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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1953-09-09, Page 1Water-Ski Champion are Visited in Town Architect Discusses Site for Well Known Pianist noczeting Witt which is amalgamated the Got' 're 1Vidette and Wroxeter News WINGIIAM, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9th, 1953 bam • Onbecriptions $240 per year, 0e .per copy ew uistrict fl.S.ul mg Mr. J. D. Kyles, Hamilton architect, who has been engaged to draw up plane for the new Wingham District High School, was present at the regular meeting of the High School board -on Thursday night, with two of his assistants. He discussed with the board preliminary moves at the Meeting on the building of the new school. • Mr. Kyles, who had been in town previously in the week to examine proposed sites for the new school/brought along with him a Preliminary report on the sites, outlining their possibilities, advantages and disadvan- tages, Of the six sites in and around the town that he examined, four of them were undesirable from one standpoint or another. A site in East ALONG THE MAIN DRAG By The Pedestrian BOOK LARlaTIN'—Busiest place on the main drag this week has been Ma- son's Book store, which on Tuesday Was filled with happy throngs of sebool children buying their books for the 1953-54 term. The rush for books isn't as bad as it used to be, though, ea;h prepared lists of the necessities drisehool life, come of which seem to have been issued in advance, 0 - 0 - 0 ADD BLOOMERS—Somebody's face was red in the Hanover Post back shop last week when the following appeared in the Eaton ad on the back page. "GIRL'S PANTIES—A favour- ite With boys for school or leisure Wear! . equally smart open or closed, available in blue or ma- root." Seems someone got the heading /switched with a paragraph on sport shirts, 0 - 0 0 CRUISER ARRIVES—The town's new police cruiser arrived last week and has been placed in service. Hence Wingham'S police force will have an email break with any speeders who aFfrie through town, with a cruiser capable of doing more than fifty miles an hour, Trips as far as London may also be attempted without— fear of mechanical failure, 0 - 0 - 0 WEATHER OR NOT—Maybe it's our imagination, but it seems to us that the people who were complaining about the heat last week are the same people who are beefing about the cold this week. The drop in temperature has produced a drastic change in wearing apparel almost overnight, and flannel nightgowns are the vogue again. Some, houses are reported to have their furnaces going already. 0 e 0 - 0 JUST A TRICKLE—As a result of the recent hot spell and the lack of rain during the summer, the Maitland River is down to its lowest ebb of the year. In some places the flow is only a trickle, and even the deeper pools have shrunk considerably during the past two or three weeks, Quite a con- trast to the raging torrents of spring. 0 -0 PLAIN WORDS -ON PLANER—, Walter Brown, who has , been busy bulking his bowling alley this sum- meiThas had some plain words to say about the character who stole his elec- tric planer one night last week. Walter left the machine in the basement with the rest of his tools over the weekend, and locked the place up, but the thief, broke in and helped himself. Walter has ideas that he might get it back, but he isn't saying how. ENGAGEMENT Mr. and Mrs, David Crompton, of Wingham, announce the engagement of their daughter, Eleanore Rose, to Mr. Harold Edward Roesler, son of Mrs, Anne Roesler and the late' Mr. Roesler, of Golden Lake, Ontario. The wedding will take place in the Wing- ham Presbyterian Church, on Wed- nesday, September 23rd., at 3 o'clock. Fe*. SILVER 'WEDDING ANNIVERSARY SATURDAY Mr. and Mrs, Harvey Robertson, Bluevale, will celebrate their silver wedding anniversary on Saturday evening, September 12th, and will be at home to their friends from 7.30 to 10, F9* ENGAGEMENT Mr. and Mrs. Richard Elliott, Holy- rood, wish to announce the engage- ment of their only daughter, Eileen Alberta, to Allan Alexander Miller, on$son of Mr. and MrS. Wallace Miller, Luck,now, R. R. 1. The mar- riage to take place in Lueknow United Church, on Septetnber 26th, at 3 o'clock. Feb RV ...GRAVE SCHOOL FAIR