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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1955-09-14, Page 1lifelong residents of Wingham,who celebrated been ,y, y day of 1 -13 44 65.7 Winij-pas- will •a 1 *-1t ■ 1,667 203 1,770 addition house on Mclnnes, Report 1955 to date 1,085 214 all ac- in dis­ in the the bases and topped a single to in the inn- about it. Let’s show these CKNX’ERS some real Wingham pi tali ty. R. Wingham ......... 101 000 060— Jordan ............ 000 000 070— Lancaster and Hodgkinson; and House. None® The dentist office of Dr. G. H. Ross will be open on Monday, September 19th. , F14* August 107 27 Robert Deyell,Mr. and Mrs. their Golden Anniversary at their home last week. Mr, and Mrs. Deyell held open house at their home on Monday, at which friends were present from Hamilton, Toronto, Woodstock, Calgary, Dungannon and Teeswater. The regular meet­ ing and election of officers for the Jutland Lodge 119, I.O.O.F. will be held on Thursday, September 15th. All members are urged to attend. F14b 0-0-0 A-WASTING—Council is do something about the Subscription $3,00 per year, 7c per copy M-------------- With which is amalgamated the Gorrie Vidette and Wroxeter News WINGHAM, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1955 Mark 50th Anniversary STILL TIME—The draw for $1,000 sponsored by the Lions Clubs in the district and slated for Saturday night at the Wingham arena, is still getting a play from the people who like to take a chance on a raffle. Tickets are still available for Saturday’s draw, and if you hurry you can get in on the draws in Harriston and Palmerston, too. Each of them pays off handsomely, and one ticket's good on all three. 0-0-0 NEW MONIKER—The streets and sidewalks department in town , had status upped at council meeting' the other night, when members of the council decided it should be known as the Public Works Department in future. Councillors felt the new name sounded a little more high- toned. Perhaps it was because of the swell job the fellows did5 in cleaning tip the place after Frontier Days, we don’t know. Wonder if a raise goes along with it? 0-0-0 COUNTING TAILS—Dog owners in town are a reticent lot, according to Town Assessor Bill Haney. In his report to council Monday night he re­ ported ,-sixty dogs in town according to the latest counting of tails, but •said that not all dog owners were frank about whether they had pets or not. Since Chief Platt has issued about 80 dog licenses, and probably only half , the dogs in town have them, the '^figure from the dog census report •Lappears to be a conservative one. ’Some citizens claim to have more than that around their house at one time. 0-0-0 AWAY TO VANCOUVERr—Publish- er Barry Wenger, xof The Advance- Times, is in Vancouver this week, attending sessions of the Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association con­ vention there, and The Advance-Times staff is working harder than ever while he is away. At least so it says here. We doubt if publication date will be advanced any this week, however. HEAT'S going to .steam pipe between the town hall and fire hall under the pavement, which melts the snow every winter and leaves a miniature Grand Canyon there. Plan is to blow insulation material • into the tile, containing the steam pipe, so that it won't be heat­ ing all outdoors. Enters Training In St. Thomas Miss Edna Agnes Carr left on Monday to enter training at the Elgin Memorial Hospital at St. Thomas. Prior to her departure about sixty of her friends gathered at the home of Mrs. R. E. McKinney where a presen­ tation was made and best wishes ex­ tended. ENGAGEMENT Mr. and Mrs. John Joseph Street, Regina, Sask., announce the engage­ ment of their younger daughter, Jacqueline Joyce, to Mr. James Robert Beninger, Edmonton, Alberta, son of Mrs. Laurence Beninger and the late Mr. B.eninger, Wingham, Ontario; the wedding to take place Saturday, Oc­ tober the eighth, at 11 a.m. Holy Rosary Cathedral, Regina, Saskatche­ wan. F14b HARVEST THANKSGIVING SERVICES AT BELGRAVE There will be Harvest Thanksgiving services at Trinity Anglican Church, Belgrave, Sunday, Sept, 18th at 2.30 in the afternoon. Rev. H. L. Parker will be the guest preacher and the Junior Choir of St. Paul’s Church, Wingham, will be in attendance. F14b None® Commencing on Thursday, Sept. 15 the branch office of the Motor Ve­ hicle Permits, etc., will be at the residence of Mrs, James Seli, Albert ■Street. ’ F14b HARVEST TEA, BAKE SALE AND BAZAAR The annual