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WOOD CARVER PLYS . TRADE AFTER 65 YEARS
'ALONG THE MAIN DRAG
fly Thianra440-flap
Local Hospital Shows Deficit After
Heavy Expenses During Past Year
The annual meeting of the Wing-
bara General Hospital Associ"-tion
Was .held Monday , night in the
Nurses' Residence at the hospital,
with an attendance of approximate-
ly 75 persons., Vice-president R, B,
Cousins of the board acted as the
chairman in the absence of II,
Mee/sean, who is ill In the hospi-
tal. Mr. .Cousins opened the meet-
lag with the hope of a speedy re-
covery for Mr. MacLean,
In his remarks Mr, Cousins out,-
lined the important work accon1P-•
fished at the hospital during the
past year, in-eluding the opening of
the new 50-bed chronic patients'
wing, the completion of the new
boiler room and repairs to the
hospital and the nurses' residence,
Shows Deficit for Year
A, D, MacWilliam, chairman of
the finance committee, gave the
financial report for the year, He
termed . 1955 "a big year with a
good deal of money spent and a
good deal ,of money to he spent".
Total revenue for the year was
$164,060,30, with expenditures total-
ing $184,044.48, leaving a deficit of
$19,084,/8. Mr, Maegfilliata explain-
ed that the deficit wasn't as bad
eB it actually appeared, due to the
extraordinary expenses incurred
during the year. He mentioned that
$7,000 had 'been- spent in heating
and repairs for the nurses' resi-
dence, which ordinarily would have
been spent over a period of several
years, -He told the meeting that
$11,000 depreciation on the building
and equipment had been included
in the deficit, Mr. ItiamWilliani said
that the deficit was actually in the
neighborhood of $2,000, which he
considered to be very good in the
light of undertakings over the past
year.
Auditors' figures showed fixed as-
sets of building and land at $767,-
378.38 and accumulated deprecia-
tion of $98,460,52 for a total in fixed.
assets of $668,917,86.
Committee Reports
F. L, Davidson, in the absence of
H, Lloyd, who was on vacation,
reported for tile building commit- .
tee. Mr, Davidson reviewed the
work of the year, mentioning the
parking lot, which had been made
across the road from the hospital.
He said that the parking lot, as
Well as other areas around the
hospital would be black-topped
this spring.
Chairman R. 13, Cousins„. of the
management committee, reported
that 91 persons were employed on
the staff of the hospital, as well as
six part • time employees. Twenty
students- are taking the certified
nursing assistant's course. Mr.
Cousins said that the expansion of
the hospital is necessitating extra
help, and that a qualified engin-
eer, dietitian, male chef and labor-
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TO EACH DOG—
'WS DWN HYDRANT
The ?dogs in Wingham a•re
tit have their own personal
hydrant, according to notice
Chief ,; Bert Plat., who also
411014 the dog licenses In town.
Not 19136 dog tags 'are in the
-form Isof a green, stamped, metal
hydrae, _calculated to gladden
the heart of any clog,
FJatt is hoping that the
new h'igs will also appeal to the
dog: ii*ners, who, in the past
few Tetra, teem to have been
tiftlitiOWNIV reluctant to purchase
the eemtments,
ro- Lags are now on sale and
411;0* wishing a tow license
eiteneter is advised to purchase
iimnediately. A hOUSO-to-house.
caniatSs of dogs and their own-
ers is, planned for the near fir
tore with a view to increasing
galeatjef the new tags:
Thnew hydrants will be pric-
e' at1$2 for his and $4 for hers. Five New Members Initiated
At Canadian Legion Meeting
Leaves for Shilo
Jim Wild Still Active After
Lifetime Furniture Trade
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Five new members were initiated
into the Canadian Legion at the
regular meeting of Wingham
Branch 180 last Tuesday night, W.
R. Wormi4orth, D. 'W, Aitchison,
,James Lee, Allan Walker and
Henry Ross were installed 'is mem-
bers of the branch by Vice-Presi-
dent John , Pattison, assisted by
2nd, Vice-President Dick Bar-
bridge, A request from Ross Ham-
ilton for transfer from the Sea-
forth branch of the Legion: was ap-
proved by members.
