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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1955-09-07, Page 1i 0 e Subscription |3.00 per year, 7c per copy 7 4 1 With which is amalgamated the Gorrie Vidette and Wroxeter News WINGHAM, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7th, 1955 ALMOST, NOT QUITE—Johnny ? Brent, who lost his voice at last year’s celebration, almost lost it at this one, too,' but managed to keep going when ■ other members of the CKNX staff filled in for him as master of cere­ monies. 0-0-0 CONTINUED NEXT WEEK—Many • of the merchants of town contributed prizes foi* many of the celebration, contributed 'next week. A full list will appear events of the of those who in this paper 0-0-0 DULL NOW—With the and ballyhoo of the past died down to a murmur, KINDA hullabaloo few weeks the old town looks a bit dull these days. Perhaps they should have rolled up the sidewalks when they collected all the straw and corn stalks. 0-0-0 BAD INFLUENCE—Manager Bill Grover, of the Wingham Juveniles, lamenting the fact that his boys only beat Moorefield by a score of 18-13 in- the game, on Tuesday night, came up with a real explanation for the phenomenon. “Must have been all this business of going back to school”, says Bill. 0-0-0 ADD CREDITS—When they’re pas­ sing out kudos for the success of the Frontier Days celebration, we’d like to see an orchid go to Reg. Bitton who, as Johnny Brent’s Man Friday, put such a lot of work into the or­ ganization of it all. We understand Reg. just about had a nervous break­ down—Frontier Day nerves, they call it—but managed to pull through all right. 0 - 0 - n QUIETED DOWN—Scenes remin­ iscent of the storming of the Bastille, which used to take place on the first day of school at Jack Mason’s, are not quite as hectic as they used to be. Now, apparently, you can buy school books ahead of- time and many came early during the past week or so, to avoid the rush. Tuesday’s business was still enough to keep the staff of Mason’s busy, however. With the decks all cleared for action, we could ■ paper. hardly find our morning 0-0-0 TICKET?—Time’s growing' GET A short for getting a ticket for the big . three-grand draw being put on by the'•combined Lions clubs of the dis­ trict. Might be your chance to win a cool $1,000. Tickets on sale any Lion. GUEST SPEAKER AT BAPTIST CHURCH Guest speaker at the Baptist Church Sunday will be the Rev. Reg. Scott, of the Fairbank Baptist Church. You are invited to attend all services. F7b ANNIVERSARY SERVICES Anniversary services will' be held at Knox Presbyterian Church, Belmore, on Sunday, Sept. 11th at 11.00 and 7.30 p.m. Guest minister, T. J. McKinney, Teeswater. ENGAGEMENT ’ Mrs. Laura Walper, of Dashwood, announce the engagement of her daughter Louella Ida to Mr. Borden Jenkins, son of Mrs. Elzabeth Jenkins, of Wingham. The wedding to take place the early part of September. Bugle” elicited a of comment last it favorable. No yet been entered There are still a few copies of last week’s paper containing the Bugle. Anyone interested in. ob-r taining one may get it at The Ad­ vance-Times office. MUST HAVE BEEN DRUNK SAYS HAPPY ADVERTISER “It was the best ad you ever made up for me, but I think you all must have been drunk at the time,” was the way one advertiser in the Bugle summed it up. Part in this picture, taken < park wore also crowdei on Saturday afternoon. of the large cr< * s \* J Will ■ v X 91 A big hit with the cr.ow.d at ‘the park was the Six Nations Indian Reserve Band, in full-scale Indian regalia. Two Indian tribal dances put on by the braves were particularly well received. from Z 1 £ < J Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Hayden, who was chosenAlice Hayden, daughter of Frontier Queen on Friday, afternoon, put ih an appearance for the Fiddle Contest on Friday evening. Above are, left to right, Clifford Ambcault, champion fiddler, Miss Hayden, Frontier Queen, and Johnny Brent, honorary sheriff for the celebration.—Staff Photos. Miss jean Weir Was Lifelong Resident A lifelong resident of the Wingham district, Miss Jean Weir, died in the Wingham General Hospital, on Tues­ day, September 6th, after a long ill­ ness. She was in her 76th year. Born in Turnberry Township, she was the daughter of the late Robert and Jane Weir, of Turnberry. Miss Weir was for many years employed in the law office of J. W. Bushfield. She was a member of St. Paul’s Anglican Church. Surviving is one brother, David, of Saskatchewan. Two sisters and two brothers, Miss Catherine Weir, Eliza (Mrs. John Hueston) of Gorrie; John of Turnberry and the Hon. Robert Weir, former deputy minister of ag­ riculture in the Manitoba Govern­ ment predeceased her. Funeral service will be hold on Friday from the R.A. Currie & Sons funeral home, at 2 p.m. Interment will •be in Wingham cemetery. crowd, estimated to number 