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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1951-10-24, Page 1ballict-itZtrat With which is amalgamated the orrie Vidette and Wroxeter News s Lions Executive Admire Gran, Prize The executive of the Lions Club are gathered in fros t of the tele- vision set which was won by Mrs. A, D. MacWilliaft, of, Wingham, at their Frolic recently, Left to right: Bill Conron,ecretary; Don Nasmith, president; T. S. Beattie, second, vice proasidentl Michael McPhail, 1st vice president; H. L, Sherbondy, treasureil Missing from the picture are R. S. Hetherington, 3rd vice presid t; and G .C. Gammage, tailtwister, --Staff Photo --AMA ALONG THE MAIN DRAG By The Pedestrian Our column was left out last week so a number of items were neglected and we'll try to catch up this week. - 0 - 0 - 0 - Did anyone sleep through the fire siren's wailing a week ago Monday morning? (around 6 a.m.) If you did, congratulations. It's a cinch no one in the vicinity of the town hall did. When we first arrived and saw all the smoke pouring out of Lee's Rest- aurant, our first guess was that 'John' was burning someone's steak. It was only some grease burning in a pan luckily, steaks are pretty valuable. - 0 - 0 - 0 - We got a good glimpse of what the well-dressed Winghamite wears to bed after Monday morning's alarm brought them tumbling out of bed onto the Main Street. "Andy" Scott wins top prize for the most brilliant bathrobe, nothing conservative about Andy. Who was the lady in the blue nightgown? Very pretty we thought. If we had known it was going to be an informal fire, we certainly wouldn't have worn our socks. - 0 - 0 - 0 - The most common question asked at the Lions Club baseball booth dur- ing their Frolic, "Where did you get those cigars?" Our guess is that they were some of Bill Conron's old insur- ance policies. - 0 - 0 - 0 - The West Toronto Weekly has , brought. its sights to bear on our fair town with a reference to a story in the Advance-Times as follows, "Wingham hasn't any overhead wires along the Main Street. They think they're more progressive than To- ronto. Well, well, imagine saying a thing like that . . wonder how their subway is coming along?" After correcting the errors in spelling and grammar for the W. T. W. we'd like to ask Betty, who writes "Over The Back Fence", if the subway is com- ing to West Toronto. In fact we understand 'thatethe TTO'IS -CdriSidee-s ing discontinuing .service to that suburb because there aren't enough :cash fares. . 0 -0 - 0 - Reeve Murray Johnson can expect a visit from the Anglican ladies' aux- iliary after he donated their turnips to the Rummage Sale. How about using carrots, ladies - 0 - 0 - 0 - Does anyone know how to make money out of the Public Weighing Scale? Anybody with a good scheme will be welcomed by the Wingham council. Might even give you a job. - 0 - 0 - 0 - t Colonel Sir Donald W, Cameron, Lord Lieutenant of Inverness-shire and chief of the Clan Cameron has died in hospital at the age of 75. Heir to the clan chieftainship is his son, Mr. Donald Hamish Cameron, 41. - 0 -0 - 0 - Saw a car on the Main Street back right across the road from a parked position, on Sunday without hitting any other cars. Nothing unusual about that you say! Well this car didn't have any driver. Wroxeter Ladies Guests at W. I. The regular October meeting of the Women's Institute which was held last Thursday afternoon, was de- dicated to the grandmothers. The grandmothers sang "Silver Threads Among the Gold," Mrs, Lyle Brothers of Wroxeter gave a reading and Mrs, D. S, MacNaughton, also of Wrox- eter gave a humorous talk on , "Grandma at the Movies" and hen second one, "The Minister's Sermon." Mrs, C. IVIcCutcheon, sang "A Se,tond Minuet," accompanied oy Mrs. L. Brothers, Mrs. KeatiAg, spoke en Princess Elizabeth, Grandmothers sang "When You and I were Young, Maggie" and Mrs. W. J. Henderson gave a reading, "That Old Sweetheart of Mine." Mrs, F, Fuller thanked the ladies of Wroxeter Institute for tak- ing part in the program which every- one .enjoyed. Mrs. W. T. MacLean of Wroxoter, gave a paper " On Le.an- ing :to COOk." Roll call, eurent ev- ents, There wore 'it visitors at this meeting. At the close refreshments 'were served by the hostesses, • EMERGENT MEETING An emergent meeting of Wing- ham Lodge, No, 286, A.F.8r.A.M. will be held Tuesday evening, Oct. 30th, at 8 o'clock sharp. Second degree, Visiting brethren welcome, A. B. Adams, vvivr., H. L. Sherbondy, See 