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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1956-10-10, Page 1.177,97 f • e . GROSE ERROR—Somehow word got around towir this week that Whitney Grose, Ed Make and one i.. of the Lee boys had taken off for = New York to set the World Series. There wasn't it word of truth in Way, rumor, all three Were sorry to Way, 0-0,9 MORE BALL, LEaai PEOPLE-- Now' we ,find out that 'the'106, sea- son has seen more ball games in the local park than 'ever before. Unfortunately there were less People, out to see them than jn pre- Vious years. More than a' bit, dis- couraging for both players and. management.'— . • (1-0,0 SIGNS OF THE TIMES 'Appar:. ,ently traffic exhorts buyeawaicen- ecl to the fact that the average car driver decant see •too Well. In. Waltham' the stop signs haVeall been treatea , to 'a red., background on which white letters stand ,out sharply.. On Ontario highways the curve' and other; directional signs have': beep changed "to black• on yellow, while, signs which indicate routes to various, towns, and.cities are white on green; 'THEY 130 STAR'!' BARI,,Y—Al- ready the juvenile jokesters, have, been operating..on windows along the main , steeet with seaP.and wax, a full month befoie Hallowe'en, the occasion. which :is sapPbsed to 'Woe vide a one-night excuse iorasuch shenanigans, The joke ,'.gets more than a wee bit stale ,by the 'time' busy pioperty owners haver , ata tempted to: keep their ''windows clean for a month, a NEW APARTMENTS.--E imer Wilkinson's new apartment build- ing, located behind' his store on the, est side,. of Josephine Street, ,is regressing, with the`, exterior of the structure nearing completiOn. 0-0-0 BIG SHOOT—Over . 1.00 marks- men from this district turned out.on Monday afternoba to eompete in, the shooting match- sponsored by the Wingham Sportinen's Associa- tion. The sheet was held an a gra vel pit on the laluavale react' jest east of the junetiOn." Live .fowl Were offered as, the prizes,'with classes open for both 'shotguns and rifles. • • ' „ENGAGEMENT • The anga,genient is announced of Agnes'Doreen Carrie, Reg.N., daughter of Mrsa.Rabrirt• J.•Currie, Wingham, and the lateaRoaert J. Catrie to Welter'', Deitigla,s aline- sea, son of Mr. ,arid Mrs. W. D, Simpson, TeesWater, The wed- ding will take plate Sattirday; Oc- tober 27th at 2.30 • pon. in - the Wingham United Olairela ENGAGEMENT • Mr. and Mrs.' Roy Donald', of Geelph, wish to announce the• en- gagement of their youagest'ilaugh- ter, Norma Mitatikla to Ronald Thomas Short, 'sea of; Mr. .'and Mrs. Lawrence Short, Fergus' The wedding will take place in Knox Presbyterian Church, Guelph„ on Saturday, October 20, :he 4 p.m. Fiar EN GI AGEMEN 1" Mr. and Mrs. Webster' Jacklin, Wrogeter, announce the engage- ment of their daughter, Nora Clara to' Mr. Douglas Kaufman, son of Mr, and Mrs. Oscar Kaufman, 21 Mansion St., Kitchener, 'Lir wed- ding Will take place Oetober 27 at 5 o'ciech .at St. Paul's •Lutheran Church, Kitchener. • F10* BRIDGE CLUB • The Wiagiram.Balage Club is be- ing re-orangiied with a number of new members expected: Any per- aona interested in jaining are in- vited to the ..first meeting of this season' at the, recreation room of the Firemen's 'Fiala on Monday evening, October 13th at 8 o'clock. ANNUAL TURKEY DINNER, BRUSSELS UNITED CHURCH Annual Turkey Dinner will be held in Brussels United Church on Monday evening, Oetober from 6.30 to' 8' "pan. A Varied program will follow the supper. Admission $1.26 and 600. Flab molds: THURSDAY BOWLING LEAGUE a Ladies' Tlit'r'e d ay afternoon Bowling' League begins Octoaek sharp,_ Interested Members call Mrs. Alton Adams, pinkie 233. F10b KINETTE TEA AND BAKE SALE Will be held in the Council C'hambe'r, Saturday, October 20th, 3 to 6 p.m., Draw to, be made on ele e tate f rap att. F10,17to acilibdicekltyo, ease back 'Alia hot jninp trite the construction project t90 colljdaosrkewdatthiengbouanrdtilit.thi,7004141 when it was posaibie that