Recommendations framed at a
meeting of the executive two weeks
ago were presented to the members
for approval, it was recommended
that expenditures in excess of $10
be presented to the executive for
approval; that a roster of execu-
tive and committee members be set
up and displayed on the notice
'board and that committee chair-
man be made members of the ex-
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Off1GERS APPOINTED ACCIDENT VICTIMS
TREATED AT HOSPITAL
Sgt, William E. Grover, who for
the past seven years has been stat-
ioned in Wingham as vehicle mech-
anic attached to the 21st Field
Regiment, -RCA; 4ef L -on Felder ear-
Shilo, Manitoba, where he will'take
a 9-week course in field artillery.
Following the course he expects to
return to London for further post-
ing, Mrs, Grover' and their two
children will remain in Wingham
during his stay in Shilo. •
fOR TO- VEY , ,
Plans for this year's Tubercea;
osis X-ray survey in Huron County
were. put on an active footing on
Friday evening when almost ninety
persons from every municipality
in the county met in Ontario Street
United Church, Clinton.
Need a* Job?
A complete list ofAobs available
in Canada, prepared by the 'Unem-
ployment Insurance Commission,
has been posted in the library in
the town hall -for reference of the
people of Wingham. Persons in-
terested in securing employment
are invited to consult the list, and
to apply -for' 'any positions aPpear-
lag thereon.
Jobs on the list have beernplaced
haa., 4JPhalinfitgalCalg9.rfa
reference, along with the location
of the job, 'the qualifications, pay,
and other information. Persons in-
tucked in any job may obtain •
fuller information . from the local
branch of the 'Unemployment In-
surance Commission, in Listawel.
The list at the; town hall will he
changed every two weeks.
Kinsmen Plan
Easter Dance
The regular meeting of the
Wingham Kinsmen Club was hold
in the Qiinens Hotel on Thursday
evening with President •jack -Got-
butt in the
A progress report on the raffle
for the trip to New York was given
by Kin Harvey Fisher. The sale of
tickets was said to be good. The
draw for the trip is to be made On
or about the 23rd, of March. This
will be time to give the winner a
chance to prepare for the trip
which is over the Easter week-end,
$200.00 in cash may be taken in-
stead of the trip, -
Plans for the Kinsmen East.
dance are almost completed, The
dance will take place in the Wing-
ham District High School audi-
torium and dancing will be to the
music of The Esquires.
After discussion led by. the ways
and means committee chairman
Kin Lorne MacDonald, about fu-
ture projects, the meeting adjourn-
ed,
Your accidents, two of them of
a serious nature, were reported at
the Wingham General Hospital
during the past week.
Miss Eleanor Perkins, age 65, of
Gorrie, fell at her home and frac-
tured her- left hip. She was taken
to the hospital, where the hip 'was
pinned, but her condition took a
turn for the worse, and she died
there on Monday.
Debbie McDougall, infant daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Murray Mc-
Dougall, R.R. 2, Wingham, was
badly scalded at her home when
She pulled a kettle of, boiling water
over herself. She was admitted to
hospital, where her condition was
described as fait.
Donald Gurney, son of , Mr. and
Mrs. W. W. Gurney, was injured
while attempting to cut a tree off
tr sid-run near town. The axe hr
was using slipped and cut his ler
foot, causing 'considerable loss o'
blood. He was released from the
hospital after treatment.
Robert Brown, Wroxeter, was in-
jured when he caught his left
wrist between two I-beams while
working with the Huron County
road gang. He was released from
hospital after it was found that
there Was no fracture.
SI(4.1INGEXE(UTIVE
PtANS ICE- REVUE
The :executive of the Figure
Skating Club met on Monday eve-
ning with all members present, to
make 'further plans for the ice
revue of 1956, to be held on March
14th and 15th at 7.45 p.m.
• It-=-Was' reported that a fine pro-
gram .aonsisting -Of scenes frain
".Alice in Wonderland", solos-, pail*
dances,: comedy and ballet by the•
club- Ipembers are well under way.
As "Wirest skaters, the .club has se,
cured,' four members of the Guelph
Skating Club who will include
Witigham's John Wild and his skat-
ing . partner, JoAnne Markham;
James Hutchinson and tiny Bron-
wyn Brothers.
Itawas agreed to have tickets us-
able for either evening at the same
prices as last year, With pre-school
children being allowed in free and
reserve. seats to gO on sale the last
week, ", The executive decided, to
offer prizes to the 'top ten club
members for the advance sale- of
tickets.'
A.' •' aist, the 'past,. the aNsoelate
membership card is admission to
one performance and it is hoped
that associate members will work
behind the. scenes for the other
performance
It was decided to invite the town
banti to play at the beginning and
tiering 11w intermissions,
The costume committee has de-
cided to buy materials for the bal-
let and red and white rose costumes
in ,order to have them uniform. A
small rental will be charged for
their use.