8,000 was on hand for the big paradeA large up Josephine Street on Saturday afternoon. In the neighborhood of 50 floats took part in the parade, as well as about 100 horses, including 40 riders. Clowns interspersed with the floats enlivened the parade. The Wingham Advance-Times’ special edition of th© “Slab Town ap<l Rowdy HUI certain amount week, much of libel suits have against the newspaper, and mem­ bers of the staff have almost stop­ ped walking around with their fingers crossed. the car in which they were travelling overturned at Walpole’s corner, on the Whitechurch Road, just west of Wingham. The whole party was taken to the Wingham General Hospital for treatment by car and ambulance. Mrs. Gordon Hastie, driver of the car, was confined to the hospital on Wednesday with possible head injur­ ies as was Mrs. Wesley Leggatt, who suffered chest injuries in the crash. Other members of the party, Mrs. Jos. Schneider, Mrs. W. J. Henderson, Mrs. John Mitchell and Mrs. T. Bower, were released on Wednesday morning after treatment at the hospital. The Wingham' ladies, along with W. I. members from Belgrave, had been guests of the Whitechurch Insti­ tute. during the evening. Enrolment at the Wingham Public School struck an all-time high this year, when a total of 438 pupils reg­ istered at school opening on Tuesday morning. The figure is 18 above last year, which was a previous high. Attendance at the kindergarten will be 60 pupils this year, slightly above last year’s figure. The kindergarten will be held for the second year in the basement of the Masonic Hall, due to shortage of rooms in the school itself. The school has a total of 12 classrooms, accommodating 35 pupils each, or a total of 420 pupils. There will be thirteen ■ members on the staff, including a new teacher, Miss ario, Miss Gwen Howe, of Turners, Ont- who replaces Miss Olive Payne. Howe will teach a mixed grade. High School Down Slightly Attendance at the Wingham Dis­ trict ‘High School dipped slightly this year on the first day of registration, when 426 students enrolled for the fall term. Last year a peak of 440 was reached at the end of September. It is expected that more may register before the end of the month. Enrolment by classes was as fol­ lows: 154 students in four grade 9’s; 99 in four grade 10’3; 82 in three grade Il’s; 49 in two grade 12’s; 18 in grade 12 special commercial, and 24 in grade 13. . The addition of two new teachers will bring the staff to 18, and two replacements have been made for tea­ chers leaving. Fred Kalbfleisch, a graduate of Waterloo College, will teach junior science, Grade 10 and 11, replacing Charles Anderson, who superannuated this year. Robert Campbell, a graduate of the University of Western Ontario, will teach physical education and Grade 10 mathematics, replacing Jack Hon­ ey, who is now teaching in Mitchell. Two new members of the staff will bo E. L. Stuckey, a former teacher on the staff nine years ago, who will teach Grade 11 algebra and commer­ cial options; and Miss Norma Coutts, who comes from the West Lome High School to teach Grade 9 English and social studies. Miss Coutts, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Coutts. of town, received her high school education at the school in which she will now teach. Lady Golfers in Frontier Garb The Ladies section of the Wingham Golf Club enjoyed a costume party and game of euchre at the club house on Thursday, September 1st. In keep­ ing with the Frontier Days celebra­ tions the ladies were all in costume. The prize for the best costume went to Mrs. H. C. MacLean. There were eight tables of euchre played and the winners were Miss Pearl Eckenswiller, of Mimico, Miss C. Isbister and Mrs. W. Heughan. The hostesses for the afternoon were Mrs. F. Howson, Mrs. W. Henry and Mrs. W. Edwards. Today (Thurs­ day) the ladies will hold a dessert bridge at. two o’clock. On Monday afteroon the members of the club took part in a two-ball foursome in the form of an obstacle tournament. The winners were: 1st., A. Allendorf and Mrs. D. Nasmith; 2nd., Mrs. John McKibbon and Mrs. H. Spry. A consolation prize went to A. Williams and Mrs. N. Welwood. . Wingham's Frontier Days, a celebration which rivalled in size the successful 75th Anniversary of last year, promised to become an annual event this week, as the Wingham Lions Club totalled up its take of over 7,000 paid admissions at the town park and the town arena. Members of the Lions Club, enthusiastic about the success of this year’s celebration, are already talking' about an even bigger and better Frontier Days next year. An estimated 8,000 people—only slightly less than last year’s crowd—viewed the Frontier Parade on Saturday afternoon, and another 2,400 jammed the arena on Saturday night for the bam dance and final windup of the celebration. Lesser crowds attended the Frontier Ball oa Friday