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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1953-08-05, Page 1Tenting Tonight Army cadets from Wingham, are enjoying life at Camp Ipperwash on Lake Huron. This trio have a sing-song before turning in for the night. Some 1400 cadets now training in Ipperwash will return to their homes throughout Ontario about mid-August. Left to right, they are, Cadets Lynn Cruickshank, Ken MacKenzie and Doug Gibson, all of Wingham, (National Defence Photo.) Parking, Dogs and Sidewalks Discussed at Council Session Art VitantroMinte to With which is amalgamated the Carrie* Vidette and Wroxeter News laubscriptions $2.50 per year, 6c per copy WINGHAM, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5th, 1953 Hopes Bright for', jiew Hospital Wing As Six Municipal Councils OK Cost Fifty Per Cent Assured— 9 - 0 e 0 EAST SIDE, WEST SIDE — All around the town somebody is com- plaining about the sidewalks of Wing- ham. It appears that the present pave- ment has passed its allotted span, and there's nothing for it but put down sole new stuff. The council is tack- ling the problem and hopes to get one aide of Josephine Street resurfaced, at least. No doubt residents of John Street, east, would also like to see _something done about the uneven ter- rain up there. 0 - 0 - 0 WHOOPS! SORRY— The motorcy- clist who parked outside of Burke ,Electric on Josephine Street has his parking problems, too. He left his machine on the curb and went into the store, only to hear a loud crash just as he got inside the door. A motorist who Was backing out at the time disclaimed all knowledge of the affair. 0 - 0 - 0 YON CAN'T WIN—The enacting of the new by-law that dogs be tied up during the summer months has brought results all right. But some of them weren't good. Now some of the down-on-dogs faction are claim- ,ing at they can't sleep because of the dogs that are howling because they're tied up. 0 - - 0 STOPLIGHT WANTED— Now that 'the speed trap signs are up on the approaches to town a lot of people .figure all we need is a stoplight at the corner of Victoria and Josephine .Streets. Traffic is particularly heavy at this corner, and lately there have been some near misses. The council' is working on it, at the moment. 0 - 0 - 0 NO BELFRY?—Staff Bateson got sa surprise last week when, taking the -cover off a disused chimney on his _house on Leopold Street, what should „fly out but some thirty-odd bats. The unwelcome visitors disappeared into the blue, and Mr. Bateson is quite happy to have it that way. 0 - 0 - 0 THIRD FLOOR BACK—Mrs. Iris jelorrey, superintendent at the hospi- tal, who is already a bit sensitive about overcrowding, was horrified to .hear a suggestion that a polling booth be situated on the third floor of the ..bosjetal for the 'convenience of the patients. According to 'law such pro,- ;visions have to be made in chronic .hospitals. Fortunately, under the act, „ENGAGEMENT The engagement is announced of -jean Frances, younger daughter of Nrs. Wilton, Brussels, Ont., and the late Mr. Joseph Wilton to Mr. George Lawrence (Pete) Dobsom Wroxeter, ant., younger son of Mr, and Mrs, Quest Dobson, Ethel, Ont. The mar- riage will take place the latter part of August. F5b NOTICE Guest Speaker at the Wingham -Baptist Church on Sunday, August Oth and 16th will be the Rev. Douglas Gallagher, of Dallas, Texas. Rev. Gallagher will also speak at the Open Air Church at the Wingham Band Shell, F5b NOTICE /ass Isabel McCall, Beauty Oper- ator in the Rush Ladies' Wear haa taken over the Beauty Nook located back of the Queen's hotel formerly 0 operated by Mrs, Loughlean, Watch for fUrther notice as to opening, ' P5:12b NOTICE MacIntYre mikory will be closed trail August 10th to August 15th in- OlUsiVe, for staff holidays, F5b FRIENDS,GATHER FOR F4REWELL TO RAES Shout 125 friends and neighbattre of Ronald and Murray Rae gathered at the Golf Club on Thursday to honor the Rae brothers who are leaving. Wingham in the near future. Ron. and his family will be leaving for Phoenix, Arizona, later this month, and Murray has taken a position with; the firm of. Pounder Brothers, in. StratforZ After a session of group ging, led by Harold Victor Pym at the pianos the gathering sat down to lunch. after which. Bob, Hetherington, acting' as chairman, opened the meeting. Stewart Beattie; president of the. Lions Club: presented Ron with the Lions Achievement: Award. for out- standing Zionism„ and the Lions Trophy was • presented, to Murray. Ron, is a charter president of the Wingham Lions: Club,. Jdhn Hanna, M.L.A., made a brief` speech on the Rae family and. their contribution to the community, and Wilbur Tiffin presented a gift on be- half of the whole groups Hugh Car- michael, on behalf of the Business- men's Association, presented a paint-. ing of the Rae home, executed by Mrs. Ted Moszkowski. In reply, Ron thanked the group for their kind wishes, and said that he, was sorry to be leaving Wingham, adding that the change is necessary for reasons of health. He also express- ed regrets that Jack MeKibbon was unable to be present, owing to illness. Entertainment for the gathering was provided by CKNX artists, Eddie Mehler, Mel Lavigne and John Brent. Lunch was served' by the staff of the Brunswick hotel. 