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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1956-07-11, Page 1With which is amalimmated the Morris yidettex and Wroxeter News THE WE•KiIIAM ADVANCE-UM-ES, WEDNESDAY, ejULY 11, 1956 To Headline Frontier Days Show Repairs to Howson Dam, Bridge On Council Agenda for This . Year RUNAWAY TRUCK SLAMS THROW ErtAk ALONG THE MAIN DRAG By The pedestrian, • • . NO FU . N ANY MORE—At the council meeting on. Monday it transpired that the Canadian Na- tipnal Telegraphs, 'which operates the new microwave tower at the television station, is going to •pue S a fence around the guy wires to prevent children front climbing up them, Furthermore the fence is going to be big enough and high enough so the guy wires will. be at least eight feet above the top of the fence. • As councillor Wil- kinson remarked, children aren't allowed to have any fun any more. thing will be done about the situ-, ation this year, Mr, Alexander pointed out that. water erosion and lee dainage were making serious inroads into the abutments of Howson's Dam, Ho said that something' should be, clone as soon an possible to remedy this situation, and asked council if it would be possible to re-face one abutment each year, 00 as to spread the cost of the project and not create too much of an expenditure in any one year, Mayor McKinney said that the council should seek expert advice as to the best way of going about What to do. about Howson's klarn was a question which' caused the town council some ,anxiety at its regular meeting on Monday night, And the only sedation seemed to be the spending of more money in a year when the bridge etringe had ealreader been tightened be- cause of a. rising mill rate. Councillor, Jack • Alexander, of the public works committee, launched the subject for discus- sion during the unfinished busi- ness ,portion of the meeting, and. that was about what it remained unfinished. business. There are hopes now, however, 'that some- Vacation Bible School Attracts Over 170 Children $1,112 Received for Crippled Children ThrOugh Lion's Club For several years the Lions Club, of Wieghene has sponsored the Easter Seel Campaign for Crippled Children, This community lrichnles the towns of Wingham, Lucknow, Belgrave, Bluevale and White-. eharcha Dormtione were received, ranging from 20a to $50.00 and eluded gifts from two grades in Wingham Public School. The total amounted to $1,112.20, given by 477 people, and was $107.00 more than last year, A crippled'' child is defined as one, who from birth, to 21 years, because of .die- ease, accident or defect, le restrict- ed in his normal muscular 'moves aunt,. Through the Easter Seal Fund, 'many of these children are provided with hospital treatment and care, braces, crutches, summer camps, etc. all of which help to. make their, lives more comfortable and happy. This is the work in which the Lione Club is proud to have a small part, and they thank everyone who, in giving a dor:Litton, has helped to put 0, crippled child on the path toward a better way of life, STORE FRONT Damage estimated at appreeti- matelY /1,000 was caused in the Burke Electric store on Josepl4e ' Street Saturday morning when' a sedan delivery truck, belonging ;to the Bateson Dairy rolled back- wards down the street, crashing into the window of the store, " The accident occurred at 9 o'cleek Saturday morning, Ferguson Riley, driver of the truck, said that Elie had left it parked outside Vanen's drug store while making deliyeriia, and when he came out .of the store it had rolled down the street and into the Burke store window. He said the truck was left in second gear. The truck backed Into the heavy plate glass window of the stoke, showering glass over the'interior and causing considerable damage to appliances near the Frank Burke, of Burke Elect*, said that a number of applian4e$ were damaged, including an elets- tele range, which was marked by flying glass. The truck was only slightly damaged. Town Will Need Swimming oo Says Recreation Head Our pet, Juliette, star of the CBC's Billy O'Connor television' show, who will headline a variety program at the Wingham Arena on Thurs- day night of the Frontier Days Celebration, A favorite :vocalist with television audiences, Juliette will star in an hour-and-asnale 'show at the arena, along with other top artists, on the opening night of the Frontier Days Celebration. , repairing the damage, adding that an outlay of several thotmand dollars was involved in Mak111$ • similar repairs 'to the darn let vale. Various suggestions were made by ceitacillers as to the best way . of effecting repairs, The deiving of steel piles along the leading edge 'of the abutments was pug.. gosted, as was the installation Of a steel plate around the front, which could be filled with poured concrete. Councillore were in agreement that something 'would have to be done before the condition of the dam and bridge, got worse. It was finally decided thet members of the public works and property committees meet with the Huron County engineer to ask his opinion as to the beet way of making ,'res pairs to the dam. To License Trailers , A letter from Alex Alexander, Huron fc (malty assessor, Was read' at the meeting by Town Clerk W. A. Galbraith, Me. Alexander 'drew the council's