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QUEEN EVZ.I13ET.11 II
By Command of The Queen
the Earl Marshal is directed to invite
Mr. Joint Hanna
to be' present at the Abbey Church of
Westminster on the 2nd day of June 1953
Earl Marshal
Above is a reproduction of the engraved inVita- who is one of the few In this province to receive
tion made out to John Hanna; and signed the honor, will fly to England next week to
by the Date of Norfolk; inviting Mr, Hanna to attend. He plans to Visit other European &sun•
attend the Coronation, on June 2nd, Mr. nanirietriee during hie stay on that side of the water,
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By Whe redestrian Hospital Day Is Observed
Many . Visitors Welcomed as • •
With which is amalgamated the Gorrie Vidette and Wroxeter News
WINGRAM, ONTARIO/ WVONESDAY, NM 20, 1853
Dr. Walton A. McKibben, wail-
known Wingham physician, was pain,-
fully injured on Sunday night, when
his car, heading north on the Tees-
water road, went out of control about
two miles north of Wingham, plowed
into the ditch, Hit a driveway and
overturned/
Dr. McKibbon was admitted to
Wingharn General: niespital suffering
from several fractured. ribs, lacera-
tions and shock,
The car was discovered: by a paesing
motorist upside down in the ditch.
Police estimated it travelled 200 feet
after hitting the sliould'ee before
coming to a stop. It was' raining at
the time and it is thought that slip-
pery roads were the cause' of the acci-
dent.
Damage to the car.' wan estimated at
$1,200, Constable Sid Jieffries of the
Provincial Police, investigated.
ENGAGEMENT
Mr. and Mrs. Ebner' Downey, of
Gorrie, wish to announce, the engage-
ment of their youngest daughter, Alice
Margaret, to Edwardl Arettiony Steck-
ly, eldest son ofalelle. and. Mrs, Para
Steckly, of Kitchener:. The, wedding
to take place early- in Jima Falb
ENGAGEMENT'
Mr. and Mrs,. Albert Stewart, Kin-
cardine, wish tosannounce the engage-
ment of their- eldest, daughter, Audrey
Elizabeth, to Mr. John. Nelson Car-
diff, eldest sore a Mr.. and Mrs Albert
Cardiff, Brussels: The wedding will
take place the, latter part of June.
The counties of Huron and Bruce
operate under different assessment
manuals,, and it was felt that in fair-
ness to the municipalities concerned,
the assessments should be equalized in
some way,
Alex Alexander, Huron county asses-
sor, stated that considering the dif-
ference in manuals and the fact that
there was a difference of four years
between the assessments of Teeswater
and Brussels, he was surprised that
the existing assessments were so near-
ly equal.
Following the meeting members of
the committee went out with the two
assessors to satisfy themselves on the
report that had been given them.
Mayor DeWitt Miller, secretary of the
committee, reported that the findings
of the committees closely paralleled
those of the assessors,
The re-assessment of the town of
Wingham is proceeding and has reach-
ed the stage when; one ward of the
five has been already re-assessed. It
is expected that the re-assessment of
the whele town will not be completed
until - early September. The wont is
being carried out by town assessor
William Haney in co-operation with
county assessor Alex Alexander, fol-
lowng the Huron county manual.
The assessment committee is ex-
pected to call a meeting of the boards
of the municipalities next month to
present their report on the assessment
situation, at which time it is hoped
the municipalities can come to some
agreement on the building of the new
school.
Members of the assessment commit-
tee are Harvey Johnston, chairman,
DeWitt Miller, secretary, Wm. Fisher,
Culross, Harry Gowdy, Howick, Ever-
ett Finnegan and Alex Alexander,
DL IFKIBBON HURT
AS CAR OVER:MINS
The following were winners in the
Music Festival, held Thursday, May
7th. '
Rhythm Band: 1, a, 5, No. 14,
Wroxeter Junior Room; 2. S. S, No. 9;
3, S. S. No. 7, Gorrie Junior Room; 4.
S, 5. No. 1e; 5. S. S. No, 17, Fordwicb
Junior Room,
Biers Vocal Solo-9, years and under,
L Carol Robinson,-No. 7, Gorrie; 2.