Harvest Tea and Bake sale and Bazaar of the Catholic 'Women’s tieague will be held in the Legion Home, Saturday, October 1st. Tea served from 3 to 5 p.m. F14,21,28b ■jBfGAGEMENT Mt. and Mrs. Stewart Cowan, Centre Street, Wingham, wish to announce the engagement of their daughter, Maxine Eleanore to Roy Francis Wilson, of Sarnia, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Earl Wilson, of Ripley, Ontario, 'the wedding to take place in Wingham United Church, Saturday, October Sth, at 2.30 p.tn. F14b LIONS JUBILANT OVER FRONTIER SUCCESS The first meeting of the Wingham Lions Club was held at the Brunswick Hotel, and a good turnout was report­ ed. The new president, Mike Car­ michael handled the gavel at head table, and was flanked by the new vice-presidents Whitney Grose and Jack Reavie. The meeting was carried out in a jubilant mood, due to the success of the latest Lion project—Frontier Days. Lion Mike McPhail kept the coin box jingling and Lion Eldon McKinney as Tamer kept the club in good voice, accompanied by Harold Victor Pym. A minute of silence was observed for the late Bob Hobden, who will be sadly missed by the club. President Mike expressed his thanks to all who had assisted in the Frontier Days program, and voiced the opinion that next year would be better than ever. Lion Don MacRae expressed his congratulations to the members over the fine job done. The popular “Barber Shop Quintett” composed of Ed. Edighoffer, Art. Irwin, Omar Haselgrove, Tom Currie and Norm. Wellwood, gave a well received number or so, and added to the enjoyment of the evening. The meeting closed with O Canada, and The Lions Roar at 7.50 p.m. Wingham Juveniles entered the Ontario semi-finals on Saturday with the first game played in the Wing­ ham park against Jordan, and the spectators agreed' it was the best game yet seen in the park this year. The final score was 8-7 for the locals. The two teams were pretty evenly matched in the first seven innings, with -Wingham managing to eke out a run in the first and one in the third, blanking Jordan in the first seven frames. In the top of the eighth, however, the visitors loaded up smashed out a home run it off with a double and wind up with seven runs ing, to make the score'7-2. Nothing daunted, the locals came back in the bottom of the eighth to get six runs, giving them a one-run edge for the final inning, In the ninth they managed to hold down the visi­ tors, leaving the final score at 8-7. During the last two innings the crowd was on its feet throughout. Lancaster, in the mound for Wing­ ham, struck out 10, while Banks for Jordan struck out two. The second game of the best-of- three series will be played in Jordan on Saturday night, with the third game if necessary decided by a toss. “ H. E. 8 11 1 7 10 1 Banks Alexander Cameron Was Kinloss Resident After a short illness Alexander Cameron, aged 71, passed away in his sleep the night of September 7th. He farmed in Kinloss Township un­ til about two years ago when he mov­ ed to Lucknow. His wife, the former Annie Stapleton and infant daughter, Johann, predeceased him 40 years ago. Surviving are one sister, Mrs. Annie Davis, of Detroit, Michigan and a brother, Milas, of Wingham. Another sister, Mrs. Elymer Tiffin,, predeceas- him several years ago. Funeral services were conducted from the Walker funeral home, on September 10th, by Rev. A. Nimmo. Interment was in Wingham cemetery. The pallbearers, his old neighbors in Kinloss were Charles Taylor, Wal­ lace and Johnston Conn, Jamieson Pettapiece, Wesley and Fred Tiffin. Another Week went by Without rain, and moisture is badly needed for pasture and hay-aftermaths and for late crops such as turnips,. sugar beets and corn reports G. W. Mont­ gomery, agricultural representative for Huron County. Silo-filling is the order of the day. Dry weather has matured this crop three to four weeks earlier than normal. The white bean harvest is progressing slowly due to the uneven ripening of the crop. Canning-crop corn harvest is almost completed with yields slightly over two tons per aero, A small acreage ot fall wheat has been seeded. The Second Annual White Bean Festival held at Hensail on Labour Pay was attended by approximately 4,000 people and over 3,000 bean dinners wete served. Tenders for the painting of the old hospital buildings was let at the regular meeting of the Wingham General Hospital Board on Friday night, under the chairmanship of H. C. MacLean The contract was award­ ed to Davey and Bqckborough, of London, with