attention to emende ments in the Municipal Act cen- cerning the licensing of trailers within the town limits. Mayor McKinney told council that the town should have a by- law prepared to cover the licensing of trailers which are used as list- ing quarters, "The situation isn't too bad now, but we should have this by-law prepared before it gets worse", he said. ' The question of the license fee to be cnarged to trailer 'owners brought some discussion among councillors. Councillor Jack Alexander said that people living in trailers should pay tax equal to they school tax and the sewage tax. Town Clerk W. A. Galbraith Said that one trailer owner in town was pay- ing the regular mill rate on an assessment of $400, This was tot, low in. Councillor Alexander's opinion. - Mayor McKinney paid, that thought $10 mouthy Wonlite be ite reasonable charge:• for trailnrs) but oeherecouncillors ,tboughts,,this- too high. It. was finally clecideid to' have a by-law dra,wri up under which persons living in a trailer Within the town limits for over thirty days will be subject to' a license fee of not ekes than $5 a month or more than $10 a month, moyING INTO TOWN —HOUSE AND ALL The town of Wiiigham needs houses, and anyone who wants to move a good one in' is wel- come to do so. Thai was the 'dictum of the town council on Monday night when asked' for permission to move a house into town from Morris Township. • Mel Jeralyn, of the 3m1 line of Morris, was present at the council meeting on Monday night to ask if it would be OK to move bis house into towns It's a 30 x 24 frame structure, which he planned to set on a foundation and finish off with asbestos siding. • Council could see no objection, as long as the proper building permit was secured. "We want houses", said the mayor, "as long as they're good houses." Mr, Jermyn went away from the meeting happy in the knowledge that there is nothing to • stop him from moving into. town — house and baggage. Except one thing .that is. First he 'has to find a, building. lot to put the house on. The offerings from the school will be sent to two Christian Hos- pitals in India, earmarked for children's work there. These hos- pitals are sponsored by the Ca- nadian Council and the World Council of Churches. Need for , swimming facilities of project was something which should he undertaken by one of the service clubs, rather than by the town council. Short Summer Program Mr: Conron .said that a short summer recreation program of three week's duration would follow the winding up of Bible .Vacation School- at the United Church. Miss Merlene, McKenzie, who took charge 'of the summer program laet year. will again be. supervising the activities. 0 - 0 ; 0 SMASH HIT—Cal Burke's store was a popular place on Saturday morning, with everyone ceming around to gee the big hole in 'his plate glass window. One fellow said he must have opened; with a bang that morning, while an- other ,asked him if he ,werc throwing customers out the win-' dew now. Cal says the should haye had a recording of. the witticisms made that morning,. 0 - 0 - 0 , PASSED, AFTER ALL—Kids in Miss Howe's grade at the public school got a nasty turn last week when results were published in the paper. Due to a typographical error, some of them were listed as having passed 'from Grade 7 to 8 when they were. actually in Grade 8 to start with, giving the kids the idea that they hadn't passed at all, Principal Stewart Beattie was busy ' on the phone that day, telling pupils that they really had passed, in 'spite of the newspaper report.' 0 - 0 - 0 BRAKES OK?—Travellers in and ,out of Winghana got a going- over, last week when a number of Provincial Constables arrived in town and started checking brakes, horns and whatnot on the ap- proaches, to Wingham. It was all part of- a safety, check 'which has been going on in these parts for some time. flOE -00SE FOR FIRE TOWN FIREMEN SAY HOIJZSON'S BRIPGE. STARTING,. .TO CRUMBLS:: The .Wingham Vacation Bible School continues this week each morning, 9 till 11.45 in the United Church, Over 1.70 children have registered from the ages 3 to 11. New children arc still wel- come for the closing days.' Interested visitors as well as all parents arc invited to attend the "Parent's Night" at 7.30 Friday evening, Maey of the news songs the children are learning will be heard then and each department of the school 'will present an ex- ample of their mainline's ' work, Samples of the handicraft will he on display and refreshments will be served. MILES OVEREND GOES TO D.C, NEWSPAPER With regret the publisher of The AdyaricesTimes announces. that Miles•Overead, eneraberpf tite7etaff, for the past three and a half 'years, leaves 'at' the end of' this' weeirfoC British Columbia. Mr. Overend, who is well-known in this community as The Advance- Times' reporter and photographer, will occupy a similar post with The Vernon News in the Okanagan Valley. He will be succeeded hete by Les. B. Armstrong of Dumfries, Scot- land, who arrived in Canada three. Months, ago. Mr: ArrnstrOng has spent several Years in reportorial work with ScettiSh weekly newspapers and. gairien his photographic experience on aircraft carriers of the Royal Navy'S Pacific Fleet, where he' spent five years during World War II. Mrs. Armstrong, their six-year- old • son