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Home My WebLink AboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1955-05-11, Page 1T U.MHAIg w w V <>' ♦ # a. ^Subscription $3.00 per year, 7c per copy By The Pedestrian tNO CADILLACS PLEASE—Angle arking on the east side of Josephine Street seems to be working out all right except for one thing, Police Chief Bert Platt reported. Seems when j.you get a Cadillac parked in front'of rone of the lamp posts which jut out into the street, the overhang/is some thing terrific. Bert suggests a sign “For .Austins Only.’LL e-o-o . ’NO DRAFT, NO VENTILATION — .Farquhar Oliver, leader of the Ont ario Liberal party’, mopping his .fevered brow on the platform of the ttown hall auditorium in the middle >of last week’s heat wave, had this to ;say about Wingham’s auditorium: “You have a very fine auditorium .here, but personally I am still partial to windows that open.” This week at e council, members undertook to do something about the ventilation, or lack of it, and those using the auditor ium will watch their future progress . with considerable interest, -0-0-0 ON THE NOB, ALMOST—The town council figures there should be very little trouble this year when people get around to wondering when the ,24th of May. will be celebrated. All the calendars are marked in red and evi dently every one has decided to use . the same date this year—May 23rd. In previous years the day of celebration often caused more confusion than going on fast time. 0-0-0 PLEASE DISREGARD—H a r d 1 y was the ink dry on the editorial in this issue asking for more water in the upper dam, before we heard that steps have already been taken. We understand that boards are bow being made for the dam and will be placed there this week. Still time to arrange that boating party for the week-end. 0-0-0 NOT FUNNY—Residents of the Minnie Street vicinity are complain ing that dogs and cats in that area are succumbing to strange diseases, and are afraid that pet poisoners are at work. Chief Platt points out that not only is it a serious offence to leave poison about, but that children could easily pick it up, as well as pets. Any one with definite information about .this should contact police immediately. LUC-TEE-WIN CLUB DISCUSSES PURCHASE OF CLUBHOUSE SITE 1 With which is amalgamated the Gorrie Vidette and Wroxeter News WINGHAM, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, MAY 11, 1055 8 AT CADET INSPECTION Colborne Man Is Chosen As Liberal J Candidate in Forthcoming June Election Hugh Hill, Colborne Township farmer and former candidate in the 1943 and 1949 elections, was chosen by the Huron-Bruce Liberal Associa tion for its candidate in next month’s provincial.- election, at the annual meeting of the association at the town hall last Tuesday. GliffOrd Dunbar, of Ethel, was also nominated for the position, but withdrew his name. In a speech accepting the nomina tion, Mr. Hill said that although he had been beaten in two previous el ections he had every confidence of winning the forthcoming contest. He said that the wonderful attendance that eveningjwas proof of a new spirit in the association and that /with the help of the new officers elected, he was confident of winning the riding for the Liberal cause. 'R. S. Hetherington, Wingham, brought in a new slate of officers, which was unanimously approved as follows; President, Clifford Dunbar, Ethel; vice-presidents, Herb Kuntz, Formosa, Wilf Anderson, Lucknow, Rolland Vincent, Blyth, R. S. Hether ington, Wingham, Mrs. Andy Lunn, Wingham; secretary, Gordon Elliott, Blyth; treasurer, W. A. Porteous, of Lucknow; honorary president, Brown Smyth. Criticizes Hydro, Highways Liberal leader Farquhar Oliver, guest speaker at the meeting, level led charges of maladministration at the Frost government for ita hand ling of the department of highways “scandal” and the ontario Hydro con version program. “The people of On- Council Plans Crack-Down on C The Luc-Tee-Win Conservation Club ’held an open meeting in the Wingham Council Chamber on the evening of .May 5th. A-fair attendance of mem bers and interested people was pre- .sent to hear excellent addresses by Ronald Brittain, from the Saugeen Authority, Walkerton; J. C. Marritt, department district forester for the Western Counties and Harold Cantel- on, from the department wildlife div ision. Mr. Brittain spoke in regard to the growing of Christmas trees commer cially, pointing out some of the prob lems to be encountered and the Bene