tile Mort- 0 market Might be in 4 healtbieX, staoItef, ws i ne C Cc 0 tuhl ed 0:ajvceet 1 4 tv ea an 'tlo pgeert money as inexpensively as pogaible. eent of the taapayera' MeneY by waiting it would be worth it," said the mayor, ', if °ItnewOlnueldmbbeer pg)pfsatihblee'Ptoea rraqisilesktaede money locally, but doubts were raised la this regard. Wilfred White, contracter for the addition, who was also present at the meeting was asked. Wile could hold off Construction work. until the, spring. He replied that if work did not begin in a few weeks he vico'eArnutltrdeare th. acvaere ftuollywait ' for •several months and that this delay would the contractors te bold off and put he thought it would be unfair to tvveen aow and the spring was an- oo pt mhi neio. n. w hp ,ro:iatT eieamwtthlooa tbweatsfea4ci,te. de clog rd hti as possibly cause several ,complica- atir vAthwihthimSalleibie°11tra,et-"s as well them in a difficult position: The could inerease 'considerably be- spend the winter months on the contractors, had', considered this tact when they tendered for the job and he, • as well as the sub- fact that building material prices Board member :Herb Fuller said coriaidering all the difficulties the board decided that the arrangements ahould be made as quickly as possihle to sell the debentures,.at the best price ob- tainable and to start the censtrue- Lion of the new addition at an early date. Wingham Residents Married 50 Years On Wednesday afterneon, Mr. and Mrs. Martin Garniss' delebrat- ed their golden wedding anaiver- sary at thear home in Lower Wing- ham, As 80-year-old Mr. Garniss apd his 72-year-old wife cut:their, thl-ee- tier anniVersary cake .'to the' ap- realise of a host of frienclsa,akid 'relatives, the couple recalled tae day 50 years ago when they OWere married by the Rev, Geergaaaker, at BroWntown Church, .ia '1Vforris TOWnthhip. • ' ° 'Said Mr, Garniss, "The aun shining on Us 'today just as it was on our Wedding day." Mr. Garniss' brother Charles, who was groomsman at the wedding, and who is now in his 90th yeaa -gave a toast in which he expressed, the wish that the sun would shine on the happy couple for many years to come. The lady who was bridesniaid at the wedding, riow Mrs. Jack Gar- niso, and hor husband of Toronto, were also present. °there wno attended -Were Mr. ana Mrs.."aarniss"", folir children, Mrs. Leifle ,Melalaugalla, Mr. Harry darniss, Bokert Thompson, all, of Wingham and,Mrs. Jack Thema-, son, of ° Twenty-three grandehildren and 20 treat-grana- children were also present. ' • Mr. and Mrs. Gagniaa have, lived,. in Lower Witigharnfo,v the past 18 yeara Beeere that time. they farm- ed in Morris Township. Joins CKNX Staff, Miss Betty Ann Giesler, formerly of the office staff of Larsen and ShavV, •Walkerton, has joined the staff CKNX as assierant to Miss Margaret 13rophy, in the women's departnient. 1Vliss Giesler commenced her duties at ClaNX on Tuesday. LEEN DISTRICT C CONVENES AT DURHAM txperienc:ed rifleman, Percy Biggs, of Witighart, coine along to Watch the shooting event held just gives a. few pointers in the art ef the sheet to otitaide Wirighaan oa Moaday of this Week, yeaaabld Donald Young nf LticktioW, Who had Wits; which is sornalgemited the G?rrie Vidette end Wrozeter 'News THE WINOTIAM ADVANCX-T k iAtifA 1,5/14DNESDAIka Of7rOBVR. /0, BM ALONG THE MAIN DRAG by The radimitrtan KNIGHT, AND LADY ARE WELCOMED BUS/NgSSMEN WILL .f.EET ON MONOAX Me/inhere Of the .WhIghalla Bitahless Association are asked .to meet in the council clumdier at 8 o'clock next Monday even- tag, Detah” /.5, This meeting is a particularly important one as far as the merchants of the community are concerned, 'for at this time the , details of the Christmas Sailta Claus promotion will be dis- cussed, Other business will also • be handled at the same ,gather- lug. The executive of the Assoeia- tion is particularly anxious that. ,qty good representation of the Businessmen be on hand for Monday evening's meeting.. School Construction to Proceed .gin Spite of Debenture Sale ..Proble*1:,. KNIGHTED ,NIGERIAN VMS 'ST. ANDREWS FOR..,P.Y.P,S. RALLY Tvvo distinguished visitors to St. 