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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1951-02-28, Page 1CANADIAN. SEES LOCA gy L -00R -Centro) Press Canadian With final training completed the "Patrielas" in Korea received a few days' holiday before taking up duties with the British Common- wealth forces. Many of them, mostly for the first time, visited the near- by town of Miryang where they picked up souvenirs to send home, Pte. Gordon Haycock, St. Thomas, Ont., also picked up a few pointers on shoe repairing from a South Korean cobbler whose stock in trade in- cludes cast-off tires, which make acceptable footwear in Korea. Dancing at the Royal T You are welcome at the Royal T on Saturday night for your dancing pleasure from 9.30 to 12. Music by Jack Heitdcrson's Oreliestra. SHE "THE FAMILY WASH" The Bluevale Library Board has been fortunate in securing oile of the season's top plays. It will be present- ed by the Brutefield Young People, in the Bluevale Community Hall, on Wednesday, Mardi 7th., at 8.30 .pent. Help the Library by helping yourself to a real treat. Admission 50c and 25e. 28b, ININNAM RINKS WIN BELGRAVE, SPIEL Keen interest was .sittpsvit at the Bel- grave ,Curling BonspC41 held in the local curling rink Tltureday. Four Wingham rinks took first and, second in both the 9 o'clocln and 11 4,111. draws, Winners were '9- a.m., Ronald Rae and "Tiny" EdWards, 11 a,m, draw, A. M. CrawfordA'S Larry Hiseler, The consolation prize was won by Harold Walsh's rink of Belgrave. Following were the results in the two draws 9 a.m. draw, W. H. Ed- wards 13, J. Bowman 3, F. McCor- mick 15, A. Smith 7,SIt. Rae 11, G. Johnston 4, IMeCorm14 6, Edwards 5, R. Rae 10, Bowman,; G, Johnston 8, Smith 7, Edwards .0, Johnston 3, Bowman 10; Smith 3,j2.. Rae 12, Mc- Cormick 3; 11 o'clock draw, A, M. Crawford 10, L. Taylor 7, L. Hiseler 13, H. Walsh 8, IL. 'Carmichael 13, H, Cook 11, A. Corrigan 7, J, Coultes 4, Crawford 10, HiSeler 4, Taylor 10, Cook 8, Coultes 15, -Walsti 6, Car- michael 14, Corrigan e6, Crawford 7, Cannichael 6, 'Corrigan 6, Taylor 5, Walsh6 14, Cook 7, HiSeler 13, Coul- tes 7. KINETTES DISCUSS FASHION SHOW The members of ' the Wingham Kinette Club met at the.-home of Kin- ette Edith Walker on . Monday even- ing. This was strictly a business meeting and plans for the forthcoming Fashion Show was discussed in:;.great detail. A letter was received` rom Capt. I-I, deVries or the SalvatiOnArmy, thank- ing the Club for their donation of $25.00 towards the Christmas Basket Fund. ..., Sewing consisting o a babies' night- ies, from the Willem. Hospital was dstributed among the,suembers. The raffle of the eOning a novelty condiment set was isjb n byKinette ... Marion Scott. io • • Afterwards a veryece dainty lunch was served by the IsokteSs.. The next meeting '4 -the Wingham Kinet Ife -Club' will' b-c•,1...2l-.1- at"-Itti. home of Kinette Shirley Cunningham, on Monday, March 12th, at 8.15 p.m. bta reffefill With which is amalgamated the Gorrie Vidette and Wroxeter News ••••••*11••••MMMIln NOTICE • Nitt arkin EAST WAWANOSH BOY T AIMED BY BUZZ-SAW s Jimmie Carter, eight-year-old son of William Carter, con. 3, East Wa- wanosh, and the late Mrs. Carter, had his left hand badly injured Saturday afternoon when it came in contact with a circular saw, which was being used to cut wood on his father's farm. The boy was rushed to Clinton hos- pital, where it was found necessary to amputate the first three fingers at the second joint.)s WINNERS SATURDAY FIRE DAMAGE AT NIGHT JITNEY There was a full house for the mix- ed curling here Saturday evening. Winners were: First, with two wins plus eight, Miss S. MacLean, Frank McCormick, Mrs, C. Armitage, W. H. French, skip. Second, with two wins and a plus of seven, Mrs. W. B. Mc- Cool, H. Thomas, Mrs, \V, Bain and 'W. Bain, skip. MAYORS AND REEVES Dfiff PROTESTS There passed away in the Wingham General Hospital on Tuesday morning last week, Robert Whitney Stewart, in his 54th year. He was born in Bluevale, where he spent all his life until 16 years ago, moving at that time to Wingham. He had been employed at time Maitland Creamery for the past 22 years. On March 14th., 1923, he was un- ited in marriage to Ethel Jewitt, who survives, with one daughter, Mrs. Daniel (Jean) Tiffin. There -are four sisters • and two brothers: Mrs. Mar- sal st Johnston, Bluevale; Mrs, Jet, S. (Nerine) Watson, Gorrie; Mrs, tunes E. (Annie) Watson, Gladstone, Maus Mrs. W. T. (Mary) Wray, \Visolrow, Sask.: Wm. H. Stewart, Grand Valley. and 11i-sward Stewart, Wingham. Funeral services Nvere held on , Friday from the Walker funeral home with Dr. W. A. Beecroft offic- iatine. llusiel was in Wingham cent's.