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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1957-05-22, Page 11TOUR 1$4111VIIILY • SHOE ,STORIE A shoo-fly track is a temporary raileeaY track, used to . • detour traffic while the permanent line is being reconstructed or repaired.. EN I ...0•001""w Therek CANARIA ARMY': RECRUITING TEAM coming to YINfillArARMOURY EVERY THURSDAY. - 12. noon Mrs. George jermyn, -of Clinton, spent the week-end with her par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Caul-, tes. Mrs. Arthur Shaw and Miss Ernma Johnston spent Sunday at' Grand Bend. • • - Sunday visitors with" Mr. ' and Mrs. R. H. McKinnon Were, Mr, and 'Mrs. Cecil IvIcKinnon, of Tor- onto, Mrs, Alex Armstrong, of Brussels, and Mn and Mrs. J. K, McTavish and family, of Turn- berry. Miss Curtis Holds Office Twelve Years BLUEVALE—The, Women's In stitute met in the community hall on May 15th, the president, Miss Ruby Duff, presiding, The rid' call was ..,'What to- serve to unex- pected guests".. - .1.11SADEMAX • • -• in- convincing their friends about the service at DoWnie's. The friends have been customers for years. Eleven :pike take the place of the, phote..a•rpher's "cheesecake" to bring a smile to the faces of these Wingharri anglers on the 15th of May, the opening day of the pike season. From left to right are Slim Boucher, Al Cherny and Lucky Ambeault. The fish were .caught "north of town" in case, you're" interested. HELLO POLES: Time is running out, Mlection Day is coming eloee, I would like la discuss With you through the medium of your local radio sta- Lion a feW of the,eleetieri issues. I CKNX 92a. FRI., MAY 24, 12.15-12.20, noone hour, CKNX, 020 Wirigharn; alto. TITMSe MAY 28 12,15-12.20, noon; hour. June 10 Re elect 1VIARVIN Your t ereani peUrirte recessed at), -we 5, liowm treat!'! nettell0 'apoated ';$ has. ee ealeh • INDUSTRIA:1# ..S.011.1.13,814. TRURSDAY ..44P' 3 •IN 1rIC LOUGHLEANS • SH: W1NGHAM 'r. r. Award to Be Given By Canada. Packer's Beginning in 1957, Canada Packers is giving an annual, award* toe student in grade XIII of the Wingham District High School. It is to be known as the Canada, Peckers Award, is yalie4 ed at $100 and is available to the 'student who obtains high academ- ic standing in his or her final "examinations, and who- shgws. evidence of furthering his or her • education, " In" deeiding upon .the recipient of this award, a committee/ corn- posed of the principal and teach- ers of grade XIII anbjecth in the: Wingham District High, School will take into consideration the following: ' 1) Academie standing on grade XIII vdepa,rtniental examinations The : 98th running of • the track on a network of 19 English language stations from Quebec 'City to Regina, The latter eity,Inis just been added to the network. On radio, the race will he cover- ed by the C13C Trans'-Canada net- work arid a number .of supple- 'ien ar stations. Both broadcasts will be approxiMately half-cm-hour in length and are tentatively scheduled •to begin at 5 pan., EDST. For the first Hine since the race has been telecast, there will be no blackout in the Toronto and Ham- - ilton areas, • • Pre-race highlights on both tele- vision and radio will be covered a number of leading sports and fashion commentators, In addition, television viewers Wilt see the cere- monies attending the presentation of the Queen's Plate by the Gov- ernor General to, the owner of the whining horse, queen's' Plate The history of the Plate is stud- ded with all the romance of horse racing. The first recorded winner of the, Plate was a horse dolled ',Den Juan in 1860, but the records of the 'Royal household show that the rate was inaugurated hi 1859. The race was originally run for Queen Victoria, 'NoWticlaye, how- a perse of 50 glaineaS donated by eVer, the financial Virtue Of the 60 guineas has been greatly over- shadowed by the added inoncY of the Ontario leekey,,Citib, plus the aubseriptione and the Plate 'can Mean to the *failing owner, a purse well hi excess Of 825,000, The face Was run ,for the first time last year Nele WoOdbint Bear Ontario, coatidered to be the most inedern racing plant NO FISH HERE, E71, Radio sales continue to.monist; TV set ate to slide