24b Kinsmen Scrap Drice A Success 'rho Kinsmen managed to fill a boxcar with newspapers. magazines, tte. eshieh were kindly donated from the basements and attics of Wingham homes, during their recent salvage drive. Left to right are young Kinsmen helpers George Murray, Frank Gibbons. Bill Pot anl Jamie Ric. .11trav,.. boss Budd hott in the foreground. -Stiff Photo .5nbsoription $2,50 per year; 6c per copy WINGHAM, ONTARIO, WE.b NESDAY, OCTOBER 24th, 1951 Vol. 78 No. 8 WESTERN FURY, HEAD CMS. ROBERTS PASSES President of the Western Fourfdry Co., Ltd., of Wingham, Charles An- thony Roberts, 61, died Thursday, October 18th., at the Toronto General Hospital. He came to Toronto two weeks ago for medical treatment, Mr, Roberts was born in Toronto and while a resident of the Kingsway served several terms as councillor on the Etobicolce Township Council, He was a former commodore of the Nat- ional Yacht Club. Active in the stove manufacturing industry for many years, Mr, Roberts joined the Wes- tern Foundry Co., in Wingham in 1937. He was appointed president two years ago. He had held office in the Insti- tute of Stove and Furnace Manufac- turers, He was a district deputy gov- ernor of the Lions Club and had been active in St. Paul's Anglican Church, Wingham, He was a member of the Masonic Order and had been promi- ment in the West Toronto Kiwanis. He leaves his wife, the former Eva Lloy Lundy, two sons, Rev. Jack An- thony Roberts, High Prairie, Alta.; and Richard James Roberts, Toronto; one sister, Mrs. J. R. Scott, Winnipeg, and six grandchildren. Funeral ser- vices were held on Saturday in Tor- onto with interment in Park Lawn cemetery. Plowing Bee Aids Injured Man • Mr. and Mrs. Jack Brewer, R. R. 4, Wingham, are real good citizens and the very best of neighbours, which was proven on Monday, when thirteen tractors and ploughs drove in and ploughed 35 acres in a few hours. The wishes of the community go out to him for a speedy recovery, Several Accidents in Town over Week=end There were several accidents on Wingham streets over the week-end. Two cars collided on Josephine St, at 1.50 p.m., Saturday, when the streets were jammed with rummage sale i traffic and it was some minutes be- lore traffieVaa reSurneci on the south- bound side. Chief Irwin investigated the accident and managed to unsnarl the traffic jam, Mrs. Dorothy Brodie of Port Albert was travelling north on Josephine St. and attempted a left hand turn into the south lane beside the town hall. Hugh A. Bell of Wingham was head- ing south on Josephine St. A collision resulted and over a $1,000 damage was done to both cars. At 10.15 p.m. Sunday, Jack Ludwig of Wingham who was proceeding west on Diagonal Road, collicied with W. G. Tucker of Brussels who was heading east on the same street, The accident occurred between Catherine St. and Carling Terrace. The left front of the Ludwig car was damaged and also the left rear of the Tucker vehicle. Around the Town ,Mrs. Raymond Henning won a dutch oven at the Ploughing Match in Woodstock. It was presented to her by Imperial Oil Ltd., Stratford. - 0 - 0 - 0 - The Wingham Hospital,' Ladies' Auxiliary are selling memo calendars, bearing a photo of the hospital on the front. Not only is the price reas- onable, but they are very handy to have. - 0 -0 - 0 - The fire brigade answered a call to extinguish a dump fire across from Joe Clark's last Wednesday after- noon, Sparks were flying high and might have started some neighboring buildings on fire. - 0 -0 - 0 - A Hallowe'en entertainment is being sponsored by the Lions Club on the night that the spooks, goblins and pranksters are abroad. The parade will fall-in at the town park and march to the town hall led by the band in costumes. There will be prizes for the best outfits and entertainment etc., in the auditorium. - 0 - 0 - 0 - The Kinsmen's Hallowe'en dance will take place the same night at the Armouries, Costumes will be worn, and a fine evening's entertainment is gUaranteed for all. See any member of the Club for tickets. - 0 -0 - 0 s Judy Baker, daughter of Mr, and Mrs. JAck Baker, who suffered a frac- tured arm recently, was taken to Lon- don Hospital last Thursday to have her arm examined and treated. ENGAGEMENT Mrs. W, H. McKinney' announces the engagement of her elder daughter, Eileen Isobel, to Glen Warwick Sel- lers, only son of Earl and the late Mrs. Sellers, Leslie Wall Awarded Scholarship and Prize Miss Leslie Mae Wall was one of the procession of scholarship-winning students in Convocation Hall, at the University of Toronto, last week. Miss Wall won the Joseph Wesley McCallum scholarship and also the Ann Howe Reeve prime Her many friends here, join in wishing her every success in her fourth and final year at the, University. LECTURE—RECITAL A huh iolous lecture, "The House of a Thousand Drafts", by Rev. Rus- sel Horsburgh, Sudbury, also an or- gan recital by Lorne Willits, Listowel, will be held in Wroxeter United Church Tuesday, October 30th at 8 p.m, Refreshments will be Served, following entertainment. Admission, adults, 50 cents, children (under 12) 25 cents. 