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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1953-10-07, Page 1ALONG THE MAIN DRAG By The Pedestrian BASEBALL BUGABOO—Many es- tablishments on the main drag report- ed little, if any, work done during the past few days, what with the world series in full swing, Several merch- ants were observed huddling over their radios in the back room and appearing only reluctantly to answer the summons of a customer. Normalcy was finally restored on' Tuesday after 4rooklyn took the count in the sixth game. A square dance competition was a feature of the Howick Fair last week, and Howick people had the pleasure of seeing home talent win the competition when Howick Junior Farmers square dance team took top honors. Part of the large crowd of spectators can be seen in the picture, —Staff Photo. Fine Weather, Many Entries Bring Crowd to Howick Fair Fun at the Fair The good old ferric wheel still attracts the customers at fall fairs this year, and the Howick Fair was no exception. Dozens of people, old and young alike, lines up for a ride on this one. --Staff Photo. Owing to some mechanical trouble, the clock in the council chambers said 12.05 when the council sat down for their meeting on Monday night, and it was well on to that time before the council adjourned after an evening of discussion, sometimes heated, on such questions as the new equalized assessment, arena management and parking problems. All members of the council were present, as well as Wil- liam H. Haney, town assessor. Mayor DeWitt Miller made a few I opening remarks on the question of the town's new assessment, saying that he presonally was disappointed that the council had not had the op- portunity to preview the assessment roll before the assessment notices were sent out. He said that the steep rise in assessment in some cases had made people unduly concerned about the amount of taxes they would have to pay, and that the council should have been notified before the notices were sent out so that they could have NOTICE The Burgnian Travel Agency will be closed from October 8th to October 15th, Fite NOTICE The office of Dr. 3, A, Fox win be closed from Oct. 7th to Oct. 14th inclusive. 74' BRIDGE CLUB TO MEET The first meeting of the Wingharn Bridge Club will be held on Thursday, October 15th at 8 p.m. at the Fire- man's Hall. New Members cordially invited, Fib North Huron. S.S. Convention Held at Wingham United Wingham's Revised Assessment Brings Heated Discussion at Council Meeting 0 - 0 - 0 • LITTLE WORLD SERIES—Wing- ham's own Midget ball team is going to its own little world series, starting Saturday at 3 p.m., when they play Kirkland Lake for the All-Ontario Championship up at the Wingham ball park. We trust there will be as much interest shown in this effort as there was in the Yankee-Dodger battle. See you at the ball park. 0 - 0 - 0 ASSESSMENT WOES—Those vTho were not talking about the world ser- ies last week were usually to he found n small, compact groups along the wmain street discussing the assessment question. Mayor Dee Miller was but- tonholed by several irate citizens who wanted to know the meaning' of it all, and Clerk Will Galbraith reported .heavy traffic in the clerk's office shortly after the morning mail was picked up, Consensus of opinion seems to be that the new assessment is slightly higher. 0 - 0 - 0 EIGHT-HOUR DAY?--Boll Carbert, farm' editor of station CKNX, was guest speaker on Farmer's Night at the Mildmay Rotary Club on Monday night. Subject of his talk was "Farm Standards." Wonder if that has any. thing to do with the farmers eight- hour day Bob was talking about a .couple of weeks age. • 0 - 0 - 0 STILL WAITING—Non-appearance of the construction company which has cimtracted• to put down new side- walks on Josephine Street has the town fathers worried. The company a supposed to -have - the- job finished y October 15th, and so, far nobody has seen even, the advtince party. Some of the council are now begin- ning to wonder if the sidewalk will be there in time to shovel the snow off it. 0 - 0 e 0 SECOND FRONT—Cec Walpole is busy these days putting a ne;av front on Harry Angus' store on Josephine Street. Sign on the door says "Busi- ness as