- i ters; pallbearers beim; A, Macintosh, I F ollowin e ste erai weeks' illness, Roger Ukt,, John Clegliorn, Percy Charles I„ wke, prominent .lo,t1 Harris, Clarence Ritchie and Jame;; manufactueur passed away Tuesday, Aimee, "I he flowers woe. carried In in thy" Winghant t lemral Hospital, in MOTHER PASSES four nephews, Borden Stewart., Harry ids Slat. veer, e of th e Wilfe.- ham Manufacturing Company for the Fire which broke out in the offices of Drs. Connell and Gorda on Sun- day evening, created considerable damage before it was controlled.)--- '1,Dr. Connell, Ivho had been in the office only a few minutes previously, noticed smoke from an unlighted fireplace in his apartment above the office, When he reached the ground floor he found the lower part of the building filled . with smoke and , por- filamit'"'orthe ,office ,The fire department arrived on the scene scarcely two minutes after the alarm was turned in. The fire was quenched without delay, but not be- fore smoke, flames and water tied damaged the premises to the extent of more than $500.00. al,. The cause of the blaze has not been determined. The fire travelled up the centre partition, which was badly damaged, and the dense smoke which filled the rooms will necessitate a re- decorating job. WHITNEY STEWART BURIED ON FRIDAY OCTORS' OFFICE the Legion members. The campaign day, March 6th. Films, program anti opens March 1st. and continues until refreshments. Public invited. the end of the month. Since it is pos- sible that some families may be miss- Progressive Euchre At Wroxeter ed in the canvass, contributions may Come and bring your friends to a. be left at McKiblion's Drug ,Store or Progressive Euchre and Crokinole at either of the local banks. party on Friday evening, March 2nd at S pan. The party sponsored by Feb. 22nd., 1951 Wingham and the surrounding , , •, he For-Rest Ladies' Club will lea- We have asked you to come for- country is now under the jurisdiction sure novelty prizes, Admission 25 ward so that We Could congratulate of the London office of the Iced Cross, cents. Lattice please bring lunch, 980 and much of the moues, collected will be channelled to the section which looks after comforts for the veterans , HENRY JOHNSON in Westminster Hospital. It is for this reason that the Wingh Legion has a particular interest in t i mee outcome of DIES AT HOSPITAL the drive. In addition to the hospital service, eats fuel families, care of fire and ein\e':;toll'Sc"nr we lfare work ittli011g transient Mai\ id- eanvaeser front the Legion will In movc4 ith pict!tt at tin A te e ept ke, „, of course, the money collected for the equal' t importen t projects, such as flood tir'til]ts, etc, Red Cro.,s sews ins, ninny other tt t•)11 of 'AC . amireeiattal stir[ your dolma- ;of h a lm ti nt will mueli m.dleviaae liumamm whict , tatti,„ t irom tilv Ile b.\ 1.101.11' I Lin .1:1 FiV y tact. lrwin. - t: Is..., rt. Mr. and Nie s, .•• thchestr... hip, Feb. 23, NIS. r,1.. 11:ezighlers, . . .•4 • • past twenty-five yvare, .-Mr. Cook had Mr, :old Mrs. R. R. Ileybdsn were HOSPITAL AUXILIARY Sit one time wom•k-ed in the woodwork- in Be.MISI ii t week attending the I i t., in ;.; tradt in Isteknon and Wingefthl, fUllerd tutillet"S 111(Ailvr, 1.d V% ;u1,1 !hive. .1:ee•..uters before opening up a Misfiles, of his james liolelen, who paused WV AY last I 6.4.‘"pit a l• mectin- Gladob-• own. A. native of Eneland he cane isf Wednesday. Mrs, Hohden, who was w, p,t.ogus, butTi t ,i • -:• - • Canzula .as a small le ss and tot !heirs known to in my in Winglutin, had not m yrtic john,,,,, on e'resity :Av.., at was newsboy on the •C,N.R, train be. been ill such her passing ri nse n.s a at the l'arnily ''dorm. tween Wingliant anti London, He was shock to the members of her •family, To m. an, clot en grandchildren an.1 - • - • DANCE AT BLUEVALE a member of the Goepel Hall here. She. was in her eightieth year, Besides his wife, two sons amid two IN1r, Hobden Sr. died in 1.929, daughters survive, John at home, Cecal Three sons and two daughtera samo of Orangeville, Mrs. William •(Aliaa) wive, Casemore, and Mrs. Thomas (Ella) .funeral was held at Beamsville Rorke of Wingliam, on Saturday, with interment there. The funeral service