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OUTSIDE PATIENTS
The Wingham General Hospital
Board at its regular meeting last night
passed a motion levying a surtax of
$1.50 'per day minimum on all patients
admitted to hospital from the muni-
cipalities not contributing to the cost
of the new hospital wing.
The motion passed by the board
read as follows: "As of October 15th
a surtax of $1.50 minimum per day
will be charged to all patients admitt-
ed to Wingham General Hospital corn-
ing from municipalities who have not
subscribed to the present new addi-
tion."
The board's move was in line with
a request from the publicity commit-
tee, asking that action be taken on
municipalities who have not yet con-
tributed their share of the new build-
ing expenses. The publicity committee
so far has raised 8411 per cent of the
total amount to be collected locally,
but is experiencing some difficulty
with several municipalities who have
shown a reluctance., to come into the
scheme,
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WINGHAM, ONTARIO; WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16th, 19$3
ALONG THE MAIN DRAG
By The Pedestrian
'BARBER GETS CLIPPED—Vic
Loughlean, who rashly promised a free
haircut to any member of the Midget
softball 'team who scored a home run
in the game 'against Sarnia recently,
really got clipped on the deal. No less
than foar Midget stalwarts were on
hand last week for the free haircuts.
The question now before the house is,:
•o's trimming who? •
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TOWN BARN SHARPSHOOTERS—
Jack Alexander, temporary custodian
of the town barn, is having trouble
keeping light bulbs in the place. Seems
several kids around town who fancy
themselves as sharp shooters are prac-
ticing on the lights in the barn. Jack
feels that there are other places more
suitable for target' practice—even if
he can get bulbs wholesale.
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SAFETY PATROL MOOTED--The
Lions Club has been talking about or-
ganizing a street safety patrol among
the school chAldren, the idea being
that responsible, children will under-
t e to assist others in crossing the
Areas and obeying traffic rules. To
put teeth in the arrangement the Plan
has provisions for summonses and
mock traffic „courts for traffic viola-
tors, Next thing we know Johnny will
be coming home with a ticket instead
-of a bad report card.
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SKUNK HOLLOW NEWS--Resi-
dents in the vicinity of the hospital
are showing more than usual interest
in a striped visithr who has apparently
been touring the excavations for the
new hospital boiler room. The scented
newcomer had the misfortune to fall
into the big hole, some eighteen feet
4 deep, and couldn't get out. Volunteers
for the rescue have so far -been at a
premium. A report going the rounds
that work had been stopped on the
project since the ""pussy-' arrived are
untrue, according to reliabel :Jouroes.
At present the workmen are waiting
for steel for the new building.
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ADD TV AERIALS—Another TV
aerial has been added to the changing
altrarte of Wingham last week, when
Bob- 'Carbert and Don Hildebrand
erected a monster affair at the War-
ren House building on Diagonal Road.
The new tower will bring in programs
on the Hallicrafters TV sets, now l•e-
ing sold by Warren House.
Building Dam and Farm Pond
Improves Kinloss Property
Chas. Anderson, of Teeswater; Mr. and
Mrs, W. Plowman, of Toronto; Mrs,
G. Dorland, Mrs. J. Schlimme and
Mrs. L. Tomlinson, of Woodstock, Miss
L. Scott, of Windsor; Mr. and Mrs.
Smith of Florida.
Mrs, Mundy's four sons, Roy and
Theodore, of Wingham; Basil, of
Woodstock and Harcourt, of London,
a dam across the lower end," Ted and daughter, Ivy, of Sarnia, were all
present. Mrs, Mundy also has nine
Unfortunately it wasn't as simple grandchildren and six great grand-
as that. The bulldozer cleaned out the children. Two grandchildren and three great-grandchildren were also pre-
willows and a couple of feet of top-, sent,
soil, but got mired down itself and I
almost didn't get out. Finally, after a
HOSPITAL BOARD TO good deal of trouble it managed to
extricate itself, but operations with
as they could go. Ted wa,4 left with LEVY SURCHARGE ON
that machine had gone about as far
a shallow pond about two feet ,seep,
with a dam at the lower end.