The 13eigrave School Fair will be held on Wed., Sept. 16. School parade at 1 p.m. Mr. S. B. Stothere, First Agricultural Representative of Huron County will open the fair. Music by Brussels Pipe Band. Fob ANNIVERSARY SERVICES SN KNOX CHURCH, BELGRAVE Anniversary services will be held in Knox Presbyterian Church, Belgrave, on Sunday afternoon, September 13the at three o'clock. Rev. Ernest Boggs from Ireland, who is visiting in Can- ada, will be the minister and there Will be speeial music. Everyone is Cordially Welcomed. ' F9h ANNiviortgAnt sEnvsbEs Salem United Church Anniverstiree tl/a miles north Of Wroxeter, be held on Sunday, Sept, 13. Services Will be held at 11 &M. and 7.30 pan. The guest speaker will be Rev. C. D. Cox of Etelgtave. Special music by Desi choir. EnerYone walconte. r2:9* -yr NOTICE The regulare naonthiy meeting of the 13elgrave Women's Institute Win, be held on Septeneber 22nd, Please note change in date, F9b WELL KNOWN ARTIST TO DISPLAY WORK An exhibition of the paintings of Clare Bice, well known Western Ont- tario artist, will be shown at the Wingham Public Library from Sept- ember 14th to September 30th. The paintings will be on display' contin- uously and can be seen during regular library hours. Mr. Rice is the curator of the public library and art museum in London, and is well known to many in Wing- ham, having spent several summers in this part of the Province. He is also noted as an illustrator of children's books. All are nevited to see the paintings while they are on display. MONTREAL EDITOR VISITS DU VAS Miss Mildred Low of Montreal, and Aylmer, Quebec, has been the house guest of Mr. and Mrs. A. R. DuVal this past week. Miss Low is Editor-in- Chief of the Church of England Hand- book (Canada) and has just returned from England where she interviewed publishers and editors regarding the promotion of Canadian writing in England and other parts of the em- pire. Miss Low gave an interesting talk over CKNX on Thursday morning in which she told of her interviews with Beverley Baxter, the editor of Sohn O'London, the Archbishop of Canter- bury and Sir Edward Peacock, On Monday evening Mrs. DuVal en- tertained twenty-five friends in her honor and Miss Low recited her well- known poem on Sir John A. MacDon- ald. A fine reading was also given by another guest, Miss Mary Duff, of Bluevale. During her stay Mrs. DuVal and )VUss LOW visited the hietoric sites at Midland and Penetang and had lun- cheon With Mr. and Mrs, In. R. Somers. On Wednesday they attended the Shakespearean Fetival at Stratford, and on Friday Canada Day at Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto. The latter program was attended by 14,000 In- stitute women which brought a thous- and delegates from many Foreign Countries. The scrip`/ "Dominion of Destiny" Was written by Larry Mc- Canoe and was a musical Cavalcade of the History of Canada. Musical three- tioh was under Samuel Hereenhoren, vocal direction by David Ouehterlieney, with singing stars Evelyn Gould and Ernest Adams, also the Volkoff Those who saw both the Stratford reetival and "bonttnion of Destiny" felt that the latter was even mere surprising as an artistie success and probably surpassed anything heretofor presented in Canada by an All-Oanad- ian Caste. Wingham H. S. Girls Win Scholarships Isobel Dennis, of Grey Township, who was a student at Wingham` Dis- trict High School last term, was awarded a Dominion-Provincial Bur- sary of $250, and will attend teachers' college at Stratford this fall. Isobel received nine firsts and one second in her departmental examinations, Marlene Schumacher, of Teeswater, who graduated last spring from the high school, was awarded a' Dominion- Provincial Aid Bursary, amounting to $400 for each year spent at university and a University of Western Ontario scholarship of $200, She will attend the University of Western Ontario, at London, HEMMER COUNCIL OK'S 11160 SCHOOL The Teeswater council, at its regu- lar meeting, approved construction of a new high school in Wingham, The council also approved the issuance of debentures on the assessment of the Wingham District High School to pay for the school. With the Teeswater decision, only Still Renovating Hold School in Community Centre East