The Wingham Advance-Times, 1956-06-27, Page 11
ALONG THE MAIN DRAG
By The Pedestrian
Boys' And Girls'
Band Will Play
Thursday ,at (H.S.
The Wingham Lions Club Boys'
and Girls' Band, which has at-
tracted a good deal of interest in
the community since 'its inception
eighteen months ago, w'ill be hold-
ing a public concert in the Wing
ham 'District High, School audi-
torium on Thursday evening, June
28th.. The program, will start at,
'815Fe.
Featured during the ening will
be musical selections which won
prizes at the 'recent music festival
in Goderich. The program will
also include solos, duets and over-
tures.
The following selections will be
played:' March, "Royal Military
Band"; polka (coronet duet) "Com-
redes", Joyce Procter and Ruth
Michie; alto solo, "Eaglet", Ron-
ald Vogan; waltz, "Winona"; cor-
net sold, "May the Good Lord Bless
and Keep You", Darts Picitell;
hymn, "Sun of My Soul"; over-
ture, "Sequoia"; trombone solo,
"It Is No- Secret", Lloyd Stobo:
march, "I3ayshore"; clarinet solo,
"Bless This House", Marjorie Mof-
fat; cornet and trombone duet
"Faith of Our Fathers", Doris
Pickell and 'Lloyd Stobo; waltz,
medley, "Sons of Erin"; clarinet
solo, "The Holy City", Julia Cruik-
shank; march, "Torrey Pines";
hymn, "Lead Kindly Light".
The band will be under the dir-
ection of Bandmaster Robinson. A
silVer collection will be taken.
Paper Day Late
Next Week
Next week's issue of The Ad-
vance-Times will be published on
Thursday instead of Wednesday,
due to the. Dominion Day holiday
on Monday, July 2nd.
Correspondents and advertisers
are asked to have their copy in at
the usual lime to facilitate opera-
tions during the short week.
FAREWELL AND
DEDICATION AT
BAPTIST CHURCH
,Capacity audiences attended the
services in the Baptist Church
Sunday, for the opening and dedi-
cation of the renovated auditorium
anti the farewell of their pastor
Rev. and Mrs. L, .Coyle. The
newly decorated auditorium in a
colour scheme of rose, green and
gold was the climax to months of
planning and work by the pastor,
church boards and members. The
new lighting system replacing the
chandeliers was 'the gift of Mr,
and Mrs. Frank Collar in memory
Of their datighter. Deborah, Bast
keta of . flowers added greatly to
the occasion.
Sunday 'morning was the service
of dedication with the pastor
speaking on the subject "The Mind
to Work", taken from the Book of
Nehemiah. His sermon was one
of encouragement and exhortation
to the believers. Mr, Frank
Collar rendered two appropriate
solos. The church appreciated the
kindness of the Rev. H. L. Parker
of St. Paul's Anglican Church in
relinquishing his Sunday morning
broadcast over CKNK so that the
service could be heard.
Local churches cancelled their
evening service and attended the
Baptist, Church for. Rev. coyle:s
farewell service. Assisting in the
service were the Rev. Alexander
Nimmo and Lieut. Donald Good-
rich who led in prayer and Rev,
D. T. MacRae who read the Scrip-
ture. The ministers spoke highly
of their association with Rev.
Coyle down through 'the years and/
brought the well wishes of their
congregations. Rev. Coyle in his
farewell message expounded four
principles from the prophecy of .
Ezra"; ' Thett gath ered' 'together;
they stood together, they sang to-
gether and they, built together.
Music for the service included a
duet by Mr. acid Mrs. Glenn
Scheifele and a solo by the. pastor.
Six Years as Pastor
Completirig six years as pastor
of the Baptist Church Rev, and
Mrs. Coyle leave today, Wednes-
day for their new charge at
Orangeville, During their stay
here both have contributed greatly
to the `work in music and song.
The church has .progressed spiri-
tually and many new • members
have been aided to the church.
During his ministry here several
building improvements were cont-
pleted, including new washrooms,
and a modern oil heating system.
