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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1953-07-29, Page 1Winghqm Soldiers at Petawawa Members of the 99th Anti-Tank Battery from Wingham unload ammunition at Petawawa Military Camp as they prepare for live firing on the ranges as part of their annual summer training this week. Clockwise from foreground are Gnr. Henry Ross, Gnr. John Hobden, Sgt. Jack Blackwell, and Bdr. Bill Wells. (National Defence Photo) One of the noisiest spots in the huge military camp at Petawawa, Ont., is an area set aside for bands- men drawn_from Reserve Army units across Cana da. While their units are training as a military formation, the bandsmen spend one week blowing trumpets and beating drums, Above, the three musicians play their instruments under the directi on of Sgt. Maj. WO I P.R. Graham, right, Director of Music of the Royal Canadian Regiment Band o f London, Ont. Left to right, are: Gnr. Oran Willis, Gnr. E. A. Arnold, and Gnr. F. D. Pickell, all of Wingham, Ont. (National Defence Photo) btauto.Zintie • With which is amalgamated the Gorrie Vidette and Wroxeter News illubscriptions $2,50 per year, 6c per copy WINDHAM, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 1953 Two-Party Election Battles In FouriLocal District Ridings 0 - 0 - 0 LOSES PM PIX—Mike McPhail, past president of the Lions Club, is wondering who in town would be in- terested in keeping photographs of the Prime Minister, taken at the Lions dinner during his visit to town. Mike had fixed to send the pictures to the Lio* magazine, when they got lost somewhere along the way. Any infor- mation on same would be welcomed by the puzzled ex-pres. 0 - 0 - 0 TOP END POPULAR—Up at the top end of the main drag the little kids are getting a great kick out of the wading pool these days. For beat- ing the heat it's hard to beat. Even some of the adults look a bit envious. ENGAGEMENT Mr. and Mrs. Earl Hamilton wish to announce the engagement of their eldest daughter, Delores Louise, to Mr. William 'Harold Pennington, son of Mr. and Mrs. Perry Pennington, Tees- water, The wedding to take place Saturday, August 15th, at Ewelve °o'clock, in Wingham United, Church. F29b NOTICE Templeman's Dry Cleaners will be closed August 3 to 8 inclusive. F22:29b NOTICE Pz,operty owners of Wingham, all wens must be cat immediately, otherwise this will be done by the town and billed accordingly. —Property Committee of the Town Council. F2229b NOTICE All barbers of Wingham will be 'closed on Monday, Tuesday, Wednes- day, August 3, 4, 5. F29b MISSIONARY SUNDAY Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Smith, Mission- ary Candidates to South America's Radio Station H.C,J.13. will conduct all services, 10 to 10 Bible School, 11 lYforning.. Worship, 7.30 open air church at Bandshell in Wingham Park, sponsored by Wingham Baptist Church. F29b !CLOSING NOTICE Dr. G. W. Howson's dental office will be closed August 3 to August 17, inclusive. F 29:5* NOTICE The store of Mr, Howard Machan •will be closed from Aug. 3rd to 7th Alkizsive. F29* :NOTICE The office of G. Alan Williams, op- tOnaetrist, will be closed August 3rd to August 12th inclusive. F29b 'NOTICE Percy Clark wishes to announce that his plumbing and heating busi- ness will be closed August 3rd to 8th ndusive. F29b %IMAM MAN INJURED ON JIGGER Wilmar Harcourt, CNR section em- ployee, of Wingham, was taken to Listowel Memorial Hospital last week with leg injuries, after a piece of metal was reported to have flown back from the railway jigger on which he was travelling and struck him in the leg. The accident occurred on the railway between Ethel and Atwood. After treatment in the Listowel Hos- pital, Mr. Harcourt was released and is confined to his home. It is expected that he will be off work for a week. Ephriam Parish / Condition Improving Mr, Ephriam Parish, of Patrick Street, suffered a slight heart attack at his home early Monday morning, Mr. Parish is still awaiting the car- diograph and until then it will not be known how serious the matter is. In the meantime Mr. Pariah is rest- ing at his home under care of the doctor and his condition is described as improving. Jean Armstrong Showered Mrs. Harold Taylor and Mrs. John Lane were hostesses for a miscellan- eous shower on Wednesday evening at the former's horne in honor ,of Miss Jean Armstrong, of Teeswater, a bride of this Saturday, Jean Is Well remem- bered by her many friends when