Wawanosh school area -board met oh Monday, September 7, and de- cided to open up temporary quarters for classes of Beigrave senior room in the Community Centre. This arrange- ment is necessary as the work of ren- ovating the school• is not yet com- pleted. The junior classes will con- tinue to be held in the L.O.L. Hall for the present,, WINGHAM'S DARK DAY WAS 72• YEARS 460 This year he took second place in both jumping and slaloni in the Eas- tern Canadian champiohships held earlier in the summer. in the C.N.E. events of last week he was chosen as an alternate on the Canadian team for the world championship, but did not compete., in the championship event. David first got the yen to water-ski nearly three years ago, lit the family summer place at Port Elgin, Watching others water-skiing at 'the lake, he thought that he, too, could learn the art. He and his father /Milt a pair of water-skis, and David has been at it ever since. Both Mr. and' Mrs, Camer- on are water-ski fans, lout more for the fun of it than fort competitive purposes. Lloyd Employep Injures Hand I Jim Thompson, an emPloyee at the C. Lloyd and Son factory, was admit- ted to hospital last weekewith part of the index finger on the left hand sev- ered. He suffered the injury while operating a mitre box. Leaves $1,000 for H. 'S. Scholarship n-The sum of $1,000 has been left to the Wingharn District High School by the late Mrs. A. J, Irwin for the for- mation of a Dr. A. J. Irwin Scholar- ship for general proficiency in Grades 11, 12 and 13. Interest on the principal will be div- ided into three awards, with 50% for the first, 30% for second and 20% for third place. Under the terms of the late Mrs, Irwin's will, the fund will be handled by the chairman of the High School board, the manager of the Bank of Commerce and the principal of the High School. New Teachers at High School There were four new faces on the caching staff at the High School this week, when school opened fOr the fall term, Charles Anderson, who formerly taught at the school at Teeswater, has joined the staff at Wingham. He will teach geopraphy, grade 9 mathematics and agricultural science. Bob Wolfrey, of Chatham, will con- duct classes in history. Jack Heney, formerly of Burk's Fails, will teach physical education and grade 10 mathematics. Margaret Niturno, daughter of Rev. Alex Nimrno, of St. Andrew's Presby- teriah Church, will instruct in home economics, Wroxeter Man's Condition Serious A 22-year-old Wroxeter man who received heed injuries early Friday in a car accident near Listowel, was placed on the seriously ill list at Vic- toria Hospital, London, on Tuesday, Lyle Hart Was driver of a car which crashed into a tree blown across the road by the violent storm, Bernell Smith, his companion, also of Wrox- eter, was less severely hurt, and has been released from the hospital at Lis. newel. Lyle Hart's triether, Mrs, William Hart, Who was visiting relatives at Rosetoevn, Saskatchewan, in company with Mr. and Mrs. Ross Sanderson, Wroxeter, flew home on receiving word of the accident. POLE AT BLUEVALE At 2,30 a.m. on Sunday, a car driven by Albert Fitzpatrick, of Wingham, left the road and struck a hydro pole opposite the United Church, Bluevale, breaking off the pole. Dr. W. A, Crawford, of Wingharn, was summoned and had Mr. Fitzpat- rick removed to 'Wingham General Hospital, where he was released later in the day. He suffered a slight con- cuseion and bruises, The car was badly wrecked. A sec- ond hydro pole was broken at the top from the tension of the wires. Hyrdo men worked nearly all day Sunday replacing the poles. Owing to hydro wires being broken, the electric organ in the United church could not be used for the morning service. Provincial police from Wingharn investigated and estimated total dam- ages at approximately $800. PURCHASES HOUSE ''Mrs. David Holmes, of R.R. 2, Wing- ham, has purchased the house of James Ste. Marie, on Victoria Street. She expects to take possession some time this fall. by W. J. Fleuty September 5th, 1873, was the birth- day of The Wingharn Advance, Eighty years ago last Saturday the first issue of The Advance came rolling off the old Washington hand press. It con- sisted of four large pages, with a good supply of