fits to be received, and also touched upon the formation of fish ponds. Mr. Marritt gave an interesting talk on deer. He thought there should be a deer season this coming fall in all counties. Some of the reasons were browsing of young tree plantations, carrying of cattle diseases and the fact that many deer were being shot out of season. Mr. Cantelon spoke about game i>lrds which the Department of Lands and Forests considers suitable for this district. He emphasized wild tur keys In particular, giving an outline jof their history and the care required ;ln raising them to maturity. A draw was made at the meeting to end the membership •’drive carried oUt during the past winter and spring, The tod arid reel for Selling the most memberships went to Frank Caskan- ette of Wingham, The membership ticket drawn gave a rod and reel to Neil MaeLennan of Lucknow and the creel given to the seller of the lucky ticket went to Jack Bannister, of Lucknow. The latter part of the meeting Was taken up with discussion resulting in the forming of a committee to look into the possibilities of buying pro* perty to Become a site for the club. Capt. John Jackson, of the 99th Battery, takes the salute as members of the Wingham District High School cadets march past at the annual cadet inspec tion, held at*the town park on Monday. Despite losses of equipment in the recent fire at the high school, CENOTAPH PLANNED A public service, commemorating V-E Day will be held by Branch 180, Canadian Legion, on Thursday even ing at 8.30' p.m. Members of. the Legion will march from the Legion Home to the Cenotaph, via the Main Street, with the Brussels Pipe Band in attendance. Rev. Alexander Nimmo and Rev. C. D. Cox will officiate at the ser vice at the Cenotaph. Following the service at the Ceno taph a banquet will be held for members of the Legion at the Legion Home, at which John W. Hanna, M.L.A., and Mayor R. E. McKinney are expected to be present. The Legion will hold a dance following the banquet. Council Approves Building Permits “f-The following building permits were passed by council at a special meet ing on April 29th. Robin Campbell, * Maple Street, cement block store and work room, one storey, 28x40, pitch roof, connect ed with main store. Robert Mowbray, remodelling and modernization of dwelling on Carling Street. H. P. Carmichael, John Street, re modelling rooms at rear of house for clothes closet and den, brick construc tion. Dr. A. W. Irwin, Patrick Street, re modelling office in house. Mrs. Frank Sturdy, Victoria Street, rebuilding verandah. Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada, building church on Centre Street. cadets gave a good account of themselves at the in spection. With Capt. Jackson at the reviewing stand are, left to right, Lieut. Robert 'Ritter, Lieut. -Ross Vogan and Cadet Major Jack Elliott.--Staff Photo. LOCAL PLANT EXPANDS WITH NEW PRODUCT Auxiliary Realizes $1,280.56 On Tag Day and Rummage Sale members of the All roads led to the Wingham Arm ouries on Saturday afternoon when the Ladies’ Auxiliary to Wingham General Hospital staged their spring rummage sale, which rolled up a total of $895.06, an increase of $135.00 over the last sale. More articles were re ceived than ever before, in fact, when the coats were being put Up, the rack collapsed and a near panic was caused until it was righted. All day Friday, auxiliary sorted and marked the arti cles as the parcels poured in. More than 700 garments were put on- hang ers, tagged and priced, while at the shoe counter, women spent hours ty ing pairs of shoes together and mark ing them. Tables were piled with hats, shoes; novelties, books, clothing, etc. When the doors opened at two o’clock on Saturday, things were bought up as if by magic, Some heavy coats were left, these were packed and will be sent to Korea. As well as donations from Wingham, together with parcels from individuals and church groups in the vicinity, the- Women’s Institutes of Whitechurch and Belgrave made collections in their own areas. The Wingham merchants were personally solicited and respond ed generously with money or mer chandise. All these built up the success Of the rummage sale. A very profitable addition was the selling of tags in Wingham and the surrounding towns of Brussels, Luck now, Teeswater, Whitechurch, Blue vale, Belgrave, Gorrie and Wroxeter, which realized $385.50. Wingham tag gers received $207.50 and $178.00 came from the other towns. This, together with the rummage sale, made