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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1956-02-29, Page 1• With which is amalgamated the G nrrie Vidette and Wroxeter News bbaurt. . , wHI)Np...suitor, rrinicuAny 29, '1,956 1 , Form Cancer Society Branch At Organizational Meeting Mr. and Mrs. George 'Goalies, of East Wawanosh, who celebrated their 51st wedding anniversary last week at the home of their daughter, Mrs. John Gaunt, of Whiteehurch. Lifelong residents of the township, Mr, and Mrs. Coultas were to have celebrated their golden anniversary last year, but sickness postponed the celebration until last ,week, —Staff Photo Lions Lay Plans for 1956 Version Of "Frontier Days" Celebration Celebrate 5.1st 'Wedding Anniversary The capture of two of Canada's most wanted criminals as the result .of pictures from police files 'published in newspapers, has sharpened interest in -Wingharres own `rogue's gallery" of wanted crinninaV, in the office of Police Chief Bert Platt, at the town hall. Chief Platt has a file of well over a_ thousand pictures, front and profile, which Inc keeps up to date and checks over from time to time,, to keep posted on, the criminals wanted by police departments all over the country,- The Chief's "wanted" file .consists of over a thousand file cards of criminals at large, missing persons and released convicts, arranged alphabetically under both real names and O.liaSes. In' most cases the cards have pictures on the back and particulars of the criminal and his crime. on the front, but in the case of missing persons the picture IS often not available. Cards kir the file are sent out by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police headquarters, and afe available to all police departments BY TH ASSOCIATION . o all ,1:101,tvh:vecroutrhi country, Platt explainsoffices Most Wanted Criminals in Chief's 'Rogues' Gallery" A meeting to organize a Wing- ham and district branch of the Canadian Cancer Society was held in 'the council chambers on Mon- day night, with representatives of about 30 organizations in the dis- trict present. J, P. IVIeKibbon, of Wingham: who has undertaken to arrange the organizational meet- ing on behalf of the sponsoring body, the Wingham Lions Club,' was chairman at the meeting, Chief speaker of the evening was John H. Stratton, president of the Perth-Huron Unit of the society, who outlined the work of the so- ciety in this district and through- out the country, Illustrating his talk with a moving picture "To Save These .Uves," Mr„Stratton gave sonic startling statistics on the incidence of caeca, claiming that one in six female deaths and One in eight male deaths in Ontar- io were attributed to the dread dis- ease, He said that mere people died of cancer in Ontario between the Yeats 1935 to 1045 than were killed in World War II from the whole of Canada. "There isn't One of us who can't think of a friend or netnraintance who died of mincer," he told the meeting, brighter Side Mr, Stratton pointed out that although StatiAies presented a grim picture cif the disease, there is it brighter side to the Medal. He told the meeting that approximate- ly, 80 per cent of cancer eases earl be cured If caught ia,time, due to the "terrific strides" taken by mod- ern medicine in the past few days. Surgery, k-ray treatment and rad- ium have Contributed Immensely to fought by the Seelety," the speak- ee said, Mn'. Stratton told the audience that the wet against cancer Was bohig Waged en three fronts-.-re- CARD 0.1.i"rHANKS •We would like to take this opportunity of ex- pressing our sincere thanks to the family of R. G. Coupes, of the 10th eoneession of East Wawanosh, for tiqkluable assistance, in pulling our firuck out of the ditch on Friday afternoon, Without their help we're sure it would still be there, - 0 - 0 DOLLNAPPING—LIttle Linda Altehleon, daughter of Mr. and Mrs..Doug Aitlaniaon, came home broken-hearted the other day, after a 'array big dog had made off with her favorite doll. It seems that Linda had set the doll down on a' Sleigh when the dog came along and ananind it up. A posse of par- ents and other childrep failed to find either the dog or .the doll. 0 0 - 6 SLEETED 'UP Friday's ale e storm provided lots of fun for those motorists foolish enough to venter, forth in it. While the highways re- in/tined in fair condition due to the salt and sand applied so liberally to them, the sideroads were Smooth as glass, and many an, unwara motorist found himself Anithe ditch -before he even kneW what had happened. 0 - 0 - 0 ALMOST MISSED- .