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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1951-11-28, Page 15TOWNSHIP OF HOWICK MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS NOMINATION MEETING A Meeting of the Electors of the Township of Howick for the nomination of candidates for the office of Reeve, Deputy- Reeve and three Councillors and two Trustees for the School Area of East HowieIt and two Trustees for the School Area of West Howiele will be held at the Community Hall, in the Village of Gorrie at 1 o'clock p.m. ON FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30th, 1951 Immediately after the close of nominations at 2 o'clock p,m„ candidates will address the Electors. Candidates must be nominated in writing, The proposer and seconder must be municipal electors and be present at the meeting. If the proposed candidate is not at the meeting, evidence that he consents to be so nominated must be attached to the nomin- ation paper, At the nomination meeting or before 9 o'clock p.m. of the same day a candidate may resign in respect of one or more offices for which he is nominated, by filing his resignation in writing with the Returning Officer, and, in default, he shall be deemed to be nominated for the office for which he was first nominatd. When a candidate files a declaration of qualification for one office at the nomination meeting or before 9 p.m. of the same day, he shall be deemed to have resigned as candidate for all other offices for which he was nominated, All candidates for office shall file the required declaration of qualification on or before nine o'elock in the afternoon of Satur- day, December 1st., 1951. In the event that an election is required it will be held on MONDAY, DECEMBER 10th, 1951 beginning at 9 o'clock in the morning and continuing until o'clock in the afternoon of the same day at the following places; Electoral Division Number One to be taken at S, S. No. 1 Electoral Division Number Two to be taken at S.S. No. 2 Electoral Division Number Three to be taken at Clerk's Office, Gorrie Electoral Division Number Four to be taken at Community Hall, Fordwich Electoral Division Number Five to be taken at S.S. No. 18 Electoral Division Number Six to be taken at Orange Hall, New- bridge. Electoral Division Number Seven to be taken at Town Hall, Wroxeter Dated at Wroxeter, Ontario, this 16th day of November, 1951. P. L. DURST, Wroxeter, Ontario. Clerk and Returning Officer. 21:28b 4.14.44msmawo”oNmelmswoam. Frederick F. Homuth Phm.B., R.O. Carol E. HomuthR.O. Mrs. H. Viola Homuth R. 0. Registered Optometrists Phone 118 Harriston, Ont. RONALD G. MCCANN PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT CLINTON, ONTARIO Office: Royal Bank Phones: Office 561, Res. 455. WELLINGTON FIRE Insurance Company Est. 1840 An all Canadian Company which has faithfully served its policy holders for over a century. Head Office — Toronto H. C. MacLean Insurance Agency Wingham OR. W. M. CONNELL DR. B. N. CORRIN PHYSICIANS and SURGEONS Phone 19 J. A. FOX Chiropractor and Drugless Therapist. RADIONIC EQUIPMENT COMPLETE HEALTH SERVICE Phone 191. Harold Jackson LICENSED AUCTIONEER For Counties of'Huron and Perth Specializing in Farm, Household and Property Sales. Phone Collect Seaforth 661-14 BM. 4, Seaforth Ontario is easy on your purse if to many out-of-town points, Space Is provided on page one for the listing of emergency numbers. DO IT NOW ! Don't wait until deep winter has set in before having new floors laid or your present ones re- paired. We can do the job promptly. WI& I I (11 OW I liei,4' i 4.411V A- -''4.-141 / ..,,, T fill!-'-'7!fr:-•1•:".,''firf"'' 1 141 4 1,... 4, • a . \ r' .,_.....A....0. Illea; Al *I woe aN A vp:-.01, 4—u., ,-• 4 ore,„, ,.: ...,.. Rubber and Marboleum Tile Repair Work Built-in Cupboards General Contracting BENNETT CONTRACTING COMPANY Roy E. Bennett, PHONE 447 WINCH*NT I 11 Th omson Appliances Frigidaire Sales & Service WINGHAM PHONE 29 Quality Always Spare yourself the pain of "shopping around" for a Monument to honour your loved one. Depend on our reputation for highest quality and fair dealings, See Us First. ALL CLASSES OF MONUMENTS IN STOCK Most Modern Equipment for Shon and Cemetery Work Inscription Work Promptly Attended to. Br wnlie Memorials WILLIAM BROWNLEE, Owner and Operator Alfred St. Wingham .ox 373 'Phone 450 E E I 11 eakee(4,-) Ws the greatest improvement in ranges in years...2 ovens ;n one, or one extra- large oven! Each oven with separate temperature controls" Lock-stop shelves ore adjustable to 10 positions. Simpli- Matic Oven Control and Cook-Master Oven Clock Control. Lifetime Porcelain finish—inside and out. Come ini Learn about all the new Frigidaire Ranges zoorc! '/ z oveNsi [ Age...vat / rrk oveivel i7..m..