The Wingham Advance-Times, 1956-03-14, Page 1With which is amalgamated the Gerrie Vidette and Wroxeter News'
WINGOA14, ONTA-000,, WEDNESDAY.) MARCH 19, 1950
4-4 Tie for Wingham, Bowmanville
ALONG THE MAIN h.,,D
d"*ria DRAG In First Game of All-Ontario Finals
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there waa no score, as the two
teams felt each okher out, but At
8,32 PreSton connected with erne
for Bowmanville to give the Visi ,
tors first blood, and Mason added
another later in the period to pat
the score at 2-0, The locals dame
dose on several occmdinis, but the
superb goal-tending of Vince Van-
:03w in the,Bownianville new Kept
thorn from getting through.
In the -second frame, Jim Camp-
bell opened the scoring early in
the period' and Doug Murray added
another to knot the aeOre.at :14415.
Wingham and Bowmanville juve-
nilea battled to a 4-1 overtime tip
for the first game In the all-Ont-
ark) Juvenile I; hockey champion-
ships, in one of the most thrilling
games witnessed in this town for
some .time. Fast action right up
until the last minute of play kept
the crowd of over 800 people on the
edge of their seats, and the game
ended with a pile-up ie the Bow-
Manville net, after' a brilliant goal
by Houghton had tled'up the score
less than a minute befere. '
For almost half the first period
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CKNX Moves to New Quarters
After 20 Years on Main Street
LIONS SPEAKER
BOOSTS %IMAM
,'NINETEEN' TEAMS IN
BANTAM TOURNAMENT
Ntlleteen hockey teams, from as
far north as -'1'obermory find 'as
lar south as Exeter have been
.cntered, in the Grey-Bruce-Huron
1:3antarri Jim:key Tournament, to
be held in the Wingham arena on
Friday and Saturday. The tourna-
ment is being sponsored by the
Grey-Bruce-Huron Police Associ-
ation, under the convener:3111p of
Deptitiy-chief Gordon Deyell, of
WIngliani,. and PrOvincial Con-
stable Lou Boyce, of Walkerton.
Originally ,sehedulcd to Start
Friday and finish off Saturday
night, the tournament will • be
curtailed this week-end because of
the ". Ontario Juvenile Champion-
Ship.' game between Wingham and
Bowmanville on Saturday night.
Final playoffs will he hold at a
date to he announced later.
This week's schedule is as 'fol-
lows: Vriday, March 16th - 2 p.m.,
LondeSboro vs. Teeswater; 3.30,
Kincardi ne vs. Wingham; 4.45,
Southampton vs. Blyth; MO, Pais-
ley vs. Lucknow; 7.J5, Owen Sound
vs, DIM:rich; 8.30, Mildmay vs.
Exeter.
Saturday, March 17th -9.30
'Durham vs. Walkerton; 10,45, Port
Elgin vs, Seaforth; 12.30, Wiarton
vs. Clinton; 1,45, Tobermory vs.
Winner Group 3.00, Winner
Group. 2 , vs. Winner .Group 5;
4.45, Winner Group 3 vs. Winner'
Croup 4.
Nap. Broomball
Game with CKNX
The Wingliam Kinsmen Club is
necklaces are, left to right, Shiela. Porter, Agnes
Lane, Catherine Leach, Charlene Deyell, Lois
Walker, Barbara Edwards, Pat Carmichael and
Joan Armitage.
Highlight of the Wingham District High School
concert, presented on Friday and Monday nights,
was a, Charleston number which brought back
nostalgic memories of the 1.920's. Above, com-
plete with , straw hats, short skirts and long
planning a broomball game in the • arelia on Wednesday night at 8,30,
from` OKNX which has been hard- S ee e of Belmore' Church in which. they will meet a team t 1
storming the Moomball circuit. in .
the district during the past couple
of weeks. Plenty of laughs, and
action is expected when -the two own Off in Sundayqale
After more than twenty years On
Josephine Street, the offices' and
studios of radio stating CKNX
have been moved up to the Cornier
high school building. Write- equip-
ment in the Field Building was
moved to its new location on Sat-
urday, and office avorkers started
this week On Monday morning at
the new studio. Operating equip-
ment was used on Monday at the
downtown location, bill,' with the
sign-off on Monday night, contra'
facilities were switched over to, the
high school, and broadcasting
from there started on Tuesday
morning.
