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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1955-01-19, Page 1WINGHAM, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1955Subscription $3.00 per year, 7c per copy ’) —------------------------------------------------------------ 1 With which is amalgamated the Gpririe Vidette and Wroxeter News RIDING HIGH—Free wheeling Ban tam, . Midget and Juvenile hockey teams' have been riding high this past week, with victories over just about all their competitors in the neighbor hood. Talk to Vic Loughlean about copping a couple of championships this year, however, and he’ll that the boys haven’t met any real competition. 0-0-0 just say up with MEET THE MAYOR-^We____ Jimmy Bain, star defenceman on the Midgets and/or Juveniles, has been elected mayor of Wingham. Of Teen Town Wmgham, that is. Other offic ers are Sandra Smith, reeve; Betty Henry, secretary-treasurer; James Newman, Jim Campbell, and Bill Rintoul, councillors, and Marion Chit tick, Gail Colvin and Gwen Brown, girl councillors. Now to get the mill rate down.'), see that 0-0-0 CONGRATULATIONS! — Congrat ulations to Mayor R. E. McKinney, who yesterday celebrated his 30th an niversary with the Supertest Petrol eum Company. His worship was the recipient of many telegrams, flowers and what not on the occasion. During his service with the company Mac has held several important executive positions, including regional manager for Eastern Ontario and Quebec, and general sales manager. Supposedly in semi-retirement, we’ll bet Mac finds life in Wingham just about as busy as it was in the big city! 0-0-0 OPENING NEW WROXETER SCHOOL IN FOR NEW HOSPITAL Year’s Statement Shows Bank Balance Increased $4,783.44 From Last Year IMPORTANT MEETING OF BUSINESS ASSOCIATION A meeting of the Wingham Busi ness Association will be held on Monday, January 24th in the coun cil chambers at 8 p.m. Election of officers for the com ing year will be held at the meeting. Several major problems concern ing the Association will be up for discussion and all members are urged to attend. Wingham District High School board fattened an already sizable surplus during the year 1954, when it ended the year with a balance on hand of $19,793.92, according to an interim financial statement presented by Secre tary-Treasurer W, A. Galbraith at the inaugural meeting of the board last Wednesday. The figure represents an increase of $4,783.44 compared with, last year’s balance on hand of $15,009.48, and an overdraft of approximately $3,800 in the year 1952. ' The interim report, which is still subject to the auditor’s scrutiny, indicated that costs of operating the high school have decreased considerably since the last yearly statement was issued. Total receipts during 1954 amounted to $212,233.49 as compared with $249,292,69 a year ago, but during the same time expenditures declined from $234,283.21 in 1953 to $192,439.57 in on MAIN DRAG NOISES-^Wingham’s fire siren, coming as it did at the end of the first verse of the hymn, caused a certain amount of confusion at St. Paul’s Church on Sunday night. As the siren sounded Organist Bill Connell thought the organ had devel oped trouble, and made a hasty dive fouTplug. 0-0-0 A large crowd attended the opening of the Wroxeter Public School on Friday. Built to replace a school burned down almost a year ago, the new building was put up in record time. At the opening were, left to NOTE DATE—The ladies in town would like to point out that Friday, February 25th has been set aside as Women's World Day of Prayer. They ask that organizations planning events for February keep this date in mind . so there will be no conflicting events. were Painful Accidents Treated at Hospital Several painful accidents treated at the hospital last week. On Tuesday Bernard Rutledge, an employee of C. Lloyd & Son, received painful injuries to his right foot while working at the factory. He was al lowed to go home after treatment. Jack Willitts, of RR 1, Wingham, suffered fractured toes when a heavy weight fell on his right foot, also on Tuesday. On Thursday, Gershom Johnston, RR 3, Wingham, had his left ring finger amputated in an accident at his home. He was released after treatment. James Thompson, 22, of Bluevaie, fractured his left ankle while wrest ling with his brother on Saturday. A cast was applied at the hospital and he was allowed to go home. Mrs. Estelle Church, Teeswater, fractured her left hip on Saturday, after falling in a hole. She was trans ferred to Victoria Hospital, London, where her daughter is in taining. Miss Effie MacLean, of Wingham, age 85, fell and fractured her right wrist on Monday. She was admitted to the hospital where her condition is described as satisfactory. LADIES FREE AT ARENA