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Subscription $3,00 per year, 7c per copy WINGHAM, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8tli, 1955
DON’T CRAB NEXT YEAR-VOTE TOMORROW
ALONG THE MAIN DRAG
By The Pedestrian
DOG DAYS—Police Chief Bert' Platt
is getting ready to lower the boom on
about 100 dog owners who have yet
to pay their dog taxes for 1955. The
chief says that summonses will be is
sued to those who haven’t got tags
by July 1st, so it will be cheaper to
get them now than later.
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BATS IN THE SEWERS — We’ve
heard of bats in belfries but this is
the first time we ever heard of them
in the sewers. At Monday night’s
council meeting Street Commissioner
Jack Alexander mentioned some of
the objects taken from /the sewers of
town, which are undergoing a clean
ing at the moment. Among other
things the street department workers
found a couple of baseball bats in
the sewers near the high school. If
it had been school books we might
have understood.
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FACE LIFTING—The changing face
of Josephine Street will be changing
again, after a couple of the merch
ants get on with plans for adding
and remodelling. Hardware store
owner Percy Stainton has started
work on a new store front for the
south half of his premises which will
probably match it up with the north
half. Genial'John Pattison has plans
for a second storey on the store he
built a couple of years ago.
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WORK IN PROGRESS—Earth mov
ing machinery is at work at the new
high school again, after a lull of some
duration. Before the job’s finished
they’ll probably have the entire hill
re-arranged. A lot of citizens are
anxious to see how the new school
will look in its proper setting.
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WORTH A PICTURE—Construction
work at the south end of Josephine'
Street isn’t confined to the front of
the buildings. Erection of a post in
the middle of the lane at the back
has the people in the area talking
too. Deliberations of the town coun
cil, or part of it, around the post in
question would have made quite a
picture.
ENGAGEMENT
Mr, and Mrs. R. J. Holder, Spencer
ville, Ontario, announce the engage
ment of their daughter, Ruth, to
John Hutchison McLaughlin, son of
Mr, and Mrs. N. T. McLaughlin, Wing
ham. The marriage to take place on
Saturday, July 2nd., at 2.30 p.m., in
McLeod St. United,Church, Ottawa.
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ENGAGEMENT
Mr. and Mrs. George Brown, of
Monkton, are happy to announce the
engagement of their daughter,
Bernice Irene to Mr. Glen Eldon Gal
braith, son of Mr. and Mrs. Eldon
Galbraith, of Wroxeter. The marriage
will take place June 11th. F8*
ANNIVERSARY SERVICES
Anniversary services will be held in
the Whitechurch United Church on
Sunday, June 12th, at 11 a,m. and 8
p.m. DST, with Rev. C. Buchanan,
B.A., B.D., of Gorrie as guest speaker.
The National Award film “Where
None Shall Thirst” will be shown in
the Whitechurch Community Hall on
Monday, June 13th, at 8.30 p.m. A
led program and refreshments will
• be served. Admission, adults 50c,
children 25c ’ F8b
An emergent meeting of Wing
ham Lodge No. 286 A.F.&A.M.
will be held Sunday morning,
June 12th, 1955 at 10.30 a.m. for the
purpose of attending Divine Service at
St. Paul’s Anglican Church at 11.00
ajn. Visiting Brethren welcome.
D. T. Miller, H. L. Sherbondy,
WM. Sec’y.
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HOWICK LIONS
CLUB PRESENTS—
"Are People Funny—Come and See”
4n the Wroxeter community hall on
Friday, June 17, at 8.30. Mail bag con
test. Finish the Lions slogan, “Liberty,
Intelligence, Our Nation’s What?”
$5.00 worth of merchandise if your
letter with the correct answer is
drawn, this being doubled to $10.00
worth of merchandise if you are in
the hall at the time of draw. Send
letters to Kenneth Edgar, Box 59,
Wroxeter and mark them “Contest”.
Send as many letters as you wish—
but do it now. Make a date to be
with us on Friday, June 17 and take
a lot for a little, Over $160.00 in
prizes, Fl,8,15b
THREE INJURED DY
POWER MACHINES
of
W. Murray Johnson, well-known
Wingham resident and former reeve
of the town, was fatally injured in a
car accident near Paisley last Thurs
day morning, when the car in which
he was a passenger crashed at Rae’s
bridge and flipped into the Saugeen
River, twenty feet below. The owner
and driver of the car, John E. Lapp,
of Wexford, Ontario, escaped with
minor cuts, a slight concussion and
shock.