Highlights of his ministry here
were his ordination of September
30, 1952 and the honour of being
elected president of the young
people's societies of The Fellow-
ship of Evangelical Baptist
Churches in Canada.
—Mrs. Harry Gerrie and Mrs.
Horace Aitchison , spent last week
at the Royal York Hotel, ,Toronto,
attending the Rebekah Assembly.
Members of the Lions Club
gathered, at the golf course club
house on Friday evening for their
final meeting of the 19515-56 year,'
with retiring president, Hugh Car-
michael, presiding.
After a delicious buffet dinner,
provided by the Hotel Brunswick,
treasurer 'Norman Welwood pre-
sented his financial statement,
which outlined the club's present
position, as well as its expen-
ditures on public welfare work
during the, past twelve months,
Secretary Floyd Blakely read a
letter from Mrs. Morrey expressing
the appreciation of the hospital
board, staff and patients for the
gift of a television set from the
olub.
.Ten, ZP4r,,..r.110000111' 41g.V.Qtrg:
were presented by Lion Bill Bush-
field to the following members:
Verne Dunlop, Clarence Armitage,
H. V. Pim, Clarence Richey, Wilf
Hamilton, Omar Haselgrove and
Hugh Carmichael,
One-year perfect attendance
pins were presented by Lion Bar-
ry Wenger to Lions T. S, Beattie,
Floyd Blakely, Hugh Carmichael,
Bill Cruikshank, Whitney Grose,
Stan Hall, Bob Hetherington, Geo.
Howson, Hal MacLean, Jack Mc-
Kibbon, Mike McPhail, Jack
Reavie, Geo. Ross, Norman
Smith, W. G, Tiffin, Norm. Wel-
wood and Rod Tulelhtosh,
Johnny Brent, general manager
for the Lions Club's Frontier Days
event, reported that plans are
well underway and the committee
fully expects an even better
program than the very successful
one of last year,
Officer4
Lion Wilf French was in charge
of the ceremony which formally
installed the officers for 1956-57.
They are: President, Whitney
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REGISTER TUESDAY
FOR SWIMIKI,N0 CLASS
Children eight years of age
and over Who wish to attend the
swimming classes at the Tees,-
water pool should register on
Tuesday, July 3rd, at the town
bail between 10.30 and.12 o'elock
noon. All attending the classes
must register 60 that provision
can be made for transportation
to the pow,
Swimming classes will be held
Monday and Thursday morn-
ings, with the children being
taken to Teeswater 'by school
bus.
All children in the proper age
group are are invited to avail,
themselves of this opportunity
to learn swihruning under com-
petent Instructor's. classes
are sponsored by the Wingham
Recreation Council.
Lions Club Instals
New Executive
w.
With which is arnalgamated the GPrrie Vidette and Wroaeter News
ONTARIOt WEDNESDAY, "WV 1960
Wingham through Australian
eyes was the subject of a piece.
in the Wingham Chronicle and
Manning 'River „Observer, lane-
town newspaper of Wingham
,Australlae • a•-•tecente
edition of the Chronicle,''Jim
Revitt, . roving reporter who re-
cently called in on Wingharri
(OM.) oir his way around the
world, gave his impressions of the
Ontario Wingham, On the whole
they were good.
•Chief marvel to Australian eyes
was the fact that a town ,the size
of this should have a radio and
television station. Reporter Revitt
explained it this way: "It seems
strange to find a town of. 2,000
people boasting its own TV and
radio station, but as Mayor Mc-
Kinney says: 'This town is a go-
ahead place' ". As a result of its
radio and TV, Winglia,ra seams to
be "a firm favourite for the title
of the most talked about town in
Canada", according to Mr. Revitt.
Marvelled at High School
The television station 'wasit't the
only thing that Mr. Revitt marvele
led at. He wrote of the modern
Wingham District High Scheel
and it" radical new design which
contrasts strongly with the. eon-
ventional red brick - school at
Wingham, Australia. And he
found the Wingham General Hos-
pital, with its new 50-bed addition,
alsb, impreseive. Most of all „ he
seemed to be' impressedwith "the
amount; of money all this is cost.:
Mg the !taxpayers, Others, inclutl.i
ing taxpayers, have been impressed
in a like manner,
Compared with Australia, Mr,
Revitt apparently found our liquor
legislation a little confusing. "Iri
its better days the town ,boasted
eeiten licensed hotels", he relates,
"Today the Whole of Huron Road.