Usual," but we :doubt if it's quite that, with the whole front off the building. A second front will soon be started in the store formerly occup- ied by Pattison Electric, and now leased by Mr. and Mrs. Hap Swat- ridge. if RUMMAGE SALE TO BE HELD OCTOBER 17 The fall Rummage Sale sponsored by the Ladies' Auxiliary to Wingham General Hospital will be held in the .Armouries on Saturday, October 17, at two n'clock. Everyone is asked for donations: clothing, furniture, dishes, etc. Anything can be sold. All articles, should be left at the ,Armouries on Friday, Oct, 16 to be Illiorted and marked. Parcels will be 'balled for by phoning Mrs. G. R. Scott, number 118. F7:14b BLUEVALE - BAZAAR and TEA The Ladies' Aid, Knox Presby- terian Church, Bluevale will hold a Bazaar and Tea in the church school- ' room oh Wednesday, October 14th, 3 p.m. Farm Produce, Baking, Fancy Articles? Novelties and Aprons for sale. E7* PLAY AT WROXETER Raggedy Nan three-act comedy, will be presented in Wroxeter Town Hall on Friday evening, October 9th, 8.30 o'clock. This is a repeat per- formance owing to public demand. Plan to attend. F7* RECEPTION The reception for Mr. and Mrs. Alan Dunbar will be held in 'For- ester's Hall, Belgrave, on Friday night, Oct. 9. Ladies please bring lunch. Everyone welcome. F7b 0 TURKEY BANQUET' A turkey supper will be held in the Belgrave Community Arena on Wed- nesday, Oct, 14. Admission, Adults $1.60, Public School children 750. F23:30:7b Fine weather and a record number entries brought good crowds to the Howick Fair, on Saturday, when 2,000 people attended the show to the tune of $700 in gate, receipts. Officially opened by Marvin Howe, M.P., for ' Wellington-Huron, the lair drew a good entry in the cattle and Junior Farmer 4-H club competitions. Winners in the special classes were: largest family present, Albert Donk- ersgoed, Gorrie; oldest person, William Wade, 96, Gorrie; youngest child, Marilyn Fleiscauer, Stratford; best decorated bicycle, Gwen Hyndman; square dancing competition, Howick Junior Farmers, Glen Elm Farm For- um, Ripley. One of the featuree was the Howick Township 4-H Calf Club, Swine Club, Tractor Maintenance Club and Turn- berry 4H Calf Club competitions. En- tries were heavy in all classes and were in charge of Harold Baker, as- sistant agricultural representative of Huron County. Following were thh results: Howick 4-Calf club, best calf, beef section, Stewart Edgar, Wroxeter; Murray Wright, Wroxeter; Jack Dinsmore, Gerrie; 'Alice Behrns, Gerrie; Murray Donaldson,. Gorrie; Anne Behrns, Wroxeter; dairy section, Perry Strong, Gorrie; Jean McCann, Fordwich; Alli- son McCann, Fordwich; Margaret Mc- Cann, Fordwich; senior and junior heifers, Bruce 'Giles, Cliffoed; Doris Dinsmore, Gorrie; Gordon Nickel, Ger- rie; Donna Toner, Gerrie; showman- ship, Jean McCann, Bruce Giles, Perry Strong, Allison McCann, Gordon Nic- kel, Margaret McCann; Howick 4-H Swine Club, best pair Gilts, Jim Rob- inson, Fordwich; Ivan Campbell, Ger- rie; Gerrie Austin, Gorrie; Vernon Inglis, Clifford; Bill Austin,' Gorrie; Howard Toner, Gorrie. Showmanship, Howard Toner, Ivan Campbell, Ver- non Inglis, Jim Inglis, Earl Brears, Arthur Brears. Turnberry Township 4-H Calf Club best calf, John Mundell, Marilyn Timm, Murray Mulvey; senior heifer, Marjorie Timm, Murray Timm, Gor- don Ross; junior heifer, Bill Mulvey, Douglas Fischer, Ethel Breen; Hol- stein, Wayne Woods, Gordon Bate- man; ahOwmanship, Wayne Woods, Wingham; Murray Mulvey, Wroxeter; Marilyn Timm, Bluevale; Murray Timm, Bluevale; John Mundell, Blue- vale; Marjorie Timm, Bluevale; trac- tor safe driving competition, Howick Donald Fortune, Wingham; Stanley Zurbrigg, Gorrie. TWO-HOUR PARKING FOR JOSEPHINE STREET Town clerk, W. A. Galbraith was instructed to draw up a by-law stipu- lating a two-hour parking limit on Josephine Street, at the council meet- ing on Monday night. The by-law will restrict parking on both sides of the main street between Maple Street and Victoria. The proposed by-law was the out- come of a discussion on the parking problem during which councillors pointed to the fact that the new town parking lot is now in operation, and has been patronized to a considerable extent since it was opened a short time ago. The