HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1953-10-21, Page 1For the convenience of himself and his customers, Dr. Murray MacLennan,
Wingham Veterinarian, has installed a two-way radio in his office and car.
By using the radio for calling home, he finds it a simple mattert keep I
track of his calls, and to answer any emergency that might arise,/—Staff
Photo.
Two-Way Radio Set-up Solves
Wingham Vet's Call Problems
VISITING RESIDENTS
OF RURAL AREAS
John Boyd, of Durham, is calling
on rural residents in the Wingham
district this week In an effort to
promote circulation and /laws cover-
age for the Advance-Times in this
area. This marks the first time in
many years that this paper has made
a definite effort to promote circula-
tion in the rural areas surrounding
the town.
Mr, Boyd has been active this
week calling on the residents of the
areas immediately surrounding the
town, and to date he has been accord-
ed a very good reception, and has
been showing excellent results. After
seven years of newspaper promotional
work, he seems to enjoy his job of
visiting rural homes, and has this
summer been employed by a number
of weekly newspapers in this part of
the province.
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Hospital Rummage Sale Draws
Big Crowd for Record Bargains
Field Trials and Bench Show
Bring Fancy Foxhounds Here
ALONG THE MAIN DRAG
'ZOUNDS, HOUNDS!—Unaccustom-
ed as they were to the baying of fox-
hounds, residents of the Victoria-
Josephine district had some difficulty
in getting to sleep on Friday night,
Aideat with the aggregation of vocalists
I% the town barn. Several promising
.centraltos were noted in the chorus.
Pe'ports from the inside indicate that
the foxhunters didn't get much shut-
eye either,
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COON POLE—Some- of the dogs in
last week's dog trials apparently went
further afield than was absolutely nec-
essary for the purpose of the event.
Several of them took after a coon,
amongst other things, and succeeded
in treeing it on 'a nearby hydro pole,
only to have it electrocuted on the
wires, Definite! unsporting, old boy!
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BARGAIN COUNTER—Bill Grover,
21 the 99th Battery, attended the Rum-
Wage Sale last week, and saw what he
thought was a bargain; Almbst losing
his hat and coat in the struggle, he
finally emerged from the throng with
a cardboard box marked "Brake Lin-
ings." They were brake linings, al-
right. Only trouble was they neglected
to mention on the box the fact that
they were used.
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EAST SIDE, 'WEST SIDE—Mer-
chants on the west side of Josephine
Street are now getting a taste of
what's been going on in front of the
Bank of Commerce for the, past week,
when the wrecking crews arrived yes-
terday to start tearing up the side-
walks. Actually the big job on the
west side was contracted for first,
and the east side job was something
of an after thought.
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DINNER FOR SIXTEEN—Whitney
Grose of the Brunswick Hotel, rashly
made a little bet with the boys of the
midget softball team, offering a T-
bone steak for every home run. Figur-
it out at, the end of the series, he
concluded that he 'might as well feed
the whole bunch. The boys will sit
,.down to dinner tonight, thanks to
Whitney's generosity..
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ASSORTED GAME—Reports' from
the dog trials last week indicate that
a wide assortment of game was scared
up by the •hoands, including deer, rab-
bits, coon and, farmers' cows. What, no
fox?
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UNCONFIRMED REPORT—Add
things you hear in a newspaper office.
Two kids wandered into The Advance-
Times office to report that a ram was
wondering at large on Frances Street.
A fugitive from the dog trials, per-
haps.
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THIS TOUCH SYSTEM—Wander-
ing what happened to an order that
had been sent in two weeks previous-
ly, a local firm finally got a reply,
including their own addressed. envel-
ope. Address on the envelope read 19
Carling Street, )(&$.%)? Ontario.
BOWLING SEASON
OPENS AT ALLEYS
The official opening of -Walter
Brown's new bowling alleys on Diag-
gonal Road has been scheduled for
Saturday of next week, at which time
six teams of , bowlersfrom Paris,
Winghann *Listowel, Walkerton, Luck-
now and Clinton will give an ex-
hibition of bowling at the new alleys.