Darlene Brothers, No, 14, Wroxeter; 3.
Marion Scott, No, 15, Macintosh; 4.
Donna Henderson, No. 13, Fordwich; 5,
Leone Harris, No. 13, Wroxeter,
Junior Choirs: 1. Junkie Room,
Fordwich No. 17; 2, Junior Room,
Wroxeter, No. 14; 3, Junior Room,
Gorrie, No. 7.
Boy's Vocal Solo, 9 years and under:
1. Ronald Mann, No. 18, Gorrie; Mich-
ael McLennon, No. 10, Gorrie ited; 2.
Alex Strong, No. 7, Gorrie; 3. Jackie
Harkness, No. 15 Macintosh; 4, Clif-
ford Stewart, No, 4, Gorrie.
Boy's Vocal Solo, 11 years and un-
der: 1. Wayne King, No. 7, Gorrie; 2,
Kelvin Buchanan, No. 7, Gorrie; 3.
Fraser Pollock, No. 17, Fordwich; 4.
John Nagel, No. 3, Clifford; 5. Billy
Higgins, No, 14, Wroxeter.
Unison Chorus, (enrolment, under 20)
1. S. S. No. 10, Gorrie; 2. S. S. No. 3,
Clifford; 3, S. S. No 4, Gorrie; 4. S. Si
No. 18, Gorrie; 5, S, S. No. 9, Ford-
wich.
Unison Chorus (enrolment 20 or
more) 1. S. S. No. 11, Fordwich; 2. S.
S. No. 7, Gorrie; 3. S. S. No, 14, •Wrox-
eter; 4. S, S. No, 17,,, etealwich.
Two-part Chorus (enrolment under
20) 1 S. S. No. 6, Fordwich; 2. S. S, No.
15, Macintosh; 3. S. S, No. 18, Gorrie;,
4. S. S. No. 10, Gorrie; 5. S. S. No. 16,
Wroxeter.
Two-part Chorus: (enrolment 20 or
more) 1. S. S. No. 17, Fordwich; 2. ae.
S. No. Wroxeter; 3. S. S. No. 11, Ford-
wich; 4. a S, No,. 7, Gorrie; 5, S. S, No.
1, Clifford.
Girl's Vocal Solo, 14 years and un-
der: 1. Shirley Timm, No, 10, Gorrie;
2.. Elinaaeth, Patterson, No.- 17. Ford-
with; 3. Marie iiestie, No. 7, Currie; 4.
Mae Vaster, No. 8, Fordwich; 5, Betty
Marie Beyers, No. 11, Fordwich.
Double Trio, under 20. 1. S. S. No. 16,
Wroxeter; 2, S. S. No. 10, Gorrie; 3.
S. S, No, 18, Gorrie,
Double Trio, 20 or more; 1. S. S. No.
14, Wroxeter; 2. 5, 5, No. 17, Ford-
wich; S. S, No. 11, Fordwich.
Girl's Vocal Solo; 11 years and
under: 1. Mae Doubledee, No, 13,
Lanes; 2. Erma Klink, No. 11, Ford-
wich; 3, Yvonne pealing, No, 11,
Fordwich; 4. Gloria Pfeffer, No. 3,
Clifford; 5. Eunice Martin, No, 8,
Fordwich.
poy's Vocal Solo, 14 years and un-
der: 1. Garry McClement, No, 10,
Gorrie; 2. Bruce Grainger, No. 7,
Gorrie; 3. Jack Wright, No, 1, Clif-
ford; 4. Alan Pfeffer, aro. 3, Clifford;
5, Clayton Cober, No. 17, Fordwich,
Duet, 14 years and under; 1. Jean
Leppington, Gail Hallman, No, 6,
Fordwich; 2. Yvonne Sperling, Erma
Klink, No. 11, Fordwich; 3. Elizabeth
Patterson, Allison McCann, No. 17,
Fordwich; 4, Yvonne and Darlene
Henderson, No. 6, Fordwich; 5. Mar-
garet McCann, Elizabeth Patterson,
No, 17.
Girl's Open Solo: 1. Elizabeth Pat-
terson, Shirley Timm, Yvonne Spar-
ling, tied; 4. Marie Hastie, No. 7,
Gorrie; 5, Betty Marie Bent's, No. 11,
Fordwich.
