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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1953-05-13, Page 1Room for One More? ... . sss Two cars can pass on the McKenzie Bridge, but the driver in this case Was wise to wait until the bridge was clear. Long a traffic hazard in the north end of Wingham, it is hoped the fifty-year-old bridge will the be replaced by modern structures like those to the south of town. —Staff Photo, PLAY AT '13LUEVALE On Thursday evening, May 21st, at .8,30 p.m. a three-act farce, "A Close Shave" (French's budget play) will be presented by the young people of the Bluevale United Church in Bluevale Community Hall. Admission 50c; children of school age 25c, Flab RATEPAYERS' MEETING A meeting of the ratepayers of the East Wawanosh Public School Area will be held in Belgrave Arena on Monday, May 18th at 9 p.m. to dis- cuss a proposed addition to the Bel- grave schoolhouse. Alfred Nesbit, chairman of the school area board, Orval Taylor, reeve. F13b TEA AND SALE The Ladies' Section of the Wing- ham Golf Club is holding a tea and baking sale at the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. E. McKinney on Minnie St. on Wednesday, May 20th at 3 p.m. Everyone welcome. Come and bring your friends. F1320b EELGRAVE FESTIVAL .Belgrave Music Festival will be held in the Forester's Hall, Belgrave, on Friday, May 15th, at 1.30 p.m. Miss Helen Guenther, supervisor of music for Perth County, adjudicator. It will be continued on Tuesday morn- ing at 9 o'clock, May 19, 'and at 1.30 p.m. Admission in afternoon 15c. Dr. G. Roy Fenwick, Director of Music for the Province of Ontario, ad)udica- tor. The remaining portion of the festival will be held in the Wingham town hall on Tuesday evening, May 19, at 7.30 o'clock. Admission 35c. R, Coultes, chairman of Festival Committee, Mrs. Lawrence Vannan, secretary. Flab LAST WEEK AT WINGHAM GENERAL HOSPITAL Admitted to Hospital 28 Out Patients 11 Operations 13 X-Rays 32 Births 7 :Deaths 4 High Census 83 Low Census 70 • • B.M.R. 4 These facts are published weekly to acquaint the community with the services of our hospital. — • With which is amalgamated the Gorrie Vidette and Wroxeter News Subscriptions $2.50 per year, 60 per copy WINGHAM, ONTARIO, WED N.EDAY, MAX 13, 1953 SIXTEEN INCH TROUT—Red El- liott was one fisherman who didn't let the big one g'et away. He returned home last week after an early morn- ing's fishing trip with a 16 inch speck- led ) ut weighing 1 lb. 12% oz,,,,While there seems to be some doubt in other 'anglers minds about it, Red claims he caught the speckled beauty at the Alps. 0 - 0 - 0 LAST DAY TODAY—In case you've -.forgotten to make your donation to -.the Easter Seal Fund, there's still time to get it in, if you HURRY. The 'Fund closes Wednesday, May 13th, 'which is today. If you're the type who ;puts things off 'til the last minute, this is it. Mrs. W. J. Greer is collect- ing for the Lions Club. - 0 - 0 BOATING SEASON OPENED- -Several boats appeared en the Malt- land over the week-end, while others -were being launched for the first time 1PIthis year at the lake. The warm weather heated the water up to temp- peratures in the sixties and several people had their first swim of the .season. ,,. 0 - 0 - 0 BEAUTIFYING THE DAM—First steps in a project to beautify the -banks of the Maitland around the .McKenzie bridge were taken this week -by the Lions Club, when a bulldozer levelled off ground on the south bank of the river, and plowed under tons -of the junk which 'had been dumped there. Eventually it is hoped that fill will be deposited and the bank land- scaped. 0 - 0 - 0 MORE FIRE WORKS—Two ypung incendiarists were responsible for al- most setting fire to the rear of Ken Kerr's drug store last Wednesday, when they apparently threw fire- crackers into the dog pen at the back of the premises, and set the straw in the pen on fire. Fortunately the• fire was discovered smoldering in the nick of time, but not before some of the ,limber had been badly scorched. The Rummage Sale has gone over the top again! This event is spon- sored by the Ladies' Auxiliary to Wingham General Hospital and was held in the Armouries on Saturday afternoon. Never had so many ar- ticles been contributed or so much money taken in. The parcels