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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1951-02-14, Page 1Teen-Town Dance Friday This Week Hi teenerst Say, What will you be doing on Friday, February 16? Why not get up a party or catch a date and join in the furti "Where's the funVk you ask. Well Teen-Town is supplying the fun, in the -Wingham Armouries on Febru- ary 16, by spons01114 a "Big Dance." Music by the BlusTegaes• Time; 9.30 to L00; and get this, admission 50c for advance tickets or 75c at the door. A lunch counter Will be in the hall. Remember Teen Town needs your support and you, .are:`peen 'Town. off with Listowel on their home ice P. S. Adults are ;cordially invited too. Feb, 24th. With the elimination of Lucknoi,v, Clintien Radar School and Kincardine, three teams were left in the group , race. Listowel received a bye and are standing by to meet the winner of the Wingliam-Goderich series. DATES SEMI-FINAL GAMES ANNOUNCED The followamg semi-final play-off dates have been drawn up for the Group I Intermediate 'A' W.O.A,A. hockey loop, Feb, 14—Goderich at Wingharn Feb. 17—Wingharn at Goderich Feb. 10—Goderich at Wingham Feb. 21--Wingham at Goderich, If a fifth game is necessary it will be played in Wingham, Feb. 22nd. The winner of this series will play JULY DATE FOR KARNIVAL - - - Sport berry (Wilson) 15.a8. 25. I, Penalties, Lugiish, leirlitN. 2, ; if 2. !ffltra- 0 nowsiN rrnomy English, (Staintou, CI owsomi, 19.11a: w t rt '11E111114111;1111111111111,1;g111111C1111111,11thialll Coencilb a Alex leobertsim of East I lWawanosli skipped his rink to victors' in the Country Curling ('lids finals on N. 'Thursday of last avoi. le Alter losing enly one game during, the round rola:: Alex took his rink w included. Midgets Reach Group Playoffs Winghatn Lions Midgets continued Clarence Chamney. jack Willitts and their winning streak last Saturday. in Cletus Rettinger through the finals Clinton when they won their sixth capture the Howson Ss straight in defeating- the Clinton Mid- Tropyli and the club priv.es which will gets 6-3 in the Clinton Arena. Hop- pre seined later. per was the big .gun with two goals. The "Colts" have shown a big int- SPielvogel, Gerrie,. Cameron and provenient this year and are all set to Stainton scored one apiece. The Mid- start a new series of tames for cash gets ileiw play orf with the' New rinks lime been drawr gto•up title, land the same skips will hold the IVlote Hockey — Page 'Ten Please .1 )Ent rum w the "roarin' ;tune.".\ i Hockey Notes 111 le O With which is amalgamated the Corrie Vidette and Wroxeter News. Subscription $2.50 per year, Sc per copy WINGHAM, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1951 Vol, 76 a No. 26- 1n 11.1111111,,,...4,0,41% VVingharn Boy 12, Spends Whole Night In Bush DISTRICT GOVERNOR VISITS LIONS CLUB The Wingharn Lions received a vis- it from District Governor Gordon •Hargreeves at the regular meeting in the Brunswick Hotel on Friday eve- ning, Despite the cold weather the -dinner was well attended, The tables decorated with daffodils and the warmth of good friendship made the members forget the cold outside, Included among the guests were Mr, Morrison, of Toronto, Lion Pre- -sident Vern Speiran and Rev. Jacic Roberts, of Plyth, Neil Stainton, of town, and District Governor Gordon. Hargreaves of the Howie]: Lions Club, Neil Stainton entertained the Lions with two piano selections; the first a piano theme from a concerto by Tchaikovsky and the second a spright- 'J.), number, `).`he 2\ valzffich.e". His playing was appreciated and heartily applauded, i 1j 'After welcoming the guests, Lion President Charlie Roberts presented •the speaker of the evening, Lion District Governor Gordon Hargreaves ongratulated the Wingham Club on Iwo scores, He noted the good tail twieting done by Tail Twister Lion Henry de Vries. The excellent sing- nig of the club was also commend- ed. Lion Tamer Jack Reavie and pianist Lion Harold V. Pym ere very capable leaders in the sing-songs, The Lions listened to an excellent address concerning "The Latent Pow- r: of Lionism" as a force for gee'! :in the community and in the world. Lions were reminded that they should be the world's great Doers in acts of loyalty to church and community. He also stressed the deniocratic or- eanization of Lionism. Lion Don Nesmith expressed the appreciation of the Wingham Lions to the District Governor for presenting the important aims of Lionism to them, The. Easter Seal Campaign for reippled children will be sponsored. by the Lions. This important .activity is 'm charge of Lion Bill Bushfield. 