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Subscription $3,00 per year, 7c per copy WINGHAM, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 26, 1955 T
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ALONG THE MAIN DRAG
By The Pedestrian
Wingham’s Anti-Noise By-law
Lauded in Other Communities
OUT FOXING—Member? of the
Luc-Tee-Win Conservation club are
starting a four-day fox drive today
which will last until Saturday night.
A prize of $10 is being offered to the
team with the highest score, with an
additional $5 donated by the Turn
berry Federation. Keep your head
down, foxy boy.
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PRIZE FOR BIGGEST?—Viewing
the outstanding crop of icicles around
town these past few days, it occurred
to us that someone should offer a
prize for the biggest. Holmdale
Creamery had one which must have
gone eight feet and there was a
beauty at the hospital which must
. have been all of nine. How about an
icicle derby?
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Wingham’s new anti-noise by-law
has drawn favorable comment from
at least two communities in the dis
trict. •
The Owen Sound Sun-Times has this
to say about the new by-law:
“Wingham Town Council has, bann
ed the use of loud speakers within
the town limits, a measure that might
well be adopted by many other muni
cipalities, In future, any 'Winghamite
seeking to use a loudspeaker to ad
vertise or describe an event must first,
obtain permission from the Chief of
Police. The ban applies to all loud
speakers, whether mechanical or elec
trical mobile or stationary.
“Noise is one of the' great contri
buting factors to a case of shattered
nerves. Some noises in urban centres
CAUSE FOR ALARM—On the main
drag icicles are cause for some alarm
among merchants who are liability
conscious. Pushing snow off the roof
and removing icicles proved to be a
major operation at the Burke Electric
shop, with two men on the roof heav
ing at the snoW and qne man knock
ing off the icicles. Pedestrians on the
main drag are anxiously glancing
skywards these warm days.
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" BALMY BREEZES—We are indebt
ed to John W. ,Hanna, M.P.P., for a
copy of the Miami Daily News which
proves that somewhere the sun is
shining. Probabilities in the paper
(the first thing we looked for) said
sunny with a high of 76. It we hadn't
seen it in the newspaper we wouldn’t
have" believed it. Bathing beauties in
the picture pages gave us goose
pimples, and not the way you think!
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SIDEWALK SUPERINTENDENTS
—Plenty of sidewalk superintendents
around the past couple of days, with
the fancy snow-blowing equipment
working on the main drag. Hope no
body got sucked in.
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In the Governor-General Trophy
play a Wingham rink defeated Mount
Forest in the first round with Clifford
drawing a bye.
In the final round Wingham de
feated Clifford to capture group 13
honors. Winning rinks were L. Case-
more, H. Thomas, H. Allan, W. Tiffin,
skip; R. C. Thomson, G. Deyell, S.
Scott and Dr, W. A. Crawford, skip.
These rink's will go to Guelph on
Thursday, January. 27th for the next
round of play.
In the preliminaries of the Ontario
Silver Tankard, group 13, four clubs
competed, Mount Forest, Clifford, Kin
cardine and Wingham.
Mount Forest curlers came out on
top with an aggregate score of 24 to
15 for the Kincardine rinks.
Forest rinks were skipped
Smith and Roy Nickel.
On Saturday evening the
Curling Club played host
■mixed rinks of curlers
Mount
by Lorne
A$ HUNDREDS CHEER—Wing
ham Mohawks drew their biggest
•crowd of the season on Saturday
night, when they tripped up the top-
ranking Harriston Intermeriates. Best
game of the season, many said. Should
be good on Saturday when the
clash with, their old rivals
Teeswater.
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locals
from
Wingham
to three
from the
Mount Forest Curling Club.
Two games of 8 and 6 ends were
thoroughly, enjoyed by all participants
in this friendly exchange of stones.
Visiting rinks were skipped by H.
Bridle, A. Hutchison and H. 'Snook,
local rinks by W. Tiffin, W. French,
M.. Rae and L. Casemore.
The Wingham ladies served a de
licious lunch to round out a very
enjoyable evening.