began coming in on Friday morning and all clay, membeis of the Auxiliary were busy sorting and marking. The tables were piled high with merchandise, over 700 clothes hangers were used for the dresses and coats alone, A new department was opened for this pale, that of infants' and children's clothing which proved very popular. Promptly at two, o'clock, the doors were opened, and with an inrush of eager buyers, the sale began, continu- ing until after four o'clock and re- quiring the effort of nearly 100 sales- people. Everything was there, from a washing machine in the furniture department to pieces of antique jew- elery found among the novelties. Many fortunate people secured some good bargains. The tea-room upstairs provided a social touch to the sale when many people met their friends. In connection with the Rummage Sale this year, a Tag Day was held in the neighbouring towns of Blue- vale, Belgrave, Brussels, Teeswater, Gorrie, Wroxeter, Whitechurch and Lucknow on Saturday, May 2, and in the town of Wingham on May -9. This new venture proved very suc- cessful, a total of $477.65 being re- ceived. These Rummage 'Sales are held twice a year and are the main source of revenue for the Hospital Auxiliary. The proceeds are used to provide furnishings and bedding for the hos- pital, so start right now and gather articles for the next sale which will come along in the fall. RUMMAGE SALE, TAGS GET GOOD RESULTS FOR HOSPITAL FUNDS A study of motoring habits at Wing- ham's McKenzie Bridge at the north end of town is a bit of an eye-opener for anyone who cares to stand there and watch the cars go by. And it's a Traffic Faces Dire Hazards at McKenzie Bridge Bottleneck CALF CLUB' TO MEET The first meeting of the Turnberry Calf Club will be held on Tuesday, May 19, at Harvey Timm's farm, lot 5, concession 3, at 8 o'clock sharp. Any boys or girls 12 to 20 still inter- ested please attend. F13b Former Wingham Man Injured in Calgary Hospital Addition One Step Nearer to Reality NO STREET LIGHTS FOR LOWER WINGHAM ENGAGEMENT Mr. and Mrs, Charles Albert Shiell, Wingham, announce the engagement of their daughter, Doris Edna, to Mr. John Urquhart Stephens, son of Mr, and Mrs. Gilbert a Stephens, Camp- bellford, Ontario. The wedding will take place on Saturday, June 6th, at Brick United Church. Flab Plan Dog Trials Here in October Russ Ferrier, Joe Clark and George Orvis, of the Luc-Tee-Win Conserva- tion club were in Kitchener last week attending the regular meeting of the Western Ontario Foxhound Associa- tion. - The club is planning to hold dog trials in Wingham in October if the grounds here are satisfactory, and it is expected that the executive of the WOFA will be here within the next two weeks to look over the ground for that purpose. The event will be sponsored by the Luc-Tee-Win club and run by the WOFA, and it is hoped that 'about 100 owners and dogs from all over the province will par- ticipate. According to present plans there will be a two-day show Friday and Satur- day with a bench show Friday night. Final trials will be held on Saturday. ANNOUNCE NAMES OF-POSTER WINNERS Marianne McKibben, of Wingham, was the grand prize winner in the re- cent public school poster contest sponsored by the public relations com- mittee of the Wingham General Hos- pital. Rev. H. L. Parker, chairman of the committee announced last week, The award was $10. Second prize of $5 was won by Mur- iel Whytock, S. S. 4, Culross, and third prize of $3 was won by Muriel Gowdy, of Wingham. There were 69 entries in the contest. Posters were judged for the printing, originality, composition, neatness and art work, and an impartial judge in the person of Mr. H. Hingley, of Han- over, was chosen to award the prizes. The competition held in conjunction with Hospital Day was open to public school pupils in three classifications, Grade A, rural schools of the sur- rounding townships; Group B, villages of Teeswater, Lucknow , and Blyth; Group C, Wingharn. Prizes were awarded in the three classes, and the grand prize was awarded to the pupil drawing the best poster, Results were as follows: Group A. first prize, Muriel Why- tack, S. S. No. 4, Culross; second, Peggy Coltman, SS 11, Grey; third, Gary Schaefer, SS 11, qulross; fourth, Bruce Hayden, SS 4, Grey. Ten