SATURDAY Ladies and children will be admitted free at the arena on Saturday night ' for the Intermediate game between Wingham and Harriston. Bring the wife and kids and help support your team! F19b PROGRESSIVE EUCHRE AT WROXETER The Wroxeter Women’s Institute will hold a progressive euchre on Fri day night, January 21st., at 8.30 p.m. in the Masonic Club rooms. Novelty prizes. Come and bring your friends. F19* BLUEVALE W. I. HOLD EUCHRE The Bluevale Women’s Institute will ' hold a euchre in the Community Hall on Wednesday, January 26th, at 8.30 p.m. Lunch will be provided. Admis sion 35 cents. F19b UNITED CHURCH annual meeting The annual meeting of Wingham United Church will be held in the school room of the church on Wed nesday evening, January 26th, com mencing with a potluck supper at 6 o’clock.F19b HOWICK LIONS CLUB PRESENT ALL STARS The Howick Lions Club present W‘. their round up of’all starts featuring the Paul Bros. & Shirley; Roy Head and Doris, the magician; and the fol lowing artists: Mrs. Pamclla Saddler, Miss Marlene Fiegel and Master Mic hael McLennan in the Gorric Com munity Hall on Thursday, January 27, at 8.15 p.m. Admission adults .50c, students, .35c, publib school student^ ,25c and pre school children free. F19:26b 1954. Municipal levies showed a mark ed decline from $79,022.86 to $57,380.92, and reflected a lower mill rate during the year 1954. Teachers’ salaries remained approxi mately the same at $62,762.60 and transportation was down slightly at $41,937.38. Absence of the debenture payment on the H-huts helped to pare costs during, the year. Mr. Galbraith’s report ’ showed that sale of debentures for the new school netted the board $629,486.91, or over $4,000 above their face value. Ex penditures to date on the new school have totalled $406,931.30. Committees Named A striking committee consisting of C. R. Coultes, F. W. Todd,, James Armstrong, Gordon Stobo and A. D. MacWilliam was named to nominate committees for the new year. A. H. MacTavish, who served as vioe chair man of the board last year, was named chairman for 1955. Ernest Casemore will be vice-chairman; Committees were as follows:: Prop erty, R. S. Hetherington, chairman, James Armstrong, F. W. Todd, Ernest Casemore; transportation, Leslie For tune, chairman, A. D, MacWilliam, Howard Wylie, Frank Thompson, C. R. Coultes; agricultural, Frank Thomp son, chairman, Leslie Fortune, Ernest Casemore, C. R. Coultes, Gordon Stobo, Howard Wylie; school manage ment, Dr. W. A. McKibbon, chairman, Gordon Stobo, F. W. Todd, Howard Wylie; finance, A. D. MacWilliam, chairman, James Armstrong, Dr. W. A. McKibbon, F. W. Todd; building, A. D. MacWilliam, chairman R. S. Hetherington, Frank Thompson, Les lie Fortune. Architect Reports Architect J. D. Kyles, of Hamilton, in a report to the board on the pro gress of the new school, said that the building would be ready for full occupancy at the end of the month. Contractors are at the moment putting the finishing touches on that part of the school not occupied by seven class rooms of pupils which moved into the new building at the first of the year, following the fire in the H-huts. Mr. Kyles voiced his appreciation for the fine co-operation he had re ceived from members of the board, saying that the good relations and working conditions he had enjoyed on this job had been better than any other he had ever engaged in. He suggested that the board point out to the students the value of the school into which they are moving and im press on them the importance of taking care of it. The board decided that the stu dents should be addressed by Mr. Kyles, Principal W. S. Hall and Board Chairman A. H. MacTavish on this subject. Need New Teachers Dr. W. A. McKibbon, reporting for the management committee, informed the board that three new teachers would be needed for the new school year starting in September. He said that although the board had been paying minimum salary rates compar able to other schools in the district, it had not yet officially adopted’ the minimum, rates. He felt that it should do so before advertising for new teachers. A motion was made to this effect. Leslie Fortune, reporting for the insurance committee, said the insur ance adjustor had agreed to settle the board’s claim on the H-huts, destroy ed by fire last month, for a sum of $34,000. The board decided to accept the settlement. Principal W. S. Hall reported, that school books lost in the fire had been ordered replaced. Personal effects to the total value of $300 were reported lost in the fire by students, and the board agreed to re-imburse students for these losses. A raise in the premium rate of an insurance policy covering injuries to students was accepted by the board With regret. Secretary-Treasurer W. A. Galbraith was