was conducted on Friday at 2;30 p.m. from, the Cos- CEILIDH pet Hall Church. Burial was made The CEILIDH met to sew at the in Wingham cemetery- Pallbearers Wingham General Hospital on Mon- were, Jack Graham, Gordon MacIn- clay evening. The hostesses were Miss lies, Samuel Martin, Jini Stevenson, 1...A01(21111e McGregor tend Miss Laura. Richard Carter, A les .NtacT)boald. llehrns, September, *The building, a new one, is modern in design, of cement block construct- ion, which will be stuccoed. The south portion is taken up by the show room and parts department. The repair de- partment in the north end of the build- ing contains the latest of automoti% e equipment, )( Crawford Motors twill handle Dodge and DeSoto cars, Blue. Sunoco gaso- line and lubricants, Universal ignition az Battery parts and accessories and Goodyear tires. Crawford Motors, situated on the corner of Patrick and 'Josephine Sts,, will he officially opened on Saturday of this week The business is owned by Len Crawford, who with Ins wife and family of three sons and one dsu- rotn Goderich last ghter, moved here CRAWFORD MOTORS OPENS THIS. WEEK Legion Sponsors Drive For Red Cross Funds IFLU RAMPANT. IN THIS AREA Influenza, which has been so pre- valent in other nearby communities, has stricken many in our own die- trick, At closing time Friday evening there' were 29 pupils in one grade at the High School. When classes op- ened Monday morning, the attend- ance in the same grade was only six, On Tuesday there were 95 absent from the school, The hockey game slated for Tuesday evening was postponed because several of the team mem- bers were down with the flu. The Delmore rink composed of W. Elliott, Ivan Haskins, Clark Renwick and George Inglis, skip, won top award in the first draw at the London Bonspiel last Wednesday, They are town of Wingham. He has been a members of the Wingham Club, splendid worker in our Lion's activi- ties. Lon Henry de \Tries was the speak- er of the evening. He gave an excel- lent account of the founding of the Red Shield Drive and the work done by the Salvation Army with the pro- ceeds, His work in Wingham and community- was also reviewed. The Salvation Army carries on its work in ninety-four countries amid eighty- three tongues and dialects, Lion President Charlie Roberts re- ported the next meeting would have a "Mutt Show" sponsored by the manufacturers of Ballard's Dog Foods. The Wiugham Branch of the Can- adian Legion has undertaken to look after the annual campaign of the Red Cross in this community. A house-to- house canvass will be conducted by The Lions held their regular meet- ing on Friday evening last. Mrs. W. . Currie was guest pianist and with Lion Tamer Jack Reavie led the Lions in their singing, In appreciation of her playing, ',VHS. Currie was presented with flowers by the Club. Lion Omar I-laselgrove entertained the Club with a well-read account of RELmoRE RINK his curling activities in Toronto. Lion U Bob Hetherington on behalf of the WINS IN LONDON Club, made a presentation to Lion Jack Goodine, and congratulated Lion Jack upon his promotion in the army. Capt. Goodine becomes G.S.O. III at Cents al Command, Oakville, The Lions wish Lion Jack every success and hope he returns frequently to the The-Easter Seal Campaign is being pianist. well advertised and a good response It is hoped that many of those who from "the public is expected in this have not attended concerts. this.. year. effort to raise funds for the Crippled will make an effort to come out to this Children. last concert, The concerts are plan- ned on a loop principle by the Department of Education so that it is not always possible to hese them on the most suitable night. Ilowever they feature such extremely talented artists that you are assured of superb entertainment. CAPTAIN DEVRIES IS LIONS SPEAKER you on the fortieth anniversary of your wedding, We all join in extending to you our best wishes and to express the hope that both of you may have many more years of happy life together. Th e re passed away in \\ Ingham As a slight expression of our regard we ask you, to, accept this gift. General Hospital, on Friday, Febru- ary 28, Henry Johnson, in his 92nd. On behalf the Euchre Club, year, He had :wen eonfint 1 Mark Armstrona, hospital for about five treeks, previous Gordon Naylor to xvidell luel asfinded. death occurred 38 years to tilt• tiav iiECEPTIO_NChAtr:cre Chanme;.. daughter, Miss Myrtle Johnsomm, Iii, idol' that