HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1953-12-30, Page 1With which is amalgamated the Goole Vidette and Wroxeter News
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As the few remaining minutes of the old year slip
gradually away like. the sand in the hour-glass, we
wish . you continued happiness for the year to come.
year he used a horse and buggy, since
there was no snow. A helper usually
accompanies him to handle the sleigh.
While Santa himself does not wish
his name to be revealed, a number.of
people around town and-aware of his
identity. Those who know him, as
material for a Santa suit from one of well as those who don't,. Will join in
the local stores, and his wife made wishing him many more Merry
the suit for him, in which he toured
it
..., ; Matters of a routine nature were
f discussed at the last meeting of the
i year for the present town council, in
a light agenda which consisted mainly
a lof small items of business, •
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The council re-appointed R. S.
Hetherington as representative of the
town on the Wingham District High
School Board for the year 1954. They
decided to buy a $2,000 bond with
money that had accumulated in the
cemetery fund. They received an offer
from Alton Adams, of the Lyceum
Theatre, of used seats in the theatre
for use in the town hall auditorium,
and decided to purchase the seats
when they were available. They set
the first meeting of the new council
for January 4th and they passed a
vote of thanks to all the town ern-
At Year's Last Council Meet
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ALONG THE MAIN DRAG
B The Pedestrian
UNEASY MONEY: MONEY—Mayor DeWitt
Miller lost out on a $400-odd jackpot
on the Mother Parker Mueical Mys-
tery ehow over CKNX on Saturday, as
a result of being out to dinner. Came
the telephone question and there was
no one home at the Miller house. The
Mayor says it was the first time in
almost a year that the whole family
Cats out. They had the package all
ready, too,
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HOOPLAl—Many were the Christ-
mas parties over the week-end, and
no doubt each had its noisemaker
and life of the party. Residents on the
main drag, however claimed to have
the daddy of them all when dishes on
the near wall were rattled so much
they fell off the shelves, at the height
of a party going on in the next apart-
ment. Afterwards a rumor persisted
that Spike Jones had been in town
over the week-end.
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a'atILENT NIGHT—Police Chief Bert
Platt, on the other hand, reported
the quietest Christmas ever, with not
even a tingle on his telephone to spoil
his Christmas dinner. Bert says New
Year's is usually a breeze after Christ-
mas, mostly on account of people are
getting low in cash by that time.
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MANY SANTAS—Outdoor Santa
Claus decorations are becoming popu-
ular in Wingba.m. Bert Mathers had
.a display with sleigh and reindeer
complete in his backyard, Santa at
the foot of a ladder graced the front
of Gus Boyle's house on Patrick Street;
and Roy Bennett hoisted a dummy
Santa up on the roof, ready to
down the chimney.
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•SOFTER SEATS—Patrons of the
Lyceum Theatre, especially if they sit
In the back ten rows, will find the
aegis softer tonight. Proprietor Allen
Adkins had upholsered ratats installed
at the back of the theatre yesterday.
Patrons who sit farther forwards are
hoping that some of the noisier ele-
meats in the back might be lulled to
sleep by the softer upholstery.
Former Morris Pair
Wed 55 Years Ago
The holiday season has brought
one celebration' after another for Mr.
and Mrs. Charles H. Garniss, Sea-
forth. Christmas with all its festivity,
was followed Saturday by Mrs, Gar-
niss' 81st. birthday and on Monday,
December 28th) -the- couple • marked
their 55th wedding anniversary.
The former Mary Isbister, Mrs. Gar-
niss is the daughter of the late Mr.
and Mrs. William Isbister, of Morris
Township. Her husband, who is five
years her senior, is the son of the late
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Garniss, also of
Morris Township.
The couple were married at the
home of the bride's parents, by Dr.
Did Perrie, of the Wingham Pres-
byterian Church. They have a family
of four children: Mrs. J. A. (Margaret)
Ballantyne, London; Mrs. Helen Scott,
London.
Glen, Hamilton and Alan,
London. There are also four grand-
children' and four great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Garniss has four sisters and
one brother living. They are Miss
Christine Isbister, Wingham; Mrs. E.
B. Jenkins, R. 4, Wingham; Mrs. Jos-
eph Miller, Belgraye, and Mrs. A.
Caldwell, of Winnipeg, and William
Isbister, Toronto.
Mr. Garniss has two sisters and two
brothers who are living: William, of
Morris Township; Martin, Wingham;
Mrs. J. J. Sellers, Bluevale and Miss
Lillian Garniss, Lucknow.
g11CJILIRE AT BLUEVALE
The Women's Institute of Bluevale
are sponsoring a euchre party in the
Comtnunity Hall on December 31st., at
8.80 p.m. Adinission 25 cents. Ladies
please bring lunch. F80b
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Wingham Lodge No. 286,
A.F, & A.M. wish to announce
the Installation and investiture
Officers at their regular meeting,
.Tuesday evening, January 5th, 1954
at eight o'clock. All visiting breth-
ren welcome.