'Andrew's Presbyterian Church ar- rived •on Sunday afternoon. They we Sir Francis and Lady Ibiam, who are at this time on a visit to-Ontario churches and 'who, dur- ing' the 'next 'two months, will visit Canada from. coast to-coast. o Sir Francis Akanu Ibiam was born. in Nigeria,. a member of the Ibci tribe. He received' his early edtieatiop aat. the Hcipe Waddell Training- School of the Church of Scotland Mission and continued his studies at Kinga College,. Lagos. entered the medical faculty 'of :of St: Andrew's University in. Fife- sait,e; 'Scotland. After graduation he ',asked to serve among his own, peoPle ;with the , Church 'Oa, Scot- land Mission, Sir -Francis, served in mission hospitals at Itu and Ubliru, and' for .a time at A,biriba, a hospi- tal ..which he opened himself and of which he was the only doctor: His Christian services were pub- licly ,recognized when he was nam- ed .in the New Year Honoufs in 1951 and was awarded. the, K.B.E, He 'received the accolade daring the-'recent visit of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth to Nigeria in Feb- ruary of last year. ,Lady Ibiam is a .Nigerian of the Yoruba tribe„ who was trained ats a nurse in London, England. She has One outstanding work in as- 'slating Sir Francis as a voluntary nursing sister. The' equate arrived at 'St.. And- rew's. Church shortly after three o'clock, Sunday afternoon and were received by the Rev. Alexander Nimmo, minister of the church, and Miss Mary ,Scottlk secretary of the London-Hamilton Synod Yount People's Society, The noted couple were then in- troduced to officials of the Y.P.S. and Were welcomed to the Fourth' Annual Rally which was held at the church -during the weekaend; Addressing the rally, Sir Fran- dis 'spoke about tae excellent work the society is doing and said that it gave him a ecat 'deal of plea- sure to speak to the young people on the important occasion of their annual gathering, Cancer Society to Hold Conference in Listowel Next Month The Wingham Branch of the Canadian Cancer .Society , held its first meeting of the season in the council, chambers on Monday night of last week. The president, John MeKibbon, Was in the chair and after a short business sesSion 'turned. the meet- ing over to the guest, speaker 'for the evening, Robert Sperling, areal:- dent 'of the. Goderich„Brarach., a.ar, Sperling explained to the Organiza- tion the committees and duties of the Canadian Cancer , Society. He brought with him Fted Sturdy, chairman of the education com- mittee of the •Goderich Branch, who gave a short talk on his duties and, purpose. The Canadian' Cancer Society is having a 'conference in Listowel on Novernbeia3rd, from 9.30 a.m. to 4,00 p,m. Anyone front 'this area who is interested in this fine Work is requested to attend, Any- one wishing to attend please get in touch with John McKibbop or the secretary, Mrs, Jas. A. Currie by October ,22. Watch this paper for notice of the next meeting to be held in Wingham, when it is hoped that. a large 'attendance Will be on 'hand. WiaA.A. Annual 1n ;Wingham Hotel The anhual meeting of the Wes, tern Ontario Aahletic Association was held irt the hotel Branswick on Wednesday 'night, About thirty members of the Association sat down to dinner prior to the meet- ing. Report, of the gathering will appear in next issue. 