3EECROFT - JONES In St. 'George's Church, Ste, Anne de Bellvue, on Saturday afternoon at half past two o'clock, the marriage took place of Evelyn Margaret, dau- ghter of Mr, and Mrs. C. E, Jones, to Mr. William Reid Beecroft of Tor- onto, son of Dr. and Mrs. W. A. Bee- croft of Wingham. Rev. J. W. Kerr officiate4Snapdragons were used to decorate. The bride, who was given away by her father, was in a frock of blue chantilly lace over taffeta, with a matchhig jacket. She wore a shoulder length veil of blue tulle illusion, trim- med with pink feather tips and carried a cascade bouquet of deep pink roses and white hyacinths. Miss Mildred Jones, as maid of honour for her sister, was in a bouf- fant frock of pink swiss net. She wore blue feather hat and carried a cas- cade bouquet of yellow tulips and blue hyacinths. Mr. H. T. Beecroft acted as best uman for his brother and 'Mr: Arthur The Voice Of Temperance How is it that in some communities under the Canada Temperance Act there is no complaint against the Act. while in other eornintmities tinder the same legislation there is Much critic, Ism of the Act? How is it that in dome communities under the Canada Temperance Act there is a Minitrattrt of drinking and drunkenness and law- breaking, while in other communities under the same net, Effete is too much liquor and too much law breaking? It it a fair conclusion that the trouble is not with the Act, The Other eon- elusion is that Some communities are suffering from inadequate 16,W lOratrient and inadequate civic leader-- Ship. The remedy is not in scrapping the Canada Temperance Act but itt developing 'dry public opinion.--,- AdVt. Mercury Hit Winter Low Last Saturday Last' week's weather provided the big extreme's for the winter to date. Tuesday and Wednesday were,stormy very stormy. Department plows kept the highways open, but by Wed- nesday driving was almost impossible through lack of visibility, High winds, with gusts up to 80 miles per hour, blew the snow across the road- ways in solid sheets, After the storm the thermometer began to drop until it had reached 23 below zero during the early hours of Saturday morning, Dancing at the Royal T You are welcome at the Royal 7I on Saturday night for your dancine pleasure from 9,30 to 12. Music -by Jack Henderson's Orchestra. MIXED CURLING The winning rink in the mixed curling on Saturday night was skip- ped by \V. Elliott, and his helpers were, Mrs. W, Connell, G. elodkin and Mrs. V. Sanderson, with two wins and a plus of eleven. In second place were Don Nesmith, skip, Mrs. J. W. McKibbou, A. R. DuVal and Mrs. W. Bain, two wins plus 6, • • FINLAY - IRWIN A quiet wedding was solemnized at the manse, Behnore, on Feb. 1st., at 12 o'clock, when Rev. J. H. Martin united in marriage Dorene Amelia, second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Irwin and William Harold Stewart, only son of Mr, .and Mrs. Stewart Finlay, Beimore. For her wedding the bride chose a suit of nucocoa gabardine with matching hat and green accessories, and a corsage of rea.roses, - .The bride was attended '.b'e !ter sis- ter, Juanita, who wore'a suit of navy gabardine With grey accessories and a corsage of pink roses. The groom was attended by Wil- liam Gallaher of Wroxeter. Following the ceremony a recept- ion was held at the home of the bride's parents for the immediate family. • After a short honeymoon the young. commie will reside on the groom's farm at Behnore. W. I. Valentine Euchre Keep this date in mind, February 14th, for the Valentine Euchre to be held in the Council Chamber, under the auspices of the aVomen'.s Institute. Admission 35 cents. Members please bring sandwiehes. DANCE AT WHITECHURCH There will be dancing in the com- munity hall, at Whiteehurch on Fri- day evening, Felt 16th., to the music of Jack Henderson and . his 5-piece orchestra, :admission is 50 cults, Lunch Counter. 14b. FORMER 110iNICK YOUTH WILL CRUISE PACIFIC D. Wesley Vittie, son of Mr, and Mrs. 