24* MASQUERADE DANCE A HallOwel en Masquerade dance will he held hi the Forester's Hall, tclgrave, on Wednesday, Oct. 31, sponsored by the North Huron Jun. for Farmers. There will be prizes for costumes, novel dances, and a door prize. Music by Henderson's Orch- estra, Everybody welcome, :14b Dancing at the Royal T You are welcome at the Royal P on Saturday night for your dancing pleasure from 0.30 to 12. Music by Wilbee's Orchestra, Anniversary services were held in St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Wingham, on Sunday; October 21st., with Rev. R. G. lqacmillan of Knox Church, Goderich, '4.5'guest preacher. Large congregas.o-nS attended both services. The text chosen' by Mi. MacMillan for the morning :sdrvice Was "Cities which we did not .'01.1:116'.frotp Joshua 24:13, People in.(1$.t0a,sand•lrisiour cdhefsorartehcemiliZe.tet6"61744" ece tors. eCahrunie• Their responsibilit „ appreciate-,.1 and's tirStis,Og seesbni ••efiblilidatfon. laid so strongly 'for them. The text for the evening service, was, "The Desired Portion" from the Parable of the Prodigal Son. Unworthy and self-centred as we are, we accept all for our own pleasure, until, realizing our unworthiness, we return to find the, Father waiting with open arms to receive us. The church was beautifully decorat- ed with Autumn flowers and special music was rendered at both services by the choir under the leadership of Harold Victor Pym, organist and choir leader. Mr. James Corran, Tenor, of Clinton, was guest soloist and feel- ingly interpreted "Then shall the Righteous shine forth" by Mendels- sohn and "Were You There" Spiritual, in the morning and "Consider and Hear Me" by Woollen and "Take my Life and Let it Be," by Mozart, in the evening. The choir presented "Open Our Eyes" by McFarlane with Mr. John McKibbon as soloist and "Hark, Hark, My Soul", by Shelley with solo parts taken by Mrs. Wm, Ford and Mrs. Ross Hamilton, ON PARADE On Monasy, Oct, 22nd, the 90th Bty. &C.A., held their weekly parade at the Wingham Armouries. Parade was called at 1935 by Sgt. Major Bill Harris. Tr,,ope were inspected by Lt. Barry Kay and 0/C Brian Metcalfe. Sgt. Bill Forsythe instructed both troops in War Gases and Gas Pro- tection for the first period. He also instructed both troops in the second period in the Hand Grenade. The troops then cleaned all Rifles, Brens and Stens that had been used the previous Sunday at the Ipperwash Shoot. Top scores for the Ipperwash shoot for 99th Bty, members were, for Rifle Firing - Possible 50: Capt. Bill Row- land 43, Lieut. John Jackson 41, Cadet Joee Brown 40, Oar. Stan, Hiseler 40, Bdr. Jack Blackwell 39, Gar. J. Seddon 34, Gnr, E. McTavish 34, Bdr. Borden Jenkins 33, Bdr. Bill Henderson 33, 0/C 31. Brian Metcalfe 33, Gnr. Bob Sin- namon Bren - Possible 100: Lieut, John Jackson 88, Gnr. Stan Hiseler 72, Bdr. Bill Henderson 70, Bdr, Jack Black- well 68, Oar. E. MeTavish 68, Bdr. Borden jenitins 64, Gnr. Graham Everick 60, Gm. Wilf Arthur 60, Gnr, D, Stewart 60. The Wingham Battery carried off a good portion of the prize money and the shoot as a whole was success- ful. Battery Msinbers—Do hot forget the Sports Night at Listowel Armour- ies en Tuesday v),'t. lleth, For more infoMaton, at_- ,t next week 'o pat'- Ade. TEACHERS, SCHOOL Bit HOLD JOINT MEETING The regular meeting of the Turn- berry Township School Area Board was held at the Brunswick Hotel, Wingham on Thursday, Oct. 18th, at 8,30 p.m. All members were present, also the teachers and music teacher from the area, Inspector Kinkead and Const. Salter, O.P.P. The chairman introduced the speak- er, Mr. Salter, who gave a very in- teresting and instructive talk on "Safety Rules for Children on Bicycles on Highways". He also showed some interesting pictures followed by a dis- cussion on traffic rules. Mr, Kinkead gave