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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1951-12-12, Page 1early fax gout TilriMmas (P ft,auIi . . . .11olt in Or Ingilant #torr,0 ALONG THE MAIN DRAG By The Pedestrian Last week we made a mistake 'first 'time' in this column and used the name Walker Store instead of Chain- way. To the girl who decorated their windows we still say "we knew you would make it." - 0 - 0 - 0 We missed a number of local stores when we mentioned store windows last week and there arc some which have been decorated since. The fol- lowing really rate a second look, Hanna's Men's Wear, King Depart- ment Store, Callan Shoes, Welwood's, Stedman's, Walker Stores, Walker Home Furnishings, Rae & Sons Hard- ware and Stainton's. - 0 - 0 - 0 Signs of spring. It's hard to be- lieve today, but last week two child- ren were spotted walking along the main street of Wroxetcr in their bare feet and carrying their rubber boots. • Mrs. Carl Lott of Wingham and Grocer Harry Angus are both $230 richer after winning the Mother Par- ker contest Saturday night. Christ- mas came early. EXAMINATION RESULTS WIWAYI DISTRICT H.S. GRADE XIII (Figure in brackets indicates the number of papers writ- ten. The mark is the average of these papers,) Barbara Gaunt, (11), 83.9; Louise Bowman (10) 75.5; Jean Dinsmore, (7) 75.1; Eleanor Wightman (9), 74; Joseph Brown (7) 65.7; Donna Jeffs (7) 62.7; Velma Ballagh (8) 59.9; John Lancaster (6) 59.8; Shirley Mof- fat (7) 56.7; Reta Allen (4) 55; John Hanna (7) 54.7; Ian Matheson (9) 53.2; Gordon Lane (4) 50. (Below 50%) Arnold McIntyre (6); H. Louise Pocock (10); Ronald Camp- bell (9); James Wylie (7); Shirley :Lockridge (8); Robert Feagan (4); Stewart Nimmo (5); (Absent) James Walker. GRADE XII. (Average mark of papers written) Isobel Dennis 85.8; Bodie Craig,' 82,7; Marlene Schumacher, 78.3; John 'Crawford, 70.2; Donald Dickison, 68.8; George Porter, 66; Keith And- erson, 64,7; Jean Hobden, 63.7; Lois Webb, 63; George Hall, 62.8; James 'Gaunt, Larry Hutton, Tom Webster (equal) 60.5; Donald Gibson 56.2; Betty Carter, 55,2; Patricia Brophy, 153.7; Sally Lou MacWilliam, 51.5; Betty Gorbutt, Marion Toner (equal) .51.2; Marjorie MacKenzie, 51; Ken Grower, 50.2. (Below 50%) Douglas Newman, .John Freudeman, Delores Hamilton, -Colleen Stobo, William Hart, Murray (Continued on Page Four) RONALD RAE'S RINK WINS DAVIDSON TROPHY • • ENGAGEMENT Mr. and Mrs. R. E, Laidlaw, Wing- ham, announce the engagement of their daughter, Alice Ann, to Mr. James Armstrong Munro, Vancouver, son of Mr, and Mrs. A. M. Munro, Oakville. The marriage will take place at the end of this month. DOUBLE HEADER Stainton Spitfires Juvenile and Wingham Lions Midgets will meet Kincardine Legion Midgets and ,Tuv- eniles, Thursday night Dec, 13th at 7 and 8 p.m, Admission, Adults 35c, Children 15c. 12b BOXING DAY BONSPIEL Two draws, 9 a. in.and 11 a.m., Box- ing Day, Dec. 26th. Rinks will be drawn. Piave your name on the list at the curling club, Bob Hobden, chairman, phone 42 or 57. Admission fee, $8.00 per rink. 12b S.S. CHRISTMAS' CONCERT Winghan United Church Sunday School Christmas concert will he held Friday night at 7.30. 12b SCHOOL CONCERT Belgrave School Christmas enter- tainment will be presented in Fores- ters' Hall, on Friday, Dec. 21 at 8.30 and will take the form of a two-hour operetta, "The Cobbler of Fairyland". Admission 40e and 15e. Everyone is welcome. 1219b (iLENANNAN CONCERT Glenannan School Christmas Con- cert, Thursday, December 13th at 8.00 p m. Dancing to Slim Bushay and his orchestra following concert. La- dies please bring sandwiches. 12b WINGHAM BAPTIST CITUllar Special Christmas music and mes- sages this Sunday. Come and enjoy the' beautiful carols and the message from God's Word. Bring the children to our 10-to-10 Bible School. Crane and Welcome, 12b At) Tim .Subscription $2.50 per year; 6c per copy With which is amalgamated the Go rrie Vidette and VVroxeter News WINGIIAM, ONTARIO, WEDNESD AY, DECEMBER 12th, 1951 Vol. 78 No. 15 •••••1011•11•41/111111111••••10•M•MINA Ronald Rae's rink captured the Fred L. Davidson Trophy after a tor- rid game with a Walkerton rink skipped by C. 0. Monroe at the Bon- spiel here last week. Members of the winning rink were R. Rae, skip; Frank Hopper, vice-skip; Harold To- mas, second and D. A. "Ike" Rann, lead. The final game was curled in the wee small hours of Saturday mor- ning and the lead see-sawed from side to side and was tied 11-11 going into the twelfth and final end. Final score was 12-11, The big Western Foundry Trophy went to Stan Burns' rink from Pal- merston, which defeated Doug Shiell's rink from Kincardine 10-5, Tom Currie presented the trophy for the Foundry, The following are the final results of this third annual Wincrham Curl- ing Club five-day Bonspiel, Western Foundry Trophy Semi-finals S. Burns. Palmerston, 1a, J. P. Mc- Kibbon, Wingham 9; D, Shiells, Kin- cardine, 10, Dr, Hetherington, Bramp- ton, 9. Finals Burns, 10; Shiells, 5. Fred L. Davidson Trophy Semi-finals R. Rae, Wingham. 