Boy's Open Solo: 1. Clayton Cober,
No. 17, Fordwich; 2, Gary MeClement,
No, 10, Gorrie; 3, Larry Durst, No. 14,
Wroxeter; 4. Kelvin Buchanan, No. 7,
Gorrie; 5. Melvin Ashley, No, 5,
Fordwich,
The first three winners in each
ie,. elaSs will be eligible to go to Goderich
Hur on Vef,t.11.1fils The co-operation, in-
terest and efforts Of all who helped
to make this occasion a gtiCeeSS Was
much appreciated by the Music Sup.
ervisor, M. Douglas.
Goderich to Have
New Industry Soon
An agreement was reached last week
for the coming to Goderich of a new
million-dollar industry. The W. A.
Sheaffer Pen Company, which has
been located at Melton, Ontario, for
the past five years, has ordered con-
struction of a 50,000 square feet one
storey-ultra modern plant, which will
be started in six weeks, and is expect-
ed to be completed early in 1954 Pro-
duction will start shortly afters com-
pletion.
The new plant will be situated on
the Nelson Crich farm at the out-
skirts of town on the Clinton Coder-
ich highway.
The building housing the new in-
dustry is expected to cost in the neigh-
borhood of $500,000, with plant equip-
ment making up the balance Of about
a million dollar in-Vestment,
There will be about 180 employees
to start, including key Personnel, and
it is hoped that the employment roll
will ultimately reach a maximum of
200 in several years time, About 65%
of the employees will be female, With
Will Come to Wingham
To Close Teeswater School
If No Teacher Forthcoming
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TURTLE SEASON—The turtle sea-son, if there is such a thing, seems to
have opened with a bang the last
.few days. Quite a few of them are
to be seen along the roads in What
appears to be a spring migration.
Being slow, they're not very good at
dodging motorists, and their shells,
although hard, are not quite hard
-enough to bear the impact of a meter
Car. Most of those along the high-
ways have met an untimely end.
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IMPROVE MAIN DRAG—The
south end of Josephine Street has
been improved considerably since the
new sidewalk has been laid in front
eif John Pattison's new store. Tile
,store itself is coming along nicely,
too, and should be ready for occu-
pancy on schedule if the good work
:can be kept up. John plans to do a
good deal of the inside work himself,
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BEST SELLER—The Queen is very
eiicely portrayed in a reproduction of
an oil painting now hanging in the
police office of the Town Hall. 'Mem-
bers of the High School board liked
the picture so well they bought a
.duplicate - for the High School, and
Mow the Post Office has a similar
picture gracing its walls. The pic-
tures, which are similated oil paint-
ings on canvas, with gilt frames,
were bought at a cost of $40 each.
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DECKING THE HALL—Workmen
-scaled the tower of the Town Hall on
Wednesday afternoon, to put the first
sheet of bunting on that venerable
building in preparation. for the Cor-
onation. 'The Businessmen's Associa-
tion is looking after the arrange-
anents.
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STRIKE OFF THE BAND—For
any celebrations in Wingham on Cor-
onation Day. Not having heard of
-anything doing around home, they
accepted an invitation to attend cele-
brations in Listowel. Perhaps Wing-
ham citizens are expected to go there,
'too.
'Gordon Deyell
New Constable
An application from Gordon Deyell,
4 -thief of police of the town of South-
amptonaend former resident of Wing-
ham, for the position 'left vacant by
-constable Lloyd Want:- 'Wile has re-
signed, was accepted at a special
meeting of the town souncil on Fri-
elay, Mr. Deyell is the son of Robert
Deyell, of Wingham, and was a mem-
ber of the Wingham police force some
years ago.
Constable Lloyd Brant has resigned
his position in Wingham to join the
Provincial Police force, and started
his dutes wth them on May 19th.
Maitland Lodge of
Wingham, No. 119
are holding their
Annual Church Service on Sunday,
morning, May 24, in the Presbyterian
Church, Falb
CASH BINGO TO BE HELD AT
SACRED HEART PARISH HALL
Cash Bingo at Sacred Heart Parish
Ball, Monday, May 25th at 8,30 p.m.
