nam ed at the meeting: Property commit tee, Alton Adams, chairman, Roy Bennett, Harold Wild, Dave Murray; finance committee, Herb Fuller, chair man, Alton Adams, Dr. M. MacLen- nan, 'Robert Carbert. Chief T. W. Platt , was re-appointed attendance officer, and Stewart Beattie, public school principal, was re-appointed to the public library board for a term of three years. Mrs. Roy Morgan was re-appointed secretary-treasurer. X A statement of receipts and expendi tures was presented, showing a bank balance of $3,564, up slightly from last year’s balance of $3,478. The chairman of the property com mittee reported that one classroom had been painted during the Christ mas holidays, and that the new ven tilation system would be completed this week. A total enrolment of 413 was report ed for the month of December, with average attendance standing at 393. X A by-law regulating “unusual noises and noises calculated to disturb in habitants within- the limits of the municipality of the corporation of the town of Wingham'’ was passed at the inaugural meeting of the town coun cil last week. •—■ > Aimed at loudspeakers and public address systems which have caused some annoyance to townspeople in the past, the by-law stipulates that per sons shall not use or operate electrical or mechanical loudspeakers, either stationery or mobile, without written permission from the Chief of Police, showing mode, places and times at which the loudspeaker is to be used. The by-law also' stipulates that the Chief of Police may at any time cancel or withdraw permission to operate such a device after permission has been granted. X Infractions of the by-law are pun ishable by a fine not exceeding $50, exclusive of costs, or imprisonment not exceeding 21 days. Falls on the ice and injuries sus tained in hockey games kept hospital authorities busy during the past week at Wingham General Hospital. Jean Martin, 11-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Martin, R. R. 1, Lucknow, suffered a fracture of the left arm when she was knocked down at school last Tuesday. A cast was applied at the hospital and she was allowed to go home. On Wednesday three accident pat ients were treated at the hospital. Thomas Ainslee, Lambeth, a con struction worker for Olmsted & Par ker at the new high school, caught his finger in a planer, amputating the end of his right middle finger. He was allowed home after treatment, /Mrs. Winifred Lott, Wingham, suf fered1 concussion when she fell on some ice. She was admitted to the hos pital, where her condition was de- cribed as satsisfactory. — > On the same day, James Douglas, 13-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Douglas, R.' R. 2, Wingham, received an injured left ankle while playing. He was released after the ankle was strapped at the hospital. X On Thursday, Mrs. Isabel Hutton, Wingham, fell on the ice and injured her right hand. Olin Weiser, age 15, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Weiser, Mount Forest, was’injured in a hoc key game and suffered a fractured left wrist. He was taken to his home in Mount Forest later that night after the fracture was reduced and applied. On Friday, Mrs. Maude Wingham, slipped on some ice home and fractured She was allowed to cast was applied. Robert Black, age and Mrs. C. Black, •was also injured on Friday . . Gorrie-Ripley hockey game in Wing ham, when he sustained injuries to- his spine. An adhesive strap was ap plied at the hospital. On Sunday, Gordon Mann, 18, of R. R. 2, Gorrie, received painful in juries to his left ankle when he turn ed it oir the ice. Miss Gertrude Ross, a sister of Dr. ! George Ross, of Wingham, who is living in Brussels, fell on the ice and fractured her right wrist an Monday. She was admitted to the hospital where a cast was applied. Hospital authorities describe her condition as satisfactory. a cast Craig, at her her right leg. go home 16, son R. R. 1, after a of Mr. Gorrie, in fiib —Mrs. Fred Crump spent a few days in Toronto with her sister Mrs. Wm. Mutrie whose husband passed away on Friday and was buried Monday in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery. THIS WEEK AT THE ARENA WEDNESDAY, Jan. 12— 2.00-4.00—Public Skating 4.00-6.00—Public School Hockey 6.00-7.00—Bantam Practice 7.00-8.00—Intermediate Practice 8.00-9.00—Midget Fractie 9.00-10.00—Juvenile Practice MASONS INSTIL NEW OFFICERS FOB YEAR in-Officers for the year 1955 were stalled at the regular meeting of the Wingham Masonic Lodge, A.F. and A.M., No. 286 GRC, on Tuesday last. Rt. Wor.Bro. Walter VanWyck,’ as sisted by pastmasters of the Wingham lodge conducted the installation. Officers installed for the coming year were: Wor. M. DeWitt Miller; I.P.M. K H. Saxton; SW, J. G. Leg- gatt; JW, N. Keating; chaplain, George Guest; treasurer, A. M. Peeb les; secretary, H. L. Sherbondy; SD, E. S. Cauley; JD, R. Vogan; IG, R. Campbell; director of ceremonies, A. ~ "■ "-------~ A. A. THURSDAY, Jan. 13— 6.00-7.00—Figure Skating 8.00-10.00—Public