she clerked in King's Store, She is now a T.C,A, hostess. Children Injured While Playing Donna McLeod, 8-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roy McLeod, of Wingham, was treated in the hospital last week for a fractured left ankle, the result of a fall off a bicycle. She was allowed to go home after treat- ment, Helen Johnston, 4, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Glen Johnston, RR 1, Gorrie, was treated for a Sprained right ankle, received from a fall while playing. PAGEANT REPEATED AT MAPLE LEAF GARDENS On Saturday afternoon, August 22nd, the wonderful A.C.W.W. pa- geant "Canada", showing Canada's history, will be repeated in Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, 'for the gen- eral public. There will be specialties, such as the finest of music and dancing. Students and children enjoy this spectacle. Send for tickets for reserved seats to Maple Leaf Gard- ens, Toronto. Prices, 75e, $1.00 and $1.50. Mrs. Wilfred Henry, secretary, Wingham W.L; Miss Margaret Curtis, secretary, Bluevale W.I. F29b PAPER DAY LATE NEXT WEEK Due to the Ohio Holiday on Monday, August 3rd., The Advance- titneS will appear on Thursday Morning, instead" of on Wednesday, AA usual. Out office and plant will be closed all day on Monday. Corres- pondents are urged to have copy in Our hands on Tuesday, if et all possible FORMER WINfillAM MAN WITH. BLIND GOLFERS Harold Mitchell, a former Wingham resident, now residing in Hamilton, won a place on the Blind Golfers team of four representing Canada and is now in Birmingham, Alabama, U. S. A., competing in the International Tournament being held there this month. Harold was second in the Ont- ario open. Blind golfers tournament held in the early part of July at Tor- onto's Summerlea Course. LOCAL BAND ATTENDS TATTOO AT BRUSSELS The band of the 21st, Anti-Tank Regiment, Wingham, was one of the seven bands present at the annual band tattoo, staked at Victoria Park, Brussels, under the auspices of the Brussels Lions Boys' and Girls' Band. With the Goderich Girls' Trumpet Band highlighting the evening, the program consisted of individual and massed bands selectons by the various bands. Several majorettes from Zur- ich also performed. Present 'at the tattoo were: The Sea- forth Highlanders band, Stanley Smith, conductor; Brussels Legion Pipe Band; Pipe Major George Elliott, in charge; Mitchell Citizens' Band, under Bandmaster Frank Strathern; Goderich Girls' Trumpet )3and, Don Jolly, director; Wingham 21st, Anti- Tank Band, under Bombardier Bill Henderson; The Brussels and London Boys' and Giria' Bands, conducted by A. C. Robinson and hie aseistantr RU0- sel IVfacHeth, LUCKNOW AREA COUNCILLORS DISCUSS HOSPITAL FINANCE About thirty members of the muni- cipal councils of Kinloss, Ashfield, West Wawanosie and Lucknow were present. at a meeting on Friday night at Lucknow to discuss with represent- atives of the Wingham General Hospi- tal the financing of the proposed new addition. to the hospital. Present from Wingham were Mayor DeWitt Miller and superintendent, Mrs. Iris Morrey. Also representing the hospital was Reeve Harold Gaunt, of West Wawa- nosh, who is a member of the hospital publicity committee, The meeting w'as a follow-up to the letter sent out last week to members of the council explaining the financial Noblems of the new wing and the pro- posals of the committee for solving them. Wilfred Anderson, member of the new finance scheme, which calls for contributions from the municipal- ities in proportion to their use of the hospital. The councillors present seemed gen- erally favorable towards the scheme after several aspects of it had been explained. However, in the case of Kinloss, whose people use both the Wingham hospital and the hospital in Kincardine, there was a question as to whether the whole township should bear the expense. It was decided to hold a meeting of the ratepayers of Kinloss township next week, at which the issue would be discussed. Other municipalities present prom- ised to discuss the matter at their next meeting, and advise the hospital of their decision following the meet- ing. A meeting of the publicity commit- tee will be held this week in Wingham at which further plans will be made for raising the necessary money. It is hoped that a meeting of municipalities in the Teeswater area can be arranged in the near future. FARM ACCIDENTS AT HOSPITAL MONDAY Two men were admitted to Wing- ham General