'at their Wedding More than 200 young peOple" ar- rived in Wingham over; the week end, from fowns within the SPIN of Hamilton and Leedom% They came to Wingham to take part, in the Synod's fourth annual fall. rally organized by the Presbyteriaa Young People's Society and held, in. Wingham this fall ' for, the :first time. would bq the outeorne of the Rally. Two Wingham girls, ,Mary. Scott and Mary 'McMillan, both members of the Synod P.Y.P.S. executive, who had spent several weeks pia- paring, for the, 'Rally, said that telegrams and good wishes for the success of the Rally had been ar- riving at• the church; from all over Canada. Margaret Hendry, first vice-pre- sident, presided on Saturday morn- ing and prayers were offered by Rev. A. Nimmo, ReV. M. B. McNabb and Rev. j. R. MacDonald. The Rev. Wayne A, Smith was the featured speaker on Saturday. He chose as his theme, "A More Excellent Way". Discussion leaders on Saturday included HoWard Salmon, presi- dent of the P.Y.P.S.; Garry Mor- ton,., John Allan, Donna Truscott, Kay Ferguson and Mary Chalmers. In. the .eveeing a banquet was held, the chairman being John Al- lan, convener af. Evangelism and, Stewardship. An :entertainment followed and the day's activities were brought to a cies° by Rev, W. K, Palmer, honorary president Of the group, Sunday morning services includ- ed communion at 9.30 and the mor- ning service at 11 a,m. A song ser- vice, discussions and a Missionary rally, at which Mary Scott, of Wingham, missions convener, pre- aided, Look place in the afternoon, Fair Francis and Lady Ibiam at- tended. On Sunday evening the installa- tion of officers was held after the evening' service in the church. afro n day morning the, young people attended services and dis- cussion groups at which Jean Clark, secretary, presided. PLANS COMPLETED FOR RUMMAGE SALE Plana for the fall rummage sale were completed when the Ladies' 'Auxiliary to Wingham General Hospital held their October meeting in the council chat/ibex% This aaleas on Saturday afternoon, Octobea 13, in the Wirigharn Arena, Commit- tees were forreelt and helpers ar- ranged, During the, month, two sewing groups had been kept busy 'with the ineading, While other groups Made new articles, The cutting toreinittee reported 241 articles ready to he sealed. Authority was given for the purchase of blankets, ailloWs and sheeting, Further plans were made for the fiftieth anniversary tea of the auxiliary to be 'held la the &nitwit chamber bn the afternoon of. Sat- urday, October 27 and to which the whole toreintreity ,is Invited. The president, •rs. B, fe. Kinney presided at the Meeting. WINNAM BRIGADE AT THREE FIRES On Tuesday, October 2nd„ one of the' biggest barns in alowick Town- ship' was •destroyed by fire. The 'barn, owned by Everett, Zurbrigg, was situated on the and, concession south of Fordwich, The fire was iirK noticed by Mrs. Zurbrigg who was in the house at the time and saw a glow Most of the farm implements, which were stored in theqdriving shed, were saved. Dainage was es- timated at about $20,000. Another barn fire 'on Tuesday of this week occurred in Lower ,Wingham. A small barn belonging 'to Ted Foxton was destroyed and. one calf died in the blaze. Wing- ham fire brigade prevented the 'on Parades The regular meeting of the. Cub and Scout Mothers' Auxiliary was held, on October 3 in the Legion Hall, The meeting opened with the Mothers' Promise and' the pre- si'dent, Mrs. W. Congram, tread a poem, "Training the Other Wo- man's Child". A short sing"-song followed, led by Mrs. J. Batespn with Mrs. G. Davidson at the piano. The minutes were read and the roll call taken by the secretary, Reports were given by the treasura er Mrs. J. Strong, and the sewing convener, Mrs. M. Keating. Cor- respondence was read by the sec- retary and several items of busi- ness discussed. Mr, Herb Fuller entertained the group with Moving pictures taken of several Cub and Scout parades and also other pictures of local interest. Mrs. Madill thank- ed Mr. Fuller on behalf of the group. Refreshments were served and a social hour enjoyed. Mayor R. E. McKinney, speaking to members of the 'Wingham Pub- lic School Eoard at their meeting on Fraley night advised the hoard that this was a poor time for them to go into the money market with the sale of debentures for a school addition. The school board, hewever, decid- ed to proceed With their plans to, construct an addition to the school as °quickly as possible, The 'Mayor had been requested 4) attend the