According to Mr. Lapp’s story to the
police, the two had been attending an
insurance convention in Owen Soudd,
and had left there for Wingham,
planning to spend the night here. In
some manner or other Mr. Lapp, who
was driving the car took a wrong turn
along the way and was proceeding
north on the outskirts of Paisley,
when the accident occurred shortly
after 2 a.m.
The 1955 model car was apparently
travelling at high speed when it slid
off the pavement about a hundred
feet south of the bridge, and careen
ing along the dirt shoulder, ripped
out almost the entire guard' rail,
smashed head-on into the main up
right steel girder on the left-hand
Side
over
roof
TEACH IN KITCHENER
-^Miss Shirley Moffat, daughter
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Moffat, Wing
ham, and Miss Jean Irwin, daughter
of Dr. and Mrs. A. W. Irwin, Wing
ham, were guests of the Kitchener
Public school board and principals,
at a luncheon held at Berkley Square,
Saturday, June 4th, for all forty-nine
newly appointed teachers.
Miss Irwin will teach grades two
and three at Queen Elizabeth Public
school and Miss Moffat will teach
grade seven at Smithson Public
school.
Both girls graduated from Teacher’s
College on May 20, Shirley from
London and Jean from Stratford.?*^ |
of the bridge and hurtled end
end into the river, landing on its
in four feet of'water.
Rescued Companion
According to his story to the police,
Mr. Lapp was thrown clear of the
vehicle and onto the river bank. He
was badly stunned for a few minutes
and then realizing his companion was
trapped inside the car, he went to
his resuce managed to free him and
drag him to the shore.
Still dazed by the accident, Lapp
shouted for help, and when his cries
went unanswered he climbed the river
bank and went to a nearby barn to
get help. It appears that, soaking
(wet, cold and dazed, he dropped on a
(Continued on page ten.)
Crowds Fill United Church for
Observance of Flower Sunday
Cub 'Mothers Asked
To Aid Scout Troop
The Cubs’ Ladies’ Auxiliary’s final
meeting of the season
the United Church on
meeting opened with
Promise.
The minutes of the
was held at
June 1. The
the Mother’s
Frank
report
distri-
last meeting
were read by Secretary Mrs.
Madill, and the treasurer’s
given by Mrs. John Strong.
Scout Auxiliary pins were
buted to those members who had
previously ordered them, and 'an order
for more pins will be placed.
The Auxiliary sewing committee was
asked to make scarves and signal
flags for the Scout troop which will
be formed in the fall. Mrs. Geo,
Scott gave a report on Brownie
activities.
Mrs. Frank Madill, and Mrs. Mi
chael MacPhail, secretary of the Cub
Auxiliary and Brownie Local Associ
ation were asked to write for infor
mation as to whether it would be
within the regulations to hold alter
nate monthly meetings of Cub and
Brownie Auxiliaries, beginning In
September.
Mrs. Jack Bateson was in charge of
the program, which consisted of a
sewing quiz. Mrs. Wilf Congram was
the winner.
A delicious lunch was served by
Mrs. Herb fuller, Mrs, Harold Brooks,
Mrs. Ted Thompson, Mrs. Dave
Crothers, and Mrs. Gord Davidson,
social convener.'
GARDEN PARTY
AT WROXETER
Wroxeter United Church will hold a
garden party on Monday, June 27th
in the town hall. Supper will be serv
ed from 5.30 to 8 o’clock. Following,
a threO-act comedy Zeke and Daisy,
will be presented by the young people
of Bluevale Presbyterian church. Ad
mission adults $1,00 children 50 cents. ’ ’ F8:15*
GARDEN PARTY AT
BLUEVALE UNITED CHURCH
A garden party will be held at Blue
vale United Church on Wednesday,
Juno 15th. Supper will be served from
6 to 8 p.m,, after which a concert will
be given in the Community Hall, by
the “Country Squires’*, male quartette
of Listowol United Church, and other
talent. Admission $1.00; public school
children 40 cents. F8b
in
loud
the
was
For many years, Flower Sunday
Wingham United Church has brought
to the folk of this vicinity some deeply religious truth developed in flower^,
songs and stories. Time after time,
grown people have come back to recall
some particular Sunday, when they,
as children had a part in the pro
gram and to remember the lesson that
has remained down through the
years. Knowing that much is learned
through .the .eyes, the S. S. committee,,
every year, builds up some Biblical
theme, so that an imprint may be left
on many youthful minds. This year’s
theme, “The Eyes of God,” as it un
folded through flowers, music and
song, was considered by many to be
one of the most impressive services
yet presented.