An auxiliary control room., has
been set up in the high school
building and will' serve station
needs for the next' few days until
the, main control' machinery bits
been moved to its new location.
Offices and studios of the radio
station will he located an the sec-
ond floor of the , building. This
will not -provide as Much.Foom as
was occupied in the Field "Build-
ing. Station Manager John Cruick-
shank told The Advanee-Times,
but.beeause some of the personnel
'are wonting on • both teleV4ion
and radio, less room will I:ie.:heeded
START IN TA
SERVICES AT NEW
PLANT THIS WEEK
LEM MAKES PLANS
FOR RED CROSS DRIVE
clash for the first time.
An added attraction 'will be a
display of figure skating by mem-
berS 61-111E -local -figure skating-
club; 'before the game.
Prodeeds 'of the evening will go
to the Kinsmen's Hospital Bed
Fun d.
EVEN •ST.I4JVIIEN --Most of the
fans at the jtivenile hockey game
on Saturday night, figured the
game was one of the best they
ever Saw, even if it did end up in
a tie score, and. neither team any
tlier ahead towards the Ontario
gfamplonship„ 'The locals play in
Dowananville tonight and return
for the third game in Wingham
on Saturday. Judging from the
first game, it should be a real good
series.
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VASHIONS ON TV—A new pro-
motion . angle has been dreamed up
. by three merchants on the main
street, in the form of a TV fashion
show on Margaret Brophy's pro-
gram next week, An interesting
thing about the show will be the
fact that local girls will model the
clothes and accessories, one of the
first such ventures in local TV
.history, We understand that seve-
ral of the local belles are involved
in the project, and if this keeps up
we may have to re-name Wingham
"The Town of Beautiful Girls,"
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OBSTACLE COURSE—Winter
has taken its usual toll on Diag-
onal Road, and it's noticeable that
many motorists are going the long
Way around, rather than'drive over
the craters on that street, It's hot
so bad now, but when the spring
thaw comes (if it ever does) some-
one is liable to fall into one of the
holes and be drowned, We under-
stand some sort of Bailey bridge
deal over the chasms has been
Planned until spring, when a few
loads of fill can be used to plug
holes.
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GOT YOUR GithIEN
Saturday is St, Patrick's day, be-
gorrah, and we'll bet there's More
Irishmen around than there ever
were in Ireland. Can't figure out'
what there is about the Irish. that
Makes everyone want to he one
on St. Patrick's Day, and we doubt
if it .has anything to do. with
Paddy's. pig.'
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NICE THEORY, ANYHOW—
Theres a significant date on the
-Calendar coming up next week.
Wednesday, March 21st is offlaily
the first day of spring: Doesn't
iiican too much in these parts, un-
fortunately, but at least the
thought is there.
Damage was done to the house
next door to the church owned by
jack Fitch, when the hydro ser-
vice, attached to the south wall of
the house, pulled out a number of
bricks, next to a window opening,
due to the vibration of a nearby
hydro pole in the high wind.
Power lines in • front of the
church were severed when flying
sections of •roof fell on them, and
parts -cif the wooden steeple were
scattered as far as 200 yards-away.
- Telephone lines on the Belmore
road belonging to the
were TelephoneCompany, being
repaired' on Monday morning, after
beingT knocked down in the gale.
Storm over Wide Area
A number of centres in Western.
Ontario reported damage as a re-
sult of Sunday's storm.
At Port Franks the Amiable
river overflowed its banks, caus-
ing extensive damage 'to slimmer
cottages - in the area, An aircraft
owned by Larry Snider, Exeter' ear
dealer, was damaged when heavy
winds snapped the tying ropes.