a splendid talk and thought it a good thing for the board and teachers to get together once a year to get any problems and difficulties solved. The following are some of the topics discussed: Income tax, caretaking, libraries, text books, supplies. The Board then entertained the guests to luncheon, after which the business meeting continued. ') The minutes of the previous meet- ing were read and adopted on motion of Mundell and Powell. The following correspondence was read; Grolier Society, Dept. of Edu- cation, J. H. Kinkead, Mrs. R. 0. Eckmier. Motion by Holmes and Kirton that the accounts as presented be paid: Teachers', caretakers' salaries; How- ard Fuller $7.90; A. C. Agnew, Oct. transp, $30.00; Ralph Pearson, Sept. and Oct. transp., $60,00; Cameron's Taxi, Sept. transp., $146.70; Howick Fire Ins,, $18.90; Donald Rae & Sons, $17.24; Beaver Lumber Co. $1.72; W. J,. ,Gage & Co., Books, $2.38. Motion by Mundell and Powell next meeting to be Nov. 15th at No, 6 school at 8.30 p.m. Alex Corrigan, Sec.-Treas. Police Committee Of Three Formed Wingham Town council, at the sug- gestion of Mayor Gurney, Monday night decided to form a police com- mittee which it was felt is necessary here. The mayor is automatically head of the committee as the chief magistrate and Reeve Johnson and Councillor Carmichael were selected to fill the other two vacancies. The committee will meet once a month, EUCHRE AND DANCE The Gorrie Community Club is spon- soring a euchre and dance in the Community Hall, Gorrie, on Monday evening, Oct. 29th. Don Robertson and his Ranch Boys will furnish mu- sic for dancing. Lunch counter in hall. Euchre at 8.30 p.m. 24b H.S. Commencement Planned for Nov. 6th The Wingham District High School Commencement will be held Tuesday evening, November 6th. Dr. G. E. Hall, President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Western Ontario, will deliver an address. Certificates, dip- lomas and prizes will be presented. Bridge Club Elects Officers for 51=52 The following officers were elected to guide the Bridge Club through the 1951-52 season: Past President, Mr. R. R, Hobden; President, Mrs. H. C. MacLean; Recording Sec., Mrs. Don Nasmith; Sec. of Bridge League, Mr. W. H. French, Treasurer, Mr. Geo. Wiiliams. Tournament Coat., Mrs. Art Wilson, Mr. J. H. Crawford, Mrs. R. S. Hetherington, Mr. R. S, Hethering- ton, Miss Yvonne MacPherson. Miss Mary Johnston. Convener of Social Corn., Mrs. J. H. Crawford. TIME TO SMILE church. PRIZES PRESENTED TO ROUND ROBIN WINNERS A very sucessful season of Monday evening's Bowling closed with the final of the Round Robin held on Sept. 13th. The prizes were presented on October 2nd., after a jitney at the Green. Th five highest scores were to count with an aggregate of 150. The first prize in each section was a silver tray, suitably engraved. The second prize was a $5 gift Certificate, generously donated by T. Eaton Co., and by the Robert Simpson Co. The results were as follows: Ladies, 1st., Mrs. Lunn, 118 points; 2nd., Mrs. H. Edwards, 112 points; 3rd., Mrs. A. R. DuVal, 111 points; 4th., Mrs. Win. Haney, 110 points. Men, 1st., E. Webster. 125 points; 2nd., R, Bennett, 115 points; 3rd., B. Porter, 112 points. When the big doors of the Ar- mouries swung open Saturday after- noon at 2 o'clock one of the largest crowds of bargain-hunters in the ex- perience of the Hospital Auxiliary ladies swarmed into the hall to sour ry, push, and hunt for a good buy, Over 100 sales ladies were hard- pressed to handle the mob. As usual the event was a huge financial suc- cess and the ladies of the Hospital Auxiliary have come through with banners flying. Proceeds from the sale total $852.01 and will be used to purchase inside furnishings for the hospital. A special meeting of the Wingham. Town Council was held Monday even- ing All members of the council were present. There were no appeals to the Court of Revision, which is quite unusual, and it was moved and seconded that the assessment roll for 1952 be adopt- ed as the revised assessment for The town hall auditorium will be redecorated after the provincial elec- tion and municipal nominations are over,, around about November 27th. It is expected that it will take three weeks to complete the job. Street sanding posed a problem for council. It was decided to order sand to be stockpiled in tne town barn for use on the roads and sidewalks against the first icy blasts of winter. It was recalled that on November 15, of last year, the