Work on the alleys is now in the
final stages, and it Is expected that
the finishing touches on 'the interior
will be completed sometime next
week.
In the meantime several bowling
leagues have been organized, and are
now playing regularly throughout the
Week. t.
Leagues now bowling at the new
.alleys are: Lucknow, Golf Club
Ladles, Town League] CKNX mixed
league, John Mason's league, Wishing
Well, , Young People's and Co-op
league. In all about 50 teams are
currently engaged in league play.
Friday and Saturday nights haste
been reserved for public hi:Smiling, and
a good number of the people of town
Whave been on hand on these nights
to try out the new alleys.
"COVERALLS" PLAY
The Wroxeter Women's Institute
are sponsoring the 3 act comedy
"Coveralls" by the Teeswater Jr. Far-
mers' and jr. Institute, in the Town
Hall, on Friday, October 23, at 8,15 p.
m, Admission 500 and 25e, Dante to
follow. Admission 50c Vordwich Or-
ehestra. Lunch booth, P21*
Hears Wingham In
Glendale, California
A new long distance record for
CKNX set this week when Red Sim-
mons, disc-jockey on CKNX's nightly
Bargain Bandwagon program receiv-
ed a letter from a lady in Glendale,
California. Miss Lorely Gray, writer
of the letter to Red, says that al-
though she can not always pick up the
program she listens to it quite often.
Red is busy now trying to line up a
California sponser for his show,
ASSESSMENT APPEALS
UP THIS YEAR
Approximately 30 citizens of town
have handed in appeals against their
new assessments, according to Town
Clerk, W. A. Galbraith, and will ap-
pear before the court of revision to
be held on November 9tH. Last day
for appeals was Wednesday of last
week.
Most of the appeals ha,ve apparent-
ly arisen out of the new equalized
assessment, which was worked out
by county assessor Alex Alexander,
and town assessor, William Haney
during the summer months. Overall
increase in town assessments was 35%
above the old local assessment.
The court of revision will consist
of three members of council, Mayor
DeWitt Miller,, Reeve R. E. McKin-
ney and Councillor Frank Howson,
plus two other members who have
not yet been named.
Last year there were no appeals,
and no court Of revision was neces-
sary.
NEW HEAVER MANAGER
ARRIVES IN TOWN
ptIli King, a native of Peterborough,
a-hived in town last week to take
over the position of manager of the
Beaver Lumber Company's Wngham
branch, filling the yacancy:leftebyaLes,
Miller, who has bee transferred to
the Lindsay branch. Mr. King, who
has been with the company for six
years, had previously spent three years
at the London office. He served with
the navy during the war, and is mar-
ried. Mrs. King and their SeVen-year-
old boy are expected to arrive in town
in about a week,
Les Miller, former manager of .the
local branch, left on Saturday with .his:
familY'for Lindeay, Where he will take
over the managership of the corn.:•.
pany's, branch 'there'.
WOAA ANNUAL MEETING
HELD HERE TUESDAY
About 200 sportsmen from all over
Western Ontario met in Wingham oe.
Tuesday night for the annual meeting
of the Western Ontario' Athletic As7
sociation, Hugh Hawkins, of Clinton,'
immediate past president of the as-
sociation, presided, while Tory Gregg,
business manager, read the minutes
of the I9,st meeting.
Harry Doughty, of Walkerton; was
elected president for the next two
years. Other. officers elected Were:-
first -vice-president, George Grant.
• Paisley; second vice-president, Nelson
Hill, Goderich; third vice-president,
Harvey Langford, Luca'n; executive
inemberS, Hugh : Hawkins, Clinton;
Norman Hill, New Hamburg; Johnny
Bell, Listowel; Glenn Johnston, Fdiel-
wich; Lloyd Loney,. Wiarton. Two
more members will be' added at a later
date.
Past president, Hugh Hawkins, re-
ported that the association had just
completed one of the most successful
years in its history, Seven all-Ontario
championships were won by ball teams
in the association during the year, a
record unexcelled by any organization
in one year.