the day's receipts $1280.56. The .proceeds by departments were: adult clothing, $238.68; children’s clothing, $190.30; miscellaneous arti cles, $126.88; hats, $43.40; shoes, $78.37; novelties, $113.98; furniture, $81.20; Total, $895.06. These rummage projects by which the Auxiliary se cures funds to maintain their work for the hospital and they extend thanks to everyone who helped, in any way, towards the success of this sale. groceries, $55.95; donations, $47.30. sales ate the chief The local firm of C. Lloyd & Son Limited has installed new equipment in the local factory in preparation for large scale manufacture of a new popular priced flush door and has opened a new warehouse in Kingston. Fashions changl in doors too. Rea lizing the swing towards flush doors in modern homes, Lloyds has made sweeping changes;in the plant to pre pare for production of a new, popular- priced “slab” door. New machinery has been installed* much of which is of the latest design and as yet in use nowhere else in Canada. While the company hopes to win a large share of the market created by the continuing boom in residential house building, employment figures in the plant are not expected to rise sharply, as this new door will primar ily serve to replace production that has declined through decreased de mand for other lings. New Kingston Warehouse The new distributing warehouse just opened in Kingston is ideally situated to serve Eastern Ontario sales out lets, and will provide ideal facilities to handle the increased activity which may develop at the St. Lawrence Sea way and Hydro projects progress. Doors manufactured in Wingham will be carried in stock along with other lines and distributed by Lloyd trucks throughout this area, Marvin Brown has been appointed district sales manager for Eastern Ontario and Mr. and Mrs. Brown have taken up residence in Kingston where Marv. will supervise the operation of this new warehouse, while still con tinuing to make regular calls on the trade in Eastern Ontario. William Taylor, formerly employed at Lloyd's Toronto warehouse, will assist in the new warehouse. A police crack-down of illegal park ing was approved by the town council at its regular meeting on Monday night. Police Chief Bert Platt was in structed to hand parking tickets to motorists for overtime parking and double-parking offenses on the main street. The question came up in council after a letter was read from the Wing ham Business Association, pledging the association’s support for a cam paign to curb overtime parking. The letter pointed out that all members had been, warned to get their cars off the street, and suggested that police actions could be taken under the 2- hour parking by-law passed Dy the council last year. Police Chief Platt pointed out that it was impossible to “make fish of one and fowl of another,” and said that proper enforcement of the law would mean that anyone would be liable for a ticket for parking enfractions. He said that some of the business people were the worst offenders, and called for the support of the council in en forcing parking by-laws. Council agreed that tickets should be handed out impartially to dll who contravene parking regulations. Restrain Transient Traders A deputation consisting of Jack MacIntyre waited on the council. Mr. MacIntyre asked council if something couldn’t be done to restrict transient traders who come into town and oper ate without paying taxes here. (Continued on Page Twelve) PLAY AT BLUEVALE Bluevale Y.P.U. will present the act comedy “Zeke and Daisy” in Blue vale Hall, Thursday, May 12, at 8.30 p.m. Adults 35c, Children 25c. 3- Fllb “ADA’S FIRST AID” AND MUSICAL PROGRAM Members of the Women’s Associa tion, of Bluevale United Church, will present their comedy, “Ada’s First Aid” also a musical program, in the Community*Hall, on Wednesday, May 18th, at 8.30 p.m. Admission 40 cents; children 20c. Fllb Council Sets Tax Rate at 63 Mills—Increase Is 1.5 STARTS PROCEEDINGS ON NEW SCHOOL WING J. H. Kinkead, inspector of schools for Huron, was present at the regular meeting of the Wingham Public School Board on Monday night. Mr. Kinkead presented his report on the school and complimented the board on having one of the finest public schools in the county. Mr. Kinkead spoke particularly well of the caretaking at the school and also mentioned favorably the behav iour of the pupils. He also spoke highly of the teaching staff. Members of the board asked Mr. Kinkead to take the preliminary steps in