department of works were engaged until 10 p.m. plowing roads. There was some discussion as to the harmful effects of chlorine on cars. • a Crowds Battle in Armouries For Rummage Sale Bargains SI, BURY OF CLINTON EXPLAINS NATO TO KIN The regular dinner meeting of the Kinsmen Club was held last Friday evening at the Queen's Hotel, with President Ross in the chair. A lively "fine" session that kept Sergeant-At-Arms, Brian Metcalfe, very busy, together with "Wee Bobbie" Clark's amusing banter; added greatly to the enjoyment of the meeting. Kin Warren Callan reported on the results of his investigations into the opera- ation of a Radio Auction. He was in- structed to proceed with plans for a Kinsmen sponsored Radio Auction to be held in the near future. Kin Jack Cooke reported that all was in readi- ness for the Hallowe'en Dance to be, held at the Armouries on October 31. SQL Bury of RCAF, Clinton, outlined clearly and concisely the story of NATO, The North Atlantic Treaty Organization. The idea of a defensive alliance within the framework of the United Nations had its inception in a speech by Winston Churchill, at Ful- ton, Missouri, in which the elder statesman envisioned a United States of Europe and defensive alliance of the North Atlantic community. From this beginning SQL Bury traced NAT- O's growth from the custom's union of the Benelux countries, through var- ious stages of development to its present organized state. It was SiL Bury's considered opinion that NATO was a greater force for peace than even the United Nations. Rev. A. G. MacMillan eat Preacher at St. Andrew s Lucky tickets for the two turkeys were drawn by John Hanna M.P.P., and the winners were Ivan Laidlaw and H. H. Damm, both of Wingharn. The following is a breakdown of the proceeds by departments: men's and women's clothing, $299.15; child- ren's clothing $172.22; hats, $25.35; shoes $4,(1.70; gro,s,ries ?72.0; novel- ties $54.45; furniture $50.3 iett room $30.00; sale of tickets turkeys $87,25; donations $13.43. 'lb Hospital Auxiliary ..;sines to thank everyone who help,,, I make the Rummage Sale such a success. '111,re are two sales annually rod the first was held in the sprint;. "How did you like my sermon yes- — terday, Mr. Brown?" asked the young clergyman of the small community,VARYING PROBLEMS "Well, parson," was the thoughful reply, "I don't really get a fair chance FACED BY COUNCIL at them sermons of yours. I'm an old man now, and I have to sit way in the back by the stove and there's old Miss Jenkins, and Widow Burt, and Mrs. Canfield and her daughters, and all the rest of them sittin' in front of me, with their mouths wide open, swallerin' down all the best of the sermon, and - well, what gets down to me is purty poor stuff, parson, purty poor stuff." The town barn is to have a fall housecleaning by order of the council and a sign will be posted to point out that it is not a dumping ground for everyone. More telephone conduits are being buried under some Wingham streets by the Bell Co., and council decided to advise them that they are to be responsible for restoring the road sur- faces dug up, to their former esti.- dition. It was felt by Deputy Reeve Adair that something woeid have to Os done about the condition of Carling Terrace but council was at a loss to figure where tile equipment and men could be obtained to do the job. A letter was sent to the Bus Co.. to request that they get their busses off the Main Street, where they are ty- ing up traffic and ninny interfere with the fire truck. Snow removal was discussed and steps ‘Vill be taken to arrange for adequate equipment to be on hand The public weigh scale carne in for discussion. One of the local coal dealers feels that he is inconvenien- ced by having to apply for someone to weigh his coal while the town de- rives very little revenue from the scale and is forced to spend a good deal to maintain it. A sign will he. erected on the scale showing the hours of operation, 7 a,m, to 6 p.m. Councillor Carmichael brought forth a request from fire brigade that a new scale of pay be set so as'to different- iate between assist. chief, captains, sec.-treasurer and the experienoe4 men according to their length of ser- vice. This will be discussed by ato Fire Coratnittee, COMING EVENT THIS CRIDAV The Won, n's Institute will hold i Euchre, Friday evening, October 26th., in the Connell Chamber. Mem- bers please bring sansiwiel:eA. !Ii.,fan:s- sion 35 vents. flay begins at 815 p.m.