parking lot was design- ed to take the bulk of the parking off Josephine Street, and seems to have been successful to some degree in doing this. The lot is located on Victoria Street, beside Merkley Motors. Councillor Howson, of the street committee, urged that two-hour park- ing be instituted now that a parking lot has been provided. He said that all-day parkers on the main street could easily use the town lot and re- lieve some of the congestion on Jo- sephine Street, but felt that a by-law was necessary before motorists would take action. tk Signs will be placed in the restricted area. Celebrate 25th Wedding Anniversary Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Little, of Sea- forth, celebrated their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary on Wednesday evening,' September 30th, as guests of Mrs. Little's sister, Miss Anne Geddes, of Wingham. Mr. and Mrs. Little were married twenty-five years ago in Wingham, by the late Dr. Perris. Mrs. Little was the former Eugenie Geddes, of Belgrave, Cards were enjoyed during the even- ing and a delicious lunch served by the hostess, assisted by Miss Jessie Little, of Brussels. Guests were present from Brussels, Seaforth, Dublin and Wingham, Sunday School workers from Angli- can, Baptist, Presbyterian and United churches and from the Salvation Army, in North Huron met in the Wingham United Church on Wednes- day, September 30, for the annual meeting of the North Huron Council of Christian Education (cdntinuing the Sunday School Institute.) Mr. Earl E. Hamilton, of Wingham, the president, presided over both aft- ernoon and evening sessions, the theme of which was "The Bible, Our Bible, My Bible." Rev. Donald MacRae, with Mrs. W. W, Currie at the organ, led the after- noon worship service. He pointed out our great responsibility in "minding and reflecting the light of Jesus." A highlight of the afternoon session is always the discussion period and. this year was no exception. The con- vention divided into groups according to departments and among other things discussed, the theme "The Bible, Our Bible, My Bible" in relation to each age group. The leaders of these groups were: Lieutenant N. (Continued on Page Twelve) WEST WAWANOSH OK'S GRANT FOR NEW WING West Wawanosh Township ratepay- ers went to the polls Monday and approved a grant to Wingham Gen- eral Hospital of $9,000, and propor- tionate sums to the Goderich and Clinton hospitals, if the need arises. Monday's vote showed 99 for the by-law and 63 against. Only 162 out of 436 eligible ratepayers voted on the issue. West Wawanosh's share is four and a half per cent Or the $9,000 towards the building of the proposed 50-bed chronic patients wing at the Wingham General Hospital. With approval shown 'it is expected the West Wawanosh Council will pass the necessary by-law Tuesday When they meet in session. • With the approval of West Wawa- nosh, 87 per cent of the money re- quired has been obtained. At a meeting of the Ashfield coun- cil on Monday night, 'the question of hospital support was discussed, but no action was taken, STRYCHNINE IN FOOD KILLS VALUABLE DG A wave of anxiety swept over mothers of young children in the community last week, when it was learned that a valuable dog in town had been poisoned by food left, delib- erately or otherwise, on the ground around the owner's house. Chief Bert Platt, who investigated the poisoning, said that an analysis of the dog's stomach showed that the animal had died from strychnine poisoning, apparently set out with food= as bait, The poisoned dog had been kept under control during the restricted period of the summer, and was known to be a quiet animal, who caused very little trouble. Police investigating the incident have checked into the sale of the poison locally, but have found no clues that might lead them to the poisoner. Sometimes people have been known to put out poisoned bait for animals such as skunks and rabbits. One of the chief concerns in the matter is the protection of any small I children, who might happen upon the poisoned food, and eat it without thinking. Chief Platt explained that he has known of several cases where this happened, and the results could be very serious. Final Tournament of (Ladies' Bowling