President Don Nasmith welcomed
the visitors^ and H. Snook voiced the
thank? of the Mount Forest curlers.
just cannot be avoided. They are a
part of urban life. But the raucous
blaring of a loudspeaker, particularly
one mounted on top of a car patrolling
the streets of the city, is something
that the majority of citizens can get
along without”.
Closer to home the Teeswater News
comments on “unusual noises”:
“Wingham Council has passed a by
law prohibiting the making of any
unusual noises in that town. Possibly
that sounds a little on the balmy side,
but actually it is a sound piece of
legislation.
“Unusual noises takes in a lot of
territory, for instance, it governs the
use of loudspeakers within the cor
poration. For example, before a sound
truck or car can now advertise on any
Wingham street, special permission
must first be obtained. Such per
mission may be cancelled at any time.
This latter clause puts the teeth in the
right place. If such a sound truck is
■granted permission tb blare its adver
tisements along the streets and. goes
beyond the bounds of reason in turn
ing up the volume, or, if a case of ill
ness exists where such noise would be
a detriment—then such permission
can be cancelled.
“Unusual noises takes in a wide
scope—horn blowing, unnecessary tire
skidding in either starting or stopping,
intentional back-firing of motors, dis
plays of vocal power via whoops,
yells, etc. One could go on' and on al
most indefinitely.
“We, in Teeswater, and especially
the people who reside along the main
street over their business places,
know all about such unusual noises.
For the past year it has been com
paratively quiet, in fact more quiet
than it has been for a long time. Prior
to that we went through a terrific
noise campaign, when every conceiv
able violation of such a by-law was
made. To say that we are appreciat
ing the quietness that now exists, is
putting it mildly indeed.
If Wingham residents are being
subjected to the noisy abuse that we
in Teeswater put up with for some
time,, then their council is to be
commended on the action of an “Un
usual Noise By-Law.”
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"MUST BE, A RECORD—TownMUST BE, A RECORD—Town coun
cil’s special meeting on Monday must
have been the shortest on record. It
lasted only half an hour.
Community Players
Discuss Plans for
TURVEY RINK WINS
FARMERS’ JITNEY
the
One=Act (Festival
Plans for the one-act play festival
to be held in Wingham at the end
of March, were discussed at the first
January meeting of the Wingham
Community Players. Several organiz
ations have shown interest
competition, and the club
awaiting final entries.
Deadline for entries in the
is January 31st.
It was decided that the organiz
ations entering the festival may ask
for help and advice outside their own
group, wither from the working mem
bership of the Community Players or
from other sources.
Bill Cruickshank was named gen
eral stage manager for the festival,
Lillian Overend business manager,
and a house manager is yet to be
appointed.
Mrs. Saint gave a report on the
children’s theatre course given by Don
Sinclair in Southampton two weeks
ago.
A number of the members of the
Wingham Community Players journey
ed to Toronto on Friday to see the
Crest Theatre’s production of Twelfth
night’*.
Memorial Dedicated
At St. Andrew’s Church
At the regular session of St. An
drew’s Presbyterian. Sunday School on
Sunday afternoon, January 23rd, a
projector for use in the work of the
church was dedicated to the glory of
God and in loving memory of Sewart
A. A. Nimmo, who was 4 secretary
treasurer of the Sunday School and
treasurer of the Young People’s So
ciety.
Mr. A. J, H. MacDonald, the super
intendent of the Sunday School, intro
duced Bev. J, R. McDonald of Ripley,
who addressed the Sunday Schbbl,
Young People’s Society and guests,
basing his remarks oh Malachi 3:16,
“A book of remembrance was written
before Him for them that feared the
Lord and thought upon His Name”,
and offered a prayer of dedication.
in the
is now
festival
A curling Jitney sponsored by
Farmers’ Curling Club was held on
Thursday, January 20th, with eight
new enthusiasts taking part. First
prize of a bushel of apples to each
member of his-rink was won by Ross
Turvey, skip; Clarence Chamney vice
skip, Geo. Thompson 2nd., and Ronald
Coultes, lead.
Second prize went to the rink of
John McGee, skip, Gordon Mundell,
vice; Hugh Gilmore 2nd., and Walter
Scott lead, the consolation event going
to Chas. Robinson, skip, Cecil Coultes
vice, Geo. Fisher 2nd., and Stanley
Black.