Wingham, Australia Reporter
Writes of Wingham, Ontario
As ,Others See Us
—And everything in Its place, is the motto of
the 'local Women's Irletitute sjne0 new rilocle'rn
ciibboards were installed in the town hall.
Ladies' In charge of the ltifieh committee IOW
have a rriederh sink to wdrit at and ample cop,
board space In which to Store their etinipinent,
Last week (and this week, toy) .are clean-up, paint-up in Gorrie
and the rest of Howick Township, with 'just about everybody
getting in some painting and decorating in preparation for the
big, celebration this week-Mal. Above, the post office at Gorrie •
A PLACE FOR EVERYTHING
GLEAN-UP, -PAINT ,UP WEEK IN GORRIE
County is 'dry' and the nearest
place selling liquor is more than-
25 miles away, in the next county.
Such ate the- peculiar liquor laws
of Canada". • ,
HoWetverezeiteaeonntk oeirriforeetin•
the fact that there ,is little crime
here. "Probably because it is a
`dry' town, Wingham has very
little crime. The three-man police
force usually has nothing more
serious than a speeding motorist
to reprimand'', he, reports.
Current News of Interest
Curreht hews iii. The Wingham
Advance-Times was of interest to
Mr. Revitt, during his brief stay
here. He noted that the council
had just placed a ban on fire-
crackers, and' that deficit of,
$9,455 made • an increase in taxes
likely. The loos.' fire department's
Barrel-over-the-dam raffle rated a
paragraph in his report; and 'the
prospects of Vaughan-es Frontier
Days seemed to be of interest to
him. "The folk of Wingham ad-
mire their past history and re-live
it annually in a Spectacular three
days of fun", he wrote, "Then
they go 'back to their shops, farms;
and factories to {work for another
year —a small town of honest
working people making a grand
contribution to Canada's economy!.
But the kindest' words of all in
Mr. Revitt's article were those
attributed to ishirt own Mayor R.
E. McKinney.
Said the Mayor: "Wingham is
still a town where' nobody makes
a fortune, and nobody needs to."
—Mr. and Mrs; Don Dunbar,
Mr. Irving t Theirinson and Mr.
Blyth Eagles, Dean Of the 'Univer-
sity of British Columbia, Vancouv-
er, B.C., are visiting with Mt, and
Mrs, Gordon Hastie, BItievale
in Oared. to the 'old days' when there Wee
Ileithing bat a connle Of hot plates, Admirjrig
the new'cupboa'rds art, left to. fright, Mrs. W J,
Renderson, Mrs. Sohn Mitchell, Mrs, aim 'germ,'
and lift% Stafford. llateson,
gets a fresh coat of paint, 'On the left is 'the wagon wheel and
evergreen motif, , with Which every post on the main street is
decorated. Gay banners , and streamers on the main street add
to the festive air.
Work at Fever Pitch in Howl&
As Centennial Days Draw Near
Mell'iliete Of Dram 180, CAnadlith Legion, dared
:Iftafinittsotbiwiggetlo,owtioienthea
c'hegiae for 4d0 repre-
seating 'the 'balance of A pledge for 006, 'to pay
for a hospital Ward, was presented to the hos.
,'DER,CH 13:LTING—Reports from
along tee Lake liuron shore in-
dicete net the succulent perch are
biting tnneee days and some people
Claim all you nave to do is weec
meet frona the beach to catch
11'them. What's. needed in Wingham
is a direct line to the lakesbore
with some one there to notify us
whim the fish start running.
Otherwise you're liable to get,
there just in time to find, they've
stopped biting,.