'FIRST COMMUNITY SALE The first Wingham community auction sale was held in the town barn on Saturday night, with a good crowd in attendance, Bidding was brisk and a good deal of household furniture •and miscellaneous articles were disposed of. Auctioneer was Henry Brock of the firm of Milton I Brock & Sep, of Thorndale and Lon- don, Jack Alexander, proprietor of Donald Rae & Son Hardware, Wing- ham, is manager. A second sale is planned for this Saturday night, for which a goodly array of articles have been lined up. Anyone who is interested in disposing of articles of this type is urged to, bring them along so they may be sold on consignment. Manager Jack Alexander reports that he is well pleased with the result of the first sale and predicts a rosy future for community sales in Wing- ham. ENGAGEMENT Mr. and Mrs. Harold Procter wish to announce the engagement of their daughter, Margaret Verde, to Mr. John William Spivey, son of Mr, and Mrs. James Spivey, Brussels. The marriage will take place the latter Pa"rt of August. P5* A short session of the town council was held on Tuesday night at which a number of small matters were dis- cussed, at some length. Due to the scantiness of the agenda, however, councillors were ahle to adjourn at an early hour;. Asks About Sewer Don Nesmith- was on. hand. to ask the council about the possiblility of having a drain put in on. John Street to connect his. new house with the town sewage system. He pointed out that while the town was in no way obligated to install a sewer there, it was: conceivable that further building might take place in that vicinity, in which. case the town might find, it ad- vantageous to have a 6-inch: pipe in- stalled He offered to pay part of the cost of the. installation: After discussion on the matters the council decided' to install a 6-inch sew- er on John street, paying the difference. in' cost, between an outlet large enough only for the Nesmith house. It was (Contintied on Page Twelve) WINNERS ANNOUNCED WHORE DAY DRAW Mrs. W. Bolt, of Wroxeter, was se-in- ner of the first prize of $25 in silver dollars, in the Dollar Day draw held by the Wingham Businessmen's As- sociation on Saturday night. Second prize of $15 went to Mrs. Lorne Rit- chie, R. R. 2, Wingham and third prize was won by Miss Kathleen Ballagh, R. R. 3, Teeswater. Other prizes were as follows: bas- ket of groceries donated by Mundy's, M. Gravelle, hospital; set of mixing bowls, donated by Stainton's, N. Ait- ken; flannelette sheet donated by Edi- ghoffers, Mrs. Herb Campbell, Wing- ham; hand knit rug, donated by Wal- kers Home Furnishings, Mrs. D. Van- Diepen, Zurich; electric floral orna- ment, donated by Smith F,3,ros., Mrs. Don Kerr, Wingham; flashlight, by Thomson Appliances, Mrs. Wm. Taylor, R. R. 1, Wroxeter; ladies' umbrella, donated by Carmichael's, Doug, Murray, Wingham; man's T shirt donated by Earl's Men's Wear, H. Fleury, Wingham; floral wall plaque, donated by the Wallpaper Shop, Norm Cronkwright, Wingham; clothes dryer donated by Rae's Hard- ware, William tClaele Walkerton; bath- room rug donated by Walker Stores, Mrs. Bill Templeman, Wingham; hot water bottle donated by McKibbons Drugs, Mike Kieffer, Teeswater; hand woven felt mat donated by Fur- don's Dry Goods, Donna Carson, Tees- water; baby's health shoes cleated by Callan's Shoe Store, Miss S. Sheriff; basket of groceries, donated by Harry Angus, Mrs, Alex Skinn, Wingham; bread tickets, donated by MacIntyre 'Bakery, Mrs. F, Riley, Wingham; ladies' slippers donated by Dunlop's Shoes, Mrs. A, Caskanette; aluminum coffee pot donated by Meehan's, Mrs, Frank Seddon, Wingham; groceries, donated by Red Front Grocery, Mrs. It Metcalfe, Wingharn; glasses, tea towels, fade cloths donated by Wel- weed's, Gordon. Walsh, Belgrave; nylo-mist nylons donated by Hanna's Men's Wcar, Mike McPhail, Wingham; first aid kit donated V Korea Drug Store, Mildred Redman, IIVIIERE TO VOTE IN WINGHAM Polling Sub-division , No, 1—That part of the town west of Josephine St. and south of John St.—At Stainton's Hardware. Polling Sub-division No. 2— That part• of the town east of Josephine St. and south of John St. and north of Victoria St.