15: 0 Penvdele Belmore. 7: C. 0 ivrenree. Walkerton, 9, H. Langdon, Clifford. 7. Finals R. Rae, 12: C. 0 Monrce, 11. Consnlation A wards Western Foundry H. Sifters. London, 7, Pr. Geoghe- gan, Guelnit 6. Fred L. Pevidso** Gil Ivripm,, 10 T.T ,Alivse 11,-,e0era g, The winners of the W'eefer., ween-dry trophy wore also ()leen Croon wrist watches for en'eh The Shiell's rink reeeived trere-ewl Wee. Refs. Third and fourth ninon win- net's received silver breed seer,.el In the Fred L. Davidson event, Ron Rae's rink were 'vim's, r+^Fr ri level fhv Walkerton rink table latrms and third and fourth place winnotql 17t 1'4 tables, The consolation prizes were silver trays. ORDER YOUR CHRISTMAS GREETINGS THIS WEEK There will be a special Christ- mas Greeting edition of The Ad- vance-Times this year, to be mail- ed Monday, Dec. 24th. Already many local businessmen have se- lected their greetings. Those who have not already done so must order space not later than Saturday of this week, Dec. 15th. In order to have this -special eth ition ready for the mail by 8.00 o'clock Monday morning the en- tire production must be complet- ed by Saturday evening of next week. We will try to disappoint as few advertisers as humanly possible, but the deadline men- tioned above must be strictly ad- hered to if the paper is to be in the mail before Christmas. FIRST MOHAWK HOME UM/1E SATURDAY NITE 'N‘e‘Saturday night will be hockey night /in Wingham, commnencing this Sat- urday evening at 9 o'clock when Wingham Mohawks meet the Clinton R.C.A.F, team, The first game of the season will be played with Kincardine in that town on Friday night. At the time of going to press the final line-up is not available. Roy Wilson, Johnny Crewson, George Westlake, Bill Lock- ridge, Jack Pym, Bill Hilbert nd Jim Gebhardt will dress for surcy The team plans to cultivate t o ha- bit of having the hockey game here in Wingham every' Saturday night they can, according to coach Roy Bonner. Official practices are slated for Tuesday and Thursday nights be- tween 7 and 8. All other nights at the same time are open for skating practice. KIN RADIO AUCTION AROUSES INTEREST Thursday night was Radio Auction night at CKNX ,as the local Kinsmen auctioned off over a hundred dona- tions of merchandise or services by local merchants. Bids were received from many nei- ghbouring communities as well as Wingham, with one bid coming from as far away as Godcrich. Bids started to pour in at 7 p.m. and by 9p.m. when the auction went on the air, many of the bids were up around the full value of the merchandise, 'Auctioneers 13,6n Hamilton, Bob Ferguson, Johnny Brent, Tom Raffer- ty and Vin Dittmer were kept hust- ling to well past midnight before everything was sold. The Kinsmen re- port that it was a good financial suc- cess. Lucky prize winners were: 1. Mrs. Alex Robertson, R. R. 5, Wingham, 24 pound bag of flour; 2,, Whitney Grose, Wingham, 24 pound bag flour; 3. Mrs. Gil Miller, Wing- ham, 6 boxes white cake mix; 4. Mrs. Charles Sutton, Wingham, 6 boxes chocolate cake mix; 5. Mrs. Alex Rob- ertson, R. R. 5 ,Wingham, 1 complete Toni home permanent kit; 6. Jack Stevens, Wingham, 2 refill kits by Toni; Mrs. C .W. Lloyd, Wingham, I jar of Toni Creme Shampoo and 2 Toni creme rinse; Stewart Beattie, Wingham, 3 family size bottles Bromo Seltzer; 9. Peter Carmichael, Wing- ham, 1 bottle Faberge Cologne; 10. Mrs. Hugh Armstrong Teeswater, 1 bottle Tiffany Cologne; 11. W. Rob- ertson, R. R. 4, Wingham, 'Smoked Ham; 12. Mrs. Ed. McBurney, R. R. 3, Wingham, 2 pkgs. Salada Tea Bags. On Monday, December 10th., the 99th Battery held a Sports Night at the Armouries. G Troop defeated H troop in volley- ball 2 straight games.. Members from each troop contested the various in- dividual events. Winners in each