Public School Board Sees Handwriting
On Wingham Schoolhouse Wall
/ A problem which is plaguing almost every school board in the
Province raised its head at the meeting of the Wingham Public School
Board on Monday night, when principal Stewart Beattie announced to the
board that enrolment at the public school had risen to an all-time high of
420, In plain words this means that one year after completing a new $100,000-
odd addition, the Wingham Public School is operating to capacity. And it.
means that the board must now face the problem of obtaining further ac-
commodation for further increases which are due to come in the next five
years.
Harvest..Thanksgiving
Marked at St. Paul's
Harvest fruits and vegetables and
banks of fall flowers decorated St,
Paul's Anglican Church on Sunday
for their annual harvest thanksgiving
festival, and special music by the
choir marked the occasion. In the
morning Miss V. Moszkowski and
Miss Pat . Rider sang a duet, "Bro-
ther James Air", and in the evening
live member of the choir of St.
Paul's Church, London were present.
Four of 'the members SANG IN
QUARTET the anthems "Crimond"
and "Bless the Lord, Oh My Soul."
'Bless the Lord Oh My Soul".
Speaker at the morning service
'was the Rev. W. R. Coleman, prin-
cipal of Huron College, London. Dr.
Coleman 'took as his text "The earth
is the Lord's and the fulness there-
of". He pointed out that the fruits
of the harvest remind ue that we live
in a world which is not our. own, but
God's, Similarly the Christian must
re*e,e that even his most intimate
possessions are not his own, but
Cod's,' and that our existence and
well-being depend solely upon God.
"It is in the 'act of thanksgiving
that we receive the grace to be good
stewards of those blessings which
God has bestowed upon us", the
speaker concluded.
ENGAGEMENT
Mr. and Mrs,' A. Irving Toner, of
Wroxeter, wish to announce the en-
gagement of their eldest daughter
Anna , Kathleen to Mr. Maxwell Mor-
ley Bell, son of Mr. and. Mrs. Morley
Bell of Gorrie. The wedding to take
place the latter part of SeptMnber.
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RECEPTION AND DANCE
AT WHITECHRUCH
There will be a reception and dance
at the Whitechurdh Hall on Friday
evening for Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
Wade (nee Jean McPherson). Every-
body .welcome. •
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LIONFX THORNTON
TO PLAY FOR DANCE
A dance will be held in the Wing-
ham Arena, Friday, September 25th,
egth Lionel Thornton and his or-
drestra supplying the muele. Admis-
sion 75c per person. Sponsored by
the Wingham Arena Commission, nob
ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
MEETING AT BELGRAVIA
Belgrave Athletic Association are
holding a meeting for their fowl
supper in the Arena, Friday, Sept,
18 at 8 p,m, Everyone evelcente, FaOb
JUNIOR HOCKEY TEAM
PLANNED FOR WINN
With the impetus given to young
hockey players in Western Ontario
by artificial ice arenas, the WOAA is
going to hold the first hockey school
for minor players between the ages
of 15 and 20, in the Wingham arena,
November 2nd. to 5th inclusive. The
WOAA has secured the unlimited co-
operation of the Guelph Eiltmores and
the parent New York Rangers, and
the local players will be under the
Watchful eyes of such greats as Alfie
Pike, coach of the Guelph Biltmores,
and Carson Cooper, New 'York Ranger
scout. . -
Three groups according to age, will
be set up-15 to 16 years; 16 to 18
years and 18 to 20, and any boys wish-
ing to avail themselves of this excel-
lent coaching, are asked to contact
Tory Gregg at the WOAA office in
Wingham, not later than Nov. 1st. The
hockey school will utilize two practice
sessions each day, morning and after-
noon, with the Guelph Biltmore Jun-
ior A Club scheduled-for an exhibition
game.to end up the school on Thurs-
day night, November 5th, in the Wing-
ham Arena,
The boys who report to this hockey
school, only have to bring their skates,
--all the rest of the equipment and
facilities will be supplied by the
Guelph organization. After final ar-
rangements have been completed,
Wingham officials hope to ice a jun-
ior team, with the Guelph Biltmores
lending full assistance in the- matter
of players. Under present regulations,
at least six Western Ontario players
of junior age twill be on the roster,
with the rest coming from the affil-
iated club.