Everyone welcome. F21b
DANCE AT BELMORE
The Hockey Club of Belmore is
holding a dance on May 25th, in the
Delmore, Arena. Music by Don Robert-
son and the Ranch Boys. Lunch coun-
ter in the Hall. Pouter AcimiAsion,
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PLAY AT BLVEVALE
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 50e;
children of school age 25c. F21b
LEGION BINGOS
The Legion Saturday Night Bingos
will start this Saturday, May 23rd, in
the council chambers. P2113
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
eex-vice will cover both sides of the
town all day Thursday each week.
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vAnrctry CONCERT AT
FORESTER'S. HALL, RELGIRAVE
A Variety Concert will be.presented
in forester's Hail, BelgraVe on Fri-
day; May 22nd, at 8,30 p.m., under
auspices of Trinity Church A, .?.A,
Program eonsisting Of two one-act
plays entitled "Murder In the Family"
and "The Castleapf Mr, Sir-epee also
vocal and instrumental music by'
local talent with special numbers by
guest artists, "Mr. Terry asfeAedle"
and "Mrs, Walter Smith" both of
Teeswater,
Admieskin, Adults 40c, Children 25e,
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Funeral services for Duncan Ken-
nedy, who died in Wingham general
Hospital on. Sunday, in his 59th year,
will be held this afternoon from St.
Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Wing-
ham. Graveside services will be under
the auspices of Wingham Branch 180
of Canadian Legion, Rev.. Alex, Niineno
will officiate at the service, and in-
terment will be in Wingham cemtery.
Mr. Kennedy was born in West Wa-
wanosh township and was educated at
S.S. No, 9, Kinloss, In 1915 he enlisted
in British Columbia in the 54th Koot-
enay Battalion and was. wounded in
France in 1916, He married Charlotte
E. Tegg, in London, England, the
same year. •
Returning to Canada., in. 1917, Mr.
Kennedy managed a hatchery in
Whitechurch and Wingham for 21
years, coming to Wingham to live 19
years ago. He was manager of the
Canada Packers plant here for seven
years and since 1949 has been associat-
ed with John Gaunt in the sawmill at
Whitechurch.
Mr. Kennedy was a Past Noble
Grand of the Maitland Lodge, I.O.O.F.,
and a past president of the Canadian
Legion Branch 180. He was a member
of the Curling Club, the Bowling Club
and,,the Bridge Club in Wingham, and
was an elder of St. Andrew's Presby-
terian church.
He served seven years on the Wing-
ham town council, and in 1948-49 was
elected mayor of the town. He,,
also been a member of the Utilities
Commission since 1949.
Surviving besides his wife are four
brothers, Alex, of Winnipeg; Peter, of
Whitechurch; David, of Victoria, B.C.;
George, of Lucknow; and three sisters,
Miss Anne Kennedy, on the staff of
Wingham General Hospital; Mrs. H.
Tichborne (Agnes), of Goderich; and
Mrs, Lorne Durnin (Jean),* of Luck-
now, and his mother, Mrs. David' Ken-
nedy, of Whitechurch.
Pallbearers at the funeral will be
Jack Craig, Ewart McPherson, Elmer
Wilkinson, Emerson Shearer, R, S.
Hetherington and Omar Haselgrove,
SINGING PRAISED AT
BENRAVE FESTIVAL
The Belgrave music festival finals
were held this week in. the Forester's
Hall, Belgrave, and in the Wingham
Town Hall Tuesday night.
Sponsored by the Belgrave School
Fair Association, the event includes
schools from the townships of Morris
and East Wawanosh who compete an-
nually for the Belgrave Co-Operative
Association Trophy and the Wing-
ham Lions Club Trophy. Cash awards
are also given to the winners.
Throughout the afternoon and even
ing of Hospital Day, Tuesday, May 12,,
friends and relatives, former patients.
and interested visitors made their way
ko Wingham. General Hospital to see
their hospital at work. Arrangements
were under the directien of the Lad-
ies' Hospital Auxiliary and the gueets
were welcomed by Mrs. Morrey, Hos-
pital superintendent, and Mrs. Geo, R.