event were: Rifle Shooting, Gnr, Stan Hiseler, G. Troop; Cribbage, Bdr. Henderson, Troop; Snooker, Gnr, Francis, H Troop; Badminton, Gnr. Bill Wells, C Troop; Darts, Bdr. Jack Blackwell, C Troop. When all the points were totalled "G" Troop emerg- ed on top by a score of 150 to 125, This Sports Night was a finish for the Fall course which has been Car- ried on since October, Next week will be an organizational meeting fOr the winter term. At pre- sent, it is intended to carry on a course of general military training for all recent entries. Those men who have completed this course during the fall, will begin training on military transport and all ate to be trained in driving and maintenance. For more details, be present next Monday. The annual Christmas banquet for the Gunners of the 99th Bty., held last Friday night at the armouries, was a huge success. The banquet was well attended ,and enjoyed by all. While the table8 were being cleared, prior to holding a, dance, pay parade was held. Although the band did not arrive until later on, a fine dance was held i ,cruding several old time square ,Purees, Once the Allemande left start- It's Not Too Late To Buy Your Seals Dear Friend: It has been our experience that Some people never forget anything. Other people seem to forget every- thing. Most people forget a few things now and then, But they're glad to be reminded when it's something they MEANT to do. SO may we remind you that it's not too late to buy CHRISTMAS SEALS we sent you in November: CHRIST- MAS SEAL dollars fight T. B. all through the year. Two weeks mail brought the CHRIST- MAS SEAL SALE fund up to $1457.- 00 This is a good start toward our objective but of course we will all be glad when the objective is in sight and we know that there is enough to cover all the projects which we have planned for the coming year, We need and appreciate your help again this year. Sincerely, Frank Madill Local Christmas Seal Committee Father Police Chief Dies at London Chief Constable J .W. Irwin and Mrs. Irwin attended the funeral of his father, Col. W. W. Soden Irwin, V.D., last Wednesday, December 5th, at St. John's Church, Ancaster. Col. Irwin, one-time commander of the Irish Regiment of Canada, Toron- to, had a distinguished military car- eer. He died in Westminster Hospi- tal, London, at the age of 75. Educated at the Royal Military Col- lege, Kingston, he completed his mili- tary education in Britain, where he joined the Imperial forces He serv- ed with the British Army in India and following his return to Canada, was appointed to the command of the Irish Regiment of Canada. His wide military experience and vigorous personality led the regiment to a place among the most successful in Can- ada's Reserve forces, Col, Irwin lat- er commanded a brigade in Central Army Command. He was a member of the Prince of Wales' bodyguard at the Royal Visit to New York in 1919, He is survived by one daughter, Is- abel (Mrs. Sherman Gregory), at pre- sent in Munich, Germany; one son, Chief J. W. Irwin, of Wingham; two sisters and one brother, John Evans Davis Passes in Toronto John Evans Davis, son of the late Mr, and Mrs. Henry Davis ,pioneer residents of Wingham, passed away in Toronto General Hospital, on Sat- urday, December 8th., 1951. Born and raised in Wingham, he was a graduate of the Ontario Col- lege of Pharmacy in Toronto. For a time Mr, Davis operated a drug store in Goderich, and later moved to Wingham. Ile was later employed with the Hooper Drug Co. in Toronto and managed a drug store in Win- chester, Ontario. Since his retirement three years ago, he has lived in Tor- onto. His wife the former Mabel Jame- son, predeceased him 17 years ago. He leaves one daughter, Loverne, A,v-1 three sisters, Mrs. C. N. Peek° and Miss Irene Davis, of Toronto and Mrs, W, R.Birteh of Wingham. Interment was made Tuesday after- /26150 in Wingham cemetery. MEMORIAL CHIMES DEDICATED ON SUNDAY %The new Memorial Chimes at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Wing- ham, were dedicated Sunday, Decem- ber 9th., by Miss Helen Inglis., grand- niece of the donor, and Rev. A. Nim- /The dedication took the form of the unveiling of a plaque which will be mounted on the wall at the rear of the church where it may be seen by all. The service of dedication was join- ed in by the congregation and Mr. Nimmo's sermon dealt with the "Giv- ing of Gifts." Harold Victor Pym, organist and choirmaster,then played the Memorial Chimes at the request of the minister, A large congregation was on hand for the dedication. PLAY AT WROXETER Sponsored by the Young People's Union of Wroxeter United Church a three-act comedy, "Aaron Slick from Punkin Creek", with a cast from members of the Young People's Union of Gorrie United Church, will be pre- sented on Thursday evening, De- cember 13th at 8.30 in Wroxeter Town Hall, This play comes highly recom- mended. Admissions, adults 50 cents, children 25 cents. 