Those ob Junior age in this area,
who will likely don uniforms, include,
Bud Lott, Neil and Morris Stainton,
Ron Murray, Ken Gregg, Gordie Way-
ne and Murray Gerry, all of Wing-.
ham; Dave Donahue of Teeswater;
Morley Chin, of Lucknow and Keith
Anderson, 'of Belgrave. This seems to,
be an excellent opportunity for aspir-
ing hockey players to get expert tutel-
age. Those who signify their inten-
tion to attend the school, must report
at the Wingham Arena by 9 a.m. on
November 2nd. a
SCHOOL SIGNS
DONATED BY LIONS
The school crossing signs, which are
brought out three times a day and
placed at the intersections of John
and Josephine and Patrick and Jos-
ephine, are a donation to town safety
by the Lions Club.
Some time ago the subject of school
crossing signs were brought up at
the Lions Club, and it was suggested
that signs be placed at the two inter-
sections by the club as a donation to
the town. The job of forming a com-
mittee of one to carry out the project
delolved upon Lion Mike McPhail, at
that time president 'of the club.
Mike's first step was to get the
devolved upon Lion Mike, McPhail, at
signs. These are regular department
of Highways signs and Mike, in one
of his trips to Stratford, dropped into
the department garage there to see
what he could pick up. After telling
his story to the man in charge of
the garage, Mike returned home with
a couple of signs, a gift of the de-
partment.
Next step was to find a stand for
them. Scouting- around town Mike
saw an oil sign, with just the type
of base he wanted, in front of Huron
Motors. A short chat with Mr, Mac-
William convinced Mac that the sign
should -be offered up on the 'altar of
safety, and Mike triumphantly hauled
the thing off in his car. Another chat
with Charlie Crossett, also bore fruit,
and Mike found himself with two east
iron bases suitable for mounting
school crossing signs on.
Mike hauled them down to Herb
Fuller's where he had the signs weld-
ed to the bases, and the school safety
campaign was can
The signs have done a lot to slow
down traffic at times when school
children are crossing the street, and
will no doubt be a safety factor in pre-
venting accidents on thee heavily-con-
gested melon street.
Wingham to Lucknow
Traffic Detoured
aaTraffic between Winghem and
Lucknow was temporarily diverted
Via the 12th concession of East Wa-
wanOsh yesterday, when workmen
tore up the floor of the bridge in
Lower Town, to replace worn string-
ers in the Centre of the structure,,;''
Several men were on the fob re-
placing the stringers, and it Is expect-,
err that the work will not take more
than two 'days at the Most. 1Vfean-
while "Deteeir" signs have been post-
ed on the highway, both in Wingham
and on the road to Luoknow.
With all the water lying around in
ditches, creeks, lakes and sloughs in
this part of the country, you'd wonder
why anyone .would want to make a
farm pond. At least we did, when we
heard that Ted Collyer, up in Kinloss
township was busy digging one. With
half the district already oozing with
water why should anyone want a
pond?
In Ted Collyer's case the oozing of
water was the cause of it all, 'red is
an electrician who lives in the country
and likes it, He has 100 acres in Kin-
loss and keeps a few head of cattle as
a sideline. To many of us it sounds
like an ideal existence.
Anyway, Ted had been troubled with
a low-lying swampy bit of ground in
front of his house. A very small trick-
le of water ran through it, and a
couple of springs came out of the side
of the hill. The . bottom of the gully
was covered with willows.
Last summer Ted was having some
bulldozing done on his property, and
the 'dozer operator suggested that he
clean out the gully, "Make a nice
farm pond," he said, "All you have to
do is clean out the bottom, and throw
WOLF CUB PACK
TO BE FORMED
NEXT MONDAY
-a1A meetmg of citizens interested in
the formation of a Wolf Cub pack in
Wingham, Wa's held at Wingham
United ChureVon -Monday evening.
The meeting-was opened by Rev. D.
J. MacRae, who acted as chairman.
Those present were the Scout group
committee appointed by the Lions
Club of Wingham composed of Jack
McKibbon, Art Irwin 'and Bill :Conron;
Rev. D. J. MacRae of Wingham United
Church; Charles Perrott of the Kins-
men Club; Lieut. Nellie Oates of the
Salvation Army; Jack Alexander,
Beverly Brooks and Mack Cameron.
