HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1956-09-05, Page 1:GIRLS, 'WE LOVE YOU!.
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VIN GRAM, ONTARIO, WVIDN
Married Fifty Yea)'s
Mr"; and Mrs.- Alex Hackett, Wingham, who celebrated their gelden
wedding on Wednesday of this week.
Railway on Mail Service Cuts
ommittee Named to Oppose
ity •The Pedestrian
BACK TO TOWN--ForgOt to tell
you last week that Mr, and Mrs.
Ross Hamilton, who have resided
in Seaforth, for the past few years,
have moved back to Wingham,
much to the joy of their many
friends here. They are occupying
anepartment In the W. W, `Arm-
strong home.
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-.NO SERIOUS MISHAPS--Fron-
tier Days were not marred by any
serious accidents, despite the
crowds which thronged t h
streets, One1 llttle girl was knock-
down by a Car, but :fortunately 'her"
injuries were not serloUs. With the
exception of a few drted fenders.
and one car door pushed in, the .
remainder of the" celebration was
without accident. Speaks well for.
the local police. force, , •
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THE .GOLDEN ROOM—Mr, and
Mira, Alex Hackett held a wedding
anniversary, dinner in the, Bruns-
aS wick Hotel„ on Wednesday evening'.
in :the hotel's new dining •• room.
This was , •the first Ocoaeion in
which the, new dining TOM had
••been used. ,It's nice to think the
occasion was ft Golden VVeelding,
anniversary. •
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MAITLAND LODGE No. 00
WATS ON SEPTEMBER, 601
Maitland Lodge 119 1.0.0.1ii'. will
begin Its regular Meetings err
Thiirsday, BepteMber, 6th at
8,80 p.m., In the lodge reoniS, There ,
Gaeta business on hand ae,
tifelloWa are urged t attend.
P29161t •
Thirty-five delegates from muni-
cipalities in the counties of Huron,
Perth, Bruce and Wellington gath-
ered in the town hall here last
Friday evening to discuss some
form of action to meet the threat
of railway service curtailment,
The gathering was also attended
by •L. E. Cardiff, M.P. for Huron,
Marvin Howe, _ Wellington-
Huron, John W. Hanna, M.F.P.,
Huron-Bruce and ...T. W,
M.P., Perth— •
The. Arteating Was- PPArkerl,' .a •
public notice which had been
placed on post offices in this area,
asking' for "bids" On a "tempor-
ary arrangement" for carrying the
mails other than by railroad. The
bids were to be in by Saturday,
Sept. 1st. •
' Representatives from. the towns
and townships wh,lch will be af-
fected by the rail cuts, if and
when they occur,, voiced the
opinion' that every indloation point-
ed to the curtailment taking 'place
'at once.
Chief concern in, the matter, of
course, arises from the fact that
the:rains/ay company was on the
brink of curtailing services four
years. ago. At that time it NVas
propoSed that not wily mail, but
passenger and exprebs service be
eco
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COUPLE CELEBRATE
GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY
Mr. and Mrs, Alex' Hackett, of
Wingharn, -.celebrated their golden
wedding anniversary on Wednes-
day, September 5th. They had,
dinner at the Brunswick Hotel
and later a family reunion was
held, in their Wingham home.
Among the many relatives and
friends of the couple who were
with them on the happy occasion,
were, their 13 grandchildren and 7
great-grandchildren. Also present'
were Mr. and Mrs. Hackett!s five
children, four boys and a girl.
Three of the boys;, Clifford',: Torn
and ,Alex, are now farming the .300
acres in Ashfield Township, first
settled 115 years ago in the Hack-
ett name. The other son, IVrelyin,
works in' the Canadian Bank' Of
Commerce, at Tillsonburg. Maizie,
the daughter, is now Mrs. Pharia
Mather.; of Kinloss.
Jenny Hackett, sister of Mr,
Hackett,, who was a .bridesmaid,.
and Mr., George,Hunter, brother of.'