Treasurer Alf Lockridge reported
that receipts of the organization were
$300 greater tha'n last year, with total
receipts of 02,744.54, and a balance
on hand of $3,864.25.
Plan's for operating Intermediate
'A', 'B', 'C', `I)', and 'E', series within
the organization were made, a new
series being added for entries from
Owns with a population under 500 and
for home-brews only, A similar series
will be organized'in the minor section.
Deadline for entries was set at Oct-
'Ober 28th and the group meeting for
all series will be held in Wingha,m on
November 4th,
The donation of two new trophies,
the Wickel Memorial trophy and a
second memorial trophy from the vil,•
lage of Ripley and Uron Township,
Were announced.
'tuber 17, drew.a large crowd to the
.Wingham Armouries for the fall Rum.
hage sale sponsored by the Ladies'
Auxiliary to Wingham General Hos-
pital, Long before' the doors opened,
people were waiting to get their share
of the bargains, For over two hours,
more than one hundred sales people
were kept busy disposing of the goods.
Every sort of article was there, from
a large cook stove to a string of beads
and from a fur coat to a pair of
baby's bootees. By four o'clock, prac-
tically everything had been sold and
the proceeds amounted to $857.85.
Parcels were received from the town
and surrounding country. Many Wing-
barn merchants sent new articles or
gave cash donations. All day Friday,
members of the auxiliary were busy
sorting parcels and assigning the arti•
cies to the different departments
where they were marked and display-
ed.
These rummage sales held spring
and fall are the main money-making
scheme of the Auxiliary and have be-
come real community events, arousing
the enthusiasm of everyone interested
in the hospital. It is interesting to
note that the first rummage sale was
held in the Council Chamber on Oct.
31, 1936, and brought in $103.86. In
1944 it was found necessary to move
to the Armouries and in 1945 sales
were held both Spring and Fall. There
have been 27 rummage sales held with
total proceeds of $15,013.36. This
money has all been spent on hospital
supplies such as bedding, dishes, cur-
tains,' nursery equipment, etc. This
gives an idea of the money needed to
keep up supplies and with the hospi-
tal facilities overtaxed, there is an
ever increasing need. So everyone is
asked to start, to save for the Spring
sale.
The proceeds by departments were:
Adults' clothing $ 229.15
Children's clothing 104.12
Miscellaneous 117.33
Shoes 73.47
Hats 36.57
•Novelties 68.00
Groceries 56.80
Furniture 58.15
Donations 62.06
Tickets sold on draw 52.20
Total $ 857,85
Tickets were sold on a hamper of
apples and a fancy bed spread, the
lucky winners being Mrs. Roger Oke
and Mrs, Jim Gurney, both of Wing-
ham.
Mark Anniversary
This Sunday
Next Sunday, October * 25th, the
United Church in Wingham will 'ob-
serve the 52nd anniversary of the
building of the present church. On
May 24th, 1901, the corner stone of
the present church building was laid.
On Sunday, October 12th, 1930, the
addition containing, kitchen, gym-
nasium, on the ground floor, and
ladies' parlour, choir rooms and
Sunday School class rooms on the
second floor, were dedicated.
The:anniversary preacher will be
the Rev. G. Keith McMillan, RA.,
B.D., of Division Street United
Church, Owen Sound. Mr. McMillan
is one, of the outstanding younger
preachers in the United Church. In
the Morning he will speak on the
subject, "Instruments of Righteous-
ness" and in the evening his subject
will be "How to identify a Christian",
Special music will be sung by the
choir under the leadership of Mr.
Alan Bennett ,organist and choir-
master, assisted by Gordon- Wry, of
Toronto, a member of the CBC solo-
ists. Following the evening service
Mr. Wry will favour with a short
programnie. Friends of the United
Church in the community are cor-
dially invited to these services.
Start Tearing Up
Old Sidewalks
Workers from the Wellington-Huron
Construction Company arrived in
'town on Tuesday and immediately
started tearing up the pavement on
Jeseppine Street in preparation for
the iIew sidewalks to be put down be-
tween John and Victoria Street. Work
of demolishing the old sidewalks was
carried on by a bulldozer, which rais-
ed the old cement slabs bodily, so they
could be broken up by workmen with
sledge haxnniers, The rubble was then
hauled away by trucks.