-Satarday's blizzard proved a nice sequel to Friday's sleet storm. But it could have been worse, in fact it define 4 ` was out, along the lakeshore, s isn't the first time this season t fat a bad storm almost missed. Wingham.'. Usually We get all that's coming and then some. If this sort of thing ,happens much, more often this district will be getting the reputation of being ion the banana ' . ^ . LO.O.I'. MIMING The regular monthly meeting of Maitland Lodge 11.9,- LO,O.F., will be held on Thursday evening, Mar, 1st, at 8.30 o'clock in the lodge 'rooms. Bervie Lodge will be pre- sent to receive the First Degree. All members are urged to he pre- sent. , f29b DANCE IN BLUEVALE 0-111:111UNITY HALL he Bluevale Ball Club is hold- dance in the hall on Fri- day, Mara 2nd. Music of George Smith's Orchestra. Everydne wel- come. '• • falb HOSPITAL AUXILIARY The monthly meeting of. the, , diese , Auxiliary to the Wingham General Hospital will be held.in the Connell Chamber on Friday after- noon, March 2, at three oo'olpck. • f291) KINETTE COOKINO. • AND LAUNDRY SCHOOL The Wingham Klnette Club is apiainsoring the Moffatt Cooking and Laundry School at the Wing- ham ToWn Hall on Wednesday, March '7th, at 8 p.m. Moffatt ranges and Bendix Automatic washer and dryer will be demon- strated, plus these added attrac- tiona, door prizes, free bags of groceries, also one electric frypan iflid one percolator. AdMission to deMonstration and Inlay draws, 590. ' F29b myricr, 'All Town licenses are due and payable before 1st March, This in- cludes dog licenses, , Tags ,are aVallable at Town Clerk's office or police office, Instructioaa have 1,1Pn issued that summons MUST Lid ISSUED to dog owners and other licensed businesaes If thinae licenses are still unpaid after 31st Mardi, 1956, ICindly co-opetatc and save court costs. T. W. PLAIT, Chid of Police F20714211) 10r soq.cet, ,The Women's Association, Wring- (tier United Clilitch will hold a hot aiippqr er Tuesdoy, Match 0th in aka au Pch 8choolrothn, Supper MerVed' front 6 to 8 o'clock. .Adrala- (doh $1.00, publie school children 3,0„tebte. V20 4' lEitICHRE AND DICRWiti Huron Chapter No, 89, Order of the Easterit Star is sponsoring ogressive euelire and bridge fa region Horne, Wednesday, M'ar, t P.M., tanieli. Good priNs. Admission 500, Everyone iveleorne, V•29h search, treatment and lay educa- tion. The tusk of the Cancer So- ciety is to provide lay education for as many people as possible, and to enable them to get early diagnosis and treatment of the dis- ease. "Pear, ignorance and pro- crastination are .the things to he fought by' the Society',, the speak- or said. Outlining the type of work that would be undertaken by the Whig- harn and district branch of the So- ciety, Mr. Stratton spoke of some 'et the tweempliainrwnta of other branches in the unit, including the providing of apeaki.nra and films for various organizations; the dis- tribution of cancer literature; the arranging of press and radio re- leases of educational material about cancer, and the setting up of exhibits at fairs, exhibitions and bazaars, He also spoke of the services rendered to cancer pa- tients by the society -and of the raising of n'ioney for CJIlleer re- search, • In his closing; remario Mr, Stmt. tonA SlIggemLed that a nominating committee be set up to bring in a suggested slate of officers for the next meeting, The following, were named to the nominating committee! John MeKihhon, Wingham; Robert Wallace, Blyild Lions Club; Mrs. Stan 'Carnabell, Cranbrook WI.; Lorne Merlin, West Wawanosh; Miss Filthy Duff, Bluevale; Mrs. Wilfred Henry, of Wingham; Mrs. 0.. O., Anderson, least Wawanosh; Mrs. Olen nen- thee, .Cettribreolt and Mc- Intosh, :Brussels. MO nominating committee 'will bring in a slate of twelve execu- tive officer's for the next; Meeting, whieh Is scheduled for Monday, March' 10th in the council cham- bers, and Diagonal Road, Orville Still- liners, manager of the local branch of the Bank of 'Commerce, has consented to the use of the property for' such a purpose, and the local breech of the' Beaver Lumber Company will provide lumber for the building, .