advertising. The proprietor was Charles Cliffe, who was also the publisher of a weekly newspaper in Kincardine. For the first year The Advance was under the management. of James Fleuty, who came here from Walker- ton. At the end of that year of this arrangement, Mr. Fleuty became own- er and publisher. The Wingham Trines had been es- tablished by Robert Matheson, who had it printed in Clinton. Then R. A. Graham became owner and publisher and removed the plant to Wingham a year previous to the birth of The Ad- vance. Thus Wingham, not yet even sin in- corporated village, had two weekly newspapers. In their lifetime both The Advance and The Times have changed ownership several times. But some years later a third weekly made its appearance under the owner- ship of J. T. Mitchell and was called The Wingham 'Vidette. It didn't take the third publisher long to discover that this was not a three-newspaper town, and suddenly, like the Arab we read about, he folded up his tent and silently stole away, taking his plant With him. This again left the field open to The Advance and The Times for several years, Then a young man of the town, named Archie Simmons, who had ser- ved his brief apprenticeship in The Advance office, launched the News upoli the journalistic sea, The News Survived for several months, but, finally failed to weather the storm. -Again The Advance and The Times continued on their way, until finally The Advance took over The Times and Wingham for the first time had only one weekly newspaper, The Advance- The present publishers are Wenger Bros., who also have the Mildinay Gazette, and the dtial ownership works out advantageously. Barry Wenger is publisher of The Advance- Times and Bob Wenger is editor and Manager of The Gazette, This Wingham newspaper has a competent staff, and is aided by cot- respondents covering the surrounding country in an able manner, its. eirculae tion has flourished and intreesed in 'a remarkable Manner and it is the aim of the staff to give the people of 'Wingham and 'district a live, up-to- date, modern newspaper. Mr. and Mrs. Ron Rae, who left Wingham last month for Phoenix, Arizona, are comfortably settled there now, having bought a house just out- side the city, according to a letter re- cently received by Ron's mother, lairs, Donald Rae. The Rae family spent ten days on the trip from Wingham to Phoenix, stopping off for a couple of days at Salt Lake City, and visiting Yellow- stone National Park en route. Whil in Salt Lake City Ron traded in the car which he had bought previous to leaving here and got a brand new car, which took them the rest of the way to Arizona. . The Raes find the climate of Ari- zona hot but not uncomfortable, The temperature has been as high as 102 dogs. there, but there is very little humidity, and the nights are quite cool. Ron says the climate is just about perfect except for the fact that there will be no curling .during the' winter. 1 The children have been enrolled in I the Phoenix school and the family has attended services at the First Presbyterian Church, which has a membership of 2200. The family ham found the neighbours to be very friendly and they have renewed ac- quaintances made on their visit there 1 two years ago. Ron has had several /offers of jobs and expects to be sett- led in a business way within a short time. / FORMER POLICE CHIEF BURIED ON MONDAY The death occurred in Wingham General Hospital, on Saturday, Sept- ember 5th, of George Allen, in his 88th year. I Mr. Allen was born in Mount Shan- non, Ireland, and came to this coun- try at the age of eighteen. In early life he worked in London for the CleTR as an engineer, coming to Wingham 52 years ago after an accident had made it impossible for him to work on the railway. For many years he was Chief of Police for the town and also looked after the town water- works. He was a member of the Church of England, and was a life Member of the Masonic Order. Surviving besides his wife, the for- mer Elizabeth McKenzie, of Wingham, are two sons, Rev, James R. Allen, of Pointe Claire, P. Q,, and George C. • Allen, of Wyandotte, Michigan; two daughters, Irene (Mrs. Wilfred Wil- lan) of Wheatley), and May (Mrs. D. B. Porter) of Wingham; one brother, Robert, also