The meeting opened with a discus-
sion of the background of Cubbitig
and Scouting in Wingham. Chairman
Jack McKibbon of the Lions Scout
group committee told the meeting of
some of the former activities of his
committee in the field of Scouting and
Cubbing. Bill Conron briefed the
meeting on equipment and personnel
of past Cub and Scout organizations.
Dr. Art Itwin told the meeting that
the Scout group committee had in its
possession some $119 belonging to the
Scout organization,
dolt was unanimously agreed by all
present that a community Cuba Pack.
should be formed as soon as possible
and the following leadership is avail-
able: Lieut, Nellie Oates of the Sal-
vation Army, Jack Alexander of Don-
ald Rae and Son Hardware, Mack
Cameron and Beverly Brooks.
The United Church, thro6gh Mr,
MacRae, offered the use of the gym-
nasium and other facilities for the
Cub Pack. Jack McKibbon and other
members of the group committee
promised to look up some old equip-
ment in tha town hall and armouries
for the use of the boys.
The meeting then agreed to an-
nounce that on Monday, September 21
at 7.00 p.m. a meeting will be held in
the gymnasium of the United Church
for the purpose of organizing a Cub
Pack. All boys in the community,
aged 8 to 11, are invited.-
Following the meeting, the -available
leaders not to plan -the first :Meeting
for the above date With Lieut, Nellie
Oates as Acting Akela, and Jack Alex-
ander, Beverly Brooks and Mack
Cameron as assistant leaders.
This summer a man ',with a drag
line came out and succeeded in deep-
ening the pool to an average depth of
about five feet. This, plus an improved
dam and spillway, have put the thing
on a real farm pond be.:41s.
Asked about the advantage of hav-
ing a farm pond, Ted claimed that
fire protection was one of the most
important factors. While a branch of
the Lucknow river flows nearby, Ted
figures it's a lot safer to have a pand
with a good supply of water within a
hundred feet of the house and barn.
Then there's the recreational angle.
For swimming in the summer and
skating in the winter, a pond can be
mighty handy. It can be an asset to
the property from the oeauty angle,
too, "And finally, although Ted is'nt
too ardent a fisherman, he figures to
stock the pond with trout after the
thing is completed.
And there's quite a bit of work to
do on it yet, he says. Right now the
sides are a bit of a mess, where the
drag line depositied all the mud from
the bottom. ',red would like to land-
scape that, seed down a lawn, with
perhaps a weeping willow or two. Ted
has a few other things he'd like to do,
but it all takes time—and money,
"How about the government grants
on farm ponds," we asked, in all in-
nocence, Ted said that the govern-
ment grant was largely fictitious.
There is a $100 grant on farm ponds
in the Saugeen Valley watershed, but
Ted found to his sorrow that Kinloss
Township is only partly in the Sau-
geen valley watershed, to the exteni'of
17%, as a matter of fact, and that the
authority would only be responsible
for 17% of the grant. Later this
amount was raised and Ted did act-
ually receive part of the grant on the
work done, but nothing near the full
grant of $100. Hp has, however receiv-
ed valuable help from the township,
who have shown a great Interest in
the project.
Asked whether he thought farm
ponds a worthwhile project, Ted was
very sure they are. "For fire protect-
ion, for recreation and as a means of
beautifying property, they are - well
worth the time and money," he said.
But don't count on the governmeht to
bear the expense. My pond will cost
Me in the neighboudhood of $700 be-
fore I'm finished, and of that amount
the governMent grant was less than
$50,,,
Evangelism School
At St. Andrew's
The Huron-Maitland Presbytery of
the Presbyterian Church of Canada
is sponsoring a school of evangel-
ism, to be conducted by the Rev.
William Bell, of Syracuse, N.Y,, to be
held in St. Andrew's Presbyterian
Church, Wingham, on Tuesday and
Wednesday nights, September. 22nd
and 28rd, at 8 p.m.
Members and .• friends bf other
churches are Cordially invited to
attend,
LIONS CARNIVAL
VOTED SUCCESS
The annual Lions Carnival, held on
Friday and Saturday nights in the
Wingham Arena, drew an attendance
of over 600, Lions Club officials an-
nounced yesterday.