-• Members learned that there is a, possibility . that this year's cele- bration may be televised over CKiNix-Tv, and the question of talent to be hired for the eele- braLion was also discussed, It is expected that a meeting will be held in the near future to form a committee to look after the event, In connection with the festivities Don Nasmith expressed the hope that the committee would give some thought to ways and means of having the visitors actually participate in activities of the cele- bration. Jr, P. MeKibbon spoke on the importance of the work of the Canadian Cancer 'Society and stressed the fact that a knowledge of cancer on the part of every member of the communaity was a primary objective. of the Society. DISTRICT RESIDENTS INJURED IN FALLS Slippery •wallung conditions it the district continued to take their toll last week, as several people were treated at the hospital for falls on the Sydney Thompson, son Of Mr, and MI'8, Frank Thompson; Itjt. 5, Wingham was injured on Satur- day, when he fell on the lee and damaged his left shoulder. He was taken to the hospital for X-rays, hut was later released. -Miss A/faith:CI Simpson, of Wing; ham, received painful injuries to her left ankle on Friday after falling on the ice on her way home from work. She was allowed home after the anitie WAS strapped at the hospital, Miss Mary Graham, age 86, suf- fered a .fractured hip on Friday, when she fell at her home. after tripping over the cord - of the va- cuum cleaner. A pin was inserted in the hip at the- hospital, where her condition is reported as fair. Mrs, Evelyn Cascmore, Wingham, injured her lower spine on. Monday, when she fell off a clothes stand, She was released from hospital after X-rays had been taken. Harpld Foster, Wingham, injured his left shoulder on Monday, when he fell over a chair at work, He, too, was released after X-rays, George Procter, son of Mr. and Mr's. Stewart Procter, R.R. 5, Brussels, suffered A fractured left ankle while tobogganing on Tues- day. He was allowed home after the ankle had been strapped at the hospital, NEW FIRM WILL OPEN IN WINIIIIAM A new firm providing pada and s'er'vice for television dealers and owners, the Wingham TV Factory Service Depot, will open offices in town tomorrow, Location of the new business will be In the bund- ling owned by Harold Edwards on Victoria Street between Josephine Street and Diagonal Road. Expected to employ four men at the start of operations, mid pos- sibly as many As Leh in the next few months, the new firm will supply service to dealers not rat present equipped to look after their own TV service Work 7t Will carry a large stock of television parts of various Makes and will he equipped to erect' anteimae for' dealers or. for TV athiers, The firm presently has contracts With three manufacturers of tele- vision sets to provide extra service when needed in an area, extending from Exeter to Owen Sound, It Is hoped that other matured:tire:es will enter into ageeeinents with the company foe similar contracts. Owned by two London men, kick Sheldrick and Tex allburg, the 'fi'rm Operated for the past fear Years Inn London, , before moving to TO START DICOOIVI,HALL 1.4EAtIVIO .11N. TOWN Need exerciee? Tama of spectator spoorta? Here's your chance to get in On 'some real fun guaranteed to tone up your mnacles and make you foal young again. Vie ..Louglileran is organizing a, broainhall league, and all he deeds is two or three teams to make up u. leagt113 :for this falichiaL44; • sport,,,, Aireatly the Wingliam fire- men end the naafi of CKNX-TV have ,a',.olouteored to provide Learns, and Lo or Oren extra, teams are needed out the league, viQle a bit hazy as to what this broonalball is ail about-, but ap- pnre4ly it's played on the ice with ti bronni and a volleyball. Authori- ties at the arena have agreed to donate, ice time for regularly scheduled broornball grves. • Anyone interested In icing a team Should' get in touch, with Vie Loughlean, phone 754, after 0 o'cloe14. The..February meriting of !Brandt 180, Canadian Legion, was held on Tuesday last in the Legion Home, with the pre:indent,' Clarence Ohm, presiding. Applications . for "Mein be rah ip from Edward Chandler, John -Ca Jay, j.. O'Shaugnewsy and Melvin A. Donahue were presented by Don Adams, chairman of the member- ship committee. Members voted to accept Lireeandidatem and standing ()Alen were rescinded Lo allow the candidates to be initiated at that meeting. A, letter from the Canadian Can- cer Society asking that a represen- tative of the branch be appointed ,to-Otterea-an vegan izati on al meeting for 'the purpose of forming a DAD WEATHER CUTS DRAMA ' ATTENDANCE Aclvirse weather conditions cut attendance at the Actors' -Work- shop, held in the town hall on Friday and Saturday under the auspices of the standing commit- tee in drama of the Lake Huron Zone Recreational Council. The course was held in co-operation with the community programs branch of the Ontario Department of Education. Classes were sche- duled far Friday night and Satur- day morning but classes on •Satur- day afternoon were cancelled be- cause of the weather. Sketches were presented by the Liatowel and Wingham drama clubs, under Kinthleen Jordan of. Listowel, and Mary Louise Mali, of Wingham.' Mrs. Marianne