ro-engaged by the board for the coming year at a salary of $1,500. Police Chief T. W. Platt was again appointed truant officer at a salary of $100. The board agreed unanimously to support the formation of a new for estry club under the direction of John Jackson. LUC-TEE-WIN PLANS FOUR-DAY FOX DRIVE Even if the weather did act up Boxing Day, the outdoor sportsmen seem keener than ever and judging from the number of field requests, the Luc-Tee-Win Club has decided to sponsor a four day fox drive, com mencing on Wednesday morning, January 26th, and continuing through to Saturday evening, January 29th. At a regular meeting of the club held last week at the home of Ken neth Kerr, the following list of field captains was chosen from the follow ing districts: Lucknow: Jack Campbell, ,Jack Bannister, Cecil Attridge, Alex Ham ilton; Wingham: Nat Thompson, Rus sell Farrier, Fred Deacon, Stan Marks, George Cook, Dick Jacklin, Bill El ston, Murray Jenkins, Oscar Kieffer, Allie Lincoln, Jack Hodgins, Gordon Adams, Don Cook, Jim Seddon, Jack Cook; Teeswater: Carman Thompson and Herb Duffy. This time eaci^teaSS^szill be limited to captain and four. who are al lowed, to hunt^Oji’^^^orVan four days, On Satkrd&y^i^^S^'jantiaYy ’ 29th, (termination of drive) each captain will take his own team's foxes in to one of the zone secretaries for pay ment of $1.00 per fox. In addition, the club is offering a prize of $10, to the team with the highest score, and the Turnberry Fed eration of Agriculture has donated $5 for second prize. As before hounds may be run in all areas but the use of fire-arms shall be limited to shotguns only. Anyone interested in taking part in the drive should contact one of the above named captains. Financial difficulties in building the new vidng of the Wingham General Hospital were discussed by A. D. MacWilliam, chairman of the finance committee, at a meeting of the pital board on Friday night. Mr. MacWilliam told the board outstanding accounts on the building were considerably more than cash on hand in the building account. The situation is due, he said, to the fact that many of the municipalities who promised money to the hospital under the pro rata system have not yet made payments to the board. The town of Wingham, for instance, which pledged $50,000 to the building of the new wing, has not yet paid this money, Mr. MacWilliam said, and other municipalities with large amounts have paid only part of their share or none at all. Wingham’s .mayor, R. E. McKinney, a member of the hoard, said that the town is now in the process of getting approval from the municipal board for a debenture in this amount, but did not know how soon permission would be given. Mr. MacWilliam also said that gov ernment grants for the new wing had not yet been received, although it is expected that they will be made when the foundation of the new building is covered with masses of flowers, includ- completed. An account from the archi- ing blooms flown from Honolulu. ] tect for $11,633.14 was listed among More than a million spectators turned................. out to see the parade and the crowd was so large that many took places at the curb the previous night in order to be sure of a vantage point, V. Mr. and Mrs. Buchanan and son, Greg, had tickets to the famous Rose Bowl game, but after arriving at the field they were forced to return home by torrential rains. One hund red and three thousand tickets had been sold to the game, and of these 87,000 hardy souls sat ^through the afternoon’s downpour to see the teams in action. (Continued on Page Eight) right, A. Monroe and Clarke Renwick, trustees;. William G. Rae, Hanover, South Grey Public School inspector; Morley McMichael, chairman of the bpard; Herb Miller, Hanover contractor, and Cloyne Michal- past chairman of the public school board.hos- Many Attend Official Opening Of New Wroxeter Public School sphere was a capacity audience on hand Friday night when Wroxeter’s new $36,500 public school was offic ially opened. The two-roomed school replaces the one destroyed by fire in March, 1954, and was, according to officials, built in record time.’V- Allen Munro, member of the school board was chairman. Inspector J. M. Game outlined the procedure since the fire and introduced the guest speaker, Inspector William G. Rae, of Hanover. Mr. Rae, with humor as well as a ser ious note, recalled his pranks as a student at the Wroxeter school. He said he had been born in the first schoolhouse in the village. This re sidence is still the home of his mother, Mrs. D. W. Rae, who was present at the opening ceremony. He paid trib ute to the teachers of Wroxeter school and their influence on the lives of the pupils. The speaker was thanked by Clarke Renwick. Architect Present E. C. O’Neil, Kitchener