work to commence im­ mediately. It is expected that paint­ ing will be completed by October 8th. The same firm will be painting and decorating the new wing. Plans for the hospital parking lot, situated on Carling Terrace across from the hospital buildings, were dis­ cussed at the meeting. The lot has now been gravelled, rolled and packed and is ready for paving, which may be undertaken next spring. It was decided to install posts and guard rails on the lot, and Jack Mackay, of Wingham, was given the job of in­ stalling them. Six-inch posts, sunk 314 feet in th ground will be installed, as well as 2 x 10 rails. Ken Baker, of town, has been hired to make two Signs for the new parking lot, R. H. Lloyd, of the building com­ mittee, stated that progress of the new wing had been a little slower than formerly. However he said that the Ellis-Don Company, contractors, are still hoping to have the building completed by October 12th. Eighteen plasterers are now on the job and it is expected that plastering will be finished within two weeks. Plaster­ ing upstairs has been finished, ex­ cept for the corridors. Work on the terazzo floor is pro­ gressing favorably and should be completed in a week, Mr. Lloyd said. Windows in the new wing have been fitted and doors are now being hung. Let Landscaping Contract The contract for landscaping the grounds around the new wing has been let to the Jones Landscaping Service, of Stratford. A portion of the grounds will be paved to pro­ vide a driveway and facilities for the parking of doctors’ cars. Possible opening date of the new wing was discussed at the meeting, but no decision was reached. Origin­ ally set for October 12th, the board considered the advisibility of setting the date back two weeks because of uncertainties as to the date the build­ ing will be finished. As the matter now stands, construc­ tion on the new wing may be finished by October 12th, but at that time the building will be unfurnished and more time may be needed to install furnishings. Mrs. Iris Morrey, hospital superin­ tendent, gave the statistical report as follows: Statistical Admission Birth Total Admissions Discharges Deaths Stillbirths Operations Out Patients X-Rays P.MS Blood Transfusions Hospital Days Adults New Born Total Days Average Daily Patient 59 134 140 5 1 74 97 197 1 LIST CONTRIBUTORS TO FRONTIER DAYS The following Wingham businesses made contributions to the prize lists for the Wingham Lions’ Frontier Days celebration: Mason's Book Store, O’Bright’s Men's Wear, I.G.A. Wingham, Dunlop Shoes, Stedman’s, Queens Restaurant, Mrs. C. J. Taylor, Huron Motors, Red Front Grocery, Canada Packers, CKNX Radio and TV, Holmdale Creamery, Maitland Creamery, How- son & Howson, Brunswick Hotel, Car­ michael’s, Harry Angus Grocery, Advance-Times, Haselgrove Smoke Shop, Slosser Barber Shop, Downie’s Service Station, Templeman Cleaners, Canadian Tire Store, David McKee, Deyell’s Meat Market, Armitage’s Dry Cleaners, Brown’s Shoe Repair, Ham­ merton Studios, Callan Shoe Store, Hanna Men’s and Ladies’ Wear, Vance’s Drug Store, McKibbons Drug Store, Simpson-Sears, T. Eaton & Co.j Burke Electric, Lord’s Day Man To Visit Wingham Rev. S. W. Hann, M.A., Ph.D., visit Wingham, Ont., within the next few days and will call on friends of the Lord’s Day Alliance. He will appreciate a hearty welcome and re­ sponse when called upon. Valuable work is being performed by this organization in safeguarding the national weekly day of rest for Can? adian workers against commercial exploitation, and enabling the individ­ ual freedom to use the day for Worship, rest ahd culture. RECEPTION AT WHlTECHUROH Community Memorial Hall, Friday, September 16, in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Ross Smith (nee Shirley Chap­ man). Music by Tiffin’s Orchestra. Everyone welcome. Lunch provided. F14* Dr. R. B. Palmer, who has associated in the medical profession With Dr. B. N. Corrin in Wingham for the past two years, has taken a position at the Wrinch Memorial Hos­ pital, operated by the Home Mission of the United Church of Canada at Hazelton, B.C. Dr. Palmer expects to leave Wing­ ham in November, and will assume his new duties in January. The hospital at Hazelton consists of 56 beds and 80 per cent of the patients are Indians. .Hazelton is^situated 2Q0 miles from Prince Rupert.'’ A native of Norwich, Ontario, Dr. Palmer graduated from the Univer­ sity of Western Ontario in 1941. He conducted a medical practice at Wrox­ eter for seven years before coming to Wingham in July, 1953, where he became associated with Dr. Corrin and the late Dr. William Connell. His wife, the former Jean Lane, is also a graduate of the University of Western Ontario. Dr. and Mrs. Palmer have three children. New Manager at Bank of Commerce W. O. Struthers, of Minden, Ontario, arrived in town on Monday to take over the position of manger of the Wingham branch of the Bank of Commerce. A native of Stratford, Mr. Struthers was manager of the Minden branch for five years before coming to Wing­ ham, and was previously with the Paris branch. Over a period of twenty-five years with the Bank of Commerce he has served in Grimsby, Chesley, Durham, London, Dunnville and Niagara Falls. At one time early in his career Mr. Struthers was on the staff of the Wroxeter branch of the bank. He is married with a 17-year-old son Telford, who started this week at the Wingham District High School in Grade 13. Mrs. Struthers will be coming to town within the next few days. A member of the United Church and the Masonic Lodge, Mr. Struthers is looking forward " to making new friends and acquaintances in Wind­ ham. District Papers Win CWNA Honors Two district weekly newspapers, the Clinton News-Record and the Port Elgin Times, took honors in a weekly newspaper ‘contest sponsored by the Canadian Weekly Newspapers Associ­ ation, it was announced yesterday at the CWNA convention in Vancouver. The Acton (Ont.) Free Press was voted the most outstanding weekly newspaper in Canada with a circu­ lation of more than 1,000. Runners-up for the award and the Charles Clark Cup wore: tied for second, The Clinton (Ont.) News- Record and The Renfrew (Ont.) Advance; third, Tire Ladher (B.C,) Optimist. Winners of the competition for the best editorial page were; The Port Elgin (Ont.) Times; Second, The Ren­ frew (Ont.) Advance; third, The Clinton (Ont.) News-Record. Win­ ners of the best front page competi­ tion were: first, The Acton (Ont.) Eree Tress; second, The Ladner (B.C.) Optimist; tied for third, The Clinton (Ont.) News-Record and the High RiVer (Alta.) Times. liii Seventeen pupils have missed school for the past week, and an empty school bus is making daily trips to Powell’s School in Turnberry Town­ ship, as a result of differences in opinion between parents in the Zet­ land area and the Turnberry School Area Board over where the children should go to school. And as the second week of impasse between board and parents was reached, the shadow of the truant officer loomed before both parents and children. The trouble started some years ago when the old Zetland School, long a landmark in the district, was closed for lack of pupils. At the time of its closing, both Turnberry and East Wawanosh were using the school, and since that time children in the area have been transported by bus to the Lower Town school, Three years ago, when children be- 1 came more plentiful and more accom­ modation was needed, the school board passed a motion to re-open the school. The board was ready to go ahead with the plan when it ' was vetoed by no less a man than Dr. Dunlop, Ontario Minister of Educa­ tion who said the department would never sanction its opening. Since that time Highway 86, on which the school was situated, was widened, and in the widening process the school was purchased from the school board by the department and burned, although POPULATION INCREASE SEEN WITH NEW CKNX ADDITIONS TO STAFF The county sign painter will soon be changing the population statistics on the Wingham town signs, as more new staff members for both CKNX Radio and Television come to town. To date the following new members have been added: Les Reynolds, radio studio operator, formerly of Hamilton; Bruce McLean, radio studio operator, lifelong Winghamite; Werner Barte- man, radio staff announcer, formerly of Brantford; Gerard Van Duyn, tele­ vision art director, formerly of Kitch­ ener; Ross Hamilton, television sales­ man, formerly of Seaforth; Russ Poynton, television set design, former­ ly of Hamjlton. All of these people will be taking up residence in town with their wives and families, More new members will be added shortly and it looks as if at least five more families will become Wingham- ites. Changing from radio to television staff, are Bud Cruickshank, television general manager; Scott Reid, televi­ sion chief engineer; Don Hildebrand, television production manager; Vin Dittmer, television sales manager; Bill Harris, television cameraman; Elmer Purdon, television video, audio tech­ nician. Population