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Children who didn't believe in Santa
Claus had to rub their eyes on Christ-
mas Eve, when looking out the win-
dow they espied the old gentleman
himself, riding through the streets of
Wingham, complete with sleigh and
hag of presents. And almost 150 child-
ren in town had good reason to believe
In the existence of Santa Claus when
the apparition appeared in the' flesh
In their homes to distribute bags of
candies to the wide-eyed kiddies.
Even among the adults who, along
with the kiddies, had witnessed the
arrival of the red-suited Father
Christmas, there was quite a bit of
doubt a.,1 be the actual identity of the
old gentlentan, A few discreet itiquiriee
around town disclosed the fact that
the gentleman who played Santa on
Christmas Eve, although well known
to Many in Wingham, wishes to -re-
main anonymoue.
Seven years Ago this gentleman
thought it would be a kindly gesture
to dress up as Santa Claus and visit
some of the neighboUts children on
Christmas Eve. He purchased some
the neighbourhood distributing bags
of candy.
News of the Christmas Eve visitor
soon got around, and those who knew
his identity asked him to call, Since
then each succeeding year has brought
more requests and more calls until
now, seven years later, he has a list of
kiddies to call on that really keeps
him busy. This yette he visited about
fifty homes, and distributed 145 bags
of candy to youngsters throughout the
town. Merchants of Wingham have
aided the project by contributing
sweets for Santa's bag,
This year Santa had to have a bit
of help in the way of deputies, not ,
being able to cover all the calls On his
list in one evening, He Weeny gets
started as soon as darkness falls, in
order that he can call on the children
before their bedtime, His conveyance
this year was a sleigh and a team of
horses, but some times he does his
rounds with a horse and cutter, Last
Christmases and Christmas Eves.
TOWNE HAILERS BOW
TO SEAFORTH 9 - 2
Wingham Towne Hailers' winning
streak came to an abrupt end on Wed-
nesday last week, when the local jun-
fors dropped a 9-2 decision to the
Seaforth Baldwins, in a Junior "B"
OHA game played in Seaforth, The
team had won four games in the last
five played and tied one.
First period was wide open but cattle
to a slow crawl in the latter minutes.
Seaforth opened the scoring at the
4,53 mark when Ken Stenitind slipped
a goal-mouth pass past Goalie Doug
Lesson, "Cheeta" Cheuinarci Scored a
solo effort for Seaforth just before
.13arty Purdon Scored for Wingham.
Holding a 2-1 lead, Seaforth added
four more goals in the second frame;
while the visitors could only pick up
one Single,
(Contioned on Page Ten)
GORRIE •HOCKEY CLUB
PITH INTERMEDIATES
An Intermediate "C" and "D" hoc-
key group has been organized for
teams from Gorrie, Ethel, Neustadt,
Ripley and Teeswater.
A schedule has been arranged as
follows
Intermediate "0" and "D" Series
December
22—Ethel at Neustadt
Teeswater at Riplei.-
29—Gorrie at Neustadt
Ethel at Ripley
January
1—Gorrie at Teeswater
15—Ripley at Teeswater
Ethel at Teeswater
7—Teeswater at 'Gorrie
Neustacit at Ethel
12—Ripley at Teeswater
14—Neil tads at Gorrie
Ripley at Ethel
19—Gerrie at Ripley
Neustadt at Teeswater
21—Ethel at Gorrie
'Nettstadt at Ripley
25—Gorrie at Ethel
26- -Teeswater at Neestadt
28—Teeswater at Ethel
Ripley at Gentle
Gorrie home games will be played
in the Wieglmin arena.
COURT OF REVISION
HAD LENGTHY TASK
When the court of revision com-
pleteil its task two weeks ago, the
five men who comprised it could look
back on several weeks of hard and
complicated work, Unlike most
courts of revision, whose job usually
consists of reviewing a handful of
cases in a, single sitting, the body
,which presided over Wingham's as-
sessment appeals not only heard ,,45
appeals against the new equalized as-
sessment, but had to do a good deal
of footwork along with it.
The five-man body, consisting of
Mayor DeWitt Miller, Reeve R. E. Mc-
Kinney, Councillor Frank Howson,
J. W. Bushfield and H. S. Hethering-
ton, personally visited the properties
where there was room for doubt
and even visited factories in other
towns in search of facts on which to
base their consideration of the lo-
cal appeals. The fact that County
Assessor Alex Alexander concurred in
their decislons-is'evidenee -thatiOUnd
judgment prevailed.
Where adjustments or reductions
'were made in assessments, reasons
were given in the minutes of the
court of revision. Several assessments
were corrected due to errors in mea-
surements. Others were reduced, as
in the case of Fry & Blackballs be-
cause the court felt that not enough
allowance had been made for non-
use. Location in town, depreciation
and other factors were taken into
consideration.
Members of the •court of revision
insist that no special rebates are be-
ing made to industries in Wingham,
such as have been made to industries
in other towns. Believing that indus-
try should pay its fair share of the
taxes in town, the court handed down
its decisions on an individual basis.
Following is the list of appeals and
the decisions reached.
J. E, Bumstead, William Street,
buildings reduced $100.00.