It is planned to hold another farm
ers’ jitney in February and any farm
er who would like a day’s curling
should get in touch with any oi the
farm club members.
HOWICK LIONS CLUB
PRESENT ALL STARS
The Howick Lions Club present
their round up of all starts featuring
the Paul Bros. & Shirley; Roy Head
and Doris, the magician; and the fol
lowing artists: Mrs. Pamella Saddler,
Miss Marlene Fiegel and Master Mic
hael McLennan in the Gorrie Com
munity Hall on Thursday, January
27, at 8.15 p.m. Admission adults .50c,
students, .35c, public school students
.25c and pre school children free.
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Treat Hockey
Accident Victims
Were
NOTICE
Mrs, Jean Loughlcan will be operat
ing Tsalbel’s Beauty Shoppe from Janu
ary 17 to 19 inclusive while owner,
Miss McCall is attending the Virginia
Farrell Academy of Advanced Hair-
styHhg, Detroit, F 26:2b
WANT ADS PAY OFF
IN QUICK SALES
Quick results from want ads in
the Advance-Times were reported
last week from several advertisers.
Mrs. Scott Reid, who offered a
baby carriage for sale in the clas
sified section, got three answers
and dould have sold the carriage
twice over.
A small want ad for a girl dr
boy to hahdle a route for ah out-
of-town newspaper brought five
answers.
A small classified advertising gift
items at cleaving prices brought
quick (results for the Wallpaper
Shop.
Whatever it is you want to buy
or sell, Advance-Times want ads
provide your best and fastest
means of getting results. And
their cost is moderate, try ft want
ad today. The telephone number
is 34.
OF BUSINESS ASSOC.
Representatives of the Canadian
Legion, Wingham Branch, met with the Wingham Business Association in
the council chamber pn Monday eve
ning, asking that the latter organiz
ation support the Legion’s request for
a holiday on November 11th, ’Don
Adams voiced the stand of the Le
gion in the matter, pointing out that
a plaque in the entry Sof the town hall
lists the names of those who served in the wars. “However,” he said, “we
don’t seem to be able to find time for
a day in the year to be-set aside for
remembrance.’’ »
Various members of the Business
Association expressed; their complete
willingness to go alpng with the Le
gion in the matter of .the holiday, but
also stated their opinions that the
matter was one which should be re
solved by government in order to have
the observance universal. At the
conclusion of the discussion the Busi
ness Association agreed to take up
the matter with all the business people
in the town so that a complete cross
section of opinion could' be obtained.
At the same meeting there was a
lengthy discussion omthe advisability
of closing stores on Saturday evenings
and remaining .open Friday nights
instead. The practice is becoming
more frequent in other towns, and ac
cording to the reports'Which are so
far available, has proved popular with
.shoppers from both to^n and country.
It was decided that-opinion would be
sought from merchants and shoppers
.before anything further is done.
Officers of the Business Association
are elected for a twO-year term and it was therefore decided that those
who served in 1954 iwould continue
for the current year. They are H. P.
Carmichael, president; W. T. Cruick
shank, vice-pres.;- Barry Wenger, sec
retary and Warren Callan, treasurer.
Ken Kerr has been added to the slate
as publicity agent.
The treasurer reported a balance of
$373.26 with all accounts paid. There
is a paid-up membership of 75 mer
chants and professional people. It
was noted that the Association had
provided the colored lights which now
decorate the main intersection of the
town. \
Norman Welwood, was named to
head an attendance committee which
Will handle contacts with the members
by telephone.
The next meeting will be held early
in March.
Two minor hockey accidents
treated at the Wingham General Hos- ’
pital last week.
'On Wednesday, Peter Nasmith, 13,
son of'Mr. and Mrs.' Don Nasmith 1
was treated for a fractured right
thumb, injured while playing hockey.-pi
On Friday, Douglas Murray, 17, son
of Mr. and Mrs. William Murray frac
tured a bone in his left hand while
playing hockey. A* cast was applied
at the hospital,
Bridge Club
Seven and a half tables were in play
at the bridge club on Thursday night.