Scott, president of the auxiliary. The
patients rooms and corridors were
bright with baskets of spring flowers,
forming a colorful background for the
white of the nurses' uniforms. Al-
though the hospital was filled to much.
more than capacity, everything was
handled with efficiency and quietness.
and with a minimum of disturbance to.
the patients.
The visitors were interested in see-
ing and having explained to them .sev-
eral pieces of new equipment, as they,
were conducted through the hospital
by members of the auxiliary:- The.
nurses' residence was greatly admired,,
especially the new floor which, was.
recently added. This building now. has,
a capacity of 50 beds,
At the end of the tour, the. auesta
were taken to the large recreation
room where tea was served under the.
convenorsbip of Mrs. Filwoo.d. Armi-
tage and Mrs. • Gordon, Buchanan.
Those responsible for showing, visitors,
the hospital were, Mrs.. R.. R. Holedent
Mrs. R. H. Lloyd, Mrs.. Lockridge,.
Mrs. E. -Snell, Mrs. W. .1. ,Greer in.
the afternoon, and in the evening,,
Mrs. E. McKinney, Mrs. E. Webster,
Mrs. W. VanWyck, Mrs, Geo. Williams:,
Mrs. W. A, McKibbon. Receiving at
the tea room were Mrs, N. Fry and
Mrs. A. Peebles, while Mrs., C.. H.
Hinde and Mrs, J. W. McKibban pre-
sided at the tea, table. Those serving
were, Mrs. A. W. Irwin, Mrs. E. Mc-
Kinney, Mrs., W. W. Armstrong, Mrs.
Mrs. G. L. Dunlop, Mrs. D. Nesmith.
Among those coming to, see through
the hospital were the girls from the
senior grades of the Wingham Dis-
trict High School, several of whom
plan to enter a nurses' training school
in the near future. Several visitors
from neighbouring towns were also
"present.
An interesting event during the
evening was the presentation of -cash
awards to three winners of a poster
contest sponsored by the public rela-
tions committee of Wingham Hospital.
The girls were introduced by Mrs.
Morrey: grand prize winner, Marianne
McKibbon, of Winghain; second, Mur-
iel Whytock, of Culross Township;
third, Muriel Gowdy of Wingham.
Mayor DeWitt Miller made' the pre-
sentations and congratulated the for-
tunate young ladies.
Named Delegate to
W ,M.S. London. Meet
Mrs. Robert Mowbray will be a dele-
gate to the annual council meeting of
the Women's Missionary Society to be
held May 26th to 30th, in New St.
J ames Presbyterian Church, London,
Ontario.
There will be several outsanding
speakers discussing the relationship
between the Church of the West and
the newer, "younger" churches of the
East.
The Society's work in Canada will
be told. by Miss Ellen Douglas, Hospi-
tal visitor, Vancouver. Miss Muriel
Judd, Missionary to Chinese, Montreal,
and Miss Freida Matthews, National
Missions Executive secretary.
All interested in the work are wel-
come.
Announce Contest
For Decorations
On. Coronation Day
Prizes of $10 and $5 have been of-
fered by the town council for the
best decorated houses, in an effort
to encourage the decorating of private
homes for Coronation Day. All citizens
are urged to decorate their houses in
themes suitable to the occasion. '
A. ballot will appear in The Advance-
Times .of May 27th, upon which citi-
zens will be asked tq vote for the best
decorated house and ballots are to be
handed in. at The Advance-Times of-
fice by June 8th. Winners in the con-
test will be announced hi the edition
of June 10th.
It is; expected that a good deal of
Variety will be shown in the decora-
tions, and that a large number of
citizens will, take part in the contest.
Coronatian decorations for the Town
Hall will be taken care of by the
Busineestnen's Association,
OPEN NIGHT AT WINGHAM
DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOL
Etiday evening, May 22nd., is Open
Night at the Wingharn District High
School. There will be displays of pup-
a's work in all subjects, particularly
art, shopwork and sewing and cook-
ery.. The Agriculture room will have
conservation exhibit, baby chicks
and other spring projects, There will
also be a short physical education pro-
gramme and films in the Recreation
Room. The Board, staff and students
invite everyone interested to visit our
District High School next Friday
evening, F20b
A fair comparison exists between the
assessments of Teeswater and Brus-
sels, according to reports of the Bruce
and Huron county assessors, presented
at a meeting of the Wingham District
High School assessment committee
last Saturday, Assessors Alex, Alex-
ander and Everett Finnegan ot Huron
and Bruce respectively, reported that
they 'had spot checked about 25 pro-
perties In the two villages, as•well as
properties in the townships of ul-
ross, Turnberry, Morris, East W an-
osh and Kinloss, and could find only
slight inequalities in the assessments
of Huron and Bruce counties.
