The Wingham Advance-Times, 1953-05-27, Page 1ALONG THE MAIN DRAG
By The Pedestrian
JUST A BEGINNER—Slat een -year -
old Earl Ste. Marie, who never fished
for trout in his life before, ignored
all the rules and came home with a
nice ten-incher. He 'went out yester-
day after the big rain, when the
Water was so high it covered every-
'. thing, he fished in the Maitland
River, which everyone knows is no
place to catch trout, especially below
the dam in Lower Wingham, Which
goes to show you never can tell.
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MEDALS FOR SCHOOL KIDS—
School children in the public and
High School will be receiving their
Coronation medals this week, The
bronze medallions are about the size
,of a fifty cent piece and bear on one
.side a picture of the Queen, and on
the other side the Latin inscription
'"Elizabeth II Regina Coronata MCM-
LII".
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MAKE MODEL CROWNS—In a
,competition for Grade 9 students in
the High School, promoted by Miss
Hurd, Mary Frances Currie and Mary
Catherine Rae made models of the
'Coronation crowns for display at the
High School open house. The models
.were made of bits and pieces from
:around home including mother's
string of pearls, and are very good
likenesses of the originals, The work
was done from a photograph of the
crowns.
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DECORATED YET? —Citizens who
haven't yet decorated their house for
Coronation Day (and there seem to
be quite a few of them) are urged to
get to work. The town is offering
prizes for the best decorated house,
and the ballot to be used in voting is
Included in this issue of the Advance-
'Times.
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'SEVERAL MERCHANTS—have al-
-ready decorated their windows in
preparation for Coronation Day, and
others are busy on the project this
week.
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BIG HAILSTONES—We've heard
of hailstones the size of eggs and
never quite believed it, but the hail
in Wingham Monday was at least the
•size of dinner mints. Looked a bit
10 like them, too. At one time the main
street was covered with so many of
them that passing Motorists actually
had trouble getting traction on the
pavement.
men Cli3atitth the isPetonb
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PAYS "FLYING VISIT"
TO GORRIE FRIENDS
(By our Gorrie Correspondent)
Mr. and Mrs, Gerald Galbraith
were surprised on Sunday morning
when a friend of theirs, Mr. Web-
ster Knowles, of Toronto, paid them
-a flying visit in his aeroplane a
Piper "Cub," and all the family
enjoyed a plane ride.
Mr. Knowles is a cousin of Mr,
Anson Galbraith and Mrs. R. Cor-
bett, of Gorrie.
W.I. HOPE TO FORM
OLDER PEOPLE'S CLUB
AT MEETING IN JUNE
The organization of a Second Mile
Club, for citizens over 50, has been
taken on as a project by the Women's
Institute, under sponsorship of the
town Recreation Council, and will be
the subject of a meeting of the town's
senior citizens to be held in the Town
Hall auditorium, on June 12th. Music-
al numbers featuring local talent will
be heard and the meeting will be ad-
dressed by Robert Secord, London,
field supervisor of the recreation divi-
sion of the Department of Education.
Mr. Secord, Who travels throughout
Western Ontario in his recreation
work, will describe the type of recre-
ation being provided in older citizens'
clubs in other towns, and it is hoped
that with this information the older
people in Wingham will be able to
formulate their own ideas as to the
type of program they would like to
have.
It is expected that the council
chambers will be made available to
the club at various times through the
week as a meeting place and head-
quarters where the members will be
able to meet informally and engage
in the hobbies of their choice.
Members of the W. I. stress that
the club will be started by the older
folks themselves, if they are inter-
ested in the project. The W. I. in or-
ganizing the meeting is merely pro-
viding those who may be interested
with ideas and knowledge which it is
hoped will be helpful to them in this
work. If those at the meeting show
interest in the idea they will organize
the club themselves and elect their
own officers.
Refreshments provided by the Wo-
men's Institute will be served at the
meeting.
Local Photographer's
Pictures Make Good
In London Exhibit
One fifth of all the Canadian entries
hung by the Institute of British Photo-
graphers in the recent exhibit at
Overseas House, London, were the
work of Ianville Hammertoe, local
photographer, according to word re-
ceived by Mr. Hammertoe from the
Institute this week, Photographers in
the exhibit, which were the work of
overseas members of the Institute,
will be on display in London as a Cor-
onation Exhibition, and will be on
tour later in the year,
Mr, Hammerton has not yet been
notified which photographs of his
have been accepted. He submitted
thirteen pictures altogether, all of
which were portraits of local people.