anethree-year-old daugh- ter expect to sail from Scotland in October to make their home in Wingharn: LOCAL REGIMENT AT CAMP THIS WEEK Local Druggist Elected. to Council The recent convention, of the Pharmacists of Ontario, held in Windsor on . June 17th,',saW the ap- pointment of •John McKibben to the' Council of the Ontario Retail Pharmacists of Ontailo:':Ile repteknielnietrice&OSsi2; 'enintifike ing the counties Of-Hi:iron,. Bruce and Grey. Mr, McKibben ,has praCtieed his Profession here in .Wingharra eince his graduation in 1937„ In 1945 he purchased his present business from his fattier,' J." Walton Mc- Kibben, Who• had served, the com- munity since -pot 'Mr, Melthabon has been active irethe affairs of the district since 1948, acting as secre- try until •19,53, Upon' his .resigna- tion he was succeeded : by Ross DeLong . of Southampton. Lee Vance, our other local pharmacist, who , has bein here slightly 'more . than. a year, was elected preeident-tit :the distriet at the annual meeting held in Wing- ham in May. These two men are endeavoring to bring to- the community the ethical practice, Of their chosen profession. They are also active in the study of Animal Health Pharm- acy; a relatively new branch of their work, vital to this predomin- antly rural community. some type in Wingharn was, fore- seen ,his week by William 13; Con, rota chairman of the local recreti. Lion council, as a result of increas- ingly high registrations for swite- ming classes in Teeswater this year. • Reporting to the town council ;on recreational matters at the coun- cil's regular meeting on Monday night, Mr. Conron said; that h50 children from the town had regis- tered for swimming clas.ses' this year. • • "This, number 'could have, been. 30,9„gattit..1„,eakYiE.c for that entinyl at TeesWater",' he told' council. As it is, preaent bus accommodation will. only take care of about .120 children, and the re- creation _council is hoping that there won't be a full turnout en any given. day,. or the . bus will be un- able to handle it. A good many children have been turned away hes cause. of lack .of accommodation. • Mr. Connell ,said 'ehat the t nen is going' to come eventually to the place where it will be, economically feasible to bUild a swimming pool to' take care of the many children who: Want'eto -learn to swim. He figured that, tt horrid ,be done, "more cheaply than a lot of people think". eTests„of' the' purity of the north branch of.the'Maitland have shown- that the water, is quite clean enough for swimming purposes," We told council. "If river water could be used in the pool—pumped into it and pumped out of it—it would save materially on operating costs and would not have to be heated as in other pools," Mr. Content maintained. If the pool was properly located near the river it might even be filled and drained by gravity, doing away with the need of pumping equipment, he stated. e Council expressed interest in the idea, and discussed various ways of blinding a pool, but felt that the Tentative Approval Given New School by Municipal Board on the upper side of the darn sithavitig even more wear than those on the lower side. Continued erosion might, seriously undermine the bridge, experts say. Ravages of time and water are showri in this picture taken last week,- of the abutments of Howson's Bridge, Cement work in the dam and bridge has shown serious ,signs of ideterlotation during the past few years, with the, abutments Whether fire hose should be used for cleaning the streets or. not ,was the subject of a debate at the town council on Monday night, Couheil finally decided that it shoulda't. Councillor Jack Gorbutt, enair- maa of the fire and band commit- tee, reported that the fire denert- meat had received a request from the public works department for' the use of fire hose for, 'nosing ,down the town streets,. He stied the' the fire department didn't Mind lending hose except for the fact that in case of fire, they might have to go without the proper equipment. Councillor 'Jack Alexander re- ported that -the public works de- partment couldn't, clean the streets properly because they had no fire hose. The last time hose was pur- chased for the fire department, the street men were supposed to in- herit the old fire hose, but as it turned out this was small hose not Suitable for work oh the streets; he pointed out. Mr. Alexander also said that' hose used by the, street department re- ceived rather rough treatment, which would be hard on fire hose that is supposed to be kept in good condition., Council decided the fire hose should not be used for washing the streets arid decided that the public works department should putchase its own used hose for use in street Washing Operations, SHOVEL? ANYBODY WANT A ONE INJURED IN TOWN ACCIDENT WORKER KILLED IN GRAVEL PIT EMI' About 120 men of all ranks from the .21st Field Regiment, RCA, arrived on Saturday at Petaseawa Military Camp for a week's train- ing in artillery. Men from the Listowel, Walkerton and Wingham batteries 'of the regiment will traine with two other artillery regi- ments at the camp, tre regiment being under the command of Major M. R. Oliver, of Listowel. Wingham members of the regi- ment left on Saturday morning for Petawawa, with an advance party leaving on Saturday to get things in readiness. The Wingham battery' will be under 'the charge of Captains Jackson, Ritter and Thompson, all of the 99th Battery. Other Wingham officers attach- ed to regimental headquarters will be Lieut. Jack Stephens and Lieut. J. J, Lewis. Men of the regiment will get a week's training on 25-pounder guns, and expect to spend most Of the time actually on the range firing, During their stay in Peta- wawa, the troops will be billeted in the barracks recently completed there. Sgt. W. E. 