of Wingham, and four grandchildren. Another daughter Marion (Mrs. Agnew) of Detroit, pre- deceased him. A Masonic service was held Sunday night in the chapel of Currie's Fun- eral Home, On Monday regular ser- vices were held with Rev. H. L. Par- ker officiating, Interment was in Wingham cemetery, Golden Anniversary Marked by Couple Mr. and Mrs. John Stein celebrated their golden wedding anniversary en Sept. 1st it Kincardine. The ,Steins have three sons, all of Wheatley, who with their wives and families were present for the occa- sion. They are Mr. and Mrs. Jack Stein and family; Mr, and Mrs. Cecil stein and family and Mr. Mid Mrs, Chester Stein. They have six grand- children. The bride and groom Of 50 years, along with immediate family, eat down to a turkey dinner at the hotel in Inineardine. The family present- ed them With a beautiful glass dome 400-day elock, Then. home Was Open from 8 to 5 and 7 to- 10 for relatives and friends. A dainty lunch was served along With the cake which Was made by Wawanosh, one-and-one-tenth miles from centre of the town was classed as undesirable because it would ne- cessitate transporting Winghant pupils from town. A site in Morris township was also turned down for the same and other reasons. Two properties on No. 86 highway were considered and for one reason or another classed as undesirable. Choice Narrowed to Two The architect felt that the final choice of the site should be between the McLean property across from the foundry, and the present site enlarged by additional land from the Hender- son property, In discussing the sites, Mr. Kyles said that a lot of things had to be taken into consideration. The type of soil, drainage, whether the site is level or not, availability of sewers, accessibility to town, proximity to the main highway, means of access, and type of district are all factors that have to be considered. He pointed out that in the case of the present site, the old building would have to be torn down to allow room in front of the new school, and that the board would not gain from the sale of the old building in that case. However, he thought the site with additional property to the east would provide lots of room for all the needed facilities, such as playing fields, parking for school busses and a spacious lawn in front. One of the advantages of this site is the fact that sewers are available. On the subject of the McLean pro- perty as a possible site, Mr. Kyles pointed out that there is ample room there, with plenty of level space and no grading needed. By using this site the board might realize some- thing from the sale of the old build- ing, which would defer a certain amount of the cost. Mr. Kyles said that there were some beautiful trees there which would make for a park- like atmosphere. Disadvantages of the site are the fact that sceptic tanks would have to be installed, and a cer- tain amount of difficulty in, reach- ing the site from the south and east would be experienced. The architect visualized a one-storey school on the property, should the board decide to build there. Border Line Case As far as the type of school most suitable to Wingham's needs is con- cerned, Mr, Kyle said that a school with a capacity for 520 pupils was on the border line between the smaller school and the large school. He main- tained that one-storey schools are only possible with 'a relatively small school. In the larger schools the area covered by a one-storey building makes it very difficult for the staff and pupils to cover the territory "ex- cept on bicycles". If the board should decide to build on the present site, plus property to the east, Mr. Kyles visualized a part- one, part-two-storey school, but he thought that a straight one-storey building would be more suitable if the McLean property were chosen. At the close of the meeting it was decided that the board members should accompany Mr. Kyles on a tour of the -various sites under con- sideration on Tuesday afternoon, af- ter which a decision would be reached on the Selection Of a site. WINN MIDGETS WIN BALL SERIES The Wingham Midgets captured the OASA zone 1 title on Saturday night in Wingham, when they trounced the Sertoma nine of Sarnia by a score of 21-1 to take the series two