Winners were, North and South:
1st, Mrs. R. S, Hetherington and Chas.
Hodgins; second, Miss Margaret Mac-
Lean and Dave Crompton; third, Mrs.
Gord Godkin and Wilfred French.
East and West: - first Mrs. F. A.
Parker and Mrs. A. R. DuVal; second,
Mrs. J. H. Crawford and Miss Mary
Johnston; third, Mr. and Mrs. R. Dig-
nam.
U.C. SUNDAY SCHOOL
ELECTS OFFICERS AT
SUPPER MEETING
theThe annual supper meeting of
officers and teachers of the United
Church Sunday School was held on
Wednesday of last week in the Sun
day School room. Russell Zurbrigg,
the superintendent, was . in* charge
and led a brief devotional service.
Misses Marjorie McKenzie and Helen
Haines sang a duet and Miss Helen
Haines sang a solo. Lloyd Hutton
spoke to the .teachers on the work
of the Sunday School and his mes
sage was very challenging.Ttf — -
ed J?
Of VMUV.VV U K V*. M
ed for Missions and $1668.00 for all
purposes. An extra missionary pro
ject undertaken was special equip
ment and films to be sent to Rev. and
Mrs. J. C. Thompson in Trinidad for
the missionary van. Over 100 children
between the ages of 6 and 12 are en
rolled in the Young Worshippers’
League.
The slate of officers for 1955 is as
follows: Hon. supt,, Frank R. How-
son; past supt., Lloyd Hutton; supt.,
Russell Zurbri’gg| asst, supt., Norman
Keating; sec.
sec., Earl
er; asst^
tendance sec,, Roy Bonnett; pianist,
Mrs. R. Goy; asst, pianist, Miss H.
Haines; librarians, Harold Wild, G, W.
Tiffin; temperance sec., F. R.Howson;
missionary see., Mrs. K. M. McLen
nan; projectionist, Tom Burrell.
■~'’Ficers’ reports were present-
lowed an average attendance
>r the year, $530.00 was rais-
Earl Hamilton; asst.
Jenkins; treas., Jack Walk-
treas., Alastair Green; at-
A special meeting of the town coun
cil was held on Monday night to pass
the first and second reading of by
law 1276, authorizing the council to
issue debentures for $50,000 to cover
the town’s commitment to the Wing
ham General Hospital, under the pro
rata scheme set up almost two years
ago.
Mayor R. E. McKinney, in explain-
ing the by-law to council, said that
he had been to see the Ontario Muni
cipal Board in Toronto last week, and
that he had been advised by the board
that the by-law would be approved as
quickly as possible after the first and
second reading had been passed by
council.
Mr. McKinney said that the matter
was an urgent one, since the hospital
engagement
Mr. and Mrs. Regixfa^d G. Newton,
Wroxeter, announce the' engagement
of their daughter Margaret Shirley to
Mr. Lyle Gordon Flart, of Toronto,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. G. Hart, of
Wroxeter. Marriage to take place the
19th of February, at 2 p.m. in Wrox
eter United Church. F26*
Here’s Somebody Who
Likes Wingham’s Snow
Wingham streets department, weigh
ed down by the weight of snow from
last week-end’s blizzard, got a break
on Mohday—because of the lack of
snow in Goderich.
The Dominion Road Machinery Com
pany, of that town, had just put the
finishing touches on a new snow
blower designed for small-scale snow
removal operations. The new machine
looked good, but there was only one
hitch. The town of Goderich, on the
Balmy shores of Lake Huron, had no
snow on which to try it out.
Hearing of Wingham’s snowfall,
officials of the company phoned Town
Clerk W. A. Galbraith to confirm
reports that Wingham had collected
a fair share of the white stuff,
Galbraith assured
ports were true.
Jack Alexander,
streets committee
act of passing out shovels to men of
the streets department, who were just
about to tackle the job of snow re
moval by hand.
Mr. Alexander assured them that
they could practice on Wingham
streets to their heart’s content. And
as a result Wingham’s main street is
being cleared of snow in record time
and at no expense, courtesy Dominion
Road Machinery Company.