Skating FRIDAY, Jan. 14— 3.00-6.00—Public Skating 7.00-8.00—Intermediate Practice 8.00-10.00—Public Skating SATURDAY, Jan. 15— 7.00-12.00—Figure Skating 12.30- 1.30—Fosters vs Bains 1.30- 2.30—Lotts vs Campbells 3.00-6.00—Public Skating 7.00-9.00—Midget Hockey —Harriston vs Wingham -9.00—Juvenile Hockey —Palmerston vs Wingham Reid; organist, H.V. Pym; ST,’ Corrigan; JS, J, McGill; tyler, R. Coutts. MONDAY, Jan. 17— 3.00-6.00—Public Skating 6.00-7.00—Bantam Practice 7.00-8.00—Intermediate Practice 8.00-9.00—Midget Practice 9.00-10.00—Juvenile Practice INSTITUTE EUCHRE An Institute Euchre Will be held the council chambers on Wednesday, January 19, at 8.15 p.m. Good prizes, arid lunch. Admission 35c. F12b in TUESDAY, Jan. 18— 6.00-700—Figure Skating 7.00-8.00—Intermediate Practice 8.00-10.00—Publid Skating The Ladies’ Auxiliary to Wingham General Hospital again record* a year of ’progress and achievement, all financial projects met with success due to the interest of the people of town and district. This was made evident by the reports received at the annual meeting which was held in the Council Chamber and conducted by the president, Mrs. R. E. McKinney. The aux iliary meets the needs of the hospital by providing furnishings such a* bedding, dishes, curtains, nursery supplies etc. During 1954 more than.2,450 yards of material were purchased. This was all cut into necessary supplie* by the cutting committee and made into 1,690 finished articles by the 13 sewing groups, each one of which meets once a month at the hospital. In addition to the sewing, all mending is kept up to-, date. Further purchase* were window blinds, silver spoons and a vacuum cleaner for the nurse*’ residence. . * • COMM. CENTRE HEAD Reeve Roy Adair was elected chair man of the Community Centre Board at the 1955 inaugural meeting, held last Thursday at the arena. He suc ceeds Athol Purdon, temporarily ap-, pointed last fall by the council to fill the position. Ed Edighoffer, representative of the Wingham Business Association on the board, was appointed treasurer, and Rod Macintosh, who served on the board last year as secretary, was re elected. Bill Grover and Bill 'Conron, newly appointed by the town council as representatives, of the- Recreation Council and the town council respec tively, were present for their first meeting of the board. Financial matters were discussed at the meeting. It was agreed to pay arena manager Vic Loughlean a salary of $100 per month for five ippnths until April 30th, or $500 in s^ll. Other financial matters will be discussed at a special meeting later this week. It was reported at the meeting that the Wingham Figure Skating Club had been granted a reduction in rates on their ice time. The club now pays $150 for the season, plus 25% of the gross receipts of the spring skating carnival. Figure skating will be al lowed to use the arena on Saturday ’mbrhin^.;<ancf-for one hour on Mpn^ days, Tuesdays and Fridays. Following the meeting Chairman Roy Adair announced that a special meeting of the board will be held on Thursday evening at the arena, at which important matters of finance will be discussed. All members of the board are asked to make a special point of being at this meeting. OFFICE CLOSED The office of G. Alan Williams, optometrist, will be closed January 17th, 18th and 19th. F12b EUCHRE PARTY AT BLUEVALE Bluevale Women’s Institute will hold a euchre party in the Community Hall on Friday evening, January 14th at 8.30. Admission 35 cents. Ladies please bring sandwiches. F12b Huron Industrial Board Shows Promise in First Year's Work , A year-old report of its activities has been issued by the Huron County Industrial Promotion Board, of which Wingham is a member. The board was formed last year by interested com munities in Huron County for the pur pose, of promoting new industry in this area. Wingham representative on the board for the past year has been councillor Earl Hamilton. At the first meeting of council this year a motion was made to appoint W. T. Cruick- shank as a second Wingham represent ative on the board. The board’s report follows: I am pleased to report to your council the few activities of the Huron County Industrial Promotion Board for it’s first year in operation. The organization was formed early in 1954. Five towns, two villages and four townships contributed a total of $660 toward the finances in the organiza tion year. The purpose and aims of the organ ization were established to foster, co ordinate and direct the promotion of new and existing industry in Huron County. The board has endeavored to find ways and means to accomplish their aims. A small pamphlet was printed for an envelope stuffer and was dis tributed by their representative at the Trade Fair held In Toronto and several local Trade Fairs. Informa tion has been gathered for a county brochure arid generally the ground work laid for ah active 1955, theFive meetings were held during year and at each of these meetings a majority of the