'Grover, who has attended camp With the regiment for the past seven years, will Make his last appearance with the regi- Ment at the camp this year, Next month he will be leaving for Winnipeg to Start soldiering with_ en artillery regiment there. RECEPTION AND DANCE A reception and dance in honour of Mr, and Mrs, Lloyd Anderson. W' will be held, to the Belgreve For ester's Hall, on Friday evening, July 13th. e trtiee's Orebeer,ra. Ledies please bring sandWiches, Everyone Weicerne. Flib RECEPTION AND DANCE A reception and dance will be held ih the Whiteentirch Memorial Hell, on Wednesday, July 11th, in honour of Mr, and' Mr's. Roy Daw- son, Ladles please bring lunch, Tif- firds Orchestra. Everyone welcome. Flab Mrs. Sarah MacKenzie, of R.R. 3; Gederich, received severe laurel- tions to her head and an injured left ankle in a car accident 'at the corner of Josephine Street and Albert Street, on Monday after- noun: She was taken to Wingham General Hospital for treatment, where her condition was said to be fair, Mrs, MacKenzie was injured when the car in Which 8116 was a Passenger was in collision with a ear driven by William C. Henry, of Wingham, at the intersection, driver of the car in of which t"Ietille' Dave MacKenzie; Injured veoreari was • tiding was proceeding south on Josephine Ind' the Henry car was going west; on Albert at the time of the mishap, baniage to both Vehicles was estimated at $300, Police Chief pert Platt investigated the acci- dent, Building Permits Total $85,000 Building permits to the value of almost $85,000 were approved by council at its regular meeting oft Mendes+ night. Biggest item on the list was a storage building for lumber and manufacturing for C. tielYcl & Son, The new building is situated Ori the north Side of Water Street. Other building pernlite were aP. proved for Wingham lifanufactur- hag Company, cement bloelt sheet metal shop; 1i'rnnk Howson, veran- dah; Mrs. Letitia Mitchell, frarete garage; Winghato General nospg.- ta!, cement block auxiliary lig,ht. lag' plant, COMING TO TOE RAPIST CHURCH olisi SUNDAY' —Rev, Cordon Lean of Dorehes- ter. Servieee at 11 tarn, and 7 Pall. A cottlial weicia 'a te waits yoe. a 'market for it. At a recent fileetiag Of the school hoard, Members asked that steps be taken to remove it front* the school property. /n the background is the new school which the shovel helped 'to build, nearly We yeate ago. Knee-deep iti clover at the south end Of Wingliam District 1-iigh School is 'this old power 'shovel, a relic of the days when construction gang's were out the toundetienis of the TIM school. Owned by a sub-contractor, it fell Into the hands 'of a financial house; Which as yet has net fOttrid Wingham's new public school ad- dition has received the green light from the Ontario Municipal Board —more or less. Chairman Scott Reid, of the pub- lic school board, this week told The Advance-Times that the Municipal Board has approved the proposed new addition to the extent that the board may now proceed to hire an architect for the new building, have plans drawn tip, .and call for tenders on the building, Approval rocelVed so far will not; however, permit the board to let tenders for the new addition until additional approval is received from the Department of Education. "It's a funny Way of doing it, but that's the Way it 'is," Mr. Reid commented. Approval of both the Department of Education and the Ontario Mini- Beard is needed before the kical board can let tenders' and go' ahead with the building of the new addition, Mr, Reid quid. The Municipal Bdattl approved fintnie alai arrangements, as fat as the town is dohtertied, arid the De, partnentoftuottiyap K .-roves the building from an educational Staildnefiet. ,(Please tern to Page nine) Edward Marley, age 25, of Felt- stone, One, an employee of the Brennan Paving ' Company of Hartintoh, was killed about ‘,11 o'clock hn Tuesday morning at the Hestinge gravel pit on the second line of Morris, The tragedy occurred when Mar- ley, who was working with a min= ing machine at the gravel pit, climbed into the Machine to re- lease a sticking doer, In some Way or other the Machine started while he was inside. Other workers stopped the ma- chine, and the injured man was taken out and rushed teinlie Wing. WA General llospital, However he was dead on arrival theta, Hissintel ttuthoritiee said, that he died froth severe heed injuries, br W, A, CraWford, local Comes Cr, her entibtliteed that an inquest will be held into the death of Mr. Marley' at the Wingham Town Hail on kriday, duly 20th, , JOIN ust ?tilt PARADE FOR, MORRIS CJ NTIINNIAL 13trild a float of any deeeriPtleal. Join in the ,Morris Centennial on August 8th, 'Good prizes .giVen, All floats welcome, For further haat. relation contact Milo• CasemOrt, chairtnari of the ParadeCorninit- tee. 1-11.41