planning for a new public school addition, which the board expects will be needed in 1957, to take care of future accommodation requirements. It is expected that Mr. Kinkead will first check the school board’s survey and will then submit it to the depart ment for approval. Formal application will then be made to the town council for building funds. Preliminary ap proval of the department may take several months. According to present indications the board will require at least three new rooms to be added to the school, but some members feel that five will be necessary. The final decision will rest with the .department. Board members don’t anticipate a need for extra accommodation until September 1957, but will require extra classrooms then. It is thought that by starting proceedings now, an actual start on the building might be made by January 1957, and might be ready for 1957. The board received cations for the position of teacher which will be left vacant by Miss Olive Payne, who is leaving at the end of the school year to be married. A successor has not yet been chosen. Permission was granted by the board for the use of the school base ment by the Boy Scout troop, which is expected to be organized soon in Wingham. tario won’t condone the administra tion of the department of highways,”’ he declared, discussing the $27,000,000 which allegedly “went astray” in con nection with highway contracts in Northern Ontario. He said that gov ernment attempts to cover up the controversy by soft-pedaling a com mittee which was investigating the reported discrepancies was a “bad deal for the people of the Province.” Mr, Oliver charged that the Frost government has been taking credit for legislation which has nothing to do with the provincial government. He said that the provinces present pros perity is" due in great part to the fact that the Dominion as a whole is pros perous, and claimed that the pro vincial government is “grasping at straws” when it takes credit for old age pensions, the development of at omic energy and the St. Lawrence Seaway. "This is just a super sales talk to make up for the lack of ac complishments of the Frost govern ment,’’ the Liberal leader declared. Criticizing the administration of the Ontario Hydro, Mr. Oliver claimed that $10 of every $30 hydro bill went to pay interest on the hydro debt. He stated that hydro conversion to 60 cycle has been estimated to cost $191,000,000 in 1948, but that it had already cost the Ontario taxpayers two-and-a-half times that amount, and the conversion program is only half finished. He predicted that the total cost would amount to a half billion dollars before the program is. completed. “Millions of dollars have gone down the drain because of inefficiency,” he claimed, citing the case of 114 public ity men, hired at a cost of one million dollars a year, to sell “a product which you can’t buy anywhere else because the Ontario Hydro has a monopoly on it.” Mr. Oliver called for a “thorough examination” of the hydro adminis tration which he claimed had spent so lavishly that it can’t afford to re duce the hydro rates. “All of us who want to see the dream of Sir Adam Beck com© true must band together to save the Hydro from its “friends,” he declared. Other Speakers Other speakers at the meeting were A. Y. MacLean, former M.P., Seaforth; Arnold Darroch, former M.P., Wel lington-Huron; Professor James Scott/ Liberal candidate for South Huron; Professor Marcus Long, chairman of the policy committee of the Liberal Party and Donald Blue, former M.P. for Bruce. THIEVES CRACK SAFE the new wing occupancy by fourteen appli- ENGAGEMENT Mr. and Mrs. Walter Pocock wish to announce the engagement of their daughter, Helen Louise, to Mr. Paul James Ruhnke, Son bf Professor and Mrs. G. N. Ruhnke, of Guelph, the wedding to take place in Wingham Baptist Church oh Saturday, June 4th, 1955, at 2 p.m.Fllb DANCE IN WROXETER Wroxeter Community Club will hold a dance in Town Hall, Wed,, May 18th, Wilboe’A Orchestra. Draw will bo made oh television set, lazy-boy qhalr and bicycle, F4iilb Wingham’s mill rate for 1955 was set at 63 mills, a rise of 1% mills over last year at the regular meeting of council on Monday night. Total expenditures are expected to be $229,552.68 as compared with esti mates of $176,248.49 last year. A large part of this increase is due to deben tures on the new high school which the town issued oh behalf of the high school district, and on which the town receives payment from municipalities