eleven supporting municipalities lend their efforts to further their board’s aims. The following is a list of supporting municipalities and their contributions and the year’s disbursements are shown. Receipts: Goderich, $100.00; Exeter, $100.00; Seaforth, $100.00; Wingham, $100.00; Clinton, $100.00; Hensail, $30.00; Bly th, $30.00; Morris Twp., $25.00; West Wawanosh, $25.00; Os borne, $25.00; Colborne, $25.00, total, $660.00. Disbursements: Exchange on cheque $1.75; printing and stationery, $24.15; A. H. Wilford delegate, $100.00; Times Advocate printing, $92.07; secretary, $35.00; bank account December 31st., 1954, $406.40, total, $660.00. On December 14th, the board passed a motion requesting each municipality to appoint two representatives to the organization for 1955. The board has no concrete results at the present tihie, although one repre sentative at the last meeting suggest ed that their town was presently deal ing with a prospective industry which he feels first heard about their town through the small pamphlet that was distributed. Diligent work Of the representative is the price of success and the board desires success. Your continued sup port is solicited. Yours truly L. D. Holland, Secretary The chief revenue of the auxiliary comes from the twp rummage sales, which are held each spring and fall in the armouries. These have become community events and attract buyers from great distances. These sales brought in $1643.00. In addition to this $432.10 was received from the selling of tags in Wingham and the towns of Bluevale, Belgrave, Brussels; Gorrie, Wroxeter, Whitechurch, Luck now and Teeswater. The marathon bridge parties held during the winter, with 128 ladies playing, provide social intercourse, as well as helping finances. The gift of 100 tickets to a night’s show from the Lyceum theatre and donations from the Wingham Ministerial Association are also appreciated. During the year the neighbouring Women’s Institutes sent in donations of $180.00 and $10.00 was received from the Ladies’ Bowling. Club. ‘ As a small token of appreciation of Dr. W. M. Connell's work in the town and district, a donation was sent to the Dr. W. M. Connell Memorial Fund at the hospital. The auxiliary served tea for several social events and also provided treats for the patients and nurses at Christ mas- • Mrs. Morrey Spoke Following the business the ladies were pleased to welcome Mrs, Morrey, ' superintendent of the hospital, who spoke on the work of the hospital and the various features of the new wing being added and which it is hoped will be ready for occupation by Oc tober. At present the nursing staff num bers 40 and it is hoped two classes of certified nurses’ assistants will have finished by the fall and. be ready to staff the new chronic patients’ wing under graduate supervision. This gov ernment course requires a full time in- structress teaching and supervising students. Describes New Wing By means of black board drawings Mrs. Morrey showed the layout of the new wing as proposed at present. New features are an audio-visual system of calls, a therapy room with a trained therapist, a dining-room for up-pa tients and sun rooms for men and wo men patients. There are to be plug-in phones by each bedside so patients can talk to friends or conduct busi ness while confined to bed. The contributions to the Dr. W. M. Connell Memorial Fund have been used to provide the nucleus of a medi cal library at the hospital. The Child ren’s Aid Society of Huron County gave $100.00 to this fund but specified it should be used to provide a child’s bed. On behalf of the Auxiliary Mrs. J. W. McKibbon thanked Mrs. Morrey for a very interesting and informative ad dress. A trio number “Winter Lullaby”, by Mrs. W. B. McCool, Mrs. Callan and Mrs. George Guest with Mrs. W. W. Currie as accompanist added much to the pleasure of the afternoon. The hospital auxiliary, which in 1954 had 113 members, is a public spirited non-denominational organization work ing through the hospital for the bene fit of the sick in this community. To this end they ask the co-operation of all women in the district. The fee is 50c and the meetings are held the first Friday of each month in the council chamber. Financial Statement RECEIPTS Fees.............................. Sale of Theatre tickets Church Collections ...... Marathon Bridge ........ Rummage Sales ........... Tag Days ..................... Ladies’ Bowling Club ... Women’s Institutes...... Donations ................... Interest on Savings ..... TOTAL RECEIPTS ............ EXPENDITURES Total Expenditures.............. Balance bn hand Dec. 31/54. > 56.50 47.00 108.95 278.40 1,642.89 432.10 10.00 180.00 13.00 37.80 .$2,806.64 $1,981.61 . 825.03 $2,806.64 Officers Elected The following Officers were elected for 1955 i President, Mrs. R. E. McKin ney; vice-presidents, Mrs. Walter Po- cock, Mrs. peter Fisher; secretary, Mrs. Chas. Hinde; corresporidirig sec retary, Mrs. W. J. Greer; treasurer, (Continued on Page Ten)