Long before the hour of service,
every seat in the church was taken
and many were seated outside where
the program was heard through
speakers.
Large Double Telescope
As one entered the church
central object to meet the eye
a large double telescope made of
evergreen, outlined in flowers, with
two large round mirrors forming the
eyes. This was mounted on a base
covered with white showballs, latticed
with purple iris, the whole reaching
to a height of twelve feet. The tele
scope kept revolving from side to side
as if the eyes of God were searching
the hearts. Around this centre, the
whole front of the church had ’been
converted into a garden of play and
work with God’s eyes over all.
A merry-go-round at one side, com
plete with horses of different colors
and a canopy of pansies kept going
round and round and was a great
joy/ to the children. Interspersed in
the garden were slides and lawn
swings, depicting the idea that God
watches over children while they
play. That God also Sees children at
their work was illustrated by three
school desks of different grades, and
seated at these desks’ throughout the
service were Sandra Strong,
Purdon and Roch Schipper.
Supported on the gallery
two lattice summer houses
the happy family life in the home
under the loving eyes of God. High
up, against the organ screen, were
two five-foot hemispheres made of
spirea, with the countries of the
world standing out in relief, filled in
with different colored flowers, and
the lines of latitude and longitude
(Continued On page ten.)
PatSy
railing,
showed
Power machines were the cause of
three accidents in the district last
week, all Qf which resulted
victims being confined to the
tai. J.
On Friday Harold Durst, of
eter, received painful injuries
right foot and severely lacerated
toes as a result of an accident with a
power lawn ’ moWer at his home.
Durst was having his power mower
repaired when the power was turned
on by accident and the machine ran
over his foot. He was taken to Wing
ham General Hospital, where a cast
was applied. His condition yesterday
was termed satisfactory.
George McKenzie, of R.R. 3, Tees-
water, on the sdme day caught his
right hand in a power saw, severing
the tendons and causing many lacera
tions to the hand. He was taken to
surgery for treatment and confined
to the hospital, i)
Also injured by a power saw was
Frank Murray, R.R. 1, Holyrood, who
fractured three bones in his left hand,
as well as suffering lacerations.
Stanley Darling, of Bluevale, injured
his lower spine apd left hip when he
fell nearly twelve feet after a rope
broke while- he Was up on a truck
loading cattle. The injury was X-rayed
at the hospital and he was allowed
to go home.
Carson Watson, R.R, 4, Brussels,
was also released after X-rays fol
lowing a painful injury to his right
little finger while catching a ball dur
ing a ball game.
Joseph Murray, R.R. 7, Lucknow,
received many lacerations to his head
when he was thrown out of the back
seat of a car when it struck a stone
pile on the road. He was held in the
hospital with a possible fractured
jaw as a result of the accident, his
general condition being described as
satisfactory.
Catching his fingers in a car door,
Terry Johnson, 7^-year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Johnson, re
ceived painful-, hi juries while
Wingham for the funeral of his
grandfather, the late Murray Johnson.
He was released after X-rays
been taken of the-injury.
in the
hospi-
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had
LOCAL BOY NAMED TO
has
POST IN STRATFORD
A'James W. Coulter, Kitchener,
been appointed as a master at Strat
ford Teachers’ College, by an order
in-council approved by the lieutenant
governor.
A son of Mr. and Mrs. George H.
Coulter, Patrick Street, Wingham, he
-received his public school education
at the Stone School, S.S. 7,
Township, and his secondary
Morris
educa-
s
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Wingham High School. Hetion
graduated from Stratford Teachers’
College and began teaching in Kitch
ener.
By attending summer schools and
extension classes of the University of
Western Ontario, he received his
Bachelor of Arts. He had obtained
his Bachelor of Education degree
from the University of Toronto.
He has now completed two years’
work towards his Master of Educa
tion degree.