The assessment committee has been
set up by the municipalities in the
Wingham District High School area to
equalize in the area for the purposes
of the new high school assessment.
St. Paul's Celebrates
86th Anniversary
The 86th anniversary of St. Paul's
Anglican Church was marked on Sun-
day, with Holy Communion, at 8.30
a.m. Rev. H. L. Parker preached at
the 11 o'clock service, and a special
anthem "Break Forth Into Joy" was
sung.
Rev. D. A, Powell, rector of St,
George's Church, Harriston, was the
guest preacher at Evensong, and Mrs.
Gordon Davidson was organist.
Offerings of the day are to be used
for the upkeep of the fabrics of the
church, A good congregation was pre-
sent at the services.
The closing of the Grade 9 class at
the Teeswater High School at the end
of the school. year was forshadowed at
the regular meeting of the High
School board last week, when mem-
bers voted to move the class to Wing
ham unless a teacher is obtained for
the grade 10 class there within two
weeks. The board has been advertising
for such a teacher since February, but
has received no applications for the
job, At present there is only one class
being conducted at, the school, under
the direction of Mr. Chas. Ander-
son.
Members of the, board seemed to
feel that if no teacher as obtained for
Grade.10, and-the school is conducted
with only one class, as it is at present,.
it would be more economical to close
the school entirely. There are only 28
pupilei enrolled there this year, If the
Grade 9 class is brought to Wingbaxn.
Mr, Anderson will be taken on the
staff of the Wingbam District High
School, here.
A delegation from the teachers of
the High School was present at the
meeting to present their case on the
question of salaries. They asked for,
and received a $100 a year increase
over and above their yearly increment
of $200, and in the case of one teacher
the raise was, $150 to place him on a
more equitable footing with new tea-
chers starting at higher rates. The
board also moved to appoint Frank
Madill assistant principal, with a $200
aayear raise accompanying the post,
The application of John E. Heney,
at, present teaching in Burke Falls, for
the position of physical education in-
structor, left vacant by the resigna-
tion, of Mr. G. Higenell, was accepted
and Mr. Haney will commence teach-
ing this fall at a salary of $3,100. It
was decided to advertise for a History
teacher to take the place of Mr. Tur-
ner, who is resigning to go to Sarnia.
A letter from the assessment com-
mittee, appointed at the meeting of
the Wingham and district municipal
councils to look into assessments in
the High School 'district, was received.
The committee asked that the Wing-
ham District High School board as-
sume responsibility for expenses in-
curred by members of the committee
in matters pertaining to the assess-
ment question, The board agreed to
reimburse membere of the committee
for his work.
Chairman James Armstrong wel-
comed R. S, Hetherington, a new
member of the board, who is taking
the place of G. C. Game-loge a,s repre-
sentative of the town council.
Principal W. S. Hall's monthly re-
port showed an attendance of 94,3% in
Wingham, 93.9% in Teeswater and
93% in Brussels for the month of
April, of an enrolment of 366. Amongst
the coming events at the High School
he listed a trip to Q.A.C. Guelph,
Open Night on May 22nd., Field Day
on June 1st, and a visit of the Public
School pupils on June 3rd.
FUN PARADE ENJOYED
BY WINN AUDIENCE
Over a thousand people were present
at the Arena on 'Friday night when
Roy Ward Dickson and his goofy
gang, sponsored by the Wingham
Kinsmen Club, rolled into town. And
although the attendance was disap-
pointing from a financial standpoint,
those who did attend were certainly
not disappointed in the entertainment
provided,
area in the surround:Ps diArict, with,
ii.,pme participants coming from as far'
These present ,VGDreserirea a wide-.
all tendon and St. Thomas, Approxi-
mately $2,500 in prizes was offered to
lucky contestants in the various
program consisted of a number
stunts.