oi his welt. IIv WaS born and WHITECHURCH • The last concert of the 1950-51 Concert Series will be 'mkt on Thurs- day, March 8. Artists for this concert include James Milligan, baritone from Huntsville, who was baritone soloist in the London Kiwanis Club's Presentation of the Messiah last week. Others on the programme are Vir- ginia Lippert, soprano, Walter Prys- tawski, violinist and Eva Sylvester, nmc 6reat grandson, lit Was a member of the Auglican Church and .one of time early pioneers of time Belgrave church. TN, funeral was hell at 2.30 o'clock on Motelsy, February 26, at Currie's funeral home, with interement in Brandon cemetery. Rev. E. 0, Lan- caster of St, Paul's Anglican church gagement of their daughter, Lola officiated. The pallbearers cm: Jas. Christena, to Alan Leslie Barnard. Michie, Stewart. Cloakey, Willard son of Mrs, Barnard a nd the l im i t. Ed. Armstrong, Wilbert Procter, Claire ward Barnard, of Illnevale, the. Mal"- VtutCnop and Richard Proctor, ria.,:e to take place. in Nlarch. SOCIAL EVENING AT BELGRAVE A social evening under the auspices of the Belgrave Library Board will be held in the Belgrave Arena. on Toes- LAST OF CONCERT SERIES NEXT WEEK BOgrave Centre Turned. Over To Municipality ry. FINAL GAMES WITH LISTOWEL THIS WEEK With two games completed in the championship series between Wingham Stainton Spitfires and the Listowel Beavers, two more games are slated for this week. On Thursday night _the-local boys will travel to the Milverton arena to meet the Beavers, The return match will be played in the Wingham arena on Saturday evening of this week. If four games fail to decide the winners of the best of seven series the remaining games will be play- ed at Milverton next Tuesday, Wingham Thursday and back to the Listowel ice Saturday, follow- ing the schedule as far as neces- sary. Mr. and Mrs. Bert Thompson of East Wawanosh who were married. Feb. 22nd,, 1911, celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary at their home on Thursday evening. Mrs. Thompson, the former Ida May Martin and Bert Thompson were married at the farmer's home on the 12th concession of E. Wawanosh by Rev. Ferguson, Belgrave, forty years .ago .anti later moved'. to 'theo9tha cohe cession where they have resided' ever since. On Thursday last about thirty-five of the 9th line euchre club met at their home and spent the evening playing cards. After lunch Mr, Albert Biemart called the meeting to order and read an appropriate address to Mr, and Mrs. Thompson and Mrs. John Mc- Burney presented them with a lovely wool blanket and a handsome lace tablecloth as a gift from the club. Mr. and Mrs. Thompson, although taken completely by surprise, made replies and thanked the club for their beautiful gifts and kind wishes.. All joined and sane for "They are Jolly Good Fellows". The I-au-win:4 i, the address, liatfte at illuevala Community Halt un Friday, March 2nd., Wilbee's Or- chestra. Lunch counter in the Hall, Proceeds fur Athletic Fund. 281 Entigagement Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Willis, Jamestown, wish to tomounce the en- .)4.A. public meeting of the Belgrave Comunity Centre presided over by Abner Nethery, chairman of the Bel- grave Community Athletic Associa- tion, was held Friday afternoon in the recreation room of the Belgrave COMinunity Centre. At the meeting the building and park were officially turn- ed over to the community and the Building Conunittee disbanded, -i.e., The Building Committee chairman, George Cook, gave an outline of the history of this undertaking, which was started during the summer of -1948 and completed Dec, 1950. He congrat- ulated the people or the community and thanked them for their splendid support. The treasurer, Vannan, gave the financial report, in which he stated that the cost of the building was $20,770.00. He also offered his con- gratulations oil a marvelous achieve- ment of building and paying for such a splendid structure in less than three years. Dustan Beccrolt, the reeve of East Wawanoeli Township, upon' receiving the records of the Building 'Committee for safekeeping, extended his con- gratulations to the community as a whole, with the hopethat coining gen- erations would carry on the good work of those responsible for such a splendid center where the young folk (Please turn to page 5) MR. - MRS, THOMPSON FORTY YEARS MARRIED •iiubscription 82.50 per year; (le per copy VINGHAIVI, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1951 