—At Merkley's Gar- age. Polling Sub-division o. 3— That part of the town west of Josephine St. and north of John St, and south of Patrick St.—At the Town Hall. Polling Sub-division Igo, 4— That part of the town east ofijosephine St, and north of John St. and south of Patrick St.—At Wingham Motors. Polling Sub-division No. 5— That part of the town east of Josephine St. and north of Patrick St: and south of the C.N. Railway.—At Campbell's Garage. Polling Sub-division No. 6— That part of the town east of:Josephine St. and north of C.N. RailWay.—At Cros- sett Motors. Polling Sub-division No. 7— That part of the town west of Josephine St. and north of- Patrick St.—At Thom- son Appliances. Polling Sub-division No. 8— That part of the town east of !Josephine St. and south Of Victoria, St.—At Mc- Leod's Store, Diagonal Road. CHIEF WINS TROPHIES IN SHOOTING MATCH Police Chief Bert Platt's hand has lost none of its old steadiness, in spite of a couple of years away from the pistol ranges. , Bert returned last Wednesday from a police officers shooting competition in Stratford with two trophies which now grace the walls 'of the police office hr the town hall. In competi- tion with. 8.7 police officers from all over the province, Bert won the Jack Hood Trophy, presented sey the Strat- ford Police Association for timed fire in the expert class. He also won the Carl R. Linkert Trophy for senior officers, on the. same day. Visiting bandits take note! WINGHAM ENTRY HOT AT PORT ELGIN RACE Stock car No, 15, driven by Floyd Jenkins, of Wingham, is making quite a name for itself at the stock car races in Port Elgin. On Thursday of last week No. 15 was first in the little feature and first in the Austral- ian pursuit, doing 12 laps in 4.4 min- utes. In the big feature Floyd placed third among 25 entries, On Monday he entered three races, placing first in the little feature and 2nd in the big feature. In the third race the car came fourth, after going over a bank. A new Wingham District High School was a step closer this week with the approval of the new school by the council of the township of East Wawanosh, A total of four municipal councils have now ap- proved the scheme, including the town of Wingham and the townships of Turnberry and. Kinloss. Approval of 50 per cent of the municipalities in the school district is necessary be- fore work can be started on the new building. Under the present scheme the De- partment .of Education bears 75 per cent of the cost of the school, and the municipalities each bear their share of the remaining 25 per cent. How- ever, the high school board has re- cently received an intimation from J. H. Kinkead, inspector of public schools in this district, that the pro- vincial government is worried over the fact that little action has been taken on the building of a new school in Wingham, According to the ad, vice from Mr. Kinkead, the depart- ment, having allotted a sum of mon- ey for the Wingham District High School, now wants to know what is being done to utilize that money for building purposes, The department has pointed out that other districts are asking for money, according to Mr. Kinkead, and before making oth- er commitments It would like to know Winghein's intentions. Hopes for the erection of a new hospital wing for the Wingham Gen- eral Hospital brightened last week as five of the municipalities in the sur- rounding district signified their in-, tention of paying their share of the cost of new construction, Several of the other municipalities indicated that they would support the building of a new wing after due considera- tion'. A total of over 50 per cent of the money to be raised locally for the project has now been guaranteed, Those municipalities which sup- ported the building of a new wing at their meetings early this week LET TENDER FOR NEW BOILER ROOM Tender for the new boiler room and laundry at the Wingham General Hospital was let to Duncan McDoug- all, Wingham contractor, at a special meeting of the hospital board Tues- day night, Mr. McDougall's tender was for $62,106, and included the con- struction of the building only. The board met to decide a course on the boiler room and laundry which had been in the planning stage for over a year. With the possibility that a new wing might be started this year, it was necessary to proceed im- mediately with the construction of the boiler room, and the board itself had agreed to finance the construc- tion of same on condition that the publicity committee raise the money necessary for the new wing. A departure from the original plans for the boiler room had been mooted, with the idea of saving money on the construction, but upon