Hospital as a result of farm accidents on Monday after- noon. Carman Schultz, 40-year-old Auburn resident, suffered a deep gash on his left leg while logging in the bush on a farm near Brussels. Schultz, a trucker, sustained a painful injury when his leg was caught between two logs which were being drawn into a saw. X-Rays revealed rio fracture but several stitches were required to close the wound. Falling several feet from a haymow unto the barn floor resulted in a broken left wrist and injured pelvis for Jim Oliver, of Lively, a visitor at the farm of Mrs, Ernest Wilkinson, of RR 7, Lucknow. Hospital authorities reported his condition as satisfactory after treatment. On Friday, Henry Elliott, 28, of RR No. 5, Lucknow, was admitted to the hospital suffering from the effects of a shotgun blast. Elliott, whose gun had jammed, was trying to extract- the shell when the gun cascharged. He received painful injuries to the face and burns around the eyes. His con- dition was described as satisfactory last night. NOTICE Adam's Beauty Parlour will be closed from August 1st to August 15 inclusive, F29b Funeral Services, for Margaret Olive Scott Held in Bluevale There died in Wingham General Hospital, on July 21st, after a long illness, Margaret Olive Scott, daugh- ter of the late Francis G. Scott and Margaret Isbister. Miss Scott had lived all her life in Bluevale, a life that had many in- terests A member of Knox Presbyter- ian Church, she served as its secre- tary-treasurer for twenty years. Presi- dent of the Ladies' Aid, an honorary life member of the W, M. S., she was also on the executive of Maitland Presbyterial for nearly a score of years, Library and Literature Secre- tary for five years. She was an honor- ary life member of the Presbyterial. She took a deep interest in Women's Institute work and was a very effic- ient secretary of Bluevale branch for a long period. For six years she was a district officer also acting as secretary for East Huron district, Though for a long time handicapped by serious illnesses, Miss Scott cour- ageously carried on various activities as long as she was able among others, that of press reporter for district news- papers, and the growing of flowers which she loved, The funeral service was held in Knox Presbyterian Church on July 24th, Rev. Alex Nimmo conducting the service, in the absence of the pastor, Rev. M. Bailie. Interment was in Bluevale cemetery. The pallbearers were A. D. Smith, Burns Moffatt, Arnold Lillow, Ray- mond Elliott, Roy Turvey, Cloyne Hig- gins. Surviving are one sister, Mrs. R. F. (Mary) Garniss; one brother, Malcolm Scott, both of Bluevale and a niece, Mrs. Neil MacEachren, of Clifford. Wingham kiddies will have a chance to literally pick up a few pennies on Saturday night, when $20.00 in pennies will be thrown out the windows of the town hall to the kiddies below, Toss- ing pennies will mark the finale 'of the Dollar Savings Days promotion which ran Thursday, Friday and Saturday of last week, and ends this Saturday night at 10 o'clock with the distribu- tion of prizes. For the "Pennies from Heaven" part of the program, the Kiddies will be ranged into three age groups, starting with the youngest, aged two to four, Tiles all children up to the age of ten will have an equal chance to pick up some change. Stalwarts from the ranks of the businessmen will be' on hand to keep the adults out and see that everything is on the up and up. Another part of the celebrations on Saturday night will be the draw for the lucky prizes. All those who have deposited dollar day tickets in the boxes for that purpose will be eligible for the prizes, valued at $150. The first prize will be 25 silver dollars, and second and third prizes will be for 815 and $10 respectively. In addition there will be 23 prizes of merchandise valued at from $2 to $5 each. Merchandise prizes have been displayed in the win- dow of station CKNX during the pact week. To be eligible for prizes, all Dollar Day tickets must be turned in to the merchants by Thursday niz..lit, Merchants in town are well satisfied with the results of the Dollar Savings Days, some of them reporting tVat the promotion was even more succees- ful than last year. Voters in the Wingham district will have a choice of two candidates to vote for, in the federal election of August 10th. No third party nomina- tions were received up to the dead- line for nominations at 2 p.m. Monday. In Wingham itself, now in the