architect re presenting Barnett and Rider, of To ronto and Kitchener, stated there were two very important days in any building project, the day it was started and the opening of the new building. He then handed over the keys to the chairman, A. Munro. The architect was introduced by Cloyne Michael, who also introduced the contractor, Herb Miller, of Hanover. The latter expressed his appreciation for the co- THIS WEEK AT THE ARENA WEDNESDAY, Jan. 19— 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 Practie 9.00-10.00—Juvenile Practice THURSDAY, Jan. 20— 6.00-7.00—Figure Skating 7.00-8.00—Intermediate practice 8.80—Juvenile Hockey —Durham vs. Winghani FRIDAY, Jan. 21— 3.00-6.00—Public Skating 7.00-8.00—Intermediate Practice 8.00-10.00—Public Skating 10.00-11.00—Figure Skating SATURDAY, Jan. 22— 7.00-12.00—Figure Skating 12.30-1.30—Fosters vs Campbells 2.00-5.00—Public Skating 5.00-6.00—Bains vs Lotts -9.00—Intermediate Hockey —Harriston vs Winghani MONDAY, Jan. 24— 3.00-6.00—Public Skating 6.00-7.00—Bantam Practico 7.00-8.00—Intermediate Practice 8.00-9.00—Midget Practice 9.00-10.00—Juvenile Practice 0 * TUESDAY, Jan. 25— 6.00-700—Figure Skating 7.00-8.00—Intermediate Practice 8.00-10.00—Public Skating that new DESCRIBED FOR LIONS Lion Gord Buchanan, who was' Lion Gord Buchanan, who was a visitor to California last month, told of the interesting highlights of the trip at the regular meeting of the Lions Club on Friday evening. —** Speaking informally^ Gord mention ed the parade of roses,-: which precedes the Rose Bowl game at Los Angeles, as one of the mpst-^mpr^sive sights he had ever witnessed. A guest of Earl Hall, former Wingham boy, he had a ringside seat for the parade which he watched from the roof of the Hall’s jewelry store in downtown L.A. There were more than 60 floats in the parade, none of which cost less than $5,000, with others costing as much as $25,000. These floats were operation received from the school board. Arthur Gibson, also a former pupil of the school and deputy reeve of Howick Township, brought greetings from the council. Morley McMichael, chairman of the school aboard., wel comed the public and Rev. E, W. Todd gave the dedicatory prayer. Campbell Brown, principal of the school, spoke on behalf of himself, his assistant, Mrs, Les Douglas, music tea cher, Mrs. Carl Douglas and Mrs. Carl Smith, caretaker. In the words of the principal, the new school is a pleasant place in which to teach and also to learn. Mrs. D. S. MacNaughton, on behalf of the Kitchener-Waterloo Record pre sented a framed map which was ac cepted with thanks by the chairman of the evening. The 60 pupils sang a group of songs with Mrs. Carl Doug las as accompanist. A lovely basket df flowers was a gift of the archi tects, Barnett and Rider. At the close of the ceremony many availed themselves of the opportunity of looking the new building over. The school consists of two class rooms, completely modern, with well-chosen furnishings including curtains which arrived only last week; teachers’ room, wash rooms and boiler.room. It is so constructed that more rooms may be added in future years if necessary. According to Inspector Game it was built in record time of seven months. It has been equipped with two special exits to offset any fire hazard. The destruction of the old school by fire brought difficulties in that the pupils had to be transported to Ford- wich by bus, where the former con tinuation school rooms were made available. School board and officials had many extra duties added, during the planning, and building programme. The new’ building, comfort- discuss finances of the arena. Mem- one • bers of the board felt that there had been considerable misapprehension, due to the way in which the minutes of the last meeting were worded. Newly-elected treasurer Ed. Edig hoffer said that reports on the radio and in the daily press had given the public a false impression of the con dition of arena finances when they stated that there was "a balance of $134.48 at the end of ...December”. Mr. Edighoffer, to whom the books were turned over following the last meeting, said that actually there was the sum of $380.53 in the bank and on hand as of January 5th, the day. on which the new board took over the management of the arena. To counter this however, Mr. Edighoffer pointed out that there were outstand ing accounts totalling $1,234.46, which gave a different picture. Both Mr. Edighoffer and the chairman of the board, Roy Adair asked the represen tative of the local press to clarify this position. Repairs Cost More Mr. Edighoffer further pointed out that improvements to the arena had cost a total of $1,498.12, instead of $700 ns reported. This was approxi mately $500 more than had been planned on, since