investigation hoped-for economies were not effect- ed. The board returned to its origin- al plans, for which tenders had been called several weeks ago. Plans call for a 24' x 48', two-storey building, with a 100-ton coal bunker and 70-foot smokestack, to be built 30 feet from the main hospital build- ing. When equipped, the new building will handle the needs of the new wing as well as those of the present hospital. The letting of the tender is subject to the approval of the architects, Rounthwaite . and Fairfield. It is expected that work will be started in about 'two weeks. CLOSING NOTICE With all this in mind the school board has decided to approach the various municipal councils in an at- tempt to gain their approval of the new school. A committee consisting of Mr. Kinkead, James Armstrong, chairman of the board, and board member A, D. MacWilliam has been appointed to call on the various coun- cils at the earliest opportunity. Of the three councils approached so far, East Wawanosh had already approved the new school, Culross and Grey are considering the matter. It is hoped that a meeting of all the reeves and councillors of the muni- cipalitles concerned can be arranged in the near future, so that definite word can be sent back to the depart- Mont on the progress being made in the diatrict. were the villages of Brussels and Teeswater, and the townships of Hul- let and Turnberry, The town of Wingham and the township of Morris have already signified their intention of going along with the scheme. The Township of Culross and East Wawanosh deferred their decisions on the matter at their regular meet- ings, but are unofficially expected to approve the new wing within the next few days. The township of Kinloss will be holding a meeting of the rate- payers next week to ask their ap- proval of the plan. The village of Blyth has scheduled a special meet- I Stone School Wins,From Belgrave In: a round' robin fixture in Wing- ham Park on Saturday night Stone School handed Belgrave their first de- feat of the season. For Stone School it was 22 runs, 18 hits, 7 errors. For Belgrave, 15 runs, 14 hits, 6 errors. Batteries for Stone were Higgins and Edgar and Belgrave, Anderson, Wellwood and Irwin. These two teams will battle it out in Wingham Park again next Satur- day night. Game time 9.15. Toronto Man Wins Suit' Frank Bakei, 'of 79 Glerivale Blvd.,, Leaside, Toronto, was the winner of the July suit draw- conducted by the Lions Club of Wingheen. The winning ticket was drawn on Tuesday by Miss Florence Aitken,. of staton CKNX, in the presence of Lion past president, Mike McPhail. Tickets for the 'August draw are now on sale. PLACES SECOND' IN WATER SKI [WET avid Cameron, 14-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Norman. Cameron, Wingham won honor for himself and the town when he, placed second in the junior boys overall championship held in Barrie on' Monday David came second it the junior boys' slalom tests, during which the speed of the taw boat was increased to 29 and 31' miles per hour on the two runs, the' fastest speeds ever Word has been received here of the sudden death of the Rev. George K. Nobes in Cannington on Friday, July 31st, He was a former rector of the parish of Gorrie, Fordwich and Wrox- eter, serving here from 1944 to 1946. He had been ill during the winter but went to his new parish at Can- nington early in the summer. His wife, the former Grace Lerch, of Ayl- mer, survives with three small sons. Funeral was in Aylmer on Tuesday at 2 p.m, Halliday Re=union Held in Wingham Forty-five members of the Halli- day family Were present On Sunday for a re-union of the family in the Wingham town park. Members were present from Seaforth, Clifford, Ford- wich, Wroxeter and Wingham. The afternoon was spent in genies and races, after Which a supper was serVed. Prize for the oldest lady was won by Mrs, If. McGee, of Wingham, and for the oldest gentleman by Mr. H. McGee, Prize for the youngest present Was won by Ronald LoUttit, of WroXeter. ing within the next week before an- nouncing their decision, and the vil- lage of Lucknow is expected to de- cide the issue at its regular meeting next week, West Wawanosh will also meet next week. A check of the municipalities which are expected to approve the new wing during the next week shows that an- other 30 per cent could be added to the figure of 50 per' cent, assuming that present indications are valid. This would give the hospital 80 per cent, approximately, of the required amount, enough to go ahead with the project. In a round table conference of the members of the hospital's publicity committee, aired over station' CIOIX last week, it was announced that this is the first time