Work on the old sidewalks progress-
ed rapidly on Tuesday, and it is ex-
pected that the whole job will be
completed in a week,
Kinettes Disctiss
November Tea
The Kinettes met at the home of
Kathryn Crewson on Wednesday, Oc-
tober 14. The meeting opened with
the Kinette song, and minutes of the
last meeting, with president Velma
in charge, •
Doris Stephens was welcomed to
the Kinette Club byl the president,
Kay McFaul, a guest, for the evening
was also welcomed to the meeting.
The main discussio# of the evening
was the Kinette Tea, when each
girl was assigned her job. The tea
will be held in the Legion Hall next
month.
A motion was pasied to place a
wreath on the cenotaph again this
year on November 11.1
The raffle of the evening was won
by Peg Bateson,
After a delicious lunch and a social
hour, the president. adjourned the
meeting. The next meeting will be
held at the home of Shirley Chalmers
on October 26.
JOHN HANNA VISITED
OTTAWA LAST WEEK
John Hanna, M.L,A., who is a mem-
ber of the Government's selective
committee on cemeteries, was in Ot-
tawa last week meeting with officials
in connection with the committee's
work. Following conferences in Ot-
tawa, he later visited Montreal, New
York, Newark and Trenton, N. J., on
business for the committee.
The committee on' cemeteries is a
body set up by the Prpvincial Govern-
ment, under the direction of the Min-
ister of Health, Dr. M1Kinnon Phillips,
empowered to act as an advisory com-
mittee on cemetery matters.
The problem of keeping in touch
with "heap office" while out on calls
in the country has been solved by Dr,
Murray MacLennan, Wingham veter-
inarian, by installing a two-way radio
in his car and office. With Mrs. Mac-
Lennan at the controls at home, the
veterinarian can radio back after each
call, saving himself a lot of extra
mileage, and giving better service to
his customers..
The new radio set-up, which was
installed last week, operates as trans-
mitter and receiver in both the car
and the home station. With an output
of 30 watts and an effective range of
20 miles, the car set operates off the
car battery, and the house set runs on
regular household AC current. The set
operates on one frequency only, set
aside by the Department of Transport
for the use of veterinarians.
The fact that all veterinarians oper-
ate on the-same frequency might pose
problems in air traffic, Dr. MacLen-
nan points out. hi a congested area
where there are several veterinarians,
the various calls might interfere with
one another. However in this district
the. problem isn't particularly acute.
A veterinarian in Walkerton has his
own radio/as well as vets in Zurich
and Listowel and while their calls can
be heard on Dr. MacLennan'S set, the
traffic isn't heavy enough to 'make
much difference.
Dr. MacLennan's home station is
dintipped with a microphone On the
set Itself in his office in the basement.
Upstairs, for the convenience of Mrs,
MaeLenhan, is a sub-station, which
leeks very much like an ordinary
cradle telephone. A loudspeaker is built
Into the base, through which incom-
ing calls can be heard, and to answer
Mrs. MacLennan simply lifts up the
receiver and presses a email button in
the handle of the receiver, The only
disadvantage to the system is the fact
that calls from other stations come in
periodically,'and you have to disting-
uish between the others and your own.
This is simplified to some extent by
the fact that only the home stations
can usually be heard, the cars them-
selves not having enough volume to
come into the Wingham station,
With the set in operation for only.
a few days, Dr. MacLennan has al-
ready found that the system pays off
in the better service. Sometimes it
used to be practically impossible to
contact him by telephone while he was
out On calls, because of poor telephone
connections and other reasons. Now
Mrs. MacLennan simply picks up the
radio phone, and she is in touch im-
mediately. For emergency calls par-
ticularly, the set-up has already prov-
ed its value.