meeting to give his views on the raising of funds for the erection of a 'new wing at the school which is to cost in the neighborhood of $80,000, With Mr. McKinney at the meeting •was Councillor Elmer Wilkinson, chair- man of the finance committee. y Mr. and Mrs, Gordon Godkin spent .the week-end at' St. Thomas at the home of her 'brother, Mr. Wilfred Murchison, attending a family dinner on Saturday before IVIr. and Mrs, Gordon Murchison of Ottawa, leave next week to make their home in Florida. However, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Godkin were surprised 'to find that the family had gathered to honour them, on the twenty-fifth anniversary of their marriage, and Mr, and Mrs. Godkin were presented with a beautiful bouquet of autumn mums and roses and other gifts and re- membrances for the occasion, The guests present were, Mr. and Mrs, Gordon Murchison, of Ottawa, 'Mr. and Mrs. Russell Bloomfield of Windsor, Mr, and Mrs. Duncan Murchison and Joan of Toronto, Mr, and. Mrs. Wayne Murchison and daughters of London, and Mr. and Mrs, Herb Elston and children of London, SATURDAYo IS APPLE DAY • - To -ring-the 'changes an lire an- elent adage—aAn apple a day keeps the boys. at play”, the boys being the members of the 'Wingham Wolf Cubs and BO Scouts and their "play", ranging from campfire siegsongs to doing good deeds, is a vital part of their training, Scouts and Cabs are taught that money should be ' earned rather than begged, so all over the world Scouts set aside a certain amount of time daring the year to go out and earn some money for Scouting. The Apple Day idea was started in Canada more than 25 years ago. ft began originally as• means of giving value for money received instead of receiving donations. On Saturday the Scouts and Cubs of our town will be on the streets and around to the homes selling apples. The boys are once again working for a cause, and one they believe in—a cause that threugh the years has- encircled the world and has done a tremendous amount of good. You can help the boys by giving generously, so take a leaf out of the Scouts' book arid be prepared, ! Help the boys to help othemselves. Incidentally you'll enjoy the apples! Sir, Francis and Lady ibiam, Nigerian uhris- dans, -are introduced to Miss Mary Scott, of Waltham, by the Rev. Alexander Nimmo, minister of St. A'ndrew's Preabyteiimi Church Sir Francis Celebrate Golden Wedding , TURKEY 'SUPPER AT' GORRIE Mernbera of Gerrie serve a hot turkey shaper in 'Goirie COmmunity Hall, Friday 'evening, Oct, 19, 6.30 - 7.30 p.m. Adults, $1.25; under 12, 60e. FlOh BIBLE LIELIVERAalialE TABERNACLE Come, bear and Seetire Word of God in aetien. Bting the eitati' lathe, lined, deaf and dillah. We have a message Of deliVefanee fer here. Jesus answered and acid again these tillage Whiali Ye do I Ma. and Mr.. Martin Gateias cut the gdicteri wedding take pinto their!, "Go atid • slieVir John hear and see," is 1.x:4.. Vlt, W. home Wednesday, when they celebrated their 'fiftieth Lodeia FlOb ariniVeraara With their fel-Villa,. and. Lady Ibiam visited the church on Sunday. and addressed the members of the Presbyterian :Yoking People's Society at their fah rally. et work in Listowel. The Wing- Over 200 Delega es Attend.: ; chaaimiedRatinrad, ,the geepmaerntmeenotneweans_ — • trated on saving a large driving Rally at • t.- An rew s . Y.P.. . . ,,,, ,Larveecithae i= -hbayd ledtotnineginiut cohutdabme: ' shed near the barn. Neighbors `,.;age inT the haymow. Mr. Zurbrigg was • 'In a message of welcome the Rev. .,fire from spreading to nearby Alexander' Nimmo;minister of St Andrew's Presbyterian Church`., said , • that although Wingham- was hot •a 5 Earlier' on Tuesday Wingham large centre, what it lacked in Size brigade answered a call to the it would More than make up in home of Charles Robinson, on , quality. The Session and Manag- Diagonal Road, Wingham, and ex- ing Board were happy that the tinguished .a chimney fire. Only Young People had decided to come slight