Wind gusts of up to 95 miles air
hour were reported at the Centralia
Air Station,
Sunday's storm followed closely
on the heels of an lee storm on
Thursday, which caused extensive
ddInage to communications in the
arena. Telephone faeilittea in over
twenty communities in the distriet
were still out or commission early
this week run a result of the storm.
Palmy sneaked one In from the
Weir of the net for-PowatanvIlie in
the dying minutes of thin ,period to
put the visitors one goal up, but.
Murray came, back with another
tally with less than, half it minute
to nlaY in 06 period, after Struth-
ers and Lane had been sent oft for
high-sticking,
Both teams tightened down in
the final frame, resulting in no.
score and leaving a 3-all tie.
In the ten-minute overtime per-
iod, action sec-sawed back and
forth with nobody being able to got
the advantage until Cole, popped
one in for Bowmanville with less
than two minutes to play. BoW-
manville fans, 'and there were
plenty of them in the arena, staged
an impromptu victory Celebration,
thinking the game was over and
their team had won, However
Coach Vic Loughlean pulled his
goalie and "put six men up, and a
beautgul play by Red Houghton.
knotOd the score and saved the
day at 9,10. in the remaining 50
seconds it' looked as if the locals
were going to add another as they
put -on the pressure around the
Bowmanvillti net, and at the final
whistle there was a melee around
the Bowmanville goal-mouth as
they tried desperately to get the
winning counter.
During the entire game most of
of the action seemed to be in tire
Bowmanville end, with Bowman-
vine goalie Vince Vanstone turn-
ing away a lot of -rubber. Red
Houghton, who has been off 'with
injuries since early in the season
turned in a brilliant performance,
and Gary Storey was very effective
in the Wingham net.
WINGELAM---Coal, .Storey; de-
fence, :Bain, Carter; centre, Mur-
ray; wings, Campbell, Hodgkinson;
subs, Struthers, Fryfogle, Foster',
Gardner, Houghton,
Bowmanville—Coal, Vanstone;
defence, Fowler, Clark; centre,
Preston; wings, rainy, Richards;
slabs, Mason, Herbert, Cowling, Os-
borne, T. Fairey, . Cole, Kennett,
Gould, Lane,
First' Period
1—,Bowmanville, Preston, Lone,
8,32
2—Bowmativille, Mason, Fairey,
Preston, 14.36 •
Penalties.--Carter (tripping) 14.20
Second Period
3—Wingham, Campbell, Hodgkin-
son, Carter, 2.17
4—Wingham, Murray, Hodgkin-
son, Struthers, 14.35
Fairey, 18,54
6—Wingham, Murray, Houghton,
19.43
Penalties—Fryfogic (tripping)
3.17;' Cowling (tripping) 7.14;
Clark (clipping) 11.19; Lane
(high sticking) 19.19; Struthers
(high stickini) 19.19
Third Period
No score •
Penalties—Cowling (tripping)
6.50; Cowling (roughing) 13,55;
Carter (roughing) 13.55
Overtime
7—Bowmanville, Cole, Lane, 8.15
8—Wingham, Houghton 9.10
Penalties None.
Department of Labor .approval
of plans for operation' of the new
Berry Door factory in Winghttin,
was received by the eamptiny'nof-
fiejals last week, clearing the amity
for the installation of services- in
the Aero Cushion building' at. the
Western Foundry.
Contracts have been let to local
firms for the installation of sti-
vices in Lit' building, and the woric
of installing the services is expeet-
ed to start next week. Burke ElbC-
trio of town, has received a con-
tract for wiring and eleetrieal
work in the building, 'heating
equipment will be installed .iby
Percy Clark, Howard Mather). will
install plumbing, and a eontOidi
for carpentry work has ' beip
awarded to Wilfred White. : ......
Approval of the contra:1s was
!vetiver( al the parent company's
head office in Birmingham, 1Vrielii-
gan, after a visit there by Herbat
A, Fuller, who is in charge of the
Canadian operation of the Com-
piwy.