The new machine consists of a
large plow-like scoop with two spiral
blades which chew up the snow and
eject it through a blower, all mounted
on • the front of a tractor, with an
auxiliary engine mounted on the rear.
The snow is blown into dump trucks
which run alongside, permitting con
tinuous operation of the unit.
The new machine will go to Mont
real after its test run in Wingham.
KINSMEN TO ENTER
Mr.
them that the re-
A further call to
chairman of the
caught him in -the
EUCHRE PARTY
Euchre to be held in Sacred Heart
Parish Hall, Monday, January 31st at
8.30 p.m. Lunch served. Good prizes.
Admission 35c.. F19b
Elect Officers and Directors at
Belgrave School Fair Annual
The annual meeting of the Belgrave
School Fair, was held in the Com
munity Centre, Belgrave, last week.
The president,' Leslie Bolt, presided
for the meeting and Charles R. Coul
tes was in charge of the election of
officers which are as follows: Past
president, Leslie, Bolt; president, How
ard Campbell; 1st. vice, George Mich
ie; 2nd. vice, N. H. Coultes secretary
treasurer, Stewart Procter.
Directors, Morris: S. S. 1,
Govier, Mrs. Charles Souch;
Clarence Yuill, Mrs, George
Mervin
S, S. 3,
Noble;
Wo-
WI to Investigate
Cost of Furnishing
Room at Hospital
The January meeting of the
men’s Institute was held in the Coun
cil Chambers on Thursday afternoon.
After opening with the Ode, the
president, Mrs. McLaughlin, called
for one minute silence-in memory of
one of our beloved members, Mrs.
Wm. Stewart, followed by the Collect,
which is a prayer.
During the business period a com
mittee was formed to ascertain the
cost of furnishing a room in the new
hospital wing, A bake sale was ar
ranged for February 5th. $10.00 will
be sent to the UNES Co. Institute
project in Ceylon.
Through a misunderstanding Col
onel Krug was not on hand but he will
speak at a later date.
The motto “Crumbs of happiness
make loaves of contentment and love’s
greatest gift, Remembrance”, was cap
ably taken by Mrs. Nicol. She spoke
of the happiness derived from the
little things and recalled the inspiring
talks and sermons given over the rad
io by the late Rev. Wm. Allan, whose
boat was torpedoed at the start of
World War II, while returning from
the old land from a visit to his aged
mother,
Mr, Fred Davidson kindly showed
four reels of delightful and informa
tive colbred fiims which Were greatly
enjoyed by all.
Tea Was served,
S. S. 4, Reg. Watson, Mrs. George
Smith; S. S. 5, Wilbert Procter, Mrs.
Richard Procter; S. S. 6, Jack Lowe,
Mrs, J. Black; S. S. 7, Stanley Hopper,
Mrs. William Elston; S. S. 8, Mel
Craig, Mrs. B. Thomas; S. S. 9, Jack
Bryans, Mrs. Wallace Bell; S. S. 10,
Alex Shaw, Mrs. Wm. Peacock; S. S.
11, James Shortreed, Mrs. James
Shortreed; S. S. 12, Mervin Richmond,
Mrs. Harold Badley.
East Wawanosh, U. S. S. 3, Walter
Oster, Mrs. Sam Fear; U. S. S. 17, Ed
gar Wightman, Mrs. Cliff Purdon; S.
S. 8, J. F. McCallum, Mrs. Kenneth
Wheeler; S. S. 9, Henry Pattison, Mrs.
R. Reavie, Mrs. W. L. Wightman; U.
S. S. 7, Albert Bieman, Mrs. Clarence
Chamney; S. S. 13, Lewis Cook, Mrs.
Walter Scott; S. S. 10, Orval McGow
an, Mrs. Gordon Caldwell; S. S. 11,
George Gilfillian, Mrs. Major Young-
blut; S. S. 16, John Lockhart, Mrs.
Olive Anderson. Auditors, Mrs. Jack
Wickstead and Mrs. Stanley Hopper.
Music Festival committee: C. R.
Coultes, chairman; Mrs. W. L. Wight
man, Mrs. Lawrence Vannan, Mrs.