BAZAAR AND TEA
The Women's Association, Wroxeter
United Church, will hold a bazaar and
tea in the church school Morn Satur-
daY, October 24th, 2 p.m. Home bak-
ing, farm produce, fancy articles,
aprons, also two quilts will be offered
for sale, `ii 21b
A lot of people in Wingham "went
to the dogs" last week when about
sixty foxhounds from all over Ontario
and parts of the United States and
their owners 'converged on the town
for the field trials and bench show
on Friday and Saturday. The trials
were sponsored by the Western Ont-
ario Foxhunters' Association and the
local Luc-Tee-Win Conservation Club,
and were conducted on the 12th con-
cession of West Wawanosh and at
the Wingham Arena.
Weather for the event was good, ex-
cept for the fog on Yifday morning
which prevented the judges from see-
ing a lot of the action on the part of
the dogs. Saturday morning's weather
was fine, but inclined to be a bit warm
for the dogs. However, dog owners
NO OK FROM MORRIS
ON NEW HIGH SCHOOL
Morris Township council took no
action on a request of the Wingham
District High School board that they
approve debentures for the building
of a new high school, at a special
meeting of the council called by the
Reeve for Monday afternoon. The
question of the high school was dis-
cussed for almost an hour, but the
matter was shelved for "further con-
sideration,"
A member of the council stated that,
the high school might come up for
further discussion at the November
meeting, but that nothing definite had
been decided as to when the, matter
would again be considered.
In accordance with a request from
the Department of Education that all
municipalities in the high school area
approve the building of a new school.
the high school board had asked th•
Morris Council to again give consid-
eration to their approval.
Several members of the Morris coun-
cil have been opposed to the erection
of a new school at this time, but at a
meetineedilthrill 'the 'year', lied prev-
iously agreed to support the new
building program if the town of Wing-
ham would submit to reassessment.
Approval of the new school has yet
to be secured from Brussels and Grey
Township, as well as from Morris.
JACK LLOYD WINS
GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP
:'``Jack Lloyd was the winner of the
Wingham Golf Club match play, hand-
icap tournament which has extended
over the last three months. This
tournament determines the club cham-
pion for 1953.
Jack Bateson was the runner-up in
this tournament. 'In the semi-final
matches Jack Lloyd won from Omar
Hasclgrove and Jack Bateson elimin-
ated Dr. IV, A. Crawford/
A medal play tournament of 54
holes, also on a handicap basis, was
wound up this past weekend, with the
following results:
1 E. C. Thomson, gross 270, handi-
cap, 60, net 210; 2. W. H. French, gross
238, handicap 27, net 211. Section A
(handicaps 39 and under): 1. S, A.
Scott 253-39, net 21,4; 2. J. Lloyd 241-
21, net 220. Section B (handicaps 442 to
45): 1. J. W. Callan 275-45, net 230; 2.
J. H, Crawford 275-42, net 233, Sect-
ion C (handicaps 48 to 57): 1. F. E.
Madill 291-54, net 237; 2. (tied) Dr. A.
W. Irwin 291-,45, net 240 and B. Fer-
guson 294-54, net 240. Section D (han-
dicaps over 57):1, R. H. Lloyd 294-60,
net 234; 2. W. Grover 300-63, net 237.
Prizes to all those named above will
be distributed at the annual meeting
of the club which is tentatively plan-
ned for next Wednesday' evening, the
28th.
BLUEVALE VARIETY CONCERT
The Bluevale Cominunity Hall
Board will sponsor a variety concert
in the Hall on Thursday, Oct. 22nd
at 8.30 p.m. Readings, songs, movies,
and the Little German Band, Admis-
sion at popular prices. F:1421b
BAZAAR AND TEA
The Women's Association of Blue-
Vale United Church will hold a bazaar
and tea on Wednesday, October 28th,
at 3r o'clock, Baking, fruits and vege-
tables, candy, handiwork and mis-
cellaneous articles will be sold,
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RECEPTION AND DANCE
There will be a reception and dance
in Belgrave Foresters' Hall on Friday,
Oct 23, in honour of Mn,and Mrs.
Eldon Cook, the former Loraine
Hanna, Ladies please bring lunch,
Everyone Welcome, P21*
were pleased with the countryside, and
trial officials were happy about the
number of entries.