It in expected that machinery
for the plant will be shipped to-
wards the end of the month, and
!installer( as seen as it is received,
installation of the machinery will
consist inwilly of hooking it up to
mayor ontlits, and the company is
.still expecting In be in production
ticanetime /hiring the month. of
April a
GaAs Of wind of gale foree buf-
feted the -district on Sunday morn-
ing - in. the wake or mild.. weathet
on Saturday night., 'and although.
havoc was reported •over a wide
area of Western Ontario, little
damage was done in this district.
In the hamlet of Belmore wind
ripped off half the roof of the
United Church and knocked over
the steeple, scattering debris over
a 200-yard area, Considerable dam-
age 'was- done, to the chitireh.
Witnesses say the wind first
toppled -a chimney at the west side
of the church, then caught the
aluminum roofing and the Sheath-
ing underneath•dashing it against
the 20-foot steeple. John Farrell;
caretaker of the church, who was
lighting a fire in the building at
the' time, escaped injury when he
emerged from the church while
tile debris was still flying, in the
height of the gale, Mr. Warren
narrowly escaped being hit by a
board from the roof, and had to
seek shelter in a nearby house,
-Kiniettes to Run
Booth at Arena
The regular meeting of tire
Wingham Kinetic Club was held
on Monday evening at - the home
of Mrs.!JiM Currie, The treasurer,
Mrs. Andy Scott, gave the report;
of the Moffat Cooking School which
proved a very stateessful project.
A .motion was carried to donate
the usual cheque to the Easter - Seal
Campaign. The lunch arrangement
was completed for the forthcoming
Kinsmen dance, "March 27th. The
Kinetic booth at the Wingham
arena will be opened for all activi-
ties this week. The next meeting
will be hold at the home of Mrs.
John Currie, March 26th.
Vice-president Jack Reavie oe-
cupied the chair for the regular
meeting of the Lions ChM at the
Hotel .Brunswick on Friday eve-
ning, with Don Nesmith as Tail
Twister, Floyd I3lakelY at :the
piano and Jack McKibben leading
the singing. The speaker of the
evening was Gordon Buchanan,
who entitled his remarks • "The
Town of Wingham, Our Pride and
Challenge". He dealt in detail with
the various aspects of our com-
munity of which we can all he
justifiably proud and went on to
point out our duties and obliga-
tions its citizens, if our town is to
remain a good place in which, to
live and raise our families, •
, "The chief asset of any com-
munity," he said, "is the people
who live in it.. A worthwhile
town needs proper employment and
services and in these aspects we
are fortunate
Wingham„- said the .sfreaker„„in
• -'(Continued on pag,O three., ' - ,that part of the third floor Cif the
;,building may be -uses! for radio
purposes ,if neeeasary,,"Mr. Cruick-
shank said. . • ' • •
Twenty Years. on Alibi Street
'The move will Mean the silvering
of over twenty years'. •cOnnectiOn
with the business -section of Wing-
ham.. In the early days of itshis-
tory the radio station was located
in what is now tho'Bell
office, later moving th.:tiiy Part of
its present location the . Field
Building in ,the'early 1930'S. Since
that time offices and -Scililiba.haVe
been continually • enlarged :to,' take
'care of the inereaSeiV."staff. and
business of the station,,,
Just prior to the ••Second World
War the present' offices in the
Field Building .were"talce,n over as
the studios were enlarged; In 1046
arrangements were Made to use a
part of the Brunswick ITotcl ban-
quet hall, 'which was ' converted
into a large studio, control room,
library and small studio, A ramp
(Continued oit page three.)
ALL SLEETED UP—TV aerials
around town took quite a beating
Week, after sleet and wind
rm, and some twenty or so were
reported to have been broken or
badly bent. Some sort of a defrost-
ing gadget for the inside •of the
aerial might help keep insurance
rates down, Guaranteed not to
frost up are the rabbit cars' types,
which sit in comfort op the top
of the set.