Mrs. Hackett,' .who acted as . a-
greomsman,, when Mr. and Mrs.
Hackett were married at .Ashfield
on September 5th, 1906, 'were also
present.
Mr. and Mrs, Hackett have lived
in Wingham for the past ten.
years. Before coming to town they.
farmed at Ashlield. '
WON PRIZES ON
FRONTIER DAYS
The - feiloWing:,were winners in
the variona contests.; in. connection:
With Frontier Days;
Best frontier -boy,' Jon 13titeson;
frontier girl, Marjorie Kieffer; doll
buggy, Juliet Adams, Lois and
Donna ShoWers; decorated bike,
Alan Campbell and Sue Nesmith;
decorated tricycle, Connie. Cath-
ers and Mary Showers; decorated
Wagon, Jim Nasmith; Corinne Kief-
fer; Indian costume, the 'Minnie
Street Tribe, of Winghamc. and
Lonnie Boucher; Indian princess
Karen Elliott and Debbie Foxton;
cowboy, Douglas Elliott and Barrie
Conron; cowgirl, 'Cheryl Scott and
Freda Lott; comic dregs, Sheila
CreWson, Paul Strong/ and Greg
Brent.
Judges of the children's parade
were Mrs. R. E. McKinaey, Mrs,
W. B, McCool and Mrs. M. Mc-
Phail.
Saturday Winners,
Square dancing,' Tara Junior
Farmers, Deady, Bothwell and
Scenic City; amateur contest, Sha-
ron Ann Grubb, Bluevale, Mary
Ann Wright, Bluevale and Karen
Swanson and Judy Lunn, Wing=
ham. •
'olMlfitThr.oepilby
141117sIllad'xii9,born Harold Mitchell,
a renaber of the Canadian blind,
go feta' team, came through with
tOpaionois for the Canadian con-
tingtfit• at. the"LOndon • Hunt. Club.
lar:VTlitirsday .and . Friday. The
C.ap:snuad was led by former alit,
Ametigan football ':stat , Charlie
BesWelli and his teatn. won the:
36-419le• by 106". points. The .• • • Canadian score was 1466, while. the
Aniarielins made it in 1360. ' • • Barbara Ann Scott King, all-time
great in. the .figure skating. World;
presented the teophies to the win-
Mr. Mitchell, as 'top Can-
adian, with a total ' snore of 223,
was' Presented with the Seagram;
TrpPtlY, ,'son, Douglas, who
coached his father over the
Cokree; was awarded the Dr. W. J;
'A.."Otenharn Trophy for •coaches,
PUBLIC SCHOOL BD,
LS FOR TENDERS
The4irrn of Kyles & Kyles, archi-
tects, acting .for the ,Wingham
PublicSchppl Board, has called for
tericl'erS;fOr the OOnstructio'n ''Of a7
four-rOom addition to the present
schoolhuilding••• ' , : .• proVincial ,government authori-
tieS have already approved , the
plans submitted by the architeets
and'as . soon as all'tenders: have
been received they will be :examin-
ed and 'the selected tender will go
on to the Municipal Board :tor its
approVit, before construction work.
can be U# /taken.
The The ho ,met ;last night (Wed-
nesdaY) to ."poimine the plans' of .
thenewWi' '461i.l.:....! •ZOkit.i,
Attendance Higher . '
At Winghant Schools
The Public School attendance 'on'
the firtht day, TtiesdaY, September,
4th, was 413„ a slight increase on
the attendance figure of 'the first
day 'last year.
One new, teacher was• added to
the school staff this term, Donald
Kai, formerly 'of Morris TOwnship.
The attendance at the kindergar-
ten was 59, just' about' the. same
figure as ,last Year. Principal of the
school, ',T.. S., Beattie, asks parent's
whoae,..Children be five. 'before
Jaritta,ry ist, to , contact hini 'to
enable the:children' to be enrolled
for kindergarten. '
There is an increase of 20 pupils
this term at the Wingham District
High Schk561. The number of pupils
who attended on the first day of
the term was 452. In Grade 9 there
are 181 pupils; Grade 10, 111 pupils;
Grade 11, 82 pupils; Grade 12, 58
pupils; ,Grade 13, 20 pupils.