Clarence Wade, Mrs. George Michie,
Mrs. Clarence Chamney, Mrs. Harvey
Johnston, Mrs. George Johnston, Mar
tin Grasby, Lloyd Walden and music
teachers, Mrs. Murray McDowell and
Miss Margaret Jackson.
Date of the Festival will be decided
by the committee. Date of school fair
is to be September 14th.
Mr. G. W. Montgomery, Agricultur
al representative addressed the meet
ing and he offered to revise that part
of the prize list dealing with the pre
paration of exhibits, and promised the
fullest co-operation of his department
in the coming year, It was announced
that the North Huron Junior Farmers
■would again sponsor a swine club
with achievement day at the Belgrave
Fair.
Mr. Leslie Bolt, past president,
thanked Mr. Montgomery for the as
sistance that had been given in the
past year and also all who had worked
to make the past year’s fair such a
Success.
The treasurer’s report showed an
increased balance over the ^previous
year. The total entries in all depart
ments were 26-10.
PLAY IN FESTIVAL
The regular meeting of the Wing
ham Kinsmen Club was presided over
by president, Rip Ellacott, with first
vice-president, Warren Callan and sec
ond vice-president, Jack Gorbutt.
President Rip opened the meeting by
welcoming Hugh Gage, a former resi
dent of Wingham, and Cliff Coultes.
Following dinner Mr, Coultes enter
tained the club with a few recitations,
for which he is well known, followed
by Hugh Gage who entertained with
his violin accompanied by Bill Connell
at the piano.
During the meeting several kinsmen
were fined for various things with
Jack Stephens drawing the maximum,
followed closely by Andy Scott. Lorne
MacDonald, who acted aS’ Sgt.-at-
arms, had a very busy evening. Sec
ond vice-president, Jack Gorbutt had
every member, fined who had not
seen a single bantam hockey game
this season. Needless to say he made
quite a haul. Of course Jack did not
have to pay as he manages the team.
Cal Burke was congratulated on the
new addition to his family and was
presented with a silver spoon by the
club.
The business part of the meeting
was to decide upon the forming of a
welfare committee to handle the re
quest of the needy. Murray Taylor
was elected chairman of this com
mittee and was to choose two men as
his assistants. The matter of the Kins
men and the Kinettes sponsoring a
one-act play for • the play festival
sometime in April, was discussed.
After the comments by Jack Mc-
Knight as to what was expected from
the club it was voted that Jack or
ganize the actors for such a play and
Jim Currie to be the director.
* At the end of the meeting Cliff
Coultes and Hugh Gage were thanked
once again by president Rip and Andy
Scott moved that the meeting be
journed.
is in need of money for its building
program because of the slowness with
which money from the participating
municipalities was coming in. He felt
that the payment of Wingham’s share'
of $50,000 would do much to hasten
the contributions which other muni
cipalities pledged some time ago.
The town council had already ap
proved yie expenditure but had not
taken the necessary measures to put
it into effect. At Monday night’s
meeting councillors voted unanimously
for the new by-law.
The debentures will be paid in
twenty annual instalments. Council
is hoping to be able to issue them at
4% at par.
Will Up MiU Rate Slightly
Reeve Roy Adair asked to what ex
tent this expenditure would influence
the mill rate. Town Clerk W. A,
Galbraith said that payments on the1
debenture would add about 1% mills
to the mill rate, but that this amount
would be reduced by the fact that
the last debenture payment on the
present hospital wing will be paid
this year. Payments on the new de
benture will not commence until next
year, Mr. Galbraith said, by which
time payments on the old debenture
will be finished. He estimated that
the net increase in the mill rate
would therefore be only about % mills.
The mayor said that it might be
possible to sell the debentures locally
rather than through a bond house,
since the, issue is not a large one.
The high 'school debenture, issued by
the town on behalf of the high school
district last year, was sold through
an investment dealer and brought par
value at 4% interest.
Council agreed with the mayor that
the debenture should be issued as.
soon as possible after permission had
been obtained from the Municipal
Board, so that the money would be
available to the hospital at the ear
liest possible moment.