NEED CRYSTAL BALL
FOR NOVEL RAFFLE GErtiNG READY FOR THE CARNIVAL
Plans for as canvass of the town
by members of Branch 180, Cana-
dian Legion, on behalf of the,Cana-
Wan Red Cross were made at an
executive meeting of the Legion,
at the Legion Home last Tuesday.
All members are expected to take
part in the canvass, which will be
'held this week. The annual Red
Cross _ campaign has been under-
taken locally by the branch for the
past several years,
It was announced at the meeting
that the branch would he custodian
of hospital beds, wheel chairs and
crutches which arc made available
locally by the Red Cross organiza-
tion. The sick room equipment Will
he available to anyone in the dis-
trict on request, without charge.
Interested persons are asked to
contact Past President Don Adams,
of the local branch.
The executive meeting was pre-
sided over by John Pattison, who
has assumed the office of acting
president following the resignation
of the president, Clarence Ohm.
NOTICE
The Optical office of the late
C. rt, Wilkinson, Edward Street,
will be open oft Thursday evening,
March 15th, with a . Registered
Optometrist in attendance, ?hem!
197 for appo n Linen t. 1.01.4*
EUCHRE AT OLUEVA LE
The Bluevale Women's Institute.
Will hold a euchre in the Commun-
fty Hall en Friday evening, March
16th, at 8.80 p.m. Prizes, Minis-
sion 25 cents, Ladies please bring
sandwiches, 4 F10
DANCE AND
Wroxeter Community Club will
hold a St. Patrick's dance and
progressive enehre on Friday
night, March 1.6th, in the town
Sangster's orchestra. Booth in hall,
Admission 50 cents; • 101441
EUCHRE AT WiltOMETEIt
Wroxeter Women's Institute will
hold a pregresslVe euchre on
Thursday night, March 15th, at
8.30 in the town hall. NoVelty priz.
AditliSSion 25 cents, Ladies
please bring lunch, COrrie and bring
your friends.
ST. ANDItEW'S CHURCH
TEA A.N.I1) BAKE SALE
St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church
will hold a St. Patrick's tea and
home baking sale on Satueday,
March 17th, from three to five p.m.
, Everyone welcome. F'111)
QES NUOIlltlig and :MIPIAN
Huron Chapter No. 80, Order of
the Eastcrp Star. is holding a pro-
gresive euchre and bridge in the
Legion Home, Wednesday, March
21, at 8 p.m, Lunch. Good Prizes,
Admission 50 cents. Everyone Wai-
te:Lib t6ine,
ittiUCLIKE
The Auxiliary to the Canadian
Legion is holding a euchre in the
Legion ,Home on Monday. March
26th at 8.15 p.m. Good prizes.
Lunch. Everyone. Welcome,
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Over 1,000 District People
Sep H.S. Variety Cowed
DANCE AT WROXETER
'Wroxeter Community Club will
NO a dance on the evening of
TrIday, March 16th, in toWn hall,
SangStee's Orchestra; booth in
,hail, Proceeds for new ComMun.
ity Centre, 1"7:14,1,
Mane 1...ribel ionald, Vera
Sharpe; mouelngue, Margaret
King; -111;.”.1 ;40, William Con-
nell; ;;iii':" glee club, accompanied
Ly Itelen at tile organ arid
Plenrioi :iinith the piano; boys'
glee elith: xnphone, solo, David
Koniu,dy: I:ir,iphan Dance; double
duct, toyee Moffatt, :lean Rintold,
Joyce i 1offilign, 1 omse Jefferson;
eight pant rlirn iv,
iiir intermiiision musi-
rail unnshr r.. ,7ere given by
[Pio 4Io.a:,i•Jf Me of Agnes
litheila Pori cr. , iorOthy
afro a double quartette cons
aiming of' William Vogler,. Tri,le.e.
MeTil cinch, 11;11 ry HeQuillin, George
Procter, 1 la v id 1;10sser, Paul (iters- '
William Martin and Web-
dril Anon.