night and the program at the town park on Friday afternoon. Preliminaries Thursday The three-day celebration got off to a start on Thursday night, when preliminary run-offs in the Dominion Old-Time Fiddling Contest were held at the arena. Sixteen contestants vied for the honoi’ of competing in the Dominion Old-Time Fiddling Contest, the finals of Which were to be held at the arena on Friday, and eight of the contestants adjudged to be the best were chosen for the"final contest. A dance was held in the arena following the contest. On Friday the program got under way at 1.15 p.m., when some 200 children in a great variety of cos­ tumes, with decorated bicycles, tri­ cycles and wagons paraded up the main street, led by the Brodhagen Band and a party on horseback. Judging for the best costumes and decorated bicycles took place at the park following the parade. The celebration was officially open­ ed at the park by John W. Hanna, M.L.A. for Huron-Bruce. Other speak­ ers on the platform .were W. T. Cruickshank; Hugh Carmichael, presi­ dent of Marvin Huron; Huron; Mrs. McKinney. Johnhy Brent, honorary sheriff the celebration, were masters of cere­ monies. Choose Frontier Queen Other events at the park on Friday included Highland Dancing, a log sawing demonstration, a variety con- (Continued on page ten.) Wingham Juveniles are a bunch of crazy, mixed-up kids these days, play­ ing in two leagues at once. While still engaged in a best-of-five series the are the with the Moorefield nine for WOAA championship, the kids also signed to meet Jordan in OASA all-Ontario semi-finals on Sat­ urday. In fact a couple of games with Florence have already been played outside of the not yet the WOAA schedule in spite fact that the Juveniles had entered the WOAA finals. Be that as it may, the locals have things cleared up by the the first game with Jordan the second game at 18-13. Tonight at will win the WOAA they can win their may time rolls around. On Thursday last they trim­ med Moorefield 14-3 in the first of the best-of-five series, and on Tuesday night they won Moorefield by Moorefield they championship^ if third straight game, Whatever happens in Moorefield they are apparently scheduled to meet Jordan this Saturday in Wing­ ham park at 8.30. The second game in the best-of-three series in Jordan on Saturday, with -a third game if the 24th. After that, if kids will be in the all-Ontario finals against a team from Eastern Ontario. will be played September 17, necessary on they win, the Sole accident of the day occured during the parade when a horse driven by Ed Edighoffer and pulling a road cart lost its footing on the pavement. Horse and driver were none the worse for the accident, but it was some time before clowns and helpers got the horse on its feet again. Winners in the children’s parade are shown above. The covered wagon oufit, driven by Kenneth Vogan, was pulled by Ron Vogan and Larry Douglas, the two horses. Other winters wore Rogert Kieffer, with the best Davy Crockett costume and Cindy Bennett, as the best Daisy Crockett. 1 Brenda and Linda Bennett, right, pulled their sister, - the Wingham Lions Club; ■Howe, M.P. for Wellington- for and and for Elston Cardiff, M.P. Mayor R. E. McKinney Bob Carbert On Tuesday evening of last week the Wingham Bowling Club held a mixed treble tournament with 16 rinks taking part. The winners were first: J. A. Wil­ son skip, Miss Agnes Mitchell and Mrs. G. Godkin with 3 wins plus 16; second, Brant’s rink from Walkerton with 3 wins plus 13; third, Hilde­ brand’s rink from Seaforth with 2 wins plus 17 agg. 39; fourth, H. L. Sherbondy skip, Mrs. Joe Kerr, Mrs. R. E. Armitage with 2 wins plus 17, agg. 38. The high one game winner was Muir's rink of Seaforth with 1 win plus 10. On Thursday last two rinks from Wingham attended the tournament at the Elmwood Bowling Club, London, for the J. Nash & Son, Trophy. The rinks were Mrs. R. DuVal skip, Mrs. G. MacKay, Mrs. H. Browne, Mrs. J. MacIntyre and Mrs. Joe Kerr skip, Mrs. Mrs. fifth Elsie Sturdy, Mrs. A. Lunn and J. A. Wilson, the latter winning prize. Two Treated At Hospital Two men were admitted to Wing­ ham General Honpital on Saturday night for treatment of injuries when their car missed a turn on No. 4 Highway north of Wingham and roll­ ed over in a nearby field. Peter McKinnon, 28, and Dixie, suffered : cussion and neck passenger, William. Dixie and Auburn, the hospital with scalp cuts, concus­ sion and right shoulder injuries. Er. Don McMurchy, of Wingham, treated the two men. The accident was in­ vestigated by Provincial Constable J» J. Lewis. Minor damage was done to the fen­ ders of two cars driven by Andrew McKaguc and Lome Howe, both of Culross Township, when they Were in collision on the bonudary line north of Wingham on Saturday night. of Wingham scalp cuts, con- injuries, and a McClinchey, of was admitted to