The
of stunts in which volunteers from
the audience took part to the great
delight of all but the participants. A
highlight of the evening was the die-
play of "gag bags," containing as
much miscellaneous material as could
be stuffed in a shopping bag. The
Lucky winner with the bag containing
the most items called from a list was
the recipient of a washing machine.
The finale of the evening took place
when two young members of the aud-
ience, a boy and a girl, suddenly he-
aline engaged on the platform with
the blessing of the master of tere-
monies, fey Ward Dickson. The
couple received a diamond ring, as
well as other gifts as part Of the
eeternon es.
ENGAGEMENT
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WINNERS IN WICK
MUSIC FESTIVAL .
Find Huron, Bruce Assessment
Differences Only Fractional
VARIETY CONCERT
Huron County Junior Farmers are
4 holding a variety conce' 1. in Wing-
ham Town Hall, Wed., May 27, at
S.30 p.m. Talent by the Junior Farm,
er's Clubs of the county. Admission
500. F21b
DUNCAN KENNEDY
DIES SUDDENLY
Chairman of the festival committee
was C. R. Coultes; secretary, Mrs. L
Vannan; president, Leslie Bolt; secre
tary school fair, Stewart Procter, and
the music supervisors, Miss Margaret
Jackson and Miss Delores Hamilton.
The fine showing made by the var
ious schools was praised by adjudicat-
or, Dr. G. Roy Fenwick, provincial
supervisor of school music, and Miss
Helen Guenther, of Milverton, music
supervisor of Perth County.
. Results
Following were the results: Girls'
solo, nine years and under, Joan John-
ston, Sandra Chamney, Susan Wight-
ma, Janet Beecroft; girls' solo, 11
yea and under, Mary Jefferson, Ann
Shortreed, Marie Johnston, Joyce
Harmon,
Boys Vocal :solo, nine years and wi-
der—Bob Blysma, .Gerald 'Thomas,
Glenn Plant, Garth Walden; girls solo,
seven years and under, Pauline Timm-
er, Gloria Lutz, Marie Noble, Jean
Bacon; boys solo, seven years and un-
ea Jimmy Taylor, Douglas Bieman,
David McCall, Keith Bone; boys solo,
11 years and under, John Blysma,
Ronald Snell, Grant McBurnee, Henk
Martyn; girls solo, 14 years and under,
Claire Chamney, Darlene Pierce, Aud-
rey Hackwell, Donna Walden; boys
solo, 14 and under, Billy Thompson,
Robert Pitbaldo, Bob Jefferson, James
Coultes,
Double trio, USS 6, East and West
Wawanosh, LISS No, 11, Morris and
Grey; USES 11, East Wawanosh.
Two-part chorus, USS 11, Morris
and Grey; USS 12, Morris and Hullett;
USS 6, East and West Wawanosh.
Unison chorus, 20 voices and over,
1.755 11, Morris and Grey; USS 7,
East and West Wawanosh, USS 8,
Merris.
Duet, open, Donna Walden and Bar-
bara Smith, USS 6, East Wawanosh;
Gwen Walsh and Lois Goa, USS 17,
East Wawanosh; Edna and. Ellee
Daer, 1355 11, East Wawanosh.
Unison chorus, under 20 voices, SS
5, Morris; SS 7, lefokris; USS 12, Morris
and Hullett.
Winner Of this year's 13eldrave Co-
Operative Association Trophy was
USS 11, Morris and Grey, Peesenta-
tied was Made by Stewart Procter to
the teacher, Miss Marjory McDonald.
The Wingham Liens CM Trophy
was won by 8a 5, Meads, in unison
el-terns under 20, the Mather being
Miss Joan Whitfield.
Mrs. Henrietta MacDonald, of
Wingham, announces the engagement
Of her daughter, June, to Mr. Peter
Leslie Garwood Will, son of Mr. and
Mts. Justin Will, of Wroxeter, Ont.
The wedding will take place in the
the men being employed in superviess Whighan1 United Church, the latter
cry eapaeities. part of May, P20*