A hir,hlight of the 'evening W415
the presentation of a Oile-aet. play
"Five Birds in a Cage", With a
east eonsisting or Joan Armitage,
George Webster, Lois Wallt0",
'George Procter, and Gordon Smith,
Sound effects wero by Tom. Bryak.
es aed Stewart', McGill,. Witt light
ins; by David Soott.
lentleu.lastie audiences of over t.)00
People were on band at the
ham I)istriet. High Sehool on Fri-
day and Monday nights for I b c
presentation of a variety roarer!
there by Um high seined stedents
ender •the spensorshlp or the
eritry et y, ache,
diiirai for Tluirsrlay and lorirlay
of last week, the concert
postponed to Friday and Monday
because of n snowstorm, and cir!w.
a full house on Prillay in spite
'continued had weather,
John t!ongrain, larsIrieni of
the iliterary Society, gavc, a brief
address of Welcome In the all
dience, Proceeds of the conceit,
will be used in the Literary .14o ,
'eletY'a Students' Fund.
Selections from the school Inu;lAk
band started off the evening, after
Which the following program was
given: Scot:halt 'Dance,
CO1111, Mary Visher, accolnpalfti-
ment, Margaret Pottle; accordion
solo ,- Elaine Worrall ;• 'In the
TrWeilties" Charleston;" display of
boys' gymnastics; .steordion acid
.Anyone with a crystal ball or
a bit of lurk ought to be able to
pick up some easy money in the
next two or three weeks by the
simple process o.r estimating when
the barrel now resting on the ier.
in Howson's Dam, goes over the
dam in the wake of the spring
break-iip. All sorts of weather
PrOphetS around town are having
try at it.
A brain-child of the Wingliam
Fire Ilepiirtmenl, the barrel war
placed oil the ice some three week:;
ago by roeinhers or the brigade
who are Owning their ingenuity
to -means of 'raising money for the
leiremen's Fund. flome .
have already been sold on Ihe
raffle, the idea, bring ilia the
'Lickrt holder whose .einni";
efoNest to the actual 11111111(0, hour
and day that the barrel gori,
over the dam, will till) rh , Fir;)
prize. There's as second prize frir
the runner-up,
The firemen are keepink:. of
the ticket sales for their fund.
Two-thirds of the remainder will
go to the first }trice winner and
one-third to the next best esti-
mator. Deadline for the purchase
of tickels will he tomorrow, March
Atli, after which It will he simply
a matter' -of waiting for the big
spring thaw.
While most entrants In the vori-
lost are of the opinion that the
lee on the river will break up
between now and the end of
March, at least ono prophet is
not so optimistic, lit3 guess is
that the barrel will still he there
by May 24111
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NOTICE
All 'Town. licenses are dOe and
payable before 1st March. This In.,
eitidea dog lieenseS. Tags are
Mad table' at Town Clerk's office or
Pollee office, Instructions have
been 'M 1 tint slimmOris WM'
BE ISSUED to dog owners and
other licensed businesses if these
licenses are still unpaid after 51st
March, 1056. Kindly cowoperatc and
save cOurt togs,
V, W, PLATT, 'Chief of Pollee
P2011.42111
PLAY IN WIIITECII-012.(111
The 'play "Too Many Relatives"
by Etelgrave Alt.P,A, will be pre-
schied in the WhitechtIrch Caen,
triunity Hall, -Oil k'riday, Marbh 16,
Under the auspices of the United
Church W,A, Admission adults, 50e,
children 25C, IT14b
Members Of the witIgharil Figure Skating Club alseusS the big skating carnival, sehed.
tiled fer Wednesday and Thursday evenings of this week, at one of the ehxb's recent
rehearsals, tat to right are Sandra MacLennan Jane M'eXague anti Walton McKibm
bon, Standint, Marlene Stainten and Penny Oortle.,--Statf photo,
N4)VICE
0 afriereffs Billiards Will be apart
ry Saturday night until -1,,p.rn,
r the cartVenienee Of the, rural
etinteffielits. Frarb