Plans arc -being made for alms
trip to Galt on March 24th to at-
tend the Canadian championship
competitions being held there. All
members Wishing to attend should
enroll now with either Mrs. Har-
old Wild or Mrs. Harold Burrell,
Expenses will he kept to a mini-
mum and should be slightly less
than last, year's trip to Toronto,
If there is room non-members
will he welcome and will be accept-
ed in order of registration,
-By the time you get to be 80,
most people feel like slowing down
a little, and Jim Wild, foremast of
the cabinet room in the Fry and
Blackhall factory, is no exception.
,whia 65 years i n the eurniturehueia
ness behind him, 52 of them in
Wingham, Mr. Wild has started to
take things easy around the shop,
fie now goes to work every morn-
ing at 8 o'clock instead of the
usual starting hoar at 7.
A Wood carver by trade, Mr. Wild
has had a remarkable career in the
furniture business. Starting off
with the London Furniture Factory
at the age of 16,,,he showed a nat-
ural aptitude for wood carving, and
when the carner at that factory
left for another job, six months
after Mr, Wild's arrival, he was
able to take over • the job without
too much trouble.- He's been at it
ever eince,
In those clays Wood carving was
a strictly manual oecupation. Each
carver had a set of tip to one hu.n-
cited different types and shapes of
chis'els, and these, along with the
Inevitable mallet, were the tools of
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INOONCLT,JSIVE1—L as t T II u re,
day being,:Clround flog Day, there
wits considerable „interest evinced
loeallY and nationally as to
whether Ytiro ground hog would see
• shadow or not, Unfortunately,
nobody ,seems to know whether he,
actually did or didn't, Reports vary
according' 'to local conditions, hut'
it seems like a safe bet that there
won't be too much balmy 'weather
Before the end of six weeks, ;to
matter what the groandbog saw,
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a EITTING — THE GATE -!-- In
amongst a' finatielal repOrt, an re-
creation in Wingham during the
past year as reported to the towns
council by Councillor Bill Conran,
'was this little gem.: "Receipts for
season from Midget Softball—$4.05".
With a gate like that, it's small
weader' that recreation's a bit on
the expenSive side, It isn't much
encouragement to the midgets,
either, to have crowds as infini-
tesimal as theirs rhea have been,
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PAGE MR, ROBERTS--Any-
body looking' fat' a good Oldefesh-
lotted howl, at the movies should
take a trip - to see "Mr, .Itoberts,"'
playing at Witighain's Lyceum
Theatre tonight. Guaranteed to kill
the old rnia-Winter cleraiiiiits with
beautiful South' , Sea Island Cin-
emaseope, the pica° has so ,many
faughe it kept BroadaveY.audicnce$
in stitches for several months'.
Just the thing for those of us who
can't get to Florida this winter, '
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laaNELY HEART—police Chief
I Platt, who used to, share his
office with two charming ladies of
the local branch of the ' Muria
Health Unit, has been .alone in his
Flory thiS week since Miss Mary
Love and Miss -Janet Thoinson
moved their quarters up to the
Wingham General Hospital,
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IN BED, TOO—The minor 'flu
eltialelnie, which has been taking
Jkaieet011 attlatin.d -t9S1S1taa-Me_aarOlic,' have spread to the hospital, Several
Members- of the staff are reported
to' be patients there. Wonder who
nurses the nurses?
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STARTING 'TO HUM -Things
are going into high gear in Morris
these days. Councillor Bill Elston
reports that letters in reply to the
fhousande of invitations sent out
recently arc beginning to pour in,
file of them from as far away as
eonver, From the looks of
tuns the centennial is aoing to be
a great success. A meeting is being
held next Tuesday under the chair-
manship of Milo Casernore, to make
plans for the giant centennial par-
ade.
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EUCHRE AND SOCIAL
Euchre and Social to 'follow in
the Sacred Heart Parish Hall, on
Monday, February 13, at 8.30.
Inineh to be screed, Tiffin's Or-
chestra, Everyone welcome. anni
ANNUAL MEETING
OM/FELLOWS' BINGO
The Wingham Oddrellows
holding a bingo in the Odd-fellows'
Hall on Alfred Street, on Thursday
February 9, at 9 p,m. The 'prizes
for the regular games will be cash
and the special prizes will be
turkeys. There will also he one
free special prize and a door prize.