prizes of $1 each went to Audrey Rackwell, (Continued on page eight) Strange Bird Causes Rumpus Sunday Afternoon A strange bird, thought by some to be a loon, caused quite a commotion Sunday afternoon in Pleasant Valley, when it flew in for a crash landing do the premises of Les. Krueger, The bird was quite large, the size of a duck and sported a wicked beak about 4 or 5 inches long. Mr. Kreuger went out to investigate and venturing too close, received one spiked beak through the shoe for his pains. Constable Ted Whitby appeared on• the scene to keep the bird under surveillance, and by this time quite a crowd had gathered. For some reason the bird seemed unable to take off again, and it was thought by some that the loon, if it was a loon, could only take off from the water and was helpless on land. Eventually the Chief of Police was called to deal with the matter and feeling that this was out of his de- partment, he in turn called the local Conservation officer. Meantime Mayor DeWitt Miller had appeared on the scene to see what all the fuss was about. In spite of all the interested onlook- ers, however, nobody interviewed by The Advance-Times seems to `know what eventually happened to the crea- ture. Nor does anyone know for sure what type of bird it was. Conservation Officer George McBride, on arriving at the Spot found that the bird had flown, either literally or figuratively, and the matter will probably remain a Mystery. NOTICE For the Summer months and com- mencing this Thursday, May 14th, garden cuttings will ,be picked up by the town truck every Thursday When they are placed on the curb. This service will cover both sides of the town all day Thursday each week. F13,20,27,3b question which is worse—the bridge or the drivers. Long known around town as a traf- fic hazard of the first order, the bridge, with its narrow 15' 4" roadway between steel girders, is not altogether to blame for the many accidents which have plagued it during its fifty- or-more years history. Driving habits of motorists crossing it must also share part of the blame for the acci- dent toll. To begin with, there are signs on the approaches which clearly indicate that the maximum speed over the bridge is to be 10 miles an hour. The Advance-Times reporter, who surveyed the scene last week for a half hour or so didn't have a stop watch, But at a conservative estimate the minimum speed of vehicles crossing the/ bridge would seem to be at least twenty miles per hour—or twice the speed laid down by the law, As an example of the excessive speed with which sornJ motorists cross the bridge, two young fellows in a new car were observed accelerat- ing all the way from the railroad tracks, and crossing the bridge• at an estimated 70 miles per hour, driving right up the centre of the road over the hill north of the bridge. Truck and transport drivers, apparently- anx- ious to make the hill were observed crossing the bridge at about 40 or 50. Other traffic misdemeanours noted on the approaches of the bridge were speeding up at the sight of a, car ap- proaching from the other side, and passing on the hill to the north. According to Police Chief Bert Platt, there's nothing in the Act to help en- force the 10 m, p. h. speed limit on the bridge; although drivers exceeding the 30 m. p.h. limit in town are of course subject to prosecution. The bridge has a long history of accidents, the last of which happened on April 25th. In most cases the cars involved plowed into the bridge, al- though some have been known to meet in the middle. One unlucky driver climbed 14 feet up the slanting girder, before toppling over, forutnately onto the bridge, and not in the river. But somebody may yet land in .the water one of these days, Incidentally, there is room for two cars on the bridge, if you care to try It. Most of the drivers witnessed by this reporter were patient enough to wait until the other fellow was through, At any rate we don't advise it at seventy miles an hour. At a meeting of the ratepayers of Lower Wingham, on Monday night, a petition presented to the township asking that lights be installed, was withdrawn when an estimate of $2,600 for the job of installation was review- ed from the local hydro. The original arrangement called for the township to