Alfred Lockridge, Minnie St., assess-
ment sustained,
J. E. Bumstead, shop, Victoria St.,
assessment sustained.
Bertha Lott, shop, Victoria St.,
building reduced $150.00.
James Henry, Victoria St., assess-
meat sustained.
Abner Nethery, Diagonal Road,
building reduced $100.00.
Howard Machan, Diagonal Road,
land reduced $50.00; buildings reduced
$100,00.
Dr. G. H. Ross, Shuter St., building
reduced $800.00.
Victor Showers, John St., assess-
ment sustained.
T. J. Blake, Frances St., assessment
sustained.
Miss Birdetta lacCrackin, Frances
St., building reduced $100.00.
Mrs. George Kerr, John St., build-
ing reduced $250,00,
(Continued on Page Ten)
NEW LICENSE PLATES
ON SALE SATURDAY
Commercial and passenger licen-
se plates for 1954 will go on sale
this Saturday, Mrs, James Sell, is-
suer of Motor vehicle licenses for
the town, told The Acivaeice-Times
this week. The new plates will be
white with blue figures, or the re-
verse in celor to the 1953 markers.
Mrs. Sell has asked us to remind
motorists that her new Office is
located on Albert Street one block
east of Ctostett's gatage.
paeyeee for the good job they had done
during the pea year.
Parking By-Law Approved
Town Clerk W, A. Galbraith an-
nounced that approval had been re-
ceived from the Department of I-144-
ways for the new 2-hour parking bye
law which was passed some weeks
ago, Councillor Frank Howson, of the
streets committee, said that signs
would be placed along the main street
with parking limit and the Ileum dur-
ing which parking reetrietione Were
in force, The 2-hour parking limit will
be in effect from 9 a.m. to- 0 p.m. on
week days and from 9 a.m. to 1,0 p.m.
on Saturdays. There will be no re-
strictions on Sundays and holidays.
Councillor Howson also said that ar-
rangements were being made with the
police clenartment to cheek on ears
parked on Josephine Street, to en-
force the by-law,
Some of the problems at the town
dump came to light when Deputy-
Reeve.Joe Kerr said that he had had
representations from the Lloyd fact-
ory for'permfssion to dump sawdust
at the town dump on Josephine Street
south. Mr, Kerr said that the sawdust
was very hard to handle at the dump
because of the difficulty in burning it
and the amount of smoke that result-
ed. He said that there was no diffi-
culty in burning ordinary garbage at
the dump, but that the sawdust was
very difficult to handle. Councillors
were of the opinion that sawdust
should not be dumped there, and fore-
saw difficulties in dumping it else-
where on town property. They sug-
gested that the factory should obtain
its own land for this purpose.
To Release Figures
The Mayor announced that he had
been approached by the press for re-
sults of the court of revision on as-
sessments, held recently. He said that
at the time the subject had come up
he had consulted other members of the
twilit-cif revision, 'who had been op-
II posed to releasing any information for
publication, at least until the court
of revision's job had been completed.
At that time the appeals against the
court's decision had not yet been con-
sidered, The Mayor said that now
that the appeals had been dealt with,
it was up to the council to decide
whether figures on the court 'of re-
vision's finding should be released or
not,
A discussion followed regarding the
advisibility of releasing the figures to
the public, and it was generally agreed
among the councillors that the figures
should be released along with an ex-
planation of why certain adjustments
in the assessments had been made.
A motion to release the figures was
made and carried.
WINfilIAM WOMAN HURT
IN EXETER CRASH
Mrs. Norman Heal, of Wingham,
suffered head cuts and possible
shoulder and chest injuries as a re-
sult of a car accident on Wednesday
afternoon three and a half miles
south of Exeter on No. 4 highway.
She Was removed to South Huron
hospital for treatment along with two
other passengers involved in the ac-
cident.
Mrs. Heal was a passenger in a
car driven by Thomas Butt, 63, of
Hensall, when the car skidded as it
was trying to pass another car and
was hit broadside by a third car
travelling in the oppsite direction.
Mr. Butt was on his way to Victoria
Hospital, London, to visit his wife
who was a patient there, and Mrs.
Heal was going with him to visit her
husband, also a patient at the same
hospital.
Mr. Butt was repeated to be in ser-
ious condition, suffering from a frac-
tured spine, and Miss Margaret Sang-
ster, London, passenger in the other
car, sustained cuts to her face and
leg and possible chest injuries. A
fourth victim John MacFarlane, of
Forest, was discharged after examin-
ation at the hospital. He suffered
cuts and bruises,
MisS Sangster, a passenger in Mr.
Itiforatlane'e car, was on her way to
visit her mother in ,Mensal!, at the
time of the accident.
Provincial Constable Cecil Gibbons,
of Eaeter, Investigated,
EUCHRE PARTY
Euchre party in Sacred Heart Parish
Wingham, on Tuesday, Janu-
ary 5th at 8.30 pm, Good prizes and
lunch served, f30b
come
Mystery Man Plays Santa
To Kiddies Christmas Eve
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