The first trials were held on Frid4Y
morning, with about sixty dogs taking
part, They lasted until about noon,
and were followed by the bench show
at the arena on Friday evening, Fur-
ther trials were held on Saturday
morning, Judges of the events were:
W. P. Scott, Wayne, Michigan; W.
P. Hanley, Galt, ringmaster and A. F.
Cook, Stratford, master of hounds.
Winners
Following are the winners of the
two-day field trials:
Dogs, all ages—Edward Hagedorn,
Kitchener; Mike Tinnes, Preston; Ed-
ward Hagedorn, A. F. Cook and Angus
MaeDirmid, Stratford; Glen McWhir-
ter, Port Credit; Cook and MacDir-
mid; Leonrad Hodgins, Brantford;
Cook and MacDirmid; Joseph Clark,
Wingham,
Derby re.,alts- -Calvin Mitchell,
Stratford; Kt Tredwell, Barrie;
Calvin Mitch. 11; i"rank Martin, Galt.
The best field and bench hound, all
ages, went to Cook and MacDirmid,
with "Judy Sands." In the derby, 'Cal-
vin Mitchell, of Stratford, with his
entry of "Phoebe", took first place
A good crowd of interested spec-
tators attended the bench show in the
arena which was something new for
this part of Ontario.
At this show Mike Tinnes, of Pres-
ton, took top honors with the best
foxhound in the show. In the opposite
sex, best entry was that of Cook and
n1acDirmid.
Following are results of the various
classes:
Derby male—C. B. Jacobs, Port
Credit; derby female—F. A. Mitchell,
Stratford; walker (all age males)—
Mike Tinnes; J. Barnett, Preston;
Kenneth Tredwell.
ST. ANDREWS CHURCH
MARKS ANNIVERSARY
St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church
celebrated its 91st anniversary on Sun-
day, October 18th, with a very good
attendance at both services.
The special speaker was Rev. Allan
L. Farris, M.A., M.Th., Professor of
Church History, Knox College, Toron-
to, At the morning service Mr. Farris
spoke on the subject, "The Church of
the Burning Bush". Taking his text
from the Book of Exodus he pointed
out how the burning bush had become
the symbol of the Presbyterian Church
throughout the world. It is, said the
speaker, more than a decorative sym-
bol to enhance the title page or letter,
head. It is a confession of faith, This
symbol, he said, teaches three lessons:
That God glorifies the common
things of life. This bush was a very
common one yet God used it to glorify
Himself and to challenge Moses to a
great task.
The church God glorifies is an in-
destructable church, The bush burned
was not consumed. God had a pur-
pose for it so, He has a purpose for
the church—to glorify Him,
The church which God glorifies will
cause men to turn aside and see. Mr.
Farris pointed out that the church
which is on fire for God and His
Kingdom will still cause men to turn
aside and see,
In the evening the subject was
"Saints in Caesar's household." Tak-
ing his text from Paul's epistle to the
Phillipians the speaker referred to
the note of triumph in all Paul's writ-
ings. This, the last of Paul's letters is
especially so. In spite of persecutions
dealt out by Nero and the terrible
cruelities which marked the end of
life for many Christians, yet the faith
of those remaining was not shaken.
They knew theirs was a conquering
and victorious Christ, and in that
name they could be more than con-
querors.
It is not the duty of those who fol-
low Christ to be content with past
successes but rather that we go for!,
ward to new fields of endeavour re-
membering Christs words, "The gatea
of Hell shall not prevail against the
church," There is a great need for
christian people to embrace every op-
portunity to serve God in government
where the laws to govern man are
made, Governments are after all but
the reflection of the will of the people
hence the need to use that God-given
privilege, the vote.
Special music was rendered by the
choir under the direction of H,
Pym, with Bernard Rutledge as solo-
ist, A special feature of the evening
service was the male chorus which led
the service of praise, singing two
numbers arranged by Mr. Pym. Mr.
Pym gave a short organ recital after
the evening service when the male
chorus tendered two numbers, all of
Which were very much enjoyed,
ALONG THE MAIN DRAG
By The Pedestrian
The fine weather ,of Saturday, Oct -
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