Admission $1.00. Proceeds in aid
of C.P.T. Fund. Fgh
Plan Open House
At High School
An open house in May is being
planned at the Wingham District
high School for the display of
work done at the, night school
classes, held in the high sch'ool
during the winter months. Night
classes ended lash week, after
running for fifteen weeks,
About 150 persons attended class-
es on a variety of subjects, with
18 New 'Canadians studying Eng-
lish, and 31 enrolled In the shop-.
work class. Popular with the
women -was a chip in sewing.
The following instructors con-
ducted night classes during the
season: Basic English, Robert Hit-
ter; shopwork, Ross Vogan; sewing
and smocking, Miss Dorothy Com-
ber; art instruction, Mrs. Charles
Krug; commercial, Miss Alice
Heard and Mrs. M. Chopin; metal-
craft, E., S, Stuckey,
Oil Heater
Causes Blaze
Chairman of the gathering was
Judge Frank Fingland, .who heads
the county organization under the
auspices of the Huron County TB
Association. President of the as-
sociation is Prank Madill of Wing-
ham.
The survey- is slated to open in
Huron early in'May, with two X-ray
units in operation. It is expected
that it will take -about three weeks
to complete the survey of the en-
tire county, and a working force
of almost 6,000 volunteers will be
required to haridle the tasks which
are entailed. One of the biggest of.
these jobs is a house-to-hi-nese can-
vass of every home in the county,
when cards will he filled out to in-
dicate the humber of persona to he
expected when the units commence.
operations. -
Although results of previous sur-
veys -have been most .suceessful,
and the incidence of TB- has been.
sharply decreased, Provincial De-
partment of Health officials have
made it clear that too many per-
sons have failed to avail themselves
of the facilities of the free chest
clinics. It Is the intention this year
to come as close as possible to 100
per cent coverage.
Divided into Dietricts
For purposee of efficient organi-
zation the county lies been divided freezing, Leaving the heater for a
into districts, Wingham being part feiv minutes he returned to find
of an area which covers not only that it had caught fire.
the town -but the townships of
Tuthberry, Morris, East Wawanosh,
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PROGRESSIVE EUCHRE
NI WM./NETER
Wroxeter Women's Institute will
hold a progressive euchre Thurs-
day, February 9, at 8.30 in town
hall. Special door prize, Admission
25 cents. Ladies please bring
leech, Come • and bring your
friends. sese
A fire at the home of Owen
King, Turnberry„ last Wednesday
night, did considerable damage to
the interior of the house before
Wingham firemen were able to get
the blaze muter control,
Mr, King has been engaged in
pointing a wall, and was using an
Oil heater to keep the mortar from
ALL THE WAY „PROM SCOXLAND
Fifteen Tables
At W.I. Euchre
Fifteen tables 'were in play at
the Women's Institute euchre held'
in the council cambers on Friday
night.
High lady was Mrs. Chas, Coul-
ees, of Belgrave, and high man was
Charles Cathers, of Wroxeter.
Prize for lady playing as a man
was won by Mrs. George Deyell.
Mrs: Frank McCormick was winner
of the mystery draw.
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NOTI cE 0
Cameron's Billiards will be °atm
every Saturday night until :12 p.m.
for the convenience of the rural
customers, Fr8rh
LEGION EUCHRE
The Ladles to the Legion Auxil-
iary of the Canadian Legion are
holding a euchre in. the Legion
Home, Monday, February 13, at
8.15 p,m, Good prizes, lunch served,
admission 50c. y F8b
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VALENTINE DANCE AM')
ItlitICiirtE AT WROXETER
Wroxeter Community Club will
hold a dance and progressive
(Mohr° on Friday, February 17, in
town hall, Euchre at 8.30 with
prizes. Saiester's -Orchestra, Booth
in hall, All are Weicoine, F8:155
Wingham firemen atteeded the
call and had the fire under control
in a short time,
NOTI (
A public meeting for llowick
Township Centennial will be held
in 'Gerrie Comraunity Hall at 8
p,m., February' 15. livery citiaen
in the township is invited. F8b
HURON JR. TARSIERS
alt. INSTITUTE WIETTING
A regular meeting will be held
in WDRS1 Thursday, February 9.
Rev. Watson will he the guest
speaker. Recreation. and lunch
Will follow-, All folk betweeh the
ages of 15-30 are Urged to come.