lower, re- ports the iinancial Post, In V'eb- marl, some 50,292 :radios were, Sold, 7,2% more than "pl, Year ear.; lie' With higher eelet of ear ritcli- 66, pertables Aria combinations More then offsetting afire in stiles of home Sots, But TV 'set sales "'during the month' totSiled Only .48,08 or 28 'per cent. feWek than the ,tO,til ttrittlAt in the semi rnonth last )*ear. eliangIng,, Title Country le too Mrs. Carl Johnston, district director, reported on •the 'district executive meeting held recently at Ethel. She reported 'that thh' fall rally would be , held at Blue7 vale 'on October 7th and .the -dis-: triet annual meeting 'at. Fordwich on 'May 23rd, Delegates appointed to the district annual' are Miss Margaret Curtis arid, Mrs. 'Stanley' Da;:hlienrge , 'was some, discuesieri about, district home-making courses, Mrs. Gordon Greig agreed to be leader in a 'rug making course, with Mrs.' Jos. Horton 'assistant. Mrs.. Carl • Johnston conducted, community singing with Mrs. Alex; Corrigan' acccimpanying. 'A • •S'erSe amusing' skit 'illustrating the' vagaries of- a sick 'person Was' presented by 1VIre. Norman' Ilea: Laughlin, Mrs. Horace Aifehisen, Mrs. Wilfred Henry, Mts. William Lapp and Mrs. James:Henrar of the Wingham Women's Institute. Mrs: Gordon Greig •gave 'a humorous reading by Robert, 'Service. Hugh' Mundell sang his first .prize.ntlin- ber given at Turnberry Music Festival recently.' Mrs. W. 'J. Peacock gave an excellent detail- ed :report of the recent 'officers' rally at Guelph. A pleasing feature of the meet- hig was the presentation of •a gift, to Miss Margaret Curtis who has' resigned as secretary of the Bine-, vale Branch, after twelve years, in office in two terms. Mrs. 'Har- vey Robertson read an address of, appreciation and airs, Carl john- ston presented the ;gift. The singing of "0 Canada" concluded the Meeting after which refreshments were Served by the committee, Mrs. Alex MeCrackin, Mrs. Harry Elliott and Mrs. 'Chas. Coultes. total of $112 Was collected 'by Women's Institute members for , the Red Shield Drive, the ter- ritory being the 13 Ihire and the fourth line, TurnberrY and Blue- vale Village. CNR :Museum Thin Sta-rts 1957 Tour The IVInseura Train, Canedian, National RailWays' Tolling histori- eel exhibit, will Start its 1957 tour, this week at St. Lankbert, Quebec,: and will be on display for three days in conjunction with the eity'S centennial celebrations, St. Lembert's association with' the ClaIR and its pred-ecessor dates back to the early'daers, railroad- ing. Canada's first railwey, the - Champlain and St.:Lawrenee, tended' its rails to gt. Lambert' in 1852, • Bernard Lillow, of London, spent a few day$ with his mother, Mrs. Nellie Lillow. . Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Griffiths and Bob, of Brampton, were week•end, visitors at the home of Mr. and' Mrs. Charles Boerne* Mrs- John McKee, of Montreal, is visiting her mother; Mrs. Joseph Curtis. by, Ambrose Hills We got talking about men who had made Comebacks. Fellows who had been right down to their 4pers, then suddenly 'started to climb 'up :again and never stopped. We •all admired them, and perhaps envied the'm a little for the adven- ture they must have found on the comeback trail, Then one of our group macle.a,:wise observation I'd' like: to pass ,along. "You know," he said, "you don't have to fumble down the ladder to make a cornebeek. Wherever you're standing right now, yob can still start climbing, You know What mean uee the sable kind of: energy those comeback boys used, Only start from( the spa you're in :right now, high as it May be. "I remember a fellow who did it. He was riding high, too, and proud of•his position. lie had a good job, belonged to one of the finest clubs, owned his own home. You know the sort of things. , "Then his 'Company sent 'him on a trip. During the trip, he was 'to see his counter-part in another branch ey the Company . a mar. with a similar job, and presuin• ably a similar place in life, "He had his eyes opened. His counter-part was not only doing the job better, but had taken ur additional studies and was, to all , intents and purposes, ready tc climb another rung or two in a' hurry, "Henry came back a new Within six months