Club The Ladies Bowling Club held a fin- al tournament-on Wednesday after- noon, , Winners were Mrs. Snider, Han- over; Mrs, Campbell, Wingham; Mrs. Sturdy, Wingham; Mrs. DuVal, Wing- ham. One game winner was Mrs. Boyce, Clinton. DISTRICT PEOPLE RE-UNITE AT COAST Mrs. W. J. McKee of 1634 King George Highway.New Westminster, B. C., entertained two of her brothers and their wives with a chicken dinner, on Saturday, September 26th, 1953. Mrs. McKee was the former Minnie McInnes of the Langside district but left there ever forty years ago to live in Western Canada. Those presen't were Mr. and Mrs. Tom McInnes, of Gorrie, Mr. and Mrs. W. G. McInnes and son, Bud of Wal- kerton who are spending a month at the West Coast. Another old friend, Mr. Ira Welwood, of Vancouver, and son of the late Mr, and Mrs. Joseph Welwood, of Wingham, was present. It was over forty years since the group had last been together and a, pleasant evening was spent discussing the horse and buggy days of fifty years ago, when the women were bus- tles and the Men wore top hats and everybody Was happy. sent some sort of explanation with them. However, the Mayor stated that that was water under the bridge, and that 'the town now has an equalized assessment on the same basis as the other towns in Huron County. He call- ed on Mr. Haney to make his report on the new assessment, Mr. Haney's Report Mr, Haney said at the outset that as assessor he was under no obligation to report to the council the contents of the assessment roll. He pointed out that the assessment act says he is to speak to no one about the roll, and that the town council cannot "dic- tate" to the assessor as to his course of action in this matter, Mr. Haney said that he had been put to a great deal of extra work because of the new assessment, that it had been necessary for him to go over every property in town to arrive at the new assessment figures, and that because of this the assessment notices were sent out on October 1st instead of September 15th, He pointed out what seemed to him to he discrepancies between assess- ments'in Wingham and those in other towns. Following Mr. Haney's report there was a somewhat heated discussion on the assessment and the question of whether Wingham is or is not over- assessed, Comparisons were made with assessments in other towns in the county, and during the course of the discussion it was divulged that the new assessment represented an over-all increase of 35% over the old local assessment. Reeve McKinney said that he had been opposed to the re-assessment of Wingham from the start, and that he had warned the council last spring when the question had come up that the town would be "stuck" if they permitted a re-assessment under the county manual. He said that some of ,the other councillors, in pressing for re-assessment, had disregarded his warnings at the time. Councillor Purdon, who had second- ed the original motion that the town re-assess, said that he had been in favour of re-assessment last spring, and, that he was of the opinion still that the move was a wise one. He said that it was only fair that Wing- ham should be assessed on the same basis as other towns in Huron, and that he for one thought the council had done the right thing in re-assess- ing. Councillor Keating, who made the original motion, pointed out that when the motion was made it had carried unanimously, and that Reeve McKin- ney as well as the rest of the council had voted in favor of the motion. Reeve McKinney pointed out that while the new assessment was not so, important locally, since local taxes could be adjusted by the mill rate, the new assessment would mean an in- crease on the amount of money paid to the county, He estimated that ap- proximately $4,000 extra would be needed in tax payments to the county because of this. HO thought that the council should defer action on ac- cepting the new assessment. Mayor Miller declared that if the new assessment was not accepted by the town, there would be no tax roll for next year's taxes, and that the town could not appoint a court of re- vision for tax appeals, which must be held next month. He thought that the council had no alternative but to ac- cept the new figure. After some dis- cussion