--4iGi°43245=1111111 Model RO-60 gra=r07'"-%W"="*".....46,4.4.1.57=01,-"4t=1...1‹:-'41=0” WEDNESDAY, NOVElitHEIi, 28, 1901 THE WINGHAM ADVANCE-TIMES PARK ELEVEN Wingham, Past, Present, Future St • (by W..1. Fleuty) Atitornobiles were unkown ,and so was coal as fuel for train 4trigInes. Wingham was the half-way fueling Statical between Palmerston and Kin- cardiac. Hundreds of cords of wood were stored just south of the rail,. way to the West of Josephine street. The weed was cut here to the requir- ed length and the saw made a screeching noise, On the morning of July 30, 1875, Philip Curry, a highly- respected Turnberry farmer, drove into town with a team attached to a lumber wagon. .His horses took fright at the wood-sawing and bolted. In front of the residence of Dr. P. Mc- Donald, Mr. Curry was hurled from the wagon, His head struck a tie- post crushing his skull, and death was "Instantaneous. A farmer's team took fright at the sawmill, ran away, scared another team ,then three more teams broke loose, and the unuusual sight of five teams in a mad charge along Joseph- ine street was a sight not to be for- gotten, The teams all turned into the hotel yard at the corner of Vic- toria and Josephine streets puffing and snorting after their wild charge. No harm done. Near Tragedy Beatty Bros. ,ran a bus to all trains, One day Bob Beattie carelessly drop- ped the reins when proceeding to the station. This was the signal for the horses to run, Bob climbed down from the high seat on the bus and jump- ed to safety. A small son of the late Frank Paterson, riding with Bob, de- cided to stay with the bus. The horses turned to go into the railway yard as usual. .Two heavy gate posts marked the entrance, One horse contacted a post with such terrible force that if hack was broken. The boy was thrown fifty feet, was picked-up in a semi-conscious condition but unin- jured. First Horse Race The Wellington, Grey and Bruce branch of the railway was built from Palmerston to Kincardine in 1873, The ..1111.1.50.10.2..M.1-11.110.1.1151.0.11,110•1S.1111 111.23131.2.10 first hArSe race took place on the Queen's birthday, 1.874, on the gravel road from Cassell's hill one mile south, 1t was a running race, one of the horses being owned by that grand old sportsman named Lofton, landlo?d of a Wroxeter hotel, ' and grandfather of our townsman, Harry Town. Incorporated in 1878 As in 1874, the tower Town resi- dents again put up a stiff opposition to Wingham being incorporated as a town in 1877, but the incorporation movement went by default. In '1.878 Winghamites took up the question of incorporation, To take in Lower Town would have included greater acreage than the Municipal Act would allow, having in mind the more suitable Section to the north. However, on Oct. 6..1878, incorporation was accomplish- ed, the population being 2070, That night an attempt was made by an in- obviated person from the rejected area to burn down the Upper Town school. The blaze was noticed in time by a man taking a short cut across the commons from John to William street and it was extinguished, No ac- tion was taken. Fire Protection Once Wingham became a town, fire protection was advocated, but it took a few years to bring about the installation of our waterworks sys- tem on a condensed plan from what it is today, The first fire to try out the efficacy of the new myaern was in the hayloft of the hotel barn at the corner of John and Josephine streets. I think the landlord a that time was a man named McKay, Ile• fire was drowned out. First Curling The first curling took place on the lower branch of the Maitland. "The Laird," as the father of the sport was called, used a pair of wood- en "stenos" he had brought out from Scotland. His name was Inglis, One son owned a woollen mill on Alfred street and another was a carriage builder on Josephine St., where Drs. Connell and Corrin have their offices. In the summer of 187.1, I had been out berry-picking and was overcome by the heat and was a sick boy. I was taken out to the farm home of some old friends my parents had located, near Whitechurch. While I was on the farm for a couple of weeks, a bear carried off a very young pig. Yes, it was a new country hereabouts at that time. I once saw a wild turkey in the dense bush then standing at the north-east corner of Josephine street and the B line. At another time the whole school flocked to Victoria street to behold a deer running wild on the prairie across the river. Strange that today deer are plentiful throughOut this now thickly populat- ed section of Ontario. Weak Platform A Dominion election was held in 1874 and Hon, Alex MacKenzie defeat- ed Hon. John A. MacDonald. But there was jubilation