games straight. The locals wort the first frame of the series in Sarnia, 7-1. Keith Lancaster pitched his usual good ball for the Wingham team, al- lowing only 2 hits in the entire game, and striking out 16 batters. The locals made 17 hits and got an 8-0 lead he the first inning. S'ourteen-year-old Dave Cameron, son of Mr. and Mrs. N. D. Cameron, Catherine Street, is shown above with some of the trophies he has won for water-skiing during the 'past two years. The trophy Dave is holding is emblematic of the Canadian Junior Boys' Jumping Championship, and was won at the Canadian National Exhibition last week. Kinloss and Blyth Approve Hospital The Township of Kinloss and the village of Blyth this week approved their share of the cost of the new wing for the Wingham General Hos- pital. The two shares amount to 6% and 1% respectively. The latest approvals bring the total amount pledged to 8414%, or 3/4 % less than the 85% needed to sanction the new building. The township of Grey is expected to announce its decision three councils are left who have not on the matter this week, yet approved the project. They are Grey, Morris and Brussels. The High inchool Board is hoping to have the project approved unanimously before actual work is started on the building. • by W. J, FleutY Saturday, September 5th, marked the seventy-second anniversary of a day that will be remembered, if not by the present generation, then by those who follow us and will hear the story over and over again. Shortly after one o'clock the day went dark, as if for once the sun had failed to function in its usual manner, -Schools were dismissed, factories let their ereployees go home, artificial light Was resorted to, some hysterical persons thought the world was coming to 'an end, and in this frightful frame of mind got down oh their knees as ,they had as young childreti been taught to do by their loving mothers. This phenomenon was the result of a tremendous fhteet fire that started at Bad Axe, Mich., On a straight line from here across Lake Huron. The, fire could be seen clearly from here, as the flames seem to ascend in wav- es. , A slight rain fell, with the air full of ashes, and it Is a remarkable fact that men outside in their shirt sleeVes had hales burnt in the eleevee as from a strong lye. 1 The folloWing day the atmosphere , Wee perfectly cleared and business Went oil as usual. David. Cameron, 14eYeaf-old son of Mr. and Mrs. N. D: Cameron, of Cath- erine Street, was the winner of the Canadian Junior Boys' Jumping Championship, at the Cahadian Water Ski Championship meet at the Canad- ian National Exhibition last week. David won the championship against thirteen other competitors from all over Canada. This is the sixth major trophy to be won by David in the past two years. Last summer he placed second in the Eastern Canada Championships for jumping, 2nd. in the Canadian Championships at the C. N. E. and won another second prize in the Can- adian and Northe American event, which was also held at the C. N. E. ifiNfilligi CAR SNAPS Eightieth Anniversary for Newspapers in Wingham LIKES ARIZONA Miss Elizabeth Auld and her par- • 0 ents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Auld, of Tor- onto and Kincardine, visited with Mr. and Mrs. A, R. DuVal on Sunday after- noon. Miss Auld who /scored a splen- did success with her recital at Eaton Auditorium last winter has been giv- ing "Piano Portraits" over CKNX for the past seven Sunday evenings, Miss Auld gave her last programme for this summer on Sunday evening, Aug- ust 30th, following the ten o'clock news. Many young people in the district have been encouraged and inspired by this brilliant young Canadian artist, and those interested in finer music have been very appreciative to ta,KNX RoN RAE FAMILY for the presentation of tier "Piano Portraits" this summer. ON PARADE The first pared() of the fall season Of the 99th Battery of the 21st Anti- Tank Regiment will be held on Mon day next, at 8 p.m. the bride. Ali ranks are urged to attend, tie Mr. and Mrs. Stein are hale and the Battery would like to git fall hearty and enjoy life to the full, training off to a good start. WINNAM BOY WINS WATER-SKI CROWN AT EXHIRON LIONS CLU CARNIVAL FRIDAY and SATURDAY EVENINGS