about postponing or appeal- ing the assessment, a motion was carried that the new roll be accepted, Apple Day Planned By New Cub Pack The third meeting of the Wolf Cub pack was held on Monday, October 5th, at the gymnasium of the United Church, The attendance was approxi- mately 80, and the boys were divided into two packs with six sixes in each pack. There is now pack A and pack B. Leaders of the two packs will be chosen later. The pack is planning an Apple Day which will be held on Saturday, Oct- ober 24th, as a means of raising funds for the new organization. • With which is amalgamated the Gorrid Vidette and. Wroxeter News arbsciiptions $2.50 per year, 6c per copy WINGHAM, ONTARIO, WEVNESDAY, OCTOBER 7th, 1953 VITAL STATISTICS IN IN ASSESSOR'S REPORT Vital statistics relehsed by as- sessor William Haney in his report on the town's new assessment, showed that the town's total as- sessment is now $0,282,840. This is made up of the following figures: land assessment, $232,895, buildings, $1,843,960, business assessment, $205- 986, The new figure compares with a previous equalized assessment of $1,891,000. Other figures released showed that the town now has a population of 2,71; a slight increase over the last published figure, and a dog population of 122, as near as can be ascertained. ;Seventy-nine men of town are subject t poll tax. Dominion ..government .property in town is assessed at $70,000, the public school at $125,200, the hospi- tal and nurses' residence at $90,000, churches, $161,000, otqer town pro- perty, $130,100, and town land at $1,400. Three=Year.Old Injured by Tractor Lloyd Sleightholm, three, son of Mr. and Mrs. Eimer Sleightholm, of R.R. 3, Wingham, was admitted to Wingham General Hospital on Mon- day afternoon with undetermined in- juries. The boy was knocked down and Tun over by a farm tractor in the laneway of his father's farm. The mother said the tractor passed over the child's mid-section. The boy was still conscious when brought to the hospital. Hospital authorities said his condition was not serious. ENGAGEMENT The engagement is announced of Mary Edna, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. A. MacGregor to John George Anderson, of Toronto, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. 0. Anderson. The marriage is to take place on Oc- tober 24, 1953 at Knox Presbyterian Church, Torqnto, at 4.30 p.m. F7b Oshawa 002 040 300 9 6 3 Wingham 242 020 10 11 9 1 Rombough, Fielder and Fielder, Tilk, Lancaster and Hodgkinson MIDGETS TAKE OSHAWA ENTER ALL-ONTARIO Keith Lancaster was again in rare form on Saturday night as he sent 18 Oshawa batters down via the strike- out route and gave up just 6 hits to lead the Wingham Kinsmen Midgets to an 11 to 9 win. The win was Wing- ham's second straight in a best of three series, The Wingham boys got to the slants of Rombough and Fielder for 9 base knocks. The big blows for the win- ners were struck by Barry Fryfogle and Bruce Lott, each smashing round trippers. Rombough got the only extra base hit for the losers, when he hit a home run in the 5th inning, The hard hitting Wingham crew will now meet the Kirkland Lake Dominion Huskies for the All Ontario Midget "A" Softball Championship. The whole series will take place in Wingham with the first game on Sat- urday, October 10th, at 3 p.m. The second and third game if necessary will be played on Monday, October 12, Ft. IL E. WHAT THE COUNCIL DID —Received the financial statement of the Arena Commission. —Agreed to pay arena manager, Alf Lockridge a salary of $500 for the coming season for managing the arena. ' —Decided to draw up a contract with Mr. Lockridge paying him 10% of the gross receipts on hockey games played in the arena by the Junior B team which he is bringing into town, in addition to his salary. —Discussed the new equalized as- sessment, and after a certain amount of dissention decided to accept it. --Appointed a court of revision for assessment appeals. --Decided to hold over for further information a request from a religious body to use the town hall every Sun- day afternoon. —Passed a motion that a by-law be drawn up limiting parking on. Joseph- ine Street to 2 hours on both sides of the street between Maple Street and Victoria.