Johnston, of Stratford, director and adjudicator at drama festivals, attended in the abrienee of Doe Sinclair, of Guelph, who was unable to attend 'bemuse of illness. Representatives from I/anthem, Liatowet, Hanover and Wingham clam attended. On the exeoutive of the attneding committee. for this .district are: President, Margaret Oehm, Han- over; first vice-president, Kathleen Jordan, Listowel; Secretary, Mary Louise Vlach, Wingham, FOUR CAR TANGLE DN DIAGONAL ROAD Fora cars were involved in an ambient On Diagonal fioad on Saturday afternoon about 5 o'clock, during the height of a blinding snow storm, A oar driven by It, Reetsmith, of Hamilton, was proceeding amain. east along Diagonal Road between Carling Terrace and Catharine Street, when it skidded into a snow bank on tire icy road, Two other ears, following behind, driven by Jim Lockridge and Jack Tervit, both of Winglaun, crashed' in suc- cession and a fourth car driven by Harry Footer, Centre St., Wing- ham, which was proceeding in the opposite direction, became involved in the smash-Up- A total of over $1,000 damage was donne to the four vehicles, $200 to Mr. Reetsmith's car; $700 to the Lockridge car; $175 to the Tervit ear, and $50 to the Feeler vehicle. Slippery roads and poor visibility were blamed for the accident. Pol- ice Chief T, W, Plat investigated, In Brriasela Rohm I., Walker, Wm klf1,0 Ill, liatadd. TIminaa, Roy Ken• Hedy and Roy Cousina are the are paantees. East Wawaniviii. is repine .4miterl t.y tlettna, Shrum ham R. ll. Tiiompson„lohn Mr- Cci', Bachanan 'and 0. re Taylor, Thin chairmen in Grey are Rtueiell IKaarght, Iti"irlipatriek George l iertreon, Alex :Pearson, 3as, Smith and Wilbur' Turnbull. Town. hip Ihr reline aionbillves are ll, A. McDerniill, .1 T1, l'ollock, Kee Edon., lavvart Whit lien!, Wnsy t'ooper and it 13 COWL; The oppolametas Ira MeLlIS tut Jr-is, Mail', Shaw, Slew art P roc I , l:Oht,11 [-'e0:1.01', Ito belt Grasby and Clamor Melia' NOS. Flintily, irr Turnberry Town- ship, A. Corrigan,„ Waiter Woods. 'W. B. Cruickshank, ,Misr! R, Duff, Mrs. In. MacNanghton and William Mundell are the appointed chair- 711011. Eat i s of 01,-,:ne people has as dal- alto job 'to do and together Willi organizations in the .other districts of Huron County ate go- ing to (,XNrt every effort to make this TI) suvey the most successful ever undertaken irr Huron County, Of course, everyone can do iris part by taking advantage of this tree service in the hitercaa of public health and welfare. LOCAL CONTRATOR WINS. SAFETY AWARD ,for' Kell' Smi his Whighan" siettekon firin %vele hollOre.1 11A week dining Ilse G(orl leads venation in Tot Ord o when the teener was presented with the third fieate in the Ft f' Aridly Men1411. ial Safely Award. The certilleate algnifies Mat Ilia local firm hue been selected a:. one of the three construction compano.,,. In the province width have rindli bided notably to the cause it Safely on the, public roads and in the operation of equipnicitt, The aWneci was Made (luring the animal banquet of the Ontario Road 1-.11 11 Id- ors' Association at the Royal York Motel In Toronto, 'ALONG THE MAIN DRAG By The Pedestrian The regular' meeting of the tion of the midget; hoeirey team. A I Wingham Liona Club was held at prize, a Het of eight Lions glasses, the Brunswick Hotel on Friday, was won by Mike McPhail, with President Hugh Carmichael During the business Part of the in the chair. A sing song was en-. meeting, members decided to go joyed under the leadership of Jack ahead with plans to hold a Fron- MeKibhon, with Floyd Blakely at tier Days celebration in nWingbeel the piano, President Carmichael on August 30th, 31st and „September Welcomed a guest of the evening, 1st, Johnny Brent, who master- Chief of Police T. W. Platt, minded last; ,year's celebration, will Following the reading and 1,1)- again he sheriff, arid plans are proval of the minutes a draw weir underway to erect a sheriff's office held to raise money'for tranaporta- on the. corner of Josephine Street Il egion Discusses Raising of Money, for Local Hospital • branch of the society In Wingham ' and district, was read at the meet- ing, Members decided to appoint a representative to attend tine meet- ing and John Currie was named as Legion representative, Dick Burbridge, chairman of the house committee, reported progress in removing some of the fire hazards around the Titania as ad- vised by the deputy fire chief re- cently. lie urged members to sup- port the rendes of euehres being MARRIED 11\1 TORONTO , President Clarenee Ohm reported onr a meeting In GOderich regarding the memorial chapel to be erected in the county courthouse, In which will