% iGARDEN PARTY
AND PLAY
A garden party and cold meat
supper sponsored by the W.A. of
Knox United Church, Belgrave, will
be held in the church basement Fri
day evening, June 17th. Supper
served from 5.30 until 8 o’clock. This
will be followed by the play “Zeke and
Daisy”, put on by the Bluevale Pres
byterian Young People. Admission,
supper and play, Adults $1.00, public
school age children 50c, For the play
only, 50c. F8
IMPORTANT MEETING
CALLED BY WINGHAM
BUSINESS ASSOCIATION
All the members of the Wing-
luim Business Association are ask
ed ,to attend a meeting of that or
ganization in the council chamber
on Monday evening next, Jiuie 13,
at eight o’clock.
There axe several matters of
particular importance to be dis
cussed, and for this reason, the
president, Hugh Carmichael, lias
asked The Advance-Times to
stress the urgent need for every
possible member to be on hand.
Members will not be notified by
telephone.
Due to the nature of the ques
tions which will be under discus
sion, it will be quite impossible to
reach decisions unless a large
majority of the places of business
are represented.
v Please make a note of the date—
next Monday evening at eight
o’clock.
WINGHAM GIRL WINS
AWARD IN STRATFORD
V-Miss Elizabeth Bell, daughter of
Mrs. Matt Bell and the late Mr. Bell,
was among the 19 young women who
graduated as registered nurses at the
Stratford General Hospital School
of Nursing graduation exercises at
Stratford last Wednesday. Miss Bell
won an award for surgical technique
at the school.
Rev. George W. Goth, of London,
was the special speaker at the gradu
ation.
Present from Wingham for the oc
casion were Mr. and Mrs. Gus Boyle,
Mrs. Hawking, Mrs. Walter Brown,
Mrs. Raymond Bell, Miss Donalda Mc
Donald, Rev. and Mrs. Alex Nimmo,
Mrs. John H. Hanna, and Miss Bell’s
mother, Mrs. Matt Bell. Mr. and Mrs.
Syd. Clark, of London, were also pre
sent.
Miss Bell plans to take a post
graduate course at the University of
Western Ontario in the fall.
Here Are Your Candidates - -
The Ballot Is Free - Use It
John W. Hanna, sitting member in
Huron-Bruce for the past twelve
years, will again seek re-election at
the polls tomorrow.
Born in Wingham, a son of the
famous Hanna family, he has been
interested in municipal affairs for
many years. In 1936 he was elected
to the town council, retaining the
position for eight years, and later
holding the position of mayor for
five years.
In 1943 he was first elected to the
Ontario Legislature in a three-way
battle against Mr. 6ill and a CCF
candidate. He has remained in office
since that time, successfully contest
ing three elections.
Last year he was honored by the
Ontario Government by receiving an
appointment to the Ontario Racing
Commission, a position to which he
has devoted himself with characteris
tic energy.
Mrs. John Hanna was the former
Esther Margaret Campbell, of Wood-
stock. Their only son, John C. Hanna,
was killed in an automobile accident
last year, while a student-at the Uni
versity of Western Ontario.
Contesting the Huron-Bruce riding
for the Liberal party for the third
time is Hugh Hill, Colborne Township
farmer.
Born on the farm on which he now
lives in Colborne Township, Mr. Hill
specializes in beef cattle, and has be
come well known in the area for his
work in farm organizations and cattle
breeder associations.
He was. a member of Colborne
Township council for fifteen years, a
reeve of the township for three years,
and during his time on the County
Council was a member of the Good
Roads committee for two years. He is
married and has a family of five
girls.
Mr. Hill was at one time a national
director of the Dairy Farmers of Can
ada, and has been a member of the
Record Committee.
No stranger to provincial politics,
Mr. Hill ran against Mr. Hanna in
the 1943 election, when he lost out by
150 votes in a three-cornered fight.
He was nominated again in 1948 but
was again defeated.
Mr. Hill feels that, with the tide of
liberalism running strongly now, his
third try will be successful.
Council Decides to Erect Fence LELAND VANCE BUYS
Around Ki
LOWER TOWN SCHOOL
HOLDS FIELD DAY
V*The pupils of S.S. No. 11, Turnberry,
enjoyed field day on Friday, under
the supervision of their teachers, Mr.