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Public Works Department Plans
Tree Planting on Town Streets
The, 83rd Annual Meeting of the
Howick Farmers' Mutual Fire In-
surance Company will be held in
the Township Hall, Gorrie, Friday,
Pebivary 10th, 1956, at 1.30 p.m, to
receive the Annual Statement, elect
Directores' appoint two auditors and
such other business as May pro-
perly he brought before the meet-
ing,
The retiring Directors are Messrs,
W. Robert Graham and Ewart Mc-
Xercher, both of whom are eligible
for re-election,
8 PEaT,AL NOTICE
NOTICE is hereby given that a
resoltition will be 'introduced at
the Annual Meeting to confirm a
special resolution of the directors
of Howick Vaerners' Mutual Fire
Insurance Company at a meeting
11 '1 on the 27th day of December,
1; r,
"The Corporation be and is hero-
by authorized to make application
to the Lieutenant-Governor of the
Province of Ontario for the issue
of Sappicenentary Letters Patent
extending the powers 'of the Cor.
pbration to include, in the ease of
property that it ineuree against
fire, the following elasseS of lia
ettrance; Wrndstorm, hail, light-
ning, explosion, riot, impact by
aircraft ol' vehicles, sitiolce damage,
Water escape, earthmtake, tornado,
etwitiklea leakage, end' cOremoticei,
trialfekrue damage, Weathet, and
each other classes of insurance as
May be prescribed by regulations
passed pursuant to section 27, of
The insurance Adt, ILS.O, 10),
Cbaptct 183, Provided that in the
ease of Weather Lasers-nee, all li-
ability for loss in eXeeee of $1.00,00
'lily 'risk Shell be redneated
a. licensed weather itentrance
rtily."
NORMAN TI) HARI:4Na, President
Z. if. VVVIAM, $ccAlteaS.
PICOT(1.01 AND IRISH
VARIETY CONCERT
A variety 'emit:era. "Salute to the
Shamrock and Thistle" sponsored
by the Pelgrave Women's inetitatti
will be held in the Foresters' Han,
Belgrave, on Friday, February :10
and also' on Tuesday, Febtinity 14
at 8,15 P.M, Admission Adults n00,
School children 25a, pre-school
children free,
planting,
The question of orgailialeg a
committee to plan anti supervise
the planting of treea Was left, with
Alexander, who will draw up a
schedule of planting and will ()ut-
ilise on a map of the town the
areas Which should be planted. Af-
ter the ptelinithaty work is done
on the platithig, it is hoped That
pertimileat tree-planting corrimittee
can be formed to carry out the
work each year.
TO Trade lelew? •
Deputy-ReeVe Joe Iteet brought
up the Subjoct of the town plow4
Which he said was not suitable rot
the type of plowing done on the
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Curlers tlatiag Mat the new stone lot 'the rita
time are, left to right, to INIct)o Bruesels,
A. MacWilliam, Mts. It Ii McKinney,
Crawford and Lloyd Casemotc,
NOT W'
Owners of dogs in the 'town of
Witighein ere requested to Pitt's
their 1456 dog tags immed-
iately, Available from the Tow')
Clerks' office or the office of tit?
Oh toe of Police,
T. W. Platt,
Met of Police, Fab
Alexander said that 41 program of
tree planting at the present Lime
would provide shade In another
ten years or so, and at a time when
.a largo number of the older trees
may have been removed. He ask-
ed council ,ito sanction, the use of
the town Men for this work, and
suggeSted that a tree planting
committee he set up to plea and di-
root the planting, •
Contdde.table disettesion followed
on the emetic/a of who're trees
could be procured for the Object.
It Was suggested that 640ot Maples
could be dug froM the bush 'arid
Reeve Rey Adair offered the town
trees of this' tym from his fatm,
Which Would be suitable for tee
New matched stones which came all Oe way from
Scotland were welcomed tit the Witigham Curling
Club on Sattitday night, Costing $2,240, the hoW
reeks' will be used as replacements for the tdub's
old stones, which will be 'sold to the highest bidder, t'1:811,
A Moamar of tree planting, aim-
ed at teplaeing older town trees
Which are being cut down OS a re-
sult of poor condition, was sug-
gested by jack Alexander, chair-
man of the .public Works commit-
tee, at the regular meeting of the
town council on Monday night,
Ma Alexander told council that
many Of the trees Which now
grace the streets of town are in
pont shape arid May have to be re-
moved Within the next ten yeate.
A number of the trees considered
to be safety hazards have bee li tak-
en down 'this Winter, and each year
Mere trees will bane to be cut
Penn:lag: out that something
Should be done Malts it now, Mt.
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