The two-day carnival was opened
to the music of the town band on
Friday night, and entertainment in
the form of acrobatic dancing, music
and comedy supplied by the Paul
Brothers and Shirley. Nine different
games were played, including a bingo
for silver dollars. Dancing was en-
joyed to Henderson's Orchestra,
On Saturday entertainment was
supplied by Roy and Doris Head, ex-
ponents of magic and ventriloquism,
and Bonnie Lind, dancing acrobat.
The Brussels Legion Pipe Band,
which played its first engagement at
the carnival, was very much enjoyed
by all.
Winner of the 'monthly draw for a
suit of clothes was Roy Hall, of
Ethel.
New Teachers at
Public School
,'Four new teachers have started in
at Wingham Public School for the
fall term.
Miss Lois Fell, of Staffa, will teach
Grade 7; Miss Bernice Crawford, of
Dobbinton, will teach a combinatioa
grade of 3, 4, and 6; Miss Mildred
Wagner, also of Dobbinton, will teach
Grade 2; and Mr. J. D. Stynkar, of
Windsor, will teach„„Graele
KINSMEN INSTALL
NEW EXECUTIVE
The first Kinsmen meeting of the
season was held at the Queen's Hotel,
Friday evening, The 1952-53 president,
Jim Hamilton, was in the chair for the
first part of the meeting and follow-
ing the installation of the 1953-54 of-
ficers, President Al Williams presided.
District, Deputy Governor Wes.
Wright, of Hanover, was present to
assist in installing the new officers.
The Kinsmen plan a very active year
in order to raise sufficient funds to
landscape and fence the wading pool
which, it is freely admitted, is not a
thing of beauty at the present time.
The next regular meeting is at the
Queen's Hotel on Friday, September
25th,
Officers installed for 1953-54 were:
President, Al. ,Williams; past presi-
dent, Jim Hamilton; 1st vice, Lloyd
Ellacott; 2nd vice, Jack Lloyd; secre-
tary, Les Miller; treasurer, Jack
Walker;/ registrar, Ivan Gardner;
directorS, Cal Burke, Warren Callan
and Jack Stephens.
Wingham Midgets
To Stoney Creek
The Wingham Midget softball team
is scheduled to meet Stoney Creek
on Wednesday in the next game of
the playoff series. The game will be
played in Stoney Creek.
A following game is scheduled with
the same team, to be played in Wing-
ham on Saturday, Home team for the
third genie will be announced later.
How It Came About
To find out, how the public school
got itself into this situation, it is nec-
essary to go back four years to 1949.
In that year it became apparent to
the board that new accommodation
would have to be found for the in-
creasing enrolment at the school. They
had drawn up a chart, showing the
normal' increase in enrolment' over the
next five years, and as a straight pre-
diction of things to come, this chart
told them that in five years they would
need four extra rooms to accommodate
the pupils that would be attending
school by that time. Beyond five years
the chart didn't go, for it is impossible
to predict how many children will be
born next year.
These . charts themselves are fairly
simple to figure. You take the number
of children horn this year, which gives
you the kindergarten class of five
years from now, last year's crop of
babies will be the kindergarten pupils
of four years from now, and so on.
The only trouble with the charts is
the fact that they don't go beyond five
years, and they make no allowance
for the families with school age child-
ren who arrive and leave town.
Further Increase Expected
And that is where the hoard went
astray in their calculations. According
to the chart in 1949, the school with
the new addition, would be filled in
1954. An empty schoolroom was ex-
pected in the first year or so. Going
ahead on this assumption, they made
plans for a four-room addition to the
school, only to find that there was no
empty room the first year, and that
the school was filled to capacity in
1953 instead of 1954. On top of which
the new five-year chart, not available
at that time, of course, now shows that
further increases can be expected, up
to 480 pupils in 1956. Not only that,
but this same chart drawn up in 1952,
has so far proved to be under the act-
ual figures in its calculations. The
chart predicted 375 pupils for 1952—
actually there were 331. It predicted
405 in 1933, and the actual count was
420. A corresponding increase over
the "next three years would bring the
chart's figures of 480 for 1956 to well
over the 500 mark.