12* Oldie ICE CLOSED Dr. Parker's office will be closed from December 15th to January 6th inclusive. 12b ENGAGEMENT Mr. and Mrs. Wm. J. Smith, form- erly of near Bluevale, now of Wrox- eter, announce the engagement of their only daughter, Shirley Marie, to Wilfred Hornung, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred A. Hornung, of Kitchener, the iharriaM to take place in Kitchener Saturday, December 22nd. CHRISTMAS coNepair The Brick Church Christmas con- cert will be held at Melt tinftra (Mulch on Monday, Dec. 17th, at 830 p m. A good proaram is planned, in. chiding a short play entitled "Christ- mas Is a Racket", Mm., adults Wie 1.2b Herb Fuller, chairman of the public school board, and Alton Adams, chair- man of the property committee, ap- peared before the council with a re- quest for an additional $25,000 in debentures over the $90,000 already approved by council, Mr. Fuller outlined their case clear- ly and precisely from the first indic- ation of the need for further accom- modation to the present situation. He pointed out that building had to be (lone bolero the' first 1952 class ,.:6.n11; in. la September of 52, 63 frum th.' kindergarten would lee moving on to Grade 1 and there is no accommonatine for them. The bottom five grades are all idled now, n, • ceuncli had given a4,- limy& to the expenditure of $90,000, nowever the lint working erawiege .vi-r+ nut apnroved by the Department etineadue v. ho pay 4W 01 the eosi. onel; if th, plans meet their re- quirements. The Department felt that SEVERAL ACCIDENTS OVER WEEK-Efkil Last week-end was a black one as far as accidents were concerned, There were two bad smashes in town and one nearby. Saturday evening at 5.30 a car driv- en by Gordon Rogers which was southbound on Josephine St., crashed into the rear of a truck driven by Malcolm Scott, Belgrave, which had stopped to make a left-hand turn on- to Albert Street, according to police. The truck was rolled over onto its side and the car turned over as well. Mr. Rogers was accompanied by his wife and three children. One daugh- ter, Barbara, sustained a cut on the left side of her head. Dr. McKibbon treated the injury. Chief Irwin in- vestigated. It is estimated that the 1946 model ear was damaged to the extent of $1,500 and the !damage to the trtit4 $150. No charges haVe been was necessary to call out the fire d& partment to flush the spilled gaso- line off the road. Sunday night at 8.30 Jacob Van- derlees, northbound on Josephine col- lided on the Mackenzie bridge with a southbound car driven by Wallace Vallach of Teeswater. Vanderlees stated that his brakes failed and on applying the emergency, found that it had gone too. It was found that the failure was due to the leakage of the brake fluid. No charges have been laid. Bill Lockridge went off the road at Wingham Junction early Monday morning and smashed into a tree. Ex- tensive damage was done to the ve- hicle and Bill luckily escaped any injury. Provincial Constable Salter investigated. Miami News Carries Story on J. Hanna The following is reprinted from the Miami (Fla.) Daily News: "A visiting legislator from Canada said today that there will be no world peace until old-age security is pro- vided for everybody throughout the world. "J, W. Hanna, recently re-elected to the parliament of the province of Ontario-comparable to a state legis- lature-said he believes pensions should be standardized throughout the world. "Hanna, who has served in the provincial parliament since 1943, is spending several weeks in Miami to persuade the city's winter tourists that Ontario is a good place to spend the summer, He is staying at the Alcaza.r. "Ontario has everything; it's the finest province in the Dominion," he said. "It has the most manufnetur- mg, gold mines and paper mills rum the best scenery." "He will be joined here by other representatives of Ontario-the Hon. Thomas