Photographs of the following people
were submitted: W. A. Galbraith, Dr,
William Connell, Chief J. W. Irwin,
Coralie Hammerton, Warwick Ham-
marten, Lynda Green, the son and
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harold
Teeswater, Ross Mann, Earl
Heywood, C, C. McKibboe, Roger Oke,
John Ruttle and H, V. Pym,
Following in the wake of last week's
tornado in the Sarnia area, high winds-
blowing to gale porportions flattened
a large number of barns in the area
between Blyth and Belgrave, on Mon-
day night. Farms on the 0th line of
Morris and the 4th of East Wawanosh
suffered most severely, with many
barns being completely demolished
and many more suffering damage in
various degrees.
The high winds followed a prolong-
ed electrical storm and a hail storm
earlier in the evening, accompanied by
torrential rains, which have swollen
the rivers and streams and flooded
the fields. The storm was at its height
between 10 and 11.30 p.m, blowing
down trees and blocking roads in
many places. Telephone and hydro
wires were blown down and severed
by falling trees, and emergency crews
were hard at work on Tuesday morn-
ing trying to repair the damage. The
village of Brussels and Dungannon
were hit heavily, and left without hy-
dro or telephone service. No one was
injured by the storm, although dam-
age to stock is believed to he heavy.
A few of the farms visited by The
Advance-Times reporters showed the
extensive damage wrought by the
storm, At the farm of John E. John-
ston, on No. 4 Highway, south of Bel-
grave, the roof had been completely
blown off the barn and scattered over
the fields for a radius of about 300
yards. Shingles and pieces of roof
were everywhere, and a large section
of roof had landed on top of the house.
An end of the drive shed was com-
pletely taken off, baring the contents
of the shed, and trees had been blown
down across the driveway in a tang-
led mess of foliage.
Mr, Johnston reported that the dam-
age was all done within a few minutes
around eleven o'clock, and that the
whole thing was over before anything
could be done about it. The barn was
partially covered by insurance.
At the farm of Albert Jackson, the
barn had been levelled to the founda-
tion and the walls and roof scattered
over the laneway between the house
and barn, W, J. Hallaha.n had his
barn demolished and his front lawn
covered with trees which had blown
down. The wreckage of Dan Halla-
han's barn was scattered over almost
a mile of fields, and the family car
overturned in the barnyard.
Other damaged and flattened barns
were owned by W. J, Dickey, Mrs. Ed.
Cummings, Earl Caldwell, Watt Mason
Rid several others.
On Tuesday morning friends and
neighbours of the stricken farmers
were still trying to extricate stock
from the wreckage and do something
towards cleaning up the mess, Trees
blocking laneways and roads were
being cleared, and hydro crews were
tracing breaks in the power lines, No
one has yet even attempted to estimate
the damage, but it is certain the loss
will be heavy.
FOUR ESCAPE INJURY
IN TWO-CAR CRASH
Four persons escaped with a shak-
ing up in a week-end crash involving
two cars at the corner of John and
Minnie streets. Damage was $1,300.
Involved were ears driven by Leo
Beauchamp, of RR 5, Lucknow, a,nd
Jack Henderson, of Wingharn.
Police said Henderson had borrow-
ed the car from the Falconer taxi
stand and along with another pas-
senger, Alvin Stacey, were enroute to
pick up his own car,
The Henderson car rolled over on
the pavement after the collision. A
passenger in the Beauchamp ear,
Mrs. Herbert Miller, suffered bruised
legs, slight facial cuts arid shack.
Damage was estimated et $1,000
to the car driven by Henderson and
$300 to the Beauchamp car,
Constable Ted Whitby investigated,
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Subscriptions e2,50 per year, 6c per copy weNomeee ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 1953
ENGAGEMENT
Mr. and lvtes. George D. Fisher an-
.nounce the engagement of their eldest
.daughter, Vivian Georgina, to Mr. I.
Arnold Lougheed, of Wallaceburg, son
of Mr. and Mre. George Lougheed, of
-London. The marriage to take place
Saturday, June 20th, at 4 o'clock in
'Chalmers Presbyterian Church, White-
'church. F27b
R. G, Simpkin, a Weekly newspaper
reporter, is on his way to the Corona.
ion, This is the first of a series of
articles he will be writing for The
Advance-Tines and other Members of
the Ontario Division Of the Canadian
Weekly Newspaper Assec,
by R, G. SimPlien)
Sailing for Vie Coronation
When my sailing for the Coronation
Was changed from-'Montreal to New
''ork 'decided to take Ma extra day
in the big city and see some of the
eights, •
Arriving Monday morning I started
In to see thoSe Woos which Most
everyone coining here, visits, Radio
City, the big stores and the 5th Avenue
Shops,
/ watched the lights of the city come
on from the observation tower of the
rnpire State Building, There among
the clouds the Streets and imildirigh
Coronation Issue
Appears This Week
A special 8-page Coronation Supple-
ment is included in this week's Ad-
vance-Times.