The motion to pass the new by-law
was made and seconded by councillors
W. F. Burgman and Jack Gorbutt.
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Skaters at Toronto
For Championships
Twenty-one members of the Wing
ham Figure Skating Club, along with
figure skaters from Goderich, Sea
forth and Clinton, journeyed by bus
to Toronto on Saturday for the Can
adian Figure Skating Championships
at Varsity Arena.
In the afternoon the party visited
the Toronto Figure Skating Club to
see the senior men's school figures
there, and in the evening they wit
nessed the finale of the three-day
championships and the presentation
of awards.
Members were able to gain many
ideas for their own carnival, to be
held in Wingham in March. The club
has 63 members this year.
The party was under the charge of
Mrs. Harold Wild.
BELMORE COUPLE MARK
ANNIVERSARY HERE
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Vogan, former
Belmore residents, who are now liv
ing on John Street, celebrated their
50th wedding anniversary last Tues
day, when members of their family
attended a reception for them in
Wingham.
Married at the home of the bride’s
parents in Carrick Township 50 years
ago, Mrs. Vogan is the former Annie
Harris, daughter of the late Mr. and
Mrs. Nathaniel Harris. Mr. Vogan
is the son of the late Mr. and Mrs.
George Vogan, of the same township.
The couple left their farm in Car
rick last fall when Mr. Vogan suffer
ed a heart attack and had to be ad
mitted to the Wingham General Hos
pital. Since leaving the hospital they
have been living in Wingham, but
hope to return to their farm in the
spring. Mr. Vogan is retired.
Mr. and Mrs. Vogan are members of
the McIntosh United Church and they
have always taken an active interest
in church work.
The couple have three sons, Harry,
of Moncton, N.B.; Bruce, of Toronto,
and Ross, a teacher on the Staff Of
the Wingham District High School.
A daughter, Lillian, died ■ ten years
ago. There are four grandchildren.
Mr. Vogan has one sister, Mrs. John
Gowdy, 81, who lives in Gorrie, and
a sister of Mrs. Vogan, Mrs. Wesley
Haines, lives hear Wingham.
AT HIGH SCHOOL
J/KA new 4-H Forestry club has been
formed in conjunction with the Wing
ham District High School. Officers in
the new organization are president,
Mac Eadie; vice-president, Bill Aus
tin; secretary-treasurer, George Proc
ter. — >
The club has a membership of 31.
John Jackson, of the High School
staff and H. DeVries, district forester
from Stratford, are leaders. Meetings
are held at the high school during the
noon hour period. X.
Trees have already been ordered
for the spring reforestation pojects
of the club members.
A visit to the woodlot was held last
week with all club members partici
pating. Mr. DeVries led the visit and
explained different aspects of wood
lot management.
Members of the club have shown a
fine interest in club activities which
promises well for the new club.
Town Representatives
On County Committees
/ Wingham’s two representatives on
the Huron County Council were
amongst those named to standing com
mittees at County Council last week.
Reeve Roy Adair was appointed to
the legislative and equalization com
mittees. Deputy-Reeve Joe Kerr was
named to the legislative, reforestation
and wardens committees, x;
Town Clerk W. A. Galbraith was re
appointed to the Board of Health.
THIS WEEK AT THE ARENA
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 26—
2.00-4.00—Public Skating
4.00-6.00—Public School Hockey
6.00-10.00—Hockey Practice
THURSDAY, Jan. 27—
6.00-7.00—Figure Skating
7.00—Bly th vs. Wingham Kinsmen
Bantams
9.00—Mt. Forest vs. Wingham
Legion Juv,
FRIDAY, Jan. 28—
3.00-6.00—-Public Skating
6.30- 7.30—Int. Hockey Practice
8.00—Wingham United Church
Skating Party
SATURDAY, Jan. 29—
7.00-12.00 a.m.—Figure Skating
12.00-1.00—Squirt Hockey
1.00-2.00—Pee Wee Practice
2.00-5.00—Public Skating
9.00—Teeswater vs. Wingham Int.
MONDAY, Jan. 31—
3.00-6.00—Public Skating
6.00-10.00—Hockey Practice
TUESDAY, Feb. 1—
6.00-7.00—Figure Skating
8.30— Palmerston Vs Wingham Int.