we all knew he' was slated for bigger things. He really began to extend himself, and. e've 'rybody was surprised at his capacity f6r work and learning. "Maybe you couldn't call that tt comeback, but it took the same , kind of stuff—a willingness to do better each succeeding day, That's all a comeback amounts to." I thougheabout that a great deal, Maybe the mart who is already fairly high on the ladder' needs Veen Moro courage to climb than the Chap Who 41E4 fallen to the, bottom and has nowhere to go but' up, One thing I am etre :of. We llVe, in the kind of nation 'where such, ail:bides are sip to the' individual. You are free to climb or free to elide. There was a trend, a few yeark back, to try to Mill 'every-' Body 'doWn to the Wile 10'061, to; 1**a9rd lanuit iiid puiilislr *tiede8s, But fortutately that *tisirta 1+1 The Ladies' Wednesday Bowling At the' regular meeting of the League wound .up the season's Wingham .Sperternea's Association bawling with a banquet at the held recently, Ed, Meadows, in a Queen's. Hotel. talk about fish stocking, gave the 1+4,p.. for tire evening,was Mrs. club several valuable suggestions ');Viklaa ."•Kefr, Trophies Were pre- sented :'to .league :champions Thel- about the construction' and open- ince •RoWsell, Jane Burke, Irene atIon of fish ponds, Mr, Meadows T'errott, Hilda Brown, Nellie Gan- also investigated, property belong- nett, Margaret WormWorth, and 4ng to the club and said that it Wilda Agar, Play-off, champions were Nona coTulhd bmeetinge iemade a in ideal nelucie trout pond, dtheshe w,, Elliott, Florence Maclntyre, Elean- or Horton, • Muriel Grummett, ing of several movies on wild life. Preeident Slim yvonne .De Groot, Mary Louise Boucher Flach. High average Winner was HildaBroWn; high 'single and ' Ruth Lott, •• •The executive for '57-58 was named as follows: President, Nona Elliott; sec Hilda Brown; tress- urer;•Betty ;Sanderson. Euchre and bridge were enjoy- ed at the .Legion Home following the banquet with prizes for euchre' going to Freda Gauley and Molly Perrott, high and low respectively. Bridge prizes went 'to Mary Louise Flack and' Vera Schneider, Coffee and 'tarts were served. ;WEDNESDAY LEAK 'SPORTSMEN HEAR ANNUAL BANQUET ABOUT FISH POND The following schedule has been arranged for the Tri-County ball series: Pee-Wee imp% May 24—Kurtzville at Fordwich May 24—Trowbridge at Palmerston May 28—FordWich at Palmerston , May 28e-Kurtzville at Trowbridge May 31--Ferdwich 'at Kurtzville May 31--Palmerston at Trowbridge Trine 1—Palmerston at FordWich June 4-Trowbridge at' gurtzyille June 7—Kurtzville at 'Palmerston June 7—Trowbridge at Fordwich Midget League May 23—Kurtzville at Drayton May 23-Wroxeter at Newry May .27—Fordwich Kurtzville May 27—Drayton at Wroxeter May 30—Newry at Fordwich May 30—Kurtzville at Wroxeter June 3—Newry at Drayton June 3—Wroxeter at Fordwich June 6—Kurtzville at Newry June 6—Drayton at Fordwich June 10—Drayton at Kurtiville June 10—Newry at Wroxeter June 13—Kurtzville at Fordwich June 13—Wroxeter at Drayton June 17—Fordwich at` Newry June 17—Wroxeter at Kurtzville .Tune 20—Drayton at Newry June 20—Vordwich at Wroxeter June 24—Newry at Kurtzville June 24—Fordwich at Drayton TRHOUNTY.LEAGUE SCHEDULE 'ANANO of was the in the association, chair. tome With the'Crowds to ' Western Ontario's Biggest Cash Bingo ,3 CARDS FOR $5.00 ADIVIISSION' Entitles You tb Play on ALL 16 BIG GAMES at the $5,000 Cash Bingo Queen's 'Plate, oldest continuously run racing feature in North Am- •erica will be sponsored on both CBC televisi6n and radio this year by'' .C4drieral Motor's of Canada Limited. The race is to be run on June 8th, , The turf classic *ill be televised live from the .New Woodbine' race- Doors Open. at 7.30 pin, — Games Start at 9.611 10.1n• $500 DOOR PRIZE Eadh Copy Of this AdVertiSentent presented at Arena Door ,gives you an EXTRA CHAN& on the 00.00 Door Prize, 2 Games for $1,000 2 Gaines for $250 2 Games for $ 500 10 Games for $100 Extra Cards, $1, each—Mee Good To Play On MI Gaines AUG PROCEkDS Pt* iitim 00,..