'Gordon Vittie of Wainfleet, for- merly of Gorrie, and grandson of Mr, David Cathers of Wingham, who has been working ill Hamilton since fin- ishing school there, leaves this week for Esquimalt, B, C., from where he will sail about Feb. 26th,, on H.M,C, S. "Ontario" on an extended training cruise to Hawaii, New Zealand, Aus- tralia. He is the Chief Petty Officer' of R.C.S,C,C. "Lion" Sea Cadet Corps in Hamilton, and was chosen as one of two sea cadets from Ontario, six in all from Canada to make this trip with the Royal Canadian Navy. `et et,M,C.S. "Ontario" one of Can- ada's two eriusers, is the trainine ship for pruspeetive officers and carries a coMplenieut of several litiodrea men. It is expected the trip will take be- t we vn four and five mouths, ODDFELLOWS HOLD EUCHRE PARTY Winners at the euchre party in the tmddfellows Hall on Friday night were: Ladies, first, Mrs. Duncan Ken- nedy, second, Mrs. Roy Bennett; Men, first, Jos, Brophy, second, 'Charles Cathers. The Wingham music lovers, who dared the cold and the storm of Wednesday evening to hear the third in the series of concerts sponsored by the Wingham recreation council, were In the businesa part of the meet- ing President Scott, informed the club that second vice-president Jim Ham- ilton had agreed to act as carnival chairman for , the:, ,shinier and that tentative dates had been set for the early part of julyie.• • Kin Jack Walkeinreported that two more hospital beds had been ordered. Kin Vic Loughlean opened a dis- cussion on a band tattoo to be held this summer, andsaffer a number of opinion's had beeh ,ftiven it was , de- cided ' togleasee theeeitsiater 81Ver to' the next meeting and discuss it again af- ter hearing' a further report from the Ways and Means Committee. Kin Charlie Hodgins reported that a broomball game was to be played between the Lions and the Kinsmen and Kin Jack Bateson was the club's unanimous choice as coach, manager, captain and water boy. Before the meeting closed there was the usual performance by Vice- President Ross "You'll-get-used-to- raffles" or "Only-two-more-tickets- left" Hamilton. All Kinsmen are reminded of the next regular meeting- at the Queen's Hotel on Friday, Feb. 23rd at seven o'clock. DANCE AT BLUEVALE A dance will be held in the Com- munity Hall, Bluevale, on Friday ev- ening, February 16, to the music of Wilbee's Orchestra. Proceeds for' the athletic fund, 141) WINS ELECTRIC STOVE \IMrs. 'Gordon Walker, who moved to Wingham only a short time ago, was the winner of the electric stove drawn for at Thomson Appliances store on Saturday evening. Mayor Gurney did the honors, x. There was an exceptionally large attendance at the World Day of Pray- er service in St. Andrew's Presbyter, ian Church last Friday afternoon. About 150 ladies were present in the church which was decorated with potted plants for the occasion. Leaders in . the service were Mrs, L. Fortune, Mrs. L. Hiseler, Mrs. J. Reavie, Mrs. J. Clark, Mrs, B. Mac- Lean, Mrs. \V. Pocock, Mrs. W. Con- nell, Mrs, E. Hinde and Mrs. J. Don- aldson. Prayers were offered by Mrs. J, Coyle, Mrs. W. Henry, Mrs, W. J. Roulston, Mrs. B. Collar, Mrs. A. McNiven and Mrs. A. Nimmo. The address was given by Mrs. Henry deVries, who spoke on "Pray- er." She opened with mention of the transfiguration, gave examples from the Old Testament and concluded with a plea for personal prayer and family worship. Ushers for the .service were, Mrs. N.;tettnninghatia,Mege Rosenhagen, Mrs. J. Walker, Mrs. G. Guest, and the organist was Mrs. W. W. Currie. A duet, "Softly and Tenderly," was sung by Mrs. Bernard Corrin and Mrs. Ross Hamilton. EUCHRE PARTY A progressive euchre sponsored by the Bluevale W. I. will be held in the Community Hall on Thursday-, Febru- ary 15. Old time dance will follow. Admission 25e. Ladies please bring lunch. 14* COOK—MASON officiated et the marriage of Miss Shirley M. Mason, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles E, ,Mason, Lucknow, to John H, Cooke, sun of Mr. and Mrs. Chas, Cooke, The bride wore a gown of white satin designed with nylon lace yoke with seed pearls. She carried a colon- ial bouquet of red roses. Attending her sister, Mrs. Gerald Lawson, Exeter, wore a pink satin gown and carried a colonial bouquet of pink roses. Robert Macintosh, of Lucknow, was best man. Following a reception at the home of the bride's parents, the couple left on a honeymoon trip to points south. The bride travelled in a navy pie and pie suit with navy .accessories. Mr. and Mrs. Cooke will make their home at Lucknow. WINGHAM MEN HURT IN IIENSALL CRASH Two Wingham men, John Sangs- ter and 'his son Robert, were injured when their truck was in collision north of Hensall on Satuiday night. The other vehicle involved was a car driv- en by Archie Parsons, of Kippen. Mr, Sangster Sr. suffered face and head injuries when he was thrown in- to the windshield by the impact. He is tinder treatment at the Clinton Hos- pital. His son was less seriously hurt, while the driver of the car re- ceived a broken nose and other min- or injuries. The slippery condition of the high- way was thought to be responsible for the mishap, Slants (Tustin, Wilson) 16.53. 