lid, inscribed names' -of all those residents of the county wino served in the Second Great War. He told members that tine branchai share of the expense in furnishing this room would be in the neighbor- hood of $100, President Ohm said that a list would be posted in tine Legion Home to which members arc asked to add narnea of ex-ser- vicemen who enlisted from this county. Hold Raffle for Hospital John Pattison, ithairman of the ways and means committee, told members of a plan to raffle off the cash sum of $000 to raise money for the -Wingham General Hospital. Under the plan 1,00(1 tickets would be sold at $1.00 each, the draw to be made at the annual V-11; Day banquet in May, Net proceeds from the sale of tickets will bin turned over to the hospital, When the plan was put to a vote the majority of the member's Were in favor of it. Verdun Ducharme, -chairman of the canteen committee, told mem- bers that he knew where he could purchase a piano for $100, and he suggested that perhaps the branch should have two pianos, one for downstairs and one upstairs. It was decided to have the piano checked by in untl8leian and the matter reported back at the riext meeting. President (non explained. that inanninere of the langion Auxiliary had offered Lo match any donation by the branch to the Wingham General Hospital nu, this thin', up teonlinued on page twelve) Lt, and Mrs, D, Ooodridge, who wore married in Toronto on Sat- urday arterneeil, Wedding story appears on Page night, APPOINTMENTS MADE IN inlIAM DISTRICT The appointments for the Wing- ham -district of the _ committee heads, respoosible, for, of the .Hurpn County gags: :Cheat • . X-ray survey have been announce ed. Tire survey, which 13 sponsored: on a county-wide basis by the Mu- con County TB Association and the Onta-Crio Department of Health commences on May 14th with' two units covering the area. The appointments in the 'Wing- ham district, which includes the. town of Wingham, the village of Brusse=ls and the townships of '111 Wawanosh, Grey, Howiek, Morris and Turnberry are as follows: Dis-; trier, survey chairman, Frank 3716- dill, Wingham.; district training chairman-, A, D. Smith, Bluevale; projects chairman; F. D. Blakely, Wingimai; area chairman, Gordon Knight, HR. 2 Brussels; ,profes- alons chairman, T. S. .Beattie, •of Winghem; nuippl,y chairman,e For-tulle; eenrillS Pal chairman Jack Woolfrey; clinic chairman Jack Mitel'avish; publicity chair- man, Ross Hamilton; schools chair- Mee, P. J. McMurray; indinaries chal Munn, Jack I ,loyd : reeruitere chairnian, Barry Wenger. The preceiling mcn are all net Inn on a (Iberia level, and air well, similar appointments have been ninelc in each or the se ven arm. in LA" Winglatin district,. In tin town of Wingliam, W. Grose, W. A. (Ialbraillt Mrs. 'V. houghlean and A. B. Adana; are serving as urea chairmen. keep a file, because of their size and the 'work involved in keeping sponsored by the Legion Auxiliary. r the file up -to date. Each week about half a dozen. or so additions and deletions are sent out by the and constant revision • is needed to keep the file in order. -'1Kortn SeinionS'erinies ''• 'Most of the people in the file are' wanted for the more serious erimea, such as robbery or murder, but net all of them, In addition to the mien. ing persons, who may be warbi4 for' perfectly legitimate reasona, there °are cards for released con- vict', notifying the police that they are at large again. l'Unfortun- ately, most of Ahern are in trouble again within tt. - few months after their release," confluents the Chief,' If ex-convicts can stay oat of trouble for three years, their cards are removed from the fig'. Chief Platt says that at till moment there is only one Wingham man in the collection and he, isn't a native. A resident; of •the Iowa some five yaws ago, thin nr£rir Pi wanted for the 'murder of a jewel- ler in Buffalo. Several thetriet men, some of than rider-need convicts, arc' included in the gallery, The file, along with lists of stolen care that. come into the office' regularly, is of great assistance in apprehonctieg criminals widen imp-, pen to be in the district, according to the Chief. It also serves ne useful cheek on people who are' picked up on other charge,. quick glance at the file often 1.-- veala that such criminal; ana wanted in other 'deem for other crimes, Many wanted persons have been, picked up in this way, Keeping .the file up to dale Means a Jot or work, be Id. wits, and of necessity caul b' as corn} letan ea amine of -thoae ea. a in the big cities, But perhaps: day Canada's Public.: Enetny No. may enthe through town, and if' he does, the file may lead to in,; arrest.,