*V11/ SEItVIICti CLUBS POOL Advance Sale Tickets] Write to' Frank, Cook, Bingo Chair:MEI, :Chute; °MOW'. , in June; .2) Qualities of leadership ,:and character ;1 's 3) Financial need. This , • award will 'be presented to the winning studeat on rn: , the Co mencenient Day • following the examination results. i CNR Appoints Traffic Agent If you want to know ..the' best place in Canada •for speckled trout fishing, where to find a moose or the most likely spot for hunting bears the man to call is Humphrey Payne, who has been' appointed by Canadian National • Railways as tourist - traffic agent at l+tontreal. Mr. Payne brings a wealth of knowledge of Canadian outdoor life as .well as 30 years' experienee at 'CNR to his new-job, which en- tails advising holiday-makers how to get, the most„ out of- their vaca- tions. That means being ready With comprehensive, accurate and up-to-the-minute information on hunting, shooting and fishing pros, pects throughout the length and breaelth of- Canada, CI • SERVICE 111 .1(41.-i'`.11 surjesttlf.Arggt,V•''' .cuRryca' mos • • GE40.e,„ 3 13.1 r•.1" e Year", This year may see. the most vigorously contested race in many years. The turf authorities are de- bating the merits of such colts •as Ali's Pride, Lad Ator, 'Chopadette, Lyford Cay. and, Flying Atom. Sev- eral °there are conceded good chances in •the, 98th renewal, The several Plate winners have been Outstanding .horse e,' either in the field or racing or es sires. Mr. E. P. Taylor's Cana.clianna, who won the Plate in 1953 is at this tithe the biggest Canadian anone3r winner of all time. Bunty Lawless, who wan the Plate in 1938, was considered to be Canada's greatest sire until his 'death laet year The distances of the Plate have ehanged several' times over its 98- year history and this year it is changed again, going out to the middle distance -of a Mile and a quarter, This racing feature, which is for Canadian-foaled 3-year-olds, was; known as the Queen's Plate until the death of Queen Victoria in 1902 and then it beet-Mee the. 'Ding's Plate until the coronation' of 'Queen Elizabeth; but whether Called the king or Queen's Plate, it has attracted the interest of horsemen throughout North. Amer- ica for 98 years, and this year, with the second 1.'01MM at NOW Wood- bine on Janie 8th, will he no eXe eeption. WOW AND WATER Pete Pettersen, of !Midland, Earle, well-knoWri Skier, holds the.. record- for the largest RainbOW trout caught in the Province, 'Belmore, Wingham .Play Ball The regular . meeting ,Of • the Wingham United Church Y.P.U. was held in the form *of a softball game, with Wingham 'playing libst to the. Belmore Y.P.TJ. Wirigham landed on fop with a score of 1n to 3, Getting runs for BelmOre Were, Sandra Wright, Peter Newans and Murray Mulvey. Runs for Wing- ham were taken by Francis Walk- er, Bill Crawford, Merle •Gowdy, Raymond Walker, Muriel Cowdy, Danny Stuckey and Don -,Jardin; ' who got the ,only home-run of the, night, ' , After the game 'everyone went back to ,the chruch and enjoyed a sing-song led by Margaret Macifan, followed by recreation in charge of Merle Gowdy 'and Marjorie Nfoffat. 'The meeting closed with an enjoy- able lunch and the singing of Taps. In Bri- t:11P, in- haled ta ieralcale !uncial sit flow iontain$ aaterial, r Worn, t0. Die ee 0 More Radios — Fewer TV Sets WHALE 'Pictured: after the 'annual banquet are the trophy •winaere who emerged after, an, enjoyable winter of I bowling: In the picture at left are the playoff champions; Mrs. Jack McIntyre, 1Va.re. Danny Grurrimett, Mary:•Louise Pinch; M, Horton. Seated, Mrs. Norman Elliott and Mrs. Roy de Groot. Pictured at right, Wilda ,Agar, Perrott„ Mrs. Robt, Rowsell, Mrs, Cal Burke, Mrs. Ross Wormwerth. Seated, Mrs B. G, Gannett and Mrs. Walter Brown. • • OF MANY TIONfiS young and vigorous for such non- sense. Young countries admire the man who climbs, whether he 'is re- covering from a bad fall or going ferWard from a good start, Wilson ,Loder, of Wingharn, do'esn't believe that trout are scarce in this area. Fifteen speckled beauties Made up one day's' catch. Maybe it's all in the way you hold year mouth.—Advance -Times photo. FIRST CATCH OF THE. SEASON 98th Running of aeon's Plate • i;eaty;orza.ntlititazt's the winner and proved to be Can- . To Be Televised front Toronto ada's "Horse of th PROOHESSIVE•CONSERVATIVE MOM WELLINGTON-HURON P.C.. ASSOC, immiamismommoommaiamaaa .