There is an increase of one on
the teaching staff, Three new
teachers this term are, Mrs. B.
Menzies, Miss Mary Ann Cleland
and G. O'Brien:
Weather Has Effect.
On Frontier Days
Financially this year's Frontier
Days celebrations were riot such a
success as they were last year.
However, The Wingham Lions
Club, who, are the organizers of the
annual celebrations, are not in the
red and blame the weather and the
late harvest for affecting the' drop
In 'their cash receipts.
D. NEWMAN LEAVING
FOR BAFFIN LAND
Marching ban,p0.,, children in Ian.'
'ey dram e9Whoya, Indians, 'horses,
clowns; fitikishine and rein, were .
the ingredients of this year's' tYron.
tier. Days; held in.Wingham from
Thtir8dey evening until Saturday
at ',midnight. The whole 'event
Carried with It a strong.flevour of
pioneer days, 'the; laughter and
merriment, 'of the, past and the'
'promise of a gay and '..prosperous
town:
Great credit is due :to the mem-
berg of .the ..Lions Club of Wing-
'ham for- 'the presentation of this
Frontier TVS idea, 4. development
which •f011owed the town's 75th:
anniversary celebration,, which was
observed two years. ago: The 15th
anniversary was so Unieb enjoyed'
that the. Lions have decided to
Continue the tradition of an an-
nual kodd time' in the town at the
lowest pOssible east to the people
who come out to join in the fun.
Last year and this Year the:
celebrations 'have been outstanding
successes. Frontier Days bring
back 'the ,spirit of an alder time
when .friendliness and good heigh-
liorliiiess were paramouat ,virtues.
• Opened Thursday Night
"',The 1956 Frontier DitYs got Off
to a rip-roaring' start oh Thura-,
day evening ' With the Juliette
$now,, held in the Wingham- arena,
which proved to be One of the fin-
est evenings .of entertainment ever
presented .in WinOhara, After the'
concert a dance 'WO held in the
arena and the cif:mi.:Ile-feature (M-
eter set the pace .for. the following
two days of fun and enjoyment.
Bright' sunshine. on Friday after-
noon brought out. a record entry
for the children's .,parade.. The
beys and girls .assembled at Rea-
vie's garage. and, led 'by the Lions'
Boys and Girls Band, marched up
the main •street to the park, where
judging of the costumes took place..
Spectators lined the. route to
Welch the colorful procession of
more than 200 children, clowns, bi-
cycles and. tricycles, as well as, the
girls who were :to take 'part in the
Frontier Queen. ,contest, each as-
tride a horse. ' •
• After the, judging, of the various
classes bad been • completed,,.Sha-;
ron Ann. Grubb°, 'Linda Greene
and Sandra MacLennan. gave a
fine deitionstration of Highland.
dancing. - '
Opened by John Ha:nna,
•The Frontier Days were officially.
opened by John W, Henna; .1VI.P.P.,
and he was accoMpanied on the of-
004 Platiorn.1
M.P., John Fist: c pt'
ItUron 'Count)'; Mayp,t! 'g.d''1c „pp 'Pf
of. Walkerton; -Marir
Kinney of Winihrga;::541..iT Pc14,0•••
shank: and Whitney aro', vroal-•
dent . of the Irons, diAbC4Refiff'
Johnny. Erent 44101.6 0,1)14.4k•VICIt Bellentine, acted as irtaiteitao of
ceremonies,
One :of the main highlights ,of
the afternoons .P4.9.COCiingS`'*.aVt*
selection,' of the:!;Fpritier f$4,00en
This year the loner!'went•
tractive Shirley Boucher of Wing=
(Please turn . tO 'Pag?.. )
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.t4ree
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Leave .on Trip
To Labrador
Norm ..Welty cod left . Wingha_m, oir" :
•
John Cruickshank, .I• d. Blake:.and.