Kennedy, minister of agri- culture; the Hon, Arthur Welsh, pro• vincial treasurer; the Hon. William Goodfellow, minister of welfare all now visiting Cuba." WOMEN'S INSTITUTE The regular meeting of the Worn- ens Institute will be held in the Coun- cil Chamber on Thursday afternoon, December 13th„ at 2.30 p.m. A Christ- mas Story will be given by Mrs. Kirby, of the Salvation Army; a dem- onstration on making . shortbeard. Duet by Mrs. Mr). B. N. Corrin and Mrs. Ross Hamilton. Instead of exchange of Christmas gifts the members are. asked to please donate new arid good used clothing, babe levettes, or zneethieg that could be used in a hale for thiltariati Relief for Groveo. The rinblie are asked to holn in this worthy eattse,The ba'e will be peeked and sent. as soon as poasible. TTosi".sses, Mrs H. Campbell, Smith, Mrs. a. Dove ll Vrrl'OS titlett, Mrs. M. Bell, Mrs S. H ,Crawford, Dancing at the Royal T ed .all formalities were brushed aside YOu are welcome at the Royal T and everyone present, warmed to the on Saturday night for your dancing music of the junior t'aritiera' Oral- pleasure from DM to 12. Music by eStra. Bertha Henderson's Orchestra. Bridge Club Winners At the regular meeting of the Bridge Club on Thursday, December 6th., there were seven and a half tables in play. North and South: 1st., Mrs. D. B. Porter and Dune Kennedy; 2nd., Mrs, R. R Hobden and Miss M MacLean; 3rd, Mrs, H. C. MacLean and Gerd MacLean; 4th and 5th, Mrs. It E, lVfeKinney and Mrs. 3. H. Crawford, Mrs. D. Nasmith and Miss Y, McPherson. East and West 1st. Mrs. C. Gammage and George Cameron; 2nd., Mrs, R. S. Hethering- ton and Geo, Williams; 3rd. and 4th,, Mrs, 0, H. Ross and Mrs, W. French, Mrs. J. J Brown and 3„A, Wilson. Council OK's School Bd. Request for Additional $25,000.00 on New Wing there should be an increased area, washrooms • should be larger and classrooms larger with the idea that some time in the future, this new building could be added to, making a completely separate school from the old building. Tenders were called and six were received. Mowbray Construc- tion Co, of Wingham, made the low- est bid of $98,036.19 and by the elimi- nation of several features, the board was able to lower the bid to $94,00a. To this must be added cost of furn- ishings, surveys, architect, land and the final figure of .110,euii was arriv- ed at. The school board feels that two extra teachers, only, will be necessary next year. The council approved unan- imously tile motion that application be made to the Municipal i›oard for an additional $25,000 to weer these increased costs. There was a full - attendance of council and other business was con- sidered. A letter was received from the D.A. oil Co., ie.gued to the complaints re the noise of unloading during the night and they ee.p,ained that they were taking steps to elimi- nate any annoyance. Council unanimously decided to write to the Department of Highways requesting that a culvert be nut in on bridge No. 3, on the Belgrave Road, due to the shortage of steel and the feeling that the large opening was not necessary. The 20% grant on the fire truck will not be received until 1952 because the final payment was not made until 1951. A letter from the Wingham Arena commission pointed out that neither they nor the Wingham Mohawk hoc- key club would be responsible for anyone injured during a scheduled game. Several letters of inquiry, addressed to the Industrial Commission of Wingham were received ,inquiring as to available factory space ,Councillor Miller suggested the formation of a committee to push these inquiries .along.. .„ _'Reeve Johnson statedifiat -the side-- ;on the right hand Mackenzie bridge should be kept cleai: - Councillor Clark suggested that a splash board be installed to protect pedestrians, as it is difficult for mot- orists to see anyone on the bridge. Don Jeffs to Head Wingham Lodge Wingham Lodge No. 286, A,F, & A.M,, held election of officers on Tuesday evening, last week. Those elected were: Master, D. W. Jeffs; Sr. Warden, H. A. Mitchell; Jr. War- den, W. H. Smith; Chaplain, E. S. Gauley; Treas., A. M. Peebles; Sec., H. L. Sherbondy; Sr. Deacon, K. H. Saxton; Jr. Deacon, D. T. Miller; In- ner Guard, A. J. MacDonald; Tyler, R. A. Coultes. Installation will be held at the regular meeting on Fri- day, January 4th. Installing officer will be Rt. Wor. Bro. Walter Van- Wyck, Past District Deputy Grand Master.