new- ly formed riding of Wellington-Huron, electors will choose between Arnold Darroch, of Clifford, member of the last house, who is representing the Liberals, and Marvin Howe, Progres- sive-Conservative candidate from Ar- thur. The Liberal majority for the cor- responding territory 1:i the last elec- tion was 31, Two former M.P,'s whose ridings were merged in the redistribution of electoral districts were nominated in the new riding of Huron, Andrew Y. McLean, of Seaforth, former M.P. for Huron-Perth, has been nominated as the Liberal candidate., Opposing him will be Elston Cardiff, Brussels, for- mer M.P. for Huron North. A close fight is expected in this riding, which used to include the town of Wingham. In the riding of Bruce, which- elected a Liberal by a majority of 832 in the last election, Donald Blue, former member, was given the Liberal nomin- ation. Opposing him will be A. E. Robinson, running under the P-C ban- ner. Grey-Bruce riding, which in the last election elected a Liberal with a maj- ority of 4,457, will also have two can- didates on August 10th, Walter Harris, minister of immigration in the present government, will be opposed by Dr. R. L. Carefoot, Progressive-Conserva- tive candidate. In all 67 candidates-61 men and 6 women—will contest the 23 Western Ontario seats. Besides Liberal and Conservative candidates in each rid- ing, there will be 13 COP' candidates, 3 Social Credit and 5 Labor-Progres- sives. NEW WINNAM ENTRY WINS AT PORT ELGIN A new stock car entry from Wing- ham, No. 15, driven by Floyd Jenkins, won the fourth race at the Bluewater Speedway Park, on Thursday. Racing for the first time at the park, Floyd not only placed first in the race but also came close to winning the feature event. For the feature race Jenkins had lapped three cars and then tried to steer past the fourth when he cut his coupe too close and found himself on the auxiliary track unable to go again. The move cost him first place and top money. The latest Wingham entry in the stock car races in Port Elgin No. 15 is sponsored by Walden Transport. Mechanics are John King, Harold King and Charlie Bone. Robert Sang- ster did the body work on the 1936 Ford coupe, which took six weeks to convert into a stock car, and welding was done by Porter's In Lucknow. Wingham's other entry in the Port Elgin races came ,to grief on Thurs- day, when the "30-J" driven by Stan. Hiseler, cracked up in the third heat and rolled four times, The driver es- caped unhurt, but the "30-J" was a total wreck. ADVANCE-TEVIES STAFF HOLIDAY The staff of The Advance-Times will be on holidays from Thursday, August 20th until 'Thursday, Aug- ust 27th, during which time both plant and office will be closed. Would advertisers and those wanting job printing please make a note of these dates for their own convenience, ALONtitAMAIN DRAG By The Pedestrian HUSHED HUSTINGS—The present 'election will probably go down in his- tory as the quietest on record, accord- ing to those whq have seen the live- lier ones, So far in Wingham, we have had one meeting of a political nature, ,and the nature of that wasn't too tical. Some people claim that being up in the corner of the riding, nobody -cares about us any more. • 0 - 0 - 0 SUMP FUN—John Pattison, who has been busy bailing out the cellar in :his new store the last couple of rain- .storms, claims he has the situation licked, A big cement ramp has been constructed out the back, the lip of which is well above the level of the ground, and a pump has been installed In the cella'''. Next door neighbours will probably be bailing henceforth. 0 - 0 - 0 VET GAME CALLED—The much- biLlded grudge battle between Wing- ham legion and Lloyd's, which was scheduled for last Thursday didn't come off after all. Various reasons are given, but those in the know say the vets are putting off the evil day. Reports also say that Lloyd's being on holidays, they're hoping everyone will have forgotten about it before another match can be arranged. 0 - 0 - 0 BACK AT WORK—Friends of Bill Gurney's were pleased to see him along the main drag again after a couple of weeks on the sick list. Bill is much improved, but still has to take it easy. Prizes and Penny Toss Planned As Dollar Days Grand Finale PROCLAMATION At the request of a number of citizens I HEREBY PROCLAIM MONDAY, AUGUST 3rd, 1053 A PUBLIC CIVIC HOLIDAY for the Town of Wingham I hereby call upon all good citizens to observe the same. DE NVIIT MILLER, Mayor,