damage was done. to Wingham and that they were , looking forward „ to the aairituad, k+, ,, a' enthusiasm and uplift that the rally a was sure to bringa Mr. Nimmo con' Scout ,Mothers See tinued by thanking the, gatheriag '., • once again for coming and said he Film hoped that Many lasting benefits' Reading a letter Which he had received from finarcial experts, Mr. McKinney said that they advised a "go slow" at the moment, to wait Perhapa until after the U.S.. electioa was over before trying to make debenture sates, • The U.S. election, it was explain- ed causes the bond market to flue- tuate and at present the market Is falling off sharply, Because of this aituation the sale of borate at a reasonable figure has become dif- ficult, After he had read the view of the' city experts, Mayor McKin- ney said at would be clear to the board how tight things are at pre- „sent and that the reason they had' been given this inforrriatiena was to see if they could find it at all pos- TO SELL ABANDONED MACHINE FOR JUNK Several members of the Wing- barn Branch of the Canadian te- glen attended the DiStriet C eon- vention held in Durharn core/Min- ity centre on Sunday. In all, more than ail!) delegates, representing, 18 Legion branches, Welt part In the convention, which was officially opened by Mayor Prittil Irwin, who extelidea a 'Wel- eoine on behalf of Durliain and ita citisens, Provincial Liberal leader Irarou- har Oliver, M.L.A. for south GreY, brought greetings frein the pro- vince anti ArldreW Beblimon, ar. for Bruce, represented the HeUse of CoRtutlena. New 00!•Ora Ware PreSonted to District C by David L. Burgess, of OttaWa, The telors were accepted by Rolland Fell of Guelph, :District C comilakeder. A/tong several resolutions paSS , l oci Was orie urging an increase in War Veterans' tillieWancea to keep level With the existing high Cost of living., Honored by Family HI BOARD DECIDES On 25th Anniversar The regular meeting, of the Wing- ham District High School board was held on Tuesday eveniag. A. D, chairman of the finance committee, stated that school expenses would have to be kept as low as possible for the next three months,. Be told the board that the fitting of one pane of glass, replacing a broken win- I dow at the school, 'had cost more than $28. In fact, said Mr. Mac- William, the total .cost of repair- ! ing broken windows had reached the sum of $435. It was stated, however, that future repairs would be less costly since -the sehool now has a supply of glass and would be, able to do the repairs much more cheaply because of this, Con- struction machinery, which had been lying at the bottom •iif the school field for a considerable time and which nobody seemed to want, should be sold as junh, de- eidecl members of the board. _They had asked some time ago that whoever owned the machinery re-, move it, and at the time had given a period of ten days ip order that this Might he done. No One 'had come ferward and it seemed that no one would. Board, member j. S, Armstrong 'of Brussels, announced to the board- that one of the members,. W. P. Todd, who is also a member of tas finance committee, was leaving' Brussels in the near future and would therefore not be attending any further meetings of the Bbard. School Principal, W, S. Hall, read the school enrolment report and said that the total enrolment was 469 pupils. During September the attendance was 94.5 per cent. Mr. Hall said that it is hoped to obtain jim Coulter, an ex-pupil of Wingham High, who is at pre- sent on the staff of the Stratford Teachers' College, .to give an ad- dress at the High School Com- mencement. Mr, Hall informed the Board that the Athletic Society had been formed with Dr, W, A. MC- Kibbon as honorary president of the boys and Jean Thomson hona orary president of the girls. - A heating system for the school barn was' discussed and it was de, cided to wait until the matter of costs and types of systems could be gone into in greater detail, ADVICE FROM. AN OLD HAND •