G. Dickison and Mrs. McKinney.
The results were as follows:
Girl’s junior championship, Thelma
Ste Marie; runner up, Patsy Coulter,
Lauretta Stokes (tied); boy's junior
champion, Elgin Sleightholm, runner-
up, Mervin Baker; intermediate girl’s
champion, Karen Potter, runner-up,
Betty Zinn; intermediate boy’s champ
ion, Hugh MacDonald, runner-up,
Terry MacDougall, Reggie Coulter
and Gordon Dickinson (tied); senior
girl's champion, Mae Daw, runner-up,
Louise Potter; senior boy’s champion,
Jack Hotchkiss, runner-up, Bill Sin-
namon. ,
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Graduates from UWO
\~Miss Marion Elizabeth Irwin, dau
ghter of Dr. and Mrs. A. W. Irwin,
Wingham, received the Degree of
Bachelor of Science in Nursing at the
Convocation of University of Western Ontario on Saturday, June 4th.4-
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ELECTION CELEBRATION
ALREADY PLANNED
Never bet on an election, they
say, but John Hanna is one person
who seems to have plenty of con
fidence.
Mr. Hanna lias announced that
he is sponsoring a free dance at
the Royal T as soon as the election
returns are in on Thursday night.
Plans have also been completed
to have a pipe band and other
forms of entertainment on Wing
ham’s main street wliile election
reports are coming in, and an elec
tion ..board ..and .results ..will . be
placed at tho town hall.
Everyone’s invited to tho shindig,
* Oven tho Grits.
i's Wading Pool
It was a hot meeting at the town
council on Monday night, but not be
cause of any of the topics that were
discussed. With the thermometer hov
ering in the eighties, and councillors
working in their shirt sleeves, the
town fathers were able to go through
a light agenda without a hitch and
adjourn at 9.30—the earliest adjourn
ment in years, according to the mem
ories of those present.
While decisions on several matters
were laid over for discussion later,
council decided to do something
about the wading pool, donated to
the town by the Kinsmen Club of
Wingham. Councillor Bill Conron,
chairman of the recreation committee,
told council that he had got a price
on a fence to be erected around the
wading pool, and asked if council
would be agreeable to having it in
stalled. The quotation on the fence
was $525, which included $150 for
labor. Mr. Conron said that the fence
was guaranteed for twenty years, and
would be both a practical advantage
and an ornament to the wading pool.
Mayor R. E. McKinney said that
that was a lot of money for a fence,
but that the wading pool needs to
have a fence before the town can
take the responsibility for its oper
ation. Council decided to get another
price on a different make, and to
have the fence erected providing the
Kinsmen Club would pay approxi
mately one half the cost.
To Sell Property
A letter from Hartley Smith, former
resident of Wingham, regarding a
piece of property on Josephine Street
south of Victoria Street, was read to
council by Town Clerk W. A. Gal
braith.
The letter explained that Mr,
Smith had originally entered into an
agreement with the town to purchase
the property on condition that he
erect a building on it within a year
from the date of purchase. Mr. Smith
had not had the opportunity to erect
the building, but he said that he had
spent a total of approximately $653.10
on improvements to the lot, including
tile original cost of $300. He Said
that if the town wishes to i*e-sell the
lot, the deed of which still belongs to
the town, ho thought the improve*
(Continued on page ten.)
FORMER KERR STORE
'Leland Vance, of Toronto, has pur
chased the drug business of the late
K. G. Kerr, and will take possession
on Saturday, June 11th.
Born and raised on a farm near
Cardston, Alberta, Mr. Vance received
his early education there, afterwards
moving to Uxbridge, Ontario, where
he finished his secondary education.'-
During the early part of the war
ho enlisted with the Medical Corps
of the Canadian Army, serving for
five years with the Advance Depot,
Medical Stores.
Following his release from the army
he attended the Ontario College of
Pharmacy, graduating eight years ago.
Since that time he has been employed
as a salesman by a research pharma
ceutical house in Toronto. While in
Toronto ho was a member of tho
Northlea United Church, of that city.
Mr. Vance is married, and his wife,
Thofa, will join him in Wingham
shortly. He is hoping to find an op
portunity to practise his hobby of
animal husbandry here.
VMr. Vance has spent tho past few
days in town getting acquainted with
tho business, and is looking forward
to serving the people of Wingham.
Mr. and Mrs. Norman McPhail, of
Toronto, visited over tho week-end
with Mr. and Mrs. Roy Morgan.