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HOWICK'S kcal DAY'---G el a
days in Hewlek are coming this
week-end, with a three-qay show
there that promises to outdo any-
thing previonely done in tne
township. Painters in toe villages
of Gorrie, Wroxeter . and Ford-
Wich are having tneir 'lands fail
coping with the work to be done,
arid those who aren't painting are
busy working on floats. You'd
never know the place, these days,
u o
AT A LOW EBB—Kids swim-
nileg at the dam the past • week
have noticed that water there is
getting pretty low and scummy;
Quite a bit of weed on the bottom
of the darn le towing taings up,
too, PALO. men have been busy
enlarging a sewer which runs
across the bridge, but =when that
job's done they ecpect to put' in
the boards of the •darn, • which .
should help the swirl-truing some.
PROCLAMATION . ., ,
Citizens of Ilowick Township
prke notice that, pursuant to. the
esentation of a motion passed by
the Township 'Centennial' Execue
tive, the Council of the Corpora-
tion of the Township' Of "lIdtVick
, prOclairne Saturday, ::June 30th,
1956, ,from noon to 4 p.m. a time
to close ail places„of business with:-
In the Corporations - ,
All citizens affected tare. asked•
to observe this same proclamation.
H. GOWDY,. 'Reeve, ' ...
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SATURDAY BIN'00
AT LEGION HOME
The regular Saturday evening
bingo, under the auspices of the
Canadian Legion, will be held 'at
the Legion Home on Saturday at
9 o'clock, Good. Frazee.* ' F2Orrb
Mrs. W. Claire Adarrie announces
the marriage of her daughter Lois
E. Daulphin to Mr. 'Kenneth
Charles Cerson of Harriston, on
Saturday, Jude 23, 1956, irt Wing-
ham, Ontario, F27b
ENGAGEMENT,
A bride-elect of June 29 is
Elizabeth ,Frances Bell, daughter
of Mrs. Bell' and the late Mathew
Pinkert:on Bell whose marriage to
Ray EclWard Richards, son of Mr.
and Mrs., Herbert E. Richards,
will take Plaee,iri,Kerwood Angli-
can Church. F27b
IFIENIORIAT, SERVICE
Memorial Service will be held
Sunday, July 1 in Brandon Ceme-
tery at 8 p,m, Rev, Chas, Krug
will be the speaker. In event of
rein service Will. be In the Angli-
can Church. ' 27b
NOTICE e .
The office of Dr. W. A. Mc-
Kibbon will be closed from July
1st until July 18th. F27b
RECEPTION
fteeeption will be held in Blyth
Memorial Hall on Friday, June
029th for Mr, and Mrs, Matirice
FIallahari, .Bruce's orcheetra, Ladies
please bring tend', EVeryote wel-
come, Il'27b
GOLFERS
Please note that the ladies will
ha serving a pot hick eupper at
the clubhouse this (WedneSdeY)
at 5,30 p,m, F271t
REIOELAlit AtEE'llINO
The Wingham Sinitternente As.
Sociatiov is holding a regtiltir,
Meeting in the Legion Home On.
Tuesday, July 3rd, at' 8 30, All
Otertibere are urged tri attetid.
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PAW. Morley tit, Hall, o Teroritcl,
11113310harY Stiperifitenderit .6f the
`elloWelein Of EVangelietil Dentist .
Clinrchet. in Canada, Bev, *tail •
Will preach at 11 A.M. and 7 p.m.
Von are welcome,
INDUSTRIAL LEAK
OPENS IN WINGIIAM
A new series inaugurated by the
O.A.S.A. .and the W.O.A.A. this
year is the Industrial League
Softball, which has now gone into
operation in Wingham with six
teams in the schedule.
Towns entering the industrial
series have,,the opportunity of en-
tering as, nianyeteams as they wish_
in their league, and out of these'
teams an all-star team is picked to
represent the town.in the W,O.A.A.
and O.A.S.A. industrial league
playoffs. It is hoped 'that the for-
mation of this type of league will
present more of the old-time play-
offs with bomebrew players.
At a recent meeting of the in-
dustrial league in Wingham, the
following decisions as to Policy'
were reached: 1. There Will be
double header games every Tues-
day and Thursday night through-
out the schedule, 2. The first game
will commence at 6,30 and a cur-
few for these games will be at 7.55;
the second gan-e will commence
at 8 o'clock. 3, The scoring sys-
tem comprises two 'points for a
win and one point for a tie game.