6, \\Ingham Stainton (Crewson, \Vcstlake) 18.04. Penalties, English 2, Wilson, Zold, Forbes. Second period, 7. Kincardine, Forbes (Wilson Threndyle) 4,23, 8, Wingham, Tustin (Lockridge) 4.56. 9. Wingliam, Tustin 8.22. 10. Wing- ham, ,Crewson (English, e Stainton), 9,46. 11. Wingham Stainton (Hilbert) 11.26. 12. Wingham Templenian (Wil- son) 13,02..13, Kincardine Courtney (Bell) 13,48. 14. \Villein= Wilson, )4•Police, parents and friends of time family spent anxious hours Sunday evening and Monday morning as they searched for 12-year-old John Seddon, son of Mr, and Mrs, Wilfred Seddon of Wingham. -> The lad left his home at seven PREPAParkii FINAL PLAN FOR SEWAGE PIPIT Messrs. Taylor and Stewart of the Kilborn Engineering Co. were present at a special meeting of the Wingharn town council on Monday evening. They presented the revised plans for the proposed sewage disposal plant here and explained further the details of the construction and layout. The engineering company was auth- orized 'by Council to prepare the final detailed plans, up to the point of call- ing for tenders. A letter was received from C. A. Roberts, drawing attention to the parking conditions on Patrick Street, from Josephine to Centre Streets, and pointing out the danger to the public. Councillor Carmichael will have signs erected at once and the sidewalk plowed. LOCALS & PERSONALS ... —Mr. and Mrs.- G. W. Tiffin spent last week in New YOrk City. Mrs. Emanuel Stapleton, formerly of Wingham, is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Wilbert Proctor of Morris. Mr, and Mrs. Jack Gillespie and Donna, returned Saturday from two week's .vacation spent with friends and relatives in Toronto, Peterboro and the Haliburton area. Mrs. William Ringler of Lucknow, expects to return home this week after undergoing treatment at the Wingham Hospital for the past four weeks. Bobby, 3-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Bob Clark, -underwent an opera- tion at the hospital here on Friday morning. —Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Hastie, Mr. and Mrs, N.V. A. Heughan and Mr. Art Bryce. attended the Hastie-Lorch wedding in St. Thomas on Saturday. Mr. Percy Clark spent last week in London, where lie attended a course of instruction in warm air heating, Donald -Morrison and Miss Dorothy Hamilton. Reg. N., of Tor- onto, spent the week-end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Ham- ilton. Visiting Artists Give Fine Concert. Here Wednesday well rewarded. The town hall was neither full enough. or warm enough to provide much inspiration for the visit- ing artists, Nevertheless they made it an evening of real enjoyment far those who 'were so fortunate as to be there. Henry Bialuski broke into the icy atmosphere with, a group -of claseical. songs by Handel, Franz and Arne. His very first note brought pleasure to the ears of his listeners. It revealed a voice of rich, smooth baritone quality. In her first numbers it seemed as if Mary Faye was either cross or dis- gusted. Even so the power of her musical genius came through. In her second group she came' closed to her audience and played with abandon and grace. She also smiled. • Selina Yetmundsen radiated aud- ience-appeal as she came smiling out of the wings. She proved herself a very conscientious singer. She ended her Bridge Song with a high note of exquisite beauty. Ray Dudley was the pianist, accom- praise could not be given loin. ieulist of the programme. Too much It was the excellence of his accom- panying that drew Mary Foys out of Herself, and it was the power and authority and sincerity and brilliance of his playing that fairly overwhelm- ed his audience. It was little short of a miracle that he should bring such music out of the old town hall piano. The strength that was in his left hand was matched by the delicacy of his right hand. AI. his high level of artie- Jones, brother of the bride was usher. CONCERT AT BLUEVALE try there was no sign of any hick of humility. The future belongs to Ray Mrs. Jones, the bride's mother, was The Bluevale Women's Institute is Dudley, if he does not over-.work Inne. m