Board's Problems
The problem now confronting the
board is What to do about it? Firstly
it must be remembered that you can't
build the school or an addition in a
matter of days. Normally it takes
about three years from the time the
idea is first mooted to the time the
ribbon is cut by the minister of educa-
tion. If the Wingham Public School
is going to need a new addition in
three years, now is the time to start
working on it. On the other hand the
board doesn't want to over-build. If
for some unforeseen reason the school
population levels off in the next few
years, the board doesn't want to be
caught with empty classrooms, and
you can't predict after five years.
anyhow. In fact, as experience has
shown, it's pretty hard to predict even
up to five years.
There are one or two patches of sil-
ver lining in the clouds, however.
Board members have put in a tenta-
tive bid on the old high school build-
ing—when it becomes -available. The
building is not particularly suited for
a public school, and it would cost a
lot of money to heat. But it might
serve as a stop-gap for the time be-
ing until the question of school popu-
lation clears itself to some extent.
And, as Harold Wild, chairman of
the board, points out, we can always
go back to the kindergarten rooms in
the basement of the Masonic Temple!
TENDER ACCEPTED
The tender of Mr, Herb Kuntz of
Formosa has been accepted on the
buildings at the new county forest
farm, northwest of Wingham.
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on The above photograph shows the 'pd being Mint on the farm of Ted
Collyer.e. Started last year, the pond has now been dredged to a depth of
five feet, and upon completion will be landscaped around the banks. The
pond is fed by a small stream and several springs in the vicinity, —Staff
Photo.
Chamber of Commerce
Attendance 'Poor
Only five members of the Wingham
Chamber of 'Commerce were present
at the regular meeting of the asso-
ciation on Monday night,
Those present discussed the prob-
lems of parking, stoplights and com-
munity sales in an informal manner,
but there was not enough in attend-
ance to make a quorum and no de-
cisions could be made.
The next regular meeting will be
held in October.
Ladies' Trebles
Ladies' Trebles ware held at the
Wingham Bowling Club on Wednesday
afternoon, September 9th, with 19
rinks in attendance. The winners were
1, Mrs. Hodge, of Chesley; 2. Mrs.
Frank Wilson, of London; 3. Miss
Agnes Mitchell, of Wingham; 4. Mrs.
Elliott, of Clinton; 5, Mrs. Redman, of
Chesley,
Kinettes Hold First
Fall Meeting
The first meeting for the fall of the
Wingham Kinette Club was held at
the home of Kinette Jane Burke on
Monday evening.
Past President Dorothy Templeman
presented the gavel and president's
pin to the new president, Kinette Vel-
ma Scott, Kinette Dorothy Templernan
was thanked for her work as presi-
dent during the past year and present-
ed with her past president's pin.
Plans were made for the fall tea to
be held on November 4th in the Ar-
mouries. The tricycle on whieh tickets
are being sold will be placed on dis-
play, The draw is to be made at the
tea.
The raffle of the everting was won by
Evelyn Crawford,
Mrs. Harry, Mundy
Marks 90th Birthday
On Thursday, September 10th, one
of Wingham's grand old ladies, Mrs.
Harry Mundy, celebrated her ninetieth
birthday at the home of her son, Roy
Mundy, Frances St.
. A- legion or rrienas, neighbors and
relatives gathered in the afternoon to
extend congratulations and best wish-
es and enjoy ,a very pleasant time. A
bountiful luncheon was served includ-
ing a delicious birthday cake, a gift
from Woodstock.
Many beautiful floral remembrances
were received as well as a great many
cards from far and near.
Among the guests from out of town
were Mr. and Mrs. Harcourt Mundy,
of London; Mr. and Mrs. Basil Man-
dy„..of Woodstock; Mrs. Fred Han-
more, of Sarnia; Mrs. Len, Huff and
daughter, Sharon, of Brantford; Mrs.
Ken Mowbray and sons; Bob and
Brian, of Lucknow; Mr. and Mrs.
agreed.
Standard Time
commences 12.0I a.m.,
Sunday, Sept. 27, 1953
Citizens are reminded of the change from Daylight
Saving to Standard time on the above date.
DeWitt Miller, Mayor