wise, the old town’s get­ ting lots of new faces, and as a footnote, there’s going to be some housing required. If you have a place coming vacant, call the radio station new hos* Lady Golfers Hold Desert Bridge' The Ladies’ Section of the Wingham Golf Club enjoyed a Desert Bridge at the club house, Thursday September 8. There were eight tables of bridge irk play, The winners for the afternoon were Mrs. W. J. Adams, Mrs. E. A. Van­ stone and Mrs. T. King. The hostesses were: Mrs. J. Hamilton, Mrs. W. B, McCool, Mrs, J. Kerf, Mrs. F. Sturdy, Mrs. H. Spry and Mrs. H Campbell, Building permits totalling $20,850 were passed at the regular meeting of the town council on Monday night. The following permits were granted: Eric Walden, storage building to be lifted and cement base put under it on Josephine Street. Russ Poyton, frame, one-storey dwelling on Arthur Street. Ephraim Parrish, frame for bedroom to be added to Patrick Street; John D. frame garage on Minnie Street; Allen Bumstead, frame and brick veneer dwelling on Catherine Street; Mrs. Louis Redman, frame garage on Carl- ling Terrace; Mrs. W. Elliott, frame addition in form of bedroom on dwell­ ing on Diagonal Road; H. W. Pocock, brick veneer dwelling on Frances Street. not very successfully, since it was a stone school and very sturdy. Crowded at Lower Town Before the school year just started had begun, the school board realized that accommodation at Lower Town School was going to be in very short supply. The school has a rated capac­ ity of 60 pupils, and it became appar­ ent that this number would be ex­ ceeded by a considerable amount. With the approval of School Inspector J. H. Kinkead, the board decided to transport seventeen pupils who were already being taken by bus to Lower Town School, to Powell’s School on the 6th of Turnberry, which has only 14 pupils. At a 'meeting last week of the school board and the parents involved, the decision met with vigorous disap­ proval of the parents. They protested against sending beginners six years of age a distance of up to fifteen miles to Powell’s School, and said they would keep their children at home rather than have them travel so far. They demanded that the children of Lower Town be sent to Powell’s School instead, but the board declared that those who were already taking the bus should go, rather than hav­ ing two groups of children making the bus trip instead of one. From counts the meeting broke up order at about three o’clock morning. No Passengers On Tuesday, the opening school, the bus stopped at all the gates but there were no passengers—at least none of the seventeen scheduled to go to Powell’s School. Since then the bus has been making its regular trips and its regular stops, but none of the seventeen have gone to school. On Tuesday morning of this week, parents of the seventeen gathered up their children and took them by car to Lower Town School. Members of the board were invited by the parents to a meeting there, but only a couple of them appeared. The board has de­ clared that it will not meet with the parents again until it can have the school inspector present at the meet­ ing. As the matter now stands, the par­ ents and board are still at logger­ heads. Parents say they won't send , their children to school until the board makes other arrangements for accommodation. The board says that that it has provided accommodation and transportation for the pupils to the best of its ability and that there is no other satisfactory way of arranging things. In the meantime feelings are run­ ning high in the Zetland area and the school bus is making two trips a day to Powell's School, without sengers. Two Broken Wrists On Same Day Two accidents were treated at the Wingham General Hospital last week, both of them involving fractured Wrists, and both occurring on the same day. Mrs. Dorothy Willie, of Wingham, and Mrs. Myrtle McQuillin, R.R. 6, Lucknow, both suffered fractured right wrists on Saturday as a result of falls. They were taken to the hospi­ tal where the fractures were reduced under anaesthetic and a cast applied. The condition of both was termed satisfactory. Former Resident Marks 92nd Birthday Mrs. Edith Mundy, a former resi­ dent of Wingham and mother of Roy and Theodore of this town, quiet­ ly celebrated her 92nd, birthday at the home of her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Hanmore in Sarnia on Saturday, September 10. Many con­ gratulations were extended to her by old friends mode during her long years in this town. A population increase of 90 over the last figure of 2,712 has brought Wing­ ham's population to 2,802, according to a report presented to the council by Town Assessor W. H, Haney at the regular meeting of council on Monday night. Mr, Haney said that the total population might be above that mark because he had not includ­ ed people now living in town who are known to be leaving. Other figures from Mr, Haney’s re­ port showed that there are 330 child­ ren under the age of 4 years, 440 children between 5 and 14 years and 199 between 15 and 20. Largest single age group in town is the 20-59 class, numbering 1,286 people. 