4. The game will comprise seven
innings. In the event that seven
innings are not completed it will
revert to the last complete timings,
owing to the curfew on the first
game and darkness on the second
game. Floodlights will not be
used in the regular schedule.
5. There will be playoffs for the
first four teams in the standing,
with first place team playing thitd
place and second place *playing
fourth, in a two out of •three
series. The winners will then ad-
'mace to a three out of five series,
for the Alex Coutts Trophy. A
trophy will also be presented to
the Most Sportsmanlike Player of
the season in the Industrial
League.
Fifteen minutes will be allowed
after the starting time for each
game, and if any team cannot field
all or sufficient players by game
time, the game will be awarded to
the other team.
Executive Elected
Tho following executive was
elected at the meeting: chairman,
Vie Loughlenn; secretary, Robert
McCreight; executive, Kinsmen,
Ivan Gardner; Lloyds, Charles
Moore; Berry Door, Herb Fuller;
Hydro, Kenneth Downie; 1.1,Fea„
Terry Nethery; Belmore, Kenneth
Dleksote
Wingharn' Girl Wins
In Nalional Contest
Among the winners rf prize
awards in the '2nd Annual "POP-
SICLE" Western Round-rip (Ion-
test is jean Jones of Shut& Street
customer of Silver-
Wood's.
Ydsitip; ;lean, who cOmpeted with
htithdreds of thousands of entrants
from all over the IJ.S. Mid Canada.
Wort tit handsome. Pair of gclitithe
Western Beets hi the 211d Week Of
,this heahltiloth teliaWeelt contest.
Things •are working to a fever
pitch in ilowiek Township these
days, as the time for the HoWick
Centennial 'celebration draws' rap-
idly near, Just aiiout everybody
in the :township has 'become 'in,
volved in the celebration in,some
way, and even residents in neigh,
bouring districts are getting into.
the act.
In Gorrie, 1Vrexeter and Ford-
sb vu
l
busy
yh . last week, pennants, ban-
ners and decorations were 'being
put up in the streets. Houses and
store fronts were getting et coat
of paint, floats were being built
and a cast .of sixty persons was
will be one of the highlights of
busy rehearsing a pageant .which
the show, Everybody seems to be
According to late reports, this
week, over fifty floats have been
promised tier the gigantic parade
scheduled for Saturday after-
eoon. Amateur fiddling and step
dancing contests have been
crowded with entries, and letters
from foriner residents' of the town-
ship, indicate that attendance at
the celebration` will be heavy.
Everything is just about in midi-,
ness for the first big day of the
Centennial, on Friday.
Three-Day Program
It will be a' three-day program.
On Friday, the seventeen schools
of the township will welcome
back former pupils in what is en-
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Wroxeter Girl
Passes Music Test
June Stokes, of 'Wroxeter, Was
successful in passing the Grade
II in musical theory examination,
held recently under the inierpice,s
of Toronto Royal College of Mus-
ic,
She is u pupil of W. xtichatd
Gray, A,R.C.M.,
HANNA ENTERTAINS
TURNBERRY CHILDREN
ON TORONTO TOUR
On Friday, June 22nd, the
Grade 5, 6, 7 and 8 pupils of Pow-
ell' e School, Holmes' School and
Glenannan School enjoyed a trip
to Toronto. While there, they
were d<oightfully entertained by
John W. Hanna, ALLA., who had
arranged, tours to the Museum,
Hydro Shop and Parliament Build-
ings. Refreshments Were served 'at
the Hydro Shop and Parliareent
Buildings through the courtesy Of
of Mr, Hanna,.
At the Parliament Buildings, Mr,
Hanna had arranged for the Rev,
A. W. Downer, Speaker of the
House, and the Hon. G. H. Dunbar
to. say a. few words to the child-
ren, This hospitality, on the part
of Mr. Hanna, certainly) was ap-
preciated by all who attended.
HOSPITAL
pital's Iris. C. Morrey,
• Above, John W. Pattisen, presidentp and Mrs.
Stewart Vorzyth, pt,eshient of the. Legion Aux*
diary, Male the preseritatien 'to Mts. MOrtey.
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