Vol, 76 - No, 27 OR. CRAWFORD SPEAKS AT KIN MEETING ham Kinsmen Club was held last • .Frank Hopper was sergeant-atlirms, guest and when he found him, half- Friday at the Queen's Hotel with km Jack Cooke thought be brought a I'resident Scott Reid in the chair, Kin. The regal it meeting of the Wing- way through the, dinner introduced him as "Dodge" Crawford. After a spirited fine session and di- $pirited sing-song a few reports were made. Kin Jack Lloyd revealed that the Kinsmen Bantams, a team that was improving all the time, were now in the play-offs against Clinton. Kin Jack Benison reported that some of his broom-ball players bed broken training and would be cut from the stmad if they did so again. There was a brief discussion of a proposed ice carnival with the broom- hall team supplying the comedy, and Xin Russ Hamilton reported for the Ways and Means Committee that the arena had been booked for the night roe Friday, March 30th. Details would :ht arranged before the next meeting, Secretary Bob Carbert then intro- ,rinced guest speaker Dr. W. A. Craw- ford who thanked Kin Bob for calling' him a "family doctor", and noted that So-day most young doctors hoped to 'become specialists (one 'definition of a specialist being "a man who knows more and more about less and less- -email eventually he knows everything • .about nothing"). Dr. Crawford spoke -.el the origin and importance of Na- tional Health Week and quoted some interesting statistics to show both the progress made by medical science in the last fifty years and the challenges that still faced the medical profession. The Tuberculosis death rate had been lowered from 79 per 100,000 popula- tion in Canada in 1930 to 37 per 100,000 in 1948: Ontario's rate was west with 17 per 100,000. Main reasons for the decrease were the Tuberculosis tests, the mass chest X- rays, the free treatment in modern sanatoria; but still 13 people a day in Canada clic from it, Deaths fissile poliomyelitis have been reduced to 73 a year, but from diphtheria, a disease supposedly controlled, 'deaths 'aro .-85. ter'-le.gdiiTgecatiSirebti'datItfis! Stilrhart -diseaSe" which accounts for .2.9% of deaths, as opposed to 12% for Twenty-fia7e representatives from the much-publicized cancer. .Chronic the municipalities along the Palmers-diseases were another great concern ton-Southampton and Palmerston-Kin- to medical men, especially as the cardine lines of the Canadian Na- population is getting older all the tional Railway !net in Wingham on time, The mental hospitals with Thursday evening to draft letters of .800,000 patients per year were over- protest over the proposed removal of crowded and understaffed and were mail, passenger. and express trains oh costing Canadians 500 million dollars the two lines, Mayor W. W. Gur- a year; at present one out of every ney, of Wingham, chairman of the twenty-two Canadians was a patient committee of mayors and reeves, a mental hospital.• presided over the gathering, Dr, Crawford then spoke of the ad- Copies of the letters will be sent to -visibility of family and personal health the railway, to the members of par- :insurance, though like the great ma- liament and to others in authority. jority of medical men he opposed socialized medicine. He said that under socialized medical schemes like Great Britain's the doctors spent too much time in trivial things and didn't harve enough time for really serious cases. In his closing remarks he stated -that Wingham was fortunate in having one of the finest small town hospitals in Ontario. Dr. Crawford was ably thanked by Kin Ross Vogan and the meeting ended on a note of surprise when Kin „Ross Hamilton said there would be no raffle. CHARLES L COOKE DIED ON TUESDAY 01111*.MIIMOIM611 The Street Committe of the Town Council have approved the following area for over night parking of motor vehicles. Simpson, Glen Simpson, Grand Val- ley; Howard Clark, Brussels and Parking lot at, ,corner of Josephine and Harold Proctor awl \\ tiliam H. Male Victoria streets which is 7.1.1 rear of Merkley Garage ut SVinghain, ALSO West Side of Edward Street between Victoria and Patrick streets. This is for the convenience of travellers and other persons who cannot get their vehicles off the streets and wish to park over night in Wing- ham. The police have been instructed to rigidly enforce the parking by-law on all streets except this designated area, W, W, Gurney, Mayor Town of Wingham,