296 people in town are between the ages of 60 and 70 and there are 251 people over seventy years of age. Mr, Haney said that as near as he could ascertain there are 60 dogs in town. Assessment $2,288,837 According to Mr. Haney's report total taxable assessment in Wingham amounts to $2,288,837, comprising land, $232,420, buildings; $1,858,225 and business tax, $198,192. Other assess­ ment values are government prop­ erty, $70,000; municipal property, $131,400; schools, $350,000; hospitals, $140,000; churches and religious build­ ings, $160,250, making a total assess­ ment value of properties of $3,141,- 687. Mr. Haney informed the council that the tax roll had been completed and that assessment notices would be in the mail this week. A letter from the Wingham Fire De­ partment was read at the meeting, asking council to approve the appoint- of Lloyd Foxton to the Fire Depart­ ment in the place of Bill Stapleton, who has resigned. A motion to that effect was made and carried. To Write Department Councillor Jack Alexander, of Streets committee, reported that partment of Highways workers propped up grates on Victoria Street and Diagonal Road with wood, after raising the level of the-pavement dur­ ing paving operations there. It was decided to write the department ask­ ing them to come back and place the gratings on proper footings and also to complete other minor jobs in con­ nection with street paving. Council was informed that a num­ ber of complaints had been received regarding the dumping of sawdust and grain cleanings at the town dump in. East Wawanosh, and the ensuing smoke while these materials were burning. It was decided to write letters to the parties involved asking them to cease this practice. Mayor R. E. McKinney reported that the zoning committee had pre­ pared a map of the town dividing it into industrial, commercial, residential and farm areas, and that the next step would be to consult with the Department of Planning and Develop­ ment to have this map approved. It was decided to paint and repair the front of the Community Centre, and to consider what work should be done to keep the floors in the build­ ing in repair. DAVE CAMERON WINS WATER SKI CROWN Dave Cameron, who for the past couple of years has been winning trophies all over the province for water skiing, added to his laurels at the Canadian National Exhibition last week when he swept the junior class­ es for the Canadian Water Skiing Championship. Dave was awarded top honors in three events in the junior championship, jumping, trick riding and slalom, in competition with clever other water skiers from all over Canada. Dave, who summers with his fam­ ily near Oliphant, has a roomful of trophies at his home on Catherine Street. He is Ontario and Eastern Canadian champion and last year won the Canadian Trick Riding Champ­ ionship at the Exhibition, as well as a number of other trophies, He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Cameron, of town. Belgrave Couple Mark 60th Anniversary Mr, and Mrs. Joseph H. Miller quietly celebrated their sixtieth wed­ ding anniversary at their home in Belgrave on Sunday, Sept. lith. They arc life-long residents of this com­ munity, Mrs. Miller is the former Margaret Isbister, second daughter of the late William and Ellen Isbister, pioneers of Morris Township and Mr, Miller is the son of the late Mr. and Mrs, Miles Miller of the same township. Mr, and Mrs. Miller were married by the Rev. Archibald MacLean of Blyth, assisted by the Rev. Dr. Perrie of Wingham. Mrs. Miller was attend­ ed by her sister Mary, Mrs. C, H. Gatniss, and Mr. Miller Proctor was best man. Following their marriage, they op­ erated a farm on 3rd line of Morris. In 1915 they moved to Belgrave, where Mr. Miller carried on a drover busi­ ness for a number of years. On Sunday afternoon many rela­ tives and friends called to extend con­ gratulations.