This unique edition, piepared and
written by some of the top journalists
of the United Kingdom completely de-
scribes the history, panorama, symbol-
ism and pageantry Qf the crowning
ceremony.
A full-color photograph of the Queen
appears on the front cover, and inside
there are nearly 20 pictures pertain-
ing to the Coronation. Details of the
crowning- of the Second Elizabeth are
vivid and colorful, and interesting
sidelights on the royal family are giv-
en.
The edition contains no advertising
and is presented to readers with the
compliments of The Advance-Times.
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DINNER TENDERED
TO BANTAM HOCKEY
CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM
Members of the Wingham Kinsmen
Bantam Hockey team which ended
last season with the Ontario Minor
Hockey Association championship,
were tendered a dinner by the Kins-
men Club on Friday, at which mem-
bers of the team were presented with
jackets and championship crests.
Special guests of the evening was
"Red" Kelly, of the Detroit Red Wings,
who spoke to the boys on the subject
of professional hockey. Other guests
at the head table included Tom Raf-
ferty, CKNX sports announcer, who
acted as master of ceremonies; Glen
Johnston, Fordwich, an executive
member of the WOAA; Alf Lockridge,
Wingham; Fred Waghorn, donor of
the OlvIHA Trophy; Fred Austin, of
the OMHA; Mike Wilde, president of
the OMI-IA; Jack Roxborough, past
president of the OHA; and Tory
Gregg, president of the OHA.
Tom Rafferty introduced coach Vic
Loughlean, who in turn introduced
members of the team. Mr. Waghorn
made the presentation of the trophy
emblematic of the Ontario Minor
Hockey Championship, and Mr. John-
ston presented the WOAA trophy to
captain Jim Campbell. Jackets and
crests were presented by Kinsmen
president, Jim Hamilton and Tory
Gregg.
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Jim Campbell, captain of the team,
presented Vie Loughlean with a token
of the teams esteem, s.nd Jamie Rae
presented a gift to Arnold Vint, train-
er, on behalf of the boys.
Lost and Found!
When members of the staff of Cros-
sett Motors noticed that one of their
cars, a 1950 Chevrolet coach, was
missing from the used car lot on Mon-
day, they made the usual inquiries,
including a call to the police.
Shortly afterwards one of the staff
mentioned the matter to Floyd Jen-
kins, who drives one of Roadway Tan-
ker's vehicles and had just come In
from a run. He immediately recogniz-
ed the description as that of a car he
had seen on the highway south of
Beigrave.
A quick trip in the tow truck
brought them to the spot and sure
enough there was the car, only slight-
ly the worse forwear.
Apparently the thief had got as far
as Belgrave in the stolen vehicle when
he burned out a rod and had to aban-
don the car.
No arrests have been made as yet,
Attended Service
At St. Andrew's
A number of members of Maitland
Lodge I,0.0,F., No. 119, and of Majes-
tic Rebekah Lodge,No. 352, Wingham,
and visitors rem other lodges,
attended divine service at St. And-
rew's Presbyterian Church on Sunday
morning. A quartette of four members
Of the lodge, Messrs. W. Haney, Roy
Mundy, Horace Aitehison and John
McGee, contributed two numbers
which were much enjoyed.
came out In lights as the sunset grad.
dally faded iii the west. 'this was truly
a magnificent sight.
When I came down it was With' the
intention of seeing a show or night
club which is what most people be-
lieve is a meet ih NeW York,
As I reached Broadway the masses
of people erere on the Street and the
stores and restaurants and shows
which line both aides Were brilliantly
lighted and throngs Of people were
surging along—I just walked, past
one another of those entrances with
liveried atteridante in boa, naives of
places one often Sees in print, down
towards Times Square, ^
Saw a purse snatcher try his luck
and fell, saw him knock Vet a theatre
attendant Wire tried to stop him, and
watched the crowd gather round,
Heard a blind Man. singing, qsn't
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Coronation Service
To Be Celebrated
At Sacred Heart
To hail pier Majesty's accession to
the throne, with prayerful good
wishes, that Almighty God may be
pleased to bless her efforts for the
welfare of all her subjects, special
services will be held in Sacred Heart
Church. On Tuesday, June 2nd, the
Solemn Mass of the Holy Ghost will
be chanted at 9.00 a.m. The Mass
will be preceded by the invocation
Come Holy Ghost. Each family is
requested to offer the Family Rosary
for the Queen's spiritual and tempor-
al welfare. On the Sunday following
Her Majesty's Coronation, Mass will
be preceded by the invocation Come
Holy Ghost and will be concluded
with the Litany of the Saints and
The National Anthem,
Local Juniors
Win at Seaforth
Several local Juniors were amongst
the winners at the Huron County
Achievement Day, held last week at
Seaforth.