Monday on' the first stage' of, their .
journey''bY..air to Goose •44.45.;;Tab-.
rador, where they areto .clo 'public
ity work • for the Ria4z...rearo of-
-the trip is to be spent iear-Indian
'House Lake on the geOrigg • Oilier,
'which floWs into Ungava; Bay.. The. • .
beys• hope••to..tili
Atlantic. sialmOn. •• •• • ":.•• • '
The trip is expected' to take about •
ten dayi.
cut off as *ell. '
The 'lines which are affected 'by
the mail service. 'change are 'those
from Palmerston _to 'Seithampton,
Palmerston to -Kincardine and
Stratford to Goderich Mail clerks
on these lines were nOtified some
time ago that their service's would
shortly be dispensed with.
Expressing his views on the pat-
ter,' Mayor R. E. MOKinaey ,of
Whighant ' Bald, "riOWis lie t1*
to take action. the'tallWay.
wants, le eopripMise; let Ahem.. stl4 r t
at the top." •
L. E. Cardiff --eXPreased the pp-
Mien that the railway Would find
it difficult to prove' that the mines
in question are .:aotnally losing'
money. Marvin 'Howe,:•pOinted Out
the fact that only the poetal auth-
orities have been 'notified, of the'
proposed change `and k ''CillStiOli6d
OA reason for keePhig; .Municipal
representatives in the dark about
the plans. . -
Following the discusalohs a cern-
mittee was named to take , what-
ever action is ,deemed necessary to
maintain the present rail 'services
and to seek 'an improvement "If
that is poSsible. Mayor- "Joseph
Chilvers, of Kincardine, will head
the committee Which
as follows: Mayor JA I.% Huckins,
Goderich; Dr, E, A. McMaster, •of
Seaforth; Mayor, D. Leith,• Lis-
towel; Mayor Edward BaCkley,' of
Southampton; Reeve Norman Ha-
gedorn, Paisley; Reeve R. G.
Bridge and Percy. Watt, PitImere-
ten; Mayor R. E.,Mcitinney, Wing-
ham. , Committee secretax•y.will be
Aubin Lautinslauger, of Kincar-
dine
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ALONG THE MAIN DRAG
QUIET-Isn't it quiet around the
home these days, It, lä alnlost as if
something had suddenlychanged—
course the children are' haelt at
school again and that may have
something to do with it.
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iiST—Sheriff John Brent g...ies
well deserved holiday this , after he ties up any loose
ends that may be left from Frontier
Days celebrations, We hope he will
have as good a time as' he seemed
to be having during' Frontier Days.
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MORE HOLIDAYS-L4We ,,,, feel. a
• public holiday should- be clpelared
'!' every time the Weather foreeaSters
say.. it will rain. Then we' den have
all that extra, time ,off work to
-laze around in The.,attnehitie, ' • '
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THREE CHEERS-L-The Ineinbers
of the Whigharn,Lions Chili did a
wonderful job organizing this
year's Frontier Days .but the big-
gest cheer•of all should go to a.cer-
tain Lion who was seen looking
after two little Boat beys, they Were
really, beating the daylights, mit of
that Lion'a nerves!
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AT HOME ,ON THEIR
' GOLDEN ANNIVERSAtit
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. McMurray,
Brussels, Vvillsbe at home 'to their'
friends and neighbors on`Wednes-
day evening, September 10, from 7
to 10 o'clock on the oceasion of
their Golden Wedding Anniversary,
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NOTICE
The regular Meeting j the
Ladies' Auxiliary to the Wingham
General Hospital will be held in the
council chamber on FridaV, Sept
Wilber 7th, at 3 o'clock, Olood at.
tendance is hoped for as • there 'are,
important matters to be disetissed.
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TEA AND BARE SALE
The Ladies of the Presbyterian
Church of Belgrave is holding a
tea and bake sale in the Foresters'
Hall, on Priday, September 21st,
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21.0 REGIMENT • .