pay one third of the cost of installation, and an estimate was asked from the hydro, which named a price of $2,600 for 17 street lights. The estimate on a complete lighting system of 36 lights came to over $3,000, The meeting was informed that the $2,600 estimate, if installation was car- ried out, would add 30 mills to the mill rate for a period of one year. Rate- payers felt that this figure was too high, and withdrew the petition. WINGHAM DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOL "OPEN NIGHT"' The annual Open Night at the Wingham District High School will be held on Friday evening, May 22nd. The school will be open at 7.30 to visitors. There will he displays of pupils' work in all departments,- and of equipment and teaching aids. Everyone is welcome, and parents of High School pupils, and of pupils in Grades VA and VIII of the public schools are especially invited to see the displays and to meet the teachers and members of the Board. Remem- ber the date—Friday, May 22nd, at 7.30. Flab The first music festival to be held in Wingham was staged by the Wing- ham Public School pupils in the Town Hall, on Saturday, and proved to be a great success, The pupils were complimented on their fine showing by the adjudicator, Garfield Bender, of Kitchener, who also praised the staff of the school and the music supervisor, Mrs. Marie Douglas of Belmore. Chairman for the day was J. H. Kinkead, school inspec- tor for Huron County. Main Winners Following were the main winners in the various classes: Girls solo, 8 years and under, Lynne Stuckey, Jean Chittick, Patricia Heywood, Susan Bennett; boys' solo, 8 years and under, Wayne Caslick, John Bennett, Gary Thompson, Donald Morland and Paul Strong; tied, girls' solo, 11 years and under, Judith Lunn, Sue Nesmith, Ruth Hodgins, Jean Angus and Janet Saint, tied; boy's solo, 11 years and un- der, Raymond Walker, Douglas Ham- ilton, Walton McKibbon, Bob Deyell tied; girl's solo, 14 years and under, Jean Rintoul, Judy Orendorff, Nancy Hutcheson, Dorothy Chamney and Dawn Sinnamon tied; boy's solo, 14 years and under, Bob Rintoul, Emer- son Hickey, Billy Henderson, Kenneth Crompton; duet, 14 years and under, girls or boys, Jean Rintoul and Joyce Moffatt, Billy Henderson and David Scott, Muriel Gowdy and Merle Gow- dy, Nancy Hutcheson and Ferne Van- stone; double trio, (unaccompanied,. 1. Judy Orendorff, Merle Gowdy, Char- lene Deyell, Muriel Gowdy, M. Camp- bell, V. Redman; 2nd. and 3rd., tied, S. Thompson, J. Lunn, K. Swanson, D. Chamney, B. Rintoul, R. \Valker, M. Newman, C. Haselgrove, M. Gibbons, Va.nstone, E. Hickey, D. Smith. Other numbers on the program in- cluded senior boys chorus, choir num- bers and rhythm band selections. The building of the new wing to add 50 beds to the Wingham General Hos- pital took a step nearer reality last week at the meeting of the Hospital Board, Last January a public relations committee was elected by the annual meeting and given the task of securing support for the building of the badly needed addition. Last night, Rev. H. L. Parker, chairman of the Public Re- lations Committee, met with the Hos- pital Board and suggested to the Board that if the latter would under- take the complete financing of the new Boiler House and Laundry, the Public Relations Committee would be- gin a program aimed at securing the necessary funds for the erection of the new wing. Although there are no definite fig- ures available at this time it is estim- ated that the building with its equip- ment w11 cost in the neighbourhood of $450,000,00, With ever half of this{ amount already in view through Pro- vincial and Federal Government grants and a grant from the Huron County, the Committee estimates that a further $200,000.00 will be needed. With the Board's acceptance of Rev. Parker's proposal, the Public - Rela- tions Committee will now proceed to formulate their plans for approaching the Municipalities, The prospects of having the new 50 bed added to the Hospital looks brighter at this time than it has in the last three years. GETTING READY AT GOLF CLUB FOR BUSY SEASON The sound of hammering and saw- ing may be heard almost any night out on the first line of Morris, and if you happen to be passing don't think it's an old fashioned barn raising bee. If