in the provntee that a hospital has attempted to finance a new building out of public funds entirely. Up until now part of the cost of new hospital construction has always been financed by public sub- scription. There is no doubt that hos- pitals in the rest of the province are watching the experiment in Wing- ham with considerable interest. Another question frequently asked regarding maintenance of the new wing was answered by Mrs. Iris Mor- rey, superintendent. She stated that maintenance cost on the new build- ing would be less rather than more, since higher grants would be obtained because of the larger bed capacity. Members at the discussion panel were Mayor DeWitt Miller, chairman; Mrs. Morrey, Charles Coultes, Michael McPhail, William Elston, Rev. H. L. Parker and John Strpng. FISHING TRIP HAS TRAGIC ENDING Ladies' Tournament Held in Wingahm The Ladies' Section of the Wingham Bowling Club held the annual King Trophy Tournament on Wednesday, July 29th, with 20 rinks in play. Mrs. Dudgeon's rink from Owen Sound captured the trophy with a score of 3 wins plus 26, the first prize being beautiful lace tablecloths dona- ted by Edighoffers, Wingham, 2nd prize to Mrs, MacDonald's rink, of Stratford, with 3 wins and a plus of 21. 3rd. to Mrs. Ludwig's of Kitchener, with 3 wins and a plus of 12. 4th, Miss McPherson's, of Wingham, with 2 wins and a plus of 19. 5th, Mrs. Allison's of Goderich, with 2 wins and a plus of 15. 6th, Mrs. Wheeler's, of Goderich, with 2 wins and a plus of 12. The day, despite threatening clouds in the forenoon, turned out to be fine and the tournament was considered quite successful. WINGHAM BOY CHOSEN TO SHOOT AT OTTAWA Douglas Gibson, 16-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Percy Gibson has been chosen as ono of the top ten rifle. shots at Camp Ipperwash, where he is training with 1500 other High school cadets from all over the pro- vince, He is scheduled to leave Ipper- wash on Friday for Ottawa, where he will compete in the Dominion of Canada Rifle Association 4.ompetition there, against a team flf cadets from England.' Douglas is one of the eight high school cadets from Wingham who are at present training at Ipperwash. The team with which he will travel to Ottawa are reckoned to be among the 100 best rifle shots in Canada, ALO NG THE MAIN DRAG By The Pedestrian HORSE AND BUGGY DAZE—You can't please all the people, as one of the town councillors pointed ,out. Businessmen may be happy with the turn of events at the town barn and top people being drawn into town by thr auction sale now being held there. But one visitor in town wasn't quite „so pleased. The gentleman drove into town with his horse and stabled him In the town barn, as usual, only to find the barn padlocked when he got back. The town had a pretty irate customer until some one was found with a key. *cur hospital doesn't qualify as chronic. HELD ON SATURDAY Approval of East Wawanosh Brings High School Nearer Dr. G. W. Howson's dental office used i n official' Canadian competi- will be closed August 3 to August 17, tions. He plated fifth in the junior inclusive. F 29:5* J boys' tricks;. Winners in Monday's contests at Orillia will compete in the Canadian water skiing finals at the C.N.E. on August Wet and September 1st. From there winners will go to the world competition, also at the C.N,E„ to be held. September 3rd, 4th and 5th. Mr. Kihkead went on to say that the present offer was valid for a per- Fo , rmer Gorrie Rector iod of twelve months, and of that time approximately nine months. Passes in Cannington have already expired. He told the board that if they did not avail them- selves of this money within the twelve month period, they might find them- selves in the position of having to build a school at a later date, with- out such facilities as a gymnasium or home economics room. Wingham was the last school offered these facilities before the government decided to cut down on such "frills". A .„ holiday fishing trip had a sad. ending on Monday when Peter Dur- and, four-year-old -son of Joseph Dur- and, of Stratford, tumbler unnoticed into the Maitland River at the north side of the Gorrie dam and drowned 'about 1.30 p.m. elle father was fishing and missed the boy, who had been playing. When he looked for him he saw the body floating in the water and diving in fully clothed. pulled him to shore. Dr. Palmer was called from Wingham and the boy was rushed to the Wingham General Hospital, where in spite of all efforts to resuscitate him, he was pronounced dead two hours later. The boy is survived by his father and mother and a small sister, He ° was a nephew of Father Reml Dur- and of the Sacred Heart Roman Cath- olic Church, Wingham.