COMMENCES tHAn44100
The Officers and NCCO of the
21St. Regiment will begin training
en September 10, Ranks begin par-
ading on Monday, September 17th,
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CLOSING NOTICE
Adams' Hairdressing will be
closed from September 14 to Sep-
tember 29, inclusive, F5*
GUEST SPEAKER AT
BAPTIST CHURCH
On Sunday the guest speaker at
the Baptist Church will be Mr,
Ross Laidiaw of Kitcheher. You
are invited to attend.
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R FREE—Whitney Grpsc
president of the Wiegham •Lions
handed out more than 25 doien lee-
cream cones ,at the park last Fri-
day, courtesy of the 'BrunsWick
Hetel,
ENGAGEMENT
Mr. and Mrs. Robert' SOini Dealt
of kingettni wish to autiounee the
engagement of their only daughter,
Mary tanet Irene to Robert togene
MeMorray, eldest son of Mr. and
Mr"8, Robert gnmes McMurray of
Wingharri, Ontario, The marriage
Will take place on Saturday, Sap.
teinber 20, 1050, at g o'clock hi St,
Unites Anglican Church, Inigston
Ontario. 1716 4
POLICE INVEST1hA1l
RASH Of ROBBERIES
Seven break-ins ovei the week-
'bad in this district were reported
to pollee. Three took place late
Friday or early Saturday morning
in Wingham and in each case sums
of money were stolen,.
Hamilton Beverages plant, Mc-
Kee Bros.. Ltd, agricultural imple-
Monts, and Cunningham Motors
were the raiders' , targets. The
thieves entered, the buildings
through windows in each case, and
it is thought that the Shale gang 10
responsible for all' the robberies,
" yelgrave Co-operative was en-
tered late Saturday or early
day morning' but it is belleVe.d that
they were frightened off When they
heard someone approaching, Noth-,
Mg Was reported stolen, Three
other break-ins, involving tile theft
of money were reported, from
ton, Dublin and Brodliagen, Police
'are still investigating the theftS.
O far no attests have been made,
further outbreak of robberies
Was reported from the TeesWater
arid Kincardine .district yesterday.
Pull details were, not available at
the time of going to press but it
Is understood that three break-ins
were reported from the Teeswatet
area and one froin Kiadardine.
Queen'of the Wild Frontier
Frontier Queen, athlietive t hirley toucher, Who gained the
during judging on krldity
onor
Don't look now but your Advance-Times is show-
ing. It was, and to advantage, because charming
Lois and Donne. Showers gained a second prize
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in the children's parade held In Wingham On
Friday.. They are pictured here on their Way to
the park where the judging was held:
WINS DOMINION FIDDLING CONTEST
Many will be interested to knOW
that Mrs, rted'NeWriaaii of Clinton,
forinerlY of Wingham, and her son,
L.S.C.S. Douglas NeWintin, left on
Sunday for a trip 'to 'Edmonton,
Alberta, where they will visit With:
Miss Betty •Sinie Newman, who has
position as stenographer With the
civil 'service at the tdnienton
port, .Douglas is oil silt-weeks home
leave 'Min Man., and
reports next month at Ottawa for
two ,Weeka before leaving by plane
forFrobisher, Baffin Land.
A.C, 1 Donald NeWitian, with his
Wife and fablily has also been on
leave' from :Mont Apiett,
repotted on Tuesday at North Bay;
Mrs Newman and ttie children are
with her . parents, Mr, and 1121'3,AF
David But61101On, Edward Street, key BenWicit she-WS the champion fiddler'S: trophy, left to tight, jails? Morrison, t; MortiSon, Roy
11681 Vit. 'Newman secures a home Which he won, to :1Year-Old Judy Morrison, „after Benwitir, .0„Atibeault arid Whitney Giese, presIA,
in North Day, 'the PreSentatiOh Of' DAUS at the arena. Vein dent o f the Lions that, ,
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