County honors in the Girls' clubs
Were given to Jean McCann, Ford-
wich. Marion Morrow, Cranbrook; Lil-
lian Popp, Dungannon; and Donna
Toner, Gorrie, for completing sir pro-
jects in "The Club Girl Entertains."
Maurice Hallahara Beigrave, won a
trophy for dairy cattle judging (Hol-
stein) With 191 points out of 200, High
scores for juniors went to Jim Coultes,
Be/grave.
Over 200 girls and 162 boys took
part in the Achievement Day. G. W.
Montgomery, county agriculture rep-
resentative, announced that last
week's was the largest number ever to
take part in livestock judging compe-
tition in Huron County, He reported
that there are 100 more boys and girls
enrolled in club work this year than
last.
ENGAGEMENT
Rev, and Mrs. 0, L. Gross, Port
Elgin, Ont., announce the engagement
of their daughter Clara Amanda to
1VIr. James Archie ,'ones, son of Mrs,
Jaines Jones, Wingham, Ont.
The wedding Will take place the
middle of June in Calvary Evangelic
cal United Brethren Church, Listowel,
Ont. F27*
LAST WEEK AT WHickHAM-
GENERAL HOSPITAL
Admitted to Hospital , 23
Out Patients 23
Operations 11
X-Rays 55
Births 3
Deaths
High ()ensile
LoW CletiSus 00
These facts are publiihed weekly
to acquaint the community with
the 5101/lees of our hoSpital,
DECORATE. TOWN HALL
FOR CORONATION DAY
Members' of the Businessmen's As-
sociation were busy last week putting
the finishing touches on the NCoro-
nation decorations on the Town Hall,
and this week the results are there
for all to behold. Over 500 feet of
bunting was used, and a large portrait
of Her Majesty appears above the
main door, At night the decorations
are thrown into relief by the clever
lighting installed by Burke Electric.
The decorations were the work of
the Businessmen's Association under
the sponsorship of the Town Council,
who paid for the cost of the materials,
Charles Mcleibbon, of Warren House,
designed the faeade.
Business men who assisted with the
work were: Jack Mcleibbon, Warren
Callan, Jack Lloyd, Ian Hammertoe
(who was responsbile for some fancy
trapeze work), Hugh Carmichael and
Elmer Wilkinson, They were ably as-
sisted by Jim Angus and his helper
and by tools loaned through the court-
esy of C. Lloyd & Son Ltd.
Radio Programs
On the Coronation
The following programs will be
heard on Coronation Day over Canad-
ian Broadcasting Corporation stations:
5 a.m. to 1 pen.—The Coronation
Ceremony.
3 p.m. to 4 p.m.—Commonwealth
Greetings.
4r
p.m. to 4.15 p.m.—Address by the
Queen.
4.15 p.m. to 5.30 p,m.—Coronation
Night, a description of celebrations
in Britain.
6.30 p.m. to 6,30 p.m.—Delayed
Broadcast of National Ceremony.
6.30 p.m to 6.45 pm.--Report from
London,
6.45 p.m, to 7,00 pen.--Governor-
General speaks.
7 p.m. to 8 p.m.—Canadian Coron-
ation Music.
8 p.m, to 10 p.m, Coronation Repeat.
10 pm, to 10.15 p.m.—Repeat of the
Queen's Speech
The Coronation ceremony and the
Queen's speech will be carried locally
over station CINX Wingham.
POST OFFICE HOURS
CORONATION DAY
Wickets at the Post Office Will be
open from 12.80 until 2.30 pen., on
Coronation Day, The lobby of the Poet
Office Will be Open all day.
CORONATION DANCE
A Coronation Dance will he held in
13luevale Community Hall, On June 2.
Willbee's Orchestra, Novelty prizes.
Admission 50 cents each. Lunch coup=
ter in the hall. Sponsored by the COM-,
rnunity hall Board: 1^2713
PLAY At RELGRAVE
The three act farce "A Close Shave"
Will be presented by BineVale V.P.B. in
Belgrave Forester's Hall, on Friday
evening, June 5th, at- 3.9.5 p.m. under
auspiees of E elgrave United'Church
Admission 50 cents and 25 teeth.