by East Huron Tories, because their Conservative candidate, Thomas Farrow, had been elected. The Tories, as many as could be crowded in, gathered in the bar- room of the Queen's Hotel, situated at the corner of John and Josephine streets. Mr. Farrow was standing on top of the bar, no doubt expounding his favourite topic that the hens laid more and larger eggs under the reign of his old chieftain than at any other time. Suddenly the floor gave way and the crowd was precipitated to the ground below, along with a hot stove.. The drop was only about four feet as there was no easement at that time, A few persons suffered minor burns from coming into contact with the stove, but no further damage was done. Athletics' Baseball Team Wingham was becoming a place of importance. Cricket and lacrosse games were played on the prairie to the west of the highway. A baseball team known as the Athletics was going great guns and winning repeat- edly. The ball field was the ground now occupied by the public school building. The personal' of the team complete I have forgotten, but there was the late A. H, Musgrove. Ed. Groves, Billy Risdon, Bill Broadfoot" Don Arbuckle, Bill Armstrong and Frank Hodgins, A rather uncomfort- able accident occurred to the latter one day. He kept a grocery store in the stone building at the corner of Victoria and Edward streets. He stepped out the back doors just at thepsychological moment that the maid from upstairs was throwing out a pall of dish water. You guessed it. She made a direct hit. I Saw him re- enter the store, One of the first places of entertain- ment was the Queen's Hotel hall, located over the driving sheds, now the site of the dining room and in- surance offices. Turf Club The Wingham Turf Club was organ- ized and a race course constructed on the farm of the late Thomas Hen- derson, now owned by his son, W. J. Henderson oit the Bluevale Road. Shooting at clay pigeons and glass balls was another favorite pastime on this property. The first races were held on a Queen's Birthday, the year I don't re- member, but on May 22, we had a four-inch fall of snow. There was gloom on the faces of the race pro- moters, On the 23rd.. the sun came out in all its glory. The snow went as if by magic. The 24th was a glorious day, and the track was in excellent condition, (To be continued) Bell Co. Distributes 8,500 Directories in Area Indicative of the continuing growth of Wingham and other communities in this area is the increase in the number of new telephone directories which were mailed to subseribers this week. Approximately 8,500 directories are required for homes and hnsiness es- tablishments, according to I), A. McArthur, Telephone' manager for this region, as eompared with 8,000 when the last directory was issued. The book has 80 alphabetical or white pages, three more than last year. Containing more than new and changed listings, the November 1951 directory is easily distinguishable from last year's book by its green cover. A sufficient quantity of the directories has been printed for all present subscribers and for the estim- ated number of new customers during the next 12 months. In addition to Wingham, the direct- ory also contains listings for sub- scribers in Harriston, Drayton, Hol- • stein ,Lucknow, Mount Forest, Car- gill, Durham, Walkerton, Hanover, and several other nearby centres. Be- cause of the many new and changed listings Mr. McArthur urged sub- scribers to check any personal lists of telephone numbers against the numbers listed in the new book and to make any changes that are neces- sary. "Looking-up the desired number be- fore calling," the manager said, "helps 01111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111911121111* MR. A. RUBIN COMPANY - 1950 Designs Now Being shown Individually fitted and styled, ii Several fittings at no additional cil • Call 276J,ar Wg e ingham to avoid the possibility of getting the wrong numbers and saves time for both the calling and the called pertles. 'Information' should be called only when the number you are seeking is not listed In the directory." One of 50 telephone directories pub•, belied each year by The Bell Tele- phone Company of Canada for ban- dreds of centres, both large and small, in its Ontario-Quebec territory, the new Wingham directory contains helpful information as to the use of the telephone and long distance rates Business and Professional Directory S. J. WALKER Funeral and Ambulance Service MODERN FUNERAL HOME 'Phone 106 Night 189 WINGHAM ONT. Gm Alan Williams Optometrist In former office of Dr. R. C. Redmond Patrick St., Wingham Professional Eye Examinations Phone 770 Evenings by appointment. aniMMINIMMONIMEN K. M. 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