you stop to enquire whAt 'all the noise is about you'll probably be press- ed into service with one of the work parties currently busy with the re- modelling of the Wingham Golf Club clubhouse. In anticipation of the busiest year since the starting of the golf club four years ago, members have banded themselves into work parties to put the clubhouse in shape for the sum- mer season. Biggest item on the agenda for the year is the erection of a verandah, without which no respect- able clubhouse would he, and the in- stallation of plumbing and lights. It is expected that these projects will be finished by the end of the month, in time for the great summer rush of business. The Wingham Golf Club is starting its third season this year with a mem- bership of 71, which, it is hoped, will be raised to 100 when the membership drive, scheduled for this spring, gets under way. Meanwhile the greens committee, under Herb Campbell and green keep- er, Ab. Nethery, has been busy devel- oping the greens. Fertilizing, top dressing and weed' killing are on the agenda, and the club's five-gang (Continued on Page Eight) ALONG THE MAIN DRAG By The Pedestrian Arno Ralph Metcalf, 37, of Wing- ham, was in serious condition in Cal- gary after his right arm was amput- ated and his legs broken in several places in a railway accident in which two and possibly three trains ran over him. Mr. Metcalfe was found late Satur- day lying between the CPR tracks in East Calgary shortly after two trains had passed over the spot. His right arm was amputated at the shoulder and his legs badly fractured. Police said it is believed he was knocked down and run over by a locomative and that another train later backed over him. There was a possibility a third train had passed over him. Mr. Metcalf is a son of Mr, and Mrs. John D. Metcalf, of Glenannan. He has been a resident of Calgary for the past two years and had been em- ployed by the railway of that city. LEAVE CANCELLED TO ATTEND CORONATION When Mrs, Reg. Newton, of Wroxeter, received a wire from the Navy, saying that her son, Ordinary Seaman Tom Newton, wouldn't be home after all on an expected month's leave, she was pretty worried. So worried in fact that she telephoned Tom at his base in Cornwall N,S. to see what the trouble was. The answer was simple. Tom was one of an eleven-man team from the base picked to go to the Coronation. He is scheduled to sail this Saturday, and will have to postpone his leave until July. Tom comes from a family of soldiers, His father, who is now a patient in Westminster Hospital; London, having served in both World Wars. A brother, Jack, was killed in the Second World War, and a brother Bill also served. Mrs. Newton is well known in the district as the Wroxeter Post- mistress, The following shows the proceeds by departments:- Men's and Women's Clothing $245,80; Children's Clothing $110,40; Hats $44.15; Shoes $76.05; Miscellaneous Articles $120.17; Groc- eries $47.25; Furniture $112.00; Novel- ties $107.55; Tea Room $33.30; Dona- tions $15.00; Goods sent to Hospital $30,00; Total $941.27. Proceeds of Tags sold $477.65. Total amount realized $1418.92. The Auidliary wishes to thank everyone who helped in any way towards the splendid success of this sale. HOLI DAY NOTICE Citizens and Business People of the Town of Wingham are asked to take note that MONDAY, MAY 18 will be observed as a public holiday. (this will replace the customary May 24th holiday) DEWITT MILLER, Mayor. First Public School Music Festival Held on Saturday P.S. Board Accepts Teacher's Resignation The resignation of Mr. A. J, H. Mac- Donald from the staff of the Wing- ham Public School was accepted by the Public School Board, at a meeting on Monday tight. Other matters discussed at the meet- ing include the question of landscap- ing the new wing of the school, PAPER WILL APPEAR THURSDAY NEXT WEEK Owing to the public holiday next Monday, when Victoria Day will be celebrated throughout the coun- try, the Advance-Times will be published on Thuvday of next week instead of Wednesday, Correspondents and advertisers are urged to submit copy as early as possible for next week's issue. The office of the Advance-Times Will be closed all cloy on Victoria Day. Don't Miss "Fun Parade" At Wingham Arena This Friday Night