a frock of aqua printed silk and sponsoring, a home-talent concert to self to a breakdown, wore a black velour hat, black acces- be held in the Community Hall On It was an eyeiling of good music eories and a corsage 'bouquet of Taliss F r id ay even i ng, Fe e rte„.y egi.d, presented by four competent artists man roses. Mrs. Beecroft, mother of mission 40e and 20e. 141) and it deserved a larger audience. the bridegroom, wore a frock of cin- namon faille with matching hat and a corsage of Gloria roses. The reception was held at the resi- dence of the bride's parents. Later Mr. and Mrs. Beecroft left for Ot- tawa, the bride travelling in a cocoa brown suit, tinder a black sealskin jacket and wearing dark brown and pink accessories, and a corsage bou- quet of pink carnations, MORE PLANES WILL BE GUILT FOR: MR. MICE The regular meeting of the Wing- ham "' Kinsen Club -Was held last Fri- day evening m at the Queen's Hotel with L A E ATT ANCE 111111 President Scott Reid iu the, chair. Song Leader was Kin George lieu- AT PRAYER SERVICE derson, pianist was Currie Burchill and sergeant-atsarmS was somebody else. Guest of the club was War- ren Callan. The session was another busy one as Kin Jack Cooke: continued las le- gal feud with Kin Charlie Crossett. Kin Jim Hamilton e tried to explain away a big, beantiful, multi-colored `shiner' and Kin Ross Vogan and Frank Pickell had a. lively exchange about night class doings. TOP HEAVY SCORE OUSTS LAKESIDE TEAM The Stainton Spitfires moved a rung closer to the group champion- ship here Saturday night, when they downed time Kincardine Creamery Gaels 22-2. The game from start to finish was a one sided -affair and re- sembled in im way the previous two games.. With the series tied at one game apiece, the Spitfires appeared in rare form Saturday night as they rammed home six goals in the first sea-en in the second and ten in the third to win handily. Forbes and - Courtney bulged the twine in the second for their only ,core of the ea ening for the visitors, With goals a dime a dozen the locals tattende.d their scoring aver- ages with no less than eleven players sharing in the goals and assists, Roy Wilson, Tustin and Staintun paced the win with twelve goals, Wiison getting five, Tustin four amid Swinton three, Other markstnea were Pym 2, C,:rewson 2, Templeman 2, Enelish 2, Single markers were Credited to West- lake, Huff, Duberry. Vs ingham, Goal, Purola, defence, Westlake, Lapin centre, Stainton, wings, English, Crewson, alternates, Duberry, 'Templeman, Wilson, Lock- ridge, Huff, Tustin, Jackson, Hilbert, Sangster. Kincardine, Goal, Bagby, defence, Zoldi Wall, centre, Wilson, wings, Forbes, Threndyle„ alternates, Dotson, Bell, Fulls:eat Burrows, 'Courtney, Small, Referees, Tennant, Shears, Owen Sound. Summary, first period. 1. Winghain, Pyirt (Lotkridge) 6.16. 2, Wingliam, (Tustin) 7.31, 4, Wingham Wilson (W.estiake) Whittle-on Huff, KINSMEN WILL COLLECT PAPER Wingharn householders are remind- ed that the Wingharn Kinsmen Club wi'l hold another scrap-paper drive this spring and are asked to save all o'clock Sunday evening, and when he newspapers, magazines, cardboard and failed to return at the expected time rags, The next collection will pro- bably take place around the end of April, the search was started. Police and other individuals coml•gal the dis- trict all night without finding any trace of the missing boy. x. On Monday morning he was found in a bush near Teeswater by the po- lice chief in that town. 'He had ap- A wedding of interest took place patently spent the night there. Tleitealt at Whitechurch Presbyterian Church suffering to some extent from expos- manse, when Re,. R. D, A, Currie ure, he was not seriously the worse for the experience. x COMPETE IN TORONTO (Engl•ish) 16.07. 15. Wiugham, Pyin, . niece rinks of \\ Ingham curlers Forbes, Threndsth;' Third Period' 16. in the 24th Annual Ontario Bonspiell (Westlake) 17.35. Penalties, are in Toronto this week taking part Wingham, Tustin 2.19, 17. ANvr haut, , ! , Opened on Monday. They are Wilson 2,32, 18. Wingham, I 1 Norm Rintoul, Jim Murray, R. S. Irian (l)uberry, Wilson) 2 '35' 19. ,I Hetherington, Ron Rae, skip; Dr. Witighien Crew i son (English, Stain- Howson, j. P. MeKiblion, Omar Hes- ton) 4,56. 20. Wingham Wilson. 21. I eleroye. J. lb. Crewfard, skip; Winghtun, Wilson (I ilbert's) 9.18. 22. m a; h.avia Stainton (Ena,lislit 11.33. L aa.„.„, 23, \k"ingliam, Stainton, Crewson) 12,54. 24. Wina ham 1)u--