ih the high School district. In presenting the estimates, Mayor R. E, McKinney, blamed the 1H mill increase on- higher public school, high school and county taxes, all of which increased the expenditures by & total of $9,000. Mr. McKinney termed it a “pay as you go budget,*’ and gave credit to the finance committee which spent a good deal of time on the esti mates before they were presented to council, He attributed the increase in the Huron County rate to the fact that the county had raised its rate one mill $11,659.98 for district high was reported this year. In addition to this Wing ham’s equalized assessment has come into the picture for the first.time this year. Estimates showed that the town would pay the county a total of $24,- 199.93 this year, as compared with $19,256.08 last year. Educational Costs increased frona $36,000 to $38,000 for the public school, and from $9,628.04 to the town’s share of school expenses. A deficit of $778.46 from .1954, as compared to a $1,747.87 for 1953. Other expenditures on the 1955 esti mates were: General government, $900.00; administration, $13,939.00; pro tection to persons arid property, $17,600.00; public works, $19,000; sani tation, $4,150.00; social welfare, $1,500; education $49,659.98; recreation and community service, $7,975.00; cemetery maintenance, $5,600; debenture debt, general, $12,744.71. Receipts wore listed as follows: De benture debt, recoverable, $62,376.08; grants and subsidies, $17,044.48; lic enses, permits, etc., $1,390.00; other revenue, $5,558.12; tax rate at 63 mills, $142,884.00. Two new items on the estimates this year were unanimously approved by council. On the suggestion of the mayor it was decided to put aside $500 for industrial promotion/and to make a grant of $600 to the boys’ and girls’ band. Consider Tax Sale A sidelight on tax collections was offered by Clerk W. A. Galbraith, when he presented council with a list of persons with taxes in arrears, and asked what action should be taken. A motion was hiade “That the clerk be instructed to advise persons in ar rears for business tax for the year 1954 that after ten days, the amounts due Will be placed in court for collec tion; also that after examination of the list of arrears, persons 3 years in Arrears be advised that the council will consider taking necessary steps to hold a. tax sale for all such proper ties.’* GOLF TOURNAMENT TURKEY SUPPER A golf tournament and supper will be held on Wednesday, May 18th, at the Wingham Golf Club. General tournament from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m., Turkey supper from 5 p.m. to 6.39 p.m. and two ball foursome tournament 6.30 p.m. All playing golf ers bring a friehd. Fllb turkey GARDEN TRASH COLLECTION Garden trash will be collected by the town truck this Thursday motning and every Thursday during the sum mer months. Householders are asked to place small bits in containers and to place all trash to be collected on the boulevard between sidewalk and Curb. JACK ALEXANDER Street Committee Fllb AT CROSSETT MOTORS ^Experienced thieves, who evidently knew their business, broke into the building of Crossett Motors, on Jose phine Street north, on Monday night, making off with an undetermined amount of cash. The robbers gained entrance to the building through a window in the office, using a pinch bar which had been previously stolen from the OPR tool shed. They broke into the safe by manipulating the dial, but forced the inner cash box which was locked. Late yesterday afternoon Lome McDonald, manager of the garage, Still didn’t know what the losses were. He was awaiting arrival of a finger print expert from Mount Forest to check the safe for prints, before be ing able to find out how much money was taken. The robbery evidently occurred sometime Monday night, or early Tuesday morning. K The break-in was first discovered by Crossett employee Tom Wade, on his arrival at work on Tuesday morning. He immediately notified towh and provincial police, who are investigating. It is thought that the robbery must have been the work of expert safe crackers because of the method Of entry and the fact that the safe was “twirled” rather than blown. ENGAGEMENT Mr, and Mrs. Albert Stewart, R.R. 4, Kincardine, Ont., take pleasure in announcing the engagement of their youngest daughter, Catherine Alone to Andrew William MeKaguo, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs, Wilfred D. Mc- Kague, Teeswatcr, Ont. The wedding to take place June 4th. Fllb