the sum of $1,000 lmddscon given to the arena from tlio 75th anniversary funds to cover improvements. Members of the board, able, attractive and complete, is of which they may all be proud. BUSY WEEK END FOR WINDHAM FIREMEN Wingham firemen had a busy week end, with two calls Within an hour on Saturday, and a fire in the couritry on Sunday night. ■y.On Saturday Chimney fires Peter McLeod, William Reid, A high wind firemen were called to at the homes of Mrs. on Minnie Street, and on Catherine Street, was thought to have caused the fires, but little damage was done. —>■ On Sunday night flames destroyed a workshop and garage owned by Graham Cook, at Marnoch. A car, tools and equipment were lost in the blaze. • Wingham firemen answered the call but were unable to do anything to save the building, Strong winds fan ned the fire and razed the structute in a very short time. KINETTE BAKE SAKE The Wihgham Kinettcs will their homemade baking sale i Wingham Council Chambers, day, January 22nd., at 3 p.m. wood 1 hold in the Satur* F19b their mid good their bills outstanding. The board discussed methods of bringing in monies promised more quickly and decided to contact the various municipal councils with this in mind. Boiler Room Almost Finished A. report from chairman of building committee, R. H. Lloyd, that work on the boiler room laundry was almost completed should be finished by February Satisfactory progress was reported on the new wing. The question of voting at the annual meeting, to be held next month, was discussed by the board and it was de cided to publish a notice describing how members are elected to the board. the said and and 1st. Figures Gave Wrong Impression Community Centre Board Feels Minutes of the last meeting were adopted, but not as read, at a special meeting of the Community Centre Board, called on Thursday evening to however, seemed to feel that the ex penditure was necessary, and could not have been done at less cost. A balance sheet, drawn up by Mr. Edighoffer for the meeting, showed the following receipts and expendi tures: Receipts Balance from previ ous account................ 10.91 Town Grant ..... 500.00 Received from 75th an niversary committee ...,1,000.00 Receipts from Arena ....1,235.15 Busy (Week at Curling Club Two major events highlighted last week’s activities at the Curling Club. Two rinks each from Brampton, Guelph, Kitchener and Wingham com pleted locally on Wednesday, January 12th, in the District Tankard. A rink from Brampton and from Guelph were the two victors to^ the first round of this province-wide"1 event and will now proceed to Toronto for the play-offs. A Wingham rink skipped by Mrs. Joe Kerr with Mrs. R. S. Hetherington, Mrs. Don Nasmith and Mrs. R. R. Hobden, won the consolation event. Saturday afternoon saw a full house for a mixed jitney as 8 local rinks played a 3.-game series lasting through the evening. First prize went to the rink com posed of Mrs. D Nasmith, Lome Mac Donald, Mrs. R. S. Hetherington and Lloyd Casemore, skip. Second and third prizes went to rinks skipped by Bill Tiffin and Murray Rae respective ly. The consolation prize was won by Bill Bain’s rink. Expenditures Repairs to Arena.......1,498.12 Operating Expenses in cluding wages, hydro, insurance, advertising, phone, coal and sun dries ..........................2,101.87 $2,746.06 $2,746.06 $ 853.93 4 . $ 380.53 Deficit to Jan. 5 Liquid Assets Cash oh hand and in bank ................. Liabilities Outstanding accounts $1,234.46 Arena manager Vic Loughlean k pressed the opinion that playoff time might sec a change in the picture, with heavier receipts coming in to wards the end of the season. Present at the meeting were Roy Adair, Don Adams, Bill Conron, Ivan Gardner, Rod Macintosh, Ed Edig- hoffer and Vic Loughlean. ex WHO’LL BE THE NEXT? Every year at this time the staff of The Advance-Times runs into more than a little difficulty with the handling of church reports and year-end statements. Many of the churches in this locality plan to hold their annual meetings at ap proximately the same time, and, as a result, they all want their finan cial statements printed at once. Much ns we would like to oblige all parties concerned, we can handle only so many of these reports in any one Week. For this reason we are forced to produce them in the order in which the copy is received at our office. In order to avoid disappointments in this regard, please don’t set the date of your annual meeting until you have ascertained whether or not it is possible, to have the. reports completed by the date yon have in mind. We will do our best to give you the service you require. LEGION EUCHRE A Legion euchre will be held on Monday, January 24th, at 8.15 p.m. Good prizes, lunch served. Admission S5c. Fldb x a