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Special Service
For Coronation
At Str, Paul's Church
As part of the official preparations
for the Coronation of Her Majesty,
Queen Elizabeth, special services are
to be held in every parish church of
the Church of England throughout
the British Commonwealth and Em-
pire this coming Sunday. The form
of service, issued by command of Her
Majesty the Queen, has been printed
and distributed to all parishes, so
that from the great Abbeys and Cath-
edrals of England and from the small
Arctic missions of Canada, or the
missions of Australia or from deep in
the jungles of Africa wilt rise the
same prayers and dedications to the
King of Kings and Lord of Lords.
In St. Paul's Church in Wingham
the servicesewill be held at 11.00 a.m.
and 7.00 p.m.
On the Day of Coronation there
will be a celebration of the Holy
Communion so that the people of
Wingham may take part in the same
service as that of which the Queen
partakes a few minutes after the
crown has been placed upon her
head.
As part of their observance of the
Coronation the members of Wingham
Branch 180, of the Canadian Legion,
B.E.S.L. will parade to St. Paul's for
this service, The Mayor and Town
Council have been invited to attend
the service in their official capacity
and a cordial invitation is extended
to all in Wingham and vicinity to join
in this service,
ATTENTION VETERANS
The parade for the Coronation ser-
vice will fall in at the Legion House
at 1.0.15 a,m., Tuesday. The parade will
march to the Cenotaph to lay a wreath
and will proceed to the Church
of England for the service commenc-
ing, there at 11 a.m: Berets and medals
will be worn. All members are urged
to attend, F27b
CONCERT IN CHURCH
The United Church choir will hold
a concert in the church on Friday,
dune 5th, at 9 O'clock p.m. The local
senior and Junior Choir Will be assist-
ed by Brussels male chorus and other
talent. Proceeds in aid of new choir
gowns, 1e27*
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 eutb. This
service will cover both sides of the
town all day Thursday each week.
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TO HOLD CELEBRATION
IN WIIOXETER rArm
A Coronation celebration will be
held On Tuesday, dune 2nd, in Wrox.
eter Village Park. At seven o'clock
there will be a ball game between
Wroxeter and Stone Schools and other
entertainment will include fireworks.
Sponsored by the Howick Legion and
HoWielc Lions Club.
Farm Property Damage
Heavy in Monday's Gale
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PROCLAMATION
CORONATION DAY
WI EREAs Her Most Excellent Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, by the
Grace of God, Queen of the Realm, Head of the Commonwealth,
Defender of the Faith, will be crowned in traditional ceremony at
Westminster Abbey, London, England, on &roe 2;
AND WHEREAS, in common with all the nations and colonies
of the Commonwealth, the Town of Whigham rejoices at this Signifi-
cant demonstration of the unity and community of intereSt which
binds the, people of the Cbmtnoinvealth together;
These presents are, therefore, to proclaim Tuesday, June 2, as a
public holiday and day of *joking in the Town of Wingliatn, Ontario,
and to call upon all our people, Mantling business aril: industry, to
observe the day of celebration and rejoicing in cominemotmtion of this
historic and happy occasion, and as a der-wrens/ration of our loyalty
and affection,
LONG LIVID THE QUEEN
Wingham; Ontario, LIEWITT 51/L E4
May 27, 1053. Mayor,
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DRIVER UNINJURED
AS TRACTOR TRAILER .
PLUNGES OFF BRINE
Roy McVittie, 29-year-old Blyth
truck driver, narrowly escaped death
-on Saturday night, when the heavy
semi tractor trailer transport truck
he was driving jackknifed at the inter-
section of the Centre sideroad and
. Fifth line of Morris Township and
plunged 20 feet into the marshy r bank
of the Maitland River.
Breaking the windshield in the over-
turned truck, McVittie managed to
crawl out of the wreckage and walk
to the home of Jack Clark to notify
the police, The driver was itea dazed
condition and was drenched in oil
when the vehicle overturned.
Posts and tables along the road were
torn up by the transport, which struck
,a concrete abutment of the bridge be-
fore plunging to the ground below.
The truck landed upside down with -all
wheels in the air and the front wheels
,of the tractor completely wrenched
• off. The lights of the truck were still
shining in the air when Gordon Wil-
kinson, a nearby farmer rushed to the
.scene.
Weekly Reporter in Gotham
On First Lap to Coronation